Programme Index

Last Word

Professor Heinz Wolff, Aline Countess of Romanones, Tony Whitten, Fritz Lustig, Keely Smith

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 22^nd Dec 2017, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 24^th Dec 2017, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on bioengineer Professor Heinz Wolff, spy Aline, Countess of Romanones, conservationist Tony Whitten, secret listener Fritz Lustig and singer Keely Smith. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Matthew Bannister
Interviewed Guest:: Martin Palmer
Interviewed Guest:: Elizabeth Bennett
Interviewed Guest:: Laurence Wolff
Interviewed Guest:: Iona Wolff
Interviewed Guest:: Gabriella Spinelli
Interviewed Guest:: Russell Davies
Interviewed Guest:: Jennifer Egan
Interviewed Guest:: Charles Pinck
Interviewed Guest:: Robin Lustig

Genres

FactualLife Stories

Brand

Last Word

Home Front

16 September 1916 - Norman Harris

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 16^th Sep 2016, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 16^th Sep 2016, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

The papers report the successful first deployment of 'a new type of heavy armoured car' called a tank, and the Battle of the Somme film captivates Maisie Harris. Show more

Contributors

Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
Edna Harris:: Lara West
Maisie Harris:: Cassie Layton
Ivy Layton:: Lizzy Watts
Hilary Pearce:: Craige Els
Frank Smith:: Paul Rider
Mrs Grimes:: Elizabeth Bennett
Writer:: Mike Walker
Director:: Allegra McIlroy

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

22 September 1916 - Juliet Cavendish

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 22^nd Sep 2016, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 22^nd Sep 2016, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

On this day in 1916, a German seaplane was spotted over Dover, and Hugh and Juliet Cavendish try to create a perfect day. Show more

Contributors

Juliet Cavendish:: Lizzie Bourne
Lt Hugh Cavendish:: Alex Wyndham
Albert Wilson:: Lee Ross
Mrs Grimes:: Elizabeth Bennett
Connie Cavendish:: Felix Lailey
Grace Cavendish:: Grace Doherty
Writer:: Mike Walker
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

12 August 1916 - Alice Macknade

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 12^th Aug 2016, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

Magical 'results' are reported at the provision of masks to conceal facial injuries, and Alice Macknade's life seems blessed. Show more

Contributors

Alice Macknade:: Claire Louise Cordwell
Esme Macknade:: Katie Angelou
Maggie Macknade:: Hollie Thoupos
Postman:: Nick Underwood
Man 1:: Nick Underwood
Danny:: Tom Forrister
Man 2:: Tom Forrister
Martha:: Elizabeth Bennett
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

22 August 1916 - Juliet Cavendish

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Mon 22^nd Aug 2016, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 22^nd Aug 2016, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

15,000 pilgrims gather at Lourdes to pray for the safe return of their fathers from war, and Juliet finds it hard to reconcile her delight and her fears. Show more

Contributors

Juliet Cavendish:: Lizzie Bourne
Howard Argent:: Gunnar Cauthery
Hugh Cavendish:: Alex Wyndham
Reginald Church:: John Dougall
Marieke Dupont:: Olivia Ross
Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:: Joanna David
Mrs Grimes:: Elizabeth Bennett
Connie Cavendish:: Felix Lailey
Grace Cavendish:: Grace Doherty
Writer:: Katie Hims
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups

Series 3

A Christmas Not Special

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 23^rd Dec 2015, 18:30 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 26^th Dec 2018, 05:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups

A ring on the doorbell interrupts an already unconventional Wrigglesworth family Christmas as Tom battles to get home. From December 2015. Show more

Contributors

Actor:: Tom Wrigglesworth
Actor:: Paul Copley
Actor:: Kate Anthony
Actor:: Elizabeth Bennett
Actor:: Chris Pavlo
Writer:: Tom Wrigglesworth
Writer:: James Kettle
Writer:: Miles Jupp
Producer:: Richard Morris

Genres

ComedyChat

Brand

Series

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups: Series 3

To Hull and Back

Series 2

Is That You Mr Brown?

To Hull and Back: Series 2

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 24^th Aug 2016, 18:30 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 30^th Sep 2022, 05:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Sophie needs some cash while her mother tries her hand at fortune telling. Stars Lucy Beaumont and Maureen Lipman. From 2016. Show more

Contributors

Sophie:: Lucy Beaumont
Sheila:: Maureen Lipman
Jean:: Kerrie Marsh
Ernie:: Norman Lovett
Mrs Chiltern:: Elizabeth Bennett
Barbara:: Elizabeth Bennett
Denise:: Debra Baker
DJ Richie:: Jon Richardson
Writer:: Lucy Beaumont
Producer:: Carl Cooper

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

To Hull and Back

Series

Man at the Helm

Episode 4

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 26^th Oct 2016, 11:30 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 4^th Jul 2023, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Elizabeth has to get a job and she is soon having run-ins with her new boss. Starring Amanda Hale and Andy Nyman. From 2016. Show more

Contributors

Lizzie:: Eloise Webb
Amy:: Fern Deacon
Little Jack:: Ben Barker
Elizabeth:: Amanda Hale
Mr Holt:: Nick Underwood
Tannoy:: Elizabeth Bennett
Deano:: Sam Rix
Newsreader:: Sam Rix
Director:: Gemma Jenkins
Author:: Nina Stibbe
Adaptor:: Amanda Whittington

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Series

Man at the Helm

Tsar

Ivan The Terrible: Absolute Power

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 11^th Sep 2016, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 23^rd Feb 2021, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Russian Tsars opens with the story of Ivan IV’s fearsome reign. With David Threlfall. Show more

Contributors

Ivan IV:: David Threlfall
Boris Godunov:: Shaun Dooley
Malyuta Skuratov:: Steven Hartley
Andrei Kurbsky:: Hugo Speer
Anastasia Romanov:: Kirsty Oswald
Prince Belsky:: Sean Baker
Jerome Horsey:: James Lailey
Metropolitan Philip II:: Jason Barnett
Vanya:: Tom Forrister
Younger Ivan:: Graham Butler
Younger Kurbsky:: Will Howard
Midwife:: Elizabeth Bennett
Director:: Sasha Yevtushenko
Writer:: Mike Walker

Genres

DramaHistorical

Brand

Tsar

Man at the Helm

Episode 1

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 5^th Oct 2016, 11:30 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 13^th Jun 2023, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

The madcap schemes of three 1970s Leicestershire kids trying to find their divorced mum a new man. Stars Eloise Webb. From 2016. Show more

Contributors

Lizzie:: Eloise Webb
Amy:: Fern Deacon
Little Jack:: Ben Barker
Elizabeth:: Amanda Hale
Mr Lomax:: Jason Barnett
Dad:: James Lailey
Mrs Longlady:: Elizabeth Bennett
Mrs Worth:: Adie Allen
Director:: Gemma Jenkins
Author:: Nina Stibbe
Adaptor:: Amanda Whittington

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Series

Man at the Helm

Defoe

A Journal of the Plague Year

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 17^th Jul 2016, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 27^th May 2017, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Ben Miles stars as the chameleon writer, businessman, debtor and hack, Daniel Defoe. In 1722, Defoe begins his fictional journal of the Great Plague. Dramatised by Michael Butt. Show more

Contributors

Daniel Defoe:: Ben Miles
Nathaniel:: Adrian Scarborough
Mr Hayward:: David Hounslow
The Mayor of London:: James Lailey
Actor:: Sean Baker
Actor:: Elizabeth Bennett
Actor:: Clare Perkins
Actor:: Brian Protheroe
Actor:: Kirsty Oswald
Actor:: Nick Underwood
Actor:: Tom Forrister
Actor:: Adie Allen
Actor:: Edward Prout
Director:: Emma Harding
Author:: Daniel Defoe
Adaptor:: Michael Butt

Genres

Drama

Brand

Defoe

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 56: 8-12 August 1916 (Season 8 start)

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 12^th Aug 2016, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 1^st Dec 2016, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

In the week in 1916 when the film The Battle of the Somme set box offices records for British cinema, extraordinary good fortune disrupts the lives of the Graham household. Show more

Contributors

Esme Macknade:: Katie Angelou
Edie Chadwick:: Kathryn Beaumont
Martha:: Elizabeth Bennett
Isabel Graham:: Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet Argent:: Lizzie Bourne
Howard Argent:: Gunnar Cauthery
Alice Macknade:: Claire Louise Cordwell
Sylvia Graham:: Joanna David
Fredo Franzoni:: Giovanni del Vecchio
Grace Cavendish:: Grace Doherty
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Danny:: Tom Forrister
Connie Cavendish:: Felix Lailey
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Johnnie Marshall:: Paul Ready
Dorothea Winwood:: Rachel Shelley
Maggie Macknade:: Hollie Thoupos
Postman:: Nick Underwood
Mayor Penfold:: John Woodvine
Hugh Cavendish:: Alex Wyndham
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 58: 22-26 August 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 26^th Aug 2016, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 3^rd Dec 2016, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

The east and south east coasts are terrorised by air raids, and Folkestone seems brimful of secrets and lies. Show more

Contributors

Doctor:: Jason Barnett
Mrs Grimes:: Elizabeth Bennett
Isabel Graham:: Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet Cavendish:: Lizzie Bourne
Howard Argent:: Gunnar Cauthery
Dolly Clout:: Elaine Claxton
Cristine:: Ysabelle Cooper
Sylvia Graham:: Joanna David
Mrs Edkins:: Rachel Davies
Grace Cavendish:: Grace Doherty
Reginald Church:: John Dougall
Oscar Hendrickx:: Pierre Elliott
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Hilary Pearce:: Craige Els
Ethel Johnson:: Nicola Ferguson
Adam Wilson:: Billy Kennedy
Connie Cavendish:: Felix Lailey
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Mary Mote:: Kirsty Oswald
Nurse:: Clare Perkins
Johnnie Marshall:: Paul Ready
Frank Smith:: Paul Rider
Marieke Dupont:: Olivia Ross
Dorothea Winwood:: Rachel Shelley
Alec Poole:: Tom Stuart
Fred Ball:: Darren Swift
Lilian Pemble:: Alex Tregear
Captain Valentine:: Nick Underwood
Hugh Cavendish:: Alex Wyndham
Writer:: Katie Hims
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 61: 12-16 September 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 16^th Sep 2016, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 8^th Dec 2016, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

In the week when tanks are deployed for the first time with great optimism, it is a week of decisive action in Folkestone. Show more

Contributors

John Haste:: Sam Alexander
Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
Juliet Cavendish:: Lizzie Bourne
Mrs Grimes:: Elizabeth Bennett
Howard Argent:: Gunnar Cauthery
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Hilary Pearce:: Craige Els
Clifford:: Tom Forrister
Jessie Moore:: Lucy Hutchinson
Adam Wilson:: Billy Kennedy
Maisie Harris:: Cassie Layton
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Pigman:: Sean Murray
Olive Hargreaves:: Rhiannon Neads
Johnnie Marshall:: Paul Ready
Frank Smith:: Paul Rider
Albert Wilson:: Lee Ross
Florrie Wilson:: Claire Rushbrook
Mr Torrance:: Tom Stuart
Dennis Monk:: Sam Swann
Crowd Member:: Nick Underwood
Ivy Layton:: Lizzy Watts
Edna Harris:: Lara West
Hugh Cavendish:: Alex Wyndham
Writer:: Mike Walker
Director:: Allegra McIlroy

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 62: 19-23 September 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 23^rd Sep 2016, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 9^th Dec 2016, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

In the week in 1916 when people began to believe that the latest innovation - tanks - might end the war, the people of Folkestone find new life, new death and new love. Show more

Contributors

John Haste:: Sam Alexander
Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
Mrs Grimes:: Elizabeth Bennett
Juliet Cavendish:: Lizzie Bourne
Grace Cavendish:: Grace Doherty
General:: Gerry Hinks
Jessie Moore:: Lucy Hutchinson
Adam Wilson:: Billy Kennedy
Connie Cavendish:: Felix Lailey
Elizabeth Chance:: Kika Markham
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Viraj:: Neet Mohan
Clemmie Crayford:: Joanna Monro
Ralph Winwood:: Nicholas Murchie
Johnnie Marshall:: Paul Ready
Frank Smith:: Paul Rider
Albert Wilson:: Lee Ross
Marieke Dupont:: Olivia Ross
Florrie Wilson:: Claire Rushbrook
Dorothea Winwood:: Rachel Shelley
Alec Poole:: Tom Stuart
Dennis Monk:: Sam Swann
Captain Phillip Valentine:: Nick Underwood
Ivy Layton:: Lizzy Watts
Lt Hugh Cavendish:: Alex Wyndham
Writer:: Mike Walker
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

My Family

Series 6

Episode 3: Dentally Unstable

BBC One

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 31^st Mar 2006, 20:30 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Fri 21^st Aug 2009, 19:30 on BBC One Wales

Available for years

Watch now

Domestic sitcom. Janey starts an affair with a dentist whose charm captivates the Harper household females. Meanwhile, Michael's latest scam puts everyone at risk. Show more

Contributors

Ben:: Robert Lindsay
Susan:: Zoe Wanamaker
Michael:: Gabriel Thomson
Grace:: Rosemary Leach
Abi:: Siobhan Hayes
Roger:: Keiron Self
Alfie:: Rhodri Meilir
Tony:: Patrick Baladi
Lydia:: Felicity Montagu
Russell:: Joseph Ashworth
Mrs Forbes:: Elizabeth Bennett
Producer:: John Bartlett
Director:: Dewi Humphreys
Janey:: Daniela Denby-Ashe
Nick:: Kris Marshall

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

My Family

Series

My Family: Series 6