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Friday Drama

The Broken Word

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Adam Fould adapts his poem about a white family caught up in the Mau Mau time in 1950s Kenya. Tom comes home for his last holiday before university and acquires a taste for blood. Show more

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Three

Available for years

The grieving of the Trueman/Fox family takes an unexpected turn, Phil makes a significant decision regarding Louise, and Darren follows the path of true love. Show more

Contributors

Lucas Johnson:
Don Gilet
Libby Fox:
Belinda Owusu
Chelsea Fox:
Tiana Benjamin
Patrick Trueman:
Rudolph Walker
Liz Turner:
Kate Williams
Max Branning:
Jake Wood
Jack Branning:
Scott Maslen
Arthur 'Fat Boy' Chubb:
Ricky Norwood
Mercy Olubunmi:
Bunmi Mojekwu
Darren Miller:
Charlie G Hawkins
Jodie Gold:
Kylie Babbington
Abi Branning:
Lorna Fitzgerald
Liam Butcher:
James Forde
Pat Evans:
Pam St Clement
Dot Branning:
June Brown
Heather Trott:
Cheryl Fergison
Phil Mitchell:
Steve McFadden
Peggy Mitchell:
Barbara Windsor
Executive Producer:
Bryan Kirkwood
Louise Mitchell:
Brittany Papple
Reverend Wallace:
Mark Meadows

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Dame Laura is delighted to find her old circus friends, the Carollis, are living in Nuremberg. Starring Diana Quick. Show more

Contributors

Dame Laura Knight:
Diana Quick
Major Peter Casson:
Gunnar Cauthery
Francesco Carolli:
Mark Meadows
Elizabeth Endes:
Cristina Catalina

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Dame Laura decides to bring her canvas into the tiny press box and paint the trial, in situ. Starring Diana Quick. Show more

Contributors

Dame Laura Knight:
Diana Quick
Major Peter Casson:
Gunnar Cauthery
Colonel Clark:
Mark Meadows
Elizabeth Endes:
Cristina Catalina
French Prosecutor:
Patrick Keeler

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In January 1946, artist Laura Knight takes a life-changing commission as war artist to the Nuremberg Trials. Show more

Contributors

Dame Laura Knight:
Diana Quick
Peter Casson:
Gunnar Cauthery
Penny Ayres:
Kate Sobey
William Dean:
Patrick Keeler
French Prosecutor:
Mark Meadows

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Dame Laura decides to bring her canvas into the tiny press box and paint the trial, in situ. Starring Diana Quick. Show more

Contributors

Dame Laura Knight:
Diana Quick
Peter Casson:
Gunnar Cauthery
Penny Ayres:
Kate Sobey
William Dean:
Patrick Keeler
French Prosecutor:
Mark Meadows

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In January 1946, artist Laura Knight takes a life-changing commission as war artist to the Nuremberg Trials. Show more

Contributors

Dame Laura Knight:
Diana Quick
Major Peter Casson:
Gunnar Cauthery
Colonel Clark:
Mark Meadows
Elizabeth Endes:
Cristina Catalina
French Prosecutor:
Patrick Keeler

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In a break from painting the Trial, Dame Laura explores the city of Nuremberg in the aftermath of war. Stars Diana Quick. Show more

Contributors

Dame Laura Knight:
Diana Quick
Major Peter Casson:
Gunnar Cauthery
Francesco Carolli:
Mark Meadows
Elizabeth Endes:
Cristina Catalina

Poetry Please

Thomas Gray

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Roger McGough marks 300 years since the birth of poet Thomas Gray, author of Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, with a visit to the graveyard itself, in Stoke Poges. Show more

Poetry Please

A Bouquet of Flowers

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Roger McGough celebrates the centenary of the Chelsea Flower Show with a bouquet of poems about flowers. With readers Juliet Aubrey, Mark Meadows and Harry Livingstone. Show more

Poetry Please

16/06/2013

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Roger McGough presents poems to make you glad to be awake, alive and not in prison, by South Korean poet Kim Kwang-kyu, Polish poet Piotr Kniecicki and Turkish poet Nazim Hikment. Show more

Poetry Please

Words for weddings and other celebrations

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Roger McGough finds words for weddings and other celebrations in poems requested by listeners. With readers Juliet Aubrey, Mark Meadows and Harry Livingstone. Show more

Book of the Week

Reality Is Not What It Seems

Episode 1: Fiat Lux

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Mark Meadows reads scientist Carlo Rovelli's provocative exploration of how constantly developing scientific knowledge has changed our understanding of the world around us. Show more

Book of the Week

Reality Is Not What It Seems

Episode 2: The Most Beautiful of Theories

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In 1905, Albert Einstein published three papers that constructed the pillars of our modern understanding of the world and formulated the most famous equation of modern science. Show more

Book of the Week

Reality Is Not What It Seems

Episode 3: The Quantum Leap

Duration: 15 minutes

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

20th-century discoveries in the fields of quantum science provide the basis for our contemporary understanding of the world - but also pose questions about the fabric of reality. Show more

Book of the Week

Reality Is Not What It Seems

Episode 4: The Dances of Time

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Carlo Rovelli on how scientists are exploring theories of quantum gravity in order to find answers to some of the great mysteries about the structure of the physical world. Show more

Book of the Week

Reality Is Not What It Seems

Episode 5: Beyond Space and Time

Duration: 15 minutes

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

What happened before the Big Bang? Carlo Rovelli's account of scientific discovery takes us to the very frontiers of what we know about the creation of our universe. Show more

Drama on 4

Original British Dramatists

Episode 8: The Shining Heart

Duration: 45 minutes

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

New drama by trainee analyst Conor McCormack and hip-hop artist Matt Haynes. When Louis stops taking his meds, his world becomes infused with wonder. Show more

Drama on 4

Anita Sullivan - Selfless

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. A biker suffers amnesia after a road accident. Who is the stranger who rescues him? Psychological thriller with Adrian Bower, Mark Meadows, Nisha Nayar. Show more