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Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola

Season 2 - Sex

Episode 7: Affairs

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Affairs by Lavinia Murray inspired by Zola's Rougon-Maquart series. Dide's great grand-son Octave has come to Paris to find his fortune preferably through his affairs with women. Show more

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. An extraordinary day in the life of a young Alexander Graham Bell, the roots of his genius and his invention. Stars John Bell. Show more

Contributors

Aleck:
John Bell
Rev McReady:
Stuart McQuarrie
Voice of the Automaton:
Seamus O'Neill

Genres

Drama on 4

Roderick Hudson by Henry James

Episode 1

Duration: 57 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Rowland Mallet takes a young sculptor to Rome to develop his art. A story of obsession, love and desire. Stars Derek Riddell. Show more

Contributors

Henry James:
John Lynch
Roderick Hudson:
Luke Newberry
Rowland Mallett:
Derek Riddell
Christina Light:
Emily Beecham
Mary Garland:
Caitlin Thorburn
Mrs Hudson:
Susan Twist
Mme Grandoni:
Susan Twist
Cecilia:
Kate Hudson
Mrs Light:
Lorelei King

Genres

Drama on 4

Roderick Hudson by Henry James

Episode 2

Duration: 57 minutes

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

Still engaged to Mary, Roderick has fallen for beautiful socialite Christina Light – sparking mayhem. Stars Luke Newberry. Show more

Contributors

Henry James:
John Lynch
Roderick Hudson:
Luke Newberry
Rowland Mallett:
Derek Riddell
Christina Light:
Emily Beecham
Mary Garland:
Caitlin Thorburn
Mrs Hudson:
Susan Twist
Mme Grandoni:
Susan Twist
Mrs Light:
Lorelei King
Leavenworth:
Stephen Marzella

Genres

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century: Takes Two to Tandem

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Summer 1934. Frank's carefree life as a confirmed bachelor is disrupted by Doris' decision to leave the cycling club. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century: Takes Two to Tandem

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

It is winter 1934, and consistent with the country's economic depression, business in the millinery trade continues to be slow. Lilly guides Frank in the art of romance. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century: Takes Two to Tandem

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

A bachelor again, Frank organises the latest Clarencourt Cycle Club competition but can he control temptation and resist Doris's allure? Show more

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century: Takes Two to Tandem

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Things are in a state of flux. Can Frank recover from his latest blunder with Doris, and will Lily's instructions improve his chances of avoiding a life of miserable bachelorhood? Show more

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century: Takes Two to Tandem

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

New Year's Eve. Frank and Doris are saying farewell to 1938, facing what looks like, on a global scale, a rather troubling future. Show more

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola

Season 3 - Money

4. Swindle

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Zola drama. Set on the Normandy coast, Sidonie takes in her orphaned niece and siphons her considerable inheritance, starring Glenda Jackson, Pippa Heywood and Mathew Horne. Show more

Drama on 4

Hatch, Match and Dispatch

Elephants All the Way Up by Lavinia Murray

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for 5 months

Harper is a simple soul but his life is complicated. Then the ground starts to shift - literally. Stars Graeme Hawley. Show more

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola

Season 2 - Sex

Episode 9: Flesh

Duration: 57 minutes

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

9. Flesh. A famous courtesan returns to Paris in the season finale. Dramatised from the work of Emile Zola by Lavinia Murray. Show more

Drama on 4

Lavinia Murray - The Beautiful Ugly

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Drama imagining a day in the life of author Hans Christian Andersen as a child, and his magical creativity. Stars Ellis Hollins. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola

Season 3 - Money

5. Inheritance

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Final season of award winning Zola dramas: Money, starring Glenda Jackson. First of a two part drama set in the depths of rural France where families fight over ownership of land. Show more

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola

Season 3 - Money

6. Reap

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Final season of award winning Zola dramas: Money, starring Glenda Jackson. Concluding drama set in the depths of rural France where families fight over ownership of land. Show more

HG Wells

Ann Veronica

2. A Quest for Liberation

Duration: 1 hour

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

Ann Veronica is living alone in her quest for liberation, but it's an uphill struggle. Starring Bill Nighy and Amy Hoggart. Show more

Contributors

HG Wells - The Narrator:
Bill Nighy
Ann Veronica Stanley:
Amy Hoggart
Kitty Brett:
Verity Henry
Manning:
Toby Hadoke
Author:
HG Wells

Genres

Henry James

The American

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

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

A millionaire, newly arrived in Paris, falls in love with an aristocrat whose family are shrouded in mystery. Stars John Lynch. Show more

Contributors

Henry James:
John Lynch
Christopher Newman:
Lee Ingleby
Claire de Cintre:
Olivia Hallinan
Madame de Bellgarde:
Richenda Carey
Mrs Bread:
Richenda Carey
Urbain Bellgarde:
Jonathan Keeble
Msr Nioche:
Jonathan Keeble
Valentin Bellgarde:
Ashley Margolis
Noemie Nioche:
Alais Lawson
Mrs Tristram:
Alais Lawson
Mr Tristram:
Ryan Early
Deepmere:
Ryan Early

Genres

Henry James

The American

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

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

When Claire’s mother and brother betray Newman most cruelly, he is intent on revenge. Starring Olivia Hallinan. Show more

Contributors

Henry James:
John Lynch
Christopher Newman:
Lee Ingleby
Claire de Cintre:
Olivia Hallinan
Madame de Bellgarde:
Richenda Carey
Mrs Bread:
Richenda Carey
Urbain Bellgarde:
Jonathan Keeble
Msr Nioche:
Jonathan Keeble
Valentin Bellgarde:
Ashley Margolis
Noemie Nioche:
Alais Lawson
Mrs Tristram:
Alais Lawson
Mr Tristram:
Ryan Early
Deepmere:
Ryan Early

Genres

Drama on 4

Lavinia Murray - Once upon a Time There Was a Beatrix

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Fact and fantasy combine in an imagined day of Beatrix Potter as a child, providing a glimpse of the roots of her creativity. Stars Amelia Clarkson. From April 2013. Show more

Contributors

McKenzie:
Fiona Clarke
Boiling Fox:
Fiona Clarke
Mrs Potter:
Fiona Clarke
Mr Potter:
David Fleeshman
Mr Hardee:
Conrad Nelson
Beatrix's Grandmama:
Brigit Forsyth

Genres

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola

Season 2 - Sex

Episode 8: Lust

Duration: 57 minutes

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

8. Lust. A story of insatiable desire. Dramatised from the work of Emile Zola by Lavinia Murray. Show more