Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

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A Wireless War
1939. The BBC's company of radio actors are evacuated from London to escape the bombs.
18 Dec 2023,44 mins
A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Betrayal and love at the time of Kenya's break from British rule.
17 Dec 2023,57 mins
The Last Chihoro
Tonde returns to his place of birth in Zimbabwe to bury his mother.
12 Dec 2023,44 mins
The Human Way
A dystopian love story by Thomas Pickles.
11 Dec 2023,44 mins
How to Build a DJ
Fun new drama of a wannabe teenage DJ as he navigates friendships, grief and fame.
13 Nov 2023,44 mins
Lark Rise to Ambridge
Part One: Lark Rise
The Archers present Flora Thompson’s joyous tales of a rural childhood in the 1880s.
01 Oct 2023,60 mins
Lark Rise to Ambridge
Part Two: Candleford
The Archers present Flora Thompson’s joyous tales of nineteenth century rural life.
08 Oct 2023,57 mins
Sticking Points
A prize-giving becomes a sticky wicket for an unsuspecting government minister.
08 Nov 2023,44 mins
Samaritan Number One
For the 70th anniversary of the Samaritans, a drama about its visionary founder Chad Varah
01 Nov 2023,44 mins
Rehab
Phyllis Logan and Brian Vernel star in new drama about finding redemption.
31 Oct 2023,44 mins
Ambiguous Loss
477 Days
Aidan Stephens has gone missing. Michael Butt explores the quiet devastation left behind.
14 Jan 2014,45 mins
Ambiguous Loss
No Man's Land
Sally Stephens has not seen or heard from husband Aidan for 16 months.
15 Jan 2014,45 mins
Ambiguous Loss
Home
Aidan Stephens wants to return home, 17 months after going missing.
16 Jan 2014,45 mins
The Adventurers: Scenes from the East India Company
Piracy, the Crown and big business come together in a drama about the East India Company.
12 Oct 2023,44 mins
We Apologise for Any Inconvenience
Will Mason's groundhog day ever end? Drama from Pilgrim creator Sebastian Baczkiewicz.
03 Oct 2023,44 mins
The Egg Man
A writer tries to reconstruct her grandfather's flight from Ukraine in the 1930s.
28 Sep 2023,44 mins
Kaleidoscope 3
By Tina Pepler. Sound artist Iris is inspired by a broadcasting pioneer. With David Haig.
23 Sep 2023,57 mins
Radio Waves
It's 2065 and Capt Avery Jones is tasked with tracking extra-terrestrial audio activity.
21 Sep 2023,44 mins
Slow Air
Love story about messages to the future, whispered in a Sicilian cave 32 years ago.
18 Sep 2023,44 mins
Democracy
Drama-documentary by Sarah Woods inspired by Tocqueville's influential survey of democracy
17 Sep 2023,57 mins
The Ballad of Eldon Street
The Ballad of Eldon Street - an unnatural history.
16 Sep 2023,57 mins
Janey Takes Off
Wheelchairs, comedy and romance. Janey and boyfriend Matthew take a first holiday abroad.
07 Sep 2023,44 mins
The Test Batter Can’t Breathe
Set in the world of cricket, a new drama from the award-winning writer of Dear Harry Kane.
06 Sep 2023,44 mins
A Dog in the Fight
When a drone crashes in Co Sligo, Ireland’s neutrality is revealed to be a fond delusion.
24 Aug 2023,44 mins
Cracking
New play by Shôn Dale-Jones, with original music by John Biddle.
17 Aug 2023,44 mins
Exposure
When an intimate photo falls into the wrong hands, Kate and Emma's worlds start to crumble
31 Jul 2023,44 mins
The Death of Molly Miller
Dark and witty drama about an influencer and a robber by Matthew Greenhough.
20 Jul 2023,44 mins
All Bleeding Stops Eventually. Part Two
A doctor must learn how to become a patient when she is diagnosed with cancer.
12 Jul 2023,44 mins
All Bleeding Stops Eventually. Part One
A junior doctor's world falls apart across a shift in A&E in Al Smith's two-part drama.
11 Jul 2023,44 mins
Shard
Atmospheric folk horror about communes, nature and the price that must be paid.
10 Jul 2023,44 mins