Paul Jackson reveals how album rock series 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' survived on TV for 16 years. With Bob Harris. From February 2011. Show more
Can sales assistant Sapna Sinha pass seven tests to change her life? From Vikas Swarup's novel The Accidental Apprentice.
Pierrot Hero: The Story of Clifford Essex
Episode 2: Henley Regatta, July 1891
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Clifford Essex and his pioneering pierrots are a success at Henley - despite the rain! From February 2013. Show more
Isy helps out Matlock's new chef and her Elvis impersonator admirer, while looking for signs in her own love life. From 2013. Show more
A West End musical spoof, plus trouble over a ring for the Glums. Stars Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From February 1959. Show more
Baby talk and hairy bath-time antics from the much-loved comic duo. With guest singer Wilma Reading. From February 1975. Show more
500 years after the Reformation, historian Diarmaid MacCulloch explores its impact on our lives now. Show more
Singer and songwriter Phil Collins shares 'All My Loving' by The Beatles and Bob Dylan's 'The Times They Are A Changin'.
4 Extra Debut. From Fred Astaire to the Ink Spots. James Bond film set designer Ken Adam's castaway choices. With Sue Lawley. From May 2004.
True stories told live in the USA. George Dawes Green introduces stories about winning, losing and religious belief. Show more
The Listening Project
Claudia and Isabella - Sisterly Hierarchy
5 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 ExtraAvailable for over a year
Fi Glover hears a conversation between sisters Claudia and Izzy, recorded when Claudia was 11 and Izzy 10; they are close, but Claudia will always be the older sister. Show more
A West End musical spoof, plus trouble over a ring for the Glums. Stars Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From February 1959. Show more
Baby talk and hairy bath-time antics from the much-loved comic duo. With guest singer Wilma Reading. From February 1975. Show more
Can sales assistant Sapna Sinha pass seven tests to change her life? From Vikas Swarup's novel The Accidental Apprentice.
Pierrot Hero: The Story of Clifford Essex
Episode 2: Henley Regatta, July 1891
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 ExtraClifford Essex and his pioneering pierrots are a success at Henley - despite the rain! From February 2013. Show more
Writer Karl Ove Knausgaard relives the story of his life, from childhood to the death of his father. Read by David Threlfall. Show more
4 Extra Debut. 'I'm not sorry... I just want it get it off my chest. You thought I was a woman, didn't you?'. Short story read by Sion Probert.
4 Extra Debut. Who inspired Gustave Flaubert for Emma in his masterpiece, Madame Bovary? How did writing impact on him? Stars Robert Glenister. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Part poetry and part national topological survey with a seam of encounters along the way; poet and broadcaster Paul Farley's envisages Michael Drayton's Poly-Olbion. Show more
Isy helps out Matlock's new chef and her Elvis impersonator admirer, while looking for signs in her own love life. From 2013. Show more
Mrs Meadowsweet offers truly carefree guesthouse holidays, but newcomers Madge and Arthur are suspicious. Stars Rosemary Leach. Show more
Martin dresses up the old newel stair post to look like a person, but his joke soon turns very creepy. Read by Malcolm Raeburn. Show more
True stories told live in the USA. George Dawes Green introduces stories about winning, losing and religious belief. Show more
The Listening Project
Claudia and Isabella - Sisterly Hierarchy
5 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 ExtraAvailable for over a year
Fi Glover hears a conversation between sisters Claudia and Izzy, recorded when Claudia was 11 and Izzy 10; they are close, but Claudia will always be the older sister. Show more
500 years after the Reformation, historian Diarmaid MacCulloch explores its impact on our lives now. Show more
Singer and songwriter Phil Collins shares 'All My Loving' by The Beatles and Bob Dylan's 'The Times They Are A Changin'.
4 Extra Debut. From Fred Astaire to the Ink Spots. James Bond film set designer Ken Adam's castaway choices. With Sue Lawley. From May 2004.
Isy helps out Matlock's new chef and her Elvis impersonator admirer, while looking for signs in her own love life. From 2013. Show more
Neil Innes recalls working with Monty Python and performs jingles for products you never knew you needed. From January 2003. Show more
The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith is joined in the Comedy Club by Shazia Mirza.
The air crew dodge a fuel and financial crisis with the aid of the Scottish cricket team. Stars Stephanie Cole. From July 2008. Show more
Big Mac is the prime minister. You've never had it so long! Craig Brown's satirical history of Britain. From September 2006. Show more
Mrs Meadowsweet offers truly carefree guesthouse holidays, but newcomers Madge and Arthur are suspicious. Stars Rosemary Leach. Show more
Martin dresses up the old newel stair post to look like a person, but his joke soon turns very creepy. Read by Malcolm Raeburn. Show more
Can sales assistant Sapna Sinha pass seven tests to change her life? From Vikas Swarup's novel The Accidental Apprentice.
Pierrot Hero: The Story of Clifford Essex
Episode 2: Henley Regatta, July 1891
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 ExtraClifford Essex and his pioneering pierrots are a success at Henley - despite the rain! From February 2013. Show more
Writer Karl Ove Knausgaard relives the story of his life, from childhood to the death of his father. Read by David Threlfall. Show more
4 Extra Debut. 'I'm not sorry... I just want it get it off my chest. You thought I was a woman, didn't you?'. Short story read by Sion Probert.
4 Extra Debut. Who inspired Gustave Flaubert for Emma in his masterpiece, Madame Bovary? How did writing impact on him? Stars Robert Glenister. Show more
