A modern and magical fable by Rachel Joyce. Two women, a young man and a tightrope in the middle of an empty field. It is the art of balance and the transforming powers of the places that lie in...

A tense and powerful drama exploring the timely issues of unemployment, ethics and international conflict. A fifty year old factory employee finds his own way to make a stand. With orders still on...

A BBC Radio 4 dramatic adaptation of Keats' sensual narrative poem ‘Lamia’, about the ill-starred love affair of the serpent Lamia, and the innocent mortal Lycius.Featuring original music...

Episode 11 of the epic, 26-part chronicle of the English succession from Edward II to Elizabeth I, narrated by Richard Burton. The rebels are lured into a trap and King Henry IV dies in Jerusalem....

A sequel to the comic drama On the Field about British troops in Iraq, by Annie Caulfield. Life on the army base in Basra is closing down - they would all rather be in Afghanistan. Terry has got...

In a remote Scottish library, a farmer's widow and a visiting Kenyan librarian bond unexpectedly over a shared love of books. Written by Linda Cracknell and recorded on location at Innerpeffray...

Gill Adams's drama is set in Hull, during the floods. Jo is looking forward to meeting the son she has never known. Her old schoolfriend Elaine's son has run away.

The painter Mario Minniti has travelled to Naples to seek out his old friend and former mentor Caravaggio. But on arrival, the great painter is nowhere to be found. In a bid to find him, Mario...

James Purefoy stars in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Robert M. Pirsig's multi-million bestselling philosophical novel. One of the most important and influential books of the past...

By Judith Somerville. Hans and Anna meet by chance when visiting one of the remote Aran Islands, the extraordinary beauty of which leads to them developing an unexpected and intense bond. For...

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Anthony Burgess's novel which became a controversial film in the 1970s. In a nightmare world of the near future, packs of teenagers run wild, beyond the...

BBC Radio 4's major series for Holy Week looks at life in our cathedrals now. Cathedrals still dominate our city centres: once symbols of temporal power, of technological wonder, a vital part of...

Just a Minute grew to prominence in India, when it became available to Indian audiences via the BBC World Service. This exposure gave birth to a number of 'Indianised' versions of the game, which...

The last play of four in 'Pilgrim Series 2', a collection of BBC Radio 4 modern-day fantasy adventures written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and starring Paul Hilton as Pilgrim. 'Hope Springs' was...

Dramatization by Robin Brooks of James Boswell's biography of Samuel Johnson, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Johnson's birth. Episode 1: Young Boswell comes to London to seek out his...