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Midweek

Jack and Michael Whitehall, Sir Nicholas Hytner, Andrea Coleman, Sandra Noel

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Lively and diverse conversation as Libby Purves meets the National Theatre's Sir Nicholas Hytner and comic Jack Whitehall. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Libby Purves
Interviewed Guest:
Jack Whitehall
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Whitehall
Interviewed Guest:
Sandra Noel
Interviewed Guest:
Andrea Coleman
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Hytner

Brand

Midweek

15 Minute Drama

Jane Harris - Gillespie and I

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Annie begins work on Harriet's portrait, but young Sybil is acting strangely. Starring Phyllis Logan and Liam Brennan. From October 2013. Show more

Hard to Tell

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

A bike accident lands Tom Sheffield in A&E, just as he is about to go for a pizza. Stars Jonny Sweet. From October 2011. Show more

Drama on 4

Democracy for Beginners

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

By Paul Dornan. Unemployed graduate Hannah returns to sleepy Westport. She needs a job but the only one going is as mayor, and her dad's running for that. Dare she run for it too? Show more

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

Bridget Christie considers women and their day-to-day relationships with each other. With Fred MacAuley. From March 2013. Show more

Front Row

Paul McCartney; El Dorado; Sebastian Junger on Tim Hetherington

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Arts news with John Wilson, including an interview with Paul McCartney on his latest album, New. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Paul McCartney
Interviewed Guest:
Sebastian Junger

15 Minute Drama

Jane Harris - Gillespie and I

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Annie begins work on Harriet's portrait, but young Sybil is acting strangely. Starring Phyllis Logan and Liam Brennan. From October 2013. Show more

Midweek

Jack and Michael Whitehall, Sir Nicholas Hytner, Andrea Coleman, Sandra Noel

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Lively and diverse conversation as Libby Purves meets the National Theatre's Sir Nicholas Hytner and comic Jack Whitehall. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Libby Purves
Interviewed Guest:
Jack Whitehall
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Whitehall
Interviewed Guest:
Sandra Noel
Interviewed Guest:
Andrea Coleman
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Hytner

Brand

Midweek

Before They Were Famous

Series 2

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

4 Extra Debut. Ian Leslie with the spoof documentary that sheds light on what the world's best-known writers did for a living before they became famous. From October 2013. Show more

Contributors

Shipton:
David Armand
Studio Exec for Samuel Beckett:
David Armand
Shakespeare:
John Finnemore
Presenter:
Ian Leslie
Germaine Greer:
Katy Wix
Simone De Beauvoir:
Fenella Woolgar
Producer:
Anna Silver

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 8 months

The women astronauts-who-never-were of the Mercury 13. Quirky true history with Helen Keen and Peter Serafnowicz. From May 2012. Show more

Book of the Week

Heston Blumenthal - Historic Heston

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Heston recreates the 1660 irresistible recipe for Quaking Pudding, but finds it extraordinarily difficult to perfect. From October 2013. Show more

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