Boarding school offers an escape from Muriel's mother's 'wild moods and secrets'. Show more
Betrayal close to home brings Muriel's mother's secret out into the open. Show more
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Episode 3: Only the Sure of Foot
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
By Ian Madden. Winner of second prize in 2010. Quietly moving story of a long-standing family feud, and one woman's efforts to heal it. Read by John Mackay. Show more
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Episode 2: Alone in Bloemfontein
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
By Mary Teague. This tender tale won second prize in 2009 and tells of the creation of a garden and the growth of a love affair across a racial divide. Read by Tracy-Ann Oberman. Show more
It is 1911, and five-year-old Muriel begins to question her mother's night-time absences. Show more
Drama on 4
My Dear Bessie
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Benedict Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey tell a Second World War love story in letters between Chris Barker, a solider in Libya, and Bessie Moore, a Morse code interpreter in London. Show more
Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's struggle with dementia: early tell-tale signs emerge. From 2014. Show more
Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's struggle with dementia: the family ignores worrying signs. From February 2014. Show more
Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's struggle with dementia: death and the struggle to grieve. From February 2014. Show more
Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's struggle with dementia: some consolation in forgetting. From February 2014. Show more
Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's struggle with dementia: a peaceful end amongst family. From February 2014. Show more
With her mother's affair exposed, Muriel waits for the village to react. Show more
A Father for My Son
Episode 1
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Jenny Coverack's adaptation of Kathleen Scott's autobiography and journals - the widow of explorer Captain Scott. From March 2012. Show more
Tina Pepler's gripping story about an international aid worker posted to South Sudan. Martha has arrived in Agok, to find the situation worse than she had been briefed to expect. Show more
The situation in Agok is getting worse, with hundreds of refugees arriving across the border from the north, and tensions both on the outside and within the team itself are rising. Show more
Martha wonders if she is up to the demands of her post. Mistakes and misjudgements are all too easy to make, and the tensions within the team are adding to her feeling of isolation. Show more
The humanitarian crisis facing Martha and her team is escalating. The clinic is overwhelmed, and militias are attacking the wells. Show more
As her team tries to cope with an ever-increasing number of refugees fleeing across the border from the north, Martha has a crisis of her own to deal with inside the compound. Show more
Inspector Beck and his colleagues are faced with the body of an unknown girl. Jennifer Howarth adapts the first book of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo's Swedish detective series. Show more
A mass shooting on a bus leaves nine dead, including one of Beck's team. The trail leads Beck back to an unsolved case from the past. Show more