Audio Dramas

A list of audio dramas from the BBC ready to listen online.

13A, 13B – When Jess turns up in the seat next to Phil on a flight to Rome, it soon becomes clear that it’s not a coincidence. But even the best-laid plans can be derailed by mysterious strangers and a fear of flying.

79 Birthdays – Jimmy loses his life before it begins when he’s being born. A guardian angel, Leila is waiting for him. Jimmy is desperate to know what would have happened to him had he been born . After a lot of persuasion, Leila grants Jimmy his wish, showing him his life as he spools through his birthdays, playing out the key moments in full .

A Shoebox of Snow – Albert and Renie never leave their condemned flat, cocooned inside by all they’ve ever owned. Christopher must persuade them. But what are they saving it for?

A World Elsewhere – Like many Glasgow teenagers, Rida argues with her mum and stresses about exams. But as a young Muslim, the escape that she dreams of online contains danger she has yet to imagine.

Aliyah – By Becky Prestwich. Affecting drama about family and faith. Rosa and her elderly father journey to Jerusalem in search of Rosa’s son, who has become obsessed with Judaism.

Another Life – Two strangers meet in the supermarket, which marks both their lives in unexpected places and ways.

Can’t Live Without You – Psychological thriller by Kellie Smith. When Greg’s partner Anna becomes ill and needs constant care, Greg becomes intoxicated by her dependency.

Chopping Onions – When three generations of Jewish women come together in the kitchen, they stir up much more than the soup.

Community Service – Daniel Mays, Leo Bill and Katie Redford star in Jonny O’Neill’s moving and funny drama about a first-time offender’s day in court.

Departure – Colin Bytheway’s drama about life and death. And choices. And the sock-to-trouser ratio of gay men.

Diamonds are Forever – A diamond-smuggling pipeline leads Bond to New York and Las Vegas. Who is ‘ABC’? What is Tiffany’s secret?

Discourse

Fire in the Sun – A woman visits her elderly parents in Spain after a fire which has destroyed their retirement home and hospitalised her mother. She discovers that her perceptions of her family’s history are not the full story.

Fragments – By Julian Simpson. Kelly and her parents move to an exclusive village. They are affluent and she has a good education. Yet two months later she has become a murderess.

Goldfish Girl – By Peter Souter. What if you couldn’t remember a single minute of the ten years you’d spent with the love of your life? Joe can remember everything about Ally; Ally remembers nothing about Joe.

Gull Therapy – By Anita Sullivan. Alice, a speech therapist, is trying to help Dan, who has aphasia. But the gulls are keeping her up all night. A play about sound, language and meaning.

Have You Seen This Child? – By Clare Dywer Hogg. As Pat catches up with an old friend in the park, it suddenly dawns on her that her four-year-old grandchild is no longer in the playground.

Heading To Paradise – The stories of some of the victims of Flight MH17, shot down over the Ukraine in 2014.

Hearing Voices – Investigating a murder, DI James McCoy faces a crisis when a voice in his head threatens to destroy him.

I Before Bee – Teenager stammerer Michael Croxley has a fear of public speaking. So he is horrified to join a spelling bee.

Irongate – A woman walks once a year along the Thames, from Kew to Tower Bridge. Why?

Miss You Still – A bus driver who has shut himself off from the world is sent a feisty teenager to help him clean up his life.

My Brilliant Divorce – When her husband unexpectedly leaves, Angela learns the ups and downs of being a middle-aged singleton.

Pretty Vacant – International money-laundering meets the UK housing crisis in this grittily satirical fable about shady dealing and thorny moral dilemmas.

Quicksands – A family holiday is shattered by some life-changing news and a life-threatening incident. But just what is the truth behind what happened that fateful day?

Release – Aimee’s dad has been in prison since she was 8. For murder. She’s 17. He’s been released.

See – Psychological thriller about sight and perception. Cassie has a degenerative eye disease, but her boyfriend’s brother thinks she is faking her disability.

Snake Oil – When Jim is faced with a life-threatening diagnosis, he starts to investigate alternative cures and remedies to assist his recovery.

Stupid Men – Ryan’s chances of playing professional rugby are fading. Meanwhile he is failing as both a father and a husband. Is one last shot at sporting glory his only hope?

Tempting Faith – When Faith’s car is stolen, she press-gangs Martin into a high-speed chase resulting in a hilarious series of harum-scarum incidents and near catastrophic results.

The Climb – Frankie dreams of being like his hero, mountaineer Sherpa Tenzing, so he, John and Bud venture on the climb of their lives.

The Crossing – A mysterious man arrives at the Ward’s farm on the border and promises them a solution to all their problems of debt. Is this an offer they can’t refuse?

The Dad Who Fell To Earth –  Why does Tom believe his recently deceased dad was secretly an alien?

The Dog – Richard Wilson stars as a counsellor trying to save a marriage on its last legs.

The Len Continuum – Failing actor Len happens on a chance to prove himself. Surreal soundscapes and black humour, starring Toby Jones.

The Man In The Lift – A man is contracted to repair the lift in an urban residential tower block. But for some of its residents, his presence is much more significant than that.

The Man Who Wore Sanitary Pads – Real-life ‘rags-to-pads’ romcom. In Tamil Nadu, Muruga risks his family and his community to invent a low-cost sanitary pad for his beloved wife.

The Pursuit – When a road accident ends with a fatality, the police officer involved searches for answers.

The Sound Of Roses – Dark thriller set in France. When Alice agrees to give Serge a late-night English lesson, she has no idea what he has got planned.

The Transfer – Football agent Danny Provisor negotiates desperate last-ditch deals on football’s transfer deadline day.

Tony and Rose – Can architect Tony McGill come to terms with his widowed mother’s dementia?

Two Minutes Hate –  Implicated in a child murder but released from prison, Jennifer now has a new identity. But at least one newspaper is determined to find out where she lives.

Waterloo Station – Two strangers look back on an incident that happened a couple of years ago, just before the world turned upside down. As they do so, they take stock of what’s happened since.

When Last I Saw You – Jane says she has found the man who violently attacked her five years ago. But he denies it.