Programme Index

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Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Fallon enjoys a gossip, and Helen lends a sympathetic ear.

Contributors

Kenton Archer:
Richard Attlee
David Archer:
Tim Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Helen Archer:
Louiza Patikas
Tom Archer:
Tom Graham
Lilian Bellamy:
Sunny Ormonde
Jolene Perks:
Buffy Davis
Fallon Rogers:
Joanna Van Kampen
Kathy Perks:
Hedli Niklaus
Jamie Perks:
Dan Ciotkowski
Will Grundy:
Philip Molloy
Oliver Sterling:
Michael Cochrane
Caroline Sterling:
Sara Coward
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Jazzer McCreary:
Ryan Kelly
Jim Lloyd:
John Rowe
Rob Titchener:
Timothy Watson
Martyn Gibson:
Jon Glover
Guy Mowlam:
Chris Jack
Producer:
Julie Beckett
Director:
Sue Wilson

The Food Programme

Skint Foodies

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Sheila Dillon meets cooks specialising in great food on small budgets. Single mum 'A Girl Called Jack', Belfast-born Miss South and 'Skint Foodie' have become influential bloggers. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Jack Monroe
Producer:
Dan Saladino

Jack Aubrey is pursued by a Dutch warship whose 74 guns threaten to blow HMS Leopard out of the water. Starring David Robb. Show more

Contributors

Jack Aubrey:
David Robb
Stephen Maturin:
Richard Dillane
Louisa Wogan:
Teresa Gallagher
Michael Herapath:
Samuel Barnett
Barratt Bonden:
Sam Dale
Preserved Killick:
Jon Glover
Jedediah Wilbey:
Gerard McDermott
Josiah Plaice:
Lloyd Thomas
Sir Joseph Blaine:
Michael Bertenshaw
Director:
Bruce Young
Producer:
Bruce Young
Adaptor:
Roger Danes

Open Book

Alcohol's influence on literature; James Runcie; Grace McCleen

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Mariella Frostrup talks to Grace McCleen about her new novel The Professor of Poetry and, on the centenary of her birth, James Runcie celebrates the life and work of Barbara Pym. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Grace McCleen
Interviewed Guest:
James Runcie
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin Jackson
Interviewed Guest:
Olivia Laing
Producer:
Andrea Kidd

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Can Richard pull through, with the help of poetry, cod philosophy and friends? Nihilistic Sophia tries to cheer his spirits with books by Houellebecq and Lovecraft. Show more

Last Word

A White House journalist, a comedian, an artist, a technology guru, and a blues musician

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister remembers renowned White House correspondent Helen Thomas, painter William Turner, comedian Mel Smith, futurologist Dr James Martin and blues singer T-Model Ford. Show more

Contributors

BBC Radio 4 FM

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