The Odyssey (adapted for radio by Simon Armitage)
first broadcast August 28-9, 2004 on BBC4
Episode I (1:26:14)
After 20 years away the Gods decide it is time for Odysseus, a Trojan hero, to return to Ithaca before his wife Penelope is forced to marry again. But the angry God Poseidon still wants revenge.
Odysseus....Tim McInnerny
Penelope....Amanda Redman
Telemachus....Benedict Cumberbatch
Athena....Janet McTeer
Zeus....John Wood
Eurycleia....Mary Wimbush
Hermes....Bertie Carvel
King Alcinous....Geoffrey Whitehead
Queen Arete....Cheryl Campbell
Princess Nausicaa....Alice Hart
Calypso....Adjoa Andoh
The Cyclops....Barrie Rutter
Antinous....Danny Webb
Eurymachus....Jonathan Keeble
Amphinomous....Chris Pavlo
Eurylochus....Ewan Bailey
Polites....John Rowe
Elpenus....Stephen Hogan
Eurybates....Philip Fox
Antiphus....Jon Glover
Music by Gary Yershon.
Musicians.: Keith Thompson, Martin Allen, Robin Jeffrey, Chris Lacey, Elspeth Cowey and Phil Hopkins.
Singer: Jon Glover.
Directed by Janet Whitaker