Other programmes on BBC Radio 4 2009-12-09T03:10:08Z tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:/iplayer/feed/bbc_radio_four/drama/other/list BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p62dq 2009-12-08T17:34:38Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p62dq/Afternoon_Reading_Defining_Moments_The_Lost_Weekend/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p62dq_150_84.jpg" alt="Afternoon Reading: Defining Moments: The Lost Weekend" /> </a> </p> <p> By Hugo Kelly. A single woman seizes an opportunity to get away for a weekend. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p61zl 2009-12-08T15:32:53Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p61zl/Afternoon_Play_Winter_Storm/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p61zl_150_84.jpg" alt="Afternoon Play: Winter Storm" /> </a> </p> <p> By Bernard MacLaverty. Poet Andrew steps from his office and is engulfed by a blizzard. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p5yss 2009-12-08T14:54:57Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p5yss/Book_of_the_Week_The_Pantomime_Life_of_Joseph_Grimaldi_Episode_2/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p5yss_150_84.jpg" alt="Book of the Week: The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi: Episode 2" /> </a> </p> <p> The young Grimaldi begins to make his mark as a comic performer in London. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p5xc6 2009-12-07T15:30:20Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p5xc6/Afternoon_Play_Zero_Degrees_of_Separation/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p5xc6_150_84.jpg" alt="Afternoon Play: Zero Degrees of Separation" /> </a> </p> <p> Three community writing groups perform their own short plays. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p5xc2 2009-12-07T22:33:23Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p5xc2/Tickets_Please_Episode_4/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p5xc2_150_84.jpg" alt="Tickets Please: Episode 4" /> </a> </p> <p> Robin sees an opportunity to declare his love, but can he take his chance? </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p5ysq 2009-12-07T22:36:18Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p5ysq/Book_of_the_Week_The_Pantomime_Life_of_Joseph_Grimaldi_Episode_1/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p5ysq_150_84.jpg" alt="Book of the Week: The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi: Episode 1" /> </a> </p> <p> The two-year-old Joe is propelled onto the stage at Sadler's Wells by his ruthless father. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b0080dyv 2009-12-06T20:29:41Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0080dyv/Afternoon_Reading_Sputnik_Drinking_Vodka_in_the_Afternoon/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b0080dyv_150_84.jpg" alt="Afternoon Reading: Sputnik: Drinking Vodka in the Afternoon" /> </a> </p> <p> By Tania Hershman. In an Irish village, Mary receives lessons from a mysterious Russian. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b008pvmz 2009-12-06T01:21:25Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b008pvmz/Original_Shorts_Series_3_Not_in_Front_of_Jack_Hawkins/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b008pvmz_150_84.jpg" alt="Original Shorts: Series 3: Not in Front of Jack Hawkins" /> </a> </p> <p> Christopher Matthew's perceptive tale in which memory plays tricks at a memorial service. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p3plt 2009-12-05T19:47:28Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p3plt/From_Fact_to_Fiction_Series_7_Ghost_Writing/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p3plt_150_84.jpg" alt="From Fact to Fiction: Series 7: Ghost Writing" /> </a> </p> <p> Jeremy Front looks at why it's still important to confront one's past. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00817zc 2009-12-05T16:10:26Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00817zc/Saturday_Play_Dover_Beats_the_Band/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00817zc_150_84.jpg" alt="Saturday Play: Dover Beats the Band" /> </a> </p> <p> Comedy thriller by Joyce Porter about a murder in a holiday camp. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b009yfcp 2009-12-04T22:37:57Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b009yfcp/Friday_Play_How_Now_TV/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b009yfcp_150_84.jpg" alt="Friday Play: How Now TV" /> </a> </p> <p> By Paul Watson. How did TV presenter Daniela Cross' career start? </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p5xk6 2009-12-04T16:36:01Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p5xk6/BBC_National_Short_Story_Award_The_Shortlist_Episode_5/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p5xk6_150_84.jpg" alt="BBC National Short Story Award: The Shortlist: Episode 5" /> </a> </p> <p> The last of five shortlisted stories for the annual prize. Read by Julia McKenzie. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p6yws 2009-12-04T10:44:57Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p6yws/Book_of_the_Week_The_Hair_of_the_Dog_and_Other_Scientific_Surprises_Episode_5/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p6yws_150_84.jpg" alt="Book of the Week: The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises: Episode 5" /> </a> </p> <p> A ship that repaired itself, and how the earliest telephones worked without bells. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p5xk4 2009-12-03T18:43:44Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p5xk4/BBC_National_Short_Story_Award_The_Shortlist_Episode_4/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p5xk4_150_84.jpg" alt="BBC National Short Story Award: The Shortlist: Episode 4" /> </a> </p> <p> The fourth of five shortlisted stories for the annual prize. Read by Jason Isaacs. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p32zk 2009-12-03T15:37:38Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p32zk/Afternoon_Play_Headliner/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p32zk_150_84.jpg" alt="Afternoon Play: Headliner" /> </a> </p> <p> By Neil Brand. An up-and-coming stand-up comedienne is befriended by a US comedy legend. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p6ywq 2009-12-03T12:13:47Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p6ywq/Book_of_the_Week_The_Hair_of_the_Dog_and_Other_Scientific_Surprises_Episode_4/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p6ywq_150_84.jpg" alt="Book of the Week: The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises: Episode 4" /> </a> </p> <p> Who really invented the wheel, why one particular flower exudes the smell of nicotine. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p5xk2 2009-12-02T16:35:39Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p5xk2/BBC_National_Short_Story_Award_The_Shortlist_Episode_3/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p5xk2_150_84.jpg" alt="BBC National Short Story Award: The Shortlist: Episode 3" /> </a> </p> <p> Hannah Gordon reads the third of five shortlisted stories for the annual prize. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p2jcm 2009-12-04T17:52:15Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p2jcm/Afternoon_Play_A_Dangerous_Thing/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p2jcm_150_84.jpg" alt="Afternoon Play: A Dangerous Thing" /> </a> </p> <p> By John Sessions. The friendship of the 18th-century satirists Pope and Swift is tested. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p6ywn 2009-12-02T10:42:52Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p6ywn/Book_of_the_Week_The_Hair_of_the_Dog_and_Other_Scientific_Surprises_Episode_3/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p6ywn_150_84.jpg" alt="Book of the Week: The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises: Episode 3" /> </a> </p> <p> How two physicists linked the problem of interference on their TV screen to the Big Bang. </p>