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== Selected radio == Timothy West was a member of the BBC Radio Drama Repertory Company in 1962<ref>''A Moment Towards the End of the Play'', p 72</ref> and took part in over 500 radio broadcasts.<ref name="lamda">{{cite web|url=http://www.lamda.org.uk/development/press/bios/west.htm|title=Press Office β LAMDA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703051923/http://www.lamda.org.uk/development/press/bios/west.htm|archive-date=3 July 2013}}</ref> In 1959, he wrote and produced a short audio play, ''This Gun That I Have in My Right Hand Is Loaded'', satirising typical mistakes of radio drama, including over-explanatory dialogue and misuse of sound cues.<ref>{{cite web |last1=West |first1=Samuel |title=Fathers and sons |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/mar/17/featuresreviews.guardianreview13 |website=The Guardian |date=17 March 2007 |access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=West |first1=Timothy |title=This Gun That I Have in My Right Hand Is Loaded |url=https://clyp.it/fif3lyin |website=Clyp |access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> {{Div col}} * ''[[Cabin Pressure (radio series)|Cabin Pressure]]'' by [[John Finnemore (writer)|John Finnemore]], as Gordon Shappey, [[BBC Radio 4]], 2011<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/8125/rip-timothy-west/|title=Timothy West dies aged 90|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|date=13 November 2024|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> * ''Seasons'' by Gareth Parker, as Harold. Independent drama by the [[Wireless Theatre Company]], 2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/podcast/seasons|title=Seasons β Wireless Theatre|website=www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk}}</ref> * Old Harry's Game by Andy Hamilton, as God, BBC Radio 4, 2009.<ref name="auto"/> * ''The Man on the Heath: Johnson and Boswell Investigate'' by David Noakes, as [[Samuel Johnson|Doctor Johnson]], [[Saturday Play]] on [[BBC Radio 4]], 2005<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/11/13/timothy-west-prunella-scales-churchill-shakespeare-canals/|title=Timothy West, veteran stage and television actor married for more than 60 years to Prunella Scales|first=Telegraph|last=Obituaries|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=13 November 2024|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> * ''[[Lorna Doone]]'' by [[R.D. Blackmore]], as narrator, 2004<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/11_november/17/radio4_mon20.shtml|title=BBC β Press Office β Radio 4 Christmas highlights Monday 20 December|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> * ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'', as Rumpole, in [[Rumpole and the Primrose Path|sixteen 45-minute plays]], 2003β2012. In this series his [[Prunella Scales|wife in real life]] played his fictional wife.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I50XDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22rumpole+and+the+Primrose+Path%22&pg=PT236|title=Bewigged and Bewildered?: A Guide to Becoming a Barrister in England and Wales|first1=Adam Kramer|last1=KC|first2=Ian|last2=Higgins|date=30 June 2016|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-5099-0539-3 |via=Google Books}}</ref> * ''[[Ned Chaillet#Hecuba|Hecuba]]'' by [[Euripides]], as Polymestor, 2001 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/edf49d6821c14b9c888d755be2889ba0|title=BBC Programme Index|date=16 December 2001|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> * ''[[Ned Chaillet#Groupie|Groupie]]'' by [[Arnold Wesker]], 2001<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.englishtheatre.at/archiv/english/archive/season-201516/groupie.html|title=GROUPIE|website=Viennas English Theatre}}</ref> * ''Dorothy, a Manager's Wife'' by [[Peter Tinniswood]], 2000<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/oct/22/features.review107|title=Life, death, footie β and Phil Collins|first=Kim|last=Bunce|newspaper=The Observer |date=22 October 2000|via=The Guardian}}</ref> * ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' by [[Arthur Miller]], as [[Willy Loman]], 1993<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12616545.poignant-piece-death-of-a-salesman-at-the-theatre-royal-glasgow/|title=Poignant piece. Death of a Salesman at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow|date=10 March 1993|website=The Herald}}</ref> * ''The Gibson'' by Bruce Bedford, 1992<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442684/the-gibson-by-bruce-bedford/9781529134353|title=The Gibson|first=Bruce|last=Bedford|date=10 December 2020|via=www.penguin.co.uk}}</ref> * ''[[The Expedition of Humphry Clinker]]'' by [[Tobias Smollett]], [[Classic Serial]] on [[BBC Radio 4]], 1992<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-week-in-radio-for-real-originality-try-flann-o-brien-917072.html|title=The Week In Radio: For real originality, try Flann O'Brien | The Independent | The Independent|website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=2 September 2008 }}</ref> * ''Crisp and Even Brightly'' by [[Alick Rowe]], as 'Generally well-intentioned King Wenceslas', [[Saturday Night Theatre]], [[BBC Radio 4]], 1987<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/crisp-and-even-brightly/|title=Crisp And Even Brightly β Radio 4 Comedy Drama|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> * ''[[I, Claudius]]'' and ''[[Claudius the God]]'' by [[Robert Graves]], as Claudius, produced by [[Glyn Dearman]], 1985<ref>https://robertgraves.org/rg-performances</ref> * ''With a Whimper to the Grave'' by [[Wally K. Daly]], as 642, 1984<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k44c|title=BBC Radio 4 Extra β Wally K Daly, With a Whimper to the Grave, Episode 3|website=BBC}}</ref> * ''Actors, or Playing for Real'' by [[Lope de Vega]], as Emperor [[Diocletian]], [[BBC Radio 3]], 1983<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=go81HW3OrlUC&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Diocletian%22|title=Theatre History Studies|date=13 November 1987|publisher=University of North Dakota Press|via=Google Books}}</ref> * ''Dear Countess'' by Elizabeth Morgan 1983<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hdlBAQAAIAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Dear+Countess%22|title=Plays and Players|date=13 November 1983|publisher=Hansom Books|via=Google Books}}</ref> * ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]'' by [[Oscar Wilde]], [[Saturday Night Theatre]], [[BBC Radio 4]], 1982<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4AFXAAAAMAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Lady+Windermere's+Fan%22|title=Chicago|date=13 November 1975|publisher=WFMT, Incorporated|via=Google Books}}</ref> * ''Operation Lightning Pegasus'' by [[Alick Rowe]], as Agammemnon, [[Saturday Night Theatre]], [[BBC Radio 4]], 1981<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/operation_lightning_pegasus/|title=Operation Lightning Pegasus β Radio 4 Comedy Drama|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> * ''Sherlock Holmes v. Dracula'' by [[Loren D. Estleman]], as [[Doctor Watson]], dramatised and directed by [[Glyn Dearman]], [[Saturday Night Theatre]], [[BBC Radio 4]], 1981<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/paul-donovan-tune-in-freak-out-bjn7z209ngr|title=Paul Donovan: Tune in, freak out|first=The Sunday|last=Times|date=31 October 2010|website=www.thetimes.com}}</ref> * ''The Monument'' by David Cregan, as Dr. James Short, [[BBC Radio 3]], 1978<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9641a0eab47c4cc3b72d085ad606a187|title=BBC Programme Index|date=12 February 1978|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> * ''Where Are They Now?'' by [[Tom Stoppard]], as an Old Boy, 1971<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MkVIAQAAIAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22Where+Are+They+Now|title=The Spectator|date=13 July 1979|publisher=F.C. Westley|via=Google Books}}</ref> * ''If You're Glad, I'll be Frank'' by [[Tom Stoppard]], as Frank, 1966<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dbKuCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22timothy+west%22+++%22If+You%27re+Glad%2C+I%27ll+be+Frank%22&pg=PA80|title=Tom Stoppard: An Assessment|first=Tim|last=Brassell|date=18 March 1985|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-17789-9 |via=Google Books}}</ref> * ''[[Macbeth]]'', as the Porter, [[BBC Third Programme]], 1966. Repeated on [[BBC Radio 4]] in 1967 and [[BBC 7]] in 2007<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DdtBAQAAIAAJ&q=%22timothy+west%22+++%22the+Porter%22|title=The Listener|date=13 November 1976|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|via=Google Books}}</ref> {{Div col end}}
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