Programme Index

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Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Neil offers some unsolicited advice, and tensions rise at Blossom Hill Cottage.

Contributors

Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
David Archer:
Tim Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Ben Archer:
Thomas Lester
Kenton Archer:
Richard Attlee
Jolene Archer:
Buffy Davis
Tony Archer:
David Troughton
Helen Archer:
Louiza Patikas
Tom Archer:
Tom Graham
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Alice Carter:
Hollie Chapman
Ian Craig:
Stephen Kennedy
Usha Franks:
Souad Faress
Shula Hebden Lloyd:
Judy Bennett
Daniel Hebden Lloyd:
Will Howard
Jim Lloyd:
John Rowe
Adam Macy:
Andrew Wincott
Kirsty Miller:
Annabelle Dowler
Fallon Rogers:
Joanna Van Kampen
Rob Titchener:
Timothy Watson
Mike Tucker:
Terry Molloy
Vicky Tucker:
Rachel Atkins
Brenda Tucker:
Amy Shindler
Kingsley Harris:
Tom Roberts

Just a Minute

Series 68

Episode 5

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Classic comedy panel game hosted by Nicholas Parsons. Fi Glover, Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks and Paul Merton compete to speak without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Show more

Contributors

Panellist:
Fi Glover
Panellist:
Gyles Brandreth
Panellist:
Tony Hawks
Panellist:
Paul Merton

Saturday Drama

Great Escape: The Justice

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 4 LW

True story of the post-war manhunt to avenge the Great Escape, by Robert Radcliffe and Robin Brooks. Stars Stephen Tompkinson. From April 2013. Show more

Contributors

Sqn Ldr McKenna:
Stephen Tompkinson
Schulmann:
Ewan Bailey
Max Wielen:
Nicholas Murchie
Emil Schulz:
Rick Warden
Oberst von Lindeiner:
Robert Blythe
Roger Bushell:
Ben Crowe
Paul Brickhill:
Michael Shelford
Nils Fuglesang:
Will Howard
Angela Schulz:
Hannah Wood

Genres

Open Book

Mary Lawson; Iranian literature; AS Byatt and Cecil Day Lewis

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Mary Lawson on her latest novel Road Ends; Amir Cheheltan and Ali May discuss modern Iranian literature; 50 years on, the correspondence between AS Byatt and Cecil Day Lewis. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Mary Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Ali May
Interviewed Guest:
Amir Cheheltan
Producer:
Andrea Kidd

Poetry Please

Edward Thomas, Charlotte Mew, Walter de la Mare

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Roger McGough introduces a selection of requested poetry from three poets who were active one hundred years ago: Edward Thomas, Charlotte Mew and Walter de la Mare. Show more

Jeeves - Live!

Series 2

Episode 2: Jeeves Takes Charge

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

In a one-man tour de force, Martin Jarvis performs a second story, Jeeves Takes Charge, for a packed audience at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival of Literature. The laughter abounds! Show more

The Reverend Thomas Horne tells the tale of actor Hervey Hoyne and the terrible events surrounding a fire in the mumming booth at Rotherham Statutes Fair. Show more

Last Word

Tony Benn, James Ellis, Peter Rona, Marion Thorpe, Bob Crow

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Obituary series with Julian Worricker, remembering politician Tony Benn, actor James Ellis, oceanographer Dr Peter Rona, pianist Marion Thorpe and union leader Bob Crow. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Ruth Winstone
Interviewed Guest:
Kenneth Branagh
Interviewed Guest:
Toto Ellis
Interviewed Guest:
Bramley Murton
Interviewed Guest:
Fanny Waterman
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Dale
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Pinkney
Interviewed Guest:
Dick Murray

The Film Programme

Jonathan Glazer on Under The Skin; Spinal Tap 30 years on; SXSW highlights; Rome on film

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Francine Stock talks to writer and director Jonathan Glazer about Under the Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Glazer
Interviewed Guest:
Scott Jordan Harris
Interviewed Guest:
Sophie Monks Kaufman
Interviewed Guest:
Henry Barnes
Interviewed Guest:
Pasquale Iannone

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