On Radio 4 Now

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes

01:00 - 05:20

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.

  1. BBC Radio 4
  2. Programmes
  3. Woman's Hour Drama

Woman's Hour Drama

Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations

Programmes:
on BBC iPlayer (5)
clips (4)
coming up (12)
Previous programmes:
by series (216)
by year (1332)

Available now on BBC iPlayer

  1. Listen to the latest programme

    Dickens in London The Uncommercial Traveller

    More:
    programme information
    clips

    Listen now (15 minutes)

    Available since yesterday with 7 days left.

    4/5. Dickens has achieved success, but he walks the streets at night because he cannot sleep.

  2. Also available

    1. Dickens in London The Sparkler of Albion

      More:
      programme information
      clips

      Listen now (15 minutes)

      Available since Wednesday with 6 days left.

      3/5. Dickens spends an evening on a tour of duty in London's East End with Inspector Field.

    2. Dickens in London Boz

      More:
      programme information
      clips

      Listen now (15 minutes)

      Available since Tuesday with 5 days left.

      2/5. The young Charles Dickens is working as a parliamentary reporter, but longs to be a writer

    3. Dickens in London A Not-Overly-Particularly-Taken-Care-of Boy

      More:
      programme information
      related links
      clips

      Listen now (15 minutes)

      Available since Monday with 4 days left.

      1/5. An eight-year-old Charles visits London in the care of his uncle.

    4. The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 3 Episode 5

      More:
      programme information

      Listen now (15 minutes)

      Available since last Friday with 18 hours left.

      5/5. Samuel's brother Tom is in love and hoping to marry - but he has exaggerated his income.

Coming up

Today, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Dickens in London The Inimitable

5/5. Dickens is an old man now. His aching feet draw him irresistibly towards London's East End

See all 12 programmes coming up.

Buzz about this programme

Discussion on Blogs

  1. Dickens in London: a "Magic Lantern spectacle"
  2. Three Women Across the Century

Links are found automatically and then selected for relevancy. Find out more or report a problem.

See all buzz for Woman's Hour Drama

More from BBC Radio 4

Genre:

bbc.co.uk navigation

BBC © 2012

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.