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Saturday Drama

Classic Chandler

Episode 6: The High Window

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

When a rare gold coin is stolen, Mrs Murdoch hires private eye Philip Marlowe to find it. But he is soon caught in the crossfire of a family at war with itself. Stars Toby Stephens. Show more

Contributors

Philip Marlowe:
Toby Stephens
Mrs Murdoch:
Judy Parfitt
Merle Davis:
Jessica Raine
Leslie Murdoch:
Patrick Kennedy
Detective Breeze:
Joe Montana
Alex Nash:
Stuart Milligan
Linda Conquest:
Susie Riddell
Elisha Morningstar:
Peter Polycarpou
Apartment Manager:
Gerard McDermott
Lou Vannier:
Carl Prekopp
Lois Nash:
Alex Tregear
George Philips:
James Lailey
Mr Shaw:
Sean Baker
Delmar Hench:
Alun Raglan
Abridger:
Robin Brooks
Producer:
Claire Grove

Duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Available for 11 months

Wartime drama. It is 1914, and struggling Devon farmer Ted Narracott buys a remarkable but unsuitable horse at auction. However, events soon take the horse far away from England. Show more

Contributors

Albert Narracott:
Jeremy Irvine
Ted Narracott:
Peter Mullan
Rose Narracott:
Emily Watson
Grandfather:
Niels Arestrup
Captain James Nicholls:
Tom Hiddleston
Major Jamie Stewart:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Geordie Soldier:
Toby Kebbell
Lieutenant Charlie Waverly:
Patrick Kennedy
David Lyons:
Robert Emms
Sergeant Fry:
Eddie Marsan
Sergeant Perkins:
Geoff Bell
Army doctor:
Liam Cunningham
Trench captain:
Julian Wadham
Andrew Easton:
Matt Milne

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Using dramatic reconstruction, declassified cockpit audio recorded by the astronauts themselves and film archive, this is the untold story of the first moon landing. Show more

Contributors

Michael Collins:
Patrick Kennedy
Buzz Aldrin:
Jack Tarlton
Neil Armstrong:
Rufus Wright
Line Producer:
Jenny Scott
Production Manager:
Kassi Jones
Executive Producer:
Andrew Cohen
Assistant Producer:
Kiki Lawrance
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf

Bleak House

Episode 12

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Available for years

Andrew Davies' adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic. Esther's feelings for Woodcourt grow despite her best intentions. Inspector Bucket begins his murder investigation. Show more

Contributors

Mr Tulkinghorn:
Charles Dance
Sgt George:
Hugo Speer
Phil Squod:
Michael Smiley
Smallweed:
Philip Davis
Mercury:
Richard Cant
Sir Leicester:
Timothy West
Lady Dedlock:
Gillian Anderson
Policeman:
Howard Coggins
Esther Summerson:
Anna Maxwell Martin
John Jarndyce:
Denis Lawson
Ada Clare:
Carey Mulligan
Prince Turveydrop:
Bryan Dick
Old Mr Turveydrop:
Matthew Kelly
Caddy Jellyby:
Natalie Press
Mr Growler:
Brian Pettifer
Alan Woodcourt:
Richard Harrington
George:
Hugo Speer
Mr Vholes:
Dermot Crowley
Richard Carstone:
Patrick Kennedy
Servant:
Emily Jewell
Hortense:
Lilo Baur

Duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 5 months

Crime drama. Ninety-three-year-old Sherlock Holmes leads a quiet life, but in the autumn of his life he is still fascinated by an unsolved case. Show more

Contributors

Sherlock Holmes:
Ian McKellen
Mrs Munro:
Laura Linney
Tamiki Umezaki:
Hiroyuki Sanada
Ann Kelmot:
Hattie Morahan
Thomas Kelmot:
Patrick Kennedy
Dr Barrie:
Roger Allam
Inspector Gilbert:
Phil Davis
Madame Schirmer:
Frances de la Tour
Director:
Bill Condon

Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Drama which charts the stories of three different women affected by Mills and Boon: the co-founder's wife Mary, 1970s writer Janet and modern-day literature lecturer Kirstie. Show more

Contributors

Mary Boon:
Jodie Whittaker
Janet/Violetta:
Olivia Colman
Kirstie:
Emilia Fox
Chrles Boon:
Daniel Mays
Gerard Mills:
Patrick Kennedy
Dr Grant/Dr Steele:
Patrick Baladi
Pretty Nurse:
Sally Tatum
Hospital Orderly:
John Kirk
Mrs Cowpe:
Sarah Winman
Joseph:
Jay Taylor
Alan Boon:
Paul Nicholas
Lesbian Student:
Lu Corfield
Dirk Tourelle:
Ben Joiner
Frederick:
Ben Addis
Hospital Receptionist:
Golda Rosheuvel
Margaret Boon:
Amy Marston
Matronly Nurse:
Maggie McCarthy
Pro Student:
Demi Oyediran
Director:
Dan Zeff
Producer:
Ben Evans
Producer:
Abi Bach
Writer:
Emma Frost

Parade's End

Episode 4

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

In Rouen, an exhausted Christopher prepares soldiers for the draft. Back in London, Sylvia decides to visit her husband in France, oblivious to the consequences for him. Show more

Contributors

Christopher Tietjens:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Sylvia Tietjens:
Rebecca Hall
General Campion:
Roger Allam
Valentine Wannop:
Adelaide Clemens
Bertram:
Jonathan Coy
Mark Tietjens:
Rupert Everett
Lady Claudine:
Clare Higgins
McKechnie:
Patrick Kennedy
Colonel Levin:
Elliot Levey
Potty Perowne:
Tom Mison
General Haggard:
Ronald Pickup
Bobbie Pelham:
Anna Skellern
Glorvina:
Sasha Waddell
Lord Beichen:
Leslie de Gruyter
Latin Teacher:
Anna Maguire
Mrs Ferguson:
Lucy Briers
First Teacher:
Emma Dewhurst
Second Teacher:
Tilly Blackwood
Sergeant Major Cowley:
Nick Holder
O'Nine Morgan:
Kyle Redmond-Jones
Capitaine Thurston:
Pierre Van Heddegem
Canadian Captain:
Louis Talpe
O Five Thomas:
Tom Rhys Harries
Hotchkiss:
Nicholas Lumley
Army Groom:
Tat Whatley
Hotel Manager:
Gert Lahousse
Schoolgirl 1:
Bea Wavell Grant
Schoolgirl 3:
Oriane Nell Grant
General O'Hara:
Iain Mitchell
Sergeant Cook Case:
Jonathan Ryland
Producer:
David Parfitt
Director:
Susanna White

Genres

Classic Serial

Thomas Hardy - Far From the Madding Crowd

Episode 1: A Farmer Just Beginning

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Farmer Oak sees an ideal wife in Bathsheba, but she turns him down. Then she gets rich and the tables turn. Stars Alex Tregear. Show more

Classic Serial

Thomas Hardy - Far From the Madding Crowd

Cuts and Points

Duration: 1 hour

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

Bathsheba discovers sending William Boldwood a valentine card was a terrible mistake. Stars Alex Tregear and Toby Jones. Show more

Classic Serial

Thomas Hardy - Far From the Madding Crowd

A Successful Rival

Duration: 1 hour

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

One man proves constant in his love for Bathsheba, as she gives up on hopes of happiness. Stars Shaun Dooley and Alex Tregear. Show more

Saturday Drama

The Gothic Imagination: Bloody Poetry

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

In Switzerland 1816, the myth of Frankenstein was created by Mary Shelley. Howard Brenton's 1984 play imagines the lives of those present, among them the poets Byron and Shelley. Show more

Contributors

Percy Bysshe Shelley:
Oliver Ryan
Mary Shelley:
Clare Corbett
George, the Lord Byron:
Patrick Kennedy
Claire Clairmont:
Sarah Ovens
Dr William Polidori:
Gareth Pierce

Genres

Duration: 1 hour

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

A young American prepares to blow up a vital bridge as part of an offensive during the Spanish Civil War. Stars Patrick Kennedy. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

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

Robert Jordan fears the enemy are aware of the offensive, but is it too late? Starring Patrick Kennedy and Ralph Ineson. Show more

Home Front

4 September 1914 - Norman Harris

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 3 months

The policeman's lot is a varied one in wartime Folkestone, from protecting a German breed of dog to arresting Lord Alfred Douglas by appointment. Show more

Contributors

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

Brand

Tommies

Tommies

25 May 1915

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Mickey Bliss is in London, taking time out from signals training at Aldershot to look up an old friend, who might finance his much-needed overhearing device. By Michael Chaplin. Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Robert de Tullio:
Patrick Kennedy
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Evadne Hopkins:
Clare Corbett
Amos Purkiss:
Carl Prekopp
Bonamy Lidderdale:
Clive Hayward
Minister:
David Cann
General Antrobus:
Robert Blythe
Producer:
David Hunter
Director:
David Hunter

Brand

Tommies

Book of the Week

A Sense of Direction

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. On a trip to Tallinn, an author agrees with his friend to walk the Camino in Spain - but reality bites. Read by Patrick Kennedy. Show more

Book of the Week

A Sense of Direction

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Gideon Lewis-Kraus goes on to Uman in Ukraine to celebrate Rosh Hashanah with brother Micah - and their elusive father! Read by Patrick Kennedy. Show more