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02/06/2026
There’s light at the end of the tunnel for Alice.
02 Jun 2026,·13 mins
31/05/2026
Adam has a fight on his hands, and Natasha makes plans for the future.
31 May 2026,·72 mins
The Hound of the Baskervilles: Part Five
The truth about Barrymore's late-night excursions comes to light...
28 May 2026,·44 mins
Episode 10 - a deich
Douglas Stuart's epic novel about belonging.
05 Jun 2026,·14 mins
The Courier
Trailer
A pizza delivery rider enters a house and finds something he never should have seen.
01 Jun 2026,·2 mins
Dark Descent
Ursula and Ray are together again but the release of 'Dark Descent' threatens everything.
22 May 2026,·14 mins
Series 9
Episode 2
Al Smith's award-winning series set in an ambulance control room.
07 May 2026,·44 mins
The Best Friend
A specially commissioned story from American author Lionel Shriver.
13 Mar 2026,·14 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
Chapter Ten
John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.
01 Nov 2019,·33 mins
10. Guilty
Samantha Cookes is guilty.
04 Dec 2025,·11 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
To Be Read at Dusk
Five couriers on a mountaintop in Switzerland trade ghost stories into the night.
19 Jan 2026,·43 mins
5. The Hearing
A newly commissioned five-part serial by best-selling novelist Rachel Joyce.
09 Jan 2026,·14 mins
Artan and Jordan
A Wiltshire-Albanian bromance, by Florence Espeut-Nickless.
29 May 2026,·44 mins
Chapter 7
Arthur Conan Doyle's classic locked-room mystery following Holmes and Watson.
22 Aug 2019,·27 mins
The Haunter of the Dark: Episode 10
Has the Lovecraft team finally found the Church of Starry Wisdom?
16 Oct 2023,·18 mins
Chapter 24
Reconciliations, rewards, and just deserts.
04 Dec 2025,·9 mins
Chapter 47
Jane Austen’s universally acknowledged romance about Elizabeth Bennett’s search for love.
24 Aug 2019,·22 mins
6: 'Do it to Julia!'
Tom Hollander ends a day of readings from Orwell's great dystopian masterpiece.
08 Jun 2024,·57 mins
Episode 10
A twist in the tale in this final instalment.
15 Dec 2021,·17 mins
Episode 9: An Ancient Evil
Danny Robins returns with a terrifying bonus episode recorded in front of a live audience.
06 Feb 2023,·57 mins
Chapter 12
Kenneth Grahame’s jolly riverside romp with the eccentric Mr. Toad and his animal chums.
01 Nov 2019,·26 mins
5. Hostile Intent Bias
Marnie closes in on the identity of Adam McTavish’s killer. By Nick Walker.
06 Jun 2025,·14 mins
Series 4
5. Assoilized
Drama serial exploring crime through a psychological lens.
03 Mar 2026,·44 mins
This Karma Business
After a mysterious encounter by the river, more questions are coming Miss Macdonald’s way.
19 Dec 2025,·14 mins
5. What Remained
Julie Hesmondhalgh concludes Jenn Ashworth's eco-gothic story set in the near future.
06 Feb 2026,·14 mins
10: For there she was
The final part of Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923.
04 Feb 2022,·14 mins
Episode 5
The redundant design team are going to make the most of the launch party. By Joe Dunthorne
14 Nov 2025,·14 mins
Chapter Four
Mrs Gaskell’s much-loved portrait of life in a small town and its female inhabitants.
01 Nov 2019,·25 mins
