Daniel and Lucy hire Nigel the builder to prepare for the new baby. Stars David Tennant and Elizabeth Carling. From November 2003. Show more
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Comedienne Deborah Frances-White's own true story of hunting her birth mother to find out why she gave her away. From April 2015. Show more
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Lyse Doucet travels to Liberia to talk to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first elected female head of state in Africa. Show more
Emerald Green is a vain, ambitious black woman. Can she really become a chat-show queen? Stars Llewella Gideon. From May 1998. Show more
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Public versus state schools, Merseyside mariachi and trouble at t'mill - all in half an hour. Songs and sketches with John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From May 1968. Show more
Newly qualified lawyer Roger annoys his girlfriend Sally by defending a wife-beater. Stars Richard Briers. From July 1971. Show more
Graeme Garden chairs the debating game featuring Steve Punt, Tony Hawks, Gyles Brandreth and Simon Bates. From July 2000. Show more
On the expedition to Kathmandu, the five travellers hit Europe but mutiny is in the air. Stars David Haig. From June 1996. Show more
A hapless piano tutor is drawn into the high-stakes world of a Russian oligarch on the verge of bankruptcy. Stars Matthew Marsh. Show more
Shortly before his 2003 death, Winston Graham imagined meeting his best-loved and most spirited creation. Read by Ewan Bailey. Show more
Summer 1802: Beethoven's life is at crisis point – will he be able to live with his impending deafness? Stars Robert Glenister. Show more
Public versus state schools, Merseyside mariachi and trouble at t'mill - all in half an hour. Songs and sketches with John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From May 1968. Show more
Newly qualified lawyer Roger annoys his girlfriend Sally by defending a wife-beater. Stars Richard Briers. From July 1971. Show more
Can the sleuth help a man who has taken on a very perilous job? With Norman Shelley. From April 1960. Show more
Lyse Doucet travels to Liberia to talk to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first elected female head of state in Africa. Show more
Sir Christopher Probyn's idyllic retirement is about to be shattered. Damian Lewis continues John le Carré's gripping novel. Show more
Marina Warner is drawn into the tales' rich history of illustration. These evocative stories have always stirred vivid images in the minds of artists. Show more
Little Nell is faced with the most important decision of her young life. Dickens dramatisation with Alex Jennings.
Leo Tolstoy's passionate search for the meaning of life. Can simplifying faith give us an answer? Read by Joss Ackland. From February 1993.
A hapless piano tutor is drawn into the high-stakes world of a Russian oligarch on the verge of bankruptcy. Stars Matthew Marsh. Show more
Graeme Garden chairs the debating game featuring Steve Punt, Tony Hawks, Gyles Brandreth and Simon Bates. From July 2000. Show more
On the expedition to Kathmandu, the five travellers hit Europe but mutiny is in the air. Stars David Haig. From June 1996. Show more
Emerald Green is a vain, ambitious black woman. Can she really become a chat-show queen? Stars Llewella Gideon. From May 1998. Show more
Catering at Anthony’s aunt’s funeral – Damien must cope with his literary agent. Stars Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards. From 2014. Show more
Ambassador B opts to turn in her badge on the next planet she finds. But there is no one to surrender to. Stars Fenella Woolgar. Show more
Sounds of a piano played at night lead a father and his son into a confrontation with a malign adversary. Read by Tony Doyle. Show more
Paul Weller talks to John Wilson about the inspiration behind the last album by The Jam in 1982, 'The Gift'. From November 2012. Show more
Public versus state schools, Merseyside mariachi and trouble at t'mill - all in half an hour. Songs and sketches with John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From May 1968. Show more
Newly qualified lawyer Roger annoys his girlfriend Sally by defending a wife-beater. Stars Richard Briers. From July 1971. Show more
Can the sleuth help a man who has taken on a very perilous job? With Norman Shelley. From April 1960. Show more
Lyse Doucet travels to Liberia to talk to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first elected female head of state in Africa. Show more
Made for 4 Extra. Amanda Litherland and Geoff Lloyd chat about their favourite podcasts, featuring 'Distraction Pieces' with Scroobius Pip and 'Unpopped'. Show more
Catering at Anthony’s aunt’s funeral – Damien must cope with his literary agent. Stars Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards. From 2014. Show more
The celebrity medium's guest on this side of the great divide is Hardeep Singh Kohli. Stars Tom Binns. From February 2013. Show more
From 10pm to midnight, 7 days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith chats to Jenny Eclair.
More radio ridicule from Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes, including Thought for the Day... for Satanists. From December 2008. Show more
The comedian and comic poet get chatting in the tag talk show, where the guest becomes the next interviewer. From 2007. Show more
Ambassador B opts to turn in her badge on the next planet she finds. But there is no one to surrender to. Stars Fenella Woolgar. Show more
Sounds of a piano played at night lead a father and his son into a confrontation with a malign adversary. Read by Tony Doyle. Show more
Paul Weller talks to John Wilson about the inspiration behind the last album by The Jam in 1982, 'The Gift'. From November 2012. Show more
Can the sleuth help a man who has taken on a very perilous job? With Norman Shelley. From April 1960. Show more
Lyse Doucet travels to Liberia to talk to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first elected female head of state in Africa. Show more
Sir Christopher Probyn's idyllic retirement is about to be shattered. Damian Lewis continues John le Carré's gripping novel. Show more
Marina Warner is drawn into the tales' rich history of illustration. These evocative stories have always stirred vivid images in the minds of artists. Show more
Little Nell is faced with the most important decision of her young life. Dickens dramatisation with Alex Jennings.
Leo Tolstoy's passionate search for the meaning of life. Can simplifying faith give us an answer? Read by Joss Ackland. From February 1993.
A hapless piano tutor is drawn into the high-stakes world of a Russian oligarch on the verge of bankruptcy. Stars Matthew Marsh. Show more
Graeme Garden chairs the debating game featuring Steve Punt, Tony Hawks, Gyles Brandreth and Simon Bates. From July 2000. Show more
On the expedition to Kathmandu, the five travellers hit Europe but mutiny is in the air. Stars David Haig. From June 1996. Show more