On Sunday 4th December 2016 BBC Radio Four broadcast The Beach Of Falesa and on Sunday 11th The Ebb Tide, both at 3pm.

Those were two dramatisations of Robert Louis Stevenson's novellas which are set in Samoa and were written while he lived there. They are calling this two part series Terror In The South Seas.

The Beach Of Falesa
David will play Wiltshire, a trader freshly arrived on a Samoan Island. He marries a native girl, only to find himself tabooed by the rest of the inhabitants.

The BBC media release says:
'At the height of his powers, Stevenson tackled the most pressing theme on the islands - the vicious effects of colonialism including slavery, racism, sexual exploitation and the conflict between traditional and modern values.

The subjects are as vivid today as in 1894, and these compelling and violent stories feature some of the most driven, dangerous and obsessive characters in fiction. Joseph Conrad drew on these novellas for Heart Of Darkness.' Cast:
Wiltshire - David Tennant
Uma - Adjoa Andoh
Case - Dan Mullane
Captain Randal and The Sea Captain - Nigel Cooke
Tarleton and Galuchet - Theo Fraser-Steele

The Ebb Tide
The BBC media release says:
'Three destitute men steal a schooner. They drink the cargo of champagne and try to steal a treasure trove of pearls from a local slave-owning trader.

At the height of his powers, Stevenson tackled the most pressing theme on the islands - the vicious effects of colonialism including slavery, racism, sexual exploitation and the conflict between traditional and modern values. The subjects are as vivid today as in 1894 and these compelling and violent stories feature some of the most driven, dangerous and obsessive characters in fiction.'

Cast:
Narrator - David Tennant
Captain John Davis - Stanley Townsend
Herrick - Rupert Evans
Huish - Charles Davies

Both plays were dramatised for radio by Jane Rogers. The producer/director was Clive Brill for Brill Productions.

A MP3 of The Beach Of Falesa.

A MP3 of The Ebb Tide.