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Ramblings

Series 37

Listeners' Walks: Cornwall

Duration: 23 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Clare Balding talks and walks with guests in the countryside. Listener's Walk's Cornwall. Clare and two listeners walk from Constantine Bay to Harlyn on the Cornish coast. Show more

Saturday Live

David Essex

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Extraordinary stories, unusual people and a sideways look at the world. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Aasmah Mir
Presenter:
Richard Coles
Interviewed Guest:
David Essex
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Ryan
Interviewed Guest:
Barney Shaw
Interviewed Guest:
Claire Lomas
Interviewed Guest:
Dianne Buswell
Interviewed Guest:
Wilko Johnson

The News Quiz

Series 94

15/09/2017

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Andy Hamilton, Desiree Burch, Hugo Rifkind and Kerry Godliman hash out the week's news which includes a double defeat for May, Clinton's new book and a drunk Welshman. Show more

Drama on 4

Trial by Laughter by Ian Hislop & Nick Newman

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 4 LW

4 Extra Debut. The 1817 blasphemy and libel trial of the forgotten hero of free speech, William Hone. Comedy drama starring Robert Wilfort. Show more

Contributors

Prince Regent:
Arthur Bostrom
Cruikshank:
Conrad Nelson
Ellenborough:
Jonathan Keeble
Shepherd:
David Benson
Lady Hertford:
Melissa Sinden
Reporter:
Graeme Hawley
Director:
Gary Brown
Producer:
Gary Brown
Writer:
Ian Hislop

Genres

Woman's Hour

East Dunbartonshire - The Best Place to be a Woman

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

What makes East Dunbartonshire the best place overall to be a woman? We hear your views about where you live and discuss how your hometown can shape your life. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Editor:
Erin Riley
Interviewed Guest:
Amy Mcdonald
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Harkness
Interviewed Guest:
Nancy Kelly
Interviewed Guest:
Beatrice Rana
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Tobin
Interviewed Guest:
Nikki Woolf
Interviewed Guest:
Emily Woolf
Interviewed Guest:
Geri Horner
Interviewed Guest:
Shazia Mirza
Interviewed Guest:
Susie Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Tanni Grey-Thompson
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Hemmings
Interviewed Guest:
Val McDermid
Interviewed Guest:
Mary Beard
Interviewed Guest:
Ettie Bailey-King

Loose Ends

PP Arnold, Michael Frayn, Camille O' Sullivan, Adam Kay, Amadou & Mariam, Micah P Hinson, Phil Gayle, Clive Anderson

Duration: 38 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Clive Anderson and Phil Gayle are joined by PP Arnold, Camille O' Sullivan, Michael Frayn and Adam Kay for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clive Anderson
Presenter:
Phil Gayle
Interviewed Guest:
PP Arnold
Interviewed Guest:
Camille O'Sullivan
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Frayn
Interviewed Guest:
Adam Kay
Performer:
Micah P Hinson
Producer:
Sukey Firth

Saturday Review

Mother, Smile, Kathe Kollwitz, Prism, Title sequences

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Darren Aronofsky's new film Mother! stars Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem, Roddy Doyle's Smile, Kathe Kollwitz at the Ikon, Prism and the art of the opening title sequence. Show more

Drama on 4

Reading Europe - Italy: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Lena and Lila are now young women. Lila married at 16 and has a young son. Lena has escaped Naples, earned her college degree and published a successful novel. Show more

BBC Radio 4 LW

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