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Woman's Hour

Priscilla Presley; Is there a gay dialect? Secondary breast cancer

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Priscilla Presley discusses her career and keeping Elvis's memory alive, and Catherine Priestley talks about the diagnosis of secondary breast cancer. Jenni Murray presents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Priscilla Presley
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Priestley
Interviewed Guest:
Benjamin Cohen
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Shami Chakrabarti

15 Minute Drama

How to Survive the Roman Empire, by Pliny and Me

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Pliny is put out when one of his dinner guests fails to show up. Then a visit from Regulus gives rise to a secret that Venta is compelled to keep. Show more

Contributors

Pliny the Younger:
Kieran Hodgson
Venta, the Slave:
Nigel Barrett
Marcella, Pliny's Mother:
Joanna Scanlan
Doris, the Cook:
Mia Soteriou
Director:
Kate McAll
Producer:
Kate McAll

Genres

Home Front

30 October 1915 - Kitty Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 11 months

The Dardanelles Committee of the British Cabinet decide to wind down the Gallipoli campaign, and in the last episode of Season 5 Kitty Lumley feels like pulling out of Folkestone. Show more

Last Word

Professor Lisa Jardine, Philip French, Ronnie Massarella, Maureen O'Hara

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on a polymath, a critic, a showjumping manager, a film star Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Jardine
Interviewed Guest:
Professor Jerry Brotton
Interviewed Guest:
Professor Melissa Terras
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Massarella
Interviewed Guest:
Di Lampard
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
Johnny Nicoletti
Producer:
Neil George

The News Quiz

Series 88

Episode 7

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp. Susan Calman, Francis Wheen, Zoe Lyons and Elis James join Miles to take a look at the headlines of the moment. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Miles Jupp
Panellist:
Susan Calman
Panellist:
Francis Wheen
Panellist:
Zoe Lyons
Panellist:
Elis James

The Archers

30/10/2015

Duration: 14 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Susan is in a selfless mood, and two old friends have a long overdue catch-up. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Naylah Ahmed
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
David Archer:
Tim Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
Usha Franks:
Souad Faress
Joe Grundy:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Emma Grundy:
Emerald O'Hanrahan
Ed Grundy:
Barry Farrimond
Adam Macy:
Andrew Wincott
Kirsty Miller:
Annabelle Dowler
Elizabeth Pargetter:
Alison Dowling
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Oliver Sterling:
Michael Cochrane
Charlie Thomas:
Felix Scott
Helen Titchener:
Louiza Patikas
Rob Titchener:
Timothy Watson
Carol Tregorran:
Eleanor Bron

Front Row

Saoirse Ronan, The Hairy Ape, Ghost Stories and Acoustic Hendrix

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang meets Brooklyn star Saoirse Ronan, sees Eugene O'Neill's play The Hairy Ape, hears from writers of new ghost stories and discovers acoustic, no-guitar Hendrix songs. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Saoirse Ronan
Interviewed Guest:
Susannah Clapp
Interviewed Guest:
Benji Kirkpatrick
Producer:
Julian May

15 Minute Drama

How to Survive the Roman Empire, by Pliny and Me

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Pliny is put out when one of his dinner guests fails to show up. Then a visit from Regulus gives rise to a secret that Venta is compelled to keep. Show more

Contributors

Pliny the Younger:
Kieran Hodgson
Venta, the Slave:
Nigel Barrett
Marcella, Pliny's Mother:
Joanna Scanlan
Doris, the Cook:
Mia Soteriou
Director:
Kate McAll
Producer:
Kate McAll

Genres

A Good Read

Philip Pullman and Caroline Criado-Perez

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Philip Pullman, Caroline Criado-Perez and Harriett Gilbert talk books by Graham Greene, Tove Jansson and Alice Munro. From 2015. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Philip Pullman
Interviewed Guest:
Caroline Criado-Perez
Producer:
Beth O'Dea

Book of the Week

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Episode 5: A Place of Safety

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Yeonmi and her mother struggle to come to terms with their past and their harrowing experiences in China. Meanwhile, the search for Yeonmi's sister gathers pace. Show more

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