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Woman's Hour

Nicola Sturgeon; Jung Chang; Gone With the Wind

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

WH power-lister and deputy first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon; Chinese cooking with writer Jung Chang; Gone With the Wind; and keeping safe while travelling at night. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Nicola Sturgeon
Interviewed Guest:
Jung Chang
Interviewed Guest:
Hannah Betts
Interviewed Guest:
Siwan Hayward
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
Rachael Clawson
Interviewed Guest:
Sandie Keene
Producer:
Louise Corley

Open Book

Philip Pullman, Jung Chang, Alexander McCall Smith

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Philip Pullman discusses the great Soviet children's classics of the 1920s and 30s, Jung Chang on Empress Dowager Cixi, and Alexander McCall Smith on the book he would never lend. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Philip Pullman
Interviewed Guest:
Jung Chang
Interviewed Guest:
Alexander McCall Smith
Producer:
Andrea Kidd

Front Row

Dylan Moran and Igor Meerson; Jung Chang; Todd Miller; Referendum theatre

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang talks to author Jung Chang, comedians Dylan Moran and Igor Meerson, and documentary director Todd Miller. Plus Edinburgh Festival plays about the Scottish Referendum. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Dylan Moran
Interviewed Guest:
Igor Meerson
Interviewed Guest:
Jung Chang
Interviewed Guest:
Todd Miller
Interviewed Guest:
Joyce McMillan

Book of the Week

Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Cixi forms an important political alliance and launches a palace coup. Jung Chang's biography of one woman's remarkable rise to power in 19th-century China. Show more

Book of the Week

Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

With the death of her son in 1875, Cixi adopts the three-year-old son of her sister and names him Emperor, thus orchestrating her return to power. Show more

Book of the Week

Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

A young ambitious reformist looks to topple Cixi from power, and a dramatic battle of wits ensues. Jung Chang's biography of a remarkable 19th-century stateswoman. Show more

Book of the Week

Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

Cixi faces her greatest challenge as ruler, when anti-Western feeling in rural China leads to violence. Jung Chang's biography of a remarkable 19th-century stateswoman. Show more

Book of the Week

Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for years

4 Extra Debut. Jung Chang's groundbreaking biography reassesses this formidable 19th-century stateswoman who single-handedly dragged China into modernity. Show more

Night Waves

Jung Chang, Sarah Lucas, Allende, Everest Music

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Presented by Rana Mitter. Jung Chang, author of Wild Swans, discusses her new account examining the story of the most important woman in Chinese history: Empress Dowager Cixi. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rana Mitter
Interviewed Guest:
Jung Chang
Interviewed Guest:
Alastair Sooke
Interviewed Guest:
Oscar Guardiola-Rivera
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Stanley
Producer:
Estelle Doyle

Saturday Live

Carrie Grant

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by vocal coach and presenter Carrie Grant. Plus the Inheritance Tracks of writer Jung Chang. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Aasmah Mir
Presenter:
Richard Coles
Interviewed Guest:
Carrie Grant
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Root
Interviewed Guest:
John Carder Bush
Interviewed Guest:
JP Devlin
Interviewed Guest:
Jockie Reid
Interviewed Guest:
Victoria Herridge
Interviewed Guest:
Jung Chang