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Drama on 3

Time and the Conways

Duration: 2 hours

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

By JB Priestley. Not long after the end of WWI the Conway family gather for daughter Kay's 21st birthday. However, 19 years later the future is far from the one they imagined. Show more

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Behind Closed Doors

Series 3

Section

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for years

Barrister Rebecca Nyman represents Andrew - a client who has spent seven years in a secure mental hospital. Is it safe to release him now? A Tribunal has to decide. Show more

Contributors

Barrister Rebecca Nyman:
Clare Corbett
Andrew Caston:
Joe Sims
Dr Ruckman:
Katherine Igoe
Dr Reynolds:
David Timson
Wendy Caston:
Adie Allen
Charlotte Workman:
Kirsty Oswald
Margosha Day:
Nicola Ferguson
Director:
David Neville
Producer:
David Neville

Drama on 4

The Other Simenon

Episode 2: Three Beds in Manhattan

Duration: 45 minutes

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

It is 1946, and Francois, a well-known French actor, is adrift in New York escaping a scandal, when he meets enigmatic divorcee Kay. Show more

Behind Closed Doors

Series 2

Episode 1: A Bad Night Out

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for years

The first in a series of three legal dramas following Barrister Rebecca Nyman. Rafid claims he was wrongly arrested after a night out, is he due compensation from the police? Show more

Contributors

Rebecca Nyman:
Clare Corbett
Barrister Charlie Haines:
Dan Starkey
PC George Simmers:
Ben Crowe
Dr Polly Andrews:
Jane Slavin
Dorina Balan:
Bettrys Jones
Callum Brown:
Monty d'Inverno
Director:
David Neville
Producer:
David Neville

Dangerous Visions

Ed Harris - Billions

Duration: 45 minutes

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

A tale of love and deception where Mark finds a replacement wife has been provided by her insurance company. Stars Blake Ritson. Show more

Classic Serial

A Larkin Double

Episode 2: A Girl in Winter

Duration: 58 minutes

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

On a wintery Saturday in wartime Britain, Katherine Lind remembers a summer holiday she spent with an English boy and his family. Today, she might hear from him again. Show more

Contributors

Jane Fennel:
Clare Corbett
Miss Brooks:
Jill Cardo
Jack Stormalong:
Clive Brill

From Fact to Fiction

Series 15

Episode 1: Changeable

Duration: 13 minutes

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

On the 60th Anniversary of the Television Weather Forecast, Neil Brand takes a look at the relationship between the weather and those that try to predict its behaviour. Show more

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Writer:
Neil Brand
Producer:
Tracey Neale
Isobel Sherwin:
Christine Lohr
Isobel Lord:
Clare Corbett
George Cowling:
Charles Armstrong

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With Great Pleasure

Alexander McCall Smith

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Alexander McCall Smith, writer of the popular Number One Ladies Detective Agency and 44 Scotland Street novels, chooses his favourite prose, poetry and music. Show more

Saturday Drama

The Gothic Imagination: Bloody Poetry

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

In Switzerland 1816, the myth of Frankenstein was created by Mary Shelley. Howard Brenton's 1984 play imagines the lives of those present, among them the poets Byron and Shelley. Show more

Contributors

Percy Bysshe Shelley:
Oliver Ryan
Mary Shelley:
Clare Corbett
George, the Lord Byron:
Patrick Kennedy
Claire Clairmont:
Sarah Ovens
Dr William Polidori:
Gareth Pierce

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Border Crossing

First Born & Demoiselle

Duration: 14 minutes

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

A ground breaking fictional dialogue between Syria and Britain. First Born by Leila Haidar, living in Syria, and a response from the UK, Demoiselle, by Mish Green. Show more

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Classic Serial

Thomas Mann - Buddenbrooks

Episode 2

Duration: 58 minutes

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

It's 1848 and the revolution comes to Lubeck. The story of a German merchant family. Stars Michael Maloney and Barbara Flynn. Show more

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Narrator:
Pip Carter
Jean Buddenbrook:
Michael Maloney
Elizabet Buddenbrook:
Barbara Flynn
Thomas Buddenbrook:
Joseph Millson
Toni Buddenbrook:
Clare Corbett
Christian Buddenbrook:
Carl Prekopp
Clara Buddenbrook:
Rosa Calcraft
Clara Buddenbrook:
Millie Binks
Gerda Buddenbrook:
Colleen Prendergast
Gotthold Buddenbrook:
Shaun Prendergast
Herr Grunlich:
Ben Crowe
Herr Kesselmeyer:
Stephen Critchlow
Pilot Schwarzkopf:
Peter Marinker
Herr Gosch:
Gerard McDermott
Ida Jungmann:
Alison Pettit
Producer:
Chris Wallis

Classic Serial

Thomas Mann - Buddenbrooks

Episode 1

Duration: 58 minutes

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

A German merchant family fight to keep their supremacy in the changing world of 1840s Europe. Stars Michael Maloney and Barbara Flynn. Show more

Contributors

Narrator Count Molln:
Pip Carter
Johann Buddenbrook:
Kenneth Cranham
Antoinette Buddenbrook:
Ann Beach
Jean Buddenbrook:
Michael Maloney
Elizabet Buddenbrook:
Barbara Flynn
Toni Buddenbrook:
Clare Corbett
Young Toni:
Rosa Calcraft
Thomas Buddenbrook:
Angus Imrie
Young Thomas:
Thiago Los
Christian Buddenbrook:
Scott Smith
Young Christian:
Gene Goodman
Ida Jungmann:
Alison Pettit
Herr Hoffstede:
Shaun Prendergast
Herr Grunlich:
Ben Crowe
Pilot Schwarzkopf:
Peter Marinker
Morten Schwarzkopf:
Carl Prekopp
Armgard Von Schillink:
Karolina Cybulski
Gerda Arnoldson:
Serena Lamble
Julchen Hagenstrom:
Priyanka Patel
Herman Hagenstrom:
Spike White
Producer:
Chris Wallis

Classic Serial

Thomas Mann - Buddenbrooks

Episode 3

Duration: 58 minutes

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

The Buddenbrook family business is under threat from within and without. Stars Joseph Millson and Barbara Flynn. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Pip Carter
Elizabet Buddenbrook:
Barbara Flynn
Thomas Buddenbrook:
Joseph Millson
Toni Buddenbrook:
Clare Corbett
Christian Buddenbrook:
Carl Prekopp
Gerda Buddenbrook:
Colleen Prendergast
Hanno Buddenbrook:
Gene Goodman
Hanno Buddenbrook:
Harry Lawtey
Kai, Count Molln:
Thiago Los
Kai, Count Molln:
Hugo Docking
Ida Jungmann:
Alison Pettit
Master 1:
Ben Crowe
Clementine:
Judith Adams
Producer:
Chris Wallis
Director:
Chris Wallis

Drama on 4

Keeping the Wolf Out

Episode 1: The Wolf

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for years

A former secret policeman has been found murdered. Bertalan Lazar, a special investigator in Hungary during the Cold War, is assigned to the case. By Philip Palmer. Show more

Contributors

Bertalan Lazar:
Leo Bill
Franciska Lazar:
Clare Corbett
Tibor Farkas:
Andy Linden
Mrs Kovacs:
Susan Jameson
Bela Fekete:
Sargon Yelda
Kitchen Porter:
Richard Pepple
Police Officer:
Sam Rix
Director:
Toby Swift

Genres

Drama on 4

Keeping the Wolf Out

Episode 2: The Old Days

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for years

Murder most foul lies at the heart of a new case for Investigator Lazar of the Hungarian Police. Philip Palmer's crime drama is set in Communist Hungary in 1963. Stars Leo Bill. Show more

Contributors

Bertalan Lazar:
Leo Bill
Franciska Lazar:
Clare Corbett
Tibor Farkas:
Andy Linden
Bela Fekete:
Sargon Yelda
Csaba:
Sam Rix
Lilien Racz:
Adie Allen
Director:
Toby Swift

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Drama on 4

Keeping the Wolf Out

Behind the Wall

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for years

Detective drama. Leo Bill stars as Bertalan Lazar, a special investigator in Hungary during the Cold War. A seemingly routine case puts Lazar's career on the line. By Philip Palmer Show more

Contributors

Bertalan Lazar:
Leo Bill
Franciska Lazar:
Clare Corbett
Tibor Farkas:
Andy Linden
Milton Szilard:
Philip Fox
Kristof Szep:
Samuel James
Mr Kiraly:
Robert Blythe
Violinist:
Simon Ludders
Director:
Toby Swift

Genres

Drama on 4

Keeping the Wolf Out

Waiting by the River

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for years

A deadly cat-and-mouse game continues in this crime drama set in communist Hungary in 1963. By Philip Palmer. Show more

Contributors

Bertalan Lazar:
Leo Bill
Franciska Lazar:
Clare Corbett
Tibor Farkas:
Andy Linden
Director:
Toby Swift

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Drama on 4

Secret Kebabs

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Dark comedy about a friendship between a relationship counsellor and a kebab shop owner. By Christine Entwisle, winner of the 2015 BBC Writer's Room Prize. Show more

Contributors

The Counsellor:
Pippa Haywood
Mrs Egg Sandwich:
Clare Corbett
Mrs Gordon Ramsay:
Clare Corbett
The Landlord:
Dennis Herdman
Mr Egg Sandwich:
Dennis Herdman
Mr Gordon Ramsay:
Jeremy Swift
Mr Sheep:
Jeremy Swift

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Drama on 4

Keeping the Wolf Out

Heroes

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for years

Six young men lie dead. Investigator Lazar uncovers dark secrets in Budapest at the height of the Cold War. Crime drama by Philip Palmer. Show more

Contributors

Bertalan Lazar:
Leo Bill
Franciska Lazar:
Clare Corbett
Tibor Farkas:
Andy Linden
Rihard Miklos:
Shaun Mason
Kristof Szep:
Samuel James
Mr Kiraly:
Robert Blythe
Police Officer:
Simon Ludders
Stenographer:
Kerry Gooderson
Director:
Toby Swift

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