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Categories: Drama: Biographical

  1. Margot

    Drama based around the relationship between dancers Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev.

    大象传媒 Four

  2. The Return Room

    A colourful account of WR Rodgers' childhood in Belfast, produced by Sam Hanna Bell.

    大象传媒 Radio Foyle

  3. La Vie en Rose

    Biopic of French singer Edith Piaf, who became one of the country's biggest stars.

    大象传媒 Two

  4. Mrs Mandela

    How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.

    大象传媒 Four

  5. A Life of Chekhov Omnibus

    Dramatisation of Irene Nemirovsky's biography with Andrew Scott.

    大象传媒 Radio 7

  6. Road to Sunset: A Life of Lewis Grassic Gibbon

    A dramatisation of the life of author Lewis Grassic Gibbon.

    大象传媒 Radio Scotland

  7. La Bamba

    The life story of Mexican-American singer Ritchie Valens, whose life was cut short at 17.

    大象传媒 Four

  8. JM Barrie - The Little White Bird

    A young boy becomes the 'son' a retired bachelor never had.

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  9. Worried About the Boy

    Drama about Boy George's years before his Top of the Pops debut in 1982.

    大象传媒 Two

  10. The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

    The story of Anne Lister, a 19th-century Yorkshire landowner, industrialist and lesbian.

    大象传媒 Two

  11. Lennon Naked

    Drama which charts John Lennon's transition from Beatle to icon from 1967 to 1971.

    大象传媒 Four

  12. The Damned United

    Michael Sheen stars as Brian Clough in the story of his 44 days in charge of Leeds United.

    大象传媒 Two

  13. Nick Warburton - Every Book in the World

    Sir Thomas Phillipps aimed to own a copy of every book in the world.

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  14. Taken in Broad Daylight

    True-life drama about the kidnapping of a teenage girl at a Nebraska shopping mall.

    大象传媒 One

  15. Toast

    Adaptation of chef Nigel Slater's autobiography, chronicling his bittersweet childhood.

    大象传媒 One

  16. Eric and Ernie

    One-off drama telling the story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise's formative years.

    大象传媒 Two

  17. Hattie Naylor - Ivan and the Dogs

    The extraordinary story of a young boy adopted by wild dogs on the streets of Moscow.

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  18. Michael Hastings - Tom and Viv

    The turbulent marriage of young poet TS Eliot and the charismatic Vivienne Haigh-Wood.

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  19. Liz Lochhead - Blood And Ice

    How Frankenstein was sparked by Mary Wollstonecraft's elopement with Percy Shelley.

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  20. The Hoax

    Drama based on the true story of novelist Clifford Irving.

    大象传媒 One

  21. A Bronx Tale

    A father feels powerless when his son becomes increasingly corrupted by a local gangster.

    大象传媒 One

  22. Poisoned Angel - The Story of Alma Rose

    The life and death of a woman who led a women's orchestra in Auschwitz.

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  23. The Killing Fields

    A reporter attempts to find his translator, who has been captured by the Khmer Rouge.

    大象传媒 One

  24. Amadeus

    Biographical drama recounting composer Salieri's meetings with the young Mozart.

    大象传媒 One

  25. Christopher and His Kind

    One-off drama chronicling the formative years of novelist Christopher Isherwood.

    大象传媒 Two

  26. Infamous

    American writer Truman Capote forms a bond with a murder suspect.

    大象传媒 Two

  27. The Last Station

    Biographical drama telling the tale of Tolstoy as his wife fights for his love and money.

    大象传媒 Two

  28. Arthur Smith's Last Hangover

    How the comedian quit booze in 2002 and entered the world of the chronically sober.

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  29. The Great Gatsby Letters

    F Scott Fitzgerald tells his editor Maxwell Perkins about his hopes for his new novel

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  30. Alan Bennett - The Lady in the Van

    Autobiographical play about the woman who took refuge in the author's Camden garden.

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  31. Creation

    Darwin's inner struggle over the decision to publish his findings on evolution.

    大象传媒 Four

  32. The Two Mr Kissels

    Drama based on the true story of the Kissel brothers, whose secrets were their undoing.

    大象传媒 One

  33. Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (Omnibus)

    An email friendship between a 大象传媒 journalist and an Iraq-based academic.

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  34. Shirley

    Drama charting the rise to fame of singer Dame Shirley Bassey.

    大象传媒 Two

  35. Milk

    The story of Harvey Milk, first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the US.

    大象传媒 Two

  36. Il Divo

    Biographical Italian drama telling the story of former prime minister Giulio Andreotti.

    大象传媒 Four

  37. The Duchess

    The tumultuous life story of the 18th-century duchess of Devonshire (Keira Knightley).

    大象传媒 One

  38. Burning Both Ends: When Oliver Reed Met Keith Moon

    When legendary hell-raiser Oliver Reed met Keith Moon, nothing was the same ever again.

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  39. Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

    Historical epic about the rise of Genghis Khan, from nine-year-old orphan to Mongol leader

    大象传媒 Four

  40. The Young Victoria

    After a controlled childhood, Victoria (Emily Blunt) faces a fight to become queen.

    大象传媒 Two

  41. Bright Star

    In 19th-century London, poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne begin a doomed love affair.

    大象传媒 Two

  42. Michael Collins

    Biopic charting the rise and fall of the Irish republican leader.

    大象传媒 Two

  43. Heathcote Williams - Hancock's Last Half Hour

    Alone, far from home and his only audience by 1968 is press clippings and bottles of vodka

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  44. Bruce Bedford - Black Ice

    A gripping account of a 1911 expedition prior to Scott's doomed Antarctic trip.

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  45. Never Mind, I Stopped My Train

    The heroism of railwaymen in a horrific explosion in 1898. Recreation of a real event.

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  46. Julia Blackburn - The Need for Nonsense

    The sad, contradictory tale of Edward Lear, famed Victorian artist and scribe.

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  47. Jo Anderson - Solstice

    19-year-old Vincent van Gogh's life-changing stay in London. Stars Dexter Fletcher.

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  48. Howl

    The story of beat poet Allen Ginsberg and his controversial poem Howl.

    大象传媒 Two

  49. Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

    Biopic. Drama based on the life of Joe Meek, the 60s songwriter-producer.

    大象传媒 Two

  50. Alan Pollock - Philip and Sydney

    Philip Larkin and his father visited Nazi Germany in 1937. What might have happened?

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

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