Drama A to Z

Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations

Join us for the mystery of John 'Babbacombe' Lee. Did he murder his Torquay employer?

Radio dramas which delight and surprise

Unexpected adventure awaits Roland, Helen, David and Nicholas Watson in a derelict church.

Anton Lesser reads Aldous Huxley's nightmare vision of the future

Contemporary drama from the writers of 'The Archers'

When a mysterious object appears in the solar system, SV Endeavour's crew investigate.

Baroness Orczy's sleuth takes on another case while sitting at his table in a tea shop

Unique, challenging and innovative BBC radio drama with an international edge.

Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature

Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres

Adaptations of the classic short stories by Ray Bradbury

Short stories by Muriel Spark

Adaptations of works which have achieved classic status

Ambrose is a hero to his young ward Philip, but that changes when he meets Philip's cousin

Dramas and a documentary to celebrate the birthday of the British playwright and author

Dramatisations of the classic 1950s TV series featuring London policeman George Dixon

Series of drama performances, ranging from experiment works to the Classics

Classic Gothic horror. What is the power that the House has over the Usher Family?

Adaptations of the author's less well-known tales

Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's famous clerical sleuth

Series of horror and suspense tales, hosted by the Man in Black

Series in which writers create a fictional response to the week's news

John Hurt narrates Flaubert's infamous novel

Selected short stories by award-winning author Helen Simpson

Penniless businessman Mr Bedford meets the brilliant Cavor, a scientist with a dream.

Therapist Martha encourages her clients to sip at the well of self-examination

The novel by James Fenimore Cooper, written in 1826 and set in the Seven Years' War

Award-winning nvoel set in the Judean desert, 2000 years ago. Read by Sara Kestelman

John Wyndham's classic science-fiction tale

Kathryn Stockett's tale of African-American maids in white households in 1960s Mississippi

Working-class 19-year-old William Fisher spends his time indulging in fantasies

Comedy. Les Kelly, host of a magazine show from hell, is a sound bite in human form

Five tales from the prolific short story author

A mild and conventional assistant postmaster has an obsession with the great writer

Series of plays by Nick Warburton, set in an idiosyncratic restaurant in the Fens

Sci-fi drama set in the virtual world of a futuristic game

Another case for Agatha Christie's immortal detective, Hercule Poirot

Radio 4 drama

A solicitor attends a client's funeral and comes across a mysterious figure

Essential drama from the heart of the country.

The week's events in Ambridge

A creepy raconteur, played by Mark Gatiss, introduces spooky tales

By Andrew McGibbon. English master Dr Henry Pickerskill looks back on his favourite pupils

A journey exploring the man Eric Blair and the writer George Orwell

Original stories by unpublished writers

Two sisters, one lover and a haunting tale; The White Lady is a new show.

Writer-performer Ben Moor's comic sci-fi about the bizarre parallel city of Undone

Amanda Vickery presents dramatised extracts from 18th-century Old Bailey court cases

A dying policeman recalls how a gruesome murder many years before changed his life forever

A sequence of classical music mixed with well-loved and less familiar poems and prose

Cyfres ddychanol newydd gan John Pierce Jones. Satirical drama by John Pierce Jones.