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In Our Time

The Maya Civilization

Duration: 47 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Maya civilization in central America, from consolidation of power in the great cities after AD250 to their abandonment by the 16th century. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth Graham
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Restall
Interviewed Guest:
Benjamin Vis

Woman's Hour

Caitlin Moran, Why men need feminism, Yasmin Kadi

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Caitlin Moran on getting political in her Moranifesto; feminist Michael Kimmel on why feminism is good for men; Sierra Leonean singer Yasmin Kadi; and the life of a young carer. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Producer:
Emma Wallace
Interviewed Guest:
Caitlin Moran
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Kimmel
Interviewed Guest:
Yasmin Kadi
Interviewed Guest:
undefined Shantavia

Drama on 4

The Reserve Rope

The Reserve Rope - Episode 2

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

The Matterhorn was conquered on 14th July 1865 by Edward Whymper. But four men died on the descent. Damian Lewis stars as Whymper, forever tormented by the tragedy. Show more

The Film Programme

Anomalisa, The Witch, Women in Love

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

With Antonia Quirke. Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson discuss Anomalisa, and cinematographer Billy Williams recalls the tensions behind the naked wrestling bout in Women in Love. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Antonia Quirke
Interviewed Guest:
Charlie Kaufman
Interviewed Guest:
Duke Johnson
Interviewed Guest:
Billy Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Eggers

Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On

Series 1

Art with Phill Jupitus

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 6 months

Susan Calman learns how to unwind by visiting the Scottish National Portrait Gallery with Phill Jupitus. From 2016. Show more

Front Row

Martin Parr's exhibitions, Assemble at Tate Liverpool, Bradford Media Museum controversy, Morrissey as London's mayor

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news with John Wilson. Nick Hytner remembers Ken Adam. Plus Martin Parr's latest exhibitions, Assemble's new project and controversy at Bradford's National Media Museum. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Hytner
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Parr
Interviewed Guest:
Colin Ford
Interviewed Guest:
Assemble

In Our Time

The Maya Civilization

Duration: 47 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Maya civilization in central America, from consolidation of power in the great cities after AD250 to their abandonment by the 16th century. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth Graham
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Restall
Interviewed Guest:
Benjamin Vis

15 Minute Drama

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy

Poems

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Harold has been walking for 40 days. Did David steal the poems and will Queenie’s secret be revealed? Stars Sophie Thompson. Show more

Small Scenes

Series 3

Episode 2

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

Overblown, melodramatic modern life. With Daniel Rigby, Mike Wozniak, Cariad Lloyd, Henry Paker and Jessica Ransom. From 2016. Show more

Book of the Week

Seamus Heaney's Aeneid Book VI

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney's translation of Virgil's Aeneid, Book VI, in which Aeneas travels into the underworld to meet the spirit of his father. Read by Ian McKellen. Show more

BBC Radio 4 LW

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