Drama: - All Programmes
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The Lost Prince
Two-part historical drama telling the little known story of Prince John
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two
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Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas' classic tale of swashbuckling and political intrigue.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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London Street Cries
London's voices heard from Henry Mayhew's Victorian oral history and from the present day
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray
The life and exploits of 18th-century Irish adventurer Redmond Barry
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Isabel Colegate - The Shooting Party
Autumn, 1913: Isabel Colegate's novel dramatised by DJ Britton. With Olivia Colman.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas' tale of the man, unjustly imprisoned, who escapes to exact his revenge
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 7
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Hellhound on His Trail
A new account of the murder of Martin Luther King and the hunt for his killer
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Helen Dunmore - The Betrayal
Sara Kestelman reads Helen Dunmore's novel of Cold War Leningrad
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Young Victoria by Juliet Ace
Based on letters and diaries, a portrait of the extraordinary Queen's life
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days
Adaptation of RF Delderfield's classic drama set between the two world wars
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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GM Fraser - Royal Flash
The second novel in GM Fraser's Flashman series, set in the fictional Duchy of Strackenz.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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The Other Side of the Hill
Peter Luke's plays about the 1808-1813 peninsular campaign of the Duke of Wellington.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose
John Boyne's haunting novel set in the heart of the Russian empire
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Cymry ar Brawf
Drama ddogfen gyda Betsan Powys. Historical drama documentary with Betsan Powys.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Cymru
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Possession - Omnibus
Three-part adaptation of AS Byatt's bestselling 1990 literary novel
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Birdsong
Epic love story set against the First World War, based on Sebastian Faulks' novel.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One
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James Fenimore Cooper - The Spy
By James Fenimore Cooper. A family are torn apart by the American War of Independence
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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RL Stevenson - Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson's historical Scottish adventure, starring David Rintoul
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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The History Plays
Series plays by Nigel Smith that imagine conversations at key moments in recent history
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Sirens of Fleet Street
The stories of pioneer women in the journalism and reporting industry
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Reeds in the Wind - Omnibus
Grazia Deledda's story of love, poverty, honour and retribution set in 1900's Sardinia
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Vivat Rex
Richard Burton narrates the playwrights' chronicle of the English Crown.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Robert Graves - I, Claudius
The Roman Imperial dynasty's scandalous history, starring Derek Jacobi.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Andrew Miller - Pure
Adaptation of Andrew Miller's novel set in pre-revolutionary France
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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I Refuse
Stories marking the centenary of the birth of American civil rights heroine Rosa Parks
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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The Little Ottleys
Ada Leverson's social comedy set in Edwardian London. Stars Haydn Gwynne
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Amanda Whittington - The Dock, Nuremberg
Dramatisation based on the diaries of artist Dame Laura Knight
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Front - Omnibus
Epic drama series charting the lives of a group of characters on the home front during WWI
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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Our Zoo
Drama series based on the true story of the founding of Chester Zoo in the 1930s.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One
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Gunpowder Women
Five plays about the women connected with the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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The Passing Bells
World War I drama. At the outbreak of war, two teenage boys defy their parents to sign up.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One
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Patrick O'Brian - The Surgeon's Mate
The seventh book in the Aubrey-Maturin historical novel series by Patrick O'Brian.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Arthur
Collection of six plays telling the story of Arthur, leader of Camelot.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Steve Chambers - Victoria Station
Series set in a bustling Midlands railway station in the Victorian era
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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9/11: The Twin Towers
A drama-documentary which presents a minute-by-minute sequence of events during 9/11.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One
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Charlotte BrontΓ« in Babylon by Charlotte Cory
Drama charting five momentous visits Charlotte BrontΓ« made to London.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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This Orient Isle
Derek Jacobi reads a captivating account of Britain's first contact with the Muslim world.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Love Letters from the Front
Drama series telling the story of a WWI soldier and his sweetheart thorough love letters.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Ulster
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The Wonder by Emma Donoghue (Omnibus)
A nurse arrives in Ireland too watch over a girl apparently surviving without food
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (Omnibus)
The tumultous period in US history as seen through teenage Cavalry recruits in the 1850s
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Robert Louis Stevenson: Kidnapped
David Tennant introduces Robert Louis Stevenson's gripping tale of adventure set in 1751.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Wallis - The Life and Legends of Wallis Simpson
Stockard Channing stars in Elizabeth Proud's drama about the Duchess of Windsor
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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Victoria and Albert
Dramatisation of the lives and relationship between Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One
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