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Drama on 4

The Rules of Palship

Duration: 44 minutes

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

The young Noel Coward demanded fierce loyalty from his friends. But did he live up to his own high standards? Writer Jonathan Tafler imagines a testing moment. Show more

Contributors

Noel Coward:
Joel MacCormack
Graham Henshaw:
Tom Forrister
Fraser Stanhope:
Wilf Scolding
Reverend Henshaw:
David Reakes
Mary Henshaw:
Ellie Darvill

Genres

Get Carter: The Bloody Chamber

Episode 3: Wolf-Alice

Duration: 14 minutes

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

A young girl found in a wolf's den is sent to work for the Duke in his ancient castle. Stars Lily Lesser and Jonathan Tafler. Show more

Contributors

Angela Carter:
Fiona Shaw
Wolf-Alice:
Lily Lesser
First Nun:
Phoebe Fildes
Second Nun:
Susan Wooldridge
Mother Superior:
Adjoa Andoh
Main Hunter:
Nigel Pilkington
Hunter:
Tre Gordon
Hunter:
Tom Clegg

Get Carter: The Bloody Chamber

Episode 4: The Tiger's Bride

Duration: 14 minutes

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

When Beauty refuses to let her new master see her naked, he reveals his true nature. Stars Hannah Genesius and Jonathan Tafler. Show more

Drama on 4

Reading Europe - Spain: Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

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

When Marta dies in his arms during an illicit encounter, Victor flees the scene leaving a small child alone in the apartment. Now Marta's husband, Eduardo, wants a word with him. Show more

Brief Lives

Series 9

Episode 1

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for years

Return of the popular drama series about legal reps in Manchester. Starring David Schofield as Frank Twist Show more

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola

Season 3 - Money

8. Apocalypse

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

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

Penultimate episode. A dramatisation of La Debacle by Emile Zola. Starring Glenda Jackson Show more

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola

Season 3 - Money

Episode 9

Duration: 57 minutes

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

Aunt Dide finally escapes the asylum. Starring Glenda Jackson and dramatised by Dan Rebellato, based on Emile Zola’s Rougon Macquart cycle. Show more

Saturday Drama

Bar Mitzvah Boy

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. Is 13-year-old Eliot Green ready to become a man in the Jewish faith? Adapted from TV with Hugo Raine and Tracy-Ann Oberman. Show more

Contributors

Genres

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

Drama on 4

Every Duchess in England

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Alan Pollock. It is 1931. More than friendship is at stake when maverick Labour MP Oswald Mosley attempts to take things into his own hands by giving a speech in Birmingham. Show more

Contributors

Oswald Mosley:
Tobias Menzies
John Strachey:
Harry Lloyd
Ted 'Kid' Lewis:
Jonathan Tafler
Maitland:
Sam Dale
Evans:
Sam Dale

Genres

Holby City

Series 15

Episode 39: Mens Sana In Corpore Sano

Duration: 56 minutes

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

A desperate Oliver descends to new depths as he risks betraying Tara and destroying his career; will he be forced to leave Holby for good? Show more

Contributors

Oliver Valentine:
James Anderson
Henrik Hanssen:
Guy Henry
Serena Campbell:
Catherine Russell
Harry Tressler:
Jules Knight
Gemma Wilde:
Ty Glaser
Mary-Claire Carter:
Niamh McGrady
Elliot Hope:
Paul Bradley
Jonny Maconie:
Michael Thomson
Michael Spence:
Hari Dhillon
Antoine Malick:
Jimmy Akingbola
Arthur Digby:
Rob Ostlere
Chantelle Lane:
Lauren Drummond
Jac Naylor:
Rosie Marcel
Sharon Kozinsky:
Madeleine Potter
Josh Cohen:
Robert Galas
Jenny Mulgrew:
Laura Mead
Samantha Mulgrew:
Laura Martin-Simpson
Aaron Cohen:
Jonathan Tafler
Director:
John Maidens
Producer:
Bianca Rodway

Duration: 1 hour

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

1811: new commander Jack Aubrey sets sail for Australia on HMS Leopard - pursued by a powerful Dutch warship. Stars David Robb. Show more

Contributors

Jack Aubrey:
David Robb
Stephen Maturin:
Richard Dillane
Louisa Wogan:
Teresa Gallagher
Michael Herapath:
Samuel Barnett
Lt Pullings:
David Holt
Barratt Bonden:
Sam Dale
Preserved Killick:
Jon Glover
Sir Joseph Blaine:
Michael Bertenshaw
Peggy Barnes:
Hannah Wood
Josiah Plaice:
Lloyd Thomas
Director:
Bruce Young
Producer:
Bruce Young
Adaptor:
Roger Danes

Duration: 1 hour

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

Jack Aubrey is pursued by a Dutch warship whose 74 guns threaten to blow HMS Leopard out of the water. Starring David Robb. Show more

Contributors

Jack Aubrey:
David Robb
Stephen Maturin:
Richard Dillane
Louisa Wogan:
Teresa Gallagher
Michael Herapath:
Samuel Barnett
Barratt Bonden:
Sam Dale
Preserved Killick:
Jon Glover
Jedediah Wilbey:
Gerard McDermott
Josiah Plaice:
Lloyd Thomas
Sir Joseph Blaine:
Michael Bertenshaw
Director:
Bruce Young
Producer:
Bruce Young
Adaptor:
Roger Danes

Duration: 45 minutes

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

War hero Bernard Bottomly's three children expect to inherit his millions. But they are soon to discover that there are strings attached. Show more

Doctors

Series 17

Episode 39: C Pass

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Drama series set in a health centre. Al sees an old friend who is accused of sexual harassment by one of his pupils. Sid is in trouble with Zara again. Show more

Contributors

Dr Daniel Granger:
Matthew Chambers
Dr Zara Carmichael:
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh
Dr Emma Reid:
Dido Miles
Dr Al Haskey:
Ian Midlane
Ayesha Lee:
Laura Rollins
Howard Bellamy:
Ian Kelsey
Mrs Tembe:
Lorna Laidlaw
Rob Hollins:
Chris Walker
Dr Sid Vere:
Ashley Rice
Dr Felix Johansson:
Gerald Kyd
Melody Lang:
Marlene Madenge
David Golden:
Jonathan Tafler
Writer:
Kim Millar
Director:
Kate Saxon
Producer:
Peter Wild
Series Producer:
Mike Hobson
Series Producer:
Peter Eryl Lloyd

Drama on 4

Mark Burgess - Joan and the Baron

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra debut. An odd friendship forms when a French bon viveur invites an English left-wing theatre director to stay. Starring Eleanor Bron. Show more

Contributors

Joan Littlewood:
Eleanor Bron
Baron Philippe de Rothschild:
Michael Jayston
RADA Principal:
Jonathan Tafler
Director:
David Blount

Genres

Doctors

Series 24

Clinging On

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC One South East HD

Available for 6 months

Paige finds herself in trouble with Bear, while Zara and Suni get some good news. Ruhma helps a young woman reach an understanding with her controlling in-law.

Contributors

Nadia Feist:
Jenna Augen
Lori Feist:
Jan Goodman
Michael Feist:
Jonathan Tafler
Ruhma Carter:
Bharti Patel
Dr Zara Carmichael:
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh
Dr Al Haskey:
Ian Midlane
Dr Sid Vere:
Ashley Rice
Dr Suni Bulsara:
Rahul Arya
Luca McIntyre:
Ross McLaren
Bear Sylvester:
Dex Lee
Kirsty Millar:
Kiruna Stamell
Scarlett Kiernan:
Kia Pegg
Dr Michelle Walton:
Joanna Bending
Paige Popplewell:
Genevieve Lewis
Director:
Peter Fearon
Executive Producer:
Mike Hobson

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Series about a murder investigated by cops and criminals and the methods they use. The driver of Wratten's car is identified, and Gabriel and Joseph Bede want to get to him first. Show more

Contributors

Jonah Gabriel:
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Patterson:
Richard Lintern
Gatehouse:
Stephen Rea
Julie Bede:
Lesley Sharp
Jay Wratten:
Rafe Spall
Bulkat Babur:
Stanley Townsend
Maurice Crace:
Malcolm Storry
Segeant Foley:
David Schofield
Laura Gabriel:
Clare Calbraith
Andy Dixon:
Tobi Bakare
Forensic Officer:
Nadine Marshall
Julie's Nurse:
Anjela Lauren Smith
Dispatcher:
Mike Hayley
Turkish Man:
George Savvides
Mrs Dixon:
Sharon D Clarke
Duty Solicitor:
Tony Osoba
Surveillance Officer:
Joanne Adams
Marshall:
Samuel James
Writer:
Hugo Blick
Producer:
Johann Knobel
Producer:
Hugo Blick
Director:
Hugo Blick
Man in Lift:
Robin Griffith
Bob Harris:
Robert Pugh
Mr Delaney:
Ken Drury
Press Relations Officer:
Syreeta Kumar
Female Reporter:
Martha Cope
Mrs Delaney:
Joanna Bacon
Ross McGovern:
Tobias Menzies
Leonard Glickman:
Cavan Clerkin
Justice Dept Spokesman:
Nigel Hastings
Commander Khokar:
Ace Bhatti
Crime Scene Constable:
Nick Court
Julie's Doctor:
Badria Timimi
Constable Felix:
John Heffernan
TV Reporter:
Priyanga Burford
Bookkeeper:
Jonathan Tafler