Daljit Nagra chooses Man Versus God featuring Muhammad Iqbal’s epic poem Shikwa. Presented by Seema Anand. From 2011. Show more
Barney and Cathy have money woes, Evan and Fiona are arguing and David writes a raunchy book. Stars Jack Doherty. From 2016. Show more
Amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey heads to Battersea for a suspicious death. Dorothy L Sayers' mystery with Ian Carmichael. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Crime writer Mike Phillips investigates black British crime fiction and asks why there is still a reluctance to see the black detective as hero. From May 2011. Show more
50-plusers Ray and Jane act like love-struck teenagers with new paramours half their age. Stars Juliet Stevenson. From 2012. Show more
Tim Brooke-Taylor, Tony Hawks, Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke find themselves amidst the Victorian splendour of Portsmouth’s New Theatre Royal with Jack Dee in the chair. Show more
Things are running away with the dear ladies - like the lawnmower. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From March 1977. Show more
Captain Mainwaring gets carried away with the platoon's war effort. Adapted from TV. With Arthur Lowe. From June 1975. Show more
Nicholas Parsons challenges Jenny Éclair, Tony Hawks, Richard Herring and Paul Sinha to speak for 60 seconds. From 2012.
A missionary expedition leads to peril in the far flung Caribbean. Stars Roy Hudd and Denise Coffey. From August 1986.
James Hilton - Lost Horizon
Episode 1: 1. The Kidnapping
1 hour
on BBC Radio 4 ExtraAvailable for years
The 1931 mystery of a hijacked plane - and passenger Hugh Conway's arrival at the lamasery of Shangri-La. Stars Derek Jacobi. Show more
Chris Anderson talks to some of the most interesting TED stage speakers: outspoken critic of ‘big tech’, Roger McNamee. Show more
The story of two girls, one English and one German, whose friendship was formed in the shadow of WWII. Show more
Things are running away with the dear ladies - like the lawnmower. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From March 1977. Show more
Captain Mainwaring gets carried away with the platoon's war effort. Adapted from TV. With Arthur Lowe. From June 1975. Show more
Amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey heads to Battersea for a suspicious death. Dorothy L Sayers' mystery with Ian Carmichael. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Crime writer Mike Phillips investigates black British crime fiction and asks why there is still a reluctance to see the black detective as hero. From May 2011. Show more
It's 1906 in upstate New York. A body is found in a lake, and young Mattie's life is changed forever. Read by Vicki Simon. Show more
Andrew Dilnot charts the history of the British state through its numbers: the development of social security. From 2015. Show more
Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell's tale of a woman worried about a derelict house. Stars Marcia Warren.
4 Extra Debut. Life in a large Irish family in a small Watford semi in the 1970s - Mary Portas recalls misbehaviour at communion and school. Show more
James Hilton - Lost Horizon
Episode 1: 1. The Kidnapping
1 hour
on BBC Radio 4 ExtraAvailable for years
The 1931 mystery of a hijacked plane - and passenger Hugh Conway's arrival at the lamasery of Shangri-La. Stars Derek Jacobi. Show more
Nicholas Parsons challenges Jenny Éclair, Tony Hawks, Richard Herring and Paul Sinha to speak for 60 seconds. From 2012.
A missionary expedition leads to peril in the far flung Caribbean. Stars Roy Hudd and Denise Coffey. From August 1986.
50-plusers Ray and Jane act like love-struck teenagers with new paramours half their age. Stars Juliet Stevenson. From 2012. Show more
Tim Brooke-Taylor, Tony Hawks, Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke find themselves amidst the Victorian splendour of Portsmouth’s New Theatre Royal with Jack Dee in the chair. Show more
Swept across the galaxy, two children must battle the evil Ice Queen. 1998 retelling of The Snow Queen, with Tara Prendergast. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Sophie Hannah and Simon Warner discuss books by Kurt Vonnegut, Jill McGown and Kate Summerscale. From 2009. Show more
Things are running away with the dear ladies - like the lawnmower. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From March 1977. Show more
Captain Mainwaring gets carried away with the platoon's war effort. Adapted from TV. With Arthur Lowe. From June 1975. Show more
Rebecca Jones introduces No Place Like Home written by James Creswell, and The Entity written by Luke Beardsley. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Crime writer Mike Phillips investigates black British crime fiction and asks why there is still a reluctance to see the black detective as hero. From May 2011. Show more
Chris Anderson talks to some of the most interesting TED stage speakers: outspoken critic of ‘big tech’, Roger McNamee. Show more
The story of two girls, one English and one German, whose friendship was formed in the shadow of WWII. Show more
Tim Brooke-Taylor, Tony Hawks, Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke find themselves amidst the Victorian splendour of Portsmouth’s New Theatre Royal with Jack Dee in the chair. Show more
Pip wants to save the poor and Harry Biscuit wants swans. Mark Evans's Dickensian spoof starring Tom Allen. From 2009. Show more
From 10.00pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Harriet Kemsley is your host and chats to the comedian Louise Young.
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. Show more
A train gets named, while Aaron the Aardvark grudgingly joins a Saturday kids show. Stars Geoffrey Perkins. From August 1985. Show more
Swept across the galaxy, two children must battle the evil Ice Queen. 1998 retelling of The Snow Queen, with Tara Prendergast. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Sophie Hannah and Simon Warner discuss books by Kurt Vonnegut, Jill McGown and Kate Summerscale. From 2009. Show more
Amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey heads to Battersea for a suspicious death. Dorothy L Sayers' mystery with Ian Carmichael. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Crime writer Mike Phillips investigates black British crime fiction and asks why there is still a reluctance to see the black detective as hero. From May 2011. Show more
It's 1906 in upstate New York. A body is found in a lake, and young Mattie's life is changed forever. Read by Vicki Simon. Show more
Andrew Dilnot charts the history of the British state through its numbers: the development of social security. From 2015. Show more
Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell's tale of a woman worried about a derelict house. Stars Marcia Warren.
4 Extra Debut. Life in a large Irish family in a small Watford semi in the 1970s - Mary Portas recalls misbehaviour at communion and school. Show more
James Hilton - Lost Horizon
Episode 1: 1. The Kidnapping
1 hour
on BBC Radio 4 ExtraAvailable for years
The 1931 mystery of a hijacked plane - and passenger Hugh Conway's arrival at the lamasery of Shangri-La. Stars Derek Jacobi. Show more
Nicholas Parsons challenges Jenny Éclair, Tony Hawks, Richard Herring and Paul Sinha to speak for 60 seconds. From 2012.
A missionary expedition leads to peril in the far flung Caribbean. Stars Roy Hudd and Denise Coffey. From August 1986.
