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Woman's Hour

'Period poverty', Catherine Mayer, Being cared for, Flowers as art, US women and guns

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

This edition covers UK girls too poor to buy sanitary products, how it feels to be cared for, Catherine Mayer on gender equality, 10,000 irises as art, and American women and guns. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Producer:
Erin Riley
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Mayer
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Louise Law
Interviewed Guest:
Tina Leslie
Interviewed Guest:
Monica Lennon

15 Minute Drama

Going Straight by Melissa Murray

Episode 2

Duration: 14 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

Pressure mounts on Emma to tell her best friend Kirsty about her affair - news that could ruin both their relationship and Kirsty's business. Show more

Intrigue

Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel

Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel - Episode 2

Duration: 23 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

We’ve met the mayor’s wife. Now, meet the mayor, “the main man” who takes this story to the national stage. The continuing true story of death, sex and elite politics in China. Show more

Drama on 4

The Ferryhill Philosophers

Moral Status and the Golden Boy

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

The mother of a boy on a life support machine asks for Joe's help and tells him something which changes everything. With Alun Armstrong and Deborah Findlay. Show more

A Good Read

Harriet Harman and Pete Paphides

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Pete Paphides and Harriet Harman discuss books by Lionel Shriver, Julian Cope and Angela Carter. From 2017. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Harriet Harman
Interviewed Guest:
Pete Paphides
Producer:
Sally Heaven

The Missing Hancocks

Series 3

A Holiday in France

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

Harry Secombe and Bill leave for a holiday in Southend, but they end up in Paris. Stars Andy Secombe. From March 2017. Show more

Contributors

Harry Secombe:
Andy Secombe
Bill Kerr:
Kevin Eldon
Sid James:
Simon Greenall
Kenneth Williams:
Robin Sebastian
Andree Melly:
Susy Kane
Writer:
Ray Galton
Producer:
Ed Morrish
Producer:
Neil Pearson

Front Row

Saxophonist John Harle, The Salesman reviewed, Singer-songwriter ESKA

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

John Harle on how to play the saxophone, highlights from London Book Fair, singer-songwriter ESKA on getting funding. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
John Harle
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hansen
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Snapes
Interviewed Guest:
Vanessa Reed
Interviewed Guest:
undefined Eska
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Book of the Week

The Word Detective

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

John Simpson is put in charge of the New Words group, and starts to investigate the world of Rastafarianism. The poet Benjamin Zephaniah teaches him the fine art of 'skanking'. Show more

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