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  1. Castles in Spain

    Bookseller Grahame Mayer turns private eye in Edward Boyd's thriller.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. Last Breath

    Underwater thriller following the story of a diver trapped on the bottom of the North Sea.

    BBC Scotland

  3. Martin Jameson - Radio Daze

    As the Cold War rages, an actor at the BBC meets a mysterious and beautiful stranger.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. The Man with the Red Beard by Edgar Wallace

    Notorious vigilante, The Ringer, sets out to exact revenge.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5. The Capture

    Don't believe what you see.

    BBC One

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  6. The Company You Keep

    A former political activist goes on the run after a journalist discovers his identity.

    BBC One

  7. Giri/Haji

    Thriller exploring the butterfly effect of a single murder across two cities.

    BBC Two

  8. The Spy Gone North

    A soldier goes undercover to find out if the North Koreans are developing nuclear weapons.

    BBC Four

  9. The Dark Island

    Espionage in the remote islands of the Outer Hebrides with Edward de Souza.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  10. Julian Symons - The Colour of Murder

    A young man who suffers from bouts of amnesia is accused of a brutal murder.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11. William Gibson - Pattern Recognition

    Lorelei King reads William Gibson's fast-moving thriller about 'Coolhunter' Cayce.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  12. James Bond

    Toby Stephens stars as James Bond - Secret Service agent 007 created by Ian Fleming.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  13. The Manchurian Candidate

    A decorated war hero returns home but his platoon are troubled with recurring nightmares.

    BBC Two

  14. The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss-Made Bomb

    A teacher undertakes a dangerous Continental mission in Roy Clarke's comedy thriller.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  15. The Second Sleep, by Robert Harris

    In his latest novel, Robert Harris imagines a world without any of our current technology.

    BBC Radio 4

  16. The Train

    The French Resistance must stop a Nazi-comandeered train without damaging the cargo.

    BBC Two

  17. Deep Six

    Ex-SAS agent Terry is still hired for special 'jobs'. But his latest sparks alarms

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. The Beguiled

    When a wounded soldier is found by some girls, he seems to exert a strong pull over them.

    BBC One

  19. The Nest

    Two sides of Glasgow collide when a teenage girl makes a pact with a wealthy couple.

    BBC One

  20. American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins

    Jeanine Cummins' heart-stopping novel following the migrant trail into the US.

    BBC Radio 4

  21. DEVS

    When her partner doesn't return from work, Lily uncovers a life-changing conspiracy.

    BBC Two

  22. Source Code

    A military pilot (Jake Gyllenhaal) is sent on a secret mission - in someone else's body.

    BBC One

  23. The Conversation

    Gene Hackman stars as a surveillance expert whose work and private life become entangled.

    BBC Two

  24. Power Out

    If this is power, then power out

    BBC Radio 4

  25. An Bronntanas

    Thriller about a lifeboat crew that discovers drugs on a fishing boat.

    BBC ALBA

  26. The Secrets She Keeps

    What if the life you wanted belonged to someone else?

    BBC One

  27. Brixton Hill by Lottie Moggach

    Gripping contemporary novel by Lottie Moggach. Read by Maggie Service and Will Howard.

    BBC Radio 4

  28. The Joke About Hilary Spite

    A woman skilled in computing is drawn into a spy adventure. Stars Angela Pleasance.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  29. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    Cold War thriller about a retired MI6 agent who must track down a Soviet mole.

    BBC One

  30. John Fletcher - Night Express

    It’s 1933. A British agent’s first mission is in Vienna - then a political powder keg.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. Curlew in Autumn

    A lawyer faces bankruptcy and murder is looming. Stars David Ashton. From 1984.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  32. The Piper

    When music makes a girl vanish, a detective and her daughter uncover a terrifying force.

    BBC Radio 4

  33.

    A Simple Favour

    A small-town vlogger tries to uncover the truth about her best friend's disappearance.

    BBC One

  34. Second Chance

    Robert Mitchum, Linda Darnell and Jack Palance in a tense thriller.

    BBC Two

  35. The Left-Handed Sleeper

    When MP Mark Ritchie mysteriously disappears, MI5 wants answers - and so does his wife.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36. Passenger List

    The mystery of Flight 702 continues: Season 2 of the hit podcast starring Kelly Mare Tran.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. The Workshop

    A group of teenagers attend a crime-writing workshop in the south of France.

    BBC Four

  38. Some Mother's Son

    Campaigning ecology journalist Andy Smith lands in a ruthless struggle for power.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39. Entebbe

    The true-life story of the Operation Entebbe rescue mission.

    BBC Two

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    A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine

    The idyllic hot summer of 1976: ends in tragedy for a commune.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. Red For Danger by Edward J Mason

    Suspense thriller written by the co-creator of Dick Barton and The Archers.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42. Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls

    Joanne Whalley and Martin Jarvis lead a stellar cast in this masterly horror-thriller.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Fatal Attraction

    A man begins a casual affair with a woman who has her sights on something more permanent.

    BBC One

  44. Limelight

    The Limelight podcast - for fiction and drama serials you won't want to miss from Radio 4.

    BBC Radio 4

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  45. The Candle of Darkness

    A homicidal maniac terrorises a Scottish seaside town.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

    Greene's classic murder thriller set in the underworld of 1930s Brighton.

    BBC Radio 4

  47. Vigil

    Military investigator DCI Silva fights to uncover conspiracies of silence.

    BBC One

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  48. A White, White Day

    A widowed policeman discovers his late wife had been cheating on him.

    BBC Four

  49. Mike Walker - Different States

    Mike Walker's political thriller about a father's quest to uncover why his son was killed.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50. The Price of Silence

    Stephen Barlay's Cold War nuclear thriller about the threat of universal death.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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