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Drama on 3

Series of drama performances, ranging from experimental works to the Classics

Radio 3,103 episodes

Episodes

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The Defectors
Drama-documentary inspired by the defection of North Korea's Deputy Ambassador to the UK.
09 Mar 2025,89 mins
Hamlet
A restored production of Shakespeare's play with Ronald Pickup, first broadcast in 1971.
02 Mar 2025,179 mins
Messiaen and the Birds
Poet Michael Symmons Roberts explores composer Olivier Messiaen's obsession with birdsong.
23 Feb 2025,74 mins
The Dead
Epiphanies at a Twelfth Night party in Dublin. By James Joyce. Read by Jonathan Forbes.
05 Jan 2025,89 mins
Guys and Dolls at Christmas
Two seasonal tales from Guys and Dolls writer Damon Runyon, performed by Jamie Parker.
23 Dec 2024,89 mins
Gershwin & Miss Swift
The extraordinary true story of composer Kay Swift and her affair with George Gershwin.
22 Dec 2024,119 mins
War with the Newts
By Ed Harris adapted from Karel Čapek’s 1936 novel. With Doña Croll and Laura Elphinstone.
08 Dec 2024,99 mins
Star
Drama about Judy Garland, Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin and the making of A Star Is Born.
03 Nov 2024,89 mins
From Morning to Midnight
Georg Kaiser’s banned 1912 expressionist drama in a new modern translation and adaptation.
22 Sep 2024,59 mins
Love and Information
The first audio production of Caryl Churchill's thrilling kaleidoscope of human behaviour.
14 Jul 2024,79 mins,
Jubilee!
Jubilee! 1871, USA. A choir of ex-slaves save a university & bring spirituals to the world
16 Jun 2024,89 mins
Calmer
A gripping drama about motherhood and chaos by Lolita Chakrabarti, starring Meera Syal.
12 May 2024,89 mins
Cymbeline
Lovers are tested in a Britain alienated from the rest of Europe, ruled by a weak leader.
28 Apr 2024,119 mins
Henry V
Hal has to prove he has what it takes to be King as he lays claim to the throne of France.
21 Apr 2024,119 mins
Dog in the Manger
Lope de Vega's Spanish Golden Age comedy, starring Olivia Poulet and Joe Thomas.
03 Mar 2024,89 mins
Under Milk Woods
For the 70th anniversary of Under Milk Wood, five short drama portraits of Wales in 2024.
28 Jan 2024,89 mins
Under Milk Wood
A Play for Radio by Dylan Thomas. The 1954 BBC broadcast starring Richard Burton.
26 Jan 2024,95 mins
Bacon in Moscow
Francis Bacon’s ground-breaking 1988 exhibition in the USSR. With Timothy Spall
07 Jan 2024,89 mins
The Spanish Tragedy
Bold new audio drama of Thomas Kyd's bloody Elizabethan revenge play for Radio 3.
12 Nov 2023,94 mins
Inspired by Hamlet: Hamlette
A radical re-imagining of Shakespeare. Harriet considers how to avenge her sister's rape.
05 Nov 2023,89 mins
Inspired by Hamlet: Hamlet Noir
Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy takes on a thrilling Scandi-Noir twist.
29 Oct 2023,119 mins
One Summer in Luka
The first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompts powerful memories for Nikki.
11 Jun 2023,84 mins
The Women of Troy
A contemporary version of Euripides's anti-war tragedy by Linda Marshall Griffiths.
21 May 2023,79 mins
She Stoops to Conquer
A very (very) free adaptation of Oliver Goldsmith's comedy of class and clever women.
07 May 2023,89 mins
Henry IV, Part 2
England faces an uncertain future. With Toby Jones and James Purefoy.
23 Apr 2023,119 mins
Reykjavik
Award-winning drama from Spain. The Fischer-Spassky chess match is re-enacted in a park
05 Mar 2023,99 mins
The Seagull
Chekhov's celebrated stage play grapples with art and love. A new version with music.
19 Feb 2023,89 mins
The Journey of the Magi
A Nativity story re-imagined in words and music based on an original poem by WR Rodgers.
01 Jan 2023,29 mins
Benny & Hitch
The extraordinary and explosive relationship between Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock
25 Dec 2022,119 mins
Venice Preserved
A political thriller about power, revolution, sex, and betrayal.
11 Dec 2022,89 mins