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Front Row

Vanessa Bell exhibition, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Alan Simpson remembered, The poetry of Anna Akhmatova

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Author Ben Fountain and actor Joe Alwyn on Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, comedy writer Alan Simpson remembered, the work of Vanessa Bell, Viv Groskop on poet Anna Akhmatova. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Joe Alwyn
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Fountain
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Milroy
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Barry Cryer
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

The One Show

12/12/2019

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Gyles Brandreth and Michelle Ackerley are joined by host of The Apprentice: You’re Fired Tom Allen and stars of BBC’s A Christmas Carol, Charlotte Riley and Joe Alwyn.

Contributors

Presenter:
Gyles Brandreth
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Allen
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Riley
Interviewed Guest:
Joe Alwyn
Executive Producer:
Michael Armit

A Christmas Carol

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Yorks & Lincs

Available for 6 months

Misanthropic businessman Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner Jacob Marley has died. To avoid spending time in purgatory, Marley must persuade Scrooge to repent his misdeeds. Show more

Contributors

Ebenezer Scrooge:
Guy Pearce
Jacob Marley:
Stephen Graham
The Spirit of Christmas Past:
Andy Serkis
Bob Cratchit:
Joe Alwyn
Mary Cratchit:
Vinette Robinson
Belinda Cratchit:
Tiarna Williams
Director:
Nick Murphy
Production Company:
Minim UK Productions
Production Company:
FX Productions

A Christmas Carol

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 53 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Channel IslandsLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Available for 6 months

The Spirit of Christmas Past shows Scrooge his history – his darkest childhood memories, his cutthroat business manner, his isolation, his manipulation of those around him. Show more

Contributors

Ebenezer Scrooge:
Guy Pearce
Jacob Marley:
Stephen Graham
The Spirit of Christmas Past:
Andy Serkis
Bob Cratchit:
Joe Alwyn
Mary Cratchit:
Vinette Robinson
Young Scrooge:
Billy Barratt
Director:
Nick Murphy
Production Company:
Minim UK Productions
Production Company:
FX Productions

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Tony Webster, semi-retired owner of a specialist photography shop, receives a mysterious legacy and finds himself contending with a past he had never thought that much about. Show more

Contributors

Young Tony:
Billy Howle
David Ford:
James Wilby
Sarah Ford:
Emily Mortimer
Adrian Finn:
Joe Alwyn
Veronica Ford:
Charlotte Rampling
Young Veronica:
Freya Mavor
Margaret Webster:
Harriet Walter
Susie Webster:
Michelle Dockery
Tony Webster:
Jim Broadbent
Writer:
Nick Payne
Director:
Ritesh Batra

Genres

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 56 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Yorks & Lincs HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

The story of Harriet Tubman, chronicling her escape from slavery and transformation into a leading abolitionist fighter, who freed hundreds of slaves in the years before the American Civil War. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Kasi Lemmons
Harriet Tubman:
Cynthia Erivo
William Still:
Leslie Odom Jr
Gideon Brodess:
Joe Alwyn
Ben Ross:
Clarke Peters
Reverend Green:
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Marie Buchanon:
Janelle Monae

Steve Wright’s Big Guests

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker and A Christmas Carol

Duration: 13 minutes

First broadcast:

Available for over a year

Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran and JJ Abrams, plus Joe Alwyn and Charlotte Riley.

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
JJ Abrams
Interviewed Guest:
Kelly Marie Tran
Interviewed Guest:
Domhnall Gleeson
Interviewed Guest:
Joe Alwyn
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Riley

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 6 months

Julie, mourning Anthony, turns her film school production into a recreation of their relationship, a project that will either liberate her spirit or cement her insecurity.

Duration: 1 hour, 41 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One North WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Three

Available for 6 months

Elegant Jennifer Stirling’s life becomes inextricably interwoven with that of Ellie Haworth, a journalist who discovers Jennifer’s letters to her lover in the 1960s, almost half a century later. Show more

Contributors

Jennifer Stirling:
Shailene Woodley
Ellie Haworth:
Felicity Jones
Laurence Stirling:
Joe Alwyn
Older Jennifer:
Diana Kent
Older Anthony:
Ben Cross
Anthony O'Hare:
Callum Turner
Writer:
Jojo Moyes
Producer:
Peter Czernin

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Three HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Available for 7 months

In the summer before their final year in college, Frances and her best friend, Bobbi, meet an impressive writer, Melissa. Frances finds herself drawn to Melissa’s husband, Nick.

Contributors

Melissa:
Jemima Kirke
Jules:
Jafaris
Producer:
Jeanie Igoe
Executive Producer:
Ed Guiney
Executive Producer:
Emma Norton
Executive Producer:
Andrew Lowe
Executive Producer:
Lenny Abrahamson
Executive Producer:
Tommy Bulfin
Executive Producer:
Rose Garnett
Production Company:
Element Pictures

Duration: 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Three HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Available for 7 months

At Melissa’s birthday party, Frances finds herself alone with Nick. They can’t resist the attraction between them and kiss. Frances agonises over what this all might mean.

Contributors

Melissa:
Jemima Kirke
Jules:
Jafaris
Book Reader:
Anthony Kinahan
Brendan:
Rory Nolan
Kieran/ Novelist:
Matthew O'Brien
Producer:
Jeanie Igoe
Executive Producer:
Ed Guiney
Executive Producer:
Emma Norton
Executive Producer:
Andrew Lowe
Executive Producer:
Lenny Abrahamson
Executive Producer:
Tommy Bulfin
Executive Producer:
Rose Garnett
Production Company:
Element Pictures

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ThreeLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Available for 7 months

Back in Dublin, Frances and Nick meet to discuss the kiss. Their attraction deepens, and they begin an affair. Things become more complicated when Nick leaves for the summer.

Contributors

Melissa:
Jemima Kirke
Waitress:
Sanja Novic
Producer:
Jeanie Igoe
Executive Producer:
Ed Guiney
Executive Producer:
Emma Norton
Executive Producer:
Andrew Lowe
Executive Producer:
Lenny Abrahamson
Executive Producer:
Tommy Bulfin
Executive Producer:
Rose Garnett
Production Company:
Element Pictures

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ThreeLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Available for 7 months

Frances and Bobbi travel to Croatia to join Melissa and Nick on holiday, where Frances and Nick realise that they are still attracted to each other.

Contributors

Melissa:
Jemima Kirke
Producer:
Jeanie Igoe
Executive Producer:
Ed Guiney
Executive Producer:
Emma Norton
Executive Producer:
Andrew Lowe
Executive Producer:
Lenny Abrahamson
Executive Producer:
Tommy Bulfin
Executive Producer:
Rose Garnett
Production Company:
Element Pictures

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

As final year begins, Bobbi reveals she is looking for a room to rent, and Frances asks her to move in. Nick and Frances contemplate being more open about their relationship.

Contributors

Melissa:
Jemima Kirke
Lecturer:
Noelle Brown
Jules:
Jafaris
Producer:
Jeanie Igoe
Executive Producer:
Ed Guiney
Executive Producer:
Andrew Lowe
Executive Producer:
Lenny Abrahamson
Executive Producer:
Tommy Bulfin
Executive Producer:
Rose Garnett
Production Company:
Element Pictures

Conversations with Friends

Series 1

Episode 10

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ThreeLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Available for 7 months

Frances receives a surprise email from Melissa, and the group's dynamics are tested in unsuspected ways. Frances’s dad leaves a concerning voicemail.

Contributors

Melissa:
Jemima Kirke
Camille:
Sadhbh Malin
Receptionist:
Diana O'Connor
Director:
Leanne Welham
Producer:
Jeanie Igoe
Executive Producer:
Ed Guiney
Executive Producer:
Andrew Lowe
Executive Producer:
Lenny Abrahamson
Executive Producer:
Tommy Bulfin
Executive Producer:
Rose Garnett
Production Company:
Element Pictures

Conversations with Friends

Series 1

Episode 11

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ThreeLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Available for 7 months

Frances is given a diagnosis that upsets her. This news, combined with an upsetting admission from Nick and an argument with Bobbi, cause Frances’s life to spin out of control.

Contributors

Melissa:
Jemima Kirke
Dr Kirwan:
Shereen Martin
Producer:
Jeanie Igoe
Executive Producer:
Ed Guiney
Executive Producer:
Andrew Lowe
Executive Producer:
Lenny Abrahamson
Executive Producer:
Tommy Bulfin
Executive Producer:
Rose Garnett
Production Company:
Element Pictures

Duration: 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ThreeLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Available for 7 months

Frances and Nick grow closer, but things become tense between Bobbi and Frances as Bobbi senses a change in her friend. A visit from Melissa’s agent raises tensions in the villa.

Contributors

Melissa:
Jemima Kirke
Valerie:
Kerry Fox
Producer:
Jeanie Igoe
Executive Producer:
Ed Guiney
Executive Producer:
Emma Norton
Executive Producer:
Andrew Lowe
Executive Producer:
Lenny Abrahamson
Executive Producer:
Tommy Bulfin
Executive Producer:
Rose Garnett
Production Company:
Element Pictures

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ThreeLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Available for 7 months

Frances pens her first story but later collapses at college. As Frances recovers, she and Bobbi examine their friendship. Nick makes a surprising revelation.

Contributors

Bank Teller:
Ciaran McGlynn
Barista:
Sheik Bah
Director:
Leanne Welham
Producer:
Jeanie Igoe
Executive Producer:
Ed Guiney
Executive Producer:
Andrew Lowe
Executive Producer:
Lenny Abrahamson
Executive Producer:
Tommy Bulfin
Executive Producer:
Rose Garnett
Production Company:
Element Pictures
Valerie:
Kerry Fox

Conversations with Friends

Series 1

Episode 12

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Three HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Available for 7 months

Frances faces up to the consequences of her actions and attempts to make amends. But as she strives to rebuild her life, the question of her and Nick remains.

Contributors

Jules:
Jafaris
Spoken Word Artist:
Gemma Dunleavy
Camille:
Sadhbh Malin
Melissa:
Jemima Kirke
Producer:
Jeanie Igoe
Executive Producer:
Ed Guiney
Executive Producer:
Emma Norton
Executive Producer:
Andrew Lowe
Executive Producer:
Lenny Abrahamson
Production Company:
Element Pictures
Executive Producer:
Tommy Bulfin
Executive Producer:
Rose Garnett

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

Back in Ireland, tensions remain unresolved with Bobbi. Frances visits her mother but is rushed to hospital when she starts bleeding heavily.

Contributors

Melissa:
Jemima Kirke
Dr O'Dowd:
Charlie Maher
Dr Maguire:
Johanne Webb
Producer:
Jeanie Igoe
Executive Producer:
Ed Guiney
Executive Producer:
Andrew Lowe
Executive Producer:
Rose Garnett
Executive Producer:
Tommy Bulfin
Production Company:
Element Pictures
Director:
Leanne Welham