Black comedy set among aid workers in Syria. Jamil likes to do things by the book while Hassan is a maverick, and then there is Samara with her puppets. Stars Paul Chahidi.
4 Extra Debut. Ex-Battle-of-Britain pilot Jack Avery is determined to avenge the brother killed by friendly fire. Stars Trevor Peacock. Show more
1 hour, 50 minutes
4 Extra Debut. Corporal Beckmann is ready for death after the war, but is death ready for him? Stars Tracy-Ann Oberman and Fenella Fielding. Show more
World War II drama. Two women, one American, one English, are trapped in Paris when the Germans invade and team up to help Allied aviators escape from the occupied city. Show more
Erich Maria Remarque's lyrical and haunting tale of First World War German soldiers. Stars Robert Lonsdale.
Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear
Episode 1
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Unassuming engineer Mr Graham runs for his life across war-torn Europe. Classic 1940s thriller read by Richard Greenwood.
Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear
Episode 2
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Surviving a bullet wound, engineer Graham leaves 1940s Istanbul by ship with his military secrets. Read by Richard Greenwood.
10 Days to War
Episode 4: Why This Rush?
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland
Series of short dramas to mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. A diplomatic battle is raging at the UN. Show more
First World War Poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen meet for the first time in this dramatised account.
Nevil Shute - On the Beach
Episode 1
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
In the aftermath of a nuclear war, a deadly radioactive cloud is moving slowly towards Australia. Stars Claudia Harrison.
Frederic has to go back to the Great War and Catherine gives him some parting news. Stars Patrick Kennedy and Morven Christie. Show more
The Silver Sword - Ian Serraillier
Episode 2
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Ruth and Bronia Balicki head to Switzerland with street urchin Jan, hoping to track down their parents. Stars Stephen Hoyle.
The Silver Sword - Ian Serraillier
Episode 1
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
When the Germans march into Poland in 1939, the Balicki family are suddenly torn apart by war. Stars Sarah McDonald Hughes.
The story of a group of American nurses based in the Philippines during World War II who are captured, starved and tortured in a Japanese POW camp.
'After May, 1940, good times rapidly fled: first the war, then the capitulation, followed by the arrival of the Germans. That is when the sufferings of us Jews really began...'
Dear Kitty, extraordinary things can happen to people who go into hiding.'
The sun is shining, the sky is a deep blue, there is a lovely breeze and I'm longing, so longing - for everything. To talk, for freedom, for friends, to be alone.'
Some time this terrible war will be over. Surely the time will come when we are people again, and not just Jews.'
500 Words’ Bedtime Stories
An Ode To Mother Earth
15 minutesFirst broadcast:
Available for over a year
Bedtime stories for kids, written by kids. From ocean giants to the plight of Pluto, wonders of the world from the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show 500 Words competition.
Friday Drama
An English Tragedy
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
By Ronald Harwood. The true story of Second World War traitor John Amery, son of Churchill's secretary of state for India. Show more