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Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for 20 days

Tuesday grows up assuming her mother abandoned her, despite the voices in her dreams telling her otherwise. Stars Jeany Spark. Show more

Dunkirk

Episode 2: Evacuation

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Docudrama about events at Dunkirk in 1940. To evacuate the thousands at Dunkirk, the Admiralty requisitions small boats, while the Navy races to lift as many as it can. Show more

Contributors

Signalman Clive Tonry:
Richard Sutton
Signalman Wilf Saunders:
Michael Legge
Winston Churchill:
Simon Russell Beale
Vice Admiral B Ramsay:
Richard Bremmer
Commander J Clouston:
William Hope
Captain Bill Tennant:
Adrian Rawlins
Captain M Denny:
Nicholas Asbury
Captain Tom Halsey:
Sean Murray
Lieutenant Ian Cox:
Joseph Mawle
General Lord Gort:
John Carlisle
General Henry Pownall:
Clive Wood
Osborne, Donah:
Glyn Grimstead
George 'Pie' Osborne:
Sid Mitchell
Frankie Osborne:
Roland Manookian
Harry Noakes:
Phil Cornwell
Neville Chamberlain:
Christopher Good
Lord Halifax:
Richard Durden
Anthony Eden:
Jack Fortune
Clement Atlee:
Richard Attlee
Producer:
Rob Warr
Director:
Alex Holmes

Series

Dunkirk

The Rivals

Series 2

1. Professor SFX Van Dusen: The Problem of the Superfluous Finger

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes's brilliant rival Professor SFX Van Dusen. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith. Show more

Contributors

Van Dusen:
Paul Rhys
Dr Prescott:
Sean Murray
Miss Marsh:
Philippa Stanton
Hoskins:
Ben Crowe
Producer:
Liz Webb

Drama on 4

The Trials of CB King

Episode 1

Duration: 45 minutes

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

African-American lawyer, CB King, takes on the violence and bigotry of the southern states of America in the battle for civil rights in the 1960s. First of two true stories. Show more

Contributors

CB King:
Leo Wringer
Bobby Peel:
Tom Forrister
Slater King:
Steve Toussaint
Carol King:
Cecilia Noble
Marion King:
Saffron Coomber
Charlie Ware:
Ammar Duffus
Reverend Boyy:
Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Chief Pritchett:
Ewan Bailey
Sheriff 'Gator' Johnson:
David Schaal
Senator Peel:
Sean Murray
Mrs Peel:
Emma Handy
Sheriff Matthews:
David Seddon
Frank Jones:
Ryan Whittle
The Doctor:
Lewis Bray
Director:
Marc Beeby

Genres

Drama on 4

The Trials of CB King

Episode 2

Duration: 45 minutes

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

African-American lawyer, CB King, takes on the violence and bigotry of the southern states of America in the battle for civil rights in the 1960s. Second of two true stories. Show more

Contributors

CB King:
Leo Wringer
Bobby Peel:
Tom Forrister
Slater King:
Steve Toussaint
Carol King:
Cecilia Noble
Marion King:
Saffron Coomber
Charlie Ware:
Ammar Duffus
Reverend Boyy:
Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Chief Pritchett:
Ewan Bailey
Sheriff 'Gator' Johnson:
David Schaal
Senator Peel:
Sean Murray
Mrs Peel:
Emma Handy
Sheriff Matthews:
David Seddon
Frank Jones:
Ryan Whittle
The Doctor:
Lewis Bray
Director:
Marc Beeby

Genres

The Citadel

Series 4

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

1926: the General Strike has ended yet the miners fight on, but Drs Manson and Denny disagree on this. Stars Richard Fleeshman. Show more

The Citadel

Series 4

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Dr Denny is furious at Dr Manson when he discovers the source of his research money. Starring Richard Fleeshman. Show more

Classic Serial

Evelyn Waugh - Sword of Honour

Episode 3: Officers and Gentlemen, part one

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Sent home in disgrace after a misbegotten raid in Dakar, Guy seeks employment. His next posting is unexpected. With Paul Ready. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Tim McInnerny
Guy Crouchback:
Paul Ready
Jumbo Trotter:
Rupert Vansittart
Virginia:
Lydia Leonard
Trimmer:
Lee Ingleby
Chatty Corner:
Ben Crowe
Katie Campbell:
Carys Eleri
Mrs Campbell:
Christine Absalom
Adjutant:
David Seddon
Kilbannock:
Oliver Chris
ATS Commandant:
Priyanga Burford
Scots Major:
Sean Murray
Director:
Marc Beeby
Adaptor:
Jeremy Front

Drama on 3

King Lear

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

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

Available for years

When better than now to make a drama about 'the division of the kingdom'? Shakespeare's great tragedy headed by Ian McDiarmid as Lear and Bill Paterson as Gloucester. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Dunkirk

Episode 3: Deliverance

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Docudrama following events at Dunkirk in May and June 1940. The town is under siege, with tens of thousands still waiting to be evacuated and daylight sailing suspended. Show more

Contributors

Captain Bill Tennant:
Adrian Rawlins
Anthony Eden:
Jack Fortune
Neville Chamberlain:
Christopher Good
Lord Halifax:
Richard Durden
Clement Attlee:
Richard Attlee
Major General Alexander:
Kevin McNally
Vice Admiral B Ransay:
Richard Bremmer
Captain M Denny:
Nicholas Asbury
Lieutenant Jimmy Langley:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Major Angus McCorquodale:
Nicholas Jones
Guardsman D Thorogood:
Ricci Harnett
Major Philip Newman:
Rick Warden
Lieutenant Ian Cox:
Joseph Mawle
Captain Tom Halsey:
Sean Murray
Commander J Clouston:
William Hope
Producer:
Rob Warr
Director:
Alex Holmes

Series

Dunkirk

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 104: 18-22 June 1918 (Season 14 start)

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

Set in Devon in 1918, in the week that Viscount Grey published a pamphlet supporting President Wilson's proposal to establish a League of Nations. Show more

Contributors

Cora Gidley:
Joanna Monro
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Hector Gidley:
Brian Protheroe
Elspeth Taverner:
Kelly Williams
Jocelyn Ogden:
Christine Kavanagh
Cathy Lawrence:
Debbie Korley
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Rose Fairweather:
Helen Longworth
Arthur Hurst:
Mark Heap
Betty Newcombe:
Annie McKenzie
Silas Morrow:
Shaun Dooley
Hardy Walsh:
Damien Molony
Emily Colville:
Scarlett Brookes
Gert Battley:
Maggie Steed
Morris Battley:
Sean Baker
Clarence Ogden:
David Sterne
Cyrus Colville:
Anton Lesser
Moses Wickens:
Ed Gaughan
Eli Lawrence:
Michael Shelford
Dieter Lippke:
Joe Sims
Hetty Cox:
Adie Allen
Gert Batley:
Maggie Steed
Teddy Lawrence:
Florence Duncalf
Robin Bowder:
Sean Murray

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 42: 4-8 January 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

In a week when compulsory Military service became almost inevitable, the Bevan hospital becomes a welcome alternative to home for Dorothea. Show more

Contributors

Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Bob Capeling:
Joe Sims
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Giles Herrin:
Luke Thompson
Harry Pankhurst:
Sean Murray
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Lilian Frost:
Alex Tregear
Margaret Bishop:
Catherine Bailey
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Max Davenport:
Trevor White
Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair
Norman Harris:
Norman Baker
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Roland Pemble:
Jack Holden
Ruby Tulliver:
Martine McCutcheon
Ruth Billings:
Katie Redford
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Nurse Ratched:
Debra Baker
Canadian Soldier:
Owen Clarke

Genres

Home Front

20 September 1917 - Adeline Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1917, 17-year-old Herbert Morris was shot at dawn for desertion in France, while in Folkestone, a traumatised soldier shares a day of small joys with Adeline Lumley. Show more

Contributors

Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Silas Morrow:
Shaun Dooley
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliott
Harry Pankhurst:
Sean Murray
Writer:
Katie Hims
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 82: 14-18 August 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

The third omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon met in Craiglockhart Hospital. Show more

Contributors

Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Marieke Argent:
Olivia Ross
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Ulysses Pilchard:
Khalid Abdalla
Phillip Sassoon:
Luke Newberry
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Connie Marshall:
Darcy Brown
Grace Cavendish:
Grace Doherty
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Chester Matthews:
Samuel James
Silas Morrow:
Shaun Dooley
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Eric Morton:
Paul Rainbow
Anna White:
Ellie Piercy
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Harry Pankhurst:
Sean Murray
Major Love:
Simon Ludders
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Edna Harris:
Lara West
Barman:
Philip Fox
Writer:
Katie Hims

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 87: 18-22 September 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

The final omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in the week in 1917 when free treatment was recommended for all invalided soldiers, and Dorothea prepares to return to work. Show more

Contributors

Ulysses Pilchard:
Khalid Abdalla
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Silas Morrow:
Shaun Dooley
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliott
Albert Wilson:
Jamie Foreman
Hotel Manager:
Tom Forrister
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Cressida Marshall:
Bettrys Jones
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Harry Pankhurst:
Sean Murray
Bessie Joseph:
Rhiannon Neads
Eric Morton:
Paul Rainbow
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Charles Summer:
Rufus Wright
Writer:
Katie Hims
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 110: 30 July - 3 August 1918

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

Epic war drama set in Devon, in the week in 1918 when Allied forces arrived in northern Russia to support the White Army. Show more

Contributors

Ivan Jackson:
Lloyd Thomas
Primrose Holden:
Jade Matthew
Amos Rutter:
Richard Cotton
Isaac Cox:
James Lailey
Moses Wickens:
Ed Gaughan
Hector Gidley:
Brian Protheroe
Cathy Lawrence:
Debbie Korley
Effie Taverner:
Lizzie Stables
Eli Lawrence:
Michael Shelford
Robin Bowder:
Sean Murray
Jocelyn Ogden:
Christine Kavanagh
Emily Colville:
Scarlett Brookes
Hardy Walsh:
Damien Molony
Cyrus Colville:
Anton Lesser
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Grace Cavendish:
Grace Doherty
Elspeth Taverner:
Kelly Williams
Morris Battley:
Sean Baker
Rose Fairweather:
Helen Longworth
Ludwig Huber:
Marcel Hagen
Gert Battley:
Maggie Steed
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Daniel Marriott:
Jonathan Bailey
Ailsa Goodman:
Emma Handy
Hetty Cox:
Adie Allen
Silas Morrow:
Shaun Dooley
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 105: 25-29 June 1918

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

Set in Devon, in the week in 1918 when the War Office called for 10,000 wounded, unfit and older men to help with the looming harvest. Show more

Contributors

Hector Gidley:
Brian Protheroe
Cora Gidley:
Joanna Monro
Moses Wickens:
Ed Gaughan
Isaac Cox:
James Lailey
Klaus Hofstadter:
Atilla Akinci
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Emily Colville:
Scarlett Brookes
Cyrus Colville:
Anton Lesser
Hardy Walsh:
Damien Molony
Bertram Colville:
Nick Underwood
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Arthur Hurst:
Mark Heap
Betty Newcombe:
Annie McKenzie
Silas Morrow:
Shaun Dooley
Daniel Marriott:
Jonathan Bailey
Peter Lumley:
Beatrice White
Cathy Lawrence:
Debbie Korley
Teddy Lawrence:
Florence Duncalf
Ivan Jackson:
Lloyd Thomas
Jocelyn Ogden:
Christine Kavanagh
Robin Bowder:
Sean Murray
Eli Lawrence:
Michael Shelford
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

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

Drama on 4

In Vino Veritas

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Written by and starring Lenny Henry. Reverend Marcus Campbell is a great success: his congregation is huge and they all adore him. But has he lost sight of his true purpose? Show more

Contributors

Reverend Marcus Campbell:
Lenny Henry
June Campbell:
Nadine Marshall
Deacon Edwards:
Peter Bankole
Mrs Dawon:
Martina Laird
Cornell Dawson:
McKell David
Tailor/Homeless Man:
Sean Murray
Homeless Guy 1/Group Leader:
Lewis Bray
Homeless Guy 2:
Cameron Percival
Homeless Guy 3:
Liam Lau Fernandez
Homeless Woman:
Elizabeth Counsell
Sat Nav:
Emma Handy
Emergency Services:
Ryan Whittle
Director:
Mary Peate

Genres

The Archers

20/07/2018

Duration: 13 minutes

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

Jennifer's heart breaks, and Jazzer inadvertently leads a friend down a dark path. Show more

Contributors

Series Editor:
Alison Hindell
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Pip Archer:
Daisy Badger
Tony Archer:
David Troughton
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Debbie Aldridge:
Tamsin Greig
Lilian Bellamy:
Sunny Ormonde
Alice Carter:
Hollie Chapman
Toby Fairbrother:
Rhys Bevan
Joe Grundy:
Edward Kelsey
Emma Grundy:
Emerald O'Hanrahan
Ed Grundy:
Barry Farrimond
Shula Hebden Lloyd:
Judy Bennett
Anisha Jayakody:
Anneika Rose
Alistair Lloyd:
Michael Lumsden
Adam Macy:
Andrew Wincott
Jazzer McCreary:
Ryan Kelly
Kate Madikane:
Perdita Avery
Elizabeth Pargetter:
Alison Dowling
Freddie Pargetter:
Toby Laurence
Lily Pargetter:
Katie Redford
Johnny Phillips:
Tom Gibbons
Fallon Rogers:
Joanna Van Kampen
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Peggy Woolley:
June Spencer