Watership Down Burgess, Joseph Traynor, and Richard Simons. The tone of the production was inspired by the tension of war: in an interview with "The Guardian", Still commented, "The closest humans come to feeling like rabbits is under war conditions ... We've tried to capture that anxiety." A reviewer at "The Times" called the play "an exciting, often brutal tale of survival" and said that "even when it’s a muddle, it’s a glorious one." In 2011, "Watership Down" was adapted for the Lifeline Theatre in Chicago by John Hildreth. This production was directed by Katie McLean Hainsworth and the cast included Scott
Watership Down a two-part, two-hour dramatization of "Watership Down" by Neville Teller was broadcast by BBC Radio 4. In November 2016, a new two-part two-hour dramatization, written by Brian Sibley, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In the 1970s, the book was released by Argo Records read by Roy Dotrice, with musical background—music by George Butterworth performed by Academy of St Martin in the Fields under the direction of Neville Marriner. In 1984, "Watership Down" was adapted into a four-cassette audiobook by John Maher in association with the Australian Broadcasting Company's Renaissance Players. Produced by John Hannaford and narrated by Kerry Francis,