Series of drama performances, ranging from experimental works to the Classics
Radio 3,·101 episodes
Drama-documentary inspired by the defection of North Korea's Deputy Ambassador to the UK.
09 Mar 2025,·89 mins
A restored production of Shakespeare's play with Ronald Pickup, first broadcast in 1971.
02 Mar 2025,·179 mins
Poet Michael Symmons Roberts explores composer Olivier Messiaen's obsession with birdsong.
23 Feb 2025,·74 mins
Epiphanies at a Twelfth Night party in Dublin. By James Joyce. Read by Jonathan Forbes.
05 Jan 2025,·89 mins
Two seasonal tales from Guys and Dolls writer Damon Runyon, performed by Jamie Parker.
23 Dec 2024,·89 mins
The extraordinary true story of composer Kay Swift and her affair with George Gershwin.
22 Dec 2024,·119 mins
By Ed Harris adapted from Karel Čapek’s 1936 novel. With Doña Croll and Laura Elphinstone.
08 Dec 2024,·99 mins
Drama about Judy Garland, Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin and the making of A Star Is Born.
03 Nov 2024,·89 mins
Georg Kaiser’s banned 1912 expressionist drama in a new modern translation and adaptation.
22 Sep 2024,·59 mins
The first audio production of Caryl Churchill's thrilling kaleidoscope of human behaviour.
14 Jul 2024,·79 mins,·
Jubilee! 1871, USA. A choir of ex-slaves save a university & bring spirituals to the world
16 Jun 2024,·89 mins
A gripping drama about motherhood and chaos by Lolita Chakrabarti, starring Meera Syal.
12 May 2024,·89 mins
Lovers are tested in a Britain alienated from the rest of Europe, ruled by a weak leader.
28 Apr 2024,·119 mins
Hal has to prove he has what it takes to be King as he lays claim to the throne of France.
21 Apr 2024,·119 mins
Lope de Vega's Spanish Golden Age comedy, starring Olivia Poulet and Joe Thomas.
03 Mar 2024,·89 mins
For the 70th anniversary of Under Milk Wood, five short drama portraits of Wales in 2024.
28 Jan 2024,·89 mins
A Play for Radio by Dylan Thomas. The 1954 BBC broadcast starring Richard Burton.
26 Jan 2024,·95 mins
Bold new audio drama of Thomas Kyd's bloody Elizabethan revenge play for Radio 3.
12 Nov 2023,·94 mins
A radical re-imagining of Shakespeare. Harriet considers how to avenge her sister's rape.
05 Nov 2023,·89 mins
Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy takes on a thrilling Scandi-Noir twist.
29 Oct 2023,·119 mins
The first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompts powerful memories for Nikki.
11 Jun 2023,·84 mins
A contemporary version of Euripides's anti-war tragedy by Linda Marshall Griffiths.
21 May 2023,·79 mins
A very (very) free adaptation of Oliver Goldsmith's comedy of class and clever women.
07 May 2023,·89 mins
England faces an uncertain future. With Toby Jones and James Purefoy.
23 Apr 2023,·119 mins
Award-winning drama from Spain. The Fischer-Spassky chess match is re-enacted in a park
05 Mar 2023,·99 mins
Chekhov's celebrated stage play grapples with art and love. A new version with music.
19 Feb 2023,·89 mins
A Nativity story re-imagined in words and music based on an original poem by WR Rodgers.
01 Jan 2023,·29 mins
The extraordinary and explosive relationship between Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock
25 Dec 2022,·119 mins
A political thriller about power, revolution, sex, and betrayal.
11 Dec 2022,·89 mins
Two titans of the 20th century slug it out over the future of broadcasting.
06 Nov 2022,·89 mins
