15 Minute Drama

{{Italic title}} {{short description|BBC Radio 4 Arts and Drama production strand}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

'''''15 Minute Drama''''', previously known as '''''Woman's Hour Drama''''', is a [[BBC Radio 4]] arts and drama production strand that was broadcast between 1998 and 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kanter |first=Jake |date=11 May 2021 |title=Actors' Union Equity Slams BBC Plans To Ditch Audio Drama Slot That Featured Stars Including Helen McCrory |url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/equity-bbc-cancel-radio-4-15-minute-drama-1234753772/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |work=Deadline}}</ref> It consisted of 15-minute episodes, broadcast every weekday 10:45–11:00 am (i.e. at the end of ''[[Woman's Hour]]'' proper), repeated at 7:45–8:00 pm. These tended to be plays which extended over a week, or multiple of five episodes. Occasionally, each day's slot for a week or more would be filled by single drama, linked to the others of the week by a theme. For the last decade of its broadcasting life, the single episodes would be repeated as omnibuses on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] at the weekend.

The subjects covered were many and varied, and not just for women. According to [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]], they aimed to provide a mixture of classic and contemporary drama, adaptations of books and original writing.

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