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Fiona Melrose on her novel Johannesburg

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Mariella Frostrup talks to Fiona Melrose about her novel Johannesburg. Set on the day of Nelson Mandela's death, the characters paint a portrait of the city on this historic day. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Fiona Melrose
Interviewed Guest:
Kaite Welsh
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Hill

Last Word

The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, Oleg Ivanovsky, Jim Petrie, Dame Julia Polak and Bob Crewe

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Julian Worricker remembers the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, scientists Dame Julia Polak and Oleg Ivanovsky, illustrator Jim Petrie and songwriter Bob Crewe. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Susan Hill
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Mandler
Interviewed Guest:
Bridget Flemming
Interviewed Guest:
Asif Siddiqi
Interviewed Guest:
Ian McMillan
Interviewed Guest:
Rosemary Friedman
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Ranking
Interviewed Guest:
Spencer Leigh
Interviewed Guest:
Bob Gaudio
Producer:
Neil George

Woman's Hour

Chef Thomasina Miers; Author Susan Hill; Families coping with PTSD

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Thomasina Miers cooks the perfect tortillas with toasted black beans and jalapeno hummus. Author Susan Hill on her new novel. Plus the military families struggling with PTSD. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Thomasina Miers
Interviewed Guest:
Nikita Dallison
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Green
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Hill

Start the Week

Crime Stories and Ghost Stories

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Anne McElvoy with crime author Val McDermid, Susan Hill on her ghost stories, Alex Werner from the Museum of London on Sherlock Holmes and, on the paranormal, Dr David Clarke. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Anne McElvoy
Interviewed Guest:
Val McDermid
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Hill
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Werner
Interviewed Guest:
David Clarke

Front Row

Susan Hill; Pop art design; GF Newman; Fake movie trails

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news. Mark Lawson interviews writer Susan Hill as she publishes a new novel Black Sheep; the relationship between pop art and design; dramatist GF Newman on his radio series. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Hill
Interviewed Guest:
GF Newman
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn