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Phyllida Lloyd directs an all-female Donmar Warehouse production of Shakespeare's great political drama, set in a present-day women's prison. Show more
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In the year 2020, the bees are nearly all gone. Human beings might be next. Stars Alice Lowe and Stuart McLoughlin. Show more
Midweek
Harriet Walter, Richard Curtis, Suzi Quatro, Declan Murphy
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Actor Dame Harriet Walter, writer and director Richard Curtis, singer-songwriter Suzi Quatro and former jockey Declan Murphy join Libby Purves for the final edition of Midweek. Show more
Is the war in Syria any nearer to ending? Has Islamic State peaked or paused? Plus, a look at Brexit, academy schools and the papers, while Harriet Walter performs live.
Between the Ears
The Impossible Book
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Peter Blegvad's drama about a writer beset by hallucinations on a train travelling through time as well as space, and between parallel realities. Show more
Start the Week
The Tempest Reimagined, with Margaret Atwood and Harriet Walter
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Andrew Marr discusses Shakespeare and Caravaggio with the writer Margaret Atwood, actor Harriet Walter, curator Letizia Treves and biographer Richard Holmes. Show more
Free Thinking
Artes Mundi Prize, Harriet Walter, Amitav Ghosh, Edmund Richardson
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
With Catherine Fletcher and Owen Sheers on the Artes Mundi visual arts show, actress Harriet Walter on playing male theatrical roles and Amitav Ghosh on climate change in fiction. Show more
Drama
The Road from Herat: A Life Story
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Harriet Walter plays Clare Holtham in Abigail Youngman's docu-drama featuring the poetry and journals of this fiercely unusual writer and traveller in Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan. Show more
Dangerous Visions
Anita Sullivan - The Bee Maker
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
4 Extra Debut. It is 2020, and the bees are nearly all gone. Human beings might be nex. A cautionary tale about our busy technology-filled lives. With Alice Lowe and Harriet Walter. Show more
Free Thinking
Patricia Duncker, Adrienne Mayor on the Amazons, Harriet Walter and Guy Paul
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
With Patricia Duncker on her new work of fiction about George Eliot, Adrienne Mayor discussing Amazonian women, and Harriet Walter and Guy Paul on collaborating as a couple. Show more
France, 1940. In the first days of the occupation, Lucile Angellier is living in a small quiet town with her mother-in-law as they await news of her husband, a prisoner of war. Show more
Poetry Please
16/02/2014
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Roger McGough introduces poems by Lewis Carroll, Billy Collins, Kipling and Rossetti and takes a look at the poetry of Raymond Carver. With readers Harriet Walter and Guy Paul. Show more
Poetry Please
A dollop of nonsense and a hint of spring
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Roger McGough introduces poems requested by listeners, including works by Mervyn Peake, Guy Wetmore Carryl and Wordsworth. Read by Harriet Walter and Guy Paul. Show more
War and Peace
Episode 1
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
4 Extra Debut. Andrei joins the army while Prince Vassily and Anna battle over Count Bezukhov's will. Starring John Hurt and Paterson Joseph. Show more
War and Peace
Episode 2
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Pierre inherits a fortune after the death of his father. Meanwhile Andrei leaves Bald Hills to join the army. Stars John Hurt. Show more
War and Peace
Episode 3
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
The Battle of Austerlitz takes place, Lise is due to give birth and Pierre and Dolokhov duel over Helene. Stars Harriet Walter. Show more
War and Peace
Episode 4
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
After Lise's death, Pierre visits Bald Hills to try and console a broken Andrei. Starring John Hurt and Stephen Campbell-More. Show more
War and Peace
Episode 5
57 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Natasha’s life is about to change forever when she is invited to her first ball. Starring John Hurt and Lesley Manville. Show more
Natasha starts to doubt her marriage to Andrei after meeting Prince Anatole. Starring John Hurt and Stephen Campbell-Moore. Show more
War and Peace
Episode 7
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Prince Bolkonsky reacts badly to the French approaching Smolensk while Pierre is on a mission to save Russia. Stars John Hurt. Show more