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Drama on 4

The Life and Times of Arthur Miller

Episode 4: Dreams

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Miller is now in his late sixties, and it has been a long time since he had a major success. In Mike Walker's drama, a mysterious young visitor compels him to look back on his life. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Ed Harris
Arthur Miller:
Geoffrey Arend
Inge Morath:
Jane Kaczmarek
Young Arthur Miller:
Ben Feldman
Awards Presenter:
Devon Sorvari
Director:
Kate McAll

Genres

The Brig Society

Series 3

Being a Lord

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Good Lord! - exactly what Marcus Brigstocke has become to determine if we really need that second chamber. From October 2015. Show more

Front Row

Pan, Titian to Canaletto, Lisa Genova, Marcus Gardley

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

New film Pan reviewed, Titian to Canaletto: Drawing in Venice, Lisa Genova on her new novel Inside the O'Briens, and dramatist Marcus Gardley on A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Eccleston
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Kemp
Interviewed Guest:
Lisa Genova
Interviewed Guest:
Marcus Gardley

15 Minute Drama

Early One Morning

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Italy 1943: Chiara has to learn how to be a mother to the Jewish boy she has saved. Starring Greta Scacchi and Juliet Aubrey. Show more

In Our Time

Holbein at the Tudor Court

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hans Holbein's role in the Tudor Court, painting Henry VIII as he asserted himself as supreme head of the Church during the Reformation. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Foister
Interviewed Guest:
John Guy
Interviewed Guest:
Maria Hayward

Book of the Week

1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear

Episode 4: Religion

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

The ferment in the country and King James's insistence on an oath of allegiance brings religious tensions to the fore in 1606. Show more

BBC Radio 4 LW

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