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Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Drama starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins. When a brilliant but mentally ill mathematician dies, his daughter is worried that she too will suffer from a mental disorder. Show more

Contributors

Catherine:
Gwyneth Paltrow
Claire:
Hope Davis
Director:
John Madden
Professor Barrow:
Gary Houston
Friend at Party:
Anne Wittman
Friend at Party:
Leigh Zimmerman
Theoretical Physicist:
Colin Stinton
Band Vocalist:
Leland Burnett
University Friend:
John Keefe
University Friend:
Chipo Chung
University Friend:
C Gerod Harris
Professor Bhandari:
Roshan Seth
Producer:
Robert Kessel
Producer:
Alison Owen
Producer:
Jeffrey Sharp
Director of photography:
Alwin Kuchler

Drama on 4

Inspector Chen Novels

Death of a Red Heroine

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

The murder of a model worker in Shanghai gives Inspector Chen his first challenge with the Special Case Squad. Award-winning crime drama by Qiu Xiaolong. Show more

Book of the Week

The Cooked Seed

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Labelled a 'cooked seed', one who has no chance to sprout, Anchee Min dares to dream of leaving China for America. Read by Chipo Chung. Show more

Book of the Week

The Cooked Seed

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Anchee Min lands in the USA, but as a student with no English, she is terrified that immigration will not let her in. Read by Chipo Chung. Show more

Book of the Week

The Cooked Seed

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Anchee Min begins to live the American dream the hard way, and finally finds her voice. Read by Chipo Chung. Show more

Book of the Week

The Cooked Seed

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Anchee Min learns about student culture American-style, dancing to Michael Jackson and learning English from Sesame Street, but an outstanding debt worries her. Read by Chipo Chung. Show more

Book of the Week

The Cooked Seed

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Can Anchee Min juggle several jobs, her studies and debt at the same time as being desperately homesick? Read by Chipo Chung. Show more

Book of the Week

Once Upon a Time in the East

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Xiaolu Guo's story of growing up in China during times of transition. For the young Xiaolu, her first home was the fishing village of Shitang where she lived with her grandparents. Show more

Book of the Week

Once Upon a Time in the East

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Xiaolu Guo's story of growing up in China during times of transition. Xiaolu's grandfather's struggle to provide for his family has tragic consequences. Show more

Book of the Week

Once Upon a Time in the East

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Xiaolu Guo's story of growing up in China during times of transition. The young Xiaolu has a new home in Wenling, where she is reunited with her parents. Show more

Book of the Week

Once Upon a Time in the East

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Xiaolu Gup's story of growing up in China during times of transition. Xiaolu is encouraged by her father to become a poet. Show more

Book of the Week

Once Upon a Time in the East

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Xiaolu Guo's story of growing up in China during times of transition. Xiaolu determines upon a new career path. Show more

Woman's Hour

Chipo Chung as Dido, Queen of Carthage

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Dido, Queen of Carthage is being performed for the first time by the RSC. Plus inspiring women in medicine and women drivers in Saudi Arabia. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Katie Kempen
Interviewed Guest:
Katy Barrow Grint
Interviewed Guest:
Chipo Chung
Interviewed Guest:
Edith Hall
Interviewed Guest:
Sacha Nauta
Interviewed Guest:
Asha Kasliwal
Interviewed Guest:
Hatoon el Fasy

Drama on 4

Loveness and Me

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Nell Porter (Harriet Walter) decides to see if paying school fees for just one child, Loveness Matakuro, in poverty-stricken rural Zimbabwe will make a difference. Show more

Contributors

Nell Porter:
Harriet Walter
Loveness Makaturo:
Chipo Chung
Celia Makaturo:
Jenny Jules

Genres

His Dark Materials

Series 3

The Botanic Garden

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HD

Available for years

Lyra and Will reunite with Mary and hear a story that changes everything. Now they must decide what they are willing to sacrifice if they are to save the worlds. Show more

Contributors

Lyra Belacqua:
Dafne Keen
Will Parry:
Amir Wilson
Mary Malone:
Simone Kirby
Serafina Pekkala:
Ruta Gedmintas
Xaphania:
Chipo Chung
Father Gomez:
Jamie Ward
Elaine Parry:
Nina Sosanya
Producer:
Stephen Haren
Production Company:
Bad Wolf Productions

Jimmy McGovern's Moving On

Series 9

Episode 1: Invisible

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Drama series. A happily married mother of two is forced to revisit her tragic childhood when a face from the past threatens to disrupt her content and ordered world. Show more

Contributors

Rachel:
Jodhi May
Teacher:
Simon Rouse
Margaret:
Kate Anthony
Caroline:
Cat Simmons
Amanda:
Emma Rydal
Policeman:
Reese Scholtz
CID Officer:
Clare Kerrigan
Composer:
Steve Wright
Director:
Julia Ford
Executive Producer:
Colin McKeown
Producer:
Donna Molloy
Property Master:
Jac Ashton
Series Editor:
Patrick Hall
Writer:
Jodhi May
Production Company:
LA Productions

Genres

Doctor Who (2005–2022)

Series 4

Episode 11: Turn Left

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Three

Available for years

What would have happened if the Doctor had died facing the Racnoss? We find a nightmare world as Donna and Rose attempt to stop the approaching Darkness.

Contributors

The Doctor:
David Tennant
Donna Noble:
Catherine Tate
Rose Tyler:
Billie Piper
Wilfred Mott:
Bernard Cribbins
Sylvia Noble:
Jacqueline King
Fortune Teller:
Chipo Chung
Rocco Colasanto:
Joseph Long
Captain Magambo:
Noma Dumezweni
Producer:
Susie Liggat
Director:
Graeme Harper
Jival Chowdry:
Bhasker Patel
Private Harris:
Clive Standen

Drama on 3

The Oresteia

Episode 3: The Furies

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

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

Available for years

The last play in Aeschylus's The Oresteia. Having avenged his father's death, Orestes finds he is pursued by the Furies. Can the gods Apollo and Athena stop the cycle of revenge? Show more

Doctor Who (2005–2022)

Series 3

Episode 11: Utopia

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Three

Available for years

Captain Jack Harkness storms back into the Doctor's life, and at the end of the universe, an evil old enemy is waiting...

Contributors

The Doctor:
David Tennant
Martha Jones:
Freema Agyeman
Captain Jack Harkness:
John Barrowman
Professor Yana:
Derek Jacobi
Chantho:
Chipo Chung
Lieutenant Atillo:
Neil Reidman
Chieftain:
Paul Marc Davis
Creet:
John Bell
Director:
Graeme Harper