Programme Index

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Start the Week

Alan Watts and the Way of Translation

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Cultural discussion programme. Andrew Marr goes on a voyage of self-discovery with Tim Lott, Mark Vernon, Maureen Freely and Marc Rees. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Lott
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Vernon
Interviewed Guest:
Maureen Freely
Interviewed Guest:
Marc Rees
Producer:
Luke Mulhall

Woman's Hour

Rosamund Lupton's love affair with the Northern Alaskan landscape, Does anorexia have a genetic link?

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Rosamund Lupton talks about her latest novel. Plus a discussion on whether eating disorders have a genetic link and how to help people recover faster. With Jane Garvey. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Ulrike Schmidt
Interviewed Guest:
Issy Jackson
Interviewed Guest:
Cynthia Bulik
Interviewed Guest:
Georgina Howell
Interviewed Guest:
Rosamund Lupton

Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

Significant Others

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

4 Extra Debut. 1980s San Francisco. Mrs Madrigal is tending her plants, Michael has found love again, and Brian and Mary Ann have moved up. Stars Kate Harper. From June 2015. Show more

Home Front

29 June 1915 - Kitty Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 7 months

Kitty puts herself in danger for the man she loves. Show more

Contributors

Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Dieter Lippke:
Felix Auer
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Albert Wilson:
Harry Myers
Adam Wilson:
Leo Montague
Josiah King:
Daniel Kendrick
Tom Wright:
Clive Hayward
Carson Martindale:
Stephen Critchlow
Hotel Guest:
Jessica Turner

Drama on 4

Road to St Davids

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Douglas Livingstone. The celebrations at the St David's Day festival in St Davids are the setting for a touching story of two pilgrims seeking help from the city's two saints. Show more

The Food Programme

Feeding the Commons - Part I: Breakfast to Brunch

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Following the food operation at the centre of British politics. In the first part of this edition, we discover the incredible history of dining in Parliament. Show more

Just a Minute

Series 72

Episode 7

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Lucy Beaumont and Marcus Brigstocke find out how hard it is to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition or deviation. Nicholas Parsons hosts. Show more

Front Row

David Suchet, Jackson Pollock, Claudia Rankine

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news. Kirsty Lang talks to David Suchet about playing Lady Bracknell on stage in The Importance of Being Earnest. Plus a major Jackson Pollock exhibition at Tate Liverpool. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
David Suchet
Interviewed Guest:
Andrea Rose

Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

Significant Others

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

4 Extra Debut. 1980s San Francisco. Mrs Madrigal is tending her plants, Michael has found love again, and Brian and Mary Ann have moved up. Stars Kate Harper. From June 2015. Show more

Start the Week

Alan Watts and the Way of Translation

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Cultural discussion programme. Andrew Marr goes on a voyage of self-discovery with Tim Lott, Mark Vernon, Maureen Freely and Marc Rees. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Lott
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Vernon
Interviewed Guest:
Maureen Freely
Interviewed Guest:
Marc Rees
Producer:
Luke Mulhall

Book of the Week

Georgina Howell - Queen of the Desert

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

The story of Gertrude Bell and her crucial role in the foundation of the state of Iraq. Read by Sylvestra le Touzel and Deborah Findlay. Show more

BBC Radio 4 LW

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