The Gibson
- 6-part serial, BBC R4 commission. Classed by the then Head of BBC Series & Serials as "flagship" of season. Broadcast 1992. With Robert Glenister / Sharon Duce / Freddie Jones / Kate Binchy / Sam Dastor An ancient power source is buried under a hill outside a town ... for hundreds of years two rival factions have been battling to control it.
Bruce Bedford's time-hopping thriller stars Robert Glenister, Sharon Duce, Freddie Jones and Timothy West. It’s 1999 and strange events start happening to Saul, an aspiring poet from Bath, after he has won a poetry competition. The Gibson was first broadcast in 1992 and was directed by Andy Jordan. (BBC7 blurb to the Jan 2008 repeat)
Aspiring poet Saul Judd gets drawn into a web of dark and mysterious forces - as a leprous prince ignores sinister warnings and a Bath playgroup's blind terror baffles the adults...
Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial in six episodes.
Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd
Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd
Freddie Jones .... The Scribe
Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife
Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria
John Telfer .... Prince Bladud
Trevor Cooper .... Rough Peasant
Sam Dastor .... Karim el Hatel
June Barrie .... The Chairwoman
Geoff Serle .... The Northern Man
Jonathan Adams .... The Guardian
Original music composed by Thomas Johnson.
Music realised by Robin Lever.
Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop)
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