BBC Radio 4 Extra

Matthew Parris and Paul Daniels explore the life of Harry Houdini with his biographer William Kalush, who argues that the master escapologist may have been murdered by spiritualists. From September 2009.

In the second part of her series examining the place of confidence in modern life, Laura Barton considers how far our schooling and social background influence our confidence.

Part 1/2. Charmer Chichikov arrives in town with his Narrator in tow and starts touting for Dead Souls. Why? What on earth is he going to do with them? Suspicions come to a head at the Governor's Ball, the highlight of provincial Russian society. Nikolai Gogol's comic tour de...

All set for divorce and a new home, ad man Ken Handley gets a surprise at the agency.

The Holly Bibbly (or Holy Bible) gets rewritten by Nigel Rees, Jo Kendall, Fred Harris and Chris Emmett.

Elizabeth falls for local handyman Charlie Bates because he looks like Frank Sinatra.

It's 1952, and an architect and his wife take a chance on two siblings, released from borstal.

Five years later, headmistress Sarah and ex-pupil Carly bump into each other in the street. Carly is angry and Sarah isn't sure why.

Stuart Maconie's quiz focuses on the events and culture of different decades within living memory. Three contestants of varying ages each answer questions on their own particular chosen decade - which could be the one they grew up in, or one they know plenty about for some other...

Saffron is trying to juggle her time between her aromatherapy business, feng shui in her bedroom, and coping with her four-year-old, who is pining for their missing pet iguana. She needs Sally's help.