Drama on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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Baring Up
By Frank Rickarby. A naturist campaigns to win the right to bathe naked on Brighton beach.
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Welcome to the Wasteland
By DJ Britton. Can a local councillor's environmental plans survive the new world order?
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The Presence
Dramatisation of Welsh poet Dannie Abse's account of his life after the death of his wife.
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Where Three Roads Meet
By Salley Vickers. A strange, unworldly figure appears in Sigmund Freud's Hampstead study.
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Mayflies
Retired astronomer Douglas Schofield receives news of a message from a distant world.
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Getting to Zero
Three real-life Carbon Busters tackle one family's emissions in Sarah Woods' green comedy.
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Anita Sullivan - Homesick
Jeff's mundane life changes when he is struck by a bolt from the blue.
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Anaesthesia
How Humphry Davy came close to discovering the anaesthetic powers of nitrous oxide.
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Kim Newman - Cry Babies
Busy Angela and Barty want a child but don't have time.
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Brett Goldstein - Success Story
When Hollywood picked up Ray's low-budget film, he thought he had left England for good.
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The Lemon Squeezer
A young woman faces up to the realities of life when she swaps London life for a convent.
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A City Killing
A hard look at some of the men and women who launched, then sank, a thousand hedge funds.
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This Repulsive Woman
A probation officer is sent to assess a mother convicted of an appalling crime.
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My Name is Iqbal Masih
By Bettina Gracias. The story of a young Pakistani boy who was forced into bonded labour.
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Mole
An amateur gardener becomes obsessed with hunting down a mole.
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The Nine Days Queen
By Amanda Whittington. The story of the trial of Lady Jane Grey.
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The Last Smoker
Julia Dover's adaptation of a short story by Yasutaka Tsutsui, set in modern-day Japan.
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The Lottery Ticket
By Donna Franceschild. Black comedy about a stray lottery ticket.
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All At Sea
Topical thriller by Colin MacDonald about piracy off the Somali coast.
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Rumpole and the Right to Privacy
By John Mortimer. Rumpole defends a local newspaper editor.
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Rumpole and the Teenage Werewolf
By John Mortimer. Rumpole leaves London to defend a case in the Home Counties.
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Monsieur Monde Vanishes
A respectable Parisian leaves his wife and business for a new life on the Cote d'Azur.
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The Need for Nonsense
The friendship between the writer and illustrator Edward Lear and his Greek manservant.
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Phumzile
By Matthew Hurt. In South Africa, Pete is mugged for his phone - a local woman intervenes.
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Monkeyface
By Linda Marshall Griffiths. 8-year-old Siddy and his big sister search for their father.
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Monkeyface
By Linda Marshall Griffiths. Siddy, eight, and his big sister search for their father.
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Alexis Zegerman - Deja Vu
The tale of a love affair between a London woman and a French Algerian man.
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The Forester's Daughter
When Martha accepts Victor's proposal, she quickly becomes bored. But she has a secret.
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Cavity
A woman takes refuge in an attic as she is almost caught having an affair.
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Cancer Tales
By Nell Dunn, based on real-life experiences of cancer patients and those close to them.