From BBC Radio 4 Extra. Written by Charles Dickens; Full-cast dramatisation starring Richard Derrington, Ian Hogg, Janet Dale and Richard Pasco; Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.

As two lovers contend with their religiously divided families, an intimate letter between them is stolen.

Episode 1: The Nineteenth of March

A stranger arrives on the anniversary of a gruesome unsolved murder.

Episode 2: The No Popery Men

Joe and Edward are caught up in bitter feuds from the past.

Episode 3: The Gordon Riots

The burning of Newgate Prison, looting and a shadow of murder put Barnaby's life in danger .