Programme Index

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Start the Week

Island Mentality

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Cultural discussion show. Amol Rajan explores the British Isles with Nicholas Crane, Madeleine Bunting, David Olusoga and Imtiaz Dharker. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Amol Rajan
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Crane
Interviewed Guest:
Madeleine Bunting
Interviewed Guest:
David Olusoga
Interviewed Guest:
Imtiaz Dharker
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Woman's Hour

Cosmetic Surgery

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Investigating why women have cosmetic surgery and how the industry is regulated. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melanie Abbott
Interviewed Guest:
Joan Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Angela Neustatter
Interviewed Guest:
Jacqueline Sanchez Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
Rajiv Grover
Interviewed Guest:
Rosemary Leonard
Interviewed Guest:
Jan Spivey
Interviewed Guest:
Suzanne Turner
Interviewed Guest:
Charlie Fouracres

D for Dexter

Series 3

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

4 Extra Debut. Skye has to make sure Dexter eats a good breakfast, but there's no milk. Again. And Mum has no money. Stars Sydney Wade. Show more

The Rivals

Series 4

3. The Secret of Dunstan's Tower

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 6 months

Lestrade enlists the help of Max Carrados when a woman believes an old prophecy is foretelling her death. Starring James Fleet. Show more

Contributors

Lestrade:
James Fleet
Max Carrados:
Pip Torrens
Tom Ainsworth:
Tom Forrister
Edith Ainsworth:
Kirsty Oswald
Lady Una Ainsworth:
Joanna Munroe
Parkinson:
James Lailey
Swarbrick:
Sean Baker
Producer:
Liz Webb

Drama on 4

Silk: The Clerks' Room

Episode 1

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Following the cuts to Legal Aid, pressure is mounting on Shoe Lane barristers' chambers. Head clerk Billy Lamb makes a desperate bid to secure work from an unscrupulous solicitor. Show more

The Food Programme

Cooking clubs in Basqueland

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Spain's Basque region exerts a powerful influence on global cuisine, Dan Saladino finds out why. Heston Blumenthal and writer Harold McGee provide insights into this food culture. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Saladino
Interviewed Guest:
Heston Blumenthal
Interviewed Guest:
Harold McGee

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 66

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Radio 4's antidote to panel games returns with regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Tony Hawks and Barry Cryer joined by Pippa Evans on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Front Row

J K Rowling's Fantastic Beasts, Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, French film Divines, Chris Riddell on school libraries

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

The filmmakers behind JK Rowling's screenwriting debut discuss Fantastic Beasts, Sex Pistol Steve Jones looks back on his life and award-winning French film Divines reviewed. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
David Heyman
Interviewed Guest:
David Yates
Interviewed Guest:
Ginette Vincendeau
Interviewed Guest:
Steve Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Riddell
Reader:
Ted Hughes
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Julian May

D for Dexter

Series 3

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

4 Extra Debut. Skye has to make sure Dexter eats a good breakfast, but there's no milk. Again. And Mum has no money. Stars Sydney Wade. Show more

Start the Week

Island Mentality

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Cultural discussion show. Amol Rajan explores the British Isles with Nicholas Crane, Madeleine Bunting, David Olusoga and Imtiaz Dharker. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Amol Rajan
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Crane
Interviewed Guest:
Madeleine Bunting
Interviewed Guest:
David Olusoga
Interviewed Guest:
Imtiaz Dharker
Producer:
Katy Hickman

BBC Radio 4 LW

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