Celebrating British & Irish Theatre
Seven decades of groundbreaking drama, from stage classics to modern masterpieces
An Inspector Calls
A mysterious inspector interrupts a wealthy family's party with shocking news.
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Under Milk Wood
A production of Dylan Thomas's famous play enacted by a community of Welsh performers.
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Not I
Billie Whitelaw stars as a mouth suspended in space in Samuel Beckett's play.
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Salt by Selina Thompson
Artist Selina Thompson recalls her journey by sea to retrace a route of the slave trade.
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A Taste of Honey
1984 adaptation of Shelagh Delaney's classic play.
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Shelagh Delaney's Salford
Shelagh Delaney, the author of A Taste of Honey, looks at Salford, where she grew up.
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Elmina's Kitchen
A cafe owner tries to prevent his son from getting involved in London's gun culture.
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The Birthday Party
It's Stanley's birthday, but his party isn't quite what he expected. By Harold Pinter.
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Lady Antonia Fraser Remembers... The Birthday Party—Remembers...
Lady Antonia Fraser looks back on the BBC's 1987 adaptation of The Birthday Party.
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Absurd Person Singular
Drama about three couples who meet in three kitchens on three Christmas Eves.
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Dame Maureen Lipman Remembers... Absurd Person Singular—Remembers...
Maureen Lipman looks back on the filming of Alan Ayckbourn's Absurd Person Singular.
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Top Girls—Performance
Marlene gives a dinner party for five oddly assorted women from centuries past.
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The Entertainer—Performance
John Osborne's play, set in 1950s Britain, about failing music hall performer Archie Rice.
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John Osborne—The Levin Interviews
Bernard Levin talks to John Osborne, best known for his 1956 play Look Back in Anger.
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7:84 - Keep Right On?—Ex-S
Robert Dawson Scott presents an in-depth look at the fortunes of the 7:84 Theatre Company.
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Copenhagen: A Prologue with Michael Frayn
Michael Frayn introduces a television adaptation of his highly successful play.
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Copenhagen
Two physicists behind the atomic bomb, Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, meet in 1941.
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Michael Frayn—Mark Lawson Talks To...
Michael Frayn talks about writing novels, plays, philosophy, screenplays and verse.
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Black Watch—ArtWorks Scotland
Hard-hitting play that gives a frank account of a Scottish regiment serving in Iraq.
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Dylan Thomas: From Grave to Cradle—Arena
An examination of the work and the legend of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.
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Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
Adrian Dunbar explores what made the man who wrote Waiting for Godot.
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Cyprus Avenue
David Ireland's award-winning dark comedy about sectarian hatred in Northern Ireland.
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The Deep Blue Sea—Performance
A Terence Rattigan play. Hester is rescued by a neighbour after attempting suicide.
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The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil—Play for Today, Series 4
John McGrath's play about the exploitation of the Scottish people throughout history.
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