Medical Detectives

From BBC Radio 4 Extra. Full-cast dramatisations; Adapted by Michael Butt; Based on documentary work by Michael Howell and Peter Ford.

Death in the Parish (Starring Bill Nighy)

When a cholera epidemic strikes London in 1854, the brilliant but mercurial Dr John Snow investigates.

The Last Infirmity (Starring Colin Stinton and William Hope)

Two ambitious young doctors tackle a yellow fever epidemic in 19th-century Cuba.

The Epping Jaundice (Starring Bernard Hepton and Roger Allam)

A strange epidemic sweeps through the inhabitants of a quiet Essex suburb.

The Stranded Eagle (Starring Ken Stott)

After Salomon August Andre's doomed Arctic crossing by hydrogen balloon, investigators piece together events.