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The Bronte BBC Radio Drama Collection

Seven full-cast dramatisations

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The Bronte BBC Radio Drama Collection

By: Charlotte Brontë, Anne Bronte, Emily Brönte, Rachel Joyce
Narrated by: Anna Maxwell-Martin, Ella Kendrick, Emma Fielding, Full Cast, Jemima Rooper, Juliet Aubrey, Lesley Sharp, Tom Burke
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The complete canon of the Brontë sisters' classic novels, dramatised by bestselling author Rachel Joyce

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Orphan Jane falls in love with the enigmatic Rochester, but he is concealing a dark secret.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
On the bleak Yorkshire moors, Heathcliff and Cathy’s elemental passion runs wild – but their obsession has devastating consequences.

Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
Determined to make her way in the world, penniless young Agnes Grey becomes a governess.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Gentleman farmer Gilbert Markham is powerfully drawn to Helen Graham, the mysterious resident of Wildfell Hall.

Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
A poignant tale of friendship, romantic entanglements and turbulent times, set in Yorkshire in 1811.

Villette by Charlotte Brontë
Leaving England to teach in Villette, Lucy Snowe experiences the pangs of unrequited love.

The Professor by Charlotte Brontë
As a teacher at a boarding-school in Belgium, William Crimsworth encounters trouble and true love.

Adapted by Rachel Joyce, these radio dramas boast star casts including Ellie Kendrick, Amanda Hale, Tom Burke, Lesley Sharp, Paul Venables, Robert Lonsdale, Anna Maxwell Martin, Ben Batt and Chloe Pirrie.

Also included is a one-hour bonus programme featuring Rachel Joyce in conversation with producer Tracey Neale.

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Lovely stories, some old favourites & a few not so familiar but all most enjoyable & well performed.

Great Selection

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If you are a classic novel lover this is the best compilation coming after Jane Austin.
I would single out Jane Eyre, The Proffesor and Wuthering Heights.
The only thing I would improve is more clear and concise book division between chapters.

Classic!

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I enjoyed everything about this collection. It was a change to have a listen that included several stories by one talented family. The dramatic element was well done and enhanced the classic tales.

Loved it!

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So enjoyable. I loved every one of these adaptations. Wonderful novels that really come to life in refreshingly new ways. The interview at the end was an excellent bonus. Highly recommended.

Wonderful adaptations

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On the whole these were good adaptations and stayed fairly faithful to the books. The spirit and style of the Bronte sisters was still there. Thankfully they were not changed out of recognition like TV period dramas so often are these days!!

It would have been better if they had been grouped with each authors works together and in the order they wrote them so that one could appreciate their development and individual writing styles.
Named chapter headings would make navigating the different books easier.

Also the fact they were short radio episodes meant that the story line was quite bumpy as you were constantly getting a resume and music introductions. It would be a much better listen if these had been edited out so the story flowed smoothly.

I did struggle to hear everything when either the actors dropped their voices or the music/sound effects were too much. This is often a serious barrier to enjoying radio drama.

Good adaptations

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