Radio 4 Dramas

This is maybe the best page on the website. Here you can find, listen to, download and enjoy the collection of dramas I have amassed. These have all been broadcast on BBC Radio 4, during the afternoon drama weekdays at 2:15 PM and Saturdays 2:45 PM. Click on the name to go to the BBC page with the description and “Listen” which will open a new tab to play the drama.

13A, 13B	Ruth Jones and Stephen Tompkinson star in Peter Souter's romcom set on a plane bound for Rome. Will love or a fear of flying win the day?	Listen
79 Birthdays	Poet Michael Symmons Roberts tells the story of Jimmy's life through 79 birthdays watched with Leila, his guardian angel. Inspired by the average male lifespan.	Listen
A 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.	Listen
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? Richard Briers stars.	Listen
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.	Listen
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.	Listen
Andrea Earl - The Climb	Frankie dreams of being like his hero, mountaineer Sherpa Tenzing, so he, John and Bud venture on the climb of their lives. With Warwick Davis, Tommy Jessop and Liam O'Carroll.	Listen
Another Life	Two strangers meet in the supermarket, which marks both their lives in unexpected places and ways. Stars Stephen Tompkinson.	Listen
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.	Listen
Chopping Onions	When three generations of Jewish women come together in the kitchen, they stir up much more than the soup. Starring Maureen Lipman.	Listen
Chris Wilson - I Before Bee	Teenager stammerer Michael Croxley has a fear of public speaking. So he is horrified to join a spelling bee. Stars Mykola Allen.	Listen
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.	Listen
Departure	Colin Bytheway's drama about life and death. And choices. And the sock-to-trouser ratio of gay men. Starring Alison Steadman and Kevin Whately.	Listen
Diamonds Are Forever	A diamond-smuggling pipeline leads Bond to New York and Las Vegas. Who is ‘ABC’? What is Tiffany’s secret? Stars Toby Stephens.	Listen
Fragments	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.	Listen
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.	Listen
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.	Listen
Heading to Paradise	The stories of some of the victims of Flight MH17, shot down over the Ukraine in 2014. Joe Caffrey, Philip Franks and Tracy Wiles star in David Morley's factual drama.	Listen
Irongate	James Fleet and Emma Fielding star in Nick Warburton's two-hander play about love and loss. A woman walks once a year along the Thames, from Kew to Tower Bridge. Why?	Listen
Jimmy McAleavey - Hearing Voices	Investigating a murder, DI James McCoy faces a crisis when a voice in his head threatens to destroy him. Stars Tim McInnerny.	Listen
Matt Hartley - The Pursuit	When a road accident ends with a fatality, the police officer involved searches for answers. Stars Don Gilet and Claire Price.	Listen
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. Stars Lenny Henry.	Listen
My Brilliant Divorce	When her husband unexpectedly leaves, Angela learns the ups and downs of being a middle-aged singleton. Stars Caroline Quentin.	Listen
Patrick McGrath - The Smell	*Patrick McGrath reads his disturbing Gothic Tale about a father's demonic control over his family. (Read Online)*	Listen
Peter Souter - Goldfish Girl	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.	Listen
Pretty Vacant	When a major financial donor approaches a housing charity offering them a block of new apartments for free, they’re welcomed with open arms. But then alarm bells start to ring.	Listen
Quicksands	By Lucy Caldwell. 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?	Listen
Release	By Matt Hartley. Starring Saran Morgan and Richard Harrington. Aimee's dad has been in prison since she was 8. For murder. She's 17. He's been released.	Listen
See	By Katharine Way. Psychological thriller about sight and perception. Cassie has a degenerative eye disease, but her boyfriend's brother thinks she is faking her disability.	Listen
Snake Oil	By Abbie Spallen. When Jim is faced with a life-threatening diagnosis, he starts to investigate alternative cures and remedies to assist his recovery.	Listen
Stupid Men	By Gary Owen. 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?	Listen
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. By Sean Moffatt.	Listen
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? By Tara Hegarty.	Listen
The Dad Who Fell To Earth	Why does Tom believe his recently deceased dad was secretly an alien? Comedy drama starring Ronald Pickup and Toby Hadoke.	Listen
The Discourse Of Two Once-Young Women	Three old friends from schooldays during the war plan to meet up. But why are the two women feeling nervous? Stars Lynn Farleigh, Oliver Ford Davies and Eleanor Bron.	Listen
The Dog	Richard Wilson stars as a counsellor trying to save a marriage on its last legs. Comedy with Jasmine Hyde and Patrick Marlowe. From December 2014.	Listen
The Len Continuum	Acclaimed British film-maker Peter Strickland's first radio drama. Failing actor Len happens on a chance to prove himself. Surreal soundscapes and black humour, starring Toby Jones.	Listen
The Man In The Lift	By Tom Connolly. 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.	Listen
The Man Who Wore Sanitary Pads	By Jon Sen. 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.	Listen
The Sound of Roses	By Adrian Penketh. 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.	Listen
The Transfer	Football agent Danny Provisor negotiates desperate last-ditch deals on football's transfer deadline day. Stars David Schofield.	Listen
Tony and Rose	Can architect Tony McGill come to terms with his widowed mother's dementia? Stars Robert Glenister and Marcia Warren. Directed by Celia de Wolff.	Listen
Two Minutes Hate	By Kieran Prendiville. 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.	Listen
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 over the last two years.	Listen
When Last I Saw You	Psychological thriller by Peter Whalley. Jane says she has found the man who violently attacked her five years ago. But he denies it.	Listen