Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 278,315 playable programmes from the BBC

Start the Week

Animals: tamed, exploited and resurrected

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Cultural discussion programme. Amol Rajan discusses the uneasy interaction between the animal kingdom and humans with Alice Roberts, Britt Wray and Gaia Vince. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Amol Rajan
Interviewed Guest:
Alice Roberts
Interviewed Guest:
Gaia Vince
Interviewed Guest:
John Ewen
Interviewed Guest:
Britt Wray
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Woman's Hour

The Atlas of Beauty; Sex in long-term relationships; March of the Mummies

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Photos that question what is attractive; marching for better protections for working mothers; sexual desire in long-term relationships; and a profile of Jamaican poet Una Marson. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Joeli Brearley
Interviewed Guest:
Mihaela Noroc
Interviewed Guest:
Delia Jarrett-Macauley

The Citadel

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

An enthusiastic newly-trained doctor arrives in a Welsh mining town, but then meets cynical Dr Denny. Stars Richard Fleeshman. Show more

Contributors

Blodwyn Page:
Sue Jenkins
Dr Griffiths:
Seamus O'Neill
Mr Williams:
Simon Ludders
Mrs Williams:
Kath Weare
Old Thomas:
Simeon Truby
Director:
Gary Brown
Producer:
Gary Brown

Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On

Series 1

Art with Phill Jupitus

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 6 months

Susan Calman learns how to unwind by visiting the Scottish National Portrait Gallery with Phill Jupitus. From 2016. Show more

Book of the Week

Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

An extensive and affectionate exploration of the life of Anthony Powell, author of the cycle of novels A Dance to the Music of Time, an undisputed classic of English literature. Show more

Quote... Unquote

Kate Fox, Olly Mann, Julian Mitchell and Joanna Scanlon

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Julian Mitchell, Olly Mann, Joanna Scanlan and Kate Fox. From October 2017. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Nigel Rees
Panellist:
Julian Mitchell
Panellist:
Olly Mann
Panellist:
Joanna Scanlan
Panellist:
Kate Fox
Producer:
Katie Tyrrell

Front Row

Bill Bailey, Philip Pullman, Alias Grace

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Bill Bailey tries out the new Front Row keyboard. Philip Pullman on his new novel La Belle Sauvage. Plus TV series Alias Grace reviewed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Shahidha Bari
Interviewed Guest:
Bill Bailey
Interviewed Guest:
Philip Pullman

Start the Week

Animals: tamed, exploited and resurrected

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Cultural discussion programme. Amol Rajan discusses the uneasy interaction between the animal kingdom and humans with Alice Roberts, Britt Wray and Gaia Vince. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Amol Rajan
Interviewed Guest:
Alice Roberts
Interviewed Guest:
Gaia Vince
Interviewed Guest:
John Ewen
Interviewed Guest:
Britt Wray
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Book of the Week

Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

An extensive and affectionate exploration of the life of Anthony Powell, author of the cycle of novels A Dance to the Music of Time, an undisputed classic of English literature. Show more

BBC Radio 4 LW

About BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More