Set in Sweden, this story follows the fortunes of centenarian Alan Karlsson, who has had an eventful life before ending up in an Old People’s Home in a small Swedish town. But Allan does not intend to stay there…
The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of A Window And Disappeared
First Broadcast:
Monday - Friday, 23rd December-3rd January 2013 at 22:45 on BBC Radio 4
Production Credits:
Writer: Jonas Jonasson
Abridger: Jeremy Osborne
Reader: Martin Jarvis
Broadcast Assistant: Sarah Tombling
Sound Engineer: Simon Morecroft
Producer: Rosalynd Ward
Executive Producer: Karen Rose
Music: Sergei Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Symphonic Suite, Op.60 3. Noces de Kije performed by London Symphony Orchestra/Chicago Symphony Orchestra (LP: Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kije), Naissance de Kije performed by London Symphony Orchestra/Chicago Symphony Orchestra (LP: Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kije) & Sergei Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Symphonic Suite, Op.60 5. Enterrement de Kije performed by London Symphony Orchestra/Chicago Symphony Orchestra (LP: Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kije)