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Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Polly finds an admirer in a new client, while Clary's relationship with her boss reaches a difficult conclusion. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Polly and Christopher are faced with decisions about their future, and Rupert comes to the wrong conclusion about Clary's pregnancy. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Drama series about a supermarket manager who becomes prime minister. The country rebels against Ros when she introduces a one-day-a-week car ban. Emily moves back to No 10.

Contributors

Ros Pritchard:
Jane Horrocks
Ian Pritchard:
Steven Mackintosh
Miranda Lennox:
Jodhi May
Catherine Walker:
Janet McTeer
Hilary Rees-Benson:
Geraldine James
Sir Richard Leavis:
Jonathan Aris
Dorothy Crowther:
Selina Cadell
Ben Sixsmith:
Tom Mison
Meg Bayliss:
Sally Phillips
Liz Shannon:
Meera Syal
Beverley Clarke:
Siobhan Finneran
Emily Pritchard:
Carey Mulligan
Georgina Pritchard:
Jemma McKenzie-Brown
Kitty Porter:
Frances Tomelty
Paul Critchley:
Robert Portal
Assistant:
Rebekah Staton
Reporter:
Fred Perry
Himself:
Simon McCoy
Egg Pelter Woman:
Tara Ellis
Highbury Woman:
Catherine Kanter
Bloke 1:
Ged Forrest

Duration: 1 hour, 39 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Available for years

Comedy drama. A government scientist receives an almost impossible task from a sheik - to create a salmon-fishing paradise in the highlands of Yemen. Show more

Contributors

Harriet Chetwode-Talbot:
Emily Blunt
Alfred Jones:
Ewan McGregor
Patricia Maxwell:
Kristin Scott Thomas
Sheikh Muhammed:
Amr Waked
Robert Mayers:
Tom Mison
Malcolm:
Hamish Gray
Betty Burnside:
Jill Baker
Mary Jones:
Rachael Stirling
Brian Fleet:
Hugh Simon
Bernard Sugden:
Conleth Hill

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Formats

Drama on 3

Arms and the Man

Duration: 2 hours

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

By George Bernard Shaw. Romantic comedy exploring the ideals and realities of war, hypocrisy and nationalism. With Rory Kinnear, Lydia Leonard and Tom Mison. Show more

Contributors

Captain Bluntschli:
Rory Kinnear
Raina Petkoff:
Lydia Leonard
Major Sergius Saranoff:
Tom Mison
Major Petkoff:
Hugh Ross
Catherine Petkoff:
Frances Jeater
Major Plechanoff:
Roger May
Director:
David Timson

Hamlet

Episode 1

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

The king of Denmark has died, and the throne has been claimed by his brother Claudius. Stars Jamie Parker and Paul Hilton. Show more

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Series

Hamlet

Hamlet

Episode 4

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

After Hamlet's accidental murder of Polonius, Laertes returns to Elsinore bent on revenge. Stars Jamie Parker and Tom Mison. Show more

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Series

Hamlet

Hamlet

Episode 5

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Hamlet returns unexpectedly to Elsinore, where Claudius and Laertes have laid plans to murder him. Stars Jamie Parker. Show more

Contributors

Horatio:
David Seddon
Claudius:
Paul Hilton
Laertes:
Tom Mison
The Gravedigger:
Ben Crowe
2nd Gravedigger:
Will Howard
Fortinbras:
Rik Warden
Director:
Marc Beeby

Genres

Series

Hamlet

Duration: 1 hour, 19 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Comedy. Two feuding brothers are forced to confront their reciprocal resentments when one of their daughters wants them both to cook for her wedding. Show more

Formats

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Drama series about a supermarket manager who becomes the prime minister. Ros decides to sell off Westminster and set up parliament in Bradford. Georgina gets a boyfriend.

Contributors

Ros Pritchard:
Jane Horrocks
Ian Pritchard:
Steven Mackintosh
Miranda Lennox:
Jodhi May
Catherine Walker:
Janet McTeer
Hilary Rees-Benson:
Geraldine James
Dorothy Crowther:
Selina Cadell
Sir Richard Leavis:
Jonathan Aris
Ben Sixsmith:
Tom Mison
Emily Pritchard:
Carey Mulligan
Georgina Pritchard:
Jemma McKenzie-Brown

Parade's End

Episode 5

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Christopher is sent to the front with McKechnie and Perowne. While Valentine waits for news of Christopher, Sylvia, now ensconced at Groby, makes one final, desperate play for him. Show more

Contributors

Christopher Tietjens:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Sylvia Tietjens:
Rebecca Hall
General Campion:
Roger Allam
Valentine Wannop:
Adelaide Clemens
Bertram:
Jonathan Coy
Mark Tietjens:
Rupert Everett
Macmaster:
Stephen Graham
McKechnie:
Patrick Kennedy
Colonel Levin:
Elliot Levey
Potty Perowne:
Tom Mison
Gerald Drake:
Jack Huston
Mrs Satterthwaite:
Janet McTeer
Glorvina:
Sasha Waddell
Captain Notting:
Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Bennett 2nd Lieutenant:
Hugh Mitchell
16 year old schoolgirl:
Antonia Clarke
First Teacher:
Emma Dewhurst
Second Teacher:
Tilly Blackwood
Mrs Ferguson:
Lucy Briers
Latin Teacher:
Anna Maguire
Michael (aged 8):
Rudi Goodman
Hullo Central (evie):
Lucinda Raikes
Griffiths:
Ken Verdoodt
Corporal Sutcliffe:
Alexander Cobb
Marie-Leonie:
Lyne Renee
German Batman:
Mathias Vergels
Producer:
David Parfitt
Director:
Susanna White

Genres

Drama on 3

The Deep Blue Sea

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

A new adaptation of Terence Rattigan's celebrated play. It is post-war Britain around 1950 and Hester Collyer has left her husband, an eminent judge, to be with an ex-RAF pilot. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Elton:
Auriol Smith
Philip Welch:
Joseph Kloska
Ann Welch:
Joannah Tinsey
Hester Collyer:
Carolyn Pickles
Mr Miller:
Hugh Ross
William Collyer:
Anton Lesser
Freddie Page:
Tom Mison
Jackie Jackson:
Adrian Grove
Director:
David Timson

Parade's End

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

While Sylvia and Christopher are reunited publicly, their relationship remains turbulent in private. Christopher is torn between his marriage vows and his feelings for Valentine. Show more

Contributors

Christopher Tietjens:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Sylvia Tietjens:
Rebecca Hall
General Campion:
Roger Allam
Valentine Wannop:
Adelaide Clemens
Father Consett:
Ned Dennehy
Edith Duchemin:
Anne-Marie Duff
Mark Tietjens:
Rupert Everett
Edward Wannop:
Freddie Fox
Macmaster:
Stephen Graham
Lady Claudine:
Clare Higgins
Tietjens Senior:
Alan Howard
Sir Reginald:
Denis Lawson
Waterhouse:
Tim McMullan
Mrs. Satterthwaite:
Janet McTeer
Potty Perowne:
Tom Mison
Brownlie:
Jamie Parker
Reverend Duchemin:
Rufus Sewell
Bobbie Pelham:
Anna Skellern
Glorvina:
Sasha Waddell
Reverend - Effie's Husband:
Christopher Bowen
Mary Richardson:
Letty Butler
Westershire:
Timothy Carlton
Hotel Husband:
Gilly Gilchrist
Critic at Macmasters Flat:
Jurgen Delnaet
Hotel Wife:
Kathryn Howden
Michaelangelo Woman:
Siobhan Hewlett
Commissionaire:
Michael Fitzgerald
Hullo Central (Evie):
Lucinda Raikes
Michael (4 yrs old):
Misha Handley
Producer:
David Parfitt
Director:
Susanna White

Genres

Parade's End

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

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

Contributors

Christopher Tietjens:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Sylvia Tietjens:
Rebecca Hall
General Campion:
Roger Allam
Valentine Wannop:
Adelaide Clemens
Bertram:
Jonathan Coy
Father Consett:
Ned Dennehy
Edith Duchemin:
Anne-Marie Duff
Mark Tietjens:
Rupert Everett
Macmaster:
Stephen Graham
Lady Claudine:
Clare Higgins
Tietjens Senior:
Alan Howard
Gerald Drake:
Jack Huston
Sir Reginald:
Denis Lawson
Waterhouse:
Tim McMullan
Mrs. Satterthwaite:
Janet McTeer
Potty Perowne:
Tom Mison
Hullo Central (Evie):
Lucinda Raikes
Reverend Duchemin:
Rufus Sewell
Bobbie Pelham:
Anna Skellern
Glorvina:
Sasha Waddell
Michael (4 yrs old):
Misha Handley
Bridget:
Tessa Parr
Johnny Pelham:
Garrett Moore
Lord Beichen:
Leslie de Gruyter
Capitaine Thurston:
Pierre Van Heddegem
Policeman:
Howard Ward
Reverend Horsley:
Michael Mears
Producer:
David Parfitt
Director:
Susanna White

Genres

The Stuarts

It Came In with a Lass

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Mike Walker. Queen Mary arrives in Scotland enshrouded in mist and must quickly distinguish friends from enemies, as they try to understand and control her. With Brian Cox. Show more

Parade's End

Episode 4

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

In Rouen, an exhausted Christopher prepares soldiers for the draft. Back in London, Sylvia decides to visit her husband in France, oblivious to the consequences for him. Show more

Contributors

Christopher Tietjens:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Sylvia Tietjens:
Rebecca Hall
General Campion:
Roger Allam
Valentine Wannop:
Adelaide Clemens
Bertram:
Jonathan Coy
Mark Tietjens:
Rupert Everett
Lady Claudine:
Clare Higgins
McKechnie:
Patrick Kennedy
Colonel Levin:
Elliot Levey
Potty Perowne:
Tom Mison
General Haggard:
Ronald Pickup
Bobbie Pelham:
Anna Skellern
Glorvina:
Sasha Waddell
Lord Beichen:
Leslie de Gruyter
Latin Teacher:
Anna Maguire
Mrs Ferguson:
Lucy Briers
First Teacher:
Emma Dewhurst
Second Teacher:
Tilly Blackwood
Sergeant Major Cowley:
Nick Holder
O'Nine Morgan:
Kyle Redmond-Jones
Capitaine Thurston:
Pierre Van Heddegem
Canadian Captain:
Louis Talpe
O Five Thomas:
Tom Rhys Harries
Hotchkiss:
Nicholas Lumley
Army Groom:
Tat Whatley
Hotel Manager:
Gert Lahousse
Schoolgirl 1:
Bea Wavell Grant
Schoolgirl 3:
Oriane Nell Grant
General O'Hara:
Iain Mitchell
Sergeant Cook Case:
Jonathan Ryland
Producer:
David Parfitt
Director:
Susanna White

Genres

New Tricks

Series 7

Episode 2: It Smells of Books

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Available for years

Crime drama. When the team reinvestigate the death of university professor Richard Symes, Lane finds himself going undercover in the London Library. Show more

Contributors

Brian Lane:
Alun Armstrong
Jack Halford:
James Bolam
Sandra Pullman:
Amanda Redman
Gerry Standing:
Dennis Waterman
Paula Symes:
Beth Goddard
Esther Lane:
Susan Jameson
Sophie Urquhart:
Anne Reid
Writer:
JC Wisher
Jasper Urquhart:
David Ryall
Jeremy Ventham:
Jonathan Cullen
Pavel Illich:
Goran Kostic
Emma Woodford:
Sasha Behar
Tim Mortimer:
Tom Mison
Auctioneer:
Rick Bacon
Director:
Martyn Friend
Student:
Scott Hazell
Ventham's PA:
Francesca Wilson
Oaf in Library:
Joshua Osei
PC Clark:
Chike Okonkwo
Producer:
Gina Cronk
Ronnie Ross:
Keith Barron

Drama on 4

James Lees-Milne

Episode 2: The Unending Battle

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

The realities of WWII strike home when the dashing and adored Tom Mitford returns unexpectedly on leave. Stars Tom Mison. Show more

Contributors

James Lees-Milne:
Tobias Menzies
Nancy Mitford:
Victoria Hamilton
Tom Mitford:
Tom Mison
Major Benton Fletcher:
Sean Murray
Neighbour:
Joanna Brookes
2nd Operator:
Joanna Brookes
Post Official:
David Seddon
Operator:
Hannah Wood