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Agatha Christie The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd





The Murder of Roger Ackroyd By Agatha Christie Dramatised by Michael Bakewell When Hercule Poirot retires to the country to grow v…
Endless Night By Agatha Christie





Agatha Christie - Endless Night Joy Wilkinson's adaptation This psychological thriller concerns the murderous ambitions of a young adventure…
Father Brown - Classic Radio Crime Drama





Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective who featured in 53 short stories published between 1910 and 1936 wri…

Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance





Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is the story of a motorcycle journey across America, a meditation on values and the concept of Qua…
Philosophy





BBC Radio 4 produced a unique series and aired a weekly podcast . Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of philosophy - from ancie…
Plum House - A BBC Radio comedy





A radio comedy about the inept staff at an historic house. Starring Simon Callow, Jane Horrocks and Miles Jupp. Every year, thousands of tou…
The Leopard in Autumn





BBC Radio comedy about the ruling family of Renaissance Italy's most inconsequential city-state. In Monte Guano, a ridiculously small and pe…
Anton Chekhov The Cherry Orchard





The Cherry Orchard 23 November 2018 Chekhov's celebrated stage play is given a new version by writer/composer duo, Katherine Tozer and John …
Bristow - A BBC Radio comedy





Michael Williams stars in all three series of the BBC Radio 4 sitcom based on Frank Dickens’ famous comic strip character. Bristow is a midd…

THE PRIVATE PATIENT BY PD JAMES





Charismatic police commander Adam Dalgliesh is ordered by Downing Street to investigate the murder of an investigative journalist.......
Stand-Up Specials
BBC Radio 4 stand-ups zoom through angst from all angles. The BBC comedy series brings together half-hour sets from established acts such as…
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads





Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads was a British TV sitcom broadcast in 1973 and 1974 on BBC1. It was the colour sequel to the mid-1960s h…
Rigor Mortis: BBC Radio Full-Cast Black Comedy





Meet Dr Anthony Webster and Dr Ruth Anderson, two pathologists attempting to live normal lives in an atmosphere of death, decay and seriousl…

Classic Serial -The Mask Of Dimitrios





Eric Ambler's 1939 crime thriller is dramatised by Stephen Sheridan. 1 of 2: The Origins of an Obsession English crime novelist Charles Lati…
Secret Agent X-9: BBC Radio Full-Cast Drama





Secret Agent X-9 was a comic strip created by writer Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon) and artist Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon). Syndicate…
Ian Hislop’s Oldest Jokes: BBC Radio Comedy





Ian Hislop takes a hilarious look at some of Britain's oldest jokes The British are rather proud of their sense of humour - but where has th…
The Train at Platform 4





Comedy legends Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis bring a new sitcom to Radio 4, set in the claustrophobic carriages of a cross-country rail service…
EF Benson: BBC Radio Comedy Dramas





A BBC Radio collection of social comedies, wry observations of Victorian society and ‘spook stories’ from the great humorist E. F. Benson. E…
Ken Cheng - Chinese Comedian





A stand-up series exploring British Chinese culture with Ken Cheng. The BBC New Comedy Award finalist tackles many themes affecting ethnic m…
Things Fall Apart: BBC Radio Comedy Drama





Chinua Achebe’s classic tale depicting pre-colonial 1890's Igbo village life, centring on the rise and fall of a powerful Igbo clan leader O…
Comedy-Drama on 4: BBC Radio Collection





A collection of full-cast BBC Radio comedy dramas. All My Life I've Wanted to Be Someone - Now Who Was It? A group of scatty 20-something fr…
James Acaster's Findings





Award-winning comedian and Hypothetical host James Acaster presents the remarkable results of his in-depth research into a variety of subjec…
Nick Fisher The Chimes Of Midnight





Fear on Four First broadcast: Thu 4th Sep 1997, 23:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM The Man in Black welcomes you to The Chimes…
King of Bath: A BBC Radio Comedy Series





The adventures and misadventures of 18th-century dandy Richard ‘Beau’ Nash In the fashionable spa town of Bath, one man is the arbiter of ta…
BBC Radio: One Person Found This Helpful





Frank Skinner hosts a radio panel game based on what many of us sit down and do at least once a day - shop online and leave a review, as an …
The Weather In The Streets Part 1





The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann with Angela Pleasence as Olivia and Simon Cadell as Rollo. Dramatised in two parts by Elspeth…
Room 101: BBC Radio Comedy Interviews





Room 101 with Paul Merton Returning in its original one-to-one incarnation, Paul Merton interviews a variety of guests from the world of com…
Just A Minute - Series 86





Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy panel game broadcast from 1967 until the present day. The object of the game is for panell…
What's Funny About . .





TV veterans Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to the writers, producers, and performers behind Britain’s biggest TV comedy hits, and hear t…
His Master's Voice: BBC Radio Comedy Drama





Media mogul Lord Malan is the billionaire owner of The Blue Touch Paper, an old-fashioned, hard-right weekly magazine with traditional Conse…
ReincarNathan





Will Nathan ever learn to do the right thing and make it back to being a human again? Daniel Rigby, Josh Widdicombe, Diane Morgan and a host…
How to Kill Your Familү: BBC Radio Comedy





A BBC Radio adaptation of the darkly comic bestselling novel by Bella Mackie. Grace Bernard is in Limehouse Prison for a crime she didn't co…
Protesting Too Much: BBC Radio Comedy
Set on the eve of the 1997 general election, bumbling Conservative MP George Dank climbs a tree in protest at the building of a new bypass t…
The Frequency of Laughter
The Frequency of Laughter: A History of Radio Comedy The Frequency of Laughter is a six-part history of radio comedy, covering 1975-20…
For the Love of Leo: BBC Radio Comedy Drama





Leo Fabiani is a renowned Edinburgh artist who tragically loses his wife in a traffic accident and seems, ever since, to have become a magne…
Linda Marshall Griffiths The Invisible





Drama on 3: The Invisible Sun 23rd Jun 2019, 19:30 on BBC Radio 3 Original drama set in a speculative future London by Linda Marshall Griffi…
Lobby Land: BBC Radio Political Satire





A satirical comedy drama about life and work in the journalists' Westminster bubble. It centres on political editor Samantha Peakes of ficti…
In Our Time





BBC radio discussion series exploring the history of ideas, presented by Melvyn Bragg, since 15 October 1998. It is one of BBC radio's most …
We’re in Business: A BBC Radio Comedy Series





Eight episodes from the vintage radio comedy starring Peter Jones and Harry Worth. First broadcast on the BBC Home Service, We’re in Busines…

Afternoon Drama Kokomo
A thriller by Julian Simpson. A single act of cyber-terrorism. A computer virus - incredibly advanced and coded in a language no one underst…
Stephen Wakelam Lying Low [Samuel Beckett]





Afternoon Drama: Lying Low First broadcast: Fri 22nd Sep 2017, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM Stephen Wakelam’s play about…

Afternoon Drama The Second Son





A chilling psychological mystery drama about identity, fraud and self belief. A son tracks down his estranged father only to discover that s…

The Trial By Peter Whalley





Molly, a teacher, finds an interesting man on an internet dating site. She turns up to meet him but he looks a bit odd so on an impulse she …
Lucy Gannon Undeniably Keith





Afternoon Drama: Undeniably Keith First broadcast: Mon 23rd Jul 2018, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM A warm, funny, contem…
Daphne Sounds Expensive
Sketch trio Daphne present peculiar characters, wacky scenarios, dodgy remarks and curious observations. Written by and starring Jason…

Peter Whalley Reasons For Leaving





Reasons for Leaving by Peter Whalley Lauren thinks someone is breaking into her house and calls the police, only to discover it's Ian, her e…

Saturday Drama Before The Fact By Frances Iles
Emilia Fox, Ben Caplan and Patricia Hodge star in a dramatisation of the novel that Alfred Hitchcock based his film, 'Suspicion' on. Set in …
1966 and All That: BBC Radio Comedy Drama





A BBC Radio dramatisation of Craig Brown's satirical history of Britain in the 20th Century. The 1920s and 30s King George utters some unmem…

The People Next Door 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 the…
Cynthia Rogerson I Love You, Goodbye





15 Minute Drama: I Love You, Goodbye Written and adapted by Cynthia Rogerson 15 Minute Drama: First broadcast: Five episodes From Mon&n…

Afternoon Drama Lost And Found By Ian Kershaw





Lost and Found by Ian Kershaw A tender and humorous drama about how a father and daughter explore the memories of the past in order to conne…

Borgen - Outside The Castle
Borgen - Outside the Castle, by Tommy Bredsted, Rum Malmros and Joan Rang Christensen, in an English version by Joy Wilkinson Borgen - the D…
Gush: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Comedy Drama





An epic tale of power, love, passion and oil – from the minds of comedy greats Ian Hislop and Nick Newman. Gush is the stunning saga of the …
And The Winner Is: BBC Radio Panel Show
Matt Lucas hosts the most prestigious awards ceremony of the year - the perfectly-title 'Lucases'. Including awards for the Lamest Excuse of…

Going To Ground by Simon Passmore
1940, Kent. England is on full alert in anticipation of a German invasion. As church bells sound the alarm, a secret resistance unit springs…
Julian Simpson A Time To Dance





Afternoon Drama: A Time To Dance First broadcast: Mon 10th Oct 2011, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM Written by Julian Simp…
Big Jim & The Figaro Club: BBC Radio Comedy





A classic BBC radio comedy set in a post-war seaside town When Old Ned is finally demobbed, he heads south to the seaside to find work as a …
Simon Evans Goes To Market
Simon Evans sets himself the challenge to make economics funny in this comprehensive guide to global markets. In each episode, Simon t…

Afternoon Drama Drone Pilots By Robert Myers





Drone Pilots by Robert Myers Two night shift operators fly a drone from a trailer in the American desert. He's a much-decorated fighter pilo…
Colin MacDonald Strummer And Me
In early 1982, The Clash, the greatest live rock band in the world, was in crisis. Their album had been panned and ticket sales for an upcom…
Caryl Phillips Dinner In The Village





Afternoon Drama: Dinner in the Village First broadcast: Tue 4th Oct 2011, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM Tensions between …

Afternoon Drama Kindness By Julian Poidevin
Kindness by Julian Poidevin Happy family life is disrupted when Tom's son Simon comes to stay. His arrival unearths the past, catalysing a c…
A Chapel Of Skins
Best of Natural History Radio Chapel of Skins Recorded high up in the Shropshire hills of the Welsh Marches and inspired by a livi…
Sarah Wooley Festival
Afternoon Drama: Festival First broadcast: Tue 31st Jul 2018, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM By Sarah Wooley A comedy dram…
Eoin McNamee Swans
Afternoon Drama: Swans First broadcast: Tue 23rd Oct 2018, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM ‘Swans’ by Eoin McNamee c…

Afternoon Drama Man In The Moon By Linda Marshall Griffiths





Man in the Moon by Linda Marshall Griffiths Linda Marshall Griffiths' bittersweet love story told from two perspectives across five differen…

Strike For A Kingdom By Menna Gallie





Dramatised by Diana Griffiths It's 1926 and in the small Welsh valleys village of Cilhendre, the miners are on strike. When the local mine's…
Alison Joseph Mitchener Black Box Detective





Alison Joseph's drama introduces a distinctive brand of detective. Mitchener is an air accident investigator, haunted by memories of a previ…
Paul Farley Singles Going Steady
Singles Going Steady 1961, Liverpool. Paul Farley's play tells the story of a love affair conducted between a young couple who never …

The Vertigo Trust By Jon Canter
Ronnie Sax is a sixty something multi-millionaire businessman, abrasive, cocky, three times divorced but on wife number four. He's egotistic…

Afternoon Drama Mind Hackers By Lou Stein





CREDIT GOES TO BOB129 A new drama by Lou Stein inspired by the phone hacking scandal. Jessica Brown-Findlay (Lady Sybil in Downton Abbey) st…

Afternoon Drama The Man In The Lift By Tom Connolly
The Man in the Lift by Tom Connolly A man has been contracted to repair the lift in a residential tower block. But trapped in a confined spa…

Afternoon Play Starry Eyes By Lucy Catherin





Starry Eyes by Lucy Catherine Leanne washes up in an all-night cafe. Remembering the lessons her father taught her, she finds consolation in…

Lying Undiscovered by Richard Monks
Lying Undiscovered by Richard Monks BBC Radio 4 - Friday Play Original Broadcast: 27-06-2003 & 10-09-2004 Re-broadcast BBC World S…
Anita Sullivan The Hedge
Afternoon Drama: The Hedge First broadcast: Fri 27th Apr 2012, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM By Anita Sullivan. Marion an…
Jerome Vincent. Ciao Bella!





Afternoon Drama: Ciao Bella First Broadcast: Fri 18 March 2011 Written by Jerome Vincent. Eleanor Bron plays Nonna Grazia, and Cherie Lunghi…
Bernardine Evaristo Hello Mum





Afternoon Drama: Hello Mum Fri 3rd Aug 2012, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM by Bernardine Evaristo Jerome w…
Claudine Toutongi The Inheritors





15 Minute Drama: The Inheritors First broadcast: Mon 4th Sep 2017, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 FM Omnibus of the five-part…
Holding Back The Tide Selling The Capstan
Afternoon Drama: Holding Back the Tide Selling The Capstan First broadcast: Fri 7th Dec 2018, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 …
Henry's Demons
Afternoon Drama: Henry’s Demons First broadcast: Mon 26th Sep 2011, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM Raps and song by Henry …
Julian Lloyd Webber Brother Of Mine
Afternoon Drama: Brother of Mine First broadcast: Fri 10th Aug 2018, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM by Nathaniel Price Dir…

Afternoon Drama Helen By Virginia Gilbert
Helen by Virginia Gilbert A journalist is accused of molesting his stepdaughter in this powerful drama starring Ed Stoppard and Lia Williams…

The Morpeth Carol By Timothy X





The Morpeth Carol by Timothy X Atack 9 year old Harry goes on a mysterious Christmas Eve road trip with a very unusual and very dangerous Sa…
Annie Mc Cartney The Biggest Issues





Afternoon Drama: The Biggest Issues First broadcast: Tue 24th Apr 2012, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM by Annie McCartney Sally Stone, a shock jock…
Dan Rebellato - Negative Signs Of Progress
Negative Signs of Progress is a trilogy of radio plays which tell one unfolding story set against the background of the Arab Spring. A junio…

A Slow Air By David Harrower
Siblings Morna and Athol haven't spoken to each other for fourteen years. As they recount their troubled history, they tell the story of mod…
Kamal Kann Breaking Up With Bradford
Breaking Up with Bradford By Kamal Kaan Kasim's return to his hometown of Bradford after three years away at University isn't quite what he …

The Domino Man Of Lancashire By Nick Leather
The Domino Man of Lancashire by Nick Leather Reclusive middle-aged Arthur Allen has never got on with his brassy neighbour, Annie Sweetlove.…

Afternoon Drama Helen By Virginia Gilbert
Helen by Virginia Gilbert A journalist is accused of molesting his stepdaughter in this powerful drama starring Ed Stoppard and Lia Williams…
Robert Mc Crum My Year Off
Afternoon Play: My Year Off Thu 20th Nov 2008, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM By Robert McCrum. At the age of 42, the ch…

Meeting Of Minds By Virginia Gilbert
Frustrated Martin is offered an amazing opportunity, but is he brave enough to take it? CAST Joss Ackland Adrian Dunbar
Nick Perry Referee
Afternoon Drama: Referee First broadcast: Fri 13th May 2011, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM By Nick Perry Geoff is footbal…