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  1. Today15:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Transcription: Part TwoTranscription

    2/2Katie Hims adapts Kate Atkinson's spy thriller set in MI5 and the BBC.

  2. Tomorrow23:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Talawa Stories: Running with Lions by Sian Davila

    A British-Caribbean family rediscovers love and joy after death, grief and lost faith.

  3. Wednesday14:15
    BBC Radio 4

    The Voice in My Ear

    Charlotte Riley stars in a real-time drama about a romantic weekend away thrown off course

  4. Wednesday15:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Danger 2023 by Michael Symmons Roberts

    VIP visitors get trapped in total darkness in an underground data bank.

  5. Wednesday21:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Danger 2023 by Michael Symmons Roberts

    VIP visitors get trapped in total darkness in an underground data bank.

  6. Thursday05:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Danger 2023 by Michael Symmons Roberts

    VIP visitors get trapped in total darkness in an underground data bank.

  7. Thursday14:15
    BBC Radio 4

    The Prince and the PelotonKing's Pawn

    3/3Comedy drama series set in a Cardiff pawn shop. With Lisa Palfrey and Julian Lewis Jones.

  8. Thursday15:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    A Shropshire Lad by AE Housman

    A new dramatic setting of AE Housman's famous poem.

  9. Thursday21:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    A Shropshire Lad by AE Housman

    A new dramatic setting of AE Housman's famous poem.

  10. Friday05:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    A Shropshire Lad by AE Housman

    A new dramatic setting of AE Housman's famous poem.

  11. Friday15:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Meltdown by Tessa Gibbs

    Comedy about a famous actress reaching the end of her tether.

  12. Friday21:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Meltdown by Tessa Gibbs

    Comedy about a famous actress reaching the end of her tether.

  13. Next Saturday05:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Meltdown by Tessa Gibbs

    Comedy about a famous actress reaching the end of her tether.

  14. Next Sunday15:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Episode 1Don Quixote

    1/1Jason Watkins and Mackenzie Crook star in Cervantes’ classic story dramatised for radio.

  15. Next Monday15:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Clash: 1. Chances

    Set at the time of the General Strike, Joan Craig meets Bloomsbury socialist Tony Dacre.

  16. Next Monday21:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Clash: 1. Chances

    Set at the time of the General Strike, Joan Craig meets Bloomsbury socialist Tony Dacre.

  17. Next Monday23:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Talawa Stories: NSA by Charles Entsie

    A clandestine encounter for two Black men sparks unexpected outcomes.

  18. Tue 5 May 202605:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Clash: 1. Chances

    Set at the time of the General Strike, Joan Craig meets Bloomsbury socialist Tony Dacre.

  19. Tue 5 May 202615:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Clash - Part 2

    Joan must choose between her passionate politics and life with Tony.

  20. Tue 5 May 202621:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Clash - Part 2

    Joan must choose between her passionate politics and life with Tony.

  21. Wed 6 May 202605:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Clash - Part 2

    Joan must choose between her passionate politics and life with Tony.

  22. Wed 6 May 202615:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    What Love Sounds Like by Peter Souter

    A blind man and a deaf woman meet in a faith healer's waiting room.

  23. Wed 6 May 202621:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    What Love Sounds Like by Peter Souter

    A blind man and a deaf woman meet in a faith healer's waiting room.

  24. Thu 7 May 202605:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    What Love Sounds Like by Peter Souter

    A blind man and a deaf woman meet in a faith healer's waiting room.

  25. Sun 10 May 202615:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Episode 2Don Quixote

    2/1Jason Watkins and Mackenzie Crook star in Cervantes’ classic story dramatised for radio.

  26. Mon 11 May 202615:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge

    Diane Morgan and Maxine Peake celebrate and perform Beryl Bainbridge's darkly comic novel.

  27. Mon 11 May 202621:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge

    Diane Morgan and Maxine Peake celebrate and perform Beryl Bainbridge's darkly comic novel.

  28. Mon 11 May 202623:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Talawa Stories: Precious Little Thing by Roberta Livingston

    A humorous, heartfelt exploration of womanhood and the heart-breaking choices women face.

  29. Tue 12 May 202605:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge

    Diane Morgan and Maxine Peake celebrate and perform Beryl Bainbridge's darkly comic novel.

  30. Wed 13 May 202614:15
    BBC Radio 4

    Bettaney

    The story of MI5 traitor Michael Bettaney's relationship with the IRA. With Daniel Weyman.

  31. Thu 14 May 202614:15
    BBC Radio 4

    Flip!

    Racheal Ofori’s satire explores a world where algorithms make people disposable.

  32. Thu 14 May 202615:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Ready Player Marx by by Sean Grundy and Cara Jennings

    Satirical drama about video game workers trying to unionise, inspired by real events.

  33. Thu 14 May 202621:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Ready Player Marx by by Sean Grundy and Cara Jennings

    Satirical drama about video game workers trying to unionise, inspired by real events.

  34. Fri 15 May 202605:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Ready Player Marx by by Sean Grundy and Cara Jennings

    Satirical drama about video game workers trying to unionise, inspired by real events.

  35. Fri 15 May 202615:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    How Success Ruined Me by Christopher Green

    Roy Hudd and Christopher Green tell the lost story of music hall idol Fred Barnes.

  36. Fri 15 May 202621:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    How Success Ruined Me by Christopher Green

    Roy Hudd and Christopher Green tell the lost story of music hall idol Fred Barnes.

  37. Sat 16 May 202605:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    How Success Ruined Me by Christopher Green

    Roy Hudd and Christopher Green tell the lost story of music hall idol Fred Barnes.