USA, late 1940s. Carol and Therese are now lovers but their pasts are catching up with them. Stars Miranda Richardson. Show more
New York, 1948. Carol and Therese set out on a car trip to discover 1940s America - and each other. Stars Miranda Richardson. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Charles Latimer's obsession with master criminal Dimitrios leads him to pre-war Europe's dark underworld. Show more
Crime writer Latimer's obsession with killer Dimitrios takes him to Geneva where his life is under threat. Stars Tim McInnerny. Show more
Rich, modern sculpture collector, Sir Basil Turton discovers his adulterous wife is trapped in a Henry Moore. Stars Chris Emmett. From March 2016. Show more
Drama on 4
Mark Burgess - Joan and the Baron
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra debut. An odd friendship forms when a French bon viveur invites an English left-wing theatre director to stay. Starring Eleanor Bron. Show more
Sailors' Knots
Episode 3: The Head of the Family
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
In a case of mistaken identity, a young sailor becomes part of a family he has never met before. Read by Mark Williams. Show more
Sailors' Knots
Episode 2: Keeping Up Appearances
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Bill Burtenshaw finds he is put off drink for life by the terrifying ghost of an old shipmate. Read by Mark Williams. Show more
Sailors' Knots
Episode 1: Self-Help
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Sam Small helps a police officer catch a couple of crooks, but the officer isn't all he should be! Read by Mark Williams. Show more
Mark Williams reads from an anthology of Greek short stories. Three sailors are shipwrecked and their cargo of cheeses lost. But perhaps the sea can return their goods. Show more
A Shepherd in London
Episode 1: Flocking to Selfridge's
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. By Jerome Vincent: A Highland shepherd sees into the future after a chance meeting with a fellow Scot in London. Show more
A Shepherd in London
Episode 2: Looking for Angels
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
By Sarah Salway. It's 1927, and George has brought his sheep from Aberdeenshire to keep the grass short on Clapham Common. He's invited to visit sick children at an open air school. Show more
The Showman's Parson: Tales from the Memoirs of the Rev Thomas Horne
Episode 1: The Dwarf's Stratagem
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
The Rev Thomas Horne tells how a burglary is foiled by the cunning and bravery of a dwarf employed in a Victorian waxwork show. Show more
The Showman's Parson: Tales from the Memoirs of the Rev Thomas Horne
Episode 2: The Cumberland Crusher
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
The Reverend Thomas Horne tells how the notorious Cumberland Crusher meets his match in a Victorian boxing booth at Newcastle Races. Show more
The Showman's Parson: Tales from the Memoirs of the Rev Thomas Horne
Episode 3: The Mummer
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
The Reverend Thomas Horne tells the tale of actor Hervey Hoyne and the terrible events surrounding a fire in the mumming booth at Rotherham Statutes Fair. Show more
Byng Ballads: The Story of Douglas Byng
Episode 1: A Naughty Victorian Lady
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Byng reminisces about his early childhood as the son of a Nottingham bank manager and his first job as a theatrical costume designer in Soho. Show more
Byng Ballads: The Story of Douglas Byng
Episode 2: The Cabaret Boys
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Byng tells of his first professional engagement as a member of a concert party in Hastings, and remembers working at London's Gaiety Theatre during the First World War. Show more
Byng Ballads: The Story of Douglas Byng
Episode 3: I Had My Bit of Cake
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Byng explains how he began playing risque female characters and became the darling of 'the smart set' at London's Cafe de Paris. Show more
Book of the Week
Sandra Hempel - The Inheritor's Powder: A Cautionary Tale of Poison, Betrayal and Greed
Episode 1
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Criminal poisoning in the 19th century was remarkably easy. After an entire family was killed by arsenic, the race was on for a test to catch the culprits. Show more
Book of the Week
Sandra Hempel - The Inheritor's Powder: A Cautionary Tale of Poison, Betrayal and Greed
Episode 2
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
A real-life murder mystery from 1833 reveals the fear surrounding arsenic poisoning in Victorian Britain, and the hunt for a test to prove it. Show more