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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

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Anthony considers the wilderness years, when he traipsed from one lowly New York place to another. Starring Michael Esper. Show more

Contributors

Anthony Bourdain:
Michael Esper
Dimitri:
Sargon Yelda
Steak House Owner:
Mark Straker
Adaptor:
Marcy Kahan
Producer:
Polly Thomas

Genres

15 Minute Drama

Going Straight by Melissa Murray

Episode 1

Duration: 14 minutes

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

Available for years

A comedy drama about sex, work and family. When lesbian Emma begins an affair with a man she finds that she has inadvertently betrayed the trust of the people she holds most dear. Show more

Strike

The Silkworm

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

Drama series based on the novel by Robert Galbraith. War veteran turned private investigator Cormoran Strike investigates the disappearance of a provocative author. Show more

Contributors

Cormoran Strike:
Tom Burke
Robin Ellacott:
Holliday Grainger
Kathryn Kent:
Dorothy Atkinson
Leonora Quine:
Monica Dolan
Matthew Cunliffe:
Kerr Logan
Jerry Waldegrave:
Dominic Mafham
Daniel Chard:
Tim McInnerny
Charlotte Campbell:
Natasha O'Keeffe
Andrew Fancourt:
Peter Sullivan
Owen Quine:
Jeremy Swift
Liz Tassel:
Lia Williams
DI Anstis:
Sargon Yelda
Ellie Fancourt:
Tamsin Topolski
William Baker:
Tom Greaves
Orlando Quine:
Sarah Gordy
Policewoman:
Harriet Green
Policeman:
Waj Ali
Triona (Passerby):
Sophie Harkness
Writer:
Tom Edge
Producer:
Jackie Larkin
Director:
Kieron Hawkes
Executive Producer:
Elizabeth Kilgarriff
Executive Producer:
Tom Edge
Executive Producer:
Neil Blair
Executive Producer:
Ruth Kenley-Letts
Executive Producer:
JK Rowling

Strike

The Silkworm

Episode 2

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

Drama series based on the novel by Robert Galbraith. Strike and Robin scour all corners of London's literary world to unmask the killer. Show more

Contributors

Cormoran Strike:
Tom Burke
Robin Ellacott:
Holliday Grainger
Kathryn Kent:
Dorothy Atkinson
Leonora Quine:
Monica Dolan
Matthew Cunliffe:
Kerr Logan
Jerry Waldegrave:
Dominic Mafham
Daniel Chard:
Tim McInnerny
Andrew Fancourt:
Peter Sullivan
Owen Quine:
Jeremy Swift
Liz Tassel:
Lia Williams
DI Anstis:
Sargon Yelda
TV Interviewer:
Emma Cater
Ellie Fancourt:
Tamsin Topolski
Al Rokeby:
Joey Batey
Frankie:
Aretha Ayeh
Orlando Quine:
Sarah Gordy
Text Analyst:
Jack Monaghan
Writer:
Tom Edge
Producer:
Jackie Larkin
Director:
Kieron Hawkes
Executive Producer:
Elizabeth Kilgarriff
Executive Producer:
Tom Edge
Executive Producer:
Neil Blair
Executive Producer:
Ruth Kenley-Letts
Executive Producer:
JK Rowling

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Anthony returns to 1973 and his summer in Cape Cod where he started out as bottle washer and skivvy. Starring Sargon Yelda. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Chaos-loving Anthony confesses his version of restaurant life isn’t true of all chefs and establishments. Stars Michael Esper. Show more

Contributors

Anthony Bourdain:
Michael Esper
Dimitri:
Sargon Yelda
Scott Bryan:
Richard Laing
Adaptor:
Marcy Kahan
Producer:
Polly Thomas

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Anthony and Dimitri give the lowdown on kitchen repartee while Mother attempts to maintain some decorum. Starring Sargon Yelda. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Anthony is writing about fish orders from his restaurant storeroom, when his colleague interrupts. Starring Michael Esper. Show more

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for years

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

9 May 1916 - Kitty Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

The Summer Time Bill is introduced to Parliament, and Kitty and Dieter get to make hay, metaphorically. Show more

Contributors

Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Brother Aloysius:
Toby Bryant
Dieter Lippke:
Felix Auer
Effie Taverner:
Lizzie Stables
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Policeman:
Nick Underwood
Stallholder:
Sargon Yelda

Tommies

9 June 1916

Duration: 45 minutes

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

In the build-up to the Somme, Mickey Bliss's scheme to Capitaine Vasserot's new communication device in No Man's Land does not go according to plan. Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Albert Pinto:
Colin Hoult
Demanjit Singh:
Sagar Radia
Capitaine Vasserot:
Ewan Bailey
Francis Woodrington:
Nick Underwood
Eckhart Bauer:
Sam Alexander
Producer:
David Hunter
Director:
David Hunter

Brand

Tommies

Drama on 4

Arabian Afternoons

Episode 1: The Casper Logue Affair

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Diplomat Bob Goldacre has lost sight of an American businessman in Baghdad. Inspired by The Arabian Nights, stars Sirine Saba. 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

Available for years

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

Reading Europe - Germany: Look Who's Back

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

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

Adolf Hitler wakes up in 21st-century Berlin and decides it is time to retake control. David Threlfall stars as Hitler in Timur Vermes' provocative satire, adapted by Marcy Kahan. Show more

Contributors

Adolf Hitler:
David Threlfall
Fraulein Vera Kromeier:
Alex Tregear
The Kiosk Owner:
Ben Crowe
Frau Carmen Bellini:
Caroline Berry
Joachim Sensenbrink:
John Norton
Frank Sawatski:
Richard Mylan
Ali Gagmez:
Sargon Yelda
Actor:
Leo Wan
Adaptor:
Marcy Kahan
Director:
Helen Perry

Genres

Drama on 4

Reading Europe - Germany: Look Who's Back

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

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

Hitler is mistaken for a comedy impersonator by TV executives and becomes the star of a satirical show. His rants against foreigners and current politics increase in popularity. Show more

Contributors

Adolf Hitler:
David Threlfall
Fraulein Vera Kromeier:
Alex Tregear
The Kiosk Owner:
Ben Crowe
Frau Carmen Bellini:
Caroline Berry
Joachim Sensenbrink:
John Norton
Frank Sawatski:
Richard Mylan
Actor:
Leo Wan
Adaptor:
Marcy Kahan
Director:
Helen Perry

Genres

Zen

Episode 3: Ratking

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Detective Zen works against the clock to recover the kidnapped Ruggerio Miletti, a wealthy industrialist with political ties. Show more

Contributors

Aurelio Zen:
Rufus Sewell
Tania Moretti:
Caterina Murino
Amedeo Colonna:
Ben Miles
Gilberto Nieddu:
Francesco Quinn
Cinzia Miletti:
Sarah-Jane Potts
Giorgio De Angelis:
Vincent Riotta
Vincenzo Fabri:
Ed Stoppard
Guerchini:
Anthony Higgins
Ernesto Heuber:
Michael McElhatton
Carlo Fagioli:
Callum Blue
Silvio Miletti:
Sebastian Armesto
Donatella Pirotta:
Zoe Tapper
Alessandro Antonioni:
Rocky Marshall
Nadia Pirlo:
Cosima Shaw
Sister Anna:
Katy Murphy
Luca La Guardia:
Paolo Mazzarelli
Francesco Pirotta:
Franco Maria Salamon
Producer:
Michael Casey
Director:
Jon Jones

Series

Zen

Duration: 1 hour

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

A tale of rich privilege and a battle of wills as Barbara vows to save East End souls in a shelter. Stars Eleanor Tomlinson. Show more

Contributors

Adolphus (Dolly):
Jack Farthing
Lady Britomart:
Rebecca Front
Andrew Undershaft:
Matthew Marsh
Charles (Cholly):
Kieran Hodgson
Mrs Baines:
Susan Jameson
Jenny Hill:
Nicola Ferguson
Bill Walker:
Ewan Bailey
Snobby Price:
Sargon Yelda
Rummy Mitchens:
Adie Allen
Peter Shirley:
Sean Baker
Director:
Tracey Neale
Producer:
Tracey Neale

Genres

Duration: 1 hour

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

Can Undershaft be trusted when he tells Dolly what the shelter needs and his intentions for Barbara? Stars Matthew Marsh. Show more

Contributors

Adolphus (Dolly):
Jack Farthing
Andrew Undershaft:
Matthew Marsh
Lady Britomart:
Rebecca Front
Charles (Cholly):
Kieran Hodgson
Mrs Baines:
Susan Jameson
Jenny Hill:
Nicola Ferguson
Bill Walker:
Ewan Bailey
Snobby Price:
Sargon Yelda
Director:
Tracey Neale
Producer:
Tracey Neale

Genres