RADIO-LISTS: BBC RADIO 4 Extra
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SATURDAY 05 AUGUST 2023
SAT 00:00 Metropolis (m001p7vh)
**** This programme was suggested by Walter Shultz as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Freder, the protagonist of Metropolis is an underworked "captain" in a high level position in the futuristic consumer society of the mega city named Metropolis.
Feeling suicidal, but unable to understand why, Freder switches identities with a low level "product insertion" - a kind of telemarketing.
Failing at that, Freder soon finds himself working for Maria, an imperfect beauty with all the answers. Maria plunges Freder into the depths of her underground conspiracy to disrupt the workings of society.
Thea von Harbou's 1925 novel became husband Fritz Lang's 1927 silent movie classic.
Its terrifying vision of the future was born in an age of booming heavy industry.
Peter Straughan's new version finds its hero, caught up in a nightmarish world all too recognisably drawn from the one we find ourselves in today.
Freder ....... Edward Hogg
Maria ....... Tracy Wiles
Josaphat ....... Damian Lynch
Schmale ....... Peter Marinker
With:
Kim Wall
Elizabeth Bell
Anthony Glennon
Liz Sutherland
Jacqueline Cloake
Thomas Wheatley
Director: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
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SAT 01:00 Whodunnits (b007k0ft)
Baldi - Series 3
The Dig
An archaeological dig becomes a battlefield involving monks, politicians and developers, while Paolo makes some fascinating discoveries.
David Threlfall stars as the murder-solving priest, Paolo Baldi.
Written by Martin Meenan.
Paolo Baldi .... David Threlfall
Tina .... Tina Kellegher
Aloysious .... Martin Clunes
Father Troy .... TP McKenna
Rynne .... Owen Roe
Mrs Reid .... Margaret D'Arcy
Professor Evans .... Kevin Flood
Swift .... Sean McGinley
Minister .... Barry McGovern
Helen .... Ingrid Craigie
Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland.
Script Editor: Gemma McMullan
Recorded at RTE's studios in Dublin.
Director: Mark Lambert
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003.
SAT 01:45 Short Works (m0008r5z)
Two big, three small by Anne Griffin
The gift of a pen unexpectedly changes the life of a doting grandfather.
An original short work for BBC Radio 4 by the Irish author Anne Griffin.
Read by Mark Lambert.
Anne Griffin is the author of the Number One Irish best-seller 'When All Is Said'. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including The Irish Times and The Stinging Fly, and she was recently the awarded the John McGahern Award for Literature.
This is her first story for BBC Radio.
Producer: Michael Shannon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2019.
SAT 02:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007jq28)
The Devil's Foot
2. Revenge
Tragedy in a Cornish village leads Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson deep into the soul of a man hell bent on revenge.
Conclusion of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story about the great detective.
Read by James Nickerson.
Produced at BBC Manchester by Joanne Reardon.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in October 2003.
SAT 02:30 Whodunnits (b007jl8s)
Julie Enfield Investigates: The Net and the Canal
4. Beyond the Firewall
Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield thinks she's moving closer to a solving the murder mystery.
However, her internet tormentor has other ideas...
Starring Imelda Staunton.
Conclusion of Nick Fisher's atmospheric thriller.
DSI Julie Enfield ...... Imeloa Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
DS Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Goodfellow ...... Denys Hawthorne
Scuzzy ...... Paul Panting
Phast Phind ...... Barbara Barnes
Charmaine ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Jimmy ...... Kim Wall
Simons ...... Keith Drinkel
Mac ...... Alice Arnold
Surgeon ...... David Timson
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1996.
SAT 03:00 You Will Be Safe Here by Damian Barr (m0005mj7)
10. Punishment
After their failed escape bid, Willem and Geldenhuys are beaten and thrown into the hellish Bird Cage.
Rather than being made into men at the New Dawn Safari Camp, they can now only hope to escape with their lives...
Damian Barr's blistering debut novel, spanning 100 years of South Africa's dark past and present.
Concluded by Tracy Ann Oberman.
Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.
SAT 03:15 Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalets (b01ppp2s)
The Light Years
10. Worries
As Zoe worries that she may be pregnant the rest of the family wait anxiously for news of the outcome of Chamberlain's meeting with Hitler.
The Light Years tells the story of the extended Cazalet family.
Set in the lead up to the outbreak of the Second World War, it appears that the Cazalets have it all.
But we soon discover that infidelity, indiscretions, jealousies and misplaced loyalties lurk just beneath the surface.
Written by Elizabeth Jane Howard.
Dramatised by Sarah Daniels.
Narrator ...... Penelope Wilton
Clary ...... Georgia Groome
Rupert ...... Raymond Coulthard
Zoe ...... Zoe Tapper
Polly ...... Flora Spencer-Longhurst
Louise ...... Alix Wilton Regan
Producers & Directors: Sally Avens & Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2013.
SAT 03:30 Ankle Tag (m0000ykt)
Series 2
The Charity Gig
Ex-fraudster Bob gets the opportunity to catch up with a former resident of C Wing, who has written about his time in prison.
The Evans family are back.
Former convict Bob is forced to live with his uptight son Gruff, sympathetic daughter-in-law Alice and granddaughter Carys whilst on parole.
Written by Gareth Gwynn and Benjamin Partridge.
Bob ...... Steve Speirs
Gruff ...... Elis James
Alice ...... Katy Wix
Richard Flint ...... Neil Pearson
Tabitha ...... Adelayo Adedayo
Hakan ...... Naz Osmanoglu
Pam ...... Anna Brophy Leon
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 , first broadcast in October 2018.
SAT 04:00 Marriage Lines (b04krq1d)
Series 1
The Threshold
Young, newlyweds Kate and George Starling find themselves locked out of their new flat.
Starring Richard Briers and Prunella Scales.
Richard Waring’s sitcom based on the mutual love and mistrust of two newlyweds. Originating on BBC TV, it ran between 1963-65 and was adapted in two series for BBC radio due to its popularity.
George ...... Richard Briers
Kate ...... Prunella Scales
Nora ...... Heather Chasen
Peter ...... Geoffrey Matthews
With:
John Baddeley
Norma Ronald
Philip Guard
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1965.
SAT 04:30 Rent (b04dg72g)
Series 1
Episode 3
Student lodgers Paul and Ruby's scheme to sell off some old toys hiding in the attic, causes strife for homeowners Maria and Richard.
Stars Patrick Barlow and Barbara Flynn.
House share comedy about having to take in lodgers by Lucy Flannery.
Maria ...... Barbara Flynn
Richard ...... Patrick Barlow
Amy ...... Linda Polan
Ruby ...... Diane Louise-Jordan
Paul ...... Toby Longworth
Producer: Liz Anstee.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1993.
SAT 05:00 Listomania (b09yhgks)
Series 1
Episode 2
From the magnificent to the mundane.
From the humble 'to do' list to the bucket list and many more...
Susan Calman hosts the series exploring the world of the lists.
With:
Joe Lycett
Celia Pacquola
Holly Walsh
Lloyd Langford
Written by James Kettle and Gráinne Maguire with Max Davis and Gabby Hutchinson Crouch.
Producers: Sam Bryant and Adnan Ahmed.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 2015.
SAT 05:30 Bleak Expectations (b01p71gl)
Series 5
A Writerly Life Made Dreadfully Different
There's a novel writing showdown between Pip and Charles Dickens to find out who is the greatest writer in Britain.
Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.
Sir Philip ...... Richard Johnson
Young Pip Bin ...... Tom Allen
Gently Benevolent ...... Anthony Head
Harry Biscuit ...... James Bachman
Clampvulture ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely ...... Sarah Hadland
Pippa ...... Susy Kane
Lily ...... Sarah Hadland
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2012.
SAT 06:00 Stephen Wakelam - Punters (m001pf1k)
**** This programme was suggested by David Ashworth as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
When Mark comes home from university and puts a successful bet on the horses, a group of friends become obsessed by winning at the races.
"Nijinski is what this game's all about. Each year you hope to see another horse like him, another one to set your blood tingling. You hope for one that'll never get beaten. But they always do... just like people... I want to win a bit, yes.... more than a bit.... but there's more to this game than making money or losing it ... "
Written by Stephen Wakelam.
Mark .... Paul Copley
Frank .... James Tomlinson
Paul .... Andrew Jarvis
Wayne .... Freddie Fletcher
Connie .... Lorraine Peters
Brenda .... Juliet Cooke
Roy ... Martin Matthews
Margaret .... Nina Holloway
Punters .... Peter Wheeler / John Jardine
Director: Tony Cliff
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1977.
**** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SAT 07:00 Jim Hitchmough - Watching (m001pf1m)
**** This programme was suggested by Tony Darbyshire as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend. ****
When Brenda tipped Malcolm's drink over in the pub, she was hoping to get a ride on his pillion to a bikers' bust-up in Rhyl.
What she hadn't bargained for, was a trip in what she called a one-wheeled bidet to some marsh on the Wirral.
Comedy drama written by Jim Hitchmough.
Malcolm …. Bernard Latham
Brenda …. Sue Jenkins
Jim’s one-off radio comedy drama was later developed into a seven series sitcom for ITV made by Granada Television, running from 1987 to 1993.
The TV version was re-cast and the old Velocette motorbike was replaced by a Norton.
Produced at BBC Manchester by Tony Cliff.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1985.
**** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SAT 07:45 Steve Walker - The Pope's Brother (m001pf1p)
**** This programme was suggested by Simon Lucas as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Betting shop gambler Sydney discovers that his brother has been made Pope.
So he jets off to Rome to discover what's in it for him?
Stars Dinsdale Landen.
Salty comedy written by Steve Walker.
Sidney .... Dinsdale Landen
Pope Gregory .... Denys Hawthorne
Father Tartufari .... Henry Goodman
Cardinal Ngoupande .... Ben Onwukwe
Claudia/Sister Bridget .... Jenny Howe
Pyjamas/Junta General .... John Bull
God .... David Bannerman
Swiss Guard .... Vincent Brimble
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1990.
**** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SAT 09:00 Petticoat Line (m001pf1r)
**** This programme was suggested by Alan Giles as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
"The programme in which listeners' letters are treated to the feminine point of view".
Years before the invention of texts and emails - panellists discuss and answer questions sent in by letter post from listeners.
Petticoat Line began on the BBC Home Service in 1965 and ran for 11 years.
Chaired by Australian-born actress and broadcaster, Anona Winn.
On the panel:
Renee Houston
Marjorie Anderson
Janet Hitchman
Beryl Reid
Devised by Anona Winn and Ian Messiter.
Producer: John Bridges
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1975.
**** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SAT 09:30 A Proper Charlie (m001pf1t)
**** This programme was suggested by Allan Hedley as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
'We've got a crisis on our hands. They've cut our toilet time to four minutes!'
Political action is needed and so a meeting down the boozer is called for - where Charlie is spotted by his wife Vera.
Starring Jack Smethurst as Charlie Garside
Eight episode factory worker sitcom written by Vince Powell
Charlie ....... Jack Smethurst
Vera ....... Madge Hindle
Cyril ....... David Ross
Taffy ....... John Jardine
Ivy ....... Betty Alberge
Linda ....... Jane Hazelgrove
Terry ....... Jason Littler
Produced at BBC Manchester by Mike Craig.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1984.
**** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SAT 10:00 Supersaver (m001pf1w)
**** This programme was suggested by Margaret Hopkins and Mark Hewlett as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend. ****
Eric is looking for the pudding-rice in a super-hypermarket but nobody is able to guide him.
Little do they know that it’s a race against time...
Starring Richard Briers and Wendy Richard.
Comedy play written by Peter Gibbs.
Eric .... Richard Briers
Girl Assistant .... Wendy Richard
Mr Gale .... Ronald Herdman
Mr Horobin .... Michael Tudor Barnes
News Announcer .... John Marsh
Other parts played by:
Jean Trend
John Livesey
Director: John Tydeman
First broadcast in Thirty-Minute Theatre on BBC Radio 4 in December 1981.
**** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SAT 10:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pf1y)
1. Into The Shadow
**** This series was suggested by Neil Scott-Sills as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Six-part thriller set in war-torn Ancient Egypt.
A young man named Ahmose sets out for Thebes in search of his real father.
But the Village Woman foresees many dangers ahead...
Written by Victor Pemberton and David Spenser.
Ahmose .... Sean Barrett
Kem .... David Valla
Peten-Ra .... John Bentley
Nefertari .... Sheila Grant
Hamabari .... Betty Baskcomb
Karu .... John Westbrook
Batu .... John Ruddock
Captain .... Martin Friend
Herald / Man .... William Eadle
Village Woman .... Katherine Parr
Producer: Graham Gauld
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4's 4th Dimension in September 1972.
**** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SAT 11:00 Stephen Wakelam - Punters (m001pf1k)
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SAT 12:00 Jim Hitchmough - Watching (m001pf1m)
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SAT 12:45 Steve Walker - The Pope's Brother (m001pf1p)
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SAT 14:00 Petticoat Line (m001pf1r)
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SAT 14:30 A Proper Charlie (m001pf1t)
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SAT 15:00 Supersaver (m001pf1w)
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SAT 15:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pf1y)
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SAT 16:00 Metropolis (m001p7vh)
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SAT 17:00 Stephen Wakelam - Punters (m001pf1k)
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06:00 today]
SAT 18:00 Jim Hitchmough - Watching (m001pf1m)
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07:00 today]
SAT 18:45 Steve Walker - The Pope's Brother (m001pf1p)
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07:45 today]
SAT 20:00 Petticoat Line (m001pf1r)
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SAT 20:30 A Proper Charlie (m001pf1t)
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SAT 21:00 Supersaver (m001pf1w)
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SAT 21:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pf1y)
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SAT 22:00 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b007vh35)
Series 1
5. Neil Innes
From Spinal Tap to David Bowie.
Musical comedian Mitch Benn presents his selection of some of the finest comic songs by other performers.
With guest Neil Innes.
Producer: Ed Morrish
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in August 2005.
SAT 22:30 Cowards (b007772j)
Series 1
Episode 2
Elephant rides and bear fights in the bizarre world of the comedy sketch show team.
Written and performed by:
Tom Basden
Stefan Golaszewski
Tim Key
Lloyd Woolf
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2007.
SAT 23:00 Believe It! (b0bh4245)
Series 4
Money
The fourth series of Jon Canter's not quite true autobiography of actor Richard Wilson.
Believe what you like!
Richard Wilson contemplates the role of money in his life comparing himself to other celebs along the way.
Himself ...... Richard Wilson
Himself ...... Ian McKellen
Himself ...... David Tennant
Himself ...... Anthony Sher
Herself ...... Miriam Margolyes
Herself ...... Kathy Clugston
Aunt Hilda ...... Sandra Voe
Cashman ...... Elliot Levy
Angela Carey ...... Nesba Crenshaw
Produced and Directed by Clive Brill.
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2018.
SAT 23:30 The Mark Steel Lecture (b007qw7m)
Series 3
Ludwig van Beethoven
A profile of the influential German composer - Ludwig van Beethoven.
Mark Steel's comic lectures about the lives of historical figures whose ideas and enthusiasm shaped their generation.
With:
Martin Hyder
Carla Mendonca
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2002.
SUNDAY 06 AUGUST 2023
SUN 00:00 Corona by Samuel R Delany (m001pf21)
**** This programme was suggested by Ian Beadle as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Sometime in the future, when a musician called Bryan Faust is offering celestial music, a damaged young man is hospitalised after an accident at work.
Also at the hospital is a nine-year-old telepathic girl who seeks death to release her from the pain of others.
Their two minds become entwined as the graphic nightmares of his brutal past draw her in.
Only the music of Faust seems to offer any solace.
Sci-fi drama written by Samuel R Delany.
Dramatised by Mike Walker.
Lee .... Josie Kook-Clark
Buddy .... Walter Lewis
Bim .... John Moraitis
Mom .... Dona Croll
Dr Gross .... William Roberts
Big Foot .... Bill Bailey
Director: Rachel Horan
First broadcast in Chillers on BBC Radio 4 in February 2002.
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SUN 00:30 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison (b037bvq6)
**** This programme was suggested by Ian Beadle as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
It’s 109 years after the near annihilation of humanity. Just four men and one woman remain, and they have one final battle… with a psychotic computer.
Starring David Soul.
Harlan Ellison’s famous sci-fi story comes to radio with the author taking the role of the psychotic computer which has prevailed in mankind's last war.
Ted .... David Soul
AM .... Harlan Ellison
Ellen .... Abi Eniola
Nimdok …. Ewan Bailey
Gorrister …. David Timson
Benny …. Jason O'Mara
Producer: Ned Chaillet
First broadcast in Chillers on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.
**** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SUN 01:00 Stephen Wakelam - Punters (m001pf1k)
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06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 Jim Hitchmough - Watching (m001pf1m)
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SUN 02:45 Steve Walker - The Pope's Brother (m001pf1p)
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SUN 04:00 Petticoat Line (m001pf1r)
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SUN 04:30 A Proper Charlie (m001pf1t)
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SUN 05:00 Supersaver (m001pf1w)
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SUN 05:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pf1y)
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SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001pf28)
The Charge of the Light Brigade and Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter
As part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend - Daljit Nagra introduces the BBC archive programme choice of listener, Maureen Quigley.
The Charge of the Light Brigade written by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Originally broadcast to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Charge, also featuring readings from William Howard Russell's 'Times' report.
Presented by Christopher Ricks
Reader: Alan Badel.
Producer: Ian Cotterell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in October 1979.
Also featuring: Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter by Frederico Garcia Lorca.
Lorca wrote the poem in 1935: Mejias was an Andalusian bullfighter and an intimate friend of the poet; he had retired from the bull-ring a wealthy man, but later returned when he was past his prime. It is said he wanted to escape a slow death from illness or old age. He was killed in the bull-ring, and Lorca was very deeply affected by his death.
Translated from Spanish by AL Lloyd.
Set to music by Roberto Gerhard
Read by Stephen Murray.
Producer: DG Bridson
First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in May 1960.
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SUN 06:40 Alec Coppel - The Gazebo (m001pf2d)
**** This programme was suggested by Sue Reilly as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Elliot Nash is a writer of TV crime serials and his wife Nell acts in them.
But when the couple then find themselves threatened by a ring of blackmailers, Elliot decides it's time to take action...
Starring Phil Brown and Pat Starr.
Comedy by Alec Coppel based on a 1958 stage play - based on a story about the author and and his wife Myra.
Elliot Nash ...............Phil Brown
Nell Nash .................Pat Starr
Harlan Edson ........ Ed Bishop
Matilda ................... Brenda Kay
Mrs Chandler ....... Shirley Dixon
Thorpe .................... Tim Bentinck
Duke ........................ Paul Gregory
Louis ....................... David Graham
Detective Ryan .... Andrew Branch
Dr Winter ................ Bill Monks
Director: Derek Hoddinott
First broadcast on BBC World Service in June 1978.
**** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SUN 07:45 The Great Times Crossword Conspiracy (m001pf2k)
**** This programme was suggested by Mark Hough as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend. ****
Jim Is keen to help his firm meet its sales targets.
But his efforts are thwarted because nothing is allowed to interrupt the concentration of senior staff in their daily struggle with The Times crossword puzzle.
Starring Tony Robinson.
Written by Ken Whitmore.
Jim .... Tony Robinson
Mother .... Meg Johnson
Contrabine .... Bob Grant
Miss Birdsong .... Bonnie Hurren
Sparkle .... Peter Wheeler
Clerk .... Steven Granville
Director: Alfred Bradley
First broadcast in Thirty Minute Theatre on BBC Radio 4 in August 1982
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SUN 08:15 Truckin' Maggie! (m001pf2p)
**** This programme was suggested by Nancy Slessenger, Richard Simpson & David Stokes as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend. ****
Hank is an American truck driver, who loves historical yarns. Nigel is a medieval history scholar who loves big trucks.
Their job - to "truck" the Magna Carta on a promotional tour around America.
They seem the ideal pairing, in theory.
Starring Anton Lesser and Michael Hordern.
Written by Diane Ney.
Winner of the 1989 BBC World Service Drama Competition.
Nigel .... Anton Lesser
Hank .... Bill Bailey
Edmund Grenville-Tree .... Michael Hordern
Tom .... Blain Fairman
Carolyn .... Liza Ross
Millie .... Eleanore Fairman
Jimmy/Politician .... William Roberts
Music composed by Alastair Wilson and Martin Price
Director: Gordon House
First broadcast on the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4 in August 1989
**** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SUN 09:15 The Family Brandon (m001pf2t)
**** This programme was suggested by Vernon Taylor & Phil Bushell as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend. ****
Tony’s got a golf game planned – but can he keep it a secret from wife Liz and the rest of the Brandon family?
Family sitcom starring Tony Brandon.
In addition to acting, Tony hosted a number of daily record shows on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 in the 1960s and 70s
Written by Mike Craig, Lawrie Kinsley and Ron McDonnell.
Tony Brandon …. Himself
Liz ..... Elizabeth Counsell
George ..... Paul Williamson
Shelia ..... Virginia Clarke
Philip ..... Mark Hadfield
Jop ..... Ruth Dooner
Produced at BBC Manchester by James Casey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1975.
**** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SUN 09:45 Radio Cars (m001pf2y)
1. A Dodgy Business
**** This programme was suggested by Susan Baillie as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend. ****
Jennifer Phillips's five-part comedy series set in the offices of a London cab company.
Starring Harriet Walter and Gary Waldhorn.
Streetwise charmer Eddie knows all the tricks of running the firm - until he meets ingenuous Angela Corfton-Browne, who appears to have inherited the company.
She jumps straight into operations - a far cry from her usual upper crust haunts...
Eddie .... Gary Waldhorn
Angela .... Harriet Walter
Mrs Corfton-Browne .... Maxine Audley
Nicco .... Neil Dudgeon
Frenchie .... Terence Edmond
Gringo .... Paul Gregory
Mohammed .... Stefan Kalipha
Gordon .... Ian Lindsay
Police Sergeant .... Andrew Wincott
Director Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1991.
**** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SUN 10:15 Year of the Owl (m001pf34)
**** This programme was suggested by Paul Thomas as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend. ****
"Through the dark shadows comes the melancholy cry of night. Long and clear. No merry notes these. The call of the tawny owl sobers men into fear a winter sky."
A year in the life of an owl
Written by Paul Thomas.
Narrated by Andrew Sachs.
Produced at BBC Bristol by Michael Bright
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983.
**** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001pf28)
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SUN 11:40 Alec Coppel - The Gazebo (m001pf2d)
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SUN 12:45 The Great Times Crossword Conspiracy (m001pf2k)
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SUN 13:15 Truckin' Maggie! (m001pf2p)
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SUN 14:15 The Family Brandon (m001pf2t)
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SUN 14:45 Radio Cars (m001pf2y)
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SUN 15:15 Year of the Owl (m001pf34)
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SUN 16:00 Corona by Samuel R Delany (m001pf21)
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SUN 16:30 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison (b037bvq6)
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SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001pf28)
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SUN 17:40 Alec Coppel - The Gazebo (m001pf2d)
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SUN 18:45 The Great Times Crossword Conspiracy (m001pf2k)
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SUN 19:15 Truckin' Maggie! (m001pf2p)
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SUN 20:15 The Family Brandon (m001pf2t)
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SUN 20:45 Radio Cars (m001pf2y)
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SUN 21:15 Year of the Owl (m001pf34)
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SUN 22:00 Start/Stop (b04th9fg)
Series 2
5. Glastonbury
Jack Docherty’s sitcom about three marriages in various states of disrepair.
The three couples have tickets for Glastonbury. But the festival dates clash with Cathy's dad's birthday. Barney fears he will be marooned in a care home while his friends have the time of their lives at the music festival.
At the festival Alice tries to lose David, Evan tries to get David to loosen his tie, and Fiona tries to get Alice to lose her inhibitions and talk about Barney.
Meanwhile in the care home Barney is losing the will to live while being made to sing 'If You're Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands'.
Starring:
Couple 1:
Barney ...... Jack Docherty
Cathy ...... Kerry Godliman
Couple 2:
Evan ...... John Thomson
Fiona ...... Fiona Allen
Couple 3:
David ...... Charlie Higson
Alice ...... Sally Bretton
Producer ..... Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2014.
SUN 22:30 The Celebrity Voicemail Show (b06d8ssx)
Series 1
Paul Hollywood
Kayvan Novak imagines what it might be like to hear the answerphone messages of the rich and famous.
This time, we listen into the voicemail of The Great British Bake Off's Paul Hollywood.
An entirely fictitious comedy show written, improvised and starring Kayvan Novak.
Producer: Matt Stronge
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015.
SUN 22:45 Tina C (b0076q68)
Tina C's Tiny Island Tour
Scotland
Country singer and global activist Tina C continues her exploration of the special relationship between America and the UK.
She promotes her album 'Not tonight Darlin' I Got a Heartache' in Glasgow and traces her tartan 'in this year's shade of off-beige terracotta' in Edinburgh.
Written and performed by Christopher Green.
Pianist: Duncan Walsh Atkins
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005.
SUN 23:00 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting (b00ftk3l)
Series 1
Opera, Gas and Gardening
When Linda's neighbour Betty invites the Ground Force team round, some unlikely gardeners arrive.
Comedy series written by and starring Linda Smith.
Linda ...... Linda Smith
Chris ...... Chris Neill
Betty ...... Margaret John
Other parts played by:
Jeremy Hardy.
Hattie Hayridge
Martin Hyder,
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.
SUN 23:30 Radio 9 (b04gnvtq)
Series 2
Episode 4
It's back to groovy 1960s London - and a doctor obsessed with songs by the Wombles.
In a world where presentation is at the wheel, and content is firmly bound and gagged in the back, Radio 9 finds itself with so much to say - but no idea how to say it.
Written and performed by Johnny Daukes and Hils Barker.
With:
Max Digby
Katherine Jakeways
Sarah Daukes
Matt Wilkinson
Robert Johnston
Jon Stevenson
Carine Harris
Jonathan Kydd
Esther Phillips
Megan Phillips
Producers: Claire Jones and Johnny Daukes
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2005.
MONDAY 07 AUGUST 2023
MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001pf28)
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06:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:40 Alec Coppel - The Gazebo (m001pf2d)
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06:40 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 The Great Times Crossword Conspiracy (m001pf2k)
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07:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Truckin' Maggie! (m001pf2p)
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08:15 on Sunday]
MON 03:15 The Family Brandon (m001pf2t)
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09:15 on Sunday]
MON 03:45 Radio Cars (m001pf2y)
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09:45 on Sunday]
MON 04:15 Year of the Owl (m001pf34)
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10:15 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Whodunnits (b007k0h2)
Baldi - Series 3
The Far Pavilions
Paolo finds that Irish cricket and fair play are not synonymous when he discovers foul play at an unfriendly charity match.
David Threlfall stars as the murder-solving priest, Paolo Baldi.
Written by Martin Meenan.
Paolo Baldi .... David Threlfall
Tina Mahon .... Tina Kellegher
Jim Sharp .... Michael Maloney
Rynne .... Owen Roe
Mrs Reid .... Margaret D'Arcy
Martin Cave .... Gerry O'Brien
O'Mahoney .... Wesley Murphy
Mrs Dwyer .... Doreen Keogh
Jackie .... Eamon Morrisey
Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland.
Script Editor: Gemma McMullan
Recorded at RTE's studios in Dublin.
Director: Mark Lambert
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003.
MON 05:45 Blackfriars Bridge by Anthony Horowitz (b012s2gc)
A cuckolded husband intends to murder his rival.
What could go wrong with his fastidious plan?
A specially commissioned story written by Anthony Horowitz.
This humorous retelling of the detailed planning of the perfect crime is set against the sounds of one of the best known bridges over the River Thames in London.
Read by Robert Bathurst.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2008.
MON 06:00 Dick Francis (b011pp7t)
Whip Hand
1. Swindler
Disabled ex-champion jumping jockey turned investigator Sid Halley faces a daunting treble:
* Guard the Guineas favourite
* Investigate a dubious racing syndicate
* Find the man who's swindled his ex-wife.
Dick Francis's thriller set in the world of horse-racing.
Starring Mick Ford.
Dramatised in five parts by Alan England.
Sid Halley ...... Mick Ford
George Caspar ...... Alan Devereux
Unwin ...... David Vann
Chico Barnes ...... Kim Durham
Rosemary Caspar ...... Patricia Gallimore
Jenny ...... Petra Markha
Charles ...... Simon Carter
Trevor Deansgate ...... Terry Molloy
Other parts played by:
Susan Sheridan
David Neal
Producer: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
MON 06:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pf7f)
2. Beware the Serpent
Egypt is under the domination of the Hixos.
Ahmose and Ken have travelled to the city of Thebes but now they are the prisoners of the much hated Hixos Prince, the heir to the Egyptian throne, the tyrannical Peten- Ra.
Six-part thriller set in war-torn Ancient Egypt
Written by Victor Pemberton and David Spenser.
Ahmose .... Sean Barrett
Kem .... David Valla
Peten-Ra .... John Bentley
Nefertari .... Sheila Grant
Hamabari .... Betty Baskcomb
Captain .... Fraser Kerr
Antef .... Lewis Stringer
Antef / Gaoler .... Martin Friend
Ship Guard .... Garard Green
Valley Guard .... David Gooderson
Slave .... Robin Browne
Producer: Graham Gauld
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4' in September 1972.
MON 07:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001hkx)
1. Arrival
At a time of great political and architectural transformation in London, a young German composer arrives with his patron, the future King George, and enjoys instant success.
Jane Glover's Handel in London tells the story of a young German composer who in 1712, followed his princely master to London and would remain there for the rest of his life.
That master would become King George II and the composer was George Frederic Handel. He would be at the heart of musical activity in London for the next four decades, composing masterpiece after masterpiece, whether the glorious coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest, operas such as Giulio Cesare and Alcina or the great oratorios, culminating, of course, in Messiah.
Jane Glover, who has conducted Handel’s work in opera houses and concert halls throughout the world, draws on her profound understanding of music and musicians to tell Handel’s story.
Featuring music from Handel’s vast output.
Abridged in five parts by Eileen Horne.
Read by Jane Glover.
Producer: Clive Brill
A Brill Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018
MON 07:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004lf6)
The Owl and the Ivy
Part 1
Return of the magical drama set in Glan Don, a mysterious village perched on the wild Welsh coast.
Pub landlord Gareth picks up a naked hitchhiker on the road into Glan Don.
She seems to have sprung to life from the forest.
Starring Elis James, Emma Sidi and Ifan Huw Dafydd.
Written by Alan Harris.
Gareth .... Elis James
Diane .... Emma Sidi
Emlyn .... Ifan Huw Dafydd
Megan .... Aimee Ffion Edwards
Fleur …. Catrin Stewart
Series created by Meic Povey.
Director: James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2019.
MON 07:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market (m00051lf)
Series 5
Episode 4
The premier comedy-economics hybrid is tackling the big, competing theories of Macro Economics.
These are little short of religions to their proponents, and the figures who devised them dominate the intellectual landscape in a way that mere politicians can only dream of. These are the Big Beards, the Glinting Eyes, the Bristling Moustaches and Eyebrows of "Worldly Philosophy" and their insights, calculations and hallucinations remain as contentious today as they were when first inked into place.
In this series Simon Evans, with the help of Undercover Economist, Tim Harford will advance through the modern industrial era using three great beacons as their guide - Adam Smith, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes - and reflect on how they continue to shape our world today.
After three episodes focusing on the lives and theories of Adam Smith, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes, it's time for Simon and Tim to attempt synthesis and see how these three economic superbrains can help us out of our current economic predicament.
Presenters: Simon Evans and Tim Harford
Writers: Simon Evans, Tim Harford, Dan Evans and Robert Ledger
Producer: Richard Morris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2019.
MON 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b007jx4b)
Series 1
Episode 7
Kenneth Williams tells all in his new book, plus spicy goings on in Mexico.
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 May 1969.
MON 08:30 Taking It Up the Octave (b007511z)
Episode 5
The first night of Carmen is nigh.
The cast's tensions are mounting - Natasha resorts to verbal abuse, James finds succour in emotional flooding techniques, and Gareth seeks solace in whisky.
Comedy drama series written by Fintan Coyle and Tom Miles.
The mishaps and adventures of the acting troupe at Opera Sunderland.
Derek ...... Andrew Branch
Keyboard Ken ...... Tom Miles
Cilla ...... Carolyn Bonnyman
Gareth ...... Godfrey James
James ...... Simon Butteriss
Natasha ...... Caz Weller
Dwight ...... Jonathan Kydd
Singers:
Alison Porter
Susan Jelley
Henrik Wager
Ian Bloomfield
Producer Chris Neill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.
MON 09:00 The Write Stuff (b01shsv6)
Series 16
Mark Twain
James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary correctness.
Team captains:
John Walsh
Sebastian Faulks,
With:
John O'Farrell
Jane Thynne
Authors of the week and subject for pastiche is Mark Twain.
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Producer: Alexandra Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013.
MON 09:30 The Change (b00p2jn5)
Series 1
When a Man Loves a Woman
Ken drops in to comfort Carol, but is soon in despair over her transvestite hubby George.
Can she ever accept his new life choices?
Comedy about troubled, hormonal Carol whose husband George has revealed 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
Sonia ...... Emma Kennedy
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.
MON 10:00 Whodunnits (b007k0h2)
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MON 10:45 Blackfriars Bridge by Anthony Horowitz (b012s2gc)
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MON 11:00 Dick Francis (b011pp7t)
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MON 11:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pf7f)
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MON 12:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001hkx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 12:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004lf6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 12:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market (m00051lf)
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MON 13:00 Stop Messing About! (b007jx4b)
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MON 13:30 Taking It Up the Octave (b007511z)
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MON 14:00 The Write Stuff (b01shsv6)
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MON 14:30 The Change (b00p2jn5)
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MON 15:00 Whodunnits (b007k0h2)
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MON 15:45 Blackfriars Bridge by Anthony Horowitz (b012s2gc)
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MON 16:00 Dick Francis (b011pp7t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 16:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pf7f)
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MON 17:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001hkx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 17:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004lf6)
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MON 17:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market (m00051lf)
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MON 18:00 Stop Messing About! (b007jx4b)
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MON 18:30 Taking It Up the Octave (b007511z)
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MON 19:00 The Write Stuff (b01shsv6)
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MON 19:30 The Change (b00p2jn5)
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MON 20:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m0019k4m)
Series 13
I See You
True stories told live in the USA: Jenifer Hixon introduces stories about gaining new clarity and perspective.
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 the USA in 2020.
MON 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (m001pf7r)
Sadiq Khan
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, chooses 'Our House' by Madness and 'Pride (In the Name of Love)' by U2.
MON 21:00 Mastertapes (b04stzfk)
Series 4
The Boomtown Rats (the A-Side)
The Boomtown Rats discuss their 1978 second album 'A Tonic for the Troops'.
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, Bod Geldof and The Boomtown Rats talk to John Wilson.
Named after a gang in Woody Guthrie's autobiography, the band had a series of hits between 1977 and 1985. Signed by Mercury records the same year that punk rock exploded in Britain, it was their second album 'A Tonic for the Troops', with tracks like "She's So Modern", "Like Clockwork" and "Me and Howard Hughes", that brought them their first Number 1 hit with "Rat Trap".
It's an album that treats dark themes like suicide and euthanasia in an often upbeat, pop-punk style - one critic described the track "Eva Braun" as "the happiest, cheeriest, best upbeat song about Hitler ever written." And another said "Vintage superstars who look like eyesores and sound like dinosaurs should carefully study this album."
The band broke-up in 1986, but reformed in 2013 to tour the UK. This will be a unique opportunity not only to hear them talk about their album but also to see them perform exclusive versions of key tracks.
In the B-side of the programme, it's the turn of the audience to ask the questions.
Producer: Paul Kobrak
First broadcast in December 2014.
MON 21:30 Murder & Mystery (b0bpr708)
Series 3
A Mysterious Case by Anna Katharine Green
A doctor’s patient is under 24-hour supervision, but someone, somehow, is poisoning her.
An occasional series of stories from life’s murkier places, with a selection of mysteries from America.
Writer Anna Katherine Green was born in Brooklyn in 1846. She is sometimes referred to as ‘the mother of the detective novel.’ She wrote 30 detective mysteries of which the best-known is her first, The Leavenworth Case (1878). She died in 1935.
Read by Teresa Gallagher.
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk productions and first broadcast in October 2018.
MON 21:45 Murder & Mystery (b0bprffr)
Series 3
An Illusion In Red And White by Stephen Crane
A curious tale of an axe-murder and conflicting evidence from a backwater in New York State.
An occasional series of stories from life’s murkier places, featuring a selection of mysteries from America.
Writer Stephen Crane was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1871. His landmark novel, The Red Badge Of Courage, was published in 1895. He died in 1900.
Read by David Holt.
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk productions and first broadcast in October 2018.
MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m001p7dp)
Series 79
Episode 4
Back for a second week at the Regent Theatre, Ipswich, panellists Vicki Pepperdine, Omid Djalili, Andy Hamilton and Henning Wehn compete amongst one another, with Jack Dee the unimpressed umpire. Piano accompaniment is provided by Colin Sell.
Producer - Jon Naismith.
It is a BBC Studios production.
MON 22:30 And Now in Colour (b007jqfb)
Series 2
The Great Outdoors
The sketch show team take their audience on an activity holiday.
Precision comedy written and performed by:
Tim Firth
Tim de Jongh
Michael Rutger
William Vandyck
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1991.
MON 23:00 What Are You Talking About? (m001p7r0)
The second of our satirical specials this summer. Hosted by Rhys James (Mock The Week, The Now Show), ‘What Are You Talking About?’ investigates the major issues of the week before solving them perfectly forever. Rhys is joined by a gaggle of comedy’s fastest rising stars; Alasdair Beckett-King, Celya AB, Alex Kealy and Katie Norris; to look at the news and ask ‘Why?’, ‘How come?’ And ‘Why though?’
Hosted and written by Rhys James with additional material from Adam Hess, Zoë Tomalin and Cody Dahler.
Producer: Georgia Keating
Executive Producer: Pete Strauss
Production Co-ordinator: Katie Baum
Recorded and edited by David Thomas
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4
MON 23:30 Concrete Cow (b0076jvx)
Series 1
Episode 4
The personal problems of King Midas who's not sure whether life is as good as gold? - and a man hunting a pig in his living room.
This show is the product of a CD player, a beardy man pressing a button, a shiny disc that spins round really fast, a laser, some wires, a transmitter, an aerial, your ears and your brain.
Starring
Olivia Colman
Robert Webb
Sally Hawkins
Steven Kynman
Chris Pavlo
Written by James Cary, Sally Hawkins, Catherine Shepherd, Tim Higham, Stuart Barker and Adam Bromley.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002.
TUESDAY 08 AUGUST 2023
TUE 00:00 Whodunnits (b007k0h2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
05:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:45 Blackfriars Bridge by Anthony Horowitz (b012s2gc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
05:45 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Dick Francis (b011pp7t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pf7f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001hkx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004lf6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:15 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market (m00051lf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Stop Messing About! (b007jx4b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Taking It Up the Octave (b007511z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 The Write Stuff (b01shsv6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 The Change (b00p2jn5)
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09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm (b01102gl)
1. Suspicions
Mr Dockwrath, attorney by profession and a tenant of Orley Farm, is convinced there are suspicious circumstances regarding the inheritance of the estate, and he's determined to prove it.
Starring Tim Pigott-Smith, Samantha Bond and Ronald Pickup.
First published in 1861, Anthony Trollope’s compelling, emotional tale is a treasure trove of splendidly disreputable lawyers, young lovers, the beautiful Lady Mason and the honourable Sir Peregrine Orme.
Dramatised in three parts by Martyn Wade
Anthony Trollope ...... Tim Pigott-Smith
Lady Mason ...... Samantha Bond
Sir Peregrine ...... Ronald Pickup
Peregrine Orme ...... Dan Stevens
Mrs Edith Orme ...... Amanda Root
Lucius Mason ...... Jonathan Christie
Sophia Furnival ...... Lydia Leonard
Mr Furnival ...... Robert Maskell
Mrs Furnival ...... Joanna Monro
Mr Dockwrath ...... Sam Dale
Miriam Dockwrath ...... Janice Acquah
Joseph Mason ...... Jonathan Tafler
Mr Moulder ...... Stephen Critchlow
Mr Kantwise ...... Pual Rider
Felix Graham ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Augustus Staveley ...... Robert Lonsdale
Matthew Round ...... Dan Starkey
Richard Round ...... Malcolm Tierney
Miss Biggs ...... Jill Cardo
Director: Tracey Neale.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008.
TUE 06:00 Dick Francis (b011psk5)
Whip Hand
2. Hide Out
When the favourite for the Newmarket 2000 Guineas was nobbled, why was Sid Halley hiding out in Paris?
Dick Francis's thriller set in the world of horse-racing.
Starring Mick Ford.
Dramatised by Alan England.
Sid Halley ...... Mick Ford
George Caspar ...... Alan Devereux
Unwin ...... David Vann
Chico Barnes ...... Kim Durham
Rosemary Caspar ...... Patricia Gallimore
Jenny ...... Petra Markha
Charles ...... Simon Carter
Trevor Deansgate ...... Terry Molloy
Martin England ...... Christopher England
Other parts played by:
Susan Sheridan
David Neal
Producer: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
TUE 06:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pg9c)
3. The Black Tomb of Osiris
Ahmose seeks out Antef, the physician, to ask him about the meaning of his amulet given to him by his father figure Batu before his death. But Ahmose has to prove his identity and becomes locked in the Black Tomb of Osiris where, terrified, he is forced to confront the Gods of the Underworld.
A thriller play in six episodes set in Ancient Egypt.
Cast:
Ahmose .... Sean Barrett
Kem .... David Valla
Peten-Ra .... John Bentley
Nefertari / Hathor .... Sheila Grant
Hamabari / Sekhmet .... Betty Baskcomb
Karu .... John Westbrook
Karu's man .... Ronald Herdman
Honimon / Horus .... Lewis Stringer
Thoth .... David Valla
Devourer .... John Westbrook
Senmut .... Rolf Lefebvre
Anubia .... Nigel Graham
Written by Victor Pemberton and David Spenser
Play produced and programme edited by Graham Gauld
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1972.
TUE 07:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001hvx)
2. Royal Academy
As the German King ascends the throne, his favourite composer becomes a leading light in the London opera scene establish a new musical society, The Royal Academy.
Jane Glover's Handel in London tells the story of a young German composer who in 1712, followed his princely master to London and would remain there for the rest of his life.
That master would become King George II and the composer was George Frederic Handel. He would be at the heart of musical activity in London for the next four decades, composing masterpiece after masterpiece, whether the glorious coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest, operas such as Giulio Cesare and Alcina or the great oratorios, culminating, of course, in Messiah.
Jane Glover, who has conducted Handel’s work in opera houses and concert halls throughout the world, draws on her profound understanding of music and musicians to tell Handel’s story.
Featuring music from Handel’s vast output.
Abridged by Eileen Horne.
Read by Jane Glover.
Producer: Clive Brill
A Brill Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018
TUE 07:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004l7c)
The Owl and the Ivy
Part 2
Under Fleur’s influence, Gareth gets a tattoo and Diane suggests an experiment in sleeping arrangements.
Magical drama set in Glan Don, a mysterious village perched on the wild Welsh coast.
Starring Elis James, Emma Sidi and Ifan Huw Dafydd.
Written by Alan Harris.
Gareth .... Elis James
Diane .... Emma Sidi
Emlyn ..... Ifan Huw Dafydd
Bethan …. Hannah Daniel
Fleur …. Catrin Stewart
Matty …. Siw Hughes
Series created by Meic Povey.
Director: James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2019.
TUE 07:30 Gloomsbury (m00014yg)
Series 5
Don't Mention The Gooseberry Fool
Vera and Henry are in Paris with Ginny and Lionel - a last-minute irresponsible whirlwind of pleasure before the war starts.
But it’s not the carefree, scintillating city of their youth. The atmosphere is oppressive - everyone is preparing for war. Nevertheless, Gertrude Klein’s parties of the literati beckon, and Hammingaway escorts Henry and Lionel to the Folies Bergere afterwards.
Venus reappears briefly with the awful news that Hitler has invaded somewhere or other, it begins with a P, and the foursome scuttle home, arriving on the very evening when Sizzlinghurst is rocked by a massive explosion.
Vera …… Miriam Margolyes
Henry …… Jonathan Coy
Mrs Gosling/Ginny Fox …… Alison Steadman
Lionel Fox/Mr Gosling …… Nigel Planer
Venus Traduces …… Morwenna Banks
Ernest Hemingway/Gertrude Klein/James Voyce/Waiter ......John Sessions
A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2018.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jqbn)
Series 9
The Mountain Eaters
Eccles and Neddie Seagoon set out to scoff Everest, with Grytpype-Thynne and Moriarty in pursuit...
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1958.
TUE 08:30 Jerusalem (m001pg9f)
2. The Election Debate
One week to polling day and a special election debate soon turns to debacle as the entertainment secretary candidates battle it out.
John Edward Castle must debate his bitter rival Mr Spoon. But can love win the day?
A three-part comedy drama written by Simon Armitage, set in the fictional Yorkshire village of Jerusalem.
John Edward Castle .... Tom Bell
Rose Castle .... Brigit Forsyth
Wesley Castle ... Julian Kerridge
Narrator .... Colin Welland
Mr Spoon .... Russell Dixon
Census Taker .... Geoff Hinsliff
Father Noah .... Geoffrey Banks
Wagstaff .... Malcolm Hebden
Gert ... Ann Rye
Buckle Brothers .... David Frederickson & Michael Begley
Sarah .... Alison Darling
Noreen Knowles ... Gillian Jephcott
Singing by the Colne Male Voice Choir
Director: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1999.
TUE 09:00 Who Goes There? (b00766w1)
Series 6
Episode 1
Martin Young chairs the biographical quiz show about the noteworthy and notorious.
Team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego - and guests Lynne Truss and Anthony Holden - battle to prove that it's not what you know but who you know that counts.
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002.
TUE 09:30 No Commitments (b01m431l)
Series 10
The Real World
Emily has finished at university, Charlotte has given up consumerism, while Roger and Victoria don't change a lot.
Is it possible that Anna can finally get some peace from her combative sisters?
Probably not.
Simon Brett’s sitcom about the lives and squabbles of three very different sisters.
Anna ....... Rosemary Leach
Victoria ....... Angela Thorne
Charlotte ....... Celia Imrie
Roger ....... Bill Nighy
Emily ....... Lisa Coleman
Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Written and produced by Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio in January 2004.
TUE 10:00 Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm (b01102gl)
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TUE 11:00 Dick Francis (b011psk5)
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TUE 11:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pg9c)
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TUE 12:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001hvx)
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TUE 12:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004l7c)
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TUE 12:30 Gloomsbury (m00014yg)
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TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b007jqbn)
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TUE 13:30 Jerusalem (m001pg9f)
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TUE 14:00 Who Goes There? (b00766w1)
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09:00 today]
TUE 14:30 No Commitments (b01m431l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
TUE 15:00 Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm (b01102gl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
05:00 today]
TUE 16:00 Dick Francis (b011psk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 16:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pg9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 17:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001hvx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
TUE 17:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004l7c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:15 today]
TUE 17:30 Gloomsbury (m00014yg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b007jqbn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 18:30 Jerusalem (m001pg9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 19:00 Who Goes There? (b00766w1)
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09:00 today]
TUE 19:30 No Commitments (b01m431l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m0014xkx)
Series 8
Nora McInerny - Life's Rough Edges
A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) stage.
Manoush Zomorodi explores how can we, after experiencing grief or hardship, move forward?
Writer Nora McInerny shares ideas on navigating the most difficult parts of life ... and living life fully in the face of loss.
First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2021.
TUE 20:50 Witness History (p00x25hr)
The Great Train Robbery
On August 8th, 1963, a gang of thieves held up a Royal Mail train bound from Glasgow to London
They stole over £2 million.
Most of the Great Train robbers ended up behind bars, but most of the money has never been recovered.
Presented and produced by Chloe Hadjimatheou.
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in August 2012.
TUE 21:00 Mastertapes (b04svfs3)
Series 4
The Boomtown Rats (the B-Side)
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.
Programme 8, the B-side. Having discussed the making of "A Tonic For The Troops", their 1978 hit album, Bob Geldof & the Boomtown Rats respond to questions from the audience and performs acoustic live versions of some of the tracks from the album which brought them their first Number 1 single with 'Rat Trap'.
Producer: Paul Kobrak
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2014.
TUE 21:30 Murder & Mystery (b0bqhyvd)
Series 3
The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton
At a shooting weekend in the West Riding a guest goes missing. At night, his best friend goes out to look for him.
An occasional series of stories from life’s murkier places, featuring a selection of mysteries from America.
Writer Gertrude Atherton was born in 1857 in San Francisco. Her bestseller Black Oxen was made into a silent movie of the same name. She died in 1948.
Read by Samuel West.
Produced by Jeremy Osborne.
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4 Extra, first broadcast in November 2018.
TUE 21:45 Murder & Mystery (m0002249)
Series 4
Ruth Rendell: Trebuchet
While the world is on the brink of catastrophe, Mark, Miriam and their children are on a sheltered Scottish island.
An occasional series of stories from life’s murkier places, featuring Tales from the collection A Spot Of Folly by Ruth Rendell.
Ruth Rendell was one of the UK’s most prominent crime writers. Best known for her Inspector Wexford books, she also wrote psychological novels as Barbara Vine. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer. She died in May 2015. A Spot Of Folly, a collection of previously unpublished stories, was published in 2017.
Read by Hattie Morahan.
Produced by Jeremy Osborne.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk productions and first broadcast in January 2019.
TUE 22:00 The Ultimate Choice (m001jkhs)
Series 1
Episode 2: Barry White v Hannibal Lecter
Steph McGovern asks some seriously funny minds to offer definitive answers to the great questions of our age. Or not. Welcome to the world's most devious game of Would You Rather? With guests Amy Gledhill and Andrew Maxwell.
Host: Steph McGovern
Guests: Amy Gledhill and Andrew Maxwell
Devised and written by Jon Harvey & Joseph Morpurgo
With additional material from Laura Major
Researcher: Leah Marks
Recorded and mixed by Jerry Peal
Producer: Jon Harvey
Executive Producers: Ed Morrish and Polly Thomas
Photo: Carolyn Mendelsohn
A Naked production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 22:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01m9qkz)
Edinburgh 2012
A one-off special of music and comedy from Alex Horne and his 5 piece band.
From the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival at Potterrow.
With special guests:
Comedian, Al Murray
Poet, Tim Key
Alex's band are:
Joe Auckland .... Trumpet and Banjo
Mark Brown .... Saxophone and guitar
Will Collier .... Bass
Ben Reynolds .... Drums
Joe Stilgoe .... Keyboards
Bagpipes played by Johnnie Gould.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001pqd3)
Fiona Allen 1/3
From
10.00pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Angela Barnes chats to Fiona Allen.
TUE 23:00 Damien Slash (m00013w5)
The Damien Slash Mixtape. Series 2
Episode 2
Multi-character YouTube star Damien Slash makes the move from online to BBC Radio, in this fast-paced, one-man sketch comedy show.
From the surreal to the satirical, from the zeitgeist to the absurd, Damien serves up a range of high octane characters, all from his own voice.
Adverts, actors, hipsters, trolls - no aspect of modern life is left un-skewered.
Written by and starring Damien Slash (aka Daniel Barker).
Guest starring Natasia Demetriou
Producer: Matt Stronge
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018.
TUE 23:15 Where Did It All Go Wrong? (b0076qm0)
Series 2
Pavlov's Last Dog
Retired to the wastelands of Siberia, the scientist who discovered conditioning – Ivan Pavlov – is conducting his final experiment when a stranger arrives, enquiring about a dog.
Written and performed by Simon Munnery.
With:
Kevin Eldon
Sally Phillips
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.
TUE 23:30 Elvenquest (b017757w)
Series 3
Episode 6
When the Questers get drunk to celebrate Vidar's birthday, Sam tries once again to gain (albeit with customary cack-handedness) the affections of Penthiselea, much to her consternation. Meanwhile, Lord Darkness is anxious to get one over his old nemesis, Kaybar the Maleficent, and so decides to do something really newsworthy and light the "Beacon of Doom".
If the "Beacon of Doom" is lit then the runes dictate that one of the Questers must do battle in hand-hand combat with Lord Darkness himself. And so, to impress Penthiselea, Sam volunteers to be that Quester. Problem is, Sam doesn't have the first idea how to fight hand-to-hand. Fortunately, nor it seems, does Lord Darkness. Should make for an interesting showdown then...
Vidar ...... Darren Boyd
Dean/Kreech ...... Kevin Eldon
Amis, aka the "Chosen One" ...... Dave Lamb
Lord Darkness ...... Alistair McGowan
Sam ...... Stephen Mangan
Penthiselea ...... Sophie Winkleman
Written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto
Producer: Sam Michell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.
WEDNESDAY 09 AUGUST 2023
WED 00:00 Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm (b01102gl)
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05:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Dick Francis (b011psk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pg9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 02:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001hvx)
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07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004l7c)
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WED 02:30 Gloomsbury (m00014yg)
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WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b007jqbn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 Jerusalem (m001pg9f)
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08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Who Goes There? (b00766w1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 No Commitments (b01m431l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm (b00g9f9q)
2. Romance
Romance is in the air for the young folk staying at Noningsby, the country home of Judge and Lady Staveley.
Lady Mason accepts Sir Peregrine's invitation to spend Christmas at The Cleeve, and, in the Moulder household, there is business to consider.
Starring Tim Pigott-Smith, Samantha Bond and Ronald Pickup.
Anthony Trollope’s compelling, emotional novel dramatised by Martyn Wade.
Anthony Trollope ...... Tim Pigott-Smith
Lady Mason ...... Samantha Bond
Sir Peregrine ...... Ronald Pickup
Peregrine Orme ...... Dan Stevens
Mrs Edith Orme ...... Amanda Root
Lucius Mason ...... Jonathan Christie
Sophia Furnival ...... Lydia Leonard
Mr Furnival ...... Robert Maskell
Lady Staveley ...... Pamela Miles
Madeline Staveley ...... Manjeet Mann
Augustus Staveley ...... Robert Lonsdale
Felix Graham ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Mr Dockwrath ...... Sam Dale
Miriam Dockwrath ...... Janice Acquah
Joseph Mason ...... Jonathan Tafler
Mr Moulder ...... Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Moulder ...... Jane Whittenshaw
John Kenneby ...... Inam Mirza
Mr Kantwise ...... Paul Rider
Matthew Round ...... Dan Starkey
Director: Tracey Neale.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009.
WED 06:00 Dick Francis (b011q9fm)
Whip Hand
3. Threats
Determined Sid Halley returns to England determined to overcome threats made against him by a gang of racecourse dopers.
Dick Francis's thriller set in the world of horse-racing.
Starring Mick Ford.
Dramatised by Alan England.
Sid Halley ...... Mick Ford
Unwin ...... David Vann
Chico Barnes ...... Kim Durham
Rosemary Caspar ...... Patricia Gallimore
Jenny ...... Petra Markha
Charles ...... Simon Carter
Trevor Deansgate ...... Terry Molloy
Rammileese ...... Andy Hockley
Mark Rammileese ...... Philip Molloy
John Viking ...... James Simmonds
Ullaston ...... Geoff Serle
Other parts played by David Neal.
Producer: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
WED 06:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pg9p)
4. The Eye of the Sky-God
Following his trian in the Black Tomb of Osiris, Ahmose returns to the house of the physician in Thebes only to find it ransacked.
A thriller play in six episodes set in Ancient Egypt.
Cast:
Ahmose .... Sean Barrett
Kem .... David Valla
Peten-Ra .... John Bentley
Nefertari .... Sheila Grant
Hamabari .... Betty Baskcomb
Karu .... John Westbrook
Senmut .... Rolf Lefebvre
Honimon .... Lewis Stringer
Soldier .... Haydn Jones
Written by Victor Pemberton and David Spenser
Producer and Editor: Graham Gauld
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1972.
WED 07:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001jqr)
3. Decline
Handel’s music triumphs at the coronation of a new king but his operatic fortunes at the Royal Academy take a turn for the worse with the rise of a new English rival: ballad opera.
Jane Glover's Handel in London tells the story of a young German composer who in 1712, followed his princely master to London and would remain there for the rest of his life.
That master would become King George II and the composer was George Frederic Handel. He would be at the heart of musical activity in London for the next four decades, composing masterpiece after masterpiece, whether the glorious coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest, operas such as Giulio Cesare and Alcina or the great oratorios, culminating, of course, in Messiah.
Jane Glover, who has conducted Handel’s work in opera houses and concert halls throughout the world, draws on her profound understanding of music and musicians to tell Handel’s story.
Featuring music from Handel’s vast output.
Abridged by Eileen Horne.
Read by Jane Glover.
Producer: Clive Brill
A Brill Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018
WED 07:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004mcy)
The Owl and the Ivy
Part 3
As spring continues to bloom, both Gareth and Diane find temptation too much to bear.
Magical drama set in Glan Don, a mysterious village perched on the wild Welsh coast.
Starring Elis James, Emma Sidi and Ifan Huw Dafydd.
Written by Alan Harris.
Gareth .... Elis James
Diane .... Emma Sidi
Emlyn .... Ifan Huw Dafydd
Bethan …. Hannah Daniel
Megan …. Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Fleur …. Catrin Stewart
Matty …. Siw Hughes
Series created by Meic Povey.
Director: James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2019.
WED 07:30 Dot (b0bfxw6l)
Series 3
Dig for Victory!
The very idea of the 'countryside' fills Dot with horror.
So when she finds herself recruited by the Women's Land Army to work the land, she sets about planning a great escape.
Retro adventures with Dot and the gals from personnel in the rollicking Cabinet War Rooms comedy by Ed Harris.
Dot ...... Fenella Woolgar
Myrtle ...... Kate O'Flynn
Peg ...... Freya Parker
Peabody ...... David Actonn
Millicent ...... Jane Slavin
Grimribbling ...... Stephen Hogan
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2018.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007tdvy)
Series 4
The Wild Man of the Woods
The Lad announces that he's rejecting society to go and live a truly rural life.
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 January 1957.
WED 08:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b007517q)
Series 4
Episode 1
Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue discuss property, holidays and their hopes for a TV award.
Starring Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens.
With:
Roger Blake
Emma Kennedy
Toby Longworth
Written by Hugh Rycroft and David Spicer from a format by Bill Dare.
Music by Mark Burton.
Producer: Aled Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.
WED 09:00 Nature Table (m001fm83)
Series 3
Episode 1
Celebrating the natural world and all it’s funny eccentricities.
Taking the simple format of a ‘Show & Tell’, in each episode Sue Perkins is joined by celebrity guests from the worlds of comedy and natural history.
Nature Table has a simple clear brief: to positively celebrate and promote the importance of all our planet’s wonderfully wild flora and fauna in a fun and easily grasped way... whilst at the same time having a giggle.
Recorded at The Eden Project, this week Sue Perkins is joined by special guests: Billy Heaney (Zoologist), Holly Smith-Baedorf (RSPB & Ecologist) and comedian Anna Keirle.
In this episode, Sue welcomes:
* Zoologist Bill Heaney
* RSPB and ecologist Holly Smith-Baedorf
* Comedian Anna Keirle
Written by Catherine Brinkworth, Jon Hunter, Jenny Laville and Nicky Roberts
Producer Simon Nicholls.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2022.
WED 09:30 People In Cars (b00r7rfr)
3. Sat Love
A businessman spices up his life with excursions to extramarital assignations.
But why is his new sat-nav directing him back home?
One of three comedies set in cars written by Simon Brett.
He ...... Bruce Alexander
She ...... Maureen Beattie
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.
WED 10:00 Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm (b00g9f9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
05:00 today]
WED 11:00 Dick Francis (b011q9fm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 11:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pg9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 12:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001jqr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 12:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004mcy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:15 today]
WED 12:30 Dot (b0bfxw6l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007tdvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 13:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b007517q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 14:00 Nature Table (m001fm83)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 14:30 People In Cars (b00r7rfr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
WED 15:00 Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm (b00g9f9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
05:00 today]
WED 16:00 Dick Francis (b011q9fm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 16:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pg9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 17:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001jqr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 17:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004mcy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:15 today]
WED 17:30 Dot (b0bfxw6l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007tdvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 18:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b007517q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 19:00 Nature Table (m001fm83)
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WED 19:30 People In Cars (b00r7rfr)
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WED 20:00 Archive on 4 (m000cysy)
Virtues of Vulnerability with Ed Balls
For Ed Balls, the decision to talk publicly about his stammer was pivotal. As a politician, displaying vulnerability was almost unthinkable. Ed's decision turned out to be a good one, but opening up in this way had risks, and things might have been different.
In this personal programme, Ed talks to people from sport, politics, business and media, hearing how they dealt with life’s challenges, displaying their vulnerability, often in full public view.
Ed speaks to Michael Palin, Facebook's Nicola Mendelsohn, one of the most powerful women in tech; politician Paula Sherriff, Paralympian and Strictly Come Dancing star Will Bayley, journalist Nick Robinson, and writer and activist Scarlett Curtis.
Through archive and original interviews, Ed revisits past moments of vulnerability, including his own, speaking to those involved to shed fresh light on the pitfalls and benefits of displaying one’s vulnerable side.
Producer: Jack Soper
A TBI Media production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2020.
WED 21:00 What's Funny About ... (m000k22t)
Series 1
W1A - with Hugh Bonneville and John Morton
TV veterans Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to the writers, producers, and performers behind Britain’s biggest TV comedy hits, and hear the inside story of how they brought their programmes to the screen.
In this episode, Peter and Jon talk to Hugh Bonneville and John Morton about W1A, their much loved satire of the BBC.
They discuss where the idea for W1A came from (there is, you’ll be pleased to hear, a fold up bike involved). John reveals which BBC grandee offered his services when it came to researching the show. Hugh talks about the challenges of playing Ian Fletcher and Downton’s Earl of Grantham, often at the same time (and how it all actually helped W1A to prise a bit more cash out of the BBC!). And we hear what Ian Fletcher might be doing next.
With Peter and Jon as our guides, we’ll take the opportunity to ask quite how they went about making a great bit of TV comedy. Who came up with it? How did it get written? We’ll talk about the commissioning, the casting, and the reception the show received when it first aired.
We’ll do our very best to winkle out some backstage secrets straight from the horse’s mouth, as we hear the unvarnished truth from the people who were there, and who put these iconic shows on the telly.
Original W1A clips written by John Morton
Producer: Owen Braben
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Expectation Productions, and first broadcast in June 2020.
WED 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (m0005mw2)
Series 8
Episode 3
John Finnemore returns to Radio 4 with an eighth series of his multi-award-winning sketch show, joined by his regular ensemble cast of Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan.
This episode, contains some handy mnemonics, an unilluminating interview, and a de-illuminating editor's note. Support for John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme comes from all the usual companies who support podcasts.
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme was described by The Radio Times as "the best sketch show in years, on television or radio", and by The Daily Telegraph as "funny enough to make even the surliest cat laugh". Already the winner of a Radio Academy Silver Award and a Broadcasting Press Guild award, this year Souvenir Programme won its second BBC Audio Drama award.
Written by & starring ... John Finnemore
Cast ... Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Cast ... Simon Kane
Cast ... Lawry Lewin
Cast ... Carrie Quinlan
Production Coordinator ... Beverly Tagg
Producer ... Ed Morrish
A BBC Studios production
WED 22:30 Pick Ups (b00nkxfc)
Series 2
Carpe Diem
Lind endures a dinner date in a bid to secure the future of Irwell Cars, while Mike's pick-up is on a quest for sexual and personal liberation.
Comedy set around a run-down Manchester taxi company.
Written by Ian Kershaw.
Mike ...... Paul Loughran
Lind ...... Lesley Sharp
Dave ...... Phil Rowson
Alan ...... Parvez Qadir
Simon De Vere ...... James Quinn
Shelly ...... Naomi Radcliffe
Johnny ...... Peter Keeley.
Producer: Paul Hardy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001pqd1)
Fiona Allen 2/3
From
10.00pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Angela Barnes chats to Fiona Allen.
WED 23:00 Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Sexuality (b07x629l)
1. What Shall We Tell Our Kids?
Canadian stand-up Mae Martin combines wickedly astute social observations with personal references to their own unique upbringing,
Mae's taking a funny, personal look at how millennials are transforming the way that society thinks about sexuality and gender.
In this episode Mae considers how we should be teaching children about sex and relationships.
Hint: possibly not the same way that Mae's own mother Wendy did.
Written and performed by Mae Martin.
Script editor: Sarah Campbell
Producer: Alexandra Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2016.
WED 23:15 Ivor Cutler - A Stuggy Pren (b00cqd9l)
Episode 3
Ivor Cutler concocts a lyrical kirmash of songs, stories and poems.
With:
Renowned linguist Dylan Edwards
Phonetic thinker Alison O'Kill.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in June 1994.
WED 23:30 Delve Special (b00t1qsy)
Series 1
The Shifton Scandal
In 1982 Shifton, a town 20 miles north east of Birmingham, was demolished to make way for London's third airport.
David Lander examines the part played in the scandal by Mickey Ozada's Jolly Good Fun Holiday Company and looks at the fate of the Women's Anti-Airport Protest Camp.
Studio production by Stephen Fry, Jack Klaff and Andrew Sachs.
With:
Brenda Bleythn
Moray Watson
Tony Robinson
Jan Ravens
Dramatic reconstruction by:
Mark Arden
Stephen Frost
Felicity Montagu
Phil Nice
Researched and compiled by Tony Sarchet.
Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer.
Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later transferred to TV as: This is David Lander.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1984.
THURSDAY 10 AUGUST 2023
THU 00:00 Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm (b00g9f9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
05:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Dick Francis (b011q9fm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pg9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001jqr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004mcy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Dot (b0bfxw6l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007tdvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b007517q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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THU 04:00 Nature Table (m001fm83)
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THU 04:30 People In Cars (b00r7rfr)
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THU 05:00 Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm (b00ghrhb)
3. Secrets
Lady Mason has confessed to her terrible secret and her chance of marriage with Sir Peregrine has been shattered.
Will her secret be exposed at the trial and will her beloved son lose Orley Farm?
Starring Tim Pigott-Smith, Samantha Bond and Ronald Pickup.
The conclusion of Anthony Trollope’s compelling, emotional novel
Dramatised by Martyn Wade.
Anthony Trollope ...... Tim Pigott-Smith
Lady Mason ...... Samantha Bond
Sir Peregrine ...... Ronald Pickup
Peregrine Orme ...... Dan Stevens
Mrs Edith Orme ...... Amanda Root
Lucius Mason ...... Jonathan Christie
Sophia Furnival ...... Lydia Leonard
Mr Furnival ...... Robert Maskell
Mrs Furnival ...... Joanna Monro
Lady Staveley ...... Pamela Miles
Judge Staveley ...... Chris Pavlo
Madeline Staveley ...... Manjeet Mann
Augustus Staveley ...... Robert Lonsdale
Felix Graham ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Mr Dockwrath ...... Sam Dale
Joseph Mason ...... Jonathan Tafler
Mr Moulder ...... Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Moulder ...... Jane Whittenshaw
John Kenneby ...... Inam Mirza
Chaffanbrass ...... Malcolm Tierney
Miss Biggs ...... Jill Cardo
Judge ...... Dan Starkey
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009.
THU 06:00 Dick Francis (b011qflj)
Whip Hand
4. Connections
Sid Halley must probe a link between cauliflowers and pig disease - and the loss of three champion racehorses.
Dick Francis's thriller set in the world of horse-racing.
Starring Mick Ford.
Dramatised by Alan England.
Sid Halley ...... Mick Ford
Chico Barnes ...... Kim Durham
Rosemary Caspar ...... Patricia Gallimore
Charles ...... Simon Carter
Rammileese ...... Andy Hockley
Ullaston ...... Geoff Serle
Arnadale ...... David Vann
Louise ...... Susan Sheridan
Martin England ...... Christopher England
Other parts played by David Neal.
Producer: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.
THU 06:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pg9m)
5. Into Battle
A great feast is planned for the Crocodile Festival, but the Hyksos are planning to attack. Peten-Ra continues his ambition to rule all of Egypt by poisoning the Pharaoh.
A thriller play in six episodes set in Ancient Egypt
Cast:
Ahmose .... Sean Barrett
Kem .... David Valla
Peten-Ra .... John Bentley
Hamabari .... Betty Baskcomb
Karu .... John Westbrook
Nefertari .... Sheila Grant
Senmut .... Rolf Lefebvre
Honimon .... Lewis Stringer
Hyksos Captain .... Andrew Rivers
Written by Victor Pemberton and David Spenser
Play produced and programme edited by Graham Gauld
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1972.
THU 07:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001krb)
4. Messiah
Handel’s operatic rivals struggle while he suffers from health problems before travelling to Ireland to present a new work, an oratorio based on biblical texts he calls Messiah.
Jane Glover's Handel in London tells the story of a young German composer who in 1712, followed his princely master to London and would remain there for the rest of his life.
That master would become King George II and the composer was George Frederic Handel. He would be at the heart of musical activity in London for the next four decades, composing masterpiece after masterpiece, whether the glorious coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest, operas such as Giulio Cesare and Alcina or the great oratorios, culminating, of course, in Messiah.
Jane Glover, who has conducted Handel’s work in opera houses and concert halls throughout the world, draws on her profound understanding of music and musicians to tell Handel’s story.
Featuring music from Handel’s vast output.
Abridged by Eileen Horne.
Read by Jane Glover.
Producer: Clive Brill
A Brill Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018
THU 07:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004mch)
The Owl and the Ivy
Part 4
With events spiraling out of control, the Druids Rest is forced to close its doors for the first time since Gareth and Diane arrived in Glan Don.
Magical drama set in a mysterious village perched on the wild Welsh coast.
Starring Elis James, Emma Sidi and Ifan Huw Dafydd.
Written by Alan Harris.
Gareth.... Elis James
Diane.... Emma Sidi
Emlyn..... Ifan Huw Dafydd
Bethan…. Hannah Daniel
Fleur…. Catrin Stewart
Matty…. Siw Hughes
Series created by Meic Povey.
Director: James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2019.
THU 07:30 Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile (m000jmmf)
Episode 4
Just sit back and enjoy Michael Frayn’s magical entertainment from a star cast, including:
Susannah Fielding
David Suchet
George Blagden
Lisa Dillon
Anna-Louise Plowman
Moira Quirk
Rosalind Ayres
Nigel Anthony
Darren Richardson
Matthew Wolf
No upgrades to install - just click here for God’s new version of the Ten Commandments. Note how a character from a novel can literally jump out at you. Hear how credits now take up more screen time than the production. Observe how Auto-Jeeves, offering a Martini, shows itself to be an indispensable robot. And, from the news studio, witness thunderous reports from Olympus about a surprising reshuffle of the Pantheon.
Writer: Michael Frayn
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
Director: Martin Jarvis
A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2020.
THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jsg2)
Series 1
Battle School
The Walmington-on-Sea platoon is off to a weekend training camp - subject to Captain Mainwaring and his map...
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Major Smith …. SJack Watson
Captain Rodrigues …. Alan Tilvern
Announcer …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in April 1974.
THU 08:30 Second Thoughts (b007jx0t)
Series 1
5. The Late, Late Show
Where do Faith's children fit in, now that Bill's around?
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.
Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith and James Bolam as Bill.
Series one of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'.
Faith ...... Lynda Bellingham
Bill ...... James Bolam
Hannah ...... Kelda Holmes
Joe ...... Mark Denham
Christian ,,,,,, Ian Targett
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.
THU 09:00 Funny You Should Ask (b0b91jt2)
From 20/01/1981
Peter Jones hosts the entertainment quiz about comedy as he tests a panel of experts: Bob Monkhouse, Larry Adler and George Axelrod.
Funny You Should Ask ran for 8 series from 1976 to 1982.
Questions compiled by Michael Pointon.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1981.
THU 09:30 Two Doors Down (b0089m6j)
Series 1
The Height of the Iguana
Horrified Belfast residents of Marlborough Road discover Sally might be leaving them.
They could never survive their own chaos without her.
Meanwhile, the free range children plan revenge on Victor...
Starring Frances Tomelty.
Conclusion of the first series of Annie McCartney's sitcom.
Sally ...... Frances Tomelty
Saffron ...... Ali White
Clare........Marcella Riordan
Tony..........Robert Patterson
Miss Black ...... Roma Tomelty
Evie ...... Katy Gleadhill
Fintan ...... Gerard Murphy
Victor ...... Alan Mckee
Anna ...... Bethan Lloyd
Simon ...... Patrick Gleadhill
Layla...........Emily Walmsley
Ben.............Joel McEinay
Sam............Alfie Lloyd
Trevor ...... Gerard McSorley
Directed at BBC Belfast by Tanya Nash
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2001.
THU 10:00 Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm (b00ghrhb)
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THU 11:00 Dick Francis (b011qflj)
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THU 11:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pg9m)
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THU 12:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001krb)
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THU 12:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004mch)
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THU 12:30 Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile (m000jmmf)
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THU 13:00 Dad's Army (b007jsg2)
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THU 13:30 Second Thoughts (b007jx0t)
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THU 14:30 Two Doors Down (b0089m6j)
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THU 16:00 Dick Francis (b011qflj)
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THU 17:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001krb)
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THU 17:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004mch)
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THU 17:30 Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile (m000jmmf)
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THU 18:00 Dad's Army (b007jsg2)
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THU 18:30 Second Thoughts (b007jx0t)
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THU 19:30 Two Doors Down (b0089m6j)
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THU 20:00 A Grand Day Out (m000fw3p)
From film school to the Oscars – this is the story of Wallace and Gromit's first adventure – A Grand Day Out.
Featuring interviews with their creator Nick Park, Aardman founders Dave Sproxton and Peter Lord, plus many more.
Produced by Tom Ryan for BBC Radio Bristol
First broadcast on BBC Local Radio in 2019.
THU 21:00 What's Funny About ... (m000jvtg)
Series 1
Goodness Gracious Me - with Meera Syal and Anil Gupta
TV veterans Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to the writers, producers, and performers behind Britain’s biggest TV comedy hits, and hear the inside story of how they brought their programmes to the screen.
In this episode, Peter and Jon talk to Meera Syal and Anil Gupta about their ground breaking sketch show Goodness Gracious Me.
They discuss the impact the show had on popular culture and how they feel they were treated by the BBC, the broken video camera at their first-ever showcase that meant that Goodness Gracious Me very nearly never happened, and what sort of show Meera thinks the GGM team should get back together and make.
With Peter and Jon as our guides, we’ll take the opportunity to ask quite how they went about making a great bit of TV comedy. Who came up with it? How did it get written? We’ll talk about the commissioning, the casting, and the reception the show received when it first aired.
We’ll do our very best to winkle out some backstage secrets straight from the horse’s mouth, as we hear the unvarnished truth from the people who were there, and who put these iconic shows on the telly.
Original Goodness Gracious Me clips written by:
Meera Syall
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Kulvinder Ghir
Nina Wadia
Producer: Owen Braben
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Expectation Productions, and first broadcast in June 2020.
THU 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (m001p7d8)
Series 15
4. Ed in Paris
Ed’s friend, and nemesis, Jaz Milvane is to be offered a peerage and is hoping he can use the title ‘Jaz Milvain of Tinsletown’. Ed meanwhile is thrilled when a French publisher asks for the rights to his seminal first work of fiction ‘Who Would Fardels Bear’, and invites him to Paris to discuss the novel on the publisher's Youtube channel. Finally, he can be recognised as the true giant of the socialist realist movement he is, without the taint of Jaz’s awful film adaption ‘Sister Mom’. There is also the added advantage of affording him the opportunity to take Maggie on a romantic ‘Citybreak’.
Ed Reardon - Christopher Douglas
Ping - Barunka O’Shaughnessy
Jaz Milvane - Phillip Jackson
Maggie - Pippa Haywood
Stan - Geoffrey Whitehead
Olive - Sally Grace
Winnie - Ellen Thomas
Radio Presenter - Nicola Sanderson
Claude - Rachel Atkins
Written by Christopher Douglas
Produced by Dawn Ellis
Production Co-ordinator - Katie Baum
Sound - Jon Calver
THU 22:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (m000bx2c)
Series 5
Richard Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups
Tom's Dad attempts to take centre stage.
Listen in on Tom's weekly phone calls home to his Mum, Dad and Gran in Sheffield and get a glimpse into the triumphs and tribulations of the Wrigglesworth clan in all its dysfunctional glory.
Tom ...... Tom Wrigglesworth
Dad ...... Paul Copley
Mum ...... Kate Anthony
Granny ...... Elizabeth Bennett
Written by Tom Wrigglesworth and James Kettle.
With additional material by Miles Jupp
Producer: Richard Morris
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2019.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001pqd5)
Fiona Allen 3/3
From
10.00pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Angela Barnes chats to Fiona Allen.
THU 23:00 Hearing With Hegley (b00b0sgk)
Series 1
Episode 2
The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley, presents another selection of his work.
With contributions from:
Keith Moore
Susan Norton
Andrew Bailey
Nigel Piper
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1996.
THU 23:15 Sam Simmons Is Not a People Person (b088fp4b)
Glenn
Comedian. Writer. Ex-Zoo Keeper. Bird Watcher. Definitely NOT a people person.
Sam and Henry are making a documentary series about birds, each week - armed with Sam's 'Big Book of Birds' they seek out different species. Despite Henry's best efforts, Sam is continually aggravated by the people they run into. Each encounter sparks an investigation into Sam's past, because once they've sorted out his issues, they'll really be able to focus on the bird-watching.
Now Sam is trudging through the desert in search of the Steppe Eagle.
The unique talents of the multi-award winning comedian Sam Simmons have landed.
Written by and starring Sam Simmons
With:
Henry Paker
Sarah Kendall
Mike Wilmot
Freya Parker
Sound design by Craig Schuftan
Music by Craig Schuftan with Lani Bagley
Producers: Joseph Nunnery & Alexandra Smith
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2017.
THU 23:30 The Curried Goat Show (b007nf6d)
Episode 8
It's Bath Night - plus jam.
Sketch-bonanza written by and starring Dan Gaster, Will Ing and Ben Silburn.
With special guest: Imelda Staunton
Music from The Big Buzzard Boogie Band.
Producer: Maria Esposito.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1998.
FRIDAY 11 AUGUST 2023
FRI 00:00 Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm (b00ghrhb)
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FRI 01:00 Dick Francis (b011qflj)
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FRI 01:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pg9m)
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FRI 02:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001krb)
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FRI 02:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004mch)
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FRI 02:30 Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile (m000jmmf)
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FRI 03:00 Dad's Army (b007jsg2)
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FRI 03:30 Second Thoughts (b007jx0t)
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FRI 04:00 Funny You Should Ask (b0b91jt2)
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FRI 04:30 Two Doors Down (b0089m6j)
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FRI 05:00 Peter Tinniswood (b0075667)
Next Time We Might Play Better
The fervent aim of an excruciatingly inept quartet of musicians is to play better.
Staring Graham Crowden and Hugh Dickson.
Peter Tinniswood's touching comedy.
Mr Deedes ...... Graham Crowden
Narrator ...... Hugh Dickson
Mrs Klite ...... Jillie Meers
Penelope ...... Carolyn Jones
Esmond ...... Christopher Scott
Old/Young Mr Sievewright ...... Stephen Thorne
Mr Martindale ...... Anthony Ofoegbu
Mistress ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Duffy ...... Gerard McDermott
Musical director: Michael Haslam
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997.
FRI 06:00 Dick Francis (b011qm8r)
Whip Hand
5. The Finish
Sid Halley believes he knows the truth behind the doping and phoney racing syndicates, but dare he reveal it?
Conclusion of Dick Francis's thriller set in the world of horse-racing.
Starring Mick Ford.
Dramatised by Alan England.
Sid Halley ...... Mick Ford
Chico Barnes ...... Kim Durham
Rosemary Caspar ...... Patricia Gallimore
Charles ...... Simon Carter
Trevor Deansgate ...... Terry Molloy
Rammileese ...... Andy Hockley
Ullaston ...... Geoff Serle
Jenny ...... Petra Markham
Mark Rammileese ...... Philip Molloy
George Casper ...... Alan Devereux
Producer: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.
FRI 06:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pg9j)
6. Out of the Shadow
Ahmose, it is revealed, is the rightful heir to the throne.
The final episode of a thriller play in six episodes set in Ancient Egypt
Cast:
Ahmose .... Sean Barrett
Kem .... David Valla
Peten-Ra .... John Bentley
Karu .... John Westbrook
Nefertari .... Sheila Grant
Hamabari .... Betty Baskcomb
Senmut .... Rolf Lefevre
Honimon .... Lewis Stringer
Assassin .... Fraser Kerr
Woman .... Katherine Parr
Written by Victor Pemberton and David Spenser
Play produced and programme edited by Graham Gauld
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1972.
FRI 07:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001kb5)
5. Truth
Back in London, Handel finds a highly charged political landscape and reviews of his new work are mixed; meanwhile, he confronts the terrible truth that he is going blind.
Jane Glover's Handel in London tells the story of a young German composer who in 1712, followed his princely master to London and would remain there for the rest of his life.
That master would become King George II and the composer was George Frederic Handel. He would be at the heart of musical activity in London for the next four decades, composing masterpiece after masterpiece, whether the glorious coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest, operas such as Giulio Cesare and Alcina or the great oratorios, culminating, of course, in Messiah.
Jane Glover, who has conducted Handel’s work in opera houses and concert halls throughout the world, draws on her profound understanding of music and musicians to tell Handel’s story.
Featuring music from Handel’s vast output.
Abridged by Eileen Horne.
Concluded by Jane Glover.
Producer: Clive Brill
A Brill Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018
FRI 07:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004mb8)
The Owl and the Ivy
Part 5
As the village prepares for the raucous May Day celebrations, Gareth makes a life-changing discovery.
Magical drama set in Glan Don, a mysterious village perched on the wild Welsh coast.
Starring Elis James, Emma Sidi and Ifan Huw Dafydd.
Written by Alan Harris.
Gareth.... Elis James
Diane.... Emma Sidi
Emlyn..... Ifan Huw Dafydd
Bethan…. Hannah Daniel
Fleur…. Catrin Stewart
Series created by Meic Povey.
Director: James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2019.
FRI 07:30 Ankle Tag (m00010z6)
Series 2
The Nappy Advert
The family need to increase their income, so Big Bob gets a job.
Sitcom about former convict Bob who's forced to live with his uptight son Gruff, sympathetic daughter-in-law Alice and granddaughter Carys whilst on parole.
Written by Gareth Gwynn and Benjamin Partridge.
Bob ...... Steve Speirs
Gruff ...... Elis James
Alice ...... Katy Wix
Lauren ...... Ruth Bratt
Receptionist ...... Adelayo Adedayo
Canteen Guy ...... Naz Osmanoglu
Nappy Advert v/o ...... Anna Leong Brophy
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2018.
FRI 08:00 Marriage Lines (b04ltgdg)
Series 1
Trial Separation
Will a night out with old friends get George in hot water with Kate?
Starring Richard Briers and Prunella Scales.
Richard Waring’s sitcom based on the mutual love and mistrust of two newlyweds.
Originating on BBC TV, it ran between 1963-65 and was adapted in two series for BBC radio due to its popularity.
George ...... Richard Briers
Kate ...... Prunella Scales
John ...... David Morton
Miles ...... Rodney Diak
Ossie ...... David Graham
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1965.
FRI 08:30 Rent (b04dyv2z)
Series 1
Episode 4
It's party-time for students Paul and Ruby, but posh hote-time for Maria and Richard - and never the two shall meet, or shall they..?
House share comedy about life with lodgers written by Lucy Flannery.
Maria ...... Barbara Flynn
Richard ...... Patrick Barlow
Ruby ...... Diane Louise-Jordan
Amy ...... Linda Polan
Paul ...... Toby Longworth
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1993.
FRI 09:00 Listomania (b09z7br4)
Series 1
Episode 3
From the magnificent to the mundane.
From the humble 'to do' list to the bucket list and many more...
Susan Calman hosts the series exploring the world of the lists.
With:
Sara Cox
James Acaster
Miles Jupp
Jocelyn Esien
Written by James Kettle and Gráinne Maguire with Max Davis and Gabby Hutchinson Crouch.
Producers: Sam Bryant and Adnan Ahmed.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 2015.
FRI 09:30 Bleak Expectations (b01p9l4v)
Series 5
A Terrifying Life Made Even Scarier a Bit Some More
A new and terrible danger threatens Victorian Britain as Harry Biscuit becomes possessed by the evil Pen of Penrith which turns his heart to inky black.
Pip and Gently Benevolent join forces to take on this new, cruel and cake-obsessed nemesis and his army of robot swans. They also turn out to share a love of antiquing in the Cotswolds.
Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.
Sir Philip ...... Richard Johnson
Young Pip Bin ...... Tom Allen
Gently Benevolent ...... Anthony Head
Harry Biscuit ...... James Bachman
Servewell ....... James Bachman
Clampvulture ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely ...... Sarah Hadland
Pippa ...... Susy Kane
Lily ....... Sarah Hadland
Hector the Holy Horse ....... Mark Evans
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2012.
FRI 10:00 Peter Tinniswood (b0075667)
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FRI 11:00 Dick Francis (b011qm8r)
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FRI 11:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pg9j)
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FRI 12:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001kb5)
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FRI 12:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004mb8)
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FRI 12:30 Ankle Tag (m00010z6)
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FRI 13:00 Marriage Lines (b04ltgdg)
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FRI 13:30 Rent (b04dyv2z)
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FRI 14:00 Listomania (b09z7br4)
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FRI 14:30 Bleak Expectations (b01p9l4v)
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FRI 15:00 Peter Tinniswood (b0075667)
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FRI 16:00 Dick Francis (b011qm8r)
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FRI 16:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pg9j)
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FRI 17:00 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (m0001kb5)
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FRI 17:15 Curious Under the Stars (m0004mb8)
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FRI 17:30 Ankle Tag (m00010z6)
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FRI 18:00 Marriage Lines (b04ltgdg)
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FRI 18:30 Rent (b04dyv2z)
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FRI 19:00 Listomania (b09z7br4)
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FRI 19:30 Bleak Expectations (b01p9l4v)
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FRI 20:00 Who Are You Again? (b07hj65h)
Every day, Mary Ann Sieghart blanks friends and colleagues in the street - some people think she is the rudest woman they know. She also claims to be the 'worst lobby correspondent in the world'.
She has prosopagnosia, more commonly known as face blindness. Sufferers have problems perceiving or remembering faces.
Stephen Fry and former Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt are two of the well known people who have the condition and here they share how they've found ways of coping with it to get by in their careers.
In extreme cases, some sufferers don't recognise family members or even their own reflection. Concerns are rising that it could lead to issues in security, justice and misdiagnoses. Could technology or even hormonal treatments help improve her ability? Or will the best solution simply be to make people more aware?
Presented by Mary Ann Sieghart
Produced at BBC Bristol by Anne-Marie Bullock.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2016.
FRI 20:30 A Good Read (b07178g6)
David Greig and Natalie Haynes
Comedian Natalie Haynes, Playwright David Greig and Harriett Gilbert discuss favourite books by Patricia Highsmith, David Foster Wallace and Zachary Mason.
'The Lost Books of the Odyssey' by Zachary Mason
Publisher: Vintage
'A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again' by David Foster Wallace
Publisher: Abacus
'Strangers on a Train', by Patricia Highsmith
Publisher: Penguin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.
FRI 21:00 What's Funny About ... (m000j819)
Series 1
The Thick of It - with Armando Iannucci and Rebecca Front
TV veterans Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to the writers, producers, and performers behind Britain’s biggest TV comedy hits, and hear the inside story of how they brought their programmes to the screen.
In this episode, Peter and Jon talk to Armando Iannucci and Rebecca Front about their biting pollical satire The Thick Of It. Was Nicola Murray just a nice (if hapless) person, thrust into a nest of political vipers, or was she just as bad as the rest of them? Who came up with the line “about as much use as a marzipan dildo”? And who was Malcolm Tucker really based on? (It’s probably not who you think.)
With Peter and Jon as our guides, we’ll take the opportunity to ask quite how they went about making a great bit of TV comedy. Who came up with it? How did it get written? We’ll talk about the commissioning, the casting, and the reception the show received when it first aired.
We’ll do our very best to winkle out some backstage secrets straight from the horse’s mouth, as we hear the unvarnished truth from the people who were there, and who put these iconic shows on the telly.
Contains very strong language.
Original The Thick Of It clips written by:
Jesse Armstrong
Sam Bain
Simon Blackwell
Rob Colley
Roger Drew
Dan Gaster
Sean Gray
Armando Iannucci
Georgia Pritchett
David Quantick
Tony Roche
Will Smith
Additional material: The Cast
Producer: Owen Braben
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Expectation Productions, and first broadcast in May 2020.
FRI 22:00 Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train (m001pfcr)
Series 2
Exeter to Newquay
Comedy icon Alexei Sayle continues his series of rail journeys with a trip through Devon and Cornwall from Exeter to Newquay.
Alexei’s mission is to break the golden rule of travelling by train and actually talk to his fellow passengers, in a quest for conversations with strangers that will reveal their lives, hopes, dreams and destinations.
Along the way, Alexei holds a finger into the wind of the thoughts and moods of the great British travelling public. There’s humour, sadness and surprise as people reveal what is going on in their lives and, as Alexei passes through familiar towns and cities, he also delves into his own personal stories of a childhood in Liverpool and a long career as a comedian, actor and author.
Alexei has a life-long ticket to ride in his DNA, as his father was a railway guard. As a child, Alexei travelled on trains with his mum and dad, not only in the UK but also abroad. While other children in Liverpool at the time thought a trip to Blackpool was a big adventure, Alexei travelled to Paris, experienced the Orient Express, had summer holidays in Czechoslovakia and visited mysterious cities with unpronounceable names in the farthest corners of Europe.
In this programme, Alexei meets Finn who has swapped his job at Nandos for a life in the Royal Navy looking after helicopters; Andrew who is about to run up the Cornish coastal path to meet his girlfriend who is running down it the other way; Paula and James who share a love of music, especially in Paula’s case, the harpsichord; Julian who has just returned from being a volunteer crew member on an historic Brixham trawler; and Eta and Rowan who are both determined travellers and tell Alexei of a visit to Chernobyl - while Alexei surprises them with his own very unusual insight into the historic city of Petra in Jordan.
A Ride production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 22:30 Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy (b08gxx7p)
Series 1
Touchdown
"This show is a story, and our story starts at the end. My parents came to see one of my shows, and I would end this particular show by telling a story about the time I swore at a teacher..."
Starting with a short routine from her comedy club set, Sarah admits that like with most stand-up routines, it had a punchline manufactured for the sake of a joke. Her mum challenges her to tell everyone what really happened the day she swore at that teacher and the result is this show. Denied the quick fix of a fabricated punchline it is transformed into a full, honest, coming-of-age story that explores the clumsiness of adolescents, their awkward relationships, and painful need for friendship and love.
Multi-award winning storyteller Sarah Kendall brings her critically acclaimed trilogy of funny and moving, live shows to BBC Radio.
Taking her audience on a trip, Sarah gives a unique snapshot of small-town life in Australia in the early 90s.
At a time when most people were seeing Australians through the filter of 'Home and Away' and 'Neighbours', Sarah's shows present a darker underbelly to the stereotype of the sun-loving, happy-go-lucky Aussie teenager.
Comedic and tragic in equal measure, Sarah's tales of her teenage life blend intricate narratives with a cast of memorable characters, bringing events to life in front of your very ears.
*Contains very strong language
Written and performed by Sarah Kendall
Producer: Carl Cooper
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2017.
FRI 23:00 Brian Gulliver's Travels (b00zdh7k)
Series 1
Sham
Brian Gulliver, a seasoned presenter of travel documentaries, finds himself in a hospital's secure unit after claiming to have had a number of bizarre adventures.
This time he travels to Sham a country where alternative therapies abound.
Starring Neil Pearson and Mariah Gale.
A satirical adventure story from Bill Dare.
Brian Gulliver ...... Neil Pearson
Rachel Gulliver ...... Mariah Gale
Raindrop ...... Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Muesli ...... David Horovitch
Mumbo ...... Julian Dutton
Kaleem ...... Lewis Alsamari
Healer ...... Stuart McLoughlin
Tofu ...... Sally Orrock
Hunter ...... Bill Dare
Grand ...... Joanna Monro
Producer: Steven Canny
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.
FRI 23:30 Richard Herring's Objective (b00vcqm7)
Series 1
The Hoodie
Can the Hoodie be reclaimed?
Richard Herring tackles the prejudice and fear inspired by that singular item of clothing, and has a novel way of making them 'uncool'....but just what ARE his plans for Lady Gaga?
With Emma Kennedy.
Produced by Tilusha Ghelani.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2010.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
A Good Read
20:30 FRI (b07178g6)
A Grand Day Out
20:00 THU (m000fw3p)
A Proper Charlie
09:30 SAT (m001pf1t)
A Proper Charlie
14:30 SAT (m001pf1t)
A Proper Charlie
20:30 SAT (m001pf1t)
A Proper Charlie
04:30 SUN (m001pf1t)
Alec Coppel - The Gazebo
06:40 SUN (m001pf2d)
Alec Coppel - The Gazebo
11:40 SUN (m001pf2d)
Alec Coppel - The Gazebo
17:40 SUN (m001pf2d)
Alec Coppel - The Gazebo
00:40 MON (m001pf2d)
Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section
22:30 TUE (b01m9qkz)
Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train
22:00 FRI (m001pfcr)
And Now in Colour
22:30 MON (b007jqfb)
Ankle Tag
03:30 SAT (m0000ykt)
Ankle Tag
07:30 FRI (m00010z6)
Ankle Tag
12:30 FRI (m00010z6)
Ankle Tag
17:30 FRI (m00010z6)
Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm
05:00 TUE (b01102gl)
Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm
10:00 TUE (b01102gl)
Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm
15:00 TUE (b01102gl)
Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm
00:00 WED (b01102gl)
Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm
05:00 WED (b00g9f9q)
Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm
10:00 WED (b00g9f9q)
Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm
15:00 WED (b00g9f9q)
Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm
00:00 THU (b00g9f9q)
Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm
05:00 THU (b00ghrhb)
Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm
10:00 THU (b00ghrhb)
Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm
15:00 THU (b00ghrhb)
Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm
00:00 FRI (b00ghrhb)
Archive on 4
20:00 WED (m000cysy)
Believe It!
23:00 SAT (b0bh4245)
Blackfriars Bridge by Anthony Horowitz
05:45 MON (b012s2gc)
Blackfriars Bridge by Anthony Horowitz
10:45 MON (b012s2gc)
Blackfriars Bridge by Anthony Horowitz
15:45 MON (b012s2gc)
Blackfriars Bridge by Anthony Horowitz
00:45 TUE (b012s2gc)
Bleak Expectations
05:30 SAT (b01p71gl)
Bleak Expectations
09:30 FRI (b01p9l4v)
Bleak Expectations
14:30 FRI (b01p9l4v)
Bleak Expectations
19:30 FRI (b01p9l4v)
Brian Gulliver's Travels
23:00 FRI (b00zdh7k)
Concrete Cow
23:30 MON (b0076jvx)
Corona by Samuel R Delany
00:00 SUN (m001pf21)
Corona by Samuel R Delany
16:00 SUN (m001pf21)
Cowards
22:30 SAT (b007772j)
Curious Under the Stars
07:15 MON (m0004lf6)
Curious Under the Stars
12:15 MON (m0004lf6)
Curious Under the Stars
17:15 MON (m0004lf6)
Curious Under the Stars
02:15 TUE (m0004lf6)
Curious Under the Stars
07:15 TUE (m0004l7c)
Curious Under the Stars
12:15 TUE (m0004l7c)
Curious Under the Stars
17:15 TUE (m0004l7c)
Curious Under the Stars
02:15 WED (m0004l7c)
Curious Under the Stars
07:15 WED (m0004mcy)
Curious Under the Stars
12:15 WED (m0004mcy)
Curious Under the Stars
17:15 WED (m0004mcy)
Curious Under the Stars
02:15 THU (m0004mcy)
Curious Under the Stars
07:15 THU (m0004mch)
Curious Under the Stars
12:15 THU (m0004mch)
Curious Under the Stars
17:15 THU (m0004mch)
Curious Under the Stars
02:15 FRI (m0004mch)
Curious Under the Stars
07:15 FRI (m0004mb8)
Curious Under the Stars
12:15 FRI (m0004mb8)
Curious Under the Stars
17:15 FRI (m0004mb8)
Dad's Army
08:00 THU (b007jsg2)
Dad's Army
13:00 THU (b007jsg2)
Dad's Army
18:00 THU (b007jsg2)
Dad's Army
03:00 FRI (b007jsg2)
Damien Slash
23:00 TUE (m00013w5)
Delve Special
23:30 WED (b00t1qsy)
Dick Francis
06:00 MON (b011pp7t)
Dick Francis
11:00 MON (b011pp7t)
Dick Francis
16:00 MON (b011pp7t)
Dick Francis
01:00 TUE (b011pp7t)
Dick Francis
06:00 TUE (b011psk5)
Dick Francis
11:00 TUE (b011psk5)
Dick Francis
16:00 TUE (b011psk5)
Dick Francis
01:00 WED (b011psk5)
Dick Francis
06:00 WED (b011q9fm)
Dick Francis
11:00 WED (b011q9fm)
Dick Francis
16:00 WED (b011q9fm)
Dick Francis
01:00 THU (b011q9fm)
Dick Francis
06:00 THU (b011qflj)
Dick Francis
11:00 THU (b011qflj)
Dick Francis
16:00 THU (b011qflj)
Dick Francis
01:00 FRI (b011qflj)
Dick Francis
06:00 FRI (b011qm8r)
Dick Francis
11:00 FRI (b011qm8r)
Dick Francis
16:00 FRI (b011qm8r)
Dot
07:30 WED (b0bfxw6l)
Dot
12:30 WED (b0bfxw6l)
Dot
17:30 WED (b0bfxw6l)
Dot
02:30 THU (b0bfxw6l)
Ed Reardon's Week
22:00 THU (m001p7d8)
Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Cazalets
03:15 SAT (b01ppp2s)
Elvenquest
23:30 TUE (b017757w)
Funny You Should Ask
09:00 THU (b0b91jt2)
Funny You Should Ask
14:00 THU (b0b91jt2)
Funny You Should Ask
19:00 THU (b0b91jt2)
Funny You Should Ask
04:00 FRI (b0b91jt2)
Gloomsbury
07:30 TUE (m00014yg)
Gloomsbury
12:30 TUE (m00014yg)
Gloomsbury
17:30 TUE (m00014yg)
Gloomsbury
02:30 WED (m00014yg)
Hancock's Half Hour
08:00 WED (b007tdvy)
Hancock's Half Hour
13:00 WED (b007tdvy)
Hancock's Half Hour
18:00 WED (b007tdvy)
Hancock's Half Hour
03:00 THU (b007tdvy)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
07:00 MON (m0001hkx)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
12:00 MON (m0001hkx)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
17:00 MON (m0001hkx)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
02:00 TUE (m0001hkx)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
07:00 TUE (m0001hvx)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
12:00 TUE (m0001hvx)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
17:00 TUE (m0001hvx)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
02:00 WED (m0001hvx)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
07:00 WED (m0001jqr)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
12:00 WED (m0001jqr)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
17:00 WED (m0001jqr)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
02:00 THU (m0001jqr)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
07:00 THU (m0001krb)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
12:00 THU (m0001krb)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
17:00 THU (m0001krb)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
02:00 FRI (m0001krb)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
07:00 FRI (m0001kb5)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
12:00 FRI (m0001kb5)
Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover
17:00 FRI (m0001kb5)
Hearing With Hegley
23:00 THU (b00b0sgk)
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
00:30 SUN (b037bvq6)
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
16:30 SUN (b037bvq6)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
22:00 MON (m001p7dp)
Inheritance Tracks
20:50 MON (m001pf7r)
Ivor Cutler - A Stuggy Pren
23:15 WED (b00cqd9l)
Jerusalem
08:30 TUE (m001pg9f)
Jerusalem
13:30 TUE (m001pg9f)
Jerusalem
18:30 TUE (m001pg9f)
Jerusalem
03:30 WED (m001pg9f)
Jim Hitchmough - Watching
07:00 SAT (m001pf1m)
Jim Hitchmough - Watching
12:00 SAT (m001pf1m)
Jim Hitchmough - Watching
18:00 SAT (m001pf1m)
Jim Hitchmough - Watching
02:00 SUN (m001pf1m)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
22:00 WED (m0005mw2)
Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue
08:30 WED (b007517q)
Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue
13:30 WED (b007517q)
Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue
18:30 WED (b007517q)
Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue
03:30 THU (b007517q)
Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting
23:00 SUN (b00ftk3l)
Listomania
05:00 SAT (b09yhgks)
Listomania
09:00 FRI (b09z7br4)
Listomania
14:00 FRI (b09z7br4)
Listomania
19:00 FRI (b09z7br4)
Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Sexuality
23:00 WED (b07x629l)
Marriage Lines
04:00 SAT (b04krq1d)
Marriage Lines
08:00 FRI (b04ltgdg)
Marriage Lines
13:00 FRI (b04ltgdg)
Marriage Lines
18:00 FRI (b04ltgdg)
Mastertapes
21:00 MON (b04stzfk)
Mastertapes
21:00 TUE (b04svfs3)
Metropolis
00:00 SAT (m001p7vh)
Metropolis
16:00 SAT (m001p7vh)
Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile
07:30 THU (m000jmmf)
Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile
12:30 THU (m000jmmf)
Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile
17:30 THU (m000jmmf)
Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile
02:30 FRI (m000jmmf)
Murder & Mystery
21:30 MON (b0bpr708)
Murder & Mystery
21:45 MON (b0bprffr)
Murder & Mystery
21:30 TUE (b0bqhyvd)
Murder & Mystery
21:45 TUE (m0002249)
Nature Table
09:00 WED (m001fm83)
Nature Table
14:00 WED (m001fm83)
Nature Table
19:00 WED (m001fm83)
Nature Table
04:00 THU (m001fm83)
No Commitments
09:30 TUE (b01m431l)
No Commitments
14:30 TUE (b01m431l)
No Commitments
19:30 TUE (b01m431l)
No Commitments
04:30 WED (b01m431l)
People In Cars
09:30 WED (b00r7rfr)
People In Cars
14:30 WED (b00r7rfr)
People In Cars
19:30 WED (b00r7rfr)
People In Cars
04:30 THU (b00r7rfr)
Peter Tinniswood
05:00 FRI (b0075667)
Peter Tinniswood
10:00 FRI (b0075667)
Peter Tinniswood
15:00 FRI (b0075667)
Petticoat Line
09:00 SAT (m001pf1r)
Petticoat Line
14:00 SAT (m001pf1r)
Petticoat Line
20:00 SAT (m001pf1r)
Petticoat Line
04:00 SUN (m001pf1r)
Pick Ups
22:30 WED (b00nkxfc)
Poetry Extra
06:00 SUN (m001pf28)
Poetry Extra
11:00 SUN (m001pf28)
Poetry Extra
17:00 SUN (m001pf28)
Poetry Extra
00:00 MON (m001pf28)
Radio 9
23:30 SUN (b04gnvtq)
Radio Cars
09:45 SUN (m001pf2y)
Radio Cars
14:45 SUN (m001pf2y)
Radio Cars
20:45 SUN (m001pf2y)
Radio Cars
03:45 MON (m001pf2y)
Rent
04:30 SAT (b04dg72g)
Rent
08:30 FRI (b04dyv2z)
Rent
13:30 FRI (b04dyv2z)
Rent
18:30 FRI (b04dyv2z)
Richard Herring's Objective
23:30 FRI (b00vcqm7)
Sam Simmons Is Not a People Person
23:15 THU (b088fp4b)
Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy
22:30 FRI (b08gxx7p)
Second Thoughts
08:30 THU (b007jx0t)
Second Thoughts
13:30 THU (b007jx0t)
Second Thoughts
18:30 THU (b007jx0t)
Second Thoughts
03:30 FRI (b007jx0t)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
10:30 SAT (m001pf1y)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
15:30 SAT (m001pf1y)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
21:30 SAT (m001pf1y)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
05:30 SUN (m001pf1y)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
06:30 MON (m001pf7f)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
11:30 MON (m001pf7f)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
16:30 MON (m001pf7f)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
01:30 TUE (m001pf7f)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
06:30 TUE (m001pg9c)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
11:30 TUE (m001pg9c)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
16:30 TUE (m001pg9c)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
01:30 WED (m001pg9c)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
06:30 WED (m001pg9p)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
11:30 WED (m001pg9p)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
16:30 WED (m001pg9p)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
01:30 THU (m001pg9p)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
06:30 THU (m001pg9m)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
11:30 THU (m001pg9m)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
16:30 THU (m001pg9m)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
01:30 FRI (m001pg9m)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
06:30 FRI (m001pg9j)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
11:30 FRI (m001pg9j)
Shadow of the Pharaoh
16:30 FRI (m001pg9j)
Sherlock Holmes
02:00 SAT (b007jq28)
Short Works
01:45 SAT (m0008r5z)
Simon Evans Goes to Market
07:30 MON (m00051lf)
Simon Evans Goes to Market
12:30 MON (m00051lf)
Simon Evans Goes to Market
17:30 MON (m00051lf)
Simon Evans Goes to Market
02:30 TUE (m00051lf)
Start/Stop
22:00 SUN (b04th9fg)
Stephen Wakelam - Punters
06:00 SAT (m001pf1k)
Stephen Wakelam - Punters
11:00 SAT (m001pf1k)
Stephen Wakelam - Punters
17:00 SAT (m001pf1k)
Stephen Wakelam - Punters
01:00 SUN (m001pf1k)
Steve Walker - The Pope's Brother
07:45 SAT (m001pf1p)
Steve Walker - The Pope's Brother
12:45 SAT (m001pf1p)
Steve Walker - The Pope's Brother
18:45 SAT (m001pf1p)
Steve Walker - The Pope's Brother
02:45 SUN (m001pf1p)
Stop Messing About!
08:00 MON (b007jx4b)
Stop Messing About!
13:00 MON (b007jx4b)
Stop Messing About!
18:00 MON (b007jx4b)
Stop Messing About!
03:00 TUE (b007jx4b)
Supersaver
10:00 SAT (m001pf1w)
Supersaver
15:00 SAT (m001pf1w)
Supersaver
21:00 SAT (m001pf1w)
Supersaver
05:00 SUN (m001pf1w)
TED Radio Hour
20:00 TUE (m0014xkx)
Taking It Up the Octave
08:30 MON (b007511z)
Taking It Up the Octave
13:30 MON (b007511z)
Taking It Up the Octave
18:30 MON (b007511z)
Taking It Up the Octave
03:30 TUE (b007511z)
The Celebrity Voicemail Show
22:30 SUN (b06d8ssx)
The Change
09:30 MON (b00p2jn5)
The Change
14:30 MON (b00p2jn5)
The Change
19:30 MON (b00p2jn5)
The Change
04:30 TUE (b00p2jn5)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 TUE (m001pqd3)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 WED (m001pqd1)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 THU (m001pqd5)
The Curried Goat Show
23:30 THU (b007nf6d)
The Family Brandon
09:15 SUN (m001pf2t)
The Family Brandon
14:15 SUN (m001pf2t)
The Family Brandon
20:15 SUN (m001pf2t)
The Family Brandon
03:15 MON (m001pf2t)
The Goon Show
08:00 TUE (b007jqbn)
The Goon Show
13:00 TUE (b007jqbn)
The Goon Show
18:00 TUE (b007jqbn)
The Goon Show
03:00 WED (b007jqbn)
The Great Times Crossword Conspiracy
07:45 SUN (m001pf2k)
The Great Times Crossword Conspiracy
12:45 SUN (m001pf2k)
The Great Times Crossword Conspiracy
18:45 SUN (m001pf2k)
The Great Times Crossword Conspiracy
01:45 MON (m001pf2k)
The Mark Steel Lecture
23:30 SAT (b007qw7m)
The Mitch Benn Music Show
22:00 SAT (b007vh35)
The Moth Radio Hour
20:00 MON (m0019k4m)
The Ultimate Choice
22:00 TUE (m001jkhs)
The Write Stuff
09:00 MON (b01shsv6)
The Write Stuff
14:00 MON (b01shsv6)
The Write Stuff
19:00 MON (b01shsv6)
The Write Stuff
04:00 TUE (b01shsv6)
Tina C
22:45 SUN (b0076q68)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
22:30 THU (m000bx2c)
Truckin' Maggie!
08:15 SUN (m001pf2p)
Truckin' Maggie!
13:15 SUN (m001pf2p)
Truckin' Maggie!
19:15 SUN (m001pf2p)
Truckin' Maggie!
02:15 MON (m001pf2p)
Two Doors Down
09:30 THU (b0089m6j)
Two Doors Down
14:30 THU (b0089m6j)
Two Doors Down
19:30 THU (b0089m6j)
Two Doors Down
04:30 FRI (b0089m6j)
What Are You Talking About?
23:00 MON (m001p7r0)
What's Funny About ...
21:00 WED (m000k22t)
What's Funny About ...
21:00 THU (m000jvtg)
What's Funny About ...
21:00 FRI (m000j819)
Where Did It All Go Wrong?
23:15 TUE (b0076qm0)
Who Are You Again?
20:00 FRI (b07hj65h)
Who Goes There?
09:00 TUE (b00766w1)
Who Goes There?
14:00 TUE (b00766w1)
Who Goes There?
19:00 TUE (b00766w1)
Who Goes There?
04:00 WED (b00766w1)
Whodunnits
01:00 SAT (b007k0ft)
Whodunnits
02:30 SAT (b007jl8s)
Whodunnits
05:00 MON (b007k0h2)
Whodunnits
10:00 MON (b007k0h2)
Whodunnits
15:00 MON (b007k0h2)
Whodunnits
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Witness History
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Year of the Owl
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You Will Be Safe Here by Damian Barr
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