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  1. Beau Geste

    PC Wren's classic Foreign Legion adventure about three brothers.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Emma

    Emma Woodhouse becomes an incorrigible matchmaker, oblivious to the consequences.

    BBC One

  3. Sunset Song

    The first part of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Scots Quair trilogy.

    BBC Two

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  4. KaDeWe - Our Time Is Now

    Drama series following four young friends as they seek self-fulfilment in the 1920s.

    BBC Four

  5. How Green Was My Valley

    Drama series about a mining family facing upheaval with the arrival of the 20th century.

    BBC Two

  6. Rumer Godden - Black Narcissus

    A sinister destiny overtakes the nuns living in the shadow of the Himalayas.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  7. Marie Antoinette

    The tumultuous early years of the Austrian princess who became the queen of France.

    BBC Two

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    A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

    Mark Gatiss's fantastic theatrical production of Dickens’s classic winter ghost story.

    BBC Four

  9. Romeo + Juliet

    Baz Luhrmann's explosive update of Shakespeare's tragedy.

    BBC Three

  10. Twelfth Night from Shakespeare’s Globe

    Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identity and love, from the Globe Theatre.

    BBC Four

  11. Walter de la Mare - Memoirs of a Midget

    The diminutive Miss M must struggle to find her place, and love, in Victorian society.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  12. Fortunes of War

    A newly married couple find themselves stranded in eastern Europe at the onset of WWII.

    BBC One

  13. Paris Police 1905

    To catch a killer, you must think like one. Stylish French noir.

    BBC Four

  14. Margaret Forster - Lady's Maid

    The story of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's loyal maid and companion, Lily Wilson.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  15. O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker

    A glittering, gothic and surreal coming-of-age story with a deadly twist.

    BBC Radio 4

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  16. The Six Wives of Henry VIII

    Coerced. Manipulated. Murdered. The classic 1970s drama about Henry VIII's six wives.

    BBC Two

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    Moths

    Lady Dolly Vanderdecken is horrified when her daughter arrives for the season.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. Great Expectations

    Orphan Pip's life changes forever when he meets wealthy Miss Havisham and her daughter.

    BBC One

  19. La Vie de Boheme

    Henry Murger's tales of Bohemian life in Paris in the 1840s

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Omnibus)

    Charlotte Bronte's story of a woman's search for independence and love on her own terms.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng

    Based on real events, Tan Twan Eng's novel of love and betrayal under the shadow of Empire

    BBC Radio 4

  22. The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (Omnibus)

    Don Warrington reads Sam Selvon's 1950's classic of immigrant life in London.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (Omnibus)

    Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story set in Berlin in 1933

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes (Omnibus)

    Cult classic about youth culture, cool music and racial tension in 1950s London.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. The Waiting Game

    Tom Naismith returns to Lancashire to find his uncle's business floundering. Why?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26. A Midsummer Night's Dream from Shakespeare's Globe

    Shakespeare's riotous tale of love and magic, filmed live at the Globe Theatre in 2016.

    BBC Four

  27. Elizabeth: The Golden Age

    A mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign.

    BBC One

  28. One Moonlit Night

    Caradog Prichard's classic story of a young boy's passage to adulthood in North Wales.

    BBC Radio Wales

  29. Graeme Fife - A Breath of Fresh Air

    Proud chemist Antoine Lavoisier is in grave danger the longer he stays in Paris.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  30. NC Hunter - A Day By the Sea

    The loves, hopes and fears of a family - and a blast from their past.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. Soho Nights

    A serial set in London in 1956 as the Cold War and Suez Crisis loom over the UK.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  32. The Wars of the Roses

    Peter Hall's landmark 1960s RSC productions of Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III.

    BBC Four

  33. Henry V from Shakespeare’s Globe

    Shakespeare’s masterpiece about the turbulence of war and the arts of peace.

    BBC Four

  34. Julius Caesar

    Classic Hollywood adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play.

    BBC Two

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    Hamlet at Elsinore

    1964 production of Shakespeare's famous play. Filmed in Elsinore, Denmark.

    BBC One

  36. Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale

    Stories following the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37. Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (Omnibus)

    Stories following the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38. Casanova

    Peter O'Toole and David Tennant star as the 18th century master of seduction.

    BBC Four

  39. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Omnibus)

    John Moffatt reads the classic tale of a butler's devoted service at a stately home

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. A Christmas Carol By Candlelight

    Nicholas Parsons narrates a musical version of the Charles Dickens classic.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. Murder Is Easy

    One death is a tragedy – are four deaths a crime?

    BBC One

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  42. The Witness for the Prosecution

    Thrilling two-part drama about a man accused of killing his lover.

    BBC One

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  43. Under Milk Woods

    For the 70th anniversary of Under Milk Wood, five short drama portraits of Wales in 2024.

    BBC Radio 3

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  44. Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier

    A classic tale of love, daring and a painted pirate ship in a hidden Cornish creek.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. The Egoist by George Meredith

    The story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patterne and his attempts at marriage.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46. Lady Chatterley

    Adaptation of DH Lawrence's classic novel starring Sean Bean and Joely Richardson.

    BBC One

  47. Babelsberg Babylon

    Suspenseful drama set amid the creative ferment of 1920s Berlin and its film studio.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

    Edwardian England: Robert asks will workers ever realise their toil is profit for others?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  49. Campion

    Peter Davison stars as the gentleman sleuth, as seen in Margery Allingham's novels.

    BBC One

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  50. My Mother Said I Never Should

    Classic drama from BBC Radio 4

    BBC Radio 4

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