Classic Serial

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| home_station = BBC Radio 4

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Classic Serial was a strand on BBC Radio 4, which broadcasts in series of one-hour dramas, "Adaptations of works which have achieved classic status." It is broadcast twice weekly, first from 3:00–4:00 pm on Sunday, then repeated from 9:00–10:00 pm the next Saturday.

Works adapted have included The Aeneid,{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} On the Beach,{{cite book |title=Classic Serial, On the Beach |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00f5xch |publisher=BBC Radio 4|accessdate=2015-01-03 }} and A Dance to the Music of Time, featuring such actors as Joss Ackland, Kenneth Branagh, and Judi Dench.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}