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Ramblings

Series 33

Episode 2: The Essex Way

Duration: 23 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Clare Balding goes on a training walk with four women about to embark on completing the 82-mile Essex Way in just three days while raising money for a local charity. Show more

Saturday Live

Barry Cryer

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Extraordinary stories, unusual people and a sideways look at the world. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Aasmah Mir
Presenter:
Kate Silverton
Interviewed Guest:
Barry Cryer
Interviewed Guest:
James Young
Interviewed Guest:
JP Devlin
Interviewed Guest:
John Ahern
Interviewed Guest:
Pixie Lott
Producer:
Louise Corley

The News Quiz

Series 90

Episode 7

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Susan Calman, Holly Walsh, Dane Baptiste and Francis Wheen are Miles Jupp's guests in the long-running satirical quiz of the week's news. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Miles Jupp
Panellist:
Susan Calman
Panellist:
Dane Baptiste
Panellist:
Holly Walsh
Panellist:
Francis Wheen
Producer:
Paul Sheehan

Dangerous Visions

The Kraken Wakes

Episode 1

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

John Wyndham's science fiction novel adapted by Val McDermid. Performed with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in a terrifying modern retelling of alien invasion and global flooding. Show more

Contributors

Mike Watson:
Paul Higgins
Phyllis Watson:
Tamsin Greig
Dr Emma Chisholm:
Sally Carman
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon:
Nicola Sturgeon

Genres

Woman's Hour

Jodie Foster, Meera Syal, What do American women make of Donald Trump?

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Actress Jodie Foster on her latest project directing George Clooney. What is the appeal of Donald Trump to female voters? Sabrina Ghayour cooks the perfect tangy prawns. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Producer:
Olivia Cope
Interviewed Guest:
Jodie Foster
Interviewed Guest:
Louise Doughty
Interviewed Guest:
Meera Syal
Interviewed Guest:
Mausi Segun
Interviewed Guest:
Sabrina Ghayour
Interviewed Guest:
Kelly Dittmar
Interviewed Guest:
Nicola Mendelsohn
Interviewed Guest:
Sandie Okoro

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Loose Ends

Clive Anderson, Sara Cox, Philip Glenister, Rory Kinnear, Mary Chapin Carpenter

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Clive Anderson and Sara Cox are joined by actors Philip Glenister and Rory Kinnear for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Mary Chapin Carpenter. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clive Anderson
Presenter:
Sara Cox
Interviewed Guest:
Philip Glenister
Interviewed Guest:
Rory Kinnear
Interviewed Guest:
Gemma Whelan

Saturday Review

Love and Friendship, Cornelia Parker - Found, Midsummer Night's Dream, Simon Armitage, The Threepenny Opera

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Featuring Whit Stillman's Jane Austen adaptation, Cornelia Parker's exhibition of found objects, Midsummer Night's Dream on BBC TV, Simon Armitage's Pearl and The Threepenny Opera. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
John Tusa
Interviewed Guest:
Kamila Shamsie
Interviewed Guest:
Nihal undefined
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Dangerous Visions

Brave New World

Episode 1

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Aldous Huxley's thought-provoking classic tale of an irretrievably corrupt society, where promiscuity is the norm, eugenics a respectable science and the drug Soma freely available. Show more

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