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Fiction and drama serials you won't want to miss from Radio 4.

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Underground
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Claustrophobic near-future thriller set in a billionaire’s haunted bunker
11 Sep 2026,2 mins
Underground
Episode 1
A new tutor arrives in a luxury bunker. What happened to her predecessor?
18 Sep 2026,28 mins
Underground
Episode 2
A voice from the past returns. Can Charly trust what she hears?
25 Sep 2026,28 mins
Underground
Episode 3
Guests arrive at Thornfield. But what is Edward hiding from Charly?
02 Oct 2026,28 mins
Underground
Episode 4
Claustrophobic near-future thriller set in a billionaire’s haunted bunker
09 Oct 2026,28 mins
Underground
Episode 5
As Thornfield burns, Axel has an offer for Charly.
16 Oct 2026,28 mins
Central Intelligence: Series 3
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JFK is dead. LBJ is President — and the CIA enters its most dangerous decade yet.
06 Jul 2026,2 mins
Central Intelligence: Series 3
Episode 1
In Chile, democracy threatens to deliver the wrong result. Starring Kim Cattrall.
10 Jul 2026,28 mins,
Central Intelligence: Series 3
Episode 2
Britain sells buses to Cuba threatening to derail the special relationship.
17 Jul 2026,32 mins,
Central Intelligence: Series 3
Episode 3
The CIA war-games Vietnam — and predicts disaster.
24 Jul 2026,32 mins
Central Intelligence: Series 3
Episode 4
LBJ puts the wrong man in charge of the CIA.
31 Jul 2026,33 mins
Central Intelligence: Series 3
Episode 5
The CIA’s strangest anti-Soviet weapon yet: a spy cat.
07 Aug 2026,33 mins
Central Intelligence: Series 3
Episode 6
Helms finally leads the CIA — just as the world catches fire.
14 Aug 2026,31 mins,
Central Intelligence: Series 3
Episode 7
One of the CIA’s most daring operations: the hunt for Che in the Bolivian jungle.
21 Aug 2026,34 mins
Central Intelligence: Series 3
Episode 8
America turns against Vietnam — and LBJ wants someone to blame.
28 Aug 2026,29 mins
Central Intelligence: Series 3
Episode 9
David Duchovny joins the cast as CIA Vietnam specialist Bill Colby.
04 Sep 2026,31 mins
Central Intelligence: Series 3
Episode 10
LBJ wants peace. Nixon wants the White House.
11 Sep 2026,33 mins,
The Courier
Trailer
A pizza delivery rider enters a house and finds something he never should have seen.
01 Jun 2026,2 mins
The Courier
Episode 1
A pizza delivery rider enters a house and finds something he never should have seen.
05 Jun 2026,28 mins
The Courier
Episode 2
Elli befriends Mo. Both are convinced it wasn't suicide. They start to investigate
12 Jun 2026,28 mins
The Courier
Episode 3
The police reopen the case and start looking through CCTV. Mo is bound to be in it.
19 Jun 2026,27 mins
The Courier
Episode 4
Mo's in hospital after a hit and run. Will the killer catch up with him again?
26 Jun 2026,28 mins
The Courier
Episode 5
Mo's finally works out who the killer is. But will anyone believe him?
03 Jul 2026,28 mins
Wraith
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Cutting-edge thriller about an AI takeover, rooted in expert contemporary research.
04 May 2026,2 mins
Wraith
Episode 1: Breach
Cutting-edge thriller about an AI takeover, rooted in expert contemporary research.
08 May 2026,28 mins
Wraith
Episode 2: Exploit
Iain and Mel race to the roof to broadcast a warning. Nisha suggests shutting down London.
15 May 2026,28 mins
Wraith
Episode 3: Control
Chaos across London. Iain and Mel fall out after the death of a colleague.
22 May 2026,28 mins
Wraith
Episode 4: Execute
The AI is on the verge of total control. Iain, Mel, and the government face a hard choice.
29 May 2026,28 mins
The Dentist
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Darkly comic crime thriller by D.C. Jackson.
2 mins
The Dentist
Episode 1
Kerry’s life is falling apart. She turns to her identical twin for help - bad idea.
27 Feb 2026,30 mins