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The Reith Lectures

Kwame Anthony Appiah - Mistaken Identities

Colour

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Philosopher and cultural theorist Kwame Anthony Appiah appeals for a world free of racial fixations. Recorded in front of audience at the British Council in Accra, Ghana. Show more

Woman's Hour

Nail varnish, Deaths of women in prison, Cindy Holland, Emma Hamilton

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

With Sali Hughes and Sophy Robson on the joy of painted nails, blogger Prison Bag on being the wife of a convict, and Emma Hamilton, much more than the woman who seduced a war hero. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Producer:
Jane Thurlow
Interviewed Guest:
Josie Bevan
Interviewed Guest:
Juliet Lyon
Interviewed Guest:
Cindy Holland
Interviewed Guest:
Sali Hughes
Interviewed Guest:
Sophy Robson
Interviewed Guest:
Quintin Colville
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Williams

The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles

The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles: Series 8

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

Sparks fly when Treena finds out inadvertently that daughter Darleen is pregnant. Show more

Drama on 4

The Good Listener

Private Lives

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Agents at spy agency GCHQ attempt to find the source of a sophisticated cyber-attack on the UK National Grid before blackouts throw the country into chaos. Show more

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 11

Poetry? No Thanks

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Ed joins a committee to help erect a statue honouring a plucky wartime songbird. Stars Christopher Douglas. From 2016. Show more

Front Row

Amy Adams, John Rutter and Tracy Chevalier

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

American actress Amy Adams on communicating with aliens in new sci-fi film Arrival, composer and conductor John Rutter, and Tracy Chevalier on finally reading The Secret Garden. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Amy Adams
Interviewed Guest:
John Rutter
Interviewed Guest:
Tracy Chevalier
Interviewed Guest:
Caroline McCormick
Presenter:
John Wilson

The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles

The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles: Series 8

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

Sparks fly when Treena finds out inadvertently that daughter Darleen is pregnant. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Days Without End

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Arriving at Fort Kearney, the cavalry find the townspeople living in fear of the native Yurok people and are asked to confront them. However the local militia finds them first. Show more

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