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Start the Week

Andrew Marr on poet George Herbert

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Andrew Marr discusses the poet George Herbert and prayer in a secular age, with biographer John Drury, composer Sir John Tavener and writer Jeanette Winterson. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
John Drury
Interviewed Guest:
John Tavener
Interviewed Guest:
Jeanette Winterson
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Woman's Hour

Power-lister Carol Black; Mood marketing; Children in Need

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

WH power-lister Professor Dame Carol Black on her leading role in medicine. Are advertisers targeting your mood? And why the RCM say one-in-four midwives are thinking of leaving. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Carol Black
Interviewed Guest:
Nina Stibbe
Interviewed Guest:
Cathy Warwick
Producer:
Ruth Watts

15 Minute Drama

Children in Need: Holding On to You

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

4 Extra Debut. Fourteen-year-old Holly can't believe her luck when she is asked out by 20-year-old Jay, but her friend Leah is unhappy. Drama about child sexual exploitation. Show more

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 9

Episode 1: The Personal Statement

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Trying to win back his ex-girlfriend, writer Ed applies for real jobs. Stars Christopher Douglas and Jenny Agutter. From 2013. Show more

Drama on 4

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Episode 1: An Exceptionally Wicked Lady

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

4 Extra Debut. Mma Ramostwe and Mma Makutsi face an old adversary, while a letter sets them a seemingly impossible task. Stars Janice Acquah. Show more

Contributors

Mma Ramotswe:
Janice Acquah
Mma Makutsi:
Nadine Marshall
Mr JLB Matekoni:
Ben Onwukwe
Oliver Maxwell:
Sam Dale
Mr Gaefale:
Jude Akuwudike
Mr Kereleng:
Maynard Eziashi
Violet Sephotho:
Anna Bengo
Mma Potokwani:
Adjoa Andoh
Reverend:
Babou Ceesay
Joe Bosilong:
Nyasha Hatendi

Genres

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I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 60

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Radio 4's antidote to panel games returns for its 60th series. Regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer are joined by John Finnemore, with Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Front Row

Bryan Adams; Lang Lang; Kennedy films

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts programme with Mark Lawson, including singer Bryan Adams on his photographs of war veterans and an interview with Chinese pianist Lang Lang. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Lang Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Bryan Adams

15 Minute Drama

Children in Need: Holding On to You

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

4 Extra Debut. Fourteen-year-old Holly can't believe her luck when she is asked out by 20-year-old Jay, but her friend Leah is unhappy. Drama about child sexual exploitation. Show more

Start the Week

Andrew Marr on poet George Herbert

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Andrew Marr discusses the poet George Herbert and prayer in a secular age, with biographer John Drury, composer Sir John Tavener and writer Jeanette Winterson. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
John Drury
Interviewed Guest:
John Tavener
Interviewed Guest:
Jeanette Winterson
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Book of the Week

Martin Sandler - The Letters of John F Kennedy

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

JFK's early letters, including his correspondence with his brother Joe during the Second World War when both were in combat. Read by Colin Stinton. Show more

BBC Radio 4 LW

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