Radio 3: The Wire
"The Wire" tends towards experimental plays and innovative / new writing. So far as my records show, it began in November, 2000, and I think the historical listings for each year are complete. The plays are usually broadcast on a Saturday evening.
Very few of these recordings seem to have been saved. * indicates a recording is known.
(.... this page has been updated and improved by Barry Hodge .... many thanks, Barry .... ND )
The Wire was discontinued in 2014 when the number of dramas on radio 3 was reduced from 35 to 25 per year.
THE WIRE
Only first-run episodes listed, including repeats where known (sometimes in other slots) and, once, the original slot/broadcast.
(18-11-2000; 21:45) Feed Me* (Mark Ravenhill) (60m) (10-08-2002; 21:45)
(25-11-2000; 22:00) Swallow* (Lavinia Murray) (45m) (24-08-2002; 22:15)
(02-12-2000; 21:45) Unsinkable (Richard Bean) (60m) (17-08-2002; 21:55)
(09-12-2000; 22:45) Crush (Gill Adams) (45m) (03-08-2002; 21:15)
(16-12-2000; 21:45) Poppy Q* (Nicola Baldwin) (60m) (13-07-2001; R4 Friday Play)
(23-12-2000; 21:25) Electricity (Murray Gold) (80m) (24-02-2002; R3 Sunday Play)
(30-12-2000; 21:45) Elasticity Of Supply & Demand (Owen McCafferty) (60m) (No Rpt)
(06-01-2001; 21:45) Lives Out Of Step* (Kaite O'Reilly) (60m) (31-08-2002: R4?)
(13-01-2001; 21:30) Sea Symphony For Piano & Child (Charlotte Jones) (75m) (07-09-2002: R4?)
(20-01-2001; 21:30) Occy Eyes (Gregory Burke) (75m) (14-09-2002; R4?)
(03-11-2001; 21:50) Crowd Scan (Tim Etchells) (55m) (31-08-2002; 21:45)
(10-11-2001; 21:40) The Commuter* (David Greig) (65m) (30-08-2003; 20:55)
(17-11-2001; 22:00) Exodus (Joanna Lauren) (45m) (No Rpt)
(24-11-2001; 22:30) Text Message (Jeanette Winterson) (60m) (07-09-2002; 22:00)
(01-12-2001; 21:50) Regenerations (Daragh Carville) (55m) (07-09-2003; 22:00)
(15-12-2001; 22:15) The Froghunter's Kiss* (David Spencer) (60m) (No Rpt)
(22-12-2001; ??:??) Car Four* (Ursula Rani Sarma) (60m) (No Rpt)
(29-12-2001; 21:50) Fireface* (Marius von Mayenburg) (55m) (No Rpt)
(05-01-2002; 22:15) A Scattering Of Lights* (Phelim Rowland) (45m) (No Rpt)
(12-01-2002; 22:55) Freefall (Debbie Green) (60m) (27-07-2002; 21:00)
(02-05-2002; 22:00) Clean Sheets & En-Suites (Martin Parr) (60m) (No Rpt)
(06-06-2002; 22:00) Childminders (Glyn Maxwell) (45m) (23-08-2003; 22:15)
(04-07-2002; 22:00) The Island Of The Blessed (aka After Life) (Gary Owen) (60m) (No Rpt)
(08-08-2002; 21:45) Solomon Child (Josette Bushell-Mingo) (45m) (17-08-2003; R3 Drama On 3)
(05-09-2002; 21:30) The Monotonous Life Of Little Miss P (Enda Walsh) (60m) (02-08-2003; 21:00)
(03-10-2002; 22:00) The Mind Of The Meeting* (Meredith Oakes) (45m)(26-07-2003; 21:35)
(07-11-2002; 21:45) Tricycles* (Colin Teevan) (65m) (09-08-2003; 21:15)
(05-12-2002; 22:00) The Master Of The House (Zinnie Harris) (45m) (No Rpt)
(09-01-2003; 22:00) The Tunnel (Tim Loane) (60m) (16-08-2003; 21:10)
(06-02-2003; 22:15) The Palimpsest* (Andrew Farrell Readman) (60m) (19-07-2003; 21:30)
(06-03-2003; 22:00) Like Jude (Linda Marshall Griffiths) (60m) (No Rpt)
(03-04-2003; 22:00) A Tree Full Of Monkeys (Simon Armitage) (60m) (Orig 07-07-2002; R3 Drama On 3)
(01-05-2003; 22:00) Creamie (Luke Sutherland) (60m) (04-09-2004; 21:00)
(05-06-2003; 22:00) The Enclosure (Fiona Padfield) (15m) (No Rpt)
(03-07-2003; 22:00) Clean (Jennifer Farmer) (60m) (01-04-2004; 22:00)
(07-08-2003; 21:30) The Woman With The Knife & Fork Disorder (Jackie Kay) (60m) (31-07-2004; 21:15)
(04-09-2003; 22:20) Nicotine Jean (Robert Delamere) (60m) (07-08-2004; 21:00)
(02-10-2003; 22:00) Three Five Silly Twerp (Jack Klaff) (60m) (14-08-2005; 21:00)
(05-11-2003; 22:00) Mix (Emma Donoghue) (55m) (No Rpt)
(04-12-2003; 22:00) Adrenalin Heart (Georgia Fitch) (45m) (23-05-2004, R3 Drama On 3)
(08-01-2004; 22:00) Bampot Central (Christopher Brookmyre) (60m) (28-08-2004; 21:00)
(05-02-2004; 22:00) Bone City (Tom Kelly) (60m) (No Rpt)
(04-03-2004; 22:00) Sound Mirrors (Hari Kunzru/Coldcut) (45m) (21-08-2004; 21:15)
(05-05-2004; 22:00) Plague (Lucy Gannon) (50m) (20-08-2005; 22:10)
(03-06-2004; 22:00) The Colony (Dennis Kelly) (60m) (16-07-2005; 22:00)
(01-07-2004; 22:00) My Arm (Tim Crouch) (60m) (06-08-2005; 21:30)
(05-08-2004; 21:45) Ammo* (Lavinia Murray) (60m) (13-08-2005; 21:00)
(02-09-2004; 22:00) The Lamb's Snow (Lin Coghlan) (60m) (03-09-2005; 21:40)
(07-10-2004; 21:45) The Gate (Jeremy Howe) (60m) (No Rpt)
(04-11-2004; 22:00) Hoop Lane (Patrick Marber) (30m) (30-07-2005; 21:15)
(02-12-2004; 22:00) S (Kazuko Hohki) (45m) (07-08-2005; 18:30)
(13-01-2005; 22:00) God Can See Down Entries (Linda Brogan) (45m) (27-08-2005; 21:45)
(03-02-2005; 22:00) Disenchantment (Paddy Cunneen) (30m) (23-07-2005; 21:45)
(03-03-2005; 22:00) The Tragical Comedy Or Comical Tragedy Of Mr Punch (Neil Gaiman) (60m) (14-08-2005; ??:??)
(05-05-2005; 22:00) Stone Baby* (Sean Buckley) (45m) (12-08-2006; 20:45)
(02-06-2005; 22:00) The Miracle Of Reason (Nick Dear) (55m) (No Rpt)
(07-07-2005; 22:00) Medium Risk (Mark Norfolk) (45m) (02-09-2006; 21:00)
(08-09-2005; 21:05) It's Enough To Believe You're In Danger (Michael Butt) (45m) (26-08-2006; ??:??)
(06-10-2005; 22:00) Dead Code: Ghosts Of The Digital Age (Jeff Noon) (45m) (05-08-2006; ??:??)
(03-11-2005; 22:00) Watch The Spider (Andrew McLay) (45m) (No Rpt)
(08-12-2005; 22:15) Iona (Rhiannon Tise) (45m) (19-08-2006; ??:??)
(05-01-2006; 21:45) Miscreant Mothers (Rebecca Papworth) (45m) (22-07-2006; 21:30)
(02-02-2006; 22:00) Babble (Glenn Patterson) (45m) (No Rpt)
(02-03-2006; 22:00) Not Talking* (Mike Bartlett) (60m) (15-07-2006; 22:00/29-12-2007; 21:30; 2008, BBC7)
(04-05-2006; 22:00) Last Suppers (Pearse Elliot) (60m) (11-08-2007; 20:45; 2008, BBC7)
(01-06.2006; 22:00) Donna Love Bite (Gill Adams) (60m) (15-09-2007; 21:30)
(06-07-2006; 22:00) Kitty Elizabeth Must Die (Louise Ironside) (45m) (01-09-2007; 20:45)
(14-09-2006; 22:00) Quarantine* (Jeff Young) (60m) (25-08-2007; 21:00)
(05-10-2006; 22:00) Stripped: A Life In Bank Statements (Stefan Weigl) (55m) (No Rpt)
(02-11-2006; 22:00) DJs, Doormen & Dealers (Jeffrey Caffrey) (45m) (29-09-2007; 21:00)
(07-12-2006; 22:00) Soft Message (Various; Non Drama) (30m) (No Rpt)
(04-01-2007; 22:00) Tin Man (Laurence Wilson) (60m) (18-08-2007; 21:15)
(01-02-2007; 22:00) The Birth & Death Of Daylight (Stephen Riley) (45m) (22-09-2007; 21:45)
(31-03-2007; 21:30) The Incomplete Recorded Works Of A Dead Body (Ed Hime) (60m) (19-07-2008; 21:00)
(05-05-2007; 21:15) My Glass Body (Anna Furse) (45m) (26-07-2008; 21:45)
(02-06-2007; 21:00) The Third Trial* (Hattie Naylor) (45m) (14-03-2009; 22:00)
(07-07-2007; 21:15) Eye Witness (Tom Kelly) (45m) (02-08-2008; 21:45)
(06-10-2007; 21:30) Wes Bell (Matthew Broughton) (60m) (02-05-2008; R4 Friday Play)
(03-11-2007; 21:30) I Can See You (Sarah Noami Lee) (45m) (06-09-2008; 21:45)
(01-12-2007; 21:00) Gulf (Mark Kotting) (45m) (21-02-2009; 21:30)
(12-01-2008; 21:45) The Switch (Ali Smith) (45m) (19-12-2008; R4 Afternoon Play)
(09-02-2008; 21:10) Moonmen (Jimmy McAleavy) (60m) (23-08-2008; 21:00)
(01-03-2008; 21:15) Lullaby Of Shadows (Andrea Earl) (45m) (09-08-2008; 21:00)
(11-10-2008; 20:45) Random (Debbie Tucker-Green) (55m) (13-03-2010; 21:05)
(18-10-2008; 21:00) Dirty White Girl (Louise Wallwein) (45m) (No Rpt)
(25-10-2008; 21:00) Nowt To Look At (Valerie Laws) (45m) (No Rpt)
(01-11-2008; 21:30) 49 Donkeys Hanged* (Carl Grose) (60m) (18-07-2009; 21:15)
(31-01-2009; 21:15) The Number Of The Dead* (Mark Lawson) (60m) (No Rpt)
(07-02-2009; 22:00) Sold On eBay (Van Badham) (45m) (No Rpt)
(14-02-2009; 21:15) Nina Black (Melanie Harris) (45m) (01-08-2009; 21:45)
(28-02-2009; 21:30) Salmonella Man On Planet Porno (Yasutaka Tsutsui) (60m) (No Rpt)
(07-03-2009; 21:30) The Meek (Denise Mina) (45m) (25-07-2009; 21:45)
(21-03-2009; 21:00) Alex Tripped On My Fairy (Meredith Oakes) (60m) (26-12-2009; 21:30)
(19-09-2009; 21:30) People Snogging In Public Places (Jack Thorne) (60m) (23-10-2010; 21:30; 2011, BBC7)
(26-09-2009; 20:50) Side Effects (Morna Pearson) (45m) (24-07-2010; 21:45)
(03-10-2009; 21:00) The Lady Of Kingsland Waste* (J Parkes) (45m) (21-08-2010; 21:45)
(10-10-2009; 21:45) The First Day Of The Rest Of My Life (Martin Jameson) (60m) (02-10-2010; 20:45)
(24-10-2009; 21:15) Me & Cilla (Lee Mattinson) (45m) (31-07-2010; 21:45)
(06-02-2010; 21:45) The Gold Farmer (Alan Harris) (45m) (28-08-2010; 21:45)
(13-02-2010; 21:00) Rapture Frequency (Abbie Spallen) (60m) (17-07-2011; 21:15)
(20-02-2010; 21:00) Life On The Edges (Nicola Wilson) (45m) (07-08-2010; 21:45)
(27-02-2010; 21:15) Look Closer (Michael Bhim) (45m) (No Rpt)
(06-03-2010; 21:00) Lucy Island (Laura Lomas) (45m) (04-09-2010; 21:45)
(18-09-2010; 21:45) Lump Boy (Chris Wilson) (45m) (06-08-2011; 21:15)
(25-09-2010; 21:30) Castlereagh To Kandahar (Rosemary Jenkinson) (60m) (No Rpt)
(09-10-2010; 21:45) The First Domino (Jonathan Cash) (45m) (13-08-2011; 21:45)
(16-10-2010; 20:00) Why I Don't Hate White People* (Lemn Sissay) (50m) (31-07-2011; 21:15)
(29-01-2011; 21:30) This Isn't Romance (In-Sook Chappell) (60m) (03-09-2011; 21:30)
(05-02-2011; 21:15) Story Of A Rude Gal (Charlotte Thompson) (45m) (No Rpt)
(12-02-2011; 22:00) One Night In Iran (Oliver Emanuel) (30m) (No Rpt)
(19-02-2011; 21:30) Etian (Malcolm McKay) (60m) (No Rpt)
(26-02-2011; 21:30) The Wall (Ed Harris) (30m) (12-05-2012; 21:00)
(05-03-2011; 21:45) Proud (Natalie Mitchell) (45m) (09-03-2013; 21:30)
(08-10-2011; 21:40) Seven Scenes (Nicola Baldwin) (50m) (No Rpt)
(15-10-2011; 21:20) The Last Executioner (Peter-Jakob Kelting) (45m) (No Rpt)
(22-10-2011; 20:45) Iced (Kate Clanchy) (45m) (29-09-2012; 20:45)
(29-10-2011; 21:30) The Empire (D C Moore) (60m) (No Rpt)
(12-11-2011; 20:45) The Thank You Present (Christopher Reason) (60m) (22-09-2012; 21:00)
(04-02-2012; 21:45) Zurich (Pearse Elliott) (45m) (10-11-2012; 21:30)
(18-02-2012; 21:30) That I Should Rise (A L Kennedy) (60m)
(25-02-2012; 21:30) Takeover (Paul Sellar) (60m) (06-10-2012; 21:30)
(10-03-2012; 21:30) Father, Son & Holy Ghost (Kwame Kwei-Armah) (60m) (20-10-2012; 21:30)
(17-03-2012; 21:30) Tony Teardrop* (Esther Wilson) (45m)
(01-09-2012; 21:45) Ballad Of The Burning Boy (Lavinia Murray) (45m)
(13-10-2012; 21:30) Everything Between Us (David Ireland) (45m)
(27-10-2012; 21:00) Adventures Of The Soul (Lizzie Mickery) (45m)
(22-12-2012; 21:00) The Pythagorean Comma* (Blake Morrison) (60m)
(09-02-2013; 21:40) Fresh Berries (Catherine Johnson) (50m)
(16-02-2013; 21:15) We Are Mermaid (Frazer Flintham) (45m)
(23-02-2013; 21:00) Early Warning* (Richard Monks) (60m)
(09-03-2013; 21:00) Proud (Natalie Mitchell) (45m)
(16-03-2013; 20:45) The Startling Truths Of Old World Sparrows (Fiona Evans) (45m)
(23-03-2013; 21:00) Farewell (Clare Dwyer Hogg) (60m)
(02-11-2013; 21:45) The Insider (Leila Aboulela) (45m)
(30-11-2013; 21:45) Wild Blood (Inua Ellams) (45m)
(07-12-2013; 21:45) Mother of Him (Evan Placey) (60m)
(14-12-2013; 21:30) Fit to Burst (Tim Loane) (60m)
(21-12-2013; 21:30) Nest (Annie Griffin) (60m)
(08-02-2014; 22:30) Educator* (Hayley Squires) (45m)
(15-02-2014; 21:30) Dostoevsky and the Chickens (Xiaola Guo) (60m)
(22-02-2014; 21:45) Terrace (Dafydd James) (45m)
(01-03-2014; 21:00) Country and Irish (Patrick McCabe) (60m)
(10-08-2014; 22:15) The Startling Truths of Old World Sparrows (Fiona Evans) (45m)
(24-08-2014; 22:00) Mother of Him (Evan Placey) (60m)
