Drama based on a true story. An Austrian-Jewish refugee living in Los Angeles launches a legal campaign to reclaim a Gustav Klimt painting stolen from her family by the Nazis.
A couple are washing up one day when a casual conversation shows a startling difference between them. Read by Henry Goodman. Show more
FindthePerfectPartner4u.com
Episode 2: Finding the Perfect Equation
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Professor Tony is struggling to understand the mathematical basis for social interaction. Show more
FindthePerfectPartner4u.com
Episode 1: Dinner Parties and Dancing Partners
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Tony, a recently widowed professor, is introduced to the website FindthePerfectPartner4u.com by a former student. Show more
Primo Levi's The Periodic Table
Episode 1: Vanadium, Part 1
15 minutes
Janet Suzman introduces a new dramatisation of Levi's stories about the elements of life, starring Henry Goodman, dramatised by Graham White. Primo receives a letter from his past. Show more
Primo Levi's The Periodic Table
Episode 2: Argon
15 minutes
Primo imagines a fantasy meeting with his Piedmontese ancestors, who share a number of characteristics with the noble, rare and inert gases, such as Argon. Show more
In attempting to write Sigmund Freud’s biography, Boswell finds it’s Freud asking all the questions. With Miles Jupp. From 2015. Show more
Jonathan Myerson's play traces the first ten days of the 1973 October War, when surprise conflict in the Middle East coincided at the White House with tensions over Watergate. Show more
1 hour, 15 minutes
The epic story of one man's struggle to make a programme that no-one wanted. How creator Tony Warren overcame formidable obstacles to bring Coronation Street to our screens. Show more
Drama
Gracey and Me
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Kate returns to South Africa to meet Gracey, the woman she betrayed 25 years ago. Stars Harriet Walter and Jenny Jules. Show more
The story of how Richard Feynman (William Hurt), one of America's most famous scientists, helped to discover the cause of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Show more
Drama on 3
The Birthday Party
1 hour, 49 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
For Radio 3's 70th anniversary season, Drama on 3 presents a new production of The Birthday Party, Harold Pinter's iconic comedy of menace, starring Toby Jones as Stanley. Show more
Drama on 3
Bretton Woods
1 hour, 30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
By Steve Waters. Dramatisation of events at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, where bankers met to save the world economy. With Simon Callow and Henry Goodman. Show more
The Real Henry James
Europe v America
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Was James English or American? Letters and memoirs reveal why he felt like an outsider to both cultures. Read by Henry Goodman. Show more
The Real Henry James
Dining Out in English Society
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
James’s enthusiastic entry into English society, shown by letters recording 107 dinners in one season. Read by Henry Goodman. Show more
The Real Henry James
Modern Women
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Henry James on feminism, female suffrage, modern women - and how his friendships with women inspired him. Read by Henry Goodman. Show more
The Real Henry James
Encounters with Famous People
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Encounters with Dickens, Tennyson and Thackeray recounted by writer Henry James in letters and memoirs. Read by Henry Goodman. Show more
The Real Henry James
Childhood and Family
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Towards the end of his life, Henry James pondered his extraordinary childhood and family. Concluded by Henry Goodman. Show more
Akbar Kurtha stars in a dramatisation of Levi's stories about the elements, introduced by Janet Suzman, dramatised by Graham White. Primo is a student chemist in Fascist Italy Show more
Primo Levi's The Periodic Table
Episode 7: Gold
30 minutes
The Nazis invade Italy, and Primo's friends are forced to scatter. Primo and Vanda head into the mountains in order to join the partisans. Show more