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Categories: Drama: Thriller

  1. Dark Matter by Michelle Paver (Omnibus)

    Michelle Paver's terrifying 1930s ghost story, set in the wilderness of the Arctic Circle.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. The One About The Social Worker

    Martin Jameson's thriller about a social worker suspended after a national scandal

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. Peter Wolf - Safe As Houses

    Sent to clear a MOD safehouse, Ruth and Ellie realise the former occupant faces danger

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. Nightsleeper

    Real-time thriller about the hacking of a sleeper train travelling from Glasgow to London.

    BBC One

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  5. Michael Hastings - The Crashed Plane

    A search for a missing fighter craft leads to a once rich Arab businessman and his wife.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6. Get Carter

    Slick criminal Jack Carter returns to northern England to investigate his brother’s death.

    BBC Two

  7. Peter Lovesey - Keystone

    An English actor is hired as a Keystone Cop, but silent comedy turns to tragedy.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. Apples Never Fall

    What you don’t know can hurt you. A sudden disappearance poisons a picture-perfect family.

    BBC One

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  9. The Beneficiary by Philip Levene

    The Bentleys are unhappily married. But a plan is being plotted...

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  10. Guy Meredith - The Tokyo Correction

    Back from a decade in Spain, Adam Bax lands in another art scam.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11. The Outfit

    An English tailor in Chicago is forced to treat the bullet wound of a mob boss's son.

    BBC One

  12. Rod Beacham - The Inter-City Contract

    Travellers on the overnight express to Edinburgh are facing danger...

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  13. The Beasts

    A French couple become embroiled in an escalating conflict with hostile Spanish locals.

    BBC Four

  14. The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins

    Chilling new thriller from best-selling author Paula Hawkins.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. Precipice by Robert Harris

    A story of intrigue and secrets set in London's corridors of power in the summer of 1914.

    BBC Radio 4

  16. The New Catacomb by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    An archaeologist is overly-keen to share his discovery.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17. Deliverance

    A canoe trip in rural Appalachia becomes a fight for survival for four city friends.

    BBC Two

  18. The Meisterspringer by Berkely Mather

    British agents blackmail a 'Meisterspringer' to arrange a Russian spy's jail escape.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson

    Deliciously dark short stories from the queen of American gothic.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Charles Dickens - The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Omnibus)

    By Charles Dickens, adapted by Mike Walker. With Pippa Nixon as Kate Dickens.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. The Shallows

    A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark.

    BBC One

  22. An t-Eilean/The Island

    A family's world is shattered in a tense story of lies, loss and long-buried secrets.

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  23. Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith

    Con artist and murderer Tom Ripley pits his wits against dangerous adversaries in France.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus)

    Con artist and murderer Tom Ripley pits his wits against dangerous adversaries in France.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Charlie Muffin

    Charlie Muffin is a spy - and a survivor - but the Secret Service and KGB are after him...

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26. Virdee

    Love cost him his family. Now a killer threatens his city.

    BBC One

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  27. Blue Velvet

    A young student finds himself stuck in a dark underworld of crime and depravity.

    BBC Two

  28. The One That Got Away

    DI Ffion Lloyd returns home to lead a murder investigation.

    BBC Four

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  29. The Jura Affair by William Boyd

    A sparkling new literary whodunnit from the acclaimed author William Boyd.

    BBC Radio 4

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  30. Medusa Deluxe

    A murder mystery set at a hairdressing competition.

    BBC Two

  31. Twist by Colum McCann

    Colum McCann's epic new novel about connection, disconnection and destruction.

    BBC Radio 4

  32. Ragdoll

    Six victims. One body. No suspects.

    BBC One

  33. One Came Back by Rose McDonagh

    Gothic thriller, exploring the depths of grief, memory and obsession.

    BBC Radio 4

  34.

    Fall

    Two friends find themselves trapped 2,000 feet up an abandoned radio tower in the desert.

    BBC One

  35. John le Carré

    Dramatisations of John le Carré's classic thrillers.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36. Time Spent in Reconnaissance by Ted Allbeury

    As Germany occupies France - Peter Harvey finds it difficult to trust anyone.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37. Retreat

    As Kate and Martin escape to an island retreat, a man is washed ashore, bringing bad news.

    BBC One

  38. Jim Nicholson - Return to the Islands

    The indefatigable Captain Jim Nicholson returns - facing trouble in the North.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39. Up In Smoke

    A true crime-style drama: a fictional house fire, a missing boy and a global media frenzy

    BBC Sounds

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  40. The Guest

    Power, secrets and toxic friendships collide in a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

    BBC One

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  41. Saltburn

    An Oxford University student is drawn into the world of a charming aristocratic classmate.

    BBC One

  42. The Birds Fall Down by Rebecca West

    18-year-old Laura gets embroiled in an assassination plot in early 20th century Paris

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. The Silence of the Lambs

    An FBI trainee shares her nightmare memory in the hope of stopping a serial killer.

    BBC Two

  44. Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue

    Ten passports, nine bodies, one mystery.

    BBC One

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  45. Shaft

    Detective John Shaft is hired by a Harlem gangster to rescue his kidnapped daughter.

    BBC Two

  46. A Severe Chill by Jack Gerson

    Mark fulfils a promise to a dead friend. But has he picked the right confidant?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47. A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey

    The daughter of a chief police constable meets a suspected killer on the run ...

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. The Sum of All Fears

    A young CIA analyst must stop Russia and America going to war in this Tom Clancy thriller.

    BBC One

  49. Road House

    An ex-fighter takes on a job at a road house, only to learn that a gang is terrorising it.

    BBC One

  50. Twisted Metal

    A motor-mouthed outsider is offered a chance at a better life.

    BBC One

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