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Drama on 4

States of Mind: Real Worlds

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Jane Rogers imagines life for Ella, 14 years after a brain injury that has left her conscious but behaviourally unresponsive. Developed through Wellcome Trust Experimental Stories. Show more

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Dangerous Visions

Jane Rogers - The Testament of Jessie Lamb Omnibus

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Made for 4 Extra. Jane Rogers dramatises her award-winning dystopian novel about a teenage girl who decides to save humanity.

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

As the death toll mounts, Jessie’s act of heroism could save the human race - but can she win support? Stars Holliday Grainger. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

As society splinters, panic and fear reign. As her own world falls apart, Jessie realises she must act. Stars Holliday Grainger. Show more

The Testament of Jessie Lamb

Episode 1: 1. Jessie

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Can teenager Jessie Lamb save humanity after biological terrorism threatens to wipe out the human race? Stars Holliday Grainger. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Jessie's world is in crisis, but her father’s adamant she shouldn’t volunteer as a Sleeping Beauty. Stars Holliday Grainger. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

With society splintering and her own world falling apart, Jessie realises it is time to take action. Stars Holliday Grainger. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Conrad and Eleanor

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Eleanor's world is turned upside down when Conrad fails to come home from a conference. Daughter Cara decides to go and look for him, while son Paul suspects their mother of murder. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Conrad and Eleanor

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Conrad is alive but not well. Spooked by a mysterious woman, he is on the run, catching a train from Munich to Italy, while Eleanor recalls a time when their future seemed bright. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Conrad and Eleanor

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Both Conrad and Eleanor struggle with painful memories. Their son Paul insists on calling the police, while Eleanor finds threatening emails to Conrad from a woman called Mad. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Conrad and Eleanor

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

There is no progress in the search for Conrad, who is hiding out in a Bologna hotel, oblivious to his family's worry, while his shame and guilt threaten to overwhelm him. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Conrad and Eleanor

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

The police become involved in the search for Conrad, while Eleanor breaks up with her lover. Alone in Bologna, Conrad admits to himself that he knew he had to walk out on her. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Conrad and Eleanor

Episode 7

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Conrad recalls his fateful choice to use Maddy to help him expose animal abuse at the lab. Waiting for news at home, Eleanor struggles to make sense of her broken marriage. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Conrad and Eleanor

Episode 9

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

A long-hidden secret emerges about Cara, and the episode with Maddy culminates in a nasty scene at a hotel. Meanwhile, a mistake with Con's bankcard reveals his hiding place. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Conrad and Eleanor

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Con recalls taking his research job with big Pharma, which ultimately led to his meeting with animal rights protestor Maddy, who asks him to photograph conditions in the animal lab. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Conrad and Eleanor

Episode 8

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Conrad gets lost in Bologna and finds an unlikely rescuer, while his mind drifts back to Maddy, and to the breaking point in his marriage years ago, when he started to lose Eleanor. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Conrad and Eleanor

Episode 10

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Cara and El go to Bologna to fetch Conrad home. Their reunion is bittersweet - their love both confirmed and changed by the drama with Maddy and his dramatic disappearance. Show more

Start the Week

Hari Kunzru and Dystopia

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Jonathan Freedland discusses dystopia, memory and truth with Hari Kunzru, Jane Rogers, James Robertson and Adam Broomberg. Show more

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Interviewed Guest:
Hari Kunzru
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Rogers
Interviewed Guest:
James Robertson
Interviewed Guest:
Adam Broomberg
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Drama on 4

Robert Louis Stevenson: Terror in the South Seas

The Ebb Tide

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Three destitute men steal a schooner, taking champagne and trying to rob pearls from a local slave-owner. Stars David Tennant. Show more