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Front Row

Saving Mr Banks; Paula Milne; Janine Jansen

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news with Mark Lawson, including a review of Saving Mr Banks, Paula Milne discussing her Cold War thriller Legacy, and violinist Janine Jansen on her new album Bach Concertos. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Paula Milne
Interviewed Guest:
Janine Jansen

Front Row

Clive James on Dante, A Season in the Congo, Paula Milne's Cultural Exchange

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news. Clive James discusses his translation of Dante's The Divine Comedy, a review of A Season in the Congo starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Paula Milne's Cultural Exchange. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Clive James
Interviewed Guest:
Paula Milne

Woman's Hour

Measles; women in maths; Paula Milne on political marriages; Kerry Young

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jane Garvey discusses MMR and the current measles outbreak, and the lack of female maths professors. TV writer Paula Milne and journalist Julia Langdon discuss political marriages. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Paula Milne
Producer:
Shoku Amirani

Small Island

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 8 months

Andrea Levy's award-winning story of Jamaicans and Londoners involved in the Second World War. Hortense learns that England is not the golden land she hoped it would be. Show more

Contributors

Hortense :
Naomie Harris
Queenie :
Ruth Wilson
Narrator :
Hugh Quarshie
Winston :
Shaun Parkes
Mr Todd:
Roger Sloman
Mr Johnson:
Tom Watt
Shopkeeper:
Billy Carter
PO Worker 1:
Jonathan Harden
PO Worker 2:
Neal McWilliams
Woman with sweet:
Gillian Raine
Young Lad:
Andrew McMahon
Young Lad:
Joseph Hearns
Mrs Harper:
Laura Hughes
Josephine:
Kerri McLean
Granddaughter:
Cara Shearer
Grandson:
Lee Simmonds

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour - Sheryl Sandberg; Jahmene Douglas; The Politician's Husband

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Facebook boss Sheryl Sandberg on why she's telling women to 'lean in', plus X Factor finalist Jahmene Douglas on his childhood experience of domestic abuse. Jane Garvey presents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Paula Milne
Interviewed Guest:
Suranne Jones
Producer:
Emma Wallace
Series Editor:
Anne Peacock

Small Island

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 8 months

Andrea Levy's award-winning story of Jamaicans and Londoners during World War II. Hortense joins Gilbert, her new husband, in England, where he is lodging with Queenie Bligh. Show more

Contributors

Hortense:
Naomie Harris
Queenie:
Ruth Wilson
Narrator:
Hugh Quarshie
Winston:
Shaun Parkes
Mr Todd:
Roger Sloman
Mr Philip:
Glen Campbell
Aunt Dorothy:
Denise Black
Queenie's Mum:
Mary Jo Randle
Taxi Driver:
Terence Frisch
Miss Jewel:
Leonie Forbes
Mrs Ryder:
Rachel Pickup
Mr Ryder:
Andrew Havill
Pastor's Wife:
Avenia Powell
Miss Morgan:
Kerstin Pringle
Celia's Mum:
Dorothy Cunningham
Sergeant Baxter:
Damien Devaney
Calhoon:
Eoin Macken
Cinema Woman:
Barbara Adair
American GI:
Peter Brooke
Cinema GI:
Bentley Kalu
Military Police:
Tony Flynn

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

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

Adaptation of the novel by Sarah Waters. Set against the turbulent backdrop of London in the 1940s, it follows four young Londoners linked by their wartime experiences. Show more

Contributors

Kay Langrish:
Anna Maxwell Martin
Helen Giniver:
Claire Foy
Vivian Pearce:
Jodie Whittaker
Julia Standing:
Anna Wilson-Jones
Duncan Pearce:
Harry Treadaway
Robert Fraser:
JJ Feild
Reggie Nigri:
Liam Garrigan
Nancy Carmichael:
Claudie Blakley
Horace Mundy:
Kenneth Cranham

White Heat

Episode 4: The Personal Is Political

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Drama. In 1979, the seven flatmates celebrate Alan and Lilly's wedding. Jay decides to tell his parents he is gay. Jack vows to join mainstream politics. Show more

Contributors

Policeman:
Peter Ashdown
Referee:
John Biggins
Estate Agent:
Dominic Coleman
Alan (Present day):
Paul Copley
Lilly (Present day):
Lindsay Duncan
Charlotte:
Claire Foy
Party Member 3:
Dominic Kemp
Skinhead 1:
Tomi May
Party Member 2:
Tim Parker
Victor (Present day):
Hugh Quarshie
Party Member 1:
Veronica Roberts
Man on heath:
Oliver Senton
Skinhead 2:
Joe Sims
Charlotte (Present day):
Juliet Stevenson
Producer:
Elinor Day

Genres

White Heat

Episode 5: The Eye of the Needle

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Drama. In 2012 five of the former flatmates wait for the sixth to arrive. In 1982, Jay and Orla ask for help in dealing with Jack's heroin addiction. Show more

Contributors

Alan (Present day):
Paul Copley
Lilly (Present day):
Lindsay Duncan
Charlotte:
Claire Foy
Victor (Present day):
Hugh Quarshie
Charlotte (Present day):
Juliet Stevenson
Saaghor:
Abhin Galeya
Granger:
Adam Leese
Jay (Present day):
Ramon Tikaram
Producer:
Elinor Day

Genres

White Heat

Episode 6: The Sea of Trees

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Drama. It is 1990 and the flat is for sale; Orla organises one last reunion for the flatmates. Back in the present, the last surviving flatmate arrives. Show more

Contributors

Alan (Present day):
Paul Copley
Lilly (Present day):
Lindsay Duncan
Charlotte:
Claire Foy
Jack (Present day):
Michael Kitchen
Victor (Present day):
Hugh Quarshie
Charlotte (Present day):
Juliet Stevenson
Jay (Present day):
Ramon Tikaram
Orla (Present day):
Sorcha Cusack
Producer:
Elinor Day

Genres

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Political drama. After replacing her husband in the cabinet after his resignation, Freya Hoynes must choose between her own career ambitions and publicly supporting her husband. Show more

Contributors

Aiden Hoynes:
David Tennant
Freya Hoynes:
Emily Watson
Joe Hoynes:
Jack Shepherd
Marcus Brock:
Roger Allam
Bruce Babbish:
Ed Stoppard
Dita Kowalski:
Anamaria Marinca
Noah Hoynes:
Oscar Kennedy
Ruby Hoynes:
Lucy Hutchinson
Kenny Moss:
Malcolm Scates
Drew Bailey:
Luke Neal
Lian Hooper:
Chipo Chung
Cliff Lyman:
Simon Chandler
Herself:
Kirsty Wark
BBC Reporter:
James Weber Brown
Sky Reporter:
Kate Maravan
Pensioner 1:
June Bailey
Pensioner 2:
Clare Welch
Executive Producer:
Paula Milne
Producer:
Hal Vogel
Executive Producer:
David Aukin

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Political drama. Driven by a desire to avenge his own downfall and unable to accept his wife's success, Aiden begins to plot against Freya and Bruce. Show more

Contributors

Aiden Hoynes:
David Tennant
Freya Hoynes:
Emily Watson
Joe Hoynes:
Jack Shepherd
Marcus Brock:
Roger Allam
Bruce Babbish:
Ed Stoppard
Dita Kowalski:
Anamaria Marinca
Noah Hoynes:
Oscar Kennedy
Ruby Hoynes:
Lucy Hutchinson
Kenny Moss:
Malcolm Scates
Drew Bailey:
Luke Neal
Lian Hooper:
Chipo Chung
Cliff Lyman:
Simon Chandler
Freddy Seaborn:
Tim Bentinck
Muslim Constituent:
Harmage Singh Kalirai
Executive Producer:
Paula Milne
Producer:
Hal Vogel
Executive Producer:
David Aukin

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Political drama. Aiden has to defend himself in an embarrassing sex scandal that threatens to derail any chance of a political comeback and also further threatens his marriage. Show more

Contributors

Aiden Hoynes:
David Tennant
Freya Hoynes:
Emily Watson
Joe Hoynes:
Jack Shepherd
Marcus Brock:
Roger Allam
Bruce Babbish:
Ed Stoppard
Dita Kowalski:
Anamaria Marinca
Noah Hoynes:
Oscar Kennedy
Ruby Hoynes:
Lucy Hutchinson
Kenny Moss:
Malcolm Scates
Drew Bailey:
Luke Neal
Lian Hooper:
Chipo Chung
Cliff Lyman:
Simon Chandler
Herself:
Kirsty Wark
Undercover Reporter 1:
Sarah Woodward
Undercover Reporter 2:
David Shelley
Executive Producer:
Paula Milne
Producer:
Hal Vogel
Executive Producer:
David Aukin
Muslim Constituent:
Harmage Singh Kalirai
Freddy Seaborn:
Tim Bentinck

White Heat

Episode 1: The Past Is a Foreign Country

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Drama. Charlotte arrives at the flat of a recently deceased friend. One of seven students who once lived there, she remembers when they met in 1965. Show more

Contributors

Lilly (Present day):
Lindsay Duncan
Charlotte:
Claire Foy
Victor (Present day):
Hugh Quarshie
Charlotte (Present day):
Juliet Stevenson
Derek Bowden:
Julian Barratt
Theology Student:
Hamish MacDougall
Producer:
Elinor Day

Genres

White Heat

Episode 2: Eve of Destruction

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Drama. In 2012, Charlotte is joined by two former flatmates to clear the flat. Back in the late 60s, Lilly is in crisis, and Jack and Victor face a challenge. Show more

Contributors

Lilly (Present day):
Lindsay Duncan
Charlotte:
Claire Foy
Victor (Present day):
Hugh Quarshie
Charlotte (Present day):
Juliet Stevenson
Derek Bowden:
Julian Barratt
Student:
Ian Smith
Producer:
Elinor Day

Genres

White Heat

Episode 3: The Dark Side of the Moon

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Drama. In 2012, a fourth former flatmate arrives. In 1973, London is targeted by an IRA bombing campaign and Alan finally makes his play for Lilly. Show more

Contributors

Alan (Present day):
Paul Copley
Lilly (Present day):
Lindsay Duncan
Charlotte:
Claire Foy
Victor (Present day):
Hugh Quarshie
Charlotte (Present day):
Juliet Stevenson
Producer:
Elinor Day

Genres

Free Thinking

Dramatising Democracy: Michael Dobbs, James Graham, Paula Milne, Trudi-Ann Tierney

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

From the BBC Radio Theatre in London, Anne McElvoy chairs a debate asking if dramas like The West Wing or This House aid our understanding of the way governments operate. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Michael Dobbs
Interviewed Guest:
James Graham
Interviewed Guest:
Paula Milne
Interviewed Guest:
Trudi-Ann Tierney
Presenter:
Anne McElvoy
Producer:
Harry Parker