Daljit Nagra selects The Verse that Stings featuring the deflating barbs of Alexander Pope. With Ian Hislop. From 2014. Show more
In an open letter to Ken Clarke MP, Tom asks whether compensation culture is opposed to the theory of evolution. From May 2012. Show more
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Arthur ‘Artie’ Kipps leaves school, and his first love Ann, when he’s apprenticed to a Folkestone draper. Stars Mark Straker. Show more
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Bob's fiancee Thelma is appalled by the return of Terry. Adapted from TV with James Bolam and Rodney Bewes. From August 1975. 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
A man goes missing from a liner as it approaches England. His sister is adamant that it wasn’t suicide. Stars Patrick Mower. Show more
Dodgy wine, a missing racehorse and a body at a restaurant. Wine merchant Tony Beach is in the thick of it. Stars Nigel Havers. Show more
Scotland Yard's top detective Jack Whicher probes a gruesome 1860 country house murder. Read by Deborah Findlay. Show more
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15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The Ratcliffe Highway murders of 1811 - how the Victorians turned violent crime into entertainment. Read by Robert Glenister. Show more
Bob Dickinson explores the world of the body as performance art. What does it tell us about limits of being human? From 2009. Show more
Arthur ‘Artie’ Kipps leaves school, and his first love Ann, when he’s apprenticed to a Folkestone draper. Stars Mark Straker. Show more
Paul Gambaccini hosts the wide-ranging music quiz, with contestants from Cumbria, Leeds and Sutton Coldfield. From 2011. Show more
Merv has always worn jeans, so why does Pam want to take him shopping? Stars Mervyn Stutter and Lill Roughley. From June 2004. Show more
The bungling surveillance team is on a job so secret even the boss doesn't know about it. Stars Nina Conti. From December 2009. Show more
David Mitchell hosts the comedy panel game. Lou Sanders, Ria Lina, Milton Jones, and Chris McCausland talk with deliberate inaccuracy on a variety of subjects. Show more
Ambassador B inspects a planet keen on free speech, yet no-one speaks of her predecessor, Ambassador A. Stars Fenella Woolgar. Show more
Little does 12 year-old Mortimer realise that a book from his father’s library sets out his own future. Read by Joss Ackland. Show more
A Good Read
Tracy-Ann Oberman and Richard Herring
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
4 Extra Debut. Richard Herring, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Harriett Gilbert on books by Jack Womack, Rupert Everett and Kurt Vonnegut. From 2014. Show more
Bob's fiancee Thelma is appalled by the return of Terry. Adapted from TV with James Bolam and Rodney Bewes. From August 1975. 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
A man goes missing from a liner as it approaches England. His sister is adamant that it wasn’t suicide. Stars Patrick Mower. Show more
Dodgy wine, a missing racehorse and a body at a restaurant. Wine merchant Tony Beach is in the thick of it. Stars Nigel Havers. Show more
Manoush Zomorodi and Elise Hu explore the idea of beauty – and how it can be shaped by global norms and vested interests. Show more
TV presenter Trisha Goddard shares I Want You Back by The Jackson 5 and Say Ladeo by Bobby McFerrin.
David Mitchell hosts the comedy panel game. Lou Sanders, Ria Lina, Milton Jones, and Chris McCausland talk with deliberate inaccuracy on a variety of subjects. Show more
Comedian and quizzer Paul Sinha examines our most important legal document including some of its 63 Latin clauses. From 2015. Show more
Series 108 of the topical quiz where Andy Zaltzman grabs the week’s headlines and hurls them at four of the nation’s best comedians and journalists. Show more
Agony aunt Sarah and her Support Group tackle more problems: childless and proud of it and a wannabe romantic. From May 2011. Show more
Ambassador B inspects a planet keen on free speech, yet no-one speaks of her predecessor, Ambassador A. Stars Fenella Woolgar. Show more
Little does 12 year-old Mortimer realise that a book from his father’s library sets out his own future. Read by Joss Ackland. Show more
A Good Read
Tracy-Ann Oberman and Richard Herring
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
4 Extra Debut. Richard Herring, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Harriett Gilbert on books by Jack Womack, Rupert Everett and Kurt Vonnegut. From 2014. Show more
A man goes missing from a liner as it approaches England. His sister is adamant that it wasn’t suicide. Stars Patrick Mower. Show more
Dodgy wine, a missing racehorse and a body at a restaurant. Wine merchant Tony Beach is in the thick of it. Stars Nigel Havers. Show more
Scotland Yard's top detective Jack Whicher probes a gruesome 1860 country house murder. Read by Deborah Findlay. Show more
The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders
1. The Ratcliffe Highway Murders
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The Ratcliffe Highway murders of 1811 - how the Victorians turned violent crime into entertainment. Read by Robert Glenister. Show more
Bob Dickinson explores the world of the body as performance art. What does it tell us about limits of being human? From 2009. Show more
Arthur ‘Artie’ Kipps leaves school, and his first love Ann, when he’s apprenticed to a Folkestone draper. Stars Mark Straker. Show more
Paul Gambaccini hosts the wide-ranging music quiz, with contestants from Cumbria, Leeds and Sutton Coldfield. From 2011. Show more
Merv has always worn jeans, so why does Pam want to take him shopping? Stars Mervyn Stutter and Lill Roughley. From June 2004. Show more