The Norman Conquests: Adaptations In Other Media

Television (1977)

Broadcast:
Table Manners: 5 October 1977
Living Together: 12 October 1977
Round And Round The Garden: 19 October 1977
Time: 8pm
Channel: ITV
Duration: 120mins each

Production: Thames

Availability
Video:
1981 (deleted)
DVD (R1 & R2):
2014 (available)
Blu-ray:
Not available
Digital:
2011 (available)
Director
Design
Title Music
Producer
Producer

Character
Reg
Sarah
Ruth
Norman
Annie
Tom
Herbert Wise
David Marshall
Wilfred Josephs
Verity Lambert
David Susskind

Actor

Richard Briers
Penelope Keith
Fiona Walker
Tom Conti
Penelope Wilton
David Troughton
Note: Alan Ayckbourn's thoughts on the television adaptation of The Norman Conquests can be found here.

Radio (1990)

Broadcast:
Table Manners: 30 August 1990
Living Together: 6 September 1990
Round And Round The Garden: 13 September 1990
Time: 2.30pm
Channel:
BBC Radio 4
Duration: 90mins each

Production: BBC

Availability
Cassette:
1993 (deleted)
CD:
2010 (available)
Digital:
2010 (available)
Director
Adaptor
Music

Character

Norman
Annie
Reg
Sarah
Tom
Ruth
Gordon House
Neville Teller
Peter Ringrose

Actor

Robin Herford
Diane Bull
Simon Jones
Tessa Peake-Jones
Jon Strickland
Elizabeth Rider

Audiobook (1999)

Released: 1999
Duration 85mins each (approx.)

Production:
LA Theatre Works

Availability
Cassette:
Not available
CD:
2009 (available)
Digital:
2011 (available)
Director

Character
Sarah
Reg
Norman
Annie
Tom
Ruth
Dennis Erman

Actor
Rosalind Ayres
Ken Danziger
Martin Jarvis
Jane Leeves
Christopher Neame
Carolyn Seymour

Radio (2015)

Broadcast:
Living Together: 14 March 2015
Table Manners: 21 March 2015
Round And Round The Garden: 28 March 2015
Time: 2.30pm
Channel:
BBC Radio 4
Duration: 90mins each

Production: BBC

Availability
Cassette:
Not available
CD:
Not available
Digital:
Not available
Director

Character

Norman
Annie
Reg
Sarah
Tom
Ruth
Peter Kavanagh

Actor

Julian Rhind-Tutt
Helen Baxendale
Jeff Rawle
Claire Lawrence-Moody
Nigel Planer
Tracy-Ann Oberman
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.