Leo Tolstoy's passionate search for the meaning of life. Can reason and belief exist in the same answer? Read by Joss Ackland. From February 1993.

Leo Tolstoy's passionate search for the meaning of life. Can simplifying faith give us an answer? Read by Joss Ackland. From February 1993.

Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve tales. David Szalay’s gripping new short story series.

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In David Szalay's short story series, 12 travellers journey around the globe, each with a tale to tell. Today: a mother learns some uncomfortable truths about herself in Budapest. Show more

David Szalay's gripping short story series. Twelve travellers journey around the globe, each with a tale to tell. Today: a worker in Qatar wrestles with uncomfortable emotions... Show more

When jazz trumpeter Joss Moody dies, his son Colman makes an extraordinary discovery about him. Starring Enyi Okoronkwo. Show more

Monolog am fywyd yr awdures Kate Roberts gan Janet Aethwy. A monologue by Janet Aethwy, based on the life of author Kate Roberts. Show more

After years of research, Patrick McGilligan sorts out fact from fiction about the extraordinary actor Orson Welles. Read by Jack Klaff. Show more

As part of BBC Radio 4's Riot Girls season, Caitlin Moran narrates a new dramatisation of her bestselling comic memoir How To Be A Woman. Show more

A thriller by Ayeesha Menon that plays out across London, Riyadh and Mumbai, exploring the global struggles faced by women when it comes to sexual assault and personal freedom. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Author W Somerset Maugham is visited at his French villa by his disapproving brother and an ardent ex-wife. Stars David March. From September 1981. Show more

Maria Alyokhina's account of her activism, trial and imprisonment, as part of Russian feminist punk protest group Pussy Riot. Dramatised by EV Crowe and starring Katie West. Show more

Maria Alyokhina's account of her activism, trial and imprisonment, as part of Russian feminist punk protest group Pussy Riot. Dramatised by EV Crowe and starring Katie West. Show more

In David Szalay's gripping short story series, 12 travellers journey around the globe, each with a tale to tell. Today: a sisterly relationship is rocked by violence in Kerala. Show more

A selection of Sylvia Plath's letters read by Lydia Wilson, covering the breakdown of her marriage to poet Ted Hughes and her suicide in February 1963. Show more

Maya Angelou moves to LA in the late 1950s and receives an unexpected visit from singing legend Billie Holiday. Omnibus edition of Angelou's autobiography starring Nina Sosanya. Show more

Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. Today, a well-known Canadian writer dashes for a last-minute flight when her daughter goes into labour... Barbara Barnes reads. Show more

David Szalay's short story series. Twelve travellers journey around the globe, each with a tale to tell. Today: a businessman lands back in Dakar to find his world has shifted. Show more

David Szalay's gripping new short story series. Twelve travellers journey around the globe, each with a tale to tell. Today: a Tinder date in Brazil ends awkwardly... Show more