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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

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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

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Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. An conversation overhead in a fairground. Can friends Holly and Nicole prevent a murder being committed? Stars Yasmin Paige and Lily Lovelace. From January 2014. Show more

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

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Elizabeth Jane Howard's family saga, dramatised by Lin Coghlan. Miss Milliment moves to Home Place to teach the girls, but worries what will become of her when they are grown. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Elizabeth Jane Howard's family saga, dramatised by Lin Coghlan. The Blitz begins with consequences for the family while Rachel's visit to Sid provokes an argument. Show more

Drama on 4

The Morpeth Carol

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Timothy X Atack. Nine-year-old Harry goes on a mysterious Christmas Eve road trip with a very unusual and very dangerous Santa. Show more

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The Stuarts

It Came In with a Lass

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

By Mike Walker. Queen Mary arrives in Scotland enshrouded in mist and must quickly distinguish friends from enemies, as they try to understand and control her. With Brian Cox. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Derailed

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

After a whirlwind romance and Mediterranean marriage to chirpy cockney George, Marie's plans for a cosy Christmas are derailed, when he tells her the band's schedule has changed. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Derailed

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

George has been hurt in the Taunton rail crash. Marie thought he was playing Christmas gigs in Scotland. She heads south to uncover more about her new husband. Show more

Contributors

Dr Kenwright:
Joe Sims
Receptionist:
Eleanor Crooks
Policewoman:
Lizzy Watts
Director:
David Hunter

Genres

15 Minute Drama

Derailed

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Is Marie's new husband George a bigamist? The woman at his hospital bedside says she is married to him too. Who is Marie to believe? Show more

15 Minute Drama

Derailed

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

It's Christmas Day, Marie is unexpectedly pregnant, Laura still insists that she is married to her husband George, and now there's another woman sitting at his bedside. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Derailed

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Marie has discovered that George has a family in London. How can she believe his explanations about Laura? How can she believe in a man who has so many secrets? Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

When Hester is offered a merger to cancel all her debts, she finds a neat but risky solution. Starring Lyndsey Marshal. Show more

Contributors

Margaret Oliphant:
Penelope Wilton
Hester Vernon:
Lyndsey Marshal
Harry Sellon:
Ben Crowe
Farrington:
Patrick Brennan
Mildmay Vernon:
Paul Stonehouse
Miss Vernon-Ridgeway:
Sarah Thom
Miss Matilda Vernon-Ridgeway:
Liza Sadovy
Edward Vernon:
Joseph Kloska
Lady Ellen Vernon:
Jasmine Hyde
Labourer:
Adam Nagaitis
Adaptor:
Kate Clanchy
Adaptor:
Zena Forster

Genres

Drama on 4

Jonathan Myerson - Do You Know Who Wrote This?

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. The Veracity Virus breaks out, in this comedy about internet torment and fakery. With the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones. From August 2012. Show more

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Drama on 4

The Stevie G Method

Duration: 45 minutes

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

In Gary Ogin's comedy, Neil Stuke plays a struggling actor desperately in need of a part-time job. But when one does come along, it requires real acting technique! Show more

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Drama on 4

Bearing Witness

Duration: 45 minutes

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

In Philip Palmer's legal drama, a lawyer working at The Hague is challenged by the moral and legal ambiguities of international law, as he defends a man accused of war crimes. Show more

Contributors

Anthony Macdonald:
Mark Bonnar
Judge Crowley:
Liza Sadovy
Judge Krause:
Robert Blythe
Judge Hancock:
Paul Stonehouse

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