Miscellaneous Plays
Franz Kafka The Trial
Dramatised for Radio by Hanif Kureishi Joseph K. is an unexceptional man. He lives a quiet life and works in a bank. But one ordinary mornin…
Ray Bradbury Leviathan 99
Leviathin '99 First broadcast: Fri 3rd May 1968, 20:20 on BBC Radio 3 A radio drama by Ray Bradbury, adapted and pr…
Ann Radcliff The Mysteries Of Udolpho
Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho: A Romance Interspersed With Some Pieces of Poetry. The Mysteries of Udolpho is a Go…
The House In Gallows Lane
The House In Gallows Lane John Dickson Carr From the book "Till Death Do Us Part" by John Dickson Carr. Dramatised&…
John Wyndham Trouble With Lichen
Adapted for broadcasting by Archie Campbell Published in 1960, John Wyndham’s Trouble with Lichen tells the story of Dia…
Honore De Balzac The Mysterious Mansion
The Mysterious Mansion Thu 7th Oct 1993, 14:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM by Honore de Balzac Uncovers the grisly tale tha…
Les liaisons dangereuses
Play of the Week: Les liaisons dangereuses First broadcast: Sat 12th Sep 1998, 23:30 on BBC World Service Choderlos…
Inspector Parrott Murder By Degrees
Crime at Christmas: Murder by Degrees First broadcast: Thu 31st Dec 1987, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4 FM by John Abin…
The Case Of The Substitute Spouse
Sarah Maxwell The Case of the Substitute Spouse A play in the style of a Hollywood comedy/thriller of the 30s. This further adventure for pr…
The Scientists Of The Strange
The Scientists of the Strange Sun 24th Jun 1984, 19:45 on BBC Radio 3 by Peter Redgrove With Conrad Phillips as Highstic…
Anthony Buckeridge Jennings Goes 2 School
Jennings Jennings Goes to School First broadcast: Mon 5th Nov 1990, 19:20 on Radio 5 A serial in five parts …
Scrooge The Musical
Scrooge - The Musical Sat 21st Jan 1995, 19:30 on BBC Radio 2 By Leslie Bricusse. 'Bah! Humbug!' Can a host of ghosts ch…
WALLY K. DALY THE B BLOCK TRILOGY
1 Saturday-Night Theatre: Burglar's Bargains Sat 15th Dec 1979, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM A comedy for radio by Wally K. D…
R D. Wingfield As T. Smith Hate Mail
R.D. Wingfield Hate Mail (as T. Smith) Sgt. Wicker's last week before retirement starts out with a less than thrilling case of a vandalised …
R D. Wingfield Saturday Roster
Midweek Theatre: Saturday Roster Wed 11th May 1977, 19:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM by R.D. Wingfield Hastler’s job in Security …
Guys And Dolls
Radio 2’s series of Broadway musicals presents arguably the greatest of them all. Based on stories by Damon Runyon, the show has a book by J…
R D. Wingfield Smiling And Beautiful Death
Raymond Huntley and Noel Johnson star. Concussion can play strange tricks on the mind, but Richard Gordon knew what he had seen when he stag…
David Cregan - A Butler Did It
David Cregan - A Butler Did It With Bernard Hepton Anna Massey. Beneath his immaculate exterior Honeyman, the butler, is plotting the down…
Julian May - Dune Roller
There used to be an old wives' tale about a dune roller-a glowing sphere 20 feet high that lived in the caves at the bottom of Lake Michigan…
J C. Wilsher Orbital Decay
Afternoon Theatre: Orbital Decay Thu 19th Jul 1984, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM by J.C. Wilsher Brittania Space Launch 1994.…
J B. Priestley Lost Empires Part 01
Classic Serial: Lost Empires By J.B. Priestley Sun 18th Sep 1994, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM Three-part serialisation, dram…
Edward Boyd Curlew in Autumn
Curlew in Autumn A vintage thriller serial in six episodes by Edward Boyd with David Ashton as Peter Calman 01 Bankrupt A small to…
Ruddigore by Gilbert and Sullivan
A complete performance of the famous Savoy operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan. Ruddigore; or, The Witch's Curse, originally called Ruddygore, …
M J. Read 221B
Nigel Stock stars as Dr Watson, in one of his favourite and most memorable roles. Sherlock Holmes, and his arch enemy Moriarty, have disapp…
Louis Nowra Summer of the Aliens
The year is 1962 and the world is worrying about the Cuban missile crisis, except for Lewis, a youth on the cusp of manhood, growing up in a…
Never Mind I Stopped My Train
In 1898, following a boiler explosion, a GWR driver and fireman succeeded in saving the lives of their passengers. Martin Sorrell recreates …
George Bernard Shaw Press Cuttings
Written in 1909, Shaw pokes fun at the suffragettes' British campaign for votes for women. General Mitchener is a veteran of the North West …
J B. Priestley Lost Empires Part 03
3: Final CurtainL The glamour of the music halls begins to fade for Richard. Nick Ollanton: Tom Baker Old Richard: Bryan Pringle Young Richa…
Ronald Harwood The Dresser
Award-winning play about an actor and his dresser. "What do we play tomorrow, Norman?" "King Lear, sir." "Then I sh…
Gilbert And Sullivan Utopia LTD.
A complete performance of the famous Savoy opera by Gilbert and Sullivan Utopia is a south-sea island to which English laws and customs are…
The Boys Own Book Of The Dead
Graham White The Boy's Own Book of the Dead In the seventies two friends buried a time capsule to be opened at the millennium. But unearthin…
Altaban the Magnificent
In post-war Berlin, magic is in the air but death is being conjured up. A young British scientist discovers myth and magic in postwar Berlin…
Guy Meredith Arcady
Arcady By Guy Meredith Amid the frenzy of gathering new wealth in the 1980s, Malcolm and Liz also acquire a vast old house infested with str…
Alex Ferguson A Date In September
A Date in September Mon 3rd Feb 1992, 14:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM by Alex Ferguson Schoolteacher Brendan Bell decides to tur…
Alejandro Casona Trees Die on their Feet
Translated and adapted by George Leeson Do means justify ends? When an old lady's happiness is at stake, there is no question. "Do not …
Perry Pontac Prince Lear
Perry Pontac Prince Lear Radio play in blank verse written by Perry Pontac as a parody prequel to King Lear. Old King Lear (John Moffat in a…
Thistlewood By Stewart Conn
Thistlewood By Stewart Conn With music composed and arranged by Adrian Secchi Arthur Thistlewood, executed at Newgate in 1820 for murder and…
Bruce Bedford Carnival King
Carnival King Wed 7th Feb 1990, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM by Bruce Bedford A comic tale of rivalry, intrigue and skuldugge…
The Return Of General Forefinger
The Return of General Forefinger A comedy of motives By Giles Cooper The story of the eccentric widow of a 19th-century emp…
Guy Merideth Clicktrack
Clicktrack Wed 18th Oct 1989, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM by Guy Merideth A young composer working in the British film…