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Bergerac

Series 1

Episode 10: The Hood and the Harlequin

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Police drama series. A French gangster is hiding out somewhere in Europe. So when his girlfriend flies to Jersey, Bergerac and the bureau are alerted. Show more

Contributors

Jim Bergerac:
John Nettles
Francine Leland:
Cecile Paoli
Charlie Hungerford:
Terence Alexander
Barney Crozier:
Sean Arnold
Diamante Lil:
Mela White
Charlotte:
Annette Badland
Director:
Roger Tucker

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

The story of a passionate affair within the British aristocracy in Kenya during the Second World War, which led to a brutal murder. Starring Charles Dance and Greta Scacchi. Show more

Contributors

Josslyn Hay, Earl of Erroll:
Charles Dance
Sir John 'Jock' Delves Broughton:
Joss Ackland
Alice de Janze:
Sarah Miles
Gilbert Colville:
John Hurt
Nina Soames:
Geraldine Chaplin
Gwladys, Lady Delamere:
Susan Fleetwood
Hugh Dickinson:
Hugh Grant
Harragin:
Alan Dobie
Jack Soames:
Trevor Howard
Producer:
Simon Perry

The Afternoon Play

Series 5

Episode 1: Johnny Shakespeare

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One North WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One North East & Cumbria

Johnny is a confident, charismatic but illiterate working class lad. But when he meets a drama teacher he finds the world opening up in a way he'd never dreamt of. Show more

The Afternoon Play

Series 5

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HD

Series of one-off dramas. Johnny is a charismatic but illiterate working class lad. But when he meets a drama teacher he finds the world opening up in a way he'd never dreamt of. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 36 minutes

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

1969. At their strait-laced girls' school, friends Abbie and Lydia find their lives touched by tragedy. The resulting wave of unusual behaviour seeps into Lydia's home life.

Contributors

Miss Alvaro:
Monica Dolan
Miss Mantel:
Greta Scacchi
Mr. Hopkins:
Mathew Baynton
Kenneth:
Joe Cole
Miss Charron:
Morfydd Clark
Director:
Carol Morley

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Versailles

Series 2

Episode 1

Duration: 55 minutes

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

Available for 10 months

Period drama. A high-profile poisoning in the heart of the French court leaves a coveted vacancy, while pregnant Madame de Montespan exercises her influence at every opportunity. Show more

Contributors

Louis XIV:
George Blagden
Fabien Marchal:
Tygh Runyan
Madame de Montespan:
Anna Brewster
Bontemps:
Stuart Bowman
Queen Marie-Thérèse:
Elisa Lasowski
Madeleine de Foix:
Greta Scacchi
Gaston de Foix:
Harry Hadden-Paton
Thomas Beaumont:
Mark Rendall
Chevalier:
Evan Williams
William of Orange:
George Webster
Madame Agathe:
Suzanne Clement

Versailles

Series 2

Episode 2

Duration: 56 minutes

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

Available for 10 months

Period drama series. The king's bad example is blamed for the nobility's immorality, fuelled by illicit love potions and powders. Philippe must meet his new bride. Show more

Contributors

Louis XIV:
George Blagden
Fabien Marchal:
Tygh Runyan
Madame de Montespan:
Anna Brewster
Bontemps:
Stuart Bowman
Queen Marie-Thérèse:
Elisa Lasowski
Chevalier:
Evan Williams
Princess Palatine:
Jessica Clark
Madeleine de Foix:
Greta Scacchi
Gaston de Foix:
Harry Hadden-Paton
Thomas Beaumont:
Mark Rendall
Father Pascal:
James Joint
Madame Agathe:
Suzanne Clement

Versailles

Series 2

Episode 3

Duration: 54 minutes

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

Available for 10 months

Period drama. A cool welcome awaits Princess Palatine in the palace salons and her new husband's bed, but Sophie's destiny is worse. Marchal finds a suspect for the poisonings. Show more

Contributors

Louis XIV:
George Blagden
Fabien Marchal:
Tygh Runyan
Madame de Montespan:
Anna Brewster
Bontemps:
Stuart Bowman
Chevalier:
Evan Williams
Queen Marie-Thérèse:
Elisa Lasowski
Princess Palatine:
Jessica Clark
Gaston de Foix:
Harry Hadden-Paton
Madame de Foix:
Greta Scacchi
Thomas Beaumont:
Mark Rendall
Bishop Bossuet:
Geoffrey Bateman
Father Pascal:
James Joint
Colbert:
Steve Cumyn
Louvois:
Joe Sheridan

Versailles

Series 2

Episode 4

Duration: 52 minutes

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

Available for 10 months

Period drama. Preparations are made for war abroad, but battles of the sexes are waged within the palace itself, and there will be casualties. Show more

Contributors

Louis XIV:
George Blagden
Fabien Marchal:
Tygh Runyan
Madame de Montespan:
Anna Brewster
Bontemps:
Stuart Bowman
Chevalier:
Evan Williams
Queen Marie-Thérèse:
Elisa Lasowski
Princess Palatine:
Jessica Clark
Gaston de Foix:
Harry Hadden-Paton
Madame de Foix:
Greta Scacchi
Thomas Beaumont:
Mark Rendall
Bishop Bossuet:
Geoffrey Bateman
Father Pascal:
James Joint
Colbert:
Steve Cumyn
Louvois:
Joe Sheridan

Drama on 4

Redacted

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for years

Greta Scacchi and Nicholas Murchie star in a political thriller of secrets and lies. A civil servant dedicated to open government finds his wife's name on an incriminating document Show more

Woman's Hour

Greta Scacchi, Kadeena Cox, Trench coats

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Paralympian Kadeena Cox, limiting women's access to health services, Greta Scacchi, the trench coat as a fashion staple, and thrill-seeking mother and son Nancy and Baz Ashmawy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Kadeena Cox
Interviewed Guest:
Delyth Morgan
Interviewed Guest:
Allyson Pollock
Interviewed Guest:
Greta Scacchi
Interviewed Guest:
Baz Ashmawy
Interviewed Guest:
Nancy Ashmawy
Interviewed Guest:
Amber Butchart
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Finnigan
Producer:
Anne Peacock

Book of the Week

Elizabeth Jane Howard: A Dangerous Innocence

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The biography of novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard, author of The Cazalet Chronicles, who died in 2014, from biographer Artemis Cooper. Marriage, motherhood and Jane's first writings. Show more

Book of the Week

Elizabeth Jane Howard: A Dangerous Innocence

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The biography of novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard, author of The Cazalet Chronicles, who died in 2014, from the award-winning biographer Artemis Cooper. Jane meets Kinglsey Amis. Show more

Book of the Week

Elizabeth Jane Howard: A Dangerous Innocence

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The biography of novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard, author of The Cazalet Chronicles, who died in 2014, from biographer Artemis Cooper. Jane and Kingsley Amis's marriage breaks down. Show more

Book of the Week

Elizabeth Jane Howard: A Dangerous Innocence

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The biography of novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard, author of The Cazalet Chronicles, who died in 2014, from the award-winning biographer Artemis Cooper. The final Cazalet Chronicles. Show more

Book of the Week

Elizabeth Jane Howard: A Dangerous Innocence

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The authorised biography of novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard, author of The Cazalet Chronicles, who died in 2014, from the award-winning biographer Artemis Cooper. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 32 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland

Fantasy about a teenage boy who, while staying with his aunt and uncle, finds that their clock always strikes thirteen at midnight, triggering the appearance of a garden paradise. Show more

Contributors

Young Tom:
Anthony Way
Aunt Gwen:
Greta Scacchi
Uncle Alan:
James Wilby
Adult Hatty:
Caroline Carver
Young Hatty:
Florence Hoath
Mrs Willows:
Liz Smith

Duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes

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

Adaptation of the Jane Austen classic about a privileged young woman's misguided attempts at matchmaking. Show more

Contributors

Emma Woodhouse:
Gwyneth Paltrow
Mr Knightley:
Jeremy Northam
Frank Churchill:
Ewan McGregor
Harriet Smith:
Toni Collette
Rev Elton:
Alan Cumming
Mrs Weston:
Greta Scacchi
Jane Fairfax:
Polly Walker
Miss Bates:
Sophie Thompson
Mrs Bates:
Phyllida Law
Mr Weston:
James Cosmo
Mr Woodhouse:
Denys Hawthorne
Producer:
Steven Haft

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Cambridgeshire

Drama based on the life and letters of Jane Austen. Approaching her fortieth birthday, Jane appears happily unmarried, until she reflects on previous suitors and life choices. Show more