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Embrace the darker nights and curl up with a classic story.
Claudia Hammond reads from her new book examining the 21st-century phenomenon of overwhelm
A specially commissioned five-part serial by best-selling novelist Rachel Joyce.
An unforgettable story about loss and new love from bestselling author Colm Tóibín.
A selection of the great author’s most chilling short works, read by Sir David Suchet.
Dr Lucy Maddox shares ideas from the therapy room to help you live better.
It is 1931 and in a remote house, six people gather round a small table for a seance
A whodunnit and a portrait of a very ordinary life which suddenly becomes extraordinary.
A fascinating scientific guide to why looking on the bright side really is good for you.
On retirement from her Hebridean school, Miss Macdonald plans the adventure of a lifetime.
The story of a young woman finding her own voice, and her own place in the world.
A thought-provoking new book exploding conventional wisdom about medical diagnoses.
Maya thinks they've got a ghost. Vidya is the only extra-natural mediator she can find.
James Joyce's autobiographical modernist masterpiece. Read by Andrew Scott.
Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad.
Status. We don't like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
Read by Susan Jameson. Produced by Ross Burman.
A glittering, gothic and surreal coming-of-age story with a deadly twist.
A true story about surviving suicide – narrated by Stephen Graham.
Soon to be divorced Maggie is completely fine. Really Good, Actually.
A newly-commissioned serial from Alice Jolly about love, loyalty and the meaning of care.
Marian has to write up a bizarre workplace accident - original fiction by Joe Dunthorne.
Listen to Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, narrated by Hugh Bonneville.
Grace is on a mission: to kill off her relatives. Bella Mackie’s darkly comic novel.
John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.
An honest, unflinching account of life for South Asian women and girls in the UK today.
Hallie Rubenhold challenges the ideas of what history is and the stories it can tell.
Dermot Crowley reads a new fiction serial from the acclaimed Irish author Niall Williams.
The story of Dimple Pennington, wannabe lifestyle influencer, and her four half siblings
A beguiling series of essays centred on the Renaissance icon Isabella d'Este.
Original short works for radio.
Read by Shaun Mason. Produced by Martha Littlehailes
A story about the friendship and rivalry between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield.
A Highland heist story written for BBC Radio 4 by Abir Mukherjee. Read by Sudha Bhuchar.
Listen to Jane Austen’s classic tales, narrated by Julie Andrews.
Festive fictions, family recipes and memories from Jeanette Winterson's Yuletides past.
Yomi Adegoke's fast-paced and addictive novel tackling the moral dilemmas of social media
An evocative collection of essays spanning the career of one of food writing's finest.
Elizabeth Day's psychological thriller.
Dramatisation of Maya Angelou's debut memoir, which charts her childhood.
A sparkling new literary whodunnit from the acclaimed author William Boyd.
Zoe Strimpel asks thought-provoking questions about the family in contemporary Britain.
Defence: Serious Case Operations investigate the murder of a military bandsman in Burnley.
A young boy’s time-travelling fight against ancient evil
Michael Fassbender reads Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Rebecca F Kuang’s deliciously dark, witty thriller with a deeply flawed narrator
Bryan Moriarty’s candid, funny and heartbreaking rom com about having an open relationship
Short stories from Banu Mushtaq's 2025 International Booker Prize-winning collection.
A powerful memoir from footballer and anti-racism campaigner Troy Deeney.
At the height of a TB epidemic, Mrs Robinson meets dissolute poet Branwell Brontë.
Virginia Woolf’s comic biography of a time-travelling hero who transforms into a heroine.
Special readings from Orwell's dystopian classic, now celebrating its 75th anniversary.
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
Led by James Naughtie, readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels
Sara Cox celebrates the best new fiction, with author interviews and reviews.
Emma Thompson: Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility
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Episode Twelve: December
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