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Categories: Drama: Biographical

  1. Snow on the Roses by Eric Ewens

    Born in 1768, novelist and playwright Maria Edgeworth devoted life to art and family.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Back to Black

    The life and music of Amy Winehouse.

    BBC Two

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    Elvis

    An epic, big-screen spectacle that explores the life and music of Elvis Presley.

    BBC One

  4. Prisoner 951

    Drama based on the true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and the struggle to free her.

    BBC One

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  5. Virginia and Katherine by Alison MacLeod

    A story about the friendship and rivalry between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield.

    BBC Radio 4

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  6. Everest

    Two groups of mountaineers face a deadly descent from Everest.

    BBC Two

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    Mr Burton

    The true story of the man who inspired screen legend Richard Burton.

    BBC One

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    Priscilla

    Priscilla Beaulieu is slowly drawn into a strange and unhealthy life with Elvis Presley.

    BBC Two

  9. A Vindication of Frankenstein's Monster

    Linda Marshall Griffiths reimagines Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.

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  10. The Photographer by Max Porter

    A life in five photographs. Original fiction series by Max Porter, read by Tim McInnerny.

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  11. Raging Bull

    The story of the rise and fall of boxer Jake LaMotta.

    BBC Two

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    Hero: The Extraordinary Life of Mr Ulric Cross

    The story of Ulric Cross, who left Trinidad to join the RAF and help liberate Africa.

    BBC Two

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    Meeting Jack

    Author Jack London and his wife sailed round the South Pacific after adventure.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Harriet O'Carroll - Minuet

    A young Jane Austen falls in love fuelling her desire to become a writer.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Babs

    Drama telling the heartwarming story of actress Dame Barbara Windsor.

    BBC One

  16. Charlotte Brontë in Babylon by Charlotte Cory

    Drama charting five momentous visits Charlotte Brontë made to London.

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  17. Riot Girls

    No-holds-barred dramas written by women, featuring extraordinary female characters.

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  18. A Song for Jenny

    Powerful drama exploring the impact of the 7/7 bombing at Edgware Road tube station.

    BBC One

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    Sorry, Boys, You Failed the Audition by Ray Connolly

    What would have happened to The Beatles if George Martin had turned them down?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Burton and Taylor

    The story behind the final public appearance of Hollywood's most glamorous couple.

    BBC Four

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    A Man for All Seasons

    Historical drama about the life of Sir Thomas More.

    BBC Two

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    The Duchess

    The tumultuous life story of the 18th-century Duchess of Devonshire (Keira Knightley).

    BBC One

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    Hattie

    How actress Hattie Jacques's home life was blown apart by a secret sexual liaison.

    BBC Four

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    Margaret

    Drama charting Margaret Thatcher's astonishing fall from power.

    BBC Two

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    The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

    Film about Peter Sellers's rise from radio star to one of the world's top comic actors.

    BBC Two

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    Man on the Moon

    Biopic of controversial comedian and star of Taxi and Saturday Night Live, Andy Kaufman.

    BBC Three

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    Fear of Fanny

    Dramatisation of Fanny Cradock's life, based on interviews with her friends and family.

    BBC Four

  28. Elizabeth R

    Glenda Jackson stars as Queen Elizabeth I in this dramatisation of her reign.

    BBC Four

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  29. The Year of the Cat by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

    A memoir of past trauma, the pandemic and a new pet.

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  30. Alexander Salamander

    Bho chionn trì bliadhna deug nochd Alexander san t-saoghal le BRAG!

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

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  31. Brown Girl Like Me by Jaspreet Kaur

    An honest, unflinching account of life for South Asian women and girls in the UK today.

    BBC Radio 4

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  32. Raven Smith's Men

    A hilarious look at men and all they entail from professional man-about-town Raven Smith.

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  33. Lioness: My Journey to Glory by Beth Mead

    Faye Marsay reads the highly anticipated memoir of England football star Beth Mead.

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