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The Adventure of the Resident Patient: Part One
Holmes and Watson receive a house call from a very agitated physician.
05 Feb 2026,·30 mins
The Virgin in the Ice
4. The Wolves' Nest
Brother Cadfael searches for his missing companions.
12 Nov 1992,·30 mins
6. Before The Party
Kathleen thinks her sister knows more about her husband's death.
10 Apr 1996,·30 mins
To Be Read at Dusk
Five couriers on a mountaintop in Switzerland trade ghost stories into the night.
19 Jan 2026,·43 mins
Pride and Prejudice
Part 25
Will it be third-time lucky for Lizzy, as she receives yet another proposal?
23 Dec 2025,·72 mins
Chapter 34
Emily Brontë's tempestuous tale of passions, betrayal and retribution on the wild moors.
24 Aug 2019,·30 mins
Chapter 24
Reconciliations, rewards, and just deserts.
04 Dec 2025,·9 mins
Chapter Ten
John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.
01 Nov 2019,·33 mins
2. Lucky Charley
An unexpected visitor sparks disruption for Castle Tennent's new butler.
25 Mar 2007,·60 mins
Northanger Abbey
10. Return
Catherine's visit has ended in disaster, but does she deserve a happy ending?
30 Dec 2016,·15 mins
The New Real
David Edgar’s sharp political drama explores the faultlines threatening modern democracy.
29 Nov 2025,·87 mins
Chapter 47
Jane Austen’s universally acknowledged romance about Elizabeth Bennett’s search for love.
24 Aug 2019,·22 mins
Episode 2
Old Thady recalls more memories of serving under four disastrous generations of Rackrents.
25 Jan 2026,·70 mins
Elinor and Marianne are invited to stay at Mrs Jennings' house in London.
11 Aug 2013,·60 mins
Chapter 12
Kenneth Grahame’s jolly riverside romp with the eccentric Mr. Toad and his animal chums.
01 Nov 2019,·26 mins
Chapter 37
Charlotte Brontë’s intimate and disquieting coming of age classic about secrets and lies.
24 Aug 2019,·49 mins
Chapter Seven
Mrs Gaskell’s much-loved portrait of life in a small town and its female inhabitants.
01 Nov 2019,·25 mins
Chapter 7
Arthur Conan Doyle's classic locked-room mystery following Holmes and Watson.
22 Aug 2019,·27 mins
Episode 5: Experience
No truth can be suppressed forever – as Lydia’s about to find out.
19 Sep 2025,·14 mins
6: 'Do it to Julia!'
Tom Hollander ends a day of readings from Orwell's great dystopian masterpiece.
08 Jun 2024,·57 mins
Chapter Eight
E Nesbit’s heart-warming story of three siblings hoping to be reunited with their father.
8. A Hundred Golden Guineas to a Sixpence
Faithful castle retainer Old Thady recalls when Sir Condy agreed a wager too far...
26 Apr 1989,·15 mins
Chapter 10
The landmark allegory about hypocrisy and corruption of power.
08 Jul 2021,·24 mins
A Quiet Night in Naples
A country boy wants to buy a horse in Naples, but it's not as easy as it seems.
12 Dec 2014,·15 mins
Part Three
Virginia Woolf’s comic biography of a time-travelling hero who transforms into a heroine.
01 Nov 2019,·51 mins
10: For there she was
The final part of Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923.
04 Feb 2022,·14 mins
Chapter 6
A doctor experiments with the duality of human nature, and in doing so creates a monster.
22 Aug 2019,·10 mins
5. The Substance and the Shadow
Will it be possible to save Charles Darnay's life?
30 Dec 2011,·45 mins
Chapter 1
Charles Dickens' timeless classic about a bitter old man who has a Christmas epiphany.
17 Dec 2019,·49 mins
Book 2 - Chapter 4
HG Wells’ iconic sci-fi story about the battle to save Earth from a Martian invasion.
23 Aug 2019,·10 mins
