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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

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

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

Drama on 4

Inspector Chen Novels

A Loyal Character Dancer

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. A grisly murder and a missing dancer at the heart of an international people-smuggling ring. Stars Jamie Zubairi and Sarah Lam. Show more

Contributors

Catherine Rohn:
Pippa Bennett-Warner
Party Secretary Li:
Daniel York
Peiqin:
Sarah Lam
Wen Liping:
Liz Sutherland
Old Hunter:
David Hounslow
Lihua:
Sam Dale
Adaptor:
John Harvey
Director:
David Hunter

Genres

Drama on 4

School Drama

Episode 4: Romeo and Juliet

Duration: 1 hour

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

A failing school brings in a has-been TV star to help stage Romeo and Juliet. In the final episode, the play itself - as performed by the pupils of Deer Park Academy. Show more

Contributors

Friar Lawrence:
Tom Hollander
Capulet:
Rob Jarvis
Benvolio:
Finn Elliot
Lady Capulet:
Lily-Fleur Bradbury
Friar John:
Caolan McCarthy
Lady Montague:
Abby Moss
Chorus:
Poppy Goad
Prince:
Joe McCue
Director:
John Dryden
Producer:
Emma Hearn

Genres

Drama on 4

The Continuing Adventures of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Deceased)

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. 1904, Mexico: legendary lawman Pat Garrett is haunted by the ghosts of his past and confronted with an uncertain future. Stars Sean Gilder. Show more

Contributors

Pat Garrett:
Sean Gilder
Billy the Kid:
Sam Swann
Clayton Claypole:
Nathan Osgood
President Roosevelt:
Rolf Saxon
Stubbenfield:
John Guerrasio
Director:
Helen Perry

Genres

Drama on 4

Stage Left

Episode 2

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Stage Left Theatre Company has changed in the ten years since it was founded, and not to everyone's taste. Tensions are rising between the founder members. Show more

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 11 months

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

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 93: 18-22 December 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

The sixth omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week in 1917 when negotiations for peace between Russia and Germany began at Brest-Litovsk. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Peggy Tanney:
Abbie Andrews
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Ada Stokoe:
Victoria Bewick
Esther O'Leary:
Anna Bolton
Cristine de Groot:
Ysabelle Cooper
Trevor Lamb:
Philip Correia
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Alice Robson:
Catherine Dryden
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Lester Reed:
Trevor Fox
Sarah Illingworth:
Naomi Frederick
Kenny Stokoe:
Dean Logan
Bill McCracken:
Caolan McCarthy
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Stanley Hobbs:
David Nellist
Judith Turner:
Kate Okello
Dilys Walker:
Ellie Piercy
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Maud Drummond:
Vineeta Rishi
Ethel Manning:
Sophie Scott
Alan Lowther:
David Seddon
Peter Lumley:
Beatrice White
Fraser Chadwick:
Edmund Wiseman
Matilda James:
Hannah Wood
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Duration: 1 hour

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

17th-century Italy: composer Alessandro Stradella’s real life is one of scandal, chaos and close calls. Stars Trystan Gravelle. Show more

Contributors

Alessandro Stradella:
Trystan Gravelle
Arcangelo Corelli:
Harry Treadaway
Agnese van Uffele:
Alice St Clair
Cardinal Cibo:
David Hounslow
Contarini, Doge of Venice:
Chris Pavlo
Duchess Maria Giovanna:
Amelia Lowdell
Stage Manager:
George Watkins
Damiano:
Leo Wan

John Galsworthy - The Forsyte Saga

The Forsytes Continues

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Michael learns a secret from Fleur's past and Soames's suspicions about a business deal are confirmed. Stars Jessica Raine. Show more

John Galsworthy - The Forsyte Saga

The Forsytes Continues

Episode 7

Duration: 1 hour

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

Faced with the consequences of flirting with danger, Fleur must make a choice. Stars Jessica Raine and Joseph Millson. Show more

Contributors

Fleur Forsyte:
Jessica Raine
Soames Forsyte:
Joseph Millson
Michael Mont:
Ben Lambert
Wilfred Desert:
Max Bennett
Sir Lawrence Mont:
Brian Protheroe
Aubrey Green:
Sam Alexander
Victorine:
Evie Killip
Elderson:
Ewan Bailey
Annette Forsyte:
Aurelie Amblard
Holly Dartie:
Katie Redford
Butterfield:
Caolan McCarthy
Miss Perren:
Rebecca Hamilton
Station Porter:
Gerard McDermott
Night Porter:
Sean Baker
Shareholder:
George Watkins
Shareholder:
Debra Baker
Shareholder:
Leo Wan
Adaptor:
Lin Coghlan
Director:
Gemma Jenkins
Producer:
Gemma Jenkins

Genres

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Drama on 4

Positive Affect

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Satire by Daniel Davies. Kelly is unemployed, she is also cripplingly shy - a combination that makes regular difficulties hard enough, never mind the madness of job interviews. Show more

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Drama on 4

Stage Left

Episode 4

Duration: 45 minutes

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

It is 2015, and Stage Left Theatre Company has changed beyond recognition, but any tensions between the old friends dissolve as they visit Alan's wife Sue in hospital. Show more