Drama of the Week

By Philip Catherwood.
After twenty years living in the same end terrace house in North Belfast, Maggie is now being pressured into having a divisive mural painted on her gable wall. Rather than give in to intimidation, she enlists the help of teenage street artist Kyle – a Dubliner trying to find his feet in the city – to create a different kind of mural. However, not everyone in the community is ready to embrace change.
Starring Abigail McGibbon and Daniel Mick Ryan.
Author
Philip Catherwood is a writer from Northern Ireland. His audio drama podcast ‘The Dial-Up' won a British Podcast Award and an Independent Podcast Award for Best Fiction in 2024. His play ‘The Pitch’ was recently staged at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast and finished a run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer. Philip was selected for BBC Writers Belfast Voices 2026 scheme and The Royal Court Theatre Writers Group 2026.
Cast:
Maggie ... Abigail McGibbon
Kyle ... Daniel Mick Ryan
Carl ... Paul Mallon
Sammy ... Shaun Kearns
Zuzanna .... Katarina Kokenyova
All other parts were played by the company.
Production Co-ordinators: Sylvie Conway and Caoilfhinn McFadden.
Studio Production: David Sproule, Bill Maul and Michael Davidson.
Written by Philip Catherwood
Directed by Michael Shannon
A BBC Audio Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4.

Tutor Charly arrives in luxury bunker Thornfield. But something's not right with this place. And what happened to her predecessor?
In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury bunkers. These high-tech fortresses boast swimming pools, cinemas, and hydroponic farms, but their inhabitants live in a bubble of paranoia and control. Charly takes a job tutoring the children of reclusive billionaire Edward in his doomsday bunker. But when strange things start happening, it seems dark secrets are buried in this vast bunker too.
In the real world, the super-rich are already building bunkers ready to provide sanctuary from the apocalypse. In Chloë Myerson claustrophobic thriller, we ask: what happens next?
This is episode 1. You can find the whole series on BBC Sounds now.
CAST
Charly ..... Ava Hinds-Jones
Popo ..... Liz Sutherland-Lim
Huxley ..... Ayrton English
Mei ..... India Moon
Obi ..... Joshua-Alexander Williams
Kal ..... Tom Kiteley
Axel ..... Alexander Arnold
Edward ..... Jacob Fortune-Lloyd
Other parts are played by David Holt and Debbie Korley
Written by Chloë Myerson
Production Co-ordinator: Ben Hollands
Sound Design: Peter Ringrose, Keith Graham, Andy Garratt
Director: Anne Isger
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4.

Drive, Clive, drive!
Clive Coombs attempts to prove his credentials as a father by driving his daughter through the night to a plane that will take her to the other side of the world.
As he drives, the weight of all his worries start to hijack the airwaves of his radio - his faltering marriage, his disintegrating sense of self and whether the small battery in his electric car will ever get his daughter to the plane on time. A heart-achingly funny new comedy drama brought to life with a host of familiar Radio 4 voices.
CLIVE.....Toby Jones
CHLOE.....Sofia Oxenham
GAIL.....Indira Varma
JANINE.....Clare Corbett
MICK/ BARRY.....Sam Dale
PARVAN McCLOUD.....Tim Crouch
Also featuring: Kate Adie, Ron Brown, Charles Carroll, James Coomarasamy, Amy Gladwell, Caroline Nicholls, Neil Nunes, Matthew Parris, Jay Rayner, Al Ryan and Jane Steel.
The song was composed by Joey Crouch and Owen Crouch and the singer was Ella Whitehead.
Written by Tim Crouch with Toby Jones
Directed by Nadia Molinari
Sound design by Sharon Hughes
Production Coordinator: Pippa Day
Studio Production Coordinator: Clare Ewing
Casting Manager: Alex Curran
Technical Producers: Andy Garratt, Sam Dickinson
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4.

2008. Students Oliver, Hannah and Lizzy set off on holiday to a mountain cabin. Their lives will never be the same again.
2026. When Oliver unexpectedly reappears at Hannah’s door after eighteen years, they are forced to relive the night that bound them together forever. A tragic trip to a remote mountain under a lunar eclipse that ended in Lizzy's death. As memories collide, guilt and betrayal resurface. When the truth finally emerges, it may not be the version either of them remembers.
Part of 'Fork in the Road', a collection of dramas about significant choices and their consequences.
LIZZY.....Norah Lopez-Holden
OLIVER.....Nikesh Patel
HANNAH.....Varada Sethu
Written by Matthew Broughton
Directed by Nadia Molinari
Sound design by Sharon Hughes
Production Co-ordinators: Pippa Day annd Ben Hollands
Technical Producers: Keith Graham, Neva Missirian
Casting Manager: Alex Curran
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4

After the sudden death of her friend Joe, artist Misha persuades her lifelong friend Grace to accompany her to his remote country cottage to sort his belongings. As Misha becomes increasingly absorbed in the traces of Joe’s life and the landscape he inhabited, her fascination, particularly with the birds he loved, deepens into something more consuming. Grace, unsettled by Misha’s growing obsession, begins to question both Joe’s past and her friend’s state of mind. As tensions rise and their friendship fractures, both women must confront what it means to truly know someone.
MISHA.....Zita Sattar
GRACE.....Joanne Mitchell
Written by Amanda Daltion
Technical Production and Sound Design by Sharon Hughes
Directed by Nadia Molinari
Production Co-Ordinator: Pippa Day
Technical Producer: Amy Brennan
Recorded on location in Midgley, West Yorkshire.
A BBC Studios Production