BBC - Programmes categorised as Drama: Biographical

Emily
A partly fictional biopic of writer Emily Brontë, author of Wuthering Heights.
BBC Two
A Magician Amongst the Spirits by Bert Coules
Harry Houdini's ascent to a world famous escapologist - and a corroding obsession...
BBC Radio 4 Extra
One Life
Stockbroker Nicholas Winton helps to organise the evacuation of vulnerable children.
BBC Two
Back to Black
The life and music of Amy Winehouse.
BBC Two
Prisoner 951
Drama based on the true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and the struggle to free her.
BBC One
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Virginia and Katherine by Alison MacLeod
A story about the friendship and rivalry between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield.
BBC Radio 4
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Everest
Two groups of mountaineers face a deadly descent from Everest.
BBC Two
Mr Burton
The true story of the man who inspired screen legend Richard Burton.
BBC One
Priscilla
Priscilla Beaulieu is slowly drawn into a strange and unhealthy life with Elvis Presley.
BBC Two
Malcolm X
Biographical epic about influential and controversial black nationalist leader Malcolm X.
BBC Two
Till
A 14-year-old boy’s 1955 Mississippi lynching spurs his mother to anti-racist activism.
BBC Two
A Vindication of Frankenstein's Monster
Linda Marshall Griffiths reimagines Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
BBC Radio 4
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The Photographer by Max Porter
A life in five photographs. Original fiction series by Max Porter, read by Tim McInnerny.
BBC Radio 4
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Hero: The Extraordinary Life of Mr Ulric Cross
The story of Ulric Cross, who left Trinidad to join the RAF and help liberate Africa.
BBC Two
Harriet O'Carroll - Minuet
A young Jane Austen falls in love fuelling her desire to become a writer.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Babs
Drama telling the heartwarming story of actress Dame Barbara Windsor.
BBC One
Charlotte Brontë in Babylon by Charlotte Cory
Drama charting five momentous visits Charlotte Brontë made to London.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Riot Girls
No-holds-barred dramas written by women, featuring extraordinary female characters.
BBC Radio 4
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A Song for Jenny
Powerful drama exploring the impact of the 7/7 bombing at Edgware Road tube station.
BBC One
Burton and Taylor
The story behind the final public appearance of Hollywood's most glamorous couple.
BBC Four
Hattie
How actress Hattie Jacques's home life was blown apart by a secret sexual liaison.
BBC Four
The Damned United
Michael Sheen stars as Brian Clough in the story of his 44 days in charge of Leeds United.
BBC Two
Margaret
Drama charting Margaret Thatcher's astonishing fall from power.
BBC Two
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Film about Peter Sellers's rise from radio star to one of the world's top comic actors.
BBC Two
Man on the Moon
Biopic of controversial comedian and star of Taxi and Saturday Night Live, Andy Kaufman.
BBC Three
Elizabeth R
Glenda Jackson stars as Queen Elizabeth I in this dramatisation of her reign.
BBC Four
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The Year of the Cat by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
A memoir of past trauma, the pandemic and a new pet.
BBC Radio 4
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Alexander Salamander
Bho chionn trì bliadhna deug nochd Alexander san t-saoghal le BRAG!
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal
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Lioness: My Journey to Glory by Beth Mead
Faye Marsay reads the highly anticipated memoir of England football star Beth Mead.
BBC Radio 4
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Brown Girl Like Me by Jaspreet Kaur
An honest, unflinching account of life for South Asian women and girls in the UK today.
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Raven Smith's Men
A hilarious look at men and all they entail from professional man-about-town Raven Smith.
BBC Radio 4
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