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Start the Week

Space Survival and Exploration

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Andrew Marr discusses space travel with expert in space medicine Kevin Fong, astronomer royal Martin Rees, astrophysicist Carole Haswell and sci-fi writer Stephen Baxter. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin Fong
Interviewed Guest:
Carole Haswell
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Baxter
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Rees
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Woman's Hour

Lucy van Pelt, Baroness Verma, Homelessness, Little Green Dress, Memory

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

The wisdom of Lucy van Pelt, Baroness Verma tackling violence against women and girls overseas, impact of homelessness on a mother and her daughters, alternatives to the LBD. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Hadley Freeman
Interviewed Guest:
Jenny Colgan
Interviewed Guest:
Sandip Verma
Interviewed Guest:
Daisy-May Hudson
Interviewed Guest:
Beverley Hudson
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Murphy
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Weighall

15 Minute Drama

I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General

Episode 1: A Man of Jollity

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

It is 1877, and Gilbert and Sullivan cast George Grossmith, a touring comedian, as the leading man in their new opera, The Sorcerer. But there is one problem: he is not a singer. Show more

The Missing Hancocks

Series 2

The Trial of Father Christmas

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 11 months

Hancock’s Strolling Players’ cautionary tale of Christmas as it might be. Stars Kevin McNally. 1955 episode re-recorded in 2015. Show more

Contributors

Tony Hancock:
Kevin McNally
Bill Kerr:
Kevin Eldon
Sid James:
Simon Greenall
Kenneth Williams:
Robin Sebastian
Andree Melly:
Susy Kane
Graham Stark:
John Finnemore
Writer:
Ray Galton
Producer:
Ed Morrish
Producer:
Neil Pearson

Home Front

21 December 1915 - Florrie Wilson (Season 6 start)

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

The first episode of Season 6: as Folkestone begins to recover from a major landslide, it appears that the Wilsons have all developed little rituals. Show more

Contributors

Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Albert Wilson:
Jamie Foreman
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Roland Pemble:
Jack Holden

Drama on 4

Joseph Wilde - Wildsong

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

4 Extra Debut. A man leaves the comfort of the city to search for his brother in rural Somerset, to bring him to see their dying father. With Tim van Eyken's drama and soundscape. Show more

Contributors

Genres

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 64

Episode 4

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

A return visit to York for regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden, plus Sandi Toksvig on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Front Row

Tony Jordan and Ron Howard, plus Kurt Masur remembered

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews with guests Tony Jordan and Ron Howard. Plus Kurt Masur remembered and an alternative image of Christmas. Presented by John Wilson. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Ron Howard
Interviewed Guest:
Tony Jordan
Interviewed Guest:
Norman Lebrecht
Interviewed Guest:
Waldemar Januszczak
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

15 Minute Drama

I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General

Episode 1: A Man of Jollity

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

It is 1877, and Gilbert and Sullivan cast George Grossmith, a touring comedian, as the leading man in their new opera, The Sorcerer. But there is one problem: he is not a singer. Show more

Start the Week

Space Survival and Exploration

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Andrew Marr discusses space travel with expert in space medicine Kevin Fong, astronomer royal Martin Rees, astrophysicist Carole Haswell and sci-fi writer Stephen Baxter. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin Fong
Interviewed Guest:
Carole Haswell
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Baxter
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Rees
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Book at Bedtime

A Snow Garden and Other Stories

Episode 1: A Faraway Smell of Lemon

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Ducking out of the rain, a woman finds herself in an unusual shop that might just offer her the gift she needs most this Christmas. Show more

BBC Radio 4 FM

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