Rogue Male - BBC Radio Drama & Unabridged Reading - Geoffrey Household

Category: Adults, Radio Productions, Thriller, Violence
Language: English
Keywords: Assassin Hitler Manhunt Survival Skills Thriller World War 2

Written by Geoffrey Household
Read by Michael Jayston, Simon Cadell, Full Cast
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 256 Kbps
Unabridged

Geoffrey Household’s Rogue Male is a classic thriller and a triumph of suspense. Described by Household as a “bastard offspring of Stevenson and Conrad,” the book is no less remarkable as an exploration of the lure of violence, the psychology of survivalism, and the call of the wild.

First published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.

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Rogue Male꞉ Dramatised by Frederick Bradnum

Sir Ben is an anonymous, wealthy Englishman on a shooting trip to the continent.

In his sights is ‘the biggest game of all’ - the head of a brutal European dictatorship.

Set in Germany and England in the late 1930s.

If Sir Ben had succeeded in his mission, he would have changed the course of history…

Dramatised by Frederick Bradnum.

Sir Ben… Simon Cadell
Quive-Smith … David Goudge
Karl / Demeter … Ian Michie
Colonel / Policeman / Frank / Sergeant … Christopher Scott
Police Chief / 2nd Policeman/ Haddon / Bligh … Geoffrey Whitehead
Fisher / Guard / Inspector / Pat … David Rose
Vaner / 1st Policeman / Driver / Constable … Philip Sully
Saul / 1st Gestapo … Leslie Heritage
Peale / Soldier … Ian Targett
Tom / 2nd Gestapo / Kripo … Jonathan Scott
Mrs Whelkes / 2nd Woman … Ysanne Churchman
Patachon / Sergeant / Hans … Manning Wilson
Barmaid / 3rd Woman / Operator … Susan Sheridan
Mrs Erskine / 1st Woman … Joan Matheson

Producer: Graham Gauld

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.

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Rogue Male꞉ Read by Michael Jayston (Unabridged)

An anonymous, wealthy Englishman goes on a shooting trip to the continent.

In his sights is ‘the biggest game of all’: the head of a brutal European dictatorship.

A 15-part unabridged reading by Michael Jayston.

Producer: David Jackson Young.

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.

Note - This is newly encoded with better sound quality than my old (now deleted) torrent. If you have the old version I recommend you delete it and replace with this.

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Rogue Justice꞉ Read by Michael Jayston (Abridged)

The hero - an anonymous, wealthy Englishman - is now caged in a German prison with scores to settle. But there’s been an air raid….

Read by Michael Jayston.

Geoffrey Household’s sequel to his acclaimed British thriller ‘Rogue Male’ was published over 40 years later in 1982.

Abridged in 5 parts by Patricia Hannah.

Producer: David Jackson Young.

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2009.

I include this for completeness sake, as IMHO it’s pants compared to the first book.