Hallowe'en
A collection of Hallowe'en inspired programmes from the Radio 4 vaults!
Pumpkins and Winter Squash—The Food Programme
Sheila Dillon and special guests discover a delicious world of pumpkins and winter squash.
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Vampire Finch—Tweet of the Day
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the blood sucking vampire finch.
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Halloween, 1996—Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
A chronicle of the origins of Halloween and the economy of pumpkins.
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Cook the Perfect...Pumpkin Soup with Heston Blumenthal
The molecular gastro-chef Heston Blumenthal tells Jane how to cook a seasonal soup.
The Salem Witch Trials—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Salem witch trials.
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Squash Harvest—On Your Farm
Sybil Ruscoe joins beef farmer Luke Hasell who wanted more people to enjoy his land.
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Ken Loach; Halloween re-release; Persistence of Vision—The Film Programme
Francine Stock talks to Ken Loach about how to get the best performances from young actors
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Stephen King—Desert Island Discs
Kirsty Young's castaway is writer Stephen King
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Christopher Lee—Desert Island Discs
Sue Lawley's castaway is actor Christopher Lee
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The Sound of Fear
Sean Street investigates the sound of fear, the noises and music that scare us, and why.
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Witchcraft—In Our Time
The history of witchcraft in Reformation Europe.
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Cook the Perfect...Parkin with Matthew Benson-Smith
Matthew Benson-Smith joins Sheila McClennon to cook the perfect Parkin.
The Fear—Short Cuts, Series 4
Josie Long presents a sequence of frightening mini-documentaries.
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Cave Spiders—Living World
Lionel Kelleway explores some very dark cellars in search of some very big spiders.
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Witchcraft—Beyond Belief
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the beliefs underpinning witchcraft.
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Segestria Florentina—Living World
Chris Sperring searches for tube web spiders at Exeter Cathedral.
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James Herbert—Desert Island Discs
Michael Parkinson's castaway is novelist James Herbert
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Ghost Music
Archaeologist Christine Finn taps her foot to ancient sounds not heard for millennia.
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Lesser Horseshoe Bats—Living World
Sarah Pitt visits the Usk Valley to see a population of lesser horseshoe bats.
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Halloween 1994—Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
How are a rise in street crime and Christian objections affecting Halloween?
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Was Dracula Irish?
Irish novelist Patrick McCabe explores the Irish influences on Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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