Chapter 29
Robert Louis Stevenson’s youthful adventure story across high seas and Scottish Highlands
Part Two: Chapter Two
Jonathan Swift’s satire following Lemuel Gulliver’s strange travels through odd lands.
Episode 5
Fran's village has been overrun by knotweed - but one neighbour remains unaffected.
Chapter 10
The landmark allegory about hypocrisy and corruption of power.
Episode 7 - Sunday
The final episode in Majella's week and she gets an indecent proposal or two down the pub
6: Exiting a Dream
The final story from DJ Nick Grimshaw on the highs and lows of his eventful life so far.
Episode Ten
We move on to a year after the wedding. Can 'The List' finally be put to rest for Ola?
Chapter 23
Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece about a young scientist’s quest to create new life.
4. The Wound
Back from his voyage, the narrator sees a sinister green hand at his window.
Dylan and Rowenna have to find a way to bridge the silence between them.
Chapter Four
Lewis Carroll’s curiouser and curiouser tale of a girl discovering a strange new world.
5: All Who Were Able For It
The final story in Sarah Moss's powerful and heart-breaking series set on a hospital ward.
Chapter 8
George Eliot’s heart-warming tour de force about a weaver’s search for redemption.
Sara Sheridan’s witty and intriguing new story concludes. Read by Elaine C Smith.
7. Days of Hope
Abi Morgan's memoir concludes as summer seas point to new hope and promises for her family
A Wonderful Catastrophe
How can we cope with the challenges of digital communication?
Episode 10
Stephen sloughs off the ties of his life in Ireland to pursue the life of an artist.
Part Three
Virginia Woolf’s comic biography of a time-travelling hero who transforms into a heroine.
Alice Munro - Too Much Happiness
Free Radicals
A newly widowed woman must look to the wife she replaced when a stranger threatens her.
Episode 8
Janet is about to join society but has firm ideas about what sort of woman she might be.
Episode Five: The Death of Jack
A life in five photographs. Original fiction series by Max Porter, read by Tim McInnerny.
10. Danger
Zoe is in danger of disappearing once more. Can her supposed murderer save the day?
Edith Wharton’s novella about a young man attempting to escape a loveless marriage.
Episode 5: Girolamo Aflame
After the chaotic spectacle of the Trial by Fire, tensions in Florence are at a peak.
10: The Scoresheet
Shocking revelations on the village green in the final story in a new series for Radio 4.
In this final episode will Maeve escape her small town to London?
Barack Obama Talks to David Olusoga
Former President Barack Obama is interviewed by historian and broadcaster David Olusoga.
Henry James’ chilling novella about a governess and two children on a haunted estate.
5: Still Lives with Paintbrushes
The next in a series of powerful stories taking inspiration from classic still life images
Dimple is armed with another plan, having been brought closer to her four half-siblings.
