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Jim Hacker rebuts state surveillance until his own life is threatened. Adapted from TV with Paul Eddington. From November 1984. Show more
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Hibernian Homicide: New Irish Crime Stories
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15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Jim Hacker rebuts state surveillance until his own life is threatened. Adapted from TV with Paul Eddington. From November 1984. Show more
A certain brown terror awaits Dick Emery, who is filling Harry Secombe's shoes, but not his trousers. From September 1957. Show more
Sid Halley must probe a link between cauliflowers and pig disease, and the loss of three champion racehorses. Stars Mick Ford. Show more
Alok Jha asks if the UK is doing enough to make sure we have a dream - premiership - team when it comes to science? From 2013. Show more
First World War 100: Poetry's Passing Bells
Anthem For Doomed Youth, The Josephine Hart Poetry Programme
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Made for 4 Extra. Poet Daljit Nagra's archive tribute includes Wilfred Owen poems read by Kenneth Branagh, from 1993, and, from 2008, The Josephine Hart Poetry Programme. Show more
Starting college, an uncomfortable theatre trip and romantic upset. Nina Stibbe's letters from 1980s literary London read by Rebekah Staton. Show more
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More testing brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Paul Lamford, Professor Angela Newing and Robert Eastaway. From July 1998.
Romance writer Anna's love life is causing problems on the page. Stars Samantha Bond and Hugh Bonneville. From October 2001. Show more
A promising partnership, draws newly redundant Ken deeper into the world of serious gambling. Stars Gerard McDermott. Show more
Hardacre’s son Elgin joins the ad agency as a copywriter and reveals some strange beliefs. Starring James Northcote. From 2018. Show more
Released murderer Paul claims he can foresee imminent crimes, but the police think he's the perpetrator. Stars Dermot Crowley. Show more
Pacifist Vera Brittain - witness to the toll of the First World War - recalled by daughter Baroness Shirley Williams. From 2012. Show more
Jim Hacker rebuts state surveillance until his own life is threatened. Adapted from TV with Paul Eddington. From November 1984. Show more
A certain brown terror awaits Dick Emery, who is filling Harry Secombe's shoes, but not his trousers. From September 1957. Show more
Sid Halley must probe a link between cauliflowers and pig disease, and the loss of three champion racehorses. Stars Mick Ford. Show more
Alok Jha asks if the UK is doing enough to make sure we have a dream - premiership - team when it comes to science? From 2013. Show more
Hibernian Homicide: New Irish Crime Stories
Episode 3: Faith, by Stuart Neville
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 ExtraA minister is asked to perpetrate an unspeakable crime for one of his parishioners. Read by Stuart Graham. Show more
Arriving in France, the US Army includes 200,000 black soldiers. Mrs Addie Washington is one of only four YMCA workers sent to support them, as they face their own particular war. Show more
Hardacre’s son Elgin joins the ad agency as a copywriter and reveals some strange beliefs. Starring James Northcote. From 2018. Show more
Made for 4 Extra. Short-form show from the same team behind the long-running Newsjack, hosted by Angela Barnes and written entirely by the great British public.
All the World's a Globe
Episode 3: 3. The Fall of Troy. The Rise of Greece
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 ExtraAvailable for 12 months
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Released murderer Paul claims he can foresee imminent crimes, but the police think he's the perpetrator. Stars Dermot Crowley. Show more
Pacifist Vera Brittain - witness to the toll of the First World War - recalled by daughter Baroness Shirley Williams. From 2012. Show more
Sid Halley must probe a link between cauliflowers and pig disease, and the loss of three champion racehorses. Stars Mick Ford. Show more
Alok Jha asks if the UK is doing enough to make sure we have a dream - premiership - team when it comes to science? From 2013. Show more
First World War 100: Poetry's Passing Bells
Anthem For Doomed Youth, The Josephine Hart Poetry Programme
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 ExtraMade for 4 Extra. Poet Daljit Nagra's archive tribute includes Wilfred Owen poems read by Kenneth Branagh, from 1993, and, from 2008, The Josephine Hart Poetry Programme. Show more
Starting college, an uncomfortable theatre trip and romantic upset. Nina Stibbe's letters from 1980s literary London read by Rebekah Staton. Show more
1916 was when World War One intensified. Dan Snow explores the events of that year through archive interviews with those who experienced it. Show more
More testing brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Paul Lamford, Professor Angela Newing and Robert Eastaway. From July 1998.
Romance writer Anna's love life is causing problems on the page. Stars Samantha Bond and Hugh Bonneville. From October 2001. Show more
