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The Now Show

Series 51

Episode 2

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. With guests David Quantick, Grainne Maguire, Catherine Mayer, Vikki Stone and Luke Kempner. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Punt
Presenter:
Hugh Dennis
Performer:
David Quantick
Performer:
Grainne Maguire
Performer:
Vikki Stone
Performer:
Catherine Mayer
Performer:
Luke Kempner

Tommies

11 November 1917

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

From TE Lawrence and the Great Pyramid at Giza to the Third Battle of Gaza. The war in 1917 is redrawing the Middle East. Stars Indira Varma and Lee Ross. From November 2017. Show more

Contributors

Capt Mickey Bliss:
Lee Ross
Commentator:
Indira Varma
Zarbab Grewal:
Avin Shah
Pte Jack Bliss:
Antonio Aakeel
Celestine de Tullio:
Pippa Nixon
‘Nephthys’ Sha’arawi:
Lara Sawalha
Habib El-Mahdy:
Amir El-Masry
Huda Hosseini:
Nathalie Armin
Agatha Grey-Egerton:
Nathalie Armin
Insp Ibrahim Habachi:
Selva Rasalingam
Capt Lionel Larkin:
Clive Hayward
TE Lawrence:
David Reakes
Corporal:
Gary Duncan
Colonel:
Neil McCaul
Producer:
David Hunter
Writer:
Avin Shah

Genres

Brand

Tommies

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Anne Reid from Last Tango to Kaleidoscope

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Anne Reid talks about starring in a modern day Psycho, the Woman's Hour Craft Prize winner, plus Sharon Horgan, Diane Morgan and Anna Maxwell Martin on TV drama Motherland. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Reid
Interviewed Guest:
Sharon Horgan
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Maxwell Martin
Interviewed Guest:
Diane Morgan
Interviewed Guest:
Gary McNair
Interviewed Guest:
Orla O'Loughlin
Interviewed Guest:
Marisa Anderson
Interviewed Guest:
Shazia Malik
Interviewed Guest:
Kath Woodward
Interviewed Guest:
Katie Coates

Loose Ends

The Hairy Bikers, Anna Ptaszynski, Travis Alabanza, Sathnam Sanghera, The Lemon Twigs, Nikki Bedi, Clive Anderson

Duration: 37 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Clive Anderson and Nikki Bedi are joined by The Hairy Bikers, Anna Ptaszynski, Sathnam Sanghera and Travis Alabanza for conversation and comedy. With music from The Lemon Twigs. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clive Anderson
Presenter:
Nikki Bedi
Interviewed Guest:
Dave Myers
Interviewed Guest:
Si King
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Ptaszynski
Interviewed Guest:
Sathnam Sanghera
Interviewed Guest:
Travis Alabanza
Producer:
Sukey Firth

Saturday Review

Glengarry Glen Ross, Marjorie Prime, Howards End, Richard Flanagan, Red Star Over Russia

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, John Hamm and Geena Davis in Marjorie Prime, BBC TV's adaptation of Howards End, Richard Flanagan's First Person, Red Star Over Russia at Tate Modern. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Bob and Roberta Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Mullins
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Jeffreys
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Tsar

Joseph Stalin: The Last Bolshevik

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Russian Tsars continues with the story of Joseph Stalin and the run-up to Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. Show more

Genres

Series

Tsar

Quote... Unquote

Sally Phillips, Matthew Parris, Kate Williams and Frog Stone

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Sally Phillips, Matthew Parris, Kate Williams and Frog Stone. From November 2017. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Nigel Rees
Panellist:
Kate Williams
Panellist:
Frog Stone
Panellist:
Sally Phillips
Panellist:
Matthew Parris
Producer:
Katie Tyrrell

BBC Radio 4 LW

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