The evolution of Charles Darwin's world-changing study, On the Origin of Species. Darwin enlists the help of his children in experiments that clarify his own thinking on animal collaboration, variation and natural selection. A new drama by Sarah Woods, recorded on location in Darwin's former home, Down House, Kent, by kind permission of English Heritage.Darwin....Robert GlenisterEmma.....Clare CorbettEtty.....Madeleine GreyParslow/Hooker.....Clive HaywardLenny.....Bertie CresswellHorace.....Wilbur ConabeareProduction Co-ordinator.....Eleri Sydney McAuliffeSound Designer.....Nigel LewisDirected by Emma Harding, BBC Audio Wales
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Mothercover Episode 1: Camera Obscura
Gwen is recruited to spy on another mum in her local baby group. But how long can she keep up the act?An Aberystwyth-set thriller, by BAFTA Cymru nominee Fflur Dafydd, with original music by Mercury Prize nominees Gwenno and Rhys Edwards.CASTGwen .... Alexandra RoachLiz .... Remy BeasleyOwen .... Sacha DhawanGeraint .... Matthew GravelleYoga Teacher .... Lisa ZahraGroup Leader .... Nadia Wyn AbouayenMums .... Aoife Moss and Bethan McleanIoan .... Liam DonnellyTheo .... Cai RobertsOriginal Music, Gwenno and Rhys EdwardsSound design, Rhys MorrisProduction Co-ordinators, Lindsay Rees and Eleri McAuliffeDirected by Fay LomasProduced by Fay Lomas and John Norton, BBC Audio Drama Wales
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Curry Canyon
In the heart of Glasgow’s “Curry Canyon” during the 2009 recession, aspiring journalist Halima returns home to help at her family’s struggling tandoori restaurant, just as a campaign erupts to crown chicken tikka masala a Scottish national treasure.While her dad sees opportunity in the publicity, Halima’s exposé on the roots of the dish sparks unintended consequences that could upend everything. A warm-hearted drama exploring family, food, and the price of telling your truth.This drama is fictional, but is inspired by the real 2009 campaign to recognise Chicken Tikka Masala as a Glaswegian invention.CAST (in order of appearance)
Halima .... Talia Marwaha
Waseem ..... Shahan Hamza
Zainab ..... Zara Janjua
Usama ..... Archie Lal
Jennifer ..... Aoife Moss
News Reporter/Officer ..... Jason BarnettWriter ..... maatin
Director ..... Anne Isger
Sound ..... Andy Garrett and Keith Graham
Production Co-ordinator ..... Ben HollandsA BBC Studios Audio Production
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Hersey's Hiroshima
John Hersey's ground-breaking account of the bombing of Hiroshima that brought the world face to face with the human reality of nuclear war. Told through the voices of six survivors, this powerful and unflinching retelling includes detailed accounts of the injury, loss, courage and consequence of that morning in August 1945.Written after two weeks spent interviewing citizens in the devastated city, the article was originally published in The New Yorker in 1946 under tight secrecy, due to U.S. suppression of the bomb’s long-term effects. It sold out rapidly and helped shift public understanding from triumphalist narratives to the harrowing human cost of nuclear war.Hailed by New York University as the most important work of journalism in the 20th century, Hiroshima remains a moving testament to the power of bearing witness.Hersey focuses his account on six of the survivors he interviewed. Miss Toshiko Sasaki; Dr. Masakazu Fujii; Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura; Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge; Dr Terufumi Sasaki; Reverend Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto.Part One takes us through the morning of the bombing and its immediate aftermath.Read by:
Akie Kotabe
Ami Okumura Jones
Dai Tabuchi
Kae Alexander
Mark Edel-Hunt
Matt McCooeyDirected by Anne Isger
Sound by Andy Garratt
Production co-ordination by Sara Benaim and Jon PowellA BBC Studios Audio Production
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Faith, Hope and Glory Series 7 - Hope and Jean
As Hope faces an unexpected medical scare, she sets her heart on reconnecting with her long-lost daughter — but secrets from the past threaten to derail her plans. Meanwhile, Jean embarks on her own emotional quest to confront her birth mother. Old wounds resurface, loyalties are tested, and a quiet family life begins to crack open in unexpected ways.Hope . . . . . Danielle Vitalis
Faith . . . . . Shiloh Coke
Jean . . . . . Cecilia Appiah
Elizabeth . . . . . Tessa Peake-Jones
Doctor . . . . . Jason Barnett
Ophelia . . . . . Marilyn Nnadebe
Sheila . . . . . Keziah JosephWriter: Carol Russell
Director: Anastasia Osei-Kuffour
Producer: Patricia Cumper
Production Co-Ordinators: Maggie Olgiati and Jenny Mendez
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