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The Hound of the Baskervilles: Part Four
Watson investigates on Holmes’s behalf, getting to know Sir Henry’s new neighbours.
21 May 2026,·52 mins
The Madness of George III
Elliot Levey and Reece Shearsmith star in Alan Bennett’s sparkling tragi-comedy.
25 Apr 2026,·87 mins
5. Lucia Resurgent
Lucia hatches a plan to regain her social power with a festive soiree.
31 Oct 1984,·45 mins
Pride and Prejudice
Part 25
Will it be third-time lucky for Lizzy, as she receives yet another proposal?
23 Dec 2025,·72 mins
Chapter Ten
John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.
01 Nov 2019,·33 mins
To Be Read at Dusk
Five couriers on a mountaintop in Switzerland trade ghost stories into the night.
19 Jan 2026,·43 mins
Episode 2
Elinor and Marianne are invited to stay at Mrs Jennings' house in London.
11 Aug 2013,·60 mins
Chapter 47
Jane Austen’s universally acknowledged romance about Elizabeth Bennett’s search for love.
24 Aug 2019,·22 mins
3. The Stranger
Will Michael Henchard be undone when a stranger arrives in town?
01 Jun 2008,·60 mins
Chapter 24
Reconciliations, rewards, and just deserts.
04 Dec 2025,·9 mins
Chapter 7
Arthur Conan Doyle's classic locked-room mystery following Holmes and Watson.
22 Aug 2019,·27 mins
Chapter Four
Mrs Gaskell’s much-loved portrait of life in a small town and its female inhabitants.
01 Nov 2019,·25 mins
Chapter 12
Kenneth Grahame’s jolly riverside romp with the eccentric Mr. Toad and his animal chums.
01 Nov 2019,·26 mins
Chapter 37
Charlotte Brontë’s intimate and disquieting coming of age classic about secrets and lies.
24 Aug 2019,·49 mins
Northanger Abbey
10. Return
Catherine's visit has ended in disaster, but does she deserve a happy ending?
30 Dec 2016,·15 mins
Chapter 29
Robert Louis Stevenson’s youthful adventure story across high seas and Scottish Highlands
24 Aug 2019,·15 mins
Chapter 34
Emily Brontë's tempestuous tale of passions, betrayal and retribution on the wild moors.
24 Aug 2019,·30 mins
Chapter 10
The landmark allegory about hypocrisy and corruption of power.
08 Jul 2021,·24 mins
Episode 5: Experience
No truth can be suppressed forever – as Lydia’s about to find out.
19 Sep 2025,·14 mins
10: For there she was
The final part of Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923.
04 Feb 2022,·14 mins
E Nesbit’s heart-warming story of three siblings hoping to be reunited with their father.
01 Nov 2019,·23 mins
Book 2 - Chapter 4
HG Wells’ iconic sci-fi story about the battle to save Earth from a Martian invasion.
23 Aug 2019,·10 mins
Episode 6
As Pip heals and faces the future, startling facts about Estella emerge.
02 Jan 2009,·60 mins
5. The Substance and the Shadow
Will it be possible to save Charles Darnay's life?
30 Dec 2011,·45 mins
6: 'Do it to Julia!'
Tom Hollander ends a day of readings from Orwell's great dystopian masterpiece.
08 Jun 2024,·57 mins
Chapter 6
A doctor experiments with the duality of human nature, and in doing so creates a monster.
22 Aug 2019,·10 mins
Chapter 8
George Eliot’s heart-warming tour de force about a weaver’s search for redemption.
22 Aug 2019,·20 mins
Chapter Seven
Jack London’s tale of one dog's unbreakable spirit and survival in the Alaskan Klondike.
12 Nov 2019,·39 mins
Lewis Carroll’s curiouser and curiouser tale of a girl discovering a strange new world.
01 Nov 2019,·17 mins
Part Two: Chapter Two
Jonathan Swift’s satire following Lemuel Gulliver’s strange travels through odd lands.
01 Nov 2019,·12 mins
