Programme Index

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Woman's Hour

FGM reconstructive surgery; Power-dressing for the heat; Child maintenance payments

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Andrea Catherwood looks at how to power-dress to be cool at work in the heat, and what changes to child maintenance will mean for lone parents. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Camilla Morton
Interviewed Guest:
Jasmine Montgomery
Interviewed Guest:
Steve Webb

15 Minute Drama

Chronicles of Ait - The Lotos Effect

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

4 Extra Debut. Dr Linus Scott is confronted by two women who appear to share a nightmare. Is a troubled visitor connected? Stars Ben Wise. Show more

Births, Deaths and Marriages

Series 2

Episode 3: The Uncivil Partnership

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Malcolm falls in love with a woman registering the death of her third deceased husband. Stars David Schneider. From July 2013. Show more

Drama on 4

Rhapsody

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

While choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton is struggling with a teetering love affair, Princess Margaret asks him to create a new ballet for the 80th birthday of the Queen Mother. Show more

Contributors

The Queen Mother:
Phyllida Law
Sir Frederick Ashton:
Jeremy Clyde
Martyn Thomas:
William Beck
William Chappell:
Benjamin Whitrow
Baryshnikov:
Gunnar Cauthery
Ruth Fermoy:
Marlene Sidaway
Interviewer:
Marlene Sidaway
Nicholls:
Kim Wall
Reporter:
Kim Wall
Leslie Collier:
Madeline Clements
Director:
John Taylor

Genres

The Food Programme

Skint Foodies

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Sheila Dillon meets cooks specialising in great food on small budgets. Single mum 'A Girl Called Jack', Belfast-born Miss South and 'Skint Foodie' have become influential bloggers. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Jack Monroe
Producer:
Dan Saladino

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 8

Episode 6: Science Museum

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Brian Cox and Robin Ince transport the monkey cage to London's Science Museum to discuss the wonder of science with guests including American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Show more

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 59

Episode 5

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

A welcome visit to Leicester's De Montfort Hall for regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden plus Rob Brydon on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Front Row

Tony Grisoni, Richard Rogers, Imperial War Museum

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Southcliffe screenwriter Tony Grisoni, new galleries at the Imperial War Museum in London, and architect Richard Rogers nominates a favourite public space for Cultural Exchange. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Tony Grisoni
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Rogers
Interviewed Guest:
Ralph Steadman

15 Minute Drama

Chronicles of Ait - The Lotos Effect

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

4 Extra Debut. Dr Linus Scott is confronted by two women who appear to share a nightmare. Is a troubled visitor connected? Stars Ben Wise. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Ian Sansom - The Norfolk Mystery

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

4 Extra Debut. 1937. Stephen Sefton's life is a mess when he applies for a job with populist educator Swanton Morley. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. From July 2013. Show more

Book of the Week

Amana Fontanella-Khan - The Pink Sari Revolution

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

4 Extra Debut. The story of Sampat Devi Pal, essentially illiterate but the fierce and courageous founder of India's infamous Pink Gang, fighting for the rights of women in India. Show more

BBC Radio 4 LW

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