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Woman's Hour

'Hangry': do women and men experience it differently?

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

What is 'hangry'? Outcome of FGM trial, young people managing digital technology; learning disabled teens and overcoming trauma, and Olympian gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Nimco Ali
Interviewed Guest:
Yvonne Kelly
Interviewed Guest:
Erin Cotter
Interviewed Guest:
Sophie Medlin
Interviewed Guest:
Jessica Fostekew
Interviewed Guest:
Rosie Creer
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Dujardin

L's game plan is revealed as the outcome of an obsessive female friendship is revealed. Stars Tara Fitzgerald and Janie Dee. Show more

Home Front

23 March 1918 - Jessie Moore

Duration: 11 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

On this day in 1918, Parisian wedding processions continued through the streets despite a bombardment with shells from a long-range gun over 70 miles away. Show more

Contributors

Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Jack Wilson:
Ashley Kumar
Otto Marx:
Paul Chahidi
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Writer:
Katie Hims

Drama on 4

Suggs: My Mad-Life Crisis

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

The Madness front man tells his funny and moving true-life story. Adapted for radio by Owen Lewis from the stage play My Life In Words And Music by Graham McPherson and Toby Follet. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Short Works

Series 1

The Path Taken

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Emma Donoghue. When a mother becomes separated from her family during a hike, the police begin the search for the missing children. Show more

Last Word

Brenda Dean, William McAlpine, Keith O'Brien, Katie Boyle, Garech Browne

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on union leader Lady Dean, businessman Sir William McAlpine, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, broadcaster Katie Boyle and folklorist Garech Browne. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Andy Savage
Interviewed Guest:
Pete Waterman
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Langdon
Interviewed Guest:
Reevel Alderson
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Howard

The Now Show

Series 52

Episode 4

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week in news through stand-up and sketches. Steve and Hugh are joined by Gemma Arrowsmith, Marcus Brigstocke, Jess Robinson and Ahir Shah. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Punt
Presenter:
Hugh Dennis
Performer:
Rose Matafeo
Performer:
Jess Robinson
Performer:
Ahir Shah

The Archers

23/03/2018

Duration: 13 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Brian's nightmare continues, and Jill offers support. Show more

Contributors

Series Editor:
Alison Hindell
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Pip Archer:
Daisy Badger
Helen Archer:
Louiza Patikas
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
PC Harrison Burns:
James Cartwright
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
Chris Carter:
Wilf Scolding
Alice Carter:
Hollie Chapman
Justin Elliott:
Simon Williams
Bert Fry:
Eric Allan
Joe Grundy:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie Grundy:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie Grundy:
Heather Bell
Will Grundy:
Philip Molloy
Emma Grundy:
Emerald O'Hanrahan
Ed Grundy:
Barry Farrimond
Shula Hebden Lloyd:
Judy Bennett
Alistair Lloyd:
Michael Lumsden
Fallon Rogers:
Joanna Van Kampen
Robert Snell:
Graham Blockey
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Martyn Gibson:
Jon Glover

Front Row

Sonia Boyce, Debussy, Black Men Walking

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Sonia Boyce discusses her career blazing a trail for black female artists and the enduring appeal of Debussy on the 100th anniversary of his death. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Gaylene Gould
Interviewed Guest:
Sonia Boyce
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Parham
Interviewed Guest:
Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla
Interviewed Guest:
Testament
Producer:
Hannah Robins

L's game plan is revealed as the outcome of an obsessive female friendship is revealed. Stars Tara Fitzgerald and Janie Dee. Show more

Home Front - Omnibus

Episode 98: 19-23 March 1918

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

The third omnibus of Season 13, A Woman's Place, set in Folkestone, in the week in 1918 when the greatest German offensive began. Show more

Contributors

Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Dolly Clout:
Elaine Claxton
Elizabeth Chance:
Kika Markham
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Rev Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Rev Alec Poole:
Tom Stuart
Rev Walter Hamilton:
Joseph Kloska
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Florrie Wilson:
Claire Rushbrook
Dilys Walker:
Ellie Piercy
Mrs Edkins:
Rachel Davies
Mr Snook:
Carl Prekopp
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Peter Lumley:
Beatrice White
Bill Macknade:
Ben Crowe
Alice Macknade:
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Oscar Hendrickx:
Pierre Elliott
Charles Summer:
Rufus Wright
Jeanie Jones:
Kerry Gooderson
Esme Macknade:
Katie Angelou
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Sophie Beckwith:
Abbie Andrews
Otto Marx:
Paul Chahidi
William McGowan:
Rupert Holliday-Evans
Jessie Moore:
Lucy Hutchinson
Jack Wilson:
Ashley Kumar
Dennis Monk:
Sam Swann
Writer:
Katie Hims

Genres

Book at Bedtime

Reservoir 13

Episode 5: There were dreams about her...

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Lee Ingleby continues Jon McGregor's multi award-winning novel. It is three years since Becky's disappearance, and villagers still wonder what more could have been done. Show more

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