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Duration: 57 minutes

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

Dostoyevsky's nightmare vision starring Joseph Millson as Golyadkin, a man whose life is usurped by his double. Jonathan Holloway's adaptation is set in a steampunk St Petersburg. Show more

Contributors

Golyadkin:
Joseph Millson
The Double:
Joseph Millson
Andrei Filippovich Olsufy:
Sean Murray
Dr Rutenspitz:
Elizabeth Counsell
Klara Olsufyevna:
Kerry Gooderson
Marmeladov:
Lauren Cornelius
Raskolnikov:
Joseph Ayre
Maitre D':
Ryan Early
Director:
Gemma Jenkins
Producer:
Gemma Jenkins

The Real George Orwell

Biographical Dramas

Jura

Duration: 44 minutes

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

By Jonathan Holloway. Eric and his sister move to Jura in 1947. He is writing Nineteen Eighty-Four. With Joseph Millson and Liza Sadovy. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Big Brother is on every poster. Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth. Then he finds love. Stars Christopher Eccleston. Show more

The Real George Orwell

Biographical Dramas

Loving

Duration: 44 minutes

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

By Jonathan Holloway. Eric Blair's relationship with the opposite sex could be a distraught one. This drama explores his nine year relationship with his wife, Eileen. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

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

Winston and Julia want to join the Brotherhood to help crush the Party, but enemies face Room 101. Stars Christopher Eccleston. Show more

Drama on 4

Baroness Orczy - The Scarlet Pimpernel

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. With revolutionary France violently uprising, the British ruling class strive to prevent the same occuring. Stars James Purefoy. Show more

Contributors

Percy Blakeney:
James Purefoy
Marguerite Blakeney:
Sienna Guillory
Andrew Ffoulkes:
Eric MacLennan
Henri Chauvelin:
Enzo Cilenti
Suzanne De Tournay:
Abi Wain
French Cavalryman:
Graeme Rose
Prince of Wales:
Mike Rogers
Worsdale:
James Camp

Genres

Drama on 4

Baroness Orczy - The Scarlet Pimpernel

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

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

Chauvelin's plot is in play, but has Marguerite's honey-trap worked? And can she save her brother? Starring Sienna Guillory. Show more

Contributors

Percy Blakeney:
James Purefoy
Marguerite Blakeney:
Sienna Guillory
Andrew Ffoulkes:
Eric MacLennan
Henri Chauvelin:
Enzo Cilenti
Suzanne De Tournay:
Abi Wain
Captain Duroc:
Graeme Rose
Citizen Brogard:
Mike Rogers
Prince of Wales:
Mike Rogers
Barsad:
James Camp
Wilmot:
James Camp

Genres

Drama on 4

The Emperor's Babe

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Zuleika's story is a sparkling mash-up of culture and history, set in Roman London. Passionate, brutal, original drama by Bernardine Evaristo, dramatised by Jonathan Holloway. Show more

Drama on 4

Carter Mysteries: The Incident of the Russian Visitors

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Jonathan Holloway. The Carter's storage warehouse contains more than a century's worth of untold stories. Today, a dodgy pair arrive looking for a long-lost Russian table. Show more

Drama on 4

The Life and Times of Arthur Miller

Episode 2: The Lure

Duration: 45 minutes

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

After the success of Death of a Salesman, Hollywood beckons to Arthur, where a chance meeting with a young actress called Marilyn Monroe changes everything. By Jonathan Holloway. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Ed Harris
Arthur Miller:
Geoffrey Arend
Mary Slattery:
Devon Sorvari
Dolores Donovan:
Alexis Jacknow
Elia Kazan:
Raphael Sbarge
Marilyn Monroe:
Heidi Dippold
Harry Cohn:
Hector Elizondo
TWA Announcer:
Andre Sogliuzzo
Director:
Kate McAll

Genres

Drama on 4

The Life and Times of Arthur Miller

Episode 3: Sin

Duration: 45 minutes

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

In 1955, Marilyn Monroe moves to New York to study acting. Four years after she and Arthur first met in LA, they secretly begin to see each other again. By Jonathan Holloway. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Ed Harris
Arthur Miller:
Geoffrey Arend
Morton Miller:
Andre Sogliuzzo
Marilyn Monroe:
Heidi Dippold
HUAC Congressman:
Ed Asner
Reporter:
Alan Shearer
Director:
Kate McAll

Genres

Dangerous Visions

Brave New World

Episode 1

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Aldous Huxley's thought-provoking classic tale of an irretrievably corrupt society, where promiscuity is the norm, eugenics a respectable science and the drug Soma freely available. Show more

Dangerous Visions

Brave New World

Episode 2

Duration: 58 minutes

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

In a corrupted society, where promiscuity is the norm and eugenics a respectable science, can John the Savage remain true to the values he learnt on the primitive reservation? Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Set in post-apocalyptic San Francisco, a bounty hunter is on a mission to retire rogue androids. With James Purefoy. Episode 1 of 2. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

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

In post-apocalyptic San Francisco, bounty hunter Deckard closes in on the rogue androids. With James Purefoy. Show more