Drama of the Week

An original short story specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4 from the writer Bernie McGill. Read by Amy Molloy.

The Author.

Writer: Bernie McGill

A BBC Audio Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4.

James Fritz's award-winning drama about the UK prison system returns with two contrasting stories of release, told from the perspective of prisoners and staff alike.

In this first episode, a prisoner (who listeners met in Series 1) leaves with his paperwork signed and a discharge grant in his pocket, convinced his prayers have been answered. What he doesn't know is that a single clerical error, buried for years in a box of court paperwork, means he should never have been let out at all. As an overstretched prison scrambles to find him, the press whips up a manhunt and ministers demand a name, one question echoes from the courtroom to Whitehall: how could something like this happen?

Written by James Fritz

Lee ..... Carl Prekopp

Production Team:

A BBC Studios production.

James Fritz has won the Imison and Tinniswood Awards, Best Single and Best Series at the Audio Drama Awards, and Gold and Bronze at the ARIAs. For his theatre work he has won the Critics' Circle Award and the Bruntwood Prize, and was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. He is under commission to the RSC, on attachment to the National Theatre, and is currently writing a TV drama and adapting his play The Flea into a feature film.

James Fritz's award-winning drama about the UK prison system returns with two contrasting stories of release, told from the perspective of prisoners and staff alike.

In this first episode, a prisoner (who listeners met in Series 1) leaves with his paperwork signed and a discharge grant in his pocket, convinced his prayers have been answered. What he doesn't know is that a single clerical error, buried for years in a box of court paperwork, means he should never have been let out at all. As an overstretched prison scrambles to find him, the press whips up a manhunt and ministers demand a name, one question echoes from the courtroom to Whitehall: how could something like this happen?

Written by James Fritz

Lee ..... Carl Prekopp

Producer and Director, Tracey Neale

A BBC Studios production.

James Fritz has won the Imison and Tinniswood Awards, Best Single and Best Series at the Audio Drama Awards, and Gold and Bronze at the ARIAs. For his theatre work he has won the Critics' Circle Award and the Bruntwood Prize, and was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. He is under commission to the RSC, on attachment to the National Theatre, and is currently writing a TV drama and adapting his play The Flea into a feature film.

Returning to Swansea after the blitz, Dylan Thomas is overwhelmed by memories of his childhood and adolescence.

From summers at Fern Hill, to failed camping trips on the beach; from plagiarised poetry to drunken first love, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog is a story of what it is to grow up.

Comic, nostalgic, with a host of vivid characters, Dylan Thomas’s masterpiece is adapted by Joe Dunthorne (Submarine, Children of Radium) and stars Gerran Howell (The Pitt) as Dylan Thomas.

Based on the short stories by Dylan Thomas

Adapted by Joe Dunthorne

Dylan Thomas… Gerran Howell

Aunt Annie/Gwyneth/ Mrs Evans/ Mother… Carys Eleri

Uncle Jim/ Mr Thomas/ Mr Matthews/ Mr O’Brien… Ben Addis

Mrs Williams/ Mrs Thomas/ Mrs Franklin/ Female Stranger… Melanie Walters

Dan Evans… Iwan Davies

Lou/Jean/Nancy… Mia Khan

Brazell/ Gwilym/ Older Sidney… Jacob Ifan

George Hooping/ Barman… Gwïon Morris Jones

Skully/ Chauffeur/ Male Stranger… Shaheen Jafargholi

Young Dylan… Leon Raphael Mullins

Young Sidney…. Toby Founds

Production Co-Ordinator… Eleri McAuliffe

Sound Design by Rhys Morris

Produced and directed by Fay Lomas, BBC Audio Drama Wales

When Mo, a Sudanese delivery rider working in Cardiff enters a house to drop off two pizzas, he finds a dead body. Convinced that if he alerts the authorities he will either be suspected of murder or arrested for working illegally and deported, Mo flees the crime scene. When the murder is reported as a suicide, Mo can't stop thinking about the dead woman. He knows what he saw.

Series creators Eno Mfon and Darragh Mortell

Episode 1 by Eno Mfon

CAST

Mo - Mohamed Elsandel

Elli - Maeve Courtier-Lilley

Omar - Ali Goolyad

Mama - Alaa Taha

Amna - Fatima Seedahmed

The Priest - Geraint Morgan

Alexa - Laura dos Santos

Woman - Lisa Greenwood

Football commentator - Ben Crowe

Original Music by Tom Tripp

Oud Music by Nabra.

Sound: Catherine Robinson and Rhys Morris

Production Coordinators: Maggie Olgiati and Eleri McAuliffe

Script consultant: Majid Hassan

Director: John Norton

A BBC Audio Drama Wales Production

A West-Country bromance starring Tobie Donovan and Olsen Elezi.

Jordan, a Wilshire lad, and Artan, an Albanian guy, bond over cars and music. Soon they’re best friends. Brothers even.

But when Jordan’s looking for a job and Artan offers to help out, they both find themselves drawn into something so much bigger than they ever realised.

Story by Florence Espeut-Nickless and Tadgh Espeut-Nickless

Written by Florence Espeut-Nickless

Artan ..… Olsen Elezi

Jordan ..… Tobie Donovan

Vinnie ..… Nikolaos Brahimllari

Alfie ..… Ed Kear

Jade ..… Becky Brunning

Jasper ..… Joseph Tweedale

Directed and produced by Jenny Davies

Sound design by Catherine Robinson

Production co-ordinator, Lindsay Rees

Executive producer, Fay Lomas

With thanks to Tom Bevan

A BBC Audio Drama Wales Production

Milady de Winter is believed dead. But that’s never stopped her before.

Alexandre Dumas’ iconic femme fatale returns in Lucy Catherine’s wicked retelling of the story of the Three Musketeers’ deadliest adversary.

Rescued from the executioner’s blade by her shadowy benefactor Cardinal Richelieu, Milady yearns for a fresh start and the chance to reunite with her long-lost love.

But the Cardinal isn’t done with her yet. He has a new mission for her – one that will propel her into the company of the most dangerous figures in all of Europe.

Milady . . . . . Selin Hizli

Sound Design: Sharon Hughes, Peter Ringrose, Alison Craig

Directors: Sasha Yevtushenko and Ben Hollands

A BBC Studios production.

Carrie is a call handler for the ambulance service. Every day she makes split-second decisions as she deals with a succession of emergencies; from a young man who has fallen whilst attempting to put up a flag, to a mother dealing with the death of her only son. Carrie is gifted with the knack of calmly helping people through their most vulnerable moments. Each episode is a collage of heart-stopping stories, where Carrie’s indiscriminate acts of kindness can mean the difference between life and death.

Carrie ….. Sarah Ridgeway

Production Co-ordinator ….. Luke MacGregor

Writer ….. Al Smith

A BBC Studios Production

An original short story specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to mark Bealtaine, the Gaelic festival heralding the beginning of summer traditionally held on the first day of May. Written and read by Deirdre Anna Rose Kelly.

The Author.

Writer: Deirdre Anna Rose Kelly

Jess has left Dan, the dockside studio and the grimy, violent world of Ronnie Vaz behind. But something is pulling her back. Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in a new thriller of conflicting perception from Matthew Broughton (the creator of Tracks).

Jess.....Holli Dempsey

Sound design by Catherine Robinson and Nigel Lewis