Drama on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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Winter Storm
By Bernard MacLaverty. Poet Andrew steps from his office and is engulfed by a blizzard.
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Zero Degrees of Separation
Three community writing groups perform their own short plays.
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Headliner
By Neil Brand. An up-and-coming stand-up comedienne is befriended by a US comedy legend.
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A Dangerous Thing
By John Sessions. The friendship of the 18th-century satirists Pope and Swift is tested.
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Grey Expectations
By Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. Graham Slater has 200 billion pounds to get rid of.
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Forty-Three Fifty-Nine - Wake
Comedy by Katie Hims. Jess takes a day trip to kiss her dead first love, Danny, goodbye.
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The Railway Siding
By Jonathan Holloway. An architect encounters a garrulous guard on the overnight train.
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28
By Dawn King. A teacher is detained for 28 days, after which he tries to rebuild his life.
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Albert's Boy
By James Graham. The personal grief that haunted Albert Einstein in his final years.
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Gilda and Her Daughters
By Carine Adler. A mother and her daughters gather at home after the death of the father.
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The Tony Kay Scandal
By Michael McLean. The story of 60s footballer Tony Kay, who was convicted of match fixing
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Ivan and the Dogs
By Hattie Naylor. The true story of a boy adopted by a pack of wild dogs in Moscow.
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Lifeline
By PG Morgan. Three people fly to Bangkok to test a new asthma treatment.
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Daniel Thurman - Those Hard to Reach Places
A former mayor sparks a battle for supremacy between two cleaners prepared to fight dirty.
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Filthy Rich
Black comedy by Michael Butt. Max is set to inherit a small fortune when he turns 25.
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Stephen Wakelam - A Dose of Fame
EM Forster grapples with a mysterious death, his own sexuality and the seed of an idea.
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The Island With No Name
By Alison Joseph. Kathleen sells her family's Hebridean croft and moves to Glasgow.
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Legacy
By Cath Staincliffe. Two probate detectives seek the rightful heirs to an unclaimed estate
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Life Complicated - Status Pending
By Marcy Kahan. Unable to get jobs, five recent graduates invent their own projects.
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Audio Recordings of Human Traffic
Comedy thriller by Louise Wallinger about a woman stuck in her flat after an accident.
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Nancy Harris - Love in a Glass Jar
Strangers Eve and Patrick meet in a hotel to carry out an unofficial sperm donation.
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Hoffnung: Drawn to Music
Comedy by Alan Stafford, exploring the bizarre world of musical humorist Gerard Hoffnung.
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Nick Leather - Wednesdays with Strangers
A migrant worker attempts to get to know the people of Britain.
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The Milk Race
Comedy by Mark Tuohy. Two London milkmen race each other to Bognor Pier in their floats.
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The Second Best Bed
Comic monologue by Christopher Green about a feisty woman who takes to her bed.
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Cold
Comedy by Tony Bagley, set in 1959 at the Common Cold Unit.
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Meryl the Mounted
By Colin Hough. Mounted police constable Meryl investigates when her sergeant is murdered.
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Best Friends
Sam tries to clear her best friend after she's convicted of killing her baby.