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Kris Marshall and Katherine Jakeways star as Mr & Mrs Pepys in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the world famous diaries. Samuel Pepys was 26 when he decided to start keeping a diary, in January 1660. For the next 10 years he faithfully recorded the day's events and confessed his innermost thoughts. That diary has since become one of our most important, and fascinating, historical documents. Pepys gave us eyewitness accounts of some of the great events of the 17th century, including the Great Fire of London and the Second Dutch War.

Polish-born author and mariner Joseph Conrad is widely regarded as one of the greatest English novelists. His 16 years in the merchant navy profoundly shaped his fiction, giving him transformative experiences of adventure and exotic places, and a unique insight into the human psyche. Included here are adaptations of six of his best works, brought together for the first time and collected in chronological order, plus one fascinating bonus programmes exploring his life and art.

Louis is upset to find his parents becoming ultra-competitive, wanting him and his brother to get straight A's at school and join lots of after-school clubs like the other kids. Then Louis meets Maddy, who has trained her parents to ignore her.

Kris Marshall (My Family) stars in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the famous diarist's account of the aftermath of the Great Fire of London. Following on from the acclaimed radio dramatisation of Pepys' complete diaries, this further instalment of his chronicles focuses on events following the cataclysmic inferno that destroyed much of the capital 400 years ago. When the Great Fire of 1666 was finally extinguished, little remained of London but smouldering rubble.

The underpants from hell - that's what Jiggy calls them, and not just because they look so gross. No, these pants are evil. And they're in control. Oh him. Of his life! Can Jiggy get to the bottom of his problem before it's too late?

Feel that your life has gone down the pan? Well here's your chance to swap it for a better one! When these tempting words appear on the computer screen, Jiggy McCue just can't resist. He hits "F for Flush" and ..... Oh dear. He really should'nt have done that. Because the life he gets in place of his own is a very embarrassing one- for a boy.Unabridged with music.

Jiggy McCue's clothes keep disappearing - in public. Suddenly, when there are teachers, friends, neighbours and total strangers about, he hasn't a stitch on. What's causing this? And what can Jiggy, Pete and Angie do to stop it? All is revealed in Jiggy's most embarrassing adventure yet.

Tom and Rosie are solo parents living 250 miles apart. Both recently divorced, bruised and lonely, they're looking for a cyber pal who understands what they're going through. So when they log on to a parenting advice website, they make an instant, sparky connection. Gradually, their online friendship becomes something more, and a 'will they/won't they' relationship develops via emails, text, phone calls and the SPP forum.