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Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 34: 21-25 September 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

Omnibus edition of the epic drama series set in Great War Britain over a week when Folkestone seems to be poisoned by the war. Show more

Home Front

4 August 1917 - Hilary Pearce

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

On this day in 1917, there was a service on the Leas in Folkestone to mark the third anniversary of the outbreak of war. Show more

Contributors

Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Solly Joseph:
Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Alice Macknade:
Claire Louise Cordwell
Mayor Penfold:
John Woodvine
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Writer:
Katie Hims

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 80: 31 July - 4 August 1917 (Season 11 start)

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

The first omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the battle of Passchendaele began. Show more

Contributors

Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Ernie Moore:
Sean Connolly
Alice Macknade:
Claire Louise Cordwell
Solly Joseph:
Stephen Critchlow
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Mrs Fryer:
Debbie Korley
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Mayor Penfold:
John Woodvine
Sir Frederick Mott:
Philip Fox
Hilda Moore:
Bella Hamblin
Ralph Winwood:
Nick Murchie
Harry Tate:
Philip Fox
Biago Rossi:
Philip Fox
Caroline:
Debbie Korley
Albert Wilson:
Jamie Foreman
Writer:
Katie Hims

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Home Front

From 31 July to 4 August 1917

Duration: 1 hour

31 July to 4 August 1917 (Omnibus): Epic drama set in the Britain of the Great War. The week when the Battle of Passchendaele began. From July 2017. Omnibus One of Season Eleven. Show more

Contributors

Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Solly Joseph:
Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Alice Macknade:
Claire Louise Cordwell
Mayor Penfold:
John Woodvine
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Writer:
Katie Hims

Home Front

From 7 August to 11 August 1917

Duration: 1 hour

The week when Folkestone watched forty British planes encircle enemy aircraft over the English Channel. From August 2017. Show more

Contributors

Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Solly Joseph:
Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Alice Macknade:
Claire Louise Cordwell
Mayor Penfold:
John Woodvine
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Writer:
Katie Hims

Home Front

From 14 August to 18 August 1917

Duration: 1 hour

The week in August 1917 when poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon met in Craiglockhart Hospital. From August 2017. Show more

Contributors

Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Solly Joseph:
Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Alice Macknade:
Claire Louise Cordwell
Mayor Penfold:
John Woodvine
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Writer:
Katie Hims

Home Front

From 21 August to 25 August 1917

Duration: 1 hour

Epic drama series set in the Great War. Season eleven, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone. The French Army regains territory in a new offensive at Verdun. From August 2017. Show more

Contributors

Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Solly Joseph:
Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Alice Macknade:
Claire Louise Cordwell
Mayor Penfold:
John Woodvine
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Writer:
Katie Hims

Home Front

From 28 August to 1 September 1917

Duration: 1 hour

Epic drama series set in Britain during the Great War. Season eleven, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone. The week when severe gales uprooted trees and damaged crops. From Aug 2017. Show more

Contributors

Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Solly Joseph:
Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Alice Macknade:
Claire Louise Cordwell
Mayor Penfold:
John Woodvine
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Writer:
Katie Hims

Home Front

From 4 September to 8 September 1917

Duration: 1 hour

Epic drama series set in the Britain of the Great War. Season eleven, Broken and Mad, in the week when the entire French government resigned over army mutinees. From September 2017. Show more

Contributors

Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Solly Joseph:
Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Alice Macknade:
Claire Louise Cordwell
Mayor Penfold:
John Woodvine
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Writer:
Katie Hims

Home Front

From 11 September to 15 September 1917

Duration: 1 hour

Epic drama series set in the Great War. The week when Kerensky's provisional government proclaimed a Russian republic. From September 2017. Show more

Contributors

Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Solly Joseph:
Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Alice Macknade:
Claire Louise Cordwell
Mayor Penfold:
John Woodvine
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Writer:
Katie Hims

Home Front

From 18 September to 22 September 1917

Duration: 1 hour

Epic drama series set in the Britain of the Great War. The week in 1917 when free treatment was recommended for all invalided soldiers. From September 2017. Show more

Contributors

Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Solly Joseph:
Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Alice Macknade:
Claire Louise Cordwell
Mayor Penfold:
John Woodvine
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Writer:
Katie Hims

Elizabeth R

The Enterprise of England

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Available for years

Classic historical drama series. With the threat of war against Spain suddenly imminent, Elizabeth must place her faith in the strength of the navy, led by Sir Francis Drake.

Contributors

Elizabeth:
Glenda Jackson
King Philip II of Spain:
Peter Jeffrey
Sir Francis Drake:
John Woodvine
Robert Dudley:
Robert Hardy
William Cecil:
Ronald Hines
Walsingham:
Stephen Murray

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Drama about journalist Heather Brooke's fight for the disclosure of MPs' expenses under the Freedom of Information Act, resulting in one of the political scandals of the decade. Show more

Contributors

Heather Brooke:
Anna Maxwell Martin
Michael Martin MP:
Brian Cox
Andrew Walker:
Alex Jennings
Alan Keen MP:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Sir Stuart Bell MP:
David Calder
Speaker's Secretary:
Christopher Good
Hugh Tomlinson:
Neil Pearson
Ben Leapman:
Jeremy Swift
House of Commons Counsel:
Raquel Cassidy
Personal Assistant:
Naomi Frederick
Barry Long MP:
Rod Arthur
David Maclean MP:
Sam Graham
Redactor 2:
Stephanie Street
Douglas Hogg MP:
Geoffrey Beevers
Writer:
Tony Saint

Home Front

18 December 1914 - Mervyn Harris

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 25 days

Maisie Plackett takes very seriously the question 'Is your best boy in khaki?'. Show more

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 12: 15-19 December 1914

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for 2 months

A spirit of generosity and recklessness fills the air as all Folkestone is encouraged to give itself to the war. With Craige Els, Will Howard. Show more

Doctors

Series 13

Episode 201: A Taste of Honey

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Imogen meets a beekeeper who struggles to cope without his own queen bee in his life. Daniel has a meltdown when Zara suggests taking Joe home. Show more

Contributors

Dr Daniel Granger:
Matthew Chambers
Dr Zara Carmichael:
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh
Dr Freya Wilson:
Lu Corfield
Dr Kevin Tyler:
Simon Rivers
Julia Parsons:
Diane Keen
Karen Hollins:
Jan Pearson
Rob Hollins:
Chris Walker
Imogen Hollins:
Charlie Clemmow
Marina Bonnaire:
Marian McLoughlin
Sally McGuire:
Jo-Anne Stockham
Mandy Marquez:
Danielle Henry
Albert Bilberry:
John Woodvine
Anne Bilberry:
Anna Barry
Alan Beck:
Billy Geraghty
Chloe McGuire:
Siena Pugsley
Series Producer:
Mike Hobson
Series Producer:
Peter Eryl Lloyd
Producer:
Ella Kelly

Duration: 2 hours, 17 minutes

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

Richard Attenborough's biopic recounting the eventful early life of Winston Churchill, including his time as a war correspondent in Africa. With Simon Ward and Anne Bancroft. Show more

Contributors

Winston Churchill:
Simon Ward
Lord Randolph Churchill:
Robert Shaw
Lady Jennie Churchill:
Anne Bancroft
General Kitchener:
John Mills
Mr Welldon:
Jack Hawkins
George E Buckle:
Ian Holm
General Bindon Blood:
Patrick Magee
Captain Aylmer Haldane:
Edward Woodward
David Lloyd George:
Anthony Hopkins
Captain, 35th Sikhs:
Peter Cellier
Adjutant, 35th Sikhs:
Ronald Hines
Mrs Everest:
Pat Heywood
Lord Salisbury:
Laurence Naismith
Joseph Chamberlain:
Basil Dignam
Headmaster:
Robert Hardy
Officer on Train:
James Cosmo
Party Chairman:
Norman Bird
Prince of Wales:
Reginald Marsh
Major Finn:
Thorley Walters
Pamela Plowden:
Jane Seymour
Captain Weaver:
Dinsdale Landen
Sikh Soldier:
Dino Shafeek
Producer:
Carl Foreman

Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episode 1: Compassionate Leave

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC ChoiceLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Thriller set in a world of obsessive state security. Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death. Show more

Contributors

Pendleton:
Charles Kay
Ronald Craven:
Bob Peck
Emma Craven:
Joanne Whalley
Darius Jedburgh:
Joe Don Baker
Harcourt:
Ian McNeice
James Godbolt:
Jack Watson

Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episode 2: Into the Shadows

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Classic 80s thriller serial. Craven goes to London to find out more about his daughter's murder, and begins to realise the full extent of her political involvement. Show more

Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episode 4: Breakthrough

Duration: 53 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Thriller series. Craven confronts Emma's killer, but he is stopped from revealing why they committed the murder. Craven becomes determined to enter Northmoor and hack into MI5's computer. Show more