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Drama on 3

The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler

Duration: 1 hour, 19 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

The fragmented life of the surrealist, poet, songwriter and eccentric Ivor Cutler. His admirers included the Beatles, John Peel and Bertrand Russell. With Sandy Grierson as Ivor. Show more

Contributors

Ivor Cutler:
Sandy Grierson
Phyllis King:
Elicia Daly
Director:
Matt Thompson

Genres

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

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

Adaptation of Alasdair Gray's cult novel, which tells the stories of art student Duncan Thaw and Lanark, a man who finds himself in a strange yet familiar place, Unthank. Show more

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Saturday Drama

Lucy Gannon - Topaz

Duration: 1 hour

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

4 Extra Debut. An unfortunate 19th-century poet walks from Dundee to Balmoral to seek royal patronage from Queen Victoria. Comic drama stars Brian Cox. Show more

Contributors

William McGonagall:
Brian Cox
Queen Victoria:
Niamh Cusack
Gatekeeper:
Stuart McQuarrie
Circus Master:
Sean Murray
Dougie:
Ali Craig
Queen's Maid:
Amaka Okafor
Director:
Bruce Young
Producer:
Bruce Young

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Book of the Week

Sixty Degrees North

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Fort Smith, just inside Canada's Northwest Territories, is the next stop on Malachy Tallack's journey around the sixtieth parallel. Show more

Book of the Week

Sixty Degrees North

Episode 4: Ravens and Wildness

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Malachy Tallack's journey along the sixtieth parallel brings him to St Petersburg and then on to Ekenas in Finland. Show more

Book of the Week

Sixty Degrees North

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Only 200 miles from home, and his initial starting point, Malachy Tallack reaches the west coast of Norway, the final destination on his journey around the sixtieth parallel. Show more

Book of the Week

Sixty Degrees North

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Wrestling with notions of home and belonging, and grief for the untimely death of his father, Malachy Tallack sets out from Shetland on a journey around the sixtieth parallel. Show more

Book of the Week

Sixty Degrees North

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In search of wilderness and 'otherness', Malachy Tallack's journey around the sixtieth parallel takes him to Alaska, America's self-proclaimed 'Last Frontier'. Show more

McLevy

Series 10

Episode 1: A Different Path

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for years

A turf war breaks out between rival factions in the Leith underworld, and a new chief constable turns up the heat on McLevy. Show more

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Loose Ends

Nikki Bedi, Mike Leigh, Stephen Mangan, Terry Waite, Sandy Grierson, Stealing Sheep, Spiro

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Clive Anderson and Nikki Bedi are joined by Mike Leigh, Stephen Mangan and Sandy Grierson, with music from Stealing Sheep and Spiro. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clive Anderson
Interviewed Guest:
Mike Leigh
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Mangan
Interviewed Guest:
Sandy Grierson
Interviewed Guest:
Nikki Bedi
Interviewed Guest:
Terry Waite
Music Group:
Stealing Sheep
Music Group:
Spiro
Producer:
Sukey Firth