SATURDAY 06 JUNE 2026

SAT 00:00 Soul Music (b013q20t)
Series 12
Spiegel im Spiegel
Exploring the impact that Estonian composer Arvo Pärt's Spiegel im Spiegel has had on people's lives.
Written in 1978, just prior to his departure from Estonia, Arvo’s piece for piano and violin is musically minimal, yet produces a serene tranquillity.
It's in F major in 6/4 time, with the piano playing rising crotchet triads and the violin playing slow scales, alternately rising and falling, of increasing length, which all end on the note A.
The score of the piece looks deceptively simple, but as violinist, Tasmin Little explains, it's one of the most difficult pieces to perform because the playing has to simply be perfect, or the mood is lost.
"Spiegel im Spiegel" in German literally can mean both "mirror in the mirror" as well as "mirrors in the mirror", referring to the infinity of images produced by parallel plane mirrors.
The music inspired visual artist Mary Husted to produce a set of collages called "Spiegel im Spiegel" which in a roundabout way, led to her being traced by her long lost son.
Contributors:
Doreen Macfarlane
Rhona Smith
Mary Husted
Tasmin Little
Vicky Smith
Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011.
SAT 00:30 Every Day in Every Way (b01mqq6f)
Positive thinking gurus and hypnotherapists aren't the only ones familiar with the phrase:
'Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better.'
It's reputation today is that of a trite, rather ineffective 'feel good' relic of yesteryear but the phrase, and the man who conjured it up have a fascinating history.
Writer Gillian Darley explores the work of the Frenchman Emile Coué who, though a mere pharmacist in his native France, came to be one of the best-known figures of the post First World War world.
His visits to England and America were followed by record sales of his books which encouraged advocates in the ways of auto-suggestion.
The scientific community are dismissive of his place in the development of psychiatric thinking and development.
Gillian reveals reports of one event in which he caused chaos amongst a group of shell-shocked soldiers during a 1922 visit to England. But others say that the phrase, borrowed to comic effect by Frank Spencer, hides a genuine pioneer in cognitive therapy.
Using contemporary eye-witness reports and newspaper coverage of his travels, Gillian reveals a character who might well merit a more measured response from those writing the popular, as well as the academic, history of 20th-century medicine.
Meanwhile in France a recent conference in his old base in Nancy is part of a new interest in the Coué method, ensuring that 'Every Day, in Every way' his reputation is, at the very least, changing.
Producer: Tom Alban
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.
SAT 01:00 Detective (b04g457y)
Series 2
10. The Point of No Return
DS Dave Brook and DC Blair Maxton get moving on the Kemp case, but are they too late?
Stories of crime and detection in London by Robert Barr.
Starring Ray Brooks as shrewd veteran Detective Sergeant Dave Brook and Christopher Blake as Detective Constable Blair Maxton.
DS Dave Brook …. Ray Brooks
DC Blair Maxton …. Christopher Blake
Chief Inspector Roach …. Stephen Yardley
DC Harrison …. Peter Cleall
Judy …. Jacqueline Tong
DS Kelly …. John Judd
Carson …. Tony Caunter
James Clark …. Gary Cady
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1982.
SAT 01:30 Peeler (m0005zkz)
1. The New Force
Sir Robert Peel’s new Metropolitan Police force proves unpopular sparking deep political unrest.
Starring Mick Ford and Richard E Grant.
Patrick Carroll’s six-part crime series.
The action is set in 1830, a year after the Metropolitan Police Act created the 'Peelers'.
PC Martin Quin ...... Mick Ford
Jeremiah Morley ...... James Booth
Sir Robert Peel ...... Norman Jones
Lord Trowle ...... Richard E Grant
Colonel Brown ...... Peter Jeffrey
Richard Mayne ...... Killian McKenna
Maria Staples ...... Joanna Myers
Sergeant Dutton ...... Ronald Herdman
Inspector Beale ...... Timothy Bateson
PC Atkinson ...... Alan Barker
PC Smythe ...... Mark Straker
Lord Laverton ...... James Greene
Mr Yardley ...... Richard Pearce
Arthur Jenkins ...... Ian Lindsay
Rev Charkes Lyton ...... Timothy Carlton
Singer: Martin Carthy
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991.
SAT 02:00 Flying the Flag (b00bx1kd)
Series 3
Our Own Correspondent
Press freedom reaches the People's Republic, closely followed by Henry Treebling, Investigative Reporter.
Starring Dinsdale Landen.
Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer.
HM Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
Colonel Surikov …. Christopher Benjamin
Henry Treebling …. John Grieve
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1990.
SAT 02:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jnms)
Series 6
Oh, What a Beautiful Mourning
Attending the funeral of Albert's brother, George - the Steptoe family clash over his will...
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
Arthur ...... George A Cooper
With Michael Burlington, David Graham, Anne Jameson, Norma Ronald and Marianne Stone.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in February 1976.
SAT 03:00 Mark Steel's in Town (m0020hn8)
Series 13
Margate
Mark Steel is back with the 13th series of his award-winning show where he travels around the UK visiting towns with nothing in common but their uniqueness.
After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for a local audience.
First stop, Mark packs his bucket and spade and visits the lovely seaside town of Margate in the Thanet district of Kent.
“...a nice spot not vulgarised by crowds of literary people...” Oscar Wilde
A magical place where TS Eliot wrote a verse of The Wasteland, JMW Turner painted views of the Harbour, Tracy Emin spent her formative years and Pete Doherty has his name on a wall of fame in a cafe for eating a "mega breakfast" in under 20 minutes.
Mark visits Dreamland and its 100 year old rollercoaster, the famous Crab Museum and the historic Walpole Hotel, before performing his show in the Cliff Bar and snooker hall under the iconic Lido Tower.
Later in this series Mark is off to Stoke on Trent, Malvern and East Grinstead in England plus Coleraine in Northern Ireland.
Written and performed by Mark Steel.
Additional material by Pete Sinclair.
Producer: Carl Cooper
A BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2024.
SAT 03:30 Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively (b09d4bkw)
Town and Country
Penelope's focus falls on city allotments and the suburban garden.
Concluded by Stephanie Cole.
Penelope uses the garden to break open the world for us, and examines how we might encourage our lives to bloom.
Abridged by Siân Preece
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2017.
SAT 03:45 The Little Ottleys (b01rrc0z)
Series 4
5. A Promise
Madame Frabelle is keeping a very close eye on Miss Flummerfelt. Neither aware that Bruce is trying to win Edith back.
Aylmer, fretting for the safety of his soldier son, is desperate for Edith to stay with him and break her promise to Bruce.
Ada Leverson's witty and wonderful social comedy set in early 20th century London.
Dramatised by Martyn Wade
Ada (Narrator) ..... Haydn Gwynne
Bruce .... Ifan Meredith
Edith .... Juliet Aubrey
Aylmer .... Jonathan Firth
Madame Frabelle .... Jane Whittenshaw
Miss Flummerfelt .... Susie Riddell
Vincy Wenham Vincy .... Sam Alexander
Music: "Forgotten Dreams" - Max Jaffa with the Palm Court Orchestra.
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2013.
SAT 04:00 Wordaholics (b01dtkjd)
Series 1
Episode 6
Gyles Brandreth presides over toponyms, abbreviations, euphemisms, old words, new words, cockney rhyming slang, Greek gobbledegook, plus the panellists' picks of the ugliest and the most beautiful words.
Ready to vie for wordy supremacy in the ring:
Richard Herring
Natalie Haynes
Alex Horne
Jenny Eclair
Written by Jon Hunter and James Kettle
Letter of the week is that cheeky 6th letter of the alphabet - F.
The panellists reveal their favourite words and invent new phobias.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012.
SAT 04:30 Hidden Treasures (m002x5pf)
Reg by Emyr Humphreys
Reg owns most of the promenade at Penwent.
Yet he chooses to live in a dilapidated hotel with Queenie, who spends most of her life upstairs.
They're both served by Cherran who reads horoscopes and was once Reg's teacher at school.
To this strange hotel returns a young American who is looking for his father.
Starring Donald Houston, Brenda Bruce and William Devlin.
Written and produced by Emyr Humphreys
Reg ... Donald Houston
Queenie ... Brenda Bruce
Cherran ... William Devlin
Vi ... Liane Aurkin
Al ... David Valla
Gwil ... Artro Morris
Linda ... Margaret Wolfit
Policeman ... Trader Faulkner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1964.
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Reg 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 Comedienne by Ivor Novello (m002xd14)
**** 4 Extra marks the 50th anniversary of the death of actress Dame Sybil Thorndike on the 9th June 1976 aged 83.
Donna Lovelace, a once-revered theatrical star, now faces relative obscurity.
After years away from the limelight, she is offered a "comeback" role in a new play, forcing her to confront the gap between her self-image and her current reality.
Starring Dame Sybil Thorndike and Sebastian Shaw.
Ivor Novello’s bittersweet comedy was first staged in London in 1938.
Adapted for radio by Hugh Stewart.
Donna Lovelace .... Sybil Thorndike
Lord Bayfield .... Sebastian Shaw
Lady May Sambrook .... Fabia Drake
Alan Crane .... Robert Andrews
Ruth Wilder .... Sheila Burrell
Julian Harley .... Ivan Samson
Winkie .... Muriel George
Ted Jones .... Laidman Browne
Owen Sands .... Richard Bebb
Roderick Elms .... Martin Lewis
Vivian Morris .... Sarah Leigh
Lucy Foyle~Aberthaw .... Susan Richards
Inga Angers / The maid .... Gabrielle Blunt
Davis .... David Kossoff
Narrator .... Patrick Troughton
Producer: Hugh Stewart
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1951.
SAT 07:30 Among Others by Michael Frayn (Omnibus) (m002xd16)
Playwright and novelist Michael Frayn's revelatory autobiography.
Michael’s acquaintances haven’t always been other people. How has he got along with his own body over the years? He examines the person he’s known best and longest in his life.
Himself.
In these forensic, often comic revelations he assesses himself not as a person, but as a physical object.
A Mantower - looking down from 100 floors up. Closest acquaintance of all, his own body, a companion on life's road at least as idiosyncratic and puzzling as everyone and everything around it.
With his inimitable brand of humorous philosophy, Frayn comes to some surprising conclusions.
Omnibus of five episodes written by Michael Frayn.
Read by Martin Jarvis.
Martin has long collaborated with Michael on BBC programmes, including Magic Mobile, Pocket Playhouse, Matchbox Theatre, Speak After the Beep and Jarvis’s Frayn.
Music: A-Mnemonic
Director: Rosalind Ayres
A Jarvis & Ayres production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2023.
SAT 08:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007js2d)
13. Tripe War
"It's got all the makings of a Tripe War!" Roger Ditchley provokes a mob of tripe producers.

Conclusion of a classic tale of struggle, power, personalities and tripe.
Bill Tidy and John Junkin's family saga - based on Tidy's Daily Mirror cartoon strip [1971-1985] parodying John Galsworthy's 'The Forsyte Saga' novels.
Rebecca Fosdyke …. Stephanie Turner
Josiah Fosdyke …. Philip Lowrie
Tom Fosdyke …. David Threlfall
Albert Fosdyke …. Enn Reitel
Roger Ditchley …. Christian Rodska
Schmidt …. David Timson
Other parts played by:
Nick Maloney
Nick Revell
David English
John Dougall
Christopher Barr
Larry Lamb
John Westerbook
David Ross
Producer: Alan Nixon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1983.
SAT 09:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01k763p)
Series 1
Episode 5
Shock news from Eric: Ernie's set to retire!
Plus the torrid tale of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.
Starring Ernie Wise and Eric Morecambe.
Written by Eddie Braben
Special singing guest: Laura Lee..
With:
Anne Hamilton
Arthur Tolcher
Music by Dennis Wilson & His Orchestra.
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1975.
SAT 09:30 Beyond Our Ken (m000nztz)
Series 4
Episode 17
Kenneth Horne's abominable quest for a Yeti - and 'Hornerama' looks at Leisure.
A madcap mix of sketches and songs written by Eric Merriman.
Starring:
Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden
Bill Pertwee
Music from Janet Waters, The Hornets and the BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.
Incidental music by Edwin Braden.
Announcer: Douglas Smith
The precursor to ‘Round The Horne’, ‘Beyond Our Ken’ hit the airwaves in 1958 and ran to 1964
Producer: Jacques Brown
First broadcast on BBC's The Light Programme in February 1961.
SAT 10:00 The Inimitable PG Wodehouse (m000vx1t)
3. Much Obliged
“Everything in life that’s any fun, as somebody wisely observed, is either immoral, illegal or fattening.” PG Wodehouse, Girl in Blue [1970]
Alexander Armstrong concludes his three-part celebration of the work of the greatest comic author of the 20th century.
We’ll hear a collection of some his best loved work, including a celebration of his creations, such as the feckless Bertie Wooster and his phlegmatic manservant, Jeeves, and his many other characters. All brought to life on radio by stars including Simon Cadell, Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.
We’ll also hear rare interviews and archive along with contributions from fans, friends and family and in Part Three an edition of What Ho! Jeeves - Joy in the Morning: Schemes and Ruses. Bertie Wooster is much in demand, but his best-laid plans go awry. PG Wodehouse romp with Richard Briers and Michael Hordern.
Celebrating the comic brilliance of PG Wodehouse is a personal passion for presenter Alexander Armstrong, especially as he’s president of the PG Wodehouse Society – which attracts followers from all over the world.
Producer: Stephen Garner
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in January 2020.
SAT 11:00 Comedienne by Ivor Novello (m002xd14)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 12:30 Among Others by Michael Frayn (Omnibus) (m002xd16)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 13:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007js2d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 14:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01k763p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 14:30 Beyond Our Ken (m000nztz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 15:00 The Inimitable PG Wodehouse (m000vx1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Spine Chillers (b08bs3pd)
Origami by Jill Hyem
Mr Shimojo takes a room in Helen Bestall's house.
But no one is prepared for the sequence of horrifying events which his presence seems to generate.
Jill Hyem’s tale of the supernatural.
Mr Shimojo ........ Sean Barrett
Helen Bestall ........ Carole Boyd
Peter Trent ........ Christopher Scoular
Lucy Bestall ........ Helen Worth
Pronunciation adviser: Masatoshi Tobia
Directed by Kay Patrick at BBC Manchester
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1984.
SAT 16:45 Edinburgh Haunts (b03ggrql)
The Face at the Window, the Wave of the Hand by Louise Welsh
The last in our series of three commissioned ghost stories set in Edinburgh.
'The Face in the Window, the Wave of the Hand' evokes the German folklore of the doppelganger, or double, but is set in a contemporary Edinburgh town house. In traditional tales, your double is a shadow heralding your own death - if you see yourself in passing, it's very bad news.
Written by Louise Welsh
Read by Monica Gibb.
Produced by Allegra McIlroy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
SAT 17:00 Comedienne by Ivor Novello (m002xd14)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 18:30 Among Others by Michael Frayn (Omnibus) (m002xd16)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 19:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007js2d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 20:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01k763p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 20:30 Beyond Our Ken (m000nztz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 21:00 The Inimitable PG Wodehouse (m000vx1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 22:00 The Secret World (b01169br)
Series 1
Episode 1 - Pilot
From John Humphrys and Ringo to Alan Carr and Alan Sugar.
Pilot of the comedy impressions series imagining the bizarre and private lives of public people.
Starring:
Jon Culshaw
Lewis Macleod
Sarah Hadland
Jess Robinson
Duncan Wisbey
Producer: Bill Dare
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2008.
SAT 22:30 Tim Key's Poetry Programme (b09snj9j)
Series 4
Cuisine
Tim Key takes a comic look at the concept of cuisine, while indulging in a tasting menu at the top of the Shard in London.
Tom Basden has the night off, so Tim is dining with a very special guest.
Written and presented by Tim Key
Lord…. Tom Basden
Megan…. Katy Wix
Waiter…. Mike Woznak
Producer: James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2018.
SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002xl5s)
Rosie Holt 1/3
Iain Lee is joined in the Comedy Club by Rosie Holt. They chat about how Rosie made her name on social media, the difficulties of making satirical comedy, and what happened when people thought her online character 'Rosie Holt MP' was a real person.
SAT 23:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b04v3838)
Series 2
The Well of Loneliness
Tom's father uncovers some potentially life-changing news through his research into the family tree.
Tom is press-ganged into helping him find a church which might contain disturbing news for the Wrigglesworth name.
Meanwhile, Tom's mum and gran enter the cut-throat world of competitive well-dressing.
Tom ...... Tom Wrigglesworth
Granny ...... Judy Parfitt
Dad ...... Paul Copley
Mum ...... Kate Anthony
Written by Tom Wrigglesworth and James Kettle. With Miles Jupp.
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2014.
SAT 23:30 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (b009ly1p)
Series 2
Episode 3
28 performers have just 60 seconds in which to entertain the audience in this traditional variety show, featuring established stand-ups, and some newer talent
The whole thing is presided over by John Humphrys, who sits at the side of the stage with a stopwatch, ready to cut the microphone when the time is up.
And hey - if there's an act you don't like, well, there's another one along in 55 seconds or so...
Phil Cornwell
Francesca Beard
The Bearded Ladies
Matt Morisroe
James Sherwood
John Richardson
Tom McRae
Geoffrey McGivern
Liam Mullone
Danielle Ward
John Finnemore
Greedy
Ian Stone
Gwyn Herbert
Kerry Godliman and David Lane
Lee Bannard
Simon Jones
Terry Saunders
Ginger & Black
Simon Evans
Nathan Penlington
Tim Fitzhigham
Carol Smith
Alex Lowe
Producers: Rohan Acharya and Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2008.

SUNDAY 07 JUNE 2026

SUN 00:00 Spine Chillers (b08bs3pd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:45 Edinburgh Haunts (b03ggrql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:45 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Comedienne by Ivor Novello (m002xd14)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 Among Others by Michael Frayn (Omnibus) (m002xd16)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007js2d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01k763p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:30 Beyond Our Ken (m000nztz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 The Inimitable PG Wodehouse (m000vx1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002xdf6)
Equestrian Castaways
Martin Pipe
Horse trainer Martin Pipe is castaway by Sue Lawley.
Martin has turned horse training into a science.
His animals have the choice of a swimming pool, indoor canter and walking machine, while the on-site laboratory monitors their temperature, blood and weight throughout the day.
Yet he retains his love for the horses themselves - a passion which has made him one of the most successful trainers in Britain.
Martin Pipe retired in 2006, handing over to son, David although he continued to be involved.
DISC ONE: Sheryl Crow - Hard to Make a Stand
DISC TWO: The Beatles - Hey Jude
DISC THREE: Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol
DISC FOUR: Helen Shapiro - Walkin' Back to Happiness
DISC FIVE: Luciano Pavarotti - Giacomo Puccini’s Nessun dorma
DISC SIX: Tom Jones - Help Yourself
DISC SEVEN: Carly Simon - Nobody Does it Better
DISC EIGHT: Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol
BOOK CHOICE: RS Timmis - Horse Management
LUXURY CHOICE: Winning post from Cheltenham racecourse
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1999.
SUN 06:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mcxcs)
Series 1
The Dodo
The Dodo is the caricature of extinction.
This turkey-sized flightless pigeon lived on a remote island and was slaughtered by seafarers for its meat. The same fate has met other flightless species.
Can we learn this lesson from history?
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 September 2009.
SUN 07:00 Poetry Extra (m002xdf9)
Adventures In Poetry - First Party at Ken Kesey's with Hell's Angels
Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Adventures in Poetry - First Party at Ken Kesey's with Hell's Angels.
**Daljit reads from his Poetry Extra Book of the Month: Startlement by Ada Limon.
In 1965 the novelist Ken Kesey threw a party at his home in La Honda, California. Allen Ginsberg was there and wrote a poem about it. Peggy Reynolds explores the story behind the poem and discovers quite a few things that Ginsberg failed to mention.
We broadcast this episode to celebrate Allan Ginsberg as the latest artist to join 4 Extra’s illustrious 100 Club. Born on 3rd of June in 1926 he died, aged 70, in 1997.
Presenter - Peggy Reynolds
Producer - Peter Everett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
SUN 07:30 Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively (Omnibus) (b09f8bt4)
Stephanie Cole reads Penelope Lively's intimate meditation on gardening, literature and creativity.
She begins with the metaphorical garden, from the Garden of Eden to Monet's water lilies at Giverny.
Penelope Lively has always been a keen gardener. This book is partly a memoir of her own life in gardens: the large garden at home in Cairo where she spent most of her childhood, her Oxfordshire garden and the smaller urban garden in the North London home she lives in today.
In this intimate and eloquent work of narrative non-fiction, one of the UK's most cherished and admired writers uses the garden to break open the world for us, and examines how we might encourage our lives to bloom.
Omnibus of five episodes abridged by Siân Preece.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2017.
SUN 08:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002xdfc)
Andy Zaltzman
Andy Zaltzman inherits 'Got my Mojo Working' by Muddy Waters and passes on 'My Very Best' by The Big Moon.
SUN 08:50 The Little Ottleys (b01rs0w7)
Omnibus
Series 4
It is early Autumn in the year 1916.
Bruce Ottley, having gone to America to escape the Zeppelins and to live with Madame Frabelle, has returned to England.
Though divorced from Edith he is still residing in the spare room of the very concise house in Sloane Street, Knightsbridge. He has been attempting to convince Edith that everything should and can be exactly as it was before.
Much to the dismay of Aylmer.
Continuing Ada Leverson's witty and wonderful social comedy set in early 20th century London.
Omnibus of five episodes dramatised by Martyn Wade.
Taken from three short novels written between 1908 and 1916.
Ada (Narrator) .... Haydn Gwynne
Edith .... Juliet Aubrey
Bruce .... Ifan Meredith
Aylmer .... Jonathan Firth
Madame Frabelle .... Jane Whittenshaw
Miss Flummerfelt .... Susie Riddell
Vincy Wenham Vincy .... Sam Alexander
Music: "Forgotten Dreams" - Max Jaffa with the Palm Court Orchestra.
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2013.
SUN 10:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00p1hnz)
'Ail and Hearty
The family worries when Joe Huggett is spotted calling in at the doctor's surgery.
Starring Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison.
The popular working-class Huggett family first hit the cinema screen with a series of Gainsborough films between 1947 and 1949.
This subsequent BBC radio series ran from 1953 to 1962.
Selection of surviving episodes in the BBC Archive.
Written by Eddie Maguire.
Joe ...... Jack Warner
Ethel ...... Kathleen Harrison
Jane ...... Alanna Boyce
Bobby ...... Malcolm Ranson
Fred Stebbings ...... Charles Leno
With:
Bill Pertwee
Ralph Hallett
Producer: Jacques Brown
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1961.
SUN 10:30 Frankie Howerd (m002xdff)
From 28/08/1966
The King of Titters has had a bit of luck this week when he wins the Premium Bonds.
He's been waiting for a win for so long it feels like a prize for long service.
And the BBC want to see him, to explain some cutbacks.
Written by Charles Hart and Peter Bishop.
Starring Frankie Howerd.
With:
June Whitfield
Wallas Eaton
Robertson Hare
Producer: Bill Worsley
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1966.
SUN 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002xdf6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 11:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mcxcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m002xdf9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 12:30 Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively (Omnibus) (b09f8bt4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 13:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002xdfc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]
SUN 13:50 The Little Ottleys (b01rs0w7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]
SUN 15:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00p1hnz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 15:30 Frankie Howerd (m002xdff)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvy3)
4. Ancient Magic
Vezin feels wary over an invitation from a mother and daughter to attend a witches' Sabbath.
Concluding Algernon Blackwood's unabridged dark tale.
Read by Philip Madoc
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Northern Ireland and first broadcast in September 2005.
SUN 16:30 Fear on 4 (b007jnhq)
Series 2
Hand in Glove
The one thing Ethel Trevor needed to get her man was a pair of white gloves which are the mark of a lady, but there was a price to be paid for them.
The Man in Black reveals the fallout...
Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers.
Written by Elizabeth Bowen and dramatised by Elizabeth Troop
The Man In Black …. Edward de Souza
Ethel Trevor …. Kate Binchy
Aunt Elysia …. Marjorie Westbury
Elsie Trevor …. Felicity Hayes-McCoy
Lord Frederick …. Madhav Sharma
Arthur …. Joe Dunlop
Guitarist …. Peter Bond
Director: Peter Fozzard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1989.
SUN 17:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002xdf6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 17:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mcxcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
SUN 18:00 Poetry Extra (m002xdf9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 18:30 Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively (Omnibus) (b09f8bt4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 19:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002xdfc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]
SUN 19:50 The Little Ottleys (b01rs0w7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]
SUN 21:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00p1hnz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:30 Frankie Howerd (m002xdff)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 Clare in the Community (b008tp1z)
Series 4
And The Winner Is ...
Nominations are required for the Social Worker of the Year Award.
While Clare hates mutual back-slapping as much as the next person, she uses all her powers of manipulation to influence the matter....
Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution.
A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Clare is in her 30s, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her.
Clare continually struggles to control both her professional and private life.
In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
Clare ...... Sally Phillips
Brian ...... Alex Lowe
Ray ...... Richard Lumsden
Helen ...... Gemma Craven
Irene ...... Ellen Thomas
Megan ...... Nina Conti
Simon ...... Andrew Wincott
Stanley ...... Martin Hyder
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.
SUN 22:30 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b00jzzg3)
Series 2
The Fitness Club
The Laird challenges Dougal to swim, cycle and run in a MacAthlon.
Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden star as the two Scotsmen famed for their appearances on BBC Radio’s I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
With Alison Steadman as their cleaning-lady-cum-housekeeper, Mrs Naughtie, and Jeremy Hardy as the local Laird.
Hamish ...... Barry Cryer
Dougal ...... Graeme Garden
Mrs Naughtie ...... Alison Steadman
The Laird ...... Jeremy Hardy
With:
John Garden
Ros Stephen
Kylie Davies
Scott Hammond
Peter Rosser
Brian Berkins
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
SUN 22:45 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b00snqqs)
Series 2
Normal Sleep
The cartoonist searches for the secret meaning of life, said to be written on a sausage.
Paul McCrink stars as Steven Appleby with what he laughably describes as "insights into normal, everyday life".
With:
Rosalind Paul
Ewan Bailey
Nigel Betts
Rachel Atkins
Written by Steven Appleby
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003
SUN 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (m0004l9m)
Series 13
The Wooden Spoon
Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive email, attempts to survive in a world where the media seems to be run by idiots lying charlatans or 12-year olds.
Things haven't worked out for Ed and Elgar in their shepherd's hut retreat and so it's back to London.
But where - and how - will they live?
Could a carrier bag filled with wooden spoons be the answer to their problems?
Return of the comedy written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.
Ed Reardon ........ Christopher Douglas
Olive ........ Stephanie Cole
Pearl ........ Brigit Forsyth
Maggie ........ Pippa Haywood
Jaz ........ Philip Jackson
Ping ........ Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Stan ........ Geoffrey Whitehead
Elgar. ........ Colin the Cat
With:
Sarah Ovens
Dan Tetsell
Ellen Thomas.
Producer Simon Nicholls
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2019.
SUN 23:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b00rdzv8)
Series 3
Jenny Eclair
Marcus Brigstocke invites his comic guest Jenny Eclair to try five things she's never done before including having a bikini wax.
Whether the experiences are banal or profound, the show is about embracing the new and getting out of our comfort zones.
The title comes from the fact that the show's producer and creator Bill Dare had never seen Star Wars.
Producer: Bill Dare
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.

MONDAY 08 JUNE 2026

MON 00:00 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvy3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Fear on 4 (b007jnhq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002xdf6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mcxcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Poetry Extra (m002xdf9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively (Omnibus) (b09f8bt4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002xdfc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 on Sunday]
MON 03:50 The Little Ottleys (b01rs0w7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00p1hnz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Frankie Howerd (m002xdff)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dtjlt)
Series 3
1. Every Dog Has His Day
Ignoring all evidence to the contrary, underachieving detectives Trueman and Riley still hope for a return to the front line of policing.
But will the strange case of a murdered greyhound bring them to the notice of the top brass?
Starring Robert Daws and Duncan Preston.
Brian B Thompson’s five-part detective series about the ill-matched duo is set in Leeds.
DI Trueman .... Robert Daws
DS Riley .... Duncan Preston
Sally .... Katherine Dow Blyton
Brandon .... Harry Livingstone
Patrick Makin .... Gerard McDermott
Track Announcer .... James Lailey
Director: Toby Swift
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2012
MON 06:30 Peeler (m00061yc)
2. Riots
PC Martin Quin is charged with assault, the riots worsen and the blackmail plot thickens.
Starring Richard E Grant and Mick Ford.
Patrick Carroll’s crime series set in 1830, a year after the Metropolitan Police Act created the 'Peelers'.
PC Martin Quin ...... Mick Ford
Jeremiah Morley ...... James Booth
Sir Robert Peel ...... Norman Jones
Lord Trowle ...... Richard E Grant
Colonel Brown ...... Peter Jeffrey
Richard Mayne ...... Killian McKenna
Maria Staples ...... Joanna Myers
Sergeant Dutton ...... Ronald Herdman
Inspector Beale ...... Timothy Bateson
PC Atkinson ...... Alan Barker
Francis Place ...... Mark Straker
PC Rourke ...... James Greene
Mr Yardley ...... Richard Pearce
John Staples ...... Ian Lindsay
Rev Charkes Lyton ...... Timothy Carlton
Singer: Martin Carthy
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991.
MON 07:00 For Better or for Worse (b00gl83r)
Series 1
Episode 3
Iris discovers she has competition for Bernard in the form of Crystabelle, the new office secretary.
Starring Gorden Kaye and Su Pollard.
Vince Powell’s sitcom about the turbulent relationship of an odd couple.
Iris ...... Su Pollard
Bernard ...... Gorden Kaye
Wilf ...... David Ross
Daisy ...... Paula Tilbrook
Crystabelle ...... Julie Higginson
Mr Foley ...... Peter Wheeler
Produced in Manchester by Mike Craig.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1993.
MON 07:30 Dad's Army (b007jpvh)
Series 3
Keep Young and Beautiful
New War Office policy sparks the platoon's old guard into taking some drastic action!
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Wig Maker …. Michael Burlington
Announcer …. John Snagge
Additional music by Dennis Gomm.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1976.
MON 08:00 The Break (b0b4ztdn)
Series 2
Monday on the Beach with George
Andy helps Jeff track down a vital document. Thanks to a rapacious seagull, the quest ends in a literal cliffhanger.
Stars Philip Jackson, Alison Steadman and Mark Benton.
Comedy by Ian Brown and James Hendrie set in the eccentric seaside town of Flamford following City burn-out Andy Chambers
Michael … Mark Benton
Corrine … Alison Steadman
Jeff … Philip Jackson
Andy … Tom Palmer
Sally … Shobna Gulati
With Rasmus Hardiker
Producer: Gordon Kennedy
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2018.
MON 08:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xg65)
1. Seventeen
In 1969, aged 17, Vikram Seth went to stay with two remarkable relatives, his Aunty Henny and Shanti Uncle.
Their story is one of travel and displacement, a voyage navigating some of history’s most terrible events, from India to 1930s Berlin, and finally, to Britain.
They had exotic beginnings but ended up happily in Hendon until their deaths in the 1980s and 90s.
Vikram Seth's remarkable story, first published in 2006.
Abridged in five parts by Alison Joseph.
Read by Sam Dastor and Renu Setnu.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
MON 08:45 The Little Ottleys (b0457rmq)
Series 5
1. No Escape
Autumn 1916: Edith, Aylmer and Bruce remain in their infernal, triangular charade and seem as helpless and doomed as they ever were.
Edith's scheme of shuttling between Aylmer (the love of her life) in Jermyn Street and Bruce (her hopeless former husband) in Sloane Street, is not going to work.
What on earth Edith wonders, is to become of them all........
Concluding Ada Leverson's witty and wonderful social comedy set in early 20th century London.
Dramatised in five parts by Martyn Wade.
Taken from three short novels written between 1908 and 1916.
Ada ..... Haydn Gwynne
Bruce ..... Ifan Meredith
Edith ..... Juliet Aubrey
Aylmer ..... Jonathan Firth
Vincy Wenham Vincy ..... Sam Alexander
Madame Frabelle ..... Jane Whittenshaw
Reverend Byrne Fraser ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.
MON 09:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m002x48v)
Series 33
6. Sausages, Fish, Table Tennis and Butterflies
David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they’re able to smuggle past their opponents.
Tony Hawks, Zoe Lyons, Mark Steel and Fern Brady are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as sausages, fish, table tennis and butterflies.
The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith
Producer: Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4
MON 09:30 The Last Request (m0019r0c)
1. A Nightmare About to Dawn
Irish journalist Martin Barry was only 30 years old when he died in 2005 at the Dignitas Clinic in Zurich, accompanied by his ex-girlfriend Laura McDaid.
The night before he died, he asked Laura to fulfil his last request: to track down his birth mother and pass on a message.
Martin had been born in a mother and baby home in Co. Cork in Ireland. He'd never seen his mother since.
17 years later, along with her producer, Laura embarks on a search that will take her from the top of this island to the bottom and across the Irish Sea to fulfil the promise she made to Martin.
Producer: Kerry Jamison
A BBC Northern Ireland production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2022.
This is an abridged version and to find the full-length episodes, search for The Last Request in BBC Sounds.
MON 09:45 Daily Service (m002xg67)
Living Water - Wells of Salvation
The Daily Service, led by Edwin Counsell, a Church in Wales Rector, based in Llantwit Major.
Theme of the week: Living water
Theme of the day: Wells of Salvation
Reading: Isaiah 12 : 1-3
Music:
Where the living waters flow (Jim Mahilick)
Rock of Ages, cleft for me (sung by the BBC National Chorus of Wales)
I heard the voice of Jesus say (sung by BBC National Chorus of Wales)
MON 10:00 Last Chance to See (m0002zlc)
A Man-Eating, Evil-Smelling Dragon
Douglas and Mark search for a slightly terrifying creature, with terrible breath: the Komodo Dragon.
Series in which writer Douglas Adams and conservationist Mark Carwardine go in search of weird, exotic endangered animals.
Producer: Gaynor Shutte
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.
MON 10:30 Sidekick (b00sfy5g)
The sidekick is not, by definition, the focus of our attention.
They’re destined to be overshadowed by their better half, the hero who will save Gotham, solve the uncrackable case or rescue the girl from the bad guys...
But without the sidekick these heroes would often remain too distant, too powerful or just too brilliant for us to ever really love them.
So in steps the earthy, flawed and loyal sidekick to provide the audience with someone to connect to, a character who knows how the world really works to help the hero off tilting at windmills.
Whether it's in countless children's films - think Eddie Murphy's Donkey to Mike Myers's Shrek - or a hundred comic books and cartoons - or high literature from Cervantes to Sterne and Shakespeare to Verne - the sidekick provides the laughs, the pratfall and the focus of our empathy.
Frank Cottrell Boyce talks with those who've created sidekicks, those who've played the parts and those who've studied just how essential these characters really are to making the fiction seem believable and offer a human face to the often inhuman character supposedly at the centre of the show.
Producer: Geoff Bird
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2010.
MON 11:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dtjlt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 11:30 Peeler (m00061yc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 12:00 For Better or for Worse (b00gl83r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jpvh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 13:00 The Break (b0b4ztdn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 13:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xg65)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:45 The Little Ottleys (b0457rmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 14:00 Just a Minute (b01blgp6)
Series 62
Episode 1
Nicholas Parsons presides over the devious game where panellists are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition.
With:
Paul Merton
Gyles Brandreth
Ross Noble
Jenny Eclair
Subjects include: When I Wear a Top Hat, The English Nanny, Knitting a Cable Stitch Jumper, Derek Nimmo, Things That Make Me Blush, How To Perform a Cornish Floral Dance, What Gladstone Said in 1894 and The Importance of Art
Created by Ian Messiter.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.
MON 14:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00kn4l8)
Series 4
In the News
The difference between fact and fiction and opinion...that's easily defined isn't it?
Ask Miss Reid.
School comedy created and written by Jim Eldridge.
Mrs Eastwood …. Brigit Forsyth
Miss Lewis …. Marlene Sidaway
Miss Reid …. Jacqueline Beatty
Mr Maxwell …. Michael Cochrane
Miss Featherstone …. Teresa Gallagher
Mrs Khan …. Janice Acquah
Mr Long …. Paul Copley
Miss Spivey ..... Amanda Gordon
Ten series of King Street Junior ran between 1985 and 1998.
King Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2005.
MON 15:00 A Country House by Dorothy Edwards (m002xg69)
Shortly after the First World War, in an isolated country house, a lonely young woman practises the piano.
She finds relationships with her husband and a young engineer strangely influenced by the music of Frederic Chopin.
And also the ghostly presence of Chopin's lover, Georges Sand…
Starring Sally Cookson and Jane Lapotaire.
Michelene Wandor’s drama is based on a short story written by Dorothy Edwards.
She ... Sally Cookson
He ... Michael McClain
Mr Richardson ... Stephen Rashbrook
Georges Sand ... Jane Lapotaire
Mr Green ... Peter Wickham
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000.
MON 15:45 Short Works (b0b7hq2z)
The Gleaning by Alison MacLeod
Past and present are intimately linked under Brighton's summer skies by the English painter, John Constable.
Tristan Sturrock reads Alison MacLeod's specially commissioned short story.
Alison is a novelist and short story writer.
Her recent collection is All the Beloved Ghosts. Her novel, Unexploded was long-listed for the 2013 Man-Booker Prize for Fiction.
Her short fiction has been awarded The Society of Authors' Olive Cook Award and shortlisted for The BBC National Short Story Award and The Sunday Times EFG International Short Story Award. MacLeod is Professor of Contemporary Fiction at the University of Chichester, UK.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018.
MON 16:00 Last Chance to See (m0002zlc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:30 Sidekick (b00sfy5g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
MON 17:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dtjlt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 17:30 Peeler (m00061yc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 18:00 For Better or for Worse (b00gl83r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:30 Dad's Army (b007jpvh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 19:00 The Break (b0b4ztdn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xg65)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 19:45 The Little Ottleys (b0457rmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 20:00 Just a Minute (b01blgp6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
MON 20:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00kn4l8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
MON 21:00 A Country House by Dorothy Edwards (m002xg69)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
MON 21:45 Short Works (b0b7hq2z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 today]
MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m002x48v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 22:30 Truly, Madly, Bletchley (b007ynlt)
Series 1
Episode 2
Switch on for Britain's first public access cable radio show!
An accountants scandal is brewing in Buckinghamshire!
Riotous entertainment from the humble members of Bletchley District Council.
Written by Julian Dutton.
Starring;
Liz Fraser
David Battley
Julian Dutton
Simon Godley
Toby Longworth
Special guest: Enrico Valdez and his Orchestra
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1997.
MON 22:45 Six Degrees of John Sessions (b0b01lxn)
Series 1
Episode 2
From Mel Gibson to Jimmy Nail via O‘Toole and Kerensky
Actor, writer, raconteur and impressionist John Sessions mixes showbiz stories, intriguing history, extraordinary impressions and fabulous one-liners - all linked to and from him in this entertaining series.
John’s dazzling array of skills - storytelling, erudition, vocal re-creations and comedy - are all brought into play as he starts each episode with a story or fact related to himself, takes us all over the place by linking people, ending up back with himself.
Each show is a quick-witted, Peter Ustinov-style rollercoaster of storytelling: bizarre and brilliant, eccentric and effusive, autobiographical and alliterative, full of incredible impressions and droll digressions along the way.
Written and performed by John Sessions.
Producer: Liz Anstee
A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2018.
MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m002x5ss)
Series 120
8. Peter Scandalman
For the final episode of this series, we look at some of the stories that we’re leaving unresolved in our ‘News Quiz 2026 Summer Break Cliffhanger Special’. This includes the latest on the Peter Mandelson scandal and the back and forth between Trump, Israel and Iran. We also discuss the British animals which might make it onto our banknotes, and Andy challenges the panel on their best ways to improve football ahead of this year’s Men’s World Cup.
This week’s panel is Pierre Novellie, Alasdair Beckett-King, Coco Khan and Desiree Burch.
Written by Andy Zaltzman.
With additional material by: Lotte Allan, Angela Channell, Eve Delaney and Katie Storey
Producer: Georgia Keating
Executive Producer: Pete Strauss
Production Coordinator: Asha Osborne-Grinter
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
Recorded by David Thomas
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.
MON 23:30 Rhysearch (m000x0vv)
Series 1
2. Will We Live on Mars?
Do we need to go to live on Mars like that bloke in the film The Martian?
Rhys talks to the guy who wrote the Martian, and then tries to sell Mars to the public.
Written and presented by Rhys James
With guest: Andy Weir
Producer: Carl Cooper
Executive Producer: Pete Strauss
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2021.

TUESDAY 09 JUNE 2026

TUE 00:00 Last Chance to See (m0002zlc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Sidekick (b00sfy5g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dtjlt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Peeler (m00061yc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 For Better or for Worse (b00gl83r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Dad's Army (b007jpvh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 The Break (b0b4ztdn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xg65)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:45 The Little Ottleys (b0457rmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Just a Minute (b01blgp6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00kn4l8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 A Country House by Dorothy Edwards (m002xg69)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:45 Short Works (b0b7hq2z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dtrfl)
Series 3
2. Angel Delight
Burlesque performer, Ophelia Nuts, reports a robbery at her club.
Our usually grumpy detectives enter a world where desserts - and in particular cherries - take on a whole new meaning...
Starring Robert Daws and Duncan Preston.
Brian B Thompson’s detective series about the ill-matched duo set in Leeds.
DI Trueman .... Robert Daws
DS Riley .... Duncan Preston
Angel .... Tracy Wiles
David Farr .... Peter Hamilton Dyer
Martin Beer .... Don Gilet
Ophelia Nuts .... Susie Riddell
Cafe Owner .... Harry Livingstone
Director: Marion Nancarrow
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2012
TUE 06:30 Peeler (m00061yp)
3. Reputation
Lord Trowle and PC Quin meet in Court and Jeremiah Morley meets his match in Mrs Gascoygne.
Starring Richard E Grant and Mick Ford.
Patrick Carroll’s crime series set in 1830, a year after the Metropolitan Police Act created the 'Peelers'.
PC Martin Quin ...... Mick Ford
Jeremiah Morley ...... James Booth
Sir Robert Peel ...... Norman Jones
Lord Trowle ...... Richard E Grant
Colonel Brown ...... Peter Jeffrey
Richard Mayne ...... Killian McKenna
Maria Staples ...... Joanna Myers
Sergeant Dutton ...... Ronald Herdman
Frederick Roe ...... Timothy Bateson
Sergeant Cazalet ...... Alan Barker
Lord Laverton ...... James Greene
Arthur Jenkins ...... Ian Lindsay
Mrs Gascoyne ...... Elizabeth Bell
Peter The Sceever ...... Fraser Kerr
Beth ...... Susan Sheridan
Lucy ...... Elizabeth Kelly
Singer: Martin Carthy.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.
TUE 07:00 Beaumarchais (m000zthz)
2. Cause Celebre
How will wily Beaumarchais contend with courtly crushes, rumours of war and illicit printing?
Starring Henry Goodman.
Craig Warner's comedy set in 18th-century France. The battles of Beaumarchais who is anxious to climb the ladder of French nobility...
Beaumarchais:....Henry Goodman
Louise XV:....Ronald Pickup
Princess Adelaide ....Colleen Prendergast
Princess Sophie:....Amanda Gordon
Goezman:....Hugh Ross
Madame Pompadour/Odile: ....Ann Beach
Le Comte d'Artois/Duverney:....Sean Baker
Beaumarchais's father:....Stephen Thorne
La Blache/Dupaty:....David Bannerman
Duchesse de Polignac:....Joanna Monro
Director: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1996.
TUE 07:30 The Goon Show (b00fwc2t)
Vintage Goons
The Ink Shortage
Sir Bernard Seagoon sets out to corner the world market for writing materials.
Ground-breaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
Vintage Goons is a series of re-recorded episodes made by the original cast for sale overseas.
With The Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Roy Speer
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1954.
Re-recording from December 1957 by the BBC Transcription Service made for broadcast overseas.
First broadcast in the UK on BBC Radio 7 in 2008.
TUE 08:00 Boswell's Lives (b075pddm)
Series 2
Boswell's Life of Madonna
Boswell meets Madonna and lives to tell the tale.
Jon Canter’s sitcom sees James Boswell, Dr Johnson's celebrated 18th century biographer, pursue other legends to immortalise.
James Boswell ...... Miles Jupp
Madonna ...... Debra Stephenson
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2016.
TUE 08:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xdgk)
2. Berlin
Shanti Uncle takes lodgings at the Caro family apartment in Berlin, and destiny calls to him on the eve of war.
Writer Vikram Seth explores the lives of two remarkable relatives, his Aunty Henny and Shanti Uncle.
Their story is one of travel and displacement, a voyage navigating some of history’s most terrible events, from India to 1930s Berlin, and finally, to Britain.
They had exotic beginnings but ended up happily in Hendon until their deaths in the 1980s and 90s.
Vikram Seth's remarkable story, abridged by Alison Joseph.
Read by Sam Dastor and Renu Setnu.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
TUE 08:45 The Little Ottleys (b04581jh)
Series 5
2. The Note
When Bruce returns home, he discovers a note from Edith.
Full of dark foreboding, he hurries straight to Aylmer's house in Jermyn Street...
Ada Leverson's witty and wonderful social comedy set in early 20th century London.
Dramatised by Martyn Wade.
Ada ..... Haydn Gwynne
Bruce ..... Ifan Meredith
Edith ..... Juliet Aubrey
Aylmer ..... Jonathan Firth
Madame Frabelle ..... Jane Whittenshaw
Vincy Wenham Vincy ..... Sam Alexander
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.
TUE 09:00 One Person Found This Helpful (m002x467)
Series 4
3. You Say Potatö
Frank Skinner and guests Jo Caulfield, Lily Phillips, Simon Evans and John Tothill review a wide range of meatballs, perfumes, Presidential spouses and people called Heathcliff.
Everyone has an online life, and when the great British public put pen to keyboard to leave a review, they almost always write something hilarious. And our all-star panel have to work out just what they were reviewing – and maybe contribute a few reviews of their own. So if you’re the person who went on Trip Advisor to review Ben Nevis as “Very steep and too high”, this show salutes you!
Written by Frank Skinner, Catherine Brinkworth, Sarah Dempster, Jason Hazeley, 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
TUE 09:30 The Last Request (m0019rjn)
2. Absolutely Terrified
BBC reporter Laura McDaid held Martin Barry's hand as he died at the Dignitas Clinic.
17 years later, she begins a search to fulfil his last request: to find his birth mother and pass on a message.
To move forward with the search, Laura first needs to explain why it's taken her so long to have the strength to start searching.
She takes Kerry back to the aftermath of Martin's death, and how it was handled by the press at the time.
Will the records provide her with any further information?
Producer: Kerry Jamison
A BBC Northern Ireland production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2022.
This is an abridged version and to find the full-length episodes, search for The Last Request in BBC Sounds.
TUE 09:45 Daily Service (m002xdgn)
Living Water - As the deer
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Living Water - As the deer
Presenter: Angel Morgan
Reading: Psalm 42 1-6
Music:
As the deer - Volney Morgan & New Ye
Let your living water flow - KT Worship
Psalm 42 - Tori Kelly
TUE 10:00 A Good Read (b0213ygc)
Terry Deary and Shappi Khorsandi
Horrible Histories author Terry Deary and comedian Shappi Khorsandi join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by GK Chesterton, Sue Townsend and John McGahern.
The Napoleon of Notting Hill by GK Chesterton
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend
Publisher: Penguin
Amongst Women by John McGahern
Publisher: Faber and Faber
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.
TUE 10:30 BACH: Man of Passion (b08lgpr7)
Johann Sebastian Bach has long been called “the fifth evangelist”.
His music displays a sense of fervent devotion to the biblical texts he set.
His ambition to compose vast cycles of sacred music for every feast in the church year, has left us with over 200 cantatas as well as magnificent choral works including the St. John and St. Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio and B Minor Mass.
He is heralded as one of the greatest composers of all time, his music finding a place within the hearts and souls of all those who experience it.
But who was the man behind the music? What did he think, feel and believe? What inspired him and what drove him to write such ground-breaking compositions?
Professor John Butt, Bach scholar and director of the Dunedin Consort explores Bach's life and work. He considers the composer's motivation and his character speaking to composers and musicians in order to delve into Bach’s personality and purpose.
Gathering together the evidence available to us today, he attempts to reconstruct something of this musical great in all his complexity; this man who revolutionised the music of his time but, all the while, looked beyond, dedicating each composition “to the glory of God alone”
MUSIC:
Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee süße
JS Bach: Coffee Cantata, BWV 211
Christopher Hogwood
The Academy of Ancient Music
Soprano: Emma Kirkby
C Major Prelude
JS Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1
Badinerie
JS Bach: Suite No.2 in B Minor
Sir Neville Marriner
Academy Of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Aus Liebe
JS Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Jeffrey Thomas
American Bach Soloists
Soprano: Catherine Bott
Erbarme dich mein Gott
JS Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Concentus musicus Wien
Alto: Bernarda Fink
Das Wort sie sollen lassen stahn
JS Bach: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80
Masaaki Suzuki
Bach Collegium Japan
Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen
JS Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Stephen Layton
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Trinity College Choir, Cambridge
Soprano: Katherine Watson
Bass: Matthew Brook
Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben
JS Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Stephen Layton
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Trinity College Choir, Cambridge
Countertenor: Iestyn Davies
Prelude
JS Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
Oeffne dich
JS Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61
City Bach Collective
Soprano: Nicola Corbishley
Organ: Simon Lloyd
Herr, unser Herrscher, dessen Ruhm
JS Bach: St. John Passion BWV 245
Masaaki Suzuki
Bach Collegium Japan
Kyrie Eleison
JS Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
John Butt
Dunedin Consort and Players
Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder
JS Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
John Butt
Dunedin Consort & Players
Badinerie
JS Bach: Suite No. 2 in B Minor
The Swingle Singers
Producer: Katharine Longworth
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2017.
TUE 11:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dtrfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 11:30 Peeler (m00061yp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 12:00 Beaumarchais (m000zthz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Goon Show (b00fwc2t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Boswell's Lives (b075pddm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xdgk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:45 The Little Ottleys (b04581jh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 14:00 Genius (b0082b9x)
Series 3
Gyles Brandreth
A conveyor duvet for quibbling couples? Loaning out our royals abroad?
Dave Gorman asks author and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth to select the public's best loopy idea.
Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007.
TUE 14:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b0076svc)
Series 4
Autumn Crocus
Wendy is pregnant and extremely excited at the prospect of becoming a mother at last.
Robin is panicking and trying to cram in all those things he wished he'd done before having a baby, like buy a motorbike!
Their next door neighbours, manic depressive Derek, and his bored younger wife, Maureen, are as ever being supportive, in their own special way.
Return of the sitcom about the mundane lives of Robin and Wendy and their friends and neighbours.
Written by Kay Stonham.
Robin ...... Brian Capron
Wendy ...... Kay Stonham
Derek ...... Martin Trenaman
Maureen ...... Amelia Bullmore
With:
Ralph Ineson
Andy Taylor
Sharon Horgan
Producer: Claire Bartlett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2005.
TUE 15:00 The Pallisers by Anthony Trollope (b007jwfw)
1. Can You Forgive Her?
Love affairs, financial wrangles and murder.
Anthony Trollope's political intrigues of a Victorian aristocratic family begin with Lady Glencora's search for romance and happiness.
Starring Sophie Thompson and Ben Miles.
Dramatised from the novels in 12 parts by Martyn Wade.
Lady Glencora ... Sophie Thompson
Plantagenet Palliser ... Ben Miles
Alice Vavasor ... Anastasia Hille
George Vavasor... Adrian Lukis
John Grey .. Mark Bazeley
Burgo Fitzgerald... Bertie Carvel
Lady Monk ... Frances Jeater
Scruby... Chris Moran
With David Troughton as the narrator - Anthony Trollope
Music specially composed by Elizabeth Parker.
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004.
TUE 16:00 A Good Read (b0213ygc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:30 BACH: Man of Passion (b08lgpr7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
TUE 17:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dtrfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Peeler (m00061yp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Beaumarchais (m000zthz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:30 The Goon Show (b00fwc2t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 19:00 Boswell's Lives (b075pddm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xdgk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 19:45 The Little Ottleys (b04581jh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 20:00 Genius (b0082b9x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b0076svc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
TUE 21:00 The Pallisers by Anthony Trollope (b007jwfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
TUE 22:00 One Person Found This Helpful (m002x467)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 22:30 Sam Simmons Is Not a People Person (b085xfx5)
Italians
Comedian. Writer. Ex-Zoo Keeper. Bird Watcher. Definitely NOT a people person.
Sam and Henry are making a series about birds, and armed with Sam's 'Big Book of Birds' they're looking out for a different species in each episode.
Sadly, and despite Henry's very best efforts, Sam keeps being distracted by the people they run into. Each encounter sparks an investigation into Sam's past, because once they've sorted out his issues, then they'll really be able to focus on the bird-watching.
They're kicking off in Toronto, on the hunt for a fiddle warbler.
The unique talents of the multi-award winning Sam Simmons have landed.
“If you can imagine someone combining the rage of Basil Fawlty with the lunacy of Spike Milligan you are getting somewhere close to Simmons. Painfully frank, riotously inventive and a deserving award winner.” The Evening Standard (UK)
Written by and starring Sam Simmons
With:
Henry Paker
Sarah Kendall
Mike Wilmot
Freya Parker
Sound design by Craig Schuftan.
Producers: Joseph Nunnery and Alexandra Smith.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2016.
TUE 22:45 Tina C (b0076q33)
Tina C's Tiny Island Tour
England
Country singer and global activist Tina C explores the special relationship between America and the United Kingdom.
Written and performed by Christopher Green.
Pianist: Duncan Walsh Atkins
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005.
TUE 23:00 Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize (b00757wk)
Episode 1
A five pound deal of sketches, monologues and weird soup.
Originally broadcast LIVE from London's exclusive Imperial Rooms, Mayfair.
Written and performed by Jane Bussmann and David Quantick.
Featuring:
Peter Serafinowicz
Emma Clarke
Steve Brody.
Producer: Phil Bowker.
First broadcast LIVE on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.
TUE 23:30 Chain Reaction (b03phrws)
Series 9
Grant Morrison talks to Neil Innes
The comic book legend and the writer, performer and musician in the talk tag show where the guest becomes the next interviewer.
Grant Morrison MBE chats to his musical comedy hero, Neil Innes
Recorded with an audience, the interviews focus on the life, career and the passions of the interviewee, but often prove to be as revealing about the interviewer
Producer: Carl Cooper
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.

WEDNESDAY 10 JUNE 2026

WED 00:00 A Good Read (b0213ygc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 BACH: Man of Passion (b08lgpr7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dtrfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Peeler (m00061yp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Beaumarchais (m000zthz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Goon Show (b00fwc2t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Boswell's Lives (b075pddm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xdgk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:45 The Little Ottleys (b04581jh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Genius (b0082b9x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b0076svc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 The Pallisers by Anthony Trollope (b007jwfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dtvfj)
Series 3
3. Family Business
Yorkshire's grumpiest detectives are on the trail of a missing gambler with £98,000 in cash in his pocket. If only they knew who he was...or where he lived...or anything really.
Time for some old fashioned sleuthing...
Starring Robert Daws as Trueman and Duncan Preston as Riley.
Brian B Thompson’s detective series about the ill-matched duo set in Leeds.
DI Trueman .... Robert Daws
DS Riley .... Duncan Preston
Bill .... Gerard McDermott
Charlie .... David Hargreaves
Dermot .... James Lailey
Sandra .... Christine Absalom
Waitress .... Tracy Wiles
Director: Toby Swift
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2012
WED 06:30 Peeler (m00061r6)
4. Imprisonment
Lord Trowle and PC Quin meet in court and Jeremiah Morley meets his match in Mrs Gascoyne.
Starring Richard E Grant and Mick Ford.
Patrick Carroll’s crime series set in 1830, a year after the Metropolitan Police Act created the 'Peelers'.
PC Martin Quin ...... Mick Ford
Jeremiah Morley ...... James Booth
Sir Robert Peel ...... Norman Jones
Lord Trowle ...... Richard E Grant
Colonel Rowan ...... Peter Jeffrey
Richard Mayne ...... Killian McKenna
Maria Staples ...... Joanna Myers
Sergeant Dutton ...... Ronald Herdman
Frederick Roe ...... Timothy Bateson
Sergeant Cazalet ...... Alan Barker
Turnkey ...... Mark Straker
Lord Laverton ...... James Greene
John Staples ...... Ian Lindsay
Rev Charkes Lyton ...... Timothy Carlton
Mrs Gascoyne ...... Elizabeth Bell
Florrie ...... Susan Sheridan
Mrs Gregory ...... Elizabeth Kelly
Singer: Martin Carthy.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.
WED 07:00 Gush (b051h0n6)
Episode 4
Blackmail, courtroom drama and hypochondria add up to only one thing for Allied Forces Supreme Commander, Hank "the Tank" Buttsacker - WAR!
Sponsored by Spartos All-in-One Shampoo for Men on the Go.
Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's epic tale of power, love, passion and oil.
Foxwell Cravate ...... Martin Jarvis
Max Pomeroy ...... Mac McDonald
Arabella Derbyshire ...... Felicity Montagu
Iolanthe Diamond ...... Caroline Quentin
Charles Ambrose Fortescue de Vere ...... Jonathan Coy
Prince Saudi ......Julian Dutton
With:
Steve Steen
Toby Longworth
Guest appearances:
Peter Hobday
John Sargeant
Producer: Colin Swash
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1994.
WED 07:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0xt)
Series 1
The End of the Series
The Lad himself and the gang reminisce over how they first all first met.
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's classic comedy about the life and times of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With:
Moira Lister
Bill Kerr
Sidney James
Kenneth Williams
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Music recorded by the BBC Augmented Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1955.
WED 08:00 Rudy's Rare Records (b00p1jb7)
Series 1
Get Up, Stand Up
Grandad's part-time career as a DJ is in jeopardy.
The collisions of life for Grandad Rudy, father Adam and son Richie living crammed together over an old record store in Birmingham.
Starring Lenny Henry, Joe Jacobs and Larrington Walker.
Generational sitcom written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
From an original idea by Lenny Henry.
Adam Sharpe ...... Lenny Henry
Richie Sharp ...... Joe Jacobs
Rudy Sharpe ...... Larrington Walker
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Alison ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
DJ Karel ...... Andrew Brooke
Landlord ...... Gresby Nash
Diabolicus ...... Adam de Ville
Producer: Lucy Armitage.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2008.
WED 08:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xgdx)
3. War
1937. Shanti pursues dentistry in Edinburgh, but Henny remains in ever more dangerous Berlin. Read by Sam Dastor.
Writer Vikram Seth explores the lives of two remarkable relatives, his Aunty Henny and Shanti Uncle.
Their story is one of travel and displacement, a voyage navigating some of history’s most terrible events, from India to 1930s Berlin, and finally, to Britain.
They had exotic beginnings but ended up happily in Hendon until their deaths in the 1980s and 90s.
Read by Sam Dastor and Renu Setna.
Written by Vikram Seth.
Abridged by Alison Joseph.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
WED 08:45 The Little Ottleys (b045c0hf)
Series 5
3. The Dilemma
Aylmer has a dilemma.
Should he tell Edith the news about Bruce being called up?

Based on characters from Ada Leverson's trilogy of novels, the writer Martyn Wade draws the delightful and romantic entanglements of the Ottleys to a close.
Ada ..... Haydn Gwynne
Aylmer ..... Jonathan Firth
Edith ..... Juliet Aubrey
Bruce ..... Ifan Meredith
Vincy Wenham Vincy ..... Sam Alexander
Madame Frabelle ..... Jane Whittenshaw
Reverend Byrne Fraser ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.
WED 09:00 Stand-Up Specials (m002x5hf)
Ian Smith Is Stressed - Series 2
3. Water
Ian takes a deep dive into the murky world of water. Are we drinking enough? Will water eventually invade the land? Can Ian turn his jeans into a floatation device? Can you be hypnotised into drinking more boring horrible water? Join Ian as he asks and answers all these questions and more.
Written and performed by Ian Smith
Additional Material from Mike Shephard and Rhiannon Shaw
Featuring Alison Thea-Skot and Róisín O'Mahony
Assistant Producer - Em Humble
Production Manager - Laura Shaw
Produced by Benjamin Sutton
A Daddy’s SuperYacht Production for BBC Radio 4
WED 09:30 The Last Request (m0019r4l)
3. The Prodigal Son
Laura McDaid held her ex's hand as he died at the Dignitas Clinic.
17 years later, she's begun a search to fulfil his last request: to find his birth mother and pass on a message.
As the search intensifies, Laura speaks to a Bessborough survivor who tells her that she suspects records were deliberately falsified at the institution.
As Laura makes contact with a woman she thinks could be Martin's mother, a chance phone call could change everything.
Producer: Kerry Jamison
A BBC Northern Ireland production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2022.
This is an abridged version and to find the full-length episodes, search for The Last Request in BBC Sounds.
WED 09:45 Daily Service (m002xgdz)
Living Water - Living Water
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Living Water - Living Water
Presenter: Rev Kirsty Thorpe
Reading: John 7 37-39
Music:
We shall draw water joyfully - St Martin's Voices
Living Water - St Martin's Voices
Jesus gave me water - Soul Stirrers
WED 10:00 Archive on 4 (b008k0r4)
The Shoemakers
Boot and shoemaking industry was once the dominant employer in Northampton and its surrounding area.
Born in the town, Ray Gosling personally remembers the sights, sounds, and smells.
Since the 1960s, most of the footwear factories have closed and shoe fashions have changed dramatically.
On a return journey to his hometown, Gosling visits a remarkable museum of shoes.
He also tracks down some of the remaining shoe manufacturers, finding out how traditional leather shoes are made by the people still making them, and why a certain market for well-made shoes is actually thriving.
Written and presented by Ray Gosling
Produced at BBC Manchester by Bob Dickinson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2007.
WED 11:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dtvfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 11:30 Peeler (m00061r6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 12:00 Gush (b051h0n6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Rudy's Rare Records (b00p1jb7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 13:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xgdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:45 The Little Ottleys (b045c0hf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 14:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m0011l16)
Series 16
Episode 5
Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Holly Walsh welcome:
* Comedian and podcaster Catherine Bohart
* Broadcaster and author Elizabeth Day
* Iron Maiden frontman and airline pilot Bruce Dickinson
Catherine Bohart talks about creating her comedy new material night Gigless and her appreciation for a perfectly soft boiled egg.
Elizabeth Day explores what can be learned from failure and the success of her latest book Magpie.
Bruce Dickinson discusses life as the lead singer of Iron Maiden and his other life as a pilot flying all over the world.
This series was recorded remotely.
Researchers: Mike Shepherd, Mike Turner, Mandy Fenton and Lydia Mizon of QI.
Producer: Anne Miller
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2021.
WED 14:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b007k1xx)
Series 2
Episode 3
Pamela hoists the Union Flag to commemorate the demise of Thatcher and a tidal wave of competitive capitalism engulfs the bistro.
The CyberPass becomes a lean machine as Merv goes on a course and creates an internal market.
Dibden gets a Loyalty Card for Services to Drink.
Chantal sells Free Range Adult Magazines and even Neville takes to the street in a surge of private enterprise.
Sitcom written by and starring Mervyn Stutter.
Merv ...... Mervyn Stutter
Pam ...... Lill Roughley
Dibden ...... John Challis
Chantal ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
PC Dilkes ...... Michael Mears
Nev ...... Gyuri Sarossy
Producer: Mario Stylianides
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
WED 15:00 The Pallisers by Anthony Trollope (b007jwg1)
2. Can You Forgive Her?/ Phineas Finn
As Phineas Finn and Lady Laura arrive on the scene, there’s news about Lady Glencora and Plantagenet Palliser.
Alice Vavasor - having broken her engagement to John Grey - is now engaged to her disreputable cousin George.
But has either lady been true to her heart?
Anthony Trollope's political intrigues of a Victorian aristocratic family.
Starring Sophie Thompson and Ben Miles.
Dramatised from the novels by Martyn Wade.
Lady Glencora ... Sophie Thompson
Plantagenet Palliser ... Ben Miles
Lady Laura ... Juliet Stevenson
Phineas Finn ... Conleth Hill
Alice Vavasor ... Anastasia Hille
George Vavasor ... Adrian Lukis
John Grey .. Mark Bazeley
Burgo Fitzgerald... Bertie Carvel
Lady Monk ... Frances Jeater
Lord Chiltern ... Scott Handy
Violet Effingham ... Jaimi Barbakoff
Scruby... Chris Moran
Lord Brentford ... John Rowe
Kennedy ... Kevin McMonagle
John ... Mark Bazeley
Bonteen ... Ioan Meredith
With David Troughton as the narrator - Anthony Trollope
Music specially composed by Elizabeth Parker.
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004.
WED 16:00 Archive on 4 (b008k0r4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 17:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dtvfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 17:30 Peeler (m00061r6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 18:00 Gush (b051h0n6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 19:00 Rudy's Rare Records (b00p1jb7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xgdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 19:45 The Little Ottleys (b045c0hf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 20:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m0011l16)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
WED 20:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b007k1xx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
WED 21:00 The Pallisers by Anthony Trollope (b007jwg1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
WED 22:00 Stand-Up Specials (m002x5hf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 22:30 Delve Special (b007jq1p)
Series 3
A Rocket for Defence
Reporter David Lander investigates whether we really need the new 'Sea Snake' torpedo.
Every year each British taxpayer gives £700 to the Ministry of Defence for new nuclear weapons. Would we be better off putting an extra lock on the door and having a fortnight in Bermuda?
Presented by David Lander with assistance from Stephen Fry.
Studio production by:
Jack Klaff
Brenda Blethyn
Harry Enfield
Dramatic reconstruction by:
Felicity Montagu
Robert Bathurst
Mark Arden
Researched and compiled by Tony Sarchet.
Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer
Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later transferred to TV as ‘This is David Lander’.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1986.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002xl63)
Rosie Holt 2/3
Iain Lee is joined in the Comedy Club by Rosie Holt. They talk about Rosie's new show 'Churchill's Urinal', which was inspired by a news story when Rachel Reeves became Chancellor. And they share how they made their starts in stand-up comedy.
WED 23:00 Welcome to Wherever You Are (b09jgkll)
Series 1
Episode 4
Andrew Maxwell hosts a truly global stand-up show, in which comedians perform from wherever on the planet they happen to be, to an audience in the BBC Radio Theatre, London.
With:
Omar Ramzi
Kansiime Anne
Francesco De Carlo
From his home in Dubai, it's Saudi-born 'White Sudani' Omar Ramzi.
From Kampala, it's the 'Queen of African Comedy' Kansiime Anne.
Plus from Rome, it's Francesco De Carlo, who is the regular Italian correspondent for Unspun with Matt Forde.
Producer: Ed Morrish
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2017.
WED 23:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007ynmh)
Series 2
Matthew Kelly
Matthew Kelly joins John to host a Shuttleworth edition of Stars in Their Eyes.
But which stars will the family appear as? Could John come through the curtain as Elton John with wife Mary as Kiki Dee?
Trying to Impress an Impressario is Mitch Benn, while Kevin Gildea calls in a final attempt to Make Mary Merry
The semi-detached world of aspiring singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth direct from his front room in Sheffield.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Additional material by Martin Willis.
Producer: Dawn Ellis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.

THURSDAY 11 JUNE 2026

THU 00:00 Archive on 4 (b008k0r4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dtvfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Peeler (m00061r6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Gush (b051h0n6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Rudy's Rare Records (b00p1jb7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xgdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:45 The Little Ottleys (b045c0hf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m0011l16)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b007k1xx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Pallisers by Anthony Trollope (b007jwg1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dvydy)
Series 3
4. Green Machine
Trueman and Riley stumble onto the Crime Squad's patch when they investigate an environmental activist who's been run over.
But they're all on the same side. Aren't they?
Starring Robert Daws as Trueman and Duncan Preston as Riley.
Brian B Thompson’s detective series about the ill-matched duo set in Leeds.
DI Trueman .... Robert Daws
DS Riley .... Duncan Preston
Terry .... Don Gilet
Jenny .... Susie Riddell
Tyler .... Tom Meredith
Mr Eagle .... James Lailey
Woman .... Christine Absalom
Director: Marion Nancarrow
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2012
THU 06:30 Peeler (m00061r0)
5. Blaggard
The blackmail plot is rumbled, but Quin and Maria seem as far apart as ever
Starring Richard E Grant and Mick Ford.
Patrick Carroll’s crime series set in 1830, a year after the Metropolitan Police Act created the 'Peelers'.
PC Martin Quin ...... Mick Ford
Jeremiah Morley ...... James Booth
Sir Robert Peel ...... Norman Jones
Lord Trowle ...... Richard E Grant
Colonel Rowan ...... Peter Jeffrey
Richard Mayne ...... Killian McKenna
Maria Staples ...... Joanna Myers
Frederick Roe ...... Timothy Bateson
Lord Laverton ...... James Greene
John Staples ...... Ian Lindsay
Rev Charkes Lyton ...... Timothy Carlton
Florrie ...... Susan Sheridan
Mrs Gregory ...... Elizabeth Kelly
Peter The Screever ...... Frazer Kerr
Singer: Martin Carthy.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.
THU 07:00 Boogie Up the River (b007jv65)
I'll See You on Tower Pier at 11
Writer Mark Wallington and his urban dog, Boogie, set off on a quest to find the source of the River Thames.
Starring Timothy Spall.
Adapted in six-parts by Mark from his own comic novel.
Mark/Narrator …. Timothy Spall
Boogie …. Ronald Herdman
Jennifer Conway …. Carla Mendonca
Michael …. Gary Parker
P.A. …. Ainslie Foster
Fiddy …. Jon Glover
Dario/Boat Guide …. Mark Straker
Pensioner …. John Church
Douglas …. David Holt
Marsha …. Melanie Hudson
Mrs Matheson …. Ann Windsor
Producer: Caroline Leddy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.
THU 07:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00q9y63)
Series 2
Episode 3
Astronaut space capers, a whodunnit? - and the Knitting Song.
More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs plus TV and cinema parodies.
Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by John Esmonde & Bob Larbey, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Peter Vincent and David McKellar.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Songs by Bill Oddie with music by Dave Lee.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1965.
THU 08:00 All Those Women (b09r7vd8)
Series 3
Episode 4
Emily's choosing her options and Jen's taking the plunge and applying for her first teaching job.
Meanwhile Maggie's getting excited about the prospect of an adventure or two of her own.
But will she be able to go away, or is Hetty hiding something?
Comedy series by Katherine Jakeways about four generations of women living under one roof.
All Those Women explores familial relationships, ageing, marriages - it's about life and love and things not turning out quite the way that you'd expected them to.
Join Hetty, Maggie, Jen and Emily as they struggle to resolve their own problems, and support one another.
Hetty ...... Marcia Warren
Maggie ...... Lesley Manville
Jen ...... Sinead Matthews
Emily ...... Lucy Hutchinson
Stuart ...... Chris Pavlo
Derek ...... Clive Rowe
Producer: Alexandra Smith
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2018.
THU 08:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xh0l)
4. Marriage
Shanti and Henny enjoy a brisk marriage ceremony, and someone breaks a lot of glasses.
Writer Vikram Seth explores the lives of two remarkable relatives, his Aunty Henny and Shanti Uncle.
Their story is one of travel and displacement, a voyage navigating some of history’s most terrible events, from India to 1930s Berlin, and finally, to Britain.
They had exotic beginnings but ended up happily in Hendon until their deaths in the 1980s and 90s.
Read by Sam Dastor and Renu Setna.
Written by Vikram Seth.
Abridged by Alison Joseph.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
THU 08:45 The Little Ottleys (b045bwr5)
Series 5
4. Farewell?
Based on characters from Ada Leverson's trilogy of novels, Martyn Wade draws the delightful and romantic entanglements of the Ottleys to a close.
While Edith confides in Aylmer and Vincy, Bruce finds himself drawn towards the church, but will he find the answers to his questions there? Bearing in mind the Reverend Fraser suffers from severe religious doubts ...
Ada ..... Haydn Gwynne
Bruce ..... Ifan Meredith
Edith ..... Juliet Aubrey
Aylmer ..... Jonathan Firth
Vincy Wenham Vincy ..... Sam Alexander
Reverend Byrne Fraser ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.
THU 09:00 Ellie Taylor's Safe Space (m001kxh6)
Series 3
3: The UK
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. This week she argues that the United Kingdom should break up into lots of little kingdoms, Game of Thrones style! So not just England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - Ellie thinks all the regions and cities should become independent too.
Joining Ellie to prove her point is regular sidekick Robin Morgan.
With special guest: Medieval Historian, Gabby Storey. She chats to Ellie about what the UK was like when it was broken up into lots of kingdoms in medieval times, why history teaches us that independent kingdoms don't always get along and what she'd choose to have on her own flag of independence.
This series was first broadcast in March 2023.
Written by and starring Ellie Taylor and Robin Morgan.
Producer: Georgia Keating
Executive Producer: James Robinson
Production Co-ordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries
Sound editor: Marc Willcox
A BBC Studios production for Radio 4
THU 09:30 The Last Request (m0019rcj)
4. Who are They Protecting?
Laura McDaid is searching for the birth mother of an ex-partner who died 17 years ago at Dignitas.
As concerns surface that his birth mother may have already told him she didn't want to meet, Laura explores what rejection can feel like with another Bessborough survivor.
Could a DNA link to a UK celebrity be on the cards?
Producer: Kerry Jamison
A BBC Northern Ireland production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2022.
This is an abridged version and to find the full-length episodes, search for The Last Request in BBC Sounds.
THU 09:45 Daily Service (m002xh0q)
Living Water - Water of Life
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Living Water - Water of Life
Presenter: Molly Boot
Reading: Revelation 22 16-20
Music:
As the deer - Volney Morgan & New Ye
Let your living water flow - Vinesong
Psalm 42 - Tori Kelly
THU 10:00 Great Lives (b0076dzl)
GK Chesterton
Richard Ingrams nominates fellow journalist and author GK Chesterton for regularly being right.
The biographical series in which a distinguished guest chooses someone who's inspired their life.
Will their hero stand up to intensive scrutiny and merit the description of having led a great life?
Presented by Humphrey Carpenter.
Producer: Miles Warde
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
THU 10:30 Artworks (m0021b8j)
Art that Conquered the World
The Hay Wain
We have been making art for tens of thousands of years. But very few of these many millions of images have become truly famous.
Only a handful of artworks have entered popular culture, as fridge magnets, greetings cards and biscuit tins – becoming instantly recognisable all over the world.
Art historian Dr James Fox tells the story of one such painting, John Constable's The Hay Wain.
For more than a century, The Hay Wain has been all around us. It's been reproduced in magazines and on merchandise, in cartoons and advertisements and featured on propaganda posters and at protests. But why did it hit the big time?
Christine Riding of The National Gallery and the photomontage artist and activist Peter Kennard contribute as James traces The Hay Wain's progress through the artistic stratosphere to global celebrity.
Producer: Julia Johnson
A TBI Media production for BBC Radio 4
THU 11:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dvydy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 11:30 Peeler (m00061r0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 12:00 Boogie Up the River (b007jv65)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00q9y63)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 13:00 All Those Women (b09r7vd8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 13:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xh0l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:45 The Little Ottleys (b045bwr5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 14:00 Dilemma (b017c9pp)
Series 1
Episode 2
Would you take part in a sham marriage?
Would you let an annoying colleague take credit for your work if it meant they would get a job elsewhere?
Sue Perkins sets moral and ethical posers for:
Nick Revel
Danielle Ward
Grace Dent
Ricky Wilson
Plus the panel try to solve some Dilemmas from the audience.
This is the panel show spotlighting the choices bombarding us in Britain today, as well as some more theoretical problems.
There are no "right" answers - but there are some deeply damning ones.
Devised by Danielle Ward.
Producer: Ed Morrish.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.
THU 14:30 His Master's Voice (b007spvp)
3. Gordon Brown Special
Keith decides that it's time for a Gordon Brown Special, but can the team unite on the angle they take and avoid just being rude about Scotland?
And how will Giles contribute when he's busy testing 25 different whiskies for a consumer comparison article?
Starring Robert Hardy.
Mark Tavener and and Steve Punt's political satire set in the offices of 'The Blue Touch Paper' - an archaic Tory magazine.
Lord Malan .... Robert Hardy
Keith .... Tony Gardner
Anna .... Amelia Bullmore
Giles .... Michael Maloney
Katrina .... Rachel Atkins
With:
Stephen Critchlow
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.
THU 15:00 The Pallisers by Anthony Trollope (b007jwg6)
3. Can You Forgive Her?/Phineas Finn
Having turned her back on Burgo Fitzgerald forever, Lady Glencora has committed herself fully to her marriage and is expecting a baby.
Plantagenet hopes it will be a son and heir.
Lady Laura has disappointed Phineas Finn by accepting Kennedy's proposal.
John Grey continues to pursue Alice, no matter how many times she rejects him...
Anthony Trollope's political intrigues of a Victorian aristocratic family.
Starring Juliet Stevenson and Conleth Hill.
Dramatised from the novels by Martyn Wade.
Lady Glencora ... Sophie Thompson
Lady Laura ... Juliet Stevenson
Phineas Finn ... Conleth Hill
Plantagenet Palliser ... Ben Miles
Alice Vavasor... Anastasia Hille
John Grey .. Mark Bazeley
Burgo Fitzgerald... Bertie Carvel
Lord Chiltern ... Scott Handy
Duke of Omnium ... Robert Lang
Violet ... Jaimi Barbakoff
Kennedy ... Kevin McMonagle
Lord Brentford ... John Rowe
Slide ... Damian Lynch
Sir Lamda Mewnew ... Stephen Critchlow
Sir Omicron Pie ... Jonathan Keeble
With David Troughton as the narrator - Anthony Trollope
Music specially composed by Elizabeth Parker.
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.
THU 16:00 Great Lives (b0076dzl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:30 Artworks (m0021b8j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
THU 17:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dvydy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 17:30 Peeler (m00061r0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 18:00 Boogie Up the River (b007jv65)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00q9y63)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 19:00 All Those Women (b09r7vd8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xh0l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 19:45 The Little Ottleys (b045bwr5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 20:00 Dilemma (b017c9pp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
THU 20:30 His Master's Voice (b007spvp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
THU 21:00 The Pallisers by Anthony Trollope (b007jwg6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
THU 22:00 Ellie Taylor's Safe Space (m001kxh6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 22:30 Alex Edelman's Peer Group (m000vwt4)
Series 4
Dead Jews
American comedian Alex Edelman returns to take a comic look at what it’s like being a millennial today.
The so-called Millennial generation - those born between 1982 and 1994 - has been much maligned in the press for being lazy, entitled, vain, venal, self-involved, easily offended little emperors.
In the first episode series four Alex Edelman explores why Jews are still so problematic for so many.
With the rise of QAnon and elected members of congress like Marjorie Taylor Greene, antisemitism has somehow crept into the mainstream, especially in America, and a lot of it still seems to go unchecked. As an observant Jew himself, he looks at all the ways his faith, and people's reaction to it, impacts his life and the ways in which society still fails to understand the issues many Jews like him have to live with.
Written by Alex Edelman and Max Davis.
With special thanks to:
Alfie Brown
Tasha Dhanraj
Rajiv Karia
Mike Birbiglia
Danny Jolles
Hannah Einbinder
Producer: Sam Michell
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2021.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002xl65)
Rosie Holt 3/3
Iain Lee is joined in the Comedy Club by Rosie Holt. They discuss her new show 'The Illegal Aliens Have Landed', and some of Rosie's favourite places to perform stand up in the UK.
THU 23:00 At Home with the Snails (b00c8rbm)
Series 2
Episode 3
Snail obsessed Alex’s plan to rescue snails by bringing them home hits a snag...
George and Beverly continue faking their deaths in order to bring their family closer.
Gerard Foster's comedy drama series.
George ..... Geoffrey Palmer
Beverley ..... Angela Thorne
Alex ..... Gerard Foster
Rose ..... Miranda Hart
Hosana ..... Debra Stephenson
Roger ..... Richie Webb
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002.
THU 23:30 Sorry About Last Night (b00n4gmx)
A Airport
Andy and Julie take their holiday at Heathrow Airport.
Strolling through the waste ground beyond the perimeter fence, Julie wonders whether all their holidays will be like this.
Written by and starring Alexei Sayle.
Sitcom about life, love and not living together
Andy ...... Alexei Sayle
Julie ...... Siobhan Redmond
Mr Hamad ...... Nadim Sawalha
Mrs Abasanjo ...... Adjoa Andoh
Mr Lucik ...... Chris Pavlo
Dad ...... Harry Towb
Michael ...... Gary Bleasdale
Philippe ...... Simon Greenall
Amparo ...... Doon MacKichan
Produced and directed by Jo Clegg with Alexei Sayle
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1999.

FRIDAY 12 JUNE 2026

FRI 00:00 Great Lives (b0076dzl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Artworks (m0021b8j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dvydy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Peeler (m00061r0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Boogie Up the River (b007jv65)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00q9y63)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 All Those Women (b09r7vd8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xh0l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:45 The Little Ottleys (b045bwr5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Dilemma (b017c9pp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 His Master's Voice (b007spvp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 The Pallisers by Anthony Trollope (b007jwg6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dw1mx)
Series 3
5. Home Truths
Riley doesn't want a woman who keeps reporting the same crime every year to divert investigations from something closer to home - his own granddaughter.
But he's asking for trouble when he impersonates a 14-year old girl himself.
Starring Robert Daws as Trueman and Duncan Preston as Riley.
Brian B Thompson’s detective series about the ill-matched duo set in Leeds.
DI Trueman .... Robert Daws
DS Riley .... Duncan Preston
Sue Stokes .... Lorraine Ashbourne
Becki .... Holly Matthews
Constable .... Harry Livingstone
Director: Toby Swift
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2012
FRI 06:30 Peeler (m00067d5)
6. Breaking Point
Mr Morley secures PC Quin's release, as Maria hits breaking point.
Murder and suicide are yet to come.
Starring Richard E Grant and Mick Ford.
Patrick Carroll’s crime series set in 1830, a year after the Metropolitan Police Act created the 'Peelers'.
PC Martin Quin ...... Mick Ford
Jeremiah Morley ...... James Booth
Colonel Rowan ...... Peter Jeffrey
Richard Mayne ...... Killian McKenna
Maria Staples ...... Joanna Myers
Rev Charkes Lyton ...... Timothy Carlton
Mrs Gregory ...... Elizabeth Kelly
Sergeant Dutton ...... Ronald Herdman
Mr Evans ...... Alan Barker
Mr Luke ...... Mark Straker
Mr Yardley ...... Richard Pearce
John Staples ...... Ian Lindsay
Singer: Martin Carthy.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.
FRI 07:00 Flying the Flag (b00wmnvf)
Series 3
A Loss of Marbles
Gathering dust in the British Museum are great lumps of the Republic's heritage - and now it wants them back.
"But we did give them lots of things in return, William..."
"Like beads, sir?"
"Like standards William..."
Starring Dinsdale Landen.
Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer.
HM Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
Colonel Surikov …. Christopher Benjamin
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1990.
FRI 07:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jnqv)
Series 6
Live Now, PAYE Later
The tax inspector catches up with Albert Steptoe,
His son Harold is not impressed...
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
Mr Greenwood ...... George A Cooper
With:
Michael Shannon
Peter Williams
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in February 1976.
FRI 08:00 Mark Steel's in Town (m0020q9s)
Series 13
Malvern
Mark Steel is back with the 13th series of his award-winning show where he travels around the UK visiting towns with nothing in common but their uniqueness.
After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for a local audience.
This week Mark visits the Malvern hills in Worcestershire.
“...if ever after I'm dead you hear someone whistling this tune on the Malvern Hills, don't be alarmed, it's only me"
Edward Elgar.
Famous for its magical waters and its steep hills. Amongst those associated with Malvern are: C.S Lewis, Tolkien, Charles Darwin, George Bernard Shaw and Theodore Roosevelt.
As well as Malvern, in this series, Mark be will also be popping to Margate, Stoke on Trent, East Grinstead, Coleraine in Northern Ireland and Nether Edge in Sheffield.
Written and performed by Mark Steel
Additional material by Pete Sinclair
Production co-ordinator Katie Baum
Sound Manager Jerry Peal
Producer Carl Cooper
A BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2024.
FRI 08:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xgvl)
5. Endings
Shanti Uncle is ailing, leaving the author to decipher some remaining details of his life.
Writer Vikram Seth explores the lives of two remarkable relatives, his Aunty Henny and Shanti Uncle.
Their story is one of travel and displacement, a voyage navigating some of history’s most terrible events, from India to 1930s Berlin, and finally, to Britain.
Read by Sam Dastor and Renu Setna.
Written by Vikram Seth.
Abridged by Alison Joseph.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
FRI 08:45 The Little Ottleys (b045c65c)
Series 5
5. The Decision
Shocked by Aylmer's words, Bruce makes a decision that could change life for the Ottleys and their friends for ever.
Based on characters from Ada Leverson's trilogy of novels, Martyn Wade draws the delightful and romantic entanglements of the Ottleys to a close.
Ada ..... Haydn Gwynne
Bruce ..... Ifan Meredith
Edith ..... Juliet Aubrey
Aylmer ..... Jonathan Firth
Vincy Wenham Vincy ..... Sam Alexander
Madame Frabelle ..... Jane Whittenshaw
Reverend Byrne Fraser ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.
FRI 09:00 The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty (m002xd6p)
Series 2
2. The Sister I Un-Mistered
Brighty’s holiday in Bath is interrupted by Babs insisting he make amends to his sister, Flan, after he ended her engagement with the entrepreneurial industrialist Mr Poach. Unfortunately the plan to fix the wrong of meddling in his sister’s life, involves more meddling in his sister's life. Meanwhile Churley has to contend with making ‘arrangements’ for an unexpected boxing match.
Lord Christian Brighty used to be the most notorious rake of the Regency. But after a hazing ritual for a new chambermaid led to a self-inflicted cannonball injury, Brighty, compelled by the chambermaid in question - the uneducated but forthright Babigail – resolves to mend his ways. Accompanying him in his quest are Babs (elevated beyond her station to a chambermaid-cum-adviser role), and his butler, Mr Churlington (although Churley would actually prefer everything to stay exactly as it used to be).
Written by Amy Greaves & Christian Brighty
Cast:
Lord Christian Brighty ….. Christian Brighty
Babs ….. Jessica Knappett
Churlington ….. Colin McFarlane
Lady Flan Brighty ….. Jodie Mitchell
Lavinia – a boxing trainer ….. Chiara Goldsmith
Mr Poach – an industrialist ….. David Reed
Amelia – a lady at the spa ….. Amy Greaves
Pierce Egan – a boxing commentator – Jason Forbes
Bob Gregson – a boxing pundit – Joz Norris
Script Editor ….. David Reed
Sound & Recording ….. Sonica Studios
Photographer ….. Will Hearle
Producer ….. Ben Walker
A DLT Entertainment Production for BBC Radio 4
Christian Brighty and Amy Greaves’ viral sketches based on Bridgerton, Poldark and Jane Austen have catapulted them to viral stardom, securing Christian’s place as the internet’s answer to Mr Darcy and amassing 250 million views across TikTok and Instagram (@brightybuoy). Amy and Christian both have a deep love for the work of Jane Austen, traditional regency romance (not smut), and historical romance set in the regency (smut). The first series of The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty was nominated for Best Radio Show at the Chortle Awards 2025, and listed in The i's Best Radio Comedies Ever.
FRI 09:30 The Last Request (m0019rrm)
5. The Final Throw
Laura McDaid is trying to fulfil a last request to her friend, Irish journalist Martin Barry to track down his birth mother and pass on a message. Martin died at the Dignitas Clinic in Zurich 17 years ago.
Laura visits Bessborough to see for herself where Martin was born.
His adoption file feels like the last chance she has to find her, will it provide the information that she needs?
Producer: Kerry Jamison
A BBC Northern Ireland production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2022.
This is an abridged version and to find the full-length episodes, search for The Last Request in BBC Sounds.
FRI 09:45 Daily Service (m002xgvn)
Living Water - Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Living Water - Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Presenter: Very Reverend Canon Matthew Habron
Music:
Sweet heart of Jesus - Leeds Cathedral Choir
Soul of my saviour - Leeds Cathedral Choir
Alleluia: Tollite, Gregorian - Leeds Cathedral Choir
FRI 10:00 Soul Music (m001g8dc)
Nessun Dorma
Singer Jon Christos watched the Italia 90 World Cup with his Dad.
He says Pavarotti's live performance of 'Nessun Dorma' at the tournament was the only time he ever saw his Dad cry.
Pavarotti's daughter Cristina talks about the impact this aria had on her father's life and how his 1990 performance inspired many people to become interested in opera.
Beatrice Venezia conducted 'Nessun Dorma' at the 'Puccini day' she created in Lucca in 2018. She also conducted Andrea Bocelli's performance of the aria at the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June 2022.
Sir Bobby Robson's son Mark was at Italia 90 and talks about the pride he felt seeing his Dad lining up with the England team for the semi-final against West Germany. It was also sung at Sir Bobby's memorial service in Durham Cathedral.
Broadcaster and author Alexandra Wilson explains that the opera Turandot is the story of Prince Calaf, who falls in love with the titular Princess. In 'Nessun Dorma' Calaf expresses his determination to win her hand, ending with that extraordinary refrain 'Vincerò!' or 'I will win'.
Paul Potts won 'Britain's Got Talent' in 2007 performing 'Nessun Dorma' and recalls singing it to over a million people at the Brandenburg Gate on New Year's Eve in 2010.
When Italy locked down in March 2020, hairdresser Piero d'Angelico played 'Nessun Dorma' from a five-story window above Cambridge railway station to show solidarity with his home country and the Italian community in his adopted city.
Voiceovers by Mike Ingham and Rebecca Braccialarghe.
Producer: Toby Field for BBC Audio in Bristol
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2022.
FRI 10:30 Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats - Benny Goodman (b00j6xy1)
Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th century.
Clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman became known as the King of Swing. Brought up in extreme poverty in the Jewish ghetto of Chicago's South Side, by the end of the 1930s he had achieved the adulation of a modern-day pop star
There were reports of ballroom riots, jitterbuggers dancing in the aisles at his concerts and solemn words being written about how the nation's youth was being corrupted by his music.
Producer: Paul Evans
First broadcast in March 2009.
FRI 11:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dw1mx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 11:30 Peeler (m00067d5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 12:00 Flying the Flag (b00wmnvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jnqv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Mark Steel's in Town (m0020q9s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xgvl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:45 The Little Ottleys (b045c65c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
FRI 14:00 The Personality Test (b007rlx5)
Series 3
Janet Street-Porter
Broadcaster, writer and youth TV pioneer, Janet Street-Porter quizzes a panel about herself.
With:
Sue Perkins
Will Smith
Nick Doody
Lucy Porter
Series with changing hosts who quiz the panel.
Script by Richard Turner and Simon Littlefield
Devised and produced by Aled Evans.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.
FRI 14:30 Ballylenon (b007k4qt)
Series 1
Episode 3
Vera's eavesdropping days are threatened by the Irish town's new automatic telephone exchange.
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1953, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in every home.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Phonsie Doherty ...... TP McKenna
Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy
Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker
Vivienne Boal ...... Aine McCartney
Guard Gallagher ...... John Hewitt
Peg Sweeney ...... Anna Manahan
Joe MacMonagle ...... Kevin Flood
Post Office Engineer ...... Robert Patterson
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1994.
FRI 15:00 The Pallisers by Anthony Trollope (b007jwgd)
4. Phineas Finn
Phineas Finn has at last won a seat in Parliament.
But his romantic ambitions are going less smoothly as he finds himself falling once again for a young lady whose heart lies elsewhere.
Little does he know that he's soon to cause anguish to a new arrival on the scene.
Anthony Trollope's political intrigues of a Victorian aristocratic family.
Starring Sophie Thompson and Juliet Stevenson,
Dramatised by Martyn Wade.
Plantagenet Palliser ... Ben Miles
Lady Glencora ... Sophie Thompson
Laura ... Juliet Stevenson
Mme Goesler ... Stella Gonet
Phineas ... Conleth Hill
Chiltern ... Scott Handy
Kennedy ... Kevin McMonagle
Duke of Omnium ... Robert Lang
Gresham ... Nickolas Grace
Brentford ... John Rowe
Bonteen ... Ioan Meredith
Violet ... Jaimi Barbakoff
Slide ... Damian Lynch
With David Troughton as the narrator - Anthony Trollope
Music specially composed by Elizabeth Parker.
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.
FRI 16:00 Soul Music (m001g8dc)
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FRI 16:30 Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats - Benny Goodman (b00j6xy1)
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FRI 17:00 Trueman and Riley (b01dw1mx)
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FRI 17:30 Peeler (m00067d5)
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FRI 18:00 Flying the Flag (b00wmnvf)
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FRI 18:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jnqv)
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FRI 19:00 Mark Steel's in Town (m0020q9s)
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FRI 19:30 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (m002xgvl)
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FRI 19:45 The Little Ottleys (b045c65c)
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FRI 20:00 The Personality Test (b007rlx5)
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FRI 20:30 Ballylenon (b007k4qt)
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FRI 21:00 The Pallisers by Anthony Trollope (b007jwgd)
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FRI 22:00 The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty (m002xd6p)
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FRI 22:30 Tom Allen Is Actually Not Very Nice (m000cc21)
Episode 3
Tom Allen is Actually Not Very Nice explores what happens when Tom's calm and collected exterior collapses.
He used to be such a nice boy but what has happened to turn him naughty?
With help from the assembled studio audience, Tom works out how best to navigate some tricky social situations and how to keep a lid on his fury when confronted with life's small injustices.
Featuring Gabby Best.
Producer: Richard Morris
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2019.
*** Photo credit: Edward Moore @edshots
FRI 23:00 The Big Fun Show (b00l1xbh)
Episode 2
From a persistent patio door salesman, to a woman who thinks she’s married a goat.
The Big Fun Team are here with half an hour of big fun!
Written and presented by Paul Merton and John Irwin.
Also starring:
Josie Lawrence
Neil Mullarkey
Tony Hawkes
Julian Clary
Additional material by the cast.
Music by Tony Hawks.
Producer: David Tyler
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988.
FRI 23:30 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00cbptt)
Series 2
Episode 6
Divorcee Carol tries to sell covers - for cushion covers.
Award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and character comedy series
With:
Rosie Cavaliero
Ben Moor
Ben Willbond
Written by Laura Solon.
With additional material by Ben Moor and Charlie Miller.
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2008.