蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra - The 4 O'Clock Show

12/07/2013

Mel talks to Malorie Blackman about her writing and her new role as Children's Laureate.

Mel Giedroyc with the conclusion of Alan Bissett's Loch Ness. Did they find Nessie?

Mel Giedroyc hears episode one of a new 4 O'Clock Show drama, Loch Ness by Alan Bissett.

It's 80 years since the Loch Ness Monster sighting that made Nessie a global phenomenon.

Mel Giedroyc with a new story, Hacker, by the new children's laureate, Malorie Blackman.

Mel Giedroyc gets spooked by scary sounds and takes a tumble with an Ethiopian circus.

Roll up roll up, as Mel Giedroyc goes in search of the history of the flea circus.

Mel Giedroyc spins a yarn about the history of the hula hoop.

Mel Giedroyc hears about the 'The Headless Lady' sideshow illusion.

On today's show, ringmaster Mel Giedroyc takes us on a tour of a modern circus.

Ignition on, into gear - Mel Giedroyc finds out about the computers behind Formula 1 cars.

Mel Giedroyc hears from the scientists who are printing a new house in Amsterdam.

It's all about accents today - just why do some people sound different to others?

Mel learns about the tennis scoring system and the history of The Diary of Anne Frank.

Mel Giedroyc visits the nerve centre of Wimbledon - the computer room.

Mel Giedroyc marks midsummer playing the ukulele and going to the Uffington White Horse.

Mel goes in search of missing moon rocks and discovers the secret history of garden gnomes

Mel Giedroyc celebrates World Sauntering Day, with gardener Monty Don's Inheritance Tracks

Happy Birthday to Paul McCartney, and author Roddy Doyle gives us his Inheritance Books.