Programme Index

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 15^th Oct 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 11 months

The Battle of Loos has ended, but it's clear that the war has changed Isabel Graham irrevocably. 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: Mon 8^th Dec 2014, 22:45 on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

The Essay: Decameron Nights: Ten Italian Indelicacies Remixed from Boccaccio

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

Contributors

Writer:: Giovanni Boccaccio
Adaptor:: Robin Brooks
Performer:: Robert Hollingworth
Performer:: Paula Chateauneuf
Pietro:: Tim McInnerny
Madam:: Hannah Genesius
Pandara:: Jane Slavin
Masetto:: Monty d'Inverno
Ercolano:: David Acton
Producer:: Jonquil Panting
Director:: Jonquil Panting

Genres

DramaClassic & Period

Formats

Discussion & Talk

Brand

The Essay

Series

The Essay

Decameron Nights: Ten Italian Indelicacies Remixed from Boccaccio

Episode 9: Love Lies Sleeping

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 11^th Dec 2014, 22:45 on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

The Essay: Decameron Nights: Ten Italian Indelicacies Remixed from Boccaccio

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

Contributors

Writer:: Giovanni Boccaccio
Adaptor:: Robin Brooks
Performer:: Robert Hollingworth
Performer:: Paula Chateauneuf
Silvestra:: Laura Molyneux
Beppo:: Rudi Dharmalingam
Giovanni:: Joseph Drake
Mother:: Jane Slavin
Rinaldo:: David Acton
Producer:: Jonquil Panting
Director:: Jonquil Panting

Genres

DramaClassic & Period

Brand

The Essay

Series

The Essay

Decameron Nights: Ten Italian Indelicacies Remixed from Boccaccio

Episode 10: A Quiet Night in Naples

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 12^th Dec 2014, 22:45 on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

The Essay: Decameron Nights: Ten Italian Indelicacies Remixed from Boccaccio

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

Contributors

Writer:: Giovanni Boccaccio
Adaptor:: Robin Brooks
Performer:: Robert Hollingworth
Performer:: Paula Chateauneuf
Andreuccio:: Gunnar Cauthery
Filomena:: Roslyn Hill
Scarabone:: Shaun Mason
Neighbour:: David Acton
Ludo:: Paul Heath
Bruno:: Ian Conningham
Sister Lisa:: Elaine Claxton
Sister Donna:: Hannah Genesius
Producer:: Jonquil Panting
Director:: Jonquil Panting

Genres

DramaClassic & Period

Brand

The Essay

Series

Home Front

10 March 1915 - Robert Lyle

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 10^th Mar 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 10^th Mar 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 4 months

Luke refuses to tow the line with his father. Show more

Contributors

Robert Lyle:: Deka Walmsley
Baxter:: Kris Deedigan
Driver:: David Acton
Duncan Chadwick:: Mark Stobbart
Fannon:: Shaun Prendergast
Josseff al-Assadi:: Paul Chahidi
Luke Lyle:: Richard Riddell
Stationmaster:: David Acton
Writer:: Richard Monks
Director:: Lucy Collingwood

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

15 July 1915 - Norman Harris

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 15^th Jul 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 15^th Jul 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 8 months

The investigation into Police Constable King's murder gathers pace. Show more

Contributors

Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
Albert Wilson:: Harry Myers
Inspector Forrester:: Nigel Hastings
Eric Morton:: Ian Conningham
Alice Macknade:: Claire-Louise Cordwell
Mickey Macknade:: Reece Buttery
Maggie Macknade:: Hollie Thoupos
Diver:: David Hounslow
Officer:: Clive Hayward
Clough:: David Acton
Writer:: Richard Monks
Director:: Lucy Collingwood

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

4 February 1915 - Geoffrey Marshall

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 4^th Feb 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 4^th Feb 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 3 months

Despite the obvious profits of war, Geoffrey Marshall, factory owner, cannot rest on his laurels while his workforce are heeding the call to enlist. Show more

Contributors

Geoffrey Marshall:: Dominic Mafham
Cressida Marshall:: Bettrys Jones
Phyllis Marshall:: Christine Absalom
Robert Lyle:: Deka Walmsley
Alan Lowther:: David Seddon
Ada Stokoe:: Hannah Genesius
Edgar Bates:: Sam Dale
Malachi Dart:: Daniel Weyman
Travers Fielding:: David Acton
Writer:: Shaun McKenna
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

30 October 1915 - Kitty Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 30^th Oct 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 30^th Oct 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 11 months

The Dardanelles Committee of the British Cabinet decide to wind down the Gallipoli campaign, and in the last episode of Season 5 Kitty Lumley feels like pulling out of Folkestone. Show more

Contributors

Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
Guard:: David Acton
Edie:: Kathryn Beaumont
Stella:: Ava Bell
Ray:: Scarlet Bell
Man:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Marion:: Laura Elphinstone
Man:: David Hounslow
Albert:: Harry Myers
Writer:: Richard Monks
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Drama on 4

Julius Caesar

Episode 1

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 3^rd May 2016, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 22^nd May 2018, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

Drama on 4: Julius Caesar

Cassius persuades Brutus that Caesar's ambition is a threat to the republic and a conspiracy is formed. Show more

Contributors

Caesar:: Tim Pigott-Smith
Brutus:: Robert Glenister
Cassius:: Sam Troughton
Antony:: Jamie Parker
Casca:: Philip Fox
Portia:: Fenella Woolgar
Cinna:: Neet Mohan
Lucius:: Adam Thomas Wright
Calpurnia:: Jessica Turner
Flavius:: Stephen Critchlow
Carpenter:: David Hounslow
Marullus:: David Acton
Cobbler:: Chris Pavlo
Soothsayer:: Sam Dale
Director:: Marc Beeby
Writer:: William Shakespeare

Genres

Drama

Brand

Drama on 4

Series

Drama on 4

Julius Caesar

Episode 2

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 4^th May 2016, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 23^rd May 2018, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

Drama on 4: Julius Caesar

The plot against Caesar reaches crisis point as the conspirators gather at the Capitol in Rome. Show more

Contributors

Caesar:: Tim Pigott-Smith
Brutus:: Robert Glenister
Cassius:: Sam Troughton
Antony:: Jamie Parker
Casca:: Philip Fox
Portia:: Fenella Woolgar
Lucius:: Adam Thomas Wright
Calpurnia:: Jessica Turner
Metellus Cimber:: Stephen Critchlow
Decius Brutus:: David Acton
Trebonius:: Chris Pavlo
Soothsayer:: Sam Dale
Servant 1:: Neet Mohan
Artemidorus:: David Hounslow
Popilius:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Director:: Marc Beeby
Writer:: William Shakespeare

Genres

Drama

Brand

Drama on 4

Series

Drama on 4

Julius Caesar

Episode 3

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 5^th May 2016, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 24^th May 2018, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

Drama on 4: Julius Caesar

Following the assassination of Caesar, Brutus and Cassius are forced to leave Rome. But the combined forces of Mark Antony and Octavius are hot on their heels. Show more

Contributors

Brutus:: Robert Glenister
Cassius:: Sam Troughton
Antony:: Jamie Parker
Caesar's Ghost:: Tim Pigott-Smith
Lucius:: Adam Thomas Wright
Octavius:: Wilf Scolding
Lepidus:: David Hounslow
Lucilius:: David Acton
Pindarus:: Neet Mohan
Strato:: Stephen Critchlow
Trebonius:: Chris Pavlo
Messala:: Sam Dale
Claudius:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Director:: Marc Beeby
Writer:: William Shakespeare

Genres

Drama

Brand

Drama on 4

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 31: 13-17 July 1915

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 17^th Jul 2015, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 5^th Sep 2015, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 10 months

A wartime celebrity makes an unexpected visit to Folkestone. Show more

Contributors

Howard Argent:: Toby Jones
Boy:: Felix Lailey
Juliet Cavendish:: Lizzie Bourne
Connie Cavendish:: Natasha Raphael
Grace Cavendish:: Chloe Raphael
PC Clough:: David Acton
Diver:: David Hounslow
Marieke Dupont:: Olivia Ross
Inspector Forrester:: Nigel Hastings
Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:: Barbara Flynn
Muriel Grainger:: Hannah Tointon
Guard:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
BC Hucks:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Ivy Layton:: Leah Brotherhead
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Victor Lumley:: Joel MacCormack
Alice Macknade:: Claire-Louise Cordwell
Mickey Macknade:: Reece Buttery
Maggie Macknade:: Hollie Thoupos
Esme Macknade:: Katie Angelou
Maid:: Jessica McClellan
Adeline Marshall:: Anastasia Hille
Eric Morton:: Ian Conningham
Female Onlooker:: Anastasia Hille
Officer:: Clive Hayward
Thornton Tulliver:: Nigel Harman
Hilary Pearce:: Craige Els
Adam Wilson:: Leo Montague
Albert Wilson:: Harry Myers
Florrie Wilson:: Claire Rushbrook
Dorothea Winwood:: Rachel Shelley
Ralph Winwood:: Nicholas Murchie
Tom Wright:: Clive Hayward
Writer:: Richard Monks
Director:: Lucy Collingwood

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Home Front

8 September 1915 - Alice Macknade

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 8^th Sep 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 8^th Sep 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 10 months

Alice Macknade has to say farewell to the love of her life as he heads off to war, just months after saying the same to her husband. Show more

Contributors

Alice:: Claire-Louise Cordwell
Sergeant:: David Acton
Roy:: Tim Beckmann
Bert:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Florrie:: Claire Rushbrook
Dorothea:: Rachel Shelley
Maggie:: Hollie Thoupos
Girl:: Alex Tregear
Writer:: Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

16 October 1915 - Albert Wilson

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 16^th Oct 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 11 months

Albert has the good fortune to be up and out early as the troops are marching to the harbour. Show more

Contributors

Albert:: Harry Myers
Passer-by:: David Acton
Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
Passer-by:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Sergeant Major:: David Hounslow
Clemmie:: Joanna Monro
Olive:: Rhiannon Neads
Florrie:: Claire Rushbrook
Ken:: Joe Sims
Margaret:: Jane Slavin
Flora:: Jessica Turner
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 16: 2-6 February 1915 (Season 3 start)

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 6^th Feb 2015, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 14^th May 2015, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 6 months

For Season 3, the focus shifts to industrial Tynemouth, which is experiencing a quite different war to that felt in Folkestone. Show more

Contributors

Edgar Bates:: Sam Dale
Maud Burnett:: Carolyn Pickles
Daniel Chadwick:: Mark Cameron
Duncan Chadwick:: Mark Stobbart
Fraser Chadwick:: Edmund Wiseman
Malachi Dart:: Daniel Weyman
Travers Fielding:: David Acton
Sylvia Graham:: Barbara Flynn
Alan Lowther:: David Seddon
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Joyce Lyle:: Tracy Whitwell
Robert Lyle:: Deka Walmsley
Geoffrey Marshall:: Dominic Mafham
Cressida Marshall:: Bettrys Jones
Johnnie Marshall:: Paul Ready
Phyllis Marshall:: Christine Absalom
Amy Robinson:: Jane Slavin
Sgt Ryker:: Simon Harrison
Ada Stokoe:: Hannah Genesius
Kenny Stokoe:: Dean Logan
Mrs Thorne:: Elaine Claxton
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Albert Wilson:: Harry Myers
Florrie Wilson:: Claire Rushbrook
Adam Wilson:: Leo Montague
Ticket Inspector:: Leon Scott
Writer:: Shaun McKenna
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Drama on 3

Decameron Nights

Episode 2: Five More Italian Indelicacies Remixed From Boccaccio

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 14^th Dec 2014, 22:00 on BBC Radio 3

Available for years