SATURDAY 25 JANUARY 2014

SAT 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007jv1s)
The Children of Witchwood
Episode 5
Jackie's extraordinary telepathic powers attract the evil attentions of the eerie Cranford family.
SAT 00:30 Planet B (b00j2j7k)
Series 1
10. Death's Door
John and Lioba aim to meet in the real world, but can they really escape their virtual reality?
Conclusion of series one of three about a mystery virtual world.
Written by Matthew Broughton.
John ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Medley ...... Lizzy Watts
Cerberus ...... Chris Pavlo
Lioba ...... Donnla Hughes
All other parts played by Janice Acquah, Jill Cardo, Stephen Critchlow,Paul Rider, Manjeet Mann, Matthew Broughton and Adjoa Andoh.
Director: Jessica Dromgoole
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2009.
SAT 01:00 Agatha Christie (b00jz7jj)
Philomel Cottage
When Alex meets Terry she's swept off her feet. He persuades her to leave her job with a dot com company and set up a business with him - based in an out of the way cottage in the country...
A new spin on the Queen of the whodunit, Agatha Christie's classic story, dramatised for radio by Mike Walker.
Stars Lizzie McInnerny as Alex, Tom Hollander as Terry, Adam Godley as Richard and Struan Rodger as Merlin.
Producer: Jeremy Mortimer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
SAT 01:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0161mpx)
5. Deadly Adversary
Having followed a trail that led from Soho to Jamaica, via Istanbul, Lucifer Box has finally come face to face with a deadly adversary from his past.
Will our hero prevent him from carrying out his evil plan?
Written and concluded by Mark Gatiss.
Set in 1953, this is the third in a trilogy of spoof spy novels detailing the devilishly daring adventures of secret agent, Lucifer Box.
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in October 2011.
SAT 02:00 Millport (b0076258)
Series 2
Story
Everyone's telling tales and making up stories - while Moira's acting oddly, no-one's listening to Bob, Agnes has discovered the medicinal benefits of alcohol - and for once Irene doesn't know what to do...
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something island barmaid Irene Bruce who hankers after a better life on the mainland.
Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Robert/Doctor ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Bob/Minister ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie ...... Matt Costello
Music arranged by Olly Fox.
Producer: Lucy Bacon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
SAT 02:30 The Change (b0076cp6)
Series 2
Episode 1
George is trying to persuade Carol to let him move back in but she’s having none of it. All she wants is a new haircut - and a new life.
Lynda Bellingham and Chris Ellison star as troubled hormonal wife Carol whose husband George revealed he's a transvestite - and she's kicked him out.
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 ...... Barnaby Kay
Sonia ...... Emma Kennedy
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003.
SAT 03:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007js26)
Series 2
3. A Sheltered Life
Detective Inspector Gwen Danbury comes to the aid of a wrongly accused colleague, and her lonely mother, Joan.
Sue Rodwell's murder mystery stars Annette Badland as DI Gwen Danbury.
DI Gwen Danbury …. Annette Badland
Joan Danbury …. Gudrun Ure
DS Henry Jacobs …. John Duttine
Supt Phillips …. John Rye
Larry Eaves …. John Moffatt
Emily Porter …. Hilda Braid
Arthur Lambert …. Godfrey Kenton
Hesset …. Don McCorkindale
Edwards …. Tom Bevan
Alison …. Rachel Atkins
Grey …. Peter Kenny
Warden …. Diana Payan
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994.
SAT 04:00 Donna Tartt - The Secret History (b03q9ng3)
Episode 15
Richard has been shot and, as events escalate, not everyone will get out alive. Donna Tartt thriller concluded by William Hope. From April 1995.
SAT 04:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007v0zr)
The Last Obit
Billie Whitelaw stars as an obituarist living in her own very particular world, in a monologue written especially for her by Peter Tinnswood.
Having spent years writing obituaries for the Morning Telegraph, Millicent Doris Clayton's mind wanders as she prepares her final piece before taking retirement. Epitaphs and judgments on the famous, the notorious and the undeserving have passed through her office. She is a middle-aged spinster. So who will prepare Millicent's own obituary? And what will it say?
Directed by Enyd Williams. First heard on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
SAT 05:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz8)
Series 2
Dead Dames Don't Dance with Danger
Top American cop Bert Chisel is called in to solve a murder mystery for Scotland Yard.
Roy Hudd stars in Laurie Rowley’s comic parodies.
With:
Denise Coffey
Chris Emmett
David Gooderson
Fred Harris
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1988.
SAT 05:30 Chambers (b007jnqh)
Series 1
Trial By Television
Ruth gets a job as "Legal Eagle" on breakfast telly, leaving John Fuller-Carp desperate to make a bigger TV splash.
Clive Coleman’s sitcom about the questionable practices of a group of barristers.
John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Ruth Quirke ...... Lesley Sharp
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd
Matthew Hoadley ...... Robert Duncan
Trudy ...... Susie Brann
Sylvie ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.
SAT 06:00 William Trevor - My House in Umbria (b00bqv3x)
A train journey in Italy sparks devastation, but a new purpose for one passenger - Mrs Delahunty.
Starring Prunella Scales as Mrs Delahunty, Peter Jeffrey as The General, Richard Pearce as Ocmar and Sean Barrett as Quinty.
Mrs Delahunty - she's never actually been married, but 'Mrs' suits her better than 'Miss' - has been a Madame in Africa and is now a succesful romantic novelist. When a young American girl, an elderly British general and a German traveller survive a terrorist bomb attack on an Italian train, Mrs Delahunty finds a new purpose in life caring for this unlikely group.
Written and dramatised by William Trevor.
Producer: Shaun MacLoughlin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
SAT 07:30 Vienna and the Shadow of The Third Man (b00kp9jk)
Tour guide Dr Brigitte Timmermann uncovers Graham Greene's Vienna and takes us in the footsteps of his classic 1949 film, The Third Man. Walking through the city, she tells the stories that have fascinated generations of film buffs, from Soviet master spy Kim Philby's role in the film to tales of Sir Carol Reed and Graham Greene's late night visits to Vienna's seediest bars. With the help of fellow devotees, Brigitte explores Vienna's hidden history and examines why The Third Man has remained largely unpopular in the place which inspired it.
SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01dh70q)
Series 7
Episode 22
Back at the Town Hall in New York City, the American funny man welcomes singers Leon Redbone and Heather Masse. From 2011.
SAT 09:00 Selected Radiophonic Works (b00g15x3)
In 1958 an extraordinary musical laboratory was opened by the BBC. The Radiophonic Workshop provided music and sound for a wealth of BBC TV and radio programmes - from The Goon Show to Doctor Who.
Richard Coles explores the achievements of the unit and presents a carefully chosen selection of programmes showcasing the department's work:
* THE ELECTRIC TUNESMITHS
What have Doctor Who, New Worlds and Major Bloodnok's stomach in common? A Radiophonics Workshop signature tune.
George Luce finds out how sounds and tunes are conjured out of springs, shampoo bottles and electronic synthesisers. From BBC Radio 4, 1971.
* THE DREAMS
One of Delia Derbyshire's ‘Inventions for Radio’ produced in collaboration with the poet and dramatist Barry Bermange for the BBC Third Programme in 1964.
* THE GOON SHOW Series 9 (14/17) The Scarlet Capsule
Professor Ned Quatermass unravels a mystery around some enigmatic blue serge suits.
Stars Spike Milligan. From the BBC Home Service, 1959.
* INFERNO REVISITED
Peter Howell’s musical play by Peter Howell inspired by Dante's Inferno, with Alec McCowen as the Guide.
The music was realised at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. From BBC Radio 3, 1983
Plus clips of Bath Time (1976), Relativity (1974) and the legendary sound effect of Doctor Who’s TARDIS.
With contributions from Coldcut, Dick Mills and Mark Ayres.
Producer: Elizabeth Jaynes
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2008.
SAT 12:00 November Dead List (b03s9x0p)
Series 1 Omnibus
A police detective investigates a murder in London's Catholic community. Written by Nick Perry, starring Nicola Walker as DI Flood.
SAT 13:15 Baldi (b007k0ft)
Series 3
The Dig
An archaeological dig becomes a battlefield involving monks, politicians and developers, while Paolo makes some fascinating discoveries.
David Threlfall stars as the murder-solving priest, Paolo Baldi.
Written by Martin Meenan.
With Martin Clunes as Aloysious, Tina Kellegher as Tina Mahon, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Owen Roe as Rynne, Margaret D'Arcy as Mrs Reid, Kevin Flood as Professor Evans, Sean McGinley as Swift, Barry McGovern as the Minister and Ingrid Craigie as Helen.
Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland.
Script Editor: Gemma McMullan
Recorded at RTE's studios in Dublin.
Director: Mark Lambert
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
SAT 14:00 Round the Horne (b00t29v7)
Series 4
Episode 9
Kenneth Horne blasts off boldly in 'Journey to Uranus', a ditty from Rambling Sid Rumpo and 'Bona Books' with Julian and Sandy.
With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden.
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. Marty departed after series 3.
Written by Barry Took, Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer.
Music by the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in April 1968.
SAT 14:30 At Home With Hinge and Bracket (b008jw8g)
Episode 1
Dame Hilda Bracket and her lifelong companion, Dr Evadne Hinge, invite you to eavesdrop on some informal music and conversation.
Joining them in the music room is international operatic soprano Rosalind Plowright.
Dame Hilda Bracket ...... George Logan
Dr Evadne Hinge ...... Patrick Fyffe
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1990.
SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01dh70q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 William Trevor - My House in Umbria (b00bqv3x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Warhorses of Letters (b03q59t3)
Series 3
Episode 2
By Robbie Hudson and Marie Phillips
Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby star as Napoleon's horse Marengo and Wellington's horse Copenhagen, with an introduction by Tamsin Greig, in the world's first epistolary equine love story.
Still cruelly sundered by fate despite the war having ended, Marengo is put rather unwillingly out to stud and discovers the overwhelming and exhausting joys of parenthood, and Copenhagen finds a new way of passing the time - writing racy horse fan fiction, a genre for which he turns out to have a remarkable flair...
Produced by Gareth Edwards.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.
SAT 17:45 Political Animals (b01m179f)
Series 1
Humphrey
The notoriously photo-shy Humphrey, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office 1989 to 1997, a cat with a robust vocabulary and a pretty earthy view of political life, looks back on his struggles with all things New Labour.
Series of scurrilous talks given by well-known, if unreliable, Downing Street cats, who relate their trials and tribulations under four different Prime Ministers.
Starring James Fleet.
Written by Tony Bagley.
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.
SAT 18:00 Atomic Tales (b007qw7l)
Land of Plenty
In tomorrow's world, all human food is delivered by Freshmart in sealed mag-cans to the residents of Mars.
But what if the can-openers malfunctioned and people are forced to eat dangerous leftovers...?
1950s American sci-fi spoof.
Starring the talents of:
John Guerrasio
Jeff Harding
Allison Warnyca
Lewis McLeod
Colin Stinton
Liza Ross.
Written by Adam Tandy and Nat Sones.
Producer: Adam Bromley.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in March 2006.
SAT 18:30 The Price of Fear (b007jmcf)
Blind Man's Bluff
Horror legend Vincent Price's chilling tale of an eerie passenger who joins him on a train heading west.
Co-starring Freddie Jones and Geoffrey Collins.
Written by William Ingram.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1975.
SAT 19:00 Selected Radiophonic Works (b00g15x3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 4 Stands Up (b00jnhgn)
Series 3
Episode 3
Chris Addison with another trio of comedy movers and shakers, with Josh Howie, Lee Nelson and Alun Cochrane. From April 2009.
SAT 22:30 The Lee Mack Show (b00bfq1c)
Midge Ure
Midge Ure joins the quick-fire comic for stand-up, sketches and music. With Angela McHale and Steve Brown. From March 2005.
SAT 23:00 P Division (b007jx68)
Condition Purple
Episode 4
As the search for Dino and Jimmy 'The Rodent' Purdue continues, Donoghue receives a report of another murder. 'P Division' closes in.
Concluding Peter Turnbull's dramatic story about his Glaswegian cops.
DCI Donoghue …. Martin Cochrane
DS Ray Sussock …. Ralph Riach
Karen …. Gaylie Runciman
DC King …. John Buick
DC Montgomery …. Frank Gallagher
Tuesday Noon …. Alex McAvoy
Mr Keyes …. Robert Trotter
Mrs Olive Keyes …. Kay Gallie
WPC Elka Willems …. Ann Louise Ross
Dino …. Alexander Morton
Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine.
Produced at BBC Glasgow by Hamish Wilson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1993.
SAT 23:30 Jennifer Donnelly - A Gathering Light (b01683vq)
Episode 5
Will she stay or will she go? Mattie reads Grace's last letter and receives some news from Miss Wilcox. And Royal awaits.
As the story behind Grace Brown's death unfolds, 17 year old Mattie Gokey must chose to between her desire to be a writer, and the excitement of a first romance.
Jennifer Donnelly's debut novel conlcuded by Vicki Simon.
Abridged by Penny Leicester.
Producer: Liz Allard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
SAT 23:45 The Late Alfred Hitchcock Presents (b00tr8d2)
The Dancing Partner
By Jerome K Jerome. Toymaker Herr Geibel invents an ingenious mechanical man, but what if it should ever malfunction? Stars Michael Roberts.


SUNDAY 26 JANUARY 2014

SUN 00:00 Atomic Tales (b007qw7l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 The Price of Fear (b007jmcf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01dh70q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 November Dead List (b03s9x0p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 Baldi (b007k0ft)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 William Trevor - My House in Umbria (b00bqv3x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 Warhorses of Letters (b03q59t3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:45 Political Animals (b01m179f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:45 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (Omnibus) (b00mdn40)
Episode 1
September, 1945: Anne Welles arrives in New York from sedate Lawrenceville to find that every woman she meets is looking for a husband.
Jacqueline Susann's 1960s best seller. Three beautiful young women become best friends as they carve out careers in the entertainment industry.
Stars Madeleine Potter as Anne Welles, Barbara Barnes as Neely O'Hara, Stuart Milligan as Henry Bellamy, Walter Lewis as Allen Cooper and Liza Ross as Mrs Welles.
Omnibus of the first five of fifteen episodes dramatised by Yvonne Antrobus.
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
SUN 07:15 Lady Curzon and a Pineapple (b00cm6ww)
Ian Peacock picks up his spoon and delves into the history of "The King of Fruits".
The "most wanted" additions to any early 20th-century dinner party were said to have been Lady Curzon and a Pineapple. The former for her wit and charms, the latter for its taste, of course, but also for its status as a symbol of wealth and exoticism. Pineapples are believed to have been discovered by Columbus in 1493, and by the 18th century they were so sought-after that many wealthy landowners were attempting to grow them here in Britain. Some were successfully grown as far north as Falkirk in Central Scotland.
Lucinda Lambton discusses pineapple representation in architecture here and abroad, while Ian meets a young pineapple grower and tastes a one cooked to an ancient recipe on a spit over an open fire.
Producer: Caroline Barbour
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
SUN 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00hd80x)
Series 4
Documentary
To further his career as a top celebrity, Arthur manages to persuade Geoffrey away from his duties at the church hall, to help make a documentary about Arthur himself to sell to the BBC! A visit to an old haunt proves intriguing - could the management have changed hands?
Everyday life with Count Arthur Strong is, as always, an enlightening experience! We again follow the one time Variety Star as he uncompromisingly fulfils his daily list of engagements.
Stars Steve Delaney, Alastair Kerr, David Mounfield and Mel Giedroyc.
Produced by John Leonard and Mark Radcliffe.
A Komedia Entertainment & Smooth Operations production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN 08:00 The Burkiss Way (b00gs5xs)
Series 2
Journey Into the Unknown the Burkiss Way
Tighten your ectoplasm, fill your pen with invisible ink and you’re ready for some transcendental instruction imparted from Jo Kendall , Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris
The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living.
With an ethereal script by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Other-worldly production by Simon Brett.
Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1977.
SUN 08:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b03sb51j)
Doddy's Daft Half Hour
From the Wright Brothers to baked beans, it's more quick-fire gagging from the mirth-meister. With Pat Coombs. From August 1972.
SUN 09:00 Roald Dahl (b0140f1v)
Matilda
Episode 1
The story of a pint-size genius with special powers - and she's only five. Narrated by Lenny Henry, stars Nichola McAuliffe.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03sb5wq)
Absent Friends
Michael Winner
4 Extra Debut. The late film director and restaurant critic takes William Walton, The Jacksons and Billy Fury to his isle. From October 2005.
SUN 10:45 Afternoon Reading (b00nmt7y)
Tales From the Low Countries
In Landlocked Frontiers
Georges Hausemer is one of Luxembourg's most prolific writers, having published more than a dozen novels, short stories and poetry collections.
Read by Michael Pennington
Translated by Michael Hoffman
Produced by Emma Harding.
SUN 11:00 Ena (b00mgx85)
Mark Radcliffe explores the life of Violet Carson, the actress who played Ena Sharples, the Victorian relic who dominated Coronation Street in its' golden age of the 1960s.
A talented classical pianist and established BBC radio star, Carson was branching out into Shakespearian roles when the call from Granada came to play the hatchet-faced harridan in a hairnet. The genteel Violet Carson became overshadowed by her character and claimed that Ena ultimately destroyed her.
But she left a rich legacy; Ena Sharples was television's prototype battleaxe and epitomised a particular kind of woman who dominated life in northern working-class communities. Mark Radcliffe came across women like Ena in the brick mill terraces of Bolton where his grandparents lived.
By day, Ena would be polishing the woodwork in the Glad Tidings Mission Hall, where she was caretaker; by night, she was installed in the snug of the Rovers Return with her two cronies, Martha Longhurst and Minnie Caldwell, gossiping over a milk stout and never taking their hats and coats off, even when they planned to stay all evening.
Featuring contributions from Tony Warren, creator of Coronation Street and of Ena Sharples. Geoffrey Wheeler, who worked with Violet Carson at the BBC, traces the quickfire delivery of Ena back to the northern music hall tradition. Melvyn Bragg talks about how Ena Sharples reflected life in the black and white world of the north in the 1950s. Scriptwriter Adele Rose discusses the pivotal relationship between Ena Sharples and her bete noir, Elsie Tanner.
The programme also includes archive of Violet Carson, reflecting on the mixed blessing that playing Ena Sharples was to her career and to her life.
SUN 11:30 Hearing With Hegley (b03sb6t8)
Series 2
Episode 7
Comedian John Hegley makes a spectacle of himself in Barnet with visionary poems and songs. With Nigel Piper. From 1998.
SUN 11:45 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (Omnibus) (b00mdn40)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:00 Sunday Afternoon at Home With Tim Key (b03sb8b0)
The comedian, poet and time waster Tim Key invites you to his flat for a special look at the influence of boredom on comedy.
Beginning with the ground-breaking Hancock's Half Hour episode 'Sunday Afternoon at Home', Tim will then bring you comedy from Sean Lock, Peter Cook, The Likely Lads, Julian Fox and The Mighty Boosh.
Along the way Tim will have an interview with the Hancock writers Galton & Simpson, he will perform some previously unheard Hancock dialogue, he will be interrupted by Jonny Sweet, someone will have a bath, and there might even be some flapjacks.
So sit back, stifle that yawn and enjoy three hours of comedy with Tim Key that proves how 'boredom is a fertile place for comedy to thrive'.
SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b03sb8b2)
Sit down for a cuppa with Mel's best bits of this week's 4 O'Clock Shows. Including a cuddle with a baby crocodile, spider-hunting in Exeter, and cheese-rolling in Gloucestershire.
SUN 17:00 Roald Dahl (b0140f1v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 18:00 Doctor Who (b018jp1j)
The Pyramids of Mars
Episode 3
The Time Lord deduces Sutekh's deadly plan for freeing himself from his eternal captivity in Egypt. Fourth Doctor adventure read by Tom Baker.
SUN 18:30 Voices From the Grave (b007jwn9)
50 Berkeley Square
The most haunted house in Victorian London is set to give up its dark secret. 100 years back in time, Molly discovers that passion never dies.
Dylan Ritson's horror stars Harry Myers as Robert, Sophie Roberts as Molly and John Cummins as Angel.
Voices From The Grave is a series of four chilling and intimate dramas, inspired by existing ghost stories from around Britain. The writers make these stories more than simply scary - they are studies of humanity, love, rage and despair, of passion, longing and pain.
Writer Dylan Ritson has a long and successful career in theatre, film and radio. His radio work includes The Dream-Workings and Brain-Sayings of James Tilly Matthews and The Hunting of the Snark.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
SUN 19:00 Ena (b00mgx85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:30 Hearing With Hegley (b03sb6t8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SUN 19:45 Lady Curzon and a Pineapple (b00cm6ww)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 20:00 The Burkiss Way (b00gs5xs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 20:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b03sb51j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03sb5wq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:45 Afternoon Reading (b00nmt7y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SUN 22:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00hd80x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 1966 and All That (b0100q4y)
The 1920s and 30s
King George utters some unmemorable last words.
DH Lawrence of Arabia writes Lady Chatterbox's Llama.
And John Yogi Bear discovers the BBC, but finds there's not much on...
Craig Brown's satirical history of Britain begins in the 1920s and 1930s.
With:
Joss Ackland
Eleanor Bron
Rory Bremner
Ewan Bailey
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
John Humphrys
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.
SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03v0m1w)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith is joined by Edinburgh Comedy Award best newcomer, John Kearns.
SUN 23:00 Vent (b01dlg0k)
Series 3
Ladies and Gentlemen
Ben makes the ambulance journey home to begin life in a wheelchair.
On the way he remembers an argument about cheesecake, invents a panel game and meets Buzz Aldrin.
Starring Neil Pearson.
Nigel Smith's dark sitcom about a man in a coma, travelling through the distinctly odd landscape of his own unconscious mind.
Ben ...... Neil Pearson
Mary ...... Fiona Allen
Mum ...... Josie Lawrence
Blitz ...... Leslie Ash
Nurse ...... Jo Martin
Derek ...... Stephen Frost
Marley ...... Spencer Brown
Chairman ...... Robert Webb
Buzz ...... Peter Banks
Announcer ...... Bruce Alexander
Bea ...... Scarlett Milburn-Smith
Director: Nigel Smith.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.
SUN 23:30 Jon Ronson On (b0076pw4)
Series 1
Going West
Tales of hitchhiking and spirituality, featuring the Mormons and a pair of criminal brothers. With Rich Hall. From January 2005.


MONDAY 27 JANUARY 2014

MON 00:00 Doctor Who (b018jp1j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Voices From the Grave (b007jwn9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03sb5wq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 Afternoon Reading (b00nmt7y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Sunday Afternoon at Home With Tim Key (b03sb8b0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Roald Dahl (b0140f1v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkk)
1. A Shot in the Night
Sick of the espionage business, professional hitman Art Gordo had quit the British Secret Service.
But then he's offered big money to carry out one last killing...
Dinsdale Landen stars in a five-part thriller adapted by Jim Eldridge from his own novel.
Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landen
Clarke …. Manning Wilson
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Ben/Roberts …. Jon Croft
Joe/Ferguson …. Peter Craze
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.
MON 06:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jpzc)
1. Murder Mansion
It's 1934 and a New York warehouse is ablaze on the Lower East Side. A gang of gun-runners are holed-up until their supply of ammo explodes.
Tough-nut hero, Secret Agent X-9 receives a phone call from wealthy industrialist, Tarleton Powers asking for his help.
Stars Stuart Milligan as X-9 and Connie Booth as Grace Powers.
The heroic agent's 4-part adventure dramatised by Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip created by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by King Features, it ran from 1934 to 1996.
X-9 ...... Stuart Milligan
Grace Powers ...... Connie Booth
The Top ...... William Hootkins
Evelyn Powers ...... Rachel Power
Deacon ...... Peter Marinker
Matthew ...... Michael John Paliotti
Captain Brady ...... John Guerrasio
Jude ...... Bruce McGregor
Cop 1 ...... Clive Rowe
All other parts played by the cast.
Originally agent X-9 had no name, but opted to call himself "Dexter" in the opening tale.
Author Dashiell Hammett is best remembered for his detective novels, The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, while cartoonist Alex Raymond famously created sci-fi comic hero Flash Gordon.
Producer: Chris Wallis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994.
MON 07:00 PG Wodehouse (b00bwtw9)
What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning
Fancy Dress
Bertie Wooster helps his fearsome Uncle Percy with a spot of dressing up.
P.G. Wodehouse’s romp adapted in seven-parts by Chris Miller.
CAST:
Jeeves …. Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster …. Richard Briers
Boko Fittleworth …. Jonathan Cecil
Peter Worplesden …. Peter Woodthorpe
Nobby Hopwood …. Rosalind Adams
Stilton Cheesewright …. Michael Kilgarriff
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b03q6crl)
Series 12
Episode 4
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. Lloyd Langford, Lucy Porter, Tom Wrigglesworth and Fred MacAulay are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as women, Japan, owls and potatoes.
The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
Producer: Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00t4qkg)
Series 4
Episode 10
Kenneth Horne is the wise old chief in 'The Apache Story'. But is Kenneth Williams a pseudonym? And exactly how will Julian and Sandy 'Keep Britain Bona'?
With Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden.
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. Marty departed after series 3.
Scripted by Barry Took, Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer.
Music by the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in April 1968.
MON 08:30 The Navy Lark (b03sg6mc)
Frying Up
Uncle Ebenezer catches more than he bargains for whilst out trawling on his very fishy scam.
Stars Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series between 1959 and 1976.
The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips
The Chief Petty Officer ...... Jon Pertwee
The Number One ...... Stephen Murray
Captain Povey ...... Richard Caldicot
Heather ...... Heather Chasen
Able Seaman Johnson ...... Ronnie Barker
Uncle ...... Tenniel Evans
The Curator ....... Michael Bates
Written by Lawrie Wyman.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1967.
MON 09:00 2525 (b03sg6mf)
Episode 6
In the year 2525, if man is still alive, if woman can survive... then it may sound something like this. Set 511 years in the future, 2525 invites you to hear more snippets of our future from talking kitchen appliances to the historical re-enactment society devoted to restaging fights in pub car parks.
Written by Colin Birch, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris, Jon Hunter, Jane Lamacraft, John Luke Roberts and Eddie Robson
Produced by Ashley Blaker
A John Stanley production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 09:30 When the Dog Dies (b00s3h86)
Series 1
The Same Hymn Sheet
Ronnie Corbett reunites with the writers of his hit sitcom Sorry, Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. Sorry ran for seven series on BBC 1 and was number one in the UK ratings.
In this Radio 4 sitcom, Ronnie plays Sandy Hopper, who is growing old happily along with his dog Henry. His grown up children 'both married to people Sandy doesn't approve of at all' would like him to move out of the family home so they can get their hands on their money earlier. But Sandy's not having this. He's not moving until the dog dies. And not just that, how can he move if he's got a lodger? His daughter is convinced that his too attractive lodger Dolores (Liza Tarbuck) is after Sandy and his money.
Luckily, Sandy has three grandchildren and sometimes a friendly word, a kindly hand on the shoulder can really help a Granddad in the twenty-first century. Man and dog together face a complicated world. There's every chance they'll make it more so.
In this first episode, The Same Hymn Sheet, Sandy wants to protect his grandson Tyson from the harsh training programme and insane sporting ambitions of Tyson's father Blake, and sets out to torpedo Blake's touchline plans. The story takes Sandy all the way to the bank. Unfortunately, it's the bottle bank.
Cast:
Sandy ...... Ronnie Corbett
Dolores ..... Liza Tarbuck
Mrs Pompom ..... Sally Grace
Ellie ..... Tilly Vosburgh
Blake ...... Jonathan Aris
Mr Stott ..... Jon Glover
Tyson ..... Daniel Bridle
Pronunciations:
Lisa - Leeza
Aris - Airis
Producer: Liz Anstee
A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 10:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007js4n)
Series 2
4. The Hostages
Detective Inspector Gwen Danbury takes charge when a hostage is taken by a gunman, but then her feisty mother arrives...
Conclusion of Sue Rodwell's murder mystery starring Annette Badland as DI Gwen Danbury.
DI Gwen Danbury …. Annette Badland
Joan Danbury …. Gudrun Ure
DS Henry Jacobs …. John Duttine
Supt Phillips …. John Rye
Mrs Banks …. Tina Gray
Gary Wolsey …. Paul Panting
Cathy Bedford …. Elaine Claxton
Keets …. Crawford Logan
Sharon Keets …. Susannah Corbett
Colin Jarvis …. Matthew Morgan
Reporter …. Gavin Muir
PC …. David Holt
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994.
MON 11:00 I Was There Too (b00sx93n)
Series 2
Maiden, Mother, Spinster, Saint
In the pivotal moments of history the little man is inevitably written out of the history books. Whatever happened to Cleopatra's milkman, Einstein's postman, Michelangelo's model or Shakespeare's gardener? Just maybe there was more going on behind the scenes than we could ever imagine.
Writers Lucy Caldwell, Heidi Regan and Jessica Ransom, take us behind the scenes for an alternative look at some great historical moments through the eyes of some unexpected - and, until now - overlooked witnesses who were there too!
It's history - but not quite as we know it!
Maiden, Mother, Spinster, Saint
by Lucy Caldwell
Reader: Corinne Kempa
Being overshadowed by a sibling takes on a whole new meaning when your sister is a figure of national notoriety.
Pretty As A Picture
by Heidi Regan
Reader: Raphael Koeb
Beauty and truth collide when a young assistant accompanies a master painter on an important royal commission.
She Wore a White Dress
by Jessica Ransom
Reader: Julie Dray
Dressing a queen is a great responsibility, especially for her final public appearance.
Producer: Heather Larmour
This week our afternoon readings take a look at some momentous moments in history from the perspective of those on the sidelines. Each afternoon some unexpected witnesses who were 'there too' tell us their stories and give us an insight into the happenings that didn't make it into the history books.
Today's 'I Was There Too!' reading takes us back to events in fifteenth century France and a most unusual case of sibling rivalry, as Corinne Kempa reads 'Maiden, Mother, Spinster, Saint' by Lucy Caldwell, producer Heather Larmour.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b03s65n4)
Dan Croll, Lisa Dwan, Wayne Hemingway, Isaac Julien, Michael Paterniti, Peggy Sue
This week Clive Anderson asks designer and entrepreneur Wayne Hemingway about Being a Man. He's not being impertinent - it's the title of a weekend-long series of events at London's Southbank Centre, at which Wayne is speaking. What inspired him to take part?
Actress Lisa Dwan tells Clive about following in the footsteps of someone's muse - in this case Billie Whitelaw. Lisa's performance in a trilogy of Samuel Beckett's work quickly sold out at London's Royal Court Theatre, and has now transferred to the Duchess Theatre.
Clive talks to journalist and author Michael Paterniti about his latest book 'The Telling Room' based on Michael's experiences in a small Spanish village. He was captivated by the story of a wonderous cheese - one bite could conjure long-lost memories - but, Michael was told, things went horribly sour.
Nikki Bedi asks installation artist Isaac Julien about his latest work: 'Playtime' - set across three cities defined by their relationship to capital - London, Reykjavik and Dubai. What links this to Julien's previous work 'Ten Thousand Waves', a nine-screen film installation, inspired by the 2004 Morecambe Bay cockle-pickers tragedy?
Music from Peggy Sue who perform 'Longest Day Of The Year Blues' from their forthcoming album 'Choir of Echoes', and from Dan Croll who performs 'Home'.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00t4qkg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 The Navy Lark (b03sg6mc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jpzc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (b00mdyl5)
Episode 6
1945 and war is over. Set on showbiz careers in New York, Anne, Jennifer and Neely move in together
Jacqueline Susann's 1960s best seller. Three beautiful young women become best friends as they carve out careers in the entertainment industry.
Stars Madeleine Potter, Barbara Barnes, Julia Ford, Susan Jameson, Jamie Glover and Harry Myers.
Dramatised in fifteen parts by Yvonne Antrobus.
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
MON 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007k3rw)
Into the Land of the Savage Irish, A Catalan Pilgrim Amongst the Unconquered Irish
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
MON 14:30 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse (b007jvls)
The Widder
The incorrigible Uncle Silas heads off to sup wine with a widow.
David Neal reads the first of five stories featuring one of HE Bates' best-loved characters - Uncle Silas, who lived a life of wine, women and constant sunshine in an idyllic part of the English countryside.
Producer: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
MON 14:45 William Wordsworth - The Prelude (b03sg8tp)
Episode 1
4 Extra Debut. Sir Ian McKellen reads Wordsworth's autobiographical poem. A foray into the 'mountains of the mind'. Recorded in Dove Cottage, where it was written.
MON 15:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007js4n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03sg9gc)
Our nature feature Twilight comes to an end today, with the story of the Manx Shearwater. Plus, Miriam Margoyles reads James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl.
MON 17:00 At Home With Hinge and Bracket (b008lyzf)
2. Anthony Newley
Dame Hilda Bracket and her lifelong companion, Dr Evadne Hinge, invite you to eavesdrop on some informal music and conversation.
Joining them in the music room is actor, singer and composer Anthony Newley.
Dame Hilda Bracket ...... George Logan
Dr Evadne Hinge ...... Patrick Fyffe
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1990.
MON 17:30 PG Wodehouse (b00bwtw9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:00 Mind's Eye (b007jypg)
Virtuoso
A woman claiming her hands are possessed is met with scepticism, until a father and daughter psychotherapist team decide to investigate...
Five tales of the paranormal written by Gemma McMullan and Gerry Casey.

Lorcan Molloy …. Dermot Crowley
Aoife Molloy …. Cathy Belton
Fergus Rainer …. Mark Lambert
Brian Walsh …. Richard Orr
Maggie Renshaw …. Margaret D'Arcy
Latimer …. Niall Cusack
Rita …. Laura Hughes
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Northern Ireland and first broadcast in 2006
MON 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b00dyb0m)
Series 1
Mind the Gaps
The bizarre adventures of Edna Turner in London's parallel city of Undone.
Series one of Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga.
Edna ...... Sarah Solemani
Billy/Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey
Marlboro /Bouncer ...... Dan Antopolski
Tankerton ...... Ben Moor
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2006.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00t4qkg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 The Navy Lark (b03sg6mc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jpzc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 I Was There Too (b00sx93n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b03s65n4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b03q6crl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 2525 (b03sg6mf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03v0m1y)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Jon Holmes chats to Seann Walsh.
MON 23:00 The Now Show (b03qfzh1)
Series 42
Episode 3
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by special guests Lloyd Langford and Grace Petrie for a comic take on the week's news. With Jon Holmes and Laura Shavin.
Written by the cast with additional material from Andy Wolton, Sarah Morgan and Kev Cor. Produced by Colin Anderson.
MON 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b007jm4p)
Series 1
London Transport
The Unthinkable Solutions team ride to the rescue of London's transport system.
Their strategy is to put Reg, an intense night-bus driver, in charge of London Transport, while chief executive Bud Jackson is sent back to driving tube trains...
James Cary’s award-winning sitcom about management consultants.
Ryan Packer ...... Marcus Brigstocke
Sophie Stott ...... Emma Kennedy
Daisy ...... Catherine Shepherd
Cynthia ...... Olivia Colman
Bud ...... Kim Wall
Reg ...... Chris Pavlo
Various ...... David Mitchell
Script associates: Paul Mayhew-Archer and Ed Drew.
Music by John Whitehall.
Producer: Adam Bromley.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.


TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014

TUE 00:00 Mind's Eye (b007jypg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b00dyb0m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jpzc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 2525 (b03sg6mf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 When the Dog Dies (b00s3h86)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007js4n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 I Was There Too (b00sx93n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b03s65n4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 At Home With Hinge and Bracket (b008lyzf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 PG Wodehouse (b00bwtw9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkq)
2. The Double Target
Retired hitman, Art Gordo, heads to his friend Louise's flat to plan his next moves.
Dinsdale Landen stars in Jim Eldridge's thriller adapted from his own novel.
Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landen
Clarke …. Manning Wilson
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Roberts/Man on the Phone …. Jon Croft
Joe/Ferguson …. Peter Craze
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.
TUE 06:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jpzt)
2. Carnage at Sea
The 1930s heroic agent takes on the law to pursue his arch enemy in the heart of New York.
Stars Stuart Milligan as X-9 and Connie Booth as Grace Powers.
Adapted for radio by Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip created by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by King Features, it ran from 1934 to 1996.
X-9 ...... Stuart Milligan
Grace Powers ...... Connie Booth
The Top ...... William Hootkins
Evelyn Powers ...... Rachel Power
Deacon ...... Peter Marinker
Steward ...... Michael John Paliotti
Bartholomew ...... John Guerrasio
Jude ...... Bruce McGregor
All other parts played by the cast.
Producer: Chris Wallis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994.
TUE 07:00 Snap (b00tky99)
Series 1
Episode 4
Doug's planning a surprise 70th birthday party for his mum.
Can he get it right without Molly's help?
Paul Mendelson’s sitcom about life for a couple after they've split.
Molly …. Rebecca Lacey
Doug …. Paul Venables
Kaz …. Soumaya Keynes
Ryan …. Jessie Sullivan
Annie …. Marlene Sidaway
Dawn …. Rebecca Front
Ansel …. Richard Firth
Producer: David Ian Neville
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003.
TUE 07:30 Chain Reaction (b03q8z47)
Series 9
Neil Innes talks to Graham Linehan
Ex-Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band member and Monty Python collaborator Neil Innes continues the chain talking to comedy writer and director Graham Linehan.
Chain Reaction is the long-running host-less chat show where last week's interviewee becomes this week's interviewer.
Producer: Carl Cooper
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b018jjzf)
Series 6
The House of Teeth
Neddie investigates a dastardly denture-stealing plan. But who wants them and why? With Valentine Dyall. From January 1956.
TUE 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00801nf)
Series 1
Episode 6
Judgement day dawns for the shady lawyer, Waldorf T Flywheel.
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus
With Lorelei King and Graham Hoadly.
Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1990.
TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b03qfzh1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:30 Spread a Little Happiness (b00l5hcf)
Series 1
Episode 5
Comedy by John Godber and Jane Thornton, set in a Yorkshire sandwich bar.
The word is spreading like meat paste and business is booming, but there is a teenage fly in the soup de jour.
Hope ...... Suranne Jones
Jodie ...... Susan Cookson
Dave ...... Neil Dudgeon
Gavin ...... Ralph Brown
Eve ...... Joanne Froggatt
Carrie ...... Elizabeth Godber
Mrs Cummings ...... Sherry Baines
Woman ...... Jane Purcell
Directed by Chris Wallis.
TUE 10:00 Classic Serial (b00jlxr0)
Therese Raquin
Episode 1
First of a two-part dramatisation by Diana Griffiths of the novel by Emile Zola, set in mid-19th century Paris.
Therese is forced by her aunt to marry her sickly son, Camille. However, upon moving to Paris, she and her lover Laurent conspire to murder Camille so that they may love freely.
Therese ...... Charlotte Riley
Laurent ...... Andrew Buchan
Camille ...... Toby Hadoke
Mme Raquin ...... Pauline Jefferson
Michaud ...... Rob Pickavance
Suzanne ...... Deborah McAndrew
Manager/Assistant ...... Carl Cieka
Directed by Pauline Harris.
TUE 11:00 I Was There Too (b00sx96r)
Series 2
Pretty as a Picture
In the pivotal moments of history the little man is inevitably written out of the history books. Whatever happened to Cleopatra's milkman, Einstein's postman, Michelangelo's model or Shakespeare's gardener? Just maybe there was more going on behind the scenes than we could ever imagine.
Writers Lucy Caldwell, Heidi Regan and Jessica Ransom, take us behind the scenes for an alternative look at some great historical moments through the eyes of some unexpected - and, until now - overlooked witnesses who were there too!
It's history - but not quite as we know it!
Maiden, Mother, Spinster, Saint
by Lucy Caldwell
Reader: Corrine Kempa
Being overshadowed by a sibling takes on a whole new meaning when your sister is a figure of national notoriety.
Pretty as a Picture
by Heidi Regan
Reader: Raphael Koeb
Beauty and truth collide when a young assistant accompanies a master painter on an important royal commission.
She Wore a White Dress
by Jessica Ransom
Reader: Julie Dray
Dressing a queen is a great responsibility, especially for her final public appearance.
Producer: Heather Larmour
Our afternoon readings this week take a look at some momentous moments in history from the perspective of some unexpected witnesses who were 'there too' but didn't quite make it into the history books.
Today's reading takes us to Tudor times where an eager young apprentice travels with a master painter on an important commission where he learns a valuable lesson about the politics of beauty and truth.
Raphael Koeb reads 'Pretty as a Picture' by Heidi Regan, producer Heather Larmour.
TUE 11:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qx2y)
Roll Jordan Roll
Rehearsing for the Brecon Jazz Festival, Megan keeps playing a certain melody but where does it come from?
Her musical detective trail leads to the 1880s and the visit to Swansea of a choir of emancipated slaves...
Stars Rakie Ayola as Megan the Fifth, Margaret John as Megan the Third, Helen Griffin as Megan the First, Don Warrington as Frederick Loudin, Phylip Harries as Owan and Rhodri Hugh as the Rev Davies.
Written by Alan Plater.
Stories based on original material researched and collected by Jen Wilson of the Women's Jazz Archive, Swansea.
Composer and Musical Director: Paula Gardiner
Music: Aula Gardiner, Richard Roberts, Peter Churchill, Nia Lynn, Dyfrig Morris and Lee Williams.
Directed in Wales by Alison Hindell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b018jjzf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00801nf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jpzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (b00mdyzz)
Episode 7
Jennifer is keen to marry Tony, and Lyon visits Anne's family home in Lawrenceville. Jacqueline Susann drama with Julia Ford.
TUE 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007k3st)
Richard II's Great Expedition to Ireland; The Pale
In the late 14th century, King Richard II travelled to Ireland to quell the threat of Irish lords. The country's rich and turbulent story continues with Richard Dormer.
TUE 14:30 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse (b007jvlz)
The Blue Feather
Loveable rogue Uncle Silas gets caught poaching. HE Bates's country tale is read by David Neal. From September 1992.
TUE 14:45 William Wordsworth - The Prelude (b03sgfph)
Episode 2
Sir Ian McKellen reads Wordsworth's autobiographical poem. Education begins. Recorded in Dove Cottage, where it was written.
TUE 15:00 Classic Serial (b00jlxr0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03sgfpk)
Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc, as she wishes superstar athlete Jessica Ennis-Hill a very happy birthday.
TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag (b00f34fk)
Series 4
The Pretenders
Revolution in the People's Democratic Republic is in the air when a claimant to the newly restored throne arrives from Britain.
Enter political stage right, Princess Sharon Eckersley.
Series 4 of Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.
Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov, Elaine Lordan as Sharon and Simon Schatzberger as Dave.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.
TUE 17:30 Snap (b00tky99)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Mind's Eye (b007wpnl)
Faith
Father and Daughter psychotherapy team - Lorcan and Aoife Malloy - take on the case of Jake who believes he’s got a guardian angel...
Five tales of paranormal investigations written by Gemma McMullan and Gerry Casey.
Lorcan Molloy …. Dermot Crowley
Aoife Molloy …. Cathy Belton
Fergus Rainer …. Mark Lambert
Brian Walsh …. Richard Orr
Jake Lewis …. Sean Campion
DCI Talbot …. John Hewitt
Father Tom …. Niall Cusack
The Reporter …. Laura Hughes
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Northern Ireland and first broadcast in 2006.
TUE 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxgx)
Series 1
Unappreciated
Edna Turner meets a man, makes a friend and learns more about the bizarre parallel city of Undone.
Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga.
Edna ...... Sarah Solemani
Tankerton ...... Ben Moor
Billy/Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey
Grant ...... Tim Key
Kate ...... Montserrat Lombard
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2006.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b018jjzf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00801nf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jpzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 I Was There Too (b00sx96r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qx2y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Chain Reaction (b03q8z47)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 The Castle (b00gdz3r)
Series 2
Nice to Gavotte You, to Gavotte You Nice
Hie ye to "The Castle", a rollicking sitcom set way back then, starring James Fleet ("The Vicar Of Dibley", "Four Weddings & A Funeral") and Neil Dudgeon ("Life Of Riley")
In this episode, the arrival of a new handyman, a mysterious Frenchwoman and a celebrity dance competition puts everyone in a whirl.
Cast:
Sir John Woodstock ..... James Fleet
Sir William De Warenne ...... Neil Dudgeon
Lady Anne Woodstock ..... Montserrat Lombard
Cardinal Duncan ..... Jonathan Kydd
Lady Charlotte ..... Ingrid Oliver
Master Henry Woodstock ..... Steven Kynman
Merlin ...... Lewis Macleod
and special guest
Comtesse Totti ..... Katy Brand
Written by Kim Fuller with additional material by Paul Alexander
Music by Guy Jackson
Produced and directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 23:00 The Museum of Everything (b007k1gw)
Series 1
The History of Everything
Discover the origins of the first-ever museum and learn the secrets of the Pyramids.
Meanwhile, Badgerland fights back
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 April 2004.
TUE 23:30 Dave Podmore (b007qcsw)
Dave Podmore's Cricket Fix
Episode 2
Dave Podmore, the cricketer's cricketer is due to get the call any day now. But will it be from the Test selectors or VAT inspectors?
And Felicity Kendall had better watch out...
Christopher Douglas stars as Pod.
Written by Christopher Douglas, Nick Newman and Andrew Nickolds.
Dave ...... Chris Douglas
Andy ...... Andrew Nickolds
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.


WEDNESDAY 29 JANUARY 2014

WED 00:00 Mind's Eye (b007wpnl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jpzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The Now Show (b03qfzh1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:30 Spread a Little Happiness (b00l5hcf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Classic Serial (b00jlxr0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 I Was There Too (b00sx96r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qx2y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Flying the Flag (b00f34fk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Snap (b00tky99)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkw)
3. A Life for a Life
Retired hitman, Art Gordo, faces more pressure to kill the shadowy Charles Allweather.
Dinsdale Landen stars in Jim Eldridge's thriller adapted from his own novel.
Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landon
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee
Sally Le Clerk …. Joanna Wake
Leon Young …. Basil Henson
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.
WED 06:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jq0q)
3. The Powers That Be
The all-American hero battles to save gold bullion and solve Evelyn's disappearance.
Stars Stuart Milligan as X-9 and Connie Booth as Grace Powers.
Adapted for radio by Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip created by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by King Features, it ran from 1934 to 1996.
X-9 ...... Stuart Milligan
Grace Powers ...... Connie Booth
The Top ...... William Hootkins
Evelyn Powers ...... Rachel Power
Deacon ...... Peter Marinker
Matthew ...... Michael John Paliotti
Captain Brady ...... John Guerrasio
Harper-Carp ...... Kerry Shale
Waitress ...... Miranda Pleasance
All other parts played by the cast.
Producer: Chris Wallis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994.
WED 07:00 The Leopard in Autumn (b00rzky4)
Series 2
An Englishman Abroad
Monte Guano, the pettiest of Italian states, plays host to an honoured English aristocratic guest - the somewhat suspect Lord Luton.
Second series of the comedy drama set in Renaissance Italy devised by Neal Anthony.
Written by Sue Limb.
Stars David Swift as Ludovico, Sian Phillips as Plethora, Graham Crowden as Francesco, Saskia Wickham as Rosalie, Paul Bigley as Alessandro and Nicholas Grace as Lord Luton.
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002.
WED 07:30 Mark Steel's in Town (b03q9w0n)
Series 5
St Davids
Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 for a fifth series of the award winning show that travels around the country, researching the history, heritage and culture of six towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness, and does a bespoke evening of comedy in each one.

As every high street slowly morphs into a replica of the next, Mark Steel's in Town celebrates the parochial, the local and the unusual. From Corby's rivalry with Kettering to the word you can't say in Portland, the show has taken in the idiosyncrasies of towns up and down the country, from Kirkwall to Penzance, from Holyhead to Bungay.

This edition comes from St Davids, Pembrokeshire, which is technically a city - with the emphasis on the technically. He discusses lifeboats, art and wildlife, and discovers that in this sleepy coastal community, they are sometimes very rude but sometimes very, very friendly. Almost too friendly. But only if you're into that sort of thing. From January 2014.

Written and performed by ... Mark Steel
Additional material by ... Pete Sinclair
Production co-ordinator ... Trudi Stevens
Producer ... Ed Morrish.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jsqv)
Series 5
Around the World in 80 Days
The lad accepts a bet when challenged to copy Phileas Fogg's trip - but in far less time.
Stars Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1958.
WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b007jskn)
Series 8
Episode 10
The Radio Prune team hand out their gongs - and get saved by the bell.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Sketches written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie.
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 Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Liam Cohen and Dave Lee.
Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in April 1970.
WED 09:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b00j8djx)
Series 3
Astonishing Archie
Series of three comic plays starring Stanley Baxter.
When two brothers get together to plan the funeral of an old friend, the choice of music is a bone of contention - will it be Sinatra or Presley? A generation and a whole philosophy of popular music separate the brothers, and the choice they finally make is a heartwarming musical compromise. By Bill Paterson.
Ronnie Purgavey ...... Stanley Baxter
Alan Purgavey ...... Bill Paterson
Rev Margot Turnbull ...... Maureen Beattie
Directed by Marilyn Imrie.
WED 09:30 All the Way from Memphis (b00m52xh)
Series 2
Episode 2
James Walton tests and tickles the knowledge of industry pundits and people passionate about pop music.
Team captains Tracey MacLeod and Andrew Collins are joined by David Quantick and Stewart Lee to be put through their musical paces.
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Written and researched by James Walton
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.
WED 10:00 Classic Serial (b00jqz5x)
Therese Raquin
Episode 2
Dramatisation by Diana Griffiths of the novel by Emile Zola, set in mid-19th century Paris.
Therese and Laurent have murdered Camille and are free to marry. Their wedding night is not joyous - it is a night of terror, and each night is the same as they feel the ghost of Camille infiltrate their every thought and action.
Therese ...... Charlotte Riley
Laurent ...... Andrew Buchan
Camille ...... Toby Hadoke
Mme Raquin ...... Pauline Jefferson
Michaud ...... Rob Pickavance
Suzanne ...... Deborah McAndrew
Pierre/Beggar ...... Drew Carter Cain
Music consultancy: Philip Tagney
Directed by Pauline Harris.
WED 11:00 I Was There Too (b00sx96t)
Series 2
She Wore a White Dress
In the pivotal moments of history the little man is inevitably written out of the history books. Whatever happened to Cleopatra's milkman, Einstein's postman, Michelangelo's model or Shakespeare's gardener? Just maybe there was more going on behind the scenes than we could ever imagine.
Writers Lucy Caldwell, Heidi Regan and Jessica Ransom, take us behind the scenes for an alternative look at some great historical moments through the eyes of some unexpected - and, until now - overlooked witnesses who were there too!
It's history - but not quite as we know it!
Maiden, Mother, Spinster, Saint
by Lucy Caldwell
Reader: Corrine Kempa
Being overshadowed by a sibling takes on a whole new meaning when your sister is a figure of national notoriety.
Pretty As A Picture
by Heidi Regan
Reader: Raphael Koeb
Beauty and truth collide when a young assistant accompanies a master painter on an important royal commission.
She Wore a White Dress
by Jessica Ransom
Reader: Julie Dray
Dressing a queen is a great responsibility, especially for her final public appearance.
Producer: Heather Larmour
Today's afternoon reading sees the last in our 'I Was There Too!' series, readings which offer us an unexpected interpretation of some historic moments from some witnesses who were there too! It's history, but not as we know it!
This afternoon we travel to revolutionary France as a young dressmaker gives us her insight into dressing a Queen for the most public appearance of her life. Julie Dray reads 'She Wore a White Dress' by Jessica Ransom, Producer Heather Larmour.
WED 11:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qvgd)
The Great Pork Pie Mystery
Musical detective Megan's mystery melody quest leads her to a 1920s Swansea tearoom. Stars Rakie Ayola and Margaret John.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jsqv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b007jskn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jq0q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (b00mf04n)
Episode 8
New bride Jennifer visits Neely, who has become a big Hollywood star. Stars Madeleine Potter, Harry Myers and Susan Jameson.
WED 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007k3tq)
Beyond the Pale; Garret Mor Fitzgerald, the Great Earl of Kildare
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
WED 14:30 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse (b007jvm8)
Queenie White
Mischievous Uncle Silas recalls an amorous brush with a buxom publican's wife. HE Bates's country tale read by David Neal. From September 1992.
WED 14:45 William Wordsworth - The Prelude (b03sgxmn)
Episode 3
Sir Ian McKellen reads Wordsworth's autobiographical poem. He is drawn to both rural and urban. Recorded in Dove Cottage, where it was written.
WED 15:00 Classic Serial (b00jqz5x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03sgxqh)
Young Bond author Charlie Higson shares his Inheritance Tracks, and Miriam Margoyles reads the next chapter of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.
WED 17:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00ftg1r)
Series 2
And Pigs Can Fry
The footie team's new strip causes controversy. Will they be ready for the new season? Stars Brenda Blethyn.
WED 17:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00rzky4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:00 Mind's Eye (b007wqdd)
Whispers
A young boy swears he’s under attack by a poltergeist.
Another case for father and daughter psychotherapy team Lorcan and Aoife Malloy...
Five tales of the paranormal written by Gemma McMullan and Gerry Casey.
Lorcan Molloy …. Dermot Crowley
Aoife Molloy …. Cathy Belton
Fergus Rainer …. Mark Lambert
Brian Walsh …. Richard Orr
David McAlease …. Sean Campion
Eamonn McAlease …. Eamonn Owens
Radio Presenter …. Gerard Murphy
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Northern Ireland and first broadcast in 2006.
WED 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxh5)
Series 1
Unrivalled
Edna Turner's been given the secret of the parallel city of Undone, but her friendship with Kate and her loyalty to Tankerton are both tested by her crush on the lovely Grant...
Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga.
Edna ...... Sarah Solemani
Tankerton ...... Ben Moor
Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey
Grant ...... Tim Key
Kate ...... Montserrat Lombard
Jemima ...... Emma Kennedy
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2006.
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2006.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jsqv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b007jskn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jq0q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 I Was There Too (b00sx96t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qvgd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town (b03q9w0n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive (b007yd2k)
Series 3
Episode 5
Armando makes more topical mischief. With guests Russell Howard, Michael McIntyre and Andy Zaltzman. From September 2007.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03v0m20)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Jon Holmes and Seann Walsh are in conversation.
WED 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b007jmbj)
Series 3
A Four Letter Word
A new arrival in Hell persuades Satan to re-shoot 'Casablanca' - with a mutant alien.
Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.
Satan …. Andy Hamilton
The Professor …. James Grout
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan
Other characters played by Felicity Montagu, Philip Pope, Nick Revel and Michael Fenton Stevens.
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999.
WED 23:30 Absolute Power (b007w32v)
Series 2
Episode 5
Charles tackles prison reform, as Martin helps Delia Smith with a new image. Stars Stephen Fry and John Bird. From February 2001.


THURSDAY 30 JANUARY 2014

THU 00:00 Mind's Eye (b007wqdd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxh5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jq0q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b00j8djx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 All the Way from Memphis (b00m52xh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Classic Serial (b00jqz5x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 I Was There Too (b00sx96t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qvgd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00ftg1r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00rzky4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007tcfh)
4. The Professionals
Retired hitman, Art Gordo, makes a decision about his target, Charles Allweather.
But what about Louise?
Dinsdale Landen stars in Jim Eldridge's thriller adapted from his own novel.
Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landon
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee
Leon Young …. Basil Henson
Francis/Forbes …. Douglas Blackwell
Parson …. Terrence Hardiman
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.
THU 06:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jq13)
4. You're the Top
1930s action hero X-9 finally confronts his nemesis at the top of a New York landmark.
Conclusion starring Stuart Milligan as X-9 and Connie Booth as Grace Powers.
Adapted for radio by Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip created by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by King Features, it ran from 1934 to 1996.
X-9 ...... Stuart Milligan
Grace Powers ...... Connie Booth
The Top ...... William Hootkins
Evelyn Powers ...... Rachel Power
Alden Powers ...... Peter Marinker
Luke ...... Michael John Paliotti
Captain Brady ...... John Guerrasio
Harper-Carp ...... Kerry Shale
Sister Agnes ...... Miranda Pleasance
All other parts played by the cast.
Producer: Chris Wallis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994.
THU 07:00 The Alan Davies Show (b007js69)
Episode 1
Struggling actor Alan and his friends Kate and Murray find themselves locked in - a lot!
Alan Davies stars in his own six-part sitcom.
Written by Alan Davies, Ben Silburn and Tony Roche.
Alan Francis and Ronnie Ancona play his long-suffering friends.
Alan ...... Alan Davies
Murray ...... Alan Francis
Kate ...... Ronni Ancona
With Caroline Loncq and Kevin Eldon.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.
THU 07:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b015brnj)
Series 1
Episode 3
John Finnemore, writer and star of Cabin Pressure, regular guest on The Now Show and popper-up in things like Miranda and That Mitchell and Webb Look returns with half an hour of his own sketches, each funnier than the last. Although, hang on, that system means starting the whole series with the least funny sketch. Might need to rethink that. OK, it's a new show filled with sketches written and performed by John Finnemore, but now no longer arranged in strict order of funniness. Also, he's cut the sketch that would have gone first.
In this third edition, the show visits some documentary-makers, has a big debate, and then treats itself to a little trophy.
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is written by and stars John Finnemore. It also features Carrie Quinlan (The News Quiz, The Late Edition), Lawry Lewin (The Life & Times of Vivienne Vyle, Horrible Histories) and Simon Kane (Six Impossible Things).
Producer: Ed Morrish.
THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jpgq)
Series 2
The Day the Balloon Went Up
Captain Mainwaring gets carried away with the platoon's war effort.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's BBC TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Fraser …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Vicar …. Frank Williams
The Verger …. Edward Sinclair
Squadron Leader …. Michael Knowles
Announcer …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1975.
THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b0121lh3)
From 21/01/1954
Frank Muir and Denis Norden's classic comedy. Ron Glum considers growing a moustache. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From January 1954.
THU 09:00 Four Joneses and a Jenkins (b007jqmy)
April - All Hands to the Pump
Megan's still keen to escape the farm and study. But her father's not listening.
Sue Limb’s pastoral sitcom follows six months in the life of the Jones family, who live on a small farm in rural Wales.
Mr Jones ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ma Jones ...... Lisabeth Miles
Megan Jones ...... Rebecca Front
Owen Jones ...... Matthew Morgan
Bootle ...... Michael Fenton Stevens
Mr Jenkins ...... Nickolas Grace
Recorded on location.
Music composed by John Whitehall.
Producer: Jonathan James Moore.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000.
THU 09:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b007jsjq)
Series 1
Friendship
Radio's sofa-bound daytime presenter duo look at sickness, friendship and sick friends.
Bill Dare's sitcom starring Robert Duncan as Mike and Julia Hills as Sue.
With Sally Phillips, Roger Blake, Mark Kilmurry and Dan Strauss.
Music by Mark Burton.
Producer: Pete Sinclair
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.
THU 10:00 Classic Serial (b00jc440)
Something Fresh
Episode 1
First of a two-part dramatisation of PG Wodehouse's 1915 comic novel.
Two imposters infiltrate Blandings Castle, intent on recovering a valuable scarab which the dotty Lord Emsworth has unknowingly acquired from a dyspeptic American millionaire.
Ashe ...... Ioan Gruffudd
Joan ...... Helen McCrory
J Preston Peters ...... Hector Elizondo
Earl of Emsworth ...... Martin Jarvis
Aline Peters ...... Andrea Bowen
George Emerson ...... James Frain
Baxter ...... Jared Harris
Beach ...... Morgan Sheppard
Mrs Twemlow ...... Jill Gascoine
Miss Willoughby ...... Joanne Whalley
The Hon Freddie ...... Matthew Wolf
Mr Judson ...... Darren Richardson
Adams ...... Kenneth Danziger
Jones/Ferris/Porter ...... Alan Shearman
All the maids ...... Moira Quirk
Wodehouse ...... Ian Ogilvy
Directed by Martin Jarvis.
THU 11:00 Platform 3 (b01jll1h)
The Homecoming
Written by Olga Grushin. You can find all of human life at railway stations and Platform 3 is a set of stories inspired by hanging around them. Sweet Talk commissioned three writers to explore the theme: all the places, destinations, thoughts, hopes and fears. The people - or lack of them.
Gregory is a successful New York businessman who has returned to Russia for the first time in many years to visit his mother. He takes a trip out to his mother's dacha in the country and then heads for the local station. He has an urgent plane to catch. Moscow is only two hours away - but only if the train comes. And while he waits, he has a strange encounter...
Olga Grushin was born in Moscow in 1971 and spent her childhood in Moscow and Prague. In 1989 she became the first Soviet citizen to enrol for a full-time degree in the United States while retaining Soviet citizenship. In 2006 she was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for New Writers and named one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists in 2007. She has published two novels: The Dream Life of Sukhanov (2006) and The Concert Ticket (published in the US as The Line) in April 2010. 'The Homecoming' is her first story for radio. Olga lives in Washington D.C.
Reader: Alan Cox
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 11:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qss0)
Beacons
Musical detective Megan's mystery melody quest comes full circle when she gets a surprise. Stars Rakie Ayola.
THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jpgq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b0121lh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007tcfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jq13)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (b00mf36d)
Episode 9
Jennifer is invited to star in French films and Anne gets work in the new medium - television. Jacqueline Susann drama with Julia Ford.
THU 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007k3vl)
Garret Og and Silken Thomas Fitzgerald; The Rebellion of Silken Thomas
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
THU 14:30 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse (b007jvmc)
The Singing Pig
The incorrigible Uncle Silas gets nostalgic over a melodic porker. HE Bates's country tale read by David Neal. From September 1992.
THU 14:45 William Wordsworth - The Prelude (b03sh0wp)
Episode 4
Sir Ian McKellen reads Wordsworth's autobiographical poem. A festival provides surreal inspiration. Recorded in Dove Cottage, where it was written.
THU 15:00 Classic Serial (b00jc440)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03sh4kr)
Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc, as she goes to the deepest, darkest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench.
THU 17:00 Ballylenon (b00890fc)
Series 6
Episode 6
Do Muriel's visions bode prosperity and will the Hawthornes move on?
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Starring TP McKenna as Phonsie Doherty, Margaret D'Arcy as Muriel McConkey, Stella McCusker as Vera McConkey, Aine McCartney as Vivienne Hawthorne, Gerard Murphy as Rev Samuel Hawthorne, Charlie Bonnar as Packy McGoldrick, Ali White as Josie Doherty and John Hewitt as Guard Gallagher.
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
Directed at BBC Belfast by Peter Kavanagh.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
THU 17:30 The Alan Davies Show (b007js69)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Mind's Eye (b007jyt8)
Prophet
Released murderer, Paul Strong, claims he can foresee imminent crimes, but the police aren’t so sure...
Another case for father and daughter psychotherapy team Lorcan and Aoife Molloy.
Five tales of the paranormal written by Gemma McMullan and Gerry Casey.
Lorcan Molloy …. Dermot Crowley
Aoife Molloy …. Cathy Belton
Fergus Rainer …. Mark Lambert
Brian Walsh …. Richard Orr
Paul Strong …. Gerard Murphy
DCI Talbot …. John Hewitt
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
Made by BBC Northern Ireland for Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February 2006.
THU 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxh9)
Series 1
Unfamiliar
Genuinely faceless bureaucrats threaten to run London, as Edna Turner's mum arrives
Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga.
Edna ...... Sarah Solemani
Tankerton ...... Ben Moor
Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey
Grant ...... Tim Key
Kate ...... Montserrat Lombard
Jemima ...... Emma Kennedy
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2006.
THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jpgq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b0121lh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007tcfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jq13)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Platform 3 (b01jll1h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qss0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b015brnj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b0077038)
Series 3
Inverurie Jones and the Thimble of Doom
Unscrupulous treasure hunter Inverurie Jones has made off with the legendary Thimble of Doom. The Laird leads Hamish and Dougal on an expedition to retrieve it.
Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden star as the two Scotsmen famed for their appearances on BBC Radio’s I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
With Alison Steadman as their cleaning-lady-cum-housekeeper, Mrs Naughtie, and Jeremy Hardy as the local Laird.
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.
THU 22:45 Tina C (b0076qds)
Tina C's Tiny Island Tour
Wales
Arriving in Cardiff, the country singer has a very special announcement to make. Stars Christopher Green. From February 2005.
THU 23:00 Inside Alan Francis (b00hv1rj)
Episode 3
Comedy series in which comedian Alan Francis explores the workings of his own mind in relation to his life, friends and long-suffering girlfriend Jane.
Alan and Jane are due to meet at the solicitors.
With Julian Dutton, Barnaby Power, Kali Peacock. Written by Alan Francis with Julian Dutton, Anthony Neilson and Richard Turner.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2009.
THU 23:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b019jtl7)
Series 3
Technology
The comedian explores the barriers and dilemmas which technology creates in normal everyday relationships.
Fast-paced and inventive comedy, written and starring Adam Bloom
With Rob Rouse, Hattie Hayridge and Stefano Paolini.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.


FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014

FRI 00:00 Mind's Eye (b007jyt8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxh9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007tcfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 (b007jq13)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Four Joneses and a Jenkins (b007jqmy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b007jsjq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Classic Serial (b00jc440)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Platform 3 (b01jll1h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qss0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Ballylenon (b00890fc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 The Alan Davies Show (b007js69)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtl9)
5. The Moment of Truth
Retired hitman, Art Gordo, finally comes face-to-face with his mysterious nemesis.
Dinsdale Landen stars in the gripping conclusion of Jim Eldridge's thriller adapted from his own novel.
Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landon
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee
Sally Le Clerk …. Joanna Wake
Leon Young …. Basil Henson
Forbes …. Douglas Blackwell
Parsons …. Terrence Hardiman
Hotel Porter …. Frank Coda
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.
FRI 06:30 Dick Francis (b007m9f7)
Proof
1. Tragedy
The champagne is flowing at a party thrown by racehorse trainer Jack Haythorne, when tragedy strikes.
But is it just an accident..?
Nigel Havers stars as Tony Beach.
Dick Francis's thriller dramatised in eight parts by Ernest Dudley.
Tony Beach …. Nigel Havers
Jack …. Alan Dudley
Gerard …. George Parsons
Flora …. Jennifer Piercey
Col. Fulham …. Tim Reynolds
Mrs Fulham …. Pauline Letts
Jimmy …. Andrew Branch
Sgt. Ridger …. Stephen Hattersley
Chief Sup. Wilson …. Manning Wilson
and Stuart Organ
Director: Matthew Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1987.
FRI 07:00 Chambers (b007jntq)
Series 1
The American
When star American lawyer Thurman Berkley arrives in chambers for a week, a culture clash seems inevitable.
But the stuffy John Fuller-Carp will do anything to win a case - even if it means adopting the rapping rhythms Thurman used so successfully in the OK Stimpson trial.
A run-of-the-mill GBH gets the full transatlantic treatment.
Clive Coleman’s sitcom about the questionable practices of a group of barristers.
John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Ruth Quirke ...... Lesley Sharp
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd
Thurman Berkley ...... David Harewood
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.
FRI 07:30 Warhorses of Letters (b03s6jv7)
Series 3
Episode 3
Comedy by Robbie Hudson and Marie Phillips
Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby star as Napoleon's horse Marengo and Wellington's horse Copenhagen in the moving epistolary tale of two horses deeply in love but sundered by history. With an introduction by Tamsin Greig.
This week artistic differences threaten to destroy our heroes' love for each-other as both attempt to find fame as writers. But is the literary horse public ready for Marengo's experimental, Proustian and incredibly long exploration of what it is to be a horse? Or is there more of a market for Copenhagen's rather racier "Fifty Shades of Hay"?
Produced by Gareth Edwards.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.
FRI 07:45 Political Animals (b01m5nt0)
Series 1
Sybil
Sybil, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office 2007 to 2008, reflects on her troubled life with Gordon and Alistair.
Series of scurrilous talks given by well-known, if unreliable, Downing Street cats, who relate their trials and tribulations under four different Prime Ministers.
Starring Tracy Wiles.
Written by Tony Bagley.
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.
FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jzsd)
Series 3
Steptoe and Son and Son
A visitor brings Harold Steptoe some unexpected news.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.
Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962.
The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of eight series on TV.
Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
Girl ...... Gwendolyn Watts
Sailor ...... Richard Griffiths.
Adapted for radio from their TV scripts by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1971.
FRI 08:30 Yes Minister (b007k0ww)
Series 2
The Quality of Life
Jim Hacker gets floored by the high rise world of property business.
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom centred around the hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
It first ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984.
Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley …. Derek Fowlds
Sir Desmond …. Richard
Selina Scott …. Herself
Sir Frank …. Jeffrey Wickham
Bill Pritchard …. Antony Carrick
Mrs Philips …. Zulema Dene
Other parts played by:
Helen Atkinson-Wood
Colin Starkey
Mark Straker
Helena Breck
Maggie McCarthy
Robin Summers
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.
FRI 09:00 Millport (b0076287)
Series 2
Growth
Bunty's nowhere to be found when an EU official arrives to inspect her vegetables.
Meanwhile the rest of Millport is bitten by the fitness bug, but the lack of any sports facilities poses a few logistical problems...
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something island barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.
Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Robert/Inspector ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Bob/Minister ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie ...... Matt Costello
Music arranged by Olly Fox.
Producer: Lucy Bacon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
FRI 09:30 The Change (b0076cs6)
Series 2
Episode 2
Carol can't enjoy spending time alone away from George, as her family seem to need her more than ever.
Lynda Bellingham and Chris Ellison star as troubled hormonal wife Carol who kicked out her mechanic husband George when he revealed he's a transvestite.
Sitcom by Gavin Petrie and Jan Etherington.
Carol …. Lynda Bellingham
George …. Chris Ellison
Violet …. Sylvia Syms
Maureen …. Maureen Beattie
Ken …. James Vaugnan
Sonia …. Emma Kennedy
Jerry …. Barnaby Kay
Dave …. Mark Powley
Man …. Andrew Westfield
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
FRI 10:00 Classic Serial (b00jh472)
Something Fresh
Episode 2
Second of a two-part dramatisation of PG Wodehouse's 1915 comic novel.
The rivalry between Ashe and Joan to secure the precious scarab is becoming intense. The obsessive Baxter is in hot pursuit and Lord Emsworth keeps a shotgun beside him in case of midnight marauders.
Ashe ...... Ioan Gruffudd
Joan ...... Helen McCrory
Baxter ...... Jared Harris
Earl of Emsworth ...... Martin Jarvis
J Preston Peters ...... Hector Elizondo
The Hon Freddie ...... Matthew Wolf
George Emerson ...... James Frain
Aline Peters ...... Andrea Bowen
Beach ...... Morgan Sheppard
Mr Judson ...... Darren Richardson
Colonel Mant ...... Kenneth Danziger
Wodehouse ...... Ian Ogilvy
Directed by Martin Jarvis.
FRI 11:00 Platform 3 (b01jqb87)
A Good Impression
Ali takes the Glasgow train to a small Highland village and brings his new fiancee Sophie to meet his family. Sophie worries that they won't like her. Ali worries whether his eccentric mother and sister can be trusted to behave. Neither worry is unfounded.
Written by Morven Crumlish and read by Siobhan Redmond. One of three stories inspired by railway stations, each by a different writer.
Morven Crumlish's stories have been published and broadcast widely, including The Big The Beautiful Nanda Gray, which appeared in WORK: the Scotsman/Orange Short Story Collection, and You See Patterns When You Close Your Eyes, featured in Shorts 4: the Macallan/Scotland on Sunday short story collection. She has has also written for the Guardian; was a finalist in the 1998 Vogue Talent Contest for young writers and in 2004 she was awarded a New Writers Bursary from the Scottish Arts Council. Her work has featured in two previous Sweet Talk productions for BBC Radio 4: Loulou and Barbie and the Seven Deadly Sins appeared in 2005 and Dilemmas of Modern Martyrs - five of her stories in 2008. Morven lives in Edinburgh.
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 11:15 Jallebies and Tea (b007jy83)
Recently arrived in London from India, Asha is lonely left in her flat all day long, until some extraordinary visitors appear. Stars Nina Wadia.
FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jzsd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Yes Minister (b007k0ww)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtl9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Dick Francis (b007m9f7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (b00mfhv8)
Episode 10
Neely has won an Academy Award, but her second marriage is already on the rocks. Jacqueline Susann drama with Madeleine Potter.
FRI 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007k3wg)
The Church in Turmoil; Sober Ways, Politic Drifts and Amiable Persuasion
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI 14:30 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse (b007jvmk)
Aunt Tibby
A cunning landlady proves to be as resourceful as the mischievous Uncle Silas. HE Bates's country tale read by David Neal. From September 1992.
FRI 14:45 William Wordsworth - The Prelude (b03skbbk)
Episode 5
Sir Ian McKellen reads Wordsworth's autobiographical poem. Travelling abroad reveals fear and hope. Recorded in Dove Cottage, where it was written.
FRI 15:00 Classic Serial (b00jh472)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03skbbm)
Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc as she hears about the remarkable top-secret war work of pigeons during the Second World War.
FRI 17:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmzb)
Series 2
Tom Smollet's Schooldays
A young pupil faces up to boarding school life with a fearsome headmaster and a bullying head boy.
Roy Hudd stars in Laurie Rowley’s comic parodies.
With:
Denise Coffey
Chris Emmett
David Gooderson
Fred Harris
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in July 1988.
FRI 17:30 Chambers (b007jntq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 18:00 Mind's Eye (b007jyvk)
Lodgers
Maeve Hamilton runs a busy bed and breakfast in Dublin, but only she seems to be able to see the guests. Psychotherapists Lorcan and Aoife investigate...
Five tales of the paranormal written by Gemma McMullan and Gerry Casey.
CAST:
Lorcan Molloy …. Dermot Crowley
Aoife Molloy …. Cathy Belton
Fergus Rainer …. Mark Lambert
Brian Walsh …. Richard Orr
Maeve Hamilton …. Stella McCusker
Daniel Hamilton …. Miche Doherty
Gillian Power …. Aine McCartney
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Northern Ireland and first broadcast in 2006.
FRI 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxhj)
Series 1
Unravelled
Things go from strange to stranger for Edna, Tankerton and both the Carlos...
Conclusion of series one of Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga.
Edna ...... Sarah Solemani
Tankerton ...... Ben Moor
Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey
Grant ...... Tim Key
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2006.
FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jzsd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Yes Minister (b007k0ww)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death (b007jtl9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Dick Francis (b007m9f7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Platform 3 (b01jqb87)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Jallebies and Tea (b007jy83)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Warhorses of Letters (b03s6jv7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 22:15 Political Animals (b01m5nt0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:45 today]
FRI 22:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b00lgj3p)
Series 1
Episode 1
Comedian Arthur Smith presents comedy and music from his flat in Balham, south London.
Paul Sinha in the lounge, Milton Jones in the bedroom and Glenn Tilbrook in the kitchen provide music and nourishment in the shape of Welsh rarebit.
Pippa Evans - as singer-songwriter Loretta Maine - lends a hand.
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03v0m22)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith is joined by Tiffany Stevenson and Katherine Ryan.
FRI 23:00 On the Hour (b008pcbq)
Series 1
Episode 2
Tackling dangerous dogs, TV evangelism probe - and a surprising new role for Margaret Thatcher.
All the news as it happens, if it happens – plus sport from Alan Partridge.
Savagely satirical award-winning comedy starring Chris Morris.
With Steve Coogan, David Schneider, Rebecca Front, Patrick Marber and Doon Mackichan.
Written by Chris Morris, Richard Herring, Steven Wells, Andrew Glover, David Quantick and Stewart Lee.
Editor: Armando lannucci
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.
FRI 23:30 The Simon Day Show (b01kbld1)
Series 2
Brian Pern
Simon Day and his characters welcome listeners to The Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK. Each week one of Simon's comic characters come to perform at The Mallard while the staff struggle with rivalries, self-doubt and the new owner's vision for the theatre's future.
This week brings washed up rocker, Brian Pern to the Mallard Theatre as he's interviewed on stage by pretend 6Music journalist, Ben (Rhys Thomas).
Cast list:
Brian Pern ..... Simon Day
Emanuel Akinyemi ..... Felix Dexter
Pat Bennet ... Morwenna Banks
Ron Bone / Wozak ..... Simon Greenall
Ben ... Rhys Thomas
Written by Simon Day with additional material from Rhy Thomas and Felix Dexter
Original music arranged by Steve Burge
Produced by Colin Anderson.