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RADIO-LISTS: BBC RADIO 4 Extra
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SATURDAY 13 APRIL 2024

SAT 00:00 Soul Music (m0011rkf)
Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific

Ezio Pinza was the first person to sing Some Enchanted Evening when South Pacific opened on Broadway in 1949.

His granddaughter, Sarah Goodyear, recounts his extraordinary life story: from international opera singer, to political prisoner, then a star of musical theatre.

Perhaps best known for its 1958 film version, South Pacific famously starred Rossano Brazzi as Emile de Becque. However his singing voice was provided by opera star, Giorgio Tozzi. His son, Eric Tozzi, recalls hearing his father practise Some Enchanted Evening in their California beach-side home.

Canan Maxton runs the charity, Talent Unlimited, which supports student musicians. Some Enchanted Evening was the signature tune to her own love story, which inspired her to launch that organisation.

Alan Titchmarsh is best known as a TV gardener, but he has a surprisingly good voice. Some Enchanted Evening is a childhood favourite which reminds him of his parents, but he couldn't have foreseen the day when he would sing it live at the London Palladium for an ITV audience (credit to ITV All Star Musicals, produced by Multistory Media for the extract used).

Daniel Evans is the Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre. He staged a well-reviewed production of South Pacific, one which explores the racist theme Rodgers and Hammerstein originally sought to address in their Broadway production. He explains the role Some Enchanted Evening plays in the storyline of the show.

Julian Ovenden played Emile de Becque in the Chichester production. He describes what it's like to perform this very famous and much anticipated song.

Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact.

BBC Audio Producer: Karen Gregor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2021.

SAT 00:30 A Brief History of TIM (b07kl685)
Lynne Truss explores the history of the Speaking Clock, which was launched amid great anticipation on 24th July, 1936.

TIM, “the wonder instrument of the Post Office”, used state of the art technology, with the voice reproduced from rotating glass discs.

In its first year, the service was only available in London, but still received around 12 million calls. Since then, the clock’s four successive "Golden Voices" have told the time through a world war, huge cultural and technological changes, and radical developments in our understanding of time itself.

Two celebrated cosmologists comment on aspects of time and timekeeping: Professor Stephen Hawking, and Professor Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal – it was an earlier holder of this title, Harold Spencer Jones, who made the first call to TIM, at the inaugural ceremony in 1936.

Lynne visits the grand original speaking clock, now housed at the British Horological Institute; and she meets the current Golden Voice, Sara Mendes da Costa, who describes what it is like to be part of this very British institution.

Through music and archive, the programme travels back in time to the competitions to appoint Sara and her predecessors - Jane Cain, Pat Simmons, and Brian Cobby – and to discover how much times have changed.

Sound design by Dave Dodd.

Producer: Susan Kenyon

A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2016.

SAT 01:00 The Rivals (b082x79t)
Series 4

4. The Mystery of the Scarlet Thread

Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals.

James Fleet stars as Inspector Lestrade.

Lestrade enlists the help of 'the Thinking Machine' Professor SFX Van Dusen with what he suspects may be a series of attempted murders.

City dealer Nicholas Henley, has nearly been gassed three times in apparent accidents in the luxury flats of Malplaquet House.

All the residents have secrets, but which one of them is out to get Henley?

Written by Jacques Futrelle and dramatised by Chris Harrald.

Lestrade ...... James Fleet
Van Dusen ...... Tony Gardner
Nicolas Henley ...... Nick Underwood
Charlotte Lipscombe ...... Joannah Tincey
Reginald Cabell ...... James Lailey
Miss Regnier ...... Kirsty Oswald
Burlingame ...... Brian Protheroe
Pemberley ...... Sean Baker

Producer: Liz Webb.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2016.

SAT 01:30 Whodunnits (b00wlbvx)
Charles Paris - Murder in the Title

4. Murderer?

Who is determined to close the Regent Theatre?

Someone who is willing to commit murder to get their way...

Bill Nighy stars as the actor-cum-sleuth, Charles Paris.

Conclusion of the crime novel by Simon Brett.

Dramatised by Jeremy Front.

Charles Paris ..... Bill Nighy
Frances ..... Suzanne Burden
Maurice ..... Jon Glover
Tony ..... Sam Dale
Sean ..... Iain Batchelor
Elaine ..... Christine Kavanagh
Phoebe ..... Claire Harry
Chris ..... Henry Devas
Martha ..... Sally Orrock

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.

SAT 02:00 Up the Garden Path (b007wpnk)
Series 1

Tangled Webs

The complex life and loves of Izzy Comyn, with her propensity for telling lies.

Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.

Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy.

Adapted by Sue Limb from her 1984 novel into 3 radio series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.

Izzy ...... Imelda Staunton
Maria ...... Marty Cruickshank
Michael ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Dick ...... Mike Grady

Class 4C:
Sarah Doyle
Kerryann White
Mark Monero
Sam Smart

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1987.

SAT 02:30 Albert and Me (b007jzd2)
Series 2

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Can Bryan save his sister Vera's marriage from breakdown?

Stars Robert Lindsay and Pat Coombs.

Robert Lindsay plays single parent Bryan Archer struggling to find work while raising his baby son, Albert.

Bryan Archer ...... Robert Lindsay
Mum/Albert ...... Pat Coombs
Mrs Willis ...... Diana King
Vera ...... Marcia Warren
Edward ...... Gorden Kaye

Written by Jim Eldridge.

Incidental music by Max Harris.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1983.

SAT 03:00 Plum House (b0b52cms)
Series 2

Thief Encounter

Peter and Julian are determined to retrieve a valuable pudding artefact and they've enlisted the help of a crooked connection to do so.

Emma and Tom try to keep everyone on the straight and narrow - but Maureen finds herself mysteriously drawn to the shady visitor.

Starring Simon Callow, Miles Jupp and Jane Horrocks.

Comedy about the inept staff at a historic house.

Every year, thousands of tourists flock to the Lake District. But one place they never go to is Plum House - the former country home of terrible poet George Pudding (1779-1848). Now a crumbling museum, losing money hand over fist, it struggles to stay open under its eccentric curator Peter Knight.

Tom Collyer tries and fails to get the museum back on track, alongside the hopelessly out of touch deputy Julian, corner-cutting gift shop manager Maureen, put-upon education officer Emma, and enthusiastic but dim-witted caretaker Alan.

Written by Ben Cottam and Paul McKenna.

Peter ...... Simon Callow
Julian ...... Miles Jupp
Maureen ...... Jane Horrocks
Tom ...... Tom Bell
Alan ...... Pearce Quigley
Emma ...... Louise Ford
Gerry ...... Danny Webb
Ralph ...... Ed Easton

Producer: Sarah Cartwright
Director: Paul Schlesinger

A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2018.

SAT 03:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000skcj)
5. Outing

With Gretchen’s blessing and encouragement, Jean takes Margaret for an outing in London.

A novel of unexpected second chances set in 1950s England. Written by Clare Chambers.

When the North Kent Echo receives a letter from a woman claiming her daughter was the result of virgin birth, they send feature writer Jean Swinney to investigate.

Jean is almost 40 and and leads a restricted life with her demanding mother. But as she becomes more deeply involved with Gretchen, Howard and Margaret Tilbury, things begin to change.

Read by Monica Dolan.

Abridged and produced by Jeremy Osborne.

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2021.

SAT 03:45 Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here (b070hscp)
10. Dark Night

Conclusion of Lucy Catherine's beautifully observed account of a family in meltdown.

Luke's dark night of the soul is over.

Luke ...... Tyger Drew-Honey
Nettie ...... Katie Angelou
Ailsa ...... Sharon Small
Martin ...... Justin Salinger
Orla ...... Rebecca Hamilton
Doctor ...... Susan Jameson

Director: Mary Peate

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2016.

SAT 04:00 Whispers (b007k358)
Series 3

Episode 4

Gyles Brandreth hosts the quiz show with scandal on its mind and slander at its heart.

Joining team captains Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip

Julian Fellowes
Penny Junor

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.

SAT 04:30 Bookcases (b00szhvl)
Series 1

The Prosser Prize

London 1858: Primus is determined that Spavin and Spavin's entry should win this distinguished literary award, even if it means seducing the sponsors.

Starring Michael Cochrane and Maggie Steed.

Martyn Wade's Victorian era comedy.

Primus …. Michael Cochrane
Cordelia …. Maggie Steed
Edith …. Elizabeth Spriggs
Gerald …. David Horovitch
Simeon …. Charles Simpson
Mrs Prosser …. Frances Jeater
Prosser …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Thackeray …. David Antrobus

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.

SAT 05:00 Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (m001y1j2)
4. Other People's Hard Work

"Seems to me we needn't bother ourselves with the ratepayers at all.... We run this town! We've got the council in our pockets!"

Edwardian England: with renovation of the rich man’s house complete, the workers face winter unemployment.

Starring Brian Glover, Sean Barrett and Mark Straker.

Robert Tressell's novel, first published in 1914.

Dramatised by Gregory Evans.

Robert Tressell .... Sean Barrett
Bob Crass .... Brian Glover
Hunter .... Bryan Pringle
Frank Owen .... Mark Straker
Adam Sweater .... Peter Vaughan
Fred Harlow .... Robin Summers
Joe Philpot .... Norman Jones
Bundy .... Richard Tate
Will Easton .... Donald Gee
Newman .... Peter Craze
Amos Grinder .... Geoffrey Matthews
Jeremiah Didlum ... John Moffatt
George Rushton .... Denis Lill
Nora Owen .... Joan Walker
Mary Linden .... Alice Arnold
Man .... John Bull
Jack Linden .... Philip Newman
Secretary .... Eva Stuart
Dr Weakling .... John Warner
Councillor .... Michael Graham Cox

Director: Michael Bakewell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1989.

SAT 06:00 Martyn Wade - Behavioural Sciences (m001y8x8)
Barry has a recurring dream of a passionate affair with a wild seductress.

His wife Kay dreams of something buried in the garden of their suburban home.

When Barry attempts a liaison with his sister-in-law, Kay hires a private detective to try and stop him.

But Turnbull seems to be rather more interested in Kay's dream and what might be buried in their garden, the pride and joy of Barry and Kay's terrible teenage twin sons...

Starring Derek Fowlds and Annette Crosbie.

Dark comedy written by Martyn Wade.

Barry …. Derek Fowlds
Kay …. Annette Crosbie
Turnbull …. Harrold Innocent
Rory .... David Timson
Roderick .... Stephen Garlick
Victoria .... Tessa Worsley
Elizabeth .... Clare Travers -Deacon
Mumford .... Garard Green
McBean .... Gordon Reid
Susan .... Mia Soteriou
Gardener .... Arnold Diamond

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1985.

SAT 07:30 Candide (Omnibus) (m000bmq8)
Voltaire’s witty 18th century novel of ideas about good and evil.

It follows the eponymous hero Candide and the long-suffering Dr Pangloss, on an epic, picaresque journey through Europe and South America.

Along the way they endure terrible misfortunes but somehow manage to retain optimism about what life has in store.

It begins when Candide falls in love and is expelled from paradise.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Robin Brooks.

Read by Adrian Scarborough.

Producer: Bruce Young

First broadcast in five parts on BBC Radio 4 in November 2019.

SAT 08:45 Singular Women (b00755cm)
Dora

Lesley Joseph stars as a 'person of restricted growth' whose performances are under threat.

Stewart Permutt's bittersweet comedies of the world according to the last of four very different women.

Director: Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1997.

SAT 09:00 Not in Front of the Children (b08mkkrz)
Series 2

Country Style

The Corner family are excited to learn that their home may become famous...

Starring Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews.

The comedy mishaps of the Corner family - Jennifer and Henry and their three kids Trudi, Amanda and Robin.

Four series were first shown on BBC TV from 1967 to 1970.

Richard Waring adapted his own TV scripts for this radio version, now fully restored from the original reel-to-reel tapes.

Jennifer Corner …. Wendy Craig
Henry Corner …. Francis Matthews
Mary ....Charlotte Mitchell
Trudi …. Roberta Tovey
Amanda …. Jill Riddick
Dr Steele …. Ross Hutchinson
Robin …. Hugo Keith-Johnston
Nurse …. Madeleine Howell
Mr Widdicombe …. Wallas Eaton
Mrs Everett …. Bettina Dickson
Mr ClarkSean Barrett
Mr Manners …. Dave Tate
Miss Girling …. Eva Haddon
Mr Prentice …. Martin Friend

Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst

Producer: Trafford Whitelock.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1970.

SAT 09:30 Ray's a Laugh (m001y8xb)
From 26/02/1960

Kitty is worried. Ted is excited about his secretive plans for their summer holiday.

Starring Ted Ray.

Ray's a Laugh follows the comedy exploits of Ted's life at home with his 'radio' wife Kitty, as well as in a variety of jobs. It ran from 1949-1961.

Written by Bernard Botting and Charles Hart.

With:

Kitty Bluett
Laidman Browne
Pat Coombs
Kenneth Connor

BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.

Producer: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1960.

SAT 10:00 Michael Palin's Radio Adventures (m000r5hy)
2. Travelling Man

Actor-adventurer, Michael Palin continues talking to John McCarthy about his remarkable life and career as broadcast on BBC radio.

Michael has been a Python, a world traveller, author, actor and screenwriter, and often described as “Britain’s Nicest Man”.

However one area which is often overlooked from his long and impressive career are his fascinating radio contributions.

The second of three programmes featuring extracts from his mighty canon of radio work including his famous diaries, interviews about his comedy and travel work, documentaries and dramas.

From London’s BBC Radio Theatre.

Producer: Stephen Garner

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in December 2017.

SAT 11:00 Martyn Wade - Behavioural Sciences (m001y8x8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

SAT 12:30 Candide (Omnibus) (m000bmq8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

SAT 13:45 Singular Women (b00755cm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]

SAT 14:00 Not in Front of the Children (b08mkkrz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

SAT 14:30 Ray's a Laugh (m001y8xb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]

SAT 15:00 Michael Palin's Radio Adventures (m000r5hy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

SAT 16:00 Steve Walker - The Dolphinarium (b079rkxp)
Kill every living dolphin, we are told, and you destroy human individuality and solve mankind's problems at a stroke.

And if you happen to be a devious American senator with a ready supply of frozen dolphins' brains, you give yourself an excellent chance of ruling the world as well ...

Starring Michael Cochrane, Bill Paterson and Madhav Sharma.

Steve Walker's tense drama.

Sir Hartley Tixover ...... Michael Cochrane
Duncan MacNab ...... Bill Paterson
Jiddu Dutt ...... Madhav Sharma
Senator Muldoon ...... Ed Bishop
Bobby Muldoon ...... Briony Glassco
Mr Takashita ...... Eiji Kusuhara
Constanza ...... Avril Clarke
Mrs Carthaverbourne ...... Helen Horton
Master Rao ...... Renu Setna

Other parts played by:

Andrew Branch
Kristin Milward
David Antrobus
Michael Tudor Barnes.

Director: Gordon House

A BBC Radio 4/BBC World Service production first broadcast in April 1995.

SAT 17:00 Martyn Wade - Behavioural Sciences (m001y8x8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

SAT 18:30 Candide (Omnibus) (m000bmq8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

SAT 19:45 Singular Women (b00755cm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]

SAT 20:00 Not in Front of the Children (b08mkkrz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

SAT 20:30 Ray's a Laugh (m001y8xb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]

SAT 21:00 Michael Palin's Radio Adventures (m000r5hy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

SAT 22:00 4 at the Store (b00cpvsk)
Series 1

Episode 1

Simon Bligh hosts an evening of stand-up comedy without having to leave your armchair.

Direct from London's Comedy Store

Featuring:

Dominic Holland
Sue Beard
Felix Dexter

Producer: Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.

SAT 22:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b03lph8r)
Series 5

Episode 4

A horror story for slugs; the Escalator brothers inventing the world's first horseless staircase; and the very last programme the BBC ever does...

Offbeat sketches from the lopsided world of David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

With:

Olivia Colman
James Bachman

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.

SAT 23:00 Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies (b03f8g6l)
Drugs Trade

The drugs trade is one of our few booming industries.

Andrew looks at the facts behind both the illegal and legal drugs. What are the risks? What are the problems? And what can we do about either?

Andrew Maxwell is one of the UK's most informed and fearless stand ups.

In this series of one-off stand up shows, he uses his trademark intelligence and political incisiveness to dig behind the clichés and assumptions about four possible threats to British society.

A series showcasing a comedian at the top of his abilities tackling difficult and important 'slow news' topics with a depth and perceptiveness that remains outside the remit of mainstream 'topical' comedy.

Written and performed by Andrew Maxwell.

Script edited by Paul Byrne.

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.

SAT 23:30 Hut 33 (b00w2c91)
Series 2

Yellow

The code breaking staff are ordered to be vaccinated against yellow fever, but Charles refuses to be injected by an Australian.

Archie is scared of needles and Gordon needs a note from his mum.

James Cary's sitcom set at Bletchley Park - the top-secret home of the Second World War codebreakers.

Charles …. Robert Bathurst
Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Minka …. Olivia Colman
Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley
Gordon …. Fergus Craig
Joshua … Alex McQueen

With:

Ben Crowe
Brendon Burns

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.

SUNDAY 14 APRIL 2024

SUN 00:00 Steve Walker - The Dolphinarium (b079rkxp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Saturday]

SUN 01:00 Martyn Wade - Behavioural Sciences (m001y8x8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]

SUN 02:30 Candide (Omnibus) (m000bmq8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]

SUN 03:45 Singular Women (b00755cm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]

SUN 04:00 Not in Front of the Children (b08mkkrz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]

SUN 04:30 Ray's a Laugh (m001y8xb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]

SUN 05:00 Michael Palin's Radio Adventures (m000r5hy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]

SUN 06:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001y9pw)
Racing Castaways

Lucinda Russell

Scottish racehorse trainer Lucinda Russell is castaway by Lauren Laverne.

Lucinda's stables in Kinross have sent out almost 900 winners, including two Grand National champions. She is one of only two Scottish trainers and four women to have celebrated a Grand National win since the event began in 1839, and her yard is the most successful in the history of Scottish jump racing.

She was born in Edinburgh in 1966. Although she didn’t come from a racing background – her father ran the family’s whisky business – she was obsessed with horses from a very young age. After many years of pleading, Lucinda finally got her first pony at the age of 10. A few years later the family moved from Edinburgh to Arlay Farm near Milnathort in Kinross-shire, where she still trains her horses today.

After studying psychology at the University of St Andrews, Lucinda began riding competitively, which she funded by buying and training horses before selling them on. She took out her professional trainer’s licence in 1995 and built up her stables on the family farm.

Lucinda’s first success at the Grand National was in 2017 with One for Arthur, ridden by Derek Fox. She had helped buy the horse for the owners, two self-described ‘golf widows’. She was awarded an OBE for services to horseracing in the Queen’s Birthday Honours the following year. Then in 2023 she won again with Corach Rambler.

Lucinda runs her stables with her partner the former National Hunt jockey Peter Scudamore.

DISC ONE: Some Nights - Fun.
DISC TWO: Forever Young - Alphaville
DISC THREE: Wand'rin' Star - Lee Marvin
DISC FOUR: Piano Man - Billy Joel
DISC FIVE: This Is The Day - The The
DISC SIX: To Win Just Once -The Saw Doctors
DISC SEVEN: Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Andy Williams
DISC EIGHT: Andante, Andante - ABBA

BOOK CHOICE: Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery by Andris J. Kaneps, Kenneth W. Hinchcliff and Raymond J. Geor
LUXURY ITEM: A camper van
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Andy Williams

Producer Katy Hickman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2023.

SUN 06:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b010fd8x)
Series 2

Rats

It might be surprising to hear, but Sir David Attenborough has made it known over the years that rats are not his favourite animal.

In this piece, dedicated to his nemesis, with great wit and skill, the naturalist tells us of the living nightmare he endured whilst on location in a place infested with them.

If that wasn't enough, whilst making Life of Mammals, he devoted a whole programme to them - and to balance his own personal view went to an Indian temple where the rat is revered and even encouraged to swarm in vast numbers.

But in a clever twist of the story, as is the hallmark of David Attenborough, in no uncertain way he tells us why they should be respected.

Written and presented by David Attenborough.

Producer: Julian Hector

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.

SUN 07:00 Poetry Extra (m001y9py)
The Interview Archive - Benjamin Zephaniah

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and chooses The Interview Archive to pay tribute to his late colleague Benjamin Zephaniah in the month that he would have turned 66.

The poet, novelist and playwright shares stories from his life, including an unsettled childhood.

Benjamin recalls how he couldn't read or write until he was in his 20s. However, from an early age, poetry has been a constant.

Interview by John Inverdale.

Producer: Neil Trevithick

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 2004.

Plus Daljit reads a poem from his Poetry Extra Book of the Month: Baby Schema by Isabel Galleymore.

SUN 07:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (Omnibus) (m001y9q0)
Episode 1

When the North Kent Echo receives a letter from a woman claiming her daughter was the result of virgin birth, they send feature writer Jean Swinney to investigate.

Jean is almost 40 and leads a restricted life with her demanding mother. But as she becomes more deeply involved with Gretchen, Howard and Margaret Tilbury, things begin to change.

Historical romance novel by Clare Chambers, first published in 2020.

Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes.

Read by Monica Dolan

Abridged and produced by Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2021.

**** Author Clare Chambers was born in Croydon and studied English at Hertford College, Oxford. After graduating she lived for a year in New Zealand where she wrote her first novel Uncertain Terms at the age of 22. Small Pleasures was a BBC2 Between The Covers Book Club Pick.

SUN 08:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001y9q3)
Iain Stirling

Comedian Iain Stirling selects ‘Africa’ by Toto and ‘The Modern Leper’ by Frightened Rabbit.

SUN 08:50 Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here (Omnibus) (b071bxz2)
Episode 2

15 year old Nettie is still being kept alive artificially after her accident.

Her mum is trying to find out what she was up to by looking at her laptop.

Conclusion of Lucy Catherine's beautifully observed account of a family in meltdown.

Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes.

Luke ...... Tyger Drew-Honey
Nettie ...... Katie Angelou
Ailsa ...... Sharon Small
Martin ...... Justin Salinger
Orla ...... Rebecca Hamilton
Doctor ...... Susan Jameson
Michael/Dr Makerem ...... Ewan Bailey
Nurse ...... Evie Killip
Herbie ...... Richard Pepple
Rachel ...... Jane Slavin
Pat ...... Gerard McDermott
Richard ...... George Watkins
Woman/Annie ...... Debra Baker
Nurse ...... Evie Killip
Mr Rathbone ...... Chris Pavlo

Director: Mary Peate

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2016.

SUN 10:00 All Gas and Gaiters (m001y9q5)
Series 2

The Bishop Shows His Loyalty

The Bishop uses The Dean’s misfortune to fulfil a royal ambition.

Ecclesiastical sitcom which started life on BBC TV.

Written and adapted by husband-and-wife team, Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps.

The Archdeacon …. Robertson Hare
The Bishop …. William Mervyn
The Bishop's Chaplain …. Jonathan Cecil
The Dean …. John Barron
Mrs Pugh-Critchley …. Joan Sanderson

All Gas and Gaiters started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Playhouse, ahead of a run on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971.

Selected scripts were revised and re-recorded for radio.

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1972.

**** This programme is an off-air recording, and so does have a few issues with its technical quality – but we hope you enjoy it anyway.

SUN 10:30 The Navy Lark (m001y9q7)
Series 10

The Brick Smugglers

A stray toothbrush reveals a major flaw in the design of the Royal Navy’s fleet.

Stars Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray.

Laughs afloat aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

Written by Lawrie Wyman.

The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips
The Chief Petty Officer ...... Jon Pertwee
The Number One ...... Stephen Murray
Captain Povey ...... Richard Caldicot
Heather …. Heather Chasen
The Admiral/ Leading Seaman Goldstein …. Tenniel Evans
Commander Bracewell/Rear Admiral Ironbridge …. Michael Bates
Able Seaman Tiddy …. Lawrie Wyman

The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series between 1959 and 1976.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1969.

SUN 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001y9pw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

SUN 11:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b010fd8x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m001y9py)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

SUN 12:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (Omnibus) (m001y9q0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

SUN 13:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001y9q3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]

SUN 13:50 Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here (Omnibus) (b071bxz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]

SUN 15:00 All Gas and Gaiters (m001y9q5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

SUN 15:30 The Navy Lark (m001y9q7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]

SUN 16:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jmf6)
Series 1

6. Marooned in Space

The space crew battle to escape from the aliens, who are trying to target Chipper.

Starring Barry Foster and Nicky Henson.

Conclusion of Charles Chilton's intergalactic adventure.

Captain Saxon Berry .... Barry Foster
Chipper .... Nicky Henson
Magnus .... Nigel Stock
Lauderic .... Tony Osoba

With:

Wendy Murray
Teresa Stretfield

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1984.

SUN 16:30 Guy de Maupassant - The Hand (b007t4lx)
1880’s Corsica: Reminded by a gruesome trophy of his days in Africa, Sir John Rowell awaits the return of his nemesis...

Starring Denis Quilley.

Guy de Maupassant’s story dramatised by Michael Robson.

Sir John Rowell ...... Denis Quilley
Bermutier ...... Cyril Shaps
Olivier ...... Edward Seckersn
Audas ...... David Strong
Chavanne ...... Hector Ross

Devised and directed by Derek Hoddinott.

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in February 1976.

SUN 17:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001y9pw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

SUN 17:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b010fd8x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

SUN 18:00 Poetry Extra (m001y9py)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

SUN 18:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (Omnibus) (m001y9q0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

SUN 19:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001y9q3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]

SUN 19:50 Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here (Omnibus) (b071bxz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]

SUN 21:00 All Gas and Gaiters (m001y9q5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

SUN 21:30 The Navy Lark (m001y9q7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]

SUN 22:00 Revolting People (b007jrzv)
Series 1

Tons of Storm Clouds

A revolutionary orator is after more than just Mary's support.

Sitcom set in 1770, just before the American War of Independence.

Written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses.

Samuel Oliphant …. Jay Tarses
Sergeant McGurk …. Andy Hamilton
Mary Oliphant …. Sophie Thompson
Captain Brimshaw …. James Fleet
Ezekiel Spriggs …. Hugh Dennis
Cora Oliphant …. Felicity Montagu
Joshua Oliphant …. Tony Maudsley
Mrs Arbuthnot …. Susie Blake
Announcer/Nathaniel Hopkins …. Michael Fenton Stevens

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.

SUN 22:30 Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! (m000hmnn)
Series 4

The Cruiseman

Milton thinks his luck is in when he unexpectedly wins a luxury cruise.

But who would want him out of the way? Apart from everyone, that is.

Mention Milton Jones to most people and the first thing they think is "Help!"

In this series, Milton and his trusty assistant Anton set out to help people and soon find they're embroiled in a new adventure. Because when you're close to the edge, then Milton can give you a push.

Written by Milton with James Cary and Dan Evans.

With regulars:

Tom Goodman-Hill as the ever-faithful Anton
Josie Lawrence
Colin Hoult

Music by Guy Jackson.

Produced and directed by David Tyler

A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4,first broadcast in April 2020.

SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001ygg2)
Bilal Zafar 1/3

22:55 From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Rob Deering chats to Bilal Zafar.

SUN 23:00 Great Unanswered Questions (b00fjdxt)
Series 1

Episode 2

Why do dogs stick their heads out of car windows?

How come you can eat mouldy cheese but not mouldy bread?

Northern Irish comedian Colin Murphy and his cohorts try to answer the most ridiculous of questions with the correct or at the very least, funny answers.

With:

Scientist - Dr David Booth
Comedian and computer geek - Matthew Collins

Special guest: Phill Jupitus

Producer: Jackie Hamilton

First broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster in April 2008.

SUN 23:30 The In Crowd (b06cqzvm)
Series 4

Episode 3

Predicting a disappointing future and sequin waste.

Comedy sketch show from Manchester.

With:

Helen Moon
Robin Ince
Smug Roberts
Kate Ward

Written by Carl Cooper, Susan Vale, Martin Mor, Rob & Neil Gibbons, James Quinn and Robin Ince.

Producer: Graham Frost

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.

MONDAY 15 APRIL 2024

MON 00:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jmf6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]

MON 00:30 Guy de Maupassant - The Hand (b007t4lx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]

MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001y9pw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]

MON 01:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b010fd8x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Sunday]

MON 02:00 Poetry Extra (m001y9py)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Sunday]

MON 02:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (Omnibus) (m001y9q0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]

MON 03:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001y9q3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 on Sunday]

MON 03:50 Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here (Omnibus) (b071bxz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Sunday]

MON 05:00 All Gas and Gaiters (m001y9q5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]

MON 05:30 The Navy Lark (m001y9q7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]

MON 06:00 The Sensitive (b0076zk7)
1. The Sensitive

Police call in psychic detective Thomas Soutar to find a missing woman.

Is his gift a blessing or curse?

Starring Jimmy Chisholm.

First of five off-beat adventures of a psychic helping police investigations in Glasgow.

Written by Alistair Jessiman.

Thomas Soutar ....... Jimmy Chisholm
Mrs Soutar ....... Sheila Donald
Detective Constable Sharon Webb ....... Julie Austin
Mrs Allsop ....... Mary Riggans
Mhairi ....... Kathryn Howden
Calum ....... Chris Young
Duncan/Attendant ....... James Bryce

Director: Bruce Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.

MON 06:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001y9zq)
1. The Artist

Another case for Detective Sergeant Sue Manson at the National Missing Persons Bureau.

Hunting for a killer fixated with religious Renaissance art, Sue suspects the case might be linked to two previous disappearances...

Starring Annie Farr and Patrick Robinson.

Award-winning Irish author Bill Murphy adapts his own crime thriller novel in five-parts.

DS Sue Manson .... Annie Farr
DS Brian Torrey .... Patrick Robinson
Insp. Phillips .... David Thorne
Mags Langon .... Alison Pettit
Elizabeth Gantz .... Jennifer Hill

Director: Tanya Nash

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004.

MON 07:00 Winston (b007svwq)
Winston Comes to Town

The Best Place for Them

With Father set for an old folk's home - can old rogue Winston save the day for Nancy?

Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy serial.

Winston ...... Bill Wallis
Father ...... Maurice Denham
Nancy ...... Shirley Dixon
Rosie ...... Liz Goulding
William ...... Christian Rodska

Director: Shaun MacLoughlin.

First broadcast on BBC Radio in February 1990.

MON 07:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jnfd)
Series 5

Men of Letters

Albert butts in on Harold's church magazine article.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.

Classic sitcom about the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold.

Written for BBC TV and adapted for BBC Radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
The Vicar …. Anthony Sharp

With:

Norman Bird
Jeanne Cook
Michael McClain

Producer: Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.

MON 08:00 Mum's on the Run (b00txhq5)
Episode 6

Battling lippy kids, annoying neighbours and a jazz playing ex-husband Jen's failing to be the yummy mummy she longs to be.

But Jen has at last secured a semi-date with Mr Rigby but then realises that it's bonfire night and she's promised the kids fireworks in the garden.

Their date turns to farce as both Mr Rigby and the ex-husband turn up and neighbour Vivienne is almost hospitalised by a dodgy rocket.

Starring Ronni Ancona.

Mother of two, Master of none - the hectic life ("What life?") of single mum, Jen.

Conclusion of the modern-day twist on the single-family situation.

Written by Alexis Zegerman.

Jen ...... Ronni Ancona
Mr Rigby ...... John Gordon Sinclair
Shelly ...... Alexis Zegerman
Keith ...... Kevin Eldon
Vivienne ...... Christine Kavanagh
Felicity ...... Amy Dabrowa
Toby ...... Alexander Heath
Connor ...... Pip Woolley
Adam ...... Caleb Hughes
Karina ...... Amaya Rowlands
Policeman ...... Lloyd Thomas

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.

MON 08:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000sqrp)
6. Aunt

Gretchen stays home to look after a sick Margaret. Jean and Howard drive off together to visit Howard’s aunt.

A novel of unexpected second chances set in 1950s England. Written by Clare Chambers.

When the North Kent Echo receives a letter from a woman claiming her daughter was the result of virgin birth, they send feature writer Jean Swinney to investigate.

Jean is almost 40 and and leads a restricted life with her demanding mother. But as she becomes more deeply involved with Gretchen, Howard and Margaret Tilbury, things begin to change.

Read by Monica Dolan.

Abridged in ten parts and produced by Jeremy Osborne.

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.

MON 08:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d1kvb)
1. Bad Weather

Just before the First World War, Mr and Mrs Ramsay, their eight children and an array of guests are on the Isle of Skye for the summer.

Despite Mr Ramsay's prediction of bad weather, Young James is determined to get to the Lighthouse.

Virginia Woolf's landmark modernist novel based on her own early experiences - first published in 1927.

Intensely personal and profoundly universal; a moving portrait of family life that captures the transience of human experience.

Dramatised in five parts by Linda Marshall Griffiths.

Lily ...... Lyndsey Marshal
Mrs Ramsay ...... Charlotte Emmerson
James ...... Alex Starke
Mr Ramsay ...... John Lynch
Mr Tansley ...... Matthew McNulty
Prue ...... Verity-May Henry

Director: Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2014.

MON 09:00 It's a Fair Cop (m001y1yq)
Series 8

2. Anger Management

How does a Police Officer deal with anger?

Have you ever let your anger get the better of you? In today's case Alfie is sent to a neighbour dispute only to arrive to find a crazed man wielding a fencing post...

Join Alfie and his audience cops as they decided the best course of action to deal with a man who might be a danger to himself and others.

Written and presented by Alfie Moore
Script Editor: Will Ing
Production Co-ordinator: Katie Baum
Producer: Sam Holmes

An EcoAudio Certified Production
A BBC Studios Audio Production

MON 09:30 On the Map (b00rd8yv)
1. The Map Makers

If a picture paints a thousand words, a map can paint a million. They help us navigate our way through unfamiliar landscapes and cities, entice us into new places and give us a bigger picture of the world we inhabit.

Self-confessed map addict Mike Parker explores modern cartography navigating his way over ten episodes.

He begins with the maps he first fell in love with as a teenager - Ordnance Survey maps.

Producer: Jeremy Grange

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.

MON 09:45 Daily Service (m001y9zs)
In Step with God: God Walks in a Garden

The first in a week-long series of programmes in which Baptist Minister Rev Richard Littledale reflects on walks in the Bible. Today, evening falls, and God comes walking by.

Reading: Genesis 3: 6-13

Music

The Lark Ascending - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Nicola Benedetti & London Philharmonic Orchestra
CD: The Classical Album (Decca)

Walking in a Garden - arr. A. Hutchings
Manchester Cathedral Choir
CD: The Complete New English Hymnal Vol. 18 (Priory)

I want Jesus to walk with me - Spiritual
Sharon Irving
CD: Bennett Ave. (Sharon Irving)

We shall walk through the valley in peace - arr. Undine Smith Moore
Vocalessence Ensemble Singers dir. Philip Brunelle
CD: Dance like the Wind (Clarion)

MON 10:00 Radiolab (m001y9zv)
Series 11

Man Against Horse

Radiolab explores the surprisingly evolutionary story - and continued importance of - the human ‘butt’.

With Jad Abumrad, Heather Radke and Matt Kielty.

Radiolab is a Peabody-award winning show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and the human experience.

The Radiolab team investigate a strange world.

From WNYC. First broadcast on public radio in the USA in 2019.

MON 10:55 Inheritance Tracks (m0001wl0)
Brian Eno

Musician Brian Eno with ‘Jerusalem’ from Rex Lawson on pianola and ‘Peace Be Still' by Rev James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir.

MON 11:00 The Sensitive (b0076zk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

MON 11:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001y9zq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

MON 12:00 Winston (b007svwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jnfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

MON 13:00 Mum's on the Run (b00txhq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

MON 13:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000sqrp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

MON 13:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d1kvb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]

MON 14:00 Just a Minute (b008ny1h)
Series 52

Episode 3

Nicholas Parsons presides over the devious game where panellists are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition.

Selected episodes from the show's 40th Anniversary series.

From the Corn Exchange in Kings Lynn, Norfolk.

With:

Tony Hawks
Gyles Brandreth
Janey Godley
Kit Hesketh-Harvey

Subjects include: a topical Ruby Anniversary, Trial and Error and a Cat in Hell.

Created by Ian Messiter

Producer Tilusha Ghelani

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.

MON 14:30 Ring Around the Bath (b01h0kph)
Series 3

Keeping Mum

It's Stella's birthday - and it's a big one with a nought on the end!

Surely the perfect time for a big family get-together?

Starring Duncan Preston and Pippa Haywood.

Lucy Clare and Ian Davidson's sitcom about topsy-turvy family life.

Patrick …. Duncan Preston
Stella …. Pippa Haywood
Alison …. Claudie Blakley
Rick …. Bruce MacKinnon
Xanthe …. Catherine Shepherd
Egg …. Daniela Denby-Ashe

Director: Elizabeth Freestone

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.

MON 15:00 Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (m001y9zy)
5. Always For Profit

"For the employer it's a steady progress towards ease an' leisure an' independence. For the worker it's a grim journey fraught with poverty, illness and insecurity."

Edwardian England: work is proving harder to find, political tensions rise, and Frank’s health deteriorates.

Starring Brian Glover, Sean Barrett and Mark Straker.

Robert Tressell's novel, first published in 1914.

Dramatised by Gregory Evans.

Robert Tressell .... Sean Barrett
Bob Crass .... Brian Glover
Hunter .... Bryan Pringle
Frank Owen .... Mark Straker
Adam Sweater .... Peter Vaughan
Sawkins .... Michael Graham Cox
Joe Philpot .... Norman Jones
Fred Harlow .... Robin Summers
Will Easton .... Donald Gee
Mrs Dupe .... Eva Stuart
Ruth Easton .... Kate Lock
Nora Owen .... Joan Walker
Mary Linden .... Alice Arnold
Frankie Owen .... Andrew Mulquin
Bundy .... Richard Tate
Speaker .... Philip Sully
Amos Grinder .... Geoffrey Matthews
Bert White .... Richard Pearce
Driver .... Christopher Good
Landlord .... John Bull
George Rushton .... Denis Lill

Director: Michael Bakewell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1989.

MON 16:00 Radiolab (m001y9zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

MON 16:55 Inheritance Tracks (m0001wl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:55 today]

MON 17:00 The Sensitive (b0076zk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

MON 17:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001y9zq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

MON 18:00 Winston (b007svwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

MON 18:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jnfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

MON 19:00 Mum's on the Run (b00txhq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

MON 19:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000sqrp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

MON 19:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d1kvb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]

MON 20:00 Just a Minute (b008ny1h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]

MON 20:30 Ring Around the Bath (b01h0kph)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]

MON 21:00 Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (m001y9zy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]

MON 22:00 It's a Fair Cop (m001y1yq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

MON 22:30 The Confessional (m0010g03)
Series 2

The Confession of Olivia Williams

Actor, comedian and broadcaster Stephen Mangan presents a comedy chat show about shame and guilt.

Each week, Stephen invites a different guest into his virtual confessional box to make three confessions - with remarkable storytelling and surprising insights. In this unconventional chat show, he wants to see what really makes them tick by finding out what they are ashamed of!

Stephen and his guest reflect with empathy and humour on why we get embarrassed, where our shame thresholds should be, and the value of guilt.

In this episode, Stephen meets British and Hollywood screen actor Olivia Williams (The Sixth Sense, The Crown).

Written and presented by Stephen Mangan.

With extra material by Nick Doody.

Producer: Frank Stirling

A 7digital production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2021.

MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001ygg0)
Bilal Zafar 2/3

22:55 From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Rob Deering chats to Bilal Zafar.

MON 23:00 The Now Show (m001y2xq)
Series 64

Episode 5

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. Starring Garreth Gwynn deep diving into the archives of the internet, Laura Lexx on Russ Cook’s incredible Africa run, and an original song from Jon Long. Voices from Daniel Barker and Gemma Arrowsmith.

The show was written by the cast with additional material from Zoe Tomalin, Cody Dahler, Adrian Gray and Peter Tellouche

Producer: Sasha Bobak
Executive Producer: Pete Strauss
Production Coordinator: Caroline Barlow

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

MON 23:30 Dave Podmore (b007r4mh)
Dave Podmore's Cricket Fix

Episode 4

Cricketing legend Dave Podmore tries to gauge the English team's success in his own murky way...

Christopher Douglas stars as Pod.

Written by Christopher Douglas, Nick Newman and Andrew Nickolds.

Dave ...... Chris Douglas
Andy ...... Andrew Nickolds

With:

Henry Alan
Keiran Cadwelle
William Hicks
David Rogers
Fiona Rowlett
Montanna Thompson

Producer: Richard Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.

TUESDAY 16 APRIL 2024

TUE 00:00 Radiolab (m001y9zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]

TUE 00:55 Inheritance Tracks (m0001wl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:55 on Monday]

TUE 01:00 The Sensitive (b0076zk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]

TUE 01:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001y9zq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Monday]

TUE 02:00 Winston (b007svwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]

TUE 02:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jnfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]

TUE 03:00 Mum's on the Run (b00txhq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]

TUE 03:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000sqrp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]

TUE 03:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d1kvb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Monday]

TUE 04:00 Just a Minute (b008ny1h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]

TUE 04:30 Ring Around the Bath (b01h0kph)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]

TUE 05:00 Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (m001y9zy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Monday]

TUE 06:00 The Sensitive (b008crhy)
2. The Hanged Man

Psychic Thomas Soutar discovers some unsettling connections between his own uncle's past and the murder of a young boy.

Starring Robin Laing.

Another off-beat adventure of a psychic helping police investigations in Glasgow.

Written by Alistair Jessiman.

Thomas Soutar ...... Robin Laing
Mrs Soutar ...... Sheila Donald
Uncle Rory ...... Michael Mackenzie
Murdo Lawson ...... Alec Heggie
Dr Caldwell ...... John Shedden
Mark Bukowski ...... Finlay Welsh
Inspector Crawford ...... Simon Tait
Thomas as a bo ...... William Barlow

Director: David Jackson Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.

TUE 06:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001yb1k)
2. The Shepherds of Arcadia

Detective Sergeant Sue Manson is leading the hunt for a killer fixated with religious Renaissance art.

An art loving priest has a theory which might lead to victims – or the killer.

Starring Annie Farr and Patrick Robinson.

Adapted by Bill Murphy from his own crime thriller novel.

DS Sue Manson .... Annie Farr
DS Brian Torrey .... Patrick Robinson
Insp. Phillips .... David Thorne
Father Raphoe …. Des McAleer
Mags Langon .... Alison Pettit

Producer: Tanya Nash

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004.

TUE 07:00 The Michael Bentine Show (b00kvkkw)
From 20/05/1984

This is the ultimate one man show.

Michael Bentine stars as everyone from a murderous martial art instructor to an expert in defusing an unexploded double bass.

Written and performed by the host.

Producer: Jamie Rix

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1984

TUE 07:30 The Goon Show (b007k4l1)
Series 7

Lurgi Strikes Britain

Doctor Seagoon is dispatched to tackle a curious contagious epidemic disease.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1954.

TUE 08:00 The Wilsons Save the World (b09fzt7j)
Series 1

Approval

Michael and Maxine Wilson and their teenage daughters, Lola and Cat (plus their bearded dragon Chomsky, and about 150,000 bees) have resolved to live a cleaner, greener, serener life.

Starring Marcus Brigstocke and Kerry Godliman.

Sitcom about trying to live ethically and do the right thing.

Written by Marcus Brigstocke and Sarah Morgan.

Millions of people try every day to make 'good' choices and do the 'right thing', be ethical, charitable and community minded. It's hard. Most of us live with hypocrisy and failure all the time but keep on trying.

The Wilsons, good folk that they are, are trying about 20% harder and learning to live with about 19% more failure. They are not giving up.

In this episode, the family wrestle with their various need for approval from others as Mike's parents Phillip and Jennifer come to stay.

Mike ...... Marcus Brigstocke
Maxine ...... Kerry Godliman
Lola ...... India Brown
Cat ...... Mia Jenkins
Paul ...... Mike Wozniak
Postman ...... Mike Wozniak
Phillip ...... Rupert Vansittart
Jennifer ...... Vicki Pepperdine
Till ...... Shannon Murray

Producer: Julia McKenzie

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2017.

TUE 08:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000sqkt)
7. Confusion

Gretchen leaves Howard, and everything is thrown into confusion.

A novel of unexpected second chances set in 1950s England. Written by Clare Chambers.

When the North Kent Echo receives a letter from a woman claiming her daughter was the result of virgin birth, they send feature writer Jean Swinney to investigate.

Jean is almost 40 and and leads a restricted life with her demanding mother. But as she becomes more deeply involved with Gretchen, Howard and Margaret Tilbury, things begin to change.

Read by Monica Dolan.

Abridged and produced by Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.

TUE 08:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d4cq1)
2. Life-Changing Moment

The Ramsays holiday with their eight children and assorted guests in their summer house in the Hebrides.

Mrs Ramsay believes that everyone should marry; but while young painter Lily Briscoe has other ideas, down on the beach Minta is on the brink of a moment that will change her whole life.

Virginia Woolf's landmark modernist 1927 novel based on her own early experiences.

Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths.

Paul ...... Ben Lamb
Minta ...... Olivia Hallinan
Mrs Ramsay ...... Charlotte Emmerson
James ...... Alex Starke
Mr Bankes ...... Andonis Anthony
Lily ...... Lyndsey Marshal
Cam ......Talia Barnett

Director: Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2014.

TUE 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m001yb1m)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.

TUE 09:30 On the Map (b00rghjm)
2. Mapping the Metropolis

Self-confessed map addict Mike Parker explores modern cartography.

How do you make sense of a strange city and turn a bewildering maze of streets into a map that's instantly informative to a confused visitor?

Mike Parker hits the city streets to find out what makes the ideal map for steering us through the urban jungle.

He meets the man who has made it his mission to single-handedly create a new map of Manchester, and discovers how digesting the entire London A to Z makes cabbies' brains bigger.

Producer: Jeremy Grange

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.

TUE 09:45 Daily Service (m001yb1p)
In Step with God: A Tale of Two Sisters

The second in a week-long series of programmes in which Baptist Minister Rev Richard Littledale reflects on walks in the bible. Today, Orpah and Ruth set out with Naomi, but not all complete the journey.

Reading: Ruth 1: 11 - 18

Music
O for a closer walk with God - Stanford
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, dir. Stephen Layton
CD: Stanford: 3 motets and other choral services (Hyperion)

Five Variants on 'Dives and Lazarus' - Vaughan Williams
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
CD: Midnight Adagios (Decca)

Where'er you walk - Allan Friedman
St Martin's Voices
BBC recording

A Prayer of St Patrick - John Rutter
Cambridge Singers
CD: Gloria - The Sacred Music of John Rutter (Collegium)

TUE 10:00 A Good Read (b080t884)
Terry Christian and Dr Kevin Fong

Presenter of The Word Terry Christian and space doctor Kevin Fong talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert.

Terry Christian chooses Ray Bradbury’s partly autobiographical novel about a Midwestern childhood, Dandelion Wine. Dr Kevin Fong chooses a book that raises questions about human and alien life, Matt Haig’s Humans. And Harriet Gilbert chooses Howards End is On The Landing by Susan Hill, about reading the classic books you already have in the house but have never opened.

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Publisher: Harper Voyager

The Humans by Matt Haig.
Publisher: Canongate

Howards End is On The Landing by Susan Hill
Publisher: Profile Books

Producer: Beth O'Dea

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2016.

TUE 10:30 Just Like That - Tommy Cooper (m000t756)
Just like that! Milton Jones celebrates the comic genius of Tommy Cooper.

The "unattractive young man" who went on to become the nation's favourite clown, despite early rejection by the BBC for his "poor diction and unpleasant manner."

Fans, friends and family also help recall the magical mayhem of Tommy Cooper.

Featuring: Michael Parkinson, Barry Cryer and Tom O’Connor.

Producer: Geoff Ballinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002.

TUE 11:00 The Sensitive (b008crhy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

TUE 11:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001yb1k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

TUE 12:00 The Michael Bentine Show (b00kvkkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

TUE 12:30 The Goon Show (b007k4l1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

TUE 13:00 The Wilsons Save the World (b09fzt7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

TUE 13:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000sqkt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

TUE 13:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d4cq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]

TUE 14:00 Hidden Treasures (b055q39m)
Harewood House

From gorgeous fashion creations to athlete wrestling with a python.

Lars Tharp chairs the light-hearted Antiques Quiz.

From the Long Gallery at the Earl of Harewood's family home in West Yorkshire.

With:

Henry Sandon
Sally Kevill-Davies
Tim Bentinck
Kevin Baker

Producer: Annie Bristow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.

TUE 14:30 The Change (b0076p6t)
Series 3

Episode 4

With George's big birthday looming, he gets two surprises - one from his wife and the other from his mother.

Carol …. Lynda Bellingham
George …. Philip Jackson
Violet ...... Marcia Warren
Maureen …. Maureen Beattie
Ken …. James Vaugnan
Sonia …. Emma Kennedy
Jerry …. Barnaby Kay
Dave …. Mark Powley
Nurse ...... Rosie Armstrong

Series 3 of the sitcom about a married couple's attempts to smooth over their singularly troubled midlife funk - Carol is hormonal and 15-stone George is a transvestite. Onlookers can't quite agree on the nature of their dynamic.

Written by Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.

Producer: Elizabeth Freestone

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.

TUE 15:00 Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (m001yb1s)
6. A Beast of Burden

Edwardian England: as conditions worsen for his fellow workers, Frank Owen takes a stand for others.

"Work boys, work an' be contented. So long as you've enough to buy a meal. For if you will but try, you'll be wealthy by and by, if you'll only put your shoulder to the wheel."

Sean Barrett stars as Robert Tressell, Brian Glover as Bob Crass and Mark Straker as Frank Owen.

Written by Robert Tressell.

Written under the pen name Robert Tressell, Robert Noonan’s semi-autobiographical novel was published posthumously in 1914. Born in Dublin in 1870 and settling in Hastings, England in 1901, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is Noonan’s sardonic critique of the way society is organised, with the ‘philanthropists’ being poorly paid workers who continue to help make profits for the owners of businesses.

A house painter by trade, Noonan died in Liverpool from tuberculosis in 1911.

He was buried in a pauper’s grave. His true identity as author of his novel was not revealed for 40 years.

Robert Tressell .... Sean Barrett
Bob Crass .... Brian Glover
Hunter .... Bryan Pringle
Frank Owen .... Mark Straker
Adam Sweater .... Peter Vaughan
Will Easton .... Donald Gee
Fred Harlow .... Robin Summers
Joe Philpot .... Norman Jones
Bert White .... Richard Pearce
Sawkins .... Michael Graham Cox
Bundy .... Richard Tate
Mortuary Keeper .... David Goudge
Landlady .... Eva Stuart
Parson .... Peter Craze
Sir Graball D'Encloseland .... Nicholas Courtney
Speaker .... Philip Sully
Amos .... Geoffrey Matthews
Ruth .... Kate Lock
Mary .... Alice Arnold
Nora .... Joan Walker
Miss Wade .... Susan Sheridan
George .... Denis Lill
Frankie Owen .... Andrew Mulquin

Dramatised in six parts by Gregory Evans.

Director: Michael Bakewell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1989.

TUE 16:00 A Good Read (b080t884)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

TUE 16:30 Just Like That - Tommy Cooper (m000t756)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]

TUE 17:00 The Sensitive (b008crhy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

TUE 17:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001yb1k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

TUE 18:00 The Michael Bentine Show (b00kvkkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

TUE 18:30 The Goon Show (b007k4l1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

TUE 19:00 The Wilsons Save the World (b09fzt7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

TUE 19:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000sqkt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

TUE 19:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d4cq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]

TUE 20:00 Hidden Treasures (b055q39m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]

TUE 20:30 The Change (b0076p6t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]

TUE 21:00 Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (m001yb1s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]

TUE 22:00 Tim Key's Poetry Programme (m001y278)
4. Wild West

The team hit the road in an Americana special, with guest stars Morgana Robinson and Simon Armstrong.

A poetry show like no other – over the course of six series, Key has performed magic, music, cookery and witchcraft; he’s delivered a baby, gone underground, up the Shard and into space.

And sometimes he finds time to read poems.

This series, regulars Tom Basden and Katy Wix are joined by guest stars Stephen Merchant, Lolly Adefope, Mike Wozniak, Sam Campbell, Simon Armstrong and Morgana Robinson.

Written and presented by Tim Key

Produced by James Robinson
A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4
An EcoAudio certified production

TUE 22:30 Josh Howie's Losing It (m0000xx0)
Series 2

The Playgroup

Stand-up comic Josh and his wife battle to come to terms with the arrival of their first child.

Monique has work so Josh has to take their son to his playgroup single-handed.

What could possibly go wrong?

Sitcom starring Josh Howie and Pippa Evans.

Written by Josh Howie.

Josh ...... Josh Howie
Monique ...... Pippa Evans

With:

Donal Coxi
Julian Deane
Stephen Hagen
Jonathan Kemp
Debra Tammer
Wendy Wason

Producer: Ashley Blaker.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.

TUE 23:00 At Home With The Snails (b007k2ql)
Series 1

Episode 2

Alex is obsessed with snails, but can women ever replace them in his affections?

Gerard Foster’s surreal comedy about the eccentric and dysfunctional Fisher family.

CAST:

Alex …. Gerard Foster
George …. Geoffrey Palmer
Beverly …. Angela Thorne
Rose …. Miranda Hart
Colette …. Magali Domec

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.

TUE 23:30 Pleased to Meet You (b007k3c3)
Series 1

Episode 4

90-something good-time girl Dora Dale spills the beans spills the beans on a famous singer, the man who played Kojak and a famous newsreader gets his funk on.

Betraying confidences and breaking unwritten rules galore, the friend of the stars reveals some surprising and salacious secrets.

Written by and starring Martin Kelner and Jake Yapp.

Made for BBC7 and first broadcast in August 2006.

WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2024

WED 00:00 A Good Read (b080t884)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]

WED 00:30 Just Like That - Tommy Cooper (m000t756)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday]

WED 01:00 The Sensitive (b008crhy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]

WED 01:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001yb1k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Tuesday]

WED 02:00 The Michael Bentine Show (b00kvkkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]

WED 02:30 The Goon Show (b007k4l1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]

WED 03:00 The Wilsons Save the World (b09fzt7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]

WED 03:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000sqkt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]

WED 03:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d4cq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Tuesday]

WED 04:00 Hidden Treasures (b055q39m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]

WED 04:30 The Change (b0076p6t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]

WED 05:00 Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (m001yb1s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Tuesday]

WED 06:00 The Sensitive (b00hv3j0)
3. A Possession

When psychic Thomas Soutar agrees to help in the search for a music student, who disappeared a year ago, he becomes obsessed by the missing girl in ways he hadn't expected.

Starring Robin Laing as Thomas Soutar.

Third of five off-beat adventures of a psychic helping police investigations in Glasgow.

Written by Alistair Jessiman.

Thomas..............................Robin Laing
Natasha.............................Anita Vitesse
Mrs Soutar.........................Sheila Donald
Mr Paris.............................James MacPherson
Mrs Paris...........................Cara Kelly
Mrs Collins.......................Juliet Cadzow
Guest House Manager......John Paul Hurley
Carol..................................Patricia Kavanagh

Other parts played by the cast.

Producer/Director: Bruce Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2009.

WED 06:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001y8kt)
3. Triangles

A case for DS Sue Manson at the National Missing Persons Bureau where she hunts for a killer fixated with religious Renaissance art.

Father Raphoe's unusual theories lead to the discovery of one of five missing persons.

Award-winning Irish author Bill Murphy’s own five-part adaptation of his crime thriller.

DS Sue Manson .... Annie Farr
DS Brian Torrey .... Patrick Robinson
Insp. Phillips .... David Thorne
Father Raphoe …. Des McAleer
Mags Langon .... Alison Pettit
Dr Telfor …. Tom George

Producer: Tanya Nash

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.

WED 07:00 Never Too Late (m001y8kx)
Series 1

The Trouble With Emily

"Old people should value the future - they've got less of it". Straight talking Hilda is organising a collection for her overseas charity whilst giving a pep talk to her friend Emily, making holiday plans and preventing Social Services from sending Tommy to a care home.

Starring Dame Thora Hird as the determined widow Mrs Hilda Springett.

with:

Avis Bunnage
Megs Jenkins
Joe Gladwin
Pearl Hackney
David Gooderson
Jon Glover

Written by Terry Gregson

Producer Edward Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1980.

WED 07:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jps5)
Series 6

The Poetry Society

The Lad's new avant garde friends produce some poetical gems - with a little help from Sid and Bill.

Starring Tony Hancock.

With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Fenella Fielding, Warren Mitchell and Fraser Kerr.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.

Producer: Tom Ronald

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1959.

WED 08:00 Boswell's Lives (b0741lv3)
Series 2

Boswell's Life of Muhammad Ali

Banned from boxing and in the wilderness, can Boswell help Muhammad Ali out of it and make The Greatest – Greatester?

Jon Canter’s sitcom sees James Boswell become a time-travelling biographer - doing for other celebrities what he did for Dr Johnson.

James Boswell ..... Miles Jupp
Muhammad Ali ..... Lenny Henry
Boxing Commentator ..... Ewan Bailey

Producer: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2016.

WED 08:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000sr44)
8. Troubles

Jean has been focused on the dynamics of the Tilbury family and her relationship with Howard, but now she has troubles closer to home.

When the North Kent Echo receives a letter from a woman claiming her daughter was the result of virgin birth, they send feature writer Jean Swinney to investigate.

Jean is almost 40 and and leads a restricted life with her demanding mother. But as she becomes more deeply involved with Gretchen, Howard and Margaret Tilbury, things begin to change.

The author Clare Chambers was born in Croydon and studied English at Hertford College, Oxford. After graduating she lived for a year in New Zealand where she wrote her first novel Uncertain Terms at the age of 22. Small Pleasures was a BBC2 Between The Covers Book Club Pick.

Written by Clare Chambers
Read by Monica Dolan
Abridged and produced by Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.

WED 08:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d4lbm)
3. Impatience

The Ramsays are on holiday with their eight children and assorted guests in their summer house in the Hebrides.

The family host a dinner party but Paul and Minta are not back from the beach and Mr Ramsay finds it difficult to conceal his impatience.

Virginia Woolf's landmark modernist novel based on her own early experiences - first published in 1927.

Mr Ramsay ...... John Lynch
Mrs Ramsay ...... Charlotte Emmerson
Lily ...... Lyndsey Marshal
Mr Tansley ...... Matthew McNulty
Minta ...... Olivia Hallinan
Paul ...... Ben Lamb
Cam ......Talia Barnett
James ...... Alex Starke

Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths.

Directed by Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2014.

WED 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m001y8l0)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.

WED 09:30 On the Map (b00rghjp)
3. Motoring Maps

Self-confessed map addict Mike Parker explores modern cartography.

The ultimate in cheap and ubiquitous mapping, there's scarcely a vehicle in the land that doesn't contain a dog-eared road atlas.

Road maps and their digital descendent, the sat nav, may guide us efficiently around our nation's highways but they don't tell us much else about the landscape we're speeding through.

Mike recalls a bygone age of elegant motoring maps and considers how modern road mapping and its unrelenting emphasis on our motorways and trunk roads has changed our picture of Britain.

Producer: Jeremy Grange

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.

WED 09:45 Daily Service (m001y8l2)
In Step with God: Jesus Walks into the Wilderness

The third in a week-long series of programmes in which Baptist Minister Rev Richard Littledale reflects on walks in the bible. Today, alone, and with neither food nor water, Jesus faces his enemy.

Reading: Matthew 4: 1 - 11

Music
Father, forgive them (from 'Seven Last Words') - James MacMillan
The Dmitri Ensemble, dir. Graham Ross
CD: Seven Last Words from the Cross - James MacMillan (Naxos)

Out of the deep from 'Requiem' - John Rutter
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge cond. Timothy Brown
CD: John Rutter - Requiem (Naxos)

The Wilderness - S.S. Wesley
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge dir. Stephen Layton
CD: Anthems Vol. 1 (Hyperion)

WED 10:00 Short Cuts (m000k9bc)
Remix

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about remixing and reinventing the world.

Jonathan Zenti builds something new from undelivered audio projects, Scottee's grandad becomes an emerging artist and we hear reimagined whale song.

Porn Whales
Originally made for In The Dark Radio
www.inthedarkradio.org
Produced by Ed Prosser

Apology Letter
Produced by Jonathan Zenti

No Need to Shout
Featuring Scottee and Liam Gallagher
Produced by Alia Cassam

The Toilets at Home Are All Gender Neutral
Produced by Arlie Adlington

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020.

WED 10:30 Jane Garvey's Bottom Gear (b07q1zbm)
Jane Garvey explores women’s relationship with cars.

Driving a 1980s Fiat Panda (Jane's first car) with motoring journalist Suzi Perry, discussing the state of her own car with her local mechanic, trying to buy a new one from one of the growing number of women working in car showrooms and riding with racing driver Susie Wolff, Jane reflects on the macho world of alloy wheels and pin-up calendars and wonders whether she’ll ever be able to talk the torque.

To aid the journey, she listens to some of the classic driving songs and talks to the writer of one them, 2-4-6-8 Motorway, Tom Robinson.

Producer: Jordan Thomas

A Trevor Dann's Company production, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.

WED 11:00 The Sensitive (b00hv3j0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

WED 11:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001y8kt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

WED 12:00 Never Too Late (m001y8kx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jps5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

WED 13:00 Boswell's Lives (b0741lv3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

WED 13:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000sr44)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

WED 13:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d4lbm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]

WED 14:00 Say the Word (b00764mj)
Episode 2

Frank Delaney's panel game revolving around the English language.

From the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, Gloucestershire.

With:

Sheridan Morley
Jan Dalley
Humphrey Carpenter
Katie Fforde

On hand to offer a witty perspective on the world of words are the Nimmo Twins.

Producer: Simon Elmes

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.

WED 14:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007nchq)
Series 1

Episode 2

Sly barmaid Tamsyn Trelawny and her band of smugglers battle to try and outwit local customs officer, Captain Marriott.

18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain.

Tamsyn Trelawny …… Lucy Speed
Jago Trelawny …… John Bowe
Major Thomas Falconer …… Cameron Stewart
Captain Marriot …… Andrew McGibbon
Squire Bascombe …… Martin Hyder
Edna …… Julia Deakin
Dewey …… Mark Felgate
Roy …… Phil Nice

Producer: Jan Ravens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003.

WED 15:00 Andy Rashleigh - Devonia (b09lt1bh)
1. The Beano

A works outing aboard the Devonia in 1911 reunites childhood sweethearts Harry and Mercy.

Three plays about the life and times of a paddle steamer and its crew depicted across three decades

Starring John Duttine.

Written by Andy Rashleigh.

Harry ...... John Duttine
Mercy ...... Sophie Thompson
Wilf ...... David Thorpe
Mr Jonas ...... David Allister
Mrs Jonas ...... Tessa Worsley
Emily ...... Tilly Gaunt
Gus ...... Stephen Critchlow
Sailor ...... Harry Myers

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.

WED 15:45 Bicycles by Carlo Gebler (m001y8l4)
Dad and the two boys are out on their bikes.

And then there is an incident.

Carlo Gebler's short story read by Sean Baker.

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1997.

WED 16:00 Short Cuts (m000k9bc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

WED 16:30 Jane Garvey's Bottom Gear (b07q1zbm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]

WED 17:00 The Sensitive (b00hv3j0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

WED 17:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001y8kt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

WED 18:00 Never Too Late (m001y8kx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

WED 18:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jps5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

WED 19:00 Boswell's Lives (b0741lv3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

WED 19:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000sr44)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

WED 19:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d4lbm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]

WED 20:00 Say the Word (b00764mj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]

WED 20:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007nchq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]

WED 21:00 Andy Rashleigh - Devonia (b09lt1bh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]

WED 21:45 Bicycles by Carlo Gebler (m001y8l4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 today]

WED 22:00 Room 101 with Paul Merton (m001y292)
Series 2

Hannah Fry

Paul Merton interviews a variety of guests from the world of comedy and entertainment to find out what they would send to Room 101, as well as the one item they cannot live without.

In this episode, Hannah Fry tries to convince Paul to send complicated toilet flushes and exams to Room 101, and discusses her particular devotion to a daily ritual that she cannot live without.

Additional Material: John Irwin and Suki Webster
Produced by Richard Wilson
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4

WED 22:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k425)
Series 2

The Dig

Discover the results of a ‘live’ archaeology dig and visit a very liberal safari park.

Written and performed by:

Marcus Brigstocke
Danny Robins
Dan Tetsell.

With Lucy Montgomery.

Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker.

Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2005.

WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001ygg8)
Bilal Zafar 3/3

22:55 From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Rob Deering chats to Bilal Zafar.

WED 23:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b043x48z)
Series 3

Marcus Brigstocke

Stand-up Alex Horne and his band explore fashion and trends through live music and comedy.

Expect a ceilidh and songs about Alex's car and the first dance at his wedding amongst others.

With guest comedian:

Marcus Brigstocke

Singer:

Vula Malinga

Alex's Horne Section are:

Joe Auckland
Mark Brown
Will Collier
Ben Reynolds
Ed Sheldrake

Producer: Charlie Perkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2014.

WED 23:30 On Baby Street (b00fd3qy)
Series 2

Episode 1

So, little Chantelle, the strapping Gordon twins and poorly Claudia are all here - and their parents are sinking fast.

Comedy drama about three new mothers living in the same street.

Written by Jenny Eclair and Julie Balloo.

Mother Nature ....... Jenny Eclair
Geraldine/Midwife ....... Frances Barber
Yvette ....... Tilly Vosburgh
Shona ....... Claire Skinner
Ian ....... Graham Fellows
Kelly ....... Linda Robson
DadLee ....... Cornes
Lillian ....... Eva Stuart
Dom ....... Kevin Eldon

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1997

THURSDAY 18 APRIL 2024

THU 00:00 Short Cuts (m000k9bc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]

THU 00:30 Jane Garvey's Bottom Gear (b07q1zbm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Wednesday]

THU 01:00 The Sensitive (b00hv3j0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]

THU 01:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001y8kt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Wednesday]

THU 02:00 Never Too Late (m001y8kx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]

THU 02:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jps5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]

THU 03:00 Boswell's Lives (b0741lv3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]

THU 03:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000sr44)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]

THU 03:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d4lbm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Wednesday]

THU 04:00 Say the Word (b00764mj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]

THU 04:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007nchq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]

THU 05:00 Andy Rashleigh - Devonia (b09lt1bh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Wednesday]

THU 05:45 Bicycles by Carlo Gebler (m001y8l4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Wednesday]

THU 06:00 The Sensitive (b00rfhjj)
4. A Nobody

Glasgow psychic detective Thomas Soutar suffers a crisis of confidence when he is asked to investigate a potential serial killer.

An old girlfriend, Kat, persuades Thomas to take a break. They drive for a few days - but Thomas is soon convinced they're being followed.

Starring Robin Laing as Thomas Soutar.

Fourth of five off-beat adventures of a psychic helping police investigations in Glasgow.

Written by Alistair Jessiman.

Thomas .... Robin Laing
Kat .... Daniela Nardini
Young Man .... Iain Robertson
Mrs Soutar .... Sheila Donald
Crawford .... Simon Tait
WPC .... Suzanne Donaldson

Producer/Director: Bruce Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.

THU 06:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001y934)
4. Trials

A case for DS Sue Manson at the National Missing Persons Bureau where she hunts for a killer fixated with religious Renaissance art.

The race is on to find the sixth victim of the Renaissance art obsessed killer.

Award-winning Irish author Bill Murphy’s own five-part adaptation of his crime thriller.

DS Sue Manson .... Annie Farr
DS Brian Torrey .... Patrick Robinson
Insp. Phillips .... David Thorne
Father Raphoe …. Des McAleer
Mags Langon .... Alison Pettit
Receptionist .... Jennifer Hill

Producer: Tanya Nash

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.

THU 07:00 Second Thoughts (b00k89mf)
Series 3

Foreign Exchange

With his sister Hannah away at university, why is Faith's son Joe so keen to have an Italian student to stay with them..?

Starring Lynda Bellingham and James Bolam.

Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill and Faith beginning married life, whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife and her teenage children.

Faith …. Lynda Bellingham
Bill …. James Bolam
Hannah …. Emma Gregory
Joe …. Mark Denham
Gina …. Danielle Allan

Inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.

A TV version made by LWT for ITV ran from 1991.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1991.

THU 07:30 Dad's Army (b007jq0r)
Series 3

Round and Round Went the Big Wheel

Captain Mainwaring's Home Guard platoon take action when a new High Explosive Attack Device goes haywire.

The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.

Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.

Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Colonel Pearce …. John Barron
Captain Stewart …. Michael Knowles

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1976.

THU 08:00 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b09hr1g3)
Series 2

Veiled Country Lass

Trisha makes a special pudding for her first visit to Robert's parents' house.

Extracts from Cooking in a Bedsitter are read by Eleanor Bron.

Beattie Edmondson and Nikesh Patel star in Sue Teddern's romantic comedy, inspired by Katharine Whitehorn's cookery classic.

Trisha ...... Beattie Edmondson
Deepak ...... Nikesh Patel
Moira ...... Isabella Inchbald
June ...... Ellie Darvill
Robert ...... Clive Hayward
Clare ...... Abbie Andrews

Director: Emma Harding

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017.

THU 08:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000srf9)
9. Close

After visiting former patient Kitty, Jean gets closer to the truth of what happened at St Cecilia’s.

When the North Kent Echo receives a letter from a woman claiming her daughter was the result of virgin birth, they send feature writer Jean Swinney to investigate.

Jean is almost 40 and and leads a restricted life with her demanding mother. But as she becomes more deeply involved with Gretchen, Howard and Margaret Tilbury, things begin to change.

The author Clare Chambers was born in Croydon and studied English at Hertford College, Oxford. After graduating she lived for a year in New Zealand where she wrote her first novel Uncertain Terms at the age of 22. Small Pleasures was a BBC2 Between The Covers Book Club Pick.

Written by Clare Chambers
Read by Monica Dolan
Abridged and produced by Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.

THU 08:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d4sbx)
4. Abandoned House

With the First World War comes heartbreaking loss. Ten years pass and the Ramsays' house on the Isle of Skye remains empty and Mrs McNab the housekeeper tries in vain to keep it from falling into a state of disrepair.

Published in 1927, Virginia Woolf's landmark modernist novel explores childhood, marriage, love, loss, grief and the changing class structure in the period spanning the Great War.

Lily ...... Lyndsey Marshal
Mrs McNab ...... Alexandra Mathie

Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths

Directed by Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2014.

THU 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m001y936)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.

THU 09:30 On the Map (b00rghjr)
4. Social Mapping

Self-confessed map addict Mike Parker explores modern cartography.

There's no more effective way of representing our lives than a map: social and political conditions, health trends and the movements of goods and ideas have far greater impact when they're plotted in multicoloured cartography.

Mike asks how society is now being analysed online in cartographic mash-ups and crowd-sourced data. He also discovers how mapping the human condition, its needs and habits, its highs and its lows, goes back to way before the digital age.

Producer: Jeremy Grange

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.

THU 09:45 Daily Service (m001y938)
In Step with God: An Unexpected Companion

The fourth in a week-long series of programmes in which Baptist Minister Rev Richard Littledale reflects on walks in the bible. Today, two dejected disciples encounter a stranger on the road.

Reading: Luke 24 :13 - 22

Music

And didst thou travel light - Richard Shephard
Truro Cathedral Choir dir. Andrew Nethsingha
CD: Popular Choral Music from Truro Cathedral (Priory)

Spiegel im Spiegel - Arvo Part
Tasmin Little & Martin Roscoe
CD: The very best of Arvo Part (Warner Classics)

Nearer my God to thee - James Horner
CD: Titanic: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Anniversary Edition (Paramount Pictures/Sony)

An Irish Blessing - Bob Chilcott
The Oxford Choir, cond. Bob Chilcott
CD: Bob Chilcott - Choral Works 1 (Oxford University Press)

THU 10:00 Great Lives (b07npxx3)
Sara Pascoe on Virginia Woolf

Sara Pascoe champions the life of Virginia Woolf, author of 'Mrs Dalloway' and 'A Room of One's Own', describing her as a sensible feminist.

Sara explains why she thinks if she were alive today, Woolf would be a comedian, and how through her diaries and letters she's discovered the witty, manic and egotistical Virginia.

Presenter Matthew Parris confesses to struggling with her work. Professor Alexandra Harris is the expert.

Producer: Toby Field

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.

THU 10:30 James Wong's Alternative Country Garden (b07v33l4)
Garden designer James Wong asks if British gardening is stuck in the past.

The traditional English Country Garden is synonymous with overflowing beds, informal borders, bees, butterflies and lazy summer afternoons. But for garden designer James Wong this idyll is to blame for a lack of innovation and progress in British horticulture. James argues we should take inspiration from Singapore’s reinvention as a 'City in a Garden'. There, horticulture has been widely seen as a factor in turning the city state from a colonial backwater to a tiger economy in just three decades.

Yet here in Britain, while we claim to be a nation of gardeners, James argues that the idealisation of our past is limiting innovation and alienating the next generation. He digs into our assumptions about what makes a garden and presents an alternative vision for a brave new gardeners’ world.

James takes advice from different schools of design and we hear from staunch defenders of the English Country Garden as well as those keen to support a horticultural revolution – including the mind behind The Eden Project, Sir Tim Smit, and one of the principle planting designers of London’s Olympic Park, Nigel Dunnett.

Produced by Darby Dorras

A Somethin’ Else production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2016.

THU 11:00 The Sensitive (b00rfhjj)
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THU 11:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001y934)
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THU 12:00 Second Thoughts (b00k89mf)
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THU 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jq0r)
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THU 13:00 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b09hr1g3)
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THU 13:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000srf9)
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THU 13:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d4sbx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]

THU 14:00 Genius (b008m9jv)
Series 2

Brian Sewell

A cure for jet lag and a horse bike?

Dave Gorman asks art critic Brian Sewell to choose the public's best loopy idea.

Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public.

Producer: Simon Nicholls

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.

THU 14:30 Gilbert Without Sullivan (b0076f4h)
Series 1

The Burglar's Story

Theodore Belvawney's education is worth any sacrifice by his parents - who are petty crooks

But his chosen career is cut abruptly short by a series of incidents even they could not have envisaged.

The first series of short stories by WS Gilbert, dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

WS Gilbert …. Jonathan Coy
Theodore Belvawney …. Michael Onslow
Septimus Belvawney …. John Webb
Lucretia Belvawney …. Anny Tobin
John Davis …. Stephen Boswell
Stoneleigh …. Kim Durham
Belinda Stoneleigh …. Alexandra Lilley

Playwright and humourist, Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911) is best known for his comic opera collaborations with Sir Arthur Sullivan.

Director: Sue Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.

THU 15:00 Andy Rashleigh - Devonia (b09lt3jd)
2. Day Trip

1925: Steward Harry's life aboard Devonia is made a misery by a group of upper class students out to celebrate the end of their finals.

Three plays about the life and times of a paddle steamer and its crew depicted across three decades

Starring John Duttine.

Written by Andy Rashleigh.

Harry ...... John Duttine
Isabel ...... Emilia Fox
Ferdy ...... Adrian Lukis
Potter ...... Paul Copley
Benjy ...... Charles Simpson
Louise ...... Elizabeth Conboy
Quentin ...... Harry Myers
Gus ...... Stephen Critchlow
Renton ...... David Allister

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.

THU 15:45 The Bad Boy by Berlie Doherty (b06qngjk)
Geraldine's parents are concerned about the influence the local 'bad boy' is having on their daughter... but what is the secret that takes her down to the seashore at night?

Written by Berlie Doherty.

Read by Kathryn Hunt.

Producer: Rosemary Watts

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.

THU 16:00 Great Lives (b07npxx3)
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THU 16:30 James Wong's Alternative Country Garden (b07v33l4)
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THU 17:00 The Sensitive (b00rfhjj)
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THU 17:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001y934)
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THU 18:00 Second Thoughts (b00k89mf)
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THU 18:30 Dad's Army (b007jq0r)
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THU 19:00 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b09hr1g3)
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THU 19:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000srf9)
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THU 19:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d4sbx)
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THU 20:00 Genius (b008m9jv)
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THU 20:30 Gilbert Without Sullivan (b0076f4h)
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THU 21:00 Andy Rashleigh - Devonia (b09lt3jd)
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THU 21:45 The Bad Boy by Berlie Doherty (b06qngjk)
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THU 22:00 What's the Story, Ashley Storrie? (m001y305)
Star Trek Storrie

The family have moved home, and Ashley is sworn to secrecy to avoid any repercussions, "the cat is fine, thank you" is the party line. She and her parents are starting all over again on the other side of the city, where Ashley diagnoses her father's problems and inherits a surrogate dad in space.

Ashley's obsession for films and musicals then serve her well as she enters the workforce, leading thousands of children in song and blonde wigs. Her own diagnosis is welcomed and, understanding her place on the spectrum opens up new horizons. Just to top things off, her other dad gets in touch for the first time.

With Rosco McClelland
Produced by Julia Sutherland
Sound Design by Sean Kerwin
A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4

THU 22:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b087qjzk)
Series 6

Episode 3

John's sketches are about the worst of the bad coppers; a frustrated one hit-wonder; and the return of Patsy Straightwoman in an exciting new format.

John Finnemore, writer and star of Cabin Pressure and John Finnemore's Double Acts and regular guest on The Now Show and The Unbelievable Truth, returns for a sixth series of his multi-award-winning Souvenir Programme, joined as ever by Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin, Carrie Quinlan and, at the piano, Susannah Pearse.

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme was described by The Radio Times as "the best sketch show in years, on television or radio", and by The Daily Telegraph as "funny enough to make even the surliest cat laugh". Already the winner of a BBC Audio Drama Award and a Radio Academy Silver Award, John was named the 2016 Radio Broadcaster of the Year by the Broadcasting Press Guild for his work on Souvenir Programme.

Written by and starring John Finnemore.

With
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Simon Kane
Lawry Lewin
Carrie Quinlan

Producer: Ed Morrish

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in January 2017.

THU 23:00 The Mark Steel Revolution (b00ft5lb)
The Russian Revolution

Radical comic Mark Steele re-assesses the historical forces and key players in the Russian Revolution.

A series of lectures on the theme of revolution, Mark examines some of the major historical forces at work during revolutions as well as holding up a mirror to our own age.

With Martin Hyder and Carla Mendonca.

Producer: Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998.

THU 23:30 Everyone Quite Likes Justin (b01mhwx5)
Series 2

Episode 2

Justin must cope with trying to get elected as a school governor, while aiming to find a new job and trying not to miss Justin Junior's school play.

Starring Justin Moorhouse, Anne Reid and Paul Copley.

Sitcom written by Justin Moorhouse and Jim Poyser.

Justin's still living with his father-in-law, still working with his ex-wife and still calling on his Gran for her words of wisdom.

Justin ...... Justin Moorhouse
Gran ...... Anne Reid
Lisa ...... Christine Bottomley
Man in bar ...... Jim Poyser
Bryn ...... Lloyd Langford
Ray ...... Paul Copley
Miles ...... Rob Rouse
Woman in bar ...... Victoria Brazier
Tanya ...... Victoria Elliott

Recorded in front of an audience in Manchester.

Producer: Steven Canny

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.

FRIDAY 19 APRIL 2024

FRI 00:00 Great Lives (b07npxx3)
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FRI 00:30 James Wong's Alternative Country Garden (b07v33l4)
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FRI 01:00 The Sensitive (b00rfhjj)
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FRI 01:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001y934)
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FRI 02:00 Second Thoughts (b00k89mf)
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FRI 02:30 Dad's Army (b007jq0r)
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FRI 03:00 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b09hr1g3)
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FRI 03:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000srf9)
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FRI 03:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d4sbx)
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FRI 04:00 Genius (b008m9jv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]

FRI 04:30 Gilbert Without Sullivan (b0076f4h)
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FRI 05:00 Andy Rashleigh - Devonia (b09lt3jd)
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FRI 05:45 The Bad Boy by Berlie Doherty (b06qngjk)
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FRI 06:00 The Sensitive (b010dp0v)
5. A Casualty Of War

A woman missing since 1945 is seen in a deserted guest house. Glasgow's psychic detective Thomas Soutar investigates.

Thomas's mother has been forced to close her guest house due to emergency building work. An old friend, retired hotelier Jack Cameron, offers her the use of his guest house, now lying empty. Reluctant to allow his mother to stay in the house alone Thomas persuades his girlfriend Kat to stay with them.

Soon tensions become evident between Kat, Thomas and his mother. The house sits on a hill, isolated, cold and gloomy. Thomas senses a malignant presence - and he hears an old woman calling out for help. Even Kat detects a strange atmosphere, and one night Thomas's mother is sure she sees a face in her bedroom mirror.

Thomas confesses to Kat that he's been fascinated by the "house on the hill" and its owner - ever since he discovered that Jack's mother had disappeared from here without a trace in 1945.

Starring Robin Laing as Thomas Soutar.

Fifth of five off-beat adventures of a psychic helping police investigations in Glasgow.

Written by Alistair Jessiman.

Thomas........................Robin Laing
Mrs Soutar....................Sheila Donald
Kat..............................Julie Duncanson
Jack.............................Paul Young
Mrs Forbes-Brown.........Edith Macarthur

Producer/director: Bruce Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.

FRI 06:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001yb24)
5. Final Communion

A case for DS Sue Manson at the National Missing Persons Bureau where she hunts for a killer fixated with religious Renaissance art.

Sue is convinced that she knows who the final victim will be, and where the killing will take place.

Award-winning Irish author Bill Murphy’s own five-part adaptation of his crime thriller.

DS Sue Manson .... Annie Farr
DS Brian Torrey .... Patrick Robinson
Insp. Phillips .... David Thorne
Father Raphoe …. Des McAleer
Mags Langon .... Alison Pettit
Elizabeth Gantz .... Jennifer Hill
Raymond Gantz .... Tom George

Producer: Tanya Nash

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.

FRI 07:00 Up the Garden Path (b007x080)
Series 1

Punch Ups and Put Downs

With several other men vying for her attention, Izzy tries to break up with Razors.

Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.

Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy.

Adapted by Sue Limb from her 1984 novel into three radio series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.

Izzy ...... Imelda Staunton
Maria ...... Marty Cruickshank
Michael ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Dick ...... Mike Grady
Gwyn ...... Sion Probert

Class 4C:
Cheryl Miller
Kelda Holmes
Melissa Wilson

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1987.

FRI 07:30 Albert and Me (b007jzdc)
Series 2

Minder

Bryan is offered a job at last, but where will he find a babysitter?

Stars Robert Lindsay and Pat Coombs.

Single parent Bryan Archer struggles to find work while raising his baby son, Albert.

Written by Jim Eldridge.

Bryan Archer ...... Robert Lindsay
Mum/Albert ...... Pat Coombs
Mrs Willis ...... Diana King
Vera ...... Marcia Warren
Joe ...... Ron Pember
Mr Graham ...... Douglas Blackwell
Job Centre Clerk ...... David Graham

Incidental music by Max Harris.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1983.

FRI 08:00 Plum House (b0b5tr52)
Series 2

Black Pudding

The offer of an honorary degree at a less than prestigious ex-polytechnic sends Peter into a depressive spiral, as he questions whether he has wasted his life.

The team call on the chief psychiatrist to the academic profession, the radical Doctor Bloch.

Comedy about the inept staff at a historic house. Starring Simon Callow, Jane Horrocks and Miles Jupp.

Every year, thousands of tourists flock to the Lake District. But one place they never go to is Plum House - the former country home of terrible poet George Pudding (1779-1848).

Now a crumbling museum, losing money hand over fist, it struggles to stay open under its eccentric curator Peter Knight. Tom Collyer tries and fails to get the museum back on track, alongside the hopelessly out of touch deputy Julian, corner-cutting gift shop manager Maureen, put-upon education officer Emma, and enthusiastic but dim-witted caretaker Alan.

Peter ...... Simon Callow
Maureen ...... Jane Horrocks
Julian ...... Miles Jupp
Tom ...... Tom Bell
Alan ...... Pearce Quigley
Emma ...... Louise Ford
Doctor Bloch ...... Steve Pemberton
Steve Clegg ...... Alex Lowe
Vice Chancellor ...... Alex Lowe
Receptionist ...... Sarah Daykin

Written by Ben Cottam and Paul McKenna
Produced by Sarah Cartwright
Directed by Paul Schlesinger

A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2018.

FRI 08:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000ss3k)
10. Decision

Jean solves the mystery of Gretchen Tilbury. Howard makes a decision.

When the North Kent Echo receives a letter from a woman claiming her daughter was the result of virgin birth, they send feature writer Jean Swinney to investigate.

Jean is almost 40 and and leads a restricted life with her demanding mother. But as she becomes more deeply involved with Gretchen, Howard and Margaret Tilbury, things begin to change.

The author Clare Chambers was born in Croydon and studied English at Hertford College, Oxford. After graduating she lived for a year in New Zealand where she wrote her first novel Uncertain Terms at the age of 22. Small Pleasures was a BBC2 Between The Covers Book Club Pick.

Written by Clare Chambers
Read by Monica Dolan
Abridged and produced by Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.

FRI 08:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d4p08)
5. Return Home

Ten years have passed and the Ramsays' holiday home on the Isle of Skye has remained empty.

Finally, some of the remaining Ramsay family and other guests return. Lily Briscoe revisits her unfinished painting and a trip to the Lighthouse is planned.

Virginia Woolf's landmark modernist novel of 1927, captures the transience of human experience and examines the nature of love and loss.

Mr Ramsay ...... John Lynch
Cam ...... Verity-May Henry
Lily ...... Lyndsey Marshal
James ...... Henry McEntire

Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths

Directed by Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2014.

FRI 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m001ybgz)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.

FRI 09:30 On the Map (b00rghjt)
5. The Lie of the Land

Self-confessed map addict Mike Parker explores modern cartography.

There are lies, damned lies, statistics - and then there are maps. Borders can be moved and countries expanded, shrunk or even left off the map altogether.

We'd like to believe that maps are a purely factual representation of the world with no bias or agenda, but in fact every cartographer decides what to include on their map and what to exclude.

Mike Parker discovers how maps can be used as tools of power, politics and propaganda.

Producer: Jeremy Grange

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.

FRI 09:45 Daily Service (m001yb26)
In Step with God: On Crystal Streets

The final in a week-long series of programmes in which Baptist Minister Rev Richard Littledale reflects on walks in the bible. In today’s service, John the Divine gets a glimpse of things to come.

Reading: Revelation 4: 1 - 6

Music
Veni creator spiritus - Plainsong
Ex Cathedra
CD: A New Heaven - 1000 Years of Sacred Choral Music (Ex Cathedra)

Lux aurumque - Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre Singers
CD: Light and Gold (Decca)

Be still for the presence of the Lord
Wells Cathedral Choir
CD: More than Hymns (Lammas)

Hope shines on
Steph Macleod
CD: Light in the Darkest of Nights (Steph Macleod Music)

FRI 10:00 Soul Music (b03kqf04)
Series 17

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Few songs can claim to be - quite literally - as far reaching as the 1967 classic 'Can't Take My Eyes off You'.

In this edition, we hear from former astronaut Christopher Ferguson who heard this song as an early morning wake-up call aboard the space shuttle Endeavour. And from mother of two Michelle Noakes, who sang this classic piece to the baby she was told she may never be able to carry.

We also hear from the honeymoon couple whose marriage proposal began with a hundred strong 'flash mob' performance of this track and from Frankie Valli himself, who reflects on one of the most moving performances he ever gave when he sang 'Can't Take My Eyes off You' to a crowd of recently returned Vietnam Veterans.

DJ Mark Radcliffe recalls the many artists since Valli who have covered this song (not least his mum who sang along to the Andy Williams version) and composer Bob Gaudio tells us how this piece of music began life in a room overlooking Central Park, with a melody originally penned for a children's nursery rhyme.

Producer: Nicola Humphries

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.

FRI 10:30 The Last Of The Hardy Players (b00vrxjx)
President of the Hardy Society Julian Fellowes tells the extraordinary story of The Hardy Players, an amateur theatre group inspired and supported by Thomas Hardy. He meets original cast member Norrie Woodhall, who recalls rehearsals at Hardy's home at Max Gate, near Dorchester.

Hardy's celebrity status drew the attention of London critics, who thronged to Dorchester to see and review the Players' performances for the national newspapers. Hardy invited the drama critic of The Times, Harold Child, to stay with him and was rewarded by a whole column for the review and a leading article on the players. Hardy later wrote to Child suggesting that "the special attributes of the production were that the great grandparents of the actors were the real actors in the scenes depicted... they all know the events traditionally and of course are themselves continuators of the dialect, humours etc of the personages."

There are many comical anecdotes about the members of the group and their performances which could come directly off the pages of 'Under the Greenwood Tree' or 'The Trumpet Major'. And first readings would take place in presence of Hardy's guests - James Barrie, Sir Henry Newbolt and TE Lawrence among them. In 1913 Gertrude Bugler (sister of Norrie Woodhall) made her debut - an exceptional talent whom The Daily Mirror compared to Ellen Terry and Sarah Bernhardt. Hardy was said to be infatuated with the beautiful Gertrude - an assertion Norrie denies, although she recalls the 'insane jealousy' of Hardy's wife, Florence.

Hardy presented the Players with an original verse play called 'The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall' in 1923. Such was the national interest in this play that the BBC (only a year old) broadcast it 'radiated from the Bournemouth station only.' But Hardy refused permission for London productions of his plays, perhaps protective of the special local qualities of the Hardy Players.

The New Hardy Players were formed in 2005, with original Player Norrie Woodhall as President. Norrie was cast by Hardy himself as Tess' sister, Liza Lu, in the stage version of his novel, Tess of the D'Urbervilles. She recalls how Hardy added some lines to her role at the read-through. Norrie still performs occasionally with the Players, at the age of 104.

Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.

FRI 11:00 The Sensitive (b010dp0v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

FRI 11:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001yb24)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

FRI 12:00 Up the Garden Path (b007x080)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

FRI 12:30 Albert and Me (b007jzdc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

FRI 13:00 Plum House (b0b5tr52)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

FRI 13:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000ss3k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

FRI 13:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d4p08)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]

FRI 14:00 Whispers (b007k3bv)
Series 3

Episode 5

Gyles Brandreth hosts the quiz show with scandal on its mind and slander at its heart.

Louise Doughty and Richard Herring join team captains Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip.

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.

FRI 14:30 Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me (b0076h4q)
Series 1

Body and Soul

Roy, a 70-year-old jazz trombonist, and George, his best friend and pianist, face up to their own mortality at the funeral of a member of their old band.

Meanwhile, Roy's wife Vi is full of life as her evening class tutor begins to show more than an academic interest in her

Starring Ram John Holder and Sam Kelly.

Sitcom written by Marcus Powell and John Byrne.

Roy ... Ram John Holder
Vi ... Yvonne Brewster
George ... Sam Kelly
Bernadette ... Caroline Lee Johnson
Barry ... George Layton
Victor ... Marcus Powell
Daphne ... Liza Sadovy
Alastair ... Gerald Harper

Producer: Carol Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2003.

FRI 15:00 Andy Rashleigh - Devonia (b09lt68h)
3. Night Boat

1936: Devonia has a curious group of passengers aboard who may well be spies. Meanwhile, will Harry and Mercy finally tie the knot?

Last of three plays about the life and times of a paddle steamer and its crew depicted across three decades

Starring John Duttine.

Written by Andy Rashleigh.

Harry ...... John Duttine
Mercy ...... Sophie Thompson
Charlotte ...... Selina Cadell
Schubert ...... John Rowe
Newbold ...... David Allister
Wilf ...... Robert Harper
Vincent ...... Stephen Critchlow

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.

FRI 15:45 Missing by Gillian Tindall (b06jv3hm)
An intriguing story with a twist in its tail that explores the effect on a family when Uncle Elwyn just disappears one day...

Written by Gillian Tindall.

Read by Alice Arnold.

Producer: Faynia Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.

FRI 16:00 Soul Music (b03kqf04)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

FRI 16:30 The Last Of The Hardy Players (b00vrxjx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]

FRI 17:00 The Sensitive (b010dp0v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

FRI 17:45 DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament (m001yb24)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]

FRI 18:00 Up the Garden Path (b007x080)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

FRI 18:30 Albert and Me (b007jzdc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

FRI 19:00 Plum House (b0b5tr52)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

FRI 19:30 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (m000ss3k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

FRI 19:45 Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (b04d4p08)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]

FRI 20:00 Whispers (b007k3bv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]

FRI 20:30 Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me (b0076h4q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]

FRI 21:00 Andy Rashleigh - Devonia (b09lt68h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]

FRI 21:45 Missing by Gillian Tindall (b06jv3hm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 today]

FRI 22:00 You Heard It Here First (m001y7xx)
Series 2

Two: 'Dropping a Grandfather clock on your foot!'

Chris McCausland asks Ninia Benjamin and Justin Moorehouse to take on Laura Smyth and Milton Jones. An obscure audio description of a popular film turns out to be Laura Smyth's favourite Christmas Film. The teams must figure out what on earth is being advertised on TV, guess what iconic images children are talking about, and work out which opening scenes of movies are being audio described.

Producer: Sasha Bobak
Assistant Producer: Becky Carewe-Jeffries
Executive Producer: Richard Morris
Production Coordinator: Dan Marchini

A BBC Studios Production

An EcoAudio certified production

FRI 22:30 The Maltby Collection (b00wwj28)
Series 2

Episode 1

The museum is stuck in the past, so deputy curator Rod decides its time to modernise.

Starring Julian Rhind-Tutt and Geoffrey Palmer.

David Nobbs’ sitcom about a small art museum staffed by eccentrics and obsessives.

Rod Millet ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Walter Brindle ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Prunella Edgecumbe ...... Rachel Atkins
Julian Crumb-Loosely ...... Ben Willbond
Susie Maltby ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Wilf Arbuthnot ...... Geoff McGivern
Eva Tattle ...... Julia Deakin
Des Wainwright ...... Michael Smiley
Stelios Constantinopoulis/Vicar ...... Chris Pavlo
Peter Warrender/Old Man ...... John Rowe

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.

FRI 23:00 Jake Yapp's Media Circus (b0bd8g16)
Columnists

Jake Yapp applies his sharp satirical eye to the modern media, exploring its strengths, weaknesses and idiosyncrasies through stand-up, sketch and music.

This time, Jake turns his focus to the columns, exploring their progression, value and most common tricks and tropes.

Written, performed and composed by Jake Yapp.

With:

George Fouracres
Emily Lloyd-Saini

Additional material by Robin Morgan.

Producer: Joe Nunnery

A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2018.

FRI 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00tlwzg)
Series 2

Otters

John Weak turns Smokehouse as green as the Jolly Green Giant, while saving Sir Marcus from an eco-Nazi who insists on paper underwear.

Starring Alexander Armstrong as marketing maestro and "totty" magnet John Weak.

Hayley ...... Clare Perkins
Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook
Tim ...... Ewan Bailey
Ted ...... Kim Wall
Rebecca ...... Colleen Prendergast

Music: David Pickvance

Producer: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.

LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)

4 at the Store 22:00 SAT (b00cpvsk)

A Brief History of TIM 00:30 SAT (b07kl685)

A Good Read 10:00 TUE (b080t884)

A Good Read 16:00 TUE (b080t884)

A Good Read 00:00 WED (b080t884)

Albert and Me 02:30 SAT (b007jzd2)

Albert and Me 07:30 FRI (b007jzdc)

Albert and Me 12:30 FRI (b007jzdc)

Albert and Me 18:30 FRI (b007jzdc)

Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section 23:00 WED (b043x48z)

All Gas and Gaiters 10:00 SUN (m001y9q5)

All Gas and Gaiters 15:00 SUN (m001y9q5)

All Gas and Gaiters 21:00 SUN (m001y9q5)

All Gas and Gaiters 05:00 MON (m001y9q5)

Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies 23:00 SAT (b03f8g6l)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 15:00 WED (b09lt1bh)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 21:00 WED (b09lt1bh)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 05:00 THU (b09lt1bh)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 15:00 THU (b09lt3jd)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 21:00 THU (b09lt3jd)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 05:00 FRI (b09lt3jd)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 15:00 FRI (b09lt68h)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 21:00 FRI (b09lt68h)

At Home With The Snails 23:00 TUE (b007k2ql)

Bicycles by Carlo Gebler 15:45 WED (m001y8l4)

Bicycles by Carlo Gebler 21:45 WED (m001y8l4)

Bicycles by Carlo Gebler 05:45 THU (m001y8l4)

Bookcases 04:30 SAT (b00szhvl)

Boswell's Lives 08:00 WED (b0741lv3)

Boswell's Lives 13:00 WED (b0741lv3)

Boswell's Lives 19:00 WED (b0741lv3)

Boswell's Lives 03:00 THU (b0741lv3)

Candide (Omnibus) 07:30 SAT (m000bmq8)

Candide (Omnibus) 12:30 SAT (m000bmq8)

Candide (Omnibus) 18:30 SAT (m000bmq8)

Candide (Omnibus) 02:30 SUN (m000bmq8)

Charles Chilton - Space Force 16:00 SUN (b007jmf6)

Charles Chilton - Space Force 00:00 MON (b007jmf6)

Cooking in a Bedsitter 08:00 THU (b09hr1g3)

Cooking in a Bedsitter 13:00 THU (b09hr1g3)

Cooking in a Bedsitter 19:00 THU (b09hr1g3)

Cooking in a Bedsitter 03:00 FRI (b09hr1g3)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 06:45 MON (m001y9zq)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 11:45 MON (m001y9zq)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 17:45 MON (m001y9zq)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 01:45 TUE (m001y9zq)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 06:45 TUE (m001yb1k)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 11:45 TUE (m001yb1k)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 17:45 TUE (m001yb1k)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 01:45 WED (m001yb1k)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 06:45 WED (m001y8kt)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 11:45 WED (m001y8kt)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 17:45 WED (m001y8kt)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 01:45 THU (m001y8kt)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 06:45 THU (m001y934)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 11:45 THU (m001y934)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 17:45 THU (m001y934)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 01:45 FRI (m001y934)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 06:45 FRI (m001yb24)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 11:45 FRI (m001yb24)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 17:45 FRI (m001yb24)

Dad's Army 07:30 THU (b007jq0r)

Dad's Army 12:30 THU (b007jq0r)

Dad's Army 18:30 THU (b007jq0r)

Dad's Army 02:30 FRI (b007jq0r)

Daily Service 09:45 MON (m001y9zs)

Daily Service 09:45 TUE (m001yb1p)

Daily Service 09:45 WED (m001y8l2)

Daily Service 09:45 THU (m001y938)

Daily Service 09:45 FRI (m001yb26)

Dave Podmore 23:30 MON (b007r4mh)

David Attenborough's Life Stories 06:45 SUN (b010fd8x)

David Attenborough's Life Stories 11:45 SUN (b010fd8x)

David Attenborough's Life Stories 17:45 SUN (b010fd8x)

David Attenborough's Life Stories 01:45 MON (b010fd8x)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 06:00 SUN (m001y9pw)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 11:00 SUN (m001y9pw)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 17:00 SUN (m001y9pw)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 01:00 MON (m001y9pw)

Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me 14:30 FRI (b0076h4q)

Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me 20:30 FRI (b0076h4q)

Elephants to Catch Eels 14:30 WED (b007nchq)

Elephants to Catch Eels 20:30 WED (b007nchq)

Elephants to Catch Eels 04:30 THU (b007nchq)

Everyone Quite Likes Justin 23:30 THU (b01mhwx5)

Genius 14:00 THU (b008m9jv)

Genius 20:00 THU (b008m9jv)

Genius 04:00 FRI (b008m9jv)

Gilbert Without Sullivan 14:30 THU (b0076f4h)

Gilbert Without Sullivan 20:30 THU (b0076f4h)

Gilbert Without Sullivan 04:30 FRI (b0076f4h)

Great Lives 10:00 THU (b07npxx3)

Great Lives 16:00 THU (b07npxx3)

Great Lives 00:00 FRI (b07npxx3)

Great Unanswered Questions 23:00 SUN (b00fjdxt)

Guy de Maupassant - The Hand 16:30 SUN (b007t4lx)

Guy de Maupassant - The Hand 00:30 MON (b007t4lx)

Hancock's Half Hour 07:30 WED (b007jps5)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:30 WED (b007jps5)

Hancock's Half Hour 18:30 WED (b007jps5)

Hancock's Half Hour 02:30 THU (b007jps5)

Hidden Treasures 14:00 TUE (b055q39m)

Hidden Treasures 20:00 TUE (b055q39m)

Hidden Treasures 04:00 WED (b055q39m)

Hut 33 23:30 SAT (b00w2c91)

Inheritance Tracks 08:40 SUN (m001y9q3)

Inheritance Tracks 13:40 SUN (m001y9q3)

Inheritance Tracks 19:40 SUN (m001y9q3)

Inheritance Tracks 03:40 MON (m001y9q3)

Inheritance Tracks 10:55 MON (m0001wl0)

Inheritance Tracks 16:55 MON (m0001wl0)

Inheritance Tracks 00:55 TUE (m0001wl0)

It's a Fair Cop 09:00 MON (m001y1yq)

It's a Fair Cop 22:00 MON (m001y1yq)

Jake Yapp's Media Circus 23:00 FRI (b0bd8g16)

James Wong's Alternative Country Garden 10:30 THU (b07v33l4)

James Wong's Alternative Country Garden 16:30 THU (b07v33l4)

James Wong's Alternative Country Garden 00:30 FRI (b07v33l4)

Jane Garvey's Bottom Gear 10:30 WED (b07q1zbm)

Jane Garvey's Bottom Gear 16:30 WED (b07q1zbm)

Jane Garvey's Bottom Gear 00:30 THU (b07q1zbm)

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme 22:30 THU (b087qjzk)

Josh Howie's Losing It 22:30 TUE (m0000xx0)

Just Like That - Tommy Cooper 10:30 TUE (m000t756)

Just Like That - Tommy Cooper 16:30 TUE (m000t756)

Just Like That - Tommy Cooper 00:30 WED (m000t756)

Just a Minute 14:00 MON (b008ny1h)

Just a Minute 20:00 MON (b008ny1h)

Just a Minute 04:00 TUE (b008ny1h)

Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here (Omnibus) 08:50 SUN (b071bxz2)

Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here (Omnibus) 13:50 SUN (b071bxz2)

Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here (Omnibus) 19:50 SUN (b071bxz2)

Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here (Omnibus) 03:50 MON (b071bxz2)

Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here 03:45 SAT (b070hscp)

Martyn Wade - Behavioural Sciences 06:00 SAT (m001y8x8)

Martyn Wade - Behavioural Sciences 11:00 SAT (m001y8x8)

Martyn Wade - Behavioural Sciences 17:00 SAT (m001y8x8)

Martyn Wade - Behavioural Sciences 01:00 SUN (m001y8x8)

Michael Palin's Radio Adventures 10:00 SAT (m000r5hy)

Michael Palin's Radio Adventures 15:00 SAT (m000r5hy)

Michael Palin's Radio Adventures 21:00 SAT (m000r5hy)

Michael Palin's Radio Adventures 05:00 SUN (m000r5hy)

Missing by Gillian Tindall 15:45 FRI (b06jv3hm)

Missing by Gillian Tindall 21:45 FRI (b06jv3hm)

Mum's on the Run 08:00 MON (b00txhq5)

Mum's on the Run 13:00 MON (b00txhq5)

Mum's on the Run 19:00 MON (b00txhq5)

Mum's on the Run 03:00 TUE (b00txhq5)

Never Too Late 07:00 WED (m001y8kx)

Never Too Late 12:00 WED (m001y8kx)

Never Too Late 18:00 WED (m001y8kx)

Never Too Late 02:00 THU (m001y8kx)

Not in Front of the Children 09:00 SAT (b08mkkrz)

Not in Front of the Children 14:00 SAT (b08mkkrz)

Not in Front of the Children 20:00 SAT (b08mkkrz)

Not in Front of the Children 04:00 SUN (b08mkkrz)

On Baby Street 23:30 WED (b00fd3qy)

On the Map 09:30 MON (b00rd8yv)

On the Map 09:30 TUE (b00rghjm)

On the Map 09:30 WED (b00rghjp)

On the Map 09:30 THU (b00rghjr)

On the Map 09:30 FRI (b00rghjt)

Pleased to Meet You 23:30 TUE (b007k3c3)

Plum House 03:00 SAT (b0b52cms)

Plum House 08:00 FRI (b0b5tr52)

Plum House 13:00 FRI (b0b5tr52)

Plum House 19:00 FRI (b0b5tr52)

Poetry Extra 07:00 SUN (m001y9py)

Poetry Extra 12:00 SUN (m001y9py)

Poetry Extra 18:00 SUN (m001y9py)

Poetry Extra 02:00 MON (m001y9py)

Radiolab 10:00 MON (m001y9zv)

Radiolab 16:00 MON (m001y9zv)

Radiolab 00:00 TUE (m001y9zv)

Ray's a Laugh 09:30 SAT (m001y8xb)

Ray's a Laugh 14:30 SAT (m001y8xb)

Ray's a Laugh 20:30 SAT (m001y8xb)

Ray's a Laugh 04:30 SUN (m001y8xb)

Revolting People 22:00 SUN (b007jrzv)

Ring Around the Bath 14:30 MON (b01h0kph)

Ring Around the Bath 20:30 MON (b01h0kph)

Ring Around the Bath 04:30 TUE (b01h0kph)

Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 05:00 SAT (m001y1j2)

Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 15:00 MON (m001y9zy)

Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 21:00 MON (m001y9zy)

Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 05:00 TUE (m001y9zy)

Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 15:00 TUE (m001yb1s)

Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 21:00 TUE (m001yb1s)

Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 05:00 WED (m001yb1s)

Room 101 with Paul Merton 22:00 WED (m001y292)

Say the Word 14:00 WED (b00764mj)

Say the Word 20:00 WED (b00764mj)

Say the Word 04:00 THU (b00764mj)

Second Thoughts 07:00 THU (b00k89mf)

Second Thoughts 12:00 THU (b00k89mf)

Second Thoughts 18:00 THU (b00k89mf)

Second Thoughts 02:00 FRI (b00k89mf)

Short Cuts 10:00 WED (m000k9bc)

Short Cuts 16:00 WED (m000k9bc)

Short Cuts 00:00 THU (m000k9bc)

Singular Women 08:45 SAT (b00755cm)

Singular Women 13:45 SAT (b00755cm)

Singular Women 19:45 SAT (b00755cm)

Singular Women 03:45 SUN (b00755cm)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (Omnibus) 07:30 SUN (m001y9q0)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (Omnibus) 12:30 SUN (m001y9q0)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (Omnibus) 18:30 SUN (m001y9q0)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (Omnibus) 02:30 MON (m001y9q0)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 03:30 SAT (m000skcj)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 08:30 MON (m000sqrp)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 13:30 MON (m000sqrp)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 19:30 MON (m000sqrp)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 03:30 TUE (m000sqrp)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 08:30 TUE (m000sqkt)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 13:30 TUE (m000sqkt)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 19:30 TUE (m000sqkt)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 03:30 WED (m000sqkt)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 08:30 WED (m000sr44)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 13:30 WED (m000sr44)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 19:30 WED (m000sr44)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 03:30 THU (m000sr44)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 08:30 THU (m000srf9)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 13:30 THU (m000srf9)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 19:30 THU (m000srf9)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 03:30 FRI (m000srf9)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 08:30 FRI (m000ss3k)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 13:30 FRI (m000ss3k)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 19:30 FRI (m000ss3k)

Soul Music 00:00 SAT (m0011rkf)

Soul Music 10:00 FRI (b03kqf04)

Soul Music 16:00 FRI (b03kqf04)

Steptoe and Son 07:30 MON (b007jnfd)

Steptoe and Son 12:30 MON (b007jnfd)

Steptoe and Son 18:30 MON (b007jnfd)

Steptoe and Son 02:30 TUE (b007jnfd)

Steve Walker - The Dolphinarium 16:00 SAT (b079rkxp)

Steve Walker - The Dolphinarium 00:00 SUN (b079rkxp)

Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! 22:30 SUN (m000hmnn)

That Mitchell and Webb Sound 22:30 SAT (b03lph8r)

The Bad Boy by Berlie Doherty 15:45 THU (b06qngjk)

The Bad Boy by Berlie Doherty 21:45 THU (b06qngjk)

The Bad Boy by Berlie Doherty 05:45 FRI (b06qngjk)

The Change 14:30 TUE (b0076p6t)

The Change 20:30 TUE (b0076p6t)

The Change 04:30 WED (b0076p6t)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 SUN (m001ygg2)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 MON (m001ygg0)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 WED (m001ygg8)

The Confessional 22:30 MON (m0010g03)

The Goon Show 07:30 TUE (b007k4l1)

The Goon Show 12:30 TUE (b007k4l1)

The Goon Show 18:30 TUE (b007k4l1)

The Goon Show 02:30 WED (b007k4l1)

The In Crowd 23:30 SUN (b06cqzvm)

The Last Of The Hardy Players 10:30 FRI (b00vrxjx)

The Last Of The Hardy Players 16:30 FRI (b00vrxjx)

The Maltby Collection 22:30 FRI (b00wwj28)

The Mark Steel Revolution 23:00 THU (b00ft5lb)

The Michael Bentine Show 07:00 TUE (b00kvkkw)

The Michael Bentine Show 12:00 TUE (b00kvkkw)

The Michael Bentine Show 18:00 TUE (b00kvkkw)

The Michael Bentine Show 02:00 WED (b00kvkkw)

The Museum of Everything 22:30 WED (b007k425)

The Navy Lark 10:30 SUN (m001y9q7)

The Navy Lark 15:30 SUN (m001y9q7)

The Navy Lark 21:30 SUN (m001y9q7)

The Navy Lark 05:30 MON (m001y9q7)

The Now Show 23:00 MON (m001y2xq)

The Rivals 01:00 SAT (b082x79t)

The Sensitive 06:00 MON (b0076zk7)

The Sensitive 11:00 MON (b0076zk7)

The Sensitive 17:00 MON (b0076zk7)

The Sensitive 01:00 TUE (b0076zk7)

The Sensitive 06:00 TUE (b008crhy)

The Sensitive 11:00 TUE (b008crhy)

The Sensitive 17:00 TUE (b008crhy)

The Sensitive 01:00 WED (b008crhy)

The Sensitive 06:00 WED (b00hv3j0)

The Sensitive 11:00 WED (b00hv3j0)

The Sensitive 17:00 WED (b00hv3j0)

The Sensitive 01:00 THU (b00hv3j0)

The Sensitive 06:00 THU (b00rfhjj)

The Sensitive 11:00 THU (b00rfhjj)

The Sensitive 17:00 THU (b00rfhjj)

The Sensitive 01:00 FRI (b00rfhjj)

The Sensitive 06:00 FRI (b010dp0v)

The Sensitive 11:00 FRI (b010dp0v)

The Sensitive 17:00 FRI (b010dp0v)

The Wilsons Save the World 08:00 TUE (b09fzt7j)

The Wilsons Save the World 13:00 TUE (b09fzt7j)

The Wilsons Save the World 19:00 TUE (b09fzt7j)

The Wilsons Save the World 03:00 WED (b09fzt7j)

Tim Key's Poetry Programme 22:00 TUE (m001y278)

Up the Garden Path 02:00 SAT (b007wpnk)

Up the Garden Path 07:00 FRI (b007x080)

Up the Garden Path 12:00 FRI (b007x080)

Up the Garden Path 18:00 FRI (b007x080)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 08:45 MON (b04d1kvb)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 13:45 MON (b04d1kvb)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 19:45 MON (b04d1kvb)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 03:45 TUE (b04d1kvb)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 08:45 TUE (b04d4cq1)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 13:45 TUE (b04d4cq1)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 19:45 TUE (b04d4cq1)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 03:45 WED (b04d4cq1)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 08:45 WED (b04d4lbm)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 13:45 WED (b04d4lbm)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 19:45 WED (b04d4lbm)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 03:45 THU (b04d4lbm)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 08:45 THU (b04d4sbx)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 13:45 THU (b04d4sbx)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 19:45 THU (b04d4sbx)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 03:45 FRI (b04d4sbx)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 08:45 FRI (b04d4p08)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 13:45 FRI (b04d4p08)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 19:45 FRI (b04d4p08)

Weak at the Top 23:30 FRI (b00tlwzg)

What's the Story, Ashley Storrie? 22:00 THU (m001y305)

Whispers 04:00 SAT (b007k358)

Whispers 14:00 FRI (b007k3bv)

Whispers 20:00 FRI (b007k3bv)

Whodunnits 01:30 SAT (b00wlbvx)

Winston 07:00 MON (b007svwq)

Winston 12:00 MON (b007svwq)

Winston 18:00 MON (b007svwq)

Winston 02:00 TUE (b007svwq)

Yesterday in Parliament 09:00 TUE (m001yb1m)

Yesterday in Parliament 09:00 WED (m001y8l0)

Yesterday in Parliament 09:00 THU (m001y936)

Yesterday in Parliament 09:00 FRI (m001ybgz)

You Heard It Here First 22:00 FRI (m001y7xx)

LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES ORDERED BY GENRE
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)

Comedy

Bookcases 04:30 SAT (b00szhvl)

Boswell's Lives 08:00 WED (b0741lv3)

Boswell's Lives 13:00 WED (b0741lv3)

Boswell's Lives 19:00 WED (b0741lv3)

Boswell's Lives 03:00 THU (b0741lv3)

Jake Yapp's Media Circus 23:00 FRI (b0bd8g16)

Just Like That - Tommy Cooper 10:30 TUE (m000t756)

Just Like That - Tommy Cooper 16:30 TUE (m000t756)

Just Like That - Tommy Cooper 00:30 WED (m000t756)

Martyn Wade - Behavioural Sciences 06:00 SAT (m001y8x8)

Martyn Wade - Behavioural Sciences 11:00 SAT (m001y8x8)

Martyn Wade - Behavioural Sciences 17:00 SAT (m001y8x8)

Martyn Wade - Behavioural Sciences 01:00 SUN (m001y8x8)

On Baby Street 23:30 WED (b00fd3qy)

Ray's a Laugh 09:30 SAT (m001y8xb)

Ray's a Laugh 14:30 SAT (m001y8xb)

Ray's a Laugh 20:30 SAT (m001y8xb)

Ray's a Laugh 04:30 SUN (m001y8xb)

Singular Women 08:45 SAT (b00755cm)

Singular Women 13:45 SAT (b00755cm)

Singular Women 19:45 SAT (b00755cm)

Singular Women 03:45 SUN (b00755cm)

The Michael Bentine Show 07:00 TUE (b00kvkkw)

The Michael Bentine Show 12:00 TUE (b00kvkkw)

The Michael Bentine Show 18:00 TUE (b00kvkkw)

The Michael Bentine Show 02:00 WED (b00kvkkw)

What's the Story, Ashley Storrie? 22:00 THU (m001y305)

Comedy: Character

Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me 14:30 FRI (b0076h4q)

Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me 20:30 FRI (b0076h4q)

Comedy: Chat

Genius 14:00 THU (b008m9jv)

Genius 20:00 THU (b008m9jv)

Genius 04:00 FRI (b008m9jv)

Michael Palin's Radio Adventures 10:00 SAT (m000r5hy)

Michael Palin's Radio Adventures 15:00 SAT (m000r5hy)

Michael Palin's Radio Adventures 21:00 SAT (m000r5hy)

Michael Palin's Radio Adventures 05:00 SUN (m000r5hy)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 SUN (m001ygg2)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 MON (m001ygg0)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 WED (m001ygg8)

The Confessional 22:30 MON (m0010g03)

Comedy: Music

Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section 23:00 WED (b043x48z)

Comedy: Panel Shows

Great Unanswered Questions 23:00 SUN (b00fjdxt)

Just a Minute 14:00 MON (b008ny1h)

Just a Minute 20:00 MON (b008ny1h)

Just a Minute 04:00 TUE (b008ny1h)

Room 101 with Paul Merton 22:00 WED (m001y292)

Say the Word 14:00 WED (b00764mj)

Say the Word 20:00 WED (b00764mj)

Say the Word 04:00 THU (b00764mj)

You Heard It Here First 22:00 FRI (m001y7xx)

Comedy: Satire

Dave Podmore 23:30 MON (b007r4mh)

The Now Show 23:00 MON (m001y2xq)

Comedy: Sitcoms

Albert and Me 02:30 SAT (b007jzd2)

Albert and Me 07:30 FRI (b007jzdc)

Albert and Me 12:30 FRI (b007jzdc)

Albert and Me 18:30 FRI (b007jzdc)

All Gas and Gaiters 10:00 SUN (m001y9q5)

All Gas and Gaiters 15:00 SUN (m001y9q5)

All Gas and Gaiters 21:00 SUN (m001y9q5)

All Gas and Gaiters 05:00 MON (m001y9q5)

At Home With The Snails 23:00 TUE (b007k2ql)

Cooking in a Bedsitter 08:00 THU (b09hr1g3)

Cooking in a Bedsitter 13:00 THU (b09hr1g3)

Cooking in a Bedsitter 19:00 THU (b09hr1g3)

Cooking in a Bedsitter 03:00 FRI (b09hr1g3)

Dad's Army 07:30 THU (b007jq0r)

Dad's Army 12:30 THU (b007jq0r)

Dad's Army 18:30 THU (b007jq0r)

Dad's Army 02:30 FRI (b007jq0r)

Elephants to Catch Eels 14:30 WED (b007nchq)

Elephants to Catch Eels 20:30 WED (b007nchq)

Elephants to Catch Eels 04:30 THU (b007nchq)

Everyone Quite Likes Justin 23:30 THU (b01mhwx5)

Gilbert Without Sullivan 14:30 THU (b0076f4h)

Gilbert Without Sullivan 20:30 THU (b0076f4h)

Gilbert Without Sullivan 04:30 FRI (b0076f4h)

Hancock's Half Hour 07:30 WED (b007jps5)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:30 WED (b007jps5)

Hancock's Half Hour 18:30 WED (b007jps5)

Hancock's Half Hour 02:30 THU (b007jps5)

Hut 33 23:30 SAT (b00w2c91)

Josh Howie's Losing It 22:30 TUE (m0000xx0)

Mum's on the Run 08:00 MON (b00txhq5)

Mum's on the Run 13:00 MON (b00txhq5)

Mum's on the Run 19:00 MON (b00txhq5)

Mum's on the Run 03:00 TUE (b00txhq5)

Never Too Late 07:00 WED (m001y8kx)

Never Too Late 12:00 WED (m001y8kx)

Never Too Late 18:00 WED (m001y8kx)

Never Too Late 02:00 THU (m001y8kx)

Not in Front of the Children 09:00 SAT (b08mkkrz)

Not in Front of the Children 14:00 SAT (b08mkkrz)

Not in Front of the Children 20:00 SAT (b08mkkrz)

Not in Front of the Children 04:00 SUN (b08mkkrz)

On Baby Street 23:30 WED (b00fd3qy)

Plum House 03:00 SAT (b0b52cms)

Plum House 08:00 FRI (b0b5tr52)

Plum House 13:00 FRI (b0b5tr52)

Plum House 19:00 FRI (b0b5tr52)

Revolting People 22:00 SUN (b007jrzv)

Ring Around the Bath 14:30 MON (b01h0kph)

Ring Around the Bath 20:30 MON (b01h0kph)

Ring Around the Bath 04:30 TUE (b01h0kph)

Second Thoughts 07:00 THU (b00k89mf)

Second Thoughts 12:00 THU (b00k89mf)

Second Thoughts 18:00 THU (b00k89mf)

Second Thoughts 02:00 FRI (b00k89mf)

Steptoe and Son 07:30 MON (b007jnfd)

Steptoe and Son 12:30 MON (b007jnfd)

Steptoe and Son 18:30 MON (b007jnfd)

Steptoe and Son 02:30 TUE (b007jnfd)

Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! 22:30 SUN (m000hmnn)

The Change 14:30 TUE (b0076p6t)

The Change 20:30 TUE (b0076p6t)

The Change 04:30 WED (b0076p6t)

The Maltby Collection 22:30 FRI (b00wwj28)

The Navy Lark 10:30 SUN (m001y9q7)

The Navy Lark 15:30 SUN (m001y9q7)

The Navy Lark 21:30 SUN (m001y9q7)

The Navy Lark 05:30 MON (m001y9q7)

The Wilsons Save the World 08:00 TUE (b09fzt7j)

The Wilsons Save the World 13:00 TUE (b09fzt7j)

The Wilsons Save the World 19:00 TUE (b09fzt7j)

The Wilsons Save the World 03:00 WED (b09fzt7j)

Up the Garden Path 02:00 SAT (b007wpnk)

Up the Garden Path 07:00 FRI (b007x080)

Up the Garden Path 12:00 FRI (b007x080)

Up the Garden Path 18:00 FRI (b007x080)

Weak at the Top 23:30 FRI (b00tlwzg)

Winston 07:00 MON (b007svwq)

Winston 12:00 MON (b007svwq)

Winston 18:00 MON (b007svwq)

Winston 02:00 TUE (b007svwq)

Comedy: Sketch

Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section 23:00 WED (b043x48z)

It's a Fair Cop 09:00 MON (m001y1yq)

It's a Fair Cop 22:00 MON (m001y1yq)

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme 22:30 THU (b087qjzk)

That Mitchell and Webb Sound 22:30 SAT (b03lph8r)

The Goon Show 07:30 TUE (b007k4l1)

The Goon Show 12:30 TUE (b007k4l1)

The Goon Show 18:30 TUE (b007k4l1)

The Goon Show 02:30 WED (b007k4l1)

The In Crowd 23:30 SUN (b06cqzvm)

The Museum of Everything 22:30 WED (b007k425)

The Now Show 23:00 MON (m001y2xq)

Tim Key's Poetry Programme 22:00 TUE (m001y278)

Comedy: Spoof

Pleased to Meet You 23:30 TUE (b007k3c3)

Comedy: Standup

4 at the Store 22:00 SAT (b00cpvsk)

Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies 23:00 SAT (b03f8g6l)

The Mark Steel Revolution 23:00 THU (b00ft5lb)

What's the Story, Ashley Storrie? 22:00 THU (m001y305)

Drama

Bicycles by Carlo Gebler 15:45 WED (m001y8l4)

Bicycles by Carlo Gebler 21:45 WED (m001y8l4)

Bicycles by Carlo Gebler 05:45 THU (m001y8l4)

Boswell's Lives 08:00 WED (b0741lv3)

Boswell's Lives 13:00 WED (b0741lv3)

Boswell's Lives 19:00 WED (b0741lv3)

Boswell's Lives 03:00 THU (b0741lv3)

Gilbert Without Sullivan 14:30 THU (b0076f4h)

Gilbert Without Sullivan 20:30 THU (b0076f4h)

Gilbert Without Sullivan 04:30 FRI (b0076f4h)

Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here (Omnibus) 08:50 SUN (b071bxz2)

Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here (Omnibus) 13:50 SUN (b071bxz2)

Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here (Omnibus) 19:50 SUN (b071bxz2)

Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here (Omnibus) 03:50 MON (b071bxz2)

Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here 03:45 SAT (b070hscp)

Martyn Wade - Behavioural Sciences 06:00 SAT (m001y8x8)

Martyn Wade - Behavioural Sciences 11:00 SAT (m001y8x8)

Martyn Wade - Behavioural Sciences 17:00 SAT (m001y8x8)

Martyn Wade - Behavioural Sciences 01:00 SUN (m001y8x8)

Missing by Gillian Tindall 15:45 FRI (b06jv3hm)

Missing by Gillian Tindall 21:45 FRI (b06jv3hm)

Singular Women 08:45 SAT (b00755cm)

Singular Women 13:45 SAT (b00755cm)

Singular Women 19:45 SAT (b00755cm)

Singular Women 03:45 SUN (b00755cm)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (Omnibus) 07:30 SUN (m001y9q0)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (Omnibus) 12:30 SUN (m001y9q0)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (Omnibus) 18:30 SUN (m001y9q0)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers (Omnibus) 02:30 MON (m001y9q0)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 03:30 SAT (m000skcj)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 08:30 MON (m000sqrp)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 13:30 MON (m000sqrp)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 19:30 MON (m000sqrp)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 03:30 TUE (m000sqrp)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 08:30 TUE (m000sqkt)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 13:30 TUE (m000sqkt)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 19:30 TUE (m000sqkt)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 03:30 WED (m000sqkt)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 08:30 WED (m000sr44)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 13:30 WED (m000sr44)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 19:30 WED (m000sr44)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 03:30 THU (m000sr44)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 08:30 THU (m000srf9)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 13:30 THU (m000srf9)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 19:30 THU (m000srf9)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 03:30 FRI (m000srf9)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 08:30 FRI (m000ss3k)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 13:30 FRI (m000ss3k)

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 19:30 FRI (m000ss3k)

The Bad Boy by Berlie Doherty 15:45 THU (b06qngjk)

The Bad Boy by Berlie Doherty 21:45 THU (b06qngjk)

The Bad Boy by Berlie Doherty 05:45 FRI (b06qngjk)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 08:45 MON (b04d1kvb)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 13:45 MON (b04d1kvb)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 19:45 MON (b04d1kvb)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 03:45 TUE (b04d1kvb)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 08:45 TUE (b04d4cq1)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 13:45 TUE (b04d4cq1)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 19:45 TUE (b04d4cq1)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 03:45 WED (b04d4cq1)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 08:45 WED (b04d4lbm)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 13:45 WED (b04d4lbm)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 19:45 WED (b04d4lbm)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 03:45 THU (b04d4lbm)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 08:45 THU (b04d4sbx)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 13:45 THU (b04d4sbx)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 19:45 THU (b04d4sbx)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 03:45 FRI (b04d4sbx)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 08:45 FRI (b04d4p08)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 13:45 FRI (b04d4p08)

Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 19:45 FRI (b04d4p08)

Drama: Classic & Period

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 15:00 WED (b09lt1bh)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 21:00 WED (b09lt1bh)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 05:00 THU (b09lt1bh)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 15:00 THU (b09lt3jd)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 21:00 THU (b09lt3jd)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 05:00 FRI (b09lt3jd)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 15:00 FRI (b09lt68h)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 21:00 FRI (b09lt68h)

Candide (Omnibus) 07:30 SAT (m000bmq8)

Candide (Omnibus) 12:30 SAT (m000bmq8)

Candide (Omnibus) 18:30 SAT (m000bmq8)

Candide (Omnibus) 02:30 SUN (m000bmq8)

Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 05:00 SAT (m001y1j2)

Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 15:00 MON (m001y9zy)

Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 21:00 MON (m001y9zy)

Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 05:00 TUE (m001y9zy)

Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 15:00 TUE (m001yb1s)

Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 21:00 TUE (m001yb1s)

Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 05:00 WED (m001yb1s)

Drama: Crime

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 06:45 MON (m001y9zq)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 11:45 MON (m001y9zq)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 17:45 MON (m001y9zq)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 01:45 TUE (m001y9zq)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 06:45 TUE (m001yb1k)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 11:45 TUE (m001yb1k)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 17:45 TUE (m001yb1k)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 01:45 WED (m001yb1k)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 06:45 WED (m001y8kt)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 11:45 WED (m001y8kt)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 17:45 WED (m001y8kt)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 01:45 THU (m001y8kt)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 06:45 THU (m001y934)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 11:45 THU (m001y934)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 17:45 THU (m001y934)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 01:45 FRI (m001y934)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 06:45 FRI (m001yb24)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 11:45 FRI (m001yb24)

DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament 17:45 FRI (m001yb24)

The Rivals 01:00 SAT (b082x79t)

The Sensitive 06:00 MON (b0076zk7)

The Sensitive 11:00 MON (b0076zk7)

The Sensitive 17:00 MON (b0076zk7)

The Sensitive 01:00 TUE (b0076zk7)

The Sensitive 06:00 TUE (b008crhy)

The Sensitive 11:00 TUE (b008crhy)

The Sensitive 17:00 TUE (b008crhy)

The Sensitive 01:00 WED (b008crhy)

The Sensitive 06:00 WED (b00hv3j0)

The Sensitive 11:00 WED (b00hv3j0)

The Sensitive 17:00 WED (b00hv3j0)

The Sensitive 01:00 THU (b00hv3j0)

The Sensitive 06:00 THU (b00rfhjj)

The Sensitive 11:00 THU (b00rfhjj)

The Sensitive 17:00 THU (b00rfhjj)

The Sensitive 01:00 FRI (b00rfhjj)

The Sensitive 06:00 FRI (b010dp0v)

The Sensitive 11:00 FRI (b010dp0v)

The Sensitive 17:00 FRI (b010dp0v)

Whodunnits 01:30 SAT (b00wlbvx)

Drama: Horror & Supernatural

Guy de Maupassant - The Hand 16:30 SUN (b007t4lx)

Guy de Maupassant - The Hand 00:30 MON (b007t4lx)

Steve Walker - The Dolphinarium 16:00 SAT (b079rkxp)

Steve Walker - The Dolphinarium 00:00 SUN (b079rkxp)

Drama: Relationships & Romance

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 15:00 WED (b09lt1bh)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 21:00 WED (b09lt1bh)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 05:00 THU (b09lt1bh)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 15:00 THU (b09lt3jd)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 21:00 THU (b09lt3jd)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 05:00 FRI (b09lt3jd)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 15:00 FRI (b09lt68h)

Andy Rashleigh - Devonia 21:00 FRI (b09lt68h)

Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

Charles Chilton - Space Force 16:00 SUN (b007jmf6)

Charles Chilton - Space Force 00:00 MON (b007jmf6)

Entertainment

Room 101 with Paul Merton 22:00 WED (m001y292)

Whispers 04:00 SAT (b007k358)

Whispers 14:00 FRI (b007k3bv)

Whispers 20:00 FRI (b007k3bv)

Factual

A Good Read 10:00 TUE (b080t884)

A Good Read 16:00 TUE (b080t884)

A Good Read 00:00 WED (b080t884)

On the Map 09:30 MON (b00rd8yv)

On the Map 09:30 TUE (b00rghjm)

On the Map 09:30 WED (b00rghjp)

On the Map 09:30 THU (b00rghjr)

On the Map 09:30 FRI (b00rghjt)

Factual: Antiques

Hidden Treasures 14:00 TUE (b055q39m)

Hidden Treasures 20:00 TUE (b055q39m)

Hidden Treasures 04:00 WED (b055q39m)

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

A Brief History of TIM 00:30 SAT (b07kl685)

Poetry Extra 07:00 SUN (m001y9py)

Poetry Extra 12:00 SUN (m001y9py)

Poetry Extra 18:00 SUN (m001y9py)

Poetry Extra 02:00 MON (m001y9py)

The Last Of The Hardy Players 10:30 FRI (b00vrxjx)

The Last Of The Hardy Players 16:30 FRI (b00vrxjx)

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media: Arts

A Good Read 10:00 TUE (b080t884)

A Good Read 16:00 TUE (b080t884)

A Good Read 00:00 WED (b080t884)

Factual: Cars & Motors

Jane Garvey's Bottom Gear 10:30 WED (b07q1zbm)

Jane Garvey's Bottom Gear 16:30 WED (b07q1zbm)

Jane Garvey's Bottom Gear 00:30 THU (b07q1zbm)

Factual: History

A Brief History of TIM 00:30 SAT (b07kl685)

Factual: Homes & Gardens

James Wong's Alternative Country Garden 10:30 THU (b07v33l4)

James Wong's Alternative Country Garden 16:30 THU (b07v33l4)

James Wong's Alternative Country Garden 00:30 FRI (b07v33l4)

Factual: Life Stories

Desert Island Discs Revisited 06:00 SUN (m001y9pw)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 11:00 SUN (m001y9pw)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 17:00 SUN (m001y9pw)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 01:00 MON (m001y9pw)

Great Lives 10:00 THU (b07npxx3)

Great Lives 16:00 THU (b07npxx3)

Great Lives 00:00 FRI (b07npxx3)

Inheritance Tracks 08:40 SUN (m001y9q3)

Inheritance Tracks 13:40 SUN (m001y9q3)

Inheritance Tracks 19:40 SUN (m001y9q3)

Inheritance Tracks 03:40 MON (m001y9q3)

Inheritance Tracks 10:55 MON (m0001wl0)

Inheritance Tracks 16:55 MON (m0001wl0)

Inheritance Tracks 00:55 TUE (m0001wl0)

Just Like That - Tommy Cooper 10:30 TUE (m000t756)

Just Like That - Tommy Cooper 16:30 TUE (m000t756)

Just Like That - Tommy Cooper 00:30 WED (m000t756)

Michael Palin's Radio Adventures 10:00 SAT (m000r5hy)

Michael Palin's Radio Adventures 15:00 SAT (m000r5hy)

Michael Palin's Radio Adventures 21:00 SAT (m000r5hy)

Michael Palin's Radio Adventures 05:00 SUN (m000r5hy)

Short Cuts 10:00 WED (m000k9bc)

Short Cuts 16:00 WED (m000k9bc)

Short Cuts 00:00 THU (m000k9bc)

Soul Music 00:00 SAT (m0011rkf)

Soul Music 10:00 FRI (b03kqf04)

Soul Music 16:00 FRI (b03kqf04)

The Last Of The Hardy Players 10:30 FRI (b00vrxjx)

The Last Of The Hardy Players 16:30 FRI (b00vrxjx)

Factual: Pets & Animals

David Attenborough's Life Stories 06:45 SUN (b010fd8x)

David Attenborough's Life Stories 11:45 SUN (b010fd8x)

David Attenborough's Life Stories 17:45 SUN (b010fd8x)

David Attenborough's Life Stories 01:45 MON (b010fd8x)

Factual: Politics

Yesterday in Parliament 09:00 TUE (m001yb1m)

Yesterday in Parliament 09:00 WED (m001y8l0)

Yesterday in Parliament 09:00 THU (m001y936)

Yesterday in Parliament 09:00 FRI (m001ybgz)

Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment

David Attenborough's Life Stories 06:45 SUN (b010fd8x)

David Attenborough's Life Stories 11:45 SUN (b010fd8x)

David Attenborough's Life Stories 17:45 SUN (b010fd8x)

David Attenborough's Life Stories 01:45 MON (b010fd8x)

Factual: Science & Nature: Science & Technology

Genius 14:00 THU (b008m9jv)

Genius 20:00 THU (b008m9jv)

Genius 04:00 FRI (b008m9jv)

Radiolab 10:00 MON (m001y9zv)

Radiolab 16:00 MON (m001y9zv)

Radiolab 00:00 TUE (m001y9zv)

Music

Radiolab 10:00 MON (m001y9zv)

Radiolab 16:00 MON (m001y9zv)

Radiolab 00:00 TUE (m001y9zv)

Soul Music 00:00 SAT (m0011rkf)

Soul Music 10:00 FRI (b03kqf04)

Soul Music 16:00 FRI (b03kqf04)

Religion & Ethics

Daily Service 09:45 MON (m001y9zs)

Daily Service 09:45 TUE (m001yb1p)

Daily Service 09:45 WED (m001y8l2)

Daily Service 09:45 THU (m001y938)

Daily Service 09:45 FRI (m001yb26)