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Start the Week

The Future of Capitalism

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Anne McElvoy talks about the future of capitalism with social theorist Jeremy Rifkin, sociologist Saskia Sassen and Tory MP Kwasi Kwarteng. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Anne McElvoy
Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Rifkin
Interviewed Guest:
Saskia Sassen
Interviewed Guest:
Kwasi Kwarteng
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Woman's Hour

Woman's Hour Takeover

Episode 1: J.K. Rowling

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

J.K. Rowling looks at why Scotland has the highest number of MS sufferers in the world, explains her passion for Scottish rugby and asks, what is the power and myth of the shoe? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Editor:
JK Rowling
Interviewed Guest:
Heather Lockheart
Interviewed Guest:
Caroline Cox
Interviewed Guest:
Georgina Goodman
Interviewed Guest:
Charles ffrench-Constant
Producer:
Kat Wong

15 Minute Drama

Le Donne

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

With her husband Franco in prison, Caterina must decide whether to join the Camorra and become leader of the Riccardi clan. Show more

Contributors

Caterina Riccardi:
Indira Varma
Salvatore:
Anton Lesser
Franco:
Danny Webb
Antonella:
Rebecca Callard
Pirenesi:
Juliet Aubrey
Ferrezano:
Rufus Wright
Newsreader:
Vaughan Savidge
Producer:
Rosalynd Ward

Genres

Secrets and Lattes

Series 1

Episode 4: Heart Failures

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

It is the Edinburgh Festival and Clare's birthday, so what is her husband playing at? Stars Julie Graham, Hilary Lyon and Simon Greenall. From April 2014. Show more

Drama on 4

Higher

Episode 1: The Price of Partnership

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Teaching has become a dirty word at Hayborough University, and when a new dean of research development comes on board, she urges partnerships abroad. Show more

The Digital Human

Series 5

Episode 4: Quantize

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Aleks Krotoski asks how human beings can cope with a world saturated by data. For some it is clay to be moulded and built with, while for others it is the route to self-knowledge. Show more

The Unbelievable Truth

Series 13

Episode 4

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

David Mitchell hosts, as Lloyd Langford, Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan and Graeme Garden talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as Wales, Fish, Mouths and Perfume. Show more

Front Row

David Haig; Ziggy Marley; Prey

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

David Haig on writing and starring in a play about the weatherman who postponed D-Day; Ziggy Marley on the importance of reggae in his music; Prey, starring John Simm, reviewed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Crawford
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
David Haig
Interviewed Guest:
Ziggy Marley

15 Minute Drama

Le Donne

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

With her husband Franco in prison, Caterina must decide whether to join the Camorra and become leader of the Riccardi clan. Show more

Contributors

Caterina Riccardi:
Indira Varma
Salvatore:
Anton Lesser
Franco:
Danny Webb
Antonella:
Rebecca Callard
Pirenesi:
Juliet Aubrey
Ferrezano:
Rufus Wright
Newsreader:
Vaughan Savidge
Producer:
Rosalynd Ward

Genres

Start the Week

The Future of Capitalism

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Anne McElvoy talks about the future of capitalism with social theorist Jeremy Rifkin, sociologist Saskia Sassen and Tory MP Kwasi Kwarteng. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Anne McElvoy
Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Rifkin
Interviewed Guest:
Saskia Sassen
Interviewed Guest:
Kwasi Kwarteng
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Book at Bedtime

A Lovely Way to Burn

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

As Londoners fall seriously ill from a highly contagious virus, TV shopping channel presenter Stevie Flint goes in search of her boyfriend, who has stopped returning her calls. Show more

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