Specially commissioned stories by outstanding writers to be performed by five actors who have reached 80.
The Saving of Albert Perks
One of our best-loved actors, Bernard Cribbins, will always be remembered for playing Albert Perks in the much-love
Read more…For some strange reason I didn't post series 5,
So here it is along with the final series.
SERIES 5
It's the 1990s and Brian Oldman is still in jail for a crime he didn't commit.
He found a man in jail able to prove his innocence - but that man was
Read more…Radio 4 Extra celebrates the 75th birthday of the actress Maureen Lipman as she takes the starring role in Bernard Kops’ tale of sadness amidst the glitter.
To escape from the cold realities of life in Maida Vale, Sandra lives in the fantasy world
Read more…These podcasts are only available in the Uk
The individual broadcasts may already be posted in the group. I confess I have not checked them out.
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Here's what Caroline Raphael Former Head of Radio Drama says about this.
30 April 2021
Well, it's this announcement. And as a former Head of Radio Drama I need to
say something. This is the first public acknowledgment in a very underhand
way, if you know
A two-part crime thriller inspired by everyday heroism of key workers during Covid.
Part 1: All Routes
On her first day as a bus controller, Marilyn faces severe disruption when a street protest turns violent. Liaising with emergency services and r
Read more…Rapacious Bishop Odo meets his match in Anglo-Saxon ex-queen, Edith. He wants her wealth: she wants to survive. Armed only with a needle, she leads a group of women in a bid to outwit their violent Norman oppressors. Her plan? To save her skin, an
Read more…Sweeney Todd and The String of Pearls
Rosalind Ayres directs a stellar cast in this masterly, rediscovered, horror-thriller. Joanne Whalley stars as Mrs Lovett and Martin Jarvis as barber Sweeney Todd with Rufus Sewell, Jonathan Cake, Julian Sands,
What has caused a ten-year-old boy to firebomb the home of his elderly, house-bound neighbour?
Child psychologist Vivienne McKay has never seen a case like it: the boy, Neville, is from an ordinary loving family and has never been in trouble before.
Read more…An original play by Stephen Sharkey , inspired by Daniel Defoe 's novel A Journal of the Plague Year.
Henry Foe , a milliner, decides against all advice to remain in London during the 1665 plague. Amid the devastation of the city he has to grapple
Read more…Lucy Caldwell has written a trilogy of plays looking at different ways families say ‘Goodbye’.
At Sea
Set in a near future where we find ourselves in a refugee camp in Berwick Upon Tweed filled with families fleeing from a Cholera torn London. We
Read more…A story like this doesn't fall into your lap every day. Livvy is a podcaster with a taste for conspiracy and a keen eye for injustice.
Her ex-boyfriend's gone missing on a gap year adventure. This is the story that will make her name. It's got every
Read more…A topical drama about how living in enforced isolation can lead to the forging of new relationships, and to the revitalisation of old ones.
It starts with a skinny slip of paper posted through Nina’s letter box: Dear Neighbour. My name is Max. I am
Read more…When devious Dennis Vyner's financial empire collapses, there's only one thing for it: disappear - and fast! He hits on an outrageously simple plan: to go on a luxury Scandinavian cruise, aided and abetted by his wife, Sylvia, and girlfriend, Julie
Read more…Clutter
Not long after their mother's death, sisters Maureen and Lesley are packing up their mother’s clothes to take to the charity shop.
It's a painful duty, with Maureen trying to control the worst of Lesley’s projectile lamenting. A man comes
Read more…In 10 parts from December 2020
By Charles Dickens
Kate Dickens tells the story of her father’s final and unfinished novel, a fast-moving thriller set in the cathedral town of Cloisterham.
Edwin visits his fiancé Rosa at Miss Twinkleton’s Academy, but
Read more…Wife and mother to a dynasty of kings, crusader, prisoner and formidable political operator, this is the story of the young Eleanor of Aquitaine. At 16 she has one ambition - to become the Duchess (and ruler) o the Aquitaine. But her father has other
Read more…Set in August 1912 in the Summer House of The Tyrones by the sea in Connecticut, the four main characters are considered to be the semi-autobiographical representations of O'Neill himself, his older brother, and their parents.
James Tyrone is a tig
Read more…Rodgers and Hart and Hammerstein
Drama on 3
By Sarah Wooley.
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein had one of the most famous musical partnerships of the 20th century – creating THE SOUND OF MUSIC and OKLAHOMA! But before Rodgers and Hammerstein, the
Read more…Various authors
2004
1 - Repeat After Me
By Sheila Goff
Maureen, a bored ex-pat who lives in Spain, fills her time interacting with the voice of a teach-yourself-Spanish tape.
With Barbara Windsor, Jacey Salles, and Bruno Lastra.
Producer
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