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Duration: 57 minutes

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

Available for years

4 Extra Debut. General de Gaulle's secret flight from Paris during the 1986 riots, uncovering the French government's panic. Stars Ronald Pickup. Show more

Contributors

Daniel Cohn-Bendit:
Rory Fleck Byrne
Yvonne de Gaulle:
Barbara Flynn
Georges Pompidou:
Philip Jackson
De Gaulle:
Ronald Pickup
De Boissieu:
Daniel Weyman
Producer:
David Morley

Genres

Radio 2 Comedy Greats

The Stanley Baxter Story

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 2Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 2

Eddie Izzard presents a profile of comedy actor Stanley Baxter. Featuring contributions from Maureen Lipman, Julia McKenzie, Stanley himself, and some of his character creations. Show more

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for years

4 Extra Debut. The government‘s reeling from the devaluation of the pound in 1968 and rejection by the Common Market. Stars Nicholas Boulton. Show more

Contributors

Fred Price:
Nicholas Boulton
Brenda Mumford:
Felicity Duncan
Marcia Williams:
Felicity Duncan
Joan Southwell:
Catherine Lamb
Harry Tyler:
Geoff McGivern
Valerie White:
Alana Ramsey
Richard Seller:
Wilf Scolding
Rory McCarthy:
Wilf Scolding
Jack O'Hea:
Duncan Wisbey
Harold Wilson:
Duncan Wisbey
Mike Best:
Duncan Wisbey
Director:
Sean Grundy

Genres

Duration: 57 minutes

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

Daniel Weyman stars as David Bowie in this comic drama by Sean Grundy. Bowie leaves LA to escape the drug scene but Iggy Pop goes with him to Berlin, to make music and be 'normal'. Show more

Contributors

Roy Martin:
Tom Alexander
Romy Haag:
Scott Capurro
Zowie Bowie:
James Morley
Brian Eno:
Wilf Scolding
Iggy Pop:
Kerry Shale
Tony Visconti:
Martin T Sherman
David Bowie:
Daniel Weyman
Director:
Dirk Maggs
Producer:
David Morley

Genres

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Drama

Drama on 4

Heading to Paradise

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

The stories of some of the victims of Flight MH17, shot down over the Ukraine in 2014. Joe Caffrey, Philip Franks and Tracy Wiles star in David Morley's factual drama. Show more

Drama on 4

David Morley - A Cold Supper Behind Harrods

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. When three former wartime special agents are reunited, their reminiscences reveal tales of deceit and murder. Stars David Jason. Show more

Contributors

John Harrison:
David Jason
Vera Atkins:
Stephanie Cole
Leo Marks:
Anton Lesser
Chloe Wolf:
Sophie Roberts
Director:
Philip Franks

Genres

Duration: 45 minutes

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

A terrifying new disease is discovered in the tropical rainforest of Zaire. Can the outbreak be stopped before it reaches the country's capital Kinshasa? Dramatised by Mike Walker. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Peter Piot
Peter Piot:
Ben Crowe
Sister Veronika:
Tracy Wiles
Dr Muamba:
Jude Owusu
Director:
Dirk Maggs
Producer:
David Morley

Genres

Classic Serial

By a Young Officer: Churchill on the North West Frontier

Duration: 58 minutes

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

By Michael Eaton. 4 Extra Debut. Winston Churchill's 1897 adventure as a war correspondent in the hostile Afghan-Pakistani border mountains. Stars Douglas Booth. Show more

Contributors

Railway Clerk:
Abdullah Afzal
Sikh Soldier:
Abdullah Afzal
Browne-Clayton:
Jonathan Bailey
Cpt of the 35th:
Jonathan Bailey
Winston Churchill:
Douglas Booth
Sir Bindon Blood:
Kenneth Cranham
Colonel Goldney:
Kenneth Cranham
Buffs Sergeant:
Kenneth Cranham
Major Deane:
Stephen Critchlow
Jennie Churchill:
Lorelei King
Duchess Lilly:
Lorelei King
Colonel Ramsey:
Toby Longworth
Staff Officer:
Toby Longworth
Auctioneer:
Toby Longworth
Beresford:
Toby Longworth
Director:
Dirk Maggs
Producer:
David Morley