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Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Kirsty Young interviews actor Mark Rylance, known for his award-winning Shakespearean stage roles and portrayal of Thomas Cromwell in the television adaptation of Wolf Hall. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Young
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Rylance

Woman's Hour

Family Fertility Donors; Eliza Haywood; Beth Orton; Playing with Children

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Brit Award-winning artist Beth Orton has been directing a week-long residency for emerging female musicians in Manchester. She joins Jenni Murray in the studio to perform live. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Witjens
Interviewed Guest:
Holly Luhning
Interviewed Guest:
Beth Orton
Interviewed Guest:
Josephine Oniyama
Interviewed Guest:
Esther Walker
Interviewed Guest:
Amanda Gummer
Performer:
Beth Orton

15 Minute Drama

The Embrace

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Iona and Charlie come to understand the price of their love. Conclusion of the compelling drama starring Lyndsey Marshal. Show more

Cleaning Up

Episode 1: 1. New Recruit

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 2 months

A new night-time cleaner arrives to meet the boss in Manchester. Stars Julie Hesmondhalgh and John Thomson. From 2015. Show more

Home Front

20 February 1915 - Edie Chadwick

Duration: 11 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 2 months

Johnnie Marshall's attentions to Edie do not go unnoticed. Show more

Contributors

Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Alan Lowther:
David Seddon
Duncan Chadwick:
Mark Stobbart
Fraser Chadwick:
Edmund Wiseman
Johnny Marshall:
Paul Ready
Kenny Stokoe:
Dean Logan
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Davy Wardle:
Stephen O'Raullian
Woman Worker:
Hannah Genesius

Last Word

Michele Ferrero, Lady Platt of Writtle, John McCabe, Louis Jourdan, Anne Naysmith and Lesley Gore.

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Julian Worricker talks about confectioner Michele Ferrero, engineer Lady Platt of Writtle, composer John McCabe, actor Louis Jourdan and pianist Anne Naysmith. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Antonio Carluccio
Interviewed Guest:
John Hooper
Interviewed Guest:
Vicky Platt
Interviewed Guest:
Marie-Noelle Barton
Interviewed Guest:
Alyn Shipton
Interviewed Guest:
Julian Lloyd Webber
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Freedland
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Mates
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Kasner
Producer:
Neil George

The News Quiz

Series 86

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, who is joined by Susan Calman, Samira Ahmed and Phill Jupitus, alongside regular panellist Jeremy Hardy.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sandi Toksvig
Panellist:
Jeremy Hardy
Panellist:
Susan Calman
Panellist:
Samira Ahmed
Panellist:
Phill Jupitus

The Archers

20/02/2015

Duration: 13 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

David is on a quest, and Hayley makes a decision. Show more

Contributors

Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
David Archer:
Tim Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Kenton Archer:
Richard Attlee
Helen Archer:
Louiza Patikas
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Phoebe Aldridge:
Lucy Morris
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie Grundy:
Heather Bell
Ed Grundy:
Barry Farrimond
Emma Grundy:
Emerald O'Hanrahan
Shula Hebden Lloyd:
Judy Bennett
Jim Lloyd:
John Rowe
Kate Madikane:
Perdita Avery
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Caroline Sterling:
Sara Coward
Rob Titchener:
Timothy Watson
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Roy Tucker:
Ian Pepperell
Hayley Tucker:
Lorraine Coady
Janet Hopkins:
Katerina Pushkin

Front Row

Iestyn Davies, Sheila Hancock, Kumiko, London Fashion Week

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Countertenor Iestyn Davies talks about playing Farinelli, plus actress Sheila Hancock, London Fashion Week and a review of Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter. Presented by Kirsty Lang. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Iestyn Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Sheila Hancock
Interviewed Guest:
Sophia McDougall
Interviewed Guest:
Es Devlin
Interviewed Guest:
Simon undefined

15 Minute Drama

The Embrace

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Iona and Charlie come to understand the price of their love. Conclusion of the compelling drama starring Lyndsey Marshal. Show more

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 18: 16-20 February 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 5 months

The country may be at war and the factories at peak production, but there is time for romance in industrial Tynemouth. Show more

Contributors

Paddy Blackshields:
Chris Garner
Maud Burnett:
Carolyn Pickles
Duncan Chadwick:
Mark Stobbart
Fraser Chadwick:
Edmund Wiseman
Alan Lowther:
David Seddon
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Robert Lyle:
Deka Walmsley
Luke Lyle:
Richard Riddell
Mhairi Marchant:
Jane Slavin
Cressida Marshall:
Bettrys Jones
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Geoffrey Marshall:
Dominic Mafham
Esther O'Leary:
Amy Cameron
Joyce O'Leary:
Tracy Whitwell
Sgt Ryker:
Simon Harrison
Kenny Stokoe:
Dean Logan
Arnold Reynolds:
Neil Grainger
Yevgeny Zamyatin:
Simon Scardifield
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Davy Wardle:
Stephen O'Raullian
Woman Worker:
Hannah Genesius

A Good Read

John Sergeant and Helen Lewis

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

4 Extra Debut. John Sergeant, Helen Lewis and Harriett Gilbert on books by Sebastian Faulks, Lady Mary Montagu and Sheila Burnford. From 2015. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
John Sergeant
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Lewis
Producer:
Beth O'Dea

Book of the Week

Alexandra Fuller - Leaving Before the Rains Come

"It's not supposed to happen this way"

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

A tragic accident threatens to change everything. Courageous memoir of a tempestuous marriage concluded by Tracy-Ann Oberman. Show more

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