43 Years in the Third Form
5 x 15 Minute Dramas
A celebration of the great girls' comics from the 50s to the 80s, by Jane Purcell.
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Abridged by Richard Hamilton
The stories in this collection were written between 1938 and 1950. They capture the mood and atmosphere of the times, and the lot of women in mid twentieth century England. Sylvia Townsend Warner is less well known tod
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Rape: that is how Josef Bossowski sees the destruction of St Stephen's Church.
It's too late to save the building, but what about the bell?
Cast:
Josef Bossowski.........Freddie Jones
Alex.........Emma Gregory
DS Daly.........Mic
Horatio Bottomley is something of what would nowadays be called a 'wide-boy'. But, in the jingoistic atmosphere of World War I Britain, he found himself raised up as a super-patriot, even reaching Parliament as a member.
Even for lucky Horatio,
Read more…Rob Gittins' drama is based on the true story of Operation Julie, the biggest drug bust in British history.
In the 1970s a large proportion of the world’s LSD supply was coming from the wilds of West Wales. Based on true events, this is the story
Read more…By BAFTA-winning writer, Donna Franceschild.
Cal's about to turn eighteen and he's sleeping rough. Ziggy keeps setting fire to his hotel. And Gino, the local chip shop owner, wants to help everyone. Everyone except his wife, that is.
A gentle co
Read more…A poignant comedy with music.
Eric Strapp is on the run, but he's innocent of any crime.
Cast:
Eric Strapp.........George Cole
Bottles Doone.........Stratford Johns
Bosher Doone.........Iwan Thomas
Lavenderia Frumpton.........Rachel Atkins
Dori
Read more…Dramatised by Ed Harris.
In a fictional, bureaucratic wonderland, a hapless land-surveyor known only as K is summoned to work at the mysterious Castle, and quickly finds himself drawn into a labyrinth of terror and absurdity.
Cast:
`K'.........
Read more…2 episodes 60 minutes | 128/44 | 24 Apr 2011 |LINK
Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities - 'a noisy, vital, impertinent social satire full of zest and high spirits' - was published in 1838 to great acclaim and introduced Dickens to the style of bold comic
Read more…Adapted by Sean Grundy.
Beasts on the Lawn is a collection of Edwardian short stories by Saki (H.H Munro) recycled and restaged in a modern day gated community for the far too wealthy for their own good. The tales are woven together by the charac
Read more…The American Senator By Anthony Trollope
Dramatised by Martyn Wade
3 Episode 60 minutes | 128/44 | 21 Aug 2011
Anthony Trollope..........Robert Glenister
Arabella Trefoil.............Anna Maxwell Martin
Lady Augustus.............Barbara Flynn
J
Royce Ryton
Adapted for radio by Alison Plowden
The action of the play takes place in the hall of a small shooting lodge in Poland called Spala. A pleasant retreat for Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia, and his wife and children. It is October 1912 an
Read more…David Williamson
Adapted by Frank Zeppel
“The Club” Explores the relationships amongst the committee members who run an Australian Rules football club.
Cast:
Gerry.........Peter Carroll
Ted.........Peter Whitford
Laurie.........John Ewett
Dann
Read more…3 episodes 58 minutes each 128/44
Gulliver's Travels Episode 1 of 3
Gulliver is shipwrecked on the Island of Lilliput where the natives are tiny people living in a miniature society. With his unique overview of this realm, Gulliver discovers a world
Read more…Here's a real classic for you.
6 Episodes 60 minutes | 128/44 | 28 Nov 2010 | LINK
Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of Robert Graves' scandalous histories of Roman political vice.
Specially composed music by David Pickvance.
Directed by Jonquil Panting.
90 minutes | 128/44
Reunited with the Psammead, the children head back in time to solve the mystery of an ancient lucky charm. Stars Clive Francis.
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Read more…90 minutes | 128/44 | 12 Feb 2012
A Man's World is a compelling new drama following the lives of four violent male offenders thrown together on a six-month rehabilitation course. If they pass, they get a community service order. If they fail, they h
Read more…24 Jul 2011 | 90 minutes | 128/44
Sir Oliver Lodge is a strange and forgotten figure from the Edwardian era: an Establishment scientist, the unacknowledged inventor of the wireless before Marconi, a dabbler in psychic phenomena, the friend of Sir Ar
Read more…2 Episodes 58 minutes each | 128/44 | 22,29 Jan 2012
James Fenimore Cooper's tale of espionage and divided loyalties during the American War of Independence
Episode One
New York State, 1778. Henry Wharton, a young soldier for the British in the
Read more…Contains Language which may offend.
After a lifetime of waiting, Charles ascends the throne. A future of power. But how to rule?
Cast:
Charles.........Tim Pigott-Smith
Camilla.........Margot Leicester
William.........Oliver Chris
Kate.........L
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