Brian Stephenson

Retired programmer, chess problemist and fan of radio drama.

[Brian Stephenson @bstephen2]

Ep. 2 of 'Birdsong' by Sebastian Faulks dramatised by Nick Stafford on @BBCRadio4Extra at 15:00 & 21:00: https://t.co/4aIQpLQka2 Featuring Toby Stephens, Adam Godley, Gavin Muir, Tom Mannion, Iwan Thomas, David Brooks, Gerard McDermott, Rachel Atkins. Directed by Claire Grove.

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Ep. 1 of 'Call of the Wild' by Jack London dramatised by Robert Forrest on @BBCRadio4Extra at 11:30 & 17:30: https://t.co/7U0n1m7j44 Featuring Robert Jack, Finn den Hertog, Robin Laing, Nick Underwood, Grant O'Rourke, Melody Grove. Directed by Kirsty Williams.

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'Bread, Fish and Dancing' by @SebastinBaczki1 on @BBCRadio4 at 14:15: https://t.co/R2Nb7bJ04N Featuring Robin Laing, Stuart McQuarrie, Andy Clark, Maggie Service, Robert Jack, Michael Moreland, Hiftu Quasem, Nicole Cooper, Kyle Gardiner. Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane

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Ep. 1 of 'Birdsong' by Sebastian Faulks dramatised b Nick Stafford on @BBCRadio4Extra at 15:00 & 21:00: https://t.co/jr5k2D3E3m Featuring Toby Stephens, Sophie Ward, John Rowe, Alison Pettitt, Alastair Danson,Carolyn Jones,Gerard McDermott,David Brooks. Directed by Claire Grove.

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Ep. 1 of 'Shifting the Leaves' by Dave Sheasby on @BBCRadio4Extra at 13:45 & 19:45: https://t.co/5X5IwnmAS3 Featuring Elizabeth Bradley, June Barrie, Alison Pettitt, Tristan Sturrock. Produced by David Hunter.

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Series 3, Ep. 1 of 'The Blackburn Files' by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley & Dave Sheasby on @BBCRadio4Extra at 11:00 & 17:00: https://t.co/X1MUmfv9Fm Featuring Finetime Fontayne, Judy Flynn, Chris Brailsford, Christopher Wilkinson, John Branwell. Directed by Dave Sheasby.

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Ep. 2 of 'Dead Giveaway' by Simon Brett adapted by @MrFront on @BBCRadio4 at 14:15: https://t.co/Sku1XvNsu2 Featuring Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Jon Glover, Letty Butler, Stephen Hogan, Gillian Bevan, Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong, Lauren Cornelius. Produced by @salavens

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Ep. 1 of 'Strong Poison' by Dorothy L Sayers dramatised by Stephen Sheridan on @BBCRadio4 at 15:00: https://t.co/hNDxi0Nw49 Featuring Harry Lloyd, Clare Corbett,Richard Attlee,Donald Sumpter, Celia ImrieJames Joyce, @zebsoanes ,Nigel Anthony
. Produced & directed by David Blount.

[Stuart Conquest @stuthefox]

As a teenager I used to proofread the British Chess Magazine, which Bernard was editor of. This was when I first got to know him. A lovely man and full of stories, he will be greatly missed.

[Brian Stephenson @bstephen2]

'The Wall' by John Lanchester abridged by Eileen Horne on @BBCRadio4Extra at 12:30 & 18:30: https://t.co/kcMsmYFoeM Read by Ben Norris. Produced by Mair Bosworth.

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'Landfall' by Mike Walker on @BBCRadio4Extra at 16:00 & midnight: https://t.co/18iDY3Ez1T Featuring Nicola Miles-Wilden, Cyril Nri, Clare Perkins, Alex Tregear, Adeel Akhtar. Directed by Marc Beeby.

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'The Return from Mars' by Charles Chilton on @BBCRadio4Extra at 11:00 & 17:00: https://t.co/LkfkAFk7Gk Featuring John Pullen, Anthony Hall, Ed Bishop, Nigel Graham, Elizabeth Proud, Graham Faulkner, Sean Probert, John Webb, Patrick Barr, John McAndrew. Directed by Glyn Dearman.

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'The Certificate' by Isaac Bashevis Singer dramatised by Jonathan Myerson on @bbcradio4 at 15:00: https://t.co/U4I8tFgxHB Featuring Sid Sagar, Henry Goodman, Debbie Chazen, Rhiannon Neads, Safiyya Ingar, Stephen Hogan,Samuel James, @JaneSlavin . Produced & directed by @JonquilP .

[Douglas Griffin @dgriffinchess]

Saddened to hear, via @BritishChess, that Bernard Cafferty has passed away at the age of 92.
His books on Tal & Spassky were hugely inspirational to me & I am sure many others of my generation.
And then there were his skills as a translator...
https://t.co/b3rAu2xOl5

[Brian Stephenson @bstephen2]

Despite the accompanying image of John Moffatt at @BBCSounds , Hercule Poirot is not played by him in this 1955 production. Poirot is played by Richard Williams.

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'Murder in the Mews' by Agatha Christie dramatised by Anthony Aspinall on @BBCRadio4Extra at 15:00 & 21:00: https://t.co/A6GTSWQIy1 Featuring Richard Williams, Ian Whittaker, Jack Melford, Ronald Sidney, Duncan McIntyre, Monica Grey, Ella Milne. Produced by David H Godfrey.

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'Threads of Healing' by Dr Parvinder Shergill on @BBCRadio4 at 14:15: https://t.co/C7oSUPI4sd Featuring Parminder Nagra , Meera Syal, Mia Saddington-Poole. Directed by Rupert Charmak.

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"Dorothy, a Manager's Wife" by Peter Tinniswood on @BBCRadio4Extra at 15:00 & 21:00: https://t.co/Q28itr6XnU Featuring Pauline Collins, Timothy West, David Thorpe. Directed by Enyd Williams.

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Ep. 2 of 'Storm Yma' by Siân Owen on @BBCRadio4 at 14:15: https://t.co/tZxM9pLsCA Featuring Remy Beasley, Sharon Morgan, Yasemin Özdemir, Iwan Davies, Sara Gregory, Jonathan Hawkins, Jack Hammett, Ben Addis, Ioan Hefin. Directed by Fay Lomas.

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'A Fortunate Man' by John Berger dramatised by Matthew Broughton on @BBCRadio4Extra at 15:00 & 21:00: https://t.co/wStMVcXpnu Featuring Peter Marinker, Adrian Scarborough, Barbara Flynn, Joe Sims, Carys Eleri, Scarlett Courtney. Directed by John Norton.