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Drama on 3

Song of Myself

Duration: 1 hour, 39 minutes

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

A new reading of Walt Whitman's Song of Myself, with excerpts from Orson Welles's 1953 version alongside the voices of actors Michael Sheen, Clarke Peters and Eleanor Bron. Show more

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Genres

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Five Guys Named Moe writer Clarke Peters explores the origins, development and modern significance of a great American vernacular art form he has loved since a child – tap dancing. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clarke Peters
Executive Producer:
Mark Cooper

Midweek

Clarke Peters; Raymond Blanc; Amanda Owen; Nicholas McCarthy

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Libby Purves meets pianist Nicholas McCarthy, actor and director Clarke Peters, shepherdess Amanda Owen and chef and restaurateur Raymond Blanc. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Libby Purves
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas McCarthy
Interviewed Guest:
Clarke Peters
Interviewed Guest:
Amanda Owen
Interviewed Guest:
Raymond Blanc

Brand

Midweek

Book at Bedtime

Remember Me Like This

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Eric Campbell, for four years 'the father of the missing boy', is taking a shower in a house that is not his own, when he receives a phone call. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Ridgeway the slave catcher is determined to deliver Cora back to the Randall Plantation. Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, read by Clarke Peters. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Cora meets freeborn men for the first time and begins a new life on the Valentine farm. Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, read by Clarke Peters. Show more

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

This tribute pays respect to the voice and life of Aretha Franklin, the singer behind hits such as I Say a Little Prayer and Respect, who died on 16 August 2018 aged 76. Show more

The Wire

Series 3

Episode 8: Moral Midgetry

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Critically acclaimed drama series. Colvin begins to see the benefits of his Amsterdam plan. Greggs and McNulty go on a road trip after a tip-off from Prez. Show more

Contributors

Avon Barksdale:
Wood Harris
Russell "Stringer" Bell:
Idris Elba
Coun. Thomas "Tommy" Carcetti:
Aidan Gillen
Maj. Howard "Bunny" Colvin:
Robert Wisdom
Det James "Jimmy" McNulty:
Dominic West
Det Lester Freamon:
Clarke Peters
Det Shakima "Kima" Greggs:
Sonja Sohn
Det Roland "Prez" Prybylewski:
Jim True-Frost

Front Row

Emma Watson in The Bling Ring, Anna Chancellor, Clarke Peters' Cultural Exchange

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Review of Emma Watson in Sofia Coppola's film The Bling Ring, actress Anna Chancellor in Private Lives, actors playing themselves, and Clarke Peters selects his Cultural Exchange. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Chancellor
Interviewed Guest:
Clarke Peters

Elvis McGonagall Takes a Look on the Bright Side

Series 1

Episode 1: A Dog's Dinner

Duration: 13 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. What's so good about haute cuisine and celebrity chefs? Can Elvis change his dyspeptic view of life? With Clarke Peters. From April 2014. Show more

Elvis McGonagall Takes a Look on the Bright Side

Series 1

Episode 2: The Winner Takes It All

Duration: 13 minutes

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

What is society's apparent mania for competitions? Can Elvis change his dyspeptic view of life? With Clarke Peters. From May 2014. Show more

Elvis McGonagall Takes a Look on the Bright Side

Series 1

Episode 3: Taking Care of Business

Duration: 13 minutes

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

Denouncing the wage gap and corporate capitalism. Can Elvis change his dyspeptic view of life? From May 2014. Show more