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Woman's Hour

Patti Smith, The Bridge's Sofia Helin, Men who kill their children

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Patti Smith on her life and music, a mother describes losing her sons in a house-fire started deliberately by their father, and The Bridge's Sofia Helin discusses playing Saga. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Patti Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Claire Throssell
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth Yardley
Interviewed Guest:
Sofia Helin
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Outen
Producer:
Anne Peacock

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century: The View from the Windows

Episode 4: Rigor Mortis

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Monica struggles with her true identity when a charming journalist interviews her about her geese, and then a portrait painting session with her neighbour goes horribly wrong. Show more

Drama on 4

The Man in the Lift

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

By Tom Connolly. A man is contracted to repair the lift in an urban residential tower block. But for some of its residents, his presence is much more significant than that. Show more

Front Row

Tom Rob Smith, Modern Scottish Women: Painters and Sculptors, Kevin Barry

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including Tom Rob Smith on his TV thriller London Spy and a look at the Modern Scottish Women: Painters and Sculptors exhibition. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Rob Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin Barry
Interviewed Guest:
Jan Patience
Interviewed Guest:
Neve McIntosh

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century: The View from the Windows

Episode 4: Rigor Mortis

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Monica struggles with her true identity when a charming journalist interviews her about her geese, and then a portrait painting session with her neighbour goes horribly wrong. Show more

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss P versus NP, an unsolved problem in maths that asks if the answers to all problems can be found as easily as they can be checked. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Colva Roney-Dougal
Interviewed Guest:
Timothy Gowers
Interviewed Guest:
Leslie Ann Goldberg

Book at Bedtime

Trigger Mortis

Episode 9

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Having escaped a near-death experience, it is a race against time for Bond, along with Jeopardy Lane, to stop Sin carrying out his evil plans to cause death and destruction. Show more

Book of the Week

Charlotte Bronte: A Life

Episode 4: Being Published

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

The Bronte sisters set about the business of bringing out their best-known books. Meanwhile, their brother Branwell is the source of strained relations at the parsonage in Haworth. Show more

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