Benedict Cumberbatch in Mansfield Pk (BBC Radio)

[Convict13]

BBC4 are replaying Mansfield Park, each day for 10 days,  

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0076gxs

 

I am in Australia and I use Hola to listen.  

 

 

 

[The Rani]

Just saw this on Facebook. Apparently David Tennant is also on it. I'm defintely going to listen to this!

[besleybean]

I am loving it and now want to read the book!

[T.o.b.y]

Oh my god. Oh my god. Mansfield Park is my favorite Austen novel. Oh my... take a deep breath.

 

Okaaaayyy... can somebody tell a dumb German girl if there is any at least half way legal way she can listen to this? Please? Thank you.

[T.o.b.y]

Okay, forget my last post, because the dumb German girl discovered that unlike BBC TV programs, radio is available for non-British users as well.

 

I am a bit disappointed this is not the original text, but as far as I can tell so far, it's very well written. Now, don't anybody tell me which character got The Voice - I want it to be a surprise...

[Carol the Dabbler]

Ignorant American here -- So this is a radio play based on an Austen novel?

 

[T.o.b.y]

Ignorant American here -- So this is a radio play based on an Austen novel?

 

Yes, that appears to be the fact exactly. And like every other adaptation I have ever come across, they seem to have found it necessary to make Fanny and Edmund more "fun", thus taking away something vital from the original story, in my opinion. *Sigh*... I wish they'd just have The Voice (I am sure you know whose I mean...) read the novel out loud. All my favorite novels, actually - that would be heaven... *Sigh*... 

 

But this is not at all bad! Thanks for the link!

[Convict13]

 

Ignorant American here -- So this is a radio play based on an Austen novel?

 

Yes, that appears to be the fact exactly. And like every other adaptation I have ever come across, they seem to have found it necessary to make Fanny and Edmund more "fun", thus taking away something vital from the original story, in my opinion. *Sigh*... I wish they'd just have The Voice (I am sure you know whose I mean...) read the novel out loud. All my favorite novels, actually - that would be heaven... *Sigh*... 

 

But this is not at all bad! Thanks for the link!

 

 

His voice is not so deep though I noticed. 

Mansfield Park I think was Austen's favourite of her novels, not mine though, I like Pride and Prejudice and then Sense and Sensibility the best.  

[besleybean]

I am loving it...

And what about the announcer fawning over Benedict?!

[T.o.b.y]

He's really a very good voice actor. I have to admit I didn't even recognize his voice and I had to look up the cast to find out he is in fact Edmund. How did he do that? He sounds like Edmund should, nice but a bit dull and there is no hint of the thrilling undertones that send shivers round a million of female Sherlock fans' backs... Amazing.

[besleybean]

This series just gets better...I love this book- must read!