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Drama on 3

Finlandia

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

By Stephen Wyatt. Starring the late Tim Pigott-Smith, a drama blending the psyche of Jean Sibelius, his music and the Finnish national epic The Kalevala. Show more

Contributors

Jean Sibelius:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Female Voice:
Alex Tregear
Male Voice:
Chris Pavlo
Director:
Tracey Neale

Genres

Drama on 3

Three Sisters

Duration: 2 hours, 10 minutes

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

By Anton Chekhov. Drama about three sisters living in provincial Russia. While they dream of returning to their home city of Moscow, real life keeps getting in the way. Show more

Contributors

Dr Chebutykin:
Robert Pugh
Colonel Vershinin:
Elliot Cowan
Baron Tuzenbach:
Mark Edel-Hunt
Captain Solyony:
Jonathan Forbes
Natasha:
Leila Crerar
Composer:
Roger Goula
Musician:
Natalie Holt
Musician:
Sam Thompson
Musician:
Peter Gregson
Adaptor:
DJ Britton

Genres

Home Front

13 July 1915 - Howard Argent

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

A wartime celebrity makes an unexpected appearance in Folkestone. Show more

Contributors

Howard Argent:
Toby Jones
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Connie Cavendish:
Natasha Raphael
Grace Cavendish:
Chloe Raphael
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Marieke Dupont:
Olivia Ross
Female Onlooker:
Anastasia Hille

Home Front

16 December 1914 - Ralph Winwood

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 6 months

The day's events make Reverend Ralph Winwood question his own authority. Show more

Contributors

From Fact to Fiction

Series 18

Episode 6: Lexicon

Duration: 13 minutes

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

Poet Glyn Maxwell responds to the Greece situation and imagines a nation in crisis as debts are called in and deadlines missed. Show more

Contributors

Sally Utterley:
Sally Phillips
Colin Erasmus:
David Acton
Professor Z:
David Hounslow
Cherry-Ann:
Alex Tregear
Producer:
Emma Harding
Director:
Toby Swift

Genres

15 Minute Drama

Ladder of Years

Episode 1: At the Family's Edges

Duration: 15 minutes

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

An unexpected but rather welcome romantic encounter in the grocery aisle is the beginning of a new adventure for homely Delia Grinstead. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Ladder of Years

Episode 2: The Felson Girls

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Delia's chance meeting with a younger man focuses her dissatisfactions with her disjointed Baltimore household. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Ladder of Years

Episode 3: The Ocean

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Feeling at the very edges of her disjointed family, Delia Grinstead makes an impulsive decision on the annual family vacation. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Ladder of Years

Episode 4: The Executive Secretary

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Delia Grinstead left her family on the beach this morning, and now she is starting a new life alone in the small town of Bay Borough. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Ladder of Years

Episode 7: Ketchup on His French Fries

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Delia Grinstead's new life and equilibrium are disturbed by an unexpected visitor to town. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Ladder of Years

Episode 10: The Wedding Day Hitch

Duration: 15 minutes

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

After more than a year away, Delia Grinstead is drawn back into the remnants of her fractured family. She is badly needed. Show more

The Stuarts

William III and Mary II: To Have and To Hold

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Mike Walker's epic chronicle considers the young William of Orange and his strategic marriage to James II's daughter, Mary Stuart. Show more

Contributors

Bentinck:
Jonathan Coy
Young Bentinck:
Finn den Hertog
De Witt:
Sam Dale
Aurelia:
Alex Tregear
Hendrieka:
Rhiannon Neads
James II:
David Acton
John Churchill:
David Hounslow
Director:
Gemma Jenkins

The Stuarts

Charles II, Part Two: The Long Lease of Pleasant Days

Duration: 58 minutes

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

By Mike Walker, with Pip Torrens and James Fleet. Charles II's feud with parliamentary reformers and his audacious plot to confound them and secure the throne for his brother. Show more

Contributors

Charles II:
Pip Torrens
Ashley-Cooper:
Ken Bones
Monmouth:
Alex Waldmann
Titus Oates:
Matthew Watson
Catherine:
Elaine Claxton
Speaker:
David Cann
Director:
Marc Beeby

The Stuarts

James II: The Storms of this Deceitful World

Duration: 1 hour

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

By Mike Walker. James II's reign lasted just four years, before he fled England in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. How did it all go so wrong? With James Fleet. Show more

Contributors

James II:
James Fleet
Sunderland:
Clive Hayward
Sarah Churchill:
Jaimi Barbakoff
Monmouth:
Alex Waldmann
Colonel:
David Cann
Foreman:
Damian Lynch
Director:
Marc Beeby

The Price of Oil

No Two Days

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Faye Marsay and Paul Higgins star in a maze of tales about risk, passion and deep-sea oil. Part of a season exploring the history of oil - and the price we've paid for it. Show more

Drama on 4

Red and Blue

Episode 2: Hazard

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Wargame exercise writer Bradley Shoreham is hired to stress test the emergency services. His divide and rule tactics soon provoke hostility. Show more

Contributors

Bradley Shoreham:
Tim Woodward
Alessandra Pacetti:
Sara Kestelman
Harry Douglas:
David Hounslow
Katie Wilson:
Jane Slavin
Alan Myerson:
Stephen Critchlow
Claire Patterson:
Christine Kavanagh
Actor:
Sam Dale
Director:
Gemma Jenkins

Genres

Drama on 4

Louis B Mayer and the Bolshevik Beast

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Toby Jones stars as movie mogul Louis B Mayer determined to stop Upton Sinclair becoming the next Governor of California and taxing the movie studios. Comedy by Stephen Sheridan. Show more

Contributors

Louis B Mayer:
Toby Jones
Upton Sinclair:
Colin Stinton
Thalberg:
Chris Pavlo
Frank Merriam:
Sam Dale
Craig Sinclair:
Jessica Turner
Franklin D Roosevelt:
David Hounslow
Director:
Sally Avens

Genres

Drama

Watch Me While I'm Sleeping

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Mo's snoring is so addling that his long-term partner now wants separate bedrooms. Will a heart-to-heart over dinner resolve the issue? Or might it reveal more worrying problems? Show more

Drama on 4

CS Forester - The African Queen

Duration: 1 hour

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

To boost the First World War effort, Rose convinces cowardly Charlie to lend his rickety steam-powered boat. With Samantha Bond. Show more

Contributors

Charlie:
Toby Jones
Samuel Sayer:
Stephen Critchlow
German Sailor:
Mark Edel-Hunt
German Sea Captain:
David Acton
Director:
David Neville
Producer:
David Neville

Genres

Drama on 4

Stephen Wyatt - The Shadow of Dorian Gray

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. After Oscar Wilde's conviction, London is a dangerous place for the man who inspired his novel, Dorian Gray. Stars Blake Ritson. Show more

Contributors

John Gray:
Blake Ritson
Lord Henry:
Nicholas Farrell
Andre Raffalovich:
Joshua McGuire
The Voice of the Novel:
Mark Edel-Hunt

Genres