SATURDAY 08 MARCH 2014

SAT 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b010v5f8)
Night Watch
Episode 5
Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch, thrown back into his own past, has little time left there to undo the harm done by his arch-enemy Carcer, before coming back to his present...
The conclusion of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Clare Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Lawn, Joseph Kloska as Reg Shoe, Peter Marinker as Major Clive and Rachel Atkins as Lady Mesarole.
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.
SAT 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jx5r)
The Red Planet
1. Mayhem on the Moon
Captain Jet Morgan and his crew aboard Discovery blast off for their epic mission to Mars - but there's a problem...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1954.
SAT 01:00 VI Warshawski (b007jqd4)
Killing Orders
Dinner Date
First an acid attack, then her flat burns down: the anonymous menacing phone caller will go to any lengths to get VI Warshawski to quit.
Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as Chicago private eye, VI Warshawski.
Roger Ferrant ...... Martin Shaw
Uncle Stefan ...... Maurice Denham
Lotty Herschel ...... Miriam Karlin
O'Faolin ...... John Bennett
Gabriella ...... Avril Clark
Father Carroll ...... Don Fellows
Barbara Paciorek ...... Lorelei King
Bobby Mallory ...... William Hootkins
Murray Ryerson ...... Kerry Shale
Rosa ...... Eileen Way
Sal ...... Adjoa Andoh
Derek Hatfield ...... Andrew Wincott
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.
SAT 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00d8yxp)
Episode 5
The swashbuckling daredevil returns to Kent - but makes a new enemy. Read by Rufus Sewell.
Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence the rest of his life.
Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland
First broadcast in 2006.
SAT 02:00 Coming Alive (b007k1ty)
Series 1
Plumbing the Depths
Ex-convict Terry is challenged to bring neighbourhood talent to the community centre. Stars Karl Howman. From February 1999.
SAT 02:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b00gnfz4)
Series 1
Episode 1
Trevor Heslop's battles as a nice sports agent. Andy Hamilton's TV series swaps to radio. Stars Neil Pearson. From August 2004.
SAT 03:00 Classic Serial (b00773h5)
Emile Zola - Germinal
Episode 3
Germinal
Emile Zola's masterpiece brought vividly to life, dramatised by Diana Griffiths.
3/3. The strike continues and the militia is now keeping guard over the mines. Etienne has been forced into hiding and the news leaks out that the mining company is recruiting workers from Belguim. Urgent action is needed.
Narrator ...... David Bradley
Etienne ...... Joe Absolom
Catherine ...... Emily Chennery
Maheu ...... Charles Dale
La Maheude ...... Deborah McAndrew
Souvarine ....... Gary Lewis
Chaval/Captain ...... Leigh Symonds
Negrel ...... James Nickerson
La Mouquette ...... Vicky Binns
Sentry ..... Freddie Machin
Jeanlin ...... Aidan Parsons
Lydie ...... Daisy Jones
Director Pauline Harris.
SAT 04:00 Brian Aldiss Short Stories (b03wtr47)
Supertoys Last All Summer Long
The short story which became the basis for the Stanley Kubrick-developed Steven Spielberg film A.I. What is real? What is artificial intelligence? Read by Zoe Waites.
Brian Aldiss (1925-2017) was one of Britain's most prolific writers of speculative fiction. His first book was written when he was 14. This selection of his shorter fiction celebrates the range of his interests from futuristic creation myths to biting social satire.
Greatly influenced by the science fiction pioneer HG Wells, his writings have been compared to those of Isaac Asimov, Greg Bear and Arthur C Clarke. His complete works are currently being republished.
Produced for BBC Radio 4 Extra by the Waters Company.
SAT 04:15 Bernard MacLaverty - Winter Storm (b0141xnj)
Stranded alone in frozen Iowa, poet Andrew Younger yearns for the woman he left behind in Scotland. Stars John Gordon Sinclair.
SAT 05:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008tx2z)
Series 3
Episode 4
A tale from Tibet - and the wonders of a newly developed matchstick.
Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions, Joan Sims amd Patricia Routledge recreate the world of JB Morton.
With Brian Bowles, Simon Greenall, Henrietta Gooden and featuring June Whitfield.
Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a great deal of modern humour – thanks to characters he created between the wars.
Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams.
Announcer: Brian Perkins.
Producer: Harry Thompson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994.
SAT 05:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k22c)
Series 2
Bill of Fare
Rosie and her team are asked to organise a food fair by the formidable Lord Pickton.
But they don't realise the event is a setup to promote Hinchcliff Manor - rather than the stallholders...
Prunella Scales stars in the second of four series of Simon Brett's sitcom following the trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event-management company based in Brighton.
With Arabella Weir as Kate, Rebecca Callard as Jo, Duncan Preston as Bob, Annette Badland as Tess, Jon Glover as Nigel Mazoni, Bill Wallis as Lord Pickton, Natalie Walter as Vicks and Will Ing as Rupert,
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.
SAT 06:00 Andrew Rissik - Troy (b007k434)
Helen at Ephesus
After defeating the Trojans, the Greeks sail home. Will the gods be kind to them? City downfall trilogy with Paul Scofield.
SAT 07:30 Looking for Middle England (b00t3vjq)
Clubs
Ian Hislop goes to Guildford in search of clubs and civic engagement, and brushes up his golf swing.
SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01ghgjl)
Series 7
Episode 27
From Minneapolis, the American funny man welcomes blues singer Elvin Bishop and shares the news from Lake Wobegon. From 2011.
SAT 09:00 Clowning Around on 4 Extra (b03xcl02)
Tony Lidington traces the role of the clown in British humour, from the Great Grimaldi through stars of circus, pantomime and pierrots, to modern entertainers and even activists.
Drawing on his own performances, BBC archive and contemporary experts, Tony traces the clown's evolution from Shakespeare's plays, whose rustic clowns and court fools could speak uncomfortable truths to those in power. He recreates the role of "the Great Grimaldi", whose panto clown became the most popular entertainment of Regency London and defined the clown's image for generations to come. Light is also cast on the popular 19th century travelling circuses, the enormous appeal of pantos and harlequinades and the successful careers - and often tragically short lives - of entertainers like Dan Leno, once hailed as "the funniest man in the world".
The days of organized leisure time for working people and the growth of the middle class produced new diversions and the era of mass entertainment. White-clad Pierrot troupes entertained visitors at seaside resorts and troops abroad as Britain descended into two World Wars. The tradition of physical theatre and anarchic comedy clowning continued in the latter half of the 20th century, with The Goon Show and characters like Professor Wallofski, created by Max Wall.
Tony also explores the role of the clown today, still active in circus and panto and even in political demonstrations.
Made for Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions.
SAT 12:00 What Would Elizabeth Bennet Do? (b03xcl05)
Omnibus. A 21st-century update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Can James win his girlfriend back? Stars Kobna Holdbrook Smith.
SAT 13:15 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jsh0)
Murder West One
1. A Cure for Death
The discovery of a dumped body sparks another mystery for feisty Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield
She undertakes an investigation of Harley Street doctors and cutting-edge medicine of a very non-Hippocratic variety...
Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield
Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher.
Imelda Staunton ,,,,,, DS Julie Enfield
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
DS Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Dr Jameson ...... David Collings
Andy Roberts ...... Harry Myers
Jenny ...... Tilly Gaunt
Ken ...... Ben Crowe
Mary Stone ...... Elizabeth Conboy
Gordon Wiseacre ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Dr Soames ...... Giles Fagan
Director: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.
SAT 14:00 The Goon Show (b007jlq1)
Series 6
The Fear of Wages
Ignoring a telegram about Japan's surrender, Neddie Seagoon and company are still at war.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1956.
SAT 14:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01k763p)
Series 1
Episode 5
Shock news from Eric: Ernie's set to retire! Plus the torrid tale of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.
Special singing guest: Laura Lee..
Written by Eddie Braben
With Ann Hamilton and Arthur Tolcher.
Music by Dennis Wilson & His Orchestra.
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1975.
SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01ghgjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Andrew Rissik - Troy (b007k434)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Kerry's List (b01shw0r)
Series 1
Episode 4
A four-part sketch show co-written by and starring comedian and actress Kerry Godliman.
Kerry is a married mother of two, a stand up comedian and has two children. Her life can only properly function with her daily list - if she didn't compile this vital list, her life would simply fall apart.
Each week, this series looks at a different list and delves into Kerry's madcap world by looking at various elements of that week's list in sketches, narrative and stand up.
In this final episode, Kerry's List involves changing sheets, buying a kids book on where babies come from, getting her roots done, learning to knit, not drifting off, reading a classic and dusting the plants.
Joining Kerry is her husband Ben (played by her real husband Ben Abell) and her five year old daughter Elsie (played by Melissa Bury) together with a range of bizarre characters - including an enthusiastic council environment worker, some disgruntled satsumas, a bored therapist, a Fairy Jeanmother and a very keen gym instructor.
Any busy parent who's ever compiled a list of their own will relate to Kerry Godliman's incident filled world.
The cast includes David Pusey (who co-wrote the series), Bridget Christie, Lucy Briers, Rosie Cavaliero and Nicholas Le Prevost.
Kerry Godliman is fast establishing herself as a highly skilful stand up comic and actress, from her recent appearances on Live at The Apollo (BBC 1), Derek (C4) and Our Girl (BBC 1).
Producer: Paul Russell
An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 18:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jlzj)
The Primary Phase
Fit The First
Arthur Dent is trying to stop his house being demolished to make way for a by-pass. But his friend, Ford Prefect is more concerned about the imminent destruction of the Earth.
Ford is a writer for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, "the most successful book ever to have come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor" and he may just know how to avoid being evaporated by the Vogons...
An epic adventure in time and space including some helpful advice on how to see the Universe for less than 30 Altairian dollars a day.
Starring Peter Jones as The Book, Simon Jones as Arthur Dent, Geoffrey McGivern as Ford Prefect, Bill Wallis as The Vogon Captain, Jo Kendall as Lady Cynthia and David Gooderson as the Barman.
The original scripts by Douglas Adams (1952-2001) went on to spawn a series of novels, a feature film, at least three stage shows, a TV series, a computer game, a collection of comic books - and various towels.
Radiophonic sound and music by Paddy Kingsland.
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.
SAT 18:30 Fear on 4 (b007jmv9)
Series 2
Snipe 3909
The telephone can be a vital lifeline in our lives. A lifeline, however, that can become horribly tangled.
The Man in Black reveals how a phone instils growing fear in house seller Mary Luckham.
Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers.
Written by Graeme Fife
The Man in Black …. Edward de Souza
Mary …. Hannah Gordon
Hampton …. Peter Tuddenham
Rachel …. Caroline John
Craig …. Gregory de Polnay
Simon …. Michael Deacon
James Elwin …. Peter Sowerbutts
P C Martin …. Peter Craze
Police sergeant …. Joe Dunlop
Bloggs …. Dominic Rickhards
P.C. …. Christopher Scott
Director: Gerry Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1989.
SAT 19:00 Clowning Around on 4 Extra (b03xcl02)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 4 Extra Stands Up (b03xcl8c)
4 Extra Stands Up
Episode 5
Alistair Barrie introduces a selection of stand up comedians recorded live before a sold-out audience at The Pleasance Theatre in Islington, London at the end of 2013.
You can gain useful vocabulary from John Lloyd of things that we don't have words for but should, and Mary Bourke entertains us with a dark response to the unreasonable. John Robins surprises us with an unusual Dickensian condition he's developed, and Nish Kumar explains some of the awkward social situations he's fallen into.
Bob Mills explains life as an overweight man and Alistair Barrie celebrates Britain's love of complaining.
Made for Radio 4 Extra by Dabster Productions.
SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03yrl0v)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats to Thom Tuck.
SAT 23:00 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (b01nq3p1)
Series 1
Episode 1
John Humphrys gives 28 performers 60 seconds to entertain an audience:
Richie Webb & Vicki Pepperdine
Jason Manford
Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis
Josie Long
Ed Byrne
Matt Holt
Nick Mohammed
Phil Nichol
Matt Kirshen
Lemn Sissay
The Cowards
Jason John Whitehead
Howard Read
Janey Godley
Count Arthur Strong
Al Pitcher
Martin White
Edward Aczel
Marcus Birdman
Tom Price
John Bishop
The Consultants
Sue Vale
Miles Jupp
Stefano Paolini
Rhod Gilbert
Seymour Mace
Nicholas Parsons
Producers: Rohan Acharya and Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006
SAT 23:30 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b009h7n0)
Episode 3
A-ha! Alan Partridge meets France's second-best racing driver Michel Lambert, saucy East End glamour girl Shirley Dee and looks for the lighter side of being held hostage...
Classic chat from On the Hour's supreme sports reporter and his guests from the world of theatre, politics and emotional tragedy.
With thanks to Alan's chief researcher Steve Coogan
Assistant researchers:
Patrick Marber
Rebecca Front
Doon Mackichan
David Schneider
Producer: Armando lannucci
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.


SUNDAY 09 MARCH 2014

SUN 00:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jlzj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Fear on 4 (b007jmv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01ghgjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 What Would Elizabeth Bennet Do? (b03xcl05)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jsh0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Andrew Rissik - Troy (b007k434)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 Kerry's List (b01shw0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Sian Evans - Seeing Is Believing (b03xclrl)
Omnibus
Jon is reliable and trustworthy. So why is he so suddenly convinced that he has seen a UFO? Then his daughter Ellie becomes ill. Starring Richard Greenwood.
SUN 07:15 The Enigma I Will Not Explain (b007cnxb)
Episode 3
Ruth Padel presents a series exploring the music of Elgar's Enigma Variations and analysing what the composition tells us about Elgar himself.
Elgar lived most of his life among the Malvern Hills and the Variations depicted other friends living in the area. How important was the glorious landscape to his musical creativity?
SUN 07:30 Clare in the Community (b00j72sb)
Series 5
The 1864 Mining Disaster
Clare organises a charity benefit in a bid to keep the Family Centre open. The benefit will showcase the talents of her colleagues - and Ray's folk songs.
It's the end of the series for Clare in the Community and, possibly, the end of the Sparrowhawk Family Centre.
Sally Phillips plays social worker Clare Barker who has entered a caring profession so that she can sort out other peoples' problems rather than deal with her own.
Clare ..... Sally Phillips
Brian ..... Alex Lowe
Helen ..... Liza Tarbuck
Ray ..... Richard Lumsden
Megan/Nali ..... Nina Conti
Irene ..... Ellen Thomas
Simon ..... Andrew Wincott
Written By Harry Venning And David Ramsden
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2009.
SUN 08:00 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7g0)
Series 2
This is Your Life the Burkiss Way
Eamonn Andrews' famous Big Red Book spells surprises.
The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living. Radio's Amazing Revelation Course in which the programme's subject is ............. (We can't tell you yet, because it's a secret)
Do you remember these voices from Jo Kendall. Nigel Rees Chris Emmett and Fred Harris?
And who wrote these words? (Here's a clue - Andrew Marshall and David Renwick)
And whose name is in producer Simon Brett’s little black book this week?
Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1977.
SUN 08:30 To the Manor Born (b007jpzw)
The Rhythms of the Earth
Cash-strapped Lady of the Manor, Audrey fforbes-Hamilton has been forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband died.
With her butler Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage.
From this vantage point, Audrey is set to keep a close and disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descendent.
She must educate the new squire into the ways of the Lord of the Manor...
Starring Penelope Keith and Keith Barron.
Adapted for radio by Peter Spence from his BBC TV script.
Audrey fforbes-Hamilton …. Penelope Keith
Richard DeVere …. Keith Barron
Marjory Frobisher …. Angela Thorne
Brabinger …. Nicholas McArdle
Mrs Polouvicka …. Margery Withers
Ned …. Frank Middlemass
First piloted for BBC radio, but whisked off to BBC TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1997.
SUN 09:00 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rlfy6)
Episode 4
Mary's friendship with sickly Colin is producing some startling results. Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic, with Beryl Reid.
SUN 09:30 Time Hops (b007k1rg)
Long Time No See
Time-hopping has brought the children nothing but trouble. Could a dodgy robot really make things better?
A five-part comedy sci-fi by Alan Gilbey and David Richard-Fox.
Stars Sara Crowe as EK6, David Harewood as RV101, Nicola Stapleton as Steph, Natasha Pyne as Doris, Paul Reynolds as Baz, Bradley Lavelle as Harley, Ian Masters as Norton, Joshua Towb as Horatio, Neville Jason as Tailor, Oliver Senton as Bill and Dax O’Callaghan as Max.
Music by Richard Attree.
Producer: Nandita Ghose
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03xcms3)
Gardeners
Anne Scott-James
4 Extra Debut. From Bach to Bellini, gardening writer Anne Scott-James shares her castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From October 2004.
SUN 10:45 Jenny Boston - Just Depending (b007jr1m)
A woman confronts old age, her fear of dependency and finding the resolve to start a new chapter in life. Read by Thora Hird. From April 1995.
SUN 11:00 The Infinite Monkey Cage (b00sx2qt)
Series 2
Things Can Only Get Better?
In the last of the current series, physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince look at the notion of perfection and whether the latest advances in the biomedical sciences could ever lead us to the perfect body. What are the limitations of science, and can we visualise a future where we transcend the human form that evolution has led us to, and would we want to?
Producer: Alexandra Feachem.
SUN 11:30 The Infinite Monkey Cage (b03xcms5)
Brian and Robin's Infinite Inbox
Infinite Monkeys Brian Cox and Robin Ince delve into the postbag and open up the inbox for a programme specially recorded for BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Following their recent series of The Infinite Monkey Cage on Radio 4, Robin and Brian thought it was high time they answered some questions from you, the audience, which have poured in from around the UK and abroad. Penned by listeners as young as 10 and as old as 77, subjects include the nature of black holes, the mathematical abilities of chimpanzees, the suicidal tendencies of robots and complaints about infinity that will run and run.
But will they be able to answer perhaps the greatest question of all - is a strawberry dead?
Producer: Rami Tzabar.
SUN 12:00 Sian Evans - Seeing Is Believing (b03xclrl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:15 The Enigma I Will Not Explain (b007cnxb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 Compton Mackenzie - Whisky Galore (b007jpk9)
In the middle of the Second World War, there's no more whisky left on the small Hebridean islands of Great Todday and Little Todday.
That is until a merchant ship bound for New York runs aground carrying 50,000 cases.
How will the islanders keep their wonderful secret?
Compton Mackenzie's classic tale dramatised by Hector MacMillan.
Old/Young Fred ... Bernard Holley
Peggy ... Dolina MacLennan
Interviewer ... Donalda Samuel
Macroon ... Michael Elder
Macrurie ... Bill Riddoch
Drooby ... John Shedden
Biffer ... Paul Young
Mrs Biffer ... Eliza Langland
Norman ... Finlay McLean
Catriona ... Alyxis Daly
Mrs Waggett ... Stella Forge
Captain Waggett ... Raymond Ross
Father MacAlister ... John Buick
George Campbell ... Tony Kearney
Mrs Campbell ... Mairead Ross
Dr Mack ... Charles Kearney
Jocky ... Allan Sharpe
Hugh ... John Ramage
Director: Hamish Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
SUN 15:00 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7g0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 15:30 To the Manor Born (b007jpzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b03xcmwc)
Mel Giedroyc picks through some of the highlights of the past week, including comedian Matt Lucas' childhood memories and a maths competition in Japan.
SUN 17:00 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rlfy6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 17:30 Time Hops (b007k1rg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 18:00 Colin Sharpe - Dalek, I Love You (b007jwk8)
Doctor Who obsessive Nigel meets a curious girl at a convention. Colin Sharpe's drama with Charlie Hardwick and David Raynor.
SUN 18:30 Weird Tales (b01ns0yb)
Series 3
Louisa's by Amanda Whittington
When a stranger walks into Louisa's café, the juke box which hasn't played a record for years whirrs into action, the lights start flashing and Louisa is thrown into a world where her past challenges life as she knows it.
Series of chilling plays for winter nights.
Louisa ... Sara Poyzer
Pete ... Paul Rider
Joe ... Gerard McDermott
Written by Amanda Whittington.
Producer, Jessica Brown
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011.
SUN 19:00 The Infinite Monkey Cage (b00sx2qt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:30 The Infinite Monkey Cage (b03xcms5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SUN 20:00 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7g0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 20:30 To the Manor Born (b007jpzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03xcms3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:45 Jenny Boston - Just Depending (b007jr1m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SUN 22:00 Clare in the Community (b00j72sb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 Cabin Pressure (b012ftrs)
Series 3
Newcastle
In this show, love is in the air, but also unfortunately in a small airport in Birmingham - and Martin has to choose between career, romance and fixing a very small tail light. Carolyn meets a rather dashing pilot whilst Arthur meets a rather boring board game.
John Finnemore's sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small and many jobs are too difficult.
With special guests Anthony Head and Mark Williams.
Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ..... Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson ..... Roger Allam
Capt. Martin Crieff ..... Tom Goodman-Hill
Arthur Shappey ..... John Finnemore
Capt. Herc Shipwright ..... Anthony Head
Eddie ..... Mark Williams
1st Officer Linda Fairburn ..... Anna Crilly
Producer/Director: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2011.
SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03yrl0x)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats a little more to Thom Tuck.
SUN 23:00 Newsjack (b03wtj3x)
Series 10
Episode 1
The week's stories cobbled together in a scrapbook-sketch-show, which anyone can write for. Uninformed, up to the minute, down to the dregs. Presented by Romesh Ranganathan, with a ragtag cast including Lewis MacLeod, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Pippa Evans, Morgana Robinson, Ellie White and Alice Levine.
Details for submitting material can be found here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kvs8r
Producers: Charlie Perkins and Arnab Chanda.
SUN 23:30 The Boosh (b007jmh0)
Mutants
Bad-tempered Bob Fossil is creating new mutant animals to keep investors interested in his zoo.
A whale the size of a peanut might sound like a good idea, but zookeeper Howard Moon is not happy with the way things are going.
Written by and starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt.
The Boosh is a surreal adventure based on the Perrier Award-winning comedy show, featuring Howard and Vince's battles with zoo manager Bob Fossil.
Howard Moon ...... Julian Barrattt
Vince Noir ...... Noel Fielding
Bob Fossil ...... Rich Fulcher
With Dave Brown.
After BBC radio gave them their big break with this series, they transferred to BBC TV where The Mighty Boosh ran for three series.
Producer: Danny Wallace.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.


MONDAY 10 MARCH 2014

MON 00:00 Colin Sharpe - Dalek, I Love You (b007jwk8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Weird Tales (b01ns0yb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03xcms3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 Jenny Boston - Just Depending (b007jr1m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 The Infinite Monkey Cage (b00sx2qt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 The Infinite Monkey Cage (b03xcms5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7g0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Compton Mackenzie - Whisky Galore (b007jpk9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rlfy6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Time Hops (b007k1rg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 VI Warshawski (b007jqdy)
Killing Orders
No One Is Lucky Forever
Phone threats and an acid attacker - can VI Warshawski halt the Corpus Christi takeover of Ajax and finally prove who murdered Agnes?
Conclusion of Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as Chicago private eye, VI Warshawski.
Roger Ferrant ...... Martin Shaw
Uncle Stefan ...... Maurice Denham
O'Faolin ...... John Bennett
Gabriella ...... Avril Clark
Lotty Herschel ...... Miriam Karlin
Mrs Paciorek ...... Helen Horton
Father Carroll ...... Don Fellows
Walter Novick ...... Colin McFarlane
Murray Ryerson ...... Kerry Shale
Rosa ...... Eileen Way
Father Pelly ...... Colin Stinton
Dr Paciorek ...... Norman Jones
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.
MON 06:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00db5kw)
Episode 6
When Mipps re-appears on the scene, daring smuggling runs soon follow. Read by Rufus Sewell.
Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence the rest of his life.
Russell Thorndike's Kent-based adventure featuring pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland
First broadcast in 2006.
MON 07:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqb0)
The Menace of Totleigh Towers
Bertie Wooster is obliged to sort out an amorous mix-up between his friends.
PG Wodehouse romp adapted in six parts by Richard Usborne.
Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Vivian Pickles as Aunt Dahlia, Ann Davies as Emerald Stoker, Douglas Blackwell as the Reverend Harold Pinker and Jonathan Cecil as Boko Fittleworth.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.
MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b03wpc1j)
Series 68
Episode 4
Another episode of the classic comedy panel game with panellists Miles Jupp, Paul Merton, Graham Norton and Holly Walsh. They attempt to speak without hesitation, repetition, or deviation on subjects given to them by host Nicholas Parsons. This week's subjects include 'Inside the Glove Compartment of My Car...' and 'Just a Minute in Different Languages'.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00tlwzb)
Series 4
Episode 16
Listeners have their say - and there's a bona surprise for Julian and Sandy.
Kenneth Horne hosts the last ever show. 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 June 1968.
MON 08:30 The Navy Lark (b0187xy4)
The Slogan Contest
A recruitment drive sparks some creative writing aboard HMS Troutbridge, but the Chief does some creative scheming.
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
Mrs Povey ...... Heather Chasen
The Admiral ...... Tenniel Evans
The Rear Admiral ....... Michael Bates
Written by Lawrie Wyman and George Evans.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1971.
MON 09:00 Bleak Expectations (b00db5bt)
Series 2
A Happy Life Broken and Then Mended a Bit
You're cordially invited to cower before the terrifying spectacle of the Martian invasion, where only Pip and some geese stand between Mr Benevolent's army of long-eared purple space villains and all that is good and true....
The final chapter of the Victorian comic epic, and the whole planet is in terrible danger when Pip's evil ex-guardian Mr Gently Benevolent summons a massive Martian invasion. Is this the end for Pip, Harry and the rest of the human race? And will Pippa's goose sanctuary be all right? Listeners are cordially invited to cower before the terrifying spectacle of the army of long-eared purple space villains...
Mark Evans's epic comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.
Chapter the Last: A Happy Life Broken and then Mended a Bit
Sir Philip...........................Richard Johnson
Mr Benevolent........................Anthony Head
Harry Biscuit......................James Bachman
Young Pip..................................Tom Allen
Sternbeater...................Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely Fecund......................Sarah Hadland
Mr Parsimonious...............Laurence Howarth
Pippa........................................Susy Kane
Sundry learned gentlemen...........Mark Evans
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008.
MON 09:30 Dead Ringers (b0081f84)
Series 2
Episode 1
More impressions from the award-winning team, as Doctor Who phones for some Dalek spare parts. With Jon Culshaw. From June 2000.
MON 10:00 Gerald Durrell - My Family and Other Animals (b007jpgj)
Episode 1
Naturalist Gerald Durrell's magical 1930s childhood with his eccentric family on the Greek island of Corfu. Stars Celia Imrie.
MON 11:00 Kate Mosse - The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales (b03xd2kh)
The Mistletoe Bride
The happiness of a young bride on her wedding day comes to a tragic and abrupt end. Read by Bryony Hannah.
"The Mistletoe Bride and other Haunting Tales" is a collection of haunting short stories written, abridged and introduced by Kate Mosse. They are all inspired by legends and folktales from the French and Sussex Countryside and each story explores the relationship between landscape and emotion. Grief and Guilt. Loss and happiness. They are timeless in their telling, ranging from the mythical past to the present day. Kate Mosse has chosen 5 out of the collection that exemplify the redemption experienced by the various grief stricken men and women as they come to terms with their destiny.
Producer: Celia de Wolff
Made for 4 Extra by Pier Productions.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b03xcrzw)
Imelda Staunton, Gurinder Chadha, Katy Brand, Victoria Melody, Major Tom, Gabrielle Ducomble, Honeyfeet
Twenty years ago, film director Gurinder Chadha made her feature film debut with 'Bhaji on The Beach', followed by a little movie called 'Bend It Like Beckham'...an international and and commercial success. Gurinder talks to Nikki about the anniversary screening of 'Bhaji on The Beach' at London's BFI Southbank.
Emma talks to multi award winning actress Imelda Staunton about starring in Hampstead Theatre's 'Good People'. Imelda plays sharp-tongued single-mother Margie, who will do anything it takes to pay the bills after losing yet another job.
Nikki Bedi's in the dog house with performer and artist Victoria Melody, whose show 'Major Tom' tells the true story of how Victoria became a beauty queen and her Bassett Hound, Major Tom became a champion show dog, reflecting the British fascination with celebrity, beauty and winning.
Emma heckles comedian and actor and Katy Brand, whose new book 'Brenda Monk is Funny' tells the tale of Brenda Monk; the clueless on-off girlfriend of a prolific comedian. After discovering that his best stage material is based solely on their relationship, Brenda thinks she might be better off alone, and keeping her jokes for herself.
With music from Honeyfeet, who perform 'Buried my Husband' from their album 'It's A Good Job I Love You' and Gabrielle Ducomble, who performs 'Je Ne Regrette Rien' from her album 'Notes from Paris.'
Producer: Sukey Firth.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00tlwzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 The Navy Lark (b0187xy4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 VI Warshawski (b007jqdy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00db5kw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00w77h3)
Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters
Episode 1
Episode One
It's an exciting day for young Molly Gibson as she prepares for her first visit to the Hollingford gala. But her experience there gives her widowed father Dr Gibson a new idea. Elizabeth' Gaskell's classic novel of everyday provincial life in the 1820s is dramatised by Theresa Heskins.
Lily Gaskell . . . . . Deborah McAndrew
Molly Gibson . . . . . Emerald O'Hanrahan
Dr Gibson . . . . . Jamie Newall
Hyacinth Kirkpatrick . . . . . Julia Hills
Lady Cumnor . . . . . Claire Neilson
Dorothy Browning . . . . . Marian Kemmer
Phoebe Browning . . . . . Susan Jeffrey
Mrs Goodenough . . . . . Kate Layden
Coxe . . . . . Henry Devas
Wynne . . . . Iain Batchelor
Bethia/Miss Rose . . . . . Toni Midlane
Squire Hamley . . . . . Paul Greenwood
Mrs Hamley . . . . . Jilly Bond
Roger Hamley . . . . . Gunnar Cauthery
Cynthia . . . . . Maya Barcot
Produced and directed by Peter Leslie Wild
Notes
Wives and Daughters was written in the 1860s and serialised in the Cornhill Magazine. It is set in the 1820s and deals to a large extent with the position of women in Society. Elizabeth Gaskell left it unfinished, so any dramatiser of the novel is faced with guessing the intended outcome of the story.
Theresa Heskins previously adapted Lady Audley's Secret for the Woman's Hour serial, and has adapted Bleak House and Great Expectations for the New Vic Theatre, North Staffordshire, where she is Artistic Director.
MON 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007lnpb)
Restoration Ireland; The Duke and the City
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
MON 14:30 Naomi Alderman - Disobedience (b0076x6z)
Episode 6
Dovid tries to comfort his distraught mother, and recalls suspicions of the past. Read by Sara Kestelman and Tracy-Ann Oberman.
MON 14:45 Dear Charlie: Letters to a Lost Daughter (b01ms34w)
Episode 1
After a rail accident killed his daughter Charlie Thompson in 2005, her father Reg began writing to her. Read by Jeff Rawle.
MON 15:00 Gerald Durrell - My Family and Other Animals (b007jpgj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03xd4f4)
A View Through a Lens, our brand new Nature series begins. During a raging storm, wildlife cameraman John Aitchison struggles to film grey seals giving birth at night.
MON 17:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007v07y)
Episode 2
Jack and Nicola are struggling to re-establish their father-daughter bond, as she settles back into the pub.
But when she breaks his favourite bowl, Nicola worries that she might have broken something else.
Joe Turner’s six-part sitcom stars Michael Williams as Jack, Lisa Coleman as Nicola, Cherry Morris as Mrs Drummond, Simon Greenall as Andy and Toby Longworth as Brian.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.
MON 17:30 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqb0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:00 Doctor Who (b0112fkr)
The Whispering Forest
Episode 1
The Time Lord, Tegan, Turlough and Nyssa run into a group of hygiene-obsessed settlers under attack. Fifth Doctor adventure stars Peter Davison and Janet Fielding.
MON 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jpkd)
The Red Planet
2. What's Wrong with Whittaker?
Freighter No 2 of Captain Jet Morgan's Mars space fleet is in trouble.
But when radio mechanic Lemmy and motor engineer Steve tried to cross over from the flagship, Discovery, to put the trouble right, Steve became unhitched from his safety line and is now drifting in the void...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1954.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00tlwzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 The Navy Lark (b0187xy4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 VI Warshawski (b007jqdy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00db5kw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 Kate Mosse - The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales (b03xd2kh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b03xcrzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b03wpc1j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Bleak Expectations (b00db5bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b03xd4ky)
Series 10
Episode 4
A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with regular Jeremy Hardy and guest panellists including Bob Mills and Samira Ahmed.
MON 23:45 Armstrong and Miller (b007k3f2)
Episode 4
School band memories, and a town planning thriller.
Sketches and songs with Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong in their first series for radio.
With Samuel West and Tony Gardiner.
Written by Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1998.


TUESDAY 11 MARCH 2014

TUE 00:00 Doctor Who (b0112fkr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jpkd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 VI Warshawski (b007jqdy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00db5kw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Bleak Expectations (b00db5bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Dead Ringers (b0081f84)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Gerald Durrell - My Family and Other Animals (b007jpgj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Kate Mosse - The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales (b03xd2kh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b03xcrzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007v07y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqb0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl (b012qqvq)
Episode 1
Robert Forester is now living in Langley, Pennsylvania, after a messy divorce.
He's escaped his oppressive wife and has no need to see a psychiatrist again.So why is he outside Jenny Theirolf's house, watching her every move?
Patricia Highsmith's intriguing tale of obsession stars John Sharian as Robert Forester, Adrian Lester as Greg Wyncoop, Joanne McQuinn as Jenny Theirolf and Matt Rippy as Jack Neilsen.
Adapted by Shaun McKenna.
Music composed and performed by David Chilton
Director: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
TUE 06:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbblm)
Episode 7
The swashbuckling adventurer becomes the Scarecrow - leader of the smuggling Night Riders. Read by Rufus Sewell.
Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence the rest of his life.
Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland
First broadcast in 2006 .
TUE 07:00 Babblewick Hall (b01nlzcw)
Series 1
Episode 6
The downfall of Squire Fenton and Babblewick Hall appears imminent with the arrival of Fenton's father who has plans for his wayward son. Not least that he should marry the insipid and bewhiskered Harriet.
Meanwhile, Augustus makes a dramatic discovery...
Starring Nicholas Le Prevost as Fenton Babblewick and Forbes Masson as Augustus Snipe.
Conclusion of the first series of Scott Cherry’s sitcom set in the 18th-century.
Fenton Babblewick ...... Nick Le Prevost
Augustus Snipe ...... Forbes Masson
William Babblewick ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Elizabeth Babblewick ...... Pauline Yates
Harriet ...... Courtney King
Septimus Hickey ...... John Moffat
Molly ...... Gillian Bevan
Barney ...... David Antrobus
Jack ...... Sam Kelly
Music by Paul Mottram.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1996.
TUE 07:30 Dilemma (b03wpjg8)
Series 3
Episode 5
Sue Perkins puts Al Murray, Cerrie Burnell, Ben Goldacre and Danielle Ward through the moral and ethical wringer.
Dilemmas for the panellists include deciding between two distinct forms of environmentalism; being taken back to school and having a taxing time.
Devised by Danielle Ward.
Producer: Ed Morrish.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jnb4)
Series 6
Scradje
With Britain's boots exploding, Neddie Seagoon tries to tackle a national 'scradje' shortage.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1956.
TUE 08:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01kbqjl)
Series 1
Episode 6
Arty Eric bags a bargain and an industrial espionage drama what Ern wrote.
Special singing guest: Lynsey de Paul
Written by Eddie Braben
With Ann Hamilton and Arthur Tolcher.
Music by Dennis Wilson & His Orchestra.
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1975.
TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b03xd4ky)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:45 Armstrong and Miller (b007k3f2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]
TUE 10:00 Gerald Durrell - My Family and Other Animals (b007jph2)
Episode 2
Keen naturalist Gerry's burgeoning animal collection sparks chaos at the family's Christmas party. Stars Celia Imrie.
TUE 11:00 Kate Mosse - The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales (b03xgccg)
On Harting Hill
A horrified man thinks he's run over a young girl only to find all is not quite as it seems. Read by Robert Glenister.
"The Mistletoe Bride and other Haunting Tales" is a collection of haunting short stories written, abridged and introduced by Kate Mosse. They are all inspired by legends and folktales from the French and Sussex Countryside and each story explores the relationship between landscape and emotion. Grief and Guilt. Loss and happiness. They are timeless in their telling, ranging from the mythical past to the present day. Kate Mosse has chosen 5 out of the collection that exemplify the redemption experienced by the various grief stricken men and women as they come to terms with their destiny.
Producer: Celia de Wolff
Made for 4 Extra by Pier Productions.
TUE 11:15 Drama (b007774g)
Hattie Naylor - Giselle
Giselle
Hattie Naylor's reworking of the ballet, a story of hidden identities, thwarted love and deceased brides who dance men to death.
Albrecht ...... Daniel Goode
Berthe ...... Hannah Gordon
Myrtha ...... Lisa Hammond
Utta ...... Jasmine Hyde
Hilarion ...... Jamie MacPhee
Giselle ...... Clare McCarron
Wilfred ...... Tim McMullan
Wilis 1 ...... Sally Orrock
Directed by Paul Dodgson.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jnb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01kbqjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl (b012qqvq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbblm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00wfhfy)
Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters
Episode 2
Episode Two
Dr Gibson realises his daughter has become a young woman, and has to prescribe strong medicine for one of his apprentices. Meanwhile Molly has to prepare herself for an unexpected trip. Elizabeth' Gaskell's classic novel of everyday provincial life in the 1820s is dramatised by Theresa Heskins.
Lily Gaskell . . . . . Deborah McAndrew
Molly Gibson . . . . . Emerald O'Hanrahan
Dr Gibson . . . . . Jamie Newall
Hyacinth Kirkpatrick . . . . . Julia Hills
Lady Cumnor . . . . . Claire Neilson
Dorothy Browning . . . . . Marian Kemmer
Phoebe Browning . . . . . Susan Jeffrey
Mrs Goodenough . . . . . Kate Layden
Coxe . . . . . Henry Devas
Wynne . . . . Iain Batchelor
Bethia/Miss Rose . . . . . Toni Midlane
Squire Hamley . . . . . Paul Greenwood
Mrs Hamley . . . . . Jilly Bond
Roger Hamley . . . . . Gunnar Cauthery
Cynthia . . . . . Maya Barcot
Produced and directed by Peter Leslie Wild
Notes
Wives and Daughters was written in the 1860s and serialised in the Cornhill Magazine. It is set in the 1820s and deals to a large extent with the position of women in Society. Elizabeth Gaskell left it unfinished, so any dramatiser of the novel is faced with guessing the intended outcome of the story.
Theresa Heskins previously adapted Lady Audley's Secret for the Woman's Hour serial, and has adapted Bleak House and Great Expectations for the New Vic Theatre, North Staffordshire, where she is Artistic Director.
TUE 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007lzwr)
Work, Food and Leisure; The Popish Plot
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
TUE 14:30 Naomi Alderman - Disobedience (b0076x7g)
Episode 7
In the short time Ronit has been back, the community has already closed ranks. Read by Sara Kestelman and Tracy-Ann Oberman.
TUE 14:45 Dear Charlie: Letters to a Lost Daughter (b01ms65z)
Episode 2
Already grieving for her cousin Dan, Charlie's family struggle to cope after her death. Jeff Rawle reads Reg Thompson's letters.
TUE 15:00 Gerald Durrell - My Family and Other Animals (b007jph2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03xgcm0)
Mel Giedroyc wishes a very Happy Birthday to talented Scottish songwriter and pop star Emeli Sande, and we find out how to try and talk to an alien.
TUE 17:00 Up the Garden Path (b007yp9j)
Series 1
The Menage
Izzy struggles to come to terms with some alternative domestic arrangements.
Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30-something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.
Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy.
Adapted by Sue Limb from her 1984 novel into 3 radio series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.
Izzy ...... Imelda Staunton
Michael ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Dick ...... Mike Grady
Louise ...... Phyllida Nash
Gwyn ...... Sion Probert
Maria ...... Marty Cruickshank
Class 4C:
Kerryann White
Sarah Doyle
Sam Smart
Mark Monero
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.
TUE 17:30 Babblewick Hall (b01nlzcw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Doctor Who (b011d8n3)
The Whispering Forest
Episode 2
The inhabitants of Purity Bay turn violent on the time travellers, and there's greater danger in store. Fifth Doctor adventure stars Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton.
TUE 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jpnn)
The Red Planet
3. Extreme Dreams
James Whitaker’s curious behaviour causes concern for Captain Jet Morgan, as bad dreams plague the rest of his crew bound for Mars...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1954.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jnb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01kbqjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl (b012qqvq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbblm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Kate Mosse - The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales (b03xgccg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Drama (b007774g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Dilemma (b03wpjg8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b00qx458)
Series 1
2. 'Mum is behaving like a teenager'.
'My Mother is behaving like a teenager - she's 50 not 15!'
'I'm a sensitive butcher who loves meat jokes and innards but is too nice to find a girl - where am I going wrong?'
Sarah Millican plays a life counsellor and modern-day agony aunt tackling the nation's problems head on, dishing out real advice for real people.
Assisted by her very own team of experts.
Sarah ...... Sarah Millican
Marion ...... Ruth Bratt
Terry ...... Simon Daye
Shirley ...... Janice Connolly
Julie ...... Emma Fryer
David ...... Tim Key
Written by Sarah Millican.
Producer: Lianne Coop
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.
TUE 23:00 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (b00cxr1s)
Series 2
Courage
The comedian promotes the virtue of courage, with Tim Key and Tom Basden providing feats of cowardice. From August 2008.
TUE 23:30 Miranda Hart's Joke Shop (b00mr30m)
What a Wife
The tall, life-embracing shopkeeper is overlooked when Gary needs a pretend other half. With Tom Ellis. From September 2008.


WEDNESDAY 12 MARCH 2014

WED 00:00 Doctor Who (b011d8n3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jpnn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl (b012qqvq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbblm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b03xd4ky)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:45 Armstrong and Miller (b007k3f2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]
WED 03:00 Gerald Durrell - My Family and Other Animals (b007jph2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Kate Mosse - The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales (b03xgccg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Drama (b007774g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Up the Garden Path (b007yp9j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Babblewick Hall (b01nlzcw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl (b012wzzj)
Episode 2
Jenny has fallen for Robert Forester, though he's not certain of his feelings for her.
Meanwhile, her ex-fiance, Greg, is very certain. He wants Jenny back - and Robert is in the way.
Patricia Highsmith's intriguing tale of obsession stars John Sharian as Robert Forester, Adrian Lester as Greg Wyncoop, Joanne McQuinn as Jenny Theirolf and Matt Rippy as Jack Neilsen.
Adapted by Shaun McKenna.
Music composed and performed by David Chilton
Director: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
WED 06:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbj0y)
Episode 8
Charlotte tries to discover the identity of The Scarecrow as an old foe of Christopher's arrives in Kent. Read by Rufus Sewell.
Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence the rest of his life.
Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland
First broadcast in 2006.
WED 07:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b007rh7q)
Series 1
I Can Do That
Young actor Robert Wilson gets a film role playing a chauffeur. The trouble is he can't drive...
John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom.
Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair
Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn
Sue ..... Caroline Quentin
With:
Jo Kendall
Joanna Mackie
Blain Fairman
Producer: Paul Spencer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1989.
WED 07:30 Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! (b03wq26m)
Series 1
Smugglers
Mention Milton Jones to most people and the first thing they think is 'Help!'.
King of the one-liners, Milton Jones returns BBC to Radio 4 for an amazing 10th series in a new format where he has decided to set himself up as a man who can help anyone anywhere - whether they need it or not. Because, in his own words, "No problem too problemy".
But each week, Milton and his trusty assistant Anton set out to help people and soon find they're embroiled in a new adventure. So when you're close to the edge, then Milton can give you a push.
This week, the local seafarers' pub starts serving only coffee, there's no denying it's rum....the coffee, that is. So who better than Milton to sort it out?
Written by Milton with James Cary ("Bluestone 42", "Miranda") and Dan Evans (who co-wrote Milton's Channel 4 show "House Of Rooms") the man they call "Britain's funniest Milton," returns to the radio with a fully-working cast and a shipload of new jokes.
The cast includes regulars Tom Goodman-Hill ("Spamalot", "Mr. Selfridge") as the ever-faithful Anton, and Dan Tetsell ("Newsjack"), and features the one and only Josie Lawrence working with Milton for the first time.
Producer David Tyler's radio credits include Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive, Cabin Pressure, Bigipedia, Another Case Of Milton Jones, Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation, The Brig Society, Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off, The 99p Challenge, The Castle, The 3rd Degree and even, going back a bit, Radio Active.
Produced and Directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jny1)
Series 5
The Grappling Game
The Lad Himself and Miss Pugh go to the wrestling, with a shock result!
Starring 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 April 1958.
WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00j3pnr)
Series 9
Episode 3
Radio Prune takes a pop at Radio 1 DJs, and James T Kink camps it up in Star Trek.
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 Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, Liam Cohen and Dave Lee.
Producers: David Hatch/Bob Oliver Rogers
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in November 1973.
WED 09:00 1834 (b011pw52)
Dentists and Lovers
Ned needs root canal work, but 21st-century Jason needs lessons in 19th-century courting.
In Jim Poyser's riotous comedy of transportation and delight, Jason is now Tarquin, third son of Lord Belport with a faithful valet, Ned.
Jason Slater ...... Michael Begley
Ned ...... Joe Caffrey
Hoskins ...... Kenneth Alan Taylor
Lord Belport ...... Mark Chatterton
Stubbs ...... Glenn Cunningham
Millicent ...... Julia Rounthwaite
Directed at BBC Manchester by Polly Thomas.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003.
WED 09:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008kty5)
Episode 2
Clive Anderson and the famed improvisation game with Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, John Sessions and Enn Reitel.
It ran for 10 series on Channel 4 and found success in America, but the hit TV improvisation game actually started life on BBC radio.
With Colin Sell at the piano.
Devised and compiled by Mark Leveson. Additional material by Martin Booth.
Producer: Dan Patterson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988.
WED 10:00 EF Benson - Secret Lives (b014r622)
A Most Desirable Address
A Most Desirable Address is how Durham Square is unerringly described by its inhabitants; but is this treasured status soon to be eroded by the arrival of Miss Susan Leg?
First published in 1932, EF Benson’s novel dramatised in three parts.
Pauline Collins stars as Miss Susan Leg.
Narrated by Aubrey Woods.
Miss Susan Leg ...... Pauline Collins
Margaret Mantrip ...... Margot Boyd
Jimmie Mason ...... Ronald Herdman
Elizabeth Conklin ...... Rachel Gurney
Lady Eva Lowndes ...... Pauline Letts
Mr Cartwright ...... Peter Howell
Arthur Armstrong ...... Edward de Souza
Bosanquet ...... John Church
Vicar ...... Tim Reynolds
Miss Ascham ...... Sheila Grant
Mr Woodstock ...... Manning Wilson
Figus ...... George Parsons
Ellen ...... Jennifer Piercey
Foreman ...... Gordon Reid
Receptionist ...... Jonathan Tafler
Branch Dealer ...... Andrew
Assorted dogs played by the cast.
Music by John Owen Edwards.
Producer: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1987
WED 11:00 Kate Mosse - The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales (b03xgjdf)
Red Letter Day
A grief-stricken mother goes on a journey in search of peace. Read by Claire Skinner.
"The Mistletoe Bride and other Haunting Tales" is a collection of haunting short stories written, abridged and introduced by Kate Mosse. They are all inspired by legends and folktales from the French and Sussex Countryside and each story explores the relationship between landscape and emotion. Grief and Guilt. Loss and happiness. They are timeless in their telling, ranging from the mythical past to the present day. Kate Mosse has chosen 5 out of the collection that exemplify the redemption experienced by the various grief stricken men and women as they come to terms with their destiny.
Producer: Celia de Wolff
Made for 4 Extra by Pier Productions.
WED 11:15 Renny Krupinski - No Problem (b007jw1g)
An idyllic holiday runs into problems as Beth and Simon get stuck in an airport. Stars Renny Krupinski and Belinda Sinclair.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jny1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00j3pnr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl (b012wzzj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbj0y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00wbpws)
Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters
Episode 3
Episode Three
Molly hears all about the Hamley Brothers while becoming a good friend to the ailing Mrs Hamley. She is reunited with her father when he arrives bearing some intriguing news. Elizabeth' Gaskell's classic novel of everyday provincial life in the 1820s is dramatised by Theresa Heskins.
Lily Gaskell . . . . . Deborah McAndrew
Molly Gibson . . . . . Emerald O'Hanrahan
Dr Gibson . . . . . Jamie Newall
Hyacinth Kirkpatrick . . . . . Julia Hills
Lady Cumnor . . . . . Claire Neilson
Dorothy Browning . . . . . Marian Kemmer
Phoebe Browning . . . . . Susan Jeffrey
Mrs Goodenough . . . . . Kate Layden
Coxe . . . . . Henry Devas
Wynne . . . . Iain Batchelor
Bethia/Miss Rose . . . . . Toni Midlane
Squire Hamley . . . . . Paul Greenwood
Mrs Hamley . . . . . Jilly Bond
Roger Hamley . . . . . Gunnar Cauthery
Cynthia . . . . . Maya Barcot
Produced and directed by Peter Leslie Wild
Notes
Wives and Daughters was written in the 1860s and serialised in the Cornhill Magazine. It is set in the 1820s and deals to a large extent with the position of women in Society. Elizabeth Gaskell left it unfinished, so any dramatiser of the novel is faced with guessing the intended outcome of the story.
Theresa Heskins previously adapted Lady Audley's Secret for the Woman's Hour serial, and has adapted Bleak House and Great Expectations for the New Vic Theatre, North Staffordshire, where she is Artistic Director.
WED 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007m473)
The Trial and Execution of Oliver Plunkett; Lilliburlero
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
WED 14:30 Naomi Alderman - Disobedience (b0076x7z)
Episode 8
Ronit wrestles with past betrayals, and Dovid takes on a mantle he doesn't want. Read by Sara Kestelman and Tracy-Ann Oberman.
WED 14:45 Dear Charlie: Letters to a Lost Daughter (b01mslgc)
Episode 3
Charlie's birthday and Mother's Day are poignant reminders of the absence of Reg Thompson's daughter. Read by Jeff Rawle.
WED 15:00 EF Benson - Secret Lives (b014r622)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03xgk8h)
Mel hears from award-winners Chris Riddell, author of 'Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse', and Ben Burtt, the sound designer who created the noise of Wall-e and the light sabre.
WED 17:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b00954qd)
She'll Have to Go
An accountant tackles a tycoon over his number of women workers. Stars Bernard Cribbins and Frank Thornton. From December 1987.
WED 17:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b007rh7q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:00 Doctor Who (b011ddmx)
The Whispering Forest
Episode 3
Nyssa and Turlough uncover the secrets of the Takers, and the Time Lord walks into a trap. Fifth Doctor adventure stars Peter Davison and Mark Strickland.
WED 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jprf)
The Red Planet
4. Meteors!
Captain Jet Morgan and his crew must take action in their battle against a cluster of meteors.
The mystery over Whitaker deepens - as tragedy strikes on board one of the Mars freighters.
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1954.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jny1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00j3pnr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl (b012wzzj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbj0y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Kate Mosse - The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales (b03xgjdf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Renny Krupinski - No Problem (b007jw1g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! (b03wq26m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change? (b00sg13d)
1970s
Cockney geezer Micky Flanagan regales us with the story of his journey from tabloid to broadsheet; from the street party to the dinner party; from apples and pears to stocks and shares... Well you've got the idea.
Each week's episode focuses on a different decade of Micky's life. Micky regales us with stories from his life told through stand up comedy. In between, the programmes goes 'behind the scenes' with short interviews that give an insight into the stand up.
In this opening episode Micky talks about growing up in the East End in the 1970's. He chats to his school friends about their shared experiences of leaving with no qualifications to work at Billingsgate Fish Market. He also interviews Sociology Professor Paul Willis about his research on working class boys in a 1970's school.
Micky's transition from the mean streets of the East End, working as a Billingsgate Fish Porter to an entertainer living in the leafy lanes of Dulwich is a fascinating story, all the better for being told through jokes. The issue of class is a crucial theme in Micky's stand up. However it is framed less as "Do we now have a classless society?" and more as "Is it ok to ask for Tomato sauce in a fancy French restaurant?"
The series is written and performed by Micky Flanagan.
The producer is Tilusha Ghelani.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03yrl10)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Sara Pascoe chats to Kerry Godliman.
WED 23:00 On the Town with the League of Gentlemen (b0080p90)
Go to Joan Glover
An educational theatre troupe with an unusual agenda visit the school in the remote northern town.
The first incarnation of the award-winning black comedy, about the "local people" of Spent - before it hit TV.
Starring Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton.
Written by the cast and Jeremy Dyson.
The League of Gentlemen won a Perrier Edinburgh Festival award in 1997 and this radio series debuted in the same year. They also won a Sony Radio Award. The cult series switched to TV for three series on BBC 2 from 1999, plus stage shows and a feature film.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.
WED 23:30 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun (b007k1qh)
Belfast
Goldilocks, Robert the Bruce and body awareness.
From Queen's University, Belfast.
Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s mix of sharp sketches and situations, stand up topical gags and banter.
With Peter Baynham, Ronni Ancona and John Thomson.
Lee and Herring went to write and star in their successful TV transfer to BBC Two in 1995.
Cult BBC Radio 1 series first broadcast in October 1993.


THURSDAY 13 MARCH 2014

THU 00:00 Doctor Who (b011ddmx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jprf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl (b012wzzj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbj0y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 1834 (b011pw52)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008kty5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 EF Benson - Secret Lives (b014r622)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Kate Mosse - The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales (b03xgjdf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Renny Krupinski - No Problem (b007jw1g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b00954qd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b007rh7q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl (b0131yvn)
Episode 3
As each day passes with Greg still missing after the fight, Detective Lippenholtz is finding Robert's story harder to believe.
Patricia Highsmith's intriguing tale of obsession stars John Sharian as Robert Forester, Adrian Lester as Greg Wyncoop, Joanne McQuinn as Jenny Theirolf, Briony Glassco as Nickie Jurgen and Peter Marinker as Detective Lippenholtz.
Adapted by Shaun McKenna.
Music composed and performed by David Chilton
Director: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
THU 06:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbqwq)
Episode 9
The Dragoons attempt to foil the swashbuckling smugglers' plan - but tragedy lies ahead. Read by Rufus Sewell.
Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence the rest of his life.
Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland
First broadcast in 2006.
THU 07:00 Ayres on the Air (b007k0pq)
Series 1
Human Deterioration
Pam Ayres kicks off her own poetry and sketch show starting with the theme of deterioration.. of eyesight, figure, memory......the list goes on.
With poems about being Too Fat and buying a Wonderbra.
Plus sketches about being Topless at 60 and how to spice up your love life with a little celebrity fantasy in a sketch called Me and Michael Aspel.
With Geoffrey Whitehead and Felicity Montagu.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
THU 07:30 Jason Cook's School of Hard Knocks (b03ws221)
Dumping and Proposals
Jason Cook continues dispensing advice on how best to navigate the choppy waters of life and come out the other side without feeling woozy, using the full spectrum of his own experiences as his educational aids.
This time, he looks at the two-sides of the romance coin: dumping someone and proposing to someone.
Stories from the audience help to throw more light on the matter in hand.
With Zoe Harrison and Neil Grainger.
Producer: Sam Michell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.
THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jq0r)
Series 3
Round and Round Went the Big Wheel
Captain Mainwaring's Home Guard platoon take action when a new High Explosive Attack Device goes haywire.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Colonel Pearce …. John Barron
Captain Stewart …. Michael Knowles
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1976.
THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b012x54c)
From 01/04/1954
Pa Glum reflects on the value of money. Frank Muir and Denis Norden's classic comedy stars Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From April 1954.
THU 09:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007js43)
Series 1
Police, Camera, Amphibian
Robin's dream comes true as not one but two real criminal offences are committed on his doorstep and the police come to visit.
The only problem is he wasn't there when it happened but Wendy was...
Written by and starring Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall.
Robin ...... Simon Greenall
Wendy ...... Kay Stonham
Maureen ...... Debra Stephenson
Derek ...... Phil Cornwell
Sue ...... Jan Ravens
Glenn ...... Michael Simkins
Darnley ...... Ewan Bailey
Carol ...... Jo Enright
Pikeman ...... Sean McKenna
Producer: Mario Stylianides
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.
THU 09:30 Puzzle Panel (b069ytl1)
Episode 2
Tease your brain along with Chris Maslanka, Anne Bradford, Professor David Singmaster and Paul Lamford. From June 1998.
THU 10:00 EF Benson - Secret Lives (b014sh4w)
A Most Salubrious Seaside Resort
'A most salubrious seaside resort' is an apt description of Brighton.
But will the arrival of Mr Arthur Armstrong - critic, poet, novelist and Labour Member of Parliament - make it even more attractive to Miss Susan Leg?
Pauline Collins stars as Miss Susan Leg.
EF Benson’s novel dramatised by Aubrey Woods.
Miss Susan Leg ...... Pauline Collins
Margaret Mantrip ...... Margot Boyd
Jimmie Mason ...... Ronald Herdman
Elizabeth Conklin ...... Rachel Gurney
Lady Eva Lowndes ...... Pauline Letts
Mr Cartwright ...... Peter Howell
Arthur Armstrong MP ...... Edward de Souza
Bosanquet ...... John Church
Vicar ...... Tim Reynolds
Minnie Mimps ...... Sheila Grant
Head Waiter...... Manning Wilson
Mr Puffy ...... George Parsons
Doctor ...... Gordon Reid
Receptionist ...... Jonathan Tafler
Augustus ...... Andrew Branch
Vicar ...... Tim Reynolds
Narrated by Aubrey Woods.
Music by John Owen Edwards.
Producer: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1987.
THU 11:00 Kate Mosse - The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales (b03xgpv4)
The House on the Hill
A young woman's life is protected by the haunting walls of a house within a house. Read by Lily James.
"The Mistletoe Bride and other Haunting Tales" is a collection of haunting short stories written, abridged and introduced by Kate Mosse. They are all inspired by legends and folktales from the French and Sussex Countryside and each story explores the relationship between landscape and emotion. Grief and Guilt. Loss and happiness. They are timeless in their telling, ranging from the mythical past to the present day. Kate Mosse has chosen 5 out of the collection that exemplify the redemption experienced by the various grief stricken men and women as they come to terms with their destiny.
Producer: Celia de Wolff
Made for 4 Extra by Pier Productions.
THU 11:15 Vanessa Rosenthal - Bottle Blonde and Beautiful (b007jw27)
Single mum hairdresser Denise is in for a shock from a new client.
Vanessa Rosenthal's gripping northern town drama with a touch of thriller.
Starring Jeff Hordley as Steve, Jo Joyner as Denise Judith Davis as Mrs Howden, Ann-Marie Frater as Leanne, Craig Potter as Ashley and Rebecca Zienko as Hannah.
Directed at BBC Manchester by Polly Thomas.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jq0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b012x54c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl (b0131yvn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbqwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00wbpwv)
Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters
Episode 4
Episode Four
As Molly comes to terms with her father's news, we hear how he came to his momentous decision. Still at Hamley Hall, Molly begins to see Roger in a more sympathetic light. Elizabeth' Gaskell's classic novel of everyday provincial life in the 1820s is dramatised by Theresa Heskins.
Lily Gaskell . . . . . Deborah McAndrew
Molly Gibson . . . . . Emerald O'Hanrahan
Dr Gibson . . . . . Jamie Newall
Hyacinth Kirkpatrick . . . . . Julia Hills
Lady Cumnor . . . . . Claire Neilson
Dorothy Browning . . . . . Marian Kemmer
Phoebe Browning . . . . . Susan Jeffrey
Mrs Goodenough . . . . . Kate Layden
Coxe . . . . . Henry Devas
Wynne . . . . Iain Batchelor
Bethia/Miss Rose . . . . . Toni Midlane
Squire Hamley . . . . . Paul Greenwood
Mrs Hamley . . . . . Jilly Bond
Roger Hamley . . . . . Gunnar Cauthery
Cynthia . . . . . Maya Barcot
Produced and directed by Peter Leslie Wild
Notes
Wives and Daughters was written in the 1860s and serialised in the Cornhill Magazine. It is set in the 1820s and deals to a large extent with the position of women in Society. Elizabeth Gaskell left it unfinished, so any dramatiser of the novel is faced with guessing the intended outcome of the story.
Theresa Heskins previously adapted Lady Audley's Secret for the Woman's Hour serial, and has adapted Bleak House and Great Expectations for the New Vic Theatre, North Staffordshire, where she is Artistic Director.
THU 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007lzbh)
Three Kings and Thirteen Apprentice Boys; No Surrender
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
THU 14:30 Naomi Alderman - Disobedience (b0076x8h)
Episode 9
Dovid recovers, while Ronit is forced to confront memories of her father in a new light. Read by Sara Kestelman and Tracy-Ann Oberman.
THU 14:45 Dear Charlie: Letters to a Lost Daughter (b01mtkqg)
Episode 4
Spring arrives, bringing with it a sense of new beginnings. Jeff Rawle reads Reg Thompson's letters to much-missed Charlie.
THU 15:00 EF Benson - Secret Lives (b014sh4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03xgq36)
Mel Giedroyc finds out if an elevator to outer space will ever be possible, and what scientists know about the inscrutable pet cat.
THU 17:00 Ballylenon (b00p2jch)
Series 7
Episode 2
Customers to Miss Maconchy's shop have increased significantly since her 'vision' at Lourdes.
But Mrs Vivienne Hawthorne, wonders if the census that disclosed a fall in her congregation was tampered with..?
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1959.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy
Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker
Phonsie Doherty ...... Gerard Murphy
Vivienne Hawthorne ...... Annie McCartney
Rev Samuel Hawthorne ...... Miche Doherty
Stumpy Bonner ...... Gerard McSorley
Terry Black ...... Mark Lambert
Consuela Dooley ...... Cathy Belton
Pianist: Michael Harrison
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.
THU 17:30 Ayres on the Air (b007k0pq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Doctor Who (b011dkmy)
The Whispering Forest
Episode 4
The settlers confront their demons, but as the time travellers leave, one of them reveals a secret. Fifth Doctor adventure stars Peter Davison and Janet Fielding.
THU 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jpv4)
The Red Planet
5. Communication Lost
With all communications back to Earth lost, the courage of Captain Jet Morgan is severely tested during a meteor swarm...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1954.
THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jq0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b012x54c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl (b0131yvn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbqwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Kate Mosse - The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales (b03xgpv4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Vanessa Rosenthal - Bottle Blonde and Beautiful (b007jw27)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Jason Cook's School of Hard Knocks (b03ws221)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Newsjack (b03xgqkf)
Series 10
Episode 2
Made for 4 Extra. The week's stories cobbled together in a scrapbook sketch show. Presented by Romesh Ranganathan, with Lewis MacLeod, Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Pippa Evans.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03yrl12)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Sara Pascoe chats again with Kerry Godliman.
THU 23:00 Rubbish (b008crj4)
Series 2
Couples
Martin discovers the world's full of couples and unhappily, they all want his advice!
Reece Dinsdale stars as local government officer, cynic and manic-depressive Martin Christmas in Tony Bagley's sitcom.
Martin …. Reece Dinsdale
Barney …. Matthew Cottle
John …. Neil Dudgeon
Sarah …. Pippa Haywood
Scott …. Kevin Eldon
Saffron …. Nadia Kamil
Naomi …. Katherine Jakeways
David …. Martin Trenaman
The Compere …. Ewan Bailey
Producer: Claire Bartlett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.
THU 23:30 Little Britain (b008s4w8)
Series 2
Episode 3
Back where it started out. Matt Lucas and David Walliams' oddball TV smash hit without the cameras. From February 2002.


FRIDAY 14 MARCH 2014

FRI 00:00 Doctor Who (b011dkmy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jpv4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl (b0131yvn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbqwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007js43)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Puzzle Panel (b069ytl1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 EF Benson - Secret Lives (b014sh4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Kate Mosse - The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales (b03xgpv4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Vanessa Rosenthal - Bottle Blonde and Beautiful (b007jw27)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Ballylenon (b00p2jch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Ayres on the Air (b007k0pq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl (b01381wz)
Episode 4
Robert has been shot. Could Greg Wyncoop - who has not been seen since they both fought by the river - really have done it? Or is his body lying in the morgue?
Patricia Highsmith's intriguing tale of obsession stars John Sharian as Robert Forester, Adrian Lester as Greg Wyncoop, Briony Glassco as Nickie Jurgen and Peter Marinker as Detective Lippenholtz.
Adapted by Shaun McKenna.
Music composed and performed by David Chilton
Director: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
FRI 06:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbwts)
Episode 10
The devastated daredevil sets out to take revenge on his enemies - one by one. Concluded by Rufus Sewell.
Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence the rest of his life.
Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by Doreen Estall.
Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland
First broadcast in 2006.
FRI 07:00 Smelling of Roses (b00qh0ls)
Series 2
Party Party
Rosie and the team are asked to launch a new political party for people over 60. Sadly, its leader doesn't quite get to launch his manifesto
Prunella Scales stars in the second of four series of Simon Brett's sitcom following the trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event-management company based in Brighton.
With Arabella Weir as Kate, Rebecca Callard as Jo, Duncan Preston as Bob, Annette Badland as Tess, Ben Aris as Sir Geoffrey, Felicity Goodson as Anthea and Simon Trinder as Robert.
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.
FRI 07:30 Listen Against (b00tmt97)
Series 3
Episode 1
A week of radio and TV that never happened in the show that works its way through it all, like a critical tapeworm going through a giant media dog.
* Jeremy Paxman finally breaks and goes rogue,
* Today gets remade as a US sitcom,
* Listeners thoughts on the Food Programme giving recipes for cooking a Flump and spit roasting a Clanger.
With special guests Jenni Murray, Richard Bacon and John Humphrys.
Presented by Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes.
Featuring: James Bachman, Stephen Critchlow, Sarah Hadland and David Schnieder.
Producer: Sam Bryant
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.
FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jmlj)
Series 4
The Three Feathers
Harold Steptoe is convinced a commode will make him rich.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Douglas Blackwell and Leslie Heritage
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 was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.
Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in February 1972.
FRI 08:30 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01lv5zm)
From 11/05/1974
Police intelligence and making merry at the court of Henry VIII.
Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray cross their comedy swords.
Characters, songs and sketches with Miriam Margolyes and Nigel Rees
Music by Neil Innes.
Script by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1974.
FRI 09:00 Coming Alive (b007k22v)
Series 1
Hostage to Fortune
A troubled community centre visitor puts ex-convict Terry in danger. Stars Karl Howman and Phyllis Logan. From February 1999.
FRI 09:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b00gng1x)
Series 1
Episode 2
Agent Trevor Heslop must grapple with a world of cut-throats and his son's new friend. Stars Neil Pearson. From August 2004.
FRI 10:00 EF Benson - Secret Lives (b014tcjb)
A Most Treasured Home
A most treasured home is exactly what 25 Durham Square has become for Miss Susan Leg.
But will its treasure turn to dross with the threatened unravelling of the mystery surrounding her secret life?
Pauline Collins stars as Miss Susan Leg.
Conclusion of EF Benson’s 1932 novel dramatised iby Aubrey Woods
Miss Susan Leg ...... Pauline Collins
Margaret Mantrip ...... Margot Boyd
Jimmie Mason ...... Ronald Herdman
Elizabeth Conklin ...... Rachel Gurney
Lady Eva Lowndes ...... Pauline Letts
Mr Cartwright ...... Peter Howell
Bosanquet ...... John Church
Vicar ...... Tim Reynolds
Minnie Mimps ...... Sheila Grant
Head Waiter...... Manning Wilson
Mr Gandish ...... George Parsons
Ellen ...... Jennifer Piercey
Doctor ...... Gordon Reid
Mr Salt ...... Jonathan Tafler
Augustus ...... Andrew Branch
Vicar ...... Tim Reynolds
Narrated by Aubrey Woods.
Music by John Owen Edwards.
Producer: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1987.
FRI 11:00 Kate Mosse - The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales (b03xh0ft)
The Revenant
An old man's guilt will haunt him and not release him until the truth is told. Read by Charlotte Emmerson.
"The Mistletoe Bride and other Haunting Tales" is a collection of haunting short stories written, abridged and introduced by Kate Mosse. They are all inspired by legends and folktales from the French and Sussex Countryside and each story explores the relationship between landscape and emotion. Grief and Guilt. Loss and happiness. They are timeless in their telling, ranging from the mythical past to the present day. Kate Mosse has chosen 5 out of the collection that exemplify the redemption experienced by the various grief stricken men and women as they come to terms with their destiny.
Producer: Celia de Wolff
Made for 4 Extra by Pier Productions.
FRI 11:15 Oscar Wilde (b03xh0fw)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
4 Extra Debut. A 1994 live benefit performance of Oscar Wilde's celebrated poem, read by Ian McKellen, Neil Tennant and Stephen Fry.
FRI 11:45 Oscar Wilde (b007k0l3)
The Happy Prince
From their aerial view, a beautiful statue and a swallow team up to help the poor in the city below. Read by John Moffatt. From December 1997.
FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jmlj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01lv5zm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl (b01381wz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbwts)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00wbpwx)
Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters
Episode 5
Episode Five
Molly has to come to terms with many changes in her life. The changes to the house are not all to her taste, and she is called to Mrs Hamley's bedside. Finally she is burdened with an important secret by the Hamley brothers. Elizabeth Gaskell's classic novel of everyday provincial life in the 1820s is dramatised by Theresa Heskins.
Lily Gaskell . . . . . Deborah McAndrew
Molly Gibson . . . . . Emerald O'Hanrahan
Dr Gibson . . . . . Jamie Newall
Hyacinth Kirkpatrick . . . . . Julia Hills
Lady Cumnor . . . . . Claire Neilson
Dorothy Browning . . . . . Marian Kemmer
Phoebe Browning . . . . . Susan Jeffrey
Mrs Goodenough . . . . . Kate Layden
Coxe . . . . . Henry Devas
Wynne . . . . Iain Batchelor
Bethia/Miss Rose . . . . . Toni Midlane
Squire Hamley . . . . . Paul Greenwood
Mrs Hamley . . . . . Jilly Bond
Roger Hamley . . . . . Gunnar Cauthery
Cynthia . . . . . Maya Barcot
Produced and directed by Peter Leslie Wild
Notes
Wives and Daughters was written in the 1860s and serialised in the Cornhill Magazine. It is set in the 1820s and deals to a large extent with the position of women in Society. Elizabeth Gaskell left it unfinished, so any dramatiser of the novel is faced with guessing the intended outcome of the story.
Theresa Heskins previously adapted Lady Audley's Secret for the Woman's Hour serial, and has adapted Bleak House and Great Expectations for the New Vic Theatre, North Staffordshire, where she is Artistic Director.
FRI 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007lrnh)
The Relief of Derry; Schomberg
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI 14:30 Naomi Alderman - Disobedience (b0076x92)
Episode 10
A very special address to the synagogue provides both closure and a new beginning. Concluded by Sara Kestelman and Tracy-Ann Oberman.
FRI 14:45 Dear Charlie: Letters to a Lost Daughter (b01mtn2k)
Episode 5
With a new house and a holiday, the family know they'll never leave Charlie behind. Jeff Rawle concludes Reg Thompson's letters.
FRI 15:00 EF Benson - Secret Lives (b014tcjb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03xh2vx)
The final episode of our brilliant series Junior Just a Minute, and we come to the thrilling conclusion of Earthborn by Sylvia Waugh.
FRI 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008wff3)
Series 3
Episode 5
A new matron at a boys’ school and the case of the false beard.
Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions, Joan Sims amd Patricia Routledge recreate the world of JB Morton.
With Brian Bowles, Simon Greenall, Henrietta Gooden and featuring June Whitfield.
Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a great deal of modern humour – thanks to characters he created between the wars.
Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams.
Announcer: Brian Perkins.
Producer: Harry Thompson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1994.
FRI 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b00qh0ls)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 18:00 Carey Harrison - A Call from the Dead (b01nf2h9)
It's good to talk - or so they say - but not when you're called from beyond the grave...
Stars John Shrapnel as Dr Edward Elmore, Nick Dunning as Stephen Warburton, Christopher Scott as the Reverend Neville Barber and Carolyn Jones as Martha.
Scripted by Carey Harrison
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997.
FRI 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jpxk)
The Red Planet
6. The Mysterious Object
Weeks have passed since the Mars space fleet lost all contact with Earth.
But then Captain Jet Morgan and his crew suddenly receive warnings to turn back, but from whom?
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1954.
FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jmlj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01lv5zm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl (b01381wz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbwts)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Kate Mosse - The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales (b03xh0ft)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Oscar Wilde (b03xh0fw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 21:45 Oscar Wilde (b007k0l3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today]
FRI 22:00 Listen Against (b00tmt97)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive (b00d10m3)
Series 4
Episode 2
A master chef and his cooks whip up a frenzy of topical comedy. With Dave Gorman, Simon Evans and Will Smith. From August 2008.
FRI 23:00 Blue Jam (b03xh31g)
Series 1
Episode 3
A trance-like comedic trip courtesy of the inimitable Chris Morris. Featuring David Cann and Julia Davis. From November 1997.