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Drama on 3

Juno and the Paycock

Duration: 2 hours

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

Alfred Hitchcock so loved Sean O'Casey's Abbey theatre play he adapted and filmed it. A Dublin tenement family nearing destitution get wind of an inheritance. Show more

Contributors

Juno Boyle:
Sorcha Cusack
Captain Boyle:
Stanley Townsend
Joxer Daly:
John Kavanagh
Mary Boyle:
Beth Cooke
Johnny Boyle:
Rory Fleck Byrne
Charles Bentham:
Ruairi Conaghan
Maisie Maidgan:
Michele Moran
Mrs Tancred:
Marcella Riordan
'Needle' Nugent:
Stephen Hogan
Furniture Man:
David Cann
Neighbour:
Craige Els

Drama on 4

Nick Warburton - Not Bobby

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Frank's new pet rabbit Bobby starts causing an unexpected stir at home. Satire on the education system. Stars Mackenzie Crook, Emerald O'Hanrahan, Kate Layden, Tessa Nicholson. Show more

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Drama on 4

Nick Warburton - Irongate

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. A woman walks once a year along the Thames, from Kew to Tower Bridge. Why? A play about love and loss, starring James Fleet and Emma Fielding. Show more

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Drama on 4

The Virtues of Oblivion

Duration: 45 minutes

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

James Meek's metaphysical thriller. A university professor embarks on a quest for philosophic treasures. Why is he accompanied by a Russian pole dancer? Show more

Contributors

Vice Chancellor:
Brian Protheroe
Andrew Simmons:
Robert Blythe
Writer:
James Meek

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Drama on 4

The Rules of Palship

Duration: 44 minutes

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

The young Noel Coward demanded fierce loyalty from his friends. But did he live up to his own high standards? Writer Jonathan Tafler imagines a testing moment. Show more

Contributors

Noel Coward:
Joel MacCormack
Graham Henshaw:
Tom Forrister
Fraser Stanhope:
Wilf Scolding
Reverend Henshaw:
David Reakes
Mary Henshaw:
Ellie Darvill

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Drama on 4

Tongues of Fire

Duration: 45 minutes

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

David Pownall imagines fireworks between WB Yeats and Sean O'Casey. A Nobel laureate visits Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 1913 and each Irish dramatist suspects the other has an agenda. Show more

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Tagore:
Sam Dastor
Lord Lieutenant:
Sam Dale

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Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Available for years

Ranjit Bolt's adaptation of Corneille's drama Le Cid, telling the story of the 11th-century Spanish hero before his rise to fame. With James Purefoy, Indira Varma and Eleanor Bron. Show more

Contributors

Don Rodrigo:
James Purefoy
Dona Urraca:
Gina McKee
Don Diego:
David Calder
Don Gormas:
Ewan Bailey
Don Fernando:
Stephen Thorne
Don Sancho:
Chris Pavlo
Adaptor:
Ranjit Bolt

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From Fact to Fiction

Series 19

Changes

Duration: 13 minutes

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

By Graham White. In the wake of David Bowie's passing, Marc and Thom's parents reveal how Bowie's radical attitude once inspired dad's experiments with mascara. Show more

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

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From Fact to Fiction

Series 18

Episode 8: Blood Sports

Duration: 13 minutes

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

Author Ryan Craig responds to the dropping of the vote on the fox hunting bill in the Commons. Show more

Saturday Drama

Otherwise Engaged

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Dark comedy by Simon Gray. A publisher tries - and fails - to enjoy a Saturday afternoon listening to Wagner. With James Purefoy, Alex MacQueen, Hattie Morahan and Nigel Planer. Show more

From Fact to Fiction

Series 16

Episode 3: Comfort Girl

Duration: 13 minutes

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

In the week in which four schoolgirls escaped the Boko Haram kidnap, Shelley Silas responds to developments in Nigeria's remote north-eastern province. Show more

Drama on 3

In the Depths of Dead Love

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

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

By Howard Barker. Dark comedy set in China in which a banished poet (Richard E Grant) faces a major dilemma after he falls in love with a grandee's wife. Show more

Drama

Watch Me While I'm Sleeping

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Mo's snoring is so addling that his long-term partner now wants separate bedrooms. Will a heart-to-heart over dinner resolve the issue? Or might it reveal more worrying problems? Show more

Drama

Rhoda and Pete Get Back On the Scene

Duration: 44 minutes

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

By Ross Dunsmore. Two recently widowed over-seventies are pushed into a speed-date by their children. But is it they who need a partner? Show more

Drama on 4

The Norman Conquests

Episode 2: Table Manners

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Alan Ayckbourn's classic comedy trilogy follows charming, compulsive philanderer Norman and five other characters over one weekend at a country house in England. Show more

Drama on 4

Christopher William Hill - Hush! Hush! Whisper Who Dares!

Duration: 45 minutes

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

An imagined meeting for Winnie-the-Pooh artist Ernest Shepard and grown-up Christopher Robin Milne. Stars Oliver Ford Davies. From July 2013. Show more

Contributors

Ernest Shepard:
Oliver Ford Davies
Norah:
Kate Fahy
Christopher Milne:
Simon Treves
Ensemble:
Sean Murray
Ensemble:
Ben Crowe

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Drama on 4

The Surprising Effect of Miss Scarlett Rosebud

Duration: 45 minutes

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

A David Nobbs comedy. Two retired women teachers share a house but little else. Then a former student, now a rock-star, bursts into their lives. The effect is devastating... Show more

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