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Drama on 3

As Innocent As You Can Get

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

By Rex Obano. A story about guilt and innocence focusing on two men. One is a prison psychologist and the other is a prisoner convicted under 'joint enterprise'. With Freddie Fox. Show more

Drama on 4

Holding Back the Tide

The Vauxgarth Pig

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Nick Warburton. Ronald Pickup stars as John Hector, who heads up an unlikely group trying to defend its home town against the worst ills of modernity. Show more

Contributors

Richard:
Paul Ritter
John Hector:
Ronald Pickup
Penrith:
Chris Pavlo
Mrs Cardabbon:
Susan James
Estate Agent:
Caolan McCarthy
Director:
Sally Avens

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

A tough situation and Ailsa in particular struggles to accept that her daughter will never recover. Starring Sharon Small. Show more

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 88: 13-17 November 1917 (Season 12 start)

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

The first omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, in Tynemouth, when the Finnish Parliament declared its independence from Russia. From November 2017. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Gladys Lynch:
Elaine Claxton
Dougie Baxter:
Kris Deedigan
Gussie Marshall:
Grace Doherty
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Lester Reed:
Trevor Fox
Sarah Illingworth:
Naomi Frederick
Cressida Marshall:
Isabella Inchbald
Beatrice Marshall:
Eviee Lavery
Kenny Stokoe:
Dean Logan
Stanley Hobbs:
David Nellist
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Matthew Ash:
David Reakes
Maud Drummond:
Vineeta Rishi
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Ethel Manning:
Sophie Scott
Alan Lowther:
David Seddon
Duncan Chadwick:
Mark Stobbart
Joyce Lyle:
Tracy Whitwell
Fraser Chadwick:
Edmund Wiseman
Matilda James:
Hannah Wood

Genres

Home Front

1 December 1917 - Phyllis Marshall

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1917, Germany and the new Russian government began a cessation of hostilities, while in Collingwood, Phyllis is still counting her losses. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Stanley Hobbs:
David Nellist
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Bill McCracken:
Caolan McCarthy

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 90: 27 November - 1 December 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

The third omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week in 1917 when Germany and the new Russian government began a cessation of hostilities. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Peggy Tanney:
Abbie Andrews
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Molly Duckett:
Victoria Bewick
Cristine de Groot:
Ysabelle Cooper
Gussie Marshall:
Grace Doherty
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Lester Reed:
Trevor Fox
Sarah Illingworth:
Naomi Frederick
Cressida Marshall:
Isabella Inchbald
Beatrice Marshall:
Eviee Lavery
Kenny Stokoe:
Dean Logan
Bill McCracken:
Caolan McCarthy
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Stanley Hobbs:
David Nellist
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Maud Drummond:
Vineeta Rishi
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Ethel Manning:
Sophie Scott
Eva Reynolds:
Sophie Scott
Peter Lumley:
Bea White
Joyce Lyle:
Tracy Whitwell
Matilda James:
Hannah Wood

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 40: 21-25 December 1915 (Season 6 start)

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

The first omnibus edition of Season 6 covering a week following a huge landslide at the Warren and when the townsfolk are preparing for Christmas. Show more

Contributors

Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Albert Wilson:
Jamie Foreman
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Bob Capeling:
Joe Sims
Cora Gidley:
Joanna Monro
Dolly Clout:
Elaine Claxton
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Eric Morton:
Paul Rainbow
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Dr Streatfield:
Chris Pavlo
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Lilian Frost:
Alex Tregear
Margaret Bishop:
Catherine Bailey
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Max Davenport:
Trevor White
Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Peggy Jeffrey:
Jane Slavin
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absolom
Roland Pemble:
Jack Holden
Ruth Billings:
Katie Redford
Stuart McVey:
George Watkins
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Soldier:
Leo Wan

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 42: 4-8 January 1916

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

In a week when compulsory Military service became almost inevitable, the Bevan hospital becomes a welcome alternative to home for Dorothea. Show more

Contributors

Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Bob Capeling:
Joe Sims
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Giles Herrin:
Luke Thompson
Harry Pankhurst:
Sean Murray
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Lilian Frost:
Alex Tregear
Margaret Bishop:
Catherine Bailey
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Max Davenport:
Trevor White
Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair
Norman Harris:
Norman Baker
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Roland Pemble:
Jack Holden
Ruby Tulliver:
Martine McCutcheon
Ruth Billings:
Katie Redford
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Nurse Ratched:
Debra Baker
Canadian Soldier:
Owen Clarke

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 45: 25-29 January 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 Woodrow Wilson declared, 'The world is on fire, and sparks are likely to drop anywhere', pressures begin to tell at the Bevan hospital too. Show more

Contributors

Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Beryl Roche:
Rebecca Hamilton
Bob Capeling:
Joe Sims
Carl Larkin:
Richard Pepple
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Dr Streatfield:
Chris Pavlo
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Millie Mumford:
Jessica Turner
Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Patrick Bunting:
Jack Ashton
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Ruby Tulliver:
Martine McCutcheon
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Private Bunce:
Ewan Bailey
Private Fynn:
Caolan McCarthy
Private Kelly:
Leo Wan
Private Lensfield:
George Watkins

Genres

Home Front

Christmas Day 1915 - Adeline Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day, JM Barrie presented the Peter Pan cup to a 13-year-old who swam the Serpentine, and Adeline Lumley makes a Christmas wish. Show more

Contributors

Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Cora Gidley:
Joanna Monro
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absolom
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Soldier:
Leo Wan

Home Front

5 January 1916 - Adeline Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

On this day, Parliament had its first reading of the Compulsory Military Service Bill, and Adeline Lumley brings her son home. Show more

Contributors

Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Nurse Ratched:
Debra Baker
Canadian Soldier:
Owen Clarke

Drama on 4

Black Dog

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Clare's husband goes missing, leaving her alone with their young son and a huge black dog to look after. Stars Claire Rushbrook. Show more

Contributors

Isaac (Age 7-10):
Alexander Aze
Isaac (Age 14):
Adam Thomas Wright
Isaac (Age 19):
Will Howard
Constable:
Caolan McCarthy
Leia (Age 3):
Rosa Yevtushenko
Leia (Age 7):
Greta Dudgeon
Leia (Age 12):
Rebecca Ineson
Charlotte:
Deeivya Meir
Morgue Assistant:
Debra Baker
Therapist:
Jessica Turner
Director:
Mary Peate
Writer:
Katie Hims

Genres

Liam Williams: Ladhood

Series 1

The First Time

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for years

Teenage misadventures in the Yorkshire suburbs evoking memories of loss of virginity, house parties, and fights. From 2015. Show more

Contributors

Adult Liam:
Liam Williams
Young Liam:
Alfie Field
Craig Cheng:
Ken Cheng
Lucy's Mum:
Amelia Lowdell
Liam's Mum:
Debra Baker
Liam's Dad:
Caolan McCarthy
Miss Peacock:
Evie Killip
Producer:
Arnab Chanda

Liam Williams: Ladhood

Series 1

Truants

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for years

Teenage misadventures in the Yorkshire suburbs evoking memories of fights, virginity loss, house parties and school. From 2015. Show more

Contributors

Adult Liam:
Liam Williams
Young Liam:
Alfie Field
Bradley Dixon:
Sam Shaw
Ralph Fletcher:
George Richardson
Craig Cheng:
Ken Cheng
Mrs Pallister:
Amelia Lowdell
Liam's Mum:
Debra Baker
Liam's Dad:
Caolan McCarthy
Mr Draper:
Ewan Bailey
Teacher 1:
Evie Killip
Producer:
Arnab Chanda

A Trespasser's Guide to the Classics

Series 1

A Fistful of Sand

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for years

Comedy trio Peepolykus upend classic fiction: Richard Wilson stars as a shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe. From 2015. Show more

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

18 December 1917 - Edie Chadwick

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1917, it was reported that local Belgians had created a Christmas fund for miners' children, and in Tynemouth, Edie prepares for a charity football match. Show more

Contributors

Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Judith Turner:
Kate Okello
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Kenny Stokoe:
Dean Logan
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Dilys Walker:
Ellie Piercy
Stanley Hobbs:
David Nellist
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absolom
Bill McCracken:
Caolan McCarthy
Peggy Tanney:
Abbie Andrews
Peter Lumley:
Beatrice White
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Home Front

16 November 1917 - Alan Lowther

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1917, Anzac troops occupied Jaffa, and in Tynemouth, Alan Lowther is thinking of cake. Show more

Contributors

Alan Lowther:
David Seddon
Gladys Lynch:
Elaine Claxton
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Joyce Lyle:
Tracy Whitwell
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Fraser Chadwick:
Edmund Wiseman

Drama on 4

Stage Left

Episode 3

Duration: 45 minutes

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

An unexpected guest attends the press night for Saul's West End directorial debut. Show more