This page contains a list of Miranda's radio and Talking Book appearances.
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This section lists the original releases. Several of these have now been repackaged as multiple CD sets, and book/CD sets.
A series of 'early reader' Horrid Henry book/cd's are also being released.
All stories written by Francesca Simon
read by Miranda Richardson
running time approx 1 hour
Four stories per CD / tape.
Release by Orion Audiobooks
Dr Suess books narrated by Miranda. These are available as book/CD sets.
Mr Brown Can Moo Can You
Oh The Places You'll Go
Happy Birthday To You
Horton Hatches the Egg
Horton Hears a Who
Oh Say Can You Say?
Scrambled Eggs Super! and Other Stories
The Sneetches and Other Stories
Cast
Carol..................Miranda Richardson
Therese................Andrea Deck
Abby...................Lorelei King
Genevieve Cranell......Felicity Dean
Mr Bernstein...........Colin Stinton
Author.................Patricia Highsmith
Adaptor................Neil Bartlett
Director...............Neil Bartlett
Cast
Elizabeth Bowen ..... Miranda Richardson
John Betjeman ....... Toby Jones
Isaiah Berlin ....... Nick Dunning
Goronwy Rees ........ Nicholas Murchie
Maurice Bowra ....... Gerard McDermott
Dermot .............. Miche Doherty
Noreen Colley ....... Sophie Harkness
Rosamond Lehmann .... Maggie Cronin
Written by John Banville
Produced by Gemma McMullan.
Cast
Jenny .......................... Miranda Richardson
Garp ........................... Lee Ingleby
Fat Stew/Ernie ................. William Hope
Cushie/Roxy .................... Lydia Wilson
Midge/Charlotte/Mrs Ralph ...... Charlotte Emmerson
Little Garp/Duncan ............. Adam Thomas Wright
Helen .......................... Lyndsey Marshal
Pooh/Pock/Pooh Percy/Ellen James Amanda Hale
Nurse/Mrs Poole ................ Carys Eleri
John Wolfe ..................... John Guerrasio
Roberta Muldoon ................ Jonathan Keeble
Walt ........................... Adam Greaves-Neal
Michael Milton ................. Harry Jardine
Jillsy/Sally/Jenny Garp ........ Emma Fielding
Directed by Nadia Molinari.
Cast
Bernadette .............. Miranda Richardson
Bee ..................... Lydia Wilson
Elgin ................... Richard Laing
Audrey .................. Madeleine Potter
Soo Lin ................. Laurel Lefkow
Marcus Strang ........... Don Gilet
Ollie-O/ Jacob .......... Sam Alexander
Paul Jellinek ........... Patrick Brennan
Helen/ Gwen Goodyear .... Susie Riddell
Dr Kurtz ................ Christine Absalom
Other parts played by members of the company.
Cast
Titus.........................Luke Treadaway
Artist........................David Warner
Steerpike.....................Carl Prekopp
Sepulchrave, Earl Of Groan....Paul Rhys
Gertrude, Countess Of Groan...Miranda Richardson
Dr Prunesquallor..............James Fleet
Irma Prunesquallor............Tamsin Greig
Clarice.......................Fenella Woolgar
Cora..........................Claudie Blakley
Fuchsia.......................Olivia Hallinan
Flay..........................Adrian Scarborough
Abiatha Swelter...............Mark Benton
Sourdust......................James Lailey
Nannie Slagg..................Jane Whittenshaw
Keda..........................Susie Riddell
Words and Music - Space
BBC Radio 3 - 11th
May 2008 at 10:20pm-midnight
Words And Music reaches the outer orbit with a wide range of music and poetry on the theme of space. Miranda Richardson reads a selection of poetry from Walt Whitman as well as Lorca's A Game Of Moons, George Herbert's The Star and Craig Raine's A Martian Sends A Postcard Home.
Cast
Adam Morris...........Tom Conti
Barbara Morris........Miranda Richardson
Fiona.................Georgina Rich
Alan Parks............Alistair McGowan
Mike Clode............Mark Wing Davey
Denis Porson..........Nigel Havers
Giancarlo.............Jon Glover
Joyce Hadleigh........Angela Down
Dan...................Malcolm Stoddard
Shirley...............Felicity Montagu
Tom Morris............Rupert Degas
PlentyCast Miranda Richardson Geoffrey Palmer Ben Miles
Wild Things!Cast Ample - Miranda Richardson Winnie - Doon Mackichan Robert - David Morrissey Sandra - Imelda Staunton Phil - Robert Webb
Episode 1 -
Happiest Day of Your Life
In between organising flowers for a
wedding Ample is rehearsing for an audition and Winnie
getting ready for a blind date..
Episode 2 - Bundle
of Joy
Ample and Winnie have a go at babysitting
but find themselves outmanouevred by the tiny tot...
Episode 3 - Date
With Fate
Winnie and Ample try their hand
at matchmaking
Episode 4 - Rear
Window
Winnie becomes a guinea pig for
medical experiments, with shocking results
An anthology series of science-fiction adventures.
#8 - Tiger!
Tiger! (originally broadcast 14th Sept. 1991)
Alfred Bester's story about Gulliver Foyle, who survives
abandonment in space to create vengeful havoc. Even the
War Lords of the 24th Century fail to stop him....
Cast: Gully Foyle...............Alun Armstrong Joseph....................Tony Church Jisabella McQueen.........Leslie Manville Presteign.................Andrew Hilton Olivia Presteign..........Miranda Richardson Saul Dagenham.............Brett Usher Robin Wednesbury..........Siobhan Redmond Capt. Y'ang-Yeovil........Steve Hodson Regis Sheffield...........Christopher Ashley Moira.....................Petra Markham Sgt Logan.................Eric Allen Ben Forrest...............David Bannerman Harley Baker..............Terrance Edmund Sigurd/Robot..............John Telfor
Written by Alfred Bester, dramatised by Ivan Benbrook. Directed by Andy Jordan.
Produced by Paul Spencer
Peter is having an affair with Brians wife. A telephone call from lover to husband reveals far more than was intended...
Cast: Madeleine.................Miranda Richardson Brian (her husband).......Richard E Grant Peter (her lover).........Philip Davis Written by Craig Warner Produced by Andy Jordan
An adaption of Evelyn Waugh's black comedy/satire on the American way of death, and of the life of Brit's in Tinseltown. It is set in 1947.
Having failed to make it in Hollywood movies, British poet and screenwriter Dennis Barlow takes a job in a pet cemetery 'The Happier Hunting Ground'. Miranda plays Aimee Thanatogenous, a mortuary cosmetician.
Cast: Dennis Barlow.............Rupert Graves Aimee Thanatogenous.......Miranda Richardson Mr Joyboy.................Richard Griffiths Sir Ambrose Abercrombie...Donald Pickering Sir Francis Hinsley.......Ronald Fraser Baumbein..................Bob Sessions Mrs Heinkel...............Lorelei King Mr Heinkel................Garrick Hagon Mr Schultz................Graham Hoadly Carrie....................Elizabeth Mansfield Erikson...................Simon Treves Schindler/Porter..........David Bannerman Guru Brahmin..............Mike McShane Mrs Joyboy................Elaine Ives-Cameron Rhoda.....................Sue Broomfield Boatman...................Simon Treves
Adapted by Bill Matthews Produced by Lissa Evans
Written by Craig Warner
Winner of the 1989 Giles Cooper Award
Cast: Claire....................Judy Parfitt Adelaide..................Miranda Richardson Louise....................Tilly Vosborough William...................Anton Lesser Frank.....................Peter Hugo Daly Sarah.....................Siobahn Redmond The Creator...............Mary Wimbush Deborah...................June Barry Police Chief..............Christopher Etteridge Minister..................David King Police Sergeant...........Eric Allen Police Constable..........David Goudge Fishwife..................Wendy Brierly Aging Public Schoolboy....Simon Treves Old Man/Farmer............Hubert Tucker Guard/Fireman.............Anthony Donovan
Directed - Andy Jordan
An anthology series of six horror stories, each being told by a member of a very discrete and selective club. The Hon. Clarence Green applies to join and by way of explanation, six members recount their stories and the macabre conditions that grant membership.
Episode 4 - The Turn of the Knob. (originally broadcast 30th Jan 1987)
'A woman! Pah!' ejaculates The Hon Clarence Green. 'This surely is the queerest club in London.' Miss Primrose takes on the task of Governess to two precocious children..
Cast: Clarence Green............Royce Mills Miss Primrose.............Miranda Richardson Mr Wright.................Martin Jarvis Mrs Stark.................Rosemary Leech Mr Stark..................Hugh Lloyd Ruth......................Brenda Blethyn Laurence..................Phil Nice Sorpressa.................Roy Hudd Queenie...................Rachel Gurney
Produced by Paul Spencer
Howards End
BBC Radio 4 serial (Miranda's first radio performance)
by EM Forster
dramatised by Jeffrey Segal
Episode 1 '...the house is old and little, and altogether delightful red brick. We can scarcely pack in as it is, and the dear knows what will happen when Paul arrives tomorrow'. The arrival of Paul is to set off a long chain of events that will change the lives of all those who come into contact with 'Howards End'.
Episode 2 Margarets friendship with Mrs Wilcox has been blossoming. But death in the family causes suspicion and separation.
Episode 3 Mr Wilcox has offered to rent his London home to the Schlegels. But when Margaret arrives to view the house she discovers that the offer has dramatically changed
Episode 4 Margaret has decided to go ahead with her marriage Mr Wilcox, but her happiness seems to be threatened by Helen's mysterious disappearance.
Cast: Margaret Schlegel..........Joanne Pearce Helen Schlegel.............Miranda Richardson Mrs Wilcox.................Gwen Watford Henry Wilcox...............Joss Ackland Evie Wilcox................Jane Leonard Dolly Wilcox...............Susie Bran Aunt Juley.................June Tobin Tibby Schlegel.............David Phelan Annie......................Jane Leonard Porter.....................Robin Summers Charles Wilcox.............David Haig Paul Wilcox/Herr Liesecke..David Learner Frieda Mosebach............Helena Breck Leonard Bast...............Mick Ford Jacky Bast.................Natasha Pine Crane......................Arnie Diamond Cahill.....................Bernard Brown Miss Avery.................Gwen Cherell Albert Fussell.............Trevor Nichols Col Fussell................David Garth Waiter/Dr Mansbridge.......James McPherson Tom/Maid...................Vicky Ireland Postman....................Shaun Prendergast Director Caroline Raphael