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BBC Radio: John Kani reads Mandela; +Ed Stoppard, Lia Williams, Benedict Cumberbatch

Posted by:	TimDunleavy 11:33 am EST 12/07/13

Descriptions are taken from the Radio Drama newsletter, the Radio 4 Extra newsletter, and the individual web pages. Most programs are available for listening on their web pages for 7 days after broadcast. ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03nxwz2 Book of the Week Long Walk to Freedom Episode 1 of 5 Duration: 15 minutes Published in 1995, Long Walk to Freedom is Nelson Mandela's own story of his journey from his birth in 1918 in a tiny village in the Transkei, and an idyllic childhood, through his life as a young lawyer in the bustling city of Johannesburg under apartheid, increasing politicisation by his experiences in the city, membership of the African National Congress, arrest and 27 years' imprisonment, to release and eventual election as President in South Africa's first national, non-racial, one-person-one-vote election. This extraordinary story is read by the South African actor John Kani who first came to prominence in Europe in the plays 'Sizwe Bansi is Dead' for which he won a Tony in New York, and The Island which he co-wrote. He received an Olivier award for 'My Children My Africa.' Mon 9 Dec 2013 09:45 BBC Radio 4 FM only Tue 10 Dec 2013 00:30 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03kvby9 Afternoon Drama Helen Duration: 45 minutes By Virginia Gilbert A journalist is accused of molesting his stepdaughter in this powerful drama starring Ed Stoppard and Lia Williams, and introducing Lucy Cook as Helen. Following his divorce, David lives alone with his twelve year-old daughter Helen. Clara, Helen's mother, has remarried Tom, a successful journalist. Helen sees them at weekends and for holidays. When Helen, seemingly out of the blue, makes a shocking and violent accusation against Tom, claiming he's molested her, it has devastating results for everyone involved. Helen is a powerful, contemporary drama about a family torn apart by anger, weakness and resentment. The play explores the damage we so easily do to those we love. Is Helen telling the truth? And if she isn't, can the damage ever be repaired? Fri 13 Dec 2013 14:15 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03kpkyv The James M Cain Series The Butterfly Duration: 58 minutes When Jess Tyler's two-timing wife left him he stayed on at the farm alone, growing corn and going to Church. Nearly twenty years later, a young woman turns up with a suitcase, and there's an immediate attraction between them. The problem is that the young woman is Jess's daughter, Kady. Or is she? Only the butterfly birthmark can settle the question for good. A tale of revenge, murder and forbidden love, adapted by Adrian Bean. Jess Tyler ... John Chancer Kady ... Ashleigh Haddad Wash ... Solomon Mousley Moke Blue ... Jess Mash Deputy ... Martin T Sherman Sun 8 Dec 2013 15:00 BBC Radio 4 Sat 14 Dec 2013 21:00 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lxh3r Cabin Pressure Ser 2. 4/6 Johannesburg Benedict Cumberbatch, Roger Allam and Stephanie Cole star in John Finnemore's comedy about the airline where no job is too small but many, many jobs are too difficult. Sun 1 Dec 2013 07:30 BBC Radio 4 Extra Sun 1 Dec 2013 22:00 BBC Radio 4 Extra ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03kpnk5 Afternoon Drama Fearless Duration: 45 minutes On April 1st 2013, an aspiring young journalist went to live on the streets of Newcastle for one week. He never came home. His dead body was found, three days later, in a derelict, boarded-up hostel. As part of a job application for a TV investigative journalism post, 26 year old Lee Halpin decided to tell the story of the recent rise in homelessness by sleeping rough and relying on the services open to the homeless for his survival. The job advert asked applicants for an example of a 'fearless approach to a story'. 'Fearless' is the story of a talented young man eager to escape the confines of Newcastle, impatient to discover what would define him, and egged on by the gauntlet of fearlessness. He set out on one of the coldest weeks of the year, informing only five people of his plans, forgoing a phone and other luxuries in his pursuit for authenticity. Through intimate interviews with the people who knew him best and those that were filming him over the three days, as well as dramatisations, 'Fearless' pieces together what happened to Lee and why it was so important to him to pursue the story at all costs. Lee Halpin ... Billy Jeffries Chris ... Neil Grainger Hayley ... Meghan Doyle Danny ... Chris Connel Pete (Homeless man 1) ... Donald McBride Lenny (Homeless man 2) ... Alan Renwick Margo ... Jackie Phillips Cyrenian worker ... Jackie Phillips Mon 9 Dec 2013 14:15 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03ln04f Afternoon Drama The Morpeth Carol Duration: 45 minutes by Timothy X. Atack. 9 year old Harry goes on a mysterious Christmas Eve road trip with a very unusual and very dangerous Santa. Nine-year-old Harry lives on the edge of a housing estate in an un-named Northern town, a serious and intelligent lad with a troubled mum and dad. Late on Christmas Eve he escapes his rowing parents and ventures out into the night. and on a snow-covered precinct in between high-rises he finds what looks like a crashed sled, burning presents scattered in its wake, and mortally wounded reindeer all around. There's also a very scary looking man, gaunt, unshaven and hooded, who skulks around the crash site, finishing off the dying animals with a shotgun... The Writer Tim Atack is a writer, musician and film-maker based in Bristol. His work has been commissioned by Paines Plough, Bristol Old Vic, BAC, Arnolfini and BBC Film Lab amongst others. He's a founder member of the performance group Sleepdogs, and his short film All My Dreams On VHS won the audience award at NexT International Film Festival 2009 in Bucharest. His one-man show The Bullet and the Bass Trombone was recently to be seen at The Shed - the National Theatre's new space - following a nationwide tour. In the past he has toured with the comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams, writing the music for several of their TV and radio projects. He is currently developing a comedy series for television, Dave, Consumed By Fire with Simon Winstone and Tony Jordan at Red Planet Pictures. Harry ... Paul Copley Young Harry ... Ellis Hollins The Man ... Alun Raglan Yvonne ... Rachel Davies Mum ... Philippa Stanton Dad ... Paul Stonehouse Policeman 1 ... Matthew Watson Policeman 2 ... David Seddon Tue 10 Dec 2013 14:15 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03kp47b Saturday Drama Angel Maker Duration: 1 hour by Carine Adler Set in mid 1950s, post war London, a time when women had few choices and would be lost without a man to protect them. This was especially true for immigrants like Lili Weiss, a penniless, Jewish Hungarian, who comes to London with her young daughter Rosie in the hope of securing a brighter future for herself and her daughter by marrying Sam, a man whom she had a passionate affair with just after the war. As a development entrepreneur, Sam is rich and powerful and is making a name for himself in the higher echelons of London society. As a Jewish immigrant with no family and no money Lili is at the opposite end of this spectrum. Lili must use her sexuality and charm to encourage Max to go against the prejudice of London society and his own family to take her as his wife. Lili ... Anamaria Marinca Sam ... Adam Levy Rosie ... Ashley Ogden Julia ... Harriet Chandler Judd Jean ... Edward Akrout Rebecca ... Rosina Carbone Jacob ... Stuart Richman Mrs Mills ... Maggie Fox Sat 7 Dec 2013 14:30 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01shy5p Drama on 3 One Winter's Afternoon Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes First broadcast: Sunday 19 May 2013 As part of BBC Radio 3's Wagner 200, One Winter's Afternoon tells the story of the great operatic rivalry between Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner in the year marking the bicentenary of their births. In real life, the two great composers never met. Taking as its starting point the death of Wagner, the play travels between two time frames as it explores key moments in their lives, and in imaginary conversations between them about the struggles of creativity. After the triumphant reception of his masterpiece Aida, Verdi has been coaxed out of retirement to write one more work, Otello, but he is struggling with it. As a voice inside Verdi's head, Wagner continues to taunt him, making him fear that Wagner will be remembered as the greater composer. The complex love lives of both composers illustrate how Wagner's ebullient and insensitive nature contrasted with Verdi's angst and more introverted temperament. The recollection of jealous passion does in the end serve to unblock Verdi in his creative despair. The play explores - not without comedy - ageing and creativity, artistic loves and differences, the approach of death and the struggle against it bringing alive the texture of 19th-century Europe, its cultural and political influences. Wagner ... Kenneth Cranham Verdi ... Paul Rhys Giuseppina ... Kate Buffery Ricordi ... Clive Merrison Boito ... Nicholas Boulton Cosima ... Lydia Leonard Stolz ... Zalie Burrow Liszt ... Scott Handy Minna ... Emily Bruni Mathilde ... Clare Corbett Mariani ... Sean Baker Sun 8 Dec 2013 22:00 BBC Radio 3 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03kpnjv 15 Minute Drama The Diary of Samuel Pepys Series 9 Episode 1 of 5 Sam starts the year observing people gambling with dice at the Groom Porter's but doesn't venture a wager himself. Then his cousin, Anthony Joyce, asks to borrow £350 to rebuild his house after the Great Fire, but before Sam can decide, Anthony tries to take his own life by jumping in a pond. He survives initially but succumbs to a fever. Sam helps his widow by persuading the King not to take all her goods, as is the custom in the case of suicide. Adapted by Hattie Naylor. Samuel Pepys ... Kris Marshall Elizabeth Pepys ... Katherine Jakeways Will ... John Biddle Debs ... Aimee-Ffion Edwards Mrs Joyce ... Eiry Thomas James, Duke of York ... Ewan Bailey Prince Rupert ... Matthew Gravelle Mon 9 Dec 2013 10:45 BBC Radio 4 Mon 9 Dec 2013 19:45 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011zn6g Afternoon Drama The People Next Door Duration: 45 minutes First broadcast: Wednesday 22 June 2011 by Shelley Silas. Sarah has never much liked her next-door-neighbours Samuel and Teresa - he plays his music too loud and she's just plain creepy, but are they as weird as Sarah thinks, or is she just letting her imagination run away with her? Husband James is sure it's the latter. Sarah ... Claire Rushbrook James ... Nicholas Gleaves Samuel ... Sean Baker Teresa ... Marlene Sidaway Car mechanic ... Alun Raglan Wed 11 Dec 2013 14:15 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03kv26x Afternoon Drama Pilgrim Episode 4 of 4 Parsons Mount Duration: 45 minutes By Sebastian Baczkiewicz Pilgrim's quest for the Radiant Boy forces him to travel to the one place he has been forbidden to go. William Palmer ... Paul Hilton Hecht ... James Fleet Millie ... Amaka Okafor Chloe ... Lizzy Watts Carlton ... John Norton Stringer ... Joel MacCormack Piano ... Colin Guthrie Thu 12 Dec 2013 14:15 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03k6tz2 Desert Island Discs Revisited: The Good Life - Paul Eddington 4 Extra Debut In the lead up to the festive holidays you'll be able to hear the Desert Island Discs from stars of the unforgettable TV series The Good Life. This week, Paul Eddington, (the henpecked Jerry Leadbetter) shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley and talks about the Good Life and Yes Minister. From August 1981. Next week: Penelope Keith Sunday 10am (rpt 9pm) Don't Miss On Christmas Day on 4 Extra you can hear a fantastic selection of radio programmes featuring Richard Briers showcasing his vast talent in familiar sitcom to classic drama. Programmes will include Christmas Briers, The Wind in the Willows, Doctor in the House and Hancock’s Last Half Hour. Christmas Day - from 8am ==== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fq65l Tales from the Mausoleum Club 1/6 Macabre and curious comedy from James Hendrie and Ian Brown. Starring Terence Stamp who is haunted by a disembodied voice. Wednesday 7am (rpt 5.30pm) ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nlx7p The Richest Man in Britain - The Interview 1/6 Sitcom by Nick Hornby and Giles Smith about an ageing rock star and his search for fulfilment. Friday 10.30pm ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zm2nw Bluebirds Over The White Cliffs of Dover Ian Hislop delves into the surprisingly complicated history of what he calls "an alternative wartime National Anthem". The programme features contributions from Dame Vera Lynn and the RSPB. Saturday 7.30am ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jdms7 Aromatherapy 4 Extra Debut Robert's girlfriend is back from Thailand with a 'cure' for his deep feelings of distress. Dare he try it? With Nigel Anthony and Martin Freeman star of latest in the trilogy of The Hobbit films, The Desolation of Smaug and Sherlock on BBC One. Friday 11.15am (rpt 9.15pm) ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01292gb Afternoon Reading Three for My Baby Episode 2 of 3 Mighty Duration: 15 minutes First broadcast: Wednesday 06 July 2011 These stories take their cue from the Johnny Mercer classic 'One For My Baby' - made famous by Fred Astaire, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and especially Frank Sinatra. Each of these specially-commissioned pieces tell of a 'brief episode' of the kind the song alludes to but doesn't describe. In other words, these are stories about doomed love: affairs that turned sour, were thwarted by circumstance or were never, ever, going to work. Mighty by Tom Connolly It has been going well for the Man and his lover. So much so that they plan to start a family. But the arrival of a cat in the neighbourhood seems to call his lover back to a painful past ... Tom Connolly is a film-maker and writer. His first novel, The Spider Truces, was published in 2010. This is his first story for Radio 4. He lives in a remote corner of the Rother Valley, in East Sussex. Reader: Tom Goodman-Hill Sun 8 Dec 2013 00:30 BBC Radio 4 FM only ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ptw Podcast Drama of the Week: Lost and Found Tender and humorous play about an elderly man and his relationship with his middle aged daughter. Starring Sir Tom Courtenay. =====

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