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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

The Archers

06/05/2016

Duration: 14 minutes

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

Eddie needs to find more work, and Kirsty is a pillar of support. Show more

Contributors

David Archer:
Tim Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Pip Archer:
Daisy Badger
Josh Archer:
Angus Imrie
Tony Archer:
David Troughton
Lilian Bellamy:
Sunny Ormonde
Justin Elliott:
Simon Williams
Miranda Elliott:
Lucy Fleming
Rex Fairbrother:
Nick Barber
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Adam Macy:
Andrew Wincott
Kirsty Miller:
Annabelle Dowler
Johnny Phillips:
Tom Gibbons
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Helen Titchener:
Louiza Patikas
Ursula Titchener:
Carolyn Jones
Anna Tregorran:
Isobel Middleton
Julian Bywater:
Alun Raglan

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

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

Helen makes a decision, and it is deadline day at the Dower House.

Contributors

David Archer:
Tim Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Pip Archer:
Daisy Badger
Josh Archer:
Angus Imrie
Tony Archer:
David Troughton
Lilian Bellamy:
Sunny Ormonde
Justin Elliott:
Simon Williams
Miranda Elliott:
Lucy Fleming
Rex Fairbrother:
Nick Barber
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Adam Macy:
Andrew Wincott
Kirsty Miller:
Annabelle Dowler
Johnny Phillips:
Tom Gibbons
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Helen Titchener:
Louiza Patikas
Ursula Titchener:
Carolyn Jones
Anna Tregorran:
Isobel Middleton
Julian Bywater:
Alun Raglan

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's first space flight recalled by his training partner, Gherman Titov. Stars Derek Riddell and William Ash. Show more

Contributors

Gherman Titov:
Derek Riddell
Yuri Gagarin:
William Ash
Private Baskov:
Sarah Ovens
Nikolai Kaminin:
Alun Raglan
Sergei Korolev:
Stephen Marzella
Director:
Kate McAll

Genres

Merlin

Series 1

Episode 8: The Beginning of the End

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for 24 days

Fantasy adventure romp. Merlin and Morgana try to help a magical young fugitive, coming up against Uther as they try and smuggle the boy out of the castle. Show more

Contributors

Uther Pendragon:
Anthony Head
Voice of the Dragon:
John Hurt
Guard 1:
Jamie Kenna
Producer:
Johnny Capps
Producer:
Julian Murphy

Poetry Please

Fire and Water

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Roger McGough is in his element, presenting requests for poems that evoke fire and water. We'll hear works by Alice Oswald, Pablo Neruda and Dylan Thomas. Show more

Poetry Please

Earth and Air

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Roger McGough is in his element, introducing requests for poems about earth and air. This is a companion piece to last week's show, with poems that evoked fire and water. Show more

The Coroner

Series 1

Episode 8: Napoleon's Violin

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Crime drama. The patriarch of the local aristocratic family is found stabbed to death. Jane and Davey revisit an embarrassing chapter of their teenage romance. Show more

Contributors

Lily Sidwell:
Maya Gerber
Donald Sidwell:
Timothy Carlton
Olivia Sidwell:
Amy Marston
Terence Brooks:
Alun Raglan
Edward Sidwell:
Andrew Havill
Jane Kennedy:
Claire Goose
DS Davey Higgins:
Matt Bardock
Judith Kennedy:
Beatie Edney
Mick Sturrock:
Ivan Kaye
Clint Holman:
Oliver Gomm
Beth Kennedy:
Grace Hogg-Robinson
Director:
Adrian Bean
Executive Producer:
Will Trotter

15 Minute Drama

My Life with Flu

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for 25 days

It's the year 2000. As her daughter Polly prepares for university, Jill has the urge to phone an old friend. Starring Sharon Morgan. 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

Genres

Home Front

24 June 1915 - Mrs Florrie Wilson

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

Florrie gets a telegram. Show more

Contributors

Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Adam Wilson:
Leo Montague
Albert Wilson:
Harry Myers
Sergeant Ivor Davis:
Alun Raglan
Alice Macknade:
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson

Holby City

Series 19

Episode 51: Veil of Tears, Part Two

Duration: 57 minutes

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

Zosia has a decision to make. Dom and Lofty find themselves in an awkward situation when Dom's boyfriend winds up on Keller. Show more

Contributors

Zosia March:
Camilla Arfwedson
Oliver Valentine:
James Anderson
Henrik Hanssen:
Guy Henry
Sacha Levy:
Bob Barrett
Ben 'Lofty' Chiltern:
Lee Mead
Jac Naylor:
Rosie Marcel
Dominic Copeland:
David Ames
Nina Kamik:
Ayesha Dharker
Ric Griffin:
Hugh Quarshie
Donna Jackson:
Jaye Jacobs
Morven Digby:
Eleanor Fanyinka
Adrian 'Fletch' Fletcher:
Alex Walkinshaw
Guy Self:
John Michie
Freddie Chapel:
Aaron Fontaine
Nicholas 'Nick' Yang:
Christopher Goh
Andrew Kenney:
Alun Raglan
Director:
Nigel Douglas
Producer:
Yasmin Kalli

Drama on 4

The Morpeth Carol

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Timothy X Atack. Nine-year-old Harry goes on a mysterious Christmas Eve road trip with a very unusual and very dangerous Santa. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 11: 8-12 December 1914

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for 2 months

Newcomers spell trouble for St Jude's, and the police are unprepared for a crime wave. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Crisis

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Tina Pepler's gripping story about an international aid worker posted to South Sudan. Martha has arrived in Agok, to find the situation worse than she had been briefed to expect. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Crisis

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The situation in Agok is getting worse, with hundreds of refugees arriving across the border from the north, and tensions both on the outside and within the team itself are rising. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Crisis

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Martha wonders if she is up to the demands of her post. Mistakes and misjudgements are all too easy to make, and the tensions within the team are adding to her feeling of isolation. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Crisis

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The humanitarian crisis facing Martha and her team is escalating. The clinic is overwhelmed, and militias are attacking the wells. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Crisis

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

As her team tries to cope with an ever-increasing number of refugees fleeing across the border from the north, Martha has a crisis of her own to deal with inside the compound. Show more

Dangerous Visions

Anita Sullivan - The Bee Maker

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. It is 2020, and the bees are nearly all gone. Human beings might be nex. A cautionary tale about our busy technology-filled lives. With Alice Lowe and Harriet Walter. Show more

Contributors

Deborah:
Alice Lowe
Hire Car Salesman:
Alun Raglan
Customs Official:
John Norton
Lost Passenger:
Claire Cage

Genres