Drama on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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Nikolai Leskov - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Leskov's searing classic Russian tale of passion and murder is an emotional rollercoaster.
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Imaginary Boys
By Paul Magrs. A fantastical tale of teenage love and close encounters.
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Nothing Happened
By Nick Hoare. Tom and Alice agree that their affair can never happen.
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Man in the Moon
Linda Marshall Griffiths's love story, told in five encounters over 16 years.
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Jeff Young - The Exuberant
Jack is on the hunt for a space rock, as is his nemesis Aurora. Who will find it first?
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The Magnificent Andrea
Nigel Planer's comedy about two very different men mourning the woman they both loved.
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Drone Pilots
Night shift operators fly a drone over Waziristan from a trailer in the American desert.
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Carnival
Secrets and lies unravel in Rachel De-lahay's drama about the need to conform.
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Caroline Quentin - My Brilliant Divorce
When her husband leaves, Angela learns the ups and downs of being a middle-aged singleton.
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The Watcher on the Wall
Belfast poet Louis MacNeice's transatlantic love affair and the poetry it inspired.
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Bad Elvis
Katie Hims's specially-written drama for deaf actor David Bower.
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His Father's Wife
By Mike Harris. Dark brooding tale of love and filial hate set in 19th-century Scotland.
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Encounter
Christopher Green encounters fashion, loss and legacy through nudity and a bit of singing.
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Mark Burgess - Joan and the Baron
An odd friendship forms when Philippe de Rothschild asks Joan Littlewood to his chateau.
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SuperYou
Satirical reflection on the perils of manipulating our identities in the online world.
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Sarah Woods - Watch Me
When Anja meets Rhys she is reluctant to fall in love, but her brain has other ideas.
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Paul Jenkins - Red Star Newport
A bankrupt football club is helped when their manager embraces socialist principles.
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Bang Up
By Sarah Hehir. A first play for radio by a winner of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Writer's Prize.
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Ed Hime - Obey the Wave
Sci-fi writer Alec Turin probes the disappearance of 32 members of a 1970s religious cult.
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Lenny Henry - Miss You Still
A bus driver who has shut himself off from the world is sent a feisty teenager to help him
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The Gestapo Minutes
Mainz, 1945. Oppenheim has a visitor. A Gestapo officer needs a reference - from a Jew.
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Rhapsody
Sir Frederick Ashton, tormented by love, is asked to create a ballet for the Queen Mother.
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Rowena the Wonderful
Magical real-life drama by Helen Cross. Rowena can't speak but she wants a voice.
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Christopher William Hill - Hush! Hush! Whisper Who Dares!
An imaginary encounter between a grown-up Christopher Robin and the man who drew him.
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Neurotics Anonymous
Ben Crompton's comedy drama. Will Iain's OCD and his mum stand in his way of finding love?
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Nick Warburton - Irongate
A woman walks once a year along the Thames, from Kew to Tower Bridge. Why?
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Wagstaff/Abel - When I Lost You
Matthew leaves his manuscript on the train, found by Jenny on the next train.