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Father Brown

Series 2

Episode 5: The Mysteries of the Rosary

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Cambridgeshire

Series based on the novels of GK Chesterton. Father Brown and Sid go on a quest to find a mythical rosary when an old friend disappears. Show more

Contributors

Prof Hilary Ambrose:
James Laurenson
Bishop Talbot:
Malcolm Storry
Father Ignatius:
Anton Lesser
Lady Felicia:
Nancy Carroll
Father Brown:
Mark Williams
Mrs McCarthy:
Sorcha Cusack
Sid Carter:
Alex Price
Peter:
Ben Wilby
Inspector Sullivan:
Tom Chambers
SGT Allbright:
Keith Osborn
Archie Fernsley:
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Director:
Ian Barber
Series Producer:
Sam Hill
Executive Producer:
Will Trotter

Duration: 44 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. A comedy about neighbours, architecture, tradition versus modernism and James Bond. Architect Erno Goldfinger struggles to build his modernist dream home. From 2014. Show more

Contributors

Erno Goldfinger:
Justin Salinger
Ursula Blackwell:
Melody Grove
Charles:
Karl Johnson
Roland Penrose:
Simon Harrison
Henry Brooke:
David Seddon
Evelyn Fleming:
Elaine Claxton
Ian Fleming:
Monty d'Inverno

Genres

Parade's End

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Aristocrats Christopher and Sylvia Tietjens are unhappily married. Despite their troubles he is determined to stay faithful, until he meets suffragette Valentine Wannop. Show more

Contributors

Christopher Tietjens:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Sylvia Tietjens:
Rebecca Hall
General Campion:
Roger Allam
Valentine Wannop:
Adelaide Clemens
Bertram:
Jonathan Coy
Father Consett:
Ned Dennehy
Edith Duchemin:
Anne-Marie Duff
Mark Tietjens:
Rupert Everett
Macmaster:
Stephen Graham
Lady Claudine:
Clare Higgins
Tietjens Senior:
Alan Howard
Gerald Drake:
Jack Huston
Sir Reginald:
Denis Lawson
Waterhouse:
Tim McMullan
Mrs. Satterthwaite:
Janet McTeer
Potty Perowne:
Tom Mison
Hullo Central (Evie):
Lucinda Raikes
Reverend Duchemin:
Rufus Sewell
Bobbie Pelham:
Anna Skellern
Glorvina:
Sasha Waddell
Michael (4 yrs old):
Misha Handley
Bridget:
Tessa Parr
Johnny Pelham:
Garrett Moore
Lord Beichen:
Leslie de Gruyter
Capitaine Thurston:
Pierre Van Heddegem
Policeman:
Howard Ward
Reverend Horsley:
Michael Mears
Producer:
David Parfitt
Director:
Susanna White

Genres

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 11

Episode 1: The Reboot

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Author Ed is in unfamiliar territory returning to full-time education at 'Uni'. Stars Christopher Douglas. From 2016. Show more

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 11

Generation Why Bother

Duration: 28 minutes

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

A chance meeting leads Ed to believe he may be owed a small fortune by the HMRC. Stars Christopher Douglas. From 2016. Show more

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 11

Poetry? No Thanks

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Ed joins a committee to help erect a statue honouring a plucky wartime songbird. Stars Christopher Douglas. From 2016. Show more

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 11

The Fourth Sausage

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Ed enlists his son to do his university work while he makes a discovery in Ping's office. Stars Christopher Douglas. From 2016. Show more

Death in Paradise

Series 4

Episode 7

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HD

Available for 3 months

Detective drama series. DI Goodman is embroiled in the cut-throat world of corporate team building when an entrepreneur is killed. Show more

Contributors

DI Humphrey Goodman:
Kris Marshall
Officer Dwayne Myers:
Danny John-Jules
DS Florence Cassell:
Josephine Jobert
Officer JP Hooper:
Tobi Bakare
Annette Burgess:
Michelle Collins
Sandra Kendrick:
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Bill Williams:
Gary Lewis
Dominic Claydon:
Matthew Lewis
Stuart Howe:
Jason Merrells
Izzy Cartwright:
Kaye Wragg
Catherine Bordey:
Elizabeth Bourgine
Producer:
Louise Sutton
Director:
Richard Signy
Production Company:
Red Planet Pictures

Dirk Gently

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

After Dirk and Macduff are charged with protecting a valuable humanoid robot, things go wrong when the robot is stolen and they find themselves the prime suspects in a murder case. Show more

Contributors

Dirk Gently:
Stephen Mangan
Richard Macduff:
Darren Boyd
Susan Harmison:
Helen Baxendale
Emelda Ransome:
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Professor Jericho:
Bill Paterson
David Cho:
Will Sharpe
Fish and chip shop proprietor:
Tim J Henley
Director:
Tom Shankland
Producer:
Chris Carey
Writer:
Matt Jones
Elaine Robot:
Bethan Hanks

Duration: 1 hour

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

Political drama. Driven by a desire to avenge his own downfall and unable to accept his wife's success, Aiden begins to plot against Freya and Bruce. Show more

Contributors

Aiden Hoynes:
David Tennant
Freya Hoynes:
Emily Watson
Joe Hoynes:
Jack Shepherd
Marcus Brock:
Roger Allam
Bruce Babbish:
Ed Stoppard
Dita Kowalski:
Anamaria Marinca
Noah Hoynes:
Oscar Kennedy
Ruby Hoynes:
Lucy Hutchinson
Kenny Moss:
Malcolm Scates
Drew Bailey:
Luke Neal
Lian Hooper:
Chipo Chung
Cliff Lyman:
Simon Chandler
Freddy Seaborn:
Tim Bentinck
Muslim Constituent:
Harmage Singh Kalirai
Executive Producer:
Paula Milne
Producer:
Hal Vogel
Executive Producer:
David Aukin

Duration: 1 hour

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

Political drama. Aiden has to defend himself in an embarrassing sex scandal that threatens to derail any chance of a political comeback and also further threatens his marriage. Show more

Contributors

Aiden Hoynes:
David Tennant
Freya Hoynes:
Emily Watson
Joe Hoynes:
Jack Shepherd
Marcus Brock:
Roger Allam
Bruce Babbish:
Ed Stoppard
Dita Kowalski:
Anamaria Marinca
Noah Hoynes:
Oscar Kennedy
Ruby Hoynes:
Lucy Hutchinson
Kenny Moss:
Malcolm Scates
Drew Bailey:
Luke Neal
Lian Hooper:
Chipo Chung
Cliff Lyman:
Simon Chandler
Herself:
Kirsty Wark
Undercover Reporter 1:
Sarah Woodward
Undercover Reporter 2:
David Shelley
Executive Producer:
Paula Milne
Producer:
Hal Vogel
Executive Producer:
David Aukin
Muslim Constituent:
Harmage Singh Kalirai
Freddy Seaborn:
Tim Bentinck

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

Babette's Feast by Karen Blixen

General Loewenhielm's Speech

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The members of Martine and Phillipa’s church gather for the special meal in memory of the Dean. Read by Sylvestra Le Touzel. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. When maid Babette comes into money she decides to cook a meal for her pious employers. Read by Sylvestra Le Touzel. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The sisters are astonished when a woman arrives at their door carrying a letter from an old friend. Read by Sylvestra Le Touzel. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Old friends reconnect and past wounds heal – but the true cost of the feast is yet to become clear. Read by Sylvestra Le Touzel. Show more

Book of the Week

Georgina Howell - Queen of the Desert

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Gertrude arrived in wartorn 1917 Baghdad to work on rebuilding the region. Read by Sylvestra le Touzel and Deborah Findlay. Show more

Book of the Week

Georgina Howell - Queen of the Desert

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Europe's protracted decisions on the Middle East's future frustrate Gertrude. Read by Sylvestra le Touzel and Deborah Findlay. Show more

Book of the Week

Georgina Howell - Queen of the Desert

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Gertrude's energies turn to the establishment of a museum in Baghdad. Read by Sylvestra le Touzel and Deborah Findlay. Show more