Programme Index

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Start the Week

Augustine, Desire, Doing good

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Andrew Marr discusses goodness and pleasure with the historian Robin Lane Fox, philosopher Clare Carlisle, writer Larissa MacFarquhar and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Robin Lane Fox
Interviewed Guest:
Clare Carlisle
Interviewed Guest:
Adam Phillips
Interviewed Guest:
Larissa MacFarquhar
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Woman's Hour

Listener Week, Albinism, Steampunk

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Three women on living with albinism, costume designer and steampunk fan Jema Hewitt, contemporary print-maker Rushka Gray and single parent by choice Carol Fox. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Producer:
Anne Peacock
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Ballard
Interviewed Guest:
Louise Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
Sara Krishan
Interviewed Guest:
Jema Hewitt
Interviewed Guest:
Rushka Gray
Interviewed Guest:
Carol Fox

15 Minute Drama

Greater Love

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

4 Extra Debut. True story of the 1665-66 Plague in the Derbyshire village of Eyam. A new young Rector battles for authority. Stars Al Weaver. Show more

Contributors

William:
Al Weaver
Catherine:
Emily Pithon
Thomas Stanley:
David Calder
Emmy Sydall:
Charlie May-Clark
Alice Sydall:
Daryl Fishwick
Mary Cooper:
Melissa Sinden
Writer:
Don Shaw

Genres

The Missing Hancocks

Series 2

The Red Planet

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 11 months

The lad takes up astronomy, and spots something terrible among the stars. Stars Kevin McNally. 1955 episode re-recorded in 2015. Show more

Contributors

Tony Hancock:
Kevin McNally
Bill Kerr:
Kevin Eldon
Sid James:
Simon Greenall
Kenneth Williams:
Robin Sebastian
Andree Melly:
Susy Kane
Writer:
Ray Galton
Producer:
Ed Morrish
Producer:
Neil Pearson

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

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 64

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

The antidote to panel games returns for its 64th series with regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer joined by Tony Hawks on the panel with Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Front Row

Victor Frankenstein, Andrew McMillan, Shami Chakrabarti, Finding Winnie (the Pooh)

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including Victor Frankenstein reviewed, poets Andrew McMillan and Neil Rollinson on male sexuality, and Shami Chakrabarti links reading and empathy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew McMillan
Interviewed Guest:
Neil Rollinson
Interviewed Guest:
Shami Chakrabarti
Interviewed Guest:
Nikesh Shukla

15 Minute Drama

Greater Love

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

4 Extra Debut. True story of the 1665-66 Plague in the Derbyshire village of Eyam. A new young Rector battles for authority. Stars Al Weaver. Show more

Contributors

William:
Al Weaver
Catherine:
Emily Pithon
Thomas Stanley:
David Calder
Emmy Sydall:
Charlie May-Clark
Alice Sydall:
Daryl Fishwick
Mary Cooper:
Melissa Sinden
Writer:
Don Shaw

Genres

Start the Week

Augustine, Desire, Doing good

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Andrew Marr discusses goodness and pleasure with the historian Robin Lane Fox, philosopher Clare Carlisle, writer Larissa MacFarquhar and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Robin Lane Fox
Interviewed Guest:
Clare Carlisle
Interviewed Guest:
Adam Phillips
Interviewed Guest:
Larissa MacFarquhar
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Book of the Week

Railways - Nation, Network and People

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

The great sweep of change which the railways initiated also shunted our vocabulary onto new tracks, and it did some odd things to the nation's understanding of time. Show more

BBC Radio 4 LW

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