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Radio 4,05 Jul 2026,41 mins

Shahidha Bari

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This week, as always there’s radio mishaps and mayhem as well as some memorable moments to be found on Radio 4. Over on Radio 3, Scottish musician Colin MacIntyre takes us to Mull in the search for island music, and Elizabeth Alker takes us even further afield - to the moon, in fact. Plus, there’s a fairytale or two being spun, like a retelling of Cinderella in Jazz Age America with the help of Helena Bonham Carter; meanwhile the Moomins find themselves in a spot of peril from an errant (but fashionable) piece of headgear. Presenter: Shahidha Bari Producers: Anthony McKee and Sue Dougan Editor: Steven Hobson Production Coordinators: Caoilfhinn McFadden and Sylvie Conway A BBC Audio Northern Ireland production for BBC Radio 4. Programmes featured in this episode include: Any Answers, 27/06 Gardeners' Question Time: From the Archives: A Tribute to Matthew Biggs Shipping Forecast, 27/06: Al Ryan's farewell to longwave radio The Essay: Our Island Music - Isle of Mull Take Four Books - Tahmima Anam Being Greek: Star of Stage and Temple Front Row, 29/06: Remembering Penelope Keith This Cultural Life: Anish Kapoor In Touch: Modified Exam Papers Once Upon a Time... Cinderella and the Duke by Katherine Rundell Drama on 4: Finn Family Moomintroll The World this Weekend, 28/06: Life after the International Space Station Unclassified, 28/06: By moonlight

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