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Friday Drama

The Broken Word

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Adam Fould adapts his poem about a white family caught up in the Mau Mau time in 1950s Kenya. Tom comes home for his last holiday before university and acquires a taste for blood. Show more

Drama on 3

The Government Inspector

Duration: 1 hour, 59 minutes

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

Adapted by Adrian Mitchell, Gogol's satire on corruption and sleaze in which a penniless clerk is mistaken for an important official. Starring Lenny Henry and Roger Allam. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Jeremy Herrin
Khlestakov:
Lenny Henry
The Governor:
Roger Allam
Anna, his wife:
Monica Dolan
Marya, his daughter:
Erin Doherty
Charity Commissioner:
Peter Wight
Dr Gibner:
Paul Jesson
Bobchinsky:
James Fleet
Postmaster:
Ivanno Jeremiah
Schools Superintendent:
Stephen Critchlow
Locksmith's Wife:
Jessica Gunning

Genres

Doctor Who (2005–2022)

Series 10

Episode 6: Extremis

Duration: 49 minutes

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

Available for years

Everyone who has ever read the Veritas has been found dead. In a library at the heart of the Vatican, the pope urges the Doctor to read the ancient text. Show more

Natural World

2018-2019

Saving the Orangutan

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Red Ape uses footage filmed by teams fighting to save critically endangered orangutans of Borneo, to reveal the reasons for their decline and exploring what their future holds. Show more

The Hollow Crown

The Wars of the Roses

Episode 3: Richard III

Duration: 2 hours, 8 minutes

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

Available for 24 days

Screen adaptations of Shakespeare plays. In his quest for the crown, Richard plans the murder of his brother George. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Dominic Cooke
Adaptor:
Ben Power
Buckingham:
Ben Daniels
Cecily:
Judi Dench
Hastings:
James Fleet
Queen Elizabeth:
Keeley Hawes
Henry VI:
Tom Sturridge
Murderer II:
Josef Altin
Prince Richard:
Isaac Andrews
Catesby:
Paul Bazely
Murderer I:
Geoff Bell
Mayor of London:
Robert Bowman
Bishop of Ely:
Alan David
Ratcliffe:
Keith Dunphy
George Stanley:
Simon Ginty
Princess Elizabeth:
Madison Lygo
Brackenbury:
John MacKay
Prince Edward:
Caspar Morley
Messenger:
Jude Owusu
Lady-in-Waiting:
Penny Ryder
Torch Bearer:
Sid Sagar
Rivers:
Al Weaver
Production Company:
Neal Street Productions

Duration: 59 minutes

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

The story of how, after a disappointing Olympics in Atlanta in 1996, Britain's Olympic dreams were rebuilt through a lottery-funded sporting revolution. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

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

Beijing 2008 is around the corner and a new generation of British athletes aims for gold. Pressure rises on all sides, not only to deliver medals, but to win London’s Olympic bid. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

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

After triumphing in Beijing, Britain’s athletes have four years to topple the sporting superpowers at London 2012, as the organisers face a sceptical press and public. Show more