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Drama of the Week

Every Friday we bring you a new drama from BBC Radio 4 or Radio 3. Exercise your imagination with some of the best writers and actors on radio. Storytelling at its very best.

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44:28

A Tale of Two Trumpets

Drama of the Week ·

2025/01/31

By Sylvia-Anne Parker.A music-fuelled drama set in the court of Henry VIII and playfully inspired by the life of Black Tudor and royal trumpeter - John Blanke.When Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII lose a child, the King prepares a celebration of the baby prince’s life and calls in the trailblazing trumpeter John Blanke to help him…And when John sees an opportunity to also help Henry VIII's private passions, little does he know that his timely intervention will change the course of history in more

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44:34

Endless Second

Drama of the Week ·

2025/01/24

by Theo Toksvig-Stewart.Unflinching drama about consent. Two students fall in love, but one drunken evening changes everything.Starring Sam Otto (The State, Snowpiercer) and Louisa Harland (Derry Girls).M ..... Sam OttoW ..... Louisa HarlandTechnical Producer ..... Martha Littlehailes Technical Producer ..... Alison Craig Technical Producer ..... Anne Bunting Technical Producer ..... Mike Etherden Production Co-ordinator ..... Gaelan Connolly Writer ..... Theo Toksvig-Stewart Director ..... Abigail

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44:31

This Thing of Darkness

Drama of the Week ·

2025/01/17

by Frances Poet with monologues by Eileen Horne.Part One – A Dangerous AnimalDr Alex Bridges is an expert forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist, assessing and treating perpetrators of serious crime.This gripping drama explores the psychological impact of murder on teenage perpetrators and follows the fortunes of participants in a Long Sentence therapy group.Has Dr Bridges made a mistake in putting co-offenders together in Group therapy?Dr Alex Bridges ….. Lolita ChakrabartiAnthony ….. Lorn

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44:27

The Concierge (Part 1)

Drama of the Week ·

2025/01/10

Joe (Sean Delaney) is the perfect right hand man, working hard to create a positive image of his rich Russian employer (Juris Zagars) and help him to avoid UK sanctions. But now Demidov's Ukrainian daughter-in-law is asking for Joe's help. Thriller by Simon Scardifield and Andrew Day.JOE.....Sean DelaneyALEX.....Steffan CennyddOKSANA Anastasiya AdorPIOTR.....Juris ZagarsKIM.....Suzanne PackerSTEF.....Rhys Parry JonesPHIL.....Sion PritchardProduction co-ordinators.....Eleri Sydney McAuliffe and

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44:32

The Bolt

Drama of the Week ·

2025/01/03

Afternoon Drama by Tim Price, author of the National Theatre hit Nye.Tensions flare in the North Wales climbing community when a steel bolt appears on a sea cliff in Anglesey. Rhodri, a passionate adventure climber is totally against using bolts, but he's desperate to get the first ascent on a new climbing route, one that could really change his fortunes, and the future of his marriage is dependent on raising enough money to qualify for a spouse visa.CASTRhodri - Sion EifionMatilde - Norah Lopez

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44:07

Lenin Forever!

Drama of the Week ·

2024/12/13

Inspired by true events, Orlando Wells' irreverent and anarchic comedy tells the story of two scientists tasked with embalming the body of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin for public display.It's 1924. Lenin is dead. Stalin has seized power and his shadow falls over the lives of millions of Russians. A group of senior Bolsheviks, the self-proclaimed Immortalisation Commission, request the services of two scientists to aide their cause: ensure the Revolution’s survival by building a shrine to their deceased

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44:35

One Eighty, Fan

Drama of the Week ·

2024/11/29

By Ali Taylor.Rom-com about two 40-something neighbours who decide to take on the energy crisis by sharing an oven.Tom ..… Grant O’RourkeGeri ….. Sally Reid Zack ..… Lewis MacDougallSound Design by Kris McConnachieDirected by Kirsty WilliamsAn EcoAudio certified from BBC Audio Scotland for BBC Radio 4

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44:55

One Hundred and Fifty Days

Drama of the Week ·

2024/11/22

In 2023, award winning audio dramatist Oliver Emanuel was part way through writing a new play for radio when something happened to him and he found he could no longer read. This is his story: a powerful and poetic drama that is part audio play and part autobiography...A man and a woman are caught in a rip tide, the life they might have had together - flashing in front of their eyes.Another man and a woman are caught in an impossible situation, the life they have together - flashing in front of their

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44:32

The Mosquito

Drama of the Week ·

2024/11/15

A new satire from award winning writer Anita Sullivan, set at a fictional COP conference, with a talking Mosquito. Developed with leading climate scientists.Peter is a hapless politician representing the UK at COP in Paris. Hoping to retire soon – he didn’t really want this assignment, but now he’s caught like a rabbit in the headlights between the fiercely intelligent business analyst who has taken the place of his usual PA, and the changing landscapes of contemporary politics and climate crisis

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45:10

Pilgrim: Belle Meadow Fayre (Part 1)

Drama of the Week ·

2024/11/01

A Pilgrim two-part special by Sebastian Baczkiewicz.Each year at Belle Meadow Fayre, the Greyfolk meet to celebrate the burial of John Barleycorn, a ritual to mark autumn's end. But this year there’s a problem: Old Johnny John John has gone missing.Autumn shows no sign of abating and without the sacred ceremony at Belle Meadow, winter will not come. The Greyfolk are angry. It's down to Pilgrim to find Old Johnny John John and face down his kidnapper, the rogue faerie Kara.Pilgrim, cursed with

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44:42

Sleaze

Drama of the Week ·

2024/10/18

Siobhan and Max seem to lead a blissfully boring family life, complete with a young daughter and stable careers as teachers. But when Max’s old band - one hit wonders 15 years ago - reform following a hit new cover of their song, Siobhan begins to question the stories she has told herself about their relationship and their past. Then troubling allegations about the band begin to emerge…Sleaze is an exploration of the culture of the early 2000s - in the music scene and more generally - and the

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43:57

Mediation - 'Spilt Milk'

Drama of the Week ·

2024/10/11

by Clara GlynnIt's been a year since Kirsten and Bill opened their home to a Ukrainian family. Now relationships have become strained, can mediation help them to find agreement?Murdo ..... Liam BrennanKirsten ..... Kirsty Stuart Bill ..... Michael Nardone Larissa ..... Vera Graziadei Mykola ..... Dmitry EverdeenDirected by Gaynor MacfarlaneAs the pressure on the UK’s courts intensifies, more and more cases are going through mediation as an alternative form of conflict resolution. In our series we

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57:28

Hard Times Episode 1

Drama of the Week ·

2024/10/04

"Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life."Charles Dickens' novel - subtitled 'For These Times' - is a vivid story for our own age - a short, sharp satire of target-driven education, business, and the denial of the imagination. Headmaster Thomas Gradgrind has developed a rigid, facts-driven curriculum for his school. And at home, he raises his two children, Tom and Louisa, within a similar system of utilitarian metrics. But the human

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44:07

OK Boomer

Drama of the Week ·

2024/09/27

By Kevin CoreBaby boomer streamer Trudy Stark's clickbait pronouncements on younger generations have resulted in a big online following, much to the embarrassment of her two struggling daughters 37-year-old Jenny, and 22-year old Chloe. For them there’s nothing funny in being mocked by the boomers with charmed lives who scooped up the nation’s wealth. But the death of Trudy’s father brings these three very different generations together – and as the war between 'Boomer', 'Millennial' and 'Gen Z'

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44:32

Half Lives

Drama of the Week ·

2024/09/20

Sara is trying to reach a society 10,000 years in the future.Hannah is just trying to get through the week.Hannah works as operations manager at a nuclear processing plant that’s about to be decommissioned. Its nuclear waste will be packed into canisters and buried deep underground.But the waste will remain deadly for thousands of years.Sara is a linguist, sent to shadow Hannah, to develop a way of warning future generations about the dangers of the waste that lies buried.The challenge: today’s

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14:41

Statue

Drama of the Week ·

2024/09/13

A new short story by Emma Smith-Barton, read by Mia Khan.Just after giving birth, Sadia turns into a statue. At least, that’s how she feels. One moment she’s reaching out to pull the curtains shut, and the next she’s frozen to the spot. All she can do is look out of the window – and try to understand what’s happening to her.Emma Smith-Barton’s short stories have appeared in Mslexia and the Bristol Short Story Prize anthology. Her first novel, The Million Pieces of Neena Gill, was shortlisted for the

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13:55

The Stranger

Drama of the Week ·

2024/09/06

Daisy Johnson is a multi-award-winning short story writer whose debut novel Everything Under was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.In The Stranger she weaves a gentle romantic story beginning with an unusual flatshare to save money, then twists it into a suspenseful thriller all in the space of 14 minutes - read by Saffron Coomber.Saffron Coomber has recently starred in Sir Lenny Henry's Windrush drama Three Little Birds, was in Small Axe by Steve McQueen, and made her West End debut as

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45:02

Tether

Drama of the Week ·

2024/08/30

It’s 2010. Becky's a marathon runner, who's blind. She's after a new guide. Mark's a former 'Olympic Hopeful'. He's after a fresh chance at a medal.Together, they start training for the Paralympics…Tether, by Evening Standard Award-winner Isley Lynn, travels the miles and years of their partnership. It stars Mared Jarman and Tommy Sim’aan.Becky – Mared JarmanMark – Tommy Sim’aanNews Reporters – Cellan WynGemma and News Reporter – Anna SpearpointAccess Consultant – Margo CargillProduction Coordinator

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44:23

Life Lines - Series 7

Drama of the Week ·

2024/08/16

by Al SmithCARRIE ..... Sarah RidgewayWILL ..... Rick Warden IAN ..... Michael Jibson DIVYA /CSC CO-ORDINATOR ...... Vineeta Rishi DONALD .... Neil McCaul ELEANOR/PARAMEDIC ..... Emma Handy NIKKI/OPERATOR ...... Gabrielle Scawthorn CALLUM/GARY ...... David Angland BETH ...... Cecilia Appiah SCHOOL GIRL/ NAOMI .... Shreya Lallu ANDY ...... Nuhazet Diaz CanoProduction Co-ordinator ...... Maggie Olgiati Technical Producers ...... Peter Ringrose & Alison Craig Director ...... Sally AvensThe award

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28:52

11 Minutes Dead

Drama of the Week ·

2024/08/09

Paranormal thriller about Near Death Experience.After losing consciousness in a surfing accident, Beth is faced with a horrifying vision of the future. When she awakes, she discovers not only that she has returned with mysterious new abilities but that something sinister has followed her back from the other side.Written by Lucy CatherineBeth . . . . . Scarlett BrookesRoz . . . . . Claire Lams Jenny . . . . . Maureen Beattie Pete . . . . . Narinder Samra Jem . . . . . Paul Ready David . . . . . Tony

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