Drama on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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Crimes of Mancunia
By Michael Symmons Roberts. A noir crime drama in verse. Starring Jason Done.
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Shelley Silas - The People Next Door
Irritation quickly turns to an obsession as Sarah gets ever more fixated on her neighbours
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A Terrible Beauty
By David Pownall. WB Yeats proposes to Maud Gonne soon after the execution of her husband.
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Katie Hims - Lilo
Childhood sweethearts meet up after nearly 20 years. Should they have stayed together?
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Lavinia Greenlaw - The Chess Girls
The story of the educational experiment that produced the world-beating Polgar sisters.
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A Scattering
Robert Bathurst reads Christopher Reid's collection of poems about the death of his wife.
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Park Life
Two Asian elders have more in common than they care to admit.
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Sarah Daniels - But If You Try Sometimes
Chloe has cerebral palsy and is devastated when her carer Rose falls in love.
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Gerda Stevenson - The Apple Tree
Maria is an Englishwoman in love with her husband's Scottish Highlands heritage.
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The 40 Year Twitch
Yvonne has lost her job and with it her patience for her husband's bird-watching obsession
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Andy Merriman - A Monstrous Vitality
By Andy Merriman. Margaret Rutherford falls in love with a man 30 years her junior.
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Jimmy McAleavey - Hearing Voices
DI James McCoy faces a crisis when a voice in his head threatens to destroy him.
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Ewa Banaszkiewicz - SBLT (Single But Living Together)
A separated couple attempt to live together, but sticking to a list of rules proves hard.
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The Big Broadcast
Neil Brand's fast-talking musical set in a 1932 Chicago radio studio.
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Corrinne Come Back and Gone
By Lenny Henry. Corrinne returns to Jamaica after 20 years. What will she find?
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The Kingsnorth Six
By Julia Hollander. Environmental activists are on trial for breaking into a power station
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Whistling Wally's Son
Playwright Wally K Daly remembers key events in his childhood in Middlesbrough.
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The Death of Tom Inglis
Lesley Manville stars in the true story of Frances Inglis.
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Macmillan's Marvellous Motion Machine
The true story of Scots blacksmith Macmillan, who invented the pedal bicycle in 1840.
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Mike Bartlett - Heart
Steve is stressed. His wife barely recognises him. Retirement wasn't meant to be like this
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Nick Perry - Referee
Dropped after a controversial game, top football referee Geoff's scruples are tested.
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Judith Kampfner - Unfinished Business
A quick Internet search sets Simon off on a global quest in pursuit of his absent father.
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Ed Jones - The Janitor
Kevin is struggling to keep his new restaurant afloat in posh Salford Quays.
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Charlotte Jones - The Diva in Me
Phillipa can sing anything from Bjork to Bassey, but the world has turned its back. Why?
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Peter Souter - That's Mine, This Is Yours
Peter Souter's romantic comedy is about a divorced couple dividing up their wordly goods.
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Star Struck
A research assistant and a professor study black holes at a remote observatory.
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Countrysides
By Anita Sullivan. A new play about fox hunting with Tim McInnerny and Russell Tovey.
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Jon Canter - The Vertigo Trust
Martin has a secret. A big secret. One that threatens to turn Ronnie's world upside down.
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Ten Lessons in Love
Ten short plays about love. Writers include Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Tim Key and Josie Long.