Mountain Language
Mountain Language

Mountain Language (1988)


Mountain Language

Mountain Language (1988)

Channel BBC Two
Broadcast Date 11 November 1988
Broadcast time 22:15:00
Length (minutes) 20
Black and White No
Series Unknown
Episode
Broadcast Notes

Description BBC production of Mountain Language by Harold Pinter, with the cast from the National Theatre production which premiered some months earlier.
Language English

Linked Productions

No linked Production have been added to this production record yet.

Linked People

Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Creative | Director


Stuart Walker

Creative | Designer


Louis Marks (1928 - 2010)

Production | Producer


Linked Organisations

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) (Cultural Institution | Est. 1922)

Producer.

Royal National Theatre (Producing & Receiving House | Est. 1963)

South Bank, London SE1 9PX, England

Producer.

Characters

Guard (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Anthony Askew

Hooded Man (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Alex Hardy

Guard (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: George Harris (1949)

Prisoner (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Tony Haygarth (1945 - 2017)

Second Guard (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Douglas McFerran (1958)

Young Woman (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Miranda Richardson (1958)

Officer (Mountain Language) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Julian Wadham (1958)

Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)

Performer: Elizabeth Archer

Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)

Performer: Jean Channon (1932 - 2007)

Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)

Performer: Samantha David

Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)

Performer: Cryss Jean Healey

Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)

Performer: Anne Priestley

Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)

Performer: Keely Marshall

Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)

Performer: Jennifer Hill

Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)

Performer: Anne Higgins

Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)

Performer: Pauline Lewis-John

Woman (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Not specified)

Performer: Charlotte Kasner

Guard (Mountain Language) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Alec Gifford

Sergeant (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Michael Gambon (1940 - 2023)

Linked Awards

No award have been added to this production record yet.

Resources

Pinter at the BBC, 2019 DVD (URL)

Type: DVD

External Link: https://shop.bfi.org.uk/pinter-at-the-bbc-5-dvd-set.html

This broadcast is included in the 2019 BFI/BBC box set.

Learning On Screen, full broadcast (subscription required) (Video)

Type: Broadcast

External Link: https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/RT41B490?bcast=119903129

Sources

Mountain Language (BBC, 1988)

BBC Archives

DVD

Mountain Language

Radio Times, 8 December 1988

Magazine

article, p. 27; listing, with image, p. 47; poem, p. 102