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Simon looks at how Shakespeare's most profound tragedies may have been inspired by the bard's experiences writing for the courts of Elizabeth I and James I. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
By Alan Pollock. It is 1931. More than friendship is at stake when maverick Labour MP Oswald Mosley attempts to take things into his own hands by giving a speech in Birmingham. Show more
Political comedy. Lord Goolding's inquiry into the key worker housing scandal begins. The truth will finally come out. Unless, of course, anyone has any sudden lapses of memory. Show more
Drama series based on the John le Carré novel. On the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, Roper's life of luxury and calm is shattered. Show more
Drama series based on the John le Carré novel. While he continues to recuperate in Roper's villa, Pine starts to dig up secrets about the other members of the household. Show more
Drama series based on the John le Carré novel. Roper welcomes Pine into his inner circle, leaving Corky out in the cold. Meanwhile, Burr has concerns for the safety of her source. Show more
Drama series based on the John le Carré novel. Roper and his team return to Cairo for the deal, reuniting Pine with an old enemy. A discredited Burr makes one last stand. Show more
Drama. Frances wants her crew to find more bio-fuel samples, but the Russian captain has something more deadly in mind for the Orpheus team. Show more
Drama about the crew of a research sub who encounter disaster in the Arctic. Will the crew manage to stabilise the energy source and make it back to the surface? Show more
Following the disappearance of a submarine expedition in the Arctic Ocean, a new expedition sets out on a mission to find a renewable source of energy. Show more
The crew on the Orpheus submarine runs into danger. They have to escape, but can they risk boarding the mysterious vessel which looms above them? Show more
Drama. The crew are trapped on Volos and its reactor is overheating. Whoever shuts it down will be exposed to lethal radiation. Who will draw the short straw? Show more
30 minutes
Darkly comic series set in an NHS Trust hospital ward. The appearance of Dr Kersley and his commissioning consortia plans hints at the changes ahead for K2. Show more
30 minutes
Darkly comic series set in an NHS Trust hospital ward. Kim has given up smoking and is feeling the effects, Den has a secret she's trying to hide and Pippa has a moment or two. Show more
30 minutes
Darkly comic series set in an NHS Trust hospital ward. An artist and his assistant arrive to set up a kids art project. Kim confesses that Dave has been offered a job in Iraq. Show more
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England
Drama series. Nessa's security advisor follows a lead as he hunts down the missing boy. Meanwhile, her brother Ephra makes a startling discovery. Show more
1 hour, 40 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Caryl Churchill's dramatic satire of the financial excesses and corporate venality that followed the 1986 Big Bang. Adapted by Emma Harding. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Waving goodbye to mother and walking to London, with busking on the way. Tobias Menzies reads Laurie Lee's classic travel book. Show more
In Spain, Laurie Lee’s first port of call is Vigo, for late night merry-making with Dona Maria’s family. Read by Tobias Menzies. Show more
Laurie Lee strides, strolls, then hobbles into Madrid. Into 'the jaws of a lion'. But where to stay? Read by Tobias Menzies. Show more
