Drama Podcasts
Young woman and others singing in a drama production

The selection of individual and serial dramas listed below are available long-term:


That Dinner of '67 Kenneth Branagh stars in Tracy-Ann Oberman’s new play about the making of the classic movie 'Guess who's coming to dinner?' (from the Drama podcast) (44 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/favourites/m000qmpc

Life Lines Drama about an ambulance call handler whose own life is fast becoming as much of an emergency as the calls she takes (from the 15 Minute Drama podcast)
Series 1 five 15-minute episodes (2016) starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b07jxsy5 
Series 2 five 15-minute episodes (February 2019) starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002g7p
Series 3 five 15-minute episodes (November 2019) starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bcm3
Series 4 five 15-minute episodes (September 2020) starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mkh6
Series 5 six 15-minute episodes (September 2021) starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09w05mj
Series 6 six 15-minute episodes (June 2022) starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ccmj69


Conversations from a Long Marriage Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a long-married couple trying to keep the passion alive (from the Drama podcasts)
Christmas Special (December 2018) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0001qhh
Series 1 Four half-hour episodes (January 2020) starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000dgy5
Series 2 Six half-hour episodes (December 2020) starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000qm0q
Christmas Special (December 2021) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0012nt8
Series 3 Six half-hour episodes (March 2022) starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0014x1d
Christmas Special (December 2022) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012nt8
Series 4 Six half-hour episodes (February 2023) starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001j47n


D is for Dexter A poignant brave, funny and beautiful story, exploring the issue of neglect. Returning each year as part of the Children in Need Drama it follows the lives of Skye and her brother Dexter.
Series 1 (November 2014) five 15-minute episodes starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nrh0x 
Series 2 (November 2015) five 15-minute episodes starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06nn7d0
Series 3 (November 2016) five 15-minute episodes starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b082fgt4
Series 4 (November 2017) five 15-minute episodes starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09dtd3r
Series 5 (November 2018) five 15-minute episodes starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00013n4
Series 6 (November 2019) five 15-minute episodes starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000b4q4
Series 7 (September 2020) five 15-minute episodes starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000plzb

Home Front First world war epic drama series that was broadcast daily over 4 years - available to listen in 12-minute episodes or one hour omnibus option.
First (of 617) 12-minute episode starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03thbcj
OR first one-hour omnibus episode starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04cfzxy

There is a website providing lots of background information about the series at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dv1g4


Torchwood - The Lost Files An alien with an aversion to electricity threatens to take Earth back to the dark ages. (from the Drama podcast)
Part One: The Devil and Miss Carew (45 min) starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b012fbw8 
Part Two: Submission (45 min) starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b012fcym
Part Three: The House of the Dead (45 min) starting at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b012fqsz


Ambiguous Loss A drama exploring the quiet devastation left behind when someone goes missing (from the Drama podcast) Three episodes:
(1) 477 Days (44 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b03phpg2
(2) No Man's Land (44 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b03pjf43
(3) Home (44 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b03pmb50

The Merchant of Venice This modern version of this Shakespeare play has the twist of being set in the City of London during the 2008 financial crisis (from the Shakespeare Sessions podcast) (120 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06964dq


Making Peace Three women come to terms with inheritance, loss and - most importantly - each other (from the Drama podcast) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0006dkh (44 minutes)


Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (from the Drama podcast)
Episode 1 (45 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b078y4td
Episode 2 (45 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b078z9c5
Episode 3 (42 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b078zdcp

A Doubtful Death Bill Nighy returns as the actor-cum-amateur detective Charles Paris (from A Charles Paris Mystery podcast)
Episode 1 (28 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/favourites/m000j9jw
Episode 2 (28 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000jhnf
Episode 3 (28 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000jpfn
Episode 4 (28 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000jx47


When the Pips Stop A drama set on a remote Scottish island where the only inhabitants are two sisters (from the Drama podcast) (45 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0000nfr

Tinsel Girl and the Pain Clinic Lou Ramsden's comedy drama about wheelchair user Maz (from the Drama podcast) (45 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0007ymd

Blend Drama centred around a young, mixed-race couple dilemma about the ethics of having a child (from the Drama podcast) (45 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0007wf1

Many more, frequently-changing dramas are also available at:

Drama Category of BBC Sounds