Finances are tight, and writing commissions are few and far between for Yorkshire farm labourer and writer Fred Kitchen. Show more
Now nearly 78, Fred Kitchen is still writing. Show more
Set on a Louisiana plantation in the 1850s, Dion Boucicault's classic melodrama exploring Abolition and the role of theatre in politics. Show more
JG Ballard's story of a scientific mission surveying drowned cities. This is a future where the Earth's atmosphere, and human consciousness, has eroded. Adapted by Graham White. Show more
Yorkshire farm labourer and writer Fred Kitchen's first book is finally published. Show more
Pastures new for published Yorkshire farm labourer and writer Fred Kitchen. Show more
Frequent moves are often the lot of the rural worker. Show more
Saturday Drama
Great Escape: The Justice
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
True story of the post-war manhunt to avenge the Great Escape, by Robert Radcliffe and Robin Brooks. Stars Stephen Tompkinson. From April 2013. Show more
By Mike Walker. In September 1938 Eric and Eileen travel to Morocco for his health. In Marrakech Eric imagines a meeting with Georges Kopp. With Joseph Millson and Lyndsey Marshal Show more
Saturday Drama
Rumours
1 hour, 15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
By Colin Shindler. How Private Eye took on the social and political establishment of Great Britain, culminating in the resignation of Harold Macmillan as prime minister. Show more
Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl Tull is left to bring up her three children alone. The story of a fractured Baltimore family dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Show more
Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl Tull is left to bring up her three children alone. The story of a fractured Baltimore family dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Show more
Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl Tull is left to bring up her thee children alone. The story of a fractured Baltimore family dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Show more
Exploring five very different perspectives on the lap dancing industry. Colette is forced to rethink her future career plans as her hopes and dreams are viciously challenged. Show more
Louise's father has a surprise announcement. Is this the perfect happy ending his eight-year-old daughter has been dreaming of after the tragic loss of her mother? Show more
When tragedy strikes her family for a second time, young Lou concocts a desperate plan to try and make everything right again. Show more
Based on the true story of Michael Forwell, a gentle Englishman who became a multi-millionaire drug smuggler. Written by Robin Brooks. Show more
Drama on 4
D H Lawrence's The Gypsy
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. A handsome gypsy is drawn to the rector's daughter when he arrives one summer at her village. Stars Samuel Edward-Cook. Show more
Drama on 4
Edward, Edward
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
A story seen entirely through the eyes of children. Edward is thrust into the limelight, when he is crowned king aged nine, but finds himself powerless in a world ruled by adults. Show more
A city-state plagued by drought has instituted a system of sacrifice in a desperate bid to bring on rain. Stars Nicholas Jones. Show more