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Woman's Hour

Sex in long-term relationships

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Couples therapist and writer Esther Perel joins Jenni to offer insights and advice to Woman's Hour listeners who have shared their stories about sex in long-term relationships. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Esther Perel
Producer:
Erin Riley

The Citadel

Series 1

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Denny and Manson are arrested. Can they remove themselves from a scandal that will ruin their careers? Stars Richard Fleeshman. Show more

Big Problems with Helen Keen

Series 2

Personality

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

Who are we? Why do we have a personality? And does our environment shape it? With Jon Culshaw and Susy Kane. From 2017. Show more

Book of the Week

Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

At his new home, Powell finds creative expression - not just in The Dance, but also in the hard physical graft of landscaping the estate and in other artistic endeavours. Show more

Drama on 4

The Last Missionary of Kanaipur

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Rebecca loves her work as a missionary in Bangladesh, but growing Islamist tension makes her question her place there. Stars Eve Matheson, Vincent Ebrahim and Sunetra Sarker. Show more

Contributors

Rebecca:
Eve Matheson
Emmanuel:
Saikat Ahamed
Mission Secretary:
Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Father Cornelius:
Neil McCaul
Director:
Emma Harding

Genres

Last Word

Harold Pendleton, Glenn Barr, Iona Opie, Gary Flather QC OBE, Sir John Manduell

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on club owner Howard Pendleton, loyalist politician Glenn Barr, folklorist Iona Opie, lawyer Gary Flather and RNCM principal Sir John Manduell. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Nick Pendleton
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Jones
Interviewed Guest:
David Burnside
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Rosen
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Berkeley
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Griffiths
Interviewed Guest:
Denis Murray
Producer:
Neil George

The Now Show

Series 51

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week through topical stand-up and sketches with guests Sindhu Vee, Tez Ilyas, Pippa Evans and Luke Kempner. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Punt
Presenter:
Hugh Dennis
Performer:
Sindhu Vee
Performer:
Tez Ilyas
Performer:
Pippa Evans
Performer:
Luke Kempner

The Archers

03/11/2017

Duration: 13 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Roy faces an impossible dilemma, and Adam has something on his mind. Show more

Contributors

Series Editor:
Huw Kennair-Jones
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Pip Archer:
Daisy Badger
Kenton Archer:
Richard Attlee
Jolene Archer:
Buffy Davis
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Lilian Bellamy:
Sunny Ormonde
PC Harrison Burns:
James Cartwright
Alice Carter:
Hollie Chapman
Ian Craig:
Stephen Kennedy
Matt Crawford:
Kim Durham
Justin Elliott:
Simon Williams
Nic Grundy:
Becky Wright
Emma Grundy:
Emerald O'Hanrahan
Shula Hebden Lloyd:
Judy Bennett
Adam Macy:
Andrew Wincott
Noluthando Madikane:
Mogali Masuku
Robert Snell:
Graham Blockey
Roy Tucker:
Ian Pepperell
Lexi Viktorova:
Ania Sowinski
Peggy Woolley:
June Spencer

Front Row

Modern fairytales with Joanne Harris and Jonathan Coe; Call Me by Your Name; Catalonian culture

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Writers Joanne Harris and Jonathan Coe discuss their latest work and film director Luca Guadagnino talks about Call Me by Your Name. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Joanne Harris
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Coe
Interviewed Guest:
Luca Guadagnino
Interviewed Guest:
Maria Delgado
Interviewed Guest:
Monserrat Roig de Puig
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

A Good Read

Jenny Colgan and Steven Camden (Polarbear)

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Author Jenny Colgan and writer-performer Steven Camden (Polarbear) talk about favourite books with Harriett Gilbert, including The Basketball Diaries and The Little Prince. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jenny Colgan
Interviewed Guest:
Steven Camden
Producer:
Beth O'Dea

Book of the Week

Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

At his new home, Powell finds creative expression - not just in The Dance, but also in the hard physical graft of landscaping the estate and in other artistic endeavours. Show more

BBC Radio 4 LW

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