4 Extra Debut. Maris's fear sets her on a quest to save the life of her seriously ill husband as reality shifts. Stars Alexandra Roach. Show more
Home Front
17 September 1915 - Ralph Winwood
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for 10 months
The big day finally arrives for Dorothea and Ralph. Show more
Home Front
5 October 1915 - Alice Macknade
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for 10 months
Roy takes a surprising step to avoid being identified as a deserter. Show more
Home Front
7 October 1915 - Dorothea Winwood
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for 10 months
Dorothea writes a letter to Ralph with news that will shake their marriage. Show more
Home Front
9 October 1915 - Lilian Frost
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for 10 months
Lilian Frost sees Roland in a new light as they share a day of photographic discoveries. Show more
Home Front
21 October 1915 - Isabel Graham
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for 11 months
The Allied fleet bombards the Bulgarian coast, and Isabel and Dorothea have to put aside their differences. Show more
Home Front
30 December 1915 - Nell Kingsley
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for years
A British P&O liner is torpedoed killing 334, including women and children, and at the Bevan Hospital an injured soldier avoids returning to duty. Show more
Edinburgh Haunts
Episode 3: The Face at the Window, the Wave of the Hand
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
An uncanny tale evoking the folklore of the doppelganger, set in contemporary Edinburgh. Read by Monica Gibb. Show more
Edinburgh Haunts
Episode 1: I Remember Yesterday
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
A young woman haunts the alleyways of the city seeking revenge to the strains of Donna Summer. Read by Hannah Donaldson. From October 2013. Show more
Edinburgh Haunts
Episode 2: The Misadventures of Magnus Lovatt
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
By Susie Maguire. An actor performs a one-man show, but the words begin to echo back to him in a deeply unsettling way. Read by Steven McNicoll. Show more
Bloody Scotland
Episode 1: Secrets of Soil
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
By Ann Cleeves. Shetland detective Willow Reeves returns to her childhood home, where a past dark secret has resurfaced. Read by Lesley Hart. Show more
Bloody Scotland
Episode 3: Charlie's Dying
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
By Stuart MacBride. Sinister tale revealing the childhood secrets of a character soon to appear in a forthcoming DS Logan McRae thriller. Show more
Stories from Songwriters
Episode 1: Sunset to Break Your Heart, by Barb Jungr
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Heartbreaking tale set on Shetland that takes its title from Jungr's song of the same name. Read by Suranne Jones. From May 2014. Episode 1 of 3. Show more
Feminine Mystiques
Episode 1: Mink
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
By Marina Warner: 4 Extra Debut. A 1950s housewife conjures up dreams of glamour and female power for her daughters. Read by Emma Fielding. Show more
Feminine Mystiques
Episode 2: What to Expect
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
By Aminatta Forna: Exploring contemporary feminism through a young woman who wants to be invisible to the world. Read by Doon MacKichan. Show more
Feminine Mystiques
Episode 3: Theatre Six
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
By Sarah Hall. A young woman faces a terrifying situation while her doctor confronts a new political world order. Read by Francesca Dymond. Show more
The Empire Cafe
Episode 1: The Business of Tea
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Kei Miller's clever and multilayered story draws together themes of slavery, Glasgow's empire past in Jamaica and the most traditional of British drinks, tea. Show more
The Empire Cafe
Episode 2: The Ginger MacIntosh Clan of Saint Kitts
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Jackie Kay focuses on ginger, as she playfully weaves in connections between Scotland and the Caribbean, in a story set in Saint Kitts. 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