Programme Index

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 16:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 16:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Salman Rushdie's dazzling novel of love, history and magic, dramatised by Ayeesha Menon, starring Nikesh Patel. Saleem indulges his ability to tune into other people's thoughts. Show more

Contributors

Saleem:: Nikesh Patel
Mumtaz:: Anneika Rose
Mary:: Chetna Pandya
Young Saleem:: Zain Syed
Young Jamila:: Misha Shah
Sonny:: Ahren Chadha
Evie Burns:: Kerry Gooderson
The Teacher:: Selva Rasalingam
The Shopkeeper:: Abhin Galeya
Midnight’s Child:: Nael Ameen
Midnight’s Child:: Nikita Mehta
Midnight’s Child:: Shiven Shankar
Midnight’s Child:: Shreya Shah
Author:: Salman Rushdie
Adaptor:: Ayeesha Menon
Director:: Tracey Neale
Director:: Emma Harding
Producer:: Tracey Neale
Producer:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

Book at Bedtime

Exit West

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 20^th Nov 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 20^th Nov 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Romance blossoms for students Nadia and Saeed, but their world is about to be turned upside down. Nikesh Patel reads Mohsin Hamid's Man Booker shortlisted novel about displacement. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Exit West

Episode 4

Book at Bedtime: Exit West

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 23^rd Nov 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 23^rd Nov 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Two ordinary young people fall in love in a world turned upside down. As their journey continues, Saeed and Nadia find themselves feeling violence once again. Show more

Contributors

Reader:: Nikesh Patel
Author:: Mohsin Hamid
Abridger:: Penny Leicester
Producer:: Elizabeth Allard

Genres

Drama

Formats

Audiobooks

Brand

Book at Bedtime

Series

Book at Bedtime

Exit West

Episode 2

Book at Bedtime: Exit West

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 21^st Nov 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 21^st Nov 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

As the battle for their city intensifies, and fearing for Nadia's safety, Saeed makes a proposal. Nikesh Patel reads Mohsin Hamid's Man Booker shortlisted novel about displacement. Show more

Contributors

Reader:: Nikesh Patel
Author:: Mohsin Hamid
Abridger:: Penny Leicester
Producer:: Elizabeth Allard

Genres

Drama

Formats

Audiobooks

Brand

Book at Bedtime

Series

Book at Bedtime

Exit West

Episode 5

Book at Bedtime: Exit West

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 24^th Nov 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 24^th Nov 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Nadia and Saeed are two ordinary young people falling in love in a world turned upside down. The couple find peace in an unexpected place. Show more

Contributors

Reader:: Nikesh Patel
Author:: Mohsin Hamid
Abridger:: Penny Leicester
Producer:: Elizabeth Allard

Genres

Drama

Formats

Audiobooks

Brand

Book at Bedtime

Series

Kings of Curry

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 19 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 27^th Aug 2016, 23:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sat 9^th Nov 2019, 00:20 on BBC Two Wales

Comedy. Two feuding brothers are forced to confront their reciprocal resentments when one of their daughters wants them both to cook for her wedding. Show more

Contributors

Shalini:: Amara Karan
Mark:: Tom Mison
Herself:: Madhur Jaffrey
Raja:: Harish Patel
Jagi:: Kulvinder Ghir
Dee:: Nikesh Patel
Vinod:: Adeel Akhtar
Tarun:: Shane Zaza
Director:: Amit Gupta

Genres

Formats

Films

Drama on 4

Unmade Movies

Hammer Horror's The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula

Drama on 4: Unmade Movies

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 28^th Oct 2017, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 15^th Oct 2022, 14:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

As part of the second season of Radio 4's Unmade Movies, Mark Gatiss directs an unmade Hammer Horror Dracula script, set in 1930s India. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Michael Sheen
Penny:: Anna Madeley
Prem:: Nikesh Patel
Lakshmi:: Ayesha Dharker
Babu:: Kulvinder Ghir
Rani:: Meera Syal
Count Dracula:: Lewis Macleod
Maharajah:: Raj Ghatak
Inspector:: Raj Ghatak
Lucy:: Natalie Kimmerling
Rani:: Sagar IM Arya
Director:: Mark Gatiss
Producer:: Laurence Bowen
Producer:: Peter Ettedgui

Genres

Drama

Brand

Drama on 4

Series

A Ghost Story for Christmas

A Ghost Story for Christmas

The Mezzotint

BBC Two

Duration: 29 minutes

Audio described

First broadcast: Fri 24^th Dec 2021, 22:30 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Sun 18^th Dec 2022, 00:45 on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Watch now

1923. In the heart of an old English college, Edward Williams receives an engraving of of an unknown country house with an imposing facade, a sweeping lawn - and, just perhaps, something else. Show more

Contributors

Edward Williams:: Rory Kinnear
Garwood:: Robert Bathurst
Mrs Ambrigail:: Frances Barber
Binks:: John Hopkins
Mrs Filcher:: Emma Cunniffe
Nisbet:: Nikesh Patel
The Ghost:: Tommaso Di Vincenzo
Director:: Mark Gatiss
Producer:: Isibeal Ballance
Writer:: Mark Gatiss
Composer:: Blair Mowat
Production Company:: Can Do Productions

Genres

DramaHorror & Supernatural

Brand

Midnight's Children

Part 2: The Birth of a Nation

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 14^th Aug 2017, 23:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Dramatisation of Salman Rushdie's dazzling novel of love, history and magic. Saleem is born on the stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947, at the exact moment of Partition. Show more

Contributors

Saleem:: Nikesh Patel
Ahmed:: Narinder Samra
Mumtaz:: Anneika Rose
Mary:: Chetna Pandya
Methwold:: Philip Fox
Commander Sabarmati:: Ace Bhatti
Wee Willie Winkie:: Ronny Jhutti
Dr Narlikar:: Emilio Doorgasingh
The Midwife:: Renu Brindle
Joseph d'Costa:: Ashley Kumar
Harmonium Player:: Kiran Thakrar
Actor:: Selva Rasalingam
Actor:: Renu Brindle
Actor:: Ronny Jhutti
Actor:: Rina Mahoney
Actor:: Aysha Kala
Author:: Salman Rushdie
Adaptor:: Ayeesha Menon
Director:: Tracey Neale
Director:: Emma Harding
Producer:: Tracey Neale
Producer:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

Midnight's Children

Part 5: Alpha and Omega

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Salman Rushdie's dazzling novel of love, history and magic, dramatised by Ayeesha Menon. Saleem continues to talk telepathically to all the other Midnight's Children. Show more

Contributors

Saleem:: Nikesh Patel
Mumtaz:: Anneika Rose
Ahmed:: Narinder Samra
Mary:: Chetna Pandya
Young Saleem:: Zain Syed
Young Jamila:: Misha Shah
Hanif:: Ashley Kumar
Pia:: Preeya Kalidas
Homi Catrack:: Kulvinder Ghir
Teacher:: Selva Rasalingam
Commander Sabarmati:: Ace Bhatti
Lila Sabarmati:: Maya Sondhi
Aadam:: Anil Goutam
Naseem:: Meera Syal
Young Shiva:: Nael Ameen
Young Parvati:: Nikita Mehta
Author:: Salman Rushdie
Adaptor:: Ayeesha Menon
Director:: Tracey Neale
Director:: Emma Harding
Producer:: Tracey Neale
Producer:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

Midnight's Children

Part 1: The Perforated Sheet

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

To mark the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India, an ambitious dramatisation of Salman Rushdie's dazzling novel of love, history and magic. Starring Nikesh Patel. Show more

Contributors

Saleem:: Nikesh Patel
Aadam:: Abhin Galeya
Mrs Aziz:: Meera Syal
Ghani:: Silas Carson
Naseem:: Maya Sondhi
Tai:: Anil Goutam
Mumtaz:: Anneika Rose
Emerald:: Deeivya Meir
Nadir Khan:: Akbar Kurtha
The Hummingbird:: Sagar Arya
Ahmed:: Narinder Samra
Major Zulfikar:: Ace Bhatti
Ramram Seth:: Sagar Arya
The Boy:: Shiven Shankar
The Girl:: Shreya Shah
Actor:: Selva Rasalingam
Actor:: Renu Brindle
Actor:: Ronny Jhutti
Actor:: Rina Mahoney
Actor:: Aysha Kala
Author:: Salman Rushdie
Adaptor:: Ayeesha Menon
Director:: Tracey Neale
Director:: Emma Harding
Producer:: Tracey Neale
Producer:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

Midnight's Children

Part 3: Snakes and Ladders

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Dramatisation of Salman Rushdie's dazzling novel of love, history and magic. Born at the moment of India's Partition, Saleem grows up in the care of two adoring mothers. Show more

Contributors

Saleem:: Nikesh Patel
Ahmed:: Narinder Samra
Mumtaz:: Anneika Rose
Mary:: Chetna Pandya
Young Saleem:: Zain Syed
Young Jamila:: Misha Shah
Sonny:: Ahren Chadha
Mrs Ibrahim:: Rina Mahoney
Dr Narlikar:: Emilio Doorgasingh
Ismai:: Kulvinder Ghir
Nadir Khan:: Akbar Kurtha
Wee Willie Winkie:: Ronny Jhutti
Actor:: Deeivya Meir
Actor:: Sagar Arya
Actor:: Selva Rasalingam
Actor:: Renu Brindle
Actor:: Silas Carson
Actor:: Aysha Kala
Author:: Salman Rushdie
Adaptor:: Ayeesha Menon
Director:: Tracey Neale
Director:: Emma Harding
Producer:: Tracey Neale
Producer:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

Midnight's Children

Part 6: How Saleem Achieved Purity

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 15^th Aug 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Salman Rushdie's prize-winning novel of love, history and magic, dramatised by Ayeesha Menon. The Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 changes Saleem's life forever. Starring Nikesh Patel. Show more

Contributors

Saleem:: Nikesh Patel
Jamila:: Deeivya Meir
Young Saleem:: Zain Syed
Young Jamila:: Misha Shah
Mumtaz:: Anneika Rose
Ahmed:: Narinder Samra
Mary:: Chetna Pandya
Brigadier Iskander:: Selva Rasalingam
Sergeant Major Najmuddin:: Sagar Arya
Ayooba:: Abhin Galeya
Shaheed:: Ronny Jhutti
The Peasant:: Akbar Kurtha
Picture Singh:: Silas Carson
Parvati:: Aysha Kala
Young Shiva:: Nael Ameen
Young Parvati:: Nikita Mehta
Midnight’s Child:: Ahren Chadha
Midnight’s Child:: Shiven Shankar
Midnight’s Child:: Shreya Shah
Actor:: Sheetal Kapoor
Actor:: Renu Brindle
Actor:: Emilio Doorgasingh
Author:: Salman Rushdie
Adaptor:: Ayeesha Menon
Director:: Tracey Neale
Director:: Emma Harding
Producer:: Tracey Neale
Producer:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

Midnight's Children

Part 7: The Shadow of the Mosque