Programme Index

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 5^th Nov 2017, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 11^th Nov 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Russian Tsars continues with the story of Joseph Stalin and the run-up to Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Holmes and Watford

Tattoo

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 20^th Dec 2017, 10:41 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 15^th Sep 2019, 02:45 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 6 months

15 Minute Drama: Holmes and Watford

A couple have a row outside a pub, but Tina has a vested interest in ensuring they do not make up. Stars Jess Ransom. From 2017. Show more

Contributors

Sue Holmes:: Jessica Ransom
Tina Watford:: Susan Wokoma
Carl:: Samuel James
Shelley:: Abbie Andrews
Director:: Sally Avens
Writer:: Jon Canter

Genres

Drama

Brand

15 Minute Drama

Series

Home Front

11 December 1917 - Marion Wardle

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 11^th Dec 2017, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 11^th Dec 2017, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

On this day in 1917, Cuba declared war on Austria-Hungary, and in North Shields, Marion Wardle is on a different campaign. Show more

Contributors

Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Edie Chadwick:: Kathryn Beaumont
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Margaret Ainsworth:: Susie Riddell
Judith Turner:: Kate Okello
Ethel Manning:: Sophie Scott
Maud Drummond:: Vineeta Rishi
Peggy Tanney:: Abbie Andrews
Sarah Illingworth:: Naomi Frederick
Fraser Chadwick:: Edmund Wiseman
Peter Lumley:: Bea White
Writer:: Shaun McKenna
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 92: 11-15 December 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 15^th Dec 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 28^th Feb 2018, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

The fifth omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week in 1917 when Crimea proclaimed its independence as a secular Muslim state. From December 2017. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Marshall:: Christine Absalom
Peggy Tanney:: Abbie Andrews
Edie Chadwick:: Kathryn Beaumont
Isabel Graham:: Keely Beresford
Esther O'Leary:: Anna Bolton
Trevor Lamb:: Philip Correia
Charlie Long:: Oliver Devoti
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Lester Reed:: Trevor Fox
Sarah Illingworth:: Naomi Frederick
Iris Reed:: Charlie Hardwick
Cressida Marshall:: Isabella Inchbald
Yates:: Neil McCaul
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Judith Turner:: Kate Okello
Dilys Walker:: Ellie Piercy
Johnnie Marshall:: Paul Ready
Margaret Ainsworth:: Susie Riddell
Maud Drummond:: Vineeta Rishi
Ethel Manning:: Sophie Scott
Ada Stokoe:: Sophie Scott
Alan Lowther:: David Seddon
Duncan Chadwick:: Mark Stobbart
Peter Lumley:: Bea White
Fraser Chadwick:: Edmund Wiseman
Daisy Jenkins:: Hannah Wood
Matilda James:: Hannah Wood
Writer:: Shaun McKenna
Director:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Home Front

12 April 1918 - Walter Hamilton

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 12^th Apr 2018, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 12^th Apr 2018, 12:04 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

On this day in 1918, the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League was officially dissolved, and in Folkestone, Walter has reconsidered his position. Show more

Contributors

Rev Walter Hamilton:: Joseph Kloska
Adeline Lumley:: Helen Schlesinger
Sophie Beckwith:: Abbie Andrews
Annie Fear:: Kathleen Cranham
Emma Markham:: Susie Riddell
Adam Wilson:: Billy Kennedy
Jessie Moore:: Lucy Hutchinson
Jack Wilson:: Ashley Kumar
Dolly Clout:: Elaine Claxton
Dicky Manchester:: Roy Hudd
Writer:: Lucy Catherine
Director:: Ciaran Bermingham
Series Editor:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

DramaHistorical

Formats

Docudramas

Brand

Home Front

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 101: 9-13 April 1918

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 13^th Apr 2018, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 14^th Jun 2018, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

The sixth omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in Folkestone in the week in 1918 when Maud Allen's controversial production of Salome was cancelled. Show more

Contributors

Edie Chadwick:: Kathryn Beaumont
Dilys Walker:: Ellie Piercy
Rose Allatini:: Phoebe Fildes
Marion Wardle:: Laura Elphinstone
Kitty Lumley:: Ami Metcalf
Hugh Cavendish:: Pip Carter
Marieke Argent:: Olivia Ross
Howard Argent:: Gunnar Cauthery
Olive Hargreaves:: Rhiannon Neads
Charles Summer:: Rufus Wright
Juliet Cavendish:: Lizzie Bourne
Alice Macknade:: Claire-Louise Cordwell
Bill Macknade:: Ben Crowe
Esme Macknade:: Katie Angelou
Mickey Macknade:: Reece Buttery
Rev Alec Poole:: Tom Stuart
Frankie:: Jane Slavin
Isabel Graham:: Keely Beresford
Rev Walter Hamilton:: Joseph Kloska
Adeline Lumley:: Helen Schlesinger
Sophie Beckwith:: Abbie Andrews
Annie Fear:: Kathleen Cranham
Emma Markham:: Susie Riddell
Adam Wilson:: Billy Kennedy
Jessie Moore:: Lucy Hutchinson
Jack Wilson:: Ashley Kumar
Dolly Clout:: Elaine Claxton
Dicky Manchester:: Roy Hudd
Gabriel Graham:: Michael Bertenshaw
Hilary Pearce:: Craige Els
Sylvia Graham:: Joanna David
Norman Harris:: Sean Baker
Mrs Edkins:: Rachel Davies
Constance Pettigrew:: Phoebe Frances Brown
Eric Morton:: Paul Rainbow
Inspector Forrester:: Nigel Hastings
Nell Kingsley:: Alice St Clair
Writer:: Lucy Catherine
Director:: Ciaran Bermingham
Series Editor:: Jessica Dromgoole

Genres

Drama

Series

Home Front - Omnibus

Drama on 3

The Last of the Volsungs

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 18^th Feb 2018, 21:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Sun 14^th Feb 2021, 19:30 on BBC Radio 3

Available for 8 months

A powerful dramatisation of the tragic story of Sigurd Volsung and Brynhild, the woman he loves, with an introduction by its author, Melissa Murray. Show more

Contributors

Sigurd:: David Sturzaker
Regin:: David Schofield
Gunnar:: Carl Prekopp
Hod:: Gerard McDermott
Gudrun:: Lyndsey Marshal
Brynhild:: Abbie Andrews
Sadhbh:: Isabella Inchbald
Arvid:: Clive Hayward
Alf:: Rupert Holiday Evans
Hjordis:: Kath Weare
Warrior:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Warrior:: Gary Duncan
Warrior:: Philip Bretherton
Director:: Marc Beeby
Writer:: Melissa Murray

Genres

Drama

Brand

Drama on 3

Day Release

The Corner

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 29^th Nov 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 25^th Apr 2020, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Frank has discovered that his daughter is under threat, and it has sent him off the rails. All the work that he and Geoff have done since they left prison is in jeopardy. Show more

Contributors

Frank Watt:: Lenny Henry
Geoff:: Ralph Ineson
Shudi:: Deeivya Meir
Charla:: Karla Crome
Bernice:: Janet Kumah
Nicole Hopcroft:: Cecilia Noble
Aisha Davies:: Petra Letang
Conrad Harvill:: Don Gilet
Gerry O'Hanlon:: Gerard Horan
Nurse:: Abbie Andrews
Security Officer:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
PA:: Isabella Inchbald
Lift Voice:: Ellie Darvill
Tannoy:: Rupert Holliday Evans
Homeless Man:: Neil McCaul
Director:: Mary Peate
Writer:: Peter Jukes

Genres

DramaCrime

Series

Day Release

Death at the Airport: The Plot Against Kim Jong-nam

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 4^th Dec 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 17^th Apr 2019, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

The extraordinary story of the Kim Jong-nam, the brother of North Korea's supreme leader, and the deadly power struggle at the heart of the world's only communist monarchy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Paul French
Narrator:: Paul French
Jong-nam:: Daniel York
Ko Yong-hui:: Liz Sutherland
Jong-un:: Chris Lew Kum Hoi
Jong-chul:: Leo Wan
Jong-il:: Paul Chan
Uncle Jang:: Neil McCaul
Song Hye-rang:: Isabella Inchbald
Soo-nae:: Abbie Andrews
Journalist:: Adam Fitzgerald
Sushi Chef:: Clive Hayward
Prosecutor:: Philip Bretherton
Passport Official:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Director:: Sasha Yevtushenko
Writer:: Nick Perry

Genres

Drama

Drama

The AntiSocial Network

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 13^th Dec 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 3^rd Mar 2020, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

A ski resort in the Carpathians. A young British lobbying firm is busy rigging the elections. Why? Show more

Contributors

Marcus:: Orlando Seale
Kaveeta:: Deeivya Meir
Niko:: Adam Fitzgerald
Seth:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Greg:: Philip Bretherton
Kelly:: Abbie Andrews
Elisa:: Isabella Inchbald
Pablo:: Clive Hayward
Writer:: Peter Jukes
Director:: Peter Kavanagh

Genres

Drama

Brand

Drama

Elsinore

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 1^st Jan 2018, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 4^th Oct 2019, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Sebastian Baczkiewicz conjures up a head in a box, judicial murder and political skulduggery in a thrilling prequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet. Set in an alternative 1930s Europe. Show more

Contributors

Claudius:: John Light
Hamlet:: John Heffernan
Dauphin:: Ed Gaughan
Captain True:: Chetna Pandya
Polonius:: Clive Hayward
Anders:: Neil McCaul
Olsson:: Rupert Holliday Evans
Yorick:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Katya:: Isabella Inchbald
Beatrix:: Abbie Andrews
Archimedes:: David Reakes
Horatio:: Philip Bretherton
Laszlo:: Adam Fitzgerald
Director:: Marc Beeby
Director:: Sasha Yevtushenko
Writer:: Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Genres

Drama

Brand

Elsinore

Series

Elsinore: Series 1

Elsinore

Series 1

Episode 4

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 4^th Jan 2018, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 25^th Oct 2019, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Sebastian Baczkiewicz's series reaches its climax with a story that combines desperate love with crushing betrayal when Claudius discovers the truth behind events in Sweden. Show more

Contributors

Hamlet:: John Heffernan
Claudius:: John Light
Gertrude:: Lyndsey Marshal
Polonius:: Clive Hayward
Olsson:: Rupert Holliday Evans
Anders:: Neil McCaul
Beatrix:: Abbie Andrews
Schroeder:: Philip Bretherton
Helgeland:: Sudha Bhuchar
Prosecutor:: David Reakes
Defence:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Director:: Marc Beeby
Director:: Sasha Yevtushenko
Writer:: Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Genres

Drama

Brand

Elsinore

Series

Elsinore: Series 1

Elsinore

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 2^nd Jan 2018, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 11^th Oct 2019, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Sebastian Baczkiewicz continues his story of murderous sibling rivalry and assassination in a thrilling prequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet. Set in an alternative Europe in the 1930s. Show more

Contributors

Hamlet:: John Heffernan
Claudius:: John Light
Polonius:: Clive Hayward
Schroeder:: Philip Bretherton
Uncle:: Ben Crowe
Anders:: Neil McCaul
Olsson:: Rupert Holliday Evans
Yorick:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Katya:: Isabella Inchbald
Beatrix:: Abbie Andrews
Ulrik Krabbe:: Adam Fitzgerald
Guard:: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Director:: Marc Beeby
Director:: Sasha Yevtushenko
Writer:: Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Genres

Drama

Brand

Elsinore

Series

Elsinore: Series 1

Elsinore

Series 1

Episode 3