(49 programmes available now on BBC iPlayer)
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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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Accrington Stanley
Bernard Cribbins tells the tale of a one-legged wheeler-dealer from Lancashire.
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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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At the Mountains of Madness
HP Lovecraft's tale of terror read by Richard Coyle, set high in the Antarctic
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BBC World Drama
Unique, challenging and innovative BBC radio drama with an international edge.
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Blaze
William Hope reads Stephen King's 'lost' thriller
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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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Charlotte Bronte - The Professor
Dramatisation of Charlotte Bronte's novel about a professor at an all-girl's school
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Classic Serial
Adaptations of works which have achieved classic status
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Colin Dexter Short Stories
Readings of short stories by Colin Dexter
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CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers
Adaptations of the author's epic tales of the English Establishment.
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Curious, If True
Atmospheric tale from Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell
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David Edgar - Mary Barnes
A woman struggles with her own madness until she meets a pioneering psychiatrist.
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Defining Moments
Series of stories about life-changing events from five emerging Irish writers
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Doctor Who
Time-travelling adventure series
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Drama on 3
Series of drama performances, ranging from experiment works to the Classics
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Elizabeth Gaskell - Ruth
A pretty orphan is apprenticed to a dressmaker
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Faust
Martin Jenkin's fable adaptation of a man selling his soul to the Devil. Stars Mark Gatiss
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Faust Omnibus
The evil supremo meets Dr Faustus. Martin Jenkins' adaptation of a man selling his soul.
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Hercule Poirot - Five Little Pigs
Tackling a murder mystery after 16 years, the Belgian sleuth has five suspects.
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Herge's The Adventures of Tintin
Adaptations of Herge's classic cartoon adventures
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Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim
Comic novel of academic life, following the misfortunes of junior lecturer Jim Dixon
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Martin Sorrell - The Cuban Heel
A maverick bus driver starts to annoy passengers on an over-heated tourist bus in Spain.
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Petrella
Detective stories by Michael Gilbert
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Planet B
Sci-fi drama set in the virtual world of a futuristic game
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Rebus: Resurrection Men
More adventures with Ian Rankin's Scottish sleuth
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Saturday Play
The weekly play on Radio 4
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Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow
A set of mystery disappearances present the great detective with a gruesome riddle
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Short Stories by John Mortimer
Readings of stories by the English barrister and author
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Stephen Baxter - Voyage
An alternative history of the US space programme
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Stories from Earth Music Bristol
Stories inspired by the themes of the Earth Music Bristol
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Stories of Ray Bradbury
Short stories from the celebrated science fiction writer. Read by Sean Barrett
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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 Birds
Daphne du Maurier's classic chiller, read by Charlie Barnecut
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The Bugatti Queen
Miranda Seymour's biography of Helene Delangle, who became a racing driver in 1930s France
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The Little World of Don Camillo
Drama about the rivalry between a communist mayor and a priest in a postwar Italian town
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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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This Sceptred Isle
Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain, from the Roman invasion to the Boer War.
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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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Voices from the Old Bailey
Amanda Vickery presents dramatised extracts from 18th-century Old Bailey court cases
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Weird Tales
Series of chilling and intimate plays
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Woman's Hour Drama
Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations