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Duration: 2 hours

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Drama celebrating the volatile relationship between poets Samuel Coleridge and William Wordsworth, played out against the background of the French Revolution. Show more

Contributors

Samuel Taylor Coleridge:
Linus Roache
William Wordsworth:
John Hannah
Sara Coleridge:
Samantha Morton
Dorothy Wordsworth:
Emily Woof
Mary Wordsworth:
Emma Fielding
John Thelwall:
Andy Serkis
Robert Southey:
Samuel West
Dr Gillman:
Clive Merrison
Humphry Davy:
Dexter Fletcher
Lord Byron:
Guy Lankester
Rev Holland:
John Standing
Edith Southey:
Andrea Lowe
Andrew Crosse:
Andy de la Tour
Jones:
John Kane
Director:
Julien Temple
Producer:
Nick O'Hagan

Yes, Prime Minister

Series 1

Episode 3: The Smoke Screen

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Political sitcom. Jim sees how he can use the health minister's desire to abolish smoking through taxation to stop Treasury opposition to his plans for tax cuts. Show more

Contributors

James Hacker:
Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley:
Derek Fowlds
Sir Ian Whitworth - DHSS Secretary:
John Barron
Dr Peter Thorn - Minister of State at the DHSS:
Clive Merrison
Sir Frank Gordon - Permanent Secretary of the Treasury:
Peter Cellier
Leslie Potts - Minister for Sport:
Bill Wallis
Gerald - Chairman, British Tobacco Group:
Brian Hawksley
Writer:
Antony Jay

Duration: 1 hour, 33 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One EastLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Disturbing drama based on the true story of two teenage girls, Pauline (Melanie Lynskey) and Juliet (Kate Winslet), whose obsessive relationship leads them to commit murder. Show more

Contributors

Juliet Hulme:
Kate Winslet
Pauline Reiper:
Melanie Lynskey
Hilda Hulme:
Diana Kent
Henry Hulme:
Clive Merrison
Honora Parker:
Sarah Peirse
Herbert Reiper:
Simon O'Connor
John/Nicholas:
Jed Brophy
Bill Perry:
Peter Elliott
Dr Bennett:
Gilbert Goldie
Reverend Norris:
Geoffrey Heath
Jonathan Hulme:
Ben Skjellerup
Director:
Peter Jackson
Producer:
Jim Booth

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 3 months

The true story of Frankenstein's monster and the woman who created him, Mary Shelley, using her own words and dramatic reconstructions of events in her life and from the novel. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Winston
Mary Shelley:
Lucy Davenport
Mary Woolstencraft:
Harriet Walter
William Goodwin:
Clive Merrison
Frankenstein's Monster:
David Schofield
Victor Frankenstein:
Ronan Vibert
Percy Bysshe Shelley:
Oliver Chris
Lord Byron:
Stephen Mangan
Claire Clairmont:
Amy Phillips
Producer:
Mary Downes
Executive Producer:
Kim Thomas

Drama on 3

Sunday at Sant' Agata

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Ronald Frame's imagined account of a summer's day at Verdi's country retreat. The composer intends a quiet Sunday, but his plans are disturbed by visitors. Starring Clive Merrison. Show more

Contributors

Giuseppe Verdi:
Clive Merrison
Giuseppina Verdi:
Gillian Barge
Teresa Stolz:
Maggie Steed
Trasatti:
Thomas Arnold
Sir John Falstaff:
Roger Hammond
Musician:
Andy Massey

Genres

Duration: 2 hours, 33 minutes

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

Sweeping romantic epic set at the end of the Second World War. A badly burned and unidentified pilot recounts a doomed love affair to the nurse tending him. Show more

Contributors

Count Laszlo de Almásy:
Ralph Fiennes
Katharine Clifton:
Kristin Scott Thomas
David Caravaggio:
Willem Dafoe
Geoffrey Clifton:
Colin Firth
Fenelon-Barnes:
Clive Merrison
Major Muller:
Jurgen Prochnow
Sergeant Hardy:
Kevin Whately
D'Agostino:
Nino Castelnuovo
Corporal Dade:
Philip Whitchurch
Spalding:
Lee Ross
Producer:
Saul Zaentz
Composer:
Gabriel Yared
Director of photography:
John Seale

Drama on 4

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Marlbourne Point Mystery

Episode 1: The Marlbourne Point Mystery

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Mystery by Bert Coules, inspired by the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A disused lighthouse on a remote stretch of the Kent coast is the scene of a bizarre double death. Show more

Drama on 4

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Marlbourne Point Mystery

Episode 2: The Marlbourne Point Mystery

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Bert Coules, inspired by the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The shocking truth behind the mystery of the politician, the lighthouse and the trained cormorant is revealed. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Thrown together weeks before the final of the 1948 Olympics, this is the story of how Bert Bushnell and Dickie Burnell defied all the odds and achieved gold in the double sculls. Show more

Contributors

Bert Bushnell:
Matt Smith
Richard Burnell:
Sam Hoare
Charles Burnell:
Geoffrey Palmer
Albert:
Ron Cook
Jack Beresford:
James Frain
Clement Attlee:
Clive Merrison
Rosalind Burnell:
Alexandra Moen

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Disturbing drama about a young man struggling to piece together his life after years of abuse in a children's home. He learns, however, that he can never really escape his past. Show more

Contributors

Pauline:
Maria Pride
Joanne Hallows:
Charlotte Cornwell
Francis Chambers:
Peter Wight
Tom Ferguson:
Aneirin Hughes
Desmond Pickering:
Clive Merrison
Tony Collins:
Richard Harrington
Young Davey:
Daniel Parker
Ian Chalmers:
Kit Jackson
Director:
Antonia Bird
Producer:
Ruth Caleb
Producer:
Louise Panton

Genres

Duration: 1 hour, 47 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 10 months

Film adaptation of Alan Bennett's acclaimed stage play, starring Richard Griffiths. Eight history pupils apply to Oxbridge, but they are caught in a clash of education styles. Show more

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for years

Charles Darnay is on trial for treason, and the dissolute Sydney Carlton is defending him. Stars Robert Lindsay and Andrew Scott. Show more

Contributors

Adaptor:
Mike Walker
Charles Dickens:
Robert Lindsay
Jarvis Lorry:
Jonathan Coy
Lucie Manette:
Lydia Wilson
Dr Alexandre Manette:
Karl Johnson
Charles Darnay:
Andrew Scott
Sydney Carton:
Paul Ready
Ernest Defarge:
James Lailey
Therese Defarge:
Tracy Wiles
Marquis St Evremonde:
Clive Merrison
Stryver:
Simon Bubb
Jerry Cruncher:
Carl Prekopp
Mrs Cruncher:
Adjoa Andoh
Natty Cruncher:
Daniel Cooper
Attorney General:
Paul Moriarty
Composer:
Lennert Busch

Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 20 days

The true story of Miss Shepherd, an eccentric woman of uncertain origins, who 'temporarily' parked her broken-down van in writer Alan Bennett's London driveway for 15 years. Show more

Contributors

Miss Shepherd:
Maggie Smith
Alan Bennett:
Alex Jennings
Underwood:
Jim Broadbent
Ursula Vaughan Williams:
Frances de la Tour
Miss Briscoe:
Cecilia Noble
Mr Fairchild:
David Calder
Giles Perry:
Nicholas Burns
Lady Wiggin:
Selina Cadell
Theatre Actor:
Dominic Cooper
Market Trader:
James Corden
Man with Earring:
Russell Tovey
Man in Confessional:
Clive Merrison

Drama on 3

One Winter's Afternoon

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

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

Guy Meredith's drama about the great operatic rivalry between Verdi and Wagner, marking the bicentenary of their births. With Kenneth Cranham as Wagner and Paul Rhys as Verdi. Show more

Genres

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

Series 4

Episode 3: The Seed of Cunning

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Available for years

Crime drama series. Lynley and Havers investigate the murder of a doorkeeper at the House of Lords, which leads to a conspiracy involving stolen documents.

Contributors

Inspector Thomas Lynley:
Nathaniel Parker
DS Barbara Havers:
Sharon Small
Simon Featherstonehaugh:
Roger Allam
Black Rod:
John Standing
Geoffrey Crammond:
Clive Merrison
Tim Sadler:
Richard Henders
Juliet Spence:
Pippa Haywood
Helen Clyde:
Lesley Vickerage
Kenneth Shepherd:
John Vine
Tony Philips:
Adam Godley
Steve Shepherd:
Jason Merrells
Maggie Spence:
Charlotte Salt
Polly Yarkin:
Joanna Dunn