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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One London

Andrew Marr is joined by foreign secretary William Hague MP; secretary of state for energy and climate change, Ed Davey MP; author Hilary Mantel and actor Ben Miles. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
William Hague
Interviewed Guest:
Ed Davey
Interviewed Guest:
Hilary Mantel
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Miles
Musician:
Paloma Faith
Interviewed Guest:
Gavin Hewitt
Interviewed Guest:
Wilfred Frost
Producer:
Libby Jukes
Broadcast Assistant:
Hannah Copeland

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One YorkshireLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Andrew Marr is joined by chief of the defence staff General Sir Nick Carter, shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy, Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles. News review with Helen Lewis and Lucy Fisher. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Carter
Interviewed Guest:
Lisa Nandy
Interviewed Guest:
Hilary Mantel
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Miles
Panellist:
Helen Lewis
Panellist:
Lucy Fisher
Editor:
John Neal

The Culture Show

2011/2012

Episode 9: Hilary Mantel: A Culture Show Special

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

A profile of Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall. She talks about her childhood in the north of England and her battles with debilitating illness. Show more

Talking Books

Dame Hilary Mantel

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

Man Booker prize winning author Dame Hilary Mantel is in conversation with Rebecca Jones for Talking Books recorded at the Man Booker Festival on London's Southbank. Show more

Last Word

Elizabeth Jane Howard, John Fortune, Vera Houghton, Sir Christopher Curwen, Harold Camping

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Julian Worricker on writer Elizabeth Jane Howard, satirist John Fortune, abortion law campaigner Vera Houghton, MI6 chief Sir Christopher Curwen and radio evangelist Harold Camping. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Hilary Mantel
Producer:
Neil George

Start the Week

Hilary Mantel

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tom Sutcliffe with the award-winning author Hilary Mantel, British Museum director Neil MacGregor, artist Jeremy Deller and poet Kei Miller. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Hilary Mantel
Interviewed Guest:
Neil MacGregor
Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Deller
Interviewed Guest:
Kei Miller
Producer:
Katy Hickman

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher

Episode 2: Sorry to Disturb, Part One

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Isolated in a claustrophobic flat in Jeddah, life is set to change when the doorbell rings. Show more

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher

Episode 3: Sorry to Disturb, Part Two

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Hilary Mantel's autobiographical tale. In a claustrophobic flat in Jeddah, feelings of unease and cultural disconnect come to a head. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Eight Months on Ghazzah Street

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Nearly 30 years on from its original publication, Hilary Mantel revisits her third novel to create a ten-part serialisation. Read by Anna Maxwell Martin. Abridged by Sara Davies. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Eight Months on Ghazzah Street

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Nearly 30 years on from its original publication, Hilary Mantel revisits her third novel to create a ten-part serialisation. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Eight Months on Ghazzah Street

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Nearly 30 years on from its original publication, Hilary Mantel revisits her third novel to create a ten-part serialisation. Read by Anna Maxwell Martin. Abridged by Alexa Moore. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Eight Months on Ghazzah Street

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Nearly 30 years on from its publication, Hilary Mantel serialises her third novel. Read by Anna Maxwell Martin. Abridged by Sara Davies. Frances gives her first dinner party. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Eight Months on Ghazzah Street

Episode 7

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Nearly 30 years on from its original publication, Hilary Mantel revisits her third novel to create a ten-part serialisation. Yasmin confides in Frances. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Eight Months on Ghazzah Street

Episode 8

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Nearly 30 years on from its original publication, Hilary Mantel revisits her third novel to create a ten-part serialisation. Frances' suspicions about the empty flat grow. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Eight Months on Ghazzah Street

Episode 9

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Nearly 30 years on from its publication, Hilary Mantel serialises her third novel. Read by Anna Maxwell Martin. Abridged by Alexa Moore. There is a break-in and a new arrival. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Eight Months on Ghazzah Street

Episode 10

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Nearly 30 years on from its publication, Hilary Mantel serialises her third novel. Read by Anna Maxwell Martin. Abridged by Alexa Moore. Frances tries to discover the truth. Show more

BBC National Short Story Award

BBC National Short Story Award 2016

In a Right State

Duration: 30 minutes

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

By Hilary Mantel. 4 Extra Debut. Shortlisted comic tale filled with unlikely memories, lost lives and the odd bad joke. Read by Miriam Margolyes. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Writers and historians including Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory revisit the last days of Anne Boleyn, who in 1536 became the first queen in British history to be executed. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
David Starkey
Participant:
Hilary Mantel
Participant:
Philippa Gregory
Executive Producer:
Nicolas Kent
Executive Producer:
Susan Jones