SATURDAY 25 MAY 2013

SAT 00:00 Bradbury 13 (b0120vy9)
Night Call, Collect
A lone survivor on Mars has waited a lifetime for rescue. Finally at age 80, his phone rings. Ray Bradbury's thriller stars Morgan White.
SAT 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrhp)
Episode 5
With the carnivorous plants on the rampage, Josella is devastated when she returns to her home with Bill. Cult novel read by Roger May.
SAT 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k28y)
Sad Cypress
Episode 5
As Elinor Carlisle stands accused of murder, Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot uncovers evidence of greed and deceit.
The conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunnit starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding
Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts
Dr Lord ...... David McAlister
Roddy Welman ...... Charles Simpson
Sir Edwin Bulmer ...... David King
Sir Samuel Atterbury ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Dr Garcia/Clerk ...... John Church
Inspector Brill ...... Eric Allan
Judge ...... Alan Cullen
Mr Wargrave ...... Jonathan Adams
Mr Littledale ...... Gordon Reid
Amelia Sedley ...... Ann Windsor
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992.
SAT 01:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? (b007jq12)
Episode 2
With just days to live, a Victorian policeman continues his final confession from his death bed.
With mystery still surrounding the brutal murder of John Zebedee, he recalls his determination to solve the case when the rest of the police force had given up.
Detective story by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1881.
Concluded by Ronald Pickup
Producer: Joanne Reardon
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in October 2003.
SAT 02:00 Clare in the Community (b00fyvqy)
Series 2
Meet the Press
International stardom beckons when the social worker appears on the radio. Stars Sally Phillips. From November 2005.
SAT 02:30 The Brothers (b00pm1nv)
Series 3
Gothic
Nigel is haunted, while Michael thinks he is Bruce Willis. Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From February 2007.
SAT 03:00 Charles Dickens (b019fx2g)
Mrs Lirriper
Episode 1
Meet the formidable and huge-hearted Mrs Lirriper and the eccentric collection of lodgers who rent rooms from her - one of whom leaves behind more than anyone could have expected
Charles Dickens's neglected classic dramatised and produced by Ellen Dryden.
Starring Julia McKenzie as Mrs Lirriper, John Fortune as the Major, Jordan Clarke as Jemmy, Alison Skilbeck as Miss Wozenham and Jonathan Dryden Taylor as Mr Edson.
Made by First Writes Radio for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast in 2007.
SAT 04:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007sygh)
The Two Mrs Reeds
Two women with the same name convalesce in a maternity ward. Emma Fielding reads Margaret Bonham's story.
SAT 04:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012h806)
Series 2
Silver Ribbon
Roller-skating chef Warwick challenges bike-riding son Jack to a race to the cathedral door. Stars Trevor Peacock and Sam Dale.
SAT 05:00 Second Thoughts (b00k89mf)
Series 3
Foreign Exchange
With his sister Hannah away at university, why is Faith's son Joe so keen to have an Italian student to stay with them?
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill and Faith beginning married life, whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.
Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Emma Gregory as Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe and Danielle Allan as Gina.
Series three of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1991.
SAT 05:30 The Pickerskill Reports (b01381nf)
Series 2
Richard and Gregory Severin
Written by Andrew McGibbon.
It is the late forties and Gregory and Richard Severin, soon to head off to university, become entranced by the in-vogue teachings of Lenin, Marx, Engels and Trotsky and the Soviet experiment.
In a bid to save himself from being bored to death by their endless Spartist dogma, Pickerskill uses a detention with them to say that he is secretly one of them - a communist, and that they must remain silent until he gives them the signal to join him in the vanguard of the great British workers proletarian rebellion. Unfortunately, his false pledge of allegiance is overheard by the cook of Castlereagh House who happens to be the daughter of a murdered White Russian anti-communist.
Cast:
Dr Henry Pickerskill ....... Ian McDiarmid
Richard Severin ........Tom Kane
Gregory Severin ...... James Rowland
A.R.F. Somerset Stephenson ....... Mike Sarne
Mrs Stroove ...... Mia Soteriou
Cartwright/Dawson .......Toby Longworth
The Colonel/Pyotr Stroove ...... Andrew McGibbon
Producers: Nick Romero and Andrew McGibbon
Directed by Andrew McGibbon
A Curtains For Radio Production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 06:00 Bill Naughton - Derby Day (b007ylvj)
Off to a Flying Start
The miners are on strike, as the town of Bolton awakes to the big race day of 1921. Stars Barrie Rutter and Stephanie Turner.
SAT 07:30 Rebels (b01sljqb)
Guy Burgess
Guy Burgess betrayed the British establishment and ended his days in lonely isolation in Moscow.
However to the end he remained a lover of England. He said, "I didn't spy for Russia. I was just working for peace."
Hugh Sykes considers the price he paid for this act of rebellion.
Guy Burgess died aged 52 in 1963.
Featuring interviews with Guy's brother, Nigel Burgess, and with university friends and BBC colleagues.
Producer: Gaynor Shutte
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1984.
SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011hz5y)
Series 6
Episode 27
From the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts, the American funny man is joined by The Wailin' Jennys and Andra Suchy. From 2010.
SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats (b007k0ly)
The 1950s
Episode 1
Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases some of the funniest and finest shows ever broadcast by the BBC.
With his hair in a quiff, our King of Skiffle rock 'n'rolls his way back to the 1950s. Barry's first comedy six-pack is plucked from the schedules of the BBC Light Programme and BBC Home Service:
* Life With The Lyons:
Series 5 (7/25) - A Crooner In the House
Daughter Barbara is in love with singer Ronnie Harris and father Ben's not happy. Stars Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon. From January 1955.
* In All Directions:
06/01/56
American President Eisenhower fields questions and life in the BBC's Public Relations Office. Sketches galore scripted by and starring Peter Ustinov and Peter Jones. From January 1956
* The Al Read Show:
Northern Variety Parade
The wonders of modern cafeterias and the cheesy chat-up lines of men with motor cars.
Starring the Salford sausage maker turned monarch of the monologue. From November 1955.
* A Life of Bliss:
Finding a Girlfriend
Matchmakers galore target shy bachelor David Bliss. Stars George Cole, Petula Clark and Percy Edwards as Pysche the dog. From October1954.
* Take It From Here:
Series 10 (8/20)
Jimmy Edwards and Dick Bentley worry over BBC cuts in sound radio - and how Ron and Eth first met in 'The Glums'. With June Whitfield. From February 1957.
* The Goon Show:
Series 8 (10/26) - King Solomon's Mines
Neddie Seagoon loses at roulette, so heads off in search of legendary African riches. Stars Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers. With Wallace Greenslade. From December 1957.
Produced and scripted by Peter Reed
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in May 2003.
SAT 12:00 Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (b01sljpw)
Episode 1
Omnibus. Made for 4 Extra. The truthful and universal scrapbook of the lives of the troubled Tull family of Baltimore. With Lorelei King and Ben Crowe.
SAT 13:15 Alan Bennett - An Englishman Abroad (b007jyxz)
When a mysterious Englishman appears in her dressing-room, the actress Coral Browne assumes he is with the embassy.
But, if so, why are his trousers out at the knees? And what does he want with her face-powder?
Starring Michael Gambon and Penelope Wilton.
Alan Bennett based this drama on a real incident in Moscow involving the spy Guy Burgess in 1958.
Guy Burgess ....... Michael Gambon
Coral Browne ....... Penelope Wilton
Mrs Burgess ....... Lala Lloyd
Claudius ....... John Baddeley
Tolya/Hamlet ....... Michael Higgs
Adapted from BBC TV's 1983 film and directed by Hilary Norrish.
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1994.
SAT 14:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01sjj1t)
From 01/05/1978
Chips connoisseurs - and Ern hires a French au pair, in the legendary comic duo's final show for the BBC.
With Anne Hamilton and Allan Cuthbertson and a song from The Nolan Sisters.
Written and adapted by Eddie Braben.
Music from Peter Knight and his Orchestra.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1978.
SAT 14:30 Jim the Great (b01sjjwr)
Series 1
The March of Democracy
King Jim is duped into holding an election. But surely he's a shoe-in for the throne?
Historical regal romp starring Jimmy Edwards.
With Julian Orchard, John Baddeley, Andrew Palmer, Ronald Baddiley, Jon Glover and Chris Emmett.
Jim The Great ran for 2 series on BBC Radio 2 between 1976 - 1979.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1977.
SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011hz5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Bill Naughton - Derby Day (b007ylvj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 The Write Stuff (b01shsv6)
Series 16
Mark Twain
Radio 4's literary panel show, hosted by James Walton, with team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh and guests John O'Farrell and Jane Thynne.
Produced by Alexandra Smith.
SAT 18:00 Fear on 4 (b007jq0d)
Series 4
Playing God
The Man in Black reveals how homeless people face falling prey to unscrupulous operators.
Another in a series of nerve-tinglers from Fear on 4.
Starring Melanie Hudson as Alma and Edward de Souza as the Man in Black.
With Nicholas Murchie as Tom, Ann Windsor as Hilary, Margaret Heery as Mrs Drewitt, Peter Gunn as the Police Sergeant, Melinda Walker as the Sister, David Bannerman as PC Crambles, John Church as the Doctor and Eric Allen as Ralph.
Written by Denise Sims.
Producer: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
SAT 18:30 Philip K Dick - We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (b007jpky)
Episode 1
The story behind Total Recall by sci-fi master Philip K Dick. Hidden beneath false memories, a disturbing truth is revealed. Read by William Hootkins.
SAT 19:00 Comedy Greats (b007k0ly)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Eddie Izzard - Definite Article (b007jvtj)
Episode 1
The inimitable comedian entertains an audience with his stream of consciousness at London's Shaftesbury Theatre. From 1995.
SAT 23:00 Saturday Drama (b00vklng)
Tim Krabbe - The Vanishing
Tim Krabbe's cult novella dramatised by Oliver Emanuel.
Rex and Saskia stop at a petrol station. Saskia goes in to buy drinks and is never seen again.
Eight years later, Rex is so haunted by her disappearance that he sets out to discover what happened to her, regardless of the cost.
A chilling love story that takes us to the heart of the perfect crime.
Cast:
Rex ... Samuel West
Saskia ... Melody Grove
Lieneke ... Ruth Gemmell
Lemorne ... Liam Brennan
Denise...Natasha Watson
Cashier/Woman ... Claire Knight
Jean-Pierre Gallo/Manager ... Robin Laing
Directed by Kirsty Williams
Producer Kirsty Williams.


SUNDAY 26 MAY 2013

SUN 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jq0d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Philip K Dick - We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (b007jpky)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011hz5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (b01sljpw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 Alan Bennett - An Englishman Abroad (b007jyxz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Bill Naughton - Derby Day (b007ylvj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 The Write Stuff (b01shsv6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (Omnibus) (b00ct1wf)
Episode 1
Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Charles Bovary. He's happy for the first time in his life - unlike Emma, who's distraught that her marriage lacks the passion and excitement of her fantasies.
A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first great novel of adultery.
Starring John Hurt as the narrator, Conrad Nelson as Charles, Sarah Smart as Emma and Brigit Forsyth as Madame Bovary Snr.
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.
SUN 07:15 The Science of DIY (b008wmws)
A Chip off the Old Block
The art of construction deconstructed. Len Fisher and fellow experts reveal how to sharpen and use your tools properly.
SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b008dsfd)
Series 4
The Old Boys Network
Ed's fortunes take an upward turn as he is commissioned to write a book about the history of an old and very wealthy schoolfriend's house in France.
SUN 08:00 Educating Archie (b009gc5s)
Archie in Australia
A rare Australian outing for schoolboy Archie Andrews and his mentor Peter Brough.
Radio ventriloquism recorded in Sydney. With Ronald Chesney, Reg Quartley, Ray Barrett, Betty Parker, June Salter, Wendy Blacklock and Reginald Goldsworthy
Running from 1950-1958, Educating Archie introduced a number of soon-to-be household names to listeners, including Tony Hancock, Benny Hill, Harry Secombe, Dick Emery, Hattie Jacques, Bruce Forsyth and Max Bygraves - all taking a turn in tutoring Archie.
Music by from the ABC Dance Band
Producer: Harry Freeman
From a series made by ABC in Australia and also first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1957.
SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jnrc)
Bill Stickers Is Innocent
The bumbling civil servants scale new heights for grumpy Sir Gregory's latest poster campaign.
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and Jo Manning Wilson.
Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.
'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1970.
SUN 09:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00d05bj)
The Spring Running
Mowgli leads the attack, but realises he must soon make a decision. Stars Nisha K Nayar, Eartha Kitt and Freddie Jones.
SUN 09:30 Alan Garner - Elidor (b010gls9)
Episode 2
Roland finds himself in the dying land of Elidor. His brothers and sister have disappeared into the Mound of Vandwy, but the wounded King Malebron can do nothing for them.
Only Roland can rescue them and find the four Treasures - a spear, a sword, a cauldron and a stone, which have the power to save Elidor.
Alan Garner's classic fantasy adventure dramatised in four-parts by Don Webb.
Stars Mossie Cassidy as Roland, Raffey Cassidy as Helen, William Rush as Nicholas, Stephen Hoyle as David, Toby Hadoke as Malebron, Fiona Clarke as Mrs Watson and Gerard Fletcher as the Foreman.
Original music composed by Ian Williams
Directed at BBC Manchester by Charlotte Riches.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in April 2011.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01slsq4)
TV Experts
Professor Brian Cox
4 Extra Debut. From Bowie to Joel, science presenter Professor Brian Cox shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From December 2011.
SUN 10:45 Fay Weldon Stories (b007jtk9)
A Knife for Cutting Mangoes
A tale of relationships and the insecurity that one woman feels when she replaces another. Read by Louise Jameson.
SUN 11:00 Sounds Natural (b01slst0)
Peter Cushing
Award-winning actor Peter Cushing takes a break from making horror films to discuss his enthusiasm for the British countryside and its wildlife - aided by recordings from the BBC Sound Archive.
Peter tells Derek Jones how he used to spend hours with his late wife Helen watching wild birds from their home on the estuary at Whitstable in Kent.
Peter Cushing, OBE: born 1913 - died 1994.
Producer: John Burton.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1972.
SUN 11:30 How Tickled Am I? (b00f670x)
Series 3
Harry Worth
Harry Worth worked as a miner in Barnsley before his talent for comedy came to the fore during the Second World War.
On seeing his act as a less-than-convincing ventriloquist, Stan Laurel advised him to "ditch the dummy". Harry never looked back. His gently dithering characterisations charmed the nation on both radio and TV.
Mark Radcliffe looks back at the life and career of Harry Worth.
Series exploring the tradition of influential northern comedians of the past,
Producer: Libby Cross
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
SUN 12:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (Omnibus) (b00ct1wf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:15 The Science of DIY (b008wmws)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 Julian Mitchell - Another Country (b01sltd2)
4 Extra Debut. Spies in the making - the schooldays of young Guy Bennett could well have a major impact on his adulthood. With Tom Hiddleston.
SUN 15:00 Educating Archie (b009gc5s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jnrc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b01sltd4)
Mel Giedroyc with the pick of the week's shows, including the Kangaroo Man, the singing mobile library man, and a man with very dirty feet, aka The Barefoot Walker.
SUN 17:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00d05bj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 17:30 Alan Garner - Elidor (b010gls9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 18:00 Mike Walker - Alpha (b0080p6l)
An all-knowing computer appears to have an independent life of its own - an abomination for those who believe in a supreme creator.
Father Marquez is sent to interrogate ‘Alpha’ to decide whether or not it can be allowed to exist. During their conversations, Marquez finds out far more than he expects about both Alpha and - much more disturbingly - himself...
Mike Walker’s chilling drama won Gold at the Sony Radio Academy Awards 2001.
Stars David Calder as Father Marquez, Sarah-Jane Holm as Alpha, John Moffatt as Cardinal Correlli, Ana Sofrenovia as Katerina, Daniel O'Grady as Tom and Lexi Ross as Sophia.
Original music composed and played by David Chilton.
Producer: Gordon House
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 2001.
SUN 19:00 Sounds Natural (b01slst0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:30 How Tickled Am I? (b00f670x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SUN 20:00 Educating Archie (b009gc5s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jnrc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01slsq4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:45 Fay Weldon Stories (b007jtk9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b008dsfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 Ida Barr: Artificial Hip Hop (b00txj0l)
Responsibility
Ida Barr is a music hall singer who has embraced hip hop and rap, reflecting the cultural diversity of London's East End, where she has been living in retirement for several decades.
With her genuine love of talking to people, Ida sets out investigate a new topic in each episode, creating a unique brand of music-hall, hip-hop fusion with beat boxer Shlomo.
Ida’s first topic is "Responsibility".
Written by and starring Christopher Green as Ida Barr.
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.
SUN 22:45 Tina C Goes Down Under: The Aborogynal Monologues (b00dshmq)
Alice Springs
Country music icon and 2008 presidential hopeful Tina C looks at the Australian obsession with country music and the relationship with the indigenous owners of the land. Tina visits the little people of this vast continent which is damn big and kinda empty.
Written and performed by Christopher Green
Additional voices by Julia Morris
Music production by Duncan Walsh Atkins.
Director Claire Grove.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2008.
SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b02wv05m)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best laughs around. Plus more from Arthur Smith's chat with Gina Yashere.
SUN 23:00 Vent (b00szjy0)
Series 1
Wouldn't You Like to Get Away
Mary and Mum have a break when Ben's unconscious body gets driven to a medical conference in Birmingham. But they can't quite bring themselves to leave the hospital.
Meanwhile, Ben's mind also takes a trip. Unfortunately, it's a trip back to the hotel in Paris, where he had the most miserable night of his life.
Dark sitcom written by Nigel Smith.
CAST:
Ben …. Neil Pearson
Jean/Mum …. Josie Lawrence
Mary …. Fiona Allen
Blitzkrieg …. Leslie Ash
with Dave Lamb, Mark Perry, Jo Martin, Hils Barker, Giles New, Lucy Montgomery, Scarlett Milburn-Smith and Elizabeth Bell.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.
SUN 23:30 Listen Against (b00fq2sw)
Series 2
Episode 3
Radio 4's new drama 'Peston', 'Thought for the Day' for Satanists and why is Jeremy Vine so charming in person but so tetchy on Radio 2?
The show that look backs in amplitude at rearranged and downright fictional snippets from BBC radio.
Written by and starring Jon Holmes,
With Alice Arnold.
Producer: Sam Bryant
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008.


MONDAY 27 MAY 2013

MON 00:00 Mike Walker - Alpha (b0080p6l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01slsq4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 Fay Weldon Stories (b007jtk9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Sounds Natural (b01slst0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 How Tickled Am I? (b00f670x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Educating Archie (b009gc5s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Julian Mitchell - Another Country (b01sltd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00d05bj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Alan Garner - Elidor (b010gls9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b01073s1)
Peril at End House
Episode 1
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is on holiday in Cornwall when a bullet lands at his feet at the Majestic Hotel...
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot
From the book first published in 1932 and dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Captain Hastings …. Simon Williams
Nick Buckley …. Gemma Saunders
Frederica Rice …. Suzanna Hamilton
George Challenger …. Andrew Wincott
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000.
MON 06:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b00th9yk)
Terminus
1. Corpse
When a horrifically mutilated corpse is found on the railway track near the terminus, DS Julie Enfield's hardest job is to identify the victim.
Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield
Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher.
Imelda Staunton ..... DS Julie Enfield
Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley
Charles Simpson ..... DS Kevin Richards
Dominic Letts ..... Terminus
Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father
David Jarvis ..... Jim Stevens
Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah
Paul Panting ..... Victim
John Evitts ..... Train Driver
Rachel Atkins ..... Passenger
Tom Bevan ..... Police Constable
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994.
MON 07:00 Married (b007wqdc)
Series 1
Episode 6
Robin is accused of murdering his "new" family.
Two small questions: how is he going to win his "new" wife back and how is he going to avoid the death penalty?
Hugh Bonneville stars in the conclusion of series one of Tony Bagley's comedy.
Robin ...... Hugh Bonneville
Lesley ...... Josie Lawrence
Dirk ...... Steve Frost
Julia ...... Barbara Murray
Elaine ...... Janet Ellis
DS Cotton ...... Simon Roberts
Murdo ...... Lewis MacLeod
Maxine ...... Ann Gosling
Ned ...... Sam Bradley
Producer Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999.
MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b01shwkx)
Series 66
Episode 1
Nicholas Parsons hosts the linguistically challenging panel game, with panellists Paul Merton, Pam Ayres, Kevin Eldon and Graham Norton.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b007jrw6)
Series 2
Episode 8
Kenneth Horne is on the mystery trail of a giant mouse - and down the end of the pier, it's the amazing Gruntfuttock and Julian and Sandy being telepathic.
With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London. Announcer: Douglas Smith
Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, catchphrases and double-entendres.
Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1966.
MON 08:30 Brothers in Law (b007k0y6)
Series 2
Look It Up
Newly qualified lawyer Roger Thursby annoys his girlfriend Sally over a dispute involving a husband and wife.
Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, Terence Alexander as Henry Blagrove, John Glyn-Jones as Grimes, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Ronald Adam as the Chairman and Arthur Mullard as Briggs. All other parts by Sean Arnold, Douglas Blackwell and Patrick Tull.
Written by Henry Cecil and Basil Dawson.
Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972.
Producer: David Hatch.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1971.
MON 09:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00wlf1c)
Series 6
Citizens' Advice
Count Arthur Strong - one-time Variety Star and now sole proprietor and owner of Doncaster's Academy of Performance - is a show-business legend, raconteur and lecturer extraordinaire. In each episode of this sixth series we hear, as ever, a confused, muddled and often challenging day-in-the-life of Count Arthur - with his mixed-up delivery of words and forthright self-delusion.
When Arthur attempts to return an item of clothing to a local shop, things don't quite go to plan - leading him to take some 'legal' advice at the Citizen's Advice Bureau. With an ever-increasing list of complaints, plus the possibility of having to acquire a puppy (or puppies) to boot, Arthur's day doesn't go quite as he'd hoped.
The occasion does give him a chance to take a trip down memory lane however, re-living an acting moment in a legal TV drama - which of course enables Arthur to give some sound advice of his own!
Cast:
Count Arthur Strong ..... Steve Delaney
Announcer, Shop Worker, Mr Smith & Wilf ..... Alastair Kerr
Geoffrey, Jack, Person and Advisor ..... Dave Mounfield
Sally, Brillo and Receptionist ..... Mel Giedroyc
Producers: Richard Daws, Mark Radcliffe and John Leonard
A Komedia Entertainment Production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 09:30 Artists (b00xlxm5)
Series 1
Love's Banquet
Tamsin is infuriated by Josef's lack of commitment, and Nisha is up to something fishy. Stars Graham Crowden. From April 2003.
MON 10:00 Charles Dickens (b019jw02)
Mrs Lirriper
How the Parlours Added a Few Words
Tales told by Edmund Yates, Amelia Edwards and Elizabeth Gaskell.
With Jemmy away at school, Mrs Lirriper's lodgers join forces to tell and send him their favourite stories such as the surprising adventures of the snobbish Mr Mortiboy, the haunting of James Murray, and Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling tale of love, loss and obsession.
Charles Dickens's neglected classic dramatised and produced by Ellen Dryden.
Starring Julia McKenzie as Mrs Lirriper, John Fortune as the Major, Alison Skilbeck as Victorine, Caroline John as Madam Hawtry/Elizabeth Gaskell, Michael Harbour as Morgan/Old Gentleman/Sir Mark and Victoria Woodward as Ellen/Theresa.
Made by First Writes Radio for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast in 2007.
MON 11:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019jw4n)
Diving Belles
An abandoned wife sets out to fetch her husband back from the watery spirits who lured him away. Read by Amanda Lawrence.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01slmct)
Emma Freud, Tricky, Richard Bacon, Maria Friedman, Stephen Woolley, Nikki Bedi, Blue Rose Code
Emma's stitched up by broadcaster Richard Bacon, whose new book 'A Series of Unrelated Events' hilariously reveals how he once managed to upset a band with a slip of the tongue on a live TV show and ruined a dinner party by transforming everything alcoholic into water. If you ever find yourself sobbing on top of a box of gherkins in the stockroom of a Mansfield McDonald's, Richard can advise. He's made the mistakes so that you don't have to.
Emma talks All That Jazz with actress Maria Friedman, who's starred in many a West End musical, including 'Chicago' and 'Ragtime'. Maria's currently directing Stephen Sondheim's 'Merrily We Roll Along', which charts the turbulent relationship between three friends, set over three decades in the entertainment business. It's at London's Harold Pinter Theatre until Saturday 27th July.
Another addition to this week's Wild Bunch is Angel With A Dirty Face and Knowle West Boy, Tricky. Nikki Bedi talks to the Bristolian Trip-Hop pioneer about the phenomenal success of his Mercury nominated debut solo album 'Maxinquaye', his trademark Sprechgesang vocal style, his Hollywood acting career and life in Paris. Tricky's back with tenth album 'False Idols' and performs new single 'Nothing Matters'.
Stephen Woolley knows all there is to know about The Crying Game... he produced the Oscar winning film of the same name. New film 'Byzantium' is the story of two mysterious women seeking refuge in a run‐down coastal resort. Born 200 years ago and surviving on human blood, knowledge of their secret spreads and their past catches up on them with deathly consequence. At UK cinemas from 31st May.
With more music from Edinburgh-born singer/songwriter Blue Rose Code, who performs 'Whitechapel' from his album 'North Ten'.
Producer: Sukey Firth.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b007jrw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Brothers in Law (b007k0y6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b01073s1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b00th9yk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ct506)
The Affairs
Beautiful Emma Bovary is planning to elope with her lover, Rodolphe.
A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first great novel of adultery starring John Hurt..
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Rodolphe Boulanger ...... Jude Akuwudike
Madame Bovary Snr ...... Brigit Forsyth
Monsieur Lheureux ...... Seamus O'Neill
Felicite ...... Sarah Jane Hallworth
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
MON 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00c3h8m)
Einstein's Biggest Blunder
Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy.
In 1915, Albert Einstein found that he had to introduce a new factor into his equations of gravity to prevent the stars from falling in on one another. He called it the cosmological constant. But then, astronomers discovered that the light from galaxies was stretched in a way that could only be explained if the galaxies were flying apart from each other and the universe was expanding.
A recent twist to this tale came in the year 2000, when estimates of the rate of the expansion revealed that the most distant galaxies are accelerating. The only way to explain this was by a force called dark energy - in effect, a cosmological constant.
Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt and John Palmer.
MON 14:30 Machiavelli - The Prince (b020vmkm)
Episode 1
4 Extra Debut. The Florentine philosopher's tour-de-force, introduced by the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson and read by Peter Firth.
MON 14:45 David Profumo - Bringing the House Down (b007701d)
Episode 1
4 Extra Debut. Spies in scandal - two people meet at the Chelsea Arts Club Ball. Written by John Profumo's son David. Read by Robert Glenister.
MON 15:00 Charles Dickens (b019jw02)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01snv04)
Mel Giedroyc introduces part six of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, plus more brilliant short stories chosen as some of the top 50 from this year's 500 WORDS competition.
MON 17:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00td6mm)
Series 2
Episode 1
The Italian priest is confronted by the local communist party, and a gunman. Stars Joss Ackland and Ian Hogg. From June 2002.
MON 17:30 Married (b007wqdc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b010ns71)
Night Watch
Episode 1
Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy.
Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch falls through time and arrives in the city of his youth.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised in five parts by Robin Brooks.
Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Peter Marinker as Willikins, Clare Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as Fred Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Lawn and Matt Addis as Sergeant Knock.
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.
MON 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrj5)
Episode 6
As they battle to avoid the deadly plants and the blinded population, Bill gets to know Josella better.
Roger May continues a 17-part unabridged reading of John Wyndham's cult sci-fi novel - an unsettlingly vivid and thrillingly realised tale of ecological apocalypse.
Producer: Susan Carson
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Northern Ireland and first broadcast in 2004.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b007jrw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Brothers in Law (b007k0y6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b01073s1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b00th9yk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019jw4n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01slmct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b01shwkx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00wlf1c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 23:00 The Now Show (b01sjn5y)
Series 40
Episode 2
A Brit blasts off, the French sound-off and the grassroots are brassed-off. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Bridget Christie, Laura Shavin and Mitch Benn. Produced by Colin Anderson.
MON 23:30 And Now in Colour (b007yrwf)
Series 2
Colourthon
The sketch show team attempt their own radio charity fundraiser.
Precision comedy written and performed by Tim Firth, Tim de Jongh, Michael Rutger and William Vandyck.
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1991.


TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013

TUE 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b010ns71)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrj5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b01073s1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b00th9yk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00wlf1c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Artists (b00xlxm5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Charles Dickens (b019jw02)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019jw4n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01slmct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00td6mm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Married (b007wqdc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b0107wtp)
Peril at End House
Episode 2
The Belgian sleuth and Captain Hastings attend Maggie Buckley's dinner party and make a startling discovery.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Captain Hastings …. Simon Williams
Nick Buckley …. Gemma Saunders
Frederica Rice …. Suzanna Hamilton
Mr Croft …. Terence Edmond
Mrs Croft …. Richenda Carey
Charles Vyse …. Stephen Critchlow
Maggie Buckley …. Elizabeth Conboy
Jimmy Lazarus …. Sean Arnold
Dramatist: Michael Bakewell
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000.
TUE 06:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wvwz)
Terminus
2. Busker
The "Lucky Charm" murders mount up. Shelley, the Irish busker, is under suspicion for the murders, but DS Richards is convinced she's "a nice kid".
Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield.
Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher.
Imelda Staunton ..... DS Julie Enfield
Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley
Charles Simpson ..... DS Kevin Richards
Dominic Letts ..... Terminus
Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father
Neville Jason ..... Timothy Lynham
Elaine Claxton ..... Shelley
Tina Grey ..... Mrs Winterton
Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah
David Jarvis ..... Station Announcer
Margaret John ..... Bag Lady
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994.
TUE 07:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007k2yt)
Series 4
Episode 1
A Page 3 girl reveals all, and a message from Mikhail Gorbachev. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp humour. From March 1989.
TUE 07:30 Kerry's List (b01shw0r)
Series 1
Episode 4
A four-part sketch show co-written by and starring comedian and actress Kerry Godliman.
Kerry is a married mother of two, a stand up comedian and has two children. Her life can only properly function with her daily list - if she didn't compile this vital list, her life would simply fall apart.
Each week, this series looks at a different list and delves into Kerry's madcap world by looking at various elements of that week's list in sketches, narrative and stand up.
In this final episode, Kerry's List involves changing sheets, buying a kids book on where babies come from, getting her roots done, learning to knit, not drifting off, reading a classic and dusting the plants.
Joining Kerry is her husband Ben (played by her real husband Ben Abell) and her five year old daughter Elsie (played by Melissa Bury) together with a range of bizarre characters - including an enthusiastic council environment worker, some disgruntled satsumas, a bored therapist, a Fairy Jeanmother and a very keen gym instructor.
Any busy parent who's ever compiled a list of their own will relate to Kerry Godliman's incident filled world.
The cast includes David Pusey (who co-wrote the series), Bridget Christie, Lucy Briers, Rosie Cavaliero and Nicholas Le Prevost.
Kerry Godliman is fast establishing herself as a highly skilful stand up comic and actress, from her recent appearances on Live at The Apollo (BBC 1), Derek (C4) and Our Girl (BBC 1).
Producer: Paul Russell
An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007k370)
Series 4
The Silent Bugler
It's 1902 and British secret agent Seagoon is heading to Dresden on a deadly mission

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: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1954.
TUE 08:30 Jim the Great (b01spd8m)
Series 1
The Great Celtic Arms Race
King Jim is bested by King Cedric. Then he acquires a new toy - a 'thunderlog'.
Historical regal romp starring Jimmy Edwards.
With Julian Orchard, John Baddeley, Andrew Palmer, Ronald Baddiley, Jon Glover, Joan Sanderson and Kenneth Connor.
Jim The Great ran for 2 series on BBC Radio 2 between 1976 - 1979.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1977.
TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b01sjn5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management (b00g3dcp)
Episode 2
Comedy series in which comedian Will Smith seeks help and advice - primarily from his godfather Peter - on coping with the onset of middle age. Peter invites Fashion presenter Kathy to help Will dress better.
With Roger Allam, Morwenna Banks, Janice Acquah, Jill Cardo, Gunnar Cauthery, Lobo Chan, Donnla Hughes, Dan Starkey, Tom Wu.
TUE 10:00 Charles Dickens (b019lw3y)
Mrs Lirriper
Mrs Lirriper's Legacy
Jemmy returns from school for the holidays just in time to join Mrs Lirriper and the Major on a trip to France in search of a mysterious benefactor. When they eventually track him down, he turns out to be the last person anyone could have expected.
Charles Dickens's neglected classic dramatised and produced by Ellen Dryden.
Starring Julia McKenzie as Mrs Lirriper, John Fortune as the Major, Jordan Clarke as Jemmy, Alison Skilbeck as Miss Wozenham and Gus Brown as Mr Buffle/Consul.
Made by First Writes Radio for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast in 2007.
TUE 11:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019lwzx)
Of Mothers and Little People
A pot of shimmering eye shadow leads to a magical revelation. Amanda Lawrence reads Cornish writer Lucy Wood's story.
TUE 11:15 Blunt Speaking (b00764qp)
Losing his knighthood in 1979, Sir Anthony Blunt reflects on his life and shame of his exposure. Written and performed by Corin Redgrave.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007k370)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Jim the Great (b01spd8m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b0107wtp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wvwz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ctjz2)
An Unexpected Turn
As part of her convalescence, Charles takes Emma to the theatre in Rouen and life takes an unexpected turn.
A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first great novel of adultery starring John Hurt..
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
TUE 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00c3hvl)
How the Universe Began
Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy.
The discovery that the universe is expanding led cosmologists to suggest that its origin lay in a compact, dense, hot fireball. Cambridge astronomer Fred Hoyle thought this so ridiculous that he disparagingly called it the big bang. The name stuck and there followed intense arguments between supporters of the big bang theory and Fred Hoyle and his colleagues, who favoured a steady state universe.
A decisive blow to the latter theory came from a radio telescope in New Jersey in the early 1960s that detected a gentle background glow at microwave radio frequencies that theorists had predicted as the dying embers of the big bang itself.
Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt and John Palmer.
TUE 14:30 Machiavelli - The Prince (b02x8z64)
Episode 2
Is it better to be loved or feared? Renaissance political insights introduced by Nick Robinson and read by Peter Firth.
TUE 14:45 David Profumo - Bringing the House Down (b007701x)
Episode 2
Spies in scandal - the glamorous couple finally tie the knot. Written by John Profumo's son David. Read by Robert Glenister.
TUE 15:00 Charles Dickens (b019lw3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01st7wf)
Mel introduces some more stories which made the top 50 in this year's Chris Evans 500 WORDS competition. Plus, exploring science in your kitchen with Dick and Dom.
TUE 17:00 For Better or for Worse (b00td6mp)
Series 2
Episode 2
When the boss's daughter ties the knot, can Bernard get her to the church on time? Stars Gorden Kaye. From December 1994.
TUE 17:30 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007k2yt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b010nyk4)
Night Watch
Episode 2
Chasing a villain called Carcer, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch has been thrown back in time. The Old Watch are a lack-lustre bunch and they've taken him prisoner.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Peter Marinker as Tilden, Clare Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Lawn and Matt Addis as Knock.
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.
TUE 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrjm)
Episode 7
Bill and Josella join the University group and discover how the new community expects to survive. Cult novel read by Roger May.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007k370)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Jim the Great (b01spd8m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b0107wtp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wvwz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019lwzx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Blunt Speaking (b00764qp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Kerry's List (b01shw0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 The Museum of Everything (b00h8q28)
Series 3
And the Winner Is...
It's Awards Night!
Can the Crayon Museum beat off the challenger, the World of Pencils?
Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
With Lucy Montgomery.
Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker.
Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b02wv7qc)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best laughs around. Plus Sara Pascoe is joined by comedian Lou Sanders.
TUE 23:00 Fags, Mags and Bags (b00qj1qq)
Series 3
Jack Black's Black Jacks
Sitcom written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary, set in a Glasgow corner shop.
Sanjay finds a girlfriend and embraces the arts, much to Ramesh and Dave's amusement.
Ramesh ...... Sanjeev Kolhi
Dave ...... Donald McLeary
Sanjay ...... Omar Raza
Alok ...... Susheel Kumar
Kayla ...... Eleanor Bird
Father Henderson ...... Gerard Kelly
Ted ...... Gavin Mitchell
Keenan's Mum ...... Maureen Carr
Mrs Gibb ...... Marjory Hogarth
Mr Hepworth ...... Tom Urie
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 23:30 Pleased to Meet You (b007k35j)
Series 1
Episode 3
90-something good-time girl Dora Dale spills the beans spills the beans on the Rat Pack, John and Yoko - and the subtext of Right Said Fred sung by Bernard Cribbins.
Betraying confidences and breaking unwritten rules galore, the friend of the stars reveals some surprising and salacious secrets.
Written by and starring Martin Kelner and Jake Yapp.
Made for BBC7 and first broadcast in August 2006.


WEDNESDAY 29 MAY 2013

WED 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b010nyk4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrjm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b0107wtp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wvwz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The Now Show (b01sjn5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management (b00g3dcp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Charles Dickens (b019lw3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019lwzx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Blunt Speaking (b00764qp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 For Better or for Worse (b00td6mp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007k2yt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b01084hc)
Peril at End House
Episode 3
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot discovers the identity of the body - and then turns his attention to some old letters.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Captain Hasting …. Simon Williams
Nick Buckley …. Gemma Saunders
Frederica Rice …. Suzanna Hamilton
Ellen …. Hilda Schroder
George Challenger …. Andrew Wincott
Police Inspector …. David Thorpe
Dramatist: Michael Bakewell
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000.
WED 06:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxr3)
Terminus
3. Playing Games
Timothy Lineham, MP, is the 'Lucky Charm' killer's third victim. A drugs or terrorist connection seems likely. Events take a bizarre turn for DS Julie Enfield.
Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield
Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher.
Imelda Staunton ..... DS Julie Enfield
Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley
Charles Simpson ..... DS Kevin Richards
Dominic Letts ..... Terminus
Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father
Tina Grey ..... Mrs Winterton
Elaine Claxton ..... Shelley
Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah
David Jarvis ..... Station Announcer
Tom Bevan ..... The Beggar
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994.
WED 07:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nm9sg)
Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt
Home from military service, Ivan finds his aunt's efforts to marry him off intolerable. With Griff Rhys Jones. From April 2002.
WED 07:30 Down the Line (b01sjhj0)
Series 5
Episode 4
The ground-breaking Radio 4 phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy and brought to you by the creators of The Fast Show.
Starring Rhys Thomas, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, Adil Ray, Robert Popper and Paul Whitehouse.
Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse
A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00j1wj3)
Series 3
The Pet Dog
The lad buys Andree a puppy for her birthday, but to his alarm - it won't stop growing!
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Andree Melly and Kenneth Williams.
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 October 1955.
WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00cylbh)
Series 6
Episode 1
Radio's Dave the Rave - and The Legend of Bunny and Claude.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Bill Oddie and Jo Kendall.
Written by Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music and songs by Leon Cohen and Bill Oddie.
Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1968.
WED 09:00 After Henry (b007t59f)
Series 4
Keeping Faith
"Anyone brought up on the Bible would automatically know that it's wrong to have a milk bottle on the table."
When Clare revokes her faith in God, her mother and granny are none too pleased.
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Sarah …. Prunella Scales
Eleanor …. Joan Sanderson
Russell …. Benjamin Whitrow
Clare …. Gerry Cowper
.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1989.
WED 09:30 In the Chair (b007jssr)
Episode 2
Maverick BBC hack George Cragge probes New Labour links to the murders.
Mark Tavener's six-part satirical comedy thriller stars Michael Williams as George Cragge, Barry Foster as DCI Frank Jefferson, Hugh Laurie as the Prime Minister, Richard Griffiths as Crichton-Potter, John Bird as Martin, Stephen Fry as Charles Prentiss, Rebecca Front as Marcia Mallon, Kenneth Cranham as Jim Hardie, Geoffrey Whitehead as Director of Personnel, Simon Greehall as the Chancellor, Jonathan Keeble as John and Susie Brann as Caroline.
Music by Paul Mottram.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
WED 10:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (b00wdlfz)
Episode 1
Victor Hugo's gothic classic, in a BBC collaboration with Graeae, a dynamic disabled-led theatre troupe. Stars David Bower.
WED 11:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019lypl)
The Giant's Boneyard
12-year-old Gog struggles over feelings for best friend Sunshine, and his mum insisting that he is part giant. Read by Zac Fox.
WED 11:15 After the Break (b00769l5)
Triple spy George Blake's daring defection made headlines. But what about life behind the Iron Curtain? Stars Jack Klaff.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00j1wj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00cylbh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b01084hc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxr3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ctlgz)
Torment
Emma's sweet murmurs and kisses ravish Léon's soul, but there seems to Leon something shadowy and ominous slipping between them.
A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first great novel of adultery starring John Hurt..
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy
Monsieur Lheureux ...... Seamus O'Neill
Justin ...... Sam Curtis
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
WED 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00c50x2)
Broadcasts from the Cosmos
Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy.
Second World War radar research led to the discovery of radio broadcasts from the skies. A new science was born and radio astronomers started to build giant dishes to listen in to the cosmos, including the great radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, brainchild of Bernard Lovell.
In 1967, a field near Cambridge saw a strange new sort of telescope, consisting of 1,000 wooden posts and 120 miles of wire. It was with this that Jocelyn Bell discovered a regular cosmic heartbeat, a regular radio pulse. Researchers initially surmised that it might be a signal from an alien civilisation, but it was later found to emanate from an extremely dense spinning neutron star, the collapsed core of an exploded star or supernova. Soon dozens of these pulsars were known, taking physics to a new level.
Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt and John Palmer.
WED 14:30 Machiavelli - The Prince (b020vmzc)
Episode 3
In times of peace, make preparations for war. Renaissance political insight introduced by Nick Robinson and read by Peter Firth.
WED 14:45 David Profumo - Bringing the House Down (b007702c)
Episode 3
Spies in scandal - the news breaks and a young boy is baffled. Written by John Profumo's son David. Read by Robert Glenister.
WED 15:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (b00wdlfz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01xprbg)
Mel teams up with Michael Rosen to explore Roald Dahl's home village, and find out how the local sights and sounds inspired some of his best-known stories. Plus, why do we sulk?
WED 17:00 Stilgoe's Around (b007k4ks)
Royal Agricultural Show, Stoneleigh
How do sheep sleep? Can Ambridge survive Higgs's first words? Is it safe to shake hands with Christopher Timothy?
Ricahrd Stilgoe is at the Royal Agricultural Show in Stoneleigh, revealing the secrets of farmyard life.
Songs, poems, stories and music by Charles Colingwood, Belinda Lang, Peter Blake, Francesca Brill and Kathryn Tickell.
Written by Richard Stilgoe.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1989.
WED 17:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nm9sg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b010tzfb)
Night Watch
Episode 3
Thrown back in time, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch is training his young self in the art of policing - then runs into his old enemy, Carcer.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Clare Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Lawn, Peter Marinker as Tilden and Rachel Atkins as Lady Meserole.
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.
WED 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrk3)
Episode 8
The University group with Bill and Josella are ready to begin a new life together, but some have other ideas. Cult novel read by Roger May.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00j1wj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00cylbh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b01084hc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxr3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019lypl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 After the Break (b00769l5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Down the Line (b01sjhj0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Les Kelly's Britain (b017mws9)
Episode 4
Les Kelly (Kevin Bishop) hosts a magazine show from hell. Les is a cross between Jeremy Kyle and a slap in the face. He claims this is the only radio show for 'normal, decent people'. 'If you aren't normal or decent, this is not the show for you,' says Les.
This week Les talks to Britain's only male nun, a man who only speaks using sound fx and answers the question: what is the world coming to?
Written by Bill Dare with Julian Dutton.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b02wvc2b)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best laughs around. Plus more from Sara Pascoe's chat with Lou Sanders.
WED 23:00 Buy Me Up TV (b009p9f3)
Episode 4
Another chance to hear the comedy series inspired by every shopping channel you've ever seen and every product you've never wanted to buy.
Starring Justin Edwards, Colin Hoult, Katherine Jakeways, Ewen MacIntosh, Alex MacQueen, Greg Proops and this week's special guests, Brian Blessed, Aled Jones and Terry Wogan.
WED 23:30 Knocker (b008j006)
Profitch
Market researcher Ian Dunn suffers a shocking epiphany. Stars Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From December 2007.
WED 23:45 Fabulous (b00hhrhm)
Series 1
Episode 1
Faye is anxious.
She knows today's women are fabulous: they have the job, the house, the colour co-ordinated capsule wardrobe.
They cope with singledom, marriage and having kids 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?
Daisy Haggard stars as Faye in Lucy Clarke’s sitcom about a woman who wants to be fabulous but can't cope.
With:
Olivia Colman
Adam Buxton
Katy Brand
Matthew Holness
Laura Solon
Joanna Scanlan
Music by Osymyso.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2007.


THURSDAY 30 MAY 2013

THU 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b010tzfb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrk3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b01084hc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxr3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 After Henry (b007t59f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 In the Chair (b007jssr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (b00wdlfz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019lypl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 After the Break (b00769l5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Stilgoe's Around (b007k4ks)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat (b00nm9sg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b010928t)
Peril at End House
Episode 4
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings head to London to meet up with Chief Inspector Japp.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Captain Hastings …. Simon Williams
Frederica Rice …. Suzanna Hamilton
George Challenger …. Andrew Wincott
Nick Buckley …. Gemma Saunders
Mr Croft …. Terence Edmond
Mrs Croft …. Richenda Carey
Charles Vyse …. Stephen Critchlow
Doctor …. Mark Holloway
Chief Inspector Japp …. Bryan Pringle
Dramatist: Michael Bakewell
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000.
THU 06:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxsf)
Terminus
4. Fury
Now that her friend, DS Kevin Richards, has been found murdered, Enfield is full of extra anger.
Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher.
Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield.
Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley
Dominic Letts ..... Terminus
Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father)
Elaine Claxton ..... Shelley
Paul Panting ..... Tim Johnson
Peter Whitman ..... Stan Rickman
Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah
Teresa Gallagher ..... Di
David JarvisStation ..... Announcer
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
THU 07:00 The Older Woman (b01xpy74)
Series 1
Episode 2
Can hack journalist Roy impress his former English teacher, Jane by joining a green pressure group?
Tony Bagley's romantic comedy drama serial with a twist.
Starring Zoe Wanamaker as Miss Callaghan, Martin Clunes as Roy Hitchcock, Toyah Wilcox as Elsa, David Troughton as Mr Say, Nicky Henson as Chad, Sue Roderick as Wyn, Steve Hodson as Pavarotti, David Holt as Yeats, Melanie Hudson as Helen and Geoff McGivern as Dick.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger:
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1993.
THU 07:30 Heresy (b01sjjyf)
Series 9
Episode 2
Victoria Coren Mitchell presents another edition of the show which dares to commit heresy.
Her guests this week are comedians David Mitchell and Alex Horne, and writer and broadcaster Germaine Greer. Together they have fun exposing the wrong-headedness of received wisdom and challenging knee-jerk public reaction to events.
Topics up for discussion are videogames, outer space and horse lasagne.
Produced by Victoria Coren Mitchell and Daisy Knight
An Avalon Television production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jlfs)
Series 1
The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage
Summer, 1940: Convinced a German invasion has begun, Captain Mainwaring and his men mount a gun placement at Godfrey's cottage.
Chaos, inevitably, ensues...
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Walker …. James Beck
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Cissie Godfrey …. Nan Brawnton
Percy the Parrot …. Percy Edwards
Announcer …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974.
THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b01b1s9l)
From 26/03/1958
The 10th anniversary Show, with a 'Pygmalion' spoof and The Operatic Weather Forecast.
Starring Professor Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and June Whitfield.
Music from Wallace Eaton and the Keynotes and the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Scripted by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1958.
THU 09:00 Change at Oglethorpe (b007k0mg)
The Unquiet American
An exciting new engine could soon be running on the quiet rural railway - but there's a big catch. How can the staff make Oglethorpe look like a busy, modern station?
Peter Davison and Michael Williams star in Peter Morfoot's railway sitcom.
David ...... Peter Davison
Rocket ...... Michael Williams
June ...... Rosemary Martin
Points ...... Phillippa Wilson
Hattie ...... Madge Hindle
Sodd ...... Chris Emmett
York ...... Don Fellows
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1995.
THU 09:30 Whispers (b00c6rnk)
Series 2
Episode 5
Gyles Brandreth hosts the quiz show with scandal on its mind and slander at its heart.
Lynne Truss and Michelle Brown join team captains Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip.
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004.
THU 10:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (b00wdlgc)
Episode 2
Captain Phoebus is dead. Watching from his tower, Quasimodo rings his bells. BBC collaboration with Graeae. Stars David Bower.
THU 11:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019m333)
Countless Stones
Questioning her past decisions, Rita sees her future bound to the standing stones above her village. Read by Amanda Lawrence.
THU 11:15 The Reunion (b0134z00)
The Courtauld Institute
In this edition of The Reunion, Sue MacGregor reunites five past pupils of London's Courtauld Institute of Art, which pioneered the teaching of art history, has produced countless stars of the art and museum world, and whose most famous Director was the fourth man in the infamous Cambridge spy ring.
On the 15th November 1979, Anthony Blunt was exposed as a Soviet spy. The former Cambridge don was at the peak of his career as an art historian - he was Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, had received a knighthood, and as director of the Courtauld Institute, had made it one of the most prestigious centres for the study of art history.
The news was greeted with outcry by the public for whom Blunt represented elitism and sordid decadence. Blunt was stripped of his knighthood, hounded by the press, and never returned to the Institute he had dedicated his life to. But to his students, Blunt was a remarkable tutor who had given them their careers, many as staff at the Institute.
Joining Sue around the table is: Booker-prize winning author and past tutor at the Institute, Anita Brookner; Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor; travel-writer Michael Jacobs; founder of the Art Newspaper, Anna Somers Cocks, and the art critic who was a close personal friend of Blunt's, Brian Sewell.
Producer: Katherine Godfrey
Series Producer: David Prest
A Whistledown Production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jlfs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b01b1s9l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b010928t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxsf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ctvhj)
Misfortune
By dint of buying on credit and never paying, by constantly trying to fill the void in her inner life, Emma finds herself in serious trouble...
A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first great novel of adultery starring John Hurt..
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy
Monsieur Lheureux ...... Seamus O'Neill
Rodolphe Boulanger ...... Jude Akuwudike
Felicite ...... Sarah Jane Hallworth
Maitre Guillaumin ...... Russell Dixon
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
THU 14:15 Lost, Stolen or Shredded (b0076y5w)
Series 1
The Lost Archive of Kim Philby
Spies pursued - Following the death of Britain's most famous spy, Rick Gekoski attempts to acquire Philby's diaries and effects. Are they as elusive as their former owner?
THU 14:30 Machiavelli - The Prince (b020vmzl)
Episode 4
Using 'good' cruelty and bad to gain power. Renaissance political insight introduced by Nick Robinson and read by Peter Firth.
THU 14:45 David Profumo - Bringing the House Down (b007702t)
Episode 4
Spies in scandal - the press pursue, the family goes to ground. Written by John Profumo's son David. Read by Robert Glenister.
THU 15:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (b00wdlgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01xq8xs)
Mel Giedroyc introduces the remaining top fifty 500 WORDS stories, plus a visit to Roald Dahl's garden and the man taking on the literal abuse of the English language.
THU 17:00 King Street Junior (b0b3tw45)
Series 9
With Love
Mr Sims is very unhappy in class, while Mrs Rudd thinks she's the victim of a prank.
Created by Jim Eldridge, ten series of this comedy about a junior school ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Stars Karl Howman as Mr Sims, James Grout as the Headmaster, Deirdre Costello as Mrs Patterson, Paul Copley as Mr Long, Marlene Sidaway as Miss Lewis, Margaret John as Mrs Stone, Vivienne Martin as Mrs Rudd, Tom Watson as Mr Holliday,Cheryl Hall as Mrs Pearce and Ben Reynolds as Tony.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1997.
THU 17:30 The Older Woman (b01xpy74)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b010v3d7)
Night Watch
Episode 4
Thrown back in time, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch relives the glorious revolution of his youth. But he must also protect his younger self from arch-enemy Carcer.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Clare Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Lawn, Joseph Kloska as Reg Shoe and Peter Marinker as Major Clive.
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.
THU 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrl5)
Episode 9
Bill Masen tries his best to support his blind group, but some problems prove to be insurmountable. Cult novel read by Roger May.
THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jlfs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b01b1s9l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b010928t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxsf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019m333)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 The Reunion (b0134z00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Heresy (b01sjjyf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Old Harry's Game (b00j7vtm)
Series 7
Episode 6
Satan has worked how to return baby Patrick to Earth behind God's back.
But God is all-seeing and knows what Satan is up to. And now God is pretty angry.
Stars Andy Hamilton as Satan, Annette Crosbie as Edith, Robert Duncan as Scumspawn, Jimmy Mulville as Thomas and Timothy West as God.
Other roles played by Mike Fenton Stevens, Philip Pope and Felicity Montagu.
Written by Andy Hamilton.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2009.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b02wvgtw)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best laughs around. Plus Sara Pascoe has more from her chat with Lou Sanders.
THU 23:00 The Secret World (b0125n5t)
Series 2
Episode 1
From Al Pacino to Keith Harris and Orville, Jon Culshaw and friends probe the private lives of the famous. From July 2010.
THU 23:30 The Big Booth (b007k2ww)
Series 2: The Big Booth Too
Episode 1
Boothby Graffoe returns with a series of guitar-flavoured songs and surreal laughs.
From the Pieasance Cabaret Bar at the Edinburgh Festival.
With Stephen Frost, Kevin Eldon, Big Al, Vivienne Soan and Antonio Forcione.
Written by Boothby Graffoe and Dave Thompson.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.


FRIDAY 31 MAY 2013

FRI 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b010v3d7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrl5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b010928t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxsf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Change at Oglethorpe (b007k0mg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Whispers (b00c6rnk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (b00wdlgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019m333)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 The Reunion (b0134z00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 King Street Junior (b0b3tw45)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 The Older Woman (b01xpy74)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b0109byt)
Peril at End House
Episode 5
Hercule Poirot summons everyone to End House. Can the Belgian sleuth finally unmask the murderer?
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Captain Hastings …. Simon Williams
Frederica Rice …. Suzanna Hamilton
George Challenger …. Andrew Wincott
Nick Buckley …. Gemma Saunders
Mr Croft …. Terence Edmond
Mrs Croft …. Richenda Carey
Charles Vyse …. Stephen Critchlow
Chief Inspector Japp …. Bryan Pringle
Jimmy Lazarus …. Sean Arnold
Dramatist: Michael Bakewell
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000.
FRI 06:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxtt)
Terminus
5. Clue
The "Lucky Charm" killer has claimed 4 lives. DS Enfield now believes the murderer is female. Then someone sends her a photograph...
Conclusion of Nick Fisher's atmospheric thriller.
Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield.
Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley
Dominic Letts ..... Terminus
Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father
Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah
Elaine Claxton ..... Shelley
Claire Russell ..... Rachel
David Jarvis ..... Station Announcer
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
FRI 07:00 Radio Active (b00gl83m)
Series 7
Probe Round the Back
Nigel Pry leads the hunt for the Fifth Man, the Whitehall Mole, the Moscow Sleeper and the Gentlemen's Toilet - as the radio team asks the question "MI5 - Friend, foe or motorway?".
Starring Morwenna Banks, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Philip Pope and Michael Fenton-Stevens.
Music by Philip Pope and Steve Brown.
Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins.
Producer: David Tyler
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1987.
FRI 07:30 The Write Stuff (b01slrsw)
Series 16
Greek Tragedy
Radio 4's literary panel show, hosted by James Walton, with team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh and guests Mark Billingham and Natalie Haynes.
Produced by Alexandra Smith.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007vkkg)
Series 8
Drifting Through
The senior crew of HMS Troutbridge head for the breakers yard aboard Number One's first command.
Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather, Ronnie Barker as Able-Seaman Johnson and Michael Bates as the Admiral’s Flag Lieutenant .
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman
Incidental Music by Tommy Riley and James Moody.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1966.
FRI 08:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00jjq7x)
From 05/02/1984
Michael Bentine stars as Dame Nellie Drongo, the Boy Scout Movement of India and a prehistoric Caveman..
The ultimate one man show written and performed by the host.
Producer: Jamie Rix
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1984.
FRI 09:00 Clare in the Community (b00g27lm)
Series 2
Brian Come Home
Can couples counselling calm the ultra-PC social worker's constant criticism of her boyfriend Brian? Stars Sally Phillips. From November 2005.
FRI 09:30 The Brothers (b00pm21g)
Series 3
Oonagh's Dream
Nigel and Michael are forced to help run a street party, and Oonagh is stuck up a tree. Stars Adam Godley. From March 2007.
FRI 10:00 The Archive Hour (b00f90yf)
Stella Rimington
Former head of MI5 Dame Stella Rimington uses the BBC archives to examine the impact of the 'Cambridge spies' on the British establishment, and on her own life.
She listens to rare recordings of Donald Maclean, of friends of Burgess reminiscing about him, and of key moments in the unfolding of the story, such as the day Mrs Thatcher revealed 'Fourth Man' Anthony Blunt's identity. She explores how their treachery continued to reverberate throughout her own time in the security service, and finds out more about Burgess's time working as a producer at the BBC.
FRI 11:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019m52y)
Notes From the House Spirits
A chronicle of the happenings and lives of the neglectful inhabitants of a Cornish house. Read by Amanda Lawrence.
FRI 11:15 Rachel Joyce - Painting Mrs Jones (b007jtd2)
Invited to sit and have her portrait painted, Jennifer Jones wonders if the canvas will reveal a new truth about her inner-self...
Rachel Joyce's dark tale of self-discovery stars Lindsay Duncan as Jennifer Jones, James Laurenson as Iain Jones and David Antrobus as Tom.
Director: Jeremy Mortimer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007vkkg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00jjq7x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b0109byt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxtt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cvbj4)
Mounting Debts
Emma has tried and exhausted every effort to repay her debts, but feels that she's left with only one course of action...
Gripping conclusion of the French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness.
Narrator ...... John Hurt
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
CharlesConrad Nelson
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Berthe Bovary ...... Daisy Jones
Victor Lariviere ...... Martin Reeve
Justin ...... Sam Curtis
Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from a translation by Margaret Mauldon.
Producer: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
FRI 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00c843k)
Squashed Stars and Black Holes
Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy.
As long ago as 1783, the rector of a small Yorkshire church suggested that the gravity of a very massive star might be strong enough to pull its light back and prevent it from shining. It was not until the 1930s, however, that Subramanyan Chandrasekhar suggested a mechanism through which such a star might form, and even then he was ridiculed by his peers. But the concept slowly gained ground, and in the late 1960s the first x-ray telescope in space pinpointed the first black hole to be discovered in orbit around a normal star.
A black hole seems to defy notions of common sense and even of normal physics. Light, information and travellers would have no escape from its gravity. At its heart, matter and even space and time would be squashed out of existence. Yet there is a small theoretical chance that someone entering a spinning black hole might survive to emerge in another universe.
Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt and John Palmer.
FRI 14:30 Machiavelli - The Prince (b020vmzn)
Episode 5
Choosing advisors, not flatterers. Renaissance political insight introduced by Nick Robinson and read by Peter Firth.
FRI 14:45 David Profumo - Bringing the House Down (b007703c)
Episode 5
Spies in scandal - a school library offers the answers sought. Written by John Profumo's son David. Read by Robert Glenister.
FRI 15:00 The Archive Hour (b00f90yf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01xt4vh)
Highlights from this year's 500 WORDS competition final from the Hay Festival with Chris Evans, plus the closing chapter of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.
FRI 17:00 Second Thoughts (b00kf4ny)
Series 3
Laugh and Marriage
Bill wants Richard and Liza to cool their ardour, while Faith is stoking the fires.
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill and Faith beginning married life, whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.
Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Celia Imrie as Hilary, Belinda Lang as Liza, Geoffrey Whitehead as Richard, Mark Denham as Joe, Jo Kendall as Marjorie and Mark Straker as Alex.
Series three of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1991.
FRI 17:30 Radio Active (b00gl83m)
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FRI 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b010v5f8)
Night Watch
Episode 5
Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch, thrown back into his own past, has little time left there to undo the harm done by his arch-enemy Carcer, before coming back to his present...
The conclusion of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Clare Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Lawn, Joseph Kloska as Reg Shoe, Peter Marinker as Major Clive and Rachel Atkins as Lady Mesarole.
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.
FRI 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrll)
Episode 10
With most of the population blinded, Bill Masen is determined to find Josella. But where does he start? Cult novel read by Roger May.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007vkkg)
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FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00jjq7x)
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FRI 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b0109byt)
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FRI 20:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxtt)
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FRI 21:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019m52y)
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FRI 21:15 Rachel Joyce - Painting Mrs Jones (b007jtd2)
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FRI 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town (b00jj0mx)
Series 1
Walsall
Comedian Mark Steel presents a show from the magnificent Town Hall of Walsall in the West Midlands and celebrates the accent, the hippo and why the town has nothing to do with Birmingham. From April 2009.

Producer - Julia McKenzie.
FRI 22:30 The Consultants (b0076pvy)
Series 2
Episode 4
Taking register at stunt school, Tarzan learns the alphabet and meet Buck Stark, known to millions as naked superhero Captain Buff.
The Consultants are Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards and James Rawlings.
Producer: Will Saunders
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2003.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b02wvmjl)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best laughs around. Plus Arthur Smith speaks to comedian Alfie Brown.
FRI 23:00 Alan Parker's 59 Minutes of Truth (b00yz8v4)
Episode 4
The urban warrior asks do you rave or rock?
More undeniable truths to a nation crying out for direction and guidance.
Comedy-music mix written by and starring Simon Munnery.
With Peter Serafinowicz.
Producer: Aled Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in March 1995.