When Ed finds himself sleeping in the spare room he realises he might have to rediscover exactly what love is. But coming up with the correct definition proves harder than he first...

Bee has been suffering alarming lapses of memory, losing time and numbers, and is forced to return home to live with her mother May and niece Thea. Desperate to understand Bee and what is...

It is 1986 and Alice longs to be taken seriously as a proper journalist. So when Greg 'from management' takes a shine to her and mentions that he is involved in setting up a new newspaper in a...

Brief Lives by Eve Steele. Series Created by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly. More cases from Frank Twist's paralegal team. A screaming child at an airport being fought over by estranged parents. At...

After much turbulence Rosie and Tom are now living together in Bolton. Rosie is happy in her job but Tom finds being a house-husband a challenge. But when Rosie is unexpectedly made redundant, Tom...

Five interlinked short plays for Woman's Hour around the theme of separation, based on experiences submitted to the programme by listeners. In 'Empty Nest', Sheila is inconsolable when her...

Two men stranded on a mountain on a stormy December night meet a mysterious old woman who believes she can control the elements. Drama about faith and the supernatural by Linda Cracknell, set in...

By Thomas Hardy, adapted by Graham White. In Three Parts. Part 1- Young farmer Gabriel Oak sees an ideal wife in Bathsheba Everdene, but she turns him down, believing in true romance. As she...

Four acclaimed novelists write their first stories for radio. The Coup by Tom Rachman describes how a protest threatens to turn into a coup, in London' s genteel Kensington, which is next door to...

Two west London milkmen race each other to Bognor Pier in their milk floats to decide which of them wins exclusive rights to their local round. Comedy by Mark Tuohy starring Ivan Kaye, Amarjit...

Panic! It’s the last ever instalment of 'The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy', with a brand new full-cast dramatization of 'Mostly Harmless', the final book in Douglas Adams’...

In this week's omnibus, Elizabeth and Lewis discuss an ambitious conversion project for the old dairy, Jim reveals his article will be published in next month's Borsetshire Life magazine and...

It's 1851. London buzzes with the wonders at The Great Exhibition. To housebreaker John Rayverne, it's 'harvest time' while fine houses stand empty and their occupants attend the spectacle. But...

Prospero, wise Duke of Milan, has been deposed by Antonio his wicked brother and exiled with his daughter Miranda to a mysterious island. But Prospero possesses supernatural powers. Aided by the...

Between 1942 and 1945 captured high-ranking German officers were imprisoned in Trent Park, a large mansion with extensive grounds in North London. This was no Colditz. The captives were treated...