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One Summer in Luka
The first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompts powerful memories for Nikki.
Come Closer Now
Katie Hims’ love letter to radio drama to celebrate 100 years of the medium.
Inspired by Hamlet: Hamlet Noir
Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy takes on a thrilling Scandi-Noir twist.
Inspired by Hamlet: Hamlette
A radical re-imagining of Shakespeare. Harriet considers how to avenge her sister's rape.
The Spanish Tragedy
Bold new audio drama of Thomas Kyd's bloody Elizabethan revenge play for Radio 3.
Bacon in Moscow
Francis Bacon’s ground-breaking 1988 exhibition in the USSR. With Timothy Spall
Under Milk Wood
A Play for Radio by Dylan Thomas. The 1954 BBC broadcast starring Richard Burton.
Under Milk Woods
For the 70th anniversary of Under Milk Wood, five short drama portraits of Wales in 2024.
Dog in the Manger
Lope de Vega's Spanish Golden Age comedy, starring Olivia Poulet and Joe Thomas.
Henry V
Hal has to prove he has what it takes to be King as he lays claim to the throne of .
Cymbeline
Lovers are tested in a Britain alienated from the rest of Europe, ruled by a weak leader.
Calmer
A gripping drama about motherhood and chaos by Lolita Chakrabarti, starring Meera Syal.
Jubilee!
Jubilee! 1871, USA. A choir of ex-slaves save a university & bring spirituals to the world
Love and Information
The first audio production of Caryl Churchill's thrilling kaleidoscope of human behaviour.
From Morning to Midnight
Georg Kaiser’s banned 1912 expressionist drama in a new modern translation and adaptation.
Ivanov
Rory Kinnear stars as Nicholas Ivanov in a new version of Chekhov's stage classic.
Star
Drama about Judy Garland, Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin and the making of A Star Is Born.
War with the Newts
By Ed Harris adapted from Karel Čapek’s 1936 novel. With Doña Croll and Laura Elphinstone.
Gershwin & Miss Swift
The extraordinary true story of composer Kay Swift and her affair with George Gershwin.
Guys and Dolls at Christmas
Two seasonal tales from Guys and Dolls writer Damon Runyon, performed by Jamie Parker.
The Dead
Epiphanies at a Twelfth Night party in Dublin. By James Joyce. Read by Jonathan Forbes.
Gatsby in Harlem (Part 1)
F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, reimagined by Roy Williams and starring Ncuti Gatwa
Gatsby in Harlem (Part 2)
F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby reimagined by Roy Williams and starring Ncuti Gatwa.
Saint Joan of the Anthropocene
Linda Marshall Griffiths' contemporary re-imagining of George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan.
Messiaen and the Birds
Poet Michael Symmons Roberts explores composer Olivier Messiaen's obsession with birdsong.
Hamlet
A restored production of Shakespeare's play with Ronald Pickup, first broadcast in 1971.
The Defectors
Drama-documentary inspired by the defection of North Korea's Deputy Ambassador to the UK.
