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Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 24^th Mar 2014, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 1^st Nov 2022, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Five dramas exploring ancient ideas about malaria, and scientific attempts to defeat the deadly disease. Stars Siobhan Redmond. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Siobhan Redmond
Actor:: Russell Boulter
Actor:: Richard Bremmer
Actor:: David Collins
Actor:: Jasmine Hyde
Actor:: John MacKay
Producer:: Tim Dee
Writer:: Lavinia Greenlaw

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Series

Lavinia Greenlaw - Five Fever Tales

3. What the Doctor Saw

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 26^th Mar 2014, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 3^rd Nov 2022, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Five dramas about Malaria, and scientific attempts to defeat the deadly disease: bad air and bad water. Stars Siobhan Redmond. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Siobhan Redmond
Actor:: Russell Boulter
Actor:: Richard Bremmer
Actor:: David Collins
Actor:: Jasmine Hyde
Actor:: John MacKay
Producer:: Tim Dee
Writer:: Lavinia Greenlaw

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Series

Lavinia Greenlaw - Five Fever Tales

4. Little White Crosses

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 27^th Mar 2014, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 4^th Nov 2022, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Five dramas about Malaria, and scientific attempts to defeat the deadly disease: the canal and mosquito. Stars Siobhan Redmond. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Siobhan Redmond
Actor:: Russell Boulter
Actor:: Richard Bremmer
Actor:: David Collins
Actor:: Jasmine Hyde
Actor:: John MacKay
Producer:: Tim Dee
Writer:: Lavinia Greenlaw

Genres

Series

Lavinia Greenlaw - Five Fever Tales

5. Emergency Prescriptions Kept Up One's Sleeve

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 28^th Mar 2014, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 5^th Nov 2022, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Five dramas about Malaria, and scientific attempts to defeat the deadly disease: the best old ideas. Stars Siobhan Redmond. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Siobhan Redmond
Actor:: Russell Boulter
Actor:: Richard Bremmer
Actor:: David Collins
Actor:: Jasmine Hyde
Actor:: John MacKay
Producer:: Tim Dee
Writer:: Lavinia Greenlaw

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Series

Lavinia Greenlaw - Five Fever Tales

2. The Wrongly Named Tree

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 25^th Mar 2014, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 2^nd Nov 2022, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Five dramas about Malaria, and scientific attempts to defeat the deadly disease: a countess and quinine. Stars Siobhan Redmond. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Siobhan Redmond
Actor:: Russell Boulter
Actor:: Richard Bremmer
Actor:: David Collins
Actor:: Jasmine Hyde
Actor:: John MacKay
Producer:: Tim Dee
Writer:: Lavinia Greenlaw

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Series

Charles Dickens

Barnaby Rudge

A City in Flames

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 8^th Jun 2014, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 2^nd Jun 2022, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Gordon lost control of the mob that is now freeing prisoners. Can the prison gates be unlocked? Stars Ron Cook and Bryan Dick. Show more

Contributors

Charles Dickens:: Iain Glen
Barnaby Rudge:: Daniel Laurie
Grip:: Joanna Horton
Miggs:: Joanna Horton
Mary Rudge:: Heather Craney
Simon Tappertit:: Bryan Dick
Gabriel Varden:: Ron Cook
Dolly Varden:: Amaka Okafor
Geoffrey Haredale:: David Cann
Emma Haredale:: Jaimi Barbakoff
John Chester:: John MacKay
William Rudge:: Tony Bell
Gashford:: Tony Bell
John Willet:: David Schofield
Joe Willet:: Matthew Watson
Hugh:: Ashley Kumar
Director:: Jeremy Mortimer
Adaptor:: Mike Walker
Author:: Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Barnaby Rudge

Captain Midnight

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 25^th May 2014, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 31^st May 2022, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Charles Dickens: Barnaby Rudge

In the 1780s, a murderer disappears, leaving his wife and son Barnaby to fend for themselves. Starring Iain Glen and Ron Cook. Show more

Contributors

Charles Dickens:: Iain Glen
Barnaby Rudge:: Daniel Laurie
Grip:: Joanna Horton
Miggs:: Joanna Horton
Mary Rudge:: Heather Craney
Captain Midnight:: Tony Bell
Simon Tappertit:: Bryan Dick
Gabriel Varden:: Ron Cook
Dolly Varden:: Amaka Okafor
Geoffrey Haredale:: David Cann
Solomon Daisy:: David Cann
Emma Haredale:: Jaimi Barbakoff
John Chester:: John MacKay
Ned Chester:: Hubert Burton
John Willet:: David Schofield
Joe Willet:: Matthew Watson
Hugh:: Ashley Kumar
Director:: Jeremy Mortimer
Adaptor:: Mike Walker
Author:: Charles Dickens

Genres

DramaClassic & Period

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Charles Dickens

Series

Charles Dickens

Barnaby Rudge

The Maypole Falls

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 1^st Jun 2014, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 1^st Jun 2022, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Charles Dickens: Barnaby Rudge

Barnaby joins the ranks of the Protestant Association and a prominent catholic finds his life in danger. Starring Daniel Laurie. Show more

Contributors

Charles Dickens:: Iain Glen
Barnaby Rudge:: Daniel Laurie
Grip:: Joanna Horton
Miggs:: Joanna Horton
Mary Rudge:: Heather Craney
Simon Tappertit:: Bryan Dick
Gabriel Varden:: Ron Cook
Dolly Varden:: Amaka Okafor
Geoffrey Haredale:: David Cann
Solomon Daisy:: David Cann
Emma Haredale:: Jaimi Barbakoff
John Chester:: John MacKay
Gashford:: Tony Bell
Lord Gordon:: Clive Hayward
John Willet:: David Schofield
Hugh:: Ashley Kumar
Director:: Jeremy Mortimer
Adaptor:: Mike Walker
Author:: Charles Dickens

Genres

DramaClassic & Period

Brand

Charles Dickens

Series

Black Earth Rising: Series 1

Black Earth Rising

Series 1

Episode 6: The Game's True Nature

BBC Two

Duration: 59 minutes

Audio described

First broadcast: Mon 15^th Oct 2018, 21:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Mon 15^th Oct 2018, 21:00 on BBC Two HD

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Drama series. Kate faces down danger in her search for a case file her mother had prepared against Ganimana years before. Show more

Contributors

Michael Ennis:: John Goodman
Kate Ashby:: Michaela Coel
President Bibi Mundanzi:: Abena Ayivor
Alice Munezero:: Noma Dumezweni
Patrice Ganimana:: Tyrone Huggins
Florence Karamera:: Emmanuel Imani
David Runihura:: Lucian Msamati
Eunice Clayton:: Tamara Tunie
Daniel Drewe:: Adrian Schiller
Mark Viner:: Julian Glover
Cyclist:: Adrian McLoughlin
Dirk Schreiber:: John MacKay
Richard Ratzenburger:: Timothy Walker
Frank Munezero:: Treva Etienne
Erik Mutsinzi:: Mawuli Semevor
Erik's District Attorney:: George Eggay
Erik's Friend:: Reginald Tsiboe
Fred Sturridge:: Richard Dixon
Executive Producer:: Greg Brenman
Producer:: Abi Bach
Writer:: Hugo Blick
Producer:: Hugo Blick
Director:: Hugo Blick
Production Company:: Drama Republic Ltd

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Drama

Brand

Black Earth Rising

Series