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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
10. 3 Years On
The final part of the blistering new novel from the author of The Power.
06 Dec 2023,·17 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
Exposure
Etta's travelling is over as she returns to a city on edge after the Allies' departure.
27 Mar 2026,·14 mins
Episode 8
Janet is about to join society but has firm ideas about what sort of woman she might be.
13 Feb 2023,·15 mins
Part Nine
Edith Wharton’s novella about a young man attempting to escape a loveless marriage.
01 Nov 2019,·43 mins
Episode 5
Joel Budd looks at age, class and attitudes to race and immigration across Britain.
28 Mar 2025,·14 mins
5: Roll Over, Dead Old Me
The last in a brilliantly original and savagely funny new series about women and space.
30 May 2025,·14 mins
A Song Flung up to Heaven
Maya Angelou is set to work for Martin Luther King when tragedy strikes.
01 Mar 2019,·14 mins
5. Shipwreck and Marriage
117 days have passed since Maurice and Maralyn were cast adrift and hope of rescue faded.
07 Feb 2025,·14 mins
Episode Ten: A Seat At The Table
Maddie is feeling more confident.
15 mins
Episode Seven. 'I was at the library'. Love, dating and relationships part 2
Jaspreet continues her look at the dating and relationship game.
28 Jul 2022,·15 mins
A Celebration of the Short Story
Araby by James Joyce
James Joyce’s story from Dubliners about a boy enchanted by a woman and a utopian bazaar.
09 Sep 2019,·13 mins
Episode 5 - Colin
Colin’s left with no option but to ask for a sign from Saint Patrick himself.
22 Oct 2023,·14 mins
5. Jungle and Garage
Jungle and garage pave the way for grime, a style that's become mainstream.
16 Aug 2013,·15 mins
Cosy Mysteries
Cal Flyn's journey around mystery nears an end as the writer explores crime fiction.
20 Mar 2026,·14 mins
Is Vidya in danger from the spirit in Ben and Maya's home? Reader: Amanda Lawrence.
14 Feb 2025,·14 mins
5: Three Coins
A trip to the Trevi Fountain helps a young woman re-assess her life.
04 Feb 2024,·14 mins
10. Fresh Hostilities
Sixty years on, the university is engaged in a new struggle over its history and identity.
24 Mar 2023,·14 mins
It's Me Who Keeps the Bird's Heart Beating by Luke Sutherland
In this haunting tale, Regina overcomes muteness with some help from the afterlife...
30 Dec 2010,·10 mins
Episode 5: The myths of motherhood
A writer’s journey through the experience of otherness.
20 Feb 2026,·14 mins
Sara Sheridan’s witty and intriguing new story concludes. Read by Elaine C Smith.
28 Jun 2024,·14 mins
Buddhism
Stories of Sukhavati in Buddhism and how they relate to reincarnation
28 Jun 1998,·13 mins
A Billion Years of Slime
The long history of slime on Earth and its future as our climate changes.
29 Oct 2021,·14 mins
With one last song to steal, Harry’s journey across Ireland nears its end.
10 Mar 2024,·14 mins
The Looking Glass
Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
18 Oct 2024,·14 mins
Episode Eight: A hopeful Spring
Spring comes, and with it a new sense of hope and possibilities.
14 mins
Driver
Sean is a volunteer driver for a cafe making meals from food thrown out by supermarkets.
14 Jul 2023,·14 mins
5. Reflections
As time passes in Florence, Flush begins to feel his age.
25 Feb 2011,·15 mins
Archie is left reeling after a bitter bust-up with 'credence' over his friend's misogyny.
05 Jun 2022,·14 mins
