[British Radio] BBC Radio Drama: Saturday 25th February - 3rd March

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Saturday 6th December

The Havana Quartet
Crime drama in Leonardo Padura's Hammett Prize winning detective series set in Havana in 1989. Conde's suspension is lifted so he can cover the case of a disappeared Cuban emigre. 4/4

The Once and Future King 4/6
Radio 4 21:00 The Once and Future King 4/6 Brian Sibley's dramatisation of T. H. White's classic retelling of the King Arthur story continues. Full of zeal for Arthur's new chivalric order, Lancelot rides into Camelot.
Original music by Elizabeth Purnell Directors: Gemma Jenkins, Marc Beeby and David Hunter.


Sunday 7th December

The Once and Future King
Radio 4 15:00 David Warner as Merlyn and Paul Ready as Arthur in the fifth part of Brian Sibley's dramatisation of T. H. White's Arthurian classic. The Round Table's survival is put at risk. 5/6

Decameron Nights
Radio 3 22:00 Terry Jones introduces John Finnemore, Ingrid Oliver, Carrie Quinlan, Lydia Leonard, Samuel Barnett and Colin McFarlane in five tasty Renaissance tales, adapted by Robin Brooks. 1/2


Monday 8th December

Writing the Century
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri Kent 1982. Ginette, a middle-class housewife, visits Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp and this impromptu daytrip changes her life forever.

Home Front Season 2
Radio 4 12:00 Mon-Fri Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. A newcomer spells trouble for the inhabitants of St. Jude's...


Quicksands
Radio 4 14:15 A family holiday is shattered by some life-changing news and a life-threatening incident. But just what is the truth behind what happened that fateful day?


Tuesday 9th December

The Dog
Radio 4 14:15 Richard Wilson stars as a counsellor trying to save a failing marriage in Jon Canter's new comedy.


Wednesday 10th December

The Sound of Roses
Radio 4 14:15 Dark thriller set in France. When Alice agrees to give Serge a late night English lesson, she has no idea what he's got planned...


Thursday 11th December

Rumpole and the Gentle Art of Blackmail
Radio 4 14:15 1964. Rumpole returns to his alma mater to defend a gardener accused of blackmailing the Master of an Oxford College. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Timothy West.


Friday 12th December

Rumpole and the Expert Witness
Radio 4 14:15 Rumpole defends a doctor accused of murdering his wife - and the pathologist in the case is an old flame of the GP. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Timothy West.

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago. This week, newcomers spell trouble for St Jude's and the police are unprepared for a crime wave...

Saturday 13th December

The Penny Dreadfuls: Macbeth Rebothered
Radio 4 14:30 A brand new comedy play by The Penny Dreadfuls that tells an alternative tale of this noble King. Greg McHugh stars as Macbeth with Susan Calman as the narrator.

The Once and Future King 5/6
Radio 4 21:00 The Once and Future King 5/6 Brian Sibley's dramatisation of T. H. White's classic retelling of the King Arthur story continues. Murder and betrayal threaten to undermine all that Arthur holds dear.
Original music by Elizabeth Purnell
Directors: Gemma Jenkins, Marc Beeby and David Hunter.


Sunday 14th December

The Once and Future King
Radio 4 15:00 David Warner as Merlyn and Paul Ready as Arthur in the sixth part of Brian Sibley's dramatisation of T. H. White's Arthurian classic. Mordred uses Arthur's new laws against him. 6/6

Decameron Nights
Radio 3 22:00 Terry Jones introduces five more delicious stories, adapted from The Decameron by Robin Brooks. Starring Tim McInnerny, Neil Pearson, Louise Brealey, Paul Ritter and Tameka Empson. 2/2


Monday 15th December

Just a Girl
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri How would you cope if your child was born into the wrong body? Powerful new drama by Mark Davies Markham.

Home Front Season 2
Radio 4 12:00 Mon-Fri Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. We learn more about Hilary Pearce than he'd like us to know.

Atlas
Radio 4 14:15 By Bethan Roberts. Charlie wants to kick his secret habit and become the perfect male specimen. Only he can't stop thinking about Liz Taylor. A feel-good story of transformation.


Tuesday 16th December

The Giffnock Girls
Radio 4 14:15 Three childhood friends re-unite at a key moment in their lives in Marcella Evaristi's comic drama about sexual identity and mid-life crises in middle-class Glasgow.


Wednesday 17th December

Pink Boy Blue Girl
Radio 4 14:15 Stockholm: Hakan and Cati are attempting to raise their child gender neutrally. But is this simply political correctness or does it hide something else? By Mateusz Dymek.


Thursday 18th December

Ebola
Radio 4 14:15 A terrifying new disease is discovered in the tropical rainforest of Zaire. Can the outbreak be stopped before it reaches the country's capital Kinshasa? Dramatised by Mike Walker.


Friday 19th December

Dogfood Diary
Radio 4 14:15 Twelve year old Dean has been left home alone. It seems great at first but Christmas is coming and there's no sign of Mum. Where is she? By Laura Bridgeman and Charles Lambert.

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week. A spirit of generosity fills the air, as all Folkestone is encouraged to give themselves to the war.

Saturday 20th December

A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens' classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge adapted for the voices of actors and the BBC Singers with a full score by the BBCSO. Script and music by Neil Brand.

From Fact to Fiction 1/8
Radio 4 19:00 From Fact to Fiction 1/8 By Marcy Kahan. A fictional response to a story in the week's news. Directed by Emma Harding
The writer: Marcy Kahan is a playwright and radio dramatist. Recent radio work includes two series of Lunch for BBC Radio 4 (starring Claire Skinner and Stephen Mangan) and Mr Bridger's Orphan. Theatre work includes 20 Cigarettes (Soho Theatre) and the stage version of When Harry Met Sally (Theatre Royal Haymarket).

The Once and Future King 6/6
Radio 4 21:00 The Once and Future King 6/6 Brian Sibley's dramatisation of T. H. White's classic retelling of the King Arthur story continues. Mordred uses Arthur's new laws against him and long-held secrets are forced out into the open.
Other parts are played by members of the cast.
Original music by Elizabeth Purnell
Directors: Gemma Jenkins, Marc Beeby and David Hunter.


Sunday 21st December

Anthony Trollope's The Small House at Allington
Radio 4 15:00 A new dramatisation of Anthony Trollope's complete Barchester Chronicles. Starring Scarlett Alice Johnson, Samuel Barnett and Blake Ritson. By Michael Symmons Roberts. 1/3

Paines Plough at 40
Radio 3 22:00 To mark the 40th anniversary of Paines Plough, Radio 3 hosts a special event recorded at the BBC Radio Theatre. New plays by Nick Payne, Robin French and Katie Douglas.


Monday 22nd December

The Skool Days of Nigel Molesworth
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri Everyone's favourite anarchic skoolboy, Nigel Molesworth, Goriller of 3B and Curse of St Custards, presents a guide to skool life. Chiz chiz! Starring Imelda Staunton.

Home Front Season 2
Radio 4 12:00 Mon-Fri Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Amidst a surge of drunken soldiers in town, a more refined visitor arrives at the Harbour station.

Pilgrim
Radio 4 14:15 Pilgrim discovers that an old friend is being haunted by a malevolent spirit. Meanwhile, homeless people are disappearing from a local shelter. By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. 1/4

Good Omens
Radio 4 23:00 The demon Crowley is tasked with the delivery of a baby to St Beryl's hospital, initiating a chain of events that will lead to Armageddon. But things don't quite go to plan. 1/6

Radio 4 23:30 Good Omens Episode 2 Events have been set in motion to bring about the End of Days. The armies of Good and Evil are gathering and making their way towards the sleepy English village of Lower Tadfield. The Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse - War, Famine, Pollution and Death - have been summoned from the corners of the earth and are assembling.
Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell and his assistant Newton Pulsifier are also en route to Tadfield to investigate some unusual phenomena in the area, while Anathema Device, descendent of prophetess and witch Agnes Nutter, tries to decipher her ancestor's cryptic predictions about exactly where the impending Apocalypse will take place.
Atlantis is rising, fish are falling from the sky; everything seems to be going to the Divine Plan.
Everything that is but for the unlikely duo of an angel and a demon who are not all that keen on the prospect of the forthcoming Rapture. Aziraphale (once an angel in the Garden of Eden, but now running an antiquarian bookshop in London), and Crowley (formerly Eden's snake, now driving around London in shades and a vintage Bentley) have been living on Earth for several millennia and have become rather fond of the place. But if they are to stop Armageddon taking place they've got to find and kill the one who will the one bring about the apocalypse: the Antichrist himself.
There's just one small problem: someone seems to have mislaid him...
With a cast led by Peter Serafinowicz and Mark Heap this is the first ever dramatization of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens.
Adaptation and sound design by Dirk Maggs.
Produced by Heather Larmour.



Tuesday 23rd December

The Big Broadcast
Radio 4 14:15 Neil Brand's fast-talking musical set in a 1930s Chicago radio studio stars Josie Lawrence and Nigel Harman as an acrimonious songwriting couple who need a new song to save the day.

Good Omens
Radio 4 23:30 Aziraphale consults Agnes's prophesies in the hunt for the antichrist, the Witchfinder Army send Newt to Tadfield, and the Horsepersons of the Apocalypse continue to be summoned. 3/6


Wednesday 24th December

The Big Broadcast: Culture
Radio 4 14:15 Neil Brand's fast-talking musical drama set in a 1930s Chicago radio studio stars Samantha Spiro as the formidable manager. With Ewan Bailey, Barbara Barnes and Jane Whittenshaw.


Thursday 25th December

The Big Broadcast: Snow
Radio 4 14:15 Neil Brand's fast-talking musical set at Christmas in a 1930s Chicago Radio Studio stars Samantha Spiro as the Station Manager and Jim Norton as the doorman with a colourful past.

Good Omens
Radio 4 23:30 Newt and Anathema try to decipher Agnes's cryptic riddles; Aziraphale and Crowley receive visits from the Angelic and Demonic authorities, and Adam begins to formulate some plans. 4/6


Friday 26th December

Blithe Spirit
Radio 4 14:15 In a first for Radio 4, Ambridge's Queen of Am Dram, Lynda Snell, brings a ghostly chill to this year's Christmas Production as she directs and stars in Noel Coward's classic comedy.

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. The Grahams plan a quiet harmonious Boxing Day.

Good Omens
Radio 4 23:00 The Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse assemble and set off for Lower Tadfield, while Aziraphale finds himself inhabiting a most unexpected host body. 5/6


Saturday 27th December

Good Omens
Radio 4 14:30 As Aziraphale and Crowley, the Witchfinder Army, and the Horsepersons of the Apocalypse descend on Lower Tadfield, the fate of the Earth rests on the shoulders of Adam Young. 6/6

Rest of today's picks:
From Fact to Fiction 2/8
Radio 4 19:00 From Fact to Fiction 2/8 Topical drama. Writers create a fictional response to a story in the week's news.

Pink Mist
Radio 4 21:00 Pink Mist A dramatic poem by Owen Sheers about soldiers struggling to return home from Afghanistan. Commissioned for the Radio 4 More than Words festival in Bristol and set and recorded there.
There are three comrades: Arthur is back in Bristol and wants to tell the story of his war and that of his friends, Hads and Taff. Taff is a dubstep 'soundhead', Hads is trapped in a job in a shopping centre; they join up too. Arthur's girlfriend and Had's mother and Geraint's wife also appear.
With music by Jon Nicholls.
Arthur: Carl Prekopp; Hads: Osi Okerafor; Taff: Jordan Bernarde; Gwen: Devon Black; Lisa: Alex Tregear; Sarah: Leona Walker.
Producer Tim Dee.


Sunday 28th December

Anthony Trollope's The Small House at Allington
Radio 4 15:00 Continuing the dramatisation of Anthony Trollope's complete Barchester Chronicles. Starring Scarlett Alice Johnson, Samuel Barnett and Blake Ritson. By Michael Symmons Roberts. 2/3

Antony and Cleopatra
Radio 3 21:00 Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston star in this great tragedy of love and power, part of Radio 3's celebration of the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare.


Monday 29th December

Eating for England
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri An inventive adaptation of Nigel Slater's food memoir by dramatist Sarah Daniels, starring Celia Imrie and Julian Rhind-Tutt.

Home Front Season 2
Radio 4 12:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Warwickshire cricket captain Jim Troughton guest stars as England cricketer Colin Blythe.

Pilgrim
Radio 4 14:15 In search of silver and gold, Pilgrim comes to St Lewin where the malevolence of a powerful old enemy is causing havoc in the lives of ordinary people. By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. 2/4


Tuesday 30th December

Memories of a Cad
Radio 4 14:15 Affectionate comedy drama by Roy Smiles about the relationship between Terry-Thomas and Richard Briers, starring Martin Jarvis and Alistair McGowan.


Wednesday 31st December

The Meet-Cute
Radio 4 14:15 An aspiring screenwriter teams up with the girl-next-door to learn the rules for writing the perfect rom-com. But can they avoid the biggest cliche of all: falling in love? Stars Mackenzie Crook.


Thursday 1st January

War and Peace
Radio 4 09:00 and throughout the day. Andrei joins the army while Prince Vassily and Anna battle over Count Bezukhov's will. John Hurt and Paterson Joseph star in an all-day adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's epic.

A Christmas Carol
Radio 3 14:00 The BBC Performing Groups Best of 2014, today featuring Neil Brand's new adaption of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Presented by Penny Gore.


Friday 2nd January

Inventing Scotland
Radio 4 14:15 The true story of how one man's need for cash created a national myth and saved the union.

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week. Folkestone moves from 1914, and all its hope and fear, into 1915 with all its hope and fear.

Sorry, bin gestern nicht mehr dazu gekommen.

Saturday 3rd January

Cocktail Sticks
Radio 4 14:30 An adaptation for radio of Nicholas Hytner's National Theatre production of Alan Bennett's short autobiographical play. Alan is played by Alex Jennings and Alan Bennett

From Fact to Fiction 3/8
Radio 4 19:00 From Fact to Fiction 3/8 Award winning comedy writer Rose Heiney creates a fictional response to the week's news.
In the week that saw rail fares increased again, coupled with post-holiday travel chaos, screenwriter and novelist Rose Heiney takes a light-hearted look at the failures of modern transport. Steve's New Year resolution is to give up all 'pre-automobile' forms of travel. Question is, can he get home without them? Directed by Helen Perry A BBC Cymru Wales Production.

War and Peace Episode 1
Radio 4 21:00 War and Peace Episode 1 A dynamic new all-day dramatisation by Timberlake Wertenbaker of Leo Tolstoy's epic - from the translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokonsky - follows the fortunes of three Russian aristocratic families during the Napoleonic War. Starring Lesley Manville, John Hurt, Alun Armstrong and Harriet Walter. There's a lively dinner party at the Rostov family home and Anna Mikhailovna Dubretskoy is in battle with Prince Vassily over the will and inheritance of the wealthy Count Bezukhov. It seems Pierre, his illegitimate son, could be about to inherit the Count's vast fortune. Meanwhile, Andrei's decision to join the army causes tension between him and his pregnant wife, Lise.
The story moves between their past and present as Pierre, Natasha, Marya and Nikolai talk to their children about the events that shaped their lives and the lives of every Russian who lived through these troubled times.
War and Peace reflects the panorama of life at every level of Russian society in this period. The longest of 19th Century novels, it's an epic story in which historical, social, ethical and religious issues are explored on a scale never before attempted in fiction. From this, Timberlake Wertenbaker has created a riveting radio dramatisation in ten episodes. Director: Celia de Wolff Executive Producer: Peter Hoare A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.


Sunday 4th January

Anthony Trollope's The Small House at Allington
Radio 4 15:00 Concluding the dramatisation of Anthony Trollope's complete Barchester Chronicles. Starring Scarlett Alice Johnson, Samuel Barnett and Blake Ritson. By Michael Symmons Roberts. 3/3

Mary Stuart
Radio 3 21:00 Friedrich Schiller's thrilling account of the extraordinary relationship between England's Elizabeth I and her rival cousin, Mary Queen of Scots. In a version by David Harrower.


Monday 5th January

The Corrections
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri First ever dramatisation of Jonathan Franzen's acclaimed novel of familial conflict and duty, starring Richard Schiff, Maggie Steed and Colin Stinton. Dramatised by Marcy Kahan.

Home Front Season 2
Radio 4 12:00 Mon-Fri Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. The women of Folkestone struggle to help returning soldiers suffering from frostbite.

Pilgrim
Radio 4 14:15 Still in search of gold to rescue the people trapped in Hartley's mine, Pilgrim comes to Ouldmeadow where he helps an old friend make a final river trip. By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. 3/4


Tuesday 6th January

The Ferryhill Philosophers
Radio 4 14:15 An unlikely duo - an ex-miner and a senior philosophy lecturer - wrestle with the collision between moral philosophy and the sundry dilemmas of a small village by the Wear. 1/2


Wednesday 7th January

The Ferryhill Philosophers
Radio 4 14:15 An unlikely duo - an ex-miner and a senior philosophy lecturer - wrestle with the collision between moral philosophy and the sundry dilemmas of a small village by the Wear. 2/2


Thursday 8th January

The Last of the Pearl Fishers
Radio 4 14:15 Played by Pippa Nixon, Lillian becomes obsessed with her maid's disappearance. Resolving to find her, her search throughout Dubai proves more of a challenge than she bargained for.


Friday 9th January

Operation Black Buck
Radio 4 14:15 Robin Glendinning's drama recreates the world's longest bombing raid - the attack on the runway at Port Stanley during the Falklands War. Military success or propaganda effort?

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week. Folkestone mourns one of its missing and the Grahams await a special delivery...

Hat schon jemand "Good Omens" gehört? Ich werd mir wohl alle Teile hintereinander anhören, wenn ich mal dazu komme

Saturday 10th January

Angel Maker
When penniless Hungarian Lili arrives in London with her young daughter, she is determined to use whatever means available to make the arrangement with her rich boyfriend Sam more permanent. A passionate tale of money, sex and the power they bring, set in 1950s London.

140 Characters with Nothing to Say
From Fact to Fiction, Series 17
Radio 4 19:00 From Fact to Fiction 4/8 Award-winning playwright DC Jackson's searing comedy about twitter storms and trolls.

War and Peace Episode 2 of 10
Radio 4 21:00 War and Peace Episode 2
Having inherited his father's fortune, Pierre becomes the new Count Bezukhov and the richest man in Russia. Prince Vassily's charming daughter, Helene, captures Pierre's attention and before long they are married. But will it be a happy match?
Meanwhile, Princess Marya is being wooed by Helen's wily brother, Anatole, while war dominates for others - Prince Andrei is building a respectful relationship with General Kutuzov and courageously speaks out to Prince Bagration in defence of Captain Tushin while Nikolai is wounded at Shoengraben. The Battle of Austerlitz is imminent.
A dynamic new dramatisation by Timberlake Wertenbaker of Leo Tolstoy's epic - from the translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokonsky - follows the fortunes of three Russian aristocratic families during the Napoleonic War. Starring Lesley Manville, John Hurt, Alun Armstrong and Harriet Walter.
The story moves between their past and present as Pierre, Natasha, Marya and Nikolai talk to their children about the events that shaped their lives and the lives of every Russian who lived through these troubled times.
War and Peace reflects the panorama of life at every level of Russian society in this period. The longest of 19th Century novels, it's an epic story in which historical, social, ethical and religious issues are explored on a scale never before attempted in fiction. From this, Timberlake Wertenbaker has created a riveting radio dramatisation in ten episodes.
Director: Celia de Wolff Executive Producer: Peter Hoare A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.


Sunday 11th January

The Last Days of Troy
Radio 4 15:00 Simon Armitage's version of The Iliad - The Last Days of Troy starring Lily Cole as the abducted Greek Queen Helen.The conflict in Troy to get her back has reached stalemate. 1/2

A Traveller's Guide to Paterson
Radio 3 22:00 Michael Symmons Robert's drama documentary investigating Paterson, the favoured city and epic poem of American poet William Carlos Williams.


Monday 12th January

The Corrections
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri Jonathan Franzen's family saga starring Richard Schiff, Maggie Steed and Colin Stinton. Dramatised by Marcy Kahan. Enid remembers a moment of conflict in her early married life. 6/15

Pilgrim
Radio 4 14:15 Having acquired copper, silver and gold, Pilgrim returns to Jacksons Mill where his friend Morgan and the spirit Hartley have prepared a nasty surprise. By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. 4/4


Tuesday 13th January

Can't Live without You
Radio 4 14:15 Psychological thriller by Kellie Smith. When Greg's partner Anna becomes ill and needs constant care Greg becomes intoxicated by her dependency.


Wednesday 14th January

Take Me to Hope Street
Radio 4 14:15 The first in a series of geographically inspired dramas takes us to Liverpool's Hope Street. By Lizzie Nunnery. 1/3


Thursday 15th January

Take Me to Victoria Park
Radio 4 14:15 The second in a series of geographically inspired dramas takes us to Cardiff's Victoria Park. By Alan Harris. 2/3


Friday 16th January

Take me to the Necropolis
Radio 4 14:15 The third in a series of geographically inspired dramas takes us on a surreal journey through Glasgow's Necropolis. By Oliver Emanuel. 3/3

Saturday 17th January

Kneehigh's The Wild Bride
Radio 4 14:30 A blues infused musical fairy tale about a girl whose father accidentally sells her to the Devil. From critically acclaimed Kneehigh Theatre. Adapted by Carl Grose and Emma Rice.

From Fact to Fiction 5/8 The All-Clear by Amanda Whittington
Radio 4 19:00 From Fact to Fiction 5/8 The All-Clear by Amanda Whittington. After 'Je Suis Charlie', is it any easier to speak the truth? Two women fight their deepest fear in order to do so.
A story about how to live in the face of death.

War and Peace Episode 3
Radio 4 21:00 War and Peace Episode 3 Napoleon maps out his strategic plan against the Russians at Austerlitz. General Kutuzov and Andrei are both wounded in the battle and Andrei's family don't know if he is alive. Meanwhile, Pierre challenges Dolokhov to a duel over Helene - he suspects them of being lovers - and Pierre and Helene argue, but she refuses to separate. Denisov and Nikolai return to the Rostov home while at Bald Hills, Lise is in childbirth but will she and Andrei ever see each again?
A dynamic new dramatisation by Timberlake Wertenbaker of Leo Tolstoy's epic - from the translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokonsky - follows the fortunes of three Russian aristocratic families during the Napoleonic War. Starring Lesley Manville, John Hurt, Alun Armstrong and Harriet Walter.
The story moves between their past and present as Pierre, Natasha, Marya and Nikolai talk to their children about the events that shaped their lives and the lives of every Russian who lived through these troubled times.
War and Peace reflects the panorama of life at every level of Russian society in this period. The longest of 19th Century novels, it's an epic story in which historical, social, ethical and religious issues are explored on a scale never before attempted in fiction. From this, Timberlake Wertenbaker has created a riveting radio dramatisation in ten episodes.
Director: Celia de Wolff Executive Producer: Peter Hoare A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.


Sunday 18th January

The Last Days of Troy
Radio 4 15:00 Simon Armitage's version of The Iliad - The Last Days of Troy starring Lily Cole as the abducted Greek Queen Helen.The conflict in Troy to get her back has reached stalemate. 2/2

Mrs Updike
Radio 3 22:00 Eileen Atkins and Charles Edwards star in this new play by Margaret Heffernan about the tempestuous relationship between the American novelist John Updike and his mother.


Monday 19th January

The Corrections
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri Jonathan Franzen's exuberant family saga, dramatised by Marcy Kahan. Chip's happy interlude in Vilnius comes to an abrupt end. Starring Richard Schiff and Julian Rhind-Tutt. 11/15

GF Newman's The Corrupted
Radio 4 14:15 The second series of the criminal family saga, from 1961-70, based on GF Newman's novel. Joey finds a gun Brian has hidden at his house, panics and calls the police. 1/10


Tuesday 20th January

GF Newman's The Corrupted
Radio 4 14:15 Joey borrows a lot of money to invest in the Minister of Transport's road-building company. 2/10


Wednesday 21st January

The Rivals
Radio 4 11:30 Inspector Lestrade (James Fleet) was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals, like Dr. Thorndike (Tim McInnerny).


GF Newman's The Corrupted
Radio 4 14:15 Jack goes to prison with a lot of help from Joey and Cath, who plant Brian's gun at his flat. 3/10


Thursday 22nd January

GF Newman's The Corrupted
Radio 4 14:15 Joey is approached by the police to fence a lot of money from the Great Train Robbery. 4/10


Friday 23rd January

GF Newman's The Corrupted
Radio 4 14:15 An elite band of policemen is formed to tackle the criminal 'firms' and corrupt police officers. 5/10

Saturday 24th January

The Song of Hiawatha
Radio 4 14:30 Dramatisation of epic narrative poem, with its picturesque and highly imaginative tales, threads the many aspects of native American mythology concerning life, nature and ritual.

From Fact to Fiction 6/8
Radio 4 19:00 From Fact to Fiction 6/8
Fast turn-around drama by writer, musician, cartoonist and former Private Eye contributor, Barry Fantoni. This award-winning series sees writers create a fictional response to a major story from the week's news. Produced by Gemma Jenkins.

War and Peace Episode 4
Radio 4 21:00 War and Peace Episode 4
Pierre meets a wise stranger, Bazdeev, and becomes a Freemason. Natasha catches the eye of Captain Denisov who rashly proposes - Countess Rostov sets him straight. Nikolai confesses his huge gambling debts to his father, Count Rostov, and vows never to gamble again. General Denisov vows never to propose again. Following Lise's death, Pierre visits Bald Hills to try and console a broken Andrei and siblings Andrei and Marya draw close when Andrei's young son, Nikolenka, is dangerously ill. Meanwhile, on the battlefield, Denisov takes drastic action to feed his starving troops but the consequences are harsh. And following a business visit to Count Rostov, Andrei encounters Natasha Rostov and is enchanted - he wants to live again.
A dynamic new dramatisation by Timberlake Wertenbaker of Leo Tolstoy's epic - from the translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokonsky - follows the fortunes of three Russian aristocratic families during the Napoleonic War. Starring Lesley Manville, John Hurt, Alun Armstrong and Harriet Walter. The story moves between their past and present as Pierre, Natasha, Marya and Nikolai talk to their children about the events that shaped their lives and the lives of every Russian who lived through these troubled times. War and Peace reflects the panorama of life at every level of Russian society in this period. The longest of 19th Century novels, it's an epic story in which historical, social, ethical and religious issues are explored on a scale never before attempted in fiction. From this, Timberlake Wertenbaker has created a riveting radio dramatisation in ten episodes.
Director: Celia de Wolff Executive Producer: Peter Hoare A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.

Sunday 25th January

Cloud Howe
Radio 4 15:00 Lewis Grassic Gibbon's powerful sequel to Sunset Song set in a small Aberdeenshire town. Dramatised by Donna Franceschild. 1/2

Saint Joan
Radio 3 22:00 George Bernard Shaw reimagines Saint Joan for the twentieth century, in this humane, comic, and satirical classic play, starring Lyndsey Marshal.


Monday 26th January

Tinsel Girl and the Tropical Trip
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri Uplifting comedy drama about the life, loves and misadventures of wheelchair user Maz. Starring and inspired by Cherylee Houston. Written by Lou Ramsden.

GF Newman's The Corrupted
Radio 4 14:15 Jack gets paranoid as Brian and the firm plot against him over a robbery they have planned. 6/10


Tuesday 27th January

GF Newman's The Corrupted
Radio 4 14:15 Tory councillor, Margaret Courtney, helps Joey corrupt City officials, while continuing their affair. 7/10


Wednesday 28th January

GF Newman's The Corrupted
Radio 4 14:15 Brian gets scared of Jack's madness and asks his dad, Joey, to help him escape his influence. 8/10


Thursday 29th January

GF Newman's The Corrupted
Radio 4 14:15 The police are trying to arrest Jack and put pressure on Brian to turn Queen's Evidence. 9/10


Friday 30th January

GF Newman's The Corrupted
Radio 4 14:15 Corrupt Tony Wednesday manoeuvres Jack and Brian into court, then gets a big surprise from Joey. 10/10

Saturday 31st January

Present Laughter
Radio 4 14:30 Playwright and actor Garry Essendine's plans to leave on an African tour are complicated in the last few days by romantic intrigue and obsessed fans - in Noël Coward's play.

From Fact to Fiction 7/8
Radio 4 19:00 From Fact to Fiction 7/8
The Diary of a Real Wolf - From Fact to Fiction, Series 17 Episode 7 of 8
Novelist and journalist Peter Bradshaw creates a fictional response to a story in this week's news:
King Henry VIII is time-transported to England, arriving in late January 2015. He isn't impressed by our passion for Wolf Hall on the 'tele- vision', but Greece and the new Bishop of Stockport enthrall him..
Produced by Duncan Minshull.

War and Peace Episode 5
Radio 4 21:00 War and Peace Episode 5
There is much excitement as the Rostov family is invited to the Emperor's New Year's Eve Ball where Andrei meets Natasha Rostov for the first time. The two of them fall deeply in love, but are the rumours of his proposal to her true? And how will Andrei's domineering father, Prince Bolkonsky, react to the news?
Pierre, still a freemason, is growing increasingly distant from Helene. Meanwhile the Rostov family is in an increasingly dire financial position and Countess Rostov is desperate for Nikolai to marry Julia Karagin whose wealth could save them. But Nikolai and his penniless cousin Sonya love each other and are determined to marry.
A dynamic new all-day dramatisation by Timberlake Wertenbaker of Leo Tolstoy's epic - from the translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokonsky - follows the fortunes of three Russian aristocratic families during the Napoleonic War. Starring Lesley Manville, John Hurt, Alun Armstrong and Harriet Walter.
The story moves between their past and present as Pierre, Natasha, Marya and Nikolai talk to their children about the events that shaped their lives and the lives of every Russian who lived through these troubled times.
War and Peace reflects the panorama of life at every level of Russian society in this period. The longest of 19th Century novels, it's an epic story in which historical, social, ethical and religious issues are explored on a scale never before attempted in fiction. From this, Timberlake Wertenbaker has created a riveting radio dramatisation in ten episodes.
Director: Celia de Wolff
Executive Producer: Peter Hoare
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.


Sunday 1st February

Cloud Howe
Radio 4 15:00 Lewis Grassic Gibbon's powerful sequel to Sunset Song set in a small Aberdeenshire town. Dramatised by Donna Franceschild. 2/2

You Never Can Tell
Radio 3 22:00 Martin Jarvis directs a star cast in GB Shaw's breezy seaside comedy. Tangled romance, 'the New Woman', doubtful dentistry. Shaw pokes fun at many of the ideas he truly advocated.


Monday 2nd February

The Ice Wife
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri Jen travels to the Antarctic as part of the skeleton over-wintering crew. But it would be easier to get off Mars once the ship's sailed. By Beatrice Colin.

Home Front Season 3
Radio 4 12:00 Mon-Fri New season of Radio 4's epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. The Wilson household can only keep baby Peter a secret for so long.

Slipping
Radio 4 14:15 Andrew Scott and Charlotte Riley play two expert liars meeting in an ocular prosthetics clinic. Sean is painting a false eye for the intriguing Elena. By Claudine Toutoungi.


Tuesday 3rd February

A Kidnapping
Radio 4 14:15 Daniel Ryan and Jade Matthew play two British teachers at an international school in Manila who conspire to kidnap the 10-year-old son of a prominent Filipino politician. 1/3


Wednesday 4th February

The Crossing
Radio 4 14:15 It is 2019 and following the UK's exit from the EU, the prime minister is pressurised to seal the nation's frontiers, including the land border shared with the Irish Republic.


Thursday 5th February

Men Who Sleep in Cars
Radio 4 14:15 Following three men through one night in Manchester in the week before England's first World Cup fixture, Men Who Sleep In Cars by Michael Symmons Roberts stars Maxine Peake.


Friday 6th February

Fragments
Radio 4 14:15 A meteorite explodes over the North East Yorkshire coast, changing the lives of four lonely people forever. Dama from award winning playwright Laura Lomas.

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week, where our focus shifts to industrial Tynemouth, experiencing a quite different war from that Folkestone.

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The BBC Audio Drama Awards 2015
We didn't want to wait till Friday to bring you news of the winners of the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2015. The results were announced on Sunday at a special event hosted by actor and writer Lenny Henry in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House.
The awards pay tribute to the cultural importance of audio drama, on air and online, and are a way of celebrating the actors, writers, producers, sound designers and others who work in the genre.
A special Lifetime Achievement Award was also presented to Stanley Baxter by Helen Boaden. Stanley, aged 89, has been working in radio comedy and drama since 1940 when he first appeared in Children’s Hour and the award celebrates an extraordinary 75 years on the airwaves.
And an award for Outstanding Contribution was given to author Neil Gaiman for his recent radio dramas, Neverwhere and Good Omens, (co-written with Terry Pratchett).

Best Actor in Audio Drama presented by Barbara Flynn

WINNER: Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen won the award for his role in Eugenie Grandet, produced by Gordon House, a Goldhawk Essential production for Radio 4.

Best Actress in an Audio Drama presented by Danny Sapani

WINNER: Aisling Loftus
Aisling Loftus won the award for her role in Educator, produced by Helen Perry, a BBC Radio Drama London production for Radio 3.

Best Supporting Performance in an Audio Drama presented by Neil Dudgeon

WINNER: Michelle Terry
Michelle Terry won the award for her role in Educator, produced by Helen Perry, a BBC Radio Drama London production for Radio 3.

Best Debut Performance in an Audio Drama presented by Shaun Dooley

WINNER: Jade Matthew
Jade Matthew won the award for her role in A Kidnapping, produced by John Dryden and Nadir Khan, a Goldhawk Essential production for Radio 4.

Best Audio Drama Original Single presented by Olivia Colman

WINNER: Everything, Nothing, Harvey Keitel
Everything, Nothing, Harvey Keitel written and produced by Pejk Malinovski, a Falling Tree production for Radio 3.

Best Audio Drama (Series or Serial) presented by Ruth Jones

WINNER: Ambiguous Loss
Ambiguous Loss, written by Michael Butt, produced by Toby Swift, a BBC Radio Drama London production for Radio 4.

Best Audio Drama (Adaptation) presented by Robert Glenister

WINNER: Come to Grief
Come to Grief, written and dramatized by Hannah Vincent and produced by Gordon House, a Sweet Talk production for Radio 4.

Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama presented by Jeremy Front

WINNER: The Boy at the Back
The Boy at the Back, sound by Steve Bond, produced by Nicolas Jackson, an Afonica Sound production for Radio 3.

Best Scripted Comedy Drama presented by Sally Phillips

WINNER: Lunch
Lunch, written by Marcy Kahan, produced by Sally Avens, a BBC Radio Drama London production for Radio 4.

Best Scripted Comedy (With a Live Audience) presented by Nina Wadia

WINNER: John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme, written by John Finnemore, produced by Ed Morrish, a BBC Radio Comedy Production for Radio 4.

Best Online or Non-Broadcast Audio Drama presented by Rakie Ayola

WINNER: Hood - The Scribe of Sherwood
Hood – The Scribe of Sherwood, written by Iain Meadows, produced by Spiteful Puppet Entertainment.

Imison Award 2015 for Best Script by a New Writer presented by Nell Leyshon

WINNER: How to Say Goodbye Properly by E.V. Crowe
How to Say Goodbye Properly by E.V.Crowe, produced by Abigail Le Fleming, BBC Radio Drama London for Radio 4.

Tinniswood Radio Drama Award 2015 for Best Radio Drama Script presented by Nell Leyshon

WINNER: Goodbye by Morwenna Banks
Goodbye by Morwenna Banks, produced by Heather Larmour, BBC Northern Ireland for Radio 4.


Alison Hindell, Head of Audio Drama, BBC said “I’m delighted that the BBC is continuing its commitment to the unique genre of audio drama with these awards. Audio drama brings delight and discovery to millions of people all over the world every day and this ceremony is a wonderful way to celebrate the many different talents, both well-known and those at the start of their careers, that go into creating the programmes.”

Saturday 7th February

Four Quartets
Radio 4 14:30 Jeremy Irons reads T.S.Eliot's Four Quartets, four linked meditations - Burnt Norton, East Coker , The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding.

From Fact to Fiction 8/8
Radio 4 19:00 From Fact to Fiction 8/8
Waiting List
From Fact to Fiction, Series 17 Episode 8 of 8
Newspaper headlines and even the radio screams at us daily that the NHS is in crisis. "Immigration, lack of investment, over medication abuse by a growing number of patients who know their rights but not their responsibilities." Whatever the reality there is thin white line of overworked medics holding the system together, but for how much longer can this go on?
To complement Radio 4's News and Current Affairs output, our weekly series presents a dramatic response to a major story from the week's news. The form and content is entirely led by the news topic - so drama can come in many guises, as well as poetry and prose.
FF2F presents writers with the creative opportunity to work in a bold and instinctive way as they respond to events in the news, beginning on a Monday when an idea is selected through to Friday when the programme is recorded and edited.
Writer ..... Annie McCartney
Producer ..... Eoin O'Callaghan.

War and Peace Episode 6
Radio 4 21:00 War and Peace Episode 6
Episode 6 of 10
Natasha struggles to cope with Andrei's absence and is sent to stay with her Godmother in Moscow, so that she can meet with Prince Bolkonsky and Marya in a attempt to win them over. It all goes wrong when she is tempted to stray by the two timing Anatole Kuragin who immediately fills Natasha's head with promises of his love. Could Natasha be about to throw away everything she already has with her beloved fiancee, Andrei, for the hand of this wicked Prince?
A dynamic new all-day dramatisation by Timberlake Wertenbaker of Leo Tolstoy's epic - from the translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokonsky - follows the fortunes of three Russian aristocratic families during the Napoleonic War. Starring Lesley Manville, John Hurt, Alun Armstrong and Harriet Walter.
The story moves between their past and present as Pierre, Natasha, Marya and Nikolai talk to their children about the events that shaped their lives and the lives of every Russian who lived through these troubled times.
War and Peace reflects the panorama of life at every level of Russian society in this period. The longest of 19th Century novels, it's an epic story in which historical, social, ethical and religious issues are explored on a scale never before attempted in fiction. From this, Timberlake Wertenbaker has created a riveting radio dramatisation in ten episodes.
Director: Celia de Wolff
Executive Producer: Peter Hoare
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.


Sunday 8th February

Reading Europe - France: Three Strong Women
Radio 4 15:00 Reading Europe - France. Award winning novel by Marie NDiaye, adapted by Pat Cumper. Set between France and Africa, three tales of survival, inheritance and hope. 1/2

Arms and the Man
Radio 3 22:00 Arms and the Man by Bernard Shaw with Rory Kinnear and Lydia Leonard. It is 1885, and there is trouble in the Balkans. The Serbians and the Bulgarians are at war.


Monday 9th February

44 Scotland Street: The Blue Spode Tea Cup
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri Quirky tales and ‘goings on’ set in Edinburgh’s Georgian New Town as we join the residents of 44 Scotland Street.

The Architects
Radio 4 11:30 Comedy by Jim Poyser with Neil Griffiths. Tim falls under the spell of top footballer Danny Knowles. Seems Danny's looking for a new 'hip hop consultant' - whatever that is. 2/4

Home Front Season 3
Radio 4 12:00 Mon-Fri Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Edie is excited about her new job not least as it allows her to escape friction at home.

Psyche
Radio 4 14:15 In Diane Samuel's play a fashion designer, captivated by the story of Psyche, is designing a series of pieces inspired by the myth. And now she has found the girl to be her Psyche.


Tuesday 10th February

A Kidnapping
Radio 4 14:15 A simple get-rich-quick plan to kidnap the child of a corrupt politician begins to fall apart in the second part of this fast-paced thriller set in the Philippines. 2/3


Wednesday 11th February

Poorland
Radio 4 14:15 Sean Grundy's satirical take on attitudes towards poverty and the poor. Starring Angela Griffin and Anthony Flanagan. "Come to Poorland, where every dream is unfulfilled."


Thursday 12th February

The Transfer
Radio 4 14:15 By Nick Perry. Danny Provisor is negotiating a desperate last-ditch deal on football's transfer deadline day, juggling phone calls in a bid to save his career.


Friday 13th February

How Did I Get Here?
Radio 4 14:15 Joseph Millson, Raquel Cassidy and Benjamin Whitrow star in Jonathan Myerson's magical family comedy about dementia.

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 The Mayor of Tynemouth honours Frederick Dobson, the first local soldier to be awarded a V.C.

Saturday 14th February

Jake Liebowitz: A Life in Film
Radio 4 14:30 A new play by Frederic Raphael about film director Jake Liebowitz, charting the auteur's long career following his mysterious disappearance. With Eleanor Bron and William Hope.

War and Peace Episode 7
Radio 4 21:00 War and Peace Episode 7
Episode 7 of 10
Andrei grows ever more bitter about Natasha's behaviour with Anatole Karagin and, after a heated argument with his father, feels he has little choice but to leave Bald Hills in order to rejoin the army and forget the past. Petya, the youngest child of the Rostovs also wants to join the army much to the horror and worry of the Countess.
Meanwhile, Pierre is convinced that he is on a mission to single-handedly save Russia from Napoleon, while his own feelings towards Natasha could be something more than just those of a concerned 'guardian'. As the war continues to spread across Russia, Prince Bolkonsky and Marya are warned by Andrei that troops could be drawing closer to their home near Smolensk. The news is too much for the old Prince.
A dynamic new all-day dramatisation by Timberlake Wertenbaker of Leo Tolstoy's epic - from the translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokonsky - follows the fortunes of three Russian aristocratic families during the Napoleonic War. Starring Lesley Manville, John Hurt, Alun Armstrong and Harriet Walter.
The story moves between their past and present as Pierre, Natasha, Marya and Nikolai talk to their children about the events that shaped their lives and the lives of every Russian who lived through these troubled times.
War and Peace reflects the panorama of life at every level of Russian society in this period. The longest of 19th Century novels, it's an epic story in which historical, social, ethical and religious issues are explored on a scale never before attempted in fiction. From this, Timberlake Wertenbaker has created a riveting radio dramatisation in ten episodes.
Director: Celia de Wolff
Executive Producer: Peter Hoare
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.


Sunday 15th February

Reading Europe - France: Three Strong Women
Radio 4 15:00 Award winning novel by Marie NDiaye, adapted by Pat Cumper. Set between France and Africa, three tales of survival, inheritance and hope. 2/2

Macedonia
Radio 3 22:00 A new play by David Rudkin. With Michael Pennington as Euripides. The playwright is in self-imposed exile when he starts to hear strange voices from a mountainside.


Monday 16th February

The Embrace
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri In Linda Marshall Griffiths' compelling drama about love and betrayal, Iona returns stirring up old conflicts and broken promises.

The Architects
Radio 4 11:30 Comedy set in the world of architecture. Matt gets to mentor the boss's granddaughter and design a building with a great big turret (possibly). By Jim Poyser with Neil Griffiths. 3/4

Home Front Season 3
Radio 4 12:00 Mon-Fri Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Cressida wants to be at the forefront of the women's struggle, but can't be taken seriously.

Phonophone
Radio 4 14:15 A musician is found dead in strange circumstances. How did he die? The only clue is a text message that says 'Phonophone active'. But what is a phonophone? By Timothy X. Atack.


Tuesday 17th February

A Kidnapping
Radio 4 14:15 Beleaguered teachers Mark and Rachel are on the run in Manila after kidnapping the son of a prominent and vengeful politician - who keeps a tiger. 3/3


Wednesday 18th February

A Northern Soul
Radio 4 14:15 35 years after the Northern Soul scene, Mark, a middle-class journalist, interviews Jerry, the factory worker who introduced him to the music - and left some old scores to settle.

Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme - Love
Radio 4 23:15 Comic poet Tim Key ruminates on the meaning of love while telling the story of one man's romance with a beautiful cashier. With musical support from Tom Basden. 1/6


Thursday 19th February

Shamed
Radio 4 14:15 Shabana's son has been arrested for a very serious crime. She feels shunned by her community. Yet she believes that the son she has lovingly nurtured cannot be capable of such a callous crime.


Friday 20th February

Bridge
Radio 4 14:15 A witty and moving real-time drama. A woman's sitting on a bench when a stranger approaches her and nothing she says will make him leave.

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 The country may be at war, but there's time for romance in industrial Tynemouth.

Saturday 21st February

The African Queen
Radio 4 14:30 Samantha Bond and Toby Jones star in a new dramatisation of C.S. Forester’s classic World War One novel set in German Central Africa.

War and Peace Episode 8
Radio 4 21:00 War and Peace Episode 8
Marya flees Bald Hills when it is subject to attack from the French army. After being rescued by Nikolai from a near peasants revolt, they both realise their mutual love for one another, despite Nikolai already being promised to Sonya.
Pierre decides to visit the Battlefields at Borodino where he encounters Andrei who is now living in a broken down shed and desperately trying to forget his previous life. General Kutuzov is leading the cavalry. Despite Pierre warning Andrei of the rumours that Kutuzov is a traitor to the Russians and questioning whether Kutuzov is a skilled commander, Andrei believes that, with Kutuzov by their side, they will win the battle. Although, unknown to Andrei, Kutuzov may have to sacrifice Moscow in the process.
A dynamic new all-day dramatisation by Timberlake Wertenbaker of Leo Tolstoy's epic - from the translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokonsky - follows the fortunes of three Russian aristocratic families during the Napoleonic War. Starring Lesley Manville, John Hurt, Alun Armstrong and Harriet Walter.
The story moves between their past and present as Pierre, Natasha, Marya and Nikolai talk to their children about the events that shaped their lives and the lives of every Russian who lived through these troubled times.
War and Peace reflects the panorama of life at every level of Russian society in this period. The longest of 19th Century novels, it's an epic story in which historical, social, ethical and religious issues are explored on a scale never before attempted in fiction. From this, Timberlake Wertenbaker has created a riveting radio dramatisation in ten episodes.
Director: Celia de Wolff
Executive Producer: Peter Hoare
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.


Sunday 22nd February

Reading Europe - Spain: Tomorrow in the Battle Think On Me
Radio 4 15:00 When the woman with whom he was about to begin an affair suddenly dies in his arms, Victor considers walking away - but is unable to resist delving into the woman's dark secret.

Collaborators
Radio 3 22:00 Alex Jennings stars as Mikhail Bulgakov and Simon Russell Beale as Stalin in the acclaimed National Theatre production. Directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner.


Monday 23rd February

The Henry Experiment
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri A mother (Emma Fielding) fears that a child parenting expert (Matthew Marsh) is endangering his own 7 year old son Henry by testing out his theories of early independence on him.

The Architects
Radio 4 11:30 Comedy by Jim Poyser with Neil Griffiths. Sir Lucien tasks his team of architects with designing, building and selling new homes on Hackney Marshes. What could possibly go wrong? 4/4

Home Front Season 3
Radio 4 12:00 Mon-Fri Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. At Marshalls, Alan's patience is wearing thin.

In Aldershot
Radio 4 14:15 Aldershot is now 10% Nepali but unemployed 'Suitboy' (Ian Conningham) has never spoken to one - until he meets ex-Gurkha 'Gurung' (Bhasker Patel) at the Job Centre.


Tuesday 24th February

I'm a Believer
Radio 4 14:15 Stephen Mangan stars in Jon Canter's irreverent comedy. When God appears to Simon in a dream, Simon tells Him He doesn't exist. But Simon's night is about to test his certainty.


Wednesday 25th February

Boswell's Lives
Radio 4 14:15 Miles Jupp stars as James Boswell, Dr Johnson's time travelling biographer, recalling the lives of other legends alive and dead in Jon Canter's comedy series. Today, Sigmund Freud. 1/3

Come to Grief
Radio 4 14:15 Hannah Vincent's play about a woman unable to grieve for her dead daughter because she has no memory of having lost her.

Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme - Dating
Radio 4 23:15 Comic poet Tim Key ruminates on the subject of dating through the medium of his poetry. With musical support from Tom Basden. 2/6


Thursday 26th February

Scenes from a Crime
Radio 4 14:15 A man with no memory teams up with a street child to piece together fragments of his life in this thriller from John Dryden, set and recorded on the streets of Mumbai.


Friday 27th February

The Road to Bani Walid
Radio 4 14:15 Dr Saleyha Ahsan tells the story of her journey to the front line in revolutionary Libya.

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Lunatic asylums were being commandeered by the government and Robert's careful equilibrium is shaken.

Saturday 28th February

Unmade Movies: Harold Pinter's Victory
Radio 4 14:30 Harold Pinter's screenplay of Josef Conrad's last major novel tells the story of a mysterious Swedish Baron who endangers his life when he begins an affair with an English girl. 1/2

War and Peace Episode 9
Radio 4 21:00 War and Peace Episode 9
As the Rostovs pack up ready to leave Moscow, Natasha invites all the wounded soldiers to stay in their house. Nikolai is still in love with Marya but feels he cannot go back on his promise to Sonya. That night, a wounded officer is wheeled into the courtyard - Prince Andrei - who Sonya is told won't live long. She and the Countess decide not to reveal the news to Natasha.
Meanwhile, Pierre returns to the Queen-less hive that is Moscow where he receives a letter from Countess Bezukhov requesting a divorce. The French Army arrive to find Moscow deserted and completely out of control while Pierre wanders through the now-empty city, in disguise, as he initiates his solo mission to assassinate Napoleon. But fate could be about to interrupt his grand plan.
A dynamic new all-day dramatisation by Timberlake Wertenbaker of Leo Tolstoy's epic - from the translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokonsky - follows the fortunes of three Russian aristocratic families during the Napoleonic War. Starring Lesley Manville, John Hurt, Alun Armstrong and Harriet Walter.
The story moves between their past and present as Pierre, Natasha, Marya and Nikolai talk to their children about the events that shaped their lives and the lives of every Russian who lived through these troubled times.
War and Peace reflects the panorama of life at every level of Russian society in this period. The longest of 19th Century novels, it's an epic story in which historical, social, ethical and religious issues are explored on a scale never before attempted in fiction. From this, Timberlake Wertenbaker has created a riveting radio dramatisation in ten episodes.
Director: Celia de Wolff
Executive Producer: Peter Hoare
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.


Sunday 1st March

Reading Europe - Spain: Tomorrow in the Battle Think On Me
Radio 4 15:00 When Marta dies in his arms during an illicit encounter, Victor flees the scene leaving a small child alone in the apartment. Now Marta's husband, Eduardo, wants a word with him. 2/2

As You Like It
Radio 3 19:30 A new production of 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 2nd March

The Haunted Road
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri Police camera operator Leslie Burden is contacted by a former colleague requesting assistance to help track down a missing young Polish woman.

Home Front Season 3
Radio 4 12:00 Mon-Fri Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Folkestone arrives in Tynemouth as the Graham and Wilson clans arrive for the Christenings.


My Name Is...
Radio 4 14:15 In 2006 reports that a young Scottish girl had been abducted by her father and taken to Pakistan created a media storm. Sudha Buchar's play is inspired by those real-life events.


Tuesday 3rd March

How to Say Goodbye Properly
Radio 4 14:15 Funny and moving award-winning drama about growing up in the army, by exciting new writer E V Crowe. Lucy's father swears this is their last posting. But he's said that before...


The Hot Kid
Radio 4 23:00 Elmore Leonard's vivid and enthralling depiction of the Golden Age of American cops and robbers. Adapted by Katie Hims.


Wednesday 4th March

Boswell's Lives
Radio 4 11:30 Miles Jupp stars as James Boswell, Dr Johnson's time travelling biographer, recalling the lives of other legends alive and dead in Jon Canter's comedy series. Today Maria Callas. 2/3

Magpie
Radio 4 14:15 Lee Mattinson's comedy drama inspired by his first full time job. Lance aspires to a dull nine to five in favour of his hunger for metal, but can he ever live the life he wants?

Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme - Cookery
Radio 4 23:15 Comic poet Tim Key attempts to cook up a storm, as he tackles the ancient art of cookery. With culinary support from Tom Basden. 3/6


Thursday 5th March

Mrs Pickwick's Papers
Radio 4 14:15 The roving commissioner for local government, Mrs Joyce Pickwick, gets involved in a rubbish escapade. With Annette Badland as Mrs P. By Mike Walker.


Friday 6th March

The Mark
Radio 4 14:15 Inspired by a true story, an ambitious policeman is duped. Dean Ellis believes his life is coming together in work and love, but very soon everything's going to fall apart.

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week, as Germany declared a submarine blockage of Great Britain, and our characters begin to feel hemmed in.

Saturday 6th March

Unmade Movies: Harold Pinter's The Dreaming Child
Radio 4 14:30 Harold Pinter's unproduced screenplay, based on Karen Blixen's elusive and mysterious short story. Set in Bristol in 1868, a wealthy but childless couple adopt a slum child. 2/2

War and Peace Episode 10
Radio 4 21:00 War and Peace Episode 10
Episode 10 of 10
In this concluding episode, Pierre recalls his time in the barracks - a surprisingly happy time where he meets a prisoner, Platon Karateev. Kutuzov reluctantly leads the Battle of Tarutino, a Russian victory by a series of accidents.
Meanwhile, Sonya is left little choice but to return her promise to Nikolai so that he can marry his true love, Marya. Countess Rostov receives shocking news and Natasha is still suffering from the death of her beloved Prince Andrei. Kutuzov is called upon once again by the Emperor, this time to 'save Europe'. What will be the General's ultimate decision for Russia?
A dynamic new all-day dramatisation by Timberlake Wertenbaker of Leo Tolstoy's epic - from the translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokonsky - follows the fortunes of three Russian aristocratic families during the Napoleonic War. Starring Lesley Manville, John Hurt, Alun Armstrong and Harriet Walter.
The story moves between their past and present as Pierre, Natasha, Marya and Nikolai talk to their children about the events that shaped their lives and the lives of every Russian who lived through these troubled times.
War and Peace reflects the panorama of life at every level of Russian society in this period. The longest of 19th Century novels, it's an epic story in which historical, social, ethical and religious issues are explored on a scale never before attempted in fiction. From this, Timberlake Wertenbaker has created a riveting radio dramatisation in ten episodes.
Director: Celia de Wolff
Executive Producer: Peter Hoare
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.


Sunday 8th March

John Gabriel Borkman
Radio 4 15:00 David Threlfall stars as a disgraced banker, surrounded by the living-ghosts of his past. A new production of Henrik Ibsen’s pertinent play from a version by David Eldridge. 1/2

Electra
Radio 3 22:00 Kristin Scott Thomas stars in the Greek tragedy by Sophocles, in a version by Frank McGuinness.


Monday 9th March

Ladder of Years
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri Rebecca Lenkiewicz's dramatisation of Delia's story starts with an unexpected but rather welcome romantic encounter in the grocery aisle. By Anne Tyler. 1/10

Home Front Season 3
Radio 4 12:00 Mon-Fri Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Some news close to home leaves Geoffrey reeling.

Kingdom of Cloud
Radio 4 14:15 Anne-Marie Duff and Neil Pearson star in a portrait of love grown cold, set against the backdrop of the banking crisis. Drama by Matthew Hurt.


Tuesday 10th March

People Don't Do Such Things
Radio 4 14:15 Dramatised by Mike Walker from a short story by Ruth Rendell, this is a dark tale of passion, simmering jealously and revenge in the suburbs.

The Hot Kid
Radio 4 23:00 Elmore Leonard's vivid and enthralling depiction of the Golden Age of American cops and robbers. Adapted by Katie Hims.


Wednesday 11th March

Boswell's Lives
Radio 4 11:30 Harry Enfield stars as Harold Pinter and Miles Jupp as a time travelling James Boswell as he attempts to pen the biography of the playwright in Jon Canter's comedy series. 3/3

Earworm
Radio 4 14:15 A television researcher goes in search of a long-lost horror film in Simon Passmore's psychological thriller.

Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme - Space
Radio 4 23:15 Comic poet Tim Key ruminates on the subject of space through the medium of his poetry. With musical support from Tom Basden. 4/6


Thursday 12th March

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Radio 4 14:15 New mother Mma Makutsi expands her business portfolio in an unexpected direction. And Mma Ramotswe meets a client with a problematic house guest. 1/2


Friday 13th March

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Radio 4 14:15 Mma Ramotswe decides to put her new intern on the case, while Mma Makutsi's distinctive approach to the restaurant business raises eyebrows. 2/2

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week. The Battle of Neuve Chapelle draws to a close while the men at Marshalls are spoiling for a fight.

Saturday 14th March

The Norman Conquests
Radio 4 14:30 A new production of Alan Ayckbourn's classic comedy trilogy with Julian Rhind-Tutt , Helen Baxendale, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Nigel Planer. 1/3

John Gabriel Borkman 1/2
Radio 4 21:00 John Gabriel Borkman 1/2
Henrik Ibsen's rarely-performed but all-too-pertinent play about the dangerous pursuit of power. A new production from a version by David Eldridge.
Part 1.
David Threlfall stars as John Gabriel Borkman, a disgraced banker now destitute after a fraud scandal and imprisonment. Whilst trapped in his own home like a wolf in a cage, the living ghosts of his past wrestle to determine his future.
Directed by Helen Perry
A BBC Cymru/Wales Production.


Sunday 15th March

John Gabriel Borkman
Radio 4 15:00 David Threlfall stars in Ibsen's pertinent play. Now reunited with his old love, will John Gabriel be able to find happiness or is the need for power still too strong? 2/2

The Master and Margarita
Radio 3 22:00 The Devil comes to Soviet Moscow in Lucy Catherine's new adaptation of Bulgakov's literary phenomenon, featuring original music from Academy Award-winning Stephen Warbeck.


Monday 16th March

Ladder of Years
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri Delia Grinstead's new job in the sleepy town of Bay Borough draws her into the business of another fractured family. By Anne Tyler, dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. 6/10

Home Front Season 3
Radio 4 12:00 Mon-Fri Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Kitty's life feels like a Gothic novel, complete with footprints in the snow, and a haunted lake.

Now, Love
Radio 4 14:15 Denise, recently divorced and middle-aged, falls head over heels for an older Polish man. But is he really who he says is, and can her desire to love again have a happy ending?


Tuesday 17th March

McLevy
Radio 4 14:15 New four-part series of Victorian detective mysteries starring Brian Cox. Written by David Ashton.
Episode one: The Firebrand. McLevy investigates the kidnap of a women's rights campaigner.

The Hot Kid
Radio 4 23:00 Elmore Leonard's vivid and enthralling depiction of the Golden Age of American cops and robbers. Adapted by Katie Hims.


Wednesday 18th March

Dot
Radio 4 11:30 There's a spy on the loose in the Cabinet War Rooms. Our girl Dot makes it her mission to bally well bag him. Fenella Woolgar stars in Ed Harris' new comedy.

McLevy
Radio 4 14:15 Brian Cox, Siobhan Redmond and Stella Gonet star in the latest episode of the detective series set in Victorian Edinburgh and Leith. Written by David Ashton.

Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme - Sleep
Radio 4 23:15 Comic poet Tim Key ruminates on the subject of sleep through the medium of his poetry. With musical support from Tom Basden. 5/6


Thursday 19th March

Big Sky
Radio 4 14:15 Thriller by Anna Maloney. A detainee in Guantanamo prison claims he briefly escaped his captors during a refuelling stopover at a Scottish airport. Starring Kerry Fox.


Friday 20th March

Recent Events at Collington House
Radio 4 14:15 New head teacher Roz Taylor, eager to be inclusive and accommodate all faiths and cultures, finds herself increasingly at odds with one of the parent governors.

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week, when the tide washes in some terrible truths as well as some exotic flotsam.

Drama of the Week:
Big Sky
Thriller by Anna Maloney. Ambitious Australian lawyer, Lindsey Regan, wants to get her client out of Guantanamo prison and back to his family in Australia. He claims he was beaten and tortured somewhere abroad until he confessed to a terrorism plot. He also claims he briefly escaped his captors during a refuelling stopover at a Scottish airport.
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Saturday 21st March

The Norman Conquests
Radio 4 14:30 A new production of Alan Ayckbourn's classic comedy trilogy with Julian Rhind-Tutt , Helen Baxendale, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Nigel Planer. 2/3

John Gabriel Borkman 2/2
Radio 4 21:00 John Gabriel Borkman 2/2
Henrik Ibsen's rarely-performed but all-too-pertinent play about the dangerous pursuit of power. A new production from a version by David Eldridge Part 2.
David Threlfall stars as the disgraced banker finally being made to atone for his sins. Now reunited with his first love, will he be able to find real happiness? Or will the continued pursuit of his ambitions lead to his final destruction?
Directed by Helen Perry
A BBC Cymru/Wales Production.


Sunday 22nd March

A Fine Balance
Radio 4 15:00 Four strangers form an unlikely bond that takes them through one of India's most turbulent recent periods. A story of the triumph of the human spirit under inhuman conditions. 1/3


The Boy at the Back
Radio 3 22:00 Award-winning Spanish drama by Juan Mayorga. When a teenager insinuates himself into a classmate's house and writes about it, his literary voyeurism soon spirals out of control.


Monday 23rd March

How Does That Make You Feel?
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri Having become an unwilling viral celebrity, Richard has hired a new PR person named Genevieve.

Home Front Season 3
Radio 4 12:00 Mon-Fri Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Joyce confronts two of her demons.

Recent Events at Collington House
Radio 4 14:15 A battle of beliefs in a return to Collington House, where the school governors are struggling to reconcile their religious and cultural differences. 2/2


Tuesday 24th March

McLevy
Radio 4 14:15 Brian Cox, Siobhan Redmond and David Hayman star in the latest episode of the detective series set in Victorian Edinburgh and Leith. Written by David Ashton.

The Hot Kid
Radio 4 23:00 Elmore Leonard's vivid and enthralling depiction of the Golden Age of American cops and robbers. Adapted by Katie Hims.


Wednesday 25th March

McLevy
Radio 4 14:15 Brian Cox and Siobhan Redmond star in the latest episode of the detective series set in Victorian Edinburgh and Leith. Written by David Ashton.


Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme - Horror
Radio 4 23:15 Comic poet Tim Key ruminates on the subject of horror through the medium of his poetry. With musical support from Tom Basden. 6/6


Thursday 26th March

Monster
Radio 4 14:15 Drama featuring Neil Maskell, Shaun Dooley and Richard Hawley. An exploration of male anger, how men become victims of victims, and how the baton is passed from man to boy.


Friday 27th March

Frankie Takes a Trip
Radio 4 14:15 In 1962 the well known comedian was given a controversial treatment for his depression - LSD.

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Amid appeals for more women to join the workforce, Marshalls loses two of its best female employees.

Drama of the Week: Frankie Takes a Trip
Comedy drama set in 1962 about one of Britain's most treasured comedians. Frankie Takes a Trip by by Martyn Hesford. During his long showbiz career, Frankie Howerd had quite a few ups and downs. It was during one of these 'down' periods, in 1962, that Frankie decided to take a trip. Not to Clacton - but to the other side of his consciousness as he tried to deal with his depression through the controversial, though legal, use of LSD.
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Saturday 28th March

The Norman Conquests
Radio 4 14:30 A new production of Alan Ayckbourn's classic comedy trilogy with Julian Rhind-Tutt , Helen Baxendale, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Nigel Planer. 3/3

A Fine Balance ep 1
Radio 4 21:00 A Fine Balance ep 1
Dramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed novel about India's underclass.
Two tailors - uncle and nephew, Ishvar and Om - come to the city to escape from the caste violence in their native village. They are employed by a Parsi woman, Dina Dalal, who runs a sweatshop from her apartment and is struggling to preserve her independence. She has a lodger too - a reluctant student, Maneck, from the mountains.
As their initial suspicion of each other turns to friendship and then love, their lives take dramatic and often shocking turns against a backdrop of India in crisis, during "the Emergency" of the mid-1970s - a period marked by huge political unrest and human rights violations.
A comedy, a tragedy, and a story of the triumph of the human spirit under inhuman conditions.
Music: Sacha Putnam
Sound Design: Steve Bond
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and Kewel Karim from the novel by Rohinton Mistry
Producer: Nadir Khan
Director: John Dryden
A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4.


Sunday 29th March

A Fine Balance
Radio 4 15:00 Four strangers form an unlikely bond that takes them through one of India's most turbulent recent periods. A story of the triumph of the human spirit under inhuman conditions. 2/3

Fanny and Alexander
Radio 3 21:45 A radio version of the director's most autobiographical film which combines his trademark melancholy and emotional intensity with immense joy and sensuality. By Ingmar Bergman 1/2


Monday 30th March

A Steal
Radio 4 10:45 Mon-Fri Liverpudlian shop assistant Hanna tries to help out a couple of friends who are down on their luck and before she knows it, it's turned into a mission.

Far Side of the Moore
Radio 4 14:15 Tom Hollander stars as the eccentric Patrick Moore, whose lack of qualifications in astronomy might kill off his TV career before it begins. Also starring Patricia Hodge.


Tuesday 31st March

Three Soldiers
Radio 4 14:15 Amanda Dalton's Three Soldiers looks at three fifteen year old teenagers whose lives have been affected by war, including a young woman who has been a child soldier in the Sudan.


Wednesday 1st April

Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones
Radio 4 11:30 Milton Jones is the man who can help anyone anywhere - whether they need it or not. So when a groom-to-be mysteriously vanishes, Milton leaps in! 1/6

Digging for Victory
Radio 4 14:25 Moya O'Shea's quirky tale of a London family who have no option but to take control of their own destiny. What begins as an exciting adventure soon takes another direction.


Thursday 2nd April

Duchamp's Urinal
Radio 4 14:15 A documentary fiction about Marcel Duchamp's ground-breaking work The Fountain, presented by art-historian Ben Street.


Friday 3rd April

A Book by Lester Tricklebank
Radio 4 14:15 Lester carries a secret from his childhood that has scarred his whole life but now he decides to write a book and tell all. By Richard Lumsden. Starring Stephen Tompkinson.