Epilogue
Bernardine Evaristo’s 2019 Booker Prize winning novel. Read by Pippa Bennett-Warner.
Episode 10: Second Chances
A mini break denouement...
4. The Wound
Back from his voyage, the narrator sees a sinister green hand at his window.
Letters from South Africa
Johannesburg
Five letters from South African writers about life there in the week of the ANC elections.
Episode 10
Stephen sloughs off the ties of his life in Ireland to pursue the life of an artist.
5: Three Coins
A trip to the Trevi Fountain helps a young woman re-assess her life.
5: All Who Were Able For It
The final story in Sarah Moss's powerful and heart-breaking series set on a hospital ward.
10. Danger
Zoe is in danger of disappearing once more. Can her supposed murderer save the day?
Barack Obama Talks to David Olusoga
Former President Barack Obama is interviewed by historian and broadcaster David Olusoga.
Episode 5
With one last song to steal, Harry’s journey across Ireland nears its end.
Chapter Four
Lewis Carroll’s curiouser and curiouser tale of a girl discovering a strange new world.
Episode 8
Janet is about to join society but has firm ideas about what sort of woman she might be.
6: Exiting a Dream
The final story from DJ Nick Grimshaw on the highs and lows of his eventful life so far.
In this final episode will Maeve escape her small town to London?
Chapter 8
Henry James’ chilling novella about a governess and two children on a haunted estate.
7. Days of Hope
Abi Morgan's memoir concludes as summer seas point to new hope and promises for her family
Status. We don’t like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
Episode 10 - The Organiser
The big night has arrived at The Circus. However the bar’s owner is nowhere to be found.
Dimple is armed with another plan, having been brought closer to her four half-siblings.
Dylan and Rowenna have to find a way to bridge the silence between them.
Part Three
Edith Wharton’s novella about a young man attempting to escape a loveless marriage.
Great Escape(s)
The big day is here, and Violetta isn't the only one getting out of Portobello.
No One Called Her Angel. A five-part reading for Radio 4 written by Louise Welsh.
It's Me Who Keeps the Bird's Heart Beating by Luke Sutherland
In this haunting tale, Regina overcomes muteness with some help from the afterlife...
Ep6. New Purpose
Megan Phelps-Roper is forced to confront her past actions, and starts over.
Daisy Buchanan's raucously comic satire on the dark side of life on glossy magazines.
A Celebration of the Short Story
Araby by James Joyce
James Joyce’s story from Dubliners about a boy enchanted by a woman and a utopian bazaar.
Alice Munro - Too Much Happiness
Free Radicals
A newly widowed woman must look to the wife she replaced when a stranger threatens her.
Ghost Stories by HG Wells
The Stolen Body
When a researcher experiments with astral projection, an interested party intervenes.
Episode 5: Girolamo Aflame
After the chaotic spectacle of the Trial by Fire, tensions in Florence are at a peak.
