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Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sheila Dillon goes on a citrus journey, discovering new flavour possibilities and hidden histories. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Producer:
Rich Ward
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Phipps
Interviewed Guest:
Helena Attlee
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Barker

Book of the Week

The Land Where Lemons Grow

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Sicily: lemons arrived there with the Arabs in the ninth century and gave rise to the Mafia. Read by Francesca Dymond. Show more

Book of the Week

The Land Where Lemons Grow

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

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

How a family's fortunes were made by a daring plan to grow lemons in a northern latitude. Read by Francesca Dymond. Show more

Book of the Week

The Land Where Lemons Grow

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Battle of the Oranges - the messy and violent tradition at the end of carnival in the town of Ivrea. Read by Francesca Dymond. Show more

Book of the Week

The Land Where Lemons Grow

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. Helena Attlee’s journey through Italy and why citrus holds a special place in the Italian imagination. Read by Francesca Dymond. From April 2014. Show more

Book of the Week

The Land Where Lemons Grow

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

In the bergamot groves of Calabria citrus oil is harvested for use in perfume and Earl Grey tea. Read by Francesca Dymond. Show more

Free Thinking

Sicily, The London Library, John Hardyng's Chronicle

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Anne McElvoy considers Sicily as the island's multifaceted history is celebrated at the British Museum. Plus Tom Stoppard talking about 175 years of the London Library. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Anne McElvoy
Interviewed Guest:
John Julius Norwich
Interviewed Guest:
Helena Attlee
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Sergi
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Peverley
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Stoppard