Ayckbourn Play Recordings & Adaptations

Relatively Speaking

This page contains details of recordings and adaptations of Alan Ayckbourn's play Relatively Speaking in media other than the stage (such as TV, film and radio). To find out more about the play Relatively Speaking, visit the Plays section here.

Note: None of these recordings are available.

Television (1967)

Broadcast: 21 July 1967
Time: 9.05pm
Channel: BBC1
Duration: 50mins

Production: Agincourt
Production: BBC

Availability
Video: Not available
DVD: Not available
Blu-ray: Not available
Digital: Not available
Director
Designer
In arrangement with
TV producer

Character
Greg
Ginny
Philip
Sheila
Nigel Patrick
Hutchinson Scott
Peter Bridge
John Vernon

Actor
Richard Briers
Jennifer Hilary
Michael Hordern
Celia Johnson
Note: This is the first ever television broadcast of an Alan Ayckbourn play. A 50 minute excerpt of the West End production of the play was broadcast and apparently watched in 2.5m homes. The BBC does not hold a copy of the recording in archive and it is not believed to have survived in any form.

Television (1969)

Broadcast: 2 March 1969
Time: 8.20pm
Channel: BBC1
Duration: 90mins

Production: BBC

Availability
Video: Not available
DVD: Not available
Blu-ray: Not available
Digital: Not available
Director
Lighting
Design

Character
Greg
Ginny
Philip
Sheila
Herbert Wise
Gerry Millerson
Natasha Kroll

Actor
John Stride
Judy Cornwell
Donald Sinden
Celia Johnson
Note: This is the first television adaptation of an Alan Ayckbourn play (i.e. not a recording of a live production). The BBC does not hold a copy of the programme in archive and it is not believed it has survived in any form.

Radio (1975)

Broadcast: 25 December 1975
Time: 3pm
Channel: BBC Radio 4
Duration: 90mins

Production: BBC

Availability
Cassette: 1990 (deleted)
CD: Not available
Digital: Not available
Director

Character
Greg
Ginny
Philip
Sheila
Kay Patrick

Actor
Nigel Lambert
Joanna Wake
Michael Aldridge
Rosemary Leach

Television (1989)

Broadcast: 24 December 1989
Time: 9.10pm
Channel: BBC2
Duration: 110mins

Production: BBC

Availability
Video: Not available
DVD: Not available
Blu-ray: Not available
Digital: Not available
Director
Designer
Costumes
Music
Script Editor
Producer

Character
Greg
Ginny
Philip
Sheila
Michael Simpson
Jan Spoczynski
Janet Tharby
Jim Parker
Stuart Griffiths
Shaun Sutton

Actor
Michael Maloney
Imogen Stubbs
Nigel Hawthorne
Gwen Watford
All research for this page is by Simon Murgatroyd and should not be reproduced without permission.