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In Our Time

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Duration: 47 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, a collection of Persian poetry translated into English in the 19th century by Edward FitzGerald. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Charles Melville
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Karlin
Interviewed Guest:
Kirstie Blair
Producer:
Thomas Morris

Woman's Hour

Nora Ephron; Sylvia Ann Hewlett; Monica Porter on dating

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Jenni Murray talks to Sylvia Ann Hewlett about executive presence and hears about why coronary heart disease is the biggest killer of women in their late 60s and 70s. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Monica Porter
Interviewed Guest:
Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Interviewed Guest:
Hadley Freeman
Interviewed Guest:
Maureen Talbot
Interviewed Guest:
Masih Alinejad
Producer:
Ruth Watts

Duration: 14 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

Bollywood actress Priya Capoor arrives at the showroom to promote a new range of TVs. But when her diamond ring goes missing, the suspicion falls on Sapna. Stars Rasika Dugal. Show more

Contributors

Nirmila Ben:
Radhika Mital
Sapna's Mother:
Shernaz Patel
Kuldeep Singh:
Rajit Kapur
Priya Capoor:
Ayesha Raza
Female Judge:
Ayesha Raza
Badan Singh:
Kenny Desai
Politician:
Kenny Desai
Constable:
Kenny Desai
Rent Collector:
Satchit Puranik
Director:
John Dryden
Producer:
Nadir Khan
Adaptor:
John Dryden

Drama on 4

Original British Dramatists

Episode 9: Lost or Stolen

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Original British Dramatists: A romantic drama about two people adrift in London. From new writer Jessica Brown, winner of the Write Now competition two years running. Show more

Ramblings

Series 27

Episode 1: Thundersley, Essex

Duration: 23 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Suburban Essex may not be the first place you would think of to find great walking routes, but Clare Balding becomes a convert as she is introduced to the area around Thundersley. Show more

Open Book

18/05/2014

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Joseph O'Connor tells Mariella Frostrup about his new novel about a fictional band, The Thrill of it All, and Louise Welsh and Andrew Wilson on the elusive Ms Patricia Highsmith. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Joseph O'Connor
Interviewed Guest:
Louise Welsh
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Clara Farmer
Interviewed Guest:
David Baddiel

The Film Programme

John Turturro, Neil Brand on Godzilla, Cannes Film Festival

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

With Antonia Quirke. Actor and director John Turturro discusses working with Woody Allen; Neil Brand on monster music in Godzilla; and the latest from the Cannes Film Festival. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Antonia Quirke
Interviewed Guest:
John Tuturro
Interviewed Guest:
Neil Brand
Interviewed Guest:
Clare Binns
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Robey

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 5 months

Simon asks is it moral to trade in food? How much of it is animal feed and what is the future? With Jim Rogers. From May 2014. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon Evans
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Harford
Interviewed Guest:
Merryn Somerset Webb
Interviewed Guest:
Kanes Rajah
Interviewed Guest:
Jim Rogers

Front Row

Chrissie Hynde; Mondrian season; Miss Saigon

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

John Wilson with songwriter Chrissie Hynde, the curators of two exhibitions of works by Mondrian, the winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and a review of Miss Saigon. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Chrissie Hynde
Interviewed Guest:
Francesco Manacorda
Interviewed Guest:
Victoria Pomery
Interviewed Guest:
Serena Davies

Duration: 14 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

Bollywood actress Priya Capoor arrives at the showroom to promote a new range of TVs. But when her diamond ring goes missing, the suspicion falls on Sapna. Stars Rasika Dugal. Show more

Contributors

Nirmila Ben:
Radhika Mital
Sapna's Mother:
Shernaz Patel
Kuldeep Singh:
Rajit Kapur
Priya Capoor:
Ayesha Raza
Female Judge:
Ayesha Raza
Badan Singh:
Kenny Desai
Politician:
Kenny Desai
Constable:
Kenny Desai
Rent Collector:
Satchit Puranik
Director:
John Dryden
Producer:
Nadir Khan
Adaptor:
John Dryden

In Our Time

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Duration: 47 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, a collection of Persian poetry translated into English in the 19th century by Edward FitzGerald. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Charles Melville
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Karlin
Interviewed Guest:
Kirstie Blair
Producer:
Thomas Morris

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