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Series 1: Origin

Origin: Episode Seven

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for years

Helen and her mother are kidnapped. Seventh episode of a major new nine-part conspiracy thriller, starring Romola Garai. Written by Matthew Broughton. Show more

Jules Verne

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

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

Available for years

Three intrepid explorers venture into an Icelandic volcano. It's a dangerous trip but discoveries await. Stars Joel MacCormack. Show more

Drama on 4

One Horizon

Duration: 44 minutes

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

By Jeremy Hylton Davies. Gwyn runs the epic Marathon des Sables - 150 miles across the Sahara. Starring Mark Lewis Jones and Richard Harrington, who ran the race for real in 2014. Show more

Drama on 4

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. A unique coming of age story and a darkly funny tale of religious excess and human obsession. Starring Lesley Sharp. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Winterson:
Lesley Sharp
Little Jeanette:
Eleanor Worthington-Cox
Jeanette:
Katie West
Pastor Spratt:
Vincent Franklin
Miss Jewsbury:
Pauline Lynch
Mrs White:
Susan Jameson
Elsie Norris:
Angela Pleasance
Mrs Arkwright:
Vicky Licorish
Director:
Helen Perry

Genres

Drama on 4

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

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

Now 16, Jeanette’s future as a budding missionary is called into question when she falls in love with one of her converts, Starring Lesley Sharp. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Winterson:
Lesley Sharp
Jeanette:
Katie West
Pastor Spratt:
Vincent Franklin
Miss Jewsbury:
Pauline Lynch
Mrs White:
Susan Jameson
Elsie Norris:
Angela Pleasance
Mrs Arkwright:
Vicky Licorish
The Demon:
Sam Rix
Director:
Helen Perry

Genres

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Pilgrim unexpectedly meets some old friends when he takes his former friend Morgan Hambleton to a stone circle - and a strange and dangerous ceremony for the Queen of the Corn Show more

Drama on 4

Keeping the Wolf Out

Episode 1: The Wolf

Duration: 45 minutes

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

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A former secret policeman has been found murdered. Bertalan Lazar, a special investigator in Hungary during the Cold War, is assigned to the case. By Philip Palmer. Show more

Contributors

Bertalan Lazar:
Leo Bill
Franciska Lazar:
Clare Corbett
Tibor Farkas:
Andy Linden
Mrs Kovacs:
Susan Jameson
Bela Fekete:
Sargon Yelda
Kitchen Porter:
Richard Pepple
Police Officer:
Sam Rix
Director:
Toby Swift

Genres

Drama on 4

Keeping the Wolf Out

Episode 2: The Old Days

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for years

Murder most foul lies at the heart of a new case for Investigator Lazar of the Hungarian Police. Philip Palmer's crime drama is set in Communist Hungary in 1963. Stars Leo Bill. Show more

Contributors

Bertalan Lazar:
Leo Bill
Franciska Lazar:
Clare Corbett
Tibor Farkas:
Andy Linden
Bela Fekete:
Sargon Yelda
Csaba:
Sam Rix
Lilien Racz:
Adie Allen
Director:
Toby Swift

Genres

Drama on 4

The Rage

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Clare Lizzimore's rapid-fire drama goes inside the head of Anthony - a boy full of rage. Starring Theo Barklem-Biggs, Lee Ross and Danusia Samal. Show more

Tracks

Series 1: Origin

Origin: Episode Six

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for years

Helen uncovers disturbing details of a dark and illicit industry. Sixth in a nine-part thriller starring Romola Garai. Written by Matthew Broughton. Show more

Duration: 44 minutes

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

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2015. Student Katy determines to change the conversation about sexual consent - but how? Third of three plays charting feminism through three generations of women. By Ella Hickson. Show more

Home Front

24 May 1916 - Dieter Lippke

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1916, the Union Jack was to be flown from every public building for Empire Day, and Dieter feels increasingly isolated. Show more

Contributors

Dieter Lippke:
Felix Auer
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Elspeth Taverner:
Kelly Williams
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Primrose Rutter:
Jade Matthew
Mayoress:
Jane Slavin
Soldier:
Sam Rix

Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

Mary Ann in Autumn

Episode 2: Mary Ann in Autumn

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Mary Ann begins to adapt to life with Michael and Ben while Jake meets a new man at Pier 39. Stars Laurel Lefkow. From May 2016. Show more

Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

Mary Ann in Autumn

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Mary Anne takes some time out before her operation and Jake takes a chance on Jonah. Stars Laurel Lefkow and Fox Fisher. From May 2016. Show more

Duration: 28 minutes

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

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Elizabeth has to get a job and she is soon having run-ins with her new boss. Starring Amanda Hale and Andy Nyman. From 2016. Show more

Contributors

Little Jack:
Ben Barker
Elizabeth:
Amanda Hale
Deano:
Sam Rix
Newsreader:
Sam Rix
Director:
Gemma Jenkins

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 55: 23-27 May 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

In the week when President Wilson advocates the formation of an Association of Nations to ensure future peace, relations in Ashburton are very troubled. Show more

Contributors

Dieter Lippke:
Felix Auer
Alexander Gidley:
Matthew Beard
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Emily Colville:
Scarlett Brookes
Tobias Holden:
Toby Bryant
John Rossiter:
Mark Carey
Amos Rutter:
Richard Cotton
Simeon Dyer:
Josh Darcy
Cora Gidley:
Joanna Monro
Edwin Lloyd:
Finn den Hertog
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Isaac Cox:
James Lailey
Cyrus Colville:
Anton Lesser
Rose Fairweather:
Helen Longworth
Primrose Rutter:
Jade Matthew
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Cora Gidley:
Joanna Monro
Oswald Dyer:
Dean Nolan
Hector Gidley:
Brian Protheroe
Soldier:
Sam Rix
Mayoress:
Jane Slavin
Effie Taverner:
Lizzie Stables
Molly Dyer:
Stevie Thompson
Elspeth Taverner:
Kelly Williams
Burroughs:
Sargon Yelda

Genres

Book at Bedtime

Reading Europe - Italy: The Parrots

Episode 1: Silence Equals Death

Duration: 15 minutes

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

As the three contestants prepare for the run-up to the prize, one of them realises it will be his last chance for glory. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Reading Europe - Italy: The Parrots

Episode 2: There Won't Be Any More Prizes for Me

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Filippo Bologna's comedy about Italian book prizes in which three men fight - even to the death - for their country's greatest honour. Today: The Master makes a revelation. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Reading Europe - Italy: The Parrots

Episode 3: Tell Me What I Have to Do

Duration: 15 minutes

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

As rumours fly about which author is ahead in the votes, the Writer's dark secret takes on even greater significance. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Reading Europe - Italy: The Parrots

Episode 4: You Have to Become a Work of Art

Duration: 15 minutes

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

While the Master is sensing his own mortality, and the Beginner looks back on an infidelity, the Writer enjoys some not very veiled threats from his publisher. Show more