SATURDAY 08 JULY 2023

SAT 00:00 Jules Verne (m000rcxz)
The Mysterious Island

Three very different people escape the American Civil war by stealing a balloon - which crashes near a deserted island. But perhaps it is not quite as deserted as they think it is...

Cyrus Harding ...... Nathan Osgood
Grace Spilett ...... Kerry Gooderson
Neb ...... Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Tom Ayrton ...... Rupert Holliday Evans
Captain Nemo ...... Sagar Arya

Written by Jules Verne
Dramatised by Gregory Evans
Directed by Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2018.


SAT 01:00 Honoré de Balzac - The Black Sheep (b00d3k14)
2. Destitute

Philippe's gambling has left his family destitute and his political activities have landed him in jail.

His mother and brother seek financial help from a rich elderly relative, but a pretty young housekeeper and her lover have already laid plans to rob the old man of his money.

Starring Thomas Arnold and narrated by Geoffrey Whitehead

Conclusion of Honore de Balzac's entertaining tale of family rivalry and fortunes lost and won, set in 19th-century France.

Dramatised by Chris Dolan.

Narrator ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Philippe Bridau ...... Thomas Arnold
Joseph Bridau ...... Mathew Pidgeon
Agathe Bridau ...... Briony McRoberts
Flore Brazier ...... Lucy Paterson
Jean-Jacques Rouget ...... Timothy Bateson
Desroches ...... Jon Glover
Monsieur Hochon ...... Christian Rodska
Madame Hochon ...... Colette O'Neil
Max Gilet ...... Alan Cox
Baruch ...... Nyasha Hatendi
Fario ...... Chris Pavlo

Directed at BBC Glasgow by Bruce Young.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2008.


SAT 02:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdt)
6. Killer Revealed?

As Mortimer Hive enters the lion's den - can Inspector Purbright finally unravel the wicked web?

Conclusion of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicle set in East Anglia.

Starring John Rowe.

Dramatised by Christopher Denys.

Inspector Purbright …… John Rowe
Mortimer Hive …… Geoffrey Banks
Love …… Paul Downing
Booker …… Russell Dixon
Lucilla Teatime …… Ann Rye
Helen …… Kathryn Hunt
Pook …… Peter Rylands
Doreen …… Tricia Wilcock
Mr Clay …… Peter Wheeler
Fry …… Chris Hargreaves

Producer: Tony Cliff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.


SAT 02:30 The Waiting Game (m001ngw1)
1. In Which Tom Naismith Comes North

Young soldier Tom Naismith arrives back in Lancashire.

After four years in the British Army, he’s set to join his uncle's business in Lancaster.

Tom meets the magistrate Sir Geoffrey Banner - who is trying to uncover a tobacco smuggling ring.

He’s also introduced to Sir Geoffrey’s beautiful ward, Sophia...

Starring Keith Buckley, Judith Bradshaw and Norman Shelley.

Margaret Potter's six-part serial set in the 19th century on the Lancashire coast.

Tom .... Keith Buckley
Sophia Sheridan .... Judith Bradshaw
Sir Geoffrey Banner of Wildbeck Hall .... Norman Shelley
William Fell .... Robert Wallace
John Raby, Tom's uncle .... Tom Harrison
The Waggoners - Lanty .... Bert Parnaby
The Waggoners - Brack .... Henry Livings
The Pedlar .... Geoffrey Banks
Mrs Stephens .... Ella Atkinson
Judge Baileyt .... David Mahlowe
The Prisoner, Coppins .... Joe Holmes
Ostler .... John Broadbent
Manservant/Coachman .... John Daglish

Producer Trevor Hill

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1965


SAT 03:00 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (m001ngwx)
5. Prospective Husbands

Cairo is calling - sparking complications for Colette.

What will a clairvoyant have to tell her?

Colette Rossant, celebrated New York food writer and bestselling author of Apricots on the Nile, continues her memoirs in Return to Paris.

She mixes vibrant memories of her teenage years in France after the Second World War with mouth-watering descriptions of meals that changed her life.

Concluded by Barbara Flynn

Abridged by Penny Leicester

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.


SAT 03:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07pjkhm)
Series 1

5. Risking Everything

To save both her brother and the family's dairy business, Megan Evans must risk everything - and confront a gangster...

Thrilling series set in 1890s Whitechapel, London.

Megan Evans ….. Bettrys Jones
Luc Evans ….. Trystan Gravelle
Samuel Singer ….. David Horovitch
Moses Lipski ….. Brian Protheroe
Annie Riley ….. Alice Haig

Written by Gregory Evans

Director: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.


SAT 03:30 Reluctant Persuaders (m0000qq8)
Series 3

3. Connecting People

Hardacre’s ad agency find themselves competing for an unusual account.

Befriendr is a dating-style app designed to help lonely city-dwellers make friends.

Amanda recruits Joe as the most normal member of the agency, to accompany her to the Befriendr launch event – a chance to network, and maybe even make some new friends themselves.

Meanwhile, Hardacre and Teddy – both banned from attending the event for not being normal enough – seek solace in each other’s company.

Hardacre resolves to remake Teddy in his own image, teaching him how to be A Real Man.

Edward Rowett's award-winning sitcom.

Hardacre ...... Nigel Havers
Joe ...... Mathew Baynton
Amanda ...... Josie Lawrence
Teddy ...... Rasmus Hardiker
Laura / 'Gram Woman ...... Olivia Nixon

An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2018.


SAT 04:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jz1f)
Series 3

The Escape

Author Gerald and his wife Diana feel jaded and start planning a break.

The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author who's married to a more successful writer.

Starring Ian Carmichael and Charlotte Mitchell.

Written by Basil Boothroyd.

Gerald C Potter ...... Ian Carmichael
Diana Potter ...... Charlotte Mitchell

With:

Betty Huntley-Wright
Michael McClain

Producer: Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1979.


SAT 04:30 Charles Dickens (b00rp9t0)
Sketches by Boz - Series 1

The Private Theatricals or Mrs Joseph Porter

The British love for amateur dramatics takes over a household with farcical results.

From a collection of comic tales by Charles Dickens.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt

Voice of Boz ...... Nicholas Farrell
Sempronius Gattleton ...... David Antrobus
Lucina Gattleton ...... Sarah-Jane Holm
Mrs Joseph Porter ...... Shirley Dixon
Mrs Gattleton ...... Frances Jeater
Mr Evans ...... Charles Simpson
Mr Gattleton ...... Geoffrey Whitehead

Other parts played by members of the cast.

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.


SAT 05:00 Genius (b00b9nzd)
Series 1

John Fortune

A fake brake pedal for nervous passengers to using laughing gas for riots?

Dave Gorman asks John Fortune to select 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 November 2005.


SAT 05:30 The Brothers (b007mc8t)
Series 1

Episode 4

Arson and revolving bow ties - just another day for Nigel and Michael.

Starring Adam Godley and Raymond Coulthard.

Comedy series about two brothers starting a website-design company - written by Caroline and David Stafford.

Nigel ...... Adam Godley
Michael ...... Raymond Coulthard
Oonagh...... Pauline McLynn
Zorro ...... Pearce Quigley

Producer: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.


SAT 06:00 Gilly Fraser - Somewhere Else (b0b90cgn)
Jo is aged 12 and a half, but old for her years. She wants to escape to "somewhere else" from a country that is now fragmented and filled with hate and fear.

Then she meets Alma - and discovers the future has to be faced, not run from.

The future must rest with her...

Starring Kathy Staff and Pauline Quirke.

Gilly Fraser’s drama imagines how will society develop in the future.

Alma .... Kathy Staff
Jo .... Pauline Quirke
Grace .... Karen Archer
Max .... John Drummond
Poppy .... Diane Whitley
Man .... Brian Southwood
Boy .... Francis Middleditch

Director: Kay Patrick

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1983.


SAT 07:15 Short Works (m0004sh9)
Cenacle

An open mic offers a young person in Belfast the opportunity to find a new community.

An original short story specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4 by the Northern Irish writer Michael Nolan. As read by Thomas Finnegan.

Michael Nolan is from Belfast. His work has been published by The Stinging Fly and The Lifeboat. He is the fiction editor of The Tangerine, and is currently studying for a PhD in Creative Writing at Queen's University, Belfast.

Producer: Michael Shannon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2019.


SAT 07:30 Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction (Omnibus) (m0004fwr)
Episode 1

Adrian Mole’s diary restarts in 2002.

He is 34, working in a bookshop in Leicester and, despite his strained finances, about to become the proud owner of a trendy loft apartment.

As war looms, Adrian is unwavering in his support for Prime Minister Tony Blair and military action, even though his eldest son Glenn is facing deployment to the Gulf. One day, a young woman comes into the bookshop with an unusual request....

The fifth book in our series of readings from Adrian’s diaries, written by Sue Townsend.

Sue Townsend was born in Leicester in 1946. She left school at 15 and was a single parent with three young children by the age of 23. Like Adrian, she wrote in secret for many years, and acknowledged that they often shared the same views - Adrian "C’est moi," she once said.

First published in 1989, Adrian Mole’s diaries were instant bestsellers and Adrian, the remarkably resilient underdog, quickly became a national treasure.

While recording the experiences of one individual and showcasing Sue's fearless and razor sharp wit, the diaries also illustrate how socio-political matters of the time affected the lives of ordinary people.

Copyright Siegfried Sassoon by kind permission of the Estate of George Sassoon

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Sara Davies.

Read by Harry McEntire

Producer: Alexa Moore

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2019.


SAT 08:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrx8)
9. Roger the Commando

"I'm here to acquaint you with the details of your forthcoming Court Martial."

Now fully recovered, Albert must testify in court...

A classic tale of struggle, power, personalities and tripe.

Bill Tidy and John Junkin's family saga - based on Tidy's Daily Mirror cartoon strip [1971-1985] parodying John Galsworthy's 'The Forsyte Saga' novels.

Rebecca Fosdyke …. Stephanie Turner
Josiah Fosdyke …. Philip Lowrie
Tom Fosdyke …. David Threlfall
Albert Fosdyke …. Enn Reitel
Roger Ditchley …. Christian Rodska
The Sergeant …. Trevor Cooper
Schmidt …. David Timson
Colonel Boodle …. Larry Lamb
The Judge …. David Ross
Other parts played by Nick Revell and Sally Grace.

Producer: Alan Nixon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1983.


SAT 09:00 Not in Front of the Children (b0547v4w)
Series 1

Religious Revival

A dynamic new vicar causes mayhem in the Corner family household.

Starring Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews.

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

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

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

Jennifer Corner ...... Wendy Craig
Henry Corner ...... Francis Matthews
Mary ...... Charlotte Mitchell
Trudi ...... Roberta Tovey
Robin ...... Hugo Keith-Johnston
Rev John Spenser …... Edward de Souza

Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst

Producer: Trafford Whitelock.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1969.


SAT 09:30 The Arthur Haynes Show (m001nn0r)
From 14/01/1963

Being honest, neighbourly sharing and a visit to court. Sketches by Johnny Speight.

Arthur Haynes stars in the sketch show series written by Johnny Speight.

With

Nicholas Parsons
Patricia Hayes
Dorothy Dampier

Music by the Temperance Seven

Part of a selection of surviving episodes.

Producer: Richard Dingley

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1963.


SAT 10:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008prk)
3. Presley, Stanza & Cooper Clarke

Comedy and poetry have always had strong links, with many comics and poets blurring the boundaries.

Comedian Kevin Eldon concludes his peek at either side of the fine line that divides them.

Last of three programmes featuring:

‘Sir Ralph Stanza’s Letter from Salford’ [Series. 2 6/6]

Special guest John Cooper Clarke.

‘Hovis Has Left the Building’

Along the way there is a rich mix of poetry that might be funny, sometimes cringe-worthy, occasionally absurd, sporadically nonsensical, but often brilliant.

Producer: Luke Doran

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


SAT 11:00 Gilly Fraser - Somewhere Else (b0b90cgn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 12:15 Short Works (m0004sh9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


SAT 12:30 Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction (Omnibus) (m0004fwr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 13:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrx8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 14:00 Not in Front of the Children (b0547v4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 14:30 The Arthur Haynes Show (m001nn0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 15:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008prk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 16:00 Jules Verne (m000rcxz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SAT 17:00 Gilly Fraser - Somewhere Else (b0b90cgn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 18:15 Short Works (m0004sh9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


SAT 18:30 Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction (Omnibus) (m0004fwr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 19:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrx8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 20:00 Not in Front of the Children (b0547v4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 20:30 The Arthur Haynes Show (m001nn0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 21:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008prk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 22:00 The Jail Diaries of Sir Ralph Stanza (m0011cf4)
Final Stretch

Poet Sir Ralph takes on prisoner Jermaine in an Eminem-style battle of the mics.

Another of Sir Ralph's audio diaries from his stint as poet-in-residence at Longmore Grange maximum security prison.

Written by and starring James Quinn.

Sir Ralph Stanza ...James Quinn
Carl ...James Scales
Colin ......Neil Bell
Jermaine......Chris Jack
Officer ...Joan Kempson

Produced at BBC Manchester by Graham Frost.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.


SAT 22:15 The Shuttleworths (b007jm2l)
Series 1

John Goes to London

Sheffield singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth's efforts to find Big City fame don't go to plan.

John heads for the big smoke and a recording contract - or does he?

Agent Ken's got other ideas.

Written and performed by Graham Fellows.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1994.


SAT 22:30 Talking to Strangers (b06zv3xm)
Episode 2

Comic monologues in which a range of characters find themselves engaging in that most un-British of activities: talking to a stranger.

Each piece is a character study: funny, frank, absurd, moving... Characters include a sex councillor who loves to draw, a spy who loves to share, a woman who likes to help too much ('I'm a serial helpist...'), a frustrated falconer, and a cheater who has to call her cheatee the morning after. And in this show, the listener themselves 'plays' the silent stranger in the piece...

Written and performed by Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan.

Guest stars include:

Emma Thompson
Olivia Colman
Jessica Hynes
Steve Evets
Sinead Matthews
Joel Fry

Producer: Sam Bryant

A BBC Comedy production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2016.


SAT 23:00 Ross Noble Goes Global (b007jvsn)
Series 1

South Africa

Ross Noble continues his comedy travelogues in South Africa.

He entertains the locals with his unique brand of stand-up

Plus, he tries to climb Table Mountain and discovers that Cape Town has some very posh monkeys....

Producer: Danny Wallace

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002.


SAT 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b00wbrwm)
Series 6

Murderers

Edith needs to find out who murdered her and fortunately Hell is full of people who can assess the evidence - murderers.

Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in hell.

Satan …. Andy Hamilton
Edith …. Annette Crosbie
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan

Other characters played by:

Philip Pope
Felicity Montagu
Michael Fenton Stevens

Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007.

SUNDAY 09 JULY 2023

SUN 00:00 Nightfall (m000tn1b)
Series 4

2. The Repossession

Robert, a surviving conjoined twin, begins having nightmares about the death of his brother Douglas 30 years ago.

He begins to feel that his twin brother is somehow responsible for oddities that are beginning to disturb him...

Written by Arthur Samuels.

Robert/Douglas Stroud .... John Stocker
Beth .... Mary Pirie
Dr Brenner .... Chris Wiggins
Tip .... Neil Dainard
Hospital Surgeon .... Jon Granik
The Nurse .... Maggie Morris
Medical Student .... Amanda O'Leary
Medical Student .... David Stein

‘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.

Script Editors: Earl Toppings and John Douglas

Producer: Bill Howell

First broadcast on CBC in April 1981.


SUN 00:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b007k10v)
6. Shock

Crushed by his dog's death, Robert's vampire quest continues, with a shock in store.

1954 cult classic set in the United States of America in 1976.

Read by Angus McInnes.

One of the 20th century's most significant vampire novels, Richard Matheson's 'I Am Legend' combines the worlds of sci-fi and horror.

Abridged by Scott Stainton Miller.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in January 2006.


SUN 01:00 Gilly Fraser - Somewhere Else (b0b90cgn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:15 Short Works (m0004sh9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction (Omnibus) (m0004fwr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrx8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Not in Front of the Children (b0547v4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]


SUN 04:30 The Arthur Haynes Show (m001nn0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008prk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001nn00)
A Dream Vision for Our Times

The poet Dajlit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects A Dream Vision of Our Times - an exploration of the poems of Geoffrey Chaucer.

Daljit also shares a favourite, recently published poetry collection and reads a poem from it.

This month's Poetry Extra Book of the Month is: Five Fifty Five by Maura Dooley.

A Dream Vision of Our Times - Writer Henry Eliot explores Geoffrey Chaucer’s surreal Dream Vision poems and their contemporary relevance.

Chaucer, the father of English literature, is best known for his long narrative poem The Canterbury Tales, but his witty and imaginative dream visions are also wild, funny and surprisingly relevant today. Henry Eliot considers three of these medieval poems - The Parliament of Fowls, The Book of the Duchess and The House of Fame - and how they changed the course of English poetry.

They all begin with a narrator falling asleep, before quickly slipping into surreal and fantastical dream worlds, where talking birds debate the nature of true love, eagles fly into space and men grieve in forests. There are desert wildernesses, ice mountains, glass temples, wicker houses and emerald palaces.

Chaucer depicts the cacophonous worlds of rumour, debate, gossip and hearsay, invoking uncanny parallels with today’s world of social media frenzies, celebrity culture, post-truth and fake news. But he also explores the complex and messy nature of psychology, experience and what it means to be human.

A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2019.


SUN 06:30 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (Omnibus) (m001nn07)
Colette Rossant, celebrated New York food writer and bestselling author of Apricots on the Nile, continues her memoirs in Return to Paris.

She mixes vibrant memories of her teenage years in France after the Second World War with mouth-watering descriptions of meals that changed her life.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Penny Leicester

Read by Barbara Flynn

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.


SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001nn0g)
Alex Jones

BBC TV's The One Show presenter Alex Jones, chooses Elton John's 'Tiny Dancer' and 'I'm Yours' by Jason Mraz.


SUN 07:50 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (Omnibus) (b07qdv15)
Series 1 Omnibus, Part 1/2

Thrilling series set in 1890s Whitechapel.

Welsh farm girl Megan Evans comes to London to visit her brother who is running the family's dairy business.

But he is strangely unwelcoming.

Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes written by Gregory Evans

In 1900 over half London's milk came from Welsh dairies. One of those dairies, on the Commercial Road, was owned and run by the writer’s family.

Megan Evans ….. Bettrys Jones
Luc Evans ….. Trystan Gravelle
Samuel Singer ….. David Horovitch
Moses Lipski ….. Brian Protheroe
Annie Riley ….. Alice Haig

Director: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.


SUN 09:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00nhq58)
Loser Pays

Joe Huggett and neighbour Fred's attempt to teach their wives a lesson backfires.

Starring Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison.

The popular working-class Huggett family first hit the cinema screen with a series of Gainsborough films between 1947 and 1949.

This subsequent BBC radio series ran from 1953 to 1962.

Selection of surviving episodes in the BBC Archive.

Written by Eddie Maguire.

Joe …. Jack Warner
Ethel …. Kathleen Harrison
Bobby …. George Howell
Jane …. Marion Collins
Fred Stebbings …. Charles Leno
Clara …. Molly Lumley
Insurance Salesman …. Kenneth Connor

Producer: Jacques Brown

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1957.


SUN 09:30 The Navy Lark (b007k018)
Series 9

Computerising

Captain Povey hopes a fancy new communications system will help him keep better control of the crew aboard HMS Troutbridge.

Stars Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray.

Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge.

Written by Lawrie Wyman

The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips
The Chief Petty Officer ...... Jon Pertwee
The Number One ...... Stephen Murray
Captain Povey ...... Richard Caldicot
Second Officer McCluty ...... Heather Chasen
Policeman ...... Ronnie Barker
The Admiral ...... Tenniel Evans
The Flag Lieutenant. ....... Michael Bates

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

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1967.

Transmission was a few weeks before the network was renamed BBC Radio 2.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0011t26)
Pride

Marlon James

From Nick Drake to Prince.

Prize-winning writer Marlon James shares his castaway choices with Lauren Laverne.

Marlon won the Man Booker Prize in 2015 for A Brief History of Seven Killings, a novel which centres on an attempt to assassinate Bob Marley. Marlon was the first Jamaican to win the Prize.

After studying English at the University of the West Indies, he worked in advertising as a copywriter.

His first novel was rejected 78 times, and he thought he had destroyed every copy of it, until he met novelist Kaylie Jones at a writing workshop and she insisted on seeing it. She showed it to her publisher and his career was launched. The book, John Crow's Devil, was published in 2005.

His fourth novel, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, the first of a fantasy trilogy, was published in 2019.

DISC ONE: Ring the Alarm - Tenor Saw
DISC TWO: Things Behind The Sun - Nick Drake
DISC THREE: Mercy Street - Peter Gabriel
DISC FOUR: Manchild - Neneh Cherry
DISC FIVE: Summertime Rolls - Jane’s Addiction
DISC SIX: Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
DISC SEVEN: When Doves Cry - Prince
DISC EIGHT: In Limbo - Radiohead

BOOK CHOICE: Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
LUXURY CHOICE: A pressure cooker
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: When Doves Cry - Prince

Producer: Sarah Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2019.


SUN 10:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lmdh4)
Series 1

Dragons

What did Sir David do when he was confronted by a ten-foot-long grey-scaled reptile, with a long yellow forked tongue whipping in and out of its mouth?

He didn't run and, in fact, was one of the first to film it: the Komodo dragon.

Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world.

Producer: Julian Hector

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009.


SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001nn00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 11:30 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (Omnibus) (m001nn07)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001nn0g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 12:50 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (Omnibus) (b07qdv15)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 14:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00nhq58)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 14:30 The Navy Lark (b007k018)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0011t26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 15:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lmdh4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 16:00 Nightfall (m000tn1b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SUN 16:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b007k10v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:30 today]


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001nn00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (Omnibus) (m001nn07)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001nn0g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 18:50 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (Omnibus) (b07qdv15)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 20:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00nhq58)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 20:30 The Navy Lark (b007k018)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0011t26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lmdh4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 22:00 Start/Stop (b04nrh2j)
Series 2

Wedding

The prospect of attending a wedding pushes everyone to the limit.

Jack Docherty’s sitcom about love, marriage and despair found in three couples.

Alice and David wrestle with the dress code; Barney and Cathy struggle with the memories of their own wedding - and Fiona and Evan aren't talking to each other after one of his comments went a bit too far.

Starring:

Couple 1:

Barney ...... Jack Docherty
Cathy ...... Kerry Godliman

Couple 2:

Evan ...... John Thomson
Fiona ...... Fiona Allen

Couple 3:

David ...... Charlie Higson
Alice ...... Sally Bretton

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014.


SUN 22:30 Chain Reaction (b01lv7ys)
Series 8

Derren Brown interviews Tim Minchin

The illusionist and the musical comedian in the talk tag show where the guest is the next interviewer

Derren Brown quizzes Tim Minchin about beliefs, magic, music and Minchin.

Recorded with an audience, the interviews focus on the life, career and the passions of the interviewee, but often prove to be as revealing about the interviewer.

Producer: Carl Cooper

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.


SUN 23:00 Date With Fate (b0090x8s)
Nice Little Number

Vernon Hedges sets out to disprove the existence of Lady Luck.

Harold Wing Pinero is your host.

Another comic close encounter with fate.

Written by Gary Parker and Phil Whelans.

Vernon ...... Philip Jackson
Harold Wing Pinero ...... Charles Gray
Arthur ...... Michael Troughton
Dory/Shelley ...... Tracy Wiles
All other parts played by Toby Longworth.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1996.


SUN 23:15 Guy Browning's Small Talk (b0076n25)
Series 2

How to Pack

"One good way is to start naked and pretend you're getting dressed. This works perfectly unless the taxi comes early...."

Comedian Guy Browning continues to provide practical life-coaching in the big small challenges of life.

This time - discover the best ways to go travelling.

Producer: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004.


SUN 23:30 Safety Catch (b00w236m)
Series 3

Unforgiveable, That's What You Are

Heathcote Sanders are under the microscope when some of the weapons they sold to a hostile government are turned against the British.

This prompts Simon to wonder if he should be seeking some kind of forgiveness, although of course, he has absolutely nothing to seek forgiveness for... does he?

Meanwhile, his personal life is going fantastically well, until he and Anna realize that they don't know why they love each other.

Starring Darren Boyd.

Laurence Howarth's black comedy of modern morality set in the world of arms dealing.

Simon McGrath.........Darren Boyd
Anna Grieg.............Joanna Page
Boris Kemal............Lewis Macleod
Judith McGrath..........Sarah Smart
Angela McGrath........Brigit Forsyth
Madeleine Turnbull........Rachel Atkins
Sarah......Di Botcher
Vicar.....Mike Hayward

Producer: Dawn Ellis.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.

MONDAY 10 JULY 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001nn00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (Omnibus) (m001nn07)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001nn0g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]


MON 01:50 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (Omnibus) (b07qdv15)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00nhq58)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 The Navy Lark (b007k018)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0011t26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 04:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lmdh4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn0p)
1. North 1794 - 1796

Aristocratic Lady Juliana elopes to Scotland with handsome but penniless Henry Douglas.

Starring Fiona Francis and Stuart McQuarrie

Edinburgh-born novelist Susan Edmonstone Ferrier [1782 – 1854] was noted for her sharp, witty accounts of Scottish life, reflecting views on the social mores of the time, and the relationship between the Scots and the English.

Her comedic first novel, ‘Marriage’, was written in 1810 and was much revised before publication in 1818.

Dramatised in three parts by Patricia Hannah.

Lady Juliana .... Fiona Francis
Henry Douglas .... Stuart McQuarrie
Laird .... Alexander Morton
Aunt Jacky .... Ann Scott-Jones
Aunt Grizzy .... Rose McBain
Aunt Nicky .... Eliza Langland
Lady Maclaughlan .... Alison Peebles
Sir Sampson .... Crawford Logan
Archie Douglas .... Simon Tait
Mrs Douglas .... Ali Walton

Other parts played by:

Martha Leishman
Susie Maguire
Shonagh Price
Jenny Ryan

Directed at BBC Edinburgh by Patrick Rayner.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1996.


MON 06:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cs)
Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery

1. Having A Wonderful Time

A perfectly ordinary pair of spectacles spells trouble for Paul and Steve as they set off on a trip to Egypt.

In this recreation of the 1947 vintage crime serial, Crawford Logan stars as Paul Temple with Gerda Stevenson as Steve.

Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.

Sadly, only half of their adventures survive in the archives. But in 2006, the BBC began lovingly recreating them using original scripts and incidental music, and recorded with vintage microphones and sound effects.

Paul Temple …. Crawford Logan
Steve …. Gerda Stevenson
Miss Fraser …. Eliza Langland
Joyce Raymond …. Lucy Paterson
Victor Armstrong …. Michael MacKenzie
Harold Darwin …. Richard Greenwood
Charlie …. Greg Powrie
Various …. Nick Underwood

Producer: Patrick Rayner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.


MON 06:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn21)
2. Ale for the Garrison

After his stint at the Battle of Waterloo, soldier Tom Naismith is wondering why his uncle's Lancaster-based business is floundering.

Meanwhile, will the ale waggon ever reach the local garrison without the attention of dangerous smugglers?

Starring Keith Buckley and Tom Harrison

Margaret Potter's serial set in the early 19th century on the Lancashire coast.

Tom Naismith .... Keith Buckley
John Raby .... Tom Harrison
Lanty .... Bert Parnaby
Brack .... Henry Livings
Captain Mackendrew, .... Ralph Hallett
Sir Geoffrey Banner .... Norman Shelley
The Pedlar .... Geoffrey Banks
Mrs Stephens .... Ella Atkinson
Coppins .... Joe Holmes
Landlord of 'The Swan' .... Roy Minton
The Turnkey .... Graham Tennant
The Stable Boy .... Barry Dixon
Landlord's wife .... Norma Wilson
An old farmer .... Geoffrey Banks
A man at 'The Swan' .... Frank Poynter

Producer: Trevor Hill

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1965.


MON 07:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m72)
1. Flax from the Ancient World

All cloth begins with a twist.

Journalist Kassia St Clair, unravels the fascinating stories of how fabrics have shaped the world we live in, beginning with the secret power of the linens that wrapped the bodies of Egyptian pharaohs.

The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History written by Kassia St Clair

Abridged in five parts by Laurence Wareing.

Read by Francesca Dymond.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.


MON 07:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07q2tp3)
Series 1

6. Problems

Megan thinks she’s saved the family business from London gangster Moses Lipski, but her problems are far from over.

Thrilling series set in 1890s Whitechapel.

Megan Evans ….. Bettrys Jones
Luc Evans ….. Trystan Gravelle
Samuel Singer ….. David Horovitch
Moses Lipski ….. Brian Protheroe
Annie Riley ….. Alice Haig

Written by Gregory Evans

Director: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.


MON 07:30 Small Scenes (b01hvdnl)
Pilot

An unfortunate incident at a bird sanctuary and an uncomfortable moment for a beefeater.

Pilot of the successful comedy sketch series.

Starring:

Daniel Rigby
Henry Paker
Mike Wozniak
Sara Pascoe

Written by the cast, plus Madeleine Brettingham, Ben Partridge, Jon Lynes and Dan O'Donohue.

Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.


MON 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b00b8w6q)
Series 1

Episode 3

Meet Varda Marvello the Mind Reader - and the tale of a little bee.

Starring:

Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Joan Sims

Announcer: Douglas Smith

After the unexpected death of Kenneth Horne in 1969, plans for the next series of Round The Horne were axed. Instead - using an old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title - Kenneth joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition and was also reunited with his "Carry On" film co-star Joan Sims.

Written by Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Myles Rudge

With the Max Harris Group.

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1969.


MON 08:30 Taking It Up the Octave (b0864cc2)
Episode 1

Opera Sunderland has a tradition of performing a new work every season - "its umbilical cord to civilisation".

However, when managing director Dwight Gaggenheim opts for West Side Story over innovative gay opera St Sebastien, the tempers and egos of a plethora of opera types come bubbling to the surface.

Comedy drama in five parts written by Fintan Coyle and Tom Miles

Derek............................. Andrew Branch
Keyboard Ken.............Tom Miles
Cilla.................................Carolyn Bonnyman
Gareth...........................Godfrey James
James............................Simon Butteriss
Natasha........................Caz Weller
Dwight..........................Jonathan Kydd

Singers:

Alison Porter
Susan Jelley
Henrik Wager
Ian Bloomfield

Producer Chris Neill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1997.


MON 09:00 It's Your Round (b00z5zyh)
Series 1

Episode 4

Angus Deayton hosts the comedy panel show with no format.

Battling it out to see who can beat each other at their own games:

Russell Kane
Josie Long
Alun Cochrane
Milton Jones

How will they fare at Russell Kane's "Mood News" round?

What superhero would Milton Jones like to be?

And what is Josie Long's "Nine Previous Convictions" all about?

Find out the answers to these questions and more in this show.

Writers: Angus Deayton, Ged Parsons and Paul Powell

Devised by Benjamin Partridge

Producer: Sam Michell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.


MON 09:30 The Change (b00nj6fd)
Series 1

Different for Girls

Coming to terms with a transvestite for a husband is hard for troubled hormonal wife Carol.

She wants to save her marriage and so George agrees to throw away his entire wardrobe of female attire - but throwing out the favourite tiara is just too hard...

Starring Lynda Bellingham and Chris Ellison.

Sitcom by Gavin Petrie and Jan Etherington.

Carol ...... Lynda Bellingham
George ...... Chris Ellison
Violet ...... Sylvia Syms
Maureen ...... Maureen Beattie
Dave ...... Mark Powley
Ken ...... James Vaughan
Jerry ...... Richard Standing
Sonia ...... Emma Kennedy

Producer: Maria Esposito

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.


MON 10:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn0p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 11:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 11:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn21)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 12:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 12:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07q2tp3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 12:30 Small Scenes (b01hvdnl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 13:00 Stop Messing About! (b00b8w6q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 13:30 Taking It Up the Octave (b0864cc2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 14:00 It's Your Round (b00z5zyh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 14:30 The Change (b00nj6fd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 15:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn0p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 16:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 16:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn21)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 17:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07q2tp3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 17:30 Small Scenes (b01hvdnl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 Stop Messing About! (b00b8w6q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 18:30 Taking It Up the Octave (b0864cc2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 19:00 It's Your Round (b00z5zyh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 19:30 The Change (b00nj6fd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 20:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m0018pzw)
Series 13

Voicing Tough Truths

True stories told live in the USA: Catherine Burns introduces stories about telling nothing but the truth, even when it’s hard.

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 heard on PRX in the USA in June 2020.


MON 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (m0002h61)
Joanne Froggatt

Downton Abbey star Joanne Froggatt selects ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Kate Bush and ‘Proud Mary’ performed by Ike and Tina Turner.


MON 21:00 Mastertapes (b03j9np4)
Series 3

Soul II Soul (A-Side)

Jazzie B and Caron Wheeler discuss Soul II Soul's 1989 debut album, 'Club Classics Vol 1', which included the global hit 'Back to Life'.

Series in which leading performers and songwriters talk about the album that made them or changed them.

Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios, each edition includes two episodes - the A-side and B-side.

In the A-side, Jazzie B and Caron talk to John Wilson.

Soul II Soul is one of the most successful British black groups of all time.

Their ethos of 'a happy face, a thumping bass for a loving race' and the sound of their debut album, released in 1989, defined a time and place in the UK's musical history. Featuring the huge hits 'Back To Life' and 'Keep On Moving' the album took London's multicultural underground club culture into the mainstream and achieved worldwide success. 'Club Classics' mixed the sounds of a burgeoning DJ scene with Jazzie B's distinctly British take on rap and the colossal vocal talents of Caron Wheeler.

In the B-side of the programme, it's the turn of the audience to ask the questions.

Producer: Helen Lennard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.


MON 21:30 Murder Most Foul (b03hmx6f)
6. The New Year Nightmare

True tales of murder from the days when police cars had bells and the men from the Yard wore trilby hats.

On 31st December 1960: a meeting in an Essex pub led to tragedy and a controversial court case.

The New Year celebrations were hardly over when Jean Constable's body was found and the police inquiry began. "It must have been a Yank", commented June Boshears, not knowing that it was her husband who had been arrested.

BBC TV's Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross reviews the case

Written by John Scotney.

Eugene Boshears: ....... Kerry Shale
Jeavons ....... George Parsons

With:

Jenny Howe
Michael Turner
Joanna Myers
Angus Wright
James Greene
Emma Gregory
Timothy Alcock
David Bannerman

Producer: Mark Savage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1991.


MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m001ngl1)
Series 29

Episode 6

David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they’re able to smuggle past their opponents.

Lucy Porter, Marcus Brigstocke, Richard Osman and Ria Lina are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as Popes, insurance, Norway and surgery.

The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith.

Producer: Jon Naismith

A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4


MON 22:30 Buy Me Up TV (b009jcxh)
Episode 3

Every shopping channel you've ever seen and every product you've never wanted to buy.

Special guest host: Rich Hall

Starring:

Justin Edwards
Colin Hoult
Katherine Jakeways
Ewen Macintosh
Alex MacQueen
Greg Proops

Written by Justin Edwards and James Eldred.

Producer: Lucy Armitaqe

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 2008.


MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001p055)
Robin Ince 1/2

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Jon Holmes chats to Robin Ince about his new series of Reality Tunnel.


MON 23:00 Dead Ringers (m001nh3m)
Series 23

Episode 4

What did Humza Yousaf and King Charles really say to each other when they met in Edinburgh? What is Sir Kier Starmer’s secret plan for after the election, and who first coined the word aardvark? Answers to these questions and so much more.

This episode was written by: Nev Fountain & Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, Ed Amsden & Tom Coles, Edward Tew, Robert Darke, Joe Topping, Sophie Dickson, Sarah Campbell, Peter Tellouche, and Toussaint Douglass.

Produced and created by Bill Dare
Production Coordinator: Dan Marchini


MON 23:30 Fabulous (b00fb8zx)
Series 2

Episode 4

Faye is anxious.

She knows that today's women are Fabulous; they have it all, the job, the house, the colour-co-ordinated capsule wardrobe and they cope with the pressures modern life brings effortlessly, with nothing more than a copy of Prima and a poem by Pam Ayres to guide them.

So why can't she pull it off?

Life should be exciting with Edith going on maternity leave and announcing who will get her job...

Starring Daisy Haggard.

Written by Lucy Clarke.

With:

Katy Brand
Stephen Critchlow
Ben Crowe
Justin Edwards
Mel Hudson
Martin Hyder
Joanna Neary
Jo Scanlan
Laura Solon
Dan Starkey
Ann Reid

Music by Osymyso

Producer: Simon Nicholls

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008.

TUESDAY 11 JULY 2023

TUE 00:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn0p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn21)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07q2tp3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 Small Scenes (b01hvdnl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Stop Messing About! (b00b8w6q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]


TUE 03:30 Taking It Up the Octave (b0864cc2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 It's Your Round (b00z5zyh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 The Change (b00nj6fd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn09)
2. South 1813 - 1815

Now a teenager, Mary Douglas is reunited in Bath with her indifferent mother, Lady Juliana, and capricious twin sister, Adelaide. She is befriended by elderly Mrs Lennox, whose much-loved son returns from a long stay abroad.

Edinburgh-born novelist Susan Edmonstone Ferrier [1782 – 1854] was noted for her sharp, witty accounts of Scottish life, reflecting views on the social mores of the time, and the relationship between the Scots and the English.

Her comedic first novel, ‘Marriage’, was written in 1810 and much revised before its publication in 1818.

Dramatised in three parts by Patricia Hannah.

CAST:

Mary .... Meg Fraser
Lady Emily .... Fiona Francis
Charles Lennox .... Dougal Lee
Lady Juliana .... Vivienne Dixon
Adelaide .... Harley Loudon
Aunt Jacky/Mrs Lennox .... Ann Scott-Jones
Aunt Grizzy .... Rose McBain
Aunt Nicky .... Eliza Langland
Dr Redgill .... Crawford Logan
Archie Douglas .... Simon Tait
Lord Lindor .... Gregor Powrie
Mrs Douglas .... Ali Walton
Other parts played by members of the cast.

Directed in BBC Edinburgh by Patrick Rayner.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.


TUE 06:00 Paul Temple (b007k0ct)
Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery

2. Interlude at Augusta

During their stop-over in Sicily, Paul and Steve begin to sense that someone is on their trail.

In this 2006 recreation of the 1947 vintage crime serial, Crawford Logan stars as Paul Temple and Gerda Stevenson as Steve.

Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.

Sadly, only half of their adventures survive in the archives. But in 2006, the BBC began recreating them using original scripts and incidental music, and recorded with vintage microphones and sound effects.

Paul Temple …. Crawford Logan
Steve …. Gerda Stevenson
Miss Fraser …. Eliza Langland
Joyce Raymond …. Lucy Paterson
Victor Armstrong …. Michael MacKenzie
Harold Darwin …. Richard Greenwood
Colonel Marquand/Constantine …. Angus MacInnes
Various …. Nick Underwood

Producer: Patrick Rayner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.


TUE 06:30 The Waiting Game (m001nmzp)
3. Encounter at Dawn

What will the consequences for Tom be after making an enemy of Captain Mackendrew?

A six-part serial set in the early 19th century on the Lancashire coast.

After the Battle of Waterloo, Tom Naismith returns to Lancashire to find his uncle's business floundering. Why?

Written by Margaret Potter.

Tom Naismith .... Keith Buckley
Luke Hemmings, the ostler .... Jack Woolgar
Manservant at Wildbeck Hall .... John Daglish
Captain Mackendrew .... Ralph Hallett
Sophia .... Judith Bradshaw
William Fell .... Robert Wallace
Nelms .... John Linstrum
Blackley .... Norman Somers
Osborne .... James Luxton

Producer: Trevor Hill

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March1965.


TUE 07:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m74)
2. Twelve Thousand Caterpillars

Journalist Kassia St Clair uncovers the fascinating stories of how fabrics have shaped the world we live in, including the legend of the Chinese Empress who discovered the secrets of the silkworm.

The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St Clair

Read by Francesca Dymond

Abridged by Laurence Wareing

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.


TUE 07:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07q7jl0)
Series 1

7. Intruder

Thrilling series set in 1890s Whitechapel. Welsh farm girl Megan Evans comes to London to visit her brother who is running the family's dairy business - but her brother is strangely unwelcoming.

Megan Evans ….. Bettrys Jones
Luc Evans ….. Trystan Gravelle
Samuel Singer ….. David Horovitch
Moses Lipski ….. Brian Protheroe
Annie Riley ….. Alice Haig

by Gregory Evans

Directed by Marc Beeby

In 1900 over half London's milk came from Welsh dairies. One of those dairies, on the Commercial Road, was owned and run by the writer’s family.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.


TUE 07:30 Gloomsbury (m0000sd7)
Series 5

A Tale of Two Sillies

Henry and Vera are on a lecture tour of the USA. Vera is invited to the Round Table at the Algonquin and meets Dorothy Barker, who she finds repellent. Henry, travelling towards Chicago on the sleeper, finds he is sharing a compartment with Al Padrone and his mysteriously heavy violin case.

Meanwhile, back at Sizzlinghurst, Ginny and Lionel are acting as caretakers and making a spectacular mess of things as they attempt to remodel the garden.

Cast:
VERA SACKCLOTH-VEST..............................MIRIAM MARGOLYES
HENRY MICKLETON.......................................JONATHAN COY
RICH WOMAN ..................................................MORWENNA BANKS
GINNY FOX.......................................................ALISON STEADMAN
LIONEL FOX......................................................NIGEL PLANER
MRS GOSLING..................................................ALISON STEADMAN
GOSLING............................................................NIGEL PLANER
AL PADRONE....................................................JOHN SESSIONS
DOROTHY BARKER.........................................MORWENNA BANKS
ROBERT BLETCHLEY......................................JOHN SESSIONS
TAXI DRIVER ...................................................JOHN SESSIONS
ROOM SERVICE .................………………….JONATHAN COY

A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2018.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b00gklbf)
The Sahara Desert Statue

What is Eccles doing with a cement sack and an imaginary piano?

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

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: John Browell

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1958.


TUE 08:30 In the End (b007r45j)
Episode 4

Maverick BBC Reporter, George Cragge, and Superintendent Frank Jefferson investigate a series of murders of journalists.

Rupert Thresher arouses Cragge's suspicion as the hunt for the journalist killer continues. Meanwhile the PM is once again depressed as his approval rating has fallen below 50% for the first time.

Starring Michael Williams and Barry Foster.

The fourth of Mark Taverner’s black comedies set in the worlds of the BBC and politics.

Dramatised in six parts by from his novel by Mark Taverner, and Peter Baynham.

George Cragge …. Michael Williams
Superintendent Frank Jefferson …. Barry Foster
Charles Prentiss...Stephen Fry
Martin Griffiths.....John Bird
Prime Minister …. Jonathan Coy
Crichton-Potter …. Anton Rogers
Marcia Mallon …. Rebecca Front
Chancellor …. Simon Greenall
Maria …. Jessica Oyelowo
Rupert Thresher........Michael Fenton Stevens
Radio 4 Newsreader …. Harriet Cass

With:

Peter Woodthorpe
Hugh Parker
Neil McCaul
Chris Pavlo
Beth Chalmers
David Holt

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.


TUE 09:00 The Motion Show (b00768mm)
Series 3

Episode 3

Debates galore over staying home and getting fit.

Graeme Garden chairs the quirky battle of words and wit.

With Hugh Dennis, Gyles Brandreth, Arthur Smith and Emma Kennedy.

Producer: Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000


TUE 09:30 Trapped (m001nmzw)
Series 2

Throw the Book

Having got themselves locked in a bookshop overnight, odd couple cons Eddie and Mouse have plenty of time to work out what went horribly wrong with the robbery they have just failed to pull off and, with the help of a highly inquisitive and unpredictable security guard, discover rather more about each other in the process.

The second series of one-off comedy dramas written by, and sometimes featuring, Daniel and Mark Maier

CAST:

Eddie …. Philip Jackson
Mouse … William Ash
Sunday …. David Webber
Feathers …. Daniel Maier

Producer: Claire Bartlett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.


TUE 10:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 11:00 Paul Temple (b007k0ct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 11:30 The Waiting Game (m001nmzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 12:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m74)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 12:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07q7jl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 12:30 Gloomsbury (m0000sd7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b00gklbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 13:30 In the End (b007r45j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 14:00 The Motion Show (b00768mm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 14:30 Trapped (m001nmzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 15:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 16:00 Paul Temple (b007k0ct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 16:30 The Waiting Game (m001nmzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 17:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m74)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07q7jl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 17:30 Gloomsbury (m0000sd7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b00gklbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 18:30 In the End (b007r45j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 19:00 The Motion Show (b00768mm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 19:30 Trapped (m001nmzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m00147j4)
Series 8

Brain Stages

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

Manoush Zomorodi explores how and why brains morph and change during our lives. How can we better help our brain health?

First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2021.


TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (m000f6yz)
Jeff Goldblum

Actor and musician Jeff Goldblum chooses 'Misty' by Erroll Garner and 'We'll Meet Again' by Vera Lynn.


TUE 21:00 Mastertapes (b03jb1wf)
Series 3

Soul II Soul (B-Side)

Jazzie B and Caron Wheeler answer audience questions about Soul II Soul's debut 1989 album, 'Club Classics Vol 1'.

John Wilson talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them.

Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios, each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances

The B-side

Having discussed the making of "Club Classics Vol 1", the breakthrough album from Soul II Soul (in the A-side of the programme), Jazzie B and Caron Wheeler respond to questions from the audience. Jazzie talks more about his own roots as a musician and Soul II Soul perform live versions of tracks from the album.

Producer: Helen Lennard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.


TUE 21:30 Adam Baron - Shut Eye (b00sdrsz)
1. Runaways and Murder

Ex-cop Billy Rucker works the seamy backstreets around King's Cross, London, looking for runaways.

This time it's a brutal murder he gets involved in - very involved.

Stars David Morrissey.

Adam Baron's gritty thriller, first published in 1999.

Dramatised in four parts by Doug Lucie

Billy Rucker .... David Morrissey
DI Gold .... Danny Webb
Sharon .... Li-Leng Au
Sir Peter Morant .... Edward de Souza
Alex .... Matt Day
Rollo .... Declan Wilson
Mrs Lewes .... Rachel Atkins
Secretary .... Gbemisola Ikumelo

Director Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004


TUE 22:00 Janey Godley: The C Bomb (m001ngc2)
3. When I Get Bored, Bad Things Happen

Janey Godley doesn’t know how long she’s got left, so she’s telling ALL the jokes! This is her extraordinary story. Fearless and unflinching, yet life affirming stand-up at its very best.

In this episode Janey tells stories akin to the Wild West, in the East End of Glasgow. She and her family go from the perfectly chaotic life of publicans and private schools, to runaways clutching their possessions in black bin bags.

Since Janey’s comedy career began, she’s exposed, on stage, many painful traumas from her life - from childhood neglect and sexual abuse, to marrying into a gangster family who eventually turned on her, and even the murder of her mother - with a seeming lack of sentimentality and the blackest of humour.

Relentlessly authentic, she's also had to face up to her own mistakes - taking responsibility and apologising both publicly and onstage, as well as sharing the shame of being ‘cancelled’ and the very dark place that took her to.

Then, just months later… the hand grenade of a cancer diagnosis forced her to start fighting for her life.

Now, after finally admitting that after everything she’s been through in life, maybe she's not “fine”, and with a terminal diagnosis, she’s submitted to the ultimate ‘C bomb' for many men and women of her generation - counselling.

And as a result of this insight, she’s more hilarious and compelling onstage than ever.

Janey’s experienced a life of extremes but has come out the other side with rare insight, still able to make light of all its trials and tribulations in her signature dark and uncompromising style.

Recorded live in front of an audience in her hometown, Glasgow.

A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 22:30 The Lee Mack Show (b00bt53m)
Suggs

Lee Mack presents stand-up comedy, sketches and music.

With:

Suggs
Milton Jones
Angela McHale

Music by Steve Brown, Kevin Powell and Mark Allis.

Written by Lee Mack and Neil Webster.

Additional material by Milton Jones, Rhodri Crooks and Paul Kerensa.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 2005.


TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001p057)
Robin Ince 2/2

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has 2 hours of comedy. And tonight, Jon Holmes has another chat with the writer, broadcaster, and comedian, Robin Ince.


TUE 23:00 Father Figure (b01bw5cc)
Series 1

Birthday Lunch

Much to the consternation of his overbearing mother, Tom Whyte decides to cook his dad a birthday lunch for a family get-together.

What he intends to put on the table undergoes a transformation by serving time, whilst best friend Roddy brings an especially unappetising contribution to the meal.

A family sitcom written by and starring Irish comedian, Jason Byrne.

Tom Whyte .... Jason Byrne
Elaine Whyte .... Lucy Montgomery
Dylan Whyte .... Dominic Applewhite
Mary Whyte .... Pauline McLynn
Pat Whyte .... Dermot Crowley
Roddy .... Michael Smiley

Producer: Julia McKenzie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 2021.


TUE 23:30 Elvenquest (b016c8y5)
Series 3

Episode 2

As they continue their search for the Sword of Asnagar, the noble Questers are lead to a quiet countryside town, which they’ve heard may hold their prize.

But it’s been razed to the ground by ruthless barbarians, led by blood-thirsty Ragnar Half-tooth, who’s taken the Sword taken as booty. In order to get it back, the Questers decide to masquerade as barbarians and enter Ragnar's camp...

Meanwhile, Kreech tells Lord Darkness that his annual regeneration is coming up and that he needs to get some sleep in order to avoid meeting the new Dawn which will send his body crumbling into dust.

Problem is, getting to sleep when it really matters is easier said than done. And Lord Darkness is suddenly overcome by a nasty bout of insomnia...

Fantasy-based sitcom set in Lower Earth written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.

Vidar ...... Darren Boyd
Dean/Kreech ...... Kevin Eldon
Amis aka The Chosen One ...... Dave Lamb
Lord Darkness ...... Alistair McGowan
Sam ...... Stephen Mangan
Ragnar Half-tooth ...... Daniel Rigby
Penthiselea ...... Sophie Winkleman

Producer: Sam Michell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011.

WEDNESDAY 12 JULY 2023

WED 00:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Paul Temple (b007k0ct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 The Waiting Game (m001nmzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m74)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07q7jl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 Gloomsbury (m0000sd7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b00gklbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]


WED 03:30 In the End (b007r45j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 The Motion Show (b00768mm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 Trapped (m001nmzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn0n)
3. Union 1815

Will Mary Douglas finally find happiness? And what will happen with the MacLaughan estate?

Edinburgh-born novelist Susan Edmonstone Ferrier [1782 – 1854] was noted for her sharp, witty accounts of Scottish life, reflecting views on the social mores of the time, and the relationship between the Scots and the English.

Her comedic first novel, ‘Marriage’, was written in 1810 and much revised before its publication in 1818.

Dramatised in three parts by Patricia Hannah.

CAST:

Mary .... Meg Fraser
Lady Emily .... Fiona Francis
Charles Lennox .... Dougal Lee
Lady Juliana .... Vivienne Dixon
Adelaide .... Harley Loudon
Aunt Jacky/Mrs Lennox .... Ann Scott-Jones
Aunt Grizzy .... Rose McBain
Aunt Nicky .... Eliza Langland
Lady MacLaughlan .... Alison Peebles
Dr Redgill/Sir Sampson MacLaughlan .... Crawford Logan
Archie Douglas .... Simon Tait
Lord Lindor .... Gregor Powrie
Mrs Douglas .... Ali Walton
Duke of Altamont .... Raymond Ross
Other parts played by members of the cast.

Directed in BBC Edinburgh by Patrick Rayner.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996


WED 06:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cv)
Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery

Introducing Colonel Marquand

At the Villa Negara - the amateur sleuth must take action when events take a mysterious and dangerous turn

In this 2006 recreation of the 1947 vintage crime serial, Crawford Logan stars as Paul Temple and Gerda Stevenson as Steve.

Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.

Sadly, only half of their adventures survive in the archives. But in 2006, the BBC began recreating them using original scripts and incidental music, and recorded with vintage microphones and sound effects.

Paul Temple …. Crawford Logan
Steve …. Gerda Stevenson
Miss Fraser …. Eliza Langland
Victor Armstrong …. Michael MacKenzie
Harold Darwin …. Richard Greenwood
Colonel Marquand …. Angus MacInnes
Olaf Schreider …. Nick Underwood

Producer: Patrick Rayner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.


WED 06:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn75)
4. The Silecroft Run

Can Tom discover more about the old priory and its role in smuggling his uncle’s missing goods?

A six-part serial set in the early 19th century on the Lancashire coast.

After the Battle of Waterloo, Tom Naismith returns to Lancashire to find his uncle's business floundering. Why?

Written by Margaret Potter.

John Raby .... Tom Harrison
Mrs Stephens .... Ella Atkinson
Sir Geoffrey Banner .... Norman Shelley
William Fell .... Robert Wallace
Tom Naismith .... Keith Buckley
Sophia Sheridan .... Judith Bradshaw
Luke Hemmings .... Jack Woolgar
Brack .... Henry Livings
Lanty .... Bert Parnaby
Coppins .... Joe Holmes
The manservant at Wildbeck Hall .... John Dagllsh
Mr Hammond .... Geoffrey Banks
Quilliam, a Manx boatman .... Sydney Kelly
Peter Costain .... Roy Minton

Producer: Trevor Hill

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1965.


WED 07:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m70)
3. "Cotton is King"

Kassia St Clair unravels more of the stories behind our well-known fabrics.

The author considers the worldwide impact of cotton production - a major driver of the Industrial Revolution as well as enforced labour. She moves on to chart the rising popularity of denim first for working overalls and later on - trendy jeans.

The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St. Clair

Read by Francesca Dymond

Abridged by Laurence Wareing

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018


WED 07:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07qbcb4)
Series 1

8. Return

Thrilling series set in 1890s Whitechapel. Welsh farm girl Megan Evans comes to London to visit her brother who is running the family's dairy business - but her brother is strangely unwelcoming.

Megan Evans ….. Bettrys Jones
Luc Evans ….. Trystan Gravelle
Samuel Singer ….. David Horovitch
Moses Lipski ….. Brian Protheroe
Annie Riley ….. Alice Haig

by Gregory Evans

Directed by Marc Beeby

In 1900 over half London's milk came from Welsh dairies. One of those dairies, on the Commercial Road, was owned and run by the writer’s family.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.


WED 07:30 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m000f06s)
Series 1

Lean on Me

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a couple who have been married ‘for ever’.

Children of the Sixties, they’re still free spirits, drawn together by their passion for music and each other. Their warm and witty conversations dance around everyday chores and appointments as well as dealing with problems within long-held friendships, and tackling their own frustrations with each other. But underlying it all is their enduring love for each other and their desire to keep the passion alive.

Joanna’s nursing skills are found wanting after Roger’s knee op.

Written for Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam by award-winning comedy writer and journalist Jan Etherington, who’s been married for 35 years to Gavin Petrie, with whom she created many hit radio and TV series (Second Thoughts, Next of Kin, Faith in the Future, The Change). Conversations from a Long Marriage is her first solo narrative comedy series.

Producer: Claire Jones

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


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007r3dg)
Series 4

The Espresso Bar

Making no money out of being in showbiz, the Lad sees his future in selling coffee.

Starring Tony Hancock.

With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques.

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 December 1956.


WED 08:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqlf)
Trevor Island

Mr Zizz, the bad cartoonist, is not really capable of murder. Or is he?

An evil pirate chief is avoiding justice. The Stranger sends Zizz to kill him '... and let me tell you, my friends: if villainy may be given a name, its name.... is Trevor!'

Starring Martin Jarvis and Richard Pearson

Dark comedy series written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie.

Zizz .... Martin Jarvis
Captain White .... Richard Pearson
Peggs .... Robin Ellis
Kipper .... Melvyn Hayes
The Stranger .... Peter Howell
Bannister .... Ron Pember
Felch .... Michael Ripper
Editor .... Bill Wallis
Barman .... William Simons

Music: Max Harris

Producer: Paul Spencer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1988.


WED 09:00 It's Not What You Know (b061qzx0)
Series 3

Episode 3

Who would play Romesh Ranganathan in a film of his life?

What's Christoper Biggins' proudest moment of his career?

What would Katherine Ryan do if she was Beyonce for a day?

All these burning questions, and more, will be answered in the show hosted by Miles Jupp, where panellists are tested on how well they know their nearest and dearest.

In this case, comedian Katherine Ryan picks her best friend, comedian Romesh Ranganathan picks his brother, and Christopher Biggins picks an old showbiz pal.

Producer: Matt Stronge

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2015.


WED 09:30 The Right Time (b00fv9t1)
Series 2

Episode 4

How to get home from the pub - and a ruined holiday in Barbados.

Sketch show for people growing older disgracefully. Written and performed by people who've lived a bit.

Stars Eleanor Bron, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Paula Wilcox, Clive Swift and Roger Blake.

Written by Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Julie Balloo, Ramone Towers, Trevor Walker, John Dowie, Colin Bostock-Smith and John Pidgeon.

Music by Ronnie & The Rex.

Producer: Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002.


WED 10:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn0n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 11:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 11:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn75)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 12:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m70)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 12:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07qbcb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 12:30 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m000f06s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007r3dg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 13:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqlf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 14:00 It's Not What You Know (b061qzx0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 14:30 The Right Time (b00fv9t1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 15:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn0n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 16:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 16:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn75)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 17:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m70)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 17:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07qbcb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 17:30 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m000f06s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007r3dg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 18:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqlf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 19:00 It's Not What You Know (b061qzx0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 19:30 The Right Time (b00fv9t1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 20:00 Behind the Scenes of Crime (m001nn7l)
Author Joan Lock talks to members of the Crime Writers' Association.

The CWA promotes, supports and celebrates crime writing, and writers of all crime fiction and non-fiction from across the globe.

Joan eavesdrops at various events and functions including the Annual Awards Dinner when the prestigious Gold, Silver and Diamond Daggers are presented.

Featured authors include:

PD James
Ruth Rendell
Simon Brett
Liza Cody
Colin Dexter
Peter Lovesey
June Thomson
Susan Moody

Researched and written by Joan Lock.

Producer: Ed Thomason

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.


WED 20:45 Colin Dexter Short Stories (b007k4xz)
Inspector Morse - The Burglar

Neighbourly concern about a suspicious stranger sets a new puzzle for the Oxford-based inspector.

A short story specially written by Colin Dexter for Boucheron XXVI – the annual convention for creators and fans of detective and mystery fiction. In 1995, it was staged at the Broadway Media Centre in Nottingham.

Read by John Turner.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.


WED 21:00 Short Cuts (b05stkq6)
Series 7

Songlines

Josie Long hears stories of music and memory. From a song that proves your parents right - rock 'n roll really will lead you down a dangerous path - to the symphony that haunted one man's dreams for decades.

Featuring:

96 Tears
Feat. Anthony Bourdain
Produced by Ann Heppermann, Kara Oehler and Rick Moody

Piano Man
Feat. Barry Colson
Produced by Sindre Leganger

The Stage
Feat. Grace Savage
Produced by Hana Walker-Brown

Lullaby
Feat. Colin Dexter
Produced by Phil Smith

Dream Symphony
Feat. Stuart Sharp
Produced by Olivia Humphreys with Jodie Taylor

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May 2015.


WED 21:30 Adam Baron - Shut Eye (b00sh02c)
2. Punch Up

Ex-cop Billy Rucker works the seamy backstreets around King's Cross, London, looking for runaways.

The Private-eye investigates the murder of Sir Peter Morant's airline pilot brother, Edward.

Stars David Morrissey.

Adam Baron's gritty thriller, first published in 1999.

Dramatised in four parts by Doug Lucie

CAST:
Billy Rucker .... David Morrissey
DI Gold .... Danny Webb
Charlotte Morant .... Caroline Langrishe
Graham Lloyd .... Nicholas Woodeson
Sir Peter Morant .... Edward de Souza
Sal .... Frances Jeater
Dominic .... Chris Moran
Rollo .... Declan Wilson
Archie .... Damian Lynch
Waitress .... Gbemisola Ikumelo

Written by Adam Baron
Dramatised by Doug Lucie

Director Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004


WED 22:00 Robin Ince's Reality Tunnel (m001ngwk)
Fossils of the Mind

Series 2 - Episode 1

In the first of his two-part series Robin talks about love, books, and his love of books. He explores how we sometimes find it difficult to express our love and shares stories of the delight he's experienced on his travels. It is also a cautionary tale, warning of the dangers of not sharing praise and admiration before it's too late.

Escaping the confines of The Infinite Monkey Cage, comedian Robin Ince takes us on a journey through his Reality Tunnel in his second two-part stand-up series, recorded specially for Radio 4.

For over 30 years Robin Ince has been discharging fascinating thoughts, unusual knowledge, and infectious excitement into the universe. Over this time, these disparate, dusty specs of information have steadily clumped together and formed into an entity known as the 'Reality Tunnel'.

Previously, Robin's live appearances have only been visible to those astute enough to be tracking his trajectory; those with a keen enough eye to catch a fleeting glimpse of him as he twinkles through their orbit, emitting his ideas, shedding light on the human condition, before vanishing again into the distance. But now, using specialist recording tools and fancy editing, this phenomenon has been captured in high resolution audio for all to hear.

Praise for series 1
- “I was practically in tears of joy and wonder. I found it deeply moving and profoundly comforting”
- “It is a thing of beauty and joy and a thing for me amid an ocean of things that aren't!”
- “it’s good to know I'm not the only one with those 'thoughts'”

Writer / Performer ... Robin Ince
Voice Over ... Cody Dahler
Producer ... Carl Cooper
Production Coordinator ... Mabel Wright

Sound Manager ... Jerry Peal
Sound Editor ... Joshan Chana
Original Music ... Dan Antopolski

Picture by Steve Best

BBC Studios Production for Radio 4


WED 22:30 Pick Ups (b00n5rwp)
Series 2

Little Grey Cells

Dave's marriage proposal is temporarily postponed by an omelette.

Comedy set in a run-down taxi office in Manchester.

Written by Ian Kershaw.

Lind ... Lesley Sharp
Mike .... Paul Loughran
Dave ... Philip Rowson
Rebel ... Parvez Qadir
Drunk ...... Mark E Smith
Stevie ...... Suranne Jones
Pat the Butcher ...... Andrew Grose

Producer: Paul Hardy

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.


WED 23:00 Holland's Shorts (m001nn84)
Episode 3

Dominic ponders the imponderables such as using mobile phones on airplanes and inset days.

Written and presented by Dominic Holland with support from Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Martin Hyder and Ed Weeks.

Music by Jim Howard.

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.


WED 23:15 Roger McGough's Other Half (b04ykdyj)
Episode 3

A 'nice' get together - and if you weren't you, who would you be? Lovers past and present and a song about annoying choruses.

Roger McGough presents surreal sketches and poetry.

With:

Helen Atkinson-Wood
Philip Jackson
Richie Webb

Hear Roger’s familiar voice in a whole fresh light. Expect merriment and melancholy in equal measures, and a whisker of witty wordplay too.

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015.


WED 23:30 The Young Postmen (b00ftk3n)
It's a Dog's Life

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, and is composed of many dangerous elements like aspirin and bleach.

The strange mutant aliens that inhabit its surface are in danger. Only postmen from Swansden and an amateur musical can probably save them now

More surreal escapades of a trio of 'posties'.

Written by and starring Ben Miller. With John Thomson and Felicity Montagu.

Brian ...... Ben Miller
Derek ...... John Thomson
Sue ...... Felicity Montagu
Mr Tippett ...... Alastair McGowan
Mr Tilbury ...... Jim Barclay

Music by Murray Gold

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.