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Saturday Live

Saturday Live with James Nesbitt

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles talk to James Nesbitt about new drama The Secret and the return of Cold Feet, and, in Stratford, JP Devlin talks to codpiece expert Victoria Bartels. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Aasmah Mir
Presenter:
Richard Coles
Interviewed Guest:
James Nesbitt
Interviewed Guest:
Edward Wilson-Lee
Interviewed Guest:
William Lyons
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Kynaston
Interviewed Guest:
JP Devlin
Interviewed Guest:
Victoria Bartels
Interviewed Guest:
Kingsley Glover
Interviewed Guest:
Shaun Keaveny

World War One: The Cultural Front

Series 3

Episode 3: Dada and Defiance

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

1916. Francine Stock considers endless war and new worlds. Dada is born. Jerusalem is heard for the first time. In Russia, Maxim Gorky edits The Shield in defence of Jewish life. Show more

The News Quiz

Series 90

Episode 2

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Jeremy Hardy, Rebecca Front, Edwina Currie and Francis Wheen are Miles Jupp's guests in the long-running satirical quiz of the week's news. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Miles Jupp
Panellist:
Jeremy Hardy
Panellist:
Rebecca Front
Panellist:
Edwina Currie
Panellist:
Francis Wheen

John Galsworthy - The Forsyte Saga

The Forsytes Continues

Episode 7

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Faced with the consequences of flirting with danger, Fleur must make a choice. Stars Jessica Raine and Joseph Millson. Show more

Contributors

Fleur Forsyte:
Jessica Raine
Soames Forsyte:
Joseph Millson
Michael Mont:
Ben Lambert
Wilfred Desert:
Max Bennett
Sir Lawrence Mont:
Brian Protheroe
Aubrey Green:
Sam Alexander
Victorine:
Evie Killip
Elderson:
Ewan Bailey
Annette Forsyte:
Aurelie Amblard
Holly Dartie:
Katie Redford
Butterfield:
Caolan McCarthy
Miss Perren:
Rebecca Hamilton
Station Porter:
Gerard McDermott
Night Porter:
Sean Baker
Shareholder:
George Watkins
Shareholder:
Debra Baker
Shareholder:
Leo Wan
Adaptor:
Lin Coghlan
Director:
Gemma Jenkins
Producer:
Gemma Jenkins

Genres

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Divorce mediation, Sylvia Day, #whomademyclothes

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Why don't more couples choose mediation during divorce? Sylvia Day on her erotic novels. Women in prison. The secrets of a good life in your 90s. The joy of running. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Bates
Interviewed Guest:
Edwina Currie
Interviewed Guest:
Mary Creagh
Interviewed Guest:
Liz Leffman
Interviewed Guest:
Tania Bassett
Interviewed Guest:
Martha Gill
Interviewed Guest:
Sylvia Day
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Nash
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Robey
Interviewed Guest:
Honor Harlow
Interviewed Guest:
Jackie Marcus
Interviewed Guest:
Bridget Minamore
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth Hufton

Loose Ends

Clive Anderson, Sara Cox, Donna Leon, Phil Davis, Devon Glover, The Rosellys, Richmond Fontaine

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Clive Anderson and Sara Cox are joined by Donna Leon, Phil Davis and Devon Glover for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Richmond Fontaine. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clive Anderson
Interviewed Guest:
Sara Cox
Interviewed Guest:
Donna Leon
Interviewed Guest:
Philip Davis
Interviewed Guest:
Devon Glover
Producer:
Sukey Firth

Saturday Review

Arabian Nights, The Flick, Garth Greenwell, Sicily at the British Museum, All the World's a Screen

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Reviews of Arabian Nights, The Flick, Garth Greenwell's What Belongs To You, the British Museum's Sicily: Culture and Conquest, and BBC TV's All the World's a Screen. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Lewis
Interviewed Guest:
Lynn Nead
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Drama on 4

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Now 16, Jeanette’s future as a budding missionary is called into question when she falls in love with one of her converts, Starring Lesley Sharp. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Winterson:
Lesley Sharp
Jeanette:
Katie West
Pastor Spratt:
Vincent Franklin
Miss Jewsbury:
Pauline Lynch
Mrs White:
Susan Jameson
Elsie Norris:
Angela Pleasance
Mrs Arkwright:
Vicky Licorish
The Demon:
Sam Rix
Director:
Helen Perry

Genres

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