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Lockdown's Legacy: Five years on from the UK's first lockdown, BBC Radio 4 and 5 Live explore long term impact on children and young people
Mohit Bakaya, Director of Speech and Controller of BBC Radio 4 and 4 Extra On 23rd March 2020, the Prime Minister announced the first lockdown in the UK, ordering people to "stay at home".
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Last Call by Geraldine McCaughrean
Stars David Calder. Show more **** This programme was suggested by Rae Earl as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend **** A trawler is heading for almost certain disaster. The crew are ...
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The Poetry of History: Death of King George V
4 Extra Debut. Jonathan Bate turns to John Betjeman and his poem on the Death of King George V. From 2007. Show more **** This programme was suggested by Shenyou Me as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra ...
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A Spot Of Bother
From 1972. Show more **** This programme was suggested by Barry McCann and Keith Stock as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend **** Can flatmates Ken and Bill make the best of it when ...
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The Unrest Cure by Saki
Stars Peter Egan. Show more **** This programme was suggested by John Henderson as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend **** "When people break down under stress they're sent on rest ...
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In Search of a Mega Tick
From 1985. Show more **** This programme was suggested by Philip Lowden as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend **** There are ordinary bird-watchers and there are 'twitchers'.
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Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
4 Extra Debut. New life created by ... Dramatised by Malcolm Hazell. Produced at BBC Bristol by Brian Millerol. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre in December 1972.
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The Case of the Perfect Fiddle
Stars Brian Reece. Show more **** This programme was suggested by Jo Tansley and Anna Robinson as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend **** When Police Constable 49 decides to learn ...
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Ubu Cocu by Alfred Jarry
Stars John Sharp. Show more **** This programme was suggested by Aisha Martowidjojo as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend **** Can scholar Mr Achras cope with the arrival of the ...
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Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke
Stars Steven Pacey. Show more **** This programme was suggested by Hadrian Jeffs as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend **** The Overlords have been unseen, ruling the world from a ...
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Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan
Read by PG Stephens. Show more **** This programme was suggested by Paul Buttle as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend **** The outbreak of war brings prosperity and change for the ...
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Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor
4 Extra Debut. A loving re-creation of small ... Producer: Maurice Leitch First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986. **** To nominate a programme from the archive that you would like to hear again ...