BBC RADIO DRAMA: NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH by Peter Walley
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4 жыл бұрынBBC RADIO DRAMA: NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH by Peter Walley was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 9th March 1985.
Story:
Janet Isherwood had a blazing row with her husband the night before she disappeared. It was heard all over the cul-de-sac; two days later the police arrived and started asking Roy Isherwood questions. When he couldn't answer them they dug up his garden. All of which his neighbours found most interesting.
@michealburnett4 11 ай бұрын
Grand story, listened so often. Peter Walley is one of those writers....! 😂🎉😊
@marypartridge5154 5 ай бұрын
I am English by birth but have lived in Australia for many years These plays make me remember England and takes me back to my roots.
@Mounhas 2 ай бұрын
A good radio play is like a good book. It transports you somewhere else, away from the day to day stresses & drudgery. You make the appearance of the characters band the locations your own. It used to listen to R4 plays avidly, and that wasn’t always easy when driving as the signal would drift. So glad I found this site, maybe belatedly but I am making up time. Thank you for the uploading.
@sailorsquatandhisseaman 9 ай бұрын
Classic! That’s all that needs to be said! BRAVO!
@sailorsquatandhisseaman 2 ай бұрын
This is my second listen and I had forgotten how really great this performance was!
@johnbunyan5834 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for loading this superb drama. I shall watch my neighbours’ behaviour more closely.
@elizabethbower2168 2 жыл бұрын
This was a truly gripping story… Many thanks for sharing… RIP Peter Whalley
@judykorman7283 Жыл бұрын
Gripping! Didn’t expect that ending
@sheilajackson4839 2 жыл бұрын
Good plot and engaging storyline with the twists and turns. Would not want to live in their neighborhood. Best to choose better friends.
@m.d.b.6318 Жыл бұрын
Superb! Writer understands everyday people and their common behavior throughly! Can't wait to listen again!
@Elizabeth-zp2ir 8 ай бұрын
Thanks for uploading. Loved the twist.
@mikewellwood1412 2 жыл бұрын
Nice one Peter Whalley. Thanks for uploading Arch Phoenix Stanton. :-)
@cherbrowne1637 Жыл бұрын
That was SO good! Superb performances and a solid story of truth, lies and deception.Thank you so much for sharing.
@alexanderblake3569 2 жыл бұрын
Listen ALL THE WAY to the end. This is a sweeeeeet one.
@louisbrugnoni7639 2 жыл бұрын
Whalley’s a bloody genius! 😊
@stevie-ray2020 2 жыл бұрын
Peter Whalley scripts some really excellent plays!!!
@mikephelan7244 3 жыл бұрын
Wasn't David a complete drip...Let's hope he stays in Wales 🤣🤣 Great play 👍
@iap-ug3oy Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this very enjoyable…..I miss B B C Saturday night theatre.
@joprent6727 7 ай бұрын
I really liked this one. Thanks for uploading this. 😊👍
@bilindalaw-morley161 Жыл бұрын
Thanks heaps for the upload. The ending isn't unexpected but it's very well written and acted.
@nats2976 8 ай бұрын
Very clever ending !
@johnturner1073 6 ай бұрын
The plot is very similar to one episode of Tales of the Unexpected, and, before that, one from Alfred Hitchcock Presents in the 1950s. In those versions, the philandering wife returns and is buried in the cellar, which the police had already excavated. Still, nicely done, and as others have observed, from a time when BBC productions did not have to include, by law it seems, THE MESSAGE...
@christinecarr1679 3 жыл бұрын
I thought that Roy sounded like Norris Cole from Coronation Street.
@lorrainevanlelyveld8065 3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, brilliant! Really enjoyed it. Thanks.
@QPRTokyo 8 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@rthompson7282 6 ай бұрын
Brilliant, loved the ending!
@hectorbrown656 4 жыл бұрын
Well worth listening to .
@ysel6287 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking the trouble to upload this. I have heard it several times via Radio 4. Unfortunately it does shine another light on the decline of BBC Radio 4's current offerings. The future of radio drama looks bleak whether by cost-cutting, reference to 'woke' or other excuses; BBC radio drama ceases to employ the fine writers, actors & directors that were the mainstay of this fine audio tradition. So sad.
@archphoenixstanton6998 2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome
@kaylemon2286 Жыл бұрын
I❤
@saintessa 11 ай бұрын
Honestly, I spend most of my recreational viewing/listening time on YT these days to find stories... Because I don't want to spend hours sifting through all the crap on subscription streaming services for something that might be good. Whereas when you listen to older stuff before all the money stuff, you know you're gonna find something of quality.
@HarringtonsApocy 10 ай бұрын
This “everything’s gone woke” whining business wasn’t the same in the past, but watch out, its the exact same curmudgeonly behavior every sour old person stuck in their sheltered past has had for generations. You think of this as good, but ask my nan, and she would have said THIS “showed the moral decline” of the BBC😂😂😂. History repeating itself in real time
@ysel6287 10 ай бұрын
@@HarringtonsApocy I don't believe I mentioned 'woke' as the only reason for decline in quality in BBC Radio dramas. Economy is obviously the main issue. Please don't assume that because some folk have differing attitudes that they are all from or in 'a sheltered past', whatever that is. Quality is the main point is it not?
@pegallen6983 4 жыл бұрын
Welp she won't be missed! Great story Arch. Thank you again for all your hard work
@joantennant5579 2 жыл бұрын
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@pegallen6983 2 жыл бұрын
@@joantennant5579 Could you repeat that in English please?
@mojofilter2285 Жыл бұрын
Love the ending
@MartysWhiteSuit 3 жыл бұрын
Listening to this while mending a sleeve on my coat. Nice company.
@MartysWhiteSuit Жыл бұрын
@@crispindry2815 One of those summer casual jackets, as I recall.
@suzannehutchins8326 5 ай бұрын
Amazing. l love the suspense, thank you!
@DenisePoole-Closet-Crafts 4 жыл бұрын
Good one. Heard this one many times and i still listen lol😀
@magicbulletdancers 2 жыл бұрын
Great it was to find a Peter Walley that I'd not heard. Thank you v much. Power to 🇺🇦 love 🇫🇮 🇨🇦
@hilaryeales1268 4 жыл бұрын
Omigoodness Arch.....I'm so happy you're there!! Here's a big old hug, from two metres away, obviously 😉 👍💜💛💚💙
@hilaryeales1268 3 жыл бұрын
@Hitogokochi I flippin' hope not.....I'd need someone to hit me with a cricket bat if I didn't have his stories to fall asleep to 😉
@hilaryeales1268 3 жыл бұрын
@Hitogokochi I found it, thank you! I'll fall asleep listening to it....👍😪
@hilaryeales1268 3 жыл бұрын
@Hitogokochi I love a bit of spooky goings on.....as long as it's not in real life lol
@liscatcat8756 3 жыл бұрын
Your comment was a year ago and nothing has changed. That's really sad :(
@suspendeddisbelief401 2 жыл бұрын
@@liscatcat8756 Only sad for those who (on orders) stopped hugging their loved ones.
@jillsmith4749 4 жыл бұрын
Really good great ending
@katmandu2478 4 жыл бұрын
Loved this one! Thank you Arch!
@lindaevery467 4 жыл бұрын
Wow! I'm so happy you are back. .. Thank you..
@christrinder1255 4 жыл бұрын
Very good Arch👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍😊
@andyjones7750 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant play thank you 😊👏
@kerenasmith1120 6 ай бұрын
Amazing thank you
@elizabethroberts8829 3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🥰
@nesapanjalingam704 6 ай бұрын
Thank u for this 🤗
@lindabrown253 11 ай бұрын
Love this play and writer
@juliam7056 Жыл бұрын
Excellent !
@dianepeck7500 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant play many thanks 🙋🏼♀️
@archphoenixstanton6998 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@polly7553 3 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed it. Thanks
@puccininumberonefan3400 3 жыл бұрын
Another good play ,thanks
@hanschristophercharles6981 2 жыл бұрын
Bloody Hell!! With neighbors like. them, I'd keep to myself or move!. Lmao!!😂🤣 But this was an excellent play! And a great but not unsurprising ending
@sallyone7029 2 жыл бұрын
Moving sounds the better option.
@sparklemotion8377 2 жыл бұрын
Why?
@emiliebova 6 ай бұрын
Haha! Fixing up his garden.
@sparklemotion8377 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@PetroicaRodinogaster264 8 ай бұрын
There seems to be a heavy thread of similarity about the work of this writer. Very formulaic…Mills and Boon type repetition. A huge emphasis on adultery blabber mouthed women and secretive men. But entertaining enough
@rthompson7282 6 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@deegeraghty3421 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent ! Really enjoyed this drama. Thank you Arch
@royhadley686 5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@nellietv1968 2 жыл бұрын
Great story, well acted, enjoyable drama.
@jackiewacky346 3 жыл бұрын
Thankyou
@marcwilliams9824 Жыл бұрын
Peter Whalley and RD Wingfield are my two current favourite writers. Does anyone have any other writer recommendations?
@srinagesht Жыл бұрын
RD Wingfield has humour too.
@shelbythomas 3 ай бұрын
Mike Walker, James Follet
@cathystrydom8731 2 жыл бұрын
Tks very much south africa.
@jamesfranklyn8547 Жыл бұрын
Nicely done Roy 👍
@jessicaharrison1401 4 ай бұрын
Thankyou fot the upload .i really enjoyed this one i have listened to it about 5 times its brilliant 😘❤
@OleHippy 3 ай бұрын
Delightful!!
@anglogerman2287 4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant play!
@michealburnett6 2 жыл бұрын
Haha This should be a MUST LISTEN 😜
@malabhargava 4 жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha. Very enjoyable, this one
@archphoenixstanton6998 4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@jeremypearson6852 Жыл бұрын
Does anyone really know their neighbors, walls and fences can hide a multitude of sins? An expat listening in S Florida.
@hawthorne1504 8 ай бұрын
Smacking noises in beginning
@dl18336 9 ай бұрын
Good story
@davidmunday4367 4 жыл бұрын
I will second that with a hand shake from 2 metres away.......i've got long arms ! ! 😉 🙋♂️ 👍
@user-ft7pk6jp7s 4 ай бұрын
nice story
@LondonEE16 2 жыл бұрын
Listening to something from 37 years ago (from 1985) reminds me of the struggle women had not to be repeatedly portrayed as stupid and feckless as the missing wife is portrayed here.
@xeldinn86 Жыл бұрын
Now today men are portrayed as stupid and feckless
@saintessa 11 ай бұрын
I've noticed that while listening to radio dramas lately... (ones from 1970s+)
@gillps5130 6 ай бұрын
Ah but the errant wife was with someone equally stupid and feckless by her own account. So equality there of a sort.
@dl18336 2 ай бұрын
Great story
@abraxasnl Жыл бұрын
Is that the voice of Ford Prefect I’m picking up there?
@natashabates4736 6 ай бұрын
I wish I could figure out who us talking when. This requires a lit of concentration.
@dianapeek6936 Ай бұрын
I agree. Two of the male actors sounded identical at times in fact I had to go back a couple of times to double check. Great play though.
@martinadarcy781 2 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@nomagea2684 7 ай бұрын
Many thanks for uploading, thoroughly enjoyed it but please I do not understand the ending.. Did, he then impulsively decide to kill the wife after she confessed that she had been aware that he was being accused of murdering her and yet kept quiet instead of coming forward to clarify she s still alive?
@lynneosborne5200 7 ай бұрын
I think so, he didn't want her back so as he was already accused of killing her he might as well do it
@dianapeek6936 Ай бұрын
Yes, with empty bottle of wine.
@Lucy-ym8ch 8 ай бұрын
Side question; the road in the photo looks familiar. Does anyone know where it is?
@carolburke9153 7 ай бұрын
More like "noseyhood watch !"
@joprent6727 3 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍
@davidskeeterskeeter1835 4 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
@NoosaHeads Жыл бұрын
I think I've listened to all the BBC radio drama plays of Peter Whalley Sadly, there don't appear to be any more. He's my favourite playwright by far. Is there anyone else who does similar plays? I don't like Agatha Christie (way too complicated and convoluted), and Inspector Wingfield and Inspector Frost just don't seem to "do it" for me. Any suggestions would be gratefully received. Thanks in advance! Ian
@maryw6506 9 ай бұрын
You could try Paolo Baldi.
@smariegalski3641 4 жыл бұрын
Aaaaaaarch!!!! :D
@flapjackfae 2 ай бұрын
No hurry would convict him.
@jemartinez50ja Жыл бұрын
Karma!!!
@liznorth4028 4 жыл бұрын
She had it coming...i wish David had been found out, too...
@joemmya 22 күн бұрын
I am not sure, did he kill her in the end?
@mariavlachodimou3771 5 ай бұрын
How did he kill her,what was empty?
@dianapeek6936 Ай бұрын
A glass wine bottle.
@Lakeslover1 Жыл бұрын
Yet another dig at Christians. Sad and predictable . Interesting play.
@deerinheadlights100 8 ай бұрын
They don't dare dig at any other kind! That would be "hate" - but Christianity just has to take it.
@patriciallamas2050 4 ай бұрын
Cheers for the upload, Arch!!! Second or third time I'm listening to this gripping story, I loved it! @ArchPhoenixStanton6998 !!! Virtual hug from Buenos Aires! 🤗 xxx
@archphoenixstanton6998 4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@patriciallamas2050 3 ай бұрын
@@archphoenixstanton6998 I'm so happy to hear from you, dear Arch!! 🤩 I (re) relisten to your radio dramas at least twice a week, they help me to deal with everyday anxiety. 🤗 I hope you are doing great!! 🥰 We miss you a lot here! xxx
@Goj899 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent!