SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER 2022

SAT 00:00 Appointment With Fear (m001dfr5)
And The Deep Shuddered by Monckton Hoffe

A woman who has been in an asylum for 30 years.

What is her shocking story?

Written by Monckton Hoffe.

Originally a weekly half-hour of mystery and suspense.

Story-Teller: The Man in Black - Valentine Dyall

Gerald Madilon .... Ralph Truman
Adela Madilon .... Grizelda Hervey
Pauline .... Marjorie Westbury
Sturges .... Stanley Groome

Producer: Martyn C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November1945.


SAT 00:30 Musical Genes (b00dyknm)
Series 1

Phil Cunningham

Tom Morton meets the brother of the late Scottish folk music legend John Cunningham.

Series searching for the true story behind some of our best loved musicians.

Producer: Deirdre Waldie

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in October 2008.


SAT 01:00 Wimsey (b00s8kxl)
Have His Carcase

1. The Evidence of the Corpse

When crime author Harriet Vane finds a body, debonair sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey investigates.

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey.

Adapted for radio in six episodes by Alistair Beaton.

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Harriet Vane …. Maria Aitken
Inspector Umpelty …. Nigel Stock
Haviland Martin …. Warren Clarke
Mrs. Weldon …. Isabel Dean
Julian Perkins …. Richard O'Callaghan
Saunders …. John Webb
Mr. Hearn …. Alexander John
Narrator …. John Westbrook

British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Have His Carcase was first published in 1932.

Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.

Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.

Producer: Martin Fisher

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1981.


SAT 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007k28y)
Sad Cypress

Episode 5

As Elinor Carlisle stands accused of murder, the Belgian sleuth uncovers evidence of greed and deceit.

Conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit.

Starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding
Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts
Dr Lord ...... David McAlister
Roddy Welman ...... Charles Simpson
Sir Edwin Bulmer ...... David King
Sir Samuel Atterbury ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Dr Garcia/Clerk ...... John Church
Inspector Brill ...... Eric Allan
Judge ...... Alan Cullen
Mr Wargrave ...... Jonathan Adams
Mr Littledale ...... Gordon Reid
Amelia Sedley ...... Ann Windsor

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992.


SAT 02:00 The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú (b09sqvxp)
5. Understanding

Former Border Patrol agent Francisco Cantu gains a new understanding of the US-Mexican border.

Francisco's memoir about working for the US Border Patrol also tells the personal stories of those who risk all for a better life in the US.

Born to the daughter of a Mexican immigrant, the border is in his blood. His decision to become a law enforcer came after four years of learning about it through policy and history while studying international relations, and the realisation that theory isn't enough. He needs to be on the ground to understand the border in all its beauty, ugliness and danger.

After four years the personal toll leads him to leave the Patrol but when an immigrant friend does not return from a trip to Mexico Cantu is returned to a world which he discovers is impossible to leave behind.

His evocative account is interwoven with reflections on the history, culture, nature and psychology of the border, and is more broadly about life on either side of a boundary, wherever it is.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton

Concluded by Joseph Balderrama.

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.


SAT 02:15 Subterranean Homesick Blues (b06bhg8y)
Series 1

5. Sweet Talk

Inclement weather gives John a chance to talk his way back both into Maggie's heart and her bed.

But how long can he manage to stay there?

AL Kennedy's romantic comedy.

John ...... Bill Nighy
Maggie ...... Anna Calder-Marshall

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015.


SAT 02:30 The Business of Film with Mark Kermode (b053zsn5)
Getting to the Screen

In 2014, close to 700 movies opened in the UK.

Blockbusters, franchises, documentaries, debuts, experiments, low-budget indies and beyond.

It's never been easier to make a film and it's said there is an audience for everything. But what is the likely size of that audience?

In the second of a three-part series, film critic Mark Kermode talks to the film financiers and the distributors.

According to the head of Film Four, David Kosse, the film industry is a "break-even business" - the trick is to identify a winner and ensure it's not just a one off. The independent film world - most of the British film industry - spreads the risk of making a film across independent distributors, equity financiers and other tax benefits.

We hear from the BFI, Film Four and BBC Films on what films they are looking to finance.

Since the early days of film, rich outsiders have financed the industry. Now, producers who don't fit the studio model are looking to a multitude of ways to finance their film - from crowdfunding to rich kids with cheque books. Director Shane Carruth tells how he distributed his film Upstream Color himself, road-showing cinema screenings and bringing the film out on Blu-ray.

And with much talk of Video on Demand, what role will Netflix and Amazon play in the future of film?

Marketing is crucial to the life and death of a movie but it remains the one hard cost in moviemaking. The trailer can be of vital importance and we hear what we respond to and what scenes should be left out.

Producers: Barney Rowntree & Nick Jones

A Hidden Flack production for Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2015.


SAT 03:00 Heinrich Mann - Berlin (m000t0ds)
Episode 2

Aspiring young poet Andrew Zumsee has come from the provinces to make his name in Berlin society in the 1890s.

With the wealthy Turkheimers as his patrons - and Adelheid Turkheimer as his lover - a glittering artistic career looks assured.

Conclusion of Heinrich Mann's 1900 novel

Starring John Kielty.

Dramatised by Patricia Hannah.

Andrew Zumsee .... John Kielty
Adelheid Turkheimer .... Joanna Tope
Louis Turkheimer .... John Shedden
Karl Kaflisch .... Simon Tait
Dr Bedeiner .... Ralph Riach
Lizzi Laffe .... Vivienne Dixon
Diederich Klempner .... Gregor Powrie
Friederich Kopf .... Simon Donaldson
Asta Turkheimer .... Lucy Paterson
Bienaimee Matzke ... Gayanne Potter
Frau Moore.................Stella Forge
Clare Pinbush.............Hilary Neville
Blosch............................Mark McDonald
Heinrich Mann .... James Bryce

Director: David Jackson Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.


SAT 04:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m000937w)
Series 14

Episode 2

Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Bridget Christie welcome:

* Comedian Sarah Kendall
* Botanist James Wong
* Bioscience entrepreneur Sir Chris Evans

The Museum's Guest Committee donate a ship in a bottle, a terrarium and a cabbage.

Researchers: Mike Turner, Mike Shepherd and Emily Jupitus of QI.

Producers: Richard Turner and Anne Miller.

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


SAT 04:30 Sharing Fatman (b0075krt)
Under Starter's Orders

Mr Fatman comes second at Catterick, overcomes a virus and wins at Ripon.

However, the unity of the White Swan Syndicate is threatened...

Starring Gillian Bevan and Gerard McDermott.

Dave Sheasby’s horse-racing comedy

Margaret ...... Gillian Bevan
Ken ...... Gerard McDermott
Eddie ...... Tony Rohr
Karen ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Dave ...... Harry Myers
Madge ...... Angela Wynter
Christine ...... Rachel Atkins
Julia ...... Becky Hindley

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.


SAT 05:00 Quanderhorn (b0b91t03)
The Quanderhorn Xperimentations

A Little Thing Like Chocolate Gates Can't Stop Us

It's 1952.

Again.

Professor Quanderhorn (James Fleet) and his crew are besieged by a mob of alien-possessed villagers. Their only hope - a highly trained spy parrot with a bad attitude (Kevin Eldon) and an irritating gramophone record by the Queen of the Hammond organ.

Having been permanently fitted with a rather dangerous experimental bra, Brian (Ryan Sampson) finally steels himself to face the nightmare horrors of the professor's cellar, unaware that a secret camera is set to expose him.

Meanwhile, Dr Janussen (Cassie Layton) has discovered a message from Virginia (Rachel Atkins) revealing the terrible secret that turned her into a broccoli monster.

As Troy (Freddie Fox) and Guuuurk (Kevin Eldon) join the not-quite-romantic pair while fleeing the merciless cellar defences, Troy inadvertently presses the wrong lift button and they find themselves heading pell mell....for the Moon.

The Quanderhorn Xperimentations - an adventure beyond human understanding.

Professor Quanderhorn ...... James Fleet
Brian Nylon ...... Ryan Sampson
Dr Gemini Janussen ...... Cassie Layton
Guuuurk ...... Kevin Eldon
Troy Quanderhorn ...... Freddie Fox
Winston Churchill/Jenkins ...... John Sessions
Synthetic Voice ...... Rachel Atkins

Created and written by Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall

Directed by Andrew Marshall

Music by Peter Brewis

Engineered, Edited and Sound designed by Alistair McGregor

Production Manager: Sarah Tombling

Produced by Rob Grant and Gordon Kennedy

Recorded at The Soundhouse Studios

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


SAT 05:30 Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (m001ddbh)
The Love Language Problem

Do you know what ‘love language’ is – and what’s yours? Do you envy people, the homes, lifestyles and careers? Have you experienced strategic untruths on someone’s dating profile? All these subjects have been sent in by our listeners and are given the Marian and Tara treatment in the latest instalment of their popular advice podcast.

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 Chris Denys - Personal Luggage (m001dmsn)
A fragmented family gather in their new home.

It's to be a fresh start for them all.

But on the first morning, they're joined by an apparition ... and he's angry.

Starring John Shrapnel and Fiona Walker.

Dark drama written by Chris Denys.

Victor .... John Shrapnel
Janet .... Fiona Walker
Tom .... Nigel Carrington
Lucy .... Lisa Bowerman
Mrs Wilberforce .... Lorraine Peters
Ghost .... Jack Watson
Vicar .... Smon Carter
Nurse .... Judy Holt

Directed at BBC Manchester by Tony Cliff.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1989.


SAT 07:30 Great Lives (m0007ww4)
First Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald

Ramsay MacDonald, Labour's first Prime Minister, is chosen by Shaun Ley.

In 1931 Ramsay MacDonald went to see the king in order to resign. George V persuaded him to stay, and a story of party betrayal began.

Broadcaster Shaun Ley and journalist Anne Perkins pick through events that have a contemporary ring as the political class of the thirties struggled to cope with fast moving events.

MacDonald's own story and background is remarkable too - illegitimate son, born in Lossiemouth in Scotland, he is remembered as one of the early founding fathers of the Labour party, and a man who bravely spoke out against the First World War.

Presenter: Mathew Parris

Producer: Miles Warde

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2019.


SAT 08:00 The Write Stuff (b00r0yml)
Series 13

JD Salinger

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

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

Author of the week and subject for pastiche is JD Salinger.

Reader: Beth Chalmers

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.


SAT 08:30 Ayres on the Air (b09xjb5y)
Series 6

Grandparents

More light-hearted verse and comic sketches from Pam Ayres.

The theme is 'Grandparents'.

With sketches about how to get your grandchild to sleep, following instructions when babysitting, and misbehaving as a grandparent.

Plus poems include 'Granny Got Whiskers', 'My Little Grandson' and 'Unfinished'.

With:

Geoffrey Whitehead
Felicity Montagu

Written by: Pam Ayres, Jan Etherington, Claire Wetton, Jenny Laville and Peter Reynolds.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2018.


SAT 09:00 Andrew Maxwell's Hallowe'en Hoolie (b04mlpx7)
The Irish comedian Andrew Maxwell loves Hallowe'en. That's why he's determined to reclaim it from the Americans.

Forget pumpkins, fake fangs and plastic paraphernalia, the origins of Hallowe'en lie in the Celtic feast of Samhain.

Andrew hears from Professor Ronald Hutton about the ancient roots of this celebration which marked the threshold between summer and winter. He quizzes the folklorists Steve Roud and Doc Rowe about the British customs that have grown into trick or treating and fancy dress.

One of America's leading historians of Hallowe'en, Lesley Bannatyne, traces the transformation of traditions as they crossed the Atlantic from Ireland to the New World, and describes how 21st Century Americans have taken Hallowe'en 'haunting' to a whole new level.

The storyteller Clare Murphy frightens the wits out of Andrew with her eerie account of a faerie changeling, and the psychologist Claudia Hammond explains the science behind why so many of us love scary stories. Along the way Andrew tucks into curiously hard 'soul cakes', seeks to predict his guests' fortunes with charms hidden inside barmbrack, and indulges in a spot of spectre-hunting in a London pub said to be haunted by Dick Turpin.

Prepare to be spooked by otherworldly radio archives, including The League of Gentlemen's Ghost Chase.

Produced by Moy McGowan.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in October 2014.


SAT 11:50 Happy Hop Tu Naa (m001dmsq)
The Radio 4 broadcaster Amanda Litherland talks to Toby Hadoke about the myths and legends of her homeland, the Isle of Man. Including the poltergeist known as Gef the Talking Mongoose, and Hop Tu Naa, the Celtic festival celebrated on the Isle of Man every 31st October.


SAT 12:00 The Jack Benny Program (m000rtsh)
Jack Remembers His Trip To Venice

Jack and Mary have been to Europe, including a visit to Venice.

On radio, The Jack Benny Show ran from February 1932 to May 1955. From that date, new shows were produced for television but there were re-runs on radio until 1958. Over the years, the programme was sponsored by a diverse range of products from jelly, to tyres and cigarettes.

With a fine cast of supporting players Benny made his show into one of the all-time great radio comedies, portraying him as likeable character, despite being vain, argumentative and a skinflint. It’s classic comedy that stood the test of time.

With Eddie Anderson as the irrepressible Rochester, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, The Sportsmen Quartet, announcer Don Wilson and orchestra conducted by Bob Crosby..

First broadcast on the Columbia Broadcasting System in September 1950.


SAT 12:30 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.

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.

Written and created by Pete Jackson

Producer/Director: Ben Worsfield

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


SAT 13:00 First Lady of Jazz - Cleo Laine (b085935n)
Claire Martin interviews two of Britain's best-loved vocalists, the mother and daughter team of Cleo Laine and Jacqui Dankworth.

Cleo Laine's singing career has seen her collaborate with artists such as Ray Charles, Dudley Moore, James Galway and her late husband Sir John Dankworth.

From the family home in Wavendon, Buckinghamshire.

Producer: Sushil Dade

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in November 2016.


SAT 14:00 Old Harry's Game (b007jm9l)
Series 3

This Thing Called Love

Satan worries about his image, and the Professor is concerned over his widow's remarriage.

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:

Philip Pope
Michael Fenton Stevens
Felicity Montagu
Nick Revell

Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.


SAT 14:30 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00nvwg8)
Series 3

Episode 1

A surreal take on infuriating call centres and ex-soviet tyrants settling in British suburbs.

The return of award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and character comedy series

With:

Rosie Cavaliero
Ben Moor
Ben Willbond

Written by Laura Solon.

With additional material by Charlie Miller, John-Luke Roberts and Gareth Gwyn

Script Editor: Jeremy Dyson

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.


SAT 15:00 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto (b00fm3lj)
Series 1

Episode 1

Comedian and political activist Mark Thomas believes that, as a nation, we are drifting economically, politically and socially.

Where - he asks - are the great ideas, theories and visions that will help this country in its hour of need?

Mark wants to create a "People's Manifesto", so he takes suggestions from his studio audience and gets them to vote for the best.

The winner of each show will be enforceable by law, SO pay attention!

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009.


SAT 15:30 Rudy's Rare Records (b00nsfzp)
Series 1

Take Me Home, Country Roads

Three generations of men and their musical tastes collide in this family sitcom set in a Birmingham record shop.

Starring Lenny Henry.

Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell from an original idea by Lenny Henry.

Rudy Sharpe owns an old record store in Birmingham - the last bastion of black music in Handsworth. When he suffers a 'heart attack', his neurotic, middle-aged, middle-class, divorcee son Adam and 17 year old grandson Richie come up from London to look after him.

Crammed together, living in the tiny flat above the shop, the three men are set to clash on a daily basis.

Whilst Rudy and Richie share a love of reggae and soul music, Adam is the odd one out - thanks to his tastes in classical music.

Adam Sharpe ...... Lenny Henry
Richie Sharp ...... Joe Jacobs
Rudy Sharpe ...... Larrington Walker
Doreen ...... Claire Benedict
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Alison ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Customers ...... Colin Hoult/Doc Brown

Producer: Lucy Armitage.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2008.


SAT 16:00 Chris Denys - Personal Luggage (m001dmsn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 17:30 Great Lives (m0007ww4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 18:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b007jlbw)
Don't Look Now

John and Laura Bennett are on holiday in Venice, trying to get over the tragic death of their daughter.

They seem to be succeeding - until a blind psychic starts relaying messages from beyond the grave...

Daphne du Maurier's classic tale of slow-dawning terror - first published in 1971.

Dramatised by Ronald Frame.

Laura Bennett ...... Anna Chancellor
John Bennett ...... Michael Feast
Sister ...... Colette O'Neil
Elidah ...... Carolyn Pickles
Policeman ...... Sean Baker
Waiter ...... Ewan Bailey
Porter ...... Carl Prekopp

Director: Patrick Rayner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.


SAT 19:00 Andrew Maxwell's Hallowe'en Hoolie (b04mlpx7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 21:50 Happy Hop Tu Naa (m001dmsq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today]


SAT 22:00 Rob Newman (b0bktltg)
Rob Newman's Total Eclipse of Descartes

The Music of the Chromosomes

Rob navigates the wonders and pitfalls of genetics and internationalism.

One of Britain's finest comedians Rob Newman sets his sights on the world of philosophy, unpicking 3000 years of good and bad ideas to discover how we got into this mess. In a world gone mad can philosophy provide the answer?

Written and performed by Rob Newman
Edited by John Whitehall.

Producer: Jon Harvey
Executive Producer: Richard Wilson

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


SAT 22:30 Chain Reaction (b00mkbyl)
Series 5

Frank Skinner interviews Eddie Izzard

Frank Skinner chats to fellow comedian, Eddie Izzard.

Chain Reaction is the tag talk show, where the guest becomes the interviewer in the next episode.

Frank asks Eddie about performing up lamp-posts, the secret to improvising and (literally) breaking into Hollywood.

Producer: Sam Bryant

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.


SAT 23:00 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00nywl0)
Series 3

Episode 2

Olga the ex-tyrannt takes on a British Post Office - and a man tries to buy his mother a gift in an expensive department store.

Plus Sandrine, the Parisien radio host, chats about why French culture is much better then the culture of say, Britiain.

Award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and character comedy series

With:

Rosie Cavaliero
Ben Moor
Ben Willbond

Written by Laura Solon.

With additional material by Charlie Miller, John-Luke Roberts and Gareth Gwyn

Script Editor: Jeremy Dyson

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.


SAT 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jmb2)
Series 3

Another Country

The professor is convinced that societies evolve and mature.

So Satan introduces him to Bill Clinton.

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
Michael Fenton Stevens
Nick Revell

Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.

SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER 2022

SUN 00:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b007jlbw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Guy Meredith - Spring Forward, Fall Back (b0084sgw)
Divorcee plumber Maggie Johnson lives in a small Derbyshire village.

One day a stranger arrives and changes her life.

Guy Meredith's romantic, bitter-sweet comedy.

Maggie ...... Samantha Spiro
Dennis ...... Neil Dudgeon
Ted ...... Stephen Moore
Paul ...... Jonathan Forbes
Mark ...... Andrew Harrison

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003.


SUN 01:00 First Lady of Jazz - Cleo Laine (b085935n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:00 Old Harry's Game (b007jm9l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00nvwg8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:00 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto (b00fm3lj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Saturday]


SUN 03:30 Rudy's Rare Records (b00nsfzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Chris Denys - Personal Luggage (m001dmsn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 05:30 Great Lives (m0007ww4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantu (Omnibus) (b09t27rd)
Former US Border Patrol Agent Francisco Cantú worked on a remote spot on the US/ Mexican border from 2008-2012.

He recounts how he tracks down an unending stream of men, women and children who risk all for a better life in the US away from the violent crime that underpins their lives in Mexico. He tells the personal stories of the weary and the spent who he turns backs, and of the many who don't survive the gruelling journey through the vast desert during summer's searingly hot days and freezing nights.

Born to the daughter of a Mexican immigrant, the border is in his blood and his decision to become a law enforcer came after four years of learning about it through policy and history while studying international relations, and the realisation that theory isn't enough.

He needs to be on the ground to understand the border in all its beauty, ugliness and danger. After four years the personal toll is more than he can bear and he leaves the Patrol but when an immigrant friend does not return from a trip to Mexico to visit his dying mother he is returned to a world that he discovers is impossible to leave behind.

His account is interwoven with reflections on the history, culture, nature and psychology of the border, and is more broadly about life on either side of an arbitrary line, wherever it is.

Francisco Cantú's is a Fulbright fellow, and in 2017 he was a Whiting Award winner. Previous recipients of this prize for writers who show great promise include Colson Whitehead, August Wilson and Jeffrey Eugenides.

Read by Joseph Balderrama - known for his roles in the James Bond film, Spectre and The Game of Thrones.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2018.


SUN 07:10 Inheritance Tracks (b072s5f0)
Ruby Wax

Comedian and actress Ruby Wax chooses 'Twist and Shout' by The Beatles and 'You Can Close Your Eyes' by James Taylor.


SUN 07:20 AL Kennedy - Subterranean Homesick Blues (Omnibus) (b06chs3d)
Series 1 (Omnibus)

Maggie and John had a passionate affair in their younger days, but it didn't last.

Now in their late 60s a surprise encounter gives them another chance to take up where they left off.

Will they manage to find the best in each other and finally get together, or will old wounds and an awareness of their ageing bodies deter them?

Will the treadmill created by the high-cost, high pressure 21st century, their endless other commitments and interruptions large and small overwhelm them, or will they take the final risk?

Omnibus of series 1 of AL Kennedy's romantic comedy drama in five parts.

John ...... Bill Nighy
Maggie ...... Anna Calder-Marshall

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015.


SUN 08:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (b04tvnxl)
Series 1

Doctor's Horoscope

The dear ladies attempt to cheer up their injured housekeeper Maude.

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
Maude ...... Daphne Heard
Doctor Matthews ...... Jonathan Howell

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.

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

The dear ladies reside in the Suffolk village of Stackton Tressel. This was the genteel setting for three Radio 4 series between 1977 and 1979, with further spin-off seasons on 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 May 1977.


SUN 09:00 The Inimitable Jeeves (b007tdnm)
The Metropolitan Touch

Bingo Little is in love again, so Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves are summoned to help.

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

Adapted by Chris Miller.

Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Bingo Little ..... Jonathan Cecil
Steggles ...... Edwin Apps
Kid ...... Denise Bryer

Producer: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973.


SUN 09:30 Coming Alive (b00hrt7t)
Series 3

Betting Fever

Terry agrees to babysit for Sandra - but he reckons without her mother.

Starring Karl Howman and Phyllis 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
Sean Baker......David Reynolds
Gail …. Jennifer Wheelan
Mr Preston …. David Holt
Wendy Wilson …. Clare Corbett
Barman …. Ewan Bailey

Producer: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs (m001dmy3)
Lost Gems

Patricia Hayes OBE

Actress Patricia Hayes shares her castaway choices with Roy Plomley.

Patricia made her first stage appearance aged 12 and went on to train the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, before repertory theatre.

She became a regular for many years on both radio and TV, including Ray's a Laugh, Hancock's Half Hour, The Benny Hill Show and Till Death Us Do Part.

She won a BAFTA for her title role in BBC TV’s 1971 drama Edna, the Inebriate Woman.

Films included The Bargee and A Fish Called Wanda.

Patricia had one son with Valentine Brooke, who she later divorced. She was awarded an OBE in 1988.

DISC ONE: My Blue Heaven - Gracie Fields
DISC TWO: It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly
DISC THREE: Boy Meets Girl (from Take It Here) - Dick Bentley, June Whitfield, Jimmy Edwards
DISC FOUR: Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
DISC FIVE: Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27/2 - Dinu Lipatti
DISC SIX: La Bohème - Giacomo Puccini
DISC SEVEN: The Entertainer - Joshua Rifkin
DISC EIGHT: Fidelio - Ludwig van Beethoven

BOOK CHOICE - Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
LUXURY CHOICE - Four-poster bed
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27/2 - Dinu Lipatti

Producer: Ronald Cook

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1975.


SUN 10:30 Down With... Work (m001dysh)
Kenneth Horne takes a humorously anarchic view of the world - and value - of work.

Written by Alistair Foot.

With:

David Kernan
Dilys Laye
Denise Bryer

Music from the Burt Rhodes Sextet.

Producer: John Browell

First broadcast on BBC Light Programme in January 1966.


SUN 11:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m000ydw1)
Out of Step, Out of Place

True stories told live in the USA: Jenifer Hixson introduces tales of outsiders, of being at odds....and moving beyond.

The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling based in the USA. Since 1997, it has celebrated both the raconteur and the storytelling novice, who has lived through something extraordinary and yearns to share it. Originally formed by the writer George Dawes Green as an intimate gathering of friends on a porch in Georgia (where moths would flutter in through a hole in the screen), and then recreated in a New York City living room, The Moth quickly grew to produce immensely popular events at theatres and clubs around New York City and later around the USA, the UK and other parts of the world.

The Moth has presented more than 15,000 stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. The Moth podcast is downloaded over 27 million times a year.

Featuring true stories told live on stage without scripts, from the humorous to the heart-breaking.

The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Jay Allison and Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and is distributed by the Public Radio Exchange.

First heard on PRX in February 2019.


SUN 11:50 Inheritance Tracks (b072s5f0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]


SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m001dmyb)
Poetry Please: TS Eliot - The Waste Land

Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Poetry Please: TS Eliot - The Waste Land featuring the groundbreaking modernist poem.

Roger McGough introduces requests for TS Eliot's groundbreaking modernist poem The Waste Land. First published in 1922, the programme draws upon existing recordings of the work by Eliot himself and Ted Hughes, with a recording read by Lia Williams. The effect is to semi-dramatise this extremely influential work which extended the range of the dramatic monologue. Known for its almost deliberate obscurity in places, what the listener hears in this version is instead a clear, intriguing interpretation of the poem, intercutting between the different voices.

Producer: Mark Smalley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.


SUN 12:30 Electric Ink (b0121pjk)
Series 1

Episode 6

A swathe of job cuts are predicted with circulation dropping, but who will survive the bloodbath?

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 July 2009.


SUN 13:00 Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend (Omnibus) (m0001x1t)
Episode 1

This diary starts in April 1997.

Adrian is no longer a spotty teenager, but a balding 30 year old, recently separated from Jo Jo, the mother of his 2 year old son, William.

On the eve of the General Election, Adrian returns home to Ashby-de-la-Zouch to vote for his local Labour Party candidate, and childhood sweetheart, Pandora Braithwaite. He is working as Head Chef in a restaurant in Soho, where there is tinned tomato soup on the ‘traditional English, no choice’ menu.

Adrian’s literary ambitions remain unrealised, but his career is about to take an unexpected turn and throw him into the limelight. And that is not the only life-changing surprise in store for the hapless yet irrepressible diarist.

The Cappuccino Years highlights how much attitudes have changed in the previous 20 years, and once again showcases Sue Townsend’s fearless and razor-sharp wit.

Omnibus of the first five of 10 parts abridged by Sara Davies.

Read by Harry McEntire.

This is the fourth book in Radio 4’s serialisation of Adrian Mole’s hilarious diaries by Sue Townsend, one of Britain's most celebrated comic writers.

Producer: Alexa Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.


SUN 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b06r9fj0)
Jamie Cullum

Jazz musician and singer-songwriter Jamie Callum chooses Dave Brubeck's 'Take Five' and 'My Girls' by Animal Collective.


SUN 14:20 The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories (Omnibus) (b0bqfcpk)
The Pan Book of Horror Stories was a paperback series of short story anthologies first published in 1959.

Early editions were known for their lurid cover art and editor Herbert Van Thal’s pick of stories by new authors alongside classics of the genre. It was credited with introducing a new generation to the horror tradition – back in the 1960s, volumes were handed round in school playgrounds in the same way that kids trade computer games today.

The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories, published in 1962, was considered to be one of the best.

Anita Sullivan has selected five from this edition for her own fresh interpretation in this Omnibus.

* THE VERTICAL LADDER by William Sansom:
A dare turns into an exercise in fear limitation as Cleggy finds himself high up and hanging on. But he is not alone.

Gasometer ...... Pippa Haywood
Cleggy ...... Daniel Anthony
Leah ...... Kathryn Drysdale
Tyler ...... Toheeb Jimoh
Riz ...... Luke Thompson
Alice ...... Samantha Dakin

* THE SPECIALITY OF THE HOUSE by Stanley Ellin
A restaurant has a gourmet dish for only the select few. But what are its ingredients?

Costain …... Samuel Barnett
Vincent ..…. Kenneth Collard
Sbirro ..…. Timothy Watson
Haysou …... Adam James

* THE BLACK CAT by Edgar Allan Poe.
Dark classic about the psychology of guilt.

John …... Barnaby Kay
Louisa …... Samantha Dakin
Police …... Samuel Barnett/Kenneth Collard

* LEININGREN VERSUS THE ANTS by Carl Stephenson.
Classic story about a plantation owner who is pitted against an army of killer ants.

Leiningren …... Timothy Watson
Rica …... Kathryn Drysdale
Luiz ...... Adam James

* THE JUDGE'S HOUSE by Bram Stoker
A scholar moves into the former home of a judge with an evil reputation.

Malcolmson ..…. Luke Thompson
Mrs Witham ..…. Pippa Haywood
Dempster ..…. Kathryn Drysdale

Director: Karen Rose.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.


SUN 15:30 The Lake (b00gs3ks)
An evocative sound portrait of the UK's largest lake, Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland.

With a shoreline measuring over 70 miles long, this vast stretch of water is more like a sea than a lake.

Recordings made above and below the waves reveal a moody, stormy, wild and even dangerous place where legends of a buried town, a horse god and three sisters emerge from the shallows.

Meanwhile, smoke-like plumes and huge flocks of birds rise from the surface as the seasons unfold.

Producer: Sarah Blunt

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009.


SUN 16:00 George Orwell - Keep the Aspidistra Flying (b00nw25z)
In the streets of 1930's London, Gordon Comstock wages war on the money god.

He aims to drift below ambition and shake off those friends who want him to make something of himself.

But is he strong enough to resist the call of the aspidistra?

George Orwell's socially critical novel - first published in 1936.

Dramatised by Sam McBratney.

Gordon Comstock ...... Jonathan Tafler
Julia Comstock ...... Polly James
Rosemary Waterlow ...... Victoria Carling
Mr Clew/Clerk ...... Michael Deacon
Philip Ravelston ...... Valentine Pelka
Hermione Slater ...... Emily Richard
Bookseller/Waiter/Tramp ...... William Simons

Director: Jeremy Mortimer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1988.


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001dmyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Electric Ink (b0121pjk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 18:00 Weird Tales (b01nt0s0)
Series 3

Night Terrors by Lizzie Nunnery

The pressure's getting too much for clever clogs Victoria. She can't sleep at night. She has nightmares.

But it's okay because they're just bad dreams.

Until one day the dreams become terrifyingly real...

Series of chilling plays for winter nights.

Written by Lizzie Nunnery.

Dad ... Eddie Marsan
Victoria ... Katie Angelou
Laura ... Georgia Groome
Mum ... Sally Orrock
Jane ... Francine Chamberlain

Producer: Helen Perry

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011.


SUN 18:30 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007k4s9)
Episode 4

Dr Abbots finds his own "party trick" being used against him, and Paul Smith tries to take advantage of the ensuing chaos.

Eleanor forces Dr Abbots to take a hard look at his own morality.

Stars Oliver Hembrough.

Conclusion of Jenny Stephens’ sci-fi thriller set on a clone farm.

Jefferson 37 ...... Oliver Hembrough
Patel 2 ...... Dharmesh Patel
Lucy White 44 ...... Emily Chennery
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 February 2006.


SUN 19:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m000ydw1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


SUN 19:50 Inheritance Tracks (b072s5f0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]


SUN 20:00 George Orwell - Keep the Aspidistra Flying (b00nw25z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs (m001dmy3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:30 Down With... Work (m001dysh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


SUN 22:00 Electric Ink (b0121pjk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 22:30 Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing (b01sdmzn)
Series 2

About Money

Nathan discovers how his loved ones would react if he were rich.

But, sadly, he isn't.

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.

Will Nathan be able to persist and follow his dreams? Or will he give in to his family's interference?

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
Layla ..... Chizzy Akudolu
Reverend Williams / Mr Daniels ..... Don Gilet
Shifty ..... Ola

Producer: Katie Tyrrell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013.


SUN 22:45 Elastic Planet (b0089jhr)
The Shape

Drugged electricity and artificial icebergs.

Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences.

Ben Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections.

With:

Johnny Ball
Henry Cooper
Jamie Owen
Kerry Shale
Dan Strauss
Michael Troughton
Neil Mullarkey
Siriol Jenkins
Alan Dedicoat

Producer: Jon Naismith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995


SUN 23:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jm12)
The Primary Phase

Fit The Fourth

Arthur learns the lucrative answer to the question of Life, the Universe and Everything.

Arthur Dent is one of only two survivors from Earth, demolished to make way for a by-pass. He survived thanks to his friend, Ford Prefect (who hails not from Guildford, but somewhere near Betelgeuse), 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".

Now paired with fellow Earth survivor Trillian and duplicitous two-headed hustler Zaphod Beeblebrox, Arthur and Ford are on legendary planet Magrathea - and Arthur in particular is about to understand his demolished home world in a new and startling way.

Douglas Adams' epic adventure in time and space.

The Book …… Peter Jones
Slartibartfast …… Richard Vernon
Arthur Dent …… Simon Jones
Ford Prefect …… Geoffrey McGivern
Zaphod Beeblebrox …… Mark Wing-Davey
Trillion …… Susan Sheridan
Majikthise …… Jonathan Adams
First Computer Programmer …… Ray Hassett
Second Computer Programmer …… Jeremy Browne
Vroom …… James Broadbent

Other parts played by the cast.

Sound and music by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Producer: Geoffrey Perkins.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.


SUN 23:30 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes (b01b5yyr)
Series 1

Adventurers

More historical heroism - as adventurers Henry Morton Stanley, the 1958 Wales World Cup team and Alfred Russell Wallace are put to the Totaliser Test.

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 February 2012

MONDAY 31 OCTOBER 2022

MON 00:00 Weird Tales (b01nt0s0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007k4s9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend (Omnibus) (m0001x1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday]


MON 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b06r9fj0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Sunday]


MON 02:20 The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories (Omnibus) (b0bqfcpk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:20 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 The Lake (b00gs3ks)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 George Orwell - Keep the Aspidistra Flying (b00nw25z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (m001dmyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:30 Electric Ink (b0121pjk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday]


MON 06:00 Wimsey (b00s9f4w)
Have His Carcase

2. Lord Peter Sets a Trap

Murder or suicide?

Upper class sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey must trace a vital clue - a battered old razor.

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Alistair Beaton

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Harriet Vane …. Maria Aitken
Inspector Umpelty …. Nigel Stock
Antoine …. Malcolm Ingram
Salcombe Hardy …. Patrick Newell
Doris …. Carole Harrison
Charis …. Deirdre Costello
Narrator …. John Westbrook

Producer: Martin Fisher.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1981.


MON 06:30 Cadfael (b007k23t)
Dead Man's Ransom

1. Hostage

As civil war takes its toll on Shrewsbury, the detective monk takes action.

Ellis Peters’ medieval thriller featuring Benedictine monk Brother Cadfael.

Starring Philip Madoc.

Dramatised in five-parts by Bert Coules.

It’s 1141. Beyond the walls of Shrewsbury’s Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, civil war rages.

The Deputy Sheriff of Shropshire returns from the Battle of Lincoln with disastrous news that King Stephen has been captured. The Sheriff himself has been kidnapped by the Welsh, and England’s very future is uncertain.

Cadfael …. Philip Madoc
Sister Magdalen …. Susannah York
Hugh Beringar …. Jonathan Tafler
Elis …. Jason Hughes
Radulfus …. Trevor Peacock
Herbard …. Shaun Prendergast
Aline …. Lorien Haynes
Lad …. David Holt
Narrator …. Michael Kitchen

Music by Peter Salem.

Producer: Neil Cargill.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1995.


MON 07:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03vd7cx)
Series 3

The After-Dinner

The tranquillity of the Trench household is breached once again when Damien's mother calls to say she's coming to stay while Damien's father is on a silent retreat.

No sooner has she arrived than she starts setting about trying to be helpful, which only irritates Damien more.

So he's forced to spend some time away by accepting the offer of an after-dinner speaking engagement, something he's never tried before...

Sitcom written by and starring Miles Jupp, charting the life of cookery writer Damien Trench and his partner Anthony.

Damien Trench ...... Miles Jupp
Anthony ...... Justin Edwards
Ian Frobisher ...... Philip Fox
Damien's mother ...... Selina Cadell
Jennifer ...... Priyanga Burford
Heckler ...... David Seddon
Nigel Thingummy ...... Michael Bertenshaw

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.


MON 07:30 It's a Fair Cop (m001ddf8)
Series 7

Student Officer

In this week’s episode, copper turned stand up Alfie Moore, takes us through the 10 week journey of training a new recruit, preparing them to be a bobby on a beat.

When Alfie took young recruit Zoe under his wing on the streets of Scunthorpe, neither of them knew how that journey would end. How would you deal with the situations that a student officer faces? Unruly kids, difficult drivers, and the real threats of physical violence.

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


MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00n53d4)
Series 3

Episode 16

Kenneth Horne is head of the family in 'The Muffplaster Saga'.

Meanwhile Julian and Sandy are off to vada the sights with their bona guided tripettes of London.

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 May 1967.


MON 08:30 Anything Legal (b0085hnm)
Episode 4

George and Charles tackle a horrid child and a bizarre giant in their new business offering anything legal...

Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.

A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly

Charles .... Donald Hewlett
George .... Michael Knowles
Isabel .... Madeline Smith
Little Willy .... Stephen Grief
Simon .... Elizabeth Proud
Miss Folliate .... Frances Jeater

Theme music by Jim Parker

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.


MON 09:00 Wordaholics (b04kf5zv)
Series 3

Episode 6

Irish comic Ed Byrne, Tasmanian stand up and art expert Hannah Gadsby, punmaster general Milton Jones and classics boffin Natalie Haynes vie for word supremacy.

Gyles Brandreth is in the chair.

The letter of the week is 'Z'.

The panellists must coin their own topynyms and they also have to guess which foreign words are edible.

There's a chance to add their own new word to the dictionary, before they delve into 'A Dictionary of Americanisms' from 1848.

Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle.

Producer: Claire Jones.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2014.


MON 09:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dvh3m)
Series 1

Episode 3

The trauma of Andy and Katie's impending parenthood spells the end of Daniel and Lucy's plans for a quiet weekend to themselves.

David Tennant and Liz Carling star in David Spicer's sitcom.

Modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of a 30-something couple with no kids.

Daniel ...... David Tennant
Lucy ...... Liz Carling
Katie ...... Meera Syal
Peter ...... Rob Harley
Andy ...... Tony Gardner
Alison ...... Joanna Brookes
Charlotte ...... Polly Frame

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.


MON 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007jmn6)
The Personal History of David Copperfield

1. I Fall Into Disgrace

The idyllic childhood of a young boy is shattered when his widowed mother remarries.

First published in 1849, Charles Dickens described this novel as his "favourite child" with some events following his own life.

Stars Miriam Margolyes, Timothy Spall and Gary Cady.

All-star dramatisation in ten-parts by Betty Davies.

David Copperfield ...... Gary Cady
David's Mother ...... Susan Sheridan
Betsey Trotwood ...... Miriam Margolyes
Mr Murdstone ...... John Moffatt
Ham Peggotty ...... Timothy Spall
Mrs Gummidge ...... Mary Wimbush

Producer: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991.


MON 11:00 TED Radio Hour (m001dn4n)
Series 9

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

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

Manoush Zomorodi and the writer Stewart Brand explore how we can continue to have curiosity about the world around us.

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


MON 11:50 Inheritance Tracks (m001dn4y)
Karen Carney

Journalist and ex-footballer Karen Carney chooses 'Say You'll Be There' by the Spice Girls and 'Sweet Caroline' by Neil Diamond.


MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00n53d4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 Anything Legal (b0085hnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 13:00 Wimsey (b00s9f4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 13:30 Cadfael (b007k23t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 14:00 Buzz by Dr Thor Hanson (b0b86qyz)
Episode 1

Dr Thor Hanson on the nature and necessity of bees.

Bees are like oxygen - ubiquitous, essential and, for the most part, unseen. While we might overlook them, they lie at the heart of relationships that bind the human and natural worlds. Dr Hanson takes us on a journey that begins 125 million years ago, when a wasp first dared to feed pollen to its young.

From honeybees and bumbles to lesser-known diggers, miners, leafcutters, and masons, bees have long been central to our harvests, our mythologies, and our very existence. They have given us sweetness and light, the beauty of flowers and as much as a third of the foodstuffs we eat. And, alarmingly, they are at risk of disappearing.

Read by Elliot Levey.

Abridged in five parts by Polly Coles.

Dr Thor Hanson is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Switzer Environmental Fellow and an award winning author and biologist.

His other books include The Triumph of Seeds, The Impenetrable Forest, Feathers and the illustrated children's favorite, Bartholomew Quill. His writing has been translated into more than ten languages and has earned many accolades, including The John Burroughs Medal, the Phi Beta Kappa Award, the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize and two Pacific Northwest Book Awards.

Producer: Clive Brill

A Brill production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2018.


MON 14:15 Lavinia Greenlaw - Five Fever Tales (b03yn66f)
1. The Question of Why

A five-part drama serial about one of the oldest of human diseases.

Malaria has blighted human life in parts of the world for as long as humans have been humans.

The mosquito, the parasite it carries, and the human bloodstream are evolving together. In many places the parasite still has the upper hand. The Question of Why: the first of five dramas based on facts and taking in ancient historical itches and ideas about the disease and the latest scientific attempts to understand and outwit it.

The disease caused by a parasite carried in the saliva of female mosquitoes came to humans probably from gorillas a long time ago. Through recorded history the fever-prompting disease has shadowed humans almost everywhere warm enough for mosquitoes to live between the Poles. We have evolved together.

It is still the biggest killer of children in parts of the world.

Written by Lavinia Greenlaw.

Narrator: Siobhan Redmond.

Other parts played by:

Russell Boulter
Richard Bremmer
David Collins
Jasmine Hyde
John Mackay

Made with the research assistance of Wellcome Trust.

Medical/science adviser: Julian Rayner, Sanger Institute.

Music and sound design: Jon Nicholls.

Producer: Tim Dee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.


MON 14:30 Scream Queens (b01n9yfl)
'It is women who love horror,' said the cinema's first Dracula, Bela Lugosi.

Since the horror genre began in the 1930s, the female role has changed. The passive victims of the classic monsters of the past have become resourceful heroines competing on equal terms with their male co-stars, both human and inhuman.

Reece Shearsmith meets a coven of female horror stars and charts the development and changing roles in the genre; from the femmes fatales of Dracula's Daughter, through Hitchcock's leading ladies, to Hammer's lesbian vampires of the 1970s and the present-day action heroines such as Buffy the Vampire-Slayer.

Featuring:

* Screen legends Barbara Shelley and Madeline Smith
* TV's 'Woman in Black' Pauline Moran.
* Linda Hayden - star of one of Reece's favourite horror films 'Blood on Satan's Claw'
* Jane Merrow who went from appearing in horror movies to producing them.

Producer: Stephen Garner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2012.


MON 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007jmn6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 16:00 Wordaholics (b04kf5zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 16:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dvh3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 17:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03vd7cx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:30 It's a Fair Cop (m001ddf8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 Robert Aickman - Ringing the Changes (b0075yw2)
“Gerald had told Phrynne that if they were to marry in June they couldn't honeymoon until October. He was all too aware of the perils of marrying a girl 24 years younger than himself, to add to them by taking a conventional honeymoon."

When Gerald and Phrynne arrive at their destination, it’s a curiously deserted seaside resort.

The church bells ring ... and ring.... and ring.

A chilling Hallowe'en special written by Robert Aickman

Dramatised by Jeremy Dyson and Mark Gatiss.

Gerald ...... George Baker
Phrynne ...... Fiona Allen
Narrator/Mr Pascoe ...... Mark Gatiss
Commandant Shortcroft ...... Michael Cochrane
Mrs Pascoe ...... Barbara Shelley

Music: Joby Talbot.

Special sound design by 02

Director Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2000.


MON 18:30 A Good Read (b054qc28)
Rebecca Front and Laura Dockrill

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - actress, Rebecca Front and poet and writer, Laura Dockrill - discuss their favourite books by Maria Semple, Jan Struther and Alice Munro.

Mrs Miniver by Jan Struther
Publisher: Virago

Where'd You Go, Bernadette, by Maria Semple
Publisher: Phoenix

Runaway by Alice Munro
Publisher: Vintage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015.


MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00n53d4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 Anything Legal (b0085hnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 20:00 Wimsey (b00s9f4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 20:30 Cadfael (b007k23t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 21:00 TED Radio Hour (m001dn4n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 21:50 Inheritance Tracks (m001dn4y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today]


MON 22:00 It's a Fair Cop (m001ddf8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 22:30 Twenty Players (b06h97ts)
Series 1

Archie McGillivray

Tony Gubba tells the story of the world's greatest golfing balloonist.

Simon Bullivant's album of forgotten sporting heroes in a highly collectible series of six parts.

Producer: Richard Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995.


MON 22:45 Self-Storage (b01gykv4)
Series 1

Job Hunting

Living in a storage unit and separated from his wife, Dave tries to get his life back on track by getting a job.

But help from fellow Storage Garden tenant Geoff means it's harder than he expected...

Stars Reece Shearsmith and Mark Heap.

Sitcom written by Tom Collinson and Barnaby Power.

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

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007.


MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001dyl5)
Flo & Joan 1/3

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, musical comedy double act Flo & Joan join Jake Yapp for a chat and some songs.


MON 23:00 The Now Show (m001ddzj)
Series 61

Episode 1

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. They're joined by Cally Beaton, Emmanuel Sonubi and Christy Coysh.

Cally takes inspiration from primates, Emmanuel fights his news addiction, and Christy delivers a ballad to a national icon.

The show was written by the cast with additional material from Catherine Brinkworth, Alex Kealy, Peter Tellouche and Jade Gebbie.

Voice actors: Gemma Arrowsmith and Ed Jones

Sound: Marc Willcox and Gary Newman
Executive Producer: Pete Strauss
Producer: Rajiv Karia
Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls

A BBC Studios Production


MON 23:30 Sorry About Last Night (b00mzvfq)
A Loft

Having read 'Women are from Mars and Men are From Croydon' and 'Set Sail on The SS Relationship' - Andy thinks it's about time he and Julie headed into deeper waters.

So naturally this means a visit to the estate agents.

Alexei Sayle writes and stars in the comedy about life, love and not living together

Andy ...... Alexei Sayle
Julie ...... Siobhan Redmond
Mr Hamad ...... Nadim Sawalha
Mrs Abasanjo ...... Adjoa Andoh
Mr Lucik ...... Chris Pavlo
Dad ...... Harry Towb
Michael ...... Gary Bleasdale
Gavin the EstateaAgent ...... Simon Greenall

Other parts played by:

Tony Barclay
Ruth Jones

Produced and directed by Jo Clegg with Alexei Sayle.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1999.

TUESDAY 01 NOVEMBER 2022

TUE 00:00 Robert Aickman - Ringing the Changes (b0075yw2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b054qc28)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Wimsey (b00s9f4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Cadfael (b007k23t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Buzz by Dr Thor Hanson (b0b86qyz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Lavinia Greenlaw - Five Fever Tales (b03yn66f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 Scream Queens (b01n9yfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007jmn6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 Wordaholics (b04kf5zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dvh3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03vd7cx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 05:30 It's a Fair Cop (m001ddf8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 06:00 Wimsey (b00sbmdy)
Have His Carcase

3. A Dutiful Son

Keen to unmask the killer on the beach, the upper-class sleuth ponders the motives of Henry Weldon.

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur detective created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Alistair Beaton

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Harriet Vane …. Maria Aitken
Inspector Umpelty …. Nigel Stock
Henry Weldon …. Warren Clarke
Mrs. Weldon …. Isabel Dean
Mrs. Le Franc …. Betty Marsden
Mr. Bright …. Norman Bird
Antoine …. Malcolm Ingram
Salcombe Hardy …. Patrick Newell
Leila Garland …. Rosalind Ayres
Pollock …. Peter Tuddenham
Luis da Soto …. Haydn Wood
Narrator …. John Westbrook

Producer: Martin Fisher

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1981.


TUE 06:30 Cadfael (b007k254)
Dead Man's Ransom

2. Ambassador

The detective monk's plan for a hostage exchange falters when love raises its head.

Starring Philip Madoc.

Ellis Peters’ medieval thriller featuring Benedictine monk Brother Cadfael.

Dramatised by Bert Coules.

It’s 1141. Beyond the walls of Shrewsbury’s Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, civil war rages.

The Deputy Sheriff of Shropshire returns from the Battle of Lincoln with disastrous news that King Stephen has been captured. The Sheriff himself has been kidnapped by the Welsh, and England’s very future is uncertain.

Cadfael …. Philip Madoc
Hugh Beringar …. Jonathan Tafler
Elis …. Jason Hughes
Melicent …. Kate Odey
Prince Owain …. Sion Probert
Radulfus …. Trevor Peacock
Cristina …. Siobahn Flynn
Eliud …. Mark Lewis Jones
Edmund/Ithel …. Shaun Prendergast
Maurice …. Douglas Blackwell
Narrator …. Michael Kitchen

Music by Peter Salem.

Producer: Neil Cargill.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1995.


TUE 07:00 Ayres on the Air (b09ycvtv)
Series 6

Holidays

More light hearted verse and comic sketches from Pam Ayres.

The theme this time is 'Holidays'.

Featuring sketches about choosing the perfect swimsuit; holiday one-upmanship, and how you know when it's time to get a bigger cabin.

Pam shares memories of how glamorous flying used to be when she first started to fly in the 1960s; stories about gifts and souvenirs which definitely don't travel, and the saga of buying her first ever wetsuit.

She also performs some new poems including 'Don't Put Me Dinner on a Slate' about the latest pub grub fashion, and three sections from a new linked series of poems called 'Flight Time'.

Inspired by the trials and tribulations of long-distance flying, the first poem is about arrival and check-in, the second about the consequences of the in-flight meal and the third about the delights of the on-board toilets.

With:

Geoffrey Whitehead
Felicity Montagu

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

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.


TUE 07:30 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b09hr1g3)
Series 2

Veiled Country Lass

Trisha makes a special pudding for her first visit to Robert's parents' house.

Extracts from Cooking in a Bedsitter are read by Eleanor Bron.

Beattie Edmondson and Nikesh Patel star in Sue Teddern's romantic comedy, inspired by Katharine Whitehorn's cookery classic.

Trisha ...... Beattie Edmondson
Deepak ...... Nikesh Patel
Moira ...... Isabella Inchbald
June ...... Ellie Darvill
Robert ...... Clive Hayward
Clare ...... Abbie Andrews

Director: Emma Harding

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jtd4)
Series 7

The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis

Admiral Seagoon is dispatched as bandits attack the British garrison.

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

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 October 1956.


TUE 08:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b0080qvk)
Series 3

Episode 4

The Council leader, Mrs Roberts insists an electrical substation should become a raffle prize and Granny's birthday is a source of consternation.

An everyday story of 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.

Jo Kendall
Michael Troughton
John Baddeley
Bernadine Corrigan
Daniel Strauss
Jonathan Kydd

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

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1990.


TUE 09:00 The Now Show (m001ddzj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]


TUE 09:30 Lucky Heather (b0075s45)
The Searchers

Emma thinks that her mother is having an affair and asks Heather to investigate.

Just this side of nosey, Heather is western movie-mad. She's also the Sherlock Holmes of the rundown Sutter Estate.

Starring Lindsey Coulson.

Sitcom series by Sue Teddern.

Heather ...... Lindsey Coulson
Natalie ...... Abigail Hart
Ryan ...... Ben Crowe
Emma ...... Kelly Wright
Gill ...... Zeina Harding-Roots
Woman/Jackie ...... Janice Acquah
Mark/Bingo Caller ...... Christopher Kelham

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.


TUE 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007jmnd)
The Personal History of David Copperfield

2. I Begin Life On My Own Account

David's new life at boarding school brings both friendship and hardship.

Charles Dickens described this novel as his "favourite child" with some events following his own life.

Starring Sheila Hancock, Timothy Spall and Gary Cady.

All-star dramatisation by Betty Davies.

David Copperfield ...... Gary Cady
Wilkins Micawber ...... Harold Innocent
Mrs Micawber ...... Sheila Hancock
David Copperfield, as a Boy ...... Nicholas Gatt
Peggotty ...... Maggie McCarthy
Mr Peggotty ...... David Burke
Ham Peggotty ...... Timothy Spall
David's Mother ...... Susan Sheridan
Mr Murdstone ...... John Moffatt
Miss Murdstone ...... Auriol Smith
Emily ...... Joanna Myers
Steerforth ...... Andrew Wincott
Traddles, as a Boy ...... Sebastian Brennan
Barkis ...... Terence Edmond
Omer. ...... Peter Tuddenham
Quinion ...... Nigel Carrington
Mr Mell ...... Charles Millham
Creakle ...... Ronald Herdman
Mrs Creakle ...... Ann Windsor
Minnie ...... Siriol Jenkins
Creditor ...... David Bannerman
Clergyman ...... Timothy Carlton

Producer: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991.


TUE 11:00 Archive on 4 (m0006s7x)
Voice in the Machine

Talking technology has surrounded us for over half a century.

From the earliest incarnation of the Speaking Clock to the artificially intelligent personal assistants in our homes, we've slowly got used to sharing our lives with machines that help us with our daily chores.

Who better to guide us through the history of the Voice in the Machine than two of the nation's most familiar voices?
  
Jon Briggs was the original voice of Siri in the UK - a fact he only discovered while watching a feature on the TV. Emma Hignett's voice is heard on London’s buses and trains, helping people to navigate the capital. Spending the day in a smart home, the duo ask the robo-vacuum to clean the floor, request songs and jokes from personal assistant Alexa, and hop channels with a talking television.

While travelling on a bus and hearing her own voice, Emma shares her own recording tips and tricks. A visit to the local supermarket leads to an encounter with perhaps the most irritating machine voice of all time, with repeated warnings of an "unexpected item in bagging area". As these recognisable voices dig deeper into our history with talking tech, Jon gets a little nostalgic with his own fondness for Knight Rider's talking car, KITT. 

Rifling through the archives, Jon and Emma reminisce about their memories of talkative gadgets from fact, fiction and music. In the context of the early archival recordings of talking technology, the voices of today's OK Google, Alexa, Siri and others have come a long way.

But why are our assistants almost all female?

And are they really listening to us all the time? 

Join Jon and Emma as they grapple with these questions and their personal connection to the silicon speech that narrates our lives.

A BlokMedia production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2019.


TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jtd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b0080qvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 13:00 Wimsey (b00sbmdy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 13:30 Cadfael (b007k254)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 14:00 Buzz by Dr Thor Hanson (b0b8h74s)
Episode 2

Dr Thor Hanson on the nature and necessity of bees.

Bees are like oxygen - ubiquitous, essential and, for the most part, unseen. While we might overlook them, they lie at the heart of relationships that bind the human and natural worlds. Dr Hanson takes us on a journey that begins 125 million years ago, when a wasp first dared to feed pollen to its young.

From honeybees and bumbles to lesser-known diggers, miners, leafcutters, and masons, bees have long been central to our harvests, our mythologies, and our very existence. They have given us sweetness and light, the beauty of flowers and as much as a third of the foodstuffs we eat. And, alarmingly, they are at risk of disappearing.

Dr Thor Hanson is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Switzer Environmental Fellow and an award winning author and biologist. His other books include The Triumph of Seeds, The Impenetrable Forest, Feathers and the illustrated children's favorite, Bartholomew Quill. His writing has been translated into more than ten languages and has earned many accolades, including The John Burroughs Medal, the Phi Beta Kappa Award, the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize and two Pacific Northwest Book Awards.

Read by Elliot Levey
Abridged by Polly Coles
Produced by Clive Brill

A Brill production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2018.


TUE 14:15 Lavinia Greenlaw - Five Fever Tales (b03ynf5h)
The Wrongly Named Tree

A drama serial by Lavinia Greenlaw about one of the oldest of human diseases.

Malaria has blighted human life in parts of the world for as long as humans have been humans. The mosquito, the parasite it carries, and the human bloodstream are evolving together. In many places the parasite still has the upper hand. The Wrongly Named Tree: the second of five dramas based on facts and taking in ancient historical itches and ideas about the disease and the latest scientific attempts to understand and outwit it.

The disease caused by a parasite carried in the saliva of female mosquitoes came to humans probably from gorillas a long time ago. Through recorded history the fever-prompting disease has shadowed humans almost everywhere warm enough for mosquitoes to live between the Poles. We have evolved together. It is still the biggest killer of children in parts of the world.

Made in collaboration with Wellcome Trust.

Medical/science adviser: Julian Rayner, Sanger Institute.
Music and sound design: Jon Nicholls
Narrator: Siobhan Redmond.
Other parts: Russell Boulter, Richard Bremmer, David Collins, Jasmine Hyde, John Mackay
Producer: Tim Dee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.


TUE 14:30 Tom Ravenscroft's One Man Band (b039cbsz)
With a guitar in hand, harmonica in mouth, cymbals and bells and a big drum strapped to the back, Tom Ravenscroft goes in search of the musical characters who prefer to go solo.

One Man Bands have a surprisingly long history, documented in pictures and writings from France and Spain as far back as the middle ages. Entertaining and enterprising men, they started with a flute and a drum and, over the centuries, have literally added whistles and bells - as well as cymbals, harmonica, accordion, trumpet, and the list goes on.

Contemporary one man band legends include North Carolina's Jim Garner, Georgia's Jesse Fuller and West Virginia's Hasil Adkins who have all influenced current players such as Bloodshot Bill and Washboard Hank - who Tom tracks down.

Charmed by their inventiveness and talent, Tom visits the one man band festival, an annual event in Montreal where the world's most musical solitary figures perform. He finds some eccentric characters with rich stories following traditions that stretch way back into British and American folk and blues music. Meeting performers such as Bob Log III, Dana Schecter (also known as Insect Ark) and Spain's ‘Hyperpotamus', Tom learns what it takes to become a one man band.

Producer: Jo Meek

A Sparklab production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2013.


TUE 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007jmnd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 16:00 Genius (b008gh91)
Series 2

Chris Addison

Buying socks in threes and happy chickens?

Dave Gorman asks comedian Chris Addison to choose the public's best loopy idea.

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

Producer: Simon Nicholls

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.


TUE 16:30 Lucky Heather (b0075s45)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 17:00 Ayres on the Air (b09ycvtv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:30 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b09hr1g3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (m0006f90)
1. The End Begins

It all begins with the end - the end of the world - almost.

It happens during a night of brilliant green flashes - meteors? Perhaps - or satellite weapons. Who can say?

Survivor, Bill Masen recalls how the world was plunged into darkness with the dawning monstrous horror of ambulant plant life...

First published in 1951, John Wyndham's classic sci-fi novel dramatised in six parts by Giles Cooper.

Gary Watson ..…. Bill Masen
Freda Dowie …... Elspeth
Barbara Shelley …... Josella
Garard Green ..…. Umberto Palanguez
Ralph Truman ..…. Managing Director
Michael Deacon ..…. Young Bill
Peter Pratt …... Mr. Masen
Peter Baldwin …... Walter Lucknor
Jan Edwards …... Nurse
Rolf Lefebvre …... House Surgeon
Haydn Jones ..…. Publican
John Pullen ..…. Radio Commentator

This compelling tale has been made into a film, two television series and three radio versions.

Music composed by David Cain.

Producer: John Powell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1968.


TUE 18:30 Soul Music (m0001yfp)
Series 27

Schubert’s B-Flat Piano Sonata D960

The B-Flat Piano Sonata D960, which Schubert completed two months before his death, in 1828, is a vast and complex work. It’s the last of a triptych of piano sonatas that Schubert wrote, possibly in response to the death of his hero Beethoven the year before. Schubert had been a pallbearer at Beethoven’s funeral.

In this programme, pianists Imogen Cooper, Steven Osborne and James Lisney consider what it’s like to play this work. And Andrea Avery and Pamela Rose describe ways in which this sonata has marked and shaped their lives.

Produced by Rosie Boulton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.


TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jtd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b0080qvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 20:00 Wimsey (b00sbmdy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 20:30 Cadfael (b007k254)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 21:00 Archive on 4 (m0006s7x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 22:00 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b09hr1g3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 22:30 Cabin Pressure (b00cm9p6)
Series 1

Douz

Sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.

Carolyn finds she’s taken more on board than she meant to when the Scottish Cricket Team, a Frenchman and the Sahara Desert all run out of petrol...

Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
Captain Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
Yves Jutteau ...... John Sessions
Habib ...... Ali Amadi.
Captain Jessop ...... Rufus Jones
Lachlan ...... Robert Harley

Written by John Finnemore

Produced & directed by David Tyler

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


TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001dylf)
Flo & Joan 2/3

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, musical comedy double act Flo & Joan join Jake Yapp for a chat and some songs.


TUE 23:00 The Shuttleworths (b007p1np)
John Shuttleworth's Open Mind

The Bermuda Triangle

John Shuttleworth takes a look into the Bermuda Triangle. Let's hope that he and his agent Ken don't disappear!

Sheffield's premier singer-songwriter concludes his probe into unsolved phenomena.

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 Alun Cochrane's Fun House (b01rlnhp)
The Kitchen

Comedian Alun Cochrane has a 25 year mortgage which he can only pay off by being funny. In this series he takes us on a room by room, stand up tour of his house.

He has a fridge that beeps at him when he doesn't move quickly enough and a fire alarm he can't reach. His relationship with his house is a complicated one.

A hoarder of funny and original observations on everyday life, Alun invites us to help him de-clutter his mind and tidy his ideas into one of those bags that you hoover all the air out of and keep under your bed. This show will help Alun and his house work through their relationship issues and prevent a separation that Alun can ill afford; at least not until the market picks up anyway.

Performers: Alun Cochrane and Gavin Osborn

Writers: Alun Cochrane and Andy Wolton

Producer: Carl Cooper.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2013.