SATURDAY 10 JANUARY 2015

SAT 00:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012brz6)
Episode 5
Father and his young wife Valentina argue over her visa appeal, but everyone has a cunning plan. Read by Sian Thomas.
SAT 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00n7ktf)
Two Widowers
Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never been heard before. Including songs which have been specially recorded for the series.
When we think of the history of home, the cosy experiences of the nuclear family spring easiest to mind. But what of those who had no family or home of their own?
The story of two different widowers and their desperate search for a new wife, based on original material from two unusual sets of diaries which Prof Vickery found in Lincoln.
Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and Simon Tcherniak.
Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen Norris at the keyboard.
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 00:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b719j)
Episode 10
Anna has succumbed to desire, but can she ever know happiness?
Published in 1912, The Reef is one of Edith Wharton's most accomplished yet neglected novels - revealing the submerged and perilous depths beneath the surface of even the most conventional of its characters.
Concluding episode starring Ben Miles as George Darrow, Jodhi May as Sophie, Teresa Gallagher as Anna, Deborah Weston as Adelaide, Julian Ovenden as Owen and Sian Thomas as the Narrator.
Dramatised by Penny Leicester.
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
SAT 00:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out (b04wxmvg)
Episode 5
Edmund's attraction intensifies, but Arabella seems to be cooling off. Meanwhile, his absence is noted. Read by Claire Skinner.
SAT 01:00 Jest a Minute (b016w0m2)
Series 2
Episode 1
Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz from the Glee Club in Cardiff.
With Chris Corcoran, Lloyd Langford, Rob Deering and Tom Craine.
Producers: Paul Forde and Gareth Gwynn.
First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in 2006.
SAT 01:30 Meet the Parents (b015cvdx)
Series 1
Hardeep Singh Kohli
5/5
Hardeep Singh Kohli speaks to his father about his decision to move to Scotland from India, raising a Sikh family in Glasgow in the 1970s and how being brought up and living a multicultural life has impacted on both of their life paths.
SAT 02:00 Unofficial Rosie (b007jlh0)
5. Count Your Blessings
Private-eye Rosie Monaghan is trying to solve her first case, but the demands of love, children and her bank manager are pressing in...
Paula Wilcox stars in Alan McDonald's thriller serial.
Rosie ...... Paula Wilcox
Margie ...... Elizabeth Estensen
Jerry ...... Christopher Bramwell
Bob ...... Dominic Grounsell
Carol ...... Helen Roberts
Andrew ...... Kim Wall
Mike ...... Steve Hodson
Martin ...... Paul Barber
Andrew ...... Kim Wall
Bill ...... Dominic Letts
Helen ...... Rachel Atkins
Old Woman ...... Diana Payan
Graham ...... David Thorpe
Music composed by Peter Howell.
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993.
SAT 02:30 Rocking Scots (b007j27y)
Episode 2
2/2. Midge Ure returns to his native Glasgow to explore his musical roots, from his tenement upbringing to joining the short-lived boy band Slik in the 1970s. The 80s and 90s saw a new generation of Scottish artists gain self-confidence in their national identity.
Contributors include Jim Kerr from Simple Minds, Sharleen Spiteri from Texas, Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue and Proclaimers twins Charlie and Craig Reid.
SAT 03:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan (b016n7y3)
Titus Alive
As Titus Groan stumbles on through the world, could he have finally found his way home? Stars David Warner and Luke Treadaway.
SAT 04:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01ps9w4)
Child's Play
Kate is not appreciated by her husband or daughter, but receives affection from an unusual source. Read by Matilda Ziegler.
SAT 04:15 Sheridan Le Fanu - Carmilla (b016q2l5)
Laura is a lonely girl living in a solitary castle in the south east of Austria.
Into her life comes the beautiful and mysterious Carmilla, with whom Laura strikes up, what will prove to be, a dangerous friendship...
Starring Anne-Marie Duff as Laura, Brana Bajic as Carmilla, David Warner as Father and Celia Imrie as Madame.
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s gothic novella was first published in 1871.
Dramatised by Don McCamphill.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003
SAT 05:00 After Henry (b007md8k)
Series 3
The End of a Chapter
"The status quo does suit me rather well."
Sarah's off to Florence, but worries about her mother - and shock news from Clare.
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.
Sarah ...... Prunella Scales
Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson
Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Clare ...... Gerry Cowper
Julian ...... Jasper Jacob
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 November 1987.
SAT 05:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b007jxb9)
Series 3
Episode 1
Parish Council leader Mrs Roberts wonders how to become more popular. Political satire with Jo Kendall. From July 1990.
SAT 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen (b04wrz9v)
The President Unleashes an Awesome Weapon
Our hero makes contact with Earth, and learns that there may be a mighty price to pay. Kenny Everett's 1976 sci-fi serial starring the world's most fabulous starship captain.
SAT 06:00 David Ashton - The Windbear (b00y1vks)
Taxidermist George feels closer to his work than his wife, so police fear the worst when she goes missing. Stars Bernard Hepton.
SAT 07:30 Back to Front (b007k1fc)
Series 1
1981
The 1981 headline-makers bowled off the newspaper front pages by Ian Botham. Graham Dilley and Simon Callow get nostalgic.
SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b00xgr1k)
Going to the Flicks
Episode 1
Barry Norman is one of Britain's best loved film broadcasters, but for this series he is not so much interested in the films as in exploring how the experience of going to the cinema in Britain has changed over the last one hundred years. In fact, his first surprise is the discovery that people are far more likely to recall the general experience of going to the cinema than the individual films they saw.
He draws on BBC archive as well as recordings from the University of Lancaster which have never been broadcast before, and also new interviews to find out how people's experience of this most popular form of entertainment has changed over the decades.
The Silent Era, it turns out, was not all that silent, with plenty of chatting and tea-drinking going on, not to mention children reading out the titles to their illiterate parents and grandparents. Barry then moves on to hear how overwhelmed many viewers were by the sheer luxury of the cinemas built in the inter-war years and how these pleasure palaces offered a few hours of escape from lives which were harsh or sometimes simply dull. He himself recalls going to the pictures in the 1950s, which was the golden age of Saturday morning cinema for children. In the 1960s, with the advent of television, Barry finds out about the ultimately failed attempts to introduce novelties such as Cinerama and The Smellies to cinema and hears confessions about just what went on in the back row!
With contributions from film expert Annette Kuhn and architectural historian Richard Gray, this first part of Barry Norman's memoir of Going to the Flicks is a heady mix of nostalgia and surprise.
Producer : Beaty Rubens.
SAT 09:00 It's a Painful Business: On the Hour with Eddie Mair (b015bf2k)
BBC Radio 4 PM presenter Eddie Mair reveals why he joined the Newsroom in his celebration of the landmark radio series On the Hour.
Featuring:
On the Hour Series 1 ep 4/5
Chris Morris hosts the news spoof, and the sport must go on for bereaved Alan Partridge. With Steve Coogan. From August 1991.
On the Hour Series 2 ep 2/6
Alan Partridge is at the Olympics. Barbara Wintergreen is in America. Chris Morris fronts the news satire. From April 1992
On the Hour Series 2 ep 6/6
An outside broadcast goes down, and a bluebottle rampages across Essex. Chris Morris fronts the news satire. From May 1992.
Knowing Me, Knowing You
Aha! Alan Partridge faces up to a nine-year-old prodigy, a hypnotist and a bad boy lawyer. Stars Steve Coogan. From December 1992.
Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive
The funny man's radio drop-in centre tackles Live 8 and white-collar boxing matches. With David Mitchell. From June 2005.
On the Hour Christmas Special
All the festive headlines. Chris Morris hosts the steaming flambéed news spoof. With Steve Coogan. From December 1991.
SAT 12:00 Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections Omnibus (b04xmm6t)
Episode 1
First ever dramatisation of Jonathan Franzen's exuberant novel about the tribulations of a dysfunctional Midwestern family, starring Richard Schiff (The West Wing), Maggie Steed, Colin Stinton and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Dramatised by Marcy Kahan.
Cast:
Narrator.....Richard Schiff
Enid Lambert.....Maggie Steed
Alfred Lambert.....Colin Stinton
Gary Lambert.....Richard Laing
Chip Lambert.....Julian Rhind-Tutt
Denise Lambert.....Roslyn Hill
Julia Vrais.....Kelly Burke
Eden Procuro.....Elaine Claxton
Gitanas Misevicius.....Sam Dale
Melissa Paquette.....Bettrys Jones
Caroline Lambert.....Jane Slavin
Caleb Lambert.....Adam Thomas Wright
Jonah Lambert.....Sean McCrystal
Directed by Emma Harding
The Corrections is an acclaimed 2001 novel by American author Jonathan Franzen. It was awarded the National Book Award in 2001, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 2002, and was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize. In 2005, The Corrections was included in TIME magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923.
Jonathan Franzen is the author of four novels (Freedom, The Corrections, Strong Motion, and The Twenty-Seventh City), two collections of essays (Farther Away, How to Be Alone), a personal history (The Discomfort Zone), and a translation of Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening. He lives in New York City and Santa Cruz, California
Marcy Kahan is a playwright and radio dramatist. Recent radio work includes two series of Lunch for BBC Radio 4 (starring Claire Skinner and Stephen Mangan) and Mr Bridger's Orphan. Theatre work includes 20 Cigarettes (Soho Theatre), the stage version of When Harry Met Sally (Theatre Royal Haymarket) and Goldberg Variations (Miranda Theatre, New York)'.
SAT 13:15 Dickens Confidential (b01kblxg)
Series 1
Railway Kings
Before his novels, famed writer Charles Dickens edited a newspaper. How might he have covered a train crash? Stars Jamie Glover.
SAT 14:00 The Navy Lark (b007k1q5)
Series 2
New at the Helm
A jetty's demolished as Pertwee and Phillips return from leave to meet the new number one, Lieutenant Murray.

Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as Number One, Richard Caldicot as Commander Povey, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Bates as the Rating and Tenniel Evans as the Admiral.

The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series on BBC Radio between 1959 and 1976.

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1959.
SAT 14:30 As Time Goes By (b04wjsjy)
Series 1
Episode 4
Jean's daughter Judith begins to fall for Lionel, but his publisher, Alistair, starts to fall for Jean...
Starring Judi Dench as Jean and Geoffrey Palmer as Lionel.
With Moira Brooker as Judith, Jon Glover as Alistair and Jenny Funnell as Sandy.
Adapted from his original television series by Bob Larbey.
Producer: Martin Fisher.
A DLT Production in association with the Theatre of Comedy for BBC Radio 2.
First broadcast in April 1997.
SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b00xgr1k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 David Ashton - The Windbear (b00y1vks)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 The Rest is History (b04ws4hy)
Series 1
Episode 4
Frank Skinner loves history, but just doesn't know much of it.
This comedy discussion show with celebrity guests promises to help him find out more about it.
With David Baddiel, Emma Kennedy and historian in residence Dr Kate Williams
Frank and company navigate their way through the annals of time, picking out and chewing over the funniest, oddest, and most interesting moments in history.
Producers: Dan Schreiber and Justin Pollard
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in January 2015.
SAT 18:00 Mike Walker - 2025 (b00hy94c)
1. New Reality
It's a future where computers rule and the possibility of artificial intelligence has become a reality.
Starring Alphonsia Emmanuel, Mona Hammond and Daniela Nardini.
Mike Walker's futuristic two-part sci-fi serial.
Irena ...... Alphonsia Emmanuel
Olivia ...... Mona Hammond
Dr Beth David ...... Daniela Nardini
Henry ...... David Yip
Anno ...... Su-Lin Looi
Praeger ...... John Rowe
Dr Finzey ...... Alastair Danson
Kate ...... Rachel Atkins
Capstick ...... Gerard McDermott
Terry Gupta ...... Ravin J Ganatra
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998.
SAT 19:00 It's a Painful Business: On the Hour with Eddie Mair (b015bf2k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs (b00trxr0)
Episode 3
Welsh comic Rhod Gilbert introduces regulars Lloyd Langford and Greg Davies, plus Sarah Millican who takes a weekly look at The Six Stages of Woman.
With live music from Kid British, including Lost in London, Winner and Two Out of Seven.
Guest comedian is Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Mark Watson.
Join Rhod for his Rant on irritating products, delve into Rhod’s Confessions where Lloyd Langford impresses the girls with his French - and see if Greg Davies can tempt you with his Indecent Proposal.
Producers: Julia Mckenzie and Lianne Coop.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 2010
SAT 23:00 The Mark Steel Lecture (b00sbcrc)
Series 3
Mary Shelley
The radical comedian offers his humorous assessment of the life and career of the creator of Frankenstein. From October 2002.
SAT 23:30 Josie Long: All of the Planet's Wonders (b00j0pp8)
Propriety, Plants, Grandparents and Growing Your Own
In her continuing quest to better herself through learning and discovering things in reference books, comedian Josie Long presents a show about propriety, plants, grandparents, being connected to the world around you and growing your own.
With Josie's comedic cohort Maeve Higgins
And guest Isy Suttie.
Producer Colin Anderson
First broadcast BBC Radio 4 in March 2009.
SAT 23:45 Fabulous (b00j2516)
Series 1
Episode 5
Things are looking up for Faye, with invites to management drinks and her boss's wedding.
Daisy Haggard stars as neurotic Faye in Lucy Clarke’s sitcom about a woman who wants to be fabulous but can't cope.
With:
Olivia Colman
Daisy Haggard
Katy Brand
Adam Buxton
Matthew Holness
Joanna Scanlan
Joanna Neary
Eve Dallas
Music by Osymyso.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2007.


SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015

SUN 00:00 Mike Walker - 2025 (b00hy94c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 (b00xgr1k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections Omnibus (b04xmm6t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 Dickens Confidential (b01kblxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 David Ashton - The Windbear (b00y1vks)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 The Rest is History (b04ws4hy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b8t5g)
Omnibus, part 2
Anna is suspicious of diplomat George Darrow, whilst Sophie has a shock for Owen.
Published in 1912, The Reef is one of Edith Wharton's most accomplished yet neglected novels - revealing the submerged and perilous depths beneath the surface of even the most conventional of its characters.
Starring Ben Miles as George Darrow, Jodhi May as Sophie, Teresa Gallagher as Anna, Deborah Weston as Adelaide, Julian Ovenden as Owen and Sian Thomas as the Narrator.
Omnibus of the last five of ten parts.
Dramatised by Penny Leicester.
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
SUN 07:15 Byron Rogers - The Last Human Cannonball (b00fwdvz)
Episode 5
Byron Rogers on two unlikely heroes, a witchcraft trial judge and a man who gets shot out of a cannon. Read by Crawford Logan.
SUN 07:30 Brian Gulliver's Travels (b00zsc2b)
Series 1
Jampoa
Brian Gulliver, a seasoned presenter of travel documentaries, finds himself in a hospital's secure unit after claiming to have had a number of bizarre adventures.
This week he travels to Jampoa where fame definitely equals fortune.
Written by Bill Dare
Produced by Steven Canny
Brian Gulliver's Travels is a new satirical adventure story from Bill Dare. The series has attracted an excellent cast led by Neil Pearson and award winning Mariah Gale. Cast includes fantastic actors Tamsin Greig, John Standing, Paul Bhattacharjee, Christopher Douglas, Vicky Pepperdine, Phil Cornwell, Jo Bobin and Katherine Jakeways.
For years Bill Dare wanted to create a satire about different worlds exploring Kipling's idea that we travel, 'not just to explore civilizations, but to better understand our own'. But science fiction and space ships never interested him, so he put the idea on ice. Then Brian Gulliver arrived and meant that our hero could be lost in a fictional world without the need for any sci-fi.
Satirical targets over the series: the medical profession and its need to pathologize everything; the effect of marriage on children; spirituality and pseudo-science; compensation culture; sexism; the affect of our obsession with fame.
Gulliver's Travels is the only book Bill Dare read at university. His father, Peter Jones, narrated a similarly peripatetic radio series: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
SUN 08:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men on the Bummel (b01d8ny7)
Episode 1
"I have it!" explained Harris, "what say you to a bicycle tour!" George looked doubtful. "There's a lot of uphill about a bicycle tour," said he, "and the wind is against you." "So there is downhill and the wind behind you," said Harris. "I've never noticed it," said George.
After their adventure afloat. George, Harris and J decide to tour Germany by bicycle.
Adapted and performed in three episodes by Jeremy Nicholas.
Music by Jeremy Nicholas. Performed by The Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984.
SUN 08:30 Stop Messing About! (b00rxk55)
Series 2
Episode 8
A cigarette girl's burning lust, and BBC Radio is fully exposed.
Starring Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Joan Sims and announcer Douglas Smith.
After the unexpected death of Kenneth Horne in 1969, plans for the next series of Round the Horne were axed. Instead - using an old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title - Kenneth joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition and was also reunited with his "Carry On" film co-star Joan Sims.
Written by Myles Rudge, David Cumming and Derek Collyer.
With the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1970.
SUN 09:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008czt5)
The First Wedding
Amy has grand hopes for an upmarket social gathering. Sequel to Little Women stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt.
SUN 09:30 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00cm07b)
The Law of the Jungle
As tiger Shere Khan searches for prey, an abandoned young boy is found by wolves. Stars Nisha K Nayar and Eartha Kitt.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b04xmrh2)
Absent Friends
Bob Hoskins
4 Extra Debut. From Humphrey Lyttelton to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, actor Bob Hoskins shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From November 1988.
SUN 10:45 Afternoon Reading (b00zlk0f)
Census 2011
The Suffragette's Party
A new story by Beatrice Colin written to mark the national census.
A suffragette's dedication to the cause is tested to the hilt on the night of the census in 1911. Read by Melody Grove.
Beatrice Colin is a novelist, short story writer and creative writing teacher who has written plays for Radio 4 and novels including The Songwriter and The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite.
SUN 11:00 TED Radio Hour (b04xmsf5)
Series 1
How We Love
A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) stage.
Guy Raz investigates the mystery of relationships. Just what is it that brings people together? With Jeffrey Kluger.
SUN 11:45 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00ckz8b)
Last Train to Dog Town
Author Neil K is stranded with the talkative characters of his unfinished Western story. Short story read by Jack Davenport.
SUN 12:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef (b00b8t5g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 13:15 Byron Rogers - The Last Human Cannonball (b00fwdvz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 13:30 Anthony Hope - The Prisoner Of Zenda (b01qkm4l)
The great swashbuckling story of the English gentleman Rudolf Rassendyll and his adventures in the East European province of Ruritania. Epic historical tale of subterfuge and doppelgangers.
Starring Julian Glover as King Rudolf/Rudolf Rassendyll, Nigel Stock as Colonel Sapt, Hannah Gordon as Princess Flavia and Martin Jarvis as Rupert of Hentzau.
Adapted by Eric Maschwitz and Kay Patrick
Original music (1939) by Robert Chignell and Leslie Woodgate
Cast:
Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf .... Julian Glover
Colonel Sapt .... Nigel Stock
Princess Flavia .... Hannah Gordon
Count Fritz .... David Timson
Rupert of Hentzau .... Martin Jarvis
Duke Michael .... Michael Spice
Antoinette de Mauban .... Anne Kidd
Lord Burlesdon .... Clive Swift
Lady Rose Burlesdon/ Innkeeper .... Diana Bishop
Countess Helga .... Hilda Schroder
Rosa .... Cherry Gilliam
Captain Detchard .... Terry Scully
Johann .... Sam Dastor
Josef .... Haydn Jones
Train guard .... William Sleigh
Bersonin .... David Gooderson
Customs officer .... Brian Haines
Producer: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1973.
SUN 15:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men on the Bummel (b01d8ny7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 15:30 Stop Messing About! (b00rxk55)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b04knxdj)
Quentin Blake, Darcey Bussell and chocolate factories
Mel picks her highlights from the past week on the 4 O'Clock Show, including a drawing masterclass from Quentin Blake and former ballet dancer turned Strictly star Darcey Bussell.
SUN 17:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008czt5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 17:30 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00cm07b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 18:00 HP Lovecraft - The Tomb (b007jzmv)
The obsessive Jervas Dudley reveals the sinister events leading up to his incarceration in an asylum.
First published in 1917, HP Lovecraft’s chilling tale read by Ryan McCluskey.
American writer, H P Lovecraft (1890-1937) is recognised as one of the most significant figures in 20th century supernatural fiction. Contemporary horror writers, including Stephen King, often cite him as a major influence. His own outlook on life is mirrored in his writing.
"I am so beastly tired of mankind and the world that nothing can interest me unless it contains a couple of murders on each page or deals with the horrors unnameable and unaccountable that leer down from the external universes."
Lovecraft found living, the everyday stuff of life a painful experience. At every turn he felt disillusioned by what life had to offer. Through his writing he sought to put into words these sentiments.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005.
SUN 18:30 The Scarifyers (b01c6hvf)
The Magic Circle
Episode 4
Lionheart's daughter Lily is in the clutches of Montague Blake. Can Dunning and Crow get there in time? Stars David Warner.
SUN 19:00 TED Radio Hour (b04xmsf5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:45 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00ckz8b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today]
SUN 20:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men on the Bummel (b01d8ny7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 20:30 Stop Messing About! (b00rxk55)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b04xmrh2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:45 Afternoon Reading (b00zlk0f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SUN 22:00 Brian Gulliver's Travels (b00zsc2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 Bleak Expectations (b00ddx9f)
Series 1
A Young Love Mercilessly Dismembered
Pip falls in love but great drama awaits. Mark Evans' Dickensian spoof stars Richard Johnson. From September 2007.
SUN 23:00 The Cornwell Estate (b00vy29g)
Series 2
Hank Zuttermilk
Phil Cornwell brings six edgy comic characters to life in a new series of The Cornwell Estate, starring Tony Gardner (Fresh Meat), Roger Lloyd Pack (Only Fools and Horses, Vicar of Dibley), Simon Greenall (Alan Partridge) Daisy Haggard (Psychoville) Ricky Champ (Him and Her, BBC3) Jill Halfpenny (Eastenders, Legally Blonde) and Cyril Nri.
Written by Andrew McGibbon and Phil Cornwell
Hank is a Dutch long distance container driver who lives on the estate with his London girlfriend Suzi. When her father Ray tells Hank his daughter is pregnant, Hank is faced with some troubling choices.
Cast:
Hank Zuttermilk ...... Phil Cornwell
Ray Faulkner ...... Ricky Champ
Ruud ...... Cyril Nri
Customs Officer 1 ...... Toby Longworth
Customs Officer 2 ...... Abigail Hollick
Producer/Director: Andrew McGibbon
A Curtains For Radio Production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN 23:15 Knocker (b008g2dm)
Confidentialitydence
Experimental kitchen wipes sorely test market researcher Ian Dunn. Stars Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From December 2007.
SUN 23:30 Jon Ronson On (b00d0yj5)
Series 4
Bad News
Jon Ronson looks at how we take bad tidings. He talks to a man who was told that he had terminal cancer and spent the last six months of his life living it up, only to find out that the doctors got it wrong. He also hears the story of William Lobdell, the LA Times religious correspondent who became an atheist.


MONDAY 12 JANUARY 2015

MON 00:00 HP Lovecraft - The Tomb (b007jzmv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 The Scarifyers (b01c6hvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b04xmrh2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 Afternoon Reading (b00zlk0f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men on the Bummel (b01d8ny7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Stop Messing About! (b00rxk55)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Brian Gulliver's Travels (b00zsc2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Anthony Hope - The Prisoner Of Zenda (b01qkm4l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008czt5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00cm07b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Unofficial Rosie (b007jlhs)
6. In Dreams
It's time for Merseyside private eye Rosie Monaghan to confront the murderer. Or is it?
Must she go down these mean streets?
Conclusion of Alan McDonald's thriller serial starring Paula Wilcox as Rosie.
Rosie ...... Paula Wilcox
Margie ...... Elizabeth Estensen
Jerry ...... Christopher Bramwell
Bob ...... Dominic Grounsell
Carol ...... Helen Roberts
Andrew ...... Kim Wall
Mike ...... Steve Hodson
Martin ...... Paul Barber
Andrew ...... Kim Wall
Deputy Chief Constable ...... Dominic Letts
Helen ...... Rachel Atkins
Old Woman ...... Diana Payan
Graham ...... David Thorpe
Dorothy ...... Pauline Yates
Auntie ...... Jillie Meers
Music composed by Peter Howell.
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993.
MON 06:30 One of the Three Great Plots of All Literature (b00804hn)
300 years after the author's birth, Kate Adie dissects the plot of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones, with readings and discussion of the foundling motif. Contributors include Hugh Cunningham, Marina Warner, Jenny Uglow and Andy McNab.
MON 07:00 North East of Eden (b01g97mq)
Voyage of the Bobby Vee
Marcia joins in with local activities on the remote island, but Mrs Peevis isn't happy with the new addition to her lifeboat team.
Rebecca Front and Joan Sims stars in Peter Kerry's sitcom about a GP living on Paradise Island off the coast of Northumbria.
Doctor Marcia Hulme …. Rebecca Front
Auntie Annie …. Joan Sims
Mrs Peevis …. Jean Southern
Hjorst …. Niall Ashdown
Joseph …. James Garbutt
William …. Sammy Johnson
Ralph Gates …. Stephen Thirkeld
William ...... Sammy Johnson
Producer: Kathy Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.
MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b04wth58)
Series 14
Episode 2
David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents.
Ed Byrne, Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh and Richard Osman are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as Ireland, rules, London and beavers.
The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
Produced by Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio
MON 08:00 Marriage Lines (b04xn1vr)
Series 1
A Nice Surprise
Can Kate and George cope with an unexpected arrival?
A series based on the mutual love and mistrust of two newlyweds. Starring Richard Briers as George Starling and Prunella Scales as Kate Starling.
With Derek Waring, Frederick Treves, Peter Hawkins, Joan Sanderson, Geoffrey Sumner, Diana King, Philip Guard, Rosemary Miller, Peter Gilmore, Isabel Rennie and John Baddeley.
This 1960's newlyweds sitcom brought Richard Briers and Prunella Scales to prominence. Originating on BBC TV, it was adapted for radio due to its popularity. A decade later, Richard Briers went on to play Tom Good in The Good Life and Prunella Scales went on to star as Sybil in Fawlty Towers.
Written by Richard Waring.
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1965.
MON 08:30 As Time Goes By (b04xn1vv)
Series 1
Episode 5
Complications ensue when Judith's plan to leave Lionel and Jean on their own goes wrong.
Starring Judi Dench as Jean and Geoffrey Palmer as Lionel.
With Moira Brooker as Judith, Jon Glover as Alistair and Jenny Funnell as Sandy.
Adapted from his original television series by Bob Larbey.
Producer: Martin Fisher.
A DLT Production in association with the Theatre of Comedy for BBC Radio 2.
First broadcast in April 1997.
MON 09:00 The Write Stuff (b00vkxj4)
Series 14
Stephenie Meyer
Bestselling writer of the "Twilight" series, Stephenie Meyer, is this week's "Author of the Week".
The teams set about answering questions about her life and work as well as solving other literary conundrums. They will as ever finish with one of their own pastiches of Meyer's work - this time imagining what the twilight series might have sounded like had it been set in a typical British comp.
Guest panellists are bestselling crime writer and "Tom Thorne" creator, Mark Billingham, and "Horrid Henry" author, Francesca Simon.
MON 09:30 Britain Versus the World (b04xntwp)
Series 1
Episode 4
The comedy panel show that pits two British comedians against a team of comics from overseas to find out which side is superior.
Joining the British captain, Hal Cruttenden, is the English comedian Joe Lycett while the captain of the Rest of the World - Henning Wehn - is teamed with Australian stand-up Celia Pacquola. The contest is overseen by Irishman Ed Byrne who does his very best to stay impartial.
Host
Ed Byrne
Guests
Hal Cruttenden
Henning Wehn
Joe Lycett
Celia Pacquola
Programme Associate Bill Matthews
Devised and produced by Ashley Blaker.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.
MON 10:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford (b0076pv1)
1. Changes
A beautiful and wealthy Australian girl marries into the English Aristocracy, but the traditional order is changing.
Published in 1946, Australian writer, Martin Boyd's novel dramatised by Elspeth Sandys.
Lucinda ...... Juliet Aubrey
Hugo ...... Jonathan Firth
Julie ...... Angela Pleasence
Fred ...... James Laurensen
Lydia ...... Abigail McKern
Lady Wendale ...... Eleanor Bron
Marian ...... Penelope Wilton
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005.
MON 11:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfhjt)
The Astral Plane
A forgotten book and an email arriving out of the blue trigger the tipping point for a marriage. Read by Niamh Cusack.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b04xjfy4)
Arthur Smith, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Fred Wiseman, Chris Lynam, Shelina Janmohamed, J Mascis, Boxed In
Hugh Fearnley-whittingstall talks to Clive about Series 2 of 'River Cottage Australia' and also about his latest book: 'River Cottage, Light & Easy'. Writer Shelina Janmohamed explores what it means to be young, female and Muslim today. She meets the Mipsterz - or Muslim Hipsters - and other fashionable, educated, young Muslim women confronting cultural stereotypes and negotiating their futures. Co-host Arthur Smith talks to comedian Chris Lynam - in the words of the New York Times, 'a brilliantly bizarre antidote to today's truculent society', and American filmmaker Fred Wiseman, recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at last year's Venice International Film Festival, talks about his new film 'National Gallery' more than half a century after the he produced his first feature-length documentary 'The Cool World' in 1963. With music from J Mascis who performs ''Every Morning' from his album 'Tied To A Star' And from Boxed In who perform 'Foot Of The Hill' from their album 'Boxed In'.
Producer Debbie Kilbride.
MON 12:00 Marriage Lines (b04xn1vr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 As Time Goes By (b04xn1vv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Unofficial Rosie (b007jlhs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 One of the Three Great Plots of All Literature (b00804hn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012fc0q)
Episode 6
Vera and Nadia try to stop Valentina's plans. Marina Lewycka's wry portrait of a marriage of convenience. Read by Sian Thomas.
MON 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00ndn43)
Magnificence
Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never been heard before. Including songs which have been specially recorded for the series.
These days we take it for granted that the home is a place of refuge in which we express our true self; that idea was an invention of the 18th century. Prof Vickery explores the invention of taste, and the role of interior decor in creating both social prestige and a successful marriage.
The story of a celebrity divorce - a huge scandal, because the husband was the prime minister. The question then, as now, was what was the woman going to walk away with?
Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and Simon Tcherniak.
Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen Norris at the keyboard.
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b00fnxcb)
Julian Fellowes - Snobs
Episode 1
Satire on English snobbery, adapted from his own novel by Julian Fellowes.
On a visit to the local stately home, middle-class estate agent Edith meets Charles, the extremely eligible Earl.
Narrator ...... Nicholas Farrell
Edith ...... Sophie Roberts
Charles ...... Hugh Bonneville
Lady Uckfield ...... Celia Imrie
Lord Uckfield ...... Richard Mitchley
Isabel ...... Sophie Thompson
David/Eric ...... Rupert Vansittart
Caroline ...... Caroline Harker
Simon ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Bella ...... Bernice Stegers
Singer ...... David Benson.
MON 14:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out (b04xn4bt)
Episode 6
Edmund hides his dalliance from his wife, who has a chill. Anne and Arabella talk while he’s at work.
Claire Skinner continues Elizabeth Jane Howard's classic depiction of a web entangling a contented couple and the beautiful, rootless Amanda.
Abridged in ten parts by Doreen Estall.
Producer: Sarah Johnson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002
MON 15:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford (b0076pv1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b04xnvxx)
Jules Verne, whales and 20,000 Leagues
Mel Giedroyc gets her feet wet with a record-breaking diver, hears about a search for humpback whales and presents the first part of new story 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
MON 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00cbltk)
Series 3
Episode 6
Murray worries that his tubby dad Tommy and Sheila have more rolls than roles.
Ageing showbiz couple Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr continue their second stab at fame.
Series 3 of Mike Coleman’s showbiz sitcom.
CAST:
Tommy Franklin …. Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr …. June Whitfield
Hetty Stark …. Pat Coombes
Murray Franklin …. Julian Eardley
Louis Elstein …. Edward Halsted
Naomi Shae - Tracy-Ann Oberman
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.
MON 17:30 North East of Eden (b01g97mq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen (b04xnvxz)
Carla Awaits the End
Earth's safety depends on our heroes on the Mud Moon. But can they escape themselves?
Captain Elvis Brandenburg Kremmen is the world's most fabulous man.
With an IQ of 498 and a height of 6ft 10 inches, he's a Supreme Athlete, a Concert Pianist, Concorde Pilot, Mountain Climber, Diplomat, Space Captain and Genius.
Just like Kenny, Captain Kremmen was born in Liverpool on Christmas Day in 1950.
Kenny Everett's lovingly crafted sci-fi serial made its debut on London's Capital Radio in 1976.
MON 18:00 The Write Stuff (b00vkxj4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 18:30 A Good Read (b04xnvy1)
Simon Armitage and Sir Crispin Tickell
Sarah LeFanu and her guests, poet Simon Armitage and diplomat Sir Crispin Tickell, discuss three favourite paperbacks.
Life - An Unauthorised Biography, by Richard Fortey
Publisher: Flamingo
Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe
Publisher: Penguin Classics
A Far Cry From Kensington, by Muriel Spark
Publisher: Penguin Books.
MON 19:00 Marriage Lines (b04xn1vr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 As Time Goes By (b04xn1vv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Unofficial Rosie (b007jlhs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 One of the Three Great Plots of All Literature (b00804hn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfhjt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b04xjfy4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b04wth58)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Britain Versus the World (b04xntwp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b050sgy2)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Tiff Stevenson chats to Wendy Wason.
MON 23:00 The Now Show (b04wwvnq)
Series 45
Episode 1
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis return with a new series of The Now Show, looking at the week's events via topical stand-up and sketches with guests Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin, Rich Hall and Vikki Stone.
MON 23:30 As Told To Craig Brown (b00b4j53)
Episode 3
Satirist Craig Brown presents a bundle of parody, satire, social observation and nonsense.
Narrated by Juliet Stevenson and Steve Wright.
With the help of John Humphrys, Ronni Ancona, Jon Culshaw, Lewis McLeod, Sally Grace, Ewan Bailey and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.


TUESDAY 13 JANUARY 2015

TUE 00:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012fc0q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00ndn43)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b00fnxcb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 00:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out (b04xn4bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 The Write Stuff (b00vkxj4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 A Good Read (b04xnvy1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Unofficial Rosie (b007jlhs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 One of the Three Great Plots of All Literature (b00804hn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford (b0076pv1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfhjt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b04xjfy4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00cbltk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 North East of Eden (b01g97mq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen (b04xnvxz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Agatha Raisin (b011j8wn)
Series 2
1. The Curious Curate
When the village curate is found murdered, retired PR guru Agatha Raisin vows to bring his killer to justice, particularly if the investigation also brings her closer to her handsome next-door neighbour, Colonel Lacey...
Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin.
Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel.
Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith
James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair
Mrs Margaret Bloxby ...... Liza Sadovy
DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan
Richard Binser ...... Nicky Henson
Mrs Wendle ...... Tina Gray
Miss Partle ...... Ella Smith
Director: Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2005.
TUE 06:30 Movie Outcasts: The Making of Easy Rider (b00cqhm8)
Micky Dolenz explores how two producers, hot from the success of The Monkees TV series, kick-started an artistic renaissance in Hollywood with their counter-culture movie about two hippie bikers riding across America.
Contributors include Peter Tork, Jim Frawley, Steve Blauner, Henry Jaglom, Karen Black, Roger McGuinn, Donn Cambern and Peter Bogdanovich.
TUE 07:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b0141xfj)
Choice Is Progress
'Channel 16 - the best bargain in Britain'
But does Edward Wilson think so? – as hs job title keeps changing with alarming alacrity.
Starring Robert Lindsay.
Futuristic sitcom by Richard Turner and William Osborne with a nod to George Orwell.
Edward ...... Robert Lindsay
Sophie ...... Siobhan Redmond
Charles ...... Paul Shearer
With Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Pam Ferris, Richard Turner and David Goodland
Producer: Nick Symons
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1985.
TUE 07:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b04wv049)
Series 6
Roy Walker
Marcus Brigstocke persuades Roy Walker to see his first ever Shakespeare play and banter with the audience for the first time.
Roy is best known as the host of ITVs Catchphrase.
Series persuading guests to try new experiences: things they really ought to have done by now. Some are loved, some are loathed, in this show all about embracing the new.
Director: Bill Dare
First broadcast on BBC Radio in January 2015.
TUE 08:00 Yes Minister (b007jl60)
Series 1
Open Government
Newly re-elected, MP Jim Hacker is summoned to the PM's office.
Jim learns from his chauffeur that the new St Edwards Hospital has 300 administrators, cooks and cleaners, but no doctors, nurses or patients. How can he cure it? As usual the Minister doesn't know his ACAS from his NALGO.
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn satirical sitcom ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984. Yes Minister is centred around the hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
Jim Hacker ...... Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby ...... Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard ...... Derek Fowlds
Annie Hacker ...... Diana Hoddinot
Frank Weisel ...... Bill Nighy
Sir Arnold ...... John Nettleton
Chief Whip ...... Edward Jewesbury
Nigel ...... Haydn Wood
Radio Presenter ...... Gordon Clyde
Newsreader ...... Bob Docherty
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1983.
TUE 08:30 Doctor at Large (b00bb9m8)
Fellowship
An x-ray mix-up leads Simon Sparrow's confused friends to fear his end is in sight.
The misadventures of newly qualified doctor, Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's 'Doctor at Large' published in 1955.
Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Norma Ronald as Wendy Swithenbank, Edward Cast as Taffy Evans, Dandy Nichols as Mrs Travers and Kathleen Helme as Sister
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1969.
TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b04wwvnq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:30 Tickets Please (b00p1nm5)
Episode 3
Love among the train-staff on the 9.27 London to Exeter flourishes, but with the unwelcome addition of Diana's amorous mum. And why is her Dad squashing Carol's muffins?
Sitcom on rails by Mark Maier.
Robin..................Jeremy Swift
Nadine...................Alex Kelly
Peter..............Malcolm Tierney
Carol..............Tessa Nicholson
Carl................Nicholas Boulton
Diana...............Melissa Advani
Linda...................Kate Layden
Keith...............Stephen Hogan
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.
TUE 10:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford (b0076py9)
2. Arrival
After her society marriage, Lucinda arrives in England from Australia, but all is not as she expected.
Published in 1946, Australian writer, Martin Boyd's novel dramatised by Elspeth Sandys.
Lucinda ...... Juliet Aubrey
Hugo ...... Jonathan Firth
Julie ...... Angela Pleasence
Marian ...... Penelope Wilton
Paul Brayford ...... Paul Rhys
Susannah Brayford ...... Pamela Wise
Arthur ...... Michael Cochrane
Pat Lanfranc ...... Mark Straker
Tony Duff ...... Matt Day
Watteau ...... Miranda Barber
Bill Vane ...... Nick Boulton
Mrs. Greene-James ...... Joanna McCallum
Mrs. Galway ...... Ndidi Del Fatti
Driver ...... Jason Chan
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005.
TUE 11:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfkzv)
Little Disturbances
A farmer avoids the doctor, aware his test results are bad. Dying is no concern - it's life that makes him tremble. Read by Dermot Crowley.
TUE 11:15 Drama (b00rfhzz)
Annamaria Murphy - Scummow: Things Washed Up By the Sea
When a delirious Irishman arrives in a Cornish harbour, baker Mary Kneebone takes him in, and soon the sick and gullible are queuing at her door. A wry comedy about faith, love and redemption from outstanding Cornish playwright Annamaria Murphy.
Mary Kneebone ..... Mary Woodvine
Edna Lugg ..... Barbara Jefford
Declan Credan ..... Stephen Hogan
Virgin Mary ..... Alison Pettit
Eamon Credan ..... John O'Mahony
Davey Ellis ..... Charles Barnecut
Director ..... Claire Grove.
TUE 12:00 Yes Minister (b007jl60)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Doctor at Large (b00bb9m8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Agatha Raisin (b011j8wn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Movie Outcasts: The Making of Easy Rider (b00cqhm8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012gq0s)
Episode 7
Vera and Valentina come to blows, and Nadia and her father celebrate their first step to freedom. Read by Sian Thomas.
TUE 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00ndm9q)
Taste
Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never been heard before. Including songs which have been specially recorded for the series.
These days we take it for granted that the home is a place of refuge in which we express our true self; that idea was an invention of the 18th century. Prof Vickery explores the invention of taste, and the role of interior decor in creating both social prestige and a successful marriage.
Taste - and the making of a marriage. The story of an 18th-century couple, the Graftons - fashionable, rich, and deeply in love - who spend life together doing up their magnificent houses.
Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and Simon Tcherniak.
Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen Norris at the keyboard.
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b00fnxj1)
Julian Fellowes - Snobs
Episode 2
Satire on English snobbery, adapted from his own novel by Julian Fellowes.
News of Edith and Charles's romance hits the gossip columns but Lady Uckfield and the rest of Edith's aristocratic soon-to-be in-laws are not impressed.
Narrator ...... Nicholas Farrell
Edith ...... Sophie Roberts
Charles ...... Hugh Bonneville
Lady Uckfield ...... Celia Imrie
Lord Uckfield ...... Richard Mitchley
Isabel ...... Sophie Thompson
David/Eric ...... Rupert Vansittart
Caroline ...... Caroline Harker
Simon ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Bella ...... Bernice Stegers
Singer ...... David Benson.
TUE 14:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out (b04xn4by)
Episode 7
Edmund gloomily contemplates going to Greece alone, while Anne and Arabella strike up a relationship. Read by Claire Skinner.
TUE 15:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford (b0076py9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b04xp2dk)
Orlando Bloom, batolins and the Mariana Trench
Mel Giedroyc's birthday boy is film star Orlando Bloom, she hears about life at the bottom of the ocean and there's the next part of current story 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
TUE 17:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00tnp6t)
Series 2
New Ways to Comb Old Gravel
Alison returns from Spain to find that Egg's taken her room and Xanthe has shrunk her favourite jeans in the wash.
Dad Patrick disappears off to work, leaving mum Stella to sort out the chaos - as she continues dreaming of a life in the country - without her grown-up children.
Series 2 of Lucy Clare and Ian Davidson's sitcom about topsy-turvy family life.
Stars Duncan Preston as Patrick, Penny Downie as Stella, Claudie Blakley as Alison, Bruce MacKinnon as Rick, Catherine Shepherd as Xanthe and Daniela Denby-Ashe as Egg.
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.
TUE 17:30 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b0141xfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen (b04xp2dm)
Penetration Imminent
Our heroes hatch an escape plan to head for Thargoidia and disable the planet's shield. Kenny Everett's 1976 sci-fi serial starring the world's most fabulous starship captain.
TUE 18:00 The Now Show (b04wwvnq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 18:30 The Tingle Factor (b04xp2ml)
Michael Winner
Michael Winner shares those musical moments which stir strong emotions with Jeremy Nicholas.
From Chopin to Gene Kelly, the film director also looks back over his life and career.
Producer: Ray Abbott
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
TUE 19:00 Yes Minister (b007jl60)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Doctor at Large (b00bb9m8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Agatha Raisin (b011j8wn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Movie Outcasts: The Making of Easy Rider (b00cqhm8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfkzv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Drama (b00rfhzz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b04wv049)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Flight of the Conchords (b00dnlkz)
The Fans Proposition
The Kiwi band face fan propositions
Improvised comedy from the satirical pop pair, as they align with established comics to poke fun at all aspects of pop music.
Rob Brydon narrates the musical odyssey..
Starring New Zealand musical comedy duo, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement.
With:
Rhys Darby
Nina Conti
Neil Finn
Jimmy Carr
Additional Material by Joel Morris.
Musicians: David Catlin-Birch and Mark Allis.
Producer: Will Saunders
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 2005.
TUE 23:00 Scrooby Trevithick (b00rp1wl)
Paparazzo
Scrooby Trevithick is a six part scripted comedy series written by and starring Andy Parsons, following on from the first series aired on Radio 4 18 months ago - The Lost WebLog of Scrooby Trevithick.
This second series continues to follow the exploits of the hapless character of Scrooby (Andy Parsons), an enthusiastic but flawed wannabe who, having returned from his wanderings is still trying to find himself by zealously posting his web diaries online.
Each episode features him attempting to make a dent in the national consciousness, and in this series, he's helped by his good friend Sasha (Kerry Godliman). However, his desire for success always takes him one step further than prudence dictates.
Episode 3. Paparazzo. In this episode, Scrooby tries to become a Paparazzo having taken some dubious footage on his mobile phone
The cast features a variety of talented comedians including Dara O'Briain, Russell Howard, Hugh Dennis, Russell Kane, Rufus Hound, Alun Cochrane, Dominic Frisby, Paul Thorne, Martin Coyote and Barunka O'Shaughnessy.
As always, listeners are encouraged to share their comments with Scrooby at www.scroobytrevithick.com as he needs all the advice he can get.
The producer is Paul Russell, and the programme is an Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 23:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b01n6rrz)
Series 5
Effervescent Members
More shop based shenanigans and over the counter philosophy, courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave.
In this episode, the new sweetie craze of "Fizzy Limbs" has Fags, Mags and Bags rocking every lunchtime with rampaging kids. Local headmistress Mrs Temple (Julie T Wallace) confronts Ramesh about stocking them as she feels it's affecting the children's behaviour. But are such matter Ramesh's concern?
Join the staff of Fags, Mags and Bags in their tireless quest to bring nice-price custard creams and cans of coke with Arabic writing on them to an ungrateful nation. Ramesh Mahju has built it up over the course of 30 years, and is a firmly entrenched feature of the local area. Ramesh loves the art of the "shop".
Produced by Gus Beattie
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.


WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY 2015

WED 00:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012gq0s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00ndm9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b00fnxj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 00:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out (b04xn4by)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 The Now Show (b04wwvnq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
WED 01:30 The Tingle Factor (b04xp2ml)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Agatha Raisin (b011j8wn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Movie Outcasts: The Making of Easy Rider (b00cqhm8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford (b0076py9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfkzv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Drama (b00rfhzz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00tnp6t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b0141xfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen (b04xp2dm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Agatha Raisin (b011kpfh)
Series 2
2. Duck and Cover
Still reeling from the death of their curate, the inhabitants of Carsley decide on Duck Racing and Morris Dancing to cheer themselves up.
But the Village Fete is unlikely to go smoothly whilst the killer is still amongst them...
Penelope Keith stars as PR guru turned amateur sleuth, Agatha Raisin.
Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel.
Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith
James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair
Mrs Margaret Bloxby ...... Liza Sadovy
DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan
Richard Binser ...... Nicky Henson
Roy ...... James Holmes
Mrs Wendle ...... Tina Gray
Miss Partle ...... Ella Smith
Farmer Ruskin ...... Gerard McDermott
Director: Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2005.
WED 06:30 The Morricone Affair (b00f65l8)
Sir Christopher Frayling presents a tribute to the renowned Italian film score composer Ennio Morricone. With contributions from Goldfrapp, Chris Rea, Nitin Sawhney, Anne Billson and Andrew Paresi. From 2008.
WED 07:00 The Older Woman (b01sjngn)
Series 1
Episode 1
Roy Hitchcock is a hack journalist on a provincial paper with big ideas and an attitude problem.
When he meets his former English teacher, his private fantasies get a new lease of life as he sets out to win her against all the odds.
Tony Bagley's romantic comedy drama serial with a twist.
Starring Zoe Wanamaker as Miss Callaghan, Martin Clunes as Roy Hitchcock, Toyah Wilcox as Elsa, David Troughton as Mr Say, Keith Drinkel as Joyce, David Holt as Yeats, Melanie Hudson as Sheila and Geoff McGivern as Dick.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger:
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1993.
WED 07:30 What Does the K Stand For? (b04wwgz3)
Series 2
All the Fun of the Affair
Stephen K Amos' sitcom about his own teenage years, growing up black, gay and funny in 1980s South London.
Written by Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos.
Produced by Colin Anderson.
WED 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007k1yw)
Series 2
Fatso's Box Brownie
Johnson has a boozy birthday, while Pertwee's attempts to smuggle wine doesn't go to plan.

Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as Number One, Richard Caldicot as Commander Povey, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Bates as Lt. Commander Bates and Tenniel Evans as the Admiral.

The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series on BBC Radio between 1959 and 1976.

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1959.
WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sjp2j)
Series 3
Episode 11
Tales of Merrie England and an insight into show-jumping.
More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and parodies.
Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by Graeme Garden, Peter Hutchins, Eric Idle, Peter Vincent and David McKellar,
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music and songs by Dave Lee, Bill Oddie and Leon Cohen.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in May 1966.
WED 09:00 Foul Play (b00zf4tf)
Series 4
The Final Judgement
Crime writers Jessica Mann and James Melville investigate a distinctly 'kinky' matter.
With the help of witnesses played by Maria McErlane and Lee Simpson.
Murder mystery panel game chaired by Simon Brett.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.
WED 09:30 The Atkinson People (b007k1qg)
Sir Benjamin Fletcher
Rowan Atkinson's satirical investigation into the life of the fictional master orator. With Hugh Thomas. From April 1979.
WED 10:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford (b0076q1g)
3. Expectations
Badly injured Hugo has refused to divorce Lucinda, leaving her torn between what society expects of her and what her heart desires.
Conclusion of Martin Boyd's novel dramatised by Elspeth Sandys.
Lucinda ...... Juliet Aubrey
Hugo ...... Jonathan Firth
Paul ...... Paul Rhys
Pat ...... Mark Straker
Marian ...... Penelope Wilton
Arthur ...... Michael Cochrane
Lydia ...... Abigail McKern
Fred ...... James Laurenson
Julie ...... Angela Pleasence
Bill ...... Nick Boulton
Tony ...... Matt Day
Watteau ...... Miranda Barber
Mrs. Greene-James ...... Joanna McCallum
Lord Fitzauncell ...... Stephen Hogan
Stephen ...... Robert Hastie
Muriel ...... Helen Longworth
Heather ...... Alex Tregear
Mrs. Galway ...... Ndidi Del Fatti
Stephen ...... Pax Baldwin
Commanding Officer ...... Hugh Dickson
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005.
WED 11:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfpj9)
Things I See
A woman is haunted by an event from her past which remains unchallenged. Tension-laden story read by Elaine Symons.
WED 11:15 Maggie Allen - Mr Wonderful (b0076h9r)
Widowed for two years, Claire still feels the loss of her husband and talks to him every night. But she's about to surprise him - and herself - by falling for her dishy young decorator...
Stars Julia McKenzie as Claire, Ifan Meredith as Richard, Frances Jeater as Joyce and John Baddeley as Frank.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
WED 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007k1yw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sjp2j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Agatha Raisin (b011kpfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 The Morricone Affair (b00f65l8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012gr6f)
Episode 8
Where is Valentina? Who is the mystery man outside? And whose version of a family's story should be believed? Read by Sian Thomas.
WED 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00ndm9s)
Science and Nature at Home
Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never been heard before. Including songs which have been specially recorded for the series.
These days we take it for granted that the home is a place of refuge in which we express our true self; that idea was an invention of the 18th century. Prof Vickery explores the invention of taste, and the role of interior decor in creating both social prestige and a successful marriage.
A room constructed entirely of feathers, a hermitage in the garden of a Lincolnshire vicarage, Alexander Pope's grotto - how eccentric homes reflected wider 18th-century ideas about science and nature.
Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and Simon Tcherniak.
Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen Norris at the keyboard.
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b00fnxk0)
Julian Fellowes - Snobs
Episode 3
Satire on English snobbery, adapted from his own novel by Julian Fellowes.
3/5. Edith's privileged yet dull new existence is shaken up when a film crew arrives at Broughton Hall, among which is the handsome Simon Russell.
Narrator ...... Nicholas Farrell
Edith ...... Sophie Roberts
Charles ...... Hugh Bonneville
Lady Uckfield ...... Celia Imrie
Lord Uckfield ...... Richard Mitchley
Isabel ...... Sophie Thompson
David/Eric ...... Rupert Vansittart
Caroline ...... Caroline Harker
Simon ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Bella ...... Bernice Stegers
Singer ...... David Benson.
WED 14:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out (b04xn4c0)
Episode 8
Anne and Arabella get to know each other rather more intimately than expected while Edmund is away. Read by Claire Skinner.
WED 15:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford (b0076q1g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b04xt1pn)
Rebecca Front, living underwater and Papua New Guinea
Mel Giedroyc rummages around actress Rebecca Front's record collection, discovers why astronauts train underwater and there's more from Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
WED 17:00 Thinking of Leaving Your Husband? (b00s0b31)
The Flying Dutchman
Sarah continues to go on a variety of internet dates with an assortment of highly contrasting men. All prove very unsatisfactory until she meets Paul, a Dutch pilot, who has been brought up in South Africa but now lives in Amsterdam. Paul is handsome, charismatic and charming and Sarah convinces herself that finally she has found the man of her dreams. But a romantic night is followed by complete silence from the elusive Paul. Could Sarah's Flying Dutchman be a lying Dutchman?
Cast:
Sarah ... Lia Williams
Paul - and all Sarah's internet dates ... Henry Goodman
Mother ... Miriam Margolyes
Tania ... Frances Barber
Francis Parker ... Roger Hammond
Lucy ... Eleanor Butters
Ellie ... Hayley Roberts
Angie ... Elyse Blemmings
Sound Design: Lucinda Mason Brown
Original Music: David Chilton
Director: Gordon House
A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 17:30 The Older Woman (b01sjngn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen (b04xt2w2)
Have Weapon, Will Wreak Havoc
Weapon in hand, our hero aims to wreak havoc against the deadly Thargoid menace. Kenny Everett's 1976 sci-fi serial starring the world's most fabulous starship captain.
WED 18:00 Foul Play (b00zf4tf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 18:30 Off the Page (b0076h00)
Africa
Are Europe and Africa destined to misunderstand each other? Matthew Parris chats to three authors of African memoirs. From September 2003.
In each programme, Matthew Parris introduces a group 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 2003.
WED 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007k1yw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sjp2j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Agatha Raisin (b011kpfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 The Morricone Affair (b00f65l8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfpj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Maggie Allen - Mr Wonderful (b0076h9r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 What Does the K Stand For? (b04wwgz3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Armando Iannucci (b007vlzn)
Series 1
Episode 2
Surprising new computer games - and Radio 1’s Top 100 Dogs.
Armando lannucci hosts wry comical discussion, sketches and music.
With Rebecca Front, David Schneider, Peter Baynham and Steve Coogan.
Written by Armando Iannucci.
Producer: Caroline Leddy:
First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in April 1993.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b050sgy4)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Tiff Stevenson chats again to Wendy Wason.
WED 23:00 On the Hour (b007jmkm)
Series 2
Episode 1
Pre-natal beauty therapy, DNA shocker – and a special report on sumo wrestlers.
All the news as it happens, if it happens from the BBC's urgent and incisive news overview.
Plus all the sport from Alan Partridge.
Savagely satirical award-winning comedy starring Chris Morris.
With Steve Coogan, David Schneider, Rebecca Front, Patrick Marber and Doon Mackichan.
Written by Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci, Richard Herring, Steven Wells, Patrick Marber, Andrew Glover and Stewart Lee.
Producer: Armando lannucci
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1992.
WED 23:30 4 at the Store (b00ddx9h)
Series 2
Episode 4
Stand-up at London's Comedy Store with host Simon Bligh, Andrew Maxwell, Pierre Hollins and Simon Evans. From January 2002.


THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015

THU 00:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012gr6f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00ndm9s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b00fnxk0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 00:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out (b04xn4c0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Foul Play (b00zf4tf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Off the Page (b0076h00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Agatha Raisin (b011kpfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 The Morricone Affair (b00f65l8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford (b0076q1g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfpj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Maggie Allen - Mr Wonderful (b0076h9r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Thinking of Leaving Your Husband? (b00s0b31)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 The Older Woman (b01sjngn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen (b04xt2w2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Agatha Raisin (b011ktgc)
Series 2
3. Buried Treasure
When Agatha embarks on a plan to give up smoking, little does she know it will lead to a treasure hunt, humiliation and a rather nasty murder...
Penelope Keith stars as PR guru turned amateur sleuth, Agatha Raisin.
Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel.
Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith
James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair
Mrs Margaret Bloxby ...... Liza Sadovy
DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan
Roy Silver ...... James Holmes
Mrs Friendly ...... Joanna Brookes
Mrs Hicks ...... Lynda Baron
Director: Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2005.
THU 06:30 Art for Schools (b00dzk96)
Children's writer and illustrator Jackie Morris tells the story of how, in the late 1940s, one woman persuaded artists such as Picasso, Matisse and Lowry to donate prints to be distributed around British schools.
Determined to help widen access to art, Brenda Rawnsley established the School Prints scheme, at first commissioning British artists such as Lowry and Henry Moore, and then taking a portable printing press to France to persuade some of the most well-known artists in the world to take part. Jackie Morris tells the story of the scheme and the woman behind it, and considers how art education has been viewed in Britain since.
A White Pebble Media production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 07:00 Any Other Business (b012rb49)
Episode 1
After the local elections, Chesbury is in uproar. The undefeatable have been defeated, while the unelectable have been elected - and it looks like the unspeakable will become Mayor...
Lucy Flannery's local government sitcom stars Nelson David, John Duttine, James Grout, Rosy Fordham, Nick Hardy, Howard Lew Lewis, Toby Longworth, Jan Ravens, Vivienne Rochester and June Whitfield.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995.
THU 07:30 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap (b04wwnh8)
Series 2
Episode 1
Bridget is back asking who has the best sexism in the world, deconstructing a yoghurt advert and taking a look at what happens when a perfectly normal woman appears on TV.
With token man, Fred MacAulay who reveals a hitherto unsuspected penchant for certain kitchen cleaning products.
As she hasn't managed to single-handedly eradicate sexism, Bridget Christie returns in her multi-award winning series about modern feminism.
Bridget thought that she'd be able to put her feet up assuming her last series would bomb. Sadly it was a huge success and she's had to bang on about feminism ever since.
Written by Bridget Christie.
Producers: Alison Vernon-Smith and Alexandra Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015.
THU 08:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jq8k)
The Pin-Up Girl
Who can be persuaded to pose for the 'What The Butler Saw' machine on the pier in Frambourne-on-Sea?
A seaside saga of pier perpetuation starring John Le Mesurier, Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee.
Arthur Wilson ...... John Le Mesurier
Frank Pike ...... Ian Lavender
Bert Hodges ...... Bill Pertwee
Miss Perkins ...... Vivienne Martin
Dudley Watkins ...... Christopher Biggins
Mr Hunter ...... Robin Parkinson.
Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, based on the Dad's Army characters originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1984.
THU 08:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jq20)
Communications
David Jason gets chatty with animals and plants - and can a medium reach Doris's dead husband to find out where his money is?
With Sheila Steafel and Royce Mills.
Following in the footsteps of Lord Clark, Dr Bronowski and Professor Galbraith, David Jason unravels the mysteries of the universe and the meaning of life.
Written by Colin Bostock Smith, Andy Hamilton, Barry Pilton and Alastair Beaton.
Music by John Owen Edwards
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1977.
THU 09:00 Who Goes There? (b00fy2r0)
Series 3
Episode 6
Martin Young chairs the quiz which looks at the noteworthy and the notorious from history.
Tackling the biographical teasers are team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego with guests Carol Sarler and Rachel Holmes
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.
THU 09:30 Alison and Maud (b007k3lg)
Series 2
Golf Is a Four-Letter Word
Maud seeks solace in Test Match Special while Alison gets in a flap over a bird fancier.
Second of two series of Sue Limb's Bed and Breakfast sitcom about sisters Alison and Maud and their guests at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich.
Starring Denise Coffey as Alison, Miriam Margolyes as Maud, Chris Emmett as Mr Mullett and Geoffrey Whitehead as Bernard.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
THU 10:00 Classic Serial (b00shgb7)
JB Priestley - Bright Day
Episode 1
By JB Priestley
Disillusioned scriptwriter Gregory Dawson is staying at a hotel in Cornwall, finishing a script. A chance encounter in the bar sends him back to the lost world of his youth before the slaughter of the First World War when he was a 18-year old in Bruddersford, Yorkshire: Through rediscovering his past Dawson realises where his life took a wrong turn and where he must make amends if he is to start afresh. There is a glow of magic in poignant rediscovery.
Gregory Dawson/Narrator.. Jack Shepherd
Elizabeth Earl... Liza Sadovy
Young Gregory... Dean Smith
Joan Alington.. Sarah Smart
Bridget Alington... Sarah Churm
Eva Alington.. Lowri Evans
Jock / Harfner.... Conrad Nelson
Malcolm Nixey... Fred Ridgeway
Eleanor Nixey... Janice Mckenzie
Mr Alington... David Fleeshman
Mr Ackworth..... Fine Time Fontayne
Brent / Stanley Mervin... Seamus O'Neill
Ben Kerry... Steve Marsh
Dramatised by Diana Griffiths
Producer/Director - Pauline Harris.
THU 11:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfr26)
The Sewing Room
A retiring teacher recalls how a moment of bliss sends ripples of disquiet into every minute of her life. Read by Brid Brennan.
THU 11:15 Rachel Joyce - Painting Mrs Jones (b007jtd2)
Invited to sit and have her portrait painted, Jennifer Jones wonders if the canvas will reveal a new truth about her inner-self...
Rachel Joyce's dark tale of self-discovery stars Lindsay Duncan as Jennifer Jones, James Laurenson as Iain Jones and David Antrobus as Tom.
Director: Jeremy Mortimer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.
THU 12:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jq8k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jq20)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Agatha Raisin (b011ktgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Art for Schools (b00dzk96)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012h98j)
Episode 9
Two women reveal their inner secrets. Marina Lewycka's tender and funny insight into life as an émigrée. Read by Sian Thomas.
THU 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00ndm9v)
Courtship and Setting Up Home
Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never been heard before. Including songs which have been specially recorded for the series.
These days we take it for granted that the home is a place of refuge in which we express our true self; that idea was an invention of the 18th century. Prof Vickery explores the invention of taste, and the role of interior decor in creating both social prestige and a successful marriage.
The story of two 18th-century marriages and how the husbands prepared new houses for their bride. One got it right, the other destroyed any chance of a happy partnership.
Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and Simon Tcherniak.
Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen Norris at the keyboard.
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b00fny8b)
Julian Fellowes - Snobs
Episode 4
Satire on English snobbery, adapted from his own novel by Julian Fellowes.
Simon is on sparkling form when David and Isabel Easton invite the Broughtons and some of the film crew out for dinner, not realising that they are making a dreadful faux pas. But the evening takes an embarrassing turn and Charles is forced to make an early departure.
Narrator ...... Nicholas Farrell
Edith ...... Sophie Roberts
Charles ...... Hugh Bonneville
Lady Uckfield ...... Celia Imrie
Lord Uckfield ...... Richard Mitchley
Isabel ...... Sophie Thompson
David/Eric ...... Rupert Vansittart
Caroline ...... Caroline Harker
Simon ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Bella ...... Bernice Stegers
Singer ...... David Benson.
THU 14:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out (b04xn4c9)
Episode 9
The unspoken aftermath follows. Arabella and Edmund dance. Impoverished, Janet struggles to cope alone. Read by Claire Skinner.
THU 15:00 Classic Serial (b00shgb7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b04y4s4z)
Wing-walkers, telescopes and submarines
Mel Giedroyc hears about an amazing group of female wing-walkers and learns about the power of telescopes. Plus there's the next part of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
THU 17:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007k281)
Raising the Dead
"I hope you know what you're doing, Miss Tilling. Experimenting with the paranormal can be fraught with danger."
Miss Tilling's getting in touch with her spiritual side, but hapless vicar Timothy Carswell is not so keen.
Stephen Sheridan's six-part series
Reverend Timothy Carswell ...... James Grout
Miss Tilling ...... Margaret Courtenay
Miss Tapp ...... Jean Heywood
Dr Warlock ...... Christopher Good
Mrs Muir ...... Sarah Thomas
Arnold ...... Cyril Shaps
Eric ...... Ian Lindsay
Mrs Garland ...... Rosemary Martin
Producer Lissa Evans.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1991.
THU 17:30 Any Other Business (b012rb49)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen (b04y4tdj)
Something Nasty in the Throne Room
Our hero battles his way to the Thargoid throne room, where a nasty surprise awaits. Kenny Everett's 1976 sci-fi serial starring the world's most fabulous starship captain.
THU 18:00 Who Goes There? (b00fy2r0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 18:30 Great Lives (b0076dzl)
Series 3
GK Chesterton
Richard Ingrams nominates author and journalist GK Chesterton for regularly being right. With Humphrey Carpenter. From May 2003.
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 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jq8k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jq20)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Agatha Raisin (b011ktgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Art for Schools (b00dzk96)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfr26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Rachel Joyce - Painting Mrs Jones (b007jtd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap (b04wwnh8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00pcllf)
Series 3
Episode 6
Domestic goddess Sue Morgan offers her own take on the perfect Christmas, call centre demon Gwyneth finally faces judgement, and we gain access to the Institute for Useless Scientific Research.
Perrier Award-winning comedian Laura Solon with more sketches, monologues and one-liners.
With:
Ben Moor
Rosie Cavaliero
Ben Willbond
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2009.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b050sgy6)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Tiff Stevenson chats again to Wendy Wason.
THU 23:00 Nick Mohammed in Bits (b00tjdnz)
Witness Statement
There's been a robbery, and character comedian Nick Mohammed (Reggie Perrin, Sorry I've Got No Head) dons a police helmet and takes statements. Colin Hoult and Anna Crilly (Lead Balloon) co-star as the unhappy couple called on to testify.
Bits is a series of character pieces showcasing the best of Nick Mohammed's idiosyncratic characters in a series of one off comic plays.
Produced by Victoria Lloyd.
THU 23:30 Cabin Pressure (b00cdsj8)
Series 1
Boston
Sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.
A routine flight to Boston is disrupted by a routine fire, a routine lawsuit and a routine corpse.
Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
First Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
Capt Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
ATC Fitton ...... Ewen MacIntosh
Hamilton Leeman ...... Kerry Shale
Paramedic ...... Matilda Ziegler
Written by John Finnemore.


FRIDAY 16 JANUARY 2015

FRI 00:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012h98j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00ndm9v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b00fny8b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 00:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out (b04xn4c9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Who Goes There? (b00fy2r0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Great Lives (b0076dzl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Agatha Raisin (b011ktgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Art for Schools (b00dzk96)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Classic Serial (b00shgb7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfr26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Rachel Joyce - Painting Mrs Jones (b007jtd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007k281)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Any Other Business (b012rb49)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen (b04y4tdj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Agatha Raisin (b011l9l8)
Series 2
4. The Civil War
The search to find the killer leads Agatha and James to the dreaming spires of Oxford, where they soon get intimate - in a cupboard full of EM Forster first editions...
Penelope Keith stars as PR guru turned amateur sleuth, Agatha Raisin.
Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel.
Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith
James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair
DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan
Mrs Friendly ...... Joanna Brookes
Mrs Hicks ...... Lynda Baron
Professor Wolf ...... Simon Treves
Director: Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2005.
FRI 06:30 The Jazz Baroness (b00cjk3l)
Film maker Hannah Rothschild tells the extraordinary story of her eccentric great aunt Pannonica Rothschild, who settled in New York after World War II and became famous as the Baroness of the Bebop jazz revolution. Such greats as Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk were beneficiaries of her patronage.
FRI 07:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b007zmx4)
Series 3
Episode 2
The editor of the Bugle receives a call from the mysterious Deep Throat, a secret informant at the Parish council. Political satire with Jo Kendall. From July 1990.
FRI 07:30 The Rest is History (b04wrycv)
Series 1
Episode 5
Frank Skinner loves history, but just doesn't know much of it.
This comedy discussion show with celebrity guests promises to help him find out more about it.
With David Mitchell, Steve Hall and historian in residence Dr Kate Williams
Frank and company navigate their way through the annals of time, picking out and chewing over the funniest, oddest, and most interesting moments in history.
Producers: Dan Schreiber and Justin Pollard
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in January 2015.
FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0xt)
Series 1
The End of the Series
The Lad himself and the gang reminisce over how they first all first met.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Augemented Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1955.
FRI 08:30 The Men from the Ministry (b010k3jw)
A Bird in the Hand
Chaos ensues when Sir Gregory announces he's off. And there's a parrot to look after...
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma Ronald, John Graham and Ronald Baddiley.
Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.
'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1970.
FRI 09:00 Jest a Minute (b0170c50)
Series 2
Episode 2
Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz from the Glee Club in Cardiff.
With Markus Birdman, Lloyd Langford, Chris Corcoran and Steve Williams.
Producers: Paul Forde and Gareth Gwynn.
First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in 2006.
FRI 09:30 Gush (b04y52ct)
Episode 1
What could divide two close friends, the aristocratic Foxwell Cravate and American tycoon Max Pomeroy so far apart that their rivalry has come to threaten the human race?
There's only one way to find out - with flashbacks.
Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's epic tale of bitter rivals whose destinies are tragically intertwined. Set in Durban at the Transworld Oil Conference - aping the style of the best TV mini-series of the 90s.
Foxwell Cravate ...... Martin Jarvis
Max Pomeroy ...... Mac McDonald
Arabella Derbyshire ...... Felicity Montagu
Iolanthe Diamond ...... Caroline Quentin
Charles Ambrose Fortescue de Vere ...... Jonathan Coy
Prince Saudi ...... Julian Dutton
With Toby Longworth and Mandy Knight
Producer: Colin Swash
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994.
FRI 10:00 Classic Serial (b00sl3xz)
JB Priestley - Bright Day
Episode 2
By JB Priestley
Disillusioned scriptwriter Gregory Dawson is remembering his youth in 1912, before the slaughter of the First World War when he was an 18-year old in Bruddersford, Yorkshire: Now in 1946, encounters with the same characters from his past unlock secret events, buried yearnings and give potential for the future.
Gregory Dawson/Narrator.. Jack Shepherd
Elizabeth Earl... Liza Sadovy
Young Gregory... Dean Smith
Joan Alington.. Sarah Smart
Bridget Alington... Sarah Churm
Eva Alington.. Lowri Evans
Jock / Harfner.... Conrad Nelson
Malcolm Nixey... Fred Ridgeway
Eleanor Nixey... Janice Mckenzie
Mr Alington... David Fleeshman
Mr Ackworth..... Fine Time Fontayne
Brent / Stanley Mervin... Seamus O'Neill
Ben Kerry... Steve Marsh
Laura Blackshaw..Megan Winnard
Mrs Childs.. Olwen May
Hinchcliff... Jake Norton
Dramatised by Diana Griffiths
Producer/Director - Pauline Harris.
FRI 11:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfs6z)
The China Factory
A student regrets holding certain things back at her factory holiday job to fit in with the women workers. Read by Emily Taaffe.
FRI 11:15 Drama (b007729k)
Nicola Baldwin - Edward Alleyn's Devil
Edward Alleyn's Devil
By Nicola Baldwin.
London, 1605. Edward Alleyn was the most famous actor of the Jacobean stage. At the height of his fame, he believed he saw a devil on stage. This snowy, sparkling play investigates what really happened and looks at the consequences that still influence us today.
Edward Alleyn ...... Richard McCabe
William Grogan ...... Brian McCardie
Philip Henslowe ...... Philip Jackson
Fardinandoo Black ...... Desmond McNamara
Joan Alleyn ...... Christine Kavanagh
Sir Francis Calton ...... Sam Dale
John Pyg ...... Joe Prospero
Robert Shaa ...... Joseph Kloska
Miss Wills ...... Bethan Walker
Isack Shackerley ...... Paul Richard Biggin.
FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Men from the Ministry (b010k3jw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Agatha Raisin (b011l9l8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 The Jazz Baroness (b00cjk3l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (b012hbxt)
Episode 10
Reconciliation and a new arrival as Nikolai prepares for the next phase of a long and chequered life. Concluded by Sian Thomas.
FRI 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00ndm9x)
Neat and Not too Showy
Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never been heard before. Including songs which have been specially recorded for the series.
These days we take it for granted that the home is a place of refuge in which we express our true self; that idea was an invention of the 18th century. Prof Vickery explores the invention of taste, and the role of interior decor in creating both social prestige and a successful marriage.
Moving into the 19th century, Prof Vickery explores the homes of people lower down the social scale and their ideas about how they wanted them to look. She draws on a series of funny and revealing letters which she discovered in the archive of a wallpaper company.
Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and Simon Tcherniak.
Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen Norris at the keyboard.
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b00fny8v)
Julian Fellowes - Snobs
Episode 5
Satire on English snobbery, adapted from his own novel by Julian Fellowes.
Edith and Simon move in together, leaving Charles devastated. But life with an actor is not as glamorous as Edith had hoped and, when she makes an unfortunate discovery, she is forced to make a choice.
Narrator ...... Nicholas Farrell
Edith ...... Sophie Roberts
Charles ...... Hugh Bonneville
Lady Uckfield ...... Celia Imrie
Lord Uckfield ...... Richard Mitchley
Isabel ...... Sophie Thompson
David/Eric ...... Rupert Vansittart
Caroline ...... Caroline Harker
Simon ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Bella ...... Bernice Stegers
Singer ...... David Benson.
FRI 14:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out (b04xn4dz)
Episode 10
Events finally come to a head as Arabella talks to Anne and Edmund. Revelations and resolutions follow. Read by Claire Skinner.
FRI 15:00 Classic Serial (b00sl3xz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b04y55y6)
The Congo, Fingal's Cave and sharks
Mel Giedroyc introduces a man who faced crocodiles and hippos on the Congo river, explores the magic of Fingal's Cave and presents the next part of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
FRI 17:00 King Street Junior Revisited (b00kk7pr)
Series 4
Another Year, Another Head
A surprise awaits the school staff at King Street returning from their summer holiday.
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.
CAST:
Mrs Eastwood …. Brigitte Forsythe
Miss Lewis …. Marlene Sidaway
Mr Maxwell …. Michael Cochrane
Miss Featherstone …. Teresa Gallagher
Miss Reid …. Jacqueline Beatty
Mrs Khan …. Janice Acquah
Mr Long …. Paul Copley
Rory …. Charlie Barker
Natasha …. Leah Verity-White
Paula …. Rebecca McElroy
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2005.
FRI 17:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b007zmx4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen (b04y55y8)
Firing Blanks? It's Not the End of the World
What would you do if the universe was to end in two minutes? Our hero has the answer. Kenny Everett's 1976 sci-fi serial starring the world's most fabulous starship captain.
FRI 18:00 Jest a Minute (b0170c50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 18:30 Meet the Parents (b01jxxzs)
Series 2
Evelyn Glennie
1/1
Evelyn Glennie talks to her mum about life growing up in Aberdeen and how her parents' musical influences led her to become a musician. She also explains how she had to overcome losing her hearing at the age of 12.
FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Men from the Ministry (b010k3jw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Agatha Raisin (b011l9l8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 The Jazz Baroness (b00cjk3l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfs6z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Drama (b007729k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 The Rest is History (b04wrycv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 22:25 The Comedy Club Interviews (b050hvjc)
The best in contemporary comedy. Plus, Arthur Smith chats to Festival of the Spoken Nerd.
FRI 22:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007wp4b)
Series 2
Tony Hart
TV artist Tony Hart pays a visit and his timing couldn't be better as John is in the middle of painting the living room wall.
Maybe Tony could help - but no fancy murals mind you, as Mary wouldn't like it.
The semi-detached world of aspiring singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth comes direct from his front room in Sheffield.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
With Lorraine Bowen and Stephen Frost.
Additional material by Martin Willis.
Producer: Dawn Ellis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000
FRI 23:00 Eric Idle - Radio 5 (b04y57sr)
From 19/05/1973
Following his TV success with Monty Python in the 1970s, Eric Idle's first solo venture - predating BBC2's Rutland Weekend Television by a year - was his very own hour-long music and comedy shows for BBC Radio 1.
Ever the innovator, Idle's Radio 5 pre-dated the real BBC network of that name by some 18 years!
Eric links his eclectic choice of music (from the Beach Boys to Joni Mitchell) with self-penned sketches, for which he provides all of the voices.
Sketches include: unusual ways to join the Radio 5 Club and the latest headlines from The World at Radio One.
A weatherman can't quite manage to sign off his bulletin - plus a new panel game called Absolute Rubbish.
Producer: Clive Burrows
First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 medium wave and VHF in May 1973.