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Home Front

27 October 1915 - Alec Poole

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 11 months

Shackleton's ship Endurance is crushed by pack ice in Antarctica, and on the other side of the world, Mathieu Dupont goes on an expedition of his own. Show more

Contributors

Home Front

22 December 1915 - Dorothea Winwood

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day, David Lloyd George made an official visit to munitions factories in Newcastle, and it is Dorothea's first day at the Bevan. Show more

Contributors

Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Bob Capeling:
Joe Sims
Dolly Clout:
Elaine Claxton
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Max Davenport:
Trevor White
Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair
Dr Streatfield:
Chris Pavlo
Soldier:
Leo Wan

Home Front

30 December 1915 - Nell Kingsley

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

A British P&O liner is torpedoed killing 334, including women and children, and at the Bevan Hospital an injured soldier avoids returning to duty. Show more

Contributors

Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair
Max Davenport:
Trevor White
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Henry Streatfield:
Chris Pavlo
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Strachan:
Leo Wan

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Comedy starring Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Joshua McGuire. A shy man gains astounding confidence but misuses his public speaking power. By Andrew Viner. Show more

The Stuarts

Queen Anne: Myself Alone

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Fenella Woolgar is Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch, in Mike Walker's epic chronicle. If Anne is to command the loyalty of parliament she must abandon long-held allegiances. Show more

Contributors

William III:
Nicholas Murchie
Queen Anne:
Fenella Woolgar
Hans Bentinck:
Jonathan Coy
Sarah Churchill:
Rhiannon Neads
John Churchill:
David Hounslow
Godolphin:
David Acton
The Speaker:
Sam Dale
Royal Servant:
Jessica Turner
Director:
Gemma Jenkins

From Fact to Fiction

Series 18

Episode 4: Katy Is a Happy Child

Duration: 13 minutes

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

A fictional response to a judge in the Family Court taking the decision to lift reporting restrictions. By Meera Syal. Show more

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 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

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 Price of Oil

Stand Firm, You Cads!

Duration: 57 minutes

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

Anna Maxwell Martin, Raad Rawi and Luke Treadaway star in the first of a season of factual dramas exploring the history of oil - and the price we've paid for it. Show more

Contributors

Prime Minister Mossadegh:
Raad Rawi
Averell Harriman:
Paul Chahidi
Sir Richard Stokes:
Sam Dale
Sir Francis Shepherd:
David Acton
Director:
Nicolas Kent

Genres

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Michael J Shannon stars in Jonathan Myerson's imagined political drama, based on real events. Part of a season exploring the history of oil - and the price we've paid for it Show more

Contributors

Recruiting Sergeant:
Daniel Betts
Admiral:
Daniel Betts
Forbes McEwen III:
James McArdle
George HW Bush:
Michael J Shannon
Dick Cheney:
Sam Dale
UK Military Attache:
Chris Pavlo
Cashier:
Alex Tregear
Director:
Nicolas Kent

Genres

Drama on 3

Fanny and Alexander

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

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

Adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's autobiographical film. Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family. Show more

Drama on 3

Fanny and Alexander

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

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

Adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film. After Fanny and Alexander's father dies, their mother Emilie marries the bishop and they all move to live together at the palace. 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

Home Front

23 June 1915 - Dieter Lippke

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. A fugitive returns. Show more

Contributors

Dieter Lippke:
Felix Auer
Tom Wright:
Clive Hayward
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Adeline Lumley:
Anastasia Hille
White Featherer:
Jessica Turner

Home Front

31 December 1915 - Alec Poole

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day 100 years ago, a man is sentenced to three months hard labour for buying a soldier a bottle of whisky, and at the Bevan Hospital, patients prepare for New Year's Eve. Show more

Contributors

Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Billy Barstow:
David Hounslow
Max Davenport:
Trevor White

Home Front

26 September 1916 - Esme Macknade

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1916, Combles and Thiepval fell to British troops, and in Folkestone, Esme Macknade has captured Oscar's interest. Show more

Contributors

Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliott
Alice Macknade:
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Bill Macknade:
Ben Crowe
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson

Home Front

21 August 1917 - Ulysses Pilchard

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1917, British naval forces brought a zeppelin down off the coast of Jutland, while near Folkestone, Dr Pilchard scours the shoreline. Show more

Contributors

Ulysses Pilchard:
Khalid Abdalla
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Chester Matthews:
Samuel James
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Silas Morrow:
Shaun Dooley
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole