A moment of reprieve. Nobody knows you. No one owns you. You're on day release.
Lenny Henry plays double murderer Frank Watt, who is getting ready to face life on the outside after 30 years in prison. He's looking forward to getting out, but thing
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A five-part vintage crime drama about a mysterious death on an ocean liner.
Aboard the Carthena, on its way from Sydney to Southampton, a passenger walks on the dark deck, unaware his death is only seconds away. It's a death which will set in moti
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A long weekend in Liverpool, one murder and four stunning dramas
A fantastic four-part series, this story of interwoven lives is set in Liverpool over a long weekend, created in collaboration by four Liverpudlian writers. In each of the stories th
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A taut new thriller exploring espionage, power, and mystery at Europe’s northern edge.
Set against the stark beauty of the Åland archipelago – a demilitarised Finnish territory where Swedish is the official language and Russia still watches from a
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Eight episodes of the vintage BBC Radio comedy starring Ronnie Barker
Created by Ronnie Barker and producer John Fawcett Wilson, Lines From My Grandfather’s Forehead ran for two series on BBC Radio 4 from 1971-72, winning a Writers' Guild Award f
When a Martian spacecraft lands on Woking Common, mankind is terrorised by aliens in tall, armoured capsules which stalk the countryside on three legs. The machines wreak havoc on London and the Southern Counties, and survivors are driven undergro
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Three BBC radio dramatisations of Ellis Peters' much-loved medieval murder mysteries featuring monk-cum-sleuth Brother Cadfael.
A onetime Crusader turned Benedictine monk, Brother Cadfael is a most unusual detective. Living a quiet life as a monas
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Paul Rhys, Miranda Richardson and Carl Prekopp star in this major six-part BBC Radio Classic Serial based on the writings of Mervyn Peake and Maeve Gilmore.
The life and times of Titus Groan, 77th Earl of Gormenghast - a vast stronghold of crumbli
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BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations of the crime novels of Qiu Xiaolong, set in Shanghai. Starring Jamie Zubairi as Chief Inspector Chen Cao, an astute young policeman with twin passions for food and poetry.
Through thrilling crime drama, these ni
Three full-cast dramas by popular crime writer Peter Lovesey, plus a selection of short stories recorded for radio
Peter Lovesey is well known for his murder mysteries featuring Victorian policeman Sergeant Cribb, Bath detective Peter Diamond and
The Waxwork by AM Burrage
In a reprise of the director's celebrated series from beyond the grave, convincing effigies become all too real.
Sredni Vashtar by Saki
Living with his cruel aunt, young Conradin worships a fierce polecat ferret which
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Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was an English director who is considered one of the most influential figures in cinema history. His career spanned over 50 years and included directing more than 50 films, some of which are still studied and watched to
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Fifteen of the finest works by the world-renowned playwright, as heard on BBC radio.
George Bernard Shaw - or Bernard Shaw, as he preferred to be known - was one of Ireland's foremost dramatists and thinkers. His plays range from contemporary sati
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London in the 1920s. Sitting in the corner of a branch of the (long defunct) ABC Tea Rooms sits a shabbily dressed old man, who looks more like a tramp. He sits nursing a single cup of tea and possibly a doughnut. At the start of each episode it s
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Seven BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of P. D. James' acclaimed mysteries, plus P. D. James in Her Own Words.
This collection includes:
Cover Her Face
P. D. James' debut novel, introducing her famous detective Adam Dalgliesh. Starring Robin E
Read more…Hercule Poirot’s Christmas – By Agatha Christie, dramatised by Michael Bakewell
With Peter Sallis as Hercule Poirot, Simeon Lee is a monster to all around him and especially his family – but someone has planned to seek revenge on this particular Ch
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BBC radio productions of the finest works of Wilkie Collins: sensation novelist, early master of the mystery story and pioneer of detective fiction.
Wilkie Collins was one of Victorian England's best-loved and best-selling authors, and a crime-fi
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BBC Radio drama adaptations of two action-packed adventures by James Fenimore Cooper.
A founding father of American literature, James Fenimore Cooper was one of America's first professional novelists, and a pioneer of the Western and the histori
The System – A witty six-part thriller about a group of young radicals and the hunt for their leader by Ben Lewis. Starring Siena Kelly, Jack Rowan and Iain de Caestecker.
The House That Vanished – the true story of one man’s struggle to find out
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15 Minute Drama, previously known as Woman's Hour Drama, was a BBC Radio 4 Arts and Drama production strand that was broadcast between 1998 and 2021. It consisted of 15-minute episodes, broadcast every weekday 10:45–11:00 am, repeated at 7:45–8:00
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