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Duration: 45 minutes

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First broadcast: Fri 10^th Nov 2023, 13:45 on BBC One Cambridgeshire HDLatest broadcast: Fri 10^th Nov 2023, 13:45 on BBC One Wales

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David doubts a fatal stabbing links to a local girl gang’s actions, but Billie disagrees.

Contributors

DI David Bradford:: Hugo Speer
DC Rob Brady:: Bailey Patrick
DS Vivienne Cole:: Sharon Small
DC Billie Fitzgerald:: Tori Allen-Martin
Amina Patel:: Sasha Desouza-Willock
Divnesh Patel:: Narinder Samra
Rosa Dunbar:: Phoebe Douglas
Shanice Williamson:: Akuc Bol
Ella Baker:: Sophia Capasso
Director:: Bruce Webb

Midnight's Children

Part 2: The Birth of a Nation

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 14^th Aug 2017, 23:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Dramatisation of Salman Rushdie's dazzling novel of love, history and magic. Saleem is born on the stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947, at the exact moment of Partition. Show more

Contributors

Saleem:: Nikesh Patel
Ahmed:: Narinder Samra
Mumtaz:: Anneika Rose
Mary:: Chetna Pandya
Methwold:: Philip Fox
Commander Sabarmati:: Ace Bhatti
Wee Willie Winkie:: Ronny Jhutti
Dr Narlikar:: Emilio Doorgasingh
The Midwife:: Renu Brindle
Joseph d'Costa:: Ashley Kumar
Harmonium Player:: Kiran Thakrar
Actor:: Selva Rasalingam
Actor:: Renu Brindle
Actor:: Ronny Jhutti
Actor:: Rina Mahoney
Actor:: Aysha Kala
Author:: Salman Rushdie
Adaptor:: Ayeesha Menon
Director:: Tracey Neale
Director:: Emma Harding
Producer:: Tracey Neale
Producer:: Emma Harding

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An Everyday story of Afghan Folk

An Everyday Story of Afghan Folk: Series 4

Episode 1

An Everyday story of Afghan Folk

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 4^th May 2015, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 4^th May 2015, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 3 months

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Two families who arrived in the village many years ago to avoid the fighting now fear they must flee again. Show more

Contributors

Mewa Gul:: Vincent Ebrahim
Bakhtawara:: Meera Syal
Taza Gul:: Jaz Deol
Zarlakhta:: Balvinder Sopal
Akbar Khan:: Sagar Arya
Mashal:: Muzz Khan
Outlaw:: Narinder Samra
Writer:: Liz Rigbey
Director:: Liz Rigbey
Producer:: Anne-Marie Cole

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An Everyday story of Afghan Folk: An Everyday Story of Afghan Folk: Series 4

An Everyday story of Afghan Folk

An Everyday Story of Afghan Folk: Series 4

Episode 4

An Everyday story of Afghan Folk

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 7^th May 2015, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 7^th May 2015, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Mewa Gul and his family have fled the Pak-Afghan mountains for the home village they left during the fighting many years ago. But the returning refugees find much has changed. Show more

Contributors

Mewa Gul:: Vincent Ebrahim
Bakhtawara:: Meera Syal
Taza Gul:: Jaz Deol
Malik:: Narinder Samra
Shah Bibi:: Shaheen Khan
Wisal Khan:: Donald Slack
Writer:: Liz Rigbey
Director:: Liz Rigbey
Producer:: Anne-Marie Cole

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Drama

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An Everyday story of Afghan Folk: An Everyday Story of Afghan Folk: Series 4

Midnight's Children

Part 5: Alpha and Omega

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Salman Rushdie's dazzling novel of love, history and magic, dramatised by Ayeesha Menon. Saleem continues to talk telepathically to all the other Midnight's Children. Show more

Contributors

Saleem:: Nikesh Patel
Mumtaz:: Anneika Rose
Ahmed:: Narinder Samra
Mary:: Chetna Pandya
Young Saleem:: Zain Syed
Young Jamila:: Misha Shah
Hanif:: Ashley Kumar
Pia:: Preeya Kalidas
Homi Catrack:: Kulvinder Ghir
Teacher:: Selva Rasalingam
Commander Sabarmati:: Ace Bhatti
Lila Sabarmati:: Maya Sondhi
Aadam:: Anil Goutam
Naseem:: Meera Syal
Young Shiva:: Nael Ameen
Young Parvati:: Nikita Mehta
Author:: Salman Rushdie
Adaptor:: Ayeesha Menon
Director:: Tracey Neale
Director:: Emma Harding
Producer:: Tracey Neale
Producer:: Emma Harding

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Drama

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Tommies

10 November 1917

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 10^th Nov 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 6^th Oct 2018, 21:00 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
Ozzy:: Adam Fitzgerald
TE Lawrence:: David Reakes
Arthur Neate:: Rupert Holliday Evans
Corporal:: Gary Duncan
Producer:: David Hunter
Producer:: Jonquil Panting
Producer:: Jonathan Ruffle
Director:: Jonquil Panting
Director:: David Hunter
Writer:: Jonathan Ruffle
Writer:: Avin Shah

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Tommies

The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson

Series 3

Episode 5

The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 7^th Dec 2011, 20:30 on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: Sun 11^th Dec 2011, 14:55 on BBC One Wales

Impressions from Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson and their many characters. In this episode, Davina McCall gets in a mess, and Jimmy Carr is an unexpected guest at a funeral. Show more

Contributors

Various:: Jon Culshaw
Various:: Debra Stephenson
Civil Servant:: Simon Greenall
Business Man:: Simon Greenall
Denise:: Rosalyn Wright
Nigel:: Thomas Nelstrop
American Executive 1:: Rosalyn Wright
American Executive 2:: Thomas Nelstrop
Pearly King:: Simon Greenall
Widow:: Tara Flynn
Peter:: Richard Lumsden
Sir William:: Richard Lumsden
David Furnish:: Robert Forknall
Pizza Owner:: Tony Way
Man in Confessional:: Richard Lumsden
Woman:: Rosalyn Wright
Writer:: Ben Ward
Writer:: Giles Pilbrow
Director:: Angie de Chastelai Smith
Producer:: Richard Webb
Executive Producer:: Mark Freeland
Fireman:: Simon Greenall
Man in Burning House:: Richard Lumsden
Ahmed Al-Falili:: Narinder Samra
Max Gridsteel:: Simon Greenall
Production Designer:: Simon Rogers

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Series

The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson: Series 3

Midnight's Children

Part 1: The Perforated Sheet

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

To mark the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India, an ambitious dramatisation of Salman Rushdie's dazzling novel of love, history and magic. Starring Nikesh Patel. Show more

Contributors

Saleem:: Nikesh Patel
Aadam:: Abhin Galeya
Mrs Aziz:: Meera Syal
Ghani:: Silas Carson
Naseem:: Maya Sondhi
Tai:: Anil Goutam
Mumtaz:: Anneika Rose
Emerald:: Deeivya Meir
Nadir Khan:: Akbar Kurtha
The Hummingbird:: Sagar Arya
Ahmed:: Narinder Samra
Major Zulfikar:: Ace Bhatti
Ramram Seth:: Sagar Arya
The Boy:: Shiven Shankar
The Girl:: Shreya Shah
Actor:: Selva Rasalingam
Actor:: Renu Brindle
Actor:: Ronny Jhutti
Actor:: Rina Mahoney
Actor:: Aysha Kala
Author:: Salman Rushdie
Adaptor:: Ayeesha Menon
Director:: Tracey Neale
Director:: Emma Harding
Producer:: Tracey Neale
Producer:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

Midnight's Children

Part 3: Snakes and Ladders

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Dramatisation of Salman Rushdie's dazzling novel of love, history and magic. Born at the moment of India's Partition, Saleem grows up in the care of two adoring mothers. Show more

Contributors

Saleem:: Nikesh Patel
Ahmed:: Narinder Samra
Mumtaz:: Anneika Rose
Mary:: Chetna Pandya
Young Saleem:: Zain Syed
Young Jamila:: Misha Shah
Sonny:: Ahren Chadha
Mrs Ibrahim:: Rina Mahoney
Dr Narlikar:: Emilio Doorgasingh
Ismai:: Kulvinder Ghir
Nadir Khan:: Akbar Kurtha
Wee Willie Winkie:: Ronny Jhutti
Actor:: Deeivya Meir
Actor:: Sagar Arya
Actor:: Selva Rasalingam
Actor:: Renu Brindle
Actor:: Silas Carson
Actor:: Aysha Kala
Author:: Salman Rushdie
Adaptor:: Ayeesha Menon
Director:: Tracey Neale
Director:: Emma Harding
Producer:: Tracey Neale
Producer:: Emma Harding

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Drama

Brand

Midnight's Children

Part 6: How Saleem Achieved Purity

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Salman Rushdie's prize-winning novel of love, history and magic, dramatised by Ayeesha Menon. The Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 changes Saleem's life forever. Starring Nikesh Patel. Show more

Contributors

Saleem:: Nikesh Patel
Jamila:: Deeivya Meir
Young Saleem:: Zain Syed
Young Jamila:: Misha Shah
Mumtaz:: Anneika Rose
Ahmed:: Narinder Samra
Mary:: Chetna Pandya
Brigadier Iskander:: Selva Rasalingam
Sergeant Major Najmuddin:: Sagar Arya
Ayooba:: Abhin Galeya
Shaheed:: Ronny Jhutti
The Peasant:: Akbar Kurtha
Picture Singh:: Silas Carson
Parvati:: Aysha Kala
Young Shiva:: Nael Ameen
Young Parvati:: Nikita Mehta
Midnight’s Child:: Ahren Chadha
Midnight’s Child:: Shiven Shankar
Midnight’s Child:: Shreya Shah
Actor:: Sheetal Kapoor
Actor:: Renu Brindle
Actor:: Emilio Doorgasingh
Author:: Salman Rushdie
Adaptor:: Ayeesha Menon
Director:: Tracey Neale
Director:: Emma Harding
Producer:: Tracey Neale
Producer:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

Midnight's Children

Omnibus

1. The Perforated Sheet

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 20^th Aug 2017, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 26^th Oct 2021, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. Dr Aziz falls in love with a woman hidden behind a perforated sheet. Salman Rushdie's dazzling novel starring Abhin Galeya. Show more

Contributors

Saleem:: Nikesh Patel
Aadam:: Abhin Galeya
Mrs Aziz:: Meera Syal
Ghani:: Silas Carson
Naseem:: Maya Sondhi
Tai:: Anil Goutam
Mumtaz:: Anneika Rose
Emerald:: Deeivya Meir
Nadir Khan:: Akbar Kurtha
The Hummingbird:: Sagar Arya
Ahmed Sinai:: Narinder Samra
Major Zulfikar:: Ace Bhatti
Kemal:: Kulvinder Ghir
Actor:: Sheetal Kapoor
Actor:: Philip Fox
Actor:: Emilio Doorgasingh
Actor:: Chetna Pandya
Actor:: Shiven Shankar
Actor:: Shreya Shah
Actor:: Renu Brindle
Actor:: Ronny Jhutti
Author:: Salman Rushdie
Adaptor:: Ayeesha Menon
Director:: Tracey Neale
Director:: Emma Harding
Producer:: Tracey Neale
Producer:: Emma Harding

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Drama

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Series

Midnight's Children

Omnibus

2. The Birth of a Nation

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 27^th Aug 2017, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 27^th Oct 2021, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Saleem is born at the exact moment of Partition. Salman Rushdie's novel of love, history and magic starring Nikesh Patel. Show more

Contributors

Saleem:: Nikesh Patel
Ahmed:: Narinder Samra
Mumtaz:: Anneika Rose
Mary:: Chetna Pandya
Dr Narlikar:: Emilio Doorgasingh
Ismail:: Kulvinder Ghir
Nadir Khan:: Akbar Kurtha
Methwold:: Philip Fox
Commander Sabarmati:: Ace Bhatti
Joseph d'Costa:: Ashley Kumar
Wee Willie Winkie:: Ronny Jhutti
Young Saleem:: Zain Syed
Young Jamila:: Misha Shah
Sonny:: Ahren Chadha
Actor:: Maya Sondhi
Actor:: Deeivya Meir
Actor:: Sagar Arya
Actor:: Selva Rasalingam
Actor:: Renu Brindle
Actor:: Rina Mahoney
Actor:: Silas Carson
Actor:: Aysha Kala
Author:: Salman Rushdie
Adaptor:: Ayeesha Menon
Director:: Tracey Neale
Director:: Emma Harding
Producer:: Tracey Neale
Producer:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

Series

Midnight's Children

Omnibus

3. All India Radio

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 3^rd Sep 2017, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 28^th Oct 2021, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Young Saleem discovers he has the power of telepathy. Salman Rushdie's novel of love, history and magic starring Zain Syed. Show more

Contributors

Saleem:: Nikesh Patel
Ahmed:: Narinder Samra
Mumtaz:: Anneika Rose
Mary:: Chetna Pandya
Dr Narlikar:: Emilio Doorgasingh
Ismail:: Kulvinder Ghir
Nadir Khan:: Akbar Kurtha
Methwold:: Philip Fox
Commander Sabarmati:: Ace Bhatti
Joseph d'Costa:: Ashley Kumar
Wee Willie Winkie:: Ronny Jhutti
Young Saleem:: Zain Syed
Young Jamila:: Misha Shah
Sonny:: Ahren Chadha
Actor:: Maya Sondhi
Actor:: Deeivya Meir
Actor:: Sagar Arya
Actor:: Selva Rasalingam
Actor:: Renu Brindle
Actor:: Rina Mahoney
Actor:: Silas Carson
Actor:: Aysha Kala
Author:: Salman Rushdie
Adaptor:: Ayeesha Menon
Director:: Tracey Neale
Director:: Emma Harding
Producer:: Tracey Neale
Producer:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

Series

Midnight's Children

Omnibus

4. How Saleem Achieved Purity

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 10^th Sep 2017, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 29^th Oct 2021, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 changes Saleem's life forever. Salman Rushdie's dazzling novel starring Nikesh Patel. Show more

Contributors

Saleem:: Nikesh Patel
Jamila:: Deeivya Meir
Young Saleem:: Zain Syed
Young Jamila:: Misha Shah
Mumtaz:: Anneika Rose
Ahmed:: Narinder Samra
Brigadier Iskander:: Selva Rasalingam
Sergeant Major Najmuddin:: Sagar Arya
Ayooba:: Abhin Galeya
Shaheed:: Ronny Jhutti
The Peasant:: Akbar Kurtha
Picture Singh:: Silas Carson
Parvati:: Aysha Kala
Young Shiva:: Nael Ameen
Young Parvati:: Nikita Mehta
Midnight's Child:: Ahren Chadha
Midnight's Child:: Shiven Shankar
Midnight's Child:: Shreya Shah
Actor:: Sheetal Kapoor
Actor:: Renu Brindle
Actor:: Emilio Doorgasingh
Author:: Salman Rushdie
Adaptor:: Ayeesha Menon
Director:: Tracey Neale
Director:: Emma Harding
Producer:: Tracey Neale
Producer:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

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Series

Midnight's Children

Omnibus

5. The Shadow of the Mosque

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 17^th Sep 2017, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 30^th Oct 2021, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Saleem is reunited with the other Midnight's Children in terrifying circumstances. Salman Rushdie's novel starring Nikesh Patel. Show more

Contributors

Saleem:: Nikesh Patel
Jamila:: Deeivya Meir
Young Saleem:: Zain Syed
Young Jamila:: Misha Shah
Mumtaz:: Anneika Rose
Ahmed:: Narinder Samra
Brigadier Iskander:: Selva Rasalingam
Sergeant Major Najmuddin:: Sagar Arya
Ayooba:: Abhin Galeya
Shaheed:: Ronny Jhutti
The Peasant:: Akbar Kurtha
Picture Singh:: Silas Carson
Parvati:: Aysha Kala
Young Shiva:: Nael Ameen
Young Parvati:: Nikita Mehta
Midnight's Child:: Ahren Chadha
Midnight's Child:: Shiven Shankar
Midnight's Child:: Shreya Shah
Actor:: Sheetal Kapoor
Actor:: Renu Brindle
Actor:: Emilio Doorgasingh
Author:: Salman Rushdie
Adaptor:: Ayeesha Menon
Director:: Tracey Neale
Director:: Emma Harding
Producer:: Tracey Neale
Producer:: Emma Harding

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Casualty

Series 31

Episode 27: Mobile

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 18^th Mar 2017, 20:40 on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: Sat 18^th Mar 2017, 20:40 on BBC One Wales

Robyn tries to make David see sense as the team rush to find them, but an unexpected arrival makes her own situation all the more perilous.

Contributors

David Hide:: Jason Durr
Robyn Miller:: Amanda Henderson
Charlie Fairhead:: Derek Thompson
Lily Chao:: Crystal Yu
Jez Andrews:: Lloyd Everitt
Jacob Masters:: Charles Venn
Lisa 'Duffy' Duffin:: Cathy Shipton
Louise Tyler:: Azuka Oforka
Max Walker:: Jamie Davis
Dylan Keogh:: William Beck
Caleb Knight:: Richard Winsor
Alicia Munroe:: Chelsea Halfpenny
Ethan Hardy:: George Rainsford
Iain Dean:: Michael Stevenson
Connie Beauchamp:: Amanda Mealing
Noel Garcia:: Tony Marshall
Sam Strachan:: Tom Chambers
Gemma Dean:: Rebecca Ryan
Peter Judds:: Henry Miller
Neela Aggarwal:: Amara Mughal
Haresh Aggarwal:: Narinder Samra
Raf Evans:: Louis Krommenhoek
Drunk Singing Girl:: Caitlin McKee
Writer:: Mark Catley
Director:: Alex Jacob
Producer:: Lucy Raffety

Genres

DramaMedical

Brand

Casualty

Series

Casualty: Series 31

EastEnders Omnibus

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