Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

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Master Mason
Comedy. Stonemason Bill Mason is the new master mason. Or is he? By Lizzy Mansfield.
09 Apr 2024,44 mins
William's Castle
A letter hidden in 1897 by an orphaned Sunderland choirboy is discovered a century later.
01 Apr 2024,44 mins
Emergency Alert: Ballistic Missile Inbound
A village in the Midlands finds itself the target of an unspecified attack from the air.
20 Mar 2024,44 mins
The Mini-Break
Esme’s meeting-the-parents on a mini-break from hell, in this modern day folk-horror.
19 Mar 2024,44 mins
Family Business
Alecky Blythe’s drama created from interviews recorded at John Lewis stores over 10 years.
16 Mar 2024,57 mins
Mouth
Winner of the bi-annual Alfred Bradley Bursary by new writer Chrissy Jamieson Jones.
13 Mar 2024,44 mins
Hello, I Appear to Have Killed My Husband
By Eugene O’Hare. Powerful psychological drama starring Michelle Fairley.
12 Mar 2024,44 mins
Dragons of the Pool
Drama inspired by the true story of Chinese seamen, forcibly repatriated from Liverpool.
07 Mar 2024,44 mins
Beside Myself
Helena Bonham Carter and Bill Nighy star in Moya O'Shea's drama about Daphne du Maurier.
06 Mar 2024,44 mins
Land of My Father
Siân Owen's drama about the Miners' Strike, to coincide with the 40th anniversary.
05 Mar 2024,44 mins
Sappho in Fragments
By Hattie Naylor. Superstar Sappho has brother-trouble. Starring Thalissa Teixeira.
28 Feb 2024,44 mins
A Tsar in London
Based on a true story, an account of Peter the Great's adventures in 17th-century London.
27 Feb 2024,44 mins
Second Hand Rose
Comedy drama about love and respect.
22 Feb 2024,44 mins
A Small Stubborn Town
The locals of Voznesensk must defend their town against the might of the Russian army.
20 Feb 2024,44 mins
No Alternative
Andy de la Tour stars in new drama about the rise of the alternative comedy movement.
15 Feb 2024,44 mins
Trespass
A satirical play about over-population, inherited wealth and a remarkable poetry festival.
14 Feb 2024,44 mins
The New Sugar
Charlene is forced to decide what is right - and if Barbados truly is a paradise island.
13 Feb 2024,44 mins
Mediocre White Male
At a historic English castle, spirits from the past return to haunt a current occupant.
07 Feb 2024,44 mins
The Great Delay
Psychodrama about the toxic legacy of climate change denial by Theo Toksvig-Stewart
06 Feb 2024,44 mins
Exodus to Shanghai
Five young people evade the Nazis by escaping to Shanghai.
30 Jan 2024,44 mins
Talawa Stories: The Master’s House
The men are gone. But for how long? Four women plot their escape from The Master’s House.
23 Jan 2024,44 mins
The Call
A teacher is ordered to evacuate his apartment block before it's destroyed by a missile.
18 Jan 2024,44 mins
Talawa Stories: Copper & Lead
An explosive secret threatens to shatter a young couple’s love - and bodies - forever.
16 Jan 2024,44 mins
Talawa Stories: Babydyke
Can being in love ever be wrong? According to Tara’s dad Lesley, it absolutely can.
09 Jan 2024,44 mins
Yusuf and the Whale
Yusuf is a dreamer, and a rubbish fisherman. And his life’s about to change.
02 Jan 2024,44 mins
Rumpelstiltskin's Radio Drama Romance
The Radio Drama Department are recording their annual Christmas Pantomime.
31 Dec 2023,57 mins
Good Morning, Yvette’s Nan
Siw Hughes stars in Neil Williams’s comedy-drama about a pirate radio station.
27 Dec 2023,44 mins
A Single Act
Bill Nighy stars in AL Kennedy's drama. Three lonely people connect through comedy.
26 Dec 2023,44 mins
Christmas Miracle on Brighton Pier
Can Angel Eustace save the planet by stopping William McFadden from taking his own life?
25 Dec 2023,57 mins
Tess of the Tollbooth
Shaparak Khorsandi stars in Ali Sparkes's festive romcom set on a toll bridge.
20 Dec 2023,44 mins