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In Our Time

North and South

Duration: 48 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, who set her 1855 novel in a version of Manchester she called Milton in the county of Darkshire. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Shuttleworth
Interviewed Guest:
Jenny Uglow
Interviewed Guest:
Dinah Birch

Woman's Hour

Craftivism; Tuam baby home scandal; The Budget; Susan Goldberg, editor-in-chief of National Geographic

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

In the run up to the unveiling of our Craft Prize we look at craftivism, when activism and craft collide. Plus the editor-in-chief of National Geographic Susan Goldberg. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Goldberg
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Corbett
Interviewed Guest:
Debbie Zawinski
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Mulready
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Corless
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Sanz
Interviewed Guest:
Mary-Ann Stephenson
Interviewed Guest:
Heenali Patel

Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte

4. Mirth and Mourning

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

Governess Agnes is falling in love, but she has a rival. Stars Ellie Kendrick and George Watkins. Show more

Contributors

Agnes Grey:
Ellie Kendrick
Mrs Grey:
Juliet Aubrey
Mr Grey:
John Bowler
Mrs Bloomfield:
Catriona McFarlane
Mr Bloomfield:
David Sterne
Edward Weston:
George Watkins
Mr Hatfield:
Luke MacGregor
Mrs Murray:
Karen Bartke
Adaptor:
Rachel Joyce
Producer:
Tracey Neale
Director:
Tracey Neale

Book of the Week

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Alan Light. The story of Nina Simone, the classically-trained pianist who became a soul legend. Simone's audiences loved her, but she wasn't easy. Show more

BBC Radio 4 LW

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