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Our Mutual Friend: Episode 3. The Source of the River
Dickens’s funny, sharp depiction of Londoners’ struggles with money, survival and love.
17 Nov 2024,·57 mins
Series 12
Episode 2
Brief Lives signs off after 15 years. Starring David Schofield and Kathryn Hunt.
11 May 2022,·44 mins
1: The Barrowbeck Survey
Maxine Peake kicks off ten chilling strange tales from the folk-horror author of The Loney
30 Oct 2022,·14 mins
The 2025 Young Writers' Award Shortlist revealed!
Listen to the showcase of five shortlisted stories for the 2025 BBC Young Writers' Award.
14 Sep 2025,·48 mins
Exposure
Etta's travelling is over as she returns to a city on edge after the Allies' departure.
27 Mar 2026,·14 mins
2. The Squire
Plotting Redmond Barry becomes a titled country squire.
12 Jan 2003,·60 mins
Belle Meadow Fayre (Part 2)
Pilgrim must face down a rogue faerie causing havoc in the village of Woodwarthing.
31 Oct 2024,·44 mins
The Puffling
By Tiffany Murray. Hulda visits the island of Heimaey for her grandfather’s birthday.
18 Sep 2022,·14 mins
Episode Ten: A Seat At The Table
Maddie is feeling more confident.
15 mins
Lewis Carroll - Alice through the Looking Glass
Alice's fantastical story collides with Radio 4, as she crashes a giant game of chess.
22 Dec 2012,·90 mins
Episode 5
Sara Sheridan’s witty and intriguing new story concludes. Read by Elaine C Smith.
28 Jun 2024,·14 mins
20. Futures
Becky, Jos, Amelia and William's futures are finally decided. Concluded by Stephen Fry.
08 Oct 2004,·15 mins
6. Afterlife
Vicky Baker investigates whether Lamar Keene found atonement at the end of his life.
01 Feb 2022,·49 mins
Series 3
Episode 4
High-stake deals and sibling rivalry set in the world of the super wealthy.
10 Aug 2023,·44 mins
Series 6 – 3. Mayonnaise for the Last Time
Jonathan Hall's comedy drama about a Salford secondary school starring Julie Hesmondhalgh.
17 Dec 2025,·44 mins
1. Doppelgänger
Noa wishes she could be in two places at once, but will she regret it?
04 May 2022,·26 mins
Series 2
6. Redemption
Cleo’s in more danger than she’s ever been. And the Doctor’s not coming.
18 Sep 2023,·30 mins
Episode Ten: This Country
Belfast writer Glenn Patterson has unfinished business with the 2004 Northern Bank robbery
16 Apr 2021,·14 mins
A newly-commissioned serial from Alice Jolly about love, loyalty and the meaning of care.
27 Sep 2024,·14 mins
Opening Lines - Gaslight
A chance to hear John Yorke’s examination of the original 1938 stage version of Gaslight.
09 Mar 2023,·14 mins
Episode 10
The celestial alignment is nigh. Can Mia stop Hendrick?
07 Oct 2020,·20 mins
More Chronicles of Burke Street
5: Pearl's Story
The last in Ingrid Persaud's sparklingly funny story series set in Trinidad.
30 Apr 2023,·14 mins
Series 5
Viking epic of love, revenge and faith.
14 Dec 2018,·14 mins
Murder Men
Phil Hedley is a 'tough guy' actor who takes a job presenting documentaries on gangs.
06 Dec 2017,·14 mins
Alice Munro - Too Much Happiness
Free Radicals
A newly widowed woman must look to the wife she replaced when a stranger threatens her.
15 Dec 2009,·15 mins
Nick's Speech
Molly’s father rehearses his speech before the ceremony.
29 Nov 2024,·14 mins
Episode Ten
We move on to a year after the wedding. Can 'The List' finally be put to rest for Ola?
06 Oct 2023,·17 mins
Driver
Sean is a volunteer driver for a cafe making meals from food thrown out by supermarkets.
14 Jul 2023,·14 mins
Bren Evans true identity has been revealed, and now Meg must tackle her real enemy.
10 Nov 2017,·14 mins
I Won’t Back Down
Find out how Dr Legg met his wife amid the Battle of Cable Street.
27 Feb 2019,·20 mins
