Drama A to Z

  1. 15 Minute Drama

    Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations

  2. A Shadow of Doubt

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

  3. Afternoon Drama

    Radio dramas which delight and surprise

  4. Afternoon Reading

    Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

  5. Ambridge Extra

    Contemporary drama from the writers of 'The Archers'

  6. Barbara Pym - Jane and Prudence

    Omnibus. Barbara Pym's delightful comedy of rural relationships stars Emma Fielding

  7. Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective

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

  8. BBC World Drama

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

  9. Ben Moor - Undone

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

  10. Book at Bedtime

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

  11. Book of the Week

    Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres

  12. Brave New Worlds

    A selection of science fiction stories by famous authors

  13. Classic Serial

    Adaptations of works which have achieved classic status

  14. Dangerous Visions

    A season of dramas that explore contemporary takes on future dystopias

  15. Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe

    Dramatisation of Daniel Defoe's castaway classic stars Roy Marsden

  16. DH Lawrence - Daughters of the Vicar

    Impoverished sisters struggle to choose lives governed either by emotion or intellect.

  17. DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer

    Detective Inspector Cromwell and Mother Helen try to solve the murder mystery

  18. Drama ar Radio Cymru

    Cyfres o ddramâu ar BBC Radio Cymru. A series of dramas on BBC Radio Cymru.

  19. Drama on 3

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

  20. Dreaming the City

    Writers collaborate with documentary-makers to uncover the unsaid obsessions of city life

  21. Fay Weldon Stories

    Short stories written by the English author Fay Weldon

  22. Fear on Four

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

  23. Four Bare Legs in a Bed

    Short stories by Helen Simpson

  24. From Fact to Fiction

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

  25. George Eliot - Middlemarch

    George Eliot's classic novel, dramatised by Judith Adams

  26. George Gissing - New Grub Street

    Tale of a group of Victorian writers' struggles with integrity and poverty

  27. Ian Rankin - The Third Gentleman

    The Edinburgh sleuth is forced to investigate a series of ritualistic wine-cellar murders.

  28. Ian Rankin: Rebus

    Adaptations of Rankin's novels and short stories about his famous Edinburgh detective

  29. Irène Némirovsky - The Dogs and the Wolves

    Ada grows up in the poor Jewish pogroms of Ukraine, where fate, finance and love collide.

  30. Jenny Stephens - Project Archangel

    Jenny Stephens' sequel to Project Raphael starring Dan Hagley

  31. Julia Blackburn - The Need for Nonsense

    The sad, contradictory tale of Edward Lear, famed Victorian artist and scribe.

  32. Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders

    Comedy drama series set in a Cambridge college

  33. Mary Norton - The Borrowers

    Adaptation of the children's classic following the adventures of the tiny Clock family

  34. Midsummer Tales

    Short stories exploring the magical light and white nights of far northern summers

  35. New American Shorts

    A series of newly-published stories that examine contemporary life across the water

  36. Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case

    Peter Coke stars as the debonair sleuth

  37. Philip K Dick - Of Withered Apples

    As a beautiful woman picks its last apple, a dying ancient tree is determined to survive.

  38. Planet B

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

  39. Plantagenet

    Series of plays by Mike Walker about the early years of the Plantagenet dynasty

  40. Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind

    Strange people are found on a remote Scottish island. With Peter Cushing and Vincent Price

  41. Saturday Drama

    Radio 4 drama

  42. Sheridan Le Fanu - Carmilla

    Living in a castle in Austria, lonely Laura is captivated by a beautiful visitor.

  43. Terry Pratchett - Small Gods

    Dramatisation of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel

  44. The Archers

    Essential drama from the heart of the country.

  45. The Archers Omnibus

    The week's events in Ambridge

  46. The Little World of Don Camillo

    Drama about the rivalry between a communist mayor and a priest in a postwar Italian town

  47. The Man in Black

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

  48. The Real George Orwell

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

  49. The White Lady

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

  50. Voices from the Old Bailey

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

  51. Why, Robot?

    Series of stories inspired by Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics

  52. William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach

    Fiona Shaw reads from the award-winning novel

  53. William Golding - Lord of the Flies

    William Golding's classic story about a group of boys plane-wrecked on a deserted island

  54. Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

    Adapted from the novel by Dorothy L Sayers, with her famous sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey

  55. Words and Music

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

  56. Yr Aelod

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