BBC R4 Ex

1/3. Public Historian and comedy nerd Greg Jenner is on an Arthurian quest to discover why comedy writers love history.

4 Extra Debut. From The Beatles to Bhimsen Joshi. Booker Prize winning writer Arundhati Roy shares her choices with Kirsty Young. From 2017.

David Attenborough talks about Charnia, fossils of early life on Earth, and a connection with his childhood. From 2011.

Becoming Briefly Gorgeous. Daljit Nagra selects In The Studio - Ocean Vuong: Becoming Briefly Gorgeous with the gifted, young Vietnamese poet. From 2020.

An account of the intrepid, trailblazing women who set up military hospitals during the First World War. Read by Jessica Raine.

Actor and author Celia Imrie selects 'You Know What I Mean' by Jeff Beck and 'Merveille' by Jean-Louis Aubert.

1/2. In 1960s Yorkshire, Andrea meets Philip, a married man. Tenderness, not lust, might be the real enemy. Stars Deborah McAndrew.

Kenneth Horne turns journalist for a women's magazine, and Hornerama probes the English. With Kenneth Williams. From July 1958.

8/13. The dear ladies hear of plans for a new holiday camp. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From April 1978.

4 Extra Debut. From The Beatles to Bhimsen Joshi. Booker Prize winning writer Arundhati Roy shares her choices with Kirsty Young. From 2017.

David Attenborough talks about Charnia, fossils of early life on Earth, and a connection with his childhood. From 2011.

Becoming Briefly Gorgeous. Daljit Nagra selects In The Studio - Ocean Vuong: Becoming Briefly Gorgeous with the gifted, young Vietnamese poet. From 2020.

An account of the intrepid, trailblazing women who set up military hospitals during the First World War. Read by Jessica Raine.

Actor and author Celia Imrie selects 'You Know What I Mean' by Jeff Beck and 'Merveille' by Jean-Louis Aubert.

1/2. In 1960s Yorkshire, Andrea meets Philip, a married man. Tenderness, not lust, might be the real enemy. Stars Deborah McAndrew.

Kenneth Horne turns journalist for a women's magazine, and Hornerama probes the English. With Kenneth Williams. From July 1958.

8/13. The dear ladies hear of plans for a new holiday camp. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From April 1978.

Mark Gatiss introduces a chilling tale of helpline volunteer Rosie who gets a very sinister caller. Stars Claire Harry.

After her brother-in-law's death, sad Steph rings his mobile to hear his voice. Next day he rings back. Stars Fiona Glascott.

4 Extra Debut. From The Beatles to Bhimsen Joshi. Booker Prize winning writer Arundhati Roy shares her choices with Kirsty Young. From 2017.

David Attenborough talks about Charnia, fossils of early life on Earth, and a connection with his childhood. From 2011.

Becoming Briefly Gorgeous. Daljit Nagra selects In The Studio - Ocean Vuong: Becoming Briefly Gorgeous with the gifted, young Vietnamese poet. From 2020.

An account of the intrepid, trailblazing women who set up military hospitals during the First World War. Read by Jessica Raine.

Actor and author Celia Imrie selects 'You Know What I Mean' by Jeff Beck and 'Merveille' by Jean-Louis Aubert.

1/2. In 1960s Yorkshire, Andrea meets Philip, a married man. Tenderness, not lust, might be the real enemy. Stars Deborah McAndrew.

Kenneth Horne turns journalist for a women's magazine, and Hornerama probes the English. With Kenneth Williams. From July 1958.

8/13. The dear ladies hear of plans for a new holiday camp. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From April 1978.

Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to Dawn French and Richard Curtis about the making of one of the biggest Britcoms. From 2021.

Marge Simpson marries royalty and John Yogi Bear invents TV. Craig Brown's satirical history of Britain. From September 2006.

Helen Lederer reveals her recipes for coping with life, beginning with the recession. With Malcolm Raeburn. From July 1991.

1/4. Hitting the road in Manchester - taxi driver Bernie makes a friend, while Ben picks up a healer. Stars Jo Enright. From 2020.

Frank Hovis reveals how he met his wife and Calum Gilhooley makes a meal out of buying a coffee. With Moray Hunter. From 2017.