Programme Index

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 21^st Feb 2018, 10:41 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 21^st Feb 2018, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Doris Lessing's 1985 satire about inept revolutionaries, dramatised by Sarah Daniels. Alice continues her mission to make the squat habitable. Olivia Vinall and Joe Armstrong star. Show more

Contributors

Alice:: Olivia Vinall
Jasper:: Joe Armstrong
Jim:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Bert:: Ralph Davis
Pat:: Isabella Inchbald
Philip:: Gary Duncan
Mary:: Kath Weare
Monika:: Lauren Cornelius
Mrs Shah:: Sudha Bhuchar
Author:: Doris Lessing
Adaptor:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Emma Harding

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Riot Girls

The Good Terrorist

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 22^nd Feb 2018, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 22^nd Feb 2018, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Doris Lessing's 1985 satire about a band of inept revolutionaries, dramatised by Sarah Daniels and starring Olivia Vinall. Jasper and Bert are in Ireland, attempting to woo the IRA. Show more

Contributors

Alice:: Olivia Vinall
Jasper:: Joe Armstrong
Jim:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Bert:: Ralph Davis
Pat:: Isabella Inchbald
Philip:: Gary Duncan
Roberta:: Kath Weare
Faye:: Abbie Andrews
Cedric:: Neil McCaul
Author:: Doris Lessing
Adaptor:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Emma Harding

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Riot Girls

The Good Terrorist

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 23^rd Feb 2018, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 23^rd Feb 2018, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Doris Lessing's 1985 satire about a band of incompetent radicals in a London squat. Alice (Olivia Vinall) finally meets her revolutionary neighbour, the enigmatic Comrade Andrew. Show more

Contributors

Alice:: Olivia Vinall
Jasper:: Joe Armstrong
Felicity:: Lauren Cornelius
Andrew:: Adam Fitzgerald
Pat:: Isabella Inchbald
Philip:: Gary Duncan
Roberta:: Kath Weare
Faye:: Abbie Andrews
Author:: Doris Lessing
Adaptor:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Emma Harding

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Riot Girls

The Good Terrorist

Episode 7

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 27^th Feb 2018, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 27^th Feb 2018, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Doris Lessing's 1985 satire about a band of incompetent British radicals, starring Olivia Vinall and Pippa Bennett-Warner. Comrade Jocelin tests out her bomb-making abilities. Show more

Contributors

Alice:: Olivia Vinall
Jocelin:: Pippa Bennett-Warner
Jasper:: Joe Armstrong
Bert:: Ralph Davis
Felicity:: Lauren Cornelius
Roberta:: Kath Weare
Faye:: Abbie Andrews
Irishman 1:: Adam Fitzgerald
Irishman 2:: Gary Duncan
Author:: Doris Lessing
Adaptor:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Emma Harding

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Tommies

11 November 1917

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 11^th Nov 2017, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 13^th Oct 2018, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

From TE Lawrence and the Great Pyramid at Giza to the Third Battle of Gaza. The war in 1917 is redrawing the Middle East. Stars Indira Varma and Lee Ross. From November 2017. Show more

Contributors

Capt Mickey Bliss:: Lee Ross
Commentator:: Indira Varma
Zarbab Grewal:: Avin Shah
Pte Jack Bliss:: Antonio Aakeel
Celestine de Tullio:: Pippa Nixon
‘Nephthys’ Sha’arawi:: Lara Sawalha
Habib El-Mahdy:: Amir El-Masry
Huda Hosseini:: Nathalie Armin
Agatha Grey-Egerton:: Nathalie Armin
Insp Ibrahim Habachi:: Selva Rasalingam
Capt Lionel Larkin:: Clive Hayward
TE Lawrence:: David Reakes
Pilot:: Rupert Holliday Evans
Corporal:: Gary Duncan
Colonel:: Neil McCaul
Producer:: David Hunter
Producer:: Jonquil Panting
Producer:: Jonathan Ruffle
Director:: Jonquil Panting
Writer:: Jonathan Ruffle
Writer:: Avin Shah

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Tommies

Drama on 3

The Last of the Volsungs

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 18^th Feb 2018, 21:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Sun 14^th Feb 2021, 19:30 on BBC Radio 3

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A powerful dramatisation of the tragic story of Sigurd Volsung and Brynhild, the woman he loves, with an introduction by its author, Melissa Murray. Show more

Contributors

Sigurd:: David Sturzaker
Regin:: David Schofield
Gunnar:: Carl Prekopp
Hod:: Gerard McDermott
Gudrun:: Lyndsey Marshal
Brynhild:: Abbie Andrews
Sadhbh:: Isabella Inchbald
Arvid:: Clive Hayward
Alf:: Rupert Holiday Evans
Hjordis:: Kath Weare
Warrior:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Warrior:: Gary Duncan
Warrior:: Philip Bretherton
Director:: Marc Beeby
Writer:: Melissa Murray

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Drama on 3

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Tommies

10 November 1917

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 10^th Nov 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 6^th Oct 2018, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

From TE Lawrence and the Great Pyramid at Giza, to the Third Battle of Gaza. The war in 1917 is redrawing the Middle East. Stars Indira Varma and Lee Ross. From November 2017. Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:: Lee Ross
Commentator:: Indira Varma
Zarbab Grewal:: Avin Shah
Pte Jack Bliss:: Antonio Aakeel
Celestine de Tullio:: Pippa Nixon
Capt Christi Mansoor:: Narinder Samra
‘Nephthys’ Sha’arawi:: Lara Sawalha
Habib El-Mahdy:: Amir El-Masry
Huda Hosseini:: Nathalie Armin
Agatha Grey-Egerton:: Nathalie Armin
Insp Ibrahim Habachi:: Selva Rasalingam
Ozzy:: Adam Fitzgerald
TE Lawrence:: David Reakes
Arthur Neate:: Rupert Holliday Evans
Corporal:: Gary Duncan
Producer:: David Hunter
Producer:: Jonquil Panting
Producer:: Jonathan Ruffle
Director:: Jonquil Panting
Director:: David Hunter
Writer:: Jonathan Ruffle
Writer:: Avin Shah

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Tommies

Drama on 3

Fear and Loathing in Russia Today

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 12^th Nov 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 3

Radio 3 puts a spotlight on the best of Russian contemporary playwriting by producing three specially commissioned short plays written by young playwrights working in Russia today. Show more

Contributors

Vitaly:: Charlie Clements
Mikhail:: Simon Ludders
Lidia:: Helen Clapp
Mark:: Samuel James
Yuri:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Max:: Alexander Arnold
Lisa:: Jennifer Walser
Stas:: Adam Fitzgerald
Nina:: Kath Weare
Student:: Gary Duncan
Victor:: Paul Ritter
Tanya:: Ria Zmitrowicz
Producer:: Sasha Yevtushenko

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Drama

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Drama on 3

Drama on 4

Lying Low

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 22^nd Sep 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 22^nd Sep 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Adrian Dunbar stars as Samuel Beckett in a play by Stephen Wakelam that imagines what took place during the three weeks he spent lying low in Folkestone in March 1961. Show more

Contributors

Samuel Beckett:: Adrian Dunbar
Young Janet:: Charlotte Beaumont
Janet:: Susan Brown
Billy:: Charlie Clements
Miss Adams:: Clare Corbett
Suzanne:: Caroline Loncq
Roy:: Samuel James
Librarian:: David Sturzaker
Timmy:: Gary Duncan
Registrar:: Philip Fox
Director:: Gemma Jenkins
Producer:: Gemma Jenkins
Writer:: Stephen Wakelam

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Drama

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Drama on 4

That Was Then

Episode 1

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 5^th Jun 2017, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 5^th Jun 2017, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller. Show more

Contributors

Anna:: Rosie Cavaliero
The Beeston Batman:: Johann Myers
Stuart:: Joseph Millson
Harry:: Samuel James
Ben:: Tom Forrister
Roisin:: Pooky Quesnel
Phoebe:: Isabella Inchbald
Lauren:: Kath Weare
Mike:: Rupert Holliday Evans
Imogen:: Sudha Bhuchar
Max:: Gary Duncan
Reporter:: Sanchia McCormack
Dispatcher:: Emilio Doorgasingh
Jaap:: Charlie Clements
Waiter:: Rob Thomson
Pip:: Rebecca Hamilton
Tom:: Abbie Andrews
Monk:: Neil McCaul
Archdeacon:: Ellie Darvill
Jacqui:: Ellie Darvill
Kyle:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Actor:: Philip Bretherton
Actor:: Adam Fitzgerald
Actor:: Philip Fox
Actor:: Kerry Gooderson
Actor:: Clive Hayward
Actor:: Chetna Pandya
Actor:: David Reakes
Writer:: Jonathan Myerson
Director:: Jonquil Panting
Producer:: Jonquil Panting

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That Was Then

Episode 4

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 8^th Jun 2017, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 8^th Jun 2017, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller. She takes Stuart back to Nottingham, and the house where Ben died. Show more

Contributors

Anna:: Rosie Cavaliero
The Beeston Batman:: Johann Myers
Stuart:: Joseph Millson
Harry:: Samuel James
Ben:: Tom Forrister
Roisin:: Pooky Quesnel
Phoebe:: Isabella Inchbald
Lauren:: Kath Weare
Mike:: Rupert Holliday Evans
Imogen:: Sudha Bhuchar
Max:: Gary Duncan
Reporter:: Sanchia McCormack
Dispatcher:: Emilio Doorgasingh
Jaap:: Charlie Clements
Waiter:: Rob Thomson
Pip:: Rebecca Hamilton
Tom:: Abbie Andrews
Monk:: Neil McCaul
Archdeacon:: Ellie Darvill
Jacqui:: Ellie Darvill
Kyle:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Actor:: Philip Bretherton
Actor:: Adam Fitzgerald
Actor:: Philip Fox
Actor:: Kerry Gooderson
Actor:: Clive Hayward
Actor:: Chetna Pandya
Actor:: David Reakes
Writer:: Jonathan Myerson
Director:: Jonquil Panting
Producer:: Jonquil Panting

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That Was Then

Episode 5

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 9^th Jun 2017, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 9^th Jun 2017, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller. What if home's not a safe place any more? Show more

Contributors

Anna:: Rosie Cavaliero
The Beeston Batman:: Johann Myers
Stuart:: Joseph Millson
Harry:: Samuel James
Ben:: Tom Forrister
Roisin:: Pooky Quesnel
Phoebe:: Isabella Inchbald
Lauren:: Kath Weare
Mike:: Rupert Holliday Evans
Imogen:: Sudha Bhuchar
Max:: Gary Duncan
Reporter:: Sanchia McCormack
Dispatcher:: Emilio Doorgasingh
Jaap:: Charlie Clements
Waiter:: Rob Thomson
Pip:: Rebecca Hamilton
Tom:: Abbie Andrews
Monk:: Neil McCaul
Archdeacon:: Ellie Darvill
Jacqui:: Ellie Darvill
Kyle:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Actor:: Philip Bretherton
Actor:: Adam Fitzgerald
Actor:: Philip Fox
Actor:: Kerry Gooderson
Actor:: Clive Hayward
Actor:: Chetna Pandya
Actor:: David Reakes
Writer:: Jonathan Myerson
Director:: Jonquil Panting
Producer:: Jonquil Panting

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That Was Then

Episode 3

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 7^th Jun 2017, 10:41 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 7^th Jun 2017, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller. But her secrets are blown when she gets herself vlogged. Show more

Contributors

Anna:: Rosie Cavaliero
The Beeston Batman:: Johann Myers
Stuart:: Joseph Millson
Harry:: Samuel James
Ben:: Tom Forrister
Roisin:: Pooky Quesnel
Phoebe:: Isabella Inchbald
Lauren:: Kath Weare
Mike:: Rupert Holliday Evans
Imogen:: Sudha Bhuchar
Max:: Gary Duncan
Reporter:: Sanchia McCormack
Dispatcher:: Emilio Doorgasingh
Jaap:: Charlie Clements
Waiter:: Rob Thomson
Pip:: Rebecca Hamilton
Tom:: Abbie Andrews
Monk:: Neil McCaul
Archdeacon:: Ellie Darvill
Jacqui:: Ellie Darvill
Kyle:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Actor:: Philip Bretherton
Actor:: Adam Fitzgerald
Actor:: Philip Fox
Actor:: Kerry Gooderson
Actor:: Clive Hayward
Actor:: Chetna Pandya
Actor:: David Reakes
Writer:: Jonathan Myerson
Director:: Jonquil Panting
Producer:: Jonquil Panting

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That Was Then

Episode 2

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 6^th Jun 2017, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 6^th Jun 2017, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller. She finds old films of her student housemates - and watches them with new eyes. Show more

Contributors

Anna:: Rosie Cavaliero
The Beeston Batman:: Johann Myers
Stuart:: Joseph Millson
Harry:: Samuel James
Ben:: Tom Forrister
Roisin:: Pooky Quesnel
Phoebe:: Isabella Inchbald
Lauren:: Kath Weare
Mike:: Rupert Holliday Evans
Imogen:: Sudha Bhuchar
Max:: Gary Duncan
Reporter:: Sanchia McCormack
Dispatcher:: Emilio Doorgasingh
Jaap:: Charlie Clements
Waiter:: Rob Thomson
Pip:: Rebecca Hamilton
Tom:: Abbie Andrews
Monk:: Neil McCaul
Archdeacon:: Ellie Darvill
Jacqui:: Ellie Darvill
Kyle:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Actor:: Philip Bretherton
Actor:: Adam Fitzgerald
Actor:: Philip Fox
Actor:: Kerry Gooderson
Actor:: Clive Hayward
Actor:: Chetna Pandya
Actor:: David Reakes
Writer:: Jonathan Myerson
Director:: Jonquil Panting
Producer:: Jonquil Panting

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Drama on 4

Lights, Camera, Kidnap!

Episode 1

Drama on 4: Lights, Camera, Kidnap!

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 25^th Sep 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 9^th Apr 2019, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

The true story of how a South Korean movie star and her estranged director husband were kidnapped by Kim Jong-Il, brought to the DPRK and forced to revive the film industry. Show more

Contributors

Choi Eun-hee:: Liz Sutherland
Shin Sang-Ok:: Paul Courtney Hyu
Kim Jong-Il:: Leo Wan
Mrs Lee:: Sarah Lam
Hak Sun:: Wendy Kweh
Catherine Hong:: Isabella Inchbald
Mister Kang:: Samuel James
DI Crocker:: Charlie Clements
DS Lam:: Gary Duncan
Shin's Brother:: David Reakes
Neighbour:: Ellie Darvill
Director:: Sasha Yevtushenko
Writer:: Lucy Catherine

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Drama on 4

Lights, Camera, Kidnap!

Episode 2

Drama on 4: Lights, Camera, Kidnap!

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 26^th Sep 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 10^th Apr 2019, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM

The true story of how a South Korean movie star and her estranged director husband were kidnapped by Kim Jong-Il, brought to the DPRK and forced to revive the film industry. Show more

Contributors

Shin Sang-Ok:: Paul Courtney Hyu
Choi Eun-hee:: Liz Sutherland
Kim Jong-Il:: Leo Wan
The Professor:: David Yip
Choe:: David Reakes
Kusakabe:: Samuel James
DPRK Agent:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Guard:: Gary Duncan
Brad:: Adam Fitzgerald
Receptionist:: Abbie Andrews
Newsreader:: Isabella Inchbald
Newsreader:: Ellie Darvill
Director:: Sasha Yevtushenko
Writer:: Lucy Catherine

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Drama

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Drama on 4

Series

Tsar

The Shield and the Sword

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 12^th Nov 2017, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 18^th Nov 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Russian Tsars concludes with the story of Vladimir Putin, who has ruled Russia for almost 18 years. Show more

Contributors

VV:: Nicholas Murchie
Narrator:: Hattie Morahan
Yeltsin:: Peter Wight
Young VV:: Finn Monteath
Khodorkovsky:: Rupert Holliday Evans
Reporter:: Isabella Inchbald
Teacher:: Ellie Darvill
Advisor:: Charlie Clements
Auctioneer:: Philip Bretherton
KGB General:: Neil McCaul
KGB Officer:: Gary Duncan
Official:: Adam Fitzgerald
Judo Master:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Medvedev:: David Reakes
Writer:: Mike Walker

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Drama

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Tsar

A Month of...

A Month of Maureen

Theodora Potts: Victorian Psychic

A Month of...: A Month of Maureen

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 27^th Nov 2017, 11:30 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 27^th Nov 2017, 11:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Maureen Lipman is Theodora Potts, in Tracy-Ann Oberman and Ivor Baddiel's slightly surreal Victorian comedy drama, co-starring Tracy-Ann herself in an unusual role. Show more

Contributors

Theodora Potts:: Maureen Lipman
Sioux Sioux:: Tracy-Ann Oberman
Adolphus:: Neil McCaul
Dr von Ubermench:: Neil McCaul
Countess:: Ellie Darvill
The Earl:: Clive Hayward
Mr Brown:: Rupert Holliday Evans
Clemmie:: Abbie Andrews
Mr Soames:: Gary Duncan
Woman with Birthmark:: Isabella Inchbald
Director:: Marion Nancarrow
Producer:: Marion Nancarrow
Writer:: Tracy-Ann Oberman
Writer:: Ivor Baddiel

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