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Macbeth Part One
David Tennant makes his first ever venture into playing the tyrannical Scottish King.
23 Apr 2022,57 mins
Macbeth Part Two
David Tennant makes his first ever venture into playing the tyrannical Scottish King.
24 Apr 2022,57 mins
Come Closer Now
Katie Hims’ love letter to radio drama to celebrate 100 years of the medium.
24 Sep 2023,74 mins
Bacon in Moscow
Francis Bacon’s ground-breaking 1988 exhibition in the USSR. With Timothy Spall
07 Jan 2024,89 mins
Ivanov
Rory Kinnear stars as Nicholas Ivanov in a new version of Chekhov's stage classic.
29 Sep 2024,89 mins
Gatsby in Harlem (Part 1)
F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, reimagined by Roy Williams and starring Ncuti Gatwa
12 Jan 2025,79 mins
Gatsby in Harlem (Part 2)
F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby reimagined by Roy Williams and starring Ncuti Gatwa.
19 Jan 2025,89 mins
Saint Joan of the Anthropocene
Linda Marshall Griffiths' contemporary re-imagining of George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan.
09 Feb 2025,94 mins
King Lear: Part 1
Richard Wilson takes on the mighty Shakespearean King who foolishly gives away his kingdom
08 Jun 2025,57 mins
King Lear: Part 2
Richard Wilson takes on the mighty Shakespearean King who foolishly gives away his kingdom
15 Jun 2025,57 mins
The New Real
David Edgar’s sharp political drama explores the faultlines threatening modern democracy.
29 Nov 2025,87 mins
The Bacchae
Euripides’ Greek tragedy reimagined to explore the root causes of rebellion.
21 Mar 2026,87 mins
400 Strangers
When 400 asylum-seeking men are housed in two East Midlands hotels, a community fractures.
28 Mar 2026,86 mins