'My father started talking about the day he got off the boat, and I saw then he had a life that stretched back before I was born.' A story about backstory, by Kit de Waal. Show more
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Poetry Please
Love and the Rest
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Roger McGough with poetry of love, hate and everything in between on this Valentine's edition of Poetry Please. Featured poets include Harold Pinter, Carol Ann Duffy and WB Yeats. Show more
Poetry Please
Bubble and Squeak
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Roger McGough presents poetry old and new, happy and sad and everything in between. Poetry from UA Fanthorpe, Robert Frost, Ben Jonson and Wilfred Owen. Show more
Last Word
Martin McGuinness, Chuck Berry, Sir Derek Walcott, Salome Karwah, Colin Dexter
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Matthew Bannister on IRA leader and politician Martin McGuinness, musician Chuck Berry, poet Sir Derek Walcott, Ebola survivor Salome Karwah, writer Colin Dexter. Show more
Detective drama series. The team must solve a deeply personal case when Dwayne's old mentor is found dead. DI Goodman tries to unleash his inner gourmand. Show more
Drama series set in a health centre. Mrs Tembe gets dragged into helping two squabbling siblings find a missing lottery ticket. Show more
Day Release
Safe Space
44 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Lenny Henry stars as lifer Frank Watt who is coming to the end of his 30 year prison sentence and having to face up to life outside. Show more