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Drama: Classic & Period (38 programmes)

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  1. Garrow's Law: Tales from the Old Bailey Episode 2

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    Available since yesterday from BBC One with 20 days left.

    2/4. Garrow, now a celebrated Old Bailey barrister, defends the case of the infamous Monster.

  2. Drama on 3 The Promise

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    Available since yesterday from Radio 3 with 6 days left.

    Aleksei Arbuzov's classic Soviet play set during the siege of Leningrad.

  3. Classic Serial Bel Ami, Episode 2

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    Available since yesterday from Radio 4 with 6 days left.

    2/2. Will Bel Ami's first wife and mistress' knowledge of his past threaten his future?

  4. The Merchant of Venice

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    Available since Friday from BBC Two with 6 days left.

    A Jewish moneylender seeks to forfeit a literal pound of flesh from his Christian nemesis.

  5. Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist Pickpocket!

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    Available since Saturday from Radio 7 with 5 days left.

    2/6. The Artful Dodger introduces Oliver to Fagin, who offers an unusual apprenticeship.

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