English drama inspired by Communist is shown again (8)
I believe the answer is:
replayed
'is shown again' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'english drama inspired by communist' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation as in OED).
'drama' becomes 'play' (synonyms).
'inspired by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters breathed in or 'inspired' by others).
'communist' becomes 'red' (red can informally mean communist).
'e'+'play'='eplay'
'eplay' put within 'red' is 'REPLAYED'.
(Other definitions for replayed that I've seen before include "Lady peer (anag.)" , "Was broadcasted again" , "done again" .)