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Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 104: 18-22 June 1918 (Season 14 start)

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

Set in Devon in 1918, in the week that Viscount Grey published a pamphlet supporting President Wilson's proposal to establish a League of Nations. Show more

Contributors

Cora Gidley:
Joanna Monro
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Hector Gidley:
Brian Protheroe
Elspeth Taverner:
Kelly Williams
Jocelyn Ogden:
Christine Kavanagh
Cathy Lawrence:
Debbie Korley
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Rose Fairweather:
Helen Longworth
Arthur Hurst:
Mark Heap
Betty Newcombe:
Annie McKenzie
Silas Morrow:
Shaun Dooley
Hardy Walsh:
Damien Molony
Emily Colville:
Scarlett Brookes
Gert Battley:
Maggie Steed
Morris Battley:
Sean Baker
Clarence Ogden:
David Sterne
Cyrus Colville:
Anton Lesser
Moses Wickens:
Ed Gaughan
Eli Lawrence:
Michael Shelford
Dieter Lippke:
Joe Sims
Hetty Cox:
Adie Allen
Gert Batley:
Maggie Steed
Teddy Lawrence:
Florence Duncalf
Robin Bowder:
Sean Murray

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 109: 23-27 July 1918

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for years

Epic war drama set in Devon, in the week in 1918 when an outbreak of flu was reported at a PoW camp in Bramley, affecting a third of the 3,000 prisoners. Show more

Contributors

Emily Colville:
Scarlett Brookes
Cyrus Colville:
Anton Lesser
Bertram Colville:
Nick Underwood
Hardy Walsh:
Damien Molony
Moses Wickens:
Ed Gaughan
Mr Buckle:
Sean Murray
Cora Gidley:
Joanna Monro
Cathy Lawrence:
Debbie Korley
Teddy Lawrence:
Florence Duncalf
Stallholder:
Ryan Early
Hetty Cox:
Adie Allen
Isaac Cox:
James Lailey
Eli Lawrence:
Michael Shelford
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Victor Lumley:
Joel MacCormack
Daniel Marriott:
Jonathan Bailey
Morris Battley:
Sean Baker
Elspeth Taverner:
Kelly Williams
Effie Taverner:
Lizzie Stables
Ludwig Huber:
Marcel Hagen
Klaus Hofstadter:
Atilla Akinci
Peter Lumley:
Beatrice White
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Connie Cavendish:
Darcy Brown
Grace Cavendish:
Grace Doherty
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Marieke Argent:
Olivia Ross
Hector Gidley:
Brian Protheroe
Writer:
Katie Hims

Genres

Duration: 57 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Newton’s new post at Royal Mint leads him into notorious drinking dens, pursuing a counterfeiting gang. Stars William Gaminara. Show more

Contributors

Isaac Newton:
William Gaminara
Hopton Haynes:
Gunnar Cauthery
Catherine Barton:
Kerry Gooderson
Charles Montague:
Nicholas Tizzard
Albert Chandler:
Jonathan Forbes
John Gibson:
Michael Nardone
Jack Carter:
Ryan Early
Mary Docherty:
Lauren Cornelius
Elliot Miller:
Sean Murray
Richard Vernon:
Gerard McDermott
Bob Phillips:
Gerard McDermott
Director:
Bruce Young
Producer:
Bruce Young

Genres

Drama on 4

To the Ends of the Earth: The Man Who Would Be King

Duration: 57 minutes

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

By Rudyard Kipling, adapted by Mike Walker. A chilling cautionary tale about two con men who set out to conquer a remote region of what is now Afghanistan. Show more

Contributors

Rudyard Kipling:
Blake Ritson
Daniel Dravot:
Richard Ridings
Peachey Carnehan:
Samuel James
Tribesman:
Joseph Ayre
Tribesman:
Stephen Hogan
Young woman:
Lauren Cornelius
Wounded man:
John Lightbody
Tribesman:
Ryan Early
Tribesman:
Ryan Whittle
Adaptor:
Mike Walker

Genres

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for years

It is hard for Gemma to form new relationships when she has to reveal that she chose to leave her two young children. Katherine Jakeways' play about a woman who breaks the rules. Show more

Tommies

28 March 1918

Duration: 45 minutes

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

As the British Army retreat in the face of an unexpected German advance, the women of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps based at Flixecourt have to decide whether to stay. Show more

Drama on 4

Spike and the Elfin Oak

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for years

4 Extra Debut. Inspired by a true story: Spike Milligan tries to save an Elfin Oak in Kensington Gardens in the 1960s. Stars David Threfall. Show more

Contributors

Young Spike:
Charlie Brand
Norma Farnes:
Kerry Gooderson
Mother Superior:
Georgie Glen
Park Keeper:
Luke Bailey
Mrs Grumples:
Lauren Cornelius
Groodles:
Ryan Early
Huckleberry:
Clive Hayward
Council Boss:
Philip Bretherton
Man with Dog:
Ghazanfar Hyder
Director:
Gemma Jenkins

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Dark, thrilling, full of passion. A dramatic re-telling of Emily Bronte's haunting novel. Starring Ben Batt and Chloe Pirrie. Show more

Contributors

Heathcliff:
Ben Batt
Mr Earnshaw:
Clive Hayward
Hindley:
Luke Bailey
Young Cathy:
Rosie Boore
Young Heathcliff:
Reuben Bainbridge
Edgar Linton:
Ryan Whittle
Isabella Linton:
Kerry Gooderson
Young Hareton:
Ruben Cryer
Priest:
Ryan Early
Adaptor:
Rachel Joyce
Director:
Tracey Neale
Producer:
Tracey Neale

Drama on 4

County Lines

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for years

By actress and playwright Amelia Bullmore. A middle-aged white woman sits across the table from a young black woman on a train. They both have hidden depths. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Gudrun

Series 4

Episode 9

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Gudrun is determined to stop a political marriage that will see Alexandra married to a brute. Starring Kate Phillips. Show more

Contributors

Demetrious:
Ryan Whittle
Bishop Arascius:
Sean Murray
Theophanes:
Ryan Early
Emperor Basil:
John Lightbody
Director:
Gemma Jenkins
Producer:
Gemma Jenkins

Duration: 57 minutes

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

Dostoyevsky's nightmare vision starring Joseph Millson as Golyadkin, a man whose life is usurped by his double. Jonathan Holloway's adaptation is set in a steampunk St Petersburg. Show more

Contributors

Golyadkin:
Joseph Millson
The Double:
Joseph Millson
Andrei Filippovich Olsufy:
Sean Murray
Dr Rutenspitz:
Elizabeth Counsell
Klara Olsufyevna:
Kerry Gooderson
Marmeladov:
Lauren Cornelius
Raskolnikov:
Joseph Ayre
Maitre D':
Ryan Early
Director:
Gemma Jenkins
Producer:
Gemma Jenkins

First World Problems

Making Other Plans

Duration: 44 minutes

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

What would happen if the UK broke apart? In this everyday story of British folk, David and Ruth Fletcher face the UK's next civil war. Show more

Contributors

Dave Fletcher:
Jeremy Swift
Ruth Fletcher:
Maureen Beattie
Maggie Pelling:
Elizabeth Counsell
Jonny Fletcher:
Sam Barnard
Tricia Ince:
Elinor Coleman
Kristina Matic:
Elinor Coleman
Helena Fletcher:
Lauren Cornelius
Alex Pritchard:
Ryan Whittle
Russell:
Ryan Early
News Anchor:
Emma Handy
Correspondent:
Kerry Gooderson
Journalist:
Sean Murray
Democratic Alliance MP:
Joseph Ayre
Cabinet Minister:
Stephen Hogan

First World Problems

What Country, Friends, Is This?

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

What would happen if the UK broke apart? In this everyday story of British folk, David and Ruth Fletcher face the UK's next civil war. Show more

Contributors

Dave Fletcher:
Jeremy Swift
Ruth Fletcher:
Maureen Beattie
Maggie Pelling:
Elizabeth Counsell
Jonny Fletcher:
Sam Barnard
Tricia Ince:
Elinor Coleman
Helena Fletcher:
Lauren Cornelius
Philippa Fletcher:
Kerry Gooderson
Emrys Driscoll:
Kai Owen
Olwen Driscoll:
Cara Chase
Janice:
Emma Handy
Radio Free Manchester:
John Lightbody

First World Problems

Things Fall Apart

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

What would happen if the UK broke apart? In this everyday story of British folk, David and Ruth Fletcher face the UK's next civil war. Show more

Contributors

Dave Fletcher:
Jeremy Swift
Ruth Fletcher:
Maureen Beattie
Maggie Pelling:
Elizabeth Counsell
Jonny Fletcher:
Sam Barnard
Tricia Ince:
Elinor Coleman
Helena Fletcher:
Lauren Cornelius
Alex Pritchard:
Ryan Whittle
Philippa Fletcher:
Kerry Gooderson

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for 6 months

What would happen if the UK broke apart? In this everyday story of British folk, David and Ruth Fletcher face the UK's next civil war. Show more

Contributors

Dave Fletcher:
Jeremy Swift
Ruth Fletcher:
Maureen Beattie
Jonny Fletcher:
Sam Barnard
Kristina Matic:
Elinor Coleman
Alex Pritchard:
Ryan Whittle
Radio Free Manchester:
John Lightbody

Dot

Series 3

London Can Take It

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Can Dot use her resemblance to Vera Lynn to get one over on Millicent to gain favour with the PM? Stars Jane Slavin. From 2018. Show more

Drama on 4

Brother of Mine

Duration: 44 minutes

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

By Nathaniel Price. How well do you really know anyone? When Walter's adored older brother is accused of a serious crime, he must choose whether to stand by him or not. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Riot Girls

The Good Terrorist

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: 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

Riot Girls

The Good Terrorist

Episode 7

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: 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

Gudrun

Series 4

Episode 7

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Marlas gets sucked back into the intrigues of his former life leaving Gudrun to explore the city alone. Starring Kate Phillips. Show more