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Duration: 15 minutes

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

After a tragic accident, a young girl makes the ultimate sacrifice to save her guilt-ridden brother. Read by Teresa Gallagher. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

When a girl who loves her father discovers his deception, it is time to grow up and make a choice. Read by Sasha Pick. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

A young man on the fringe of the fashion world comes to understand the allure and the disappointment of New York. Read by Andrew Scott. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

After a painful divorce, a woman heads to Spain hoping to break free from the painful ties that bind. Read by Madeleine Potter. Show more

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Hidden desires surface when the hedonistic antics of an old friend challenge a married couple's complacency. Read by Fenella Woolgar. Show more

The Culture Show

2012/2013

Episode 10

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Exploring the new Bronze exhibition at the Royal Academy, as well as a look at The People Speak - an innovative dramatised book reading - and an interview with Oliver Stone. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Kermode
Series Editor:
Janet Lee
Series Producer:
Pauline Law
Participant:
Oliver Stone
Participant:
Celia Imrie
Participant:
Rupert Everett
Participant:
Juliet Stevenson
Participant:
Jennifer Egan
Presenter:
Grace Dent

Open Book

Jennifer Egan

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Pulitzer-winning Jennifer Egan on her new novel Manhattan Beach set during the second world war in the Brooklyn Naval Yards. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jennifer Egan
Interviewed Guest:
Jen Campbell
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Adam Haslett

Bookclub

Jennifer Egan: A Visit from the Goon Squad

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

James Naughtie and readers talk to American author Jennifer Egan about her groundbreaking novel A Visit from the Goon Squad, which won the Pulitzer prize for fiction in 2011. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jennifer Egan
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Last Word

Professor Heinz Wolff, Aline Countess of Romanones, Tony Whitten, Fritz Lustig, Keely Smith

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on bioengineer Professor Heinz Wolff, spy Aline, Countess of Romanones, conservationist Tony Whitten, secret listener Fritz Lustig and singer Keely Smith. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Martin Palmer
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth Bennett
Interviewed Guest:
Laurence Wolff
Interviewed Guest:
Iona Wolff
Interviewed Guest:
Gabriella Spinelli
Interviewed Guest:
Russell Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Jennifer Egan
Interviewed Guest:
Charles Pinck
Interviewed Guest:
Robin Lustig

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland

Damian Barr chats to guests Jennifer Egan, Ricky Ross and Mark Billingham, and readers at the Edinburgh International Book Festival rate a Scottish classic. Show more

Contributors

Interviewer:
Damian Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Jennifer Egan
Interviewed Guest:
Ricky Ross
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Billingham
Series Producer:
Carlin Wallace
Executive Producer:
Pauline Law