Drama of the Week

Anna Christie has spent fifteen years waiting for a father who never came. When she finally arrives on the New York waterfront to find him, she brings with her a past she has told nobody, and a fury at the world that has shaped her whole life. What she doesn't expect is the sea itself, and what it might do to her. Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is one of the towering works of Americ...

David Almond reimagines The Little Mermaid. Set on Holy Island in Northumberland, the story is written and read by the author. When Joseph was a boy, fishermen on the island found a mermaid in their net. But no one believes those old stories, do they? Except his grandfather, who keeps a mysterious jar of jewels in a glass case on the wall. This magical, evocative story encompasses the degradation...