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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. 1870s London: Mr Parker is looking for more meaning to life. He meets a medium, but is he really his saviour? Stars Bill Nighy. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Mark Lawson reveals the Best of Young British Novelists, as selected by Granta. Plus the White House movie Olympus Has Fallen reviewed, and a report from Derry-Londonderry. Show more
45 minutes
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As a part of Radio 4's Character Invasion Day, Tom Sutcliffe hosts a live debate asking whether or not we are living in a golden age for the creation of fictional characters. Show more
Martha Kearney and guests discuss the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel Filth, Dennis Kelly's debut play at the Royal Court, and Expo 58, a new comic novel by Jonathan Coe. Show more
50 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC HD
Tim Marlow and guests John Mullan, AL Kennedy and Rosie Boycott consider the shortlist for this year's Man Booker Prize for Fiction. The winner is announced on 16 October 2012. Show more
John and Maggie attempt a new phase in their riotous relationship - living together. Stars Bill Nighy and Anna Calder-Marshall. Show more
John moves in with Maggie but can the villagers accept her unconventional lover? Stars Bill Nighy and Anna Calder-Marshall. Show more
Maggie wants John to integrate into village life so John throws a dinner party. Stars Bill Nighy and Anna Calder-Marshall. Show more
Why doesn't Maggie tell her daughter John has moved in? Does John need to change? Stars Bill Nighy and Anna Calder-Marshall. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Is there a future for a tempestuous couple who can't manage a week's holiday together? Stars Bill Nighy and Anna Calder-Marshall. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Stephen Bayley, Rachel Johnson, AL Kennedy and Mark Borkowski join Philip Dodd to discuss charm, from Castiglione's The Book of the Courter to modern politics and PR. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Matthew Sweet is joined by AL Kennedy, Virginia Ironside and Francis O'Gorman to discuss worrying in literature and life. Plus New Generation Thinker Sam Goodman on spy fiction. Show more
46 minutes
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Nikki Bedi and Arthur Smith are joined by Tim Minchin, David Bryan, AL Kennedy and Joseph Barnes-Phillips. With music from Benjamin Zephaniah and Susanne Sundfor. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. A man on the verge of a nervous breakdown retreats up a tree, and only love can save him. Romantic comedy starring Bill Nighy. Show more
Kirsty Wark and guests discuss Steven Spielberg's new film of Tintin, a V&A exhibition marking Private Eye's 50th birthday and Mike Bartlett's play 13 at the National Theatre. Show more
43 minutes
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Tom Sutcliffe discusses love and self-love with AL Kennedy, Lavinia Greenlaw, David Sedaris and Simon Blackburn. Show more
28 minutes
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Presented by Mariella Frostrup. Author Yaa Gyasi talks to Mariella about her debut novel Homegoing, a tale of two sisters with strikingly different destinies. Show more
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Acclaimed South African writer Damon Galgut on his novel Arctic Summer, plus Kate Colquhoun and Judith Flanders on Victorian true crime and AL Kennedy road tests new writing apps. Show more
Maggie’s determined to rekindle her affair but an attempted seduction in a hotel doesn't go to plan. Stars Anna Calder-Marshall. Show more
John and Maggie have rebooted their romance, but a crematorium date reminds them there’s not much time left. Stars Bill Nighy. Show more
