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Drama on 4

Blithe Spirit

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

In a first for Radio 4, Ambridge's Queen of Am Dram, Lynda Snell, brings a ghostly chill to this year's Christmas production as she directs and stars in Coward's classic comedy. Show more

Contributors

Douglas Herrington/Charles:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Helen Archer/Ruth:
Louiza Patikas
Fallon Rogers/Elvira:
Joanna Van Kampen
Lynda Snell/Madame Arcati:
Carole Boyd
Oliver Sterling/Dr Bradman:
Michael Cochrane
Carol Tregorran/Mrs Bradman:
Eleanor Bron
Susan Carter/Edith:
Charlotte Martin
Director:
Sean O'Connor

Genres

Duration: 1 hour, 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

The story of a ship from its construction to its participation at Dunkirk and finally its sinking at the Battle of Crete. As the ship sinks, the crew remember their loved ones. Show more

Contributors

Captain 'D':
Noel Coward
O/S 'Shorty' Blake:
John Mills
Alix Kinross:
Celia Johnson
Mrs Hardy:
Joyce Carey
Freda Lewis:
Kay Walsh
Chief Petty Officer Walter Hardy:
Bernard Miles
Director:
Noel Coward
Director:
David Lean
Producer:
Noel Coward

Duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Star-studded adventure yarn following the travels of Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg as he attempts to circumnavigate the globe in only 80 days. Show more

Contributors

Phileas Fogg:
David Niven
Princess Aouda:
Shirley MacLaine
Passepartout:
Cantinflas
Inspector Fix:
Robert Newton
Denis Fallentin:
Trevor Howard
Andrew Stuart:
Finlay Currie
Mr Foster:
John Gielgud
Hesketh-Baggott, Employment Agent:
Noel Coward
Producer:
Michael Todd
Writer:
James Poe

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

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

A romantic comedy of manners, set in the 1920s, in which an Englishman marries a glamorous American (Jessica Biel) whose forthright manner disrupts his family's stuffy lifestyle. Show more

Contributors

Larita Whittaker:
Jessica Biel
Mr Whittaker:
Colin Firth
Mrs Whittaker:
Kristin Scott Thomas
John Whittaker:
Ben Barnes
Hilda Whittaker:
Kimberley Nixon
Marion Whittaker:
Katherine Parkinson
Sarah Hurst:
Charlotte Riley
Jackson:
Jim McManus
Lord Hurst:
Pip Torrens
Producer:
James Stern
Producer:
Joseph Abrams

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Playhouse

A Song at Twilight

Duration: 1 hour, 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 3 months

Enormously successful writer Sir Hugo Latymer has a tryst with the past not altogether to his liking.

Contributors

Carlotta Gray:
Deborah Kerr
Hugo Latymer :
Paul Scofield
Producer:
Rosemary Hill

Genres

Duration: 1 hour, 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 3 months

A mother and son face the truth about one another during a weekend house party in Noël Coward's brilliantly merciless portrait of the darker side of the Jazz Age.

Contributors

Florence Lancaster:
Margaret Leighton
David Lancaster:
Patrick Barr
Helen Saville:
Jennifer Daniel
Tom Veryan:
Barry Justice
Nicky Lancaster:
Richard Warwick
Bunty Mainwaring:
Felicity Gibson

Genres

Saturday Drama

Noel Coward - Present Laughter

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

By Noel Coward. Playwright and actor Garry Essendine's plans to leave on an African tour are complicated by romantic intrigue and obsessive fans. Show more

Contributors

Garry Essendine:
Samuel West
Roland Maule:
Freddie Fox
Liz Essendine:
Janie Dee
Daphne:
Lily James
Miss Erikson:
Hazel Ellerby
Lady Saltburn:
Sarah Badel

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