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Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)

In the Warsaw ghetto of WWII, a young boy hides from the Nazis after his family has been taken away. With only a pet mouse for company, he waits for his father to return. Show more

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Ashes to Ashes

Series 3

Episode 5

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Available for years

Police drama. When DCI Gene Hunt's former Manchester colleagues, DCI Litton and DI Bevan, turn up on his patch he immediately smells a rat. Show more

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Alex Drake:
Keeley Hawes
Ray Carling:
Dean Andrews
Chris Skelton:
Marshall Lancaster
Shaz Granger:
Montserrat Lombard
Jim Keats:
Daniel Mays
Viv James:
Geff Francis
DCI Litton:
Lee Ross
Frank Hardwick:
Roy Hudd
Rick Travers:
Robert Wilfort
Doctor:
Jack James
Producer:
Howard Burch
Director:
Jamie Payne

Pilgrim by Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Series 5

Gallowstone Hill

Duration: 44 minutes

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

By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Starring Paul Hilton and Lee Ross. In search of the Radiant Boy, Pilgrim comes to a village cursed with a dangerous collective madness. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 39 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Thriller based on Jonathan Coe's best-selling novel, The Dwarves of Death. The lead singer of a rock group witnesses a bizarre murder apparently linked to a 1970s punk band. Show more

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Duration: 2 hours, 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Things come to a head for the Fox family as Denise faces up to Owen. Martin misreads the signals with Carly. Dot struggles to come to terms with Jim's past.

Dunkirk

Episode 1: Retreat

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Docudrama about events at Dunkirk in 1940. The Allies are in retreat, but the Navy can only pick up a few soldiers and Churchill is advised to make peace to save the rest. Show more

Contributors

Signalman Wilf Saunders:
Michael Legge
Captain Bill Tennant:
Adrian Rawlins
Vice Admiral Tom Philips:
Geoffrey Kirkness
Private Robert Garside:
Mark Bagnall
Private GDS Gould:
Scott Moutter
Corporal Gill:
Ben Abell
Winston Churchill:
Simon Russell Beale
Anthony Eden:
Jack Fortune
Neville Chamberlain:
Christopher Good
Lord Halifax:
Richard Durden
Clement Atlee:
Richard Atlee
Sergeant Moore:
Lee Ross
Captain James Lynn-Allen:
Daniel Weyman
Signalman Clive Tonry:
Richard Sutton
Captain M Denny:
Nicholas Asbury
Vice Admiral B Ransay:
Richard Bremmer
Commander J Clouston:
William Hope
Director:
Alex Holmes
Producer:
Rob Warr

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Dunkirk

Tommies

11 November 1914

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Mickey finds himself at Ypres with an exhausted force and no-one to defend a vital breach in the line. With Lee Ross, Indira Varma and Sam Rix. Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Ahmadullah Khan:
Danny Rahim
Pavan Jodha:
Rudi Dharmalingam
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Edwin Dolland:
Sam Rix
Arthur Harvey:
Mark Edel-Hunt
German Officer:
Damian Lynch
Producer:
David Hunter

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Tommies

4 May 1915

Duration: 45 minutes

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

A day of rest behind the lines is not easy for Mickey Bliss and his Signals colleagues. A time not only for parcels, a haircut and a drink or two, but also for bad temper. Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Pavan Jodha:
Rudi Dharmalingam
Quartermaster:
David Cann
Madame Robin:
Elaine Claxton
Captain Paddon:
Damian Lynch
Lieutenant Perrin:
Matthew Watson
Sergeant Nixon:
Mark Edel-Hunt
Celestine de Tullio:
Pippa Nixon
Producer:
David Hunter
Director:
David Hunter

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Tommies

21 October 1915

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Mickey Bliss returns to the front line as a newly-trained officer, with the beginnings of war-winning technology in his hands. Show more

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Tommies

Tommies

28 October 1915

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Michael Chaplin. Visiting neutral Holland on a sensitive diplomatic mission, Robert de Tullio is drawn deeper into the murky waters of WWI intelligence and a more personal quest. Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Pavan Jodha:
Rudi Dharmalingam
Ahmadullah Khan:
Danny Rahim
Pillow Wallah:
Mark Edel-Hunt
Leonie Vergeron:
Aurelie Amblard
Officer:
Damian Lynch
Gilbert Grosse:
Matthew Watson
Signaller:
Neet Mohan
Producer:
David Hunter
Director:
David Hunter

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Tommies

14 October 1914

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Walter Oddy, wounded in action, is among thousands arriving today at the hospitals in Boulogne. Among so many casualties - will there be time to save one life? Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Celestine de Tullio:
Pippa Nixon
Marjorie Blaikeley:
Elaine Claxton
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Captain George:
Clive Hayward
Cyril Walton:
Scott Arthur
Walter Oddy:
Tony Pitts
Sergeant:
David Cann
Producer:
David Hunter

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Tommies

27 April 1915

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Under the constant threat of gas attack in La Brique, just north of Ypres, Mickey Bliss and his signals colleagues try to work out why the enemy are always one step ahead. Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Pavan Jodha:
Rudi Dharmalingam
Ahmadullah Khan:
Danny Rahim
Pillow Wallah:
Mark Edel-Hunt
Leonie Vergeron:
Aurelie Amblard
Officer:
Damian Lynch
Gilbert Grosse:
Matthew Watson
Signaller:
Neet Mohan
Producer:
David Hunter
Director:
David Hunter

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Tommies

Tommies

17 April 1917

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Drama tracing one real day in the First World War. Who appears at your bedside when you are a serviceman and expected to die? Starring Lee Ross and Indira Varma. From April 2017. Show more

Contributors

Captain Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Mrs Evadne Hopkins:
Clare Corbett
Mrs Vera Bliss:
Pooky Quesnel
Jack Bliss:
Antonio Aakeel
Norbert Hammond:
John Bowler
Captain Roland Lester:
Kevin Trainor
Muriel Starling VAD:
Sarah Ridgeway
Celestine De Tullio:
Pippa Nixon
Mrs Hennessy:
Georgie Glen
Producer:
David Hunter

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Tommies

21 June 1917

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Mickey is summoned to deal with the problem of remotely controlled German boats packed with explosives. The solution coincides with a crisis in his personal life. Show more

Contributors

Captain Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Commodore Marcus Rochester:
Philip Fox
Lieutenant Mackenzie Warrender:
David Sturzaker
Jack Bliss:
Antonio Aakeel
Major Teddy Graham:
Simon Ludders
Chief Petty Officer Evans:
Samuel James
Seaman Keaton:
Charlie Clements
Lieutenant Commander Jackson-Cooper:
Robert Blythe
Producer:
David Hunter
Director:
David Hunter

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Tommies

Tommies

23 June 1916

Duration: 45 minutes

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

On a morale-boosting tour in the Somme valley, a celebrity poet and priest arrives to perform his verse. But are inspirational speeches what the Kenny and his pals really need? Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Canon Robertson:
James Lailey
Kenny Stokoe:
Dean Logan
Joseph Gascoigne:
Neil Grainger
Francis Woodrington:
Nick Underwood
Juma Gubanda:
John Macmillan
Ivor Gurney:
Joe Sims
Producer:
David Hunter

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Tommies

Tommies - Series 5

Episode 3: 25 November 1916

Duration: 45 minutes

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

After the horrors of the Battle of the Somme, Mickey Bliss is on leave in Paris where he is drawn into the shady world of intelligence and politics. From November 2016. Show more

Contributors

Captain Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Miss Softley:
Faye Castelow
Robert de Tullio:
Justin Salinger
Colonel Crowden:
Gunnar Cauthery
Harriet Thornaway:
Natasha Cowley
William Thornaway:
John Bowler
Fabien Gartman:
Simon Wilson
Producer:
David Hunter
Director:
David Hunter