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Tsar

3. Alexander II: The People's Will

Duration: 1 hour

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

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Twenty years after the serf liberation, Alexander II's benign autocracy fails to quell revolutionary zeal. Stars Joseph Millson. Show more

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Tsar

Dangerous Visions

Darkness at Noon

Duration: 57 minutes

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

Rubashov finds the tables turned on him when he is imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the totalitarian regime to which he has dedicated his life. With Matthew Marsh. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In Karen McCarthy Woolf's drama in couplets, inspired by the Underworld episode in Homer, Odysseus's mother strives to contact her son, who is working a night shift as a cab driver. Show more

Dangerous Visions

Siege

Episode 2

Duration: 44 minutes

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

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Following his election as mayor of Grenoble, Front National politician Vincent Ferre struggles to keep control in the face of escalating and increasingly violent social protest. Show more

Dangerous Visions

Siege

Episode 1

Duration: 44 minutes

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

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Charismatic National Front candidate Vincent Ferre stirs up dangerous social unrest as he campaigns to become the next mayor of Grenoble. Can the city survive if he is elected? Show more

Dangerous Visions

Siege

Episode 3

Duration: 44 minutes

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

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As violent protest increases, the new National Front mayor of Grenoble resists calls to step down. But a plan has been set in motion that threatens to put an end to his ambitions. Show more

Duration: 57 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Dramatisation of Karl Marx’s iconic work imagining what he would make of our 21st century global economy. Stars David Threlfall. Show more

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Drama on 4

Keeping the Wolf Out

Behind the Wall

Duration: 44 minutes

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

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Detective drama. Leo Bill stars as Bertalan Lazar, a special investigator in Hungary during the Cold War. A seemingly routine case puts Lazar's career on the line. By Philip Palmer Show more

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Bertalan Lazar:
Leo Bill
Franciska Lazar:
Clare Corbett
Tibor Farkas:
Andy Linden
Milton Szilard:
Philip Fox
Kristof Szep:
Samuel James
Mr Kiraly:
Robert Blythe
Violinist:
Simon Ludders
Director:
Toby Swift

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Drama on 4

Keeping the Wolf Out

Heroes

Duration: 44 minutes

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

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Six young men lie dead. Investigator Lazar uncovers dark secrets in Budapest at the height of the Cold War. Crime drama by Philip Palmer. Show more

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Bertalan Lazar:
Leo Bill
Franciska Lazar:
Clare Corbett
Tibor Farkas:
Andy Linden
Rihard Miklos:
Shaun Mason
Kristof Szep:
Samuel James
Mr Kiraly:
Robert Blythe
Police Officer:
Simon Ludders
Stenographer:
Kerry Gooderson
Director:
Toby Swift

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Drama

Singles Going Steady

Duration: 44 minutes

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

1961, Liverpool. Paul Farley's play about a love affair conducted between a couple who never meet but send each other singles made in an automatic record-your-own-voice booth. Show more

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Drama

Drama

General Mladic Is Waving

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Rookie academic Danny attends the Mladic trial at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague and sees first hand the slippery process of trying to get at the truth. Show more

Contributors

Mr Nikolic's Interpreter:
Chetna Pandya
Mr Todorovic's Interpreter:
Kerry Gooderson
Mr Mladic's Interpreter:
Julie Teal
Judge Orie:
Philip Fox
Mr Groome:
David Sturzaker
General Smith:
Simon Ludders
Mr Ivetic:
Samuel James
Mr Nikolic:
Dejan Calovski
Mr Todorovic:
Dejan Radojevic
Director:
Mary Peate

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Drama

Drama on 4

The Tiny Problem

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Tanya Franks and Paterson Joseph star in this razor-sharp family comedy by Tamsin Oglesby. Show more

Tommies

14 June 1917

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Drama tracing one real day in the Great War. After the victory at Messines, are the Allies ready for the challenge of Ypres? From September 2017. Show more

Contributors

2nd Lieutenant Isambard Mortimer:
Samuel James
2nd Lieutenant Marc Mortimer:
Tom Forrister
Commentator:
Indira Varma
2nd Lieutenant Pirimi Pohe:
Tyler Read
MG Officer:
David Sturzaker
William Crean:
Harry McEntire
Timothy Spindlow:
Charlie Clements
Sergeant Reginald Bettsworth:
Simon Ludders
Captain MacNaughton:
Emilio Doorgasingh
Producer:
David Hunter
Director:
David Hunter

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Tommies

The Pick Up

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

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David Threlfall and Kimberley Nixon star in Sarah Cartwright's comedy about an estranged father and daughter driving to Moscow to meet his future wife. Show more

The Pick Up

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

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Beth insists she and her Dad must attempt some emotional healing exercises that don’t quite go to plan. Stars David Threlfall. Show more

The Pick Up

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

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A father and daughter take a road trip to Moscow to meet his mail order bride. Comedy by Sarah Cartwright with David Threlfall. Show more

Gudrun

Series 3

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

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Although convent life offers solace, Gudrun prepares to do whatever it takes to win back her daughter. Stars Kate Phillips. Show more

Test Case

Bournewood

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Drama by Sasha Hails telling the true story of H, and his life at Bournewood Hospital. H did not object to his residential care. Or did he? Show more

Contributors

"Mrs E":
Adie Allen
Robert Robinson:
Peter Hamilton Dyer
Ailsa Flinders:
Sanchia McCormack
Dr Manjubhashini:
Sudha Bhuchar
Driver:
Philip Fox
Careworker:
Julie Teal
Careworker:
Kerry Gooderson
Colleague:
Sarah Ridgeway

Duration: 15 minutes

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

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Meg and Jeanie have not seen each other for years. Now in their late sixties, they board the same train. Stars Jessica Turner. Show more

Gudrun

Series 2

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

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The efforts of the Norwegian Priest, Refkel, to save Gudrun's soul intensify. Stars Kate Phillips. Show more