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In Our Time

Bird Migration

Duration: 51 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why some birds migrate and similar ones do not, whether the benefits outweigh the risks and how they navigate across oceans. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Barbara Helm
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Guilford
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Holland

Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

The Days of Anna Madrigal

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

As she travels to her home town of Winnemucca, Anna remembers a particularly intense friendship from when she was a boy. From July 2017. Show more

Cold War: Stories from the Big Freeze

Series 2

America's Vietnam War

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 4 months

Bridget Kendall explores how three US veterans were shaped by their brutal experiences in the Vietnam War, and how it affected their view of America's Cold War mission. Show more

Drama on 4

Lost in France

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

A career girl splits from her boyfriend, quits her job and decides to retreat to the Dordogne. Comedy starring Sophie Thompson, Phyllida Law and Harriet Collings. Show more

Front Row

Tarell Alvin McCraney's Queer Icon; Romola Garai and Helen Edmundson on Queen Anne; Jamaica's Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Oscar-winning writer Tarell Alvin McCraney on Paris is Burning; Romola Garai and Helen Edmundson on the often overlooked Queen Anne. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Romola Garai
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Edmundson
Interviewed Guest:
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Interviewed Guest:
Hugh Pearman
Interviewed Guest:
Lorna Goodison
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

The Days of Anna Madrigal

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

As she travels to her home town of Winnemucca, Anna remembers a particularly intense friendship from when she was a boy. From July 2017. Show more

In Our Time

Bird Migration

Duration: 51 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why some birds migrate and similar ones do not, whether the benefits outweigh the risks and how they navigate across oceans. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Barbara Helm
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Guilford
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Holland

Dangerous Visions

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Montag cannot go to work. Not after what happened yesterday. He is supposed to burn books. Not people. Ray Bradbury's cult classic, abridged by Sara Davies. Read by Alex Jennings. Show more

Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones!

Series 2

Episode 6: The Bodyguard

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Milton offers bodyguard services and finds that a South American diva and a tent full of homemade jam don't mix well. From 2016. Show more

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