Drama of the Week

Four young idealists - Sonia, Kieran, Indigo and Ayad - fall under the spell of charismatic thinker Faith Abbott at university and channel her ideas into a bold political experiment: Project Hope.
In 2020 they start to reinvent politics from the ground up. But nearly a decade on Britain stands divided, and the group has splintered. When Sonia discovers Faith has denounced Project Hope from beyond the grave, she is forced to revisit the group's remarkable beginnings. Was their experiment always doomed to fail?
Good People is a fictional story set against our very real political moment, examining the rise of populism, the perceived failure of politics-as-usual, and the deep divisions that run though our country and beyond.
This is the first episode in an ambitious six-part state of the nation drama from award-winning political writer Steve Waters.
CAST
Sonia ..... Natalie Simpson
Faith ..... Anastasia Hille
Kieran ..... Nicholas Armfield
Indigo ..... Alby Baldwin
Ayad ..... Ikky Kabir
Philip ..... Clive Hayward
Gabe ..... Django Bevan
Abbie ..... Iona Champain
Writer ..... Steve Waters
Sound ..... Andy Garratt, Keith Graham, Sam Dickinson
Casting Manager ..... Alex Curran
Script Development ..... Abigail Le Fleming
Production Co-ordinator ..... Kate Gray
Assistant Producer ..... Luke MacGregor
Director ..... Anne Isger
A BBC Studios Audio production.
This drama was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

by Frances Poet with monologues by Eileen Horne.
Part One – Admission
Dr Alex Bridges is an expert forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist, assessing and treating perpetrators of serious crime.
In this new 5 part series, she takes us into the world of secure units, explores the relationship between mothers and daughters and the impact of fatal violence on the lives it shatters.
DR ALEX BRIDGES ….. Lolita Chakrabarti
KATHLEEN ….. Maureen Beattie
LINDSAY ….. Helen Mackay
ABI ….. Anna Russell-Martin
DANIEL ….. Nicholas Karimi
SANDRA ….. Lucianne McEvoy
LEWIS/SOLICITOR/AMBULANCE OPERATOR ….. Lee Hughes
DC INGLES/SECURITY GUARD/NURSE ….. Kenny Blyth
Sound recording : Andy Hay and Fraser Jackson
Sound Design: Fraser Jackson
Series Consultant: Dr Gwen Adshead
Series format created by Lucia Haynes, Audrey Gillan, Eileen Horne, Gaynor Macfarlane, Anita Vettesse and Kirsty Williams.
A BBC Audio Scotland Production produced and directed by Kirsty Williams

Read by Alexander Vlahos.
Culhwch can love only the giant's daughter Olwen. To win her hand he must first complete a list of 39 impossible tasks. Arthur's champions take up the challenge, but time slips steadily away from them in Jo Lloyd's poignant contemporary take on the oldest Arthurian romance.
Production Co-ordinator: Eleri McAuliffe
Sound: Rhys Morris
Producer: John Norton
A BBC Audio Wales Production

When Sam takes his ex-stepdaughter Flo on a treasure hunt in the woods, he hopes to rebuild their lost bond. But the discovery of a bizarre series of love letters throws disturbing light on Flo's current romantic relationship.
Is this just normal teenage angst, or is there something darker at play? And does Sam have the right to become the parent he never was and step in?
Written by Katie Bonna
Sam …. Shane Zaza
Flo …. Rowan Robinson
Ava …. Mia Haynes-French
Petra …. Katie Bonna
Original music by Maz O’Connor
Director …. Anne Isger
Sound …. Keith Graham and Sam Dickinson
Production Co-ordinator ….. Kate Gray
KATIE BONNA
Katie Bonna's first radio play, In Moderation, was commended as a finalist for the Imison Award in 2024. In 2021, her short film IRL was a Cannes Short Festival Comedy finalist and in 2023 she won the Education Award at the Iris Film Festival for her short Fight In The Dog. She won the 2018 Off West End Award for Most Promising New Playwright. In 2012 she won a Fringe First for Dirty Great Love Story, co-written with Richard Marsh.
This was originally aired on R4.

Marianne and Elinor Dashwood are left near penniless after the death of their father. When they move to Devonshire, a new world of romantic possibility beckons. Starring Tamsin Greig, Madeleine Mantock and Rose Basista.
Sense and Sensibility is a tale of two sisters with wildly different hearts: one ruled by reason, the other by passion. But when love, loss, and scandal strike, Elinor and Marianne will learn that heartbreak is best faced together.
Radio 4 celebrates 250 years of Jane Austen with fresh, funny, and female-focused adaptations of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Expect heartbreak, hilarity, and the enduring power of sisterhood. Both dramas are narrated by Tamsin Greig as Austen herself.
CAST
Jane Austen ..... Tamsin Greig
Elinor ..... Madeleine Mantock
Marianne ..... Rose Basista
John Willoughby ..... Ben Hardy
Edward Ferrars ..... Enyi Okoronkwo
Colonel Brandon ..... Richard Goulding
Mrs Dashwood ..... Jasmine Hyde
Margaret Dashwood ….. Ava Talbot
Mrs Jennings ..... Carolyn Pickles
Sir John ..... Clive Hayward
Lucy Steele ..... Bethan Rose Young
John Dashwood ..... Django Bevan
Fanny Dashwood ..... Sasha McCabe
Production co-ordinator ..... Kate Gray
Casting Manager ..... Alex Curran
Sound ..... Andy Garratt, Neva Missirian and Sam Dickinson
Dramatist ..... Claudine Toutoungi
Director ..... Anne Isger
A BBC Studios Production
Claudine Toutoungi is a poet and playwright. Claudine's latest poetry collection is Emotional Support Horse (2024). Her other poetry collections are Smoothie (2017) and Two Tongues (2020), which won the Ledbury Prize for Second Collection. Her poetry has been translated into Spanish and her live poetry contributions to festivals include Tongue Fu, Poetry East and appearances on BBC Radio 4. Her plays for theatre include Bit Part and Slipping and her many audio dramas for BBC Radio 4 include Deliverers, The Inheritors and The Voice in my Ear.