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Drama on 3

Things Might Change or Cease

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Linda Marshall Griffiths's King Lear-inspired drama follows three estranged sisters on a journey to find their father who disappeared 37 years earlier. Show more

Drama on 4

Doing Time: The Last Ballad of Reading Gaol

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Famous as the setting of Oscar Wilde's bleak poem, Reading Gaol has closed after 170 years. Mike Walker's time-shifting drama lays bare its surprising and unsettling history. Show more

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Drama on 4

Time for One More Question

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Love is put through the toughest Q and A in this comedy of festival manners written by Glyn Maxwell and recorded on location at Hay Festival. Show more

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First World Problems

What Country, Friends, Is This?

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for 5 months

What would happen if the UK broke apart? In this everyday story of British folk, David and Ruth Fletcher face the UK's next civil war. Show more

Contributors

Dave Fletcher:
Jeremy Swift
Ruth Fletcher:
Maureen Beattie
Maggie Pelling:
Elizabeth Counsell
Jonny Fletcher:
Sam Barnard
Tricia Ince:
Elinor Coleman
Helena Fletcher:
Lauren Cornelius
Philippa Fletcher:
Kerry Gooderson
Emrys Driscoll:
Kai Owen
Olwen Driscoll:
Cara Chase
Janice:
Emma Handy
Radio Free Manchester:
John Lightbody

Henry James

The Portrait of a Lady

1. Freedom

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. Isabel wants freedom to determine her own future above all but must break with conventions to do so. Stars Joanna Vanderham. Show more

Contributors

Henry James:
John Lynch
Isabel Archer:
Joanna Vanderham
Ralph Touchett:
Sacha Dhawan
Lord Warburton:
Ifan Meredith
Mr Touchett:
Jonathan Keeble
Mrs Touchett:
Frances Barber
Henrietta Stackpole:
Lara Rossi
Caspar Goodwood:
Samuel Edward-Cook
Madam Merle:
Susan Lynch

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Henry James

The Portrait of a Lady

3. Escape

Duration: 1 hour

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

Isabel's marriage to Osmond is not what she hoped or imagined but can she find a way out to save herself? Stars Joseph Millson. Show more

Contributors

Henry James:
John Lynch
Isabel Archer:
Joanna Vanderham
Ralph Touchett:
Sacha Dhawan
Gilbert Osmond:
Joseph Millson
Madam Merle:
Susan Lynch
Countess Gemini:
Chetna Pandya
Lord Warburton:
Ifan Meredith
Henrietta Stackpole:
Lara Rossi
Caspar Goodwood:
Samuel Edward-Cook

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Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)

Drama about two youngsters growing up together in suburban London in the early 60s, both determined to escape from `Metroland' and dreaming of the boulevards of Bohemian Paris. Show more

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Drama on 4

The Imperfect Education of Sabrina Sidney

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Drama by Abigail Youngman based on the true story of a most peculiar educational experiment carried out by the philanthropist and intellectual Thomas Day upon two young girls. Show more

Contributors

James Keir:
Rory Bremner
Richard Edgeworth:
Aidan McArdle
Anna Seward:
Amanda Root
Thomas Day:
Ifan Meredith
Young Sabrina:
Nerys Akers
Older Sabrina:
Hannah Genesius
Lucretia:
Sydney Wade

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Henry James

The Portrait of a Lady

2. Italy

Duration: 1 hour

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

An unexpected inheritance allows Isabel her freedom, so she travels to Italy, where she meets Gilbert Osmond. Stars John Lynch. Show more

Contributors

Henry James:
John Lynch
Isabel Archer:
Joanna Vanderham
Ralph Touchett:
Sacha Dhawan
Mrs Touchett:
Frances Barber
Madam Merle:
Susan Lynch
Gilbert Osmond:
Joseph Millson
Countess Gemini:
Chetna Pandya
Lord Warburton:
Ifan Meredith
Caspar Goodwood:
Samuel Edward-Cook

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15 Minute Drama

The Little Ottleys

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Edith's scheme of shuttling between Aylmer (the love of her life) and Bruce (her hopeless former husband) collapses. In despair, she goes into hiding. Show more

Contributors

Vincy Wenham Vincy:
Sam Alexander
Madame Frabelle:
Jane Whittenshaw
Reverend Byrne Fraser:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Director:
Tracey Neale
Producer:
Tracey Neale

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15 Minute Drama

The Little Ottleys

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

When Bruce returns home, he discovers a note from Edith. Full of dark foreboding, he hurries straight to Aylmer's house in Jermyn Street. Show more

15 Minute Drama

The Little Ottleys

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

While Edith confides in Aylmer and Vincy, Bruce finds himself drawn towards the church, but will he find the answers to his questions there? Show more

Contributors

Vincy Wenham Vincy:
Sam Alexander
Reverend Byrne Fraser:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Director:
Tracey Neale
Producer:
Tracey Neale

Genres

15 Minute Drama

The Little Ottleys

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Aylmer has a dilemma: should he tell Edith the news about Bruce or keep quiet? Show more

Contributors

Vincy Wenham Vincy:
Sam Alexander
Madame Frabelle:
Jane Whittenshaw
Reverend Byrne Fraser:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Director:
Tracey Neale
Producer:
Tracey Neale

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15 Minute Drama

The Little Ottleys

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Shocked by Aylmer's words, Bruce makes a decision that could change life for the Ottleys and their friends for ever. Show more

Contributors

Vincy Wenham Vincy:
Sam Alexander
Madame Frabelle:
Jane Whittenshaw
Reverend Byrne Fraser:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Director:
Tracey Neale
Producer:
Tracey Neale

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Doctors

Series 17

Episode 138: Date in the Diary

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Mrs Tembe encounters a woman in an abusive relationship. Sid is energised when Jimmi tells him about Antibiotic Awareness Day. Show more

Contributors

Dr Heston Carter:
Owen Brenman
Dr Jimmi Clay:
Adrian Lewis Morgan
Dr Emma Reid:
Dido Miles
Dr Al Haskey:
Ian Midlane
Ayesha Lee:
Laura Rollins
Karen Hollins:
Jan Pearson
Mrs Tembe:
Lorna Laidlaw
Dr Sid Vere:
Ashley Rice
Ruhma Hanif:
Bharti Patel
Valerie Pitman:
Sarah Moyle
Yvonne Bailey:
Dannielle Brent
Ross Halton:
Ifan Meredith
Director:
Ian Barber
Executive Producer:
Mike Hobson