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A Good Read
1630-1700, Tuesday
2300-2330, Friday
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Afternoon Play
1415-1500, Weekdays
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Afternoon Reading
1530-1545, Weekdays
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Archers Omnibus
1000-1115, Sunday
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Archers, The
1400-1415, Weekdays
1900-1915, Sunday
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Book at Bedtime
2245-2300, Weekdays
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Book of the Week
0945-1000, Weekdays
0030-0045, Same day
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Bookclub
1602-1630, first Sunday in month
1602-1630, following Thursday
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Casebook of Inspector Steine
1130-1200, Wednesday



Classic Serial
1502-1600, Sunday
2102-2200, following Saturday
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Defining Moments
1945-2000, Sunday
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Film Programme, The
1630-1700, Friday
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Francis Coppola Presents
2430-2445, Saturday
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Friday Play, The
2100-2200, Friday
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From Fact to Fiction
1900-1915, Saturday
1740-1755, Sunday
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Front Row
1915-1945, Weekdays
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Good Read, A
1630-1700, Tuesday
2300-2330, Friday
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Late Story
2430-2445, Saturday
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Open Book
1600-1630, Sunday
1600-1630, following Thursday
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Poetry from the Front Line
1630-1700, Sunday
2330-2400, following Saturday
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Saturday Play
1430-1530, Saturday
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Saturday Review
1915-2000, Saturday
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The Archers
1400-1415, Weekdays
1900-1915, Sunday
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The Archers Omnibus
1000-1115, Sunday
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Woman's Hour Drama
1045-1100, Weekdays
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Writing the Century
1945-2000, Weekdays




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Drawings on the Wall



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THE ARCHERS
Weekdays and Sundays, 7.00-7.15 pm

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BOOK AT BEDTIME
Weekdays 10.45-11.00pm

On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin, read by Iestyn Jones.
AFTERNOON READING
Weekdays 3.30pm-3.45pm

Berlin Five authors write of their experience of the city.
WOMAN'S HOUR DRAMA
Weekdays 10.45-11.00am, repeated 7.45-8.00pm

Woman's Hour DramaA Taste for Death by PD James. With Richard Derrington and Deborah McAndrew.
THE FILM PROGRAMME
Friday 4.30-5.00pm

Francine Stock Francine Stock presents BBC Radio 4's programme for movie enthusiasts.
FRIDAY PLAY
Friday 9.00-10.00pm

The Johnny Cash Hijack Roadshow by Michael Butt. With Ray Fearon and Philip Jackson.
BOOK OF THE WEEK
Weekdays 9.45-10.00am

Don't Sleep There Are Snakes by Daniel Everett, read by Colin Stinton.
AFTERNOON PLAY
Weekdays 2.15-3.00pm

The Afternoon PlayIncluding My Year Off, by Robert McCrum on Thursday. With Alex Jennings and Madeleine Potter.
FRONT ROW
Weekdays 7.15-7.45pm

Radio 4's daily live magazine programme from reporting on the world of arts, books, film, media and music.
CLASSIC SERIAL
Sunday 3.00-4.00pm, repeated Saturday 9.00-10.00pm

The Good Soldier Svejk, by Jaroslav Hasek. With Sam Kelly and Adrian Lukis.
SATURDAY PLAY
Saturdays, 2.30pm-3.30pm

saturday playCry Hungary by Paul Viragh. With Lee Ingleby and Naomi Frederick.
SATURDAY REVIEW
Saturday 7.00pm-7.45pm

Tom SutcliffeTom Sutcliffe chairs a review of the week's cultural offerings. Sign up to Tom Sutcliffe's newsletter
LATE STORY
Saturday 12.30-12.45am

Late StoryFrancis Coppola Presents. 5/5. Cat Fancy by Kathryn Harrison.
BOOKCLUB
4.00-4.30pm, first Sunday in the month.

Book club James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to leading authors about their best known novels.. You can now sign up to James Naughtie's newsletter
OPEN BOOK
Sunday 4.00-4.30pm, except first Sunday in month.

Mariella FrostrupMariella Frostrup with news and interviews from the world of books. Listen again online .
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RADIO 3 ARTS AND DRAMA
Arts and Drama
Listen again to Night Waves, Radio 3's Arts, Culture and Ideas programme, for one week after broadcast. There's drama ranging from the experimental to the Classics.
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