Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 278,236 playable programmes from the BBC

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Jill feels philosophical, and here's to Helen Titchener! Show more

Contributors

Director:
Gwenda Hughes
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
David Archer:
Tim Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Pip Archer:
Daisy Badger
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Phoebe Aldridge:
Lucy Morris
Justin Elliot:
Simon Williams
Usha Franks:
Souad Faress
Joe Grundy:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie Grundy:
Heather Bell
Will Grundy:
Philip Molloy
Nic Grundy:
Becky Wright
Adam Macy:
Andrew Wincott
Kirsty Miller:
Annabelle Dowler
Elizabeth Pargetter:
Alison Dowling
Kathy Perks:
Hedli Niklaus
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Helen Titchener:
Louiza Patikas
Rob Titchener:
Timothy Watson
Roy Tucker:
Ian Pepperell

Just a Minute

Series 73

Episode 8

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Susan Calman and Tom Allen find out just how hard it is to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition and deviation at the Edinburgh Festival. Show more

Contributors

Panellist:
Paul Merton
Panellist:
Gyles Brandreth
Panellist:
Susan Calman
Panellist:
Tom Allen

The Food Programme

Cookbooks of 2015

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Sheila Dillon and guests reflect on a year of cookery books and food writing. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Bee Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Renton
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Tivnan
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Hayward
Interviewed Guest:
Magnus Nilsson
Interviewed Guest:
Xanthe Clay
Interviewed Guest:
Joanna Blythman
Interviewed Guest:
Gillian Carter
Interviewed Guest:
Diana Henry
Producer:
Rich Ward

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Starring Glenda Jackson. Jacques has finally fallen in love but his murderous desires resurface. Dramatised by Dan Rebellato, inspired by literature's greatest whistleblower, Zola. Show more

Open Book

Diana Athill on Alive, Alive Oh!

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Diana Athill talks to Mariella Frostrup, Lee Child is observed at work, and the programme hears from three writers attempting to complete a novel in a month. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Diana Athill
Interviewed Guest:
Lee Child
Interviewed Guest:
Andy Martin
Interviewed Guest:
Hisham Matar

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

A rare appearance from The Centipede Sisters from Paris, plus some very busy ladies. Stars Ruth Bratt and Lucy Trodd. From 2015. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Meg Rosoff, author of How I Live Now, reads her short story inspired by the Natural History Museum. She imagines a dodo brought back to life through extracted DNA and what ensues. Show more

Last Word

Peter Dimmock, Alix d'Unienville, Yolanda Sonnabend, Maggie Eales and George Barris

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on TV pioneer Peter Dimmock. SOE agent Alix d'Unienville, designer Yolanda Sonnabend, ITN foreign editor Maggie Eales, car customiser George Barris. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jon Snow
Producer:
Neil George
Interviewed Guest:
Professor Jean Seaton
Interviewed Guest:
Sir Paul Fox
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Carlson
Interviewed Guest:
Marcus Binney
Interviewed Guest:
Deborah Bull
Interviewed Guest:
Edward Boateng

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