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…The Priest, the Badger and the Little Green Men
Before the canned text on this show let me interject a personal note. Rev Lionel Fanthorpe has been a guest on the late night conspiracy and UFO show "Coast To Coast" numerous times and I would deli
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
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
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
The True Story of Bonnie Parker
By Beatrice Colin
15 Minute Drama, 26 to 30 August 2013
Omnibus version, 31 August 2013, Radio 4 Extra
A new look at the story of Bonnie and Clyde that uses historical sources to illustrate how a series of often disastro
BBC Radio 2
Monday 26 August 2013
A new drama from legendary playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. The album topped the charts on its release in 1973, and it remained in the chart
The Gestapo Minutes
A new play by Adam Ganz
starring Ed Stoppard, Julian Rhind-Tutt and featuring Robin Lustig.
Under the Nazis, Michel Oppenheim, lawyer, patriot and porcelain
collector is made head of the jewish community in Mainz. The minutes
BBC Radio 3 - 2013-07-26
When Tolkien Stole Wagner's Ring
Twenty Minutes - Prom interval talk
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Tolkien always vehemently denied any connection between his Lord of the Rings and Wagner's Ring Cycle. He once said: 'Both rings were round, and there th
London's Oldest Prison: A History of Criminal Justice
Through the prism of HMP Brixton, BBC Radio 4 traces changing attitudes to crime and punishment during 19th century industrialisation, urbanisation, and national debate about how prisons should be
Churchill's Secret Cabinet
Archive On 4: Saturday 06 July 2013
160/44; 65.6 MB; sound quality excellent
Clement Attlee once claimed that Churchill led Britain to victory in the Second World War through his words. But what influenced these words
Oblique Strategies
Simon Armitage
First broadcast: Thursday 13 June 2013, 11:30
'Infinitesimal gradations', 'Repetition is a form of change', 'Bridges-build-burn' - just three of the gnomic aphorisms contained in the Oblique Strategies cards devi
Read more…Mr Punch Says That's the Way to Do It
First broadcast 5th August 2008
Repeated on Radio 7, Sunday 23 January 2011
Actor Martin Reeve takes up his swozzle and slapstick to chart the history and tenacious survival of the Punch and Judy show. He ta
Frank Zappa - Jazz From Hell (2003) - BBC
Written by BBC
Read by Charles Murray
Format: MP3
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Charles Murray marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Frank Zappa by taking a closer look at the jazz side of his work. Interviews with for
BBC Radio 4 Extra marks the 60th anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation. In the week of the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’'s coronation, Nick Baker rummages in the Radio Times to hear gems from that week, as well as
Read more…UN Radio1959
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Rock Hudson tells the story of a reformed mental health institution in Bethlehem and the work of World Health Organization.
Who Was Emily Davison?
by Rose Tremain
First broadcast 27 August 1995, BBC World Service Play of the Week
Repeated on the following dates:
Saturday 6th July 1996 (World Service)
Thursday 30th October 1997 (BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play)
Saturday 30
Bitcoin
First broadcast: Thursday 25 April 2013
Duration: 28 minutes
You can use it to buy a pizza, or pay a taxi fare. Simon Cox looks at the virtual currency Bitcoin, which is exclusively online and independent of any government or company and wh
