Operation Pied Piper
First broadcast: Tuesday 01 September 2009, Radio 2
Repeated Sat 9 Nov 2013
Duration: 57 minutes
BBC Radio 2 looks back to the momentous operation that saw the mass evacuation of more than three million British children on the eve
Feeding the Detectives
Duration: 28 minutes
First broadcast:Sunday 18 August 2013
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Dan Saladino looks at how food has increasingly become a big ingredient in
crime fiction.
Number One Forensic Detective Agency
Broadcast Wed 26 Oct 2011, 11:00
160/44; 31.5 MB; sound quality excellent
The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency returns to BBC Radio 4 shortly. The stories, of course, are set in Botswana. But did you know that this
The Divine Detective
First broadcast 20080121.
Tom Mangold visits Newark, New Jersey, where he meets a presbyterian minister and self-ordained seeker of justice.
Jim McCloskey gave up a successful business career at the age of 37 to enter a seminary,
Margaret Rutherford was a benign battleaxe, chin wagging like a windsock, famous as Miss Marple, Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit and for her roles in Passport to Pimlico, The Importance of Being Earnest and an Oscar-winning performance in The VIPs.
Read more…My Beloved Husband
by Pieter Rogers
Afternoon Play, 5 March 1997 (repeat Saturday, 2 August 1997)
The first in a 2-play series called 'Accused of Murder'.
Madeleine Smith has an unhealthy interest in arsenic. Based on a famous trial.
See http://murderpe
Elementary, my Dear Corpse!
by James W. Booth
read by Roy Worley
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Here is a fascinating factual story featuring Sherlock Holmes’ creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, called “Elementary, my Dear Corpse!” It is by James W. Booth. I found it in a ve
The Lost Tapes of Orson Welles
First broadcast: Thursdays, 19 and 26 December 2013, 11:30
Duration: 2 x 30 minutes
160/44; 65 MB total; sound quality excellent
This two-part programme is a revealing series of informal conversations with the man best kn
Petite Mort
by Beatrice Hitchman
adapted in 10 parts by Miranda Davies
15 Minute Drama, 28 October to 8 November 2013
This post is the 2 part Omnibus editions on Radio 4 Extra, 2 and 9 November 2013
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A 1914 silent film called Petite Mort holds
This week's Google Doodle tells us that crossword puzzles are a hundred years old this month, so I thought I'd resurrect some oldies, both here and in Mysteries.
Here we have a Lynne Truss ("Eats Shoots and Leaves") docu about cryptic crosswords, so
Read more…BBC World Service - Documentaries - MI6 - A century in the shadows
MI6 - A century in the shadows
Mon, 12 Oct 09
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Duration:
24 mins
An unprecedented look inside MI6 - Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, which marks its centenary this year. Pr
BBC World Service - Documentary
Night Witches
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Synopsis
Lucy Ash tells the extraordinary but little-known tale of Russia's three all-female regiments that flew more than 30,000 missions on the Eastern Front during Second World War. At home
The Sound of America, the Story of NPR
BBC Radio 4 - The Archive Hour - 2005-10-29
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Joe Queenan takes a look at the past 35 years of American history through the news reports and documentaries produced by NPR - National Public Radio. Everything f
Insightful review of the life of legendary blues guitarist Robert Johnson and his enduring musical legacy. Includes 20 of his legendary recordings and brand-new, exclusive interviews with contemporary blues musicians and historians.
Julian Clary, best known for his own brand of sexual humour, celebrates the clever use of double entendre in 1920s and 30s blues songs.
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