Programme Index

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 17^th Oct 2016, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 17^th Oct 2016, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

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Tom Sutcliffe in New York with novelist Colson Whitehead, philosopher and 2016 Reith Lecturer Kwame Anthony Appiah, political commentator Heather Mac Donald and lawyer Jim Zirin. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:: Colson Whitehead
Interviewed Guest:: Kwame Anthony Appiah
Interviewed Guest:: Heather Mac Donald
Producer:: Katy Hickman

The Underground Railroad

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 20^th Feb 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 8^th Oct 2019, 02:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about slavery in America. Read by Clarke Peters. Show more

Contributors

Reader:: Clarke Peters
Author:: Colson Whitehead
Abridger:: Sara Davies
Producer:: Mair Bosworth

Series

The Underground Railroad

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 21^st Feb 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 9^th Oct 2019, 02:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about slavery in America. Read by Clarke Peters. Show more

Contributors

Reader:: Clarke Peters
Author:: Colson Whitehead
Abridger:: Sara Davies
Producer:: Mair Bosworth

Series

The Underground Railroad

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 22^nd Feb 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 10^th Oct 2019, 02:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about slavery in America. Read by Clarke Peters. Show more

Contributors

Reader:: Clarke Peters
Author:: Colson Whitehead
Abridger:: Sara Davies
Producer:: Mair Bosworth

Series

The Underground Railroad

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 23^rd Feb 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 11^th Oct 2019, 02:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about slavery in America. Read by Clarke Peters. Show more

Contributors

Reader:: Clarke Peters
Author:: Colson Whitehead
Abridger:: Sara Davies
Producer:: Mair Bosworth

Series

The Underground Railroad

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 24^th Feb 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 12^th Oct 2019, 02:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Cora flees, but where will the railroad take her on this occasion? Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, read by Clarke Peters. Show more

Contributors

Reader:: Clarke Peters
Author:: Colson Whitehead
Abridger:: Sara Davies
Producer:: Mair Bosworth

Series

The Underground Railroad

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 27^th Feb 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 15^th Oct 2019, 02:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Still stranded in North Carolina, Cora awaits word from the underground railroad. Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, read by Clarke Peters. Show more

Contributors

Reader:: Clarke Peters
Author:: Colson Whitehead
Abridger:: Sara Davies
Producer:: Mair Bosworth

Series

The Underground Railroad

Episode 7

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 28^th Feb 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 16^th Oct 2019, 02:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Ridgeway the slave catcher is determined to deliver Cora back to the Randall Plantation. Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, read by Clarke Peters. Show more

Contributors

Reader:: Clarke Peters
Author:: Colson Whitehead
Abridger:: Sara Davies
Producer:: Mair Bosworth

Series

The Underground Railroad

Episode 8

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 1^st Mar 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 17^th Oct 2019, 02:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Cora meets freeborn men for the first time and begins a new life on the Valentine farm. Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, read by Clarke Peters. Show more

Contributors

Reader:: Clarke Peters
Author:: Colson Whitehead
Abridger:: Sara Davies
Producer:: Mair Bosworth

Series

The Underground Railroad

Episode 9

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 2^nd Mar 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 18^th Oct 2019, 02:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Cora's refuge, Valentine farm, comes under threat. Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, read by Clarke Peters. Show more

Contributors

Reader:: Clarke Peters
Author:: Colson Whitehead
Abridger:: Sara Davies
Producer:: Mair Bosworth

Series

The Underground Railroad

Episode 10

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 3^rd Mar 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 19^th Oct 2019, 02:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Cora faces Ridgeway once more, and makes a final journey on the railroad. Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, read by Clarke Peters. Show more

Contributors

Reader:: Clarke Peters
Author:: Colson Whitehead
Abridger:: Sara Davies
Producer:: Mair Bosworth

Series

The Big Scottish Book Club

The Big Scottish Book Club

Series 5

Edinburgh Festival Special

BBC Scotland

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 23^rd Aug 2023, 22:00 on BBC Scotland HDLatest broadcast: Tue 29^th Aug 2023, 23:40 on BBC One Scotland HD

Available for 2 months

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Damian Barr presents an Edinburgh International Book Festival special, with Judy Murray, Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead and Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Damian Barr
Interviewed Guest:: Colson Whitehead
Interviewed Guest:: Eleanor Catton
Interviewed Guest:: Judy Murray
Executive Producer:: Pauline Law
Series Producer:: Colin Lennox
Director:: Donald MacInnes

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

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Series

The Big Scottish Book Club: Series 5