SATURDAY 01 JULY 2023

SAT 00:00 John Wyndham - Chocky (m00034m4)
12-year-old Matthew Gore sparks concern for his parents when he appears to develop an intelligent, persistent imaginary friend whom he calls Chocky.

As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that, far from being imaginary, Chocky is a very real alien intelligence.

But then Matthew comes to the attention of sinister government forces...

First published in Amazing Stories magazine in 1963, John Wyndham developed his story into a full sci-fi novel five years later.

Matthew …. Judy Bennett
David …. Eric Thompson
Mary …. Sheila Grant
Alan …. Peter Baldwin
Landis …. Michael Spice
Sir William Thorbe …. Rolf Lefebvre
Dr Frost …. Lockwood West
Dennis Chattery …. John Baddeley
Himself .... Jack De Manio

Adapted and directed by John Tydeman.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1968.


SAT 01:00 James Fenimore Cooper - The Spy (b01b8yyb)
2. Captured

New York State, 1778. Henry Wharton, a young soldier for the British, has been captured by American forces while wearing a disguise in no-man's land.

He must stand trial as a spy, and if found guilty, he will hang. Can General Washington be found in time to issue a pardon?

Starring Burn Gorman, Rose Leslie and Alex Waldmann.

Conclusion of James Fenimore Cooper's tale of espionage and divided loyalties during the American War of Independence.

Dramatised by DJ Britton.

Harvey Birch . . . . . Burn Gorman
Frances . . . . . Rose Leslie
Henry . . . . . Alex Waldmann
Mr Wharton . . . . . James Lailey
Sarah . . . . . Francine Chamberlain
Mr Harper . . . . . Timothy Watson
Caesar . . . . . Richard Pepple
Peyton Dunwoodie . . . . . Simon Bubb
Captain Lawton . . . . . Gerard McDermott
Skinner . . . . . Adam Billington
Isabella Singleton . . . . . Victoria Inez Hardy
Colonel Martin . . . . . Paul Moriarty

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012.


SAT 02:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsmq)
1. Deaths

Kindly Detective Inspector Purbright probes dark deeds in the world of small-time animal charities.

One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles set in East Anglia - first published in 1968.

Starring John Rowe.

Dramatised in six parts by Christopher Denys.

Inspector Purbright …… John Rowe
Sergeant Malley …… Robin Polley
Mrs Hallam …… Tricia Wilcock
Love …… Paul Downing
Dr Fergusson …… Russell Dixon
Lucilla Teatime …… Ann Rye
Mortimer Hive …… Geoffrey Banks
Helen …… Kathryn Hunt
Chubb …… Graham Roberts
Mrs Palgrove …… Rosemary Chamney

Music: composed by Charles Williams - A Quiet Stroll played by the Sidney Torch Orchestra..

Producer: Tony Cliff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.


SAT 02:30 Agatha Raisin (b011kpfh)
Series 2

2. Duck and Cover

Still reeling from the death of their curate, the inhabitants of Carsley decide on duck racing and Morris dancing to cheer themselves up.

But the village fete is unlikely to go smoothly whilst the killer is still amongst them...

Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin.

MC Beaton’s novel about the PR guru turned amateur sleuth.

Dramatised by David Semple.

Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith
James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair
Mrs Margaret Bloxby ...... Liza Sadovy
DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan
Richard Binser ...... Nicky Henson
Roy ...... James Holmes
Mrs Wendle ...... Tina Gray
Miss Partle ...... Ella Smith
Farmer Ruskin ...... Gerard McDermott

Director: Carol Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2005.


SAT 03:00 Apricots on the Nile by Colette Rossant (b007jmt7)
5. Summer Holidays

Colette Rossant recalls her early loves - and finally becoming the mistress of her own kitchen.

Published in 2001, 'Apricots on the Nile', subtitled 'A Memoir with Recipes' is a collection of the author Colette Rossant's recollections.

In 1937, five-year-old Colette arrived in Cairo from Paris with her Egyptian-Jewish father and beautiful French mother. When her father died, Colette's mother abandoned her daughter to the care of her wealthy grandparents. She soon settled into their luxuriant, food-centred lifestyle.

The memoir, accompanied by mouth-watering description of dishes, evokes old-world Egypt.

Abridged by Katrin Williams.

Read by Barbara Flynn.

Producer: Liz Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.


SAT 03:15 Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (m0009lpv)
The Lonely Girl

10. Setting Sail

Baba is going to start a new life in England and wants Kate to go with her.

However, lovelorn Kate is convinced that Eugene will return.

Edna O’Brien’s frank, funny and subversive story of friendship and growing up in rural Ireland in the 1950s - seen through the eyes of two friends.

The Country Girls Trilogy is now recognised as an iconic work of 20th-century Irish fiction.

Dramatised by Kate Hims.

Kate ..... Charlie Murphy
Eugene ..... Jonathan Forbes
Baba ..... Aoibhinn McGinnity
Joanna ..... Susan Jameson
Anna ..... Catherine Cusack
The Body ..... Jonny Holden
Landlord ..... Paul Hickey
Passenger ..... Shaun Mason
Steward ..... Chris Pavlo

Directors: Sally Avens & Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019..


SAT 03:30 Reluctant Persuaders (m0000ngj)
Series 3

2. Happiest Place On Earth

The mood at Hardacre’s advertising agency is black.

After losing the biggest account of their careers – the Cosmos X10 smartphone – the team have slid back down the greasy pole and find themselves once again serving only the smallest and least interesting clients around.

While Joe, Amanda and Hardacre continue to feel sorry for themselves, Teddy is determined to lift their spirits. Appointing himself chief morale officer, he sets out to brighten the mood at the agency with a succession of increasingly ill-advised morale-boosting schemes.

What starts with an innocuous Hawaiian shirt day soon snowballs into a team-building and bonding exercise none of the staff will ever forget.

Edward Rowett's award-winning sitcom.

Hardacre ...... Nigel Havers
Joe ...... Mathew Baynton
Amanda ...... Josie Lawrence
Teddy ...... Rasmus Hardiker
Laura ...... Olivia Nixon
WPC and Crystal ...... Holly Morgan

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


SAT 04:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jyt4)
Series 3

The Champagne

Diana wants to visit her friend Nelly who's been unwell, but when she and Gerald set off in the car with a gift, things get out of control.

The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author who's married to a more successful writer.

Starring Ian Carmichael and Charlotte Mitchell.

Written by Basil Boothroyd.

Gerald C Potter ...... Ian Carmichael
Diana Potter ...... Charlotte Mitchell

Producer: Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1979.


SAT 04:30 Charles Dickens (b00rkl4f)
Sketches by Boz - Series 1

The Great Winglebury Duel

Alexander Trott arrives in a sleepy town from London and is promptly challenged to a duel by a love rival.

From a collection of comic tales by Charles Dickens.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt

Voice of Boz ...... Nicholas Farrell
Mr Alexander Trott ...... Peter Gunn
Mr Joseph Overton ...... David Timson
The Boots ...... Kim Wall
John ...... David Antrobus

Other parts played by the cast.

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.


SAT 05:00 Genius (b008h570)
Series 1

Richard Madeley

From mini-elephants to food on tap.

Dave Gorman asks TV host Richard Madeley to select the public's best loopy idea.

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

Producer: Simon Nicholls

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.


SAT 05:30 The Brothers (b007m477)
Series 1

Episode 3

Liquidised orchids, tropical fish and John Travolta's cuff links.

More events for brothers Nigel and Michael. Has one of them got a date?

Starring Adam Godley and Raymond Coulthard.

Comedy series about two brothers starting a website-design company.

Written by Caroline and David Stafford.

Nigel ...... Adam Godley
Michael ...... Raymond Coulthard
Oonagh...... Pauline McLynn
Zorro ...... Pearce Quigley
Daughter...... Alice Hart
Dad ...... John Glover

Producer: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.


SAT 06:00 Ian Rankin - The Serpent's Back (b02m6s19)
The resourceful if low-born Mr Cullender (caddie, manservant and general dogsbody) goes in search of a double murderer.

Starring Alexander Morton.

Ian Rankin's 18th-century black comedy set in the seething Old Town of Edinburgh.

Cully .... Alexander Morton
Gisborne .... Richard Greenwood
The Lady ..... Wendy Seager
Mr Mack .... Norman MacLean
Walter Scott .... Tom Smith
The Comte .... Kern Falconer
Fordyce .... Paul Young
Braxfield .... Michael Elder
Urquhart .... Liam Brennan
Lucky Aird .... Sheila Donald
Lord Provost .... Simon Scott
Ballantine .... Steven McNicholl

Best known for his Inspector Rebus novels, Ian Rankin is one of the UK’s most widely-read crime novelists, with many of his novels translated into numerous languages.

Produced in Edinburgh by Patrick Rayner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1995.


SAT 07:30 Silence by Erling Kagge (Omnibus) (m0002c8f)
“We live in the age of noise. Silence is almost extinct.”

Norwegian philosopher and adventurer Erling Kagge was the first person to reach the ‘three poles’ of North, South and the summit of Everest.

In 'Silence: In the Age of Noise', he explores the power of silence.

In this clear and insightful analysis, he asks why we need it, how we lost it and where we might go to find it again.

Omnibus of five parts read by Cal MacAninch.

Abridged and produced by Eilidh McCreadie.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.


SAT 08:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrtd)
8. Stranglers in the Night

"Don't fight me, Albert, you fool. I'm doing this for your own good."

Worried about his amnesiac son Albert's nocturnal habits, Jos Fosdyke takes the law into his own hands.

A classic tale of struggle, power, personalities and tripe.

Bill Tidy and John Junkin's family saga - based on Tidy's Daily Mirror cartoon strip (1971-1985) parodying John Galsworthy's 'The Forsyte Saga' novels.

Rebecca Fosdyke ...... Stephanie Turner
Josiah Fosdyke ...... Philip Lowrie
Victoria Fosdyke ...... Miriam Margolyes
Albert Fosdyke ...... Enn Reitel
Roger Ditchley ...... Christian Rodska
Fifi ...... Sally Grace
The Strangler ...... Nick Maloney

Other parts played by Nick Revell.

Producer: Alan Nixon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1983.


SAT 09:00 Not in Front of the Children (b053mk6b)
Series 1

Survival

A spate of pet deaths causes consternation for the Corner family.

Starring Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews.

The comedy mishaps of the Corner family - Jennifer and Henry and their three kids Trudi, Amanda and Robin.

Four series were first shown on BBC TV from 1967 to 1970.

Richard Waring adapted his own TV scripts for this radio version, now fully restored from the original reel-to-reel tapes.

Jennifer Corner ...... Wendy Craig
Henry Corner ...... Francis Matthews
Mary ...... Charlotte Mitchell
Trudi ...... Roberta Tovey
Robin ...... Hugo Keith-Johnston
Amanda ...... Jill Riddick

Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst

Producer: Trafford Whitelock.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1969.


SAT 09:30 The Arthur Haynes Show (m001ng1t)
From 10/12/1962

Giving directions, insurance and being neighbourly.

Arthur Haynes stars in the sketch show series written by Johnny Speight.

With

Nicholas Parsons
Dorothy Dampier
Dermot Kelly
Leslie Noyes
Barney Galbraith

Music by the Temperance Seven

Part of a selection of surviving episodes.

Producer: Richard Dingley

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1962.


SAT 10:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008htp)
2: Hancock & Hamilton

Comedy and poetry have always had strong links, with many comics and poets blurring the boundaries. Now, comedian Kevin Eldon takes peeks either side of the fine line that divides them.

In this programme:

Poecia Tree

Hancock’s Half Hour: The Poetry Society

Special guest Paul Hamilton.

Along the way there is a rich mix of poetry that might be funny, sometimes cringe-worthy, occasionally absurd, sporadically nonsensical, but often brilliant.

Producer: Luke Doran

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in January 2015.


SAT 11:00 Ian Rankin - The Serpent's Back (b02m6s19)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 12:30 Silence by Erling Kagge (Omnibus) (m0002c8f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 13:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrtd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 14:00 Not in Front of the Children (b053mk6b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 14:30 The Arthur Haynes Show (m001ng1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 15:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008htp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 16:00 John Wyndham - Chocky (m00034m4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SAT 17:00 Ian Rankin - The Serpent's Back (b02m6s19)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 18:30 Silence by Erling Kagge (Omnibus) (m0002c8f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 19:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrtd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 20:00 Not in Front of the Children (b053mk6b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 20:30 The Arthur Haynes Show (m001ng1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 21:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008htp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 22:00 The Jail Diaries of Sir Ralph Stanza (m00115cy)
Beating The Rap

Poet Sir Ralph gives a masterclass in rap, including such top tips as changing your surname.

Another of Sir Ralph's audio diaries from his recent stint as poet-in-residence at Longmore Grange maximum security prison.

Written by and starring James Quinn.

Sir Ralph Stanza ...James Quinn
Carl ...James Scales
Colin ......Neil Bell
Jermaine......Chris Jack
Officer ...Joan Kempson

Produced at BBC Manchester by Graham Frost.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.


SAT 22:15 The Shuttleworths (b007jmn5)
Series 1

One Foot in the Gravy

Another chance to eavesdrop on the semi-detached world of John Shuttleworth. Tonight, Mary has left John to cope alone because she must visit her Auntie Janet in South Shields, who is ill. Agent Ken is unimpressed by one of John's songs and there is a visit to the local garden centre.

Written and performed by Graham Fellows

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994.


SAT 22:30 Talking to Strangers (b06z5d2v)
Episode 1

Comic monologues in which a range of characters find themselves engaging in that most un-British of activities: talking to a stranger.

Each piece is a character study: funny, frank, absurd, moving...

Characters include a sex councillor who loves to draw, a spy who loves to share, a woman who likes to help too much ('I'm a serial helpist...'), a frustrated falconer, and a cheater who has to call her cheatee the morning after. And in this show, the listener 'plays' the silent stranger in the piece...

Written and performed by Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan.

Guest stars include:

Emma Thompson
Olivia Colman
Jessica Hynes
Steve Evets
Sinead Matthews
Joel Fry

Producer: Sam Bryant

A BBC Comedy production for BBC Radio 4 , first broadcast in February 2016.


SAT 23:00 Ross Noble Goes Global (b007jvs3)
Series 1

China

Ross Noble continues his comedy travelogues on the east coast of China, in the bustling city of Shanghai

He entertains the locals with his unique brand of stand-up

Plus, he marvels at the wonders of a thousand pensioners in a park

Producer: Danny Wallace

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002.


SAT 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b00w6j8w)
Series 6

Discoveries

Satan introduces Edith to Adam and Eve, but for the father and mother of all humanity, they are alarmingly stupid.

Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in hell.

Satan …. Andy Hamilton
Edith …. Annette Crosbie
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan

Other characters played by:

Philip Pope
Felicity Montagu
Michael Fenton Stevens

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007.

SUNDAY 02 JULY 2023

SUN 00:00 Nightfall (m000tfcg)
Series 4

1. The Book of Hell

A failing publishing company receives a mysterious manuscript from a reclusive author, who happens to have been dead for two years.

The book tells of a first-hand account of a soul's experience while in hell. However, the book cannot be printed, photocopied or recorded in any way...

Written by James Mavor Moore.

Gordon .... Budd Knapp
Linda Ross .... Nonnie Griffin
Andy .... Patrick Young
Mrs Yenopski …. Lynne Deragon
Pete .... Hugh Webster
The Fireman/The Waiter .... Allen Doremus

‘Nightfall’ is a series of supernatural and horror dramas - one of Canada’s CBC Radio's most popular shows in the network’s history.

Running to over 100 episodes between 1980 and 1983, it features a mix of original stories and adaptations of classic tales.

Series Story Editor: Earl Toppings

Producer: Bill Howell

First broadcast on the CBC in March 1981.


SUN 00:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b00cfzw4)
5. Hunting

Earth's last living man, Robert Neville, steps up his hunt for the root of the plague.

1954 cult classic set in the United States of America in 1976.

Read by Angus McInnes.

One of the 20th century's most significant vampire novels, Richard Matheson's 'I Am Legend' combines the worlds of sci-fi and horror.

Abridged by Scott Stainton Miller.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in January 2006.


SUN 01:00 Ian Rankin - The Serpent's Back (b02m6s19)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 Silence by Erling Kagge (Omnibus) (m0002c8f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrtd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Not in Front of the Children (b053mk6b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]


SUN 04:30 The Arthur Haynes Show (m001ng1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008htp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001ng93)
Fantasy Festival - Gillian Clarke

Choosing the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archives, poet Daljit Nagra selects Fantasy Festival - Gillian Clarke

Gillian joins presenter Verity Sharp to create and curate the festival of her wildest dreams.

It's a chance for Gillian to set the festival's agenda - choose the guests, pick the acts, dictate the weather, the food and the ambience. A festival where anyone - dead or alive - can be summoned to perform and nothing is unimaginable.

Gillian outlines her dream festival, which she's entitled "Voice in a Space". It takes place in a cave in Wales and celebrates great poetry as well as ideas around building and ambiguity.

Seamus Heaney, Shakespeare and Leonard Cohen are on the bill, alongside Welsh soprano Elin Manahan Thomas and architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Producer: Rosie Boulton

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


SUN 06:30 Apricots on the Nile by Colette Rossant (Omnibus) (m001ng9h)
The culinary-tinged memoirs of a woman raised in multi-cultural, cosmopolitan Cairo during the Second World War.

Published in 2001, 'Apricots on the Nile', subtitled 'A Memoir with Recipes' is a collection of the author Colette Rossant's recollections.

In 1937, five-year-old Colette arrived in Cairo from Paris with her Egyptian-Jewish father and beautiful French mother. When her father died, Colette's mother abandoned her daughter to the care of her wealthy grandparents. She soon settled into their luxuriant, food-centred lifestyle.

The memoir, accompanied by mouth-watering description of dishes, evokes old world Egypt.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Katrin Williams.

Read by Barbara Flynn.

Producer: Liz Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.


SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001ng9w)
Tony Robinson

Blackadder and Time Team's Tony Robinson, chooses 'The Man I Love' by Billie Holiday and 'Short People' by Randy Newman.


SUN 07:50 Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (Omnibus) (m0009s1n)
The Lonely Girl

Episode 2

Kate has escaped from the countryside and returns to live with the married Eugene, but her father and his cronies soon come looking for her with violent results.

Funny and subversive story of womanhood in Ireland in the 1950s.

Originally published in the 1960s, The Lonely Girl, and the two other novels in the trilogy (The Country Girls and Girls in their Married Bliss), were banned by the Irish Censorship Board, burnt publicly in O’Brien’s home town, and described by the Justice Minister (a young Charles Haughey) as filth.

Edna O’Brien's trilogy is now recognised as an iconic work of 20th century Irish fiction.

Omnibus of the last five of ten parts dramatised by Kate Hims.

Kate ..... Charlie Murphy
Eugene ..... Jonathan Forbes
Anna ..... Catherine Cusack
Dada ..... David Ganly
Jack Holland ..... Jonjo O'Neill
Tom ..... Paul Hickey
Andy ..... Shaun Mason

Directors: Sally Avens & Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019


SUN 09:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m001ngb9)
Series 5

Going to the Dogs

Ten bob!! - for leading a greyhound around the track?!

The cheeky school boy takes a gamble on a new job - but can he wriggle out of babysitting?

Starring the diminutive Jimmy Clitheroe

Legendary sitcom about Lancashire’s eternal cheeky schoolboy who lives with his mother, sister Susan and grandad.

At its peak, ten million fans tuned in each week to hear Jimmy’s latest antics.

Written by James Casey and Frank Roscoe.

The Kid Himself …. Jimmy Clitheroe
Mother …. Patricia Burke
Grandad …. Peter Sinclair
Susan …. Diana Day
Alfie …. Danny Ross
Mr Whittle Senior …. Deryck Guyler
Theodore Craythorpe/Harry Whittle …. Leonard Williams
Mr Higginbottom …. Tony Melody

Theme music by Alan Roper and played by the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra directed by Alan Ainsworth.

Producer: James Casey

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1962.


SUN 09:30 The Navy Lark (b008fj41)
Series 9

Celebrating Their Important Anniversary

The crew discover HMS Troutbridge has been afloat for 25 years, so Pertwee plans some special silver commemorative gifts...

Stars Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray.

Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge.

Written by Lawrie Wyman

The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips
The Chief Petty Officer ...... Jon Pertwee
The Number One ...... Stephen Murray
Captain Povey ...... Richard Caldicot
Mrs Povey ...... Heather Chasen
Commander Bell ...... Ronnie Barker
The Admiral ...... Tenniel Evans
The Padre ....... Michael Bates

The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series between 1959 and 1976.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1967.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001nhly)
Pride

Billie Jean King

39 Grand Slams and a total of 20 Wimbledon titles.

Billie Jean King is regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time.

She shares her castaway choices and shares her life and times with Kirsty Young.

Born in California in 1943, Billie was the eldest daughter of Bill and Betty Moffitt. She discovered tennis aged ten: at 15 she won in her age bracket at the Southern California championships, and in 1961, she won the women's doubles at Wimbledon with Karen Hantze, the youngest pair to achieve such a victory.

In 1968, when professional competitors were admitted to Grand Slam tournaments, she won Wimbledon for the third time and was paid just £750 while Rod Laver, the men's champion, took home £2,000. So began her campaign for gender equality, which involved boycotting tournaments and setting up their own professional women's circuit. In 1973, then aged 29, she beat the 55-year-old former tennis champion Bobby Riggs in a match which became known as 'The Battle of the Sexes': it remains the most-watched tennis match ever. That year the US Open awarded the same financial reward to men and women and in 2007 Wimbledon followed suit. Billie Jean also founded the Women's Tennis Association and the Women's Sports Foundation in the 1970s.

She married her husband, Larry, in 1965 but by the late 1960s, she had realised that she was gay. She was outed by a former lover who sued her for palimony in 1981, and although she won the case, she lost almost all her commercial endorsements.

Billie has been with her partner, Ilana Kloss, for nearly 40 years and retired from singles matches in 1983 and doubles in 1990. She was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Obama in 2009 and has continued to be an ambassador for her sport and for gender equality.

DISC ONE: Respect - Aretha Franklin
DISC TWO: Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
DISC THREE: Winds Of Change (Mandela To Mandela) - Nona Hendryx
DISC FOUR: Gustav Holst’s World In Union - Katherine Jenkins and the Crouch End Festival Chorus
DISC FIVE: If I Dare (from Battle of the Sexes) - Sara Bareilles
DISC SIX: You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield
DISC SEVEN: Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John Band
DISC EIGHT: Hey Jude - The Beatles

BOOK CHOICE: Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss
LUXURY CHOICE: Scrapbook of photos of her family
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John Band

Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2018.


SUN 10:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lj1nf)
Series 1

Bowerbirds

One of the most extraordinary structures in the animal world is constructed by a Bower Bird.

Sir David tells the life story of the Vogelkopf Bower Bird, the one that raises the bar higher than the rest.

Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world.

Producer: Julian Hector

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009.


SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001ng93)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 11:30 Apricots on the Nile by Colette Rossant (Omnibus) (m001ng9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001ng9w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 12:50 Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (Omnibus) (m0009s1n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 14:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m001ngb9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 14:30 The Navy Lark (b008fj41)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001nhly)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 15:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lj1nf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 16:00 Nightfall (m000tfcg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SUN 16:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b00cfzw4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:30 today]


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001ng93)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Apricots on the Nile by Colette Rossant (Omnibus) (m001ng9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001ng9w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 18:50 Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (Omnibus) (m0009s1n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 20:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m001ngb9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 20:30 The Navy Lark (b008fj41)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001nhly)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lj1nf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 22:00 The Tim Vine Chat Show (b098jkb4)
Series 2

Greenwich

Tim Vine has been travelling the length and breadth of this fair land to uncover the best stories of the Great British public.

But he also takes every possible opportunity to tell a ridiculous joke and sing a preposterous song along the way.

Tim arrives in London and parks his Chat Show wagon in Greenwich, where he chats to a museum curator about airport security.

Plus there's a song about cake and milk.

Producer: Richard Morris

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


SUN 22:30 Chain Reaction (b01ljwn3)
Series 8

Chris Addison interviews Derren Brown

The comedian and the amazing illusionist in the talk tag show where the guest is the next interviewer

Chris Addison gets the rare chance to talk to the amazing Derren Brown about magic, comedy, art, faith and Hitler.

Recorded with an audience, the interviews focus on the life, career and the passions of the interviewee but often prove to be as revealing about the interviewer.

Producer: Carl Cooper

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.


SUN 23:00 Date With Fate (b008zq34)
Along for the Ride

When Colin impersonates a film producer, it sparks dangerous consequences.

Harold Wing Pinero is your host.

Another comic close encounter with fate.

Written by Gary Parker and Phil Whelans.

Colin Bond ...... Michael Troughton
Harold Wing Pinero ...... Charles Gray
Monica Ludlow ...... Jenny Howe
Flores ...... Mandy Knight
Ralph ...... Stephen Critchlow
Hostess/Lauren ...... Debbie Stephenson
All other parts ...... Toby Longworth

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1996.


SUN 23:15 Guy Browning's Small Talk (b0076mys)
Series 2

How to Go to a Party

"When you step into a party, everyone is locked into hugely enjoyable conversations with popular, attractive people who are waiting to hate you."

All you need to know about making merry and avoiding being 'de-mingled'.

Comedian Guy Browning continues to provide practical life-coaching in the big small challenges of life.

Producer: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.


SUN 23:30 Safety Catch (b00vy3st)
Series 3

Uncomfortably Numb

Simon is appalled that his boss thinks it's inappropriate for him to empathise with the world's persecuted and oppressed and should stop worrying.

But when his family generally agree that worrying gets you nowhere, he sets out to give himself compassion fatigue so that he can he can stop worrying and not feel guilty about all the bloodshed in the world.

Unfortunately his new outlook doesn't seem to change Anna's parents view of him when they come to visit.

Starring Darren Boyd.

Laurence Howarth's black comedy of modern morality set in the world of arms dealing.

Simon McGrath ..... Darren Boyd
Anna Grieg ..... Joanna Page
Boris Kemal ..... Lewis Macleod
Judith McGrath ..... Sarah Smart
Angela McGrath ..... Brigit Forsyth
Madeleine Turnbull ..... Rachel Atkins
Glenys ..... Di Botcher
Hugh ..... Mike Hayward

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.

MONDAY 03 JULY 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001ng93)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Apricots on the Nile by Colette Rossant (Omnibus) (m001ng9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001ng9w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]


MON 01:50 Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (Omnibus) (m0009s1n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m001ngb9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 The Navy Lark (b008fj41)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001nhly)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 04:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lj1nf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Radclyffe Hall - The Well of Loneliness (m001ngc0)
1. Outcast?

A baby girl named Stephen is born to well-to-do parents and grows up into an intense tomboy and later a thoughtful woman who feels 'different'.

Stephen is very close to her father, who understands who she is, but alienated from her mother. She turns down an offer of marriage and forms a passionate attachment to an American woman.

Starring Valerie Edmond and Alexandra Bateman.

Radclyffe Hall's pioneering novel is sympathetic towards love and attraction between women.

Not sexually explicit, it was still the subject of an obscenity trial soon after it was published in 1928.

Dramatised in two parts by Sarah Woods

Stephen ....... Valerie Edmond
Young Stephen ....... Alexandra Bateman
Anna ....... Roberta Kerr
Philip ....... Rob Pickvance
Collins/Angela ....... Amanda Root
Puddle ....... Sarah Parks
Martin ....... Paul Warriner
Colonel Antrim ....... Russell Dixon
Violet ....... Katy Cavanagh
Young Violet ....... Sara Kaplan
Young Roger ....... Thomas Hudson
Ralph ....... Martin Reeve

Music composed and performed by Odaline de la Martinez.
Celloist: Andy Wardale
Violinist Janet Fuste

Director: Melanie Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.


MON 06:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnp)
2. Sabotage

As the sabotage and murder trail continues, private investigator Mortimer Hive arrives and is invited to make a speech.

Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicle set in East Anglia.

Starring John Rowe.

Dramatised by Christopher Denys.

Inspector Purbright …… John Rowe
Booker …… Russell Dixon
Love …… Paul Downing
Lucilla Teatime …… Ann Rye
Mortimer Hive …… Geoffrey Banks
Helen …… Kathryn Hunt
Mr Clay …… Peter Wheeler
Mrs Palgrove …… Rosemary Chamney
Palgrove …… Robin Polley
Fry …… Chris Hargreaves
Lintz …… Dave Bond

Producer: Tony Cliff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.


MON 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ktgc)
Series 2

3. Buried Treasure

When Agatha embarks on a plan to give up smoking, little does she know it will lead to a treasure hunt, humiliation and a rather nasty murder...

Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin.

MC Beaton’s novel about the PR guru turned amateur sleuth.

Dramatised by David Semple.

Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith
James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair
Mrs Margaret Bloxby ...... Liza Sadovy
DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan
Roy Silver ...... James Holmes
Mrs Friendly ...... Joanna Brookes
Mrs Hicks ...... Lynda Baron

Director: Carol Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2005.


MON 07:00 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (m001ngfv)
1. Paris and My French Family

Colette Rossant - celebrated New York food writer and bestselling author of Apricots on the Nile - continues her memoirs in Return to Paris.

She mixes vibrant memories of her teenage years in France after the Second World War with mouthwatering descriptions of meals that changed her life.

Read by Barbara Flynn

Abridged in five parts by Penny Leicester

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.


MON 07:15 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (b07pf1bd)
Series 1

1. Arrival

Thrilling series set in 1890s Whitechapel.

Welsh farm girl Megan Evans comes to London to visit her brother who is running the family's dairy business.

But why is her brother is strangely unwelcoming?

Written in ten parts by Gregory Evans.

In 1900 over half London's milk came from Welsh dairies. One of those dairies, on the Commercial Road, was owned and run by the writer’s family.

Megan Evans ….. Bettrys Jones
Luc Evans ….. Trystan Gravelle
Samuel Singer ….. David Horovitch
Moses Lipski ….. Brian Protheroe
Annie Riley ….. Alice Haig

Director: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.


MON 07:30 Man at the Helm (b07zzr8t)
Episode 4

In dire financial straits, Elizabeth has to get a job and she is soon having run-ins with her new boss.

Nina Stibbe’s comic novel set in 1970s rural Leicestershire.

Adapted by Amanda Whittington.

Lizzie ….. Eloise Webb
Amy….. Fern Deacon
Little Jack ….. Ben Barker
Elizabeth ….. Amanda Hale
Mr Holt ….. Nick Underwood
Tannoy ….. Elizabeth Bennett
Deano/Newsreader ….. Sam Rix

Director: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2016.


MON 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b00b52ck)
Series 1

Episode 2

A dirty wartime romp and the tale of a naughty gnome.

Starring:

Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Joan Sims

Announcer: Douglas Smith

After the unexpected death of Kenneth Horne in 1969, plans for the next series of Round The Horne were axed.

Instead - using an old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title - Kenneth joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition and was also reunited with his "Carry On" film co-star Joan Sims.

Written by Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Myles Rudge

With the Max Harris Group.

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1969.


MON 08:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jw2r)
Series 3

Episode 6

Ad man Ken struggles with the women in his life, and ex-boss Freddie causes a stir.

Starring Martin Jarvis.

Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in the competitive world of advertising

Ken Handley …. Martin Jarvis
Sandy …. Christopher Godwin
Freddie …. Lockwood West
Ambrose …. Paul Jesson
April …. Shelley Thompson
Heldey…. Robert Longden
Deborah .... Rosalind Ayres
Till Lady .... Avril Clark
Doorman ..... Richard Durden
Barman .... James MacPherson
Policeman .... Graham Blockey
Leo Gale .... Glyn Owen

With:

Miriam Margolyes
John Shrapnel
Sally Grace
Enn Reitel
Anton Rogers
David Tate

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1986.


MON 09:00 It's Your Round (b00yz3t4)
Series 1

Episode 3

Angus Deayton hosts the comedy panel show with no format.

Battling it out to see who can beat each other at their own games:

Arthur Smith
Lucy Montgomery
Tom Wrigglesworth
Will Smith

Find out the hilarity that ensues when each of them play the games they've brought along.

What will Arthur make of Tom's "Re-wound, Sped Up Played Backwards"?

How will Twitter-fan Will Smith get on with Lucy's "Twitter-witter-witter-who" game?

And how much would it take for Tom Wrigglesworth to change his name to Adolf Hitler when he plays Arthur Smith's round?

Angus Deayton valiantly tries to make sure everyone comes out of it with their reputations intact.

Writers: Angus Deayton, Ged Parsons and Paul Powell

Devised by Benjamin Partridge

Producer: Sam Michell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2011.


MON 09:30 The Change (b00nd0tk)
Series 1

The Great Pretender

Life for George and Carol was just fine and now that their daughter is married they'll have time for themselves again.

Troubled hormonal Carol is looking forward to it being just the two of them.

George, however, thinks the time is right to finally be honest with his wife and reveal that he's a transvestite..

Starring Lynda Bellingham and Chris Ellison.

Sitcom by Gavin Petrie and Jan Etherington.

Carol ...... Lynda Bellingham
George ...... Chris Ellison
Violet ...... Sylvia Syms
Maureen ...... Maureen Beattie
Dave ...... Mark Powley
Ken ...... James Vaughan
Jerry ...... Richard Standing

Producer: Maria Esposito

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.


MON 10:00 Radclyffe Hall - The Well of Loneliness (m001ngc0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 11:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 11:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ktgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 12:00 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (m001ngfv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 12:15 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (b07pf1bd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 12:30 Man at the Helm (b07zzr8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 13:00 Stop Messing About! (b00b52ck)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 13:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jw2r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 14:00 It's Your Round (b00yz3t4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 14:30 The Change (b00nd0tk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 15:00 Radclyffe Hall - The Well of Loneliness (m001ngc0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 16:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 16:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ktgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 17:00 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (m001ngfv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:15 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (b07pf1bd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 17:30 Man at the Helm (b07zzr8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 Stop Messing About! (b00b52ck)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 18:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jw2r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 19:00 It's Your Round (b00yz3t4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 19:30 The Change (b00nd0tk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 20:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m0018gkp)
Series 13

How You See Me

True stories told live in the USA: Jay Allison introduces stories of how we see ourselves and the perception of others.

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 over 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 the USA in 2020.


MON 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (b0654qk6)
Mari Wilson

Singer Mari Wilson chooses 'The Folks Who Live on the Hill' by Peggy Lee and 'How Can You Mend a Broken Heart' by the Bee Gees.


MON 21:00 Mastertapes (b03k3gmb)
Series 3

Edwyn Collins (A-Side)

Edwyn Collins discusses his 1994 album 'Gorgeous George', featuring the single 'A Girl Like You'.

Series in which leading performers and songwriters talk about the album that made them or changed them.

Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios, each edition includes two episodes - the A-side and B-side.

In the A-side, Edwym talks to John Wilson.

Edwyn is an Ivor Novello Award-winning songwriter who has enjoyed great success both as a solo artist and as the lead singer of Orange Juice.

"Gorgeous George" was produced in the studio which Edwyn built himself and highlights Edwyn's witty melodic style. 'Girl Like You' spent 14 weeks in the charts and features in the films 'Empire Records' and 'Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'. Edwyn has also produced records for the likes of The Cribs, Space, Little Barrie and The Proclaimers, produced and starred in his own sitcom as well as creating a book of illustrations.

In May 2009, he won the Ivors Inspiration Award in recognition of his struggles following a double brain haemorrhage in 2005. He has continued to record and his latest album 'Understated' was recently released on his own label.

In the B-side of the programme, it's the turn of the audience to ask the questions.

Producer: Helen Lennard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.


MON 21:30 Murder Most Foul (b03cnf5k)
1. The Surgeon's Knife

True tales of murder from the days when police cars had bells and the men from the Yard word Trilby hats.

Two bodies are found in a Scottish ravine.

Dr Buck Ruxton's wife and maid are missing...

BBC TV's Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross looks back at a case of murder from 1935.

Written by John Scotney.

Buck Ruxton ……. Marc Zuber
Norman Birkett ……. Anthony Bate

Other played by::

Danielle Allan
Timothy Carlton
Fraser Kerr
Timothy Bateson
Nigel Carrington
Michael Turner

Producer: Mark Savage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1991.


MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m001n8fx)
Series 29

Episode 5

David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they’re able to smuggle past their opponents.

Lou Sanders, Phil Wang, Neil Delamere and Kerry Godliman are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as horror, chefs, the Greeks, and pipes.

The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith.

Producer: Jon Naismith

A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4


MON 22:30 Buy Me Up TV (b009fnlx)
Series 1

Episode 2

Every shopping channel you've ever seen and every product you've never wanted.

Special guest host: Ruth Madoc ruffles some feathers...

Starring:

Justin Edwards
Colin Hoult
Katherine Jakeways
Ewen Macintosh
Alex MacQueen
Greg Proops

Written by Justin Edwards and James Eldred.

Producer: Lucy Armitage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2008.


MON 23:00 Dead Ringers (m001n8xw)
Series 23

Episode 3

Mat Hancock delivers his sincerest apology yet, Boris Johnson appears on Great Lives and The Archers has a surprise new writer.

This week's impressionists are Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Jess Robinson, Duncan Wisbey and Jan Ravens.

This episode was written by Nev Fountain & Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, Ed Amsden & Tom Coles, James Bugg, Edward Tew, Sophie Dickson, Peter Tellouche, Toussaint Douglas, Duncan Wisbey, Katie Sayer and Sarah Campbell.

Produced and created by Bill Dare
Production Co-ordinator: Dan Marchini


MON 23:30 Fabulous (m000h0r1)
Series 2

Episode 3

Faye is anxious.

She knows that today's women are Fabulous; they have it all, the job, the house, the colour co-ordinated capsule wardrobe and they cope with the pressures modern life brings effortlessly, with nothing more than a copy of Prima and a poem by Pam Ayres to guide them.

So why can't she pull it off? With the family coming to dinner, life should be cosy...

Starring Daisy Haggard.

Written by Lucy Clarke.

With:

Katy Brand
Stephen Critchlow
Justin Edwards
Sally Grace
Martin Hyder
Geoffrey McGivern
Joanna Neary
Jo Scanlan
Laura Solon
Dan Starkey.

Children:

Bradley Ford
Renee Clark
Chelsea Jabbau

Music by Osymyso

Producer Simon Nicholls

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2008.

TUESDAY 04 JULY 2023

TUE 00:00 Radclyffe Hall - The Well of Loneliness (m001ngc0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ktgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (m001ngfv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (b07pf1bd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 Man at the Helm (b07zzr8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Stop Messing About! (b00b52ck)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]


TUE 03:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jw2r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 It's Your Round (b00yz3t4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 The Change (b00nd0tk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Radclyffe Hall - The Well of Loneliness (m001nggd)
2. What Future?

"You shun your own kind like they were the devil and there's no point in trying to force the straights to be friendly". Stephen takes her friend Brockett's advice and decides to live a little instead of just hiding away to write. She heads for Paris and a freer society set and also becomes part of the ambulance corps in the First World War. Here, she meets Mary and they eventually become lovers. But Stephen never takes Mary to England to meet Puddle nor to see Morton the family seat. When an old flame turns up, Stephen takes a fatal step in deciding her and Mary's future.

Concluding episode.

Radclyffe Hall's 1928 novel adapted by Sarah Woods

Stephen ................. Valerie Edmond
Mary ....................... Amanda Root
Anna/Valerie ....... Roberta Kerr
Puddle ................... Sarah Parks
Martin .....................Paul Warriner
Jamie.. .....................Katy Cavanagh
Brockett .................Malcolm Hebden

Music composed and performed by Odaline de la Martinez

Director: Melanie Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999


TUE 06:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnz)
3. Well Dead

Kindly detective, Inspector Purbright probes the discovery of another body, found head down in a wishing well.

John Rowe stars in Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicle set in East Anglia.

Dramatised by Christopher Denys.

Inspector Purbright …… John Rowe
Booker …… Russell Dixon
Love …… Paul Downing
Lucilla Teatime …… Ann Rye
Mortimer Hive …… Geoffrey Banks
Helen …… Kathryn Hunt
Palgrove …… Robin Polley
Fry …… Chris Hargreaves
Pook …… Peter Rylands

Producer: Tony Cliff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.


TUE 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011l9l8)
Series 2

4. The Civil War

The search to find the killer leads Agatha and James to the dreaming spires of Oxford, where they soon get intimate - in a cupboard full of EM Forster first editions...

Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin - the PR guru turned amateur sleuth.

Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel.

Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith
James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair
DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan
Mrs Friendly ...... Joanna Brookes
Mrs Hicks ...... Lynda Baron
Professor Wolf ...... Simon Treves

Director: Carol Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2005.


TUE 07:00 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (m001ngmc)
2. A Promise Broken and Student Life

Colette Rossant, celebrated New York food writer and bestselling author of Apricots on the Nile, continues her memoirs in Return to Paris.

She mixes vibrant memories of her teenage years in France after the Second World War with mouth-watering descriptions of meals that changed her life.

Read by Barbara Flynn

Abridged by Penny Leicester

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.


TUE 07:15 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (b07pgvjj)
Series 1

2. Mystery

Thrilling series set in 1890s Whitechapel. Welsh farm girl Megan Evans comes to London to visit her brother who is running the family's dairy business - but her brother is strangely unwelcoming.

Megan Evans ….. Bettrys Jones
Luc Evans ….. Trystan Gravelle
Samuel Singer ….. David Horovitch
Moses Lipski ….. Brian Protheroe
Annie Riley ….. Alice Haig

by Gregory Evans

Directed by Marc Beeby

In 1900 over half London's milk came from Welsh dairies. One of those dairies, on the Commercial Road, was owned and run by the writer’s family.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.


TUE 07:30 Gloomsbury (b0bnm8rc)
Series 5

Prejudice and Persuasion

Henry is preparing for a lecture tour of America and is desperately trying to persuade Vera to accompany him. But first he must negotiate his 50th birthday.

He is hoping to ignore it, but Vera has organised one of those vulgar Surprise Parties and everybody will be there - Lytton, Barrington, Hilda, DH Lollipop, his wife, Frieda and Venus, who sneaks in without an invitation and makes a nuisance of herself in the bushes.

By the end of the party a seven week lecture tour in America seems quite appealing.

Cast:
ANNOUNCER.......................................................NIGEL PLANER
VERA SACKCLOTH-VEST...............................MIRIAM MARGOLYES
HENRY MICKLETON........................................JONATHAN COY
GINNY FOX..........................................................ALISON STEADMAN
LIONEL FOX........................................................NIGEL PLANER
MRS GOSLING....................................................ALISON STEADMAN
MR GOSLING......................................................NIGEL PLANER
LYTTON SCRATCHEY......................................NIGEL PLANER
D.H.LOLLIPOP...................................................JOHN SESSIONS
FRIEDA LOLLIPOP...........................................MORWENNA BANKS
HILDA MATTHEWSON....................................MORWENNA BANKS
VENUS TRADUCES............................................MORWENNA BANKS

A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2018.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b00fl188)
Series 8

The Evils of Bushey Spon

Neddie Seagoon is called in to oversee the decoration of a council lamppost.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

Special guest star AE Matthews

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: Charles Chilton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1958.


TUE 08:30 In the End (b007qww6)
Episode 3

Tension mounts as the serial killer claims a third journalist victim.

Maverick BBC Reporter, George Cragge, and Superintendent Frank Jefferson investigate a series of murders of journalists.

Starring Michael Williams and Barry Foster.

The fourth of Mark Taverner’s black comedies set in the worlds of the BBC and politics.

Dramatised from his novel by Mark Taverner, and Peter Baynham.

George Cragge …. Michael Williams
Superintendent Frank Jefferson …. Barry Foster
Prime Minister …. Jonathan Coy
Charles Prentiss......Stephen Fry
Martin Griffiths........John Bird
Crichton-Potter …. Anton Rogers
Coco St Martin......Phil Cornwell
Marcia Mallon …. Rebecca Front
Maria …. Jessica Oyelowo
Chancellor …. Simon Greenall
Rupert Thresher....Michael Fenton Stevens
Newsreader …. Andrew Crawford
Radio 4 Newsreader …. Harriet Cass

With:

Peter Woodthorpe
Hugh Parker
Neil McCaul
Beth Chalmers
Martin Hyder)
Fiona Clarke

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.


TUE 09:00 The Motion Show (b00768jd)
Series 3

Episode 2

Debates galore over money, radio and having children.

Graeme Garden chairs the quirky battle of words and wit.

With Steve Punt, Tony Hawks, Gyles Brandreth and Simon Bates

Producer: Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000.


TUE 09:30 No Commitments (b017gnkt)
Series 9

Coming Clean

The love lives of sisters Anna and Charlotte take some unexpected twists and turns.

Simon Brett's sitcom about the lives and squabbles of three very different sisters.

Anna..............Rosemary Leach
Victoria.........Angela Thorne
Charlotte......Felicity Montagu
Jonathan......Michael Jayston
Roger......Bill Nighy
Eddie......James Greene

Music by Elizabeth Parker

Written and produced by Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio in February 2003.


TUE 10:00 Radclyffe Hall - The Well of Loneliness (m001nggd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 11:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 11:30 Agatha Raisin (b011l9l8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 12:00 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (m001ngmc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 12:15 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (b07pgvjj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 12:30 Gloomsbury (b0bnm8rc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b00fl188)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 13:30 In the End (b007qww6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 14:00 The Motion Show (b00768jd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 14:30 No Commitments (b017gnkt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 15:00 Radclyffe Hall - The Well of Loneliness (m001nggd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 16:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 16:30 Agatha Raisin (b011l9l8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 17:00 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (m001ngmc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:15 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (b07pgvjj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 17:30 Gloomsbury (b0bnm8rc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b00fl188)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 18:30 In the End (b007qww6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 19:00 The Motion Show (b00768jd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 19:30 No Commitments (b017gnkt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m001ngmq)
Series 9

When Stories Collide

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

Manoush Zomorodi explores the American immigrant experience with creator of the American Born Chinese comic, Gene Luen Yang.

Twenty years ago, Gene Luen Yang taught high school and wrote comics on the side. Now, he's the author of American Born Chinese and other bestsellers. He says comic books belong in every classroom.

First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2023.


TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (m000596r)
Alistair McGowan

Impressionist and actor Alistair McGowan chooses ‘Poem’ by Zdenko Fibich and ‘Narcissus’ by Joyce Grenfell and Norman Wisdom.


TUE 21:00 Mastertapes (b03k3h2k)
Series 3

Edwyn Collins (B-Side)

Edwyn Collins answers audience questions about his talks about his 1994 album, 'Gorgeous George'.

John Wilson talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them.

Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios, each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances

The B-side
Having discussed the making of "Gorgeous George", the career changing solo album with the world wide hit A Girl Like You (in the A-side of the programme) Edwyn Collins - together with his wife and manager Grace Maxwell - responds to questions from the audience and, with a small band, performs acoustic live versions of some to the tracks from the album which he started recording 20 years ago.

Producer: Helen Lennard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.


TUE 21:30 Murder Most Foul (b03ddytq)
2. Cabin 126

True tales of murder from the days when police cars had bells and the men from the Yard word Trilby hats.

Can you be convicted of murder if there is no body?

Nick Ross looks back at the death of the actress Gay Gibson, on board an ocean liner in 1947.

Stars Graham Blockley as James Camb. With Ian Lindsay and Mark Straker.

Written by John Scotney. Producer: Tim Suter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991.


TUE 22:00 Janey Godley: The C Bomb (m001n8jl)
2. Till Death Do Us Part

Janey Godley doesn’t know how long she’s got left, so she’s telling ALL the jokes! This is her extraordinary story. Fearless and unflinching, yet life affirming stand-up at its very best.

In this episode, we hear how Janey became an unlikely teen bride for a shy autistic 16 year-old who dressed like insurance salesman, and how a mixed marriage that seemed doomed before it even began has lasted for over 43 years. Oh, and there’s that time they met Prince.

With added insight from Janey’s daughter Ashley Storrie, who helps her mum remember the stories of their life together with humour and love.

Relentlessly authentic, she's also had to face up to her own mistakes - taking responsibility and apologising both publicly and onstage, as well as sharing the shame of being ‘cancelled’ and the very dark place that took her to.

Then, just months later, the hand grenade of a cancer diagnosis forced her to start fighting for her life.

Now, after finally admitting that after everything she’s been through in life, maybe she‘s not “fine”, and with a terminal diagnosis, she’s submitted to the ultimate ‘C bomb' for many men and women of her generation - counselling.

And as a result of this insight, she’s more hilarious and compelling onstage than ever.

Janey’s experienced a life of extremes but has come out the other side with rare insight, still able to make light of all its trials and tribulations in her signature dark and uncompromising style.

Recorded live in front of an audience in her hometown, Glasgow.

A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 22:30 The Lee Mack Show (b00bfq1c)
Midge Ure

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

With Angela McHale and band leader Steve Brown.

With guests:

Midge Ure
Mick Miller

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 2005.


TUE 23:00 Father Figure (b01bl4fb)
Series 1

People Carrying

Tom Whyte and his family are on their way to a wedding.

It's all going well until they hit a traffic jam. Before long traffic laws are being broken, the rescue services are on their way and there are a few surprises awaiting them in a lay-by...

A family sitcom written by and starring Irish comedian, Jason Byrne.

Tom Whyte .... Jason Byrne
Elaine Whyte .... Lucy Montgomery
Dylan Whyte .... Dominic Applewhite
Mary Whyte .... Pauline McLynn
Pat Whyte .... Dermot Crowley
Roddy .... Michael Smiley

Producer: Julia McKenzie.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 2012.


TUE 23:30 Elvenquest (b01616lj)
Series 3

Episode 1

When Sam is left behind to "guard the stuff" whilst the others are off killing the Man-munching Giant of Rankor he is accosted by a beautiful maiden, Eirwen, who has been kept captive in the giant's castle and takes Sam to be her rescuer. She promptly proposes, throwing the future of the Questers' Fellowship into jeopardy.

Meanwhile, Lord Darkness' attempts to conquer Lower Earth take a new turn when Kreech discovers an ancient prophesy enabling Lord Darkness to create the "UnChosen One", an evil spirit that is the only being that can defeat the Chosen One.

Problem is, it means Lord Darkness has to impregnate a hideous, misshapen creature. If only there was one of those close to hand...

Fantasy-based sitcom set in Lower Earth written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.

Sam …. Stephen Mangan
Lord Darkness …. Alistair McGowan
Dean/Kreech …. Kevin Eldon
Vidar …. Darren Boyd
EirwenMartha Howe-Douglas
Amis ‘The Chosen One’ …. Dave Lamb
Penthiselea …. Sophie Winkleman

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011.

WEDNESDAY 05 JULY 2023

WED 00:00 Radclyffe Hall - The Well of Loneliness (m001nggd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011l9l8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (m001ngmc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (b07pgvjj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 Gloomsbury (b0bnm8rc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b00fl188)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]


WED 03:30 In the End (b007qww6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 The Motion Show (b00768jd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 No Commitments (b017gnkt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Riot Girls (m000drb9)
The Trial of The Well of Loneliness

Radclyffe Hall's pioneering novel about love between women becomes the centre of a 1928 obscenity trial. The story remains an iconic portrayal of lesbian relationships and contains the passionate plea: "Give us also the right to our existence."

Drama by Shelley Silas, starring Kate Fleetwood and Anastasia Hille.

Radclyffe Hall ..... Kate Fleetwood
Una, Lady Troubridge ..... Anastasia Hille
Stephen Gordon ..... Laura Christy
Gilchrist Thompson ..... Will Kirk
Sir Chartres Biron ..... Neil McCaul
Eustace Fulton ..... Clive Hayward
Norman Birkett ..... Rick Warden
James Melville ..... Tony Turner
Desmond McCarthy ..... Greg Jones
Court Clerk ..... Adam Courting
Court Actress ..... Scarlett Courtenay
Puddle ..... Jessica Turner

Additional research documents courtesy of Morris Ernst Papers, Harry Ransom Center, the University of Texas at Austin

Director: Emma Harding

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2020.


WED 06:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtd5)
4. In The Frame

Alibis are examined as Inspector Purbright's probe into the murder of Mrs Palgrove makes life uncomfortable for her husband.

John Rowe stars in Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicle set in East Anglia.

Dramatised by Christopher Denys.

Inspector Purbright …… John Rowe
Love …… Paul Downing
Dr Fergusson …… Russell Dixon
Lucilla Teatime …… Ann Rye
Mortimer Hive …… Geoffrey Banks
Helen …… Kathryn Hunt
Palgrove …… Robin Polley
Chubb …… Graham Roberts

Producer: Tony Cliff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.


WED 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ppfg)
Series 2

5. The Wizard of Evesham

Agatha is alarmed when her new wizard of a hairdresser seems keen to take care of more than just her split ends.

She soon discovers that everyone in his salon has a secret and that he practises a very dark magic indeed...

Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin - the PR guru turned amateur sleuth.

Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel.

Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith
James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair
Mrs Bloxby ...... Liza Sadovy
Mrs Wendle ...... Tina Gray
John Orlando ...... John Cummins
Bobby ...... Matthew Carter

Director: Carol Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio in November 2005.


WED 07:00 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (m001ngny)
3. My Stepfather

Colette Rossant, celebrated New York food writer and bestselling author of Apricots on the Nile, continues her memoirs in Return to Paris.

She mixes vibrant memories of her teenage years in France after the Second World War with mouth-watering descriptions of meals that changed her life.

Read by Barbara Flynn

Abridged by Penny Leicester

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.


WED 07:15 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (b07pgwg3)
Series 1

3. Discoveries

Thrilling series set in 1890s Whitechapel. Welsh farm girl Megan Evans comes to London to visit her brother who is running the family's dairy business - but her brother is strangely unwelcoming.

Megan Evans ….. Bettrys Jones
Luc Evans ….. Trystan Gravelle
Samuel Singer ….. David Horovitch
Moses Lipski ….. Brian Protheroe
Annie Riley ….. Alice Haig

by Gregory Evans

Directed by Marc Beeby

In 1900 over half London's milk came from Welsh dairies. One of those dairies, on the Commercial Road, was owned and run by the writer’s family.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.


WED 07:30 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m000dqg7)
Series 1

Sally's Your Friend

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a couple who have been married ‘for ever’.

Children of the 60s, they’re still free spirits, drawn together by their passion for music and each other. Their warm and witty conversations dance around everyday chores and appointments as well as dealing with problems within long-held friendships, and tackling their own frustrations with each other. But underlying it all is their enduring love for each other and their desire to keep the passion alive.

This time, their together time is severely hampered by their broken-hearted house guest and her dog. Just how long are they going to stay?

Written for Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam by award-winning comedy writer and journalist Jan Etherington, who’s been married for 35 years to Gavin Petrie, with whom she created many hit radio and TV series (Second Thoughts, Next of Kin, Faith in the Future, The Change). Conversations from a Long Marriage is her first solo narrative comedy series.

Producer: Claire Jones

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


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jrry)
Series 4

The Stolen Petrol

Sid sees the return of petrol rationing as a money spinner, with some help from the Lad.

Starring Tony Hancock.

With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.

Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1956.


WED 08:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqjk)
The Charge of the Boys' Brigade

The Stranger is holding the Club to ransom.

He has given Miss Primrose orders to travel to South Africa and murder General Cheeseman.

Starring Alison Steadman and Robert Stephens.

Dark comedy series written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie.

Miss Primrose ...... Alison Steadman
General Cheeseman ...... Robert Stephens
Mackintosh ...... John Matshikiza
Stranger ...... Peter Howell
Felch ...... Michael Ripper
Club Member ...... John Samson
Buckets ...... Joan Walker
Sandbags ...... Ian Michie
Outcast ...... Richard Pearce

Music: Max Harris

Producer: Paul Spencer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1988.


WED 09:00 It's Not What You Know (b060ztxq)
Series 3

Episode 2

What was Seann Walsh's worst gig?

What was Dane Baptiste's nickname at school?

What is Sara Cox's all time favourite food?

All these burning questions, and more, will be answered in the show hosted by Miles Jupp, where panellists are tested on how well they know their nearest and dearest.

In this case, comedians Seann Walsh and Dane Baptiste pick their old school mates, and DJ Sara Cox asks her best friend to answer questions about each other.

Producer: Matt Stronge.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2015.


WED 09:30 The Right Time (b00b1pcf)
Series 2

Episode 3

A good reason for getting a piercing - and a prediction of reality TV going over the top...

Sketch show with a mature edge, written and performed by people who've lived a bit.

Stars Eleanor Bron, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Paula Wilcox, Clive Swift and Roger Blake.

Written by Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Julie Balloo, Ramone Towers, Chris Thompson, Peter Reynolds, John Dowie, Peter Spence, Colin Bostock-Smith, Ronnie Golden and Andrew Nickolds.

Music by Ronnie & The Rex.

Producer: Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002.


WED 10:00 Riot Girls (m000drb9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 11:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 11:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ppfg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 12:00 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (m001ngny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 12:15 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (b07pgwg3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 12:30 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m000dqg7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jrry)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 13:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqjk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 14:00 It's Not What You Know (b060ztxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 14:30 The Right Time (b00b1pcf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 15:00 Riot Girls (m000drb9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 16:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 16:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ppfg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 17:00 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (m001ngny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 17:15 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (b07pgwg3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 17:30 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m000dqg7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jrry)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 18:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqjk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 19:00 It's Not What You Know (b060ztxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 19:30 The Right Time (b00b1pcf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 20:00 Archive on 4 (m00019d9)
Joni Mitchell Taught Me How To Feel

Music writer and broadcaster Ann Powers explores Joni Mitchell’s impact on her fans and on songwriting.

"Even the songs of hers I’ve heard a thousand times can still give me the weird feeling that she knows me personally," she says.

Ann considers what it is about her music that speaks to people in this way. And how does this emotional connectedness square with an artist who has constantly shape-shifted, who is full of contradictions? She’s a master lyricist who dislikes most poetry. Her words challenged who women were supposed to be, who they could be, and yet she bristled against feminism. And when she’s had such a powerful effect on so many listeners, why has she only had one top 20 hit?

Through excerpts from live BBC recordings from the late 1960s and 70s, and the conversations Joni Mitchell recorded in the same period with broadcaster Malka Marom, we travel across a decade of her music.

From the familiar territory of songs like Woodstock, we reach the wilder, exploratory sounds of her late 70s work, via some of her most critically acclaimed albums from earlier that decade - Blue, Court and Spark, The Hissing of Summer Lawns and Hejira.

Writers and critics Linda Grant, Sean O’Hagan, Jessica Hopper and Barney Hoskyns reflect on the rapid evolution of Joni Mitchell’s musical and lyrical approach, alongside the memories of some of those who’ve been closest to her -: songwriter and former lover Graham Nash, bassist and ex-husband Larry Klein, and longstanding friend Malka Marom.

With thanks to Malka Marom and the Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library at the University of Toronto, for sharing clips Joni Mitchell’s conversation with Malka Marom.

Producer: Chris Elcombe

A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2018.


WED 21:00 Short Cuts (b05s3075)
Series 7

The Conversation

Josie Long presents stories of intimate conversations. A t30-year-long conversation comes to an end, an undercover agent reveals how to flatter someone into prison and we discover the secrets of the 'dual form'.

With the Caterpillar
Featuring Bostjan Dvorak
Produced by Phil Smith

Colleagues
Featuring Dr Irene Pepperberg
Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

He Was So Happy to See Me
Featuring Ed Follis
Produced by Leo Hornak

99 Words
http://99words.co.uk/
Featuring Sally Potter
Beverly Eckert
Produced by Vanara Taing with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people.
www.storycorps.org

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

Executive Producer: Alan Hall

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


WED 21:30 Murder Most Foul (b03f882y)
3. The Major, the Scone and the Dandelions

True tales of murder from the days when police cars had bells and the men from the Yard word Trilby hats.

One lump of arsenic or two? There were good reasons for Mr Martin to refuse an invitation to tea with the Major...

1920s Hay-on-Wye: Nick Ross reviews the case of Major Armstrong's fetish and his poorly wife.

Stars Aubrey Woods as Major Armstrong, John Rowe as Dr Hincks and Petra Brigden as Mrs Armstrong.

Written by John Scotney.

Producer: Mark Savage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991.


WED 22:00 Room 101 with Paul Merton (m001n8wd)
Julian Clary

In its original one-to-one incarnation, Paul Merton interviews a variety of guests from the world of comedy and entertainment to find out what they would send to Room 101.

In this final episode of the series, Julian Clary's choices include wild swimmers and Love Your Garden with Alan Titchmarsh.

Additional material John Irwn and Suki Webster
Produced by Richard Wilson
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4


WED 22:30 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler (b041vcqw)
Series 1

Episode 4

Comedian and adventurer Tim FitzHigham recreates an 18th Century bet, attempting to travel 25mph on water using only the means available to a gentleman in 1765.

History books record of the original attempt, "Something snapped, there was a fatality and the wager was abandoned."

Written by and starring Tim FitzHigham.

Additional material written by Jon Hunter and Paul Byrne.

Producer: Colin Anderson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.


WED 23:00 Holland's Shorts (m001ngpb)
Episode 2

Dominic riffs on awkwardness with toilet attendants, coin chucking during football matches and cushy professional air travellers - he has also noticed that everyone is getting taller.

Written and presented by Dominic Holland

With support from Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Martin Hyder and Ed Weeks

Music by Jim Howard.

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.


WED 23:15 Roger McGough's Other Half (b04xrnlz)
Episode 2

From having children to the saga of buying disposable underpants.

Roger McGough presents surreal sketches and poetry.

With:

Helen Atkinson-Wood
Philip Jackson
Richie Webb

Hear Roger’s familiar voice in a whole fresh light. Expect merriment and melancholy in equal measures, and a whisker of witty wordplay too.

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015.


WED 23:30 The Young Postmen (b00fr1vh)
C'est la Legion

It's very important to remember that the French Foreign Legion is a ruthless and violent fighting unit, so if Brian, Derek and Sue find themselves fighting the Tuareg in a fort in Africa then they deserve our admiration.

And anyway, they only joined by mistake.

More surreal escapades of a trio of 'posties'.

Written by and starring Ben Miller. With John Thomson and Felicity Montagu.

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

Music by Murray Gold

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1992.