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Hay Festival 22 May - 1 June 2008

  • Open Book

    Mariella Frostrup presenting a special edition of BBC Radio 4's Book programme. She talks to some of the biggest names of this year's Festival, and discusses the best of recent fiction.
    Recording: 11:30am, Saturday 24 May 2008
    Broadcast: 4pm, 25 May 2008

  • Writing From Hay

    Two new short stories written and read by authors Bill Patterson and Angela Huth.
    Recording: 3pm, Saturday 24 May 2008
    Broadcast: 3:30pm, 27 - 30 May 2008

  • Just a Minute

    Nicholas Parsons hosts the game in which four panellists are invited to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition.
    Recording: 5:30 and 7pm, Saturday 24 May 2008
    Broadcast: 6:30pm, 4 August and 15 September 2008

  • Broadcasting House

    Join Paddy O’Connell for the live broadcast of topical news stories, newspaper reviews, and special festival guests.
    Recording: 8:30am, Sunday 25 May 2008
    Broadcast: Live

  • Writing from Hay

    Two new short stories written and read by authors Catherine O’Flynn and Fay Weldon.
    Recording: 11:30am, Sunday 25 May 2008
    Broadcast: 3:30pm, 27 - 30 May 2008

  • The BBC Radio 4 Debate

    The first of a new series of broadcast debates features festival guests arguing topical issues.
    Recording: 2:30pm, Sunday 25 June 2008
    Broadcast: 8pm, 28 May 2008

  • Poetry Please

    Roger McGough selects listeners’ requests for favourite poems, read by leading actors and poets.
    Recording: 5:30pm, Sunday 25 May 2008
    Broadcast: 4:30pm, 1 June 2008

  • Material World

    As more and more writers are becoming fascinated and intrigued by the world of science and medicine, Quentin Cooper presents BBC Radio 4's science conversation programme, Material World, with guests from the festival.
    Recording: 10am, Monday 26 May 2008
    Broadcast: 4:30pm, 29 May 2008

  • World on the Move

    BBC Radio 4's epic natural history event, World on the Move: Great Animal Migrations comes to Hay. Philippa Forrester will host a panel of experts to answer your questions about animal migrations, together with live updates of the progress of our "Top Goose", the migration of Elephants in Africa, Butterflies and Moths near you and the whereabouts of our two Leather Back Turtles.
    Recording: 1pm, Monday 26 May 2008
    Broadcast: 11am, 27 May 2008

  • Off The Page

    Dominic Arkwright challenges three smart guests to write a column on a single theme. Expect wit, insight, and the occasional row.
    Recording: 3:30pm, Monday 26 June 2008
    Broadcast: 11:30am, 29 May 2008



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