(56 programmes available now on BBC iPlayer)
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A Game of Golf
The marital problems of two couples unravel on a golf course in Alan Ayckbourn's play.
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A Shadow of Doubt
Join us for the mystery of John 'Babbacombe' Lee. Did he murder his Torquay employer?
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Afternoon Play
Radio dramas which delight and surprise
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Afternoon Reading
Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers
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Ambridge Extra
Contemporary drama from the writers of 'The Archers'
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Ambridge Extra Omnibus
The week's events in Ambridge Extra
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Anne Bronte - Agnes Grey
A young woman dismays her family by choosing to earn her own living as a governess.
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BBC World Drama
Unique, challenging and innovative BBC radio drama with an international edge.
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Book at Bedtime
Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature
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Book of the Week
Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres
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Catch Me If You Can
The story of notorious conman Frank Abagnale Jr. Read by William Hope
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Classic Serial
Adaptations of works which have achieved classic status
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Curious, If True
Atmospheric tale from Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell
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Douglas Hill's The Blade of the Poisoner
Dramatisation of the fantasy novel
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Drama on 3
Series of drama performances, ranging from experiment works to the Classics
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Fantastic Journeys
Amazing sci-fi tales
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Five Stories by Margaret Drabble
... Margaret Drabble. Stories from the author's collected works.
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Great Meadow
Dirk Bogarde reads extracts from his book of childhood reminiscences
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Henry James - The Turn of the Screw
Are two children under an evil influence? Or is it in the imagination of their governess?
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Herge's The Adventures of Tintin
Adaptations of Herge's classic cartoon adventures
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James Follett's Ice
In Antarctica, geologist Glyn Sherwood makes a discovery about the polar ice caps.
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Junior Science
By Mick Jackson. Three strange tales in which children become involved in science
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Kathryn Stockett - The Help
A tale of African-American maids working in white households in 1960s Mississippi
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Kathryn Stockett - The Help Omnibus
A tale of African-American maids working in white households in 1960s Mississippi
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Les Kelly's Britain
Comedy. Les Kelly, host of a magazine show from hell, is a sound bite in human form
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Living with Mother
Four individual comedies about mothers and sons living together
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Love in the Mist
An unhappily married man takes another woman for a weekend away, in Alan Ayckbourn's play.
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Maigret
Georges Simenon's detective, Jules Maigret, uses his unique style to investigate crimes
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Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost
Classic short story from the famous Irish writer
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Planet B
Sci-fi drama set in the virtual world of a futuristic game
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Pulp Fiction
Readings of stories from the classic era of crime fiction
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Robert A Heinlein's Methuselah's Children
Robert A Heinlein's sci-fi novel about a group of families who can live for many centuries
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Rosemary Sutcliff - The Eagle of the Ninth
Historical adventure following the exploits of young Roman officer Marcus Flavius Aquila
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Saturday Play
The weekly play on Radio 4
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Spoonface Steinberg
An autistic girl comes to terms with her extraordinary life. Stars Becky Simpson.
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The Archers
Contemporary drama in a rural setting
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The Archers Omnibus
The week's events in Ambridge
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The Blackburn Files
Fine Time Fontayne stars as Stephen J Blackburn, ex-pitman turned private investigator
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The Fall of the House of Usher
Classic Gothic Horror. What is the power that the House has over the Usher Family?
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The Game's Afoot
Nick Utechin presents a selection of the detective's tales including The Red-Headed League
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Victor Hugo's gothic classic stars David Bower
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The Man in Black
A creepy raconteur, played by Mark Gatiss, introduces spooky tales
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The Nine Billion Names of God
Sci-fi short stories by Arthur C Clarke
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The Return of Inspector Steine
Comedy series by Lynne Truss, set in and around a Brighton police station in the 1950s
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The further adventures of the great detective, from the books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Stanley Baxter Playhouse
Series of comic plays starring Stanley Baxter
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The Tales of Max Carrados
Series of mystery stories featuring Ernest Bramah's blind detective Max Carrados
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The Wire
Showcase for works that push the boundaries of drama and narrative
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This Sceptred Isle
Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain, from the Roman invasion to the Boer War.
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To Serve Them All My Days
Adaptation of RF Delderfield's classic drama set between the two world wars
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Torchwood
Sci-fi adventures starring John Barrowman
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Undone
Writer-performer Ben Moor's comic sci-fi about the bizarre parallel city of Undone
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V I Warshawski
Sara Paretsky's Chicago private eye takes on the fat cats of America's corporations
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Voices from the Old Bailey
Amanda Vickery presents dramatised extracts from 18th-century Old Bailey court cases
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Woman's Hour Drama
Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations