Drama on 3 Episodes Episode guide
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Antony and Cleopatra
Frances Barber and David Harewood star in Shakespeare's last great tragedy.
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Embers
An adaptation of Samuel Beckett's play, directed by Stephen Rea.
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Krapp's Last Tape
Samuel Beckett's classic stage play, broadcast as a tribute to actor Corin Redgrave.
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And So Say All of Us...
Dan Rebellato's new comedy about the complexity and absurdity of modern life.
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The Carhullan Army
An adaptation by Sarah Hall and Dominic Power of Hall's third novel The Carhullan Army.
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Arms and the Man
George Bernard Shaw's romantic comedy exploring the ideals and realities of war.
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Gone
Written by Debbie Tucker Green. Drama about a young woman who goes missing.
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These Are the Times: The Life of Thomas Paine
Drama about author and intellectual Thomas Paine, who influenced the American Revolution.
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La princesse de Cleves
Madame de Lafayette's classic tale of intrigue and love dramatised by Jo Clifford.
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I'm Still the Same Paul
Annie Caulfield's drama about the life of singer and political activist Paul Robeson.
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An Ideal Husband
By Oscar Wilde. Mrs Cheveley threatens to reveal Sir Robert Chiltern's secret past.
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Amazonia
A portrait of Arthur Ransome before he found fame, when he lived a dangerous double life.
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The Seagull
Siobhan Redmond and Paul Higgins head a Scottish cast in Chekhov's classic drama.
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Season of Migration to the North, by Tayeb Salih
A dramatisation of Sudanese novelist Tayeb Salih's sensual and shocking thriller.
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Fences
August Wilson's award-winning play exploring race relations in America.
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A Whistle in the Dark
Powerful classic play set in the early 1960s, centring on the reunion of an Irish family.
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The Contingency Plan
Drama set in the near future as the government deals with a real global warming crisis.
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The Hairy Ape
Eugene O'Neill's classic American expressionist drama starring Dominic West as Yank.
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The Changeling
Murder, lust, madness and mayhem in a Jacobean classic set in 1920s Spain.
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Don Quixote, by Thomas D'Urfey
Don Taylor's adaptation of a stage version of Cervantes's classic picaresque novel.
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The Promise
Aleksei Arbuzov's classic Soviet play set during the siege of Leningrad.
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The Lady from the Sea
Lia Williams stars in a new version of Ibsen's late sensuous drama.
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Beware the Kids
A new drama which tackles the themes of family and responsibility.
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The Threepenny Opera
Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weill's famous 1928 play with music.
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The Researches of Herodotus
Tom Holland's new adaptation of his own translation of Herodotus' Histories.
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Becket or The Honour of God
Toby Stephens stars in one of the classic French plays of the 20th century.
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The Twyborn Affair
An adaptation of Patrick White's provocative and mysterious novel about sexual identity.
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Slaughterhouse 5
Billy Pilgrim is 'unstuck in time' in Kurt Vonnegut's iconic non-linear anti-war story.
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Edward the Second
Toby Jones stars in Christopher Marlowe's portrait of the irresponsible king.
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Crossing the Bar
A selection of Alfred Lord Tennyson's sea-narratives.