The F Scott Fitzgerald BBC Radio Collection

A collection of radio readings of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s fiction – plus two bonus programmes

Over the years the BBC has broadcast readings of many of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novels, novellas and short stories. This collection includes some of his most famous works alongside various lesser-known tales, including three ‘lost stories’ (first published in 2017 and with an introduction written by editor Anne Margaret Daniel).

Contents:

The Great Gatsby - read by Sam Robards

The Diamond as Big as the Ritz - read by Garrick Hagon

Tender is the Night - read by Kenneth Haigh

Babylon Revisited - read by Stuart Milligan

The Sensible Thing - read by Stuart Milligan

Bernice Bobs Her Hair - read by Laurel Lefkow

Financing Finnegan - read by John Sharian

The Smilers - read by John Sharian

An Alcoholic Case - read by John Sharian

Three Hours Between Planes - read by John Sharian

Pat Hobby’s Secret - read by Ed Bishop

Pat Hobby: Teamed with Genius - read by Ed Bishop

Pat Hobby and Orson Welles - read by Ed Bishop

Pat Hobby: The Homes of the Stars - read by Ed Bishop

Thank You for the Light - read by Karen Bartke, with an introduction read by Laurel Lefkow

The Couple - read by Finn den Hertog

Salute to Lucy and Elsie - read by Stuart Milligan

Also included are The Great Gatsby Letters, in which F. Scott Fitzgerald tells his editor about his hopes and fears for his new novel, and The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald, featuring Ed Bishop and Sarah Keller as Fitzgerald and Zelda.

Please note: some of the language in this recording reflects the era in which it was first broadcast.