Four writers each celebrate a single, readily available sensual experience that gives them intense pleasure.
Five 0 'Clock in the Afternoon
By Timberlake Wertenbaker
"It started in childhood with the late sun drying the sea off my back, the prickl
Read more…Be advised these dramas contain sexual references and language that may offend.
The return of the saga that weaves fiction with real characters from history to follow the fortunes of the Oldman family - from small-time business and petty crime to
Read more…Set in 1930s London, Harriet must battle Ada, the new nanny, for the love of her young daughter.
ADA: When it comes to whose child, Flora might decide. Who she cleaves to. Whose bed she chooses in the middle of the night. Who she loves.
HARRIET:
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John Steinbeck's story set against the backdrop of America's Great Depression, following a family of Oklahoma farmers heading west in search of work. Dramatised by Donna Franceschild.
Cast:
Tom.........Robert Sheehan
Preacher Casy.........Zubin Varl
Read more…By Sophie Radice, Adapted for radio by Charlotte Jones.
A mother fears that a child parenting expert is endangering his own seven-year-old son, Henry, by testing out his theories of early independence on him.
When Anna finds a boy alone and baref
Read more…By Kate Summerscale, based on a true story, abridged by Katrin Williams.
"The judges were presented with a singular case on Monday 14 June, a month after they had heard their first divorce suit. Henry Oliver Robinson, a civil engineer, was petitio
Read more…By Oscar Wilde
Social outsider Mrs Erlynne and respectable Lord Windermere share a secret; many suspect them of having an affair. When Lord Windermere is confronted by his young wife Margaret, he denies it, but she remains unconvinced, and decides
Read more…By Anthony Burgess, adapted for radio by Anjum Malik.
The story of Napoleon's climb to power in the early years of the French Revolution, set against his tumultuous relationship with Joséphine.
Cast:
Napoleon.........Toby Jones
Josephine.........Je
Read more…Two girls are involved in a peculiar educational experiment to create the perfect wife during the 18th century, which is carried out by the philanthropist and intellectual Thomas Day.
Drama, based on true events.
Cast:
James Keir.......Rory Br
Read more…Jane Thornton's story, inspired by real events, about how far a father is prepared to go to make his child happy.
When Dan and Lori adopted Amber as a baby, Dan knew he'd never stop loving her. Now he's pulling out all the stops for her 18th bir
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Harry Starks, club owner, racketeer and porn king, is trying to jump the queue into legitimacy. This swinging sixties novel reveals the seedier side of London where the low life met the high life in the city's dark underbelly.
Craft
By Guy Meredith.
Disillusioned with the world of art, Adam Bax decides to embark on a little nefarious infamy.
Cast:
Bax.........Norman Rodway
Robert.........Geoffrey Collins
Quartermain.........James Grout
Tessa.........Carole Boyd
Consta
Read more…The Oresteia: Agamemnon
Aeschylus’s tragic trilogy about a family that cannot escape its own vicious cycle of bloodshed opens with Agamemnon in a new version by playwright Simon Scardifield.
The eponymous hero — or villain, depending upon which side
Read more…Most famous for his Hornblower series, Forester wrote three seminal psychological thrillers at the start of his career that took crime writing in a new direction, portraying ordinary, desperate people committing monstrous acts.
In Payment Deferred,
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Thinking Machines
Georgina Ferry presents part one of the correspondence of Ada Lovelace, dramatized by an all-star cast. Uninterested in Ada the feminist icon or crazy fantasist, she reveals the intense inner world of a
Read more…The Gifts of war: Worlds collide over a birthday present in this 1970 entry from the author's collected stories. Read by Julia Ford and Kirsty Oswald.
A Success Story: A night out leaves playwright Kathie Jones contemplating relationships and su
Read more…James Purefoy stars as Sir Percy Blakeney in Jonathan Holloway's new adaptation of Baroness Orczy's classic tale, set in the French Revolution.
Holloway's political interpretation is brought to life by an ensemble cast includi
Graham Greene’s masterful tale of suspense. When Edgar Dominguez is sent to England on a mission to arrange a supply of coal for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War it seems a straightforward business negotiation; but no sooner does he set foot
During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the ‘whisky priest’, is on the run. With the police closing in, his routes of escape are being shut off, his chances getting fewer. But compassion and humanity force him along th
