Programme Index

Casualty

Series 32

Episode 15

BBC One

Duration: 48 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 2^nd Dec 2017, 21:10 on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: Sat 2^nd Dec 2017, 21:10 on BBC One Wales

Connie's illness starts to noticeably affect her work, but she continues to brush away Charlie's support. New coffee shop worker Polly catches Max's eye. Show more

Contributors

Connie Beauchamp:: Amanda Mealing
Charlie Fairhead:: Derek Thompson
Ethan Hardy:: George Rainsford
Alicia Munroe:: Chelsea Halfpenny
Lisa 'Duffy' Duffin:: Cathy Shipton
Rashid Masum:: Neet Mohan
Iain Dean:: Michael Stevenson
Sam Nicholls:: Charlotte Salt
Max Walker:: Jamie Davis
Robyn Miller:: Amanda Henderson
Noel Garcia:: Tony Marshall
Elle Gardner:: Jaye Griffiths
Jacob Masters:: Charles Venn
Glen Thomas:: Owain Arthur
Robert Kearns:: Robin Laing
Kyle Robinson:: James Clay
Lenny Johnson:: Elliott Rogers
Trish Adams:: Amy Popplewell
Ricky Carlson:: Jake Lampert
Polly Donovan:: Jamey May
Writer:: Steve Bailie
Producer:: Gwenllian Gravelle
Director:: Roberto Bangura

Drama on 4

The Giffnock Girls: Of the Dark Past

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 25^th Jan 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 25^th Jan 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Gail and Bianca are two old school friends facing the future without the men they married - but their past lives are proving hard to leave behind. By Marcella Evaristi. Show more

Contributors

Bianca:: Siobhan Redmond
Gail:: Maureen Beattie
Sammi:: Daniel Boyd
Judy:: Bridget McCann
Colin:: Robin Laing
Counsellor:: Maggie MacRitchie
GP:: Maggie MacRitchie
Writer:: Marcella Evaristi
Director:: Bruce Young
Producer:: Bruce Young

Genres

Drama

Brand

Drama on 4

The Ethical Hacking Bureau

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 7^th Feb 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 18^th Jan 2019, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

By David Leddy. High-energy drama about three women trying to make the world a little better. Starring Patricia Hodge. Show more

Contributors

Barbara:: Patricia Hodge
Lucinda:: Anita Vettesse
Nicky:: Sarah Niles
Celine:: Maryam Hamidi
Kapoor:: Maryam Hamidi
Miss Simmonds:: Maryam Hamidi
Tom:: Robin Laing
Mr Hooper:: Finlay Welsh
Director:: Kirsty Williams
Writer:: David Leddy

Genres

Drama

Brand

Drama on 4

4/4

Finale Con Porca

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 12^th Feb 2018, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 5^th Aug 2019, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM

By Sarah Wooley. Comedy drama series about the exploits, musical and otherwise, of a string quartet. Fergus has invited Kelly, a young Australian woman, to travel with them. Show more

Contributors

Paul:: Alasdair Hankinson
Fergus:: Simon Donaldson
Archie:: Robin Laing
Skye:: Shauna Macdonald
Kelly:: Karen Bartke
Lorenzo:: Laurie Brown
Clarke:: Laurie Brown
Antonio:: Kyle Gardiner
Director:: Gaynor Macfarlane
Writer:: Sarah Wooley

Genres

Drama

Brand

Series

Drama on 4: 4/4

Drama on 3

My Own Life

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 4^th Jun 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 3

Joss Ackland and Ken Stott read the final works of philosopher David Hume and neurologist Oliver Sacks, whose terminal illness inspired their writing. Show more

Contributors

Oliver Sacks:: Joss Ackland
David Hume:: Ken Stott
Adam Smith:: Gordon Kennedy
James Boswell:: Robin Laing
Producer:: Caroline Raphael

Genres

Formats

Audiobooks

Brand

Drama on 3

The Sensitive

4. A Nobody

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 24^th Mar 2010, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 19^th Apr 2024, 01:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 6 months

Listen live

Psychic detective Thomas Soutar suffers a crisis of confidence investigating a potential serial killer. Stars Robin Laing. Show more

Contributors

Thomas:: Robin Laing
Kat:: Daniela Nardini
Young Man:: Iain Robertson
Mrs Soutar:: Sheila Donald
Crawford:: Simon Tait
WPC:: Suzanne Donaldson
Director:: Bruce Young
Writer:: Alastair Jessiman

Genres

DramaCrime

Brand

The Sensitive

2. The Hanged Man

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 28^th Nov 2007, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 17^th Apr 2024, 01:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 6 months

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Psychic Thomas Soutar discovers some unsettling connections between his own uncle and the murder of a boy. Stars Robin Laing. Show more

Contributors

Thomas:: Robin Laing
Mrs Soutar:: Sheila Donald
Uncle Rory:: Michael Mackenzie
Murdo Lawson:: Alec Heggie
Dr Caldwell:: John Shedden
Mark Bukowski:: Finlay Welsh
Inspector Crawford:: Simon Tait
Thomas as a boy:: William Barlow
Writer:: Alastair Jessiman
Director:: David Jackson Young

Genres

DramaCrime

Brand

The Sensitive

3. A Possession

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 4^th Mar 2009, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 18^th Apr 2024, 01:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 6 months

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Glasgow psychic detective Thomas Soutar becomes obsessed when he’s asked to find a missing music student. Stars Robin Laing. Show more

Contributors

Thomas:: Robin Laing
Natasha:: Anita Vetesse
Mrs Soutar:: Sheila Donald
Mr Paris:: James Macpherson
Mrs Paris:: Cara Kelly
Mrs Collins:: Juliet Cadzow
Guest House Manager:: John-Paul Hurley
Carol:: Patricia Kavanagh
Writer:: Alastair Jessiman
Director:: Bruce Young

Genres

DramaCrime

Brand

The Sensitive

5. A Casualty Of War

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 19^th Apr 2011, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 20^th Apr 2024, 01:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 6 months

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A woman missing since 1945 is seen in a deserted guest house. Psychic detective Thomas Soutar investigates. Stars Robin Laing. Show more

Contributors

Thomas:: Robin Laing
Mrs Soutar:: Sheila Donald
Kat:: Julie Duncanson
Jack:: Paul Young
Mrs Forbes-Brown:: Edith MacArthur
Writer:: Alastair Jessiman
Director:: Bruce Young
Producer:: Bruce Young

Genres

DramaCrime

Brand

With Great Pleasure

Ricky Ross

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 1^st Aug 2016, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 23^rd Sep 2016, 23:27 on BBC Radio 4 LW

The Scottish singer-songwriter Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue chooses his favourite prose and poetry at home in Glasgow. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Ricky Ross
Reader:: Robin Laing
Reader:: Rosalind Sydney
Producer:: Maggie Ayre

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Brand

With Great Pleasure

Drama on 4

Cloud Howe

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 25^th Jan 2015, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 14^th May 2016, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Lewis Grassic Gibbon's powerful sequel to Sunset Song, set in a small Aberdeenshire town. Dramatised by Donna Franceschild. Show more

Contributors

Chris:: Amy Manson
Robert:: Robin Laing
Else:: Pearl Appleby
Dalziel:: Liam Brennan
Alec:: Philip Cairns
Jock:: Stephen Duffy
Ewan:: Roderick Gilkison
Leslie:: Ralph Riach
Ake:: Iain Robertson
Miss M'Askill:: Wendy Seager
Mowat:: Nick Underwood
Director:: Kirsty Williams
Adaptor:: Donna Franceschild
Actor:: Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Genres

Drama

Brand

Series

Drama on 4: Cloud Howe

Drama on 4

Cloud Howe

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 1^st Feb 2015, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 21^st May 2016, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Tensions within the town grow as Chris and Robert help the spinners prepare for strike action. But nothing can prepare the family for the tragic events that are about to unfold. Show more

Contributors

Chris:: Amy Manson
Robert:: Robin Laing
Else:: Pearl Appleby
Dalziel:: Liam Brennan
Alec:: Philip Cairns
Jock:: Stephen Duffy
Ewan:: Roderick Gilkison
Leslie:: Ralph Riach
Ake:: Iain Robertson
Miss M'Askill:: Wendy Seager
Mowat:: Nick Underwood
Director:: Kirsty Williams
Adaptor:: Donna Franceschild
Actor:: Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Genres

Drama

Brand

Series

Drama on 4: Cloud Howe

Band of Brothers

Episode 4: Replacements

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Tue 18^th Nov 2008, 23:20 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Wed 19^th Nov 2008, 00:20 on BBC Two Scotland

Wartime drama series. Due to heavy casualties, a group of fresh paratrooper replacements joins Easy Company in time for a massive drop into German-occupied Holland. Show more

Contributors

Director:: David Nutter
Richard D. Winters:: Damian Lewis
Bull 'Bull' Randleman:: Michael Cudlitz
Lester 'Leo' Hashey:: Mark Huberman
Robert 'Popeye' Wynn:: Nicholas Aaron
Carwood Lipton:: Donnie Wahlberg
David Kenyon Webster:: Eion Bailey
Edward 'Babe' Heffron:: Robin Laing
John Martin:: Dexter Fletcher
Donal Malarkey:: Scott Grimes
Lynn `Buck' Compton:: Neal McDonough
Lewis Nixon:: Ron Livingston
William 'Wild Bill' Guarnere:: Frank John Hughes
Donald Hoobler:: Peter McCabe
Thomas Peacock:: David Nicolle

Genres

Series

Band of Brothers

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Band of Brothers

Episode 6: Bastogne

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Tue 25^th Nov 2008, 23:20 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Wed 26^th Nov 2008, 00:20 on BBC Two Scotland

Wartime drama series. It is the dead of winter, and Easy Company find themselves in the Belgian forest attempting to fend off frostbite, hunger and battle fatigue. Show more

Contributors

Director:: David Leland
Richard D. Winters:: Damian Lewis
Bull Randleman:: Michael Cudlitz
Carwood Lipton:: Donnie Wahlberg
Edward Heffron:: Robin Laing
Donald Malarkey:: Scott Grimes
Lynn Compton:: Neal McDonough
Lewis Nixon:: Ron Livingston
William Guarnere:: Frank John Hughes
Donald Hoobler:: Peter McCabe
Thomas Peacock:: David Nicolle
Joseph Toye:: Kirk Acevedo
Walter Gordon:: Ben Caplan
Wayne Sisk:: Philip Barantini

Genres

Series

Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers

Episode 9: Why We Fight

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Mon 8^th Dec 2008, 23:20 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Tue 9^th Dec 2008, 00:00 on BBC Two Wales

Wartime drama series. Easy Company finally enter Germany, and a patrol discovers an abandoned Nazi concentration camp, still filled with emaciated prisoners. Show more

Contributors

Lewis Nixon:: Ron Livingston
Richard D. Winters:: Damian Lewis
Joseph Liebgott:: Ross McCall
Carwood Lipton:: Donnie Wahlberg
Harry Welsh:: Rick Warden
Donal Malarkey:: Scott Grimes
Robert 'Popeye' Wynn:: Nicholas Aaron
David Kenyon Webster:: Eion Bailey
Denver 'Bull' Randleman:: Michael Cudlitz
Edward 'Babe' Heffron:: Robin Laing

Genres

Series

Band of Brothers

Murder Rooms: the Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

BBC Four

Duration: 2 hours

First broadcast: Sat 26^th Sep 2009, 21:05 on BBC Four

Drama inspired by the relationship between Arthur Conan Doyle and his tutor, Dr Joseph Bell. The two embark on a grisly and disturbing case dealing in death, drugs and disease. Show more

Contributors

Sir Henry Carlyle:: Charles Dance
Arthur Conan Doyle:: Robin Laing
Elspeth:: Dolly Wells
Joseph Bell:: Ian Richardson
Director:: Paul Seed
Writer:: David Pirie
Producer:: Ian Madden

Genres

Drama on 3

The Seagull

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 31^st Jan 2010, 20:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Sun 8^th Jun 2014, 22:00 on BBC Radio 3

Siobhan Redmond and Paul Higgins head a Scottish cast in Chekhov's classic drama. When actress Irina Arkadina arrives at her brother's estate, tempers inevitably get frayed. Show more

Contributors

Writer:: Anton Chekhov
Adaptor:: Stuart Paterson
Arkadina:: Siobhan Redmond
Trigorin:: Paul Higgins
Konstantin:: Robin Laing
Sorin:: Sean Scanlan
Nina:: Ashley Smith
Shamrayev:: Lewis Howden
Polina:: Daniela Nardini
Masha:: Meg Fraser
Dorn:: Finlay Welsh
Medvedenko:: Tom Freeman
Director:: Dominic Hill

Genres

Drama

Brand

Drama on 3

Drama on 4

A Nice Little Holiday

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 30^th Sep 2010, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 29^th Jan 2015, 04:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Complex love affairs, breaking scandals and a famous letter of hatred to the British people turn playwright John Osborne's 1961 French holiday into a nightmare. Stars Robin Laing. Show more

Contributors

Jocelyn Rickards:: Tracy Wiles
John Osborne:: Robin Laing
Tony Richardson:: Tobias Menzies
Christopher Isherwood:: Richard Greenwood
Don Bachardy:: James Anthony Pearson
Major:: Matthew Zajac
Writer:: Sarah Wooley
Producer:: Gaynor Macfarlane

Genres

DramaBiographical

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