SATURDAY 19 APRIL 2014

SAT 00:00 Planet B (b00pgqf0)
Series 2
Dark Star
In Light City you are either with the police or against them. Whichever side you're on, there are points to be earned. But when an uncompromising vigilante arrives it looks like the rules are changing.
Lioba …. Tessa Nicholson
Kip …. Joseph Cohen-Cole
Blend …. Emerald O'Hanrahan
Fabian …. Ewan Hooper
Cerberus …. Chris Pavlo
Voice of Planet B …. Adjoa Andoh
Other Parts …. Melissa Advani, Kate Layden, Rhys Jennings and Piers Wehner
Written by Matthew Broughton.
Director: Jeremy Mortimer.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.
SAT 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jrxn)
The World in Peril
Episode 11
In Paddy's absence, Captain Jet Morgan and the crew of the Discovery set out to explore the asteroid.
It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion.
Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Flynn …. Pat Campbell
Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs
Music composed by Van Phillips
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1955.
SAT 01:00 Falco (b01by6mb)
Poseidon's Gold
Episode 10
The Roman detective has discovered a hidden room, but can he solve the lingering mystery? Stars Anton Lesser and Trevor Peacock.
SAT 01:15 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mw69f)
Episode 10
What was the gunshot heard by the detective as the khansamah was being driven to jail? Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's mystery.
SAT 01:30 Paul Temple (b007jqwh)
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
See You in London
A stabbing in the snow, a fatal fire, blackmail and hush money.
Can the suave sleuth unravel the deadly mystery?
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With John Baddeley as Charlie, Wilfrid Carter as Inspector Lloyd, Patrick Barr as Maurice Lonsdale, Isabel Dean as Margaret Milbourne, Frederick Treves as Stone, Nigel Graham as Danny Clayton, Simon Lack as Vince Graham, Polly Murch as Julia Carrington, Alan Haines as the Sergeant, Bryan Colvin as Luigi, Malcom Terris as the Doctor and LeRoy Longwood as the Waiter.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with tricky cases.
Producer: Martin C. Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1965.
SAT 02:00 Millport (b0076bk4)
Series 3
The Siege
Millport's under siege by the neighbouring islands, furious that this little insignificant town has its own independent public house.
Amidst the madness Irene and Moira find romance where they least expect it - and Alberto unveils an unusual secret defence system.
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.
Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Dr Hume/Robert the Dog/Mr Shetland /Mr Sky ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Minister/Bob/Mr Dunoon/Mr Orkney ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie/Mr Arran ...... Kenneth Bryans
Producer: Lucy Bacon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.
SAT 02:30 Act Your Age (b00q3gjg)
Series 2
Episode 2
Simon Mayo hosts the comedy show that pits the comic generations against each other to find out which is the funniest.
Team captains Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Adrian Walsh are joined by Jack Whitehall, Sarah Kendall and Ronnie Golden.
Producers: Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2010.
SAT 03:00 Louis Robinson - Julie and the Prince (b0076kd0)
Julie and the Prince
by Louis Robinson
The intriguing and romantic story of Queen Victoria's father, Prince Edward, and his long-term mistress, Julie, "Madame de St Laurent". Edward, the fourth son of George III, lived in the colonies with Julie until he was put under pressure to marry a German Princess and produce an heir to throne. He faced a choice between giving up his true love or giving up his status as Prince.
Julie Julia Hills
Edward Timothy Watson
Lord Sefton David Timson
Lady Sefton Janet Dale
Crawford Sam Graham
Mr Murchison/Philippe Paul Clarkson
Mrs Murchison Buffy Davis
Queen Victoria Jaimi Barbakoff
Directed by Peter Leslie Wild
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.
SAT 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00lyf67)
We Are Stardust, We Are Golden...
Arnold in a Purple Haze
Read by Conleth Hill
These three short stories were commissioned by Radio 4 to mark the 40th anniversary of the famous Woodstock Music Festival. With different themes, which reflect that momentous time, We Are Stardust We Are Golden continues with Arnold in a Purple Haze by Nick Walker.
Still damaged by his Vietnam experiences, Arnold is trying to arrange transport for a band due to perform at the Woodstock Festival. But the sounds of the city and the noise of the helicopters begin to unbalance him and blur things in his mind.
Producer: Cherry Cookson
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 04:15 Sirens of Fleet Street (b01dvzm8)
Miss Thingummybob
Emille Peacocke (1882-1964) - daughter of a well-respected Northern newspaper family - takes Edwardian Fleet Street by storm, as she refuses to take no for an answer in her quest to become a real journalist.
Her subjects range from Suffragettes to Archbishops, trousseaux to the Telegraph, as she makes her mark as the first woman journalist on the Daily Express.
The final play in a trilogy examining the lives and writing of three pioneering women journalists.
Janys Chambers' dramatised account stars Kathryn Hunt as Emilie, Melissa Sinden as Mary McArthur, Sarah Parks as Lady Lytton, Morgan George as Herbert Peacocke, Russell Dixon as Ralph D Blumenfield, Alice French as Young Emilie, James Nickerson as Randal Charlton and Geoffrey Banks as Arnold Bennett.
Directed at BBC Manchester by Polly Thomas.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
SAT 05:00 Second Holmes (b0151ycp)
1. The Case of the Grandfather's Client
The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson head to Baskerville Hall in a canine caper.
Six light-hearted adventures involving the grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson written by Grant Eustace
Starring Peter Egan as Stamford Holmes, Jeremy Nicholas as Dr Watson, Anthony Newlands as Baskerville, Steve Hodson as Fred, Rosalind Hinds as Mrs Garcia, David Gooderson as Michael and Jean Trend as the Doctor.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983.
SAT 05:30 Chambers (b007jpd0)
Series 2
Conditional Fees
John Fuller-Carp wants victory in a 'no win, no fee' case of a broken thumb involving a can of figs
Clive Coleman’s sitcom set in perhaps the country's least spectacular law chambers.
John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd
Ruth Quirke ...... Sarah Lancashire
Philip James ...... Chris Pavlo
Shearing ...... Peter Gunn
Masterson ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
SAT 06:00 CH Evans - Falling Heads (b04144rs)
4 Extra Debut. How MP Noel Pemberton Billing's treason accusations sparked a libel battle rocking PM David Lloyd George. Stars Leslie Phillips.
SAT 07:30 The Pickwick Poppers (b00tttwp)
Stuart Maconie talks to the musicians behind the Top of the Pops albums of the 1970s, whose impersonations of such artists as Donna Summer, David Essex, Paper Lace and Queen made these LPs one of the best-selling products in the charts.
SAT 08:00 Frankly Speaking (b041459l)
CS Forester
The author of the Hornblower stories, CS Forester is quizzed on his childhood, his "alter ego" and his writing methods.
His three interviewers are critic Lionel Hale, journalist Margaret Lane and master mariner Adrian Seligman.
CS Forester (1899-1966) wrote 11 books about fictional Royal Navy officer, Horatio Hornblower.
Launched in 1952, Frankly Speaking was a completely novel and ground breaking BBC series. Initially there were three interviewers and the series was both unrehearsed and unscripted.
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in 1957.
SAT 08:30 I Was... (b00fzblz)
Series 1
Douglas Adams' Flatmate
Andrew McGibbon presents a series of interviews analysing great artists from the perspective of someone who knew them.
Jon Canter shared a flat with his friend Douglas Adams while the latter struggled for success and then coped with the fame he found following the success of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Jon reveals the business of sharing a flat with his fiercely loyal, manically obsessive, loveable giant of a friend, who is still greatly missed after his sudden death ten years ago. Featuring contributions from other flatmates and Douglas' friend Professor Richard Dawkins.
A Curtains for Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 09:00 The Navy Lark: Left Hand Down A Bit, with Leslie Phillips (b00sdrj2)
Cast member Leslie Phillips roams the high seas of comedy, with a three hour celebration of the long-running BBC radio favourite.
The Navy Lark is almost as much of a national institution as the Navy itself. With a worldwide following, it remains one of BBC radio's most fondly remembered comedies, and continues to entertain new generations of listeners. Sub-Lieutenant Leslie Phillips welcomes you aboard the infamous HMS Troutbridge for a voyage through six classic episodes in the life and times of a legendary comic flagship.
Find out how The Navy Lark got started; discover who might have been in starring roles; learn how the cast of the radio series were invited to take large bits of a real-life ship ! What other popular "Larks" appeared on radio? How did the Troutbridge crew come to be running their own TV company? How exactly did Sub-Lieutenant Phillips get through Dartmouth? All is revealed.
Featured Episodes:
Operation Fag End [January 1959]
The Hank of Heather [April 1959]
The Lighthouse Lark [January 1960]
A Deliberate Bashing [April 1963]
Mr. Phillips at Dartmouth [October 1967]
The Jubilee Navy Lark [July 1977]
Produced by Martin Dempsey
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2006.
SAT 12:00 The Cazalets - Omnibus (b04148fn)
All Change
Episode 2
Made for 4 Extra. The family faces emotional and financial havoc as the old order is threatened. By Elizabeth Jane Howard. Narrated by Penelope Wilton.
SAT 13:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007jpjh)
Series 2
Dead Heads and Chutney
A respectable woman in her 70s is found dead, apparently from natural causes, but Detective Inspector Gwen Danbury is sure she was murdered so starts to delve into the woman's past...
Sue Rodwell's three-part detective mystery stars Annette Badland as DI Gwen Danbury, Stephanie Cole as Joan Danbury, John Duttine as Detective Sergeant Henry Jacobs, Lennox Greaves as the Vicar, Sunny Ormonde as Isabel Mackenzie and Tom George as John Parnell
Director: Rosemary Watts
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
SAT 14:00 Dad's Army (b007jqdz)
Series 3
Big Guns
Captain Mainwaring's platoon sparks havoc in Walmington-on-Sea when they try to fire a large naval gun.
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Town Councillor/Mr. Upton …. Julian Orchard
The Pickford's Man …. Michael Middleton
Announcer/Newsreader … John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1976.
SAT 14:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b008v13d)
Series 5
The Sleepless Night
The lad tries to get a good night's sleep, but everybody else keeps him awake.
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 June 1958.
SAT 15:00 Frankly Speaking (b041459l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 15:30 I Was... (b00fzblz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SAT 16:00 CH Evans - Falling Heads (b04144rs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler (b040h6xq)
Series 1
Episode 2
Adventuring comedian Tim FitzHigham recreates a 'gamble Anglaise' from 1811. He's attempting to get a cheeseboard to travel a distance of four and a half miles in under 100 throws.
Challenge number one? Getting permission to have the A151 closed down for the purposes of cheeseboard tossing.
Comedian-author-adventurer Tim FitzHigham recreates a series of bizarre bets from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Written by and starring Tim FitzHigham.
Additional material by Jon Hunter and Paul Byrne and sums and support from Joe Oldak.
Produced by Colin Anderson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.
SAT 18:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jm34)
The Secondary Phase
Fit The Seventh
Who hasn't been confronted with a temporal anomaly while drunk? Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect struggle to work it out.
The show that began with the end of the world continues with Arthur and Ford stranded on prehistoric earth, and Zaphod Beeblebrox and Marvin thoroughly devoured by a carbon-copy of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal.
The Book ...... Peter Jones
Arthur Dent ...... Simon Jones
Ford Prefect/ Frogstar Robot ...... Geoffrey McGivern
Marvin ...... Stephen Moore
Zaphod Beeblebrox ...... Mark Wing-Davey
Assistant Arcturan Pilot ...... Bill Paterson
Captain/ Receptionist/Lift ...... David Tate
Roosta ...... Alan Ford
The global multi-media success story that is 'Hitchhiker's' started life on Radio 4 in March 1978. 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.
The answer to the meaning of life, the universe and everything is 42. If you work out what the Ultimate Question is, please let us know.
Radiophonic sound and music by Paddy Kingsland.
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1978.
SAT 18:30 Fear on 4 (b007jndg)
Series 2
The Journey Home
Felicity and George are driving home, when suddenly something unaccountable happens that leads them down a nightmare road to inescapable horror.
The Man in Black sets the scene...
Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers.
Written by Bert Coules
The Man in Black …. Edward de Souza
Doctor …. Richard Pasco
Felicity …. Helena Breck
George …. Crawford Logan
Voice …. Simon Cuff
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1989.
SAT 19:00 The Navy Lark: Left Hand Down A Bit, with Leslie Phillips (b00sdrj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Saturday Night Fry (b007jt12)
Episode 6
Stephen Fry serves up a final portion of witty banter and sketches.
With Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Emma Thompson and Phyllida Law.
Written by Stephen Fry with additional material by Ian Brown and James Hendrie.
Producer: Dan Patterson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1988.
SAT 22:30 Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (b00scw61)
Diplodocus v Concreton
The surreal saga of a dynasty delicately balanced on the edge of sanity.
Written by and starring Viv Stanshall.
Contains an edit of an original John Peel session as first heard on BBC Radio 1.
Music composed and performed by Viv Stanshall using additional musicians.
Producer: John Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996.
SAT 22:45 Tina C (b00771gs)
State of the Union Tour
Ireland
Can the country singing sensation and global activist gain a better understanding of Ireland? Stars Christopher Green. From November 2006.
SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b042rccf)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats to Angela Barnes.
SAT 23:00 The Mark Steel Solution (b007jmrl)
Series 2
The Royal Family Should Be Chosen By a Weekly Lottery
Mark Steel crowns his series by proposing that the royal family be chosen by a lottery.
Alternative solutions written and performed by Mark Steel and Pete Sinclair.
With Kim Wall and Maria McErlane.
Producer Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994.
SAT 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jsrx)
Series 1
Scurvy
The Mastersons set sail across the Atlantic, but there are dangerous sheep lurking in them there waters.
An improvised historical saga of a family at war with itself - based entirely on audience suggestions.
Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Caroline Quentin, Jim Sweeney and Phelim McDermott.
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1993.


SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014

SUN 00:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jm34)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Fear on 4 (b007jndg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Frankly Speaking (b041459l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 01:30 I Was... (b00fzblz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 The Cazalets - Omnibus (b04148fn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007jpjh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 CH Evans - Falling Heads (b04144rs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler (b040h6xq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook (b0414btt)
Episode 1
The Nobel prize-winner's groundbreaking novel about motherhood, breakdown, marriage and communism. Stars Susannah Harker.
SUN 07:15 Key Matters (b009x7g5)
Series 1
C major
Ivan Hewett examines five musical keys. Today: C major, as used by Haydn, Mendelssohn and John Lennon. With Paul Spicer.
SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b00qp1cf)
Series 6
Elgar Writes
Episode 6 : Elgar Writes
Whilst Ed is busily teaching grammar to some clumsy, apostrophe-ridden phishers. Elgar finds fame when he becomes an internet hit with his blog. Could Elgar be a more successful writer than Ed? Quite probably.
Ed Reardon ..... Christopher Douglas
Olive ..... Stephanie Cole
Jaz ..... Philip Jackson
Pearl ..... Rita May
Ping ..... Barunka O'Shaughnessey
Stan ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Paul Sharma ..... Nicola Sanderson
Writers ..... Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds
Producer ..... Dawn Ellis.
SUN 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b008kmgm)
From 26/08/1958
Ooh la la! Monsieur Kenneth Horne hits Paris - and 'Hornerama' reports on the future of motoring.
Starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Ron Moody.
Written by Eric Merriman and Barry Took
Music from Pat Lancaster, the Malcolm Mitchell Trio and the BBC Review Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.
Announcer: Douglas Smith
A madcap mix of sketches and songs, Beyond Our Ken hit the airwaves in 1958 and ran to 1964 - featuring regulars like Arthur Fallowfield, Cecil Snaith and Rodney and Charles.
The precursor to 'Round The Horne' - sadly only 13 shows survive from the original run of 21 episodes in Series 1. Audio restored using both home and overseas (BBC Transcription Service) recordings.
Producer: Jacques Brown
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1958.
SUN 08:30 To the Manor Born (b007m9wg)
The Spare Room
DeVere takes a shine to Mrs fforbes-Hamilton's guest. Is Audrey jealous?.
Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton.
Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere
Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher
Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger
Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka
Frank Middlemass ..... Ned
Podge Hodge ..... Zulema Dene
The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage.
From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descent.
First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.
Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1997.
SUN 09:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sfzfl)
Treachery at La Rochelle
Can D'Artagnan escape death, and the inseparable friends outwit the enemy? Stars Jamie Glover, Robert Glenister and Timothy Spall.
SUN 09:30 Charles Dickens (b007tc32)
Oliver Twist
Betrayal
A midnight meeting on London Bridge sparks terrible consequences. Stars Tim McInnerny, John Grillo and Adjoa Andoh.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0414cj1)
Psychologists
Uta Frith
4 Extra Debut. From Humperdinck to Strauss, psychologist Uta Frith shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From February 2013.
SUN 10:45 Elvis in Prestwick (b00qvlrf)
Elvis in Prestwick
Series of three stories celebrating 50 years since Elvis Presley's only trip to Britain, a brief stopover at a small Scottish airport on his return from military service in Germany.
By Oliver Emanuel. A shy young girl who doesn't even like rock 'n' roll is dragged to the airport by her best friend, who is determined to catch a glimpse of the American superstar.
Read by Laura Fraser.
SUN 11:00 Spike Milligan - I Like Spike (b00yqqsd)
The Poems and Puckoon
Roy Hudd thrills an audience with ephemera from the mind of Chief Goon Milligan, who makes a guest appearance. From July 1979.
SUN 11:30 The Chaplin Archive (b00yyb49)
Episode 2
Charles Spencer Chaplin was once the most recognised human being on the planet. His name was part of everyday conversation in every culture touched by the art of cinema. In America, his adopted home, he was even the subject of a "mass hallucination". But America fell out of love with Chaplin. Hounded by the press and the FBI, he set sail over the Atlantic never to return. He made his home in a villa on the slopes of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, the place where he endured the cold war against him, brought up his children, found his peace and waited for America to realise what a mistake it had made. He died there in 1977, and the evidence of his life remains there too. His house stands empty waiting to be turned into a museum of his life and art. Stored carefully in a vault in the town below is the extraordinary record of his genius, a hoard of letters, home-movies, recordings, press-cuttings and unfinished scripts.
Matthew Sweet travels to Switzerland to meet Kate Guyonvarch, the director of the Chaplin Family Estate whose job it is to protect and preserve this unique legacy. Together they explore the vast archive of unpublished work that's barely been touched by scholars and researchers, to conjure a man who came to represent the spirit of his age, the face of the 20th Century.
The team of experts to guide and illuminate us along the way are Glen David Gold, author of Sunnyside, Cecilia Cenciarelli head of Progetto Chaplin (the Chaplin Project) at the Cineteca di Bologna, Italy, Lisa Stein author of Syd Chaplin: A Biography and Simon Louvish author of Chaplin: The Tramp's Odyssey.
SUN 12:00 Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook (b0414btt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:15 Key Matters (b009x7g5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 Stanley Houghton - Hindle Wakes (b0414dj7)
Lancashire, 1912: It’s Wakes Week in Hindle and Fanny Hawthorn has gone to Blackpool with her friend Mary.
At least, that's what she tells her parents. But when the truth's revealed, that she’s been with wealthy mill owner's son Alan Jeffcote, then everybody has their own ideas as to what Fanny should do...
Stanley Houghton’s classic Lancashire comedy was written in 1911, and revived by the Royal Exchange Theatre Company in Manchester in the 1990s.
Fanny Hawthorn ...... Sophie Stanton
Mrs Hawthorn ...... Bridget Turner
Chris Hawthorn ...... Colin Prockter
Alan Jeffcote ...... Nicholas Gleaves
Mr Jeffcote ...... Ewan Hooper
Mrs Jeffcote ...... Sue Johnston
Sir Timothy Farrar ...... Brian Rawlinson
Beatrice Farrar ...... Trilby James
Ada ...... Sarah Kirkman
Director: Kate Rowland
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1996
SUN 15:00 Beyond Our Ken (b008kmgm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 15:30 To the Manor Born (b007m9wg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b0414dk1)
Mel Giedroyc presents her highlights of this week's 4 O'Clock Shows, including bird watching in infrared, the thermal baths of Budapest, and the Roland TR808 drum machine.
SUN 17:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sfzfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 17:30 Charles Dickens (b007tc32)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmn9)
Goody Two Shoes
Horror legend Vincent Price's sobering tale of Anne and David and their unwelcome lodger.
Married for five years, David and Anne Fordyce escape the London rat race by buying a deserted cottage in Devon. But their idyllic life is shattered by the intrusion of a previous tenant - from another century...
David Fordyce ...... Michael Jayston
Anne Fordyce ...... Sandra Clark
Mrs Perkins ...... Daphne Heard
Victoria ...... Frances Jeater
Charles ...... Nigel Graham
Written by William Ingram.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1983.
SUN 18:30 Bradbury 13 (b012f50v)
Kaleidoscope
The aftermath of a disaster in space. Can there be beauty in dying? Ray Bradbury's classic tale stars Scott Wilkinson.
SUN 19:00 Spike Milligan - I Like Spike (b00yqqsd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:30 The Chaplin Archive (b00yyb49)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SUN 20:00 Beyond Our Ken (b008kmgm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 20:30 To the Manor Born (b007m9wg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0414cj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:45 Elvis in Prestwick (b00qvlrf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b00qp1cf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 Craig Brown's Lost Diaries (b00vcms4)
May and June
Satirist Craig Brown dips into the private lives of public figures from the 1960's to the present day.
May & June. As the summer heats up passions rise for Barbara Cartland and Edwina Currie.
Voiced by Jan Ravens, Alistair McGowan, Lewis McLeod, Ewan Bailey, Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Dolly Wells.
Written by Craig Brown.
Produced by Victoria Lloyd.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b042rcch)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats to Angela Barnes.
SUN 23:00 The Castle (b01fcpbh)
Series 3
The Dragon of Mass Destruction
Hie ye to The Castle, a rollicking sitcom set way back then, starring James Fleet ("The Vicar Of Dibley", "Four Weddings & A Funeral") and Neil Dudgeon ("Life Of Riley")
In this episode, De Warenne is in trouble as an official enquiry into the Crusades gets mixed up with a Talent Competition and a Dragon of Mass Destruction. Plus embroidery gets a right dissing.
Cast:
Sir John Woodstock ..... James Fleet
Sir William De Warenne ...... Neil Dudgeon
Lady Anne Woodstock Martha Howe-Douglas
Cardinal Duncan ...... Jonathan Kydd
Lady Charlotte ...... Ingrid Oliver
Master Henry Woodstock ...... Steven Kynman
Merlin ...... Lewis Macleod
Written by Kim Fuller & Paul Alexander
Music by Guy Jackson
Produced and directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN 23:30 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b007jmz1)
Series 1
Normal Love
Cartoonist Steven Appleby takes a distinctly abnormal look at everyday life in the 21st century by looking each week at one of life's fundamental topics.
When his wife leaves him for a kettle, the cartoonist looks for love elsewhere..
Starring Paul McCrink as Steven Appleby.
Featuring Rachel Atkins, Ewan Bailey, Nigel Betts and Rosalind Paul.
Six-part comedy written by Steven Appleby
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001
SUN 23:45 World of Pub (b008qt08)
Series 1
Episode 4
For the Queen's visit, dodgy Phil books her beloved Chas and Dave. But can they make it? Stars John Thomson. From March 1998.


MONDAY 21 APRIL 2014

MON 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmn9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Bradbury 13 (b012f50v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0414cj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 Elvis in Prestwick (b00qvlrf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Spike Milligan - I Like Spike (b00yqqsd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 The Chaplin Archive (b00yyb49)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Beyond Our Ken (b008kmgm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Stanley Houghton - Hindle Wakes (b0414dj7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sfzfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Charles Dickens (b007tc32)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076tk5)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Episode 1
It's 1916 and in a quiet English village, Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings become joyously re-acquainted. But beneath the seeming tranquillity, murder is brewing.
Agatha Christie’s 1920 crime thriller.
CAST:
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Hastings …. Simon Williams
Evie …. Nichola McAuliffe
Emily …. Jill Balcon
Alfred …. Hugh Dickson
John …. Sean Arnold
Mary …. Susan Jameson
Lawrence …. Nicholas Boulton
Cynthia …. Annabelle Dowler
Dorcas …. Hilda Schroder
Original music composed by Tom Smail.
Dramatist: Michael Bakewell
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
MON 06:30 Dick Francis (b011pp7t)
Whip Hand
1. Swindler
Disabled ex-champion jumping jockey turned investigator Sid Halley faces a daunting treble:
* Guard the Guineas favourite
* Investigate a dubious racing syndicate
* Find the man who's swindled his ex-wife.
Dick Francis's thriller set in the world of horse-racing stars Mick Ford.
Dramatised in five parts by Alan England.
Sid Halley ...... Mick Ford
George Caspar ...... Alan Devereux
Unwin ...... David Vann
Chico Barnes ...... Kim Durham
Rosemary Caspar ...... Patricia Gallimore
Jenny ...... Petra Markha
Charles ...... Simon Carter
Trevor Deansgate ...... Terry Molloy
Other parts played by Susan Sheridan and David Neal.
Producer: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
MON 07:00 Double Science (b012ry02)
Pilot
Teacher turmoil erupts at a Sixth Form College specialising in drama, when a new female head arrives determined to revitalise the science department.
Incompetent science teachers Dr Colin Jackson and Dr Kenneth Farley-Pittman react in different ways to the arrival of Dr Alison Hatton.
Pilot episode for the series written by and starring Ben Willbond and Justin Edwards.
With Rebecca Front, Raza Jaffrey and Dustin Demri-Burns.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.
MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b040hjyb)
Series 13
Episode 2
David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents. Lloyd Langford, Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan and Graeme Garden are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as whales, pigs, Canada and buses.
The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
Producer: Jon Naismith.
A Random production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 08:00 Listen to Les (b00cz801)
From 24/07/1983
Les Dawson's line-up including snobby Cissie Braithwaite instructing Ada Shufflebotham on the etiquette of fox hunting.
With Roy Barraclough, Daphne Oxenford and Colin Edwynn.
Music by Brian Fitzgerald.
Scripted and produced by James Casey.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in July 1983.
MON 08:30 The Navy Lark (b007jn2r)
The USA Navigator Swap
Sub-Lieutenant Phillips heads for a warship exchange, but ends up the victim of espionage.
Heather Chasen as Tanya, Michael Bates as the Padre and Tenniel Evans as the LS Goldstein.
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
Tanya ...... Heather Chasen
LS Goldstein ...... Tenniel Evans
The Padre . ....... Michael Bates
Written by Lawrie Wyman.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1972.
MON 09:00 Chain Reaction (b00n1jbg)
Series 5
Alistair McGowan interviews Simon Callow
Impressionist, comedian and actor Alistair McGowan chats to actor, writer, and director, Simon Callow CBE.
Chain Reaction is the tag talk show, where the guest becomes the interviewer in the next episode.
Producer: Sam Bryant
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.
MON 09:30 Dead Ringers (b0089lbq)
Series 2
Episode 7
More celebrity soundalikes as Friends meets Eastenders, plus Radio 4's Today goes gay. Stars Jon Culshaw. From July 2000.
MON 10:00 Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights (b007jlky)
Episode 1
1801, and Mr Lockwood visits brooding Heathcliff's unwelcoming house on the Yorkshire moors. Stars John Duttine and Amanda Root.
MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00lyf69)
We Are Stardust, We Are Golden...
The Carpenter
Read by Stuart Milligan.
These three short stories were commissioned by Radio 4 to mark the 40th anniversary of the famous Woodstock Music Festival. With different themes reflecting that momentous time, We Are Stardust We Are Golden concludes with The Carpenter by Laura Barton.
The story is told from the point of view of Mike, whose marriage to the woman he met at the festival has not worked out as they had both planned and hoped for. The dramatic events of one afternoon have him wondering what really happened to the girl he met there and whether things could have been different.
Producer: Cherry Cookson
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b04146b1)
Shirley Henderson, Chris Addison, Tim Pigott-Smith, Mark Heap, Neil Finn, Sohn
Clive talks to one of our best loved film and television actors, Tim Pigott-Smith about his latest role. The Queen is dead: after a lifetime of waiting, the prince ascends the throne...Tim is King Charles III. But how to rule? Mike Bartlett's controversial piece explores the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family.
One of the stars of a classy new adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's gothic classic 'Jamaica Inn', Shirley Henderson is perhaps best known for her roles as Gail in Trainspotting, Jude in Bridget Jones's Diary and Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter films.
Arthur Smith chats with comedian and star of 'The Thick of It' Chris Addison who's just made a rom-com series 'Trying Again'. Chris plays Matt; half of a just-about-functioning couple giving love a second chance. Following an 'indiscretion' with her boss Iain, Matt and Meg are trying to make up and move on, but it's not easy in a small Lake District town where there are no such thing as secrets and your friends share a knack for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
A favourite with both cult and mainstream tv audiences, Mark Heap has created some brilliant comedy roles: Brian Topp in 'Spaced', Dr Alan Statham in 'Green Wing' and Jim in 'Friday Night Dinner'. He has worked with Chris Morris appearing in 'Jam' and 'Brass Eye' and had a long-running role as head postman Thomas Brown on ' Lark Rise to Candleford'. Who better to take on the role of Jeeves opposite Robert Webb's Bertie Wooster, in the five-star hit 'Perfect Nonsense'.
With Music from Neil Finn, who performs new single' Dizzy Heights' from his album of the same name, available now on Lester Records. And more music from Sohn, who performs 'Tempest' from his debut album 'Tremors' out now on 4AD.
MON 12:00 Listen to Les (b00cz801)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 The Navy Lark (b007jn2r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076tk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Dick Francis (b011pp7t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00d6wh2)
Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook
Episode 6
Doris Lessing's twentieth-century classic, dramatised by Sarah Daniels.
Tommy's blindness has an unsettling effect on his family and friends. Anna is once again called in by everyone to sort out their conflicts, at the same time as her own depression and anxieties start tipping her into mental turmoil.
Anna ...... Susannah Harker
Molly ...... Fenella Woolgar
Richard ...... Ron Cook
Dick ...... Marc Parry
Tommy ...... Adam Paulden
Marion ...... Julia Rounthwaite
Janet ...... Ellie Sager
Nurse/Jean ...... Laura Harding
Ella ...... Emma Fielding
Mrs Marks ...... Brigit Forsyth
Directed by Polly Thomas.
MON 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007rflj)
Jobbing with the Most Corrupt People Under Heaven; The Passing of the Act of Union
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
MON 14:30 Doris Lessing - The Grass Is Singing (b007jnt9)
Face to Face With Resentment
With Mary Turner's husband ill, she must face managing the 1940s Rhodesia farm and its workers alone. Read by Janet Suzman.
MON 14:45 Book of the Week (b00vjl1f)
Stephen Fry - The Fry Chronicles
Episode 1
This is the intriguing, hilarious and utterly compelling story of how Stephen Fry arrived at Cambridge on probation: a convicted fraudster and thief, an addict, liar, fantasist and failed suicide, convinced that at any moment he would be found out and flung away.
Instead, university life offered him love, romance and the chance to stand on stage and entertain. He began his iconic relationship with Hugh Laurie, befriended Emma Thompson among a host of household names, and emerged as one of the most promising comic talents in the country.
After leaving Cambridge Stephen began to make his presence felt as he took his first tentative steps in the world of television, journalism, radio, theatre and film. Shameful tales of sugar, shag and champagne jostle with insights into credit cards, classic cars and conspicuous consumption, Blackadder, Broadway and the BBC.
For all its trademark wit and verbal brilliance, The Fry Chronicles is a book that is not afraid to confront the aching chasm that separates public image from private feeling.
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 15:00 Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights (b007jlky)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0418ptx)
Mel Giedroyc introduces an extreme knitter who once knitted with needles bigger than broomsticks. Plus, the first part of the new story, Cry Wolf, by Susan P Gates.
MON 17:00 Doctor Finlay: The Further Adventures of a Black Bag (b008gd1y)
Series 1
The Fever
When scarlet fever hits Levenford, Doctor Finlay tries his hand at being a private detective - with disastrous results...
Ready with his black bag, Dr Finlay sets out to remedy all manner of ailments suffered by his patients in the Scottish Highland town.
AJ Cronin's stories about Scotland's most celebrated doctor dramatised by Sue Rodwell.
Stars John Gordon Sinclair as Dr Finlay, Brian Pettifer as Dr Cameron, Celia Imrie as Janet, Sharon Maharaj as Mrs Prentice, John McGlynn as Hendry, Tracy Wiles as Jeanie and David McKail as Dr Snoddie.
Produced and directed at BBC Bristol by Jeremy Howe and Viv Beeby.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
MON 17:30 Double Science (b012ry02)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:00 MR James (b00pdxrw)
MR James Stories
Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad
Derek Jacobi introduces the tale of a curious artefact found in the ruins of a Knights Templar church. Stars Jamie Glover.
MON 18:15 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007jtlg)
Episode 1
Meet the man who battery farms humans.
Published in 1932, Aldous Huxley's enduring tale about cloning, consumerism and chemical abandon in a nightmare vision of an ideal society in the future.
Read by Anton Lesser.
Abridged in 10 parts by Neville Teller.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
MON 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js0f)
The World in Peril
Episode 12
Jet and Lemmy ignore sinister audio warnings as they approach the centre of the asteroid.
It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion.
Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Various …. Pat Campbell
Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs
Music composed by Van Phillips
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1955.
MON 19:00 Listen to Les (b00cz801)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 The Navy Lark (b007jn2r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076tk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Dick Francis (b011pp7t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00lyf69)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b04146b1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b040hjyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Chain Reaction (b00n1jbg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 23:00 The Now Show (b040lwrz)
Series 43
Episode 1
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by special guest Elis James for a comic romp through the week's news. With Mitch Benn, Pippa Evans and Jon Holmes.
Written by the cast with additional material from Jon Hunter and Carrie Quinlan. Produced by Alexandra Smith/ m.
MON 23:30 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years (b007jsmf)
Cold Turkey with Dan and Nick
Fish Gordon has only 48 hours to save the aquarium.
A comedy extravaganza written by and featuring Dan Freedman and Nick Romero
Meet characters including Incy Wincy Quincy, spider pathologist.
Music by the Gents.
Producer: Julian Mayers
Pilot for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 1998


TUESDAY 22 APRIL 2014

TUE 00:00 MR James (b00pdxrw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:15 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007jtlg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js0f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076tk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Dick Francis (b011pp7t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Chain Reaction (b00n1jbg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Dead Ringers (b0089lbq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights (b007jlky)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00lyf69)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b04146b1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Doctor Finlay: The Further Adventures of a Black Bag (b008gd1y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Double Science (b012ry02)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076tng)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Episode 2
In the blistering summer heat, tensions are mounting at Styles Court. It will not be long before Captain Hastings has to call upon the services of Hercule Poirot.
Agatha Christie’s 1920 crime thriller.
CAST:
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Hastings …. Simon Williams
Emily …. Jill Balcon
Alfred …. Hugh Dickson
John …. Sean Arnold
Mary …. Susan Jameson
Lawrence …. Nicholas Boulton
Cynthia/Annie …. Annabelle Dowler
Dorcas …. Hilda Schroder
Evie …. Nichola McAuliffe
Dr Bauerstein …. Robert Portal
Mr Wells …. Richard Syms
Original music composed by Tom Smail.
Dramatist: Michael Bakewell
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
TUE 06:30 Dick Francis (b011psk5)
Whip Hand
2. Hide Out
When the favourite for the Newmarket 2000 Guineas was nobbled, why was Sid Halley hiding out in Paris?
Dick Francis's thriller set in the world of horse-racing stars Mick Ford.
Dramatised by Alan England.
Sid Halley ...... Mick Ford
George Caspar ...... Alan Devereux
Unwin ...... David Vann
Chico Barnes ...... Kim Durham
Rosemary Caspar ...... Patricia Gallimore
Jenny ...... Petra Markha
Charles ...... Simon Carter
Trevor Deansgate ...... Terry Molloy
Martin England ...... Christopher England
Other parts played by Susan Sheridan and David Neal.
Producer: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
TUE 07:00 Snap (b00v7sn2)
Series 2
Episode 6
Divorced Doug and Molly date in secret, but they can't ignore their split. Stars Paul Venables and Rebecca Lacey. From August 2004.
TUE 07:30 Down the Line (b010626t)
Series 4
Episode 5
The return of the ground-breaking, Radio 4 show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators of The Fast Show.
Down The Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, and Paul Whitehouse.
Special guests are Rosie Cavaliero, Dave Cummings and Adil Ray
Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse
A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jtj9)
Series 7
The Sleeping Prince
When Neddie Seagoon is made president of Yakabakoo, he tries to quell a revolution.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Pat Dixon
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1957.
TUE 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0085j9l)
Series 2
Episode 6
Shady lawyer Waldorf T. Flywheel heads to Hollywood and makes a movie.
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T. Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
CAST:
Groucho Marx as Waldorf T. Flywheel …. Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli …. Frank Lazarus
Miss Dimple and Other Female Roles …. Lorelei King
Von Blitzen …. Graham Hoadly
Tyrone Price …. Vincent Marzello
Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman.
Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991.
TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b040lwrz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:30 Street and Lane (b00vls7z)
Series 2
Ringing the Changes
The white van men are back. University drop-out and would-be writer Johnny Street and his worker-of-the-world mate Arthur Lane are Yorkshire builders for whom no job is too small.
Can they manage to fix some church bells with the help of slightly suspect 'bell expert' Stan French?
Shaun Dooley and Fine Time Fontayne star is series 2 of Ian McMillan and Dave Sheasby's comedy.
Johnny Street ...... Shaun Dooley
Arthur Lane ...... Fine Time Fontayne
Stanley ...... Stephen Hogan
Susan ...... Claire Rushbrook
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2007.
TUE 10:00 Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights (b007jllc)
Episode 2
Heathcliff and Cathy are torn apart, as he plots revenge on Hindley for his degradation. Stars John Duttine and Amanda Root.
TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ljyw4)
The Adventures of Mr Thake
Thake on the Riviera
Written by J.B. Morton.
In 1924 the writer J.B. Morton adopted the name 'Beachcomber' and began a humorous column in the Daily Express which was to run for over 50 years. Reading about the odd lives of Beachcomber's characters - whether they were nonsensical, puritanical, pompous or simply insane - became part of the ritual of breakfast throughout the land.
A typical example of Beachcomber's gift for creating what G.K. Chesterton described as "a huge thunderous wind of elemental and essential laughter," is Mr Thake.
Out of print since the 1930s, The Adventures of Mr Thake is a collection of letters to Beachcomber, sent home from the calamitous travels abroad of a gentleman of considerably more leisure than sense. Oswald Bletisloe Hattersley Thake is, to be blunt, an upper-class twit.
Described affectionately as "a caricature of his nation" here we have the fascinating spectacle of a Wooster with no Jeeves to rescue him. Whether he is losing his heart to young gold diggers on board the S.S. Lutetia while losing his hat overboard and wondering whether to stop the ship, or being fleeced in the nightclubs of Paris, Thake never quite understands what is happening to him - or why...
Reader: Leslie Phillips
Producer/Abridger: Neil Cargill
A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 11:15 Shelagh Delaney - Sweetly Sings the Donkey (b01dbytf)
A girl convalesces in post-war Blackpool with fellow invalids, nuns and the waves. Shelagh Delaney's trilogy stars Beth Squires.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jtj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0085j9l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076tng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Dick Francis (b011psk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00d6wh4)
Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook
Episode 7
Doris Lessing's twentieth-century classic, dramatised by Sarah Daniels.
Anna's fragile mental state is made worse by the increasing demands of her friends to resolve their problems. She does so, to their delight, but her own troubles are increasing.
Anna ...... Susannah Harker
Molly ...... Fenella Woolgar
Richard ...... Ron Cook
Tommy ...... Adam Paulden
Ella ...... Emma Fielding
Janet ...... Ellie Sager
Mr Mathlong ...... Wyllie Longmore
Marion ...... Julia Rounthwaite
Directed by Polly Thomas.
TUE 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007rgx8)
Robert Emmet; Now Is Your Time for Liberty
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
TUE 14:30 Doris Lessing - The Grass Is Singing (b007jnts)
Moses Becomes Houseboy
Mary's plans for the farm in 1940s Rhodesia face the harsh reality of the African climate. Read by Janet Suzman.
TUE 14:45 Book of the Week (b00vjl10)
Stephen Fry - The Fry Chronicles
Episode 2
Stephen Fry has a curious encounter with Stephen Sondheim and becomes the literary critic of Tatler.
The Fry Chronicles is a book that is not afraid to confront the aching chasm that separates public image from private feeling.
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 15:00 Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights (b007jllc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0419jbd)
Mel Giedroyc flips out with a guide to making American-style pancakes and hears the latest episode of the current story, Cry Wolf, by Susan P Gates.
TUE 17:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx0t)
Series 1
The Late, Late Show
Where do Faith's children fit in, now that Bill's around?
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.
Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith and James Bolam as Bill.
Series one of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'.
Faith ...... Lynda Bellingham
Bill ...... James Bolam
Hannah ...... Kelda Holmes
Joe ...... Mark Denham
Christi ...... Ian Targett
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.
TUE 17:30 Snap (b00v7sn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 MR James (b00pdzg5)
MR James Stories
The Tractate Middoth
Diligent curator, David Garrett, gets caught up in the machinations of the mysterious Dr Rant when he's sent down to the library stacks to retrieve an obscure manuscript.
Derek Jacobi - as the voice of MR James - introduces classic ghost stories.
Dramatised by Chris Harrald.
Stars Sam Dale as Mr Thompson, Joseph Millson as Garrett, John Rowe as Mr Eldred and Joannnah Tincey as Lucy Simpson.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
TUE 18:15 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007jtmn)
Episode 2
Bernard Marx is a misfit in an ideal society. So why is Lenina attracted to him? Nightmare future vision read by Anton Lesser. From April 2003.
TUE 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js2r)
The World in Peril
Episode 13
As the asteroid ship flounders, Mitch and Lemmy make a shocking discovery.
It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion.
Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Flynn …. Pat Campbell
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Rogers/The Martian/Announcer …. David Jacobs
Music composed by Van Phillips
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1955.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jtj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0085j9l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076tng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Dick Francis (b011psk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ljyw4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Shelagh Delaney - Sweetly Sings the Donkey (b01dbytf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Down the Line (b010626t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 So Wrong It's Right (b00sjmvq)
Series 1
Episode 4
Charlie Brooker presents the comedy panel show about the wrong side of life.
'So Wrong It's Right' is the game where guest compete to suggest the best in bad ideas.
Actress & presenter Liza Tarbuck - plus comedians Richard Herring and Jack Whitehall - are special guests for this edition. Are they up to Charlie's 'wrong' challenges? These include confessing their worst ever excuses and also their creative suggestions for the most terrible new gimmick for a TV Detective show.
The host of 'So Wrong It's Right', Charlie Brooker, also presents BBC4's acclaimed 'Newswipe' and 'Screenwipe' series - and is an award winning columnist for 'The Guardian'. He also won 'Best Newcomer' at the British Comedy Awards 2009.
Produced by Aled Evans
A Zeppotron Production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 23:00 Delve Special (b007jqcn)
Series 4
There's One Born Again Every Minute
Intrepid reporter David Lander investigates unorthodox religions, and in particular the Sincere Repentist Church led by Joshua Fratt.
Written by Tony Sarchet
Starring Stephen Fry as David Lander
With Harry Enfield, Brenda Blethyn, Robert Bathurst, Phil Nice, Jack Klaff and Felicity Montagu.
Producer: Paul Mayhew Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1987.
TUE 23:30 The Shuttleworths (b008tzyp)
Series 3
John Le Shuttle
When his agent Ken adopts a high-tech lifestyle, can John Shuttleworth keep up? Stars Graham Fellows. From November 1997.
TUE 23:45 All the World's a Globe (b007jwt1)
5. The Male Nude and Charlton Heston
From St Francis to Buddhism
The history of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second World War.
Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker.
Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim Broadbent and Martin Duncan.
With guest star Peter Barker.
With thanks to
Patrick Barlow
Jim Broadbent
Martin Duncan
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990.


WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL 2014

WED 00:00 MR James (b00pdzg5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:15 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007jtmn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js2r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076tng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Dick Francis (b011psk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The Now Show (b040lwrz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:30 Street and Lane (b00vls7z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights (b007jllc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ljyw4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Shelagh Delaney - Sweetly Sings the Donkey (b01dbytf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx0t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Snap (b00v7sn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076trz)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Episode 3
Emily Inglethorp has suddenly died - apparently of strychnine poisoning. Captain Hastings has asked Hercule Poirot to investigate and there's a visit from Detective Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard.
Agatha Christie’s 1920 crime thriller.
CAST:
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Hastings …. Simon Williams
Japp …. Philip Jackson
Alfred …. Hugh Dickson
Evie …. Nichola McAuliffe
John …. Sean Arnold
Mary …. Susan Jameson
Lawrence …. Nicholas Boulton
Cynthia …. Annabelle Dowler
Dorcas …. Hilda Schroder
The Coroner …. Peter Howell
Dr Bauerstein …. Robert Portal
Mr Mace …. Harry Myers
Summerhayes/Rustic …. Don McCorkindale
Original music composed by Tom Smail.
Dramatist: Michael Bakewell
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
WED 06:30 Dick Francis (b011q9fm)
Whip Hand
3. Threats
Determined Sid Halley returns to England determined to overcome threats made against him by a gang of racecourse dopers.
Dick Francis's thriller set in the world of horse-racing stars Mick Ford.
Dramatised by Alan England.
Sid Halley ...... Mick Ford
Unwin ...... David Vann
Chico Barnes ...... Kim Durham
Rosemary Caspar ...... Patricia Gallimore
Jenny ...... Petra Markha
Charles ...... Simon Carter
Trevor Deansgate ...... Terry Molloy
Rammileese ...... Andy Hockley
Mark Rammileese ...... Philip Molloy
John Viking ...... James Simmonds
Ullaston ...... Geoff Serle
Other parts played by David Neal.
Producer: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
WED 07:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3dm)
Series 3
A Woman's Work
Rabbi Sus delighted to find a role-model, while Rabbi Abraham would settle for a hair-cut.
Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.
Rabbi Abraham Fine ...... David De Keyser
Rabbi Su Jacobs ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Melvin ...... Henry Goodman
Sadie Fine ...... Doreen Mantle
Brian ...... Jonathan Kydd
Rabbi Marilyn Sugarman ...... Rachel Atkins
Nicola ...... Anny Tobin
Music: Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2002.
WED 07:30 Susan Calman Is Convicted (b040j1lx)
Series 2
Intellectual Snobbery
Susan Calman explores issues on which she has strong opinions. This week, she explains why she is an evangelist for embracing the broadest possible spectrum of cultural pursuits, and why intellectual snobbery is the one thing that makes her angry enough to HULK SMASH in public.
Produced by Lyndsay Fenner.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp6s)
Series 6
The Smugglers
Returning from a holiday abroad, Sid tricks the lad and Bill into sneaking in watches.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams, Patricia Hayes and Noel Dryden.
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 September 1959.
WED 08:30 Albert and Me (b007js8c)
Series 1
Looking for a Job
Single dad Bryan needs a job, but can he find an employer who'll let him bring his young son Albert along?
Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Terence Alexander as Rex and Madeline Smith as Stephanie.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977.
WED 09:00 Country Matters (b00lnd0x)
Episode 4
Dave and Cathy's quest for locally produced food proves problematic. Stars Jonathan Tafler and Lesley Sharp. From May 1994.
WED 09:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007k0nh)
Series 1
Episode 2
Activist turned ad writer Ken Handley finds himself assigned to the Conservative Party. Stars Martin Jarvis. From January 1982.
WED 10:00 Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights (b007jllp)
Episode 3
Heathcliff runs off with Isabella, leaving a distraught Cathy gravely ill. Stars John Duttine, Amanda Root and Sharon Duce.
WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ljyz1)
The Adventures of Mr Thake
Thake in America
Written by J.B. Morton.
The hapless traveller sends news home to Beachcomber after losing his hat at Niagara Falls...
In 1924 the writer J.B. Morton adopted the name 'Beachcomber' and began a humorous column in the Daily Express which was to run for over 50 years. Reading about the odd lives of Beachcomber's characters - whether they were nonsensical, puritanical, pompous or simply insane - became part of the ritual of breakfast throughout the land.
A typical example of Beachcomber's gift for creating what G.K. Chesterton described as "a huge thunderous wind of elemental and essential laughter," is Mr Thake.
Out of print since the 1930s, The Adventures of Mr Thake is a collection of letters to Beachcomber, sent home from the calamitous travels abroad of a gentleman of considerably more leisure than sense. Oswald Bletisloe Hattersley Thake is, to be blunt, an upper-class twit.
Described affectionately as "a caricature of his nation" here we have the fascinating spectacle of a Wooster with no Jeeves to rescue him. Whether he is losing his heart to young gold diggers on board the S.S. Lutetia while losing his hat overboard and wondering whether to stop the ship, or being fleeced in the nightclubs of Paris, Thake never quite understands what is happening to him - or why...
Reader: Leslie Phillips
Producer/Abridger: Neil Cargill
A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 11:15 Shelagh Delaney - Tell Me a Film (b01ddfy6)
Four women, who first met as convalescents, return to Blackpool as they turn 60. Shelagh Delaney's trilogy stars Barbara Marten.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Albert and Me (b007js8c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076trz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Dick Francis (b011q9fm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00d6wh6)
Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook
Episode 8
Doris Lessing's twentieth-century classic, dramatised by Sarah Daniels.
When Anna's daughter goes off to boarding school, she loses her grip on reality. Her new lover Saul is equally unstable, and it is only when she buys a Golden Notebook that Anna begins to see a way out of her chaotic life.
Anna ...... Susannah Harker
Molly ...... Fenella Woolgar
Ella ...... Emma Fielding
Saul ...... Peter Brooke
Janet ...... Ellie Sager
Mrs Marks ...... Brigit Forsyth
Directed by Polly Thomas.
WED 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007rkc0)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph; Caravats and Shanavests
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
WED 14:30 Doris Lessing - The Grass Is Singing (b007jnv8)
Moses the Protector
Mary's servant Moses assumes an unsettling role as her husband's health worsens. Read by Janet Suzman.
WED 14:45 Book of the Week (b00vjl0g)
Stephen Fry - The Fry Chronicles
Episode 3
Stephen Fry reveals how a call out of the blue led to him he becoming a poster boy for, of all things, celibacy.
The Fry Chronicles is a book that is not afraid to confront the aching chasm that separates public image from private feeling.
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 15:00 Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights (b007jllp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0419m3v)
Mel Giedroyc hears the story of Apollo 13, one of the most famous space missions of all time. Plus, the next episode of our current story, Cry Wolf, by Susan P Gates.
WED 17:00 After Henry (b007jmgk)
Series 1
The Older Man
Widow Sarah battles to bring up her 18-year-old daughter Clare, hindered by her meddling mother Eleanor.
The debut episode of Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, Benjamin Whitrow as Russell, Gerry Cowper as Clare and James Griffiths as Nick.
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1985.
WED 17:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3dm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:00 MR James (b00pf12h)
MR James Stories
Lost Hearts
Stephen Elliot - orphaned at the tender age of 12 - moves to his wealthy uncle's in Lincolnshire, only to find himself troubled by dreams of two ghostly figures...
Derek Jacobi - as the voice of MR James - introduces classic ghost stories.
Dramatised by Chris Harrald.
Stars Sophie Roberts as Jane, James D'Arcy as Stephen Elliot, Katy Cavanagh as Mrs Bunch, Jordan Clarke as Young Stephen and Peter Marinker.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
WED 18:15 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007nchp)
Episode 3
Feeling ill at ease, Bernard Marx shares his worries about Lenina with his best friend. Nightmare future vision read by Anton Lesser. From April 2003. Episode 3 of 10.
WED 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js56)
The World in Peril
Episode 14
Jack Evans reveals the Martians' Earth invasion plans to Lemmy and Mitch.
It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion.
Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Rogers/The Martian/Announcer …. David Jacobs
Music composed by Van Phillips
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1955.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Albert and Me (b007js8c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076trz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Dick Francis (b011q9fm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ljyz1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Shelagh Delaney - Tell Me a Film (b01ddfy6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Susan Calman Is Convicted (b040j1lx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Radio 9 (b0419ml6)
Series 1
Episode 3
"The 'accidentalist' movement in art explained plus sponsored surgery.
Delve into the recesses of a twisted comedy brain.
Written and performed by Johnny Daukes and Hils Barker.
With Sarah Walton, John Stevenson, Stefan Frank, Janice Vee, Matt Wilkinson and Michelle Gomez.
Producers: Johnny Daukes and Katie Marsden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.
WED 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b007jvgp)
Series 4
Health and Safety
Hell's latest arrival is a health and safety officer who moans to Satan about the lighting. Devilish comedy stars Andy Hamilton. From April 2001.
WED 23:30 Hut 33 (b01jz3p2)
Series 3
Spitfire Poker
The Bletchley Park code breakers try help raise money for the town's spitfire fund.
Stars Tom Goodman-Hill as Archie, Robert Bathurst as Professor Charles Gardner, Fergus Craig as Gordon, Alex MacQueen as 3rd Lt. Joshua Featherstonhaugh-Marshall, Olivia Colman as Minka and Lill Roughley as Mrs Best.
Written by James Cary.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.


THURSDAY 24 APRIL 2014

THU 00:00 MR James (b00pf12h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:15 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007nchp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js56)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076trz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Dick Francis (b011q9fm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Country Matters (b00lnd0x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007k0nh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights (b007jllp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ljyz1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Shelagh Delaney - Tell Me a Film (b01ddfy6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 After Henry (b007jmgk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3dm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076tw5)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Episode 4
Hercule Poirot, Captain Hastings and Detective Inspector Japp have become heavily involved with the case, but everyone in the household has an alibi for the time of the murder.
Agatha Christie’s 1920 thriller.
CAST:
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Hastings …. Simon Williams
Japp …. Philip Jackson
John …. Sean Arnold
Mary …. Susan Jameson
Lawrence …. Nicholas Boulton
Evie …. Nichola McAuliffe
Dorcas …. Hilda Schroder
Mr Phillips …. Ioan Meredith
Sir Ernest …. Michael Mears
Costumier's Assistant …. Richard Katz
Original music composed by Tom Smail.
Dramatist: Michael Bakewell
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
THU 06:30 Dick Francis (b011qflj)
Whip Hand
4. Connections
Sid Halley must probe a link between cauliflowers and pig disease - and the loss of three champion racehorses.
Dick Francis's thriller set in the world of horse-racing stars Mick Ford.
Dramatised by Alan England.
Sid Halley ...... Mick Ford
Chico Barnes ...... Kim Durham
Rosemary Caspar ...... Patricia Gallimore
Charles ...... Simon Carter
Rammileese ...... Andy Hockley
Ullaston ...... Geoff Serle
Arnadale ...... David Vann
Louise ...... Susan Sheridan
Martin England ...... Christopher England
Other parts played by David Neal.
Producer: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.
THU 07:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t5xd8)
Series 1
Episode 3
Has the provoked priest gone too far by fighting three men in the pub? Stars Alun Armstrong and Joss Ackland. From March 2001.
THU 07:30 Cabin Pressure (b01pzv5r)
Series 4
Vaduz
Episode 3:
It's a bad time for Carolyn to take a holiday as the crew of MJN Air have to face a real live King and a mythical fax machine.
Cabin Pressure is a sitcom about the wing and a prayer world of a tiny, one plane, charter airline staffed by two pilots: one on his way down, and one who was never up to start with. Whether they're flying squaddies to Hamburg, metal sheets to Mozambique or an oil exec's cat to Abu Dhabi, no job is too small but many, many jobs are too difficult.
Written by John Finnemore
Produced and directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jqh1)
Series 3
The Big Parade
Captain Mainwaring wants a parade mascot, so he decides his Home Guard platoon must catch one.
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
The Verger …. Edward Sinclair
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Mrs Pike …. Pearl Hackney
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1976.
THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b014gnzz)
From 03/02/1955
Poor old Ma Glum has broken her leg, and the dishes are piling up. Starring Jimmy Edwards and Alma Cogan. From February 1955.
THU 09:00 The Young Postmen (b00fr1vh)
C'est la Legion
It's very important to remember that the French Foreign Legion is a ruthless and violent fighting unit, so if Brian, Derek and Sue find themselves fighting the Tuareg in a fort in Africa then they deserve our admiration.
And anyway, they only joined by mistake.
More surreal escapades of a trio of 'posties' written by and starring Ben Miller. With John Thompson and Felicity Montagu.
Brian ...... Ben Miller
Derek ...... John Thomson
Sue ...... Felicity Montagu
Mr Tippett ...... Alastair McGowan
Mr Tilbury ...... Jim Barclay
Tony Hadley ...... Vinnie Jones
Music by Murray Gold
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1992.
THU 09:30 Puzzle Panel (b00yrrgg)
Episode 8
Scratch your head along with Chris Maslanka, Dr Victor Bryant, Dr Doreen Baxter and William Hartston. From July 1998.
THU 10:00 Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights (b007jllz)
Episode 4
Sixteen years after Cathy's death, her daughter visits the vengeful Heathcliff. Stars John Duttine and Emma Fielding.
THU 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ljyz3)
The Adventures of Mr Thake
Thake and the French Widow
Written by J.B. Morton.
Beachcomber receives word from Paris that the gregarious toff has lost his heart - and most of his valuables - to a bewitching femme fatale...
In 1924 the writer J.B. Morton adopted the name 'Beachcomber' and began a humorous column in the Daily Express which was to run for over 50 years. Reading about the odd lives of Beachcomber's characters - whether they were nonsensical, puritanical, pompous or simply insane - became part of the ritual of breakfast throughout the land.
A typical example of Beachcomber's gift for creating what G.K. Chesterton described as "a huge thunderous wind of elemental and essential laughter," is Mr Thake.
Out of print since the 1930s, The Adventures of Mr Thake is a collection of letters to Beachcomber, sent home from the calamitous travels abroad of a gentleman of considerably more leisure than sense. Oswald Bletisloe Hattersley Thake is, to be blunt, an upper-class twit.
Described affectionately as "a caricature of his nation" here we have the fascinating spectacle of a Wooster with no Jeeves to rescue him. Whether he is losing his heart to young gold diggers on board the S.S. Lutetia while losing his hat overboard and wondering whether to stop the ship, or being fleeced in the nightclubs of Paris, Thake never quite understands what is happening to him - or why...
Reader: Leslie Phillips
Producer/Abridger: Neil Cargill
A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 11:15 Shelagh Delaney - Baloney Said Salome (b01ddg0q)
Four older women with a unique friendship prepare for a farewell. Shelagh Delaney's trilogy concludes. Stars Eileen O'Brien.
THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jqh1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b014gnzz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076tw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Dick Francis (b011qflj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00d6wh8)
Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook
Episode 9
Doris Lessing's twentieth-century classic, dramatised by Sarah Daniels.
Anna finally admits the cause of all her problems - she has been unable to write. She finishes with Saul, but not before he has given her the first line of her new novel.
Anna ...... Susannah Harker
Ella ...... Emma Fielding
Saul ...... Peter Brooke
Mrs Marks ...... Brigit Forsyth
Directed by Polly Thomas.
THU 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007rq88)
Ribbonmen, Orangemen and Rockites; Emancipation Refused
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
THU 14:30 Doris Lessing - The Grass Is Singing (b007jnvr)
Breakdown
Dick considers selling the 1940s Rhodesia farm, but can Mary live without her servant Moses? Read by Janet Suzman.
THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b00vjl06)
Stephen Fry - The Fry Chronicles
Episode 4
Stephen Fry talks about his early love of radio and his first forays into broadcasting on Radio 4.
The Fry Chronicles is a book that is not afraid to confront the aching chasm that separates public image from private feeling.
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 15:00 Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights (b007jllz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b041dkct)
Mel Giedroyc hears from actor Christophe Fluder, one of the Gringott's goblins in the Harry Potter movies. Plus, the next episode of current story, Cry Wolf, by Susan P Gates.
THU 17:00 King Street Junior Revisited (b007jx8t)
Series 1
The Real Thing
A big school fund-raising concert is planned - and a Russian supply teacher is on the way.
School comedy created and written by Jim Eldridge. Ten series of this King Street Junior ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005.
Stars Carolyn Pickles as Mrs Devon, Marlene Sidaway as Miss Lewis, Michael Cochrane as Mr Maxwell, Paul Copley as Mr Long, Teresa Gallagher as Miss Featherstone, Jacqueline Beatty as Miss Reid, Boris Isarov as Andre, Christopher Dunning as Steven, Nikko Jacques as Ajaz, Jordan Maxwell as Trevor and Gemma Boyle as Sarah.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002.
THU 17:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t5xd8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:00 MR James (b00pf4xf)
MR James Stories
The Rose Garden
Mary and George Goodman are renovating an old house in rural Essex. When they remove an ancient post from the back garden, it opens a doorway to the region's turbulent past.
Derek Jacobi - as the voice of MR James - introduces classic ghost stories.
Dramatised by Chris Harrald.
Stars Anton Lesser as George, Carolyn Pickles as Mary, Susan Jameson as Miss Wilkins, Simon Treves as Judge Nashe and Ben Crowe as Jim.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
THU 18:15 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007nf2z)
Episode 4
Bernard takes Lenina to the Savage Reservation, but is she fully prepared? Nightmare future vision read by Anton Lesser. From April 2003.
THU 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js79)
The World in Peril
Episode 15
Stranded on the surface of the asteroid, Jet Morgan and Doc fight desperately to be rescued.
It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion.
Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Flynn …. Pat Campbell
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Rogers/The Martian/Announcer …. David Jacobs
Music composed by Van Phillips
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1956.
THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jqh1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b014gnzz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076tw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Dick Francis (b011qflj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ljyz3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Shelagh Delaney - Baloney Said Salome (b01ddg0q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Cabin Pressure (b01pzv5r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b007731j)
Series 1
Episode 2
Meet the China Lion, the singing friend, and introducing the Daniel Bedingfield-loving East European couple.
Perrier award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and character comedy series
With Ben Moor, Katherine Parkinson and Ben Willbond.
Written by Laura Solon. With additional material by the cast, Carl Cooper, Tony Roche and Andy Marlatt.
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2007.
THU 23:00 The Nick Revell Show (b007k2dc)
Series 1
Cash
Writer Nick struggles for cash, while his geraniums moan about Christmas decorations.
A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.
With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Brian Bowles, Doon Mackichan and Alison Sterling.
Producer: Jon Magnusson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.
THU 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b00cqh5b)
Series 2
Nambitrea
The consultants advise an African finance minister, and Ryan carries a package. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From December 2002.


FRIDAY 25 APRIL 2014

FRI 00:00 MR James (b00pf4xf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:15 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007nf2z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js79)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076tw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Dick Francis (b011qflj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 The Young Postmen (b00fr1vh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Puzzle Panel (b00yrrgg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights (b007jllz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ljyz3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Shelagh Delaney - Baloney Said Salome (b01ddg0q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 King Street Junior Revisited (b007jx8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t5xd8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076tz9)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Episode 5
Captain Hastings and Detective Inspector Japp are bewildered by the antics of Hercule Poirot as he rushes back to Styles Court in a state of great excitement.
Agatha Christie’s 1920 thriller.
CAST:
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Hastings …. Simon Williams
Japp …. Philip Jackson
Mary …. Susan Jameson
Evie …. Nichola McAuliffe
Cynthia …. Annabelle Dowler
Dorcas …. Hilda Schroder
Lawrence …. Nicholas Boulton
Alfred …. Hugh Dickson
Original music composed by Tom Smail.
Dramatist: Michael Bakewell
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
FRI 06:30 Dick Francis (b011qm8r)
Whip Hand
5. The Finish
Sid Halley believes he knows the truth behind the doping and phoney racing syndicates, but dare he reveal it?
Mick Ford stars in the conclusion of Dick Francis's thriller set in the world of horse-racing.
Dramatised by Alan England.
Sid Halley ...... Mick Ford
Chico Barnes ...... Kim Durham
Rosemary Caspar ...... Patricia Gallimore
Charles ...... Simon Carter
Trevor Deansgate ...... Terry Molloy
Rammileese ...... Andy Hockley
Ullaston ...... Geoff Serle
Jenny ...... Petra Markham
Mark Rammileese ...... Philip Molloy
George Casper ...... Alan Devereux
Producer: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.
FRI 07:00 Smelling of Roses (b00d4qky)
Series 3
Private Views
Events organiser Rosie plans a private view for an odious art dealer.
Rosie Burns faces more challenges in running her family's event management company, where the clients are only part of the problem...
The third of four series of Simon Brett's sitcom.
Rosie ..... Prunella Scales
Jo ..... Rebecca Callard
Bob ..... Duncan Preston
Tess ..... Annette Badland
Lindley Gore ..... Jeremy Clyde
Charlie McGunn ..... Kenny Blyth
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.
FRI 07:30 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler (b0414qv8)
Series 1
Episode 3
Adventuring comedian Tim FitzHigham recreates an 18th Century bet, attempting to outrun a racehorse over a hundred yard dash. Tim turns to Kriss Akabusi and his former school PE teacher for training advice.
Written by and starring Tim FitzHigham with Olivia Fitzroy and Bob Slayer.
Additional material written by Jon Hunter and Paul Byrne.
Produced by Colin Anderson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.
FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jn4t)
Series 5
A Star Is Born
Harold falls for the leading lady from his drama society - and Albert makes an entrance.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert, Harry H Corbett as Harold and Trevor Bannister as Rupert. With Jo Manning Wilson, Michael McClain and Nicolette MacKenzie.
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.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.
FRI 08:30 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mx2z9)
From 22/06/1974
Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray poke fun at Europeans and the ways that we like to celebrate.
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 June 1974.
FRI 09:00 Millport (b0076bn3)
Series 3
Progressive Rock
There's much excitement on the Isle of Cumbrae over a make-over for Millport from a national newspaper.
Irene fears the worst and worries the town's unique charm will be ruined by nosy media-meddlers. Is now really the time for her to leave?
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.
Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Ferryman/Robert the Dog/Morris ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Minister/Bob ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie ...... Kenneth Bryans
Producer: Lucy Bacon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.
FRI 09:30 Act Your Age (b00qcj8m)
Series 2
Episode 3
Simon Mayo hosts the comedy show that pits the comic generations against each other to find out which is the funniest.
Team captains Jon Richardson, Ed Byrne and Johnnie Casson are joined by Jared Christmas, Mark Watson and Eddie Large.
Producers: Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.
FRI 10:00 Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights (b007jlm7)
Episode 5
Vengeful Heathcliff has wickedly schemed to force Catherine to marry his ailing son Linton. Stars John Duttine and Sharon Duce.
FRI 11:00 Carla Lane - Lena (b01295vx)
A new friendship makes 60-something Lena wonder if there's more to life than cooking and cleaning. Read by Pauline Collins.
FRI 11:15 Shelagh Delaney - Out of the Pirate's Playhouse (b0076d28)
Five 11-year-olds are shocked to learn they are too old for their activity centre. Drama with Daniel Hanbridge and Brooke Vincent.
FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jn4t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mx2z9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076tz9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Dick Francis (b011qm8r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00d6whb)
Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook
Episode 10
Doris Lessing's twentieth-century classic, dramatised by Sarah Daniels.
Anna and her friend Molly finally find their feet again as they put aside the chaos of earlier times and take more control of their lives.
Anna ...... Susannah Harker
Molly/Julia ...... Fenella Woolgar
Ella ...... Emma Fielding
Milt ...... Eben Young
Directed by Polly Thomas.
FRI 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007rsyy)
The Catholic Association; The Invasion of Ulster
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI 14:30 Doris Lessing - The Grass Is Singing (b007jnw6)
The Inevitable
As Mary and Dick prepare to leave the 1940s Rhodesia farm forever, threat and revenge lead to tragedy. Read by Janet Suzman.
FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b00vh958)
Stephen Fry - The Fry Chronicles
Episode 5
Today Stephen reveals the origins of his enduring love of technology and his great friendship with Douglas Adams.
The Fry Chronicles is a book that is not afraid to confront the aching chasm that separates public image from private feeling.
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 15:00 Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights (b007jlm7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b041dwwz)
Mel Giedroyc celebrates the history of the humble tea biscuit. Plus, the final episode of our current story, Cry Wolf, by Susan P Gates.
FRI 17:00 Second Holmes (b015frk0)
2. The Case of the Maltese Pearls
The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson probe the mysterious theft of a necklace.
Six light-hearted adventures involving the grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson written by Grant Eustace.
CAST:
Stamford Homes …. Peter Egan
Dr Watson …. Jeremy Nicholas
Charles Mapleton …. Alex Jennings
Jane Mapleton …. Kathryn Hurlbutt
Neville Clarke …. Edward Cast
Katrin …. Wendy Murray
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983.
FRI 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b00d4qky)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 18:00 MR James (b00pfljb)
MR James Stories
Number 13
Dr Anderson's obsessive interest in why the hotel he's staying at doesn't include a number 13 puts him in terrible danger.
Derek Jacobi - as the voice of MR James - introduces classic ghost stories.
Dramatised by Chris Harrald.
Stars Julian Rhind-Tutt as Dr Anderson, Jan Delukowicz as Herr Lund, Simon Treves as Herr Scavenius and Ben Onwukwe as the Voice.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
FRI 18:15 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007rkyx)
Episode 5
Lenina is horrified by the Savage Reservation, until she meets John. Nightmare vision of the future read by Anton Lesser. From April 2003.
FRI 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js9j)
The World in Peril
Episode 16
Captain Jet Morgan and the crew of the Discovery ambush the Lunar Controller.
Continuing the 20-part serial - the third of Charles Chilton's classic sci-fi trilogy set in 1972.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Don Sharp
Various ….Alan Tylvern
Rogers/The Martian …. David Jacobs
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1956.
FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jn4t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mx2z9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b0076tz9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Dick Francis (b011qm8r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Carla Lane - Lena (b01295vx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Shelagh Delaney - Out of the Pirate's Playhouse (b0076d28)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler (b0414qv8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 The Machynlleth Comedy Festival (b01s8w81)
2013
Mike Bubbins hosts highlights of 2013's Machynlleth Comedy Festival in Wales, featuring Lloyd Langford, Pappy's and Nish Kumar.
FRI 23:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b00mk7rn)
Series 4
Episode 4
A plea for donations to Britain's only balloon-animal sanctuary, a wooden boy who's a bit annoying - and what to do at work if you suspect you have a decadent colleague.
Sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
With Olivia Colman,Sarah Hadland and James Bachman.
Producer Gareth Edwards
Firs broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.
FRI 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00ry9j0)
Series 1
Trout Farm
John Weak discovers there's a "T" missing from the end of HR, when Human Resources has a communal hot flush over his witty entry on Deirdre Simmons's leaving card...
Alexander Armstrong stars as John Weak in Guy Browning’s sitcom.
Randy, devious, sexist and workshy, John Weak puts the man into management.
John Weak ...... Alexander Armstrong
Hayley ...... Clare Perkins
Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook
Phil Bellinger ...... Stephen Critchlow
Clare Barrett ...... Colleen Prendergast
Deidre Simmons ...... Susan Jameson
Simon Henshaw ...... Harry Myers
Producer: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.