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Woman's Hour

Kids at festivals, Edwina Currie, Mars space engineer, Working in care

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

A survival guide for taking children to festivals, conservative women neglected in history, women working as carers and how to engage girls in engineering. Presented by Nikki Bedi. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Nikki Bedi
Interviewed Guest:
Edwina Currie
Interviewed Guest:
Julie Gottlieb
Interviewed Guest:
Henrietta Harrison
Interviewed Guest:
Barbara Piner
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Barnett
Interviewed Guest:
Shereen Hussein
Interviewed Guest:
Edith Bowman
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Abbie Hutty
Producer:
Rebecca Myatt

The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles

The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles: Series 7

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 9 months

The couple have a rude awakening as debt collectors come knocking. And Darleen has an oral presentation in her GCSE English course that has surprising consequences. Show more

Last Word

Sir Chris Woodhead, Patrick Macnee, Dame Anne Warburton, Vic Mayhew, James Horner

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister discusses chief inspector of schools Sir Chris Woodhead, actor Patrick Macnee, diplomat Dame Anne Warburton, subeditor Vic Mayhew and film composer James Horner. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
David Blunkett
Interviewed Guest:
Geraint Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Diana Rigg
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Veronica Sutherland
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Anstee
Interviewed Guest:
Roy Greenslade

The News Quiz

Series 87

Episode 7

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Sandi Toksvig chairs her last edition of Radio 4's satirical review of the week's news, with regular panellist Jeremy Hardy and Andy Hamilton, Francis Wheen and Phill Jupitus. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sandi Toksvig
Panellist:
Jeremy Hardy
Panellist:
Miles Jupp
Panellist:
Susan Calman
Panellist:
Sara Pascoe

The Archers

26/06/2015

Duration: 14 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

The waiting is over for Pat and Tony, and Jennifer has vital information. Show more

Contributors

Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
David Archer:
Tim Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Pip Archer:
Daisy Badger
Kenton Archer:
Richard Attlee
Tony Archer:
David Troughton
Helen Archer:
Louiza Patikas
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Lilian Bellamy:
Sunny Ormonde
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
Rex Fairbrother:
Nick Barber
Toby Fairbrother:
Rhys Bevan
Adam Macy:
Andrew Wincott
Kate Madikane:
Perdita Avery
Johnny Phillips:
Tom Gibbons
Fallon Rogers:
Joanna Van Kampen
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Charlie Thomas:
Felix Scott
Rob Titchener:
Timothy Watson
Carol Tregorran:
Eleanor Bron
Roy Tucker:
Ian Pepperell
Peggy Woolley:
June Spencer

Front Row

Dan Pearson, multi-director films, Alabama Shakes, Not Safe for Work

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news, including garden designer Dan Pearson, Alabama Shakes on their new album, films with multiple directors and a review of Not Safe for Work. John Wilson presents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Dan Pearson
Interviewed Guest:
Hannah McGill
Interviewed Guest:
Alabama Shakes
Interviewed Guest:
Bim Adewunmi

The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles

The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles: Series 7

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 9 months

The couple have a rude awakening as debt collectors come knocking. And Darleen has an oral presentation in her GCSE English course that has surprising consequences. Show more

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 28: 22-26 June 1915

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 11 months

A week of secrets and lies feature in the omnibus edition of the epic drama series. Show more

Contributors

Connie Cavendish:
Natasha Raphael
Grace Cavendish:
Chloe Raphael
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sylvia Graham:
Barbara Flynn
Norman Harris:
Sean Baker
Lorna Hogg:
Judy Emmet
Josiah King:
Daniel Kendrick
Ivy Layton:
Leah Brotherhead
Adeline Lumley:
Anastasia Hille
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Mickey Macknade:
Reece Buttery
Melvin Manners:
David Acton
Eric Morton:
Ian Conningham
Hilary Pearce:
Craige Els
Thornton Tulliver:
Nigel Harman
Beau Tilley:
Stephen Critchlow
Adam Wilson:
Leo Montague
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook

Genres

A Good Read

Stephen K Amos & Anneka Rice

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

4 Extra Debut. Stephen K Amos, Anneka Rice and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Langston Hughes, Edmund White and Lloyd Jones. From 2015. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Stephen K Amos
Interviewed Guest:
Anneka Rice
Producer:
Sally Heaven

Book of the Week

Keeping an Eye Open

Episode 5: Freud: The Episodicist

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Julian Barnes notes how Lucian Freud was never very keen on being the subject of a biography but was perfectly content to ruthlessly expose the flesh of the women who sat for him. Show more

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