Drama on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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Ying Tong: A Walk with the Goons
Roy Smiles's play about Spike Milligan's last days with the Goons.
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Fear and Loathing in Crouch End
Fear and Loathing in Crouch End: Comedy drama by Malcolm Burgess.
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Murder by the Book
Murder by the Book, by Stephen Sheridan. Two elderly librarians try to emulate Miss Marple
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Envy
Clare steals the handbag of a glamorous executive, then sets about stealing her dream life
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Robin Mukherjee - A Fire in the Sun
A woman visits her parents in their fire-ravaged Spanish home. New discoveries await.
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Going for Broke
With debts rising, Colin and Marion set out to milk the system for all it's worth.
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Velvet Love
A cloakroom attendant in a nightclub has to face his past when the place closes down.
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Expand This
A couple unite when a compromising picture of their daughter appears on the internet.
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Sunbathing in the Rain
Gwyneth Lewis's chronicle of her own experience of depression.
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Country Life
Shelagh Delaney's play is set on a smallholding during the Foot and Mouth epidemic of 2001
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Fire of the Dragon
Holed up in Harlech Castle, Owain Glyndwr determines to fight Henry IV to the end.
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The Comedian
Paddy thinks he is Dublin's finest comedian, if only his 10-year-old son would agree.
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The Longest Journey
A man picks up a female hitch-hiker. They are both concealing a secret.
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The Invention of Dr Cake
Dr Tabor goes to visit Dr Cake to talk about ways of alleviating diseases of poverty.
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My Brother's Keeper
Based on the true story of the relationship between a journalist and a condemned man.
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The Hands of Cheryl Boyd
By Maurice Leitch. An overzealous pastor lays plans for a young woman's salvation.
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Murder in the Afternoon: Mixed Messages
A compromising message left on the wrong answerphone stirs up ghosts from the past.
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Accolades
A man claims to know the identity of Shakespeare's Dark Lady.
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Time Breathes
A play about how insomnia can affect anyone, inter-cut with advice from a sleep expert.
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The Girl Who Touched the Stars
By Mahesh Dattani. Bhavna's childhood dream of becoming an astronaut has come true.
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What is Missing from Your Life - The Men
Drama-documentary based on letters from Birmingham women.
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Venus to Go
By Fiona Mackie. Redundancies loom for three machinists in Portsmouth's corset industry.
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How to Remember the Dead
How to Remember the Dead, by Jemma Kennedy.
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And the Rain My Drink
And the Rain My Drink, by Han Suyin.
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First Bite of the Air
First Bite of the Air, by Stephanie Dale. Drama-documentary about a colliery in Coventry.
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Heifers and Bulls
An actress sets up a matchmaking agency for lonely Welsh farmers.
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The Gunshot Wedding
By Katie Hims. Leila's mother has fallen for a cowboy who is really a telephone engineer.
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The Influence
The village of Kelstone has been hit by H5N1, which has mutated in to a human viral strain
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Tiaan
Two sisters travel to India to reunite with their mother for the festival of Tiaan.