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125. Andy Burnham, Ellie Chowns and Patrick Maguire talk to Julie Etchingham
It’s My Party and I’ll Cry if I Want To: Political Analysis |
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126. Sarah Hall and Samantha Harvey talk to Kirsty Lang
The Dance of Nature and Humanity |
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F14. Rob Biddulph
The Moonhaven Chronicles: The Last Wolf |
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F15. Petr Horáček
Blue Monster |
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519. BBC Radio 4: Take Four Books
James Crawford talks to Tahmima Anam |
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W5. Dance Workshop with Kitsch & Sync Collective
Comedy Dance Theatre |
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Monday Morning Session |
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Hay Festival 2026 x Bird & Blend Tea Co. |
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131. Simon Schama
Selfies: Great Works of Art We Should Love |
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132. Tim Spector talks to Gaby Huddart
Fermentation: Food to Put You in a Good Mood |
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F16. Russell Kane
When Brian Met Terry: A children’s comedy show |
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F17. MG Leonard
The Impossible Gladiator |
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520. BBC Radio 4: Inside Science
Tom Whipple talks to Helen Czerski and Vincent Doumeizel |
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With Illustrator in Residence Charlotte Hepburn |
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MT8. Make & Take Crafting
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133. John Crace talks to Rosie Boycott
The Bonfire of the Insanities: The Madness of Westminster Life |
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134. Ashley Walters talks to Afua Hirsch
Always Winning: A Personal Journey |
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F19. Luke Pearson
Hilda and Twig: Hide from the Rain |
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F20. Nicola Davies
Skrimsli |
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521. BBC: Newscast |
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W6. Dance Workshop with Kitsch & Sync Collective
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137. Caitlin Moran talks to Laurence Mozafari
My Life in Books |
14:30
138. Nicholas Stern talks to Katya Adler
The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunities of Climate Action |
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F21. Michael Morpurgo in conversation with Clare Balding
Black Beauty |
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139. Helen Oyeyemi talks to Kirsty Lang
A New New Me: Her Latest Novel |
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522. BBC Radio 4: A Good Read
Harriett Gilbert and guests |
14:30
140. 1984 with Sacha Dhawan
Book to Screen: The Read |
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141. Sandi Toksvig, Ian McEwan and Minette Batters talk to David Shukman
Heard at Hay Festival: three brilliant speakers all on one ticket |
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142. Samira Ahmed and Stuart Maconie
The Beatles: Friends, Fans and Fame |
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143. Sarah Churchwell and Simon Schama
America 250: A Declaration of Literary Independence? |
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F22. Russell Tovey & Robert Diament talk to Rob Biddulph
Art School (in a Book): A Future Artist’s Guide to Contemporary Art |
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523. BBC Radio 4: In Our Time
Misha Glenny and guests |
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Book to Screen: Film Screening |
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145. Ian McEwan talks to Julia Gillard
What We Can Know: A Searing Novel About Climate Change |
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146. Hannah Critchlow
The 21st Century Brain: Cutting Edge Neuroscience to Help us Navigate the Future |
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147. Ixta Belfrage and Bel Coelho talk to Polly Russell
Matters of Taste: A Tour Around the Food of Latin America |
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148. Tanya Sweeney talks to Liz Nugent
Debut Discoveries: Esther is Now Following You |
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524. BBC Radio 4: Poetry Please
Roger McGough talks to Alistair McGowan |
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Fiction Writing Workshop: Tests of Character |
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150. Ruth Davidson, Julia Gillard, Harriet Harman and Beth Rigby talk to Katya Adler
Women in Politics |
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Life in Progress: A Conversation on the Power of Art |
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152. Clare Balding talks to Carolyn Hitt
An Evening with the Award-winning Broadcaster |
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153. Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita talk to Kim Sherwood
Convent Wisdom: How Sixteenth-Century Nuns Could Save Your Twenty-First-Century Life |
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Book to Screen: Film Screening |
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525. BBC Radio 4: Front Row – Live
Samira Ahmed and guests |
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The Bookseller of Hay |
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156. An Evening with Sandi Toksvig
Barrel of Laughs: A Passion for Books |
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