Richard Tyrone Jones relives his perilous journey from operating table and back again, after he gets heart failure on his 30th birthday. Show more

Can Richard pull through, with the help of poetry, cod philosophy and friends? Nihilistic Sophia tries to cheer his spirits with books by Houellebecq and Lovecraft. Show more

Poet Richard Tyrone Jones gets heart failure on his 30th birthday. With the help of his agent and his 'anti-girlfriend' he learns to live, love and overdo it at a nightclub. Show more

Pliny the Younger and his new Welsh slave go boar hunting. But Pliny prefers to leave the hard work to Venta, while he writes a letter to his friend. Show more

Venta the slave keeps an observant eye on Pliny the Younger, his mother Marcella and Doris the Greek cook in this second series of adventures in 1st-century Rome. By Hattie Naylor. Show more

Despite not believing in such things, Pliny has fallen in love at first sight. Meanwhile, Doris makes a surprising confession. By Hattie Naylor. Show more

By Hattie Naylor. Can psychedelic drugs really have a use in the treatment of depression? Pete has tried every other treatment on offer and is now about to find out. Show more

Pliny, his mother Marcella and his slave Venta spend the day indulging in the pleasures of Rome - shopping and bathing. By Hattie Naylor. Show more

Pliny has a new job as chief overseer of the sewage works of Rome, but it is someone else who has to do the real dirty work. By Hattie Naylor. Show more

Pliny is invited to the Palatine, where he finds out to his horror just how much the Emperor Domitian knows about him. By Hattie Naylor. Show more

The Emperor Domitian is increasingly paranoid that there is a plot against him. This time he's right. By Hattie Naylor. Show more

Pliny has been commanded by the Emperor to hold a banquet for General Agricola, recently returned a hero from his conquest of Britain. But all is not as it seems. By Hattie Naylor. Show more

When the welcome party for returning hero General Agricola goes badly wrong, an innocent man has to pay a heavy price. By Hattie Naylor. Show more

Venta has been wrongly arrested for murder and thrown into prison. There he meets a fellow convict, a dwarf who reveals the terrible fate that awaits them both. By Hattie Naylor. Show more

From the imperial box, Emperor Domitian signals for the games to begin. Tigers are pitted against gladiators. Soon Venta and Calvin will have to meet their fate. By Hattie Naylor. Show more

Pliny the Younger goes shopping for a slave with secretarial skills to help him prepare his letters for publication. Show more

Venta's position in the household is challenged when they visit Pliny's former mother-in-law and her servant singles Pliny out for special treatment. Show more

Pliny the Younger, his mother Marcella and Venta the slave are invited to an ominous sounding dinner with Emperor Domitian. And Doris warns of an impending death. Show more

Pliny is put out when one of his dinner guests fails to show up. Then a visit from Regulus gives rise to a secret that Venta is compelled to keep. Show more

Drama series set in a health centre. Niamh and Ayesha brave an unseen terror to help an expectant mother in an isolated caravan. Valerie campaigns for Heston. Show more