BBC - Programmes categorised as Drama: Biographical - Available now

Goolagong
Drama based on the inspiring true-life story of champion tennis player Evonne Goolagong.
BBC Four
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The Iron Claw
Based on a true story of brothers who made history in the world of professional wrestling.
BBC Two
The Woman Who Saw Atoms by Pippa Goldschmidt
On the eve of the Anschluss, a Jewish scientist captures a proton in a photograph.
BBC Radio 4
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One Life
Stockbroker Nicholas Winton helps to organise the evacuation of vulnerable children.
BBC Two
Prisoner 951
Drama based on the true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and the struggle to free her.
BBC One
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Virginia and Katherine by Alison MacLeod
A story about the friendship and rivalry between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield.
BBC Radio 4
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Everest
Two groups of mountaineers face a deadly descent from Everest.
BBC Two
Mr Burton
The true story of the man who inspired screen legend Richard Burton.
BBC One
King Richard
Richard Williams is determined to write daughters Venus and Serena into sporting history.
BBC Two
Malcolm X
Biographical epic about influential and controversial black nationalist leader Malcolm X.
BBC Two
BlacKkKlansman
Based on the true story of a black detective who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 70s.
BBC Two
A Vindication of Frankenstein's Monster
Linda Marshall Griffiths reimagines Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
BBC Radio 4
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The Photographer by Max Porter
A life in five photographs. Original fiction series by Max Porter, read by Tim McInnerny.
BBC Radio 4
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The Phantom of the Open
Crane operator Maurice, having never played golf in his life, enters the British Open.
BBC Two
Harriet O'Carroll - Minuet
A young Jane Austen falls in love fuelling her desire to become a writer.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Love & Mercy
At the height of success with The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson suffers from mental illness.
BBC Two
Babs
Drama telling the heartwarming story of actress Dame Barbara Windsor.
BBC One
Riot Girls
No-holds-barred dramas written by women, featuring extraordinary female characters.
BBC Radio 4
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A Song for Jenny
Powerful drama exploring the impact of the 7/7 bombing at Edgware Road tube station.
BBC One
The Great Caruso
Dramatisation of the life of tenor Enrico Caruso, starring Mario Lanza.
BBC Two
Burton and Taylor
The story behind the final public appearance of Hollywood's most glamorous couple.
BBC Four
Hattie
How actress Hattie Jacques's home life was blown apart by a secret sexual liaison.
BBC Four
The Damned United
Michael Sheen stars as Brian Clough in the story of his 44 days in charge of Leeds United.
BBC Two
Margaret
Drama charting Margaret Thatcher's astonishing fall from power.
BBC Two
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Film about Peter Sellers's rise from radio star to one of the world's top comic actors.
BBC Two
Elizabeth R
Glenda Jackson stars as Queen Elizabeth I in this dramatisation of her reign.
BBC Four
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The Year of the Cat by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
A memoir of past trauma, the pandemic and a new pet.
BBC Radio 4
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Alexander Salamander
Bho chionn trì bliadhna deug nochd Alexander san t-saoghal le BRAG!
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal
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Lioness: My Journey to Glory by Beth Mead
Faye Marsay reads the highly anticipated memoir of England football star Beth Mead.
BBC Radio 4
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Brown Girl Like Me by Jaspreet Kaur
An honest, unflinching account of life for South Asian women and girls in the UK today.
BBC Radio 4
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Raven Smith's Men
A hilarious look at men and all they entail from professional man-about-town Raven Smith.
BBC Radio 4
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Categories: Drama: Biographical - Available now