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Tom Fort travels from the white cliffs of Dover to Land's End in search of maritime tales. Read by Jonathan Coy.
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Dudley and Harry end up at the mercy of a devious criminal. Stars Peter Jones, Harry Worth and Irene Handl. From June 1959. Show more
Family chaos reigns when Bobby plays the hero. Popular 50s sitcom with Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison. From September 1957. Show more
Five darkly comic tales by the master of the bizarre - Roald Dahl. With Charles Dance as the storyteller.
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1967: An exhibition of Lawrie's newly discovered Robles is mooted. Read by Martina Laird and Jessica Raine.
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Poetry Extra
Tales from Ovid: Semele; Peleus and Thetis; Pygmalion; The Birth of Hercules
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Daljit Nagra introduces stories retold from Ovid's Metamorphoses including Pygmalion. Written and read by Ted Hughes. From April 1998. Show more
Music and comedy with Alex Horne and his five-piece jazz band. Isy Suttie duets with Alex, her Slovenian prince. From March 2012. Show more
Nick fights to find the person responsible for his lover Belinda's death. Sci-Fi thriller with David Thorpe. From February 2006. Show more
The Swede offers his opinion on the island's evil forces and the necessity of offering them a sacrifice. Read by Roger Allam. Show more
True stories told live in Ireland. Dan Kennedy introduces stories about being different, identification and survival. Episode 7 of 13. Show more
Tom Fort travels from the white cliffs of Dover to Land's End in search of maritime tales. Read by Jonathan Coy.
Actress-singer Maria Friedman chooses 'Peter and the Wolf' by Prokofiev and 'Bess, You is My Woman Now' by George Gershwin.
From Aretha Franklin to Gustav Mahler, conductor Marin Alsop shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From September 2014. Show more
Music and comedy with Alex Horne and his five-piece jazz band. Isy Suttie duets with Alex, her Slovenian prince. From March 2012. Show more
The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith is joined again by Fred MacAulay.
Faye's cooker is beeping, work deadlines are looming and flat-hunting sucks. Stars Daisy Haggard and Adam Buxton. From May 2007. Show more
Darkly comic memoirs of growing up in the 1970s. Will father's lecture on sex dampen our hero's ardour? With Peter Bradshaw. Show more
From Al Pacino to Paul McCartney, Jon Culshaw and friends imagine the private lives of the famous. From September 2012. Show more
The award-winning comic brings us the torrid tale of Justine's jeans and the sad story of a second gap year. From February 2007. Show more
Nick fights to find the person responsible for his lover Belinda's death. Sci-Fi thriller with David Thorpe. From February 2006. Show more
The Swede offers his opinion on the island's evil forces and the necessity of offering them a sacrifice. Read by Roger Allam. Show more
Five darkly comic tales by the master of the bizarre - Roald Dahl. With Charles Dance as the storyteller.
A Venetian island-monastery echoes with music. Charles Emmerson journeys through the Armenian diaspora of Europe. From December 2014. Show more
1967: An exhibition of Lawrie's newly discovered Robles is mooted. Read by Martina Laird and Jessica Raine.
At a raffle in India, a poor local man wins an unusual prize. But how to get it home? Read by Zia Mohyeddin. Show more
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