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Bright Day by JB Priestley
JB Priestley vividly evokes the town and country of his youth before the First World War.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
A cheeky alias throws the plans of two young lovers into doubt.
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After Moscow by Arnold Yarrow
1917. The old lives of Chekhov's ‘Three Sisters’ has vanished. What now?
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Charles Dickens - The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Omnibus)
By Charles Dickens, adapted by Mike Walker. With Pippa Nixon as Kate Dickens.
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
1805. Chasing an enemy ship, Jack Aubrey demands much of his crew – perhaps too much.
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Seaborne by Nuala O'Connor
Nuala O'Connor's novel is a rollicking portrayal of the life of Irish pirate Anne Bonny.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Sister Boniface Mysteries
The police's secret weapon in fighting crime – new force of habit, Sister Boniface.
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Orwell vs Kafka: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Special readings from Orwell's dystopian classic, now celebrating its 75th anniversary.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Under Milk Woods
For the 70th anniversary of Under Milk Wood, five short drama portraits of Wales in 2024.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
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Hamlet from Bristol Old Vic
Billy Howle stars in a bold stage adaptation of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
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The Gallows Pole
David Hartley assembles a gang to bring comfort and dignity back to his community.
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Mr Jones
1933. Suspicious of Russia’s resurgence, journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine.
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Moths
Lady Dolly Vanderdecken is horrified when her daughter arrives for the season.
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Marie Antoinette
The tumultuous early years of the Austrian princess who became the queen of France.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Two
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A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Mark Gatiss's fantastic theatrical production of Dickens’s classic winter ghost story.
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The English
Two strangers are drawn together in a violent landscape built on dreams and blood.
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Macbeth
David Tennant makes his first ever venture into playing the tyrannical Scottish King.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Life After Life
The story of Ursula Todd, who has an infinite number of chances to live her life.
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Harriet O'Carroll - Minuet
A young Jane Austen falls in love fuelling her desire to become a writer.
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Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Sian Thomas reads Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923.
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Around the World in 80 Days
David Tennant stars in a new version of Jules Verne's classic adventure.
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Dangerous Liaisons
Tanya Moodie, Nicola Coughlan and Ray Fearon star in this scandalously funny classic romp.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
The landmark allegory about hypocrisy and corruption of power.
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Pride and Prejudice
The Bennet daughters react in very different ways to the arrival of their new neighbour.
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Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson (Omnibus)
The adventures and perils of an otter born in North Devon.
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Written by Charles Dickens, adapted by Mike Walker. Stars Pippa Nixon as Kate Dickens.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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A Suitable Boy
In 1951, in newly independent India, student Lata is torn between family duty and romance.
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George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss
10-part dramatisation of George Eliot's semi-autobiographical novel of Victorian childhood
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Pale Horse
When a young woman is murdered, a mysterious list of names is discovered.
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World on Fire
Three young people are in the eye of the storm as World War II explodes around them.
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Gentleman Jack
Anne Lister determines to restore the fortunes of Shibden Hall and find herself a wife.
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King Lear
Lear divides his kingdom with tragic consequences. Chaos descends on family and state.
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The Inn by Guy de Maupassant
Haunting tale of a snowbound mountain guide in sole charge of a remote Alpine hotel.
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Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
60 year old Zorba teaches young writer Nikos how best to live life.
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Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
Rachel Joyce adapts Anne Bronte's debut novel about self-discovery and the search for love
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Rillington Place
Three-part drama series based on the true story of serial killer John Christie.
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Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans
By Gregory Evans. Thriller set in 1890s Whitechapel.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Classic Shakespeare play adapted for television by Russell T Davies.
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The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth
Stephen Rea and Anna Healy star in the classic Anglo-Irish drama about class pretensions
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy's epic story of life, love and loss in nineteenth-century Russia.
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Dickensian
Drama set within the fictional realms of Charles Dickens's critically acclaimed novels.
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Cyrano de Bergerac
Glyn Maxwell's adaptation of the classic novel by Edmond Rostand.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Wolf Hall
Acclaimed adaptation of Hilary Mantel's tales from the dark heart of Tudor history.
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Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen's delightful comedy of manners, dramatised by Helen Edmundson
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