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Part Two: Chapter Two
Jonathan Swift’s satire following Lemuel Gulliver’s strange travels through odd lands.
01 Nov 2019,·12 mins
Episode 5: The Flickering
Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
18 Jul 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
Episode 5
Is Vidya in danger from the spirit in Ben and Maya's home? Reader: Amanda Lawrence.
14 Feb 2025,·14 mins
Episode 10
Dimple is armed with another plan, having been brought closer to her four half-siblings.
20 Jun 2022,·15 mins
Cath & The Painting
James Peak buys old things for Tony's antiques stall in Enfield Town, and hears stories...
01 May 2026,·14 mins
The Puffling
By Tiffany Murray. Hulda visits the island of Heimaey for her grandfather’s birthday.
18 Sep 2022,·14 mins
Letters from South Africa
Johannesburg
Five letters from South African writers about life there in the week of the ANC elections.
15 Dec 2017,·14 mins
10: The Scoresheet
Shocking revelations on the village green in the final story in a new series for Radio 4.
02 Jan 2022,·14 mins
Nick's Speech
Molly’s father rehearses his speech before the ceremony.
29 Nov 2024,·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
Cosy Mysteries
Cal Flyn's journey around mystery nears an end as the writer explores crime fiction.
20 Mar 2026,·14 mins
5: The Future
The final part of a thought-provoking book questioning overdiagnosis in medicine.
21 Mar 2025,·14 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
A Song Flung up to Heaven
Maya Angelou is set to work for Martin Luther King when tragedy strikes.
01 Mar 2019,·14 mins
Episode 5: The myths of motherhood
A writer’s journey through the experience of otherness.
20 Feb 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
Fran's village has been overrun by knotweed - but one neighbour remains unaffected.
17 Sep 2023,·14 mins
Great Escape(s)
The big day is here, and Violetta isn't the only one getting out of Portobello.
04 Jun 2023,·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
A Wonderful Catastrophe
How can we cope with the challenges of digital communication?
12 Jul 2024,·14 mins
Episode Ten: A Seat At The Table
Maddie is feeling more confident.
15 mins
Episode 10 - The Organiser
The big night has arrived at The Circus. However the bar’s owner is nowhere to be found.
12 Mar 2023,·14 mins
Episode Five: The Death of Jack
A life in five photographs. Original fiction series by Max Porter, read by Tim McInnerny.
14 Jun 2024,·14 mins
Dylan and Rowenna have to find a way to bridge the silence between them.
25 Mar 2024,·14 mins
5. Families of the Future
Some thoughts on alternatives to traditional, nuclear family structures.
28 Nov 2025,·14 mins
The Politician
Is history set to repeat itself in America?
10 Oct 2022,·14 mins
The Looking Glass
Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
18 Oct 2024,·14 mins
Joel Budd looks at age, class and attitudes to race and immigration across Britain.
28 Mar 2025,·14 mins
Part Three: The Gods of Little Things and How to Get Away with a Heartbreak
A showcase for the work of writers between the ages of 16 and 21.
09 Sep 2022,·14 mins
