Drama on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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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.
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Chris Harrald - Mr Larkin's Awkward Day
One morning in September 1957, Philip Larkin receives a very official looking letter.
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Dear Writer
By Jane Rogers. A charming play about a writer suffering from writer's block.
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Fifteen Ways to Leave Your Lover
Comedy by Carolyn Scott-Jeffs about a couple who can neither live together nor apart.
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Hudson and Pepperdine Save the Planet
Comedy about climate change and how to combat it.
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Grace
Grace, a champion of atheism, is faced with the decision of son Tom to become a priest.
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Judith Adams - I Believe I Have Genius
What happened when Charlotte Bronte headed to Brussels to study at a girls' school.
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Baguettes and Barms
Comedy by Christine Marshall. Volunteer worker Anne is organising a party for her husband.
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Tiny Chaos
By Lizzie Nunnery. Alison was born with hugely limited movement and responses.
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Good Evening
How Oxbridge men Bennett, Cook, Miller and Moore changed the face of British comedy.
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Tarzan of the Antirrhinums
Comedy by Lavinia Murray. Tarzan attempts to save a garden centre from financial ruin.
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Hard Frosts in Florence
By David Pownall, specially written for Paul Scofield. Michelangelo returns to Florence.
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Daybreak
By Tom Ray. A week after his wife leaves him, a man discovers an extraordinary secret.
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The Walrus and the Terrier
By Christopher Ralling. James Cameron visited Albert Schweitzer in Gabon in 1953.
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Out of Season
By Anne-Marie O'Connor. Four Blackpool residents seek refuge in an empty promenade cafe.
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Peter Souter - Goldfish Girl
After ten years, Joe clearly remembers everything about Ally, but she recalls nothing.
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Unpredicted
By Annie McCartney. An Ulster politician's family begin receiving anonymous messages.
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Cavalry
By Dan Rebellato. Four men are preparing for battle, but which one?
