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Episodes categorised as 'Drama: Classic & Period' available now on BBC iPlayer

(24 programmes)

  1. The Phantom of the Opera Episode 3

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    Available since yesterday from Radio 7 with 6 days left.

    3/4. Christine faces grave danger. A mysterious figure offers aid. Can he be trusted?

  2. Afternoon Reading Bright Young Things, Bernice Bobs Her Hair

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    Available since yesterday from Radio 4 with 6 days left.

    3/3. By F Scott Fitzgerald. Bernice becomes a 'society vampire' after guidance from her cousin.

  3. Charles Dickens' The Chimes

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    Available since yesterday from Radio 7 with 7 days left.

    One New Year's Eve, the humble Trotty Veck learns the importance of love and hope.

  4. The Turn of the Screw

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    Available since Wednesday from BBC One with 5 days left.

    Drama studying the interactions between the living and the dead.

  5. The Phantom of the Opera Episode 2

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    2/4. Christine Daae has disappeared. Is she with the mysterious Angel of Music?

  6. Afternoon Reading Bright Young Things, The Garden Party

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    Available since Wednesday from Radio 4 with 5 days left.

    2/3. By Katherine Mansfield. A lavish party is jeopardised when a workman meets a tragic end.

  7. Emma Episode 4

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    Available since Wednesday from BBC One with 5 days left.

    4/4. After a disastrous day on Box Hill, everyone is forced to face up to matters of the heart.

  8. Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen

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    Available since Wednesday from Radio 7 with 6 days left.

    Gerda sets out to find her playmate Kay who's been seduced away to a faraway ice palace.

  9. Enid

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    Available since Tuesday from BBC Four with 5 days left.

    Surprising and illuminating drama about the life of children's storyteller Enid Blyton.

  10. The Phantom of the Opera Episode 1

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    Available since Tuesday from Radio 7 with 4 days left.

    1/4. Tragedy strikes at the Opera House - home to a fabled ghost. With Anna Massey.

  11. Afternoon Reading Bright Young Things, Jeeves and the Yuletide Sprit

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    Available since Tuesday from Radio 4 with 4 days left.

    1/3. By PG Wodehouse. An unexpected invitation throws Jeeves's yuletide plans into disarray.

  12. Emma Episode 3

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    Available since Sunday from BBC One with 4 days left.

    3/4. Emma insists her matchmaking career is over - but is it possible that she is in love?

  13. The Hound of the Baskervilles Death on the Moor

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    Available since Tuesday from Radio 7 with 5 days left.

    2/2. Can the sleuth finally solve the deathly mystery of the hound from hell? Stars Roger Rees.

  14. Afternoon Play McLevy - Series 6, End of the Line

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    Available since Monday from Radio 4 with 3 days left.

    2/4. Two ladies discover the body of a drunken Italian aristocrat on Waverley station.

  15. Emma Episode 2

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    Available since Monday from BBC One with 3 days left.

    2/4. Emma hopes to meet the mysterious, elusive Frank Churchill at a village Christmas party.

  16. The Hound of the Baskervilles The Baskerville Curse

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    Available since Monday from Radio 7 with 4 days left.

    1/2. Is a Dartmoor legend really bringing death to all who bear an ancient name?

  17. Cranford: Under the Bonnet

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    Available since Sunday from BBC Four with 3 days left.

    Simon Woods goes behind the scenes to explore the success of Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford.

  18. Cranford Series 2, Episode 2

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    Available since Sunday from BBC One with 6 days left.

    2/2. Defying his father, William finds a job with Captain Brown working on the railway.

  19. Drama on 3 Your Only Man

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    Available since Sunday with 2 days left.

    A play imagining what might have happened if the author Brian O'Nolan's two alter egos met

  20. Classic Serial Matilda, Episode 2

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    Available since Sunday from Radio 4 with 8 days left.

    2/2. Matilda is determined to save the school from the vicious grip of Miss Trunchbull.

  21. Emma Episode 1

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    Available since Sunday from BBC One with 2 days left.

    1/4. Emma persuades Harriet that she is too good for her suitor, the farmer Robert Martin.

  22. Hamlet

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    Available since Saturday from BBC Two with 1 day left.

    The Royal Shakespeare Company's modern-dress production of Shakespeare's great play.

  23. Book at Bedtime The Ingoldsby Legends, A Singular Passage, Part 2

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    Available since last Friday from Radio 4 with 10 hours left.

    10/10. A young woman is tormented by two men bent on exploring the dark arts.

  24. Cranford Series 2, Episode 1

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    Available since Sun, 20 Dec 2009 from BBC One with 6 days left.

    1/2. Miss Matty becomes concerned about an isolated youngster as Mr Buxton returns to town.

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