BBC Radio 4 Extra

Freddy's after buzzwords, but will Maddox's scoop on the Prime Minister get spiked? From July 2009.

An unexpected discovery on Pluto promises to have profound ramifications back down on Earth. Freelance journalist Jodie finds herself in the right place at the right time when the discovery is made. Her life is set to be turned upside down.

Howard is alone when he visits the deserted playground. Something starts to make a squeaking noise.

From Art Tatum to Sinatra and Stravinsky, the singer Tony Bennett shares his castaway choices with Michael Parkinson. From January 1987.

The naturalist comments on the decline in collecting by children.

Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects two programmes featuring John Donne: Super Infinite - a biography, and John Donne - Two Satires. **And Daljit reads from his Poetry Extra Book of the Month - Gravity Archives by Andrew Motion. ***Super-Infinite ep 3/5...

Lloyd Bradley explores the story of a London's transformation through its music, taking in the wave of Commonwealth immigration in the 40s right up to the present day. In 1948, the Empire Windrush brings an exciting new style of music to London with the arrival of Caribbean...

The author inherits 'Magic Moments' by Perry Como and passes on 'London Is the Place For Me' by Lord Kitchener.

Jamaican Hortense Roberts emigrates to London. Enthralling exploration of Empire, prejudice, war and love.

Cleaner Elsie is facing eviction - can caretaker Ramsay save the day?

Fireworks for Dick Bentley, while Ron and Eth open their sweet shop in The Glums.

Raffles is dead and Bunny is inconsolable, until a chance meeting with an old friend changes the course of his life.

Aldrich Kemp is dead, although you would never know it. Who killed him? The gang are back with new faces to take on bigger challenges. What is happening in London?

President Heaven holds a peace conference. There can be only one conclusion - all-out war. From September 1997.

The platoon need a mascot so they set off to the nearest field to find one.

An innovative mix of comedy performance and documentary. Dr Phil Hammond reveals that humour and laughter are vital coping mechanisms in the NHS, as he meets staff and patients at Birmingham City Hospital.

Part 1/5. Series following the Royal Opera's music director Sir Antonio Pappano as he and his team prepare the first new Covent Garden staging of Puccini's La Boheme in over 40 years.

Part 6/15. Hortense meets her landlady Queenie Bligh, whose own story is unknowingly interwoven with Hortense's past.

Can our panel speak for Just a Minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation? Featuring regular players including Paul Merton, Desiree Burch and Gyles Brandreth.

Corfu in the middle of August is a place where you expect to find plenty of wildlife, in the resorts at least. But Brett Westwood leaves the beach bars behind and, with the help of two local naturalists, discovers a wealth of amphibians, reptiles and birds just a few miles...

A space for Christian reflection with Bible reading, prayer and music.

Founded 40 years ago, Japan's Studio Ghibli has established itself as one of the most powerful forces in animation. Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode celebrate 40 years of Japanese animators Studio Ghibli.

In August 1986 the first Studio Ghibli film hit the cinema screens. It would go on to bring Japanese animation to a world audience. Hirokatsu Kihara was a young animator who joined the studio to work on Castle in the Sky, its first feature length film. He spoke to Ashley Byrne...

Raffles is dead and Bunny is inconsolable, until a chance meeting with an old friend changes the course of his life.

Aldrich Kemp is dead, although you would never know it. Who killed him? The gang are back with new faces to take on bigger challenges. What is happening in London?

President Heaven holds a peace conference. There can be only one conclusion - all-out war. From September 1997.

The platoon need a mascot so they set off to the nearest field to find one.

An innovative mix of comedy performance and documentary. Dr Phil Hammond reveals that humour and laughter are vital coping mechanisms in the NHS, as he meets staff and patients at Birmingham City Hospital.

Part 1/5. Series following the Royal Opera's music director Sir Antonio Pappano as he and his team prepare the first new Covent Garden staging of Puccini's La Boheme in over 40 years.

Part 6/15. Hortense meets her landlady Queenie Bligh, whose own story is unknowingly interwoven with Hortense's past.

Lloyd Langford, Susie Dent, Dave Gorman and Natalie Haynes vie for verbal supremacy in the game show chaired by Gyles Brandreth. From April 2013.

Can Pete and Cassie's friendship avoid causing jealousy all around them?

Anna is a solitary foster child sent away to a small Norfolk village one summer to recover from illness. Here she makes friends with a mysterious and significant girl called Marnie who lives in Marsh House and discovers a good deal about her past.

Founded 40 years ago, Japan's Studio Ghibli has established itself as one of the most powerful forces in animation. Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode celebrate 40 years of Japanese animators Studio Ghibli.

In August 1986 the first Studio Ghibli film hit the cinema screens. It would go on to bring Japanese animation to a world audience. Hirokatsu Kihara was a young animator who joined the studio to work on Castle in the Sky, its first feature length film. He spoke to Ashley Byrne...

Raffles is dead and Bunny is inconsolable, until a chance meeting with an old friend changes the course of his life.

Aldrich Kemp is dead, although you would never know it. Who killed him? The gang are back with new faces to take on bigger challenges. What is happening in London?

President Heaven holds a peace conference. There can be only one conclusion - all-out war. From September 1997.

The platoon need a mascot so they set off to the nearest field to find one.

An innovative mix of comedy performance and documentary. Dr Phil Hammond reveals that humour and laughter are vital coping mechanisms in the NHS, as he meets staff and patients at Birmingham City Hospital.

Part 1/5. Series following the Royal Opera's music director Sir Antonio Pappano as he and his team prepare the first new Covent Garden staging of Puccini's La Boheme in over 40 years.

Part 6/15. Hortense meets her landlady Queenie Bligh, whose own story is unknowingly interwoven with Hortense's past.

Lloyd Langford, Susie Dent, Dave Gorman and Natalie Haynes vie for verbal supremacy in the game show chaired by Gyles Brandreth. From April 2013.

Can Pete and Cassie's friendship avoid causing jealousy all around them?

Anna is a solitary foster child sent away to a small Norfolk village one summer to recover from illness. Here she makes friends with a mysterious and significant girl called Marnie who lives in Marsh House and discovers a good deal about her past.

Can our panel speak for Just a Minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation? Featuring regular players including Paul Merton, Desiree Burch and Gyles Brandreth.

A week of radio that never happened. Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes rewind and mangle real programmes. From December 2007.

Musical comedy double act Flo & Joan join Jake Yapp for a chat and some songs.