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

Drama of the Week: The Gold Killing
Robert Glenister stars in Paul Sellar's thriller of greed, fear and fraud on Ghana's gold coast. When Joe Stein invests Russian money in a goldmine he sets off a series of murders. :download:


Saturday 25th July

Diamonds are Forever
Radio 4 14:30 A diamond-smuggling pipeline leads Bond to New York and Las Vegas. His set-to with mafia-boss Spang is a classic 007 confrontation. But who is ‘ABC’? And what is Tiffany’s secret?

Tender is the Night - A Romance Episode 1
Radio 4 21:00 Tender is the Night - A Romance Episode 1
by F Scott Fitzgerald
dramatised by Robin Brooks
Episode One
Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit. Among the most fashionable are psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife Nicole, who hold court at their villa. Into their circle comes Rosemary Hoyt, a young film star, who is instantly attracted to them, but understands little of the dark secrets that hold them together.
The book regarded by many as Fitzgerald's greatest. A beautiful and poignant novel about marriage, glamour and disintegration.
Produced and directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.


Sunday 26th July

Tender Is the Night - A Romance Episode 2
Radio 4 15:00 Young film actress Rosemary Hoyt has been drawn into the circle of golden couple Dick and Nicole Diver. But she is beginning to understand the dark secrets that hold them together.


Monday 27th July

Writing the Century: Letters from a Young Indian Revolutionary
Radio 4 10:45 Mon - Fri Set in 1930's Calcutta, 'Letters from a Young Indian Revolutionary' is the true story of Tanika Gupta's great uncle Dinesh Gupta, and his resistance to British Colonial rule.

Watch Me
Radio 4 14:15 When Anja meets Rhys she's reluctant to fall in love, but her brain has other ideas. A love story, narrated by a neuroscientist. By Sarah Woods.


Tuesday 28th July

A Pact of Silence
Radio 4 14:15 Set during the brutal dictatorship of the late 1970's in Argentina, a young woman's life is turned upside down when she is confronted with the shocking truth about her origins.


Wednesday 29th July

The Good Listener
Radio 4 14:15 This authentic drama takes us inside the intelligence agency GCHQ, where agents are tracking three young British Muslims as they head for Syria.


Thursday 30th July

The Good Listener: Ghost in the Machine
Radio 4 14:15 A new episode of The Good Listener returns to GCHQ, where Henry Morcombe's team are tasked with gaining access to the phone network of a European ally, without their knowledge.


Friday 31st July

Irongate
Radio 4 14:15 James Fleet and Emma Fielding star in Nick Warburton's two-hander play about love and loss. A woman walks once a year along the Thames, from Kew to Tower Bridge. Why?

Und? Hat sich jemand den Bond angehört?

Hat wohl keiner gehört.

Drama of the Week: Writing The Century: Letters from a Young Indian Revolutionary
Set in 1930's Calcutta 'Letters from a Young Indian Revolutionary' is the true story of Tanika Gupta's great uncle Dinesh Gupta and his resistance to British Colonial rule based on the letters he wrote while imprisoned in Alipore Jail and his brother Pritish Gupta's journals.
DINESH.....Ameet Chana
KAMALA.....Archie Panjabi
OLDER PRITISH.....Vincent Ebrahim
YOUNG PRITISH.....Sagar Arya
BADAL.....Chris Nayak
Directed by Nadia Molinari :download:



Saturday 1st August

For Services Rendered
Radio 4 14:30 In the late summer of 1932, a progressive English family, the Ardsleys, are trying to live their lives under the long shadow of WW1. By the English author Somerset Maugham.

Tender Is the Night - A Romance Episode 2
Radio 4 21:00 Tender Is the Night - A Romance Episode 2
by F Scott Fitzgerald
Dramatised by Robin Brooks
Episode Two
Nicole Diver has had a breakdown and, together with her husband Dick, she flees Paris. The events of the past are beginning to take a toll on their marriage and only one of them has the strength to survive.
The book regarded by many as Fitzgerald's greatest. A beautiful and poignant novel about marriage, glamour and disintegration.
Produced and directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.


Sunday 2nd August

The Great Scott
Radio 4 15:00 "She wouldn’t lie in court to save her sister’s life - so she had to find another way." Mike Harris’s fast paced adaptation of Walter Scott’s gripping, most contemporary novel. 1/3

Faust
Radio 3 21:45 Directed by David Timson. A fresh adaptation of one of the pillars of Western literature. By Goethe, with Samuel West and Toby Jones. 1/2


Monday 3rd August

The Pumpkin Eater
Radio 4 10:45 Mon - Fri Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's darkly witty 1962 study of marriage, dramatized by Georgia Fitch. Mrs Armitage talks to a psychiatrist about her desire for more children.

Silk: The Clerks' Room
Radio 4 14:15 Series set in the Shoe Lane clerks' room, inspired by BBC One's drama, Silk. 1/3


Tuesday 4th August

Silk: The Clerks' Room
Radio 4 14:15 A rift at Shoe Lane causes prosecution to be pitted against defence, with Billy Lamb and his deputy John Bright vying for control of the clerks' room. 2/3


Wednesday 5th August

Silk: The Clerks' Room
Radio 4 14:15 Time is running out for Billy Lamb as he struggles to save Shoe Lane. 3/3


Thursday 6th August

Hush! Hush! Whisper Who Dares
Radio 4 14:15 Ernest Shepard looks forward to a V&A retrospective of his drawings for Winnie-the-Pooh. Christopher William Hill imagines his meeting with an older Christopher Robin Milne.


Friday 7th August

Miss You Still
Radio 4 14:15 By Lenny Henry who plays Charlie, a Midlands bus driver, who has shut himself off from the world.

Drama of the Week: Silk: The Clerks' Room Episode 1
By Mick Collins. Inspired by the television show Silk, created by Peter Moffat.
Following the cuts to Legal Aid the pressure is mounting on Shoe Lane barristers' chambers. Head Clerk Billy Lamb (Neil Stuke) anticipates that they are on the brink of financial collapse and makes a desperate bid to secure work from an unscrupulous solicitor. But his wheeler-dealing creates unease in the Shoe Lane clerks' room and he soon finds himself at loggerheads with his star-performing barrister Rose Parker (Alex Tregear).
The drama series is inspired by the BBC One legal drama Silk and features the same core cast and characters from the TV show's clerks' room: Neil Stuke, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Amy Wren and John Macmillan. :download:



Saturday 8th August

Red Velvet
Radio 4 14:30 Adrian Lester stars in the Tricycle Theatre's award-winning production about the first black actor to play Othello. Directed by Indhu Rubasingham.

Tender is the Night - A Romance Episode 1
Radio 4 21:00 Tender is the Night - A Romance Episode 1
by F Scott Fitzgerald
dramatised by Robin Brooks
Episode One
Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit. Among the most fashionable are psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife Nicole, who hold court at their villa. Into their circle comes Rosemary Hoyt, a young film star, who is instantly attracted to them, but understands little of the dark secrets that hold them together.
The book regarded by many as Fitzgerald's greatest. A beautiful and poignant novel about marriage, glamour and disintegration.
Produced and directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.


Sunday 9th August

The Great Scott Episode 2
Radio 4 15:00 Richard Wilson stars as The Antiquary, a man who hordes secrets as well as treasures. Will his knowledge allow Lovel to marry his secret love? With David Tennant as Walter Scott.

Faust
Radio 3 22:15 Directed by David Timson. A fresh adaptation of one of the pillars of Western literature. By Goethe, with Samuel West and Toby Jones. 2/2


Monday 10th August

How To Have A Perfect Marriage 2
Radio 4 10:45 Mon - Fri Karen knows her husband of 19 years is gay. She can just about tolerate his boyfriend under the deal they’ve struck. But now he wants to tell the kids. Is there a best way?

The Churchill Barriers
Radio 4 14:15 Orkney, 1944 and clerk George finds common ground with Italian pianist Giorgio who is labouring to build the famous sea defences. By Emma Spurgin Hussey.


Tuesday 11th August

Chopping Onions
Radio 4 14:15 When three generations of Jewish women come together in the kitchen they stir up a lot more than the soup. A touching and comic exploration of motherhood, starring Maureen Lipman.


Wednesday 12th August

Gull Therapy
Radio 4 14:15 Alice, a speech therapist, is trying to help Dan who has aphasia. But the gulls are keeping her up all night. A play about sound, language and meaning. By Anita Sullivan.


Thursday 13th August

Red and Blue
Radio 4 14:15 Wargame exercise writer Bradley Shoreham is hired to help "turn the world into a better place". Philip Palmer's drama series finds Shoreham facing his biggest challenge yet.


Friday 14th August

My Brilliant Divorce
Radio 4 14:15 Caroline Quentin stars in Geraldine Aron's radio adaptation of her Olivier nominated West End hit - a comedy drama about surviving divorce with your sense of humour intact.

Drama of the Week: The Churchill Barriers
Orkney, 1944, and clerk George finds common ground with Italian POW Giorgio as they build the famous sea defences. Written by Emma Spurgin Hussey. :download:


Saturday 15th August

Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell
Radio 4 14:30 A dying Soho, seen through the eyes of the notorious Spectator columnist - plain-speaking drinker, gambler and raconteur. With frequent, very strong language. Starring John Hurt.

The Great Scott Episode 2
Radio 4 21:00 The Great Scott Episode 2
Richard Wilson stars as The Antiquary, a man who hordes secrets as well as treasures. Will his knowledge allow Lovel to marry his secret love? With David Tennant as Walter Scott.
The Antiquary (1816) is a novel by Sir Walter Scott about an amateur historian, archaeologist and collector of items of dubious antiquity. Although he is the eponymous character, he is not necessarily the hero, as many of the characters around him undergo far more significant journeys or change. Instead, he provides a central figure for other more exciting characters and events - on which he provides a sardonic commentary.
This is Scott's gothic novel, redolent with family secrets, stories of hidden treasure and hopeless love, with a mysterious, handsome, young man, benighted aristocracy and a night-time funeral procession to a ruined abbey. The romance and mystery is counterpoised by some of Scott's more down-to-earth characters, and grittily unromantic events.
Scott wrote in an advertisement to the novel that his purpose in writing it, similar to that of his novels Waverley and Guy Mannering, was to document Scottish life and manners of a certain period - in this case the last decade of the 18th century.
Music by Ross Hughes and Esben Tjalve
Cello played by George Cooke
Produced and Directed by Clive Brill
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4.


Sunday 16th August

The Great Scott Episode 3
Radio 4 15:00 Originally set during the Third Crusade, as the allies planned to pack up and leave - this updates the action to a modern encampment: Occupy London outside St Paul's in 2011.


Monday 17th August

The Pillow Book Series 8
Radio 4 10:45 & 19:45 Mon - Fri Robert Forrest's popular thriller set in 10th century Japan. Lieutenant Yukinari finds himself lost within a maze of Palace intrigue.

Goodnight From Him
Radio 4 14:15 Comedy drama by Roy Smiles about the Two Ronnies - Corbett and Barker - their long running show and even longer running friendship. Starring Robert Daws and Aidan McArdle.


Tuesday 18th August

Undercover Mumbai
Radio 4 14:15 Disgraced police inspector Alia Khan seeks a life of obscurity. But murder soon comes knocking at her door. Second series of the crime drama set and recorded on location in India. 1/2


Wednesday 19th August

Undercover Mumbai
Radio 4 14:15 Disgraced police inspector Alia Khan is enlisted to help catch a serial killer. Concluding episiode of the police detective drama, set and recorded on location in Mumbai. 2/2


Thursday 20th August

Red and Blue
Radio 4 14:15 Philip Palmer's drama series this time sees wargame exercise writer Bradley Shoreham stress testing the emergency services. His divide and rule tactics soon provoke hostility. 2/3


Friday 21st August

Brief Lives
Radio 4 14:15 Return of the series about Frank Twist and his team of legal representatives. A naked young woman is arrested for protesting against the fur trade, but this is just the beginning of a tortuous maze for Frank. 1/6

Drama of the Week: Brief Lives Episode 1
Exercise your imagination with some of the best writers and actors on radio. :download:


Saturday 22nd August

Iris Murdoch: Dream Girl
Radio 4 14:30 Helen McCrory stars as Iris Murdoch in Robin Brooks’s inventive new comic drama, showing how the famous novelist’s love affairs and wild behaviour influenced her writing.

The Great Scott Episode 3
Radio 4 21:00 The Great Scott Episode 3
The Talisman is the finale of Scott's novels set during the crusades but this one features the dying dog days of the Third Crusade. Richard the Lionheart is de facto leader but the military expedition has ground to a halt and the allies are getting itchy feet. They are sick of Richard's over-bearing leadership and, to make it worse, very few of them still believe Jerusalem can be reconquered.
To the modern reader this must be a rather recondite setting. Beyond the jousting and the knightliness, how much do we care about the crusades anymore? And that's without opening the can of worms as to whether the West had any more right to be there then than it does now.
Jonathan Myerson, the adapter, wondered how to update this story and find a modern parallel to this situation.
And then it came to him: Occupy London in 2011. Those protestors started with the same, almost ecstatic belief in the possibility of change. They aimed to seize the holiest of places - the London Stock Exchange - but were beaten back and forced to set up camp outside. As the original crusaders came to loathe the heat and insect life in their desert encampment outside Jerusalem, the protestors of Occupy came to much the same conclusion - as winter set in - about sleeping on the cold, wet flagstones of St.Paul's Churchyard. And, in much the same way, the competing groups started to feel it was time to pack up and go home.
So, new listeners will follow Scott's original story of conspiracy and counter-conspiracy and, most important of all, star-crossed lovers but will hear new resonances in this old tale.
Produced by Clive Brill
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4.


Sunday 23rd August

Iris Murdoch: The Sea, The Sea
Radio 4 15:00 Iris Murdoch’s 1978 novel, starring Jeremy Irons. A distinguished theatre director decides to retire to a remote house by the sea, only to find his past catches up with him. 1/2

The Oresteia: Agamemnon
Radio 3 22:00 The first of the three plays in Aeschylus's classic trilogy about murder, revenge and justice brought vividly to life. By playwright Simon Scardifield.


Monday 24th August

Iris Murdoch: A Severed Head
Radio 4 10:45 & 19:45 Mon - Fri Iris Murdoch's satire on psycho-analysis as a group of over-cultivated characters attempt to behave in a civilised manner as they swap partners. Dramatised by Stephen Wakelam.

Fifteen Minutes
Radio 4 14:15 Drama about the last days of Pop Art and how Andy Warhol, with a little help from Truman Capote, invented celebrity culture. With Tobias Menzies. By Sarah Wooley.


Tuesday 25th August

When Greed Becomes Hunger
Radio 4 14:15 With a storm brewing in the global food market, a trader at the Chicago Board of Trade sees an opportunity to make a lot of money. By D.J. Britton. 1/2


Wednesday 26th August

When Greed Becomes Hunger
Radio 4 14:15 Three years after the collapse of the world food market, Phil and Sian attempt to make amends for their role in the crisis. 2/2


Thursday 27th August

Red and Blue
Radio 4 14:15 Philip Palmer's drama series this time sees ex-military wargamer Bradley Shoreham challenging a flood defence team's methods. The unexpected forces him to rewrite his game-plan. 3/3


Friday 28th August

Brief Lives
Radio 4 14:15 Frank and Sarah drive to the country to celebrate a friend's eightieth birthday but find themselves in the centre of a family tragedy going back decades. 2/6

Drama of the Week: Fifteen Minutes
Drama about the last days of Pop Art and how Andy Warhol, with a little help from Truman Capote, invented celebrity culture. With Tobias Menzies. By Sarah Wooley. :download:


Saturday 29th August

Closely Observed Trains
Radio 4 14:30 It is 1945. For gauche young apprentice Milos Hrma, life at the sleepy railway station in Bohemia is full of complex preoccupations. Classic comedy drama from a celebrated Czech writer. You can hear John Bradley talking about acting for his first radio drama and how it compares with acting on screen here.

Iris Murdoch: The Sea, The Sea Episode 1
Radio 4 21:00 Iris Murdoch: The Sea, The Sea Episode 1
Jeremy Irons stars Iris Murdoch's 1978 Booker prize winning novel, dramatised by Robin Brooks - as part of the Iris Murdoch season on BBC Radio 4.
Episode 1 (of 2):
Charles Arrowby, a distinguished theatre-director, decides to retire to a remote house by the sea in order to write his memoirs.
Sound Design: Wilfredo Acosta
Producer: Fiona McAlpine
Director: Bill Alexander
An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4.


Sunday 30th August

Iris Murdoch: The Sea, The Sea
Radio 4 15:00 Second part of Iris Murdoch's black comedy about a theatre director who retires to the sea only to find his past life catching up with him. Starring Jeremy Irons and Maggie Steed. 2/2

The Oresteia: The Libation Bearers
Radio 3 22:00 The second play in Aeschylus's classic trilogy about murder, revenge and justice. Orestes' struggles are brought vividly to life in a new version by playwright Ed Hime.


Monday 31st August

Bindi Business
Radio 4 10:45 & 19:45 Mon - Fri New series by Tanika Gupta starring Meera Syal as Bindi, an eccentric 'olderpreneur', who is driven to show her family and the world that it's never too late for your first start up.

The Surprising Effect of Miss Scarlett Rosebud
Radio 4 14:15 A David Nobbs comedy. Two retired women teachers share a house but little else. Then a former student, now a rock-star, bursts into their lives. The effect is devastating...


Tuesday 1st September

Single Beds
Radio 4 14:15 A seriously funny comedy about prejudice, vintage cars and taxidermy. What happens when a Fife B&B owner refuses newly-weds Geoff and Val a double room?


Wednesday 2nd September

The Interrogation
Radio 4 14:15 The story of Tom, the son of a wealthy scrap metal merchant. It's also Sean's first day back at work since he was shot. By Roy Williams, with Kenneth Cranham & Alex Lanipekun. 1/3


Thursday 3rd September

The Toffee Tip
Radio 4 14:15 A semi-autobiographical childhood adventure-comedy, written and directed by Johnny Vegas.


Friday 4th September

Brief Lives
Radio 4 14:15 More tales from the team of Manchester's finest paralegals. Frank's mate Mickey is organising a surprise birthday party for his young wife Magda, but she is implicated in a crime that might blow their marriage apart. 3/6

Drama of the Week: Bindi Business
New series by Tanika Gupta starring Meera Syal as Bindi, an eccentric 'olderpreneur', who is driven to show her family and the world that it's never too late for your first start up. :download:


Saturday 5th September

The Illustrated Man
Radio 4 14:30 Iain Glen plays the vagrant who claims his tattoos come to life after dark and predict the future in an adaptation by Brian Sibley of Ray Bradbury's iconic short story collection.

Iris Murdoch: The Sea, The Sea Episode 2
Radio 4 21:00 Iris Murdoch: The Sea, The Sea Episode 2
Jeremy Irons stars Iris Murdoch's 1978 Booker prize winning novel, dramatised by Robin Brooks - as part of the Iris Murdoch season on BBC Radio 4.
Episode 2 (of 2):
Charles Arrowby, a distinguished theatre director, has retired to a remote house by the sea. After encountering his adolescent love, he sets out on a mission to reclaim her and, in so doing, redeem the misdemeanours of his past. But a young man appears with a mission of his own.
Sound Design: Wilfredo Acosta
Producer: Fiona McAlpine
Director: Bill Alexander
An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4.


Sunday 6th September

A Place of Greater Safety
Radio 4 15:00 Part 1 of Hilary Mantel's account of the French Revolution seeing the events through the eyes of three very different men. Dramatised by Melissa Murray.

The Oresteia: The Furies
Radio 3 22:15 The final play in Aeschylus's classic trilogy about murder, revenge and justice. By playwright Rebecca Lenkiewicz.


Monday 7th September

Prayers for the Stolen
Radio 4 10:45 & 19:45 Mon - Fri Drama series following 15 year old Ladydi Martinez in Guerrero, Mexico, where she hides in a hole in the ground as the drugs cartels scourge the town, looking for girls to steal.

Home Front Season 5
Radio 4 12:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. The Graham household mark the day, a year on, when they lost their only son.

May There Always Be Sunshine
Radio 4 14:15 1968, two Manchester teenagers travel to a Soviet Pioneer Camp for a week of sun, sea and international solidarity, but will their political summer be too hot to handle?


Tuesday 8th September

The Man Who Bit Mary Magdalene
Radio 4 14:15 David Jason stars as Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln. When an earthquake strikes Lincoln Cathedral, he sets off on a relic hunting mission. A comedy of secrets, sins, sex and sects.


Wednesday 9th September

The Interrogation
Radio 4 14:15 An American movie star is burgled, but it looks unusual. The story of Riz, tabloid photographer. By Roy Williams, with Kenneth Cranham & Alex Lanipekun. 2/3


Thursday 10th September

See
Radio 4 14:15 Cassie has retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease. She falls in love with Danny and moves in with him. The problem is Danny has a protective older brother who thinks Cassie is faking her disability.


Friday 11th September

Brief Lives
Radio 4 14:15 A black teenager is arrested for the suspected murder of his friend. It seems they had an argument over a mobile phone that got out of hand. But Frank discovers that the case is not so straightforward. 4/6

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week, when the population was beginning to open up to thoughts of the hereafter.

Drama of the Week: May There Always be Sunshine
1968, two Manchester teenagers travel to a Soviet Pioneer Camp for a week of sun, sea and international solidarity, but will their political summer be too hot to handle? :download:


Saturday 12th September

The Martian Chronicles
Radio 4 14:30 Derek Jacobi stars in a reimagining of Ray Bradbury's classic fable. An astronaut from Earth attempts to prevent the colonisation that could eradicate an ancient race of Martians.

A Place of Greater Safety Episode 1
Radio 4 21:00 A Place of Greater Safety Episode 1
Hilary Mantel's gripping account of the cataclysmic events of the French Revolution seen through the eyes of three of its most important figures, Georges Danton, Camille Desmoulins and Maximilien Robespierre.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray
Part one: Liberty
Directed by Marc Beeby.


Sunday 13th September

A Place of Greater Safety
Radio 4 15:00 Part 2 of Hilary Mantel's epic account of the French Revolution. Pressure is growing on the revolutionaries to depose the king and create a republic. Dramatised by Melissa Murray

Baby Farming
Radio 3 22:00 Tanika Gupta's powerful original drama exploring the growing phenomenon of childless couples in the west travelling to India to find a surrogate mother.


Monday 14th September

Subterranean Homesick Blues
Radio 4 10:45 & 19:45 Mon - Fri Bill Nighy & Anna Calder-Marshall star in A.L. Kennedy's drama: John & Maggie had a disastrous affair 20 years ago but should they try again now they're old enough to know better?

Home Front Season 5
Radio 4 12:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. In the Graham household, new science and technology offers some practical comfort.

Carnival
Radio 4 14:15 Rachel De-lahay's gritty urban drama about prejudice and peer pressure. At a summer carnival secrets and lies unravel. Starring Anthony Welsh and Daniel Kaluuya.


Tuesday 15th September

John Osborne The Author of Himself
Radio 4 14:15 Stephen Wakelam's drama charts the first meeting, on a Thames barge, between John Osborne and George Devine. George has read Look Back in Anger and has come to check Osborne out.


Wednesday 16th September

Miss Marple's Final Cases
Radio 4 11:30 June Whitfield returns as Miss Marple in the first of three new Agatha Christie dramatisations by Joy Wilkinson. To open, a murdered wife and a husband under suspicion. 1/3

The Interrogation
Radio 4 14:15 With Kenneth Cranham as DCI Max Matthews and Alex Lanipekun as DS Sean Armitage. The story of Sean's friend and colleague, Police Constable Joanne Laverty. By Roy Williams. 3/3


Thursday 17th September

Stupid Men
Radio 4 14:15 Ryan’s chances of playing professional rugby are fading. Meanwhile he’s failing as both a father and a husband. Is one last shot at sporting glory his only hope? By Gary Owen.


Friday 18th September

Brief Lives
Radio 4 14:15 A journalist is arrested for being in possession of a police disciplinary report. He believes this reveals police corruption. He wants Frank to help him stop a massive cover up. But Frank needs some persuading. 5/6

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago this week, in a week of evasions, diversions and new arrivals.

Na das Line-Up kann sich doch sehen lassen. Ray Bradburys Martian Chronicles & Miss Marple (wobei letzere ja nur der Auftakt ist und noch zwei weitere Marple Fälle folgen werden. ).

Drama of the Week: Dead Girls Tell No Tales
Almost 60 years to the day, Joanna Toye's drama explores the backstage story to one of the defining cultural events of the 1950s.
Available as a download from 15:30 on Saturday 19th of September.


Saturday 19th September

Dead Girls Tell No Tales
Radio 4 14:30 Almost 60 years to the day, Joanna Toye's drama explores the backstage story to one of the defining cultural events of the 1950s.

A Place of Greater Safety Episode 2
Radio 4 21:00 A Place of Greater Safety Episode 2
Hilary Mantel's epic account of the French Revolution as seen through the eyes of its principal characters. Pressure is growing on the revolutionaries to depose the king and create a republic.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray
Part 2: Equality
Directed by Marc Beeby.


Sunday 20th September

A Place of Greater Safety
Radio 4 15:00 Part 3 of Hilary Mantel's epic account of the French Revolution dramatised by Melissa Murray. Robespierre and Danton are increasingly at odds over the direction the Revolution should take.

Being Human - The Debate at Valladolid
Radio 3 21:00 Steve Toussaint and Maynard Eziashi star in two new intersecting plays by Mike Walker & Andrew Whaley which ask by what right we exploit each other.


Monday 21st September

Sovereign
Radio 4 10:45 & 19:45 Mon - Fri Gripping adaptation of C.J. Sansom's Tudor crime novel - featuring lawyer detective Matthew Shardlake - set in 1541, during Henry VIII's spectacular Royal Progress to the North.

Home Front Season 5
Radio 4 12:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Albert Wilson doesn’t think he and Florrie should pass up on two free tickets to the theatre.

Eurydice and Orpheus
Radio 4 14:15 Poet Simon Armitage re-interprets the myth that has inspired writers and musicians since ancient times. Eurydice and Orpheus tells a contemporary story from her point of view. 1/2


Tuesday 22nd September

Orpheus and Eurydice
Radio 4 14:15 Linda Marshall Griffiths' re-interprets the myth that has inspired writers and musicians since ancient times. Orpheus and Eurydice is a contemporary story from his viewpoint. 2/2



Wednesday 23rd September

Miss Marple's Final Cases
Radio 4 11:30 June Whitfield stars as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in a dramatisation by Joy Wilkinson. The sleuth uncovers a crime when she looks into the curious sacking of a lady's maid. 2/3

Quill
Radio 4 14:15 Edward Quill is tasked to write a blockbuster play for the Huntslet Fair. It must contain a ghost, a storm, a hero and a dog. Comedy by Tony Jones.


Thursday 24th September

Our Sea
Radio 4 14:15 Unflinching Ronan Bennett drama about the desperate migrant crisis in the Mediterranean. Lindsay Duncan and Stephen Rea star.


Friday 25th September

Brief Lives
Radio 4 14:15 Last in current series. Frank's suspicions about Ronnie's boyfriend Nick come to a head.

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week, when Folkestone seems to be poisoned by the war.

Drama of the Week: Our Sea
Mahmoud, Yasser, Shaibul, Marwan and Letebrhane share their experiences as they fight for their lives hours after their boat is sank by traffickers. Lindsay Duncan and Stephen Rea star. :download:

Saturday 26th September

The Price of Oil: Stand Firm, You Cads!
Radio 4 14:30 Anna Maxwell Martin, Raad Rawi and Luke Treadaway star in the first of a season of factual dramas exploring the history of oil - and the price we've paid for it.

A Place of Greater Safety Episode 3
Radio 4 21:00 A Place of Greater Safety Episode 3
Hilary Mantel's epic account of the French Revolution France is at war. Louis the 16th and Marie Antoinette have been arrested and await execution. And Robespierre and Danton are increasingly at odds over the direction the Revolution should take
Dramatised by Melissa Murray
Part 3: Fraternity
Directed by Marc Beeby.


Sunday 27th September

Reading Europe: Germany: Look Who's Back
Radio 4 15:00 Adolf Hitler wakes up in 21st Century Berlin and decides it's time to re-take control. David Threlfall stars as Hitler in Timur Vermes' provocative satire, adapted by Marcy Kahan. 1/2

Chicken Soup with Barley
Radio 3 21:00 A chance to hear The Royal Court Theatre's acclaimed 2011 production of Arnold Wesker's landmark play that captures the collapse of an ideology, and the disintegration of a family.


Monday 28th September

Sovereign
Radio 4 10:45 & 19:45 Mon - Fri Shaken by the attempt upon his life, Shardlake tries to convince Sir William to send him back to London. Colin MacDonald's dramatisation of CJ Sansom's crime novel, set in 1541. 6/10

Home Front Season 5
Radio 4 12:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Mrs Crayford claims she can communicate with the dead, but can’t seem to get through to Adeline.

The Price of Oil: Looking for Billy
Radio 4 14:15 Nicholas le Prevost and Jemma Redgrave star in Nigel Williams' gumshoe road movie. Part of a season of dramas exploring the history of oil - and the price we've paid for it.


Tuesday 29th September

The Price of Oil: The Weapon
Radio 4 14:15 Zubin Varla and Joseph Balderrama star in Jonathan Myerson's thriller about the OPEC siege. One of a season of dramas exploring the history of oil, and the price we've paid for it.


Wednesday 30th September

Miss Marple's Final Cases
Radio 4 11:30 June Whitfield stars as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in a dramatisation by Joy Wilkinson. The last words of a dying man provide the clues to unlock an unsolved crime. 3/3

The Price of Oil: Baby Oil
Radio 4 14:15 Michael J Shannon stars in Jonathan Myerson's imagined political drama, based on real events. Part of a season exploring the history of oil - and the price we've paid for it.


Thursday 1st October

The Price of Oil: Someone's Making a Killing in Nigeria
Radio 4 14:15 Nadine Marshall, Obi Abili, and David Ajala star in Rex Obano's oil drama set in 1994. One of a season of dramas exploring the history of oil - and the price we've paid for it.


Friday 2nd October

The Price of Oil: No Two Days
Radio 4 14:15 Faye Marsay and Paul Higgins star in a maze of tales about risk, passion and deep-sea oil. Part of a season exploring the history of oil - and the price we've paid for it.

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week. A week that the Wilson family could never have dreamed of.

Drama of the Week: The Price of Oil: The Weapon
Zubin Varla & Joseph Balderrama star in Jonathan Myerson's thriller about the OPEC siege. :download:

Saturday 3rd October

The Price of Oil: Blood From Stone
Radio 4 14:30 Alun Armstrong and Paul Ritter star in Tamsin Oglesby's future oil comedy, set in 2045. One of a season of dramas exploring the history of oil - and the price we've paid for it.

Reading Europe: Germany: Look Who's Back Episode 1
Radio 4 21:00 Reading Europe: Germany: Look Who's Back Episode 1
The next stop on Radio 4's literary journey across Europe is Timur Vermes' transgressive novel which topped the bestseller list in its native Germany.
Look Who's Back shocked and then thrilled over 1.5 million German readers with its bold approach to the most taboo of subjects - Adolf Hitler. David Threlfall stars as the infamous Nazi leader in this provocative satire.
Part 1
When Adolf Hitler wakes up in modern day Germany he is not pleased. The war is lost. The Nazi party is defunct. And his beloved Fatherland is being run by a woman. He decides to re-take control. Only this time, mistaken for a comedy impersonator, his road to power is paved with TV stardom and internet fame.
Theme music composed by Clive Swift and arranged by Stuart Morley.
From the novel by Timur Vermes
Translated by Jamie Bulloch
Dramatised for radio by Marcy Kahan
Directed by Helen Perry
A BBC Cymru/Wales Production
Timur Vermes is a journalist and a ghost-writer. Look Who's Back is his first novel.
David Threlfall is a prominent stage, film and TV actor and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Frank Gallagher in the long running TV show Shameless. He recently played Noah in BBC drama The Ark, has portrayed iconic comedian Tommy Cooper in Not Like That, Like This and real-life cop David Baker in ITV drama Code Of A Killer.


Sunday 4th October

Reading Europe: Germany: Look Who's Back
Radio 4 15:00 Adolf Hitler wakes up in 21st Century Berlin and decides it's time to re-take control. David Threlfall stars in Timur Vermes' transgressive satire adapted by Marcy Kahan. 2/2

Roots
Radio 3 21:00 Roots focuses on Beatie Bryant's transformation from an uneducated working-class woman obsessed with her boyfriend, to a woman who can express herself and the struggles of her time.


Monday 5th October

30 Eggs
Radio 4 10:45 & 19:45 Mon - Fri Weary of life in Rusumo, blind Modeste must convince his seven year old companion Innocent to accompany him to his home village at the far side of Rwanda.

Home Front Season 5
Radio 4 12:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Roy takes a surprising step to avoid being identified as a deserter.

Frankie Goes to Flensburg
Radio 4 14:15 Based on a true story. In spring 1945, Major Frank Howarth, a lawyer in civilian life, was sent with two other soldiers to Flensburg in Germany to set up a civilian administration.


Tuesday 6th October

Kempton and the Duke
Radio 4 14:15 Kevin Whately stars as Kempton Bunton, the pensioner who stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in 1961. A new comedy drama by David Spicer.


Wednesday 7th October

Frank and the Bear
Radio 4 14:15 Frank is a few hours old and critically ill. As doctors try to save him, Frank’s parents tell him stories and hope for a happy ending. Starring Eve Myles. By Emily Steel.


Thursday 8th October

John Lennon's Last Day
Radio 2 22:00 On Monday, the 8th December, 1980, one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century was shot dead in New York City. This is the story of John Lennon's last day.


Friday 9th October

Cuttin' It
Radio 4 14:15 Winner of the Alfred Fagon and George Devine awards. Charlene James' powerful drama about two Somali teenagers living in London. Two strangers living with the same secret.

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week, as individual losses and grief increasingly fuel an interest in spiritualism.

Drama of the Week: Cuttin' It
Award winning, powerful drama about the lives of two Somali teenagers in London. :download:

Saturday 10th October

The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde
Radio 4 14:30 Oscar Wilde's courtroom battle with the Marquess of Queensbury. Based on Oscar's grandson, Merlin Holland's book. Starring Julian Rhind-Tutt and Sean Pertwee.

Reading Europe: Germany: Look Who's Back Episode 2
Radio 4 21:00 Reading Europe: Germany: Look Who's Back Episode 2.
The next stop on Radio 4's literary journey across Europe is Timur Vermes' transgressive novel which topped the bestseller list in its native Germany.
Look Who's Back shocked and then thrilled over 1.5 million German readers with its bold approach to the most taboo of subjects - Adolf Hitler. David Threlfall stars as the infamous Nazi leader in this provocative satire.
Part 2
Having woken up in modern day Berlin Adolf Hitler decides he needs to re-take control of his beloved Fatherland. But when he is mistaken for a comedy impersonator by TV Executives, rather than running the country, he finds himself the star of a satirical show. As his rants against foreigners and current politics increase in popularity, so does his power over the German people.
Theme music composed by Clive Swift and arranged by Stuart Morley.
From the novel by Timur Vermes
Translated by Jamie Bulloch
Dramatised for radio by Marcy Kahan
Directed by Helen Perry
A BBC Cymru/Wales Production
Timur Vermes is a journalist and a ghost-writer. Look Who's Back is his first novel.
David Threlfall is a prominent stage, film and TV actor and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Frank Gallagher in the long running TV show Shameless. He recently played Noah in BBC drama The Ark, he has portrayed iconic comedian Tommy Cooper in Not Like That, Like This and real-life cop David Baker in ITV drama Code Of A Killer.


Sunday 11th October

Reading Europe: Poland: Entanglement: The Reflection Room
Radio 4 15:00 Warsaw crime thriller by Zygmunt Miloszewski, dramatised for radio by Mark Lawson. Family secrets and modern politics mesh in a murder mystery. Episode 1.

[b]Death of a Salesman
Radio 3 21:00 David Suchet, Zoe Wanamaker and director Howard Davies, who created the award winning All My Sons in the West End reunite with a new production of Arthur Miller’s 1949 classic.


Monday 12th October

Early One Morning
Radio 4 10:45 & 19:45 Mon - Fri Rome 1943. A split-second decision is about to change Chiara's life forever. Greta Scacchi and Juliet Aubrey star in Virginia Baily's new novel, dramatised by Miranda Emmerson. 1/10

Home Front Season 5
Radio 4 12:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. A letter arrives at the Grahams’ with bad news.

The Life and Times of Arthur Miller: Beginnings
Radio 4 14:15 New York, 1915. Arthur Miller is born to a prosperous family in the clothing business. But when the stock market crashes, the Millers face ruin. By Mike Walker.


Tuesday 13th October

The Life and Times of Arthur Miller: The Lure
Radio 4 14:15 After the success of Death of A Salesman, Hollywood beckons to Arthur, where a chance meeting with a young actress called Marilyn Monroe changes everything. By Jonathan Holloway.


Wednesday 14th October

The Life and Times of Arthur Miller: Sin
Radio 4 14:15 In 1955 Marilyn Monroe moved to New York to study acting. Four years after she and Arthur had first met in LA, they secretly began to see each other again. By Jonathan Holloway.


Thursday 15th October

The Life and Times of Arthur Miller: Dreams
Radio 4 14:15 Miller is now in his late sixties and it's been a long time since he had a major success. In Mike Walker's drama, a mysterious young visitor compels him to look back on his life.


Friday 16th October

Drone Pilots
Radio 4 14:15 A veteran pilot and a video gamer, who operate a drone from a trailer in America, receive orders to stake out a family in South Waziristan.

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week, when the dead seem more present than ever.

Drama of the Week: The Life and Times of Arthur Miller: Dreams
Miller is now in his late sixties and it's been a long time since he had a major success. In Mike Walker's drama, a mysterious young visitor compels him to look back on his life. :download:



Saturday 17th October

Unmade Movies: Arthur Miller's The Hook
Radio 4 14:30 Arthur Miller’s unproduced screenplay tells the story of a 1950s Brooklyn longshoreman who is fired for standing up to his corrupt union boss, but decides to fight back.

Reading Europe: Poland: Entanglement: The Reflection Room Episode 1
Radio 4 21:00 Reading Europe: Poland: Entanglement: The Reflection Room Episode 1


Sunday 18th October

Reading Europe: Poland: Entanglement: The Reflection Room
Radio 4 15:00 Warsaw crime thriller by Zygmunt Miloszewski, dramatised for radio by Mark Lawson. Family secrets and modern politics mesh in a murder mystery. Episode 2.

A View from the Bridge
Radio 3 21:00 Martin Jarvis directs this powerful drama. Alfred Molina leads an all-star American cast, with Jane Kaczmarek, Melissa Benoist and Hector Elizondo.


Monday 19th October

Early One Morning
Radio 4 10:45 & 19:45 Mon - Fri Italy 1943. Chiara now lives in a farmhouse where she shelters deserters and a small Jewish boy. Juliet Aubrey stars in Virginia Baily's new novel, dramatised by Miranda Emmerson. 6/10

Home Front Season 5
Radio 4 12:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. Lilian Frost tries to make amends to Roland with a thoughtful proposal.

Open Art: Master Rock
Radio 4 14:15 A repertoire for a mountain recorded live inside Scottish Power's Cruachan Power Station, sited deep inside one of the highest peaks on the west coast of Scotland.


Tuesday 20th October

The Mermaid of Zennor
Radio 4 14:15 The Mermaid of Zennor is a re-imagining of the Cornish folk tale. A supernatural story of mystery and obsession rooted in the contemporary world.


Wednesday 21st October

Tommies
Radio 4 14:15 Based on eye-witness accounts, each episode of TOMMIES traces one real day at war, exactly 100 years ago. With Lee Ross, Indira Varma and Jassa Ahluwalia. By Nick Warburton.


Thursday 22nd October

Ten Funerals and a Wedding
Radio 4 14:15 Quirky drama about a part-time humanist celebrant who specializes in death deciding to expand her repertoire.


Friday 23rd October

The Liberty Cap
Radio 4 14:15 Can psychedelic drugs really have a use in the treatment of depression? Pete has tried every other treatment on offer and is now about to find out.


Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago this week, when crises lead to drastic actions

Drama of the Week: Tommies
Based on eye-witness accounts, each episode of Tommies traces one real day at war, exactly 100 years ago. With Lee Ross, Indira Varma and Jassa Ahluwalia. By Nick Warburton. :download:


Saturday 24th October

Unmade Movies: Orson Welles' Heart of Darkness
Radio 4 14:30 Orson Welles’ unproduced screenplay of Conrad's celebrated novel tells the story of a skipper who is hired to take a steam ship up the Congo River and encounters a terrifying evil.

Reading Europe: Poland: Entanglement Episode 2
Radio 4 21:00 Reading Europe: Poland: Entanglement Episode 2
Radio 4 continues its journey across Europe exploring the best contemporary literature. In this hugely successful Polish crime thriller, a long suffering State Prosecutor finds himself trapped in a posst-Communist limbo land of half-truths and secrets. Will he prove himself to be a redoubtable seeker of the truth or will he compromise? A perplexing murder reveals tantalising glimpses of links to the old regime.
Part 2: Antigone in Warsaw
Szacki struggles with his burgeoning feelings for attractive journalist Monika Grzelka and the increasingly complex background of the murder victim. The final clues fall into place when he stages his own Family Constellation Therapy session with all the suspects.
The writer Zygmunt Miloszewski is a leading Polish writer. The Teodor Szacki series is a best seller in Poland. Antonia Lloyd Jones is an award winning translator of Polish fiction and chair of the Translators Association. Dramatised for radio by the writer, critic and journalist, Mark Lawson.
About Reading Europe:
Europe is central to our lives - we go on holiday to Europe, we do business in Europe, we watch in amazement as the various states try to grapple with migration in Europe. Over the next year or so we will be engaged in the debate as to whether or not we stay in Europe. But how much do we know this continent's countries and, in particular, how much do we know about what they're reading?
Over the course of two years, Reading Europe will travel from Calais to Istanbul. Through dramatisations, readings and essays, Reading Europe and Front Row will explore what Europe is writing, publishing and reading - and why.
Written by Zygmunt Miloszewski
Translated by Antonia Lloyd Jones
Dramatised for radio by Mark Lawson
Warsaw backgrounds: Zofia Morus
Polish language advisor: Richard Abel
Sound design: Eloise Whitmore
Producer/director: Polly Thomas
Executive Producer: Joby Waldman
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.


Sunday 25th October

The Penny Dreadfuls Present: The Odyssey
Radio 4 15:00 Comic trio Penny Dreadfuls tackle Homer's tale of Odysseus' epic journey home from the Trojan Wars and his incredible adventures en route. Starring Peep Show's Robert Webb.

The Witness
Radio 3 21:00 A young Rwandan-born woman discovers a long-buried secret which shatters her feelings for her adopted father. By Vivienne Franzmann.


Monday 26th October

How to Survive the Roman Empire, by Pliny and Me
Radio 4 10:45 & 19:45 Mon - Fri Pliny the Younger goes shopping for a slave with secretarial skills to help him prepare his letters for publication. Hattie Naylor's new series is set in 1st century Rome.

Home Front Season 5
Radio 4 12:00 On 26 October 1915, George Breeckow was executed in the Tower of London for espionage. And Folkestone’s most respected medium is troubled by an insistent spirit.

Mayday Mayday
Radio 4 14:15 A true, life-affirming story charting actor Tristan Sturrock's journey from paralysis to recovery. Retold for radio by the voices of all those who helped him to walk again.


Tuesday 27th October

Blue Glory
Radio 4 14:15 After nearly a decade apart a father and daughter are reunited to watch their beloved football team play . But is reconciliation as satisfying as winning? By Hayley Squires.


Wednesday 28th October

Tommies
Radio 4 14:15 Visiting neutral Holland on a sensitive diplomatic mission Robert de Tullio is drawn deeper into the murky waters of WW1 Intelligence and a more personal quest. By Michael Chaplin.


Thursday 29th October

Fugue State
Radio 4 14:15 A man in hospital in a fugue state holds the key to strange events reported in a remote village. Can they unlock him using sound recordings? By Julian Simpson.


Friday 30th October

The Exuberant
Radio 4 14:15 Jack 'Space' Hopper is an Exuberant - he hunts for meteorites. A comedy about the mad desire to catch a falling star. By Jeff Young.

Home Front Omnibus
Radio 4 21:00 Closing Omnibus edition of Season Five of this epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

Drama of the Week: Blue Glory
After nearly a decade apart a father and daughter are reunited to watch their beloved football team play . But is reconciliation as satisfying as winning? By Hayley Squires. :download:


Saturday 31st October

Unmade Movies: Hitchcock's The Blind Man
Radio 4 14:30 Hitchcock and Lehman's unfinished 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.

The Penny Dreadfuls Present: The Odyssey
Radio 4 21:00 Comic trio Penny Dreadfuls tackle Homer's tale of Odysseus's epic journey home from the Trojan Wars and his incredible adventures en route. Starring Peep Show's Robert Webb.

Fright Night: The Stone Tape
Radio 4 22:00 A classic seventies horror re-imagined by acclaimed British filmmaker Peter Strickland, starring Romola Garai, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Julian Barratt.

Fright Night: Ring
Radio 4 23:00 Psychological Japanese horror story about a video tape that, once seen, causes death. By Koji Suzuki. Adapted for radio by Anita Sullivan.


Sunday 1st November

I Capture the Castle
Radio 4 15:00 Dodie Smith's classic story about an eccentric family and five star-crossed lovers set in a crumbling castle in 1930's Suffolk. Dramatised by Jane Rogers. 1/2

Light Shining in Buckinghamshire
Radio 3 21:00 Mark Ravenhill directs Caryl Churchill's powerful play from 1976. The story of radical movements in the English Civil War. With Amanda Drew, Monica Dolan, Joseph Mydell, Justin Salinger, Paul Rhys and Andrew Woodall.


Monday 2nd November

Writing the Century: The View From the Windows
Radio 4 10:45 & 19:45 Mon - Fri Heart-warming drama about unrequited love and unfulfilled dreams. Based on the real-life diaries of successful artist and goose-breeder Monica Rawlins. Dramatised by Bethan Roberts.

Louis B Mayer and the Bolshevik Beast
Radio 4 14:15 Toby Jones stars as movie mogul Louis B Mayer determined to stop Upton Sinclair becoming the next Governor of California and taxing the movie studios. Comedy by Stephen Sheridan.


Tuesday 3rd November

The Wainwrights
Radio 4 14:15 In Tom Waiwright's anarchic comedy-drama, farmer Barry discovers that he is the star of a long-running radio drama serial and goes in search for answers.


Wednesday 4th November

Tommies
Radio 4 14:15 One real day at war, exactly 100 years ago. Signallers Ahmadullah and Zarbab have a perilous mission to deliver a wireless set to beleagured forces in Baghdad. By Jonathan Ruffle.


Thursday 5th November

The Man in the Lift
Radio 4 14:15 A man is contracted to repair the lift in an urban residential tower block. But for some of its residents, his presence is much more significant than that. By Tom Connolly.


Friday 6th November

The Lost Sister
Radio 4 14:15 The true story of the author's intrepid search for her long lost and feared sister, dropped from the family record. Spanning two continents and forty years.

Drama of the Week: Writing the Century: A View from the Windows
Heart-warming drama about unrequited love and unfulfilled dreams. Based on the real-life diaries of successful artist and goose-breeder Monica Rawlins. Dramatised by Bethan Roberts. :download:


Saturday 7th November

Lanark
Radio 4 14:30 Alasdair Gray's cult classic which changed the face of Scottish fiction. Dramatised by Robin Brooks.

I Capture the Castle 1/2
Radio 4 21:00 I Capture the Castle 1/2
Jane Rogers dramatises Dodie Smith's rags-to-riches tale and moving coming-of-age novel with a cast of eccentrics.
In the ruins of medieval castle, deep in rural 1930's Suffolk, funny, intelligent seventeen year old Cassandra Mortmain attempts to capture her family's life in a journal. Their isolation is disrupted by the arrival of rich American brothers Simon and Neil and desperate to escape the family's grinding poverty Cassandra's beautiful older sister Rose determines to marry Simon.
Directed by Nadia Molinari.


Sunday 8th November

I Capture the Castle 2/2
Radio 4 15:00 Dodie Smith's classic story about an eccentric family and five star-crossed lovers set in a crumbling castle in 1930's Suffolk. Dramatised by Jane Rogers. 2/2

Old Times
Radio 3 21:00 In a remote farmhouse, Deeley and Kate await a visitor. Anna is Kate's best friend, though Deeley has never met her. Is the past really as they remember it? By Harold Pinter.


Monday 9th November

Children in Need: D for Dexter
Radio 4 10:45 & 19:45 Mon - Fri Skye hates to leave her baby brother Dexter with the foster-whatevers, but come Thursday they'll all be back together. With their Mum. By Amanda Whittington.

Fat Little Thing 1/2
Radio 4 14:15 Louise’s father has a surprise announcement. Is this the perfect happy ending his eight-year old daughter has been dreaming of after the tragic loss of her mother? 1/2


Tuesday 10th November

Fat Little Thing 2/2
Radio 4 14:15 When tragedy strikes her family for a second time, young Lou concocts a desperate plan to try and make everything right again. 2/2


Wednesday 11th November

Tommies
Radio 4 14:15 Based on eye-witness accounts, each episode of Tommies traces one real day at war, exactly 100 years ago. With Lee Ross, Pippa Nixon and Indira Varma. By Jonathan Ruffle.


Thursday 12th November

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Radio 4 14:15 This classic Russian tale of passion and murder follows the emotional turmoil of an extraordinary heroine trapped in a loveless marriage, single minded in her pursuit of true love.


Friday 13th November

Queens of the Coal Age
Radio 4 14:15 Maxine Peake dramatises the story of the 1993 attempt by four miners' wives to occupy Parkside Colliery, in a bid to save the remaining 31 pits from closure.

Drama of the Week: Black Dog
Clare's husband is missing. By Katie Hims, one of Radio 4's most prolific playwrights. :download:


Saturday 21st November

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola Season 1 - Blood Episode 1
Radio 4 14:30 Animals by Dan Rebellato inspired by Zola's Rougon-Macquart Series. Dide's son, Pierre siphons off her fortune and her grandson, Silvere, runs away to join the republican uprising.

The Day of the Locust
Radio 4 21:00 The Day of the Locust
Classic Serial: The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West. Dramatised by Jim Poyser
Tod is a young scene designer in 1930s Hollywood trying to earn an honest buck and still maintain his artistic integrity. He falls in love with Faye, an aspiring actress and gets sucked into the toxic periphery of Hollywood. A caustic satire on the flipside of the 1930s dream factory.
Director/Producer Gary Brown.


Sunday 22nd November

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola Season 1 - Blood Episode 2
Radio 4 15:00 Fire. Starring Glenda Jackson. Passion, in every sense, is the theme of Dan Rebellato's dramatisation, inspired by the works of literature's greatest whistle blower - Emile Zola.

Curated by Harriet Walter: Dinner
Radio 3 21:00 Dame Harriet Walter returns to the role she created in Moira Buffini's outrageous black comedy of appetite.


Monday 23rd November

Welcome to Zaatari
Radio 4 10:45 & 19:45 Mon - Fri One family's story from Zaatari Camp, adapted from an Arabic audio drama about Syrian refugees in Jordan, made in conjunction with Radio SouriaLi and the UNHCR.

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola Season 1 - Blood Episode 3
Radio 4 14:15 Food. A story of love and betrayal dramatised by Oliver Emanuel from the works of literature’s greatest whistle blower.


Tuesday 24th November

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola Season 1 - Blood Episode 4
Radio 4 14:15 Politics. A story of power dramatised by Oliver Emanuel from the works of literature’s greatest whistle blower.


Wednesday 25th November

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola Season 1 - Blood Episode 5
Radio 4 14:15 Drink. A story of addiction dramatised by Oliver Emanuel from the works of literature’s greatest whistle blower.


Thursday 26th November

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola Season 1 - Blood Episode 6
Radio 4 14:15 Art. Claude is a talented artist determined to paint the truth around him, contrary to popular fashion, and his own 'bad blood'.


Friday 26th November

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola Season 1 - Blood Episode 7
Radio 4 14:15 Masterpiece by Martin Jameson. Dide observes her great-grandson, Claude's demise as his obsession to create 'the' masterpiece wreaks havoc.