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2 January 1915 - Ivor Davies

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 2^nd Jan 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 2^nd Jan 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 1 month

The recruitment drive is finally bearing fruit for Sergeant Major Davies, but nothing is simple. Show more

Contributors

Ivor:: Alun Raglan
Laurie:: Will Howard
Joe:: Lloyd Thomas
PC Monk:: Sam Swann
Hilary:: Craige Els
Norman:: Sean Baker
Writer:: Katie Hims
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

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Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

13 January 1916 - Hilary Pearce

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 13^th Jan 2016, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 13^th Jan 2016, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

On this day, shares in the Pleasure Gardens Theatre were auctioned, and Hilary Pearce is disappointed. Show more

Contributors

Hilary Pearce:: Craige Els
Ruby Tulliver:: Martine McCutcheon
Lilian Frost:: Alex Tregear
Roland Pemble:: Jack Holden
Ivy Layton:: Lizzy Watts
Ivor Davies:: Alun Raglan
Auctioneer:: Gerard McDermott
Mr Martindale:: Ewan Bailey
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Allegra McIlroy

Genres

DramaHistorical

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Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

12 February 1916 - Hilary Pearce

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 12^th Feb 2016, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

On this day a secret meeting of the Non-Conscription fellowship was held in Kentish town, while in Folkestone it's a day of celebrations. Show more

Contributors

Hilary Pearce:: Craige Els
Ruby Tulliver:: Martine McCutcheon
Laurie Pearce:: Will Howard
Ivy Layton:: Lizzy Watts
Roland Pemble:: Jack Holden
Lilian Frost:: Alex Tregear
Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Jessie Moore:: Lucy Hutchinson
Ivor Davies:: Alun Raglan
Clerk:: Richard Pepple
Writer:: Shaun McKenna
Director:: Allegra McIlroy

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 3: 18-22 August 1914

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 22^nd Aug 2014, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 21^st Nov 2014, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 2 days

Folkestone welcomes the first wave of Belgian refugees, fleeing the war. With Sean Baker, Keely Beresford, Michael Bertenshaw. Show more

Contributors

Sgt Harris:: Sean Baker
Isabel:: Keely Beresford
Gabriel:: Michael Bertenshaw
Alice:: Claire-Louise Cordwell
Martindale:: Stephen Critchlow
Bill:: Ben Crowe
Hilary:: Craige Els
Sylvia:: Deborah Findlay
Archie Tulliver:: Arthur Hughes
Jessie:: Lucy Hutchinson
Victor:: Joel MacCormack
Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
Adam:: Leo Montague
Ralph:: Nicholas Murchie
Albert:: Harry Myers
Ivor:: Alun Raglan
Florrie:: Claire Rushbrook
Dorothea:: Rachel Shelley
Writer:: Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

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Docudramas

Series

Home Front

New Year's Eve 1914 - Albert and Florrie Wilson

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 31^st Dec 2014, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 31^st Dec 2014, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 1 month

Can the Wilsons draw a line under the terrible events of 1914, by celebrating New Year in the time-honoured fashion? Show more

Contributors

Albert:: Harry Myers
Florrie:: Claire Rushbrook
Brandy Seller:: Alun Raglan
Adam:: Leo Montague
Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
Writer:: Katie Hims
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 14: 29 December 1914 to 2 January 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 2^nd Jan 2015, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 30^th Jan 2015, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 2 months

Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Folkestone is uneasy about the move from 1914, and all its hope and fear, into 1915, with all its hope and fear. Show more

Contributors

Joe:: Lloyd Thomas
Humphrey:: Matthew Tennyson
Laurie:: Will Howard
Colin Blythe:: Jim Troughton
Albert:: Harry Myers
Alice:: Claire-Louise Cordwell
Hilary:: Craige Els
Mickey:: Ben Pettengell
Norman:: Sean Baker
Ivor:: Alun Raglan
Esme:: Katie Angelou
Gabriel:: Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia:: Deborah Findlay
Phyllis:: Christine Absalom
Nancy:: Jane Whittenshaw
Isabel:: Keely Beresford
Juliet:: Lizzie Bourne
Florrie:: Claire Rushbrook
Adam:: Leo Montague
Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
PC Monk:: Sam Swann
Queenie:: Lorna Nickson Brown
Writer:: Katie Hims
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Series

Death in Paradise: Series 5

Death in Paradise

Series 5

Episode 6

BBC One

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 11^th Feb 2016, 21:00 on BBC One EastLatest broadcast: Tue 3^rd Jul 2018, 21:00 on BBC One Wales

Available for 3 months

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Detective drama series. The team enter the high-pressure world of fine dining when a well-known chef is murdered in his own restaurant. Show more

Contributors

DI Humphrey Goodman:: Kris Marshall
Officer Dwayne Myers:: Danny John-Jules
DS Florence Cassell:: Josephine Jobert
Officer JP Hooper:: Tobi Bakare
Matt Holt:: Alexander Arnold
Dexter Allen:: Martin Compston
Kim Sweeney:: Louisa Connolly-Burnham
Rosey Fabrice:: Fola Evans-Akingbola
Anouk Laban:: Tara Fitzgerald
Jackson:: Dante Langlais-John-Jules
Robert Holt:: Alun Raglan
Gary Holt:: Andrew Whipp
Catherine Bordey:: Elizabeth Bourgine
Producer:: Yvonne Francas
Director:: Roger Simonsz
Writer:: Robert Thorogood
Production Company:: Red Planet Pictures

Genres

DramaCrime

Brand

Death in Paradise

Series

Merlin

Series 1

Episode 8: The Beginning of the End

BBC One

Duration: 44 minutes

Audio described

First broadcast: Sat 8^th Nov 2008, 19:20 on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sat 23^rd Feb 2013, 19:00 on BBC Three

Available for 28 days

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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

Merlin:: Colin Morgan
Mordred:: Asa Butterfield
Morgana:: Katie McGrath
Uther Pendragon:: Anthony Head
Voice of the Dragon:: John Hurt
Gaius:: Richard Wilson
Arthur:: Bradley James
Gwen:: Angel Coulby
Cerdan:: Alun Raglan
Guard 1:: Jamie Kenna
Writer:: Howard Overman
Producer:: Johnny Capps
Producer:: Julian Murphy

Genres

DramaSciFi & Fantasy

Brand

Merlin

Series

Merlin: Series 1

Drama on 3

Antony and Cleopatra

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 2 hours, 25 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 20^th Apr 2014, 19:30 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Sun 28^th Dec 2014, 21:00 on BBC Radio 3

Available for years

Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston star in this great tragedy of love and power, part of Radio 3's celebration of the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare. Show more

Contributors

Writer:: William Shakespeare
Antony:: Kenneth Branagh
Cleopatra:: Alex Kingston
Octavius Caesar:: Geoffrey Streatfield
Enobarbus:: Robert Pugh
Lepidus:: Nigel Anthony
Agrippa:: Simon Armstrong
Dolabella:: Matthew Gravelle
Proculeius:: Alun Raglan
Octavia/Iras:: Priyanga Burford
Philo:: Richard Clifford
Pompey:: Richard Harrington
Charmian:: Janice Acquah
Alexas:: Don Gilet
Mardian:: Ewan Bailey
Eros/Messenger:: Will Howard
Soothsayer/Snakeman:: Peter Polycarpou
Composer:: Elizabeth Purnell
Director:: Alison Hindell

Genres

Drama

Brand

Drama on 3

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 11: 8-12 December 1914

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 12^th Dec 2014, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 27^th Jan 2015, 03:00 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

Contributors

Esme:: Katie Angelou
Norman:: Sean Baker
Toby:: Joe Bannister
Isabel:: Keely Beresford
Gabriel:: Michael Bertenshaw
Mrs Grimes:: Amelda Brown
Ramesh:: Navin Chowdhry
Dolly Clout:: Elaine Claxton
Bill:: Ben Crowe
Mrs Edkins:: Rachel Davies
Barry:: Kris Deedigan
Mademoiselle De Lisle:: Annabelle Dowler
Sylvia:: Deborah Findlay
Wolfgang:: Clive Hayward
Syd:: Gerry Hinks
Laurie:: Will Howard
Archie:: Arthur Hughes
Jessie:: Lucy Hutchinson
Telegraph Messenger:: Damian Lynch
Victor:: Joel MacCormack
Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
Ralph:: Nicholas Murchie
Henrietta:: Stephanie Racine
Ivor:: Alun Raglan
George:: Ronan Raftery
Florrie:: Claire Rushbrook
Marieke:: Olivia Ross
Dorothea:: Rachel Shelley
PC Monk:: Sam Swann
Ivy:: Lizzy Watts
Nancy:: Jane Whittenshaw
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Lucy Collingwood
Producer:: Lucy Collingwood

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Series

Home Front

24 June 1915 - Mrs Florrie Wilson

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 24^th Jun 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 24^th Jun 2015, 12:04 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
May:: Rhiannon Neads
Writer:: Georgia Fitch
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 43: 11-15 January 1916

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 15^th Jan 2016, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 29^th Mar 2016, 03:00 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
Cristine:: Ysabelle Cooper
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
Eve:: Debra Baker
Evadne:: Evie Killip
Yvette:: Rebecca Hamilton
Auctioneer:: Gerard McDermott
Mr Martindale:: Ewan Bailey
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Allegra McIlroy

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front

18 December 1914 - Mervyn Harris

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 18^th Dec 2014, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 18^th Dec 2014, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 29 days

Maisie Plackett takes very seriously the question 'Is your best boy in khaki?'. Show more

Contributors

Mervyn:: Tom Whitelock
Maisie:: Cassie Layton
Admiral Fitzgerald:: John Woodvine
Arthur:: Jacob Beswick
Cyril:: Perry Moore
Jerry:: Kieran Hardcastle
Ivor:: Alun Raglan
Ivy:: Lizzy Watts
Bernard:: Ian Brooker
Writer:: Shaun McKenna
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 12: 15-19 December 1914

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 19^th Dec 2014, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 28^th Jan 2015, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 2 months

A spirit of generosity and recklessness fills the air as all Folkestone is encouraged to give itself to the war. With Craige Els, Will Howard. Show more

Contributors

Hilary:: Craige Els
Laurie:: Will Howard
Isabel:: Keely Beresford
Mr Tench:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Mr Hawkes:: Gerry Hinks
Ralph:: Nicholas Murchie
Dorothea:: Rachel Shelley
George:: Ronan Raftery
Barry:: Kris Deedigan
Marieke:: Olivia Ross
Nurse Betts:: Jane Slavin
Douglas Conroy:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Archie:: Arthur Hughes
Jessie:: Lucy Hutchinson
Ivy:: Lizzy Watts
Maisie:: Cassie Layton
Bill:: Ben Crowe
Hilda:: Bella Hamblin
Ivor:: Alun Raglan
Joe:: Lloyd Thomas
Mervyn:: Tom Whitelock
Admiral Fitzgerald:: John Woodvine
Arthur:: Jacob Beswick
Cyril:: Perry Moore
Jerry:: Kieran Hardcastle
Bernard:: Ian Brooker
Alice:: Claire-Louise Cordwell
Maggie:: Hollie Thoupos
Mickey:: Ben Pettengell
Writer:: Shaun McKenna
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Series