Programme Index

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Saturday Live

Bettany Hughes; former SAS soldier Chris Ryan

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Richard Coles and Anita Anand are joined by historian Bettany Hughes, John McCarthy goes to Durham to see the Lindisfarne Gospels, and we revel in the sound of a Spitfire's engine. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Coles
Presenter:
Anita Anand
Interviewed Guest:
Bettany Hughes
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Poole
Interviewed Guest:
Jess Herman
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Ryan
Interviewed Guest:
John McCarthy
Producer:
Chris Wilson

Bremner's One Question Quiz

Episode 5: Who Runs Britain?

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Rory Bremner, Andy Zaltzman, Kate O'Sullivan and Nick Doody are joined by the chief political commentator for the Telegraph Peter Oborne and Guardian columnist Deborah Orr. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rory Bremner
Panellist:
Andy Zaltzman
Panellist:
Kate O'Sullivan
Panellist:
Nick Doody
Panellist:
Peter Oborne
Panellist:
Deborah Orr
Producer:
Simon Jacobs

Duration: 57 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

A murder and a political scandal leads police inspector Alia Khan to unravelling the truth about her policeman father's death. Stars Prerna Chawla, Anand Tiwari, Rajit Kapur. Show more

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Katie Melua; Alison Goldfrapp; Louise Brealey

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

The Muslim Women's Network warn of the sexual exploitation of UK Asian girls, plus Katie Melua, Alison Goldfrapp sings in the studio, and is dyeing grey hair a feminist issue? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Katie Melua
Interviewed Guest:
Taylor Austin Little
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Bacon
Interviewed Guest:
Ratna Lachman
Interviewed Guest:
Louise Brealey
Interviewed Guest:
John Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Heather Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Gabrielle Turnquest
Interviewed Guest:
Patrice Turnquest
Interviewed Guest:
Caryn Franklin
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Goldfrapp
Producer:
Louise Corley

Saturday Review

Rush; Science Britannica

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda in Rush, written by Peter Morgan and directed by Ron Howard. Plus new work from Tacita Dean, and Brian Cox's Science Britannica on BBC2. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Lewis
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
James Runcie
Producer:
Sarah Johnson

British New Wave

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Episode 2: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - Episode 2

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Arthur Seaton continues to rage against the boredom of his work and home life, but some of his past soon catches up with him, and he has to face the consequences. Show more

Contributors

Arthur Seaton:
Joe Dempsie
Doreen Greatton:
Sian Hill
Mrs Greatton:
Jilly Bond
Mrs Bull:
Rachel Atkins
Mr Bull:
Sean Baker
Harold Seaton:
Philip Fox
Vera Seaton:
Julia Hills
Fred Seaton:
Ashley Cook
Margaret Seaton:
Victoria Brazier
Man on Ghost Train:
Graeme Hawley
Bill's Mate:
Stephen Critchlow
Chocolate Seller:
Shirley Anne Field
Director:
Carl Prekopp
Adaptor:
Robert Rigby

Genres

Poetry Please

Story Poems 1

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Roger McGough introduces story poems, including work by Roy Fisher, Emily Dickinson and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Readers: John Mackay, Niamh Cusack, Anton Lesser and Kenneth Cranham. Show more

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