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Dickensian

Episode 17

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Available for 8 months

Drama series set within the world of Charles Dickens's novels. Inspector Bucket makes a startling discovery which enables him to finally solve who killed Jacob Marley. Show more

Contributors

Sally Compeyson:
Antonia Bernath
John Bagnet:
Oliver Coopersmith
Mr Venus:
Omid Djalili
Emily Cratchit:
Jennifer Hennessey
Amelia Havisham:
Tuppence Middleton
Frances Barbary:
Alexandra Moen
Arthur Havisham:
Joseph Quinn
Inspector Bucket:
Stephen Rea
Honoria Barbary:
Sophie Rundle
Captain James Hawdon:
Ben Starr
Meriwether Compeyson:
Tom Weston-Jones
Bob Cratchit:
Robert Wilfort
Producer:
David Boulter
Director:
Andy Hay
Production Company:
Red Planet (Dickens) Limited

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Stephen Rea reads Wilde's famous letter in the prison cell where it was written. With an introduction from cell C.3.3 in Reading Prison by writer and director Neil Bartlett. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Neil Bartlett
Producer:
Joby Waldman

Genres

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Swashbuckling adventure starring Catherine Deneuve and Justin Chambers about a country-bred young man who dreams of becoming a Musketeer only to find that they have been disbanded. Show more

Contributors

Francesca Bonacieux:
Mena Suvari
Cardinal Richlieu:
Stephen Rea
Febre - the Man in Black:
Tim Roth
Aramis:
Nick Moran
Director:
Peter Hyams

Duration: 1 hour, 49 minutes

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

Drama. A photographer at a family wedding sends an unhappy and insecure girl an unguarded shot of herself, and soon she finds herself coming under his spell. Show more

Contributors

Connie Fitzpatrick:
Stephen Rea
Director:
Audrey Wells
Harper Sloane:
Sarah Polley
Deborah Sloane:
Jean Smart

Duration: 1 hour, 34 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Spanish western. The legendary outlaw Butch Cassidy, who allegedly died in 1908 during a shootout with the Bolivian army, has in fact been hiding in Bolivia for 20 years. Show more

Contributors

Eduardo Apodaca:
Eduardo Noriega
Mackinley:
Stephen Rea
General of the Bolivian Army:
Cristian Mercado
Caballero Ingles:
Martin Proctor
Tabernera:
Maria Luque
Director:
Mateo Gil

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 36 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

David Ireland's award-winning dark comedy about sectarian hatred in Northern Ireland. Eric Miller, a Belfast loyalist, mistakes his five-week-old granddaughter for Gerry Adams. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Helen Spencer
Executive Producer:
Emma Cahusac
Director:
Rhodri Huw

10 Days to War

Episode 2: Episodes 5-8

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series of dramas marking the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war. 24 hours remain until war. Colonel Tim Collins rallies his troops with a ferocious speech. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Drama on 3

The Birthday Party

Duration: 1 hour, 49 minutes

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

For Radio 3's 70th anniversary season, Drama on 3 presents a new production of The Birthday Party, Harold Pinter's iconic comedy of menace, starring Toby Jones as Stanley. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Drama. An unemployed father (Pierce Brosnan) fights a custody battle in the high courts of Ireland when his children are put into orphanages after his wife walks out on him. Show more

Contributors

Desmond Doyle:
Pierce Brosnan
Michael Beattie:
Stephen Rea
Nick Barron:
Aidan Quinn
Tom Connolly:
Alan Bates
District Judge:
Garrett Keogh
Sister Brigid:
Andrea Irvine

Genres

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Drama about two women, one based in Dublin and the other living in New England, who swap houses in a bid to escape their problems. Starring Andie MacDowell and Olivia Williams. Show more

War and Peace

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

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

Available for years

Drama series set in Russia in the early 19th century, based on Tolstoy's novel. As Andrei prepares for a great battle, Pierre struggles with married life. Show more

Contributors

Pierre Bezukhov:
Paul Dano
Natasha Rostova:
Lily James
Andrei Bolkonsky:
James Norton
Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky:
Jim Broadbent
General Mikhail Kutuzov:
Brian Cox
Prince Vassily Kuragin:
Stephen Rea
Napoleon Bonaparte:
Mathieu Kassovitz
Vassily Denisov:
Thomas Arnold
Boris Drubetskoy:
Aneurin Barnard
Marya Bolkonskaya:
Jessie Buckley
Fedya Dolokhov:
Tom Burke
Count Ilya Rostov:
Adrian Edmondson
Anna Drubetskaya:
Rebecca Front
Sonya Rostova:
Aisling Loftus
Nikolai Rostov:
Jack Lowden
Helene Kuragina:
Tuppence Middleton
Lise Bolkonskaya:
Kate Phillips
Mademoiselle Bourienne:
Olivia Ross
Countess Natalya Rostova:
Greta Scacchi
Anatole Kuragin:
Callum Turner
Director:
Tom Harper

War and Peace

Episode 3

Duration: 1 hour

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

Available for years

Drama series set in Russia in the early 19th century, based on Tolstoy's novel. Pierre fights a duel. Natasha and Sonya receive unexpected proposals. Show more

Contributors

Pierre Bezukhov:
Paul Dano
Natasha Rostova:
Lily James
Andrei Bolkonsky:
James Norton
Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky:
Jim Broadbent
Anna Pavlovna Scherer:
Gillian Anderson
Prince Vassily Kuragin:
Stephen Rea
Osip Alexeevich Bazdeev:
Ken Stott
Vassily Denisov:
Thomas Arnold
Boris Drubetskoy:
Aneurin Barnard
Marya Bolkonskaya:
Jessie Buckley
Fedya Dolokhov:
Tom Burke
Count Ilya Rostov:
Adrian Edmondson
Anna Drubetskaya:
Rebecca Front
Bilibin:
Rory Keenan
Sonya Rostova:
Aisling Loftus
Nikolai Rostov:
Jack Lowden
Helene Kuragina:
Tuppence Middleton
Julie Karagina:
Chloe Pirrie
Mademoiselle Bourienne:
Olivia Ross
Countess Natalya Rostova:
Greta Scacchi
Anatole Kuragin:
Callum Turner
Director:
Tom Harper

War and Peace

Episode 5

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One South East

Available for years

Drama series set in Russia in the early 19th century, based on Tolstoy's novel. Napoleon outrages the Russian emperor by crossing the border and marching his army towards Moscow. Show more

Contributors

Pierre Bezukhov:
Paul Dano
Natasha Rostova:
Lily James
Andrei Bolkonsky:
James Norton
Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky:
Jim Broadbent
Anna Pavlovna Scherer:
Gillian Anderson
Prince Vassily Kuragin:
Stephen Rea
General Mikhail Kutuzov:
Brian Cox
Napoleon Bonaparte:
Mathieu Kassovitz
Boris Drubetskoy:
Aneurin Barnard
Marya Bolkonskaya:
Jessie Buckley
Fedya Dolokhov:
Tom Burke
Count Ilya Rostov:
Adrian Edmondson
Petya Rostov:
Otto Farrant
Bilibin:
Rory Keenan
Tsar Alexander:
Ben Lloyd-Hughes
Sonya Rostova:
Aisling Loftus
Nikolai Rostov:
Jack Lowden
Helene Bezukhova:
Tuppence Middleton
Mademoiselle Bourienne:
Olivia Ross
Countess Natalya Rostova:
Greta Scacchi
Anatole Kuragin:
Callum Turner
Director:
Tom Harper