Pygmalion

A star-studded BBC radio production of Bernard Shaw¿s Pygmalion ¿ plus bonus drama The ¿B¿ Word, telling the story of the play¿s scandalous opening night

Irascible phonetics professor Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can train Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle to talk ¿like a lady¿ and pass as a duchess at the Ambassador¿s Ball. As the day of reckoning approaches, can Eliza convince the assembled aristocrats that she¿s one of them? And what will become of her afterwards?

This effervescent radio version of Shaw¿s classic comedy features a stellar cast, including award-winning comedians Alistair McGowan as Henry Higgins, Morgana Robinson as Eliza Doolittle and Al Murray as Alfred Doolittle.

Also featured on this release is The ¿B¿ Word, written by and starring Alistair McGowan as Bernard Shaw. Centring on the shocking opening night of Pygmalion ¿ the first time that