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Episode 5
The redundant design team are going to make the most of the launch party. By Joe Dunthorne
14 Nov 2025,·14 mins
Episode 10: 2021
Adam Usden's 10th episode, set in 2021, closes Peter Flannery's Our Friends in the North.
09 Jun 2022,·44 mins
Series 2
6. The Gift of the Emperor
The gentleman thief plans the theft of a valuable pearl.
06 Jul 1988,·30 mins
3. The Stranger
Will Michael Henchard be undone when a stranger arrives in town?
01 Jun 2008,·60 mins
12. The Joining of the Signs
Twelfth Night. The Old Ones gather from across the centuries
31 Dec 2022,·18 mins
10. All Good Things Come to an End
Widow Wadman makes a discovery in Tristram's surprising conclusion.
11 Feb 2005,·15 mins
Ghost Stories by HG Wells
The Stolen Body
When a researcher experiments with astral projection, an interested party intervenes.
30 Jun 2017,·15 mins
5. The Substance and the Shadow
Will it be possible to save Charles Darnay's life?
30 Dec 2011,·45 mins
Episode 10
Stephen sloughs off the ties of his life in Ireland to pursue the life of an artist.
02 Mar 2018,·15 mins
Series 11: The Writer
5. Who Are You?
The villagers continue to search in the snow for the missing children.
18 Dec 2020,·13 mins
Part Three
Virginia Woolf’s comic biography of a time-travelling hero who transforms into a heroine.
01 Nov 2019,·51 mins
Series 3
Night Terrors by Lizzie Nunnery
Victoria can't sleep at night. Then bad dreams haunt her waking hours.
29 Dec 2011,·30 mins
File 084: The Reveal
Tessa finally hears the truth about who killed Drew.
30 Dec 2025,·24 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
Ep 6. Fake Heiress
Following an arrest, Anna's identity is exposed in the press. She goes on the run.
16 Dec 2019,·35 mins
Series 9
Episode 2
Al Smith's award-winning series set in an ambulance control room.
07 May 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
The Children
Lucy Kirkwood's landmark play about generational responsibility in the face of disaster.
26 Sep 2026,·87 mins
Episode Eight
Bryan Moriarty’s candid, funny and heartbreaking rom com about having an open relationship
13 mins
Episode Ten
We move on to a year after the wedding. Can 'The List' finally be put to rest for Ola?
06 Oct 2023,·17 mins
Episode 5: Experience
No truth can be suppressed forever – as Lydia’s about to find out.
19 Sep 2025,·14 mins
Chapter 8
George Eliot’s heart-warming tour de force about a weaver’s search for redemption.
22 Aug 2019,·20 mins
Coriolanus: A tragic hero
A whistle-stop tour through Ancient Rome with writer and broadcaster Natalie Haynes.
09 May 2019,·4 mins
Candour
Al Smith’s drama about healthcare inequality and systemic failure in maternity care.
14 Mar 2026,·57 mins
5. The Hearing
A newly commissioned five-part serial by best-selling novelist Rachel Joyce.
09 Jan 2026,·14 mins
Henry James’ chilling novella about a governess and two children on a haunted estate.
01 Nov 2019,·13 mins
5. Hostile Intent Bias
Marnie closes in on the identity of Adam McTavish’s killer. By Nick Walker.
06 Jun 2025,·14 mins
8. So Long, and Thanks for all the Cash.
In the final episode, an illustrious career is coming to an end.
02 May 2025,·28 mins
The Markov File
The story of the dissident assassinated with a poison tip umbrella in London, 1978.
16 Nov 2024,·57 mins
Episode Five
In 1923, Virginia hears some devastating news.
21 Nov 2025,·14 mins
