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The Naval Treaty: Part Three
Holmes sets a dangerous plan into motion, which leads to a violent struggle.
29 May 2025,·32 mins
Episode 1
Cornwall 1812: Steam comes to the mine. The Poldarks' children are turning adult.
01 Jun 2025,·70 mins
Music and Silence (Omnibus)
Episode 2
Peter meets Emilia. Kirsten collapses at a banquet. A terrible discovery is made.
5. Bloody Fool
Harry Lime is very much alive, but can Rollo track him down?
01 Jul 2016,·15 mins
Series 10
6. Friends
Final instalment for this series from the master storyteller.
06 May 2025,·28 mins
6. Violet's Invitation
Ross Poldark is called to London.
24 Aug 2020,·14 mins
Episode 5
Slavc arrives on the Lessinian plateau and feels at home. He meets a mate.
06 Jun 2025,·14 mins
3. Gossip
The legendary broadcaster recalls his brother's attempt to play a corpse in a school play.
28 Sep 2005,·15 mins
Episode Ten
Declan and Brendan’s conflict comes to a head.
23 May 2025,·14 mins
5: Roll Over, Dead Old Me
The last in a brilliantly original and savagely funny new series about women and space.
30 May 2025,·14 mins
10: The End of the Affair
A brilliant new literary whodunnit for Radio 4 from the acclaimed author William Boyd.
14 Mar 2025,·14 mins
Episode 10
With her confession roundly ignored, Barbara has no choice but to pick up her pen again.
08 Dec 2023,·14 mins
Episode 5: Planting Fruit Trees
As the strike grinds to its conclusion, the women ready themselves for battles to come.
5. Hostile Intent Bias
Marnie closes in on the identity of Adam McTavish’s killer. By Nick Walker.
Orsola’s shop in Venice is thriving but echoes of her sprawling past are ever present.
28 Feb 2025,·14 mins
Chapter 47
Jane Austen’s universally acknowledged romance about Elizabeth Bennett’s search for love.
24 Aug 2019,·22 mins
Chapter Ten
John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.
01 Nov 2019,·33 mins
A vivid and lively of the city in its 16th century heyday.
24 May 2025,·75 mins
Episode 5 - Achavanich
The journey along the Great North Road concludes with an archaeological discovery.
25 Apr 2025,·14 mins
Episode 5: The Springs
Robert Macfarlane explores an idea that changes the world – that a river is alive.
09 May 2025,·14 mins
Angel's Share
Sunita's plan hangs in the balance and all depends on Primakov - is he in a buying mood?
07 Feb 2025,·14 mins
Chapter 7
Arthur Conan Doyle's classic locked-room mystery following Holmes and Watson.
22 Aug 2019,·27 mins
10: 'Here I am.'
Art, ion and the chance of freedom, in an intoxicating debut set in 1920s Provence.
Chapter 37
Charlotte Brontë’s intimate and disquieting coming of age classic about secrets and lies.
24 Aug 2019,·49 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
A twist in the tale in this final instalment.
15 Dec 2021,·17 mins
June Hayward watched Athena Liu die. But now she’s convinced Athena wants to meet her.
19 Jul 2023,·14 mins
Ep 10 - Shifting Landscapes
Kate's dreams are in jeopardy when Annabelle makes her agenda clear.
23 Jan 2023,·15 mins
Episode Twelve: December
Dr Lucy Maddox shares practical advice from her experience as a clinical psychologist
07 Jun 2023,·14 mins
A twist in the tale at the end of this heartwarming whodunnit.
05 Sep 2022,·15 mins