Director Mike Leigh talks to Alan Yentob about his unique body of work and struggle to make films on his own terms. Actors he has worked with discuss his distinctive methods. Show more
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Emergency services on screen; plus Sally Hawkins, Josette Bushell-Mingo, and Damian Barr
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
How fly-on-the-wall programme makers document the work of the emergency services; plus actress Sally Hawkins, singer Josette Bushell-Mingo, and Damian Barr's Queen Icons choice. Show more
Adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic tale set in the 1840s. Jane Eyre falls in love with Mr Rochester, unaware of the terrible secret that he is harbouring. Show more
Two young aliens from warring families fall in love and run away, leading their relatives on a chase across outer space. Animated adaptation of the children's book by Julia Donaldson.
Paddington finds the perfect gift for Aunt Lucy's birthday, but when the gift is stolen, he becomes the prime suspect, and it is up to the Browns to prove his innocence.
Matt Lucas and David Walliams take a comic look at life in Britain. Vicky Pollard is in trouble with her teacher, while Emily Howard visits a pub and finds an admirer. Show more
Comedy. Bizarre murders shock Southall, west London, but the victims' spirits come to haunt their killer - well-liked widow Mrs Sethi. Shabana Azmi and Sendhil Ramamurthy star. Show more
Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington station, a young Peruvian bear is befriended by the Brown family and attempts to find an explorer who visited Peru many years earlier. Show more
Having long lived with depression and paranoid schizophrenia, Jane encounters new sources of love and joy after meeting the flamboyant but equally troubled Mike. Show more
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Woody Allen interview, with Sally Hawkins and Mike Leigh
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Mark Lawson talks to writer and director Woody Allen, whose new film Blue Jasmine stars Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins. Sally Hawkins and Mike Leigh also share their thoughts. Show more
Gritty drama following a minicab driver and his wife as they struggle to bring up their unemployed and aggressive son and depressed daughter on a bleak South London estate. Show more
1 hour, 30 minutes
Drama telling the story of the father of science fiction, HG Wells, and his messianic ambition to create a World State and avert mankind's headlong course towards self-destruction. Show more
1 hour, 15 minutes
Drama about a woman who works as a personal shopper in a glamorous department store who becomes seduced by the opulent lives of her clients, with devastating consequences.
The train Rachel catches every morning runs along the back of the road where she used to live. There lives a couple who looked in love, until she saw the wife kissing another man. Show more
Commuter Rachel daydreams about the loving couple she watches every day from her train window. Show more
Rachel learns that the woman she called Jess - whose name was actually Megan - has been missing for several days, and she may be the only person who knows about her secret lover. Show more
Rachel finally tells the police about the man she saw Megan kissing. Meanwhile we learn that long before she disappeared, Megan was deceiving her husband. Show more
Rachel tries to recover her memories, Anna grows increasingly suspicious, and Scott comes to an unpleasant realisation. Show more
Several weeks after her unexplained disappearance, Megan's body is found buried in Corly Woods. Rachel struggles to recall what happened to her on the night she was attacked. Show more
Claiming to be a friend of Megan's, Rachel visits Scott at home. They grow closer, but will he discover her lies? Show more