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Duration: 15 minutes

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

Zoe and Jack's time together is running out, but for Louise things are about to change in an unexpectedly happy way. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Polly, Louise and Hugo find that telling people about your love does not always produce the results you would like. Show more

Drama on 4

Wilkie Collins - The Haunted Hotel

Duration: 1 hour

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

1860: Countess Narona is left a fortune when her rich husband dies. Years later an apparition wants revenge. Stars Harry Lloyd. Show more

Contributors

Adaptor:
Rod Beacham
Henry Westwick:
Harry Lloyd
Agnes Lockwood:
Jasmine Hyde
Countess Narona:
Adjoa Andoh
Francis Westwick:
Simon Bubb
Suzannah Westwick:
Katherine Igoe
Emily Ferrari:
Alex Rivers
Doctor Wybrow:
Gerard McDermott
Carstairs:
James Lailey
Doctor Bruno:
Rod Beacham
Director:
Bruce Young
Producer:
Bruce Young

Drama on 4

The Lesson

Duration: 44 minutes

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

James, a former teacher, is publicising his latest novel, but an ex-pupil has issues with his version of the story. An explosive drama by Virginia Gilbert. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Heroes and Villains

Episode 6: Richard the Lionheart

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Drama-documentary about Richard the Lionheart. Was he the heroic warrior of Robin Hood? Or was he just a thug who looted the Holy Land? This film suggests that he was neither. Show more

Contributors

Richard the Lionheart:
Steven Waddington
Earl of Leicester:
Leon Ockenden
Saladin:
Andy Lucas
Al Aldin:
Silas Carson

The Hollow Crown

Series 1

Episode 2: Henry IV - Part 1

Duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 4 months

When King Henry is threatened by rebellion led by Hotspur, his dissolute son Prince Hal must join him to defeat the rebels and fight Hotspur in single combat. Show more

Contributors

Henry IV:
Jeremy Irons
Prince Hal:
Tom Hiddleston
Mistress Quickly:
Julie Walters
Northumberland:
Alun Armstrong
Kate Percy:
Michelle Dockery
Bardolph:
Tom Georgeson
Worcester:
David Hayman
Westmoreland:
James Laurenson
Mortimer:
Harry Lloyd
Doll Tearsheet:
Maxine Peake
Glendower:
Robert Pugh
Lady Mortimer:
Alex Clatworthy
Lancaster:
Henry Faber
Vernon:
Mark Tandy
Coleville:
Dominic Rowan
Sheriff:
John Ashton
Hotspur's Servant:
Jim Bywater
Director:
Richard Eyre

Drama on 3

The Dark Tower

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

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

A new production of Louis MacNeice's iconic radio play The Dark Tower, with Benjamin Britten's original music. Recorded under the tower of Orford Church with a live audience. Show more

Contributors

Sergeant-Trumpeter:
Jude Akuwudike
Tutor/Steward:
Adrian Scarborough
Blind Peter:
Nicholas Murchie
Priest/Officer/Stentor:
Sam Dale
Barmaid/Clock Voice:
Georgie Glen
Young Roland:
William Gidney
Director:
Robin Brooks

Genres

Drama on 4

John Osborne's Luther

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. A look inside the mind of the profound believer in the church's teachings who ended up challenging them all. Stars Harry Lloyd. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for years

Lavish adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel. Pip starts his new life as a gentleman in London, quickly acquiring expensive tastes and mounting debts. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Brian Kirk
Producer:
George Ormond
Abel Magwitch:
Ray Winstone
Miss Havisham:
Gillian Anderson
Jaggers:
David Suchet
Anxious Man:
Michael Colgan
Wemmick:
Paul Ritter
Herbert Pocket:
Harry Lloyd
Compeyson:
Paul Rhys
Joe Gargery:
Shaun Dooley
Bentley Drummle:
Tom Burke
Dolge Orlick:
Jack Roth
Mrs Brandley:
Frances Barber
Estella's Admirer:
Will Tudor
Pumblechook:
Mark Addy

Duration: 1 hour

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

Available for years

Lavish adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel. Pip wants nothing to do with Magwitch and rushes to confront Miss Havisham, where he learns that Estella may be lost to him. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
George Ormond
Director:
Brian Kirk
Abel Magwitch:
Ray Winstone
Miss Havisham:
Gillian Anderson
Jaggers:
David Suchet
Herbert Pocket:
Harry Lloyd
Dolge Orlick:
Jack Roth
Bentley Drummle:
Tom Burke
Wemmick:
Paul Ritter
Mrs Brandley:
Frances Barber
Compeyson:
Paul Rhys
Joe Gargery:
Shaun Dooley
Pumblechook:
Mark Addy

Drama on 4

Every Duchess in England

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Alan Pollock. It is 1931. More than friendship is at stake when maverick Labour MP Oswald Mosley attempts to take things into his own hands by giving a speech in Birmingham. Show more

Contributors

Oswald Mosley:
Tobias Menzies
John Strachey:
Harry Lloyd
Ted 'Kid' Lewis:
Jonathan Tafler
Maitland:
Sam Dale
Evans:
Sam Dale

Genres

Doctor Who (2005–2022)

Series 3

Episode 8: Human Nature

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Three

Available for years

A schoolteacher called John Smith dreams of adventures in time and space...

Contributors

The Doctor:
David Tennant
Martha Jones:
Freema Agyeman
Joan Redfern:
Jessica Hynes
Jenny / Mother of Mine:
Rebekah Staton
Tim Latimer:
Thomas Sangster
Jeremy Baines / Son of Mine:
Harry Lloyd
Hutchinson:
Tom Palmer
Mr Clark / Father of Mine:
Gerard Horan
Lucy Cartwright / Sister of Mine:
Lauren Wilson
Rocastle:
Pip Torrens
Producer:
Susie Liggat

Doctor Who (2005–2022)

Series 3

Episode 9: The Family of Blood

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Three

Available for years

It's 1913, and war comes to England early as the terrifying Family hunt for the Doctor.

Contributors

The Doctor/John Smith:
David Tennant
Martha Jones:
Freema Agyeman
Joan Redfern:
Jessica Hynes
Jenny/Mother of Mine:
Rebekah Staton
Tim Latimer:
Thomas Sangster
Jeremy Baines/Son of Mine:
Harry Lloyd
Hutchinson:
Tom Palmer
Mr Clark/Father of Mine:
Gerard Horan
Lucy Cartwright/Sister of Mine:
Lauren Wilson
Rocastle:
Pip Torrens
Producer:
Susie Liggat

Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

First part of the adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel. Starring a young Daniel Radcliffe.

Contributors

Clara Copperfield:
Emilia Fox
Betsey Trotwood:
Maggie Smith
Edward Murdstone:
Trevor Eve
Dan Peggotty:
Alun Armstrong
Jane Murdstone:
Zoe Wanamaker
Wilkins Micawber:
Bob Hoskins
Mr Creakle:
Ian McKellen
James Steerforth :
Harry Lloyd

Wolf Hall

Episode 3: Anna Regina

Duration: 1 hour

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

Available for years

Historical drama. Cromwell manoeuvres a bill through Parliament that acknowledges Henry rather than the pope as head of the Church of England. Show more

Contributors

Thomas Cromwell:
Mark Rylance
King Henry VIII:
Damian Lewis
Anne Boleyn:
Claire Foy
Cardinal Wolsey:
Jonathan Pryce
Duke of Norfolk:
Bernard Hill
Thomas More:
Anton Lesser
Stephen Gardiner:
Mark Gatiss
Harry Percy:
Harry Lloyd
Jane Rochford:
Jessica Raine
Johane Williamson:
Saskia Reeves
Mary Boleyn:
Charity Wakefield
Richard Cromwell:
Joss Porter
Jane Seymour:
Kate Phillips
Duke of Suffolk:
Richard Dillane
Henry Norris:
Luke Roberts
Thomas Cranmer:
Will Keen
Frances Weston:
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd
Sir Thomas Boleyn:
David Robb
Thomas Wriothesley:
Joel MacCormack
William Brereton:
Alastair Mackenzie
Katherine of Aragon:
Joanne Whalley
George Boleyn:
Edward Holcroft
Edward Seymour:
Ed Speleers
Thomas Wyatt:
Jack Lowden
Producer:
Mark Pybus
Production Company:
Company Pictures

Series

Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall

Episode 1: Three Card Trick

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

Historical drama chronicling Thomas Cromwell's rise to power. Lacking a male heir, King Henry VIII is desperate to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon. Show more

Contributors

Thomas Cromwell:
Mark Rylance
King Henry VIII:
Damian Lewis
Anne Boleyn:
Claire Foy
Cardinal Wolsey:
Jonathan Pryce
Duke of Norfolk:
Bernard Hill
Thomas More:
Anton Lesser
Stephen Gardiner:
Mark Gatiss
Eustache Chapuys:
Mathieu Amalric
Katherine of Aragon:
Joanne Whalley
Harry Percy:
Harry Lloyd
Jane Rochford:
Jessica Raine
Johane Williamson:
Saskia Reeves
Mary Boleyn:
Charity Wakefield
Liz Cromwell:
Natasha Little
Richard Cromwell:
Joss Porter
Jane Seymour:
Kate Phillips
George Cavendish:
Robert Wilfort
Duke of Suffolk:
Richard Dillane
Henry Norris:
Luke Roberts
Mark Smeaton:
Max Fowler
Sir Thomas Boleyn:
David Robb
Anne Cromwell:
Emilia Jones
Grace Cromwell:
Athena Droutis
Mercy Pryor:
Mary Jo Randle
Producer:
Mark Pybus

Series

Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall

Episode 2: Entirely Beloved

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

Historical drama chronicling Thomas Cromwell's rise to power. As Wolsey retreats north, he urges Cromwell to get close to Anne Boleyn to regain the King's favour. Show more

Contributors

Thomas Cromwell:
Mark Rylance
King Henry VIII:
Damian Lewis
Anne Boleyn:
Claire Foy
Cardinal Wolsey:
Jonathan Pryce
Duke of Norfolk:
Bernard Hill
Thomas More:
Anton Lesser
Stephen Gardiner:
Mark Gatiss
Harry Percy:
Harry Lloyd
Jane Rochford:
Jessica Raine
Johane Williamson:
Saskia Reeves
Mary Boleyn:
Charity Wakefield
Richard Cromwell:
Joss Porter
Gregory Cromwell:
Tom Holland
Jane Seymour:
Kate Phillips
George Cavendish:
Robert Wilfort
Duke of Suffolk:
Richard Dillane
Henry Norris:
Luke Roberts
Thomas Cranmer:
Will Keen
Frances Weston:
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd
Sir Thomas Boleyn:
David Robb
Thomas Wriothesley:
Joel MacCormack
Mark Smeaton:
Max Fowler
William Brereton:
Alastair Mackenzie
George Boleyn:
Edward Holcroft
Producer:
Mark Pybus

Series

Wolf Hall

Taking the Flak

Episode 2: Black Gold, Code Red

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Sitcom with Martin Jarvis and Doon Mackichan. In London, new desk jockey Alex sparks a panic among the BBC team in war-torn Karibu by declaring a Code Red. Show more

Contributors

David Bradburn:
Martin Jarvis
Jane Thomason:
Doon Mackichan
Harry Chambers:
Bruce Mackinnon
Margaret Hollis:
Joanna Brookes
Joyful Sifuri:
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Alexander:
Harry Lloyd
Candida:
Ruby Wax
Newsreader:
Emily Maitlis
Director:
Jon Rolph
Director:
Adam Miller
Producer:
Jon Rolph
Writer:
Jon Rolph

Taking the Flak

Episode 3: Cursed is the Country

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Sitcom with Martin Jarvis and Doon Mackichan. There's more conflict in Karibu as junior journalist Harry meets his girlfriend's father for the first time. Show more

Contributors

David Bradburn:
Martin Jarvis
Jane Thomason:
Doon Mackichan
Harry Chambers:
Bruce Mackinnon
Rory Wallace:
Damian O'Hare
Joyful Sifuri:
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Margaret Hollis:
Joanna Brookes
Alexander:
Harry Lloyd
Samantha:
Lucy Chalkley
Herself:
Fiona Bruce
Writer:
Jon Rolph
Producer:
Jon Rolph
Director:
Jon Rolph
Director:
Adam Miller

Taking the Flak

Episode 4: The Past Is a Different Colony

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC One East

Sitcom with Martin Jarvis and Doon Mackichan. The civil war in Karibu seems far away as the team search for a human interest story. Show more

Contributors

David Bradburn:
Martin Jarvis
Jane Thomason:
Doon Mackichan
Harry Chambers:
Bruce Mackinnon
Rory Wallace:
Damian O'Hare
Joyful Sifuri:
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Margaret Hollis:
Joanna Brookes
Alexander:
Harry Lloyd
Mags O'Mara:
Rosalind Ayres
Writer:
Jon Rolph
Producer:
Jon Rolph
Director:
Jon Rolph
Director:
Adam Miller