Wuthering Heights

A full-cast BBC radio dramatisation

By: Emily Brönte, Rachel Joyce

Narrated by: Ben Batt, Chloe Pirrie, Emma Fielding, Full Cast

Chloe Pirrie and Ben Batt star in this stunning dramatisation of Emily Brontë's classic, adapted by bestselling author Rachel Joyce

When homeless orphan Heathcliff is brought to the isolated, storm-swept farmhouse of Wuthering Heights, he sparks very different emotions in the children of the house, Hindley and Cathy. While Hindley instantly hates him and makes his life miserable, Heathcliff finds a soulmate in Cathy and the two spend days playing together on the wild Yorkshire moors.

Inseparable as children, passionately in love as adolescents, they are everything to each other – until Cathy meets the wealthy, handsome Edgar Linton and agrees to marry him. Consumed by jealousy and resentment, Heathcliff flees, returning three years later rich and seeking revenge.

Bitter and cruel, he vows to destroy everyone who has hurt him – and his hatred and vengeance will ruin the lives of two generations before it runs its course…

First published in 1847, Wuthering Heights scandalized Victorian readers with its shocking portrayal of obsession and doomed love. This radio production, dramatised by Rachel Joyce, retains all the force and intensity of Emily Brontë’s masterpiece.


Cast
Nelly……………………Emma Fielding
Young Cathy……………………Rosie Boore
Young Heathcliff……………………Reuben Bainbridge
Hindley……………………Luke Bailey
Mr Earnshaw……………………Clive Hayward
Joseph……………………Philip Bretherton
Frances/Mary (Servant girl)……………………Lauren Cornelius
Edgar/Linton (adult)……………………Ryan Whittle
Servant 1/Priest……………………Ryan Early
Servant 2……………………Philip Bretherton
Adult Cathy……………………Chloe Pirrie
Adult Heathcliff……………………Ben Batt
Isabella……………………Kerry Gooderson
Hareton……………………Ruben Cryer/Tom Glynn-Carney
Dr Kenneth……………………Clive Hayward
Linton (Young child)……………………Charlie Brand
Zillah (Servant)……………………Georgie Glen
Catherine (adult)……………………Bryony Hannah
Linton (Older child)……………………Oliver Zetterstrom

Produced and Directed by Tracey Neale
Production Coordinator: Joanne Hopper
Studio Managers: Cal Knightley, Anne Bunting and Jenni Burnett

Wonderful

I love this beautiful, sad story. The mistakes that people made and are forced to live with. Each telling of the story makes me wish for a different outcome knowing it will be the same. Just as in real life the characters are forced to live by their pride and their dreams.

Wish it was longer!

I listened to this dramatized version fresh off of listening to the original version for the first time and only wish this version was longer. The voice actors did a wonderful job none the less.

Excellent!

Listening to audible is the best thing I did and I found the dramatisation of Wuthering Heights. I was lost in the story as if I was there! I hooe they come up with more dramatised versions of many novels! Highly recommend!

My favorite novel

I love the Brontë sisters. Both Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre are my top two favorite novels. This version is more like a play than word for word novel. It’s well-done and I enjoyed it very much!

Not recommend

If I haven't read the story before, I won't understand what happen from this audio book.