Books & Stories

Read by Susan Jameson. Produced by Ross Burman.

Astrophysicist Emma Chapman's love letter to radio astronomy.

Benjamin Wood's quietly profound story is set on the Lancashire coast in the early 1960s.

Original stories by Ireland's most exciting female writers, retelling ancient Irish myths.

Rebecca F Kuang’s deliciously dark, witty thriller with a deeply flawed narrator

A specially commissioned story from American author Lionel Shriver.

Writer Cal Flyn explores the profound power of mystery and the provocation of the unknown.

Leading forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her work with survivors of trauma.

A writer's journey through the experience of otherness.

Julie Hesmondhalgh narrates a new ghost story, set on the shifting sands of Morecambe Bay.

A specially commissioned five-part serial by best-selling novelist Rachel Joyce.

A fascinating scientific guide to why looking on the bright side really is good for you.

On the eve of the Anschluss, a Jewish scientist captures a proton in a photograph.

A whodunnit and a portrait of a very ordinary life which suddenly becomes extraordinary.

A selection of the great author’s most chilling short works, read by Sir David Suchet.

The story of a young woman finding her own voice, and her own place in the world.

Dr Lucy Maddox shares ideas from the therapy room to help you live better.

Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad.

Maya thinks they've got a ghost. Vidya is the only extra-natural mediator she can find.

Soon to be divorced Maggie is completely fine. Really Good, Actually.

James Joyce's autobiographical modernist masterpiece. Read by Andrew Scott.

Marian has to write up a bizarre workplace accident - original fiction by Joe Dunthorne.

Special readings from Orwell's dystopian classic, now celebrating its 75th anniversary.

Grace is on a mission: to kill off her relatives. Bella Mackie’s darkly comic novel.