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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Malala Yousafzai; Feminism in 2013; Life after divorce; Elizabeth Jane Howard; Chloe Howl

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Malala Yousafzai, Kate Tempest, Elizabeth Jane Howard and Chloe Howl. Plus Laura Bates, Caroline Criado-Perez and Reni Eddo-Lodge discuss feminism in 2013 and their hopes for 2014. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Malala Yousafzai
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Bates
Interviewed Guest:
Caroline Criado-Perez
Interviewed Guest:
Reni Eddo-Lodge
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Clanchy
Interviewed Guest:
Zena Forster
Performer:
Kae Tempest
Performer:
Chloe Howl
Producer:
Louise Corley

Woman's Hour

Caroline Criado-Perez, Laura Bates, Allegra McEvedy's perfect hangover food

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Feminism 2013 style, introverts v extroverts, and a profile of Mrs Oliphant, the writer of our 15 Minute Drama. Plus, the perfect hangover food. Presented by Jenni Murray. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Allegra McEvedy
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Clanchy
Interviewed Guest:
Zena Forster
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Quilliam
Interviewed Guest:
Caroline Criado-Perez
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Bates
Interviewed Guest:
Reni Eddo-Lodge

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

When Hester is offered a merger to cancel all her debts, she finds a neat but risky solution. Starring Lyndsey Marshal. Show more

Contributors

Margaret Oliphant:
Penelope Wilton
Hester Vernon:
Lyndsey Marshal
Harry Sellon:
Ben Crowe
Farrington:
Patrick Brennan
Mildmay Vernon:
Paul Stonehouse
Miss Vernon-Ridgeway:
Sarah Thom
Miss Matilda Vernon-Ridgeway:
Liza Sadovy
Edward Vernon:
Joseph Kloska
Lady Ellen Vernon:
Jasmine Hyde
Labourer:
Adam Nagaitis
Adaptor:
Kate Clanchy
Adaptor:
Zena Forster

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Widower Edward Vernon can no longer resist speculating - putting Hester's bank at risk. Stars Joseph Kloska. Show more

Contributors

Margaret Oliphant:
Penelope Wilton
Hester Vernon:
Lyndsey Marshal
Edward Vernon:
Joseph Kloska
Miss Halifax:
Stephanie Racine
Miss Letitia:
Sarah Thom
Miss Letitia:
Liza Sadovy
Despatch Rider:
Joe Sims
Old Merridew:
Robert Blythe
Adaptor:
Kate Clanchy
Adaptor:
Zena Forster

Genres

Front Row

Karl Hyde; Harold Pinter's The Hothouse; Kate Clanchy; Jodi Picoult

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Harold Pinter's The Hothouse in a revival, Karl Hyde of Underworld, poet Kate Clanchy on writing her first novel, and Jodi Picoult's Cultural Exchange. With John Wilson. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Ellie Bury
Interviewed Guest:
Karl Hyde
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Clanchy

Front Row

Fly by Night, Tim Winton, Poems by teenagers, Music discovered in a painting

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tim Winton on his new novel The Shepherd's Hut, Kate Clanchy and her student poets on their collection of migrant poems, music discovered in a 17th-century painting and pigeon art. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Tim Winton
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Clanchy
Interviewed Guest:
Francesca Vanke

Drama on 4

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

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

Available for years

4 Extra Debut. When Sara’s rich, she’s treated like other girls. But who is she without money? And why is she in England? Stars Archie Panjabi. Show more

Contributors

Sara Crewe:
Archie Panjabi
Becky Perkins:
Clare Perkins
Miss Minchin:
Rebecca Front
Young Sara:
Nishi Malde
Young Becky:
Polly Allen
Captain Crewe:
Tom Forrister
Miss Amelia:
Adie Allen
Little Lottie:
Jocelyn MacNab
Ermengarde:
Lucy Hutchinson
Mr Barrow:
Jonathan Forbes
Ram Dass:
Sagar Radia
Mrs Herbert:
Elizabeth Bennett
Adaptor:
Kate Clanchy

Genres

Hester by Margaret Oliphant

1. The Financial Scandal

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

A tale of banks and bankers, credit and discredit, and a single woman who does something truly radical. Stars Penelope Wilton. Show more

Contributors

Margaret Oliphant:
Penelope Wilton
Lady Ellen Vernon:
Jasmine Hyde
Hester Vernon:
Lyndsey Marshal
Harry Sellon:
Ben Crowe
Adaptor:
Kate Clanchy
Adaptor:
Zena Forster

Genres

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Hester involves her wayward cousin and his uninspiring wife in the running of the family bank. Stars Jasmine Hyde. Show more

Contributors

Margaret Oliphant:
Penelope Wilton
Hester Vernon:
Lyndsey Marshal
Lady Ellen Vernon:
Jasmine Hyde
Catherine Vernon:
Lizzy Watts
Edward Vernon:
Joseph Kloska
Adaptor:
Kate Clanchy
Adaptor:
Zena Forster

Genres

Hester by Margaret Oliphant

5. Farewell to Vernon's?

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Once again, Mr Rule is facing a run on the bank, which could close Vernon's forever. Stars Lyndsey Marshal and Philip Jackson. Show more

Contributors

Margaret Oliphant:
Penelope Wilton
Hester Vernon:
Lyndsey Marshal
Farrington:
Patrick Brennan
Mapplethorpe:
Adam Nagaitis
Mrs Merridew:
Stephanie Racine
Harry Sellon:
Ben Crowe
Mildmay Vernon:
Paul Stonehouse
Catherine Vernon:
Lizzy Watts
Adaptor:
Kate Clanchy
Adaptor:
Zena Forster

Genres

Drama on 4

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

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

Available for years

'It's only an accident that I'm not you, and you're not me.' Conclusion of the much-loved gothic tale. Stars Archie Panjabi. Show more