Programme Index

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 25^th May 2015, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 21^st Jul 2018, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Mickey Bliss is in London, taking time out from signals training at Aldershot to look up an old friend, who might finance his much-needed overhearing device. By Michael Chaplin. Show more

Contributors

Mickey Bliss:: Lee Ross
Robert de Tullio:: Patrick Kennedy
Commentator:: Indira Varma
Evadne Hopkins:: Clare Corbett
Amos Purkiss:: Carl Prekopp
Bonamy Lidderdale:: Clive Hayward
Minister:: David Cann
General Antrobus:: Robert Blythe
Hermione:: Eleanor Howell
Producer:: David Hunter
Producer:: Jonquil Panting
Producer:: Jonathan Ruffle
Director:: David Hunter
Writer:: Michael Chaplin

Genres

Brand

Tommies

Home Front

5 October 1915 - Alice Macknade

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 5^th Oct 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 5^th Oct 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Roy takes a surprising step to avoid being identified as a deserter. Show more

Home Front

8 October 1915 - Sylvia Graham

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 8^th Oct 2015, 12:06 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 8^th Oct 2015, 12:06 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Sylvia Graham finds her family at the centre of an unexpected theatrical incident. Show more

Contributors

Sylvia:: Joanna David
Esme:: Katie Angelou
Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
Gabriel:: Michael Bertenshaw
Juliet:: Lizzie Bourne
Mrs Grimes:: Amelda Brown
Sid:: Gerry Hinks
Adeline:: Helen Schlesinger
Ivy:: Lizzy Watts
Audience 1:: Rhiannon Neads
Audience 2:: Jane Slavin
Audience 3:: Alex Tregear
Audience 4:: Clive Hayward
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Producer:: Allegra McIlroy

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 36: 5-9 October 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 9^th Oct 2015, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 16^th Dec 2015, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Individual losses and grief increasingly fuel an interest in spiritualism. Show more

Contributors

Adam:: Billy Kennedy
Adeline:: Helen Schlesinger
Alec:: Tom Stuart
Alice:: Claire-Louise Cordwell
Audience 1:: Rhiannon Neads
Audience 2:: Jane Slavin
Audience 3:: Alex Tregear
Audience 4:: Clive Hayward
Basil:: Gerry Hinks
Dolly:: Elaine Claxton
Dorothea:: Rachel Shelley
Esme:: Katie Angelou
Gabriel:: Michael Bertenshaw
Ivy:: Lizzy Watts
Juliet:: Lizzie Bourne
Lilian:: Alex Tregear
Maggie:: Hollie Thoupos
Maisie:: Cassie Layton
Mrs Grimes:: Amelda Brown
Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
Percy:: Chris Pavlo
Roland:: Jack Holden
Roy:: Tim Beckmann
Pearl:: Tim Beckmann
Sam:: Alexander Aze
Sid:: Gerry Hinks
Solly:: Stephen Critchlow
Sylvia:: Joanna David
Tom:: Clive Hayward
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Allegra McIlroy

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Home Front

15 July 1915 - Norman Harris

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 15^th Jul 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 15^th Jul 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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The investigation into Police Constable King's murder gathers pace. Show more

Contributors

Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
Albert Wilson:: Harry Myers
Inspector Forrester:: Nigel Hastings
Eric Morton:: Ian Conningham
Alice Macknade:: Claire-Louise Cordwell
Mickey Macknade:: Reece Buttery
Maggie Macknade:: Hollie Thoupos
Diver:: David Hounslow
Officer:: Clive Hayward
Clough:: David Acton
Writer:: Richard Monks
Director:: Lucy Collingwood

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

The Stuarts

James II: The Storms of this Deceitful World

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 24^th Aug 2014, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 30^th Aug 2014, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Mike Walker. James II's reign lasted just four years, before he fled England in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. How did it all go so wrong? With James Fleet. Show more

Contributors

James II:: James Fleet
Sunderland:: Clive Hayward
Talbot:: Michael Bertenshaw
Churchill:: Michael Shelford
Sarah Churchill:: Jaimi Barbakoff
Monmouth:: Alex Waldmann
Maria:: Jane Slavin
Van Weede:: Nicholas Murchie
Colonel:: David Cann
Foreman:: Damian Lynch
Sergeant:: Mark Edel-Hunt
Priest:: Matthew Watson
Director:: Marc Beeby
Director:: Sasha Yevtushenko
Writer:: Mike Walker

Genres

Brand

The Stuarts

Drama

The Great British Bridge Scandal

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 2^nd Apr 2014, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 29^th Apr 2016, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Deborah Davis's story mirrors a bridge game: four players split into pairs pitted against each other, the stakes could not be higher but this is no game but a battle for truth. Show more

Contributors

Terence Reese:: Nick Waring
Boris Schapiro:: Stephen Critchlow
Dorothy Hayden:: Laurel Lefkow
Ralph Swimer:: Clive Hayward
Leonard Caplan:: David Cann
Sir John Foster:: Michael Bertenshaw
Simon Goldblatt:: Joe Davies
Writer:: Deborah Davis
Director:: Tracey Neale

Genres

Drama

Brand

Drama

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 29: 29 June to 3 July 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 3^rd Jul 2015, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 3^rd Sep 2015, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Canadian troops celebrate their Dominion Day, and a long-awaited reunion is planned. Show more

Contributors

Howard Argent:: Toby Jones
Juliet Cavendish:: Lizzie Bourne
Dolly Clout:: Elaine Claxton
Hotel Guest:: Jessica Turner
Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:: Barbara Flynn
Muriel Grainger:: Hannah Tointon
Private Greg:: Jude Akuwidike
Josiah King:: Daniel Kendrick
Roy Lavoie:: Tim Beckmann
Dieter Lippke:: Felix Auer
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Victor Lumley:: Joel MacCormack
Alice Macknade:: Claire-Louise Cordwell
Esme Macknade:: Katie Angelou
Maggie Macknade:: Hollie Thoupos
Mickey Macknade:: Reece Buttery
Jessie Moore:: Lucy Hutchinson
Carson Martindale:: Stephen Critchlow
Man 1:: Sam Valentine
Man 2:: David Hounslow
Canadian Soldier 1:: Nathan Nolan
Canadian Soldier 2:: Owen Clark
Canadian Soldier 3:: Stephen Critchlow
Canadian Soldier 4:: David Hounslow
Toby Speedwell:: Joe Bannister
Thornton Tulliver:: Nigel Harman
Nancy Parker:: Jane Whittenshaw
Waiter:: Jude Akuwudike
Dorothea Winwood:: Rachel Shelley
Ralph Winwood:: Nicholas Murchie
Adam Wilson:: Leo Montague
Albert Wilson:: Harry Myers
Florrie Wilson:: Claire Rushbrook
Tom Wright:: Clive Hayward
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Lucy Collingwood

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Home Front

29 June 1915 - Kitty Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 29^th Jun 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 29^th Jun 2015, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Kitty puts herself in danger for the man she loves. Show more

Contributors

Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Dieter Lippke:: Felix Auer
Florrie Wilson:: Claire Rushbrook
Albert Wilson:: Harry Myers
Adam Wilson:: Leo Montague
Josiah King:: Daniel Kendrick
Tom Wright:: Clive Hayward
Carson Martindale:: Stephen Critchlow
Man 1:: Sam Valentine
Man 2:: David Hounslow
Hotel Guest:: Jessica Turner
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 10: 1-5 December 1914 (Season 2 start)

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 5^th Dec 2014, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 24^th Jan 2015, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. In the first Season 2 omnibus, everyone is looking to do their bit for the war effort. Show more

Contributors

Sylvia:: Deborah Findlay
Dorothea:: Rachel Shelley
Esme:: Katie Angelou
Gabriel:: Michael Bertenshaw
Hilary:: Craige Els
Isabel:: Keely Beresford
Juliet:: Lizzie Bourne
Nancy:: Jane Whittenshaw
Ralph:: Nicholas Murchie
Pallbearer:: Clive Haywood
Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
Adam:: Leo Montague
Mrs Edkins:: Rachel Davies
Florrie:: Claire Rushbrook
Lilian:: Lisa Brookes
Tom:: Clive Hayward
Mrs Grimes:: Amelda Brown
Jessie:: Lucy Hutchinson
Ernie:: Sean Connolly
Hilda:: Bella Hamblin
Ivy:: Lizzy Watts
Mickey:: Ben Pettengell
Joe:: Lloyd Thomas
Alice:: Claire-Louise Cordwell
Bill:: Ben Crowe
Humphrey:: Matthew Tennyson
Mervyn:: Tom Whitelock
Solly:: Stephen Critchlow
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Home Front

2 December 1914 - Kitty Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 2^nd Dec 2014, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 2^nd Dec 2014, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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No news is good news, but for Kitty, good news is devastating. Show more

Contributors

Kitty:: Ami Metcalf
Adam:: Leo Montague
Mrs Edkins:: Rachel Davies
Florrie:: Claire Rushbrook
Lilian:: Lisa Brookes
Tom:: Clive Hayward
Writer:: Sarah Daniels
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Glendon Swarthout - The Shootist

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sat 25^th Oct 2014, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 18^th Mar 2019, 04:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

The last surviving top gunfighter in a vanishing American West rides into El Paso and is told by a doctor that he has a terminal illness. Starring Brian Cox and Michelle Fairley. Show more

Contributors

John Bernard Books:: Brian Cox
Bond Rodgers:: Michelle Fairley
Gillom Rodgers:: Joe Jameson
Marshal Thibido:: Craige Els
Charles Hostetler:: Michael Bertenshaw
Shoup:: Joe Sims
Norton:: Ashley Kumar
Mrs Woodling:: Heather Craney
Bartender:: Clive Hayward
Author:: Glendon Swarthout
Adaptor:: Nick Perry
Director:: Sasha Yevtushenko

Genres

Drama

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

Genres

Drama

Brand

That Was Then

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

Genres

Drama

Brand

That Was Then

Dangerous Visions

The Zone

Episode 1

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 9^th Jun 2018, 18:00 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Sun 10^th Jun 2018, 00:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Dangerous Visions: The Zone

Sci-fi crime thriller from BAFTA-winning writer Trevor Preston. Turner is caught in a corrupt world where power lies in blood and body parts. Part of the Dangerous Visions series. Show more

Contributors

Turner:: Ben Crowe
Cage:: Stephen Greif
Hayden:: Michael Bertenshaw
AV:: Elaine Claxton
Ms Iceton:: Jaimi Barbakoff
Girl:: Georgie Fuller
Actor:: Clive Hayward
Actor:: David Cann
Actor:: Matthew Watson
Actor:: Wilf Scolding
Director:: Toby Swift
Writer:: Trevor Preston

Genres

Drama

Brand

Dangerous Visions

Series

Dangerous Visions

Future Home of the Living God

Episode 1

Dangerous Visions: Future Home of the Living God

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 10^th Jun 2018, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 11^th Jun 2018, 02:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

With the world in crisis as evolution goes into reverse, Cedar tries to find her birth mother. Louise Erdrich's novel read by Cherrelle Skeete. Omnibus. Show more

Contributors

Rick Deckard:: James Purefoy
Rachael Rosen:: Jessica Raine
Harry Bryant:: Nicky Henson
Eldon Rosen:: Anton Lesser
Luba Luft:: Heather Craney
JR Isadore:: Stuart McLoughlin
Polokov:: Clive Hayward
Roy Baty:: Danny Sapani
Jenny Bell:: Jaimi Barbakoff
Caruso:: Wilf Scolding
Director:: Sasha Yevtushenko
Producer:: Sasha Yevtushenko
Adaptor:: Jonathan Holloway
Author:: Philip K Dick

Genres

DramaSciFi & Fantasy

Brand

Dangerous Visions

Series

Miranda Emmerson - Iz

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 17^th Jun 2014, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 19^th Nov 2017, 00:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. In 2091, all human relationships take place in virtual worlds, but one man risks everything to find his lover, Iz. Stars Sian Phillips. From June 2014. Show more

Contributors

Lee:: Sacha Dhawan
Iz:: Jaimi Barbakoff
Sylvia:: Siân Phillips
Will:: Craige Els
Interviewer:: Clive Hayward
Central:: Scarlett Brookes
Medical:: Scarlett Brookes
Soldier:: Matthew Watson
Hal:: Matthew Watson
Director:: Emma Harding
Writer:: Miranda Emmerson

Genres

Tommies

11 November 1917