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Drama on 3

Britten 100: Billy Budd - These Buttons We Wear

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

For Radio 3's Britten centenary celebration, Keith Dewhurst's retelling of the story of Billy Budd, interwoven with the story of the author who came to write it: Herman Melville. Show more

Contributors

Herman Melville:
Gerard Murphy
Eleanor Melville:
Monica Dolan
Long Ghost/Captain Vere:
Robert Portal
Guert Gansevoort/John Claggart:
David Westhead
Bill Budd:
Mark Quartley
Young Eleanor:
Caitlin Welch
Liverpool/The Dansker:
Simon Greenall
Salem/The Stranger:
Nathan Osgood
Consul WIlson/Captain Graveling:
Pip Donaghy
Dr Johnstone/Lieutenant Ratcliffe:
Robert Hastie
Rope Yarn/Donald:
John Tams

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Drama on 4

The Fewness of His Words

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Hugh Costello. A 75-year-old priest, accused of child abuse, jumps bail and hides out in an Italian monastery, providing the Vatican with a major headache. Show more

Contributors

Fr George Lawson:
Andrew Sachs
Cardinal Vargas:
Gerard Murphy
Abbot Desiato:
Ian McElhinney

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Duration: 2 hours

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

Henrik Ibsen's play about a religious zealot who refuses all compromise. Faced with the possible death of his beloved wife and child, will he persist with his absolutism? Show more

Saturday Drama

Mark Lawson - Suspicion for 10 Voices

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. Composer Will Byrd is charged with coding papist messages in the music of the Chapel Royal. Stars Simon Russell Beale. Show more

Contributors

William Byrd:
Simon Russell Beale
Juliana Byrd:
Rebecca Saire
Sir Francis Walsingham:
Anton Lesser
Thomas Philippes:
Gerard Murphy
Thomas Tallis:
Jon Glover
Fr. Rodrigues:
Neil Brand
Richard the boy singer:
Joseph Hancock

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Drama on 4

Jon Canter - The Vertigo Trust

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Martin has a secret. A big secret. One that threatens to turn Ronnie's world upside down. Stars Gerard Murphy and James Fleet. Show more

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Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Unflinching drama which explores the dangerously intertwined lives of ordinary people trying to escape their humdrum existence in a rural Irish town.

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Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Drama. A New York lawyer (Robert De Niro) takes on a bar brawl case. He is attracted by the glamour of boxing and resolves to raise the money to promote a fight of his own. Show more

Contributors

Harry Fabian:
Robert De Niro
Helen Nasseros:
Jessica Lange
Phil Nasseros:
Cliff Gorman
Ira 'Boom Boom' Grossman:
Alan King
Al Grossman:
Jack Warden
Tommy Tessler:
Barry Primus
Steel Jaw # 1:
Gerard Murphy
Steel Jaw # 2:
Clem Caserta
John Bonney:
David Butler
Emmett Gorgon:
Anthony Canarozzi
Director:
Irwin Winkler
Producer:
Irwin Winkler

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Spooks

Series 8

Episode 4

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ThreeLatest broadcast: on BBC Three

Available for years

Drama series about the British Security Service. Lucas's past comes back to haunt him when his former torturer Darshavin turns up with intelligence about a bomb in London. Show more

Contributors

Harry Pearce:
Peter Firth
Ros Myers:
Hermione Norris
Lucas North:
Richard Armitage
Ruth Evershed:
Nicola Walker
Jo Portman:
Miranda Raison
Tariq Masood:
Shazad Latif
Sarah Caulfield:
Genevieve O'Reilly
Oleg Darshavin:
Emil Hostina
Producer:
Chris Fry
Writer:
David Farr
Boris Gulyanov:
Gerard Murphy
Samuel Walker:
Brian Protheroe
Director:
Sam Miller