Saturday Drama Episode guide
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Dover and the Claret Tappers
Comedy thriller by Joyce Porter about the kidnap of a police officer.
First broadcast: 06 Oct 2007
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Feluda: The Mystery of the Elephant God
Satyajit Ray's Bengali detective Feluda investigates the theft of a statuette of Ganesh.
First broadcast: 29 Sep 2007
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The Great Chocolate Murders
By John Fletcher. Why are people falling ill all over 19th-century Brighton?
First broadcast: 22 Sep 2007
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That Man Attlee
By Robin Glendinning. On the day of the 1945 General Election Labour are expecting to lose
First broadcast: 15 Sep 2007
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The Living and the Dead
Adrian Bean's dramatisation of the novel that inspired Hitchcock's Vertigo.
First broadcast: 08 Sep 2007
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Our Man in Jamaica
By Marcy Kahan. Noel Coward's neighbour Ian Fleming wants him to resume his work as a spy.
First broadcast: 01 Sep 2007
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Death at the Desert Inn
By Marcy Kahan. Noel Coward sets off on an unexpected posthumous career as a detective.
First broadcast: 25 Aug 2007
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If I Should Go Away
Owen Sheers's play reveals how casualties of war are emotional as much as physical.
First broadcast: 18 Aug 2007
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India and Pakistan '07: Husud
Samina Baig's tale of sibling rivalry, jealousy, forbidden passion and murder.
First broadcast: 11 Aug 2007
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India and Pakistan '07: Feluda the Golden Fortress
An adventure for Satyajit Ray's famous Bengali sleuth Feluda, specially recorded in Mumbai
First broadcast: 04 Aug 2007
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Pass the Parcel
Melissa Murray's romantic drama about two people who meet at a genealogy course.
First broadcast: 28 Jul 2007
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The Shocking Tale of Margaret Seddon
John Fletcher's Edwardian murder story is based on real events.
First broadcast: 21 Jul 2007
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Called to Account
Drama based on a play about Tony Blair's handling of Iraq by The Tricycle Theatre.
First broadcast: 14 Jul 2007
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Avoid London...Area closed...Turn on Radio
Mike Walker's drama focuses on how a family coped with the terrible events of 7/7.
First broadcast: 07 Jul 2007
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Arcadia
Tom Stoppard's acclaimed comedy, set in the early 19th and late 20th centuries.
First broadcast: 30 Jun 2007
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Humble Boy
Award-winning comic drama by Charlotte Jones, adapted for radio by Steven Canny.
First broadcast: 23 Jun 2007
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Breaking the Silence
Stephen Poliakoff's modern classic, set in post-revolutionary Russia.
First broadcast: 16 Jun 2007
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Insignificance
Terry Johnson's story of an extraordinary confrontation in a New York hotel room in 1953.
First broadcast: 09 Jun 2007
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The Windsor Jewels
Robin Glendinning's comedy based on the disappearance of Wallis Simpson's jewels in 1946.
First broadcast: 02 Jun 2007
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The Birds
Melissa Murray's dramatisation of Daphne Du Maurier's classic horror story.
First broadcast: 26 May 2007
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Twice Brightly
Harry Secombe's son dramatises his father's brilliantly funny novel of postwar Britain.
First broadcast: 19 May 2007
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The Servant
Robin Maugham's sinister tale of a lawyer dominated by a servant. Adapted by Ronald Frame.
First broadcast: 12 May 2007
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Haunted Hospital
Haunted Hospital: Ghost story set in a Rochdale hospital featuring two parallel storylines
First broadcast: 05 May 2007
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One Man on a Stage
One Man on a Stage: Comedy by Judith French, based on Jerome K Jerome's theatrical memoir.
First broadcast: 28 Apr 2007
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A Voyage round My Father
A Voyage round My Father: John Mortimer's touching memoir of his early life and career.
First broadcast: 21 Apr 2007
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Scam
Scam, by John Arden. Cressida faces a challenge when a dubious email lands in her inbox.
First broadcast: 14 Apr 2007
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The Falklands Play
Ian Curteis's dramatisation of how the Thatcher government went to war in 1982.
First broadcast: 07 Apr 2007
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Dr Freud Will See you Now Mr Hitler
Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran's play postulates an imaginary but historic meeting.
First broadcast: 31 Mar 2007
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Slavery: The Making Of
A group of actors and a producer grapple with re-enacting stories about the slave trade.
First broadcast: 24 Mar 2007
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Wanted Someone Innocent
A woman is offered a job by an old schoolfriend.
First broadcast: 17 Mar 2007
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss.