Drama on 3 Episodes Episode guide
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The Women of Troy
A contemporary version of Euripides's anti-war tragedy by Linda Marshall Griffiths.
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Ian McEwan with the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
An evening of readings and music with acclaimed novelist Ian McEwan.
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She Stoops to Conquer
A very (very) free adaptation of Oliver Goldsmith's comedy of class and clever women.
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Henry IV, Part 2
England faces an uncertain future. With Toby Jones and James Purefoy.
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Bess Loves Porgy
A musical love story for today, inspired by Edwin DuBose Heyward's iconic novella Porgy.
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Kafka's Dick
Alan Bennett's comedy about one of the most miserable writers of the 20th century
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The Dance of Death
Conor McPherson鈥檚 darkly comic version of Strindberg鈥檚 classic about a toxic marriage.
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Reykjavik
Award-winning drama from Spain. The Fischer-Spassky chess match is re-enacted in a park
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The Seagull
Chekhov's celebrated stage play grapples with art and love. A new version with music.
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The Get
By Josh Azouz, a new play with Paul Chahidi and Michael Gould.
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Songs in Times of Distress
Haunting choral music from the Theresienstadt ghetto
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
A starry cast including Mark Gatiss, Sanjeev Bhaskar and the 大象传媒 SO on the detective trail
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HashtagPublicEnemy
A new play by Steve Waters based on Ibsen鈥檚 Enemy of the People, with Joseph Millson
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The Journey of the Magi
A Nativity story re-imagined in words and music based on an original poem by WR Rodgers.
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Benny & Hitch
The extraordinary and explosive relationship between Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock
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Venice Preserved
A political thriller about power, revolution, sex, and betrayal. (R)
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The Age of Anxiety
WH Auden鈥檚 extraordinary verse epic for four voices is dramatised by Robin Brooks.
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Churchill versus Reith
Two titans of the 20th century slug it out over the future of broadcasting.
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Beowulf Retold
A radiophonic adaptation of Beowulf, using different 大象传媒 versions broadcast over the years
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Ariel and Winter Trees
A vibrant journey through Sylvia Plath's last collections of poetry. With Si芒n Phillips.
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People Everywhere Will Sing
The story of Ralph Vaughan Williams's radical contribution to the late queen's coronation.
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Sizwe Banzi is Dead
Drama on 大象传媒 Radio 3, co-devised by South Africa's legendary playwright, Athol Fugard.
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The Pride of Parnell Street
Sebastian Barry's acclaimed stage play from 2007 is a moving account of a Dublin marriage.
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He Do The Waste Land in Different Voices
A performance of T S Eliot鈥檚 The Waste Land.
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Camille
Charithra Chandran stars in a bold, new adaptation of Pam Gems鈥檚 powerful stage play.
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Maupassant鈥檚 Confessions of a Hedonist
A phantasmagorical journey through the most personal short stories of Guy de Maupassant.
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Zadie Smith with the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
The multi-award-winning author reads from her own writings intermixed with music to match.
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The Hummingbird
A new adaptation of Sandro Veronesi's bestselling novel The Hummingbird for 大象传媒 Radio 3.
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The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff
Folk band The Young'uns production of the life of Johnny Longstaff, recorded in Stockton.
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Make Death Love Me: Antony and Cleopatra Re-Imagined
Shakespeare's classic as a dysfunctional love story of a black empress and a white general