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In Our Time

Persepolis

Duration: 51 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 'City of the Persians' that flourished for almost 200 years from the reign of Darius I until its destruction by Alexander III of Macedon. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Lloyd Llewellyn Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis
Interviewed Guest:
Lindsay Allen

Book of the Week

The Stopping Places

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Romani people have spread out across the world in a great diaspora, so now many nationalities have a shared heritage. Damian continues his journey and has an unexpected encounter. Show more

Woman's Hour

Monogamy, Forbes, Criminalising punters, Processions

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. Janie Dee on her new play Monogamy, the sex trade, the gender disparity in sports, and creating suffrage centenary banners. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Jess Phillips
Interviewed Guest:
Marianne Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Kessel
Interviewed Guest:
Janie Dee
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Marriage
Interviewed Guest:
Jenny Lister
Reporter:
Tamsin Smith

Gudrun

Series 4

Episode 9

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

Gudrun is determined to stop a political marriage that will see Alexandra married to a brute. Starring Kate Phillips. Show more

Contributors

Demetrious:
Ryan Whittle
Bishop Arascius:
Sean Murray
Theophanes:
Ryan Early
Emperor Basil:
John Lightbody
Director:
Gemma Jenkins
Producer:
Gemma Jenkins

Ramblings

Series 39

Up to the Dashwood Mausoleum

Duration: 25 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Clare Balding walks to the extraordinary Dashwood Mausoleum near High Wycombe with Julia and Lee Clements and their profoundly disabled daughter, Cerys. Show more

The Rest is History

Series 2

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Frank Skinner and guests Katy Brand, Pierre Novellie and Professor Kate Williams ponder history’s funniest moments. From 2016. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Skinner
Interviewed Guest:
Katy Brand
Interviewed Guest:
Pierre Novellie
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Williams
Producer:
Mark Augustyn

Front Row

Rupert Everett, Abir Mukherjee, Sex and the City 20 years on

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Rupert Everett disusses playing Oscar Wilde in The Happy Prince; novelist Abir Mukherjee on his latest, Smoke and Ashes; Sex and the City, 20 years on; and the late Mary Wilson. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Rupert Everett
Interviewed Guest:
Abir Mukherjee
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Bullimore
Interviewed Guest:
Mary Wilson

Gudrun

Series 4

Episode 9

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

Gudrun is determined to stop a political marriage that will see Alexandra married to a brute. Starring Kate Phillips. Show more

Contributors

Demetrious:
Ryan Whittle
Bishop Arascius:
Sean Murray
Theophanes:
Ryan Early
Emperor Basil:
John Lightbody
Director:
Gemma Jenkins
Producer:
Gemma Jenkins

In Our Time

Persepolis

Duration: 51 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 'City of the Persians' that flourished for almost 200 years from the reign of Darius I until its destruction by Alexander III of Macedon. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Lloyd Llewellyn Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis
Interviewed Guest:
Lindsay Allen

Lobby Land

Series 1

Frozen Out

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

4 Extra Debut. Westminster’s alive with summer gossip, but young journalist Sam Peakes needs a story - fast. Stars Ophelia Lovibond. From 2018. Show more

Contributors

Sam Peakes:
Ophelia Lovibond
Tom Shriver MP:
Charlie Higson
Mia Phillips:
Cariad Lloyd
Dom Bell:
Lewis Macleod
Lawrence Mills:
Ryan Sampson
Mel Munson MP:
Claire Price
Writer:
Jon Harvey
Producer:
Jon Harvey

Book of the Week

The Stopping Places

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Romani people have spread out across the world in a great diaspora, so now many nationalities have a shared heritage. Damian continues his journey and has an unexpected encounter. Show more

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