Programme Index

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 21^st Sep 2015, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 10^th Sep 2019, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. Shardlake and Barak arrive in York a day ahead of King Henry VIII’s spectacular Royal Progress to York. Stars Justin Salinger. Show more

Shardlake

Sovereign

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 23^rd Sep 2015, 10:41 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 12^th Sep 2019, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Shardlake and Barak search for evidence to confirm their suspicions surrounding the glazier’s death. Starring Bryan Dick. Show more

Contributors

Shardlake:: Justin Salinger
Barak:: Bryan Dick
Wrenne:: Geoffrey Whitehead
Maleverer:: Stephen Critchlow
Tamasin:: Cath Whitefield
Jennet:: Alex Tregear
Craike:: Patrick Brennan
Director:: Kirsteen Cameron
Producer:: Kirsteen Cameron
Adaptor:: Colin MacDonald
Author:: CJ Sansom

Genres

DramaClassic & Period

Brand

Series

Shardlake

Sovereign

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 24^th Sep 2015, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 13^th Sep 2019, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Bruised and smarting from tough questioning by Sir William, Shardlake prepares to meet King Henry VIII. Stars Justin Salinger. Show more

Contributors

Shardlake:: Justin Salinger
Barak:: Bryan Dick
Maleverer:: Stephen Critchlow
Radwinter:: David Acton
Wrenne:: Geoffrey Whitehead
Tamasin:: Cath Whitefield
Jennet:: Alex Tregear
Henry VIII:: Patrick Brennan
Youhill:: Sam Dale
Author:: CJ Sansom
Adaptor:: Colin MacDonald
Director:: Kirsteen Cameron
Producer:: Kirsteen Cameron

Genres

DramaClassic & Period

Brand

Series

Shardlake

Sovereign

Episode 8

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 30^th Sep 2015, 10:41 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 19^th Sep 2019, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

After the second attempt on his life, Shardlake’s convinced stolen papers hold the key to the mystery. Stars Justin Salinger. Show more

Contributors

Shardlake:: Justin Salinger
Barak:: Bryan Dick
Maleverer:: Stephen Critchlow
Radwinter:: David Acton
Wrenne:: Geoffrey Whitehead
Broderick:: Nick Underwood
Tamasin:: Cath Whitefield
Jennet:: Alex Tregear
Rochford:: Amelia Lowdell
Henry VIII:: Patrick Brennan
The Queen:: Melody Grove
Director:: Kirsteen Cameron
Producer:: Kirsteen Cameron
Adaptor:: Colin MacDonald
Author:: CJ Sansom

Genres

DramaClassic & Period

Brand

Series

Shardlake

Sovereign

Episode 10

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 2^nd Oct 2015, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 21^st Sep 2019, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Falsely accused of treason, Shardlake awaits his fate in the Tower of London. Starring Justin Salinger and Bryan Dick. Show more

Contributors

Shardlake:: Justin Salinger
Barak:: Bryan Dick
Wrenne:: Geoffrey Whitehead
Tamasin:: Cath Whitefield
Radwinter:: David Acton
Broderick:: Nick Underwood
Maleverer:: Stephen Critchlow
Jennet:: Alex Tregear
Rawling:: Patrick Brennan
Cranmer:: Sam Dale
Rochford:: Amelia Lowdell
Rich:: Chris Pavlo
Dereham:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Queen Catherine:: Melody Grove
Director:: Kirsteen Cameron
Producer:: Kirsteen Cameron
Adaptor:: Colin MacDonald
Author:: CJ Sansom

Genres

DramaClassic & Period

Brand

Series

15 Minute Drama

Early One Morning

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 16^th Oct 2015, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 5^th Oct 2019, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Chiara prepares to host Welsh teen, Maria, who claims to be Daniele's daughter. Stars Sophie Melville and Adam Thomas Wright. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Greta Scacchi
Chiara:: Juliet Aubrey
Maria:: Sophie Melville
Cecilia:: Alex Tregear
Daniele:: Adam Thomas Wright
Gennaro:: Cesare Taurasi
Adult Daniele:: Cesare Taurasi
Simone:: Jessica Turner
Nonna:: Jessica Turner
Antonio:: David Hounslow
Gabriele:: David Acton
Tommaso:: Felix Auer
Nazi Officer:: Felix Auer
Brian:: Felix Auer
Edna:: Amelia Lowdell
Barry:: Chris Pavlo
Goffredo:: Chris Pavlo
Gianni:: Sam Dale
Author:: Virginia Baily
Adaptor:: Miranda Emmerson
Director:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

Series

15 Minute Drama

Early One Morning

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 12^th Oct 2015, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 1^st Oct 2019, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. Rome 1943: A split-second decision is about to change Chiara's life forever. Starring Juliet Aubrey and Greta Scacchi. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Greta Scacchi
Chiara:: Juliet Aubrey
Maria:: Sophie Melville
Cecilia:: Alex Tregear
Daniele:: Adam Thomas Wright
Gennaro:: Cesare Taurasi
Adult Daniele:: Cesare Taurasi
Simone:: Jessica Turner
Nonna:: Jessica Turner
Antonio:: David Hounslow
Gabriele:: David Acton
Tommaso:: Felix Auer
Nazi Officer:: Felix Auer
Brian:: Felix Auer
Edna:: Amelia Lowdell
Barry:: Chris Pavlo
Goffredo:: Chris Pavlo
Gianni:: Sam Dale
Author:: Virginia Baily
Adaptor:: Miranda Emmerson
Director:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

Series

15 Minute Drama

Early One Morning

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 13^th Oct 2015, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 2^nd Oct 2019, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Chiara flees Rome with a Jewish boy she’s sheltering. 30 years on, Maria toils with her Dad’s identity. Stars Sophie Melville. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Greta Scacchi
Chiara:: Juliet Aubrey
Maria:: Sophie Melville
Cecilia:: Alex Tregear
Daniele:: Adam Thomas Wright
Gennaro:: Cesare Taurasi
Adult Daniele:: Cesare Taurasi
Simone:: Jessica Turner
Nonna:: Jessica Turner
Antonio:: David Hounslow
Gabriele:: David Acton
Tommaso:: Felix Auer
Nazi Officer:: Felix Auer
Brian:: Felix Auer
Edna:: Amelia Lowdell
Barry:: Chris Pavlo
Goffredo:: Chris Pavlo
Gianni:: Sam Dale
Author:: Virginia Baily
Adaptor:: Miranda Emmerson
Director:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

Series

15 Minute Drama

Early One Morning

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 14^th Oct 2015, 10:41 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 3^rd Oct 2019, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Chiara leaves for the countryside with a Jewish boy. Thirty years on, she receives an unexpected call. Stars Juliet Aubrey. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Greta Scacchi
Chiara:: Juliet Aubrey
Maria:: Sophie Melville
Cecilia:: Alex Tregear
Daniele:: Adam Thomas Wright
Gennaro:: Cesare Taurasi
Adult Daniele:: Cesare Taurasi
Simone:: Jessica Turner
Nonna:: Jessica Turner
Antonio:: David Hounslow
Gabriele:: David Acton
Tommaso:: Felix Auer
Nazi Officer:: Felix Auer
Brian:: Felix Auer
Edna:: Amelia Lowdell
Barry:: Chris Pavlo
Goffredo:: Chris Pavlo
Gianni:: Sam Dale
Author:: Virginia Baily
Adaptor:: Miranda Emmerson
Director:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

Series

15 Minute Drama

Early One Morning

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 15^th Oct 2015, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 4^th Oct 2019, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Italy 1943: Chiara has to learn how to be a mother to the Jewish boy she has saved. Starring Greta Scacchi and Juliet Aubrey. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Greta Scacchi
Chiara:: Juliet Aubrey
Maria:: Sophie Melville
Cecilia:: Alex Tregear
Daniele:: Adam Thomas Wright
Gennaro:: Cesare Taurasi
Adult Daniele:: Cesare Taurasi
Simone:: Jessica Turner
Nonna:: Jessica Turner
Antonio:: David Hounslow
Gabriele:: David Acton
Tommaso:: Felix Auer
Nazi Officer:: Felix Auer
Brian:: Felix Auer
Edna:: Amelia Lowdell
Barry:: Chris Pavlo
Goffredo:: Chris Pavlo
Gianni:: Sam Dale
Author:: Virginia Baily
Adaptor:: Miranda Emmerson
Director:: Emma Harding

Genres

Drama

Brand

Series

Drama

Reading Europe - Germany: Look Who's Back

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 4^th Oct 2015, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 10^th Oct 2015, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Hitler is mistaken for a comedy impersonator by TV executives and becomes the star of a satirical show. His rants against foreigners and current politics increase in popularity. Show more

Contributors

Adolf Hitler:: David Threlfall
Fraulein Vera Kromeier:: Alex Tregear
The Kiosk Owner:: Ben Crowe
Frau Carmen Bellini:: Caroline Berry
Joachim Sensenbrink:: John Norton
Frank Sawatski:: Richard Mylan
Actor:: Sargon Yelda
Actor:: Debra Baker
Actor:: Leo Wan
Actor:: Gerard Watkins
Author:: Timur Vermes
Adaptor:: Marcy Kahan
Director:: Helen Perry

Genres

Drama

Brand

Drama: Reading Europe - Germany: Look Who's Back

Series

Drama

The Kneebone Cadillac

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 14^th Sep 2011, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 24^th Jun 2016, 21:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. The Kneebones have hard lives, weird vehicles and a love of Country and Western music. Wry Cornish comedy with Alex Tregear. Show more

Contributors

Maddy:: Alex Tregear
Slick:: Carl Grose
Dwight:: Ed Gaughan
Hooper Munroe:: Charles Barnecut
Phylis Vanloo:: Amanda Lawrence
Ennis:: Joseph Kloska
Writer:: Carl Grose
Director:: Claire Grove

Genres

Drama

Brand

Turf Wars

The Accidental Head

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 30^th Mar 2011, 11:30 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 2^nd Feb 2021, 05:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Beth plans to fight tooth and nail for her son's school place. By Jeremy Front. Stars Katherine Parkinson. From March 2011. Show more

Contributors

Beth:: Katherine Parkinson
Jake:: Darren Boyd
Ruth Willith:: Emma Fryer
Journalist:: Alex Tregear
Helen:: Sally Orrock
Farmer:: Brian Bowles
Hughes:: Brian Bowles
Writer:: Jeremy Front
Director:: James Robinson
Producer:: James Robinson

Genres

Series

Turf Wars

Home Front

28 September 1918 - Victor Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 28^th Sep 2018, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 28^th Sep 2018, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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On this day in 1918, defeat at Vardar left Bulgaria seeking peace with the Allies, whilst at St Jude's, Kitty and Victor attend a christening which is anything but harmonious. Show more

Contributors

Victor:: Joel MacCormack
Gabriel:: Michael Bertenshaw
Howard:: Gunnar Cauthery
Juliet:: Lizzie Bourne
Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
Johnnie:: Paul Ready
Lilian:: Alex Tregear
Ralph:: Nicholas Murchie
Peter:: Bea White
May:: Jonah Collingwood Harrold
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Ciaran Bermingham
Series Editor:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 112: 24-28 September 1918 (Season 15 start)

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 28^th Sep 2018, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 28^th Sep 2018, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

Listen now

The first omnibus of Season 15, Onward, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1918, when the Allies launched their final, and decisive campaign on the Western Front. Show more

Contributors

Adam:: Billy Kennedy
Arthur:: Ryan Whittle
Crew 1:: Lewis Bray
Crew 2:: Liam Lau Fernandez
Don:: Christopher Harper
Fisherman:: Cameron Percival
Jack:: Ashley Kumar
Jessie:: Lucy Hutchinson
Norman:: Sean Baker
Otto:: Ian Conningham
Ted:: Jonny Holden
Isabel:: Keely Beresford
Charles:: Rufus Wright
Mrs Edkins:: Rachel Davies
Gabriel:: Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet:: Lizzie Bourne
Victor:: Joel MacCormack
Phyllis:: Christine Absalom
Johnnie:: Paul Ready
Sylvia:: Joanna David
Esme:: Katie Angelou
Adeline:: Helen Schlesinger
Nell:: Alice St Clair
Sophie:: Abbie Andrews
Florrie:: Claire Rushbrook
Elizabeth:: Kika Markham
Eric:: Paul Rainbow
Horse Owner:: Cameron Percival
Ivy:: Izzy Watts
Soldier 1:: Liam Lau Fernandez
Soldier 2:: Lewis Bray
Valuer:: Chris Porter
Isaac:: Scout Ready
Isaac:: Rex Wood
Howard:: Gunnar Cauthery
Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
Lilian:: Alex Tregear
Ralph:: Nicholas Murchie
Peter:: Bea White
May:: Jonah Collingwood Harrold
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Ciaran Bermingham
Series Editor:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Drama

The Price of Oil

Baby Oil

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 30^th Sep 2015, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 30^th Sep 2015, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

1991, and as the first bombs fall on Baghdad, a young man walks into the Marines recruiting office and demands to join up... because the war is his fault. Show more

Contributors

Recruiting Sergeant:: Daniel Betts
Admiral:: Daniel Betts
Forbes McEwen III:: James McArdle
George HW Bush:: Michael J Shannon
Dick Cheney:: Sam Dale
UK Military Attache:: Chris Pavlo
Drake:: Stephen Critchlow
Diana:: Jessica Turner
Cashier:: Alex Tregear
Nayirah:: Rhiannon Neads
Writer:: Jonathan Myerson
Director:: Nicolas Kent
Producer:: Jonquil Panting

Genres

Drama

Brand

Series

Drama: The Price of Oil

Drama on 3

Finlandia

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 6^th Dec 2015, 21:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Sun 28^th May 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 3

By Stephen Wyatt. Starring the late Tim Pigott-Smith, a drama blending the psyche of Jean Sibelius, his music and the Finnish national epic The Kalevala. Show more

Contributors

Writer:: Stephen Wyatt
Jean Sibelius:: Tim Pigott-Smith
Aino:: Barbara Flynn
Reporter:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Female Voice:: Alex Tregear
Male Voice:: Chris Pavlo
Director:: Tracey Neale

Genres

Drama

Brand

Drama on 3

Drama

Rachel Joyce - The Man with Wings

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 29^th Mar 2012, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 16^th Dec 2016, 21:15 on BBC Radio 7

4 Extra Debut. 1947: A war-damaged man's wish to fly changes a village boy's life forever. Stars Niamh Cusack and Tom Goodman-Hill. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Ian McDiarmid
Mireille:: Niamh Cusack
Man:: Tom Goodman-Hill
Boy:: Jo Joyce-Venables
Sister Mary:: Kate Binchy
Mother:: Emily Joyce
Neighbour:: Alex Tregear
Writer:: Rachel Joyce
Producer:: Gordon House

Genres

Drama

Brand

Drama

Ewa Banaszkiewicz - SBLT (Single But Living Together)

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 2^nd Jun 2011, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 30^th May 2016, 21:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

A separated couple attempt to live together, but sticking to a list of rules proves harder than they imagined. Stars Natasha Little, David Seddon, Sarah Smart. Show more

Contributors

Alex:: Natasha Little
Josh:: David Seddon
Liz:: Sarah Smart
Duncan:: Will Tudor
Rilla:: Jane Whittenshaw
Nicky:: Alex Tregear
Zoe:: Martha Avens
Writer:: Ewa Banaszkiewicz
Director:: Sally Avens

Genres

DramaRelationships & Romance

Brand

Verse Illustrated

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 31^st Aug 2011, 23:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 21^st Oct 2013, 23:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Series of short story poems, illustrated with sound and music. Spoken word artists Inua Ellams and Ross Sutherland take us into two very different worlds. Show more

Contributors

Writer:: Inua Ellams
Writer:: Ross Sutherland
Performer:: Inua Ellams
Performer:: Peter Polycarpou
Performer:: Alex Tregear
Director:: James Robinson

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Series

Verse Illustrated