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    March 27, 2015 1:06 pm  #1

    SusiGo
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    "My Dear Bessie" radioplay

    Benedict and Louise have recorded a radio play from the letters made famous by Letters Live and Letters of note. It will air soon:

    http://cumbertrekky.tumblr.com/post/114749240656/rox712-simon-garfield

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    "To fake the death of one sibling may be regarded as a misfortune; to fake the death of both looks like carelessness." Oscar Wilde about Mycroft Holmes

    "It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)

    “Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)



     
     

    March 30, 2015 4:46 pm  #2

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    Re: "My Dear Bessie" radioplay

    This is so wonderful!  I am crying.  

    Here is a video of Benedict reading one of the letters to Bessie:

    https://www.nowness.com/story/letters-live-benedict-cumberbatch?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=SM&utm_campaign=tw300315

    And Loo reading a letter to Chris:

    https://www.nowness.com/story/letters-live-louise-brealey

    Steven Moffat: Season four is “going to be … [about] consequences. Chickens come to roost ... Things … coming back to bite you.”
     

    April 10, 2015 9:49 am  #3

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    Re: "My Dear Bessie" radioplay

    Here is a short preview of the radio play:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02ns97g?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_radio_4&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=radio_and_music

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    "To fake the death of one sibling may be regarded as a misfortune; to fake the death of both looks like carelessness." Oscar Wilde about Mycroft Holmes

    "It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)

    “Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)



     
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    April 10, 2015 10:41 am  #4

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    Re: "My Dear Bessie" radioplay

    Exciting news, I hope I will get a chance to listen to it over here...

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    April 10, 2015 11:18 am  #5

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    Re: "My Dear Bessie" radioplay

    This voice ... just irresistible.

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    Ten:" I'm burning up a sun just to say goodbye."

    Sherlock: "I heard you.”

    "Temptation coursing through our veins " 
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    April 23, 2015 12:20 pm  #6

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    Re: "My Dear Bessie" radioplay

    "Benedict Cumberbatch made my heart stop"
    Gillian Reynolds reviews the week's radio, including My Dear Bessie, a Radio 4 play starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey.
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11553503/Benedict-Cumberbatch-My-Dear-Bessie-review.html

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    April 24, 2015 7:46 am  #7

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    Re: "My Dear Bessie" radioplay

    I have been listening to the My Dear Bessie letters here

    https://m.mixcloud.com/SilT/mdb/?utm_campaign=notification_new_upload&play=notification_new_upload&utm_medium=email&utm_source=notification&utm_content=html

    And crying... It is so romantic and real and wonderful. A true love story

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    April 29, 2015 12:44 pm  #8

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    Re: "My Dear Bessie" radioplay

    Scroll down to find the official BBC download link for the play:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ptw

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    "To fake the death of one sibling may be regarded as a misfortune; to fake the death of both looks like carelessness." Oscar Wilde about Mycroft Holmes

    "It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)

    “Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)



     
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    April 29, 2015 12:56 pm  #9

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    Re: "My Dear Bessie" radioplay

    Brilliant. Thanks a lot, Susi.

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    Ten:" I'm burning up a sun just to say goodbye."

    Sherlock: "I heard you.”

    "Temptation coursing through our veins " 
    (Tony Hadley)
     
     

    April 29, 2015 12:58 pm  #10

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    Re: "My Dear Bessie" radioplay

    Downloaded it immediately. Thank you Susi.

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    April 29, 2015 4:30 pm  #11

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    Re: "My Dear Bessie" radioplay

    Thank you so much for the link! I can't wait to get a chance to listen to this! 

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    April 30, 2015 11:17 pm  #12

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    I'm so glad you posted that link Susi, I was worried I wouldn't be able to download it from here in Australia but it worked . Only eight days remaining, everyone get it quick!

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    May 1, 2015 2:03 am  #13

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    Thank you for the download link provided thought I have listened it already but just can't resist to listen Ben's voice again. Just a bit short for Louise's part.

     

    May 1, 2015 4:35 pm  #14

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    Re: "My Dear Bessie" radioplay

    Thanks for the link.  Listened to it yesterday and loved every syllable. 

    Kind of reminds me of David McCullough's wonderful bio of John Adams which included many, many excerpts from the over 1000 letters which he corresponded with his wife Abigail.  Very personal, sometimes very passionate and always very expressive of deep emotion (and sometimes very sexy on both of their parts).

    Just a sublime enjoyment sitting back and listening to two such talented actors in BC and LB pour out the emotions of Bessie and Chris' missives.   

    -Val

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                                               -Benedict Cumberbatch
     

    May 1, 2015 8:09 pm  #15

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    Re: "My Dear Bessie" radioplay

    I had a chance to listen to this on the train today and I just have to say I loved it! Ben always manages to bring the words to life!

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    "Don't talk out loud, you lower the IQ of the whole street!"

    "Oh Watson. Nothing made me... I made me"
    "Luuuuurve Ginger Nuts"

    Tumblr[/url] I [url=http://archiveofourown.org/users/This_is_The_Phantom_Lady/pseuds/This_is_The_Phantom_Lady]AO3
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