Will David be forced to flee to the Fringes, the lawless territory inhabited by mutants, or risk discovery? Stars Matthew Beard, Ben Hanley, Isobel Doran and Conrad Nelson. Show more
Adaption of Evelyn Waugh's comedy novel. Paul Pennyfeather finds himself tutoring the son of Margot Beste-Chetwynde over the school summer holidays. Show more
Adaption of Evelyn Waugh's comedy novel. Valiantly taking the fall for Margot, Paul Pennyfeather finds himself in deep trouble with the law. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 55: 23-27 May 1916
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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In the week when President Wilson advocates the formation of an Association of Nations to ensure future peace, relations in Ashburton are very troubled. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 49: 11-15 April 1916
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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In the week, in 1916, when reports reached Britain of a million Armenians massacred, the community in Ashburton find their world rocked by surprises. Show more
Home Front
21 April 1916 - Tobias Holden
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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On this day in 1916, a British naval patrol intercepted Sir Roger Casement bringing munitions to Ireland, and Tobias Holden tries to mend bridges. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 50: 18-22 April 1916
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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A British naval patrol intercepts Sir Roger Casement bringing munitions to Ireland, and alliances are broken and made in Ashburton. Show more
In a future Britain, people have gradually lost the gift of sleep - or have they? Starring Maxine Peake and Jason Done. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 111: 6-10 August 1918
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Epic war drama set in the week when thousands of soldiers were given agricultural furlough to help with the harvest. Show more
Home Front
10 August 1918 - Alexander Gidley
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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On this day in 1918, a conscientious objector, when sentenced, threw his boot at the magistrate, while in Ashburton, a war hero returns home. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Novelist David Mitchell introduces this compelling book by a teenager with severe autism. Read by Matthew Beard. Show more
Teenager Naoki Higashida, who has severe autism, explores his pleasure in words. Read by Matt Beard. Show more
Naoki Higashida reveals a unique insight into his world as a teenager with severe autism. Read by Matthew Beard. Show more
Naoki Higashida explores how he experiences the world as a young adult with autism. Read by Matthew Beard. Show more
Naoki Higashida reveals a unique insight into his world as a young adult with severe autism. Read by Matthew Beard. Show more
Young people with telepathic powers are persecuted for their difference. Post-apocalyptic sci-fi classic stars Matthew Beard, Ben Hanley, Isobel Doran and Conrad Nelson. Show more
A young seamstress is murdered in a luxury fashion house. Oscar and Max are initially perplexed, but further clues are revealed when Max receives a letter at his new practice. Show more
When a widowed Hungarian countess drowns in her bath at a luxury hotel, it is revealed that she has been suffering from melancholia - but a post-mortem reveals strychnine poisoning Show more
Max applies his neurological expertise to the case of a retired soldier, Captain Steiner, who is convinced that he is cursed and tortured by vengeful spirits. Show more
When a monk is found brutally murdered in his monastery, suspicions immediately falls on a Jewish man who publicly reprimanded the victim for spreading anti-Semitic rhetoric.