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The Adventure of the Priory School: Part One
The ten-year-old son of one of the richest men in England is missing...
30 Jul 2026,·25 mins
Series 9
5. My Corona and A Better Place
This week we hear the essays My Corona and A Better Place.
23 Mar 2023,·28 mins
5. The Ending
How can the children tell the Phoenix they think he should go?
01 Apr 1994,·15 mins
Transformation
Darren McGarvey seeks out the voices who can help men navigate problematic masculinity.
31 Jul 2026,·14 mins
Episode 10
Orly rushes to save more seeds as the seed bank floods. But is he too late?
31 Jul 2026,·13 mins
5. Jungle and Garage
Jungle and garage pave the way for grime, a style that's become mainstream.
16 Aug 2013,·15 mins
Episode 5
Jensen and Gustav discover the identity of “Sausage Else”?
12 Jun 2026,·14 mins
Chapter 9
The party is over.
08 Jul 2021,·35 mins
Twist, by Colum McCann
Fennell pieces together some fragments of Conway’s past.
15 Aug 2026,·15 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
Chapter Ten
John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.
01 Nov 2019,·33 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
Pride and Prejudice
Part 25
Will it be third-time lucky for Lizzy, as she receives yet another proposal?
23 Dec 2025,·72 mins
5. Journey's End at Kelmscott
Can William Guest accept having to leave the England of his dreams?
09 Mar 1990,·15 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 Queen of Craigielee by Louise Welsh
Photographing the deserted tower block means going to its 30th floor.
17 Aug 2011,·15 mins
Explorer Charlie Walker sets out to walk 600 miles along Siberia’s frozen rivers.
10 Jul 2026,·14 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 Best Friend
A specially commissioned story from American author Lionel Shriver.
13 Mar 2026,·14 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
Chapter 47
Jane Austen’s universally acknowledged romance about Elizabeth Bennett’s search for love.
24 Aug 2019,·22 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
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
5. The Hearing
A newly commissioned five-part serial by best-selling novelist Rachel Joyce.
09 Jan 2026,·14 mins
A coming of age story set in an alternative world where slavery has never been abolished.
17 Jul 2026,·14 mins
A twist in the tale in this final instalment.
15 Dec 2021,·17 mins
Chapter 12
Kenneth Grahame’s jolly riverside romp with the eccentric Mr. Toad and his animal chums.
01 Nov 2019,·26 mins
10. Aerial Torpedoes
The story draws to an end with a cautious romance and an unexpected bang.
18 Sep 1992,·15 mins
10: For there she was
The final part of Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923.
04 Feb 2022,·14 mins
Episode Ten
June Hayward watched Athena Liu die. But now she’s convinced Athena wants to meet her.
19 Jul 2023,·14 mins
