SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER 2022

SAT 00:00 The Spaceship (b007jvq8)
5. Enemies

The crew at last make contact with another race, but not before a minor rebellion on board.

Conclusion of Paul Barnhill and Neil Warhurst's sci-fi comedy.

In the year 2104, a fleet of research cruisers were launched into space, with every moment aboard the Really Invincible III, Macclesfield Division preserved by wall-to-wall monitoring, and transmitted back to Earth.

What you hear took place live, four years ago, 70,000 light years from home.

Captain Gordon Taylor …. James Fleet
Melissa Patterson …. Emily Joyce
Karen …. Rose Cavaliero
Stuart …. Paul Barnhill
Clive …. Neil Warhurst
Ion …. Jason Chan
The King of the Dwapeye …. Stephen Hogan
Narrator …. Nicholas Boulton

Director: Sally Avens

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in June 2005.


SAT 00:30 Sounds Natural (m0005nzc)
HRH Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands

HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands talks to Derek Jones about his worldwide work for the cause of nature conservation, and of his personal experiences with wild animals

The White Rhino and the Goshawk are among his choice of natural history recordings from the BBC Sound Archives.

Recorded in his study in the Soestdijk Palace, Baarn.

HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands died aged 93 in 2004.

Producer: John Burton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1980.


SAT 01:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance (b007jvh9)
1. Baron Hardup

Charles Paris is a middle-aged actor down on his luck, but his whole life is to change after a chance meeting with a chorus girl named Jacqui.

Assuming a variety of roles, the lothario thespian employs his skills to try and solve a murder.

Francis Matthews stars as actor-cum-sleuth, Charles Paris.

Set during the UK's winter fuel crisis of 1973.

Dramatised in six parts by Simon Brett from his thriller novel.

Charles Paris …. Francis Matthews
Jacqui Mitchell …. Fiona Hendley
Frances …. Jennifer Hilary
Maurice Skellern …. Harry Landis
Len …. Peter Tuddenham
Norman …. James Bryce
Barman …. Mark Straker
Newsreader …. Paul Leighton

Producer: Martin Fisher

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1984.


SAT 01:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001cyg8)
Series 6

Alf's Stores and Stoma: The Musical

Fresh storytelling from first time writers and producers as part of BBC Introducing Arts supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

Presented by writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson.

PLUMPTON VILLAGE KAZOO ORCHESTRA is written and directed by Alf White. Dan is making a documentary for his final degree piece and its outcome hinges on the cooperation of a group of pensioners from a small Sussex village. It’s just a case of visiting the Plumpton Village Kazoo Orchestra, talking to a few of them and editing it all together. Easy...
Starring Jason Forbes, Chrysanthe Grech, Katie Pritchard and Rich Wilson. Sound designer: David Thomas. Executive producer: Alison Vernon-Smith.
A Pier Production for Screen South.

STOMA: THE MUSICAL by Scott Hurley. Tells the story of a gay man, Joe, and his stoma which is called Colin. After hiding from the dating scene because of his disability, Joe finally plucks up the courage to give it a go.
Starring Louis Maskell and Emile Clarke with musical supervision by Tom Crossley-Thorne. Producer: Tom Brennan. Executive producer: Steve Gear.
A Calling the Shots production.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.


SAT 02:00 A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne (m0002hy4)
Episode 5

Part II: The Tribesman. Author Edith Camberley takes up a new position teaching creative writing yet can’t help but worry about her husband Maurice Swift.

Maurice is handsome, ruthless and desperate to become a successful novelist. He just needs the right story.

However a chance encounter with the celebrated author Erich Ackermann gives Maurice an opportunity to ingratiate himself into the literary world. And Erich has a story of his own.

Unfortunately Maurice is the last person Erich should confide in…

John Boyne’s seductive thriller about a writer who won’t let anything, or anyone, stand in the way of his ambitions.

Abridged by Doreen Estall

Read by Wolf Kahler.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2019.


SAT 02:15 Tim Jackson - The Rainbow Bridge (m001cygc)
Episode 5

Setting Polly's betrayal behind her, Kate is once again at the hospital.

As she waits for David to return from his angioplasty, she contemplates Emma's curious affection for Tennyson’s poem ‘In Memoriam’.

Tim Jackson's drama investigates Darwinism from the perspective of a woman ambitious to win in the rat race of modern academia.

Kate Williams .... Julia Hills
David Williams .... David Hargreaves
Emma …. Janet Maw
Nurse .... Lorna Laidlaw
Priest .... Ian Brooker

Director: Peter Leslie Wild

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.


SAT 02:30 The Crying Game (b01qnv2h)
Hankie at the ready. Geoff Watts investigates why we cry and the peculiar purpose of tears.

Although many animal species cry vocally, the production of tears in response to emotion, both happy or sad, is a trait unique to humans.

So why do we cry, and what could the evolutionary advantage be to producing tears in response to joy or despair?

The science on this topic has been surprisingly sparse until very recently, but now new research seems to be shedding some light on some common preconceptions about the effect and consequences of our tears.

Does having a good cry make you feel better, for example, or do women really cry more than men? Researchers in Israel have even discovered that our tears may contain hidden messages triggering surprising responses in those who come into contact with them.

Geoff Watts gets the tissues ready as he investigates everything you ever wanted to know about weeping.

Producer: Alexandra Feachem

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.


SAT 03:00 David Napthine - Unforgettable (b0483q5w)
3. May All Your Wishes Come True

Eddie is found wandering Newcastle with no idea of his past.

What should he do until his memory returns?

Last of David Napthine’s trilogy of plays concerning memory.

Eddie …. Derek Walmsey
Ellen …. Charlie Hardwick
Comic …. Phillip King
MC …. Terence Mann

Director: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.


SAT 03:45 Short Works (m0001834)
The Treehouse by SK Perry

"We rested our backs on the trunk of the tree. At first I could only hear myself, chewing. But after a while I thought I heard it too".

An original short work for radio about love, death and talking to trees, written and read by the novelist and poet SK Perry.

Especially commissioned by BBC Radio 4.

Sarah's debut novel Let Me Be Like Water was published in 2018 in the UK and the US by Melville House.

She is currently a PhD candidate at Manchester Metropolitan University, funded to write her next novel and to research depictions of sex in literary prose by the NWCDTP. Born in Croydon, Sarah's background is in campaigning, education, and gender equalities. She currently lives in Leeds.

Producer: Mair Bosworth

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.


SAT 04:00 Say the Word (b007652k)
Episode 6

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

With:

Hunter Davies
Sheila Steafel
Roger McGough
Helen Atkinson Wood

Plus words of wit from the Nimmo Twins

Producer: Simon Elmes

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.


SAT 04:30 Sharing Fatman (b0075kfd)
Breezing Up

An immediate connection is made with Mr Fatman at the horse sales.

Margaret and Ken Warburton throw caution to the wind to pursue their new hobby.

Starring Gillian Bevan and Gerard McDermott.

Dave Sheasby’s horse-racing comedy.

Margaret ...... Gillian Bevan
Ken ...... Gerard McDermott
Eddie ...... Tony Rohr
Karen ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Christine ...... Rachel Atkins
Edward ...... James Taylor
The Auctioneer ...... Stephen Critchlow

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.


SAT 05:00 Quanderhorn (b0b7dl8f)
The Quanderhorn Xperimentations

It's Eating My Face

England 1952. A time of peace, regeneration and hope. A Golden Age. Unfortunately, it's been 1952 for the past 65 years.

Meet Professor Quanderhorn, a maverick scientific genius with absolutely no moral compass.

Assisted by a rag-tag crew - his part insect son, reputedly a "major breakthrough in Artificial Stupidity"; a recovering amnesiac; a brilliant scientist with a half-clockwork brain; a captured Martian hostage and a sinister factotum. He'll save the world. Even if he has to destroy it in the process.

With his Dangerous Giant Space Laser, High Rise Farm, Utterly Untested Matter Transfuser Booth and Fleets of Monkey-driven Lorries, he's not afraid to push the boundaries of science to their very limit. And far, far beyond.

But his arch nemesis, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, has plans to put a stop to his Infernal Xperimentations once and for all.

It's an Adventure beyond human understanding in Super-Vis-O-Sound.

Will our Crew of Brave Boffins survive? Tune in next time - if there is such a thing -for the next thrilling instalment.

Professor Quanderhorn ...... James Fleet
Brian Nylon ...... Ryan Sampson
Dr Gemini Janussen ...... Cassie Layton
Guuurk ...... Kevin Eldon
Troy Quanderhorn ...... Freddie Fox
Winston Churchill/Jenkins ...... John Sessions
Synthetic Voice ...... Rachel Atkins

Created and written by Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall

Director: Andrew Marshall
Music by Peter Brewis
Engineered, Edited and Sound designed by Alistair McGregor
Production Manager Sarah Tombling
Producers: Rob Grant / Gordon Kennedy
Recorded at The Soundhouse Studios

An Absolutely Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2018.


SAT 05:30 Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (m001cwtx)
The Hot Tub Problem

Does being shown baby pictures in the supermarket drive you up the wall? Has someone given you unsolicited advice about your weight? What should you do if you’re invited to try out a neighbour’s hot tub but you’d really rather not? All these subjects are given the Marian and Tara treatment in the latest instalment of their popular advice podcast.

The first series was welcomed by listeners and critics.
"Both are warm and kind enough to not only be funny but also offer genuinely thoughtful, if left-field, advice." (Miranda Sawyer, The Observer)
"Keyes and Flynn are my new favourite double-act." (Jane Anderson - Radio Times)
"I found their compassion endlessly soothing." (Rachel Cunliffe - The New Statesman)

Marian Keyes is a multi-award-winning writer, with a total of over 30 million books sold to date in 33 languages. Her close friend Tara Flynn is an actress, comedian and writer. Together, these two friends have been through a lot, and now want to use their considerable life experience to help solve the biggest - and smallest - of their listeners' problems.

From dilemmas about life, love and grief, to the perils of laundry or knowing what to say at a boring dinner, we’ll find out what Marian and Tara would recommend - which might not solve the problem exactly, but will make us all feel a bit better.

Recorded in Dublin with emails received from listeners around the world, the hosts invite you to pull up a chair at their virtual kitchen table as they read and digest their inbox.

Got a problem you want Marian and Tara to solve? Email: marianandtara@bbc.co.uk.

Producer: Steve Doherty.
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds


SAT 06:00 Jo Anderson - The Understudy (b00xls12)
An actor's obsession with a bizarre murder in Victorian theatreland sparks a deadly confrontation.

Starring Nigel Anthony and Frances Jeater

A psychological ghost story by Jo Anderson.

John Stanger ...... Nigel Anthony
Jen Stanger ...... Frances Jeater
Paul Anstruther ...... Michael N Harbour
Lindy ...... Caroline Strong
The Other ...... Peter Whitman
Belling ...... Barry J Gordon
Maurice ...... Neville Jason
Harris ...... Fraser Kerr
Molly ...... Cathy Sara
Frank ...... Terry John
Henrietta ...... Gaye Brown
Barmaid ...... Jo Anderson
Peter ...... Tom Bevan
Ben ...... Paul Panting
Lizzie ...... Elaine Claxton
Lift Operator ...... Lyndam Gregory
Jen's PA ...... Teresa Gallagher
Geordie Doorman ...... Shaun Prendergast

Director: Adrian Bean.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1994.


SAT 07:30 Great Lives (m0007kjq)
Laura Marling on Lou Andreas-Salome

Laura Marling nominates the first female psychoanalyst, Lou Andreas-Salomé.

Folk singer-songwriter, Laura has been unravelling the mysteries of Russian-born Lou Andreas-Salomé ever since she came across her name in the biography of the poet, Rainer Maria Rilke. She'd never heard of Salomé's name but discovered she was Rilke's literary mentor for years.

As well as this, she was the only woman allowed in Sigmund Freud's Inner Psychoanalytic Circle, and was proposed to by Friedrich Nietzsche, who called her “the cleverest person I ever knew...” Yet today, she's been largely forgotten.

Laura makes the case for remembering this enigmatic woman who inspired some of the greatest minds of our time.

Laura Marling has been nominated for the Grammy Awards, the Mercury Prize and has won a Brit award for best British Female Solo Artist.

Presented by Matthew Parris

Producer: Eliza Lomas in Bristol

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2019.


SAT 08:00 The Write Stuff (b00qpq1x)
Series 13

Nancy Mitford

James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary correctness.

Team captains John Walsh and Lynne Truss are joined by John O'Farrell and Mark Billingham.

Author of the week and subject for pastiche is Nancy Mitford.

Reader: Beth Chalmers

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.


SAT 08:30 Ayres on the Air (b09vzyd5)
Series 6

Still in the Game

More light hearted verse and comic sketches from Pam Ayres.

Today's theme is 'Still in the Game' - about getting older... but not giving in!

Includes a poem about a faded actress and embracing the idea of buying a larger size in clothes.

With:

Geoffrey Whitehead
Felicity Montagu

Written by Pam Ayres, Jan Etherington, Laura Major and Peter Reynolds.

Produced by Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.


SAT 09:00 Edgar Wallace: The Man Who Wrote Too Much? (b055fy0h)
How can a writer, whose publisher declared him the 'King of Thrillers', and was thought to be responsible for a quarter of all new books read in Britain by the late 1920s, be largely forgotten today?

Crime writer Mark Billingham investigates the life of the man called the 'fiction factory', the best-selling author, journalist, playwright, film director and creator of King Kong – Edgar Wallace.

Wallace's life seems the stuff of fantasy. An illegitimate child in London, largely self-educated, he was the newspaper boy who became one of the most famous writers in the world. He sold millions of books, but was plagued by debts.

He died in Hollywood in 1932, aged 56, after writing the original story for King Kong. His body was returned by ocean liner in honour to Britain, only to be reunited with an ocean of outstanding bills.

Mark presents some of the best adaptations and documentaries about Edgar Wallace from the BBC archive:

* A 1951 version of one of Wallace's biggest successes, THE RINGER
* One of Wallace’s best crime creations, THE MIND OF MR JG REEDER
* Loveable racing 'turf tipster' EDUCATED EVANS, starring Roy Hudd and Andrew Sachs.

And though he's long dead, Mark has a hunch that he may be able to hear from Edgar Wallace himself.

His work was the source of countless TV and film adaptions in the 1950s and 60s. His books have sold in their multi-millions. But from the 'Golden Age' of crime fiction it is Dorothy L Sayers and Agatha Christie who are really remembered today.

Was Edgar Wallace just a man who wrote, and did, too much?

Producer: Peter McHugh

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2015.


SAT 12:00 The Jack Benny Program (m000rcxw)
I Was Betrayed

The cast plead to be paid before performing in a medical drama.

The Jack Benny Program is regarded as an American classic - running first on radio from 1932 to 1955, with re-runs to 1958.

With a fine cast of supporting players Benny made his show into one of the all-time great radio comedies, portraying him as likeable character, despite being vain, argumentative and a skinflint.

Many episodes have stood the test of time.

Over the years, show sponsors ranged from tyres to cigarettes.

Starring Jack Benny.

With:

Eddie Anderson as the irrepressible Rochester
Red Skelton
Mary Livingstone
Dennis Day
The Sportsmen Quartet

Announcer: Don Wilson

Orchestra conducted by Bob Crosby.

The show switched to TV in the USA from 1955.

First broadcast on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) in January 1950.


SAT 12:30 Turf Wars (b00z5hr2)
Losing the Plot

Bashful Edward passes a local allotment and speaks to an attractive female allottee.

He decides there and then that he must apply for a plot. But doing so involves an interview with ferocious site-manager Bernie who runs the allotments with military rigour. It's all looking unlikely until Edward reveals that his father was a local landscape horticulturalist, one Bernie has admired all his life.

Edward joins the site. And it is only then that he springs a surprise on Bernie. One that leads to explosive confrontation.

Which of them will lose the plot?

Nick Warburton's delicious comedy stars James Fleet.

Edward ..... James Fleet
Amanda .... Joanna Monro
Bernie ..... Jonathan Coy

Director: Peter Kavanagh.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.


SAT 13:00 Archive on 4 (m000hdcx)
The Phoney War

Edward Stourton tells the story of the BBC in the ”phoney war” of 1939-1940 and the period’s strange echoes of Covid-19.

When war was declared in September 1939, everyone in Britain expected a catastrophic bombing campaign. Theatres and cinemas were closed and children were evacuated to the countryside.

What followed instead was a hiatus when tensions remained high but the bombs did not fall. How does the experience of the Home Front at the start of the Second World War echo the Covid-19 crisis and what did it mean for the evolution of the BBC?

The corporation’s initial response became known as the "Bore War". The BBC was berated for broadcasting dreary music and endless, highly repetitive news bulletins. It then changed tack to find a more popular voice, in tune with the needs of its audience.

How did it become a trusted source of news in the face of wartime censorship? What did it do to cheer up the nation and enliven public service messages about health and education?

Contributors:

Peter Busch, Senior Lecturer, King's College, London
Martin Gorsky, Professor of the History of Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Sian Nicholas, Reader in History, Aberystwyth University
Lucy Noakes, Professor of History, University of Essex
Jean Seaton, Professor of Media History, University of Westminster

Producer: Sheila Cook
Researcher: Diane Richardson
Editor: Hugh Levinson

With thanks to BBC History https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/100-voices/ww2

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2020.


SAT 14:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jlzj)
The Primary Phase

Fit The First

Arthur Dent is trying to stop his house being demolished to make way for a by-pass.

But his friend, Ford Prefect is more concerned about the imminent destruction of the Earth.

Ford is a writer for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, "the most successful book ever to have come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor" and he may just know how to avoid being evaporated by the Vogons...

Douglas Adams' epic adventure in time and space including some helpful advice on how to see the Universe for less than 30 Altairian dollars a day.

The Book …… Peter Jones
Arthur Dent …… Simon Jones
Ford Prefect …… Geoffrey McGivern
Vogon Captain …… Bill Wallis
Lady Cynthia …… Jo Kendall
Barman …… David Gooderson

The original scripts went on to spawn a series of novels, a feature film, at least three stage shows, a TV series, a computer game, a collection of comic books - and various towels.

Radiophonic sound and music: Paddy Kingsland

Producer: Simon Brett.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.


SAT 14:30 The Party Party (b007jx11)
Episode 1

It's 1993 and the Party Party - a party of the incredibly silly tendency, sweeps to power.

Shell-shocked Party Party leader, Action Man, takes control in Downing Street, and immediately appoints Man 3 as his right-hand man and together they set about trying to think of some policies.

Meanwhile, in the tiny village of Microcosm, where several sitcom characters are patiently waiting, it seems like their dream of being in a sitcom is finally about to come true.

Sitcom written by Moray Hunter.

Starring:

Morwenna Banks
Hugh Laurie
Robin Driscoll
Robert Glenister
Clive Mantle
Rory Bremner

Producer: Jamie Rix

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1987.


SAT 15:00 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes (b0196r9b)
Series 1

Seafarers

Prince Madoc? Swansea Jack?

Comedian Elis James compares key figures in Welsh history to determine the ultimate heroes of Wales.

With:

Ben Partridge
Nadia Kamil

Written by Elis James, Gareth Gwyn and Benjamin Partridge.

Producer: Sharif Shahwan

First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in January 2012.


SAT 15:30 Cabin Pressure (b00cb5k4)
Series 1

Abu Dhabi

Sitcom about the crew of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.

Starring Stephanie Cole, Benedict Cumberbatch and Roger Allam.

The city of Bristol, a cat and a thermostat combine to present Martin with a career-breaking crisis.

Carolyn Knapp-Shappey …. Stephanie Cole
First Officer Douglas Richardson …. Roger Allam
Capt Martin Crieff …. Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey …. John Finnemore
ATC Fitton …. Ewen MacIntosh

Written by John Finnemore, writer for The News Quiz, The Now Show, and That Mitchell & Webb Sound.

Produced and directed by David Tyler

A Pozzitive production for the BBC, first broadcast on Radio 4 in July 2008.


SAT 16:00 Jo Anderson - The Understudy (b00xls12)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 17:30 Great Lives (m0007kjq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 18:00 Sarah Woods - News From Nowhere (b0bj6jt7)
Will Guest travels from 2016 to a future Utopia – which comes from the Greek ou-topos, meaning 'no-place' or 'nowhere'.

There is uneasy antagonism between Will's 21st Century values and those of 'Nowhere'. He sets out on a time travelling voyage of discovery, finding a new love for society, as well as a woman.

‘News from Nowhere’ is a classic piece of futuristic writing, first published in 1890 by artist, designer and socialist William Morris.

Its central tenet - that society should re-find the value of work and thrive on beauty, rather than consumerism - is timely.

This updated version dramatised by Sarah Woods revisits Morris' vision of a new society.

Will Guest …. Ron Cook
Ellen …. Catrin Stewart
Dick …. Keiron Self
Clara …. Claire Cage
Old Hammond …. Richard Nichols
Grumbler …. Roger Evans
The Girl …. Kristy Phillipps
Chinese Worker …. Crystal Yu

Producer: Polly Thomas

A BBC Cymru/Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2016.


SAT 18:45 The Cobweb Kiss (m0005tnl)
In an old abandoned house, covered in dust apart from a shiny toy merry-go-round, young parents Jonathan and Lydia wait patiently for their six-year-old son to return home.

They've been waiting a long time…

Written by Peter J Hammond.

Gemma Craven …. Lydia
Richard O'Callaghan …. Jonathan
Manning Wilson …. James
Eva Stuart …. Mary

Director: Glyn Dearman.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1978


SAT 19:00 Edgar Wallace: The Man Who Wrote Too Much? (b055fy0h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 22:00 Rob Newman (b0bh5hp2)
Rob Newman's Total Eclipse of Descartes

The Inheritance

One of Britain's finest comedians Rob Newman sets his sights on the world of philosophy, unpicking 3000 years of good and bad ideas to discover how we got into this mess.

In a world gone mad can philosophy provide the answer?

In this opening episode, Rob turns the spotlight onto the philosophy of education.

Written and performed by Rob Newman.

Edited by John Whitehall

Producer: Jon Harvey
Executive Producer: Richard Wilson

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


SAT 22:30 Chain Reaction (b00h8q40)
Series 5

Robert Llewellyn interviews Dave Gorman

‘Red Dwarf' actor Robert Llewellyn chats to ‘Genius’ comedian Dave Gorman.

Chain Reaction is the tag talk show, where the guest becomes the interviewer in the next episode.

Dave Gorman is best known for shows like Are You Dave Gorman?, Googlewhack Adventure and Genius.

Robert asks Dave about cycling across Britain, online stalkers and life-threatening trips to Mexico.

Producer: Sam Bryant

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.


SAT 23:00 Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs (b00v4x0d)
Episode 6

Rhod Gilbert hosts another hour of comedy and music.

With regulars:

Lloyd Langford
Greg Davies
Sarah Millican - who takes us through The Six Stages of Woman.

Find out what aliens know about teeth and why young people are as annoying as a nude Elton John playing the vuvuzela.

Plus what depths Rhod would sink to become a kung fu master?

Guest comedian:
Jon Richardson.

With live music from The Hoosiers.

Producers: Julia Mckenzie and Lianne Coop.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 2010.

SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER 2022

SUN 00:00 Sarah Woods - News From Nowhere (b0bj6jt7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 00:45 The Cobweb Kiss (m0005tnl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 (m000hdcx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jlzj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 The Party Party (b007jx11)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:00 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes (b0196r9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Saturday]


SUN 03:30 Cabin Pressure (b00cb5k4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Jo Anderson - The Understudy (b00xls12)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 05:30 Great Lives (m0007kjq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne (Omnibus) (m0002lz7)
Episode 1

West Berlin. 1988. Maurice Swift is handsome, ruthless and desperate to become a successful novelist. He just needs the right story.

However a chance encounter with the celebrated author Erich Ackermann gives Maurice an opportunity to ingratiate himself into the literary world. And Erich has a story of his own.

Unfortunately Maurice is the last person Erich should confide in…

John Boyne’s seductive thriller about a writer who won’t let anything, or anyone, stand in the way of his ambitions.

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Doreen Estall

Read by Wolf Kahler, Colin Stinton and Pippa Bennett-Warner.

Awarded the Hennessy Literary 'Hall of Fame' Award for his body of work, the New York Times best-selling author John Boyne has received multiple Irish Book Awards including Children's Book of the Year, People's Choice Book of the Year and Short Story of the Year.

He’s also been awarded a number of international literary awards, including the Que Leer Award for Novel of the Year in Spain and the Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize in Germany.

‘A Ladder to The Sky’ is his 11th novel for adults.

Producer: Michael Shannon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2019.


SUN 07:10 Inheritance Tracks (b06z8dhz)
Sarah Millican

Comedian Sarah Millican chooses 'Bossanova' from Fun in Acapulco by Elvis Presley and 'Wired for Sound' by Cliff Richard.


SUN 07:20 Tim Jackson - The Rainbow Bridge (Omnibus) (m001d61j)
Episode 1

Science historian, Kate Williams, juggles her research into Charles Darwin’s wife, Emma, with caring for her ailing father.

Tim Jackson's drama investigates Darwinism from the perspective of a woman ambitious to win in the rat race of modern academia.

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts.

Kate Williams .... Julia Hills
David Williams .... David Hargreaves
Emma …. Janet Maw
Charles .... David Schofield
Eugene .... John McAndrew
Polly .... Sarah-Jane Holm
Brian .... Christian Rodska
Nurse .... Lorna Laidlaw
Priest .... Ian Brooker
Henrietta .... Elizabeth Wofford

Director: Peter Leslie Wild

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.


SUN 08:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (b04stsfk)
Series 1

The Gymkhana

Can the dear ladies manage to find an appropriate guest of honour for the local Gymkhana?

Starring Dame Hilda Bracket and her lifelong companion Dr Evadne Hinge.

Brought to you from the genteel setting of the Suffolk village of Stackton Tressel, where the musical duo reside.

Written by Mike Craig, Lawrie Kinsley and Ron McDonnell.

Dame Hilda Bracket ...... George Logan
Dr Evadne Hinge ...... Patrick Fyffe
Roland ...... Michael Bates
Roger ...... Donald Hewlett

Three series ran on BBC Radio 4 between 1977 and 1979, with further spin-off seasons on BBC Radio 2 until 1990.

In the early 1980s, they expanded over to BBC TV with the series Dear Ladies.

Produced at BBC Manchester by James Casey.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1977.


SUN 09:00 The Inimitable Jeeves (b007s5dn)
The Great Sermon Handicap

Can Bertie Wooster beat the odds of disaster in an unusual betting syndicate?

PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.

Adapted by Chris Miller.

Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Revrend Heppenstall ..... Maurice Denham
Bingo Little ..... Jonathan Cecil
Eustace ..... David Jason
Claude ..... Jonathan Lynn
Cynthia ..... Carol Marsh

Producer: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973.


SUN 09:30 Coming Alive (b00hhjfg)
Series 3

Good Sports

Sandra's mother starts meddling over Terry - and there's a surprising sporting challenge.

Starring Karl Howman and Phylis Logan.

Jim Eldridge's sitcom about ex-convict Terry King's efforts to run a community centre.

Terry King …. Karl Howman
Sandra Gaines …. Phyllis Logan
Steve Addison …. Ben Crowe
Mrs McKendrick …. Sandra Voe
Mr Preston …. David Holt
Drunk/Car Buyer …. Ewan Bailey
Young Woman/Netball Player …. Helen Longworth
Girl at the Club …. Sarah Paul

Producer: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs (m001d61m)
Lost Gems

Bing Crosby

From Claude Debussy to Glenn Miller.

Singer and actor Bing Crosby shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley.

Oscar-winning singer and actor, Bing Crosby discusses his early family life, leaving behind the study of law for a life in music and his abiding love of outdoor pursuits, including golf.

DISC ONE: Bob Crosby's Bobcats - South Rampart Street Parade
DISC TWO: Claude Debussy - Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)
DISC THREE: Benny Goodman - And The Angels Sing
DISC FOUR: Glenn Miller Orchestra - Moonlight Serenade
DISC FIVE: Franz Liszt - Liebesträum No. 3 in A flat major
DISC SIX: Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Begin The Beguine
DISC SEVEN: Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Song Of India
DISC EIGHT: Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana

BOOK CHOICE - Roget's Thesaurus
LUXURY CHOICE - Guitar
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Bob Crosby's Bobcats - South Rampart Street Parade

Producer: Monica Chapman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1975.


SUN 10:30 Max Bygraves Entertains (m001d61q)
Sing along with Max Bygraves - interspersed with banter with the band and the audience.

Accompanied by Bob Miller & The Millermen.

Special guest:, Joe Brown.

Max Bygraves was an English comedian, singer, actor and variety performer.

Broadcast to mark what would have been Max's 100th birthday on 16th October 2022.

Script written by Spike Mullins.

Producer: John Browell

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1965.


SUN 11:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m000xz8l)
The Rest is History

True stories told live in the USA: Meg Bowles introduces stories of history, disaster and incredible survival.

In this hour, an ancient instrument, a life-changing disaster, and survival in the face of genocide. People who experienced history, and its artifacts, firsthand.

The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling based in the USA. Since 1997, it has celebrated both the raconteur and the storytelling novice, who has lived through something extraordinary and yearns to share it. Originally formed by the writer George Dawes Green as an intimate gathering of friends on a porch in Georgia (where moths would flutter in through a hole in the screen), and then recreated in a New York City living room, The Moth quickly grew to produce immensely popular events at theatres and clubs around New York City and later around the USA, the UK and other parts of the world.

The Moth has presented more than 15,000 stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. The Moth podcast is downloaded over 27 million times a year.

Featuring true stories told live on stage without scripts, from the humorous to the heart-breaking.

The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Jay Allison and Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and is distributed by the Public Radio Exchange.

First broadcast in the USA in 2019.


SUN 11:50 Inheritance Tracks (b06z8dhz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]


SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m001d61s)
Poetry Please - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Poetry Please - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Trevor Peacock reads Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic story of a nightmare voyage as told by the Ancient Mariner, whose killing of an albatross, a bird of good omen, brings misfortune on the ship and all its crew.

Presented by Roger McGough.

Producer: Paul Dodgson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.


SUN 12:30 Electric Ink (b011qfr8)
Series 1

Episode 4

The paper hires a reality star as a columnist so Maddox must find a way of rewriting her copy without upsetting her.

Starring Robert Lindsay and Alex Jennings.

Old hacks meet new media in Alistair Beaton’s satire set in the changing world of the newspaper industry.

Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay
Oliver ...... Alex Jennings
Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington
Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar
Masha ...... Debbie Chazen
Freddy ...... Ben Willbond
Announcer ...... Matt Addis
Debbie ...... Lizzy Watts

With additional material by Tom Mitchelson.

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009.


SUN 13:00 Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively (Omnibus) (b09f8bt4)
Stephanie Cole reads Penelope Lively's intimate meditation on gardening, literature and creativity.

She begins with the metaphorical garden, from the Garden of Eden to Monet's water lilies at Giverny.

Penelope Lively has always been a keen gardener. This book is partly a memoir of her own life in gardens: the large garden at home in Cairo where she spent most of her childhood, her Oxfordshire garden and the smaller urban garden in the North London home she lives in today.

In this intimate and eloquent work of narrative non-fiction, one of the UK's most cherished and admired writers uses the garden to break open the world for us, and examines how we might encourage our lives to bloom.

Omnibus of five episodes abridged by Siân Preece.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2017.


SUN 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b010t8t8)
June Spencer

The Archers actress inherits 'I'll See You Again' by Noel Coward and passes on Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1.


SUN 14:20 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton (Omnibus) (b0080hqb)
Episode 4

Elizabeth Gaskell 's frank portrayal of Manchester life in the 1840s created shock waves when her novel was published and established her reputation.

Mary's attachment to both the murder victim and the accused make her the centre of gossip.

The concluding omnibus of the final five of twenty episodes.

Dramatised by Lavinia Murray.

Mary …. Emma Rydal
Sally …. Fiona Clarke
Margaret …. Deborah Berlin
Job Legh/Carson …. Roy Hudd
Mrs Wilson …. Natasha Pyne
Mrs Davenport …. Carolyn Pickles
Charley …. Simon Trinder
Mrs Jones …. Julie Mullen
Captain/Bridgenorth …. Phillip Joseph
Clerk/Boatman …. Ben Crowe
Ticket Collector …. Harry Myers
Elizabeth …. Caroline Strong
Jem Wilson …. Ian Dunn
Will Wilson …. Simon Trinder
Prosecution …. Roger May
Will’s Counsel …. Sean Baker
John …. David Calder

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001


SUN 15:30 Sounds from the Seabed (m001cyb8)
Lucie Skeaping traces the story of the salvage and replication of musical instruments which went down with Henry VIII’s Mary Rose in 1545.

She also finds out what they tell us about Tudor music and musicians, both at sea and on land.

Producer: Clare Csonka

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.


SUN 16:00 Rose Tremain (b0075nk4)
The End of Love

Olga and Bertie's 30 year old daughter Lottie wishes to marry her Irish poet boyfriend Michael.

But he’s a dreamer and fearful of commitment.

He reminds Olga of the love of her life - a Polish pianist. Their love was not enough: why should Lottie's fare any better?

Miriam Margolyes stars in Rose Tremain's drama.

Olga ... Miriam Margolyes
Bertie ... Nigel Anthony
Lottie ...Eleanor Tremain
Michael ... Kieran Cunningham
with Becky Hindley and Tessa Worsley

Director: Gordon House

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001d61s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Electric Ink (b011qfr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 18:00 Weird Tales (b01nrrbs)
Series 3

The Burial of Tom Nobody by Richard Vincent

The Reverend Braiden is forced to embark on a through-the-night road trip by a mysterious trio.

They threaten him with a terrifying test of faith at its end...

Series of chilling plays for winter nights.

Written by Richard Vincent.

Peter ..... Geoffrey Streatfeild
Silas ..... James Lailey
Sarah ..... Lynne Verrall
Michael ..... Simon Bubb
Eleanor ..... Tracy Wiles
Police Officer .. Paul Moriarty

Director: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011.


SUN 18:30 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007k4bh)
Episode 2

Eleanor discovers more about the true nature of the work of the Abbotsville clone farm.

And she reveals the real reason why she’s been so affected by the little girl known as Saskia Treby 9.

Jenny Stephens’ sci-fi thriller.

Jefferson 37 …. Oliver Hembrough
Pate 2 …. Dharmesh Patel
Eleanor Riley …. Alison Carney
Dr Abbots …. David Birrell
Dr Martel …. Rob Swinton
Paul Smith …. Alex Jones
Saskia Treby 9 …. Helen Monks

Director: Peter Leslie Wild

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in January 2006.


SUN 19:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m000xz8l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


SUN 19:50 Inheritance Tracks (b06z8dhz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]


SUN 20:00 Rose Tremain (b0075nk4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs (m001d61m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:30 Max Bygraves Entertains (m001d61q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


SUN 22:00 Electric Ink (b011qfr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 22:30 Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing (b01s4r79)
Series 2

About Upset Mums

Nathan illustrates what can happen when you don't listen to your mum.

This is the story of young, up-and-coming comedian Nathan Caton, who becomes the first in his family to graduate from University - only to opt for a career in comedy - much to his family's annoyance who want him to get a 'proper job' using his architecture degree.

Each episode shows the criticism, interference and rollercoaster ride that Nathan endures from his family as he pursues his career against their wishes.

Will Nathan be able to persist and follow his dreams? Or will he give in to his family's interference?

A mix of Nathan's stand-up intercut with scenes from his family life.

Written by: Nathan Caton.
Additional material by: Ola and Maff Brown.

Nathan ...... Nathan Caton
Mum ...... Adjoa Andoh
Grandma ...... Mona Hammond
Dad ...... Curtis Walker
Reverend Williams ..... Don Gilet

Producer: Katie Tyrrell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013.


SUN 22:45 Elastic Planet (b007k2h5)
The Babies

Links between cheese sculpture, pavement privatisation, skirting boards and the great knitting reform act.

Animator and voice of Bagpuss and the Clangers, Oliver Postgate island-hops through a stream of bizarre coincidences.

Ben Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections.

With:

Miriam Margolyes
Dan Strauss
Kerry Shale
Michael Simkins
Gary Waldhorn
Alan Dedicoat
Hugh Scully
James Naughtie

Producer: Jon Naismith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995


SUN 23:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jm03)
The Primary Phase

Fit The Second

Arthur Dent is - so far - the only survivor from Earth, demolished to make way for a by-pass.

He survived thanks to his friend, Ford Prefect (who hails not from Guildford, but somewhere near Betelgeuse), a writer for the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, "the most successful book ever to have come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor".

Both are now at the mercy of the Vogon Captain, and even worse, powerless in the face of his poetry. The only thing which can save them now is an unlikely coincidence or two - and it may lead to an encounter with a certain bipolar automaton.

Douglas Adams' epic adventure in time and space.

The Book …… Peter Jones
Arthur Dent …… Simon Jones
Ford Prefect …… Geoffrey McGivern
Marvin …… Stephen Moore
Zaphod Beeblebrox …… Mark Wing-Davey
Vogon Captain …… Bill Wallis
Trillion …… Susan Sheridan
Vogon Guard …… David Tate

Sound and music by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Producer: Geoffrey Perkins.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.


SUN 23:30 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes (b019h88c)
Series 1

Religion

More historical heroism - as Saint David, Saint Patrick and Gerald of Wales are put to the Totaliser Test.

Comedian Elis James compares key figures in Welsh history to determine the ultimate heroes of Wales.

With:

Ben Partridge
Nadia Kamil

Written by Elis James, Gareth Gwyn and Benjamin Partridge.

Producer: Sharif Shahwan

First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in January 2012

MONDAY 17 OCTOBER 2022

MON 00:00 Weird Tales (b01nrrbs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007k4bh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively (Omnibus) (b09f8bt4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday]


MON 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b010t8t8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Sunday]


MON 02:20 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton (Omnibus) (b0080hqb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:20 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Sounds from the Seabed (m001cyb8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Rose Tremain (b0075nk4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (m001d61s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:30 Electric Ink (b011qfr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday]


MON 06:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance (b007jvhd)
2. Transformation Scene

Chorus girl Jacqui Mitchell has suddenly been rejected by her lover impresario.

Could it be because compromising photographs were taken of them both at a party?

Assuming a variety of roles, lothario thespian Charles Paris. employs his skills to try and solve a murder.

Starring Francis Matthews.

Dramatised by Simon Brett from his thriller novel.

Charles Paris …. Francis Matthews
Jacqui Mitchell …. Fiona Hendley
George …. Peter Tuddenham
Bernard Walton …. Timothy Carlton
Joanne Menzies …. Sandra Clark
Mrs Sweet …. Lynda Baron
Harry Chiltern …. Victor Maddern
Nurse …. Hilda Schroder
Maggie Swede …. Maggie McCarthy

Producer: Martin Fisher

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1984.


MON 06:30 Castles in Spain (m0004xtt)
1. Military Mystery

'When I walked into this house I was simple Grahame Mayer, the bookseller. Now it seems I'm Philip Marlowe, private eye. Am I being tested for something?'

A bookseller is surprised to be asked to try and solve a military mystery...

Starring Ray Brooks.

Edward Boyd’s five-part thriller serial based on his 1986 play.

Grahame Mayer ..... Ray Brooks
Coleman ..... John Westbrook
Teresa ..... Alexandra Mathie
Forrest ..... Garard Green
Hemingway ..... William Hope
Cameron ..... John Hannah
Rainsford ..... Jonathan Tafler

Produced at BBC Scotland by Patrick Rayner.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1987.


MON 07:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03srgv9)
Series 3

The Awards

Damien is nominated for a 'Melvyn' for his TV show about the culinary habits of the great poets, but finds it hard to think of what to write in his column for a new gentleman's magazine.

Meanwhile, Anthony busies himself preparing for an audition for an amateur production of Noel Coward's Hay Fever.

Sitcom written by and starring Miles Jupp, charting the life of cookery writer Damien Trench and his partner Anthony.

Damien Trench ...... Miles Jupp
Anthony MacIlveny ...... Justin Edwards
Mr Mullaney ...... Brendan Dempsey
Steven ...... Ade Oyefeso
Ray Jarrow ...... Chris Brand
Michel Houllewitz ...... Toby Longworth
Janet Trench ...... Selina Cadell
Ian Frobisher ...... Philip Fox

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.


MON 07:30 It's a Fair Cop (m001cxhf)
Series 7

Custody Officer

In this week's episode copper turned stand up, Alfie Moore takes us through the day of a custody officer. How to keep the timings in your head, cell etiquette, and searches.

Alfie takes us back to his time with the Humberside Police when he was briefly and unwillingly a custody officer. Alfie's deputised audience will have to figure out: when is it ok to do a strip search, are people allowed their one phone call, and how do you deal with someone who doesn't want to go in a cell.

Written and presented by Alfie Moore
Script Editor: Will Ing
Production Co-ordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries
Producer: Sam Holmes

A BBC Studios Production

Recorded at the Darwen Library Theatre


MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00mw69c)
Series 3

Episode 14

Trouble at sea for Kenneth Horne in 'The Maltese Brass Monkey'.

Meanwhile Julian and Sandy go trolling on a bona fox hunt with a twist.

Packed full of colourful characters, parodies, memorable catchphrases, and double-entendres.

Starring:

Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden
Bill Pertwee

Announcer: Douglas Smith

Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London.

Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.

Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman wrote the brilliantly inventive - and sometimes outrageous - scripts for four series between 1965 and 1968.

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1967.


MON 08:30 Anything Legal (b00828m9)
Episode 2

City commuters Charles and George finally admit they’ve both lost their jobs and take action...

Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.

‘A Tale of Two City Gents’ by Wally K Daly.

Charles …. Donald Hewlett
George …. Michael Knowles
Mr Rollings …. Jon Glover
The Ticket Collector …. Renu Setna
Black Market Job Salesman …. Ron Pember
The Waitress …. Sonia Fraser

Theme music by Jim Parker.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.


MON 09:00 Wordaholics (b04hyrq3)
Series 3

Episode 4

Comedian Josh Widdicombe, lexicographer Susie Dent, astronomy enthusiast Helen Keen and comedian Natalie Haynes vie for word supremacy.

Gyles Brandreth is in the chair.

The letter of the week is 'L'.

The panellists are asked to invent new words or phrases - and there are rounds about terms for different occupations and Victorian slang terms.

Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle.

Producer: Claire Jones.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2014.


MON 09:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dkxjl)
Series 1

Episode 1

It's Daniel's birthday, so to soften the blow of his impending middle age, Lucy tries to arrange a birthday party for him.

However, it seems all their friends are too busy being parents to attend.

David Tennant and Liz Carling star in David Spicer's sitcom.

Modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of a 30-something couple with no kids.

Daniel ...... David Tennant
Lucy ...... Liz Carling
Katie ...... Meera Syal
Charlotte ...... Polly Frame
Bob ...... Toby Longworth
Andy ...... Tony Gardner
Alison ...... Joanna Brookes

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.


MON 10:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2ms)
Beginnings

Midway through the Second World War, a disillusioned Captain Charles Ryder finds himself posted to a remote country retreat.

It's Brideshead Castle, scene of the happiest years of his young, impressionable life and the beginnings of his friendship with Sebastian Flyte - whose presence will forever haunt him.

Starring Ben Miles and Jamie Bamber.

Evelyn Waugh's most famous novel of life, love and a forgotten era.

Dramatised in four parts by Jeremy Front.

Charles Ryder ...... Ben Miles
Sebastian Flyte ...... Jamie Bamber
Julia ...... Anne-Marie Duff
Cordelia ...... Abby Ford
Brideshead ...... Toby Jones
Boy Mulcaster ...... Tom Smith
Nanny Hawkins ...... Ann Beach
Jasper ...... Martin Hyder
Anthony Blanche ...... Geoffrey Streatfeild
Hooper ...... Andrew Wincott
Collins ...... Scott Brooksbank
Mr Ryder ...... Benjamin Whitrow

Music by Neil Brand

Director: Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.


MON 11:00 TED Radio Hour (m001d623)
Series 9

Incognito

A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) stage.

Manoush Zomorodi explores the way we go incognito in both the physical and digital world, from espionage to virtual reality.

First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2022.


MON 11:50 Inheritance Tracks (m001d625)
Jules Buckley

Composer and curator Jules Buckley chooses 'Sweet Soul Music' by Arthur Conley and 'Music for 18 Musicians' by Steve Reich.


MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00mw69c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 Anything Legal (b00828m9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 13:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance (b007jvhd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 13:30 Castles in Spain (m0004xtt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 14:00 A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne (m0002ltj)
Episode 6

Maurice receives some good news about his book and Edith finds her life thrown into disarray by an unexpected phone call.

Maurice is handsome, ruthless and desperate to become a successful novelist. He just needs the right story.

However a chance encounter with the celebrated author Erich Ackermann gives Maurice an opportunity to ingratiate himself into the literary world. And Erich has a story of his own.

Unfortunately Maurice is the last person Erich should confide in…

John Boyne’s seductive thriller about a writer who won’t let anything, or anyone, stand in the way of his ambitions.

Abridged in ten parts by Doreen Estall

Read by Wolf Kahler.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2019.


MON 14:15 Tim Jackson - The Rainbow Bridge (m001d627)
Episode 6

David survives his medical scare but Kate receives more unnerving news.

Tim Jackson's ten-part drama investigates Darwinism from the perspective of a woman ambitious to win in the rat race of modern academia.

Kate Williams .... Julia Hills
David Williams .... David Hargreaves
Emma …. Janet Maw
Charles .... David Schofield
Nurse .... Lorna Laidlaw
Eugene .... John McAndrew

Director: Peter Leslie Wild

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.


MON 14:30 Jazz in the Open Air (b00szz26)
Jazz, a music first played in small clubs and now found in large concert halls, also has a long history of heading for the great outdoors.

Kevin LeGendre charts the story of jazz in the open air, starting with a teenage Louis Armstrong leading the band from the Home for Colored Waifs through the streets of New Orleans almost a century ago.

Other legendary jazz performers who swapped smoky interiors for notable fresh air appearances include Duke Ellington, who transformed the fortunes of his orchestra with a storming show at the Newport jazz festival in 1956, and saxophonist Sonny Rollins, who spent months practising high amongst the girders of the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City.

Kevin also hears from musician Gary Bartz, who formed a band without a piano player so that they were free to perform anywhere, and so could escape from the restrictions of the music industry.

Offering the other side of the story, the acclaimed singer Bobby McFerrin reveals why he tries to avoid all outdoor performances. And bringing the story right up to the present, Kevin joins saxophonist Soweto Kinch under a flyover in Birmingham, where he has promoted a music festival amidst the concrete and thundering traffic for the past three years.

Producer John Goudie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2010.


MON 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2ms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 16:00 Wordaholics (b04hyrq3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 16:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dkxjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 17:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03srgv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:30 It's a Fair Cop (m001cxhf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 Nightfall (m0009s33)
Series 2

1. The Maid's Bell by Edith Wharton

A maid takes a job with a kind but sad mistress who suffers from a weak heart, a cruel and tyrannical husband, and the presence of a stubborn ghost...

Edith Wharton’s tale dramatised by John Douglas.

Hartley the Maid ...... Dixi Seatle
Laura Brimpton ...... Chapelle Jaffe
Mr Wace ...... Hugh Webster
Agnes ...... Wendy Thatcher
Mrs Blinder ...... Marian Waldman
Mr Brimpton ...... Richard Donat
Mr Ranford ...... John Douglas

‘Nightfall’ is a series of supernatural and horror dramas - one of Canada’s CBC Radio's most popular shows in the network’s history.

Running to over 100 episodes between 1980 and 1983, it features a mix of original stories and adaptations of classic tales.

Directed in Toronto by William Lane.

Series producer: Bill Howell.

First broadcast on CBC Canada in 1982.


MON 18:30 A Good Read (b053761s)
Josie Long and Romesh Ranganathan

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - comedians, Josie Long and Romesh Ranganathan - discuss favourite books by Yann Martel, Clive James and Dan Hancox.

The Village Against the World by Dan Hancox
Publisher: Verso

Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Publisher: Cannongate

Unreliable Memoirs by Clive James
Publisher: Picador

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2015.


MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00mw69c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 Anything Legal (b00828m9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 20:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance (b007jvhd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 20:30 Castles in Spain (m0004xtt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 21:00 TED Radio Hour (m001d623)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 21:50 Inheritance Tracks (m001d625)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today]


MON 22:00 It's a Fair Cop (m001cxhf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 22:30 Twenty Players (b06dyddk)
Series 1

Gentleman Jack Perkins

Des Lynam narrates the story of a turn-of-the-century boxing toff who never quite made it to the top - Gentleman Jack Perkins.

Simon Bullivant's album of forgotten sporting heroes in a highly collectable series of six parts.

Producer: Richard Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995.


MON 22:45 Self-Storage (b01g97vg)
Series 1

Break-Up

No woman, no job. Dave has no choice but to stow everything.

Following the breakup of his marriage, Dave moves all his possessions into The Storage Garden, meeting security guard Ron and mysterious 'neighbour' Geoff.

Stars Reece Shearsmith and Mark Heap.

Sitcom written by Tom Collinson and Barnaby Power.

Dave ...... Reece Shearsmith.
Geoff ...... Mark Heap.
Ron ...... Tom Goodman-Hill.
Judy ...... Rosie Cavaliero.
Sarah ...... Susan Earl.
Boss ...... Phil Nichol.

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2007.


MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m001cxsg)
Series 109

Episode 5

Andy Zaltzman is joined by political scientist Anand Menon, along with comedians Lucy Porter, Jessica Fostekew and Simon Evans. This week they discuss the mood at the SNP conference, the continuing economic unrest and why a brain in a petri dish is playing video games.

Hosted and written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Cameron Loxdale, Mike Shephard and Rebecca Bain.

Producer: Sam Holmes
Executive Producers: James Robinson & Pete Strauss
Production Co-ordinator: Ryan Walker-Edwards

A BBC Studios Production


MON 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jqhc)
Series 1

The Human Mind

The sci-fi star and inventor explains life's big mysteries

Written by and starring Richard Herring and Stewart Lee

With:

Tom Baker
Rebecca Front
Armando Iannucci

Producer Sarah Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1992.

TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER 2022

TUE 00:00 Nightfall (m0009s33)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b053761s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance (b007jvhd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Castles in Spain (m0004xtt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne (m0002ltj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Tim Jackson - The Rainbow Bridge (m001d627)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 Jazz in the Open Air (b00szz26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2ms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 Wordaholics (b04hyrq3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dkxjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03srgv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 05:30 It's a Fair Cop (m001cxhf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 06:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance (b007jvhj)
3. Inside the Giant's Castle

Charles Paris has still not been able to contact the elusive theatrical impresario Marius Steen.

Now the man who took the compromising photographs of Steen and his lover has been shot dead.

Francis Matthews stars as actor-cum-sleuth, Charles Paris.

Dramatised by Simon Brett from his novel.

Charles Paris …. Francis Matthews
Jacqui Mitchell …. Fiona Hendley
Marius Steen …. Peter Tuddenham
Mrs Sweet …. Lynda Baron
Juliet …. Wendy Murray
Miles …. David Dixon
Nigel Steen …. Richard Morant
Taxi Driver …. Mark Jones

Producer: Martin Fisher

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1984.


TUE 06:30 Castles in Spain (m0004r2s)
2. Jock

'You can't even get your act together, you lot. Do you want Jock Cameron found, or would he be better left where he is?'

Armed with new information, bookseller Grahame Mayer is sent to Glasgow on the trail of Jock Cameron.

Starring Ray Brooks.

Edward Boyd’s mystery thriller serial.

Grahame Mayer ..... Ray Brooks
Coleman ..... John Westbrook
Teresa ..... Alexandra Mathie
Inspector McNeill ..... Carey Wilson
Norah McGill ..... Sybil Wintrope
Cameron ..... Joseph Greig
Henderson ..... Joseph Brady
Arnold ..... Ian Thompson
Receptionist ..... Jennifer Piercey
Passenger ..... William Hope

Produced at BBC Scotland by Patrick Rayner.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1987.


TUE 07:00 Ayres on the Air (b09wrsrp)
Series 6

Home

More light hearted verse and comic sketches from Pam Ayres.

Today's theme is 'home'.

Includes a poem about passionately regretting inviting people round to your house for a dinner party and attics!

With:

Geoffrey Whitehead
Felicity Montagu

Written by Pam Ayres, Jan Etherington, Peter Reynolds, Bryce Hart and Claire Jones.

Produced by Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.


TUE 07:30 Stand-Up Specials (m001cx2s)
Geoff Norcott: Geofferendum

As a believer in democracy – and as someone who was on the winning side of the Brexit referendum – Geoff Norcott generally believes that if we, the people, vote for something, that thing should happen. But are there limits to Geoff’s belief in populism, as this is now sometimes called?

For example, opinion polls suggest that if there were to be a referendum on the death penalty, it would be brought back, despite disputes over its effectiveness. In America the individual right to an abortion has been taken away from women “democratically” in some states, something Geoff views as abhorrent (not to mention unconservative). And there’s little doubt that if every new building had to be democratically approved, the United Kingdom may never build another house.

Geoff will see where his audience land on these issues, and work out if they – and he – actually have democratic principles at heart, or if they just want the world to be arranged the way they like it, no matter how inconsistent that might be.

Written and performed by Geoff Norcott
Produced by Ed Morrish
Executive Producer: Caroline Raphael
Sound Engineer: David Thomas
Broadcast Assistant: Jacob Tombling

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (m001d638)
Series 5

The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea

Constable Neddie Seagoon sets out to apprehend Minnie and Henry's Sussex assailant.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.

Extended restored episode thanks to Gary Critcher.

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 October 1954.


TUE 08:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b007zmx4)
Series 3

Episode 2

The editor of The Bugle receives a call from the mysterious Deep Throat, a secret informant at the Parish council

The continuing everyday story of a country folk.

‘80s political satirical soap opera set in the strangely familiar village of Little Blighty.

Life here is pretty uneventful, though the humdrum happenings include social turmoil, economic upheaval and vicious political squabbles.

Jo Kendall
Michael Troughton
John Baddeley
Bernadine Corrigan
Daniel Strauss
Jasper Jacob

Written by Mark Burton, John O'Farrell and Mike Coleman.

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1990.


TUE 09:00 The News Quiz (m001cxsg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]


TUE 09:30 Lucky Heather (b0075rtm)
For a Few Dollars More

Just this side of nosey, Heather is western movie-mad. She's also the Sherlock Holmes of the rundown Sutter Estate.

With the aid of daughter Natalie and her boyfriend Ryan, she's determined to help her local community.

For starters, Heather tries to help a family with a sick child, but events take an unexpected turn...

Six-part sitcom by Sue Teddern.

Starring Lindsey Coulson (Carol Jackson in BBC TV's EastEnders until 2015)

Heather …… Lindsey Coulson
Natalie …… Abigail Hart
Ryan …… Ben Crowe
Maev …… Dearbhla Molloy
Craig …… Tom George
Lisa …… Beth Chalmers

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.


TUE 10:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2nx)
New Vistas

Friendship with the ebullient Sebastian Flyte continues to open up new vistas for Charles. But for Sebastian, the family is closing in.

Ben Miles and Jamie Bamber star in Evelyn Waugh's most famous novel of life, love and a forgotten era.

Dramatised by Jeremy Front.

Charles Ryder ...... Ben Miles
Sebastian Flyte ...... Jamie Bamber
Cordelia ...... Abby Ford
Brideshead ...... Toby Jones
Lady Marchmain ...... Eleanor Bron
Rex Mottram ...... William Hope
Lord Marchmain ...... Edward Petherbridge
Cara ...... Liza Sadovy
Mr Ryder ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Mr Samgrass ...... Thomas Arnold
Boy Mulcaster ...... Tom Smith
Nanny Hawkins ...... Ann Beach
Sergeant ...... Martin Hyder
Death's Head ...... Emma Woolliams
Sickly Child ...... Laura Doddington

Music by Neil Brand

Director: Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.


TUE 11:00 The Home of Radio (m001d63c)
As the BBC's Broadcasting House in London undergoes redevelopment to bring it into the 21st century, former managing director of BBC Radio, Sir David Hatch returns to take a tour.

As he explores this much loved and historic building, he reveals the extraordinary part it has played in the history of radio.

With contributions from:

Andy Crawford
Robert Seater
John Humphrys
Sue MacGregor
Libby Purves

Featuring a clip of BBC Radio 4’s Just a Minute - Willhelm Furtwengler ( 11th January 1992)

With host Nicholas Parsons and panellist Stephen Fry.

Producer: Alexandra Feacchem

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.


TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (m001d638)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b007zmx4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 13:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance (b007jvhj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 13:30 Castles in Spain (m0004r2s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 14:00 A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne (m0002m30)
Episode 7

Maurice Swift is handsome, ruthless and desperate to become a successful novelist. He just needs the right story. However a chance encounter with the celebrated author Erich Ackermann gives Maurice an opportunity to ingratiate himself into the literary world. And Erich has a story of his own. Unfortunately Maurice is the last person Erich should confide in…

‘A Ladder To The Sky’ by John Boyne is a seductive thriller about a writer who won’t let anything, or anyone, stand in the way of his ambitions.

Awarded the Hennessy Literary 'Hall of Fame' Award for his body of work, the New York Times best-selling author John Boyne has received multiple Irish Book Awards including Children's Book of the Year, People's Choice Book of the Year and Short Story of the Year. He has also been awarded a number of international literary awards, including the Que Leer Award for Novel of the Year in Spain and the Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize in Germany. ‘A Ladder to The Sky’ is his eleventh novel for adults.

Abridged by Doreen Estall
Read by Colin Stinton
Produced by Michael Shannon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2019.


TUE 14:15 Tim Jackson - The Rainbow Bridge (m001d63f)
Episode 7

Kate flits between her office and the hospital, but Charles and Emma Darwin occupy her thoughts. Stars Julia Hills.

Tim Jackson's ten-part drama investigates Darwinism from the perspective of a woman ambitious to win in the rat race of modern academia.

CAST:

Kate Williams .... Julia Hills
David Williams .... David Hargreaves
Emma …. Janet Maw
Charles .... David Schofield
Nurse .... Lorna Laidlaw
Eugene .... John McAndrew

Director: Peter Leslie Wild

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.


TUE 14:30 I Dressed Ziggy Stardust (b01r91qk)
For more than four decades, David Bowie entranced his followers. In this programme, Samira Ahmed looks at his particular appeal for British Asian women.

Across the generations, they were inspired by the skinny South Londoner, who challenged gender barriers and who played with alien identity and other-worldliness. Beneath the make up and exotic costumes, he was also the intelligent, politely spoken suburban young man who you could potentially introduce to your mother.

As Samira explores Bowie’s impact on British Asian teenagers, she talks to Shami Chakrabarti - the director of Liberty - about Bowie’s changing identities, sociologist Rupa Huq tackles his suburban psychoses, and Shyama Perera takes Samira on a journey to explain how her teenage obsession with Bowie even extended to sending costume designs to her hero, enabling her to claim that “I Dressed Ziggy Stardust”.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Alice Bloch
A Whistledown/ Kati Whitaker production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2nx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 16:00 Genius (b008h5bx)
Series 2

Carol Vorderman

Rotating rooms and a flexible retirement plan?

Dave Gorman asks TV’s Carol Vorderman 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.


TUE 16:30 Lucky Heather (b0075rtm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 17:00 Ayres on the Air (b09wrsrp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:30 Stand-Up Specials (m001cx2s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 Nightfall (m0009zzp)
Series 2

2. Walter's Dog by Larry LeClair

A Newfoundlander's plan to murder his boss and fishing "buddy" goes horribly awry.

Written by Larry LeClair.

Blake …. John Fulton
Walter …. George Merner
Bernie …. Kent Stetson
The Dog …. Bill Carr

‘Nightfall’ was series of supernatural and horror dramas produced by Canada’s CBC Radio between July 1980 and June 1983 and went on to become one of the most popular shows in the network’s history. Over its one hundred episodes over three seasons, ‘Nightfall’ featured a mix of original stories and adaptations of classic tales.

Directed by Ewan ‘Sudsy’ Clark.

First broadcast on CBC Canada in April 1983.


TUE 18:30 Soul Music (b0b0v37m)
Series 26

True Colors

"Your true colors...are beautiful, like a rainbow..."

Billy Steinberg's lyrics were originally inspired by his mother but his song writing partner Tom Kelly recognised it's universal appeal and with a slight re-write, it became the song that Cyndi Lauper made famous the world over.

Growing up in a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Ken Kidd could never truly be himself. Watching Cyndi Lauper perform True Colors on MTV showed him that it was OK to be his authentic self. Years later he describes his pride at watching the Rainbow Flag being raised above the Stonewall National Monument as he and other LGBTQ campaigners sang that same song.

Lesley Pyne learnt to sing 'True Colors' with her local choir. It's a song that resonated with her more than she had ever expected. After six attempts at IVF, Lesley had had to come to terms with the knowledge that she wouldn't be able to have children. It wasn't easy. It has taken years of digging deep to work through the grief but now she helps others to find their true colours and firmly believes that they can be beautiful, like a rainbow.

And in 1999, Caroline Paige, a jet and helicopter navigator in the Royal Air Force, became the first ever openly serving transgender officer in the British military. She rose above the extraordinary challenges placed before her to show her 'True Colors' whilst serving her country on the front line in the war on terror.

Featuring songwriter Billy Steinberg and music from The Rock Choir

Produced by Nicola Humphries.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2018.


TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (m001d638)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b007zmx4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 20:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance (b007jvhj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 20:30 Castles in Spain (m0004r2s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 21:00 The Home of Radio (m001d63c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 22:00 Stand-Up Specials (m001cx2s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 22:30 Cabin Pressure (b00cdsj8)
Series 1

Boston

A routine flight to Boston is disrupted by a routine fire, a routine lawsuit and a routine corpse.

John Finnemore’s sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.

CAST:

Carolyn Knapp-Shappey …. Stephanie Cole
First Officer Douglas Richardson …. Roger Allam
Capt Martin Crieff …. Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey …. John Finnemore
ATC Fitton …. Ewen MacIntosh
Hamilton Leeman …. Kerry Shale
Paramedic …. Matilda Ziegler

Producer: David Tyler

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2008.


TUE 23:00 The Shuttleworths (b007m950)
John Shuttleworth's Open Mind

Vampires

On the trail of vampires, John Shuttleworth visits Whitby.

But when the investigation hits full tilt he gets worried about the health of next-door neighbour Ken Worthington. Could he be Dracula's latest victim?

Sheffield's premier singer-songwriter continues his probe into unsolved phenomena.

With a guest appearance by Fame Academy's Alistair Griffin.

Written and performed by Graham Fellows.

Additional material by Dean Wilkinson.

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.


TUE 23:30 2000 Years of Radio (b0076b0q)
Series 2

Sherwood FM

It's 1206 and DJ Suzanne Canker falls for new hero on the block Robin the Hood.... but living on nettle soup can really test a relationship.

More extraordinary archive radio recordings from the past two millennia of the wireless

Written and performed by Claire Downes, Hazel Grian, Al Holloway, Ben Kozo, Stuart Lane and Patrick McNamara.

Producer: Sean Grundy

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002.


TUE 23:45 Paperback Hell (m000jhmb)
Series 2

How Not To Live

Celebrity lifestyle gurus Gilly Haberdasher and Dr Graham Golden read from their tie-in book to the strangely popular TV programme, How Not To Live.

Starring Michael Fenton Stevens, Rebecca Front, Mel Hudson, Alex Lowe and Dan Tetsell.

Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.

Producer: Lucy Armitage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.

WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER 2022

WED 00:00 Nightfall (m0009zzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:30 Soul Music (b0b0v37m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance (b007jvhj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Castles in Spain (m0004r2s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne (m0002m30)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 Tim Jackson - The Rainbow Bridge (m001d63f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 I Dressed Ziggy Stardust (b01r91qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2nx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 Genius (b008h5bx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 Lucky Heather (b0075rtm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Ayres on the Air (b09wrsrp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 05:30 Stand-Up Specials (m001cx2s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 06:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance (b007jvhn)
4. Enter the Funny Policeman

Impresario Marius Steen has been found dead.

Jacqui Mitchell suspects foul play, so Charles Paris continues his investigations - and discovers a thing or two about Steen's will.

Francis Matthews stars as actor-cum-sleuth, Charles Paris.

Adapted by Simon Brett from his thriller.

Charles Paris …. Francis Matthews
Jacqui Mitchell …. Fiona Hendley
Marius Steen …. Peter Tuddenham
Gerald Venables …. Jeremy Child
Joanne Menzies …. Sandra Clark
Bartlemas …. Anthony Newlands
O’Rourke …. Alec Bregonzi
Maurice Skellern …. Harry Landis
Morrison …. Peter Cleall
Waiter …. Geoffrey Collins

Producer: Martin Fisher

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1984.


WED 06:30 Castles in Spain (m0004tv9)
3. The Nurse

'Remember, nobody knows what this Hanrahan looks like. Nobody knows what name he's travelling under. So keep your door locked. And don't let anyone in you don't know.'

Bookseller Grahame unearths more clues about Jock Cameron when he meets a nurse from the Spanish Civil War.

Starring Ray Brooks.

Edward Boyd’s mystery thriller serial.

Grahame Mayer ..... Ray Brooks
Coleman ..... John Westbrook
Teresa ..... Alexandra Mathie
Inspector McNeill ..... Carey Wilson
Cameron ..... John Hannah
Norah McGill ..... Sybil Wintrope
Cameron ..... Joseph Greig
Arnold ..... Ian Thompson
Miss McLauchlan ..... Yvonne Gilan
Pat ..... Richard Jamieson
Paula ..... Caroline Guthrie
Waiter ..... Gordon Reid

Produced at BBC Scotland by Patrick Rayner.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1987.


WED 07:00 Lobby Land (b0b7rnjz)
Series 1

Summer in the City

Can Sam make a success of her fledgling political podcast?

'Hot Takes' political editor Samantha Peakes tries to make hay out of the Westminster chaos - and, ideally, keep her job.

Written by Jon Harvey, with Christopher Davies and Alistair Griggs

Sam Peakes - Ophelia Lovibond
Tom Shriver MP - Charlie Higson
Mia Phillips - Cariad Lloyd
Dom Bell - Lewis Macleod
Lawrence Mills - Ryan Sampson
Kate Duxford - Abigail Burdess

Producer: Jon Harvey

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


WED 07:30 'Whatever Next?' With Miles Jupp (m001cxbm)
Series 1

Episode 3

The Squire’s Will… and Its Consequences. Miles has a session with a professional life coach, looks back at the working-class career of working-class theatre writer, the working-class woman Brenda Munby and helps Seann Walsh launch his new podcast What’s Your Favourite Roast Dinner?

Starring Miles Jupp with Vicki Pepperdine, Julia Davis, Seann Walsh, Jocelyn Jee Essien, Philip Fox, Justin Edwards, Dominique Moore, Gyles Brandreth and David Gower

Written by Miles Jupp & James Kettle
Script edited by Graeme Garden
Produced by Victoria Lloyd

A Random Entertainment Production


WED 08:00 The Missing Hancocks (b06r4gpg)
Series 2

The Marriage Bureau

Tony Hancock needs a job, but can't get one as an unmarried man. Luckily, Sidney James has a proposal.

Between 1954 and 1959, BBC Radio recorded 102 episodes of Galton & Simpson's comedy but 20 went missing from the BBC archives, and had not been heard since their original transmission… until these faithful re-imaginings.

After a highly acclaimed first series, another five were lovingly re-recorded in front of a live audience at London's BBC Radio Theatre.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson

Tony Hancock …. Kevin McNally
Bill Kerr …. Kevin Eldon
Sid James …. Simon Greenall
Kenneth Williams …. Robin Sebastian
Margaret Cabourn-Smith …. Moira Lister

Newly recorded score by the BBC Concert Orchestra

Produced by Ed Morrish and Neil Pearson.

Originally broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1955.

Recreated for broadcast by BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in November 2015.


WED 08:30 Flying the Flag (b007jxj2)
Series 2

Submarine Diplomacy

Telexes are arriving from London; awkward questions are being asked in the House; the spirit of the Armada is in dire peril of reasserting itself.

All in a day's overwork for the British Ambassador and his staff.

Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.

CAST:

HM Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
Colonel Surikov …. Christopher Benjamin
Captain Warner …. David Goodland
US Ambassador …. Stephen Greif

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1988.


WED 09:00 The Write Stuff (b00qvnjh)
Series 13

John Donne

James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary correctness.

Team captains John Walsh and Lynne Truss are joined by Jane Thynne and Christopher Brookmyre.

Author of the week and subject for pastiche is John Donne.

Reader: Beth Chalmers

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.


WED 09:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3dm)
Series 3

A Woman's Work

Rabbi Su delighted to find a role-model, while Rabbi Abraham would settle for a hair-cut.

Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.

CAST:

Rabbi Su Jacobs .... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Rabbi Abraham Fine .... David De Keyser
Melvin .... Henry Goodman
Sadie Fine .... Doreen Mantle
Brian .... Jonathan Kydd
Rabbi Marilyn Sugarman .... Rachel Atkins
Nicola .... Anny Tobin

Music by Max Harris.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2002.


WED 10:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2q1)
Strains

With their friendship strained, Sebastian continues his drinking and Charles is lured by Paris and art.

Ben Miles and Jamie Bamber star in Evelyn Waugh's most famous novel of life, love and a forgotten era.

Dramatised by Jeremy Front.

Charles Ryder ...... Ben Miles
Sebastian Flyte ...... Jamie Bamber
Juila ...... Anne-Marie Duff
Lady Marchmain ...... Eleanor Bron
Rex Mottram ...... William Hope
Cordelia ...... Abby Ford
Mr Ryder ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Mr Samgrass ...... Thomas Arnold
Brideshead ...... Toby Jones
Celia ...... Eve Best
Anthony Blanche Geoffrey Streatfeild
Boy Mulcaster ...... Tom Smith
Kurt ...... Carl Prekopp
Nurse ...... Jemma Churchill
Wilcox ...... Andrew Wincott
Jesus ...... Richard Firth
Monk ...... Martin Hyder

Music by Neil Brand

Director: Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.


WED 11:00 Soul Music Mixtapes (m000b0xd)
3. 'Mr Blue Sky' to 'Can't Help Falling In Love With You'

Cerys Matthews delves into the archives to put together a specially curated mixtape of her favourite stories from across 25 series of the BBC Radio 4's Soul Music.

Each episode of Soul Music takes a different piece of music – it might be a pop song, or a hymn, or a piece of classical music or world music – and looks at why it moves us and what it means to different people.

Cerys's choices in this edition are:

E.L.O.: ‘Mr Blue Sky’
Sam Cooke: ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’
Bob Marley: ‘Redemption Song’
Julie Andrews: ‘Feed The Birds’
Communards: ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’
Elvis Presley: ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love With You’

Producer: Mair Bosworth.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in January 2018.


WED 12:00 The Missing Hancocks (b06r4gpg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 12:30 Flying the Flag (b007jxj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 13:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance (b007jvhn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 13:30 Castles in Spain (m0004tv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 14:00 A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne (m0002mkv)
Episode 8

Maurice Swift is handsome, ruthless and desperate to become a successful novelist. He just needs the right story. However a chance encounter with the celebrated author Erich Ackermann gives Maurice an opportunity to ingratiate himself into the literary world. And Erich has a story of his own. Unfortunately Maurice is the last person Erich should confide in…

‘A Ladder To The Sky’ by John Boyne is a seductive thriller about a writer who won’t let anything, or anyone, stand in the way of his ambitions.

Awarded the Hennessy Literary 'Hall of Fame' Award for his body of work, the New York Times best-selling author John Boyne has received multiple Irish Book Awards including Children's Book of the Year, People's Choice Book of the Year and Short Story of the Year. He has also been awarded a number of international literary awards, including the Que Leer Award for Novel of the Year in Spain and the Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize in Germany. ‘A Ladder to The Sky’ is his eleventh novel for adults.

Abridged by Doreen Estall
Read by Enzo Cilenti
Produced by Michael Shannon


WED 14:15 Tim Jackson - The Rainbow Bridge (m001d62b)
Episode 8

The Darwins adjust to their loss, Eugene moves closer to Kate and she closes in on her obsession with Emma. Stars Julia Hills.

Tim Jackson's ten-part drama investigates Darwinism from the perspective of a woman ambitious to win in the rat race of modern academia.

CAST:

Kate Williams .... Julia Hills
David Williams .... David Hargreaves
Emma …. Janet Maw
Charles .... David Schofield
Eugene .... John McAndrew

Director: Peter Leslie Wild

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.


WED 14:30 Living Books (b00r9yd8)
Sandi Toksvig visits the library where you borrow a person instead of a book.

The Human Library is a ground-breaking idea from Denmark designed to get you to confront your deepest prejudices. Borrow a type of person you think you don't like, goes the strap line, take them away for a half-hour conversation, and try and get to the bottom of your preconceptions.

People who have volunteered to be 'Books' range from Muslims to transsexuals, and neo-Nazis to male nannies.

Sandi talks to those who’ve got involved, both as Readers and Books, borrows a couple of Books herself, and even lends herself out as one.

Producer: Beth O'Dea

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.


WED 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2q1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


WED 16:00 The Write Stuff (b00qvnjh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 16:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3dm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 17:00 Lobby Land (b0b7rnjz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 17:30 'Whatever Next?' With Miles Jupp (m001cxbm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 18:00 Nightfall (m000b74f)
Series 2

3. Your Fortune in Twenty Words or Less by Larry LeClair

A carnival worker is hell-bent on joining the sinister and terrifying fraternity of precognition.

‘Nightfall’ was series of supernatural and horror dramas produced by Canada’s CBC Radio between July 1980 and June 1983 and went on to become one of the most popular shows in the network’s history. Over its one hundred episodes over three seasons, ‘Nightfall’ featured a mix of original stories and adaptations of classic tales.

CAST:

Benny Larson …. David Sarey
Mike …. Greg Rogers
Mercurian …. Jack Wilson
George Townsend …. Wendell Smith
The Amazing Adolpho …. Brian Taylor

Written by Larry LeClair.

Directed by Laurie Seligman.

First broadcast on CBC Canada in April 1983.


WED 18:30 Pioneers (b01466cy)
Series 2

Shannon Murray

Actress Shannon Murray speaks to Clare English about becoming the UK's first high street disabled model and how she physically and psychologically rebuilt her life after a diving accident.

She explains how she's challenged some of the prejudices and misconceptions surrounding disability.

Producer: Philip Sime

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 2011.


WED 19:00 The Missing Hancocks (b06r4gpg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 19:30 Flying the Flag (b007jxj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 20:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance (b007jvhn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 20:30 Castles in Spain (m0004tv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 21:00 Soul Music Mixtapes (m000b0xd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


WED 22:00 'Whatever Next?' With Miles Jupp (m001cxbm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 22:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b01pgs6z)
Series 3

Episode 6

The Archers and The Waltons with a twist, and the Minx Twins tackle feminism.

Starring:

Sanjeev Bhaskar
Kulvinder Ghir
Meera Syal
Nina Wadia
Sharat Sardana

Gold Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The sketch comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001.

Written by Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sanjeev Kohli.

Script Editors: Sharat Sardana and Richard Pinto

Producer: Anil Gupta.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.


WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001c0w1)
Kirk Flash 1/2

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Jon Holmes speaks to comedy podcaster Kirk Flash.


WED 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007k3vv)
Series 4

Episode 6

The legendary career of BBC Director General, Ronald Ambrose and the Queen Mother takes a special interest in the players at Wembley.

Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp-edged banter and satirical sketches with a topical flavour.

Written by and starring Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell

With Jasper Jacob and Felicity Montagu.

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1989.


WED 23:30 Hearing With Hegley (b0075ryg)
Series 3

Episode 2

Who wants to be a milliner? The nation's second favourite comic poet John Hegley travels to Luton to find out.

John performs at a local junior school where the headmaster gets to try on a new hat.

Produced by Nigel Piper.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.


WED 23:45 Late (b00762p3)
2. From Grieving to Cross-Dressing

An unwitting son takes his grieving mother to see "Mamma Mia"; a provincial theatre director talks about his latest play, a business woman stumbles on her husband indulging a secret obsession....

Bleak, funny and confusing tales of urban life, after dark.

Starring:

Paul Merton
Meera Syal
Liz Smith
Julian Clary
Richard Wilson.

Scripted by Mandy Wheeler, Joss Bennathan, Rob Colley and Paul Merton.

Music by Robert Katz.

Producer: Sarah Parkinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.