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In Our Time

The Almoravid Empire

Duration: 49 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Berber people who dominated the western Maghreb and the south of the Iberian Peninsula from C11th, defending Al-Andalus from Christian attack. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Amira K Bennison
Interviewed Guest:
Hugh Kennedy
Interviewed Guest:
Nicola Clarke

Woman's Hour

Anna & Elizabeth, Fat, Slavery

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

'Slave' Anna's experience of being forced into prostitution, Woman's Hour listeners share stories about 'How Fat Feels' plus American folk duo, Anna & Elizabeth. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
undefined Anna & Elizabeth
Interviewed Guest:
Ena Miller

Henry James

The Wings of the Dove

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

After befriending American Heiress Milly Theale, Kate begins to have hope for a future with Merton. Stars Jodie Comer. Show more

Contributors

Milly Theale:
Jodie Comer
Maud Lowder:
Emma Cunniffe
Lord Mark:
Jack Lowden
Kate Croy:
Aisling Loftus
Merton Densher:
Nico Mirallegro
Susie Stringham:
Christine Bottomley

Genres

Drama on 4

Keeping the Wolf Out

Episode 1: The Wolf

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

A former secret policeman has been found murdered. Bertalan Lazar, a special investigator in Hungary during the Cold War, is assigned to the case. By Philip Palmer. Show more

Contributors

Bertalan Lazar:
Leo Bill
Franciska Lazar:
Clare Corbett
Tibor Farkas:
Andy Linden
Mrs Kovacs:
Susan Jameson
Bela Fekete:
Sargon Yelda
Kitchen Porter:
Richard Pepple
Police Officer:
Sam Rix
Director:
Toby Swift

Genres

Front Row

Kate Mosse, Kanye West, Loewe Craft Prize

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Kate Mosse talks about her new novel The Burning Chambers. Plus a discussion on Kanye West's controversial remarks. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mosse
Participant:
Katie Puckrik
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Anderson
Interviewed Guest:
Deyan Sudjic
Producer:
Harry Parker

Henry James

The Wings of the Dove

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

After befriending American Heiress Milly Theale, Kate begins to have hope for a future with Merton. Stars Jodie Comer. Show more

Contributors

Milly Theale:
Jodie Comer
Maud Lowder:
Emma Cunniffe
Lord Mark:
Jack Lowden
Kate Croy:
Aisling Loftus
Merton Densher:
Nico Mirallegro
Susie Stringham:
Christine Bottomley

Genres

In Our Time

The Almoravid Empire

Duration: 49 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Berber people who dominated the western Maghreb and the south of the Iberian Peninsula from C11th, defending Al-Andalus from Christian attack. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Amira K Bennison
Interviewed Guest:
Hugh Kennedy
Interviewed Guest:
Nicola Clarke

Book at Bedtime

The Valley at the Centre of the World

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

As Sandy settles into Gardie and the crofting life, a new young couple move into the valley. Abridged by Robin Brooks. Read by Steven Robertson. Show more

John Finnemore's Double Acts

Series 1

A Flock of Tigers

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

4 Extra Debut. A seemingly ordinary train ride turns into an unexpected adventure for Edmund and Dolorosa. Starring Celia Imrie and Charles Edwards. From October 2015. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 6 months

Benjamin Zephaniah reads his autobiography. No longer content in Birmingham, Zephaniah moves to London, where he finds himself culturally, religiously and politically inspired. Show more

BBC Radio 4 LW

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