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Book of the Week

Somebody I Used to Know

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

As the dementia makes its slow progression, Wendy reflects on the moment she acknowledged that dementia had become a part of her life that she could no longer ignore. Show more

Woman's Hour

Women's right to vote: Marking 100 years

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Live broadcast from the home of leading suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, how suffrage campaigners would view women's equality today, what having the vote means to three young women. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Theresa May
Interviewed Guest:
Diane Atkinson
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth Crawford
Interviewed Guest:
Gail Heath
Interviewed Guest:
Caroline Criado Perez
Interviewed Guest:
Akeela Ahmed

That Was Then

Episode 7

Duration: 14 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller. Now there are two men following her. Show more

A Good Read

Ruby Tandoh and Jake Yapp

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Comedian Jake Yapp and The Great British Bake Off contestant Ruby Tandoh talk to presenter Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books. Nora Ephron and Ian McEwan feature. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Ruby Tandoh
Interviewed Guest:
Jake Yapp
Producer:
Beth O'Dea

Simon Evans Goes to Market

Series 4

Episode 4: The Cost of Health

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

Simon Evans examines the concept of the 'free lunch' and shines a light on new ways of making money in the 21st century. Show more

Front Row

Mica Paris, Ethics of Arts Funding, Jim Crace

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

The ethics of funding the arts in light of artist Nan Goldin's campaign against the philanthropic Sackler family and Mica Paris sings Ella Fitzgerald. Plus author Jim Crace. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Mica Paris
Interviewed Guest:
Jim Crace
Performer:
Mica Paris
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

That Was Then

Episode 7

Duration: 14 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller. Now there are two men following her. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Reading Europe - Russia: The Big Green Tent

Episode 2: The New Teacher

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Ludmila Ulitskaya's epic novel of dissident life in the Soviet Union follows three school friends through the decades after the death of Stalin. Show more

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 17

Episode 5: How Animals Behave

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Rufus Hound, Lucy Cooke and Prof Rory Wilson to discover how we really learn about animal behaviour and some of the mistakes we've made. Show more

Book of the Week

Somebody I Used to Know

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

As the dementia makes its slow progression, Wendy reflects on the moment she acknowledged that dementia had become a part of her life that she could no longer ignore. Show more

BBC Radio 4 FM

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