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Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Alice struggles to come to terms with recent events, and Jennifer's heart breaks.

Contributors

Series Editor:
Alison Hindell
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
Alice Carter:
Hollie Chapman
Toby Fairbrother:
Rhys Bevan
Joe Grundy:
Edward Kelsey
Emma Grundy:
Emerald O'Hanrahan
Ed Grundy:
Barry Farrimond
Shula Hebden Lloyd:
Judy Bennett
Anisha Jayakody:
Anneika Rose
Alistair Lloyd:
Michael Lumsden
Adam Macy:
Andrew Wincott
Jazzer McCreary:
Ryan Kelly
Kate Madikane:
Perdita Avery
Elizabeth Pargetter:
Alison Dowling
Freddie Pargetter:
Toby Laurence
Lily Pargetter:
Katie Redford
Johnny Phillips:
Tom Gibbons
Fallon Rogers:
Joanna Van Kampen
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Peggy Woolley:
June Spencer

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 69

Episode 4

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

A return visit to Swindon for old-timers Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor with Rory Bremner and Pam Ayres also on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Drama on 4

To the Ends of the Earth: The Man Who Would Be King

Duration: 57 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Rudyard Kipling, adapted by Mike Walker. A chilling cautionary tale about two con men who set out to conquer a remote region of what is now Afghanistan. Show more

Contributors

Rudyard Kipling:
Blake Ritson
Daniel Dravot:
Richard Ridings
Peachey Carnehan:
Samuel James
Tribesman:
Joseph Ayre
Tribesman:
Stephen Hogan
Young woman:
Lauren Cornelius
Wounded man:
John Lightbody
Tribesman:
Ryan Early
Tribesman:
Ryan Whittle
Adaptor:
Mike Walker

Genres

Open Book

Daisy Johnson, The literary appeal of the Fens, Book festival etiquette

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Daisy Johnson talks to Mariella Frostrup about moving from short stories to long form with her debut novel Everything Under, and why the English Fens are so popular with novelists. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Daisy Johnson
Interviewed Guest:
Stella Tillyard
Interviewed Guest:
Drummond Moir
Interviewed Guest:
Miriam Toews
Interviewed Guest:
Jake Kerridge

Believe It!

Series 3

Knight Fever

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Fighting fit post heart attack, Richard Wilson tackles his bucket list and the small matter of a knighthood! From 2017. Show more

Contributors

Himself:
Antony Sher
Himself:
Daniel Evans
Francois:
Jasmine Hyde
Dave the Sound Engineer:
Wilfredo Acosta
Big Issue Seller:
Kellie Shirley
Writer:
Jon Canter
Director:
Clive Brill
Producer:
Clive Brill

Natural Histories: Short Stories

Series 1

A Total Neanderthal

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Lionel Shriver reads her original story inspired by the Natural History Museum. A modern woman falls for a man who has the qualities of our remaining genetic close relatives. Show more

Last Word

Oliver Knussen CBE, Barbara Harrell-Bond OBE, Sam Chisholm, Steve Ditko, Anna Sándor de Kénos

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Julian Worricker on musician Oliver Knussen, anthropologist Barbara Harrell-Bond, media executive Sam Chisholm, artist Steve Ditko, Transylvanian aristocrat Anna Sandor de Kenos. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Kenyon
Interviewed Guest:
Roger Zetter
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Hammond
Interviewed Guest:
Raymond Snoddy
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Carlson
Interviewed Guest:
Michael O'Sullivan

BBC Radio 4 LW

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