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Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.
Radio 4,·419 episodes
And now it’s time to nip down to the shops - our afternoon drama is on special offer!
13 Aug 2026,·44 mins
A missing woman. A private detective with clairvoyant powers. Jenni Adams is on the case.
11 Aug 2026,·44 mins
Episode 1
Adaptation of Don DeLillo’s fictionalised reimagining of the assassination of JFK.
09 Aug 2026,·57 mins
Brian Epstein, The Beatles’ manager, finds unexpected love in Portmeirion, Wales, in 1966.
06 Aug 2026,·44 mins
Holiday romance on Ibiza - with a twist: Lizzie unexpectedly finds both new and old love.
04 Aug 2026,·44 mins
Alice Childress's seminal 1955 play. As rehearsals continue, Wiletta's unease is building
02 Aug 2026,·57 mins,·
Beltane
By Ben Lewis. Soulful and witty drama about love, nature and the love of nature.
02 May 2024,·44 mins
Samhain
By Ben Lewis. Soulful drama infused with storytelling and song.
30 Oct 2025,·44 mins
Lughnasadh
By Ben Lewis. Soulful and witty drama infused with song.
30 Jul 2026,·44 mins
Alice Childress's seminal 1955 play about simmering tensions in a rehearsal room.
26 Jul 2026,·57 mins,·
By Sir Lenny Henry. A comedy drama about the reparations debate, starring Oliver Chris.
23 Jul 2026,·44 mins
Two strangers enter a Depression-era dance marathon. Neither will walk away.
19 Jul 2026,·57 mins
New drama as a taxi driver is plying his trade in Tehran amidst the airstrikes.
16 Jul 2026,·44 mins
Part 1
Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer-winning drama of love, lies and the sea.
05 Jul 2026,·57 mins
Part 2
Anna tells the truth. O'Neill's Pulitzer-winning drama reaches its shattering conclusion.
12 Jul 2026,·57 mins
Martin Jarvis directs a brand-new comedy drama. But - is cosy-crime on the menu?
09 Jul 2026,·44 mins
A lorry trafficking young girls crashes in the Dolomites exposing powerful Venetian elites
14 Jun 2026,·57 mins
Episode 2
Brunetti and his team continue to uncover ugly truths about the Venetian elite.
21 Jun 2026,·57 mins
Part One: Three Days
James Fritz's award-winning prison drama returns. A prisoner has been released by mistake.
17 Jun 2026,·44 mins
Part Two: Every Two Years
Fourteen years into a two-year sentence, a prisoner faces the Parole Board once more.
18 Jun 2026,·44 mins
Albert Camus meets his dream team, a funny, emotional and philosophical glance at football
11 Jun 2026,·44 mins
Dylan Thomas grows up. Adapted by Joe Dunthorne, starring Gerran Howell (The Pitt).
07 Jun 2026,·57 mins
1970: British volunteers sign up for a covert anti-apartheid mission inside South Africa.
04 Jun 2026,·44 mins
A Wiltshire-Albanian bromance, by Florence Espeut-Nickless.
28 May 2026,·44 mins
The origin story of Milady de Winter, one of the great villains of classic fiction.
03 Sep 2023,·57 mins
The origin story of Milady de Winter, one of the great all-time villains.
10 Sep 2023,·57 mins
Part 3
Milady de Winter, one of literature’s greatest villains, is back from the dead.
17 May 2026,·57 mins
Part 4
Milady de Winter, one of literature’s greatest villains, is out for revenge.
24 May 2026,·57 mins
A new musical about the collision of reality and big dreams, directed by Sara Pascoe.
21 May 2026,·44 mins
Episode One: The Wilful Miss Willmott
Drama celebrating the remarkable stories of three great British female horticulturalists.
19 May 2026,·44 mins
