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Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Al Smith's dystopian vision of a world where antibiotics have stopped working and heartbreaking choices must be made. Starring David Calder and Pippa Nixon. Show more

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Hailed as the first novel of the Trump era, Steve Erickson conjures the reappearance of the Twin Towers in South Dakota. Teenagers journey across a divided America to investigate. Show more

Dangerous Visions

Future Home of the Living God

Episode 10

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Louise Erdrich. Cedar is nearly full-term and confined in the heavily guarded Stillwater Birthing Centre. Show more

Dangerous Visions

Future Home of the Living God

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Louise Erdrich. Despite increasing levels of panic across the country, Cedar sets out to meet her birth mother for the first time. Show more

Dangerous Visions

Future Home of the Living God

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Louise Erdrich. Cedar learns more about her birth family and their life on the Ojibwe reservation. Show more

Dangerous Visions

Future Home of the Living God

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Louise Erdrich. Cedar is in a high security maternity hospital. Both her families join forces to plan a breakout. Show more

Dangerous Visions

Future Home of the Living God

Episode 8

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Louise Erdrich. Following the hospital breakout, Cedar and Tia are hiding at the recycling plant. Show more

Dangerous Visions

Future Home of the Living God

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Louise Erdrich. With rumours of martial law afoot, Cedar prepares for the emergency and goes for an ultrasound. Show more

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Future Home of the Living God

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Louise Erdrich. With pregnant women being rounded up, Phil helps Cedar to go into hiding. Show more

Dangerous Visions

Future Home of the Living God

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Louise Erdrich. Eddy visits the house to make plans for Cedar's escape across the border into Canada. Show more

Dangerous Visions

Ed Harris - Billions

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

A tale of love and deception where Mark finds a replacement wife has been provided by her insurance company. Stars Blake Ritson. Show more

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Joseph Wilde. Unsettling drama set in the near future. When a couple discover that they cannot have a healthy baby naturally, Zenith Genomics seems to offer the solution. Show more

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Dark Vignettes

Spine

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

3/4. Spine by Anita Sullivan. A mother and son must run the gauntlet of high-tech security, and severe travel-restrictions, to leave their homeland in search of a better life. Show more

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Dark Vignettes

Inertia

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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4/4. Inertia by Melissa Lee-Houghton. Mr McManus wakes up in hospital and discovers that the healthcare provision he’s been paying for is not at all as expected. Show more

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The Kraken Wakes

Episode 1

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

John Wyndham's science fiction novel adapted by Val McDermid. Performed with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in a terrifying modern retelling of alien invasion and global flooding. Show more

Contributors

Mike Watson:
Paul Higgins
Phyllis Watson:
Tamsin Greig
Dr Emma Chisholm:
Sally Carman
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon:
Nicola Sturgeon

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Dangerous Visions

The Kraken Wakes

Episode 2

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Lone alien attacks are replaced by global flooding. Mike and Phyllis fight to survive as much of the world is submerged and most of the global population dead or displaced. Show more

Contributors

Mike Watson:
Paul Higgins
Phyllis Watson:
Tamsin Greig
Dr Emma Chisholm:
Sally Carman
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon:
Nicola Sturgeon

Genres