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Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Jennifer struggles to keep the peace, and Alistair faces temptation.

Contributors

Series Editor:
Alison Hindell
David Archer:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth Archer:
Felicity Finch
Pip Archer:
Daisy Badger
Tony Archer:
David Troughton
Brian Aldridge:
Charles Collingwood
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Debbie Aldridge:
Tamsin Greig
Lilian Bellamy:
Sunny Ormonde
Neil Carter:
Brian Hewlett
Susan Carter:
Charlotte Martin
Alice Carter:
Hollie Chapman
Rex Fairbrother:
Nick Barber
Toby Fairbrother:
Rhys Bevan
Will Grundy:
Philip Molloy
Alistair Lloyd:
Michael Lumsden
Adam Macy:
Andrew Wincott
Jazzer McCreary:
Ryan Kelly
Kate Madikane:
Perdita Avery
Freddie Pargetter:
Toby Laurence
Lily Pargetter:
Katie Redford
Johnny Phillips:
Tom Gibbons
Fallon Rogers:
Joanna Van Kampen
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 69

Episode 2

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Radio 4's antidote to panel games sees regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer joined on the panel by Tony Hawks and Caroline Quentin with Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

The Food Programme

Cycling and Food: Fuelling the Peloton

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Cycling presenter Rebecca Charlton takes you backstage at one of the world's greatest cycling events to meet the chefs cooking meals for riders burning up to 8,000 calories a day. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Dave Brailsford
Interviewed Guest:
Sean Fowler
Interviewed Guest:
Hannah Grant

Castle of the Hawk

Hawk Hunting

Duration: 57 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Rudolf of Habsburg is enthroned as Holy Roman Emperor and wants his son Albert to succeed him, but first they must defeat their enemy Ottokar. Show more

Contributors

Albert:
Kai Owen
Wenceslas:
Matthew McNulty
Norbert:
Keiron Self
Ottokar:
John Telfer
Frederick:
Matthew Aubrey
Archbishop of Mainz:
Stephen Hogan
Elector of Saxony:
Joseph Ayre
Agitator:
Ryan Early

Genres

Open Book

AM Homes, NHS in fiction, Tommy Orange

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

AM Homes talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new short story collection, Days of Awe, and writer Tommy Orange discusses Native American literature. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
AM Homes
Interviewed Guest:
Tommy Orange
Interviewed Guest:
Kirty Topiwala
Interviewed Guest:
Wyl Menmuir

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Meg Rosoff, author of How I Live Now, reads her short story inspired by the Natural History Museum. She imagines a dodo brought back to life through extracted DNA and what ensues. Show more

Last Word

Dame Gillian Lynne, Peter Firmin, Reinhard Hardegen, Alan Longmuir

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister on choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne, animator Peter Firmin, U-boat captain Reinhard Hardegen and Bay City Roller Alan Longmuir. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Peter Land
Interviewed Guest:
Emily Firmin
Interviewed Guest:
Dan Postgate
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Ballantyne
Interviewed Guest:
Caroline Sullivan

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Francine Stock talks to director Kevin Macdonald about his Whitney Houston documentary. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin Macdonald
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Townend
Interviewed Guest:
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
Interviewed Guest:
Marco Bellocchio

BBC Radio 4 LW

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