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Electric Decade

The Alice B Toklas Cookbook

A Flan of Mushrooms

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

Literary discussions with Ernest Hemingway, battling with post-war tension and a lack of focus. Gertrude has clear advice for the young writer. Show more

Electric Decade

The Alice B Toklas Cookbook

Scheherezade's Melon

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

An invitation for Gertrude to give a lecture at Cambridge University arrives from Edith Sitwell. Can she be persuaded to make the journey from Paris? Show more

Electric Decade

The Alice B Toklas Cookbook

Bass for Picasso

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

Gertrude is mourning artist Juan Gris and Alice is preparing a lunch to amuse Pablo Picasso amid discussion about art and the imminent arrival of a puppy. Show more

Electric Decade

The Alice B Toklas Cookbook

Alice's Cookies

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

Gertrude and Alice set off to explore Europe in their new car and find their dream house to rent. The only obstacle is that it already has a tenant. Show more

Electric Decade

The Alice B Toklas Cookbook

Onion Soup

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

Gertrude is frustrated and angry about repeated rejections from publishers and Alice is deciding which dish to cook for a young photographer called Man Ray. Show more

Electric Decade

Leave it to Psmith

1. Poets at Blandings

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 6 months

A stellar cast in this sparkling PG Wodehouse comedy. Edward Bennett as Psmith (the P is silent!) with Susannah Fielding, George Blagden, Patricia Hodge Lisa Dillon, Martin Jarvis. Show more

Electric Decade

Leave it to Psmith

2. Impostors at Blandings

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 6 months

A stellar cast. Edward Bennett as Psmith (the P is silent!) with Susannah Fielding, George Blagden, Patricia Hodge, Lisa Dillon and Martin Jarvis. Who will steal Connie’s necklace? Show more

Electric Decade

USA by John Dos Passos

Episode One

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 11 months

USA is an epic saga by John Dos Passos, following the interwoven storylines of a fascinating group of disparate characters at the beginning of the 20th century. Show more

Electric Decade

USA by John Dos Passos

Episode Two

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 11 months

USA is an epic saga by John Dos Passos, following the interwoven storylines of a fascinating group of disparate characters at the beginning of the 20th century. Show more

Electric Decade

USA by John Dos Passos

Episode Three

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 11 months

USA is an epic saga by John Dos Passos, following the interwoven storylines of a fascinating group of disparate characters at the beginning of the 20th century. Show more

Electric Decade

Babelsberg Babylon

Episode 3

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 8 months

Babelsberg Film Studios, 1929. The writer Jonas Beck has a run in with a detective investigating the case. But is he really a detective? And what does Jonas have to hide? Show more

Electric Decade

Babelsberg Babylon

Episode 5

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for 8 months

In the final episode, we end up back where we started with Jonas Beck holding the Babelsberg Studio boss Otto Lenz at gunpoint. What's tipped him over the edge? Show more

Electric Decade

Babelsberg Babylon

Episode 2

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for 8 months

Suspenseful drama set amid the creative ferment of 1920s Berlin and its film studio. The wiriter Jonas Beck returns to Babelsberg to learn more about Krista Wolff's disappearance. Show more