BBC R3 - A Bequest To The Nation 2005

BBC R3 - Terence Rattigan's 'A Bequest To The Nation'

Adapted by David Timson

Directed by David Timson

Broadcast October 16, 2005

Coded from tape at 128/44.1



England. Autumn 1805. Lord Nelson's wild affair with

Lady Hamilton causes problems all round.



Rattigan explains why Nelson could not free himself

from this 'self serving sot'. In the process  he shows

why she was abandoned after his death.



Cast

Lord Nelson - Kenneth Branagh

Emma Hamilton - Janet McTeer

Captain Hardy - Gerard Horan

Lord Barham - Stephen Thorne

Lord Minto - John Shrapnel

Frances, Lady Nelson - Amanda Root

George Matcham, Junior - Steven France

George Matcham, Senior - Anthony Jackson

Katherine Matcham - Patience Tomlinson

Betsy, the Maid - Alison Petit

Emily - Tilly Gaunt

Francesca - Alison Petit

Captain Blackwood - Roger May

Rev William Nelson - Roy Spensor