Drama on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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Human Resources
Dystopian drama by Piers Black-Hawkins, winner of the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2016.
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Marathon Man
William Goldman's cult thriller dramatised by Stephen Keyworth.
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Girls
Theresa Ikoko's award-winning drama responding to Boko Haram's kidnap of the Chibok girls.
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In His Kiss
Anna's looking for comedy material, George wants love. Can there be a happy ending?
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The Music Lesson
Fiona Shaw plays a music teacher striving for the impossible - the perfect sound.
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The Crossing
A mysterious man arrives at the Ward's farm on the border with an offer they can't refuse.
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Kellie Smith - The Archivist
Things spiral out of control when Ben secretly films his family.
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Lost in France
Comedy set in Dordogne, starring Sophie Thompson, Phyllida Law and Harriet Collings.
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The Coming Tide
By Luke Norris. The lives of a troubled girl and a desperate man collide.
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The Twenty Year Stretch
Drama by Colin Bytheway starring James D'Arcy, Tara Fitzgerald and Nicholas Farrell.
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Theatre on 4: Occupational Hazards
Story of Rory Stewart's role as provincial governor in Iraq, in front of a live audience.
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Our Hylda
Poignant comedy drama about British TV's first female comedy star. With Alison Steadman.
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Mayday
Discovering she is pregnant, a Northern Irish student must make a terrifying decision.
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The Len Dimension
Black comedy by film-maker Peter Strickland. Struggling actor Len gets his first big break
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Everybody's Got Conditions
By Sarah Wooley. Tennessee Williams is nearly brought to his knees by diva Bette Davis.
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Michael Palin - The Weekend
Michael Palin stars with Penelope Wilton in his dark comedy of family meltdown.
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Slipping Through Time
Ellie Kendrick plays a young mum whose epilepsy returns after the birth of her baby.
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Floor 13
By Sam Burns. A twisted fable about first world problems and middle-class guilt.
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The 'B' Word
Alistair McGowan writes and stars in a play about the first night of GB Shaw's Pygmalion.
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After Independence
Black civil servant in Zimbabwe tries to persuade a white landowner to sell his farm.
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Now, Where Were We?
By Claire Miller. A comic tale of romance, hay fever and time travel.
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Martha
Original drama by Thomas Pickles about a young woman and a storm.
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Mama Courage
Comedian Jessica Pidsley's harrowing story about postpartum psychosis.
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The Things We Never Said
By Ming Ho. A mother. A daughter. A lifetime - in one suspended moment...
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Tightrope
Life is a balancing act. Quite literally so - for Charles Blondin. With Philip Jackson.
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Foxes
A tense encounter in an Irish pub that will change four lives forever. Jim Norton stars.
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Byron and the Curse of Sintra
A penniless Lord Byron is holed up in Sintra attempting to resist the promptings of Venus.