Laughter, poetry, music and audience creativity in the company of Matt Harvey and guests, with this comedy-infused, musically-enhanced, interactive poetry cabaret. Show more
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Dancer Margot Fonteyn and her lover are trapped in Holland during the German invasion of May 1940. Stars Sophie Jerrold.
Poetry Please
Fire and Water
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Roger McGough is in his element, presenting requests for poems that evoke fire and water. We'll hear works by Alice Oswald, Pablo Neruda and Dylan Thomas. Show more
Poetry Please
Earth and Air
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Roger McGough is in his element, introducing requests for poems about earth and air. This is a companion piece to last week's show, with poems that evoked fire and water. Show more
Peter White visits Buenos Aires to shed light upon the work of the blind fabulist and master storyteller Jorge Luis Borges. From May 2009. Show more
Matt Harvey is joined by Alex Horne, fellow poet Mab Jones and an appreciative audience at the Swindon Festival of Literature, needled by his one-man house band, Jerri Hart. Show more
Matt Harvey is joined by fellow poets Molly Naylor and Jonny Fluffypunk for more poetry and comedy at the Ways with Words festival at Dartington in south Devon. Show more
Great Lives
Episode 3: Douglas Jardine
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
4 Extra Debut. Broadcaster Peter White discusses the life of England cricket captain Douglas Jardine, the man responsible for the infamous 'bodyline' tactics. Show more
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Salvador Dali
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
Melting clocks and lobster phones. John Cooper Clarke on moustachioed surrealist Salvador Dali. With Matthew Parris. From 2013. Show more
Great Lives
Cornelia Parker on Marcel Duchamp
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
4 Extra Debut. Artist Cornelia Parker chooses the provocative father of conceptual art, Marcel Duchamp. With Matthew Parris. From 2017. Show more
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Hertha Ayrton
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Helen Arney, scientist and geek songstress, chooses pioneer physicist, Hertha Ayrton. With Matthew Parris. From 2018. Show more
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Sue Cameron on Emma of Normandy
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Whitehall journalist Sue Cameron chooses William the Conqueror's aunt, Emma of Normandy. With Matthew Parris. From 2017. Show more
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Dreams and Sleep
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Roger McGough introduces poems about dreams and sleep, with works by DH Lawrence, Rose Macaulay, Norman MacCaig and others. The readers are Adjoa Andoh and Patrick Romer. Show more
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Islands and High Seas
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Poems on islands and high seas sail through this show, with Roger McGough at the helm. Adjoa Andoh and Patrick Romer read works by UA Fanthorpe, Ogden Nash, Kipling and others. Show more