Playwriting
Sunday Feature. Arnold Wesker. Audio, 45 minutes
Matthew Sweet looks back at the life and career of playwright Arnold Wesker.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Harold Pinter. Audio, 30 minutes
Matthew Parris introduces the life of writer Harold Pinter, chosen by Diane Abbott MP.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Tudor Tarantino. Audio, 30 minutes
Dominic Arkwright charts the life of Thomas Middleton, the bad boy of Renaissance drama
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Tennessee Williams. Audio, 30 minutes
Stand-up comedian Rich Hall discusses the life of playwright Tennessee Williams.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Blasted: The Life and Death of Sarah Kane. Audio, 30 minutes
Dan Rebellato explores the life and work of playwright Sarah Kane.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. George Bernard Shaw. Audio, 30 minutes
Dr Phil Hammond chooses the Nobel Prize-winning playwright, George Bernard Shaw.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. David Edgar. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is playwright David Edgar
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Julian Clary on Noel Coward. Audio, 30 minutes
Matthew Parris presents Julian Clary's nomination of Noel Coward.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Stephen Poliakoff. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is playwright and director Stephen Poliakoff
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Ronald Harwood. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is playwright Ronald Harwood
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Peter Nichols. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is playwright Peter Nichols
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Spotlight. West of Eden Play. Audio, 4 minutes
Harry Harrison talks about his play and huge changes in technology
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Spotlight. Lights Out. Audio, 4 minutes
Discussion with playwright Manjula Padmanabhan about her play Lights Out
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Spotlight. The Power of The Dog. Audio, 4 minutes
Ellen Dryden talks about her play The Power of The Dog
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Spotlight. Brutality of Fact. Audio, 4 minutes
Discussion of Keith Reddin's play about women
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Spotlight. Mary Guterson. Audio, 4 minutes
International Radio Playwriting competition winner Mary Guterson
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Spotlight. The Cyclist. Audio, 4 minutes
Discussion of the play by Vijay Tendulkar
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Spotlight. Play Not Known. Audio, 4 minutes
An unnamed Irish dramatist discusses her work
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Spotlight. Starstruck. Audio, 4 minutes
Roy Williams talks about on his play in which film star Stewart Granger comes to Jamaica
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Lucy Gannon. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is playwright and screenwriter Lucy Gannon
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Unavailable
Spotlight. Play Not Known. Audio, 4 minutes
John Clifford on his work with a translated 17th Century play
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Spotlight. Death Catches the Hunter. Audio, 4 minutes
The play's title means we are sometimes defeated by what we do best
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Howard Brenton. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is playwright Howard Brenton
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
