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Duration: 15 minutes

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

Series of short story poems, illustrated with sound and music. Spoken word artists Inua Ellams and Ross Sutherland take us into two very different worlds. Show more

From Fact to Fiction

Series 15

Episode 4: Morning

Duration: 13 minutes

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

As Geneva hosts the Syrian peace talks, Steve Waters' play is set in a lakeside city, where breakfast is a series of delicate negotiations for a young delegate who is running late. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In the first of a new series of illustrated story poems, spoken word artists Laura Dockrill and Polar Bear take us into two very different worlds. Show more

Verse Illustrated

Episode 3: A Valentine at Waterloo; A Hell of a Week

Duration: 13 minutes

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

Spoken word artists Salena Godden and Scroobius Pip take listeners into two very different worlds. Show more

Drama on 4

My Son the Doctor

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Based on the testimony of Fatima Khan, the real-life story of one mother's heroic journey to find and save her son, Dr Abbas Khan, from imprisonment in Damascus. Show more

Contributors

Fatima Khan:
Sudha Bhuchar
Abbas Khan:
Waleed Akhtar
Sara Khan:
Lara Sawalha
Afroze Khan:
Adam El Hagar
Shahnawaz Khan:
Amir El-Masry
FCO Official:
Badria Timimi

Genres

Drama on 4

The Deportation Room

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Hannah Khalil. Amira, a student in London, is taking some paintings to an exhibition back home in Gaza. But she cannot seem to get out of Cairo airport. Show more

Contributors

Passport Control Officer:
Robert Blythe
Security Policeman:
Ben Crowe
Egyptian Official:
Patrick Brennan
Guard:
Joe Sims
Woman 1:
Suzanna Nour
Woman 2:
Souad Faress
Director:
Mary Peate

Genres

Book of the Week

Where the Line is Drawn

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Raja Shehadeh, the award-winning Palestinian writer and lawyer, reflects on a friendship forged over 40 years across the Israel-Palestine border. Read by Peter Polycarpou. Show more

Book of the Week

Where the Line is Drawn

Episode 2

Duration: 14 minutes

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

Raja Shehadeh, the award-winning Palestinian writer and lawyer, visits Jaffa, the city from which his father was exiled. Read by Peter Polycarpou. Show more

Book of the Week

Where the Line is Drawn

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Raja Shehadeh, award-winning Palestinian writer and lawyer, recollects a humiliating search on his way home to Ramallah. Reader: Peter Polycarpou. Show more

Book of the Week

Where the Line is Drawn

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Raja Shehadeh, award-winning Palestinian writer and lawyer, finds that tense times lie ahead for him and Henry as the new millennium dawns. Read by Peter Polycarpou. Show more

Book of the Week

Where the Line is Drawn

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Raja Shehadeh, award-winning Palestinian writer, receives shocking news and arrives at a new understanding about the value of his friendship with Henry. Read by Peter Polycarpou. Show more

Saturday Drama

Classic Chandler

Episode 6: The High Window

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

When a rare gold coin is stolen, Mrs Murdoch hires private eye Philip Marlowe to find it. But he is soon caught in the crossfire of a family at war with itself. Stars Toby Stephens. Show more

Contributors

Philip Marlowe:
Toby Stephens
Mrs Murdoch:
Judy Parfitt
Merle Davis:
Jessica Raine
Leslie Murdoch:
Patrick Kennedy
Detective Breeze:
Joe Montana
Alex Nash:
Stuart Milligan
Linda Conquest:
Susie Riddell
Elisha Morningstar:
Peter Polycarpou
Apartment Manager:
Gerard McDermott
Lou Vannier:
Carl Prekopp
Lois Nash:
Alex Tregear
George Philips:
James Lailey
Mr Shaw:
Sean Baker
Delmar Hench:
Alun Raglan
Abridger:
Robin Brooks
Producer:
Claire Grove

Saturday Drama

Classic Chandler

Episode 7: The Little Sister

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Toby Stephens is Raymond Chandler's fast-talking private eye Philip Marlowe. Show more

Drama on 4

The Brick

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Rasha makes a frustrating and exhausting journey from her Palestinian town to Jerusalem. Along the way she discovers some painful truths, in Selma Dabbagh's compelling story. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Drama on 3

Jenny Lomas

Duration: 1 hour, 14 minutes

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

Available for years

David Eldridge's thriller examining the corrosive nature of paranoia, with Amanda Hale playing a solicitor involved in a case where none of the evidence adds up. Show more

Genres

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

DJ Asif drags Barry out to be his on-air posse in his Lake Vista Care Home radio show. Stars Adil Ray and Roy Hudd. From February 2014. Show more

Drama on 4

Pixie Juice

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Comic play by award-winning writer Ed Harris about sight, insight and magic, starring Indira Varma as a tattooist who finds herself in a fairytale - with real fairies. Show more

Fukushima

Fall of the Shah

Fall of the Shah: 1. An island of stability

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia

Available for 10 months

Something is coming. Can America's friendship with Iran survive? US President Jimmy Carter visits Tehran in December 1977. #FalloftheShah Show more

Contributors

President Carter:
Nathan Osgood
Zbigniew Brzezinski:
Sam Dale
William Sullivan:
Tony Turner
Farah Pahlavi:
Nathalie Armin
Rosalynn Carter:
Carolyn Pickles
Narrator:
Diana Rigg
Sound Designer:
Caleb Knightley
Director:
Marc Beeby
Producer:
Marc Beeby

Duration: 1 hour

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

Omar Yussef helps the chief of police in Nablus to solve the murder of a young Samaritan. Starring Peter Polycarpou. Show more

Foreign Bodies

The Bethlehem Murders

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. Schoolteacher Omar Yussef tries to clear a student falsely accused of murder in his hometown. Starring Peter Polycarpou. Show more

Contributors

Omar Yussef:
Peter Polycarpou
Habib Saba:
Vincent Ebrahim
Marwan Natsha:
Vincent Ebrahim
Khamis Zeydan:
Nabil Elouhabi
George Saba:
Zubin Varla
Dima Rahman:
Sirine Saba
Jihad Awdeh:
Selva Resalingham
Hussein Tamari:
Philip Arditti
Abu Jeriez:
Carlos Chahine
Director:
Mary Peate
Author:
Matt Rees