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SATURDAY 19 APRIL 2025

SAT 00:00 Soul Music (b0075zyd)
Series 1

Beethoven's Ode to Joy

Reflections on the impact of Beethoven's last symphony.

John Suchet describes the writing and performing of Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy', while choral conductor Simon Halsey talks about the special difficulties choirs encounter in singing it.

Hans Rhieburg tells of the first performance conducted by Leonard Bernstein in East Berlin when the wall came down.

Professor Susan Greenfield describes first hearing this work as a depressed student on a rainy Sunday afternoon and how it transformed her world from gloom to joy.

Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks.

Producer: Sara Conkey

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000.


SAT 00:30 The Secret Power of Trees (b01p7fgv)
Britain's woodlands were planted for timber or hunting.

Yet nowadays you're as likely to find ex-prisoners or mentally ill elderly folk in the woods.

With the rise of "social forestry", woodlands have come to be seen as therapeutic and healing, and not just by new age eco types.

In Japan, doctors take seriously the practice of "forest air bathing", and claim all kinds of health benefits from simply being in the woods.

Ian Marchant explores whether trees really do have miraculous powers and asks what happened to the idea of forests as scary places, full of evil spirits and outlaws.

Producer: Jolyon Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2012.


SAT 01:00 The Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith (b01381wz)
4. Revenge

Robert has been shot. Could Greg Wyncoop - who has not been seen since they both fought by the river - really have done it?

Or is his body lying in the morgue..?

Starring John Sharian and Adrian Lester.

Conclusion of Patricia Highsmith's intriguing tale of obsession.

Dramatised by Shaun McKenna.

Robert Forester ...... John Sharian
Greg Wyncoop ...... Adrian Lester
Jenny Theirolf ...... Joanne McQuinn
Jack Neilsen ...... Matt Rippy
Susie ...... Laurel Lefkow
Nickie Jurgen ...... Briony Glassco
Detective Lippenholtz ... Peter Marinker
Jeff Harding … Ralph Jurgen
Garrick Hagon … Dr Albert Knott

Music composed and performed by David Chilton.

Director: Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.


SAT 01:30 Little Novels by Wilkie Collins (m0011klv)
5. Miss Morris and the Stranger

A governess is the recipient of a generous legacy.

One of five Victorian mysteries by Wilkie Collins.

Dramatised by John Arden.

Wilkie Collins...Ronald Pickup
Nancy Morris...Deborah Berlin
Sextus Sax...Alastair Danson
Sir Gervase Damian...Hugh Dickson
Mrs Fosdyke...Jane Whittenshaw
Miss Melbury...Alison Pettitt
Freddy...Lucas Rush
Miss Ellen...Katie Lucy
Miss Eva...Katie Clarke

Pianist Colin Guthrie

Director: David Blount.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998.


SAT 02:00 Up the Garden Path (b008f3kh)
Series 3

Gooseberries and Fools

Can a relationship with her ex-pupil Razors be the best thing for teacher Izzy?

Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.

Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy.

A radio sequel adapted in six parts from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel.

One of three series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.

Izzy ...... Imelda Staunton
Dick ...... Mike Grady
Maria ...... Marty Cruickshank
Michael ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Louise ...... Phyllida Nash
Razors ...... Rene Zagger
Gwyn ...... Sion Probert
Bill ...... Neil McCaul
Linda ...... Judith Jacob

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1993.


SAT 02:30 Ken Dodd's Easter Special (m002b00c)
Spring is in the air, grandad's in the pub - but have no fear, Doddy's here!

From Leeds City Varieties Music Hall - home of BBC TV's 'The Good Old Days'.

The King of Knotty Ash presents his comic Easter Egg-travaganza.

With:

Johnny More
Paula Tilbrook
Sybie Jones
Colin Edwynn
Michael McClain

Written by John Pye, Barry Reeves, Colin Brown and Ken Rock.

Musical Director: Brian Fitzgerald

Produced at BBC Manchester by Mike Craig.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1988 - but this is their shortened repeat from 1991


SAT 03:00 Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile (m000jf72)
Episode 3

Just sit back and enjoy Michael Frayn’s magical entertainment, directed by Martin Jarvis.

Technical guidance from a star cast, including:

Susannah Fielding
Joanna Lumley
David Suchet
Rosalind Ayres
Adam Godley
Alfred Molina
George Blagden
Lisa Dillon.

Does your computer ever talk back at you? Or your sat-nav? What happens to the huge sums you pay to your gas company? Your chance to join a new How-to-Write course. Or to hear some commercial Brainwaves. Are you confused about cold calling? Any feelings about Quantum Entanglement?

Frayn reveals all. No keys or buttons to press.

Writer: Michael Frayn

Producer: Rosalind Ayres

Director: Martin Jarvis

A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2020.


SAT 03:30 The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (b007jn2z)
10. Aftermath

Tragedy has struck, leaving Nick to ponder his life as he struggles to find mourners for a funeral.

F Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel about aspiration in boom-time America.

Abridged by Neville Teller.

Concluded by Sam Robards.

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1996.


SAT 03:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b00f)
5. Deception

Hurstwood has to think quickly when Carrie raises the question of marriage.

Unwilling to throw away his chance of happiness, will he tell Carrie he is already married?

Or suggest something which could set the stage for disaster?

Theodore Dreiser's neglected American classic, first published in 1900.

It's the gripping tale of a young woman's eventful rise to fame and fortune at the turn of the 20th century.

Dramatised by Steve Chambers

Dreiser .... Russell Dixon
Hurstwood .... Liam Cunningham
Carrie .... Eve Best
Charlie Drouet ....John Guerrasio
Julia .... Kate Harper
Jessica .... Alison Darling

Other parts played by members of the cast

Director: Polly Thomas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.


SAT 04:00 The Motion Show (b06s1bnp)
Series 2

Episode 5

This House loved going to school, would like to go to the gym, and would really like a month of Sundays.

Dr Phil Hammond watches over proceedings in the quirky debating game.

With:

Hugh Dennis
Jon Plowman
Jenny Eclair
Nick Revell

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.


SAT 04:30 1835 (b012gpr4)
The Reluctant Aristocrat

In order to prove he's not a feckless, idle aristocrat, Belport manages to kick off the world's first rail strike - in the process proving to everyone that he's a feckless, idle aristocrat...

Comic saga of an aristocrat and his servant who struggle to find things to do in the mid- 1830s.

Belport ...... Paul Rider
Ned ...... Jason Done
Arbuthnot ...... Roy Barraclough
George ...... Simon Greenall
Charlie ...... Jonathan Keeble

Written and directed at BBC Manchester by Jim Poyser.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.


SAT 05:00 David Pownall (b0075hyg)
Assassins

3. Sic Semper Tyrannis

Friday, April 14th 1865:

Thirty minutes into the performance of 'Our American Cousin', at the Ford Theatre, Washington, John Wilkes Booth entered US President Abraham Lincoln's State Box, and shot him dead.

What set of remarkable circumstances led up to an event that in its time was as momentous as the assassination of JF Kennedy?

The last of David Pownall's series of plays exploring the hearts and minds of three of history's most celebrated killers.

John Wilkes Booth........... Nathan Osgood
Davey Herold....................... Carlos Antonio

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.


SAT 05:45 Short Works (m000zffn)
Every Second Saturday by Rachael Fulton

A hard-hitting story by prize-winning Scottish author and journalist, Rachael Fulton

A man rails against the custody settlement which limits time with his son.

Brought up short by a shocking crisis on the way to the football, he is forced to examine his past behaviour.

Read by Andy Clark.

Rachael’s fiction has been published by the Bridport Prize and The Common Breath, and broadcast on Audible. She was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Short Story Award 2021, Highly Commended in the Bridport Prize 2020 and won Elle Magazine’s New Talent Award.

She is currently working on a short story collection and her debut novel from her home in Scotland.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2021.


SAT 06:00 Dickens' Women (b007jqv0)
From Kate Nickleby to Little Nell.

Miriam Margolyes introduces and plays all of Charles Dickens' characters direct from her success on London's West End stage.

She also gives a vibrant insight into the life of the great writer himself.

Script devised by Miriam Margolyes and Sonia Fraser.

Piano: Michael Haslam

Producer Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.


SAT 07:30 The Passion in Plants (Omnibus) (m000h892)
Over centuries people have used wildflowers to share stories, including those found in The Bible.

Just as stained glass windows reminded ordinary people of its characters and events, so did the hedgerow plants encountered every day.

In this way many trees and flowers came to play a part in telling the Easter story.

Writer and naturalist Bob Gilbert considers the key moments of Christ's Passion and the plants that, in folklore, came to reflect them.

With his friend Brother Samuel, a Franciscan friar, Bob searches wild locations, ranging from rural woodlands and meadows, to the pavements of Poplar in the East End of London. They explore plants’ traditions, how they came about, and their meanings.

With readings from writers such as AE Housman, Tennyson and the author of Dream of the Rood.

Interspersed with songs and music.

Omnibus of five parts.

Read by Bettrys Jones and Ell Potter.

Producer: Julian May

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2020.


SAT 08:45 Beryl Reid in Conversation (m0007r4b)
Educating Archie

From paying 97.5% tax to jiggling bosoms.

Beryl Reid recalls her initial rise to fame after joining the BBC’s popular radio show Educating Archie.

Series in which Beryl recalls her remarkable life and career.

In conversation with her old friend and fellow actress, Siân Phillips.

Producer: Jon Naismith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in July 1992.


SAT 09:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b009sczf)
Two Fingers of Suspicion

Secrets from Brightco's defence job are reaching a foreign power.

But who is responsible for a leak?

Starring Bernard Cribbins and Frank Thornton.

Andrew Palmer's sitcom about the battles of whizz kid tycoon Jimmy Bright.

Jimmy Bright ...... Bernard Cribbins
Russell Farrow ...... Frank Thornton
Nan Forbes ...... Annette Crosbie
Sue Plant ...... Annee Blott

With John Graham

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1988.


SAT 09:30 Beyond Our Ken (m0001ywm)
From 25/06/1959

Kenneth Horne tells all about a film premiere - and 'Hornerama' investigates shipping.

A madcap mix of sketches and songs written by Eric Merriman and Barry Took

Starring:

Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden
Bill Pertwee

Music from Pat Lancaster, the Fraser Hayes Four and the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.

Announcer: Douglas Smith

Beyond Our Ken hit the airwaves in 1958 and ran to 1964 – featuring regulars like Arthur Fallowfield, Cecil Snaith and Rodney and Charles.

The precursor to ‘Round The Horne’ – sadly only 15 shows survive from the original run of 21 episodes in Series 2. Audio restored using both home and overseas (BBC Transcription Service) recordings.

Producer: Jacques Brown

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1959.


SAT 10:00 Writing... The Midlands (m000s2q8)
3. Kit de Waal and The Shires

Crime writer Mark Billingham was born in The Midlands of England.

In the last of three programmes, he's back in the region that made him a writer to celebrate its literature both past and present.

Along the way Mark meets some of The Midlands’ finest writing talent and browses the BBC archives.

This time he meets the best-selling author of 'My Name is Leon', Kit De Waal, and visits the mystical Sarehole Mill, the inspiration for JRR Tolkein's Hobbiton.

Featured programmes from the BBC Archives:

* SHORTS: WRITING TEST – Adrift at the Athena [30/11/14] BBC Radio 4

* THE HOBBIT: The Musical [04/08/2012] BBC Radio 4

Producer: Jessica Treen

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in December 2019.


SAT 11:00 Dickens' Women (b007jqv0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 12:30 The Passion in Plants (Omnibus) (m000h892)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 13:45 Beryl Reid in Conversation (m0007r4b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 14:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b009sczf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 14:30 Beyond Our Ken (m0001ywm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 15:00 Writing... The Midlands (m000s2q8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 16:00 Doctor Who (m001gw1b)
The War Doctor

4. Legion of the Lost - Part 1/2

The Time Lord army seems to have a seemingly endless supply of soldiers.

But what is the cost?

The War Doctor travels to the planet Vildar to try and destroy the Daleks’ monstrous Annihilator temporal weapon, which can erase an entire species without altering the timeline.

Time Lord soldier, Collis, has been sent by Cardinal Ollistra on a different mission.

John Hurt stars as the War Doctor.

Written by John Dorney.

The War Doctor .... John Hurt
Shadovar .... David Warner
Co-ordinator Jarad .... Jamie Newall
Collis .... Zoe Tapper
Captain Solex .... Robert Hands
The Daleks voiced by Nicholas Briggs.

Original music written by Howard Carter.

Artwork by Tom Webster.

Director: Nicholas Briggs

A Big Finish production.


SAT 16:40 The White Cat by E Nesbit (m002b5pp)
4 Extra Debut.

A king sends his sons on some adventurous tests to win the crown.

Each much locate the best dog, best cloth and Princess.

Who will bring home the spoils?

Jenny Agutter reads E Nesbit's magical tale

Producer Jocelyn Boxall

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.


SAT 17:00 Dickens' Women (b007jqv0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 18:30 The Passion in Plants (Omnibus) (m000h892)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 19:45 Beryl Reid in Conversation (m0007r4b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 20:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b009sczf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 20:30 Beyond Our Ken (m0001ywm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 21:00 Writing... The Midlands (m000s2q8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 22:00 Bridget Christie's Utopia (b09qfv98)
Series 1

Disengage

As Bridget Christie struggles to come to terms with current world events - Kim Jong-un, the melting polar ice caps, the Brexit negotiations and Nick Knowles singing a cover of The Beatles "Here Comes The Sun" - she embarks on a comic quest for her Utopia.

She's seeking a way of living that will make her less anxious and enable her to have her first happy week since the Brexit vote in 2016.

In this opening episode, Bridget explores politically disengaging for a week - to see if that will make her happier.

Will not reading the papers, abstaining from all social media and not watching rolling news reports bring a smile to Bridget's face and be the answer to all her problems?

Or will life still be completely rubbish? In her quest to disengage from the turmoil that is world news, Bridget goes to see Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, has an aqua massage and stands in her garden.

Will she switch off?

Stand-up show recorded in front of a studio audience at the BBC Radio Theatre.

With special guests

Mike Christie
Leyla Hussein

Producers: Simon Nicholls & Alison Vernon-Smith

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2018.


SAT 22:30 4 Stands Up (b00f86m7)
Series 2

Episode 2

Welsh comic Rhod Gilbert invites old hands and fresh faces on the comedy circuit to perform.

Featuring character pieces, double acts and sketches.

With:

Stewart Francis
Jo Neary
Chris Addison

Producer: Tilusha Ghelani

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008.


SAT 23:00 The Celebrity Voicemail Show (b06gs5yr)
Series 1

Barack Obama

Kayvan Novak imagines what it might be like to hear the answerphone messages of the rich and famous.

This time, we listen into the voicemail of US President, Barack Obama.

An entirely fictitious comedy show written, improvised and starring Kayvan Novak.

Producer: Matt Stronge

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015.


SAT 23:15 Armstrong and Miller (b007k3f2)
Episode 4

School band memories, and a town planning thriller.

Sketches and songs with Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong in their first series for radio.

With:

Samuel West
Tony Gardiner

Written by Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong.

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1998.


SAT 23:30 Chain Reaction (b00grv92)
Series 2

Jo Brand Interviews Barry Cryer

Feisty comedienne Jo Brand interviews veteran gagsmith Barry Cryer.

This is the tag talk show series where the guest turns interviewer in the next show.

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: Tilusha Ghelani

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004.



SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2025

SUN 00:00 Doctor Who (m001gw1b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Saturday]


SUN 00:40 The White Cat by E Nesbit (m002b5pp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:40 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Dickens' Women (b007jqv0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 The Passion in Plants (Omnibus) (m000h892)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:45 Beryl Reid in Conversation (m0007r4b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b009sczf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]


SUN 04:30 Beyond Our Ken (m0001ywm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 Writing... The Midlands (m000s2q8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002b6mt)
Chefs and Cooks 2

Rick Stein

TV chef and restaurateur Rick Stein is castaway by Sue Lawley.

When the police closed his discotheque down because of too many fights on a Saturday night, all he had left was his restaurant licence.

Living by the sea, he took the obvious option and opened a fish restaurant.

Today he is Britain's best sea food chef and a passionate advocate for the pleasures of cooking and eating fish.

Rick talks about his life and work and chooses eight tracks to take to the mythical island.

DISC ONE: Steeleye Span – “Padstow” May Day Song
DISC TWO: Julie Andrews - Wouldn't It Be Loverly?
DISC THREE: Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
DISC FOUR: Van Morrison - Coney Island
DISC FIVE: London Philharmonic - "Vivace" one of Malcolm Arnold's "Cornish Dances"
DISC SIX: The Beach Boys - Do It Again
DISC SEVEN: Little Feat - Rock 'n' Roll Doctor
DISC EIGHT: Werner Tripp & Hubert Jellinek - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Concerto for Flute & Harp in C Major

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Werner Tripp & Hubert Jellinek - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Concerto for Flute & Harp in C Major
BOOK CHOICE: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
LUXURY CHOICE: Thai fish sauce

Producer: Angie Nehring

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1999.


SUN 06:45 Run and Ask Daddy If He Has Any More Money by Fay Weldon (m000h894)
"It was Easter and my friend David was helping his wife Milly Frood in the shop when he heard a voice he recognised..."

A university professor runs into his former mistress and her family.

Will his past catch up with him?

Jane Lapotaire reads Fay Weldon's short story

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1993


SUN 07:00 Poetry Extra (m002b6mw)
Adventures In Poetry - Psalm 23

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and to celebrate Easter selects Adventures in Poetry - Psalm 23.

Peggy Reynolds explores the contemporary resonance of a poem composed between 2,000 and 3,000 years ago.

Its imagery and significance are as vivid now as when it was first heard.

Producer: Sara Davies

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003.


SUN 07:30 The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (Omnibus) (m002b6my)
Episode 2

It's the Jazz Age in roaring 1920s America.

Nick Carraway is helplessly watching Gatsby's faltering attempts to win back Daisy Buchanan.

Can you really repeat the past?

F Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel about aspiration in boom-time America.

Omnibus of the last five of ten parts abridged by Neville Teller.

Concluded by Sam Robards.

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.


SUN 08:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002b6n0)
Jesse Eisenberg

Actor, writer and director Jesse Eisenberg picks Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Variations’ and Chopin’s ‘Étude Op. 25, No 1 "Aeolian Harp".


SUN 08:50 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (Omnibus) (m002b6n2)
Episode 1

It's 1899. Pretty 18 year old Caroline Meeber - Sister Carrie to her family - travels to Chicago to try her luck in the big city.

Destiny takes over when Carrie's fresh prettiness attracts the attention of smooth talking salesman, Charlie Drouet.

Will the daily grind of badly paid work in a sweatshop force Carrie into his welcoming arms?

Theodore Dreiser's neglected American classic, first published in 1900.

It's the gripping tale of a young woman's eventful rise to fame and fortune at the turn of the 20th century.

Omnibus of the first five of fifteen episodes dramatised by Steve Chambers.

Dreiser .... Russell Dixon
Carrie .... Eve Best
Charlie Drouet .... John Guerrasio
Minnie/Julia .... Kate Harper
Beth ....Alison Darling
Hurstwood .... Liam Cunningham

All other parts played by members of the cast

Director: Polly Thomas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.


SUN 10:00 Just Fancy (m002b6n5)
From 22/11/1957

Attitudes to dogs, complaining about everything going and American party animals.

Series of gently humorous sketches written by and starring Eric Barker.

With:

Eric’s wife - Pearl Hackney
Deryck Guyler
Ruth Porcher
Kenneth Connor

Music directed by Peter Akister

Just Fancy ran for 11 years.

Producer: Charles Maxwell

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1957.


SUN 10:30 Take It From Here (b012x54c)
From 01/04/1954

Dick fancies himself as a snapper and Pa Glum reflects on the value of money.

Long-running classic comedy written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.

Starring:

Professor Jimmy Edwards
Dick Bentley
June Whitfield
Alma Cogan
Wallas Eaton
Herbert Mostyn – a bit-part persona adopted, when necessary, by both Frank and Denis.

Music from The Keynotes and the Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.

Producer: Charles Maxwell

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1954.


SUN 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002b6mt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 11:45 Run and Ask Daddy If He Has Any More Money by Fay Weldon (m000h894)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]


SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m002b6mw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


SUN 12:30 The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (Omnibus) (m002b6my)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SUN 13:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002b6n0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]


SUN 13:50 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (Omnibus) (m002b6n2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


SUN 15:00 Just Fancy (m002b6n5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 15:30 Take It From Here (b012x54c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


SUN 16:00 Doctor Who (m001gw1h)
The War Doctor

4. Legion of the Lost - Part 2/2

The War Doctor is battling to destroy the Daleks’ monstrous Annihilator temporal weapon, which can erase an entire species without altering the timeline.

Cardinal Ollistra has different ideas. Having uncovered the method by which the Technomancers reanimate dead Time Lord soldiers, The War Doctor is confronted by yet another monstrosity and must take action...

John Hurt stars as the War Doctor.

Conclusion written by John Dorney.

The War Doctor .... John Hurt
Shadovar .... David Warner
Co-ordinator Jarad .... Jamie Newall
Collis .... Zoe Tapper
Captain Solex .... Robert Hands
Cardinal Ollistra …. Jacqueline Pearce
The Daleks voiced by Nicholas Briggs.

Original music written by Howard Carter.

Artwork by Tom Webster.

Director: Nicholas Briggs

A Big Finish production.


SUN 16:40 MR James (m001gw1p)
A Warning to the Curious

An amateur archeologist from London, arrives in the seaside town of Seaburgh to search for the legendary silver Crown of Anglia

It's believed to be hidden along the sandy shores of the North Sea.

His research uncovers the tale of the late William Ager, the guardian of the crown, which leads him to unearth the ancient relic on a remote beach. However, having made his discovery, he becomes convinced that he is being followed, and desperate to escape the ghostly presence, decides his only hope is to return the crown to the desolate beach where it was unearthed - with tragic and terrifying consequences.

A classic spine-chiller by MR James, the 'father' of the modern ghost story, set on the windswept Suffolk coast.

MR James (1862-1936) was a writer and scholar whose ghost stories are widely regarded as some of the best in English literature. He spent much of his childhood on the East Anglian coast, and the fictional town of 'Seaburg', in which this story is set, is based on the Suffolk coastal town of Aldeburgh.

Read by Alex Jennings.

Produced and abridged by Justine Willett.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in June 2011.


SUN 17:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002b6mt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 17:45 Run and Ask Daddy If He Has Any More Money by Fay Weldon (m000h894)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]


SUN 18:00 Poetry Extra (m002b6mw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


SUN 18:30 The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (Omnibus) (m002b6my)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SUN 19:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002b6n0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]


SUN 19:50 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (Omnibus) (m002b6n2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


SUN 21:00 Just Fancy (m002b6n5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:30 Take It From Here (b012x54c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


SUN 22:00 Sara Pascoe: The Modern Monkey (b09tdtl8)
Series 1

Territory

How does our monkey past influence our modern lives?

And how come we can still get emotionally hijacked by our primitive emotions?

Sara Pascoe investigates - Territory.

It's a vital resource and we live on a crowded planet but why do have such a visceral reaction when someone intrudes on our personal space?

From the bigger picture concepts of colonialism and national borders, to how you divide your shared bedroom, to the physical limits of our own bodies, this is a frank, funny look at how our evolutionary history shapes the way we see and move through the world.

Recorded on location at The Freud Museum in London.

Written by and starring Sara Pascoe.

Producer: Alexandra Smith

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2018.


SUN 22:30 Pick Ups (b00n5rwp)
Series 2

Little Grey Cells

Dave's marriage proposal is temporarily postponed by an omelette.

Comedy set in a run-down taxi office in Manchester.

Written by Ian Kershaw.

Lind ...... Lesley Sharp
Mike ...... Paul Loughran
Dave ...... Philip Rowson
Rebel ...... Parvez Qadir
Drunk ...... Mark E Smith
Stevie ...... Suranne Jones
Pat the Butcher ...... Andrew Grose

Producer: Paul Hardy

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.


SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002b8mv)
Abi Clarke 1/3

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Arthur Smith talks to Abi Clarke.


SUN 23:00 The Guns of Adam Riches (b04f9rz9)
Series 2

Mastermind in Love

The tale of Mastermind, a blind megalomaniac who is taking a break from world domination to look for love.

Aided by a host of absurd henchmen, including some plucked straight from the audience, will Mastermind find what he's looking for or will he end up heartbroken?

Adam Riches introduces a series of one-off comic adventure stories.

Written by Adam Riches.

With:

Cariad Lloyd
Jim Johnson
Katharine Bennett-Fox

Plus a host of unwitting and occasionally unwilling audience shaped co-stars to create a cavalcade of mayhem that explodes deep into your ear flaps.

Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2014.


SUN 23:30 Rigor Mortis (b00gfsmp)
Series 3

Episode 3

Trying to guard his legacy, Professor Donaldson lets Anthony and Ruth run the path lab.

Starring Peter Davison.

Laurence Howarth's black comedy set in the world of the pathology lab.

Dr Webster .... Peter Davison
Dr Anderson .... Matilda Ziegler
Professor Donaldson .... Geoffrey Whitehead
Gordon .... Tom Price
Chloe .... Marianne Levy
Simon .... Gus Brown
With Gerard McDermott and Beth Chalmers

Music: Paul Mottram

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2006.



MONDAY 21 APRIL 2025

MON 00:00 Doctor Who (m001gw1h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:40 MR James (m001gw1p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:40 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002b6mt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]


MON 01:45 Run and Ask Daddy If He Has Any More Money by Fay Weldon (m000h894)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Sunday]


MON 02:00 Poetry Extra (m002b6mw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Sunday]


MON 02:30 The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (Omnibus) (m002b6my)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]


MON 03:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002b6n0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 on Sunday]


MON 03:50 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (Omnibus) (m002b6n2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Just Fancy (m002b6n5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:30 Take It From Here (b012x54c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]


MON 06:00 John le Carre (m002b5v8)
Call for the Dead

1. Traitor?

Secret agent George Smiley is asked to carry out a security check on a newly-promoted member of the Foreign Office.

Apparently, a routine assignment - but one that sparks unfortunate and unforeseeable consequences...

John le Carre's debut novel, first published in 1961.

Smiley is a career intelligence officer with "The Circus", the British overseas intelligence agency.

Staring George Cole.

Adapted in five parts by Rene Basilico

George Smiley .... George Cole
Mendel .... Alfred Burke
Peter Guillan .... Douglas Blackwell
Maston .... Richard Hurndall
Samuel Fennan .... Anthony Newlands
Elsa Fennan .... Hilda Kriseman
Assistant Supervisor .... Kenneth Shanley
Josie .... Jane Williams

Producer John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1977.


MON 06:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b5vd)
Series 2

1. Opal Whiteley

George Cole reveals the stories of six more extraordinary Victorians buried in London's Highgate Cemetery.

At the age of six, deep in the forest of her native Oregon, Opal began to write the diary of her childhood in a strange phonetic language.

The book became a best seller.

Written by Emlyn Harris.

George Cole is the Sexton

Other parts played by:

Emlyn Harris
Melanie Hudson
Jill Graham
Dan Strauss
Roger May
Dan Strauss

Producer: Neil Rosser

A Rewind and IBN co-production for BBC Radio 2 - first broadcast in October 1996.


MON 07:00 Second Holmes (b0169ljq)
5. The Case of the Neglected Farm

The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson go to Dorset, where the life of a wife is in danger...

Starring Peter Egan and Jeremy Nicholas.

Six light-hearted adventures by Grant Eustace.

Stamford Holmes …. Peter Egan
Dr Watson …. Jeremy Nicholas
Tom Wigley …. Steve Hodson
Vicar …. Hugh Dickson
Sarah Callington …. Fiona Walker
Bob Swannock …. Ronald Baddiley
Kate Wigley …. Alexandra Mathie

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983.


MON 07:30 Steptoe and Son (b00rzkyb)
Series 1

Wallah, Wallah, Catsmeat

The rag and bone business falters when Hercules the horse needs a vet.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.

Classic sitcom about the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
The Vet ...... Eric Woodburn
Lionel ...... Leslie Dwyer
Charlie ...... Peter Hawkins.

The 1962 BBC TV comedy pilot 'The Offer' sparked a run of 8 series.

Adapted for BBC radio from the TV script by Gale Pedrick.

Producer: Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1966.


MON 08:00 Love in Recovery (m0001tzt)
Series 3

Les McKeown's Autograph

Fiona has been distant and her boyfriend Simon thinks he knows exactly what’s on her mind.

He decides to help her, and believes the best way to start is by casually bringing this private issue up in the weekly meeting.

What could possibly go wrong?

Continuing the award-nominated comedy drama set in Alcoholics Anonymous, written by Pete Jackson and inspired by his own road to recovery.

It follows the lives of five very different recovering alcoholics.

Taking place entirely at their weekly meetings, we hear them moan, argue, laugh, fall apart, fall in love and - most importantly - tell their stories.

Written and created by Pete Jackson.

Fiona .….. Rebecca Front
Simon .….. John Hannah
Julie .….. Sue Johnston
Danno .….. Paul Kaye
Andy ...... Johnny Vegas

Writer Pete Jackson is a recovering alcoholic and has spent time in Alcoholics Anonymous. It was there he found, as most people do, support from the unlikeliest group of disparate souls, all banded together due to one common bond. As well as offering the support he needed throughout a difficult time, AA also offered a weekly, sometimes daily, dose of hilarity, upset, heartbreak and friendship.

Love in Recovery doesn’t seek to represent an AA meeting exactly as it might happen in real life, but to capture the funny stories, the sad stories, the stories of small victories and of huge milestones, stories of loss, stories of hope, and most importantly, the many highs and lows in the journey of recovery.

Director: Ben Worsfield

A King Bert production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2019.


MON 08:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b5vj)
1. Out of Louis

As a gawky teenager from the backstreets of America's ragtime capital, Josephine Baker teaches herself to dance - and makes it to Broadway.

She danced and sang her way from the American slums of St Louis to fame and riches in 1920s Paris.

Josephine went on to take the world by storm with her spellbinding dances.

Biography of this extraordinary performer written and abridged in five parts by Ean Wood.

Read by Josette Simon.

Producer: Sara Davies

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.


MON 08:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b5vm)
6. The Stage

Carrie is delighted to be asked to take part in some amateur dramatics and rehearses eagerly.

But Hurstwood is tortured by jealousy. The final straw comes on the night of Carrie's dazzling performance.

Can Hurstwood bear to see any longer with his worthless rival?

Theodore Dreiser's neglected American classic, first published in 1900.

It's the gripping tale of a young woman's eventful rise to fame and fortune at the turn of the 20th century.

Dramatised by Steve Chambers

Dreiser .... Russell Dixon
Hurstwood .... Liam Cunnlngham
Carrie .... Eve Best
Charlie Drouet .... John Guerrasio
Pearl .... Alison Darling

All other parts played by members of the cast

Director: Polly Thomas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.


MON 09:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m0029zdn)
Series 31

Episode 1

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.

Marcus Brigstocke, Holly Walsh, Lou Sanders, and Tony Hawks are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as the middle ages, geese, the human voice and children's tv.

The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith.

Producer: Jon Naismith

A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4


MON 09:30 Inside the Queen's Head (b00t3bns)
1. Gay Bar in Brighton

To mark the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, Lemn Sissay begins an arduous journey in search of the hopes, fears and foibles of Her Majesty's subjects - as seen through the bottom of a pint glass in pubs that bear her name.

At The Queen's Head in Brighton, the female-impersonating landlord has replaced the pub sign with a picture of Freddie Mercury.

Lemn finds a lesbian anarchist, a male voice choir and a man who believed the Queen was his mother.

Producer: Philip Sellars

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.


MON 09:45 Daily Service (m002b5vp)
Niceen creed - On the third day he rose again

A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.

Theme: Nicene Creed 5 - On the third day he rose again

Led by Rev Dr Stephen Wigley

Reading: Ezekiel 37: 11-14

Music:
I know that my Redeemer lives
Breathe on me, breath of God
The day of Resurrection


MON 10:00 The Tingle Factor (b04krss5)
Spike Milligan

Comedian, writer and jazz musician Spike Milligan explains to Robin Ray why certain musical moments enrich his life.

It's a rare opportunity to hear Spike talk about influential pieces of music ranging from jazz to opera.

He includes a performance (The Queen Of The Night's Aria) which he thoroughly enjoys because it's so "awful".

Milligan started out as a band musician in order to earn money. Music ran in his family and he played the guitar and the trumpet, before war interrupted his musical career.

Producer: Andrew Mussett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1989.


MON 10:30 Death By Chocolate (b00ybzdh)
Heavenly chocolate - so good it must be bad!

Comedian Jo Brand unwraps the confection’s history of decadence and deceit.

Jo discovers a cunning plan for a chocolate mousetrap and gets to make her own Easter bunny using the best chocolate in the world.

With the help of:

Joanna Crosby
Paul A Young,
RIchard Witts
Dr Ricky Singh
Laura McCurry

Producer: Viv Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2007.


MON 11:00 John le Carre (m002b5v8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 11:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b5vd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 12:00 Second Holmes (b0169ljq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b00rzkyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 13:00 Love in Recovery (m0001tzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 13:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b5vj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 13:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b5vm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


MON 14:00 Listomania (b055jtlt)
Series 1

Episode 5

From the magnificent to the mundane.

From the humble 'to do' list to the bucket list and many more...

Susan Calman hosts the series exploring the world of the lists.

With:

Sarah Millican
Andrew O'Neill
Ricky Wilson
Roisin Conaty

Written by James Kettle and Juliet Meyers with Max Davis and Gabby Hutchinson Crouch.

Producer: Sam Bryant

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 2015.


MON 14:30 Changing Climates (m002b5vr)
Early Warnings

The meteorologist, John Hammond explores the way that science fiction has served as a barometer for our wonder, curiosity and sometimes anxiety about the environment. With expert insight from Sarah Dillon - Professor of Literature and the Public Humanities and Professor of Human Geography, Mike Hulme, we find out how writers imagined – sometimes very accurately – the changing world around them.

Today, we focus on the early decades of the 20th century, a period rich in technological optimism and environmental unease.

First, we hear E.M. Forster’s chillingly prescient 'The Machine Stops';

A world in which people can only communicate through a machine sounds like the internet today. But this story, written in 1909, takes us to a future where the machine has become an all-powerful God.

EM Forster's story dramatised by Gregory Norminton and first broadcast in 2001.

Vashi .... Gemma Jones
Kuno .... John McAndrew
Computer .... Jillie Meers
The Four Voices .... Anne Carroll, Christian Rodska, Connie Walker, Fergus Webster

Director: Jane Morgan
Producer: Marilyn Imrie
Made for BBC Radio 4 by Catherine Bailey Productions.

And then we move onto Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s explosive 'Professor Challenger: When The World Screamed';

Conan Doyle's irascible academic sets out on a bold mission to be recognised by Mother Earth, dramatised by Robert Parry and first broadcast in 2011.

Starring Bill Paterson, Gunnar Cauthery, John Rowe, Sally Orrock and Stephen Darcy.

Director: Fiona Kelcher

Changing Climates was presented by John Hammond and produced by Kerry McCarthy for BBC Radio 4 Extra.


MON 16:00 The Tingle Factor (b04krss5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 16:30 Death By Chocolate (b00ybzdh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


MON 17:00 John le Carre (m002b5v8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 17:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b5vd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 18:00 Second Holmes (b0169ljq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 18:30 Steptoe and Son (b00rzkyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 19:00 Love in Recovery (m0001tzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b5vj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 19:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b5vm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


MON 20:00 Listomania (b055jtlt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]


MON 20:30 Changing Climates (m002b5vr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]


MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m0029zdn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 22:30 Big Problems with Helen Keen (b0608n2d)
Series 1

Boredom

Helen looks at the problem of boredom, and the potential solution that is gamification.

Covering everything from bear-baiting to loyalty points, the show also asks how many times you can spot the mystery word?

Comedy series that explores the triumphs and disasters of human ingenuity.

Starring Helen Keen.

Co-starring:

Peter Serafinowicz
Susy Kane

Written by Helen Keen and Miriam Underhill.

Producer: Gareth Edwards.

First broadcast on BBC Radoi 4 in July 2015.


MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m0029zgf)
Series 117

1. Space, Steel and Strikes

Andy Zaltzman is joined by Zoe Lyons, Mark Steel, Athena Kugblenu and Hugo Rifkind to unpack bin workers strikes in Birmingham, pop stars popping to the stars, talks of tariffs, steeling oneself in Scunthorpe, and how Toby took his carvery one step too far.

Written by Andy Zaltzman.

With additional material by: Mike Shephard, Christina Riggs, Eve Delaney and Ben Pope.
Producer: Rajiv Karia
Executive Producer: Pete Strauss
Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman
Production Coordinator: Beanna Olding
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4


MON 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jmdn)
Series 3

The Final Reckoning

When God discovers that rules are being broken in Hell, he sends some archangels to investigate.

Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.

Satan …. Andy Hamilton
The Professor …. James Grout
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan

Other characters played by:

Felicity Montagu
Philip Pope
Nick Revel
Michael Fenton Stevens

Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999



TUESDAY 22 APRIL 2025

TUE 00:00 The Tingle Factor (b04krss5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:30 Death By Chocolate (b00ybzdh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 John le Carre (m002b5v8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b5vd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Second Holmes (b0169ljq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 Steptoe and Son (b00rzkyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Love in Recovery (m0001tzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]


TUE 03:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b5vj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b5vm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 Listomania (b055jtlt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Changing Climates (m002b5vr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]


TUE 06:00 John le Carre (m002b5z8)
Call for the Dead

2. Suicide or Murder?

Did Foreign Office civil servant Samuel Fennan commit suicide - or was he murdered?

The Department would like to think it was suicide, but secret agent George Smiley is not inclined to sacrifice truth to political expediency.

And he finds in Mendel a willing ally.

Starring George Cole.

John le Carre's debut novel adapted by Rene Basilico.

George Smiley .... George Cole
Mendel .... Alfred Burke
Peter Guillam .... Douglas Blackwell
Maston .... Richard Hurndall
Adam Scarr .... George Innes
Josie .... Jane Williams

Producer John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1977.


TUE 06:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b5zb)
Series 2

2. William Friese-Green

George Cole reveals the story of another extraordinary Victorian buried in London's Highgate Cemetery.

At the age of 14, William Friese-Green became a photographer's apprentice in Bristol.

He went on to invent a camera that captured the first moving images.

Written by Emlyn Harris.

George Cole is the Sexton

Other parts played by:

John Baddeley
Emlyn Harris
Melanie Hudson
Jill Graham
Dan Strauss
Roger May

Producer: Neil Rosser

A Rewind and IBN co-production for BBC Radio 2 - first broadcast in October 1996.


TUE 07:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4dj)
What's in a Name?

Hard-up Audrey needs a secret job - but what on earth is she qualified to do?

Starring Penelope Keith and Keith Barron.

Lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate, has decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage with her butler in tow.

From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere.

Adapted for radio by Peter Spence from his BBC TV script.

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton …. Penelope Keith
Richard DeVere ..... Keith Barron
Marjory Frobisher. .... Angela Thorne
Brabinger .... Nicholas McArdle
Mrs Polouvicka ..... Margery Withers
Ned ..... Frank Middlemass

First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, finally arrived home in 1997.

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1997.


TUE 07:30 The Goon Show (b007jnth)
Series 7

Shifting Sands

Soldier Neddie Seagoon heads off to the fort at Waziri, which is drifting into peril.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
Jack Train

First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Pat Dixon

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1957.


TUE 08:00 A Month of June (b01jxrmw)
3. Now You See Me, Now You Don't

There's skulduggery afoot in Mrs. Ramsbottom's safe house for refugees from the Sorcerers' Circle.

Starring June Whitfield.

Series of comedies written for the legendary actress by Andy Merriman and Peter Morfoot.

Debra Cadabra ..... June Whitfield
Kitty French ..... Barbara Windsor
Harry Halliday ..... Robert Blythe
Billy .... Joe Sims
Fred ..... Patrick Brennan
Mrs Ramsbottom ..... Christine Absalom

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.


TUE 08:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b5zd)
2. La Revue Negre

A new black revue opens in 1920s sensation-hungry Paris.

Josephine Baker takes the city by storm.

She danced and sang her way from the American slums of St Louis to fame and riches in 1920s Paris.

Josephine went on to take the world by storm with her spellbinding dances.

Biography of this extraordinary performer written and abridged by Ean Wood.

Read by Josette Simon.

Producer: Sara Davies

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.


TUE 08:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b5zg)
7. An Offer

Drouet's suspicions about Carrie grow after he overhears a gossiping housemaid.

Meanwhile, Hurstwood begs Carrie to run away with him later that week.

Will she? And what will Hurstwood’s wife Julia think?

Theodore Dreiser's neglected American classic, first published in 1900.

It's the gripping tale of a young woman's eventful rise to fame and fortune at the turn of the 20th century.

Dramatised by Steve Chambers

Dreiser .... Russell Dixon
Hurstwood .... Liam Cunningham
Carrie .... Eve Best
Charlie Drouet .... John Guerrasio
Julia .... Kate Harper
Maid .... Alison Darling

All other parts played by members of the cast

Director: Polly Thomas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.


TUE 09:00 Meet David Sedaris (m0029zbv)
Series 10

3. Goodyear

“A tyre? Sure, if it didn’t kill me. First thing I’d do is cut it into three hundred and sixty-five pieces, then divide each of those into pill-sized portions I’d eat throughout the day.” It was exactly what I would do. “I wonder what percentage of people would put it off to the last minute,” I said ...

This week's instalment from the Sedaris canon involves an introduction to David's old friend, Dawn and their trip to Colorado. "Dawn dresses like a Swiss person. That is to say, she looks at all times as if she is headed to the airport, where she will fly business class."

There's also a short essay on his aversion to AI 'assistants', like Siri and some extracts from his diaries.

Recorded at the Shaw Theatre, London.

Producer: Steve Doherty
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 09:30 Inside the Queen's Head (b00t3vjs)
2. A Mug's Game in London

In a tough urban version of the Queen's Head, Lemn finds a cross section of London's migrant community.

Turks, Albanians and black British drink and play pool in good cheer.

But then violence breaks out at the corner of the bar and blood flows inside the Queen's Head.

Continuing his tangential celebration of the Queen's 80th birthday, poet Lemn Sissay meets more of Her Majesty's subjects in pubs that bear her name.

Producer: Philip Sellars

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.


TUE 09:45 Daily Service (m002b5zj)
Nicene Creed 5 - On the third day - in accordance with the scriptures

A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.

Theme: Nicene Creed 5 - On the third day - in accordance with the scriptures
Presenter: Anne Read
Reading: 1 Corinthians 15: 3-10a

Music:
See What a Morning - Keith Getty, Stuart Townend
Yet Not I But Through Christ in Me - Lucy Grimble
Every Promise - Joanne Hogg


TUE 10:00 A Good Read (m0000y99)
Sindhu Vee and Phil Wang

Comedians Sindhu Vee, Phil Wang join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Celeste Ng, Rose George and Vivek Shanbhag.

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Publisher: Abacus

Deep Sea and Foreign Going by Rose George
Publisher: Portobello

Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag
Publisher: Faber [Translator: Srinath Perur]

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.


TUE 10:30 Fantasy Festival (b07pdd7w)
Chris Beardshaw

Garden designer Chris Beardshaw creates and curate the festival of his wildest dreams.

Joining presenter Verity Sharp - it's a chance for Chris to set the festival's agenda, choose the guests, pick the acts, dictate the weather, the food and the ambience.

A festival where anyone - dead or alive - can be summoned to perform, and nothing is unimaginable.

Chris outlines his dream festival which takes place in an Egyptian Death Garden.

It's a festival for a tiny audience and it happens in a small space and short time frame. He wants to take time out with his loved ones to reconsider the detail of life, celebrate craftsmanship and wonder at our place in the universe.

He brings music from Pachelbel, Brian Eno and Green Day and poetry from Theo Dorgan.

He creates a paradise and, when his festival is over, the Death Garden will be handed over to another festival goer to invite their loved ones to experience their own 24 hour festival in this very special, walled space.

And so the festival will be handed ever onwards.

Producer: Rosie Boulton

A Monty Funk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2016.


TUE 11:00 John le Carre (m002b5z8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 11:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b5zb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 12:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4dj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 12:30 The Goon Show (b007jnth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 13:00 A Month of June (b01jxrmw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 13:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b5zd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 13:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b5zg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


TUE 14:00 Act Your Age (b0100gr6)
Series 3

Episode 3

Three-way battle between the comedy generations to find out which is the funniest.

Hosted by Simon Mayo.

Will it be the Up-and-Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Guard who will be crowned, for one week at least, as the Golden Age of Comedy?

With Team Captains:

Holly Walsh
Lucy Porter
Tom O'Connor

Guest Comics:

Sean Walsh
Hal Cruttenden
Dave Spikey

Devised and produced by Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.


TUE 14:30 Changing Climates (m002b5zm)
Post-War Interest

The meteorologist, John Hammond explores the way that science fiction has served as a barometer for our wonder, curiosity and sometimes anxiety about the environment. With expert insight from Sarah Dillon - Professor of Literature, we find out how writers imagined – sometimes very accurately – the changing world around them.

Today, we move forward to the mid-20th century, when environmental fears deepened and fiction imagined humanity facing dramatic ecological upheaval. J.G. Ballard’s visionary story 'The Drowned World' looks to a waterlogged future.

Graham White's adaptation of JG Ballard's novel, sees Earth's atmosphere destroyed.

As a scientific mission surveys England's drowned capitals before their final abandonment, two lovers find themselves reverting to a primitive state of consciousness.

Beatrice .... Hattie Morahan
Kerans .... James D'Arcy
Strangman ....Tim McInnerny
Colonel Riggs .... Robert Blythe
Dr Alan Bryant .... Paul Stonehouse
Lieutenant Hardman .... Ben Crowe
Daley .... Matthew Watson
Caesar .... Don Gilet

Written by JG Ballard
Adapted by Graham White
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.
Producer: Peter Kavanagh

And then we hear Brian Aldiss's short story, 'Song Of The Silencer';

A galaxy is changed but also threatened by mankind's technological ambitions. To establish universal peace, scientists have constructed a massive computer called The Ultimate Machine - based on the human brain. However, a dissenting group believes that activating this machine will trigger the end of the human race.

Written by Brian Aldiss
Reader: Nigel Anthony
Producer: Gemma Jenkins

Changing Climates was presented by John Hammond and produced by Kerry McCarthy for BBC Radio 4 Extra.


TUE 16:00 A Good Read (m0000y99)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 16:30 Fantasy Festival (b07pdd7w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


TUE 17:00 John le Carre (m002b5z8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 17:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b5zb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 18:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4dj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 18:30 The Goon Show (b007jnth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 19:00 A Month of June (b01jxrmw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b5zd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 19:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b5zg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


TUE 20:00 Act Your Age (b0100gr6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]


TUE 20:30 Changing Climates (m002b5zm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]


TUE 22:00 Meet David Sedaris (m0029zbv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 22:30 The Young Postmen (b00ftk3n)
It's a Dog's Life

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, and is composed of many dangerous elements like aspirin and bleach.

The strange mutant aliens that inhabit its surface are in danger. Only postmen from Swansden and an amateur musical can probably save them now

More surreal escapades of a trio of 'posties'.

Written by and starring Ben Miller.

Brian ...... Ben Miller
Derek ...... John Thomson
Sue ...... Felicity Montagu
Mr Tippett ...... Alastair McGowan
Mr Tilbury ...... Jim Barclay

Music by Murray Gold.

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.


TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002b8mx)
Abi Clarke 2/3

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Arthur Smith talks to Abi Clarke.


TUE 23:00 The Mark Steel Solution (b007jmtg)
Series 1

Anyone Born in England Should Be Deported

Radical proposals to improve our lives, with the comedian's suggestion for an emigration shake-up.

Give him 30 minutes and Mark will convince you of anything.

This is the series aiming to prove that the ridiculous really is very sensible indeed.

Written by and starring Mark Steel and Pete Sinclair.

With:

Maria McErlane

Producer: Turan Ali

First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in October 1992.


TUE 23:30 Seekers (b05xhzh3)
Series 2

The Wedding Crushers

Stuart and Vanessa are keen to plan their wedding, but not everyone is happy for them.

Starring Mathew Horne, Daniel Mays, Tony Way and Zahra Ahmadi.

Sitcom set in an Essex job centre written by Steve Burge.

Stuart ------ Mathew Horne
Joseph ------ Daniel Mays
Terry ----- Tony Way
Nicola ------ Zahra Ahmadi
Vanessa ----- Natalie Walter
Gary Probert ----- Steve Oram
Mr Putter ------ Ian Conningham
Kenny ------ Sam Dale

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2015.



WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL 2025

WED 00:00 A Good Read (m0000y99)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:30 Fantasy Festival (b07pdd7w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 John le Carre (m002b5z8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b5zb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4dj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 The Goon Show (b007jnth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 A Month of June (b01jxrmw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]


WED 03:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b5zd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b5zg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 Act Your Age (b0100gr6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 Changing Climates (m002b5zm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]


WED 06:00 John le Carre (m002b5zw)
Call for the Dead

3.Reflections from a Hospital Bed

Smiley must conduct the investigation into the death of Foreign Office civil servant Samuel Fennan from a hospital bed.

This leaves Mendel to do the 'leg-work' - which includes a visit to the theatre...

Starring George Cole.

John le Carre's debut novel adapted by Rene Basilico.

George Smiley .... George Cole
Mendel .... Alfred Burke
Peter Guillam .... Douglas Blackwell
Adam Scarr .... George Innes
Ludo Oriel .... Shirley Dixon
Elizabeth .... Jane Knowles
Doctor .... Paul Meier

Producer John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1977.


WED 06:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b5zy)
Series 2

3. Thomas Sayers

George Cole reveals the story of another extraordinary Victorian buried in London's Highgate Cemetery.

Victorian prize-fighter Tom Sayers' illegal bare-fisted bouts drew huge crowds, with even the Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, attending his last fight.

George Cole is the Sexton.

Written by Emlyn Harris

Other parts played by:

John Baddeley
Jill Graham
Emlyn Harris
Melanie Hudson
Roger May
Dan Strauss

Producer: Neil Prosser

A Rewind/IBN co-production for BBC Radio 2 - first broadcast in October 1996.


WED 07:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b014hq46)
Power Is Happiness

Edward Wilson is drawn further into the mysterious machinations of the government.

Starring Robert Lindsay.

Futuristic sitcom by Richard Turner and William Osborne with a nod to George Orwell.

Edward ...... Robert Lindsay
Sophie ...... Siobhan Redmond
Charles ...... Paul Shearer

With Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Pam Ferris, Richard Turner and David Goodland.

Producer: Nick Symons

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1985.


WED 07:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jrp7)
Series 4

Cyrano de Hancock

Chaos looms when Sid confesses he's in love with the Lad's secretary, Grizelda.

Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's classic comedy about the life and times of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock.

Starring Tony Hancock.

With:

Sidney James
Bill Kerr
Kenneth Williams
Hattie Jacques

Theme and incidental music 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 December 1956.


WED 08:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (m000bx2c)
Series 5

Richard Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups

Tom's Dad attempts to take centre stage.

Listen in on Tom's weekly phone calls home to his Mum, Dad and Gran in Sheffield and get a glimpse into the triumphs and tribulations of the Wrigglesworth clan in all its dysfunctional glory.

Tom ...... Tom Wrigglesworth
Dad ...... Paul Copley
Mum ...... Kate Anthony
Granny ...... Elizabeth Bennett

Written by Tom Wrigglesworth and James Kettle.

With additional material by Miles Jupp

Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2019.


WED 08:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b600)
3. Dancing in Bananas

Josephine Baker opens at the Folies Bergère dressed in nothing but bananas - causing a sensation in Paris.

She danced and sang her way from the American slums of St Louis to fame and riches in 1920s France.

Josephine went on to take the world by storm with her spellbinding dances.

Biography of this extraordinary performer written and abridged in five parts by Ean Wood.

Read by Josette Simon.

Producer: Sara Davies

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.


WED 08:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b602)
8. Revelation

Drouet angrily confronts Carrie about her infidelity. She in turn is devastated by his revelation that Hurstwood is married. What will Carrie do?

Hurstwood too has problems - Julia has locked him out of the house and is now demanding money.

Theodore Dreiser's neglected American classic, first published in 1900.

It's the gripping tale of a young woman's eventful rise to fame and fortune at the turn of the 20th century.

Dramatised by Steve Chambers

Dreiser .... Russell Dixon
Hurstwood .... Liam Cunningham
Carrie .... Eve Best
Charlie Drouet .... John Guerrasio
Julia .... Kate Harper
Maid .... Alison Darling

All other parts played by members of the cast

Director: Polly Thomas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.


WED 09:00 The Ultimate Choice (m001vcg7)
Series 2

Episode 3: Dad's Army v Spice Girls

Steph McGovern asks some seriously funny minds to offer definitive answers to the great questions of our age. Or not.

Welcome to the world's most devious game of Would You Rather? With guests Darren Harriott and Zoe Lyons.

Host: Steph McGovern
Guests: Darren Harriott and Zoe Lyons
Devised and written by Jon Harvey & Joseph Morpurgo
With additional material from Laura Major
Researcher: Leah Marks
Recorded and mixed by David Thomas
Producer: Jon Harvey
Executive Producers: Ed Morrish and Polly Thomas
Photo: Carolyn Mendelsohn

A Naked production for BBC Radio 4


WED 09:30 Inside the Queen's Head (b00t3vh9)
3. Beartown in Congleton

Lemn Sissay arrives at The Queen's Head in Congletown, Cheshire.

Here he meets a fellow poet and earns of the town's role in severing a monarch's head!

He also discusses race politics in a town that is 99% white.

Continuing his tangential celebration of the Queen's 80th birthday, poet Lemn Sissay meets more of Her Majesty's subjects in pubs that bear her name.

Producer: Philip Sellars

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.


WED 09:45 Daily Service (m002b604)
Nicene Creed 5 - On the third day - he ascended into heaven

A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.

Theme: Nicene Creed 5 - On the third day - he ascended into heaven
Presenter: Greg Finn
Reading: Ephesians 4: 4-18, 11-13

Music:

Because he lives - Matt Maher
Brother Sister Let Me Serve You - Daily Service Singers
The Promise of his Grace - Jonathan Viera


WED 10:00 Archive on 4 (b0075qjt)
Some Like It Hot

Cleo Laine revisits the golden age of the all-girl swing band in the UK and America.

From Ivy Benson to the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, she explores the careers of professional women musicians in the 1940s in their own words.

Cleo speaks to musicians:

Sheila Tracey
Gracie Cole
Elsie Ford
Helen Wood
Carline Ray
Maxine Kneper
Rosa Bellamy
Viola Smith

Plus historians:

Sally Placksin
Sherrie Tucker

Producer: Virginia Crompton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.


WED 11:00 John le Carre (m002b5zw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 11:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b5zy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 12:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b014hq46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jrp7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 13:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (m000bx2c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 13:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b600)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 13:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b602)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


WED 14:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b0910yxc)
Series 11

Episode 4

Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his new curator Romesh Ranganathan welcome:

* Austentatiously funny improvisor, comedian and writer, Cariad Lloyd
* The Huddersfield girl who escaped modelling and headed for the Yorkshire hills, Amanda Owen
* Broadcaster, author and after-dinner speaker, former MP, Gyles Brandreth.

The Museum's Guest Committee offer as exhibits a bleak but cuddly Finnish troll, a tiny device that commands attention and a button with a dramatic past.

Researched by Anne Miller of QI and Mike Turner.

Producers: Richard Turner and James Harkin

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2017.


WED 14:30 Changing Climates (m002b606)
Growing Awareness

The meteorologist, John Hammond explores the ways in which science fiction has served as a barometer for our wonder, curiosity and sometimes anxiety about the environment. With expert insight from Sarah Dillon - Professor of Literature and the Public Humanities at Cambridge University, we find out how writers imagined – sometimes very accurately – the changing world around them.

Today, we journey into the 1980s, when ecological thrillers were reflecting our environmental fears. We hear James Follett's gripping story, 'Ice.'

Eight thousand square miles of solid ice which have become detached from the Antarctic are drifting inexorably towards New York Harbour. The combined might of the US military seems powerless to avert the collision but if it occurs, the whole city will 'ring like a bell'.

CAST:
Julia Hammond .... Carol Drinkwater
Glyn Sherwood .... Anthony Hyde
Oaf .... Eric Allan
Captain Hagan .... Ed Bishop
Admiral Pearson .... Don Fellows
US President .... Alan Tilvern
Angus Brill ... Brian Hewlett
Walter Krantz .... Peter Marinker
TV reporter .... Kim Wall
Maguire .... Bruce Boa
Stevens .... Jonathan Tafler
Steward .... Peter Howell
Mason .... Andrew Branch
Lieutenant Klein .... David Goodland
Greaser .... Stephen Hattersley
Chief Engineer .... Paul Gregory
TV announcer .... Rachel Gurney
Narrator .... Sean Barrett

Director Alec Reid

Changing Climates was presented by John Hammond and produced by Kerry McCarthy for BBC Radio 4 Extra.


WED 16:00 Archive on 4 (b0075qjt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


WED 17:00 John le Carre (m002b5zw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 17:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b5zy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 18:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b014hq46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 18:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jrp7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 19:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (m000bx2c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 19:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b600)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 19:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b602)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


WED 20:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b0910yxc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]


WED 20:30 Changing Climates (m002b606)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]


WED 22:00 The Ultimate Choice (m001vcg7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 22:30 Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing (b01dht5l)
Series 1

About Proud Mums

Nathan's TV appearance make his family rethink.

Finally, they're proud of him and are full of encouragement.

This does wonders for Nathan and his ego...

This is the story of young, up-and-coming comedian Nathan Caton, who becomes the first in his family to graduate from University - only to opt for a career in comedy - much to his family's annoyance who want him to get a 'proper job' using his architecture degree.

Each episode shows the criticism, interference and rollercoaster ride that Nathan endures from his family as he pursues his career against their wishes.

A mix of Nathan's stand-up intercut with scenes from his family life.

Written by: Nathan Caton.

Additional material by: Ola and Maff Brown.

Nathan ..... Nathan Caton
Mum ..... Adjoa Andoh
Dad ..... Curtis Walker
Grandma ..... Mona Hammond

Script Editor: James Kettle

Producer: Katie Tyrrell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012.


WED 22:45 Self-Storage (b00fq37w)
Series 2

Episode 5

Dave gets a surprise visitor to his pod - his Dad

Stars Reece Shearsmith and Mark Heap.

Sitcom written by Tom Collinson about a man living in a storage unit.

Dave ...... Reece Shearsmith
Geoff ...... Mark Heap
Ron ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
Judy ...... Rosie Cavaliero
Sarah ...... Susan Earl
Dad ...... Philip Jackson

Produced by Ed Morrish.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008.


WED 23:00 The Skivers (b007zn0j)
Series 2

Henry Cooper

Peter Sissons and Alan Hansen's secrets are revealed.

Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh's skilful sketch show.

With special guest Henry Cooper who's on fighting form as he reveals the ways of the fist.

Written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.

With:

Peter Bradshaw
Mel Giedroyc

Producer: Jon Naismith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1995.


WED 23:30 The Skewer (m0029yyk)
Series 13

Man of Steel and Art of the Deal

Jon Holmes remixes the news into a current affairs comedy concept album. News meets popular culture in a multi-award-winning mash up. This week: Charlie XCX is bumpin' that with Donald Trump, Minecraft Movie vs Russia, and Starmer: Man of Steel.

Producer: Jon Holmes
An unusual production for BBC Radio 4


WED 23:45 World of Pub (b007jlwx)
Series 1

Episode 1

The only regulars at Barry and Garry’s East End boozer are late-night DJs and Trappist monks.

Can dodgy Phil help boost custom?

First of two comedy series about the worst run pub in the world written by Tony Roche.

Dodgy Phil ...... John Thomson
Barry ...... Phil Cornwell
Garry ...... Peter Serafinowcz

Other parts played by:

Kim Wall
Debra Stephenson

Music: Bill Bailey

Special effects: Carl Phillips and Nick Romero.

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1998.



THURSDAY 24 APRIL 2025

THU 00:00 Archive on 4 (b0075qjt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]


THU 01:00 John le Carre (m002b5zw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]


THU 01:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b5zy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]


THU 02:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b014hq46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]


THU 02:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jrp7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]


THU 03:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (m000bx2c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]


THU 03:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b600)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]


THU 03:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b602)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Wednesday]


THU 04:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b0910yxc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:30 Changing Climates (m002b606)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]


THU 06:00 John le Carre (m002b62n)
Call for the Dead

4. Unclassified!

Despite the Department's apparent complacency, secret agent George Smiley perseveres with his investigation into the case of the Foreign Office civil servant Samuel Fennan.

The key to this affair is elusive.

But with the knowledge of an agent at large - an agent with a ' death-list ' - that key must be found. And quickly.

Starring George Cole.

John le Carre's debut novel adapted by Rene Basilico.

George Smiley .... George Cole
Mendel .... Alfred Burke
Peter Guillam .... Douglas Blackwell
Maston .... Richard Hurndall
Elsa Fennan ... Hilda Kriseman
Hedley .... James Thomason
Felix Teverner .... Malcolm Gerard
Josie .... Jane Williams

Producer John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1977.


THU 06:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b62q)
Series 2

4. Michael Faraday

George Cole reveals the story of another extraordinary Victorian buried in London's Highgate Cemetery.

At the age of thirteen, barely literate, Michael Faraday became a bookseller and bookbinder's apprentice. He went on to bind books but also read them - his favourite being science books. Introduced to the lectures of Humphry Davy at the Royal Institute, Faraday applied and was accepted as Davy's Lab Assistant.

Faraday is famous for inventing the first electric motor and the first electric generator. His inventions led to the development of modern physics and electronics.

Written by Emlyn Harris.

George Cole is the Sexton

Other parts played by:

John Baddeley
Emlyn Harris
Melanie Hudson
Jill Graham
Dan Strauss
Roger May

Producer: Neil Rosser

A Rewind and IBN co-production for BBC Radio 2 - first broadcast in October 1996.


THU 07:00 Coming Alive (b00j1z93)
Series 3

Star

Sandra is about to move up in the world, while ex-con Terry is putting on a play.

Starring Karl Howman and Phylis Logan.

Jim Eldridge's sitcom about ex-convict Terry King's efforts to run a community centre.

Terry King …. Karl Howman
Sandra Gaines …. Phyllis Logan
Steve Addison …. Ben Crowe
Mrs McKendrick …. Sandra Voe
Mr Preston …. David Holt
Wendy Wilson …. Clare Corbett
Gail …. Jennifer Wheelan

Producer: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.


THU 07:30 Parsley Sidings (b007jp7p)
Series 2

A Night Out

A stranded passenger sparks a chain of disasters at the sleepy railway station.

Starring Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender.

Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station. The Hepplewhites have run 'Parsley Sidings' station for generations and the current Station Master, Horace, hopes that his son Bert will continue the line. Mild-mannered Ticket Clerk Bert wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, Station Announcer Gloria Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter Percy Valentine is an archetypal wheeler-dealer and the ancient Signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made remedies in equal measure. The 'Parsley Sidings' nemesis is Phineas Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop down the line.

Horace Hepplewhite …. Arthur Lowe
Percy/Clara/Vicar/Bradshaw …. Kenneth Connor
Bert Hepplewhite …. Ian Lavender
Gloria Simpkins…. Liz Fraser
Inspector/Minster …. John Graham
Doris …. Hilary Pritchard

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1973.


THU 08:00 Plum House (m000hn51)
Series 3

5. All in Good Faith

The team welcome a new vicar to their parish.

Peter is his biggest fan, but the others have varying levels of interest.

Maureen and Alan try in their own way to help with church repairs and maintenance, to disastrous effect, and Julian is mainly miffed that Peter's found a new best friend.

Tom meanwhile is still trying to patch things up with Emma...

Comedy about the inept staff at a historic house.

Written by Ben Cottam and Paul McKenna.

Peter ...... Simon Callow
Julian ...... Miles Jupp
Maureen ...... Jane Horrocks
Tom ...... Tom Bell
Alan ...... Pearce Quigley
Emma ...... Louise Ford
Vicar ...... Robert Bathurst

Starring Celeste Dring, Jason Forbes and Jade Ogugua.

Producer: Claire Broughton
Director: Paul Schlesinger

A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2020.


THU 08:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b62s)
4. The Honourable Correspondent

Josephine Baker does war work for the French Resistance and becomes a pilot for the Red Cross.

Five extracts from Ean Wood’s biography of the extraordinary Josephine Baker, who danced and sang her way from the American slums of St Louis to fame and riches in 1920s Paris. Josephine took the world by storm with her spellbinding dances.

Read by Josette Simon.

Written and abridged by Ean Wood.

Producer: Sara Davies

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.


THU 08:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b62v)
9. Temptation

Hurstwood is tempted by fate - the safe at work is left unlocked containing $10,000.

Will he steal it and involve Carrie in his desperate plan to flee? And will Carrie stand by him if she discovers what he has done?

A neglected American classic telling the gripping tale of a young woman's eventful rise to fame and fortune at the turn of the 20th century.

Written by Theodore Dreiser.

Dramatised by Steve Chambers.

Dreiser .... Russell Dixon
Hurstwood .... Liam Cunningham
Carrie .... Eve Best
Charlie Drouet .... John Guerrasio
Maid .... Alison Darling

all other parts played by members of the cast

Director: Polly Thomas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.


THU 09:00 Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life (m001jkwd)
Series 4

Wednesday's Child Is...

Multi-award winning comedian and author Mark Watson continues his probably doomed, but luckily funny quest to make sense of the human experience.

This series is about time - the days of the week, the stages of our existence - and the way we use it to make sense of things. We make our way through the working week, tonight considering 'hump day' - Wednesday. Wednesday's child, famously, is full of woe. Both Mark and Esther are in this category. Is the woe a real issue or merely a fairy tale? What is the bleakest joke ever told by a four-year-old? And what would Thomas Hardy make of this series?

Expect jokes, observations and interactions galore as Mark is aided, and sometimes obstructed, by the sardonic musical excellence of Flo & Joan. There's also a hand-picked comedy colleague each week - here, we welcome Esther Manito.

Producer: Lianne Coop

An Impatient production for BBC Radio 4


THU 09:30 Inside the Queen's Head (b00t4fbg)
4. Marooned on Anglesey

On the island of Anglesey, Amlwch is one of Britain's most deprived towns.

Inside The Queen's Head, a sign above the bar reads 'No Expectations, no disappointments'.

Will the drinkers live up to their bleak motto?

Continuing his tangential celebration of the Queen's 80th birthday, poet Lemn Sissay meets more of Her Majesty's subjects in pubs that bear her name.

Producer: Philip Sellars

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.


THU 09:45 Daily Service (m002b62x)
Nicene Creed 5 - On the third day - and is seated at the right hand of the Father

A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.

Theme: Nicene Creed 5 - On the third day - and is seated at the right hand of the Father
Presenter: Sharon Grenham Thompson
Reading: Revelation 5: 11-14


THU 10:00 Great Lives (b0b2jg2w)
Mica Paris on Josephine Baker

For soul singer Mica Paris, when she first dreamt of becoming a singer it was Josephine Baker who inspired her most.

Baker was a young black American dancer who became an overnight sensation in Paris in 1925 after performing wild, uninhibited routines in the skimpiest of costumes.

So can Mica Paris make the case for Baker who wore a string of bananas and little else while performing the 'banana dance?

Joining presenter Matthew Parris to help tell the story of Josephine Baker is author Andrea Stuart.

Producer: Perminder Khatkar

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 May 2018.


THU 10:30 The Paris Bouquinistes (b00srktl)
Paris has many grand monuments dominating its skyline, but for regular visitors to the 'city of light' there’s a sight every bit as ingrained into its terroir as the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and Sacre Coeur - that of the riverside booksellers.

Having plied their trade for centuries on the banks of the River Seine, Les Bouqinistes can count Presidents (including Mitterand and Thomas Jefferson) as regular customers, and boast a proud history of providing a source of literatures thought subversive to the prevailing authorities of the day.

More recently, many have branched out from books to supplement their income, offering plastic souvenirs instead of Balzac, plastic tat in place of Monserrat - a practice the city council, worried about tarnishing the image of playground Paris, has fought against.

Kirsty Lang takes a long stroll along the Seine to meet some of the latest crop and discover how confident they feel about the future prosperity of their time-honoured trade.

Producer: Geoff Bird

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.


THU 11:00 John le Carre (m002b62n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


THU 11:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b62q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


THU 12:00 Coming Alive (b00j1z93)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


THU 12:30 Parsley Sidings (b007jp7p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


THU 13:00 Plum House (m000hn51)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 13:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b62s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 13:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b62v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


THU 14:00 The 3rd Degree (m0021j0f)
Series 14

3. Loughborough University

Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits as three students from Loughborough University take on their professors.

A funny and dynamic general knowledge quiz show with specialist subjects including Construction Management, Maths and Sport & Society with Sport Exercise and Psychology.

Questions range from how to luff a jib, deconstruct a dodecagon and demonstrate a quadruped superman. All this plus darts and D’Urbervilles too.

Producer: David Tyler

A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2024.


THU 14:30 Changing Climates (m002b62z)
The Rise of Cli-Fi

The meteorologist, John Hammond explores how science fiction has long served as a barometer for our wonder, curiosity and sometimes anxiety about the environment. With expert insight from Sarah Dillon - Professor of Literature and the Public Humanities and Professor of Human Geography Mike Hulme, we find out how writers imagined – sometimes very accurately – the changing world around them.

We also hear from John's BBC Weather Centre colleague and friend, Sarah Keith-Lucas about the challenges of communicating complex science in an accessible and relevant way.

As we reach the turn of the millennium on our journey through fiction, we hear Patricia Cumper’s powerful drama 'Biomass' from 1999.

CAST:
Daniel .... Eddie Nestor
Janet ....Rakie Ayola
Sailor .... Oscar James
Precious .... Angela Wynter
Roddy .... Felix Dexter
Minister Collins .... Stefan Kalipha
Hopeton .... Lloyd Notice
Smith .... Stephen Critchlow
Minder .... Jude Akuwudike

Director: Marion Nancarrow

And then we move onto Ian Sansom’s evocative letter to the pioneering author Octavia Butler in an episode of The Essay, which was first broadcast last year on BBC Radio 3. Produced by Conor Garrett.

Changing Climates was presented by John Hammond and produced by Kerry McCarthy for BBC Radio 4 Extra.


THU 16:00 Great Lives (b0b2jg2w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


THU 16:30 The Paris Bouquinistes (b00srktl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


THU 17:00 John le Carre (m002b62n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


THU 17:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b62q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


THU 18:00 Coming Alive (b00j1z93)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


THU 18:30 Parsley Sidings (b007jp7p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


THU 19:00 Plum House (m000hn51)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 19:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b62s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 19:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b62v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


THU 20:00 The 3rd Degree (m0021j0f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]


THU 20:30 Changing Climates (m002b62z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]


THU 22:00 Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life (m001jkwd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


THU 22:30 Big Town All Stars (b007jr8x)
Series 2

Meet The Wife

When the band performs at Lorelei's school reunion, is honesty the best policy?

You can join a band for a lot of reasons - fame, sex, money. Yet Kenny saw it as his only chance of giving up teaching geography.

Series two of Bill Dare's four part sitcom about a small-time band trying to make it big starring Stephen Tompkinson.

Kenny ...... Stephen Tompkinson
Johnnie ...... Adrian Scarborough
Lorelei ...... Nicola Walker
Nelson........Brian Bovell

WIth:

Rachel Cassidy
Rachel Preece
Tony Gardner

Written by Giles New

Devised by Bill Dare

Musical Director: David Firman

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.


THU 23:00 The Lee Mack Show (b00c075z)
Tom Robinson

Lee Mack presents stand-up comedy, sketches and music.

With:

Tom Robinson
Mike Wilmot
Angela McHale

Music by Steve Brown, Mark Allis, David Catlin-Birch and Adam Phillips.

Written by Lee Mack and Neil Webster.

Additional material by Paul Kerensa and Tom Robinson.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 2005.


THU 23:30 Beauty of Britain (b010y0sh)
Series 2

Life in the UK

Beauty Oolonga's UK work visa is about to run out.

Will she pass her citizenship test and be granted indefinite leave to remain - and will the handsome, mature Ade be her saviour?

Starring Jocelyn Jee Esien.

Beauty's adventures continue as the Featherdown Agency sends her to provide care for the elderly.

Beauty’s Zimbabwean Shona background has taught her to respect age. She sees Britain at its best and its worst

Written by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson

Beauty ..... Jocelyn Jee Esien
Liz ..... Rita May
Helen ..... Nicola Sanderson
Mrs Gupte ..... Indira Joshi
Anil ..... Paul Sharma
Jodie ..... Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Waiter/Receptionist ..... Christopher Douglas
Ade ..... Paterson Joseph

Music by The West End Gospel Choir.

Producer : Tilusha Ghelani

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011.



FRIDAY 25 APRIL 2025

FRI 00:00 Great Lives (b0b2jg2w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]


FRI 00:30 The Paris Bouquinistes (b00srktl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Thursday]


FRI 01:00 John le Carre (m002b62n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]


FRI 01:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b62q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]


FRI 02:00 Coming Alive (b00j1z93)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]


FRI 02:30 Parsley Sidings (b007jp7p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]


FRI 03:00 Plum House (m000hn51)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]


FRI 03:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b62s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]


FRI 03:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b62v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Thursday]


FRI 04:00 The 3rd Degree (m0021j0f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:30 Changing Climates (m002b62z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]


FRI 06:00 John le Carre (m002b739)
Call for the Dead

5. The Postcard

A chance incident - the memory of a defecting agent's tradecraft - the baiting of a trap.

And always the unexpected - before George Smiley finally meets up with an old friend from the past.

Starring George Cole.

Conclusion of John le Carre's debut novel adapted by Rene Basilico.

George Smiley .... George Cole
Mendel .... Alfred Burke
Peter Guillam .... Douglas Blackwell
Maston .... Richard Hurndall
Elsa Fennan .... Hilda Kriseman
Dieter Frey .... Stephen Greif
Jill .... Frances Jeater
Newsagent .... Rod Reacham

Producer John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1977.


FRI 06:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b73c)
Series 2

5. John Singleton Copley

George Cole reveals the story of another extraordinary Victorian buried in London's Highgate Cemetery.

Barrister John Singleton Copley was responsible for conducting the prosecution of Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales and Queen-in-waiting.

When George IV ascended to the throne on the death of his father in 1820, he wanted rid of Caroline, from whom he had long been estranged and so introduced a Bill before the House of Lords to try and dissolve the marriage.

Prevented by the King from entering Westminster Abbey for her own Coronation, Caroline died a few weeks later.

George Cole is the Sexton.

Written by Emlyn Harris

Other parts played by:

John Baddeley
Jill Graham
Emlyn Harris
Melanie Hudson
Roger May
Dan Strauss

Producer: Neil Prosser

A Rewind/IBN co-production for BBC Radio 2 - first broadcast in October 1995.


FRI 07:00 Up the Garden Path (b008g7p2)
Series 3

Over-Drawn, Over-Sexed and Over-Optimistic

It's crunch time for Izzy, with Bill, Michael and Razors all vying for her attention.

Imelda Staunton stars as Isabelle 'Izzy' Comyn.

With Mike Grady as Dick, Marty Cruickshank as Maria, Nicholas Le Prevost as Michael, Rene Zagger as Razors, Sion Probert as Gwyn and Neil McCaul as Bill.

Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30-something teacher Izzy has a predilection for inappropriate men.

A six-part radio sequel first adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. The last of three series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1993.


FRI 07:30 The Ken Dodd Show (m002b73f)
From 08/01/1967

The King of Knotty Ash is joined by John Laurie, Judith Chalmers and Patricia Hayes.

Starring Ken Dodd.

Recovered episode back in the BBC archive.

With:

John Laurie
Patricia Hayes
Graham Stark
Judith Chalmers

Doddy’s Diddy Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Lockyer.

Written by Ken Dodd and Eddie Braben.

Producer: Bill Worsley

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1967.


FRI 08:00 Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile (m000jmmf)
Episode 4

Just sit back and enjoy Michael Frayn’s magical entertainment from a star cast.

Including:

Susannah Fielding
David Suchet
George Blagden
Lisa Dillon
Anna-Louise Plowman
Moira Quirk
Rosalind Ayres
Nigel Anthony
Darren Richardson
Matthew Wolf

No upgrades to install - just click here for God’s new version of the Ten Commandments. Note how a character from a novel can literally jump out at you. Hear how credits now take up more screen time than the production. Observe how Auto-Jeeves, offering a Martini, shows itself to be an indispensable robot. And, from the news studio, witness thunderous reports from Olympus about a surprising reshuffle of the Pantheon.

Writer: Michael Frayn

Producer: Rosalind Ayres

Director: Martin Jarvis

A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2020.


FRI 08:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b73h)
5. The Rainbow Tribe

Josephine Baker adopts a family of children from around the world, faces ruin and stages a last spectacular comeback.

Five extracts from Ean Wood’s biography of the extraordinary Josephine Baker, who danced and sang her way from the American slums of St Louis to fame and riches in 1920s Paris. Josephine took the world by storm with her spellbinding dances.

Read by Josette Simon.

Written and abridged by Ean Wood.

Producer: Sara Davies

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.


FRI 08:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b73k)
10. Escape

Carrie decides to throw in her lot with Hurstwood, unaware that he has stolen a large sum of money from his employers.

The two lovers arrive in Montreal. Will she agree to marry him and flee toward a glittering adventure in New York?

A neglected American classic telling the gripping tale of a young woman's eventful rise to fame and fortune at the turn of the 20th century.

Written by Theodore Dreiser.

Dramatised by Steve Chambers.

Dreiser .... Russell Dixon
Hurstwood .... Liam Cunnlngham
Carrie .... Eve Best
Daley .... John Guerrasio

all other parts played by members of the cast

Director: Polly Thomas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.


FRI 09:00 Gossip and Goddesses with Granny Kumar (m000sr5h)
Episode 4

Granny Kumar is back!

Left alone while her family are stuck in quarantine on a world cruise, Granny Kumar decides to host her own series, born out of frustration at seeing or hearing the same old parade of guests on chat shows (mainly male, pale and stale).

She wonders why no one interviews any of the sisters and asks them about their extraordinary, complex and uplifting stories.

So, Gossip and Goddesses is born – Ummi Kumar gathers together her favourite inspirational women at Wembley Community Centre, aided by her millennial great granddaughter Maya and her arch nemesis “frenemy” Geeta, leader of the local Asian Ladies Silver Bats community group.

The show is a women-only party, where they share stories, laugh loads and chew the fat/dish the dirt/eat the biscuits…

A blend of sitcom, silliness and improvised chat, led by the best kind of interviewers who know how to make anyone talk - two really nosy old Indian women.

Ummi Kumar ...... Meera Syal
Geeta Bhandari ...... Harvey Virdi
Maya Kumar ...... Ambreen Razia

With guests, author and Any Answers presenter Anita Anand, and Grammy nominated sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar.

Written by Meera Syal

Music by Sanjeev Bhaskar and Meera Syal

Produced by Liz Anstee

A CPL production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.


FRI 09:30 Inside the Queen's Head (b00t4qwx)
5. Sailing By at Henley-on-Thames

Henley On Thames in Oxfordshire has a reputation as a chocolate box town and host to the grandeur of the Royal Regatta.

But is there something darker happening in the bistros and the 4x4's?

Continuing his tangential celebration of the Queen's 80th birthday, poet Lemn Sissay meets more of Her Majesty's subjects in pubs that bear her name.

Producer: Philip Sellars

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.


FRI 09:45 Daily Service (m002b73m)
Nicene Creed 3 - He will come again in glory

A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.

Theme: Nicene Creed 5 - He will come again in glory

Led by the Venerable Dr Hayley Matthews

Reading: Thessalonians 4: 14-18

Music:
Thine be the Glory
Christ the Lord is risen again
How Great Thou Art


FRI 10:00 Soul Music (b01cjwtn)
Series 13

The Hallelujah Chorus

The Hallelujah chorus from Handel's Messiah is stirring, emotional and unmistakable.

The Alzheimer's Society runs a group called 'Singing for the Brain'. It's for people with dementia or Alzheimer’s and their carers who come together to sing in a group. As music is tied so closely to emotional memories, often lyrics and music remain firmly fixed in the brain, while other memories have died away.

Julia Burton recalls the power of the Hallelujah Chorus, as performed at a special event by Singing for the Brain groups in Wiltshire and Dorset.

Mrs Vera Fiton, whose late husband - Ted - had dementia talks about how important the weekly singing group was for both of them.

Carol Pemberton, of the Birmingham-based a capella quintet 'Black Voices', took part in the reopening concert of Birmingham Town Hall in 2007. The programme director suggested they sing The Messiah, but not as Handel intended, rather a daring interpretation arranged by Quincy Jones, called the 'Soulful Messiah'. It's a soul/gospel version which has to be heard to be believed! Carol describes performing it as one of the biggest highs of her career to date.

Jennifer Blakeley runs Alphabet Photography, a photo company based in Niagara Falls in Canada. She came up with the idea of staging a Flash Mob to promote her company. The Hallelujah Chorus had long been a favourite piece, and she - along with her local choir - set up a flash-mob in a local shopping mall. The result was emotional, extraordinary... and achieved so much more than the intended aim to boost her business. Even passers-by joined in., while others cried as emotions ran high. And the resulting You Tube video has now attracted over 37 million hits.

Paul Spicer, composer, conductor and organist, describes the historical backdrop to Handel's exhilarating composition.

Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.

Producer: Karen Gregor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.


FRI 10:30 Punk, the Pistols and the Provinces (b07byvp2)
Mark Hodkinson looks at the impact of punk rock outside of London and, in particular, in Yorkshire where the Sex Pistols played their first and last gigs outside the capital.

Punk is viewed principally as a London phenomenon. The Sex Pistols in particular are synonymous with the capital, but their UK touring career outside the capital was book-ended by two shows more than 200 miles away.

On Wednesday 19 May 1976, six months before the release of their first single, the Sex Pistols performed at Sayer’s nightclub in the sleepy market town of Northallerton in North Yorkshire. Just 19 months later, on Christmas Day 1977, the band made their last UK appearance, at Ivanhoe’s, a small club in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

Music fan and experienced journalist/broadcaster, Mark Hodkinson, visit both towns and speaks to people who were at the gigs. He plots the impact of punk in the provinces where thousands of disgruntled teenagers heeded The Clash’s entreaty to the ‘faraway towns’ to ‘come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls’ ("London Calling").

Brian Simpson was the DJ at Sayer’s which, in the weeks leading up to the Sex Pistols visit, had played host to Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders and The Searchers. Along with Steve Williams, who was also at the gig, he remembers people leaving the club in droves when the Sex Pistols began playing. ‘‘We had no idea who they were,’’ he says. ‘‘Northallerton was suddenly at the forefront of punk rock but we had no idea that we were. It was about two weeks later when I saw their picture in one of the music papers that I realised I’d seen them play.’’

A Smooth Operations production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2016.


FRI 11:00 John le Carre (m002b739)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


FRI 11:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b73c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


FRI 12:00 Up the Garden Path (b008g7p2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


FRI 12:30 The Ken Dodd Show (m002b73f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


FRI 13:00 Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile (m000jmmf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 13:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b73h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 13:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b73k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


FRI 14:00 The Motion Show (b0075x94)
Series 2

Episode 6

This House wants to stay at home and likes everything European.

Dr Phil Hammond watches over proceedings in the quirky debating game.

With:

Linda Smith
Stuart Maconie
Steve Punt
Chris Neill

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.


FRI 14:30 Changing Climates (m002b73p)
Modern Understanding

The meteorologist, John Hammond explores how science fiction has served as a barometer for our wonder, curiosity and sometimes anxiety about the environment. With expert insight from Sarah Dillon - Professor of Literature and the Public Humanities and Professor of Human Geography Mike Hulme, we find out how writers imagined – sometimes very accurately – the changing world around them.

We explore near-future anxieties, when climate tensions reach boiling point in John Lanchester's 'The Wall', a stark drama of survival, isolation, and a world reshaped by rising seas.

Ravaged by the Change, an island nation has built the Wall, a high concrete barrier around its entire coastline. Joseph Kavanagh, a new Defender, has one task: to protect his section of the Wall from the Others, the desperate souls who are trapped on the rising seas beyond and are trying to get in. Failure will result in death or a fate perhaps worse: being put to sea and made an Other himself.

Read by Ben Norris
Produced by Mair Bosworth
Abridged for radio by Eileen Horne

And then following our drama - John's joined by Dr. Jennifer Francis, a Senior Atmospheric Scientist, to learn about the surprising effects of a warming world.

Changing Climates was presented by John Hammond and produced by Kerry McCarthy for BBC Radio 4 Extra.


FRI 16:00 Soul Music (b01cjwtn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


FRI 16:30 Punk, the Pistols and the Provinces (b07byvp2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


FRI 17:00 John le Carre (m002b739)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


FRI 17:30 Sexton's Tales (m002b73c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


FRI 18:00 Up the Garden Path (b008g7p2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


FRI 18:30 The Ken Dodd Show (m002b73f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


FRI 19:00 Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile (m000jmmf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 19:30 The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood (m002b73h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 19:45 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (m002b73k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


FRI 20:00 The Motion Show (b0075x94)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]


FRI 20:30 Changing Climates (m002b73p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]


FRI 22:00 Call Jonathan Pie (m0029sw4)
Series 2

4. Great British News

Pie's on-air nemesis proves to be a seductive presence in the flesh. Sam shows increasingly worrying signs of going over to the dark side. With Nitin Ganatra.

Call Jonathan Pie is written and performed by Tom Walker.
With additional material by Nick Revell and Daniel Abelson

Ash ….. Nitin Ganatra
Jules ….. Lucy Pearman
Sam ….. Aqib Khan
Roger ….. Nick Revell.
Alison ….. Izzy Hollewand

Producers Alison Vernon-Smith and Julian Mayers

A Yada-Yada Audio Production for BBC Radio 4


FRI 22:30 The Absolutely Radio Show (m0006s9b)
Series 3

Episode 2

The Rev. McMinn encounters the European political elite in his local Minimart, Frank Hovis fondly remembers his holidays and we also find out far too much about Gwynned’s previous boyfriends.

From the archive we have never before heard footage from Dunkirk rescuers and four- and three-quarter year-old Jack gives the eulogy at his Grandpa’s funeral.

The cast of TV's hugely popular sketch show return for series three.

Revisiting some of their much-loved sketch characters, while also introducing some newcomers.

Starring:

Pete Baikie
Morwenna Banks
Moray Hunter
Gordon Kennedy
John Sparkes

In 2013, the group that made their name on Channel Four in the 1980s and 90s got back together for Radio 4's Sketchorama: Absolutely Special - which won the BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Live Scripted Comedy. The first series of The Absolutely Radio Show picked up a Celtic Media Award nomination for Best Radio Comedy.

Producers: Gordon Kennedy & Gus Beattie

An Absolutely/Gusman production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2019.


FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002b8mz)
Abi Clarke 3/3

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Arthur Smith talks to Abi Clarke.


FRI 23:00 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (b0076dyw)
Series 3

Show Business

Aspirations abound as Mel and Vicki launch themselves into the glittering world of showbiz.

It's all eyes and teeth as they look forward to careers as out-of-work actresses.

Starring Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine.

With:

Martin Hyder
Lewis MacLeod
Jim North

Written by the cast with Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.

Script edited by Graeme Garden.

Music by Richie Webb.

Producer: Chris Neill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.


FRI 23:30 Cowards (b007772j)
Series 1

Episode 2

Elephant rides and bear fights in the bizarre world of the comedy sketch show team.

Written and performed by:

Tom Basden
Stefan Golaszewski
Tim Key
Lloyd Woolf

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2007.




LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)

1835 04:30 SAT (b012gpr4)

4 Stands Up 22:30 SAT (b00f86m7)

A Good Read 10:00 TUE (m0000y99)

A Good Read 16:00 TUE (m0000y99)

A Good Read 00:00 WED (m0000y99)

A Month of June 08:00 TUE (b01jxrmw)

A Month of June 13:00 TUE (b01jxrmw)

A Month of June 19:00 TUE (b01jxrmw)

A Month of June 03:00 WED (b01jxrmw)

Act Your Age 14:00 TUE (b0100gr6)

Act Your Age 20:00 TUE (b0100gr6)

Act Your Age 04:00 WED (b0100gr6)

Archive on 4 10:00 WED (b0075qjt)

Archive on 4 16:00 WED (b0075qjt)

Archive on 4 00:00 THU (b0075qjt)

Armstrong and Miller 23:15 SAT (b007k3f2)

Beauty of Britain 23:30 THU (b010y0sh)

Beryl Reid in Conversation 08:45 SAT (m0007r4b)

Beryl Reid in Conversation 13:45 SAT (m0007r4b)

Beryl Reid in Conversation 19:45 SAT (m0007r4b)

Beryl Reid in Conversation 03:45 SUN (m0007r4b)

Beyond Our Ken 09:30 SAT (m0001ywm)

Beyond Our Ken 14:30 SAT (m0001ywm)

Beyond Our Ken 20:30 SAT (m0001ywm)

Beyond Our Ken 04:30 SUN (m0001ywm)

Big Problems with Helen Keen 22:30 MON (b0608n2d)

Big Town All Stars 22:30 THU (b007jr8x)

Bridget Christie's Utopia 22:00 SAT (b09qfv98)

Call Jonathan Pie 22:00 FRI (m0029sw4)

Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing 22:30 WED (b01dht5l)

Chain Reaction 23:30 SAT (b00grv92)

Changing Climates 14:30 MON (m002b5vr)

Changing Climates 20:30 MON (m002b5vr)

Changing Climates 04:30 TUE (m002b5vr)

Changing Climates 14:30 TUE (m002b5zm)

Changing Climates 20:30 TUE (m002b5zm)

Changing Climates 04:30 WED (m002b5zm)

Changing Climates 14:30 WED (m002b606)

Changing Climates 20:30 WED (m002b606)

Changing Climates 04:30 THU (m002b606)

Changing Climates 14:30 THU (m002b62z)

Changing Climates 20:30 THU (m002b62z)

Changing Climates 04:30 FRI (m002b62z)

Changing Climates 14:30 FRI (m002b73p)

Changing Climates 20:30 FRI (m002b73p)

Coming Alive 07:00 THU (b00j1z93)

Coming Alive 12:00 THU (b00j1z93)

Coming Alive 18:00 THU (b00j1z93)

Coming Alive 02:00 FRI (b00j1z93)

Cowards 23:30 FRI (b007772j)

Daily Service 09:45 MON (m002b5vp)

Daily Service 09:45 TUE (m002b5zj)

Daily Service 09:45 WED (m002b604)

Daily Service 09:45 THU (m002b62x)

Daily Service 09:45 FRI (m002b73m)

David Pownall 05:00 SAT (b0075hyg)

Death By Chocolate 10:30 MON (b00ybzdh)

Death By Chocolate 16:30 MON (b00ybzdh)

Death By Chocolate 00:30 TUE (b00ybzdh)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 06:00 SUN (m002b6mt)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 11:00 SUN (m002b6mt)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 17:00 SUN (m002b6mt)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 01:00 MON (m002b6mt)

Dickens' Women 06:00 SAT (b007jqv0)

Dickens' Women 11:00 SAT (b007jqv0)

Dickens' Women 17:00 SAT (b007jqv0)

Dickens' Women 01:00 SUN (b007jqv0)

Doctor Who 16:00 SAT (m001gw1b)

Doctor Who 00:00 SUN (m001gw1b)

Doctor Who 16:00 SUN (m001gw1h)

Doctor Who 00:00 MON (m001gw1h)

Fantasy Festival 10:30 TUE (b07pdd7w)

Fantasy Festival 16:30 TUE (b07pdd7w)

Fantasy Festival 00:30 WED (b07pdd7w)

Gossip and Goddesses with Granny Kumar 09:00 FRI (m000sr5h)

Great Lives 10:00 THU (b0b2jg2w)

Great Lives 16:00 THU (b0b2jg2w)

Great Lives 00:00 FRI (b0b2jg2w)

Hancock's Half Hour 07:30 WED (b007jrp7)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:30 WED (b007jrp7)

Hancock's Half Hour 18:30 WED (b007jrp7)

Hancock's Half Hour 02:30 THU (b007jrp7)

Inheritance Tracks 08:40 SUN (m002b6n0)

Inheritance Tracks 13:40 SUN (m002b6n0)

Inheritance Tracks 19:40 SUN (m002b6n0)

Inheritance Tracks 03:40 MON (m002b6n0)

Inside the Queen's Head 09:30 MON (b00t3bns)

Inside the Queen's Head 09:30 TUE (b00t3vjs)

Inside the Queen's Head 09:30 WED (b00t3vh9)

Inside the Queen's Head 09:30 THU (b00t4fbg)

Inside the Queen's Head 09:30 FRI (b00t4qwx)

John le Carre 06:00 MON (m002b5v8)

John le Carre 11:00 MON (m002b5v8)

John le Carre 17:00 MON (m002b5v8)

John le Carre 01:00 TUE (m002b5v8)

John le Carre 06:00 TUE (m002b5z8)

John le Carre 11:00 TUE (m002b5z8)

John le Carre 17:00 TUE (m002b5z8)

John le Carre 01:00 WED (m002b5z8)

John le Carre 06:00 WED (m002b5zw)

John le Carre 11:00 WED (m002b5zw)

John le Carre 17:00 WED (m002b5zw)

John le Carre 01:00 THU (m002b5zw)

John le Carre 06:00 THU (m002b62n)

John le Carre 11:00 THU (m002b62n)

John le Carre 17:00 THU (m002b62n)

John le Carre 01:00 FRI (m002b62n)

John le Carre 06:00 FRI (m002b739)

John le Carre 11:00 FRI (m002b739)

John le Carre 17:00 FRI (m002b739)

Just Fancy 10:00 SUN (m002b6n5)

Just Fancy 15:00 SUN (m002b6n5)

Just Fancy 21:00 SUN (m002b6n5)

Just Fancy 05:00 MON (m002b6n5)

Ken Dodd's Easter Special 02:30 SAT (m002b00c)

Listomania 14:00 MON (b055jtlt)

Listomania 20:00 MON (b055jtlt)

Listomania 04:00 TUE (b055jtlt)

Little Novels by Wilkie Collins 01:30 SAT (m0011klv)

Love in Recovery 08:00 MON (m0001tzt)

Love in Recovery 13:00 MON (m0001tzt)

Love in Recovery 19:00 MON (m0001tzt)

Love in Recovery 03:00 TUE (m0001tzt)

MR James 16:40 SUN (m001gw1p)

MR James 00:40 MON (m001gw1p)

Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life 09:00 THU (m001jkwd)

Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life 22:00 THU (m001jkwd)

Meet David Sedaris 09:00 TUE (m0029zbv)

Meet David Sedaris 22:00 TUE (m0029zbv)

Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile 03:00 SAT (m000jf72)

Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile 08:00 FRI (m000jmmf)

Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile 13:00 FRI (m000jmmf)

Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile 19:00 FRI (m000jmmf)

Mind Your Own Business! 09:00 SAT (b009sczf)

Mind Your Own Business! 14:00 SAT (b009sczf)

Mind Your Own Business! 20:00 SAT (b009sczf)

Mind Your Own Business! 04:00 SUN (b009sczf)

Nineteen Ninety-Four 07:00 WED (b014hq46)

Nineteen Ninety-Four 12:00 WED (b014hq46)

Nineteen Ninety-Four 18:00 WED (b014hq46)

Nineteen Ninety-Four 02:00 THU (b014hq46)

Old Harry's Game 23:30 MON (b007jmdn)

Parsley Sidings 07:30 THU (b007jp7p)

Parsley Sidings 12:30 THU (b007jp7p)

Parsley Sidings 18:30 THU (b007jp7p)

Parsley Sidings 02:30 FRI (b007jp7p)

Pick Ups 22:30 SUN (b00n5rwp)

Plum House 08:00 THU (m000hn51)

Plum House 13:00 THU (m000hn51)

Plum House 19:00 THU (m000hn51)

Plum House 03:00 FRI (m000hn51)

Poetry Extra 07:00 SUN (m002b6mw)

Poetry Extra 12:00 SUN (m002b6mw)

Poetry Extra 18:00 SUN (m002b6mw)

Poetry Extra 02:00 MON (m002b6mw)

Punk, the Pistols and the Provinces 10:30 FRI (b07byvp2)

Punk, the Pistols and the Provinces 16:30 FRI (b07byvp2)

Rigor Mortis 23:30 SUN (b00gfsmp)

Run and Ask Daddy If He Has Any More Money by Fay Weldon 06:45 SUN (m000h894)

Run and Ask Daddy If He Has Any More Money by Fay Weldon 11:45 SUN (m000h894)

Run and Ask Daddy If He Has Any More Money by Fay Weldon 17:45 SUN (m000h894)

Run and Ask Daddy If He Has Any More Money by Fay Weldon 01:45 MON (m000h894)

Sara Pascoe: The Modern Monkey 22:00 SUN (b09tdtl8)

Second Holmes 07:00 MON (b0169ljq)

Second Holmes 12:00 MON (b0169ljq)

Second Holmes 18:00 MON (b0169ljq)

Second Holmes 02:00 TUE (b0169ljq)

Seekers 23:30 TUE (b05xhzh3)

Self-Storage 22:45 WED (b00fq37w)

Sexton's Tales 06:30 MON (m002b5vd)

Sexton's Tales 11:30 MON (m002b5vd)

Sexton's Tales 17:30 MON (m002b5vd)

Sexton's Tales 01:30 TUE (m002b5vd)

Sexton's Tales 06:30 TUE (m002b5zb)

Sexton's Tales 11:30 TUE (m002b5zb)

Sexton's Tales 17:30 TUE (m002b5zb)

Sexton's Tales 01:30 WED (m002b5zb)

Sexton's Tales 06:30 WED (m002b5zy)

Sexton's Tales 11:30 WED (m002b5zy)

Sexton's Tales 17:30 WED (m002b5zy)

Sexton's Tales 01:30 THU (m002b5zy)

Sexton's Tales 06:30 THU (m002b62q)

Sexton's Tales 11:30 THU (m002b62q)

Sexton's Tales 17:30 THU (m002b62q)

Sexton's Tales 01:30 FRI (m002b62q)

Sexton's Tales 06:30 FRI (m002b73c)

Sexton's Tales 11:30 FRI (m002b73c)

Sexton's Tales 17:30 FRI (m002b73c)

Short Works 05:45 SAT (m000zffn)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (Omnibus) 08:50 SUN (m002b6n2)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (Omnibus) 13:50 SUN (m002b6n2)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (Omnibus) 19:50 SUN (m002b6n2)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (Omnibus) 03:50 MON (m002b6n2)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 03:45 SAT (m002b00f)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 08:45 MON (m002b5vm)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 13:45 MON (m002b5vm)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 19:45 MON (m002b5vm)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 03:45 TUE (m002b5vm)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 08:45 TUE (m002b5zg)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 13:45 TUE (m002b5zg)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 19:45 TUE (m002b5zg)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 03:45 WED (m002b5zg)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 08:45 WED (m002b602)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 13:45 WED (m002b602)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 19:45 WED (m002b602)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 03:45 THU (m002b602)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 08:45 THU (m002b62v)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 13:45 THU (m002b62v)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 19:45 THU (m002b62v)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 03:45 FRI (m002b62v)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 08:45 FRI (m002b73k)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 13:45 FRI (m002b73k)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 19:45 FRI (m002b73k)

Soul Music 00:00 SAT (b0075zyd)

Soul Music 10:00 FRI (b01cjwtn)

Soul Music 16:00 FRI (b01cjwtn)

Steptoe and Son 07:30 MON (b00rzkyb)

Steptoe and Son 12:30 MON (b00rzkyb)

Steptoe and Son 18:30 MON (b00rzkyb)

Steptoe and Son 02:30 TUE (b00rzkyb)

Take It From Here 10:30 SUN (b012x54c)

Take It From Here 15:30 SUN (b012x54c)

Take It From Here 21:30 SUN (b012x54c)

Take It From Here 05:30 MON (b012x54c)

The 3rd Degree 14:00 THU (m0021j0f)

The 3rd Degree 20:00 THU (m0021j0f)

The 3rd Degree 04:00 FRI (m0021j0f)

The Absolutely Radio Show 22:30 FRI (m0006s9b)

The Celebrity Voicemail Show 23:00 SAT (b06gs5yr)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 SUN (m002b8mv)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 TUE (m002b8mx)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 FRI (m002b8mz)

The Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith 01:00 SAT (b01381wz)

The Goon Show 07:30 TUE (b007jnth)

The Goon Show 12:30 TUE (b007jnth)

The Goon Show 18:30 TUE (b007jnth)

The Goon Show 02:30 WED (b007jnth)

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (Omnibus) 07:30 SUN (m002b6my)

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (Omnibus) 12:30 SUN (m002b6my)

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (Omnibus) 18:30 SUN (m002b6my)

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (Omnibus) 02:30 MON (m002b6my)

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald 03:30 SAT (b007jn2z)

The Guns of Adam Riches 23:00 SUN (b04f9rz9)

The Hudson and Pepperdine Show 23:00 FRI (b0076dyw)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 08:30 MON (m002b5vj)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 13:30 MON (m002b5vj)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 19:30 MON (m002b5vj)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 03:30 TUE (m002b5vj)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 08:30 TUE (m002b5zd)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 13:30 TUE (m002b5zd)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 19:30 TUE (m002b5zd)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 03:30 WED (m002b5zd)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 08:30 WED (m002b600)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 13:30 WED (m002b600)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 19:30 WED (m002b600)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 03:30 THU (m002b600)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 08:30 THU (m002b62s)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 13:30 THU (m002b62s)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 19:30 THU (m002b62s)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 03:30 FRI (m002b62s)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 08:30 FRI (m002b73h)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 13:30 FRI (m002b73h)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 19:30 FRI (m002b73h)

The Ken Dodd Show 07:30 FRI (m002b73f)

The Ken Dodd Show 12:30 FRI (m002b73f)

The Ken Dodd Show 18:30 FRI (m002b73f)

The Lee Mack Show 23:00 THU (b00c075z)

The Mark Steel Solution 23:00 TUE (b007jmtg)

The Motion Show 04:00 SAT (b06s1bnp)

The Motion Show 14:00 FRI (b0075x94)

The Motion Show 20:00 FRI (b0075x94)

The Museum of Curiosity 14:00 WED (b0910yxc)

The Museum of Curiosity 20:00 WED (b0910yxc)

The Museum of Curiosity 04:00 THU (b0910yxc)

The News Quiz 23:00 MON (m0029zgf)

The Paris Bouquinistes 10:30 THU (b00srktl)

The Paris Bouquinistes 16:30 THU (b00srktl)

The Paris Bouquinistes 00:30 FRI (b00srktl)

The Passion in Plants (Omnibus) 07:30 SAT (m000h892)

The Passion in Plants (Omnibus) 12:30 SAT (m000h892)

The Passion in Plants (Omnibus) 18:30 SAT (m000h892)

The Passion in Plants (Omnibus) 02:30 SUN (m000h892)

The Secret Power of Trees 00:30 SAT (b01p7fgv)

The Skewer 23:30 WED (m0029yyk)

The Skivers 23:00 WED (b007zn0j)

The Tingle Factor 10:00 MON (b04krss5)

The Tingle Factor 16:00 MON (b04krss5)

The Tingle Factor 00:00 TUE (b04krss5)

The Ultimate Choice 09:00 WED (m001vcg7)

The Ultimate Choice 22:00 WED (m001vcg7)

The Unbelievable Truth 09:00 MON (m0029zdn)

The Unbelievable Truth 22:00 MON (m0029zdn)

The White Cat by E Nesbit 16:40 SAT (m002b5pp)

The White Cat by E Nesbit 00:40 SUN (m002b5pp)

The Young Postmen 22:30 TUE (b00ftk3n)

To the Manor Born 07:00 TUE (b007k4dj)

To the Manor Born 12:00 TUE (b007k4dj)

To the Manor Born 18:00 TUE (b007k4dj)

To the Manor Born 02:00 WED (b007k4dj)

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups 08:00 WED (m000bx2c)

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups 13:00 WED (m000bx2c)

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups 19:00 WED (m000bx2c)

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups 03:00 THU (m000bx2c)

Up the Garden Path 02:00 SAT (b008f3kh)

Up the Garden Path 07:00 FRI (b008g7p2)

Up the Garden Path 12:00 FRI (b008g7p2)

Up the Garden Path 18:00 FRI (b008g7p2)

World of Pub 23:45 WED (b007jlwx)

Writing... The Midlands 10:00 SAT (m000s2q8)

Writing... The Midlands 15:00 SAT (m000s2q8)

Writing... The Midlands 21:00 SAT (m000s2q8)

Writing... The Midlands 05:00 SUN (m000s2q8)




LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES ORDERED BY GENRE
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)

Comedy

Beyond Our Ken 09:30 SAT (m0001ywm)

Beyond Our Ken 14:30 SAT (m0001ywm)

Beyond Our Ken 20:30 SAT (m0001ywm)

Beyond Our Ken 04:30 SUN (m0001ywm)

Big Problems with Helen Keen 22:30 MON (b0608n2d)

Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing 22:30 WED (b01dht5l)

Chain Reaction 23:30 SAT (b00grv92)

Gossip and Goddesses with Granny Kumar 09:00 FRI (m000sr5h)

Ken Dodd's Easter Special 02:30 SAT (m002b00c)

Listomania 14:00 MON (b055jtlt)

Listomania 20:00 MON (b055jtlt)

Listomania 04:00 TUE (b055jtlt)

Second Holmes 07:00 MON (b0169ljq)

Second Holmes 12:00 MON (b0169ljq)

Second Holmes 18:00 MON (b0169ljq)

Second Holmes 02:00 TUE (b0169ljq)

The Ken Dodd Show 07:30 FRI (m002b73f)

The Ken Dodd Show 12:30 FRI (m002b73f)

The Ken Dodd Show 18:30 FRI (m002b73f)

The Ultimate Choice 09:00 WED (m001vcg7)

The Ultimate Choice 22:00 WED (m001vcg7)

Comedy: Character

A Month of June 08:00 TUE (b01jxrmw)

A Month of June 13:00 TUE (b01jxrmw)

A Month of June 19:00 TUE (b01jxrmw)

A Month of June 03:00 WED (b01jxrmw)

Comedy: Chat

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 SUN (m002b8mv)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 TUE (m002b8mx)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 FRI (m002b8mz)

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups 08:00 WED (m000bx2c)

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups 13:00 WED (m000bx2c)

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups 19:00 WED (m000bx2c)

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups 03:00 THU (m000bx2c)

Comedy: Impressionists

The Celebrity Voicemail Show 23:00 SAT (b06gs5yr)

Comedy: Music

Armstrong and Miller 23:15 SAT (b007k3f2)

Comedy: Panel Shows

Act Your Age 14:00 TUE (b0100gr6)

Act Your Age 20:00 TUE (b0100gr6)

Act Your Age 04:00 WED (b0100gr6)

The Motion Show 04:00 SAT (b06s1bnp)

The Motion Show 14:00 FRI (b0075x94)

The Motion Show 20:00 FRI (b0075x94)

The Museum of Curiosity 14:00 WED (b0910yxc)

The Museum of Curiosity 20:00 WED (b0910yxc)

The Museum of Curiosity 04:00 THU (b0910yxc)

The News Quiz 23:00 MON (m0029zgf)

The Unbelievable Truth 09:00 MON (m0029zdn)

The Unbelievable Truth 22:00 MON (m0029zdn)

Comedy: Satire

Call Jonathan Pie 22:00 FRI (m0029sw4)

The Mark Steel Solution 23:00 TUE (b007jmtg)

The News Quiz 23:00 MON (m0029zgf)

The Skewer 23:30 WED (m0029yyk)

Comedy: Sitcoms

1835 04:30 SAT (b012gpr4)

Beauty of Britain 23:30 THU (b010y0sh)

Big Town All Stars 22:30 THU (b007jr8x)

Coming Alive 07:00 THU (b00j1z93)

Coming Alive 12:00 THU (b00j1z93)

Coming Alive 18:00 THU (b00j1z93)

Coming Alive 02:00 FRI (b00j1z93)

Hancock's Half Hour 07:30 WED (b007jrp7)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:30 WED (b007jrp7)

Hancock's Half Hour 18:30 WED (b007jrp7)

Hancock's Half Hour 02:30 THU (b007jrp7)

Love in Recovery 08:00 MON (m0001tzt)

Love in Recovery 13:00 MON (m0001tzt)

Love in Recovery 19:00 MON (m0001tzt)

Love in Recovery 03:00 TUE (m0001tzt)

Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile 03:00 SAT (m000jf72)

Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile 08:00 FRI (m000jmmf)

Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile 13:00 FRI (m000jmmf)

Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile 19:00 FRI (m000jmmf)

Mind Your Own Business! 09:00 SAT (b009sczf)

Mind Your Own Business! 14:00 SAT (b009sczf)

Mind Your Own Business! 20:00 SAT (b009sczf)

Mind Your Own Business! 04:00 SUN (b009sczf)

Nineteen Ninety-Four 07:00 WED (b014hq46)

Nineteen Ninety-Four 12:00 WED (b014hq46)

Nineteen Ninety-Four 18:00 WED (b014hq46)

Nineteen Ninety-Four 02:00 THU (b014hq46)

Old Harry's Game 23:30 MON (b007jmdn)

Parsley Sidings 07:30 THU (b007jp7p)

Parsley Sidings 12:30 THU (b007jp7p)

Parsley Sidings 18:30 THU (b007jp7p)

Parsley Sidings 02:30 FRI (b007jp7p)

Pick Ups 22:30 SUN (b00n5rwp)

Plum House 08:00 THU (m000hn51)

Plum House 13:00 THU (m000hn51)

Plum House 19:00 THU (m000hn51)

Plum House 03:00 FRI (m000hn51)

Rigor Mortis 23:30 SUN (b00gfsmp)

Seekers 23:30 TUE (b05xhzh3)

Self-Storage 22:45 WED (b00fq37w)

Steptoe and Son 07:30 MON (b00rzkyb)

Steptoe and Son 12:30 MON (b00rzkyb)

Steptoe and Son 18:30 MON (b00rzkyb)

Steptoe and Son 02:30 TUE (b00rzkyb)

The Young Postmen 22:30 TUE (b00ftk3n)

To the Manor Born 07:00 TUE (b007k4dj)

To the Manor Born 12:00 TUE (b007k4dj)

To the Manor Born 18:00 TUE (b007k4dj)

To the Manor Born 02:00 WED (b007k4dj)

Up the Garden Path 02:00 SAT (b008f3kh)

Up the Garden Path 07:00 FRI (b008g7p2)

Up the Garden Path 12:00 FRI (b008g7p2)

Up the Garden Path 18:00 FRI (b008g7p2)

World of Pub 23:45 WED (b007jlwx)

Comedy: Sketch

Armstrong and Miller 23:15 SAT (b007k3f2)

Beyond Our Ken 09:30 SAT (m0001ywm)

Beyond Our Ken 14:30 SAT (m0001ywm)

Beyond Our Ken 20:30 SAT (m0001ywm)

Beyond Our Ken 04:30 SUN (m0001ywm)

Cowards 23:30 FRI (b007772j)

Just Fancy 10:00 SUN (m002b6n5)

Just Fancy 15:00 SUN (m002b6n5)

Just Fancy 21:00 SUN (m002b6n5)

Just Fancy 05:00 MON (m002b6n5)

Take It From Here 10:30 SUN (b012x54c)

Take It From Here 15:30 SUN (b012x54c)

Take It From Here 21:30 SUN (b012x54c)

Take It From Here 05:30 MON (b012x54c)

The Absolutely Radio Show 22:30 FRI (m0006s9b)

The Goon Show 07:30 TUE (b007jnth)

The Goon Show 12:30 TUE (b007jnth)

The Goon Show 18:30 TUE (b007jnth)

The Goon Show 02:30 WED (b007jnth)

The Guns of Adam Riches 23:00 SUN (b04f9rz9)

The Hudson and Pepperdine Show 23:00 FRI (b0076dyw)

The Skivers 23:00 WED (b007zn0j)

Comedy: Spoof

Call Jonathan Pie 22:00 FRI (m0029sw4)

Comedy: Standup

4 Stands Up 22:30 SAT (b00f86m7)

Bridget Christie's Utopia 22:00 SAT (b09qfv98)

Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life 09:00 THU (m001jkwd)

Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life 22:00 THU (m001jkwd)

Meet David Sedaris 09:00 TUE (m0029zbv)

Meet David Sedaris 22:00 TUE (m0029zbv)

Sara Pascoe: The Modern Monkey 22:00 SUN (b09tdtl8)

The Lee Mack Show 23:00 THU (b00c075z)

Drama

Short Works 05:45 SAT (m000zffn)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (Omnibus) 08:50 SUN (m002b6n2)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (Omnibus) 13:50 SUN (m002b6n2)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (Omnibus) 19:50 SUN (m002b6n2)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (Omnibus) 03:50 MON (m002b6n2)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 03:45 SAT (m002b00f)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 08:45 MON (m002b5vm)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 13:45 MON (m002b5vm)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 19:45 MON (m002b5vm)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 03:45 TUE (m002b5vm)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 08:45 TUE (m002b5zg)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 13:45 TUE (m002b5zg)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 19:45 TUE (m002b5zg)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 03:45 WED (m002b5zg)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 08:45 WED (m002b602)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 13:45 WED (m002b602)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 19:45 WED (m002b602)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 03:45 THU (m002b602)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 08:45 THU (m002b62v)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 13:45 THU (m002b62v)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 19:45 THU (m002b62v)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 03:45 FRI (m002b62v)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 08:45 FRI (m002b73k)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 13:45 FRI (m002b73k)

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 19:45 FRI (m002b73k)

Drama: Classic & Period

Little Novels by Wilkie Collins 01:30 SAT (m0011klv)

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (Omnibus) 07:30 SUN (m002b6my)

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (Omnibus) 12:30 SUN (m002b6my)

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (Omnibus) 18:30 SUN (m002b6my)

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (Omnibus) 02:30 MON (m002b6my)

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald 03:30 SAT (b007jn2z)

Drama: Crime

David Pownall 05:00 SAT (b0075hyg)

Drama: Horror & Supernatural

MR James 16:40 SUN (m001gw1p)

MR James 00:40 MON (m001gw1p)

Drama: Political

Call Jonathan Pie 22:00 FRI (m0029sw4)

Drama: Relationships & Romance

Run and Ask Daddy If He Has Any More Money by Fay Weldon 06:45 SUN (m000h894)

Run and Ask Daddy If He Has Any More Money by Fay Weldon 11:45 SUN (m000h894)

Run and Ask Daddy If He Has Any More Money by Fay Weldon 17:45 SUN (m000h894)

Run and Ask Daddy If He Has Any More Money by Fay Weldon 01:45 MON (m000h894)

Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

Doctor Who 16:00 SAT (m001gw1b)

Doctor Who 00:00 SUN (m001gw1b)

Doctor Who 16:00 SUN (m001gw1h)

Doctor Who 00:00 MON (m001gw1h)

The White Cat by E Nesbit 16:40 SAT (m002b5pp)

The White Cat by E Nesbit 00:40 SUN (m002b5pp)

Drama: Thriller

John le Carre 06:00 MON (m002b5v8)

John le Carre 11:00 MON (m002b5v8)

John le Carre 17:00 MON (m002b5v8)

John le Carre 01:00 TUE (m002b5v8)

John le Carre 06:00 TUE (m002b5z8)

John le Carre 11:00 TUE (m002b5z8)

John le Carre 17:00 TUE (m002b5z8)

John le Carre 01:00 WED (m002b5z8)

John le Carre 06:00 WED (m002b5zw)

John le Carre 11:00 WED (m002b5zw)

John le Carre 17:00 WED (m002b5zw)

John le Carre 01:00 THU (m002b5zw)

John le Carre 06:00 THU (m002b62n)

John le Carre 11:00 THU (m002b62n)

John le Carre 17:00 THU (m002b62n)

John le Carre 01:00 FRI (m002b62n)

John le Carre 06:00 FRI (m002b739)

John le Carre 11:00 FRI (m002b739)

John le Carre 17:00 FRI (m002b739)

The Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith 01:00 SAT (b01381wz)

Entertainment

Listomania 14:00 MON (b055jtlt)

Listomania 20:00 MON (b055jtlt)

Listomania 04:00 TUE (b055jtlt)

The Ken Dodd Show 07:30 FRI (m002b73f)

The Ken Dodd Show 12:30 FRI (m002b73f)

The Ken Dodd Show 18:30 FRI (m002b73f)

Factual

A Good Read 10:00 TUE (m0000y99)

A Good Read 16:00 TUE (m0000y99)

A Good Read 00:00 WED (m0000y99)

Archive on 4 10:00 WED (b0075qjt)

Archive on 4 16:00 WED (b0075qjt)

Archive on 4 00:00 THU (b0075qjt)

Inside the Queen's Head 09:30 MON (b00t3bns)

Inside the Queen's Head 09:30 TUE (b00t3vjs)

Inside the Queen's Head 09:30 WED (b00t3vh9)

Inside the Queen's Head 09:30 THU (b00t4fbg)

Inside the Queen's Head 09:30 FRI (b00t4qwx)

The 3rd Degree 14:00 THU (m0021j0f)

The 3rd Degree 20:00 THU (m0021j0f)

The 3rd Degree 04:00 FRI (m0021j0f)

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Changing Climates 14:30 MON (m002b5vr)

Changing Climates 20:30 MON (m002b5vr)

Changing Climates 04:30 TUE (m002b5vr)

Changing Climates 14:30 TUE (m002b5zm)

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Changing Climates 04:30 WED (m002b5zm)

Changing Climates 14:30 WED (m002b606)

Changing Climates 20:30 WED (m002b606)

Changing Climates 04:30 THU (m002b606)

Changing Climates 14:30 THU (m002b62z)

Changing Climates 20:30 THU (m002b62z)

Changing Climates 04:30 FRI (m002b62z)

Changing Climates 14:30 FRI (m002b73p)

Changing Climates 20:30 FRI (m002b73p)

Dickens' Women 06:00 SAT (b007jqv0)

Dickens' Women 11:00 SAT (b007jqv0)

Dickens' Women 17:00 SAT (b007jqv0)

Dickens' Women 01:00 SUN (b007jqv0)

Poetry Extra 07:00 SUN (m002b6mw)

Poetry Extra 12:00 SUN (m002b6mw)

Poetry Extra 18:00 SUN (m002b6mw)

Poetry Extra 02:00 MON (m002b6mw)

Punk, the Pistols and the Provinces 10:30 FRI (b07byvp2)

Punk, the Pistols and the Provinces 16:30 FRI (b07byvp2)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 08:30 MON (m002b5vj)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 13:30 MON (m002b5vj)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 19:30 MON (m002b5vj)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 03:30 TUE (m002b5vj)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 08:30 TUE (m002b5zd)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 13:30 TUE (m002b5zd)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 19:30 TUE (m002b5zd)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 03:30 WED (m002b5zd)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 08:30 WED (m002b600)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 13:30 WED (m002b600)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 19:30 WED (m002b600)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 03:30 THU (m002b600)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 08:30 THU (m002b62s)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 13:30 THU (m002b62s)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 19:30 THU (m002b62s)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 03:30 FRI (m002b62s)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 08:30 FRI (m002b73h)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 13:30 FRI (m002b73h)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 19:30 FRI (m002b73h)

The Paris Bouquinistes 10:30 THU (b00srktl)

The Paris Bouquinistes 16:30 THU (b00srktl)

The Paris Bouquinistes 00:30 FRI (b00srktl)

The Tingle Factor 10:00 MON (b04krss5)

The Tingle Factor 16:00 MON (b04krss5)

The Tingle Factor 00:00 TUE (b04krss5)

Writing... The Midlands 10:00 SAT (m000s2q8)

Writing... The Midlands 15:00 SAT (m000s2q8)

Writing... The Midlands 21:00 SAT (m000s2q8)

Writing... The Midlands 05:00 SUN (m000s2q8)

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media: Arts

A Good Read 10:00 TUE (m0000y99)

A Good Read 16:00 TUE (m0000y99)

A Good Read 00:00 WED (m0000y99)

Factual: Consumer

Death By Chocolate 10:30 MON (b00ybzdh)

Death By Chocolate 16:30 MON (b00ybzdh)

Death By Chocolate 00:30 TUE (b00ybzdh)

Factual: Crime & Justice

David Pownall 05:00 SAT (b0075hyg)

Factual: History

David Pownall 05:00 SAT (b0075hyg)

Great Lives 10:00 THU (b0b2jg2w)

Great Lives 16:00 THU (b0b2jg2w)

Great Lives 00:00 FRI (b0b2jg2w)

Sexton's Tales 06:30 MON (m002b5vd)

Sexton's Tales 11:30 MON (m002b5vd)

Sexton's Tales 17:30 MON (m002b5vd)

Sexton's Tales 01:30 TUE (m002b5vd)

Sexton's Tales 06:30 TUE (m002b5zb)

Sexton's Tales 11:30 TUE (m002b5zb)

Sexton's Tales 17:30 TUE (m002b5zb)

Sexton's Tales 01:30 WED (m002b5zb)

Sexton's Tales 06:30 WED (m002b5zy)

Sexton's Tales 11:30 WED (m002b5zy)

Sexton's Tales 17:30 WED (m002b5zy)

Sexton's Tales 01:30 THU (m002b5zy)

Sexton's Tales 06:30 THU (m002b62q)

Sexton's Tales 11:30 THU (m002b62q)

Sexton's Tales 17:30 THU (m002b62q)

Sexton's Tales 01:30 FRI (m002b62q)

Sexton's Tales 06:30 FRI (m002b73c)

Sexton's Tales 11:30 FRI (m002b73c)

Sexton's Tales 17:30 FRI (m002b73c)

The Paris Bouquinistes 10:30 THU (b00srktl)

The Paris Bouquinistes 16:30 THU (b00srktl)

The Paris Bouquinistes 00:30 FRI (b00srktl)

Factual: Life Stories

Beryl Reid in Conversation 08:45 SAT (m0007r4b)

Beryl Reid in Conversation 13:45 SAT (m0007r4b)

Beryl Reid in Conversation 19:45 SAT (m0007r4b)

Beryl Reid in Conversation 03:45 SUN (m0007r4b)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 06:00 SUN (m002b6mt)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 11:00 SUN (m002b6mt)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 17:00 SUN (m002b6mt)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 01:00 MON (m002b6mt)

Great Lives 10:00 THU (b0b2jg2w)

Great Lives 16:00 THU (b0b2jg2w)

Great Lives 00:00 FRI (b0b2jg2w)

Inheritance Tracks 08:40 SUN (m002b6n0)

Inheritance Tracks 13:40 SUN (m002b6n0)

Inheritance Tracks 19:40 SUN (m002b6n0)

Inheritance Tracks 03:40 MON (m002b6n0)

Soul Music 00:00 SAT (b0075zyd)

Soul Music 10:00 FRI (b01cjwtn)

Soul Music 16:00 FRI (b01cjwtn)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 08:30 MON (m002b5vj)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 13:30 MON (m002b5vj)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 19:30 MON (m002b5vj)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 03:30 TUE (m002b5vj)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 08:30 TUE (m002b5zd)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 13:30 TUE (m002b5zd)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 19:30 TUE (m002b5zd)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 03:30 WED (m002b5zd)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 08:30 WED (m002b600)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 13:30 WED (m002b600)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 19:30 WED (m002b600)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 03:30 THU (m002b600)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 08:30 THU (m002b62s)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 13:30 THU (m002b62s)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 19:30 THU (m002b62s)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 03:30 FRI (m002b62s)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 08:30 FRI (m002b73h)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 13:30 FRI (m002b73h)

The Josephine Baker Story by Ean Wood 19:30 FRI (m002b73h)

Factual: Science & Nature

Changing Climates 14:30 MON (m002b5vr)

Changing Climates 20:30 MON (m002b5vr)

Changing Climates 04:30 TUE (m002b5vr)

Changing Climates 14:30 TUE (m002b5zm)

Changing Climates 20:30 TUE (m002b5zm)

Changing Climates 04:30 WED (m002b5zm)

Changing Climates 14:30 WED (m002b606)

Changing Climates 20:30 WED (m002b606)

Changing Climates 04:30 THU (m002b606)

Changing Climates 14:30 THU (m002b62z)

Changing Climates 20:30 THU (m002b62z)

Changing Climates 04:30 FRI (m002b62z)

Changing Climates 14:30 FRI (m002b73p)

Changing Climates 20:30 FRI (m002b73p)

Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment

The Passion in Plants (Omnibus) 07:30 SAT (m000h892)

The Passion in Plants (Omnibus) 12:30 SAT (m000h892)

The Passion in Plants (Omnibus) 18:30 SAT (m000h892)

The Passion in Plants (Omnibus) 02:30 SUN (m000h892)

The Secret Power of Trees 00:30 SAT (b01p7fgv)

Music

Fantasy Festival 10:30 TUE (b07pdd7w)

Fantasy Festival 16:30 TUE (b07pdd7w)

Fantasy Festival 00:30 WED (b07pdd7w)

Inheritance Tracks 08:40 SUN (m002b6n0)

Inheritance Tracks 13:40 SUN (m002b6n0)

Inheritance Tracks 19:40 SUN (m002b6n0)

Inheritance Tracks 03:40 MON (m002b6n0)

Punk, the Pistols and the Provinces 10:30 FRI (b07byvp2)

Punk, the Pistols and the Provinces 16:30 FRI (b07byvp2)

Soul Music 00:00 SAT (b0075zyd)

Soul Music 10:00 FRI (b01cjwtn)

Soul Music 16:00 FRI (b01cjwtn)

The Lee Mack Show 23:00 THU (b00c075z)

The Tingle Factor 10:00 MON (b04krss5)

The Tingle Factor 16:00 MON (b04krss5)

The Tingle Factor 00:00 TUE (b04krss5)

Religion & Ethics

Daily Service 09:45 MON (m002b5vp)

Daily Service 09:45 TUE (m002b5zj)

Daily Service 09:45 WED (m002b604)

Daily Service 09:45 THU (m002b62x)

Daily Service 09:45 FRI (m002b73m)

The Passion in Plants (Omnibus) 07:30 SAT (m000h892)

The Passion in Plants (Omnibus) 12:30 SAT (m000h892)

The Passion in Plants (Omnibus) 18:30 SAT (m000h892)

The Passion in Plants (Omnibus) 02:30 SUN (m000h892)