Programme Index

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Home Front

19 March 1915 - Joyce Lyle

Duration: 11 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 4 months

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor Hell a fury like Joyce Lyle scorned. Show more

Contributors

Joyce Lyle:
Tracy Whitwell
Esther O'Leary:
Amy Cameron
Hannah O'Leary:
Bessy Walmsley
Luke Lyle:
Richard Riddell
Pastor Vincent Surtees:
Shaun Prendergast
Violet O'Leary:
Jacqueline Phillips

Drama on 4

Big Sky

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Thriller by Anna Maloney. A detainee in Guantanamo prison claims he briefly escaped his captors during a refuelling stopover at a Scottish airport. Show more

Contributors

Lindsey Regan:
Kerry Fox
Rob Quinn:
Andy Clark
Youssef Mohammed:
Umar Ahmed
Major Mirksy:
Grant O'Rourke
Mrs Campbell:
Molly Innes
Director:
Bruce Young
Producer:
Bruce Young

Genres

Ramblings

Series 29

Episode 5: Nordic Walking in Bramcote Park, Nottingham

Duration: 23 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Clare Balding takes a lesson in Nordic walking as she joins national coach Catherine Hughes in one of her regular classes in Bramcote Park in Nottingham. Show more

Open Book

Children's Literature

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

News and features from the world of books, presented by Mariella Frostrup. Including a new edition of the Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Eyre
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Hahn
Interviewed Guest:
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Interviewed Guest:
Deborah Moggach
Interviewed Guest:
Renny Taylor

The Film Programme

Paddington; Xavier Dolan; Thelma Schoonmaker

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Francine Stock meets the men who brought Paddington to the big screen, and Thelma Schoonmaker talks about the restoration of The Tales of Hoffmann. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
David Heyman
Interviewed Guest:
Paul King
Interviewed Guest:
Thelma Schoonmaker
Interviewed Guest:
Xavier Dolan

Front Row

Michael Winterbottom, Painting Paradise, Spring with Fred D'Aguiar

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

John Wilson talks to Michael Winterbottom about The Face of an Angel. Emma Townshend visits garden art exhibition Painting Paradise. And Fred D'Aguiar chooses a poem of spring. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Winterbottom
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Townshend
Interviewed Guest:
Tiffany Jenkins
Interviewed Guest:
Fred D'Aguiar
Producer:
Julian May

15 Minute Drama

Ladder of Years

Episode 9: I'm Calling About Susie

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

After more than a year away, Delia finds herself feeling drawn back to the fractured family in Baltimore. Show more

In Our Time

Al-Ghazali

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Islamic scholar Al-Ghazali, one of the most significant and influential philosophers of the Middle Ages. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Adamson
Interviewed Guest:
Carole Hillenbrand
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Gleave

BBC Radio 4 LW

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