Documentary in which six well loved celebrities spend a week living as though it were 1975. Each of the volunteers comes face to face with the lives they led in their heyday. Show more
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Documentary in which six well-loved celebrities spend a week living as though it were 1975. The volunteers bid a final farewell to the 1970s, but have they achieved their goals? Show more
Dear Diary
Episode 2: Mariella Frostrup
1 hour
Mariella Frostrup discovers more about the diaries of Virginia Woolf, Anne Frank and Adrian Mole by meeting Virginia Nicholson, Jacqueline Wilson and Sue Townsend. Show more
Documentary in which six well-loved celebrities in their 70s and 80s spend a week living as though it were 1975. The first 24 hours see some extraordinary changes for the group. Show more
Documentary which investigates the success of Scandinavian crime fiction, from Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium trilogy to Henning Mankell's brooding Wallander series. Show more
Documentary looking at the life cycle of the crimson-winged flamingos that arrive in great numbers on Lake Natron in northern Tanzania every year. Show more
Mariella Frostrup presents the last show in the current run and talks to key figures from politics and the arts. She is joined by Alistair Burt MP, Lord Prescott and Dominic West. Show more
Mariella Frostrup appeals on behalf of the Refugee Council, the largest charity in the UK working with asylum seekers and refugees. Show more
Surprising real-life stories from familiar places. Mariella Frostrup investigates why an increasing number of career women are losing custody battles over their children. Show more
A look at five decades of tales of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll that shook middle England to its very foundations. Show more
Open Book
Literary Landscapes - Belfast with Glenn Patterson
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Glenn Patterson takes Mariella Frostrup around the city that has inspired and informed his novels. Show more
Midweek
Allan Ahlberg, Kiki Dee, Nigel McCrery, Julie Brook
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Lively and diverse conversation. Mariella Frostrup meets children's author Allan Ahlberg, singer Kiki Dee, writer Nigel McCrery and artist Julie Brook. Show more
Open Book
Jhumpa Lahiri, mountain literature and revamping the classics pulp fiction style
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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With Mariella Frostrup. Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist on her latest book The Lowland, mountaineering literature, and revamping the classics pulp fiction style. Show more
Open Book
Jo Nesbo on his new Harry Hole thriller Police
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Jo Nesbo on his new Harry Hole thriller Police, we go in search of buried gems as Mariella Frostrup discusses pirate literature, and Frank Tallis on the book he'd never lend. Show more
Front Row
BBC Short Story Award; Jack Vettriano retrospective; poet John Cooper Clarke
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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John Wilson reveals the shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award 2013, reviews a major Jack Vettriano exhibition in Glasgow, and interviews punk poet John Cooper Clarke. Show more
Open Book
The Story, edited by Victoria Hislop; scientist-author collaboration; Man Booker Prize
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Victoria Hislop has edited a new anthology of women's short stories called The Story. From Helen Simpson to Angela Carter, she explains how she chose her 100 favourites. Show more
Open Book
Brazilian literary scene; Sathnam Sanghera; Harrogate History Festival
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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With the world looking to Brazil for 2014 football and the 2016 Olympics, Mariella Frostrup explores its vast literary scene. Plus Sathnam Sanghera on his novel Marriage Material. Show more
Open Book
Philip Pullman, Jung Chang, Alexander McCall Smith
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Philip Pullman discusses the great Soviet children's classics of the 1920s and 30s, Jung Chang on Empress Dowager Cixi, and Alexander McCall Smith on the book he would never lend. Show more
Open Book
Conn Iggulden; Autumn in literature; The best non-fiction
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Conn Iggulden on Stormbird, the first in his new series set during The Wars of the Roses; Horatio Clare and Susie Boyt discuss Autumn in literature; and the best of non-fiction. Show more
Open Book
Justin Cartwright on his novel Lion Heart; Joe Sacco on his graphic novel of The Great War
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Books news with Mariella Frostrup. Justin Cartwright on his novel Lion Heart, Joe Sacco explains why he portrayed the Great War in pictures, and the rise of the graphic novel. Show more