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Farming Today

Calls to abolish Scottish Agricultural Wages Board, National parks, Wine harvest, BBC Food and Farming Awards finalists

Duration: 13 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

A Conservative MP is calling for the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board to be abolished because she says high wages are preventing less-experienced workers from being employed. Show more

Woman's Hour

Emeli Sande, Sigrid Rausing, Women, degrees and the STEM job market, Cilla the musical

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Philanthropist Sigrid Rausing talks about her memoir Mayhem, which explores the impact of addiction on a family's life. Emeli Sande sings in the WH studio before going on tour. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Sigrid Rausing
Interviewed Guest:
Emeli Sande
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Coldicutt
Interviewed Guest:
Floriane Fidegnon
Interviewed Guest:
Maureen Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Kara Lily Hayworth

15 Minute Drama

Just a Girl: Series 3

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

The ups and downs of being a transgender teenager with a talent for musical theatre. Third series of drama by Mark Davies Markham. Show more

Home Front

19 September 1917 - Kitty Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

On this day in 1917, socialist and women's activist Annie Besant was released from prison in India, while in Folkestone, Kitty Lumley feels trapped. Show more

Contributors

Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Albert Wilson:
Jamie Foreman
Bessie Joseph:
Rhiannon Neads
Ivy Layton:
Lizzy Watts
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Series Editor:
Jessica Dromgoole

Drama on 4

Rumpole

Rumpole for the Prosecution

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Horace Rumpole's client asks him to do something he has always sworn he will not do - appear for the prosecution. Show more

Contributors

Erskine-Brown:
Nigel Anthony
Fig Newton:
Nigel Anthony
Mr Fabian:
Ewan Bailey
Judge Oliphant:
Stephen Critchlow
Chief Inspector:
Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Fabian:
Deborah Findlay
Liz Probert:
Amy Morgan
Nicholas Rumpole:
Max Pattison
Director:
Marilyn Imrie

Genres

BBC National Short Story Award

BBC National Short Story Award 2017

The Edge of the Shoal

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

By Cynan Jones. The winning story of horror at sea. When things go terribly wrong, can the protagonist survive? Read by Jamie Parker. Show more

Great Lives

Andrea Catherwood on Constance Markievicz

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

4 Extra Debut. Journalist Andrea Catherwood chooses Irish rebel and the first woman MP, Constance Markievicz. With Matthew Parris. From 2017. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Parris
Interviewed Guest:
Andrea Catherwood
Interviewed Guest:
Lindie Naughton
Producer:
Miles Warde

15 Minute Drama

Just a Girl: Series 3

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

The ups and downs of being a transgender teenager with a talent for musical theatre. Third series of drama by Mark Davies Markham. Show more

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

Award-winning satirist Nish Kumar shines his spotlight of truth on the biggest news stories, in the hope of showing them up for what they really are. Show more

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