Drama of the Week

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.

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, love, hilarity, and the enduring power of sisterhood.
Pride and Prejudice the iconic love story between Miss Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy, and a delightful portrayal of a family. It perfectly conjures up the period, and the pressure on women to find husbands. A tapestry of unforgettable characters and wonderfully funny.
Dramatised by award winning writer Rachel Joyce
Jane Austen ..... Tamsin Greig
Elizabeth ..... Isabella Laughland
Darcy ..... Luke Thompson
Mr Bennet ..... Miles Jupp
Mrs Bennet ..... Rosie Cavaliero
Jane ..... Lucy Doyle
Bingley ..... Louis Landau
Wickham ..... Toby Regbo
Lady Catherine ..... Adjoa Andoh
Lydia ..... Kitty O'Sullivan
Kitty ..... Gaia Wise
Mary ..... Imogen Front
Mr Collins ..... Josh Bryant Jones
Charlotte ..... Sasha McCabe
Caroline Bingley ..... Catherine Bailey
Directed by Tracey Neale
Dramatised by Rachel Joyce
Rachel Joyce is a best-selling author and award winning audio drama writer. Her audio work includes the entire Bronte canon for Radio 4. Her first novel, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry has been adapted for both film and stage. The sold out Chichester Festival Theatre Musical of Harold Fry's story opens at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on the 29th January. Rachel's latest novel, The Homemade God, was published in February this year.
Produced and Directed by Tracey Neale
Sound by Andrew Garratt and Sam Dickinson
Production Co-Ordinator, Luke MacGregor
Casting Manager, Alex Curran
A BBC Studios Production.

Jonathan Hall's comedy drama about a Salford secondary school starring Julie Hesmondhalgh.
Yvette is convinced that, wherever possible, kids should stay in school. But transfer pupil Logan is testing those limits. Exclusion is not an easy decision, and Logan's keyboard-warrior father complicates the process. As tensions rise, a late-night confrontation uncovers a pivotal truth.
YVETTE.....Julie Hesmondhalgh
CAROL / QUEENIE.....Susan Twist
TIM.....Ashley Margolis
SIR KEN.....Jonathan Keeble
LOGAN.....Ellis Hollins
MR SHAW.....William Ash
Writer - Jonathan Hall
Director - Pippa Day
Technical Producer - Sharon Hughes
Additional Technical Production - Kelly Young
Production Co-ordinator - Victoria Moseley
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4

A bright but hopelessly out-of-his-depth Brit arrives in Beijing for a dream job and stumbles straight into a chaotic mix of surveillance, blackmail and very bad decisions. Packed off to Taiwan to keep him out of trouble, he must muddle through shady allies, confused loyalties and rising global tension, all while trying to pretend he knows what he is doing.
George Tucker ….. Sam Stafford
Gabby ….. Saffron Coomber
Lily Wu ….. Crystal Yu
Charles Tucker ….. Clive Hayward
Dan ….. Windson Liong
Bradley Wagner ….. Joseph Balderrama
An Qi ….. Amber Lin
Written by Jim Poyser
Jim has written extensively for Radio 4 including the comedy series Stockport So Good They Named it Once, The Architects, Everyone Quite Likes Justin, 1834, 1835, The Cavity Within. He has written the plays The Joey, Too Up Too Down, Chopin in Manchester, The Downing Street Doppelganger, My Computer Told Me To Do It. He also adapted Vanity Fair and The Day of the Locust. He is also a well-known TV producer whose credits include Cold Feet, Brassic, Death in Paradise and Shameless.
Produced and Directed by Tracey Neale
Technical Team, Keith Graham and Andy Garratt
Production Co-Ordinator, Jonathan Powell
Casting Manager, Alex Curran