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A Good Read

Sarah Hall and Owen Jones

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Owen Jones and Sarah Hall discuss books by Robert Swindells, James Salter and Geoffrey Household. From 2013. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Owen Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Hall

Open Book

Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs on Sex and Death, A guide to Hans Fallada, Mark Billingham on Dashiell Hammett, Riad Sattouf

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

News and features from the world of books, presented by Mariella Frostrup. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Hall
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Hobbs
Interviewed Guest:
Riad Sattouf

Open Book

Literary Landscapes - The Lake District with Sarah Hall

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sarah Hall takes Mariella Frostrup around the Lake District landscape that has inspired and informed her novels. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Hall
Producer:
Hilary Dunn

BBC National Short Story Award

BBC National Short Story Award 2013

Episode 1: Mrs Fox

Duration: 30 minutes

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

By Sarah Hall. A husband is shocked out of his complacency when his wife undergoes a remarkable transformation. Andrea Riseborough reads 2013's prize-winning tale. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Granta Best of Young British Novelists 4

Episode 3: The Reservation

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Stories from some of Granta's 20 best British novelists under 40. A daughter leaves behind the wilds of Idaho, to return to the wilderness she grew up in and her dying mother. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Sarah Hall - The Wolf Border

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

With the wolves bonding, their release into the estate approaches. Meanwhile Rachel has a new surprise. Read by Hattie Morahan. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Sarah Hall - The Wolf Border

Episode 8

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Crisis and success, as Rachel's brother reaches rock bottom and there are births in the wolf pack. Read by Hattie Morahan. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Sarah Hall - The Wolf Border

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Back in Idaho, Rachel faces a new and life-changing dilemma, when a message arrives from home in Cumbria. Read by Hattie Morahan. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Sarah Hall - The Wolf Border

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

As the project gets underway, the locals unleash a backlash. Rachel has a life changing first encounter. Read by Hattie Morahan. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Sarah Hall - The Wolf Border

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Rachel builds bridges back on the Earl of Annerdale's estate, but she needs to make a fateful decision. Read by Hattie Morahan. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Sarah Hall - The Wolf Border

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The wolves are ready for their release into the Earl's estate. Meanwhile Rachel is about to give birth. Read by Hattie Morahan. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Sarah Hall - The Wolf Border

Episode 7

Duration: 15 minutes

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

As the wolves settle into their new home, Rachel is adjusting to new demands and relationships too. Read by Hattie Morahan. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Sarah Hall - The Wolf Border

Episode 9

Duration: 15 minutes

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

There are tensions in the air - and then comes the news that Rachel has feared and she must risk all. Read by Hattie Morahan. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Sarah Hall - The Wolf Border

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Why is an eccentric Earl planning to reintroduce wolves to Cumbria? Hattie Morahan reads this tale of family, power and love. Show more

Short Works

Series 1

The Bridgewalker

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In Sarah Hall's specially commissioned short story for Radio 4, a local eccentric has an unnerving effect on a rural town in America's Northwest. Jamie Parker reads. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Open Book

Year of the Women Writers

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Books and literary news. Ellah Allfrey, Sally Gardner, Sarah Hall and Lennie Goodings discuss with Mariella Frostrup why 2013 has been the 'Year of the Women Writers'. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Ellah Allfrey
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Gardner
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Hall
Interviewed Guest:
James Runcie
Interviewed Guest:
Lennie Goodings
Producer:
Andrea Kidd

Front Row

Anne-Marie Duff, Women's Prize for Fiction, RA Summer Exhibition, Sarah Hall

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Anne-Marie Duff on O'Neill's play Strange Interlude, the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, and Sarah Hall on Blade Runner. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Anne-Marie Duff
Interviewed Guest:
Eva Jiricna
Interviewed Guest:
Norman Ackroyd
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Hall

Front Row

Sarah Hall, Antony Sher, Fatherhood, Beethoven's 9th Symphony

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sarah Hall on new short story collection Madame Fox, Sir Antony Sher on his Queer Icon, contemporary depictions of fatherhood, and Beethoven's 9th at G20. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Hall
Interviewed Guest:
Antony Sher
Interviewed Guest:
Josh Appignanesi
Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Service
Producer:
Sarah Johnson