Drama starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins. When a brilliant but mentally ill mathematician dies, his daughter is worried that she too will suffer from a mental disorder. Show more
The murder of a model worker in Shanghai gives Inspector Chen his first challenge with the Special Case Squad. Award-winning crime drama by Qiu Xiaolong. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Labelled a 'cooked seed', one who has no chance to sprout, Anchee Min dares to dream of leaving China for America. Read by Chipo Chung. Show more
Anchee Min lands in the USA, but as a student with no English, she is terrified that immigration will not let her in. Read by Chipo Chung. Show more
Anchee Min begins to live the American dream the hard way, and finally finds her voice. Read by Chipo Chung. Show more
Anchee Min learns about student culture American-style, dancing to Michael Jackson and learning English from Sesame Street, but an outstanding debt worries her. Read by Chipo Chung. Show more
Can Anchee Min juggle several jobs, her studies and debt at the same time as being desperately homesick? Read by Chipo Chung. Show more
Xiaolu Guo's story of growing up in China during times of transition. For the young Xiaolu, her first home was the fishing village of Shitang where she lived with her grandparents. Show more
Xiaolu Guo's story of growing up in China during times of transition. Xiaolu's grandfather's struggle to provide for his family has tragic consequences. Show more
Xiaolu Guo's story of growing up in China during times of transition. The young Xiaolu has a new home in Wenling, where she is reunited with her parents. Show more
Xiaolu Gup's story of growing up in China during times of transition. Xiaolu is encouraged by her father to become a poet. Show more
Xiaolu Guo's story of growing up in China during times of transition. Xiaolu determines upon a new career path. Show more
Woman's Hour
Chipo Chung as Dido, Queen of Carthage
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Dido, Queen of Carthage is being performed for the first time by the RSC. Plus inspiring women in medicine and women drivers in Saudi Arabia. Show more
Drama on 4
Loveness and Me
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Nell Porter (Harriet Walter) decides to see if paying school fees for just one child, Loveness Matakuro, in poverty-stricken rural Zimbabwe will make a difference. Show more
Lyra and Will reunite with Mary and hear a story that changes everything. Now they must decide what they are willing to sacrifice if they are to save the worlds. Show more
Drama series. A happily married mother of two is forced to revisit her tragic childhood when a face from the past threatens to disrupt her content and ordered world. Show more
What would have happened if the Doctor had died facing the Racnoss? We find a nightmare world as Donna and Rose attempt to stop the approaching Darkness.
The last play in Aeschylus's The Oresteia. Having avenged his father's death, Orestes finds he is pursued by the Furies. Can the gods Apollo and Athena stop the cycle of revenge? Show more
Captain Jack Harkness storms back into the Doctor's life, and at the end of the universe, an evil old enemy is waiting...
A South African reality TV star is a weapon of mass-distraction, but then she develops a social conscience. Read by Chipo Chung. Show more