Programme Index

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 9^th Dec 2016, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 11^th Dec 2016, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Matthew Bannister on astronaut John Glenn, actor Peter Vaughan, Indian politician Jayalalitha Jayaram, musician Greg Lake. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Matthew Bannister
Producer:: Dianne McGregor
Interviewed Guest:: Andrew Smith
Interviewed Guest:: Peter Flannery
Interviewed Guest:: Owen Teale
Interviewed Guest:: undefined Vaasanthi
Interviewed Guest:: Mark Tully
Interviewed Guest:: Bob Harris
Interviewed Guest:: Carl Palmer

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FactualLife Stories

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Last Word

Inspector George Gently

Series 3

Episode 1: Gently Evil

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 26^th Sep 2010, 20:30 on BBC HDLatest broadcast: Sun 24^th Jul 2011, 20:30 on BBC One Wales

Crime drama. When the body of a young woman is found murdered, Gently and Bacchus find themselves investigating a family with unimaginable secrets. Show more

Contributors

George Gently:: Martin Shaw
John Bacchus:: Lee Ingleby
Alan Charlton:: Daniel Casey
Darren Paige:: Shaun Dooley
Mrs Paige:: Ruth McCabe
Sarah Simmons:: Neve McIntosh
Producer:: Suzan Harrison
Writer:: Peter Flannery
Director:: Daniel O'Hara
Agnes Charlton:: Natalie Garner
Lisa Bacchus:: Melanie Clark Pullen
Max Osgood:: Paul Kaye
Neil McManus:: Greg Hemphill
Mr Williams:: Jonny Owen
Mr Smith:: Matthew Zajac
Taylor:: Simon Hubbard
Pathologist:: Tim Dann
Judge:: Jack McBride
Comedian:: Dave Johns
Drinker:: Vin Welch
Tommy:: Chris Connel
Blind Neighbour:: Mike Elliot
Mrs Williams:: Jackie Knowles
Seamens Hostel Manager:: Darren Beaumont

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Inspector George Gently: Series 3

Series

The One and Only

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 21^st Feb 2007, 23:40 on BBC One North East & CumbriaLatest broadcast: Mon 27^th Jul 2009, 00:05 on BBC Two England

Romantic comedy about a man and woman who attempt to find a way out of their troubled marriages when they fall for each other at first sight. Starring Justine Waddell. Show more

Contributors

Director:: Simon Cellan Jones
Stevie:: Justine Waddell
Neil:: Richard Roxburgh
Sonny:: Jonathan Cake
Stella:: Patsy Kensit
Stan:: Michael Hodgson
Jenny:: Aisling O'Sullivan
Sharon:: Kerry Rolfe
Donna:: Donna Air
Mgala:: Angel Thomas
Doctor:: Charlie Hardwick
Producer:: Leslee Udwin
Writer:: Susanne Bier
Writer:: Peter Flannery

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Formats

Films

Drama on 4

Dorothy Baker - Cassandra at the Wedding

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 11^th Jun 2016, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 17^th Nov 2019, 04:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. 20th century American classic about an identical twin, hell-bent on sabotaging her sister's wedding day. Starring Hayley Atwell. Show more

Drama on 4

Enid Bagnold - National Velvet

Episode 1

Drama on 4: Enid Bagnold - National Velvet

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 25^th Dec 2013, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 26^th Dec 2016, 21:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. Young Velvet wins a horse for a shilling, but could she ride him in the Grand National? Stars John Sessions and Alison Steadman. Show more

Contributors

Velvet:: Sophie Rundle
Mi Donald:: John Sessions
Mrs Brown:: Alison Steadman
Mr Brown:: Jonathan Keeble
Young Donald:: Dylan Issberner
Malvolia:: Tamsin Topolski
Meredith:: Charity Wakefield
Edwina:: Charity Wakefield
Blacksmith:: Sam Lupton
Groom:: Sam Lupton
Steward:: Sam Lupton
Director:: Melanie Harris
Producer:: Melanie Harris
Adaptor:: Peter Flannery
Author:: Enid Bagnold

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Drama

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Drama on 4

Series

Drama on 4

Enid Bagnold - National Velvet

Episode 2

Drama on 4: Enid Bagnold - National Velvet

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 26^th Dec 2013, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 27^th Dec 2016, 21:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

The entry fee is 20 gold sovereigns, so how will Velvet ever ride her horse at Aintree? Stars John Sessions and Alison Steadman. Show more

Contributors

Velvet:: Sophie Rundle
Mi Donald:: John Sessions
Mrs Brown:: Alison Steadman
Mr Brown:: Jonathan Keeble
Young Donald:: Dylan Issberner
Malvolia:: Tamsin Topolski
Meredith:: Charity Wakefield
Edwina:: Charity Wakefield
Blacksmith:: Sam Lupton
Groom:: Sam Lupton
Steward:: Sam Lupton
Director:: Melanie Harris
Producer:: Melanie Harris
Adaptor:: Peter Flannery
Author:: Enid Bagnold

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Drama

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Drama on 4

Series

Inspector George Gently

Series 1

Episode 1: The Burning Man

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 13^th Jul 2008, 20:00 on BBC HDLatest broadcast: Fri 18^th Mar 2011, 22:35 on BBC HD

Crime drama series based on the novels by Alan Hunter. An unidentified burnt body draws Gently and Bacchus into the shadowy world of IRA gun-running. Show more

Contributors

George Gently:: Martin Shaw
Bacchus:: Lee Ingleby
China:: Tony Rohr
Taylor:: Simon Hubbard
Empton:: Robert Glenister
Wanda Lane:: Pooky Quesnel
Producer:: Jake Lushington
Writer:: Peter Flannery
Director:: Ciaran Donnelly
Doyle:: John Kavanagh
Carmel O'Shaughnessy:: Charlotte Riley
O'Shaughnessy:: Deka Walmsley
Ruairi O'Connell:: Finbar Lynch
Madson:: Tony Maudsley
Campling:: Tom Beard
Adjutant:: Liam Hourican
Receptionist:: Michael Winder

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Inspector George Gently: Series 1

Series

Inspector George Gently

Series 5

Episode 3: The Lost Child

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 9^th Sep 2012, 20:30 on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: Sun 30^th Dec 2012, 22:00 on BBC HD

Detective drama set in 1968. When the adopted child of a middle-class couple is kidnapped, suspicion falls upon the baby's birth mother. Show more

Contributors

George Gently:: Martin Shaw
John Bacchus:: Lee Ingleby
Producer:: Faye Dorn
Director:: Gillies MacKinnon
Writer:: Peter Flannery
Frances Groves:: Helen Baxendale
Stephen Groves:: Mark Gatiss
Esther Dunwoody:: Alison Steadman
Peter Bacchus:: Tony Haygarth
PC Taylor:: Simon Hubbard
Hazel Joyce:: Faye Castelow
Mary:: Molly Roberts
Susan Faulkner:: Holly Lucas
Andrew Fleming:: Andrew Frame
Farmer Kennedy:: Terence Hillyer
Gareth:: Jordan Dawes
Leigh Ann Bacchus:: Katie Anderson
Young Frances:: Jessica Hargreaves
Young Stephen:: Samuel Clayton

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Inspector George Gently: Series 5

Series

Happy Birthday BBC Two

Episode 3

BBC Two

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 23^rd Apr 2014, 22:00 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Wed 23^rd Apr 2014, 22:00 on BBC Two England

A look back at some of BBC Two's most popular series, including Red Dwarf, Top Gear, Later... with Jools Holland, Gardeners' World and Have I Got News For You? Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Lorraine Ashbourne
Participant:: Rob Grant
Participant:: Robert Llewellyn
Participant:: Chris Barrie
Participant:: Jeremy Clarkson
Participant:: Jeanette Winterson
Participant:: Beeban Kidron
Participant:: Alan Yentob
Participant:: Bob Long
Participant:: Ian Hislop
Participant:: Anthony Minghella
Participant:: Mark Cooper
Participant:: Jools Holland
Participant:: Alan Titchmarsh
Participant:: Michael Jackson
Participant:: Brian Lapping
Participant:: Norma Percy
Participant:: Michael Wearing
Participant:: Peter Flannery
Participant:: Mark Strong
Participant:: Tony Garnett
Participant:: Amy Jenkins
Producer:: Lucy Kenwright
Producer:: Claire Finnett
Producer:: Mark Turnbull
Executive Producer:: Caroline Wright

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Entertainment

Series

Happy Birthday BBC Two

Inspector George Gently

Series 2

Episode 2: Gently in the Night

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 10^th May 2009, 20:30 on BBC HDLatest broadcast: Mon 13^th Dec 2010, 23:00 on BBC HD

Gently and Bacchus investigate the death of a woman whose body is found in a church, a case which takes them to Newcastle's first hostess club. Show more

Contributors

George Gently:: Martin Shaw
John Bacchus:: Lee Ingleby
Audrey Chadwick:: Sian Breckin
Fawn Granger:: Nichola Burley
Helen Donovan:: Clare Calbraith
Patrick Donovan:: Brendan Coyle
Margaret Bishop:: Tracey Wilkinson
Joe Bishop:: Mark Williams
Ronnie Chadwick:: Bill Fellows
Mrs Chadwick:: Mary Jo Randle
Taylor:: Simon Hubbard
Mrs Beaney:: Eileen Colgan
English Teacher:: Siobhan O'Kelly
Flower Lady:: Margaret Jackman
Producer:: Johann Knobel
Director:: Daniel O'Hara
Writer:: Peter Flannery

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Inspector George Gently: Series 2

Series

Inspector George Gently

Series 2

Episode 3: Gently in the Blood

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 17^th May 2009, 20:30 on BBC HDLatest broadcast: Sun 11^th Dec 2011, 20:30 on BBC One Wales

Crime drama. When a young woman is raped and murdered, Gently and Bacchus are thrown into a world of racial intolerance, sexual jealousy and turf warfare.

Contributors

George Gently:: Martin Shaw
John Bacchus:: Lee Ingleby
Jimmy Cochran:: Andrew Lee Potts
Maggie Alderton:: Robyn Addison
Hamed:: Tariq Jordan
Rana:: Jonathan Bonnici
Thomas Ali:: Stewart Scudamore
Mr Alderton:: Steven Hillman
Mrs Alderton:: Elizabeth Rider
Mrs Cochran:: Catherine Terris
Taylor:: Simon Hubbard
Philip Saint:: Joe Simpson
Forensic Officer:: Tony Neilson
Producer:: Johann Knobel
Director:: Ciaran Donnelly
Writer:: Peter Flannery
Keith:: Andy Kellegher
Boy's Mother:: Deirdre Monaghan
Woman at B&B:: Niamh Shaw
Paper Boy:: Gavin Smith
Actor:: Brendan Coyle
Actor:: Tracey Wilkinson

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Inspector George Gently: Series 2

Series

Saturday Drama

Robert M Pirsig - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 23^rd Jun 2012, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 29^th Apr 2018, 04:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. A father and son's motorcycle trip across 1960s America - a meditation on values, and evaluating the past. Stars James Purefoy. Show more

Contributors

Dad:: James Purefoy
Narrator:: James Purefoy
Phaedrus:: James Purefoy
Chris:: Max Cazier
John:: Sean Power
Sylvia:: Lucy Newman-Williams
Gennie:: Caitlin Thorburn
Professor:: Paris Arrowsmith
Students:: ArtsEd, School of Acting
Adaptor:: Peter Flannery
Author:: Robert M Pirsig
Producer:: Melanie Harris

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Saturday Drama

Inspector George Gently

Series 4

Episode 1: Gently Upside Down

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 4^th Sep 2011, 20:30 on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: Sat 23^rd Jun 2012, 20:30 on BBC One Wales

Detective drama set in 1966. Gently and Bacchus are thrown into the new world of celebrity when the body of a missing schoolgirl is discovered in a shallow grave. Show more

Contributors

George Gently:: Martin Shaw
John Bacchus:: Lee Ingleby
Joe Claverton:: Sean Gilder
Tony:: Neil Morrissey
Peter Holdaway:: Vincent Regan
Hazel Holdaway:: Kate Bracken
Shelley Marshall:: Jade Byrne
Nugent:: Kieran Bew
PC Taylor:: Simon Hubbard
Hogge:: Christopher Coghill
Mary Claverton:: Shannon Tarbet
Sheila Claverton:: Juliet Cowan
Jasmine:: Kaye Wragg
Producer:: Caroline Levy
Director:: Nicholas Renton
Writer:: Peter Flannery

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Brand

Inspector George Gently: Series 4

Series

Inspector George Gently

Series 2

Episode 1: Gently with the Innocents

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 3^rd May 2009, 20:30 on BBC HDLatest broadcast: Fri 2^nd Jul 2010, 20:00 on BBC One Wales

Crime drama. Investigating the murder of an old man in his dilapidated mansion, Gently and Bacchus discover a world which is beyond their comprehension.

Contributors

George Gently:: Martin Shaw
John Bacchus:: Lee Ingleby
Cora Davidson:: Jill Halfpenny
Harry Carson:: Matthew McNulty
Blacksmith:: Mark Stobbart
Enid Peachment:: Georgine Anderson
Producer:: Johann Knobel
Writer:: Peter Flannery
Director:: Daniel O'Hara
Philip Morgan:: Paul Copley
Laura Fenwick:: Sharon Maughan
Taylor:: Simon Hubbard
Prison Officer:: Steve Wilson
Kevin's Dad:: Jack Walsh
Kevin:: Dean Logan

Genres

DramaCrime

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Inspector George Gently: Series 2

Series

Inspector George Gently

Series 4

Episode 2: Goodbye China

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 11^th Sep 2011, 20:30 on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: Tue 19^th Jun 2012, 20:30 on BBC One Wales

Detective drama set in 1966. Gently and his sidekick Bacchus investigate the suspicious death of Gently's ex-snout, China.

Contributors

George Gently:: Martin Shaw
John Bacchus:: Lee Ingleby
Alan Shepherd:: Neil Pearson
Sgt Malloy:: Dean Lennox Kelly
Geoff Blackburn:: Mark Benton
Terry Malloy:: Christine Bottomley
China:: Tony Rohr
Taylor:: Simon Hubbard
Lafferty:: Shaun Prendergast
Paul Collison:: Darren Morfitt
Pat Shepherd:: Alexandra Gilbreath
John Blackburn:: Niek Versteeg
Producer:: Caroline Levy
Director:: Gillies MacKinnon
Writer:: Peter Flannery

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Inspector George Gently: Series 4

Series

Inspector George Gently

Series 7

Episode 1: Gently with the Women

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 29^th Apr 2015, 20:00 on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: Wed 29^th Apr 2015, 20:00 on BBC One Wales

Detective drama set in 1969. A woman's body is found, brutally attacked. Gently wants to catch the killer and stop him attacking again. Show more

Contributors

George Gently:: Martin Shaw
John Bacchus:: Lee Ingleby
Rachel Coles:: Lisa McGrillis
Tina Hall:: Emily Woof
Walter Nunn:: Derek Riddell
Susan:: Denise Welch
Gemma Nunn:: Annabel Scholey
Janice Ballard:: Madeleine Knight
Tommy:: Donald McBride
Alan Salt:: Robert Whitelock
Dr Benson:: Phillippa Wilson
DC Gollent:: Paul Charlton
DC Pettigrew:: Micky Cochrane
Taylor:: Simon Hubbard
WPC Turner:: Alice Blundell
Rose Dixon:: Lucy Liemann
Stuart MacMillan:: Jeremy Swift
Clerk:: Killian Macardle
Woman:: Christina Berriman Dawson
Writer:: Peter Flannery
Producer:: Peter Norris
Director:: Roger Goldby
Production Company:: Company Productions North

Genres

DramaCrime

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Inspector George Gently: Series 7

Series

Inspector George Gently

Series 7

Episode 2: Breathe In the Air

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 6^th May 2015, 20:00 on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: Wed 6^th May 2015, 20:00 on BBC One Wales

Detective drama set in 1969. When a woman commits suicide, there are too many details that do not add up. Inspector Gently suspects murder. Show more

Contributors

George Gently:: Martin Shaw
John Bacchus:: Lee Ingleby
Rachel Coles:: Lisa McGrillis
Gemma Nunn:: Annabel Scholey
Walter Nunn:: Derek Riddell
Andrew Cullen:: Jason Done
Bridget:: Lesley Nicol
Norman:: Nicholas Woodeson
PC:: Ben Fiske
Valarie Cullen:: Deirdre Mullins
Receptionist:: Georgia Nicholson
Dr Plant:: Jonathan Cullen
Office Girl:: Patsy Lowe
Anna Zweig:: Susy Kane
Taylor:: Simon Hubbard
Davenport:: Mark Aiken
Young Rachel:: Emily Atkinson
Young Esther:: Ashleigh Armstrong
Nurse:: Bryony Corrigan
Lawyer:: Richard Shanks
Mr Inler:: Eamon Boland
Writer:: Peter Flannery
Producer:: Peter Norris
Director:: Roger Goldby
Production Company:: Company Productions North

Genres

DramaCrime

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Inspector George Gently: Series 7

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Inspector George Gently

Series 7

Episode 3: Gently Among Friends