Brilliant! and from 1960, Sixty Four years ago Amazing cast including the wonderful Judy Parfitt still in the business and better known as Sister Monica Joan from Call the Midwife these days
Thank you for this. Very well-written play and wonderful to have suspense without murder. Only problem is I wanted to use this to drift off to sleep but it was so engaging I stayed awake!
British industrial capitalism as it used to be in the late 50s and 60s. All very "gentlemans club", complacent and just ripe for aggressive takeovers, which were largely asset-stripping exercises, which happened a lot around that time and later. Even Ted Heath talked about "the unacceptable face of capitalism". Look up that, and "Slater Walker". Well, be that as it may, this was an excellent play, and as has been referred to, this was suspense without violence. Very entertaining. Thank you very much for uploading.
@@stevie-ray2020 Well, British Industry has changed. There's not much of it left. Not of the traditional sort, anyway. Industrial Capitalism gave way to Financial Capitalism.
What a wonderful play. As one commentator pointed out, there is no murder, there is no violence. But the suspense is very good. The story is different and refreshingly so. All the actors acted so well. Looking forward to listening to more plays like this.
Thank you very Kindly for your program, very professional and quite interesting. I actually like listening to a different time with an old radio show, spellbinding. Your Canadian Friend, Liam
Synopsis: A worsted woolen company is threatened by a takeover bid. Where is the antagonist company getting their inside information? What can be done to block this effort?
@@janegriffiths7733 Hi, Jane! 😄 It's hot here.🥵 But we expect that living in the desert. But we're also in a 20 year drought, so lots of devastating wildfires going on at the same time all over the state. I live in an urban area, so have been unaffected personally except for air quality (smoke). But it's a difficult situation for many people. And there will be water shortages. Maybe this is too much info. I'm sorry if it is. How are you in the Wirral??? I'm interested. 🤗
@@tottiemae2258 hi never too much info,I've been following the audits and often think of how you are doing, I don't know your political veiw but Lin Wood is my guilty pleasure, things over here are crazy, what happens in America comes over here eventually, lovely to hear from you, stay safe
@@janegriffiths7733Do you mean politics as entertainment? 🤣 I had to google Lin Wood to find out who he was, if that tells you anything. 😃 Though I pay attention generally, I am non-political, neutral. I believe people, though some are well-meaning, don't have what it takes to resolve the complexities we are facing. But I'm confident that a higher intelligence with pure motives will intervene at just the right moment....well, you asked. 😉 But I'm always interested in listening to other points of view and learning new things. ❤
@@tottiemae2258 hi totally agree with a higher force will intervene, I have been following a few patriot channels but anyway great to have our chats from time to time, keep yourself and family safe 🇬🇧🇺🇲🙏
Peter Powell's production adapted for radio by David Turner with the Alexandra Theatre Repertory Company, Birmingham Somebody on the Board of Directors is a traitor! - and the enemy has involved an old-established firm in a take-over bid. To fight it or not to fight it? That is only one of the exciting questions posed in this unusual thriller set against a background of big business.
Originally broadcast in 1960; there are two incidental uses of the N-word during it. Unpleasant to hear, and in case a potential listener prefers not to, they should skip this particular drama.
I do wish you’d have provided a disclaimer to the toss-off use (twice) of the “n” word. A great story, well told, but ruined by the inclusion of the word that continues to promote racial bigotry. (I am a 69 year old “white” man.)
steviegaga, I don't approve of your modern awareness judging the past and this is a play from 1960. A 100 years earlier women were chattels until a new law in 1867 gave women the right to own property instead of being property that others could own. You might for the same historical reasons disapprove of slavery, but that was what the world used to be like, and it isn't anymore. So please confine your disapproval to contemporary people behaving badly and leave our ancestors alone, as they have contemporaneous reasons for their speech and behaviour.
@@mtsenskmtsensk5113Having come from slaves I Respectfully disagree with your position. The term has never been acceptable. And I sincerely hope that Everyone would "disagree" with slavery...
What a wonderful story; very well written and narrated. As a total novice in the wheelings and dealings of business, I
Wonderful! Rational complexity with delightful twist.
An interesting story. Well presented. Interesting twists and turns.
Wonderful play about the inner workings of big business! Executed masterfully. Not at all dull and dry. Well played. Well done. Thank you.
Great play. so beautifully acted.
Excellent !! Thank you for a reminder of the quality the BBC used to produce.
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Loved it, first time I listened.
Still great!
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Absolute banger!
Not the sort of thing I would normally go for but it was excellent, thank you.
A real gem. These radio plays are, as expected, a real mixture of excellent, good and not so good, this one is certainly a winner!
Thank you for uploading this play.
Very exciting drama! Thank you!! 🥰
Very absorbing. could have been quite dull. excellent ending. Well done, thanks.
That was the very best I loved it ❤
Thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you 🤗
wonderful! So grateful for these podcasts. Islands of sanity in a world gone mad. Thanks again.
Brilliant! and from 1960, Sixty Four years ago Amazing cast including the wonderful Judy Parfitt still in the business and better known as Sister Monica Joan from Call the Midwife these days
That was really good, hi from a cloudy day in New Zealand
Superb. How polite and mannerly they sounded.
Thanks. Very enjoyable story with a satisfying conclusion.
Thank you for this. Very well-written play and wonderful to have suspense without murder. Only problem is I wanted to use this to drift off to sleep but it was so engaging I stayed awake!
Same. Great pacing, but not conducive to dozing.
Excellent! Thank you.
Excellent play! Thank you....
Ridiculously good!
Thank you
Excellent.
Such a shining example of ethics in business. Could use more of this in the world today.
This was a wonderful play!! Thanks for sharing. Outstanding cast and acting all around!!
British industrial capitalism as it used to be in the late 50s and 60s. All very "gentlemans club", complacent and just ripe for aggressive takeovers, which were largely asset-stripping exercises, which happened a lot around that time and later. Even Ted Heath talked about "the unacceptable face of capitalism". Look up that, and "Slater Walker".
Well, be that as it may, this was an excellent play, and as has been referred to, this was suspense without violence. Very entertaining. Thank you very much for uploading.
It still happens today., hedge funds being one of the biggest culprits.
Very much appreciate your work for our listening pleasure. For insomniacs you save the day ( or night!) Thank you Chesterton.
Many heartfelt thanks 👏👏👏🇬🇧
Thank you, I enjoy it very much.
This play was a special treat for me this afternoon. Thank you 👍
Lovely to hear this again.
I feel I was young when I first heard this....
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Excellent play. Might even be used as a case study in a business course. Thanks for sharing
Not much has changed, if anything corporate-raiders have become even more aggressive & sneaky than ever before!
@@stevie-ray2020 Well, British Industry has changed. There's not much of it left. Not of the traditional sort, anyway. Industrial Capitalism gave way to Financial Capitalism.
@@mikewellwood1412Very much to our detriment as COVID highlighted.
Excellent play
Very engaging story, thank you very much for providing this.
Very good great story line.
Wow thank you very much
I thoroughly enjoyed this one! Thanks so much for sharing
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Excellent atmosphere
Excellent
Considering it was recorded in 1960 this really was fabulous 👌
The older the better!
What a wonderful play. As one commentator pointed out, there is no murder, there is no violence. But the suspense is very good. The story is different and refreshingly so. All the actors acted so well. Looking forward to listening to more plays like this.
Do you enjoy spoiling it for others?
This is a great episode for anyone about to do an MBA or B Comm...
I love audio dramas. All British!
A delightful story involving the manipulation of shares. Surprise after surprise after surprise.
Great
Thank you, an excellent radio play!
Not for nothing, an MP at the heart of the deception
Thank you very Kindly for your program, very professional and quite interesting.
I actually like listening to a different time with an old radio show, spellbinding.
Your Canadian Friend, Liam
This is the next best thing after novels. No more spectacles. Just lie down comfortably and enjoy
This channel is just so darn good and that play just took the biscuit an easy 9/10 I wud have given it a 9* but the board voted me down!!
Many thanks. Wonderful entertainment.
hear hear!
Synopsis: A worsted woolen company is threatened by a takeover bid. Where is the antagonist company getting their inside information? What can be done to block this effort?
thanks Tottie, hope you are keeping well, how's it going in Arizona, take care lots of love from The Wirral England 🇬🇧🇺🇸🙏
@@janegriffiths7733 Hi, Jane! 😄 It's hot here.🥵 But we expect that living in the desert. But we're also in a 20 year drought, so lots of devastating wildfires going on at the same time all over the state. I live in an urban area, so have been unaffected personally except for air quality (smoke). But it's a difficult situation for many people. And there will be water shortages. Maybe this is too much info. I'm sorry if it is. How are you in the Wirral??? I'm interested. 🤗
@@tottiemae2258 hi never too much info,I've been following the audits and often think of how you are doing, I don't know your political veiw but Lin Wood is my guilty pleasure, things over here are crazy, what happens in America comes over here eventually, lovely to hear from you, stay safe
@@janegriffiths7733Do you mean politics as entertainment? 🤣 I had to google Lin Wood to find out who he was, if that tells you anything. 😃 Though I pay attention generally, I am non-political, neutral. I believe people, though some are well-meaning, don't have what it takes to resolve the complexities we are facing. But I'm confident that a higher intelligence with pure motives will intervene at just the right moment....well, you asked. 😉 But I'm always interested in listening to other points of view and learning new things. ❤
@@tottiemae2258 hi totally agree with a higher force will intervene, I have been following a few patriot channels but anyway great to have our chats from time to time, keep yourself and family safe 🇬🇧🇺🇲🙏
Peter Powell's production adapted for radio by David Turner with the Alexandra Theatre Repertory Company, Birmingham
Somebody on the Board of Directors is a traitor! - and the enemy has involved an old-established firm in a take-over bid. To fight it or not to fight it? That is only one of the exciting questions posed in this unusual thriller set against a background of big business.
Thanks!
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Especially as l was a jnr clerk in such a company as this, in Bradford back in the sixties too..
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Help! Remind me! Which one was Clayton (sp?)? The traitor? Which position had he had?
The MP!
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Excels
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Who the traitor is...
The MP!
Originally broadcast in 1960; there are two incidental uses of the N-word during it. Unpleasant to hear, and in case a potential listener prefers not to, they should skip this particular drama.
I do wish you’d have provided a disclaimer to the toss-off use (twice) of the “n” word. A great story, well told, but ruined by the inclusion of the word that continues to promote racial bigotry. (I am a 69 year old “white” man.)
steviegaga, I don't approve of your modern awareness judging the past and this is a play from 1960. A 100 years earlier women were chattels until a new law in 1867 gave women the right to own property instead of being property that others could own.
You might for the same historical reasons disapprove of slavery, but that was what the world used to be like, and it isn't anymore. So please confine your disapproval to contemporary people behaving badly and leave our ancestors alone, as they have contemporaneous reasons for their speech and behaviour.
Agreed.
Thank you❤
@@mtsenskmtsensk5113Having come from slaves I Respectfully disagree with your position. The term has never been acceptable. And I sincerely hope that Everyone would "disagree" with slavery...
Hello World ! Good morning! Anytime I wake up. I've had a good night sleep.
Excellent! Thank you.