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Woman's Hour

Living with an alcoholic; Graduate earnings; Japanese women

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Why a University degree is worth more to women than to men and imagining life below stairs in Jane Austen's England. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Walker
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Morshead
Interviewed Guest:
Sadie Barber
Interviewed Guest:
Fiona Davison
Interviewed Guest:
Mariko Oi
Interviewed Guest:
Lola Martinez
Interviewed Guest:
Jo Baker
Producer:
Helen Lee

15 Minute Drama

How to Have a Perfect Marriage

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Karen and Jack celebrate their wedding anniversary the way they always do, on Primrose Hill, with flowers and a takeaway. Show more

With Nobbs On

Episode 2: From Howerd's End to Pebble Mill

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

David Nobbs, the comic genius behind The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin and The Two Ronnies, talks about his comedy career. Show more

Drama on 4

The Burning Times

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Events take a sinister turn when a teenager tries to rob a lonely 'old witch' in this modern Gothic drama starring Hayley Carmichael and Danielle Vitalis. Show more

Last Word

A Holocaust activist, a Hollywood actress, a jazz keyboardist, a stuntman and a tugboat hero

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Obituary series. Aasmah Mir remembers Robert Maxwell's widow Betty, Olympic stuntman Mark Sutton, actor Karen Black, tugboat hero Kenneth Dancy and keyboardist George Duke. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Aasmah Mir
Producer:
Paul Kobrak

Bremner's One Question Quiz

Episode 1: What Is Britishness?

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Rory Bremner returns with a new comedy show that takes one contemporary issue and digs deep into its satirical bowels. Guests include John O'Farrell and John Jungclaussen. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rory Bremner
Panellist:
Nick Doody
Panellist:
Andy Zaltzman
Panellist:
Melanie Hudson
Panellist:
John O'Farrell
Producer:
Simon Jacobs

The Archers

16/08/2013

Duration: 13 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Pat and Tony make an ethical decision, and Kathy can't put work behind her. Show more

Contributors

Kenton Archer:
Richard Attlee
David Archer:
Tim Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Elizabeth Pargetter:
Alison Dowling
Tony Archer:
Colin Skipp
Helen Archer:
Louiza Patikas
Tom Archer:
Tom Graham
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Lilian Bellamy:
Sunny Ormonde
Jolene Perks:
Buffy Davis
Fallon Rogers:
Joanna Van Kampen
Kathy Perks:
Hedli Niklaus
Jamie Perks:
Dan Ciotkowski
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Brenda Tucker:
Amy Shindler
Oliver Sterling:
Michael Cochrane
Caroline Sterling:
Sara Coward
Kirsty Miller:
Annabelle Dowler
Rob Titchener:
Timothy Watson
Martyn Gibson:
Jon Glover
Ray Franklin:
Robin Bowerman
Harriet Franklin:
Liza Sadovy
Anthea Jennings:
Joanna Brookes
Mel Harrison:
Abigail McKern
Director:
Julie Beckett
Producer:
Julie Beckett

Front Row

Cultural Exchange Finale

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

John Wilson brings the Cultural Exchange project to a close, with Armando Iannucci, Laura Mvula, Germaine Greer, Paul Weller, Terence Stamp and others. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Armando Iannucci
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Mvula
Interviewed Guest:
Germaine Greer
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Weller
Interviewed Guest:
Terence Stamp
Interviewed Guest:
Justin Welby

15 Minute Drama

How to Have a Perfect Marriage

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Karen and Jack celebrate their wedding anniversary the way they always do, on Primrose Hill, with flowers and a takeaway. Show more

Saturday Drama

South Downs

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 4 LW

By David Hare. Drama set in the '60s in Lancing College, Sussex. A pin-sharp pupil is cut off from his fellow boys by virtue of his own intellect, background and questioning spirit. Show more

Contributors

Rev Eric Dewley:
Nicholas Farrell
John Blakemore:
Alex Lawther
Jeremy Duffield:
Jonathan Bailey
Basil Spear:
Andrew Woodall
Colin Jenkins:
Bradley Hall
Tommy Gunter:
Jack Elliott
Roger Sprule:
Liam Morton
Belinda Duffield:
Anna Chancellor
The voice of Sheila Blakemore:
Stella Gonet
Writer:
David Hare
Director:
Jeremy Herrin

Genres

Book of the Week

Lloyd Bradley - Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Exploration of black music in the capital reaches the present, as jungle and garage pave the way for grime, a style which has crossed over into the mainstream. Show more

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