Drama of the Week: Fairytale of New Malden
George reluctantly agrees to dress up as Santa for his grandchildren’s school Christmas fair. Festive comedy drama starring Geoffrey Palmer. By Katherine Jakeways.
Drama of the Week: The Nativity
When it comes to reimagining the greatest story ever told, who better to retell it than children? "Written" by five and six year old children, devised with Frank Cottrell Boyce. Link noch nicht verfügbar.
Saturday 24th December
The Nativity
Radio 4 11:00 When it comes to reimagining the greatest story ever told, who better to retell it than children? "Written" by five and six year old children, devised with Frank Cottrell Boyce.
Munchausen
Radio 4 14:00 Baron Munchausen - celebrity, spy, soldier, diplomat and 231 years old - is at the Cannes film festival. Alastair McGowan plays all 44 parts in a new story about the Lord of Lies.
Stardust
Radio 4 21:00 Tristran Thorn leaves the sleepy English village of Wall and enters the mysterious land of Faerie in pursuit of a fallen star. Dramatisation of Neil Gaiman’s novel Stardust. 1/2
Between the Ears: The Shepherd
Radio 3 21:15 Frederick Forsyth’s haunting classic Christmas tale. Read by Luke Thompson. An innovative adaptation by Amber Barnfather, with music and sound effects by the Saint Martin Singers.
Sunday 25th December
Rumpole and Memories of Christmas Past
Radio 4 15:15 Rumpole shares some of his favourite yuletide poetry, carols, and pantomime stories as he recounts seasonal legal cases which reveal, as always, the true nature of men, women, children - and She Who Must Be Obeyed!
Stardust
Radio 4 21:00 Realising the fallen star is in danger from dark forces in the land of Faerie, Tristran sets out to rescue Yvaine before she falls into their clutches. 2/2
As You Like It
Radio 3 22:00 Another chance to hear Shakespeare's pastoral comedy of love, lust, cross dressing and mistaken identity. An all star cast led by Pippa Nixon with music by Johnny Flynn.
Monday 26th December
Northanger Abbey
Radio 4 10:45 Mon - Fri Catherine Morland is a fan of the Gothic novel and she imagines danger in every encounter with comic results. Miriam Margolyes narrates Jane Austen's satire. 6/10
Home Front
Radio 4 12:00 Mon - Fri In the week in 1916 when Germany’s peace offer was rejected by the Allies, Christmas week still brings some festive cheer to Tyneside.
Unmade Movies: Hitchcock's The Blind Man
Radio 4 14:15 Hitchcock and Lehman's un-finished screenplay, completed by Mark Gatiss, about a blind Jazz pianist who is given an eye transplant - but the eyes are those of a murder victim.
Tuesday 27th December
Rumpole and the New Year's Resolution
Radio 4 14:15 Rumpole shares some of his favourite yuletide stories and a trip to the pantomine proves to be something of an eye-opener.
Wednesday 28th December
Curious Under the Stars
Radio 4 14:15 When Gareth and Diane's marriage falters, the couple uproot from London and buy a dilapidated pub in the idyllic Welsh village of Glan Don. By Meic Povey. 1/3
Thursday 29th December
Curious Under the Stars
Radio 4 14:15 As Gareth and Diane attempt to launch a new menu at The Druid's Rest, something is lurking in the sea mist. By Annamaria Murphy. 2/3
Friday 30th December
All Those Women
Radio 4 11:30 Comedy series by Katherine Jakeways about four generations of women living under one roof. Starring Marcia Warren, Lesley Manville, Sinead Matthews and Lucy Hutchinson. 1/4
Curious Under the Stars
Radio 4 14:15 When a violent storm brings down the Great Oak of Glan Don, legend suggests the survival of the village is threatened. By Meic Povey. 3/3
Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 In the week in 1916 when Germany’s peace offer was rejected by the Allies, Christmas week still brings some festive cheer to Tyneside.
Saturday 31st December
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Radio 4 14:30 Hattie Naylor's version of the Gothic novel that titillated and terrorised its readers in equal measure. Emily is trapped within the Castle of Udolpho & powerless to escape.
Sunday 1st January
Jeremy Irons Read TS Eliot
Radio 4 09:00 Join us for an extraordinary journey at the turn of the year, as Jeremy Irons reads the complete collection of T.S Eliot’s English poems, almost in their entirety, across New Year’s Day.
Reading Europe - Sweden: Britt-Marie was Here
Radio 4 15:00 Pippa Haywood stars as a woman starting over in a doomed Swedish town. It’s just a shame she’s not very socially aware, according to her husband. A story of finding one's path.
Breaking Free: A Patriot For Me
Radio 3 21:00 Philip Franks directs a radio adaptation of John Osborne's play. With Michael Pennington, Amanda Root, Richard Goulding and Peter Egan.
Monday 2nd January
Curious Under the Stars
Radio 4 10:45 Mon - Fri Comedy drama. We return to Glan Don, the mystical village on the coast of West Wales, where Gareth and Diane are struggling to run the Druid’s Rest Inn.
Home Front
Radio 4 12:00 In the week in 1917 when the Newcastle Journal published a glowing report on the improved conditions at munitions factories, Marshalls Factory tells the other side of the story.
The Exception
Radio 4 14:15 Office politics become deadly serious in this tense Danish thriller, set in a Genocide Research Centre. By Christian Jungerssen, dramatised by Polly Thomas and Anders Lundorph. 1/3
Tuesday 3rd January
The Exception[/b]
Radio 4 14:15 When Iben and Malene receive death threats, suspicion turns to a Serbian war criminal who they are investigating. Or could it be someone closer to home? 2/3
Wednesday 4th January
The Exception
Radio 4 14:15 Iben and Anne Lise have become close, while Malene is increasingly isolated after the mysterious death of her boyfriend Rasmus. 3/3
Thursday 5th January
Bound
Radio 4 14:15 Young prisoner Frankie wants desperately to keep her baby with her after it’s born but she’s not the only one.
Friday 6th January
All Those Women
Radio 4 11:30 Comedy series by Katherine Jakeways about four generations of women living under one roof. Starring Marcia Warren, Lesley Manville, Sinead Matthews and Lucy Hutchinson. 2/4
When Ali Came to Abingdon
Radio 4 14:15 Muhammad Ali's legendary visits to Abingdon inspire a group of women to take action. Starring Katie Lyons and written by Bethan Roberts.
Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 In the week in 1917 when the Newcastle Journal published a glowing report on the improved conditions at munitions factories, Marshalls Factory tells the other side of the story.
George reluctantly agrees to dress up as Santa for his grandchildren’s school Christmas fair. Festive comedy drama starring Geoffrey Palmer. By Katherine Jakeways.
Drama of the Week: The Nativity
When it comes to reimagining the greatest story ever told, who better to retell it than children? "Written" by five and six year old children, devised with Frank Cottrell Boyce. Link noch nicht verfügbar.
Saturday 24th December
The Nativity
Radio 4 11:00 When it comes to reimagining the greatest story ever told, who better to retell it than children? "Written" by five and six year old children, devised with Frank Cottrell Boyce.
Munchausen
Radio 4 14:00 Baron Munchausen - celebrity, spy, soldier, diplomat and 231 years old - is at the Cannes film festival. Alastair McGowan plays all 44 parts in a new story about the Lord of Lies.
Stardust
Radio 4 21:00 Tristran Thorn leaves the sleepy English village of Wall and enters the mysterious land of Faerie in pursuit of a fallen star. Dramatisation of Neil Gaiman’s novel Stardust. 1/2
Between the Ears: The Shepherd
Radio 3 21:15 Frederick Forsyth’s haunting classic Christmas tale. Read by Luke Thompson. An innovative adaptation by Amber Barnfather, with music and sound effects by the Saint Martin Singers.
Sunday 25th December
Rumpole and Memories of Christmas Past
Radio 4 15:15 Rumpole shares some of his favourite yuletide poetry, carols, and pantomime stories as he recounts seasonal legal cases which reveal, as always, the true nature of men, women, children - and She Who Must Be Obeyed!
Stardust
Radio 4 21:00 Realising the fallen star is in danger from dark forces in the land of Faerie, Tristran sets out to rescue Yvaine before she falls into their clutches. 2/2
As You Like It
Radio 3 22:00 Another chance to hear Shakespeare's pastoral comedy of love, lust, cross dressing and mistaken identity. An all star cast led by Pippa Nixon with music by Johnny Flynn.
Monday 26th December
Northanger Abbey
Radio 4 10:45 Mon - Fri Catherine Morland is a fan of the Gothic novel and she imagines danger in every encounter with comic results. Miriam Margolyes narrates Jane Austen's satire. 6/10
Home Front
Radio 4 12:00 Mon - Fri In the week in 1916 when Germany’s peace offer was rejected by the Allies, Christmas week still brings some festive cheer to Tyneside.
Unmade Movies: Hitchcock's The Blind Man
Radio 4 14:15 Hitchcock and Lehman's un-finished screenplay, completed by Mark Gatiss, about a blind Jazz pianist who is given an eye transplant - but the eyes are those of a murder victim.
Tuesday 27th December
Rumpole and the New Year's Resolution
Radio 4 14:15 Rumpole shares some of his favourite yuletide stories and a trip to the pantomine proves to be something of an eye-opener.
Wednesday 28th December
Curious Under the Stars
Radio 4 14:15 When Gareth and Diane's marriage falters, the couple uproot from London and buy a dilapidated pub in the idyllic Welsh village of Glan Don. By Meic Povey. 1/3
Thursday 29th December
Curious Under the Stars
Radio 4 14:15 As Gareth and Diane attempt to launch a new menu at The Druid's Rest, something is lurking in the sea mist. By Annamaria Murphy. 2/3
Friday 30th December
All Those Women
Radio 4 11:30 Comedy series by Katherine Jakeways about four generations of women living under one roof. Starring Marcia Warren, Lesley Manville, Sinead Matthews and Lucy Hutchinson. 1/4
Curious Under the Stars
Radio 4 14:15 When a violent storm brings down the Great Oak of Glan Don, legend suggests the survival of the village is threatened. By Meic Povey. 3/3
Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 In the week in 1916 when Germany’s peace offer was rejected by the Allies, Christmas week still brings some festive cheer to Tyneside.
Saturday 31st December
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Radio 4 14:30 Hattie Naylor's version of the Gothic novel that titillated and terrorised its readers in equal measure. Emily is trapped within the Castle of Udolpho & powerless to escape.
Sunday 1st January
Jeremy Irons Read TS Eliot
Radio 4 09:00 Join us for an extraordinary journey at the turn of the year, as Jeremy Irons reads the complete collection of T.S Eliot’s English poems, almost in their entirety, across New Year’s Day.
Reading Europe - Sweden: Britt-Marie was Here
Radio 4 15:00 Pippa Haywood stars as a woman starting over in a doomed Swedish town. It’s just a shame she’s not very socially aware, according to her husband. A story of finding one's path.
Breaking Free: A Patriot For Me
Radio 3 21:00 Philip Franks directs a radio adaptation of John Osborne's play. With Michael Pennington, Amanda Root, Richard Goulding and Peter Egan.
Monday 2nd January
Curious Under the Stars
Radio 4 10:45 Mon - Fri Comedy drama. We return to Glan Don, the mystical village on the coast of West Wales, where Gareth and Diane are struggling to run the Druid’s Rest Inn.
Home Front
Radio 4 12:00 In the week in 1917 when the Newcastle Journal published a glowing report on the improved conditions at munitions factories, Marshalls Factory tells the other side of the story.
The Exception
Radio 4 14:15 Office politics become deadly serious in this tense Danish thriller, set in a Genocide Research Centre. By Christian Jungerssen, dramatised by Polly Thomas and Anders Lundorph. 1/3
Tuesday 3rd January
The Exception[/b]
Radio 4 14:15 When Iben and Malene receive death threats, suspicion turns to a Serbian war criminal who they are investigating. Or could it be someone closer to home? 2/3
Wednesday 4th January
The Exception
Radio 4 14:15 Iben and Anne Lise have become close, while Malene is increasingly isolated after the mysterious death of her boyfriend Rasmus. 3/3
Thursday 5th January
Bound
Radio 4 14:15 Young prisoner Frankie wants desperately to keep her baby with her after it’s born but she’s not the only one.
Friday 6th January
All Those Women
Radio 4 11:30 Comedy series by Katherine Jakeways about four generations of women living under one roof. Starring Marcia Warren, Lesley Manville, Sinead Matthews and Lucy Hutchinson. 2/4
When Ali Came to Abingdon
Radio 4 14:15 Muhammad Ali's legendary visits to Abingdon inspire a group of women to take action. Starring Katie Lyons and written by Bethan Roberts.
Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 In the week in 1917 when the Newcastle Journal published a glowing report on the improved conditions at munitions factories, Marshalls Factory tells the other side of the story.
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