A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of John le Carré's fourth novel, starring Simon Russell Beale as Smiley and Piotr Baumann as Fred Leiser.When word reaches 'The Department' - an ailing section of...

Paul Hardy has lived in a care home for the past seven years with no memory of who he is or where he came from. When a horrific accident necessitates pioneering surgery he begins to remember...

Smiley, now head of the Circus, must rebuild trust in the shattered organisation. He is also determined to destroy his nemesis, Karla, and his spy networks. He recruits Jerry Westerby, occasional...

Free choice? There’s no such thing, according to Lee Morris, architect, engineer, jobbing builder and entrepreneur. Choice is pre-ordained by your personality, he says. Stratton Park racecourse,...

Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin in three full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramas After a lifetime spent in public relations, the drinking and smoking one-woman dynamo that is Agatha Raisin...

At the close of a top–level meeting in the offices of the British Civil Service, a respected senior civil servant is found murdered. Detective Superintendent James Milton of Scotland Yard is...

With his devoted Dr Watson, Sherlock Holmes grapples with treachery, intrigue and evil, including the diabolical Professor Moriarty...In 'Silver Blaze', the favourite for the Wessex Cup has...

Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury star in another intriguing case for BBC Radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife, Steve.For thirty years the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul...

Badger’s Drift - a tranquil English village, home to Miss Emily Simpson, a kindly, well-liked spinster.

But a gentle stroll in the woods near her home one day brings an abrupt end to...

‘The Abergavenny Murder’, ‘The Shameful Betrayal of Miss Emily Smith’, ‘The Tragedy of Hanbury Street’ and ‘The Determined Client.’In the fifty-six short stories and four novels...

First love, teenage angst, childhood friendships ‘Le Grand Meaulnes’ tells the magical, bitter-sweet story of the unforgettable Meaulnes and his search for his lost love. Adventurous,...

Inspired by the real-life memoirs of a Victorian Inspector in Scotland, James McLevy prowls the dark streets of 1860s Edinburgh bringing criminals to justice, with the assistance of Constable...

St Petersburg, 1917: a city on the brink of revolution. For Sandro Ruzsky, chief investigator of the city police, this decaying world provides an opportunity for a new beginning. Banished to...

The time has come for Officer Scobie Malone to leave the Homicide and Serial Offenders Unit of the Sydney police. His last investigation could be the most bizarre case ever to land upon a...

Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury star in another intriguing case for BBC Radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife.For thirty years the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple,...