Podcasts by Drama of the Week

Faith, Hope and Glory: Hope from 2023-12-08T06:00

By Roy Williams. We have followed the lives of Caribbean-born Hope and Faith (Eunice) and British-born Gloria since 1946. It’s now 1978, and Hope is struggling with life in a society in which sh...

English Rose Series 2 - 1: Go West Young Girl from 2023-12-01T15:45

By Helen Cross.

Rose has made a fresh start in the City of Angels and life feels good. But she can't ignore the past, and now it's starting to bite.

Her ex-boss Maya is loving never ...

The North Remembers from 2023-11-24T16:00

By Samantha Harvey. Mum drives through the Dark Hedges, crossing a threshold into a different world. Read by Deirdre Mullins.

Topical fiction inspired by the story, in this week's news, th...

Elsinore from 2023-11-17T06:00

by Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Claudius, Prince of Denmark, has lived as an exile in Spain for the past sixteen years but an attempt on his life causes him to reassess his position. Meanwhile in...

Gaslight - Episode 1 from 2023-02-22T16:30

Atmospheric drama from BBC Radio 4 with bonus scenes for BBC Sounds, featuring original music by Imelda May.

Have you ever wondered where the term 'gaslighting' comes from? Find out in epi...

Rossum's Universal Robots - Part 2 from 2022-04-15T05:00

Music and Lyrics by Susannah Pearse Book by Robert HudsonKarel Čapek's ultra-prescient, retro-futurist 1921 comedy is reimagined with a massive dose of character-driven and song-centred heart. In ...

Rossum's Universal Robots - Part 1 from 2022-04-08T05:00

Music and Lyrics by Susannah Pearse Book by Robert HudsonKarel Čapek's ultra-prescient, retro-futurist 1921 comedy (the classic which gave us the word 'robot') is reimagined with a massive dose of ...

Strings from 2022-03-18T07:08

Linda Marshall Griffiths's drama imagines a future world where the survival of the species is threatened and decisions must be made about what is worth saving. The Longyears spacecraft, with its f...

Talking About A Revolution from 2022-03-11T07:00

By Sarah Daniels When Maya unearths new information about her Aunt’s death, and the curious circumstances behind a car crash that happened over 40 years ago, she’s determined to find out the truth...

The Breach from 2022-03-04T10:00

Bodies in a peat bog are traced back to a calamitous event in 2000BC.

Part 10 - Broken Colours from 2022-02-24T14:18

Dan's life is in danger. To what lengths will Jess go to save him?

Jess now knows the truth about Ronnie Vaz's relationship to Dan. But she's sucked even deeper into the violent world of h...

Part 9 - Broken Colours from 2022-02-24T14:16

Jess now knows the truth about Ronnie Vaz's relationship to Dan. But she's sucked even deeper into the violent world of his drug gang. Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in a new thriller of con...

Part 8 - Broken Colours from 2022-02-24T14:14

Jess has returned to Dan, despite her misgivings. In revenge for his secretive behaviour, she snorts a line of DMT. And experiences a terrifying trip. Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in a new...

Part 7 - Broken Colours from 2022-02-24T14:12

Jess has left Dan, the dockside studio and the grimy, violent world of Ronnie Vaz behind. But something is pulling her back. Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in a new thriller of conflicting p...

Part 6 - Broken Colours from 2022-02-24T14:10

Jess starts her first paid commission as an artist, painting a work for Dan's employer Ronnie Vaz. But she also discovers the true nature of Vaz's business empire. Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin ...

Part 5 - Broken Colours from 2022-02-24T14:08

Jess discovers more about the shadowy world Dan moves in, but she's also increasingly aware of its benefits. She's moved into the dockside studio owned by Dan's employers - the gangster-run Tact...

Part 4 - Broken Colours from 2022-02-24T14:06

Dan has reappeared just as mysteriously as when he vanished. Can Jess trust him.? And is he boyfriend or predator? Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in a new thriller of conflicting perception ...

Part 3 - Broken Colours from 2022-02-24T14:04

When aspiring artist, Jess, is injured during an environmental protest, she’s taken to hospital by a kind stranger. And then the stranger becomes her boyfriend. And then he disappears. Holli Dem...

Part 2 - Broken Colours from 2022-02-24T14:02

Jess is an aspiring artist with synaesthesia, which means that she sees colours and patterns when she hears certain sounds. When Jess collapses and hits her head during an environmental protest,...

Part 1 - Broken Colours from 2022-02-24T14:00

Jess is an aspiring artist with synaesthesia, which means that she sees colours and patterns when she hears certain sounds. When Jess collapses and hits her head during an environmental protest,...

Patterdale from 2022-02-18T15:00

Patterdale by Paul JonesAs Tommy Whelan runs away from his foster family, through the streets of Liverpool, his mind is full of fractured moments, memories and fantasies. In a stream of consciousne...

Siege Episode 1 from 2022-02-11T14:01

By Katherine Jakeways, Eno Mfon and Darragh Mortell.

Everybody remembers the Siege, when for 24 hours the whole world was watching a small South London branch of a global supermarket chain...

Fake Psychic from 2022-02-04T06:30

If you wanted to speak with the dead in 1960s America, there was one man who was ready to help. For more than a decade, Lamar Keene was at the top of his game, becoming known as the Prince of Spiri...

Wunderkind from 2022-01-28T06:30

By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. It's 1770 and Leopold Mozart is taking his 14-year-old son on a much-anticipated trip to Italy to perform for the great and the good. They hit trouble in Rome when young W...

Faith, Hope and Glory - Series 2: Hope and Jim from 2021-12-17T06:00

by Roy Williams

1953. Hope and Jim have attempted to make a life together in Britain since the loss of their baby, Eunice, 7 years earlier, but Jim's infidelities have reached a point that...

D for Dexter from 2021-12-10T15:00

Drama series inspired by the work of the Children in Need charity and based upon real life cases. Written by Amanda Whittington in collaboration with charity organisations

No Place But the Water- Episode 1 from 2021-12-03T07:00

Second series Linda Marshall Griffiths' climate emergency drama set in a flooded future world.

The story of a family in a hotel at the end of the world that is starting to disappear.
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Sleaze from 2021-11-26T16:00

Alexander McCall Smith creates a fictional response to this weeks' news.

Mosley Must Fall from 2021-11-19T06:00

It's 1936, and as political unrest sweeps across Europe, the spectre of fascism is looming over the East End.

One Irish family, living in Whitechapel, finds itself divided as Oswald Mosley...

This Thing of Darkness - Part 1 from 2021-11-12T12:00

A gripping drama which asks the question: are all victims good and all offenders evil?

Radio 3 at HighTide from 2021-10-22T05:00

Two plays recorded live at HighTide Festival in Aldeburgh, set on the edge of the world, weaving myth and archaeology, telling stories of humanity and sacrifice. Created in tandem and with a playfu...

Cov from 2021-10-01T06:00

'Cov' by Amanda Dalton, Sujana Crawford and Raef Boylan.

A Syrian refugee tries to navigate her way around her new home. A city centre leisure complex which divides opinion is under threa...

Life Lines, Series 5 - Part One from 2021-09-17T05:00

By Al Smith

Carrie ..... Sarah Ridgeway
Will ..... Rick Warden
Ian ..... Michael Jibson
Abbas ..... Sharif Dorani
Joyce ..... Helen Norton
Angelica ..... Saffron Coombe...

United Kingdoms - Sheltering from 2021-09-10T11:00

Short form dramas, monologues and poetic reflections on contemporary life.

United Kingdoms - Fearing from 2021-09-03T13:30

A ground breaking five part series from exciting new writers celebrating and revealing life across the United Kingdoms in short, sharp drama, comedy, news reports, song and poetic monologue. Storie...

Leni Goes to Hollywood from 2021-08-27T05:00

Colin Shindler’s new drama about German filmmaker, Leni Riefenstahl. Leni’s star is riding high in Europe following the success of her film, Olympia, and she turns her attention to conquering Holly...

The Master Builder - Episode 1 from 2021-08-20T05:00

The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen. Adapted by David Hare based on a literal translation by Torkil Heggstad.
Episode 1.
The master builder Halvard Solness, is a self-made man, without profe...

The Book of Danielle from 2021-08-13T05:00

Narrator/Eli ..... Henry Goodman
Danni ..... Alexis Zegerman
Joel ..... Aaron Gelkoff
Naomi ..... Susannah Wise
Mummy ..... Sue Kelvin
Kirstie Clarke ..... Margaret Cabourn-Smit...

How to Build a Supertower - Episode 1 from 2021-08-06T05:00

When self-made tycoon Max Silver shakes up his property portfolio, he’s persuaded to raise an iconic new London skyscraper.

He has City backing for a defiant new national symbol, plus an e...

The Counting Sheep from 2021-07-30T14:45

An original short story specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4 by the Northern Irish writer Lucy Caldwell. As read by Louise Parker (The Northern Bank Job.)

Lucy Caldwell is the award-winni...

The Queen of the Isle of Wight from 2021-07-16T05:00

by Barney Norris.

Lin and Cath never wanted to leave the island, but now Cath's gone and Lin must find a different way of living. Lin has never spoken up before but now she must find her v...

The House That Vanished Episode 1 from 2021-07-09T13:30

A compelling five-part mystery based on the true story of one man’s search for justice on a remote Irish island, blending documentary and drama.

Episode 1: The Vanishing.

When Nev...

House Rules from 2021-07-02T15:00

Exercise your imagination with some of the best writers and actors on radio.

Mr Waring of the BBC from 2021-06-25T05:00

A curated drama of archive documents and memoirs, by Freddie Phillips.

It's just after the Second World War and success beckons when a young entertainer with “a new line in comedy” lands t...

The Citadel - Episode 1 from 2021-06-18T06:00

The episode is set over 24 hours, where both doctors deal with unexpected events; Dr. Denny is shocked to receive a visit from a former soldier from his past, and worries that a potential epidemic ...

Jude The Obscure - Episode 1 from 2021-06-04T13:13

Sue Bridehead relates the story of Wessex stonemason, Jude Fawley, who aspires to be a scholar at the university of Christminster. But an early romance threatens to blow him off course. Starring Ro...

Hardy's Women: Two on a Tower from 2021-05-28T13:30

During 2021 on Radio 4, Hardy’s Women takes a fresh look at the novels of Thomas Hardy, through the eyes of some of his female protagonists.

Two On A Tower

Adapted by Anita Sulliv...

Opening Pandora's Box from 2021-05-21T05:00

How do you turn a celebrated silent film into an audio drama? Wedekind's controversial 19th Century Lulu plays formed the basis of the 1929 German movie, Pandora's Box. Its star, Louise Brooks, wil...

Hardy's Women: The Woodlanders - Part 2 from 2021-05-14T10:10

Grace returns from her honeymoon, but her new husband, Dr Fitzpiers, is soon distracted. Ayeesha Menon's dramatisation of Thomas Hardy's novel of love, money and social ambition, tells the story fr...

Hardy's Women: The Woodlanders - Part 1 from 2021-05-07T10:10

Marty South tells no one of her love for Giles Winterbourne in Thomas Hardy's story of ambition, money and missed chances. Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon.

Marty South.....Katy Sobey
Giles...

The 100 Year Old Backstop from 2021-04-30T15:43

The Writers

Michael Patrick & Oisín Kearney wrote the play ‘My Left Nut’ which they also adapted as a BBC Three series in 2020. Their recent play ‘The Alternative’ was the winner of Fisham...

Going Dark from 2021-04-23T15:00

In 1642, the lives of three actors are devastated by a theatre ban that will last 18 years. They witness the upheavals of plague, Civil War, Puritan persecution and the execution of their Royal pat...

The Margins from 2021-04-02T07:00

by Al Smith

Mandy ..... Rebecca Front
Ben ..... Billy Howle
Cassie ..... Cecilia Appiah
Mo ..... Calvin Demba

Directed by Sally Avens

When Ben takes his girlf...

Devoted from 2021-03-26T17:00

Devoted by Ray Connolly
In 2020 writer Ray Connolly spent six months in hospital with Covid. As the virus attacked his body, he was, for much of the time, in a coma. Unaware of how doctors and ...

Another Place from 2021-03-19T15:15

By Siân Owen

One mum’s struggle to connect to her severely deaf baby son.

Lizzy finds out that Charlie might have a problem with his ears when he's three weeks old, after a routin...

Scenes from a Zombie Apocalypse from 2021-03-12T07:00

When the world goes off track, sometimes children understand it best. A persuasive modern horror story.

Cast
Bo ..... Orla Pearce
Ellie ..... Eliza Pearce
Bernadette Strange .....

The Ventriloquist's Dummy from 2021-03-05T17:00

No one seems to know what is wrong with Jess. No one but The Gut, that is. But Jess isn’t listening.

Amanda Dalton’s drama documentary explores the history of ventriloquism, the relationsh...

Murmuration from 2021-02-26T11:00

Darkly comic, heart-warming drama starring Christopher Eccleston. By Christine Entwisle.

Life Class from 2021-02-19T07:00

By Rachel Joyce
A young man bumps into Stella on the street and knocks her off her feet. He then utters the words "I didn't even see you." For Stella those words are more of a wound than the br...

In the Search of the Severn Serpent from 2021-02-12T15:00

New drama by Annamaria Murphy.

Dr Jelena Petrovic heads to Weston-super-Mare to investigate recent sightings of a Sea Serpent in the Severn. Why would people believe they have seen a plesi...

Tracks: Abyss. Episode 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

By Matthew Broughton. The final series of the conspiracy thriller begins. Dr Helen Ash is coming to terms with the fact she has just 9 months to live, when she’s emailed a video of a boat mysteri...

Pilgrim: The Timbermoor Imp (Part 1) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A Hallowe'en adventure for the immortal mediator. Pilgrim donates an impossibly valuable artwork to Timbermoor museum, to keep it open and maintaining a particular shabby exhibit. Cast William Pa...

Fault Lines: Sex - Episode 1, Winter Jasmine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Fault Lines: Sex Winter Jasmine by Kathrine Smith Inspired by Zola's Rougon-Macquart novels, this second season of dramas explores contemporary Britain through the lens of sex. With failing health,...

Blue Thunder from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Padraic Walsh’s gripping family drama about lives spinning out of control. In small-town Ireland, a father and his two adult sons are holed up in a minibus for the night. There’s no escape when the...

Keeping the Wolf Out: Mad Dog from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The return of Philip Palmer's crime drama set in Hungary in 1964. The fearsome former secret policeman Tibor Farkas is back in charge of the Ministry, where he is Franciska's new boss. Bertalan La...

The Piper- Episode 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

New podcast thriller starring Tamzin Outhwaite, with a soundtrack by Bat For Lashes’ Natasha Khan. This is episode 1, and you can find all other episodes on BBC Sounds. When strange music makes a ...

Episode 6 - Peking Noir from 2021-01-10T22:25

Presented by Paul French Drama written by Sarah Wooley

Whatever anyone declared categorically about Shura Giraldi, someone else insisted on the exact opposite. Shura was handsome and beaut...

Episode 5 - Peking Noir from 2021-01-10T22:20

Presented by Paul French Drama written by Sarah Wooley

Whatever anyone declared categorically about Shura Giraldi, someone else insisted on the exact opposite. Shura was handsome and beaut...

Episode 4 - Peking Noir from 2021-01-10T22:15

Presented by Paul French Drama written by Sarah Wooley

Whatever anyone declared categorically about Shura Giraldi, someone else insisted on the exact opposite. Shura was handsome and beaut...

Episode 3 - Peking Noir from 2021-01-10T22:10

Presented by Paul French Drama written by Sarah Wooley

Whatever anyone declared categorically about Shura Giraldi, someone else insisted on the exact opposite. Shura was handsome and beaut...

Episode 2 - Peking Noir from 2021-01-10T22:05

Presented by Paul French Drama written by Sarah Wooley

Whatever anyone declared categorically about Shura Giraldi, someone else insisted on the exact opposite. Shura was handsome and beaut...

Episode 1 - Peking Noir from 2021-01-10T22:00

Presented by Paul French Drama written by Sarah Wooley

Whatever anyone declared categorically about Shura Giraldi, someone else insisted on the exact opposite. Shura was handsome and beaut...

Home Front: 24-28 September 1918 from 2018-09-28T13:00

The first omnibus of Season 15, Onward, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1918, when the Allies launched their final, and decisive campaign on the Western Front. Adam, meanwhile, is on a missio...

POD PLAY 5: BATHROOM | Drama of the Week Special from 2017-08-03T16:15

Let us transport you to a world where flies talk and party-goers escape down drain-pipes. Fly…Sandy GriersonWoman…Karen Bartke Writer…Ben LewisDirector…Kirsty Williams Sound Design…Catherine ...

POD PLAY 4: PARK | Drama of the Week Special from 2017-08-03T16:09

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is more MFI than MI5 in the hands of two incompetent and not-so-secret-agents. By Lee Mattinson. CastAGENT D….. Krissi Bohn AGENT J….. Toby HadokeD...

POD PLAY 3: PUB | Drama of the Week Special from 2017-08-03T16:04

Take a seat at the bar in your local, but look out… one of the regulars is about to get a round in and it could be a painfully long order. A funny and moving original short audio work by award-wi...

POD PLAY 2: BED | Drama of the Week Special from 2017-08-03T15:55

Lie on your bed, put on your headphones, and let Indira Varma and Joe Sims take you on a journey which we promise you’ve never made before. Ed Harris’ darkly inventive writing for audio and stage h...

POD PLAY1: LIVING ROOM | Drama of the Week Special from 2017-08-03T15:49

By Charlotte Bogard Macleod. Leah and Milo are best friends but now Leah has been offered a job in Australia. She loves Milo but does he love her back? Leah is forced to get right inside his head ...