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15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century 27 - The Journal of a Joskin

Episode 3: 1948: Gooseberries

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Finances are tight, and writing commissions are few and far between for Yorkshire farm labourer and writer Fred Kitchen. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century 27 - The Journal of a Joskin

Episode 4: 1958: Preacher

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Fred Kitchen is now a school gardener and preacher alongside his spasmodic writing career. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century 27 - The Journal of a Joskin

Episode 1: 1940: The Doorstep War

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Yorkshire farm labourer and writer Fred Kitchen's first book is finally published. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century 27 - The Journal of a Joskin

Episode 2: 1940: The Promised Land

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Pastures new for published Yorkshire farm labourer and writer Fred Kitchen. Show more

15 Minute Drama

HighLites: Retouched

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Bev and Shirley go mobile, when the salon is closed down by environmental health. Show more

15 Minute Drama

HighLites: Retouched

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Bev and Shirley use their mobile salon to pervert the course of justice in a hit and run investigation that may be putting their van at the scene of the crime. Show more

Mary Shelley - Frankenstein

Episode 2: Dracula, pt 2

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

Lucy Westenra is dead, but Van Helsing is determined to find out the true cause of her death, track it down, fight it and defeat it forever. Nicky Henson stars as Count Dracula. Show more

Mary Shelley - Frankenstein

Episode 1: Dracula, pt 1

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

4 Extra Debut. Bram Stoker's original vampire horror tale of Count Dracula's reign of terror in Victorian Britain. Stars Nicky Henson. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

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

Available for years

Bram Stoker's original vampire horror tale of Count Dracula's reign of terror in Victorian Britain. Stars Nicky Henson. Show more

Contributors

Count Dracula:
Nicky Henson
Dr Seward:
Charles Edwards
Renfield:
Don Gilet
Jonathan Harker:
Michael Shelford
Mina Murray:
Ellie Kendrick
Lucy Westenra:
Scarlett Brookes
Dr Van Helsing:
John Dougall
Arthur:
Joe Sims
Landlord's Wife:
Christine Absalom
Vampiress:
Sarah Thom
Vampiress:
Ellie Crook

Bram Stoker - Dracula

2. The Warmth of Strangers

Duration: 1 hour

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

Available for years

Lucy Westenra is dead, but Professor Van Helsing is determined to find out how she died. Nicky Henson stars as Count Dracula. Show more

Contributors

Count Dracula:
Nicky Henson
Dr Seward:
Charles Edwards
Renfield:
Don Gilet
Jonathan Harker:
Michael Shelford
Mina Harker:
Ellie Kendrick
Lucy Westenra:
Scarlett Brookes
Dr Van Helsing:
John Dougall
Arthur:
Joe Sims
Policeman:
Robert Blythe
Vampiress:
Sarah Thom
Vampiress:
Ellie Crook

15 Minute Drama

HighLites: Retouched

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Bev and Shirley take their unique hairdressing style to an old people's home and set about making Enid feel ten years older. Show more

Drama on 4

Melissa Murray - Tom Thumb Redux

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Research biologist Tom Latimer is losing his funding, his waistline and his young second wife Val. But his problems are about to get a whole lot smaller. From 2013. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Drama on 4

The Loving Ballad of Captain Bateman

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Joseph Wilde. Modern love story based on a very old folk song. In Afghanistan, a wounded British soldier puts Sofia in a dangerous dilemma. Show more

Contributors

Captain Bateman:
Nicholas Murchie
Sofia's Father:
Haroon Yousofi
Sgt Gilbert:
Ben Crowe
Pte Richards:
Pieter Lawman
Pte Scott:
Tim van Eyken
Pte Jones:
Will Howard
Coach Driver:
Adam Nagaitis
Director:
Julian May

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Clare in the Community

Series 9

Stand By Your Man

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

Social worker Clare Barker has mysteriously abandoned her honeymoon, and returned to work. Stars Sally Phillips. From January 2014. 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 7 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

Away Day Wey Hey

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

The team are forced to take part in a team-building away day, much to Clare's disapproval. 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 7 months

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

Clare in the Community

Series 9

Panic Room

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

Clare is forced to confront an old phobia after a regular client meeting takes an unusual turn. Stars Sally Phillips. From 2014. Show more

Clare in the Community

Series 10

Things That Go Bump in the Day

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for years

The Sparrowhawk team are forced to work together to overcome a little problem in the office. Stars Sally Phillips. From July 2015. Show more

Clare in the Community

Series 11

Fight Them on the Beaches

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for years

Clare leads a seaside day trip for elderly estate residents, but it rapidly gets out of hand. Stars Sally Phillips. From 2016. Show more