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Drama on 4 Episodes

  1. Tomorrow 15:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Episode 2Libra

    2/2 By Ben Lewis. Adaptation of Don DeLillo’s reimagining of the assassination of JFK.

  2. Tuesday 14:15
    BBC Radio 4

    NO, PRIME MINISTER

    Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher appears in a sketch with the cast of Yes, Minister.

  3. Thursday 14:15
    BBC Radio 4

    The Observer's Book

    Amanda Dalton's lyrical drama about friendship, loss and renewal.

  4. Next Sunday 15:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Episode 1Midnight Cowboy

    1/2 Joe Buck, a naïve young Texan, leaves his dead-end job to be a hustler in 1960s New York.

  5. Tue 25 Aug 2026 14:15
    BBC Radio 4

    The Test Batter Can’t Breathe

    Set in the world of cricket, a new drama from the award-winning writer of Dear Harry Kane.

  6. Thu 27 Aug 2026 14:15
    BBC Radio 4

    You and Me, Us and Them

    Tasha is losing her child Marie/Max to another world, another class, another gender.

  7. Fri 28 Aug 2026 15:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

    Charles Kinbote tries to prove his machinations have inspired a poetic masterpiece.

  8. Fri 28 Aug 2026 21:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

    Charles Kinbote tries to prove his machinations have inspired a poetic masterpiece.

  9. Sat 29 Aug 2026 05:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

    Charles Kinbote tries to prove his machinations have inspired a poetic masterpiece.

  10. Sat 29 Aug 2026 15:00
    BBC Radio 4

    I Must Have Loved You

    Jess, a young Geordie musician, discovers not all far off fields are fair.

  11. Sun 30 Aug 2026 15:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Episode 2Midnight Cowboy

    2/2 Joe Buck, a naïve young Texan, leaves his dead-end job to be a hustler in 1960s New York.

  12. Tue 1 Sep 2026 14:15
    BBC Radio 4

    Episode 3Downstream

    3/3 A return to Nick Warburton's drama set on Platters' boatyard and the river that runs by it

  13. Thu 3 Sep 2026 14:15
    BBC Radio 4

    Edith Swan-Neck and the Bayeux Tapestry

    The making of the Bayeux Tapestry, dramatised by Jonathan Myerson