Drama on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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Quirks
Comedy by Simon Brett about a couple living - or perhaps imprisoned - on the Costa del Sol
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Jonathan Davidson - Miss Balcombe's Orchard
Miss Balcombe is getting on, but she is determined to keep her apple trees.
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Michael Butt - Unauthorised History: The Killing
Michael Butt's play explores the mysterious events surrounding Christopher Marlowe's death
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Justin Butcher - The Patience of Mr Job
4 Extra Debut. A serious comedy set in Africa about globalisation and climate change.
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Tall Stories
Samina's life is thrown into chaos when her elderly parents fall ill. With Nina Wadia.
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Stannie and Jim
By Simon Littlefield. Fictional exploration of James Joyce's relationship with his brother
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Rumpole and the Family Pride
Rumpole mingles with Yorkshire aristocracy when he represents a Lord in a Coroner's Court.
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Tetherdown
Scott Cherry and Gregory Evans' play revisits a scandalous Victorian crime.
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Marcia Layne - The Barber and the Ark
Yvonne's ultimatum means either Issachar's dreadlocks go or she does.
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Rescue Me
By Tanika Gupta. Arif sets out on a journey to his childhood home in Bangladesh.
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Depth Charge
Submarines, debt and deception in Fiona Mackie's play starring David Calder.
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Terremoto
As Daniel runs and Ayelen drives across the Chilean desert, an earthquake strikes.
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Humanly Possible
Sarah Daniels's play follows two babies through a day in a neonatal intensive care unit.
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A Bridge to the Stars
Henning Mankell's tale of an imaginative boy growing up in an icy northern Swedish town.
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The Orchestra
Improvised play based on real life interviews about the working life of an orchestra.
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The Target Audience
By Igor Simonov. A Russian oil billionaire gets grilled on TV.
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Circus Train
Margarita Sharapova's tale of travelling across Russia as a circus performer.
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Gift
A father and son are dealt a serious blow in Philip Palmer's drama about medical ethics.
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SE8
By Janice Okoh. A teenager is shot in a nightclub and no-one will talk to the police.
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Alex Shearer - The Diabolical Gourmet
Can executioner Ameline outwit France's gourmet murderer in 1790s Paris?
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Ed Harris - Troll
Olivia finds a troll under her mother's kitchen sink. A troll to whom she made a promise.
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The Reluctant Millionaire
While facing bankruptcy, hairdresser Annie Marriott finds a winning lottery ticket.
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A Chaos of Wealth and Want
By Penny Gold. In 1850s London Henry Mayhew befriends a homeless young man.
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Gerontius
Stephen Wyatt's play explores why Cardinal Newman and another priest were buried together.
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Betsy Coleman
By Katie Hims. Betsy goes on a surprise journey through her tragic past.
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Mr Anwar's Farewell to Stornoway
Contemporary drama of exile and belonging by Iain Finlay MacLeod.
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Badfellas
Comedy drama by Andy Lynch. Two wheeler-dealer brothers get into trouble in Las Vegas.
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Boom Boom
By Emily Steel. A car crash. A middle-aged woman falls for a teen. What's the connection?
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The Art of Balance
Modern fable by Rachel Joyce, featuring two women and a tightrope in an empty field.