Relatively Speaking: Adaptations In Other Media
Television (1967)
Broadcast: 21 July 1967
Time: 9.05pm
Channel: BBC1
Duration: 50mins
Production: Agincourt
Availability
Video: Not available
DVD: Not available
Blu-ray: Not available
Digital: Not available
Time: 9.05pm
Channel: BBC1
Duration: 50mins
Production: Agincourt
Availability
Video: Not available
DVD: Not available
Blu-ray: Not available
Digital: Not available
Director
Designer
In arrangement with
TV producer
Character
Greg
Ginny
Philip
Sheila
Designer
In arrangement with
TV producer
Character
Greg
Ginny
Philip
Sheila
Nigel Patrick
Hutchinson Scott
Peter Bridge
John Vernon
Actor
Richard Briers
Jennifer Hilary
Michael Hordern
Celia Johnson
Hutchinson Scott
Peter Bridge
John Vernon
Actor
Richard Briers
Jennifer Hilary
Michael Hordern
Celia Johnson
Note: This is the first ever television broadcast of an Alan Ayckbourn play. A 50 minute excerpt of the West End production of the play was broadcast and apparently watched in 2.5m homes. The BBC does not hold a copy of the recording in archive and it is not believed it has survived in any form.
Television (1969)
Broadcast: 2 March 1969
Time: 8.20pm
Channel: BBC1
Duration: 90mins
Production: BBC
Availability
Video: Not available
DVD: Not available
Blu-ray: Not available
Digital: Not available
Time: 8.20pm
Channel: BBC1
Duration: 90mins
Production: BBC
Availability
Video: Not available
DVD: Not available
Blu-ray: Not available
Digital: Not available
Director
Lighting
Designer
Character
Greg
Ginny
Philip
Sheila
Lighting
Designer
Character
Greg
Ginny
Philip
Sheila
Herbert Wise
Gerry Millerson
Natasha Kroll
Actor
John Stride
Judy Cornwell
Donald Sinden
Celia Johnson
Gerry Millerson
Natasha Kroll
Actor
John Stride
Judy Cornwell
Donald Sinden
Celia Johnson
Note: This is the first television adaptation of an Alan Ayckbourn play (i.e. not a recording of a live production). The BBC does not hold a copy of the programme in archive and it is not believed it has survived in any form.
Radio (1975)
Broadcast: 25 December 1975
Time: 3pm
Channel: BBC Radio 4
Duration: 90mins
Production: BBC
Availability
Cassette: 1990 (deleted)
CD: Not available
Digital: Not available
Time: 3pm
Channel: BBC Radio 4
Duration: 90mins
Production: BBC
Availability
Cassette: 1990 (deleted)
CD: Not available
Digital: Not available
Director
Character
Greg
Ginny
Philip
Sheila
Character
Greg
Ginny
Philip
Sheila
Kay Patrick
Actor
Nigel Lambert
Joanna Wake
Michael Aldridge
Rosemary Leach
Actor
Nigel Lambert
Joanna Wake
Michael Aldridge
Rosemary Leach
Television (1989)
Broadcast: 24 December 1989
Time: 9.10pm
Channel: BBC2
Duration: 110mins
Production: BBC
Availability
Video: Not available
DVD: Not available
Blu-ray: Not available
Digital: Not available
Time: 9.10pm
Channel: BBC2
Duration: 110mins
Production: BBC
Availability
Video: Not available
DVD: Not available
Blu-ray: Not available
Digital: Not available
Director
Designer
Costumes
Music
Script Editor
Producer
Character
Greg
Ginny
Philip
Sheila
Designer
Costumes
Music
Script Editor
Producer
Character
Greg
Ginny
Philip
Sheila
Michael Simpson
Jan Spoczynski
Janet Tharby
Jim Parker
Stuart Griffiths
Shaun Sutton
Actor
Michael Maloney
Imogen Stubbs
Nigel Hawthorne
Gwen Watford
Jan Spoczynski
Janet Tharby
Jim Parker
Stuart Griffiths
Shaun Sutton
Actor
Michael Maloney
Imogen Stubbs
Nigel Hawthorne
Gwen Watford
All research for this page is by Simon Murgatroyd and should not be reproduced without permission.