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Duration: 44 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. A comedy about neighbours, architecture, tradition versus modernism and James Bond. Architect Erno Goldfinger struggles to build his modernist dream home. From 2014. Show more

Contributors

Erno Goldfinger:
Justin Salinger
Ursula Blackwell:
Melody Grove
Charles:
Karl Johnson
Roland Penrose:
Simon Harrison
Henry Brooke:
David Seddon
Evelyn Fleming:
Elaine Claxton
Ian Fleming:
Monty d'Inverno

Genres

Pilgrim by Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Series 6

Ouldmeadow Jack

Duration: 44 minutes

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

by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Still in search of gold to rescue the people trapped in Hartley's mine, Pilgrim comes to Ouldmeadow where he helps an old friend make a final river trip. Show more

Saturday Drama

The Last Tycoon

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. 1930s Hollywood studio head Munroe Stahr is at the top of his game, but is fatefully unhinged by a love affair. Stars Aiden Gillens. Show more

Contributors

Munro Stahr:
Aidan Gillen
Tony Rodriquez:
Karl Johnson
Boxley:
Trevor Ray
Fleishacker:
John Guerrasio
Miss Doolan:
Angela Douglas
Adaptor:
Bill Bryden
Director:
Bill Bryden

Genres

Drama on 3

Rosmersholm

Duration: 1 hour, 59 minutes

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

An adaptation of Ibsen's most complex play, in which a hero surrenders his privileged place in conservative Norwegian society. Can he win out against the status quo? Show more

Contributors

John Rosmer:
Nicholas Farrell
Rebekka West:
Helen Baxendale
Professor Kroll:
Ronald Pickup
Ulrik Brendel:
Karl Johnson
Peder Mortensgaard:
Philip Jackson
Mrs Helseth:
Christine Absolom

Genres

Drama on 4

Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders

Episode 1: Old Unhappy Far-Off Things

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. It is the 1950s, and young Rumpole defends a man accused of murdering two war heroes. John Mortimer's mystery stars Benedict Cumberbatch. Show more

Contributors

Elder Horace Rumpole:
Timothy West
Young Horace Rumpole:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Simon Jerold:
Ewan Bailey
Hilda Wystan:
Jasmine Hyde
Reggie Proudfoot:
Stephen Critchlow
Bonny Bernard:
Matthew Morgan
Judge Cookson:
Karl Johnson
Lord Jessop:
David Shaw-Parker
Producer:
Marilyn Imrie
Director:
Marilyn Imrie

Drama on 4

Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders

Episode 2: Alone and Without a Leader

Duration: 45 minutes

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

The accused asks the senior QC to hand over his case to young Horace Rumpole. Stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Timothy West. Show more

Contributors

Elder Horace Rumpole:
Timothy West
Young Horace Rumpole:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Simon Jerold:
Ewan Bailey
Hilda Wystan:
Jasmine Hyde
Reggie Proudfoot:
Stephen Critchlow
Bonny Bernard:
Matthew Morgan
Judge Cookson:
Karl Johnson
Lord Jessop:
David Shaw-Parker
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Producer:
Marilyn Imrie

Front Row

John Hurt's paintings, The Fool in King Lear, Summer reads for the UK

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sir John Hurt's widow Anwen on the late actor's paintings and drawings; the role of the Fool in King Lear; and recommendations for summer reading for those holidaying in the UK. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Anwen Hurt
Interviewed Guest:
Karl Johnson
Interviewed Guest:
Lloyd Hutchinson
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Ditum

Drama on 4

Art & Gadg

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. After ten years of estrangement, Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan are forced to confront the demise of their deep friendship. With Nathan Osgood. From January 2013. Show more

Contributors

Arthur Miller:
Nathan Osgood
Elia Kazan:
Karl Johnson
Barbara Loden:
Fenella Woolgar
Director:
Marc Beeby

Genres

Drama on 4

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. Borstal boy Smith remembers his crimes and plots his future, as he trains for the national cross-country run. Stars Lee Rufford. Show more

Contributors

Governor:
Karl Johnson
Mrs Smith:
Natalie Grady
Water Boy:
Noah Burdett
Bishop:
Tom Vanson
Detective Sergeant:
Graeme Hawley
Mr Lennox:
Michael Thomas
Mrs Lennox:
Barbara Kirby
Magistrate:
David Timson
Taxi Driver:
David Timson
Smith Child:
Millie Binks
Smith Child:
Eve Manning
Director:
Carl Prekopp
Adaptor:
Robert Rigby

Genres

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Drama. Edward (Bill Milner) hates living in the old people's home run by his parents, until he finds an unlikely friend in a new resident, a retired magician (Michael Caine). Show more

Lark Rise to Candleford

Series 2

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC One London

As Lark Rise and Candleford are transformed into magical places, some of the residents find themselves driven to speak difficult truths amid the gift giving and carol singing. Show more

Contributors

Laura Timmins:
Olivia Hallinan
Dorcas Lane:
Julia Sawalha
Caroline:
Dawn French
Robert Timmins:
Brendan Coyle
Queenie Turrill:
Linda Bassett
Twister Turrill:
Karl Johnson
Sir Timothy Midwinter:
Ben Miles
Alf Arless:
John Dagleish

Lark Rise to Candleford

Series 1

Episode 9

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Queenie finds a beautiful embroidered panel on a grave that has the residents of Lark Rise and Candleford intrigued. Caroline returns from prison keen for a fresh start. Show more

Contributors

Laura Timmins:
Olivia Hallinan
Dorcas Lane:
Julia Sawalha
Caroline Arless:
Dawn French
Robert Timmins:
Brendan Coyle
Queenie Turrill:
Linda Bassett
Twister Turrill:
Karl Johnson
Sir Timothy Midwinter:
Ben Miles
Alf Arless:
John Dagleish
Actor:
Liz Smith
Actor:
Mark Heap

Lark Rise to Candleford

Series 1

Episode 10

Duration: 1 hour

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

Adaptation of Flora Thompson's memoir of her Oxfordshire childhood. Tensions mount between Dorcas and Sir Tim as painful truths about the past begin to surface. Show more

Contributors

Laura Timmins:
Olivia Hallinan
Dorcas Lane:
Julia Sawalha
Caroline:
Dawn French
Robert Timmins:
Brendan Coyle
Queenie Turrill:
Linda Bassett
Twister Turrill:
Karl Johnson
Sir Timothy Midwinter:
Ben Miles
Alf Arless:
John Dagleish
Actor:
Liz Smith
Actor:
Mark Heap

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

A biography of British painter Francis Bacon, concentrating on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small-time crook. Show more

Contributors

Director:
John Maybury
Francis Bacon:
Derek Jacobi
George Dyer:
Daniel Craig
Muriel Belcher:
Tilda Swinton
Isabel Rawsthorne:
Anne Lambton
Daniel Farson:
Adrian Scarborough
John Deakin:
Karl Johnson
Henrietta Moraes:
Annabel Brooks
Blond Billy:
Richard Newbould
French Official:
Ariel de Ravenel
Ian Board:
Tallulah
Ken Bidwell:
Andy Linden
Joe Furneval:
David Kennedy
Volker Dix:
Gary Hume
Producer:
Chiara Menage

Lark Rise to Candleford

Series 3

Episode 6

Duration: 1 hour

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

Costume drama. Daniel starts a newspaper campaign against Peg Leg's lack of a war pension, but Emma learns that he is not all he seems, which threatens to destroy Daniel's venture. Show more

Contributors

Peg Leg/Arthur Myhill:
Ronald Pickup
Emma Timmins:
Claudie Blakley
Robert Timmins:
Brendan Coyle
Daniel Parish:
Ben Aldridge
Alf Arless:
John Dagleish
Frank Timmins:
Fergus Drysdale
Laura Timmins:
Olivia Hallinan
Thomas Brown:
Mark Heap
Twister Turrill:
Karl Johnson
Edmund Timmins:
Thomas Rhys Jones
Adult Laura:
Sarah Lancashire
Margaret Brown:
Sandy McDade
Sally Arless:
Sophie Miles
Ethel Timmins:
Martha Murdoch
Dorcas Lane:
Julia Sawalha
Baby Patience:
Caitlin Smith
Lizzie Arless:
Hope Yeomans
Director:
Sue Tully

Lark Rise to Candleford

Series 3

Episode 10

Duration: 1 hour

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

Costume drama. When the local Lark Rise gossip Mrs Mullins discovers her daughter Emily is pregnant, she leaps to the conclusion that Daniel is the father. Show more

Contributors

Daniel Parish:
Ben Aldridge
Queenie Turrill:
Linda Bassett
Emma Timmins:
Claudie Blakley
Bessie Mullins:
Rosie Cavaliero
Robert Timmins:
Brendan Coyle
Alf Arless:
John Dagleish
Frank Timmins:
Fergus Drysdale
Laura Timmins:
Olivia Hallinan
Emily Mullins:
Jennie Jacques
Twister Turrill:
Karl Johnson
Edmund Timmins:
Thomas Rhys Jones
Adult Laura:
Sarah Lancashire
Ethel Timmins:
Martha Murdoch
Dorcas Lane:
Julia Sawalha
Baby Patience:
Caitlin Smith
Director:
Patrick Lau

Drama on 4

Unmade Movies

Harold Pinter's The Dreaming Child

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

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

Harold Pinter's unproduced screenplay, based on Karen Blixen's elusive and mysterious short story. Set in Bristol in 1868, a wealthy but childless couple adopt a slum child. Show more

Drama on 4

Steve Keyworth - The Continuity Man

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. EastEnders' star Nitin Ganatra is determined to play a baddie instead of the usual nice guy, but he has not counted on The Continuity Man. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Lark Rise to Candleford

Series 2

Episode 9

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC One Yorkshire

A feud between Lark Rise and the neighbouring village of Fordlow has been simmering for three generations, but it takes young love to bring the two communities together. Show more

Contributors

Alf Arless:
John Dagleish
Nan Carter:
Rebecca Night
Queenie Turrill:
Linda Bassett
Twister Turrill:
Karl Johnson
Emma Timmins:
Claudie Blakley
Robert Timmins:
Brendan Coyle
Frank Timmins:
Fergus Drysdale
Laura Timmins:
Olivia Hallinan
Thomas Brown:
Mark Heap
Edmund Timmins:
Thomas Jones
Adult Laura:
Sarah Lancashire
Miss Ellison:
Sandy McDade
James Dowland:
Jason Merrells
Sally Arless:
Sophie Miles
Archie Arless:
Harry Miles
Ethel Timmins:
Martha Murdoch
Dorcas Lane:
Julia Sawalha
Fordlow Man:
Andrew Westfield
Lizzie Arless:
Hope Yeomans
Director:
David Tucker

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

Alice discovers new evidence in her case against Rob, which unbeknownst to her forces Rob’s hand. Cheryl is driven into a rash decision that will have life-long implications.