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15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century 27 - The Journal of a Joskin

Episode 3: 1948: Gooseberries

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Finances are tight, and writing commissions are few and far between for Yorkshire farm labourer and writer Fred Kitchen. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century 27 - The Journal of a Joskin

Episode 5: 1968: Man with a Scythe

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Now nearly 78, Fred Kitchen is still writing. Show more

Drama on 3

Curated by Mark Ravenhill

Episode 2: The Octoroon

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Available for years

Set on a Louisiana plantation in the 1850s, Dion Boucicault's classic melodrama exploring Abolition and the role of theatre in politics. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Peyton:
Barbara Barnes
Sunnyside:
Geoffrey Burton
Jacob M'Closky:
Steven Hartley
Salem Scudder:
Toby Jones
Wahnotee:
Earl Kim
Dora Sunnyside:
Claire Lams
George Peyton:
Trevor White
Composer:
Colin Sell

Genres

Duration: 1 hour

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

Available for years

JG Ballard's story of a scientific mission surveying drowned cities. This is a future where the Earth's atmosphere, and human consciousness, has eroded. Adapted by Graham White. Show more

Contributors

Strangman:
Tim McInnerny
Colonel Riggs:
Robert Blythe
Dr Alan Bryant:
Paul Stonehouse
Lieutenant Hardman:
Ben Crowe
Caesar:
Don Gilet
Writer:
JG Ballard
Adaptor:
Graham White

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century 27 - The Journal of a Joskin

Episode 1: 1940: The Doorstep War

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Yorkshire farm labourer and writer Fred Kitchen's first book is finally published. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century 27 - The Journal of a Joskin

Episode 2: 1940: The Promised Land

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Pastures new for published Yorkshire farm labourer and writer Fred Kitchen. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century 21 - Journal of a Joskin

Episode 2: 1924: The Farm Near Sheffield

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Frequent moves are often the lot of the rural worker. Show more

Saturday Drama

Great Escape: The Justice

Duration: 1 hour

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

True story of the post-war manhunt to avenge the Great Escape, by Robert Radcliffe and Robin Brooks. Stars Stephen Tompkinson. From April 2013. Show more

Contributors

Sqn Ldr McKenna:
Stephen Tompkinson
Schulmann:
Ewan Bailey
Max Wielen:
Nicholas Murchie
Emil Schulz:
Rick Warden
Oberst von Lindeiner:
Robert Blythe
Roger Bushell:
Ben Crowe
Paul Brickhill:
Michael Shelford
Nils Fuglesang:
Will Howard
Angela Schulz:
Hannah Wood

Genres

The Real George Orwell

Biographical Dramas

Dreaming

Duration: 44 minutes

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

By Mike Walker. In September 1938 Eric and Eileen travel to Morocco for his health. In Marrakech Eric imagines a meeting with Georges Kopp. With Joseph Millson and Lyndsey Marshal Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

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

By Colin Shindler. How Private Eye took on the social and political establishment of Great Britain, culminating in the resignation of Harold Macmillan as prime minister. Show more

Contributors

Richard Ingrams:
Harry Hadden-Paton
Willie Rushton:
Ewan Bailey
Christopher Booker:
Gunnar Cauthery
Harold MacMillan:
John Rowe
Timothy Bligh:
Nicholas Murchie
Frank:
Ben Crowe
Stephen Ward:
Carl Prekopp
Randolph Churchill:
Sean Murray
Hysterical Reporter:
David Seddon
Director:
Marc Beeby
Producer:
Marc Beeby

Genres

15 Minute Drama

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

Episode 7: Dr Tull Is Not A Toy

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl Tull is left to bring up her three children alone. The story of a fractured Baltimore family dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

Episode 8: This Really Happened

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl Tull is left to bring up her three children alone. The story of a fractured Baltimore family dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

Episode 10: Dinner

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl Tull is left to bring up her thee children alone. The story of a fractured Baltimore family dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Baby Powder and Perfume

Episode 5: The Dancer

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Exploring five very different perspectives on the lap dancing industry. Colette is forced to rethink her future career plans as her hopes and dreams are viciously challenged. Show more

Drama on 4

Fat Little Thing

Episode 1

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Louise's father has a surprise announcement. Is this the perfect happy ending his eight-year-old daughter has been dreaming of after the tragic loss of her mother? Show more

Drama on 4

Fat Little Thing

Episode 2

Duration: 45 minutes

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

When tragedy strikes her family for a second time, young Lou concocts a desperate plan to try and make everything right again. Show more

Contributors

Young Louise:
Amy-Beth McNulty
Margaret:
Zoe Telford
Auntie Rose:
Melanie Kilburn
Father Sullivan:
Stephen Hogan
Father Burns:
Andrew Secombe

Genres

Drama on 4

The Fox

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Based on the true story of Michael Forwell, a gentle Englishman who became a multi-millionaire drug smuggler. Written by Robin Brooks. Show more

Drama on 4

D H Lawrence's The Gypsy

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. A handsome gypsy is drawn to the rector's daughter when he arrives one summer at her village. Stars Samuel Edward-Cook. Show more

Drama on 4

Edward, Edward

Duration: 45 minutes

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

A story seen entirely through the eyes of children. Edward is thrust into the limelight, when he is crowned king aged nine, but finds himself powerless in a world ruled by adults. Show more

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for years

A city-state plagued by drought has instituted a system of sacrifice in a desperate bid to bring on rain. Stars Nicholas Jones. Show more