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Benedict Cumberbatch explores the life and work of the playwright Terence Rattigan. Rattigan mastered the 'well crafted play' of upper class manners and repressed sexuality. Show more
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Rumpole
Rumpole and the Old Boy Net
44 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
4 Extra Debut. Rumpole's new pupil, Phillida Trant, causes trouble in a sordid little case of blackmail. Stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Jasmine Hyde and Nigel Anthony. Show more
Rumpole
Rumpole and the Sleeping Partners
44 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Rumpole leaves his wife Hilda, sleeps in chambers and defends a case of attempted murder. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jasmine Hyde and Nigel Anthony. Show more
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Vincent Van Gogh: Painted with Words
1 hour, 20 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Award-winning drama-documentary, presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role as Van Gogh, using dialogue sourced from the artist's letters to his brother. Show more
Vicious rumours about Christopher abound, leading to tragedy at Groby. Sylvia finds a new admirer who proves a distraction as the war continues, and Valentine moves to London. Show more
Drama on 4
My Dear Bessie
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Benedict Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey tell a Second World War love story in letters between Chris Barker, a solider in Libya, and Bessie Moore, a Morse code interpreter in London. Show more
Wartime drama. It is 1914, and struggling Devon farmer Ted Narracott buys a remarkable but unsuitable horse at auction. However, events soon take the horse far away from England. Show more
Comedy starring James McAvoy as a 1980s working-class boy stumbling through university. He tries to achieve his ambition to appear on University Challenge. Show more
South Pacific
Episode 1: Ocean of Islands
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four
Documentary looking at the remote South Pacific islands, which are inhabited by some of the most curious and precarious examples of life found on earth. Show more
Aristocrats Christopher and Sylvia Tietjens are unhappily married. Despite their troubles he is determined to stay faithful, until he meets suffragette Valentine Wannop. Show more
Contemporary crime drama. Two years after his apparent death and with London under a terrorist threat, Sherlock Holmes walks back into Dr John Watson's life. Show more
South Pacific
Episode 2: Castaways
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four
Documentary series about the South Pacific islands. A look at how every one of the 20,000 islands was colonised by the Polynesians, and at the varied local fauna. Show more
In a live anniversary event, a cast of 100, including Benedict Cumberbatch and Dame Helen Mirren, performs scenes from 50 years of National Theatre productions. Show more
Small Island
Episode 1
1 hour, 27 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
Available for 3 months
Andrea Levy's award-winning story of Jamaicans and Londoners during World War II. Hortense joins Gilbert, her new husband, in England, where he is lodging with Queenie Bligh. Show more
Docudrama following events at Dunkirk in May and June 1940. The town is under siege, with tens of thousands still waiting to be evacuated and daylight sailing suspended. Show more
Saturday Drama
Mike Walker - The Biggest Secret
1 hour, 45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. On June 5 1944, Captain Rob Collins begins a journey through England that will change his life. Stars Juliet Stevenson and Benedict Cumberbatch. Show more
1 hour, 51 minutes
Historical drama. Beautiful sisters Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary Boleyn (Scarlett Johansson) are drawn into a dangerous rivalry for King Henry VIII's affections. Show more
South Pacific
Episode 4: Ocean of Volcanoes
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four
Documentary series about the South Pacific islands. This edition looks at the birth, growth and death of an island, with images of an erupting underwater volcano. Show more
South Pacific
Episode 3: Endless Blue
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
Documentary series on the South Pacific islands. Much of this blue wilderness is a marine desert, where sharks, whales and turtles must go to great lengths to survive. Show more
Highlights from the talk show, with guests including Tom Cruise, Michael Douglas, Bradley Cooper, Russell Crowe and Sandra Bullock. Plus Will Smith's Fresh Prince dance reunion. Show more