Rules of Asylum - James Follett - BBC Saturday Night Theatre

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  • James Follett is an author and screenwriter. Follett became a full-time fiction writer in 1976, after resigning from contract work as a technical writer for the British Ministry of Defence.
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  • @mathonamoore123
    @mathonamoore123 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This was very good. I like the work of James Follett. Thank you for your time & good taste, in dramas. God bless from Ireland, Sunday the 30th of October 2022 @7.57 pm 🧡🇮🇪💚

    • @sharonrose7938
      @sharonrose7938 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @cathystrydom8731
      @cathystrydom8731 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great writer. S.a. ❤❤

  • @artmoss6889
    @artmoss6889 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Originally broadcast in 1973, "Rules of Asylum" was Follet's first radio play. The original copy of the broadcast was erased by the BBC, but Follet had made a personal recording of the show and that copy was rebroadcast c. 2011 and is probably from whence this recording originates.

  • @robertwojciechowski5439
    @robertwojciechowski5439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Brilliant! Brilliant! One of the best radio plays I have ever heard. Cold war too.

  • @christinephilp6312
    @christinephilp6312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This author is new to me. I enjoyed his story and I will be looking out for more. Thank you for posting.

  • @0707Denisem
    @0707Denisem 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Great story! Loved the twist ending. I've always enjoyed Follett's books. This radio play was a delight. Thank you!!

  • @janeclarkson8471
    @janeclarkson8471 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This was a great listen with convincing acting. The incidents of Cold War I found engrossing and frightening. To be detained in an asylum perhaps forever is a nightmare!

  • @donwardell4605
    @donwardell4605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    THE PROFESSIONALS COME TOGETHER, FOLLET AND COMPANY ON RADIO FOUR. TOP BILLING AND DEEP PLOT - THANK YOU BEEB.

  • @emcarver8983
    @emcarver8983 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You don't know me, so why should you trust me? If you can, for even half an hour, listen to this play. It is seriously good.

  • @patriciallamas2050
    @patriciallamas2050 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Utterly brilliant, cheers!!! 🙏🏻🤗✨

  • @lydiamarks8577
    @lydiamarks8577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Excellent! Thanks for uploading 👍👍

  • @janeclarkson8471
    @janeclarkson8471 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I will add a gripping play. James Follet such a skilled writer!

  • @vlera8447
    @vlera8447 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you!

  • @waynegeordiesdad648
    @waynegeordiesdad648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Here's a very short synopsis from The BeeB
    "This is the first escape from one of our maximum security sanatoriums. And there might be another.... Are all the prisoners housed in this block?"
    "We prefer to call them patients."
    James Follett's first radio play explores dissention and danger in a repressive state in the Eastern Bloc.
    Starring Vernon Joyner as Suskin, Manning Wilson as the Governor, Francis de Wolff as Nero, Caroline John as Anna and Cyril Shaps as Danski.
    As always cheers from Canada North and thanks Chesterton for this gem

    • @emf49
      @emf49 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gee, it sounds like the repressive government we all seem to be subject to right now. 🇨🇦

    • @tottiemae2258
      @tottiemae2258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your synopses are so helpful! Thank you for your time!

    • @missg.5940
      @missg.5940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A little too😢😷🇨🇦 real right now.

    • @susanpeel6923
      @susanpeel6923 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@emf49 l

    • @sailorsquatandhisseaman
      @sailorsquatandhisseaman 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! 👊🏻❤️

  • @roarroar2808
    @roarroar2808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Very good 👍 thank you

  • @maisiesummerfield265
    @maisiesummerfield265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    James Follett is such a brilliant author - thanks for posting this excellent production

    • @dougchance8891
      @dougchance8891 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      S
      A relative of Ken Follett- a great writer.

  • @rosebud3971
    @rosebud3971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Riveting and so true, even for today 2021!

  • @magicbulletdancers
    @magicbulletdancers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm new to radio plays/audio bks I really enjoyed this one, will search out more by this author. what did it for me is the players the actors ! so good. thank you.

  • @katherinetoolen6028
    @katherinetoolen6028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thoroughly enjoyable, what was turned on to assist me sleep kept me wide awake, true to life. Recommended

  • @ggray1180
    @ggray1180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Really enjoyed this play. Thank you for posting.

  • @sailorsquatandhisseaman
    @sailorsquatandhisseaman 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Outstanding! I loved every moment! BRAVO!!!

  • @paddymacmurphy8112
    @paddymacmurphy8112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Great show thanks 👍, the lunatics really do run the Asylum !

  • @Lakeslover1
    @Lakeslover1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Brilliant play. Thoroughly enjoyed it
    😀📻

  • @jlb9368
    @jlb9368 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravo! This was impressive!!! Now I have become greedy for more!

  • @irenabevans3411
    @irenabevans3411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Brilliant, loved the final twist of a plan backfiring on the author of the plot to gain information

  • @paulbennett772
    @paulbennett772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Have you any ideas?
    "No" (Having ideas is above my pay grade.)

  • @opheliahamlet3508
    @opheliahamlet3508 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wanted this to go on like a
    Le Carre. Alas, tis a radio play so time is of the essence. Great acting

  • @glendacame5931
    @glendacame5931 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hmm we need to be careful what we poke our noses into, right? Great story, very well read.

  • @kayi9236
    @kayi9236 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent play!

  • @carmenpohl6061
    @carmenpohl6061 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Doesn't it sound familiar. Thanks I enjoyed the story

  • @Fox-in-sox
    @Fox-in-sox ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant with a sharp sting on the tail end.

  • @katiedotson704
    @katiedotson704 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I didn't expect the ending. And the lesson is, when told to stop being overzealous, sit down, and shut up.

  • @paolobarbirato2614
    @paolobarbirato2614 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I just wonder if these rules still exist somewhere.

  • @feralbluee
    @feralbluee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    incredible twisting story line. such good direction, and acting. every day interactions turn slowly sinister - the writing of this novel and play is brilliantly adept. 🪶✒️🤔
    McCarthy’s witch hunt of communists and socialists here was the same. many lives were ruined. so much for amurican freedom. at least it was finally stopped. Eisenhower did not like what was going on. now we know how difficult it is to rein in a crazy political person legally when their party supports them.

    • @australiainfelix7307
      @australiainfelix7307 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      McCarthy did the right thing.

    • @feralbluee
      @feralbluee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@australiainfelix7307 who the hell are you??? you are a total doodah!!!!! go back and live in a fascist state and be happy there. don’t bother us!

    • @suspendeddisbelief401
      @suspendeddisbelief401 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@australiainfelix7307 idiotic comment.

  • @janettedewar6617
    @janettedewar6617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    How depressing is this I feel we are living in these conditions now.

    • @carmenpohl6061
      @carmenpohl6061 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Exactly. My thoughts

    • @amyma76
      @amyma76 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Came here to the comments to say the same.

  • @philiphema2678
    @philiphema2678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The frightening stupidity of the bureaucratic minfd. Very Orwellian.
    "Darknress at Noon" by Arthur Kostler is a other of the genre, warning of the power of the State.
    The one antidote is the determination of people to be free!

    • @suspendeddisbelief401
      @suspendeddisbelief401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Then we are doomed. Too many willing to follow govt orders, as we can now see.

    • @olikane530
      @olikane530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@suspendeddisbelief401 ...Yep the majority simply comply with regulations, subsequently making our lives ever more difficult.😕

  • @FF-so3su
    @FF-so3su 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cold war story set in Russia or Poland during the 70s

    • @paulbennett772
      @paulbennett772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not Poland; "born Warsaw ....came to this country ...."; I'd guess Czechoslovakia.
      55:10 "What sort of trouble?"
      (Cue Cardinals Biggles & Fang)
      And Stephenson's Rocket was NOT the world's 1st steam loco. (I live in Stephenson Ward in Darlington!)

    • @jamesdond614
      @jamesdond614 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now the US/collective West are the neo con warmongers and genocide supporters.

  • @paulelliott2861
    @paulelliott2861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏

  • @angelsone-five7912
    @angelsone-five7912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hmmm, you can`t trust anyone can you?

  • @beverleyheadley-glover371
    @beverleyheadley-glover371 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is this author mr. Ken follet relative?

  • @84CORVETTEBILL
    @84CORVETTEBILL 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    33

  • @mrgarrytoo
    @mrgarrytoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Enthralling play....

  • @2msvalkyrie529
    @2msvalkyrie529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Plodding, over earnest " thriller " with Cold War setting. ( presumably Czech
    Republic ) ? Characters are so thinly drawn its difficult to get emotionally
    engaged with any of them . John le Carre it ain't ! About as thrilling as a repeat
    episode of Antiques Roadshow .

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A bit harsh ? I DO appreciate your
      uploads though. I think that was a
      young Hywel Bennett in main role ? He was extremely talented .
      Check out : Sheridan ; The Critics
      for his terrific performance in a
      Restoration Comedy ?

  • @agnieszkapredkiewicz4417
    @agnieszkapredkiewicz4417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i see it with German dubbing 😂😂😂 German language is so awful

    • @dolceanstar6893
      @dolceanstar6893 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Quatsch!!!!

    • @helenswan705
      @helenswan705 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Please. No language is awful. All have their beauty, and ways of expression unique to themselves. English is in the Germanic family of languages

    • @Charles-oo8bq
      @Charles-oo8bq 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly ​@@helenswan705