US radio show
Stories, poems and songs
Adaptation of Winifred Holtby's 1936 novel set in a fictional Yorkshire town, starring Sarah Lancashire - omnibus edition (1-5/15)
2002 short tale about a young woman with an eye for a bargain, read by Rebecca Front
Susannah Clapp tells the story of Victorian-era campaigner Millicent Fawcett
(1847-1929), whose assertion that putting children on the stage was no different from sending them up chimneys or down mines resulted in a nationwide controversy, with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lewis Carroll and even the Queen becoming involved.
as 8pm
as 9.30pm
as 5pm
as 5.30pm
(7/8)
1972 comedy
Songs and stories
Russell Davies on the pre-fame careers of comics, continuing with Hattie Jacques (1922-80), with archive input by Harry Secombe, Max Bygraves, Beryl Reid and Tommy Handley (2/4)
In the second of Alison Oddey's interviews with popular comedians, Jenny Eclair discusses the theme of motherhood throughout her work (2/6)
Supernatural detective tale by Simon Barnard and Paul Morris, starring Nicholas Courtney, Terry Molloy and Gabriel Woolf (4/4)
Robert Glenister reads JG Ballard's 1962 sci-fi tale set in a London transformed by global warming (3/4)
1983 political satire (7/8)
1972 comedy
Andrew Rissik's modern and violent interpretation of the Greek myth, with Paul Scofield, Diana Rigg, Toby Stephens and Chiwetel Ejiofor
Victor Canning's 1993 comedy set in 1932 (6/6)
From the series by Alexander McCall Smith (1/6)
The former Goodies comic chats about his life and career.
Satirical look at the news
Sketch show
2005 comedy
