A BBC Radio 4 production of Wynyard Browne's classic play about a 1950s family homecoming at Christmas.It is Christmas Eve and the family are gathering at Reverend Martin Gregory's Norfolk...

The third in a series of plays inspired by stories from the Arabian Nights. Shared roots and scattered families in the melting pot of modern Jerusalem. Tired after a stressful trip, Ajib is...

The writer David Eldridge introduces his BBC Radio 3 full-cast drama, ‘The Picture Man’ starring Martin Freeman, about a man who despairs of the behaviour he sees around him and decides to...

Celebrating the genius of Dylan Thomas, these two productions shine very different lights on the renowned author. Badgers in my Vest is a darkly funny play by John Fletcher, based on a true...

A BBC Radio 4 production of Terence Rattigan’s famous play about an innocent boy unjustly accused.‘It is easy to do justice - very hard to do right.’When he is accused of stealing a...

A BBC Radio 4 ‘Book at Bedtime’ recording of Samuel West reading from the novella ‘The Aspern Papers’ by Henry James, set against the decaying grandeur of Venice. Originally broadcast 26...

The complete second series of the BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama about two single parents who met on an internet chat site and developed a friendship. First broadcast in the ‘Woman’s Hour...

Jenny Seagrove and Nigel Havers star in this BBC Radio 2 production of Noël Coward's classic tale of forbidden love.Laura Jesson is a happily married woman until a chance encounter in a train...

John Fletcher’s BBC Radio 3 full-cast play explores the dramatic clash between three key historical figures: a warlord, a historian and a poet. Originally broadcast in Radio 3’s ‘Drama on...

A wild, dark modern fairytale, set in Damascus. The second in a series of contemporary plays inspired by stories from the Arabian Nights. It is time for Shahrazad to tell another tale to save her...

Hardy’s powerful tale set in mid-19th century Dorset tells the tragic story of Michael Henchard, a man who cannot escape his past.Drunk on rum at a country fair, Henchard sells his wife to a...

John Moffatt and Rosemary Leach star in this BBC Radio 4 production of Noël Coward’s patriotic play about the ups and downs of a working-class family between 1919 and 1939.'This Happy Breed'...

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama written by Stephen Wakelam portraying the tempestuous marriage between Leo and Sofya Tolstoy. Originally broadcast in the ‘Woman’s Hour Drama’ slot from 9...

A sparkling BBC Radio 4 adaptation of J.B. Priestley’s comic play, starring Alan Bennett, Brenda Blethyn, Gwen Taylor, Alun Armstrong, Michael Jayston and Nicola Pagett.Three eminently...

Martyn Wade's dramatisation of Ada Leverson's witty and wonderful social comedy, as heard on BBC Radio, is a story of delightful and romantic entanglements set in Edwardian London.