Programme Index

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Start the Week

The Death of Democracy

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Amol Rajan with journalist and historian Anne Applebaum, and political scientists David Runciman and Nic Cheeseman. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Amol Rajan
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Applebaum
Interviewed Guest:
David Runciman
Interviewed Guest:
Nic Cheeseman
Producer:
Hannah Sander

Book of the Week

The Language of Kindness

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Christie Watson's account of her nursing career is also an intimate portrait of hospital life where small acts of kindness make all the difference. Teresa Gallagher reads. Show more

Woman's Hour

Women in Retail

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

What does the state of the high street and the growth of online mean for women - as consumers, as employees and as entrepreneurs? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Mary Portas
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Shuttleworth
Interviewed Guest:
Carol Kane
Interviewed Guest:
Angela Spindler
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Winser
Interviewed Guest:
Simmone Haywood
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Hardcastle
Producer:
Emma Wallace

Henry James

The Wings of the Dove

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Milly, now gravely ill but desperate to live her life to the full, has taken residence in Venice. Starring Jodie Comer. Show more

Contributors

Henry James:
John Lynch
Milly Theale:
Jodie Comer
Lord Mark:
Jack Lowden
Merton Densher:
Nico Mirallegro
Kate Croy:
Aisling Loftus

Genres

Drama on 4

Rumpole

Rumpole and the Golden Thread

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

In Africa for a murder trial, Rumpole is wrongfully arrested and Phillida is sent out to rescue him. A spark of love between them is rekindled - and there's trouble ahead. Show more

Contributors

Horace Rumpole:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Hilda Rumpole:
Jasmine Hyde
Sam Ballard:
Michael Cochrane
Claude Erskine-Brown:
Nigel Anthony
Phillida Erskine-Brown:
Cathy Sara
Sir Worthington Banzana:
Joseph Mydell
Prison Guard:
Joseph Mydell
Arthur Remnant:
Adrian Scarborough
Charles Pinkerton:
Adrian Scarborough
David Mazenze:
Okorie Chukwu
Christopher Cuazango:
Okorie Chukwu
Mabel Mazenze:
Nadine Marshall
Alice Ruingo:
Nadine Marshall
Director:
Marilyn Imrie

Genres

Front Row

Literary Norwich

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

In June the National Centre for Writing will open in Norwich which was England's first UNESCO City of Literature. Kirsty Lang takes a literary tour of the city. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Gribble
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Perry
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Hall
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Stott
Interviewed Guest:
Imogen Hermes Gowar
Interviewed Guest:
Gboyega Abayomi-Odubanjo

Henry James

The Wings of the Dove

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Milly, now gravely ill but desperate to live her life to the full, has taken residence in Venice. Starring Jodie Comer. Show more

Contributors

Henry James:
John Lynch
Milly Theale:
Jodie Comer
Lord Mark:
Jack Lowden
Merton Densher:
Nico Mirallegro
Kate Croy:
Aisling Loftus

Genres

Start the Week

The Death of Democracy

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Amol Rajan with journalist and historian Anne Applebaum, and political scientists David Runciman and Nic Cheeseman. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Amol Rajan
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Applebaum
Interviewed Guest:
David Runciman
Interviewed Guest:
Nic Cheeseman
Producer:
Hannah Sander

Book at Bedtime

The Valley at the Centre of the World

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

The neighbours gather at the Red House for Jo and Ryan's housewarming. Abridged by Robin Brooks. Read by Steven Robertson. Show more

Book of the Week

The Language of Kindness

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Christie Watson's account of her nursing career is also an intimate portrait of hospital life where small acts of kindness make all the difference. Teresa Gallagher reads. Show more

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