SATURDAY 06 SEPTEMBER 2025

SAT 00:00 Soul Music (b0075z8x)
Elgar's Cello Concerto
Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, Michael Kennedy and Tim Dinsley reflect on the special impact of Elgar's Cello Concerto.
Julian Lloyd Webber talks about what it's like to play this work.
Tim Dinsley shares the way in which he and his daughter Jo used this music to support them as she was dying.
And music writer Michael Kennedy explores why this piece has such an impact on people.
Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000.
SAT 00:30 Jack Jackson: Rhythm and Radio Fun Remembered (b0169255)
Exploring the legacy of musician and broadcaster Jack Jackson, who died in 1978, through the eyes of three generations of his family.
Kenny Everett said of him 'He was the first person to have fun on radio', but even though he inspired many broadcasters and musicians it is the incredible impact Jackson still has on his family.
This programme uncovers another Jackson dynasty overflowing with musicians, record producers and artists all striving to preserve his memory and make their own impression on the world. His two sons established a recording studio, used by artists such as Elton John, Tom Robinson and Motorhead. His daughter is a successful artist and designer and several of his grandchildren are forging effective careers in the music business - one of which co-founded production group 'Bimbo Jones' which has taken numerous number ones to the top of the dance charts. His great grand children are all encouraged to be musical.
Jackson's career in entertainment spanned fifty years. Jackson formed his band in the thirties and was a regular at London's Dorchester Hotel. He became a disc jockey in 1948 on the BBC Light Programme and his programmes featured a mix of linking his voice with comedy clips and popular music. According to his grandson Marc he was the first broadcaster in Britain to introduce the technique of sampling and to present a "clip show" programme.
He is also often cited as the man who gave the BBC the nickname 'Auntie' and the first voice heard on ITV.
Producer: Stephen Garner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.
SAT 01:00 Paul Temple (b00svt6h)
Paul Temple and Steve
4. Mrs Forester Is Surprised
Trailing the ruthless Dr Belasco, the sleuth faces danger on leaving the Machicha Club.
Enlisted by Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard, Paul Temple and his wife Steve to help track down the mysterious Dr Belasco. The suave couple search for clues by day, then dance the night away in louche Latin American night clubs.
A faithful 2010 re-creation of the 1947 detective serial 'Paul Temple and Steve', the original of which was lost from the Radio Archive.
Written by Francis Durbridge.
Paul Temple .... Crawford Logan
Steve .... Gerda Stevenson
Sir Graham Forbes .... Gareth Thomas
Kaufman .... Nick Underwood
Joseph .... Richard Greenwood
Mrs Forester …. Candida Benson
Ed Bellamy .... Robin Laing
Sergeant O'Day .... John Paul Hurley
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.
SAT 01:30 Mr Ledbetter's Vacation by HG Wells (m002hxyy)
Schoolmaster Mr Ledbetter's dreams of restoring personal courage in the modern age are put to the test.
Short story written by HG Wells, first published in 1898.
Adapted for radio by Lance Sieveking.
Ledbetter .... Robertson Hare
Crabtree .... Richard Williams
Bingham .... Godfrey Kenton
Marrow .... John Gabriel
Abdul .... Manning Wilson
Mr Martin .... Rolf Lefebvre
Producer: Ayton Whitaker
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in April 1955.
SAT 02:00 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (b00b9ftc)
Sherlock Holmes and the Glorious Doppelganger
Baker Street’s great detective investigates when Queen Victoria suffers a severe personality change.
The ghastly truth is revealed at Buckingham Palace garden party.
Roy Hudd spoofs the famous sleuth in Tony Hare’s comedy series.
Sherlock Holmes …. Roy Hudd
Dr Watson …. Chris Emmett
Mrs Hudson …. June Whitfield
Professor Moriarty …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Musical accompaniment by Ian Smith.
Producer: Chris Neill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1999.
SAT 02:30 The Inimitable Jeeves (b007sxvp)
The Purity of the Turf
After the syndicate disaster, Bertie Wooster ponders what he should bet on next.
PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.
Adapted by Chris Miller.
Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Revrend Heppenstall ..... Maurice Denham
Bingo Little ..... Jonathan Cecil
Steggles ...... Edwin Apps
Harold ...... Denise Bryer
Charles ...... John Samson
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973.
SAT 03:00 Teatime (m000fghv)
Episode 1
Newlyweds Vicky and Rav have just got back from their honeymoon and are looking forward to their first quiet night in as a married couple.
But a quiet night in proves impossible when Vicky’s family invite themselves round. Vicky's parents Donna and Joe have separated, but Joe has is keen to rekindle the old spark.
Vicky's sister Lisa is scandalised by what she thinks she remembers happening at the wedding.
And Uncle Bob makes a spirited attempt at breaking the world record for most spoons balanced on the face. 31 spoons to beat.
So much for a quiet night in.
Comedy by Katherine Jakeways about a chaotic but loving family.
Vicky …… Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Rav …… Prasanna Puwanarajah
Donna …… Samantha Spiro,
Joe …… Philip Glenister
Lisa …… Katie Redford
Uncle Bob …… Steven Brandon
Producer: Sam Ward
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2020. .
SAT 03:30 John Buchan (b00lkk0v)
Sick Heart River
10. Helping Out
When the men arrive at the Hare Indians' camp, they hear dreadful news about war and starvation - which effects them in different ways.
John Buchan's last novel set in the Canadian wilderness.
Abridged in ten parts by Trevor Royle
Read by Paul Young
Director: Hamish Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1990.
SAT 03:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00c53nz)
10. Powercure Ball
Who will be seen at the Powercure Ball - now the Mehmoud name is toxic?
Anthony Trollope's satirical novel about money, greed and dishonesty - updated by Jonathan Myerson.
Ghassan Mehmoud ...... Henry Goodman
Felix 'Flex' Carbury ...... Dexter Fletcher
Anthony Trollope ...... John Rowe
Paul Montague ...... Nyasha Hatendi
Rt Hon Jeremy Longstaff ...... David Bamber
Georgiana Longstaff ...... Lucy Montgomery
Ruby Ruggles ...... Sheridan Smith
Marie Mehmoud ...... Chipo Chung
Roger Lloyd-Montague ...... Ben Crowe
Hetta Carbury ...... Emily Wachter
Wynford Hurtle ...... Corey Johnson
Sheikh Izdihar Behrooz ...... Nadim Sawalha
Helen Croll ...... Liz Sutherland
Other parts played by:
Chris Pavlo
Beth Chalmers
Stephen Critchlow
Dan Starkey
Joan Walker
Director: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.
SAT 04:00 The Motion Show (b00762c8)
Series 4
Episode 1
Debates galore from getting old – to whether the Devil has the best tunes?
Graeme Garden chairs the quirky battle of words and wit.
With:
Hugh Dennis
Arthur Smith
Gyles Brandreth
Henry Naylor
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
SAT 04:30 Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! (b0b1r3hv)
Series 3
The Genealogist
Milton becomes an expert genealogist and gets stuck up a rather unexpected family tree.
Written by Milton Jones with James Cary and Dan Evans
With:
Tom Goodman-Hill
Josie Lawrence
Ben Willbond
Music by Guy Jackson
Director: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.
SAT 05:00 Secret Lives by EF Benson (b014tcjb)
3. A Most Treasured Home
A most treasured home is exactly what 25 Durham Square has become for Miss Susan Leg.
But will its treasure turn to dross with the threatened unravelling of the mystery surrounding her secret life?
Starring Pauline Collins.
Conclusion of EF Benson’s comedy novel, first published in 1932.
Dramatised by Aubrey Woods.
Miss Susan Leg ...... Pauline Collins
Margaret Mantrip ...... Margot Boyd
Jimmie Mason ...... Ronald Herdman
Elizabeth Conklin ...... Rachel Gurney
Lady Eva Lowndes ...... Pauline Letts
Mr Cartwright ...... Peter Howell
Bosanquet ...... John Church
Vicar ...... Tim Reynolds
Minnie Mimps ...... Sheila Grant
Head Waiter...... Manning Wilson
Mr Gandish ...... George Parsons
Ellen ...... Jennifer Piercey
Doctor ...... Gordon Reid
Mr Salt ...... Jonathan Tafler
Augustus ...... Andrew Branch
Vicar ...... Tim Reynolds
Narrated by Aubrey Woods.
Music by John Owen Edwards.
Producer: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1987.
SAT 06:00 Joby by Stan Barstow (m002j5fm)
A dramatisation of Stan Barstow's classic novel. Summer 1939, and the harsh realities of adult life are brought painfully home to eleven year old Joby, in this moving rites of passage story.
CAST:
Joby .... Oliver Peace
Mr Weston .... Jim Carter
Mrs Weston .... Gillian Bevan
Snap .... Anthony Lewis
Mollie .... Elizabeth Binns
Gus .... Michael Jowett
Tommy .... John McCoy
Auntie Daisy .... Susan Brown
Mona .... Alison Pettitt
With Gerard McDermott, Tracy Ann Oberman, Christopher Scott, Sean Baker, Shirley Dixon, Danielle McCormack and James Muir.
Dramatised for radio by Diana Griffiths from the novel by Stan Barstow
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997.
SAT 07:30 Black Gold by Jeremy Paxman (Omnibus) (m002j5fp)
Writer and broadcaster Jeremy Paxman’s vivid and compelling social history of how coal 'made' Britain.
It was Britain's good fortune to be blessed with rich seams of anthracite and the ambition and hard labour of her inhabitants to turn it into the nation's powerhouse. From Roman times to the late 20th century, Paxman explores the stories of the engineers and inventors, landowners, entrepreneurs and industrialists who saw the potential for innovation and wealth. For centuries it was the driving force behind our economy and trade and the preoccupation of politicians. It fuelled the industrial revolution producing everything from carriage wheels to needles, it warmed and lit the nation’s homes and powered our steam trains and ships.
Underpinning all of this and central to Paxman’s book is the history of the miners themselves who toiled in appalling conditions to hack the coal from the underground seams and the mining communities that formed around the pitheads. He also explores the terrible human cost of coal with the filthy, polluting air it produced as it burned and the inevitable and multiple accidents that happened to those working underground.
An omnibus of five parts abridged by Richard Hamilton.
Read by Adrian Scarborough.
Producer: Julian Wilkinson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May/June 2022.
SAT 08:45 Peter Tinniswood (b007jqv9)
Tales From the Brigadier
1. Stumped!
Umpires, commodes and the glory days of English cricket
All the way from Witney Scrotum, the first of five reminiscences from the crusty old brigadier.
Starring Richard Wilson.
Written by Peter Tinniswood.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.
SAT 09:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00801nf)
Series 1
Episode 6
Judgement day dawns for the shady lawyer, Waldorf T Flywheel.
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus
With Lorelei King and Graham Hoadly.
Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1990.
SAT 09:30 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jp89)
Series 1
Give a Dog a Bad Name
Confusion reigns when Noote does his aunt a favour - behind the Bishop's back.
The ecclesiastical sitcom started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Playhouse, ahead of a run on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971.
Adapted from their TV script by husband-and-wife team, Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps.
The Archdeacon …. Robertson Hare
The Bishop …. William Mervyn
The Bishop's Chaplain …. Derek Nimmo
The Dean …. John Barron
Mrs Pugh-Critchley …. Joan Sanderson
Miss Stephenson …. Tania Robinson
Producer: David Hatch.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1971.
SAT 10:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008prk)
3. Presley, Stanza & Cooper Clarke
Comedy and poetry have always had strong links, with many comics and poets blurring the boundaries.
Comedian Kevin Eldon concludes his peek at either side of the fine line that divides them.
Last of three programmes featuring:
‘Sir Ralph Stanza’s Letter from Salford’ [Series. 2 6/6]
Special guest John Cooper Clarke.
‘Hovis Has Left the Building’
Along the way there is a rich mix of poetry that might be funny, sometimes cringe-worthy, occasionally absurd, sporadically nonsensical, but often brilliant.
Producer: Luke Doran
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in January 2015.
SAT 11:00 Joby by Stan Barstow (m002j5fm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 12:30 Black Gold by Jeremy Paxman (Omnibus) (m002j5fp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 13:45 Peter Tinniswood (b007jqv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 14:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00801nf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 14:30 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jp89)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 15:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008prk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Doctor Who (m001bylk)
Tenth Doctor Adventures
Infamy of the Zaross
The infamous Zaross have come to take over the Earth.
Or have they?
When the Doctor and Rose arrive, it quickly becomes clear that this is a very unusual invasion indeed.
One of six adventures featuring the tenth incarnation of The Doctor.
Starring David Tennant and Billie Piper.
Written by John Dorney.
The Doctor .... David Tennant
Rose Tyler .... Billie Piper
Jackie Tyler .... Camille Coduri
Leader .... George Asprey
Marge Ellmore .... Rosie Cavaliero
Ikron .... Guy Henry
Jess Ellmore .... Beth Lilly
Tanan/Steve .... George Watkins
Original music by Howard Carter.
Director: Nicholas Briggs
A Big Finish production, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in 2022.
SAT 16:55 Inheritance Tracks (m0026sry)
Peter Capaldi
Doctor Who and The Thick of It star Peter Capaldi picks 'That's Life' by Frank Sinatra and 'Waterloo Sunset' by The Kinks.
SAT 17:00 Joby by Stan Barstow (m002j5fm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 18:30 Black Gold by Jeremy Paxman (Omnibus) (m002j5fp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 19:45 Peter Tinniswood (b007jqv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 20:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00801nf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 20:30 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jp89)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 21:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008prk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 22:00 The Bearded Ladies (m002jjl3)
Series 1
Episode 3
The sketch show in which everyday situations are taken to new heights - and then a bit further....
The joy of competitive friends, negotiating creative driving instructions and achieving that divorce fresh start….
Written and performed by
Susie Donkin
Charlotte McDougall
Oriane Messina
Fay Rusling
Featuring Ewan Bailey
Additional Material by:
Mark Blakewell
James Harris
Luke Foster
Rufus Jones
Lucy Porter
Music by Steve Burton.
Script editor: Marcus Powell
Producer: Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004.
SAT 22:30 Start/Stop (b07myyr1)
Series 3
3. Tinder
Barney and Cathy come up with a plan to find out which of them is the most attractive. What could possibly go wrong?
Meanwhile Alice has joined a life drawing class but husband David is jealous and wants to replace the person sitting for it.
Jack Docherty's sitcom about three marriages in various states of disrepair.
Starring:
Couple 1:
Barney ...... Jack Docherty
Cathy ...... Kerry Godliman
Couple 2:
Evan ...... John Thomson
Fiona ...... Fiona Allen
Couple 3:
David ...... Charlie Higson
Alice ...... Laura Aikman
Producer: Claire Jones
A BBC Studio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2016.
SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002jjl5)
Bob Sinfield 1/1 
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Jake Yapp speaks to the "Peter Sellers At Sea" writer Bob Sinfield.
SAT 23:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b0156jzr)
Series 1
Episode 1
John Finnemore, (Cabin Pressure, The Now Show) returns with a series of his own sketches, each funnier than the last.
Although, hang on, that system means starting the whole series with the least funny sketch. Might need to rethink that. OK, it's a new show filled with sketches written and performed by John Finnemore, but now no longer arranged in strict order of funniness.
Also, he's cut the sketch that would have gone first.
The opening show show sees a big job, a small job, the career path of the average TV executive, and a tiger with a gun.
Written in random order by and starring John Finnemore.
With:
Carrie Quinlan
Lawry Lewin
Simon Kane
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011.
SAT 23:30 Isy Suttie's Love Letters (b01s259m)
Series 1
Bob and Marie
Isy Suttie presents some unique tales, recounting a series of love stories affecting people she's known throughout her life, told partly through song.
Sometimes Isy has merely observed other people's love lives; quite often she's intervened, changing the action dramatically - for better or worse. Intertwined within these stories are related real life anecdotes from Isy's own, often disastrous, love life.
In this final episode, Isy returns to Matlock to take driving lessons from instructor Bob, who she learns has a crush on another pupil, the mysterious Marie. While Isy tries to master an impeccable 3 point turn, she attempts to unite Bob with the girl of his dreams and discovers some important lessons in love of her own.
With her multi-character and vocal skills, plus her guitar, Isy creates a hilarious and deeply moving world, sharing with us her lessons in life and love.
Produced by Lianne Coop.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2013.

SUNDAY 07 SEPTEMBER 2025

SUN 00:00 Doctor Who (m001bylk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Joby by Stan Barstow (m002j5fm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 Black Gold by Jeremy Paxman (Omnibus) (m002j5fp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:45 Peter Tinniswood (b007jqv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00801nf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:30 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jp89)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008prk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m000ydvx)
Comic Castaways 3
Sue Perkins
From Pergolesi to T.Rex.
Comedian and TV presenter, Sue Perkins shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young.
She and her friend Mel Giedroyc first appeared as a comedy duo at the Edinburgh Fringe over 20 years ago and together they presented the first seven series of The Great British Bake Off.
Born at the end of the 1960s, Sue grew up in Croydon, the eldest of three siblings. By her own description a "shy and awkward" child, she nonetheless made it to Cambridge University to study English. She and Mel met at a Footlights open mic gig soon after she'd arrived. Their first joint high-profile success was landing a new live daytime programme on Channel 4 called Light Lunch, which turned them into household names.
Sue also formed a second presenting partnership, making historical food programmes with Giles Coren. When she was 38 she was diagnosed with a benign brain tumour which left her unable to have children. Sue was in a relationship with the TV presenter Anna Richardson.
DISC ONE: Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
DISC TWO: Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line
DISC THREE: The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
DISC FOUR: T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
DISC FIVE: Kate Bush - Moments of Pleasure
DISC SIX: Emma Kirkby, James Bowman and the Academy of Ancient Music, conducted by Christopher Hogwood - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater
DISC SEVEN: Nick Drake - Northern Sky
DISC EIGHT: Philip Glass - Opening (from Glassworks)
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Kate Bush - Moments of Pleasure
BOOK CHOICE: “How to Clone A Dog”
LUXURY CHOICE: Her deceased dog's hair
Produced by Cathy Drysdale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2017.
SUN 06:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00n5w39)
Series 1
Collecting
Why do we collect things? Is it a male response to ancient hunting instincts to provide food for the family?
Today, collecting by children is in decline, and with it the development of an early fascination with the natural world around them.
Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world.
Producer: Julian Hector
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.
SUN 07:00 Poetry Extra (m002j5mn)
Tell Me the Truth About Love and Deaths of the Poets
Daljit Nagra selects two highlights from the archives - Tell Me the Truth About Love with Carol Ann Duffy and Deaths of the Poets with Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley. And Daljit reads from his Poetry Extra Book of the Month - a recently published new book of poetry: Beast by Pascale Petit.
Tell Me the Truth About Love
In conversation with other love poets, Carol Ann examines some of the greatest love poems and explores different poetic responses to love's mysteries. This episode focuses on poems that explore the highs and lows of a long-term relationship.
Presented by Carol Ann Duffy
'John Anderson, my Jo' performed by Cast, from the album, Colours of Lichen (Greentrax Recordings)
Readings by Robert Blythe, Michael Shelford and Nicholas Murchie
Producer - Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013
Deaths of the Poets
What is the cost of poetry? The post-Romantic myth of the dissolute drunken poet has fatally skewed the image of poets in our culture. Novelists can be stable, savvy, politically adept and in control, but poets should be melancholic, doomed and self-destructive. Is this just a myth, or is there some essential truth behind it: that great poems only come when a poet's life is pushed right to an emotional knife-edge of acceptability, safety, security?
In this programme, the poets explore the lives - and tragic deaths - of Thomas Chatterton and Dylan Thomas.
Written and read by the authors
Abridged for radio by Lauris Morgan Griffiths
Producer - Simon Richardson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2017
SUN 07:30 Sick Heart River by John Buchan (Omnibus) (m002j5ms)
Episode 2
Sir Edward Leithen is drawing his career to a close, so he has taken on one last mission.
Paul Young reads John Buchan's last novel set in the Canadian wilderness.
Originally broadcast to mark the 50th anniversary of John Buchan's death, this reading is of his last novel. ‘Sick Heart River’ was completed days before the author’s death, and published posthumously in 1941.
Buchan's rich descriptions of the rugged Canadian Northwest Territories are influenced by his real-life voyage down the Mackenzie River in 1937. At that time, Buchan was Governor-General of Canada.
The concluding five of ten parts abridged by Trevor Royle.
Director: Hamish Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1990.
SUN 08:40 Inheritance Tracks (p0lkmy29)
Limahl
Actor and singer Limahl chooses ‘Move Over Darling’ by Doris Day and ‘Four Brothers’ by Manhattan Transfer.
After a short spell as a punk rocker, Limahl found fame with the band Kajagoogoo after responding to an advert in a music magazine in 1982, where the then named Art Noveau were looking for a new lead singer.
The following year he left the band – but quickly went onto find his own success as a solo artist with his hit “The Never Ending Story”. His early ambitions, growing up in Wigan, were for a career as an actor and he even toured in production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.
Inherited: Move Over Darling by Doris Day
Passed on: Four Brothers by Manhattan Transfer
Producers: Catherine Powell and Anna Bailey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2025.
SUN 08:50 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (Omnibus) (m002j5mz)
Episode 2
Paul Montague is visited by an old friend and has the Mehmoud name become toxic?
Anthony Trollope's satirical novel about money, greed and dishonesty, first published in 1875.
Updated for the 21st century in fifteen parts by Jonathan Myerson.
An omnibus of eps 6-10/15.
Ghassan Mehmoud .... Henry Goodman
Felix 'Flex' Carbury .... Dexter Fletcher
Anthony Trollope .... John Rowe
Paul Montague .... Nyasha Hatendi
Rt Hon Jeremy Longstaff .... David Bamber
Georgiana Longstaff .... Lucy Montgomery
Ruby Ruggles .... Sheridan Smith
Marie Mehmoud .... Chipo Chung
Roger Lloyd-Montague .... Ben Crowe
Hetta Carbury .... Emily Wachter
Wynford Hurtle .... Corey Johnson
Sheikh Izdihar Behrooz .... Nadim Sawalha
Helen Croll .... Liz Sutherland
Other parts played by:
Chris Pavlo
Beth Chalmers
Stephen Critchlow
Dan Starkey
Joan Walker
Director: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.
SUN 10:00 Ray's a Laugh (b00ssp46)
From 15/11/1949
Ted and Kitty quarrel over her frock - and reporter George gets festive.
Starring Ted Ray.
With Kitty Bluett, Peter Sellers, Patricia Hayes, Fred Yule and Leslie Perrins.
Ray's A Laugh - the successor to ITMA - follows the comedy exploits of Ted's life at home with his 'radio' wife Kitty, as well as in a variety of jobs. It ran from 1949 to 1961.
Scripted by Eddie Maguire and Ted Ray.
Music from Bob & Alf Pearson and The Beaux and The Belles.
BBC Dance Orchestra conducted by Stanley Black.
Producer: George Inns
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1949.
SUN 10:30 Home to Roost (m001bb6g)
Series 2
Father's Little Problems
William’s hypochondria results in a visit to the hospital.
Stars Molly Sugden and Deryck Guyler.
Olive and William Wheeler are a crusty old married couple, who call each other ‘Mother’ and ‘Father’.
He's still adapting to his retirement after 40 years in the same office, while she's trying to cope with him being under her feet all day.
Sitcom written by Anne Jones.
William Wheeler …. Deryck Guyler
Olive Wheeler …. Mollie Sugden
Jack Bailey …. Norman Rossington
Kath …. Patricia Greene
Nev …. John Baddeley
Theme music composed and played by Alex Walsh and his Band.
Producer: Trafford Whitelock.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1975.
SUN 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m000ydvx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 11:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00n5w39)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m002j5mn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 12:30 Sick Heart River by John Buchan (Omnibus) (m002j5ms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 13:40 Inheritance Tracks (p0lkmy29)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]
SUN 13:50 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (Omnibus) (m002j5mz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]
SUN 15:00 Ray's a Laugh (b00ssp46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 15:30 Home to Roost (m001bb6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Hothouse by Brian Aldiss (b00mj3gd)
3. Yattmur
The manipulative Morel fungus guides Gren and Poyly's lives without their tribe.
Millions of years in the future, a colossal banyan tree covers much of the Earth. In its boughs, the last remnants of humanity are fighting for survival, terrorised by carnivorous plants and grotesque insect life.
The Earth has stopped rotating and the Sun's output has increased. Plants are engaged in a constant tropical forest-style frenzy of growth driving other life forms to extinction...
Brian Aldiss's 1962 sci-fi fantasy read by Gareth Thomas.
Abridged in five parts by Lu Kemp.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2009.
SUN 16:30 The Man in Black (b0180hnl)
Series 4
3. The Beaten Track by Dawn King
A young couple ignore warnings on a New Zealand getaway.
Mark Gatiss as the sinister raconteur, The Man in Black, introduces Dawn King's tale of ignorance.
Aaron ...... Adam Billington
Louise Kirsty ...... Oswald
Motel Owner ...... Jonathan Forbes
Sandy ...... Clare Corbett
James ...... Christopher Webster
More horrifying tales from The Man in Black. You might meet him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk at an employment agency or he might approach you in the corridor of a care home. Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on his stories. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you.
Director: Jeremy Mortimer
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in December 2011.
SUN 17:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m000ydvx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 17:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00n5w39)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
SUN 18:00 Poetry Extra (m002j5mn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 18:30 Sick Heart River by John Buchan (Omnibus) (m002j5ms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 19:40 Inheritance Tracks (p0lkmy29)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]
SUN 19:50 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (Omnibus) (m002j5mz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]
SUN 21:00 Ray's a Laugh (b00ssp46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:30 Home to Roost (m001bb6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 Clare in the Community (b008cy0w)
Series 1
Adoption
The social worker gets noisy new neighbours - but what is her rich sister Emma after?
Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution.
A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Clare is in her 30s, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her.
Clare continually struggles to control both her professional and private life
In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
Starring Sally Phillips and Alex Lowe.
Clare ...... Sally Phillips
Brian ..... Alex Lowe
With:
Richard Lumsden
Gemma Craven
Ellen Thomas
Nina Conti
Andrew Wincott
Nicholas Boulton
Helen Longworth
Producer: Katie Tyrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.
SUN 22:30 King Cutler (b008vr1b)
King Cutler III
Another zesty batch of poems, songs and stories from Phyllis King and Ivor Cutler.
Interrupting from beyond the harmonium are Dylan Edwards , David Lloyd and Craig Murray-Orr.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in January 1990.
SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002jjl1)
Temi Wilkey 1/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Jake Yapp speaks to the writer and performer Temi Wilkey.
SUN 23:00 Daphne Sounds Expensive (b08yqccf)
Series 2
Atlantis
World-renowned opera singer Sir Willard White has an ingenious plan to solve the boys' money woes.
They must travel to the lost city of Atlantis in pursuit of a legendary precious metal.
Written by and starring:
Jason Forbes
Phil Wang
George Fouracres
With:
Celeste Dring
Will Seaward
Sir Willard White
Original music composed by Jeff Carpenter
Orchestrator: Simon Nathan
The London Musical Theatre Orchestra:
Musical Director - Freddie Tapner
Violin - Debs White
Cello - Nick Squires
Trumpet - Michael Maddocks
Trombone - Elliot Pooley
Tenor Sax - Joe Atkin Reeves
Drum Kit - Ben Hartley
Percussion - Ben Burton
Piano - Jon Ranger
Bass - Jack Cherry
Produced by Hayley Sterling.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2017.
SUN 23:30 The Mark Steel Solution (b007k191)
Series 3
Crime
A proposal that would solve punishments for criminal acts, once and for all.
Comedian Mark Steel provides alternative solutions to our everyday problems
Written by Mark Steel and Pete Sinclair.
With
Kim Wall
Maria McErlane
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1995.

MONDAY 08 SEPTEMBER 2025

MON 00:00 Hothouse by Brian Aldiss (b00mj3gd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 The Man in Black (b0180hnl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m000ydvx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00n5w39)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Poetry Extra (m002j5mn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Sick Heart River by John Buchan (Omnibus) (m002j5ms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:40 Inheritance Tracks (p0lkmy29)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 on Sunday]
MON 03:50 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (Omnibus) (m002j5mz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Ray's a Laugh (b00ssp46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Home to Roost (m001bb6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Paul Temple (b00sy3lc)
Paul Temple and Steve
5. David Nelson Explains
The sleuth's probe leads him from a London murder scene to a country house on Romney Marsh
Enlisted by Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard, Paul Temple and his wife Steve to help track down the mysterious Dr Belasco. The suave couple search for clues by day, then dance the night away in louche Latin American night clubs.
A faithful 2010 re-creation of the 1947 detective serial 'Paul Temple and Steve', the original of which was lost from the Radio Archive.
Written by Francis Durbridge.
Paul Temple ..... Crawford Logan
Steve ..... Gerda Stevenson
Sir Graham Forbes ..... Gareth Thomas
Kaufman ..... Nick Underwood
Worth/Charlie ..... Greg Powrie
Nelson ..... Jimmy Chisholm
Joseph ..... Richard Greenwood
Mrs Forester ..... Candida Benson
Ed Bellamy ..... Robin Laing
Waitress ..... Lucy Paterson
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010
MON 06:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m000mktn)
BBC National Short Story Award 2020
The Grotesques by Sarah Hall
On her thirtieth birthday Dilly explores truths about her family, her relationship with her overbearing mother, and the masking of identity.
Written by Sarah Hall. Read by Lydia Wilson.
The BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University is one of the most prestigious for a single short story. The stories are broadcast on Radio 4 and published in an anthology.
Sarah Hall won the award in 2013 award, and is a four-time nominee.
This story won the 15th BBC National Short Story Award in 2020.
Abridged by Julian Wilkinson.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2020.
MON 07:00 In the Red (b007js7t)
Episode 7
Plotting at the BBC reaches a climax, while reporter George edges closer to nailing the serial killer.
London is plagued by a series of bizarre murders of bank managers. Hot on the trail of the killer are old-style Chief Police Inspector Frank Jefferson and BBC Radio's anarchic crime correspondent, George Cragge.
Starring Michael Williams and Barry Foster.
Mark Tavener's blackly humorous murder mystery set in the world of City finance, the BBC and political parties.
Dramatised by his novel by Mark Tavener and Peter Baynham.
George Cragge ...... Michael Williams
Frank Jefferson ...... Barry Foster
Geoffrey Crichton-Potter ...... Stephen Moore
Henry ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Max ...... Peter Woodthorpe
Controller Radio 2 ...... Stephen Fry
Controller Radio 4 ...... John Bird
Dominic De'ath ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Hercules Fortescue ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Andrew James ...... Peter Serafinowcz
Laetitia ...... Victoria Carling
Controller BBC 1 ...... Ian McNiece
Carstairs ...... Jeffrey Holland
Caroline ...... Susie Brann
Jemma ...... Alice Arnold
With Geoffrey Whitehead, Paul Shearer and Tim Hope.
Music by Paul Mottram
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1995.
MON 07:30 Dad's Army (b007jlfs)
Series 1
The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage
Summer, 1940: Convinced a German invasion has begun, Captain Mainwaring and his men mount a gun placement at Godfrey's cottage.
Chaos, inevitably, ensues...
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Walker …. James Beck
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Cissie Godfrey …. Nan Brawnton
Percy the Parrot …. Percy Edwards
Announcer …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974.
MON 08:00 Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse (b0b49248)
Episode 1
An astonishing tour de force of comic imagination and satire.
Martin Jarvis directs Michael Frayn’s masterly comic series.
Featuring an outstanding cast led by Ian McKellen, Joanna Lumley, Stephen Fry, Alfred Molina, Alex Jennings and Jarvis himself.
Michael Frayn - author of Noises Off - is the most comic philosophical writer of our time.
Each episode reveals his infectious delight in writing between the lines of theatre, fiction, TV and the media, the church, relationships - life in general.
* Joanna Lumley opens the series with "assembly instructions"
* Alex Jennings is a subversive theatre director
* Ian McKellen meets Mozart (George Blagden)
* Alfred Molina has security problems with packaging
* Lisa Dillon and Edward Bennett are Gainsborough's Mr and Mrs Andrews National Gallery portrait
* Stephen Fry conducts a weird press interview with Martin Jarvis
* Ian McKellen and Joanna Lumley are Mr and Mrs God.
Director: Martin Jarvis
A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2018.
MON 08:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j5s4)
1. The Ghost
The half-crazed Phantom lurks in the labyrinth of the Paris Opera House, obsessed with Christine, a beautiful young opera singer...
Gaston Leroux's novel read by Jack Klaff.
Episode one of ten parts abridged by Andrew Simpson, from a translation by Peter Haining.
Producer: Harriet Lang
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1995.
MON 08:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00cf9m6)
11. Peerage
Now that Ghassan Mehmoud's a peer, can he save his business empire and his name?
Anthony Trollope's satirical novel about money, greed and dishonesty - updated by Jonathan Myerson.
Ghassan Mehmoud ...... Henry Goodman
Felix 'Flex' Carbury ...... Dexter Fletcher
Anthony Trollope ...... John Rowe
Paul Montague ...... Nyasha Hatendi
Rt Hon Jeremy Longstaff ...... David Bamber
Georgiana Longstaff ...... Lucy Montgomery
Ruby Ruggles ...... Sheridan Smith
Marie Mehmoud ...... Chipo Chung
Roger Lloyd-Montague ...... Ben Crowe
Hetta Carbury ...... Emily Wachter
Wynford Hurtle ...... Corey Johnson
Sheikh Izdihar Behrooz ...... Nadim Sawalha
Helen Croll ...... Liz Sutherland
Jason Crumb ...... Chris Pavlo
Other parts played by:
Beth Chalmers
Stephen Critchlow
Dan Starkey
Joan Walker
Director: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.
MON 09:00 Just a Minute (m002hxsr)
Series 95
3. It's what Emily Brontë would have wanted
Sue Perkins challenges Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Paterson Joseph and Rachel Parris to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. Subjects include my perfect first date, when I was staying at The White Lotus and I'm in a WhatsApp group with Sue Perkins.
Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
Producer: Georgia Keating
Executive Producer: James Robinson
Additional material by Eve Delaney
An EcoAudio certified production.
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.
MON 09:30 Self Drives (b06pt0bp)
Maxwell's Equations
1. Maxwell's Edinburgh
Will Self embarks on a road trip from Edinburgh to Cambridge on the trail of Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell who, 150 years ago, pioneered the theory of the electromagnetic waves which made mobile phones, radio, radar and GPS all possible.
In a bid to understand Maxwell and his achievements, Will plans to drive 600 miles in an electric car, stopping off at locations relevant to the much neglected 19th century physicist.
Will's trip starts promisingly enough when he has a chance encounter with Nobel prize-winning physicist Professor Peter Higgs on an Edinburgh back street not far from Maxwell's birthplace. But things then start to go awry as Will has a rather less welcome run-in in a multi-storey car park...
Producer: Laurence Grissell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.
MON 09:45 Daily Service (m002j5s9)
Sacred Expressions: The Arts in Worship
In this week-long series of Daily Services, different voices reflect on how the arts - music, painting, sculpture, and more - can deepen our spiritual lives. Each day, a different piece of art will be introduced, with the speaker sharing how it has shaped their faith, inspired their ministry, or opened new understandings of the divine. Through scripture, story, and sacred art, they explore the ways God speaks to us not just in words, but in colour, sound, and form.
Monday 8/9 - Revd Dr Victoria Johnson reflects on Handel’s Messiah
MON 10:00 Archive on 4 (b00t32rs)
Sellers in the Attic
Comedy writer and historian Glenn Mitchell examines rare and lesser-known recordings of Peter Sellers, presenting a deep insight into the life of the comic legend.
After Peter Sellers died in July 1980, the initial rush of glowing eulogies swiftly made way for often highly condemnatory accounts of his personality and behaviour. Some of these are, admittedly, accurate, others take incidents in isolation without regard for context. Other instances are based on inaccuracies and misassumptions.
There was more perspective among subsequent chronicles but the trend continued to portray Sellers's personal life as one with few, if any, redeeming features.
As regards his work, many accounts have concentrated on the obvious aspects - the ‘Panther’ films, ‘Dr Strangelove’ and ‘The Goon Show’ - but Peter Sellers left far more than that.
The writer and presenter of this programme, Glenn Mitchell, collected Sellers material from an early age. In this personal take on the subject, he chronicles Sellers' career in parallel with his own lifelong interest in the actor's work.
The programme, originally made to mark the 30th anniversary of Sellers death, also explores the softer, compassionate side to the actor's nature, the aspect of the man which once led to him talking a complete stranger - who was perched on a high bridge - out of committing suicide.
Among Mitchell’s personal finds is a private recording Sellers made for a television producer whose daughter lost her sight. The recording, not broadcast prior to this documentary, reveals a remarkable and malleable side to his personality, catching him at a very relaxed moment in his life contrasting with his often cited volatile nature.
Mitchell's focus is on the lesser-known Sellers material he has amassed, including home-movie prints, soundtracks, rare interviews and out-takes. The programme also features written archives from his first BBC TV and Radio auditions, and gems like his 1970 performance of the macabre music-hall monologue ‘The Ballad of Sam Hall’, recorded at Wilton's in East London.
Producer: Stephen Garner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
MON 11:00 Paul Temple (b00sy3lc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 11:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m000mktn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 12:00 In the Red (b007js7t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jlfs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 13:00 Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse (b0b49248)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 13:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j5s4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00cf9m6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 14:00 Booked (b0075t8p)
Series 5
Episode 4
Ian McMillan hosts the literary game where everyone on the panel gets to do their party piece.
Each getting a good bag:
Helen Lederer
David Stafford
Roger McGough
Miles Kington
Producer: Viv Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.
MON 14:30 Married (b00cpcw6)
Series 2
Churlish
Confirmed bachelor Robin Lightfoot wakes up to find himself married in a parallel universe in which the Lib Dems are in power, the Richard Whiteley Experience has just opened in London - and alcohol is a Class A drug.
Now Robin's life is about to change again.
He's about to be divorced from the woman he was never married to in the first place...
Hugh Bonneville stars in series two of Tony Bagley's comedy.
Robin .... Hugh Bonneville
Lesley .... Josie Lawrence
Dame Jenny Hyde …. Stephanie Cole
Dirk .... Steve Frost
Murdo …. Lewis MacLeod
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000.
MON 15:00 Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome (b01d8ny7)
1. Getaway
"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.
MON 15:30 Peter Sellers at Sea (m002j5sc)
1. Dreams
In 1973, Peter Sellers persuaded his friend, film director Peter Medak to direct a pirate comedy that he had developed with Spike Milligan - only to then sabotage the production with tantrums and cancelled shoots.
What was to come was terrible weather, drunken captains, near fatal illness and missing actors.....
Starring Jack Klaff as Peter Sellers and Kerry Shale as Peter Medak.
First of a two part comedy drama about a disaster movie that wasn't meant to be a disaster, written by Bob Sinfield.
Peter Medak …. Kerry Shale
Peter Sellers …. Jack Klaff
Carolyn …. Catherine Hayward
Spike Milligan …. Bob Sinfield
other characters played by members of the cast.
Producer: Julian Mayers
A Yada Yada production.
MON 16:00 Archive on 4 (b00t32rs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 17:00 Paul Temple (b00sy3lc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 17:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m000mktn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 18:00 In the Red (b007js7t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:30 Dad's Army (b007jlfs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 19:00 Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse (b0b49248)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j5s4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 19:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00cf9m6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 20:00 Booked (b0075t8p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
MON 20:30 Married (b00cpcw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
MON 21:00 Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome (b01d8ny7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
MON 21:30 Peter Sellers at Sea (m002j5sc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (m002hxsr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 22:30 Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing (b04jm36p)
Series 3
About Bad Boys
Nathan Caton tries to be a good role model for his younger brother Tyree.
A mix of stand-up and re-enacted family life - written by Nathan Caton and James Kettle
After becoming the first in his family to graduate from University, Nathan opted not to use his architecture degree but instead to try his hand at being a full-time stand-up comedian, much to his family's horror and disgust. They all desperately want him to get a 'proper' job.
Will Nathan persevere and follow his dreams?
Or will he give in to his family's interference?
Or will he finally leave home..?!
Nathan ...... Nathan Caton
Grandma ...... Mona Hammond
Mum ...... Adjoa Andoh
Dad ...... Curtis Walker
Tyree ...... Alhaji Fofano
Ms Carter ...... Chizzy Akudolu
Lethal Damager ...... Damian Lynch
Year 11 Boy ...... Kavern Batchelor
Year 11 Boy ...... Oscar Wilkinson
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2014.
MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002jjl9)
Temi Wilkey 2/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Jake Yapp speaks to the writer and performer Temi Wilkey.
MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m002hv77)
Series 118
Episode 1
Topical panel quiz show, taking its questions from the week's news stories.
MON 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b00cbpy7)
Series 5
The Crusade
Satan starts a quest to improve mankind by infiltrating the world's great religions.
Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.
Satan …. Andy Hamilton
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan
Other characters played by:
Philip Pope
Nick Revell
Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.

TUESDAY 09 SEPTEMBER 2025

TUE 00:00 Archive on 4 (b00t32rs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Paul Temple (b00sy3lc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m000mktn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 In the Red (b007js7t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Dad's Army (b007jlfs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse (b0b49248)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j5s4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00cf9m6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Booked (b0075t8p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Married (b00cpcw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome (b01d8ny7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Peter Sellers at Sea (m002j5sc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Paul Temple (b00t0jcn)
Paul Temple and Steve
6. Steve's Intuition
The sleuth finds clues in a remote cottage, but not Belasco's identity. Should he have heeded his wife?
Enlisted by Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard, Paul Temple and his wife Steve to help track down the mysterious Dr Belasco. The suave couple search for clues by day, then dance the night away in louche Latin American night clubs.
A faithful 2010 re-creation of the 1947 detective serial 'Paul Temple and Steve', the original of which was lost from the Radio Archive.
Written by Francis Durbridge.
Paul Temple ..... Crawford Logan
Steve ..... Gerda Stevenson
Sir Graham Forbes ..... Gareth Thomas
Kaufman ..... Nick Underwood
Worth/Charlie ..... Greg Powrie
Nelson ..... Jimmy Chisholm
Joseph ..... Richard Greenwood
Mrs Forester ..... Candida Benson
Ed Bellamy ..... Robin Laing
Insp. Perry ..... Michael Mackenzie
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010
TUE 06:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m000zsf7)
BBC National Short Story Award 2021
All the People were Mean and Bad by Lucy Caldwell
A story about love, lust and the kindness of strangers. A woman makes a heart-breaking decision on a flight back to London from Toronto.
Written by Lucy Caldwell. Read by Laura Pyper.
The BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University is one of the most prestigious for a single short story. The stories are broadcast on Radio 4 and published in an anthology.
This story by Lucy Caldwell won the 16th BBC National Short Story Award in 2021.
Abridged and produced by Justine Willett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2021.
TUE 07:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b007jxd2)
Series 2
Episode 4
Troubles abound in the village boatyard and surgery - followed closely by the local sleazy press.
The continuing everyday story of a country folk.
80s political satirical soap opera set in the strangely familiar village of Little Blighty.
Life here is pretty uneventful, though the humdrum happenings include social turmoil, economic upheaval and vicious political squabbles.
Written by Mark Burton, John O'Farrell and Mike Coleman.
Starring:
Jo Kendall
Michael Troughton
John Baddeley
Bernadine Corrigan
Daniel Strauss
Jonathan Kydd
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1989.
TUE 07:30 The Goon Show (b007jpp1)
Series 8
The Moriarty Murder Mystery
Inspector Neddie Seagoon turns sleuth and meets a creepy undertaker.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
George Chisholm
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
Written by Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens and Maurice Wiltshire.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1958.
TUE 08:00 Mrs Sidhu Investigates (m000614j)
Mrs Sidhu's Deadly Highland Game
2. Loch, Meat Stock And Two Smoking Kippers
Mrs Sidhu’s hunt for the truth about Willie Kendrick's death leads to a tough choice.
Meera Syal stars as the catering sleuth from Slough hunting down a Highland killer.
With Castle Tannoch cut off by snowfall, Mrs Sidhu is - as usual - finding "clues" that give Inspector Burton stress headaches. Pills, a game pie and blood that turns out to be quite something else.
Mrs Sidhu soon has her nose in everyone’s business on the highland estate, but it’s their leisure pursuits that raise her eyebrows. Big Willie Kendrick’s use of the old estate cottage certainly wasn’t for corporate entertainment. And she is sure the maid knows more than she’s letting on.
Meanwhile, Mrs Sidhu's son Tez proposes he needs a gun to protect her. And if that doesn’t fluster her, hunky gamekeeper Callum has her heart fluttering with a proposal of a different kind.
As Mrs Sidhu probes deeper into the death of Willie Kendrick and the secrets of the troubled hunting lodge, she faces a difficult choice between her heart and her head for crime.
Cast
Mrs Sidhu …. Meera Syal
Inspector Burton …. Justin Edwards
Tez …. Hamza Jeetooa
Sir Alex / Zukhov …. John Sessions
Jane / Kirsty …. Hilary Maclean
Robert / PC Williamson …. Okorie Chukwu
Callum …. Gordon Kennedy
Written by Suk Pannu.
Recorded at Soundhouse Studios.
Edited by Leon Chambers.
Studio Managers: Wilfredo Acosta and Leon Chambers
Production Manager: Sarah Tombling
Directed by Marilyn Imrie.
Producer: Gordon Kennedy
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2019.
TUE 08:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j7ww)
2. The Angel
Christine has disappeared after her gala singing triumph. Her childhood friend Raoul tries to find her.
Gaston Leroux's novel about the half-crazed Phantom lurking in the Paris Opera House, obsessed with beautiful young singer, Christine.
Read by Jack Klaff.
Episode two of ten parts abridged by Andrew Simpson, from a translation by Peter Haining.
Producer: Harriet Lang
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1995.
TUE 08:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00c8yc6)
12. Crumb's Wrath
Flex faces the wrath of Jason Crumb.
Anthony Trollope's satirical novel about money, greed and dishonesty - updated by Jonathan Myerson.
Ghassan Mehmoud ...... Henry Goodman
Felix 'Flex' Carbury ...... Dexter Fletcher
Anthony Trollope ...... John Rowe
Paul Montague ...... Nyasha Hatendi
Rt Hon Jeremy Longstaff ...... David Bamber
Georgiana Longstaff ...... Lucy Montgomery
Ruby Ruggles ...... Sheridan Smith
Marie Mehmoud ...... Chipo Chung
Roger Lloyd-Montague ...... Ben Crowe
Hetta Carbury ...... Emily Wachter
Wynford Hurtle ...... Corey Johnson
Sheikh Izdihar Behrooz ...... Nadim Sawalha
Helen Croll ...... Liz Sutherland
Jason Crumb ...... Chris Pavlo
Other parts played by:
Beth Chalmers
Stephen Critchlow
Dan Starkey
Joan Walker
Director: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.
TUE 09:00 Room 101 with Paul Merton (m002htvh)
Series 3
Rachel Parris
Paul Merton asks Rachel Parris what she would put into Room 101.
TUE 09:30 Self Drives (b06pttqr)
Maxwell's Equations
2. Maxwell at Glenlair
Will Self continues his 600 mile road trip on the trail of Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell who, 150 years ago, pioneered the theory of the electromagnetic waves which made mobile phones, radio, radar and GPS all possible.
In a bid to understand Maxwell and his legacy, Will plans to drive from Edinburgh to Cambridge in an electric car, stopping off at locations relevant to the much neglected 19th century physicist.
Today Will's at Glenlair, Maxwell's country estate, where he attempts to get to grips with what inspired the physicist's scientific imagination. Will's electric car, on the other hand, is proving somewhat less than inspirational...
Producer: Laurence Grissell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.
TUE 09:45 Daily Service (m002j5v3)
Sacred Expressions: The Arts in Worship
In this week-long series of Daily Services, different voices reflect on how the arts - music, painting, sculpture, and more - can deepen our spiritual lives. Each day, a different piece of art will be introduced, with the speaker sharing how it has shaped their faith, inspired their ministry, or opened new understandings of the divine. Through scripture, story, and sacred art, they explore the ways God speaks to us not just in words, but in colour, sound, and form.
Tuesday 9/9 - Revd Richard Carter reflects on the baptism of Christ by Piero dela Francesco
TUE 10:00 The Best of British Laughs - Peter Sellers on The Goons (m002j5v7)
Peter Sellers talks to Barry Took about starring in the classic BBC radio comedy, The Goon Show, alongside Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan.
Barry Took: "the big question first…how does it feel to be an international star....does it create problems?"
Peter Sellers: "I've never really thought of it that way....I've never thought of anything other than the fact that I miss doing The Goon Show on Sundays....if anyone asks....when did you have the most fun, what were your happiest days....well....they were the Sundays".
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio in November 1971.
TUE 10:15 Movies with a Message - I'm Alright Jack (m002j5vc)
One of movie producer David Puttnam’s series about political films, where he looks at ‘I'm All Right Jack’ from 1959. The movie stars Peter Sellers as the bolshie shop steward Fred Kite, in a reflection of the nation's anxieties about growing industrial conflict in the late 1950s.
Featuring extracts from the film and with contributions from Christopher Frayling, Peter Hennessey, Simon Heffer, Alan Hockney, Roy Boulting, Sir Bill Morris and Sir Richard Attenborough.
Producers: Martin Rosenbaum and Jane Ashley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.
TUE 10:30 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k0n4)
Michael Sellers
Peter Sellers' son Michael chats about the ups and downs of growing up with his legendary, multi-talented dad.
Sally Magnusson hosts the series where the sons and daughters of famous comedians talk about life with their funny fathers.
Producer: Mike Walker
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in September 2005.
TUE 11:00 Paul Temple (b00t0jcn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 11:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m000zsf7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 12:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b007jxd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Goon Show (b007jpp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Mrs Sidhu Investigates (m000614j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 13:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j7ww)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00c8yc6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 14:00 Guess What? (b062r3z9)
Episode 4
Animal, vegetable or mineral?
Barry Took hosts a revised version of popular radio parlour game of 20 questions.
On the panel:
Geoffrey Durham
Neil Innes
Jan Ravens
Written by Michael Dines.
Producer: Andy Aliffe
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.
TUE 14:30 Trapped (m001ns7g)
Series 2
2. Hole Lot of Love
Debs, a 40 year-old, north London nanny is stuck in a rut.
On her quest to find love, she agrees to go on a Jewish activity weekend in the Lake District.
There, amongst an intriguing mix of like and not so like-minded singletons, Debs finds what she least expected. 160 feet below ground.
More one-off comedy dramas written by, and sometimes featuring, Daniel and Mark Maier
Debs …. Daniela Denby-Ashe
Helen …. Tracy-Ann Oberman
Mrs Levine …. Rebecca Front
Mrs Levine …. Davis de Keyser
Janet …. Tilly Vosburgh
Graham …. Steve Furst
Michael …. David Gillespie
Rebecca …. Debra Tammer
Herb …. Steve Jameson
Producer: Claire Bartlett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2005.
TUE 15:00 Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome (b01dhllx)
2. Travels by Bike
"In Prague we did our sightseeing with the aid of a guide. His English was decidedly weak. Indeed it was not English at all. For the first hour it was difficult to rid oneself of the conviction that the man was choking."
George, Harris and J attempt to navigate Germany by bike, but find their sense of direction sorely tested.
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.
TUE 15:30 Peter Sellers at Sea (m002jjlf)
2. Disaster
In 1973, Peter Sellers persuaded his friend, film director Peter Medak to direct a pirate comedy that he had developed with Spike Milligan – only to then sabotage the production with tantrums and cancelled shoots.
What was to come was terrible weather, drunken captains, near fatal illness and missing actors.....
Sellers and Milligan subsequently attended a private screening leaving in total silence: “We all just wanted to kill ourselves."
Starring Jack Klaff as Peter Sellers and Kerry Shale as Peter Medak.
The second of a two part comedy drama about a disaster movie that wasn't meant to be a disaster, written by Bob Sinfield.
Peter Medak …. Kerry Shale
Peter Sellers …. Jack Klaff
Carolyn …. Catherine Hayward
Spike Milligan …. Bob Sinfield
other characters played by members of the cast.
Producer: Julian Mayers
A Yada Yada production.
TUE 16:00 The Best of British Laughs - Peter Sellers on The Goons (m002j5v7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:15 Movies with a Message - I'm Alright Jack (m002j5vc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
TUE 16:30 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k0n4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
TUE 17:00 Paul Temple (b00t0jcn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 17:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m000zsf7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b007jxd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:30 The Goon Show (b007jpp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 19:00 Mrs Sidhu Investigates (m000614j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j7ww)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 19:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00c8yc6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 20:00 Guess What? (b062r3z9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Trapped (m001ns7g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome (b01dhllx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
TUE 21:30 Peter Sellers at Sea (m002jjlf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 today]
TUE 22:00 Room 101 with Paul Merton (m002htvh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 22:30 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (b00d45ny)
Series 2
Generosity
Mark examines generosity.
Part of the comedian's continuing quest to to delve into six virtues.
Liberally spoiling us with poetry and music:
Tim Key
Tim Minchin
Producer: Katie Marsden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2008.
TUE 23:00 Nick Revell: BrokenDreamCatcher (b0bh5yb1)
Series 1
The Treasure of the Illuminati Leprechauns
Some sinister goings-on at The Vatican can all be safely explained.
A series of contemporary comic tales that could almost be true. Anything can happen when this master storyteller combines comedy with magical realism – and it probably will.
Written and performed by Nick Revell
Produced by Steve Doherty
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2018.
TUE 23:30 And Now in Colour (b007yrwf)
Series 2
Colourthon
The sketch show team attempt their own radio charity fundraiser.
Precision comedy written and performed by:
Tim Firth
Tim de Jongh
Michael Rutger
William Vandyck
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1991.

WEDNESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2025

WED 00:00 The Best of British Laughs - Peter Sellers on The Goons (m002j5v7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:15 Movies with a Message - I'm Alright Jack (m002j5vc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k0n4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Paul Temple (b00t0jcn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m000zsf7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b007jxd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Goon Show (b007jpp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Mrs Sidhu Investigates (m000614j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j7ww)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00c8yc6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Guess What? (b062r3z9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Trapped (m001ns7g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome (b01dhllx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Peter Sellers at Sea (m002jjlf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Paul Temple (b00t2xwp)
Paul Temple and Steve
7. The Suspects
The net is closing on Dr Belasco, but the sleuth and his wife are now in danger from an unexpected quarter.
Enlisted by Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard, Paul Temple and his wife Steve to help track down the mysterious Dr Belasco. The suave couple search for clues by day, then dance the night away in louche Latin American night clubs.
A faithful 2010 re-creation of the 1947 detective serial 'Paul Temple and Steve', the original of which was lost from the Radio Archive.
Written by Francis Durbridge.
Paul Temple ..... Crawford Logan
Steve ..... Gerda Stevenson
Sir Graham Forbes ..... Gareth Thomas
Kaufman ..... Nick Underwood
Worth/Charlie ..... Greg Powrie
Nelson ..... Jimmy Chisholm
Joseph ..... Richard Greenwood
Mrs Forester ..... Candida Benson
Ed Bellamy ..... Robin Laing
Insp. Perry ..... Michael Mackenzie
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010
WED 06:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m001c6gq)
BBC National Short Story Award 2022
Blue 4Eva by Saba Sams
A tense family holiday on the Balearic islands is interrupted by the arrival of Jasmine's friend, Blue.
Written Saba Sams. Read by Tuppence Middleton.
The BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University is one of the most prestigious for a single short story. The stories are broadcast on Radio 4 and published in an anthology.
This story by Saba Sams won the 17th BBC National Short Story Award in 2022.
Abridged and produced by Anne Isger.
A BBC Books Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2022.
WED 07:00 Star Terk II (m002j6xl)
Series 1
Janet Street Porter's Bedroom
The show that takes in just about everybody from Janet Street-Porter to Humphrey Bogart.
No. ‘Star Terk II’ is not a misprint and Captain Krik and Mr Pocks are just part of a quickfire sketch show that brazenly goes where no sketch show has gone before - including the planet Kroll, where every word containing the letter ‘k’ is mispronounced…
Written by Terry Ravenscroft.
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1987.
WED 07:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jntz)
Series 5
Hancock's Car
Parked outside for ten years - the Lad is forced to move his motor car, but soon hits snags galore.
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's classic comedy about the life and times of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With:
Sidney James
Bill Kerr
Kenneth Williams
Hattie Jacques
Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1958.
WED 08:00 Simon Evans Goes to Market (b044j94d)
Series 1
Gold
Simon looks at why we buy and sell gold all around the world.
When did that begin? Why do we continue now we have paper money?
Simon Evans has the answers in this series which asks us to get involved in the funny side of investment.
Rather than being cowed by an apparently complicated and overwhelming system, Simon jumps right in. He takes as his focus four commodities which are so intrinsic to our lives they have an almost elemental significance - land, gold, oil and grain. Yet, despite the fact we encounter them everywhere we look, very few people have been able to build a fortune on them.
All that's about to change as, Simon enlists help from the experts to help brings us closer to understanding of how global economic forces have a far-reaching and often surprising impact on our lives.
Performed by Simon Evans, with regular guests Tim Harford and Merryn Somerset-Webb, and to talk about the trade in gold, Dominic Frisby.
Written by Simon Evans with Benjamin Partridge, Guy Venables and Andy Wolton.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2014.
WED 08:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j7wy)
3. Red Death
Raoul fears for Christine's life. Will she not tell him who the terrible figure in the scarlet cloak is?
Gaston Leroux's novel about the half-crazed Phantom lurking in the Paris Opera House, obsessed with beautiful young singer, Christine.
Read by Jack Klaff.
Episode three of ten parts abridged by Andrew Simpson, from a translation by Peter Haining.
Producer: Harriet Lang
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1995.
WED 08:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00cbn17)
13. Wounded
Flex may be wounded, but it's his sister who's really hurting.
Anthony Trollope's satirical novel about money, greed and dishonesty - updated by Jonathan Myerson.
Ghassan Mehmoud ...... Henry Goodman
Felix 'Flex' Carbury ...... Dexter Fletcher
Anthony Trollope ...... John Rowe
Paul Montague ...... Nyasha Hatendi
Rt Hon Jeremy Longstaff ...... David Bamber
Georgiana Longstaff ...... Lucy Montgomery
Ruby Ruggles ...... Sheridan Smith
Marie Mehmoud ...... Chipo Chung
Roger Lloyd-Montague ...... Ben Crowe
Hetta Carbury ...... Emily Wachter
Wynford Hurtle ...... Corey Johnson
Sheikh Izdihar Behrooz ...... Nadim Sawalha
Helen Croll ...... Liz Sutherland
Jason Crumb ...... Chris Pavlo
Other parts played by:
Beth Chalmers
Stephen Critchlow
Dan Starkey
Joan Walker
Director: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.
WED 09:00 Do Gooders (m002hv3n)
Series 2
Episode 1 - The Boxing
Lauren finds a new beau. Clive makes enemies with other charities at the pub. Achi can’t sleep. There’s only one place for all this to come to a head - a charity boxing match.
Garrett Millerick’s ensemble sitcom Do Gooders returns for another series. The show takes us back behind the curtain of fictional mid-level charity, The Alzheimers Alliance, as the fundraising events team continue their struggle for survival. Cue more office feuds, more workplace romances and more catastrophic fundraising blunders – all par for the course when trying to ‘do good’ on an industrial scale.
Cast
Gladys – Kathryn Drysdale
Lauren – Ania Magliano
Clive – Garrett Millerick
Harriett – Fay Ripley
Achi – Ahir Shah
Ken – Frank Skinner
Guest star
Darren – Red Richardson
Writer – Garrett Millerick
Additional Material – Katie Storey
Sound Engineer – David Thomas
Editor – David Thomas
Production Assistant – Jenny Recaldin
Producer – Jules Lom
Executive Producers – Richard Allen-Turner, Daisy Knight, Julien Matthews, Jon Thoday
An Avalon Television production for BBC Radio 4
WED 09:30 Self Drives (b06pv0gz)
Maxwell's Equations
3. Maxwell and a Chinese Dinner
Will Self continues his 600 mile road trip on the trail of Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell who, 150 years ago, pioneered the theory of the electromagnetic waves which made mobile phones, radio, radar and GPS possible.
In a bid to understand Maxwell and his legacy, Will is driving from Edinburgh to Cambridge in an electric car, accompanied by Akram Khan, professor of particle physics at Brunel University.
Over a Chinese meal in Manchester, Will expresses fundamental concerns about the nature and value of scientific progress. Akram is troubled by Will's misgivings.
Producer: Laurence Grissell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.
WED 09:45 Daily Service (m002j6xs)
Sacred Expressions: The Arts in Worship
In this week-long series of Daily Services, different voices reflect on how the arts - music, painting, sculpture, and more - can deepen our spiritual lives. Each day, a different piece of art will be introduced, with the speaker sharing how it has shaped their faith, inspired their ministry, or opened new understandings of the divine. Through scripture, story, and sacred art, they explore the ways God speaks to us not just in words, but in colour, sound, and form.
Wednesday 10/9 - led by Revd Phillip Dawson
WED 10:00 Peter Sellers Sings (m002j6xv)
Ed Stewart talks to Peter Sellers's comedy record producer George Martin, and his musical director Ron Goodwin, about recording comedy music albums.
They feature classic performances like Balham - Gateway to the South, Goodness Gracious Me and Peter Sellers version (as Lawrence Olivier's Richard III) of the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night.
Presenter: Ed Stewart
Producer: Elizabeth Funning
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1997.
WED 11:00 Paul Temple (b00t2xwp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 11:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m001c6gq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 12:00 Star Terk II (m002j6xl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jntz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Simon Evans Goes to Market (b044j94d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 13:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j7wy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00cbn17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 14:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m0000qw4)
Series 13
Episode 3
Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Lee Mack welcome:
* Comedian and writer Karen Dunbar
* Metallurgist Professor John Wood
* Breakfast radio host Shaun Keaveny.
The Museum's Guest Committee steel themselves for some deadly karaoke, use a massive machine to show off a single atom of iron and experience the unalloyed joy of opening an old-fashioned tube of toothpaste.
Researched by QI and Mike Turner.
Producers: Richard Turner and Anne Miller.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2018.
WED 14:30 The Circle (m001cgjw)
Holding The Baby
As Mike's big snooker match approaches and a variety of underhand dealings come to a head, a childcare crisis occurs for the babysitting circle. Who will be left holding the baby?
A six-part comedy series by Elizabeth Baines, set on an estate – described as an ‘exclusive village development’ – in Whittleshulme, Cheshire. Being the late ‘90s, the estate is squarely aimed at yuppies, the nouveau-riche and high-fliers. The trouble is, there are no local teenagers to babysit to allow the residents to pursue their busy careers and social lives. Hence the local babysitting circle…
Jenny Bryant .... Sherrie Hewson
Geoff Bryant .... John McArdle
Vanessa Percival .... Melissa Sinden
Doug Lewis .... Shaun Parkes
Carla McInnan .... Maxine Burth
Trish Abbas .... Jane Hazelgrove
Mike Quiqley .... Andrew Whyment
Emma .... Tara Prendergast
Crystal .... Holly Grainger
Hayley .... Jane Cawdron
Benedict .... Oliver Hamilton
Edmund .... Christopher Limond
Jessica .... Gemma Salusbury
Director: Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.
WED 15:00 Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome (b01dtj7q)
3. Every Englishman is Mad
"On the Continent they do sincerely believe that every Englishman is mad. They are as convinced of it as is every English peasant that Frenchmen live in frogs".
Approaching the end of their epic journey by bike, George, Harris and J attempt contemplate the Germans as a nation.
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.
WED 15:30 Roots by Ava Pickett (m000drm0)
Craig Shields (Justin Brady) is a rich, successful businessman who decides to go back to where it all began - the Workshop in Nottingham that transformed his life - to help similarly disadvantaged kids make something of their own lives.
Two problems - they don't want his help and he's got the wrong keys to unlock their potential.
It stars Line of Duty's Vicky McClure and the extraordinary talents of the BAFTA Award winning Television Workshop.
Craig's altruistic homecoming is not what he envisaged. Support he was relying on from old friends and colleagues doesn't materialise. While Craig would prefer to forget most of his troubled Notts past, there is one person that will always have a place in his heart - his long time ex Sandra (Vicky McClure). A spark that was lit 15 years ago is rekindled with Craig's reappearance in Nottingham.
Over the years the Nottingham Television Workshop has produced This is England, Samantha Morton, Vicky McClure and Jack O'Connell, among many others. Anyone who wants to cast funny, authentic, young, working-class actors goes to the Workshop. Fittingly the show is directed by the person that helped launch the careers of the actors mentioned above and who ran the Workshop for 30 years, Ian Smith.
The show was created by Love In Recovery's Pete Jackson and Mario Stylianides.
It is written by a brand new writer, Ava Pickett.
Craig …. Justin Brady
Lisa …. Kelly Jaggers
Ben …. Ben Welch
Sandra …. Vicky McClure
Sadie …. Ella O'Brien
Spike …. Spike Fearn
Harpal …. Harpal Hayer
Narisha …. Narisha Lawson
Jorden …. Jorden Myrie
Rochelle …. Simpson
Steve …. Joel Morris
Punter …. Ian Smith
Created by Pete Jackson and Mario Stylianides.
Written by Ava Pickett.
Producer: Mario Stylianides
Director: Ian Smith
A Golden Path production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2020.
WED 16:00 Peter Sellers Sings (m002j6xv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 17:00 Paul Temple (b00t2xwp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 17:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m001c6gq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 18:00 Star Terk II (m002j6xl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jntz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 19:00 Simon Evans Goes to Market (b044j94d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j7wy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 19:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00cbn17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 20:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m0000qw4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
WED 20:30 The Circle (m001cgjw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
WED 21:00 Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome (b01dtj7q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
WED 21:30 Roots by Ava Pickett (m000drm0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 today]
WED 22:00 Do Gooders (m002hv3n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 22:30 Where Did It All Go Wrong? (b0076qq2)
Series 2
The Legend of Billy Buckethead
An investigation into the phenomena of bucket-wearing, sweeping the globe.
Written by and starring Simon Munnery.
With:
Kevin Eldon
Sally Phillips
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2005.
WED 22:45 Athena's Cancel Culture (m000v8xd)
Episode 3
Athena Kugblenu looks at the history of cancel culture, exploring how celebrity justice may have been meted out back in the day.
Were some historical figures unfairly cancelled?
Over the last few years, if a celebrity has ever said or done anything remotely controversial, then they've probably been cancelled.
Largely performed through social media, some describe it as necessary evil to help democratise the internet and reflect the expectancy of an artist’s audience, for others it’s just a chance to shut up gobby celebs!
Whatever your view, it certainly helps empower fans by diminishing celebrity cultural capital and helping keep their egos and opinions in check. It's a growing phenomenon that's left almost no one unscathed, from comedians and actors to musicians and TV hosts.
It’s also happening to the not so famous - remember the bin cat lady?
With stand up and sketch comedy, Athena explores cancel culture and the world of offence in modern times.
Athena helps to explain the phenomenon of cancel culture among celebrities, look at the history of offence, and offer up some cancel rules for guidance. Athena then puts all that cancel knowledge to the test on her own social media activity from 10 years ago.
There’s just no escape from cancel culture justice, even for Athena!
Written and performed by Athena Kugblenu.
With:
James McNicholas
Jamie-Rose Monk
William Frazer
Producer: Gus Beattie
A Gusman production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2021.
WED 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (m001g9v0)
Series 5
Episode 3
Logical problems on Desert Island Discs and movie scene niggles.
Sharp-edged topical humour in the most expensive show on radio.
Written by and starring Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell
With:
Jasper Jacob
Felicity Montagu
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.
WED 23:30 Henry Normal: A Normal... (m0018x47)
Community
Henry Normal: A Normal... Community
"Shove up National Treasures. We need to make room for Henry Normal"
Simon O'Hagan - Radio Times
The ninth instalment in this acclaimed, occasional series in which acclaimed, occasional writer Henry Normal uses poetry, stories and comedy to tackle those subjects so big only radio can possibly contain them.
So far Henry has covered ‘Family’, ‘Life’, ‘Love’, ‘Imagination’, ‘Nature’, ‘The Universe’, ‘Communication' and Ageing'; in this new episode, recorded in front of a live audience in his home city of Nottingham, he will be talking about 'Community'.
Henry Normal is a multi-award winning writer, producer and poet. Co-writer of award winning TV programmes such as The Royle Family, The Mrs Merton Show, Coogan’s Run and Paul Calf, and producer of, amongst many others, Oscar-Nominated Philomena, Gavin and Stacey and Alan Partridge.
Praise for previous episodes in this series:
"It's a rare and lovely thing: half an hour of radio that stops you short, gently demands your attention and then wipes your tears away while you have to have a little sit down"
"It's a real treat to hear a seasoned professional like Henry taking command of this evening comedy spot to deliver a show that's idiosyncratic and effortlessly funny"
"Not heard anything that jumps from hilarious to moving in such an intelligent, subtle way as Henry Normal's show"
Written and performed by Henry Normal
Production Coordinator - Katie Baum
Production Coordinator - Beverly Tagg
Sound manager - Jerry Peal
Produced by Carl Cooper
A BBC Studios production

THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2025

THU 00:00 Peter Sellers Sings (m002j6xv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b00t2xwp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m001c6gq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Star Terk II (m002j6xl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jntz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Simon Evans Goes to Market (b044j94d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j7wy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00cbn17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m0000qw4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 The Circle (m001cgjw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome (b01dtj7q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Roots by Ava Pickett (m000drm0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Paul Temple (b00t4tps)
Paul Temple and Steve
8. The Final Curtain
Belasco is close to capture and unmasking, but he - or she - still has a trick or two up their sleeve.
Enlisted by Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard, Paul Temple and his wife Steve to help track down the mysterious Dr Belasco. The suave couple search for clues by day, then dance the night away in louche Latin American night clubs.
A faithful 2010 re-creation of the 1947 detective serial 'Paul Temple and Steve', the original of which was lost from the Radio Archive.
Written by Francis Durbridge.
Paul Temple ..... Crawford Logan
Steve ..... Gerda Stevenson
Sir Graham Forbes ..... Gareth Thomas
Kaufman ..... Nick Underwood
Worth/Charlie ..... Greg Powrie
Nelson ..... Jimmy Chisholm
Joseph ..... Richard Greenwood
Ed Bellamy ..... Robin Laing
Insp. Perry ..... Michael Mackenzie
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010
THU 06:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m001qdqm)
BBC National Short Story Award 2023
Comorbidities by Naomi Wood
After the realisation that heir sex life isn’t exactly on fire, a couple with two young children decide they must take action. But how to spice things up?
Written by Naomi Wood. Read by Charlotte Ritchie.
The BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University is one of the most prestigious for a single short story. The stories are broadcast on Radio 4 and published in an anthology.
This story by Naomi Wood won the 18th BBC National Short Story Award in 2023.
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2023.
THU 07:00 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (b007k087)
Episode 5
Back in London, Robert gets into trouble and the solicitor's clerk receives an unlikely visitor.
Starring Richard Griffiths as shy solicitor's clerk, Edgar Finchley.
Robert Gillespie ...... James Cohen
Mrs Crantell ...... Anna Cropper
Marie Peters ...... Serena Evans
Mr Barker ...... John Bird
Narrated by James Villiers.
Written by Victor Canning and adapted for radio by Andy and Eric Merriman.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1994.
THU 07:30 I'm Ken, He's Bill (m002jjlh)
Thoroughly Modern Billy
Can Ken transform Bill so they can both be successful in the game of love?
'I'm Ken, He's Bill' follows the exploits of flatmates Ken and Bill, played by Peter Cleall and Derek Seaton.
Their neighbours upstairs are flatmates Angela and Caroline played by Suzanne Kerchiss and April Walker.
And they all live under the watchful gaze of their landlady, Mrs Platt, played by Patricia Hayes.
Two series ran on BBC Radio 2 between 1972 and 1975.
Written by John Davis and Richard Mathews.
Ken …. Peter Cleall
Bill …. Derek Seaton
Angella …. Suzanne Kerchiss
Caroline …. April Walker
Mrs Platt …. Patricia Hayes
The Policeman …. David Ryall
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1975.
THU 08:00 Guilt Trip (b07mxt9d)
3. Getting Afloat
On day 10 of the walk, they spot a narrow boat that reminds Laura of the Rosie and Jim boat she remembers from the children's TV show.
But when the owner invites them aboard, it doesn't all go quite as they might have expected.
Comedy drama written by Katherine Jakeways with Felicity Montagu and Olivia Nixon.
A mother and daughter are undertaking a two week sponsored walk along The Thames Path to raise money for the dead father's charity.
But the mother and father divorced nine years ago and he'd re-married, so relationships between them all have been strained.
Things come to a head at any mention of the French Oak gable table that Ros and her now dead ex bought together in Camden. This has somehow ended up in the stepmother's house, much to Ros's annoyance: "I mean she sits at it! It's my table and she sits at it."
Ros ...... Felicity Montagu
Laura ...... Olivia Nixon
Stepmother ...... Katherine Jakeways
Boat Owner ...... Juliet Cowan
Producer: Jane Berthoud
A BBC Comedy production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2016.
THU 08:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j7x0)
4. Tears
Christine finally reveals to Raoul why she must continue to sing for the terrifying cloaked composer.
Gaston Leroux's novel about the half-crazed Phantom lurking in the Paris Opera House, obsessed with beautiful young singer, Christine.
Read by Jack Klaff.
Episode four of ten parts abridged by Andrew Simpson, from a translation by Peter Haining.
Producer: Harriet Lang
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1995.
THU 08:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00cbvc6)
14. Run
Where can Ghassan Mehmoud run?
Anthony Trollope's satirical novel about money, greed and dishonesty - updated by Jonathan Myerson.
Ghassan Mehmoud ...... Henry Goodman
Felix 'Flex' Carbury ...... Dexter Fletcher
Anthony Trollope ...... John Rowe
Paul Montague ...... Nyasha Hatendi
Rt Hon Jeremy Longstaff ...... David bamber
Georgiana Longstaff ...... Lucy Montgomery
Ruby Ruggles ...... Sheridan Smith
Marie Mehmoud ...... Chipo Chung
Roger Lloyd-Montague ...... Ben Crowe
Hetta Carbury ...... Emily Wachter
Tilly Carbury ...... Annette Badland
Helen Croll ...... Liz Sutherland
Nick Broune ...... Stephen Critchlow
Other parts played by:
Chris Pavlo
Beth Chalmers
Dan Starkey
Joan Walker
Director: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.
THU 09:00 Stand-Up Specials (m002ht2m)
Glenn Moore's Almanac Series 2
Russian Spy
Comedian Glenn Moore looks in his almanac at world events and what he was doing at the time. In this episode, a deadly spy operation causes Glenn to suspect his completely innocent Russian flatmate who just happens to have a novelty cigarette lighter in the shape of a gun. And not a novelty gun in the shape of a cigarette lighter.
Perhaps best-known for his outrageously brilliant one-liners on Mock The Week , Glenn delivers a tale of comic mishaps and extraordinary scenes interwoven with a big event in history – and looks back through his almanac to find out other strange connections to the day as well.
Written by Glenn with additional material by Katie Storey (Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week, The Last Leg) and produced and directed by David Tyler (Cabin Pressure, Armando Iannucci’s Charm Offensive, etc)
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4
THU 09:30 Self Drives (b06pxp39)
Maxwell's Equations
4. Maxwell in Space
Will Self continues his 600 mile road trip on the trail of much neglected Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell who 150 years ago pioneered the theory of the electromagnetic waves which made mobile phones, radio, radar and GPS possible.
In a bid to feel the wonder of Maxwell's work and legacy, Will is driving from Edinburgh to Cambridge in an electric car, accompanied by Akram Khan, professor of particle physics at Brunel University.
Following a clash of views about the value of scientific progress, Will & Akram drive to Jodrell Bank Observatory in a bid to understand more about the application of Maxwell's equations.
Producer: Laurence Grissell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.
THU 09:45 Daily Service (m002j736)
Sacred Expressions: The Arts in Worship
In this week-long series of Daily Services, different voices reflect on how the arts - music, painting, sculpture, and more - can deepen our spiritual lives. Each day, a different piece of art will be introduced, with the speaker sharing how it has shaped their faith, inspired their ministry, or opened new understandings of the divine. Through scripture, story, and sacred art, they explore the ways God speaks to us not just in words, but in colour, sound, and form.
Thursday 11/9 - led by Sammi Tooze
THU 10:00 Great Lives (m001qmcy)
Chi-chi Nwanoku on Jessye Norman
Musician Chi-chi Nwanoku chooses the American singer Jessye Norman, a global opera superstar.
On the 11th June 1988 Jessye Norman performed a spine-tingling rendition of 'Amazing Grace' to a packed Wembley Stadium, bringing to a close a concert marking the seventieth birthday of Nelson Mandela. By this point in her career Jessye Norman was a global icon of opera, best-known for her performances in works by Wagner, Verdi and Mozart. She refused to take the parts traditionally offered to Black singers and once said that pigeonholes were only for pigeons. She would sing, in fact, whatever she liked.
Double-bassist and founder of the Chineke! Orchestra Chi-chi Nwanoku was driving back from a concert when she first heard Jessye Norman singing on the radio. She remembers being so struck by her voice that she had to pull over and wait until the performance had finished before continuing her journey. Chi-chi and presenter Matthew Parris explore some of Jessye Norman's work and recordings, and her views on what it means to be a Black woman in classical music.
Chi-chi and Matthew are joined by Kira Thurman, Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Michigan to help map out the key moments and decisions in Jessye Norman's extraordinary life.
Producer: Toby Field
BBC Audio Bristol production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2023.
THU 10:30 When Yorkshire Played New York (b08y198z)
Cricket was once the most popular sport played in America. To begin this story, Geoff Boycott and veteran New York cricketer Clarence Modeste recall an extraordinary attempt to revive cricket with the Yorkshire county team playing at Staten Island Cricket Club in the midst of social unrest during 1964.
At that time, America was a turbulent place following the assassination of President Kennedy. The Civil Rights movement was under attack and there was rioting in the streets.
As The Beatles took to the stage of the Paramount Theatre in New York for their US debut, across town the Brylcreem boys of Yorkshire were beginning their attempt to bring cricket back to the USA. Gamesmanship, partying, and psychological warfare are recounted here by some of the survivors.
In the 1800s, before the American Civil War, cricket was the dominant sport in America. Presenter and cricket fanatic David Prest visits the home of US cricket in Haverford, Philadelphia, to hear about the social history of the game and how it's surviving now - largely organised and played along ethnic team lines. The award winning-author Joseph O’Neill recounts the origins of his bestselling novel about cricket in the USA, Netherland, and describes how the police organise cricket facilities in New York for young Muslim players in poorer areas in an attempt to keep them from becoming isolated and succumbing to extremist ideology.
By contrast, we also visit the exclusive surroundings of Merrion Cricket Club in Haverford, Philadelphia, where millionaires take tea on the pavilion.
Finally, the programme asks if America could ever become a cricketing nation once again.
Producer: Peter Curran
A Foghorn production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2017.
THU 11:00 Paul Temple (b00t4tps)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 11:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m001qdqm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 12:00 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (b007k087)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Ken, He's Bill (m002jjlh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 13:00 Guilt Trip (b07mxt9d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 13:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j7x0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00cbvc6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 14:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008s32f)
Episode 5
From landing a plane in a crisis to a trip to the dentist.
Clive Anderson hosts the famed improvisation game.
Regular team captains:
Stephen Fry
John Sessions
With:
John Bird
Jimmy Mulville
It ran for 10 series on Channel 4 and found success in America, but the hit TV improvisation game actually started life on BBC radio.
With Colin Sell at the piano.
Devised and compiled by Mark Leveson.
Additional material by Martin Booth.
Producer: Dan Patterson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988.
THU 14:30 Ballylenon (b008751g)
Series 6
Episode 5
Following Guard Gallagher's successful performance in New York, Phonsie’s lured back a tourist executive to promote the town...
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1956.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Phonsie Doherty …. TP McKenna
Muriel McConkey …. Margaret D'Arcy
Vera McConkey …. Stella McCusker
Vivienne Hawthorne …. Aine McCartney
Reverend Hawthorne …. Gerard Murphy
Packie McGoldrick …. Charlie Bonnar
Stumpy Bonnar …. Gerard McSorley
Guard Gallagher …. John Hewitt
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
Directed at BBC Belfast by Peter Kavanagh.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
THU 15:00 Goodbye, Mr Chips by James Hilton (m002j738)
Episode 1
In comfortable retirement at Mrs. Wickett's, just across the way from Brookfield, the gentle old schoolmaster has a thousand tangled memories of more than sixty years at his beloved school.
Starring John Church as Mr. Chipping.
Written by James Hilton and first published in 1934.
Dramatised in two parts by Margaret Simpson.
Mr. Chipping .... John Church
Mrs. Wickett .... Katherine Parr
Kathie .... Lolly Cockerell
Dr. Merivale .... Lewis Stringer
Wetherby .... Godfrey Kenton
Lucy .... Hilda Schroder
Rowden .... Alaric Cotter
Barker .... John Bott
Whitby .... John McAndrew
Meldrum .... John Forbes-Robertson
Bryce .... Haydn Wood
Brookfield boys .... Adrian Breeze, Matthew Emerson, and Ian Land
Mission boys .... Paul Beardshaw, Colin McDonagh, and Stuart Sampson
Director: Graham Gauld
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1980.
THU 16:00 Great Lives (m001qmcy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:30 When Yorkshire Played New York (b08y198z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
THU 17:00 Paul Temple (b00t4tps)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 17:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m001qdqm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 18:00 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (b007k087)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:30 I'm Ken, He's Bill (m002jjlh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 19:00 Guilt Trip (b07mxt9d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j7x0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 19:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00cbvc6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 20:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008s32f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
THU 20:30 Ballylenon (b008751g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
THU 21:00 Goodbye, Mr Chips by James Hilton (m002j738)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
THU 22:00 Stand-Up Specials (m002ht2m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 22:30 Hearing with Hegley (b00bbnvw)
Series 1
Episode 5
The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley, presents another selection of his work.
With:
Keith Moore
Susan Norton
Andrew Bailey
Nigel Piper
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996.
THU 22:45 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b007jmz1)
Series 1
Normal Love
Cartoonist Steven Appleby takes a distinctly abnormal look at everyday life in the 21st century by looking each week at one of life's fundamental topics.
When his wife leaves him for a kettle, the cartoonist looks for love elsewhere..
Six-part comedy written by Steven Appleby
Steven Appleby …. Paul McCrink
Lauren Maroon/Constable/Wife …. Rachel Atkins
Mr Two/Video Narrator/Fluffman/Salesman/Judge …. Ewan Bailey
Steven's Dad/Doctor/Roger …. Nigel Betts
Steven's Mum/Desk Sergeant …. Rosalind Paul
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.
THU 23:00 Kevin Eldon Will See You Now (b08nq6ft)
Series 3
The Haunted Ghost of the Scary Studio of Terror
Get ready for bunnies, Beethoven, Dylan Thomas and olives.
And discover a use for avant-garde German film director Werner Herzog.
Comedy's best kept secret ingredient, Kevin Eldon hosts his very own sketch show.
Also starring:
Amelia Bullmore
Julia Davis
Paul Putner
Justin Edwards
David Reed
Rosie Cavaliero
Written by Kevin Eldon.
With additional material by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris.
Original music by Martin Bird.
Director: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2017.
THU 23:30 Beauty of Britain (b01mf7ng)
Series 3
The New Best Friend
Beauty, our outspoken African careworker has a new best friend who encourages her to branch out.
Jay charms Karen and Sally in the office too, but are they all ready to go with Jay's ambitious schemes?
Beauty of Britain is about one woman's progress through a foreign country as she searches for personal fulfilment, a sense of belonging and a pair of Jimmy Choos she can walk to church in.
Beauty works as a carer for the Featherdown Agency, which is based in Stoke. She sees herself as an inspiration to other African girls hoping to live the dream in Britain.
Written by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson.
Beauty ...... Jocelyn Jee Esien
Jay ...... Colin Hoult
Mrs. Pleat ...... Anne Reid
Sally ...... Felicity Montagu
Karen ...... Nicola Sanderson
Mrs. Gupte ...... Indira Joshi
Anil ...... Phaldut Sharma
WPC White ...... Llewella Gideon
Shop Assistant ...... Rachel Atkins
Producer : Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.

FRIDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2025

FRI 00:00 Great Lives (m001qmcy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 When Yorkshire Played New York (b08y198z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b00t4tps)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m001qdqm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (b007k087)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 I'm Ken, He's Bill (m002jjlh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Guilt Trip (b07mxt9d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j7x0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00cbvc6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008s32f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Ballylenon (b008751g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Goodbye, Mr Chips by James Hilton (m002j738)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 A Severe Chill by Jack Gerson (m002j77y)
Mark fulfils a promise to a dead friend. Has he chosen the right man to confide in? With Martin Cochrane and Bryden Murdoch.
'Kauffman came across some computer tapes... he was doing some auditing of this particular firm's accounts. He ran the tapes through by accident. He got detailed political and private information on every important person in this city. Now Kauffman is dead and I'm scared.'
Written by Jack Gerson.
Mark Barron .... Martin Cochrane
Louise Martins .... Clare Richards
Peter Martins .... Bryden Murdoch
Producer: Gordon Emslie
BBC Scotland production for Radio 4, first broadcast in February 1976.
FRI 06:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m002309d)
BBC National Short Story Award 2024
Ghost Kitchen by Ross Raisin
A journey into the the gig economy's dark underbelly in an unnamed city.
Written by Ross Raisin. Read by Ashley Margolis.
The BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University is one of the most prestigious for a single short story. The stories are broadcast on Radio 4 and published in an anthology.
This story by Ross Raisin won the 19th BBC National Short Story Award in 2024.
Ross Raisin is the author of four novels: A Hunger, A Natural, Waterline and God’s Own Country (2008). He won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award in 2009, and in 2013 was named on Granta’s once a decade Best of Young British Novelists list. He has written short stories for various publications, including Granta, Prospect, the Sunday Times, Esquire, BBC Radio 3 and 4.
Abridged by Rowan Routh.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2024.
FRI 07:00 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (b00bf0l6)
Holmes Strikes a Happy Medium
Baker Street’s Great Detective Sherlock Holmes tries to unravel murderous goings-on at a séance.
Roy Hudd spoofs the famous sleuth in Tony Hare’s comedy series.
Sherlock Holmes …. Roy Hudd
Dr Watson …. Chris Emmett
Mrs Hudson …. June Whitfield
Moriarty …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Inspector Lestrade …. Moriarty
Musical accompaniment: Ian Smith
Producer: Chris Neill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1999.
FRI 07:30 The Inimitable Jeeves (b007tdnm)
The Metropolitan Touch
Bingo Little is in love again, so Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves are summoned to help.
PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.
Adapted by Chris Miller.
Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Bingo Little ..... Jonathan Cecil
Steggles ...... Edwin Apps
Kid ...... Denise Bryer
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973.
FRI 08:00 Teatime (m000fq41)
Episode 2
Sensing he might be in with a chance to win her back, Joe decides to ambush his ex-wife Donna with an impromptu date night.
Donna isn’t sure what to think, and neither are Vicky and Rav – Joe’s decided to stage this ambush in their kitchen.
Meanwhile, Vicky’s sister Lisa is #livingherbestlife as a single lady about town. Now that she’s got nothing to look forward to except a lifetime of married routine, is Vicky just a little jealous?
And Uncle Bob has some excellent advice for Rav.
Comedy by Katherine Jakeways about a chaotic but loving family.
Joe …… Philip Glenister
Donna …… Samantha Spiro
Vicky …… Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Rav …… Prasanna Puwanarajah
Lisa …… Katie Redford
Uncle Bob …… Steven Brandon
Producer: Sam Ward
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2020.
FRI 08:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j7x2)
5. Blazing Eyes
Raoul is determined to save Christine, but will he be able to overcome Erik’s hold on her.
The half-crazed Phantom lurks in the labyrinth of the Paris Opera House, obsessed with Christine, a beautiful young opera singer...
Gaston Leroux's novel read by Jack Klaff.
Episode five of ten parts abridged by Andrew Simpson, from a translation by Peter Haining.
Producer: Harriet Lang
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1995.
FRI 08:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00ccd29)
15. Mended Hearts
In the glare of scandal, some hearts are mended.
Anthony Trollope's satirical novel about money, greed and dishonesty - updated by Jonathan Myerson.
Ghassan Mehmoud ...... Henry Goodman
Felix 'Flex' Carbury ...... Dexter Fletcher
Anthony Trollope ...... John Rowe
Paul Montague ...... Nyasha Hatendi
Rt Hon Jeremy Longstaff ...... David bamber
Georgiana Longstaff ...... Lucy Montgomery
Ruby Ruggles ...... Sheridan Smith
Marie Mehmoud ...... Chipo Chung
Roger Lloyd-Montague ...... Ben Crowe
Hetta Carbury ...... Emily Wachter
Tilly Carbury ...... Annette Badland
Helen Croll ...... Liz Sutherland
Nick Broune ...... Stephen Critchlow
Other parts played by:
Chris Pavlo
Beth Chalmers
Dan Starkey
Joan Walker
Director: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.
FRI 09:00 Icklewick FM (m002j5k4)
Series 2
2. The Tenner
Icklewick comes down with a bout of Royal fever when the town’s first King Charles tenner is discovered by serial hotline botherer, Pat. When the patriotism inevitably turns sour, Chris and Amy are forced to intervene in order to prevent Simon from leading a home invasion. The gang also speak to Icklewick’s unluckiest resident.
Icklewick FM is created and written by Chris Cantrill and Amy Gledhill, with additional material from the cast.
Starring:
Amy Gledhill
Chris Cantrill
Mark Silcox
Colin Hoult
Janice Connolly
Phil Ellis
Lucy Beaumont
Shivani Thussu
Jin Hao Li
Tom Burgess
Nicola Redman
Tai Campbell
Em Humble
James Carbutt
Series Artwork by Sam O'Leary
Music, sound design and additional material by Jack Lewis Evans.
Line Produced by Laura Shaw
Produced by Benjamin Sutton.
A Daddy’s Superyacht production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 09:30 Self Drives (b06pxyt2)
Maxwell's Equations
5. Maxwell's Genius
Will Self concludes his 600 mile road trip on the trail of much neglected Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell who, 150 years ago, pioneered the theory of the electromagnetic waves which made mobile phones, radio, radar and GPS possible.
In a bid to feel the wonder of Maxwell's work and legacy, Will is driving from Edinburgh to Cambridge in an electric car, accompanied by Akram Khan, professor of particle physics at Brunel University.
In this final episode, Will poses the question: was Maxwell really a genius?
Producer: Laurence Grissell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.
FRI 09:45 Daily Service (m002j782)
Sacred Expressions: The Arts in Worship
In this week-long series of Daily Services, different voices reflect on how the arts - music, painting, sculpture, and more - can deepen our spiritual lives. Each day, a different piece of art will be introduced, with the speaker sharing how it has shaped their faith, inspired their ministry, or opened new understandings of the divine. Through scripture, story, and sacred art, they explore the ways God speaks to us not just in words, but in colour, sound, and form.
Friday 12/9 -
FRI 10:00 Soul Music (b07z43fm)
Jerusalem
"Jerusalem" has become a quintessentially middle-class and very English song, but it is held in the hearts and memories of people from different backgrounds and cultures.
There is a bit of cricket - commentator Jonathan Agnew (Aggers) discusses England's stunning and unexpected victory in the 2005 Ashes. Jerusalem reminds him of that extraordinary summer.
Pamela Davenport is the daughter of a man who felt that the words of Jerusalem highlighted inequality in society; lack of money prevented him fulfilling his academic potential and he died in a care home that didn't care well enough for him.
For American poet, Ann Lauterbach, the unusual and little-known Paul Robeson version was the theme-tune to her escape from the difficult years of Nixon and Vietnam to 1960s London.
Singer, Janet Shell, recalls the burial of her Great Uncle who was killed during World War One, but whose body was only discovered in 2009.
Susanne Sklar - a scholar of William Blake - discusses the inspiration behind the words of the poem. Probably, she says, he wrote them while awaiting his trial for sedition; he was in trouble for fighting with a soldier who had urinated in his garden.
Composer and writer, Paul Spicer, plays, sings and talks through the tune which was composed by Sir Hubert Parry.
Producer: Karen Gregor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2016.
FRI 10:30 The Concrete and the Divine (b01rqnf3)
Under the umbrella of Glasgow architects Gillespie Kidd & Coia, Isi Metzstein and Andrew MacMillan seized on the momentary experimentalism of the Catholic Church after World War II to revolutionise church design.
This was a brave new world and the Catholic Church wanted their places of worship to meet the needs of a new era.
In a culture never quite comfortable with the high modern influences of Europe and America, Metzstein and MacMillan drew on the ideas of Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright with unparalleled freedom.
Their masterpiece was St Peter's Seminary at Cardross, which stood out like a spaceship in the modest construction yards of British architecture. It's a ghost space now, abandoned in 1980 just 14 years after completion.
While most of their churches are still in use, their Modernist design and location means they stand like monuments to a very different time; a time when Catholicism in Scotland was expected to spread its wings.
Jonathan Glancey explores Scotland's physical and spiritual landscape to discover more about the extraordinary lives of two of Britain's most talented architects.
Producer: Caitlin Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2013.
FRI 11:00 A Severe Chill by Jack Gerson (m002j77y)
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FRI 11:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m002309d)
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FRI 12:00 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (b00bf0l6)
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FRI 12:30 The Inimitable Jeeves (b007tdnm)
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FRI 13:00 Teatime (m000fq41)
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FRI 13:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j7x2)
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FRI 13:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00ccd29)
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FRI 14:00 The Motion Show (b00762gh)
Series 4
Episode 2
Debates galore, from banning email and mobiles to who's the winner in the battle of the sexes?
Graeme Garden chairs the quirky battle of words and wit.
With:
Gyles Brandreth
Sue Perkins
Steve Punt
Marcus Brigstocke
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.
FRI 14:30 Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! (b0b2jg2y)
Series 3
Milton Prime
Special offer! Sign on with Milton Prime, the pioneering audio comedy delivery service and listen to this week's programme completely free.
Mention Milton Jones to most people and the first thing they think is "Help!". Each week, Milton and his trusty assistant Anton set out to help people and soon find they're embroiled in a new adventure.
Written by Milton with James Cary and Dan Evans
With:
Tom Goodman-Hill
Josie Lawrence
Ben Willbond
Music by Guy Jackson.
Directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2018.
FRI 15:00 Goodbye, Mr Chips by James Hilton (m002j784)
Episode 2
Although considered a confirmed bachelor by his colleagues and pupils, Mr. Chipping has surprised them all by marrying Kathie, a girl twenty years younger than himself.
He is looking forward to a long and happy union.
Starring John Church as Mr. Chipping.
Written by James Hilton.
Dramatised in two parts by Margaret Simpson.
Mr. Chipping .... John Church
Mrs. Wickett .... Katherine Parr
Kathie .... Lolly Cockerell
Dr. Merivale .... Lewis Stringer
Sutton .... Gordon Reid
Ralston .... Nigel Anthony
Chatteris .... Walter Hall
Staefel .... Graham Faulkner
Wetherby .... Godfrey Kenton
Williams .... Christopher Scott
Wadham .... Harold Reese
Barker .... John Bott
Deakin .... John Gray
Midwife .... Sonia Fraser
Linford .... Arthur Haycraft
Brookfield boys .... Adam Bass, Matthew Emerson, Ian Land, and Adam Landor
Director: Graham Gauld
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1980.
FRI 15:55 Inheritance Tracks (m0001wl0)
Brian Eno
Musician Brian Eno with ‘Jerusalem’ from Rex Lawson on pianola and ‘Peace Be Still' by Rev James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir.
FRI 16:00 Soul Music (b07z43fm)
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FRI 16:30 The Concrete and the Divine (b01rqnf3)
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FRI 17:00 A Severe Chill by Jack Gerson (m002j77y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 17:30 BBC National Short Story Award (m002309d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 18:00 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (b00bf0l6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 18:30 The Inimitable Jeeves (b007tdnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 19:00 Teatime (m000fq41)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (m002j7x2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 19:45 The Way We Live Right Now by Anthony Trollope (b00ccd29)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
FRI 20:00 The Motion Show (b00762gh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! (b0b2jg2y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Goodbye, Mr Chips by James Hilton (m002j784)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
FRI 21:55 Inheritance Tracks (m0001wl0)
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FRI 22:00 Icklewick FM (m002j5k4)
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FRI 22:30 Dial M for Pizza (b007k1k9)
Series 1
Episode 4
The sketch show takes to the rails for Dr Terror's House of Pizza.
Ever since that first primordial fireball exploded in the void countless aeons ago, scattering energy and matter to the furthest reaches of the space-time continuum, people have been doing funny sketches on the radio. And this is no exception.
Sketch comedy written by James Hendrie and Ian Brown.
Starring:
Robert Bathurst
Brenda Blethyn
Mike Grady
Jonathan Kydd
Producer: David Tyler
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002jjln)
Temi Wilkey 3/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Jake Yapp speaks to the writer and performer Temi Wilkey.
FRI 23:00 Desolation Jests (b085wjb8)
Episode 3
David Jason stars with Jan Ravens, Rory Bremner and John Bird in David Renwick's dark and original comedy.
Interviewer JP Doom asks cultural icons of our times what sketches would bring a smile to their faces with oblivion just around the corner.
Lucian Bile, aka Rot Caries, Britain's first and only punk dentist chooses his favourite moments from a not-altogether-accurate history of comedy, including most of an announcement from the Ministry of Unfinished Business, a clock shop with a Rabbi in the window, and a sinister case from the files of Offcom Squad.
With:
David Jason
John Bird
Jan Ravens
Rory Bremner
Producer: Gareth Edwards
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2016.
FRI 23:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b007s5g7)
Series 1
1. Boothby Graffoe
From the Bonzo Dog Band to Spike Jones and the City Slickers.
Musical comedian Mitch Benn presents his selection of some of the finest comic songs by other performers.
With his guest Boothby Graffoe.
Producer: Ed Morrish
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in July 2005.