Drama on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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Messages to a Submariner
By Nick Walker. Deep beneath the ocean, two submariners are desperate to return home.
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The Blue Room
Georges Simenon's classic murder story, dramatised by Ronald Frame.
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The Birdwoman of Bognor
Sarah Daniels's play is set on the afternoon of the annual Birdman of Bognor competition.
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Memorials to the Missing
Stephen Wyatt's play follows moves during WW1 to set up an Imperial War Graves Commission.
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The Lost Boys of Africa
Lemn Sissay narrates this true story about hope, determination and the power of music.
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Reunion
By Chris Thorpe. A man visits a massage parlour for the first time.
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Solo Behind The Iron Curtain
Robert Vaughn is making a movie in Prague when Russian tanks roll into Czechoslovakia.
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Darkness
By DJ Britton. Surgeon Dan Walsh learns that he has inherited macular degeneration.
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The Woman from the North
By Bernard MacLaverty. Cassie faces the prospect of residential care. What must she do?
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Hands
By Courttia Newland. Anissa Marie struggles to claim her ancestral power to heal.
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Like Listening to Springsteen
By Harriet O'Carroll. Caro faces a lifetime caring for a brain-damaged child.
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The Ted Hughes Letters
Richard Armitage reads a selection of letters from the late Poet Laureate.
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Forty-Three Fifty-Nine
By Mike Walker and John Dryden. A former FSB agent thinks someone is trying to kill him.
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Louise Wallinger - Cut Me and I Bleed Elvis
Sarah collects voices on tape, but her microphone is taking over her life.
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The Tank Man
Julia Stoneham's play tells the remarkable story of the creator of a WW2 memorial.
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Lesley Bruce - An Interlude of Men
Bren and Hilly have always been friends, so when Hilly breaks her wrist Bren comes to help
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Me and my Man
Comedy by Bettina Gracias. Lal and Paul's path to true love is littered with obstacles.
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Annapurna
By Jod Mitchell. A couple on a Himalayan mountain trek realise they are being stalked.
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A Field of Hay
Gillian Clarke's play is a poetic celebration of rural summertime.
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Hiraeth in Hughesovka
Colin Thomas's drama documentary is set in the Ukrainian steel town of Hughesovka.
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Mothercloud
By Martin Jonols. When Daniel's partner leaves him, Tanya teaches him to drive.
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Belongings
By Dominique Moloney. Two brothers breaking and entering face an awkward dilemma.
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Darling Alicia
The story of a relationship which began by correspondence, based on unpublished letters.
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Sex after Death
By Mark Lawson. Pippa wants a baby from the sperm of a deceased former boyfriend.
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House Rules
By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. A former gambler wants a quiet life, but his son has other ideas
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Sparkle
Comedy by Colin Hough. Evelyn Sparkle is afraid of losing both her job and her husband.
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The Conservation
Dramatic reconstruction of a meeting of the sons of two former Jewish slave labourers.
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Hard Road
By Simon Vinnicombe. Struggling both at school and at home, Bradley decides to get away.
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Man of Steel
Frances Byrnes's drama, set in Sheffield in 1982, is based on her father's redundancy.