Drama on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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A Short Ride to Dusseldorf
By Janice Okoh. A chance meeting in a job centre offers Alison some easy money.
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Amy's Spaghetti
Colin Hough's comedy about love, sex, parenthood and dressing up as Sonny and Cher.
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Icarus Falling
By Jonathan Davidson. An artist seeks to expand his horizons and takes up gliding.
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Rapture
Fiona Shaw reads from Carol Ann Duffy's T S Eliot Prize-winning collection of love poems.
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A Two Pipe Problem
By Michael Chaplin. Two inmates in a retirement home tackle a mystery.
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Alice in Paris
Elizabeth Lewis's comic parable about the pitfalls of romantic fantasy.
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Excerpt from a Dog's Ear
By Kavyasiddhi. Dodging impending fatherhood, a man escapes to a beach.
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The King of Pripyat
A nuclear physicist from Sellafield is on an exchange trip to Chernobyl.
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Clear Water
Based on the true story of the disappearance of Alan Maclean off Somalia in September 1999
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Rachel Joyce - To Be a Pilgrim
After retiring six months earlier, tired Harold opens a letter and everything changes.
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A Regent's Tale
By David Pownall. An exasperated Prince of Wales seeks to be king.
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Lawn Wars
Story about a woman who takes on a gardener after the death of her mother.
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A Shropshire Lad
AE Housman's famous poem, exploring the fleetingness of love and decay of youth.
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The Climb
Lance Woodman's drama-documentary follows two competitive cyclists facing the hill climb.
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Nick Leather - The Domino Man of Lancashire
Loneliness, romance, and does record-breaking really matter? Stars Tom Courtenay.
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Puzzle Women
By Gill Adams. A young woman tracks down the former Stasi man who spied on her.
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Longus - Daphnis and Chloe
The ancient story of two young lovers, beset by pirates but aided by the power of love.
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The Female Husband
Sheila Hamilton's dramatisation of the 1746 trial of Mary Hamilton, who married as a man.
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The Boy Fathers
By Peter Hunter and David Johnson. In hospital, Richie is desperate see his child's birth.
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Rani Moorthy - Curry Tales
Four cooks share their secrets for making curry.
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Abel's Law
Hugh Costello's play is based on the story of Abel Ryder, an Oxfordshire shopkeeper.
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05/05/2005
John Peacock's adaptation of Richard Hull's novel, written in the 1930s.
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Jump
Alexis Zegerman's drama is inspired by Antony Gormley's exhibition at the Hayward Gallery.
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30/12/2005
By Nicholas McInerny. Jennifer discovers a great deal about her deceased distant relative.
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A Man Cut in Slices
By Adrian Penketh. Paul Tate is unwittingly cast as the symbol of Londoners' defiance.
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Brought to Book
By Joan Bakewell. The chair of a book prize committee strives to maintain her high ideals.
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Smoke and Mirrors
Paul B Davies's black comedy is based on fact. A magician is confronted by his Nazi past.
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One Foot in the Cuckoo's Nest
By Ian Macpherson and Magi Gibson. The comfortable lives of two reporters are shattered.
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Looking for Dad
By Michael Butt. A man's attempts at reconciliation with his father are threatened.