The South Bank Show covered Hawksmoor in 1985. Extensive dramatisations from the novel alternated with an interview with the author by Melvyn Bragg. The broadcast was directed by David Thomas, the leading actors were Jack Shepherd as Nicholas Dyer, Derek Newark as Nicholas Hawksmoor, Mick Ford as Walter and Clive Swift as Sir Christopher Wren.[43]
It was dramatised for BBC Radio 4 by Nick Fisher in 2000, with Philip Jackson playing the eponymous role, Norman Rodway as Sir Christopher Wren, Richard Johnson (actor) as Mirabilis and was produced by Janet Whitaker.[44]