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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Neil Oliver investigates Britain's deadliest rail disaster at Quintinshill near Gretna Green. Two men were jailed, but was there a cover-up to protect others from being blamed? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Neil Oliver
Production Company:
Finestripe Productions
Executive Producer:
Katie Lander
Producer:
Ian Lilley
Director:
Ian Lilley
Actor:
Mat Urey
Participant:
Archie Tassell
Participant:
Robert Watson
Participant:
Simon Cummins
Participant:
Anson Jack
Participant:
David Howell
Participant:
Adrian Searle
Participant:
Adrian Quine
Participant:
Lindsay Farmer
Participant:
James Chalmers
Participant:
Juliet Gardiner
Participant:
Richard Roberts

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sara Pascoe, Shappi Khorsandi and Helen Lewis in a quiz, plus a discussion of nudity, whether 2015 is the year transgender joined the mainstream and how to embrace change. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Juliet Gardiner
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Murphy
Interviewed Guest:
Inna Shevchenko
Interviewed Guest:
Glory Pearl
Interviewed Guest:
Natasha Porter
Interviewed Guest:
Shahidha Bari
Interviewed Guest:
Shaparak Khorsandi
Interviewed Guest:
Sara Pascoe
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Lewis
Interviewed Guest:
Jack Monroe
Interviewed Guest:
Paris Lees
Interviewed Guest:
Nathalie McDermott
Interviewed Guest:
Christina Rees
Interviewed Guest:
Tina Beattie
Interviewed Guest:
Caroline Wyatt
Interviewed Guest:
Adele Tilley
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Tojeiro

Woman's Hour

Women in the 1920s

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Baroness Shirley Williams, social historian Juliet Gardiner, author Virginia Nicholson and Dr Kate Murphy discuss the changing lives of women in the 1920s. Jane Garvey presents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Producer:
Rebecca Myatt
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Juliet Gardiner
Interviewed Guest:
Virginia Nicholson
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Murphy

Woman's Hour

Woman's Hour Turns 70 in 2016

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jenni Murray hears from former editors, historians and the archive about how Woman's Hour first got on air in 1946, and how it stayed there. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Jill Burridge
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Feldman
Interviewed Guest:
Juliet Gardiner
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Murphy
Producer:
Ruth Watts

Free Thinking

Dad's Army, Utopia in sci-fi, States of Mind at the Wellcome Collection

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

As Dad's Army inspires a film, Matthew Sweet looks at the fifth column, learns about a robot's emotions and looks at utopia in sci-fi. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Juliet Gardiner
Interviewed Guest:
Steven Fielding
Interviewed Guest:
Lola Canamero
Interviewed Guest:
Laurence Scott
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Healey

Front Row

Sergei Polunin, David Baddiel, Rankin

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Ballet star Sergei Polunin discusses controversy and Coppelia; David Baddiel on his return to stand-up; Juliet Gardiner reassesses artist Laura Knight; Rankin's Cultural Exchange. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
David Baddiel
Interviewed Guest:
Sergei Polunin
Interviewed Guest:
Juliet Gardiner
Interviewed Guest:
Rankin

Front Row

Nightcrawler; Laura Mvula; Bastille

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Samira Ahmed reviews the film Nightcrawler, starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Plus Laura Mvula and Bastille on composing a new score for the film Drive. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Mvula
Interviewed Guest:
undefined Bastille
Interviewed Guest:
Juliet Gardiner
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Ewen

Sunday Feature

Barbara Hepworth

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Historian Juliet Gardiner profiles Barbara Hepworth, Britain's most successful 20th century female sculptor. She visits Hepworth's studio and talks to those who knew her. Show more

Woman's Hour

Grace Dent, Michaela Coel, Peter Lawrence on missing daughter Claudia

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jenni Murray hears about Grace Dent's Guide to Growing Up a Girl, and talks to Peter Lawrence about his daughter Claudia who has been missing for five years. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Producer:
Ruth Watts
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Lawrence
Interviewed Guest:
Grace Dent
Interviewed Guest:
Michaela Coel
Interviewed Guest:
Juliet Gardiner

Glamour's Golden Age

Episode 3: Hooked on Hollywood

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary exploring how the American movie industry changed British culture in the 1920s and 30s, offering cinema audiences a glimpse of a glamorous lifestyle. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Toby Stevens
Producer:
Eleanor Horne
Director:
Eleanor Horne
Participant:
Julian Fellowes
Participant:
Lucy Moore
Participant:
Lindy Woodhead
Participant:
Stephen Gundle
Participant:
Lawrence Napper
Participant:
Juliet Gardiner
Participant:
Virginia Nicholson

Woman's Hour

Sara Khan, The power of Angela Merkel, Dorothy Bohm

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Woman's Hour Power List influencer Sara Khan discusses tackling extremism and gender inequality. Plus a look at Angela Merkel's role in crisis talks with Greece. With Jane Garvey. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Sara Khan
Interviewed Guest:
Anne McElvoy
Interviewed Guest:
Dorothy Bohm
Interviewed Guest:
Juliet Gardiner
Producer:
Ruth Watts