Drama on 3 Episodes Episode guide
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Inspired by Hamlet: Hamlet Noir
Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy takes on a thrilling Scandi-Noir twist.
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Come Closer Now
Katie Hims’ love letter to radio drama to celebrate 100 years of the medium.
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Emperor and Galilean. Part 2: Emperor Julian
Ibsen's epic play about Roman Emperor Julian's failed attempt to abolish Christianity. (R)
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Emperor and Galilean. Part 1: Young Julian
Ibsen's epic play about Roman Emperor Julian's failed attempt to abolish Christianity.
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One Summer in Luka
The first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompts powerful memories for Nikki.
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Black Water
Two sets of teenagers, a swim, a midsummer night's loving and the fallout 20 years on.
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The Women of Troy
A contemporary version of Euripides's anti-war tragedy by Linda Marshall Griffiths.
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Ian McEwan with the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Symphony Orchestra
An evening of readings and music with acclaimed novelist Ian McEwan.
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She Stoops to Conquer
A very (very) free adaptation of Oliver Goldsmith's comedy of class and clever women.
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Henry IV, Part 2
England faces an uncertain future. With Toby Jones and James Purefoy.
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Bess Loves Porgy
A musical love story for today, inspired by Edwin DuBose Heyward's iconic novella Porgy.
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Kafka's Dick
Alan Bennett's comedy about one of the most miserable writers of the 20th century.
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The Dance of Death
Conor McPherson’s darkly comic version of Strindberg’s classic about a toxic marriage.
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Reykjavik
Award-winning drama from Spain. The Fischer-Spassky chess match is re-enacted in a park
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The Seagull
Chekhov's celebrated stage play grapples with art and love. A new version with music.
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The Get
By Josh Azouz, a new play with Paul Chahidi and Michael Gould.
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Songs in Times of Distress
Haunting choral music from the Theresienstadt ghetto
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
A starry cast including Mark Gatiss, Sanjeev Bhaskar and the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú SO on the detective trail
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HashtagPublicEnemy
A new play by Steve Waters based on Ibsen’s Enemy of the People, with Joseph Millson
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The Journey of the Magi
A Nativity story re-imagined in words and music based on an original poem by WR Rodgers.
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Benny & Hitch
The extraordinary and explosive relationship between Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock
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Venice Preserved
A political thriller about power, revolution, sex, and betrayal.
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The Age of Anxiety
WH Auden’s extraordinary verse epic for four voices is dramatised by Robin Brooks.
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Churchill versus Reith
Two titans of the 20th century slug it out over the future of broadcasting.
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Beowulf Retold
A radiophonic adaptation of Beowulf, using different Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú versions broadcast over the years
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Ariel and Winter Trees
A vibrant journey through Sylvia Plath's last collections of poetry. With Siân Phillips.
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People Everywhere Will Sing
The story of Ralph Vaughan Williams's radical contribution to the late queen's coronation.
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Sizwe Banzi is Dead
Drama on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 3, co-devised by South Africa's legendary playwright, Athol Fugard.
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The Pride of Parnell Street
Sebastian Barry's acclaimed stage play from 2007 is a moving account of a Dublin marriage.
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He Do The Waste Land in Different Voices
A performance of T S Eliot’s The Waste Land.