SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2025

SAT 00:00 Soul Music (m000lg3c)
Harvest Moon
It's a love song about growing old.
Neil Young's Harvest Moon released in 1992 is a nod to 1970s country rock.
It's loved by music blogger Alyson Young. It's also a grown up song about love says singer-songwriter Ricky Ross.
How do you make the magic last and how do you keep love alive?
People tell their stories about what the song means to them: jazz singer Maureen Washington danced to the song with her late husband.
Amanda Legere played it to her premature baby daughter when she went to see her in the ICU. She knows the baby responded to that song.
Mary Divine and her husband were serenaded on their wedding anniversary during lockdown. The whole neighbourhood came out to watch a teenage neighbour play Harvest Moon for them.
Margy Waller drove to work at the White House on the final days of Bill Clinton's Presidency listening to Harvest Moon because she needed to cry. For her it's a song about loss. She is still touched by it today during the pandemic in what she describes as another period of great loss.
Versions of Harvest Moon include those by:
Neil Young
Cassandra Wilson
Maureen Washington
Nils Lofgren
Neil Young Unplugged
Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact.
Producer: Maggie Ayre
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2020.
SAT 00:30 There's A Guy Works Down Our Local Swears He's Elvis (b0076gsg)
Ian McMillan investigates the phenomenon of the Elvis impersonator.
What motivates them to do it and are they ever off duty?
Ian meets Malcolm Halsall - aka Ravin' Rupert - who has spent the majority of his life impersonating The King. He describes the roots of his career in Scunthorpe and how he cashed in on the fact that Elvis didn’t tour the UK.
Then Barnsley’s Brian Lauden explains why he does Elvis and how it all started at a wedding party.
Producer: Erin Riley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2003.
SAT 01:00 Whodunnits (b007jpqv)
Miss Marple - The Murder at the Vicarage
5. Murderer Unmasked
Amateur sleuth Miss Jane Marple battles to unearth the proof she needs to reveal the identity of the murderer.
But a few other surprises are in store...
Starring June Whitfield.
Agatha Christie's whodunnit dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Rev Leonard Clement …. Francis Matthews
Griselda Clement …. Imelda Staunton
Lettice Protheroe …. Rachel Atkins
Colonel Melchett …. Richard Todd
Dr Haydock …. Nigel Davenport
Inspector Slack …. John Baddeley
Gladys Cram …. Oona Beeson
Mrs Sadler …. Tina Gray
Constable …. Dominic Letts
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993.
SAT 01:30 Down Payment on Death (b007jtl9)
5. The Moment of Truth
Retired hitman, Art Gordo, finally comes face-to-face with his mysterious nemesis.
Starring Dinsdale Landen.
Gripping conclusion of Jim Eldridge's thriller adapted from his own novel.
Art Gordo …. Dinsdale Landon
Louise Lenehan …. Frances Jeater
Paul Le Clerk …. Donald Gee
Sally Le Clerk …. Joanna Wake
Leon Young …. Basil Henson
Forbes …. Douglas Blackwell
Parsons …. Terrence Hardiman
Hotel Porter …. Frank Coda
Charles Allweather …. Glyn Owen
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1976.
SAT 02:00 Kalangadog Junction (b09bl13k)
Episode 2
After arriving from 1950s Manchester, Dr Thomas and Jane Barrett are finally making headway in the remote town of Kalangadog Junction.
But his appointment as judge of the Beautiful Baby Contest risks offending his new Aussie neighbours.
Starring Caroline Quentin and John Duttine.
Comedy drama series by Moya O'Shea.
Jane .... Caroline Quentin
Thomas .... John Duttine
Jimmy .... Niall Ashdown
Pete .... Toby Longworth
Len .... Brian Bowles
Madge .... Joanna Monro
Milly .... Julie Gibbs
Phoebe .... June Whitfield
Gaeline .... Moya O'Shea
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1996.
SAT 02:30 The Likely Lads (m002m2h1)
Series 2
The Other Side of the Fence
Bob is always conscious of the fact that he was A-stream at school, whereas Terry would have been X-stream if they’d had one.
So, it's no surprise that Bob takes a chance on a transfer to the drawing department whilst Terry remains put…
Starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes.
Created and written for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.
Adapted for BBC Radio by James Bolam.
Bob Ferris .... Rodney Bewes
Terry Collier .... James Bolam
Judith …. Anneke Wills
Sally Ann …. Didi Sullivan
Cloughie …. Bartlett Mullins
Jack …. Donald McKillop
Blakey / Roger …. Richard Moore
Nesbit …. Michael Sheard
Holgate … Eric Dodson
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1968.
SAT 03:00 Quanderhorn (b0bbp001)
The Quanderhorn Xperimentations
Fear! Terror! Gut-wrenching Horror! Arg Arg. Please!
It's 1952, as usual.
Having fired the Dangerous Giant Space Laser at the alien vessel containing his crew, Quanderhorn creates "improved" duplicates of them all as replacements.
Meanwhile the originals - having luckily escaped the blast by triggering the Mercurian metadrive thanks to an astonishingly angry outburst from Guuuurk - find themselves marooned in a strange forest which the Martian deduces is somewhere in the Crab Nebula.
The professor receives a dire warning from his future self, as an ancient alien ziggurat emerges at Piccadilly Circus Tube Station - just by the chocolate machine. He hastens to London to investigate with his new assistants.
Our heroes are slightly surprised when a number 43 bus to Highgate Woods arrives unexpectedly and they race to Piccadilly Circus to confront the professor and their doppelgangers.
But Prime Minister Churchill has plans of his own to deal with Quanderhorn, and summons up his crack Lab Busting bomber squadron.
The Quanderhorn Xperimentations - an adventure beyond human understanding.
Professor Quanderhorn ...... James Fleet
Brian Nylon ...... Ryan Sampson
Dr Gemini Janussen ...... Cassie Layton
Guuuurk ...... Kevin Eldon
Troy Quanderhorn ...... Freddie Fox
Winston Churchill/Jenkins ...... John Sessions
Synthetic Voice ...... Rachel Atkins
Created and written by Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall
Director: Andrew Marshall
Producers: Rob Grant and Gordon Kennedy
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2018.
SAT 03:30 And June Whitfield (b007jvfk)
5. Ab Fab
Mrs Thatcher lands June Whitfield a job making The News Huddlines for BBC Radio 2.
And international fame arrives when Jennifer Saunders casts her as mother in BBC TV's Absolutely Fabulous.
Legendary screen, stage and radio actress, June Whitfield, concludes the story of her life.
Abridged by Sally Marmion
Producer: Sarah Johnson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000.
SAT 03:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b0077403)
5. Nora
Bessy pretends that the ghost of a previous maid has come back to haunt the occupants of Castle Haivers.
It's 1863, and young Irish woman Bessy is trying to escape her former life....
Written by Jane Harris.
Dramatised by Chris Dolan.
Bessy Buckley .... Lucy Paterson
Arabella Reid .... Candida Benson
Director: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2007.
SAT 04:00 Whispers (b007k3bv)
Series 3
Episode 5
Gyles Brandreth hosts the quiz show with scandal on its mind and slander at its heart.
Joining team captains Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip
Louise Doughty
Richard Herring
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.
SAT 04:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00934x9)
Series 3
Episode 5
With a new baby on the way, it's time for some house improvements.
So, against their friends' advice, Daniel and Lucy hire a 'reassuringly middle-class' builder called Nigel...
Starring David Tennant and Elizabeth Carling.
David Spicer's comedy drama about modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of two 30-something non-parents.
Daniel …. David Tennant
Lucy …. Liz Carling
Katie …. Tracy-Ann Oberman
Andy …. Tony Gardner
Alison …. Joanna Brookes
Peter …. Robert Harley
Nigel …. Bill Bailey
Doctor …. Polly Frame
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.
SAT 05:00 Drama on 4 (b00n4zmr)
Legacy by Cath Staincliffe
Probate detectives Rachel and Dan race to locate the rightful heirs to an unclaimed estate - and get a slice of the fortune.
Starring Maxine Peake and Tony Mooney.
Written by Cath Staincliffe.
Rachel ...... Maxine Peake
Dan ...... Tony Mooney
Young Bill ...... Thomas Rolinson
Young Victor ...... Daniel Rogers
Young Violet ...... Lowri Evans
Older Violet ...... Eileen O'Brien
Nun/Secretary ...... Fiona Clarke
Older Victor ...... Claude Close
Director: Nadia Molinari
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.
SAT 05:45 The Good Girl by Elizabeth Bowen (b07mddgv)
"Kissing her as low on the chest as her decolletage permitted... he had begun to be rather Italian. She has never produced this effect before."
A young woman receives a marriage proposal whilst on holiday in Italy.
June Barrie reads Elizabeth Bowen's short story.
Produced at BBC Bristol by Viv Beeby.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1993.
SAT 06:00 Treason by Saunders Lewis (m002m95d)
A group of high-ranking officers believe Germany is losing the Second World War.
They plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler in order to negotiate peace with the Allies.
Set in Paris and Normandy, the conspirators in France might have reached agreement - even after the ringleaders in Berlin had been shot or arrested.
The first two acts take place in the afternoon and evening of Thursday, July 20th 1944, and the last act three days later.
Starring Richard Burton, Emlyn Williams and Sian Phillips.
Drama written by Saunders Lewis, a key figure in the national life of Wales
First published in 1958 and translated from the Welsh by Elwyn Jones.
This production was also recorded by the BBC in Welsh using the same distinguished Welsh cast.
Adapted by Emyr Humphreys.
Countess Else Von Dietlof, private secretary to the Military Governor of France .... Sian Phillips
General Heinrich Von Stuelpnagel, Military Governor of France .... Meredith Edwards
Colonel Caisar Von Hochacker, on the staff of the Governor .... Richard Burton
General Karl Albrecht, Chief of the Gestapo in France .... Emlyn Williams
Colonel Hans Otfried Linstow, on the staff of the Governor in Paris .... Hugh David
General Blumentritt, Chief of Staff of the German Forces in the West .... Gareth Jones
Field-Marshal Gunther Hans Von Kluge, Commander-in-Chief of the German Forces in the West .... Clifford Evans
Producer: Emyr Humphreys
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1959.
SAT 07:30 Takeaway by Angela Hui (Omnibus) (m002m95g)
Angela Hui recalls growing up at the counter of her parents’ ‘Lucky Star’ Chinese takeaway in the former mining village of Beddau, Wales.
Food is both work and pleasure for the Hui family.
The takeaway opened on the luckiest day of the century – 08/08/1988 - an auspicious date with the number eight signifying good wealth, fortune and prosperity in Chinese culture – three key factors needed for a young, growing immigrant family.
On one side of the counter Angela interacts with the takeaway’s loyal staff, Cecilia, Dewi and Lowri.
On the other side, she enjoys family dinners before service - dishes a world away from the simplified, watered-down Western version ordered by the locals. To the Huis, food is love and symbolises family.
A blending of her Welsh and Chinese heritage, the takeaway was a place that embodied the dual identities that Angela herself was experiencing.
Omnibus of five-parts abridged by Anna Magnusson.
Read by Priya Hall.
Producer: Alexandra Quinn
A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2022.
SAT 08:45 Ernest Fontwell Versus The Experts (m000704t)
The Holiday Experts
Ernest Fontwell needs a holiday, but the fiends in white coats are waiting – at home and abroad.
Written by Lawrie Wyman.
Starring Frank Thornton as Ernest Fontwell.
With:
Patsy Rowlands
David Tate
Bill Wallis
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1979.
SAT 09:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (m002m95j)
Series 3
A Continental Coach Trip 2/2
The dear ladies continental adventure continues all the way to Austria.
Starring Dr Evadne Hinge and her lifelong companion Dame Hilda Bracket.
Brought to you from the genteel setting of the Suffolk village of Stackton Tressel, where the musical duo reside.
Written by Mike Craig, Lawrie Kinsley and Ron McDonnell.
Dame Hilda Bracket ...... Patrick Fyffe
Dr Evadne Hinge ...... George Logan
Maude … Daphne Heard
Mabel …. Marlene Sidaway
Malcolm / Henry…. Peter Wheeler
Three series ran on BBC Radio 4 between 1977 and 1979, with further spin-off seasons on BBC Radio 2 until 1990.
In the early 1980s, they expanded over to BBC TV with the series Dear Ladies.
Producer: James Casey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1979.
SAT 09:30 Beyond Our Ken (m0008y9y)
Series 3
Episode 8
Kenneth Horne goes up the Khyber Pass and Hornerama investigates food.
A madcap mix of sketches and songs written by Eric Merriman.
Starring:
Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden
Bill Pertwee
Music from Pat Lancaster, the Fraser Hayes Four and the BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.
Incidental music by Edwin Braden.
Announcer: Douglas Smith
Beyond Our Ken hit the airwaves in 1958 and ran to 1964 – featuring regulars like Arthur Fallowfield, Cecil Snaith and Rodney and Charles
Producer: Jacques Brown
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1960.
SAT 10:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0016xkn)
Alternative Comedy...and Beyond
1. Lenin of the Rovers
BBC Comedy Controllers from across the decades look back at radio shows from the past.
Clocking up over 150 years on the job between them, Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville reveal what they do, why they do it and what makes them laugh.
From London's iconic BBC Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House - the home of British Radio comedy.
In the first of three programmes, they travel back to the 1980s to celebrate alternative comedy.
Featuring:
Extracts from BBC TV's NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS and THE YOUNG ONES.
* LENIN OF THE ROVERS – first episode first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 13/02/1988.
Sadly Beryl Vertue passed away, aged 90, in 2022.
Series Producers: Paul Kobrak and Dixi Stewart.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in April 2017.
SAT 11:00 Treason by Saunders Lewis (m002m95d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 12:30 Takeaway by Angela Hui (Omnibus) (m002m95g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 13:45 Ernest Fontwell Versus The Experts (m000704t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 14:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (m002m95j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 14:30 Beyond Our Ken (m0008y9y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 15:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0016xkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 16:00 The Valley of Trelamia by Peter Redgrove (b07tzdxv)
Author John writes books about unusual phenomena around the world, but has never penetrated "our own mysterious Celtic back yard".
So he travels deep into Cornwall, where he finds the Valley of Trelamia, and a girl who lives as one with it...
A Cornish mystery written by Peter Redgrove.
John …. James Aubrey
Rose …. Maggie Tarver
Clemence …. Sarah Badel
Mrs Treviles …. June Barrie
Barman/Policeman …. Graham Padden
Young Man …. Mark Audley
Director: Brian Miller
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1986.
SAT 16:45 Roald Dahl (b00pbt9g)
Someone Like You
3. Lamb to the Slaughter
An unfaithful husband is killed with an unusual weapon.
Five darkly comic tales by Roald Dahl.
Dramatised by Stephen Sheridan.
Storyteller ...... Charles Dance
Mary Maloney ...... Lorelei King
Patrick/Sam/Noonan ...... Kerry Shale
O'Malley ...... Tom Bevan
Director: David Blount
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2009.
SAT 17:00 Treason by Saunders Lewis (m002m95d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 18:30 Takeaway by Angela Hui (Omnibus) (m002m95g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 19:45 Ernest Fontwell Versus The Experts (m000704t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 20:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (m002m95j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 20:30 Beyond Our Ken (m0008y9y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 21:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0016xkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 22:00 The World of Simon Rich (b07dnvdm)
Series 1
Episode 2
Simon Rich has been Saturday Night Live's youngest writer, a staff writer for Pixar and a regular contributor to The New Yorker - as well as one of the funniest short story writers of his generation.
Now the American brings his enchanting, absurd world to radio with his first British comedy show.
The series takes us across time and space, from the design of the universe and prehistoric love triangles to the terrors of life as an unused condom inside a teenager’s wallet.
Performing the stories alongside Simon is a cast of UK comic talent:
Peter Serafinowicz
Tim Key
Cariad Lloyd
Jamie Demetriou
Joseph Morpurgo
Claire Price.
Producer: Jon Harvey
Executive Producer: Richard Wilson
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2016.
SAT 22:30 My Teenage Diary (m000zspp)
Series 10
Tim Downie
Rufus Hound with more honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries.
In this episode, Rufus is joined by the star of Outlander and Paddington, Tim Downie.
Tim's diary takes us back to his drama school days in North London in 1994 - reading Chekhov by candlelight, becoming a vegetarian and wearing a lot of collarless shirts.
Producer: Harriet Jaine
A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2021.
SAT 23:00 Domestic Science (b07mxv7c)
Series 1
Episode 4
Getting up close with bike and car tyres - and an attempt to break a wine glass though the voice alone.
A heady combination of maths, science and comedy.
Hosted by Festival of The Spoken Nerd trio:
Physicist Steve Mould
Stand up Mathematician Matt Parker
Physicist and musician Helen Arney.
It’s science that you can play along with at home as the team look at domestic phenomena that we relate to on a day to day basis.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 2016.
SAT 23:15 Influencers (m001qmjf)
Series 1
4. Biscuits
Ruth and Carla discover a new blog called Daughters of Influencers, written by two teenage girls detailing their grievances with their toxic influencer mothers.
It can’t possibly be about them...
Ruth and Carla are two wannabe stars of the online business world.
They are bound together by a carefully controlled image that can lead to lucrative product placements and well-paid endorsements - but only if the PR is played just right.
And that’s a problem because, behind the scenes, things are not always as harmonious as they seem.
Written by and starring Katy Brand and Katherine Parkinson
Carla ... Katy Brand
Ruth ... Katherine Parkinson
Producer: Liz Anstee
A CPL production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2023.
SAT 23:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b092lzbk)
Series 7
Wizardy Lizardy Gubbins
Local psychic and futurologist Keith Futures finds it hard to find a buyer for his Kimodo Dragon.
Meanwhile, Mrs Birkett mourns the passing of her beloved cat, Biscuits.
More shop based shenanigans and over the counter philosophy, courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave.
Set in a Scots-Asian corner shop, the staff continue their tireless quest to bring nice-price custard creams and cans of coke with Arabic writing on them to an ungrateful nation. Ramesh Mahju has built it up over the course of over 30 years and is a firmly entrenched, friendly presence in the local area.
Then of course there are Ramesh's sons Sanjay and Alok, both surly and not particularly keen on the old school approach to shop-keeping, but natural successors to the business. Ramesh is keen to pass all his worldly wisdom onto them - whether they like it or not!
Written by and starring Donald McLeary and Sanjeev Kohli.
Ramesh ...... Sanjeev Kohli
Dave ...... Donald McLeary
Sanjay ...... Omar Raza
Alok ...... Susheel Kumar
Keith Futures ...... Greg McHugh
Mrs Birkett ...... Stewart Cairns
Bishop Briggs ...... Michael Redmond
Hilly ...... Kate Brailsford
Mrs Armstrong ...... Maureen Carr
Producer: Gus Beattie for Gusman Productions
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2017.

SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2025

SUN 00:00 The Valley of Trelamia by Peter Redgrove (b07tzdxv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:45 Roald Dahl (b00pbt9g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:45 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Treason by Saunders Lewis (m002m95d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 Takeaway by Angela Hui (Omnibus) (m002m95g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:45 Ernest Fontwell Versus The Experts (m000704t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (m002m95j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:30 Beyond Our Ken (m0008y9y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0016xkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b09jhd5r)
Centenary Castaways
Robert Hardy
Actor Robert Hardy shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.
Robert became a household name as the vet Siegfried Farnon in the hit BBC TV series All Creatures Great and Small and, to a younger generation, he is the Minister of Magic in the Harry Potter films.
But the role he is best known for is Winston Churchill - he won a BAFTA for his performance in ITV's Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years.
He believes actors are born rather than made and his own ambitions crystallised when, as a very young boy, he was a page boy at a wedding:
"I walked down the aisle with my head held high and as I went, every eye was turned towards me and something inside me said, "That's it, get every eye on you".
Born on 29th October 1925, Robert joins 4 Extra's 100 Club and is one of our Centenary Castaways. He died aged 91 in 2017.
DISC ONE: Pearl Bailey - What is a Friend For?
DISC TWO: BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini - Beethoven’s 7th symphony in A Major, 2nd movement
DISC THREE: Enya - The Longships
DISC FOUR: The Paris Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov - Hector Berlioz’s The Waltz from the Symphonie Fantastique
DISC FIVE: The Paris Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov – Poulenc’s Suite Francaise: Pavanne
DISC SIX: City of Birmingham Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle – Sibelius’s 6th Symphony in D Minor, 4th movement
DISC SEVEN: The Medici String Quartet – Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat, 2nd movement
DISC EIGHT: The Westminster Abbey Choir, the BBC Singers & London Brass conducted by Martin Baker - John Hardy’s De Profundis
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: The Medici String Quartet – Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat, 2nd movement
BOOK CHOICE: The Great Warbow - Robert Hardy & Matthew Strickland
LUXURY CHOICE: Young lady in profile 1495 - De Predis
Producer: Leanne Buckle
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.
SUN 06:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b0100j9q)
Series 2
Hummers
Hummingbirds are given spectacular names motivated by their striking colours, patterns and shimmering metallic iridescence; their names are beautiful as are the birds.
David Attenborough has filmed them on several occasions and is fascinated by their agility and flying skills to drink nectar from flowers inaccessible to any other animal.
Propelled by this rocket fuel of nature, they are capable of flying great distances and living life in the fast lane.
Enchanting in this story is how moved David Attenborough is when recalling a story of their conservation; a rare piece of good news he comments.
Written and presented by Sir David Attenborough
Producer: Julian Hector
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.
SUN 07:00 Poetry Extra (m002m930)
Adventures In Poetry - Philip Larkin: At Grass
4 Extra marks 40 years since the death of Philip Larkin in December 1985.
He was considered to be one of England's most significant 20th century poets.
Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive to select Adventures in Poetry - Philip Larkin: At Grass.
Inspired by the death of the Ascot-winning racehorse Brown Jack in 1948, At Grass is one of the most popular post-war English poems.
Written in January 1950, its enduring appeal owes much to the vivid description of a summer racecourse and the quiet aftermath of horses living out their retirement days.
Stephen Regan explores the themes and impact of Larkin's lyrical evocation of retired racehorses and a vanished England.
With contributions from:
* Helen Dunmore
* Robin Cook
* Tom Paulin
* Larkin's biographer Andrew Motion.
Producer Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
*** And Daljit reads from his Poetry Extra Book of the Month: Transfigurations by the American poet Jay Wright.
SUN 07:30 And June Whitfield (Omnibus) (m002m932)
Legendary screen, stage and radio star, Dame June Whitfield, reads the story of her life.
Autobiography of one of the country's best-loved actresses, first published in 2000.
June covers her career from Eth Glum in 'Take It from Here' through to Mother in 'Absolutely Fabulous'.
Omnibus of five parts abridged by Sally Marmion
She begins with her humble London beginnings in Streatham - never expecting to meet the master, Noel Coward.
Producer: Sarah Johnson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000.
SUN 08:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002m934)
Mark Kermode
Film critic Mark Kermode picks ‘2002 Zarathustrevisited’ by Stan Kenton & His Orchestra and ‘Top Of The World’ by Shonen Knife.
SUN 08:50 The Observations by Jane Harris (Omnibus) (m002m936)
Episode 1
In 1863 a young Irish prostitute escapes her former life when she's hired as a maid in a big house near Edinburgh.
But her new employer has secrets of her own - and both women are soon engaged in a delicate game of deception.
Written by Jane Harris.
Omnibus of the first five of ten parts dramatised by Chris Dolan.
Bessy Buckley …. Lucy Paterson
Arabella Reid …. Candida Benson
Rev Pollock …. Crawford Logan
Davy Flemying/Grocer …. Grant O'Rourke
James Reid …. Jimmy Chisholm
Dr. McGregor/Duncan Pollock …. Kenny Blyth
Muriel …. Suzanne Donaldson
Janet …. Rose McBain
Director: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2007.
SUN 10:00 Ray's a Laugh (m002m939)
From 23/09/1960
Ted’s favourite TV detective is on – but will he and Kitty agree on the culprit?
Starring Ted Ray.
Ray's a Laugh 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 1949-1961.
Written by Bernard Botting and Charles Hart.
With:
Kitty Bluett
Kenneth Connor
Laidman Browne
Pat Coombs
Percy Edwards
BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1960.
SUN 10:30 Mind Your Own Business! (m002m93c)
Series 2
Getting The Needle
A company-wide cold vaccination scheme gives Jimmy Bright the shivers.
Starring Bernard Cribbins and Frank Thornton.
Andrew Palmer’s sitcom about the battles of wheeler-dealer and self-made tycoon, Jimmy Bright and his strait-laced chief accountant, Russell Farrow.
Jimmy Bright .... Bernard Cribbins
Russell Farrow .... Frank Thornton
Nan Forbes .... Annette Crosbie
Sue Plant .... Annee Blott
Front-Page Phipps .... David Gooderson
Dr Bates .... Norman Bird
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1989.
SUN 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b09jhd5r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 11:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b0100j9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m002m930)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 12:30 And June Whitfield (Omnibus) (m002m932)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 13:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002m934)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]
SUN 13:50 The Observations by Jane Harris (Omnibus) (m002m936)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]
SUN 15:00 Ray's a Laugh (m002m939)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 15:30 Mind Your Own Business! (m002m93c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Space Force by Charles Chilton (b007jn5r)
Series 2
5. Living With Death
Elevated to the priesthood of God-King Ra - the captive crew of Space Force seize a chance to escape.
Starring Barry Foster and Nigel Stock.
Charles Chilton's second intergalactic adventure series.
Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster
Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson
Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock
Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba
With:
Wendy Murray
Willoughby Goddard
Bernard Brown
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1985.
SUN 16:30 Space Force by Charles Chilton (b007jn65)
Series 2
6. Unto Death - And Beyond
Stranded on the Golden Planet, the Space Force crew must find a way to return to Mars.
Starring Barry Foster and Nicky Henson.
Conclusion of Charles Chilton's second intergalatic adventure.
Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster
Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson
Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock
Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba
With:
Wendy Murray
Willoughby Goddard
Bernard Brown
Mia Soteriou
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1985.
SUN 17:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b09jhd5r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 17:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b0100j9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
SUN 18:00 Poetry Extra (m002m930)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 18:30 And June Whitfield (Omnibus) (m002m932)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 19:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002m934)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]
SUN 19:50 The Observations by Jane Harris (Omnibus) (m002m936)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]
SUN 21:00 Ray's a Laugh (m002m939)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:30 Mind Your Own Business! (m002m93c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 Clare in the Community (b00fslwd)
Series 2
Past Caring
Clare encounters an old friend (but can't remember who she is) and tries to match-make.
It's Brian's birthday and Clare has bought him a pair of tracksuit bottoms and is organising a dinner...
Sally Phillips is 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.
Clare ...... Sally Phillips
Brian ..... Alex Lowe
Ray ..... Richard Lumsden
Helen ..... Gemma Craven
Irene ..... Ellen Thomas
Megan ..... Nina Conti
Simon ..... Andrew Wincott
MB/Sally ..... Vicki Pepperdine
Alex ..... Delroy Brown
Producer: Katie Tyrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.
SUN 22:30 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp45)
Series 1
Holy Water
The life of a struggling writer with his dysfunctional friends and a talking geranium.
A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.
Special guest star: Brian Johnston and Vince the geranium.
With:
Alistair McGowan
Caroline Gruber
Kate McKenzie
Brian Bowles
Producer: Jon Magnusson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1992.
SUN 23:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b016ljx7)
Series 1
January 1st to 5th
Mouth-watering entries from the kitchen diary of cookery writer, Damien Trench.
Written by and starring Miles Jupp.
In a mixture of narrative, dialogue and recipes, Damien unflinchingly captures every angle of his day-to-day life, "no matter how grisly or, indeed, how gristly".
Damien and his partner, Anthony, decide on their New Year's Resolutions. They start by finally making up their minds to commit to each other...namely, by signing up a builder, Mr Mullaney to install a new kitchen which Damien hopes will eventually become the food and preparation space that he's always dreamed of.
On top of all this, Anthony decides to get fit and Damien decides to do a radio programme about the French bean. But not everything goes according to plan...
Also featuring Damien's easy-to-follow recipes: for a "Super Simple" Roast Beef, cooking your own pasta, and "Marvellously Moist Muffins".
Damien Trench ...... Miles Jupp
Anthony ...... Justin Edwards
Damien's Mother ...... Selina Cadell
Mr Mullaney ...... Brendan Dempsey
Ian Frobisher ...... Philip Fox
Researcher ...... Alex Tregear
Producer: Sam Michell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.
SUN 23:30 World of Pub (b00cm91k)
Series 2
Episode 3
Dodgy Phil hatches a sporting scheme to improve the fortunes of Barry and Garry's bar.
Tony Roche's comedy about the world's worst pub in London's East End.
Dodgy Phil ...... John Thomson
Barry ...... Phil Cornwell
Garry ...... Alistair McGowan
With:
Debra Stephenson
Kim Wall
Tony Roche
Special effects: Carl Phillips and Nick Romero.
Music: Bill Bailey
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.

MONDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2025

MON 00:00 Space Force by Charles Chilton (b007jn5r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Space Force by Charles Chilton (b007jn65)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b09jhd5r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b0100j9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Poetry Extra (m002m930)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 And June Whitfield (Omnibus) (m002m932)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002m934)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 on Sunday]
MON 03:50 The Observations by Jane Harris (Omnibus) (m002m936)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Ray's a Laugh (m002m939)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Mind Your Own Business! (m002m93c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 London Particulars (b008p7qg)
Series 2
1. The Last of the Bow Street Runners
Crime-solving adventures set in the Victorian-era, when the Bow Street Runners were superseded by the London Metropolitan Police.
Introduced by Sir Robert Peel, they were nicknamed the ‘Peelers’.
Former Runner, Pip Shepherd, and Peeler, Thomas Tedman, solve crimes to the backdrop of the capital’s deadly pea-soup fog, known as ‘London Particulars’.
Starring Todd Carty and Charles Simpson.
Four-part detective thriller series written by John Peacock.
London, 1839. When her sweetheart Michael disappears, Catherine turns to old-school detective Pip Shepherd for help.
Pip Shepherd …. Todd Carty
Thomas Tedman …. Charles Simpson
Dolly Jenkins/Mrs Dutton …. Maggie McCarthy
Catherine Hockley/Belle …. Deborah Berlin
Ethel …. Zulema Dene
Sarah Vermilloe …. Tessa Worsley
Inspector Goddard/Robert Vermilloe/Judge/Sam Weekes …. Ioan Meredith
Toby …. Harry Myers
Ablass/Nightwatchman/Sergeant/Beggar …. Stephen Critchlow
Producer: David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.
MON 06:45 Whodunnits (b03q600m)
November Dead List - Series 1
1. Dead or Alive?
Nicola Walker stars as a Detective Inspector Flood in Nick Perry's gritty five-part crime drama.
Each Roman Catholic parish compiles a Book of the Dead from the lists of departed loved ones submitted by parishioners.
Printed on the front of the envelopes are three words:
NOVEMBER DEAD LIST
A young priest opens one such envelope and discovers - not a list of the dead - but names of people he knows to be LIVING members of his congregation!.
At first he thinks it's someone's idea of a joke.
Then the people named start turning up dead...
Detective Inspector Flood ...... Nicola Walker
Father Manu ...... Paul Ready
John ...... Steve Toussaint
Father Pat ...... Dermot Crowley
Simon ...... Arthur Hughes
Terrence ...... John Norton
Gerry ...... Stephen Hogan
Kevin ...... Sean Murray
Eileen ...... Carolyn Pickles
Journalist ...... Carys Eleri
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
MON 07:00 In the Balance (b007k2gf)
Episode 6
Against the backdrop of an England-Germany World Cup final, the prime minister struggles to survive and lead his party into the imminent general election.
Can maverick BBC reporter George Cragge unmask the serial killer?
Starring Michael Williams and Barry Foster.
Mark Tavener's comedy thriller set in the world of football, the BBC and party politics.
George Cragge …… Michael Williams
Superintendent Jefferson …… Barry Foster
Prime Minister …… Jeremy Clyde
John Matthews …… Jim Carter
Crispin Trent …… Robert Bathurst
With:
Tracy Ann Oberman
Peter Woodthorpe
Susie Brann
Christian Rodska
Ioan Meredith
Shirley Dixon
Dave Lamb
Joanna Monro
Alex Lowe
Christopher Scott
Alice Arnold
Music by Paul Mottram
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1997.
MON 07:30 Dad's Army (b007jm92)
Series 1
Sorry Wrong Number
A downed German plane sees the Home Guard platoon attempting to employ Captain Mainwaring's phone box drill...
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 Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Walker …. Graham Stark
ARP Warden …. Bill Pertwee
Mrs Pike …. Pearl Hackney
Lieutenant …. John Forrest
Telephonist …. Avril Angers
Announcer …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in May 1974.
MON 08:00 Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully (b01rr495)
Series 1
Little Green Lights
Katrina Lyons was only visiting Cresdon Green, the village where she grew up, to borrow some money from her parents. But when she tried to head back to London, it turned out alien beings known as the Geonin had lowered a force field around the village and were refusing to let anyone in or out.
Unfortunately almost everyone in the village is too cowardly, apathetic, polite or stupid to stand up to this alien menace, so Katrina has no choice but to start the resistance movement herself. In the cricket pavilion.
Eddie Robson's sitcom about an alien invasion of a small English village.
Starring Hattie Morahan and Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Uljabaan's superior officer Gryvook is coming for an assessment visit. Uljabaan is hoping to get the go-ahead to invade the rest of Earth - but first he has to prepare a welcome banquet. Tradition dictates he should serve a human child... which could create an awkward atmosphere in the village.
Meanwhile Richard is helping him with the invasion budget, and the figures just aren't adding up. It seems set to be a disaster - can Katrina exploit this to get the invasion cancelled permanently?
Katrina Lyons ...... Hattie Morahan
Field Commander Uljabaan ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Margaret Lyons ...... Jan Francis
Richard Lyons ...... Peter Davison
Lucy Alexander ...... Hannah Murray
Computer ...... John-Luke Roberts
Special guest: Geoff McGivern
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 2013.
MON 08:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061q92d)
1. Departure
Marking a borderland between 'near' and 'far north', the 60th parallel wraps itself around the lower reaches of Finland, Sweden and Norway.
It crosses the tip of Greenland and of South Central Alaska and cuts the great spaces of Russia and Canada in half.
The parallel also passes through Shetland, at the very top of the British Isles.
Malachy Tallack travelled to some of the places that share this latitude, beginning in Shetland, where he has spent most of his life.
Wrestling with notions of home and belonging, he hoped that the journey would help him come to terms with his father's untimely death.
Focusing on the landscapes and natural environments of the parallel, and the way that people have interacted with those landscapes, Tallack explores themes of wildness and community, of isolation and engagement, of exile and memory.
Abridged in five parts by Laurence Wareing.
Read by Sandy Grierson.
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2015.
MON 08:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b0077446)
6. Returned
Bessy dupes her mistress into believing that the ghost of a former maid has returned to haunt Castle Haivers - but her plan backfires.
It is the mid-1860s, and young Irish woman Bessy is trying to escape her former life....
Written by Jane Harris.
Dramatised in ten parts by Chris Dolan.
Bessy Buckley .... Lucy Paterson
Arabella Reid .... Candida Benson
Director: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2007.
MON 09:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m002lzwl)
Series 84
1. Catchphrase
The godfather of all panel shows pays a visit to the Mayflower in Southampton. On the panel are Adrian Edmondson, Rachel Parris, Miles Jupp and Marcus Brigstocke, with Jack Dee in the umpire’s chair. Regular listeners will know to expect inspired nonsense, pointless revelry and Colin Sell at the piano.
Producer: Jon Naismith
A Random production for BBC Radio 4
MON 09:30 Key Matters (b01hl41k)
Series 3
B Minor
Ivan Hewett returns to explore the question of why certain musical keys have become associated with particular moods.
Ivan meets choral conductor Simon Halsey to discuss the serious and austere nature of B minor.
The music ranges from Bach to Tchaikovsky, with some Metallica and Pink Floyd along the way.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2012.
MON 09:45 Daily Service (m002md0c)
Learning for life: school assembly songs yesterday, today, tomorrow.
Becky Silver visits Didsbury CE Primary School to explore how hymns introduce faith.
A week of features exploring the nostalgia and spiritual resonance of school assembly hymns, anticipating the results of a Songs of Praise poll of the Nations Favourite Assembly Hymns.
Reading: Luke 18: 15-17
Music:
My Lighthouse – Didsbury CE School
How Great is Our God - Maranatha Music
I the Lord of Sea and Sky - St Albans Cathedral
MON 10:00 I Was... (b08bzccz)
Series 3
Lindsay Kemp's Ballerina
Andrew McGibbon analyses great artists at a significant time in their careers, but from the perspective of someone who worked for them, inspired them, employed them - or even did their job for them while no one was looking.
Naomi Sorkin was Lindsay Kemp's ballerina on an outrageous European tour with the mime and dance impresario in the early 1980s.
She joined The American Ballet company in New York, one of the world's finest, becoming a highly acclaimed leading soloist. But tiring of the strictures of ballet company life, Naomi decided to thrust herself into Lindsay's colourful, joyously camp and profoundly sexual mime theatre - a total change of direction.
Today, she teaches ballet and is a high end interior designer - but, back then, Naomi's decision to dance improvised ballet with Lindsay's touring company forced her to reassess her career by embracing Kemp's whirlwind of mime, dance and on stage debauchery.
It was also Lindsay Kemp who famously taught David Bowie his most striking moves and co-created with him the famous Ziggy Stardust stage show. Kemp continues to tour across the world.
Written and presented by Andrew McGibbon.
Producers: Nick Romero & Andrew McGibbon
A Curtains For Radio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2017.
MON 10:30 Why Go? (b00s9g0b)
The game of Go expresses "a psychological essence" of the Far East, according to the British Museum's Dr Irving Finkel.
It's ancient, but no-one knows quite how old - the claim that it originated 4,000 years ago is open to question.
What's beyond doubt is its place in oriental culture. The remarkable cave of Buddhist treasures discovered at Dunhuang on the Silk Road through China included a 6th century Go manual now kept in the British Library. Miniature Go boards and pieces have turned up in ancient burial sites.
In the 20th century, some of Japan's finest writers turned to Go for inspiration, following major games and probing the psychology of the top players.
And, as the first atomic bomb fell, two of the world's best exponents of Go were playing a title match on the outskirts of Hiroshima.
But Go is little known in the West. This is in spite of the efforts of one of the two players in what became known as the Atom Bomb Game, Iwamoto Kaoru, who spent his later years setting up Go Centres in Europe and the Americas.
Chris Ledgard explores the world of Go, talking to experts in the East and West about the game's history and culture, and examining some of its ancient artefacts.
Dr Finkel discusses Go's place in the history of games. After Go, he says, "you could argue that the world's board games went downhill." Susan Whitfield, the Director of the International Dunhuang Project, brings the 1500 year Go manual out of storage and explains how it was discovered and what it tells us.
Britain's two foremost experts on the game describe how they got hooked, and Chris Ledgard visits Amsterdam to examine Iwamoto Kaoru's legacy and find out why, in spite of all the time and money he spent, relatively few people in Europe play the game.
Go's Chinese name is weiqi, which is often translated as "the surrounding game". It's a game of co-existence. Two players, one with black stones the other with white, place their pieces on the intersections of a board marked with 19 x 19 lines.
The aim is to secure territory and the emphasis is on long-term strategy, subtlety, and not bludgeoning your opponent. Rob Foster, a translator of the Dunhuang manal, describes the game as "a conversation...it's hand talk".
Producer: Chris Ledgard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2010.
MON 11:00 London Particulars (b008p7qg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 11:45 Whodunnits (b03q600m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
MON 12:00 In the Balance (b007k2gf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jm92)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 13:00 Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully (b01rr495)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 13:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061q92d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b0077446)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 14:00 Just a Minute (b00yj3sn)
Series 59
Episode 2
Nicholas Parsons presides over the devious game where panellists are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition.
With:
Paul Merton
Sheila Hancock
Sue Perkins
Marcus Brigstocke
Subjects include: Hope Over Expectations, Twenty Four Hour News, Emergency Stop, Rubbish, Celebrity Spotting, Rulers, and WAGs
Created by Ian Messiter.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2011.
MON 14:30 Drama on 4 (b0b9tsjw)
Morse - In the Shallows
Terrible things happen - even in beautiful places and among highly-educated people.
A mysterious pair of students appear to be fish out of water, a Don’s found dead in the river - and an attractive philosopher pleads for help to save her career.
Morse, Lewis and Strange are back on their criminally fertile Oxford patch.
It's still the early 1990s when computers, mobiles, digital media and sophisticated forensic techniques are not yet in use.
Morse's detection methods rely on instinct, acutely honed observational skills and dogged gumshoe perseverance.
Starring Neil Pearson, Lee Ingleby and Pip Torrens.
Colin Dexter's Oxford detectives feature in a story devised by former Morse TV writer Alma Cullen, dramatised by Richard Stoneman.
Chief Inspector Morse ...... Neil Pearson
Sergeant Lewis ...... Lee Ingleby
Superintendent Strange ...... Pip Torrens
Dr Jessica Hinkley ...... Anna Chancellor
Anthony Yateman ...... Kevin Eldon
The Master ...... Anton Lesser
Annie ...... Ashley Smith
Hazel ...... Rachel Atkins
Unsworth ...... Edward Killingback
Gregson ...... Harry Lister Smith
David Evans ...... Henry Pettigrew
Vic Nelson ...... Okorie Chukwu
Quentin Spencer ...... Ben Crowe
Director: Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2018.
MON 16:00 I Was... (b08bzccz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:30 Why Go? (b00s9g0b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
MON 17:00 London Particulars (b008p7qg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 17:45 Whodunnits (b03q600m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
MON 18:00 In the Balance (b007k2gf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:30 Dad's Army (b007jm92)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 19:00 Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully (b01rr495)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061q92d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 19:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b0077446)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 20:00 Just a Minute (b00yj3sn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
MON 20:30 Drama on 4 (b0b9tsjw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m002lzwl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 22:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (m001dnq5)
Series 4
The Way We Live Now
Alexei discusses the motivations of the rich and considers a historic counter-factual involving a young Jacob Rees Mogg.
A mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy from behind the counter of an imaginary sandwich bar.
Written and performed by Alexei Sayle.
Producer: Joe Nunnery
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2022.
MON 23:00 The Naked Week (m002m1ns)
Series 3
Trump, Traitors, and RIP Tim Davie
This week, The Naked Week fundraises for the BBC, welcomes a traitor, and necromances a potato.
From host Andrew Hunter Murray and The Skewer's Jon Holmes, Radio 4’s newest Friday night comedy The Naked Week returns with a blend of the silly and serious. From satirical stunts to studio set pieces via guest correspondents and investigative journalism, it's a bold, audacious take not only on the week’s news, but also the way it’s packaged and presented.
Host: Andrew Hunter Murray
Guests: Paul Gorton, Milo Edwards, and The BNC Players James Akka, Holly Skinner and Amy Small
Investigations Team: Cat Neilan, Cormac Kehoe, Freya Shaw
Written by:
Jon Holmes
Katie Sayer
Gareth Ceredig
Jason Hazeley
James Kettle
Additional Material:
Sophie Dickson
Ali Panting
Darren Phillips
Cooper Mawhinny Sweryt
David Riffkin
Live Sound: Jerry Peal
Post Production: Tony Churnside
Clip Assistant: David Riffkin
Production Assistant: Molly Punshon
Assistant Producer: Katie Sayer
Producer and Director: Jon Holmes
Executive Producer: Phil Abrams.
An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
MON 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b00whwzs)
Series 6
Psychiatry
Edith quizzes Satan about "The Fall", but Satan sees it more as "The Push" and feels God has anger-management issues.
Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.
Satan …. Andy Hamilton
Edith …. Annette Crosbie
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
With:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Felicity Montagu
Philip Pope
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007.

TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2025

TUE 00:00 I Was... (b08bzccz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Why Go? (b00s9g0b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 London Particulars (b008p7qg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:45 Whodunnits (b03q600m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 In the Balance (b007k2gf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Dad's Army (b007jm92)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully (b01rr495)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061q92d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b0077446)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Just a Minute (b00yj3sn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Drama on 4 (b0b9tsjw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 London Particulars (b008p9l1)
Series 2
2. A Cuckoo in the Nest
A man supposed lost at sea returns to claim his fortune...
Bow Street runner, Pip Shepherd, and Peeler, Thomas Tedman, investigate.
Starring Todd Carty and Charles Simpson.
John Peacock’s Victorian detective thriller - set when the Bow Street Runners were superseded by the London Metropolitan Police - nicknamed the ‘Peelers’.
Events are shrouded by the capital's deadly pea-soup fog, known as ‘London Particulars’.
Pip Shepherd …. Todd Carty
Thomas Tedman …. Charles Simpson
Dolly Jenks/Dodie Nettlefield …. Maggie McCarthy
Jane/Lillie Lamott/Lucy Cooke …. Deborah Berlin
Sarah Vermilloe/Marjorie Nettlefield …. Tessa Worsley
Rev. Chandler/Bert/Nightwatch/Sailor …. Ioan Meredith
Ned Nettlefield/Matt/Doorman …. Harry Myers
Oswald Nettlefield/Emcee …. Stephen Critchlow
Cora/Dora …. Tracy Wiles
Florence Hatfield/Bessie …. Elizabeth Conboy
Producer: David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.
TUE 06:45 Whodunnits (b03q6dzw)
November Dead List - Series 1
2. Investigation
Detective Inspector Flood is investigating the murder of a man whose name is on a suspected 'kill list' delivered anonymously to a Catholic priest.
Nicola Walker stars in Nick Perry's gritty crime drama.
Each Roman Catholic parish compiles a Book of the Dead from the lists of departed loved ones submitted by parishioners.
Printed on the front of the envelopes are three words: NOVEMBER DEAD LIST
Yet the names are of people he knew to be LIVING members of his congregation - but now one of them is dead...
DI Flood ...... Nicola Walker
Father Manu ...... Paul Ready
John ...... Steve Toussaint
Father Pat ...... Dermot Crowley
Simon ...... Arthur Hughes
Terrence ...... John Norton
Gerry ...... Stephen Hogan
Kevin ...... Sean Murray
Eileen ...... Carolyn Pickles
Journalist ...... Carys Eleri
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
TUE 07:00 King of Bath (b0482wzg)
Suffer Little Children
Ambrose dreams of running a school and hopes Uncle Beau will help him to 'acquire' some pupils...
Starring David Bamber.
Comedy drama series by Arnold Evans casting the 18th-century dandy Richard 'Beau' Nash in a series of adventures.
Beau Nash ...... David Bamber
Annie ...... Eiry Thomas
Ambrose ...... James Westaway
Mr Whistle ...... Brendan Charleson
Joshua ...... James Greene
Dr Cheyne ...... Andrew Wincott
Composer: John Hardy.
Directed at BBC Wales by Alison Hindell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.
TUE 07:30 The Goon Show (b00gklbf)
Series 9
The Sahara Desert Statue
What is Eccles doing with a cement sack and an imaginary piano?
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1958.
TUE 08:00 To Hull and Back (b07qbcbl)
Series 2
Where Do You Think You're Going?
Sophie thinks that she'll finally get to meet her Auntie Pamela.
Her overbearing mother Sheila gets a job at Humber Helpline, to prove to Sophie that she's the kind one of the two sisters.
Starring Lucy Beaumont and Maureen Lipman.
Warm-hearted sitcom written by Lucy Beaumont.
Sophie ...... Lucy Beaumont
Sheila ...... Maureen Lipman
Jean ...... Kerrie Marsh
Ernie ...... Norman Lovett
Lorraine ...... Sarah Parks
Lucy ...... Sophie Richardson
Producer: Carl Cooper
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2016.
TUE 08:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061qsdh)
2. Fort Smith
Wrestling with notions of home and belonging, writer Malachy Tallack has set out from Shetland on a journey around the sixtieth parallel. Today, he arrives in Canada, bound for Fort Smith, just inside the Northwest Territories.
Marking a borderland between 'near' and 'far north', the sixtieth parallel wraps itself around the lower reaches of Finland, Sweden and Norway; it crosses the tip of Greenland and of South Central Alaska; it cuts the great spaces of Russia and Canada in half. The parallel also passes through Shetland, at the very top of the British Isles.
Tallack travelled to some of the places that share this latitude, beginning in Shetland, where he has spent most of his life. Focusing on the landscapes and natural environments of the parallel, and the way that people have interacted with those landscapes, Tallack explores themes of wildness and community, of isolation and engagement, of exile and memory.
Reader: Sandy Grierson
Writer: Malachy Tallack
Abridger: Laurence Wareing
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2015.
TUE 08:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b007745c)
7. Screams
Bessy is trying to unravel the mystery of Nora's death when her mistress reveals a secret.
It is the mid-1860s, and young Irish woman Bessy is trying to escape her former life....
Written by Jane Harris.
Dramatised by Chris Dolan.
Bessy Buckley .... Lucy Paterson
Arabella Reid .... Candida Benson
James Reid .... Jimmy Chisholm
Rev. Pollock .... Crawford Logan
Chemist .... Kenny Blyth
Producer/Director: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
TUE 09:00 Mark Steel's in Town (m002m04b)
Series 14
6. Unst (Shetland part 2)
6/6 - Unst - 'The Island Above All Others'.
After performing in Lerwick earlier in the series, Mark’s Shetland adventure concludes in Unst, as far north as you can get.
There will also be extended versions of each episode available on BBC Sounds.
Written and performed by Mark Steel
Additional material by Pete Sinclair
Production co-ordinators Caroline Barlow and Katie Baum
Sound Manager Jerry Peal
Producer Carl Cooper
A BBC Studios production for Radio 4
TUE 09:30 Key Matters (b01hy2wg)
Series 3
G minor
Ivan Hewett returns to explore the question of why certain musical keys have become associated with particular moods.
Ivan meets musicologist Cliff Eisen to discuss the angry and grief-stricken nature of G minor.
The music ranges from Mozart to Verdi, with some Chopin and Deep Purple along the way.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2012.
TUE 09:45 Daily Service (m002m9km)
Gifts for all - The language of faith
Becky Silver explores how the relationship between words and music makes hymns memorable.
A week of features exploring the nostalgia and spiritual resonance of school assembly hymns, anticipating the results of a Songs of Praise poll of the Nations Favourite Assembly Hymns.
Reading: Psalm 33: 1-6
Music:
All Creatures of Our God and King - Daily Service Singers (BBC Recording)
Christ Triumphant - Daily Service Singers
Give thanks to a grateful heart – Lou Fellingham
TUE 10:00 The Radio Detectives (b007jp9y)
Series 2
The Wisdom of Miss Marple
"A fluffy old dear with a dreadful hat."
What is the continual appeal of Agatha Christie's shrewd detective, Miss Jane Marple?
Professor Jeffrey Richards probes the inspiration and progression of St Mary Mead's ever acute observer of deadly events.
With:
June Whitfield
Simon Brett
Affectionate series about popular radio detectives.
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.
TUE 10:30 A Picture Held Us Captive (b0938c6w)
Novelist, Harvard Fellow and Social Entrepreneur Zia Haider Rahman explores the powerful impact the use and abuse of metaphor can have on the world around us.
Metaphors are not simply there for the use of novelists or poets. They are integral to the way we think and understand - pervading our language and allowing us to conceptualise new and complex ideas, using familiar images. They are essential to areas of abstract study, where they provide the basis for new theoretical models, and play a vital role in communicating specialised knowledge to non-experts.
But, Rahman argues, these compelling imaginary pictures can also become prisons, trapping our thought in over simplistic or entirely false versions of a more nuanced or entirely different reality. Drawing on examples from the worlds of biology, economics, business and environmental policy, he demonstrates the very real and damaging consequences these metaphors can have.
Biologist Stephen Rose and Sociologist Hilary Rose discuss how the misleading metaphors of genetics built the popular enthusiasm for the field's apparently miraculous powers. Economist and Green MEP Molly Scott Cato explains what happened when the "natural capital" metaphor took on a life of its own. Economist John Weeks dissects the metaphors of austerity, “balancing the budget” and “the national credit card”. And novelist and ex-McKinsey consultant Dina Nayeri demonstrates how the world of business pushes metaphors to the edge of meaning.
With original music by Daniel R Wilson.
Readers: Milli Prus and Edward Doegar
Producers: Michael Umney and Margot Gibbs
A Resonance production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2017.
TUE 11:00 London Particulars (b008p9l1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 11:45 Whodunnits (b03q6dzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
TUE 12:00 King of Bath (b0482wzg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Goon Show (b00gklbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 13:00 To Hull and Back (b07qbcbl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 13:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061qsdh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b007745c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 14:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m001n1lh)
Series 29
Episode 4
David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies.
They compete against one another to see how many items of truth they’re able to smuggle past their opponents.
The panellists are obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as the French, bans, hippos, and superstition.
With:
Lucy Porter
Marcus Brigstocke
Richard Osman
Ria Lina
Producer: Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2023.
TUE 14:30 Whodunnits (b007jvht)
Miss Marple - The Body in the Library
Dolly Bantry, mistress of Gossington Hall, is enjoying a pleasant doze when suddenly her dreams take a strange turn.
The housemaid Mary is telling her there's a body in the library.
As she wakes up, it turns out to be true. But who is the strange young blonde woman sprawled on the library floor?
Enter St Mary Mead's famous resident sleuth...
Agatha Christie's whodunnit starring June Whitfield.
First published in 1942 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Miss Jane Marple .... June Whitfield
Colonel Melchett …. Richard Todd
Dolly Bantry …. Pauline Jameson
Colonel Bantry …. Jack Watling
Sir Henry Clithering …. Graham Crowden
Conway Jefferson …. John Hartley
Inspector Slack …. John Baddeley
Adelaide Jefferson …. Priyanga Elan
Mark Gaskell …. Harry Myers
George Bartlett …. Ben Crowe
Josie Turner …. Elizabeth Conboy
Basil Blake …. Giles Fagan
Dinah Lee …. Tilly Gaunt
Florence Small …. Eleanor Hodson
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.
TUE 16:00 The Radio Detectives (b007jp9y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:30 A Picture Held Us Captive (b0938c6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
TUE 17:00 London Particulars (b008p9l1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 17:45 Whodunnits (b03q6dzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
TUE 18:00 King of Bath (b0482wzg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:30 The Goon Show (b00gklbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 19:00 To Hull and Back (b07qbcbl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061qsdh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 19:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b007745c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 20:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m001n1lh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Whodunnits (b007jvht)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
TUE 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town (m002m04b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 22:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b008x8fx)
Series 1
Episode 1
The teenage Bhangramuffins are DJing, the Maharisha Yogi is lecturing - and the hungry comedy team go for an 'English'.
Starring:
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Kulvinder Ghir
Nitin Sawhney
Meera Syal
Nina Wadia
Gold Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The sketch comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001.
Written by Sharat Sardana, Richard Pinto and the cast.
Producers: Gareth Edwards & Anil Gupta
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1996.
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002mqxr)
Ian Smith 1/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Isy Suttie chats to comedian, Ian Smith.
TUE 23:00 Susan Calman Makes Me Happy (m000c4x4)
Animals
Taking part in Strictly Come Dancing made Susan Calman happy. Completely, totally happy. And having lived with anxiety for so long, it was something of a surprise to discover something new that gave her feelings of joy. So, in Susan Calman Makes Me Happy, she explores and explains the other things in life that bring her happiness.
This week, aided and abetted by her studio audience and her wife Lee, Susan waxes lyrical about her love for animals. She may have previously mentioned (once or twice) that she’s quite partial to cats, but her affections aren’t limited to the feline world. From the dogs in her local park, via the birds that visit her garden, to grumpy Icelandic Ponies (well, sort of), Susan adores them all.
Produced by Lyndsay Fenner
Written by Susan Calman and Jon Hunter
Production Co-ordinator: Tamara Shilham
A Somethin’ Else production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2019.
TUE 23:30 Bunk Bed (m000sh9m)
Series 8
Episode 8
Recorded in beds and in the dark, Peter Curran and Patrick Marber drift off from the emotional hurly-burly of the day with thoughts that float into the night without reason.
This time, Peter and Patrick discuss the mechanics of deja-vu, and school friends who drank ink and licked sauce bottles for the benefit of others.
Producer: Peter Curran
A Foghorn production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2021.
TUE 23:45 Ivor Cutler - A Stuggy Pren (b00d45qp)
Episode 5
Memories of Scottish schooldays, teacher training, lives of servants and a song about the moon.
The master of offbeat musings presents more wonderings.
Ivor Cutler is aided and abetted by:
Dylan Edwards
Alison O'Kill
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in June 1994.

WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2025

WED 00:00 The Radio Detectives (b007jp9y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 A Picture Held Us Captive (b0938c6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 London Particulars (b008p9l1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:45 Whodunnits (b03q6dzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 King of Bath (b0482wzg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Goon Show (b00gklbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 To Hull and Back (b07qbcbl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061qsdh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b007745c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m001n1lh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Whodunnits (b007jvht)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 London Particulars (b008pbw2)
Series 2
3. Out on the Drag
Bow Street runner, Pip, and Peeler, Thomas, go undercover to infiltrate a gang, but get more than they bargained for.
John Peacock’s Victorian-era adventures at a time when Bow Street Runners were superseded by The Peelers – London Metropolitan Police. Former Runner, Pip Shepherd, and Peeler, Thomas Tedman, solve crimes to the backdrop of the capital’s deadly pea-soupers, known as ‘London Particulars’.
Pip Shepherd …. Todd Carty
Thomas Tedman …. Charles Simpson
Dolly Jenks/Woman …. Maggie McCarthy
Catherine Hockley/Polly …. Deborah Berlin
Sarah Vermilloe/Jessie Sparrow …. Tessa Worsley
Inspector Goddard/Brock …. Ioan Meredith
Sean Flynn/Buyer/Boy …. Harry Myers
Mr Isaac/Joe/Nobby …. Stephen Critchlow
Woman …. Elizabeth Conboy
Jem/Man …. Ben Crowe
Producer: David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.
WED 06:45 Whodunnits (b03q96c5)
November Dead List - Series 1
3. Pursuit
After questioning by police in connection to a murder enquiry, a parish priest suddenly absconds.
Detective Inspector Flood travels to Ireland in pursuit.
Nicola Walker stars in Nick Perry's gritty crime drama.
Each Roman Catholic parish compiles a Book of the Dead from the lists of departed loved ones submitted by parishioners.
Printed on the front of the envelopes are three words:
November Dead List.
A young priest opens one such envelope and discovers - not a list of the dead but a list of people he knows to be alive, and members of his congregation.
At first he thinks it's someone's idea of a joke. Then the people named start turning up dead.
DI Flood ...... Nicola Walker
Father Manu ...... Paul Ready
John ...... Steve Toussaint
Father Pat ...... Dermot Crowley
Simon ...... Arthur Hughes
Terrence ...... John Norton
Gerry ...... Stephen Hogan
Kevin ...... Sean Murray
Eileen ...... Carolyn Pickles
Journalist ...... Carys Eleri
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
WED 07:00 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? (b00sm5qq)
Series 2
Giles Finds His Station
The telephone bill simply has to be paid, otherwise the flood of top job offers for which flat-bound Giles, Judith and David are ever hopeful disappears in a flash.
Compromises have to be made leading Judith to flog kitchen units for a shady telephone sales company.
But it's not just kitchen units she ends up selling...
Stars Douglas Hodge, Paul Bigley and Amanda Root.
Comedy drama series about three promising graduates still underachieving in their 30s.
Written by Paul Shearer and Richard Turner.
Giles ...... Douglas Hodge
David ...... Paul Bigley
Judith ...... Amanda Root
Other parts played by Jane Whittenshaw, Sam Dastor, Peter Wingfield, Caroline Strong, Richard Turner and Geoffrey Whitehead.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1996.
WED 07:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp6s)
Series 6
The Smugglers
Returning from a holiday abroad, Sid tricks the Lad and Bill into sneaking in watches.
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
Patricia Hayes
Noel Dryden
Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1959.
WED 08:00 Dot (b0bd7rw0)
Series 3
Saucepans for Spitfires!
A national initiative to boost morale causes havoc in the personnel team, as Dot and the gals turn on each other.
Retro adventures with Dot and the gals from personnel in the rollicking Cabinet War Rooms comedy by Ed Harris.
Dot ...... Fenella Woolgar
Myrtle ...... Kate O'Flynn
Peg ...... Freya Parker
Peabody ...... David Acton
Mrs Background ...... Emma Handy
Ding Dong ...... Ryan Whittle
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2018.
WED 08:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061r039)
3. The Last Frontier
Writer Malachy Tallack has set out from Shetland on a journey around the sixtieth parallel. Today, he reaches Alaska, America's self-proclaimed 'Last Frontier'.
Marking a borderland between 'near' and 'far north', the sixtieth parallel wraps itself around the lower reaches of Finland, Sweden and Norway; it crosses the tip of Greenland and of South Central Alaska; it cuts the great spaces of Russia and Canada in half. The parallel also passes through Shetland, at the very top of the British Isles.
Tallack travelled to some of the places that share this latitude, beginning in Shetland, where he has spent most of his life. Focusing on the landscapes and natural environments of the parallel, and the way that people have interacted with those landscapes, Tallack explores themes of wildness and community, of isolation and engagement, of exile and memory.
Reader: Sandy Grierson
Writer: Malachy Tallack
Abridger: Laurence Wareing
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2015.
WED 08:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b007746l)
8. Mother
As Arabella's health worsens, Bessy's past life as a prostitute threatens to catch up with her. Stars Lucy Paterson.
It is the mid-1860s, and young Irish woman Bessy is trying to escape her former life....
Written by Jane Harris.
Dramatised by Chris Dolan.
Bessy Buckley .... Lucy Paterson
Arabella Reid .... Candida Benson
James Reid .... Jimmy Chisholm
Dr. Mcgregor.... Kenny Blyth
Bridget .... Cara Kelly
Muriel .... Suzanne Donaldson
Producer/Director: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
WED 09:00 Unite (m001md5x)
Series 2
The Appointment
Against all accepted advice, Tony googles his symptoms and is thrown into full blown hypochondria. Could this be a fatal dose of Amazonian Gastroentral Plague? Or worse ? Convinced of his imminent demise, he attempts one of modern life's most difficult tasks - trying to get an in-person GP appointment. When he fails he is conflicted when Imogen immediately secures him one privately, which runs counter to his socialist principles.
Ashley embarks on an unlikely academic career by joining a gender politics class. Being the only man in the group, he seizes the opportunity to practise his male gaze. This leads to a date with the course leader Lotte. At a restaurant and completely out of his depth her husband Peter turns up.
A welcome return for the hugely popular and critically-acclaimed sitcom starring Radio 4 favourite Mark Steel (Mark Steel's in Town, The News Quiz), Claire Skinner (Outnumbered), Elliot Steel and Ivo Graham.
When Tony (Mark Steel), a working class, left wing South Londoner, falls in love and marries Imogen (Claire Skinner), an upper middle class property developer, their sons - Croydon chancer Ashley (Elliot Steel) and supercilious Eton and Oxford-educated Gideon (Ivo Graham) - are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted.
Cast:
Tony - Mark Steel
Imogen - Claire Skinner
Ashley - Elliot Steel
Gideon - Ivo Graham
Rebecca - Ayesha Antoine
Lotte/Mary - Zoe Lyons
Dr Anderson - Alan Francis
Julie/ Kiera/ Mother - Jenny Bede
Peter - Ian Pearce
Receptionist - Olivia Lichtenstein
Written by Barry Castagnola, Ian Pearce and Elliot Steel
(additional material from the cast)
Executive Producer- Mario Stylianides
Producer/Director- Barry Castagnola
Sound recordist and Editor- Jerry Peal
Broadcast Assistant - Sarah Tombling
Assistant Producer - George O'Regan
Production Assistant - David Litchfield
A Golden Path and Rustle Up production for BBC Radio 4
WED 09:30 Key Matters (b01hy2xt)
Series 3
E major
Ivan Hewett returns to explore the question of why certain musical keys have become associated with particular moods.
Ivan meets violinist Professor Paul Robertson to discuss the bright and energetic nature of E major.
The music ranges from Vivaldi to Britten, with some Beethoven and Schubert along the way.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2012.
WED 09:45 Daily Service (m002mbp8)
Valuing fellowship and community through nostalgia
Becky Silver talks to James B Partridge about the popularity of school assembly hymns.
A week of features exploring the nostalgia and spiritual resonance of school assembly hymns, anticipating the results of a Songs of Praise poll of the Nations Favourite Assembly Hymns.
Reading: Philippians 4: 4-9
Music:
He’s got the world in His hands – Laurie London
Shine Jesus Shine – Graham Kendrick
Colours of Day – Hall Grove School
WED 10:00 Archive on 4 (m002mbpb)
Man of the People: Paul Graney's Story
Jeffrey Richards tells the story of Paul Graney who dedicated his life to recording audio of 20th century history.
Although Paul Graney was, in his own words, "an ordinary bloke" from the North West, he left as his legacy an extraordinary collection of audio recordings that reflected the changing lives of ordinary people in the first half of the 20th century.
He spent months living rough during the Depression, helped to organise the Manchester contingent of the Jarrow March, fought against Mosley's Blackshirts, and saw Hitler rousing his supporters in Berlin.
Later, he became a collector of folk music from across the world, saving hundreds of traditional songs from fading out of memory.
Producer: Libby cross
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
WED 11:00 London Particulars (b008pbw2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 11:45 Whodunnits (b03q96c5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
WED 12:00 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? (b00sm5qq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Dot (b0bd7rw0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 13:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061r039)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b007746l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 14:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m0008wtt)
Series 14
Episode 1
Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Bridget Christie welcome:
* Comedian Jessica Fostekew
* Engineer Dr Shini Somara
* TV producer Linda Agran
The Museum's Guest Committee donate a slotted screw, Test Match Cricket and a sign telling people to Live, Love, Laugh.
Researchers: Mike Turner, Mike Shepherd and Emily Jupitus of QI.
Producers: Richard Turner and Anne Miller.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2019.
WED 14:30 Sergeant Cribb - Waxwork (m002mbpd)
It is 1888. In Newgate Prison, Miriam Cromer awaits the death penalty for the murder of Josiah Perceval, her husband's photographic assistant.
She has confessed that blackmail drove her to the crime, but a photograph sent anonymously to the Home Office reveals new evidence and Detective Sergeant Cribb must investigate.
If Miriam Cromer is innocent, who is she protecting....and why?
Starring Brian Cox.
Waxwork written by Peter Lovesey. Dramatised by Geoffrey M Matthews.
Detective Sergeant Cribb .... Brian Cox
Constable Thackeray .... John Cater
Miriam Cromer .... Sarah Berger
Inspector Jowett .... Roger Hume
James Berry .... Don Henderson
Howard Cromer .... Gordon Reid
Simon Allingham .... Kim Durham
Insp Waterlow .... Roger Rowland
Lottie Piper / First Wardress .... Claire Faulconbridge
Mrs Berry / Dorothea Davenant .... Gillian Goodman
Tussaud / Judge .... Edwin Richfield
Prison Govemor / Hundelby .... Anthony Benson
Second Wardress .... Cynthia Cherry
Director: Vanessa Whitburn
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1987.
WED 16:00 Archive on 4 (m002mbpb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 17:00 London Particulars (b008pbw2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 17:45 Whodunnits (b03q96c5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
WED 18:00 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? (b00sm5qq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 19:00 Dot (b0bd7rw0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061r039)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 19:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b007746l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 20:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m0008wtt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
WED 20:30 Sergeant Cribb - Waxwork (m002mbpd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
WED 22:00 Unite (m001md5x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 22:30 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years (b0085flc)
Incy Wincy Quincy
A case for spider pathologist Incy Wincy Quincy and The Archers abroad
Comedy extravaganza written by and featuring Dan Freedman and Nick Romero.
With:
Richard Coles
Music by the Gents.
Producer: Julian Mayers
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998
WED 23:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (m000571d)
Series 8
Episode 1
John cooks a particularly good lasagne, and we hear a legendary swansong.
And, well... since you ask him for a ghost story...
Written by and starring John Finnemore
With:
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Simon Kane
Lawry Lewin
Carrie Quinlan
Original music & piano: Susannah Pearse
Cello: Sally Stares
Producer: Ed Morrish
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2019.
WED 23:30 Concrete Cow (b04sttfx)
Series 2
Biodiversity
Aliens visit Earth to take its biodiversity- but it's too expensive; mums compete over exclusive holidays and a soup advert takes gritty realism too far.
Sketch show in which anything is possible.
Written by James Cary.
Starring:
Robert Webb
Beth Chalmers
Catherine Shepherd
Steven Kynman
Abigail Burdess
Chris Pavlo
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004.

THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2025

THU 00:00 Archive on 4 (m002mbpb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 London Particulars (b008pbw2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:45 Whodunnits (b03q96c5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? (b00sm5qq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Dot (b0bd7rw0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061r039)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b007746l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m0008wtt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Sergeant Cribb - Waxwork (m002mbpd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 London Particulars (b008pbr7)
Series 2
4. The Kitten Houser
With a frightened young girl in danger, Pip and Thomas investigate a sophisticated vice ring.
John Peacock’s Victorian-era adventures at a time when Bow Street Runners were superseded by The Peelers – London Metropolitan Police. Former Runner, Pip Shepherd, and Peeler, Thomas Tedman, solve crimes to the backdrop of the capital’s deadly pea-soupers, known as ‘London Particulars’.
Pip Shepherd …. Todd Carty
Thomas Tedman …. Charles Simpson
Dolly Jenks/Woman …. Maggie McCarthy
Catherine Hockley/Lucy Cooke/Belle …. Deborah Berlin
Sarah Vermilloe/Nellie Shuckle …. Tessa Worsley
Albert …. Ioan Meredith
Michael Tovey …. Harry Myers
Nat Etherington …. Stephen Critchlow
Florence Hatfield/Esme Donahoe/Tilly …. Elizabeth Conboy
Susannah Cooke …. Becky Hindley
Producer: David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1999.
THU 06:45 Whodunnits (b03qf7r1)
November Dead List - Series 1
4. Confession
The murder enquiry into the death of a church parishioner continues.
The priest made himself a suspect by leaving London unexpectedly.
Detective Inspector Flood pursued him to Ireland but his body was discovered before she could speak to him.
But before he died he made a final confession to Father Manu, the curate, who now refuses to break the seal of the confessional by telling her what was said.
Nicola Walker stars in Nick Perry's gritty crime drama.
Each Roman Catholic parish compiles a Book of the Dead from the lists of departed loved ones submitted by parishioners.
Printed on the front of the envelopes are three words:
November Dead List.
A young priest opens one such envelope and discovers - not a list of the dead but a list of people he knows to be alive, and members of his congregation.
At first he thinks it's someone's idea of a joke. Then the people named start turning up dead.
DI Flood ...... Nicola Walker
Father Manu ...... Paul Ready
John ...... Steve Toussaint
Father Pat ...... Dermot Crowley
Simon ...... Arthur Hughes
Terrence ...... John Norton
Gerry ...... Stephen Hogan
Kevin ...... Sean Murray
Eileen ...... Carolyn Pickles
Journalist ...... Carys Eleri
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
THU 07:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00ck2dq)
Series 1
5. Found Wanting
To Robert's dismay, his sister, Barbara, is about to succumb to temptation in the shape of biker Andy Hunt.
His mother can't help to save her, so he enlists the help of Father Benedict as an avenger...
A six-part black comedy by Martin Davies
Stars Desmond Barrit as Father Benedict, Brenda Blethyn as Mrs Patterson, Paul Parris as Robert Patterson, Charlotte Coleman as Barbara Patterson, Martino Lazzeri as Guy Entwhistle, Mark Straker as Andy and Claire Skinner as Janet.
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993.
THU 07:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jlyw)
Series 1
Peel Bananas the Burkiss Way
Welcome to the Burkiss Way to dynamic living - radio's first correspondence course. Send no money.
Lesson one is courtesy of:
Denise Coffey
Nigel Rees
Chris Emmett
Fred Harris
Then you too can write a script like Andrew Marshall, John Mason and David Renwick.
You can also produce a programme like Simon Brett.
The groundbreaking radio sketch show with cult status.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1976.
THU 08:00 Big Broadcast (m000qhh5)
Series 4
Politics
When the sponsor of the Hour of Charm plans to use its popularity as a platform to launch his political career, Katherine Hepburn plots to expose him as the fraud and manipulator he really is.
Neil Brand's musical caper set in a Chicago radio station in 1937.
Katharine Hepburn ..... Susannah Fielding
Robert F. Winkler ..... Ian Conningham
Arthur Clarke ..... Neil McCaul
Barbara Meek ..... Bettrys Jones
Ramona Fairfax ..... Heather Craney
Jerry Soundguy ..... Hasan Dixon
Preston Lanister ..... Clive Hayward
Singer ..... Helen Neeves
Singer ..... Nancy Cole
Singer ..... Christopher Bowen
Singer ..... Jimmy Holliday
Foley ..... Alison Craig
Written and composed by Neil Brand.
Director: Jessica Dromgoole
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2020.
THU 08:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061tfmr)
4. St Petersburg
Writer Malachy Tallack has set out from Shetland on a journey around the sixtieth parallel. Today, he arrives in St Petersburg, the most highly populated place on the parallel.
The sixtieth parallel marks a borderland between 'near' and 'far north', Tallack travelled to some of the places that share this latitude, beginning in Shetland, where he has spent most of his life. Focusing on the landscapes and natural environments of the parallel, and the way that people have interacted with those landscapes, Tallack explores themes of wildness and community, of isolation and engagement, of exile and memory.
Reader: Sandy Grierson
Writer: Malachy Tallack
Abridger: Laurence Wareing
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2015.
THU 08:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b007747v)
9. Missing
Bessy's deceptions have tipped her mistress into insanity - and an unwanted guest arrives.
It is the mid-1860s, and young Irish woman Bessy is trying to escape her former life....
Written by Jane Harris.
Dramatised by Chris Dolan.
Bessy Buckley .... Lucy Paterson
Arabella Reid ..... Candida Benson
James Reid .... Jimmy Chisholm
Rev. Pollock .... Crawford Logan
Dr. Mcgregor .... Kenny Blyth
Bridget .... Cara Kelly
Muriel .... Suzanne Donaldson
Stranger .... Patricia Kavanagh
Producer/Director: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
THU 09:00 Stand-Up Specials (m0016pbb)
Athena Kugblenu: Magnifying Class
Athena Kugblenu has a conservatory (it came with the man). But what does that tell us about her identity?
She’s got an aluminium hooded extractor fan and uses fabric conditioner. But does the quilted toilet roll in both of Athena’s toilets signify a working class girl done good?
Or does it say that the rigid way we look at class might need a rethink?
This stand up show tackles these questions and gives Athena the courage to finally live her truth as an upwardly mobile individual.
Production Coordinator: Caroline Barlow
Producer: Leila Navabi
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2022.
THU 09:30 Key Matters (b01hy2zr)
Series 3
F minor
Ivan Hewett returns to explore the question of why certain musical keys have become associated with particular moods.
Ivan meets harpsichordist Terence Charlston to discuss the anguished and stormy key of F minor, and its relationship to different tuning systems.
The music ranges from Bach to Schubert, with some Fleetwood Mac and Andrew Lloyd Webber along the way.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2012.
THU 09:45 Daily Service (m002m9sf)
Living Tradition – Sing unto the Lord a new song
Becky Silver explores the joy of hymns with members of the Hymn Society of Great Britain.
A week of features exploring the nostalgia and spiritual resonance of school assembly hymns, anticipating the results of a Songs of Praise poll of the Nation's Favourite Assembly Hymns.
Reading: Psalm 78: 1-4
Music:
Lord of Hopefulness – Guildford Cathedral Choir
O thou who camest from above – Westminster Abbey Choir
Lord of the Dance – Choir of Queens’ College, Cambridge
THU 10:00 The Radio Detectives (b007jp9j)
Series 2
The Little Grey Cells of Hercule Poirot
Created by Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot is one of the author's most famous and long-running characters - appearing in 33 novels.
Professor Jeffrey Richards delves into the casebook of the fastidious Belgian sleuth with his genius for lateral thinking.
Affectionate series about popular radio detectives.
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.
THU 10:30 A Portrait Of... (b09c12jt)
Danielle de Niese
Artist Fiona Graham-Mackay paints a portrait of top opera soprano Danielle de Niese.
The relationship between an artist and her sitter is unique, a bit like being in the therapist's chair - the painter stripping away the layers to reveal the true likeness of her subject. And in the hush of the sitting, conversations meander in unexpected ways.
We eavesdrop on the conversation between the two artists across three meetings as the portrait develops. The programme begins with a blank canvas, and ends with the big reveal as Danielle meets her likeness in the portrait Fiona has painted.
Producer: Eve Streeter
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2017.
THU 11:00 London Particulars (b008pbr7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 11:45 Whodunnits (b03qf7r1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
THU 12:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00ck2dq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jlyw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 13:00 Big Broadcast (m000qhh5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 13:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061tfmr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b007747v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 14:00 Counterpoint (b04p7yfz)
Series 28
Heat 9, 2014
Russell Davies hosts the wide-ranging music quiz.
The questions cover every aspect of music - from the classical repertoire to world music, show tunes, film scores, jazz, rock and pop.
Three more competitors are in the Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House for Heat 9 of the 2014 series.
* Mike Kemp from Wiltshire
* James Pestell from West Sussex
* Tony Smith from Birmingham
Producer: Paul Bajoria
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014.
THU 14:30 Whodunnits (b007rd7r)
Hercule Poirot - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
When Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot retires to the country to grow vegetable marrows, he soon discovers that someone has planted the seeds of treachery... and of murder.
Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
First published in 1926, dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Hercule Poirot .… John Moffatt
Dr Sheppard …. John Woodvine
Roger Ackroyd …. Laurence Payne
Raymond …. Peter Gilmore
Parker the Butler …. Deryck Guyler
Caroline …. Diana Olsson
Miss Russell …. Eva Stuart
Ralph Paton …. Paul Sirr
Flora …. Zelah Clarke
Mrs Ackroyd …. Joan Matheson
Kent …. Peter Craze
Blunt …. David Goodland
Inspector Raglan …. Richard Tate
Inspector Davis …. Simon Cuff
Ursula …. Karen Archer
Hammond …. Alan Dudley
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.
THU 16:00 The Radio Detectives (b007jp9j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:30 A Portrait Of... (b09c12jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
THU 17:00 London Particulars (b008pbr7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 17:45 Whodunnits (b03qf7r1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
THU 18:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00ck2dq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jlyw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 19:00 Big Broadcast (m000qhh5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061tfmr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 19:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b007747v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 20:00 Counterpoint (b04p7yfz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
THU 20:30 Whodunnits (b007rd7r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
THU 22:00 Call Jonathan Pie (p0fsyyfg)
9. NHS
It’s Pie’s Birthday and he’s really rather depressed about it. Until that is Roger shows up with egg on his face. Literally. The show's topic is the state of the NHS but Pie seems obsessed with old age and death. When Pie is forced to reflect on his experiences of Lockdown we discover that he had a more miserable time than most. Later he finally gets the chance to interview a junior health minister. Can he step up?
Jonathan Pie ..... Tom Walker

Jules ..... Lucy Pearman

Sam ..... Aqib Khan

Roger ..... Nick Revell

Agent ..... Daniel Abelson
Minister ..... Liz White


Voiceovers ..... Bob Sinfield and Rob Curling


Callers ... Ellie Dobing, Sarah Gabriel, Thanyia Moore, Jonathan Tafler.
Writer ..... Tom Walker

Script Editor ..... Nick Revell

Producers ..... Alison Vernon-Smith and Julian Mayers

Production Coordinator ..... Ellie Dobing
Original music composed by Jason Read
Additional music Leighton James House



A Yada-Yada Audio Production.
THU 22:30 Alex Edelman's Peer Group (m0001f14)
Series 2
Political
American comedian Alex Edelman continues his comic look at what it’s like being a millennial today.
Alex's "peer group" are on hand to assist - comedians Alfie Brown, Brandon Wardell, journalist Rebecca Nicholson and cultural commentator David Burstein
Written by and starring Alex Edelman.
With additional material by Ivo Graham.
Producer: Sam Michell
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002mqy5)
Ian Smith 2/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Isy Suttie chats to comedian, Ian Smith.
THU 23:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01f883m)
Series 2
With Danny Baker
Another series of the comedy show hosted by Alex Horne and his five piece band with specially written, original music.
This opening episode explores the theme of 'games'
Guest star Danny Baker sings with the band and champions an instrument that can't fail to put a smile on your face.
Plus the funkiest song you're ever likely to hear about Chess; an Ode to Chris Hoy and music to exercise to.
With electric guitarist, Ben Jones.
Alex's Horne Section are:
Trumpet/banjo .... Joe Auckland
Saxophone/clarinet ....Mark Brown
Double Bass/Bass .... Will Collier
Drums and Percussion .... Ben Reynolds
Piano/keyboard .... Ed Sheldrake
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.
THU 23:30 Small Scenes (b03dslfc)
Series 1
Episode 1
Dipping in and out of odd stories, there's commentary from the World Ham Shouting Championships and meet a couple who are being harassed by a former England football hero.
A successful pilot show sparked series one of the symphonious sketch show.
Starring:
Daniel Rigby
Mike Wozniak
Sara Pascoe
Henry Paker
Written by the cast and Benjamin Partridge with additional material from Chris Allen and Marc Jones.
Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.

FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2025

FRI 00:00 The Radio Detectives (b007jp9j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 A Portrait Of... (b09c12jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 London Particulars (b008pbr7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:45 Whodunnits (b03qf7r1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00ck2dq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jlyw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Big Broadcast (m000qhh5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061tfmr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b007747v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Counterpoint (b04p7yfz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Whodunnits (b007rd7r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Isabella and The Pot of Basil by John Keats (m002mcmv)
Isabella loves Lorenzo, but her brothers want him dead.
Young love turns to gothic nightmare.
John Keats classic tale of passion, murder - and a pot of basil. First published in 1820.
Narrator: Miriam Margolyes
Isabella: Janie Dee
Lorenzo: Rhashan Stone
Brothers: Stephen Hogan and Nicolas Boulton
Original music composed and performed by David Chilton
Director: Claudine Toutoungi
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004.
FRI 06:45 Whodunnits (b03qflzq)
November Dead List - Series 1
5. Chief Suspect
A second body has been discovered, belonging to another name on the suspected 'kill list'.
Detective Inspector Flood fears that Father Manu might try to confront their chief suspect...
Conclusion of Nick Perry's gritty crime drama.
Starring Nicola Walker.
Each Roman Catholic parish compiles a Book of the Dead from the lists of departed loved ones submitted by parishioners.
Printed on the front of the envelopes are three words:
November Dead List.
A young priest opens one such envelope and discovers - not a list of the dead but a list of people he knows to be alive, and members of his congregation.
At first he thinks it's someone's idea of a joke. Then the people named start turning up dead.
DI Flood ...... Nicola Walker
Father Manu ...... Paul Ready
John ...... Steve Toussaint
Father Pat ...... Dermot Crowley
Simon ...... Arthur Hughes
Terrence ...... John Norton
Gerry ...... Stephen Hogan
Kevin ...... Sean Murray
Eileen ...... Carolyn Pickles
Journalist ...... Carys Eleri
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
FRI 07:00 Kalangadog Junction (b09ckrh5)
Episode 3
1956: It's a big week at Kalangadog Junction as everyone prepares to go to the movies.
And the Australian town witnesses a version of On the Waterfront unlike any other...
Starring Caroline Quentin and John Duttine.
Comedy drama series by Moya O'Shea.
Jane .... Caroline Quentin
Thomas .... John Duttine
Jimmy .... Niall Ashdown
Pete .... Toby Longworth
Len .... Brian Bowles
Madge .... Joanna Monro
Milly .... Julie Gibbs
Phoebe .... June Whitfield
Gaeline .... Moya O'Shea
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1996.
FRI 07:30 The Likely Lads (m002mcmx)
Series 2
Double Date
Bob is heartbroken over Felicity, but Terry persuades him to go on a double-date with Deirdre and Pat, who they meet in a coffee shop.
As the lads plan their night out, the women are also discussing the evening ahead
Terry .... James Bolam
Bob .... Rodney Bewes
Audrey .... Sheila Fearn
Deirdre .... Dilys Watling
Pat .... Susan Jameson
The second series of Dick Clements and Ian La Frenais’ television scripts adapted for radio by one of the programme’s stars, James Bolam. The two series of radio adaptations are harvested from all three television series, which were broadcast on BBC1 from 1964 to 1966.
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1968.
FRI 08:00 Quanderhorn (b0bcg8td)
The Quanderhorn Xperimentations
Dah dah dah dah dah dahh Dah dah dah dah dahhhh...
It's 1952. Of course.
As Churchill's squadron of bagpiping bombers grows closer, our intrepid crew and their duplicates face the diabolical traps of the Alien ziggurat.
Meanwhile, Jenkins races back to the laboratory to secure the cellar, and uncovers a duplicate Quanderhorn, who claims he's the real thing.
Barely surviving the Deadly Duck Trap, the Waterfall of Glue and the Collapsing Stairway of Strangling Vines, Brian and the originals face the ultimate challenge - the Mirror Maze of Laser Death.
The duplicates reach the prize, the legendary Gaulus Tempus - the Time Bucket - but they are immediately betrayed by Guuuurk 2 who claims it for Mars.
Can Gemma, Troy, Guuuurk and Brian triumph and use the Time Bucket to save reality before the bombers strike and the bagpipers strike up Ride of the Valkyries?
The Quanderhorn Xperimentations - an adventure beyond human understanding.
Professor Quanderhorn ...... James Fleet
Brian Nylon ...... Ryan Sampson
Dr Gemini Janussen ...... Cassie Layton
Guuuurk ...... Kevin Eldon
Troy Quanderhorn ...... Freddie Fox
Winston Churchill/Jenkins ...... John Sessions
Synthetic Voice ...... Rachel Atkins
Created and written by Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall
Directed by Andrew Marshall
Music by Peter Brewis
Engineered, Edited and Sound designed by Alistair McGregor
Production Manager: Sarah Tombling
Produced by Rob Grant and Gordon Kennedy
Recorded at The Soundhouse Studios
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2018.
FRI 08:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061ttfm)
5. 200 Miles From Home
Only 200 miles from his home in Shetland, and his starting point, Malachy Tallack reaches the west coast of Norway, the final destination on his journey along the sixtieth parallel.
The sixtieth parallel marks a borderland between 'near' and 'far north', Tallack travelled to some of the places that share this latitude, beginning in Shetland, where he has spent most of his life. Focusing on the landscapes and natural environments of the parallel, and the way that people have interacted with those landscapes, Tallack explores themes of wildness and community, of isolation and engagement, of exile and memory.
Reader: Sandy Grierson
Writer: Malachy Tallack
Abridger: Laurence Wareing
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2015.
FRI 08:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b0077492)
10. Safe Home
A second tragedy on the railway line brings an unexpected conclusion for Bessy and Arabella.
It is the mid-1860s, and young Irish woman Bessy is trying to escape her former life....
Written by Jane Harris.
Dramatised by Chris Dolan.
Bessy Buckley .... Lucy Paterson
Arabella Reid .... Candida Benson
James Reid .... Jimmy Chisholm
Dr. Mcgregor .... Kenny Blyth
Nurse .... Patricia Kavanagh
Producer/Director: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
FRI 09:00 Tudur Owen: United Nations of Anglesey (m0013zpd)
Episode 2
In 1978 a Japanese film crew came to 11-year-old Tudur Owen’s farm on Anglesey to make a programme about his life for a TV show called Children of the World.
Then a Patagonian gaucho turned up. As did a man claiming to be a geology student called Hector. But were they all what they seemed?
Written and narrated by Tudur Owen.
With additional voices from Lisa-Jên Brown, Richard Harrington, Gwenno Hodgkins and Yuriko Kotani.
Script editor: Gareth Gwynn
Production co-ordinator: Katie Baum
Sound design: David Thomas
Producer: Richard Morris
A BBC Studios Production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2022.
FRI 09:30 Key Matters (b01hy302)
Series 3
C minor
Ivan Hewett returns to explore the question of why certain musical keys have become associated with particular moods.
Ivan meets pianist Peter Donohoe to discuss the key of C minor, and when pieces travel triumphantly to C major at the end.
They look at one of the most famous C minor pieces of all: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2012.
FRI 09:45 Daily Service (m002mcn0)
Songs of Praise - Celebration and Lifting the Spirit
Becky Silver talks to Songs of Praise presenter Laura Wright about favourite hymns.
A week of features exploring the nostalgia and spiritual resonance of school assembly hymns, anticipating the results of a Songs of Praise poll of the Nation's Favourite Assembly Hymns.
Reading: Psalm 100: 1-5
Music:
Tell out my soul – St Michael’s Singers
Give me oil in my Lamp – Ellie Limebear
How Great Thou Art - Rachel John
FRI 10:00 The Radio Detectives (b007jpd7)
Series 3
Down the Mean Streets with Philip Marlowe
An exploration of Raymond Chandler's hard-boiled, wisecracking American private-eye - who first appeared in ‘The Big Sleep’ published in 1939.
Professor Jeffrey Richards is hot on his trail.
With:
Phillip French
Van Heflin
Ed Bishop
John Tydeman
Bill Morrison
Affectionate series about popular radio detectives.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.
FRI 10:30 Michael Palin's Memory Palaces: Terry Gilliam (m000xm6p)
An odyssey set inside the strange and wonderful mind of Terry Gilliam. Michael Palin invents fantastical new interview technology to fire James Peak deep inside Terry Gilliam's 'memory palace'.
Join them for an encounter that takes in Terry's films, the Monty Python foot, what it is like to have your obituary published in Variety magazine before you're dead, and why it always pays to have a Beatle on your side.
Starring Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Andre Jacquemin and James Peak
Produced by Andre Jacquemin and James Peak
An Essential Radio production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 11:00 Isabella and The Pot of Basil by John Keats (m002mcmv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 11:45 Whodunnits (b03qflzq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
FRI 12:00 Kalangadog Junction (b09ckrh5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Likely Lads (m002mcmx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Quanderhorn (b0bcg8td)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 13:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061ttfm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b0077492)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
FRI 14:00 Whispers (b007k3jj)
Series 3
Episode 6
Gyles Brandreth hosts the quiz show with scandal on its mind and slander at its heart.
Joining team captains Anthony Holden and Lucy Moore to run the gauntlet of gossip
John O'Farrell
Dan Tetsell
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.
FRI 14:30 Philip Marlowe - The Long Goodbye (b007jwwf)
The last of a series of five Raymond Chandler novels dramatised by Bill Morrison with Ed Bishop as Philip Marlowe and Toby Robins as Eileen Wade
Marlowe helps a friendly drunk conceal a crime. He is also asked to protect a drunken writer from his own violence. A murder seems to connect the two cases. And Marlowe almost falls in love.
Philip Marlowe .... Ed Bishop
Eileen Wade .... Toby Robins
Lynda Loring .... Margaret Robinson
Roger Wade .... David March
Terry Lennox .... Peter Marinker
Howard Spencer .... Don Fellows
Mendy Melendez .... Blain Fairman
Bernie Ohis.... Harry Towb
Dr Loring .... Paul Maxwell
Harlan Potter .... Bob Sherman
Captain Hernandez .... Gordon Sterne
Lonnie Morgan .... Henry Knowles
Grantz .... Rod Beacham
Sergeant Greene .... William Roberts
Detective Dayton .... Neville Jason
Willie McGoon .... Bill Morrison
Chick Agostino .... Malcolm Gerrard
Candy .... Anthony Daniels
Barman .... Brian Hewlett
Written by Raymond Chandler
Director: John Tydeman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
FRI 16:00 The Radio Detectives (b007jpd7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:30 Michael Palin's Memory Palaces: Terry Gilliam (m000xm6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
FRI 17:00 Isabella and The Pot of Basil by John Keats (m002mcmv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 17:45 Whodunnits (b03qflzq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
FRI 18:00 Kalangadog Junction (b09ckrh5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 18:30 The Likely Lads (m002mcmx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 19:00 Quanderhorn (b0bcg8td)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack (b061ttfm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 19:45 The Observations by Jane Harris (b0077492)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
FRI 20:00 Whispers (b007k3jj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Philip Marlowe - The Long Goodbye (b007jwwf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
FRI 22:00 Tudur Owen: United Nations of Anglesey (m0013zpd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 22:30 Josh Howie's Losing It (b07v0hnp)
Series 1
The Route
Josh and his wife Monique attend their first NCT class where he typically manages to fall out with almost everyone.
Sitcom in which stand-up comic Josh comes to terms with the impending birth of his first child.
Starring Josh Howie and Pippa Evans.
Written by Josh Howie.
With:
Jenny Bede
Stephen Hagan
Caroline Mabey
Debra Tammer
Wendy Wason
Producer: Ashley Blaker
A Black Hat production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2016.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002mqy3)
Ian Smith 3/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Isy Suttie chats to comedian, Ian Smith.
FRI 23:00 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b311z)
Series 2
Steve Brown
From Star Trekkin’ to Monty Python.
Musical comedian Mitch Benn presents his selection of some of the finest comic songs by other performers.
With guest Steve Brown.
Producer: Ed Morrish
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in October 2006.
FRI 23:30 Radio Active (b007js7f)
Series 3
Edinburgh Festival
Scotland beware! The national local radio station's weekly arts programme has special coverage of the Edinburgh Festival.
Starring:
Helen Atkinson-Wood
Angus Deayton
Geoffrey Perkins
Philip Pope
Michael Fenton-Stevens
Music by Philip Pope and Mike Schilling.
Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins. With Jon Canter, Richard Curtis, Helen Murray, Nick Wilton, Moray Hunter, John Docherty and Roger Planer.
Producer: Jamie Rix
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1983.