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Saturday Live

Jeremy Paxman

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir with Jeremy Paxman, homeless athlete Joel Hodgson, wingsuiter Geraldine Fasnacht, fisherman Will Sudders and Arianna Huffington's Inheritance Tracks. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Coles
Presenter:
Aasmah Mir
Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Paxman
Interviewed Guest:
Arianna Huffington
Interviewed Guest:
Geraldine Fasnacht
Interviewed Guest:
Joel Hodgson
Interviewed Guest:
Will Sudders
Producer:
Dixi Stewart
Producer:
Andy Smith
Producer:
Kat Wong

The Now Show

Series 43

Episode 7

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Steve Punt and Jon Culshaw are joined by special guest Andy Zaltzman for a comic romp through the week's news. With Mitch Benn, Pippa Evans and Jon Holmes. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Punt
Presenter:
Jon Culshaw
Panellist:
Andy Zaltzman
Panellist:
Mitch Benn
Panellist:
Pippa Evans
Panellist:
Jon Holmes

Saturday Drama

Classic Chandler

Episode 8: Poodle Springs

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Post-honeymoon, life as a kept man wears thin for Marlowe who cannot resist when he is given a case to solve. Stars Toby Stephens. Show more

Contributors

Philip Marlowe:
Toby Stephens
Linda Marlowe:
Lorelei King
Muffy Valentine:
Laurel Lefkow
Manny Lipshultz:
Peter Polycarpou
Angel Victor:
Sasha Pick
Bernie Ohls:
Gerard McDermott
Film Director:
James Lailey
Eddie Garcia:
Alun Raglan
Clayton Blackstone:
Sean Baker
Leonard:
Carl Prekopp
Turn Key:
Simon Bubb
Producer:
Claire Grove
Adaptor:
Robin Brooks

Woman's Hour

Daughters of Eve; Maya Angelou; 'boomerang' children

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Anti-FGM campaigners Leyla Hussein and Nimco Ali. Maya Angelou archive interview and tribute from Reni Eddo-Lodge. Living with your adult children. Incontinence after childbirth. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Maya Angelou
Interviewed Guest:
Reni Eddo-Lodge
Interviewed Guest:
Leyla Hussein
Interviewed Guest:
Nimko Ali
Interviewed Guest:
Lorrie Moore
Interviewed Guest:
Katie Mann
Interviewed Guest:
Roger Lewis
Interviewed Guest:
Tina Day
Interviewed Guest:
Anjula Mutanda
Interviewed Guest:
Imelda May

From Fact to Fiction

Series 16

Episode 3: Comfort Girl

Duration: 13 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

In the week in which four schoolgirls escaped the Boko Haram kidnap, Shelley Silas responds to developments in Nigeria's remote north-eastern province. Show more

Saturday Review

Ken Loach's film, Joshua Ferris's novel, The Normal Heart on TV, Bakersfield Mist and The Whitstable Biennale

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss Ken Loach's film, Jimmy's Hall, Joshua Ferris's novel, The Normal Heart on TV, Bakersfield Mist and The Whitstable Biennale. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Jim White
Interviewed Guest:
Natalie Haynes
Interviewed Guest:
Maria Delgado
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Charles Dickens

Barnaby Rudge

Captain Midnight

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

In the 1780s, a murderer disappears, leaving his wife and son Barnaby to fend for themselves. Starring Iain Glen and Ron Cook. Show more

Contributors

Charles Dickens:
Iain Glen
Barnaby Rudge:
Daniel Laurie
Mary Rudge:
Heather Craney
Captain Midnight:
Tony Bell
Simon Tappertit:
Bryan Dick
Gabriel Varden:
Ron Cook
Dolly Varden:
Amaka Okafor
Geoffrey Haredale:
David Cann
Solomon Daisy:
David Cann
Emma Haredale:
Jaimi Barbakoff
John Chester:
John MacKay
Ned Chester:
Hubert Burton
John Willet:
David Schofield
Joe Willet:
Matthew Watson
Adaptor:
Mike Walker

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