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
Police drama series about a straight-laced Canadian mountie in Chicago. A gang of crooks dressed as Santa Claus rob a bank. Show more
John Wyndham's science fiction novel adapted by Val McDermid. Performed with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in a terrifying modern retelling of alien invasion and global flooding. Show more
Lone alien attacks are replaced by global flooding. Mike and Phyllis fight to survive as much of the world is submerged and most of the global population dead or displaced. Show more
Drama on 3
King Lear
2 hours, 30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for years
When better than now to make a drama about 'the division of the kingdom'? Shakespeare's great tragedy headed by Ian McDiarmid as Lear and Bill Paterson as Gloucester. Show more
Drama series. Determined to live out their lives on a Barbados beach, four ex-cons await their friend Mandy, who is set to fly in from Manchester with their passports. Show more
Drama series. With their three million pounds destroyed by the fire, the women are broke and resort to stealing Sadie's money. Also, Shoo threatens to leave the gang forever. Show more
Ann Marie plans to sell the hotel to a couple of city boys, but the women have other ideas.
The women's criminal past catches up with them when they get a surprise visit from Roy. As things go from bad to worse, will they ever live out their Barbados dream?
Sadie is taken prisoner in her own bedroom on the day of Ann Marie and Gil's wedding. Events take a terrifying turn for the worse when hitman Marius arrives in Hope Springs. Show more
The women resort to fixing a poker game to win fake passports, but it all goes horribly wrong when they discover that they are not the only ones not playing by the rules.
Award-winning atmospheric drama. Monitoring CCTV coverage in Glasgow allows Jackie to safely observe life's quirks - until she glimpses a man from her past. Show more
Police drama series. A brutal ambush on a police convoy leaves three officers dead and a protected witness fighting for his life. AC-12 turn their spotlight on Lindsay Denton. Show more
Drama series about a team of forensic pathologists. Leo does community service on a rough estate after being done for drink-driving. Show more
Drama series about a team of forensic pathologists. Frustration builds as the team struggles to find any useful evidence from the post-mortems to help the police. Show more
Period drama. Adbul Karim is whisked from his clerk's job at an Accra prison to present a ceremonial coin to Queen Victoria for her golden jubilee, along with his more reluctant companion Mohammed. Show more
Detective drama. Jackson helps a teenage boy who has grown up in the shadow of his murdered mother to understand how she really died. Show more
John Humphrys puts four celebrities to the test in another episode of the classic quiz. Taking part are Neil Jones, YolanDa Brown, Paul Higgins and Holly Hamilton. Show more
The Price of Oil
No Two Days
44 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Faye Marsay and Paul Higgins star in a maze of tales about risk, passion and deep-sea oil. Part of a season exploring the history of oil - and the price we've paid for it. Show more
Appointment in Arezzo: Journalist Alan Taylor's memoir of a friendship with Muriel Spark, one of the 20th century's great writers. Read by Paul Higgins. Show more