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Saturday Drama

Sarah Daniels - The Long Wait

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. Normandy, June 5 1944 - while ordinary life goes on, the resistance are preparing. Stars Juliet Stevenson and Jamie Glover. Show more

Contributors

Nicole Dulon:
Felicite Du Jeu
Private Karl Ehlers:
Kenneth Collard
Father Pierre:
Bill Wallis
Louise Cunningham:
Claudia Harrison
Mitzi Lippke:
Raquel Cassidy
Madeleine:
Raquel Cassidy
Marie Dulon:
Abbie Nichols
Yves Dulon:
Charlie Hicks
Flt Lt Paul Parker:
Bertie Carvel
Major Gorlitz:
Paul Humpoletz
Etienne:
Damian Lynch
Wolfgang:
Damian Lynch
Lancaster Skipper:
Jamie Glover
Director:
Toby Swift

Yes, Prime Minister

Series 1

Episode 3: The Smoke Screen

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Political sitcom. Jim sees how he can use the health minister's desire to abolish smoking through taxation to stop Treasury opposition to his plans for tax cuts. Show more

Contributors

James Hacker:
Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley:
Derek Fowlds
Sir Ian Whitworth - DHSS Secretary:
John Barron
Dr Peter Thorn - Minister of State at the DHSS:
Clive Merrison
Sir Frank Gordon - Permanent Secretary of the Treasury:
Peter Cellier
Leslie Potts - Minister for Sport:
Bill Wallis
Gerald - Chairman, British Tobacco Group:
Brian Hawksley
Writer:
Antony Jay

Blackadder

Blackadder Goes Forth

Episode 5: Plan E - General Hospital

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Melchett orders Blackadder to unmask a spy working in a hospital. Edmund sets to work seducing a nurse and asking Baldrick to keep an eye on a patient with a German accent. Show more

Contributors

Captain Blackadder:
Rowan Atkinson
Private Baldrick:
Tony Robinson
Lieutenant George:
Hugh Laurie
General Melchett:
Stephen Fry
Captain Darling:
Tim McInnerny
Nurse Mary Fletcher-Brown:
Miranda Richardson
Brigadier Smith:
Bill Wallis
Director:
Richard Boden

Blackadder

Blackadder II

Episode 2: Head

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Sitcom set in Tudor England. In order to save time, Edmund Blackadder beheads a man early. But he didn't take into account the queen's tendency to change her mind. Show more

Contributors

Lord Edmund Blackadder:
Rowan Atkinson
Baldrick:
Tony Robinson
Lord Percy:
Tim McInnerny
Queen Elizabeth I:
Miranda Richardson
Lord Melchett:
Stephen Fry
Lady Farrow:
Holly de Jong
Mr Ploppy:
Bill Wallis
Producer:
John Lloyd
Writer:
Ben Elton

Duration: 2 hours, 16 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Orwellian fantasy. Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) is happy in his job at the Ministry of Information. Frequent daydreams transport him from drab reality, until the worst occurs. Show more

Contributors

Sam Lowry:
Jonathan Pryce
Harry Tuttle:
Robert De Niro
Mrs Ida Lowry:
Katherine Helmond
Mr Kurtzmann:
Ian Holm
Jack Lint:
Michael Palin
Mr Warrenn:
Ian Richardson
Mr Helpmann:
Peter Vaughan
Jill Layton:
Kim Greist
Director:
Terry Gilliam
Dr Jaffe:
Jim Broadbent
Mrs Terrain:
Barbara Hicks
Technician:
Ray Cooper
Girl Buttle:
Prudence Oliver
Arrest Official:
Simon Jones
Charlie:
Nigel Planer
TV Commercial Presenter:
Terence Bayler
MOI Lobby Porter:
Gorden Kaye
Bespectacled Lurker:
Bill Wallis
Old Lady with Dog:
Ann Way
Black Maria Guard:
Don Henderson
Producer:
Arnon Milchan