SATURDAY 31 MAY 2014

SAT 00:00 15 Minute Drama (b00m0vh3)
Katie Hims - Five Wedding Dresses
The Perfect Dress
Series of dramas by Katie Hims about brides dressing for wedding ceremonies and the significance and symbolism of the dress itself.
Nell loves the stories behind the second-hand wedding dresses she sells, until Julia tells her story.
Nell ...... Chipo Chung
Carla ...... Claudie Blakley
Eric ...... Trystan Gravelle
Julia ...... Rosalind Philips
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
SAT 00:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007vmbv)
Executions and Internment; Sacrifice at the Somme
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
SAT 00:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mfhvb)
Wasted Years
Episode 10
Deadly conclusions to the crimes separated by decades. Phillip Jackson reads the final part of John Harvey's thriller.
SAT 01:00 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b01nbzs8)
Series 2
Work and Travel
Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue look at work and travel, plus "Missing Persons".
Series 2 of Bill Dare's sitcom stars Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens.
Mike ...... Robert Duncan
Sue ...... Jan Ravens
With Roger Blake, Bill Dare, Alistair McGowan and Sally Philips.
Music by Mark Burton.
Producer: Jo Clegg
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.
SAT 01:30 Humphrey Lyttelton - Play As I Please (b01gw5lm)
Blowing Strong
Humphrey Lyttelton tells June Knox-Mawer about his creativity, coping strategies and musical inspiration. From December 1993.
SAT 02:00 Raymond Chandler - Goldfish (b007jrrz)
Episode 1
On new information, LA-based PI Carmady sets out to retrieve the valuable Leander pearls, stolen 15 years earlier. Read by Henry Goodman.
SAT 02:30 A Gothic Cathedral (b0075cdg)
Simon Fanshawe tells the story of Roget's Thesaurus, the retirement project of an eminent Victorian with a passion for order and classification. From September 1998.
SAT 03:00 George Eliot - Daniel Deronda (b007k07z)
3. Tensions
In the sun-drenched port of Genoa, Gwendolen and Daniel's fates become eternally and tragically entwined.
The conclusion of George Eliot's classic novel of love and idealism.
Starring Anna Chancellor and Michael Perceval-Maxwell.
Dramatised by Robert Forrest.
Gwendolen Harleth ...... Anna Chancellor
Deronda ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell
Grandcourt ...... James Bryce
Mrs Davilow ...... Joanna Tope
Klesmer ...... Finlay Welsh
Mirah ...... Lucy Patterson
Lydia ...... Noreen Leighton
Lush ...... Simon Tait
Leonara ...... Vivienne Dixon
Mordecai ...... Mark McDonnell
Director: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.
SAT 04:00 Five Stories by James Ellis (b00ljmsm)
The Umbrella
When a man's new umbrella is ruined, his wife cunningly replaces it within budget. A French story adapted to an Irish setting.
SAT 04:15 McLevy (b007jljg)
Series 1
The Burning Question
An unsolved murder is bringing vigilantes onto the streets. Time is running out for the Edinburgh detective. Stars Brian Cox.
SAT 05:00 The Brothers (b007k4nx)
Series 1
Episode 1
A couple of years ago brothers Nigel and Michael gave up respectable careers to set up a website-design company. That was their first mistake...
Starring Adam Godley and Raymond Coulthard.
First of three comedy series by Caroline and David Stafford.
Nigel ...... Adam Godley
Michael ...... Raymond Coulthard
Oona ...... Pauline McLynn
Zorro ...... Pearce Quigley
Producer: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
SAT 05:30 Smelling of Roses (b00dpspn)
Series 3
The Queen of Song
A showcase concert for a local diva turns into a headache for organiser Rosie Burns.
Rosie is asked to arrange a showcase concert for a new potential rival to Celine Dion.
The girl has plenty of money, but what about talent?
Another assignment for Rosie Burns and the 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
Robert ..... Simon Trinder
Cath Unger ..... Felicity Goodson
Terry ..... Colin Sell
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2002.
SAT 06:00 GB Shaw - Arms and the Man (b007jsq4)
George Bernard Shaw's story of love, war, honesty, deception and honour, set in 1885 Bulgaria. Starring Andrew Sachs and Gary Bond.
SAT 07:30 Blueberries in Manndalen (b00y26mt)
In the Arctic Circle's midsummer silvery light - poet and writer, John Burnside visits the Sami Music Festival of Riddu Riddu in northern Norway.
Here the air is filled with the music and song of the indigenous peoples of the north.
Producer: Caroline Barbour
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b00l953t)
An Unofficial Iris
Bidisha listens to archive interviews and dramatisations to revisit the life and work of novelist Iris Murdoch.
Debate about Murdoch has continued since her death in 1999. Her legacy as a writer has been overshadowed by the publication of her husband John Bayley's memoir about her decline into Alzheimer's disease and the subsequent film adaptation, starring Judi Dench and Kate Winslet, and directed by Richard Eyre.
Bidisha listens to archive conversations between Murdoch and writers AN Wilson, AS Byatt and Susan Hill, and discovers a renaissance of interest in the writer as her emphasis on morality and goodness in a godless world seems to resonate today.
SAT 09:00 Comedy Controller (b01r9rh7)
Colin Murray
'Radio is my companion'. Presenter, writer, producer Colin Murray is such an enthusiast that he plans his travel around certain radio shows or stocks up with podcasts for the car journey.
Colin's selection includes some of his comedy and radio heroes: Desert Island Discs with castaway Mel Brooks 01/07/1978; Alan Partridge in Knowing Me, Knowing You 05/01/1993; Mark Thomas The Manifesto 02/07/2009; grammar boffins in Many a Slip 05/05/1964; BBC Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle presenter Gerry Anderson and Stewart Lee in Chain Reaction 20/01/2005.
SAT 12:00 Vikas Swarup - The Seventh Test Omnibus (b044vfsx)
Episode 2
Can sales assistant Sapna Sinha pass seven tests to change her life? From Vikas Swarup's novel The Accidental Apprentice.
SAT 13:05 Inheritance Tracks (b010t8t8)
June Spencer
The Archers actress inherits 'I'll See You Again' by Noel Coward and passes on Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1.
SAT 13:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b00751nr)
Professor Norman Stone
Author Professor Norman Stone tells Anthony Clare about his loathing for Oxford University and admiration of Margaret Thatcher.
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.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997.
SAT 14:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpl8)
Series 6
The Elopement
With Bill suffering heartache, can Sid and The Lad Himself smooth the path to true love?
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Lillian Grasson, Wilfred Babbage, Fraser Kerr and Lee Crutchley.
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 November 1959.
SAT 14:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b008hgpz)
Series 3
Episode 5
Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel takes on an amusement arcade.
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Groucho Marx as Waldorf T. Flywheel …. Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli …. Frank Lazarus
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 August 1992.
SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b00l953t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 GB Shaw - Arms and the Man (b007jsq4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Bird Island (b044ghpd)
Series 2
Episode 4
Ben gets a new telescope, and Graham has some big news.
Ben ...... Reece Shearsmith
Graham ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Jane ...... Katy Wix
Beverley ...... Alison Steadman
Robin ...... Richard Aldridge
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.
SAT 17:45 Don't Start (b01n1qyz)
Series 2
The Bathroom
Kim calls Neil into the bathroom for an impromptu debate about shaving, the Krankies and Phantom of the Opera - but to what end?
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?"
Directed and Produced by Polly Thomas
Executive Producer: Jon Thoday
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 18:00 Philip K Dick - Of Withered Apples (b007jplz)
As a beautiful woman picks its last withered apple, a dying ancient tree is determined to survive. Read by William Hootkins.
SAT 18:30 Fear on 4 (b007jp0h)
Series 2
The Judge's House
To study for his final exams young Malcolm moves to a lonely place, not knowing that in this rat-infested house of horror a malignant spirit waits.
Malcolm's exams may not be the only final thing.
The Man in Black sets the chilling scene...
Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers.
Written by Bram Stoker and dramatized by John Keir.
The Man in Black …. Edward de Souza
Malcolm …. David Timson
Mrs Dempster …. Tessa Worsley
Carnford …. Norman Bird
Director: Gerry Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1989.
SAT 19:00 Comedy Controller (b01r9rh7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Shappi Talk (b00x23w5)
Series 2
Addiction
Shappi Khorsandi looks at a variety of subjects close to her Iranian heart - including History, Politics and, in this programme, Addiction.
Having struggled with food disorders, Shappi reveals what it's like to have an addictive personality, but being able to have a laugh along the way. With this insight, she has relaxed chat with TV host Trisha Goddard, someone who has herself experienced addictions throughout her adult life. Comedian Mike Gunn uses his drug experience to wittily debunk a few myths and Duncan Oakley provides a comic song.
Producer: Paul Russell
An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 22:30 The Jason Byrne Show (b01p6pxc)
Series 3
I Won't Eat Bread From a Puddle
Jason Byrne looks at the subject of fears with members of the audience revealing an eccentric range of phobias include feet; boats in dry docks and being forced to eat white bread out of puddles.
Themed audience comedy show with high-energy stand-up and sketches with Laurence Howarth and Daisy Haggard.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 2010.
SAT 23:00 Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize (b044vhlq)
Episode 3
A fraudulently fat sack of sketches, monologues and weird soup, featuring a puritan vet who dishes out tough love to poorly pets.
Originally broadcast live from London's exclusive Imperial Rooms, Mayfair.
Written and performed by Jane Bussmann and David Quantick.
Featuring:
Peter Serafinowicz
Emma Clarke
Steve Brody.
Producer: Phil Bowker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.
SAT 23:30 Richard Herring's Objective (b00vcqm7)
Series 1
The Hoodie
Richard Herring reclaims objects that we've grown to hate - a tracksuit top with a hood. With Emma Kennedy. From October 2010.


SUNDAY 01 JUNE 2014

SUN 00:00 Philip K Dick - Of Withered Apples (b007jplz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Fear on 4 (b007jp0h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 (b00l953t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 Vikas Swarup - The Seventh Test Omnibus (b044vfsx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:05 Inheritance Tracks (b010t8t8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:05 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b00751nr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 GB Shaw - Arms and the Man (b007jsq4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 Bird Island (b044ghpd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:45 Don't Start (b01n1qyz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:45 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Katie Hims - Five Wedding Dresses Omnibus (b0456rgq)
Made for 4 Extra. A set of dramas about the significance and symbolism of the wedding dress. Starring Olivia Colman, Lizzy Watts and Chipo Chung.
SUN 07:15 Redesigning the Human Body (b00pl95m)
Moving Along
Getting around would be much easier with wheels or springs. A physicist and a toy maker help Len Fisher try rolling and hopping.
SUN 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00pxvds)
Series 5
The Musical
Spoof reminiscences of a former variety star. Count Arthur Strong is an expert in everything from the world of entertainment to the origins of the species, all false starts and nervous fumbling, poorly concealed by a delicate sheen of bravado and self-assurance.
Owing to the huge success of shows like Miss Saigon, Cats and Annie Get Your Coat, Arthur decides 'his time is now' and devises his own autobiographical musical tribute to himself, Count Arthur Strong: The Musical. Hoping to raise the money to take it into the West End, Arthur performs highlights of the show to an invited audience of potential investors. Will he raise the money he needs to make his dream come true?
With Steve Delaney, Mel Giedroyc, Dave Mounfield and Alastair Kerr.
A Komedia Entertainment/Smooth Operations production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00vfjff)
Series 3
Episode 2
Kenneth Horne is off to Switzerland - and 'Hornerama' probes the world of showbiz.
With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
Written by Eric Merriman.
Music from Pat Lancaster, the Fraser Hayes Four and the BBC Variety 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 15 shows survive from the original run of 21 episodes in Series 2. Audio restored using both home and overseas (BBC Transcription Service) recordings.
Producer: Jacques Brown
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1960
SUN 08:30 Much Binding in the Marsh (b008p5c6)
From 21/09/1948
The gang are back from their summer holidays sharing tales - and Murdoch organises a sing-song...
Starring Kenneth Horne and Richard 'Stinker' Murdoch.
With Sam Costa, Maurice Denham, Maureen Riscoe and Helen Hill.
Much Binding in the Marsh ran from 1944 to 1954 initially set at a remote RAF station before being converted to a country club and later the action moved to a newspaper. (The show also ran for a season with commercial breaks on Radio Luxembourg).
Written by Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne.
Music by the Augmented Dance Orchestra conducted by Stanley Black.
Producer: Leslie Bridgemont
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1948.
SUN 09:00 Anna Sewell - Black Beauty (b00mdyl3)
A well-bred horse hits hard times and poor health due to overwork.
CAST:
Black Beauty …. Adam Godley
Ginger/Dolly/Servant …. Liza Sadovy
Master/John Manley/Skinner …. Ewan Bailey
Langley/Reuben Smith/Mr Bond/Bob …. Jon Glover
Doctor/Larry/Hard Face/Father …. Philip Fox
Squire Gordon/Mr Clay/Ostler/Seller …. Ioan Meredith
Lady Gordon/Polly/Grace …. Helen Longworth
Beauty's Mother/Lady Two …. Ndidi Del Fatti
Carter/Driver/York …. Stephen Hogan
Joe Green/Robert/Gentleman …. Stuart McLoughlin
Jerry/Ned/Farrier …. Robert Hastie
Merrylegs/Man …. Jason Chan
Written by Anna Sewell and dramatised by Katie Hims.
Producer: Liz Webb.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004
SUN 10:00 The Reunion (b00d8gvj)
Hitler Diaries 1983
Sue MacGregor presents the series which reunites a group of people intimately involved in a moment of modern history.
She brings together some of those involved in the publication of the Hitler Diaries in 1983, which were subsequently shown to be a hoax.
This didn't stop Rupert Murdoch giving it his full backing, or Sir Trevor Roper endorsing it - at least at first. Notorious forger Kujau managed to pull the wool over the eyes of the Western media, even though the factual basis for his hoax withstood even less scrutiny than the so-called Mussolini Diaries of previous years.
Even controversial historian David Irving was not taken in - and along with journalist Gerd Hiedemann, Magnus Linklater and Philip Knightley he discusses how the 'coup' was acquired and how it fell apart. From September 2008.
A Whistledown Production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN 10:45 Love Stories (b01ms5x7)
Love in the Afternoon
By Maeve Binchy. 'My mother always told me life is a matter of luck.' Series of stories by bestselling romantic novelists. Read by Adjoa Andoh.
SUN 11:00 This American Life (b0456vt7)
Contents Unknown
A man named David MacLean finds himself in a train station in India, with no idea how he got there or who he is. His memory gone, he has no choice but to let other people - police, doctors, friends, family - create an identity for him.
US public radio show from 2010.
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 Katie Hims - Five Wedding Dresses Omnibus (b0456rgq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:15 Redesigning the Human Body (b00pl95m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 Miss Marple (b007jvht)
The Body in the Library
Dolly Bantry, mistress of Gossington Hall, is enjoying a pleasant doze when suddenly her dreams take a strange turn.
The housemaid Mary is telling her there's a body in the library. As she wakes up, it turns out to be true. But who is the strange young blonde woman sprawled on the library floor?
Enter St Mary Mead's famous resident sleuth...
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Marple.
Miss Jane Marple ..…. June Whitfield
Colonel Melchett ..…. Richard Todd
Dolly Bantry ..…. Pauline Jameson
Colonel Bantry ..…. Jack Watling
Sir Henry Clithering ..…. Graham Crowden
Conway Jefferson ..…. John Hartley
Inspector Slack ..…. John Baddeley
Adelaide Jefferson ..…. Priyanga Elan
Mark Gaskell ..…. Harry Myers
George Bartlett ..…. Ben Crowe
Josie Turner ..…. Elizabeth Conboy
Basil Blake ..…. Giles Fagan
Dinah Lee ..…. Tilly Gaunt
Florence Small ..…. Eleanor Hodson
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.
SUN 15:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00vfjff)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 15:30 Much Binding in the Marsh (b008p5c6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b0456vzb)
Mel Giedroyc is back with some of the highlights from the past week on the 4 O'Clock Show, including the winning tales from the 500 Words short story competition.
SUN 17:00 Anna Sewell - Black Beauty (b00mdyl3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 18:00 The Female Ghost (b00nj7cx)
The Cold Embrace
When handsome young artist Josef betrays his delicate fiancée, her retribution is eerily appropriate...
The first of four ghostly stories by women dramatised by Christopher Hawes.
Mary Braddon's eerie tale stars Stephanie Turner as Mary Braddon, Jonathan Firth as Josef, Alison Pettitt as Gertrude, Ioan Meredith as the Postmaster, John Hartley as Father, Carolyn Jones as the Woman, Hugh Dickson as the Passenger, Tracy-Ann Oberman as Parisienne and Chris Pavlo as the Fisherman.
Producer: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997.
SUN 18:30 Bradbury 13 (b013lwvp)
The Fox and the Forest
A couple take refuge 200 years in the past to escape a bitter war. Ray Bradbury's tale of conflict stars Neil Barth.
SUN 19:00 This American Life (b0456vt7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 20:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00vfjff)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 20:30 Much Binding in the Marsh (b008p5c6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 21:00 The Reunion (b00d8gvj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:45 Love Stories (b01ms5x7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SUN 22:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00pxvds)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 Beautiful Dreamers (b00vrvxw)
The Whalemen of Musungenyi
In this series documentary maker Nat Segnit investigates the untold stories of visionary mavericks.
This week Nat meets an extraordinary group of thrillseeking "Jonahs" who offer themselves up to be swallowed by whales. With contributions from Toby Jones, Kevin Eldon,Christine Kavanagh, Iain Batchelor, Jude Akuwudike and Ewan Bailey.
Writers ..... James Lever and Nat Segnit
Producers ..... Steven Canny and Sasha Yevtushenko.
SUN 23:00 Jon Ronson On (b0076wqd)
Series 2
Irrational Thoughts
Journalist and broadcaster Jon Ronson asks why his inner conversations spiral into irrationality and discovers he isn't alone.
SUN 23:30 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b012216l)
Series 1
Normal Work
Steven Appleby concludes his series with a look at the world of work.
However, pondering on why he became a cartoonist instead of getting a "proper job" proves to be rather more dangerous and revealing than he intended.
Starring Paul McCrink as cartoonist Steven Appleby who takes an abnormal look at everyday life.
Steven ...... Paul McCrink
Mum ...... Rosalind Paul
Mr Two ...... Ewan Bailey
Dad ...... Nigel Betts
Lauren ...... Rachel Atkins
Steven Appleby ...... As Himself
Other parts played by the cast.
Written by Steven Appleby
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.
SUN 23:45 Jelly Mountain (b00ftk74)
Episode 5
Musings on a footkerchief and a forest full of girls. Songs and stories from Ivor Cutler, with Beverley Crew. From May 1996.


MONDAY 02 JUNE 2014

MON 00:00 The Female Ghost (b00nj7cx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Bradbury 13 (b013lwvp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 The Reunion (b00d8gvj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 Love Stories (b01ms5x7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00pxvds)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Beyond Our Ken (b00vfjff)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Much Binding in the Marsh (b008p5c6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Miss Marple (b007jvht)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Anna Sewell - Black Beauty (b00mdyl3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Raymond Chandler - Goldfish (b007jrvq)
Episode 2
PI Carmady approaches the jittery Rush Madder about the stolen pearls, but gets in over his head. Read by Henry Goodman.
MON 06:30 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (b0076vgz)
Episode 1
Jazz musician and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton explores the world of British band leaders of the 1920s and '30s. From November 2005.
MON 07:00 Fat Chance (b019fwxg)
Weigh in with Wendy
Graham joins the members of a slimming club run by Wendy Bottomley.
Jenny McDade's high-fat bittersweet five-part comedy - for those believing there's a thin person inside them begging to get out.
Graham Pitscottie ..... Gareth Corke
Wendy Bottomley ..... Janine Duvitski
Clive Bottomley ..... Michael Troughton
Soo Pitscottie ..... Anne Reid
Tina Tattersall ..... Julia Deakin
Kelly Chambers ..... Tilly Gaunt
Lee Dubs ..... Harry Myers
Mrs Enright ..... Frances Jeater
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.
MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b044gp6k)
Series 69
Episode 2
How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition and deviation? Very! As Gyles Brandreth, Shappi Khorsandi, Patrick Kielty and Paul Sinha find out. Nicholas Parsons keeps the score and the peace.
MON 08:00 Listen to Les (b01n70dq)
From 17/02/1985
Les Dawson's Southfork spoof of Dallas and Whispering Grass is sung by the Ink Splots.
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 February 1985.
MON 08:30 The Navy Lark (b00pymrq)
Series 14
Povey an Admiral at Last
Captain Povey's wife Ramona lands him in a Singapore stew.

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 Clarissa, Tenniel Evans as the Admiral, Michael Bates as Albert and Elizabeth Morgan as Lady Fabia.

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 BBC Radio 2 in September 1973.
MON 09:00 When the Dog Dies (b013n0q2)
Series 2
Tangled Web
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.
Episode Four- Tangled Web
Whenever people tell porkies, they seem to come to Sandy for help. Being a spare man and his own master - he can provide the alibi or hide the goods. However, multi-tasking was never his strongpoint even when he was Manager (Acting) of the Five Feathers, Frinton. Deceiving needs practice and not on the job, either.
Cast:
Sandy ..... Ronnie Corbett
Dolores ..... Liza Tarbuck
Ellie ..... Tilly Vosburgh
Blake ..... Jonathan Aris
Calais ..... Amelia Clarkson
PC - Stephen Critchlow
Megan ..... Polly Frame
Producer: Liz Anstee
A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 09:30 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b044w2t8)
Series 3
Coming of Age
Stephen K Amos is joined by comedians Mae Martin, Travis Jay and Dan Antopolski to present a guide to coming of age.
Additional material by Christine Rose and Hugh Sington.
Producer: Colin Anderson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.
MON 10:00 Jane Austen (b00hmb62)
Northanger Abbey
Episode 1
Young, naive Catherine Morland is launched into the intriguing world of Bath society. Stars Julia McKenzie and Jenny Agutter.
MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00pxmk1)
City of Two Continents
The Byzantine Passage
Series of short stories marking Istanbul's tenure as European Capital of Culture in 2010.
A young girl's life changes forever when she glimpses the man to whom she is betrothed.
By Jenny White, read by Melody Grove.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b0456r4g)
Clive Anderson, Kathy Lette, Jacqui Dankworth, Errol Francis, Nikki Bedi, Çidem Aslan
Clive talks to author Kathy Lette, sometimes known as 'Ms Quiplash' for her razor-sharp wit. Her bestselling pun-filled chick-lit has many fans and her writing spans topics from the sublime to the ridiculous. An Australian living in London where, as her grandmother once said, "all those terrible convicts come from" Lette will be speaking to Clive about the Australian & New Zealand Festival of Literature & Arts.
Clive explores pride, politics and punch-ups in Latin American football with author Andreas Campomar. His latest book 'Golazo!: A History of Latin American Football' recounts the pistol-toting referees; bloody coups d'etat; breath-taking goals; invidious conspiracies; strikers with matinee idol looks and a taste for tango dancers.
Nikki Bedi delves into the world of art and angst with Errol Francis. Errol is Festival Director for Anxiety Arts 2014, which explores the close relationship between mental disturbance, anxiety and modernism in the arts.
Clive's Smooth Sailing with jazz musician and actress Jacqui Dankworth. The daughter of two jazz music greats - the late Sir John Dankworth and Dame Cleo Laine, Jacqui first went into show business as an actress. Her musical heritage has asserted itself, and she's about to star in 'The Frank and Ella Show' at Glasgow International Jazz Festival.
With music from Çigdem Aslan performing 'Vale Me' from her album 'Mortissa'. With more music from Jacqui Dankworth and Charlie Wood, who perform 'Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me.'
Producer: Debbie Kilbride.
MON 12:00 Listen to Les (b01n70dq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 The Navy Lark (b00pymrq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Raymond Chandler - Goldfish (b007jrvq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (b0076vgz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Q & A by Vikas Swarup (b007tyv7)
5,000 Rupees
By Ayeesha Menon, from the novel by Vikas Swarup.
Street kid Ram Mohammad Thomas is a contestant on the hit Indian TV show Who Will Win a Billion. As he ponders over the first question, his thoughts drift back to his childhood in Delhi. A baby abandoned on the steps of a church, Thomas was brought up by a well-meaning priest, until he was abandoned yet again.
Thomas ...... Anand Tiwari
Prem Kumar ...... Sohrab Ardeshir
Father Francis ...... Henry Goodman
Young Thomas ...... Caran Arora
Father John ...... Rajit Kapur
Other parts played by Kenneth Desai, Ashley Cook and Vikrant Chaturvedi.
Directed by John Dryden
MON 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007w5g4)
The Rise of Sinn Fein; The First Dail
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
MON 14:30 Book at Bedtime (b00l57f8)
Georgina Harding - The Spy Game
Episode 1
Diana Quick reads the novel by Georgina Harding, set in 1960s England.
Eight-year-old Anna waves goodbye to her mother one morning, unaware that she is disappearing forever. All is not as it seems in 1960s Britain: the Portland spy case has rocked the Establishment and official secrets documents nestle in the shopping baskets of respectable housewives as Cold War paranoia takes hold. In the midst of all this, Anna and her brother begin a quest for the truth about their mother that will last a lifetime.
Abridged by Lauris Morgan Griffiths.
MON 14:45 Book of the Week (b01npgn7)
Michael Holroyd - On Wheels
Episode 1
Michael Holroyd confronts an army of automobiles in this charming memoir. Weaving together personal stories and historical anecdote, he traces his relationship with cars through a lifetime of biography.
Learning to drive was no easy matter for Michael. The lessons required military precision when practising how to get in and out of his car correctly. His biographical subjects also had their difficulties: Bernard Shaw drove with reckless gusto when overtaking his eightieth year; Vita Sackville-West's car became a chamber for sudden romantic assignations and getaways; Augustus John and his family careered through vulnerable villages as the poor vehicle, piled high with bohemian friends, stuttered and jerked along in first gear.
Wry, thoughtful and very funny, On Wheels is an elegy to the glamour of the car. Subtle and perceptive, Michael Holroyd finds surprising ways to understand the past and challenge our view of the future.
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 15:00 Jane Austen (b00hmb62)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0457fxw)
Mel Giedroyc introduces the first part of A Medal for Leroy, by Michael Morpurgo. The author reads the story himself, telling the World War One tale inspired by a true story.
MON 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00954vf)
Series 1
Episode 2
It's time for singing duo Tommy and Sheila's comeback appearance - they're on after the stripper!
Winners of the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr are back in the limelight. The only snag is they can't stand the sight of each another...
Mike Coleman's sitcom stars June Whitfield and Roy Hudd.
Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield
With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Joshua Henderson, Chris Pavlo, Edward Halsted and Rachel Smith.
Singers: John Barr and Lisa Peace
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998.
MON 17:30 Fat Chance (b019fwxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:00 When the Dog Dies (b013n0q2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 18:30 A Good Read (b0845txx)
Rachel Cusk and Lawrence Norfolk
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests, novelists Lawrence Norfolk and Rachel Cusk, discuss books by Martin Amis, Anthony Burgess and Vladimir Nabokov. From 1997.
Time's Arrow by Martin Amis
Publisher: Penguin
Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess
Publisher: Penguin
Ada, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov
Publisher: Penguin.
MON 19:00 Listen to Les (b01n70dq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 The Navy Lark (b00pymrq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Raymond Chandler - Goldfish (b007jrvq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (b0076vgz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00pxmk1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b0456r4g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b044gp6k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b044w2t8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 23:00 The Now Show (b044jh79)
Series 43
Episode 7
Steve Punt and Jon Culshaw are joined by special guest Andy Zaltzman 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 Gareth Gwynn, Jane Lamacraft and Steve Bugeja. Produced by Alexandra Smith.
MON 23:30 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years (b0089lxf)
Turning 40
Dan Freedman and Nick Romero's pun-fest with a distraught Robin Wood turning 40 and The Archers goes sci-fi.
Comedy extravaganza written by and featuring Dan Freedman and Nick Romero.
With Richard Coles.
Music by the Gents.
Producer: Julian Mayers
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998


TUESDAY 03 JUNE 2014

TUE 00:00 Q & A by Vikas Swarup (b007tyv7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007w5g4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Book at Bedtime (b00l57f8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 00:45 Book of the Week (b01npgn7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 When the Dog Dies (b013n0q2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 A Good Read (b0845txx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Raymond Chandler - Goldfish (b007jrvq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (b0076vgz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Jane Austen (b00hmb62)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00pxmk1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b0456r4g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00954vf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Fat Chance (b019fwxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Raymond Chandler - Goldfish (b007jryg)
Episode 3
LA detective PI Carmady is out in Westport hunting the stolen Leander pearls, but who is on his trail? Concluded by Henry Goodman.
TUE 06:30 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (b0076vlh)
Episode 2
Jazz musician and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton explores the world of British dance band leaders in the 1940s. From November 2005.
TUE 07:00 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b007w3z1)
Series 1
Episode 6
The musical comedian presents his selection of classic comic songs. His guest is former Juicepig, Phil Nicol. From August 2005.
TUE 07:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b044h6nv)
Series 3
Adam Buxton
Alex Horne and his five-piece band tackle the theme of money, shopping and consumerism with an advert for milk, a sea shanty and a song about cheese dreams.
Special guest comedian Adam Buxton.
Band: Joe Auckland, Mark Brown, Will Collier, Ben Reynolds, Ed Sheldrake
With Saxophonist Pedro
Producer: Charlie Perkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2014.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b009qwz0)
Series 7
Wings Over Dagenham
Move aside Orville and Wilbur, Neddie Seagoon is the pioneer aviator.
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 George Chisholm, 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 December 1956.
TUE 08:30 The Al Read Show (b00tf065)
From 25/11/1954
A nagging wife - and secrets of the boys in blue.
Monologues and sketches from the legendary Northern comic "introducing us to ourselves".
With The Tunesmiths and the Augmented Northern Variety Orchestra.
Conductor: Alyn Ainsworth
Produced in the North of England by Ronnie Taylor.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.
TUE 09:00 Chain Reaction (b012r9b1)
Series 7
Rhys Thomas talks to Simon Day
Chain Reaction is Radio 4's tag-team interview show. Each week, a figure from the world of entertainment chooses another to interview; the next week, the interviewee turns interviewer, and they in turn pass the baton on to someone else - creating a 'chain' throughout the series.
This seventh series starts with Rhys Thomas - perhaps better-known to the Radio 4 audience as Gary Bellamy, host of Down The Line - interviewing the actor Simon Day. They have worked together since The Fast Show, when Simon was an established member of the team, and Rhys was a supporting cast member; Simon also appeared in the sitcom Swiss Toni, which Rhys co-wrote, and provides voices for Down The Line. But Simon, sixteen years older than Rhys, came to prominence in a very different comedy culture to Rhys. He also came from a live background, as opposed to Rhys's first break working as a runner on Shooting Stars; he also waited until this year to have his own show (Radio 4's The Simon Day Show), whereas Rhys had written two series of his own sitcom by the age of 21. All these differences, and all this common ground, makes for an absorbing and hilarious interview.
TUE 09:30 The Now Show (b044jh79)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 10:00 Jane Austen (b00hr7gb)
Northanger Abbey
Episode 2
At the Tilneys' isolated gothic home, Catherine's visit proves to be a terrifying affair. Stars Amanda Root and Emily Wachter.
TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00pzhcw)
City of Two Continents
The Abyss as Viewed from Istanbul on 27th October 1962
Series of short stories marking Istanbul's tenure as European Capital of Culture in 2010.
By Maureen Freely. The Cuban Missile Crisis as viewed from the streets of Istanbul. As the world stands on the brink of annihilation, one city resident negotiates the fears and preoccupations of his lovers, friends and neighbours.
Read by Jimmy Chisholm.
TUE 11:15 Drama (b00899ll)
Jennifer Howarth - A City Full of Swindlers
By Jenny Howarth.
Cassandra Austen narrates the shocking story of her aunt's arrest and imprisonment for stealing a piece of lace, a story which reveals Georgian Bath to be a far less decorous place than it appears in her sister Jane's novels.
Jane Leigh Perrot ...... Pamela Miles
James Leigh Perrot ...... Tim Pigott-Smith
Cassandra Austen ...... Lucy Black
Mr Bond ...... Robert Gwilym
Miss Gregory ...... Alison Reid
Mr Filby ...... Howard Coggins
Mr Gibbs ...... David Collins
Mrs Scadding ...... Heather Williams
Judge ...... Ross Harvey
Mayor ...... Tom Sherman
Directed by Sara Davies.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b009qwz0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Al Read Show (b00tf065)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Raymond Chandler - Goldfish (b007jryg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (b0076vlh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Q & A by Vikas Swarup (b007v235)
10,000 Rupees
By Ayeesha Menon, from the novel by Vikas Swarup.
Now 16, Thomas lives in a decrepit slum in Mumbai with his best friend Salim. When Shantaram, an alcoholic scientist down on his luck, moves in next door with his wife and daughter, Thomas has to protect them from his violent outbursts, with tragic consequences.
Thomas ...... Anand Tiwari
Prem Kumar ...... Sohrab Ardeshir
Shantaram ...... Kenneth Desai
Mrs Shantaram ...... Ayeesha Menon
Gudiya ...... Pooja Ruparel
Other parts played by Rajit Kapur and Nadir Khan.
Directed by John Dryden.
TUE 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007w41m)
Return to Violence; Terror and Reprisal
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
TUE 14:30 Book at Bedtime (b00l57dw)
Georgina Harding - The Spy Game
Episode 2
Diana Quick reads the novel by Georgina Harding, set in 1960s England.
Peter points out to Anna that their mother disappeared on the same day that the news broke of the arrests in the Portland spy case. They realise that they actually know very little about their mother - can they even be certain that she is dead?
Abridged by Lauris Morgan Griffiths.
TUE 14:45 Book of the Week (b01ns0qx)
Michael Holroyd - On Wheels
Episode 2
Michael Holroyd confronts an army of automobiles in this charming memoir. Weaving together personal stories and historical anecdote, he traces his relationship with cars through a lifetime of biography.
Learning to drive was no easy matter for Michael. The lessons required military precision when practising how to get in and out of his car correctly. His biographical subjects also had their difficulties: Bernard Shaw drove with reckless gusto when overtaking his eightieth year; Vita Sackville-West's car became a chamber for sudden romantic assignations and getaways; Augustus John and his family careered through vulnerable villages as the poor vehicle, piled high with bohemian friends, stuttered and jerked along in first gear.
Wry, thoughtful and very funny, On Wheels is an elegy to the glamour of the car. Subtle and perceptive, Michael Holroyd finds surprising ways to understand the past and challenge our view of the future.
Episode 2 of 5
Despite holding some unusual views on driving, Michael Holroyd finally gets hold of a driving licence, thanks to a colourful array of instructors. He then sets about passing on his new wisdom to the writer Margaret Drabble.
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 15:00 Jane Austen (b00hr7gb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0457ywl)
Mel Giedroyc celebrates the birthday of the creator of the World Wide Web. Plus, the next chapter in A Medal for Leroy read by the author himself, Michael Morpurgo.
TUE 17:00 Up the Garden Path (b0081cjz)
Series 2
A Soft-Hearted Little Thing
More tangles in Izzy's love life, when she and Dick head to dinner with Charles.
Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.
Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy.
An 8-part radio sequel adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. The second of 3 series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.
Izzy ...... Imelda Staunton
Dick ...... Mike Grady
Michael ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Louise ...... Phyllida Nash
Aunt Vinny ...... Rosemary Martin
Charles ...... David Robb
Gwyn ...... Dafydd Hywel
Sooty ...... Zelah Clarke.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1988.
TUE 17:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b007w3z1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Chain Reaction (b012r9b1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 18:30 That Reminds Me (b007jp71)
Series 3
Warren Mitchell
Award-winning actor Warren Mitchell talks about where his love of acting began, the terrors of performing on live television - and how Alf Garnett came into his life thanks to BBC TV sitcom 'Till Death Us Do Part'.
Warren Mitchell (Born: 1926 - Died: 2015)
Series showcasing the reminisces of celebrated raconteurs before a live audience.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b009qwz0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Al Read Show (b00tf065)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Raymond Chandler - Goldfish (b007jryg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (b0076vlh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00pzhcw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Drama (b00899ll)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b044h6nv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 The Music Teacher (b00sk6jn)
Series 1
Episode 5
Written by Richie Webb.
Another week; another barrage of useless pupils for music teacher Nigel Penny in this new musical comedy written by and starring 2009 Writers' Guild Award winner Richie Webb. Featuring Vicki Pepperdine as Arts Centre Manager Belinda.
Episode 5: Shut away in his tiny windowless practice room Nigel endures his usual steady stream of talentless pupils: a vocalist claiming a sub-bass range and a wannabe Avant-Garde composer stretching his already taut patience. But hidden amongst the dross is a little ray of light in the shape of Martha - a local folk singer/songwriter who reignites not only his passion for performing, but his passion for - well, passion.
Will Nigel be able to make this opportunity count both on and off stage? Not if Belinda has anything to do with it: she's forgotten to get Nigel's CRB clearance sorted, and the local Beavers and Brownies gang show is in town.
Cast:
Nigel Penny ..... Richie Webb
Belinda ...... Vicki Pepperdine
Other roles by Dave Lamb, Jim North and Jess Robinson.
Produced by Richie Webb
Directed by Nick Walker
A Top Dog production for BBC Radio 4
TUE 22:45 Earls of the Court (b00rfhpt)
The Ides of March
The night of Lloydie's much-publicised toga party is fast approaching. But can Johnno raise his game in time, and play the crucial role in the Ides of March sketch?
Comedy drama series by Will Adamsdale and Stewart Wright about two Australians down on their luck in London.
Lloydie ...... Stewart Wright
Johnno ...... Will Adamsdale
Woman 1 ...... Alison Pettitt
Woman 2 ...... Keely Beresford
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b046sg30)
Seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Diane Morgan chats to the 'one-man mega-myth' Nick Helm.
TUE 23:00 Ectoplasm (b007wp38)
The Affair of the Baddie's Niece
Lord Zimbabwe and Dr Lilac travel back through the seas of time to the Wild West.
With the help of the good folk of the town of Tombstone, they must thwart the evil Waffle Baron Ike Clanton.
Dan Freedman and Nick Romero’s comedy about the swashbuckling exploits of Lord Zimbabwe, occultist and adventurer.
Lord Zimbabwe ...... Nick Romero
Dr Lilac ...... Dan Freedman
Ike Clanton ...... Owen Oakeshott
Miss Clanton ...... Sophie Aldred
Priest ...... Colin Guthrie
Ringo ...... Peter Donaldson
Other parts played by the cast.
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000.
TUE 23:30 2000 Years of Radio (b007jnh4)
Series 1
Mad - Georgian Radio
Full Age of Enlightenment updates, plus the Earl of Sandwich lives up to his name. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From November 2000.
TUE 23:45 Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows (b00fl0jv)
3. Football
Incisive reporter Gus Murdoch focuses on the joys of lower league soccer.
Written by and starring Stephen Carlin.
With Neil Edmond, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Stephen Carlin, Helen Longworth and Chris Pavlo.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2008.


WEDNESDAY 04 JUNE 2014

WED 00:00 Q & A by Vikas Swarup (b007v235)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007w41m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Book at Bedtime (b00l57dw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 00:45 Book of the Week (b01ns0qx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Chain Reaction (b012r9b1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 That Reminds Me (b007jp71)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Raymond Chandler - Goldfish (b007jryg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (b0076vlh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Jane Austen (b00hr7gb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00pzhcw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Drama (b00899ll)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Up the Garden Path (b0081cjz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b007w3z1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Nick Warburton - Doreen's Chair (b00t8xc1)
An article on feng shui sparks a remarkable change in the life of a timid husband. Stars Peter Sallis and Gillian Barge.
WED 06:30 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (b0076vq0)
Episode 3
Jazz musician and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton explores the troubled world of British band leaders after 1945. From November 2005.
WED 07:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b0089m77)
Series 2
Fathers and Sons
Yet again, Robert is desperate for work, but is offered a job while he's supposed to be away with Sue.
His plan to get out of the holiday is devious to say the least...
John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom.
Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair
Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn
Sue ..... Caroline Quentin
With:
Jo Kendall
Joe Dunlop
Danny Schiller
Phil Nice
Jennifer Piercey
Producer: Paul Spencer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1990.
WED 07:30 Start/Stop (b039dbjr)
Series 1
Concert
Jack Docherty’s sitcom about love, marriage and despair.
Three couples sail off into the sunset. And sink.
Starring Jack Docherty, Charlie Higson, Katherine Parkinson, John Thomson, Fiona Allen and Kerry Godliman.
With their marriages in various states of disrepair - a trip to a classical music concert poses difficulties for everyone.
Barney ...... Jack Docherty
Cathy ...... Kerry Godliman
Fiona ...... Fiona Allen
David ...... Charlie Higson
Evan ...... John Thomson
Alice ...... Katherine Parkinson
Producer Steven Canny

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2013.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009h7l4)
Series 6
Fred's Pie Stall
The Lad Himself is out to save one of Cheam's institutions that's threatened by a council closure.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Wilfred Babbage, Hugh Morton and Harry Towb.
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 November 1959.
WED 08:30 Albert and Me (b007k04p)
Series 1
Family Christmas
Single dad Bryan finds himself double-booked for the festivities...
Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Mum/Albert, John Comer as Dad, Patricia Hayes as Gran, Celia Bannerman as Maureen and Kenneth Shanley as the Store Assistant.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1977.
WED 09:00 All the Young Dudes (b01b3cgf)
Series 2
Happy Together
Patrick and Helen have a massive row, while Billy arranges to meet another Prisoner fan off the web. Comedy written by and starring Jim Sweeney. From September 2002.
WED 09:30 1835 (b012mbjv)
Down at the Old Bull and Bush
Belport falls in love with renowned music-hall artiste Emilia La Rue. But can he prise her away from Svyatislav the strong man? Probably not.
Comic saga of an aristocrat and his servant who struggle to find things to do in the mid- 1830s.
Belport ...... Paul Rider
Ned ...... Jason Done
Danvers ...... Roy Barraclough
The Great Fettuccine ...... Simon Greenall
Emelia ...... Sue Cleaver
Written and directed at BBC Manchester by Jim Poyser.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
WED 10:00 Jane Austen (b00hrfcw)
Northanger Abbey
Episode 3
Suspicious of tyrannical General Tilney, Catherine is determined to discover Northanger Abbey's secrets. Stars John Shrapnel.
WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00pzhcp)
City of Two Continents
True Turk
Series of short stories marking Istanbul's tenure as European Capital of Culture in 2010.
A wise gypsy wrestler comes to the aid of a couple whose relationship is threatened by their families' entrenched prejudices.
By Moris Farhi, read by Grant O'Rourke.
WED 11:15 Drama (b007748q)
Annamaria Murphy - Rosie's Beauty
By Annamaria Murphy.
Rosie runs a beauty parlour in her village. Most of her clients come to talk and Rosie is invited to share some of the dark secrets that make up the community in which she lives.
Rosie Craze ...... Mary Woodvine
Martha Taper ...... Barbara Jefford
Lily Harvey ...... Amanda Lawrence
Ellen Hosken ...... Mandy Simons
Michael Harvey ...... Stephen Hall
Irish Reilly ...... Charles Barnecut
Directed by Claire Grove.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009h7l4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Albert and Me (b007k04p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Nick Warburton - Doreen's Chair (b00t8xc1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (b0076vq0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Q & A by Vikas Swarup (b007v2pg)
50,000 Rupees
By Ayeesha Menon, from the novel by Vikas Swarup.
Thomas has to delve back into his childhood in search of the answer to the next question. Adopted from an orphanage by evil gangster Babu, Thomas and his friend Salim are taken to Mumbai where they are to be maimed and put on the streets to beg.
Thomas ...... Anand Tiwari
Prem Kumar ...... Sohrab Ardeshir
Young Thomas ...... Caran Arora
Young Salim ...... Armaan Malik
Babu ...... Vikrant Chaturvedi
Other parts played by Satchit Puranik, Kenneth Desai, Jaimini Pathak and Rohit Malkani.
Directed by John Dryden.
WED 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007w4fc)
The Dreary Steeples; Partition
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
WED 14:30 Book at Bedtime (b00l57dy)
Georgina Harding - The Spy Game
Episode 3
Diana Quick reads the novel by Georgina Harding, set in 1960s England.
As Peter's obsession with spy rings deepens, he encourages Anna to use code to allow them to communicate secretly. In their search for clues into the disappearance of their mother, they begin to make lists of her possessions and acquaintances - they are beginning to think like spies.
Abridged by Lauris Morgan Griffiths.
WED 14:45 Book of the Week (b01ns0sz)
Michael Holroyd - On Wheels
Episode 3
Michael Holroyd confronts an army of automobiles in this charming memoir. Weaving together personal stories and historical anecdote, he traces his relationship with cars through a lifetime of biography.
Learning to drive was no easy matter for Michael. The lessons required military precision when practising how to get in and out of his car correctly. His biographical subjects also had their difficulties: Bernard Shaw drove with reckless gusto when overtaking his eightieth year; Vita Sackville-West's car became a chamber for sudden romantic assignations and getaways; Augustus John and his family careered through vulnerable villages as the poor vehicle, piled high with bohemian friends, stuttered and jerked along in first gear.
Wry, thoughtful and very funny, On Wheels is an elegy to the glamour of the car. Subtle and perceptive, Michael Holroyd finds surprising ways to understand the past and challenge our view of the future.
Episode 3 of 5
In the third episode of On Wheels Michael Holroyd describes the pleasures of driving a Daf, and the danger of doing so in Northern Ireland. And he gives us a taste of playwright Bernard Shaw's rather individualistic approach to driving.
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 15:00 Jane Austen (b00hrfcw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b04581gp)
Mel Giedroyc hears about the WW1 rations that had some rather smelly side effects. Plus the burger fit for a King (Charles Spaniel...) and an interview with Michael Morpurgo.
WED 17:00 After Henry (b007k1rb)
Series 1
The Spectre at the Feast
Widow Sarah is wary of matchmakers - and her mother Eleanor's interference.
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 Mark Kingston as Chris.
Four radio series were made, but instead of then 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 An Actor's Life for Me (b0089m77)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:00 All the Young Dudes (b01b3cgf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 18:30 Off the Page (b00766pw)
Youth
Veteran historian Correlli Barnett and youngster Decca Aitkenhead exchange views in a clash of the generations.
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 (b009h7l4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Albert and Me (b007k04p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Nick Warburton - Doreen's Chair (b00t8xc1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (b0076vq0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00pzhcp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Drama (b007748q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Start/Stop (b039dbjr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Genius (b0084ffq)
Series 3
Matthew Wright
A coat for showering and anthems of shame?
Dave Gorman asks broadcaster Matthew Wright 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 23:00 The Harpoon (b007k4t8)
Series 2
Episode 3
The complete story of evolution from Little Blobby Thing to Homo Erectus Britishus Imperius.
Plus an advert for some sticks.
All in your nostalgic spoof of boys' adventure story papers.
With Susie Brann , Alistair McGowan , Mary Elliot-Nelson, Julian Dutton and Peter Baynham.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992.
WED 23:30 The Sofa of Time (b00hxzc8)
Captain Chapel and the Crabs
Milford sets out to rescue the Crab Prince. Stars Mark Heap, Nick Frost, Kevin Eldon and Peter Serafinowicz. From November 2002.


THURSDAY 05 JUNE 2014

THU 00:00 Q & A by Vikas Swarup (b007v2pg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007w4fc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Book at Bedtime (b00l57dy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 00:45 Book of the Week (b01ns0sz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 All the Young Dudes (b01b3cgf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Off the Page (b00766pw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Nick Warburton - Doreen's Chair (b00t8xc1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (b0076vq0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Jane Austen (b00hrfcw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00pzhcp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Drama (b007748q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 After Henry (b007k1rb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b0089m77)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Bill Murphy - Hallows End (b007k2zc)
Wealthy Dubliner Dermot McPhail misguidedly buys a Gothic mansion on the wild coast of west Cork, but things start going dramatically wrong when the unscrupulous property developer and his pampered wife Clodagh move in.
Is someone sabotaging Dermot's dream, or is the ancient curse of Hallows End at work?
Bill Murphy's whodunit stars Gerry O'Brien as Dermot, Ann Marie Horan as Clodagh, Darragh Kelly as Patrick, Helen Norton as Aoife and Simon Delaney as Martin/Barman.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in 2007.
THU 06:30 Dream On (b0076k0d)
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen finds how a revolution in DIY helped transform the gloom in post-World War Two Britain. From January 2004.
THU 07:00 Semi Circles (b007jtxf)
Series 2
Charity Begins at Home
Helen and Ben fight the forces of materialism. Can they win when promotion beckons?
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
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1982
THU 07:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market (b044j94d)
Series 1
Gold
Simon looks at why we buy and sell gold all around the world.
When did that begin? Why do we continue now we have paper money?
Simon Evans has the answers in this series which asks us to get involved in the funny side of investment.
Rather than being cowed by an apparently complicated and overwhelming system, Simon jumps right in. He takes as his focus four commodities which are so intrinsic to our lives they have an almost elemental significance - land, gold, oil and grain. Yet, despite the fact we encounter them everywhere we look, very few people have been able to build a fortune on them.
All that's about to change as, Simon enlists help from the experts to help brings us closer to understanding of how global economic forces have a far-reaching and often surprising impact on our lives.
Performed by Simon Evans, with regular guests Tim Harford and Merryn Somerset-Webb, , and to talk about the trade in gold, Dominic Frisby.
Written by Simon Evans with Benjamin Partridge, Guy Venables and Andy Wolton.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2014.
THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jqzq)
Series 3
The Recruit
With Captain Mainwaring in hospital, the Vicar and the Verger spark unrest in the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon.
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
Vicar …. Frank Williams
Verger …. Edward Sinclair
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1976.
THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b016951g)
From 14/04/1955
The Glums grapple with a crossword, and there's a cautionary tale from Monte Carlo. With Jimmy Edwards and Dick Bentley. From April 1955.
THU 09:00 Heresy (b00sp5cp)
Series 7
Episode 5
Victoria Coren presents the programme which attempts to prove our most deeply held beliefs, the assumptions on which we base our view of the world, are all plain wrong.
Helping Victoria commit heresy are comedians David Mitchell and David Schneider and newspaper columnist Matthew Norman, who argue against the received wisdom that the TV shouldn't be used as a babysitter. They reluctantly concede that television viewing among the under-threes should be limited - but only to around ten hours a day. How else will the little angels learn to cook?
And in a discussion about the hypocrisy of eating farmyard animals, but not domestic pets, a range of mouth-watering recipes are rolled out for loin of Labrador and fillet of feline.
Producer: Brian King
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 09:30 Bristow (b00ckd51)
Series 1
The Girl Next Door
When a new face appears in the office opposite the Chester Perry building - she causes quite a stir.
Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the Chester-Perry buying clerk. He is but a small cog in a gigantic wheel... and he knows it.
Adapted from by Frank Dickens from his famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 51 years from 1961.
Bristow …. Michael Williams
Jones …. Rodney Bewes
Mrs Purdy …. Dora Bryan
Fudge/Station Master/Samson/Hawkins …. Jon Glover
Miss Sunman/Mary …. Katy Odey
Post Boy/Dimkins …. Simon Schatzberger
Miss Prunella Peach/Janet/Mrs Buxton …. Carol Starks
Music: John Whitehall
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999.
THU 10:00 Dave Sheasby - Coming Down (b00vz3v4)
As mountaineers mourn a friend, a journalist speaks to his widow and someone who was on the fatal climb. Stars Russell Dixon.
THU 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00lgfqr)
Mick Jackson - Bears of England
Spirit Bears
In the days before electric light and oil lamps most of England was troubled by spirit bears. But one village believed itself to be victim to an especially wicked gang and sought to find an answer.
Adapted by Booker-nominated writer Mick Jackson from his collection 'Bears Of England.'
Reader: Ian Holm
Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 11:15 Linda Cracknell - The Three Knots (b018jppt)
Two stranded friends meet an old woman who claims to control the elements in 19th century Scotland. Stars Finn Den Hertog.
THU 12:00 Stilgoe's Around (b007k433)
From 15/07/1989
Richard Stilgoe samples the grandeur of the National Trust's Clandon Park. With Peter Blake and Belinda Lang. From July 1989.
THU 12:30 From Dunkirk to D-Day (b0076lrs)
4 Extra Debut. After the retreat from Dunkirk, Britain struggled to build its alliance against Hitler. On D-Day, the trauma of that retreat could finally be overcome. Charles Wheeler recalls the epic of survival and strategic success that made cross-Channel victory possible.
Producer Chris Bowlby.
THU 13:15 Saturday Drama (b0076lrt)
Mike Walker - The Biggest Secret
4 Extra Debut. In the early hours of 5 June 1944, Captain Rob Collins, who is languishing in hospital, receives a call that will take him on a journey through England that will change his life.
Mike Walker's play is an epic journey across England poised on the edge of a historical moment. It is set on June 5th the day before the invasion. It is a portrait of England waiting for the invasion that will change the course of history, but an invasion only a very few know that is about happen.
THU 15:00 Inheritance Tracks (b046csgp)
Nicholas Parsons
Nicholas Parsons reminisces to 'In the Mood' by Glenn Miller and passes on 'Children Will Listen' by Stephen Sondheim.
THU 15:10 Loose Ends (b045860g)
D-Day Special
4 Extra Debut. Ned Sherrin marks the 60th D-Day anniversary with a look back at the entertainers, songs and jokes that were keeping people happy in the summer of 1944.
Presented by Ned Sherrin
Roy Hudd
Ken Dodd
Arthur Smith on the history of It's That Man Again
Amy Winehouse singing 'Sentimental Journey'
Anthony Horowitz on Foyle's War
Shelia Tracey on wartime band leader Ivy Benson
Glenn Miller Orchestra UK.
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b045bt8f)
Mel Giedroyc hears about the origins of the salute. Plus the tale of Walter Tull, the first black British army officer and the inspiration behind the main character in our story.
THU 17:00 The Film Programme (b045bt8h)
Back Row: D-Day Special
4 Extra Debut. Between 1939 and 1945, cinema box office receipts in Britain tripled. As war dragged on, audiences who had once queued up for patriotic, morale-boosting classics like In Which We Serve were now spending their precious money on escapism and entertainment. And Hollywood knew how to provide it. By 1944, cinema had become a major social phenomenon. But as Jim White discovers, cinema was not simply reflecting the great changes taking place in British society - it had itself become a major force for change.
Producer Jerome Weatherald.
THU 17:30 The People's D-Day (b0076lrw)
4 Extra Debut. Libby Purves follows the way Britain prepared for the assault on Normandy through the eyes and ears of the men and women right across Britain who were wittingly or unwittingly caught up in the vast machine of war.
Accompanied by historian Dr Adrian Smith, Libby travels from the streets and docks of Southampton to the New Forest glades where many troops camped before embarking for France, to introduce a sequence of short features and stories told by the people who made D-Day happen.
The Machine of War: Part 1
A Nurse at D-Day
When the Beaches Were for Sandcastles
Mapping Nazi Normandy
A Harbour Called Mulberry
The Machine of War: Part 2
Cornwall, Caves and Communications
Faking It with Fortitude
Producers Clare Csonka, Isobel Eaton, Simon Elmes, Neil George, Beaty Rubens, Miles Warde and Rachel White.
THU 19:30 Saturday Drama (b0076lrx)
Sarah Daniels - The Long Wait
4 Extra Debut. In Normandy on the evening of 5 June 1944, Nicole is getting ready to go out to see a jazz band with her German boyfriend Karl. Not even the nightly air raids are going to stop them from having a great evening.
Written by Sarah Daniels, based on a story by Mike Walker.
Music by Neil Brand and Johnny Eacott
Director Toby Swift.
THU 20:30 What If? (b0076lry)
D-Day Had Failed
4 Extra Debut. In a special D-Day edition of the series that rewrites history, Professor Christopher Andrew and a group of guests discuss what would have happened if the Allied landings in Normandy had not succeeded.
In the Map Room at Southwick House are D-Day veteran John Gritten, who was on board a landing craft moored in nearby Southampton Sound, and historians Professor David Stafford of Edinburgh University; Professor Dennis Showalterfrom Colorado Liberal Arts College; DrSoenke Neitzel of the University of Mainz; and DrGary Sheffield, of King's College, London, and the Joint Services Staff College in Shrivenham.
Producer Mark Smalley.
THU 21:30 Saturday Drama (b0076lrz)
Crossing the Dark Sea
An eyewitness the night before the D-Day landings described the sea as black with boats. The voice of this programme is that of an ordinary soldier on one of those boats. Christopher Eccleston plays Alec, a young British soldier destined for France and for war. Katherine Jenkins (mezzo) sings the voice of his sweetheart, Sian, in a poetic response to the day's events, written by Michael Symmons Roberts and composer James Whitbourn.
Producer: Philip Billson.
THU 22:00 Simon Evans Goes to Market (b044j94d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Revolting People (b00wbnb0)
Series 4
McGurk Runs the Shop
Samuel is reunited with his sister and Ezekiel is dressed as a bear. 1775 America sitcom. Stars Andy Hamilton. From May 2006.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b046sgbp)
Seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Diane Morgan is joined once again by Nick Helm.
THU 23:00 The Museum of Everything (b007k4r1)
Series 2
By Royal Appointment
Discover the joys of musical theatre, learn all about the wonder of the sea, plus marvel at the monarchy with the museum's new royal theme park.
Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
With Lucy Montgomery.
Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker.
Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2005.
THU 23:30 The Skivers (b00jhmlm)
Series 3
Phillip Schofield
Going Live! Phillip Schofield relives his days on children's television, with Nick Golsen and Tim de Jongh. From January 1997.


FRIDAY 06 JUNE 2014

FRI 00:00 Q & A by Vikas Swarup (b007v3q4)
100,000 Rupees
By Ayeesha Menon, from the novel by Vikas Swarup.
The next question takes Thomas to his teenage years. Working as the houseboy of Australian defence attache Colonel Taylor, he becomes embroiled in a spy scandal.
Thomas ...... Anand Tiwari
Prem Kumar ...... Sohrab Ardeshir
Colonel Taylor ...... Henry Goodman
Jai ...... Jaimini Pathak
Other parts played by Ashley Cook, Sarah Sproull and Nadir Khan.
Directed by John Dryden.
FRI 00:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007w2pg)
Stretch Out the Hand of Forebearance; The Treaty
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI 00:30 Book at Bedtime (b00l57f0)
Georgina Harding - The Spy Game
Episode 4
Diana Quick reads the novel by Georgina Harding, set in 1960s England.
Anna and Peter adopt ever more furtive observation techniques to help them develop their theories about their mother's disappearance.
Abridged by Lauris Morgan Griffiths.
FRI 00:45 Book of the Week (b01ns1ff)
Michael Holroyd - On Wheels
Episode 4
Michael Holroyd confronts an army of automobiles in this charming memoir. Weaving together personal stories and historical anecdote, he traces his relationship with cars through a lifetime of biography.
Learning to drive was no easy matter for Michael. The lessons required military precision when practising how to get in and out of his car correctly. His biographical subjects also had their difficulties: Bernard Shaw drove with reckless gusto when overtaking his eightieth year; Vita Sackville-West's car became a chamber for sudden romantic assignations and getaways; Augustus John and his family careered through vulnerable villages as the poor vehicle, piled high with bohemian friends, stuttered and jerked along in first gear.
Wry, thoughtful and very funny, On Wheels is an elegy to the glamour of the car. Subtle and perceptive, Michael Holroyd finds surprising ways to understand the past and challenge our view of the future.
Episode 4 of 5
Michael explains the delight the Bloomsbury set took in motor cars, both as objects of desire and locations for illicit assignations. And he explains how the motor car allowed Augustus John to reveal his true, colourful and cavalier character.
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 01:00 Heresy (b00sp5cp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Great Lives (b0076433)
Series 1
Sylvia Pankhurst
Barbara Castle and biographer Mary Davis discuss the life of suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst. With Joan Bakewell. From September 2001.
The biographical series in which a distinguished guest chooses someone who has inspired their life. Will their hero stand up to intensive scrutiny and merit the description of having led a great life?
FRI 02:00 Bill Murphy - Hallows End (b007k2zc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Dream On (b0076k0d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Dave Sheasby - Coming Down (b00vz3v4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00lgfqr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Linda Cracknell - The Three Knots (b018jppt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Take It From Here (b016951g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Semi Circles (b007jtxf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jp86)
Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair
The Sitter-in
When a baby goes missing, the suave sleuth and wife Steve are on the case - but can they identify a mystery man?
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 Richard Williams as Sir Graham Forbes, Frederick Treves as Inspector Eden, James Beattie as Charlie, Peter Wilde as Terry Palmer, June Tobin as Mary Desmond, Armine Sandford as Queenie Edwards, Catherine Salkold as Madame Flaubert and Haydn Jones as Bert Walters
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 Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard so often needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1959.
FRI 06:30 There's a Guy Works Down our Local Swears He's Elvis (b0076gsg)
Ian McMillan delves into the world of Elvis impersonators. What motivates them to do it, and are they ever off duty? From September 2003.
FRI 07:00 Chambers (b007jpgy)
Series 3
Rent Arrears
John Fuller-Carp, head of chambers, enjoys conning students. Ruth tries to avoid the question, and Vince acts Jewish. All in a day's work for the barristers of Forecourt Buildings.
Series 3 of Clive Coleman's sitcom set in perhaps the country's least spectacular set of chambers.
John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Ruth Quirke ...... Sarah Lancashire
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd
With Rebecca Front and Ben Crowe.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.
FRI 07:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters (b01gvtj8)
Series 2
Insurance
Sony Award-winning comic, Tom Wrigglesworth returns for another series of his open letters.
This week, his letter is addressed to the insurance industry as Tom asks why everything has to be so confusing.
Written by Tom Wrigglesworth, James Kettle and Miles Jupp.
Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2012.
FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jnqv)
Series 6
Live Now, Paye Later
The tax inspector catches up with Albert Steptoe and son Harold is not impressed.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold.
Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
Mr Greenwood ...... George A Cooper
With Michael Shannon and Peter Williams.
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.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in February 1976.
FRI 08:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jtg6)
Series 1
The Promotion
Gerald and Diana compete to publicize their new books.
The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic crime writer 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, Anthony Smee and Peter Craze.
The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter ran from 1976 to 1981.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1976.
FRI 08:50 Inheritance Tracks (b0103zmh)
Mary Coughlan
The singer reveals how 'I'd Rather Go Blind' spoke to her at age 13, and how she will hand on Jacques Brel's 'Hearts'.
FRI 09:00 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b01nh82g)
Series 2
Fear
The sofa hosts invite a stressed bomb disposal expert to "hug his fear".
Series 2 of Bill Dare's sitcom stars Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens.
Mike ...... Robert Duncan
Sue ...... Jan Ravens
With Roger Blake, Bill Dare, Alistair McGowan and Sally Philips.
Music by Mark Burton.
Producer: Jo Clegg
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997.
FRI 09:30 Coming Alive (b00h3ngz)
Series 2
Big Trouble
Smugglers with big ideas plague Terry, and Sandra is faced with an unwanted admirer. Stars Karl Howman and Phyllis Logan. From August 2000.
FRI 10:00 Inspector Resnick (b007677y)
Bird of Paradise
CAST:
Resnick .... Keith Barron
Millington... Sean Baker
Sister Teresa .... Rachel Atkins
Sister Bonaventura ... Gillian Bevan
Grabianski .... Gerard McDermott
Shana ... Blondell Taylor
Scott ... Carl Prekopp
Miriam .... Ann Beach
Ferris ... Hannah Dee
Thackray ... Peter Marinker
Directed by David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002
FRI 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00lgg8y)
Mick Jackson - Bears of England
Circus Bears
Series of three eccentric stories by Mick Jackson, which mix fantasy with folk tale and myth with history.
The circus bears are deeply disgruntled at the extra risks being incorporated into their performance, and things come to a head at the annual circus convention in Bristol.
Read by Ian Holm.
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 11:15 Nick Warburton - Lawn Wars (b00td4zv)
A single older woman takes on a gardener, and gets much more than she bargained for.
Nick Warburton's gentle comedy about relationships, property and cricket.
Stars Anna Calder-Marhsall as Alice, Richard Johnson as Anthony and Robert Daws as Rob.
With thanks to David Acfield of Essex County Cricket Club for off-spin advice.
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jnqv)
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FRI 12:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jtg6)
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FRI 12:50 Inheritance Tracks (b0103zmh)
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FRI 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jp86)
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FRI 13:30 There's a Guy Works Down our Local Swears He's Elvis (b0076gsg)
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FRI 14:00 Q & A by Vikas Swarup (b007v3q4)
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FRI 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007w2pg)
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FRI 14:30 Book at Bedtime (b00l57f0)
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FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b01ns1ff)
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FRI 15:00 Inspector Resnick (b007677y)
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FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b045c0n4)
Today a floating house, the creation of one of the most popular video games of all time, and the final chapter in this week's story, A Medal for Leroy by Michael Morpurgo.
FRI 17:00 The Brothers (b007k4wc)
Series 1
Episode 2
Brothers Nigel and Michael review a new website and Oonagh becomes a therapist.
Starring Adam Godley and Raymond Coulthard.
Comedy series about two brothers starting a website-design company - written by Caroline and David Stafford.
Nigel ...... Adam Godley
Michael ...... Raymond Coulthard
Oonagh...... Pauline McLynn
Zorro ...... Pearce Quigley
Sally ...... Alice Hart
Producer: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
FRI 17:30 Chambers (b007jpgy)
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FRI 18:00 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b01nh82g)
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FRI 18:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007js75)
Series 1
Frank Randle
He was 'a gargoyle, a grotesque - and the funniest man alive'.
Mark Radcliffe tells the story of 'the bad lad of showbiz'. Frank Randle - the rebel from Wigan who hiked his way to stardom.
A six-part series exploring the tradition of the northern comedian.
Producer: Bernadette McConnell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jnqv)
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FRI 19:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jtg6)
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FRI 19:50 Inheritance Tracks (b0103zmh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]
FRI 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jp86)
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FRI 20:30 There's a Guy Works Down our Local Swears He's Elvis (b0076gsg)
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FRI 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00lgg8y)
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FRI 21:15 Nick Warburton - Lawn Wars (b00td4zv)
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FRI 22:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters (b01gvtj8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 My Teenage Diary (b00xhjs0)
Series 2
Phil Nichol
Rufus Hound invites Phil Nichol to read embarrassing extracts from his teenage diary and read it out in public for the very first time.
Producer: Victoria Payne
A TalkbackThames production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 22:45 Creme de la Crime (b00890lk)
Series 3
The Lies of the Artists
Michael Feydeau -TV's much-loved Inspector Niblett - and crime expert David Pershore probe a case of counterfeit art.
Tales from the vaults of villainy written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
With:
Olivia Colman
Ewan Bailey
Steven Kynman
Director: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003.
FRI 23:00 The Mary Whitehouse Experience (b044w48c)
Series 4
Episode 4
Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt, Robert Newman and David Baddiel tackle swearing and enmity for famous Nigels. From November 1990.
FRI 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jqhc)
Series 1
The Human Mind
The sci-fi star and inventor explains life's big mysteries. With Tom Baker, Richard Herring and Stewart Lee. From November 1992.