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
4 Extra Debut. An conversation overhead in a fairground. Can friends Holly and Nicole prevent a murder being committed? Stars Yasmin Paige and Lily Lovelace. From January 2014. 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
Elizabeth Jane Howard's family saga, dramatised by Lin Coghlan. Miss Milliment moves to Home Place to teach the girls, but worries what will become of her when they are grown. Show more
Elizabeth Jane Howard's family saga, dramatised by Lin Coghlan. The Blitz begins with consequences for the family while Rachel's visit to Sid provokes an argument. Show more
Drama on 4
The Morpeth Carol
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
By Timothy X Atack. Nine-year-old Harry goes on a mysterious Christmas Eve road trip with a very unusual and very dangerous Santa. Show more
The Stuarts
It Came In with a Lass
1 hour, 30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
By Mike Walker. Queen Mary arrives in Scotland enshrouded in mist and must quickly distinguish friends from enemies, as they try to understand and control her. With Brian Cox. Show more
After a whirlwind romance and Mediterranean marriage to chirpy cockney George, Marie's plans for a cosy Christmas are derailed, when he tells her the band's schedule has changed. Show more
George has been hurt in the Taunton rail crash. Marie thought he was playing Christmas gigs in Scotland. She heads south to uncover more about her new husband. Show more
Is Marie's new husband George a bigamist? The woman at his hospital bedside says she is married to him too. Who is Marie to believe? Show more
It's Christmas Day, Marie is unexpectedly pregnant, Laura still insists that she is married to her husband George, and now there's another woman sitting at his bedside. Show more
Marie has discovered that George has a family in London. How can she believe his explanations about Laura? How can she believe in a man who has so many secrets? Show more
Hester by Margaret Oliphant
2. Cousin Edward
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for years
When Hester is offered a merger to cancel all her debts, she finds a neat but risky solution. Starring Lyndsey Marshal. Show more
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Jonathan Myerson - Do You Know Who Wrote This?
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. The Veracity Virus breaks out, in this comedy about internet torment and fakery. With the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones. From August 2012. Show more
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The Stevie G Method
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
In Gary Ogin's comedy, Neil Stuke plays a struggling actor desperately in need of a part-time job. But when one does come along, it requires real acting technique! Show more
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Bearing Witness
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
In Philip Palmer's legal drama, a lawyer working at The Hague is challenged by the moral and legal ambiguities of international law, as he defends a man accused of war crimes. Show more