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Start the Week

BBC Radio 4 FM

Start the Week

20/04/2009

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Andrew Marr talks to entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani and former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein. Plus Petina Gappah on Zimbabwe and Adam Gopnik on the parallel lives of Darwin and Lincoln. Show more

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Woman's Hour

Public speaking; Foetal alcohol syndrome; Girls' schools

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 4 FM

The art of public speaking discussed. Plus, the issues surrounding foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and Jill Berry on why she thinks girls thrive in a single-sex environment.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey

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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen'sMen of Fashion

BBC Radio 4 FM

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion

Episode 11: Cary Grant - The Influence of Hollywood

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

The interior designer examines the impact of the silver screen on men's fashion, celebrating the stars that have redefined it.

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Traveller's Tree

BBC Radio 4 FM

Traveller's Tree

Series 5

Episode 1: Wilderness

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Katie Derham examines the increasing popularity of wilderness holidays and hears what is on offer for such travellers. Her guests include author Robert Macfarlane. Show more

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Lady Audley's Secret

BBC Radio 4 FM

15 Minute Drama

ME Braddon - Lady Audley's Secret

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

The glittering world of Lucy Graham, who gains all the wealth she desires by marrying Sir Michael Audley, while her maid watches in envy. Stars Hattie Morahan. From April 2009. Show more

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Inside the Child Prisons

BBC Radio 4 FM

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Winifred Robinson follows the fortunes of some of the youngsters in Britain who are detained in secure children's homes and examines the success of alternatives to custody. Show more

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Costing the Earth

BBC Radio 4 FM

Costing the Earth

Virtual Warming

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Counting the carbon cost of our love affair with computers, the programme discovers that every twitter or Facebook posting has an energy demand far higher than we might realise. Show more

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Start the Week

BBC Radio 4 FM

Start the Week

20/04/2009

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Andrew Marr talks to entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani and former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein. Plus Petina Gappah on Zimbabwe and Adam Gopnik on the parallel lives of Darwin and Lincoln. Show more

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Book at Bedtime: Anybody CanDo Anything

BBC Radio 4 FM

Book at Bedtime

Anybody Can Do Anything

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Betty MacDonald's comic novel about life during the Great Depression. During the worst of the Great Depression, Betty and her sisters must find cheap ways to have fun. Show more

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Book of the Week: The Lost Mona Lisa

BBC Radio 4 FM

Book of the Week

RA Scotti - The Lost Mona Lisa

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

4 Extra Debut. The extraordinary day in August 1911 when the Mona Lisa went missing, stolen from the Louvre in Paris. Read by Nickolas Grace.

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