BBC RADIO DRAMA: WHITE NIGHT by Ann Cleeve

White Nights by Ann Cleeve was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 2 July 2011.
[Music removed under credits at the end of play because of copyright - only words missing are: THANK YOU]
Story:
Atmospheric crime drama set in Shetland at midsummer - the time of white nights, when the sun never quite leaves the sky and birds sing at midnight. The launch of Bella Sinclair's art exhibition, at the Herring House Gallery in the remote hamlet of Biddista, is ruined by the appearance of a distressed stranger, claiming amnesia.
Dramatised for radio by Iain Finlay MacLeod

[@jacquiadams863]

I've come late to the old radio drama sites partly because BBC radio has reduced its drama plays output so much. We've gone from 90 mins to 45 mins and sometimes 15 minutes. I'm hungry for good radio plays, ❤so finding these sites is like finding gold nuggets

[@Kitcat363]

Me too.

[@philomel1000]

I agree. I love radio plays but as they’ve got shorter they’ve lost complexity and got thinner - they just can’t satisfy like the older radio drama which had the space to develop and build.

[@juliamackintosh-keiller2631]

Really enjoying this. I am a big fan of Ann Cleeves. Love her work. Loving your channel. Thank-you for uploading so many enjoyable and entertaining radio dramas. Very much appreciated.

[@ireneforsyth7516]

Ann Cleaves is one of my favourite authors so it was so good to hear this drama, thank you.

[@roses9339]

Well acted, good story. Cheers Rosemary Western Australia 73yrs

[@eggscrambler88]

Thanks for downloading this- I really enjoyed the story.

[@auntyJanette]

An excellent story. Lovely picture of the coast. Hope very much that you are happy and well.

[@archphoenixstanton6998]

I am! thanks for listening

[@Story-Voracious66]

Thanks Arch,
Great to have these stories to listen to while I'm painting, down here on my Southern Hebrides island.
No cliffs on my beach but I'm sure that there are skeletons in the local closets!
💀💀💀

[@christrinder1255]

Very good mystery murder story with unusual outcome at the end of the tale !👏👏👏👏👏👏👍😊

[@n4e780]

If there are anymore of these could you please dowload them. Really enjoyed listening too this whilst cleaning the kitchen. Thank you so much for your hardwork it really is appreciated.

[@jillsmith4749]

A real favourite

[@gavinmargaret67]

Thanks for uploading these dramas, I enjoy them very much.

[@callycat6660]

Thanks Arch ..saved it for bedtime

[@jeanwillis7774]

This is an show made in Great Britain called ‘Shetland’.Its an excellent show.Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez runs the Police Headquarters.

[@katekluttz8246]

Or "Hot Scot Cops" as I like to call it😍

[@maureenrooney9213]

Thanks Arch really enjoyed the drama

[@helenferullo5706]

Many thanks for this wonderful presentation. The story was interesting with a twist at the end. The actors and production were all first rate.👏👏👏

[@whateverchannel22]

They all have a twist at the end. 😊

[@polly7553]

Really enjoyed it and never guessed the twist at the end. Cheers.

[@mikeinportland30]

👍👍👍 Ann Cleves is great....and while not this story, Vera is my favorite TV detective!

[@mathonamoore123]

Greetings from Ireland. Thank you for uploading this. Saturday, 9th of April 2022. ❤️🇮🇪

[@stukawarner4051]

Greetings from the United States

[@TedaR]

Ty Archie! It's been 4 days...dont worry me like that. Lol Awesome pic!

[@willowwobble]

Good to have a play set in Scotland, showing something of the culture.

[@AlliesVanity]

Arch - any chance you might upload BBC Drama “Paradise” (Nick Warburton) ?

[@1851johnny]

Thank you, are you coming back.🙏🏻

[@davidmunday4367]

Thanks Arch sir , looks like a good 'un 👍 🙋‍♂️

[@mrbazzabee4013]

Arch mate....any chance of The Island of Sheep by John Buchan.....with ol' favourite Richard Hannay.

[@mrbazzabee4013]

It was a 3 part series back in the 70's

[@danjsy]

Life rule - don't invite Northerners to your gallery opening !

[@kathyirwin]

Brilliant

[@rodpettet2819]

I struggled a bit with the accents as my hearing is not what it once was. It was an interesting story, but I had to read the transcript to fully understand.

[@leciabella9461]

Can’t hide forever when you are on the run🤨

[@Baskerville22]

This one is a bit unfocussed and hard to get excited about.

[@katherinejones850]

I must have mised an implied resolution.

[@MrMrsmcd]

Love this as it reminds me of Hamish MacBeth 😂

[@elizabethroberts8829]

Cor Jimmy Perez 💗💕💗

[@eddiemunster2196]

She asks are you alright ?
As he slumps over a chair. Now you see my friends, he now, had a cleaver brutally chopped- in the left side of his throat. Ironically just below his Adam's apple of his neck. Mr. Rodney will no, longer breathe another breath.
He was quietly attacked from behind with such violence. At 22 years of age his life really never started..
When you're young, sometimes you don't think before you speak verbal mistakes sometimes will live on for decades, but sometimes it comes to bite you in the ass
So, everyone,
Take it as a warning to
go to an art showing to this artist.
Good night,
I hope all of you sleep well with a cleaver to make you think you will sleep well.?

[@eddiemunster2196]

Now to the owner of this channel
" thinking out louder "
By dubbing video and making it longer for the time period :
HOW MANY TIMES ON THIS PLAY IS THAT.
- - YOUNG KID
- - YOUNG MAN
ARE THEY,
" IN THE PLAY, "
GOING TO
FIND HIM DEAD ?

[@2msvalkyrie529]

No Cliche left unused . Characters flimsier than cardboard and dialogue
cringeworthy . But.....apart from that . ?? At least it was more entertaining
than Dancing on Ice. ( a fairly low bar I admit ! ).