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Drama on 3

The Outsider, by Albert Camus

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

John Retallack's dramatisation of Albert Camus's existentialist novel L'etranger. Meursault is a young man living in Algiers, who narrates his own story with striking neutrality. Show more

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Genres

Drama on 3

Head Hunters

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

By Michael Eaton. Drama focusing on Alfred Haddon, one of the first anthropologists, who in 1917 signed up as a YMCA volunteer on the Western Front. With Michael Maloney. Show more

Contributors

Alfred Cort Haddon:
Michael Maloney
James George Frazer:
Sean Murray
Charles Myers:
David Seddon
Kathleen Haddon:
Carys Eleri
Lily Fraser:
Priyanga Burford

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 1: 4-8 August 1914 (Season 1 start)

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for 5 days

An epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Folkestone comes to terms with being at the hub of Britain's war effort. Show more

Pilgrim by Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Series 5

Gallowstone Hill

Duration: 44 minutes

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

By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Starring Paul Hilton and Lee Ross. In search of the Radiant Boy, Pilgrim comes to a village cursed with a dangerous collective madness. Show more

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for 6 months

A Victorian scientist ploughs his wealth into developing a device to record his dead daughter’s voice. Stars Michael Bertenshaw. Show more

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for 6 months

A small-time fame-hungry 1950s psychic is unable to read anyone's thoughts, let alone his female co-worker. Stars Ralf Little. Show more

Classic Serial

Evelyn Waugh - Sword of Honour

Episode 2: Men at Arms, part 2

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Yet to see any war action, Guy helps Apthorpe to conceal his portable latrine - and his ex-wife reappears. Stars Paul Ready. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Tim McInnerny
Guy Crouchback:
Paul Ready
Brigadier Ben Ritchie-Hook:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Virginia:
Lydia Leonard
Brigadier:
David Seddon
Sgt Major:
Ben Crowe
Brigade Major:
Sean Murray
Director:
Sally Avens
Adaptor:
Jeremy Front

Classic Serial

Evelyn Waugh - Sword of Honour

Episode 4: Officers and Gentlemen, part 2

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Posted to Egypt, Guy's unit is surrounded more by rumour than action. But the chaos of war is approaching. Stars Paul Ready. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Tim McInnerny
Guy Crouchback:
Paul Ready
Major Hound:
John Dougall
Ludovic:
Carl Prekopp
Virginia:
Lydia Leonard
Trimmer:
Lee Ingleby
General Whale:
Sean Murray
Kilbannock:
Oliver Chris
Kirstie Kilbannock:
Polly Frame
Sgt Hughes:
Arthur Hughes
Sgt Smiley:
Ben Crowe
Greek Woman:
Carys Eleri
Soldier:
David Seddon
Director:
Sally Avens
Adaptor:
Jeremy Front

Classic Serial

Evelyn Waugh - Sword of Honour

Episode 6: Unconditional Surrender

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Guy's military career is revived with selection for a mission to Italy. He heads to London to await orders. Stars Paul Ready. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Tim McInnerny
Virginia:
Lydia Leonard
Peregrine:
John Rowe
Ian Kilbannock:
Oliver Chris
Kirstie Kilbannock:
Polly Frame
Ludovic:
Carl Prekopp
Fremantle:
John Norton
Frank De Souza:
Joel MacCormack
Instructor:
Sean Murray
Orderly:
David Seddon
Director:
Tracey Neale
Adaptor:
Jeremy Front

Duration: 1 hour

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

A young American prepares to blow up a vital bridge as part of an offensive during the Spanish Civil War. Stars Patrick Kennedy. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

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

Robert Jordan fears the enemy are aware of the offensive, but is it too late? Starring Patrick Kennedy and Ralph Ineson. Show more

Drama on 4

The Electrical Venus

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Julie Mayhew. May 1749. Grainger's travelling fair develops an astonishing new act, care of Sebastian Fox and his 'electrickery'. Show more

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

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Virginia Gilbert. A journalist is accused of molesting his stepdaughter in this powerful drama starring Ed Stoppard and Lia Williams, and introducing Lucy Cook as Helen. Show more

Drama on 4

Democracy for Beginners

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Paul Dornan. Unemployed graduate Hannah returns to sleepy Westport. She needs a job but the only one going is as mayor, and her dad's running for that. Dare she run for it too? Show more

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By award-winning writer Tom Wells. The heroic journey of Withernsea lad Jamie 'Jonesy' Jones, from chronic asthma sufferer to graduate in GCSE PE. Show more

Drama on 4

Andy Warhol's Wig

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

By David Lemon. Thomas, a young artist obsessed with the 1960s, goes on an eventful roadtrip with his maverick artist hero. Show more

Clare in the Community

Series 9

In Blog We Trust

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for 2 months

Convinced a team member is blogging as 'The Secret Social Worker', Clare tries to unmask them. Stars Sally Phillips. From January 2014. Show more

Clare in the Community

Series 9

Driven to Extremes

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for 2 months

Clare is facing a disciplinary tribunal after a seemingly straightforward job goes awry. Stars Sally Phillips. From 2014. Show more

Drama on 3

In the Depths of Dead Love

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

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

By Howard Barker. Dark comedy set in China in which a banished poet (Richard E Grant) faces a major dilemma after he falls in love with a grandee's wife. Show more