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Rumpole

Rumpole and the Old Boy Net

Duration: 44 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Rumpole's new pupil, Phillida Trant, causes trouble in a sordid little case of blackmail. Stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Jasmine Hyde and Nigel Anthony. Show more

Contributors

Erskine-Brown:
Nigel Anthony
Sir Cuthbert:
Ewan Bailey
Phillida Trant:
Cathy Sara
Judge Bullingham:
Stephen Critchlow
Stephen Lucas:
Stephen Critchlow
Director:
Marilyn Imrie

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Rumpole

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Rebecca misses her Dad. What if she could have him back as he was? Magical family comedy about dementia. Stars Raquel Cassidy. Show more

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Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Pursuing her missing sister into some uncharted planets, Ambassador B finds a world of constant war. Stars Fenella Woolgar. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. A man is presumed dead in a road accident but can Modesty get to the bottom of really went on? Starring Daphne Alexander. Show more

Contributors

Modesty Blaise:
Daphne Alexander
Willie Garvin:
Paul Bazely
Sir Gerald Tarrant:
Ian McNeice
Colonel Jim:
Ewan Bailey
Lady Janet:
Sara Markland
Quinn:
John Ramm
Director:
Kate McAll
Adaptor:
Stef Penney

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Modesty finds an injured man on a cliff ledge. Was he a witness to Sir Gerald's demise? Starring Daphne Alexander. Show more

Contributors

Modesty Blaise:
Daphne Alexander
Willie Garvin:
Paul Bazely
Sir Gerald Tarrant:
Ian McNeice
Colonel Jim:
Ewan Bailey
Lady Janet:
Sara Markland
Quinn:
John Ramm
Director:
Kate McAll
Adaptor:
Stef Penney

Duration: 15 minutes

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

A man is missing, presumed dead, after going off a cliff. A bombshell about his driver helps Quinn’s memory. Stars Paul Bazely. Show more

Contributors

Modesty Blaise:
Daphne Alexander
Willie Garvin:
Paul Bazely
Sir Gerald Tarrant:
Ian McNeice
Colonel Jim:
Ewan Bailey
Lady Janet:
Sara Markland
Quinn:
John Ramm
Director:
Kate McAll
Adaptor:
Stef Penney

Duration: 15 minutes

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

A suspicious accident and an unlikely blackmail scam involving fake nuns, lead to a shocking discovery. Stars Paul Bazely. Show more

Contributors

Modesty Blaise:
Daphne Alexander
Willie Garvin:
Paul Bazely
Sir Gerald Tarrant:
Ian McNeice
Colonel Jim:
Ewan Bailey
Lady Janet:
Sara Markland
Quinn:
John Ramm
Director:
Kate McAll
Adaptor:
Stef Penney

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Modesty and Willie plan an escape using a false leg and engine grease and Sexton must be finally confronted. Stars Ewan Bailey. Show more

Contributors

Modesty Blaise:
Daphne Alexander
Willie Garvin:
Paul Bazely
Sir Gerald Tarrant:
Ian McNeice
Colonel Jim:
Ewan Bailey
Lady Janet:
Sara Markland
Quinn:
John Ramm
Director:
Kate McAll
Adaptor:
Stef Penney

15 Minute Drama

Pepys: After the Fire

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

As the Great Fire of London in 1666 smoulders, Samuel Pepys remembers the homeless camped out on Moorfields. With Kris Marshall. Show more

Contributors

Samuel Pepys:
Kris Marshall
Elizabeth Pepys:
Katherine Jakeways
Mary Skinner:
Eiry Thomas
John Evelyn:
Mathew Baynton
King Charles II:
Ewan Bailey
Director:
Kate McAll

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Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Joseph Wilde. Unsettling drama set in the near future. When a couple discover that they cannot have a healthy baby naturally, Zenith Genomics seems to offer the solution. Show more

15 Minute Drama

How to Survive the Roman Empire, by Pliny and Me

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Despite not believing in such things, Pliny has fallen in love at first sight. Meanwhile, Doris makes a surprising confession. By Hattie Naylor. Show more

Drama on 4

The Trials of CB King

Episode 1

Duration: 45 minutes

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

African-American lawyer, CB King, takes on the violence and bigotry of the southern states of America in the battle for civil rights in the 1960s. First of two true stories. Show more

Contributors

CB King:
Leo Wringer
Bobby Peel:
Tom Forrister
Slater King:
Steve Toussaint
Carol King:
Cecilia Noble
Marion King:
Saffron Coomber
Charlie Ware:
Ammar Duffus
Reverend Boyy:
Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Chief Pritchett:
Ewan Bailey
Sheriff 'Gator' Johnson:
David Schaal
Senator Peel:
Sean Murray
Mrs Peel:
Emma Handy
Sheriff Matthews:
David Seddon
Frank Jones:
Ryan Whittle
The Doctor:
Lewis Bray
Director:
Marc Beeby

Genres

Drama on 4

The Trials of CB King

Episode 2

Duration: 45 minutes

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

African-American lawyer, CB King, takes on the violence and bigotry of the southern states of America in the battle for civil rights in the 1960s. Second of two true stories. Show more

Contributors

CB King:
Leo Wringer
Bobby Peel:
Tom Forrister
Slater King:
Steve Toussaint
Carol King:
Cecilia Noble
Marion King:
Saffron Coomber
Charlie Ware:
Ammar Duffus
Reverend Boyy:
Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Chief Pritchett:
Ewan Bailey
Sheriff 'Gator' Johnson:
David Schaal
Senator Peel:
Sean Murray
Mrs Peel:
Emma Handy
Sheriff Matthews:
David Seddon
Frank Jones:
Ryan Whittle
The Doctor:
Lewis Bray
Director:
Marc Beeby

Genres

Drama on 4

Graham Greene: The Honorary Consul

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. The son of a missing political prisoner is lured into collusion with a defrocked priest in a kidnap plot. Stars Matthew Marsh. Show more

Drama on 4

Graham Greene: The Honorary Consul

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

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

Plarr's aim to help Charley gets him death threats from the police, as his past closes in on him. Stars Geoffrey Streatfeild. Show more

Drama on 3

King Lear

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

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

Available for years

When better than now to make a drama about 'the division of the kingdom'? Shakespeare's great tragedy headed by Ian McDiarmid as Lear and Bill Paterson as Gloucester. Show more

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Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Everyone's feeling the strain of the situation. A beautifully observed account of a family in meltdown starring Justin Salinger. Show more

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for 2 months

Unable to have a healthy child naturally, a couple hope a bespoke baby is the solution. Stars Laura dos Santos. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

A tough situation and Ailsa in particular struggles to accept that her daughter will never recover. Starring Sharon Small. Show more

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 43: 11-15 January 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

In the week when the Welsh and Scottish Trades Unions voted to oppose conscription, there is pressure at the Bevan to return more wounded men to duty. Show more

Contributors

Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Alphonse Duvall:
Matthew Juul
Anna White:
Amelia Lowdell
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Dr Henry Streatfield:
Chris Pavlo
Emile Tourte:
Stephane Cornicard
Eric Morton:
Paul Rainbow
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Ivor Davies:
Alun Raglan
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Len Reeves:
Darren Swift
Lilian Frost:
Alex Tregear
Nancy Parker:
Jane Whittenshaw
Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Roland Pemble:
Jack Holden
Ruby Tulliver:
Martine McCutcheon
Ruth Billings:
Katie Redford
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Winifred Dinsdale:
Alice Lowe
Anna White:
Amelia Lowdell
Auctioneer:
Gerard McDermott
Mr Martindale:
Ewan Bailey

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