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Start the Week

Rewriting the Past: from Empire to ivory

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Andrew Marr looks back to the end of empire when the records of imperial rule were systematically destroyed. With Ian Cobain, Edna Adan Ismail, Valerie Amos and Keith Somerville. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Cobain
Interviewed Guest:
Edna Adan Ismail
Interviewed Guest:
Valerie Amos
Interviewed Guest:
Keith Somerville
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Woman's Hour

Diana Athill, Male survivors of sexual abuse, Alice Sara Ott

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Writer Diana Athill discusses travel, her 99th birthday and her new love for reading the sports pages. Which women are likely to be included in Trump's cabinet? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Kelly Dittmar
Interviewed Guest:
Stacy Hilliard
Interviewed Guest:
Diana Athill
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Corbett
Interviewed Guest:
Alice Sara Ott

The Rivals

Series 4

4. The Mystery of the Scarlet Thread

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

A city dealer has nearly been gassed three times in “accidents” in luxury flats. Who’s out to get him? Starring James Fleet. Show more

Contributors

Lestrade:
James Fleet
Van Dusen:
Tony Gardner
Nicolas Henley:
Nick Underwood
Charlotte Lipscombe:
Joannah Tincey
Reginald Cabell:
James Lailey
Miss Regnier:
Kirsty Oswald
Burlingame:
Brian Protheroe
Pemberley:
Sean Baker
Director:
Liz Webb

The Rivals

Series 4

4. The Mystery of the Scarlet Thread

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

A city dealer has nearly been gassed three times in “accidents” in luxury flats. Who’s out to get him? Starring James Fleet. Show more

Contributors

Lestrade:
James Fleet
Van Dusen:
Tony Gardner
Nicolas Henley:
Nick Underwood
Charlotte Lipscombe:
Joannah Tincey
Reginald Cabell:
James Lailey
Miss Regnier:
Kirsty Oswald
Burlingame:
Brian Protheroe
Pemberley:
Sean Baker
Director:
Liz Webb

Stone

Series 6

Disclosure

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

Detective series Stone created by Danny Brocklehurst with Hugo Speer as DCI Stone. In Disclosure by Richard Monks, a fire at a school leads Stone to uncover dark truths. Show more

Contributors

DCI John Stone:
Hugo Speer
DI Mike Tanner:
Craig Cheetham
DS Sue Kelly:
Deborah McAndrew
Bryant:
Jason Done
Trevor Galton:
Jason Done
Mrs Galton:
Rebecca Callard

The Food Programme

Our Wild Spice Rack

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Sheila Dillon heads to Galloway, Scotland, to meet forager and wild food teacher Mark Williams, who claims to be able to match anything in our spice racks with a wild ingredient. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Williams
Producer:
Rich Ward

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 66

Episode 2

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

A return visit to Colchester for regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Tony Hawks and Barry Cryer, plus Pippa Evans on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Front Row

Zadie Smith, William Trevor, Lucy Kirkwood, Allied

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Poet Paul Muldoon on William Trevor, Zadie Smith discusses her latest novel, Swing Time, Tim Robey reviews Allied and Lucy Kirkwood discusses her new play, The Children. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Tony Lacey
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Muldoon
Interviewed Guest:
Zadie Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Robey
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Kirkwood

Start the Week

Rewriting the Past: from Empire to ivory

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Andrew Marr looks back to the end of empire when the records of imperial rule were systematically destroyed. With Ian Cobain, Edna Adan Ismail, Valerie Amos and Keith Somerville. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Cobain
Interviewed Guest:
Edna Adan Ismail
Interviewed Guest:
Valerie Amos
Interviewed Guest:
Keith Somerville
Producer:
Katy Hickman

BBC Radio 4 LW

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