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Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey

9. Dismissed

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Catherine finds herself abruptly dismissed from Northanger Abbey. With Georgina Groome and Miriam Margolyes. Show more

Contributors

Catherine:
Georgia Groome
General Tilney:
John Dougall
Mrs Morland:
Alison Belbin
Mr Morland:
John Bowler
Director:
Sally Avens

Genres

Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey

10. Return

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Catherine's visit has ended in disaster, but surely like every heroine she deserves a happy ending? With Miriam Margolyes. Show more

Contributors

Catherine:
Georgia Groome
Mrs Morland:
Alison Belbin
Mr Morland:
John Bowler
Director:
Sally Avens

Genres

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola

Season 3 - Money

3. Trapped

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Concluding part of the reworking of Zola's classic novel Germinal. Starring Glenda Jackson and Richard Fleeshman Show more

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 68: 9-13 January 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

In the week, in 1917, when Sylvia Pankhurst was threatened with libel for reporting the conditions of female munitions workers, emotions run high for those at Marshall's factory. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Lumley:
Christine Absolom
Jean Claude Lengela:
Fiston Barek
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Evelina White:
Rosie Cavaliero
Josseff al-Assadi:
Paul Chahidi
Gladys Lynch:
Elaine Claxton
Dougie Baxter:
Kris Deedigan
Anthony Yates:
John Dougall
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Lester Reed:
Trevor Fox
Cressida Marshall:
Bettrys Jones
Kenny Stokoe:
Dean Logan
Trevor Lamb:
Luke MacGregor
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Martha Lamb:
Freya Parker
DR Walker:
Ellie Piercy
Yevgeny Zamyatin:
Simon Scardifield
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Timothy Ryker:
Leon Scott
Alan Lowther:
David Seddon
Fraser Chadwick:
Edmund Wiseman
Harmonica Guy:
Colin Guthrie

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 69: 16-20 January 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

In the week in 1917 when a munitions factory explosion in Silvertown killed 73 workers, the after effects of the Marshalls explosion are still rippling through Tyneside. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Jean Claude Lengela:
Fiston Barek
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Postman:
John Bowler
Evelina White:
Rosie Cavaliero
Josseff al-Assadi:
Paul Chahidi
Gladys Lynch:
Elaine Claxton
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Lester Reed:
Trevor Fox
Ada Stokoe:
Hannah Genesius
Thomas Dixon:
Neil Grainger
Squeezebox:
Colin Guthrie
Cressida Marshall:
Bettrys Jones
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Stanley Hobbs:
David Nellist
DR Walker:
Ellie Piercy
Vincent Surtees:
Shaun Prendergast
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Alan Lowther:
David Seddon
Joyce Lyle:
Tracy Whitwell
Daisy Jenkins:
Hannah Wood
Beatrice:
Eviee Lavery

Genres

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola

Season 3 - Money

8. Apocalypse

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

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

Penultimate episode. A dramatisation of La Debacle by Emile Zola. Starring Glenda Jackson Show more

Gudrun

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

4 Extra Debut. A young woman in 11th century Iceland forges a path through a world of beauty yet uncompromising harshness. Stars Kate Phillips. Show more

Gudrun

Series 1

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Love is rekindled when old friends visit. Modern re-telling of classic 11th century Icelander saga starring Kate Phillips. Show more

Gudrun

Series 1

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Gudrun’s blissful life is interrupted when her childhood sweetheart returns from abroad with his new wife. Stars Kate Phillips. Show more

Tommies

Tommies - Series 5

Episode 1: 11 November 1916

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Doctor Celestine de Tullio is commanding an offensive up a near-vertical mountain deep in snow. The military objective is at the top, but Celestine has another target in her sights. Show more

Contributors

Sergeant Celestine de Tullio:
Pippa Nixon
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Major Milan Dukic:
Paul Chahidi
Sergeant Gordana Savic:
Catriona McFarlane
Olive Collings:
Karen Bartke
Corporal Radomir:
Finlay Robertson
Private Janko:
Gavi Singh Chera
Private Kuzman:
Robert Ginty
Producer:
David Hunter

Home Front

12 January 1917 - Marion Wardle

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1917, riots erupted in Hamburg over food shortages, and in Tynemouth too there is unrest on the streets. Show more

Contributors

Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Cressida Marshall:
Bettrys Jones
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
DR Walker:
Ellie Piercy
Alan Lowther:
David Seddon
Trevor Lamb:
Luke MacGregor
Jean Claude Lengela:
Fiston Barek
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Evelina White:
Rosie Cavaliero
Oliver Birch:
Oliver Devoti
Dougie Baxter:
Kris Deedigan

Drama on 4

Graham Greene - The Confidential Agent

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. When a Republican agent in the Spanish Civil war arrives in England on a mission, he becomes a hunted man. Stars Alun Raglan. Show more

Contributors

Edgar Domniguez:
Alun Raglan
Captain Currie:
John Dougall
Victor Lazaro:
Jot Davies
Ronald Kaye:
John Bowler
Mrs Mendrill:
Karen Bartke
Bertie Forbes:
Nick Murchie
Spanish Diplomat:
Stefano Braschi
Lord Benditch:
David Sterne
Secretary:
Natasha Cowley
Begging Man:
Luke MacGregor
Adaptor:
Nick Perry
Director:
Sally Avens

Genres

Drama on 4

Graham Greene - The Confidential Agent

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

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

A Republican agent in the Spanish Civil war is a hunted man - implicated in a young girl’s murder in England. Stars Alun Raglan. Show more

Contributors

Edgar Domniguez:
Alun Raglan
Spanish Diplomat:
Stefano Braschi
Inspector Collis:
Stephen Critchlow
Ronald Kaye:
John Bowler
Jim Barton:
Ian Conningham
Secretary:
Natasha Cowley
Woman in Benditch:
Karen Bartke
Bertie Forbes:
Nick Murchie
Captain Currie:
John Dougall
Policeman in Benditch:
David Sterne
Policeman in London:
Gavi Singh Chera
Adaptor:
Nick Perry
Director:
Sally Avens

Genres

Drama on 4

Richard Adams - Watership Down

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. Fearful that their home is to be destroyed, a band of rabbits begins an epic and perilous journey. Starring Lyndsey Marshal. Show more

Drama on 4

Leaving

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Gregory Evans. During the referendum on EU membership, a dying man adds a codicil to his will - a final wish that threatens to tear his family apart. Show more

Drama on 4

Richard Adams - Watership Down

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

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

To ensure the future of their new home, the rabbits must confront the terrifying General Woundwort. Stars Gunnar Cauthery. Show more

Drama on 4

Control

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Robert Emms and Michelle Terry star in Adrian Penketh's drama set in the high-pressure world of air traffic control. What happens when the unthinkable happens? Show more

Home Front

17 January 1917 - Iris Reed

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1917, an appeal was issued in the Times for women workers to help at YMCA recreation huts in France, and in North Shields, Iris Reed plans some entertainment. Show more

Contributors

Lester Reed:
Trevor Fox
Evelina White:
Rosie Cavaliero
Vincent Surtees:
Shaun Prendergast
Joyce Lyle:
Tracy Whitwell
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Gladys Lynch:
Elaine Claxton
Alan Lowther:
David Seddon
Squeezebox:
Colin Guthrie

Home Front

3 February 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, America formally broke diplomatic relations with Germany, and in North Shields, Marshalls Munitionettes Football Team have a challenge of their own. Show more

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 71: 30 January-3 February 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

In the week, in 1917, when America formally broke diplomatic relations with Germany, in Tynemouth, people are making small steps forwards. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Jean Claude Lengela:
Fiston Barek
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Mr Milliard:
John Bowler
Maud Drummond:
Amy Cameron
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Dougie Baxter:
Kris Deedigan
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Albert Wilson:
Jamie Foreman
Lester Reed:
Trevor Fox
Ada Stokoe:
Hannah Genesius
Cressida Marshall:
Bettrys Jones
Kenny Stokoe:
Dean Logan
Stanley Hobbs:
David Nellist
DR Walker:
Ellie Piercy
Alan Lowther:
David Seddon
Joyce Lyle:
Tracy Whitwell
Daisy Jenkins:
Hannah Wood
Beatrice:
Eviee Lavery
Writer:
Katie Hims

Genres