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Hi Spec

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Livvy is a podcaster with a taste for conspiracy and a keen eye for injustice. Her ex-boyfriend has gone missing on a gap year adventure. This is a story that could make her name. Show more

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Drama on 4

The Crossing

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Hugh Costello. It's 2019. Following the UK's exit from the EU, the PM is under pressure to seal the nation's frontiers, including the land border shared with the Irish Republic. Show more

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Prime Minister:
Rebecca Saire
The Taoiseach:
Sean Campion
James Trevelyan:
Nick Dunning
Avril Murray:
Sarah Greene
Conor Glynn:
Gavin Drea
Marian Glynn:
Eleanor Methven
Border Officer:
BJ Hogg

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Promises

Duration: 45 minutes

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

An auction of promises to save the life of a sick child turns sour when good intentions give way to a clash of egos, and a considerable chunk of the proceeds go missing. Show more

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One Night in Lillehammer

Duration: 44 minutes

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

A Moroccan waiter been gunned down in the streets of Lillehammer. Has the war on terror arrived in small-town Norway? Show more

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Sylvia Rafael:
Emma Fielding
Inge Olsen:
Andrea Lowe
Henning Redkal:
Bryan Dick
Martin Olsen:
Enzo Cilenti
Annaeus Schjodt:
Simon Armstrong
Ali Hassan Salameh:
Philip Arditti
Joanna Van Kampen:
Astrid and Britt
TV Reporter:
Peter Wilson

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Drama on 4

Desecration

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Hugh Costello. Francis Byrne must act fast to encourage resistance and prevent Ireland from becoming a Nazi dominion and a launch pad for an invasion of Britain. Show more

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Francis Byrne:
Patrick Fitzsymons
Orla Byrne:
Dawn Bradfield
Liam Walsh:
Owen Roe
David Gifford:
Nickolas Grace
Henning Menzel:
Faolan Morgan
Eamon de Valera:
Niall Cusack

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Drama on 4

The Fewness of His Words

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Hugh Costello. A 75-year-old priest, accused of child abuse, jumps bail and hides out in an Italian monastery, providing the Vatican with a major headache. Show more

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Fr George Lawson:
Andrew Sachs
Cardinal Vargas:
Gerard Murphy
Abbot Desiato:
Ian McElhinney

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Dangerous Visions

Forward Presence

Duration: 44 minutes

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

When a squaddie goes missing in Estonia, Sgt Claire Cross is forced to concede that Nato's front-line presence may have provoked his abduction. Show more

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Sgt Claire Cross:
Jeany Spark
Fusilier Darren Evans:
Matthew Aubrey
Lt Col Tomkins:
Paul Panting
Insp Leks Talvik:
Ewan Bailey
Mrs Christine Evans:
Elaine Claxton

Drama on 4

The Guest of St Peter's

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Hugh Costello. Thomas Perret should be dead. He resigned as Pope Paul VII two years ago, but with his successor in trouble, a collision between the two pontiffs seems inevitable. Show more

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Cardinal Luis Sastre:
David Warner
Hannah Cox:
Amaka Okafor
Pope Leo XIV:
Anton Lesser
Cardinal Neal Cooke:
Guy Paul
Cardinal John Ankrah:
Jude Akuwudike
The old Pope Paul VII:
Andrew Sachs

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Drama on 4

Angela - 7 Days to Save Europe

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Post Brexit, Hugh Costello's drama imagines the dilemma faced by both the French and the Germans and asks, can or should anything be done to save Europe? Show more

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Heike Menzel:
Haydn Gwynne
Anglea Merkel:
Pamela Miles
Andreas Tuchel:
Richard McCabe
Giles Ballamy:
Tim McInnerny
Petra Menzel:
Bryony Hannah
Jean-Luc Chardy:
John McAndrew
Claudine Lilin:
Scarlett Brookes

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Drama on 4

Redacted

Duration: 44 minutes

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

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Greta Scacchi and Nicholas Murchie star in a political thriller of secrets and lies. A civil servant dedicated to open government finds his wife's name on an incriminating document Show more

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Greed Is Good

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Hugh Costello. Following Ireland's recent financial crash, the author delves into a sector that is constantly inviting you to take what you can get. Sequel to The Bail-Out. Show more

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Elaine Cosgrove:
Karen Ardiff
Arthur Warnock:
Declan Conlon
Liam O'Donnell:
John Kavanagh
Frank Cosgrove:
Stuart Graham
Joyce Carroll:
Aine McCartney
Orla McKnight:
Ali White

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Farran at Bay

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Jerusalem, May 1947. A Jewish boy disappears and a British war hero flees the scene. The investigation will violently shake Britain's hold on Palestine. Show more

Contributors

Major Farran:
John MacKay
Colonel Ferguson:
Jonathan Firth
Inspector Bellamy:
Michael Shelford
Cunningham:
Christian Rodska
Rubowitz Brothers:
Philip Arditti
Fearnley-Whitingstall:
Simon Armstrong

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