SATURDAY 03 MAY 2014

SAT 00:00 Roald Dahl (b041ym4c)
The Man From the South
Win a car or lose a finger - what will be the result of an old man's bizarre bet? Read by Terry Molloy.
SAT 00:15 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007q9yw)
Episode 10
Disenchanted with society, John decides to seek solitude. Nightmare vision of the future concluded by Anton Lesser. From April 2003.
SAT 00:30 Report On The Barnhouse Effect by Kurt Vonnegut (b0085hqx)
Professor Barnhouse discovers a way of channelling his mind to control the forces of nature.
The phenomenon becomes known as the "Barnhouse Effect". The academic sees his skill as a marvellous opportunity to secure world peace. However, the American government has other ideas...
Stuart Milligan reads Kurt Vonnegut's first short story published in 1950.
Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins.
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2007.
SAT 01:00 Raffles (b007jngf)
Series 3
The Knees of the Gods
Raffles and Bunny leave England to fight for queen and country in the South African war. For one of them there will be no return...
The stories of EW Hornung in the continuing adventures of cricketer and gentleman thief, Arthur J Raffles, and his chronicler, Harry "Bunny" Manders.
Starring Jeremy Clyde as AJ Raffles, Michael Cochrane as Bunny, Sean Barrett as Connell, Gudrun Ure as Mrs Fisher and Peter Penry-Jones as the General.
Dramatised by Olwen Wymark.
Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.
Director: Gordon House
A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast in 1992.
SAT 01:30 RD Wingfield (b0082k48)
Outbreak of Fear
5. The Killer
Sergeant Fowler must takes steps as his suspicions grow over his boss Chadwick's conclusions on the murders in the village of Polford.
Conclusion of RD Wingfield's thriller starring Leslie Sands as Sergeant Fowler.
Sergeant Fowler …. Leslie Sands
PC Beaumont …. Nick Orchard
Dave Clark …. Cornelius Garrett
The Doctor …. Paul Nicholson
Chadwick …. Nicholas Courtney
Mitchell …. Conrad Phillips
Rose …. Gillie Gratham
Operator …. Brian Gear
Radio DJ …. Jim Reid
Jackson …. Roger Leach
Director: Brian Miller
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1982.
SAT 02:00 Millport (b0076br4)
Series 3
The End of the Beginning
The island makeover has turned horribly sour and with Irene gone, the only person to save the island from being bulldozed is Bunty Pierce.
But with her ailing health and hermit ways, will she leave her vegetables to rescue the island's integrity? And will Irene change her mind about mainland life and return to the island for good?
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 December 2002.
SAT 02:30 Act Your Age (b00g0nnv)
Series 1
Episode 4
Simon Mayo discovers which generation is the funniest. With Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker. From December 2008.
SAT 03:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mr Harrison's Confession (b041yks9)
A young surgeon arriving at the village of Duncombe discovers that his female patients seem to require a singular remedy.
Elizabeth Gaskell's 1851 novella is notable for being a prequel to her novel Cranford.
Mr Harrison …. Marston Bloom
Jemima Bullock …. Colleen Prendergast
Mr Bullock …. David Timson
Miss Tomkinson …. Gillian Bevan
Caroline Tomkinson …. Rebecca Front
Miss Horsman …. Jane Booker
Mrs Bullock …. Christine Kavanagh
Sophy Hutton …. Alison Pettitt
Mr Morgan …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Jack Marshland/John Brouncker …. Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Rose …. Sophie Thompson
Dramatised by Jeremy Front.
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
SAT 04:00 Rose Tremain (b007md6s)
Tropical Fish
The reflections of dying farmer John Sparrow and his son Bob, who ponders life during a trip to London. Read by Maggie Steed.
SAT 04:15 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds (b041yksc)
4. The £7,000,000 Touch
The 'King' is taken and double-crossing ends in death.
Retirement continues to elude veteran detective Bill Gailbraith. Bundled into a car, he's face-to-face with Jacobus.
Starring Bernard Hepton as Galbraith, Tom Watson as Cater, Cyril Shaps as Lindemanns, Peter Dyneley as Gelder, Richard Davies as Paul, Eva Haddon as Anne-Marie,
Stephen Grief as Jacobus, Trader Faulkner as Dykers.
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1975.
SAT 05:00 Second Holmes (b015qy32)
The Case of the Reading Undertaker
The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the death of a man by crossbow.
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, Stuart Organ as Simon Durham, Madi Hedd as Janet Durham, James Kerry as Inspector Fowler, Ronald Baddiley as the General and Hugh Dickson as Lamson.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983.
SAT 05:30 Smelling of Roses (b00d8yxr)
Series 3
Promises, Promises
Tasked with organising an auction of promises for a posh school, Rosie finds that it’s not the parents who are upper-crust so much as the pupils...
More challenges for Rosie Burns 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
Greg ..... Leo Dolan
Trevor ..... Jim North
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002.
SAT 06:00 J Meade Falkner - Moonfleet (b007jqnz)
When he goes in search of Blackbeard's diamond, young John Trenchard is drawn into a dangerous world of the smugglers.
But the treasure brings a curse and soon John is fleeing for his life.
J Meade Faulkner's classic tale dramatised by Nick Warburton.
Starring Robert Glenister as the Narrator (Old John), Richard Pearce as Young John Trenchard, Ron Cook as Ratsey, James Laurenson as Elzevir Block, Frances Jeater as Aunt Jane, Sean Baker as Aldobrand, Ian Masters as Glennie, Tilly Gaunt as Grace, Stephen Critchlow as Turnkey and Stephen Boxer as Maskew.
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
SAT 07:30 Grasshead Racers (b00x58v4)
To honour the great motor racing commentator, Murray Walker, who died last month aged 97, Radio 4 is repeating the programme that, in 2004 , tempted him out of retirement - Grasshead Racers.
In his long career as a commentator Murray Walker covered all manner of motor sports, so when radio producer Julian May told him about lawn mower racing he was intrigued. He agreed to present a programme exploring it, on one condition - that he would not have to commentate.
At the Le Mans (if he’s not mistaken) of the lawn mower racing world - a field dotted with straw bales in Kingston Maurwood, Dorset, Murray spends a summer's day with members of the British Lawn Mower Racing Association and discovers this is a sport with wide appeal. Sir Stirling Moss reveals he was a keen lawn mower racer; Oliver Reed was as enthusiastic, but less controlled. Murray meets one competitor with more world championships than Michael Schumacher.
So impressed is Murray by these grasshead racers and their diligently fettled machines that he can't resist picking up the announcer's microphone and painting the scene in words, commentating one last time on this most spectacular and democratic motor sport.
Lawnmowers, Murray reveals, have a surprisingly sexy provenance: Mr Benz of Mercedes launched his career making lawn mowers; Royal Enfield, more famous for their guns and motorcycles, made mowers. So did Rolls Royce!
But the real enthusiasts, like Bugatti owners, like to mount their chariots and tank them. Murray Walker joins them, enjoying the heady aroma of 2 stroke and grass clippings as, lap after lap, the grasshead racers gun their classic mowers over Kingston Maurwood's greensward at speeds approaching a dizzying 35mph.
Presenter: Murray Walker
Producer: Julian May
SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b00wr6qy)
I'm in Charge
The London Palladium has always occupied a unique place in Bruce Forsyth's heart: "No theatre on this earth has ever superseded the Palladium in my affections; it's just so special . . . as intimate as a family's front room."
It was one night at the Palladium back in 1958 when Bruce Forsyth's career changed forever - a celebrated appearance with the late comedian Dickie Henderson led to Bruce being offered the highly sought after job of compère of the weekly TV variety show, 'Sunday Night at the London Palladium'. Together, the show and its new presenter, turned out to be a sensation - the highlight of the week for Britain's viewing millions and the topic of conversation in factories, offices, schools and shop floors on Monday mornings.
On the eve of the Theatre's 100th birthday - the Palladium first opened its doors to the public on Boxing Day 1919 - Bruce takes Paul Jackson on a tour of the theatre that every star of their day aspired to performing in. If you made the Palladium, you had it made. From Ella Sheilds and Dan Leno to the golden era of American stars like Frank Sinatra and Danny Kaye who had the crowds queuing round the block; from George V & George VI, to Pinky & Perky and Mocombe & Wise, the London Palladium has played host to them all.
Producer: Paul Kobrak.
SAT 09:00 Comedy Controller (b01m6hqn)
Adam Hills
The Antipodean funny man opens up his own personal comedy preferences. Including The Goon Show, Kenny Everett - The Local Radio Years, League of Gentlemen, Flight of the Conchords and Little Britain.
What do Adelaide, Melbourne and Edinburgh all have in common? Their Fringe and comedy festivals have all been host to popular and critically-lauded shows from this sunny Australian comic. A purveyor of self-confessed "positive uplifting comedy", Adam has been a Perrier nominee on no less than three separate occasions, and a winner of the Best of the Fest. Not only a veteran of the British panel game circuit - via Mock the Week and Never Mind the Buzzcocks - he has presented Four at the Store for Radio 4.
A consistently popular comedian, in this programme, Adam shares his love of radio comedy and it's formative role in his comedy career. Go you big red fire engine!
Produced by Martin Dempsey.
SAT 12:00 Chris Fallon - Le Donne (b042brd3)
Series 2 Omnibus
Caterina finds her morality, courage and resourcefulness tested to the limit as she joins the Camorra. Stars Indira Varma.
SAT 13:05 Inheritance Tracks (b0106vf7)
Colm Toibin
The writer inherits 'I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marbled Halls' sung by Joan Sutherland, and passes on Bob Dylan's 'I Threw It All Away'.
SAT 13:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b007510p)
Ann Widdecombe
The former MP opens up to Dr Anthony Clare about religion, being single and her clash with Michael Howard. From July 1997.
Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in depth interviews with prominent people from different walks of life.
Born in Dublin, author Anthony held a doctorate in medicine, a master's degree in philosophy and was a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. After becoming a regular on BBC Radio 4's Stop the Week in the 1980s, he became Britain's best-known psychiatrist and earned his own vehicle, In the Psychiatrist's Chair. Starting in 1982, this series ran until 2001 and also transferred to TV. Series highlights include conversations with Bob Monkhouse, Cecil Parkinson and Gerry Adams.
Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007.
SAT 14:00 The Goon Show (b007jnm5)
Series 7
The Great Bank Robbery
All set for the Long Distance Bass Drum Race, Neddie Seagoon is duped into villainy.
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 November 1956.
SAT 14:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00f9y6d)
Series 3
Episode 1
Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel stays in a haunted mansion. With guest star Spike Milligan as The Mayor of Witchfield.
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.
Starring Michael Roberts as Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel and Frank Lazarus as Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli.
With Lorelei King, Graham Hoadly and Dick Vosburgh.
Written by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.
SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b00wr6qy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 J Meade Falkner - Moonfleet (b007jqnz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler (b041vcqw)
Series 1
Episode 4
Comedian and adventurer Tim FitzHigham recreates an 18th Century bet, attempting to travel 25mph on water using only the means available to a gentleman in 1765. History books record of the original attempt, "Something snapped, there was a fatality and the wager was abandoned." Last in series.
SAT 18:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jm46)
The Secondary Phase
Fit The Ninth
The Vogons make an unwelcome return, Zaphod holds a séance, and Arthur's quest for tea paralyses the ship.
Starring Peter Jones as The Book, Simon Jones as Arthur Dent, Geoffrey McGivern as Ford Prefect, Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox, David Tate as Eddie, Stephen Moore as Marvin, Leueen Willoughby as the Nutrimat Machine, Bill Wallis as the Vogon Captain and Richard Goolden as Zaphod Beeblebrox IV.
The original scripts by Douglas Adams (1952-2001) went on to spawn a series of novels, a feature film, at least three stage shows, a TV series, a computer game, a collection of comic books - and various towels.
Radiophonic sound and music by Paddy Kingsland.
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1978.
SAT 18:30 Fear on 4 (b007jnlv)
His Last Card
The Man in Black reveals Laura's feelings over a card signed 'One day to death'. Stars Edward de Souza and Maureen O'Brien.
SAT 19:00 Comedy Controller (b01m6hqn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Innes Own World (b0178mxy)
Episode 2
A radio programme that takes you inside Neil Innes's head and doesn't let you out for half an hour.
Featuring "The Breakfast Things", Neil's own version of The Today Programme, broadcast from his kitchen table.
Script Editor: John Dowie
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003.
SAT 22:30 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b042cjdw)
2014
Episode 4
Made for 4 Extra. Isy Suttie and Arthur Smith are joined by Joe Lycett on stage at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival.
SAT 22:35 Creme de la Crime (b007yvm3)
Series 1
The Bells and St Clement
Michael Feydeau and David Pershore review the curious case of a fallen monk. Stars Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From October 2001.
SAT 22:50 Tina C (b00771rs)
State of the Union Tour
Madrid
The country singing sensation and global activist investigates the Spanish concept of 'duende', the mysterious spirit of performance. From December 2006.
SAT 23:05 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b042ck2f)
2014
Episode 5
Made for 4 Extra. Isy Suttie and Arthur Smith are joined by Nish Kumar on stage at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival.
SAT 23:10 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (b008kmqx)
Series 2
Episode 2
John Humphrys gives 28 performers 60 seconds to entertain an audience:
Arthur Smith
Catherine Williams
Natalie Haynes
Murray Lachlan Young
Dave Fulton
Harald Dubois [Kevin Eldon]
Paul Sinha
Fat Tongue
Mick Miller
I Am Kloot
Dr. Phil Hammond
Pappy's Fun Club
Five Live Drive
Dan Evans
Faultless & Torrance
Joe Wilkinson
Joolz Denby
Paul Carenza
Philip Pope
Carrie Quinlan
Lady Agatha [Lizzie Roper]
Mark Maier
Hils Barker
The Pros from Dover
Andy Zaltzman
Billy Bennett [Andrew Sachs]
Jimmy Cricket
Marcus Brigstocke
Producers: Rohan Acharya and Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.
SAT 23:40 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b042ck2h)
2014
Episode 6
Made for 4 Extra. Isy Suttie and Arthur Smith present Machynlleth: The Musical.
SAT 23:45 Julian Fox: On a Lonely Planet (b042ck2k)
Canary Wharf
What will Julian Fox find when he takes his home-based travel show to the towers of London's Canary Wharf? From February 2005.


SUNDAY 04 MAY 2014

SUN 00:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jm46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Fear on 4 (b007jnlv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 (b00wr6qy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 Chris Fallon - Le Donne (b042brd3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b007510p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 J Meade Falkner - Moonfleet (b007jqnz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler (b041vcqw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Where Angels Fear to Tread (Omnibus) (b00fsbmd)
Episode 1
English prejudices clash with Italian passions when a young widow is sent abroad to avoid a man's clutches.
The lure of southern Europe clashes with the propriety of the north, in EM Forster's deliciously witty story of English conventions confounded by the romance of Italy.
Omnibus of the first five of ten parts by Penny Leicester.
Sian Thomas is the Narrator, with Teresa Gallagher as Lilia, Tom George as Kingcroft, Jamie Bamber as Philip, Sara Kestelman as Mrs Herriton and Deborah Findlay as Harriet.
Director: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
SUN 07:15 Key Matters (b00b5ltz)
Series 1
B flat
Ivan Hewett examines five musical keys. Today: B flat - sad and heroic in Chopin, Mozart, and Beethoven. With John Dankworth.
SUN 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00pd5n7)
Series 5
Murder Most Fouled Up
At short notice Arthur steps in to play a prominent role in an evening Murder Mystery event for Lord and Lady Preston, his new best friends - if they did but know it! Who committed the heinous murder? Can Count Arthur solve the case? Did he do it? Was it the butler? There's only one way to find out!
We once again follow the one-time Variety Star as he uncompromisingly fulfils his daily list of engagements. Every day life with Count Arthur Strong is always an enlightening experience!
Steve Delaney, Alastair Kerr, David Mounfield and Mel Giedroyc star.
Produced by John Leonard and Mark Radcliffe
A Komedia Entertainment & Smooth Operations production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00tvg2s)
From 04/06/1959
Host Kenneth Horne has talks at the BBC, and a celebration of the great British summer. With Kenneth Williams. From June 1959.
SUN 08:30 To the Manor Born (b007jm4q)
The Honours List
With news of a New Year's Honour for a villager, Audrey is nice to Devere.
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
Brigadier ...... Jonathan Adams
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 descendent.
First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.
Adapted for radio by Peter Spence from his TV script.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1997.
SUN 09:00 Gillian Cross - The Demon Headmaster (b00rm4xc)
Episode 1
Dinah joins a new foster family, and finds some unusual goings-on at her new school. Gillian Cross' story stars Lucy Speed.
SUN 09:30 Alf Proysen - Mrs Pepperpot (b00p4jym)
Episode 1
The adventures of an incredible shrinking woman who's always in trouble. Based on Alf Proysen's popular children's books. Stars Alison Steadman.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b042cnct)
Psychologists
Dorothy Rowe
4 Extra Debut. From Ella Fitzgerald to Franz Schubert, psychologist Dorothy Rowe shares her castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From March 2002.
SUN 10:45 Elvis in Prestwick (b00qvlrk)
Don't Ask Me Why by Ruth Thomas
Stories first broadcast in 2010, celebrating 50 years since Presley's only trip to Britain - a brief stopover at a small Scottish airport on his return from military service in Germany.
In Ruth Thomas's short story, the news that Sonia's best friend has been hit by a car is overshadowed by the arrival of an international celebrity at the local airport.
Read by Sally Reid.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.
SUN 11:00 This American Life (b042cp3r)
Before It Had a Name
There's the time when you know something is happening, but you're not sure exactly what. The illness before it's diagnosed. The era, before it's been given a title. And something changes when the name is given. Stories of that transformation...between what it is now, and what it was before it had a name. US public radio show from 2001.
Weaving interviews, stories, and music, This American Life takes us on an intense weekly journey into the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people and situations.
One of the great speech radio successes of recent years from Ira Glass and his team at Chicago Public Media.
SUN 12:00 Where Angels Fear to Tread (Omnibus) (b00fsbmd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:15 Key Matters (b00b5ltz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 Stephen Gallagher - Chimera (b007wtfb)
Brutal killings in a mysterious laboratory spark a government hush-up. Dramatised by the author. Stars Sarah Badel.
SUN 15:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00tvg2s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 15:30 To the Manor Born (b007jm4q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b042cp4l)
Mel Giedroyc presents her highlights of this week's shows, including Dick and Dom's attempt at worm charming and grass whistling, and what it's like to pan for gold in the UK.
SUN 17:00 Gillian Cross - The Demon Headmaster (b00rm4xc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 17:30 Alf Proysen - Mrs Pepperpot (b00p4jym)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jn3p)
The Family Album
Horror legend Vincent Price introduces a tale of faceless commuter Arthur, who proves to be a formidable adversary as danger strikes.
Stars Maurice Denham as Arthur Goodby, Liz Fraser as Rose Goodby, James Kerry as Harry, Aubrey Morris as Mr Martin and Anthony Newlands as The Coroner.
Scripted by William Ingram.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1983.
SUN 18:30 Bradbury 13 (b012qqvn)
The Screaming Woman
Has little Margaret stumbled on a murder? Ray Bradbury's vintage tale of suspense stars Rachael Jacobs and Beverly Rowland.
SUN 19:00 This American Life (b042cp3r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 20:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00tvg2s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 20:30 To the Manor Born (b007jm4q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b042cnct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:45 Elvis in Prestwick (b00qvlrk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SUN 22:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00pd5n7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b042cplg)
2014
Episode 7
Made for 4 Extra. Isy Suttie chats to Tom Basden at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival.
SUN 22:35 Craig Brown's Lost Diaries (b00vkw57)
September and October
September and October. Autumn brings gloom for Sylvia Plath, Thomas Hardy and Max Clifford.
A second chance to hear satirist Craig Brown dip into the private lives of public figures from the 1960's to the present day.
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 23:05 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b042cplj)
2014
Episode 8
Made for 4 Extra. Arthur Smith performs in the Shed of the Year at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival.
SUN 23:10 The Castle (b00t4q0l)
Series 3
The Snowballs of Hell
Hie ye 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 there's romance in the air for Charlotte as a vicious gang war breaks out in the Castle. Meanwhile, De Warenne discovers the fondue and declares martial law.
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
Producer/Director: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN 23:40 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b042cptf)
2014
Episode 9
Made for 4 Extra. Arthur Smith takes part in the inaugural England v Wales Bowls Competition at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival.
SUN 23:45 Julian Fox: On a Lonely Planet (b042cpth)
Airports
The home-based travel show hits London's airports to review flight options. How about a holiday in Gatwick? From March 2005.


MONDAY 05 MAY 2014

MON 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jn3p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Bradbury 13 (b012qqvn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b042cnct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 Elvis in Prestwick (b00qvlrk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00pd5n7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Beyond Our Ken (b00tvg2s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 To the Manor Born (b007jm4q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Stephen Gallagher - Chimera (b007wtfb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Gillian Cross - The Demon Headmaster (b00rm4xc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Alf Proysen - Mrs Pepperpot (b00p4jym)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Raffles (b007jngz)
Series 3
The Last Word
War-scarred Bunny returns to London, determined to restore his extraordinary friend's reputation.
The stories of EW Hornung in the continuing adventures of cricketer and gentleman thief, Arthur J Raffles, and his chronicler, Harry "Bunny" Manders.
Starring Jeremy Clyde as AJ Raffles, Michael Cochrane as Bunny, Emily Richard as Sophie and Matthew Morgan as Alec.
Dramatised by Olwen Wymark.
Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.
Director: Gordon House
A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast in 1992.
MON 06:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yy8yx)
Episode 1
Unassuming engineer Mr Graham runs for his life across war-torn Europe. Classic 1940s thriller read by Richard Greenwood.
MON 07:00 Double Science (b0133g6w)
Real Ale
A real ale home brewing competition turns incompetent teachers Kenneth and Colin into bitter rivals. The turmoil continues at the Sixth Form College.
Written by and starring Ben Willbond and Justin Edwards.
With Rebecca Front, Raza Jaffrey, Gus Brown and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.
MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b041vvw6)
Series 13
Episode 4
David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents. Lloyd Langford, Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan and Graeme Garden are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as: Wales, Fish, Mouths and Perfume.
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 Radio4.
MON 08:00 Listen to Les (b0180fmx)
From 20/01/1985
Les Dawson pays tribute to a feisty barber, Cosmo Smallpiece chairs a chat show and with Les at the piano, the Ink Blots help to murder a song.
With Daphne Oxenford, Eli Woods and Colin Edwynn.
Music by Brian Fitzgerald.
Scripted and produced by James Casey.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1985.
MON 08:30 The Navy Lark (b007jmsx)
Series 13
Opportunity Knockers
Will a star be born? The crew audition for a talent contest aboard HMS Troutbridge.

Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Commanding Officer, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Wren Simkins, Tenniel Evans as the Admiral and Michael Bates as the Vice-Admiral.

Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman and George Evans.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1972.
MON 09:00 When the Dog Dies (b012r7k7)
Series 2
Catchment if You Can
Ronnie Corbett reunites with the writers of his hit sitcom Sorry, Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. Sorry ran for seven series on BBC 1 and was number one in the UK ratings.
In the second series of their Radio 4 sitcom, Ronnie plays Sandy Hopper, who is growing old happily along with his dog Henry. His grown up children - both married to people Sandy doesn't approve of at all - would like him to move out of the family home so they can get their hands on their money earlier.
But Sandy's not having this. He's not moving until the dog dies. And not just that, how can he move if he's got a lodger? His daughter is convinced that his too attractive lodger Dolores (Liza Tarbuck) is after Sandy and his money.
Luckily, Sandy has three grandchildren and sometimes a friendly word, a kindly hand on the shoulder can really help a Granddad in the twenty-first century. Man and dog together face a complicated world. There's every chance they'll make it more so.
Sandy's quiet life is shattered by the need to make himself scarce while his daughter Ellie and his son-in-law Blake pretend, for reasons of social mobility and educational opportunity, that his address is their address. Hiding in the shed doesn't seem right for someone who dreams of being a hero. Not in the world's eye, perhaps - but certainly in his grandson Tyson's.
Cast:
Ronnie Corbett ..... Sandy
Liza Tarbuck ...... Dolores
Sally Grace ..... Mrs Pompom
Tilly Vosburgh ..... Ellie
Jonathan Aris ...... Blake
Daniel Bridle .....Tyson
Stephen Critchlow ...... Mr Mountjoy
Producer: Liz Anstee
A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 09:30 Chain Reaction (b00tjsjf)
Series 6
Ruby Wax interviews Harry Shearer
The new series of the tag team talk show continues as last week's guest, the UK's favourite sharp tongued American, Ruby Wax takes the microphone to interview voice of The Simpsons, face of Derek Smalls and political satirist Harry Shearer.
Ruby asks Harry to delve into some of his Simpsons characters, where he found the inspiration for Derek Smalls in Spinal Tap and who his favourite political target has been over the years.
MON 10:00 Peter Tinniswood (b007k354)
The Governor's Consort
Mary Wimbush stars as Lady Edith in this play written specially for her by Peter Tinniswood.
Lady Edith is sailing with her husband to the tiny South Atlantic island of St David's, of which he's about to become Governor.
Her fellow passengers, not to mention the crew and the exuberant band on board, produce an invigorating and somewhat earthy effect on her Ladyship, a frustrated woman of 'a certain age' with a vivid imagination.
Lady Edith …. Mary Wimbush
Sir Wilfred …. John Moffatt
Doctor Spofforth …. Bernard Hepton
Captain MacWhirter …. Stephen Thorne
Delgado …. Keith Drinkel
Chief Engineer …. Matthew Morgan
First Officer …. James Telfer
Tarleton …. Jonathan Adams
Radio kept Mary Wimbush particularly busy throughout her career. She was known to millions as Julia Pargetter in 'The Archers' until her death in 2005, shortly after she'd recorded an episode of the BBC's long-running soap opera at the BBC's Mailbox in Birmingham.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1993.
MON 11:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00n3ptx)
A Bit on the Side
The tale of a middle-aged accountant and the end of an intense love affair that began as an office romance. Read by Niamh Cusack.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b042cq8m)
Clive Anderson, Paul Merton, Gerald Scarfe, Jo Nesbø, Clare Grogan, Bob Log III, Tinariwen
In a special show from the BBC Radio Theatre Clive talks to writer, actor, comedian and presenter Paul Merton. Paul is about to return to Shakespeare's Globe for the 15th annual Comedy Store Players gig. The players will arrive on the world-famous Globe stage with no script and only the faintest idea of where the night will take them and their willing audience for one night only on Monday 26 May at 8.00pm.
Clive talks to renowned cartoonist and illustrator Gerald Scarfe about NOISE Festival 2014. The festival offers creative talent the chance to bypass traditional routes into the creative industries and submit work to be judged by industry professionals or 'curators'. Submissions are open now until end of May, followed by showcase events in London and Manchester. Gerald is the curator for Illustration and talks to Clive about mentoring the creative talent of tomorrow.
Nikki Bedi talks to author and musician Jo Nesbø about going from whodunnit to 'who smelt it dealt it' in his children's book 'Doctor Proctor Fart Powder: The End of the World, Maybe.'
As a newly restored version of Gregory's Girl is set to be released on the 5th May, Clive talks to Clare Grogan about her role in the heart-warming coming of age British classic. Grogan was 17 and waitressing in Glasgow when she was handpicked by director Bill Forsyth to play Susan.
Music from North Malian 8 piece Tinariwen who perform 'Chaghaybou' from their album 'Emmaar'. More music comes from helmet-clad one-man-band Bob Log III performing 'The Rattler' from his album 'Log Bomb'.
Producer: Sukey Firth.
MON 12:00 Listen to Les (b0180fmx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 The Navy Lark (b007jmsx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Raffles (b007jngz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yy8yx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrxz)
Episode 6
As Harriet and Philip arrive to rescue Lilia's son, Philip finds himself captivated by Italy. With Sian Thomas and Jamie Bamber.
MON 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007sxvl)
The Census of 1841; Phytophthora Infestans
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
MON 14:30 Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea (b00m52xm)
Episode 6
Antoinette and Rochester's intense love affair on the beguiling Caribbean island of Dominica is threatened by rumour and betrayal...
Jean Rhys's most famous novel tracing the early life of the first Mrs Rochester from Jane Eyre.
Read by Adam Godley.
Abridged by Margaret Busby.
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
MON 14:45 England's Mistress - The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton (b01lvb07)
Episode 1
Kate Williams' biography of the prostitute who became the mistress of Lord Nelson, despite humble origins. Read by Polly Walker.
MON 15:00 Peter Tinniswood (b007k354)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b042lp9n)
Mel gets to grips with stone skimming and indulges in beetlemania with some naturalists, and John Sessions reads the first story from author Paul Jennings' Unpredictable Tales.
MON 17:00 Doctor Finlay: The Further Adventures of a Black Bag (b008j8lc)
Series 1
Birth and Death
As the squabble over who is the most up-to-date doctor gets more heated, it takes a baby to teach Cameron and Finlay a lesson in humility.
Ready with his black bag, Dr Finlay sets out to remedy all manner of ailments suffered by his patients in the Scottish Highland town of Levenford.
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, Stuart McQuarrie as MacFinnon, Pauline Lockhart as Jessie Todd, Andrew Mackintosh as Dougal Todd and Tina Gray as Mrs Todd.
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 (b0133g6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:00 When the Dog Dies (b012r7k7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 18:30 A Good Read (b042lr39)
Edwina Currie and Terry Wogan
Tom Sutcliffe, Terry Wogan and Edwina Currie discuss books by Frank McCourt, William Trevor and Garrison Keillor. From 1997.
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Publisher: Flamingo
Felicia's Journey by William Trevor
Publisher: Penguin.
Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor
Publisher: Faber.
MON 19:00 Listen to Les (b0180fmx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 The Navy Lark (b007jmsx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Raffles (b007jngz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yy8yx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00n3ptx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b042cq8m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b041vvw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b042ls16)
2014
Episode 10
Made for 4 Extra. Lou Sanders, Brett Goldstein and Mark Simmons perform comedy in a cave.
MON 22:35 Chain Reaction (b00tjsjf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 23:05 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b042ls18)
2014
Episode 11
Made for 4 Extra. Isy Suttie takes part in the interactive theatre experience of Hurtling.
MON 23:10 The Machynlleth Comedy Festival (b042ls1b)
2014
BBC Radio 4 Extra brings you brand new stand-up from the 2014 Machynlleth Comedy Festival.
MON 23:40 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b042ls1d)
2014
Episode 12
Made for 4 Extra. Arthur Smith and Holly Burn visit the comedy art exhibition at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival.
MON 23:45 Julian Fox: On a Lonely Planet (b042ls1g)
Edinburgh
Quibbling over rail fares, travel show host Julian finally leaves London on a cheap flight to Scotland. From March 2005.


TUESDAY 06 MAY 2014

TUE 00:00 Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrxz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007sxvl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00n3ptx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:45 England's Mistress - The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton (b01lvb07)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 When the Dog Dies (b012r7k7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 A Good Read (b042lr39)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Raffles (b007jngz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yy8yx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Peter Tinniswood (b007k354)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00n3ptx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b042cq8m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Doctor Finlay: The Further Adventures of a Black Bag (b008j8lc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Double Science (b0133g6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmp26)
Dead Side of the Mic
Episode 1
Simon Brett's actor-cum-amateur sleuth gets embroiled in a suspicious death at London's Broadcasting House. Stars Bill Nighy.
TUE 06:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yyfl3)
Episode 2
Surviving a bullet wound, engineer Graham leaves 1940s Istanbul by ship with his military secrets. Read by Richard Greenwood.
TUE 07:00 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b007synq)
Series 1
Episode 2
The musical comedian presents his selection of some of the finest comic songs. With guest Andrew Lawrence. From August 2005.
TUE 07:30 Down the Line (b010m9tg)
Series 4
Episode 7
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, Julia Davis, Robert Popper, Adil Ray and Arabella Weir.
Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse
A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jnq8)
Series 7
The Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons
With the revelation that Neddie Seagoon was once mass-produced, can the original be found?
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 November 1956.
TUE 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0089jcz)
Series 3
Episode 2
An escaped murderer is after the shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel.
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Starring Michael Roberts as Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel and Frank Lazarus as Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli.
With Lorelei King, Graham Hoadly and 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 July 1992.
TUE 09:00 Street and Lane (b00vzz09)
Series 2
Estimates Day
When the Yorkshire builders price up fitting mirrors, they start seeing double...
Series 2 of Ian McMillan and Dave Sheasby's comedy stars Shaun Dooley as Johnny Street, Fine Time Fontayne as Arthur Lane, Christine Kavanagh as Janet, Mark Straker as John, Sam Dale as Franklin and Rachel Atkins as Julia.
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2007.
TUE 09:30 The Now Show (b041yr8w)
Series 43
Episode 3
Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team present a comic take on the week's news. With guests Marcus Brigstocke, John Finnemore, Laura Shavin and Grace Petrie.
Written by the cast, with additional material from Sarah Morgan and Andy Wolton. Produced by Alexandra Smith.
TUE 10:00 DH Lawrence - Women in Love (b007jr8r)
Springtime
Gudrun returns to the Midlands mining town of Beldover, intending to join her sister, Ursula in teaching.
At a society wedding, the sisters attract the attention of Gerald Critch and Rupert Birkin. Both are very different gentlemen - with very different responses to love.
Starring Clare Holman, Stella Gonet, Douglas Hodge and Nicholas Farrell.
DH Lawrence's passionate novel was first published in 1920.
Dramatised in four parts by Elaine Feinstein.
Ursula …. Clare Holman
Gudrun …. Stella Gonet
Gerald …. Douglas Hodge
Rupert …. Nicholas Farrell
Hermione …. Geraldine Fitzgerald
Pussum …. Sunny Ormonde
Halliday …. John Webb
Sir Joshua …. Simon Carter
Mrs Critch …. Ann Beech
With Tracy Wiles, Robert Harper, Peter Meakin, Richard Curnow, David Timson, Zoe Ganjavi, Bethan Ganjavi, Stephanie Luxton and Steven Blakeley
Music composed by Anthea Gomez.
Director: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1996.
TUE 11:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00n5plg)
Solitude
A child's impetuous act is finally resolved on a seafront some 50 years later. Read by Penelope Wilton.
TUE 11:15 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds (b042m3c2)
5. Appointment in Zurich
The 'King of Diamonds' stays in Amsterdam, whilst Galbraith chases the 'Queen of Hearts'.
A quiet retirement still eludes veteran detective Bill Galbraith. His criminal mastermind foe, Cater, sets an intricate plan in motion.
Starring Bernard Hepton as Galbraith, Richard Davies as Tom Evans, Tom Watson as Cater, Peter Dyneley as Gelder, Eva Haddon as Anne-Marie, Francis Jeater as Betty Van Druten, Peter Hawkins as Lander, Cyril Shaps as Lindemanns and Bruce Alexander as Milne.
Robert Barr also wrote TV scripts for the BBC's Z Cars and Softly Softly, as well as being a prize-winning TV producer.
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1975.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jnq8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0089jcz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmp26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yyfl3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jryd)
Episode 7
As they prepare to rescue Lilia's baby, Philip, Caroline and Harriet find Italy intoxicating. Stars Jamie Bamber and Emilia Fox.
TUE 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007szmd)
Famine; The Famine in Skibbereen
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
TUE 14:30 Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea (b00m5711)
Episode 7
Antoinette seeks advice, as malicious gossip puts a strain on her marriage to Rochester.
Jean Rhys's most famous novel tracing the early life of the first Mrs Rochester from Jane Eyre.
Read by Adjoa Andoh.
Abridged by Margaret Busby.
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
TUE 14:45 England's Mistress - The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton (b01lvjdl)
Episode 2
Emma's inexorable rise brings with it a personal transformation and the emergence of genuine talent. Read by Polly Walker.
TUE 15:00 DH Lawrence - Women in Love (b007jr8r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b042m3vz)
Mel Giedroyc rolls out the birthday bunting for former children's laureate Michael Rosen, and we hear another of Paul Jennings' 13 Unpredictable Tales.
TUE 17:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx2l)
Series 1
Negative Vetting
Faith's not impressed to discover what Bill's mum thinks about her...
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.
Staring Lynda Bellingham and James Bolam.
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
Hilary ...... Celia Imrie
Liza ...... Belinda Lang
Steve ...... Guy Brougham
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1988.
TUE 17:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b007synq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Street and Lane (b00vzz09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 18:30 That Reminds Me (b007jnv6)
Series 3
George Melly
Celebrated raconteur, jazz singer and critic George Melly regales an audience with tales of his eventful life and passions.
Aged 75, the bon viveur reveals his short-term memory is faulty, yet his past is crystal clear. As Melly charts his way through a varied career - underpinned by his hunger for entertaining and performing - he recalls his early gay lifestyle, and explains his great passion for surrealism,
When George died, BBC News said "With his flamboyant suits, oversize hats and Havana cigars, George Melly was a good-time Renaissance man who indulged, often over-indulged, his passions for jazz, film, art, fishing, writing, drink and sex."
George Melly: Born 17 August 1926. Died 5 July 2007.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jnq8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0089jcz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmp26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yyfl3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00n5plg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds (b042m3c2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Down the Line (b010m9tg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 The Music Teacher (b00s3h48)
Series 1
Episode 1
An aural feast of a musical comedy written by and starring Richie Webb as multi-instrumentalist music teacher Nigel Penny.
Shut away in a windowless practice room in a regional arts centre, music teacher Nigel endures a succession of pupils: the middle-aged bachelor with his homemade Moog; the six year old trombonist who's arms aren't quite long enough; and the female student who's forever in a state of tearful crisis and never gets her oboe out - all these and more enter Nigel's airless little room.
Nigel also has to contend with the panicked manager of Letchington Arts Centre, Belinda, who's continued struggle to keep the Arts Centre a going concern impacts bizarrely on Nigel's world.
Nigel suffers from crippling stage fright. He hasn't performed in public for years and frankly, he's not looking to rectify this. Belinda, however, is. And not because she appreciates his rare talent, but mainly because she always seems to have some act that's cancelled and needs Nigel to fill in.
We are privy to Nigel's thoughts: conversations and musical performances are littered with the 'real' Nigel's asides, which flit from commenting on what is happening to wandering off on a tangent to becoming consumed with the prospect of performing again.
Musically, though, the show sounds like no other: Accordians; singing dogs; death metal guitar - we hear them all. And the entire show takes place in Nigel's tiny, windowless room. The claustrophobia is audible.
This opening episode sees Nigel having to contend with an atonal Barbershop Quartet and a depressed orchestral timpanist - whilst Belinda is desperate to fill the slot vacated by the Gilbert and Sullivan Society.
Nigel Penny ...... Richie Webb
Belinda ...... Vicki Pepperdine
Other roles: Dave Lamb, Jim North and Jess Robinson.
Producer: Richie Webb
Director: Nick Walker
A Top Dog Production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2010.
TUE 22:45 Earls of the Court (b00qvpk2)
Earls Reunited
Comedy drama series by Will Adamsdale and Stewart Wright about two Australians down on their luck in London.
Lloydie returns after years of travel to find best mate Johnno still living in their old flat. But their former gang has disbanded and times have changed. Worse still, the sins of the past are about to catch up with them.
Lloydie ...... Stewart Wright
Johnno ...... Will Adamsdale
Bonzo ...... Rufus Wright
Kirsty ...... Keely Beresford
Shalk ...... Michael Shelford
Brett ...... David Seddon
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b0443pn8)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Diane Morgan chats to Katy Wix.
TUE 23:00 Delve Special (b007jmzk)
Series 4
Not-So-Supergrasses
Supergrasses are criminals. Criminals are liars. Policeman believe supergrasses Why?
Intrepid reporter David Lander probes the supergrass system and in particular the career of Billy ‘Stick’ Adams
Written by Tony Sarchet.
Starring Stephen Fry as David Lander.
With Brenda Blethyn, Robert Bathurst, Janine Duvitski, Philip Pope, Julia Hills, Mark Arden and Clive Mantle.
Producer: Paul Mayhew Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1987.
TUE 23:30 2000 Years of Radio (b007jndx)
Series 1
Roman Britain Radio
It’s 55AD and ancient Britain tries to come to terms with the Roman invasion. DJ Steve-in-the-Afternoon fights the invaders' plans to make changes to the nation's favourite radio station - Iceni Gold.
Six-part series that taps into the radio archive of a bygone age.
Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Claire Downes , Stuart Lane, Al Holloway, Danny Robbins and Dan Tetsell.
Producers: Paul Dodgson & Sean Grundy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2000.
TUE 23:45 All the World's a Globe (b007jww5)
7. From Nelson to Women's Emaciation
The emaciation of women.
Continuing the history of mankind.
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 June 1990.


WEDNESDAY 07 MAY 2014

WED 00:00 Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jryd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007szmd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00n5plg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:45 England's Mistress - The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton (b01lvjdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Street and Lane (b00vzz09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 That Reminds Me (b007jnv6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmp26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yyfl3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 DH Lawrence - Women in Love (b007jr8r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00n5plg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds (b042m3c2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx2l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b007synq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmr2t)
Dead Side of the Mic
Episode 2
The plot thickens for the actor-sleuth as he delves into a death at the BBC. Stars Bill Nighy and Suzanne Burden.
WED 06:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yz7b2)
Episode 3
Realising that his would-be killer is on board the ship, Graham tries to return to port in Istanbul. Read by Richard Greenwood.
WED 07:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3rr)
Series 3
Crime Wave
It all begins with a disappearing car and a little old lady with her hair in a bun...
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
Sadie Fine ...... Doreen Mantle
Melvin ...... Henry Goodman
Brian ...... Jonathan Kydd
Sam ...... Cyril Shaps
Police Sergeant ...... Crawford Logan
Police Constable ...... John Voce
Music: Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2002.
WED 07:30 Isy Suttie's Love Letters (b041y1n3)
Series 2
Eleanor and Mr Woodfield
Isy Suttie returns to her Derbyshire home town of Matlock and observes the unfolding romance between dinner lady, Eleanor, and teacher, Mr Woodfield.
Both are unhappily married, but find solace in their workplace friendship.
Isy's Sony Award winning show, recounts a series of love stories affecting people she's known throughout her life, told partly through song.
Sometimes Isy has merely observed other people's love lives; quite often she's intervened, changing the action dramatically - for better or worse. Intertwined within these stories are related real life anecdotes from Isy's own, often disastrous, love life.
With her multi-character and vocal skills, and accompanied by her guitar, Isy creates a hilarious and deeply moving world, sharing with us her lessons in life and love.
"A voice you want to swim in" The Independent
Producer: Lyndsay Fenner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpd5)
Series 6
The Last Bus Home
It's a long walk home in the rain when Sid, Bill and The Lad Himself get stranded.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell and Hugo Morton.
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 October 1959.
WED 08:30 Albert and Me (b007jsdl)
Series 1
Holiday
When Bryan and son arrive in Frimlington, their fellow holidaymakers aren't too welcoming.
Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Helen Worth (Gail from ITV's Coronation Street) as Deirdre, Peter Vaughan as Mr Wiggins and Cheryl Hall as Mavis.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977.
WED 09:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvrj)
Series 1
Episode 4
Cigarettes or no smoking? Ken is in a dilemma over two ad campaigns. Stars Martin Jarvis and Wendy Richard. From January 1982.
WED 09:30 Country Matters (b00lvz52)
Episode 6
Will Cathy finally make the break and give up city life for good? Stars Jonathan Tafler and Lesley Sharp. From June 1994.
WED 10:00 DH Lawrence - Women in Love (b007jrcj)
Water Games
Gerald excites Gudrun with his physical brutality, but Ursula is infuriated by Rupert's prevarication.
Starring Clare Holman, Stella Gonet, Douglas Hodge and Nicholas Farrell.
DH Lawrence's passionate novel was first published in 1920.
Ursula …. Clare Holman
Gudrun …. Stella Gonet
Gerald …. Douglas Hodge
Rupert …. Nicholas Farrell
Hermione …. Geraldine Fitzgerald
Mr. Critch …. Norman Bird
Winnie …. Tracy Wiles
Mr Brangwen …. Christopher Scott
Mrs Brangwen …. Gillian Goodman
With Lennox Greaves and Shirley Dixon
Dramatised by Elaine Feinstein.
Music composed by Anthea Gomez.
Director: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1996.
WED 11:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00ncf5p)
Traditions
A strange recognition across the generations for a schoolboy and an enigmatic maid. Read by Dermot Crowley.
WED 11:15 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds (b042m84m)
6. The Last Move
All the cards are played, and the spotlight falls on the Joker.
Retired detective Bill Galbraith is powerless to stop Cater - but a new arrival changes the game.
Starring Bernard Hepton as Galbraith, Richard Davies as Tom Evans, Tom Watson as Cater, Peter Dyneley as Gelder, Eva Haddon as Anne-Marie, Francis Jeater as Betty Van Druten, Peter Hawkins as Lander, Cyril Shaps as Lindemanns, Bruce Alexander as Milne, Mary Galbraith as Katharine Page and Robert Gillespie as the Gunman.
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1975.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Albert and Me (b007jsdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmr2t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yz7b2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jryt)
Episode 8
Caroline sets out to rescue Lilia's son from his father Gino, but discovers something unknown. Stars Emilia Fox and Tom George.
WED 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007t2v3)
Fever; Emigration
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
WED 14:30 Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea (b00m5qln)
Episode 8
Rochester accuses Antoinette, his new wife, of betrayal and their ravaged Eden falls apart.
Jean Rhys's most famous novel tracing the early life of the first Mrs Rochester from Jane Eyre.
Read by Adjoa Andoh.
Abridged by Margaret Busby
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
WED 14:45 England's Mistress - The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton (b01lwhb0)
Episode 3
Horatio Nelson's attention works wonders for Emma's social standing. But what of her husband Sir William? Read by Polly Walker.
WED 15:00 DH Lawrence - Women in Love (b007jrcj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b042mdpz)
From Our Own Correspondent presenter Kate Adie chooses her Inheritance Tracks, and there's another of Paul Jennings' Unpredictable Tales.
WED 17:00 After Henry (b007jmnj)
Series 1
The Cowboy
Sarah's mother and daughter gang up on her when she hires a cheap builder with big brown eyes...
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 Leo Dolan as Terry.
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 May 1985.
WED 17:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3rr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 18:30 Off the Page (b0076695)
Rewriting the Past
Chris Bigsby discusses historical writing with Louis de Bernières and Lucy Moore. Are fact and fiction dangerous bedfellows?
In each programme, Professor Bigsby introduces a duo of writers of fact and fiction: new talent and established names. In the context of a discussion of one of the ideas and pre-occupations of our times, each presents a piece on this week's topic.
The best new writing and the freshest conversation from 2002.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Albert and Me (b007jsdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmr2t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yz7b2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00ncf5p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds (b042m84m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Isy Suttie's Love Letters (b041y1n3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Genius (b00802hh)
Series 3
Rob Newman
Hi-tech hitching to brushes with fingernails.
Dave Gorman asks comedian Rob Newman to select the public's best loopy idea.
Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b0443pnb)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Diane Morgan chats to Katy Wix.
WED 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b007jvj6)
Series 4
Sleep
Satan has never been to sleep, so Thomas and the Professor try to give him forty winks. Devilish sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. From April 2001.
WED 23:30 Hut 33 (b01kbhx3)
Series 3
Entente Cordiale
1942: can the wartime code breakers improve Anglo-French relations with a little derring-do?
James Cary's sitcom set at Bletchley Park - the top-secret home of the Second World War codebreakers.
Professor Charles Gardner …. Robert Bathurst
Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Gordon ...... Fergus Craig
3rd Lieutenant Joshua Featherstonhaugh-Marshall …. Alex MacQueen
Minka …. Olivia Coleman
Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.


THURSDAY 08 MAY 2014

THU 00:00 Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jryt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007t2v3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00ncf5p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:45 England's Mistress - The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton (b01lwhb0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Off the Page (b0076695)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmr2t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yz7b2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 DH Lawrence - Women in Love (b007jrcj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00ncf5p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds (b042m84m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 After Henry (b007jmnj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3rr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmxj3)
Dead Side of the Mic
Episode 3
The actor-sleuth heads to New York for a funeral, and to pursue his investigation into a death at the BBC. Stars Bill Nighy.
THU 06:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yzbpt)
Episode 4
Hiding from his would-be killer Banat, Graham finds an unexpected guest waiting in his cabin. Read by Richard Greenwood.
THU 07:00 Semi Circles (b007jts2)
Series 2
A Complete Break
Ben's exhausted after working hard on his company’s new bedtime drink. So he and his wife Helen plan a holiday...
The improving story of life and improving times in an improving neighbourhood.
Starring Paula Wilcox as Helen and David Wood as Ben
Written by Simon Brett
Helen ...... Paula Wilcox
Ben ...... David Wood
Mrs Kelly ...... Pay Heywood
Alastair ...... Tony Millan
Kevin ...... Stuart Organ
Julian ...... Mark Wing-Davey
Maureen ...... Miranda Forbes
Doctor ...... Robert Rietty
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1982
THU 07:30 Cabin Pressure (b01qdzc4)
Series 4
Xinzhou
Sitcom by John Finnemore about the pilots of a tiny charter airline.
It's cold, it's dark & there's no food on board. What better time for Gertie to decide to fall to bits? And what worse time for Arthur to try out his maths skills?
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 & directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for the BBC.
THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jqlx)
Series 3
We Know Our Onions
Jones's van is commandeered for the platoon's anti-tank gun exercise - but the trouble is it's also full of Hodges' consignment of onions.
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
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Captain Ramsay …. Alan Tilvern
Sergeant Baxter …. Michael Middleton
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1976.
THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b0153nbh)
From 03/03/1955
Ron Glum is emigrating, but will he get any further than the end of the road? With Dick Bentley and Alma Cogan. From March 1955.
THU 09:00 Heresy (b00scxbx)
Series 7
Episode 1
Victoria Coren joins forces with comedian Rufus Hound, artist Grayson Perry and newspaper columnist Julia Hartley-Brewer in challenging conventional wisdom and knee-jerk thinking.
For example, the received wisdom that 'Women look better in men's clothes than women do in women's' is rejected by Grayson Perry on the grounds that he's never been more successful with the ladies than when he's wearing a dress.
In arguing against the belief that 'an artist who doesn't make his own work is a fraud' Julia Hartley-Brewer points out that nobody ever complained that Sir Christopher Wren was never seen up a ladder laying the bricks of St Paul's Cathedral.
And all three guests dismiss the idea that spending 4.4 billion on the Large Hadron Collider is a waste of money - if only on the grounds that it may prove useful for smashing a few political leaders' heads together.
Producer: Brian King.
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 09:30 The Young Postmen (b00xjv0s)
Everest (The Mountain)
Fearing the sack, Derek goes mountaineering to prove he's employable. Stars Ben Miller and John Thompson. From December 1992.
THU 10:00 DH Lawrence - Women in Love (b007k1yl)
Moonlight
Rupert proposes, but this decisive action leads to more questions rather than answers.
Starring Clare Holman, Stella Gonet, Douglas Hodge and Nicholas Farrell.
DH Lawrence's passionate novel was first published in 1920
Ursula …. Clare Holman
Gudrun …. Stella Gonet
Gerald …. Douglas Hodge
Rupert …. Nicholas Farrell
Hermione …. Geraldine Fitzgerald
Mr. Brangwen …. Christopher Scott
Winnie …. Tracy Wiles
Mrs Critch …. Ann Beech
Mr Critch …. Norman Bird
With Shirley Dixon, Rebecca Wright, Robert Harper and Gillian Goodman
Dramatised by Elaine Feinstein.
Music composed by Anthea Gomez.
Director: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1996.
THU 11:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00nhq56)
Sacred Statues
Can a statue maker's wife help her neighbours and herself, or is her husband being more realistic? Read by Niamh Cusack.
THU 11:15 Tony Ramsay - Black Velvet (b007jqnf)
It's the 17th Century: Young Master Richard forces a servant girl, Annie, to play at being the mistress of Thoresby Hall - with disastrously claustrophobic consequences.
Tony Ramsay's macabre tale stars Rachel Atkins as Annie and Richard Pearce as Master Richard Beckford.
Recorded on location at Tythrop House in Buckinghamshire.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jqlx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b0153nbh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmxj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yzbpt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrzb)
Episode 9
Philip admires Gino's love for his son, but Harriet has other plans which spark terrible consequences. Stars Sian Thomas.
THU 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007t599)
The Battle of Widow McCormack's Cabbage Patch; The Fenian Brotherhood
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
THU 14:30 Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea (b00m5tkx)
Episode 9
Creole heiress Antoinette returns to her faithless husband Rochester who now has control of her estate.
Jean Rhys's most famous novel tracing the early life of the first Mrs Rochester from Jane Eyre.
Read by Adam Godley.
Abridged by Margaret Busby
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
THU 14:45 England's Mistress - The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton (b01ly26z)
Episode 4
Back in England, Emma gives birth. Desperate to be with her, Nelson searches for a perfect country house. Read by Polly Walker.
THU 15:00 DH Lawrence - Women in Love (b007k1yl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b042qfj9)
Mel Giedroyc explores people's passion for gnomes, and there's another of Australian writer Paul Jennings' Unpredictable Tales.
THU 17:00 King Street Junior Revisited (b007jxbn)
Series 1
Oh No It Isn't
Mr Maxwell's exercise in democracy leads to an outbreak of playground activism.
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, Janice Acquah as Mrs Khan, Christopher Ravenscroft as Paul Devon, Christopher Dunning as William, Aisling Jarrett-Gavin as Janine, Niko Jacques as Carlos and Ruby Williams as Kelly.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002.
THU 17:30 Semi Circles (b007jts2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Heresy (b00scxbx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 18:30 Great Lives (b00764gb)
Series 1
HG Wells
Writer Fay Weldon and biographer Vincent Brome discuss the life of visionary novelist HG Wells. With Humphrey Carpenter. From 2001.
The biographical series in which a distinguished guest chooses someone who's inspired their life. Will their hero stand up to intensive scrutiny and merit the description of having led a great life?
THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jqlx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b0153nbh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmxj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yzbpt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00nhq56)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Tony Ramsay - Black Velvet (b007jqnf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Cabin Pressure (b01qdzc4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00773md)
Series 1
Episode 4
A day in the life of a lock keeper and a return to Chingley Hall.
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 Museum of Everything (b007k3wp)
Series 2
The Museum Reopens
Discover the fate of Badgerland as well as finding out about the life and work of Victorian author Thomas Queesley.
Feel free to wander around our many galleries and experience the history of everything.
Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
With Lucy Montgomery.
Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker.
Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2005.
THU 23:30 The Skivers (b00hr7g8)
Series 3
Michael Winner
Calm down, dear! Special guest Michael Winner joins Nick and Tim.
Skilful sketch show written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.
With Peter Bradshaw and Sally Phillips.
Special guests: Michael Winner and Patrick Allen.
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1997.


FRIDAY 09 MAY 2014

FRI 00:00 Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007t599)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00nhq56)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:45 England's Mistress - The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton (b01ly26z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Heresy (b00scxbx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Great Lives (b00764gb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wmxj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yzbpt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 DH Lawrence - Women in Love (b007k1yl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00nhq56)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Tony Ramsay - Black Velvet (b007jqnf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 King Street Junior Revisited (b007jxbn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Semi Circles (b007jts2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wnmbt)
Dead Side of the Mic
Episode 4
Can the actor-sleuth solve the deadly mystery haunting the BBC, or will he end up in chains? Stars Bill Nighy and Nicky Henson.
FRI 06:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yzj3n)
Episode 5
As the Nazis close in, Graham makes a grim discovery in a cabin aboard the Sestri Levante. Concluded by Richard Greenwood.
FRI 07:00 Smelling of Roses (b00dbwtv)
Series 3
A Closed Book
Rosie is contracted to organise a literary prize, but finds that not everything goes by the book...
More challenges for Rosie Burns running her family's event management company, where the clients are only part of the problem...
Written by Simon Brett.
Rosie ..... Prunella Scales
Jo ..... Rebecca Callard
Bob ..... Duncan Preston
Tess ..... Annette Badland
Pomme Grantley ..... Joanna Monro
Lancelot Crotty ..... Timothy Alcock
Sioned Pugh-Craven ..... Sheila Mitchell
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002.
FRI 07:30 Bird Island (b042l2xt)
Series 2
Episode 1
Ben, a young scientist working in Antarctica, tries to adapt to the loneliness by keeping a cheery audio diary on his Dictaphone.
In this episode, Ben is all consumed by a new cereal bar while Jane and Graham are completing the Penguin Census.
Ben ...... Reece Shearsmith
Graham ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Jane ...... Katy Wix
Beverley ...... Alison Steadman
Atmospheric comedy about a cheery scientist based in Sub-Antarctica by Katy Wix.
It’s Ben’s trip of a lifetime, but in a vast icy landscape with dodgy internet. Feeling lonely, he shares his thoughts via an audio 'log' on his dictaphone.
Graham is a fellow nerdy scientist so their exchanges are mumbled. Ben’s even more awkward around new arrival Jane, though he’s not entirely sure why.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2014.
FRI 07:45 Don't Start (b01ml8b3)
Series 2
The Notebook
What do long term partners really argue about? Sharp new comedy from Frank Skinner returns for a second series. Starring Frank Skinner and Katherine Parkinson.
The first series of Don't Start met with instant critical and audience acclaim: "That he can deliver such a heavy premise for a series with such a lightness of touch is testament to his skills as a writer and, given that the protagonists are both bookworms, he's also permitted to use a flourish of fine words that would be lost in his stand-up routines". Jane Anderson, Radio Times.
"Writing and starring in the four-parter Don't Start (Radio 4) Frank Skinner gives full rein to his sharp but splenetic comedy. He and his co-star Katherine Parkinson play a bickering couple exchanging acerbic ripostes in a cruelly precise dissection of a relationship". Daily Mail
... "a lesson in relationship ping-pong" - Miranda Sawyer, The Observer.
Series 2 follows hard on its heels. Well observed, clever and funny, Don't Start is a scripted comedy with a deceptively simple premise - an argument. Each week, our couple fall out over another apparently trivial flashpoint - the Krankies, toenail trimming and semantics. Each week, the stakes mount as Neil and Kim battle with words. But these are no ordinary arguments. The two outdo each other with increasingly absurd images, unexpected literary references (the Old Testament, Jack Spratt and the first Mrs Rochester, to name a few) and razor sharp analysis of their beloved's weaknesses. Underneath the cutting wit, however, there is an unmistakable tenderness".
Frank says:
"Having established in the first series that Neil and Kim are a childless academic couple who during their numerous arguments, luxuriate in their own and each other's learning and wit, I've tried in the second series to dig a little deeper into their relationship. Love and affection occasionally splutter into view, like a Higgs boson in a big tunnel-thing, but can such emotions ever prevail in a relationship where the couple prefers to wear their brains, rather than their hearts, on their sleeves? Is that too much offal imagery?
Episode 1: The Notebook
Frank's apparently innocent discovery of an old notebook strangely rekindles Kim's former enthusiasm for Frisbee throwing.
Directed and produced by Polly Thomas
An Avalon Production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jnbp)
Series 5
Men of Property
Albert and Harold set out to buy their rag and bone yard's freehold.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Norman Bird, Jeanne Cook and Michael McClain.
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 the BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.
FRI 08:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007vlws)
Series 1
The Wedding Ring
Crime writer Gerald is distracted when Diana loses something precious.
The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author written by Basil Boothroyd.
Starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife and more successful writer, Diana.
With James Thomason, Trader Faulkner and Robin Browne.
The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter ran from 1976 to 1981.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1976.
FRI 09:00 Act Your Age (b00qplyn)
Series 2
Episode 5
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 Tom Wrigglesworth, John Bishop and Tom O'Connor.
Producers: Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.
FRI 09:30 Coming Alive (b00g3g1k)
Series 2
Off the Hook
Could Terry end up back in prison after his community centre success? Stars Karl Howman and Phyllis Logan.
FRI 10:00 DH Lawrence - Women in Love (b007k1zw)
Mountain Snows
A looming tragedy cements the future of Rupert, Gerald, Ursula and Gudrun.
Starring Clare Holman, Stella Gonet, Douglas Hodge and Nicholas Farrell.
The conclusion of DH Lawrence's 1920s passionate novel.
Ursula …. Clare Holman
Gudrun …. Stella Gonet
Gerald …. Douglas Hodge
Rupert …. Nicholas Farrell
Loerke …. Keith Drinkel
Pussum …. Sunny Ormonde
Halliday …. John Webb
Mrs Critch …. Ann Beech
Mr Brangwen …. Christopher Scott
Mrs Brangwen …. Gillian Goodman
With Robert Harper and Steven Critchlow
Dramatised by Elaine Feinstein.
Music composed by Anthea Gomez.
Director: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1996.
FRI 11:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00nm0k3)
Graillis's Legacy
The touching and compassionate story of one man's guilt over his love for two women. Read by Dermot Crowley.
FRI 11:15 Roy Apps - The Master and Mrs Tucker (b00cz803)
The story of the friendship between Noel Coward and E Nesbit. Roy Apps' play stars Guy Henry, Ann Bell and Rosemary Leach.
FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jnbp)
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FRI 12:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007vlws)
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FRI 13:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wnmbt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yzj3n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrzr)
Episode 10
Englishman Philip confesses all to Italian Gino and learns a bitter truth. Stars Sian Thomas, Jamie Bamber and Tom George.
FRI 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007sygj)
The Green Flag Will Be Flying Independently; God Save Ireland!
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI 14:30 Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea (b00m5wdt)
Episode 10
Rochester has shut his 'mad' wife, Creole heiress Antoinette, in the attic of his English home.
Jean Rhys's most famous novel tracing the early life of the first Mrs Rochester from Jane Eyre.
Conlcuded by Adjoa Andoh.
Abridged by Margaret Busby
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
FRI 14:45 England's Mistress - The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton (b01m68vf)
Episode 5
Nelson and Emma are briefly reunited, but he must face the French fleet off the Cape of Trafalgar. Read by Polly Walker.
FRI 15:00 DH Lawrence - Women in Love (b007k1zw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b042qrd0)
Mel Giedroyc introduces the first finalists in this year's 500 WORDS short story competition, and there's another of Paul Jennings' Unpredictable Tales.
FRI 17:00 Second Holmes (b0161p3d)
The Case of the Shadowed Minister
The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson help a member of Parliament who claims he's being followed...
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, Angela Down as Alex Messinger, Stuart Organ as Mr Belling, Jim Reid as Michael, Wendy Murray as Mrs Waterfield and Miranda Forbes as Mrs Belling.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983.
FRI 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b00dbwtv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 18:00 Act Your Age (b00qplyn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 18:30 Humphrey Lyttelton - Play As I Please (b01fhr4f)
Playing for Eton
Jazz musician Humphrey Lyttelton tells June Knox-Mawer about his life, his colourful ancestors and passion for music. From December 1993.
FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jnbp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007vlws)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00wnmbt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Eric Ambler - Journey Into Fear (b00yzj3n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00nm0k3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Roy Apps - The Master and Mrs Tucker (b00cz803)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Bird Island (b042l2xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 22:15 Don't Start (b01ml8b3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:45 today]
FRI 22:30 My Teenage Diary (b01gd7lz)
Series 2
Victoria Coren
Rufus Hound hosts this six-part comedy series in which celebrities are asked to revisit their teenage diaries and read them out in public for the very first time. This week, Victoria Coren.
Producer: Victoria Payne
A TalkbackThames production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 23:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b00mwm67)
Series 4
Episode 6
Revealing the new yoghurt for women, and introducing Britain's top police tortoise.
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 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007qx6z)
Series 1
The Universe
The spoof TV sci-fi star explains life's big mysteries. Stars Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Tom Baker. From October 1992.