Series 9
4. Eat the Rich!
Eat the Rich, A Speech to the Graduates and Best Wishes are this week's essays.
16 Mar 2023,·28 mins
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire: Part One
Holmes and Watson are summoned to Sussex to investigate a case of marital discord…
16 Jul 2026,·23 mins
Episode 10
Orly rushes to save more seeds as the seed bank floods. But is he too late?
31 Jul 2026,·13 mins
3. The Road to Bloomsbury
William Guest struggles to come to terms with 21st century utopian London
07 Mar 1990,·15 mins
Episode 5: Life and Death
Mud and Darwin bring Rebecca to a deeper understanding of her mother’s death-and life.
24 Jul 2026,·14 mins
Episode 10: 2021
Adam Usden's 10th episode, set in 2021, closes Peter Flannery's Our Friends in the North.
09 Jun 2022,·44 mins
Cinderella and the Duke by Katherine Rundell
Katherine Rundell rewrites Cinderella to Jazz Age New York. Read by Helena Bonham Carter.
03 Jul 2026,·14 mins
Episode 5
Jensen and Gustav discover the identity of “Sausage Else”?
12 Jun 2026,·14 mins
Friday October 12th 1984: You Are Invited to a Retrospective
A violent blast in the middle of the night reminds Jack of everything he's been through.
10 Jul 2026,·14 mins
Pride and Prejudice
Part 25
Will it be third-time lucky for Lizzy, as she receives yet another proposal?
23 Dec 2025,·72 mins
10. Aerial Torpedoes
The story draws to an end with a cautious romance and an unexpected bang.
18 Sep 1992,·15 mins
All the Dead Mothers of My Daughter's Friends by Sophie Hannah
Mel makes a new friend and learns about different types of ghosts.
16 Aug 2011,·15 mins
Chapter Ten
John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.
01 Nov 2019,·33 mins
A coming of age story set in an alternative world where slavery has never been abolished.
17 Jul 2026,·14 mins
Twist, by Colum McCann
Fennell pieces together some fragments of Conway’s past.
15 Aug 2026,·15 mins
Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years
10. A Trip to Greece
A new girl starts work at ‘Savages’. Adrian goes on a writing holiday to Greece.
16 Nov 2018,·14 mins
Explorer Charlie Walker sets out to walk 600 miles along Siberia’s frozen rivers.
Chapter 47
Jane Austen’s universally acknowledged romance about Elizabeth Bennett’s search for love.
24 Aug 2019,·22 mins
10: The End of the Affair
A brilliant new literary whodunnit for Radio 4 from the acclaimed author William Boyd.
14 Mar 2025,·14 mins
The Best Friend
A specially commissioned story from American author Lionel Shriver.
13 Mar 2026,·14 mins
5. The Hearing
A newly commissioned five-part serial by best-selling novelist Rachel Joyce.
09 Jan 2026,·14 mins
1939 and 2026: The Furies of War
The story of the residents of Weimar during the rise and reign of Hitler
22 May 2026,·14 mins
Chapter 9
The party is over.
08 Jul 2021,·35 mins
To Be Read at Dusk
Five couriers on a mountaintop in Switzerland trade ghost stories into the night.
19 Jan 2026,·43 mins
The legal ramifications of renting a womb require complex contracts.
Chapter 12
Kenneth Grahame’s jolly riverside romp with the eccentric Mr. Toad and his animal chums.
01 Nov 2019,·26 mins
Book 2 - Chapter 4
HG Wells’ iconic sci-fi story about the battle to save Earth from a Martian invasion.
23 Aug 2019,·10 mins
A twist in the tale in this final instalment.
15 Dec 2021,·17 mins
Episode Ten
June Hayward watched Athena Liu die. But now she’s convinced Athena wants to meet her.
19 Jul 2023,·14 mins
Episode 4
Mr Pooter climbs the career ladder, but is his son's engagement going in the opposite way?
29 Apr 2012,·23 mins
