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Woman's Hour

Jane Garvey's Makeover, Childcare Bill and Children with Disabilities, Rooney Mara, Carmen Giannattasio, Teenage Boys

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Jane Garvey's makeover, the Childcare Bill and disabilities, Rooney Mara and the film Carol, soprano Carmen Giannattasio, and teenage boys on the pressures to look good. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Amanda Batten
Interviewed Guest:
Rooney Mara
Interviewed Guest:
Carmen Giannattasio

15 Minute Drama

Welcome to Zaatari

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 12 months

They are partying in Amman tonight. And finding too many ways to say goodbye. Show more

Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola

Season 1 - Blood

Politics

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Politics. A story of power dramatised by Oliver Emanuel from the works of literature’s greatest whistle blower. Show more

A Good Read

Shirley Williams and Margaret Drabble

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

4 Extra Debut. Shirley Williams, Margaret Drabble and Harriett Gilbert on books by Winifred Holtby, Mary McCarthy and James Joyce. From 2015. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Drabble
Producer:
Sally Heaven

Gloomsbury

Series 2

Episode 3: Bonfire of the Jealousies

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Vera is consumed with jealousy, because her friend Ginny Fox is going to be photographed for the front cover of Vanity Fair by acclaimed society photographer Manta Ray. Show more

Contributors

Vera Sackcloth-Vest:
Miriam Margolyes
Henry Mickleton:
Jonathan Coy
Mrs Gosling:
Alison Steadman
Lionel Fox:
Roger Lloyd Pack
Ginny Fox:
Alison Steadman
Venus Traduces:
Morwenna Banks
Manta Ray:
John Sessions
Dog Owner:
Nigel Planer
Sigmund Void:
John Sessions
Producer:
Jamie Rix
Writer:
Sue Limb

Front Row

Elisabeth Frink, Quentin Letts, Lloyd Dorfman

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang on the sculptures of Dame Elisabeth Frink, Ticketmaster's Chris Edmonds on touts, and Quentin Letts talks about his first novel. Plus arts philanthropist Lloyd Dorfman. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Annette Ratuszniak
Interviewed Guest:
Lin Jammet
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Edmonds
Interviewed Guest:
Quentin Letts
Interviewed Guest:
Lloyd Dorfman

15 Minute Drama

Welcome to Zaatari

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 12 months

They are partying in Amman tonight. And finding too many ways to say goodbye. Show more

Liam Williams: Ladhood

Series 1

Truants

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 12 months

Teenage misadventures in the Yorkshire suburbs evoking memories of fights, virginity loss, house parties and school. From 2015. Show more

Contributors

Adult Liam:
Liam Williams
Young Liam:
Alfie Field
Bradley Dixon:
Sam Shaw
Ralph Fletcher:
George Richardson
Craig Cheng:
Ken Cheng
Mrs Pallister:
Amelia Lowdell
Liam's Mum:
Debra Baker
Liam's Dad:
Caolan McCarthy
Mr Draper:
Ewan Bailey
Teacher 1:
Evie Killip
Producer:
Arnab Chanda

Book of the Week

Living on Paper - Letters from Iris Murdoch 1934-1995

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Iris Murdoch worked at the Treasury during the war but kept in touch with her friend from Oxford Frank Thompson. He called Murdoch his 'dream girl', but they were never lovers. Show more

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