Decameron Nights Site

The BBC has produced multiple audio versions under the title Decameron Nights , modernizing Boccaccio's "indelicacies" for a contemporary audience.

: Reviewers from The New York Times noted the film's bright settings and costumes but found the direction and script lacked the wit and "spicy comment" of the original source material. The BBC Radio Series (2014/2020) Decameron Nights

: A slow-moving story about a wife who welcomes a buccaneer’s advances after her husband refuses to pay her ransom. The BBC has produced multiple audio versions under

: Created during the COVID-19 pandemic, this series by the theatre company 1927 turned their cancelled stage show into a dark, comic, and surreal audio experience for BBC Radio 3. Decameron Nights

To understand these "Nights," it helps to look at Boccaccio’s original The Decameron :