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The Stanley Baxter Playhouse

Series 5

Episode 3: The Spider

Duration: 30 minutes

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

By Rona Munro. At last! The truth of Robert the Bruce's spider encounter, on the eve of battle with the English. With Hugh Ross. From January 2013. Show more

The Great Scott

Series 3

Episode 1: Heart of Midlothian

Duration: 58 minutes

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

A trial for child murder and a heroine who stops at nothing to undo the damage her virtue has done. Starring Joanne Cummins. Show more

Contributors

Sir Walter Scott:
David Tennant
Jenny Dean:
Joanne Cummins
Reuben Butler:
Brian Ferguson
George Staunton:
Mark Bonnar
Defending Council:
Mark Bonnar
Meg Murdockson:
Caroline Guthrie
Queen Caroline:
Caroline Guthrie
Madge Wildfire:
Lynsey-Anne Moffat
Dumbiedykes:
Christian Rodska
The Magistrate:
Hugh Ross
Duke of Argylle:
Forbes Masson
Effy Dean:
Alice Simone
King's Mistress:
Alice Simone
Adaptor:
Mike Harris
Director:
Clive Brill
Producer:
Clive Brill

Genres

Rab C Nesbitt

Series 10

Episode 2: Fugue

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Comedy featuring Scotland's string-vested, beer-guzzling sage. Mary and Ella form a girl band, while Rab and Jamesie set up as sexy male cleaners for bored housewives. Show more

Contributors

Rab C Nesbitt:
Gregor Fisher
Mary Nesbitt:
Elaine C Smith
Jamesie Cotter:
Tony Roper
Ella Cotter:
Barbara Rafferty
Producer:
Colin Gilbert
Director:
Colin Gilbert
Camille:
Cora Bissett
Ramsey:
Hugh Ross
Herself:
Susan Boyle

Abdication

1. The King's Matter

Duration: 44 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Two men are determined to persuade the King from a marriage they feel isn’t only unsuitable but also wrong. Stars Jim Broadbent. Show more

Contributors

Stanley Baldwin:
Jim Broadbent
Cosmo Lang:
Hugh Ross
Lord Beaverbrook:
Mark Straker
Edward VIII:
Anthony Calf

Genres

Mythos

1. Mythos

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. A conspiracy theory podcaster goes in search of the legendary East Anglian beast, Black Shuck. Stars Nicola Walker. Show more

Genres

Series

Mythos

Saturday Drama

These Are the Times

Episode 1: Common Sense

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Penniless, Paine arrives in America as the struggle for independence is beginning. His ideas and writings are immediately embraced and his words are read out to Washington's army. Show more

Contributors

Tom Paine:
Jonathan Pryce
Benjamin Franklin:
Alan Howard
Gouverneur Morris:
Robert Glenister
Marthe Daley:
Kelly Hunter
Washington:
Philip Jackson
Rittenhouse:
Jack Shepherd
Sam Adams:
Paul Jesson
Lafayette:
John McAndrew
Mrs Downey:
Marcella Riordan
House Speaker:
Hugh Ross
Director:
Clive Brill

Saturday Drama

These Are the Times

Episode 2: Age of Reason

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Tom Paine is again embroiled in revolution, this time in France. During the Terror his best efforts for the new Republic put him in prison, and American help is a long time coming. Show more

Contributors

Tom Paine:
Jonathan Pryce
Gouverneur Morris:
Robert Glenister
Short:
Will Keen
Lafayette:
John McAndrew
Edmund Burke:
Paul Jesson
Bancal:
Hugh Ross
Clio Rickman:
Jack Shepherd
Sally Hemmings:
Clare Perkins
Director:
Clive Brill

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse

Series 6

The Showman

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Edinburgh, 1561: Murdo and his Merry May Dancers try to please the Queen and keep in with John Knox. With Hugh Ross. From 2014. Show more

Contributors

Murdo Fletcher:
Stanley Baxter
Mary Queen of Scots:
Tracy Wiles
Margaret:
Tracy Wiles
Chronicler:
Hugh Ross
Lord Melville:
Hugh Ross
Writer:
Rona Munro
Director:
Marilyn Imrie

The Great Scott

Series 2

The Bride

Duration: 1 hour

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

The Ashtons and Ravenswoods have long been enemies. But can love bring the warring families together? Starring David Tennant. Show more

Contributors

Edgar Ravenswood:
Roshan Rohatgi
Sir Walter Ashton:
Hugh Ross
Lady Ashton:
Maureen Beattie
Lucy Ashton:
Joanne Cummins
Frank Hayston:
Drew Cain
Craigengelt:
Robert Hudson
The Marquis of Hamilton:
Bryan Larkin
Old Ravenswood:
Bryan Larkin
Ailsie Gourley:
Beth Tuckey
Walter Scott:
David Tennant
Producer:
Clive Brill
Director:
Clive Brill
Adaptor:
Mike Harris

Drama on 3

Arms and the Man

Duration: 2 hours

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

By George Bernard Shaw. Romantic comedy exploring the ideals and realities of war, hypocrisy and nationalism. With Rory Kinnear, Lydia Leonard and Tom Mison. Show more

Contributors

Captain Bluntschli:
Rory Kinnear
Raina Petkoff:
Lydia Leonard
Major Sergius Saranoff:
Tom Mison
Major Petkoff:
Hugh Ross
Catherine Petkoff:
Frances Jeater
Major Plechanoff:
Roger May
Director:
David Timson

Legit

Episode 5: Danny, Champion of the World

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland

Available for years

While Fox fits a security system for a familiar face, Danny is enamoured by his mother's new man - can Danny mould him into the perfect partner?

Contributors

Series

Legit

Drama

Billy Ruffian

Duration: 44 minutes

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

By Lisa Osborne. The ship that captured Napoleon and the unlikely friendship the Corsican struck up with her crew. Show more

Contributors

Bertrand:
Adam James
Madame Bertrand:
Emerald O'Hanrahan
Baker Hawkins:
Sam Dale
Lord Liverpool:
Hugh Ross
Director:
Lisa Osborne
Producer:
Karen Rose

Genres

Brand

Drama

Drama on 4

Mandrake

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Irene threatens her neighbour when he suggests cutting down a tree. Her social worker Ruth is intrigued. Stars Sara Kestelman. Show more

Psychoville

Series 2

Episode 6

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Surreal comedy series. The secret of the missing locket is finally exposed and the enormity of what is at stake revealed. But are there enough characters left alive to care?

Contributors

Grace Andrews:
Imelda Staunton
Detective Finney:
Mark Bonnar
Jennifer:
Stacy Liu
Sister Abigail:
Jenny Howe
London Man:
Alex Morgan
Peter Bishop:
Jason Watkins
David Sowerbutts:
Steve Pemberton
Jeremy Goode:
Reece Shearsmith
Policeman:
Marcus Garvey
Vicar:
Hugh Ross
Ehrlichmann:
Steve Pemberton
Maureen Sowerbutts:
Reece Shearsmith
Director:
Matt Lipsey
Producer:
Justin Davies
Executive Producer:
Jon Plowman

Genres

The Great Scott

Series 1

The Fair Maid of Perth

Duration: 1 hour

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

Pursued by suitors, a beautiful glover's daughter struggles to survive in lawless 14th-century Scotland. Stars David Tennant. Show more

Contributors

Catherine Glover:
Morven Christie
Her father:
Hugh Ross
Henry Smith:
Bryan Larkin
King Robert:
Clive Russell
The Earl of March:
Kenneth Cranham
Oliver Proudfoot:
Forbes Masson
Conachar:
Callum O'Neil
Louise the Minstrel:
Olivia Morgan
A citizen:
Richard Hansell
Walter Scott:
David Tennant
Producer:
Clive Brill
Director:
Clive Brill

Genres

Drama on 4

Robert Louis Stevenson: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Neil Brand's fast-moving version of Robert Louis Stevenson's disturbing tale of a scientist who experiments on himself to release the uncontrollable dark side of his personality. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Tennant
Henry Jekyll:
Stuart McQuarrie
Edward Hyde:
John Dougall
Lorna Utterson:
Madeleine Worrall
Arthur Utterson:
Hugh Ross
Christabel Campbell:
Catriona McFarlane
George Denman:
Nick Underwood
Sir James Ransome:
David Sterne
Arthur Kincaid:
John Bowler
Craig Dennistoun:
Kenny Blyth
Sir Danvers Carew:
Michael Bertenshaw
Mrs McNair:
Karen Bartke
Lady Caroline:
Natasha Cowley
Director:
David Hunter
Adaptor:
Neil Brand

Genres

Drama on 3

The Deep Blue Sea

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

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

A new adaptation of Terence Rattigan's celebrated play. It is post-war Britain around 1950 and Hester Collyer has left her husband, an eminent judge, to be with an ex-RAF pilot. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Elton:
Auriol Smith
Philip Welch:
Joseph Kloska
Ann Welch:
Joannah Tinsey
Hester Collyer:
Carolyn Pickles
Mr Miller:
Hugh Ross
William Collyer:
Anton Lesser
Freddie Page:
Tom Mison
Jackie Jackson:
Adrian Grove
Director:
David Timson

McLevy

Series 11

Episode 2: The Seventh Veil

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for years

Chief Constable Murray Craddock is outraged when an exotic dancer arrives in Leith. But it is all part of Jean Brash's plans to repay some old debts. Show more

Contributors

McLevy:
Brian Cox
Logan Hamilton:
Derek Riddell
Craddock:
David Robb
Ewart Buckler:
Hugh Ross
Jed Gilmour:
Brian Ferguson
Cammie Fraser:
Matt McClure
Director:
Bruce Young
Producer:
Bruce Young

Genres

Duration: 1 hour, 17 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One EastLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Badly beaten Zaafir (Omar Berdouni) is discovered at Heathrow with harrowing recollections of having been transported to an unknown country where he was tortured for information. Show more

Contributors

Interrogator:
Andy Serkis
Solicitor:
Hugh Ross
Sergei Illyich:
Nick Bartlett
Interrogator's Colleague:
Munir Khairdin