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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Takeover Week

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Kim Cattrall on single life. Michelle Mone: the psychology of weight loss. Jacqueline Wilson gets advice on rocking 70+. Nimko Ali on fertility. Bishop Rachel on transformation. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Cattrall
Interviewed Guest:
Joan Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Kathy Lette
Interviewed Guest:
Myra Hunter
Interviewed Guest:
Rosamund Urwin
Interviewed Guest:
Michelle Mone
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Norton
Interviewed Guest:
Nimko Ali
Interviewed Guest:
Geeta Nargund
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Bewley
Interviewed Guest:
Jacqueline Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Hughes
Interviewed Guest:
Sheila Hancock
Interviewed Guest:
Amanda Barrie
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Treweek
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Meynell

Woman's Hour

Takeover Week: Jacqueline Wilson

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Children's author Jacqueline Wilson, looks at attitudes to disability, second-hand bookshops, being active and glamorous over 70 and the enduring appeal of childhood toys. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Jacqueline Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Nicola Miles-Wildin
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Brichto
Interviewed Guest:
Cate Olson
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Hughes
Interviewed Guest:
Sheila Hancock
Interviewed Guest:
Amanda Barrie
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Howell

Woman's Hour

Sheila Hancock; Engineering; Empty nesting and dependent children

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sheila Hancock talks about her play Barking in Essex. Plus engineering for girls, and parents whose dependent children are leaving home for the first time to begin student life. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Producer:
Karen Dalziel
Interviewed Guest:
Sheila Hancock
Interviewed Guest:
Denise Jackson
Interviewed Guest:
Yewande Akinola
Interviewed Guest:
Liz Hoggard
Interviewed Guest:
Clare Conville

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Sheila Hancock; Childlessness; Edna O'Brien

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sheila Hancock on her role in Barking in Essex; Joan Smith and Simon Cox discuss the press's fascination with Samantha Lewthwaite; the grief of childlessness; Edna O'Brien. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Sheila Hancock
Interviewed Guest:
Joan Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Cox
Interviewed Guest:
Paula Gwinnett
Interviewed Guest:
Yewande Akinola
Interviewed Guest:
Jody Day
Interviewed Guest:
Edna O'Brien
Interviewed Guest:
Denise Jackson
Interviewed Guest:
Claire McCarthy
Interviewed Guest:
Eliza Carthy
Interviewed Guest:
Marry Waterson
Producer:
Louise Corley

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Grenfell campaigners, Menstrual cups, Lies we tell our kids

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Four women fighting on behalf of the survivors of Grenfell; actress Sheila Hancock; Patrice Khan-Cullors, one of the founders of Black Lives Matter; and soprano Nadine Benjamin. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Sheila Hancock
Interviewed Guest:
Yvette Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Masoud
Interviewed Guest:
Eileen Short
Interviewed Guest:
Clarrie Mendy-Solomon
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Boyle
Interviewed Guest:
Grace Timothy
Interviewed Guest:
Mandu Reid
Interviewed Guest:
Gabby Edlin
Interviewed Guest:
Nadine Benjamin
Interviewed Guest:
Patrisse Khan-Cullors

Bleak House

Episode 10

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Available for years

Andrew Davies' adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic. Tulkinghorn believes Lady Dedlock is in his power, but she continues to defy him. Show more

Contributors

Mr Tulkinghorn:
Charles Dance
Lady Dedlock:
Gillian Anderson
Harriet:
Lisa Hammond
Esther Summerson:
Anna Maxwell Martin
John Jarndyce:
Denis Lawson
Hortense:
Lilo Baur
Miss Flite:
Pauline Collins
Smallweed:
Philip Davis
Prince Turveydrop:
Bryan Dick
Old Mr Turveydrop:
Matthew Kelly
Caddy Jellyby:
Natalie Press
Mrs Guppy:
Sheila Hancock
Mr Vholes:
Dermot Crowley
Harold Skimpole:
Nathaniel Parker
Sir Leicester:
Timothy West
Sgt George:
Hugo Speer
Phil Squod:
Michael Smiley

Hustle

Series 8

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Available for years

Drama series about a group of con artists. The team face a race against time to locate a missing Picasso and rescue Mickey, who has been kidnapped by a notorious gangster. Show more

Contributors

Mickey Stone:
Adrian Lester
Albert Stroller:
Robert Vaughn
Ash Morgan:
Robert Glenister
Sean Kennedy:
Matt Di Angelo
Emma Kennedy:
Kelly Adams
Harry Holmes:
Martin Kemp
Petre Sava:
Peter Polycarpou
Dolly Hammond:
Sheila Hancock
Cyclops:
Bill Bailey
Gerald McCrary:
Robert Cavanah
Bogdan:
Neil Bell
Louise Holmes:
Vanessa Hehir
Producer:
Jane Hudson
Director:
Adrian Lester

Genres

Free Thinking

2015 Festival

Rule-Making and Rule-Breaking for Women and Men

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Rana Mitter chairs a discussion about attitues to rules. With actress and author Sheila Hancock, journalist Bim Adewunmi, director Neil Bartlett and headteacher Jonny Mitchell. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rana Mitter
Interviewed Guest:
Sheila Hancock
Interviewed Guest:
Bim Adewunmi
Interviewed Guest:
Neil Bartlett
Interviewed Guest:
Jonny Mitchell
Producer:
Zahid Warley

A Good Read

Sheila Hancock and Cosmo Landesman

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

4 Extra Debut. Sheila Hancock, Cosmo Landesman and Harriett Gilbert on books by Toby Young, John Williams and Sylvia Townsend Warner. From 2014. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Sheila Hancock
Interviewed Guest:
Cosmo Landesman
Producer:
Beth O'Dea

Front Row

Sheila Hancock, Gerhard Richter, '71, Nobel Prize Winner, Tony Allen

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Sheila Hancock talks to John Wilson about her debut novel, Jenny McCartney reviews the film '71, and Gerhard Richter gives a rare interview. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Sheila Hancock
Interviewed Guest:
Jenny McCartney
Interviewed Guest:
Tony Allen
Interviewed Guest:
Gerhard Richter
Interviewed Guest:
Dervila Cooke

Front Row

Joe Orton

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

An exploration of the life and legacy of the playwright Joe Orton whose plays, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot, and What The Butler Saw, challenged British theatre in the 1960s. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Leonie Orton
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Parker
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Norman
Interviewed Guest:
Jenna Forbes
Interviewed Guest:
John Lahr
Interviewed Guest:
Sheila Hancock
Interviewed Guest:
Nikolai Foster
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Ekene Akalawu

QI

Series M

Episode 2: Military Matters

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 3 months

Quiz show. Stephen Fry marshals miscellaneous military matters with Sheila Hancock, Jimmy Carr, Jeremy Clarkson and Alan Davies.

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephen Fry
Panellist:
Sheila Hancock
Panellist:
Jimmy Carr
Panellist:
Jeremy Clarkson
Panellist:
Alan Davies
Director:
Ian Lorimer
Producer:
John Lloyd
Production Company:
Talkback Thames

Brand

QI

Front Row

Iestyn Davies, Sheila Hancock, Kumiko, London Fashion Week

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Countertenor Iestyn Davies talks about playing Farinelli, plus actress Sheila Hancock, London Fashion Week and a review of Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter. Presented by Kirsty Lang. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Iestyn Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Sheila Hancock
Interviewed Guest:
Sophia McDougall
Interviewed Guest:
Es Devlin
Interviewed Guest:
Simon undefined

Amol Rajan Interviews

Sheila Hancock

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC News Africa

Available for 2 months

Amol Rajan sits down with Dame Sheila Hancock – a pioneer of stage and screen who rewrote the rules of comedy, women and the working class. Show more

New Tricks

Series 8

Episode 4: Setting Out Your Stall

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Available for years

The UCOS team reinvestigates a highly sensitive case when new information links the unexplained death of popular market trader Kathy Green to a series of drug rapes in east London.

Contributors

Brian Lane:
Alun Armstrong
Jack Halford:
James Bolam
Det Supt Sandra Pullman:
Amanda Redman
Gerry Standing:
Dennis Waterman
DAC Robert Strickland:
Anthony Calf
Grace Pullman:
Sheila Hancock
Helen Gilder:
Deborah Findlay
Billy Green:
Cyril Nri
David Green:
Lucien Laviscount
Kevin Baxton:
Jonathan Watson
Megan Fellows:
Lia Saville
Director:
Kenny Glenaan

New Tricks

Series 4

Episode 2: God's Waiting Room

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC One Yorkshire

Available for years

Drama series about a team of ex-policemen who investigate unsolved crimes. The team go undercover as they look into a suspicious death in an old people's home. Show more

Contributors

Brian Lane:
Alun Armstrong
Jack Halford:
James Bolam
Det Supt Sandra Pullman:
Amanda Redman
Gerry Standing:
Dennis Waterman
DAC Strickland:
Anthony Calf
Esther Lane:
Susan Jameson
Grace Pullman:
Sheila Hancock
Colin Meadows:
Mark Tandy
Leonard Casey:
Geoffrey Bayldon
Dougie Taylor:
Steve Speirs
Daniel Newley:
Adrian Rawlins
Kim Newley:
Gwyneth Strong
Pru Sanders:
June Whitfield
Fiona Fielding:
Belinda Sinclair
Billy Pierce:
Norman Eshley
Kelly Meadows:
Sophie Holden
Simon Hall:
Chris Casserly
Producer:
Emma Turner
Director:
Syd Macartney

The Catherine Tate Show

Series 3

Episode 6

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 7 months

Award-winning comedy sketch series co-written and performed by the versatile comedy actress. Nan's sister comes over from Spain, Derek gets a massage and Lauren gets hitched.

New Tricks

Series 5

Episode 5: Couldn't Organise One

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Available for years

Drama series. The team investigate the death of the Chief Brewer at Felspar's Brewery and Pullman learns some difficult truths about her dead father. Show more

Contributors

Brian Lane:
Alun Armstrong
Jack Halford:
James Bolam
Sandra Pullman:
Amanda Redman
Gerry Standing:
Dennis Waterman
D A C Strickland:
Anthony Calf
Grace Pullman:
Sheila Hancock
Bobby "Tar" Mcadam:
Donald Sumpter
Anna Hodgkiss:
Beth Cordingly
Julian Felspar:
Jonathan Firth
Jacinta Felspar:
Julie Cox
Jean Bennett:
Ellie Haddington
Malcolm Hagley:
Trevor Cooper
Sir Wilfred Felspar:
Ronald Pickup
TV Reporter:
Kurt Barling
Hoodie:
Jason Maza
Director:
Rob Evans
Ronnie Ross:
Keith Barron
Esther Lane:
Susan Jameson

Bleak House

Episode 15

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Available for years

Andrew Davies' adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic. When Woodcourt proposes marriage, Esther is torn between her love for him and her commitment to Jarndyce. Show more

Contributors

George:
Hugo Speer
Sir Leicester:
Timothy West
Esther Summerson:
Anna Maxwell Martin
Miss Flite:
Pauline Collins
Ada Clare:
Carey Mulligan
Allan Woodcourt:
Richard Harrington
Richard Carston:
Patrick Kennedy
John Jarndyce:
Denis Lawson
Smallweed:
Philip Davis
Mr Vholes:
Dermot Crowley
Charley Neckett:
Katie Angelou
Mrs Guppy:
Sheila Hancock
Chancellor:
Ian Richardson
Mrs Rouncewell:
Anne Reid
Caddy Jellyby:
Natalie Press
Prince Turveydrop:
Bryan Dick
Phil Squod:
Michael Smiley
Boythorn:
Warren Clarke
Harold Skimpole:
Nathaniel Parker
Mrs Woodcourt:
Di Botcher