Drama on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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Kepler's Mum's a Witch
By Stephen Sharkey. German astronomer Johannes Kepler's mother is accused of witchcraft.
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The Tyger Hunt
The young William Blake is on the lookout for a tiger, sketch pad in hand.
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University of Lies
By Peter Kesterton. When Andy suggests things are not as they seem, Emma is intrigued.
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Horst Buchholz and Other Stories
By Matthew Wilkie. George is desperate for his team to win the pub quiz.
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The Umbrella
By Lavinia Greenlaw. Happily married couple Will and Iris meet the Perfect Stranger.
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Stardust: A Love Story
By Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis, observing a day in the life of a young Cardiff woman.
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Jennifer Howarth - A City Full of Swindlers
1799: Jane Austen's aunt is accused of shoplifting from a shop in Bath.
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Catherine Shepherd - Cats and Monkeys
Eve goes in search of her dead parents' documents, but unearths something far greater.
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Black Out
By Damian Barr and Laura Lockington. Dan and Lucy get stuck in an elevator.
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Love Contract
By Mike Bartlett. A woman fights to keep her dignity in a series of bizarre interviews.
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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.