Drama on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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Mark Burgess - A King's Speech
Newly crowned George VI battles to defeat his stammer ahead of his broadcast to the Nation
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3000
Dramatisation of the experiences a displaced 15-year-old Afghan boy who arrives in London.
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The Iceman Goeth
Drama documentary by Steve Jacobi about actor Ian Holm and the play The Iceman Cometh.
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The Gallery
A new Tyneside art gallery's opening night is thrown into jeopardy by ill-trained staff.
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Available Means
By Nick Warburton. Poet David witnesses the dark underbelly of an East European city.
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Old School Ties
By Sue Eckstein. A comedian sets out to find the truth about an old school friend's death.
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Christopher Douglas - Dolly
The story of the controversial selection of Basil D'Oliveira for the England cricket team.
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Listening to the Generals
How Jews were tasked with recording the conversations of Second World War German generals.
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Shakespeare a la Carte
The Bard's best bits performed by some of the top actors. Except they're stuck in traffic.
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NQ48
Comedy by Peter Vickers about one man's quest to get out of bed.
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Beirut Days
By Kris Kenway. A day in the life of the enigmatic city where east meets west.
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Ed Harris - Aromatherapy
Robert's girlfriend is back from Thailand with a 'cure' for his deep feelings of distress.
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Andrew Lynch - A Question of Royalty
Two bungling losers try to win the day by stealing the Queen's wedding certificate.
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Sarah Naomi Lee - Dewey Eyed
What can Philippa do, when Dewey Decimal is the only language her mum understands?
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Peter Souter - Stream, River, Sea
Grief-stricken Hugh and Bella keep meeting after the sudden deaths of their loved ones.
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Gondwanaland
Stephen Keyworth's story of the friendship between Marie Stopes and explorer Captain Scott
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Mike Bartlett - Miss St Andrews
Old grudges resurface as Miss St Andrews 1961 meets her old rival 50 years on.
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The Road Wife
By Eoin McNamee. A truck driver in Ireland gives a lift to a female Asian hitchhiker.
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Smoke and Daggers
An unexplained death of an ex-partner threatens all that Joe Finnerty holds dear.
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Baring Up
By Frank Rickarby. A naturist campaigns to win the right to bathe naked on Brighton beach.
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Welcome to the Wasteland
By DJ Britton. Can a local councillor's environmental plans survive the new world order?
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The Presence
Dramatisation of Welsh poet Dannie Abse's account of his life after the death of his wife.
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Where Three Roads Meet
By Salley Vickers. A strange, unworldly figure appears in Sigmund Freud's Hampstead study.
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Mayflies
Retired astronomer Douglas Schofield receives news of a message from a distant world.
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Getting to Zero
Three real-life Carbon Busters tackle one family's emissions in Sarah Woods' green comedy.
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Anita Sullivan - ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½sick
Jeff's mundane life changes when he is struck by a bolt from the blue.
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Anaesthesia
How Humphry Davy came close to discovering the anaesthetic powers of nitrous oxide.
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Kim Newman - Cry Babies
Busy Angela and Barty want a child but don't have time.
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Brett Goldstein - Success Story
When Hollywood picked up Ray's low-budget film, he thought he had left England for good.