, poems and songs

Plater's memories of projects that were never made - omnibus edition (1-5/5)

1995 short tale in which an eight-year-old boy struggles to understand his parents' failing transatlantic marriage, read by the author

singers who have experienced the psychological trauma of losing the ability to sing, with sopranos Norma Burrowes, Rosa Mannion and Isobel Buchanan

as 5pm

(6/8)

1967 comedy

careers of comics, starting with Frankie Howerd (1/4)

Alison Oddey's interviews with popular comedians, Meera Syal talks about Woody Allen and spending all day in her pyjamas (1/6)

Simon Barnard and Paul Morris, starring Nicholas Courtney, Terry Molloy and Gabriel Woolf (3/4)

JG Ballard's 1962 sci-fi tale set in a London transformed by global warming (2/4)

(6/8)

1967 comedy

Alan Plater drama in which a mysterious man insinuates himself into the lives of a suburban couple, starring Stephanie Turner, Sam Kelly, Sue Jenkins and David Fleeshman

Canning's 1993 comedy set in 1932 (5/6)

BBC Radio 4 topical quiz, hosted by Sandi Toksvig

featuring a sideways look at legendary composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (1/6)

sketches with Colin Hoult and Fergus Craig

2005 comedy with guest Andrew Lawrence