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15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century: The Secret

Episode 3: Foundationers

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Boarding school offers an escape from Muriel's mother's 'wild moods and secrets'. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century: The Secret

Episode 4: Betrayal

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Betrayal close to home brings Muriel's mother's secret out into the open. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century: The Secret

Episode 1: Innocence

Duration: 15 minutes

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

It is 1911, and five-year-old Muriel begins to question her mother's night-time absences. Show more

Drama on 4

My Dear Bessie

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Benedict Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey tell a Second World War love story in letters between Chris Barker, a solider in Libya, and Bessie Moore, a Morse code interpreter in London. Show more

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Book of the Week

Where Memories Go: Why Dementia Changes Everything

Warning Signs

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's struggle with dementia: early tell-tale signs emerge. From 2014. Show more

Book of the Week

Where Memories Go: Why Dementia Changes Everything

Facing up

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's struggle with dementia: the family ignores worrying signs. From February 2014. Show more

Book of the Week

Where Memories Go: Why Dementia Changes Everything

The Death of a Husband

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's struggle with dementia: death and the struggle to grieve. From February 2014. Show more

Book of the Week

Where Memories Go: Why Dementia Changes Everything

Consolation in Forgetting

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's struggle with dementia: some consolation in forgetting. From February 2014. Show more

Book of the Week

Where Memories Go: Why Dementia Changes Everything

A Peaceful End

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's struggle with dementia: a peaceful end amongst family. From February 2014. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century: The Secret

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

With her mother's affair exposed, Muriel waits for the village to react. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Crisis

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Tina Pepler's gripping story about an international aid worker posted to South Sudan. Martha has arrived in Agok, to find the situation worse than she had been briefed to expect. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Crisis

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The situation in Agok is getting worse, with hundreds of refugees arriving across the border from the north, and tensions both on the outside and within the team itself are rising. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Crisis

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Martha wonders if she is up to the demands of her post. Mistakes and misjudgements are all too easy to make, and the tensions within the team are adding to her feeling of isolation. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Crisis

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The humanitarian crisis facing Martha and her team is escalating. The clinic is overwhelmed, and militias are attacking the wells. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Crisis

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

As her team tries to cope with an ever-increasing number of refugees fleeing across the border from the north, Martha has a crisis of her own to deal with inside the compound. Show more

Saturday Drama

The Martin Beck Killings

Episode 1: Roseanna

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

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

Inspector Beck and his colleagues are faced with the body of an unknown girl. Jennifer Howarth adapts the first book of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo's Swedish detective series. Show more

Contributors

Martin Beck:
Steven Mackintosh
Lennart Kollberg:
Neil Pearson
Bengtsson:
John MacKay
Inga Beck:
Lucy Black
Sonja Hansson:
Susie Riddell
Police Doctor:
Patrick Brennan
Miss Peterson:
Amaka Okafor
Siv Lindberg:
Amaka Okafor
Miss Gota:
Jenny Harrold
Director:
Sara Davies
Author:
Per Wahloo

Saturday Drama

The Martin Beck Killings

Episode 4: The Laughing Policeman

Duration: 1 hour

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

A mass shooting on a bus leaves nine dead, including one of Beck's team. The trail leads Beck back to an unsolved case from the past. Show more

Contributors

Martin Beck:
Steven Mackintosh
Lennart Kollberg:
Neil Pearson
Frederick Melander:
Adrian Scarborough
Inga Beck:
Lucy Black
Ingrid Beck:
Lauren Crace
Einar Ronn:
Russell Boulter
Asa Torell:
Clare Corbett
Schwerin:
Robert Blythe
Gun Kollberg:
Sally Orrock
Mechanic:
Sam Alexander
Blonde Malin:
Christine Absalom
Birgersson:
Jonathan Tafler
Car Showroom Manager:
Robert Blythe
Writer:
Per Wahloo
Director:
Sara Davies