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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Drama series about a supermarket manager who becomes prime minister. The country rebels against Ros when she introduces a one-day-a-week car ban. Emily moves back to No 10.

Contributors

Ros Pritchard:
Jane Horrocks
Ian Pritchard:
Steven Mackintosh
Miranda Lennox:
Jodhi May
Catherine Walker:
Janet McTeer
Hilary Rees-Benson:
Geraldine James
Sir Richard Leavis:
Jonathan Aris
Dorothy Crowther:
Selina Cadell
Ben Sixsmith:
Tom Mison
Meg Bayliss:
Sally Phillips
Liz Shannon:
Meera Syal
Beverley Clarke:
Siobhan Finneran
Emily Pritchard:
Carey Mulligan
Georgina Pritchard:
Jemma McKenzie-Brown
Kitty Porter:
Frances Tomelty
Paul Critchley:
Robert Portal
Assistant:
Rebekah Staton
Reporter:
Fred Perry
Himself:
Simon McCoy
Egg Pelter Woman:
Tara Ellis
Highbury Woman:
Catherine Kanter
Bloke 1:
Ged Forrest

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

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

Drama on 4

Nick Dear - The Dark Earth and the Light Sky

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. An exploration of the poet Edward Thomas’s relationships with Robert Frost, Eleanor Farjeon and wife Helen. Stars James D’Arcy. Show more

Contributors

Edward Thomas:
James D'Arcy
Robert Frost:
Robert Evans
Helen Thomas:
Charlotte Emmerson
Eleanor Farjeon:
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Philip Thomas:
Alan Davis
Major Lushington:
Nicholas Boulton
Writer:
Nick Dear

Drama on 4

Reading Europe - Italy: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

Episode 3

Duration: 1 hour

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

Lena and Lila are now young women. Lila married at 16 and has a young son. Lena has escaped Naples, earned her college degree and published a successful novel. Show more

Big School

Series 2

Episode 4

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Comedy series set in a secondary school. When Ofsted arrive to conduct an impromptu inspection, Greybridge is thrown into even more chaos than usual. 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

Book of the Week

Georgina Howell - Queen of the Desert

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The story of Gertrude Bell and her crucial role in the foundation of the state of Iraq. Read by Sylvestra le Touzel and Deborah Findlay. Show more

Book of the Week

Georgina Howell - Queen of the Desert

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Gertrude Bell played a crucial role charting Iraq's future after the First World War. Read by Sylvestra le Touzel and Deborah Findlay. Show more

Blandings

Series 1

Episode 2: The Go-Getter

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Comedy series based on the stories by PG Wodehouse. Connie hires a personal secretary to tidy up Blandings and Clarence, and to impress the visiting Schoonmakers. Show more

Contributors

Clarence:
Timothy Spall
Pandora:
Natalie Burt
Veronica Schoonmaker:
Sylvestra Le Touzel

Genres

Parade's End

Episode 5

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Christopher is sent to the front with McKechnie and Perowne. While Valentine waits for news of Christopher, Sylvia, now ensconced at Groby, makes one final, desperate play for him. Show more

Contributors

Christopher Tietjens:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Sylvia Tietjens:
Rebecca Hall
General Campion:
Roger Allam
Valentine Wannop:
Adelaide Clemens
Bertram:
Jonathan Coy
Mark Tietjens:
Rupert Everett
Macmaster:
Stephen Graham
McKechnie:
Patrick Kennedy
Colonel Levin:
Elliot Levey
Potty Perowne:
Tom Mison
Gerald Drake:
Jack Huston
Mrs Satterthwaite:
Janet McTeer
Glorvina:
Sasha Waddell
Captain Notting:
Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Bennett 2nd Lieutenant:
Hugh Mitchell
16 year old schoolgirl:
Antonia Clarke
First Teacher:
Emma Dewhurst
Second Teacher:
Tilly Blackwood
Mrs Ferguson:
Lucy Briers
Latin Teacher:
Anna Maguire
Michael (aged 8):
Rudi Goodman
Hullo Central (evie):
Lucinda Raikes
Griffiths:
Ken Verdoodt
Corporal Sutcliffe:
Alexander Cobb
Marie-Leonie:
Lyne Renee
German Batman:
Mathias Vergels
Producer:
David Parfitt
Director:
Susanna White

Genres

The Thick of It

Series 4

Episode 3

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Available for years

Political satire. Stewart Pearson is running 'Thought Camp' at a remote country house hotel. Meanwhile, Phil is surprised to find the ministerial offices less than deserted. Show more

Contributors

Peter Mannion:
Roger Allam
Emma Messinger:
Olivia Poulet
Stewart Pearson:
Vincent Franklin
Phil Smith:
Will Smith
Glenn Cullen:
James Smith
Adam Kenyon:
Ben Willbond
Fergus Williams:
Geoffrey Streatfield
Terri Coverley:
Joanna Scanlan
Tara Strachan:
Emily Bevan
Receptionist:
Teresa Churcher
Journalist:
Gareth Tunley
Journalist:
Tom Andrews
Executive Producer:
Armando Iannucci
Producer:
Adam Tandy
Writer:
Ian Martin
Writer:
Will Smith
Writer:
Dan Gaster