A well-bred horse hits hard times and poor health due to overwork. The 1877 classic stars Adam Godley and Liza Sadovy. Show more
Commander Dalgliesh discovers a murder victim, but The Whistler seems to be out of the frame for this one. PD James dramatisation stars Robin Ellis.
On the run from the police, sleuth Albert Campion and his servant Lugg receive a deeply unsettling visitor. Roger Allam reads Margery Allingham's mystery. Show more
Why did Dawkins' servant threaten the little garden boy if he spoke to the detective? Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's mystery.
Will Cathy finally make the break and give up city life for good? Stars Jonathan Tafler and Lesley Sharp. From June 1994. Show more
David Mitchell hosts, as Lloyd Langford, Celia Pacquola, Phill Jupitus and Marcus Brigstocke are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on a variety of subjects. Show more
'Who killed the Amazing Proudbasket?' Plus Kenneth Horne trolls round to Bona Tours. With Kenneth Williams and Hugh Paddick. From April 1965. Show more
Queen Esmerelda appoints the Venerable Bede to research her husband Jim's ancestry. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From October 1979.
Pip faces fresh dangers on a reading tour to New York. Mark Evans' Victorian comic epic stars Tom Allen. From November 2010. Show more
Summer is finally here - but the notion of stopping work appeals less to some than to others. Stars Jim Sweeney. From October 2002. Show more
The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks
2. Skirmishes
1 hour
on BBC Radio 4 ExtraAvailable for years
Lucilla's revolution may be a success thus far, but Mr Cavendish is causing ructions. Stars Elizabeth Spriggs and Paul Daneman. Show more
A forgotten book and an email arriving out of the blue trigger the tipping point for a marriage. Read by Niamh Cusack.
Loose Ends
Clive Anderson, Raymond Gubbay, Miles Jupp, Dan Mazer, Matthew Fort, Ralf Little, I Am Kloot, Milo Greene
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Clive Anderson is joined by classical music impresario Raymond Gubbay, Matthew Fort, Miles Jupp, Ralf Little and Dan Mazer. With music from I Am Kloot and Milo Green. Show more
'Who killed the Amazing Proudbasket?' Plus Kenneth Horne trolls round to Bona Tours. With Kenneth Williams and Hugh Paddick. From April 1965. Show more
Queen Esmerelda appoints the Venerable Bede to research her husband Jim's ancestry. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From October 1979.
Commander Dalgliesh discovers a murder victim, but The Whistler seems to be out of the frame for this one. PD James dramatisation stars Robin Ellis.
On the run from the police, sleuth Albert Campion and his servant Lugg receive a deeply unsettling visitor. Roger Allam reads Margery Allingham's mystery. Show more
Why did Dawkins' servant threaten the little garden boy if he spoke to the detective? Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's mystery.
Valjean is nervous about Marius' pursuit of Cosette. Joss Ackland stars in Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love. Show more
Historian Amanda Vickery's tale of a scandalous celebrity divorce, where the husband was prime minster. What did the wife get? Show more
4 Extra Debut. Paris, 1785 - A young engineer from Normandy waits in the Palace of Versailles to meet with the minister. Read by John Sessions.
Humorist, writer and broadcaster Alan Coren muses on his beloved part of London, home to potato crisps and the machine gun. Show more
The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks
2. Skirmishes
1 hour
on BBC Radio 4 ExtraAvailable for years
Lucilla's revolution may be a success thus far, but Mr Cavendish is causing ructions. Stars Elizabeth Spriggs and Paul Daneman. Show more
Mel Giedroyc hears nasty, gruesome things about the Romans from Terry Deary's brilliant Horrible Histories. And the nature series features the beautiful story of the sea swallow.
Alun Armstrong stars as Giovanni Guareschi's Italian village priest. The communist mayor wants his child baptised. From March 2001.
Will Cathy finally make the break and give up city life for good? Stars Jonathan Tafler and Lesley Sharp. From June 1994. Show more
It's 1945, and the Allies are certain to win the war. Then an unidentified aircraft appears. Stars Rory Kinnear and Tim McMullan. Show more
The unquestioning crew of starship Challenger follow two on-board 'angels' in search of new home planets. Stars Sean Arnold. Show more
'Who killed the Amazing Proudbasket?' Plus Kenneth Horne trolls round to Bona Tours. With Kenneth Williams and Hugh Paddick. From April 1965. Show more
Queen Esmerelda appoints the Venerable Bede to research her husband Jim's ancestry. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From October 1979.
Commander Dalgliesh discovers a murder victim, but The Whistler seems to be out of the frame for this one. PD James dramatisation stars Robin Ellis.
On the run from the police, sleuth Albert Campion and his servant Lugg receive a deeply unsettling visitor. Roger Allam reads Margery Allingham's mystery. Show more
Why did Dawkins' servant threaten the little garden boy if he spoke to the detective? Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's mystery.
A forgotten book and an email arriving out of the blue trigger the tipping point for a marriage. Read by Niamh Cusack.
Loose Ends
Clive Anderson, Raymond Gubbay, Miles Jupp, Dan Mazer, Matthew Fort, Ralf Little, I Am Kloot, Milo Greene
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 ExtraClive Anderson is joined by classical music impresario Raymond Gubbay, Matthew Fort, Miles Jupp, Ralf Little and Dan Mazer. With music from I Am Kloot and Milo Green. Show more
David Mitchell hosts, as Lloyd Langford, Celia Pacquola, Phill Jupitus and Marcus Brigstocke are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on a variety of subjects. Show more
The young aspiring politicians of the new political Party try to grapple with law and order. Stars Tom Basden. From June 2011. Show more
An extended edition of this week's News Quiz, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Francis Wheen, Rebecca Front and Sue Perkins.
All the World's a Globe
6. The Interregnum and the Age of Turmoil
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 ExtraAvailable for 8 months
Battles galore in the National Theatre of Brent's definitive history of Earth. Stars Patrick Barlow. From May 1990. Show more
It's 1945, and the Allies are certain to win the war. Then an unidentified aircraft appears. Stars Rory Kinnear and Tim McMullan. Show more
The unquestioning crew of starship Challenger follow two on-board 'angels' in search of new home planets. Stars Sean Arnold. Show more
Commander Dalgliesh discovers a murder victim, but The Whistler seems to be out of the frame for this one. PD James dramatisation stars Robin Ellis.
On the run from the police, sleuth Albert Campion and his servant Lugg receive a deeply unsettling visitor. Roger Allam reads Margery Allingham's mystery. Show more
Why did Dawkins' servant threaten the little garden boy if he spoke to the detective? Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's mystery.
Pip faces fresh dangers on a reading tour to New York. Mark Evans' Victorian comic epic stars Tom Allen. From November 2010. Show more
Summer is finally here - but the notion of stopping work appeals less to some than to others. Stars Jim Sweeney. From October 2002. Show more
The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks
2. Skirmishes
1 hour
on BBC Radio 4 ExtraAvailable for years
Lucilla's revolution may be a success thus far, but Mr Cavendish is causing ructions. Stars Elizabeth Spriggs and Paul Daneman. Show more
A forgotten book and an email arriving out of the blue trigger the tipping point for a marriage. Read by Niamh Cusack.
Loose Ends
Clive Anderson, Raymond Gubbay, Miles Jupp, Dan Mazer, Matthew Fort, Ralf Little, I Am Kloot, Milo Greene
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 ExtraClive Anderson is joined by classical music impresario Raymond Gubbay, Matthew Fort, Miles Jupp, Ralf Little and Dan Mazer. With music from I Am Kloot and Milo Green. Show more
