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  1. The Duenna by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

    Don Jerome wants his daughter to marry a rich man. But she has other ideas.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

    Matilda has a sharp mind, vivid imagination and the worst parents in the world.

    BBC One

  3. Company

    Sam Mendes' 1996 production of Stephen Sondheim's Company, filmed at the Donmar Warehouse.

    BBC Two

  4. Kiss Me, Kate

    Musical about two actors whose feuding mirrors that of the characters they are playing.

    BBC Two

  5. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

    Film based on a children's book about a singing crocodile that lives in New York City.

    BBC One

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    Kiss Me, Kate

    Line of Duty’s Adrian Dunbar and Broadway royalty Stephanie J Block lead a stellar cast.

    BBC Two

  7. The Singing Detective

    As a crime writer's body deteriorates, his imagination takes him on a surreal journey.

    BBC One

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  8. The Prospect

    Political drama

    BBC Radio 4

  9. Trouble and Shame

    Comedy drama by David Ireland

    BBC Radio Foyle

  10. Borgen

    Internationally acclaimed Danish political drama from the producers of The Killing

    BBC Four

  11. Political Animals

    A pet's eye view of the trials and tribulations of high office. Written by Tony Bagley.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  12. The Code

    Australian political thriller series.

    BBC Four

  13. 1990

    Political thriller set in the nightmare, dystopian future of 1990.

    BBC

  14. The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

    Drama series about a supermarket manager who decides to stand for election

    BBC One

  15. Party Animals

    Drama series about young researchers and advisors in Westminster

    BBC Two

  16. House of Cards

    The original, award-winning tale of treachery and treason at the top of British politics.

    BBC One

  17. The Company

    Three-part drama series based on the Robert Littell bestseller of CIA intrigue.

    BBC Two

  18. The Pallisers by Anthony Trollope

    The political intrigues of a Victorian aristocratic family

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. Rules of Asylum by James Follett

    A man who escapes from an asylum is apparently a threat to the state.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. David Park - The Truth Commissioner

    Political drama as a new Truth Commissioner is appointed in Northern Ireland.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing

    Racial politics in 1940s Rhodesia. The Nobel Prize winning author's first novel.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22. Mikhail Bulgakov - The White Guard

    In the winter of 1918, the citizens of Kiev wait for the city to fall.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. Joseph Conrad - The Secret Agent

    Joseph Conrad's tale of espionage, anarchy and terrorism in late 19th-century London.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. Comhairleoirí

    Dave Duggan's 7-part audio, online satirical drama about political advisors (in Irish).

  25. State of Play

    A newspaper investigates the complex mystery of the murder of an MP's young researcher.

    BBC One

  26. Days of Hope

    Series of four films by Ken Loach.

    BBC

  27. The Price of Coal

    A series of plays by Barry Hines.

    BBC One

  28. The Final Cut

    Political thriller. Urquhart aims to secure a legacy and be Britain's longest-serving PM.

    BBC One

  29. To Play the King

    Francis Urquhart's survival at the top is threatened by the new king's populist agenda.

    BBC One

  30. Primary Colors

    Political satire. An idealistic aide manages the campaign of a presidential candidate.

    BBC Three

  31. Kandahar

    An Afghani reporter returns to Afghanistan to rescue her suicidal landmine victim sister.

    BBC Two

  32. Kelvin Segger - The Bribery Warehouse

    True 1835 story of George Cunnold's brave stand against political corruption.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. Corridors of Power

    Former Washington Ambassador Christopher Meyer compares The West Wing and Yes Minister.

    BBC Radio 4

  34. The Designated Mourner

    Against a scene of political unrest, three people find their relationships under pressure.

    BBC Two

  35. Advise and Consent

    Tense drama of Washington politics based on Allen Drury's bestselling novel.

    BBC Two

  36. Animal Farm

    An animated version of George Orwell's classic allegorical novel.

    BBC Two

  37. Thirteen Days

    Tense political thriller set during the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962.

    BBC One

  38. I Witness

    A human rights activist investigates a series of deaths in a small Mexican border town.

    BBC One

  39. Peter Tinniswood - On the Whole It's Been Jolly Good

    Maurice Denham is former MP Sir Plympton Makepeace reflecting on 60 glorious years.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. People I Know

    Political drama starring Al Pacino as a New York press agent reaching burn-out.

    BBC One

  41. All the King's Men

    Hard-hitting drama chronicling the rise and fall of a demagogic politician.

    BBC Two

  42. The Lives of Others

    A Stasi agent spying on a dramatist and his lover becomes fascinated by their lives.

    BBC Four

  43. On Expenses

    Drama about journalist Heather Brooke's fight for the disclosure of MPs' expenses.

    BBC Four

  44. The Walker

    A male escort in Washington DC becomes unwittingly embroiled in a murder plot.

    BBC Two

  45. City Hall

    A small boy is caught in the crossfire of a gunfight. Deputy mayor Calhoun investigates.

    BBC One

  46. Frost/Nixon

    The story behind one of the most unforgettable moments in TV history.

    BBC Two

  47. The Ides of March

    A staffer (Ryan Gosling) working for a presidential candidate learns a harsh lesson.

    BBC One

  48. Turks & Caicos

    An MI5 agent's life is endangered after he becomes embroiled in a political scandal.

    BBC Two

  49. Salting the Battlefield

    Johnny Worricker is on the run across Europe with Margot Tyrell, with the net closing in.

    BBC Two

  50. Dividing the Union

    A play by James Graham. Scotland has voted for independence, but how to divide the union?

    BBC Radio Scotland

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