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Drama on 4

Now, Love

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Virginia Gilbert. Denise, recently divorced and middle-aged, falls for an older Polish man. But is he who he says he is, and can her desire to love again have a happy ending? Show more

Drama on 4

Richard Monks - Zola

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Unable to run for her native South Africa, the race is on to get Zola a UK passport to run in the Olympics. Stars Jessica Sian. Show more

Contributors

Zola Budd:
Jessica Sian
Denis Howell:
David Calder
Frank Budd:
Jack Klaff
Brian Vine:
Don Gilet
Sir David English:
Patrick Brennan
Pieter Labuschagne:
Harry Livingstone
Geoffrey Howe:
Robert Blythe
Andrew Landen:
Sam Alexander
Mrs Darbo:
Amaka Okafor
Reporter:
Joe Sims
Director:
David Hunter

Genres

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Virginia Gilbert. A journalist is accused of molesting his stepdaughter in this powerful drama starring Ed Stoppard and Lia Williams, and introducing Lucy Cook as Helen. Show more

Book of the Week

Young Orson

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Welles is at the centre of a political storm over the planned staging of pro-labour opera The Cradle Will Rock, with its clear left-wing union sympathies. Will the show go on? Show more

Book of the Week

Young Orson

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Welles and Houseman agree on a Halloween Eve adaptation of The War of the Worlds. What could possibly go wrong? Show more

Duration: 14 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Hopkins is a commercial traveller on his first trip, but things go awry after his baggage goes missing. Read by Jack Klaff. Show more

Heidi Amsinck - Copenhagen Confidential

Episode 2: The Climbing Rose

Duration: 14 minutes

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

The odd-jobbing postman notices there is something creepy about the rose in Mrs Hoffmann's front garden. Read by Jack Klaff. Show more

Heidi Amsinck - Copenhagen Confidential

Episode 3: The Last Tenant

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Jan thinks the office building he has bought is a steal. But none of his colleagues want to work alone there. Read by Jack Klaff. Show more

Drama on 4

Michael Butt - Albert Speer's Walk Around the World

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Known as Prisoner Number Five in Spandau prison, Albert Speer invented global journeys to keep sane. Stars Patrick Malahide, Daniel Weyman and Basher Savage. Show more

Contributors

Albert Speer:
Patrick Malahide
Narrator:
Daniel Weyman
Margaret Hess:
Mia Soteriou
American Tourist:
Patrick Brennan

Genres

I, Regress

Series 1

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Dr Berry treats some menacing east-ender twins with unexpected pasts. Can he pull off the double? With Matt Berry. From 2012. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Mark Cousins dives deep into the private drawings and paintings of Orson Welles to shine new light on the passions, politics and imagination of this 20th-century genius. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Mark Cousins
Orson Welles:
Jack Klaff
Participant:
Beatrice Welles
Executive Producer:
Michael Moore
Executive Producer:
Mark Thomas
Producer:
Mary Bell
Producer:
Adam Dawtrey
Director:
Mark Cousins

Drama on 4

Annie Caulfield - Dusty Won't Play

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. True story of Dusty Springfield's 1964 tour of South Africa on which she refused to play to segregated audiences. Stars Charlie Brooks. From February 2013. Show more

Contributors

Genres

With Great Pleasure

Neil Stuke at Bristol Food Connections Festival

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Actor Neil Stuke chooses his favourite and funniest pieces of writing about food for the audience at the Bristol Food Connections Festival. Readers: Miranda Raison and Jack Klaff. Show more