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Poetry Please

Attila the Stockbroker's Mum

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Roger McGough introduces listeners' poetry requests, ranging from Keats to Attila the Stockbroker. The readers are Simon Armstrong, Rosie Cavaliero and Zeb Soanes. Show more

Tsar

Peter the Great: the Gamblers

Duration: 1 hour

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

Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Russian Tsars moves on to the accession of Peter the Great, who came to the throne with his half-brother, Ivan, at the age of ten. Show more

Crash

Series 2

Episode 6

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Medical drama series. Cath's birthday takes a tragic turn as 12-year-old Gabby dies in her arms, making her question her life choices.

Contributors

Cath Llewellyn:
Kezia Burrows
Simon Strettle:
Gareth Milton
Ameer Mowad:
Simon Rivers
Rhian Matthews:
Elin Phillips
James Llewelyn:
Simon Armstrong
Gabby:
Ella Peel
Policeman:
Scott Bailey
Executive Producer:
Tony Jordan
Executive Producer:
Claire Phillips
Executive Producer:
Rob Gittins

Drama on 4

Best Queue

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Absurdist existential drama by Sean Grundy about a family stuck in a queue that never ends. Starring Susan Cookson. Show more

Contributors

Doctor Keith:
Alun Raglan
Other Voices:
Alun Raglan
Celebrity:
Tony Marshall
Newsreader:
Will Glennon

Genres

Drama on 3

August 1914

Duration: 2 hours

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

Robin Brooks's dramatisation of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's novel about the Russian army's defeat at the hands of Germany in 1914 as they advanced into East Prussia. Show more

Contributors

Adaptor:
Robin Brooks
Narrator:
Fiona Shaw
Vorotyntsev:
Alex Waldmann
Sasha Lenartovich:
Mark Edel-Hunt
Yaroslav Kharitonov:
Will Howard
Grokholets:
Robert Pugh
Filimonov:
Sam Dale
Ofrosimov:
Matthew Watson
Artamonov:
David Cann
Kramchatkin:
Chris Gordon
Luntsov:
Sion Ifan
Agafon:
Alex Hope

Genres

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Rob Gittins. Based on the true story of Operation Julie. In 1977, police swooped on an isolated farmhouse in Wales from where a large proportion of the world's LSD originated. Show more

Contributors

Richard Kemp:
Alex Waldmann
Christine Bott:
Sara Lloyd-Gregory
David Solomon:
Alun Raglan
DC Hart:
Eiry Thomas

Genres

Drama on 4

Nick Perry - The Transfer

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Football agent Danny Provisor negotiates desperate last-ditch deals on football's transfer deadline day. Stars David Schofield. Show more

Contributors

Danny Provisor:
David Schofield
Jonathan Provisor:
Daniel Abelson
Steve Lucas:
Simon Armstrong
Graham Parsons:
Simon Armstrong
Peter Gray:
Chris Donnelly
Mr Agnihotri:
Chris Donnelly
Stanislav Illich:
Velibor Topic
Slavko Illich:
Mirza Koluder
As Himself:
Ian Dennis
Writer:
Nick Perry
Producer:
Toby Field

Genres

With Great Pleasure

Paddy Ashdown

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Paddy Ashdown chooses his favourite works of poetry and prose at home in Somerset, with readings by Simon Armstrong and Pippa Hayward. Show more

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Drama. When Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys) and his flirtatious wife Caitlin (Sienna Miller) sweep into war-torn London, they bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Show more

Contributors

Vera Phillips:
Keira Knightley
Caitlin Thomas:
Sienna Miller
William Killick:
Cillian Murphy
Dylan Thomas:
Matthew Rhys
Lieutenant Colonel David Talbot Rice:
Richard Dillane
Anthony Devas:
Alastair Mackenzie
Mr Justice Singleton:
Paul Brooke
Wilfred Hosgood:
Simon Armstrong
Sergeant:
Ben Batt
Alistair Graham:
Richard Clifford
Director:
John Maybury

Saturday Drama

David Dodge - To Catch a Thief

Duration: 1 hour

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

An ex-jewel thief in France battles to prove his innocence. The novel that became a Hitchcock film classic. Stars Jeff Harding. Show more

Contributors

John Robie:
Jeff Harding
Francie Stevens:
Jennifer Lee Jellicorse
Mrs Stevens:
Laura Brook
French Extras:
Martin Sorrell
Director:
Sarah Davies

Genres

The Coroner

Series 1

Episode 5: Gilt

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One North East & Cumbria

Crime drama. When a treasure hunter is found dead, Jane wonders if one of his colleagues wanted the loot for themselves, while the locals fear something more supernatural. Show more

Contributors

Jane Kennedy:
Claire Goose
Errol Prowse:
Simon Armstrong
Ray Mason:
Alex Avery
Anthony Light:
Sam Stockman
Debs Luscombe:
Katy Brand
Judith Kennedy:
Beatie Edney
Mick Sturrock:
Ivan Kaye
Beth Kennedy:
Grace Hogg-Robinson
Clint Holman:
Oliver Gomm
DS Davey Higgins:
Matt Bardock
Amelia Prowse:
Georgia Henshaw
Prof. Tal Greening:
Gerald Kyd
Director:
Ian Barber
Executive Producer:
Will Trotter

Call the Midwife

Christmas Special 2013

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Period drama. An unexploded bomb is discovered, throwing festivities into chaos for the nuns, midwives and residents of Poplar a few days before Christmas. Show more

Contributors

Jenny Lee:
Jessica Raine
Sister Julienne:
Jenny Agutter
Sister Evangelina:
Pam Ferris
Chummy Noakes:
Miranda Hart
Sister Monica Joan:
Judy Parfitt
Trixie Franklin:
Helen George
Cynthia Miller:
Bryony Hannah
Shelagh Turner:
Laura Main
PC Peter Noakes:
Ben Caplan
Dr Patrick Turner:
Stephen McGann
Fred Buckle:
Cliff Parisi
Timothy Turner:
Max Macmillan
Alec Jesmond:
Leo Staar
Yvonne Bridges:
Victoria Bewick
Alan Bridges:
Sam Swainsbury
Captain Goodacre:
Raymond Coulthard
Jack Smith:
Jake Bailey
Reporter:
Oliver Stoney
Major Fawcett:
Simon Armstrong
Linda Buck:
Nancy Carroll
Sister Gibbs:
Sandi Toksvig
Voice of Mature Jenny:
Vanessa Redgrave
Producer:
Hugh Warren
Director:
Thea Sharrock

Duration: 1 hour, 19 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Drama. After the young son of Marie's next-door neighbour dies in her care, she becomes convinced that she is haunted. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Under Milk Wood meets Heart of Darkness. Unfilmed screenplay by Dylan Thomas, narrated as a 'Film for Voices' by Matthew Rhys. Show more

Contributors

Genres

The Hollow Crown

The Wars of the Roses

Episode 2: Henry VI - Part 2

Duration: 2 hours, 2 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 5 weeks

After the Battle of St Albans, Plantagenet and the Yorkists ride to London to claim the throne. Henry negotiates to keep the crown but agrees to disinherit his son Prince Edward. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Dominic Cooke
Adaptor:
Ben Power
Production Company:
Neal Street Productions
Buckingham:
Ben Daniels
Plantagenet:
Adrian Dunbar
Hastings:
James Fleet
Queen Elizabeth:
Keeley Hawes
Somerset:
Ben Miles
King Louis:
Andrew Scott
Clifford:
Kyle Soller
Henry VI:
Tom Sturridge
Grieving Father:
Simon Armstrong
Grieving Son:
Jamie Ballard
Bishop of Ely:
Alan David
Lady Bona:
Mariah Gale
Shepherd II:
Christopher Godwin
Shepherd I:
Tom Godwin
Westmorland:
Richard Lynch
Brackenbury:
John MacKay
Young Soldier:
Jordan McCurrach
Young Cecily:
Lucy Robinson
Messenger:
Gerald Tyler
Rivers:
Al Weaver

Drama on 3

Antony and Cleopatra

Duration: 2 hours, 25 minutes

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

Available for years

Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston star in this great tragedy of love and power, part of Radio 3's celebration of the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare. Show more

Contributors

Cleopatra:
Alex Kingston
Octavius Caesar:
Geoffrey Streatfield
Enobarbus:
Robert Pugh
Proculeius:
Alun Raglan
Octavia/Iras:
Priyanga Burford
Charmian:
Janice Acquah
Alexas:
Don Gilet
Mardian:
Ewan Bailey
Eros/Messenger:
Will Howard
Soothsayer/Snakeman:
Peter Polycarpou

Genres

15 Minute Drama

My Life with Flu

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for 28 days

It's the year 2000. As her daughter Polly prepares for university, Jill has the urge to phone an old friend. Starring Sharon Morgan. Show more

15 Minute Drama

My Life with Flu

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for 28 days

October 2014: Can an old familiar face at the chemists be a last shot at happiness for the 71-year-old Jill? Stars William Hope. Show more