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Tommies

14 October 1914

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Walter Oddy, wounded in action, is among thousands arriving today at the hospitals in Boulogne. Among so many casualties - will there be time to save one life? Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Celestine de Tullio:
Pippa Nixon
Marjorie Blaikeley:
Elaine Claxton
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Captain George:
Clive Hayward
Cyril Walton:
Scott Arthur
Walter Oddy:
Tony Pitts
Sergeant:
David Cann
Producer:
David Hunter

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Tommies

Tommies

27 April 1915

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Under the constant threat of gas attack in La Brique, just north of Ypres, Mickey Bliss and his signals colleagues try to work out why the enemy are always one step ahead. Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Pavan Jodha:
Rudi Dharmalingam
Ahmadullah Khan:
Danny Rahim
Pillow Wallah:
Mark Edel-Hunt
Leonie Vergeron:
Aurelie Amblard
Officer:
Damian Lynch
Gilbert Grosse:
Matthew Watson
Signaller:
Neet Mohan
Producer:
David Hunter
Director:
David Hunter

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Tommies

The Barchester Chronicles

Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers

Episode 2: Things Unsaid

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Will the archdeacon's new vicar of St Ewold's be a challenge to the slippery chaplain, Obidiah Slope? From February 2014. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Baxter:
Maggie Steed
Mr Harding:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Eleanor Bold:
Claire Price
Mr Arabin:
Steve Toussaint
Archdeacon Grantly:
Malcolm Sinclair
Obidiah Slope:
Richard Lumsden
Madeline Neroni:
Katherine Parkinson
Mrs Proudie:
Joanna Monro
Bishop Proudie:
James Lailey
Mrs Quiverful:
Carolyn Pickles
Mr Quiverful:
John Norton

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The Barchester Chronicles

Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers

Episode 3: Games at Ullathorne

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Miss Thorne organises a summer fete for Barchester and then develops a cunning plan for Eleanor. Starring Tim Piggott-Smith and Una Stubbs. From February 2014. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Baxter:
Maggie Steed
Mr Harding:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Archdeacon Grantly:
Malcolm Sinclair
Miss Thorne:
Una Stubbs
Eleanor Bold:
Claire Price
Obidiah Slope:
Richard Lumsden
Madeline Neroni:
Katherine Parkinson
Mr Arabin:
Steve Toussaint
Bishop Proudie:
James Lailey
Mrs Proudie:
Joanna Monro
Bertie Stanhope:
Joel MacCormack
Servant:
John Norton
Lady deCourcy:
Carolyn Pickles

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Drama on 4

On Mardle Fen

Series 5

Part 3: At the Dawning

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Nick Warburton. Comedy drama set in the Cambridgeshire Fens. It has been raining for weeks, and the river has risen to danger level. Show more

Drama on 4

On Mardle Fen

Series 5

Part 4: Dillie's Day

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Polish waitress Zofia has a surprise communication from her brother, who is coming to Britain for a short visit. Show more

Drama on 4

The People's Passion

Episode 1: Coming to Jerusalem

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Monday morning. Ellen is in early, looking for peace. Paul is at the gates, refusing to pay. Is the cathedral concentrating on the right things? Show more

Drama on 4

The People's Passion

Episode 2: Betrayal

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Callum has no job and nothing to fill his days, but he loves to sing in the cathedral's voluntary choir. Who would dream of stopping him? Show more

Drama on 4

The People's Passion

Episode 3: Last Supper

Duration: 45 minutes

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

When the cathedral's Vice Dean Clive invites his girlfriend to tea, and verger Graham is bullied into feeding a troublesome visitor, neither man knows quite what he is in store for. Show more

Drama on 4

The People's Passion

Episode 4: Trial

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Who are all the statues in the cathedral? Who remembers all the people named on the monuments? And why are there empty spaces? When Samir comes to the cathedral, he finds out why. Show more

Drama on 4

The People's Passion

Episode 5: The Road to Emmaus

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Nick Warburton. Good Friday is a big day for Robert, the cathedral's director of music. And despite his attempts to clear his mind, it all keeps going out of kilter. Show more

Drama on 4

On Mardle Fen

Series 5

Part 1: Talk to the Bones

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Nick Warburton. Warwick dreams of expansion. He gets it into his head that they should have a covered area built on the side of the restaurant with romantic views over the river. Show more

Contributors

Warwick Hedges:
Trevor Peacock
Jack Hedges:
Sam Dale
Marcia Hedges:
Kate Buffery
Samuel:
John Rowe
Bernard:
Ben Crowe
Director:
Claire Grove

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Drama on 4

On Mardle Fen

Series 5

Part 2: According to Ditcher

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Nick Warburton. It's a full moon, and no-one is sleeping on Mardle Fen. Samuel is reminded of an ancient fenland story, and Marcia has something on her mind. Show more

Drama on 4

Ten Lessons in Love

Duration: 45 minutes

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

An eclectic mix of writers, including Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Tim Key, Josie Long and Nick Warburton, provide ten very different perspectives on love. Show more

Drama on 4

Nick Warburton - Not Bobby

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Frank's new pet rabbit Bobby starts causing an unexpected stir at home. Satire on the education system. Stars Mackenzie Crook, Emerald O'Hanrahan, Kate Layden, Tessa Nicholson. Show more

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Drama on 4

Available Means

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Nick Warburton. Poet David witnesses the dark underbelly of an East European city and is forced, at a lecture he gives, to choose his words particularly carefully. Show more

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Drama on 3

A Play for the Heart: The Death of Shakespeare

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Robert Lindsay, Oliver Chris and Gwilym Lee star in Nick Warburton's new play re-imagining Shakespeare's last day. What do his visitors want? And who is the man with bloody hands? Show more

Contributors

William Shakespeare:
Robert Lindsay
John Fletcher:
Oliver Chris
William Harvey:
Gwilym Lee
Unnamed gentleman:
James Lailey
Susanna Hall:
Nicola Ferguson
John Hall:
Nick Underwood
Hamnet:
Sam Bough

Genres

Drama on 4

Graham Greene - The Power and the Glory

1. On The Run

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. Tabasco, Mexico, 1930s: The last priest is on the run from the authorities who execute any priests they find. Stars Stephen Rea. Show more

Contributors

The Whisky Priest:
Stephen Rea
The Lieutenant:
Hugo Speer
The Narrator:
Danny Sapani
The Chief of Police:
Brian Protheroe
Luis's mother:
Nicola Ferguson
Padre Jose:
Sean Baker
Beggar:
Sean Baker
Jose's Wife:
Adie Allen
Grandmother:
Elizabeth Bennett
Captain Fellows:
Nick Underwood
The Governor's Cousin:
Nick Underwood
The Mestizo:
Jason Barnett
Brigitta:
Amy Jayne
Director:
Emma Harding

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Tommies

23 June 1916

Duration: 45 minutes

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

On a morale-boosting tour in the Somme valley, a celebrity poet and priest arrives to perform his verse. But are inspirational speeches what the Kenny and his pals really need? Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Canon Robertson:
James Lailey
Kenny Stokoe:
Dean Logan
Joseph Gascoigne:
Neil Grainger
Francis Woodrington:
Nick Underwood
Juma Gubanda:
John Macmillan
Ivor Gurney:
Joe Sims
Producer:
David Hunter

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