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In Our Time

Maths in the Early Islamic World

Duration: 49 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how mathematicians in the Islamic world, from C8th-C15th, developed new ideas and synthesised ideas from Greek and Indian maths. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Colva Roney-Dougal
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Pormann
Interviewed Guest:
Jim Al-Khalili

Woman's Hour

Kimberley Taylor; History of heartthrobs

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Kimberley Taylor, British woman in Syria; Carol Dyhouse on heartthrobs; Women's Aid's Polly Neate on funding for refuges; women and breakdancing; stopping smoking in pregnancy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Dilar Dirlik
Interviewed Guest:
Carol Dyhouse
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Ruth Bell
Interviewed Guest:
Jac Phillimore

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

A suspicious accident and an unlikely blackmail scam involving fake nuns, lead to a shocking discovery. Stars Paul Bazely. Show more

Contributors

Modesty Blaise:
Daphne Alexander
Willie Garvin:
Paul Bazely
Sir Gerald Tarrant:
Ian McNeice
Colonel Jim:
Ewan Bailey
Lady Janet:
Sara Markland
Quinn:
John Ramm
Director:
Kate McAll
Adaptor:
Stef Penney

Brexit: A Guide for the Perplexed

Series 1

Is the City's goose cooked?

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Will the City of London, Britain's golden goose, have its wings clipped by Brexit? Chris Morris discovers a financial fairy tale surrounding a vital question. Show more

Drama on 4

Red and Blue

Episode 3: Shadow

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Wargame exercise writer Bradley Shoreham is wreaking havoc as part of a major safety drill on a North Sea oil rig. Tim Woodward stars in Philip Palmer's drama series. Show more

Contributors

Bradley Shoreham:
Tom Woodward
Tom Wilson:
Liam Brennan
Claire Patterson:
Christine Kavanagh
Interrogator:
Ben Crowe
Director:
Toby Swift

Genres

Ramblings

Series 35

The Doolough Famine Walk, County Mayo

Duration: 23 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Clare Balding travels to Ireland to retrace the steps of those who walked from Louisburg to Delphi in 1849 at the height of the potato famine in the hope of receiving aid. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clare Balding
Interviewed Guest:
Joe Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Mary O'Malley
Interviewed Guest:
John Maguire
Producer:
Lucy Lunt

The Cold Swedish Winter

Series 2

Episode 4

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 1 month

Geoff and family are off on a summer holiday. He has romantic plans – but they're under threat. Stars Danny Robins. From 2016. Show more

Front Row

The Founder, Neil Jordan, See Me Now, Luke Jerram's Treasured City

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Screenwriter Neil Jordan on his latest novel. A new play performed by sex workers. Innovative artist Luke Jerram's latest project. And Robert Siegel, writer of The Founder. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Neil Jordan
Interviewed Guest:
Molly Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
Luke Jerram
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Siegel
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

A suspicious accident and an unlikely blackmail scam involving fake nuns, lead to a shocking discovery. Stars Paul Bazely. Show more

Contributors

Modesty Blaise:
Daphne Alexander
Willie Garvin:
Paul Bazely
Sir Gerald Tarrant:
Ian McNeice
Colonel Jim:
Ewan Bailey
Lady Janet:
Sara Markland
Quinn:
John Ramm
Director:
Kate McAll
Adaptor:
Stef Penney

In Our Time

Maths in the Early Islamic World

Duration: 49 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how mathematicians in the Islamic world, from C8th-C15th, developed new ideas and synthesised ideas from Greek and Indian maths. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Colva Roney-Dougal
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Pormann
Interviewed Guest:
Jim Al-Khalili

BBC Radio 4 LW

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