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Woman's Hour

Women and Homophobia in Russia; Fashion and Gardens; Couples in Fiction

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Homophobia in Russia and how it is affecting women; literary couples - happy ever after?; Beth Chatto - a treat from the archive; fashion and gardens; breast cancer and older women. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Liz MacKean
Interviewed Guest:
Tanya Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
Beth Chatto
Interviewed Guest:
Nicola Shulman
Interviewed Guest:
Jojo Moyes
Interviewed Guest:
Samantha Ellis
Interviewed Guest:
Maureen Baker
Interviewed Guest:
Delyth Morgan

Anna's War by Lizzie Nunnery

2. We Shoot Rats Here

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 7 months

Anna gets an important interview in Chechnya - but then disappears and her editor and family fear for her. With Anastasia Hille. Show more

Contributors

Anna Politkovskaya:
Anastasia Hille
Dimitri Muratov:
Conrad Nelson
Vera Politkovskaya:
Harriet Chandler Judd
Lieutenant:
Andrew Byron

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Philip Palmer's drama reveals the true story of Mr C, the extraordinary character whose legal case changed the relationship between doctors and patients forever. Show more

Contributors

Harold ('Mr C'):
Louis Mahoney
Mr Peter Rutter:
David Seddon
Dr Chandra Ghosh:
Shaheen Khan
Lucy Scott-Moncrieff:
Priyanga Burford
Dr Nigel Eastman:
Michael Bertenshaw
Mr Archer:
John Norton
Mr Justice Thorpe:
Sean Murray

A Good Read

Lord Mervyn King and Arabella Weir

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

4 Extra Debut. Mervyn King, Arabella Weir and Harriett Gilbert discuss favourite books by Machiavelli, Jon Canter and Eric Newby. From 2014. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Mervyn King
Interviewed Guest:
Arabella Weir
Producer:
Beth O'Dea

Front Row

Reece Shearsmith; David Hockney prints; Blockbusters

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Mark Lawson speaks to Reece Shearsmith about his new TV series Inside No 9, and reviews the new exhibition of David Hockney's printmaking. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Reece Shearsmith
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Cork
Interviewed Guest:
Anita Elberse
Interviewed Guest:
Kid Acne

Anna's War by Lizzie Nunnery

2. We Shoot Rats Here

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 7 months

Anna gets an important interview in Chechnya - but then disappears and her editor and family fear for her. With Anastasia Hille. Show more

Contributors

Anna Politkovskaya:
Anastasia Hille
Dimitri Muratov:
Conrad Nelson
Vera Politkovskaya:
Harriet Chandler Judd
Lieutenant:
Andrew Byron

2525

Episode 1

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

The sketch show that looks into the future revealing what life will be like in 2525. Stars Jenny Bede and Jamie Demetriou. From December 2013. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Series

2525

Book of the Week

Where Memories Go: Why Dementia Changes Everything

Facing up

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's struggle with dementia: the family ignores worrying signs. From February 2014. Show more

BBC Radio 4 FM

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