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15 Minute Drama

The One About the Social Worker

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Martin Jameson's thriller about a social worker suspended after a national scandal. Liz makes a full confession. But it's harder than she expected. Show more

Contributors

Liz Beecham:
Claire Skinner
Tamsin Geraghty:
Lacey Turner
DCI Stuart Groves:
David Seddon
DS Miriam Ince:
Maria Teresa Creasey
DC Fletcher:
Michael Bertenshaw

Genres

15 Minute Drama

The One About the Social Worker

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Until five months ago, Liz was a hard-nosed child-protection social worker. Today she doesn't know who she is, except that she's on suspension, hiding from the press. Show more

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Rebecca misses her Dad. What if she could have him back as he was? Magical family comedy about dementia. Stars Raquel Cassidy. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Pursuing her missing sister into some uncharted planets, Ambassador B finds a world of constant war. Stars Fenella Woolgar. Show more

Drama on 4

A Nursery Tale

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Kate Clanchy's tough and touching play exposes the truth about two women on either side of a cultural divide, with a razor sharp wit. Show more

Hester by Margaret Oliphant

1. The Financial Scandal

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

A tale of banks and bankers, credit and discredit, and a single woman who does something truly radical. Stars Penelope Wilton. Show more

Contributors

Margaret Oliphant:
Penelope Wilton
Lady Ellen Vernon:
Jasmine Hyde
Hester Vernon:
Lyndsey Marshal
Harry Sellon:
Ben Crowe
Adaptor:
Kate Clanchy
Adaptor:
Zena Forster

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Hester involves her wayward cousin and his uninspiring wife in the running of the family bank. Stars Jasmine Hyde. Show more

Contributors

Margaret Oliphant:
Penelope Wilton
Hester Vernon:
Lyndsey Marshal
Lady Ellen Vernon:
Jasmine Hyde
Catherine Vernon:
Lizzy Watts
Edward Vernon:
Joseph Kloska
Adaptor:
Kate Clanchy
Adaptor:
Zena Forster

Genres

15 Minute Drama

The One about the Social Worker

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

How did the boy in boxers become the wanted man in an armed siege? Claire Skinner returns as the social worker with a past. Show more

Contributors

Liz Beecham:
Claire Skinner
Devon Sutcliffe:
Theo Barklem-Biggs
Ian Green:
Sam Dale
Cheryl Sutcliffe:
Debra Baker
Sgt Morris:
David Hounslow
Janet Williams:
Amelia Lowdell
PC Kirtley:
George Watkins
Kirk:
Leo Wan

Genres

15 Minute Drama

The One about the Social Worker

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Liz's decisions lead to an official complaint. Show more

Contributors

Liz Beecham:
Claire Skinner
Devon Sutcliffe:
Theo Barklem-Biggs
Ian Green:
Sam Dale
Cheryl Sutcliffe:
Debra Baker
Sgt Morris:
David Hounslow
Janet Williams:
Amelia Lowdell
PC Kirtley:
George Watkins
Kirk:
Leo Wan

Genres

15 Minute Drama

The One about the Social Worker

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Devon's mother has a surprise for him. Show more

Contributors

Liz Beecham:
Claire Skinner
Devon Sutcliffe:
Theo Barklem-Biggs
Ian Green:
Sam Dale
Cheryl Sutcliffe:
Debra Baker
Sgt Morris:
David Hounslow
Janet Williams:
Amelia Lowdell
PC Kirtley:
George Watkins
Kirk:
Leo Wan

Genres

15 Minute Drama

The One about the Social Worker

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Devon's hopes for the future meet the reality of his past. Show more

Contributors

Liz Beecham:
Claire Skinner
Devon Sutcliffe:
Theo Barklem-Biggs
Ian Green:
Sam Dale
Cheryl Sutcliffe:
Debra Baker
Sgt Morris:
David Hounslow
Janet Williams:
Amelia Lowdell
PC Kirtley:
George Watkins
Kirk:
Leo Wan

Genres

15 Minute Drama

The One about the Social Worker

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Liz walks into a siege. Rollercoaster story based on tough true social work cases. Show more

Contributors

Liz Beecham:
Claire Skinner
Devon Sutcliffe:
Theo Barklem-Biggs
Ian Green:
Sam Dale
Cheryl Sutcliffe:
Debra Baker
Sgt Morris:
David Hounslow
Janet Williams:
Amelia Lowdell
PC Kirtley:
George Watkins
Kirk:
Leo Wan

Genres

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

The Wire

The Insider

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

By Leila Aboulela. Marking the centenary of Albert Camus, a drama reimagining the lives of the unnamed, unspeaking characters from The Outsider. Show more

From Fact to Fiction

Series 14

Episode 6: Something to Declare

Duration: 13 minutes

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

As the G8 pledges to make international tax affairs more transparent, poets Kate Fox and Salena Godden take a satirical look at that stuff which makes the world go around. Show more

Saturday Drama

Jonathan Myerson - Reykjavik

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. Rollercoaster drama mapping the Reagan-Gorbachev summit in 1986, a meeting that did not go to plan. Stars Kerry Shale and Zubin Varla. From October 2014. Show more

Contributors

Ronald Reagan:
Kerry Shale
Mikhail Gorbachev:
Zubin Varla
George Shultz:
Colin Stinton
Eduard Shevardnadze:
Michael Bertenshaw
John Poindexter:
Matthew Marsh
Georgy Arbatov:
Matthew Marsh
Paul Nitze:
Nathan Osgood
Roz Ridgway:
Elaine Claxton
Sergei Akhromeyev:
David Acton

Genres

15 Minute Drama

The One About the Social Worker

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Liz has been offered a settlement by the council, if she will sign a gagging order. Show more

15 Minute Drama

The One About the Social Worker

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

When Tamsin presents her with an emergency, Liz tries to play it by the book. Show more

Contributors

Liz Beecham:
Claire Skinner
Tamsin Geraghty:
Lacey Turner
Sundeep Mishra:
Sasha Behar
Dale Stemp:
Sean Murray
Receptionist:
Philippa Stanton
Security Officer:
Matthew Watson

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

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

She’s hired a gun-slinging companion, but Ambassador B’s set to be disarmed in a way never dreamed of. Stars Fenella Woolgar. Show more

The Essay

Decameron Nights: Ten Italian Indelicacies Remixed from Boccaccio

Episode 6: The Sweetest Young Man in Perugia

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Terry Jones presents a retelling of a story from Boccaccio's The Decameron. Tim McInnerny stars as a husband with a dissatisfied young wife. Show more