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The Waiting Game
Tom Naismith returns to Lancashire to find his uncle's business floundering. Why?
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A Midsummer Night's Dream from Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare's riotous tale of love and magic, filmed live at the Globe Theatre in 2016.
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Tchaikovsky
A docudrama series exploring the life of Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age
A mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign.
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The Piano
A non-speaking Scottish piano player is sold into marriage in 19th-century New Zealand.
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One Moonlit Night
Caradog Prichard's classic story of a young boy's passage to adulthood in North Wales.
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Graeme Fife - A Breath of Fresh Air
Proud chemist Antoine Lavoisier is in grave danger the longer he stays in Paris.
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NC Hunter - A Day By the Sea
The loves, hopes and fears of a family - and a blast from their past.
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Soho Nights
A serial set in London in 1956 as the Cold War and Suez Crisis loom over the UK.
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The Wars of the Roses
Peter Hall's landmark 1960s RSC productions of Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III.
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Richard III
Richard conspires to seize the throne of England, orchestrating a bloody rise to power.
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Henry V from Shakespeare’s Globe
Shakespeare’s masterpiece about the turbulence of war and the arts of peace.
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Hamlet at Elsinore
1964 production of Shakespeare's famous play. Filmed in Elsinore, Denmark.
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Hamlet from Bristol Old Vic
Billy Howle stars in a bold stage adaptation of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
91¸£ÀûÉç Four
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Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale
Stories following the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines.
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Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (Omnibus)
Stories following the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines.
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Casanova
Peter O'Toole and David Tennant star as the 18th century master of seduction.
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Belfast
Belfast, 1969. Young Buddy’s happy home life is rocked by the eruption of the Troubles.
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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Omnibus)
John Moffatt reads the classic tale of a butler's devoted service at a stately home
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A Christmas Carol By Candlelight
Nicholas Parsons narrates a musical version of the Charles Dickens classic.
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The Big Sleep
Philip Marlowe is hired to deal with a series of debts incurred by a general's daughter.
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Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
Returning from France to rule Scotland, Mary Stuart gets a grudging welcome.
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The Witness for the Prosecution
Thrilling two-part drama about a man accused of killing his lover.
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Under Milk Woods
For the 70th anniversary of Under Milk Wood, five short drama portraits of Wales in 2024.
91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 3
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Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
A classic tale of love, daring and a painted pirate ship in a hidden Cornish creek.
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The Egoist by George Meredith
The story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patterne and his attempts at marriage.
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Lady Chatterley
Adaptation of DH Lawrence's classic novel starring Sean Bean and Joely Richardson.
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Babelsberg Babylon
Suspenseful drama set amid the creative ferment of 1920s Berlin and its film studio.
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Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Edwardian England: Robert asks will workers ever realise their toil is profit for others?
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Campion
Peter Davison stars as the gentleman sleuth, as seen in Margery Allingham's novels.
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Tracy Chevalier - Girl with a Pearl Earring (Omnibus)
A poor 16-year-old becomes a servant in Vermeer’s household. What does the future hold?
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Special readings from Orwell's dystopian classic, now celebrating its 75th anniversary.
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Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
Perhaps it was indeed an act of God that had brought disaster to the SS Patna.
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The Go-Between by LP Hartley
James Wilby reads LP Hartley's classic novel of loss of innocence.
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Sister Boniface Mysteries
The police's secret weapon in fighting crime – new force of habit, Sister Boniface.
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Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (Omnibus)
The sleepy Scottish village of Crossriggs is not the place for an unconventional woman.
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Mr Malcolm's List
Julia Thistlewaite is outraged to discover she does not live up to Mr Malcolm's standards.
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Wolf Hall
Acclaimed adaptation of Hilary Mantel's tales from the dark heart of Tudor history.
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Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden
A young orphan moves to a Yorkshire country estate - where she uncovers secrets.
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King & Conqueror
A clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years.
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
A man tries to atone for his past, in the Thomas Hardy classic, adapted by Dennis Potter.
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The New Catacomb by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
An archaeologist is overly-keen to share his discovery.
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Seaborne by Nuala O'Connor
Nuala O'Connor's novel is a rollicking portrayal of the life of Irish pirate Anne Bonny.
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
1805. Chasing an enemy ship, Jack Aubrey demands much of his crew – perhaps too much.
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Gladiator
Maximus Decimus Meridius, favoured general of the Roman emperor, is betrayed and enslaved.
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Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
Listen to Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, narrated by Hugh Bonneville.
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Charles Dickens - The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Omnibus)
By Charles Dickens, adapted by Mike Walker. With Pippa Nixon as Kate Dickens.
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