Programme Index

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Start the Week

Hilary Mantel

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Tom Sutcliffe with the award-winning author Hilary Mantel, British Museum director Neil MacGregor, artist Jeremy Deller and poet Kei Miller. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Hilary Mantel
Interviewed Guest:
Neil MacGregor
Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Deller
Interviewed Guest:
Kei Miller
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Woman's Hour

Francesca Martinez; Women at the Labour Party Conference

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Women at the Labour Party conference, disability campaigner Francesca Martinez, university lad culture, and how to write popular women's fiction. Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Francesca Martinez
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Green
Interviewed Guest:
Sophie Kinsella
Interviewed Guest:
Toni Pearce

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Mark Easterbrook has teamed up with Ginger in order to discover who is at the bottom of the recent spate of mysterious deaths. And they think they have found the perfect plan. Show more

Contributors

Mark Easterbrook:
Jason Hughes
Inspector Lejeune:
Michael Bertenshaw
Osborne:
Ron Cook
Mrs Davis:
Jane Slavin
Mrs Tuckerton:
Jane Slavin
Director:
Mary Peate

Home Front

22 September 1914 - Adam Wilson

Duration: 11 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 2 months

After weeks of surveillance, Adam and Jessie confront the mysterious man at the German consulate. Show more

Drama on 4

Sebastian Baczkiewicz - Ghosts of Heathrow

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

4 Extra Debut. 190.000 visitors pass through Heathrow every day. No wonder some of them are ghosts. Stars Paul McGann. From September 2014. Show more

Contributors

16-String Jack:
Joe Armstrong
Mr Monday:
Dudley Sutton
Geoffrey Springley:
Kevin Harvey
Sound Designer:
Eloise Whitmore
Director:
Joby Waldman
Producer:
Joby Waldman

Genres

BBC National Short Story Award

BBC National Short Story Award 2014

Episode 1: Bad Dreams

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Carey Mulligan reads Tessa Hadley's shortlisted story, the first in contention for this prestigious award. A child's reaction to a dream exposes unspoken tensions in her home life. Show more

Just a Minute

Series 70

Episode 7

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Nicholas Parsons challenges Tony Hawks, Kerry Godliman, Stephen Mangan and Gyles Brandreth to talk for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Show more

Contributors

Panellist:
Tony Hawks
Panellist:
Kerry Godliman
Panellist:
Stephen Mangan
Panellist:
Gyles Brandreth
Producer:
Katie Tyrrell

Front Row

Toby Jones; Maps to the Stars review; Rose Tremain; John Lahr on Tennessee Williams

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

With Kirsty Lang. Toby Jones discusses his role in TV drama Marvellous, Rose Tremain talks about her short story The American Lover, and Jason Solomons reviews Maps to the Stars. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Ellie Bury
Interviewed Guest:
Toby Jones
Interviewed Guest:
John Lahr
Interviewed Guest:
Rose Tremain
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons

Start the Week

Hilary Mantel

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Tom Sutcliffe with the award-winning author Hilary Mantel, British Museum director Neil MacGregor, artist Jeremy Deller and poet Kei Miller. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Hilary Mantel
Interviewed Guest:
Neil MacGregor
Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Deller
Interviewed Guest:
Kei Miller
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Book of the Week

Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh

Episode 1: Broadway Success and Childhood

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

4 Extra Debut. Echoes of Williams's troubled childhood are present in his first Broadway success, The Glass Menagerie. Read by Damien Lewis. Show more

BBC Radio 4 FM

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