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In Our Time

Hannah Arendt

Duration: 47 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Hannah Arendt who examined totalitarianism and politics and, when covering the Eichmann trial, explored 'the banality of evil'. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Lyndsey Stonebridge
Interviewed Guest:
Frisbee Sheffield
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Eaglestone

Woman's Hour

Transgender and planning a family; Banning the term "honour killing"; And older models.

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Pregnant person or expectant mum? A trans man's point of view. Plus, should the term honour killing be banned? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Freddy McConnell
Interviewed Guest:
Nusrat Ghani
Interviewed Guest:
Natasha Rattu
Interviewed Guest:
Teresa Watkins
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth Kilbey
Interviewed Guest:
Dulcie Andews
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Bruni

15 Minute Drama

Clutch, Throttle, Brake

Episode 4: Thursday

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 2 months

Nat (Samantha Spiro) invites her driving instructor Ken (Bill Paterson) back to her house for an illuminating, if somewhat inedible, meal. Show more

Home Front

2 February 1917 - DR Walker

Duration: 11 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

This day in 1917 marked the official formation of the Women's Land Army, and in Tynemouth, Dilys works out how to win her fight. Show more

Contributors

DR Walker:
Ellie Piercy
Lester Reed:
Trevor Fox
Dougie Baxter:
Kris Deedigan
Stanley Hobbs:
David Nellist
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Writer:
Katie Hims

Drama on 4

Red and Blue

Episode 1: Sacrifice

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Shoreham's latest training scenario places Yorkshire at the centre of a global pandemic alert. Its credibility rests on the successful recruitment of the formidable Dr Hoffman. Show more

Contributors

Bradley Shoreham:
Tim Woodward
Alicia Hoffman:
Harriet Walter
Director:
Toby Swift
Producer:
Toby Swift

Genres

Open Book

Yaa Gyasi

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Presented by Mariella Frostrup. Author Yaa Gyasi talks to Mariella about her debut novel Homegoing, a tale of two sisters with strikingly different destinies. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Yaa Gyasi
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin Crossley-Holland
Interviewed Guest:
AL Kennedy

The Cold Swedish Winter

Series 2

Episode 2

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 1 month

Geoff’s threatened by Swedish perfection. He’s challenged when Linda’s perfect ex shows up. Stars Danny Robins. From 2016. Show more

Front Row

Diverse casting in historical dramas, Roots returns, Beyonce's pregnancy portrait, John Burnside

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Front Row addresses the issue of diverse casting in TV, film and theatre. Ekow Eshun discusses the remake of Roots, 40 years on. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Julian Fellowes
Interviewed Guest:
Gail Babb
Interviewed Guest:
Ekow Eshun
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Freeman
Interviewed Guest:
John Burnside

15 Minute Drama

Clutch, Throttle, Brake

Episode 4: Thursday

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 2 months

Nat (Samantha Spiro) invites her driving instructor Ken (Bill Paterson) back to her house for an illuminating, if somewhat inedible, meal. Show more

In Our Time

Hannah Arendt

Duration: 47 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Hannah Arendt who examined totalitarianism and politics and, when covering the Eichmann trial, explored 'the banality of evil'. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Lyndsey Stonebridge
Interviewed Guest:
Frisbee Sheffield
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Eaglestone

BBC Radio 4 LW

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