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Home Front

30 August 1917 - Howard Argent

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1917, 1,500 Welsh miners, out on strike for the reinstatement of one man, returned to work, and in Folkestone, Howard has a busy day. Show more

Contributors

Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Chester Matthews:
Samuel James
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absolom
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Silas Morrow:
Shaun Dooley
Ulysses Pilchard:
Khalid Abdalla
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 83: 21-25 August 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

The fourth omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone in the week, in 1917, when the French Army regained territory in a new offensive at Verdun. Show more

Contributors

Ulysses Pilchard:
Khalid Abdalla
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Chester Matthews:
Samuel James
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Silas Morrow:
Shaun Dooley
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Mashluck:
Tom Lawrence
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Peter Lumley:
Bea White
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Albert Wilson:
Jamie Foreman
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Horace Woods:
Luke Newberry
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Phillip Sassoon:
Luke Newberry
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 84: 28 August - 1 September 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

The fifth omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when severe gales across the country uprooted trees and damaged crops. Show more

Contributors

Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Joan Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliott
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Charles Summer:
Rufus Wright
Alice Macknade:
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Chester Matthews:
Samuel James
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absolom
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Silas Morrow:
Shaun Dooley
Ulysses Pilchard:
Khalid Abdalla
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Albert Wilson:
Jamie Foreman
Clemmie Crayford:
Joanna Monro
Agnes Hemmings:
Jane Slavin
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Jane Underdown:
Susan Porrett

Genres

Home Front

21 August 1917 - Ulysses Pilchard

Duration: 11 minutes

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

Available for years

On this day in 1917, British naval forces brought a zeppelin down off the coast of Jutland, while near Folkestone, Dr Pilchard scours the shoreline. Show more

Contributors

Ulysses Pilchard:
Khalid Abdalla
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Chester Matthews:
Samuel James
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Silas Morrow:
Shaun Dooley
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Drama on 4

Keeping the Wolf Out

Heroes

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for years

Six young men lie dead. Investigator Lazar uncovers dark secrets in Budapest at the height of the Cold War. Crime drama by Philip Palmer. Show more

Contributors

Bertalan Lazar:
Leo Bill
Franciska Lazar:
Clare Corbett
Tibor Farkas:
Andy Linden
Rihard Miklos:
Shaun Mason
Kristof Szep:
Samuel James
Mr Kiraly:
Robert Blythe
Police Officer:
Simon Ludders
Stenographer:
Kerry Gooderson
Director:
Toby Swift

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

An eminent child psychologist wants to adopt Jeanie. But her twin sister Meg is told not to speak of her. With Charlotte Emmett. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

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Meg and Jeanie meet on the beach, and Nell stabs Harry at the dinner table. Out of the blue. In the arm. With Rosie Boore. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

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On the day of her Cambridge interview, Jeanie takes a train to Scarborough, in search of her sister. With Jennifer Walser. Show more

Tsar

1. Catherine the Great: Husbands, Lovers and Sons

Duration: 1 hour

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

The reign of one of Russia's most renowned monarchs, transforming it into a great European power. Starring Samantha Spiro. Show more

Contributors

Catherine II:
Samantha Spiro
Peter III:
Anton Lesser
Petya:
Joe Sims
Grigory Orlov:
David Sturzaker
Pugachev:
Simon Ludders
The Midwife:
Georgie Glen
Alexander:
Joel MacCormack
The Councillor:
Finlay Robertson

Brand

Tsar