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Duration: 30 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Former neighbours Minnie and Roops take up Anna and Jim's invitation to their new home in the country. Sitcom by Shelagh Stephenson. From May 2014. Show more

With Great Pleasure

Heidi Thomas at the Hay Festival

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Heidi Thomas, screenwriter on Call the Midwife and Cranford, presents some favourite pieces of writing to an audience at the Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts. Show more

Drama on 3

Rosmersholm

Duration: 1 hour, 59 minutes

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

An adaptation of Ibsen's most complex play, in which a hero surrenders his privileged place in conservative Norwegian society. Can he win out against the status quo? Show more

Contributors

John Rosmer:
Nicholas Farrell
Rebekka West:
Helen Baxendale
Professor Kroll:
Ronald Pickup
Ulrik Brendel:
Karl Johnson
Peder Mortensgaard:
Philip Jackson
Mrs Helseth:
Christine Absolom

Genres

Drama on 4

Tess in Winter

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Thomas Hardy lives with his second wife Florence in chilly seclusion. Two frozen hearts, until the local actress Gertrude Bugler comes between them. Show more

Contributors

Florence Hardy:
Pippa Haywood
Gertude Bugler:
Katy Sobey
Thomas Hardy:
Nicholas Farrell

Genres

Drama on 4

The Twenty Year Stretch

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Witty and intense drama by Colin Bytheway combining a quirk of Dutch law with a searing examination of lost youth. Starring James D'Arcy, Tara Fitzgerald and Nicholas Farrell. Show more

Contributors

Erik De Jong:
James D'Arcy
Sophie Visser:
Tara Fitzgerald
Hector Van Doran:
Nicholas Farrell
Auctioneer:
David Reakes

Genres

Drama on 4

Stephen Wyatt - The Shadow of Dorian Gray

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. After Oscar Wilde's conviction, London is a dangerous place for the man who inspired his novel, Dorian Gray. Stars Blake Ritson. Show more

Contributors

John Gray:
Blake Ritson
Lord Henry:
Nicholas Farrell
Andre Raffalovich:
Joshua McGuire
The Voice of the Novel:
Mark Edel-Hunt

Genres

Drama on 4

Susan Swingler - House of Fiction

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. How Australian novelist Elizabeth Jolley created a fiction from real life. Starring Miriam Margolyes and Juliet Aubrey. From June 2014. Show more

Contributors

Elizabeth Jolley:
Miriam Margolyes
Joyce Jolley:
Juliet Aubrey
Leonard Jolley:
Nicholas Farrell
Adaptor:
Sara Davies

Genres

Drama on 4

The Other Simenon

Episode 3: The Confessional

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Set in the Cote d'Azur, teenager Andre struggles to cope, as he sees his parents' marriage unravel. Show more

Book of the Week

David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet

Episode 1: Beginnings

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Thomas Dilworth's biography of the visual artist and poet, David Jones, illuminates the life and work of a great but neglected Modernist. Nicholas Farrell is the reader. Show more

Book of the Week

David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet

Episode 2: The Great War

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The author reflects on David Jones's disquieting experiences in the trenches and the influence they had on his work in later years. Show more

Book of the Week

David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet

Episode 3: The Art of Engraving

Duration: 15 minutes

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

An introduction to artist Eric Gill leads to profound reflections on Roman Catholicism, a first encounter with the art of engraving, and romance. Show more

Book of the Week

David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet

Episode 4: Art, Poetry and Patronage

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Thomas Dilworth's biography of the admired but neglected modernist visual artist and poet. Beginning to write, new paintings and a patron. Nicholas Farrell reads. Show more

Book of the Week

Reading Europe: Geert Mak's In Europe

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

It is 1999, and Dutch journalist Geert Mak is retracing Lenin's historic journey from Zurich to Petrograd by way of Stockholm and Helsinki. Nicholas Farrell reads. Show more

Book of the Week

Reading Europe: Geert Mak's In Europe

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

It is 1999, and Dutch journalist Geert Mak is travelling through Europe reflecting on the history of the last 100 years. Today, St Petersburg and Lenin. Nicholas Farrell reads. Show more

Book of the Week

Reading Europe: Geert Mak's In Europe

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Dutch journalist Geert Mak travels through Europe at the close of the 20th century reflecting on the history of the last 100 years and its legacy. Nicholas Farrell reads. Show more

Book of the Week

Reading Europe: Geert Mak's In Europe

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

It is 1999, and Dutch journalist Geert Mak is travelling through Europe reflecting on the history of the last 100 years. Today, Kiev, Odessa and Istanbul. Nicholas Farrell reads. Show more

Book of the Week

Reading Europe: Geert Mak's In Europe

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

It is 1999, and Dutch journalist Geert Mak is travelling across Europe reflecting on the history of the past century. Today, cosmonauts and Yeltsin. Nicholas Farrell reads. Show more

Book of the Week

David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet

Episode 5: In Parenthesis - The Epic War Poem

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Thomas Dilworth's biography of the neglected modernist artist and poet. Jones's epic war poem In Parenthesis concludes. We hear the poet himself read an extract. Show more

Duration: 2 hours, 9 minutes

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

Shakespeare's seasonal comedy about a shipwreck that separates identical twins Sebastian and Viola. Fearing for her safety, Viola disguises herself as her brother. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Trevor Nunn
Duke Orsino:
Toby Stephens
Sir Andrew Aguecheek:
Richard E Grant
Sir Toby Belch:
Mel Smith