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Woman's Hour

Children of alcoholics, Leanne Wood

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Interview with Leanne Wood the leader of Plaid Cymru, growing up a child of alcoholics, women and the general election in Merthyr Tydfil. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Leanne Wood
Interviewed Guest:
Michele Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Miranda Sawyer
Interviewed Guest:
Ruby Hammer
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Small
Interviewed Guest:
Arwyn Jones

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Chaos-loving Anthony confesses his version of restaurant life isn’t true of all chefs and establishments. Stars Michael Esper. Show more

Contributors

Anthony Bourdain:
Michael Esper
Dimitri:
Sargon Yelda
Scott Bryan:
Richard Laing
Adaptor:
Marcy Kahan
Producer:
Polly Thomas

Genres

Home Front

26 May 1917 - Alec Poole

Duration: 11 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

On this day in 1917, while in Canada there were demonstrations against the introduction of conscription, people in Folkestone mourned their dead. Show more

Contributors

Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Cynthia Hamilton:
Fenella Woolgar
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson

Drama on 4

The 'B' Word

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Alistair McGowan writes and stars in a play about the scandalous first night of GB Shaw's Pygmalion, with Charlotte Page as his irrepressible leading lady, Mrs Patrick Campbell. Show more

Contributors

George Bernard Shaw:
Alistair McGowan
George Alexander:
David Sturzaker
Mrs Patrick Campbell:
Charlotte Page
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree:
Richard McCabe
Charlotte Shaw:
Georgie Glen
Merivale:
Philip Fox
Director:
Emma Harding

Genres

Last Word

Brendan Duddy, Nina Lowry, Roger Ailes, Osmund Reynolds, Roger Moore

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Andrea Catherwood on peace-broker Brendan Duddy, neo-natal specialist Osmund Reynolds, judge Nina Lowry, TV mogul Roger Ailes and actor Sir Roger Moore. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Peter Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
Denis Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Kennedy
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Goldfarb
Interviewed Guest:
Neena Modi
Interviewed Guest:
David Puttnam
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Producer:
Neil George

The News Quiz

Series 93

26/05/2017

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp. Jeremy Hardy, Holly Walsh, Suzi Ruffell and Andrew Maxwell are amongst Miles' guests for another round of News Quizzing. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Miles Jupp
Panellist:
Jeremy Hardy
Panellist:
Holly Walsh
Panellist:
Suzi Ruffell
Panellist:
Andrew Maxwell
Producer:
Joe Nunnery

The Archers

26/05/2017

Duration: 13 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Justin sets out his stall, and Brian is made to bear the load. Show more

Contributors

Series Editor:
Huw Kennair-Jones
David Archer:
Tim Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Pip Archer:
Daisy Badger
Josh Archer:
Angus Imrie
Kenton Archer:
Richard Attlee
Jolene Archer:
Buffy Davis
Helen Archer:
Louiza Patikas
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Lilian Bellamy:
Sunny Ormonde
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Justin Elliott:
Simon Williams
Rex Fairbrother:
Nick Barber
Toby Fairbrother:
Rhys Bevan
Ed Grundy:
Barry Farrimond
Kirsty Miller:
Annabelle Dowler
Freddie Pargetter:
Toby Laurence
Lily Pargetter:
Katie Redford
Johnny Phillips:
Tom Gibbons
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Anisha Jayakody:
Anneika Rose

Front Row

Live from Hay Literary Festival - Elizabeth Strout and Julia Donaldson

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

At the Hay Festival, Elizabeth Strout's latest novel; Kully Thiarai's plans for the National Theatre of Wales; Julia Donaldson and Katherine Rundell discuss empathy through books. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth Strout
Interviewed Guest:
Kully Thiarai
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Donaldson
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Rundell

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Chaos-loving Anthony confesses his version of restaurant life isn’t true of all chefs and establishments. Stars Michael Esper. Show more

Contributors

Anthony Bourdain:
Michael Esper
Dimitri:
Sargon Yelda
Scott Bryan:
Richard Laing
Adaptor:
Marcy Kahan
Producer:
Polly Thomas

Genres

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 77: 22-26 May 1917

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

The sixth omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when Britain suffered its first ever airplane bombing raid. Show more

Contributors

Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Juliet Cavendish:
Lizzie Bourne
Evelina White:
Rosie Cavaliero
May Arnold:
Lois Chimimba
Lady Penfold:
Elaine Claxton
Alfred Vane:
Charlie Clements
Ernie Moore:
Sean Connolly
Alice Macknade:
Claire Louise Cordwell
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliot
Hilda Moore:
Bella Hamblin
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Maisie Harris:
Cassie Layton
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Noah Hamilton:
Finn Monteath
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Claude Crombie:
Luke Newberry
Todd Merman:
Luke Newberry
Switchboard:
Chetna Pandya
Eric Morton:
Paul Rainbow
Rob MacDonald:
Finlay Robertson
Reg Roach:
Arthur Smith
Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Maggie Macknade:
Hollie Thoupos
Edna Harris:
Lara West
Nancy Parker:
Jane Whittenshaw
Mayor Stephen Penfold:
John Woodvine
Cynthia Hamilton:
Fenella Woolgar

Genres

Woman's Hour

Late Night Woman's Hour: Ageing

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

"What do you mean I'm going to sag? Sag WHERE?" Lauren discusses the perils (and occasional pleasures) of ageing with Ruby Hammer, Miranda Sawyer, Helen Small and Michele Hanson. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Lauren Laverne
Interviewed Guest:
Miranda Sawyer
Interviewed Guest:
Ruby Hammer
Interviewed Guest:
Michele Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Small

BBC Radio 4 LW

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