Perucci's Escapement

Writer: Guy Meredith
Directed by Cherry Cookson

First broadcast: Tue 10th Mar 1992
BBC Radio 3





  • Giacomo Perucci . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenneth Cranham
    Count dasperghi . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Finlay
    Bamborough . . . . . . . . . . . . Clive Francis
    Sternwell . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Glover
    Ludd the Boatman . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Tudor Barnes
    Maria . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelley Thompson
    Harwick . . . . . . . . . . . . Keith Drinkel
    Malgrave/Captain . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Arnold
    Lord Burleigh . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Penry Jones
    Maggie . . . . . . . . . . . . Joanna Wake


    Guy Meredith's comedy-drama is set in Elizabethan England. A renowned Italian clockmaker becomes a pawn in the religious struggle between people who are driven by greed and bloodlust.

    Radio Times Tuesday 10th Mar 1992