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Radio dramas which delight and surprise

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coming up (10)
Previous programmes:
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by year (650)

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    Number 10 A Failed State

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    Available since Friday with 5 days left.

    4/5. The PM becomes embroiled in a housing issue involving a Somalian single mother.

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    1. Headliner

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      Available since Thursday with 4 days left.

      By Neil Brand. An up-and-coming stand-up comedienne is befriended by a US comedy legend.

    2. A Dangerous Thing

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      Available since Wednesday with 3 days left.

      By John Sessions. The friendship of the 18th-century satirists Pope and Swift is tested.

    3. Right Place, Wrong Time

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      Available since Tuesday with 2 days left.

      The photo-fit of a crime suspect is the spitting image of Alan, a travelling salesman.

    4. Grey Expectations

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      Available since Monday with 1 day left.

      By Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. Graham Slater has 200 billion pounds to get rid of.

Coming up

Tomorrow, 14:15 on Radio 4 FM

Three community writing groups perform their own short plays.

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