SATURDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2026

SAT 00:00 Soul Music (m001msqn)
I Only Have Eyes For You
When I Only Have Eyes For You first emerged in 1934 it was a jaunty cinema ditty written by Harry Dubin and Al Warren for the film "Dames".
But it gained huge popularity when the 1950s doo wop group The Flamingos - under Terry Johnson’s musical arrangement - transformed it into a dreamy otherworldly love song.
Terry explains how he turned the song into an evergreen hit that’s been covered by many including Art Garfunkel and Carly Simon.
Musicologist Luis Cruz attributes the genius of the song to its pedal chord - the repeated use of the C note. This adds to the feeling of fixation where the singer can’t see anyone else but the object of his affection.
The song is obviously one that speaks of deep love and Vivian Fransen was one of many who chose the song to play at her wedding. She'd been introduced to the Art Garfunkel version in 1975 when she met the man who was to become her husband.
12 years later he revealed a secret he'd been keeping from her which ended their marriage and caused her to reassess the song's meaning.
Jess Farr Cox would sing the song to her aged rescue dog Pico as his health deteriorated. Only that song - and the theme to Antiques Roadshow - would send him to sleep when he was in pain and distress.
She still gets emotional when she hears it over a year after he was eventually put to sleep. People underestimate the love you get from a rescue dog, she says.
Chris Deerin is a political journalist and part of Scottish band Fat Cops. He recorded a version of I Only Have Eyes For You for the Tiny Changes Young People's Mental Health Charity. This was founded after singer Scott Hutchison died in 2018.
Chris says he and fellow musician Bobby Bluebell had always loved the song and felt it was a fitting tribute to fellow musician Scott.
Producer: Maggie Ayre
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2023.
SAT 00:30 Chant (b04lpzz2)
Richard Coles delves into the 1990s when a recording of Benedictine monks singing became so popular it sold in the millions around the world.
If an album of classical music sold anywhere near one million copies at that time, it was considered unusual. For one to sell more than that was unprecedented.
Adding further to this phenomenon was the fact that this was unfamiliar music at the time, Gregorian Chant, performed not by celebrity artists who might attract a large following, but by monks from a remote corner of Northern Spain. EMI marketed this album Canto Gregoriano, or Chant as it was named in America, as a unique antidote to stress.
Richard Coles and former EMI employees Kick Klimbie and Jane McCann, retrace EMI's marketing tactics in the promotion of Canto Gregoriano.
Professor Adrian North provides insights into the psychology of marketing, exploring what drives people to buy certain things, and how music can impact upon us physically and emotionally.
Richard also takes a trip to the Isle of Wight, where Gregorian Chant is still an important aspect of life at both St Cecilia's Abbey and Quarr Abbey, and questions whether such music is still capable of having any meaning or impact upon our lives in the 21st century.
Producer: Luke Whitlock
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2014.
SAT 01:00 A Matter of Honour by Jeffrey Archer (m002r4tn)
7. Caught
Northern France. 19 June 1966.
Adam has escaped from the Russian embassy in Paris and is heading for home with the Tsar's Icon, little knowing that Romanov is on his trail.
Starring Michael York, Simon Ward and Tom Chadbon.
Conclusion of Jeffrey Archer's tale of a secret history that threatens a deadly escalation of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and USA.
Dramatised by Brian Sibley.
Adam Scott .... Michael York
Alexander Romanov .... Simon Ward
Lawrence Pemberton .... Tom Chadbon
Sir Morris .... Richard Vernon
Busch .... Harry Towb
Snell ..... Wllliam Fox
Matthews .... Brian Hewlett
Poskonov .... Vladek Sheybal
Bischoff .... David March
Robin .... Jane Leonard
Tomkins .... Ronald Herdman
Russian ambassador .... Harold Kasket
Auctioneer .... Jeffrey Archer
Other parts played by Andrew Branch, Eklaine Claxton, James Goode, Stuart Organ, Jonathan Tafler and Manning Wilson.
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 December 1986.
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Our warm thanks go to the Radio Circle for returning this series to the BBC archive.
SAT 01:30 Jules Verne (b007jtyx)
Around The World in Eighty Days
4. Burning to Get Home
In which Fix gets his man, Passepartout's watch is nearly on time and Phileas Fogg takes drastic action.
Will he get to the Reform Club in time?
Starring Leslie Phillips.
Conclusion of Jules Verne's classic story.
Dramatised by Terry James.
Phileas Fogg …. Leslie Phillips
Passpartout …. Yves Aubert
Sergeant Fix …. Jim Broadbent
Mr Ralph …. Jonathan Adams
Mr Flanagan …. Ronald Herdman
Mr Stuart …. John Church
The Doorman …. Mark Straker
Princess Aouda …. Diana Quick
Captain Speedy …. Peter Marinker
Mudge …. Terence Edmond
Original music by Wilfredo Acosta.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1992.
SAT 02:00 My Mammy and Me (m002r4tq)
Series 1
2. Conned
Isobel meets a door-to-door salesman selling his original art, or so he says.
Desperate to make improvements to the home, she invites him in for tea...
Cathy McPhail's sitcom about Isobel's attempt to untie her mother's ever-tightening apron strings.
Mammy ...... Eileen McCallum
Isobel ...... Kate Donnelly
Willie ...... Jake D'Arcy
Ida ...... Barbara Rafferty
Con ...... Forbes Masson
WPC ...... Carolyn Boneyman
The Jet and Sgt Blood.....Sean Scanlan
Mr Patel/MC/Budgie.......Lewis Macleod
Recorded at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow.
Producer: Kathy Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1995.
SAT 02:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jzsd)
Series 3
Steptoe and Son and Son
A visitor brings Harold Steptoe some unexpected news.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.
Classic sitcom about the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold.
Written for BBC TV and adapted for BBC Radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
Girl ...... Gwendolyn Watts
Sailor ...... Richard Griffiths
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1971.
SAT 03:00 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b09h2rby)
Series 2
Mutton Rissoles
Spring, 1965. Trisha moves into a new bedsitter with toast-loving Moira.
Beattie Edmondson and Nikesh Patel star in Sue Teddern's romantic comedy, inspired by Katharine Whitehorn's cookery classic.
Extracts from Cooking in a Bedsitter are read by Eleanor Bron.
Trisha ...... Beattie Edmondson
Deepak ...... Nikesh Patel
June ...... Ellie Darvill
Len ...... Rupert Holliday-Evans
Moira ...... Isabella Inchbald
Robert ...... Clive Hayward
Karl ...... Adam Fitzgerald
Julie ...... Abbie Andrews
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017.
SAT 03:30 Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be: The Lionel Bart Story (b018sgp1)
5. The Right Thing to Do
Bart's reputation is in tatters, and he slides towards alcoholism and bankruptcy.
But in the 1980s and 90s, revivals of his earlier work provide a return to grace.
David and Caroline Stafford's biography of Bart draws on previously unseen archive sources and interviews with those closest to him.
Concluded by Alistair McGowan
Abridged by Julian Wilkinson
Producer: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011.
SAT 03:45 Ladies of Letters (b01mhqbq)
Ladies of Letters Log On
10. Promises
How will the relationship merry-go-round resolve itself?
Starring Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.
The up and down relationship between two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence – now trying to "outsurf" each other on the World Wide Web.
Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman.
Vera Small .... Patricia Routledge
Irene Spencer .... Prunella Scales
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
SAT 04:00 One Person Found This Helpful (m001wq3z)
Series 1
2. Ponce & Prejudice
Frank Skinner finds out what you thought about a dodgy snow globe, a denim thong and a risky waffle.
This is the panel game show which celebrates those good, bad, or totally baffling online reviews.
With:
Desiree Burch
Simon Evans
Kerry Godliman
Andrew Maxwell
Written by Frank Skinner, Catherine Brinkworth, Sarah Dempster, Jason Hazeley, Rajiv Karia, Karl Minns, Katie Sayer & Peter Tellouche
Devised by Simon Evans and Jason Hazeley with the producer David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in February 2024.
SAT 04:30 A Short Gentleman (b018xt55)
Episode 1
Robert sails through all his exams, but finding a girlfriend is more testing.
Hugh Bonneville stars as Robert Purcell, QC.
He's a perfect specimen of the British Establishment, who applies faultless legal logic to his disastrous personal life.
Jon Canter's comic novel, first published in 2008.
Adapted in four parts by Robin Brooks.
Robert Purcell ..... Hugh Bonneville
Father ...... James Hayes
Mother ...... Nichola McAuliffe
Young Robert ...... Josef Lindsay
Pilkington ...... Ewan Bailey
Ticky Moxon-Smith ...... Katherine Jakeways
Judy Page ...... Tracy Wiles
Alan Temperley ...... Gerard McDermott
'Brilliant, but for God's sake don't let this book fall into the hands of any women - if they find out what we're really like we'll never hear the end of it.' Charlie Higson
'A witty, accomplished, and highly entertaining warning about the folly of ambition.' Mail on Sunday
'Elegantly written, civilised and genuinely funny.' The Scotsman
'Robert is infectious. You might just catch yourself bringing his loathsome logic to your own domestic dilemmas.' Time Out.
Jon Canter read Law at Cambridge, where he was President of Footlights, then worked as an advertising copywriter before becoming a radio and TV scriptwriter. His comic novels include Seeds of Greatness, A Short Gentleman and Worth.
Director: Jonquil Painting.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in From January 2012.
SAT 05:00 Hidden Treasures (m002r4tv)
Child in a Dark Wood by Ellen Dryden
Paris. 1859. Caroline Sheridan Norton is the granddaughter of Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
She'won independence from her miserable husband the hard way - by losing custody of her sons to him.
Now, grown-up, they are reunited with her.
But one is ailing, and moreover Caroline cannot help remembering the death of a third son, many years before.
She's committed her life towards changing British law and ending "the wicked injustice we mothers had to suffer."
Starring Penelope Wilton and George Baker.
Written by Ellen Dryden.
Caroline Norton .... Penelope Wilton
George Norton .... George Baker
Maid .... Carole Boyd
Fletcher (Penney) .... Alex Jennings
Fletcher, as a boy .... Jonathan Taylor
Miss Vaughan .... Madi Hedd
Brin, as a boy .... Samuel Durrans
Brin .... David Peart
Sailor .... Richard Huw
Director: Brian Miller
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1983.
A Child in a Dark Wood is part of BBC Radio 4 Extra's Hidden Treasures collection of selected titles returned to the BBC by various collectors.
Our warm thanks go to the Radio Circle.
SAT 06:00 The Plough and the Stars by Sean O'Casey (b017ss4b)
Classic drama set in the midst of the Easter Rising of 1916.
The impact of events is viewed through the eyes of ordinary people inhabiting a Dublin tenement.
Starring Elaine Cassidy and Padraic Delaney.
Sean O'Casey's masterpiece paints a vivid portrait of a city and a nation in turmoil.

Nora ..... Elaine Cassidy
Jack ..... Padraic Delaney
Bessie ..... Gabrielle Reidy
Fluther ..... Finbar Lynch
Peter ..... Stephen Hogan
The Covey ..... Jonathan Forbes
Mrs Gogan ..... Fiona Clarke
Mollser ..... Rebecca Gleeson
Rosie ..... Jane McGrath
Capt Brennan ..... Matthew McNulty
Lieut. Langan ..... Sam Smith
Musical Director ..... Conrad Nelson
Director: Nadia Molinari
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in December 2011.
SAT 08:15 Drama on 4 (b05r78dw)
My Dear Bessie
A love story in letters played out against the backdrop of the Second World War.
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey.
A small blue box opened in 2008 revealed a wartime world of love, longing and frustration.
On September 5th 1943, Chris Barker, a signalman stationed North Africa near Tobruk decided to write to former work colleague, Bessie Moore.
She is a Morse code interpreter at the Foreign Office in London.
The unexpected warmth of Bessie's reply changed their lives forever.

Chris Barker …….. Benedict Cumberbatch
Bessie Moore …….. Louise Brealey
Compiled by Simon Garfield and adapted for radio by Sara Davies.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2015.
SAT 09:00 Love Cuts: A Valentine From John Hegley (m002rh5l)
The Bard of Luton, John Hegley celebrates Valentine's weekend with some snippets of big affection.
Through spoken word, song and real-life encounters, we hear about John's passions - from Pat to Luton Town FC.
Finally, he declares his feelings for Jane, a classroom sweetheart from Primary School who he hasn't seen for 38 years.
Presented by John Hegley
With thanks to:
Southfield School, Luton
Jane Noble
Andrew Bailey on harmonica and Karen Tweed on piano accordion
Producer Nigel Piper
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.
SAT 09:30 The Navy Lark (b0195h23)
The Loch Ness Monster
Monstrous goings-on when the crew of HMS Troutbridge arrive in Scotland.
Stars Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge.
Written by Lawrie Wyman and George Evans.
The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips
The Chief Petty Officer ...... Jon Pertwee
The Number One ...... Stephen Murray
Captain Povey ...... Richard Caldicot
Heather ...... Heather Chasen
The Landlord ...... Tenniel Evans
Captain Aitchison ....... Michael Bates
The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series between 1959 and 1976.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1971.
SAT 10:00 Conversation Extra (m002rh5n)
Hunting The Philistines - Sir Harold Acton
4 Extra delves deep in the BBC Archive for another classic interview.
Writer, scholar and aesthete Sir Harold Acton is in conversation with novelist Derek Robinson.
Sir Harold talks about his many gifted contemporaries at Eton and Oxford, his years in China, his beautiful home in Florence, and about the recreation claimed in Who's Who - "hunting the Philistines".
"When I reached Peking I felt I was perfectly at home ... there was Mussolini in Italy, fascism. Things were very ugly in Germany. I didn't really very much care for what was happening in England.... Here I was going to stay.... It was taken for granted that I was leading a life of sin."
Sir Harold Acton was a contemporary of Evelyn Waugh at Oxford University.
Waugh dedicated his novel Decline and Fall to Harold Acton in 1928. Literary, artistic and socialite 1920s London was dubbed the time of the 'Bright Young Things' by the press.
Producer: Anthony Moncrieff
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in December 1979.
SAT 10:45 Sir John Betjeman - Yours Til Death (m002rh5q)
Sir John Betjeman - Poet Laureate and lover of architecture - believed in the power of radio to educate the masses.
However, a selection of rediscovered correspondence between Betjeman and the BBC Talks Department indicate his dissatisfaction with the Corporation.
Particularly when it came to his fees!
Written and presented by Stephen Games.
Letters read by David Collins
Producer: Christine Hall
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.
SAT 11:00 The Plough and the Stars by Sean O'Casey (b017ss4b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 13:15 Drama on 4 (b05r78dw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:15 today]
SAT 14:00 Love Cuts: A Valentine From John Hegley (m002rh5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 14:30 The Navy Lark (b0195h23)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 15:00 Conversation Extra (m002rh5n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 15:45 Sir John Betjeman - Yours Til Death (m002rh5q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SAT 16:00 Fridays When It Rains by Nick Warburton (b00770q3)
A girl on a late night train journey meets a man with a strange tale to tell.
Starring Clive Swift and Lyndsey Marshal.
Nick Warburton's ghostly drama is set in the age of steam railways.
Dove ...... Clive Swift
Connie ...... Lyndsey Marshal
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008.
SAT 16:45 The Rat King by John Connolly (m00022sh)
A macabre retelling of the story of the Pied Piper.
Written by John Connolly, author of The Book of Lost Things, Nocturnes and the bestselling Charlie Parker mysteries.
Read by Peter Marinker
Music by Timothy X Atack
Producer: Mair Bosworth
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2016.
SAT 17:00 The Plough and the Stars by Sean O'Casey (b017ss4b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 19:15 Drama on 4 (b05r78dw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:15 today]
SAT 20:00 Love Cuts: A Valentine From John Hegley (m002rh5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 20:30 The Navy Lark (b0195h23)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 21:00 Conversation Extra (m002rh5n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 21:45 Sir John Betjeman - Yours Til Death (m002rh5q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SAT 22:00 4 at the Store (b00ct1wm)
Series 1
Episode 2
Simon Bligh hosts more stand-up comedy.
Direct from the Comedy Store in London.
Featuring:
John Mann
Marian Unfaithful
Paul Tonkinson
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.
SAT 22:30 Fred at The Stand (b099yjmp)
Series 1
MacDonald, Omotayo, Caulfield and Foot
Fred MacAulay is back at The Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh doing what he does best - making people laugh.
The series brings another selection of some of the best of stand-up comedians working in the UK right now. Some you’ll know and some you won’t - yet.
In this episode:
* Jamie MacDonald jokes about his life as a blind comedian
* Jo Caulfield bemoans relationships
* Funmbi Omotayo tells us about his experiences with the police
* Paul Foot... well, Paul Foot needs to be heard to be believed.
Fred At The Stand is the closest thing your ears are going to get to an actual night in a comedy club.
A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2017.
SAT 23:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b03h4294)
Series 1
Horsing Around
Tom Wrigglesworth is annoyed that his parents don't trust him - even with his own car.
He is determined to prove them wrong and what better way - than taking care of his sister Amy when she comes to London?
But first he has to persuade mum and dad to trust him.
It's time for Tom to ring his parents for a weekly check-in.
As the conversation unfolds, Tom takes time out to explain the situation, his parent's reactions plus anecdotes from the past illustrating his family's views.
So get underneath the skin of Tom and the Wrigglesworth family in a 30 minute totally legal bit of phone hacking.
Written by Tom Wrigglesworth and James Kettle.
Tom............Tom Wrigglesworth
Granny.........Judy Parfitt
Dad...............Paul Copley
Mum.........Kate Anthony
Amy...........Amy Wrigglesworth
Additional material by Miles Jupp.
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2013.
SAT 23:30 Radio Active (b007k18c)
Series 4
The BioShow
The station's biographical series pays tribute to the sensational life of celebrated actor, Sir John Lesley.
Radio Active is the one and only local national radio station.
Starring:
Helen Atkinson-Wood
Angus Deayton
Geoffrey Perkins
Philip Pope
Michael Fenton-Stevens
Music by Philip Pope and Steve Brown.
Written by Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins with Jon Canter, John Docherty, Moray Hunter, Helen Murry and Nick Wilton.
Producer: Jamie Rix
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1984.

SUNDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2026

SUN 00:00 Fridays When It Rains by Nick Warburton (b00770q3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:45 The Rat King by John Connolly (m00022sh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:45 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 The Plough and the Stars by Sean O'Casey (b017ss4b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 Drama on 4 (b05r78dw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Love Cuts: A Valentine From John Hegley (m002rh5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:30 The Navy Lark (b0195h23)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 Conversation Extra (m002rh5n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:45 Sir John Betjeman - Yours Til Death (m002rh5q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002rdkd)
The Interviewers
Lynn Barber
Journalist Lynn Barber is castaway by Kirsty Young.
A master of the profile interview, Lynn's razor-sharp observations have earned her the nickname the Demon Barber and won her a stack of awards.
Although critics say her articles are hatchet jobs, she disagrees:
"I think that people are well served by quite blunt or quite rude questions because it forces them to fight back and come back strongly,".
DISC ONE: Common People - Pulp
DISC TWO: Abdul Abulbul Amir - Frank Crumit
DISC THREE: The Last Time - The Rolling Stones
DISC FOUR: Barcelona - Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
DISC FIVE: Days - The Kinks
DISC SIX: La Toison d'Or - Jean Cocteau
DISC SEVEN: Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
DISC EIGHT: Macushla - John McCormack
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Macushla - John McCormack
BOOK CHOICE: The complete works - F. Scott Fitzgerald
LUXURY CHOICE: Cyanide pill
Producer: Leanne Buckle
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2010.
SUN 06:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00pfkw3)
Series 1
Giant Birds
Madagascar, off the eastern coast of Africa, is the largest continental island in the world.
As Sir David reveals, it's also where the largest egg known to have existed was laid, and the bird that laid it was also a giant.
Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world.
Producer: Julian Hector
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009
SUN 07:00 Poetry Extra (m002rdkg)
Every Little Touch
Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Every Little Touch presented by Noo Saro-Wiwa.
Whether it’s the missing hug of a parent, the affirmation of a handshake, or the grabbing of a handrail on a bus, the boundaries of our sense of touch changed during covid.
The writer Noo Saro-Wiwa gives her personal perspective on poetry’s relationship with touch, and speaks to modern poets about what it means to them now.
With extracts from Thom Gunn, Anne Carson, Alfred Tennyson, Imtiaz Dharker and Sarah Jackson’s book Tactile poetics and music by Jonsi.
The readers are Simon Russell Beale and Sheila Ruskin.
Producer: Emily Williams
Sound Design by Jess Hatton-Brown
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2020.
SUN 07:30 Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be: The Lionel Bart Story (Omnibus) (m002rdkj)
Lionel Bart was a unique musical talent.
He found fame with the hugely successful musicals Oliver! and 'Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be', but he was also a hit-making machine for some of Britain's first rock'n'roll stars - Tommy Steele, Marty Wilde and Cliff Richard, as well as giving the James Bond movie franchise its first song.
He socialised with figures from both serious and populist culture, and experienced a downfall that was as spectacular as his theatrical triumphs.
David and Caroline Stafford's biography of Bart draws on previously unseen archive sources and interviews with those closest to him.
Omnibus of five parts abridged by Julian Wilkinson.
Read by Alistair McGowan.
Producer: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011.
SUN 08:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002rdkl)
Jacinda Ardern
New Zealand's former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern chooses Under the Boardwalk by The Drifters and Hope by Fat Freddy's Drop.
SUN 08:50 Ladies of Letters (b01ml24w)
Ladies of Letters Log On (Omnibus)
Episode 2
Vera and Irene are hosting a live, cable TV chat show together.
Starring Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.
The up and down relationship between two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence – now trying to "outsurf" each other on the World Wide Web.
Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman.
Vera Small ... Patricia Routledge
Irene Spencer ... Prunella Scales
Benjy .... Nicholas Boulton
Howard …. Christopher Kelham
Yvonne ….Mia Soteriou
Christopher ….Benedict Sandiford
Malcolm …. Phillip Joseph
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.
SUN 10:00 Al Read Classics (m002rdkn)
The funny man from Salford is back on radio to entertain with jokes and sketches about everyday British life.
The gas man can't find the metre, a chaotic dustbin collection and a tipsy traveller can't find his return ticket.........
All the voices are by Al Read.
Al first came to fame on BBC Radio in the 1950s thanks to his northern comic monologues.
Written by Ronnie Taylor
Music from Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
Producer John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1976.
SUN 10:30 Take It From Here (b016vh18)
From 05/05/1955
Will Eth manage to triumph in her plans to wed Ron Glum?
Long-running classic comedy written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
Starring:
Professor Jimmy Edwards
Dick Bentley
June Whitfield
Wallas Eaton
Music from Alma Cogan, The Keynotes and the Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1955.
SUN 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002rdkd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 11:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00pfkw3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m002rdkg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 12:30 Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be: The Lionel Bart Story (Omnibus) (m002rdkj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 13:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002rdkl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]
SUN 13:50 Ladies of Letters (b01ml24w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]
SUN 15:00 Al Read Classics (m002rdkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 15:30 Take It From Here (b016vh18)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Scramble by Martin Kiszko (b007jwq4)
3. Race Against Time
Mel is in a race against time.
She's battling to thwart the completion of a government project harnessing the Harmony of the Spheres for hostile purposes.
Starring Clare Corbett.
Concluding composer Martin Kizsko's three-part sci-fi thriller.
Mel ...... Clare Corbett
Jason ...... Ben Tinniswood
Commander-in-chief ...... David Collins
Agent Peters ...... Ben Addis
Agent Daniels ...... Simon Winkler
Levant ...... Christian Rodska
Young Mel ...... Femka Whitney
Written by composer Martin Kizsko.
Produced by Mark Smalley.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in March 2006.
SUN 16:30 The Slide (m000lnh9)
1. Moment of Silence
Tremors threaten a new town built in Kent.
But the bigger subterranean threat is yet to emerge...
Starring Roger Delgado and Maurice Denham.
Victor Pemberton's sci-fi serial in seven parts.
Professor Josef Gomez …. Roger Delgado
Hugh Deverill, MP …. Maurice Denham
Janet Marshall …. Elisabeth Proud
Dr Ken Richards …. David Spenser
Anna Deverill …. Marion Mathie
'Tug' Wilson …. Stephen Jack
Mrs Wilson …. Miriam Margolyes
Police Sergeant …. Wilfred Babbage
Inspector Baxter …. Geoffrey Matthews
Constable …. Anthony Jackson
Professor Landers …. Rolf Lefebvre
Professor Lippert …. Allan McClelland
Newscaster …. Nigel Graham
Special Effects: The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Victor Pemberton was a writer and TV producer. As script editor on the BBC's Doctor Who, he was the brains behind the Sonic Screwdriver.
Producer: John Tydeman
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1966.
SUN 17:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002rdkd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 17:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00pfkw3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
SUN 18:00 Poetry Extra (m002rdkg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 18:30 Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be: The Lionel Bart Story (Omnibus) (m002rdkj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 19:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002rdkl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]
SUN 19:50 Ladies of Letters (b01ml24w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]
SUN 21:00 Al Read Classics (m002rdkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:30 Take It From Here (b016vh18)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 Clare in the Community (m0001stp)
Series 3
The Redcap
Clare has a new student social worker with an army background, which is good as she doesn't have time to toughen up her trainees...
Clare Barker is a social worker with all the politically correct jargon but none of the practical solutions. Award-winning sitcom by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
Starring Sally Phillips as Clare, Alex Lowe as Brian, Andrew Wincott as Simon, Richard Lumsden as Ray, Gemma Craven as Helen, Ellen Thomas as Irene, Nina Conti as Megan, Mark Straker as Mr Bell, Geraldine McNulty as Colin and Mel Hudson as Peggy.
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
SUN 22:30 The Nick Revell Show (b00cnhys)
Series 2
The Wedding
Preparing for his old flame's nuptials, writer Nick is seething over the way she dumped him.
A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.
With:
Alistair McGowan
Doon MacKichan
Brian Bowles
Leslie Sharp
Joanna Brookes
Elizabeth Bennet
Stephen Tomkinson
Producer: Ioan Magnusson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1993.
SUN 23:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b01qhqg5)
Series 2
The Wedding
Anthony is cock-a-hoop when asked out of the blue to be best man at a friend's wedding.
Problem is, he hasn't seen this friend since they were at school together and Damien isn't entirely convinced that Anthony has been invited purely because of his "excellent presentation skills".
Sitcom written by and starring Miles Jupp, charting the life of cookery writer Damien Trench and his partner Anthony.
Damien Trench ...... Miles Jupp
Anthony MacIlveny ...... Justin Edwards
Julian, the Groom ...... Ben Crowe
Ian Frobisher ...... Philip Fox
Fran, the Bride ...... Sarah Thom
Lionel ...... Rupert Vansittart
The Bride's Mum ...... Lesley Vickerage
Producer: Sam Michell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.
SUN 23:30 Hearing with Hegley (b0bn5vm0)
Series 2
Episode 8
The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley offers a musical ode to Jimmy Greaves, a paean to privacy, and a paper plane proposal during school assembly.
Musical accompaniment from Nigel Piper and The Popticians.
With contributions from:
Keith Moore
Susan Norton
Andrew Bailey
Nigel Piper
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998.
SUN 23:45 Bunk Bed (m0014x1r)
Series 9
Episode 8
More late night conversation, wit and storytelling from Patrick Marber and Peter Curran.
Their special guest is chef, broadcaster and host of The Great British Menu, Andi Oliver.
She sings an ancient lullaby and the trio discuss a shared mistrust of dolphins.
Producer Peter Curran
A Foghorn Company production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in March 2022.

MONDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2026

MON 00:00 Scramble by Martin Kiszko (b007jwq4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 The Slide (m000lnh9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002rdkd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00pfkw3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Poetry Extra (m002rdkg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be: The Lionel Bart Story (Omnibus) (m002rdkj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002rdkl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 on Sunday]
MON 03:50 Ladies of Letters (b01ml24w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Al Read Classics (m002rdkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Take It From Here (b016vh18)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Whodunnits (b007k1vw)
Hercule Poirot - Three Act Tragedy
1. Cornwall
The famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is at a weekend house party on a clifftop in Cornwall, thrown by the celebrated actor Sir Charles Cartwright.
As the welcoming cocktail party gets underway, an elderly clergyman dies while drinking a dry martini.
Was the vermouth/gin ratio of the cocktail so poorly mixed that it offended his delicate palate?
Or was there something else in the glass that shouldn't have been there..?
Starring John Moffatt.
Agatha Christie's 1935 whodunnit novel.
Dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Mr Satterthwaite …. George Cole
Sir Charles Cartwright …. Michael Cochrane
Sir Bartholomew Strange …. Clive Merrison
Lady Mary Lytton Gore …. Pauline Jamieson
Hermione 'Egg' Lytton Gore …. Beth Chalmers
Cynthia Dacres …. Paula Jacobs
Muriel Wills …. Elizabeth Proud
Oliver Manders …. Carl Prekopp
Miss Milray …. Helen Longworth
The Rev Babbington …. Peter Marinker
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.
MON 06:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4fj)
Frenchman's Creek
1. London to Cornwall
Lady Dona St Columb has escaped from her London society life, in search of peace and solitude.
She takes her children to Navron, her husband Harry's remote estate in Cornwall.
But what she finds instead is true love and adventure...
Daphne du Maurier's classic love story, first published in 1941.
Set during the 17th century reign of Charles II.
Dramatised in six parts by Micheline Wandor.
Dona St Columb .... Lorna Heilbron
Jean .... Struan Rodger
Harry .... Michael Cochrane
Rockingham .... Christopher Godwin
William .... Michael Tudor Barnes
Lord Godolphin .... Norman Bird
Pru .... Elizabeth Mansfield
Henrietta .... Susan Sheridan
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1989
MON 07:00 Home Again (m0004xw3)
The Family Gathering
As suddenly as he disappeared, Fulton Jones returns to his family – wife Margaret and children Rosie and Martin.
He went to the newsagent to buy matches 20 years before and, bold as brass, waltzes back assuming his role as father figure once more.
Margaret is perplexed, whilst Rosie and Martin are furious!
Starring Robin Bailey.
Sitcom written by Peter Tinniswood.
Fulton ...... Robin Bailey
Margaret ...... Doreen Mantle
Rosie ...... Liz Goulding
Martin ...... David Troughton
Ernest ...... Christopher Benjamin
Producer: Griff Rhys Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1980.
MON 07:30 Dad's Army (b00qg7s5)
Series 2
A Brush With the Law
When a light shines out during a blackout, Chief Warden Hodges hauls Captain Mainwaring to court.
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 Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Walker …. Larry Martin
Chief Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Captain Square …. Geoffrey Lumsden
The Verger …. Edward Sinclair
2nd Warden …. Michael Segal
Mr Wintergreen …. Michael Knowles
Clerk of the Court …. Norman Ettlinger
Announcer …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1975.
MON 08:00 Ellie Taylor's Safe Space (m000z1jp)
Series 2
4: Holidays
Ellie Taylor welcomes you to "Safe Space", a place where anyone can offload their controversial opinions without fear of judgment.
She talks to members of the public about their gripes and dislikes. She hates holidays. Too much faff, too expensive, too exhausting, so why go?
Joining Ella to prove her point is regular sidekick Robin Morgan
With special guest: Travel editor of The Independent, Simon Calder who explains why he still believes holidays are the way forward.
Written by Ellie Taylor and Robin Morgan.
Producer: Sam Michell
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2021.
MON 08:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g24xs)
1. Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Susie Boyt's tribute to her screen idol Judy Garland is a touching account of a life-long passion.
Boyt is the daughter of Lucien Freud.
She recalls the moment when she saw The Wizard of Oz and became hooked on Garland, after hearing her sing ‘Over the Rainbow’.
Abridged in five parts by Viv Beeby.
Read by Tamsin Greig.
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008
MON 08:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwcq)
Ladies of Letters Spring Clean
1. Suitor
Spring cleaning unearths a confusing contraption, the heart attack of a mutual suitor, and brings deep-seated rivalries to the fore.
Starring Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.
The up-and-down relationship between two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence.
It's springtime and Vera and Irene have recipes and tips for a long and healthy life. But competitive rivalry is never far away....
Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman.
Vera Small .... Patricia Routledge
Irene Spencer .... Prunella Scales
Anthea Blunt ... Rachel Atkins
Producer: Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.
MON 09:00 Just a Minute (m002r3kn)
Series 96
2. I’ve never seen anything like it!
Subjects this week include if I were invisible for one hour, double denim and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Now which of these might include everyone speaking French?
Host: Sue Perkins
Players: Paul Merton, Cariad Lloyd, Rachel Parris, Paterson Joseph
Producer: Georgia Keating
Executive Producer: James Robinson
Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
Additional material by Ruth Husko
An EcoAudio certified production.
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.
MON 09:30 Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley (m001g91r)
1: The Thing in the House
Historian Lucy Worsley reads her account of the extraordinary life of the 'Queen of Crime', Agatha Christie.
Born in 1890, into a world that had its own rules about what women could and couldn’t do, Agatha Christie became the most prolific detective novelist during the Golden Age of detective fiction, and went on to become the best-selling author of all time.
From her idyllic Victorian childhood, to her rocky marriage, to her great literary successes with Poirot and Marple, to her mysterious and infamous disappearance at Harrogate, Worsley presents a life fascinating for its mysteries and passions.
We start with Christie's blissful early years in Torquay - until family life is shattered.
Abridged in five parts by Richard Hamilton.
Read and written by BBC TV's Lucy Worsley, OBE.
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2022.
MON 09:45 Daily Service (m002rdjm)
Man shall not live by bread alone - Tested in the wilderness
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Man shall not live by bread alone - Tested in the wilderness
Presenter: Father Paschal Uche
Reading: Matthew 4:1-11
Music:
Bread for the world - St Martin's Voices
Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us - St Martin's voices
Yield not to temptation - Aretha Franklin
MON 10:00 And the Academy Award Goes To... (b01qgr43)
Series 4
In the Heat of the Night
Paul Gambaccini on Best Picture Oscar for Norman Jewison's In the Heat of the Night, starring Sidney Poitier.
It makes for uncomfortable viewing. A Southern policeman insolently challenges Sidney Poitier, a detective from 'up North'.
"So, boy, what do they call you in Philadelphia?"
"They call me Mister Tibbs!"
It's one of the great movie lines in history, from Sidney Poitier's favourite of all his films. But was "In The Heat of the Night" a worthy winner of the Best Picture?
Up against tough competition, including "The Graduate" and "Bonnie and Clyde", it's been suggested that this might have been an Oscar vote carried on a tidal wave of outrage during the peak years of the Civil Rights movement.
In 1967, "In the Heat of the Night" seemed to speak out against an America riven with racial tensions. The Watts Riots had just devastated Los Angeles, close to Hollywood. The film was set in Mississippi, but the crew were forced to choose Illinois in the North as a safer location.
The murder of Martin Luther King, and his subsequent funeral, delayed the Oscar ceremony in 1968 by several days - enabling the cast and crew of "In The Heat of the Night" to attend his funeral.
All these stories and more are told to Paul Gambaccini by veteran director - Norman Jewison, and he also hears from his legendary producer - Walter Mirisch - who at the age of 91, still makes his way to his film studios in Hollywood, and takes lunch as Spagos.
Plus the thoughts of one of the world's great cinematographer's Haskell Wexler - who was the first to devise lighting especially for darker skin tones - and sets the scene for Norman Jewison's dramatic reconstruction of a country divided along racial lines that has echoes today.
Producer: Sara Jane Hall
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.
MON 10:30 James and the Giant Eagle (b010fc06)
Like most small boys, James Aldred loved climbing trees.
Now he’s grown up, he's still climbing trees; helping scientists and film crews up into the canopy.
When he was invited to help a wildlife team film one of the world's largest eagles in Southern Brazil, it was an offer he couldn't refuse. But what happened next was a nerve-wracking and painful encounter with one of the world's most powerful birds.
Harpy Eagles have a body length of over 3 feet, a wingspan of over 6 feet and weigh 10-12 pounds.
Their hind talons can grow up to the size of grizzly bear claws, and are used to strike their prey; monkeys, sloths and possums, which they then carry aloft. When James was asked to climb a tree, to assist with moving a camera on an eagle's nest, he found out exactly why these birds have such an awesome reputation.
Harpy Eagles are found in tropical lowland forests from southeast Mexico to northern Argentina and southern Brazil. They are successful predators, owing primarily to their size and strength.
Highly manoeuvrable fliers, they are acutely observant and opportunistic birds. Taken together these attributes make for a highly impressive predator.
Discover the behaviour and ecology of Harpy Eagles and what happens when a female tries to protect her young. Location recordings by James Aldred are combined with insights from ornithologist Ian Newton and field biologist, Marta Curti.
Producer: Sarah Blunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.
MON 11:00 Whodunnits (b007k1vw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 11:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4fj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 12:00 Home Again (m0004xw3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 12:30 Dad's Army (b00qg7s5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 13:00 Ellie Taylor's Safe Space (m000z1jp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 13:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g24xs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwcq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 14:00 Many a Slip (b007js4m)
From 25/07/1978
Quizmaster Roy Plomley challenges his contestants to spot the mistakes.
Eleanor Summerfield and Gillian Reynolds
battle
David Nixon and Tim Rice
With some tune-twisters from Steve Race.
Devised and written by Ian Messiter.
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1978.
MON 14:30 Married (b007v2rf)
Series 3
Episode 3
More strange happenings occur following the universes colliding: the King's ex quite literally drops in after being trapped in a vortex for five weeks.
Robin finds himself playing chief powerbroker in the Royal relationship and manages to turn it to his advantage...
Starring Hugh Bonneville.
Confirmed bachelor Robin Lightfoot is dealing with life in a parallel universe where he has kids and an ex-wife who hates him.
Tony Bagley's comedy drama.
Robin .... Hugh Bonneville
Lesley .... Josie Lawrence
Dirk .... Stephen Frostk
Adrian .... Julian Clary
Maxine .... Ann Gosling
Ned .... Sam Bradley
King John .... Christopher Kelham
Arthur Smith .... Himself
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2001.
MON 15:00 Legacy by Cath Staincliffe (b01rrc1f)
Series 4
1. Eden
Probate detectives Rachel and Dan race to locate the rightful heirs to an unclaimed estate - and get a slice of the fortune.
When Gordon Willshaw dies, the only lead to an heir is through a woman's journal from 1952 written in Kenya.
The brother and sister's investigation leads them to a shocking discovery of the terrible events of the Mau Mau rebellion and their search for an heir unearths long buried secrets.
Written in five parts by Cath Staincliffe
Dan.....William Ash
Rachel .....Jo Hartley
Pauline.....Alexandra Mathie
Young Pauline......Olivia Cooke
Gordon.... Henry Devas
Mary.....Yusra Warsama
Douglas/Gregory......Hugh Simon
Director: Nadia Molinari
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2013.
MON 15:45 Short Works (m0014qdj)
Tattletale by Ruqaya Izzidien
Someone is watching over Sofie...
Richard Elfyn reads an original short story written by Ruqaya Izzidien.
Sound by Catherine Robinson
Producer: Emma Harding
A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2022
MON 16:00 And the Academy Award Goes To... (b01qgr43)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:30 James and the Giant Eagle (b010fc06)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
MON 17:00 Whodunnits (b007k1vw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 17:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4fj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 18:00 Home Again (m0004xw3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:30 Dad's Army (b00qg7s5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 19:00 Ellie Taylor's Safe Space (m000z1jp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g24xs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 19:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwcq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 20:00 Many a Slip (b007js4m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
MON 20:30 Married (b007v2rf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
MON 21:00 Legacy by Cath Staincliffe (b01rrc1f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
MON 21:45 Short Works (m0014qdj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (m002r3kn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 22:30 The Routemasters (b007jnrf)
2. Don't Be a Freud
The bus time travellers hit 19th-century Austria.
Sigmund Freud is about to give a historic paper on telepathy, which Raymond and Hildegard are bent on stealing...
Andrew McGibbon's sci-fi saga about a time-travelling double-decker bus.
Hilderghast ...... Amanda Donohoe
Raymond ...... Andrew McGibbon
Conductor ...... Karl Minns
Bernie ...... Owen Evans
Karl ...... Nick Romero
Herr Grubberman ...... Andy Mulligan
Breyer ...... Dan Freedman
Interpolator ...... Alex Lowe
Martha ...... Sophie Aldred
Additional material by Rob Colley, Julian Mayers and Kevin Greening.
Theme by Ozzy Temple and other music by Nick Romero.
Producer: Julian Mayers
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.
MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m002r4yf)
Series 119
Is the UK getting sunnier?
This week the panel discuss PM Keir Starmer fighting off a potential coup; whether it’s a good idea to take Valentine’s day tips from a two-timing Norwegian athlete; and after 40 days of rain in some parts of the UK, is the country actually getting sunnier?
Joining Andy this week is Alasdair Beckett-King, Rachel Fairburn, Stephen Bush and Mhairi Black
Written by Andy Zaltzman.
With additional material by: Cody Dahler, Eve Delaney, Jade Gebbie, Ruth Husko and Peter Tellouche.
Producer: Georgia Keating
Executive Producer: James Robinson
Production Coordinator: Giulia Lopes Mazzu
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.
MON 23:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k0r6)
Series 1
A Very Important Visitor
Take a wander round the Museum of Everything- an infinite gallery of strange exhibits and stranger characters.
Learn about Mary Queen of Scots' execution and enjoy the Sheriff of Nottingham Medieval Disco Experience
Written and performed by:
Marcus Brigstocke
Danny Robins
Dan Tetsell.
With Lucy Montgomery.
Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker.
Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.

TUESDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2026

TUE 00:00 And the Academy Award Goes To... (b01qgr43)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 James and the Giant Eagle (b010fc06)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Whodunnits (b007k1vw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4fj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Home Again (m0004xw3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Dad's Army (b00qg7s5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Ellie Taylor's Safe Space (m000z1jp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g24xs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwcq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Many a Slip (b007js4m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Married (b007v2rf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Legacy by Cath Staincliffe (b01rrc1f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:45 Short Works (m0014qdj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Whodunnits (b007k1x7)
Hercule Poirot - Three Act Tragedy
2. Monte Carlo
The Belgian sleuth and his two acquaintances have travelled to Monte Carlo, where they hear the news of another tragic death.
Is this coincidence?
Starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Agatha Christie’s 1935 whodunnit novel.
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Mr Satterthwaite …. George Cole
Sir Charles Cartwright …. Michael Cochrane
Hermione 'Egg' Lytton Gore …. Beth Chalmers
Colonel Johnson …. John Baddeley
Supt Crossfield …. Martin Hyder
Mrs Leckie …. Kathleen Helme
Little Boy …. Tom Glenister
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.
TUE 06:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4fk)
Frenchman's Creek
2. Piracy
Lady Dona St Columb is captivated by Jean-Benoit and he shares how he came to be a pirate.
As the local Cornish gentry decide how best to deal with the menace of the French pirate, Jean himself plans his next venture with the aid of a new accomplice.
Daphne du Maurier's classic novel dramatised by Micheline Wandor.
Dona St Columb .... Lorna Heilbron
Jean .... Struan Rodger
William .... Michael Tudor Barnes
Lord Godolphin .... Norman Bird
Lady Godolphin .... Susan Sheridan
Lord Penrose .... Christopher Good
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.
TUE 07:00 Oh Mother! (m002rdmp)
The Diet
Beverley is dieting.
Will her mum Nelly be inspired to join her?
Starring Mollie Sugden and Patricia Brake.
Christopher Sykes' sitcom about a 38-year-old woman still living at home with her mum in Purley, in the Surrey commuter-belt for London.
Nelly …. Mollie Sugden
Beverley …. Patricia Brake
Mr Spencer …. Frank Thornton
Hugh Bailey King …. David Lodge
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1980.
**** Sadly not all episodes have survived in the BBC archive.
TUE 07:30 The Goon Show (b007jyp0)
Series 9
Dishonoured - Again
Neddie Seagoon is offered a job working in a bank, but is it wise to put him in charge of the gold vault?
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
Peter Sellers
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 January 1959
TUE 08:00 Jack & Millie (b0bch6d1)
Series 1
Deliver Us From eBay
Jack and Millie discover the Eleventh Commandment - Thou shalt not try and please a son's scary ex-girlfriend.
And what's really in the mysterious neighbour's packages?
A chance encounter and a classy fish restaurant combine to create a tale of Middle Eastern diplomacy, tight shorts, strictly no ospreys and a married lifetime's-worth of verbal sparring.
Jeremy Front's comedy is about an older couple who are fully engaged with contemporary life while being at war with the absurdities of the modern world.
Starring Jeremy Front and Rebecca Front.
So Millie's son Melvin has given her a new tablet with a voice recorder?
So suddenly Jack and Millie have decided to record everything that happens to them.
Jack ...... Jeremy Front
Millie ...... Rebecca Front
Shirley ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Harry ...... Nigel Lindsay
Shushannah ...... Rebecca Gethings
Yoosef ...... Naz Osmanoglu
Barista ...... Luke Sumner
Producer: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2018.
TUE 08:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g255s)
2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Susie remembers her own family Christmases, and contrasts them with her heroine's occasionally difficult times as a child star.
Plus memories of her own thwarted hopes to go to drama school.
Susie Boyt's tribute to her screen idol Judy Garland is a touching account of a life-long passion.
Abridged by Viv Beeby.
Read by Tamsin Greig.
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008
TUE 08:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwcw)
Ladies of Letters Spring Clean
2. Hospital
Vera and Irene vie for the affection of their ailing chicken farm suitor at his hospital bedside, and for the affection of Irene's granddaughter Sabrina - who is battling with an unfortunate weight problem.
Starring Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.
The up and down relationship between two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence - it's springtime and Vera and Irene have recipes and tips for a long and healthy life. But competitive rivalry is never far away....
Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman.
Vera Small .... Patricia Routledge
Irene Spencer .... Prunella Scales
Producer: Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.
TUE 09:00 You Heard It Here First (m002r4rz)
Series 3
5. 'The Worst Anyone's Ever Done'
Chris McCausland asks Lou Sanders and John Tothill to take on Kerry Godliman and Pete Wicks. The teams must decipher waveform waffle by guessing what product is being advertised, what famous movie scenes kids are describing, and what year of sounds their time machine has landed in.
Producer: Sasha Bobak
Assistant Producer: Eve Delaney
Executive Producer: Pete Strauss
Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman
A BBC Studios Production.
TUE 09:30 Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley (m001g8r4)
2: Man Magnet
After finding herself in demand among the colonials of Egypt, Agatha Christie marries a dashing pilot, and decides to try writing a detective novel...
Agatha was born in 1890 into a world with its own rules about what women could and couldn’t do.
She was to become the most prolific detective novelist during the Golden Age of detective-fiction, and went on to become the best-selling author of all time.
Abridged by Richard Hamilton.
Written and read by Lucy Worsley
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2022.
TUE 09:45 Daily Service (m002rdmr)
Man shall not live by bread alone - God's word as nourishment
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Man shall not live by bread alone - God's word as nourishment
Presenter: Ann Easter
Reading: Psalm 119:97-104
Music:
Guide me o thou great redeemer - Daily Service Singers
Speak, O Lord - Keith & Kristyn Getty
Thou whose almighty word - Cambrensis
TUE 10:00 A Good Read (m00193p5)
Sophie Hannah and Viv Groskop
Writer Sophie Hannah and journalist Viv Groskop join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Agatha Christie, Mikhail Bulgakov and Eileen Atkins.
The Rose and the Yew Tree by Agatha Christie (writing as Mary Westmacott)
Publisher HarperCollins
Will She Do? by Dame Eileen Atkins
Publisher Virago
The Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov trans by Michael Glenny
Publisher Vintage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2022.
TUE 10:30 The Hunt For The Hum (b00773qg)
Comedian and musician Bill Bailey explores the phenomena of low-frequency noise.
Bill goes in search of apparently mysterious "hums" that have been heard from Tokyo to Toronto, and Beijing to Bristol.
Engineers, hospital consultants, acoustics experts and sperm whales all play their part in a strange and occasionally sad story of industrialisation and noise pollution.
Taking part:
* Hylton Dawson
* Mags Adams
* David Waddington
* David Baguley
* Andy Moorhouse
* Trevor Cox
* Paul White
Producer John Byrne
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2007.
TUE 11:00 Whodunnits (b007k1x7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 11:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4fk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 12:00 Oh Mother! (m002rdmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Goon Show (b007jyp0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Jack & Millie (b0bch6d1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 13:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g255s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwcw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 14:00 Hidden Treasures (b05ndg4y)
Syon House
From bronze statues to Lalique glass designs.
Lars Tharp chairs the light-hearted Antiques Quiz.
From the London home of the Duke of Northumberland, Syon House.
With:
John Bly
Philippa Glanville
Jane Hay
Peter Brown
Producers: Elizabeth Abrahams and Annie Bristow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.
TUE 14:30 Says on the Tin (b00gb0bt)
Cat Food
Eliott struggles to promote gourmet cat food for an intensely conservative company.
Starring Michael Brandon.
Christopher William Hill's sitcom about an American advertising man, forced to relocate to London.
Eliott Thurber ...... Michael Brandon
Esther Finn ...... Samantha Bond
Hannah Walker ...... Pippa Haywood
Pippa Walker ...... Manjeet Mann
Zadie ...... Joannah Tincey
Ted ...... Malcolm Tierney
Mrs Braden ...... Rachel Atkins
Other parts played by Stephen Critchlow, Donnla Hughes, Janice Acquah and Jill Cardo.
Producer: Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009.
TUE 15:00 Legacy by Cath Staincliffe (b01rw8xw)
Series 4
2. Suspicious Minds
Dan and his sister Rachel's search for an heir to Petra Oster's estate leads them to investigate events in 1980s East Berlin.
Finding several anomalies in Petra's history, it becomes clear that Petra escaped to Britain in an attempt to erase her past.
Will their hunt for her heir reveal the truth?
Conclusion written by Cath Staincliffe
Dan.....William Ash
Rachel .....Jo Hartley
Konrad.....Conrad Nelson
Petra.....Lisa Brookes
Magda.....Fiona Clarke
Lauren / Young Magda.....Sarah McDonald Hughes
Stasi Officer.....Jack Lord
Director: Nadia Molinari
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
TUE 15:45 Short Works (m0014xxy)
Soft Boiled Eggs by Jane Fraser
Food and farming seem to have become the heart of Megan and Gordon's long marriage.
But is that enough?
Sharon Morgan reads an original story by Welsh writer Jane Fraser set on the Gower peninsula.
Sound design by Catherine Robinson
Producer: Emma Harding
A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2022.
TUE 16:00 A Good Read (m00193p5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:30 The Hunt For The Hum (b00773qg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
TUE 17:00 Whodunnits (b007k1x7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4fk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Oh Mother! (m002rdmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:30 The Goon Show (b007jyp0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 19:00 Jack & Millie (b0bch6d1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g255s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 19:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwcw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 20:00 Hidden Treasures (b05ndg4y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Says on the Tin (b00gb0bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Legacy by Cath Staincliffe (b01rw8xw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
TUE 21:45 Short Works (m0014xxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 today]
TUE 22:00 You Heard It Here First (m002r4rz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 22:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b00fqbsz)
Series 2
Episode 4
A dizzy Indian ad agency, a lovesick lament to Lahore - and the blundering Bhangra Muffins.
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.
Scripted by Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Sanjeev Kohli and Nina Wadia.
Script Editor: Sharat Sardana
Producer: Anil Gupta.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997.
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002rrrx)
Fatiha El-Ghorri 1/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Lou Conran speaks to comedian Fatiha El-Ghorri.
TUE 23:00 Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On (b072n5xp)
Series 1
Art with Phill Jupitus
Susan Calman is the least relaxed person she knows.
She has no down time, no hobbies (unless you count dressing up your cats in silly outfits) and her idea of relaxation is to play Grand Theft Auto, an hour into which she is in a murderous rage with sky high blood pressure. Her wife had to threaten to divorce her to make her go on holiday last year. Her first for four years. But she's been told by the same long-suffering wife, that unless she finds a way to switch off, and soon, she's going to be unbearable.
So Susan is going to look at her options and try to immerse herself in the pursuits that her friends find relaxing, to find her inner zen and outer tranquillity. Each week she will ditch the old Susan Calman and attempt to find the new Susan Calm, in a typically British leisure pursuit.
This time, she visits the Scottish National Portrait Gallery with Phill Jupitus.
Keep Calman Carry On is an audience stand up show in which Susan reports on how successful she's been - both at relaxing and at the pursuit itself - as well as playing in and discussing a handful of illustrative clips from her efforts.
It's an attempt to find out how people find solace or sanctuary in these worlds and how Susan can negotiate her own place in them.
Producer: Lyndsay Fenner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2016.
TUE 23:30 Will Smith Presents the Tao of Bergerac (b007wh7j)
4. Machismo
Jersey-born comedian Will Smith continues his obsession with 1980s BBC TV detective series Bergerac.
He's using an audio book of its star, John Nettles, reading the Tao, to navigate the minefield of his life, with the help of a special guest.
Will is wondering how he can defend his machismo when he is scared of his builders.
With:
Ewan Bailey
Dan Tetsell
Roger Drew
Rachel Bavidge
John Nettles
Written by Will Smith and Roger Drew.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2007.

WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2026

WED 00:00 A Good Read (m00193p5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 The Hunt For The Hum (b00773qg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Whodunnits (b007k1x7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4fk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Oh Mother! (m002rdmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Goon Show (b007jyp0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Jack & Millie (b0bch6d1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g255s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwcw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Hidden Treasures (b05ndg4y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Says on the Tin (b00gb0bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Legacy by Cath Staincliffe (b01rw8xw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:45 Short Works (m0014xxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Whodunnits (b007k1yj)
Hercule Poirot - Three Act Tragedy
3. Did the Butler Do it?
The Belgian sleuth re-enters the mystery deaths investigation, to the relief of all involved.
Starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Agatha Christie’s 1935 whodunnit novel.
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Mr Satterthwaite …. George Cole
Sir Charles Cartwright …. Michael Cochrane
Lady Mary Lytton Gore …. Pauline Jamieson
Hermione 'Egg' Lytton Gore …. Beth Chalmers
Mrs Babbington …. Patricia Scott
Oliver Manders …. Carl Prekopp
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.
WED 06:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4gp)
Frenchman's Creek
3. Cabin Boy and Lover
Adventure beckons as Dona joins Jean's ship. With Dona disguised as a cabin boy, Jean lads his pirate crew in a daring raid in which everything depends upon their ability to outwit their victims.
Daphne du Maurier's classic novel is dramatised by Micheline Wandor.
CAST:
Dona St Columb .... Lorna Heilbron
Jean .... Struan Rodger
William .... Michael Tudor Barnes
Lord Godolphin .... Norman Bird
Lord Penrose .... Christopher Good
Nightwatchman .... Michael Kilgarriff
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.
WED 07:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tlmwv)
Series 4
Episode 1
Mrs Roberts has fallen from power and Mr Barnum is the new council leader.
‘80s political satirical soap opera set in the strangely familiar village of Little Blighty.
Life here is pretty uneventful, though the humdrum happenings include social turmoil, economic upheaval and vicious political squabbles.
Written by Mark Burton, John O'Farrell and Mike Coleman.
Starring:
Jo Kendall
Michael Troughton
John Baddeley
Bernadine Corrigan
Jonathan Kydd
Daniel Strauss
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991.
WED 07:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpvv)
Series 6
Hancock in Hospital
Laid up with a broken leg, the Lad soon regrets a visit from Sid and Bill.
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
Joan Frank
Patricia Hayes
Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1959.
WED 08:00 Reluctant Persuaders (m000ssk7)
Series 4
1. If You Like A Lot Of Chocolate On Your Biscuit...
Welcome back to Hardacre's, the worst advertising agency in London.
The return of Edward Rowett's award-winning sitcom.
It’s February 2019, nobody’s ever heard of a coronavirus, and Rupert Hardacre hasn’t been seen since Christmas.
At the agency, things have been running remarkably smoothly in his absence. Still high on the success of his Christmas campaign for Walton’s department store, Joe (Mathew Baynton) is filling Hardacre’s shoes as creative director, while accounts manager Amanda (Josie Lawrence) is enjoying herself as de facto head of the agency. Only art director Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker) frets about the whereabouts of their missing leader.
As Joe discovers the perks of being creative top dog, running with a new crowd and making a new friend (Oliver Chris), everyone begins to ask themselves the same question...
Who needs Rupert Hardacre?
Hardacre ...Nigel Havers
Joe .... Mathew Baynton
Amanda .... Josie Lawrence
Teddy .... Rasmus Hardiker
Ace .... Oliver Chris
Client/Waitress .... Holly Morgan
Mikey .... Esh Alladi
Producer: Gordon Kennedy
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.
WED 08:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g255x)
3. You Made Me Love You
Susie Boyt's tribute to her screen idol Judy Garland is a touching account of a life-long passion.
Susie reflects on her heroes in childhood and on the other unshakeable passions of her life, including an embarrassing infatuation with a female teacher. Then, when she finally meets Judy's daughter Liza, Susie wonders why neither of them feel they can mention her mother.
Abridger: Viv Beeby
Read by Tamsin Greig
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008
WED 08:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwd0)
Ladies of Letters Spring Clean
3. Funeral
At their mutual suitor's funeral Vera is convinced that Irene pushed her into the grave - leading to bitter recriminations. Irene visits her daughter in Australia and struggles with preparing an indigenous Australian themed wedding breakfast.
Starring Patricia Routledge as Vera and Prunella Scales as Irene.
The up and down relationship between two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence - it's springtime and Vera and Irene have recipes and tips for a long and healthy life. But competitive rivalry is never far away....
Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman.
Vera Small .... Patricia Routledge
Irene Spencer .... Prunella Scales
Howard ... Christopher Kelham
Producer: Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.
WED 09:00 Stand-Up Specials (m002r3nf)
The Making of Colin Hoult
An audience show in which Colin explores how his bizarre family made him the man he is today. Now, as a 45 year-old dad, he wonders if it’s too late to do anything about it. Based on his hugely successful 2024 Edinburgh show, Colin weaves anecdotes and musings with all too real stories about his early life, featuring a recurring cast of characters: his perennially pessimistic mum, his not-quite-in-reality brothers and his long-suffering Dad who screams ‘why can’t we just be a normal family?’ Colin asks “is it a surprise my neurodiversity was missed?' But growing up in Nottingham we just had a simple phrase that covered everything - ‘he’s not right’. Colin paints a picture of a childhood full of secrets and lies, dominated by Mum’s terror of ending up in the local ‘madhouse’ whilst espousing paranoid conspiracies and pulling out the Ouija board on Christmas Day. Whilst inherently funny, the craziness is recounted with love and sympathy. A brilliant storyteller, Colin intercuts tales of that childhood life with stories about his own contemporary family and how one has been shaped by the other. What does he want to pass on and what does he absolutely not want to? How does he be the best dad he can when his basic understanding of the world is so scrambled? Each episode begins with Colin telling us how he’s, possibly inappropriately, reacted to something mundane that has just happened or been said to him. He’ll unpick the story across the episode tracing his reaction back to his upbringing with other themes, stories and observations along the way. Colin’s stand-up is intercut with childhood and contemporary scenes. Colin plays all his family members, neighbours, distant relatives, postmen, etc.
WED 09:30 Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley (m001g993)
3: Mrs Christie No Longer
From her idyllic Victorian childhood, to her rocky marriage, to her successes with Poirot and Marple, to her mysterious disappearance at Harrogate, Lucy Worsley presents her biography of Dame Agatha.
One day, in 1926, the novelist disappeared.....
Read and written by Lucy Worsley
Abridger Richard Hamilton
Producer Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2022.
WED 09:45 Daily Service (m002rdtw)
Ash Wednesday from Bishopthorpe Palace, York
A service for Ash Wednesday recorded in Bishopthorpe Chapel with Liz Hassall, Archdeacon of York and Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York with the Ebor Singers.
Theme: Man shall not live by bread alone - Ash Wednesday
Reading: Matthew 6.1-6,16-21
Music:
Forty days and forty nights - Ebor Singers
The Advent Prose (plainsong) - Ebor Singers
Be thou my guardian - Ebor Singers
WED 10:00 Archive on 4 (m001d4ns)
The Art of Habit
Author and journalist Lynsey Hanley tells the story of sociology In Britain, from its beginnings in the slums of Liverpool and London to its rise in the post-war era as the brave, new ‘science of society’ – exploring the hidden patterns of our everyday lives while offering radical new visions of British society.
For the very first time all aspects of society and culture were considered worthy of study, from the ground up - and not just worthy, but essential for understanding how the built environment, civil institutions, technology, media, identity and ideas in our shared, social space really operate and shape us in turn.
Sociology flourished in the decades following the war, a gateway between the academy and the spaces of everyday life, from the study of football terraces and housing estates to youth tribes and popular culture, new patterns of labour and technology including powerful new media like television. Early studies of class, race and gender in Britain used actual field research, data gathering and new techniques such as ethnography and what was sometimes called 'participant observation'. Nothing was off limits: the discipline was incredibly wide-ranging, generating a popular factual paperback boom with imprints like Pelican publishing many hundreds of crossover titles.
As well as being the first academic subject to take the media seriously, sociology began to change the course of broadcast media itself. The discipline had a huge impact on the TV and radio documentary movement with programmes like the BBC’s ‘Panorama’ and ‘Man Alive’, and ITV's pioneering ‘World in Action’, operating somewhere between current affairs and considered, sociological analysis. Sociologists and documentary makers alike would access all areas, going inside prisons, youth cultures, the police, inner cities and new political groups. The recorded interview and everyday voice was central to both professions, with sociology sometimes referred to as a ‘listener’s art’.
At its core, sociology works on the belief that collective life always comes first and that individual behaviour can’t be understood in isolation. The discipline thrived in the 1960s and ‘70s, but the rise of a more aggressive ideology of individualism (together with the ascendency of Margaret Thatcher's Conservatism in politics in the 1980s) put the 'science of society' on the back foot. Free-market economics challenged sociology as the new intellectual paradigm of the age. The subject was dismissed as either irrelevant or pernicious.
Overwhelming challenges presented by climate change, mass urbanisation, social media and digital technologies have, in recent decades, revitalised sociology. Could it be that this great post-war social science is needed now more than ever as a critical force for truth, arbitration and intellectual vigilance in the digital and online age?
Contributors include sociologist Les Back, journalist and sociologist Gary Younge, writer and sociologist Ann Oakley, sociologist and broadcaster Laurie Taylor, writer and critic DJ Taylor, co-founder and host of the podcast ‘Surviving Society’, sociologist Chantelle Lewis, urban sociologist Paul Jones, senior curator at the BFI National Archive Patrick Russell, sociologist and British reggae pioneer William Lesley ‘Lyrics’ Henry, economist Shaun Hargreaves Heap, author Marcus Gilroy-Ware and John Scott, vice-president of the British Sociological Association.
Presented by Lynsey Hanley
Producer: by Simon Hollis
With special thanks to Les Back.
A Brook Lapping production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2022.
WED 11:00 Whodunnits (b007k1yj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 11:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4gp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 12:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tlmwv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpvv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Reluctant Persuaders (m000ssk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 13:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g255x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwd0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 14:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m000mblv)
Series 15
Episode 1
Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Alice Levine welcome:
* Writer and presenter Danny Wallace
* Broadcaster and tech expert Georgia Lewis Anderson
* Agatha Christie’s great-grandson and CEO of Agatha Christie Ltd James Prichard
The Museum's Guest Committee donate a giant balloon, a mobile phone inside a crystal ball and Agatha Christie’s favourite mug.
Researchers: Mike Turner and Anne Miller of QI.
Producers: Victoria Lloyd and Anne Miller.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2020.
WED 14:30 Alison and Maud (b007k2my)
Series 1
Tennis Balls and Military Tattoos
The landladies' accountant and guest from the clergy discover they've got something in common...
Sue Limb's sitcom about events at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich.
Denise Coffey and Miriam Margolyes star as sisters Alison and Maud.
Alison …. Denise Coffey
Maud …. Miriam Margolyes
Mr Mullett …. Chris Emmett
Bernard …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Leslie …. Nickolas Grace
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003
WED 15:00 The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (b03xtvdp)
1. Inferno
Blake Ritson, David Warner and John Hurt star in Stephen Wyatt's dramatisation of Dante's epic poem - the story of one man's incredible journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.
Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
ché la diritta via era smarrita.
In Episode 1: Inferno, the thirty-five year old Dante (Blake Ritson) finds himself in the middle of a dark wood, in extreme personal and spiritual crisis. But hope of rescue appears in the form of the venerable poet Virgil (David Warner), now a shade himself, who offers to lead Dante on an odyssey through the afterlife, that begins in the terrifying depths of Hell.
Many years later, the older Dante (John Hurt), still in enforced exile from his beloved Florence, attempts to finish his great poem and reflects on the events that have led him to its writing.
Dante the Poet .... Blake Ritson
Older Dante .... John Hurt
Virgil .... David Warner
Ulysees/Giant .... Sam Dale
Charon/Pope Nicholas III .... Michael Bertenshaw
Francesca da Rimini .... Priyanga Burford
Count Ugolino .... David Cann
Tree/ Adam .... Clive Hayward
Vanni Fucci .... Steve Touissaint
Angel .... Cassie Layton
All other parts are played by members of the company
The Divine Comedy is dramatised by Stephen Wyatt
Sound design is by Cal Knightley
Directed by Emma Harding and Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.
WED 16:00 Archive on 4 (m001d4ns)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 17:00 Whodunnits (b007k1yj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 17:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4gp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 18:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tlmwv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpvv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 19:00 Reluctant Persuaders (m000ssk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g255x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 19:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwd0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 20:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m000mblv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
WED 20:30 Alison and Maud (b007k2my)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
WED 21:00 The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (b03xtvdp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
WED 22:00 Stand-Up Specials (m002r3nf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 22:30 A World of Dowie (m0017tgg)
4. Telephones
Enter a brave new world created and presented by John Dowie.
John Dowie is absolutely sick and tired of the meddlesome nature of the telephone.
With:
Jim Sweeney
Steve Steen
Tony Haase
Cathryn Harrison
Music from the Ronnie Golden Small Band.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1991.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002rrt0)
Fatiha El-Ghorri 2/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Lou Conran chats again to comedian Fatiha El-Ghorri.
WED 23:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (m000w5jh)
Series 9
Episode 3
The ninth series of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is very different to the previous eight. It's still written by John Finnemore, "one of our best sketch writers", (The Observer), and performed by him with "a great supporting cast of Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan" (The Telegraph), and there are still sketches and songs. But, with no live studio audience this year, John has taken the opportunity to try something completely new
Every episode in this series of Souvenir Programme is made up of scenes from one person's life, played in reverse order. There's no narrative to the episode; it's still a sketch show, not a sitcom... but the sketches in each episode all happened to one person, played by one member of the cast, over the course of their lifetime.
This week, we follow our way back through the life of Jerry, starting earlier this year and going back to a wartime poem in 1943.
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme started in 2011 and quickly established itself as "One of the most consistently funny sketch shows for quite some time" (The Guardian), and "One of the funniest and most inventive new radio comedy shows of recent years" (The Daily Mail).
Written and performed by ... John Finnemore
Jerry ... Simon Kane
Ensemble ... Lawry Lewin
Ensemble ... Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Ensemble ... Carrie Quinlan
Original music composed by .... Susannah Pearse
Original music arranged by ... Susannah Pearse and Tim Sutton
Recorded and edited by ... Rich Evans at Syncbox Post
Production coordinator ... Beverly Tagg
Producer ... Ed Morrish
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2021.
WED 23:30 Friends Like These (m000hpjg)
Equal Ops
Whilst attempting a sponsored pedalo ride, work colleagues Bernice and Jen sink and are marooned on an island Duck Sanctuary.
Part of a collection of comic plays about friendship, each featuring a different comedy partnership.
Written by and starring Cicely Giddings and Abigail Burdess.
Bernice ...... Cicely Giddings
Jen ...... Abigail Burdess
Director: Claudine Toutoungi.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.
WED 23:45 Holland's Shorts (m001p7j6)
Episode 6
Dominic Holland’s thoughts on feeling depressed, honesty boxes, and cash machines crime.
Written by and starring Dominic Holland.
With:
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Martin Hyder
Ed Weeks
Music by Jim Howard.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.

THURSDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2026

THU 00:00 Archive on 4 (m001d4ns)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Whodunnits (b007k1yj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4gp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tlmwv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpvv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Reluctant Persuaders (m000ssk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g255x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwd0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m000mblv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Alison and Maud (b007k2my)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (b03xtvdp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Whodunnits (b007k1zt)
Hercule Poirot - Three Act Tragedy
4. Sherry at The Ritz
As the murder suspects are investigated, the Belgian sleuth issues an invitation.
Starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Agatha Christie’s 1935 whodunnit novel.
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Mr Satterthwaite …. George Cole
Sir Charles Cartwright …. Michael Cochrane
Hermione 'Egg' Lytton Gore …. Beth Chalmers
Muriel Wills …. Elizabeth Proud
Oliver Manders …. Carl Prekopp
Cynthia Dacres …. Paula Jacobs
Captain Dacres …. Nigel Anthony
Angela Sutcliffe …. Jemma Churchill
Doris, the Model …. Angela Sims
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.
THU 06:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4gq)
Frenchman's Creek
4. Danger
Dona has found love and adventure, but on returning to Navron she is horrified to find a new threat in the shape of her husband Harry and the shrewd Lord Rockingham.
Daphne du Maurier's classic novel is dramatised by Micheline Wandor.
CAST:
Dona St Columb .... Lorna Heilbron
Harry .... Michael Cochrane
Rockingham .... Christopher Godwin
William .... Michael Tudor Barnes
Pru .... Elizabeth Mansfield
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.
THU 07:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00fzwp9)
Series 2
Brief Encounter
Robert Patterson has to attend a different school to study Chaucer under a Mr Plant - who then takes a shine to Mrs Patterson.
Acclaimed comedy of faith, families and football written by Martin Davies.
Fr. Benedict............Desmond Barrit
Mrs Patterson........Brenda Blethyn
Robert Patterson..........Richard Pearce
Barbara Patterson........Melanie Hudson
Andy Hunt...........Mark Straker
Janet........Nicola Buckingham
Guy...............Henry Woolley
Mr Plant..........Geoff McGivern
Mrs Plant..........Jane Dolamore
Producer Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994.
THU 07:30 Give Or Take (m0010xqv)
8. Happy Ever After..?
Annabel is suspicious about Sam's sudden change of personality. Why is being uncharacteristically nice?
Sam decides to hand in his notice at the bank.
And he has a surprise for his family.
Wally K Daly's sitcom starring David Roper and Sharon Duce.
Sam …… David Roper
Annabel …… Sharon Duce
Fred …… Bill Owen
Rose …… Patsy Rowlands
Mr Snow …… John Horsley
Doctor …… John Clive
Cyril …… Jon Glover
Parker …… John Bott
Receptionist …… Maggie Shelvin
Theme music by Jim Parker.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1980.
THU 08:00 Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train (m0021h3x)
Series 3
London to Hereford
Alexei Sayle takes another train journey and breaks the golden rule of travelling by train in the UK - by actually talking to his fellow passengers.
In this episode, he travels from London to the ancient cathedral city of Hereford.
Among his many fellow travellers, he meets:
* his old friend, comedian David Baddiel, who is off to the Hay Festival
* Deborah and David, psychologists from San Antonio in Texas on a walking holiday
* Stewart, who teaches computer science in a London school and is on his way to a tech festival
* Kashmini and Lara who met on the internet and decided to meet up in real life
* ‘Collie’ from Australia who travels the world under the alias Collie – short for ‘Cauliflower’
* James who has become something of an expert on fermented food and is travelling with a very large and slightly smelly container of Kimchi
* Angela and her mother Kathleen, who surprises Alexei with her stories of life on the road with her Harley Davidson motorcycle.
Producers: Peter Lowe and Lyndon Jones
A Ride production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2024
THU 08:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g2560)
4. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Susie Boyt's tribute to her screen idol Judy Garland is a touching account of a life-long passion.
Susie reflects on the notion of fandom and explains the all-important differences between 'good' and 'bad' Judy fans. She also demonstrates her devotion at the ultimate Judy convention and visits the Judy Garland museum in Minnesota.
Abridger: Viv Beeby
Read by Tamsin Greig
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008
THU 08:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwd4)
Ladies of Letters Spring Clean
4. Operation
Vera has a hip replacement at the Royal College of Quadrupeds due to the shortage of hospital beds while Irene turns to lonely versifying when deserted by her daughter in Australia.
Starring Patricia Routledge as Vera and Prunella Scales as Irene.
The up and down relationship between two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence - it's springtime and Vera and Irene have recipes and tips for a long and healthy life. But competitive rivalry is never far away....
Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman.
Vera Small .... Patricia Routledge
Irene Spencer .... Prunella Scales
Producer: Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.
THU 09:00 Kat Sadler's Screen Time (m001f50n)
Episode 1
Industry heart-throb Kat Sadler tells YOU how social media can change your life.
Kat Sadler’s Screen Time is a fun guide/cautionary tale of how young people today live their lives through their phones and social media. Kat (daily screen time 8hrs 49 mins) meets Abbie (daily screen time 1 hr 26 mins) and starts a relationship, but will their obsession with how the relationship comes across online lead to its downfall?
Ensuring no listener is left behind by the indecipherable terminology and online etiquette of the under 30s, Kat is joined by extremely offline Alex MacQueen who will stop Kat and make her explain things like the ‘For You Page’ and ‘Soft Launching’.
Kat Sadler - Kat
Alex MacQueen - Alex
Abbie Weinstock - Abbie
Emily Lloyd Saini - Various
Jason Forbes - Various
Written by Kat Sadler and Cameron Loxdale.
Script edited by Jon Hunter.
Producer: Gwyn Rhys Davies
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2022.
THU 09:30 Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley (m001g9lb)
4: Rebirth
Lucy Worsley continues her biography of the extraordinary life of the 'Queen of Crime', Agatha Christie.
After her divorce, Agatha sets out alone on a trip to Iraq, where adventure and perhaps love are on the cards...
Read and written by Lucy Worsley
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2022.
THU 09:45 Daily Service (m002rggb)
Man shall not live by bread alone - What truly satisfies
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Man shall not live by bread alone - What truly satisfies
Presenter: Rachel Mann
Reading: Isaiah 55:1-3
MUSIC:
O Frondens Virga (Hildegard von Bingen)
Cantus
O Frondens Virga - Instrumental (Hildegard von Bingen)
Augsburg Early Music Ensemble
I am the bread of life (Suzanne Toolan)
Jaime Thietten
I heard the voice of Jesus say (Kingsfold)
Erin Bode and Lawson White
I heard the voice of Jesus say - Instrumental (Kingsfold)
Catherine Strutt
Vladimir Martynov: The Beatitudes
Kronos Quartet
Mighty to Save
Genavieve Linkowski/Joseph O'Brien
THU 10:00 Great Lives (m000mcqg)
Tom Allen on Kenneth Williams
Comedian and presenter Tom Allen first discovered Kenneth Williams as a young boy, watching the Carry On films and listening to Round the Horne with his mum.
He joins Matthew Parris and Kenneth's biographer, Christopher Stevens, to explore the life of the famous twentieth century entertainer.
Together, they discuss stealing the show, sexuality and living solo.
Featuring clips from Kenneth's performances from Parkinson to Just a Minute, as well as Desert Island Discs to Hancock's Half Hour.
The trio reflect on Kenneth's dexterity and complexity, as a performer and as a person.
Producer: Camellia Sinclair
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2020.
THU 10:30 Printing a Nation (b08ljx97)
Series 1
1. Knowledge
Dr. Anindita Ghosh (University of Manchester) explores the impact of the printing press on India and argues that print, much more than railways as is commonly understood, gave rise to the Indian nation that was born in 1947.
In her first programme, Anindita explores the 'Renaissance' that came about through the medium of print in India. She travels to Kolkata, formerly the capital of the British Raj, to explore the tremendous explosion of printed material in nineteenth century Bengal, following the setting up of the first presses by missionaries in India.
The colonial government needed English speaking Indians to work its administrative apparatus and a proliferation of English printed material followed. But this was not a passive process. Indians in turn participated in the intellectual revolution to form their own thoughts on society. The search for a putative 'Indian' identity that followed, known today as the Bengal Renaissance, was very much shaped through an exchange of ideas via printed texts.
A sea of Indian-run presses, printing in local languages, furthered the cacophonous print revolution and, by the end of the nineteenth century, more titles were produced in India than in France during the Age of Enlightenment.
By carrying the printed word to more popular levels of readership and extending the networks of the reading community, Anindita argues, these were connections that were to prove vital for the formation of the nation in 20th century India.
Contributors:
Professor Swapan Chakravorty (Presidency University, Kolkata),
Professor Rosinka Chaudhuri (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta)
Graham Shaw (British Library)
Professor Partha Mitter (University of Sussex)
Producer: Melissa FitzGerald
A Blakeway production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2017.
THU 11:00 Whodunnits (b007k1zt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 11:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4gq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 12:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00fzwp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 12:30 Give Or Take (m0010xqv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 13:00 Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train (m0021h3x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 13:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g2560)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 14:00 Foul Play (b00jtm1q)
Series 3
Oh Yes She Is Dead!
Crime writers Susan Moody and Simon Shaw probe a Charming murder at the pantomime.
Oh yes they do!
Simon Brett hosts the murder quiz.
Suspects played by:
Maria McErlane
Lee Simpson
Producer Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998.
THU 14:30 HR (b00txgsc)
Series 2
Consulting
Having nursed Peter through retirement blues, Sam himself succumbs to the dreaded sense of purposelessness. Then Peter gets an ad looking for experienced consultants. They're made!
Nigel Williams' comedy drama series charting the misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble-making colleague.
Peter …. Jonathan Pryce
Sam …. Nicholas Le Prevost
Waiter …. Sam Dale
Director: Peter Kavanagh.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010
THU 15:00 The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (b03xtvtm)
2. Purgatorio
Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in Stephen Wyatt's dramatisation of Dante's epic poem - the story of one man's extraordinary journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.
In Episode 2: Purgatorio, Dante (Blake Ritson) is led up Mount Purgatory by his guide, the shade of Virgil (David Warner). On their journey, they encounter numerous souls who have embarked on the difficult journey up the mountain - a journey that will eventually lead to their spiritual salvation.
Many years later, the older Dante (John Hurt), still in enforced exile from his beloved Florence, reflects on the episodes from his life that have inspired his great poem.
Dante the Poet .... Blake Ritson
Older Dante .... John Hurt
Virgil .... David Warner
Beatrice .... Hattie Morahan
Guardian 1/ Proud Soul .... Sam Dale
Cato .... Michael Bertenshaw
Casella/ Donati .... Steve Touissaint
Belacqua .... Clive Hayward
Pia of Siena .... Priyanga Burford
Guardian 3 .... David Cann
Sapia .... Carolyn Pickles
Girl .... Cassie Layton
All other parts are played by members of the company
The Divine Comedy is dramatised by Stephen Wyatt
Sound design is by Cal Knightley
Directed by Emma Harding and Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.
THU 16:00 Great Lives (m000mcqg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:30 Printing a Nation (b08ljx97)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
THU 17:00 Whodunnits (b007k1zt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 17:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4gq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 18:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00fzwp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:30 Give Or Take (m0010xqv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 19:00 Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train (m0021h3x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g2560)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 19:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 20:00 Foul Play (b00jtm1q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
THU 20:30 HR (b00txgsc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
THU 21:00 The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (b03xtvtm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
THU 22:00 Stand-Up Specials (m00236xn)
Randy Feltface
1. Earth
Randy Feltface is done with us ruining the earth beneath our feet whether we’re digging it up, setting fire to it, or tipping it into the sea - so with the help of an irritable duck, a fictional French coal-miner and a sexy earthworm he works out the best way to just get the whole destruction business over and done with.
This head-on charge into possibly the most important subject facing humanity comes to you via a show where you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll learn, you’ll laugh again between the learny bits and most of all, you’ll be able to say “I was there when Radio 4 decided to have show hosted by a puppet”
Randy Feltface has been seen on Netflix, ABC, NBC, and has a huge & devoted following across the globe (1m+ social media followers, 1.6m TikTok followers, 833k subscribers, 79m YouTube views). His hour-long specials are YouTube cult classics, his world tours are sold out sensations, and he's the only Radio 4 presenter to be entirely made of felt.
With Margaret Cabourn-Smith & William Hartley
Produced & directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4
THU 22:30 Brian Gulliver's Travels (b01lz1cj)
Series 2
Chamanoa
Brian Gulliver, a seasoned presenter of travel documentaries, is in a hospital's secure unit after claiming to have been on a succession of bizarre adventures.
More memories - as Brian relives his experiences in Chamanoa, a land where naturites battle nurturites - where genetics is pitted against education.
Starring Neil Pearson and Mariah Gale.
A satirical adventure story from Bill Dare.
Brian Gulliver/ Thake ..... Neil Pearson
Rachel Gulliver..... Mariah Gale
Kath & Hendl ..... Lisa Dillon
Bordle ..... Toby Longworth
Violinist ..... Amy Butterworth
Producer: Steven Canny
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002rrt8)
Fatiha El-Ghorri 3/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Lou Conran chats again to comedian Fatiha El-Ghorri.
THU 23:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b043x48z)
Series 3
Marcus Brigstocke
Stand-up Alex Horne and his band explore fashion and trends through live music and comedy.
Expect a ceilidh and songs about Alex's car and the first dance at his wedding amongst others.
With guest comedian:
Marcus Brigstocke
Singer:
Vula Malinga
Alex's Horne Section are:
Joe Auckland
Mark Brown
Will Collier
Ben Reynolds
Ed Sheldrake
Producer: Charlie Perkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2014.
THU 23:30 The Pin (b08y26qt)
Series 3
Party
Having been overlooked for the BBC's official office party, Alex and Ben are out to prove they can throw a party too...
More of double-act, The Pin's trademark offbeat nonsense.
Written and performed by Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen.
With:
Liam Williams
Producer: Sam Bryant.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2017.

FRIDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2026

FRI 00:00 Great Lives (m000mcqg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Printing a Nation (b08ljx97)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Whodunnits (b007k1zt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4gq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00fzwp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Give Or Take (m0010xqv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train (m0021h3x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g2560)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Foul Play (b00jtm1q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 HR (b00txgsc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (b03xtvtm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Whodunnits (b007k213)
Hercule Poirot - Three Act Tragedy
5. J'accuse!
Just as the Belgian sleuth looks set to solve the murder mystery, he hears news of another death.
Starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
Conclusion of Agatha Christie’s 1935 whodunnit novel.
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt
Mr Satterthwaite …. George Cole
Sir Charles Cartwright …. Michael Cochrane
Hermione 'Egg' Lytton Gore …. Beth Chalmers
Angela Sutcliffe …. Jemma Churchill
Oliver Manders …. Carl Prekopp
Matron …. Natasha Pyne
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002.
FRI 06:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4hp)
Frenchman's Creek
5. A Midsummer Raid
Jean asks Dona to accompany him when his ship sails. As Harry and his friends hatch a plan to deal with the French pirate once and for all, the threat posed to Dona by Lord Rockingham reaches crisis point.
Daphne du Maurier's classic novel is dramatised by Micheline Wandor.
CAST:
Dona St Columb .... Lorna Heilbron
Jean .... Struan Rodger
Harry .... Michael Cochrane
Rockingham .... Christopher Godwin
Lord Godolphin .... Norman Bird
Lord Penrose ... Christopher Good
Pru .... Elizabeth Mansfield
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.
FRI 07:00 My Mammy and Me (m002rdx4)
Series 1
3. Undercover Cops
Cathy McPhail's comedy about a woman's search for Mr Right continues.
When Elsie makes an alarming discovery, Isobel and her Mammy are called into action.
Recorded at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Mammy …. Eileen McCallum
Isobel .... Kate Donnelly
Willie .... Jake D'Arcy
Ida .... Barbara Rafferty
Sgt Blood .... Sean Scanlan
Con .... Forbes Masson
Elsie / WPC .... Carolyn Boneyman
Susie …. Clare Hemphill
Mr Patel/Joey the Budgie …. Lewis Macleod
Written by Cathy McPhail.
Producer: Kathy Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1995.
FRI 07:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k01b)
Series 3
Robbery With Violence
Terrified Albert lies to son Harold after accidentally breaking his treasured porcelain collection.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.
Classic sitcom about the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold.
Written for BBC TV and adapted for BBC Radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
Inspector ...... Dudley Foster
With:
Garrard Green
Edward Kelsey
Trevor Martin
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1971.
FRI 08:00 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b09hr1g3)
Series 2
Veiled Country Lass
Trisha makes a special pudding for her first visit to Robert's parents' house.
Extracts from Cooking in a Bedsitter are read by Eleanor Bron.
Beattie Edmondson and Nikesh Patel star in Sue Teddern's romantic comedy, inspired by Katharine Whitehorn's cookery classic.
Trisha ...... Beattie Edmondson
Deepak ...... Nikesh Patel
Moira ...... Isabella Inchbald
June ...... Ellie Darvill
Robert ...... Clive Hayward
Clare ...... Abbie Andrews
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017.
FRI 08:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g2565)
5. Get Happy
Susie Boyt's tribute to her screen idol Judy Garland is a touching account of a life-long passion.
After an unexpected duet with Mickey Rooney over breakfast, Susie gingerly accepts an invitation to perform at a 'Judy Night' in Brooklyn. Before she knows it, she is draped over the lid of a baby grand piano in her best satin dress, singing her heart out to Judy.
Abridger: Viv Beeby
Read by Tamsin Greig
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008
FRI 08:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwdc)
Ladies of Letters Spring Clean
5. Scandal
Vera takes refuge in a residential home, only to discover sinister goings on. Irene's attempts to help lead to chaos, confusion and court proceedings.
Starring Patricia Routledge as Vera and Prunella Scales as Irene.
The up and down relationship between two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence - it's springtime and Vera and Irene have recipes and tips for a long and healthy life. But competitive rivalry is never far away....
Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman.
Vera Small .... Patricia Routledge
Irene Spencer .... Prunella Scales
Matron Rosa Ratchett .... Ann Beach
Producer: Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.
FRI 09:00 Stand-Up Specials (m002rdb7)
Fatiha El-Ghorri: A Match Made Inshallah
A Match Made Inshallah is a fearless, funny show where the 44-year-old, twice-divorced stand-up comedian Fatiha El-Ghorri is looking for love and ready to date - and she wants us all to be her wingman.

Mixing stand-up, commentary, and the actual date itself, we will hear Fatiha’s deepest thoughts, hopes, dreams, and judgements as we join her every step of the way through the dating minefield.

Written and Performed by Fatiha El-Ghorri
Producer: Laura Grimshaw
Executive Producers: Jon Holmes and Carrie Rose

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 09:15 Lady Clementine Is Looking For Love (m002rdb9)
Is Charlie Rowe 'The One'?
Join Regency renegade Lady Clementine on her increasingly desperate quest to find love as she enters the world of modern dating. She’s tried everything to bag a man before her 27th birthday - wandering the armoury looking confused, bloodletting (just to feel something), and propositioning all her cousins (just the beefcakes, mind you). But disturbingly, nothing has worked – yet.
Part poet, part arsonist and described as if “Florence Pugh played Mr Bean in a corset”, Lady Clem is endearingly delusional and catastrophically self-absorbed. Like a Jane Austen novel that’s had too much gin, and far too much laudanum, she simply cannot fathom why love isn’t knocking down her door.
So now, she’s attempting her last resort - celebrity dating.
Enter her first date (semi-willingly), actor Charlie Rowe. Her mission? To find out if he could be ‘The One’ and save her from spinsterdom. Can the trenches of modern dating played out in Lady Clem’s crumbling Regency world really be the path to romantic bliss?
Written, created and starring Rosalie Minnitt
With special guest Charlie Rowe
Produced by Alison Vernon-Smith and Ella Blaxill
Additional material by Tristan Robinson
Sound Engineer: David Thomas
Executive Producer: Eve Streeter
A Raconteur Studios production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 09:30 Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley (m001g9kq)
5: Have a good time, darling
Born in 1890 into a world that had its own rules about what women could and couldn’t do, Agatha Christie became the most prolific detective novelist during the Golden Age of detective fiction, and went on to become the best-selling author of all time.
After a hugely successful career, Dame Agatha finds later life can be liberating...
Read and written by Lucy Worsley
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2022.
FRI 09:45 Daily Service (m002rdx6)
Man shall not live by bread alone - Bread of life
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Man shall not live by bread alone
Presenter: Angel Morgan
Reading: John 6 30-40
Music
You are the Living Word - Fred Hammond
Guide me o thou great Jehovah - Rachel John
Rahama - Kaestrings
FRI 10:00 Soul Music (b0076bst)
Series 3
The Pathétique
Biographer Anthony Holden and conductor Vassily Sinaisky explore the cultural impact of Tchaikovsky’s final symphony.
Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks.
Taking part:
Anthony Holden
Gianandrea Noseda
Vassily Sinaisky
David Gregory
Producer: Lucy Lunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002.
FRI 10:30 Printing a Nation (b08md6w7)
Series 1
2. Nationhood
Dr Anindita Ghosh (University of Manchester) explores the impact of the printing press on India and argues that print, much more than railways as is commonly understood, gave birth to the Indian nation that was born in 1947.
In this concluding programme, Anindita explores how the printing press played a fundamental role in the rise of nationalism in India. Starting with the nationalist newspapers, Anindita explores how English language papers as well as local language newspapers were crucial in forging anti-colonial sentiments among the reading public.
In response, the colonial government passed draconian acts which empowered district magistrates to seize presses of papers they deemed to be seditious. These measures applied to all publications, books and pamphlets as well as newspapers. But clamping down was not easy. Indian publishers found ingenious ways to avoid the censors. And alongside books, pamphlets and papers, there was the vast circulation of printed images that proved far more difficult to police by the colonial government than written texts.
Anindita argues that print was key to the shaping of a modern public sphere in India because print was the vehicle of critical ideas of community, history, society, culture and identity that emerged in modern India. Print was in that sense, modern India.
Contributors:
Professor Tanika Sarkar (JNU, New Delhi)
Professor Christopher Pinney (UCL, London)
Professor Sunil Khilnani (KCL, London)
Sandeep Hazareesingh (Open University)
Professor Francesca Orsini (SOAS)
Producer: Melissa FitzGerald
A Blakeway production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2017.
FRI 11:00 Whodunnits (b007k213)
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FRI 11:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4hp)
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FRI 12:00 My Mammy and Me (m002rdx4)
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FRI 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k01b)
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FRI 13:00 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b09hr1g3)
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FRI 13:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g2565)
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FRI 13:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwdc)
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FRI 14:00 One Person Found This Helpful (m001wxrg)
Series 1
3. Hot Lava Blomps
Find out the verdicts on Mrs. Tiggywinkle, the M1 and the difference between a blomp and a bloop.
The bizarre world of online reviews is hosted by Frank Skinner
Guests: Sara Barron, Marcus Brigstocke, Pierre Novellie and Laura Smyth
Written by Frank Skinner, Catherine Brinkworth, Sarah Dempster, Jason Hazeley, Rajiv Karia, Karl Minns, Katie Sayer & Peter Tellouche
Devised by Jason Hazeley and Simon Evans with the producer David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in March 2024.
FRI 14:30 A Short Gentleman (b0196rnd)
Episode 2
Robert woos Elizabeth, by means of a putty-coloured carpet.
Hugh Bonneville stars as Robert Purcell, QC.
He's a perfect specimen of the British Establishment, who applies faultless legal logic to his disastrous personal life.
Jon Canter's comic novel adapted by Robin Brooks.
Robert Purcell ..... Hugh Bonneville
Elizabeth ..... Lyndsey Marshal
Guy ..... Adam Billington
Sophie ..... Francine Chamberlain
Anthony ..... Carl Prekopp
Isabel ..... Lauren Mote
Alan ..... Gerard McDermott
Director: Jonquil Painting.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012.
FRI 15:00 The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (b03xtx55)
3. Paradiso
Blake Ritson, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in Stephen Wyatt's dramatisation of Dante's epic poem - the story of one man's extraordinary journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.
In Episode 3: Paradiso, Dante's spiritual journey comes to a glorious conclusion as he (Blake Ritson) is led by Beatrice (Hattie Morahan) through the spheres of Paradise and into the presence of God himself. As they ascend, they encounter a number of souls who have also achieved blessedness.
Many years later, the older Dante (John Hurt), still in enforced exile from his beloved Florence, reflects on the episodes from his life that have inspired his great poem.
Dante the Poet .... Blake Ritson
Older Dante .... John Hurt
Beatrice .... Hattie Morahan
Piccarda .... Priyanga Burford
Cacciaguida/ St Peter .... Sam Dale
Emperor Justinian/ St Benedict/ St James .... Michael Bertenshaw
Spirit 1 .... Clive Hayward
Spirit 2 .... Steve Touissaint
Cunizza .... Carolyn Pickles
Eagle .... Cassie Layton
St John .... David Cann
All other parts are played by members of the company
The Divine Comedy is dramatised by Stephen Wyatt
Sound design is by Cal Knightley
Directed by Emma Harding and Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.
FRI 16:00 Soul Music (b0076bst)
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FRI 16:30 Printing a Nation (b08md6w7)
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FRI 17:00 Whodunnits (b007k213)
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FRI 17:30 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4hp)
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FRI 18:00 My Mammy and Me (m002rdx4)
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FRI 18:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k01b)
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FRI 19:00 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b09hr1g3)
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FRI 19:30 My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt (b00g2565)
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FRI 19:45 Ladies of Letters (b007jwdc)
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FRI 20:00 One Person Found This Helpful (m001wxrg)
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FRI 20:30 A Short Gentleman (b0196rnd)
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FRI 21:00 The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (b03xtx55)
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FRI 22:00 Stand-Up Specials (m002rdb7)
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FRI 22:15 Lady Clementine Is Looking For Love (m002rdb9)
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FRI 22:30 Friends Like These (b0076xs8)
Casualties
An eventful road-trip along the M6 reunites ex-boy band members Mick and Alvin and forces them to confront their long-lost glory years.
Written by Neil Warhurst and Paul Barnhill.
Mick ...... Paul Barnhill
Alvin ...... Neil Warhurst
Part of a collection of comic plays about friendship, each featuring a different comedy partnership.
Director: Claudine Toutoungi
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.
FRI 22:45 Life With Lederer (m00131jg)
Series 1
5. The Holiday
It's something longed for, but will Helen Lederer actually enjoy going on holiday?
Written by Helen Lederer, Roger Planer and Richard McBrien.
With:
Malcolm Raeburn
Nigel Carrington
Barbara Dryhurst
Sandra Maitland
Produced at BBC Manchester by Paul Z Jackson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1990.
FRI 23:00 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jqyg)
Series 3
Masterson Rides Again
The life of young Billy at his Victorian boarding school.
Based entirely on audience suggestions - this is the unfolding saga of the Mastersons - a family at war with itself.
Starring:
Paul Merton
Josie Lawrence
Jim Sweeney
Lee Simpson
Phelim McDermott
Caroline Quentin
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995.
FRI 23:30 The Mark Steel Lecture (b007jv2j)
Series 1
WG Grace
Radical comic Mark Steel profiles the 'first modern celebrity' in English cricketing and Victorian society, WG Grace.
Series of humorous lectures covering historical figures who shaped their era.
With:
Melanie Hudson
Kim Wall
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.