Programme Index

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Saturday Live

Lynne Truss

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Richard Coles and Anita Anand with writer Lynne Truss, poet Luke Wright, actress Tina Malone, extra Jill Goldston, paraglider Guy Anderson, Danielle de Niese's Inheritance Tracks. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Coles
Presenter:
Anita Anand
Interviewed Guest:
Lynne Truss
Interviewed Guest:
Luke Wright
Interviewed Guest:
Tina Malone
Interviewed Guest:
Guy Anderson
Interviewed Guest:
Jill Goldston
Interviewed Guest:
Bill Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Harry Stone
Interviewed Guest:
Danielle de Niese
Interviewed Guest:
JP Devlin
Producer:
Dixi Stewart

World War One: The Cultural Front

Series 1

Episode 1: Words for Battle

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Francine Stock begins her exploration of the culture of the Great War in 1914 with the mobilization of the word. Intellectuals and authors became seen as crucial to the war effort. Show more

The News Quiz

Series 83

Episode 4

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with regular panellist Jeremy Hardy and guest panellists including Bob Mills and Samira Ahmed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sandi Toksvig
Panellist:
Jeremy Hardy
Panellist:
Bob Mills
Panellist:
Samira Ahmed

Saturday Drama

Classic Chandler

Episode 4: Classic Chandler - Playback

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Marlowe is hired to tail a woman without knowing why, but it seems he is not the only one on the trail. Starring Toby Stephens. Show more

Contributors

Philip Marlowe:
Toby Stephens
Betty Mayfield:
Sarah Goldberg
Larry Mitchell:
Iain Batchelor
Clyde Umney:
Sean Baker
Clark Brandon:
John Guerrasio
Goble:
Sam Dale
Producer:
Claire Grove

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Kelis; Caring for Parents

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Kelis on feminism and food. Why a breast cancer charity has teamed up with The Sun. The politics of afro hair. Sheila Chisholm, Australian commoner turned princess. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Kelis Rogers
Interviewed Guest:
Nell Hales
Interviewed Guest:
Cynthia Barlow
Interviewed Guest:
Carmel McConnell
Interviewed Guest:
Sharon Hardy
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Norton
Interviewed Guest:
John Donnelly
Interviewed Guest:
Hannah Pool
Interviewed Guest:
Editi Udofot
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Wainwright
Interviewed Guest:
Kristen Hallenga

Saturday Review

Grand Budapest Hotel; Ruins; Young Skins

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Tom Sutcliffe chairs critical discussion of the week's cultural events. Tom is joined by Naomi Alderman, Amanda Craig and Michael Goldfarb. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest:
Amanda Craig
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Goldfarb

Classic Serial

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Elizabeth is determined to hate Mr Darcy but finds the attentions of her cousin Mr Collins even more vexing. With Pippa Nixon, Jamie Parker, Samantha Spiro. From March 2014. Show more

Contributors

Elizabeth Bennet:
Pippa Nixon
Mr Darcy:
Jamie Parker
Mrs Bennet:
Samantha Spiro
Mr Collins:
Toby Jones
Mr Bennet:
David Troughton
Charlotte Lucas:
Michelle Terry
Mr Bingley:
Joshua Maguire
Miss Bingley:
Fenella Woolgar
Jane Bennet:
Lydia Wilson
Lydia Bennet:
Georgie Fuller
Kitty Bennet:
Carys Eleri
Mary Bennet:
Rosie Wyatt
Mrs Gardiner:
Priyanga Burford
Colonel Fitzwilliam:
David Seddon
Lady Catherine de Bourgh:
Carolyn Pickles
Narrator:
Amanda Root
Director:
Sally Avens

Poetry Please

West African Poetry and Sinead Morrissey

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Roger McGough presents an edition of the poetry request programme which includes a chance to hear from the winner of this year's TS Eliot prize and poetry from West Africa. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Roger McGough
Interviewed Guest:
Sinead Morrissey
Interviewed Guest:
Hollie McNish

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