Heston is shocked to discover his 'date' has a proposition for him that is not of a romantic nature, while Karen finds an unlikely volunteer in Jimmi. Show more
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King Lear
2 hours, 30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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When better than now to make a drama about 'the division of the kingdom'? Shakespeare's great tragedy headed by Ian McDiarmid as Lear and Bill Paterson as Gloucester. Show more
Drama on 3
The Idylls of the King
2 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
An adaptation by Michael Symmons of Tennyson's The Idylls of the King, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith, with John Keeble (Arthur), Simon Harrison (Lancelot), Kathryn Hunt (Guinevere). Show more
Home Front
5 February 1915 - Cressida Marshall
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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It is six weeks since the birth of her third baby, and Cressida is ready to get back in the saddle. Show more
Home Front
27 March 1915 - Kitty Lumley
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Marshalls loses two of its best female employees. Show more
Home Front
19 February 1915 - Luke Lyle
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Luke has low expectations of an assignment, until he meets Esther O'Leary. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 18: 16-20 February 1915
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The country may be at war and the factories at peak production, but there is time for romance in industrial Tynemouth. Show more
By Hayley Squires. When 16-year-old Lydia meets the wife of her English teacher, the two women push each other to dangerous limits and their lives begin to fall apart. Show more
4 Extra Debut. A comedy about neighbours, architecture, tradition versus modernism and James Bond. Architect Erno Goldfinger struggles to build his modernist dream home. From 2014. Show more
Home Front
27 February 1915 - Robert O'Leary
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Robert's careful equilibrium is shaken. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 16: 2-6 February 1915 (Season 3 start)
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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For Season 3, the focus shifts to industrial Tynemouth, which is experiencing a quite different war to that felt in Folkestone. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 19: 23-27 February 1915
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Lunatic asylums are being commandeered by the government for use as military hospitals, and Robert's careful equilibrium is shaken. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 21: 9-13 March 1915
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Battle of Neuve Chapelle draws to a close while the men at Marshalls spoil for a fight. Show more
Drama
Everybody's Got Conditions
44 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
By Sarah Wooley. Tennessee Williams finds himself fighting for his reputation and his sanity when Bette Davis is cast in his play, The Night of the Iguana. Show more
A beguiling story of two English women living in India more than 50 years apart. Stars Pippa Bennett-Warner and Ronny Jhutti. Show more
Harry visits the Rivers to try to break free of the Nawab while the narrator visits the Baba Firdaus shrine. Stars David Seddon. Show more
Olivia and Douglas hope for a baby. Story of two English women living in India over 50 years apart. Stars Pippa Bennett-Warner. Show more
50 years apart, both women visit the Baba Firdaus shrine and make a wish. Stars Pippa Bennett-Warner and Abby Ford. Show more
Finding themselves in the same situation 50 years apart, both women must make life-changing decisions. Stars Abby Ford. Show more
The Greeks are laying siege to Troy to win back their abducted queen Helen. But the conflict faces a bitter stalemate. Stars Lily Cole, David Birrell and Jake Fairbrother. Show more