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Intimacy
8. Gag Order
Liza is called into an urgent meeting that puts her future on the production at risk.
22 Jul 2026,·16 mins
Chapter 10
The landmark allegory about hypocrisy and corruption of power.
08 Jul 2021,·24 mins
Chapter 37
Charlotte Brontë’s intimate and disquieting coming of age classic about secrets and lies.
24 Aug 2019,·49 mins
Series 2
The Wedding March
Woodpecker Tapping’s wedding day is ruined when his horse destroys a lady’s hat.
03 Nov 2018,·30 mins
Episode 10
A twist in the tale in this final instalment.
15 Dec 2021,·17 mins
Retribution - The Unravelling of a Murder
Episode 5
Stone: a detective series created by Danny Brocklehurst. Written by Richard Monks.
11 Jan 2019,·44 mins
The Haunter of the Dark
Has the Lovecraft team finally found the Church of Starry Wisdom?
16 Oct 2023,·18 mins
Ep 10 - Shifting Landscapes
Kate's dreams are in jeopardy when Annabelle makes her agenda clear.
23 Jan 2023,·15 mins
Chapter 7
Arthur Conan Doyle's classic locked-room mystery following Holmes and Watson.
22 Aug 2019,·27 mins
Blind Man's Bluff
Chilling tale of an eerie passenger who joins Vincent Price on a train heading west.
04 Oct 1975,·30 mins
6: 'Do it to Julia!'
Tom Hollander ends a day of readings from Orwell's great dystopian masterpiece.
08 Jun 2024,·57 mins
10. Guilty
Samantha Cookes is guilty.
04 Dec 2025,·11 mins
Happy Returns
Ann must battle conflicting emotions when she visits her estranged father.
21 Apr 1992,·30 mins
Book 2 - Chapter 4
HG Wells’ iconic sci-fi story about the battle to save Earth from a Martian invasion.
23 Aug 2019,·10 mins
Chapter Four
Mrs Gaskell’s much-loved portrait of life in a small town and its female inhabitants.
01 Nov 2019,·25 mins
Chapter 1
Charles Dickens' timeless classic about a bitter old man who has a Christmas epiphany.
17 Dec 2019,·49 mins
5. Opening
The first impressionist exhibition finally opens, and Berthe has to face her critics.
05 Oct 2001,·15 mins
Chapter 6
A doctor experiments with the duality of human nature, and in doing so creates a monster.
22 Aug 2019,·10 mins
Episode 2
The discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb triggers a global media frenzy.
29 Oct 2022,·57 mins
The Best Friend
A specially commissioned story from American author Lionel Shriver.
13 Mar 2026,·14 mins
Chapter 34
Emily Brontë's tempestuous tale of passions, betrayal and retribution on the wild moors.
24 Aug 2019,·30 mins
5-9 November 1918
Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.
09 Nov 2018,·57 mins
10. The End of the Beginning
Family visit from another planet.
26 Jan 2021,·33 mins
A Fragile Peace
A special episode, set on 10 November 1919, the eve of Britain's first Remembrance Day.
10 Nov 2018,·72 mins
Lewis Carroll’s curiouser and curiouser tale of a girl discovering a strange new world.
01 Nov 2019,·17 mins
6. Summer, 1937
Jenny learns the answer to a four-year mystery but looks set to lose everything.
30 Oct 1991,·30 mins
A Far, Far Better Thing
Mr Greenfield forces Geoffrey into a crooked money-making scheme.
21 Jan 1998,·15 mins
6. Unto Death - And Beyond
Stranded on the Golden Planet, the crew battle to return to Mars.
17 Jun 1985,·30 mins
Chapter Ten
E Nesbit’s heart-warming story of three siblings hoping to be reunited with their father.
01 Nov 2019,·23 mins
Episode Ten
June Hayward watched Athena Liu die. But now she’s convinced Athena wants to meet her.
19 Jul 2023,·14 mins
