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A 16-part dramatised reconstruction of a landmark moment in history - the groundbreaking trial of the 22 most notorious Nazi war criminalsSummer, 1945. The war is over, and Germany has surrendered. Across Europe, the top surviving Nazis are being tracked down, arrested, and imprisoned in a once-opulent Luxembourg hotel, on 24-hour suicide watch. Now, the Allies must decide what to do with them. After much deliberation, Britain, America, Russia and France agree that Hitler''s high command must be formally tried. This will be an entirely new kind of trial, with utterly new charges: those of ''Crimes against Humanity'' and ''Genocide''. And before it can even take place, numerous crises and obstacles must be overcome...As court proceedings finally get underway, the enormity of the Nazis'' crimes is revealed via a mountain of documentary evidence: and chilling footage of the concentration camps. Over the next 218 days, the accused - among them Hitler''s architect and close ally, Albert Speer, and deputy Hermann Goering - are cross-examined, and forced to admit to the shabby gangsterism of the Nazi war machine. With the judges'' verdict imminent, who will be executed, and who acquitted?Featuring a stellar cast, including Henry Goodman, Freddie Fox, Alex Kingston and Natalie Dormer, Jonathan Myerson''s epic series brings the process alive from the ground up. We see the trial - and the events leading up to it - through the eyes of some of the myriad individuals involved: the US Army officer guarding the cells; the Russian interpreter translating the indictments; the psychologist who runs tests on the defendants, hoping to find the mystery of human evil; and the young German girl working in the court cafeteria, who must come to terms with her country''s collective guilt.Drawing on eyewitness testimony, contemporary reports, over 20 volumes of court transcripts and more than 2000 hours of audio and newsreel, this comprehensive drama gives us a fresh understanding of the immense achievement of those who fought for justice in ''the last battle of World War II'' - and reveals how that phenomenal historical moment shaped our world today.Also included is a bonus interview in which Jonathan Myerson discusses the writing of Nuremberg with Kristan McMahon of the Robert H. Jackson Center.CreditsWritten and directed by Jonathan MyersonProduced by Nicholas NewtonSound Designer: Adam WoodhamsStudio Manager: Mark SmithCasting Director: Ginny SchillerOriginal Score: Metaphor MusicA Promenade Production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC SoundsFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 27 August-15 October 2021With thanks to Kristan McMahon© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd(p) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

A scandalous full-cast dramatized romp through Hogarth’s famous paintings, bringing to life the story in – and behind – each canvasListen to this double helping of laugh-out-loud comedy featuring an all-star cast including Stephen Mangan, Annabel Scholey (The Split), Sheila Reid (Benidorm) and Will Keen (His Dark Materials and The Crown) as they bring alive the life and times of William Hogarth and the stories revealed - and concealed - in his famous sequence of engravings.

This enchanting and hilarious collection is comprised of two audio treats. In the first, A Harlot’s Progress, it’s 1732 and a young, undistinguished painter abandons his classical training and sets out to tell the tale of a country girl''s downfall on the streets of London in a series of paintings. Innocent Moll Hackabout, the story’s heroine, arrives in London and is swiftly taken in by procuress Mrs Needham. She becomes a city trader’s courtesan but falls for a famous highway man. As she descends into a life of prostitution, penury and misery, painter William’s life in 18th century London is just beginning…In Marriage a la Mode the story continues and Mr and Mrs Hogarth return with another romp through a series of classic engravings as a marriage made in the Bank of England unites the aristocratic Squanders with the bourgeois Grubpumps, to the disgust of both bride and groom. Hogarth engraves the disastrous consequences of marrying for money rather than love as the wealthy newlyweds indulge every desire - if only they desired each other. Affairs, transgressions, debts, deceit and murder are only a part of this pacy and hilarious adventure that culminates in very different endings for the Squanders, Grubpumps and Hogarths.Writer Jonathan Myerson is a renowned TV and radio dramatist. His animated film The Canterbury Tales won a BAFTA Award and four primetime Emmys and he has also written scripts for several British television drama series including The Bill, Holby City, EastEnders, Jupiter Moon and The Legend of William Tell.A Harlot’s Progress Cast and creditsWritten by Jonathan MyersonDirected and produced by Jonquil PantingWilliam Hogarth - Will KeenJean - Shella ReidMoll - Liz WhiteLondon girl - Amelia LowdellLondon girl - Annabel ScholeyMrs Needham - Rosemary LeachCharteris - Crawford LoganGourlay - Gerard McDermottWagondriver - Stephen CritchlowGiuseppe - Paul ReynoldsSolomon - Nickolas GraceBess - Amelda BrownJames/Dr Rock - Ben CroweClient/Joshua - Geoffrey BeeversFirst Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 6th - 10th February 2006Marriage a la Mode Cast and creditsWritten by Jonathan MyersonDirected and produced by Jonquil PantingWilliam Hogarth - Will KeenJane Hogarth - Rebecca JohnsonCharles - Stephen ManganEmily Grubpump (Later Countess Squander) - Anna MadeleyGrubpump - Robin SoansSylvester Silvertongue/Sir Andrew - John DougallOld Squander/Misaubin - Sam DaleMrs Wisebourne - Nichola McAulffleTyers - Anthony GlennonClarissa - Poppy FriarMissus - Rachel BavidgeSteward - Mark StrakerSimmy - Jasmine CallanLittle William - Jordan ClarkeFirst Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26th - 2nd March 2007©2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

The truth won’t stay hidden forever. Twenty years after a murder, the convicted man walks free. His supporters claim a victory for justice, but for the murdered man’s friends, life implodes. Old lies re-surface, and new questions haunt them. What really happened back then, in the student house they all shared? The house where Ben died?Anna was one of the victim’s housemates, back when they were students. Now she is a vicar, but back then she did media studies. When the case opens up again she finds all her old student films in the loft – films about her housemates – and she watches them with new eyes. Covertly recording on her phone, she starts to unravel what really happened.Starring Rosie Cavaliero, best known as DS Susan Reinhardt in Prey, and Marion in Unforgotten.This collection also includes a 10-minute behind-the-scenes feature: ‘The Making of That Was Then’.Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting.