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Inside Sport

South Africa's World Cup Journey

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Gabby Logan is in South Africa as they approach their staging of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. She visits the desolate mining town waiting to welcome England's stars. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Gabby Logan
Presenter:
Clare Balding
Producer:
Susan Roberts
Participant:
Kieren Fallon

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Four

Drama, entirely in verse, following three men who sleep on the streets of Manchester in their vehicles, having lost all their economic and social power. Show more

Contributors

McCulloch:
Rob Edwards
Producer:
Susan Roberts
Director:
Susan Roberts
Executive Producer:
Rachel Bell
Director of photography:
Tim Baxter

Classic Serial

Songs and Lamentations

Episode 2

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Left to starve by the king, the jailed Jeremiah is kept alive by the young servant girl, who brings him food, ostensibly because she wants to help him, but she has another motive. Show more

Drama on 3

A Clockwork Orange

Duration: 1 hour, 59 minutes

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

A new version of Anthony Burgess's dystopian classic, with music, recorded live in Hull. Part of 'Contains Strong Language', a season of poetry and performance from the city. Show more

Contributors

Dim/Warder/Comedian:
Edward Leigh
Alexander/Governor:
Ian Bartholomew
Deltoid/Minister:
Sevan Stephan
Wife/Branom:
Sue Jenkins
Chaplain/Joe:
Jonathan Keeble
Brodsky/Billyboy:
Paul Barnhill
Pete/Rick:
Wesley Charles
Georgie/Jojohn:
Robbie Fallon
Marty/Nurse:
Ibinabo Jack
Conductor:
Gergely Madaras
Producer:
Gary Brown
Director:
Gary Brown
Executive Producer:
Susan Roberts

Genres

Drama on 3

The Skriker

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

By Caryl Churchill. A drama about love, loss and revenge, adapted for radio and introduced by the playwright. Maxine Peake plays the doom-wreaking Skriker. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Drama on 3

The Idylls of the King

Duration: 2 hours

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

An adaptation by Michael Symmons of Tennyson's The Idylls of the King, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith, with John Keeble (Arthur), Simon Harrison (Lancelot), Kathryn Hunt (Guinevere). Show more

Contributors

Narrator/Tennyson:
Tim Pigott Smith
Guinevere:
Kathryn Hunt
Lord Astolat/Bedivere:
Malcolm Raeburn
Leeodogran/Churl:
Terence Mann
Lavaine/Tristram:
Tom Ferguson
Elaine:
Elen Rhys
Director:
Susan Roberts

Genres

Drama on 3

A Traveller's Guide to Paterson

Duration: 2 hours

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

Michael Symmons Roberts presents a drama-documentary exploring Paterson, New Jersey, the favoured city of and subject of an epic poem by William Carlos Williams. Show more

Contributors

William Carlos Williams:
Trevor White
Paterson:
Lou Hirsch
Robert Coles/Fred/Receptionist:
Louis Labovitch
The Passaic River:
Kate Harper
Marie/Mother of Sick Boy:
Pippa Bennett-Warner
Director:
Susan Roberts

Genres

15 Minute Drama

Tomorrow the Catwalk

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Katie is facing her release from prison after spending most of her life behind bars. Will she be able to cope with life on the outside? Written by Francesca Joseph. Show more

Contributors

Governor Henrietta:
Brigit Forsyth
Officer Brenda:
Brigit Forsyth
Producer:
Susan Roberts

Genres

The Headline Ballads

Episode 1: The Island, the Sea, the Volunteer and the Refugee

Duration: 45 minutes

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

As the refugee crisis in Greece subsides, poet Louise Wallwein responds to what she has seen and heard over the past year working as a volunteer on Kos. Show more

Contributors

Genres

15 Minute Drama

Tomorrow the Catwalk

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

By Francesca Joseph. Contemporary drama set in a women's prison. As Katie is drawn even further into Grant's plan, her past and the reasons for her imprisonment become clear. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Tomorrow the Catwalk

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

By Francesca Joseph. Contemporary drama set in a women's prison. Terry takes Katie on her first trip to the countryside and the pair grow closer, but can he cope with her deceit? Show more

Classic Serial

Songs and Lamentations

Episode 1

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Michael Symmons Roberts' interweaving of the sensual Biblical love poetry of the Song of Songs with the violence and vengeance of the Book of Lamentations. Show more

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

In 2007, Sophie Lancaster was attacked because of her appearance. Sylvia Lancaster remembers her daughter, as Sophie tells her own story in a sequence of poems by Simon Armitage. Show more

Contributors

Sophie Lancaster:
Rachel Austin
Sylvia Lancaster:
Julie Hesmondhalgh
Director:
Susan Roberts

Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes

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

Rishi Persad introduces highlights from the three days of competition at the European Championships in Germany. Great Britain is the most successful nation in the biennial event. Show more

Inside Sport

Kieren Fallon: The Ride to Redemption

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Clare Balding interviews the enigma that is Kieren Fallon, whose career has swung from the triumph of three Derby wins to the disaster of drugs, violence and race-fixing charges. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Gabby Logan
Presenter:
Clare Balding
Producer:
Susan Roberts
Participant:
Kieren Fallon

Paradise Lost

Episode 2

Duration: 57 minutes

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

Available for years

Poet and activist John Milton began writing Paradise Lost in the 1650s. Michael Symmons Roberts' version of this epic poem is a gripping piece of storytelling for today. Show more

Paradise Lost

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

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

Available for years

Poet and activist John Milton began writing Paradise Lost in the 1650s. Michael Symmons Roberts' version of this epic poem is a gripping piece of storytelling for today. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Tomorrow the Catwalk

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

By Francesca Joseph. Contemporary drama set in a women's prison. Terry confronts Grant over the Burnsides' order and Katie's release date is looming. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Thomas More's classic work of fiction and political philosophy, published in 1516. Dramatised by poet Michael Symmons Roberts. Show more

Contributors

Raphael Hythloday:
Raad Rawi
Young Raphael:
Nacho Aldeguer
Thomas More:
Michael Peavoy
Peter Giles:
Cameron Blakeley
Macaria:
Fiona Clarke
Director:
Susan Roberts