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Drama on 3

Juno and the Paycock

Duration: 2 hours

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Alfred Hitchcock so loved Sean O'Casey's Abbey theatre play he adapted and filmed it. A Dublin tenement family nearing destitution get wind of an inheritance. Show more

Contributors

Juno Boyle:
Sorcha Cusack
Captain Boyle:
Stanley Townsend
Joxer Daly:
John Kavanagh
Mary Boyle:
Beth Cooke
Johnny Boyle:
Rory Fleck Byrne
Charles Bentham:
Ruairi Conaghan
Maisie Maidgan:
Michele Moran
Mrs Tancred:
Marcella Riordan
'Needle' Nugent:
Stephen Hogan
Furniture Man:
David Cann
Neighbour:
Craige Els

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Comedy drama that imagines what might have followed after writer Philip K Dick was investigated by the FBI. Stars Kyle Soller. From June 2014. Show more

Duration: 44 minutes

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

By Phil Porter. Sophie and Jonah are two shy, lonely individuals thrown together in urban London. Their love affair takes a strange and initially contactless route. Show more

Contributors

Sophie Cattermole:
Scarlett Brookes
Mr Shuttleworth:
Craige Els
Charlotte:
Jaimi Barbakoff
Director:
David Hunter

Genres

Duration: 1 hour

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

The last surviving top gunfighter in a vanishing American West rides into El Paso and is told by a doctor that he has a terminal illness. Starring Brian Cox and Michelle Fairley. Show more

Contributors

John Bernard Books:
Brian Cox
Bond Rodgers:
Michelle Fairley
Gillom Rodgers:
Joe Jameson
Marshal Thibido:
Craige Els
Charles Hostetler:
Michael Bertenshaw
Shoup:
Joe Sims
Mrs Woodling:
Heather Craney
Bartender:
Clive Hayward
Adaptor:
Nick Perry

Genres

Dangerous Visions

The Illustrated Man

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Iain Glen plays the vagrant who claims his tattoos come to life after dark and predict the future in an adaptation by Brian Sibley of Ray Bradbury's iconic short story collection. Show more

Contributors

The Illustrated Man:
Iain Glen
The Youth:
Jamie Parker
The Tattoo Witch:
Elaine Claxton
The Driver:
Wilf Scolding
Brayling 2:
Patrick Kennedy
Applegate:
John P Arnold
Stimson:
Craige Els
Director:
Gemma Jenkins
Adaptor:
Brian Sibley

Genres

Duration: 58 minutes

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

A vagrant claims his tattoos come to life after dark and predict the future. Starring Iain Glen and Elaine Claxton. Show more

Contributors

The Illustrated Man:
Iain Glen
The Youth:
Jamie Parker
The Tattoo Witch:
Elaine Claxton
The Driver:
Wilf Scolding
Brayling 2:
Patrick Kennedy
Applegate:
John P Arnold
Stimson:
Craige Els
Director:
Gemma Jenkins
Adaptor:
Brian Sibley

Home Front

17 March 1915 - Cressida Marshall

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 4 months

Cressida hits the roof when she realises what her mother and aunt have kept from her. Show more

Home Front

4 August 1914 - Kitty Wilson (Season 1 start)

Duration: 12 minutes

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

Available for 4 months

As Britain waits for Germany's response to their ultimatum, Kitty Wilson has a deadline of her own. Show more

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 1: 4-8 August 1914 (Season 1 start)

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for 3 days

An epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Folkestone comes to terms with being at the hub of Britain's war effort. Show more

Home Front

28 August 1914 - Dorothea Winwood

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 3 months

Britain is victorious in its first naval battle, and in Folkestone, there are tears at the vicarage. Show more

Home Front

2 September 1914 - Ralph Winwood

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 3 months

The complexities in the vicar's life threaten to catch up with him. Show more

Home Front

24 September 1914 - Sylvia Graham

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 2 months

In the Graham household, there is a speech to prepare. Show more

Home Front

25 September 1914 - Dorothea Winwood

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 2 months

Well-known suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst arrives in Folkestone to address a meeting, and there is unrest at the vicarage. Show more

Contributors

Home Front

1 December 1914 - Sylvia Graham (Season 2 start)

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 8 days

The Graham household prepares for an arrival. Show more

Home Front

3 December 1914 - Dorothea Winwood

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 10 days

All is not well in the Winwood household, but Ralph cannot fathom why. Show more

Duration: 22 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Comedy telling the story of two friends down on their luck and down to their last £40, and who have one last attempt at trying to get out from under their money worries. Show more

Contributors

DC Richard Emmanuel 'Snitchard':
Martin Delaney
Dionne Mackay:
Kirsty J Curtis
Reverend Bankole:
Trevor Laird
Producer:
Jon Macqueen
Director:
Jim Owen
Producer:
Inez Gordon
Production Manager:
Lucy Jacks
Executive Producer:
Stephen McCrum
Executive Producer:
Eirwen Davies
Director of photography:
Duncan Telford
Costume designer:
Jemima Cotter
Make-up Designer:
Susie Munachen
Production Designer:
Charlotte Pearson

Genres

Drama on 4

Original British Dramatists

Episode 1: Rock Me Amadeus

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Simon Topping. Charlie was born a boy but has always known that she is really a girl. What is to be done? The arrival of a German exchange student prompts Charlie to take action. Show more

Home Front

9 September 1914 - Gabriel Graham

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 2 months

With the magistrate court in session and the local regatta, it's a busy day for Gabriel. Show more

Home Front

17 June 1915 - Alice Macknade

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

Despite trouble at home, Alice is swept off her feet at work. Show more

Contributors

Alice Macknade:
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Mickey Macknade:
Reece Buttery
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Roy Lavoie:
Tim Beckmann

Home Front

17 July 1915 - Thornton Tulliver

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 8 months

Closing episode of Season Four of the drama series set in Great War Britain. Expect fireworks at the grand opening of Hilary's latest venture. Show more

Contributors

Thornton Tulliver:
Nigel Harman
Muriel Grainger:
Hannah Tointon
Tom Wright:
Clive Hayward
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Alice Macknade:
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Ivy Layton:
Leah Brotherhead