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In Our Time

Epic of Gilgamesh

Duration: 47 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Gilgamesh Epic, often described as the earliest surviving great work of literature, with origins in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew George
Interviewed Guest:
Fran Reynolds
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Worthington

Woman's Hour

A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer, Sali Hughes, Autism, Power List

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Writing a show that demystifies cancer; Culture for Power List; Somali mother whose son has autism; beauty writers Sali Hughes and Sam Chapman on why eyeliner is a beauty staple. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Bryony Kimmings
Interviewed Guest:
Judith Dimant
Interviewed Guest:
Sali Hughes
Interviewed Guest:
Sam Chapman
Interviewed Guest:
Nura Aabe
Interviewed Guest:
Jude Kelly
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Raeside

The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles

The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles: Series 8

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

Darleen's pregnancy is progressing at a pace. The more she learns about the labour, the more terrified she becomes. Show more

Drama on 4

Desecration

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Hugh Costello. Francis Byrne must act fast to encourage resistance and prevent Ireland from becoming a Nazi dominion and a launch pad for an invasion of Britain. Show more

Contributors

Francis Byrne:
Patrick Fitzsymons
Orla Byrne:
Dawn Bradfield
Liam Walsh:
Owen Roe
David Gifford:
Nickolas Grace
Henning Menzel:
Faolan Morgan
Eamon de Valera:
Niall Cusack

Genres

Open Book

Brit Bennett, Emma Chichester Clark, Sir Quentin Blake

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Mariella talks to Sir Quentin Blake and Emma Chichester Clark about their collaboration Three Little Monkeys as part of #lovetoread. Brit Bennett discusses her debut The Mothers. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Quentin Blake
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Chichester Clark

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Cinema magazine programme presented by Francine Stock. Fashion designer and movie director Tom Ford discusses his film-within-a-film Nocturnal Animals. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Ford
Interviewed Guest:
Derek Cianfrance
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Robey

The Fair Intellectual Club

An Encounter with Mr Newton

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 6 months

Pre-enlightenment Edinburgh: can the Fair Intellectuals ladies lead Newton to gravity? Stars Caroline Deyga. From 2016. Show more

Front Row

Director Stephen Daldry on The Crown, Novelist Linda Grant, Nocturnal Animals, Francesca Simon reads The Scarlet Letter

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Director Stephen Daldry talks to Clemency Burton-Hill about The Crown, Linda Grant on her new novel, film Nocturnal Animals reviewed, and Francesca Simon reads The Scarlet Letter. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Daldry
Interviewed Guest:
Francesca Simon
Interviewed Guest:
Linda Grant
Producer:
Julian May

The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles

The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles: Series 8

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

Darleen's pregnancy is progressing at a pace. The more she learns about the labour, the more terrified she becomes. Show more

In Our Time

Epic of Gilgamesh

Duration: 47 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Gilgamesh Epic, often described as the earliest surviving great work of literature, with origins in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew George
Interviewed Guest:
Fran Reynolds
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Worthington

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