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  1. The Mystery of Charles Dickens

    Simon Callow brings Charles Dickens to life with a host of his colourful characters.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. Martyn Wade - Alias George Eliot

    George Eliot's secret identity meets complications when a certain Mr Liggins gets involved

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls

    An unexpected visitor sparks turmoil, at a celebratory family engagement party.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. Nought Happens Twice Thus

    Adam Thorpe's play about Thomas Hardy and his strained marriage with second wife Florence.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5. CS Lewis - The Magician's Nephew

    Tricked with magic rings, young explorers Polly and Digory arrive in a whole new world.

    BBC Radio 7

  6. Bartleby the Scrivener

    A law firm's copyist 'prefers' not to do parts of his job.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  7. The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley

    Mary Shelly's fantastical tale explores man's fascination with eternal life and elixirs.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. The Legend of Robin Hood

    The great English hero's adventures take him from Sherwood to the Holy Land and back.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. The Tomb by HP Lovecraft

    The obsessive Jervas Dudley reveals how he came to be incarcerated in an asylum.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  10. 15-Minute Hamlet

    Tom Stoppard's humorous take on Shakespeare.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. The Cider House Rules

    Tobey Maguire plays a doctor who wants to experience life beyond his orphanage.

    BBC Two

  12. Henry V

    Shakespearean drama about the king's invasion of France and the Battle of Agincourt.

    BBC Two

  13. Macbeth

    BBC 7 pays tribute to Paul Scofield with this 1960s production of The Scottish Play.

    BBC Radio 7

  14. Orson Welles - War of the Worlds

    The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast that caused panic in America on Halloween in 1938

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  15. A View from a Hill

    An archaeologist is sent to authenticate a collection and finds a gruesome local legend.

    BBC Four

  16. Mrs Henderson Presents

    Judi Dench stars as a theatre owner whose idea of using on-stage nudity raises eyebrows.

    BBC Two

  17. Girl with a Pearl Earring

    Adaptation of Tracy Chevalier's hit novel, starring Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson.

    BBC Two

  18. Ballet Shoes

    When their adoptive father goes missing, three young girls must take to the stage.

    BBC One

  19. The Story of an African Farm

    Drama about three children who are brought up on a South African farm in the 1870s.

    BBC Two

  20. Persuasion

    Adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel about the enduring power of love.

    BBC Four

  21.

    Northanger Abbey

    Jane Austen's story of a girl whose head is full of romantic notions about the world.

    BBC Four

  22. The English Patient

    A badly burned pilot recounts a doomed love affair to the nurse tending him.

    BBC Two

  23. Miss Austen Regrets

    Jane appears happily unmarried, until she reflects on previous suitors and life choices.

    BBC One

  24. The Name of the Rose

    Thriller set in an Italian monastery in the Middle Ages, based on Umberto Eco's novel.

    BBC Four

  25. The Postmaster by Alexander Pushkin

    A poor Russian postmaster is distraught when his beloved daughter runs away with a hussar.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26. Einstein and Eddington

    British astronomer Arthur Eddington supports Albert Einstein's theories.

    BBC Two

  27. Kenneth Grahame - The Wind in the Willows

    Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger's famous adventure dramatised and narrated by Alan Bennett.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  28. The Leopard

    Epic drama which details the slow fall from power of a Sicilian aristocrat.

    BBC Four

  29. Marie Lloyd, Queen of the Halls

    Three husbands, but thousands coming out for the funeral of the great music hall star.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  30. A Child's Christmas in Wales

    Dylan Thomas' magical poem, set in a small Welsh town. Read by singer Cerys Matthews.

    BBC Radio Wales

  31. The Gift of The Magi

    Cherrie McIlwaine reads the classic tale of a down at heel young couple at Christmas.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  32. Nicholas Nickleby

    Adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel starring Jamie Bell and Jim Broadbent.

    BBC Two

  33. As You Like It

    Adaptation of Shakespeare's pastoral comedy set in 19th-century Japan.

    BBC Two

  34.

    The Man Who Would Be King

    Colourful epic in which two British soldiers become godlike rulers in colonial India.

    BBC Four

  35. The Admirable Crichton by JM Barrie

    Satire about the fortunes a perfect butler. Stars Russell Tovey.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36. Noel Coward - The Better Half

    A wife's selflessness may conceal a hidden agenda. Surprisingly modern comedy.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37. Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Halle Berry plays a free-spirited woman, challenging her small-town in 1920s America.

    BBC One

  38. Anna Sewell - Black Beauty

    A well-bred horse hits hard times and poor health due to overwork.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39. Richard III

    Celebrating Maida Vale at 75, William Shakespeare's play about the tyrant's rise to power.

    BBC Radio 7

  40. George Orwell - Keep the Aspidistra Flying

    In 1930's London, would-be poet Gordon Comstock tries not to conform.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum

    When a tornado lands Dorothy in Oz, she must battle her way to get back home...

    BBC Radio 4

  42. Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol

    Bitter miser Ebenezer Scrooge is taken on a ghostly journey of self-redemption.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. Hans Christian Andersen - The Snow Queen

    The classic, wintry fairy tale starring Diana Rigg, Bill Patterson and Dirk Bogarde.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  44. The Turn of the Screw

    A governess becomes fearful that something evil is stalking the children under her care.

    BBC One

  45. Cranford: Under the Bonnet

    Simon Woods goes behind the scenes to explore the success of Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford.

    BBC Four

  46. Hamlet

    The Royal Shakespeare Company's modern-dress production of Shakespeare's great play.

    BBC Two

  47.

    Macbeth

    Orson Welles stars in and directs a controversial version of Shakespeare's play.

    BBC Two

  48. Little Women

    Film based on the Louisa May Alcott story about 1860s America. With Winona Ryder.

    BBC Two

  49. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

    In 18th-century France, a perfumier goes on a ruthless quest for the ultimate scent.

    BBC Two

  50. CS Lewis - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    Four young Blitz evacuees from London stumble upon a mystical land of perpetual winter.

    BBC Radio 7

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