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Drama on 4

David Nobbs - Silent Nights

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Gordon's hatred of noise is threatening his marriage. But will foisting silence on the world help matters? Stars Jonathan Coy. Show more

Contributors

Gordon Flitch:
Jonathan Coy
Alison Flitch:
Doon Mackichan
Jonathan Pelt:
Stephen Critchlow
Esterhazy:
John Rowe
Shopkeeper:
Dan Starkey

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Tom Fort’s maritime journey contemplating the International Hydrographic Organisation – and Noel Coward. Read by Jonathan Coy. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Tom Fort’s maritime journey takes in Eastbourne, evoking memories of bladderwrack and prawn hunting. Read by Jonathan Coy. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Tom Fort’s maritime travels conclude, charmed by the Cornish Riviera but pondering his view of Lands' End. Read by Jonathan Coy. Show more

The Stuarts

Queen Anne: Myself Alone

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Fenella Woolgar is Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch, in Mike Walker's epic chronicle. If Anne is to command the loyalty of parliament she must abandon long-held allegiances. Show more

Contributors

William III:
Nicholas Murchie
Queen Anne:
Fenella Woolgar
Hans Bentinck:
Jonathan Coy
Sarah Churchill:
Rhiannon Neads
John Churchill:
David Hounslow
Godolphin:
David Acton
The Speaker:
Sam Dale
Royal Servant:
Jessica Turner
Director:
Gemma Jenkins

The Stuarts

William III and Mary II: To Have and To Hold

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Mike Walker's epic chronicle considers the young William of Orange and his strategic marriage to James II's daughter, Mary Stuart. Show more

Contributors

Bentinck:
Jonathan Coy
Young Bentinck:
Finn den Hertog
De Witt:
Sam Dale
Aurelia:
Alex Tregear
Hendrieka:
Rhiannon Neads
James II:
David Acton
John Churchill:
David Hounslow
Director:
Gemma Jenkins

Gloomsbury

Series 2

Episode 5: The Theory and Practice of Hanky Panky

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Unable to tell their sons about the facts of life, Henry and Vera ask their friends. But the Foxes don't like kids, the Goslings don't like each other and Venus takes things to far. Show more

Contributors

Vera Sackcloth-Vest:
Miriam Margolyes
Henry Mickleton:
Jonathan Coy
Mrs Ginny Fox:
Alison Steadman
Lionel Fox:
Roger Lloyd Pack
Mrs Gosling, Vera's Housekeeper:
Alison Steadman
Gosling, Vera's Gardener:
Roger Lloyd Pack
Venus Traduces:
Morwenna Banks
Producer:
Jamie Rix
Writer:
Sue Limb

Gloomsbury

Series 2

Episode 6: Two Broads Broadcasting

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Ginny is surprisingly jealous when Vera reads one of her poems out on her BBC radio programme. Stars Miriam Margolyes, Jonathan Coy and Alison Steadman. From December 2014. Show more

Contributors

Vera Sackcloth-Vest:
Miriam Margolyes
Henry Mickleton:
Jonathan Coy
Mrs Ginny Fox:
Alison Steadman
Lionel Fox:
Roger Lloyd Pack
Venus Traduces:
Morwenna Banks
DH Lollipop:
John Sessions
Crispin St John Higginbotham:
Nigel Planer
TS Jellitot:
John Sessions
Producer:
Jamie Rix
Writer:
Sue Limb

Gloomsbury

Series 2

Episode 1: Anarchy Looms Over Staplehurst

Duration: 30 minutes

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

With a general strike looming, the Foxes visit Sizzlinghurst to see how aristocrats live, terrified that the oppressed people of Staplehurst will rise up and storm the castle. Show more

Contributors

Vera Sackcloth-Vest:
Miriam Margolyes
Henry Mickleton:
Jonathan Coy
Mrs Gosling:
Alison Steadman
Lionel Fox:
Roger Lloyd Pack
Ginny Fox:
Alison Steadman
Venus Traduces:
Morwenna Banks
DH Lollipop:
John Sessions
Producer:
Jamie Rix
Writer:
Sue Limb

Gloomsbury

Series 2

Episode 2: Desperate for a Thumbs-Up

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Ginny Fox and DH Lollipop desperately seek literary acclamation for their latest manuscripts, little realising that their greatest critic is Mrs Gosling and her box of matches. Show more

Contributors

Vera Sackcloth-Vest:
Miriam Margolyes
Mrs Ginny Fox:
Alison Steadman
Lionel Fox:
Roger Lloyd Pack
Henry Mickleton:
Jonathan Coy
Venus Traduces:
Morwenna Banks
DH Lollipop:
John Sessions
Mrs Gosling:
Alison Steadman
Producer:
Jamie Rix
Writer:
Sue Limb

Gloomsbury

Series 2

Episode 3: Bonfire of the Jealousies

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Vera is consumed with jealousy, because her friend Ginny Fox is going to be photographed for the front cover of Vanity Fair by acclaimed society photographer Manta Ray. Show more

Contributors

Vera Sackcloth-Vest:
Miriam Margolyes
Henry Mickleton:
Jonathan Coy
Mrs Gosling:
Alison Steadman
Lionel Fox:
Roger Lloyd Pack
Ginny Fox:
Alison Steadman
Venus Traduces:
Morwenna Banks
Manta Ray:
John Sessions
Dog Owner:
Nigel Planer
Sigmund Void:
John Sessions
Producer:
Jamie Rix
Writer:
Sue Limb

Gloomsbury

Series 2

Episode 4: Ever Decreasing Literary Circles

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Flushed with success, Ginny holds a literary salon at Vera's castle. Disappointingly the glitterati stay away. Only Venus turns up and she has never read a book in her life. Show more

Contributors

Vera Sackcloth-Vest:
Miriam Margolyes
Henry Mickleton:
Jonathan Coy
Mrs Ginny Fox:
Alison Steadman
Lionel Fox:
Roger Lloyd Pack
Mrs Gosling, Vera's Housekeeper:
Alison Steadman
Gosling, Vera's Gardener:
Roger Lloyd Pack
Venus Traduces:
Morwenna Banks
Producer:
Jamie Rix
Writer:
Sue Limb

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

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Series 1

Episode 3: A King's Ransom

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four

The Dauphin is being held prisoner by the Republicans. When he is captured by a masked intruder, Robespierre orders Chauvelin to find the boy before news gets out.

Contributors

Sir Percy Blakeney:
Richard E Grant
Lady Marguerite Blakeney:
Elizabeth McGovern
Chauvelin:
Martin Shaw
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes:
Anthony Green
Prince of Wales:
Jonathan Coy
Lady Suzanne Ffoulkes:
Beth Goddard
Producer:
Julian Murphy

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century: The Experience of Love

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Christopher Green tells the stories behind the National Lesbian and Gay Survey. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century: The Experience of Love

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Christopher Green tells the stories behind the National Lesbian and Gay Survey. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century: The Experience of Love

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Christopher Green tells the stories behind the National Lesbian and Gay Survey. Lesbians invade the Six O'Clock News. Show more