THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents was transmitted in two parts as part of BBC Radio 4's Saturday Play series on August 23, 2003 at 2:30 pm. The play is 90 minutes long and was adapted by Peter Kerry from Terry Pratchett's original book, which won the Carnegie Medal in 2001.
The play was directed by Chris Wallis, the music was composed and played by Rick Juckes .
Technical presentation was by David Fleming-Williams and this was a Watershed Production, as is Hemlock and After, which also features David.
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents was transmitted in two parts as part of BBC Radio 4's Saturday Play series on August 23, 2003 at 2:30 pm. The play is 90 minutes long and was adapted by Peter Kerry from Terry Pratchett's original book, which won the Carnegie Medal in 2001.
The play was directed by Chris Wallis, the music was composed and played by Rick Juckes .
Technical presentation was by David Fleming-Williams and this was a Watershed Production, as is Hemlock and After, which also features David.
"The Amazing Maurice runs the perfect Pied Piper scam. This streetwise alley cat knows the value of cold, hard cash and can talk his way into and out of anything. But when Maurice and his cohorts decide to con the town of Bad Blinitz, it will take more than fast talking to survive the danger that awaits." - Harper Collins.com
Darktan's voice was a spoof version of Sean Connery's Scottish burr. The narrator in the adaptation was Maurice himself, describing to Dangerous Beans how they arrived at the perilous situation near the end of the plot.
"The Amazing Maurice runs the perfect Pied Piper scam. This streetwise alley cat knows the value of cold, hard cash and can talk his way into and out of anything. But when Maurice and his cohorts decide to con the town of Bad Blinitz, it will take more than fast talking to survive the danger that awaits." - Harper Collins.com
CAST
Harry Myers - Maurice
Tom George* - Keith
Annie Rowe - Melissa
David Tennant - Dangerous Beans
Michael Fenton Stevens - Spider/Mr. Spears
Sean Prendergast - Darktan/Mr. Blunkett
Joanna Monro - Peaches
Rod Arthur** - Ham'n Pork
Finetime Fontayne - Sardines
Charlie Norfolk - Nourishing
Sandra Hunt - Inbrine
Rebecca Norfolk, age 8 - Storyteller
John Rowe - Death
Harry Myers - Maurice
Tom George* - Keith
Annie Rowe - Melissa
David Tennant - Dangerous Beans
Michael Fenton Stevens - Spider/Mr. Spears
Sean Prendergast - Darktan/Mr. Blunkett
Joanna Monro - Peaches
Rod Arthur** - Ham'n Pork
Finetime Fontayne - Sardines
Charlie Norfolk - Nourishing
Sandra Hunt - Inbrine
Rebecca Norfolk, age 8 - Storyteller
John Rowe - Death
*appears in The Mill on the Floss
**appears as Mr. Parsons in the Doctor Who episode School Reunion
*appears in The Mill on the Floss
**appears as Mr. Parsons in the Doctor Who episode School Reunion