15 Minute Drama, previously known as Woman's Hour Drama, is a BBC Radio 4 Arts and Drama production. It consists of 15-minute episodes, broadcast every weekday 10.45–11.00am (i.e. at the end of Woman's Hour proper), repeated at 7.45–8.00pm. These tend to be plays which extend over a week, or multiple of five episodes. Occasionally, each day's slot for a week or more will be filled by single drama, linked to the others of the week by a theme.
The subjects covered are many and varied, and not just for women. According to Radio 4, they aim to provide a mixture of classic and contemporary drama, adaptations of books and original writing.
Famous quotes containing the words woman, hour and/or drama:
“Far off she rolled and rolled
like a woman in labor
and I thought of those who had crossed her,
in antiquity, in nautical trade, in slavery, in war.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“My lord, the crown which I have borne so long has given enough of vanity in my time. I beseech you not to augment it in this hour when I am so near my death.”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
“One classic American landscape haunts all of American literature. It is a picture of Eden, perceived at the instant of history when corruption has just begun to set in. The serpent has shown his scaly head in the undergrowth. The apple gleams on the tree. The old drama of the Fall is ready to start all over again.”
—Jonathan Raban (b. 1942)