Highlights
Open the VaultsRazia Iqbal examines the tradition of banks as patrons of art.
1. World PoliticsAndy Zaltzman tackles the subject of world politics.
Sugaring the PillCan ethanol champions Brazil convince the world that sugar really is good for you?
Episode 1Stephen Webster talks to medical consultant Philip Kilner.
Thu, 10 Dec 2009Annette searches for an escape.
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Episode 4
Jack Dee chairs. With Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and David Mitch...
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Pythagoras
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans.
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier,...
George Smiley, called out of retirement, tries to piece together the events of the...
2 episodes Series Catch-up -
Wed, 09 Dec 2009
Peggy keeps up appearances for Jack.
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2. David Tennant intervie...
David Tennant talks to Richard Wilson.
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Episode 2
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news.
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Getting to Four Degrees
By Sarah Woods. Climate change specialists imagine the future at four degrees warme...
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Episode 4
Unwelcoming neighbour Annabelle quizzes an unsuspecting soul over his windchimes.
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier,...
George Smiley is called out of retirement to seek out a mole at the heart of the Ci...
2 episodes Series Catch-up -
Sun, 06 Dec 2009
The week's events in Ambridge.
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One in A Million
By Peter Kesterton. A maths lecturer is arrested for attempted assault on a young w...
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1989: Day by Day
67. 10th December 1989Czechoslovakia's first non-communist majority government in 41 years is sworn in.
1989: Day by Day
66. 9th December 1989Mikhail Gorbachev warns that the Communist Party faces the threat of extinction.
1989: Day by Day
65. 8th December 1989East Germany elects a new leader amid fears the country is sliding into lawlessness.
1989: Day by Day
61. 4th December 1989The Soviet government joins in condemnation of its own invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
1989: Day by Day Omnibus
9. Week ending 5th December 1989Mikhail Gorbachev and George Bush meet in Malta and declare the Cold War over.
Adventures in Poetry - Series 10
5. My Last DuchessPeggy Reynolds teases out the many layers of Robert Browning's chilling poem.
Afternoon Play
Getting to Four DegreesBy Sarah Woods. Climate change specialists imagine the future at four degrees warmer.
Afternoon Play
One in A MillionBy Peter Kesterton. A maths lecturer is arrested for attempted assault on a young woman.
Afternoon Play
Winter StormBy Bernard MacLaverty. Poet Andrew steps from his office and is engulfed by a blizzard.
Afternoon Play
Zero Degrees of SeparationThree community writing groups perform their own short plays.
Afternoon Play - Number 10
4. A Failed StateThe PM becomes embroiled in a housing issue involving a Somalian single mother.
Afternoon Reading - Sputnik
3. Drinking Vodka in the AfternoonBy Tania Hershman. In an Irish village, Mary receives lessons from a mysterious Russian.
Afternoon Reading - Defining Moments
3. ArtBy Anne Harris. A woman realises that Rome may not be quite the city of romance after all.
Afternoon Reading - Defining Moments
2. The Westlink UpgradeBy Colin Carberry. A young couple begin to realise their relationship has changed.
Afternoon Reading - Defining Moments
1. The Lost WeekendBy Hugo Kelly. A single woman seizes an opportunity to get away for a weekend.
All Bar Luke - Series 3
4. The Hen NightLuke is trapped in the hen party from hell when he is appointed chief bridesmaid.
All in the Mind
Tue, 08 Dec 2009Scientists say testing our 'working memory' instead of IQ would be more accurate.
Americana
Sun, 06 Dec 2009Matt talks to former Clinton press secretary Joe Lockhart and columnist Neil Steinberg.
Andy Zaltzman's History of the Third Millennium, Series 1 of 100
1. World PoliticsAndy Zaltzman tackles the subject of world politics.
Archive on 4
The Turner Prize TurnaroundCritic Waldemar Januszczak on the public's U-turn on the Turner Prize and modern art.
Ballylenon - Series 7
Episode 3Vera, who runs the manual exchange, 'overhears' a worrying telephone conversation.
Series Catch-up Trial
Ballylenon - Series 7
Episode 2Customers to Miss Maconchy's shop have increased significantly since her vision at Lourdes
Series Catch-up Trial
Ballylenon - Series 7
Episode 1When Muriel sees a 'miraculous apparition', Phonsie is quick to seize on its potential.
Series Catch-up Trial
BBC National Short Story Award: The Shortlist
Episode 5The last of five shortlisted stories for the annual prize. Read by Julia McKenzie.
Bob Marley: The Chrysler Year
Sat, 05 Dec 2009The year Bob Marley spent driving a forklift truck in the Chrysler car factory in Delaware
Book at Bedtime - Riceyman Steps
Episode 9Elsie's sweetheart Joe has returned, but he is desperately ill.
Book at Bedtime - Riceyman Steps
Episode 8Henry's bluff is called when he takes a turn for the worse and the doctor is summoned.
Book at Bedtime - Riceyman Steps
Episode 7Both Elsie and Violet are increasingly anxious about Henry's weakened state.
Book at Bedtime - Riceyman Steps
Episode 6The corrosive desire for thrift begins to dominate married life at Earlforward's bookshop.
Book at Bedtime - Riceyman Steps
Episode 5Mr Earlforward's drive for economy is revealed as a corrosive desire.
Book of the Week - The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi
Episode 4Still in his 30s, the years of physical comedy begin to take their toll on Grimaldi's body
Book of the Week - The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi
Episode 3Grimaldi's performance in the new pantomime, Mother Goose, makes him a fully-fledged star.
Book of the Week - The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi
Episode 2The young Grimaldi begins to make his mark as a comic performer in London.
Book of the Week - The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi
Episode 1The two-year-old Joe is propelled onto the stage at Sadler's Wells by his ruthless father.
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