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Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Mary Ann has told Brian her news about Simon. Michael is still in England trying to track down Mona. Stars Simon Lee Phillips. From July 2014. Show more

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

The real story of Robert Burns' Tam O'Shanter - from the viewpoint of a horse and a barmaid. With Maureen Beattie. From 2014. Show more

Last Word

Elaine Stritch, Nadine Gordimer, Michael Scudamore and Lorin Maazel

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on actress Elaine Stritch, writer Nadine Gordimer, jockey and trainer Michael Scudamore and conductor Lorin Maazel. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Matt Wolf
Interviewed Guest:
Maureen Isaacson
Interviewed Guest:
Professor Dennis Walder
Interviewed Guest:
Cornelius Lysaght
Interviewed Guest:
Norman Lebrecht

The News Quiz

Series 84

Episode 7

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with regular panellist Jeremy Hardy and guest panellists David Mitchell, Andy Hamilton and Rebecca Front. Show more

The Archers

18/07/2014

Duration: 13 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Helen's on tenterhooks, and Pat and Tony start to wonder. Show more

Contributors

Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
David Archer:
Tim Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Jolene Archer:
Buffy Davis
Tony Archer:
David Troughton
Helen Archer:
Louiza Patikas
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
Ian Craig:
Stephen Kennedy
Adam Macy:
Andrew Wincott
Elizabeth Pargetter:
Alison Dowling
Fallon Rogers:
Joanna Van Kampen
Rob Titchener:
Timothy Watson
Roy Tucker:
Ian Pepperell
Peggy Woolley:
June Spencer
PC Harrison Burns:
James Cartwright
Charlie Thomas:
Felix Scott
Rhiannon:
Jade Matthew

Front Row

Rebecca Hall, Medea at the National Theatre, Long Yu, Commonwealth Games Festival

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Rebecca Hall discusses new film A Promise, conductor Long Yu on bringing a Chinese orchestra to the Proms for the first time and Ben Power adapts Medea for the National Theatre. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Hall
Interviewed Guest:
Long Yu
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Power
Interviewed Guest:
Phil Collins
Interviewed Guest:
Leonie Bell
Producer:
Ellie Bury

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Mary Ann has told Brian her news about Simon. Michael is still in England trying to track down Mona. Stars Simon Lee Phillips. From July 2014. Show more

Saturday Drama

Calum's Road

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Ian McDiarmid stars in this atmospheric drama based on the true story of a man who built a two-mile road by hand on the Scottish island of Raasay, off the east coast of Skye. Show more

Contributors

Calum MacLeod:
Ian McDiarmid
Lexie MacLeod:
Monica Gibb
Julia MacLeod:
Helen Mackay

Genres

Book at Bedtime

A Man Called Ove

Episode 10

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Ove has declared war on the men in white shirts. All his life he has battled bureaucracy, so when the nurses come to take Rune into care, Ove and his neighbours are ready. Show more

A Good Read

Julian Rhind-Tutt and Steve Oram

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Steve Oram on books by Annie Proulx, John Steinbeck and Martin Amis. From 2014. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Interviewed Guest:
Steve Oram
Producer:
Beth O'Dea

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