The Bayeux Tapestry by Morna Stuart

Available for 30 days

**** First of 4 Extra’s carefully-woven collection to mark The Bayeux Tapestry being on display at London’s British Museum until Summer 2027. A dramatic chronicle telling of the invasion of England by the Norman Duke William, and of the tragic end of Harold, last of the Saxon Kings, as recorded in the famous tapestry. The story is told scene-by-scene as embroidered in nine linen panels sewn together making up the tapestry. It’s believed to have been created here nearly 1,000 years ago. First broadcast by the BBC during the Second World War. Starring Basil Sydney and Alan Wheatley. Written by Morna Stuart. William of Normandy ... Basil Sydney Harold, Earl of Wessex ... Alan Wheatley Bishop Odo of Bayeux ... Leslie Perrins The Monk ... Philip Wade Leofwin ... John Chandos Edward the Confessor ... Harcourt Williams Guy of Ponthieu & Conan of Brittany ... Leo Genn Eustace of Boulogne ... Edgar Norfolk Robert of Mortain & Messenger ... Charles Maunsell English Servant & Messenger ... Ralph de Rohan Stigand of Canterbury ... Arthur Bush Queen Edith ... Doris Lytton Producer: Josephine Plummer First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1944.