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The Wonderful Visit
A lost, wounded angel spends a few disconcerting days in a small Victorian village. Stars Bernard Cribbins and Richard Pearce.
Everyday life in a small English village is completely disrupted when the vicar accidentally shoots and wounds an angel who's somehow flown off-course.
Bernard Cribbins and Richard Pearce star in HG Wells' tale.
Published in 1895, the original book is preceded by 'The Time Machine' and followed by 'The Island of Doctor Moreau'.
Vicar ...... Bernard Cribbins
Angel ...... Richard Pearce
Miss Hinijer ...... Margot Boyd
Dr Crump ...... Norman Bird
Storyteller ...... Kim Wall
Dramatised by Stephen Gallagher.
Music by Mia Soteriou.
Director: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in June 1988.
Last on
Mon 16 Dec 2019
00:00
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
Broadcasts
- Sun 12 Mar 2017 16:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Mon 13 Mar 2017 04:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 15 Dec 2019 18:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Mon 16 Dec 2019 00:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra