Drama on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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Life of Penguins
By Katie Hims. Merle's sister Beth has been abducted by aliens - not for the first time.
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The Confessions
When Luke acquires a valuable sketch, he plans to make a killing.
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The Day the Planes Came
Romantic comedy by Caroline and David Stafford, set in the the immediate aftermath of 9/11
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Address Unknown
Tim Dee's adaptation of Kressmann Taylor's novel, published in 1938.
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Beijing's Slowest Elevator
By Xiaolu Guo. Zhang Yan has left her village and is determined to make it in Beijing.
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Listen to the Words
By Ed Hime. Tim, who has an empathy problem, tells his story for his college radio station
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Nick Warburton - Foundling
Why will a man famous for finding people not help a young woman find her lost child?
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Septimus Greabe
Mike Harris' story about 19th century Society for the Suppression of Vice.
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Nichola McAuliffe - The Incomparable Witness
In 1910, pathologist Bernard Spilsbury is called in to work on the trial of Dr Crippen.
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Dropping Bombs
Comedy by Paul Cotter. A former RAF pilot makes a trip to Germany to deliver an apology.
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Rachel Joyce - Take One Night
Cracks start to appear in Alan and Alice's marriage as they assemble a special present.
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The Highest Tide
Jim Lynch's coming-of-age adventure story set on the Pacific Coast.
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Girl from Mars
By Lucy Caldwell. A family tries to come to terms with the loss of a daughter and sister.
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Shredder
By Juliet Ace. Not even a shredder can wholly destroy Bella's past.
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The Ballad of Pickard Boots
By Annamaria Murphy. Jamaican street musician Pickard is given shelter by Molly Pinks.
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A Wedding in Krakow
Ewa Banaszkiewicz's fresh perspective on the lives of Polish people living in England.
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Kaffir Lilies
By Sue Eckstein. Arriving in Nigeria in 1929, Charles strikes up an friendship with Louisa
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An Unchoreographed World
By Frances Byrnes. In May 1940, the young dancer Margot Fonteyn is trapped in Holland.
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Forty-Three Fifty-Nine: Yara
By Mike Walker and John Dryden. A city worker is caught up in in an unfolding catastrophe
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Women of an Uncertain Age
By Rony Robinson and Sally Goldsmith. A funny touching play about the menopause.
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Higher
Joyce Bryant's satire on tertiary education, set in a far from elite university.
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Nicola Baldwin - Edward Alleyn's Devil
Famed Jacobean actor Edward Alleyn believed he saw a devil on stage. What really happened?
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Landscape
A man and woman's memories, plus a man's interrogation in 'The Examination'.
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Eve Blinked
By Margaret Heffernan. Four American businesswomen share their stories over an evening.
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Far North
By Louis Nowra. A boy and his young mother take to the road across Australia.
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The Playwright and the Grammarian
A playwright and a retired civil servant confront one another over a Radio 4 microphone.
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Chatterton: The Allington Solution
By Peter Ackroyd. A literary historian discovers much about himself during his research.
