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15 Minute Drama

Mike Bartlett - A Steal

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Hanna's found a way to help out a few friends in need. The problem is her fundraising methods are extremely unorthodox and she might have to stop. Stars Laura Dos Santos. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Mike Bartlett - A Steal

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

From department store assistant to Robin Hood figure. Hannah is relieved now everything's out in the open. Stars Laura Dos Santos. Show more

Duration: 45 minutes

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

When TV researcher Mia goes in search of a long-lost fabled horror film, she puts herself in danger. Starring Chloe Pirrie. Show more

Home Front

15 October 1915 - Isabel Graham

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

The Battle of Loos has ended, but it's clear that the war has changed Isabel Graham irrevocably. 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

The Stuarts

Queen Anne: Myself Alone

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Fenella Woolgar is Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch, in Mike Walker's epic chronicle. If Anne is to command the loyalty of parliament she must abandon long-held allegiances. Show more

Contributors

William III:
Nicholas Murchie
Queen Anne:
Fenella Woolgar
Hans Bentinck:
Jonathan Coy
Sarah Churchill:
Rhiannon Neads
John Churchill:
David Hounslow
Godolphin:
David Acton
The Speaker:
Sam Dale
Royal Servant:
Jessica Turner
Director:
Gemma Jenkins

From Fact to Fiction

Series 18

Episode 2: By Helen Cross

Duration: 13 minutes

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

As the Fifa Women's World Cup begins in Canada, the players and their coach have more than football to think about. The shortness of their shorts? A remodelled Fifa? Show more

From Fact to Fiction

Series 18

Episode 6: Lexicon

Duration: 13 minutes

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

Poet Glyn Maxwell responds to the Greece situation and imagines a nation in crisis as debts are called in and deadlines missed. Show more

Contributors

Sally Utterley:
Sally Phillips
Colin Erasmus:
David Acton
Professor Z:
David Hounslow
Cherry-Ann:
Alex Tregear
Producer:
Emma Harding
Director:
Toby Swift

Genres

15 Minute Drama

Ladder of Years

Episode 1: At the Family's Edges

Duration: 15 minutes

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

An unexpected but rather welcome romantic encounter in the grocery aisle is the beginning of a new adventure for homely Delia Grinstead. Show more

The Stuarts

William III and Mary II: To Have and To Hold

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Mike Walker's epic chronicle considers the young William of Orange and his strategic marriage to James II's daughter, Mary Stuart. Show more

Contributors

Bentinck:
Jonathan Coy
Young Bentinck:
Finn den Hertog
De Witt:
Sam Dale
Aurelia:
Alex Tregear
Hendrieka:
Rhiannon Neads
James II:
David Acton
John Churchill:
David Hounslow
Director:
Gemma Jenkins

Duration: 1 hour

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

A young American prepares to blow up a vital bridge as part of an offensive during the Spanish Civil War. Stars Patrick Kennedy. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

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

Robert Jordan fears the enemy are aware of the offensive, but is it too late? Starring Patrick Kennedy and Ralph Ineson. Show more

Saturday Drama

Jonathan Myerson - Reykjavik

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. Rollercoaster drama mapping the Reagan-Gorbachev summit in 1986, a meeting that did not go to plan. Stars Kerry Shale and Zubin Varla. From October 2014. Show more

Contributors

Ronald Reagan:
Kerry Shale
Mikhail Gorbachev:
Zubin Varla
George Shultz:
Colin Stinton
Eduard Shevardnadze:
Michael Bertenshaw
John Poindexter:
Matthew Marsh
Georgy Arbatov:
Matthew Marsh
Paul Nitze:
Nathan Osgood
Roz Ridgway:
Elaine Claxton
Sergei Akhromeyev:
David Acton

Genres

From Fact to Fiction

Series 18

Episode 8: Blood Sports

Duration: 13 minutes

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

Author Ryan Craig responds to the dropping of the vote on the fox hunting bill in the Commons. Show more

The Essay

Decameron Nights: Ten Italian Indelicacies Remixed from Boccaccio

Episode 6: The Sweetest Young Man in Perugia

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Terry Jones presents a retelling of a story from Boccaccio's The Decameron. Tim McInnerny stars as a husband with a dissatisfied young wife. Show more

The Essay

Decameron Nights: Ten Italian Indelicacies Remixed from Boccaccio

Episode 9: Love Lies Sleeping

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Terry Jones introduces a retelling of a tale from The Decameron. In the middle of the night, Beppo's wife wakes him up to tell him a story. And his night has only just begun. Show more

The Essay

Decameron Nights: Ten Italian Indelicacies Remixed from Boccaccio

Episode 10: A Quiet Night in Naples

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Terry Jones introduces the retelling of the fifth tale of The Decameron. Country boy Andreuccio comes to Naples to buy a horse and gets more than he had bargained for. Show more

Saturday Drama

The Havana Quartet by Leonardo Padura

Havana Blue

Duration: 1 hour

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

New Year's Day 1989: Lieutenant Mario Conde wakes up to a terrible hangover and a new case, close to home. Starring Zubin Varla. Show more