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Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Radio 4,426 episodes

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Camberwell Green. Part 2
A bus controller keeps London moving, in a race against criminals threatening her family.
22 Apr 2021,44 mins
Camberwell Green. Part 1
A bus controller keeps London moving, in a race against criminals threatening her family.
21 Apr 2021,44 mins
Going Dark
By Marcella Evaristi. In 1642, the Puritans close the theatres for 18 years.
19 Apr 2021,44 mins
Losing Paradise
By Stephanie Dale. The story of Fairbourne and the UK’s first ‘environmental refugees’.
08 Apr 2021,44 mins
Oak Tree Close
A ballad in seven scenes, tracing the life of a protective oak, with music by Johnny Flynn
30 Mar 2021,44 mins
Yellow Lips
Katie Redford's debut drama, a daughter's memories of her mum's battle with mental health.
29 Mar 2021,44 mins
The Margins
A family is forced to reappraise their sense of charity in Al Smith’s prescient play.
27 Mar 2021,57 mins
The Performer - part 2/2
Theatre-mad Matthew ponders his father's mysterious disappearance.
26 Mar 2021,44 mins
The Performer - part 1/2
Monologue about a theatre-loving teenager in the 1960s, whose father disappears...
25 Mar 2021,44 mins
Devoted
Ray Connolly's drama about surviving Covid-19 starring Philip Jackson and Alison Steadman.
23 Mar 2021,52 mins
Tango Diaires
To some people, tango is an obsession. To many, it is the spirit of life itself.
20 Mar 2021,57 mins
Waking Beauty
Original drama written by Alex Clarke
19 Mar 2021,44 mins
Another Place
By Siân Owen. One mum’s struggle to connect to her severely deaf baby son.
18 Mar 2021,44 mins
At Sea
Cholera has ravaged a futuristic London as families flee for their lives.
11 Mar 2021,44 mins
The Gold Killing
1. Temptation
Greed, fear and fraud. Thriller starring Robert Glenister.
20 Jul 2015,45 mins
The Gold Killing
2. Dancing with Death
Joe's life is in danger following his investment in a Ghanaian gold mine.
21 Jul 2015,45 mins
The Flowers Are Perfect in the Garden
One in a trilogy of plays by Lucy Caldwell about goodbyes.
10 Mar 2021,44 mins
Scenes from a Zombie Apocalypse
When the world goes off track, sometimes children understand it best.
09 Mar 2021,44 mins
Holding Back the Tide
Walk On
Comedy by Nick Warburton. Philip Jackson stars as the most truculent man in Yorkshire.
05 Mar 2021,44 mins
Holding Back the Tide
Good Fences
Comedy by Nick Warburton. Philip Jackson stars as the most truculent man in Yorkshire.
04 Mar 2021,44 mins
Holding Back the Tide
The Woman in Puce
Comedy by Nick Warburton. Philip Jackson stars as the most truculent man in Yorkshire.
03 Mar 2021,44 mins
The Ventriloquist's Dummy
Amanda Dalton's drama documentary on ventriloquism and the uncanny wisdom of the Gut.
02 Mar 2021,44 mins
Top of the World
Can a mountain save a marriage? Gloria is a therapist and podcaster who's sure it can.
01 Mar 2021,44 mins
Writ in Water
A new play to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of the poet John Keats in Rome.
23 Feb 2021,44 mins
Murmuration
Darkly comic, heart-warming drama starring Christopher Eccleston. By Christine Entwisle.
22 Feb 2021,44 mins
The Elder Son (Part 2)
An elaborate hoax goes wrong on a cold Russian night.
19 Feb 2021,44 mins
The Elder Son (Part 1)
An elaborate hoax goes wrong on a cold Russian night.
18 Feb 2021,44 mins
Life Class
Sophie Thompson stars in Rachel Joyce's drama about a woman who begins to feel invisible.
13 Feb 2021,57 mins
The Bully
A powerful drama based on the true ordeal of a young boy's obsessive compulsive disorder.
12 Feb 2021,44 mins
In Search Of The Severn Serpent
Dr Jelena Petrovic investigates recent sightings of a Sea Serpent in the Severn. Drama.
11 Feb 2021,44 mins