Richard Wilson | 'Believe It' ep 1 'Drink' [audio/download] + ep 2 'Rivals' [presstext]
Richard Wilson's BBC Radio 4 radiography 'Believe It', episode 1 Drink aired today (at 11:30am). For now the BBC site states that the programme is NOT available to listen again but that may change. The episode is now available on BBC iPlayer (no area restrictions, av. until May 16).
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BBC Radio 4: Believe It! - Episode 2 'Rivals' [presstext]
[Did you know Sean Connery was offered the part of Victor Meldrew, before Richard Wilson? ]Believe It! - Episode 2 'Rivals'
Believe it!
Celebrity autobiographies are everywhere. Richard Wilson has always said he'd never write one.
Based on glimmers of truth, Believe It is the hilarious, bizarre, revealing (and, most importantly, untrue) celebrity radiography of Richard Wilson.
He narrates the series, weaving in and out of dramatised scenes from his fictional life-story. He plays a heavily exaggerated version of himself: a Scots actor and national treasure, unmarried, private, passionate about politics, theatre and Manchester United (all true), who's a confidant of the powerful and has survived childhood poverty, a drunken father, years of fruitless grind, too much success, monstrosity, addiction, charity work, secret work for governments and fierce rivalry with Sean Connery (not true).
All the melodramatic staples of celebrity-autobiography are wonderfully undercut by Richard's deadpan delivery.
(The title - in case you hadn't spotted - is an unashamed reference to his famous catchphrase.)
Richard is supported by a small core cast:
David Tennant
John Sessions
Lewis Macleod
Arabella Weir
and Jane Slavin
who play anyone and everyone!
Produced by: Clive Brill
A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4.
'Rivals' is due to air on BBC Radio 4 next Wednesday, May 16 at 11:30am.
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Download: mp3 | Password: [click for password]RWBIep1Drink
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BBC Radio 4: Believe It! - Episode 2 'Rivals' [presstext]
[Did you know Sean Connery was offered the part of Victor Meldrew, before Richard Wilson? ]Believe It! - Episode 2 'Rivals'
Believe it!
Celebrity autobiographies are everywhere. Richard Wilson has always said he'd never write one.
Based on glimmers of truth, Believe It is the hilarious, bizarre, revealing (and, most importantly, untrue) celebrity radiography of Richard Wilson.
He narrates the series, weaving in and out of dramatised scenes from his fictional life-story. He plays a heavily exaggerated version of himself: a Scots actor and national treasure, unmarried, private, passionate about politics, theatre and Manchester United (all true), who's a confidant of the powerful and has survived childhood poverty, a drunken father, years of fruitless grind, too much success, monstrosity, addiction, charity work, secret work for governments and fierce rivalry with Sean Connery (not true).
All the melodramatic staples of celebrity-autobiography are wonderfully undercut by Richard's deadpan delivery.
(The title - in case you hadn't spotted - is an unashamed reference to his famous catchphrase.)
Richard is supported by a small core cast:
David Tennant
John Sessions
Lewis Macleod
Arabella Weir
and Jane Slavin
who play anyone and everyone!
Produced by: Clive Brill
A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4.
'Rivals' is due to air on BBC Radio 4 next Wednesday, May 16 at 11:30am.