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The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold
Miss Madrigal brings calm to a household, but what is she hiding? From 1968.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Glendon Swarthout - The Shootist
Classic Western drama about the last surviving gunfighter in a vanishing American West.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Horace Walpole - The Castle of Otranto
Duplicity and dynastic rivalry in what is considered to be the first ever gothic novel.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Rock Around the Clock
A manager believes he can help a small-town rock 'n' roll band hit the big time.
Âé¶¹Éç Two
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Under Milk Wood: From New York
Michael Sheen leads a reading of Dylan Thomas's play at the Kaufmann Concert Hall, 92Y.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio Wales
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RW Fassbinder - No-One Is Evil and No-One Is Good
Can the end of the world spell hope? Petrov and Elvira recall all that we take for granted
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Bertolt Brecht - Mother Courage and Her Children
Mother Courage follows warring armies with her travelling canteen. But at what cost?
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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JB Priestley - Eden End
A retired GP reflects on the end of an era. Stars Joan Plowright.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Sarah Wooley - Planning Permission
A comedy about neighbours, architecture, tradition versus modernism - and James Bond.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Patrick O'Brian - Little Death
Haunted by war and vowing not to kill again, an ex-pilot is invited to shoot pigeons.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Patrick O'Brian - The Stag at Bay
He is writing an article on marriage. She has retreated to her mother's.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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The Skool Days of Nigel Molesworth (Omnibus)
Nigel's guided tour of the utter shambles that is St Custards.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Christopher Reason - Box of Chocolates
Chocolates from her estranged Aunt prompts Christine to show her soft centre
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Nigel Slater - Eating for England (Omnibus)
A dramatised reimagining of cook Nigel Slater's life, and the aunt who encouraged him.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Guy Meredith - Clicktrack
1930s Britain: a film is doomed – unless a young composer can save the day with a score.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Offences Against the Person
Hilary Mantel short story: the consequences of an illicit affair in a solicitor's office.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Steve Walker - Haunted By More Cake
With a tea party going on in his stomach, Lionel has fallen in love with a guest.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Julian Fellowes - Snobs Omnibus
On a chance visit to a stately home, accountant's daughter Edith meets an eligible earl.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Dawn Lowe-Watson - Closed to Visitors
A man persuades Sally, the curator at Reedbeck Hall, to give him an out of hours tour.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Martyn Wade - Burn the Aeneid!
After his death, author Virgil wants his magnum opus destroyed.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Jim Broadbent - A Sense of History
To keep his family estate intact, the 23rd Earl has resorted to murder and coercion.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Papadopoulos and Sons
After a financial crisis, a millionaire loses everything apart from a fish and chip shop.
Âé¶¹Éç One
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Susan Hill - The Beacon Omnibus
Frank Prime's quest for fame and fortune is about to spark disaster for his family.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Begin Again
A former music company producer and a singer-songwriter collaborate. With Keira Knightley.
Âé¶¹Éç Two
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The Ice Wife (Omnibus)
Filmmaker Jen travels to an Antarctic base where tensions already high.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Phonophone
A musician is found dead with the only clue, a message saying 'Phonophone active'.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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The Disappointed
Drama about a teacher coping with the failure of her top pupil to get a place on a course.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio Scotland
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The Embrace (Omnibus)
Original drama about love, money and betrayal by Linda Marshall Griffiths.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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The Henry Experiment (Omnibus)
A mother worries that a child parenting expert wants her young son to be too independent.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Father of the Bride
A man's life is turned upside down when his daughter gets engaged. Starring Spencer Tracy.
Âé¶¹Éç Two
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The Haunted Road - Omnibus
Police camera operator Leslie Burden assists a colleague in the hunt for a missing woman.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Nelson in His Own Words
Drama documentary exploring the life of Horatio Nelson through his own letters.
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Good Vibrations
A music lover decides to open a record shop in 1970s Belfast and call it Good Vibrations.
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The Beautiful Thing
By Kit de Waal. A short story about emigration, backstory and new beginnings.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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Wally K Daly - What's Stigmata?
What happens when the 'greatest non-believer of all time' develops mystical powers?
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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My Mother's Visit
A mother forces a visit on her son, and a clash of attitudes ensues.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4
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David Buck - Barnsdale Wake
King Richard I hears ballad singers recall legendary tales of Robin Hood.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Tim Franks - Through My Own Fault
A worldly priest gets more than he bargained for in the Good Friday confessional.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Mike Bartlett - A Steal (Omnibus)
Trying to help friends sparks a mission for shop assistant Hanna. Will anyone listen?
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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The Ark
One-off drama telling the story of Noah, fusing elements from the Bible and the Qur'an.
Âé¶¹Éç One
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Rosamond Lehmann - Dusty Answer
Omnibus. Judith Earle's childhood memories of the Fyfe family cousins next door.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Shakespeare's Fire by Glyn Maxwell
A stage disaster at the Globe Theatre ends The Bard's career. Comic drama.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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The C Word
A story of life, love and cancer based on Lisa Lynch's candid book about her experiences.
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The Song House Omnibus
An older man wants a musical ghostwriter. A young woman has a dark secret.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Katie Hims - The Earthquake Girl
Despite her sister-in-law’s ideas, librarian Edie just wants to write a Gothic romance.
Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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