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Duration: 1 hour

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

London, 1896: Can penniless Henry Adams survive for a month without spending a one million pound note? Stars Trevor White. Show more

Contributors

Henry Adams:
Trevor White
Miss Portia Langham:
Verity-May Henry
Trubshaw:
Conrad Nelson
Vesuvius:
Conrad Nelson
Mr Raymond:
Jonathan Keeble
Majordomo:
Jonathan Keeble
Concierge:
Malcolm Raeburn
Mrs Harris:
Kathryn Hunt
Lloyd Hastings:
John Guerrasio
American Ambassador:
John Guerrasio
Author:
Mark Twain

Drama on 3

Curated by Mark Ravenhill

Episode 2: The Octoroon

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Available for years

Set on a Louisiana plantation in the 1850s, Dion Boucicault's classic melodrama exploring Abolition and the role of theatre in politics. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Peyton:
Barbara Barnes
Sunnyside:
Geoffrey Burton
Jacob M'Closky:
Steven Hartley
Salem Scudder:
Toby Jones
Wahnotee:
Earl Kim
Dora Sunnyside:
Claire Lams
George Peyton:
Trevor White
Composer:
Colin Sell

Genres

The James M Cain Series

James M Cain - Double Indemnity

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Walter Huff has a good steady job in the insurance business and lives a quiet life, until the day he falls for an unhappily married woman, and decides to help her commit murder. Show more

Contributors

Walter Huff:
Trevor White
Phyllis Nirdlinger:
Christy Meyer
Adaptor:
Stef Penney
Director:
Kate McAll

Duration: 1 hour

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

Available for 9 months

Ruth’s campaign to punish her husband and his mistress advances and she will stop at nothing to get her way. Stars Barnaby Kay. Show more

Home Front

7 January 1916 - Victor Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day, Lord Selbourne made an appeal for more game to be donated to hospitals, before the end of the shooting season, and Victor feels more hunted than hunter. Show more

Contributors

Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Giles Herrin:
Luke Thompson
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Max Davenport:
Trevor White
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 40: 21-25 December 1915 (Season 6 start)

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

The first omnibus edition of Season 6 covering a week following a huge landslide at the Warren and when the townsfolk are preparing for Christmas. Show more

Contributors

Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Albert Wilson:
Jamie Foreman
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Bob Capeling:
Joe Sims
Cora Gidley:
Joanna Monro
Dolly Clout:
Elaine Claxton
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Eric Morton:
Paul Rainbow
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Dr Streatfield:
Chris Pavlo
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Lilian Frost:
Alex Tregear
Margaret Bishop:
Catherine Bailey
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Max Davenport:
Trevor White
Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Peggy Jeffrey:
Jane Slavin
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absolom
Roland Pemble:
Jack Holden
Ruth Billings:
Katie Redford
Stuart McVey:
George Watkins
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Soldier:
Leo Wan

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 42: 4-8 January 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

In a week when compulsory Military service became almost inevitable, the Bevan hospital becomes a welcome alternative to home for Dorothea. Show more

Contributors

Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Bob Capeling:
Joe Sims
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Giles Herrin:
Luke Thompson
Harry Pankhurst:
Sean Murray
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Lilian Frost:
Alex Tregear
Margaret Bishop:
Catherine Bailey
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Max Davenport:
Trevor White
Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair
Norman Harris:
Norman Baker
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Roland Pemble:
Jack Holden
Ruby Tulliver:
Martine McCutcheon
Ruth Billings:
Katie Redford
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Nurse Ratched:
Debra Baker
Canadian Soldier:
Owen Clarke

Genres

Doctor Who (2005–2022)

Series 11

Episode 3: Rosa

Duration: 50 minutes

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

Available for years

Montgomery, Alabama. 1955. The Doctor and her friends encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks but begin to wonder whether someone is attempting to change history. Show more

Contributors

The Doctor:
Jodie Whittaker
Graham O'Brien:
Bradley Walsh
Ryan Sinclair:
Tosin Cole
Yasmin Khan:
Mandip Gill
Rosa Parks:
Vinette Robinson
James Blake:
Trevor White
Mr Steele:
Richard Lothian
Police Officer Mason:
Gareth Marks
Raymond Parks:
David Rubin
Martin Luther King:
Ray Sesay
Fred Gray:
Aki Omoshaybi
Elias Griffin Jr:
David Dukas
Director:
Mark Tonderai
Series Producer:
Nikki Wilson
Executive Producer:
Matt Strevens
Executive Producer:
Chris Chibnall

Tommies

8 August 1918

Duration: 44 minutes

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

By Jonathan Ruffle. Mickey Bliss's bold deception plan is put into action and could change the course of the war, but on the personal front, his past catches up with him. Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Florrie:
Karen Bartke
Harry de Tullio:
Sam Valentine
Richard Galleyman:
Ryan Whittle
Herbert Campbell:
Trevor White
Pertab Singh:
Sagar Radia
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Producer:
David Hunter
Director:
David Hunter

Brand

Tommies

Tommies

1 August 1918

Duration: 45 minutes

Mickey's big deception plan could change the course of the war, but the arrival of soldier son Jack and WAAC controller sister Evadne complicates matters. Written by Neil Brand.

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Florrie:
Karen Bartke
Harry de Tullio:
Sam Valentine
Richard Galleyman:
Ryan Whittle
Herbert Campbell:
Trevor White
Pertab Singh:
Sagar Radia
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Producer:
David Hunter
Director:
David Hunter

Brand

Tommies

Hunted

Episode 1: Mort

Duration: 1 hour

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

Drama series. After being betrayed and nearly killed in Tangier, private security operative Sam Hunter returns to London to discover which of her colleagues set her up. Show more

Contributors

Sam Hunter:
Melissa George
Aidan Marsh:
Adam Rayner
Rupert Keel:
Stephen Dillane
Zoe Morgan:
Morven Christie
Ian Fowkes:
Lex Shrapnel
Bernard Faroux:
Dhaffer L'Abidine
Jack Turner:
Patrick Malahide
Stephen Turner:
Stephen Campbell Moore
Bingham:
Tom Beard
Hasan Moussa:
Uriel Emil
Edward Turner:
Oscar Kennedy
Blank-Faced Man:
Scott Handy
Horst Goebel:
Peter Vollebregt
Doctor Hill:
Rob Jarvis
Mrs Sidwa:
Souad Faress
Sam's Mother:
Jane Riley
Young Sam:
Maddy Griffiths
Owner Cafe Khalil:
Mohammed Majde
Patrik Lindberg:
Trevor White
Scottish Woman:
Sarah McCardie
Bodyguard:
Maurice Lee
Plant Inspector:
Marene Miller
Producer:
Eliza Mellor
Director:
SJ Clarkson

Genres

Series

Hunted

Hunted

Episode 2: LB

Duration: 1 hour

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

Drama series. After a colleague is kidnapped by the criminal millionaire she is spying on, Sam is ordered to kill him to keep him from being tortured and compromising the team. Show more

Contributors

Sam Hunter:
Melissa George
Aidan Marsh:
Adam Rayner
Rupert Keel:
Stephen Dillane
Jack Turner:
Patrick Malahide
Ian Fowkes:
Lex Shrapnel
Zoe Morgan:
Morven Christie
Hasan Moussa:
Uriel Emil
Stephen Turner:
Stephen Campbell Moore
Bingham:
Tom Beard
Edward Turner:
Oscar Kennedy
Dave Ryder:
David Sterne
Blank-Faced Man:
Scott Handy
Horst Goebel:
Peter Vollebregt
Military Man:
Neil Finnighan
Emma Freeman:
Elly Fairman
Emma's Daughter:
Scarlet Margaroli
Hooded Man:
Ben Bailey Smith
Sam's Mother:
Jane Riley
Young Sam:
Maddy Griffiths
Natalie Thorpe:
Indira Varma
Lianne Wells:
Helen Kennedy
Mrs Sidwa:
Souad Faress
Grandma Freeman:
Lin Blakley
Producer:
Eliza Mellor
Director:
SJ Clarkson
Doctor Hill:
Rob Jarvis
Bernard Faroux:
Dhaffer L'Abidine
Patrik Lindberg:
Trevor White
Scottish Woman:
Sarah McCardie
Bodyguard:
Maurice Lee
Owner Cafe Khalil:
Mohammed Majde
Plant Inspector:
Marene Miller

Series

Hunted

Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

More Tales of the City

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. San Francisco, 1976. Mary Ann and Mouse are on the high seas and Mona's on the highway. Stars Kate Harper and Lydia Wilson. From February 2013. Show more

Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

More Tales of the City

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

San Francisco, 1976. 28 Barbary Lane seems empty with Mona in Winnemucca and Mouse and Mary Ann cruising. Stars Buffy Davis. From February 2013. Show more

Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

More Tales of the City

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Michael and Jon are reunited, Dede meets a new friend and Beauchamp must face up to her pregnancy. From February 2013. Show more

Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

More Tales of the City

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Mary Ann turns detective over Burke and Michael opens up to his mother about being gay. Stars Lydia Wilson. From February 2013. Show more

Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

More Tales of the City

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The mystery of Anna Madrigal's anagram is solved and Mary Ann and Burke find answers. Stars Kate Harper. From February 2013. Episode 5 of 5. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

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

San Francisco, 1976. Barbary Lane's residents are on the move, Mary Ann on the high seas and Mona on the highway. Stars Lydia Wilson. From February 2013.

Saturday Drama

Classic Chandler

Episode 5: Classic Chandler - The Long Goodbye

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Marlowe forges an uneasy friendship with a drunk who then shows up late one night asking for a favour. Starring Toby Stephens. Show more

Contributors

Philip Marlowe:
Toby Stephens
Terry Lennox:
Trevor White
Eileen Wade:
Saskia Reeves
Roger Wade:
Peter Polycarpou
Howard Spencer:
James Lailey
Menendez:
Alun Raglan
Director:
Claire Grove
Abridger:
Stephen Wyatt

Man About the House

Episode 2: The Parable of the Green House

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The Parable of the Green House, by Jess Walter: Dale hangs around his house and thinking bad things are happening outside develops an obsession. From November 2014. Episode 2 of 3. Show more

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