SATURDAY 14 JANUARY 2023

SAT 00:00 Doctor Who (m001gxf3)
The War Doctor

5. A Thing of Guile

The Daleks are developing a secret weapon on Asteroid Theta 12. It is imperative that their plans are uncovered.

Cardinal Ollistra has her hands full studying the range of ancient and mysterious armaments the universe has to offer, but she makes it a personal mission to investigate the Dalek project.

On this dangerous assignment, there is one particular Time Lord she wants at her side - and he will be accompanying her whether he wants to or not.

John Hurt stars as The War Doctor.

Written by Phil Mulryne.

The War Doctor .... John Hurt
Cardinal Ollistra …. Jacqueline Pearce
Co-ordinator Jarad .... Jamie Newall
Captain Solex .... Robert Hands
Commander Trelon …. Oliver Dimsdale
Navigator Valis …. Laura Harding

The Daleks voiced by Nicholas Briggs

Original music written by Howard Carter.

Artwork by Tom Webster

Director: Nicholas Briggs

A Big Finish production.


SAT 01:00 There Are Such Things (m001gxdq)
Darkly imaginative exploration of the life and career of Bela Lugosi, one of the cinema's great 'Kings of Horror'.

A war veteran and an established classical stage actor in his native Hungary before he came to Hollywood to be chewed up and spat out by the movie moguls, Lugosi spent his troubled life fleeing his most famous creation, Count Dracula.

Written by Mark McDonnell and Steven McNicoll.

Performed by:

Mark McDonnell
Steven McNicoll
Julia Duncanson
Gavin Mitchell

Director Patrick Rayner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.


SAT 02:00 The Rivals (b03c482b)
Series 2

4. Max Carrados: The Game Played in the Dark

Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories.

Now he has a chance to get his own back, with more tales of Holmes' rivals.

He concludes this series with the blind detective Max Carrados who tries to stop international master criminal Fane from selling compromising letters which could derail an upcoming royal wedding.

Starring Tim Pigott-Smith and Charles Edwards.

Written by Ernest Bramah.

Dramatised By Chris Harrald.

Lestrade .... Tim Pigott-Smith
Max Carrados .... Charles Edwards
Fane .... John Sessions
Parkinson .... Michael Bertenshaw
Maria .... Joanna Brookes
Carver .... Ben Crowe

Producer: Liz Webb.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.


SAT 02:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009hp59)
4. The Holiday Ends

Inspector Alan Grant returns to London determined to clear up the mystery over the death of Bill Kenrick.

Josephine Tey's detective mystery.

Abridged by Sian Preece.

Concluded by Paul Young.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

Made by BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2008.


SAT 03:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004sdn)
Episode 10

Despite revelations concerning Miranda's case and Charlie's moments of anguish, love conquers all and they will marry.

They also hope to care for young Mark. And Adam the synthetic human has been 'dealt with' too, and put to rest in a safe place.

Ian McEwan's novel reimagines life and times in the 1980s.

Concluded by Anton Lesser.

Abridged by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2019.


SAT 03:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b013ptf6)
5. A House in Chawton

May's name has appeared on a terrorist death list. She and her husband Ali are desperate to escape from Iraq.

Bee, a British journalist, has managed to arrange a university place for May, but to get to Britain they must first get to Jordan. At the last moment Ali's Jordanian visa is refused.

May resolves to go by herself to Jordan and sort out the problem.

The story of BBC journalist Bee Rowlatt's email friendship with Iraq-based academic, May Witwit.

Dramatised by John Fletcher.

May ...... Souad Faress
Bee ...... Fenella Woolgar
Ali ...... Zubin Varla
Justin ...... Stephen Hogan
Eva/Ayasha ...... Deeivya Meir
Militia Man/Official/Minister ...... Peter Polycarpou
Newsnight director ...... Jonathan Forbes
Lawyer/Octavia ...... Elaine Claxton

Director: Peter Kavanagh

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011


SAT 03:30 Ellie Taylor's Safe Space (m000ynbb)
Series 2

Exercise

Ellie Taylor welcomes you to "Safe Space", a place where anyone can offload their controversial opinions without fear of judgment.

She talks to members of the public about their gripes and dislikes.

She's never liked exercise and sets out to convince her studio audience they should avoid it too.

Joining Ella to prove her point is regular sidekick Robin Morgan

With special guest: TV's Mr Motivator, fitness fan and bumbag aficionado - we hear his views on the virtues of moving about a bit.

Written by Ellie Taylor and Robin Morgan

Produced by Sam Michell

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2021.


SAT 04:00 Parsley Sidings (b01pcz6r)
Series 1

Cricket, Lovely Cricket

Station Master Horace Hepplewhite steps up to the crease in his battle to save his station from closure.

Starring Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender.

Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station.

Horace Hepplewhite … Arthur Lowe
Bert Hepplewhite …. Ian Lavender
Percy Valentine …. Kenneth Connor
Gloria Simpkins …. Liz Fraser
Mr Bun the Inspector …. Ronald Baddiley

Re-created Announcements by Keith Skues.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1972.


SAT 04:30 Bristow (b007vgv7)
Series 3

Chapter and Verse

As the Chester-Perry clerk writes for the house journal, he learns the meaning of poetic justice.

Starring Michael Williams.

Frank Dickens' sitcom is based on his famous long-running newspaper cartoon strip about the Chester-Perry buying clerk.

Bristow ...... Michael Williams
Jones ...... Rodney Bewes
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey
Fudge ...... Jon Glover
Postboy ...... Simon Schatzberger
Hickford ...... Roger Lloyd Pack
Liftboy ...... Ian Kelland

Music: John Whitehall

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000.


SAT 05:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m000mblv)
Series 15

Episode 1

Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Alice Levine welcome:

* Writer and presenter Danny Wallace
* Broadcaster and tech expert Georgia Lewis Anderson
* Agatha Christie’s great-grandson and CEO of Agatha Christie Ltd James Prichard

The Museum's Guest Committee donate a giant balloon, a mobile phone inside a crystal ball and Agatha Christie’s favourite mug.

Researchers: Mike Turner and Anne Miller of QI.

Producers: Victoria Lloyd and Anne Miller.

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2020.


SAT 05:30 Millport (b0076bfv)
Series 3

Wild Rover

The Cumbrae Club is up and running and the islanders are already arguing over how it should be run.

Meanwhile back at Bruce House, Moira is in hysterics over her missing pet pooch.

But will Irene risk missing the ferry and losing her job to help her unhappy sister?

Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson.

Barmaid Irene Bruce is 30-something and hankering after a better life on the mainland.

Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Dr Hume/Ferryman/Robert the Dog /Morris ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Minister/Bob ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie ...... Kenneth Bryans

Producer: Lucy Bacon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.


SAT 06:00 Peter Tinniswood (b01bl25p)
A Touch of Daniel

Young Carter Brandon struggles for love in a world preoccupied with Cheshire cheese, individual trifles, dominoes, outbreaks of wireworm and vests.

Strong women fight grimly to maintain their hold on a traditionally matriarchal society and where the only person who really understands Carter is his cousin - the baby Daniel.

Peter Tinniswood's Northern drama about the Brandon family.

Carter Brandon .... Christian Rodska
Pat .... Stephanie Turner
Mrs Brandon .... Liz Smith
Mr Brandon .... Graham Roberts
Uncle Mort .... George A Cooper
Auntie Lil .... Eileen Derbyshire
Mrs Partington .... Daphne Oxenford
Uncle Stavely .... Geoffrey Banks
Jessie Lewis .... Fiona Walker
Linda Preston .... Sharon Duce
Daniel .... Judy Bennett
Sid Skelhorn .... Peter Wheeler

Directed at BBC Manchester by Tony Cliff.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977.


SAT 07:30 The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (Omnibus) (m000h0qn)
Episode 3

After Henry’s disastrous decision to surprise his new bride, Anne of Cleves, relations are delicate. Henry wants rid of Anne.

But Cromwell fears this will mean the end of the alliance with Germany...

Anton Lesser concludes the long-awaited finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series.

Last of three omnibuses of five episodes abridged by Katrin Williams.

Producer: Justine Willett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2020.


SAT 08:45 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl4w)
Series 1

Par for the Course

Carter Brandon gets a week off work, so he decides to go on day-trips in his car, with his Uncle Mort, 'where the fancy takes them'.

Peter Tinniswood’s continuing tales of Carter Brandon and his curmudgeonly uncle.

Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’.

In addition to radio adaptations, this earned them a run of four BBC TV series of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ from 1975 to 1979.

Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Peter Skellern
The Landlord …. John Samson
Ambulance Man …. Steve Hodson
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Producer: Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.


SAT 09:00 Life With The Lyons (m001h41h)
An Oliver Twist

Young Barbara has finally found love, but what will her parents think?

Sitcom with a real-life American family - starring Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon.

Joined by their children Barbara and Richard, the series ran for 260 episodes from 1950 to 1961.

With

Barbara Lyon
Richard Lyon
Horace Percival
Doris Rogers
Molly Weir
Hugh Morton
David Oxley
And Vic Oliver

Written by Bebe Daniels, Bob Block and Ronnie Hanbury.

Incidental music by Arthur Wilkinson. The BBC Variety Orchestra are conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.

Producer: Tom Ronald

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1954.


SAT 09:30 Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqnr)
Game, Set and Match to Jeeves

Bertie Wooster's in a mess - can his valet Jeeves save his bacon?

PG Wodehouse romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.

Adapted by Richard Usborne.

Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ...... Richard Briers
Lord Sidcup...Paul Edlington
Sir Watkyn Bassett.....John Le Mesurier
Stiff Bing........Denise Coffey
Major Plank.........Ronald Fraser
Madeline Bassett......Aimi MacDonald
Reverend Harold Pinker ...... Douglas Blackwell
Constable......Graham Faulkner

Producer: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1981.


SAT 10:00 Archive on 4 (b0381jzt)
Ivor Cutler at 90

The deceptively quiet wordsmith was born on 15th January 1923 near the Rangers ground at Ibrox Park in Glasgow.

"I have a harmonium and it's going to explode in two minutes", were the opening words spoken on BBC Radio 1's Andy Kershaw Show in 1980 by a gentle voiced Scotsman called Ivor Cutler.

Championed by everyone from the Beatles to Billy Connolly, Ivor Cutler was a poet, humourist and absurdist whose appearances on BBC radio and TV span over 5 decades. As well as producing a vast body of records, books and plays, Ivor was a notable eccentric, often seen cycling around London in plus fours, handing out homemade stickers and badges to strangers.

To mark what would have been Ivor's 90th birthday in 2013, BBC Radio 4 held a 'party', to celebrate his life and BBC archive in particular, with a full house, with performers, fans, collaborators and even his long-term partner, Phyllis King, introducing their favourite poems, songs and memories of Ivor. Weirdness from the archives, pleasure for fans, and a singular introduction to those encountering him for the very first time.

Highlights include Bramwell and King re-enacting a morse code performance of "The Little Black Buzzer".

Presenter David Bramwell is a writer and musician. He is the founder of the "Catalyst Club"; a place for enthusiasts to speak on any subject close to their heart. Ivor Cutler is a subject close to his, having kept correspondence with him in the 1980's.

Ivor died aged 83 in 2006.

Producer: Sara Jane Hall

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2013.


SAT 11:00 Peter Tinniswood (b01bl25p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 12:30 The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (Omnibus) (m000h0qn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 13:45 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 14:00 Life With The Lyons (m001h41h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 14:30 Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqnr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b0381jzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 16:00 Doctor Who (m001gxf3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SAT 17:00 Peter Tinniswood (b01bl25p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 18:30 The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (Omnibus) (m000h0qn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 19:45 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 20:00 Life With The Lyons (m001h41h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 20:30 Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqnr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 21:00 Archive on 4 (b0381jzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b01nbrjc)
Series 2

Episode 6

John Finnemore with another sketch-packed show.

This episode starts by going to the dogs and ends with what is surely the oldest hymn in the world.

Written by and starring John Finnemore.

With:

Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Carrie Quinlan
Lawry Lewin
Simon Kane

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2012.


SAT 22:30 Britain in Bits with Ross Noble (m00017tp)
Series 1

Episode 4

Ross Noble's surreal magazine show featuring celebrity guests and stories from around Britain - the best bits, the worst bits, the fascinating bits and the downright strange bits.

Journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Wark joins Ross in the studio.

Piers meets a protest singer who's found a niche for himself and the team investigates the take of the Sinister Stuffer of Manchester.

Written by and starring Ross Noble.

With:

Hadley Fraser
George Fouracres
Emma Sidi

Producer: Matt Stronge

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2018.


SAT 23:00 Vent (b00sy275)
Series 1

Don't Bet on It

As Ben lies on a ventilator in hospital, Mary and Mum put the racing on to try to bring him out of his coma.

It doesn't work, but Ben does somehow seem to have developed a knack for predicting the winners, if only he could think of a way of telling anyone.

Meanwhile John Dee, Queen Elizabeth I's own fortune teller, appears in Ben's brain, with some unhelpful observations about what the future might hold.

Starring Neil Pearson.

Nigel Smith's dark sitcom about a man in a coma, travelling through the distinctly odd landscape of his own unconscious mind.

Ben ...... Neil Pearson
Mary ...... Fiona Allen
Mum ...... Josie Lawrence
Blitzkrieg ...... Leslie Ash

With:

Mark Perry
Dave Lamb
Jo Martin
Giles New
Hils Barker
David Mitchell

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.


SAT 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b00b9nzb)
Series 4

Knowledge and Ignorance

Satan thinks humans can't handle knowledge, but the professor thinks they can.

Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.

Satan …. Andy Hamilton
The Professor …. James Grout
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan

Other characters played by:

Felicity Montagu
Philip Pope
Nigel Pegram
Michael Fenton Stevens

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2001.

SUNDAY 15 JANUARY 2023

SUN 00:00 Simon Bovey - Hive Mind (b00t1wcn)
Spring in 2019 is not the riot of colour it used to be. The honeybee is now officially extinct.

Farmer Sam Clark struggles to raise a crop worth a damn. But man has adapted.

Every spring an army of migrant workers, led by foreman Amra Walczak, descends on Sam's farm to pollinate by hand. It is a laborious process but it works. This spring, however, science offers a new solution, Honeybots, tiny robots that are effectively crawling bees, and Sam's put his farm forward for a trial.

Once released, thousands of Honeybots course through the fields, pollinating the flowers in a fraction of the time it takes Amra and her team.

Their job done they return automatically to their hive chest. They are quick and efficient.

That evening, however, dead birds and mice are found in the fields the Honeybots have worked...

Simon Bovey's sci-fi thriller from 2010 - but set in 2019.

Sam ..... Tony Bell
Amra ..... Ania Sowinski
Jackson ..... Michael Shelford
Olivia ..... Alison Pettitt
Patek ..... David Seddon
Jan ..... Lloyd Thomas

Director: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2010.


SUN 00:45 Edgar Allan Poe (b00grsvq)
The Tell-Tale Heart

The perfect murder, planned and executed with unerring precision.

Unless a rhythmic beating gives it away...

Edgar Allan Poe's short-story read by Brian Gear.

Producer: Pamela Howe

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1987.


SUN 01:00 Peter Tinniswood (b01bl25p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (Omnibus) (m000h0qn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:45 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Life With The Lyons (m001h41h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]


SUN 04:30 Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqnr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 Archive on 4 (b0381jzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001h3wg)
Sonnets for Albert

Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Sonnets for Albert with Anthony Joseph reflecting on fatherhood, in his own work and that of fellow artists.

The poet Anthony Joseph has been writing a new collection that addresses a key relationship in his life. His father was many things - a sharp dresser, an orator, a builder but he was only an intermittent figure in Anthony's childhood. And it is this absence which made him powerfully present in Joseph's imagination.

Anthony reveals some of his writing process and his form of 'calypso sonnet', a politically invested line length that, he says, "enforces a melodic rhythm which reminds me of my father" and favours a decidedly Afro-Caribbean approach.

Anthony explores ideas around fatherhood, masculinity, absence and loss, as he talks to other artists whose art has become a space for interrogating the memory of their father.

We hear from fellow poet Raymond Antrobus, the singer Gregory Porter and the Trinidadian film-maker Mariel Brown.

(Including audio material from 'Unfinished Sentences', 2019 - courtesy of Mariel Brown.)

Producer: Hannah Dean

Additional production by Zakia Sewell.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2021.


SUN 06:30 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (Omnibus) (m00054w9)
Episode 2

Adam the synthetic human belonging to Charlie, has prompted his master to further investigate the Gorringe rape case, and even Miranda has opened up about it now.

Also, a surprise request for Charlie to visit a man of profound influence. His name is Sir Alan Turing.

Ian McEwan's novel reimagines life and times in the 1980s.

Omnibus of the last five of ten parts abridged by Penny Leicester.

Read by Anton Lesser.

Producer: Duncan Minshull.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2019.


SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0002zlk)
Brian Conley

Comedian Brian Conley chooses ‘Jailhouse Rock’ by Elvis Presley and ‘Who Loves You’ by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.


SUN 07:50 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (Omnibus) (b0146g6s)
2005. Bee, a London journalist, contacts May, an Iraqi academic, about life in her battle-scarred country.

Neither foresees the dramatic events that will change their lives.

The story of BBC journalist Bee Rowlatt's email friendship with Iraq-based academic, May Witwit.

Omnibus in five parts dramatised by John Fletcher.

May ...... Souad Faress
Bee ...... Fenella Woolgar
Ali ...... Zubin Varla
Justin ...... Stephen Hogan
Eva/Ayasha ...... Deeivya Meir
Militia Man/Official/Minister ...... Peter Polycarpou
Newsnight director ...... Jonathan Forbes
Lawyer/Octavia ...... Elaine Claxton

Director: Peter Kavanagh

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011


SUN 09:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01lv5zm)
From 11/05/1974

Police intelligence and making merry at the court of King Henry VIII.

Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray cross their comedy swords.

Characters, songs and sketches galore.

Starring Ted Ray and Kenneth Williams.

With:

Miriam Margolyes
Nigel Rees

Music by Neil Innes.

Written by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1974.


SUN 09:30 Something to Shout About (m00021x5)
Series 2

Episode 9

Janet starts dating a BBC announcer, resulting in Michael become insanely jealous.

"A light-hearted exposé of the advertising world!"

Set in a London ad agency called Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, Blythe, Giddy & Partners.

Written by Myles Rudge with Ronnie Wolfe.

Michael …. Michael Medwin
Janet …. Fenella Fielding
Mavis …. Joan Sims
Maggie …. Eleanor Summerfield
Adrian …. Nicholas Phipps

Other parts played by:

Warren Mitchell

Producer: Eric Miller

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1961.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0138xw1)
Longplay

Martin Sheen

Hollywood actor Martin Sheen shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.

In a specially extended edition for BBC Radio 4 Extra, the Hollywood actor shares his life story and explains his musical, book and luxury choices.

Martin has won great acclaim and a Golden Globe for playing the leader of the free world in the hugely successful political drama The West Wing.

He's made more than 100 movies, including Apocalypse Now, Badlands and The Departed. For him, work is often a family affair, in Wall Street he acted alongside his son Charlie Sheen and in his latest movie, The Way he was directed by another of his children - Emilio Estevez.

But away from the film set, he's an activist and campaigner - he's been arrested around 70 times and is motivated, he says, by faith and conscience above politics.

DISC ONE: Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
DISC TWO: How Can I Keep From Singing? - Enya
DISC THREE: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, 2nd movement - Daniel Barenboim with the English Chamber Orchestra
DISC FOUR: Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons: Spring - Pinchas Zukerman
DISC FIVE: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor “Choral”: Ode to Joy - The Netherlands Radio Chorus with the Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink
DISC SIX: How Great Thou Art - The London Emmanuel Choir
DISC SEVEN: Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
DISC EIGHT: Johann Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major - The Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan

BOOK CHOICE - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
LUXURY CHOICE - Golf clubs
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan

Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley.

Producer: Leanne Buckle

Extended edition first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in August 2011.


SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001h3wg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 11:30 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (Omnibus) (m00054w9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0002zlk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 12:50 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (Omnibus) (b0146g6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 14:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01lv5zm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 14:30 Something to Shout About (m00021x5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0138xw1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 16:00 Simon Bovey - Hive Mind (b00t1wcn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SUN 16:45 Edgar Allan Poe (b00grsvq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:45 today]


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001h3wg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (Omnibus) (m00054w9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0002zlk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 18:50 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (Omnibus) (b0146g6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 20:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01lv5zm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 20:30 Something to Shout About (m00021x5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0138xw1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 22:00 Electric Ink (b01kkqc9)
Series 2

Episode 6

Maddox's future is uncertain as a rather shady character plans to buy the newspaper.

Starring John Sessions and Alex Jennings.

Old hacks meet new media in this satire set in the changing world of the struggling newspaper industry.

Written by Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson.

Maddox ..... John Sessions
Oliver ..... Alex Jennings
Freddy ..... Stephen Wight
Carol ..... Polly Frame
Masha ..... Debbie Chazen
Andrei Zinoviev ..... Ewan Bailey
Steward ..... Adeel Akhtar

Producer: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2011.


SUN 22:30 Party (b011vg9k)
Series 2

Prison Ain't All That Bad

The student politicians of the new political Party use prison-based TV shows as the inspiration to formulate their policy on crime and punishment.

Tom Basden's satirical comedy about a political party run by young idealists.

Simon ..... Tom Basden
Duncan ..... Tim Key
Jared ..... Jonny Sweet
Mel ..... Ann Crilly
Phoebe ..... Katy Wix

Producer: Julia McKenzie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.


SUN 23:00 The Skivers (b00d8pgd)
Series 1

Lewis Collins

Secrets of Michael Fish are revealed, and East 17 move house.

Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh's skilful sketch show.

Special guest: Lewis Collins. Will he share any tips from TV's The Professionals?

Written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.

With:

Mel Giedroyc
Peter Bradshaw

Producer: Jon Naismith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994.


SUN 23:30 4 at the Store (b00ddx9h)
Series 2

Episode 4

More stand-up from London's Comedy Store.

Hosted by Simon Bligh.

With:

Andrew Maxwell
Pierre Hollins
Simon Evans

Producer: Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.

MONDAY 16 JANUARY 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001h3wg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (Omnibus) (m00054w9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0002zlk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]


MON 01:50 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (Omnibus) (b0146g6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01lv5zm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Something to Shout About (m00021x5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0138xw1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Sir Walter Scott - Rob Roy (b007jq2p)
1. Moving Northwards

Sir Walter Scott's thrilling tale of adventure, heroism and love, set during the Jacobite rising of 1715.

Francis Osbaldistone, the son of a rich London merchant, is banished to his family seat in the north of England.

He meets and is befriended by the enigmatic Scot, Robert Campbell, and first encounters the beautiful and high-spirited Diana Vernon and also his malignant cousin Rashleigh.

Starring Liam Brennan, Sean Chapman and Tom George.

Dramatised in three parts by Judith Adams.

Rob Roy .... Liam Brennan
Rashleigh .... Sean Chapman
Francis .... Tom George
Andrew/Taxman .... Alec Heggie
Diana .... Vicki Liddelle
Owen/Landlord .... Michael Perceval-Maxwell
Morris/Thornie .... Simon Tart
Sir Hildebrande/Barber/Servant .... Gareth Thomas
Mr Osbaldistone/Squire Inglewood .... Paul Young

Director Gaynor MacFarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.


MON 06:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl4z)
Bitter Medicine

1. Friendship

Private eye V.I. Warshawski suspects all is not well at a hospital after the death of a young girl who was pregnant.

Starring Sharon Gless.

V.I. Warshawski is Sara Paretsky’s tough, smart and likeable female private investigator.

Thriller dramatised in six parts by Michelene Wandor.

V.I. Warshawski …. Sharon Gless
Fabiano …. Robert Harper
Bobby Mallory …. Bill Hootkins
Alan Humphries …. Chris Scott
Malcolm Tregiere …. Colin McFarlane
Lottie Herschel …. Eleanor Bron
Carol …. Joanna Monro
Mrs Alvarado …. Shirley Dixon
Consuela …. Teresa Gallagher
Peter Burgoyne …. William Dufris

Producer: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996.


MON 06:30 Find The Lady (m000f00m)
1. In Which Andrew Marsh Loses a Cheque Book

"Cheque books should be regarded as valuable and the bank should be promptly advised in a case of loss."

After second-hand car dealer Andrew Marsh loses a cheque book, it sparks a dramatic chain of highly suspicious events.

Starring Noel Johnson.

Seven-part murder mystery thriller serial written by David Ellis.

Andrew Marsh …. Noel Johnson
Roger Sherwin …. Douglas Blackwell
Detective Sergeant Rankin …. Henry Stamper
Joyce Marsh …. Madi Hedd
George …. John Baddeley
Peter Lloyd …. Michael Deacon
Carol Ransome …. Jenny McCracken
Doctor …. David Brierley
Constable …. Peter Baldwin

Noel Johnson is best remembered as the voice of BBC Radio's Dick Barton Special Agent.

David Ellis also wrote for BBC TV's Dixon of Dock Green and Z-Cars.

Producer: Betty Davies.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1969.


MON 07:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001d8v)
1. Threatened

2016: Willa discovers that most of what she has founded her life upon is under threat.

There is bad news about her family home but tragedy is just around the corner.

Barbara Kingsolver's novel interweaves the past and the present to explore the human capacity for resilience and compassion in times of great upheaval.

It is a portrait of life in precarious times - when characters discover that the past has failed to prepare them for the future.

Alternating between two centuries, Kingsolver examines the personal and social shocks that ensue when people’s assumptions about the world and their place in it are shaken to their foundations.

Abridged in fifteen parts by Sian Preece.

Read by Laurel Lefkow.

Barbara Kingsolver is the bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible, The Lacuna and Flight Behaviour.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.


MON 07:15 Unsuitable Men with Familiar Smiles (b07ffb25)
1. Kidnap

Christine has hidden her past from her family.

But now she must reveal her extraordinary history of relationships with unsuitable men and their adventures together.

Today, the coronation and the kidnapping of a very important horse.

Christine ...... Eleanor Bron
Sally ...... Tracy Wiles

Written by Caroline and David Stafford

Director: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2016.


MON 07:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b065vsdx)
Series 4

The Birthday

Damien rents a narrowboat for a weekend cruising around the heart of England with Anthony, his producer friend Marion Duffett, his parents Janet and Dennis, his agent Ian, and his builder Mr Mullaney.

He hopes to relax but also ease tensions between Mr Mullaney and Anthony who aren't getting on well following an Anthony-induced hiccup in their newly formed property business.

But canalling isn't always as easy as it looks...

Sitcom charting the life of cookery writer Damien Trench, who lives in London's Queen's Park with his partner Anthony

Damien Trench ...... Miles Jupp
Anthony ...... Justin Edwards
Ian Frobisher ...... Philip Fox
Mr Mullaney ...... Brendan Dempsey
The Auctioneer/Ivan ...... Mark Edel-Hunt
Livi Hollinshead ...... Alex Tregear
Gavin Colthorpe ...... Stephen Critchlow

Written by Nick Revell.

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2015.


MON 08:00 Brothers in Law (b0552vxc)
Series 1

Separation Order

Can Roger overcome a conflict of interests when his girlfriend asks for legal advice?

Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was first published in 1955.

Adapted for radio from Frank Muir & Denis Norden's BBC TV scripts by Richard Waring.

Roger Thursby …. Richard Briers
Henry Blagrove …. Richard Waring
Sally Mannering …. Ann Davies
Grimes …. John Glyn Jones
Fred Tanner …. James Beck
Mr Trench …. Blake Butler
Mrs Trench …. Liz Fraser
The Magistrate …. Frank Thornton

Other parts played by:

Malcolm Hayes
Alan Barry

Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes - originally edited for sale abroad.

Producer: David Hatch.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1970.


MON 08:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b00cc0qv)
Series 1

Episode 6

Will an angry Ken Handley quit the ad agency?

Starring Martin Jarvis.

Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in the competitive world of advertising.

Ken Handley .... Martin Jarvis
John 'Sandy' Beach .... Christopher Godwin
Freddie .... Lockwood West
June .... Wendy Richard
Ravi .... Ahmed Kahlil
The Director ... David Gooderson

Other parts played by:

John Baddeley
Norma Ronald
David Tate
Michael Jayston
Bill Mitchell

Producer: Geoffrey Perkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1982.


MON 09:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00jnlsm)
Series 1

Episode 6

James Walton chairs the show that tests and tickles the knowledge of industry pundits and people passionate about pop.

Regulars Tracey MacLeod and Andrew Collins are joined by:

Writer, Richard Curtis
Broadcaster, Anthony Wilson.

Reader: Beth Chalmers

Written and researched by James Walton

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005.


MON 09:30 Monica Dickens - My Turn To Make The Tea (m001h3wl)
The Anarchist in the Basement

Early 1950s: Poppy is the junior reporter on the Downingham Post, where it's always her turn to make the tea.

Neil Casubon, the anarchist in the basement of Poppy's boarding house, throws a wild party and landlady Mrs. Goff is not amused.

Novice reporter Poppy's trip to a civic banquet with Downingham Post Editor Mr. Pellet finds them letting their hair down.

Semi-autobiographical story by Monica Dickens, first published in 1951.

Starring Alice Hart and Keith Barron.

Adapted by Sheila Goff.

Poppy .... Alice Hart
Mr Pellet ... Keith Barron
Maimie ... Annabelle Dowler
Mrs Goff ... Marlene Sidaway
Margaret ... Alex Kelly
William ... Ashley Cook
Casubon ... Nicholas Boulton
John ... Robert Hastie
Bunch ... Jemma Elder
Betty ... Kezia Burrows
Speaker ... John Rowe

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004.


MON 10:00 Sir Walter Scott - Rob Roy (b007jq2p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 11:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 11:30 Find The Lady (m000f00m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 12:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001d8v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 12:15 Unsuitable Men with Familiar Smiles (b07ffb25)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 12:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b065vsdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 13:00 Brothers in Law (b0552vxc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 13:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b00cc0qv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 14:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00jnlsm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 14:30 Monica Dickens - My Turn To Make The Tea (m001h3wl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 15:00 Sir Walter Scott - Rob Roy (b007jq2p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 16:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 16:30 Find The Lady (m000f00m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 17:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001d8v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:15 Unsuitable Men with Familiar Smiles (b07ffb25)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 17:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b065vsdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 Brothers in Law (b0552vxc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 18:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b00cc0qv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 19:00 Jake Yapp's Unwinding (m001h3wv)
Series 1

Episode 11

Comedian and broadcaster Jake Yapp with a new live show for January evenings; three hours of comedy, guests and games.


MON 22:00 Just a Minute (m001gx5m)
Series 90

Bicycle Stabilisers, French New Wave and The Shining

Sue Perkins challenges Paul Merton, Zoe Lyons, Alan Davies and Holly Walsh to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation.

The long-running Radio 4 national treasure of a parlour game is back for a new series with subjects this week ranging from French New Wave to Bicycle Stabilisers.

Production co-ordinator: Caroline Barlow
Sound editor: Marc Willcox
Producer: Rajiv Karia

A BBC Studios Production


MON 22:30 Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack (b00wlg3h)
Series 1

Episode 4

Posh privately educated teenagers Daisy and Maisie show prospective parents around their school.

Joanna Lumley visits her mother with a Christmas present and the Mona Lisa lets us into a secret.

Multi-paced, one woman Fast Show showcasing the exceptional talent of Lucy Montgomery.

With Philip Pope, Sally Grace, Waen Shepherd and Natalie Walter.

Written by Lucy Montgomery with additional material by Steven Burge, Jon Hunter and Joe Wilkinson.

Music by Philip Pope

Producer: Katie Tyrrell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.


MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m001gxg5)
Series 110

Episode 3

Andy Zaltzman is joined by Lucy Porter, Mark Steel, Ayesha Hazarika and Ian Smith. This week they discuss ongoing strike action, the Labour Party's political transactions and a royal family fraction.

Hosted and written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Mike Shephard, Aidan Fitzmaurice and Jade Gebbie.

Producer: Georgia Keating
Executive Producer: Pete Strauss
Production Co-ordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Production


MON 23:30 As Told To Craig Brown (b00bfp2j)
Episode 6

In the crosshairs of satire are hysterical media and busty starlets.

Craig Brown introduces a mixture of satire, social observation and nonsense.

Narrated by Juliet Stevenson and Steve Wright.

With:

John Humphrys
Ronni Ancona
Jon Culshaw
Lewis MacLeod
Sally Grace
Ewan Bailey
Margaret Cabourn-Smith

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008

TUESDAY 17 JANUARY 2023

TUE 00:00 Sir Walter Scott - Rob Roy (b007jq2p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Find The Lady (m000f00m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001d8v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Unsuitable Men with Familiar Smiles (b07ffb25)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b065vsdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Brothers in Law (b0552vxc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]


TUE 03:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b00cc0qv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00jnlsm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Monica Dickens - My Turn To Make The Tea (m001h3wl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Sir Walter Scott - Rob Roy (b007jq56)
2. Over the Border

Francis Osbaldistone has quarrelled with his cousin Rashleigh.

However, he has no assurance that the mysterious Robert Campbell can save the day again...

Sir Walter Scott's thrilling tale of adventure, heroism and love, set during the Jacobite rising of 1715.

Starring Liam Brennan, Sean Chapman and Tom George.

Dramatised by Judith Adams.

Rob Roy .... Liam Brennan
Rashleigh .... Sean Chapman
Francis .... Tom George
Captain Thornton .... Richard Greenwood
Andrew .... Alec Heggie
Dougal .... Tony Kearney
Bailie Jarvie .... Gary Lewis
Diana .... Vicki Liddelle
Owen .... Michael Perceval-Maxwell
Preacher/Mr Vernon .... Robert Trotter
Child/Highlander/Soldier .... James Weir
Galbraith .... Paul Young

Director Gaynor MacFarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.


TUE 06:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl5g)
Bitter Medicine

2. The Lion's Den

Probing the mysterious death of a girl, V.I. Warshawski must venture into gangland.

Starring Sharon Gless.

V.I. Warshawski is Sara Paretsky’s tough, smart and likeable female private investigator.

Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.

V.I. Warshawski …. Sharon Gless
Lottie Herschel …. Eleanor Bron
Bobby Mallory …. Bill Hootkins
Mr Contreras …. Kerry Shale
Mrs Rodriguez/Nurse …. Ann Beach
Sergio …. Chris Pavlo
Bartender …. Ioan Meredith
Carol …. Joanna Monro
Fabiano …. Robert Harper
Peter Burgoyne …. William Dufris

Producer: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in n December 1996.


TUE 06:30 Find The Lady (m000dz0w)
2. In Which Andrew Marsh Loses a Car

Andrew Marsh is reeling from the shock news about his friend Roger.

With growing police suspicions over his role in the loss of his cheque book, Andrew decides to start his own fraud investigation

Starring Noel Johnson.

Murder mystery thriller serial by David Ellis.

Andrew Marsh …. Noel Johnson
Joyce Marsh …. Madi Hedd
Detective Sergeant Rankin …. Henry Stamper
Constable …. Peter Baldwin
Harry Yates …. Leonard Fenton
Salesman …. Rolf Lefebvre
Constable …. Peter Baldwin
Margaret Everard …. Eva Haddon

Producer: Betty Davies.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1969.


TUE 07:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001f0h)
2. Intrigue

1874: Thatcher Greenwood has to break the news to his wife that their house is in a perilous state.

Meanwhile the curious behaviour their neighbour, the scientist Mary Treat, displays becomes fascinating to them.

Barbara Kingsolver's novel interweaves the past and the present to explore the human capacity for resilience and compassion in times of great upheaval.

It is a portrait of life in precarious times - when characters discover that the past has failed to prepare them for the future.

Alternating between two centuries, Kingsolver examines the personal and social shocks that ensue when people’s assumptions about the world and their place in it are shaken to their foundations.

Abridged by Sian Preece.

Read by Laurel Lefkow.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.


TUE 07:15 Unsuitable Men with Familiar Smiles (b07ffxsk)
2. Blues

Christine continues to tell her daughter extraordinary stories from her past.

She's set to relive her time in the folk and jazz clubs of London and her unsuitable relationship with blues giant Chicago Slim.

Christine ...... Eleanor Bron
Sally ...... Tracy Wiles

Written by Caroline and David Stafford

Directed by Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2016.


TUE 07:30 The Architects (b050zpxh)
Series 2

Airport

Architects Sarah and Matt journey north in pursuit of an airport contract that will put Sir Lucien and Partners back on the map.

Meanwhile Tim tries to buddy up with a TV chef who's fond of the sauce.

Arch-Brutalist Sir Lucien founded his architectural practice on a commitment to concrete in all its forms. Fashion has been a cruel mistress and four decades later things are not going well for Sir Lucian and his team of loyal-ish employees.

Comedy set in a struggling architectural practice.

Written by Jim Poyser with Neil Griffiths.

Sir Lucien ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Sarah ..... Anna Crilly
Matt ..... Dominic Coleman
Tim ..... Alex Carter
Murray ..... Peter Forbes
Noel ..... David Hounslow
Ella ..... Rhiannon Neads

Director: Toby Swift

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2015.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jtqc)
Series 7

Six Charlies in Search of an Author

Through pages and chapters, the fate of Neddie Seagoon is in the hands of the writer.

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

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: Pat Dixon

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1956.


TUE 08:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tv7wv)
Series 4

Episode 4

As the council launches a new charter, the opposition needs a new initiative.

‘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.

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

Starring:

Jo Kendall
Michael Troughton
John Baddeley
Bernadine Corrigan
Jonathan Kydd
Daniel Strauss

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991.


TUE 09:00 The Motion Show (b0075rbl)
Series 1

Episode 1

City or countryside? – and does the World need more cookery shows?

Dr Phil Hammond watches over proceedings in the quirky debating game.

With:

Clive Coleman
Richard Morton
Pete Sinclair
Mark Steel

Producer: Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998.


TUE 09:30 North East of Eden (b01flnpj)
Cod Comfort

With submarine manoeuvres offshore and troubles with EEC fish quotas for the fishermen, Marcia tries to adjust to a quieter lifestyle.

And a man from the ministry man is snooping about...

Rebecca Front and Joan Sims stars in Peter Kerry's sitcom about a GP living on Paradise Island off the coast of Northumbria.

Doctor Marcia Hulme …. Rebecca Front
Auntie Annie …. Joan Sims
Hjorst …. Niall Ashdown
Joseph Gates …. James Garbutt
Mrs Peevis …. Jean Southern
William …. Sammy Johnson
Ralph Gates …. Stephen Thirkeld
Other Roles …. Peter Kerry

Producer: Kathy Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1997.


TUE 10:00 Sir Walter Scott - Rob Roy (b007jq56)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 11:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl5g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 11:30 Find The Lady (m000dz0w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 12:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001f0h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 12:15 Unsuitable Men with Familiar Smiles (b07ffxsk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 12:30 The Architects (b050zpxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b007jtqc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 13:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tv7wv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 14:00 The Motion Show (b0075rbl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 14:30 North East of Eden (b01flnpj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 15:00 Sir Walter Scott - Rob Roy (b007jq56)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 16:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl5g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 16:30 Find The Lady (m000dz0w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 17:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001f0h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:15 Unsuitable Men with Familiar Smiles (b07ffxsk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 17:30 The Architects (b050zpxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b007jtqc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 18:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tv7wv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 19:00 Jake Yapp's Unwinding (m001h3qz)
Series 1

Episode 12

Comedian and broadcaster Jake Yapp with a new live show for January evenings; three hours of comedy, guests and games.


TUE 22:00 The Cold Swedish Winter (m000qx0f)
Series 5

Vasaloppet

Geoff (Adam Riches) is enjoying the glory of Sweden in the snow. Out with the kids in the hills, he bumps unexpectedly into his nemesis Johan (Thomas Eriksson), an ex-boyfriend of Linda's, who issues a challenge Geoff can't turn down.

Meanwhile Linda (Sissela Benn) is struggling to deal with a difficult work/life balance and yearns for the days when she could lose herself in her beloved cross-country ski-ing. And little John (Harry Nicolaou) discovers the joys of being caught short in the snow.

Danny Robins' series is partly recorded on location in Sweden and features some of Sweden's best loved comedy actors.

Cast
Geoff: Adam Riches
Linda: Sissela Benn
Sten: Thomas Oredsson
Gunilla: Anna-Lena Bergelin
Johan: Thomas Eriksson
John: Harry Nicolaou
Ian: Danny Robins

Written by Danny Robins
Produced and directed by Frank Stirling
A 7digital production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 22:30 Cabin Pressure (b00lxh3r)
Series 2

Johannesburg

When Carolyn makes a daring bet with her pilots, what better place for a race against time than a sleepy Spanish airfield...?

Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
Capt. Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
Senor Quintanilla ...... Michael Fenton-Stevens
Diego ...... Javier Marzan

Produced by David Tyler.

A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2009.


TUE 23:00 The Consultants (b05z6glc)
Series 4

Episode 1

The lighthouse tour and the old-fashioned parents.

Cerebral sketch show written by and starring Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards and James Rawlings.

Producer: Will Saunders

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.


TUE 23:30 The Mark Steel Solution (b00f6vv1)
Series 4

The Media

The radical comedian proposes a new way to rescue radio and telly from an all-time low. Chris Evans beware!

Comedian Mark Steel provides alternative solutions to our everyday problems

Written by Mark Steel and Pete Sinclair.

With

Maria McErlane
Kim Wall

Producer: Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1996.

WEDNESDAY 18 JANUARY 2023

WED 00:00 Sir Walter Scott - Rob Roy (b007jq56)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl5g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Find The Lady (m000dz0w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001f0h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 Unsuitable Men with Familiar Smiles (b07ffxsk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 The Architects (b050zpxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b007jtqc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]


WED 03:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tv7wv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 The Motion Show (b0075rbl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 North East of Eden (b01flnpj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Sir Walter Scott - Rob Roy (b007jq7m)
3. Helen McGregor

Francis and Jarvie reach the Highland Line, heading for McGregor country. Stars Liam Brennan. Sean Chapman and Tom George.

The final episode of Judith Adams' adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's thrilling tale of adventure, heroism and love, set during the Jacobite rising of 1715.

CAST:
Rashleigh .... Sean Chapman
Francis .... Tom George
Captain Thornton .... Richard Greenwood
Andrew .... Alec Heggle
Dougal .... Tony Kearney
Bailie Jarvie .... Gary Lewis
Diana .... Vicki Uddelle
Rob Roy .... Liam Brennan
Helen .... Wendy Seager
Morris .... Simon Tart
Duke .... Gareth Thomas
Corporal .... Gareth Thomas
Mr Vernon .... Robert Trotter
Ewan .... Robert Trotter
Robert .... James Weir
Galbraith/Mr Osbaldistone .... Paul Young

Adapted by Judith Adams

Director Gaynor MacFarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.


WED 06:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl5y)
Bitter Medicine

3. The Monkfish Files

An anti-abortion riot breaks out as the private eye's murder probe continues.

Sharon Gless stars in Sara Paretsky's thriller as private investigator V.I. Warshawski.

Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.

V.I. Warshawski …. Sharon Gless
Lottie Herschel …. Eleanor Bron
Bobby Mallory …. Bill Hootkins
Peter Burgoyne …. William Dufris
Rioter …. Alice Arnold
Diaz …. Chris Pavlo
Pedro/Judge …. Ioan Meredith
Carol/Rioter …. Joanna Monro
Dick …. John Sharian
Rioter …. Jonathan Adams
Mr Contreras …. Kerry Shale
Fabiano …. Robert Harper
Dieter Monkfish …. Sean Baker

Producer: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1997.


WED 06:30 Find The Lady (m000f0fx)
3. In Which Andrew Marsh Loses a Lady

Suspected of both murder and cheque book fraud, Andrew Marsh’s own investigations leads him to the shady Excelsior Club...

Starring Noel Johnson.

Murder mystery thriller serial by David Ellis.

Andrew Marsh …. Noel Johnson
Joyce Marsh …. Madi Hedd
Margaret Everard …. Eva Haddon
Peter Lloyd …. Michael Deacon
Carol Ransome …. Jenny McCracken
Bill Rodney …. Wilfrid Carter

Producer: Betty Davies.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1969.


WED 07:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001fd2)
3. Clashing

A novel from Barbara Kingsolver, bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible, The Lacuna and Flight Behaviour, interweaves the past and the present to explore the human capacity for resilience and compassion in times of great upheaval. It is a portrait of life in precarious times - when characters discover that the past has failed to prepare them for the future.

Alternating between two centuries, Kingsolver examines the personal and social shocks that ensue when people’s assumptions about the world and their place in it are shaken to their foundations.

2016: The roof of Willa's house is being patched together and over dinner her daughter and son clash in a fundamental disagreement about politics and the shape of the future.

Abridged by Sian Preece
Read by Laurel Lefkow
Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.


WED 07:15 Unsuitable Men with Familiar Smiles (b07fg1x8)
3. Profumo

While Sally worries about her daughter in Mexico, Christine reveals her unlikely involvement in the Profumo Affair. But is she telling the truth?

Christine ...... Eleanor Bron
Sally ...... Tracy Wiles

By Caroline and David Stafford

Directed by Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2016.


WED 07:30 Women Talking About Cars (b083pchj)
Series 1

Dawn French

Victoria Coren Mitchell interviews Dawn French in the first of a new series in which famous women look at their lives from the perspective of the cars they have known, the journeys they've been on and the things they keep in their boot for emergencies.

Hear what Dawn wrote on the back of her first car; find out which comedian totalled her beloved Cortina; and discover the advantages of the refrigerated glove compartment.

Produced by Gareth Edwards.

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2016.


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jzps)
Series 1

A House on the Cliff

The Lad's after a new home, but is it really the best idea to get Sid to build it?

Starring Tony Hancock.

With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr and Sidney James.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.

Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955.


WED 08:30 Flying the Flag (b00br86w)
Series 3

Whose Rubbish Is It Anyway?

"Lights going up, walls coming down - the West is starting to look a bit lost without someone to blame for all its troubles".

Her Majesty's Ambassador Mackenzie continues to dispense his own blend of British Foreign Policy, despite the arrival of Glastnost, Perestroika - and a container ship of toxic waste...

Starring Dinsdale Landen.

Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer.

H.M. Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
Helen …. Moir Leslie
Spiro …. Stephen Greif
Christopher Benjamin …. Colonel Surikov
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Written by Alex Shearer

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1990.


WED 09:00 The Write Stuff (b0156mth)
Series 14

Edgar Allan Poe

James Walton and team captains, John Walsh and Sebastian Faulks delve into the troubled life of Edgar Allan Poe who is this week's "Author of the Week".

The teams set about attempting to solve the usual book-based brain-teasers they also pastiche Poe's work by imagining what it would have been like had Poe attempted to write romantic comedy.

Guest panellists are novelists, Sue Limb and Philip Kerr.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.


WED 09:30 Tales from the Tower (b00jjq7l)
Complete With Wipeable Cover

Bob Braithwaite is caretaker at the top of Blackpool Tower.

He's also a ‘watcher’ who sees everything through his high-powered binoculars - the ‘magic knockers of destiny’ as he calls them.

In this episode, he observes a businesswoman being hounded by the press.

Written by and starring David Holt.

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.


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WED 12:30 Women Talking About Cars (b083pchj)
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WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jzps)
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WED 13:30 Flying the Flag (b00br86w)
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WED 14:00 The Write Stuff (b0156mth)
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WED 14:30 Tales from the Tower (b00jjq7l)
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WED 15:00 Sir Walter Scott - Rob Roy (b007jq7m)
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WED 16:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl5y)
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WED 16:30 Find The Lady (m000f0fx)
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WED 17:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001fd2)
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WED 17:15 Unsuitable Men with Familiar Smiles (b07fg1x8)
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WED 17:30 Women Talking About Cars (b083pchj)
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WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jzps)
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WED 18:30 Flying the Flag (b00br86w)
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WED 19:00 Jake Yapp's Unwinding (m001h48y)
Series 1

Episode 13

Comedian and broadcaster Jake Yapp with a new live show for January evenings; three hours of comedy, guests and games.


WED 22:00 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m000qx1b)
Series 2

It's Just Work

Conversations from a Long Marriage is a two-hander, starring Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam, as a long-married couple who met in the Summer of Love and are still passionate about life, music and each other. We listen to – and empathise with - their dangling ‘conversations’ covering everything from health scares, jealousy and confessions, to TV incompatibility and sourdough bread.

In Episode two, Joanna gets distracted by a work project, which happens to be with a man who just happens to be much younger and rather more exciting than Roger. When Roger complains about being pushed out of her life, he’s told, in no uncertain terms, 'it’s just work’. But is it?

Written by Jan Etherington. Produced and directed by Claire Jones. Production co-ordinator Beverly Tagg. A BBC Studios Production.


WED 22:30 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (b00kfx3c)
Series 1

Pride

Mark Watson investigates pride as he continues his quest to free us from the seven deadly sins via stand-up comedy.

Tim Key and Tim Minchin provide sketches, songs and distractions.

Producer: Katie Marsden

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2007.


WED 23:00 Prince Ivor (b072969m)
Ivor is invited by the BBC's Piers Plowright to write a twenty minute opera, 'Prince Ivor'. However, from contract to the debut performance, nothing goes to plan.

Written by Ivor Cutler.

With Julianne Mason and John Fletcher.

Producer: Piers Plowright

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in March 1983.


WED 23:20 Ivor Meets Craig (b07296j8)
"An artist is a sick person."

Scottish musician and humorist Ivor Cutler talks to the New Zealand-born sculptor Craig Murray-Orr about neighbours, art and English inhibitions.

Produced by Claire Randall.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.


WED 23:30 Cutler On Education (b07296fg)
Poet and humourist Ivor Cutler tries to put his finger on the button of the education debate.

He talks with a small crowd, an attractive woman, and a petrol pump attendant.

With Jennifer Piercey.

Producer: Piers Plowright

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1989.


WED 23:45 Ivor Cutler - Cutler the Lax (b03vczgx)
Episode 1

Legendary Scottish surrealist Ivor Cutler provides disappointment for cavemen and a cheap alternative to liquor.

With Fiona MacDonald.

Producer: Mark Savage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.