Enjoying this, even as I am sensitive about so-so accents and similar voices. Good story and warm acting. Of course, Bob had to go and hide under the tarpaulin on the boat. Brave chap; this before mobile phones you know.
Very topical for that time: North Sea oil and gas was in the media a lot those days. Not so much now, though 82 licences have been issued since last October (2023) and it's expected drilling to continue till c.2060.
I wish people would stop complaining all the time about stupid meaningless stuff. It’s free!! Listen to it or don’t. Years ago before woke came along if you didn’t happen to have a copy of the Radio times you just had to watch the movie/programme and find out the story. STOP. BEING SO DIFFICULT!!
Very much of its time. The accents deplorable, but way back when they often were! (Still goes on today, eh Peaky Blinders? But forgiven! ) Love these radio plays, thanks so much. Kept me going through the Covid plague! ♥️ Thank you. Stay well, all.
Synopsis: A man living in Italy receives a telegram that his sister has gotten married. This comes as a surprise, since she's never hinted at a romance. The man and his sister are very close, and they've never had secrets from each other. This worries him, so he flies to England to learn that none of her friends knows who the husband is or where she's gone. He embarks on a search that leads him into perilous territory.
Thank you. Some more information from the Genome website: First broadcast: Sat 17th Sep 1977, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM The Shetland Wildcat by ANTONY KEAREY A thriller set in the rough and turbulent world of off-shore oil-drilling in the North Sea. Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol Contributors Directed By:Brian Miller Bob Paul:Alan Moore Jenny:Hilary Patterson Basil Wexford:Denis McCarthy Susan, Bob's sister:Paula Wilcox Claire Wexford, Basil's sister:Irene Sutcliffe J J (Jean-Jacques):Laurence Payne Julie:Jenifer Armitage Fracelli:Roger Gartland Celia:Sarah Carthy Harry:David Ponting Kenneth:Antony Kearey MurdO:John Graham Orvald Grierson:Tom Watson George:Paul Nicholson Mrs Grierson:Margot Young
Ho! Well …but typical of all you English complainers……You lot have never changed. When a lived in Canada and mixed with a lot of Ozzy’s they used to call the English. ( Whining Limeies ) Seems nothings changed
In those days RADA only taught Received Pronunciation with a little “ cor-luv-a-duck-and-thets-no-errar” Cockney, for the lower orders. Foreigners, ie those outside of where the M25 would be, were not catered for.
I enjoy these old plays but their flaws are many: everyone is so bad tempered - a poor director’s way of compensating for the acting; women are either harpies or idiots and always desperate to be married; the dialogue is ridiculously explanatory - “I must go and see my brother, your husband” - and there are lengthy speeches explaining what the plot is all about; and the young woman who supports the outsider is almost always called Jenny!
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What a brilliant piece of theatre
Well acted,felt very realistic
Thanks,!
Yet another classic radio drama.. thank you ❤❤❤
Excellent, thanks you!
Thank you. Another good Satudrday Night Theatre💟
Enjoying this, even as I am sensitive about so-so accents and similar voices. Good story and warm acting. Of course, Bob had to go and hide under the tarpaulin on the boat. Brave chap; this before mobile phones you know.
Thank you for this drama.
Another view of SHETLAND as soon as i saw the name i wanted to listen! Good acting nice little story
Very topical for that time: North Sea oil and gas was in the media a lot those days. Not so much now, though 82 licences have been issued since last October (2023) and it's expected drilling to continue till c.2060.
Fun radio program, thanks very much!
Enjoyed it. Typical of old bbc plays. Thank you.
I wish people would stop complaining all the time about stupid meaningless stuff. It’s free!! Listen to it or don’t. Years ago before woke came along if you didn’t happen to have a copy of the Radio times you just had to watch the movie/programme and find out the story. STOP. BEING SO DIFFICULT!!
LOVED it! Thanks for sharing 👍
Very much of its time. The accents deplorable, but way back when they often were! (Still goes on today, eh Peaky Blinders? But forgiven! )
Love these radio plays, thanks so much. Kept me going through the Covid plague! ♥️ Thank you. Stay well, all.
Covid....what's that...?
Plague??? More a production of mass fear mongering.
@@suspendeddisbelief401 Yep. Mass formation psychosis.
Love the different accents regional and class
Synopsis: A man living in Italy receives a telegram that his sister has gotten married. This comes as a surprise, since she's never hinted at a romance. The man and his sister are very close, and they've never had secrets from each other. This worries him, so he flies to England to learn that none of her friends knows who the husband is or where she's gone. He embarks on a search that leads him into perilous territory.
Thanks very much.
You're very welcome, Heathe Kliffe. By the way, love the name! 😊
Thank you. Some more information from the Genome website:
First broadcast: Sat 17th Sep 1977, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM
The Shetland Wildcat by ANTONY KEAREY
A thriller set in the rough and turbulent world of off-shore oil-drilling in the North Sea.
Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol
Contributors
Directed By:Brian Miller
Bob Paul:Alan Moore
Jenny:Hilary Patterson
Basil Wexford:Denis McCarthy
Susan, Bob's sister:Paula Wilcox
Claire Wexford, Basil's sister:Irene Sutcliffe
J J (Jean-Jacques):Laurence Payne
Julie:Jenifer Armitage
Fracelli:Roger Gartland
Celia:Sarah Carthy
Harry:David Ponting
Kenneth:Antony Kearey
MurdO:John Graham
Orvald Grierson:Tom Watson
George:Paul Nicholson
Mrs Grierson:Margot Young
Thank you for taking the time to do this! Much appreciated!
@@petrowiese1387 My pleasure!
I wish Chesterton radio would tell us what the plays are all about befor the drama starts
Provide a synopsis you mean ? i agree it would be a very good idea but am pretty sure the uploader is not English so probably not interested.
@@stewartlancaster6155but doesn’t that kind of give away the plot? I kinda do and kinda don’t want one at the same time lol
The man in this is 27, he certainly sounds a lot older.
Thank you!
Beautiful story
Ripping yarn, well worth a listen (cod accents apart). Thanks for uploading.
Ooh, loved the cod accents too...( was that a pun?) 😃
Ho! Well …but typical of all you English complainers……You lot have never changed. When a lived in Canada and mixed with a lot of Ozzy’s they used to call the
English. ( Whining Limeies ) Seems nothings changed
Bob and Basil sound about 60!
Good story, and I used to work for Schlumberger research, to use AI for logging evaluation.
Good play but one more "Dear Boy" and I will scream!!😅
A hundred years from now, people will wonder what oil rigs were.
20 years later, kids wonder what tape recorders and floppy disks are. 🤣🤣🙋♀️
On Tthe other hand when I was young in the 60s we thought in the 90s there'd be flying cars like on the Jetsons.
A 100 years from now people will not understand Writing only oral language
Are the Shetlands inhabited by Indians and Welsh men? 😄
Wrong Scottish accent for Sheltland, they don't have Hebridean accents. Good play though.
Another one of those old plays where so many of the characters had such similar voices that it was sometimes hard to follow what was going on.
Good ole BBC using British actors for foreign accents. It almost never comes out well.
Good for a larf though!!!
I disagree - the better actors usually carry off foreign accents very well but in this play they were appalling 🤣🤣
Nevermind the foreign accents the Shetland one is so far off the mark...
The dog had the worst accent
In those days RADA only taught Received Pronunciation with a little “ cor-luv-a-duck-and-thets-no-errar” Cockney, for the lower orders. Foreigners, ie those outside of where the M25 would be, were not catered for.
I thought she sounded Indian. Not Scottish.
My BFF is Scottish and she don't sound like this. I think they got better towards the end. Just very Irish and sing songish.
😊
Definitely not a Shetland accent.
Most people won’t have a clue to accents! Lol
Oh No !! There a chap in this called 'Murdo '...!!!
Very technical economically complicated story......
Well, the story sounds compelling, but Wexford is repugnant with his constant "deah boy"s, hip hip cheerio. Unable to continue.
I enjoy these old plays but their flaws are many: everyone is so bad tempered - a poor director’s way of compensating for the acting; women are either harpies or idiots and always desperate to be married; the dialogue is ridiculously explanatory - “I must go and see my brother, your husband” - and there are lengthy speeches explaining what the plot is all about; and the young woman who supports the outsider is almost always called Jenny!
must listen to one of your flawless efforts one day, please advise where I can find your plays somewhere, many thanks.
@@stewartlancaster6155 yes it’s a ripoff of The Deep Water Man isn’t it
@@stewartlancaster6155 which one would you like to listen to first?
"I enjoy these old plays but .........." complaint, complaint, complaint. If you find the plays that bad, then why do you bother?
@@katiedotson704 good question