London, 1896: Can penniless Henry Adams survive for a month without spending a one million pound note? Stars Trevor White. Show more
Set on a Louisiana plantation in the 1850s, Dion Boucicault's classic melodrama exploring Abolition and the role of theatre in politics. Show more
The James M Cain Series
James M Cain - Double Indemnity
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Walter Huff has a good steady job in the insurance business and lives a quiet life, until the day he falls for an unhappily married woman, and decides to help her commit murder. Show more
The Life and Loves of a She Devil by Fay Weldon
2. Transformation
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for 11 months
Ruth’s campaign to punish her husband and his mistress advances and she will stop at nothing to get her way. Stars Barnaby Kay. Show more
Home Front
7 January 1916 - Victor Lumley
11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for years
On this day, Lord Selbourne made an appeal for more game to be donated to hospitals, before the end of the shooting season, and Victor feels more hunted than hunter. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 40: 21-25 December 1915 (Season 6 start)
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for years
The first omnibus edition of Season 6 covering a week following a huge landslide at the Warren and when the townsfolk are preparing for Christmas. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 42: 4-8 January 1916
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for years
In a week when compulsory Military service became almost inevitable, the Bevan hospital becomes a welcome alternative to home for Dorothea. Show more
Montgomery, Alabama. 1955. The Doctor and her friends encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks but begin to wonder whether someone is attempting to change history. Show more
Tommies
8 August 1918
44 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
By Jonathan Ruffle. Mickey Bliss's bold deception plan is put into action and could change the course of the war, but on the personal front, his past catches up with him. Show more
Mickey's big deception plan could change the course of the war, but the arrival of soldier son Jack and WAAC controller sister Evadne complicates matters. Written by Neil Brand.
Drama series. After being betrayed and nearly killed in Tangier, private security operative Sam Hunter returns to London to discover which of her colleagues set her up. Show more
Drama series. After a colleague is kidnapped by the criminal millionaire she is spying on, Sam is ordered to kill him to keep him from being tortured and compromising the team. Show more
4 Extra Debut. San Francisco, 1976. Mary Ann and Mouse are on the high seas and Mona's on the highway. Stars Kate Harper and Lydia Wilson. From February 2013. Show more
San Francisco, 1976. 28 Barbary Lane seems empty with Mona in Winnemucca and Mouse and Mary Ann cruising. Stars Buffy Davis. From February 2013. Show more
Michael and Jon are reunited, Dede meets a new friend and Beauchamp must face up to her pregnancy. From February 2013. Show more
Mary Ann turns detective over Burke and Michael opens up to his mother about being gay. Stars Lydia Wilson. From February 2013. Show more
The mystery of Anna Madrigal's anagram is solved and Mary Ann and Burke find answers. Stars Kate Harper. From February 2013. Episode 5 of 5. Show more
Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City (Omnibus)
More Tales of the City
1 hour, 15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
San Francisco, 1976. Barbary Lane's residents are on the move, Mary Ann on the high seas and Mona on the highway. Stars Lydia Wilson. From February 2013.
Marlowe forges an uneasy friendship with a drunk who then shows up late one night asking for a favour. Starring Toby Stephens. Show more
Man About the House
Episode 2: The Parable of the Green House
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The Parable of the Green House, by Jess Walter: Dale hangs around his house and thinking bad things are happening outside develops an obsession. From November 2014. Episode 2 of 3. Show more