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To celebrate 50 years since the cult horror The Wicker Man came to our cinemas, BBC Radio 4 Extra is ‘sacrificing’ its normal evening schedule to bring you five hours of drama, comedy, documentaries and conversations connected to this unique film, its cast and its music.
The evening will be presented by writer, paranormal psychologist and Celtic pagan, Evelyn Hollow (Uncanny and The Battersea Poltergeist), who will be introducing highlights such as the world radio debut of an adaptation of The Wicker Man starring Brian Blessed (21:05) and the first broadcast of Christopher Lee’s Desert Island Discs in over 25 years (20:15).
Evelyn will also be offering up archive featuring among others, Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland and Ingrid Pitt, and in a specially recorded interview Evelyn will be speaking to the Olivier award-winning actress - who not only played the mischievous schoolgirl Daisy Pringle in the film, but who also sang on some of The Wicker Man’s iconic songs - Lesley Mackie (18:45 & 20:55). Come, it is time to keep your appointment with The World of The Wicker Man…
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My mistake, I thought I’d be able to access it in the BBC website, was this a one and done broadcast I had to tune in to on the day?
Nope, it’s various things available to listen to, you can access the lot via the schedule but it includes:
- The World of the Wicker Man
- The Wicker Man audio adaptation with Brian Blessed
edit: for posterity the full schedule (starting at 17:00 and running through to 22:00) is:
- The Price of Fear: “To My Dear, Dear Saladin”
- The Wicker Man Verb
- Fear in the Furrows
- The World of the Wicker Man - first episode
- On the Town with the League of Gentlemen: “A Guest at the Dentons”
- Sentimental Journey: “Ingrid Pitt”
- Sumer Is Icumen In
- Desert Island Discs: “Christopher Lee”
- The World of the Wicker Man - second episode
- The Wicker Man audio adaptation with Brian Blessed
Oh yesss, I’m out for my jog now and already listened to that episode with the child actress, this is so great. Thank you so much for putting the list together
No worries - I’ve not listened to it yet, so it’ll remind me to vox it off later
Well, I’ve listened to it all, thank you.
I came across Vol. 6, No. 3 of the magazine cinefantastique that devoted almost an entire issue to investigating the making of and story behind the production of the 1973 wicker man film, with many interviews by those involved, if you’re interested.
The PDF is archived here:
Good find!
It’s a really interesting read so far
Fantastic, thank you, I must have misunderstood how to navigate the site.
It’s a bit tricky to find otherwise as you’ve have to know the names of each segment and search for them separately. Once the schedule updates it’ll be gone. So I should probably edit my post with the full list.
That would be great, I’m definitely interested in any related material, I love that movie.
Thanks!
Awesome, I love this movie
