SATURDAY 08 OCTOBER 2022

SAT 00:00 Sally Warboyes - Wishing Well (b0075vj3)
When Sarah’s car breaks down on the motorway, she soon regrets asking Grace and Kenneth for shelter...

Starring Rosemary Leach.

Chilling tale by Sally Warboyes.

Grace ...... Rosemary Leach
Sarah ...... Kate Buffery
Kenneth ...... Norman Bird
Man ...... Alan Barker
Policeman ...... Robert Portal

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.


SAT 00:30 Sounds Natural (m00067dt)
Esmond Knight

Film and stage actor Esmond Knight shares his love of wildlife with Derek Jones - which includes birds of prey.

The Plaintive Cuckoo and the Redshank are amongst Emond's choice of natural history recordings from the BBC archive.

Actor Esmond Knight (1906 – 1987) achieved much of his success before the Second World War, in which he was badly wounded. His film roles included Black Narcissus and Sink the Bismarck!

Produced by John Burton for BBC Bristol.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1976.


SAT 01:00 Sherlock Holmes (m00045ng)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 4

The Missing Three-Quarter

The great detective investigates the disappearance of a key university rugby star on the eve of the Oxford vs Cambridge’s Varsity Match.

Starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale was first published in The Return of Sherlock Holmes in 1904.

Adapted by Michael Hardwick.

Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson …. Norman Shelley
Lord Mount-James …. Keith Williams
Cyril Overton …. Hervey Ashby
Dr Leslie Armstrong …. Eric Adnerson
The Lady Clerk …. Dorit Welles
The Hotel Porter …. Blaise Wyndham

Producer: Robin Midgley

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1962.


SAT 01:30 Agatha Christie (b00jz7jj)
Philomel Cottage

When Alex meets Terry she's swept off her feet.

He persuades her to leave her job with a dot com company and set up a business with him - based in an out of the way cottage in the country...

A new spin on the Queen of the whodunit, Agatha Christie's classic story.

Dramatised by Mike Walker.

Alex ...... Lizzie McInnerny
Terry ...... Tom Hollander
Richard ...... Adam Godley
Merlin ...... Struan Rodger

Producer: Jeremy Mortimer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.


SAT 02:00 Middle England by Jonathan Coe (m0001cbm)
Episode 10

2017- with Brexit looming, Benjamin and Lois move to France.

Jonathan Coe's satirical novel about Brexit Britain.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Car factories have been replaced by pound shops, and in London riots give way to Olympic fever, Middle England follows a Britain through a time of mind-boggling change.

It paints a portrait of modern England up to Brexit: a country of nostalgia and delusion; of bewilderment and barely-suppressed rage.

Concluded by Jeff Rawle.

Producer: Justine Willett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.


SAT 02:15 Katherine Jakeways - Forty Weeks (b084dkqf)
Baby

The months of excitement and anticipation are about to come to an end, but Sam has something to confess.

Who will Bayley choose to have at her side for the birth - Sam or Rose?

Conclusion of the romantic comedy by Katherine Jakeways about love, infidelity and accidental pregnancy.

Rose…. Rebecca Humphries
Sam…. Matthew Baynton
Bayley…. Kimberley Nixon
Mum.... Julia Deakin
Midwife.... Alison Belbin
Driver.... Finlay Robertson

Director: James Robinson

A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2016.


SAT 02:30 When Van Played Cyprus Avenue (b06d2g8z)
"And I'm caught one more time
Up on Cyprus Avenue..."

Van Morrison made a number of references in his songs to the east Belfast neighbourhood in which he grew up - none more directly than in Cyprus Avenue from his 1968 album Astral Weeks.

Romantic images of leaves shaking on a tree, rainbow ribbons in a young girl's hair and a mansion on the hill evoke memories of Cyprus Avenue in the years before Van left Northern Ireland to pursue his career in the USA.

Cyprus Avenue - with its intricate arrangement of flute, harpsichord and strings - was recorded in New York, far from the well-heeled, tree-lined avenue along which the young Van would pass on his way home to the working class area of Hyndford Street. This was in the years before the Troubles. East Belfast was steadfastly loyalist and protestant.

When the arts broadcaster Marie-Louise Muir moved into the area, she was already aware of the iconic quality of street's name - not just from Van Morrison's song, but from the fact that the Reverend Ian Paisley lived on Cyprus Avenue. Marie-Louise was a Catholic ‘blow-in’. So, when Van announced that he'd be celebrating his 70th birthday by playing a gig literally feet from her front door, she was curious to see how the community would respond.

Producer: Alan Hall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2015.


SAT 03:00 John Godber - Shafted! (b09tbjj1)
John Godber's stage play is set over the 30 years following the Miners' Strike of 1984/85.

It's the story of how Dot and Harry cope with life after he is made redundant amidst a community that has had the heart ripped out of it.

After 10 years of turmoil, they do the unthinkable and leave Upton to try and make a new life for themselves in the seaside town of Bridlington.

Harry .... John Godber
Dot .... Jane Godber

Director: Toby Swift

'Shafted!' was produced for the stage in 2015 by the John Godber Company and Theatre Royal Wakefield before touring the following year.

This is the fourth of the Olivier Award-winning playwright's plays to be adapted for the BBC and performed by their original cast, Jane Godber and John Godber, following 'September in the Rain', 'Happy Jack' and 'April in Paris'.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.


SAT 04:00 Say the Word (b00764zg)
Episode 5

Frank Delaney's panel game revolving around the English language.

With:

Andrew Sachs
Felix Dexter
Helen Lederer
Kathy Lette

Plus words of wit from the Nimmo Twins

Producer: Simon Elmes

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.


SAT 04:30 Sharing Fatman (b0075k85)
Daffodil Days

Disapproving of her husband Ken's gambling on horses, Margaret takes the reins.

Dave Sheasby’s six-part horse-racing comedy - following on from ‘One Flat Summer’.

Ken and Margaret Warburton find an absorbing new hobby to fill their retirement.

Margaret ...... Gillian Bevan
KeN ...... Gerard McDermott
Eddie ...... Tony Rohr
Karen ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.


SAT 05:00 Miracles R Us (b00sm8tq)
Lot 243

Caroline's car gives up the ghost and the business can’t afford the repairs.

When they've asked to bid for a lot at a county house auction – how can they get there?

Sylvia rides to the rescue. Once they arrive, Caroline makes a new friend, while Sylvia meets a kindred spirit...

Starring Anna Massey and Deborah Findlay.

Comedy about two women who run a cleaning service together by Lesley Bruce.

Sylvia ..... Anna Massey
Caroline ..... Deborah Findlay
Lauren ..... Madeleine Bowyer
Lambourn ..... Trevor Peacock
Carl Bailey ..... Nigel Hastings
Auctioneer ..... Michael Shelford

Producer: Katie Tyrrell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.

** Music and stings from the music of Nick Drake. Theme: "When the Day is Done" and stings: "Time of No Reply" and "Cello Song".


SAT 05:30 Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (m001cmyt)
The Thong Problem

Thongs, personal grooming, rights of way across fields and 'going non-contact' get the Now You're Asking treatment in the first episode of this new series with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn addressing real life problems sent in by their listeners.

The first series was welcomed by listeners and critics.
"Both are warm and kind enough to not only be funny but also offer genuinely thoughtful, if left-field, advice." (Miranda Sawyer, The Observer)
"Keyes and Flynn are my new favourite double-act." (Jane Anderson - Radio Times)
"I found their compassion endlessly soothing." (Rachel Cunliffe - The New Statesman)

Marian Keyes is a multi award-winning writer, with a total of over 30 million books sold to date in 33 languages. Her close friend Tara Flynn is an actress, comedian and writer. Together, these two friends have been through a lot, and now want to use their considerable life experience to help solve the biggest - and smallest - of their listeners' problems.

From dilemmas about life, love and grief, to the perils of laundry or knowing what to say at a boring dinner, we’ll find out what Marian and Tara would recommend - which might not solve the problem exactly, but will make us all feel a bit better.

Recorded in Dublin with emails received from listeners around the world, the hosts invite you to pull up a chair at their virtual kitchen table as they read and digest their inbox.

Got a problem you want Marian and Tara to solve? Email: marianandtara@bbc.co.uk.

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


SAT 06:00 The Ladykillers (b007jnlr)
A little old lady unwittingly outwits a gang of crooks lodging in her London house.

William Rose's much-love Ealing film comedy

Starring Edward Petherbridge, Donald Sinden and Margot Boyd.

Adapted for radio by Bruce Bedford.

The Professor .... Edward Petherbridge
The Major .... Donald Sinden
Louis .... Gary Waldhorn
Harry .... Daniel Peacock
One Round .... Martin Hyder
Mum .... Margot Boyd
General Gordon, the Parrot .... Johnny Morris
Sgt MacDonald .... Stratford Johns

Other parts played by:

John Hartley
Ross Livingstone
Stephen Critchlow
David Timson,
David Collings
Zulema Dene
Tessa Worsley
Patience Tomlinson
Jonathan Keeble

Pianist: Roger Limb

Director: Andy Jordan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1996.


SAT 07:30 Great Lives (m0007bd2)
Ed Balls nominates Herbert Howells

Former Member of Parliament Ed Balls chooses the 20th-century English composer, organist and teacher, Herbert Howells.

With the biographer of Herbert Howells, Paul Spicer.

Presented by Matthew Parris

Producer: Polly Weston

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2019.


SAT 08:00 The Write Stuff (b00qj216)
Series 13

Anton Chekhov

James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary correctness.

Team captains John Walsh and Lynne Truss are joined by Peter Kemp and Tibor Fischer.

Author of the week and subject for pastiche is Anton Chekhov.

Reader: Beth Chalmers

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.


SAT 08:30 The Break (b0b6htgg)
Series 2

The Last Farewell

The death of Frank's rival, Frank, causes Frank mixed emotions - glee and joy.

Seaside sitcom by James Hendrie and Ian Brown

Jeff ...... Philip Jackson
Andy ...... Tom Palmer
Frank/Brian ...... Mark Benton
Corinne/Joyce ...... Alison Steadman
Frank O ...... Rasmus Hardiker
Liz ...... Shobna Gulati

Producer: Gordon Kennedy

An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2018.


SAT 09:00 I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, Again (b01r5495)
Bill Oddie celebrates the cult BBC radio comedy series that originated from the Cambridge University Footlights - I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again - with three hours of history and hysteria.

Presented by Humphrey Barclay.

Featuring:

* Clips of CAMBRIDGE CIRUSE.

* I'M SORRY, I'LL READ THAT AGAIN Series 2 (5/9)

Singing dogs - and the tale of Martin Copperwick.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. From 1965.

* I'M SORRY, I'LL READ THAT AGAIN Series 6 (9/13)

Worries over Bill Oddie's singing voice - and Shakespeare's funny side.
Starring John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden : Acting (adult) Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. From 1968.

* I'M SORRY, I'LL READ THAT AGAIN: Series 7 (13/13)

A look at love, sex and marriage - plus the tense climax to the hunt for the Time Trousers.
Starring John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. From 1969.

* I'M SORRY, I'LL READ THAT AGAIN 25th Anniversary Edition

The original cast of John Cleese, Tim Brook Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie reunite to celebrate their 25the anniversary. From 1989

Producer: Nick St George

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2013


SAT 12:00 Round the Horne (b00mlxk1)
Series 3

Episode 12

Kenneth Williams saddles up as a jockey in 'A Man Is Two Foot Tall', but Kenneth Horne is after some advice on Bona Bijou Tourettes from Julian and Sandy.

Packed full of colourful characters, parodies, memorable catchphrases, and double-entendres.

Starring:

Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden
Bill Pertwee

Announcer: Douglas Smith

Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London.

Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.

Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman wrote the brilliantly inventive - and sometimes outrageous - scripts for four series between 1965 and 1968.

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1967.


SAT 12:30 The Older Woman (b02w8xy7)
Series 1

Episode 5

Roy is temporarily distracted from his obsession with Jane by Dick's rapid descent into alcoholism - and the sudden appearance of Elsa's ex-husband.

However, a night of unbridled passion with Jane looks increasingly likely...

Starring Zoe Wanamaker and Martin Clunes.

Tony Bagley's romantic comedy drama serial with a twist.

Miss Callaghan ...... Zoe Wanamaker
Roy Hitchcock ...... Martin Clunes
Elsa ...... Toyah Wilcox
Mr Say ...... David Troughton
Chad ...... Nicky Henson
Dick ...... Geoff McGivern
Mickey ...... John Baddeley
Chris ...... David Holt
Charlotte ...... Linda Polan
Eric ...... Jonathan Adams
Martin ...... Philip Anthony
Phil ...... John Baddeley
Waiter ...... Matthew Morgan

Producer: Paul Schlesinger:

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1993.


SAT 13:00 Archive on 4 (b00765kl)
Twice Nightly

For many years Variety, with its brilliant stars, singers, comedians, chorus girls and novelty acts was the lifeblood of British live entertainment.

Veteran variety star Stan Stennett recreates the heyday of the British variety theatre, revisiting some of its greatest moments and its most enduring stars ... and recalls the shared triumphs and tribulations of a profession whose performers trod the boards twice-nightly in theatres, halls and piers from one end of the country to the other.

Researched and written by Roger Stennett.

Producer: Sara Davies

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.


SAT 14:00 Great Unanswered Questions (b00txh88)
Series 2

Episode 2

Who will make the most sense - the geeks or the comedians?

Comedian Colin Murphy and his two resident nerds Dr David Booth and Matthew Collins try to answer the unanswerable.

With Irish comedy star Neil Delamere.

This is the show which introduces the funny part of your brain to the intelligent part.

Producer: Jackie Hamilton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.


SAT 14:30 The Shuttleworths (b007k4tn)
John Shuttleworth's Open Mind

UFOs

Sheffield's number one singer/ songwriter has once more been signed up by the BBC - with petrol money as part of the contract - to broadcast to the nation.

Yes, John has been asked to keep an "open mind" and investigate unsolved phenomena that fascinate the nation.

In this opening episode, John investigates UFOs.

With the help of sole agent Ken Worthington and special telephone guest Patrick Mower.

Written and performed by Graham Fellows.

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.


SAT 15:00 Boyle's Law (b00n12rr)
Attached to a tea mug bearing the legend 'I am the Law', you will find the long arm of Inspector Vincent Boyle - in charge of data storage.

Banned from doing any actual detecting nowadays, he saves his 'catlike' instincts for reading difficult situations amongst workmates and acting as a father figure to the community support officers.

Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar.

Written by Suk Pannu.

Boyle ...... Sanjeev Bhaskar
Fox ...... Anna Chancellor
Adams ...... Meredith MacNeill
Commander Norris ...... Nicholas Farrell
Shankar ...... Nitin Ganatra
Waitres ...... Kate Layden

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.


SAT 15:30 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b009326q)
Episode 1

A-ha! Legendary squirm-inducing chat show hosted by Norwich's finest son, Alan Partridge.

With his guests: novelist Lawrence Camley, feminist Ally Tennant and Carnaby Street's Mr Boutique, Adam Wells.

Classic chat from On the Hour's supreme sports reporter and his guests from the world of theatre, politics and emotional tragedy.

With thanks to Alan's chief researcher Steve Coogan

Assistant researchers:

Patrick Marber
Rebecca Front
Doon Mackichan
David Schneider.

Producer: Armando lannucci

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.


SAT 16:00 The Ladykillers (b007jnlr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 17:30 Great Lives (m0007bd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 18:00 Miranda Emmerson - Iz (b046kwqf)
One man risks everything in order to find the woman he loves - a woman he has only met in a virtual world.

Miranda Emmerson's disquieting sci-fi thriller.

In 2091, British citizens live in 24-hour curfew, confined to solitary housing units and communicate entirely through virtual worlds.

Students Lee and Iz have been dating each other virtually for three years, but when Lee fails an important exam, he is suddenly cut off from Iz and everything he knows. He sets out on a journey across a deserted England, determined to find the real Iz.

Lee …. Sacha Dhawan
Iz …. Jaimi Barbakoff
Sylvia …. Sian Phillips
Will …. Craige Els
Interviewer …. Clive Hayward
Central/ Medical …. Scarlett Brookes
Soldier/ Hal …. Matthew Watson

Director: Emma Harding

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.


SAT 18:45 The Pond by Nigel Kneale (b06z8twn)
An old man calls to a frog and then catches it for a sinister purpose, but will he pay for his crime..?

George Parsons reads Nigel Kneale’s short story.

Produced at BBC Bristol by Pamela Howe.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1988


SAT 19:00 I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, Again (b01r5495)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b015mvsj)
Series 1

Episode 4

Enjoy some musical interludes from the zoo, and a sketch that only a fool wouldn't find funny.

John Finnemore presents another half hour of his very own sketches.

Written by and starring John Finnemore.

With:

Carrie Quinlan
Lawry Lewin
Simon Kane

Producer: Ed Morrish.

A BBC Radio Comedy production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2011.


SAT 22:30 The Harpoon (b00cq60w)
Series 3

Episode 4

Howdee y'all! Let's go all American.

A special star-spangled issue of the nostalgic spoof of boys' adventure story papers.

Written by Julian Dutton and Peter Baynham.

Performed by:

Alistair McGowan
Peter Baynham
Susie Brann
Mary Elliot-Nelson
Julian Dutton

Producer: Sarah Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994.


SAT 23:00 Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs (b00tysvb)
Episode 5

Rhod Gilbert hosts another hour of comedy and music.

Find out whether animals can have human faces; what annoys Rhod about considerate builders; and the most surprising location for a postage stamp.

With regulars:

Lloyd Langford
Greg Davies
Sarah Millican - who takes us through The Six Stages of Woman.

With live music from Divine Comedy.

Guest comedian:
Shappi Khorsandi.

Producers: Julia Mckenzie and Lianne Coop.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 2010.

SUNDAY 09 OCTOBER 2022

SUN 00:00 Miranda Emmerson - Iz (b046kwqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 00:45 The Pond by Nigel Kneale (b06z8twn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 (b00765kl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:00 Great Unanswered Questions (b00txh88)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 The Shuttleworths (b007k4tn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:00 Boyle's Law (b00n12rr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Saturday]


SUN 03:30 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b009326q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 The Ladykillers (b007jnlr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 05:30 Great Lives (m0007bd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Middle England by Jonathan Coe (Omnibus) (m0001f2s)
Episode 2

'It was tempting to think, at times like this, that some bizarre hysteria had gripped the British people.'

Jonathan Coe's novel is a comic yet poignant look at Britain in the run up to Brexit as Prime Minister David Cameron rolls the dice on the EU Referendum.

Beginning eight years ago on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced by pound shops, and London, where riots give way to Olympic fever, Jonathan Coe's novel follows a Britain through a time of mind-boggling change.

There are newlyweds Ian and Sophie, on either side of the Referendum debate; Doug, the leftwing journalist who writes about austerity from his Chelsea townhouse, and his radical teenage daughter who will stop at nothing in her quest for social justice; Benjamin Trotter, who embarks on an apparently doomed new career in middle age, and his father Colin, whose last wish is to vote to leave the EU. Through these lives is the story of modern England: a story of nostalgia and delusion; of bewilderment and barely-suppressed rage.

Through these lives, Jonathan Coe, tells the story of modern England: a story of nostalgia and delusion; of bewilderment and barely-suppressed rage.

Omnibus of the last five of ten parts abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Read by Jeff Rawle

Producer: Justine Willett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.


SUN 07:10 Inheritance Tracks (b05sy1kw)
Philip Glass

Composer Philip Glass inherits La Création du Monde by Milhaud and passes on his collaboration with Ginsberg, Wichita Vortex Sutra.


SUN 07:20 Katherine Jakeways - Forty Weeks (Omnibus) (b0854qgj)
Katherine Jakeways' romantic comedy about the fallout from an unexpected one night stand.

Sam loves Rose. And Rose loves Sam.

But while Rose is away on business, Sam’s dad dies and he ends up getting drunk and sleeping with a woman he’s never met before, called Bayley. Love compels him to confess to Rose, but can they salvage their relationship?

Omnibus of five parts.

Rose ...... Rebecca Humphries
Sam ...... Mathew Baynton
Bayley ...... Kimberley Nixon
Mum ...... Julia Deakin
Technician/Nurse ..... Alison Belbin
Teacher ...... Katherine Jakeways
Receptionist/Barista ...... Finlay Robertson

Writer Katherine Jakeways (North by Northamptonshire) is described by The Radio Times saying "her character comedy is so acutely observed and so sharp that it's in danger of causing permanent injury."

Director: James Robinson

A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2016.


SUN 08:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (b04phln5)
Series 1

The Cruise - 2/2

As their Mediterranean cruise continues away from Stackton Tressel, the Captain and the Brigadier compete for the ladies' affections.

Starring Dame Hilda Bracket and her lifelong companion Dr Evadne Hinge.

Brought to you from the genteel setting of the Suffolk village of Stackton Tressel, where the musical duo reside.

Written by Mike Craig, Lawrie Kinsley and Ron McDonnell.

Dame Hilda Bracket .... George Logan
Dr Evadne Hinge .... Patrick Fyffe
Brigadier Roland Baines .... Michael Bates
Captain Frobisher .... Donald Hewlett

Three series ran on BBC Radio 4 between 1977 and 1979, with further spin-off seasons on BBC Radio 2 until 1990.

In the early 1980s, they expanded over to BBC TV with the series Dear Ladies.

Produced at BBC Manchester by James Casey.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1977.


SUN 09:00 The Inimitable Jeeves (b007rgl7)
Honoria Glossop

When Bingo Little's new love lands Bertie Wooster in bother - who can save the day?

PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.

Adapted by Chris Miller.

Jeeves …. Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster …. Richard Briers
Sir Roderick Glossop …. Andrew Cruickshank
Aunt Agatha …. Joan Sanderson
Bingo Little …. Jonathan Cecil
Lord Rainsby …. James Villiers
Honoria Glossop …. Miriam Margolyes
Oswald Glossop …. Denise Bryer

Producer: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1973.


SUN 09:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b007k43j)
Series 1

Episode 6

A charity quiz night gives Trev the chance to boost office morale, or maybe destroy it.

Starring Neil Pearson.

Another brave attempt by sports agent Trevor Heslop to swim safely through the shark tank of life.

Andy Hamilton's TV comedy swaps to radio.

Trevor …. Neil Pearson
Sammy …. Paul Reynolds
Ralph …. Michael Fenton Stevens
Theresa …. Rosalind Ayres
Heidrun …. Cosima Shaw
Barry …. Abdul Salis
Meryl …. Claire Skinner
Hamish …. Gordon Kennedy
Tony …. David Gillespie

Written and produced by Andy Hamilton.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0bbnxxx)
Fashion Designers

Cath Kidston

From The Rolling Stones to Monty Python.

Designer Cath Kidston shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young.

Cheerful and practical, Cath's products nod towards the 1950s. She began with ironing board covers but these days you can listen to a radio decorated with one of her designs, pitch one of her tents or decorate the children's bedroom with her cowboy wallpaper.

In her own room as a child, she used to play at keeping shop.

"I really felt, from very, very early on, I was onto something with the notion of what I was doing," she says. "I remember feeling I'd really overstepped the mark when I opened my second shop - thinking, that's probably going a stage too far."

DISC ONE: Little Red Rooster The Rolling Stones
DISC TWO: Cheek to Cheek - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
DISC THREE: Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
DISC FOUR: In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins
DISC FIVE: Can’t Let Go - Lucinda Williams
DISC SIX: Let’s Get It On - Marvin Gaye
DISC SEVEN: Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life - Monty Python
DISC EIGHT: I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Bob Dylan

BOOK CHOICE -Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
LUXURY CHOICE - The Larousse French/English dictionary
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Luxury: A hot water bottle

Producer: Leanne Buckle

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.


SUN 10:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00yz55m)
Series 2

Charnia

David Attenborough has always been fascinated by fossils; even as a boy he'd spend many hours exploring the local quarry near his home in Leicestershire.

Near his family home was a forest which he visited frequently, but didn't hunt for fossils there because he knew the rocks were too old to have any post cards of early life embedded in their layers.

But he was wrong - those rocks harboured a wonderful secret - a secret that would rattle the cages of the big thinkers of the time and would change the story of life on earth for ever.

Written and presented by Sir David Attenborough.

Producer: Julian Hector.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.


SUN 11:00 Radiolab (m001bztz)
Series 10

Lucy

Chimps. Bonobos. Humans. We're all great apes, but that doesn’t mean we’re one happy family. A chimp named Lucy teaches us the ups and downs of growing up human.

Radiolab is a Peabody-award winning show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and the human experience.

The Radiolab team investigate a strange world.

From WNYC. First broadcast on public radio in the USA in 2010.


SUN 11:55 Inheritance Tracks (b05sy1kw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]


SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m001cy7v)
Mother Tongue - Double Takes

Globe-trotting poetry series, presented by poet Imtiaz Dharker.

In this episode, Imtiaz hears poets from Poland, Cuba and Taiwan - in their original language and in translation. Starting with the phrase Double Takes, she reflects on how these three poets have the knack of making their readers look, and look again, at the world around them - shifting perspectives with their idiosyncratic takes on details and experiences.

Imtiaz speaks to Adam Zagajewski, widely considered to be the leading Polish poet of his generation. He writes with great humanity and wry humour, with the ability to elevate the most ordinary things, such as airports and sandals, to epic levels. He takes a walk around his home city, Krakow, and talks about his approach to writing poetry. With poems from his collection, Asymmetry, translated by Clare Cavanagh.

We also hear poems from Legna Rodriguez Iglesias, an up-and-coming Cuban voice, now living in Miami. Her intense and sometimes unnerving work often has an absurdist focus on close-up details. Imtiaz speaks to the poet Abigail Parry who, with Serafina Vick, has translated a new selection of Rodriguez’s poems in a collection called A Little Body are Many Parts.

Finally, there’s Amang Hung, a Taiwanese poet and filmmaker who writes with playful and inventive flair about nature, the digital world and her life in Taipei. She reads poems from her collection Raised by Wolves. The English translations are by Steve Bradbury.

Reader: Vera Chok.

Producer: Caroline Hughes

A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2019.


SUN 12:30 Electric Ink (b011kvmn)
Series 1

Episode 3

Editor Oliver wants Terry from Tottenham, as 'street boy' Freddy inadvertently breaks a top story in the Treasury.

Starring Robert Lindsay and Alex Jennings.

Old hacks meet new media in Alistair Beaton’s satire set in the changing world of the newspaper industry.

Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay
Oliver ...... Alex Jennings
Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington
Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar
Masha ...... Debbie Chazen
Freddy ...... Ben Willbond
Announcer ...... Matt Addis

With additional material by Tom Mitchelson.

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009.


SUN 13:00 Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich (Omnibus) (b0b6pn5q)
Episode 2

Cedar is in a high security maternity hospital. Both her families join forces to plan a break-out.

Omnibus of the last five episodes of Louise Erdrich's ten-part tale.

The world is in crisis. Evolution has gone into reverse, affecting all creatures great and small, including the next generation of humans. Fewer babies - or their mothers - are surviving to full term and, of those babies born, many have been identified as belonging to a more primitive species of human. As governments take drastic action to limit the catastrophe, there has never been a more dangerous time to be having a baby.

Cedar Songmaker is pregnant. She is the adopted daughter of Minneapolis liberals. Determined to find out as much about her baby's make up as possible, she makes contact with her birth family on the Ojibwe reservation.

Despite increasing levels of panic across the country, Cedar sets out to meet her birth mother for the first time.

American author, Louise Erdrich lives in Minnesota. Her novel The Round House won the National Book Award for Fiction. She's also received the Library of Congress Prize in American Fiction, the prestigious PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

Abridger: Jeremy Osborne
Reader: Cherrelle Skeete
Producer: Lisa Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2018.


SUN 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b06713sx)
Helen Fielding

Author Helen Fielding chooses 'Climb Every Mountain' from The Sound of Music and Diana's Krall's version of 'Pick Yourself Up'.


SUN 14:20 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton (Omnibus) (b007zcg4)
Episode 3

Elizabeth Gaskell 's frank portrayal of Manchester life in the 1840s created shock waves when her novel was published and established her reputation.

Mary Barton, the daughter of cotton weaver John Barton, is wooed by her childhood sweetheart.

Aunt Esther reappears worried for her niece's welfare, and the mill workers are angry.

Omnibus of episodes 10 to 15 out of 20 episodes.

Dramatised by Lavinia Murray.

John …. David Calder
Mary …. Emma Rydal
Mrs Wilson …. Natasha Pyne
Jem Wilson …. Ian Dunn
Carson/Job Legh …. Roy Hudd
Will Wilson …. Simon Trinder
Alice …. Marlene Sidaway
Margaret …. Deborah Berlin
Esther …. Carolyn Pickles
Workman/Policeman …. Phillip Joseph
Amy …. Janice Acquah
Helen …. Beth Chambers
Mrs Carson/Mrs Needham …. Kate Rutter

Director Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001


SUN 15:30 Hollow Earth: A Travel Guide (b05q4zmk)
Comedian Robin Ince takes us on a tour of a world beneath the earth's crust, exploring the history of Hollow Earth theory through literature, legend and scientific theory.

His tour of this world within a world, starts with the obvious question of how to get into it. Is the entrance at the North Pole, the South Pole or even in Newcastle?

With the help of his "tour guides", including the graphic novelist Alan Moore, Robin gets advice on where to descend and what he might see once he gets down there.

Is this a Dystopia full of desperate souls, or the Utopia imagined by someone like the messianic 19th century physician Cyrus Teed, who established a hollow earth cult in Florida and whose ideas later went on briefly to inspire the Nazis.

On his subterranean journey, Robin also meets a classicist, a biblical scholar, and a literary critic. Together they explore the physical aspects of this world and consider who he might bump into.

Will it be the three-headed dog Cerberus, or the plesiosaurs and dinosaurs of Jules Verne? Or is this voyage into the interior, actually just a journey into the depths of our own minds?

Producer: Philippa Goodrich

A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015.


SUN 16:00 Jon Wynne-Tyson: Marvellous Party (b08n400b)
1950s Las Vegas: sparks fly as Noel Coward gets a visit from his old close friend, Esme Wynne-Tyson.

Stanley Baxter stars as Noel Coward and Dorothy Tutin as Esme Wynne-Tyson.

A child actress in London’s West End, Esme became a close friend of the young Noel Coward.

Here her son, Jon, imagines a meeting in the city of Las Vegas, between his mother and Coward in middle-age.

Written and adapted for radio by Jon Wynne-Tyson.

Noel ...... Stanley Baxter
Esme ...... Dorothy Tutin
Gary ...... Peter Whitman
Waiter/Bellboy/Engineer ...... David Holt

Director: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1994.


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001cy7v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Electric Ink (b011kvmn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 18:00 Weird Tales (b01nrd24)
Series 3

Original Features by Christopher William Hill

When Carl and Rob buy a flat in a 19th century house, it seems they've found their perfect home.

With Carl away on business, Rob throws himself into restoring the flat, but he ends up with more of the original features than he'd anticipated...

Series of chilling plays for winter nights.

Written by Christopher William Hill.

Carl ..... Martin Hutson
Rob ..... Carl Prekopp
Jess ..... Adjoa Andoh
Girl ..... Francine Chamberlain
Answerphone ..... Tracy Wiles
Woman ..... Alex Rivers
Man ..... Christopher Webster

Director: Mary Peate

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011.


SUN 18:30 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007jwfl)
Episode 1

What happens when spare-part surgery becomes the norm?

When marketing expert Eleanor Riley is called in to re-vamp the image of a remote clone farm, she discovers there's more to ‘Abbotsville’ than meets the eye...

Jenny Stephens’ four part sci-fi thriller.

Jefferson 37 …. Oliver Hembrough
Patel 2 …. Dharmesh Patel
Eleanor Riley …. Alison Carney
Dr Abbots …. David Birrell
Dr Martell …. Rob Swinton
Paul Smith …. Alex Jones
Saskia Treby 9 …. Helen Monks

Director: Peter Leslie Wild

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in January 2006.


SUN 19:00 Radiolab (m001bztz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


SUN 19:55 Inheritance Tracks (b05sy1kw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]


SUN 20:00 Jon Wynne-Tyson: Marvellous Party (b08n400b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0bbnxxx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00yz55m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 22:00 Electric Ink (b011kvmn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 22:30 I Think I've Got a Problem (b00cm91h)
Series 2

Episode 4

After falling over and knocking himself out, Tom - and the band in his head - awakes to find himself in a strange world where castrati singers are all the rage...

Starring Suggs and Bob Monkhouse.

Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero's everyday story about a man who can't stop himself from breaking into song.

Tom Caine …. Suggs
Dr Boone …. Bob Monkhouse
Bouche …. Phil Cornwell
Jake …. Andrew McGibbon
Monty DeVere …. Nick Romero
Malc …. Bill Nighy
Phelia …. Julia Deakin
Clammy …. Toby Longworth
Pi …. Debra Stephenson

Songs: Andrew McGibbon. Nick Romero and Suggs

Producers: Andrew McGibbon and Dawn Ellis.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003.


SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001czyd)
Taylor Glenn 1/3

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Laura Lexx talks to the host of Drunk Women Solving Crime, Taylor Glenn.


SUN 23:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jlzj)
The Primary Phase

Fit The First

Arthur Dent is trying to stop his house being demolished to make way for a by-pass.

But his friend, Ford Prefect is more concerned about the imminent destruction of the Earth.

Ford is a writer for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, "the most successful book ever to have come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor" and he may just know how to avoid being evaporated by the Vogons...

Douglas Adams' epic adventure in time and space including some helpful advice on how to see the Universe for less than 30 Altairian dollars a day.

The Book …… Peter Jones
Arthur Dent …… Simon Jones
Ford Prefect …… Geoffrey McGivern
Vogon Captain …… Bill Wallis
Lady Cynthia …… Jo Kendall
Barman …… David Gooderson

The original scripts went on to spawn a series of novels, a feature film, at least three stage shows, a TV series, a computer game, a collection of comic books - and various towels.

Radiophonic sound and music: Paddy Kingsland

Producer: Simon Brett.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.


SUN 23:30 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes (b0196r9b)
Series 1

Seafarers

Prince Madoc? Swansea Jack?

Comedian Elis James compares key figures in Welsh history to determine the ultimate heroes of Wales.

With:

Ben Partridge
Nadia Kamil

Written by Elis James, Gareth Gwyn and Benjamin Partridge.

Producer: Sharif Shahwan

First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in January 2012.

MONDAY 10 OCTOBER 2022

MON 00:00 Weird Tales (b01nrd24)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007jwfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich (Omnibus) (b0b6pn5q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday]


MON 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b06713sx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Sunday]


MON 02:20 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton (Omnibus) (b007zcg4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:20 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Hollow Earth: A Travel Guide (b05q4zmk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Jon Wynne-Tyson: Marvellous Party (b08n400b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (m001cy7v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:30 Electric Ink (b011kvmn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday]


MON 06:00 Sherlock Holmes (m00045p2)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 4

The Abbey Grange

The great detective painfully recollects shrugging his shoulders upon the case of the violent death of a sadistic husband.

How could he have overlooked the significance of some wine glasses?

Starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale was first published in The Return of Sherlock Holmes in 1904.

Adapted by Michael Hardwick.

Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson …. Norman Shelley
Hopkins …. Hugh Dickson
Lady Brackenstall …. Josephine Price
Theresa …. Coral Fairweather
Croker …. Peter Claughton
The Manager …. Douglas Storm

Producer: Robin Midgley

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1962.


MON 06:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001cyb0)
Series 6

Cocoon and Glasgow's Forgotten Village

Fresh storytelling from first time writers and producers as part of BBC Introducing Arts supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

Presented by writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson.

COCOON is written and directed by Caitlin McLeod. Train... Night... A young nurse witnesses something between two strangers. A kiss, an exchange; an underground movement using a weapon: the ‘Cocoon’.
Starring Hermon Berhane, Lois Chimimba, Rosina Carbone, Alexandra Mathie, David Crellin and Richard Hand.
Produced by Eloise Whitmore. A Naked production for Tyneside Cinema.

GRAHAMSTON by Willian Aikman is an audio documentary and ghost story inspired by the forgotten village in Glasgows City Centre which was destroyed to make way for Central Station in the late 1870s.
Starring Simone Low, Stephen Smart, Heidi Coghill and Lucy Duncombe.
A LUX Scotland production for Now & Next supported by Creative Scotland and BBC Arts

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.


MON 07:00 Hazelbeach (b008crhw)
Series 1

Party

Ronnie organises a disastrous birthday party and Nick finally finds his father's will.

Starring Jamie Foreman.

Caroline and David Stafford's comedy drama about the mysterious Ronnie Hazelbeach.

Ronnie .... Jamie Foreman
Nick .... Paul Bazely
Mrs Barlow .... Tracy Wiles
James .... John Dougall
Andrea .... Liza Sadovy

Producer: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.


MON 07:30 It's a Fair Cop (m001cpkb)
Series 7

1. Workplace Theft

In this first episode of the brand new series, Alfie tackles a case of theft in the workplace. In a Scunthorpe distribution centre, multiple high-end phones are going missing every month. All evidence points to an inside job... but who?

Join Alfie and his audience of sworn-in deputies as they decide how to approach the situation, whittle down the subjects, find the missing phones and ID which employee is taking more than a highlighter from work.

Written and presented by Alfie Moore
Script Editor: Will Ing
Production Co-ordinators: Katie Baum & Becky Carewe-Jeffries
Producer: Sam Holmes

A BBC Studios Production


MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00mrhjp)
Series 3

Episode 13

Kenneth Horne blows his own trumpet in 'Young Horne with a Man'.

And be amazed at Julian and Sandy's bona psychic gift of a second vada!

Packed full of colourful characters, parodies, memorable catchphrases, and double-entendres.

Starring:

Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden
Bill Pertwee

Announcer: Douglas Smith

Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London.

Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.

Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman wrote the brilliantly inventive - and sometimes outrageous - scripts for four series between 1965 and 1968.

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1967.


MON 08:30 Anything Legal (b0081qyq)
Episode 1

After commuting to work together for 15 years, Charles and George both lose their jobs, but decide to keep it a secret...

Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.

A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly.

Charles …. Donald Hewlett
George …. Michael Knowles
Hilary …. Norma Ronald
GJ …. Tony Anholt
Futristics Manager …. David Ryall
Billy …. Michael Bilton
Harry the Publican …. Colin Starkey

Theme music by Jim Parker

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.


MON 09:00 Wordaholics (b04gvtj0)
Series 3

Episode 3

Comedian Ed Byrne, Tasmanian stand up and art expert Hannah Gadsby, punmaster general Milton Jones and classics boffin Natalie Haynes vie for wordy supremacy under the watchful eye of chair Gyles Brandreth.

Letter of the week is 'N' and there's a round about derogatory terms.

Panellists also attempt to ban their least favourite words including 'simples'.

Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle.

Producer: Claire Jones.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2014.


MON 09:30 Country Matters (b00lvz52)
Episode 6

Will Cathy finally make the break and give up city life for good?

Starring Jonathan Tafler and Lesley Sharp.

Mike Coleman's sitcom about a city couple's new life in the country.

Dave.......Jonathan Tafler
Cathy........Lesley Sharp
Kevin........Geoff McGivern
Jim...........David Learner
Wendell..........Robert Daws
Steve..........David Jarvis
Ruth..........Rachel Atkins
Tracy..........Melanie Hudson

Producer Ann Jobson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1994.


MON 10:00 Mr Betjeman's Class (b09jrsfc)
The first of two plays celebrating one of Britain's best-loved poets.

1928. John Betjeman, aged 23, has left Magdalen College - sent down without a degree.

He's spent three years at Oxford being a class-conscious social climber, clowning his suburban way into the country house weekend set.

With his ambitions in ruins, he's reduced to acting as cricket master in a prep school. He knows nothing of cricket.

Starring Ben Whitrow and Philippe Edwards.

Written by Jonathan Smith.

Older Betjeman ...... Ben Whitrow
Younger Betjeman ...... Philippe Edwards
Bessie ...... Sophie Thompson
Ernest ...... Nicky Henson
Headmaster ...... Gerard McDermott
Boy 1 ...... Adam Thomas Wright
Boy 2 ...... Kedar Williams-Stirling
Boy 3 ...... Tom Cawte

Also being broadcast by BBC Radio 4 Extra is Jonathan Smith's accompanying play - Mr Betjeman Regrets

Director: Bruce Young.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017.


MON 10:45 Short Works (m0001kc3)
Pale Blue Dots by Adam Marek

Written by Adam Marek and specially-commissioned for Radio 4.

Adrienne, a high-spec virtual assistant, explains its advantages to a new subscriber, and demonstrates its considerable power.

Adam Marek is the award-winning writer of two short story collections - Instruction Manual For Swallowing and The Stone Thrower. A specially-commissioned story, The Bullet Racers, featured on Radio 4 as part of the series Short Rides In Fast Machines. Another, Companions, appeared as part of Short Works in 2016. He was shortlisted for the inaugural Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award and his story The 40-Litre Monkey was included in The Penguin Book Of The British Short Story in 2015.

Writer: Adam Marek
Reader: Teresa Gallagher
Producer: Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018.


MON 11:00 TED Radio Hour (m001cyb2)
Series 9

Rosanne Cash: The Rhythm and Rhyme of Memory

A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) stage.

Manoush Zomorodi explores the links between memory and music with singer, songwriter, and musician Rosanne Cash.

First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2022.


MON 11:50 Inheritance Tracks (m001cyb4)
Alison Balsom

Trumpeter Alison Balsom chooses JS Bach’s ‘Brandenburg Concerto No. 5’ and ‘Con Alma’ by Dizzy Gillespie.


MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00mrhjp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 Anything Legal (b0081qyq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 13:00 Sherlock Holmes (m00045p2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 13:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001cyb0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 14:00 A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne (m0002g7z)
Episode 1

Maurice Swift is handsome, ruthless and desperate to become a successful novelist. He just needs the right story. However a chance encounter with the celebrated author Erich Ackermann gives Maurice an opportunity to ingratiate himself into the literary world. And Erich has a story of his own. Unfortunately Maurice is the last person Erich should confide in…

‘A Ladder To The Sky’ by John Boyne is a seductive thriller about a writer who won’t let anything, or anyone, stand in the way of his ambitions.

Awarded the Hennessy Literary 'Hall of Fame' Award for his body of work, the New York Times best-selling author John Boyne has received multiple Irish Book Awards including Children's Book of the Year, People's Choice Book of the Year and Short Story of the Year. He has also been awarded a number of international literary awards, including the Que Leer Award for Novel of the Year in Spain and the Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize in Germany. ‘A Ladder to The Sky’ is his eleventh novel for adults.

Abridged by Doreen Estall
Read by Wolf Kahler
Produced by Michael Shannon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2019.


MON 14:15 Tim Jackson - The Rainbow Bridge (m001cyb6)
Episode 1

Science historian, Kate Williams, juggles her research into Charles Darwin’s wife, Emma, with caring for her ailing father.

Tim Jackson's ten-part drama investigates Darwinism from the perspective of a woman ambitious to win in the rat race of modern academia.

CAST:

Kate Williams .... Julia Hills
David Williams .... David Hargreaves
Emma …. Janet Maw
Charles .... David Schofield

Director: Peter Leslie Wild

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.


MON 14:30 Sounds from the Seabed (m001cyb8)
Lucie Skeaping traces the story of the salvage and replication of musical instruments which went down with Henry VIII’s Mary Rose in 1545. She also finds out what they tell us about Tudor music and musicians, both at sea and on land.

Producer: Clare Csonka

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.


MON 15:00 Mr Betjeman's Class (b09jrsfc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 15:45 Short Works (m0001kc3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


MON 16:00 Wordaholics (b04gvtj0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 16:30 Country Matters (b00lvz52)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 17:00 Hazelbeach (b008crhw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:30 It's a Fair Cop (m001cpkb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 The Spaceship (b007w5jc)
1. Lost

An alien princess proves to be problematic for the crew of the Really Invincible III, Macclesfield Division.

What you are about to hear took place live, four years ago, 70,000 light years from home…

A five-part sci-fi comedy written by Paul Barnhill and Neil Warhurst.

Captain Gordon Taylor …. James Fleet
Melissa Patterson …. Emily Joyce
Karen …. Rose Cavaliero
Stuart …. Paul Barnhill
Clive …. Neil Warhurst
Princess Urrgh …. Stephen Hogan
Urrgh Emperor …. Jason Chan
Narrator …. Nicholas Boulton

Director: Sally Avens

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in June 2005.


MON 18:30 A Good Read (b052j57l)
John Sergeant and Helen Lewis

The journalists John Sergeant and Helen Lewis, join Harriett Gilbert to discuss three favourite books.

Jeeves and The Wedding Bells by Sebastian Faulks
Publisher Arrow Books

The Turkish Embassy Letters by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Publisher Virago

The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
Publisher Vintage

Producer Beth O'Dea

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2015.


MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00mrhjp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 Anything Legal (b0081qyq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 20:00 Sherlock Holmes (m00045p2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 20:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001cyb0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 21:00 TED Radio Hour (m001cyb2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 21:50 Inheritance Tracks (m001cyb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today]


MON 22:00 It's a Fair Cop (m001cpkb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 22:30 Rubbish (b008drpg)
Series 2

Phobic

Unable to look in the mirror for fear of seeing his ageing reflection, Martin seeks the help of a local artist to overcome his phobia.

Reece Dinsdale stars as local government officer, cynic and manic-depressive Martin Christmas in Tony Bagley's sitcom.

Martin …. Reece Dinsdale
Barney …. Matthew Cottle
John …. Neil Dudgeon
Sarah …. Pippa Haywood
Dan ...... Russell Tovey

Producer: Claire Bartlett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2007.


MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m001cq87)
Series 109

Episode 4

Andy Zaltzman is joined by journalist Katy Balls from The Spectator, along with comedians Susie McCabe, Glenn Moore and Athena Kugblenu. This week they discuss the highs and lows of the Conservative Party conference and Andy brings back his much loved SubTextricator.

Hosted and written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Zoë Tomalin, Carl Carzana, Davina Bentley and Jade Gebbie.

Producer: Georgia Keating
Executive Producer: Richard Morris
Production Co-ordinator: Ryan Walker-Edwards

A BBC Studios Production


MON 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jqf9)
Series 1

Good and Evil

The sci-fi star and inventor explains life's big mysteries. Stars Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Tom Baker. From October 1992.

TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER 2022

TUE 00:00 The Spaceship (b007w5jc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b052j57l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Sherlock Holmes (m00045p2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001cyb0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne (m0002g7z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Tim Jackson - The Rainbow Bridge (m001cyb6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 Sounds from the Seabed (m001cyb8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Mr Betjeman's Class (b09jrsfc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 03:45 Short Works (m0001kc3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 Wordaholics (b04gvtj0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Country Matters (b00lvz52)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Hazelbeach (b008crhw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 05:30 It's a Fair Cop (m001cpkb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 06:00 Sherlock Holmes (m00045q0)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 4

The Devil's Foot

Whilst recuperating in Cornwall, the great detective is called upon to solve two deaths.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale was first published in His Last Bow in 1910. Adapted by Michael Hardwick.

CAST:

Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson …. Norman Shelley
Rev Roundhay …. Humphrey Morton
Mortimer …. George Hagan
Mrs Porter …. Grizelda Hervey
Dr Leon Sterndale …. Finlay Currie

Carleton Hobbs starred as the Baker Street sleuth in 80 radio dramas between 1952 and 1969.

Producer: Robin Midgley

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1962.


TUE 06:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001cyhg)
Series 6

No Place Like Home and The Buzzer

Writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson presents fresh storytelling from first time writers and producers as part of BBC Introducing Arts supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

No Place Like Home is written and directed by Adam Bennett-Lea. Freddie, a selfish and idealistic drag queen, is forced to leave his hedonistic life in East London and return to his conservative Northern hometown, to care for his terminally ill mother. The two have had a turbulent relationship since Freddie came out as gay. If they’re going to reconcile their relationship in the time that Sarah has left, Freddie will have to let go of the grudges he holds against both his mother, and his hometown. Starring Matt Greenwood, Cherylee Houston, Eve Shotton, Sushil Chudasama and Jonathan Keeble. The producer was Tony Churnside. A Naked Production for Tyneside Cinema.

The Buzzer by Jessica Syposz. Lina can't stop listening. Her favourite radio station only transmits a single, eerie buzzing noise. The sound makes her feel safe. The more she listens, the easier it is to forget the world around her, or to feel like it's even real at all...'The Buzzer' is a surreal journey into obsession and our desire to be part of something bigger than ourselves. Starring Radhika Aggarwal. Sound Designer and Producer Paul Dodgson. A Rural Media Production.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.


TUE 07:00 Ayres on the Air (b09vzyd5)
Series 6

Still in the Game

More light hearted verse and comic sketches from Pam Ayres.

Today's theme is 'Still in the Game' - about getting older... but not giving in!

Includes a poem about a faded actress and embracing the idea of buying a larger size in clothes.

With:

Geoffrey Whitehead
Felicity Montagu

Written by Pam Ayres, Jan Etherington, Laura Major and Peter Reynolds.

Produced by Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.


TUE 07:30 Michael Spicer: Before Next Door (m000y6t6)
Series 1

To Put It Another Way

Roberta’s networking as Michael’s part-time, unpaid manager is finally paying off, and she is beginning to get her husband some serious industry traction. She lines up an audition for the prestigious topical panel show, To Put It Another Way. Unfortunately, this lands Michael in a bear pit of bullying stand-up comedians who are used to the gladiatorial nature of these shows. Encountering a bitter, aggressive stand-up is enough to put Michael off being a comedian for good.

As the restructuring process at work comes to a climax (being re-interviewed for the job he already has) Michael is at a very low ebb. Feeling like a comedy failure after acting as a punch bag at the panel show run through, he is now certain he is for the chop.

In spite of the battering he received in front of an audience at the TV run through, he receives encouragement from stand-up comic Natalie Duke, who gives Michael an idea that might change everything. Could he really could give up the day job?

Roberta is pushing Michael hard to take the plunge and use the platform his Room Next Door following has created to forge a comedy career, with her as his full-time manager, of course. But it seems that she is far more keen to ditch her secure day job than Michael is, especially when his boss at the kitchen worktop company delivers his plan to reorganise the company.

Will Michael take the plunge? Will Roberta take the plunge? Will you take the plunge and give it a listen? It’s the last episode so plunge into the other three first and then plunge into this one as the series reaches a satisfying conclusion that also leaves everything open for another series.

Performers: Michael Spicer with Ellie Taylor, Joanna Neary, Susan Wokoma, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Greig Johnson, Tara Flynn and Peter Curran

Writer: Michael Spicer

Producer: Matt Tiller

A Starstruck and Tillervision production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jt71)
Series 6

The Treasure in the Lake

Neddie discovers he's the heir to a Scottish fortune, but first he must outlive the current Laird.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

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

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1956.


TUE 08:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b007jxb9)
Series 3

Episode 1

Parish Council leader Mrs Roberts wonders how to become more popular.

The third series of the continuing everyday story of a country folk.

‘80s political satirical soap opera set in the strangely familiar village of Little Blighty. Life here is pretty uneventful, though the humdrum happenings include social turmoil, economic upheaval and vicious political squabbles.

Written by Mark Burton, John O'Farrell and Mike Coleman.

Starring:

Jo Kendall
Michael Troughton
John Baddeley
Bernadine Corrigan
Jonathan Kydd

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1990.


TUE 08:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (m001czr7)
B-Movie Man

Individuals, like chocolate bars, don’t come separately any more, but in uniform packs. Performed by Leonard Rossiter.

Leonard Rossiter reads Barry Pilton's mercurial musings.

Producer: Catherine Wearing

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in January 1982.


TUE 09:00 The News Quiz (m001cq87)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]


TUE 09:30 The Older Woman (b02zfp46)
Series 1

Episode 6

What did Roy and Jane get up to after the concert? What lengths will Dick go to in his attempts to become Frank Sinatra? And will Elsa save Roy's bacon?

Conclusion of Tony Bagley's romantic six-part comedy drama serial with a twist.

Starring Zoe Wanamaker as Miss Callaghan, Martin Clunes as Roy Hitchcock, Toyah Wilcox as Elsa, David Troughton as Mr Say, Nicky Henson as Chad, Geoff McGivern as Dick, David Holt as Jacko, Sue Roderick as Wyn and Melanie Hudson as the Advert Voice-over.

Miss Callaghan ...... Zoe Wanamaker
Roy Hitchcock ...... Martin Clunes
Elsa ...... Toyah Wilcox
Mr Say ...... David Troughton
Chad....Nicky Henderson
Dick ...... Geoff McGivern
Jacko......David Holt
Wyn.......Sue Roderick
Advert Voice-over ......Melanie Hudson

Producer: Paul Schlesinger:

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.


TUE 10:00 Mr Betjeman Regrets (b09jvfcr)
Towards the end of his career, Sir John Betjeman is a national treasure.

He's become an immensely popular tv and radio performer, selling over two million copies of his Collected Poems in his lifetime. But he continues to worry about his chequered career and complex personal life. Stars Benjamin Whitrow who died shortly before he could finish recording this play. His role was completed by Robert Bathurst, a friend and fellow Betjeman enthusiast.

Betjeman ...... Benjamin Whitrow/Robert Bathurst
Lady Elizabeth ...... Joanna David
Lady Penelope ...... Sarah Crowden
Cornish Woman. ...... Sandra Duncan
Young Paul ...... Adam Thomas Wright

Includes voices of Gerard McDermott, Isabella Inchbald and Neil McCaul

Written by Jonathan Smith.

Directed by Bruce Young.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017.


TUE 10:45 Short Works (m0000mp6)
The Phone Box by Javaad Alipoor

An original short story written and performed by Javaad Alipoor, specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4.

How does a boy learn when to run away, when to fight back and when to hide in a phone box?

The Phone Box is a short work for radio. It's a poetic monologue reflecting on those formative moments of childhood that stay with you, bright and ringing, into adulthood.

Javaad Alipoor is a writer, theatre maker and director who grew up in Bradford. He is resident associate director at Sheffield theatres and an associate director of Bradford's Theatre in the Mill. He also writes poetry and prose. His essays and theory-fiction on global politics, philosophy and art have also been published.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.


TUE 11:00 Archive on 4 (m000hdcx)
The Phoney War

Edward Stourton tells the story of the BBC in the ”phoney war” of 1939-1940 and the period’s strange echoes of Covid-19.

When war was declared in September 1939, everyone in Britain expected a catastrophic bombing campaign. Theatres and cinemas were closed and children were evacuated to the countryside. What followed instead was a hiatus when tensions remained high but the bombs did not fall. How does the experience of the Home Front at the start of the Second World War echo the Covid-19 crisis and what did it mean for the evolution of the BBC?

The corporation’s initial response became known as the "Bore War". The BBC was berated for broadcasting dreary music and endless, highly repetitive news bulletins. It then changed tack to find a more popular voice, in tune with the needs of its audience. How did it become a trusted source of news in the face of wartime censorship? What did it do to cheer up the nation and enliven public service messages about health and education?

Contributors:
Peter Busch, Senior Lecturer, King's College, London
Martin Gorsky, Professor of the History of Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Sian Nicholas, Reader in History, Aberystwyth University
Lucy Noakes, Professor of History, University of Essex
Jean Seaton, Professor of Media History, University of Westminster

Producer: Sheila Cook
Researcher: Diane Richardson
Editor: Hugh Levinson

With thanks to BBC History https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/100-voices/ww2

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2020.


TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jt71)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b007jxb9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 12:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (m001czr7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:55 today]


TUE 13:00 Sherlock Holmes (m00045q0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 13:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001cyhg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 14:00 A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne (m0002gqn)
Episode 2

Maurice Swift is handsome, ruthless and desperate to become a successful novelist. He just needs the right story. However a chance encounter with the celebrated author Erich Ackermann gives Maurice an opportunity to ingratiate himself into the literary world. And Erich has a story of his own. Unfortunately Maurice is the last person Erich should confide in…

‘A Ladder To The Sky’ by John Boyne is a seductive thriller about a writer who won’t let anything, or anyone, stand in the way of his ambitions.

Awarded the Hennessy Literary 'Hall of Fame' Award for his body of work, the New York Times best-selling author John Boyne has received multiple Irish Book Awards including Children's Book of the Year, People's Choice Book of the Year and Short Story of the Year. He has also been awarded a number of international literary awards, including the Que Leer Award for Novel of the Year in Spain and the Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize in Germany. ‘A Ladder to The Sky’ is his eleventh novel for adults.

Abridged by Doreen Estall
Read by Wolf Kahler
Produced by Michael Shannon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2019.


TUE 14:15 Tim Jackson - The Rainbow Bridge (m001cyhn)
Episode 2

Kate asks her lay preacher father to clarify The Farewell Discourse following The Last Supper, central to Emma Darwin’s faith and a source of disagreement between her and Charles.

Tim Jackson's ten-part drama investigates Darwinism from the perspective of a woman ambitious to win in the rat race of modern academia.

CAST:

Kate Williams .... Julia Hills
David Williams .... David Hargreaves
Emma …. Janet Maw
Charles .... David Schofield
Nurse .... Lorna Laidlaw

Director: Peter Leslie Wild

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.


TUE 14:30 The Big B at 70 (b01nk147)
Amitabh Bachchan is the biggest star in Bollywood and a cinematic colossus in Indian cinema for 40 years.

To mark his 70th birthday in 2012, Sarfraz Manzoor looked back over his career.

Producer: Mark Rickards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.


TUE 15:00 Mr Betjeman Regrets (b09jvfcr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 15:45 Short Works (m0000mp6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


TUE 16:00 Genius (b0076vc0)
Series 2

Johnny Vegas

From a robotic dog to friendly car horns.

Dave Gorman asks comedian and actor Johnny Vegas to select the public's best loopy idea

Series in which award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public.

Producer: Simon Nicholls

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.


TUE 16:30 The Older Woman (b02zfp46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 17:00 Ayres on the Air (b09vzyd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:30 Michael Spicer: Before Next Door (m000y6t6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 The Spaceship (b007w43k)
2. Indestructible

Ship's doctor Clive 55 meets his identical cloned twin brother, Clive 88.

A five-part sci-fi comedy written by Paul Barnhill and Neil Warhurst.

In the year 2104, a fleet of research cruisers were launched into space, with every moment aboard the Really Invincible III, Macclesfield Division preserved by wall-to-wall monitoring, and transmitted back to Earth.

What you hear took place live, four years ago, 70,000 light years from home...

CAST:

Captain Gordon Taylor …. James Fleet
Melissa Patterson …. Emily Joyce
Karen …. Rose Cavaliero
Stuart …. Paul Barnhill
Clive …. Neil Warhurst
Captain Ponter …. Stephen Hogan
Narrator …. Nicholas Boulton

Director: Sally Avens

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in June 2005.


TUE 18:30 Soul Music (b00763ln)
Series 2

The Lark Ascending

Tasmin Little, Iona Brown and Allan Stephenson reflect on the impact of Ralph Vaughan Williams's most English of works.

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

Producer: Rosie Boulton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.


TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jt71)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b007jxb9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 19:55 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (m001czr7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:55 today]


TUE 20:00 Sherlock Holmes (m00045q0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 20:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001cyhg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 21:00 Archive on 4 (m000hdcx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 22:00 Michael Spicer: Before Next Door (m000y6t6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 22:30 Cabin Pressure (b00cb5k4)
Series 1

Abu Dhabi

Stephanie Cole, Benedict Cumberbatch and Roger Allam star in a sitcom about the crew of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.

The city of Bristol, a cat and a thermostat combine to present Martin with a career-breaking crisis.

CAST:

Carolyn Knapp-Shappey …. Stephanie Cole
First Officer Douglas Richardson …. Roger Allam
Capt Martin Crieff …. Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey …. John Finnemore
ATC Fitton …. Ewen MacIntosh

Written by John Finnemore, writer for The News Quiz, The Now Show, and That Mitchell & Webb Sound.

Produced and directed by David Tyle.r

A Pozzitive production for the BBC first broadcast on Radio 4 in July 2008.


TUE 23:00 The Shuttleworths (b007lrj3)
John Shuttleworth's Open Mind

Ghosts

Spooky happenings hamper John's investigation as he delves into the world of ghosts.

He can't afford a night at a haunted hotel, but he does get some expert advice from his telephone guest, Yvette Fielding.

Sheffield's John Shuttleworth continues his probe into unsolved phenomena..

With Mary Shuttleworth.

Written and performed by Graham Fellows.

Additional material by Dean Wilkinson.

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.


TUE 23:30 2000 Years of Radio (b00769xp)
Series 2

Greensleeves FM

It's 1616 and DJ Suzanne Canker is annoying Shakespeare's widow.

More extraordinary archive radio recordings from the past two millennia of the wireless.

Written and performed by Claire Downes, Hazel Grian, Al Holloway, Ben Kozo, Stuart Lane and Patrick McNamara.

Producer: Sean Grundy

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002.


TUE 23:45 Paperback Hell (m000j945)
Series 2

Stop the Dodgems, I Want to Throw Up

Not-entirely-true autobiography as Jack Sunglasses Ramsey reads from his personal account of life in the 1960s criminal underworld.

Starring Michael Fenton Stevens, Rebecca Front, Mel Hudson, Alex Lowe and Dan Tetsell.

Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.

Producer: Lucy Armitage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.

WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2022

WED 00:00 The Spaceship (b007w43k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:30 Soul Music (b00763ln)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Sherlock Holmes (m00045q0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001cyhg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne (m0002gqn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 Tim Jackson - The Rainbow Bridge (m001cyhn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 The Big B at 70 (b01nk147)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 Mr Betjeman Regrets (b09jvfcr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 03:45 Short Works (m0000mp6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 Genius (b0076vc0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 The Older Woman (b02zfp46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Ayres on the Air (b09vzyd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 05:30 Michael Spicer: Before Next Door (m000y6t6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 06:00 Sherlock Holmes (m00045qt)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 4

The Mazarin Stone

A crown jewel is missing and the great detective knows who has it - but must he risk his own life to make the thief give it up?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale was first published in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes in 1921. Adapted by Michael Hardwick.

CAST:

Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson …. Norman Shelley
Count Syvius …. Francis de Wolfe
Lord Cantlemere …. Noel Iliffe
The Constable …. James Thomason
Billy …. John Baddeley
Sam Merton …. Peter Pratt

Carleton Hobbs starred as the Baker Street sleuth in 80 radio dramas between 1952 and 1969.

Producer: Robin Midgley

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1962.


WED 06:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001cy9r)
Series 6

My Never Days and Arthur

Writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson presents fresh storytelling from first time writers and producers as part of BBC Introducing Arts supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

My Never Days by Joanna Maxwell and Ade Slack. Working in a supermarket might sound like it’s all stacking shelves, checkout beeps and customer queries, but there’s more to Tom than a name badge and a corporate uniform. Caught in middle of his parent’s break-up, he navigates his way through early adulthood. Starring Bronte Alice-Tadman, Fiona Bruce, Joshua Ellershaw, Matt Jamie and Oliver Westlake. Sound design by David Thomas. Executive producer Alison Vernon-Smith. A Pier Production for Screen South.

Arthur is written and directed by Phillipa Carew. Arthur is a kitten and the runt of the litter. He is abandoned by his family and swept away to the city where he embarks on a search for a loving home. Starring Claudia Adlam, Nisha Anil, Chris Beaumont, Shak Benjamin, Nina Kristofferson and Marlon Roberts. The sound designer is Lou Brown, the composer Matthew Williams, and the producers Abhi Arumbakkam and Amanda Dorsett. A Resource Production for Screen South.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.


WED 07:00 Lobby Land (b0b6pdx0)
Series 1

Plane Sailing

Westminster lobby hack Sam is off to India but will she be able to find a story off the beaten track? Stars Ophelia Lovibond.

Sam Peakes - Ophelia Lovibond
Tom Shriver MP - Charlie Higson
Mia Phillips - Cariad Lloyd
Dom Bell - Lewis Macleod
Lawrence Mills - Ryan Sampson
Rahul Mandip - Ahir Shah

Written by Christopher Davies, Alistair Griggs and Jon Harvey

Producer: Jon Harvey

A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2018.


WED 07:30 'Whatever Next?' With Miles Jupp (m001cq4l)
Series 1

Episode 2

The Auctioning of the Sequestered Cattle… Miles interviews the BBC’s social mobility tsar, helps Seann Walsh launch his new podcast Who Would You Like to Have a Pint with?, and tries to persuade David Suchet to revisit a familiar role.

Starring Miles Jupp with Vicki Pepperdine, Julia Davis, Seann Walsh, Jocelyn Jee Essien, Philip Fox, Justin Edwards, Dominique Moore, and David Gower

Written by Miles Jupp & James Kettle
Script edited by Graeme Garden
Produced by Victoria Lloyd

A Random Entertainment Production


WED 08:00 The Missing Hancocks (b06qht29)
Series 2

The Red Planet

Tony Hancock takes up astronomy, and discovers something terrible among the stars.

Between 1954 and 1959, BBC Radio recorded 102 episodes of Galton & Simpson's comedy but 20 went missing from the BBC archives, and had not been heard since their original transmission… until these faithful re-imaginings.

After a highly acclaimed first series, another five were lovingly re-recorded in front of a live audience at London's BBC Radio Theatre.

The Lad Himself …. Kevin McNally
Bill Kerr …. Kevin Eldon
Sid James …. Simon Greenall
Kenneth Williams …. Robin Sebastian
Andree Melly …. Susy Kane

Newly recorded score by the BBC Concert Orchestra

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson

Produced by Ed Morrish and Neil Pearson

Originally broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1955.

Recreated for broadcast by BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in November 2015.


WED 08:30 Flying the Flag (b007jxh2)
Series 2

A Taste of Democracy

It’s British week in the People's Republic – showcasing a double-decker bus and a demonstration of clog dancing.

Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.

CAST:

HM Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
Colonel Surikov …. Christopher Benjamin
Frank Burton, MP …. Alan Dudley
Gerald Calder-Brown, MP …. Richard Tate

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1988.


WED 09:00 The Write Stuff (b00qpq1x)
Series 13

Nancy Mitford

James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary correctness.

Team captains John Walsh and Lynne Truss are joined by John O'Farrell and Mark Billingham.

Author of the week and subject for pastiche is Nancy Mitford.

Reader: Beth Chalmers

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.


WED 09:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k371)
Series 3

The Eager Young Student

"It's not easy being a Jew" - as young Mikhail will soon discover.

Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.

Rabbi Abraham Fine …. David De Keyser
Rabbi Su Jacobs …. Tracy-Ann Oberman
Melvin …. Henry Goodman
Sadie Fine …. Doreen Mantle
Brian …. Jonathan Kydd
Mikhail …. Dragan Micanovic
Glen Curtis …. Mark Perry

Music: Max Harris.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2002.


WED 10:00 David Napthine - Unforgettable (b0480grn)
Have You Heard the Music Man

Ex-trombonist George can't remember his son's name. But put on some music, and it's remarkable what he can recall of his days on the road - and what intimate detail.

First of three plays about memory by David Napthine.

George …. Windsor Davies
Heather …. Carol McGuigan
Stan …. Jack McBride

Director: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.


WED 10:45 Short Works (m0000pdw)
Like This by Lucy Caldwell

An original short story specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4, written and read by the Northern Irish writer Lucy Caldwell.

When her toddler needs to use the toilet in a café, a harassed mother of two entrusts her newborn to a friendly stranger.

Lucy Caldwell is an award-winning playwright and novelist. Her novels ‘The Meeting Point’ and ‘All the Beggars Riding’ were serialised on Radio 4's Book at Bedtime and her audio dramas include 'Mayday', ‘Notes to Future Self’, ‘Avenues of Eternal Peace’, ‘Quicksands’ and the Imison award-winning ‘Girl from Mars’. Her debut short story collection 'Multitudes' was published by Faber in 2016.

Produced by Michael Shannon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.


WED 11:00 Soul Music Mixtapes (m0009sx0)
2. 'So What' to 'Myfanwy'

Cerys Matthews continues delving into the archives to put together a specially curated mixtape of her favourite stories from across 25 series of the BBC Radio 4's Soul Music.

Each episode of Soul Music takes a different piece of music – it might be a pop song, or a hymn, or a piece of classical music or world music – and looks at why it moves us and what it means to different people.

Cerys's choices in this edition are:

Miles Davis: ‘So What’
Kyu Sakamoto: ‘Sukiyaki’
Albinoni/Giazotto: Adagio in G Minor for Organ and Strings
Violeta Parra: ‘Gracias A La Via’
Puccini; ‘Che Gelida Manina’ [‘Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen’]
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 ‘New World’
Cerys Matthews own rendition of ‘Myfanwy’.

Producer: Mair Bosworth.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in January 2018.


WED 12:00 The Missing Hancocks (b06qht29)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 12:30 Flying the Flag (b007jxh2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 13:00 Sherlock Holmes (m00045qt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 13:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001cy9r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 14:00 A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne (m0002h0p)
Episode 3

Maurice Swift is handsome, ruthless and desperate to become a successful novelist. He just needs the right story. However a chance encounter with the celebrated author Erich Ackermann gives Maurice an opportunity to ingratiate himself into the literary world. And Erich has a story of his own. Unfortunately Maurice is the last person Erich should confide in…

‘A Ladder To The Sky’ by John Boyne is a seductive thriller about a writer who won’t let anything, or anyone, stand in the way of his ambitions.

Awarded the Hennessy Literary 'Hall of Fame' Award for his body of work, the New York Times best-selling author John Boyne has received multiple Irish Book Awards including Children's Book of the Year, People's Choice Book of the Year and Short Story of the Year. He has also been awarded a number of international literary awards, including the Que Leer Award for Novel of the Year in Spain and the Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize in Germany. ‘A Ladder to The Sky’ is his eleventh novel for adults.

Abridged by Doreen Estall
Read by Wolf Kahler
Produced by Michael Shannon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2019.


WED 14:15 Tim Jackson - The Rainbow Bridge (m001cy9w)
Episode 3

With David's angiogram safely out of the way, Kate is back at the university. Still haunted by the story of Emma and Charles, she finds herself distracted by Polly, who has a story of her own to tell.

Tim Jackson's ten-part drama investigates Darwinism from the perspective of a woman ambitious to win in the rat race of modern academia.

CAST:

Kate Williams .... Julia Hills
Emma …. Janet Maw
Charles .... David Schofield
Polly .... Sarah-Jane Holm

Director: Peter Leslie Wild

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.


WED 14:30 The Folklorist (b0381fzj)
One of the UK's most acclaimed folk singers, Seth Lakeman, travels to New York to meet the man regarded a the world's leading expert on folk music, 85 year old Izzy Young who opened his first Folklore Center in New York's Greenwich Village in 1957.

The store in MacDougal St became a focal point for the American folk music scene of the time. Bob Dylan writes in his memoirs about spending time at the Center, which he referred to as "The citadel of Americana Folk Music - like an ancient chapel". Dylan met Dave Van Ronk in the store, and Izzy Young produced Dylan's first concert at Carnegie Chapter Hall in 1961. Dylan wrote a song about the store and Young called "Talking Folklore Center".

After developing an interest in Swedish folk music at a festival, Young closed his New York store and in 1973 he moved to Stockholm where he opened the Folklore Centrum, where he still works seven days a week.

Making a rare return to New York, 40 years since he first left, Izzy joins Seth on the steps of 110 MacDougal St in Greenwich Village - the site of his original Folklore Center – to reminisce about the evocative days in the late 50s and early 60s when, as Bob Dylan recalls, "Folk music glittered like a mound of gold".

Wandering up MacDougal Street to Washington Square Park, Izzy describes the events of April 1961, when `Folkies' staged what would later be referred to as `the first protest action of the 60s'. When city officials tried to ban folk musicians from performing in the square, Izzy was the main organiser of a protest that resulted in clashes with local police. The protestors eventually won their legal battle with the city and music has been permitted in the square ever since.

Producer: Des Shaw

A Ten Alps production fir BBC Radio , first broadcast in 2013.


WED 15:00 David Napthine - Unforgettable (b0480grn)
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WED 15:45 Short Works (m0000pdw)
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WED 16:00 The Write Stuff (b00qpq1x)
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WED 16:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k371)
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WED 17:00 Lobby Land (b0b6pdx0)
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WED 17:30 'Whatever Next?' With Miles Jupp (m001cq4l)
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WED 18:00 The Spaceship (b007w524)
3. Monster

What are the strange noises coming from the hold? Karen and Melissa investigate.

A five-part sci-fi comedy written by Paul Barnhill and Neil Warhurst.

In the year 2104, a fleet of research cruisers were launched into space, with every moment aboard the Really Invincible III, Macclesfield Division preserved by wall-to-wall monitoring, and transmitted back to Earth.

What you hear took place live, four years ago, 70,000 light years from home...

CAST:

Captain Gordon Taylor …. James Fleet
Melissa Patterson …. Emily Joyce
Karen …. Rose Cavaliero
Stuart …. Paul Barnhill
Clive …. Neil Warhurst
Trevor …. Rob Hastie
Narrator …. Nicholas Boulton

Director: Sally Avens

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in June 2005.


WED 18:30 Pioneers (b013xvbd)
Series 2

Michael Apted

Pioneer, Michael Apted tells Clare English about his 'Up' documentary series which proved to be the catalyst for reality television.

Involved in the popular strand since its conception in 1964, Michael has followed the lives of 14 children every seven years since.

Producer: Philip Sime

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 2011.


WED 19:00 The Missing Hancocks (b06qht29)
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WED 19:30 Flying the Flag (b007jxh2)
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WED 20:00 Sherlock Holmes (m00045qt)
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WED 20:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001cy9r)
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WED 21:00 Soul Music Mixtapes (m0009sx0)
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WED 22:00 'Whatever Next?' With Miles Jupp (m001cq4l)
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WED 22:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b01pdy85)
Series 3

Episode 5

The man who insists Superman is Indian, and the Bhangra Muffins are acting cool.

Starring:

Sanjeev Bhaskar
Kulvinder Ghir
Meera Syal
Nina Wadia

Gold Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The sketch comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001.

Written by Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sanjeev Kohli.

Script Editors: Sharat Sardana and Richard Pinto

Producer: Anil Gupta.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.


WED 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007k3p9)
Series 4

Episode 5

What's the secret of Stonehenge? And the day truth broke out. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp humour. From April 1989.


WED 23:30 Hearing With Hegley (b0075rsh)
Series 3

Episode 1

King Canute - did he/didn't he get his feet wet? Performance poet John Hegley tries to unravel one of Southampton's more enduring mysteries. The joyous possibilities of flannel, fennel and funnel are also investigated.

Featuring comedian Simon Munnery.

With: Andrew Bailey

Producer: Nigel Piper

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.


WED 23:45 Late (b0076dgy)
1. From Tangoing to Keeping Watch

Tango dancers, DJs and a neighbourhood watch.

Bleak, funny, sultry, bitter, poignant - the first of a four-part series of brief visits to a city, late at night.

Starring:

Paul Merton
Richard Wilson
Liz Smith
Julian Clary
Meera Syal
Tilly Vosburgh
Holly Johnson.

Scripted by Mandy Wheeler, Joss Bennathan, Tilly Vosburgh, Rob Colley and Paul Merton.

Sound engineer Richard Brough provides a variety of tones and emissions reflecting late-night city life, from crying babies to midnight shoppers, cabbies to sex workers.

Music by Robert Katz

Producer: Sarah Parkinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.