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Duration: 45 minutes

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

Al Smith's dystopian vision of a world where antibiotics have stopped working and heartbreaking choices must be made. Starring David Calder and Pippa Nixon. Show more

Drama on 3

Artist Descending a Staircase

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

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

A radio production of Tom Stoppard's comic tragedy about the meaning and purpose of life and art, starring Derek Jacobi and Ian McDiarmid. Show more

Contributors

Martello (older):
Geoffrey Whitehead
Beauchamp (older):
Derek Jacobi
Donner (older):
Ian McDiarmid
Beauchamp:
Blake Ritson
Director:
Gordon House

Genres

Drama on 4

Chiwawa

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Melissa Murray. When a writer is discovered to have written scathing reviews of rivals' work, he asks his young assistant to take the blame - with unexpected consequences. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Big Brother is on every poster. Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth. Then he finds love. Stars Christopher Eccleston. Show more

Tommies

18 May 1915

Duration: 45 minutes

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

On the eastern front, the Russian army are retreating, but the renegade Prince Balashov is determined to wrench some kind of victory from defeat. By Michael Chaplin. Show more

Contributors

Celestine De Tullio:
Pippa Nixon
Marjorie Blaikeley:
Elaine Claxton
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Prince Balashov:
Parth Thakerar
Capt Maxim Frunze:
Matthew Watson
Kolya Stepniak:
David Cann
Mamasha:
Jane Slavin
Reissner:
Damian Lynch
Producer:
David Hunter

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Tommies

Duration: 1 hour, 46 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

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The story of Ulric Cross, who left his small island home of Trinidad to join the RAF during the Second World War before helping to liberate Africa from colonialism. Show more

Contributors

Ulric Cross:
Nickolai Salcedo
Anthony 'Pony' Macfarlane:
Peter Williams
CLR James:
Joseph Marcell
PK Asante:
John Dumelo
Nicola Cross:
Jessica B Hill
Ann Cross:
Pippa Nixon
Writer:
Tony Hall

Tommies

Tommies - Series 5

Episode 1: 11 November 1916

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Doctor Celestine de Tullio is commanding an offensive up a near-vertical mountain deep in snow. The military objective is at the top, but Celestine has another target in her sights. Show more

Contributors

Sergeant Celestine de Tullio:
Pippa Nixon
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Major Milan Dukic:
Paul Chahidi
Sergeant Gordana Savic:
Catriona McFarlane
Olive Collings:
Karen Bartke
Corporal Radomir:
Finlay Robertson
Private Janko:
Gavi Singh Chera
Private Kuzman:
Robert Ginty
Producer:
David Hunter

Tommies

24 April 1917

Duration: 45 minutes

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

24 April 1917: Drama based on war diaries and eye-witness accounts, tracing one day in the Great War. Night falls on a race to the Macedonian front. From April 2017. Episode 3 of 3. Show more

Contributors

Sergeant Celestine de Tullio:
Pippa Nixon
Eben Fossett:
Nicholas Murchie
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Colonel Sharpe:
John Dougall
Captain Bosanquet:
David Sturzaker
Bulgarian Deserter:
Yavor Baharov
Knocker:
John Bowler
Checkpoint Clerk:
Tom Forrister
Producer:
David Hunter

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Tommies

Tommies

11 November 1917

Duration: 44 minutes

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

From TE Lawrence and the Great Pyramid at Giza to the Third Battle of Gaza. The war in 1917 is redrawing the Middle East. Stars Indira Varma and Lee Ross. From November 2017. Show more

Contributors

Capt Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Zarbab Grewal:
Avin Shah
Pte Jack Bliss:
Antonio Aakeel
Celestine de Tullio:
Pippa Nixon
‘Nephthys’ Sha’arawi:
Lara Sawalha
Habib El-Mahdy:
Amir El-Masry
Huda Hosseini:
Nathalie Armin
Agatha Grey-Egerton:
Nathalie Armin
Insp Ibrahim Habachi:
Selva Rasalingam
Capt Lionel Larkin:
Clive Hayward
TE Lawrence:
David Reakes
Corporal:
Gary Duncan
Colonel:
Neil McCaul
Producer:
David Hunter
Writer:
Avin Shah

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Tommies

Tommies

4 November 1914

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Celestine returns from France to find that things are amiss, while her husband Robert gets embroiled in the realities of financing a war. Stars Indira Varma and Patrick Kennedy. Show more

Contributors

Celestine de Tullio:
Pippa Nixon
Robert de Tullio:
Patrick Kennedy
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Gladys Oddy:
Laura Molyneux
Lt Colonel Dobbie:
Nicholas Farrell
Harry Bentley:
Ben Crowe
Henry Montague:
Michael Bertenshaw
Frank Bostridge:
Will Howard
Julius Adler:
Matthew Watson
Bennett:
David Cann
Walter Oddy:
Tony Pitts
Producer:
David Hunter

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Tommies

Duration: 1 hour

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

Winston and Julia want to join the Brotherhood to help crush the Party, but enemies face Room 101. Stars Christopher Eccleston. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Elizabeth von Arnim - The Enchanted April

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Having arrived at their medieval castle in darkness, Lotty and Rose wake up to the radiance of April in Italy. Stars Pippa Nixon. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Elizabeth von Arnim - The Enchanted April

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Lotty and Rose bask in the delicate warmth and beautiful fragrance of San Salvatore, but Mrs Fisher still finds things to try her patience, and Scrap wants to hide herself away. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Elizabeth von Arnim - The Enchanted April

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

San Salvatore is working its magic on Mellersh too, and he in turn has managed to charm both Scrap and Mrs Fisher as the beautiful golden days drop gently one by one. Show more

Cuffs

Episode 3

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Fast-paced police drama. Carl and Felix investigate a spate of muggings on public school boys. Meanwhile, Jo investigates a distressing case that brings Jake and Ryan to blows. Show more

Contributors

PC Ryan Draper:
Ashley Walters
PC Jake Vickers:
Jacob Ifan
Ch Supt Robert Vickers:
Peter Sullivan
DS Jo Moffat:
Amanda Abbington
DC Carl Hawkins:
Shaun Dooley
DI Felix Kane:
Paul Ready
PC Donna Prager:
Eleanor Matsuura
PC Lino Moretti:
Alex Carter
Inspector Graham Webb:
Robbie Gee
Stacey Shawcross:
Rosie Day
Reece Gutridge:
Bronson Webb
Headmaster:
Roger Barclay
Simon Reddington:
Andrew Hawley
Jez Clough:
Ryan McParland
Jez's Mum:
Wendy Albiston
Corey Draper:
Michael Ajao
Custody Sgt Melanie Pyke:
Karen Bryson
Vivian Ellington:
Tim Stern
PC Misha Baig:
Bhavna Limbachia
Alice Grove:
Pippa Nixon
Grace Draper:
Melanie Marshall
Director:
Kieron Hawkes
Production Company:
Tiger Aspect Productions Ltd

Series

Cuffs

Tommies

16 June 1916

Duration: 45 minutes

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

When Mickey Bliss is summoned to advise on signals at the Bureau Centrale Interallie in Paris, he comes across both an impressive young woman and a disturbing figure from his past. Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Miss Softley:
Faye Castelow
Robert De Tullio:
Justin Salinger
Mrs Flinders:
Adie Allen
Celestine De Tullio:
Pippa Nixon
General-Major Storms:
James Lailey
Producer:
David Hunter

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Tommies

10 November 1917

Duration: 44 minutes

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

From TE Lawrence and the Great Pyramid at Giza, to the Third Battle of Gaza. The war in 1917 is redrawing the Middle East. Stars Indira Varma and Lee Ross. From November 2017. Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Zarbab Grewal:
Avin Shah
Pte Jack Bliss:
Antonio Aakeel
Celestine de Tullio:
Pippa Nixon
Capt Christi Mansoor:
Narinder Samra
‘Nephthys’ Sha’arawi:
Lara Sawalha
Habib El-Mahdy:
Amir El-Masry
Huda Hosseini:
Nathalie Armin
Agatha Grey-Egerton:
Nathalie Armin
Insp Ibrahim Habachi:
Selva Rasalingam
TE Lawrence:
David Reakes
Corporal:
Gary Duncan
Producer:
David Hunter
Director:
David Hunter
Writer:
Avin Shah

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Brand

Tommies

15 Minute Drama

Elizabeth von Arnim - The Enchanted April

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. An ad in The Times lures four women away from rainy London to a castle on the sunny Italian Riviera. Narrated by Jenny Funnell. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Elizabeth von Arnim - The Enchanted April

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The arrival of Mr Briggs, the owner of the castle, charms everyone but Scrap. Then another visitor threatens to bring disharmony. Can the enchantment of San Salvatore win through? Show more

Tommies

11 November 1915

Duration: 45 minutes

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

La Gorgue. Mickey Bliss finds himself in two meetings: one that might change the whole war for the Signal Service, and one that is about to change his life forever. Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Dr Celestine de Tullio:
Pippa Nixon
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Colonel Bernard Anson Otho Crowden:
Gunnar Cauthery
Major 'Ting a Ling' Bell:
Stephen Critchlow
Captain Robert Paddon:
Chris Pavlo
Sgt Albert Pinto:
Colin Hoult
Aide-de-Camp:
Neet Mohan
Producer:
David Hunter

Brand

Tommies