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Radio 4,25 Apr 2026,87 mins

The Madness of George III

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Available for 17 days

When a leader loses the plot, how should those around him respond? Elliot Levey, Emma Fielding and Reece Shearsmith star in Alan Bennett’s sparkling tragi-comedy about George III's mental incapacitation and the Regency crisis of 1788-9. Adapted and directed for radio by Emma Harding The King.....Elliot Levey The Queen.....Emma Fielding The Prince of Wales....Joseph Arkley Willis.....Reece Shearsmith Pitt.....Matthew Needham Fitzroy/Sheridan.....Damien Molony Fox.....Enyi Okoronkwo Thurlow.....Sam Dale Baker.....Neil McCaul Dundas.....Billy Hartman Warren.....Simon Armstrong Lady Pembroke.....Clare Corbett Papendiek.....Sam Swann Fortnum.....Matthew Bulgo Nicholson.....Yasmin Mwanza Production Co-ordinator.....Lindsay Rees Sound Design.....Rhys Morris A BBC Audio Wales production for BBC Radio 4

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