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Big Ben bongs
Denis Nowlan
Big Ben is iconic and plays a crucial role here at BBC Radio 4 at various key time points during the day. So, there has been much discussion about what to do when Big Ben falls silent from Monday 21 August, while the clock tower undergoes refurbishment.
Inside the mind of Professor Stephen Hawking
Radio 4
Inside the mind of Professor Stephen Hawking is a short animation created by Aardman Studios. Rhian Roberts, Digital Editor for Radio 4 and Radio 3 talks about how animation can stir us to tackle difficult scientific ideas.
An introduction to Online First
Andrew Caspari
Online First gives you with the ability to hear a selection of Radio 4 programmes before they have been on the radio. Head of Speech & Classical Music Radio, Andrew Caspari explains.
Bookclub: David Nicholls - One Day
Jim Naughtie
Jim Naughtie presents Bookclub on BBC Radio 4
Jim Naughtie talks to David Nicholls about his enormously successful novel One Day.
Bookclub: A.M. Homes - May We Be Forgiven
Jim Naughtie
Jim Naughtie presents Bookclub on BBC Radio 4
Jim Naughtie talks to American novelist A.M. Homes about her book, May We Be Forgiven
Bookclub: Do No Harm
Jim Naughtie talks to Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh about his novel Do No Harm.
AA: America's Gift to the World
AL Kennedy
Writer, performer and broadcaster
AL Kennedy's new Radio 4 documentary - AA: America's Gift to the World - tells the story of Alcoholics Anonymous and its methods, and asks whether AA is still the best 'cure' for addicts given new science and treatments.
Radio 4 Extra: Frankly Speaking
Caroline Raphael
Commissioning Editor, Radio 4 & 4 Extra
Frankly Speaking was considered 'risky' and 'unkempt' when it originally aired in the 1950s. Now, as Radio 4 Extra rebroadcasts a selection of high profile interviews from the series, Caroline Raphael sheds light on an archive jewel …
