Finances are tight, and writing commissions are few and far between for Yorkshire farm labourer and writer Fred Kitchen. Show more
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Fred Kitchen is now a school gardener and preacher alongside his spasmodic writing career. Show more
Now nearly 78, Fred Kitchen is still writing. Show more
Yorkshire farm labourer and writer Fred Kitchen's first book is finally published. Show more
Pastures new for published Yorkshire farm labourer and writer Fred Kitchen. Show more
Fred has been encouraged in his writing by a WEA tutor. Show more
Frequent moves are often the lot of the rural worker. Show more
Fred is now the Poet of the Cowshed. Show more
Iris Murdoch: A Severed Head
Episode 1
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. A group of over-cultivated characters attempt to behave in a civilised manner as they swap partners. Stars Julian Rhind-Tutt. Show more
Iris Murdoch: A Severed Head
Episode 2
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
How does Martin now feel about his own mistress, and why does Honor, insist on passing judgement? Stars Helen Schlesinger. Show more
Iris Murdoch: A Severed Head
Episode 3
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Martin is forced to explain his adultery and finds his civilised front buckling in an unexpected fashion. Stars Matthew Marsh. Show more
Iris Murdoch: A Severed Head
Episode 5
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The merry-go round of partner swapping comes to a grinding halt, but just who will end up with who? Stars Julian Rhind-Tutt. Show more
Writing is beginning to take a bigger role in Fred's life. Show more
Iris Murdoch: A Severed Head
Episode 4
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Martin is enthralled by Honor, but is he entering a world that would leave modern-day society outraged? Stars Victoria Hamilton. Show more
Adrian Dunbar stars as Samuel Beckett in a play by Stephen Wakelam that imagines what took place during the three weeks he spent lying low in Folkestone in March 1961. Show more
Saturday Drama
Stephen Wakelam - The Jinx Element
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Edith Wharton's life had as much drama as her novels. An encounter with a journalist caused shockwaves. Stars Fenella Woolgar. Show more
The series exploring the 20th-century through journals and correspondence. George Allen's 1904 diary of his record-attempting walk, freely adapted by Stephen Wakelam. Show more
The series exploring the 20th-century through journals and correspondence. George Allen's 1904 diary of his record-attempting walk, freely adapted by Stephen Wakelam. Show more
The series exploring the 20th-century through journals and correspondence. George Allen's 1904 diary of his record-attempting walk, freely adapted by Stephen Wakelam. Show more
George Allen's 1904 diary of his record-attempting walk, freely adapted by Stephen Wakelam. It is day ten, and the terrain, weather and inner doubts are challenging. Show more