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Duration: 15 minutes

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

Series of short story poems, illustrated with sound and music. Spoken word artists Inua Ellams and Ross Sutherland take us into two very different worlds. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Feminine Forever

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. The 70s - with feminism women can embrace HRT and the joys of growing old disgracefully. Stars Lesley Manville. From September 2012. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Feminine Forever

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The 70s, a time of HRT and growing old disgracefully. What is the future for Trevor and Eileen? Stars Lesley Manville. From September 2012. Show more

Drama on 3

Finlandia

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

By Stephen Wyatt. Starring the late Tim Pigott-Smith, a drama blending the psyche of Jean Sibelius, his music and the Finnish national epic The Kalevala. Show more

Contributors

Jean Sibelius:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Female Voice:
Alex Tregear
Male Voice:
Chris Pavlo
Director:
Tracey Neale

Genres

Home Front

5 October 1915 - Alice Macknade

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 10 months

Roy takes a surprising step to avoid being identified as a deserter. Show more

Home Front

9 October 1915 - Lilian Frost

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 11 months

Lilian Frost sees Roland in a new light as they share a day of photographic discoveries. Show more

Contributors

15 Minute Drama

Feminine Forever

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The 70s, a world of HRT and growing old disgracefully. Eileen visits the doctors. Stars Lesley Manville. From September 2012. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Feminine Forever

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The 70s, a world of HRT and growing old disgracefully. Trevor and Eileen visit Judy's commune. Stars Lesley Manville. From September 2012. Show more

From Fact to Fiction

Series 14

Episode 5: Nothing to Fear

Duration: 13 minutes

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

Is there a spy in your laptop? Edson Burton's thriller explores how national security agencies and terrorists might exploit an information system like Prism.

From Fact to Fiction

Series 18

Episode 2: By Helen Cross

Duration: 13 minutes

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

As the Fifa Women's World Cup begins in Canada, the players and their coach have more than football to think about. The shortness of their shorts? A remodelled Fifa? Show more

From Fact to Fiction

Series 18

Episode 4: Katy Is a Happy Child

Duration: 13 minutes

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

A fictional response to a judge in the Family Court taking the decision to lift reporting restrictions. By Meera Syal. Show more

From Fact to Fiction

Series 18

Episode 6: Lexicon

Duration: 13 minutes

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

Poet Glyn Maxwell responds to the Greece situation and imagines a nation in crisis as debts are called in and deadlines missed. Show more

Contributors

Sally Utterley:
Sally Phillips
Colin Erasmus:
David Acton
Professor Z:
David Hounslow
Cherry-Ann:
Alex Tregear
Producer:
Emma Harding
Director:
Toby Swift

Genres

Saturday Drama

Mike Walker - Landfall

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. Recovering ore from a mysterious planet, five misfits encounter a truly extraordinary intelligence. Stars Nicola Miles-Wilden. Show more

Contributors

Intaba:
Cyril Nri
Director:
Marc Beeby
Sound Designer:
Peter Ringrose
Sound Designer:
Colin Guthrie

Genres

The Stuarts

William III and Mary II: To Have and To Hold

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Mike Walker's epic chronicle considers the young William of Orange and his strategic marriage to James II's daughter, Mary Stuart. Show more

Contributors

Bentinck:
Jonathan Coy
Young Bentinck:
Finn den Hertog
De Witt:
Sam Dale
Aurelia:
Alex Tregear
Hendrieka:
Rhiannon Neads
James II:
David Acton
John Churchill:
David Hounslow
Director:
Gemma Jenkins

Classic Serial

Thomas Hardy - Far From the Madding Crowd

Episode 1: A Farmer Just Beginning

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Farmer Oak sees an ideal wife in Bathsheba, but she turns him down. Then she gets rich and the tables turn. Stars Alex Tregear. Show more

Classic Serial

Thomas Hardy - Far From the Madding Crowd

Cuts and Points

Duration: 1 hour

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

Bathsheba discovers sending William Boldwood a valentine card was a terrible mistake. Stars Alex Tregear and Toby Jones. Show more

Classic Serial

Thomas Hardy - Far From the Madding Crowd

A Successful Rival

Duration: 1 hour

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

One man proves constant in his love for Bathsheba, as she gives up on hopes of happiness. Stars Shaun Dooley and Alex Tregear. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In the first of a new series of illustrated story poems, spoken word artists Laura Dockrill and Polar Bear take us into two very different worlds. Show more

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Michael J Shannon stars in Jonathan Myerson's imagined political drama, based on real events. Part of a season exploring the history of oil - and the price we've paid for it Show more

Contributors

Recruiting Sergeant:
Daniel Betts
Admiral:
Daniel Betts
Forbes McEwen III:
James McArdle
George HW Bush:
Michael J Shannon
Dick Cheney:
Sam Dale
UK Military Attache:
Chris Pavlo
Cashier:
Alex Tregear
Director:
Nicolas Kent

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