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Drama on 3

Richard II

Duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes

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

Available for years

William Shakespeare's study of deluded autocracy. When Richard II banishes Bolingbroke and confiscates his property, he begins a chain of events that bring about his own downfall. Show more

Contributors

John of Gaunt:
John Rowe
Duke of York:
Philip Jackson
Aumerle:
Will Howard
Northumberland:
Christian Rodska
Harry Percy:
Edmund Wiseman
Queen Isabel:
Jaimi Barbakoff
Salisbury:
Joe Sims
Duchess of York:
Georgie Glen
Bishop Carlisle:
Keiron Self
Welsh Captain:
Sion Pritchard

Genres

Home Front

15 December 1914 - Hilary Pearce

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 26 days

A surprise visitor at Folkestone Town Hall shakes Hilary Pearce's easy confidence. Show more

Contributors

Home Front

22 December 1914 - Phyllis Marshall

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 5 weeks

Amidst a surge in drunken soldiers in town, a more refined visitor arrives at the harbour station. Show more

Home Front

29 December 1914 - Joe Macknade

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 1 month

Warwickshire cricket captain Jim Troughton guest stars as England cricketer Colin Blythe on a recruitment drive in Folkestone, and appealing to one young man in particular. Show more

Home Front

2 January 1915 - Ivor Davies

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 1 month

The recruitment drive is finally bearing fruit for Sergeant Major Davies, but nothing is simple. Show more

Contributors

Home Front

12 February 1916 - Hilary Pearce

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

On this day a secret meeting of the Non-Conscription fellowship was held in Kentish town, while in Folkestone it's a day of celebrations. Show more

Contributors

Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Ruby Tulliver:
Martine McCutcheon
Laurie Pearce:
Will Howard
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Roland Pemble:
Jack Holden
Lilian Frost:
Alex Tregear
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Ivor Davies:
Alun Raglan

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 13: 22-26 December 1914

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for 2 months

Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. The Grahams host a family Christmas, and Folkestone's yuletide festivities do not go entirely to plan. Show more

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 14: 29 December 1914 to 2 January 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for 2 months

Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Folkestone is uneasy about the move from 1914, and all its hope and fear, into 1915, with all its hope and fear. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

4 Extra Debut. Everyone has a novel locked inside of them and painter-decorator Jim discovers the key. Starring Paul Ritter. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Jim has been struck by lightning. Literarily, or so he thinks. Comedy drama starring Paul Ritter and Sophie Thompson. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Jim devotes the week to his novel, but realises he must also win back his wife. Can he do both? Stars Paul Ritter. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

With time running out, will Jim find a way of using his family woes to salvage his novel idea? Stars Paul Ritter. Show more

Drama on 3

Antony and Cleopatra

Duration: 2 hours, 25 minutes

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

Available for years

Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston star in this great tragedy of love and power, part of Radio 3's celebration of the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare. Show more

Contributors

Cleopatra:
Alex Kingston
Octavius Caesar:
Geoffrey Streatfield
Enobarbus:
Robert Pugh
Proculeius:
Alun Raglan
Octavia/Iras:
Priyanga Burford
Charmian:
Janice Acquah
Alexas:
Don Gilet
Mardian:
Ewan Bailey
Eros/Messenger:
Will Howard
Soothsayer/Snakeman:
Peter Polycarpou

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 11: 8-12 December 1914

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for 2 months

Newcomers spell trouble for St Jude's, and the police are unprepared for a crime wave. Show more

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 12: 15-19 December 1914

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for 2 months

A spirit of generosity and recklessness fills the air as all Folkestone is encouraged to give itself to the war. With Craige Els, Will Howard. Show more

Drama on 3

The Oresteia

Episode 3: The Furies

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

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

Available for years

The last play in Aeschylus's The Oresteia. Having avenged his father's death, Orestes finds he is pursued by the Furies. Can the gods Apollo and Athena stop the cycle of revenge? Show more

Clare in the Community

Series 8

Hot Desk

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for 3 months

Social Worker Clare Barker and colleagues must move offices and embrace hot desking. Stars Sally Phillips. From January 2013. Show more

Drama on 3

The Winter's Tale

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

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

Available for years

By William Shakespeare. A story of love, loss and ultimately reconciliation and renewal, with Danny Sapani as King Leontes and Eve Best as his queen, Hermione. Show more

Contributors

Leontes:
Danny Sapani
Hermione:
Eve Best
Polixenes:
Shaun Dooley
Camillo:
Karl Johnson
Shepherd:
Paul Copley
Autolycus:
Tim van Eyken
Florizel:
Will Howard
Mamillius:
Charlie Brand
Archidamus:
Sean Baker
Antigonus:
Brian Protheroe
Clown:
Sam Rix
Cleomenes:
Richard Pepple
First Lady:
Adie Allen
First Lord:
James Lailey
Mariner:
Sargon Yelda
Officer:
Ewan Bailey
Composer:
Tim van Eyken
Director:
David Hunter

Genres

The Interrogation

Series 2

Episode 3: Simon

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for years

A sixth-former is attacked on his way to school and hospitalised. When Max and Sean start to investigate, they hardly expect to uncover a love story. Show more

Contributors

DS Max Matthews:
Kenneth Cranham
DC Sean Armitage:
Alex Lanipekun
Simon Barnes:
Sam Swann
Simone Parker:
Amaka Okafor
Wendy Harris:
Joanna Brookes
Mr Renshaw:
Nicholas Murchie

Drama on 3

The Oresteia

Episode 2: The Libation Bearers

Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

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

Available for years

The second play in Aeschylus's classic trilogy about murder, revenge and justice. Orestes' struggles are brought vividly to life in a new version by playwright Ed Hime. Show more