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Woman's Hour

Syria's refugees; Influence of Song Lyrics; Nell Dunn and Margaret Drabble

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Conditions for Syrian refugees, Kath Mainland on the Edinburgh Fringe, Nell Dunn on Up the Junction, and what influence do song lyrics have on teenagers' attitudes and behaviour? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Joan Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Adrian North
Interviewed Guest:
Kath Mainland
Interviewed Guest:
Nell Dunn
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Drabble

15 Minute Drama

Chronicles of Ait - The Lotos Effect

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Linus finds Alice and young Stella have become inexplicably close, and new revelations from old Maggie. Stars Amanda Drew. Show more

Drama on 4

Lenny Henry - Miss You Still

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

4 Extra Debut. A bus driver who has shut himself off from the world is sent a feisty teenager to help him clean up his life. Stars Lenny Henry. Show more

Contributors

Charlie:
Lenny Henry
Kulvinder:
Amit Shah
Uncle Lloyd:
Alex Lanipekun
Director:
Claire Grove
Producer:
Claire Grove

Genres

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

The Film Programme

Only God Forgives; The Heat; My Father and the Man in Black

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Robbie Collin talks to the director Nicolas Winding Refn about Only God Forgives, a film that has split critics, and to Bridesmaids director Paul Feig about cop comedy The Heat. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Robbie Collin
Interviewed Guest:
Nicolas Winding Refn
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Feig
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Holiff
Producer:
Fiona Couper

Front Row

Andrey Kurkov, workplace TV, Australian circus, Jeffrey Archer

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang meets the acclaimed Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov; Australian circus troupes in the UK; two TV series focus on retail workplaces; Jeffrey Archer's Cultural Exchange. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Andrey Kurkov
Interviewed Guest:
Jeffrey Archer
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

15 Minute Drama

Chronicles of Ait - The Lotos Effect

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Linus finds Alice and young Stella have become inexplicably close, and new revelations from old Maggie. Stars Amanda Drew. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Ian Sansom - The Norfolk Mystery

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Morley and Sefton's startling discovery made in a Norfolk church diverts them from their research. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. From August 2013. Show more

North by Northamptonshire

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

As talent night rehearsals grind on, peanuts and a trolley challenge some town residents. Stars Sheila Hancock. From June 2010. Show more

Book of the Week

Amana Fontanella-Khan - The Pink Sari Revolution

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

As the legislator steps up his threats against both Sheelu's family and Sampat herself, Sampat enlists the accused girl's terrified father to help in her quest for justice. Show more

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