How to submit your play for the International Audio Drama Competition 2026

A widow moves to a new village and hopes to befriend a novelist. Stars Mary Wimbush.

Radio drama has been at the heart of the BBC since it began broadcasting in November 1922. The first play written for children was aired…

Radio drama has been at the heart of the BBC since it began broadcasting in November 1922. The first play written for children was aired…

How long does a play last? Dumb question, I know – up there with ‘How long is lunch?’. The most recent bid for the longest…

Save Audio Drama at the BBC

By Ed Harris adapted from Karel Čapek’s 1936 novel. With Doña Croll and Laura Elphinstone.

By Ed Harris adapted from Karel Čapek’s 1936 novel. With Doña Croll and Laura Elphinstone.

How Francis Bacon became the first major Western artist to exhibit solo in the USSR.

Will Young's solo tour de force about family, loss and the faces of love. Strong language.

Explore the history of the BBC since its foundation in 1922 to the present day

Unflinching, penetrating and razor-sharp in its depiction of the horrors of suburban domestic life, Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting is one of Penelope Mortimer’s better-known novels, and rightly so. It’s a tru...