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Drama on 4

My Dear Bessie

Duration: 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

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Short Works

Give Me a Buzz by Emma Healey

Duration: 14 minutes

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

One of five stories originally commissioned to celebrate the 2016 BBC National Short Story Awards. In Give Me A Buzz by Emma Healey, art history and the art of telephoning connect. Show more

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Duration: 15 minutes

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

Anna is making a body. It's going to be huge, so where will she find enough cloth in war time? Read by Hannah Gordon. From July 1997. Show more

Contributors

Daguero:
Rufus Wright
Pantalone:
Tim McInnerny
Harlequin:
Louise Brealey
Columbina:
Hermione Norris
Alice Price:
Nicola Walker
Producer:
Karen Rose

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Drama on 4

Julian Simpson - Kokomo

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Can Alice Price find out who is holding the world's online information hostage before it is too late. With Nicola Walker, Hermione Norris, Louise Brealey. From June 2013. Show more

Contributors

Daguero:
Rufus Wright
Pantalone:
Tim McInnerny
Harlequin:
Louise Brealey
Columbina:
Hermione Norris
Alice Price:
Nicola Walker
Producer:
Karen Rose

Genres

Saturday Drama

Somerset Maugham - For Services Rendered

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. 1932. Progressive English family the Ardsleys are trying to live their lives under the long shadow of the First World War. Stars Sian Thomas. From September 2013. Show more

Contributors

Leonard Ardsley:
David Calder
Charlotte Ardsley:
Sian Thomas
Sydney Ardsley:
Tom Espiner
Eva Ardsley:
Cath Whitefield
Lois Ardsley:
Louise Brealey
Ethel Bartlett:
Mariah Gale
Howard Bartlett:
Michael Shaeffer
Collie Stratton:
Justin Salinger
Wilfred Cedar:
Ron Cook
Dr Charles Prentice:
John Rowe
Adaptor:
Lu Kemp
Director:
Lu Kemp

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First for Radio

Series 2

Episode 3: Broken Mirrors

Duration: 15 minutes

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

By Ali Shaw. A young woman decides to meet the stranger who collects shards of glass. But why? Read by Louise Brealey. Show more

Drama on 4

Pixie Juice

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Comic play by award-winning writer Ed Harris about sight, insight and magic, starring Indira Varma as a tattooist who finds herself in a fairytale - with real fairies. Show more

The Essay

Decameron Nights: Ten Italian Indelicacies Remixed from Boccaccio

Episode 7: The Wager

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

When a man makes a bet on his wife's chastity and his friend sets out to prove him wrong, neither man imagines the matter will change their lives forever. Introduced by Terry Jones. Show more

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Drama on 4

Holding Back the Tide

I Want to Thank You All

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Clare and Richard pay a visit to a famous resident and leave with more than they expected when John takes off with what he believes rightly to belong to the town. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

James Martin presents the weekly live cooking show with guest chefs Vivek Singh and Hélène Darroze. Sherlock actress, Louise Brealey faces her food heaven or food hell. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
James Martin
Participant:
Vivek Singh
Participant:
Helene Darroze
Participant:
Louise Brealey
Expert:
Olly Smith
Participant:
Rick Stein
Participant:
Gennaro Contaldo
Participant:
Antonio Carluccio
Series Producer:
James Winter

Sherlock

Series 3

Episode 1: The Empty Hearse

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Three

Available for years

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

Contributors

Sherlock Holmes:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Dr John Watson:
Martin Freeman
Mrs Hudson:
Una Stubbs
DI Lestrade:
Rupert Graves
Mycroft Holmes:
Mark Gatiss
Jim Moriarty:
Andrew Scott
Molly Hooper:
Louise Brealey
Mary Morstan:
Amanda Abbington
Anderson:
Jonathan Aris
Howard Shilcott:
David Fynn
Producer:
Sue Vertue

Woman's Hour

Goldfrapp; Pope Joan; Delhi rape trial

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Goldfrapp's new album, the Delhi rape trial, campaigning parent bloggers, and Louise Brealey on Pope Joan. Jenni Murray presents the female perspective. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Goldfrapp
Interviewed Guest:
Louise Brealey
Interviewed Guest:
Hayley Goleniowska
Interviewed Guest:
Jennie Henley
Interviewed Guest:
Heather Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Rupa Jha

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Katie Melua; Alison Goldfrapp; Louise Brealey

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

The Muslim Women's Network warn of the sexual exploitation of UK Asian girls, plus Katie Melua, Alison Goldfrapp sings in the studio, and is dyeing grey hair a feminist issue? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Katie Melua
Interviewed Guest:
Taylor Austin Little
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Bacon
Interviewed Guest:
Ratna Lachman
Interviewed Guest:
Louise Brealey
Interviewed Guest:
John Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Heather Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Gabrielle Turnquest
Interviewed Guest:
Patrice Turnquest
Interviewed Guest:
Caryn Franklin
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Goldfrapp
Producer:
Louise Corley

Clique

Series 1

Episode 4

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Available for 7 days

Drama series. Holly is finally getting comfortable, but when an awful truth surfaces, everything is shattered and Holly finds herself not knowing who to trust. Show more

Contributors

Holly McStay:
Synnove Karlsen
Rory Sawyer:
Mark Strepan
Phoebe Parker-Fox:
Ella-Rae Smith
Rachel Maddox:
Rachel Hurd-Wood
Louise Taggart:
Sophia Brown
Alistair McDermid:
Emun Elliott
Jude McDermid:
Louise Brealey
Elizabeth Smith:
Sorcha Groundsell
DS Tom Gillespie:
Dave Elliot
Georgia Cunningham:
Aisling Franciosi
Fay Brookstone:
Emma Appleton
Lukas Steiner:
Kare Conradi
Charlie Lamont-Smith:
Chris Fulton
Young Georgia:
Evie Brassington
Young Holly:
Orla Bayne
James Buxton:
Jack Bannon
Director:
Andrea Harkin
Production Company:
Balloon Entertainment

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Clique

Series 1

Episode 6

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for 7 days

Drama series. Holly clings to Rachel in the wake of a shocking escalation, but she must get to the dark heart of what's happened to pull Georgia back from the brink. Show more

Contributors

Rachel Maddox:
Rachel Hurd-Wood
Holly McStay:
Synnove Karlsen
Rory Sawyer:
Mark Strepan
Elizabeth Smith:
Sorcha Groundsell
Jude McDermid:
Louise Brealey
University Dean:
Siobhan Redmond
Alistair McDermid:
Emun Elliott
Invigilator:
Claire Yuille
Georgia Cunningham:
Aisling Franciosi
Tom Gillespie:
Dave Elliot
Charlie Lamont-Smith:
Chris Fulton
Phoebe Parker-Fox:
Ella-Rae Smith
Louise Taggart:
Sophia Brown
Fay Brookstone:
Emma Appleton
Young Georgia:
Evie Brassington
Young Holly:
Orla Bayne
Director:
Andrea Harkin
Production Company:
Balloon Entertainment

Genres

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.