Drama of the Week

Comedy drama series created by Alan Harris and Katherine Chandler. Meet the King clan: Laura and her grandchildren Sonny and Little Laura. They run Cardiff's oldest pawnbrokers. Now gramps is gone and Laura might retire. So who'll take over the shop?
EPSIODE 1 - SMELLS OF BALE by Alan Harris
CAST
Laura - Lisa Palfrey
Jim - Julian Lewis Jones
Little Laura - Lauren Morais
Sonny - Curtis Kemlo
Malik - Kyle Lima
Bryony - Nia Gandhi
Emily - Mabli Gwynne
Harvey - Harvey Marshall
The Punter - Sam Swann
Production Coordinators: Eleri McAuliffe and Lindsay Rees
Sound Design: Catherine Robinson
Producer: John Norton
A BBC Audio Wales Production

Atmospheric drama by Robert Forrest.
It’s a snowy evening on the outskirts of Glasgow when Dot and Cal take shelter in a disused factory. Warming themselves next to a makeshift fire, an intriguing man walks through the door….He’s an old man captivated by stories whose mysterious presence brings out stories in those he sits with.
Cast:
Cal … Simon Donaldson
Dot … Chloe-Ann Tylor
Ossian … Finlay Welsh
Studio recording: Gav Murchie
Production co-ordinators: Ellie Marsh and Minnie Harrop
Sound Design by Niall Young
Directed by Kirsty Williams

Hamburg, 1992. A pipe-bomb goes off in a department store at one in the morning, and a ransom note arrives shortly after, demanding a million marks and signed "Uncle Scrooge". The police are baffled. The press are delighted. And a nation starts rooting for the wrong side.
A cat-and-mouse thriller based on an extraordinary true story, about a lone eccentric who seems to be running his criminal campaign straight from the pages of a Donald Duck comic book, and the police team who realise the only way to catch him is to make him feel understood.
Warm, witty and surprisingly tender, it might just be unlike any true-crime story you've heard before. Based on real events with imagined scenes.
Narrator . . . . . Clare Corbett
Funke . . . . . Blake Harrison
Daleki . . . . . Ben Crowe
Brockmann . . . . . Amaka Okafor
Springborn . . . . . John Macmillan
Blashke . . . . . Sam Swann
Weber . . . . . Sam Dale
Writer: Simon Scardifield
Sound design: Sharon Hughes
Technical producers: Keith Graham & Jenni Burnett
Casting Manager: Alex Curran
Production co-ordinator: Luke MacGregor
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

Set in 2016, Joy, a 70-year-old grandmother, is plunged into crisis when the state declares it has no record of her existence. As the Hostile Environment tightens its grip, her daughter Glory seeks help from Serena Hope, a lawyer whose return reopens old tensions. At the same time, Joy’s half sister Jean uncovers buried evidence that could decide Joy’s fate.
Faith, Hope and Glory is an ambitious Radio 4 drama series telling intimate domestic stories that together illuminate the emergence of modern Britain. The story began in 1946, when Hope and Jim’s baby was entrusted to Eunice, later known as Faith, to take home to Antigua, but never made that journey and was taken in by Gloria and Clement. Named Joy, the child becomes the emotional centre of the series, her life unfolding across decades as personal lives intersect with social change.
Joy . . . . . Doreene Blackstock
Glory . . . . . Cat Simmons
Serena Hope . . . . . Rakie Ayola
Jean . . . . . Nadine Marshall
Keeley . . . . . Clare Corbett
Receptionist . . . . . Yasmin Mwanza
Writer: Carol Russell
Director: Jade Williams
Producer: Jessica Dromgoole
Sound design: Keith Graham, Sam Dickinson, Sharon Hughes
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4.

When a system falters, who finds the courage to speak the truth?
Maya, a young first-time mother, Jo, an overwhelmed trainee GP on rotation, and Kate, a fiercely principled hospital chaplain find their lives unexpectedly intertwined following a birth that doesn't go to plan.
Part of the Secrets and Lies season, Al Smith's drama pulls back the curtain on a labour ward under intense pressure, exploring what happens when real lives fall between the cracks of an overstretched healthcare system. It explores responsibility, courage, silence and the fragile trust that holds patients and professionals together.
KATE......Christine Bottomley
JO.....Anneika Rose
MAYA.....Sade Malone
SUE.....Jenny Platt
BEN.....Darren Kuppan
JOHN....Graeme Hawley
RAY.....James Quinn
Written by Al Smith
Directed by Nadia Molinari
Sound Design and Technical Production by Sharon Hughes
Production Co-ordinator - Ben Hollands
Technical Producer - Kelly Young
Casting Manager - Alex Curran
Medical Advisors - Fran Bennett and Joe Lee
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4.