Programme Index

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Woman's Hour

Anita Dobson, Mary McCartney, Eugenia Cheng

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Anita Dobson talks about her latest film London Road, Eugenia Cheng discusses persevering with difficult maths, and Mary McCartney cooks the perfect pea soup. With Jenni Murray. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Mary McCartney
Interviewed Guest:
Anita Dobson
Interviewed Guest:
Eugenia Cheng
Interviewed Guest:
Linda McCartney
Producer:
Ruth Watts

15 Minute Drama

Chronicles of Ait - Magpie

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Lollo is terrified that her predictions of disaster are set to be fulfilled, with Linus and Alice's reunion doomed. Stars Greg Wise. Show more

Home Front

5 June 1915 - Jessie Moore

Duration: 11 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 6 months

Even Folkestone's younger residents make the most of the Canadians being in town. Show more

Contributors

Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Adam Wilson:
Leo Montague
Thornton Tulliver:
Nigel Harman
Ivy Layton:
Leah Brotherhead
Muriel Grainger:
Hannah Tointon
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Hilda Moore:
Bella Hamblin
Private Campbell:
Sam Valentine
Pilgrim:
Paul Hilton

Drama on 4

The Man Who Wore Sanitary Pads

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Jon Sen. Real-life 'rags-to-pads' romcom. In Tamil Nadu, Muruga risks his family and his community to invent a low-cost sanitary pad for his beloved wife. Show more

Contributors

Shanti:
Aysha Kala
Neeta's friend:
Anjana Vasan
President of India:
Sudha Bhuchar
Writer:
Jon Sen

Genres

Last Word

Tariq Aziz, Charles Kennedy, Julie Harris, Alan Bond, Peter Cropper

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Andrea Catherwood on Iraqi politician Tariq Aziz, former Liberal Democrats leader Charles Kennedy, costume designer Julie Harris, entrepreneur Alan Bond, violinist Peter Cropper. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Bowen
Interviewed Guest:
Celia Munro
Interviewed Guest:
Brian Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
Jo Botting
Interviewed Guest:
Moray Welsh
Interviewed Guest:
Phil Mercer

The News Quiz

Series 87

Episode 4

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with regular panellist Jeremy Hardy and guests Fred Macaulay, Justin Moorhouse and Lucy Porter. Show more

The Archers

05/06/2015

Duration: 14 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Toby Fairbrother makes a splash, and Pip gets a shock. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Julie Beckett
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
David Archer:
Tim Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Pip Archer:
Daisy Badger
Kenton Archer:
Richard Attlee
Jolene Archer:
Buffy Davis
Helen Archer:
Louiza Patikas
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Christine Barford:
Lesley Saweard
Lilian Bellamy:
Sunny Ormonde
PC Harrison Burns:
James Cartwright
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
Rex Fairbrother:
Nick Barber
Toby Fairbrother:
Rhys Bevan
Joe Grundy:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie Grundy:
Heather Bell
Ed Grundy:
Barry Farrimond
Adam Macey:
Andrew Wincott
Kate Madikane:
Perdita Avery
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Caroline Sterling:
Sara Coward
Charlie Thomas:
Felix Scott
Peggy Woolley:
June Spencer

Front Row

Composer Nico Muhly, Greek drama, Four Corners

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news, including classical composer Nico Muhly, the lasting appeal of Greek drama and a review of South African film Four Corners. With Kirsty Lang. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Nico Muhly
Interviewed Guest:
Rupert Goold
Interviewed Guest:
Blanche McIntyre
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Cartledge
Interviewed Guest:
Lindsay Johns
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin LeGendre

15 Minute Drama

Chronicles of Ait - Magpie

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Lollo is terrified that her predictions of disaster are set to be fulfilled, with Linus and Alice's reunion doomed. Stars Greg Wise. Show more

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 25: 1-5 June 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 9 months

Omnibus edition of the epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Folkestone is making the most of the influx of Canadian troops. Show more

Contributors

Howard Argent:
Toby Jones
Private Best:
Sam Valentine
Private Campbell:
Sam Valentine
Connie Cavendish:
Natasha Raphael
Grace Cavendish:
Chloe Raphael
Hugh Cavendish:
Alex Wyndham
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Marieke Dupont:
Olivia Ross
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:
Barbara Flynn
Muriel Grainger:
Hannah Tointon
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Ivy Layton:
Leah Brotherhead
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Cyril Lauter:
Jude Akuwudike
Alice Macknade:
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Mickey Macknade:
Reece Buttery
Hilda Moore:
Bella Hamblin
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Pilgrim:
Paul Hilton
Thornton Tulliver:
Nigel Harman
Albert Wilson:
Harry Myers
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Adam Wilson:
Leo Montague
Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie

Genres

Book of the Week

Ghettoside

Episode 5: The Trial

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

The long-awaited Bryant Tennelle murder trial opens. Detective John Skaggs, who was instrumental in tracking down the suspects, looks on hopeful that justice will prevail. Show more

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