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Thinking of Leaving Your Husband?

Episode 1: FindthePerfectPartner4u.com

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Middle-aged divorcee Sarah looks for romance on an internet dating site, but her first experience proves hugely embarrassing. Stars Lia Williams and Henry Goodman. From April 2010. Show more

Drama on 3

Artist Descending a Staircase

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

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

A radio production of Tom Stoppard's comic tragedy about the meaning and purpose of life and art, starring Derek Jacobi and Ian McDiarmid. Show more

Contributors

Martello (older):
Geoffrey Whitehead
Beauchamp (older):
Derek Jacobi
Donner (older):
Ian McDiarmid
Beauchamp:
Blake Ritson
Director:
Gordon House

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Duration: 15 minutes

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

Alan Bennett reflects on his dramatic experiences with pigs, boa constrictors and steaming – or not so steaming – manure. Show more

Drama on 4

Cocktail Sticks

Duration: 57 minutes

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

Adaptation of Nicholas Hytner's National Theatre production of Alan Bennett's short autobiographical play. Alan is played by Alex Jennings and Alan Bennett. With strong language. Show more

Contributors

Alan Bennett:
Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett:
Alex Jennings
Nevill Coghill:
Jeff Rawle
Abridger:
Gordon House
Producer:
Gordon House

Genres

Duration: 1 minute

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

4 Extra Debut. Alan Bennett reads from his diaries: The History Boys has ended its theatre run and he laments abandoned pieces he has written. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Alan Bennett reads from his diaries. Unexpected revelations about Gordon Brown, John Sergeant and a lost pullover. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Alan Bennett’s diaries. The writer gifts works to the Bodleian Library and hunts for a sound effect for WH Auden breaking wind. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Alan Bennett reads from his diaries: ‘Fanny Hill’ and reflecting on his public image as “kindly, cosy and essentially harmless.” Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Alan Bennett reads from his diaries. Reflections on how much easier it is to get married than to get a Camden parking permit. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Reading from his diaries, Alan Bennett has ice cream poured down the back of his raincoat – and is robbed of £1500. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Alan reflects on the “back place” in writers’ lives, and talks about hiding – or not hiding – under Dudley Moore’s bed. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Clutch, Throttle, Brake

Episode 1: Monday

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for 4 months

Christopher William Hill's drama about driving lessons and friendships. Starring Samantha Spiro, Bill Paterson and Alison Steadman. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Clutch, Throttle, Brake

Episode 2: Tuesday

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for 4 months

Nat (Samantha Spiro) is determined to pass her driving test but her mother Suki (Alison Steadman) suspects that at some subconscious level she may not want to pass. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Clutch, Throttle, Brake

Episode 3: Wednesday

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for 4 months

Nat's mother Suki (Alison Steadman) and her driving instructor Ken (Bill Paterson) meet for the first time, with predictably chaotic results. Show more

15 Minute Drama

Clutch, Throttle, Brake

Episode 4: Thursday

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for 4 months

Nat (Samantha Spiro) invites her driving instructor Ken (Bill Paterson) back to her house for an illuminating, if somewhat inedible, meal. Show more

Drama on 4

Flood Minimum

Duration: 45 minutes

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

A young priest confronts a traumatised soldier in a village church - which seems to be haunted. Lee Ingleby and Blake Ritson star in Neil Noon's intriguing psychological drama. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Drama on 4

Rose Tremain - The Darkness of Wallis Simpson

Duration: 45 minutes

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

By Rose Tremain. An imagining of the last days of the Duchess of Windsor for whom King Edward VIII abdicated his throne. With Elizabeth McGovern. Show more

Contributors

Wallis Simpson:
Elizabeth McGovern
Maitre Blum:
Miriam Margolyes
Grandmother:
Miriam Margolyes
Ernest Simpson:
Joseph Kloska
Wallis' Mother:
Barbara Barnes
Cecil Beaton:
Nigel Anthony
Win Spencer:
John Chancer
Producer:
Gordon House

Genres

Drama on 4

Terri-Ann Brumby - The Benefit of Time

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Through past-life hypnosis, Debbie discovers she used to be Anne Boleyn. But is her hypnotist a fraud? Comedy starring Samantha Spiro and Adrian Scarborough. Show more

Contributors

Donald Cruickshank:
Adrian Scarborough
Debbie Wilson:
Samantha Spiro
Director:
Gordon House
Producer:
Gordon House