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Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 24^th Jul 2015, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 9^th Jul 2020, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Rumpole defends Tony Timson, charged with the attempted drowning of his wife while sharing a bath. Stars Benedict Cumberbatch. Show more

Contributors

Horace Rumpole:: Benedict Cumberbatch
Hilda Rumpole:: Jasmine Hyde
Claude Erskine-Brown:: Nigel Anthony
Tony Timson:: Stephen Critchlow
Guthrie Featherstone:: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Charles Hearthstoke:: David Shaw-Parker
Phillida Erskine-Brown:: Cathy Sara
Director:: Marilyn Imrie
Adaptor:: Richard Stoneman
Author:: John Mortimer

Drama on 4

Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders

Episode 1: Old Unhappy Far-Off Things

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 19^th May 2009, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 28^th Apr 2013, 03:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. It is the 1950s, and young Rumpole defends a man accused of murdering two war heroes. John Mortimer's mystery stars Benedict Cumberbatch. Show more

Contributors

Writer:: John Mortimer
Elder Horace Rumpole:: Timothy West
Young Horace Rumpole:: Benedict Cumberbatch
CH Wystan:: Geoffrey Whitehead
Albert:: Andy de la Tour
Simon Jerold:: Ewan Bailey
Daisy:: Emma Fielding
Hilda Wystan:: Jasmine Hyde
Reggie Proudfoot:: Stephen Critchlow
Bonny Bernard:: Matthew Morgan
Judge Cookson:: Karl Johnson
Lord Jessop:: David Shaw-Parker
Producer:: Marilyn Imrie
Director:: Marilyn Imrie

Genres

DramaCrime

Brand

Drama on 4: Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders

Series

Drama on 4

Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders

Episode 2: Alone and Without a Leader

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 26^th May 2009, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 5^th May 2013, 03:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

The accused asks the senior QC to hand over his case to young Horace Rumpole. Stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Timothy West. Show more

Contributors

Elder Horace Rumpole:: Timothy West
Young Horace Rumpole:: Benedict Cumberbatch
CH Wystan:: Geoffrey Whitehead
Albert:: Andy de la Tour
Simon Jerold:: Ewan Bailey
Daisy:: Emma Fielding
Hilda Wystan:: Jasmine Hyde
Reggie Proudfoot:: Stephen Critchlow
Bonny Bernard:: Matthew Morgan
Judge Cookson:: Karl Johnson
Lord Jessop:: David Shaw-Parker
Writer:: John Mortimer
Producer:: Catherine Bailey
Adaptor:: Richard Stoneman
Director:: Marilyn Imrie
Producer:: Marilyn Imrie

Genres

DramaCrime

Brand

Drama on 4: Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders

Series

Drama on 4

Heading to Paradise

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 16^th Jul 2015, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM

The stories of some of the victims of Flight MH17, shot down over the Ukraine in 2014. Joe Caffrey, Philip Franks and Tracy Wiles star in David Morley's factual drama. Show more

Contributors

Mike:: Tom Alexander
Travel Agent:: Tom Alexander
Elsemiek:: Eliza Butterworth
Lee:: Eliza Butterworth
John:: Joe Caffrey
Esther:: Felicity Duncan
Rika:: Felicity Duncan
Hans:: Philip Franks
Airport Official:: Philip Franks
Bryce:: Richard Goulding
Barry Sim:: Richard Goulding
Daisy:: Alana Ramsey
Izzy Sim:: Alana Ramsey
Barry:: David Shaw-Parker
Sergio:: David Shaw-Parker
Liam:: Daniel Weyman
Silene:: Tracy Wiles
Julian:: Tracy Wiles
Writer:: David Morley
Director:: Dirk Maggs

Genres

Drama

Brand

Drama on 4

Sean Grundy - Far Side of the Moore

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 30^th Mar 2015, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 19^th Dec 2019, 21:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. Tom Hollander stars as Patrick Moore. It’s 1957: a lack of astronomy qualifications may kill off his TV career before it begins. Show more

Contributors

Lorna:: Felicity Duncan
Gertrude Moore:: Patricia Hodge
Patrick Moore:: Tom Hollander
Dr Henry King:: Anton Lesser
Eileen Wilkins:: Charlotte Ritchie
Leonard Miall:: David Shaw-Parker
Arthur C Clarke:: Simon Treves
Paul Johnstone:: Daniel Weyman
Writer:: Sean Grundy
Director:: Dirk Maggs
Producer:: David Morley

Genres

Drama

Brand

The Afternoon Play: Series 5

The Afternoon Play

Series 5

Episode 4: Pieces of a Silver Lining

BBC One

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Thu 25^th Jan 2007, 14:05 on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: Sat 1^st Aug 2009, 16:00 on BBC HD

Series of one-off dramas. Retired vicar Geoffrey takes a stand on his council tax and gets sent to prison, where he gets trapped in a cell with a lifer. Show more

Contributors

Geoffrey:: Jimmy Yuill
Reggie/Arnold:: Zig Byfield
Janice:: Elizabeth Bennett
Bennett:: Andrew Tiernan
Lenny:: David Shaw-Parker
Terry:: Niall Refoy
Niall:: Nik Howden
Judge:: David Verrey
Security Guard:: David Webber
Producer:: Ben Bickerton
Director:: Steve M Kelly
Writer:: Martin Jameson
Writer:: Alun Nipper

Genres

Drama

Brand

The Afternoon Play

Series

Jekyll and Hyde

9. Dr Lanyon's narrative

School Radio

Utterson reads the document given him by Dr Lanyon before his death. It describes a request from Jekyll to acquire some chemicals from his laboratory to place with his messenger. Show more

Contributors

Dr Hastie Lanyon:: David Shaw-Parker
Dr Henry Jekyll:: Julian Rhind-Tutt

Genres

LearningSecondary

Brand

Jekyll and Hyde