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Yes, Minister

Series 3

Episode 1: Equal Opportunities

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Sitcom about a British government minister and the manipulative civil service advisers who surround him. Jim wants to see more women in higher posts.

Contributors

Jim Hacker:
Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley:
Derek Fowlds
Undersecretary Sarah Harrison:
Eleanor Bron
Sir Arnold Robinson:
John Nettleton
Annie Hacker:
Diana Hoddinott
Sir Bill:
Peter Howell
Sir Peter:
Jeffrey Segal
Writer:
Antony Jay

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Drama starring Helena Bonham-Carter, Olivia Williams and Paul Bettany. In 1930s London, the affair between a man and his wife's sister has repercussions throughout all their lives. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Restored version of the eccentric Beatles film. After unwittingly putting on a ceremonial ring, Ringo becomes the intended sacrifice of a cult. Featuring Help! and Ticket to Ride. Show more

Contributors

Casualty 1909

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

A scandal brews as Nurse Goodley suspects that Mr Dean is ignoring the terrible side-effects of a new anaesthetic. Must she risk everything and turn whistleblower? Show more

Contributors

Ada Russell:
Sarah Smart
Dr Millais Culpin:
William Houston
Sydney Holland:
Nicholas Farrell
Hurry Fenwick:
David Troughton
Ethel Bennett:
Charity Wakefield
Laura Goodley:
Lydia Leonard
Henry Dean:
Paul Hilton
Henry Head:
Anton Lesser
Dr Harry Ingrams:
Tom Hughes
Producer:
Bryn Higgins
Director:
Bryn Higgins
Mr Morris:
Andrew Readman
Sister Spencer:
Rebecca Johnson
Miss De Burgh:
Eleanor Bron
Teenage Girl:
Grace Cassidy
Mrs Anderson:
Imogen Bain
Frederick Smith:
Kenneth Colley
Police Constable:
John Hollingworth
Goldberg's Father:
Philip Cox
Goldberg:
Iain McKee
Mr Lawrence:
William Ilkley
The Duchess:
Jodi Herbert
Hospital Steward:
Eamon Geoghegan
1st Student:
John Heffernan

Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

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

Dancing drama with George Sampson and Charlotte Rampling. A London dance crew must learn to work with a team of ballet dancers in order to win the UK Street Dance Championships. Show more

Contributors

Mr Harding:
Patrick Baladi
Dance Crew:
Flawless
Dance Crew:
Diversity
Madame Fleurie:
Eleanor Bron
Director:
Max Giwa
Producer:
Allan Niblo

Genres

Formats

Duration: 2 hours, 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Powerful adaptation of the classic DH Lawrence novel, set in the West Midlands in the 1920s, about the intertwined lives of two strong-willed sisters. Show more

With Great Pleasure

Hannah Gordon

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Actress Hannah Gordon chooses her favourite readings, including Grenfell, Coward and Cope. With readers Michael Pennington and Eleanor Bron. Show more

Saturday Drama

Jake Liebowitz: A Life in Film

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

By Frederic Raphael. Drama charting the auteur film director's long career following his mysterious disappearance. Show more

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

Classic Serial

Dostoyevsky - The Russian Gambler

Episode 2

Duration: 58 minutes

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

A hapless piano tutor is drawn into the high-stakes world of a Russian oligarch on the verge of bankruptcy. Stars Matthew Marsh. Show more

Duration: 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Mark Gatiss adapts the chilling ghost story by MR James. A young student is drawn into a family feud when a relative comes to find a particular book at his university. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Simpson:
Louise Jameson
Garrett:
Sacha Dhawan
Miss Chambers:
Una Stubbs
John Eldred:
John Castle
George Earle:
Nicholas Burns
Mrs Goundry:
Eleanor Bron
Anne Simpson:
Charlie Clemmow
Producer:
Susie Liggat
Director:
Mark Gatiss

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. An envelope marked 'Don't throw away'. Intrigued, poet Pam Zinnemann-Hope begins researching her parents' love story. Stars Emma Fielding. From January 2014. Show more

Contributors

Oma Leah:
Eleanor Bron
Grossma Hertha:
Susan Engel
Grossvater Erich:
Timothy Morand
Officer:
Sean Baker
Russian Translator:
Dolya Gavanski
Little Pam:
Eliza Rayner

Genres

The Archers

15/08/2014

Duration: 13 minutes

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

Jennifer celebrates the kitchen, and Fallon and Burns have an unexpected encounter. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Sean O'Connor
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
David Archer:
Tim Bentinck
Ben Archer:
Thomas Lester
Tony Archer:
David Troughton
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
Matt Crawford:
Kim Durham
Shula Hebden Lloyd:
Judy Bennett
Jim Lloyd:
John Rowe
Adam Macy:
Andrew Wincott
Jazzer McCreary:
Ryan Kelly
Elizabeth Pargetter:
Alison Dowling
Freddie Pargetter:
Jack Firth
Fallon Rogers:
Joanna Van Kampen
Robert Snell:
Graham Blockey
Rob Titchener:
Timothy Watson
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Vicky Tucker:
Rachel Atkins
Roy Tucker:
Ian Pepperell
Peggy Woolley:
June Spencer
Charlie Thomas:
Felix Scott
Harrison Burns:
James Cartwright
Carol Treggoran:
Eleanor Bron

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

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

There is bad news for Loxfest, and Mike cannot believe what Vicky is saying. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Sean O'Connor
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
David Archer:
Tim Bentinck
Ben Archer:
Thomas Lester
Tony Archer:
David Troughton
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
Matt Crawford:
Kim Durham
Shula Hebden Lloyd:
Judy Bennett
Jim Lloyd:
John Rowe
Adam Macy:
Andrew Wincott
Jazzer McCreary:
Ryan Kelly
Elizabeth Pargetter:
Alison Dowling
Freddie Pargetter:
Jack Firth
Fallon Rogers:
Joanna Van Kampen
Robert Snell:
Graham Blockey
Rob Titchener:
Timothy Watson
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Vicky Tucker:
Rachel Atkins
Roy Tucker:
Ian Pepperell
Peggy Woolley:
June Spencer
Charlie Thomas:
Felix Scott
PC Harrison Burns:
James Cartwright
Carol Treggoran:
Eleanor Bron

Woman's Hour

Ursula Le Guin; Holiday hunger; Meeting Dora Black; Women Mormons

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Presenting the female perspective. In a series on classic feminist literature, Jenni Murray re-examines Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Parker
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Inglis-Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Don Shaw
Interviewed Guest:
Eleanor Bron
Producer:
Cecile Wright

Duration: 30 minutes

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

A dying woman confesses a terrible secret about a 'pale horse' to her priest, giving him a list of names as she does so, but the priest dies before we can find out any more. Show more

Contributors

Mark Easterbrook:
Jason Hughes
Inspector Lejeune:
Michael Bertenshaw
Osborne:
Ron Cook
Mrs Davis:
Jane Slavin
Thomasina:
Georgie Fuller
Director:
Mary Peate

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Despite his girlfriend's irritation, historian Mark Easterbrook can't resist looking into the recent deaths. Show more

Contributors

Mark Easterbrook:
Jason Hughes
Inspector Lejeune:
Michael Bertenshaw
Osborne:
Ron Cook
Mrs Davis:
Jane Slavin
Thomasina:
Georgie Fuller
Director:
Mary Peate

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Mark Easterbrook has teamed up with Ginger in order to discover who is at the bottom of the recent spate of mysterious deaths. And they think they have found the perfect plan. Show more

Contributors

Mark Easterbrook:
Jason Hughes
Inspector Lejeune:
Michael Bertenshaw
Osborne:
Ron Cook
Mrs Davis:
Jane Slavin
Mrs Tuckerton:
Jane Slavin
Director:
Mary Peate

The Archers

26/09/2014

Duration: 13 minutes

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

Roy is determined, and Freddie has got news for Phoebe. Show more

Contributors

Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
David Archer:
Tim Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Kenton Archer:
Richard Attlee
Tony Archer:
David Troughton
Helen Archer:
Louiza Patikas
Phoebe Aldridge:
Lucy Morris
Lilian Bellamy:
Sunny Ormonde
Usha Franks:
Souad Faress
Ed Grundy:
Barry Farrimond
Shula Hebden Lloyd:
Judy Bennett
Adam Macy:
Andrew Wincott
Elizabeth Pargetter:
Alison Dowling
Freddie Pargetter:
Jack Firth
Fallon Rogers:
Joanna Van Kampen
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Oliver Sterling:
Michael Cochrane
Caroline Sterling:
Sara Coward
Rob Titchener:
Timothy Watson
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Roy Tucker:
Ian Pepperell
Hayley Tucker:
Lorraine Coady
Peggy Woolley:
June Spencer
Johnny Richards:
Tom Gibbons
PC Harrison Burns:
James Cartwright
Leonie Snell:
Jasmine Hyde
Carol Treggoran:
Eleanor Bron
Charlie Thomas:
Felix Scott