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Saturday Live

Stephen Mangan, Matt Cain, Orla Kiely and Dr Michelle Dickinson aka 'Nanogirl'

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Conversation from the actor Stephen Mangan, nanotechnologist Dr Michelle Dickinson, and The Madonna of Bolton, Matt Cain. Plus, Orla Kiely's Inheritance Tracks. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Aasmah Mir
Presenter:
Richard Coles
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Mangan
Interviewed Guest:
Scott Barton
Interviewed Guest:
Michelle Dickinson
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Cain
Interviewed Guest:
Orla Kiely
Producer:
Louise Corley

HG Wells

The War of the Worlds

Part 1

Duration: 57 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

4 Extra Debut. Following strange sightings on the surface of Mars, martian ships arrive on Earth and mercilessly invade. Starring Blake Ritson. Show more

Laura Barton's Notes from a Musical Island

Series 3

Pirates and Agitators

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Music writer Laura Barton takes a close listen to music created in Bristol and finds a city where music is made with the roguishness of pirates and agitators. Show more

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Hot Brown Honey, School exclusions, Bras

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Kim Busty Beatz Bowers and Lisa Fa'alafi of Hot Brown Honey, the effects of school exclusion on a 14-year-old boy, and why we can never find a bra that fits. Jane Garvey presents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Busty Beatz Bowers
Interviewed Guest:
Lisa Fa'alafi
Interviewed Guest:
Janet Todd
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Brockes
Interviewed Guest:
Alice Holden
Interviewed Guest:
Georgia Larsen
Interviewed Guest:
Mariam Olayiwola
Interviewed Guest:
Ashleigh Brown
Interviewed Guest:
Nadine Dorries

Loose Ends

Frank Skinner, Craig Cash, Nicola Walker, YolanDa Brown, Meklit, Abatwa, Clive Anderson

Duration: 37 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Clive Anderson and YolanDa Brown are joined by Frank Skinner, Nicola Walker and Craig Cash for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Meklit and Abatwa. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clive Anderson
Presenter:
YolanDa Brown
Interviewed Guest:
Frank Skinner
Interviewed Guest:
Nicola Walker
Interviewed Guest:
Craig Cash
Performer:
Meklit Hadero

Saturday Review

Apostasy, Exit The King, Olivia Laing, Memory Palace, Pride and Prejudice box set

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Apostasy: a film about Jehovah's Witnesses, Patrick Marber's Exit The King, Olivia Laing's first novel: Crudo, White Cube Gallery's Memory Palace, BBC Pride and Prejudice box set. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Preston
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Abigail Morris
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Tommies

21 October 1915

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Mickey Bliss returns to the front line as a newly-trained officer, with the beginnings of war-winning technology in his hands. Show more

Contributors

Brand

Tommies

BBC Radio 4 LW

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