r4 plays 2009, bob thirsk's lists
After 2000, BBC policy was to archive all "performance programmes" on CD. This includes radio plays, so the plays below should exist in the BBC archive. The majority of them (probably 90%+) exist in known private collections.
2009 plays are being sorted out by Bob Thirsk, and the first six months-worth are below. Thanks Bob.
1 1 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Hong Kong by Night Hong Kong by Night Synopsis :Love story by In-Sook Chappell. Locked out of her apartment; Poppy can either wait in the lobby for morning or accept Arthur's invitation to explore Hong Kong by night. Arthur ...... Oliver Williams Poppy ...... Liz Sutherland Alice/Waitress ...... Nina Kwok Directed by Abigail le Fleming. Broadcast: 01 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC
2 1 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Eyes of Horus Synopsis :Series of four new tales of mystery and murder by Bert Coules; inspired by the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The police are baffled when a priceless antique disappears; but Holmes solves the mystery with the aid of a pawnbroker; a landlady and two stout rubber bands. Sherlock Holmes ...... Clive Merrison Dr John Watson ...... Andrew Sachs Lady Mallory ...... Colette O'Neil Lestrade ...... Stephen Thorne Lofting ...... Stephen Critchlow Wilson ...... Jonathan Tafler Mrs Hartnell ...... Janice Acquah Sergeant ...... Malcolm Tierney Constable ...... Paul Rider Directed by Patrick Rayner. Broadcast: 02 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC
2 1 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 21:00 Friday Play Landscape Synopsis :Two plays by Harold Pinter. 1/2. Landscape A man and a woman sit deep in recollection. While the man's thoughts are of his day in the park and a quarrel in the pub; the woman's are of an idyllic day spent many years ago on a beach with the man she loved. Duff ...... Harold Pinter Beth ...... Penelope Wilton 2/2. The Examination A chilling yet playful monologue in which a man about to be questioned summons up every mental resource to empower himself over his interrogator. With Michael Gambon. Directed by Peter Kavanagh. Broadcast: 02 Jan 2009 21:00BBC
3 1 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play Tom and Viv Tom and Viv Synopsis :Spy thriller by Melissa Murray; based on real events. Leon Theremin; inventor of the musical instrument that bears his name; leads a double life as a Soviet spy. When he plants a bug in the US Embassay in London; he has to save himself and his former lover from both the CIA and the KGB. Leon Theremin ...... Tom Hollander Alex Forsythe ...... Juliet Aubrey Olga ...... Ania Sowinski Will ...... Trystan Gravelle Sergei/Ambassador ...... Stephen Critchlow Boss ...... Malcolm Tierney Ambassador's wife/Waitress ...... Janice Acquah Bart ...... Jonathan Tafler News seller/Man 2 ...... Chris Pavlo Bellboy/Man 1 ...... Dan Starkey. Broadcast: 03 Jan 2009 14:30BBC
4 1 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Orley Farm Episode 2 Synopsis :Martyn Wade's dramatisation of the novel by Anthony Trollope. Romance is in the air for the young folk staying at Noningsby; the country home of Judge and Lady Staveley. Lady Mason accepts Sir Peregrine's invitation to spend Christmas at The Cleeve; and; in the Moulder household; there is business to consider. Anthony Trollope ...... Tim Pigott-Smith Lady Mason ...... Samantha Bond Sir Peregrine ...... Ronald Pickup Peregrine Orme ...... Dan Stevens Mrs Edith Orme ...... Amanda Root Lucius Mason ...... Jonathan Christie Sophia Furnival ...... Lydia Leonard Mr Furnival ...... Robert Maskell Lady Staveley ...... Pamela Miles Madeline Staveley ...... Manjeet Mann Augustus Staveley ...... Robert Lonsdale Felix Graham ...... Gunnar Cauthery Mr Dockwrath ...... Sam Dale Miriam Dockwrath ...... Janice Acquah Joseph Mason ...... Jonathan Tafler Mr Moulder ...... Stephen Critchlow Mrs Moulder ...... Jane Whittenshaw John Kenneby ...... Inam Mirza Mr Kantwise ...... Paul Rider Matthew Round ...... Dan Starkey Directed by Tracey Neale. Broadcasts: 04 Jan 2009 15:00 BBC 10 Jan 2009 21:00 BBC
5 1 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Icarus Falling Synopsis :By Jonathan Davidson. Artist Peter Lord; living and working in Cornwall; is no longer interested in his previous successes and seeks to expand his horizons. To the astonishment of his wife and his gallery owner; he takes up gliding. Peter ...... Jay Villiers Susan ...... Eleanor Tremain Painting ...... Eve Matheson Gerry ...... Bill Wallis Gliding instructor ...... Cameron Stewart. Directed by Tim Dee. Broadcasts: 25 Jul 2007 14:15 BBC Radio 4; 5 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC Radio4
6 1 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Apes and Angels Apes and Angels Synopsis :By Jim Eldridge. A clash over the teaching of creationism at a flagship academy school looks set to bring damaging publicity to the PFI programme in education and embarrass the schools minister; who has close links to the industrialist behind the academy. James White ...... Richard Katz Diane West ...... Anna Madeley Sir Reginald Thwaite ...... Robert Lister Sir Gerald le Vaux ...... Terrence Hardiman Lynne Gilbert ...... Miranda Keeling Directed by Peter Leslie Wild. Broadcast: 06 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC
7 1 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Forgetting Curve The Forgetting Curve Last broadcast 07 Jan 2009; 14:15 on BBC . Synopsis :By Hugh Costello. Though Greg's expert testimony is sufficient to acquit a vicious murderer; he little expects that the fallout from the trial will threaten his marriage; and even his life. Greg Cooke ...... Michael Glenn Murphy Isabelle Kavanagh ...... Lia Williams DI Baddely ...... Chris McHallem Eve Cooke ...... Andrea Irvine Valerie Ryan ...... Karen Ardiff Brenda ...... Annie McCartney Professor Nolan ...... Richard Howard Kelly ...... Hugh Costello Paul ...... Inam Mirza Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. Broadcast: 07 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC
8 1 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Left in Trust Synopsis :By Sarah Daniels. When a young woman decides to write a play about the founder of the National Trust; it leads her to discover secrets about her own family. With Kenneth Cranham; Sophie Stanton. Directed by Sally Avens. Broadcast: 08 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC
9 1 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Thirteen Watches Synopsis :Series of four new tales of mystery and murder by Bert Coules; inspired by the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It takes more than a vanishing pair of railway passengers and a corpse that appears out of thin air to interest a bored Sherlock Holmes. But then he learns what the dead man had in his pockets. Sherlock Holmes ...... Clive Merrison Dr John Watson ...... Andrew Sachs Sir Gregory Nigel Anthony Inspector Jones ...... Sion Probert Harkness ...... Stuart Milligan Sam ...... Inam Mirza Ted ...... Robert Lonsdale Landlady ...... Donnla Hughes Sergeant ...... Dan Starkey Directed by Patrick Rayner. Broadcast: 09 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC
9 1 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 21:00 The Friday Play Hunting the Beagle Synopsis :Biologist and maritime historian Dr Robert Prescott searches for the final resting place of the ship aboard which Charles Darwin began to formulate the ideas which would eventually become his theory of evolution. He begins his journey at Woolwich Dockyard in London where the Beagle's voyage began.Broadcast:09 Jan 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
10 1 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play Walter Now Walter Now Synopsis :Update on the 1982 by David Cook; starring Ian McKellen as Walter; a man with learning difficulties. Walter is now a pensioner; living alone in a hostel. His support worker puts him forward for a house share with three other people; all of whom are half his age. Will they accept him and will he be able to cope with independent living? Walter ...... Ian McKellen Steph ...... Becky Hindley Mr Herd ...... Maloclm Tierney Mary ...... Anna-Marie Heslop Bernard ...... Robert Lonsdale Terry ...... Gunnar Cauthery Tom ...... Edmund Davies Mrs Hall ...... Jill Cardo Boy ...... Ceallach Spellman Directed by Claire Grove. Broadcast: 10 Jan 2009 14:30 BBC radio 4
11 1 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Orley Farm Episode 3 Synopsis :Martyn Wade's dramatisation of the novel by Anthony Trollope. Lady Mason has confessed to her terrible secret and her chance of marriage with Sir Peregrine has been shattered. Will her secret be exposed at the trial and will her beloved son lose Orley Farm? Anthony Trollope ...... Tim Pigott-Smith Lady Mason ...... Samantha Bond Sir Peregrine ...... Ronald Pickup Peregrine Orme ...... Dan Stevens Mrs Edith Orme ...... Amanda Root Lucius Mason ...... Jonathan Christie Sophia Furnival ...... Lydia Leonard Mr Furnival ...... Robert Maskell Mrs Furnival ...... Joanna Monro Lady Staveley ...... Pamela Miles Judge Staveley ...... Chris Pavlo Madeline Staveley ...... Manjeet Mann Augustus Staveley ...... Robert Lonsdale Felix Graham ...... Gunnar Cauthery Mr Dockwrath ...... Sam Dale Joseph Mason ...... Jonathan Tafler Mr Moulder ...... Stephen Critchlow Mrs Moulder ...... Jane Whittenshaw John Kenneby ...... Inam Mirza Chaffanbrass ...... Malcolm Tierney Miss Biggs ...... Jill Cardo Judge ...... Dan Starkey Directed by Tracey Neale. Broadcast: 11 Jan 2009 15:00 BBC
12 1 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Lawn Wars Lawn Wars Synopsis :By Nick Warburton. Alice is a single middle-aged woman devastated after the recent loss of her mother. To fulfil a promise she made to herself on mother's deathbed; Alice takes on a gardener to improve the lawn that helped bond the two women. Alice ...... Anna Calder-Marshall Anthony ...... Richard Johnson Rob ...... Robert Daws. Broadcasts: 06 Jul 200714:15 BBC 12 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC
13 1 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Excerpt from a Dog's Ear Synopsis :By Kavyasiddhi. Dodging impending fatherhood; Dan has escaped to the beach he used to visit as a child in search of answers. What he finds is himself; aged nine. Dan ...... Michael Begley Danny ...... Aidan Parsons With original music by Steve Mead. Directed by Nadia Molinari. Broadcasts: 19 Jul 200714:15 BBC (FM only)13 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC
14 1 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Smoke and Mirrors Synopsis :Paul B Davies's black comedy is based on real events. The Great Kalanag; Adolf Hitler's favourite conjuror; is touring America during the 1950s when he is confronted by his dubious past in Nazi Germany. Has he used the skills of a magician; in particular the techniques of misdirection; to create an illusion of his entire career? Kalanag ...... Geoffrey Durham. Broadcasts: 11 Jun 2007 14:15 BBC (FM only)14 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC
15 1 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Torch No.1 Synopsis :By David Pownall. Monologue exploring the mind and motives of the young Czech student; Jan Palach; who set fire to himself in the centre of Prague 40 years ago. Jan Palach ...... Karl Davies Directed by Martin Jenkins. Broadcast: 15 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC
16 1 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Ferrers Documents Synopsis :Series of four new tales of mystery and murder by Bert Coules; inspired by the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. What is the link between a slum landlord; a missing witness and a break-in at 221B Baker Street? In a case with no leads; the most important clue is that there are no clues at all. Sherlock Holmes ...... Clive Merrison Dr John Watson ...... Andrew Sachs Lestrade ...... Stephen Thorne Dawkins ...... Thomas Arnold Ferrers ...... Jonathan Tafler Alice ...... Donnla Hughes George ...... Gunnar Cauthery Mrs Radcliffe ...... Janice Acquah Johnson ...... Dan Starkey Directed by Patrick Rayner. Broadcast: 16 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC
16 1 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 21:00 Friday Play The Forgotten Synopsis :Exploration of the onset of dementia by Anne Devlin. Alarming lapses of memory lead to Bee losing her home and career. She returns home to her family and ageing mother; increasingly isolated and frustrated with herself. Then she meets a strange creature in the park who calls himself The Forgotten. Can he help her? Bee ...... Ger Ryan The Forgotten ...... George Harris Thea ...... Gemma Reeves Anthony ...... Sean Campion Granny May ...... Stella McCusker Other parts played by Kieran Lagan and Peter Ballance. Directed by Heather Larmour. Broadcast: 16 Jan 2009 21:00 BBC
17 1 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play Piper Alpha Piper Alpha Listen:Next on: 17 Jan 2009; 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 Synopsis :By Stephen Phelps. On 6 July 1988; a North Sea oil rig was destroyed by a series of explosions and a massive fire; resulting in the death of 167 men. Based on Lord Cullen's Public Inquiry; the play chronicles the disaster minute-by-minute as it happened. With Ewan Bailey; Nigel Betts; Kenny Blyth; Mark Bonnar; Liam Brennan; Stephen Critchlow; Ben Crowe; Nyasha Hatendi; Chris Pavlo; Roshan R Rohatgi; John Rowe; Dan Starkey; John Kay Steel and Joan Walker. Directed by Toby Swift. Broadcast: 17 Jan 2009 14:30 BBC radio 4 Radio 4
18 1 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial The Grand Babylon Hotel The Grand Babylon Hotel Synopsis :Murder mystery by Arnold Bennett; adapted in two parts by Chris Harrald. American tycoon Theodore Racksole buys Europe's most exclusive hotel on a whim; but is warned by the seller that he will live to regret it. Soon; a mysterious death occurs and Theodore and his daughter Nella find themselves in danger in their own hotel. Theodore Racksole ...... John Sessions Nella Racksole ...... Matti Houghton Aribert ...... Joe Kloska Jules ...... Richard Katz Miss Spencer ...... Fenella Woolgar Felix Babylon ...... Stephen Greif Reginald Dimmock ...... Gunnar Cauthery Miss Ferguson ...... Jill Cardo Servant ...... Inam Mirza. Broadcast: 18 Jan 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4
19 1 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play A Prayer for Owen Meany Episode 1 Synopsis :Adaptation of the John Irving novel; dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths. When Owen accidentally kills Johnny's mother with a baseball; can their friendship survive? John ...... Henry Goodman Owen Meany ...... Toby Jones Tabitha/Mrs Walker ...... Charlotte Emmerson Johnny ...... Max Baldry Grandmother ...... Eleanor Bron Dan Needham ...... Adam Godley Mr Chickering ...... Stephen Critchlow Chief Ben Pike ...... Jonathan Tafler. Broadcast: 19 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
20 1 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play A Prayer for Owen Meany Episode 2 Synopsis :Adaptation of the John Irving novel; dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths. How will Johnny's wild cousins react to meeting his remarkable best friend Owen? John ...... Henry Goodman Owen Meany ...... Toby Jones Tabitha ...... Charlotte Emmerson Johnny ...... Max Baldry Grandmother ...... Eleanor Bron Dan Needham ...... Adam Godley Hester ...... Sarah Goldberg Simon ...... Andrew Hoffmeister Noah ...... Henry Fay Vocal Coach for the voice of Owen Meany: Penny Dyer. Broadcast: 20 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
21 1 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play A Prayer for Owen Meany Episode 3 Synopsis :Adaptation of the John Irving novel; dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths. Owen's roles as the Christ Child and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come cause a stir in Gravesend; especially when he claims to have had a vision. John ...... Henry Goodman Owen Meany ...... Toby Jones Johnny ...... Max Baldry Grandmother ...... Eleanor Bron Dan Needham ...... Adam Godley Rev Wiggin/Mr Meany ...... Jonathan Tafler Mrs Meany ...... Jill Cardo Barbara Wiggin ...... Lorelei King Rev Merrill ...... Vincent Marzello Mary Jane ...... Katie Hoffmeister Harold Crosby ...... Ethan Brooke Mr Morrison ...... Paul Rider Vocal Coach for the voice of Owen Meany: Penny Dyer. Broadcast: 21 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
22 1 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play A Prayer for Owen Meany Episode 4 Synopsis :Adaptation of the John Irving novel; dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths. Owen gets into serious trouble at Gravesend Academy when he challenges authority. Is it just teenage rebellion or is he driven by something more profound? John ...... Henry Goodman Owen Meany ...... Toby Jones Johnny ...... Simon Lee Phillips Dan Needham ...... Adam Godley Dr Dolder/Randolph White ...... Kerry Shale Rev Merrill ...... Vincent Marzello Larry Lish ...... Robert Lonsdale Mrs Lish ...... Janice Acquah McSwiney ...... Vincent Marzello. Broadcast: 22 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
23 1 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play A Prayer for Owen Meany Episode 5 Synopsis :Adaptation of the John Irving novel; dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths. As the draft cards for the Vietnam War arrive; Johnny cannot understand why Owen is desperate to join the combat branch. But following his prophetic vision; Owen believes that there are higher forces at work. John ...... Henry Goodman Owen Meany ...... Toby Jones Johnny ...... Max Baldry Rev Merrill ...... Vincent Marzello Hester ...... Sarah Goldberg Major Rawls ...... William Hope Mr Meany ...... Jonathan Tafler Mrs Meany ...... Jill Cardo Dick Jarvits ...... Harry Mcentire Mother/Nun ...... Janice Acquah Father ...... Jonathan Tafler Girl ...... Donnla Hughes Vocal coach for the voice of Owen Meany: Penny Dyer. Broadcast: 23 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
24 1 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play Quartermaine's Terms Synopsis :Simon Gray's funny and moving play is set in a school for teaching English to foreigners in the 1960s. It deals with the concerns of seven teachers over several years and in particular the progress of Quartermaine; a lonely man and ineffective teacher.With Michael Palin; Francesca Faridany; James Fleet; Clive Francis. Directed by Maria Aitken.Broadcast: 24 Jan 2009 14:30BBC Radio 4
25 1 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial The Grand Babylon Hotel Episode 2 Synopsis :Murder mystery by Arnold Bennett; adapted in two parts by Chris Harrald. Having bought Europe's most exclusive hotel; American tycoon Theodore Racksole is thrown in to a world of intrigue; espionage and murder. Theodore Racksole ...... John Sessions Nella Racksole ...... Matti Houghton Aribert ...... Joe Kloska Jules ...... Richard Katz Miss Spencer ...... Fenella Woolgar Felix Babylon ...... Stephen Greif Prince Eugen ...... Stephen Critchlow Reginald Dimmock ...... Gunnar Cauthery Hazell ...... Jonathan Tafler Miss Ferguson ...... Jill Cardo Tomkins ...... Inam Mirza Emperor ...... Malcolm Tierney Sampson Levi ...... Chris Pavlo. Broadcast: 25 Jan 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4
26 1 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Cancer Tales Cancer Tales Listen:Next on: 26 Jan 2009; 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 Synopsis :By Nell Dunn; based on the real-life experiences of cancer patients and those close to them. Three separate stories unfold of people learning 'how to be' with someone with a life-threatening illness. Clare ......Laura Fitzpatrick Mary ...... Dona Croll Penny ...... Kerry Owen Marilyn ...... Rachel Lewis Rebecca ...... Polly Nayler Other parts played by Robert Hickson and Julien Ball. Directed by Merilyn Harris. Broadcast: 26 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
27 1 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Series 5 To Keep Him Honest Synopsis :Four-part series of stories about David Ashton's Victorian detective based on real-life Edinburgh policeman Inspector James McLevy. The crowds are making for Leith Links; where the champion boxer Toff Richmond is taking on a local challenger. The purse is generous; the gamblers are plunging deep; the stall-holders are doing a roaring trade. Unfortunately; so is the criminal fraternity. McLevy ...... Brian Cox Jean Brash ...... Siobhan Redmond Mulholland ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell Roach ...... David Ashton Hannah ...... Colette O'Neil Tommy ...... James Bryce Bernard ...... John Kielty Richmond ...... Mark McDonnell Donald ...... Andrew Neil Sally ...... Laura Smales Joe Ritchie ...... Finlay Welsh Directed by Patrick Rayner. Broadcast: 27 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
28 1 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Dreaming in English Synopsis :By John Godber and Jane Thornton. Since emigrating from Poland; Magda has made a good life for herself in Hull. But now her brother is coming to stay and she faces problems. Dan ...... Robert Angell Priest/Jim ...... David Barrass Raf ...... Rad Kaim Magda ...... Natasha Radski Suzie ...... Amy Thompson Woman ...... Jane Thornton Directed by Mary Ward-Lowery. Broadcasts: 14 Sep 200714:15 BBC Radio 4 28 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
29 1 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Cavity Cavity Synopsis :Comedy drama by Sean Grundy. Kirsty is having an affair with a married man; Adrian. When his wife Lucy returns unexpectedly from a business conference; Kirsty hides in the attic. In a panic; she falls down the back of the attic into the cavity wall. Kirsty ...... Ingrid Oliver Adrian ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt Lucy ...... Kerry Godliman Sandra ...... Hayley Doherty Estate Agent ...... Jim Howick Dan the Cavity Man/Matt ...... Paul Mundell Jemma ...... Dierdre Mullins Directed by Alison Crawford. Broadcast: 29 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
30 1 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play On the Field Synopsis :By Annie Caulfield. Craig has joined the army to get away from football; but somehow the game has followed him all the way to Basra. Has he got what it takes to be a hero? Craig ...... Daniel Abelson Mahmoud ...... Paul Chahidi Limping Ibrahim ...... Hassan Calaph Padre ...... Alan Coveney Julie ...... Sheila Hannon Laundry Ibrahim ...... Stephan Kalipha Hamilton ...... Chris New Sergeant Billy ...... Jonjo O'Neill Dave ...... Freddy White With Mike Ingham as himself. Directed by Mary Ward-Lowery. Broadcasts: 10 Sep 2007 14:15 BBC Radio 430 Jan 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
31 1 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play Master Class Synopsis :Comedy by David Pownall; set in Moscow in 1948. Stalin and his sidekick Zhdanov invite Prokofiev and Shostakovich to the Kremlin for a music lesson Stalin ...... Kenneth Cranham Zhdanov ...... Trevor Cooper Prokofiev ...... Bruce Alexander Shostakovich ...... John Light. Broadcast: 31 Jan 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4
1 2 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial The Invasion - Arab Chronicles of the First Crusade Episode 1 Synopsis:By Jonathan Myerson. The story of the First Crusade; re-imagined from the Arab point of view; using the chronicles of the period. Small-time merchant Firuz's life is changed when his land is invaded by a rag-tag army of incomprehensible; odorous and ill-disciplined warriors from the West; fuelled by religious fanaticism. Firuz ...... Andrew Lincoln The Stitch ...... Neil Dudgeon Rihab ...... Helen Schlesinger Yaghi-Siyan ...... Nicholas Woodeson Tatikios ...... Peter Polycarpou Nadirah ...... Rachel Atkins Suleima ...... Jill Cardo Anna ...... Janice Acquah Peter ...... Chris Pavlo Qilij ...... Gunnar Cauthery Shams Al-Dawla ...... Dan Starkey Other parts played by Malcolm Tierney; Stephen Critchlow and Robert Lonsdale Directed by Jonquil Panting. Broadcast: 01 Feb 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4
2 2 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Forester's Synopsis:Dramatisation of a short story by Claire Keegan. When Martha accepts Victor Deegan's proposal; she finds her new life on his farm monotonous and lonely. But Martha has a secret. Martha ...... Maria Doyle Kennedy Deegan ...... Owen Roe Victoria ...... Emma Bolger The Stranger ...... Conor Mullen Big Lad ...... Glen Barry Young Lad ...... Johnny Brennan Nancy ...... Cathy Belton Mrs Duffy ...... Aine Ni Mhuri Mr Flemming ...... Wesley Murphy Mr Davis ...... Gerry O'Brien Father Pat ...... Frankie McCafferty Dog Buyer ...... Miche Doherty Directed by Heather Larmour. Broadcast: 02 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
3 2 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play McLevy - Series 5 Picture of Innocence Synopsis:Stories about David Ashton's Victorian detective based on real-life Edinburgh policeman Inspector James McLevy. A high court judge is dead and suspicion falls on his wife. Her alleged adultery with a fashionable portrait painter suggests a strong motive for murder; but she protests her innocence and turns to McLevy for help. McLevy ...... Brian Cox Jean Brash ...... Siobhan Redmond Mulholland ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell Roach ...... David Ashton Hannah ...... Colette O'Neil Boothroyd ...... Andrew Clark Judith ...... Emma Currie Dunsmore ...... Simon Tait Alec ...... Steven McNicoll Minnie ...... Irene Allan Directed by Patrick Rayner. Broadcast: 03 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
4 2 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Deja Vu déjà vu Synopsis:Performed in French and English; Alexis Zegerman's drama tells the story of a love affair between a woman from London and a Paris-based French Algerian. When Claire and Ahmed meet; it is language that stands between them. But when Ahmed is stopped and searched in London under section 44 of the Terrorism Act; the seed of a much larger difference is sown. With Caroline Catz and Karim Saleh. Broadcast: 04 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
5 2 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Monkeyface Synopsis:By Linda Marshall Griffiths. Eight-year-old Siddy and his big sister Frannie search for their father. Armed only with a newspaper cutting of him at a peace demonstration and a memory of a trip to a beach in Scarborough; do they have any hope of tracking him down? With Aidan Parsons; Rachel Brogan; Siobhan Finneran; Craig Cheetham. Directed by Nadia Molinari. Broadcast: 05 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
6 2 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Phumzile Synopsis:By Matthew Hurt. On holiday in South Africa; British friends Tom and Pete encounter a local woman; Phumzile; when she helps Pete tackle a mugger. As Phumzile and Pete subsequently grow closer; she reveals that she is HIV positive and Pete helps her to get treatment in Britain. However; Tom suspects that his friend is being taken advantage of. Phumzile ...... Nadine Marshall Pete ...... Stephen Hogan Tom ...... Nathan Stewart-Jarrett Emilia ...... Syan Blake Harry ...... Matt Addis. Broadcast: 06 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
7 2 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play On the Ceiling Synopsis:By Nigel Planer. High up on the wooden scaffolding tower of the Sistine Chapel; two fresco plasterers prepare the ceiling for their boss; Michelangelo; who has not bothered to turn up again. As they do so; they bemoan the uselessness of the great master. Lapo ...... Phil Daniels Loti ...... Bryan Dick Pope Julius ...... Gary Waldhorn Cardinal Alidosi ...... Roger Lloyd Pack Directed by Mary Peate. Broadcast: 07 Feb 2009 14:30BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
8 2 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial The Invasion Arab Chronicles of the First Crusade Synopsis:By Jonathan Myerson. The story of the First Crusade; re-imagined from the Arab point of view; using the chronicles of the period. Antioch is under siege from the Crusaders and the local Christian men have been expelled from the city for fear of betrayal. But; with a little collaboration; The Stitch has a plan to end the siege. Firuz ...... Andrew Lincoln The Stitch ...... Neil Dudgeon Rihab ...... Helen Schlesinger Yaghi-Siyan ...... Nicholas Woodeson Tatikios ...... Peter Polycarpou Nadirah ...... Rachel Atkins Suleima ...... Jill Cardo Anna ...... Janice Acquah Peter ...... Chris Pavlo Bohemond ...... Stephen Critchlow Shams Al-Dawla ...... Dan Starkey Other parts played by Gunnar Cauthery; Inam Mirza and Malcolm Tierney Directed by Jonquil Panting. Broadcast: 08 Feb 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
9 2 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Need for Nonsense Synopsis:By Julia Blackburn. The story of the friendship between the writer and illustrator Edward Lear and his Greek manservant Giorgio; who inspired him to address the painful truths in his life. Edward Lear ...... Andrew Sachs Giorgio Kokalis ...... Alexi Kaye-Campbell Walter Congreve ...... Mark Meadows Hubert Congreve as a boy ...... Ross McKendrick Hubert Congreve as a young man ...... James Rastall Lady Wortlesham ...... Kim Hicks Directed by Mary Ward-Lowery. Broadcast: 09 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
9 2 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Synopsis:A new translation of the famous poem by Simon Armitage; narrated by Ian McKellen. Set in Arthurian Britain at Christmas time with the knights of the Round Table; whose festivities at Camelot are disrupted by the appearance of a green knight. The stranger has come to lay down a challenge - a test of courage and heart which Sir Gawain; King Arthur's nephew; accepts. Sir Gawain ...... Samuel West The Green Knight/Sir Bertilak ...... David Fleeshman Bertilak's wife ...... Deborah McAndrew Arthur/Servant ...... Conrad Nelson With specially composed music by Gary Yershon. Broadcast: 9 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
10 2 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play McLevy - Series 5 The Chosen One Synopsis:Stories about David Ashton's Victorian detective based on real-life Edinburgh policeman Inspector James McLevy. Marianna Eagle; the 'Princess of the Occult'; is a sell-out at the Usher Hall. Do her powers transcend mortal understanding; or is she a fraud? McLevy takes his place in the stalls. McLevy ...... Brian Cox Jean Brash ...... Siobhan Redmond Mulholland ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell Roach ...... David Ashton Hannah ...... Colette O'Neil Marianna ...... Claire Knight Cyrus ...... Angus Macinnes Donald ...... Andrew Neil Mrs Gulliver ...... Sheila Donald Craigie ...... Robin Laing Directed by Patrick Rayner. Broadcast: 10 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
11 2 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Monsieur Monde Vanishes Synopsis:Ronald Frame's dramatisation of Georges Simenon's 1945 novel about a respectable Parisian who suddenly leaves his wife and business for a raffish new life in the dance halls and casinos of the Cote d'Azur. Monsieur Monde ...... Richard Greenwood Julie ...... Claire Knight Therese ...... Emma Currie Other parts played by Eliza Langland; Crawford Logan and Nick Underwood. Broadcast: 11 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
12 2 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Rumpole and the Teenage Werewolf :By John Mortimer. Rumpole leaves London to defend a case in the Home Counties; where he meets up with Ben; a teenager accused of sending emails deemed to be sexually harassing; and of an actual physical attack on a girl. Horace Rumpole ...... Timothy West Hilda Rumpole ...... Prunella Scales Hermione Swithin ...... Felicity Montague Mr Beazley ...... Nicholas Le Prevost Chris Swithin ...... Philip Jackson Ben Swithin ...... Matt Smith Judge Denis Wintergreen ...... Karl Johnson Adrian Hodinott ...... Sean Baker Felicity Halliday ...... Ellie Beaven Directed by Marilyn Imrie. Broadcast: 12 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
13 2 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Rumpole and the Right to Privacy Synopsis:By John Mortimer. Rumpole leaves the Old Bailey to defend an editor of a local newspaper who is accused of breaching a successful businessman's right to privacy. Horace Rumpole ...... Timothy West Hilda Rumpole ...... Prunella Scales Mr Rankin ...... David Shaw-Parker Claude Erskine-Brown ...... Nigel Anthony Liz Probert ...... Elaine Claxton Hugo Winterton ...... Anton Rodgers Gervase Johnson ...... Stephen Critchlow Sir Mike Smedley ...... Kim Durham Mrs Justice Erskine-Brown ...... Joanna David Directed by Marilyn Imrie. Broadcast: 13 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
14 2 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play Joan of Arc; and How She Became a Saint Synopsis:By Patrick Barlow. Comic interpretation of the story of Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc ...... Dawn French Jean du Cauchon ...... Jim Broadbent The Dauphin ...... Samuel Barnett Jean de Metz ...... Andrew Dunn St Catherine ......Anne Reid St Margaret ...... Maggie Steed Alphonse ...... Marc Wootton Chorus played by Patrick Barlow; Beth Nestor; Carrie Quinlan; Humphrey Ker; David Reed; Thom Tuck. Directed by Patrick Barlow. Broadcast: 14 Feb 200914:30BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
15 2 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 BBC Radio 4 Programmes Classic Serial Scoop Episode Synopsis:Dramatisation by Jeremy Front of Evelyn Waugh's satirical 1938 novel. Hapless journalist William Boot is mistakenly sent to report on a war in Africa. William Boot ...... Rory Kinnear Lord Copper ...... David Warner Salter ...... Nicholas Woodeson Corker ...... Stephen Critchlow Pigge ...... Chris Pavlo Erik Olafsen ...... Dan Starkey Jakes ...... Paul Rider Benito ...... Cyril Nri Paleologue ...... Nyasha Hatendi Moke ...... Inam Mirza Mr Baldwin ...... Jonathan Taffler Julia ...... Fenella Woolgar John Boot ...... Nicholas Boulton Josephine ...... Imogen Front Miss Holloway ...... Janice Acquah Secretary ...... Manjeet Mann Uncle Theodore ...... Malcolm Tierney Evelyn Waugh ...... Tim McInnerny Directed by Sally Avens. Broadcast: 15 Feb 200915:00BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
16 2 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play All At Sea Synopsis:Topical thriller by Colin MacDonald. David Murdoch is on a post-redundancy cruise in the Indian Ocean. Facing an uncertain future but with a healthy payoff; he is enjoying the holiday of a lifetime when the ship runs into trouble off the pirate-ridden coast of Somalia. David Murdoch ...... Grant O'Rourke Guleed ...... Maynard Eziashi Lena ...... Claire Knight Samatar ...... John Macaulay Captain ...... Nick Underwood. Broadcast: 16 Feb 200914:15BBC Radio 4 (FM only
17 2 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play McLevy - Series 5 The Reckoning Synopsis:Four-part series of stories about David Ashton's Victorian detective based on real-life Edinburgh policeman Inspector James McLevy. Jean is busy with preparations for Hannah and Donald's wedding. But somewhere in the city someone is planning a terrible revenge; and death stalks McLevy's footsteps. McLevy ...... Brian Cox Jean Brash ...... Siobhan Redmond Mulholland ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell Roach ...... David Ashton Hannah ...... Colette O'Neil Marianna ...... Claire Knight Cyrus ...... Angus Macinnes Donald ...... Andrew Neil Mrs Gulliver ...... Sheila Donald Craigie ...... Robin Laing Directed by Patrick Rayner. Broadcast: 17 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
18 2 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Lottery Ticket Synopsis:Black comedy by Donna Franceschild. An unlikely friendship blossoms when an asylum seeker and a migrant worker find a stray lottery ticket and think it may be the answer to all their problems. Salih ...... Nitzan Sharron Jacek ...... John Kazek Woman ...... Meg Fraser Directed by Kirsty Williams. Broadcast: 18 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
20 2 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Last Smoker Synopsis:Julia Dover's adaptation of a short story by Yasutaka Tsutsui; set in modern-day Japan. Cantankerous novelist Haruki; the world's last smoker; is hounded to a fate worse than death by do-gooders and self-righteous journalists; as they try to eradicate smoking once and for all. Haruki ...... John Byrne Haruki's wife ...... Eileen McCallum Yumi ...... Madeleine Worrall Kuskabe ...... Stewart Conn Doctor on the train ...... Madeleine Brolly Translated by Andrew Driver Directed by Matt Thompson. Broadcast: 20 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
21 2 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play The Lady in the Van Synopsis:Adaptation of the autobiographical stage play by Alan Bennett about his relationship with Miss Shepherd; an eccentric old vagrant who took refuge in a van in his front garden in 1971 and ended up staying there for over 15 years. Miss Shepherd ...... Maggie Smith Alan Bennett ...... Adrian Scarborough Alan Bennett 2 ...... Alan Bennett Mam ...... Marcia Warren Rufus ...... Matt Addis Pauline ...... Janice Acquah Underwood ...... Stephen Critchlow Social Worker ...... Caroline Guthrie Fairchild ...... Philip Fox Doctors ...... Jonathan Tafler and Malcolm Tierney Adapted and directed by Gordon House. Broadcast: 21 Feb 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4
22 2 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Scoop Episode Synopsis:Dramatisation by Jeremy Front of Evelyn Waugh's satirical 1938 novel. William finds life as a war correspondent somewhat tedious; but he does fall in love and find himself in the middle of a revolution. William Boot ...... Rory Kinnear Katchen ...... Claudie Blakeley Lord Copper ...... David Warner Salter ...... Nicholas Woodeson Frau Dressler ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman Erik Olafsen ...... Dan Starkey Secret Policeman ...... Jude Akuwudike Benito ...... Cyril Nri Moke ...... Inam Mirza Mr Baldwin ...... Jonathan Taffler Uncle Theodore ...... Malcolm Tierney Sir Jocelyn Hitchcock ...... Michael Simkins Corker ...... Stephen Critchlow Pigge ...... Chris Pavlo News Editor ...... Paul Rider Hechel ...... Gunnar Cauthery Evelyn Waugh ...... Tim McInnerny Directed by Sally Avens. Broadcast: 22 Feb 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4
23 2 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Nine Days Queen Synopsis:By Amanda Whittington. The story of the trial of Lady Jane Grey; proclaimed Queen of England in 1553 at the age of 16; nine days later locked in the Tower and; within a year; dead. Jane ...... Loo Brealey Nurse Ellen ...... Emma Stansfield Frances ...... Helen Sclesinger Young Jane ...... Agnes Bateman Katharine Parr ...... Janice Acquah Henry ...... Paul Rider Guilford ...... Robert Lonsdale Northumberland ...... Stephen Critchlow Gentleman-Gaoler ...... Malcolm Tierney Judge ...... Zebedee Soanes. Broadcast: 23 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
24 2 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Mole Mole Synopsis:Richard Monks' comic tale of an amateur gardener who becomes dangerously obsessed with hunting down the mole that has dared to desecrate his pristine lawn. But his obsession hides a deeper and more damaging problem. Margaret ...... Lesley Sharp Colin ...... Neil Dudgeon Mathew ...... Robert Lonsdale Jonte ...... Paul Rider Nurse ...... Manjeet Mann Doctor ...... Gunnar Cauthery Directed by Marc Beeby. Broadcast: 24 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
25 2 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play My Name is Iqbal Masih Synopsis:By Bettina Gracias. The moving true story of Iqbal Masih; a young Pakistani boy who was forced into bonded labour in a carpet factory at the age of four; an international figurehead for the Bonded Liberation Front at the age of 11 and brutally murdered in 1995 at the age of 12. Iqbal Masih ...... Sagar Radia Khan ...... Bhasker Patel Carpet Master ...... Kaleem Janjua With Manjeet Mann; Inam Mirza; Gagan Sharma; Saikat Ahamed; Janice Acquah and Chris Pavlo. Broadcast: 25 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
26 2 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play A Short Ride to Dusseldorf Synopsis:By Janice Okoh. A chance meeting in a job centre offers Alison some easy money. All she has to do is fly to Germany and marry a complete stranger. Alison ...... Katy Cavanagh Friday ...... Steve Toussaint Cher ...... Nadine Marshall Sarah ...... Ayesha Antoine Frau Nitsche ...... Liza Sadovy Samson ...... Chu Omambala German Official ...... Simon Treves Directed by Claire Grove. Broadcasts: 27 Jul 200714:15BBC Radio 4 (FM only)26 Feb 200914:15BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
27 2 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play This Repulsive Woman Synopsis:By Christopher Reason. Probation officer Tony is sent to assess Deborah; a mother who has been convicted of an appalling crime under the 1978 Protection of Children Act. As Deborah awaits sentencing; Tony must decide if she is depraved or just deprived. Deborah Hurst ...... Maxine Peake Tony Jukes ...... Neil Dudgeon. Broadcast: 27 Feb 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
28 2 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 BBC Radio 4 Programmes Saturday Play The Complete Ripley The Talented Mr Ripley Synopsis:Series of plays based on the novels by Patricia Highsmith about the suave and amoral Tom Ripley. Tom is barely one step ahead of his creditors when a stranger offers him a free trip to Europe and a fresh start. Tom wants money and success and he is willing to kill for it. Tom Ripley ...... Ian Hart Dickie Greenleaf ...... Stephen Hogan Marge Sherwood ...... Barbara Barnes Mr Greenleaf ...... Malcolm Tierney Mrs Greenleaf ...... Janice Acquah Roverini ...... Stephen Critchlow Buffi ...... Matt Addis Directed by Claire Grove. Broadcast: 28 Feb 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
1 3 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Rendezvous with Rama Episode 1 ) Synopsis:Mike Walker's dramatisation of the novel by Arthur C Clarke; set in the 22nd Century. When the mysterious space object known as Rama appears in the solar system; the crew of the SV Endeavour are sent to investigate. William Norton ...... Richard Dillane Li Kwok ...... Paul Courtenay Hyu Pieter Rousseau ...... Jimmy Akingbola Jimmy Pak ...... Robert Lonsdale Aruna Calvert ...... Archie Panjabi Gerry ...... Inam Mirza Ruby Barnes ...... Janice Acquah Laura Ernst ...... Ania Sowinski Indira Gopal ...... Shelley King Erl King ...... Peter Marinker Tamara Ruiz ...... Jill Cardo Tan Sun ...... Jonathan Tafler Henning ...... Paul Rider. Broadcast: 01 Mar 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
2 3 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play A City Killing Synopsis:By Mike Walker. After a foolhardy trade in the City almost wipes out Harry Towers' hedge fund; he turns for help to family friend Bob Glass; probably the most successful trader that Wall Street has ever seen. Confidence is immediately restored and Harry's investors seem inclined to give him a second chance - until he some alarming news on TV. Harry Towers ...... Nicholas Boulton Bob Glass ...... Nathan Osgood Tim ...... David Tse Meredith ...... Janice Acquah Sarah ...... Pamela Miles Carmody ...... Sam Dale Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. Broadcast: 02 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
3 3 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Lemon Squeezer Synopsis:Comedy by Triona Adams. A young woman faces up to the realities of life when she swaps London life for an enclosed convent. Mother Abbess ...... Margaret Tyzack Mother Prioress ...... Deborah Findlay Father Edward ...... Sam Dale Sister Cillian/Cecilia ...... Rachel Atkins Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane. Broadcast: 03 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
4 3 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Sensitive - A Possession Synopsis:Alastair Jessiman's third play about a Glasgow psychic who uses his gifts to help police investigations. When Thomas Soutar agrees to help in the search for a music student who has been missing for a year; he becomes obsessed by the missing girl in ways that he had not expected. Thomas ...... Robin Laing Natasha ...... Anita Vitesse Mrs Soutar ...... Sheila Donald Mr Paris ...... James MacPherson Mrs Paris ...... Cara Kelly Mrs Collins ...... Juliet Cadzow Guest House Manager ...... John Paul Hurley Carol ...... Patricia Kavanagh Other parts played by the cast Directed by Bruce Young. Broadcast: 04 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
5 3 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The State of the Art Synopsis:Dramatisation of the science-fiction novel by Iain M Banks. A spaceship from The Culture; a utopian society; visits planet Earth in 1977 to survey it and makes contact in order to try and save the planet from itself. With Sir Antony Sher; Nina Sosanya; Paterson Joseph; Brigit Forsyth; Graeme Hawley and Conrad Nelson Part of BBC Radio 4's Science Fiction Season. Broadcast: 05 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
6 3 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Success Story Synopsis:By Brett Goldstein. When Ray's low-budget film is picked up by a major studio; his dreams of Hollywood start to become a reality. Then; holed up in a hotel room doing endless publicity interviews; he finds the past coming back to bite him. Ray ...... Geoffrey Streatfeild Tara ...... Caroline Catz Emily ...... Sasha Pick Kristen ...... Laurel Lefkow Directed by Toby Swift. Broadcast: 06 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
6 3 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 21:00 Friday Play Stone Mary Shane Synopsis:By Danny Brocklehurst. DCI John Stone is investigating the high profile case of a missing teenage girl; Louise Sands. Then Mary Shane; 80; turns up insisting that she must speak to Stone and confesses to murdering three people 60 years earlier. Mary Shane ...... Anne Reid DCI Stone ...... Hugo Speer Kate ...... Suranne Jones Catriona ...... Zoe Henry Tanner ...... Craig Cheetham Sally ...... Danielle Henry Jack Leary ...... James Nickerson Ken ...... Terence Mann Ryan ...... Aidan Parsons Directed by Nadia Molinari. Broadcasts: 06 Mar 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)06 Mar 2009 21:02 BBC Radio 4 (LW only) Stone
7 3 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play The Complete Ripley Ripley Under Ground Synopsis:Second in a series of five plays based on the novels by Patricia Highsmith about the suave and amoral Tom Ripley. With a dead man's money safely stowed in the bank; Tom is living in luxury in a chateau in France with his beautiful French wife. But the clever art forgery which funds Tom's expensive tastes is about to be uncovered. Tom Ripley ...... Ian Hart Heloise ...... Helen Longworth Bernard Tufts ...... Benedict Sandiford Jeff Constant ...... Stephen Hogan Madame Annette ...... Caroline Guthrie Murchison ...... Malcolm Tierney Webster ...... Stephen Critchlow Directed by Claire Grove. Broadcast: 07 Mar 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
8 3 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Rendezvous with Rama Episode 2 Synopsis:Mike Walker's dramatisation of the novel by Arthur C Clarke; set in the 22nd Century. What is the secret at the heart of the space object known as Rama and why; years after the event; has Commander William Norton never spoken about what he found there? William Norton ...... Richard Dillane Li Kwok ...... Paul Courtenay Hyu Pieter Rousseau ...... Jimmy Akingbola Jimmy Pak ...... Robert Lonsdale Aruna Calvert ...... Archie Panjabi Gerry ...... Inam Mirza Ruby Barnes ...... Janice Acquah Laura Ernst ...... Ania Sowinski Indira Gopal ...... Shelley King Erl King ...... Peter Marinker Tamara Ruiz ...... Jill Cardo Tan Sun ...... Jonathan Tafler Henning ...... Paul Rider. Broadcast: 08 Mar 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
9 3 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Cry Babies Synopsis:Science-fiction drama by Kim Newman; set in the near future. Busy; successful couple Angela and Barty Flitcroft want a child but do not have the time to look after it. The solution is a genetically-enhanced daughter; Joy; birthed by a surrogate mother and reared to adulthood in a cryogenic chamber. Joy experiences brief moments 'out of the machine'; and as time passes each opening brings shocks and surprises as her parents and their society undergo incredible changes. And for Joy; stuffed with education by the machine but denied everyday experiences; life is not just a strange new country; but a frightening; confusing and often funny one; too. Dr Rossiter ...... Alex Jennings Angela Flitcroft ...... Natasha Little Barty Flitcroft ...... Rupert Degas Joy ...... Sia Berkeley Roger ...... Colin Morgan SleepLearn Machine ...... Sarah Douglas Aruna ...... Emma Darwall-Smith Jeff ...... Sam Alexander Daisy ...... Kirsty Stuart Ari ...... Rob Kendrick Nurse Marketa/Girl ...... Emma Handy Directed by Neil Gardner Part of BBC Radio 4's Science Fiction Season. Broadcast: 09 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
10 3 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Anaesthesia Synopsis:By Richard Holmes. Drawing on original documents and notebooks; the story of the time in 1799 when; in a town house on the banks of the River Avon in Bristol; Humphry Davy; later celebrated for his miners lamp; came within a breath of discovering the anaesthetic powers of nitrous oxide. Humphry Davy ...... Paul Mundell Dr Thomas Beddoes ...... Richard McCabe Mrs Anna Beddoes ...... Eleanor Tremaine The Ostler ...... David Collins The Journalist ...... Kenneth Cranham Mr Coleridge ...... Stephen Noonan Mr Southey ...... Richard Holmes. Broadcast: 10 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
11 3 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Homesick Synopsis:Comedy by Anita Sullivan. Jeff's mundane life changes when he is struck by an actual bolt from the blue. He starts hearing a voice in another language and his perspective changes. Then he meets a girl and falls in love. But does she love him; or the voice in his ear? Alien ...... Mark Heap Jeff ...... Paul Ritter Nicole ...... Maxine Peake Pat ...... Susan Jameson Hopper ...... Ewan Bailey Other parts played by Mai Soteriou Directed by Anita Sullivan. Broadcast: 11 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
12 3 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Getting to Zero Synopsis:By Sarah Woods. An expert panel sets an average family the task of eliminating their carbon footprint in just six weeks - and living with the consequences. With George Monbiot; Paul Allen; Peter Harper. Broadcast: 12 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
13 3 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Mayflies Mayflies Synopsis:By Mike Maddox. Douglas Scofield has retired from the world of astronomy and; following the death of his wife; now runs a fish farm with his daughter; who is expecting her first child. All he wants is peace and quiet and a chance to write his book about fishing. However; a visit from an old colleague brings news of a message from a distant world; the very sign of life Douglas spent his career searching for. Is it safe to reply? Indeed; should they reply at all - and to what purpose? Douglas Scofield ...... Derek Jacobi Dave ...... Jason Isaacs Lucy ...... Catherine McCormack Mole ...... Danny Webb Moira ...... Sarah Douglas Rob ...... Steven Cree Directed by Neil Gardner. Broadcast: 13 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
13 3 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 21:00 Friday Play Stone The Ties That Bind Synopsis:By Damian Wayling. When a body dredged up from a lake implicates an ex-police officer and a respected headteacher; DCI Stone has a difficult decision to make as he discovers the real truth that lies behind the murder. Stone ...... Hugo Speer Catriona ...... Zoe Henry Thomas ...... Rob Pickavance Sally ...... Danielle Henry Tanner ...... Craig Cheetham Chloe/DS Addison ...... Maxine Burth Tyler ...... Reece Noi Wise ...... James Nickerson Piotra/Lawler ...... Greg Wood Directed by Nadia Molinari. Broadcast: 13 Mar 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
14 3 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play The Complete Ripley Ripley's Game Synopsis:Third in a series of five plays based on the novels by Patricia Highsmith about the suave and amoral Tom Ripley. Tom sets up a man he dislikes to carry out two perfect murders; but an attack of conscience prompts him to take on the Mafia. Tom Ripley ..... Ian Hart Heloise ...... Helen Longworth Madame Annette ...... Caroline Guthrie Reeves Minot ...... Paul Rider Jonathan Trevanny ...... Tom Brooke Simone Trevanny ...... Janice Acquah Gauthier ...... Philip Fox Marcangelo ...... Matt Addis Lippo ...... Sam Dale Directed by Steven Canny. Broadcast: 14 Mar 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4
15 3 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Sunset Song Episode Synopsis:Gerda Stevenson's dramatisation of the 1932 novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon; set in north-east Scotland before and during the First World War. Chris Guthrie is torn between her love of the land and her ambition to become a teacher. As Chris' domineering father struggles with the harshness of the land; her mother's fear of childbirth leads her to despair. Chris Guthrie ...... Lesely Hart John Guthrie ...... Liam Brennan Jean Guthrie ...... Bridget McCann Will Guthrie ...... Gordon Brandie Mistress Munro ...... Estrid Barton Long Rob ...... Matthew Zajac Chae Strachan ...... Douglas Russell Kirsty Strachan ...... Shonagh Price Margot Strachan ...... Sally Reid Ewan Tavendale ...... Finn Den Hertog Directed by David Ian Neville. Broadcast: 15 Mar 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4
16 3 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Where Three Roads Meet Synopsis:Sally Vickers' dramatisation of her own novel. A strange; unworldly figure appears in Sigmund Freud's Hampstead study to present the truth behind the Oedipus myth that the founder of psychoanalysis so famously made his own. Freud/Oedipus ...... John Hurt Tiresias ...... Paul Rhys Jocasta ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel Shepherd ...... John Rowe Goatherd ...... Jonathan Tafler Other parts played by the cast. Broadcast: 16 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
17 3 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Presence Synopsis:Welsh poet Dannie Abse's account of his life in the first year after the death of his wife in a car crash. It pays tribute to their 50-year marriage; tells of his grief and the poetry that comforted him. Dannie ...... Glyn Houston Joan ...... Jennifer Hill Susanna ...... Siriol Jenkins Reader ...... Iestyn Jones Wilfred/Dr O'Halloran ...... Howell Evans Keren ...... Sara McGaughey Doctor ...... Matthew Gravelle Fireman ...... Lee Mengo Directed by Kate McAll. Broadcast: 17 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
18 3 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Welcome to the Wasteland Synopsis:By DJ Britton. As chief executive of her local council; Robyn has just days to stop recycling being wiped from her ambitious environmental plans; but the credit crunch continues to put pressure on other priorities. In the meantime; her daughter Afrah provides a safe house for a fiercely committed environmentalist from Eastern Europe. Robyn......Lesley Sharp Anastasisia......Anamaria Marinca Afrah......Lizzy Watts Mike......Sam Dale Don......Ben Askew Bob/Professor Stevens......Stephen Hogan Councillor Larby/Sacha......Philip Fox. Broadcast: 18 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
19 3 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Baring Up Synopsis:Comedy by Frank Rickarby. Fictionalised account of 47-year-old grandmother; Conservative councillor and naturist Eileen Jakes' 1979 campaign to win the right to bare her naked body on the pebbles of Brighton beach. Eileen ...... Paula Wilcox Brian ...... Kim Wall John Blackman ...... Malcolm Tierney Adam Trimingham ...... Stephen Hogan Joan ...... Joanna Monro Frank ...... Philip Fox Alan Goodwin ...... Sam Dale Grace Clarke ...... Janice Acquah Robin Crossly ...... Benjamin Askew Connie Hamilton ...... Caroline Guthrie Spike Rawlings ...... Paul Rider Chairman of Council ...... Matt Addis Henry Ireland ...... Jonathan Tafler John Humphys ...... Himself Directed By Tracey Neale. Broadcast: 19 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
20 3 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Smoke and Daggers Synopsis:Political thriller by Hugh Costello; set in 1997 around the time of Bertie Ahern's election as Taoiseach. Marrying into Dublin's political elite does wonders for Joe Finnerty's personal fortunes; but the unexplained death of his ex-partner casts a shadow which threatens all that Joe holds dear. Joe Finnerty ...... Patrick Fitzsymons Fintan Sheridan ...... Michael J Murphy Oliver McQuaid ...... John Kavanagh Louise Finnerty ...... Amanda Hurwitz Gemma ...... Cathy White Murtagh ...... Hugh Costello DI Glynn ...... Frankie McCafferty Miriam ...... Nicky Doherty Conor Finnerty ...... Padraig Dooney Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. Broadcast: 20 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
20 3 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 21:00 Friday Play Stone Dead Fishes Synopsis:By Chloe Moss. A young man with Down's syndrome admits to killing his mother. Then a woman turns up claiming that he was with her on the day that his mother was killed. Stone must discover who is lying and why. Stone ...... Hugo Speer Eammon ...... Tommy Jessop Jacqueline ...... Christine Brennan Tanner ...... Craig Cheetham Catriona ...... Zoe Henry David ...... Andrew Grose Jay ...... Andrew Whitehead Weeks ...... Luke Broughton Directed by Stefan Escreet. Broadcasts: 20 Mar 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)20 Mar 2009 21:30 BBC Radio 4 (LW only) Stone
21 3 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play The Complete Ripley The Boy Who Followed Ripley Synopsis:Fourth in a series of five plays based on the novels by Patricia Highsmith about the suave and amoral Tom Ripley. A rich young man arrives at Belle Ombre and he and Tom end up having to fight for their lives in sexually ambiguous; underworld Berlin. Tom Ripley ...... Ian Hart Frank Pierson ...... Nicholas Hoult Heloise ...... Helen Longworth Lily Pierson ...... Janice Acquah Reeves Minot ...... Paul Rider Eric Lanz ...... Jonathan Tafler Ralph Thurlow ...... Philip Fox Max ...... Matt Addis Directed by Steven Canny and Claire Grove. Broadcast: 21 Mar 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4
22 3 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Sunset Song Episode 2 Synopsis:Gerda Stevenson's dramatisation of the 1932 novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon; set in north-east Scotland before and during the First World War. After her father's death; Chris is determined to stay and work the farm alone if need be. Joined by Ewan Tavendale in marriage and on the farm; Chris gives birth to a son. But the outbreak of the First World War brings devastating change to her family; the rural landscape and the community. Chris Guthrie ...... Lesely Hart Ewan Tavendale ...... Finn Den Hertog Chae Strachan ...... Douglas Russell Long Rob ...... Matthew Zajac Mistress Munro ...... Estrid Barton Kirsty Strachan ...... Shonagh Price Rev Colquohoun ...... Fraser Sivewright Rev Gibbon ...... Keith Hutcheon Directed by David Ian Neville. Broadcast: 22 Mar 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
23 3 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Road Wife Synopsis:By Eoin McNamee. A truck driver in Ireland gives a lift to a female Asian hitchhiker but gets more than he bargained for; especially when his truck is stopped by immigration officers and he and his illegal occupant are taken in for questioning. Coyle ...... Stuart Graham The Road Wife ...... Su-Lin Looi Michelle ...... Alison McKenna Sloan ...... Gerard McSorley Natasha ...... Samantha Heaney Jesus ...... Oliver Miceli Lee ...... Logan Wong McCall ...... Vincent Higgins Bobby ...... Peter Ballance Huttenlocher ...... Peter Jankowsky Nigerian Child ...... Loretta Adenuga Directed by Heather Larmour. Broadcast: 23 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
24 3 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke The Lake SynopsisSeries by Nick Warburton imagining the story of Jesus through the eyes of those who witnessed it. The Lake means everything to Peter and Andrew. How could they leave it behind? Jesus ...... Tom Goodman-Hill Peter ...... Peter Firth Andrew ...... Paul Copley Baptist ...... Stephen Greif Elder ...... Sam Dale Possessed man ...... John Lloyd Fillingham John ...... Simon Treves Woman ...... Laura Molyneux Tempter ...... Peter Marinker Directed by Jonquil Panting. Broadcasts 17 Dec 2007 14:15 BBC Radio 4 24 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke
25 3 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Miss St Andrews Synopsis By Mike Bartlett. Old grudges resurface as Miss St Andrews 1961 meets her old rival for the university Charities Queen title nearly 50 years later. Young Robert ...... Joe McFadden Jenny ...... Ellie Haddington Young Jenny ...... Tracy Wiles Robert ...... Tom Mannion Judy ...... Sandy Walsh Holly ...... Caroline Guthrie Directed by Claire Grove. Broadcast 25 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
26 3 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Gondwanaland SynopsisStephen Keyworth's drama inspired by the friendship between family planning pioneer Marie Stopes and explorer Captain Robert Scott Marie Stopes ...... Meg Fraser Captain Robert Scott ...... Nick Underwood Kathleen Bruce ...... Rosalind Sydney Helena ...... Lucy Paterson Marbury ...... Crawford Logan Hubert ...... James Anthony Pearson. Broadcast 26 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
27 3 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Stream; River; Sea SynopsisRomantic comedy by Peter Souter about sudden death and the effect it has on two dysfunctional adults and a highly precocious 13-year-old girl. Hugh ...... Alex Jennings Bella ...... Juliet Stevenson Daisy ...... Lizzy Watts Directed by Gordon House. Broadcast 27 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
27 3 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 19:45 Afternoon Play Stream; River; Sea Synopsis Romantic comedy by Peter Souter about sudden death and the effect it has on two dysfunctional adults and a highly precocious 13-year-old girl. Hugh ...... Alex Jennings Bella ...... Juliet Stevenson Daisy ...... Lizzy Watts Directed by Gordon House. Broadcast 27 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
27 3 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 21:00 Friday Play Stone God's Witness Synopsis By Danny Brocklehurst. Last in a series of four detective dramas featuring DCI John Stone. A woman witnesses the murder of a young boy by a notorious gang and chooses to speak up; but can she really risk her safety and that of her family? Stone ...... Hugo Speer Paula ...... Maxine Peake Liz/Sue ...... Deborah McAndrew Ray ...... Tony Mooney Anna/Shirley ...... Fiona Clarke Kyle/Michael ...... Oliver Lee Tanner ...... Craig Cheetham Catriona ...... Zoe Henry Ned ...... James Quinn Directed by Nadia Molinari. Broadcasts 27 Mar 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)27 Mar 2009 21:30 BBC Radio 4 (LW only)
28 3 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play The Complete Ripley Ripley Under Water Synopsis Last in a series of five plays based on the novels by Patricia Highsmith about the suave and amoral Tom Ripley. Strange new neighbours show an overdeveloped interest in Ripley's past. Tom discovers they are not who they say they are; but will his shady dealings be exposed after all? Tom Ripley ...... Ian Hart Heloise ...... Helen Longworth Madame Annette ...... Caroline Guthrie David Pritchard ...... William Hope Janice Pritchard ...... Janice Acquah Jeff Constant ...... Stephen Hogan Cynthia Gradnor ...... Lizzy Watts Policeman ...... Matt Addis Directed by Steven Canny. Broadcast 28 Mar 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4
29 3 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Something Fresh Episode 1 Synopsis First of a two-part dramatisation of PG Wodehouse's 1915 comic novel. Two imposters infiltrate Blandings Castle; intent on recovering a valuable scarab which the dotty Lord Emsworth has unknowingly acquired from a dyspeptic American millionaire. Ashe ...... Ioan Gruffudd Joan ...... Helen McCrory J Preston Peters ...... Hector Elizondo Earl of Emsworth ...... Martin Jarvis Aline Peters ...... Andrea Bowen George Emerson ...... James Frain Baxter ...... Jared Harris Beach ...... Morgan Sheppard Mrs Twemlow ...... Jill Gascoine Miss Willoughby ...... Joanne Whalley The Hon Freddie ...... Matthew Wolf Mr Judson ...... Darren Richardson Adams ...... Kenneth Danziger Jones/Ferris/Porter ...... Alan Shearman All the maids ...... Moira Quirk Wodehouse ...... Ian Ogilvy Directed by Martin Jarvis. Broadcast 29 Mar 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
30 3 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Dewey Eyed Synopsis By Sarah Naomi Lee. Philippa is a librarian from a long line of librarians. When her father dies and her mother loses her wits; she tries the only language her mother understands; that of the Dewey cataloguing system; to guide her back to sanity. Philippa ...... Olivia Colman Vera ...... Sheila Reid Sheila ...... Caroline Guthrie Alistair ...... Paul Rider Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. Broadcast 30 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
31 3 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke Outsiders Synopsis Series by Nick Warburton imagining the story of Jesus through the eyes of those who witnessed it. Jesus' revolutionary teaching is gathering more and more followers. But the more he embraces the outcasts; the more he challenges the authorities. Jesus ...... Tom Goodman-Hill Peter ...... Peter Firth Andrew ...... Paul Copley Judas ...... Paul Hilton Woman ...... Maxine Peake Magdalene ...... Lorraine Ashbourne Joanna ...... Rachel Atkins Simon ...... Peter Marinker Friend of the sick man ...... Ben Crowe Child ...... Poppy Friar Directed by Jonquil Panting. Broadcasts Tue 18 Dec 2007 14:15 BBC Radio 4Tue 31 Mar 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
1 4 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play A Question of Royalty Synopsis Comedy by Andrew Lynch; inspired by real events. Two bungling self-employed plasterers; ignorant of the constitutional crisis their actions could precipitate; steal The Queen's wedding certificate while working on the refurbishment of the Public Records Office. Bernie ...... Johnny Vegas Danny ...... Ricky Tomlinson Sarah ...... Catherine McCormack Jan ...... Nicola Stephenson Tim ...... Tim Bentinck Farnworth ...... Rupert Degas. Broadcast Wed 1 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
2 4 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Aromatherapy Synopsis By Ed Harris. Robert returns from holiday in Thailand in crippling pain from an illness with a very unusual cure. Robert ...... Martin Freeman Oliver ...... Nigel Anthony Doctor Magisterne ...... Pip Torrens Lily ...... Clare Corbett Sophie ...... Polly Lister Directed by Chris Wallis. Broadcast Thu 2 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
3 4 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Tony's Little Sister and the Paradox of Monasticism Synopsis David and Caroline Stafford's play tells the story of St Anthony - hermit; ascetic and founder of Christian monasticism - from the point of view of his angry little sister Dious. Anthony ...... Duncan Preston Dious ...... Samantha Spiro Satan ...... Tim McMullan Hilarion ...... Ben Crowe Sheba ...... Rachel Bavidge. Broadcasts Mon 6 Aug 200714:15 BBC Radio 4Fri 3 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
3 4 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 21:00 Friday Play The Monkey's Mask Synopsis Detective tale set in Sydney; adapted from the best-selling verse novel by Australian poet Dorothy Porter. When street-smart private investigator Jill Fitzpatrick is hired to work on the case of a missing University student; she falls for the girl's poetry tutor; the intellectual Dr Diana Maitland. Soon the smell of death around the case is getting all mixed up with the sick intoxication of love. Jill Fitzpatrick ...... Federay Holmes Dr Diana Maitland ...... Kerry Fox Lou ...... Linda Marlowe Steve ...... Sam Dale Bill McDonald ...... Danny Webb Tony Knight ...... Richard Dillane Mickey Norris ...... Rachel Morris Mrs Norris ...... Carolyn Pickles Nick Maitland ...... Matt Dyktynski Directed by Jonquil Panting. Broadcasts Fri 3 Apr 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)Fri 3 Apr 2009 21:30 BBC Radio 4 (LW only)
4 4 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play Lambeth Palace Synopsis Dark comedy by Christopher William Hill imagining the politics behind the scenes in the run-up to the selection of a fictional Archbishop of Canterbury. How far will an ultra-Establishment conservative and a barely-believing liberal go to win the top job in the Church of England? Michael Lombard ...... Alex Jennings David Channing ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Grace Lombard ...... Phoebe Nicholls Patrick Latimer ...... Murray Melvin Alicia Latham ...... Susan Jameson Simon Brooker ...... Philip Fox Anthony Taylor ...... Sam Dale Russell Graves ...... Stephen Hogan Claudia ...... Caroline Guthrie Robin ...... Jonathan Tafler Cardinal Daeneker ...... Malcolm Tierney Seb ...... Benjamin Askew Jade ...... Lizzy Watts With Kirsty Wark and Jonathan Dimbleby as themselves. Other parts played by Janice Acquah; Matt Addis and Paul Rider. Directed by Mary Peate. Broadcast Sat 4 Apr 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4
5 4 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Something Fresh Episode 2 Synopsis Second of a two-part dramatisation of PG Wodehouse's 1915 comic novel. The rivalry between Ashe and Joan to secure the precious scarab is becoming intense. The obsessive Baxter is in hot pursuit and Lord Emsworth keeps a shotgun beside him in case of midnight marauders. Ashe ...... Ioan Gruffudd Joan ...... Helen McCrory Baxter ...... Jared Harris Earl of Emsworth ...... Martin Jarvis J Preston Peters ...... Hector Elizondo The Hon Freddie ...... Matthew Wolf George Emerson ...... James Frain Aline Peters ...... Andrea Bowen Beach ...... Morgan Sheppard Mr Judson ...... Darren Richardson Colonel Mant ...... Kenneth Danziger Wodehouse ...... Ian Ogilvy Directed by Martin Jarvis. Broadcast Sun 5 Apr 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4
6 4 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Feather . Next on: Mon 6 Apr 2009; 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 Synopsis By Rachel Joyce. Fern believes in magic; Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy. She is collecting feathers because they can make wishes come true; and Fern has a very big and important wish. Fern ...... Maisie Cowell Lucy ...... Claire Price Flyn ...... Shaun Dooley Lloyd ...... Jot Davies Grandma ...... Richenda Carey Sam ...... Rachel Bavidge Cayleigh ...... Morgan Gayle Directed by Tracey Neale. Broadcasts Thu 13 Sep 2007 14:15 BBC Radio 4Mon 6 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
7 4 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke Jerusalem Synopsis Series by Nick Warburton imagining the story of Jesus through the eyes of those who witnessed it. The Galileans make the long journey south to the heart of their nation. But their triumphant arrival is fraught with danger and betrayal. Jesus ...... Tom Goodman-Hill Peter ...... Peter Firth Judas ...... Paul Hilton Caiaphas ...... Robin Soans Rich man ...... Simon Treves Pharisee ...... Alex Lanipekun Martha ...... Joannah Tincey Zacchaeus ...... Sam Dale Tempter ...... Peter Marinker Woman ...... Anna Bengo Lawyer ...... Sam Pamphilon Child ...... Skye Bennett Directed by Jonquil Panting. Broadcasts Wed 19 Dec 2007 14:15 BBC Radio 4
8 4 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Beirut Days Beirut Synopsis By Kris Kenway. A day in the life of the enigmatic city where east meets west. For three lost souls; this is the day when everything changes. Narrator ...... Nadim Sawalha Mounira ...... Souad Faress Josef ...... Peter Polycarpou Nadine ...... Sirine Saba Rania ...... Razane Jammal Abu Ziad ...... Raad Rawi Directed by James Robinson. Broadcast Wed 8 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
9 4 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke Tested Synopsis Series by Nick Warburton imagining the story of Jesus through the eyes of those who witnessed it. The arrest of Jesus will test the faith; heart and courage of everyone who plays a part in what will follow. Jesus ...... Tom Goodman-Hill Peter ...... Peter Firth Judas ...... Paul Hilton Caiaphas ...... Robin Soans Pilate ...... Colin Stinton Mary ...... Penelope Wilton Baker ...... Ben Crowe Centurion ...... Peter Marinker Girl ...... Anna Bengo Guard ...... Lloyd Thomas Directed by Jonquil Panting. Broadcasts Thu 20 Dec 200714:15 BBC Radio 4Thu 9 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
10 4 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play NQ48 Synopsis Comedy by Peter Vickers about one man's quest to get out of bed. Joe is a loser from a family of losers who considers it a good day if he is up by noon. Joe ...... Jason Manford Aunty Cara ...... Fiona Allen Chris ...... Benjamin Askew Sasha ...... Lizzy Watts Dominic ...... Stephen Hogan Sean ...... Matt Addis Tom ...... Jonathan Tafler Tanya ...... Janice Acquah Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. Broadcast Fri 10 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
10 4 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 21:00 Friday Play OK Computer Synopsis By Joel Horwood; Chris Perkins; Al Smith and Chris Thorpe. A man wakes up in a hospital in Berlin. He has no memory of who he is; or where he comes from. Once the details of his life are recovered; he is repatriated to Britain and into his former life. But he is haunted by the suspicion that this is not his real life at all. The play celebrates Radiohead's seminal 1997 album OK Computer and draws on themes from each of its 12 tracks. Paul ...... Tom Brooke Sarah ...... Liz White Helen ...... Federay Holmes Owen ...... Pieter Lawman Boss ...... Chris Thorpe. Broadcasts Fri 19 Oct 200721:00 BBC Radio 4Fri 10 Apr 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
11 4 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play Man of the Moment Synopsis A new production of the dark comedy by Sir Alan Ayckbourn; to mark the occasion of the playwright's 70th birthday. A career criminal; who has written an autobiography and is now a television celebrity; agrees to participate in a reality TV show filmed at his Mediterranean villa. Jill Rillington ...... Lisa Dillon Trudy Parks ...... Janie Dee Douglas Beechey ...... Alex Jennings Vic Parks ...... Tim Pigott-Smith Kenny Collins ...... Damian O'Hare Sharon ...... Ella Smith Ruy ...... Alan Shearman Floor Manager ...... Michael Simkins David ...... John Baddeley Film crew ...... Kenneth Danziger; Matthew Wolf Children ...... Matilda and Alfie Wickham Directed by Martin Jarvis. Broadcast Sat 11 Apr 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4
12 4 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Therese Raquin Episode 1 Synopsis First of a two-part dramatisation by Diana Griffiths of the novel by Emile Zola; set in mid-19th century Paris. Therese is forced by her aunt to marry her sickly son; Camille. However; upon moving to Paris; she and her lover Laurent conspire to murder Camille so that they may love freely. Therese ...... Charlotte Riley Laurent ...... Andrew Buchan Camille ...... Toby Hadoke Mme Raquin ...... Pauline Jefferson Michaud ...... Rob Pickavance Suzanne ...... Deborah McAndrew Manager/Assistant ...... Carl Cieka Directed by Pauline Harris. Broadcast Sun 12 Apr 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4
13 4 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Shakespeare a la Carte Synopsis Actors from the theatre company Hydrocracker; masquerading as waiters in a pizza restaurant; take over a live Shakespeare performance when they hear that the real actors from the RSC and National Theatre have been delayed in traffic. Peter Quince ...... Richard Hahlo Nick Bottom ...... Jonathan Cullen Frances Flute ...... Fiona Dunn Hermione ...... Sian Webber Crispin ...... Richard Attlee Devised by Jonathan Cullen and Richard Hahlo; based on an original idea by Pippa Smith A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. Broadcast Mon 13 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
14 4 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke Beginnings Synopsis Series by Nick Warburton imagining the story of Jesus through the eyes of those who witnessed it. While the disciples are paralysed by Jesus' death; Mary ponders the mystery of his birth. Jesus ...... Tom Goodman-Hill Peter ...... Peter Firth Mary ...... Penelope Wilton Magdalene ...... Lorraine Ashbourne Angel ...... Julian Bleach Simeon ...... David De Keyser Joanna ...... Rachel Atkins Joseph of Arimathea ...... Ben Onwukwe Young Mary ...... Laura Molyneux Cleopas ...... Sam Pamphilon Directed by Jonquil Panting. Broadcasts Fri 21 Dec 200714:15 BBC Radio 4Tue 14 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
15 4 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Listening to the Generals Synopsis By Adam Ganz. The story of how German Jews who had fled the Nazis were tasked with secretly recording and transcribing the conversations between German generals imprisoned in a north London mansion during the Second World War. Helen ...... Rebecca Saire Purfleet ...... Malcolm Tierney Anton ...... Matt Addis Charles ...... Benjamin Askew Von Thoma ...... Nick Dunning Cruwell (Crewvell) ...... Sam Dale Boes (Burrs) ...... Paul Rider Mayer (Maier) ...... Jonathan Tafler Hardt ...... Philip Fox The Singer ...... David Revels The Pianist ...... Michael Harrison Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. Broadcast Wed 15 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
16 4 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Dolly Synopsis By Christopher Douglas; based on the real events surrounding the selection of Basil D'Oliveira for the England cricket team in the 1960s. Having emigrated to England and been called up to the national team; D'Oliveira's one unfulfilled ambition is to be selected to tour against his native South Africa. But the administrators of both South African and English cricket have other ideas. Basil 'Baz' D'Oliveira ...... Jude Akuwudike Naomi D'Oliveira ...... Rakie Ayola Smithy ...... Justin SalingerReg ...... Tim Woodward Anne ...... Rachel Atkins Bishop of Adelaide ...... Lewis McLeod Tiene Oosterhuizen ...... Saul Reichlin Peter West ...... Christopher Douglas Damian D'Oliveira ...... Job Angus Shaun D'Oliveira ...... Haydon Downing Directed by Roland Jaquarello. Broadcast Thu 16 Apr 200914:15BBC Radio 4
17 4 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Old School Ties Synopsis By Sue Eckstein. Stand-up comedian Kit Nichols likes to satirise his boarding school experiences; but his past takes on a different light when he reads the obituary of an old school friend. Feeling guilty at having lost touch; Kit decides to confront the man who he believes is responsible for his friend's unexpected death. Kit Nichols ...... Thomas Arnold Father Dominic ...... Crawford Logan Lucy Nichols ...... Noreen Leighton The Abbott ...... Gareth Thomas William Hennessy ...... Richard Greenwood Ted Thomson/Bursar ...... Paul Young Directed by Bruce Young. Broadcast Fri 17 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
17 4 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 21:00 Friday Play I'm the Boss Synopsis By Karen Brown. Successful HR manager Diane's life is turned upside down by a sinister online bullying campaign; and when she finally discovers the culprit; her world begins to disintegrate. With Lesley Sharp. Broadcast Fri 17 Apr 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
18 4 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play Road to Durham Synopsis Douglas Livingstone's play about Bevin Boys; the young men who were sent down the mines instead of joining the armed forces in the Second World War. Two 80-year-old former Bevin Boys; who have not seen each other for 63 years; decide to go to the Durham Miners' Gala together and confront their memories of the past. Christopher ...... Timothy West Benny ...... Douglas Livingstone Young Christopher ...... Fergus Rees Young Benny ...... Sam Fletcher Sally ...... Faye Castelow Jim ...... Christoher Connel Michael ...... David Whitaker Older Sally ...... Jane Whittenshaw Headmaster ...... Brian Lonsdale With recordings made at the Durham Miners' Gala and at West Pelton Primary School. Directed by Jane Morgan A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. Broadcast Sat 18 Apr 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4
19 4 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Therese Raquin Episode 2 Synopsis Dramatisation by Diana Griffiths of the novel by Emile Zola; set in mid-19th century Paris. Therese and Laurent have murdered Camille and are free to marry. Their wedding night is not joyous - it is a night of terror; and each night is the same as they feel the ghost of Camille infiltrate their every thought and action. Therese ...... Charlotte Riley Laurent ...... Andrew Buchan Camille ...... Toby Hadoke Mme Raquin ...... Pauline Jefferson Michaud ...... Rob Pickavance Suzanne ...... Deborah McAndrew Pierre/Beggar ...... Drew Carter Cain Music consultancy: Philip Tagney Directed by Pauline Harris. Broadcasts Sun 19 Apr 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4 Sat 25 Apr 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
20 4 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Waiting for Di Synopsis By Colin Bytheway. On the eve of Princess Diana's funeral; two unlikely strangers find themselves thrown together as they mourn the loss of someone they never knew. Broadcasts Mon 27 Aug 200714:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)Mon 20 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
21 4 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Available Means Synopsis By Nick Warburton. Poet David witnesses the dark underbelly of an East European city and is forced; at a lecture he gives; to choose his words particularly carefully. David ...... Philip Jackson Adam ...... Anton Lesser Oksana ...... Lia Williams Directed by Gordon House A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. Broadcast Tue 21 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
22 4 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Gallery Synopsis Comedy by Alan Plater. The opening night of a Newcastle art gallery dissolves into chaos when a greyhound runs amok. With Deka Walmsley; Chris Connel; Phillippa Wilson; Joe Caffrey. Broadcast Wed 22 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 Off Listen Again
23 4 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Iceman Goeth Synopsis Drama documentary by Steve Jacobi about actor Ian Holm. Featuring a candid interview with Holm; who talks about his childhood; his acting and the death of his brother. It is intercut with a drama set in the summer of 1976; in the build-up to Howard Davies' production of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh; which Holm had to leave after suffering a sudden attack of stage fright. Ian Holm ...... Ian Glen Bee Gilbert ...... Charlotte Emmerson Howard Davies ...... Malcolm Raeburn Norman Rodway/Doctor ...... David Fleeshman Patti Love ...... Kathryn Hunt Joel Grey ...... Stephen Hogan. Broadcast Thu 23 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
24 4 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play 3000 Synopsis By Anna Symon. Fact-based dramatisation of the experiences of one of the 3;000 unaccompanied displaced children who arrive in the UK every year: that of Mehrab; an Afghan boy who arrives in London in the back of a truck aged 15. Mehrab Dasani ...... Donald Slack Jahandar Dasani ...... Qaseem Ansari Uncle Farrid ...... Tahmoures Tehrani Mr Fielding ...... Jot Davies Immigration Officer ...... Sudha Bhuchar Tam ...... Romesh Navaratnasingham Young Mehrab ...... Parsa Tehrani With original music by David Chilton A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. Broadcast Fri 24 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
24 4 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 21:00 Friday Play Consideration Synopsis By Robert Messik. Eleanor did not hesitate to donate a kidney to her husband when he needed it. But two years later Peter left her and their children for another woman. Now she is suing him for the return of her kidney. Eleanor ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman Peter ...... Paul Bown Eleanor's barrister/Simon ...... Richard Derrington Peter's barrister/Mary ...... Tracy Wiles Alexia/Miss Tonnel ...... Alison Pettitt Tony/Judge ...... Andrew Sachs Dr Rosen/Ben Grant ...... David Bannerman Directed by David Ian Neville. Broadcast Fri 24 Apr 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
25 4 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play The Killing of Sister George Synopsis John Tydeman's adaptation of the stage play by Frank Marcus. The audience ratings for the popular daily serial Applehurst are on the slide. Will the leading character have to be sacrificed to save the show? June 2009 Buckridge (Sister George) ...... Sarah Badel Alice 'Childie' McNaught ...... Lucy Whybrow Mrs Mercy Croft ...... Anna Massey Madme Xenia ...... Frances Jeater Bill ...... Tom Bevan Fred ...... Keith Drinkel Directed by John Tydeman. Broadcast Sat 25 Apr 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4
26 4 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Troilus and Criseyde Episode 1 Episode 1Listen:Next on: Sunday; 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 Synopsis Dramatisation of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. One of the great works of English literature; this powerful; compelling story explores love from its first tentative beginnings through to passionate sensuality and eventual tragic disillusionment. Lavinia Greenlaw's new version for radio brings Chaucer's language up-to-date for a modern audience while remaining true to his original poetic intention. After seeing the beautiful widow Criseyde at the temple in Troy; Troilus falls instantly in love with her. Inexperienced in love; he is unable to act on his feelings and locks himself in his room to compose love songs. Pandarus; worried for his friend; eventually persuades Troilus to tell him why he is so miserable and is delighted to hear that the cause is Troilus' love for his niece Criseyde. Worried about her reputation; Criseyde is at first reluctant to enter into a relationship with Troilus. After much cajoling and manipulation; she reluctantly comes around to the idea. Pandarus is frustrated that the relationship is moving too slowly and engineers a complex plan to get Criseyde and Troilus in bed together. Troilus ...... Tom Ferguson Criseyde ...... Maxine Peake Pandarus ...... Malcolm Raeburn Servant 1/Woman 1 ...... Kathryn Hunt Calchas/Servant 3/Man 2 ...... Kevin Doyle Priam/Servant 2/Man 3/General 1 ...... Terence Mann Hector/Diomede ...... Declan Wilson With music composed by Gary Yershon and performed by Ehsan Emam; Tim Williams and Mike Dale. Directed by Susan Roberts. Broadcast Sun 26 Apr 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4
27 4 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Two Pipe Problems Episode 1 Synopsis Michael Chaplin's drama returns to The Old Beeches retirement home for elderly thespians and the company of William and Sandy; two actors who still nurse a certain affectionate animosity towards one another since they starred as Holmes and Watson in a 1960s TV series. The pair become embroiled in making sure that the course of true love does run smooth. It begins with a proposal of marriage; but they are once again pressed into service to solve a mystery. Just why does the bridegroom suddenly call the wedding off? Sandy Boyle ...... Stanley Baxter William Parnes ...... Richard Briers Dolores Sweet ...... Julia McKenzie Sir Trelawney Hope ...... John Rowe Godfrey ...... Joseph Mydell Mary Winter ...... Jillie Meers Isadora Klein ...... Susan Wooldridge Hugo ...... Stephen Critchlow Directed by Marilyn Imrie A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4. Broadcast Mon 27 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 Listen Again
28 4 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Two Pipe Problems Episode 2 Synopsis Michael Chaplin's drama returns to The Old Beeches retirement home for elderly thespians and the company of William and Sandy; two actors who still nurse a certain affectionate animosity towards one another since they starred as Holmes and Watson in a 1960s TV series. Sandy appears in the Honours List; but a trip to Buckingham Palace to collect his award provides another mystery for the veteran sleuths to solve. Sandy Boyle ...... Stanley Baxter William Parnes ...... Richard Briers Karen ...... Tracy Wiles Postman ...... David Shaw-Parker Charles; Equerry to HRH ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt Doctor Mortimer ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Marvin ...... Stephen Critchlow Elsie ...... Linda Broughton Directed by Marilyn Imrie A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4. Broadcast Tue 28 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
29 4 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Suing Mr Spargo Synopsis By Christopher William Hill. When a student gets abysmal A-level results; her parents attempt to sue her school. But who is really to blame? Mike Spargo ...... Geoffrey Hutchings Connie Young ...... Penelope Wilton Harry Kitto ...... Philip Jackson Gwen Kitto ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel Harriet Kitto ...... Joannah Tincey Kevin Childs ...... Sam Pamphilon Colin Barnes ...... Simon Treves. Broadcasts Wed 26 Sep 200714:15 BBC Radio 4Wed 29 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
30 4 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play A King's Speech Synopsis By Mark Burgess. It is 1937; the day of the Coronation; and the newly-crowned George VI must broadcast to the nation and the empire - a terrifying prospect for perhaps the most notable Briton to have suffered from a stammer. This play focuses on the close working relationship between the King and his speech therapist. King George VI ...... Alex Jennings Queen Elizabeth ...... Joan Walker Lionel Logue ...... Trevor Littledale Myrtle Logue ...... Moya O'Shea Sir John Reith ...... Crawford Logan Robert Wood ...... Chris Stanton Patrick ...... John Evitts Queen Mary ...... Jean Trend Princess Elizabeth ...... Emma Yeomans Princess Margaret ...... Agnes Fouch Directed by David Blount. Broadcast Thu 30 Apr 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
1 5 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play On the Field - Endgame Synopsis A sequel to the comic drama On the Field about British troops in Iraq; by Annie Caulfield. Life on the army base in Basra is closing down - they would all rather be in Afghanistan. Terry has got no money; the CO wants him to sing in a talent contest to boost morale and he has got woman trouble. But he is just about to get his lucky break. Mahmoud ...... Paul Chahidi Terry ...... Ricardo Coke-Thomas Padre ...... Stephen Critchlow Conor ...... Rasmus Hardiker Angie ...... Helen Longworth Jocelyn ...... Endy McKay Sgt Billy ...... Paul Mundell CO ...... Paul Rider Directed by Mary Ward-Lowery. Broadcast Fri 1 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 Endgame
1 5 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 21:00 Friday Play Des Res Synopsis Black comedy by Ed Jones. Scriptwriter Luke loses his TV job and has to downsize from a bohemian terrace in a leafy Manchester suburb to the dark heart of Salford. The house is a bargain and he's lived in worse; and he can handle those scallies that use his front doorstep as a youth club; can't he? Luke ...... Ian Puleston-Davies Toto ...... Szilvi Naray-Davey Kenny ...... Luke Broughton Adele ...... Michelle Tate Ryan ...... Warren Brown Lotta ...... Fiona Clarke Script Editor ...... Natasha Byrne Policeman ...... Greg Wood Directed by Gary Brown. Broadcast Fri 1 May 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
2 5 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play The Admirable Crichton Synopsis Adaptation of JM Barrie's classic satire about the changing fortunes of Crichton; the perfect butler. Liberal aristocrat Lord Loam favours a return to nature; with masters and servants living together as equals; but Crichton is the perfect butler and the perfect snob who adores the intricacies of the class system. He cannot help but be horrified by his master's opinions; and it will take a sea change to alter them. Crichton ...... Russell Tovey JM Barrie ...... David Bannerman Lady Mary ...... Beth Chalmers Lord Loam ...... David Timson Lady Agatha ...... Martha Howe-Douglas Ernest Woolley ...... Gunnar Cauthery Tweeny ...... Lizzy Watts Rev John Treherne ...... Adrian Grove Lord Brocklehurst ...... Stephen Hogan Lady Brocklehurst ...... Tina Gray Directed by Fiona Kelcher. Broadcast Sat 2 May 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4
3 5 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Troilus and Criseyde Episode 2 Synopsis Dramatisation of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. One of the great works of English literature; this powerful; compelling story explores love from its first tentative beginnings through to passionate sensuality and eventual tragic disillusionment. Lavinia Greenlaw's new version for radio brings Chaucer's language up-to-date for a modern audience while remaining true to his original poetic intention. Criseyde's Uncle Pandarus has been the matchmaker for the Trojan hero Troilus and young widow Criseyde; who are desperately in love. But what will happen when Criseyde is handed over to the Greeks at the gates of Troy to join her 'traitor' father? Troilus ...... Tom Ferguson Criseyde ...... Maxine Peake Pandarus ...... Malcolm Raeburn Servant/Friend ...... Kathryn Hunt Calchas/Servant ...... Kevin Doyle Priam/Servant ...... Terence Mann Hector/Diomede ...... Declan Wilson With music composed by Gary Yershon and performed by Ehsan Emam; Tim Williams and Mike Dale. Directed by Susan Roberts. Broadcast Sun 3 May 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4
4 5 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Annapurna Synopsis By Jod Mitchell. Tension mounts as a young English couple trek their way across a treacherous Himalayan mountain range and realise that a mysterious Nepali is stalking them; getting closer by the day. Tim ...... Ben Crowe Emma ...... Clare Corbett Sher; Krishna ...... Padam Chhetri Director Conor Lennon. Broadcasts Fri 19 Oct 200714:15 BBC Radio 4 Mon 4 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
5 5 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Solo behind the Iron Synopsis Tracy Spottiswoode's thriller is based on real events in 1968. Actor Robert Vaughn; famous at the time as TV spy Napoleon Solo; is making a movie in Prague with several other Hollywood stars. Filming stops abruptly; however; when Russian tanks roll into Czechoslovakia. Cast and crew find themselves trapped. The Man from UNCLE must find a way to escape; and quickly. Robert Vaughn ...... Himself Pepsi ...... Vesna Stanojevic George Segal ...... Robert Glenister Ben Gazzara ...... John Guerrasio Bradford Dillman ...... Richard Laing David Wolper ...... Garrick Hagon Honzo ...... Robert Luckay Sadovsky ...... Rad Lazar Directed by Kate McAll. Broadcasts Mon 5 Nov 200714:15BBC Radio 4Tue 5 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
6 5 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Fifteen Synopsis By Deborah Wain. Neglected and secretly pregnant; 15-year-old foster child Ellie looks for love in the wrong place until it finds her with a power she never expected. Ellie ...... Jemima Foxtrot Gavin ...... Neil Dudgeon Sharon ...... Deborah McAndrew Jeremy ...... Darragh Mortell Directed by Nadia Molinari. Broadcast Wed 6 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
7 5 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play A City Full of Swindlers Synopsis By Jenny Howarth. Cassandra Austen narrates the shocking story of her aunt's arrest and imprisonment for stealing a piece of lace; a story which reveals Georgian Bath to be a far less decorous place than it appears in her sister Jane's novels. Jane Leigh Perrot ...... Pamela Miles James Leigh Perrot ...... Tim Pigott-Smith Cassandra Austen ...... Lucy Black Mr Bond ...... Robert Gwilym Miss Gregory ...... Alison Reid Mr Filby ...... Howard Coggins Mr Gibbs ...... David Collins Mrs Scadding ...... Heather Williams Judge ...... Ross Harvey Mayor ...... Tom Sherman Directed by Sara Davies. Broadcasts Tue 20 Nov 2007 14:15 BBC Radio 4Thu 7 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
8 5 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Do's and Don'ts for the Mentally Interesting Do's and Don'ts for the Mentally InterestingListen:Next on: Fri 8 May 2009 ; 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 (FM only) Synopsis By Louise Ramsden; based on Seaneen Molloy's blog The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive; her account of learning to live and love with bipolar disorder. Seaneen ...... Séainín Brennan Rob ...... Joseph Kloska Psychiatrist ...... Janice Acquah CPN ...... Toni Midlane Therapist/Shopkeeper ...... Philip Fox Directed by Fiona Kelcher. Broadcast Fri 8 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
8 5 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 21:00 Friday Play Tough Love Synopsis By Andrea Gibb. Parents Laura and Mark don't see the warning signs: bottles not taken to the bottle bank; missing bank cards; tumbling grades at school. Then everything falls into place as they learn the truth about their son Danny; the 'golden boy'. Laura ...... Maureen Beattie Mark ...... Liam Brennan Danny ...... Richard Madden Paul ...... Iain Robertson Dr Robb/Rita ...... Julie Austin Tom ...... Jimmy Chisholm Jeannie ...... Meg Fraser Mr Brown ...... Paul Young. Broadcast Fri 8 May 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
9 5 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play Point of Departure Synopsis By Francis Turnly. Controversial African leader Jonah Kotto is attending a peace summit in Belfast where Alec Murray is assigned to his security detail. When security at Stormont is breached Alec fears for Kotto's life; but is there a real threat; and; if so; how serious is it? Alec Murray ...... Patrick Fitzsymons Jonah Kotto ...... George Harris Grace ...... Ellen Thomas Clive ...... Adrian Lukis Miller ...... David Schofield Hannah ...... Aislin McGuckin Victor ...... Jude Akuwudike De Silva ...... Jimmy Akingbola Ambassador/Reporter ...... Ian McElhinney Photographer ...... Chris Patrick-Simpson Doctor/Simon ...... Ian Beattie Samuel Muntanga ...... Mark Asante Daniel Kenyatta ...... George B Seremba Newscaster ...... Fo Cullen Reporters ...... Laura Conway; Brian Murray Directed by Heather Larmour. Broadcast Sat 9 May 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4
10 5 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial The Siege of Krishnapur Episode 1 Synopsis Dramatisation by Shelagh Stephenson of the novel by JG Farrell. It is 1857 and British rule in India is under threat. At first the colonists are confident that their 'superior culture' will prevail; but as the Indian mutineers show their metal; the Collector of Krishnapur is forced to reconsider. Hopkins; The Collector ...... Alex Jennings Fluery ...... Ben Askew Prince Hari ...... Shiv Grewal Harry Dunstaple ...... Matt Addis Louise Dunstaple ...... Jasmine Hyde Dr Dunstaple ...... Malcolm Tierney Mrs Dunstaple ...... Caroline Guthrie Willoughby ...... Sam Dale Miriam ...... Janice Acquah Dr MacNab ...... Stephen Hogan The Padre ...... Philip Fox Cutter ...... Jonathan Tafler Lieutenant Peterson ...... Paul Rider Lucy Hughes ...... Lizzy Watts Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. Broadcasts Sun 10 May 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4Sat 16 May 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
11 5 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Bad by Default Synopsis Comedy by Leah Chillery. Tanya disappears with her mother's credit card to Jamaica to find her father; the man her mother said abandoned them. But when she finds her dad; he is about to marry his sweetheart; and although he is pleased to see Tanya; he is reluctant to give answers for his parental absence. With Everal A Walsh; Carla Henry. Broadcast Mon 11 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
12 5 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Sargasso Synopsis By Simon Bovey. Elver season on the River Severn - a time of mystery and danger. The wrong time and place for a young man to be searching for his place in the world. Kevin ...... Robert Lonsdale Sabrian ...... Emily Wachter Bruce ...... Ian Gelder Tan ...... Stuart McLoughlin Debbie ...... Lizzy Watts Gilpin ...... Stephen Hogan Phil ...... Matt Addis Buyer/Policeman ...... Benjamin Askew Directed by Marc Beeby. Broadcast Tue 12 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
13 5 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play In a Land Far Away Synopsis By Andy Macdonald. Jamie; a British soldier in Afghanistan; struggles to show his emotions when a friend is killed on patrol and to communicate with his young son back home in Scotland. But thanks to the help of Wali; the company's Afghan interpreter; he begins to open up and talk about his feelings. Jamie 'Bullett' McQueen ...... Sean Biggerstaff Wali ...... Khalid Laith Gavin Yates ...... Steven McNicoll Kay ...... Molly Innes Kyle ...... Hugo Homer Steve/Corporal ...... Robert Jack Officer/Padre ...... Kenny Blyth Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane. Broadcast Wed 13 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
14 5 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Woman from the North Synopsis By Bernard MacLaverty. Cassie has never sat an exam in her life but now finds herself facing a life-changing assessment and the prospect of residential care. What must she do to pass and return to her own home? Cassie ...... Doreen Keogh Gerard ...... Kieran Lagan Christopher ...... Sean Campion Hairdresser/Doctor ...... Miche Doherty Nurse/Dinner Lady ...... Jo Donnelly Directed by Heather Larmour. Broadcasts Thu 1 Nov 2007 14:15 BBC Radio 4Thu 14 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
15 5 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Great Hargeisa Goat Bubble Synopsis Comedy by Julian Gough. The story of an encounter one snowy night on a railway platform somewhere in southern England between a young Irish orphan; Jude; and Dr Ibrahim Bihi; a Somali with a degree in economics who has made and lost a fortune in the virtual goat market. As Dr Bihi relates the story of his rise and fall; he takes the opportunity to educate young Jude in the pitfalls and the glories of market forces. Dr Ibrahim Bihi ...... Hugh Quarshie Jude ...... Sam O'Mahony-Adams Herself ...... Stephanie Flanders Directed by Di Spiers. Broadcast Fri 15 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
15 5 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 21:00 Friday Play Buried SynopsisSteve Jacobi's play tells the story of his friend Mark Higson; a civil servant who blew the whistle on the Iraqi arms scandal in 1989. A backdrop of news extracts from the period accompanies this study of a brilliant but troubled man who lost everything when he acted on his conscience. Mark ...... John Lloyd Fillingham Steve ...... Michael Begley Man from FO/Journalist ...... Malcolm Raeburn Lord Justice Scott ...... Rob Pickavance Teddy ...... Wilson Presiley Baxendale/Cheryl ...... Deborah McAndrew Directed by Melanie Harris. Broadcasts Fri 4 May 2007 21:00 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)Fri 15 May 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
16 5 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play Something Wrong about the Mouth Synopsis By David Edgar. A love story told at the border between memory and fiction; trust and betrayal; East and West. Soho; 1958. A mysterious American wants to commission a portrait of a woman he can't produce; in a dress he can only describe; at an event which never happened. Gene Pew ...... Damian Lewis Desmond McElwee ...... Bill Paterson Mrs Pew ...... Lisa Dillon Dr Frisch ...... David De Keyser The Hotelier ...... Andrew Sachs Peter Szabo ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt Other parts played by Carolyn Pickles; Éva Magyar; Kenneth Collard; Christine Kavanagh and Joseph Kloska. Directed by Jonquil Panting. Broadcast Sat 16 May 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
17 5 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial The Siege of Krishnapur Episode 2 Synopsis Dramatisation by Shelagh Stephenson of the novel by JG Farrell. It is 1857 and British rule in India is under siege. A series of attacks has all but destroyed the Residency at Krishnapur. Now swamped with squabbling civilians; the Collector is unsure how much longer his defences can hold out. Hopkins; The Collector ...... Alex Jennings Fluery ...... Ben Askew Prince Hari ...... Shiv Grewal Harry Dunstaple ...... Matt Addis Louise Dunstaple ...... Jasmine Hyde Dr Dunstaple ...... Malcolm Tierney Mrs Dunstaple ...... Caroline Guthrie Willoughby ...... Sam Dale Miriam ...... Janice Acquah Dr MacNab ...... Stephen Hogan The Padre ...... Philip Fox Cutter ...... Jonathan Tafler Lieutenant Peterson ...... Paul Rider Lucy Hughes ...... Lizzy Watts Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. Broadcasts Sun 17 May 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)Sat 23 May 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
18 5 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Moment You Feel It Synopsis By Ed Harris. Alf's memories come in flashes and great blank holes; along with a running commentary from the voices of his past. So how does finding a strange coat in his kitchen remind Alf why he doesn't want a bath today? A tender; sad comedy about losing your past. Alf ...... Richard Briers Young Alf ...... Rory Kinnear Pru ...... Tracy Wiles Steven ...... Hugh Ross Marina ...... Caroline Guthrie Other parts ...... Janice Acquah. Broadcast Mon 18 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
19 5 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders Old Unhappy Far-Off Things SynopsisAdaptation by Richard Stoneman of the novel by John Mortimer. It is the 1950s; a short decade after the end of the war; and two war heroes have been shot dead. The only suspect is Simon Jerrold; the son of one of the victims; and he faces the death penalty. Defending him is deemed hopeless; so the case is handed to a novice. But the novice's superiors did not count on the tenacity and wit of the young and hungry Horace Rumpole. Elder Horace Rumpole ...... Timothy West Young Horace Rumpole ...... Benedict Cumberbatch CH Wystan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Albert ...... Andy de la Tour Simon Jerold ...... Ewan Bailey Daisy ...... Emma Fielding Hilda Wystan ...... Jasmine Hyde Reggie Proudfoot ...... Stephen Critchlow Bonny Bernard ...... Matthew Morgan Judge Cookson ...... Karl Johnson Lord Jessop ...... David Shaw-Parker Directed by Marilyn Imrie. A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4. Broadcast Tue 19 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
20 5 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Man inside the Suitcase Synopsis By Judy Upton. Helen and Naomi attend auctions of unclaimed airport luggage; contents unseen; in the hope of finding valuables that they can sell on the internet. Helen ...... Claudie Blakley Naomi ...... Victoria Hamilton Katie ...... Lizzy Watts Paul ...... Matt Addis The Auctioneer ...... Stephen Hogan With Janice Acquah; Philip Fox; Paul Rider and Malcolm Tierney Directed by Gemma Jenkins. Broadcast Wed 20 May 2009 14:15BBC Radio 4
21 5 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play University of Lies Synopsis By Peter Kesterton. Emma is a well-off university student rather bored by her studies. She meets Andy; who works in a bar but has an exciting and dangerous past in the army in Iraq. When he suggests things are not as they seem; Emma is frightened but intrigued. Emma ...... Jasmine Hyde Andy ...... Carl Prekopp Dr Wood ...... Jilly Bond With Charlotte Ellis and Tom Sherman. Directed by Tim Dee. Broadcasts Tue 27 Nov 2007 14:15 BBC Radio 4Thu 21 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
22 5 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play This is My Mark Synopsis Comedy by Jeff Young. Celebrity archaeologist Billy Eden is convinced that a magnificent painting is waiting to be discovered deep in a cave beneath the hills of Wales. But as he makes his descent into the earth with world class potholer Nessa Hawkes; his visionary quest is in danger of being thwarted. Billy's wife Sarah and best friend Pam have abandoned their yoga mats; donned their cagoules and are heading for hills - as are theme park guru Gregson and his murderous sidekick Cooper. Billy Eden ...... Dan Antopolski Nessa Hawkes ...... Cal Jaggers Sarah ...... Katherine Jakeways Pam ...... Felicity Montagu Gregson ...... Matthew Gravelle Cooper ...... Lee Mengo Directed by Kate McAll. Broadcast Fri 22 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
22 5 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 21:00 Friday Play A Hit to the Heart A Synopsis By Rachel Joyce. The man with everything finds his perfect world blown apart when his daughter is linked to an act of terrorism. Peter ...... Nicholas Farrell Verity ...... Niamh Cusack Michael ...... Timothy Bentinck Sara ...... Emma Fielding Lucy ...... Angela Terence Frank ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Jim Hall ...... Jon Strickland With original music by David Chilton and Lucinda Mason Brown. Directed by Gordon House. A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. Broadcast Fri 22 May 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
23 5 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play The Complete Smiley - Call for the Dead Synopsis Dramatisation by Robert Forrest of John le Carré's first novel. London; the late 1950s; and a disenchanted George Smiley is engaged in the routine job of security vetting. When a Foreign Office civil servant commits suicide not long after being cleared of Communist sympathies; Smiley investigates and uncovers a deadly conspiracy with its roots in his own wartime past. George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale Inspector Mendel ...... Kenneth Cranham Elsa Fennan ...... Eleanor Bron Ann Smiley ...... Anna Chancellor Peter Guillam ...... Richard Dillane Maston ...... James Laurenson Dieter Frey ...... Henry Goodman Adam Starr/Mundt ...... Sam Dale Ludo Oriel ...... Janice Acquah Nursing Sister ...... Caroline Guthrie With Benjamin Askew and Jonathan Tafler. Related Links The Complete Smiley Home Broadcast Sat 23 May 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4
24 5 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Mugsborough 1917 1917 Synopsis Dramatisation by Andrew Lynch featuring the characters of Robert Tressell's novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists; picking up the story 10 years on. The residents of Mugsborough hold wildly differing views of the Great War. The politically aware favour peaceful solutions; others are determined to avoid being sent to the Western Front. One returns from Flanders terribly injured and cannot find work and one child is still unaware of the tragic circumstances of her parentage. Easton ...... Johnny Vegas Old Misery/Hunter ...... Paul Whitehouse Ruth ...... Shirley Henderson Nora ...... Raquel Cassidy Frankie ...... Iain McKee Bert White ...... Des O'Malley Bundy ...... Tom Pitts Barrington ...... Tom Goodman-Hill Charlie Linden ...... Carl Rice Elsie ...... Nicola Stephenson Sweater ...... Rupert Degas Slyme ...... Kevin Eldon Crass ...... Arthur Smith Rushton ...... Bill Bailey Young Elizabeth ...... Yasmin Gerrard Freddie ...... Jody Latham Older Elizabeth ...... Joanna Neary Mrs Meadows ...... Anne Waggott Directed by Dirk Maggs. Broadcasts Sun 24 May 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)Sat 30 May 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
25 5 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Horst Buchholz and Other Stories Synopsis By Matthew Wilkie. George is desperate for his team to win the pub quiz. He has bet a large sum of money; which he doesn't have; that they will do so. But the rest of the team have more pressing problems. George ...... Sean Baker Tim ...... Carl Prekopp Jules ...... Samantha Spiro Rich ...... Nicholas Boulton Quizmaster ...... Philip Jackson. Broadcasts Mon 26 Nov 2007 14:15 BBC Radio 4Mon 25 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
26 5 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders Alone and Without a Leader Synopsis Adaptation by Richard Stoneman of the novel by John Mortimer. Young Horace Rumpole defends a young man accused of murder; maintaining that he is innocent until proven guilty. He faces opposition from the Establishment and receives support from unexpected quarters. Elder Horace Rumpole ...... Timothy West Young Horace Rumpole ...... Benedict Cumberbatch Lord Jessop ...... David Shaw-Parker CH Wystan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Hilda Wystan ...... Jasmine Hyde Simon Jerold ...... Ewan Bailey Bonny Bernard ...... Matthew Morgan Reggie Proudfoot ...... Stephen Critchlow Daisy ...... Emma Fielding Peter Benson ...... Andy de la Tour Directed by Marilyn Imrie. A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4. Broadcast Tue 26 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
27 5 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play A Warning to the Furious Synopsis By Robin Brooks. A feminist film-maker and her crew visit the Suffolk coast to make a documentary about ghost story writer MR James. They hope to discover how an outwardly respectable bachelor could produce such disturbing horrors. Karen ...... Lucy Robinson Zara ...... Catherine Shepherd Guy ...... Carl Prekopp Bob ...... Gerard McDermott Bookshop Man ...... Andrew Wincott Directed by Fiona McAlpine An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4. Broadcasts Fri 28 Dec 2007 14:15 BBC Radio 4Wed 27 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
28 5 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Making of Ivan the Terrible Synopsis Black comedy by Hattie Naylor based on events in 1944. Sergei Eisenstein suffered a heart attack during a banquet to celebrate winning the prestigious Stalin Prize for his film Ivan the Terrible Part 1. Stalin had been delighted with the depiction of Ivan as a cruel and ruthless ruler. Earlier that day; however; Eisenstein had delivered Part 2 of his intended trilogy; in which Ivan was portrayed as neurotic; mad and vindictive. Eisenstein ...... Tim McInnerny Nikolai ...... Tim McMullan Vsevolod ..... Andy Taylor Stalin ...... Bill Wallis Interviewer ...... Paul Dodgson Zdhanov ...... Ewan Bailey Molotov ...... Daniel Goode Directed by Paul Dodgson. Broadcasts Wed 16 Jan 200814:15 BBC Radio 4Thu 28 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
29 5 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Listen Up Synopsis By Glen Neath. The true story of Italian radio enthusiasts who intercept transmissions from early Russian space missions and listen in as the earliest men and women in space call in vain for help. It is 1964 and the Americans are losing the space race. The Soviets are way ahead and the Americans have failed utterly in gaining any intelligence on their rivals' space programme. So it seems fairly outrageous when two young Italian brothers turn up at NASA claiming to have successfully recorded almost every Russian space mission over the previous seven years. NASA has to take notice when they realise that the brothers have also intercepted American missions and have tapes of classified transmissions by John Glenn; the first American in space. As it happens they have been sending these recordings to NASA since the outset; but no one has believed them. No one except Carla Pettigrew; an audio analyst who is now trying to persuade Major Will Spencer; NASA's technical director; that he should believe what they have to say. Featuring some of the actual recordings made by the Judica-Cordiglia brothers; including the sound of a woman dying in space as her craft burns up on re-entry. Achille ...... Giacomo Valdameri Gian ...... Simeon Perlin Maria Teresa ...... Silvia Mercuriali Will ...... Nathan Osgood Eugene ...... Dominic Hawksley Carla ...... Serena Bobowski Mike ...... Francesco Calabretta Other parts played by members of the company. Directed by Boz Temple-Morris A Holy Mountain production for BBC Radio 4. Broadcast Fri 29 May 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
29 5 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 21:00 Friday Play Sunny Afternoon Synopsis By Doug Lucie. The normality of a sunny London afternoon is brutally shattered when a man is killed in the street. Testimonies from passers-by and residents who witnessed the event reveal the personal; unforeseen and lasting repercussions of such an incident. Their lives will never be the same again. Roy ...... Michael Begley Johnny ...... Tom Hollander Kayleigh ...... Tashie Jackson David ...... Richard McCabe Pam ...... Cheryl Campbell WPC Flannagan ...... Colette Brown Avelina ...... Christianne Oliverira Interpreter ...... Teresa Gallagher Directed by Heather Larmour. Broadcast Fri 29 May 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
30 5 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play The Complete Smiley - A Murder of Quality Synopsis Dramatisation of the novel by John le Carré; his second to feature spymaster George Smiley; set in a public school in the early 1960s. When the wife of one of the masters is found bludgeoned to death; Smiley; out of loyalty to an old friend; finds himself investigating her death - an investigation that lifts the lid on a world of hidden passions and murderous hatreds. George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale Fielding ...... Geoffrey Palmer Ailsa ...... Marcia Warren Rigby ...... Sam Dale Rode ...... Geoffrey Streatfeild Ann Snow ...... Alison Pettitt Janie ...... Amanda Lawrence Shane Hecht ...... Liza Sadovy Snow ...... Matt Addis D'Arcy ...... Philip Fox Hecht/Vicar ...... Malcolm Tierney Perkins ...... Benjamin Askew Girl ...... Lizzy Watts Directed by Marc Beeby. Broadcast Sat 30 May 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4
31 5 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Mugsborough Synopsis Dramatisation by Andrew Lynch featuring the characters of Robert Tressell's novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. The threat of civil unrest is gripping the country. Socialist ideas and talk of revolution are in the air as workers and managers come to blows; and an illegitimate child with a tragic secret is used as a pawn in a bigger game. Easton ...... Johnny Vegas Old Misery/Hunter ...... Paul Whitehouse Ruth ...... Shirley Henderson Nora ...... Raquel Cassidy Frankie ...... Iain McKee Bert White ...... Des O'Malley Bundy ...... Tom Pitts Barrington ...... Tom Goodman-Hill Charlie Linden ...... Carl Rice Elsie ...... Nicola Stephenson Sweater ...... Rupert Degas Slyme ...... Kevin Eldon Crass ...... Arthur Smith Rushton ...... Bill Bailey Young Elizabeth ...... Yasmin Gerrard Freddie ...... Jody Latham Older Elizabeth ...... Joanna Neary Directed by Dirk Maggs. Broadcast Sun 31 May 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4
1 6 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Tent Synopsis Comedy by Tom Green. Gavin and Fay bravely attempt to plan their long-overdue wedding. It could be in a 19th century 'medieval' castle or it could be the zoo; but it definitely won't be the church. Fay ...... Sian Reeves Gavin ...... Jeremy Swift Anna ...... Joanna Scanlan Rebecca ...... Janice Acquah Ukulele played by Hester Goodman Directed by Toby Swift. Broadcast Mon 1 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
2 6 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play On Ego Synopsis Collaboration between neuropsychologist Paul Broks and theatre director and writer Mick Gordon. Lecturer Alex is convinced that people are just a bundle of neurons. When his wife falls ill; he finds he has basic questions to answer about what it really means to be a person. But that is just part of an unfolding experience that questions not only his identity but his very existence. Derek ...... Henry Goodman Alex ...... Elliot Levey Alice ...... Susan Lynch Directed by Mick Gordon. Broadcast Tue 2 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
3 6 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Places Where They Sing Synopsis Written and directed by Ellen Dryden. Thomas has composed his first work for the amateur choir he founded. The performance is imminent. Thomas' unpredictable behaviour is upsetting the choir - and his wife Joanna. Thomas ...... Anton Lesser Joanna ...... Phoebe Nicholls Vicky ...... Claire Rushbrook Angela ...... Abigail Thaw Matthew ...... Jonathan Dryden Taylor Music composed by Derek Bourgeois. A First Writes Radio production for BBC Radio 4 . Broadcast Wed 3 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
4 6 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Avenues of Eternal Peace . Synopsis By Lucy Caldwell. Kai-Liang and Chang Li meet and fall in love in their first year at university. Becoming increasingly involved in the world of student politics; they join the protests in Tiananmen Square; where their passions and ideas are put to the ultimate test. Kai-Liang ...... David Tse Student Kai-Liang ...... David Lee Chang Li ...... Ping Ping Wong Xie Huan Yue ...... Gabby Wong Zhao Ziyang ...... Richard Woo Mother/Woman ...... Su Lin Looi Grandmother ...... Pik-Sen Lim Young Kai-Liang ...... James Ang Documentary Producer ...... Nick Hardin Students played by May Chan; Jonathan Chan-Pensley; Steven Lim; Monica Sayer; Alan Wai Directed by Heather Larmour. Broadcast Thu 4 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
5 6 2009 Friday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play: On Mardle Fen Series 2 Top Dog Synopsis Series of four plays by Nick Warburton; set in an idiosyncratic restaurant in the Fens. A well-dressed stranger turns up with an unusual request. He is a rough diamond; the salt of the earth; but Jack doesn't like the look of him. Warwick ...... Trevor Peacock Jack ...... Sam Dale Marcia ...... Kate Buffery Samuel ...... John Rowe Zofia ...... Helen Longworth Mulloway ...... Malcolm Tierney Bernard ...... Paul Rider Directed by Claire Grove. Broadcast Fri 5 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4On Mardle Fen
6 6 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play Devastated Areas Synopsis Adam Thorpe's play explores civilian grief during and after the Great War of 1914-1918 in three interweaving stories. In Berlin; a sculptress is working on a memorial statue to the volunteers; in the valley of the Somme a glazier is repairing the blown-out windows of a church; and on the Berkshire Downs a gardener tends his roses. Sofie ...... Eliza Langland Ernst ...... Finlay Welsh Reg ...... Richard Greenwood Jess ...... Lucy Paterson Auguste ...... Jimmy Chisholm Monsieur le Curé ...... Gareth Thomas Mrs Lombard ...... Noreen Leighton Colin ...... Matthew Pidgeon Pianist Leon Coates. Broadcast Sat 6 Jun 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
7 6 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Armadale Episode 1 Synopsis Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of the 1866 mystery novel by Wilkie Collins. The machinations of the flame-haired temptress Lydia Gwilt are derailed by the workings of fate and her own lusts and longings. By unexpectedly inheriting a substantial estate in Norfolk; callow Allan Armadale comes to the attention of the beautiful and dangerous fortune hunter Lydia Gwilt. She plans to seduce and marry him; but there are obstacles in her way in the shape of Allan's pretty young neighbour and his mysterious friend Midwinter. Lydia ...... Lucy Robinson Allan Armadale ...... Alex Robertson Midwinter ...... Ray Fearon Neelie ...... Perdita Avery Maria ...... Carol Macready Susan ...... Rebecca Saire Major ...... Sean Baker Bashwood ...... Richard Durden Pedgift Jnr ...... Grant Gillespie A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4Radio 4. Broadcasts Sun 7 Jun 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4 Sat 13 Jun 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
8 6 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play How Are You Feeling; Alf? . Synopsis By James Graham. It is 1979 and the Winter of Discontent. A resurgent Conservative Party has forced a motion of no confidence in the ailing Labour government. Every vote counts; so will Labour stalwart Alf; ill and dying in his Leeds hospital bed; be able to make it down to London to cast his crucial vote? Alf ...... David Ryall Tilda ...... Annabelle Dowler Jim/Patient ...... Malcolm Tierney Humphrey ...... Pip Torrens Michael ...... David Hargreaves Walter/MP 2/Taxi driver ...... Paul Rider Whiskers/Speaker of the House ...... Philip Fox Fitt/MP 1/Spriggs/Johnson Voice/Waiter ...... Stephen Hogan McGuire/Presenter 1/Station Master ...... Matt Addis Presenter 2/Train Announcer/Nurse ...... Lizzy Watts Woman ...... Janice Acquah. Broadcast Mon 8 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
9 6 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Bang Went the Sun . Synopsis By Mark Shand. Eva's mother has gone missing. But with her father sneezing in turquoise and acting high-pitched orange; can Eva and her father find each other; let alone their missing relative? A play about synaesthesia - the mixing of senses - and how a father and daughter rediscover each other. Eva ...... Lucy Jo Hudson Daniel ...... Kevin Doyle Maria ...... Sue Kelly Sarah ...... Olwen May Policeman ...... Hamilton Berstock Directed by Gary Brown. Broadcast Tue 9 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
10 6 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Puddle Synopsis Romantic comedy by Peter Souter. Advertising agency director Sam has mislaid his actress girlfriend Gemma; who is shooting a soap in New York; and is desperate to win her back. But when Sam finally gets to America; he hasn't the courage to confront her. Instead he ends up in a New York jail; where he pours out his a heart to a distinctly unimpressed fellow inmate. Sam ...... Rory Kinnear Gemma ...... Tamsin Greig Fats/NoNeck ...... Nicky Henson VO/Bella/Girl 2 ...... Laura Molyneux Jo/Girl 1 ...... Joannah Tincey Charlotte ...... Rachel Atkins Aaron/Noodle/NoNeck/Customer ...... Kerry Shale Directed by Gordon House. Broadcasts Thu 27 Dec 200714:15 BBC Radio 4 Wed 10 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
11 6 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Taken Synopsis By Suzanne Heathcote. The disappearance of a little girl in Simon's town brings home the fact that; since his divorce; his own daughter has no idea who he is. Fuelled by alcohol and nightmares; Simon's obsession with finding the missing girl and his failure to be a good father pushes him to the edge. Simon ...... Will Keen Amanda ...... Brigit Forsyth Peter ...... Joseph Kloska Hannah ...... Wendy Nottingham Sarah ...... Jasmine Hyde Brian ...... Alex Woodhall Newsreader ...... Crispin Clover Other parts played by Leighton Martin; Nicola Fox and Amelia Rubra. Directed by Carl Prekopp. Broadcast Thu 11 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
13 6 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play J'Accuse Synopsis By Hattie Naylor. Dramatisation inspired by a newspaper article written by Emile Zola in response to the Dreyfus Affair of the 1890s; when a Jewish army officer was persecuted and wrongly imprisoned by the French military and judicial establishment. Louis Gregori gives a right-wing and nationalistic perspective on the events that led him to believe that the murder of the guiltless Dreyfus was the correct and only action. Louis ...... Mark Heap Dominique ...... Kathryn Hunt Arnaud ...... Graeme Hawley Zola ...... Conrad Nelson Eugene/Dreyfus ...... Paul Mundell Gustav ...... Jonathan Keeble Directed by Pauline Harris. Broadcast Sat 13 Jun 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
14 6 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Armadale Episode 2 ) Synopsis Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of the 1866 mystery novel by Wilkie Collins. The machinations of the flame-haired temptress Lydia Gwilt are derailed by the workings of fate and her own lusts and longings. Lydia Gwilt's plan to marry Allan Armadale and secure his fortune has run into difficulties and her own passions; as well as those around her; are starting to interfere with her schemes. She is increasingly attracted to Allan's companion Midwinter; and he to her. Lydia ...... Lucy Robinson Allan ...... Alex Robertson Midwinter ...... Ray Fearon Neelie ...... Perdita Avery Pedgift Snr ...... GeoffreyWhitehead Bashwood ...... Richard Durden Mrs Benson ...... Rebeccea Saire John ...... Robin Brooks A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4 . Broadcasts Sun 14 Jun 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4 (FM only)Sat 20 Jun 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
15 6 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play A Bit of Explaining to Do Synopsis By Graham White. Mark realises that he has made a potentially embarrassing mistake - there is a difficult-to-explain entry on his wife's credit card statement. He turns on the charm with a young woman; Jo; who works in a call centre; to see if she can make it disappear. But this is not just a domestic embarrassment for Mark - his wife Eve is a senior policewoman; very much in the public eye. Mark ...... Shaun Dingwall Jo ...... Lizzy Watts Eve ...... Jaye Griffiths Jeff ...... Ewan Bailey Trainee ...... Benjamin Askew Phone ....... Philip Fox Directed by Mary Peate. Broadcast Mon 15 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
17 6 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Gandhi's Goat Synopsis By Matthew Coombes. Gandhi and Chaplin meet in London's East End in 1931. But the real cultural exchange is taking place between Anil and Emily; members of their respective entourages. Emily ...... Teresa Gallagher Anil ...... Zubin Varla Newsreader/Receptionist ...... Sam Dale Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane. Broadcasts Thu 28 Feb 200814:15 BBC Radio 4 Wed 17 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
18 6 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Desperate Measures Synopsis By David Ian Neville. In an old warehouse by the River Clyde; Paul and Mhairi Blaze have built a successful design company. But as the economic downturn bites; they need more than grand designs to save their business and their relationship. Mhairi ...... Gabriel Quigley Paul ...... Neil McKinven Clara ...... Daniela Nardini Helen ...... Molly Innes Charli ...... Nicola Jo Cully Harry ...... Phil McKee Directed by Kirsty Williams. Broadcast Thu 18 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
20 6 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play Killing the Butterfly Synopsis In Colin MacDonald's romantic thriller; two murder witnesses are put under police protection pending the High Court trial. But something goes badly wrong and they have to flee for their lives; never knowing who it's safe to trust. Barker ...... Simon Tait Hannah ...... Vicki Liddelle DCI Mulhall ...... Gayanne Potter DS Whitton ...... James Bryce Andrew ...... Kenny Blythe Matthew ...... John Paul Hurley Kayleigh ...... Laura Smales. Broadcast Sat 20 Jun 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4
21 6 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 Classic Serial Armadale Episode 3 Synopsis Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of the 1866 mystery novel by Wilkie Collins. The machinations of the flame-haired temptress Lydia Gwilt are derailed by the workings of fate and her own lusts and longings. Lydia Gwilt has found a new and more violent way to secure Allan Armadale's fortune; by impersonating his widow. Her plans now include murder; but will her passion for Allan's companion Midwinter help or hinder her? Lydia ...... Lucy Robinson Allan ...... Alex Robertson Midwinter ...... Ray Fearon Neelie ...... Perdita Avery Bashwood ...... Richard Durden Downward ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Jemmy ...... Grant Gillespie Vincent ...... Robin Brooks Girl ...... Rebeccea Saire A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4 . Broadcast Sun 21 Jun 2009 15:00 BBC Radio
22 6 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Power Play 1 Synopsis First of two plays by business writer and broadcaster Margaret Heffernan about the collapse of US company Enron in 2001; combining drama with audio archive from Senate hearings. It is spring 2000 and new recruit Vanessa; fresh out of business school; joins the aggressive band of traders on the trading floor of Enron's Western Power desk; whose market manipulation; dishonesty and culture of macho ruthlessness is bringing California to its knees. Vanessa ...... Andrea LeBlanc Karl ...... Jin Suh Hank ...... Hilario Saavedra Produced in collaboration with the Centre for New Performance; California Institute of the Arts; Los Angeles. Directed by Sara Davies. Broadcast Mon 22 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
23 6 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Power Play 2 - Wilful Blindness Synopsis Second of two plays by business writer and broadcaster Margaret Heffernan about the collapse of US company Enron in 2001; combining drama with audio archive from Senate hearings. It is now the summer of 2006. Kenneth Lay; the former chairman of Enron; has been convicted of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud and is awaiting sentencing at his home in Aspen; Colorado. On the day before Independence Day a new gardener arrives; a young woman with a business background who has made a recent career change. Lay doesn't know her; but she knows him - she once worked for his company. Vanessa is determined to confront her ex-employer; and in the course of one intense day; she demands that he face up to a responsibility he has refused to recognise for four years. Kenneth Lay ...... John Fleck Vanessa ...... Andrea LeBlanc Linda Lay ...... Mary Lou Rosato Produced in collaboration with the Centre for New Performance; California Institute of the Arts; Los Angeles. Directed by Sara Davies. Broadcast Tue 23 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
24 6 2009 Wednesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play The Chosen One Synopsis By Edson Burton. A conservative black family are shocked to discover that younger sibling Aaron has joined a Muslim prayer group. His sister Maya discovers that the roots of Aaron's conversion lie in his fractious relationship with his father and a terrible family secret. Aaron Skinner ...... Alex Lanipekun Maya Skinner ...... Nadia Williams Gregory Skinner ...... Burt Caesar Sylvia Williams ...... Lorna Easy Jamal ...... Saikat Ahamed Jay Andrews ...... Osi Okerafor Shantelle ...... Alex Tregear Directed by Mary Ward-Lowery. Broadcast Wed 24 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
25 6 2009 Thursday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Qualms Synopsis Bittersweet comedy by Jonathan Myerson. When teenager Alex is diagnosed with a terminal condition; his local Primary Care Trust refuse to finance the operation which might extend his life; basing their decision on a financial formula; the Quality Adjusted Life Year; or QALY. So now Alex's parents know precisely what his life is worth. Don't they? Tom ...... Toby Jones Isabel ...... Lesley Sharp Alex ...... Ben Galpin Boris ...... Philip Fox Chairman ...... Jonathan Tafler Shanna ...... Annabelle Dowler Other parts played by Lizzy Watts. Directed by Jonquil Panting. Broadcast Thu 25 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
27 6 2009 Saturday BBC Radio 4 14:30 Saturday Play Journey into Space - The Host . Synopsis Julian Simpson's adaptation of the classic 1950s science fiction series created by Charles Chilton. After receiving a distress call from an abandoned freighter; Jet Morgan and his crew must find a way to defeat the vastly superior Host. If they fail; they will not only all perish; but mankind will become a dispensable stepping stone to a new chapter in evolution. Jet ...... Toby Stephens Doc/Enceladus Control ...... Alan Marriott Lemmy ...... Jot Davies Mitch ...... Chris Pavlo The Host ...... David Jacobs Edie ...... Jana Carpenter JJ Andreev ...... Basher Savage Original music & sound design by David Chilton. A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. Broadcast Sat 27 Jun 2009 14:30 BBC Radio 4
28 6 2009 Sunday BBC Radio 4 15:00 News; Classic Serial Confessions of an English Opium-Eater Synopsis By Lavinia Murray. Dramatisation of Thomas De Quincey's 1821 autobiographical account of his consumption of the liquid opiate laudanum; a legal painkiller of the time; and his painful and surreal descent into addiction. Older Thomas ...... Oliver Cotton Younger Thomas ...... James Nickerson Brunnel/Tutor ...... Mark Chatterton Able Big/Ong ...... Eric Potts Betsy ...... Lisa Allen Groaty/Wordsworth ...... David Fleeshman Edith ...... Gemma Harvey Ann ...... Sara Bahadori Directed by Gary Brown. Broadcasts Sun 28 Jun 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4Sat 4 Jul 2009 21:00 BBC Radio 4
29 6 2009 Monday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Accomplices Synopsis Thriller by Simon Passmore. What would you be prepared to do to escape the grind of a life going relentlessly downhill? For former City lawyer Alice; the price is getting higher by the minute. Alice ..... Claudia Harrison Hattie ...... Emily Joyce Patrick ...... Stephen Hogan Marcy ...... Lizzy Watts Stone ...... Paul Rider Directed by Toby Swift. Broadcast Mon 29 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
30 6 2009 Tuesday BBC Radio 4 14:15 Afternoon Play Dignity Synopsis Semi-autobiographical drama by Laura McDaid; based on the direct experience of one young couple. One half of that couple; the writer; gives a raw and unflinching account of the turmoil that led her partner to pursue assisted suicide. Lauren ...... Niki Doherty Finn ...... Robert Sheehan Dr Klaus Steiner ...... Wolf Kahler Tom ...... Mark Lambert Liam ...... Luke Griffin Margaret ...... Julia Dearden Caller/Doctor ...... Patrick Fitzsymons Nurse ...... Miche Doherty Female Volunteer ...... Brigitte Brosit Directed by John Simpson. Broadcast Tue 30 Jun 2009 14:15 BBC Radio 4
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