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Drama on 4 Episodes

  1. Today 15:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Episode 2Midnight Cowboy

    2/2 Joe Buck, a naïve young Texan, leaves his dead-end job to be a hustler in 1960s New York.

  2. Tuesday 14:15
    BBC Radio 4

    Episode 3Downstream

    3/3 A return to Nick Warburton's drama set on Platters' boatyard and the river that runs by it

  3. Thursday 14:15
    BBC Radio 4

    Edith Swan-Neck and the Bayeux Tapestry

    The making of the Bayeux Tapestry, dramatised by Jonathan Myerson.

  4. Next Saturday 15:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Range Anxiety

    Fantasy and reality merge in this new comedy drama written by Tim Crouch with Toby Jones.

  5. Next Sunday 15:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Episode 1The Things They Carried

    1/2 Vietnam, 1969. The stories of a reluctant soldier and the men he served with.

  6. Tue 8 Sep 2026 14:15
    BBC Radio 4

    Done to Death

    A whodunnit mystery that can only be solved by... reading whodunnits.

  7. Thu 10 Sep 2026 14:15
    BBC Radio 4

    Welcome to Defiance

    A drama about the ordinary people who landed 5,000 planes on the morning of 9/11.

  8. Sun 13 Sep 2026 15:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Episode 2The Things They Carried

    2/2 A platoon digs through the mud of Vietnam for the friend they won't leave behind.

  9. Tue 15 Sep 2026 14:15
    BBC Radio 4

    The School Run

    When Gareth heads out on a jog, he discovers his past has caught up with him.

  10. Tue 15 Sep 2026 15:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    The Iceman Goeth by Steve Jacobi

    Docudrama about the actor Ian Holm, set during a fateful production of The Iceman Cometh

  11. Tue 15 Sep 2026 21:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    The Iceman Goeth by Steve Jacobi

    Docudrama about the actor Ian Holm, set during a fateful production of The Iceman Cometh

  12. Wed 16 Sep 2026 05:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    The Iceman Goeth by Steve Jacobi

    Docudrama about the actor Ian Holm, set during a fateful production of The Iceman Cometh

  13. Thu 17 Sep 2026 14:15
    BBC Radio 4

    South of the River

    A chatty London cabbie becomes an accidental double agent caught between east and west.

  14. Thu 17 Sep 2026 15:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Needle by Christina Balit

    Creating the Bayeux Tapestry is a bitter task for the women of Canterbury....

  15. Thu 17 Sep 2026 21:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Needle by Christina Balit

    Creating the Bayeux Tapestry is a bitter task for the women of Canterbury....

  16. Fri 18 Sep 2026 05:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Needle by Christina Balit

    Creating the Bayeux Tapestry is a bitter task for the women of Canterbury....

  17. Fri 18 Sep 2026 15:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Bayeux by Abigail Youngman

    Ex-Queen Edith fights to save her skin and create a masterpiece of PR and embroidery.

  18. Fri 18 Sep 2026 21:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Bayeux by Abigail Youngman

    Ex-Queen Edith fights to save her skin and create a masterpiece of PR and embroidery.

  19. Sat 19 Sep 2026 05:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    Bayeux by Abigail Youngman

    Ex-Queen Edith fights to save her skin and create a masterpiece of PR and embroidery.