Programme Index

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 3^rd Aug 2015, 21:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Mon 3^rd Aug 2015, 21:00 on BBC Two HD

Drama mini-series. As war descends on Europe, the Bloomsbury friends struggle to build a life outside London. Virginia weds Leonard Woolf and begins an unexpectedly happy marriage. Show more

Contributors

Producer:: Rhonda Smith
Director:: Simon Kaijser
Writer:: Amanda Coe
Older Vanessa Bell:: Eve Best
Young Vanessa Bell:: Phoebe Fox
Young Virginia Woolf:: Lydia Leonard
Young Duncan Grant:: James Norton
Julian Bell (aged 4):: Charlie Appleyard
Lytton Strachey:: Ed Birch
Angelica Bell:: Lucy Boynton
Roger Fry:: Elliot Cowan
Quentin Bell:: Edmund Digby-Jones
Midwife:: Rosie Ede
Quentin Bell (aged 7):: Louis Fisher
Older Clive Bell:: Andrew Havill
Younger Clive Bell:: Sam Hoare
Mrs Woolf:: Jenny Howe
Julian Bell:: Finn Jones
Maynard Keynes:: Edmund Kingsley
Dr Hyslop:: Anton Lesser
Young Bunny:: Ben Lloyd-Hughes
Adrian:: James Northcote
Mary Hutchinson:: Marianne Oldham
Older Duncan Grant:: Rupert Penry-Jones
Julian Bell (aged 9):: Maximillian Scull
George Bergen:: Simon Thomas
Young Leonard:: Al Weaver

Genres

Drama

Series

Life in Squares

The Honourable Woman

Episode 4: The Ribbon Cutter

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Thu 24^th Jul 2014, 21:00 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Thu 24^th Jul 2014, 21:00 on BBC Two England

Drama series. Going back eight years, a younger Hayden-Hoyle climbs the ranks of MI6 whilst Nessa and Atika endure atrocities as captives in Gaza. Show more

Contributors

Nessa Stein:: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Saleh Al-Zahid:: Philip Arditti
Atika Halabi:: Lubna Azabal
Monica Chatwin:: Eve Best
Ephra Stein:: Andrew Buchan
Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle:: Lindsay Duncan
Dame Julia Walsh:: Janet McTeer
Shlomo Zahary:: Igal Naor
Rachel Stein:: Katherine Parkinson
Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle:: Stephen Rea
Accordion:: Claudio Allodi
Education Minister:: Omar Azzouzi
Principal's Associate:: Rachid Berrada
Israeli Soldier:: Atticus Blick
University Principal:: Hassan El Guenouni
Ernest Blakefield:: Julian Firth
Magdi Muraji:: George Georgiou
Dinner Party Guest:: Michael Hadley
Daniel Borgoraz:: Paul Herzberg
Ephra's Office Assistant:: Kemi-Bo Jacobs
British News Reporter:: Jasper Jacob
Senior Education Minister:: Sam Kanater
Zahid Al-Zahid:: Nasser Memarzia
Violinist:: Maurice Meyer
Naming Ceremony Singer:: Sef Naaktgeboren
American News Reporter:: Patrick Poletti
British News Reporter:: Liza Sadovy
Female Palestinian Driver:: Malika Sayed
Qadi:: Abdellatif Touhfi
Dinner Party Guest:: Gregor Truter
Writer:: Hugo Blick
Producer:: Abi Bach
Producer:: Hugo Blick
Executive Producer:: Greg Brenman
Director:: Hugo Blick

Genres

DramaThriller

Series

The Honourable Woman

Episode 1: The Empty Chair

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Thu 3^rd Jul 2014, 21:00 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Thu 3^rd Jul 2014, 21:00 on BBC Two England

Drama series. Businesswoman Nessa Stein is made a life peer for her work promoting Middle East peace but everything is changed by a sinister chain of events. Show more

Contributors

Nessa Stein:: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Atika Halabi:: Lubna Azabal
Monica Chatwin:: Eve Best
Ephra Stein:: Andrew Buchan
Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle:: Lindsay Duncan
Nathaniel Bloom:: Tobias Menzies
Shlomo Zahary:: Igal Naor
Frances Pirsig:: Genevieve O'Reilly
Rachel Stein:: Katherine Parkinson
Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle:: Stephen Rea
Mustapha Shamar:: Alex Afia
Kasim Halabi:: Oliver Bodur
Waiter:: Jonathan Bonnici
David Thurber:: Stephen Boxer
Young Nessa:: Lois Ellington
Hannah Stein:: Reeve Fletcher
Magdi Muraji:: George Georgiou
Radio Interviewer:: John Humphrys
Max Boorman:: Martin Hutson
Mazel Stein:: Nicole Lopes
Young Ephra:: Edmond Moulton
Samir Meshal:: Adnan Rashed
Michael Gatz:: Ben Smith
Abductor:: Julian Spencer
Eli Stein:: Aidan Stephenson
Judah Ben-Shahar:: Nicholas Woodeson
Executive Producer:: Greg Brenman
Producer:: Abi Bach
Producer:: Hugo Blick
Director:: Hugo Blick
Writer:: Hugo Blick

Genres

DramaThriller

Series

The Millionaires' Holiday Club

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 17^th Jun 2016, 21:05 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sun 30^th Aug 2020, 17:00 on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Romance and love abound in the final episode. Richard wants to go somewhere extra special as he is planning a surprise proposal. Travel agent Katie is sent to Thailand. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Eve Best
Executive Producer:: Stuart Cabb
Executive Producer:: Will Daws
Executive Producer:: Kari Lia
Series Producer:: Simon Draper
Production Company:: Plum Pictures

The Honourable Woman

Episode 7: The Hollow Wall

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Thu 14^th Aug 2014, 21:00 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Thu 14^th Aug 2014, 21:00 on BBC Two England

Drama series about a woman in the struggle for peace in the Middle East. Hayden-Hoyle uncovers an international government cover-up and Ephra makes a fatal mistake. Show more

Contributors

Nessa Stein:: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Saleh Al-Zahid:: Philip Arditti
Atika Halabi:: Lubna Azabal
Monica Chatwin:: Eve Best
Ephra Stein:: Andrew Buchan
Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle:: Lindsay Duncan
Dame Julia Walsh:: Janet McTeer
Writer:: Hugo Blick
Producer:: Abi Bach
Producer:: Hugo Blick
Executive Producer:: Greg Brenman
Director:: Hugo Blick
Frances Pirsig:: Genevieve O'Reilly
Rachel Stein:: Katherine Parkinson
Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle:: Stephen Rea
Kasim Halabi:: Oliver Bodur
MI6 Field Agent:: Thomas Coombes
Daniel Borgoraz:: Paul Herzberg
Hotel Manager:: Doron Davidson
MI6 Operative:: Ed Hughes
Max Boorman:: Martin Hutson
Yaniv Levi:: Jacob Krichefski
Kate Larsson:: Laurel Lefkow
Hotel Concierge:: Fred Perry
Jalal El-Amin:: Raad Rawi
Caleb Schwako:: John MacKay
Tom Crace:: Justin Shevlin
Judah Ben-Shahar:: Nicholas Woodeson
Journalist:: Noureddine Aberdine
Journalist:: John Attwell
Journalist:: Fatima Zahra El Jouhari

Genres

DramaThriller

Series

The Challenger

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 18^th Mar 2013, 21:00 on BBC HDLatest broadcast: Sun 12^th May 2013, 20:00 on BBC Two England

The story of how Richard Feynman (William Hurt), one of America's most famous scientists, helped to discover the cause of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Show more

Contributors

Richard Feynman:: William Hurt
Chairman Rogers:: Brian Dennehy
General Kutyna:: Bruce Greenwood
Gweneth Feynman:: Joanne Whalley
Larry Mulloy:: Kevin McNally
Sally Ride:: Eve Best
Writer:: Kate Gartside
Producer:: Laurie Borg
Director:: James Hawes
Dr Weiss:: Henry Goodman
Director:: James Hawes

Genres

Life in Squares

Episode 3

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 10^th Aug 2015, 21:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Mon 10^th Aug 2015, 21:00 on BBC Two HD

Drama mini-series. Vanessa and Duncan's daughter Angelica is grown up but still unaware of her true parentage. Vanessa finally reveals her long-withheld secret. Show more

Contributors

Producer:: Rhonda Smith
Director:: Simon Kaijser
Writer:: Amanda Coe
Older Vanessa Bell:: Eve Best
Older Virginia Woolf:: Catherine McCormack
Older Duncan Grant:: Rupert Penry-Jones
Older Bunny:: Jack Davenport
Lytton Strachey:: Ed Birch
Angelica Bell:: Lucy Boynton
Vita Sackville-West:: Emily Bruni
Quentin Bell:: Edmund Digby-Jones
Young Vanessa Bell:: Phoebe Fox
Older Clive Bell:: Andrew Havill
Older Leonard:: Guy Henry
Julian Bell:: Finn Jones
Young Duncan Grant:: James Norton
Eribert:: Adam Palsson
George Bergen:: Simon Thomas

Genres

Drama

Series

Life in Squares

Drama on 3

The Winter's Tale

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 1^st May 2016, 21:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Sun 6^th May 2018, 19:30 on BBC Radio 3

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By William Shakespeare. A story of love, loss and ultimately reconciliation and renewal, with Danny Sapani as King Leontes and Eve Best as his queen, Hermione. Show more

Contributors

Writer:: William Shakespeare
Leontes:: Danny Sapani
Hermione:: Eve Best
Polixenes:: Shaun Dooley
Camillo:: Karl Johnson
Paulina:: Susan Jameson
Shepherd:: Paul Copley
Perdita:: Faye Castelow
Autolycus:: Tim van Eyken
Florizel:: Will Howard
Mamillius:: Charlie Brand
Archidamus:: Sean Baker
Antigonus:: Brian Protheroe
Clown:: Sam Rix
Emilia:: Scarlett Brookes
Cleomenes:: Richard Pepple
Dion:: Nick Underwood
First Lady:: Adie Allen
Mopsa:: Nicola Ferguson
First Lord:: James Lailey
Mariner:: Sargon Yelda
Officer:: Ewan Bailey
Composer:: Tim van Eyken
Director:: David Hunter

Genres

Drama

Brand

Drama on 3

The Millionaires' Holiday Club

Episode 1

The Millionaires' Holiday Club

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 10^th Jun 2016, 21:00 on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: Sat 29^th Aug 2020, 17:30 on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

From the Seychelles to Barbados, this documentary series goes away with millionaire clients on made-to-measure holidays and looks behind the scenes at a luxury tour operator. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Eve Best
Executive Producer:: Stuart Cabb
Executive Producer:: Will Daws
Executive Producer:: Kari Lia
Series Producer:: Simon Draper
Director:: Simon Draper
Production Company:: Plum Pictures

Genres

Factual

Formats

Documentaries

Series

The Honourable Woman

Episode 8: The Paring Knife

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Thu 21^st Aug 2014, 21:00 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Thu 21^st Aug 2014, 21:00 on BBC Two England

Drama series about a woman in the struggle for peace in the Middle East. Trapped in the wastelands of the desert, Nessa fights to save the kidnapped child's life. Show more

Contributors

Nessa Stein:: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Atika Halabi:: Lubna Azabal
Monica Chatwin:: Eve Best
Writer:: Hugo Blick
Producer:: Abi Bach
Producer:: Hugo Blick
Executive Producer:: Greg Brenman
Director:: Hugo Blick
Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle:: Lindsay Duncan
Dame Julia Walsh:: Janet McTeer
Shlomo Zahary:: Igal Naor
Rachel Stein:: Katherine Parkinson
Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle:: Stephen Rea
Kasim Halabi:: Oliver Bodur
Secretary of State:: Lachele Carl
Robert Hardy:: Christian Contreras
Young Nessa Stein:: Lois Ellington
Hannah Stein:: Reeve Fletcher
Magdi Muraji:: George Georgiou
Daniel Borgoraz:: Paul Herzberg
Max Boorman:: Martin Hutson
Mazel Stein:: Nicole Lopes
Brigadier Harlan Berkoff:: Martin McDougall
Zahid Al-Zahid:: Nasser Memarzia
Eli Stein:: Aidan Stephenson
Reaper Analyst:: Dominic Tighe
IDF Border Patrol:: Taoufik Jennanni

Genres

DramaThriller

Series

Nicky and Wynton: The Making of a Concerto

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Fri 28^th Oct 2016, 20:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sun 27^th Sep 2020, 22:30 on BBC Four HD

Documentary exploring a unique musical collaboration between American jazz legend Wynton Marsalis and Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:: Swan Films
Producer:: Chris Eley
Director:: Chris Eley
Executive Producer:: Neil Crombie
Executive Producer:: Joe Evans
Participant:: Nicola Benedetti
Participant:: Wynton Marsalis
Participant:: Jonathan Kelly
Conductor:: Cristian Macelaru
Conductor:: James Gaffigan
Narrator:: Eve Best
Orchestra:: London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra:: Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

Genres

Formats

Documentaries

The Honourable Woman

Episode 5: Two Hearts

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Thu 31^st Jul 2014, 21:00 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Thu 31^st Jul 2014, 21:00 on BBC Two England

Drama series about a woman involved in the peace process in the Middle East. As Atika and Nessa remain in captivity, the secret that will bond them forever is revealed. Show more

Contributors

Nessa Stein:: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Atika Halabi:: Lubna Azabal
Monica Chatwin:: Eve Best
Ephra Stein:: Andrew Buchan
Dame Julia Walsh:: Janet McTeer
Shlomo Zahary:: Igal Naor
Frances Pirsig:: Genevieve O'Reilly
Rachel Stein:: Katherine Parkinson
Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle:: Stephen Rea
Samir Altif:: Imad Edderaj
Shimon Ben Reuven:: Uriel Emil
Kidma Admissions Officer:: Shani Erez
Hannah Stein:: Reeve Fletcher
Security Guard:: Yassen Hassan
Daniel Borgoraz:: Paul Herzberg
Max Boorman:: Martin Hutson
Aron Yavin:: Richard Katz
Yaniv Levi:: Jacob Krichefski
Mazel Stein:: Nicole Lopes
Caleb Schwako:: John Mackay
Zahid Al-Zahid:: Nasser Memarzia
Kidma Uni Principal:: Eric Meyers
Jalal El-Amin:: Raad Rawi
Ariel Eban:: Pierre Santarossa
Listening Room Man:: Yaron Shavit
Judah Ben-Shahar:: Nicholas Woodeson
Writer:: Hugo Blick
Producer:: Abi Bach
Producer:: Hugo Blick
Executive Producer:: Greg Brenman
Director:: Hugo Blick

Genres

DramaThriller

Series

The Honourable Woman

Episode 6: The Mother Line

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Thu 7^th Aug 2014, 21:00 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Thu 7^th Aug 2014, 21:00 on BBC Two England

Drama series about a woman caught up in the struggle for peace in the Middle East. Nessa discovers the full cost of her release from captivity eight years ago. Show more

Contributors

Nessa Stein:: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Saleh Al-Zahid:: Philip Arditti
Atika Halabi:: Lubna Azabal
Monica Chatwin:: Eve Best
Ephra Stein:: Andrew Buchan
Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle:: Lindsay Duncan
Dame Julia Walsh:: Janet McTeer
Shlomo Zahary:: Igal Naor
Frances Pirsig:: Genevieve O'Reilly
Rachel Stein:: Katherine Parkinson
Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle:: Stephen Rea
Tariq Ibn Saeed:: Kaizer Akhtar
Sniffer Device Engineer:: El Jirari Ben Issa
Israeli Soldier:: Atticus Blick
Hannah Stein:: Reeve Fletcher
Muhammad Ibn Saeed:: Aymen Hamdouchi
Daniel Borgoraz:: Paul Herzberg
Max Boorman:: Martin Hutson
Aron Yavin:: Richard Katz
Yaniv Levi:: Jacob Krichefski
Mazel Stein:: Nicole Lopes
Jalal El-Amin:: Raad Rawi
Listening Room Man:: Yaron Shavit
Tom Crace:: Justin Shevlin
Telecomms Engineer:: Aaron Vodovoz
Judah Ben-Shahar:: Nicholas Woodeson
Writer:: Hugo Blick
Producer:: Abi Bach
Producer:: Hugo Blick
Executive Producer:: Greg Brenman
Director:: Hugo Blick

Genres

DramaThriller

Series

Life in Squares

Episode 1

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 27^th Jul 2015, 21:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Mon 27^th Jul 2015, 21:00 on BBC Two HD

Drama mini-series. Two sisters embark on a life of unexpected, post-Victorian freedom but when they are introduced to flamboyant male admirers, their idyll is rocked. Show more

Contributors

Producer:: Rhonda Smith
Director:: Simon Kaijser
Writer:: Amanda Coe
Older Vanessa Bell:: Eve Best
Young Vanessa Bell:: Phoebe Fox
Young Virginia Woolf:: Lydia Leonard
Young Duncan Grant:: James Norton
Lytton Strachey:: Ed Birch
Cuthbert:: Christian Brassington
Aunt Mary:: Eleanor Bron
Jack:: James Clay
Aunt Jane:: Deborah Findlay
Older Clive Bell:: Andrew Havill
Thoby:: Rob Heaps
Older Leonard:: Guy Henry
Young Clive Bell:: Sam Hoare
Maynard Keynes:: Edmund Kingsley
Dr Hyslop:: Anton Lesser
Adrian:: James Northcote
Older Duncan Grant:: Rupert Penry-Jones

Genres

Drama

Series

Life in Squares

The Shadow Line

Episode 4

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Thu 26^th May 2011, 21:00 on BBC HDLatest broadcast: Fri 10^th Feb 2012, 22:30 on BBC HD

Series about a murder investigated by both cops and criminals. Jay Wratten's insistence that Bob Harris is responsible for his uncle's murder causes problems for Bede. Show more

Contributors

Jonah Gabriel:: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Joseph Bede:: Christopher Eccleston
Robert Beatty:: Sean Gilder
Patterson:: Richard Lintern
Bob Harris:: Robert Pugh
Gatehouse:: Stephen Rea
Jay Wratten:: Rafe Spall
Lia Honey:: Kierston Wareing
Petra Mayler:: Eve Best
Maurice Crace:: Malcolm Storry
Ross McGovern:: Tobias Menzies
Commander Penney:: Nicholas Jones
Ratallack:: Freddie Fox
Leonard Glickman:: Cavan Clerkin
Laura Gabriel:: Clare Calbraith
Alison:: Agni Scott
Richards:: Christopher Adamson
Police Constable Tiballs:: Alastair Galbraith
Laing:: Sasha Behar
Male Reporter:: Martin Delaney
Stephen:: William Ruane
Stephen's Lawyer:: Munir Khairdin
Marshall:: Samuel James
Freida Glickman:: Amelia Lowdell
Caroline Monroe:: Penny Downie
Writer:: Hugo Blick
Producer:: Johann Knobel
Producer:: Hugo Blick
Director:: Hugo Blick

Genres

Series

The Shadow Line

The Shadow Line

Episode 6

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Thu 9^th Jun 2011, 21:00 on BBC HDLatest broadcast: Fri 24^th Feb 2012, 22:30 on BBC HD

Series about a murder investigated by cops and criminals. Gabriel reveals dark truths about Counterpoint that implicate his colleagues. Bede gets closer to leaving the drugs game. Show more

Contributors

Jonah Gabriel:: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Joseph Bede:: Christopher Eccleston
Patterson:: Richard Lintern
Gatehouse:: Stephen Rea
Peter Glickman:: Antony Sher
Bulkat Babur:: Stanley Townsend
Lia Honey:: Kierston Wareing
Petra Mayler:: Eve Best
Laura Gabriel:: Clare Calbraith
Ratallack:: Freddie Fox
Sergeant Foley:: David Schofield
Robert Beatty:: Sean Gilder
Alison:: Agni Scott
Maurice Crace:: Malcolm Storry
Commander Penney:: Nicholas Jones
Commander Khokar:: Ace Bhatti
Laing:: Sasha Behar
Consultant:: Simon Chandler
IVF Clinic Nurse:: Rachel Bavidge
Richards:: Christopher Adamson
Sir Richard Halton:: Charles Kay
Scientist:: Andrew Buckley
Writer:: Hugo Blick
Producer:: Johann Knobel
Producer:: Hugo Blick
Director:: Hugo Blick

Genres

Series

The Shadow Line

The Shadow Line

Episode 7

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Thu 16^th Jun 2011, 21:00 on BBC HDLatest broadcast: Fri 2^nd Mar 2012, 22:30 on BBC HD

Thriller. Bede desperately tries to complete the final drug deal as his wife's condition deteriorates rapidly, while Gabriel faces a shocking confrontation with Gatehouse. Show more

Contributors

Jonah Gabriel:: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Joseph Bede:: Christopher Eccleston
Robert Beatty:: Sean Gilder
Patterson:: Richard Lintern
Gatehouse:: Stephen Rea
Julie Bede:: Lesley Sharp
Jay Wratten:: Rafe Spall
Bulkat Babur:: Stanley Townsend
Lia Honey:: Kierston Wareing
Petra Mayler:: Eve Best
Commander Khokar:: Ace Bhatti
Ratallack:: Freddie Fox
Maurice Crace:: Malcolm Storry
Julie's Doctor:: Badria Timimi
Commander Penney:: Nicholas Jones
Sir Richard Halton:: Charles Kay
Forensic Officer:: Nadine Marshall
Sergeant Foley:: David Schofield
Laura Gabriel:: Clare Calbraith
Richards:: Christopher Adamson
Male Reporter:: Martin Delaney
Female Reporter:: Martha Cope
Writer:: Hugo Blick
Producer:: Johann Knobel
Producer:: Hugo Blick
Director:: Hugo Blick

Genres

Series

The Shadow Line