Benedict Cumberbatch (23 page)

2008:
16 February

THE SATURDAY PLAY: SPELLBOUND (Role: Dr John Murchison)

BBC Radio 4 (Saturday, 1430–1530)

Dramatised by Amanda Dalton from the original book by:

Francis Beeching

Directed by: Susan Roberts

Cast included: Hattie Morahan (Constance), Alexandra Mathie (Nurse Deeling), David Fleeshman (Dr Edwardes), Gerard Fletcher (Geoffrey), Christine Cox (Ciceley).

2008:
14 April

THE AFTERNOON PLAY: GOOD EVENING (Role: Dudley Moore)

BBC Radio 4 (Monday, 1415–1500)

Written by: Roy Smiles

Produced by: Liz Anstee

Cast included: Matt Addis (Alan Bennett), Jonathan Aris (Jonathan Miller), Rory Kinnear (Peter Cook).

2008:
1 May

THE AFTERNOON PLAY:

CHATTERTON: THE ALLINGTON SOLUTION (Role: Thomas Chatterton)

BBC Radio 4 (Thursday, 1415–1500)

Written by: Peter Ackroyd

Directed by: Roy McMillan

Cast included: Adrian Scarborough (Allington), Rachel Bavidge (Ruth), David Timson (Partridge), Glen McCready (Sam), Liza Sadovy (Mrs Angel), Hugh Ross (Jackman), Jonathan Keeble (Mr Crane), Hugh Dickson (Coroner), Mark Lawson (Himself).

2008:
9, 12–14 May

METAMORPHOSIS (Reader (all parts))

BBC Radio 7 (Friday, then following Monday–Wednesday, 1830–1900)

By: Franz Kafka

2008:
23–27 June

BOOK OF THE WEEK: CASANOVA (Reader)

BBC Radio 4 (Monday–Friday, 0945–1000, repeated same night 0030–0045)

By: Ian Kelly

2008:
6 July

WORDS AND MUSIC: ITALIAN FANTASY (Reader)

BBC Radio 3 (Sunday, 2330–0100)

Also reading: Emily Bruni

[A sequence of poetry and prose (Byron, Browning, ee cummings, Henry James, Elizabeth David, Eleanor Clark), interspersed with music (Berlioz, Respighi and Bob Dylan, among others).]

2008–present (four series):

CABIN PRESSURE (Role: Captain Martin Crieff (all episodes but one*))

BBC Radio 4

Written by: John Finnemore

Produced by: David Tyler

Main cast: Stephanie Cole (Carolyn Knapp-Shappey), Roger Allam (First Officer Douglas Richardson), John Finnemore (Arthur Knapp-Shappey).

Series 1:
2 July–6 August 2008: Wednesdays, 1130–1200

Series 2:
17 July–21 August 2009: Fridays, 1130–1200

Special:
25 December 2010: Saturday, 0830–0900

Series 3:
1 July–5 August 2011: Fridays, 1130–1200

Series 4:
9 January–13 February 2013: Wednesdays, 1830–
1900

2008:
4–8 August

AT WAR WITH WELLINGTON (Role: Duke of Wellington)

BBC Radio 4 (Monday–Friday, 1545–1600)

Presented by: Peter and Dan Snow

Producer: Alyn Shipton

Also featuring the voices of: David Westhead, Neil Dudgeon, David Holt, Frank Stirling

[Series in which Peter and Dan Snow introduced extracts from diary entries and letters from soldiers who fought in the Peninsular Campaign.]

2008:
9 August

BBC WORLD DRAMA: THE TIGER’S TAIL (Reader)

BBC World Service (Saturday, 1900–2000)

[A selection of short stories by Burmese writers.]

2008:
11–15 August

WOMAN’S HOUR DRAMA: THE PILLOW BOOK (Role: Tadanobu)

BBC Radio 4 (Monday–Friday, 1045–1100)

By: Robert Forrest, inspired by the diary of Sei Shonagon

Cast included: Ruth Gemmell (Shonagon), John Rowe (Narimasa), Laura Rees (Empress), Caroline Martin (Saisho), Richard Madden (Emperor), Mark Bazeley (Yukinari), Colette O’Neil (Tozammi).

2008:
18 August

SUNSHINE AND SHOWERS: RAINY SEASON (Reader)

BBC Radio 4 (Monday, 1530–1545)

By: DJ Taylor

Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko

2008:
24 September

THE AFTERNOON PLAY: THE LAST DAYS OF GRACE (Role: GF)

BBC Radio 4 (Wednesday, 1415–1500)

By: Nick Warburton

Produced by: Steven Canny

Cast included: Kenneth Cranham (W.G. Grace), Christopher Martin-Jenkins (Voice of Cricket).

2008:
27 December

THE SATURDAY PLAY: TOM AND VIV (Role: Tom)

BBC Radio 4 (Saturday, 1430–1600)

By: Michael Hastings

Produced by: Peter Kavanagh

Cast included: Lia Williams (Vivienne Haigh-Wood), David Haig (Maurice), Judy Parfitt (Rose), John Rowe (Charles), Emily Randall (Louise).

2009–present:

AFTERNOON DRAMA: RUMPOLE (Role: Young Rumpole (all episodes))

BBC Radio 4

Written by: John Mortimer, adapted by Richard Stoneman

Directed by: Marilyn Imrie

1: RUMPOLE AND THE PENGE BUNGALOW MURDERS
(19–26 May 2009; Tuesdays, 1415–1500)

Cast included: Timothy West (Elder Rumpole), Geoffrey Whitehead (C.H. Wystan), Andy de la Tour (Albert/Peter), Ewan Bailey (Simon), Emma Fielding (Daisy), Jasmine Hyde
(Hilda), Stephen Critchlow (Reggie), Matthew Morgan (Bonny), Karl Johnson (Judge/Dr Phillimore), David Shaw-Parker (Lord Jessop).

2: RUMPOLE AND THE FAMILY PRIDE
(9 August 2010;
Monday, 1415–1500)

Cast included: Timothy West (Elder Rumpole), Cathy Sara (Hilda), Elaine Claxton (Liz/Helen), Julian Wadham (Lord Sackbut), Sophie Thompson (Rosemary/Pippa), Joshua McGuire (Jonathan).

3: RUMPOLE AND THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE
(10 August 2010; Tuesday, 1415–1500)

Cast included: Timothy West (Elder Rumpole), Cathy Sara (Dorothy), Faye Castelow (Elizabeth).

4: RUMPOLE AND THE MAN OF GOD
(1 March 2012;
Thursday, 1415–1500)

Cast included: Timothy West (Elder Rumpole), Jasmine Hyde (Hilda), Stephen Critchlow (George Frobisher/Mr Pratt), Adrian Scarborough (Rev. Mordred Skinner).

5: RUMPOLE AND THE EXPLOSIVE EVIDENCE
(2 March 2012; Friday, 1415–1500)

Cast included: Timothy West (Elder Rumpole), Jasmine Hyde (Hilda), Alison Pettitt (Joyce Pringle), Michael Cochrane (Sam Ballard), John Ramm (DI Dickerson), Geoffrey Whitehead (Sir Oliver Oliphant/Philbeam).

6: RUMPOLE AND THE GENTLE ART OF BLACKMAIL
(18 December 2012; Tuesday, 1415–1500)

Cast included: Timothy West (Elder Rumpole), Jasmine Hyde (Hilda), Louis Tafler-Hyde (Nicholas Rumpole), Stephen Critchlow (Humphrey Grice/Judge Everglades), Faye Castelow (Sue Galton).

7: RUMPOLE AND THE EXPERT WITNESS
(25 December 2012; Tuesday, 1415–1500)

Cast included: Timothy West (Elder Rumpole), Louis Tafler-Hyde (Nicholas Rumpole), Daniel Weyman (Dr Ned Dacre), Nigel Anthony (Erskine-Brown).

2010:
2–3 June

BLAKE’S 7: THE EARLY YEARS (Role: Townsend)

BBC Radio 7 (Wednesday–Thursday, 1830–1900)

(Cumberbatch appeared in parts 2 and 3 of this five-part revival series)

3: The Dust Run

4: The Trial

Created by: Terry Nation

Written by: Ben Aaronovitch, Simon Guerrier

Cast included: Stephen Lord, Carrie Dobro.

2010:
5 November

BIG TOE BOOKS (Guest Reader)

BBC Radio 7 (Friday, 1600–1700)

[Cumberbatch was featured in this children’s magazine show reading
Silverwing
by Kenneth Oppel.]

2013:
13 January

DRAMA ON 3: COPENHAGEN (Role: Werner Heisenberg)

BBC Radio 3 (Sunday, 2030–2230)

By: Michael Frayn

Cast included: Simon Russell Beale (Niels Bohr), Greta Scacchi (Margrethe Bohr).

2013:
16, 18–22 March

NEVERWHERE (Role: Angel Islington)

BBC Radio 4*/BBC Radio 4 Extra**

*Part 1: BBC Radio 4: 16 March 2013 (Saturday, 1430–1530)

**Parts 2–6: BBC Radio 4 Extra: 18–22 March 2013 (Monday–Friday, 1800–1830)

By: Neil Gaiman

Cast included: James McAvoy (Richard Mayhew), Natalie Dormer (Door), Christopher Lee (Earl of Earls Court), Andrew Sachs (Tooley), David Harewood (Marquis de Carabas), Sophie Okonedo (Hunter), Anthony Head (Croup), David Schofield (Vandemar), Bernard Cribbins (Old Bailey), Romola Garai (Jessica), Paul Chequer (Gary), Johnny Vegas (Lord Ratspeaker), Neil Gaiman (Mr Figgis).

2006:
January

CASANOVA: THE VENETIAN YEARS – THE MEMOIRS OF GIACOMO CASANOVA (Reader)

CSA Word

Memoirs by: Giacomo Casanova

2008:
August

DEATH IN A WHITE TIE (Reader)

Hachette Digital

By: Ngaio Marsh

2008:
November

DOCTOR WHO: FORTY FIVE: FALSE GODS (Role: Howard Carter)

Big Finish Productions

Directed by: Ken Bentley

Written by: Mark Morris

Cast included: Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Sophie Aldred (Ace), Philip Olivier (Hex), Lucy Adams (Jane Templeton), Paul Lincoln (Robert Charles/Robot), Jon Glover (Creodont).

2008:
December

ARTISTS IN CRIME (Reader)

Hachette Digital

By: Ngaio Marsh

2010:
November

WORDS FOR YOU – THE NEXT CHAPTER (Reader)

Universal Records

25-track charity album of poetry recitations accompanying classical music pieces.

Also featuring: Peter Capaldi, Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter, Terence Stamp, Maureen Lipman, Dervla Kirwan, Peter Capaldi, Rupert Penry-Jones, James Earl Jones.

[Cumberbatch appears on three tracks:

6: Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (accompanying Modest Mussorgsky/Khovanshtchina, Intermezzo Act 4)

19: Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats (accompanying Gustav Mahler/Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp, 4th Movement –Death in Venice)

24: Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll (accompanying Richard Wagner/Magic Fire Music (Feuerzauber))

2010:
December

SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE REDISCOVERED RAILWAY MYSTERIES AND OTHER STORIES (Reader)

BBC Audiobooks/AudioGo

Written by: John Taylor

2012:
September

MOBY DICK – THE BIG READ (Reader)

Part of Plymouth International Book Festival

Devised by: Philip Hoare, Angela Cockayne

Online at www.mobydickbigread.com

2012:
November

LATE NIGHT TALES: FRIENDLY FIRES (Narrator/Contributor)

Late Night Tales Records

[Contributes to one track: ‘Flat of Angels’ by Simon Cleary.]

2012:
December

THE SNOWMAN AND THE SNOWDOG (Reader)

Puffin Books e-audiobook

By: Hilary Audus, based on the book,
The Snowman
, by Raymond Briggs

2013:
February

THE TEMPEST (Role: Ferdinand)

Naxos Audio Books

By: William Shakespeare

Produced by: John Tydeman

Cast included: Ian McKellen (Prospero), Emilia Fox (Miranda).

2013:
June

RÖYKSOPP: LATE NIGHT TALES (Narrator/Contributor)

Late Night Tales Records

[Contributes to one track: ‘Flat of Angels Part 2’ by Simon Cleary.]

2009:
July

INSPIRED* (Contributor)

Shoehorn Publications

Published in aid of the Prince’s Trust

[Includes Cumberbatch’s account of being car-jacked in South Africa.]

2011:
April

THE NIGHT JAR (Voice)

iPhone App Game

AMV/Somethin’ Else Productions