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43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Writer Lady Antonia Fraser; comic and actor Stephen K Amos; travel writer Christopher Somerville and poet Inua Ellams join Libby Purves. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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As her memoir is published, Antonia Fraser talks to Matthew Sweet about how her lifelong fascination with history began in her childhood in Oxford and London in the 1930s and 40s. Show more
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Tom Sutcliffe discusses the Tudors with Antonia Fraser, Peter Kosminsky, Claire van Kampen and Dan Jones. Show more
It is 1936, and four-year-old Antonia is given Our Island Story. Already a keen reader, who knew what it would portend for her future? Show more
An unrequited schoolgirl crush and the world of Georgette Heyer inspire the teenage Antonia Pakenham to romantic flights, and a school prize. Show more
Married and in need of money, Antonia Fraser turns from frivolous journalism to writing of a more serious kind and, with Mary Queen of Scots, her career as a historian begins. Show more
Now a convert to Catholicism, Antonia is pressured to become a nun, but she wants to be a journalist in the tabloid press and become a deb. Show more
Antonia has met her first love, a young man called Patrick, and her life-long obsession, history, a passion she pursues from university to a job in publishing. Show more
4 Extra Debut. The early 1830s. Who will press for the 'reform' of age-old corruption and privilege? Read by Adrian Scarborough. From May 2013. Show more
The bill to reform the voting system is blocked in the Lords. For some, events begin to feel like a revolution. Read by Adrian Scarborough. From May 2013. Show more
After the House of Lords blocks voting reform, unrest spills out onto the streets. Read by Adrian Scarborough. From May 2013. Show more
In the early 1830s the Whigs led the push for parliamentary reform, but who were they? Read by Adrian Scarborough. From May 2013. Show more
After violence on the streets, can Parliament finally agree on political reform? Read by Adrian Scarborough. From May 2013. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Choreographer Akram Khan on his new work inspired by The Rite of Spring, the verdict on Norma Percy's documentary series The Iraq War, and Cultural Exchange with Antonia Fraser. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Elton John talks about returning to his rock roots and the joy of the school run, plus an appeal to find missing works of public art and Antonia Fraser on Lord Weidenfeld. Show more
Film biography which explores the relationship between the public and private dimensions of the playwright and actor, following him at work over two years. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Kirsty Young's castaway is writer Lady Antonia Fraser. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Lady Antonia Fraser. Show more
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Anne McElvoy discusses revolutionary movements with Antonia Fraser, David Graeber and Jesse Norman. Show more
