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Midweek

Angelique Kidjo, John Browne, Helen Kirwan-Taylor, Oliver Horovitz

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Libby Purves meets St Andrews golf caddie Oliver Horovitz, Lord John Browne of Madingley, artist and journalist Helen Kirwan-Taylor and singer and activist Angelique Kidjo. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Libby Purves
Interviewed Guest:
Oliver Horovitz
Interviewed Guest:
John Browne
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Kirwan-Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
Angelique Kidjo

Brand

Midweek

Woman's Hour

Margaret Grace Bondfield; Gemma Collins; Women in prison dramas

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Margaret Grace Bondfield, the first female cabinet minister. Nicky Morgan, women's minister. Gemma Collins, from TOWIE to award-winning designer. Jenni Murray presents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Nicky Morgan
Interviewed Guest:
Fran Abraham
Interviewed Guest:
Vanora Bennett
Interviewed Guest:
Gemma Collins
Interviewed Guest:
Juliet Lyon
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton

15 Minute Drama

The Little Ottleys

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Aylmer has a dilemma: should he tell Edith the news about Bruce or keep quiet? Show more

Contributors

Vincy Wenham Vincy:
Sam Alexander
Madame Frabelle:
Jane Whittenshaw
Reverend Byrne Fraser:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Director:
Tracey Neale
Producer:
Tracey Neale

Genres

When the Dog Dies

Series 4

Episode 4: The Hills Are Alive

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Sandy's holding auditions for The Sound of Music. Everyone's keen. But Blake is scheming. Stars the much missed Ronnie Corbett. Show more

Drama on 4

Susan Swingler - House of Fiction

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

4 Extra Debut. How Australian novelist Elizabeth Jolley created a fiction from real life. Starring Miriam Margolyes and Juliet Aubrey. From June 2014. Show more

Contributors

Elizabeth Jolley:
Miriam Margolyes
Joyce Jolley:
Juliet Aubrey
Leonard Jolley:
Nicholas Farrell
Adaptor:
Sara Davies

Genres

Front Row

Cornelia Parker at the RA Summer Exhibition; News of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction; Daria Klimentova

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

News of the winner of the Baileys Prize; Cornelia Parker on curating a room at the Summer Exhibition; Daria Klimentova as she retires from dancing; and US anti-war novels on stage. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Ellie Bury
Interviewed Guest:
Cornelia Parker
Interviewed Guest:
Daria Klimentova
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Churchwell
Interviewed Guest:
Bradley Rand Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Chavkin

15 Minute Drama

The Little Ottleys

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Aylmer has a dilemma: should he tell Edith the news about Bruce or keep quiet? Show more

Contributors

Vincy Wenham Vincy:
Sam Alexander
Madame Frabelle:
Jane Whittenshaw
Reverend Byrne Fraser:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Director:
Tracey Neale
Producer:
Tracey Neale

Genres

Midweek

Angelique Kidjo, John Browne, Helen Kirwan-Taylor, Oliver Horovitz

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Libby Purves meets St Andrews golf caddie Oliver Horovitz, Lord John Browne of Madingley, artist and journalist Helen Kirwan-Taylor and singer and activist Angelique Kidjo. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Libby Purves
Interviewed Guest:
Oliver Horovitz
Interviewed Guest:
John Browne
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Kirwan-Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
Angelique Kidjo

Brand

Midweek

Mission Improbable

Series 2

Episode 2: Diamonds!

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 4 months

After a tip-off from Jane's mum's Russian cleaner, the team head to Moscow to surprise a possible diamond thief. Comic mini-adventures with the Boom Jennies. From June 2014. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Roberts:
Felicity Montagu
Russian Taxi Driver:
Felicity Montagu
Yuri Chekov:
Anil Desai
Beardy Russian Dreamboat:
Richie Webb
Producer:
Dave Lamb
Producer:
Richie Webb

Genres

Book of the Week

A Broken Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen's Secret Chord

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

In New York's Chelsea Hotel, Leonard Cohen turns his talents to song writing. Liel Leibovitz's biography read by Julian Barrett. Show more

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