Connell visits Marianne at her family’s summer home in Italy, where tensions between her and Jamie reach a new high.
Marianne and Connell are seeing other people and realise (too late) that their break-up was due to a misunderstanding.
Newly married to a rich industrialist, Katherine finds herself confined to the house and starved of companionship. Show more
Absolutely Delish
Episode 3: Flying the Nest
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Four dining-related comedies. 3/4. Flying the Nest, by Alice Birch. When Ed and Annie plan a special family dinner for their two kids, domestic bliss goes out of the window. Show more
After a tragic event, Connell struggles with severe depression. Marianne remains a lifeline for him from abroad.
In their final year in Trinity, Marianne and Connell are back together, but whether their relationship will endure after they graduate is uncertain.
Marianne is asked to help the other girls organise the Debs, and her relationship with Connell causes friction between Connell and his mother.
Connell joins Marianne’s social circle at university but doesn’t fit in.
Marianne pursues an unhealthy relationship while studying abroad. Back in Dublin, Connell enjoys an uncomplicated relationship with Helen.
In modern, rural Ireland, Connell and Marianne, on different ends of their school’s social scene, begin an intense, secret affair.
Marianne and Connell’s affair continues, but the pressures of the outside world start to take their toll.
Connell betrays Marianne by making a cowardly choice. Marianne withdraws from school, causing Connell intense guilt.
Connell finds college lonely; Marianne finds instant popularity. After running into each other, they decide to try to be friends.
Connell joins Marianne’s social circle but doesn’t fit in. He apologises for how he treated her; she reconsiders her relationship with her new boyfriend, Gareth.
Connell and Marianne are together, but when he loses his job and she has an upsetting trip home, they withdraw from each other.
Front Row
Mondrian - the complete works; Arts and politics; Playwright Alice Birch; 40 years of Bob Marley's Exodus
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
'The Discovery of Mondrian' with Jonathan Jones. Plus how the arts feature in party manifestos, playwright Alice Birch on Anatomy of a Suicide and 40 years of Bob Marley's Exodus. Show more
Woman's Hour
What does 'parent friendly' mean?
41 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. The NCT have launched a new 'Parent Friendly' certificate - how will this help families? Jenni Murray presents. Show more
Woman's Hour
Valerie June, the WI opens a branch in prison and are sex robots a danger to human intimacy?
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. Presented by Jenni Murray. Valerie June with Got Soul, and sex robots - a danger to human intimacy? Show more
Frances receives a surprise email from Melissa, and the group's dynamics are tested in unsuspected ways. Frances’s dad leaves a concerning voicemail.
Frances is given a diagnosis that upsets her. This news, combined with an upsetting admission from Nick and an argument with Bobbi, cause Frances’s life to spin out of control.