Poet Daljit Nagra selects We Will Arise and Go Now marking WB Yeats’ birth and his poem the Lake Isle of Innisfree. From 2015. Show more
Cunning Kat helps Uljabaan bowdlerise Earth literature for a post-invasion education programme. Stars Hattie Morahan. From 2013. Show more
MI6's duo discover that Tate has a connection to a holiday flat once rented by the Home Secretary. Stars Christopher Benjamin. Show more
Where 'New Romantics' came of age, Midge Ure explores The Blitz Club’s role in the 80s British synth-pop revolution. From 2010. Show more
Lucy sets up Daniel's party, but their mates seem too busy with kids. Stars David Tennant and Meera Syal. From June 2001. Show more
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with guests including zoologist Billy Heaney and comedian Jessica Fostekew. From 2020. Show more
All set for divorce and a new home, ad man Ken Handley gets a surprise at the agency. Stars Martin Jarvis. From February 1984. Show more
Mainwaring wants a parade mascot, so he decides the platoon must catch one. Adapted from TV with Arthur Lowe. From June 1976. Show more
Gyles Brandreth's scandalous quiz with Anthony Holden, Valerie Grove, Lucy Moore and Geoffrey Durham. From September 2004. Show more
A young pupil faces up to boarding school life with a fearsome headmaster and a head boy bully. Stars Roy Hudd. From July 1988. Show more
A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by his Roman soldier friend. Epic tale starring Jamie Glover and Samuel West. Show more
Guy Raz explores how we can build more humane cities, when the world faces overcrowding and risks to vulnerable people. Show more
Singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé chooses Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds and Elgar's Cello Concerto performed by Jacqueline Du Pre.
All set for divorce and a new home, ad man Ken Handley gets a surprise at the agency. Stars Martin Jarvis. From February 1984. Show more
Mainwaring wants a parade mascot, so he decides the platoon must catch one. Adapted from TV with Arthur Lowe. From June 1976. Show more
MI6's duo discover that Tate has a connection to a holiday flat once rented by the Home Secretary. Stars Christopher Benjamin. Show more
Where 'New Romantics' came of age, Midge Ure explores The Blitz Club’s role in the 80s British synth-pop revolution. From 2010. Show more
F Scott Fitzgerald: The Lost Stories
Introduction & Thank You for the Light
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Essay extract from editor Anne Margaret Daniel. F Scott Fitzgerald’s darker tales read by Laurel Lefkow and Karen Bartke. Show more
Friends & Foes - A Narrative History of Diplomacy
Bosnia: Coercive Diplomacy
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 Extra
David Rothkopf discovers how modern history has changed the face of diplomacy: 1990s - Balkans conflicts. From 2017. Show more
British attention turns to Afghanistan. The Guides need the services of a man who could pass for a Shinwari. With Blake Ritson. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Steve Boggan joins the 21st century gold rush at a town named Happy Camp. Read by Paul Ritter and Sara Markland. From 2015. Show more
A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by his Roman soldier friend. Epic tale starring Jamie Glover and Samuel West. Show more
Gyles Brandreth's scandalous quiz with Anthony Holden, Valerie Grove, Lucy Moore and Geoffrey Durham. From September 2004. Show more
A young pupil faces up to boarding school life with a fearsome headmaster and a head boy bully. Stars Roy Hudd. From July 1988. Show more
Lucy sets up Daniel's party, but their mates seem too busy with kids. Stars David Tennant and Meera Syal. From June 2001. Show more
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with guests including zoologist Billy Heaney and comedian Jessica Fostekew. From 2020. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Talented young physicist Griffin takes up residence in Iping and the locals are intrigued. Read by Stephen Murray. From 1976. Show more
A professional medium takes on a highly efficient but heartless assistant. Starring Alison Steadman and Rosie Cavaliero. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Tom Morris and Martin Rowson discuss books by Clare Clark, Evelyn Waugh and James Lever. From 2009. Show more
All set for divorce and a new home, ad man Ken Handley gets a surprise at the agency. Stars Martin Jarvis. From February 1984. Show more
Mainwaring wants a parade mascot, so he decides the platoon must catch one. Adapted from TV with Arthur Lowe. From June 1976. Show more
MI6's duo discover that Tate has a connection to a holiday flat once rented by the Home Secretary. Stars Christopher Benjamin. Show more
Where 'New Romantics' came of age, Midge Ure explores The Blitz Club’s role in the 80s British synth-pop revolution. From 2010. Show more
Guy Raz explores how we can build more humane cities, when the world faces overcrowding and risks to vulnerable people. Show more
Singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé chooses Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds and Elgar's Cello Concerto performed by Jacqueline Du Pre.
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with guests including zoologist Billy Heaney and comedian Jessica Fostekew. From 2020. Show more
Pip faces fresh dangers on a reading tour to New York. Mark Evans' Victorian comic epic stars Tom Allen. From November 2010. Show more
The News Quiz Extra
Series 28
Immigration, Inundation, Resignation, Nomination, Separation, Incubation, Inebriaton and Refiguration
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 Extra
An extended edition of our satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Nish Kumar. Joined this week by Sindhu Vee, Neil Delamere, Danny Finkelstein and Desiree Burch Show more
Looking at conventional living and pressures to conform, Andrew Lawrence probes settling down and families. From September 2010. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Talented young physicist Griffin takes up residence in Iping and the locals are intrigued. Read by Stephen Murray. From 1976. Show more
A professional medium takes on a highly efficient but heartless assistant. Starring Alison Steadman and Rosie Cavaliero. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Tom Morris and Martin Rowson discuss books by Clare Clark, Evelyn Waugh and James Lever. From 2009. Show more
MI6's duo discover that Tate has a connection to a holiday flat once rented by the Home Secretary. Stars Christopher Benjamin. Show more
Where 'New Romantics' came of age, Midge Ure explores The Blitz Club’s role in the 80s British synth-pop revolution. From 2010. Show more
F Scott Fitzgerald: The Lost Stories
Introduction & Thank You for the Light
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Essay extract from editor Anne Margaret Daniel. F Scott Fitzgerald’s darker tales read by Laurel Lefkow and Karen Bartke. Show more
Friends & Foes - A Narrative History of Diplomacy
Bosnia: Coercive Diplomacy
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 Extra
David Rothkopf discovers how modern history has changed the face of diplomacy: 1990s - Balkans conflicts. From 2017. Show more
British attention turns to Afghanistan. The Guides need the services of a man who could pass for a Shinwari. With Blake Ritson. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Steve Boggan joins the 21st century gold rush at a town named Happy Camp. Read by Paul Ritter and Sara Markland. From 2015. Show more
A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by his Roman soldier friend. Epic tale starring Jamie Glover and Samuel West. Show more
Gyles Brandreth's scandalous quiz with Anthony Holden, Valerie Grove, Lucy Moore and Geoffrey Durham. From September 2004. Show more
A young pupil faces up to boarding school life with a fearsome headmaster and a head boy bully. Stars Roy Hudd. From July 1988. Show more