Left to starve by the king, the jailed Jeremiah is kept alive by the young servant girl, who brings him food, ostensibly because she wants to help him, but she has another motive. Show more
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A Traveller's Guide to Paterson
2 hours
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Michael Symmons Roberts presents a drama-documentary exploring Paterson, New Jersey, the favoured city of and subject of an epic poem by William Carlos Williams. Show more
Michael Symmons Roberts' interweaving of the sensual Biblical love poetry of the Song of Songs with the violence and vengeance of the Book of Lamentations. Show more
Paradise Lost
Episode 2
57 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for years
Poet and activist John Milton began writing Paradise Lost in the 1650s. Michael Symmons Roberts' version of this epic poem is a gripping piece of storytelling for today. Show more
Paradise Lost
Episode 1
1 hour, 27 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for years
Poet and activist John Milton began writing Paradise Lost in the 1650s. Michael Symmons Roberts' version of this epic poem is a gripping piece of storytelling for today. Show more
Thomas More's classic work of fiction and political philosophy, published in 1516. Dramatised by poet Michael Symmons Roberts. Show more
Front Row
Gareth Malone and Adrian Sutton, Neil Bartlett, In the Club
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Gareth Malone and Adrian Sutton's WW1 Prom, Neil Bartlett's novel The Disappearance Boy, Bel Mooney reviews In the Club and Michael Symmons Roberts's summer poetry choice. Show more
Drama on 4
The Progress of the Soul of Lizzie Calvin
44 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Glenda Jackson plays the soul of Lizzie Calvin in Michael Symmons Roberts's modern version of John Donne's unfinished poem The Progress of the Soul. Produced in binaural sound. Show more
Drama on 4
Men Who Sleep in Cars
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
By Michael Symmons Roberts. Following three men through one night in Manchester in the week before England's first World Cup fixture. Starring Maxine Peake. Show more
Drama on 4
Michael Symmons Roberts - A Man in Pieces
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Conor volunteers to test a medical sonic scanner which records sounds inside the body to assess his health. Stars Graeme Hawley and Gillian Kearney. Show more
The Barchester Chronicles
Anthony Trollope's The Warden
1 hour, 28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Mr Harding finds his peaceful life disrupted when his would-be son-in-law questions the large income he receives. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith. From January 2014. Show more
Poets Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley interrogate the myth of the doomed poet. Today they explore the life - and death - of eccentric poet WH Auden. Show more
Poets Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley interrogate the myth of the doomed poet. Today they explore the lives - and reclusive deaths - of Emily Dickinson and Rosemary Tonks. Show more
Poets Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley interrogate the myth of the doomed poet. Today they explore the lives - and tragic deaths - of Thomas Chatterton and Dylan Thomas. Show more
Poets Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley interrogate the myth of the doomed poet. Today they explore the lives - and suicides - of John Berryman and Sylvia Plath. Show more
Poets Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley interrogate the myth of the doomed poet. Today they explore the lives - and deaths - of Stevie Smith and Louis MacNeice. Show more
Frank is more determined than ever to win Mary’s hand, but his mother is equally determined he won’t. Stars Pippa Haywood. Show more
After an enforced year away from Mary, Frank returns with his mother ever hopeful he will marry money. Stars Douglas Booth. Show more
The arrival of the handsome Adolphus Crosbie causes quite a stir at Allington, especially with Lily Dale, who lives at the Small House due to the benevolence of her rich uncle. Show more
Adolphus Crosbie is determined to enjoy all the pleasures of high society, including the attentions of Lady Alexandrina, during his stay at Courcy Castle. Show more