Woman's Hour (summary) 
Woman's Hour (summary)
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| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens, adapted by Mike Walker. Leading up to Christmas, we present a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 5/20. David visits Mr Micawber in the debtors' prison and makes up his mind to run away from the bottling factory. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterYoung David....Steven Williams Betsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayClara....Colleen PrendergastPeggotty....Susan JamesonMurdstone....Wayne FoskettLittle Emily....Lulu PopplewellBarkis/Doctor....Harry MyersMr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Jane Murdstone....Amy Marston Creakle....Paul Ritter Steerforth....Geoffrey Streatfield Micawber....Paul Bradley Mick Walker/Inn Keeper....Richard FirthMrs Micawber....Alison PettitBoy....Daniel AnthonyDirector Mary Peate |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Leading up to Christmas, we present a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 6/20. David, now known as Trotwood Copperfield, is at school in Canterbury, but spends much time with Agnes Wickfield, where he first makes the acquaintance of her father's clerk, Uriah Heep. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeBetsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayMr Wickfield....Geoffrey WhiteheadAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterUriah Heap....Shaun Dingwall Mrs Steerforth....Diana QuickRosa Dartle....Eve BestSteerforth....Geoffrey Streatfield Mr Micawber....Paul Bradley Miss Mowcher....Flaminia Cinque Mr Dick....Adrian ScarboroughMr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Mr Spenlow....Nicholas Le Provost Peggotty....Susan JamesonGrainger....Harry MyersTraddles....Carl PrekoppEmily....Joanne Froggatt Director Mary Peate |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Leading up to Christmas, we present a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 7/20. David arrives in London and a chance meeting with Steerforth, his old school friend, leads to an encounter with the mysterious Rosa Dartle. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeBetsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayMr Wickfield....Geoffrey WhiteheadAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterUriah Heap....Shaun Dingwall Mrs Steerforth....Diana QuickRosa Dartle....Eve BestSteerforth....Geoffrey Streatfield Mr Micawber....Paul Bradley Miss Mowcher....Flaminia Cinque Mr Dick....Adrian ScarboroughMr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Mr Spenlow....Nicholas Le Provost Peggotty....Susan JamesonGrainger....Harry MyersTraddles....Carl PrekoppEmily....Joanne Froggatt Director Mary Peate |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Leading up to Christmas, Radio 4 presents a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 8/20. David and Steerforth set out for Yarmouth, where they witness a mysterious meeting between Emily and an unknown girl. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeBetsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayMr Wickfield....Geoffrey WhiteheadAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterUriah Heap....Shaun Dingwall Mrs Steerforth....Diana QuickRosa Dartle....Eve BestSteerforth....Geoffrey Streatfield Mr Micawber....Paul Bradley Miss Mowcher....Flaminia Cinque Mr Dick....Adrian ScarboroughMr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Mr Spenlow....Nicholas Le Provost Peggotty....Susan JamesonGrainger....Harry MyersTraddles....Carl PrekoppEmily....Joanne Froggatt Director Mary Peate |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Leading up to Christmas, we present a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 9/20. David is apprenticed at Doctors Commons, and takes a small suite of rooms, where he entertains - in style. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeBetsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayMr Wickfield....Geoffrey WhiteheadAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterUriah Heap....Shaun Dingwall Mrs Steerforth....Diana QuickRosa Dartle....Eve BestSteerforth....Geoffrey Streatfield Mr Micawber....Paul Bradley Miss Mowcher....Flaminia Cinque Mr Dick....Adrian ScarboroughMr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Mr Spenlow....Nicholas Le Provost Peggotty....Susan JamesonGrainger....Harry MyersTraddles....Carl PrekoppEmily....Joanne Froggatt Director Jeremy Mortimer |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Leading up to Christmas, we present a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 6/20. David, now known as Trotwood Copperfield, is at school in Canterbury, but spends much time with Agnes Wickfield, where he first makes the acquaintance of her father's clerk, Uriah Heep. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeBetsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayMr Wickfield....Geoffrey WhiteheadAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterUriah Heap....Shaun Dingwall Mrs Steerforth....Diana QuickRosa Dartle....Eve BestSteerforth....Geoffrey Streatfield Mr Micawber....Paul Bradley Miss Mowcher....Flaminia Cinque Mr Dick....Adrian ScarboroughMr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Mr Spenlow....Nicholas Le Provost Peggotty....Susan JamesonGrainger....Harry MyersTraddles....Carl PrekoppEmily....Joanne Froggatt Director Mary Peate |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Leading up to Christmas, we present a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 7/20. David arrives in London and a chance meeting with Steerforth, his old school friend, leads to an encounter with the mysterious Rosa Dartle. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeBetsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayMr Wickfield....Geoffrey WhiteheadAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterUriah Heap....Shaun Dingwall Mrs Steerforth....Diana QuickRosa Dartle....Eve BestSteerforth....Geoffrey Streatfield Mr Micawber....Paul Bradley Miss Mowcher....Flaminia Cinque Mr Dick....Adrian ScarboroughMr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Mr Spenlow....Nicholas Le Provost Peggotty....Susan JamesonGrainger....Harry MyersTraddles....Carl PrekoppEmily....Joanne Froggatt Director Mary Peate |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Leading up to Christmas, Radio 4 presents a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 8/20. David and Steerforth set out for Yarmouth, where they witness a mysterious meeting between Emily and an unknown girl. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeBetsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayMr Wickfield....Geoffrey WhiteheadAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterUriah Heap....Shaun Dingwall Mrs Steerforth....Diana QuickRosa Dartle....Eve BestSteerforth....Geoffrey Streatfield Mr Micawber....Paul Bradley Miss Mowcher....Flaminia Cinque Mr Dick....Adrian ScarboroughMr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Mr Spenlow....Nicholas Le Provost Peggotty....Susan JamesonGrainger....Harry MyersTraddles....Carl PrekoppEmily....Joanne Froggatt Director Mary Peate |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Leading up to Christmas, we present a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 9/20. David is apprenticed at Doctors Commons, and takes a small suite of rooms, where he entertains - in style. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeBetsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayMr Wickfield....Geoffrey WhiteheadAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterUriah Heap....Shaun Dingwall Mrs Steerforth....Diana QuickRosa Dartle....Eve BestSteerforth....Geoffrey Streatfield Mr Micawber....Paul Bradley Miss Mowcher....Flaminia Cinque Mr Dick....Adrian ScarboroughMr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Mr Spenlow....Nicholas Le Provost Peggotty....Susan JamesonGrainger....Harry MyersTraddles....Carl PrekoppEmily....Joanne Froggatt Director Jeremy Mortimer |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Leading up to Christmas, we present a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 10/20. David has a strange meeting with Steerforth, before being called back to Yarmouth, where Peggotty has some terrible news. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeBetsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayMr Wickfield....Geoffrey WhiteheadAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterUriah Heap....Shaun Dingwall Mrs Steerforth....Diana QuickRosa Dartle....Eve BestSteerforth....Geoffrey Streatfield Mr Micawber....Paul Bradley Miss Mowcher....Flaminia Cinque Mr Dick....Adrian ScarboroughMr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Mr Spenlow....Nicholas Le Provost Peggotty....Susan JamesonGrainger....Harry MyersTraddles....Carl PrekoppEmily....Joanne Froggatt Director Jeremy Mortimer |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Leading up to Christmas, Radio 4 presents a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 11/20. Steerforth has run away with David's childhood sweetheart, Little Emily. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeMr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Betsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayJulia Mills....Colleen PrendergastMrs Gummidge....Susan JamesonJane Murdstone....Amy Marston Ham....Harry MyersMr Micawber....Paul Bradley Waiter....Richard FirthMr Wickfield....Geoffrey WhiteheadMr Dick....Adrian ScarboroughUriah Heap....Shaun Dingwall Mrs Steerforth....Diana QuickRosa Dartle....Eve BestAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterMiss Mowcher....Flaminia Cinque Mr Spenlow....Nicholas Le Provost Dora....Alex TregearTraddles....Carl PrekoppDirector Mary Peate |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Leading up to Christmas, Radio 4 presents a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 12/20. Mr Spenlow invites David to his house for the weekend, where David meets Spenlow's lovely daughter, Dora. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeMr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Betsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayJulia Mills....Colleen PrendergastMrs Gummidge....Susan JamesonJane Murdstone....Amy Marston Ham....Harry MyersMr Micawber....Paul Bradley Waiter....Richard FirthMr Wickfield....Geoffrey WhiteheadMr Dick....Adrian ScarboroughUriah Heap....Shaun Dingwall Mrs Steerforth....Diana QuickRosa Dartle....Eve BestAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterMiss Mowcher....Flaminia Cinque Mr Spenlow....Nicholas Le Provost Dora....Alex TregearTraddles....Carl PrekoppDirector Mary Peate |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Leading up to Christmas, we present a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 13/20. Betsey and Mr Dick visit David unexpectedly - they have bad news. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeMr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Betsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayJulia Mills....Colleen PrendergastMrs Gummidge....Susan JamesonJane Murdstone....Amy Marston Ham....Harry MyersMr Micawber....Paul Bradley Waiter....Richard FirthMr Wickfield....Geoffrey WhiteheadMr Dick....Adrian ScarboroughUriah Heap....Shaun Dingwall Mrs Steerforth....Diana QuickRosa Dartle....Eve BestAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterMiss Mowcher....Flaminia Cinque Mr Spenlow....Nicholas Le Provost Dora....Alex TregearTraddles....Carl PrekoppDirector Mary Peate |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Leading up to Christmas, we present a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 14/20. David continues to visit Spenlow's daughter Dora in secret. He takes on two extra jobs to support Betsey and Mr Dick. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeMr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Betsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayJulia Mills....Colleen PrendergastMrs Gummidge....Susan JamesonJane Murdstone....Amy Marston Ham....Harry MyersMr Micawber....Paul Bradley Waiter....Richard FirthMr Wickfield....Geoffrey WhiteheadMr Dick....Adrian ScarboroughUriah Heap....Shaun Dingwall Mrs Steerforth....Diana QuickRosa Dartle....Eve BestAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterMiss Mowcher....Flaminia Cinque Mr Spenlow....Nicholas Le Provost Dora....Alex TregearTraddles....Carl PrekoppDirector Mary Peate |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Leading up to Christmas, we present a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 15/20. David visits Agnes and finds that Uriah Heap has taken over her life and her father's business. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeMr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Betsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayJulia Mills....Colleen PrendergastMrs Gummidge....Susan JamesonJane Murdstone....Amy Marston Ham....Harry MyersMr Micawber....Paul Bradley Waiter....Richard FirthMr Wickfield....Geoffrey WhiteheadMr Dick....Adrian ScarboroughUriah Heap....Shaun Dingwall Mrs Steerforth....Diana QuickRosa Dartle....Eve BestAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterMiss Mowcher....Flaminia Cinque Mr Spenlow....Nicholas Le Provost Dora....Alex TregearTraddles....Carl PrekoppDirector Mary Peate |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Radio 4 presents a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 16/20. On a frozen winter night, David meets Mr Peggotty, who is still searching for any news of lost Emily. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeDora....Alex TregearAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterBetsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayRosa Dartle....Eve BestSteerforth....Geoffrey Streatfield Uriah Heep....Shaun Dingwall Mr Micawber....Paul Bradley Mr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Emily....Joanne Froggatt Martha....Helen LongworthThe Misses Spenlow....Selina Griffiths Traddles....Carl PrekoppDirector Jeremy Mortimer |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Radio 4 presents a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 17/20. David has an appointment to meet Dora's maiden aunts, and quite expects them to put a swift end to his engagement. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeDora....Alex TregearAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterBetsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayRosa Dartle....Eve BestSteerforth....Geoffrey Streatfield Uriah Heep....Shaun Dingwall Mr Micawber....Paul Bradley Mr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Emily....Joanne Froggatt Martha....Helen LongworthThe Misses Spenlow....Selina Griffiths Traddles....Carl PrekoppDirector Jeremy Mortimer |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Radio 4 presents a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 18/20. David is sent away to Salem House School by his stepfather, and makes a friend for life. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeDora....Alex TregearAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterBetsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayRosa Dartle....Eve BestSteerforth....Geoffrey Streatfield Uriah Heep....Shaun Dingwall Mr Micawber....Paul Bradley Mr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Emily....Joanne Froggatt Martha....Helen LongworthThe Misses Spenlow....Selina Griffiths Traddles....Carl PrekoppDirector Jeremy Mortimer |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Radio 4 presents a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 19/20. David is sent away to work at Murdstone's bottling factory in London. He lodges with a man named Mr Micawber. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeDora....Alex TregearAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterBetsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayRosa Dartle....Eve BestSteerforth....Geoffrey Streatfield Uriah Heep....Shaun Dingwall Mr Micawber....Paul Bradley Mr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Emily....Joanne Froggatt Martha....Helen LongworthThe Misses Spenlow....Selina Griffiths Traddles....Carl PrekoppDirector Jeremy Mortimer |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: David Copperfield By Charles Dickens. Leading up to Christmas, we present a new dramatisation by Mike Walker of the semi-autobiographical novel which Dickens called 'his favourite child'. 20/20. All David's happiness, and everything he has strived for, comes to nothing as he faces his greatest loss. Then he is visited in a dream, and comes to understand himself for the first time. Charles Dickens....Robert GlenisterDavid....Michael LeggeDora....Alex TregearAgnes Wickfield....Emily WachterBetsey Trotwood....Deborah FindlayRosa Dartle....Eve BestSteerforth....Geoffrey Streatfield Uriah Heep....Shaun Dingwall Mr Micawber....Paul Bradley Mr Peggotty....Gerard McDermott Emily....Joanne Froggatt Martha....Helen LongworthThe Misses Spenlow....Selina Griffiths Traddles....Carl PrekoppDirector Jeremy Mortimer |
| Jenni Murray looks at the role of women, both real and fictional, in the time/space continuum. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Ladies of Letters Go Global Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge bring back the proud grandmothers Irene Spencer and Vera Small to brighten the airwaves with their wit and wisdom. 1/5. Determined to escape the aftermath of their respective Christmases from Hell, first Vera nabs a package deal to Ibiza, then Irene sets out to rescue her friend when she falls prey to the charms of Gaston the seductive Gascon. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Ladies of Letters Go Global Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge bring back the proud grandmothers Irene Spencer and Vera Small to brighten the airwaves with their wit and wisdom. 2/5. Irene is forced into casual labour when she arrives in Ibiza to find she has inherited her absent friend's debts. Meanwhile Vera has escaped Gaston's clutches in a beetroot truck heading for Trieste, where she falls in with Roman, a charismatic Transylvanian with a hatred of garlic. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Ladies of Letters Go Global By Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman. Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge bring back the proud grandmothers Irene Spencer and Vera Small to brighten the airwaves with their wit and wisdom. 3/5. Howard fails to be of any use in rescuing Vera, so Irene, after breaking out of her Ibizan jail, implores Brian to help. But when Brian catches up with Vera in Moscow, Vera's enraging remarks about her new found intimacy with Irene's son-in-law urge Irene to write an anonymous letter she may regret. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Ladies of Letters Go Global By Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman. Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge bring back the proud grandmothers Irene Spencer and Vera Small to brighten the airwaves with their wit and wisdom. 4/5. Irene is kept on the move by her island-hopping employees, so is unable to prevent Lesley sending Christopher, Irene's treasured only son, out to Moscow to bring back Vera. When Vera explains that she and Christopher are to go on a dangerous mission for MI6, Irene takes the desperate step of appealing to Nellie Thoroughgood, Chris' adoptive mother, for help. Producer Claudine Toutoungi. |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Ladies of Letters Go Global By Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman. Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge bring back the proud grandmothers Irene Spencer and Vera Small to brighten the airwaves with their wit and wisdom. 5/5. Vera and Christopher undertake a life-threatening undercover operation for MI6. With no-one else to turn to, Irene combines forces with the ex-pat couple employing her to get Vera and Christopher air-lifted out of the diamond-mine in which they have been billeted. Producer Claudine Toutoungi. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Cooking for Michael CollinsBy Jane Purcell. 1/5. The real life story of Pidgie Rigney - spy, gunrunner and cook to Michael Collins, leader of the IRA between 1918 and 1921. It is 1917 and Pidgie is persuaded to join the women's branch of the republican movement, Cumman na Mban. Older Pidgie Rigney....Sorcha CusackYounger Pidgie Rigney....Niamh CusackPeg Rigney....Catherine Cusack Maire Rigney....Jane Purcell Constance Markiewicz....Joanna DavidKate Lyons....Colleen PrendergastMrs Lyons....Kate Binchy Anne Cooney....Norette Leahy Michael Collins....Finbar Lynch O Neil....Dermot CrowleyCaptain Drummond....David ThorpeInterrogator....Jonathan KeebleHarry Boland....Ben CroweFather O'Leary....John Burke Soldier....Martin Maynard Director Chris Wallis |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Cooking for Michael CollinsBy Jane Purcell. 2/5. Pidgie is asked to become housekeeper and guard to Michael Collins, currently lodging in Mespil Road, Dublin, under the name of O'Brien. Older Pidgie Rigney....Sorcha CusackYounger Pidgie Rigney....Niamh CusackPeg Rigney....Catherine Cusack Maire Rigney....Jane Purcell Constance Markiewicz....Joanna DavidKate Lyons....Colleen PrendergastMrs Lyons....Kate Binchy Anne Cooney....Norette Leahy Michael Collins....Finbar Lynch O Neil....Dermot CrowleyCaptain Drummond....David ThorpeInterrogator....Jonathan KeebleHarry Boland....Ben CroweFather O'Leary....John Burke Soldier....Martin Maynard Directed by Chris Wallis |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Cooking for Michael CollinsBy Jane Purcell. 3/5. After the raid on Mespil Road, Pidgie cannot go back there. She returns to her aunt's house in Clontarf, where she waits for the knock on the door. Older Pidgie Rigney....Sorcha CusackYounger Pidgie Rigney....Niamh CusackPeg Rigney....Catherine Cusack Maire Rigney....Jane Purcell Constance Markiewicz....Joanna DavidKate Lyons....Colleen PrendergastMrs Lyons....Kate Binchy Anne Cooney....Norette Leahy Michael Collins....Finbar Lynch O Neil....Dermot CrowleyCaptain Drummond....David ThorpeInterrogator....Jonathan KeebleHarry Boland....Ben CroweFather O'Leary....John Burke Soldier....Martin Maynard Directed by Chris Wallis |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Cooking for Michael CollinsBy Jane Purcell. 4/5. Arrested after the raid on her aunt's house in Clontarf, Pidgie is taken to the notorious Dublin Castle for interrogation. Older Pidgie Rigney....Sorcha CusackYounger Pidgie Rigney....Niamh CusackPeg Rigney....Catherine Cusack Maire Rigney....Jane Purcell Constance Markiewicz....Joanna DavidKate Lyons....Colleen PrendergastMrs Lyons....Kate Binchy Anne Cooney....Norette Leahy Michael Collins....Finbar Lynch O Neil....Dermot CrowleyCaptain Drummond....David ThorpeInterrogator....Jonathan KeebleHarry Boland....Ben CroweFather O'Leary....John Burke Soldier....Martin Maynard Directed by Chris Wallis |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Cooking for Michael CollinsBy Jane Purcell. 5/5. A truce at last, but will it bring peace? And what will Pidgie do now the war is over? Older Pidgie Rigney....Sorcha CusackYounger Pidgie Rigney....Niamh CusackPeg Rigney....Catherine Cusack Maire Rigney....Jane Purcell Constance Markiewicz....Joanna DavidKate Lyons....Colleen PrendergastMrs Lyons....Kate Binchy Anne Cooney....Norette Leahy Michael Collins....Finbar Lynch O Neil....Dermot CrowleyCaptain Drummond....David ThorpeInterrogator....Jonathan KeebleHarry Boland....Ben CroweFather O'Leary....John Burke Soldier....Martin Maynard Directed by Chris Wallis |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Changing Room By Louise Gooding. A snapshot into moments of change in the lives of very different females at various ages and stages of their lives. 1/5. The Swimming Pool It is the last swimming lesson of term and schoolgirl Lucy has locked herself in the changing room, determined not to come out. Lucy....Rebecca Ryan Ali....Rosie Fleeshman Jo....Chloe O'Malley Miss Owen....Fiona ClarkeDirector Pauline Harris |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Changing Room By Louise Gooding. A snapshot into moments of change in the lives of very different females at various ages and stages of their lives. 2/5. The Office Kati is from Sarejevo and it is her first office Christmas party in England. When one of her work colleagues threatens to make a pass for the man she secretly fancies, Kati is forced to take action. Kati....Sheyla Shehovich Virginia....Fiona ClarkeLeanne....Julia RounthwaiteProducer Pauline Harris. Director Nadia Molinari |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Changing Room By Louise Gooding. A snapshot into moments of change in the lives of very different females at various ages and stages of their lives. 3/5. The Bridal Shop Emma is trying on her bridesmaid dress for her friend Shona's wedding, but her thoughts are preoccupied with something she has resolved to tell Shona - something she should know about her future husband. Emma....Georgia Taylor Shona....Fiona ClarkeMatt....Graeme HawleyAbi....Emily Fleeshman Assistant....Barbara MartenProducer Pauline Harris. Director Nadia Molinari |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Changing Room By Louise Gooding. A snapshot into moments of change in the lives of very different females at various ages and stages of their lives. 4/5. The Ante-Natal Clinic An exploration of the dynamics of three pregnant women from different walks of life, whose worlds collide when they realise they have more in common than they thought. Ros....Anna Maxwell MartinGillian....Barbara MartenAmy....Carla HenryNurse....Fiona ClarkeJamie....Carter Dowland Producer Gary Brown |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Changing Room By Louise Gooding. A snapshot into moments of change in the lives of very different females at various ages and stages of their lives. 5/5. The Vestry When vicar Linda gets a hospital appointment to discuss her test results, she immediately fears the worst. Knowing that she of all people should not be afraid of death, Linda tries to rationalise her fears about dying. Linda....Barbara MartenSarah....Julia RounthwaiteJanet....Eileen O'Brien Producer Gary Brown |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Tennessee's Women A season of early plays tracing the evolution of Tennessee Williams' great heroines. 1/5. This Property is Condemned A little girl in ragged clothes walks along the railtracks near her abandoned home. She dreams of being like her late sister, pursued by handsome admirers. But is this a suitable role model? Willie....Maria Watton-Graham Tom....Ryan MccluskeyAbridged and adapted for radio by Anna Linstrum. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Tennessee's Women A season of early plays tracing the evolution of Tennessee Williams' great heroines. 2/5. Something Unspoken A wealthy Southern woman has shared her home with her female secretary for 15 years. Isn't it time they got round to speaking the unspoken? Abridged and adapted for radio by Anna Linstrum. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Tennessee's Women A season of early plays tracing the evolution of Tennessee Williams' great heroines. 3/5. The Long Goodbye After his mother's death, a struggling young writer clears up her belongings and recalls her unfulfilled life and the antics of his wayward sister. Joe....Nick SayceMyra....Sophie RobertsMother....Elizabeth McGovernSilva....Delroy Brown Bill....John CumminsMover....Gerard McDermott Abridged and adapted for radio by Anna Linstrum. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: A season of early plays tracing the evolution of Tennessee Williams' great heroines. Tennessee's Women 4/5. Portrait of Madonna Lucretia Collins never quite recovered from her teenage infatuation with a handsome, indifferent young man. As is seen when, many years later, he appears to be pursuing her ardently. Lucretia Collins....Eleanor BronMr Abrams....Gerard McDermott Frank....Nick SayceDoctor....Geoffrey BeeversNurse....Ella Smith Abridged and adapted for radio by Anna Linstrum. |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Tennessee's Women A season of early plays tracing the evolution of Tennessee Williams' great heroines. 5/5. Wagons Full of Cotton Flora's husband treats her with a mixture of affection and cruelty. So when she fails to corroborate his account of a local plantation fire, how will he respond? Silva Vicarro....Gerard Murphy Flora Meighan....Clare Lawrence Jake Meighan....Breffni McKenna Abridged and adapted for radio by Anna Linstrum. Director Peter Kavanagh |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: A Five Year Sentence By Bernice Rubens, dramatised by Richard Monks. 1/5. Jean Hawkins sees no point in going on after retirement, but then she is presented with a five year diary and her life changes dramatically. Jean....Sheila Reid Brian....Kenneth CranhamMatron....Janet Henfrey Mr Connersby/Vicar....John CumminsColleague/Librarian....Carolyn PicklesDirector Sally Avens |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: A Five Year Sentence By Bernice Rubens, dramatised by Richard Monks. 2/5. Jean's tentative relationship with Brian takes an unexpected turn when he suggests they put things on a business footing. Jean....Sheila Reid Brian....Kenneth CranhamMatron....Janet Henfrey Mother....Evie Garratt Director Sally Avens |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: A Five Year Sentence By Bernice Rubens, dramatised by Richard Monks. 3/5. Brian expands his business to other single ladies whilst Jean dreams of wedding bells. Jean....Sheila Reid Brian....Kenneth CranhamMatron....Janet Henfrey Mother....Evie Garratt Violet....Tina GrayBank Manager....Gerard McDermott Mrs Church....Carolyn PicklesDirector Sally Avens |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: A Five Year Sentence By Bernice Rubens, dramatised by Richard Monks. 4/5. Jean's spending comes under the scrutiny of the bank. Has Brian really got her finances under control? Jean....Sheila Reid Brian....Kenneth CranhamMatron....Janet Henfrey Mother....Evie Garratt Violet....Tina GrayBank Manager....Gerard McDermott Mrs Church....Carolyn PicklesDirector Sally Avens |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: A Five Year Sentence By Bernice Rubens, dramatised by Richard Monks. 5/5. Jean finally realises that Brian is up to no good, but her revenge has a surprising victim. Jean....Sheila Reid Brian....Kenneth CranhamMatron....Janet Henfrey Mother....Evie Garratt Violet....Tina GrayNeighbour/Nurse....Ella Smith Vicar/Police....Delroy Brown. |
| With Ritula Shah. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: A Harlot's Progress By Jonathan Myerson. Comedy bringing to life the stories revealed - and concealed - in William Hogarth's famous sequence of engravings. One day in 1732, an impoverished portraitist abandons his classical training and sets out to paint the wicked tale of a country girl's downfall on the streets of London. It's a story which will lead him and his imaginary heroine, Moll Hackabout, to very different ends. 1/5. Plate 1 Moll arrives in London. William Hogarth....Will KeenJane Hogarth....Indira VarmaMoll Hackabout....Liz WhiteLondon Girl 1 /Susannah....Amelia Lowdell London Girl 2 / Floss....Annabel Scholey Mrs Needham....Rosemary LeechCharteris/Keeper....Crawford LoganGourlay /Gonson....Gerard McDermott Wagondriver/Curate/Francis/Card Sharp....Stephen CritchlowGiuseppe....Paul ReynoldsSolomon Nunes/Sir James....Nickolas Grace Bess....Amelda Brown James/Dr Rock....Ben CroweClient/Joshua/Dr Misaubin....Geoffrey BeeversDirector Jonquil Panting |
| With Ritula Shah. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: A Harlot's Progress By Jonathan Myerson. Comedy bringing to life the stories revealed - and concealed - in William Hogarth's famous sequence of engravings. One day in 1732, an impoverished portraitist abandons his classical training and sets out to paint the wicked tale of a country girl's downfall on the streets of London. It's a story which will lead him and his imaginary heroine, Moll Hackabout, to very different ends. 2/5. Plate 2. Moll the Harlot The innocent country girl is now a City trader's courtesan. William Hogarth....Will KeenJane Hogarth....Indira VarmaMoll Hackabout....Liz WhiteLondon Girl 1 /Susannah....Amelia Lowdell London Girl 2 / Floss....Annabel Scholey Mrs Needham....Rosemary LeechCharteris/ Keeper....Crawford LoganGourlay/ Gonson....Gerard McDermott Wagondriver/ Curate/ Francis/ Card Sharp....Stephen CritchlowGiuseppe....Paul ReynoldsSolomon Nunes/ Sir James....Nickolas Grace Bess....Amelda Brown James/ Dr Rock....Ben CroweClient/ Joshua/Dr Misaubin....Geoffrey BeeversDirector Jonquil Panting |
| With Ritula Shah. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: A Harlot's Progress By Jonathan Myerson. Comedy bringing to life the stories revealed - and concealed - in William Hogarth's famous sequence of engravings. One day in 1732, an impoverished portrait artist abandons his classical training and sets out to paint the wicked tale of a country girls' downfall on the streets of London. It's a story which will lead him and his imaginary heroine, Moll Hackabout, to very different ends. 3/5. The Harlot Apprehended Now Moll's a prostitute, and her lover's a famous highwayman. But that's not why trouble knocks on her door. William Hogarth....Will KeenJane Hogarth....Indira VarmaMoll Hackabout....Liz WhiteLondon Girl 1/Susannah....Amelia Lowdell London Girl 2/Floss....Annabel Scholey Mrs Needham....Rosemary LeechCharteris/Keeper....Crawford LoganGourlay /Gonson....Gerard McDermott Wagondriver/Curate/Francis/Card Sharp....Stephen CritchlowGiuseppe....Paul ReynoldsSolomon Nunes/Sir James....Nickolas Grace Bess....Amelda Brown James/Dr Rock....Ben CroweClient/Joshua/Dr Misaubin....Geoffrey BeeversDirector Jonquil Panting |
| With Jane Little. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: A Harlot's Progress By Jonathan Myerson. Comedy bringing to life the stories revealed - and concealed - in William Hogarth's famous sequence of engravings. One day in 1732, an impoverished portrait artist abandons his classical training and sets out to paint the wicked tale of a country girl's downfall on the streets of London. It's a story which will lead him and his imaginary heroine, Moll Hackabout, to very different ends. 4/5. The Harlot Does Bird But there's more than one way out of Bridewell prison. William Hogarth....Will KeenJane Hogarth....Indira VarmaMoll Hackabout....Liz WhiteLondon Girl 1/Susannah....Amelia Lowdell London Girl 2/Floss....Annabel Scholey Mrs Needham....Rosemary LeechCharteris/Keeper....Crawford LoganGourlay /Gonson....Gerard McDermott Wagondriver/Curate/Francis/Card Sharp....Stephen CritchlowGiuseppe....Paul ReynoldsSolomon Nunes/Sir James....Nickolas Grace Bess....Amelda Brown James/Dr Rock....Ben CroweClient/Joshua/Dr Misaubin....Geoffrey BeeversDirector Jonquil Panting |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: A Harlot's Progress By Jonathan Myerson. Comedy bringing to life the stories revealed - and concealed - in William Hogarth's famous sequence of engravings. One day in 1732, an impoverished portrait artist abandons his classical training and sets out to paint the wicked tale of a country girl's downfall on the streets of London. It's a story which will lead him and his imaginary heroine, Moll Hackabout, to very different ends. 5/5. The Harlot's End Moll's great London adventure is finished. But William's is just beginning. William Hogarth....Will KeenJane Hogarth....Indira VarmaMoll Hackabout....Liz WhiteLondon Girl 1/ Susannah....Amelia Lowdell London Girl 2/ Floss....Annabel Scholey Mrs Needham....Rosemary LeechCharteris/ Keeper....Crawford LoganGourlay/Gonson....Gerard McDermott Wagondriver/Curate/ Francis/ Card Sharp....Stephen CritchlowGiuseppe....Paul ReynoldsSolomon Nunes/ Sir James....Nickolas Grace Bess....Amelda Brown James/ Dr Rock....Ben CroweClient/ Joshua/Dr Misaubin....Geoffrey BeeversDirector Jonquil Panting |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Minor Characters Adapted by Rachael McGill from the book by Joyce Johnson. The story of writer Joyce Glassman, the muse of one of the most famous beat poets, Jack Kerouac, and the woman to whom he dedicated his novel On the Road. Laced with an infectious jazz soundtrack, it's a young woman's coming-of-age in 1950s America. 1/5. The 1950s are about to begin. Cold War fear and mistrust grip America. Joyce Glassman is the only child of aspirational Jewish parents living in New York, and is just about to discover the Bohemian lifestyle - with its pleasures and pitfalls. Narrator....Suzanne BertishJoyce....Jaimi BarbakoffElise....Clara Perez Mother....Joyce Springer Father....Michael RobertsAlex Greer....Ewan BaileyJack Kerouac....David Jarvis. |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Minor Characters Adapted by Rachael McGill from the book by Joyce Johnson. The story of writer Joyce Glassman, the muse of one of the most famous beat poets, Jack Kerouac, and the woman to whom he dedicated his novel On the Road. Laced with an infectious jazz soundtrack, it's a young woman's coming-of-age in 1950s America. 2/5. Eighteen-year-old Joyce has begun an affair with Alex Greer, philosophy tutor and friend of jazz musicians, poets and madmen. Alex is 29, non-Jewish and married. Joyce has decided its time to introduce him to her parents. Narrator....Suzanne BertishJoyce....Jaimi BarbakoffElise....Clara Perez Mother....Joyce Springer Father....Michael RobertsAlex Greer....Ewan BaileyJack Kerouac....David Jarvis. |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Minor Characters Adapted by Rachael McGill from the book by Joyce Johnson. The story of Joyce Glassman, the writer and muse of one of the most famous beat poets, Jack Kerouac, and the woman to whom he dedicated his novel On the Road. Laced with an infectious jazz soundtrack, it's a young woman's coming-of-age in 1950s America. 3/5. It's 1956 and Joyce, 20, is working as a secretary and trying to write her novel. Her married lover, Alex, has ditched her for a young student and she has discovered she is pregnant, after a night at a party with a boy she doesn't love. But she's just about to meet Jack Kerouac. Narrator....Suzanne BertishJoyce....Jaimi BarbakoffElise....Clara Perez Mother....Joyce Springer Father....Michael RobertsAlex Greer....Ewan BaileyJack Kerouac....David Jarvis. |
| With Jane Little. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Minor Characters Adapted by Rachael McGill from the book by Joyce Johnson. The story of writer Joyce Glassman, the muse of one of the most famous beat poets, Jack Kerouac, and the woman to whom he dedicated his novel On the Road. Laced with an infectious jazz soundtrack, it's a young woman's coming-of-age in 1950s America. 4/5. Jack Kerouac has burst into the life of 21-year-old Joyce Glassman. He may be a genius but he's a difficult man to love. Their moments together are enchanted, until he boards a boat for Tangiers. Joyce has no idea if she will ever see him again. Narrator....Suzanne BertishJoyce....Jaimi BarbakoffElise....Clara Perez Mother....Joyce Springer Father....Michael RobertsAlex Greer....Ewan BaileyJack Kerouac....David Jarvis. |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Minor Characters Adapted by Rachael McGill from the book by Joyce Johnson. The story of writer Joyce Glassman, the muse of one of the most famous beat poets, Jack Kerouac, and the woman to whom he dedicated his novel On the Road. Laced with an infectious jazz soundtrack, it's a young woman's coming-of-age in 1950s America. 5/5. Joyce Glassman has endured months of waiting for letters from Jack. She planned to go and meet him in San Francisco and Mexico, but it was not to be. His second novel On the Road is about to be published. Narrator....Suzanne BertishJoyce....Jaimi BarbakoffElise....Clara Perez Mother....Joyce Springer Father....Michael RobertsAlex Greer....Ewan BaileyJack Kerouac....David Jarvis. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Interpreter By Anjum Malik. 1/5. Out of the Fold Nina works as a freelance interpreter, translating Farsi, Urdu, Bangla and French. Today her friend Irfan wants her to find a Persian word for gay because he is ready to face his family on his own terms. Nina is not so brave - she is an Asian Muslim living with a Black man and she's not ready to tell anyone about it. Nina....Rina MahoneyMike....Delroy Brown Ifran....Kayvan NovakDirector Pam Fraser-Solomon |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Interpreter By Anjum Malik. 2/5. A Good Woman Nina the interpreter interviews Shalini from Bangladesh, who has been caught shoplifting a tin of shoe polish. Nina discovers that the woman is a lonely widow who has spent her entire life giving and now she is determined to take something back - anything. Nina....Rina MahoneyMike....Delroy Brown Shalini....Lalita Ahmed PC Thorpe....Geoffrey BeeversDirector Pam Fraser-Solomon |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Interpreter By Anjum Malik. 3/5. Gilded Lambs Nina has a regular translation job for an export business. She has only ever had a professional relationship with the owners until today, when she is asked to translate a personal letter and discovers a long-buried secret. Nina....Rina MahoneyMike....Delroy Brown Laura....Rachel AtkinsDirector Pam Fraser-Solomon |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Interpreter By Anjum Malik. 4/5. Null and Void Nina's personal life is crumbling around her, but today she meets someone whose situation is much more desperate. The client is Susan from Cameroon, a woman who has been exposed as a benefit cheat. Susan is on the edge but Nina's job is to translate without getting involved. Nina....Rina MahoneyMike....Delroy Brown Gittins....Nick SayceSusan....Assly Zandry Director Pam Fraser-Solomon |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Interpreter By Anjum Malik. 5/5. An Honourable Man Nina is called to be the interpreter to Mazher from Pakistan. He is very ill but does not appear to understand the serious nature of his condition. Her job is to help him to listen, but instead she gets him to talk about his life, his love and his sacrifice. Nina....Rina MahoneyMike....Delroy Brown Mazher....Badi UzzamanConsultant....Carolyn PicklesDirector Pam Fraser-Solomon |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Jane's Story By Alison Joseph. 1/10. Jane Michaels thought that she and her husband James had no secrets from each other. But when he dies suddenly on the commuter platform, he leaves her not only an unfinished property redevelopment project but a number of unanswered questions. Who is the African woman who leaves an ivory casket at the doorstep the next day? Why do the police re-open the investigation into the death of James' former business partner Arthur Woodley on Cliff's Common? Jane....Elizabeth BellElla....Ella Smith Anthony....Nicholas Le PrevostFrances....Lynne Verrall Jeff....Kerry ShaleDan....Damian Lynch Mary....Marcia WarrenRita....Noma DumezweniSandra....Stella Duffy Christina....Carolyn Jones Policeman....Anthony GlennonMark....Kim WallDirector David Hunter |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Jane's Story By Alison Joseph. Jane Michaels thought that she and her husband James had no secrets from each other. But when he dies suddenly on the commuter platform, he leaves her not only an unfinished property redevelopment project but a number of unanswered questions. 2/10. It is the day of her husband's funeral and Jane has to cope with her family, too. Jane....Elizabeth BellElla....Ella Smith Anthony....Nicholas Le PrevostFrances....Lynne Verrall Jeff....Kerry ShaleDan....Damian Lynch Mary....Marcia WarrenRita....Noma DumezweniSandra....Stella Duffy Christina....Carolyn Jones Policeman....Anthony GlennonMark....Kim WallDirector David Hunter |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Jane's Story By Alison Joseph. Jane Michaels thought that she and her husband James had no secrets from each other. But when he dies suddenly on the commuter platform, he leaves her not only an unfinished property redevelopment project but a number of unanswered questions. 3/10. The police have been to see Jane about the mysterious death of her late husband's former business partner, Arthur Woodley. Jane....Elizabeth BellElla....Ella Smith Anthony....Nicholas Le PrevostFrances....Lynne Verrall Jeff....Kerry ShaleDan....Damian Lynch Mary....Marcia WarrenRita....Noma DumezweniSandra....Stella Duffy Christina....Carolyn Jones Policeman....Anthony GlennonMark....Kim WallDirector David Hunter |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Jane's Story By Alison Joseph. Jane Michaels thought that she and her husband James had no secrets from each other. But when he dies suddenly on the commuter platform, he leaves her not only an unfinished property redevelopment project but a number of unanswered questions. 4/10. Not only has Jane discovered a photograph from their time in Ghana of the woman who delivered the casket, but she now remembers James' absence on the night of Arthur's death. Jane....Elizabeth BellElla....Ella Smith Anthony....Nicholas Le PrevostFrances....Lynne Verrall Jeff....Kerry ShaleDan....Damian Lynch Mary....Marcia WarrenRita....Noma DumezweniSandra....Stella Duffy Christina....Carolyn Jones Policeman....Anthony GlennonMark....Kim WallDirector David Hunter |
| With Ritula Shah. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Jane's Story By Alison Joseph. Jane Michaels thought that she and her husband James had no secrets from each other. But when he dies suddenly on the commuter platform, he leaves her an unfinished property redevelopment project and a number of unanswered questions. 5/10. Despite firm friendship from old style curator Anthony Coulsden, Jane is beginning to really doubt the truth of her own marriage, her own story. Jane....Elizabeth BellElla....Ella Smith Anthony....Nicholas Le PrevostFrances....Lynne Verrall Jeff....Kerry ShaleDan....Damian Lynch Mary....Marcia WarrenRita....Noma DumezweniSandra....Stella Duffy Christina....Carolyn Jones Policeman....Anthony GlennonMark....Kim WallDirector David Hunter |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Jane's Story By Alison Joseph. Jane Michaels thought that she and her husband James had no secrets from each other. But when he dies suddenly on the commuter platform, he leaves her an unfinished property redevelopment project and a number of unanswered questions. 6/10. Jane's granddaughter Ella has tracked down Arthur Woodley's sister, Mary, in Northumberland. Jane....Elizabeth BellElla....Ella Smith Anthony....Nicholas Le PrevostFrances....Lynne Verrall Jeff....Kerry ShaleDan....Damian Lynch Mary....Marcia WarrenRita....Noma DumezweniSandra....Stella Duffy Christina....Carolyn Jones Policeman....Anthony GlennonMark....Kim WallDirector David Hunter |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Jane's Story By Alison Joseph. Jane Michaels thought that she and her husband James had no secrets from each other. But when he dies suddenly on the commuter platform, he leaves her an unfinished property redevelopment project and a number of unanswered questions. 7/10. Ella learns more about Arthur Woodley from Sandra. Jane....Elizabeth BellElla....Ella Smith Anthony....Nicholas Le PrevostFrances....Lynne Verrall Jeff....Kerry ShaleDan....Damian Lynch Mary....Marcia WarrenRita....Noma DumezweniSandra....Stella Duffy Christina....Carolyn Jones Policeman....Anthony GlennonMark....Kim WallDirector David Hunter |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Jane's Story By Alison Joseph. Jane Michaels thought that she and her husband James had no secrets from each other. But when he dies suddenly on the commuter platform, he leaves her an unfinished property redevelopment project and a number of unanswered questions. 8/10. Anthony visits Company House and discovers vital information about James' and Arthur's businesses. Ella uncovers a significant fact about Arthur. Jane....Elizabeth BellElla....Ella Smith Anthony....Nicholas Le PrevostFrances....Lynne Verrall Jeff....Kerry ShaleDan....Damian Lynch Mary....Marcia WarrenRita....Noma DumezweniSandra....Stella Duffy Christina....Carolyn Jones Policeman....Anthony GlennonMark....Kim WallDirector David Hunter |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Jane's Story By Alison Joseph. Jane Michaels thought that she and her husband James had no secrets from each other. But when he dies suddenly on the commuter platform, he leaves her an unfinished property redevelopment project and a number of unanswered questions. 9/10. Ella has tracked down Rita and discovered the truth of her relationship to James. Jane....Elizabeth BellElla....Ella Smith Anthony....Nicholas Le PrevostFrances....Lynne Verrall Jeff....Kerry ShaleDan....Damian Lynch Mary....Marcia WarrenRita....Noma DumezweniSandra....Stella Duffy Christina....Carolyn Jones Policeman....Anthony GlennonMark....Kim WallDirector David Hunter |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Jane's Story By Alison Joseph. Jane Michaels thought that she and her husband James had no secrets from each other. But when he dies suddenly on the commuter platform, he leaves her an unfinished property redevelopment project and a number of unanswered questions. 10/10. There is a fire at the factory. Jane and her family gather there and learn the truth about James and Arthur, and what happened that night on Cliff's Common. Jane....Elizabeth BellElla....Ella Smith Anthony....Nicholas Le PrevostFrances....Lynne Verrall Jeff....Kerry ShaleDan....Damian Lynch Mary....Marcia WarrenRita....Noma DumezweniSandra....Stella Duffy Christina....Carolyn Jones Policeman....Anthony GlennonMark....Kim WallDirector David Hunter |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Our Father Who Art in the Tree By Judy Pascoe, dramatised by Kate McAll. 1/5. When her father dies suddenly of a heart attack, 10-year-old Simone discovers that he is not dead, but living at the top of the tree at the bottom of their yard in Brisbane. Of course, no one believes her. Simone....Lucinda Cowden Mum....Abigail McKern Fireman....Paul Mohan Producer Jeremy Howe |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Our Father Who Art in the Tree By Judy Pascoe, dramatised by Kate McAll. 2/5. The neighbours do not approve of Simone's visits to talk to her dead father, who lives in the top of the tree in their backyard. Simone....Lucinda Cowden Mum....Abigail McKern Gladys....Anne Charleston Daisy....Mia SoteriouSandra....Angela Barlow The Drain Man....John TelferEdward....Oliver J HembroughJames....Charlie Masters Producer Jeremy Howe |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Our Father Who Art in the Tree By Judy Pascoe, dramatised by Kate McAll. 3/5. Not only does Simone's dead father live at the top of the tree, but the tree itself is taking over the house. Simone....Lucinda Cowden Mum....Abigail McKern Gladys....Anne Charleston The Drain Man....John TelferFather Gilroy....Steve Devereaux Producer Jeremy Howe |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Our Father Who Art in the Tree By Judy Pascoe, dramatised by Kate McAll. 4/5. It is the start of the summer holidays and Simone is very unhappy that the Drain Man keeps calling. Simone....Lucinda Cowden Mum....Abigail McKern The Drain Man....John TelferEdward....Oliver J HembroughMrs O'Grady....Amy Clifton Producer Jeremy Howe |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Our Father Who Art in the Tree By Judy Pascoe, dramatised by Kate McAll. 5/5. As the long hot summer holiday comes to an end, it is obvious to Simone that things will have to change - but not quite as dramatically as this. Simone....Lucinda Cowden Mum....Abigail McKern Gladys....Anne Charleston Daisy....Mia SoteriouSandra....Angela Barlow The Drain Man....John TelferFather Gilroy....Steve Devereaux Producer Jeremy Howe |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Voyage Out By Virginia Woolf. Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Woolf 's satire on colonisation and the snobbery of the British upper-middle class. 1/10. The Euphrosyne is a cargo carrier bound for South America, taking a motley group of genteel adventurers across the ocean to South America. Among them are Helen Ambrose and her niece Rachel Vinrace. Will this voyage prove to be one of self-discovery? |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Voyage Out By Virginia Woolf. Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Woolf 's satire on colonisation and the snobbery of the British upper-middle class. 2/10. Rachel is overwhelmed by the arrival of the Dalloways, a fascinating and sophisticated couple, but why is Helen so sceptical? |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Voyage Out By Virginia Woolf. Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Woolf 's satire on colonisation and the snobbery of the British upper-middle class. 3/10. As the storm rages, Rachel has an unexpected and exciting encounter with Mr Dalloway. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Voyage Out By Virginia Woolf. Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Woolf 's satire on colonisation and the snobbery of the British upper-middle class. 4/10. Helen and Rachel arrive in Santa Marina and meet two intriguing young English men at a picnic. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Voyage Out By Virginia Woolf. Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Woolf 's satire on colonisation and the snobbery of the British upper-middle class. 5/10. When St John insults Rachel at the ball, Terence is there to smooth things over. The next morning Rachel receives a surprise delivery which throws her into a state of confusion. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Jane's Story By Alison Joseph. 1/10. Jane Michaels thought that she and her husband James had no secrets from each other. But when he dies suddenly on the commuter platform, he leaves her not only an unfinished property redevelopment project but a number of unanswered questions. Who is the African woman who leaves an ivory casket at the doorstep the next day? Why do the police re-open the investigation into the death of James' former business partner Arthur Woodley on Cliff's Common? Jane....Elizabeth BellElla....Ella Smith Anthony....Nicholas Le PrevostFrances....Lynne Verrall Jeff....Kerry ShaleDan....Damian Lynch Mary....Marcia WarrenRita....Noma DumezweniSandra....Stella Duffy Christina....Carolyn Jones Policeman....Anthony GlennonMark....Kim WallDirector David Hunter |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Jane's Story By Alison Joseph. Jane Michaels thought that she and her husband James had no secrets from each other. But when he dies suddenly on the commuter platform, he leaves her not only an unfinished property redevelopment project but a number of unanswered questions. 2/10. It is the day of her husband's funeral and Jane has to cope with her family, too. Jane....Elizabeth BellElla....Ella Smith Anthony....Nicholas Le PrevostFrances....Lynne Verrall Jeff....Kerry ShaleDan....Damian Lynch Mary....Marcia WarrenRita....Noma DumezweniSandra....Stella Duffy Christina....Carolyn Jones Policeman....Anthony GlennonMark....Kim WallDirector David Hunter |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Jane's Story By Alison Joseph. Jane Michaels thought that she and her husband James had no secrets from each other. But when he dies suddenly on the commuter platform, he leaves her not only an unfinished property redevelopment project but a number of unanswered questions. 3/10. The police have been to see Jane about the mysterious death of her late husband's former business partner, Arthur Woodley. Jane....Elizabeth BellElla....Ella Smith Anthony....Nicholas Le PrevostFrances....Lynne Verrall Jeff....Kerry ShaleDan....Damian Lynch Mary....Marcia WarrenRita....Noma DumezweniSandra....Stella Duffy Christina....Carolyn Jones Policeman....Anthony GlennonMark....Kim WallDirector David Hunter |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Jane's Story By Alison Joseph. Jane Michaels thought that she and her husband James had no secrets from each other. But when he dies suddenly on the commuter platform, he leaves her not only an unfinished property redevelopment project but a number of unanswered questions. 4/10. Not only has Jane discovered a photograph from their time in Ghana of the woman who delivered the casket, but she now remembers James' absence on the night of Arthur's death. Jane....Elizabeth BellElla....Ella Smith Anthony....Nicholas Le PrevostFrances....Lynne Verrall Jeff....Kerry ShaleDan....Damian Lynch Mary....Marcia WarrenRita....Noma DumezweniSandra....Stella Duffy Christina....Carolyn Jones Policeman....Anthony GlennonMark....Kim WallDirector David Hunter |
| With Ritula Shah. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Jane's Story By Alison Joseph. Jane Michaels thought that she and her husband James had no secrets from each other. But when he dies suddenly on the commuter platform, he leaves her an unfinished property redevelopment project and a number of unanswered questions. 5/10. Despite firm friendship from old style curator Anthony Coulsden, Jane is beginning to really doubt the truth of her own marriage, her own story. Jane....Elizabeth BellElla....Ella Smith Anthony....Nicholas Le PrevostFrances....Lynne Verrall Jeff....Kerry ShaleDan....Damian Lynch Mary....Marcia WarrenRita....Noma DumezweniSandra....Stella Duffy Christina....Carolyn Jones Policeman....Anthony GlennonMark....Kim WallDirector David Hunter |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Voyage Out Helen Edmundson's dramatisation of Virginia Woolf's satire on colonisation and the snobbery of the British upper-middle class. 6/10. Terence discovers that he has unexpectedly strong feelings for Rachel, but will they be reciprocated? Director Nadia Molinari |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Voyage Out Helen Edmundson's dramatisation of Virginia Woolf's satire on colonisation and the snobbery of the British upper-middle class. 7/10. Rachel becomes obsessed with the thought that Terence is interested in the beautiful and seductive Evelyn Murgatroyd. Director Nadia Molinari |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Voyage Out Helen Edmundson's dramatisation of Virginia Woolf's satire on colonisation and the snobbery of the British upper-middle class. 8/10. A planned expedition up the river to a remote village leads to a surprising announcement from Rachel, despite Helen's fears. Director Nadia Molinari |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Voyage Out Helen Edmundson's dramatisation of Virginia Woolf's satire on colonisation and the snobbery of the British upper-middle class. 9/10. Rachel and Terence celebrate their engagement, but events take an abrupt and unexpected turn. Director Nadia Molinari |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Voyage Out Helen Edmundson's dramatisation of Virginia Woolf's satire on colonisation and the snobbery of the British upper-middle class. 10/10. Terence waits anxiously as Rachel's fever soars ever higher. Rachel....Laura Fraser Helen....Rebecca Johnson Terence....Bertie CarvelSt John....Ronan Vibert Mrs Flushing....Sylvestra le TouzelMr Flushing....David FleeshmanDirector Nadia Molinari |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Friends Like These Comic plays about friendship, each featuring a different comedy partnership. 1/5. Helen and Gail By Fay Rusling and Oriane Messina. Helen and Gail are best friends, separated only by the fact that Gail is in prison for trying to murder Helen. When visiting time comes round, their relationship takes an odd turn. Helen....Fay Rusling Gail....Oriane Messina Director Claudine Toutoungi. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Friends Like These Comic plays about friendship, each featuring a different comedy partnership. 2/5. Famous Guy By Adam Buxton. The tale of Manthea Shringleton, a journalist sent to interview a reclusive Hollywood star. Guy....Adam BuxtonManthea....Joe CornishDirector Claudine Toutoungi. |
| With Jenni Murray. How have Polish women fared since the fall of communism? Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Friends Like These Comic plays about friendship, each featuring a different comedy partnership. 3/5. Equal Ops By Cicely Giddings and Abigail Burdess. Whilst attempting a sponsored pedalo ride, work colleagues Bernice and Jen sink and are marooned on an island duck sanctuary. Bernice....Cicely Giddings Jen....Abigail BurdessDirector Claudine Toutoungi. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Friends Like These Comic plays about friendship, each featuring a different comedy partnership. 4/5. You'll Always Be a Part of Me By Jim Sweeney. Two men have been best friends for years, when one suddenly needs a new kidney. His mate has always said he'd do anything for him. Now it's time to find out if that includes organ donation. Jim....Jim SweeneySteve....Steve SteenDirector Claudine Toutoungi. |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Voyage Out Helen Edmundson's dramatisation of Virginia Woolf's satire on colonisation and the snobbery of the British upper-middle class. 10/10. Terence waits anxiously as Rachel's fever soars ever higher. Rachel....Laura Fraser Helen....Rebecca Johnson Terence....Bertie CarvelSt John....Ronan Vibert Mrs Flushing....Sylvestra le TouzelMr Flushing....David FleeshmanDirector Nadia Molinari |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Snap A series of dramatic monologues told just at the instant when a camera is pointed at the subject like a gun, and a vision of a whole life flashes by. 1/5. Smile Everyone By Charlotte Cory. A strained family reunion culminates with a photograph being taken. Everyone is momentarily looking at the camera and smiling - rewriting the whole miserable family history. Sarah....Patricia HodgeDirector Pam Fraser-Solomon |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Snap A series of dramatic monologues told just at the instant when a camera is pointed at the subject like a gun, and a vision of a whole life flashes by. 2/5. Taking Pictures By Charlotte Cory. Mr Buckle is the proprietor of a photographic studio and his client today is Daisy, a young girl with a well-hidden secret. Mr Buckle likes to talk and as Daisy listens, she becomes aware that he knows far too much about her. Mr Buckle....Leslie GranthamDirector Pam Fraser-Solomon |
| With Jenni Murray, who discusses women's relationship to God with Rev Julie Nicholson. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Snap A series of dramatic monologues told just at the instant when a camera is pointed at the subject like a gun, and a vision of a whole life flashes by. 3/5. The Sequence of Things By Charlotte Cory. Lucy has gone to stay at the family home of a young man who fell in the First World War. The time has come for Lucy to confront the past and tell the boy's mother the truth about his last photograph. Lucy....Claire SkinnerDirector Pam Fraser-Solomon |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Snap A series of dramatic monologues told just at the instant when a camera is pointed at the subject like a gun, and a vision of a whole life flashes by. 4/5. The Whole Story By Charlotte Cory. On a cold night in Manchester, private investigator Roger Maltby is sitting in a car, his camera poised. As the events of the night unfold, Roger is reminded of the reason he has chosen to live his life in the shadows. Roger Maltby....Christopher ScottDirector Pam Fraser-Solomon |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Friends Like These Comic plays about friendship, each featuring a different comedy partnership. 5/5. Casualties By Neil Warhurst and Paul Barnhill. An eventful road-trip along the M6 reunites ex-boyband members Mick and Alvin, and forces them to confront their long-lost glory years. Mick....Paul BarnhillAlvin....Neil WarhurstDirector Claudine Toutoungi. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Snap A series of dramatic monologues told just at the instant when a camera is pointed at the subject like a gun, and a vision of a whole life flashes by. 1/5. Smile Everyone By Charlotte Cory. A strained family reunion culminates with a photograph being taken. Everyone is momentarily looking at the camera and smiling - rewriting the whole miserable family history. Sarah....Patricia HodgeDirector Pam Fraser-Solomon |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Snap A series of dramatic monologues told just at the instant when a camera is pointed at the subject like a gun, and a vision of a whole life flashes by. 2/5. Taking Pictures By Charlotte Cory. Mr Buckle is the proprietor of a photographic studio and his client today is Daisy, a young girl with a well-hidden secret. Mr Buckle likes to talk and as Daisy listens, she becomes aware that he knows far too much about her. Mr Buckle....Leslie GranthamDirector Pam Fraser-Solomon |
| With Jenni Murray, who discusses women's relationship to God with Rev Julie Nicholson. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Snap A series of dramatic monologues told just at the instant when a camera is pointed at the subject like a gun, and a vision of a whole life flashes by. 3/5. The Sequence of Things By Charlotte Cory. Lucy has gone to stay at the family home of a young man who fell in the First World War. The time has come for Lucy to confront the past and tell the boy's mother the truth about his last photograph. Lucy....Claire SkinnerDirector Pam Fraser-Solomon |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Snap A series of dramatic monologues told just at the instant when a camera is pointed at the subject like a gun, and a vision of a whole life flashes by. 4/5. The Whole Story By Charlotte Cory. On a cold night in Manchester, private investigator Roger Maltby is sitting in a car, his camera poised. As the events of the night unfold, Roger is reminded of the reason he has chosen to live his life in the shadows. Roger Maltby....Christopher ScottDirector Pam Fraser-Solomon |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Snap A series of dramatic monologues told just at the instant when a camera is pointed at the subject like a gun, and a vision of a whole life flashes by. 5/5. The Last Laugh By Charlotte Cory. Ageing model Hetty Vine has dolled herself up for the photographer. As she poses, she flirts and regales him with stories of her triumphs and disappointments. Hetty Vine....Julia MckenzieDirector Pam Fraser-Solomon |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: With Love From Me to You A series of poetic exchanges between paired contemporary poets living in the UK and Europe and beyond. The poets correspond through email and give us an insight into the online life of a modern day poet. 1/5. The Shetlandic poet Christine de Luca and Rina Katajavuori from Finland discuss politics, poetry, children, global warming, landscape and language. Producer Susan Roberts |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: With Love From Me to You A series of poetic exchanges between paired contemporary poets living in the UK and Europe and beyond. The poets correspond through email and give us an insight into the online life of a modern day poet. 2/5. Welsh-born poet Stephen Knight and Bombay-based poet Imtiaz Dharker discuss illness, child-rearing and the influences of freedom and travel on their poetry. Producer Carrie Rooney. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes drama at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: With Love from Me to You A series of poetic exchanges between paired contemporary poets living in the UK and Europe and beyond. Over several months, five pairs of poets correspond through email and give us an insight into the online life of a modern day poet. 3/5. Dublin poet Paula Meehan and Bulgarian poet Kapka Kassabova discuss the links between their two emerging capitals. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: With Love From Me to You A series of poetic exchanges between paired contemporary poets living in the UK and Europe and beyond. The poets correspond through email and give us an insight into the online life of a modern day poet. 4/5. Welsh poet Gillian Clarke and German-based poet Sujata Bhatt discuss the influences of water and travel on their work. Producer Susan Roberts |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: With Love From Me to You A series of poetic exchanges between paired contemporary poets living in the UK and Europe and beyond. The poets correspond through email and give us an insight into the online life of a modern day poet. 5/5. Lavinia Greenlaw and Swiss-based Raphael Urweider discuss language and changing cultural landscapes. Producer Susan Roberts |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: I Leap Over the Wall By Monica Baldwin, dramatised by April De Angelis. 1/5. The true story of Monica Baldwin who, having entered a closed order of nuns in 1914 a few months before the beginning of the First World War, emerged 28 years later during the Blitz, into a world changed beyond belief from the one she had left. In the intervening period, she had not read a newspaper, seen a photograph or heard the radio. Monica....Celia ImrieFreda....Cheryl Campbell Novice Mistress....Elizabeth BellGay....Liza SadovyMaudie....Louisa Milwood Haigh Di....Tracy WilesUncle Stan....Thomas Wheatley Windham....Kim WallWim....Anthony GlennonDirector Anne Edyvean |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: I Leap over the Wall By Monica Baldwin, dramatised by April De Angelis. The true story of Monica Baldwin who, having entered a closed order of nuns in 1914 a few months before the beginning of the First World War, emerged 28 years later during the Blitz, into a world changed beyond belief from the one she had left. In the intervening period, she had not read a newspaper, seen a photograph or heard the radio. 2/5. Monica wants to do her bit for the war effort and becomes an unlikely land girl. Cousins Gay and Barbara boldly give advice on how to acquire the experience of life Monica lacks. Monica....Celia ImrieFreda....Cheryl Campbell Novice Mistress....Elizabeth BellGay....Liza SadovyMaudie....Louisa Milwood Haigh Di....Tracy WilesUncle Stan....Thomas Wheatley Windham....Kim WallWim....Anthony GlennonDirector Anne Edyvean |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: I Leap over the Wall By Monica Baldwin, dramatised by April De Angelis. The true story of Monica Baldwin who, having entered a closed order of nuns in 1914 a few months before the beginning of the First World War, emerged 28 years later during the Blitz, into a world changed beyond belief from the one she had left. In the intervening period, she had not read a newspaper, seen a photograph or heard the radio. 3/5. A trip to Scotland inspires Monica. But when she goes to work in a hostel for munitions workers in Wigan, she encounters the less obvious casualties of war. Monica....Celia ImrieFreda....Cheryl Campbell Novice Mistress....Elizabeth BellGay....Liza SadovyMaudie....Louisa Milwood Haigh Di....Tracy WilesUncle Stan....Thomas Wheatley Windham....Kim WallWim....Anthony GlennonDirector Anne Edyvean |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: I Leap Over the Wall By Monica Baldwin, dramatised by April De Angelis. The true story of Monica Baldwin who, having entered a closed order of nuns in 1914 a few months before the beginning of the First World War, emerged 28 years later during the Blitz, into a world changed beyond belief from the one she had left. In the intervening period, she had not read a newspaper, seen a photograph or heard the radio. 4/5. Monica rises to the challenge of peeling potatoes and frying her first sausage when she takes a job as an Army canteen assistant. Monica....Celia ImrieFreda....Cheryl Campbell Novice Mistress....Elizabeth BellGay....Liza SadovyMaudie....Louisa Milwood Haigh Di....Tracy WilesUncle Stan....Thomas Wheatley Windham....Kim WallWim....Anthony GlennonDirector Anne Edyvean |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: I Leap Over the Wall By Monica Baldwin, dramatised by April De Angelis. The true story of Monica Baldwin who, having entered a closed order of nuns in 1914 a few months before the beginning of the First World War, emerged 28 years later during the Blitz, into a world changed beyond belief from the one she had left. In the intervening period, she had not read a newspaper, seen a photograph or heard the radio. 5/5. Monica meets a ghost from the past who offers help. Will she follow her head or her heart? And will she ever tell Freda what made her leave the convent? Monica....Celia ImrieFreda....Cheryl Campbell Novice Mistress....Elizabeth BellGay....Liza SadovyMaudie....Louisa Milwood Haigh Di....Tracy WilesUncle Stan....Thomas Wheatley Windham....Kim WallWim....Anthony GlennonDirector Anne Edyvean |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Conversations With My Bailiff By Wendy Oberman. 1/5. With her credit cards maxed out, and her mortgage seriously in arrears, Madelaine gets her first call from Barry the Bailiff. Madelaine....Penny DownieBarry the Bailiff....Chris Ellison Director Eoin O'callaghan |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Conversations With My Bailiff By Wendy Oberman. 2/5. Madelaine is in arrears and rapidly finding out that true friends are few and far between. But at least she has Barry - Barry her Bailiff. Madelaine....Penny DownieBarry the Bailiff....Chris Ellison Director Eoin O'callaghan |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Conversations With My Bailiff By Wendy Oberman. 3/5. Madelaine's creditors threaten court and immediate repossession. Barry the Bailiff is being supportive, but even he is losing patience with the genteel 'self-employed'. Madelaine....Penny DownieBarry the Bailiff....Chris Ellison Director Eoin O'callaghan |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Conversations With My Bailiff By Wendy Oberman. 4/5. As agreed with Barry the Bailiff, Madelaine's flat has been put on the market. But then she discovers a terminal crack and subsidence. Madelaine....Penny DownieBarry the Bailiff....Chris Ellison Director Eoin O'callaghan |
| With Martha Kearney. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: Conversations With My Bailiff By Wendy Oberman. 5/5. Madelaine has found a job and the wolves are temporarily at bay. But then her relationship with Barry the Bailiff takes an unexpected turn. Madelaine....Penny DownieBarry the Bailiff....Chris Ellison Director Eoin O'callaghan |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Paston Letters Dramatised by Vanessa Rosenthal, based on an extraordinary collection of real letters, the lives and loves of three women spanning three generations of a medieval family. 1/10. A Medieval Household Agnes arranges the marriage of her son John Paston I to young Margaret. The women are left very much to their own devices, running a busy household and raising children. Agnes Paston....Rosemary LeachJohn Paston....Conrad NelsonMargaret....Geraldine JamesKate....Gillian Kearney Hugh Stokes....Claude Close Director Polly Thomas |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Family Tree By Carole Cadwalladr. 2/5. Popular culture researcher Rebecca Monroe continues to look back on her 70s childhood. Like the time that her mother, Doreen, nearly knocked the house down in an attempt to make a through room, and Rebecca and her sister Tiffany had to go to stay with Nanna Alicia, where the first of several family secrets were revealed. Rebecca....Siriol JenkinsDoreen....Penny DownieNanna Alicia....Colette O'neilTiffany....Heidi WoodrowJames....Richard MitchleyGrandpa Herbert....Howell Evans Producer/director Kate McAll. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Family Tree By Carole Cadwalladr. 3/5. After an afternoon of watching old episodes of Dallas, Rebecca Monroe realises some truths about her own childhood, and her mother's unpredictable behaviour. On a visit to Nanna Alicia, she learns a tragic secret. Rebecca....Siriol JenkinsDoreen....Penny DownieNanna Alicia....Colette O'neilTiffany....Heidi WoodrowJames....Richard MitchleyProducer/director Kate McAll. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Family Tree By Carole Cadwalladr. 4/5. After a visit to her husband's research lab, Popular Culture Researcher Rebecca Monroe looks back on the royal wedding - and the most extraordinary day in the lives of everyone in her family. Rebecca....Siriol JenkinsDoreen....Penny DownieNanna Alicia....Colette O'neilTiffany....Heidi WoodrowJames....Richard MitchleySuzanne....Alex Alderton Kenneth....Richard Nichols Cathy....Claire Cage Producer/director Kate McAll. |
| With Ritula Shah. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Family Tree By Carole Cadwalladr, adapted by Jennifer Howarth. 5/5. Rebecca Monroe finishes her thesis but the prospect of a new baby, a death, and a surprise reappearance jolt her into much more dramatic decisions about her life. Rebecca....Siriol JenkinsNanna Alicia....Colette O'neilSuzanne....Alex Alderton Cedric....Burt CaesarPeter....Dick BradnumProducer/director Kate McAll. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Family Tree By Carole Cadwalladr. 1/5. Popular culture researcher Rebecca Monroe looks back over the lives of her mother and her grandmother and finds mistaken marriages, untimely deaths, and dubiously fathered children. According to her husband, Alistair Betterton, it's all in the genes - but Rebecca isn't so sure. Rebecca....Siriol JenkinsDoreen....Penny DownieNanna Alicia....Colette O'neilTiffany....Heidi WoodrowJames....Richard MitchleySuzanne - Alex Alderton Producer/director Kate McAll. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Family Tree By Carole Cadwalladr. 3/5. After an afternoon of watching old episodes of Dallas, Rebecca Monroe realises some truths about her own childhood, and her mother's unpredictable behaviour. On a visit to Nanna Alicia, she learns a tragic secret. Rebecca....Siriol JenkinsDoreen....Penny DownieNanna Alicia....Colette O'neilTiffany....Heidi WoodrowJames....Richard MitchleyProducer/director Kate McAll. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Family Tree By Carole Cadwalladr. 4/5. After a visit to her husband's research lab, Popular Culture Researcher Rebecca Monroe looks back on the royal wedding - and the most extraordinary day in the lives of everyone in her family. Rebecca....Siriol JenkinsDoreen....Penny DownieNanna Alicia....Colette O'neilTiffany....Heidi WoodrowJames....Richard MitchleySuzanne - Alex Alderton Kenneth....Richard Nichols Cathy....Claire Cage Producer/director Kate McAll. |
| With Ritula Shah. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Family Tree By Carole Cadwalladr, adapted by Jennifer Howarth. 5/5. Rebecca Monroe finishes her thesis but the prospect of a new baby, a death, and a surprise reappearance jolt her into much more dramatic decisions about her life. Rebecca....Siriol JenkinsNanna Alicia....Colette O'neilSuzanne - Alex Alderton Cedric....Burt CaesarPeter....Dick BradnumProducer/director Kate McAll. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Paston Letters Dramatised by Vanessa Rosenthal, based on an extraordinary collection of real letters, the lives and loves of three women spanning three generations of a medieval family. 1/10. A Medieval Household Agnes arranges the marriage of her son John Paston I to young Margaret. The women are left very much to their own devices, running a busy household and raising children. Agnes Paston....Rosemary LeachJohn Paston....Conrad NelsonMargaret....Geraldine JamesKate....Gillian Kearney Hugh Stokes....Claude Close Director Polly Thomas |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Paston Letters Dramatised by Vanessa Rosenthal, based on an extraordinary collection of real letters, the lives and loves of three women spanning three generations of a medieval family. 2/10. Besiege and Ransack Margaret tries to deal with a dispute with Lord Wymondham over entitlement to Gresham Manor. Besieged by 1,000 of his men, she faces the looting and sacking with courage. Agnes Paston....Rosemary LeachJohn Paston....Conrad NelsonMargaret....Geraldine JamesKate....Gillian Kearney Hugh Stokes....Claude Close James Gloys....Parvez QadirAlice Clere....Joanne Mitchell Director Polly Thomas |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Family Tree By Carole Cadwalladr. 3/5. After an afternoon of watching old episodes of Dallas, Rebecca Monroe realises some truths about her own childhood, and her mother's unpredictable behaviour. On a visit to Nanna Alicia, she learns a tragic secret. Rebecca....Siriol JenkinsDoreen....Penny DownieNanna Alicia....Colette O'neilTiffany....Heidi WoodrowJames....Richard MitchleyProducer/director Kate McAll. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Family Tree By Carole Cadwalladr. 4/5. After a visit to her husband's research lab, Popular Culture Researcher Rebecca Monroe looks back on the royal wedding - and the most extraordinary day in the lives of everyone in her family. Rebecca....Siriol JenkinsDoreen....Penny DownieNanna Alicia....Colette O'neilTiffany....Heidi WoodrowJames....Richard MitchleySuzanne - Alex Alderton Kenneth....Richard Nichols Cathy....Claire Cage Producer/director Kate McAll. |
| With Ritula Shah. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Family Tree By Carole Cadwalladr, adapted by Jennifer Howarth. 5/5. Rebecca Monroe finishes her thesis but the prospect of a new baby, a death, and a surprise reappearance jolt her into much more dramatic decisions about her life. Rebecca....Siriol JenkinsNanna Alicia....Colette O'neilSuzanne - Alex Alderton Cedric....Burt CaesarPeter....Dick BradnumProducer/director Kate McAll. |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Paston Letters Dramatised by Vanessa Rosenthal, based on an extraordinary collection of real letters, the lives and loves of three women spanning three generations of a medieval family. 1/10. A Medieval Household Agnes arranges the marriage of her son John Paston I to young Margaret. The women are left very much to their own devices, running a busy household and raising children. Agnes Paston....Rosemary LeachJohn Paston....Conrad NelsonMargaret....Geraldine JamesKate....Gillian Kearney Hugh Stokes....Claude Close Director Polly Thomas |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Paston Letters Dramatised by Vanessa Rosenthal, based on an extraordinary collection of real letters, the lives and loves of three women spanning three generations of a medieval family. 2/10. Besiege and Ransack Margaret tries to deal with a dispute with Lord Wymondham over entitlement to Gresham Manor. Besieged by 1,000 of his men, she faces the looting and sacking with courage. Agnes Paston....Rosemary LeachJohn Paston....Conrad NelsonMargaret....Geraldine JamesKate....Gillian Kearney Hugh Stokes....Claude Close James Gloys....Parvez QadirAlice Clere....Joanne Mitchell Director Polly Thomas |
| With Jenni Murray. Includes at 10.45am [Rptd today 7.45pm]: The Paston LettersDramatised by Vanessa Rosenthal, based on an extraordinary collection of real letters, the lives and loves of three women spanning three generations of a medieval family. 3/10. Finding a HusbandAgnes is furious with her daughter Elizabeth, who refuses all choices of suitable husband. A fascinating glimpse of what life was like for marriageable daughters at the time.Agnes Paston....Rosemary LeachJohn Paston....Conrad NelsonMargaret....Geraldine JamesHugh Stokes....Claude CloseRichard Scrope....Parvez QadirAlice Clere....Joanne MitchellElizabeth Paston....Christine BrennanDirector Polly Thomas |
| Producer: H. GALLEY Next in series: 05 January 1996 Previous in series: 22 December 1995 Broadcast history 01 Jan 1996 10:30-11:30 (RADIO 4) Recorded on 1995-12-08. |
Updated: 2/10/2013