Bruce Beeby Bruce Beeby i(19631218 works by)
Born: Established: 21 Oct 1921 ; Died: Ceased: 20 Oct 2013
Gender: Male
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1 form y separately published work icon Goodbye to an Old Friend Bruce Beeby , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1981 19640742 1981 single work radio play

'When the senior member of a Russian scientific team at the Paris Air Show seeks political asylum in the British Embassy and asks to join his brother-in-law, already being debriefed in England, the authorities can't believe their luck. And yet ... his interviewer is uneasy about this new defection - something doesn't quite add up.'

Source: Radio Times, 20 August 1981, p.23.
1 form y separately published work icon Summer Days Bruce Beeby , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1977 19635894 1977 single work radio play

'An old man looks back to his childhood in Australia in the First World War - and to the pain and innocence of first love.'

Source: Radio Times, 19 May 1977, p.23.
1 form y separately published work icon Lunchbreak Bruce Beeby , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1977 19634345 1977 single work radio play

''He didn't say anything at first. He just stared at me. He was in his dressing-gown. He had an unlighted fag in his hand. And funny, his hands were shaking.' The beginning of an unusual friendship for Tommy and Terry.'

Source: Radio Times, 16 June 1977, p.19.
1 y separately published work icon The Girl in the Park Bruce Beeby , 1976 19637965 1976 single work short story

'A chance encounter In the park leads to an unexpected offer for the young actress.'

Source: Radio Times, 19 February 1976, p.51.
1 form y separately published work icon The Fugitives Bruce Beeby , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1976 19634389 1976 single work radio play

'A petty criminal on the run kills a policeman — and the police force, the public and, above all, the media, join in a grim man-hunt. The place—Australia: the time—the present.'

Source: Radio Times, 7 October 1976, p.53.
1 form y separately published work icon The Premier Bruce Beeby , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1972 19637745 1972 single work radio play

'In a house on the coast of Normandy sits an 82-year-old ex-Premier of France. The country is without a government, and hidden away among the books on the old man's shelves are incriminating papers which may give him the power to decide which government the country shall have.'

Source: Radio Times, 28 December 1972, p.23.
1 form y separately published work icon The Train Bruce Beeby , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1972 19637202 1972 single work radio play

'That's when the idea came to me of leaving my son another picture of myself - not just a shopkeeper father, a timid husband with no ambition.... I wonder if it wouldn't do him some good to learn that for a few weeks there had been a different man inside me - one capable of real passion.'

Source: Radio Times, 5 May 1976, p.43.
1 y separately published work icon Park Bench Encounter Bruce Beeby , 1971 19639035 1971 single work short story
1 form y separately published work icon The Last Bottle in the World Bruce Beeby , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1971 19635686 1971 single work radio play mystery

The last bottle of wine from a famous vintage becomes the means of revenge by a wealthy man against his unfaithful wife.
1 y separately published work icon Yeller Dog Bruce Beeby , 1970 19639550 1970 single work short story
1 form y separately published work icon Yeller Dog Bruce Beeby , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1970 19636076 1970 single work radio play

'We were walking home from school engaged in a highly intellectual conversation about two smashing sheilas in the third year when we saw this yeller dog sprawled in my gateway, looking as if he owned it.'

Source: Radio Times, 27 August 1970, p.37.
1 form y separately published work icon The Contract Bruce Beeby , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1969 19635435 1969 single work radio play
1 form y separately published work icon The House That Jack Built Bruce Beeby , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1968 19635757 1968 single work radio play

'"I'm a big guy. so if anyone argues with me I can clobber 'em. if you're big and strong there's a lot you can do. You can think with a fist!"'

Source: Radio Times, 15 August 1968, p.9.
1 form y separately published work icon The Man in the Looking Glass Bruce Beeby , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1967 19635990 1967 single work radio play

'A comment on marriage by Bruce Beeby'.

Source: Radio Times, 3 August 1967, p.6.
1 form y separately published work icon The Uninvolved Bruce Beeby , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1967 19635803 1967 single work radio play

'"You find him for me and tell him how much I love him. It is important that you tell him because I don't think he knows. That is why he tried to kill me."'

Source: Radio Times, 8 June 1967, p.8.
1 y separately published work icon The Gift Bruce Beeby , 1966 19639713 1966 single work short story
1 form y separately published work icon A Private Affair Bruce Beeby , London : Bruce Beeby , 1966 19635839 1966 single work radio play

'"I've written about what I know and understand, as honestly as I can—like Matt said ..."

'The place, Sydney. The time, today.'

Source: Radio Times, 28 July 1966, p.36.
1 form y separately published work icon Over to You, Mort Bruce Beeby , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1966 19631237 1966 single work radio play

'Who'd have thought they'd let Mortimer Truman appear in a live television show? They must be mad!'

Source: Radio Times, 9 June 1966, p.28.
1 form y separately published work icon Shadow of Guilt Bruce Beeby , London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1964 19636251 1964 single work film/TV mystery
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