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The Adventure of the Priory School: Part Three
The mystery is resolved, as family secrets are revealed at Holdernesse Hall.
13 Aug 2026,·26 mins
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
5. Home Again
Evicted from his flat, Adrian has to move back to Wisteria Walk.
04 Jan 2019,·14 mins
Series 9
6. Sweet Land of Liberty
This week we hear the essay Sweet Land of Liberty and a recent diary extract.
30 Mar 2023,·28 mins
Episode 5
A searing account of the atomic bomb’s aftermath from local pastor Kiyoshi Tanimoto.
14 Aug 2026,·14 mins
Episode Ten
The full extent of Mr Thornhill’s duplicity is exposed.
14 Aug 2026,·13 mins
Episode 10
Orly rushes to save more seeds as the seed bank floods. But is he too late?
31 Jul 2026,·13 mins
Chapter 9
The party is over.
08 Jul 2021,·35 mins
Pride and Prejudice
Part 25
Will it be third-time lucky for Lizzy, as she receives yet another proposal?
23 Dec 2025,·72 mins
Jensen and Gustav discover the identity of “Sausage Else”?
12 Jun 2026,·14 mins
Chapter Ten
John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.
01 Nov 2019,·33 mins
5. The Ending
How can the children tell the Phoenix they think he should go?
01 Apr 1994,·15 mins
Chapter 47
Jane Austen’s universally acknowledged romance about Elizabeth Bennett’s search for love.
24 Aug 2019,·22 mins
Book 2 - Chapter 4
HG Wells’ iconic sci-fi story about the battle to save Earth from a Martian invasion.
23 Aug 2019,·10 mins
The Best Friend
A specially commissioned story from American author Lionel Shriver.
13 Mar 2026,·14 mins
Episode 10: 2021
Adam Usden's 10th episode, set in 2021, closes Peter Flannery's Our Friends in the North.
09 Jun 2022,·44 mins
10: The End of the Affair
A brilliant new literary whodunnit for Radio 4 from the acclaimed author William Boyd.
14 Mar 2025,·14 mins
Swings by Adam Thorpe
Alone in the playground, Howard hears something make a squeaking noise.
18 Aug 2011,·15 mins
To Be Read at Dusk
Five couriers on a mountaintop in Switzerland trade ghost stories into the night.
19 Jan 2026,·43 mins
A twist in the tale in this final instalment.
15 Dec 2021,·17 mins
5. The Hearing
A newly commissioned five-part serial by best-selling novelist Rachel Joyce.
09 Jan 2026,·14 mins
5. Journey's End at Kelmscott
Can William Guest accept having to leave the England of his dreams?
09 Mar 1990,·15 mins
A twist in the tale at the end of this heartwarming whodunnit.
05 Sep 2022,·15 mins
Twist, by Colum McCann
Fennell pieces together some fragments of Conway’s past.
15 Aug 2026,·15 mins
Friday October 12th 1984: You Are Invited to a Retrospective
A violent blast in the middle of the night reminds Jack of everything he's been through.
10 Jul 2026,·14 mins
Chapter 12
Kenneth Grahame’s jolly riverside romp with the eccentric Mr. Toad and his animal chums.
01 Nov 2019,·26 mins
Episode 4
Mr Pooter climbs the career ladder, but is his son's engagement going in the opposite way?
29 Apr 2012,·23 mins
Chapter 37
Charlotte Brontë’s intimate and disquieting coming of age classic about secrets and lies.
24 Aug 2019,·49 mins
10. Aerial Torpedoes
The story draws to an end with a cautious romance and an unexpected bang.
18 Sep 1992,·15 mins
A coming of age story set in an alternative world where slavery has never been abolished.
17 Jul 2026,·14 mins
Chapter 10
The landmark allegory about hypocrisy and corruption of power.
08 Jul 2021,·24 mins
