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Producer and writer John Yorke has worked in television and radio for 30 years, and he shares his experience with Radio 4 listeners as he unpacks the themes and impact behind the books, plays and stories that are being dramatised in Radio 4's weekend afternoon dramas.

Celebrating Stoppard

14 mins; April 04, 2026

Flight - Episode Two

13 mins; April 02, 2026

Flight - Episode One

14 mins; March 22, 2026

My Antonia

14 mins; March 15, 2026

The Virginian

14 mins; March 01, 2026

Gone with the Wind - Episode Three

14 mins; February 25, 2026

Gone with the Wind - Episode 2

14 mins; February 15, 2026

Gone with the Wind - Episode 1

14 mins; February 08, 2026

Walden

14 mins; February 01, 2026

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

14 mins; January 25, 2026

The Last of the Mohicans - Episode Two

14 mins; January 04, 2026

The Last of the Mohicans - Episode 1

14 mins; December 28, 2025

Joy in the Morning

14 mins; December 23, 2025

Sense and Sensibility - Episode Two

14 mins; December 20, 2025

Sense and Sensibility - Episode One

14 mins; December 20, 2025

Pride and Prejudice - Episode Two

14 mins; December 14, 2025

Pride and Prejudice - Episode One

14 mins; December 13, 2025

The Princess Bride

14 mins; November 30, 2025

The Wind in the Willows

14 mins; November 16, 2025

Northanger Abbey - Episode Two

14 mins; November 02, 2025

Northanger Abbey - Episode One

14 mins; November 02, 2025

The Castle of Otranto

14 mins; October 26, 2025

Star of the Sea

14 mins; October 05, 2025

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

14 mins; September 28, 2025

The Cherry Orchard - Episode Two

14 mins; September 14, 2025

The Cherry Orchard - Episode One

14 mins; September 14, 2025

On the Origin of Species

14 mins; August 31, 2025

Treasure Island

14 mins; August 24, 2025

Hiroshima

14 mins; August 10, 2025

The Girls of Slender Means

14 mins; June 29, 2025

King Lear - Episode Two

14 mins; June 15, 2025

King Lear - Episode One

14 mins; June 08, 2025

Next Season

14 mins; May 25, 2025

Underfoot in Show Business

14 mins; May 18, 2025

Casino Royale

14 mins; April 20, 2025

London Belongs to Me

14 mins; April 06, 2025

Kramer Versus Kramer

14 mins; March 23, 2025

Brat Farrar

14 mins; March 09, 2025

Spring Awakening - Episode 2

14 mins; February 23, 2025

Spring Awakening - Episode 1

14 mins; February 23, 2025

That Hideous Strength - Episode 1

14 mins; February 09, 2025

That Hideous Strength - Episode 2

14 mins; February 09, 2025

The History of Mr Polly

14 mins; January 26, 2025

The Plague

14 mins; January 19, 2025

Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Episode 1

14 mins; January 05, 2025

Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Episode 2

14 mins; January 05, 2025

Miss Happiness and Miss Flower

14 mins; December 29, 2024

Christmas Pudding

14 mins; December 22, 2024

The Girl of the Sea of Cortez

14 mins; December 08, 2024

The Lay of the Land

14 mins; November 24, 2024

Berlin Alexanderplatz

14 mins; November 17, 2024

Our Mutual Friend - Episode 2

14 mins; November 10, 2024

Our Mutual Friend - Episode 1

14 mins; November 03, 2024

Little Dorrit - Episode 1

14 mins; October 13, 2024

Little Dorrit - Episode 2

14 mins; October 13, 2024

Hard Times - Episode 2

14 mins; October 02, 2024

Hard Times - Episode 1

14 mins; October 02, 2024

Robinson Crusoe

14 mins; September 22, 2024

Clear Light of Day - Episode 2

14 mins; August 25, 2024

Clear Light of Day - Episode 1

14 mins; August 18, 2024

Death at La Fenice

14 mins; August 04, 2024

Frankenstein

14 mins; July 14, 2024

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

14 mins; July 07, 2024

Orwell vs Kafka: The Man Who Disappeared

14 mins; June 16, 2024

Kafka's The Trial

14 mins; June 09, 2024

The Raiders - Episode 2

14 mins; June 02, 2024

The Raiders - Episode 1

14 mins; May 26, 2024

The Man Who Fell to Earth

14 mins; May 12, 2024

My Mother Said I Never Should

14 mins; April 29, 2024

The Shell Seekers

14 mins; April 14, 2024

The Sportswriter

14 mins; April 07, 2024

Heart of Darkness

14 mins; March 17, 2024

& Other Stories: Daphne du Maurier - Episode 2

14 mins; March 03, 2024

& Other Stories: Daphne du Maurier - Episode 1

14 mins; March 03, 2024

Cane

14 mins; February 24, 2024

Siddhartha

14 mins; February 18, 2024

Tam O'Shanter

14 mins; January 27, 2024

Our Man in Havana - Episode 2

14 mins; January 07, 2024

Our Man in Havana - Episode 1

14 mins; January 07, 2024

The Greatest Gift

14 mins; December 24, 2023

Comet in Moominland

14 mins; December 23, 2023

A Grain of Wheat

14 mins; December 17, 2023

Kiss of the Spider Woman

14 mins; December 10, 2023

A Many-Splendoured Thing - Episode 2

14 mins; November 26, 2023

A Many-Splendoured Thing - Episode 1

14 mins; November 26, 2023

The Manxman

14 mins; November 19, 2023

The Betrothed - Episode 2

14 mins; November 05, 2023

The Betrothed - Episode 1

14 mins; November 05, 2023

She Who Was No More

14 mins; October 29, 2023

The Mahabharata - Episode 2

14 mins; October 15, 2023

The Mahabharata - Episode 1

14 mins; October 15, 2023

Lark Rise to Candleford - Episode 2

14 mins; October 01, 2023

Lark Rise to Candleford - Episode 1

14 mins; October 01, 2023

If on a Winter's Night a Traveller

14 mins; September 24, 2023

Democracy in America

14 mins; September 17, 2023

The Three Musketeers - Episode 2

14 mins; September 03, 2023

The Three Musketeers - Episode 1

14 mins; September 03, 2023

Introducing the Whodunnits collection

1 min; August 31, 2023

In Patagonia

14 mins; August 06, 2023

Venice

14 mins; July 30, 2023

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