Helen and her mother are kidnapped. Seventh episode of a major new nine-part conspiracy thriller, starring Romola Garai. Written by Matthew Broughton. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Ata Madri hunts for a medieval copy of The Arabian Nights with the original ending. Inventive revival starring Indira Varma. Show more
Ata Madri is in Cairo hunting for a medieval copy of The Arabian Nights. Featuring The Hunchback Cycle starring Alexei Sayle. Show more
The detectives are getting back into the swim after Sean's return to work. An American movie actor living in London is burgled but the details of the case don't seem to add up. Show more
Drama set in the near future about an investigator who risks his professional career and his marriage when he finds himself drawn to a crime's prime suspect. Starring Tim Robbins. Show more
Drama
The Deportation Room
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
By Hannah Khalil. Amira, a student in London, is taking some paintings to an exhibition back home in Gaza. But she cannot seem to get out of Cairo airport. Show more
Hugh Quarshie stars in Bonnie Greer's new play, inspired by Strindberg's The Father, updated to Chicago 2016 and the backdrop of recent fatal police shootings of young black men. Show more
Drama. A lonely ex-soldier takes in a homeless young female runaway, but her manipulative boyfriend sees an opportunity to use him for his own ends. Show more
Censoring an Iranian Love Story
Episode 2
57 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for 5 weeks
Dara now faces an unsuspected rival and a dangerous neighbour. Starring Philip Arditti and Isabella Nefar. Show more
As slave trader Ibn, accused of hoarding heretical text, seeks justice from the new regime's religious courts, news arrives of a devastating plague. Show more
Threat of plague brings Barakat into conflict with Effendi Red. Meanwhile, Manel must now prove her commitment to the rebels by undertaking a dangerous mission. Show more
Tumanbay, heart of a vast empire, is threatened by a rebellion and a mysterious force devouring the empire from within. Show more
Slave merchant Ibn awaits for his family to arrive in Tumanbay. In the palace, Sarah the slave-girl is recruited by Gregor, to spy on the chief wife Shajar. Show more
Adrift at sea in a small boat, daughter of slave merchant Ibn, depends on her slave captor for her survival, while Madu swaps palace life for the army. Show more
As Shajar, the sultan’s chief wife, plots her son Madu's succession to the throne, Gregor is determined to discover what it is she has taken from the Hafiz. Show more
General Qulan arrives in the provinces to gather the armies to fight rebel "queen" Maya. In Tumanbay, Gregor is under pressure to find the spies. Show more
With Tumanbay in chaos after the murder of a highly placed individual, Heaven and her slave companion find themselves prisoners in the desert. Show more
While the sultan dreams of victory against provincial leader Maya, Gregor is in pursuit of missing slave-girl Sarah and must venture into the catacombs. Show more
Increasingly insecure and fearful for his life, the sultan begins a purge of the palace. Slave trader Ibn is reunited with the daughter he thought he had lost. Show more
Convinced of victory by the words of the prophet child, the sultan is now ready to march out with his armies and destroy rebellious provincial leader Maya. Show more