Drama on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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Monique & Me
Alfred Bradley Writing Bursary Award finalist in affecting drama about care and abuse.
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Grimm & Co
A fusion of five fantastical tales written by nine- to eleven-year-olds from Rotherham.
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When Fanny Met Germaine
Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre plays fast and loose with Fanny Burney and Germaine de Stael.
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Shrapnel
by Isabel Wright. War reporter Nadine returns home but her mind remains under siege.
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Escape Kit
An elderly man and a 14-year-old boy accidentally meet on a train. An unlikely bond ensues
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Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
A study in song of what it means to be British by Ray Davies of The Kinks and Paul Sirett.
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Prestige
Two old friends share a disturbing secret in a thriller exploring the weapons trade.
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Red Earth, Red Sky
Based on a true story. Paul is 70 years old when he is kidnapped at gunpoint in Nigeria.
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I Am Kanye West
By Darragh Mortell. Toby believes he's Kanye West, but maybe he's just a guy from Newport.
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Bayeux
Comedy about the Bayeux Tapestry by Abigail Youngman. Stars Katy Brand and Charlie Anson.
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Gut
How do you parent in a world that has lost its innocence? Can you trust your gut?
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Song and Dance
Award-winning writer Barney Norris's poignant drama about grief, friendship and survival
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The Beatboxer
Comedy drama written by and starring celebrated beatboxer Testament
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The Call of the Rewild
A rich businessman announces plans to re-introduce wolves to his Highland estate.
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This Changeling Self
Original drama by Linda Marshall Griffiths recorded on location in Edinburgh.
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Eastern Star
Reporter Chris Gunness finds himself at the centre of the 1988 Burmese Student revolution.
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A Kestrel for a Knave
Robert Rigby’s dramatisation of Barry Hines’s 1968 coming-of-age novel set in Yorkshire.
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Great North Run
Andrew Finnigan stars in Tom Wells's play about the healing power of running.
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Tinsel Girl and the Pain Clinic
Lou Ramsden's comedy drama about wheelchair user Maz. Starring Cherylee Houston
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Blend
By Archie Maddocks. A young, mixed-race couple debate the ethics of having a child.
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Found
By Katherine Chandler. What do you do when your husband returns home with a mystery baby?
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The Bulbul Was Singing
A young British woman risks everything to fight with the Kurdish YPJ against Isis in Syria
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Fire in the Bookshop
Timothy X Atack holds a satirical mirror up to an imaginary Britain.
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Father's Land in Mother Tongue
Mya visits her parents' home village in Bangladesh and discovers some dark family secrets.
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The Summer Snows
Robert Bathurst plays a writer with a compulsion to find mountain snowbeds.
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The Unwelcome
A knock on the door changes 18-year-old Stella's life forever. Research-based drama.
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Faded Glory
A bitter-sweet love story set in Rhyl written by Rebekah Harrison
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Making Plans with Nigel
Stuart Houghton’s semi-autobiographical story about having breast cancer.
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The First Man on the Moon and How They Done It
The award-winning National Theatre of Brent celebrate the extraordinary events of 1969.
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Variations on a Theme by Neil Armstrong
Radio 4 drama Variations on a Theme by Neil Armstrong, written by Michael Symmons Roberts.