Modern British Radio Plays
Enjoy the best in British audio plays and radio drama from award winning Wireless Theatre. MP3 downloads direct to your phone or device, all totally free!
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Enjoy the edgy and modern DELETE, written by super talented Nina Millns, police drama OMEGA by the fantastic Elizabeth Parikh. Don’t miss The Springheel Saga and Red Moon, award winning alternative history series from Robert Valentine.
Discover our most popular audio dramas here, then if you still don’t have enough to listen to, check out what we make for Audible.
A Friend in Me
A unique and life changing friendship between 13 year old John and a young girl.
A Gentleman of My Own Making
Laura Dillon gave herself over to the first gender reassignment surgery, becoming Michael, and changing the world.
Angels in the Dark
Innovative new mystery drama starring Kim Durham (Matt Crawford in The Archers). Listen in the dark!
Battle Cries
A woman’s perspective on the Arab Spring, referencing the traditional tribal poetry of pre-Islamic Arabia
Chicken Salad of a Troubled Mind
Set in the deep and murky subconscious of a troubled mind.
DELETE Episode 1
Sue is dating. Mostly men with beards. Sue is Tanya’s parole officer. Tanya needs to stay clean. Tanya needs to serve her community sentence by…
DELETE Episode 2
Sue is dating. Mostly men with beards. Sue is Tanya’s parole officer. Tanya needs to stay clean. Tanya needs to serve her community sentence by…
Dream Me a Winter
Dream Me a Winter was written for the Old Vic 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala 2006
Enter Queen Lear
An ageing, glamorous film star falls in love with a younger man. She agrees to play Lear as a woman simply so she can act…
His Most Obedient Servant
Set in late-Victorian England, this drama explores the tragic effects of Victorian attitudes to homosexuality
I Heart Amy
Young widow Amy is moving forward with her life. She has arranged to meet up with Joe, an old ‘friend’
I’m Waiting for Father Christmas
It’s Christmas Eve, and Ellen has finished all the family Christmas preparations. So why is she on the roof?
Jacker and Baker
Two students became lifelong friends when they were unexpectedly chosen to represent Britain at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics
Karen’s Town
Spanning six decades, Karen’s Town takes us from 1960′s London, through the turbulent 1980′s, the dawn of a new millennium and back to the present…
Kindred – Part One
A very loose interpretation of Euripides’ Electra, set on the Irish border
Kindred – Part Two
A very loose interpretation of Euripides’ Electra, set on the Irish border
Lie Detector
A suspect is questioned by a secret service agent using sophisticated polygraph equipment with surprising results. Satire.
Omega episode 1
Newly qualified Police Officer PC Gifty Zahra finds herself mixed up in corruption.
Omega episode 2
Newly qualified Police Officer PC Gifty Zahra has at last fulfilled a lifelong ambition to join the force, now finds herself mixed up in corruption.
Omega episode 3
Newly qualified Police Officer PC Gifty Zahra has at last fulfilled a lifelong ambition to join the force, now finds herself mixed up in corruption.
Omega episode 4
Newly qualified Police Officer PC Gifty Zahra has at last fulfilled a lifelong ambition to join the force, now finds herself mixed up in corruption.
Peace and War
Peace and War explores the extraordinary life of Evelyn, who at the start of WW1 went to France to nurse injured soldiers at the Front.
Purple Moon
The intense and shocking life of perhaps Spain’s greatest modern poet, Federico Garcia Lorca
Redder Than Roses
French poet Chastelard was obsessed with Mary, Queen of Scots. Intense drama.
Running to Stand Still
Addresses relationship changes around an individual who is stricken by M.E.
Silver Wedding
Barbara is determined to celebrate her anniversary in style, and no-one will be allowed to spoil it.
The Ballad of C3.3
Oscar Wilde wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol during his incarceration, but wasn’t initially identified as the author.
The Ceremony
The quiet of a lonely coastal home is broken by the doorbell, the peace shattered by the past.
Wild Elusive Butterfly Act I
Cargo vessel Turmoil prepares to set sail for the Southern Ocean. A tornado is approaching…
Wild Elusive Butterfly Act II
Tom finds life after death on a South Sea Island, and Jill confronts the unexpected consequences of childbirth
Wild Elusive Butterfly Act III
John and Peter surprise the Furies with an invitation and shocking suggestion