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58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Ruth Rendell and 50 years of Inspector Wexford, plus actor Rosamund Pike, a fall in China's infant mortality, the impact of domestic violence on women in the workplace. Show more
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Tania Branigan on domestic violence in China, Xinran on her new book, the general election in Northern Ireland and blogger Ella Woodward's first cookery book. With Jane Garvey. Show more
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Ruth Rendell talks about her latest book and 50 years of Inspector Wexford. Plus the quest for the perfect pair of jeans, and women and body size. Show more
1 hour
Series on the brilliance of the British novel. Sebastian Faulks looks at how the ideas of heroism have evolved over the last 300 years, from Daniel Defoe to Martin Amis. Show more
15 minutes
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A man unwittingly sets in train a sequence of tragic events when he sells slimming pills to a friend. Read by Patricia Hodge. Show more
15 minutes
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Carl's lodger, Dermot, reveals that he knows that Carl is implicated in Stacey's death. Read by Patricia Hodge. Show more
15 minutes
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With Dermot gone, Carl looks forward to having sole tenancy of the house in Maida Vale. Read by Patricia Hodge. Show more
15 minutes
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Penniless and desperate, Carl is pushed to breaking point by his blackmailing tenant, Dermot. Read by Patricia Hodge. Show more
15 minutes
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Nicola does her best to defend Carl but is herself threatened by Dermot. Ruth Rendell's final novel read by Patricia Hodge. Show more
15 minutes
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As Dermot and his girlfriend take over the garden of the house, their presence weighs heavily on Carl. Read by Patricia Hodge. Show more
15 minutes
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Sybil moves into the house and Carl is powerless to stop her, but he can’t tell Nicola why. Read by Patricia Hodge. Show more
15 minutes
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Once more blackmailed and desperate, Carl begins to formulate a plan to get rid of Sybil. Read by Patricia Hodge. Show more
Psychological drama based on Ruth Rendell's novel The Tree of Hands. A successful novelist enters a dark depression after the death of her son. Show more
After Claire's best friend Laura dies suddenly, she discovers that her bereaved husband has been keeping a secret. Erotic drama in French with English subtitles. Show more
30 minutes
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Mark Lawson examines the American fiction that made headlines in 2013, including interviews with Edith Pearlman, James Salter, Renata Adler, Julian Barnes and Ruth Rendell. Show more
30 minutes
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Crime writer Ruth Rendell interviewed, 2 Guns reviewed, Michael Grandage's choice for the Cultural Exchange, and the verdict on two TV documentaries about working Britain. Show more
30 minutes
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Mark Lawson reports from the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival, with Kate Atkinson on Jackson Brodie, Ruth Rendell and Jeanette Winterson on their relationship, and Val McDermid. Show more
30 minutes
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Ruth Rendell remembers PD James; the contenders for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and news of the winner; and Maggi Hambling on her new National Gallery exhibition. Show more
30 minutes
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Arts news. Steve Coogan on his career, the Leveson Inquiry and creating his Alan Partridge movie. Plus, Ruth Rendell selects Handel's oratorio Solomon for Cultural Exchange. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. 1979: Hapless accountant Arthur and wife Gwen's new friendship with Reeve takes a very sinister turn. Stars Reece Shearsmith. Show more
