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(53 programmes from the past week and the week to come, or available now on BBC iPlayer)

  1. Above Suspicion

    Espionage drama set on the eve of the Second World War

  2. Alan Bennett - The Uncommon Reader

    The Queen discovers a travelling library parked next to the Buckingham Palace kitchens.

  3. Altaban the Magnificent

    In post-war Berlin, magic is in the air - but death is being conjured up.

  4. Anything Legal Available on BBC iPlayer

    Wally K Daly's series from 1984, with Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles

  5. Black Bartlemy's Treasure Available on BBC iPlayer

    Jeffrey Farnol's swashbuckling tale of piracy, love and death on a desert island.

  6. Captain Corelli's Mandolin

    Pelagia and her father Dr Iannis's peace on the island of Cephallonia is shattered by war

  7. Dave Sheasby - Showing Promise Available on BBC iPlayer

    A newcomer arrives at Marjorie's creative writing class to shake things up.

  8. David Garnett's Lady into Fox

    Mr Tebrick is surprised by his wife Silvia's sudden transformation into a vixen

  9. Devil in a Blue Dress Available on BBC iPlayer

    It's 1948. Sleuth Easy Rawlings is drawn into a web of murder and corruption.

  10. Dixon of Dock Green

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

  11. Doctor Who Available on BBC iPlayer

    Time-travelling adventure series

  12. Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold Bug

    A tale of piracy, slavery and suspense, dramatised by Gregory Evans. Stars Clarke Peters.

  13. EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread Available on BBC iPlayer

    EM Forster's first novel, published in 1905

  14. EM Forster's Where Angels Fear to Tread Omnibus Available on BBC iPlayer

    EM Forster's first novel, published in 1905

  15. Evelyn Waugh Short Stories Available on BBC iPlayer

    Readings of stories by the acclaimed English author

  16. In the Van Omnibus Available on BBC iPlayer

    MI5 officer Yasmin has to preserve her relationship and prevent a terrorist attack.

  17. Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands Available on BBC iPlayer

    When Inspector Alan Grant takes a train to the Highlands, a man's body is found.

  18. Inspector Morse

    Crime series featuring Colin Dexter's famous detective

  19. JM Barrie - Peter Pan Available on BBC iPlayer

    Dramatisation of the classic children's story, starring Toyah Willcox as Peter Pan

  20. Jo Anderson - Solstice Available on BBC iPlayer

    19 year-old Vincent van Gogh's life-changing stay in London. Stars Dexter Fletcher.

  21. Leaves of the Dead

    Feisty DI Julie Enfield probes a murder at London's British Library.

  22. Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders Available on BBC iPlayer

    Comedy drama series set in a Cambridge college

  23. Martin Conisby - Vengeance

    The seafaring hero faces pirates and battles afloat. Jeffrey Farnol's swashbuckling saga.

  24. Martin Sorrell - Mary, Mary Available on BBC iPlayer

    The imagination of the third Bennet sister gives Austen's Pride and Prejudice a new twist.

  25. Medical Detectives Available on BBC iPlayer

    Crime series set in the 1800s featuring Dr John Snow, played by Bill Nighy

  26. Michael Butt - Chronicles of Ait: Echo Beach

    Linus is tired of stories, and keen to escape his agent. Then he meets Alice.

  27. Morse - The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn Available on BBC iPlayer

    Inspector Morse tackles the murder of an invigilator in a foreign exam syndicate.

  28. Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost

    Classic short story from the famous Irish writer

  29. Red Dwarf Available on BBC iPlayer

    Radio version of the popular TV sci-fi sitcom, written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor

  30. Sax Rohmer - The Green Spider Available on BBC iPlayer

    The mystery of a strange being, a professor and a secret that could transform science.

  31. Someone Like Me: Miles Kington

    The comic journalist and musician reads from his memoirs

  32. Space Force Available on BBC iPlayer

    Charles Chilton's sci-fi drama starring Nicky Henson, Nigel Stock and Barry Foster

  33. Stephen Dunstone - The Drought Available on BBC iPlayer

    Submerged in a reservoir, Jean's childhood home is uncovered during a drought.

  34. Stephen Mollett - A House Halfway to Africa Available on BBC iPlayer

    In painter Vincent Van Gogh's final years in an asylum, a nurse becomes fascinated by him.

  35. Swish of the Curtain Available on BBC iPlayer

    A group of children dream of setting up their very own theatre company

  36. The Devil in Amber Available on BBC iPlayer

    The adventures of dandy secret agent Lucifer Box, read by author Mark Gatiss

  37. The Devil's Foot

    Sherlock Holmes tackles in a mystery in a Cornish village

  38. The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus Available on BBC iPlayer

    Hattie Naylor's dramatisation of the seventeenth-century diaries. With Kris Marshall.

  39. The Female Ghost

    A spooky tale by the Victorian writer Mary Braddon

  40. The Inimitable Jeeves Available on BBC iPlayer

    More escapades from P.G. Wodehouse's most famous creations, Jeeves and Wooster

  41. The Phone Available on BBC iPlayer

    A series of late night thrillers, each connected by a mysterious mobile phone

  42. The Scarifyers

    Author Professor Dunning and Inspector Lionheart team up to unravel spooky mysteries

  43. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Available on BBC iPlayer

    Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of one man's evil alter ego. Stars Michael Aldridge.

  44. This Sceptred Isle Available on BBC iPlayer

    Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain, from the Roman invasion to the Boer War.

  45. Three Hours Between Planes

    F Scott Fitzgerald's mysterious tale. Donald gets a surprise when he looks up an old flame

  46. Three Women in a Motorhome

    Three very different women, Pam, Kate and Rosemary, set off on a trip.

  47. Tickets Please

    Comedy drama by Mark Maier about the staff and passengers on an intercity rail service

  48. VI Warshawski - Publicity Stunts

    VI Warshawski is accused of murder and must uncover the truth to clear her name

  49. Vivat Rex Available on BBC iPlayer

    Richard Burton narrates the playwrights' chronicle of the English Crown.

  50. Wallander - Faceless Killers Available on BBC iPlayer

    Swedish inspector Kurt Wallander investigates an attack on an elderly couple

  51. WC Morrow - Over an Absinthe Bottle

    A grim tale of two strangers drinking and gambling their lives away in a San Francisco bar

  52. William Trevor - The Distant Past

    Two Irish Protestants live contentedly in the past until the present catches up with them.

  53. William Trevor - The Forty-Seventh Saturday

    Mavie and McCarthy have a weekly tryst - but is he as trapped by marriage as she thinks?

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