SATURDAY 12 AUGUST 2023

SAT 00:00 Robert Forrest - The Voyage of the Demeter (b00vk23h)
1897: Terror strikes as the schooner 'Demeter' sails from Bulgaria to the east coast of England.

Something very nasty is lurking aboard in the dark corners of the ship.

Its voyage is set to spark great alarm...

Starring Finlay Welsh.

A chilling tale of the supernatural written by Robert Forrest.

Ripelski ..... Finlay Welsh
Robash ...... Gary Lewis
Kaneski ...... Steven McNicoll
Bretov ...... Grant O'Rourke
Gentleman ...... Alexander Morton

Producer: Patrick Rayner

First broadcast on Radio 4 in February 2008.


SAT 01:00 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.


SAT 02:00 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.


SAT 02:30 Shadow of the Pharaoh (m001pg9j)
6. Out of the Shadow

After learning he’s the rightful heir to the throne, Ahmose is closed up with the Lady Nefertari in his mother’s tomb.

Conclusion of the thriller serial set in war-torn Ancient Egypt in the year 1600 BC:

Written by Victor Pemberton and David Spenser.

Ahmose .... Sean Barrett
Peten-Ra .... John Bentley
Kem .... David Valla
Karu .... John Westbrook
Nefertari .... Sheila Grant
Hamabari .... Betty Baskcomb
Senmut .... Rolf Lefevre
Honimon .... Lewis Stringer
Assassin .... Fraser Kerr
Woman .... Katherine Parr

Announcer: John Dunn

Producer: Graham Gauld

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1972.


SAT 03:00 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, the composer must confront 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


SAT 03:15 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.


SAT 03:30 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.


SAT 04:00 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.


SAT 04:30 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..?

Stars Patrick Barlow and Barbara Flynn.

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.


SAT 05:00 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.


SAT 05:30 Bleak Expectations (b01p9l4v)
Series 5

A Terrifying Life Made Even Scarier a Bit Some More

A new and terrible danger threatens Victorian Britain.

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.


SAT 06:00 Stephen Wyatt - Tales the Countess Told (m001pm4n)
In 17th century Paris, the Countess D'Aulnoy delights audiences with her fairy tales.

The adventures of princesses, serpents, yellow dwarfs and tiny pagods mirror the colourful life of the Countess herself, which was as outrageous as the fantasies she fashioned for entertainment.

When the Countess flees to the countryside to evade the wrath of the king, she meets young and troubled Louise, who finds both comfort and entertainment in the storyteller’s tales.

Starring Eleanor Bron.

Written by Stephen Wyatt

The Countess .... Eleanor Bron
Louise .... Janine Wood
Green Serpent/Prince Richcraft .... Adam Godley
Yellow Dwarf .... Phillip Joseph
Chief Pagod/King of Golden Mines .... Kenny Blyth
Queen/Desert Fairy .... Sandy Walsh
Laidronette/Finetta .... Clare Corbett
Fairy Magotine/Princess Babillarda .... Richenda Carey

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.


SAT 07:30 The Pianist of Yarmouk (Omnibus) (m0003sk6)
Ammar Haj Ahmad reads Aeham Ahmad’s dramatic account of how he risked his life under siege in Damascus to defy the Syrian regime with his music.

Newly married, living in a comfortable Damascus suburb and working as a music teacher, Aeham’s life is turned upside down by the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2012.

When they are bombed out of their apartment, Aeham and his family take refuge in their music shop in the ramshackle district of Yarmouk. But soon the rebel Free Syrian Army takes control and President Assad’s forces are determined to bomb, shoot and starve them out, regardless of the plight of the ordinary residents.

When the siege began, the power was turned off and food prices exploded. Soon, people started dying of hunger. Over these five episodes, Aeham tells how he fought to keep his family alive and how, in his anger and frustration, he eventually pushed his piano onto the streets and brought music to the desperate people of Yarmouk.

However, when ISIS take over he has to make the agonizing choice between staying in Syria and certain death or making the perilous journey to Europe alone and abandoning his family.

‘The Pianist of Yarmouk’ is read by Ammar Haj Ahmad, who trained as an actor before fleeing the conflict in Syria. He starred in the critically acclaimed play The Jungle, set in the notorious Calais refugee camp, in London and New York.

Written by Aeham Ahmad.

Omnibus of five parts.

Abridged and produced by Jane Greenwood.

A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2019.


SAT 08:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007js2d)
13. Tripe War

"It's got all the makings of a Tripe War!" Roger Ditchley provokes a mob of tripe producers.

Conclusion of a classic tale of struggle, power, personalities and tripe.

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

Rebecca Fosdyke …. Stephanie Turner
Josiah Fosdyke …. Philip Lowrie
Tom Fosdyke …. David Threlfall
Albert Fosdyke …. Enn Reitel
Roger Ditchley …. Christian Rodska
Schmidt …. David Timson

Other parts played by:

Nick Maloney
Nick Revell
David English
John Dougall
Christopher Barr
Larry Lamb
John Westerbook
David Ross

Producer: Alan Nixon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1983.


SAT 09:00 Not in Front of the Children (b05p9vz3)
Series 1

While the Brood's Away

Sending the children off for a holiday with friends is one thing - but what do you do with your life while they're away?

Starring Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews.

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

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

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

Jennifer …. Wendy Craig
Henry …. Francis Matthews
Trudi …. Roberta Tovey
Robin …. Hugo Keith-Johnston
Amanda …. Jill Riddick
Biddy …. Madeleine Howell
Roy …. David Dodimead
Fred Simmons …. Jeffrey Segal
Elizabeth …. Karen Newport
Johnny …. Christopher Reynalds

Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst

Producer: Trafford Whitelock.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1969.


SAT 09:30 Something to Shout About (m000c58t)
Series 3

Episode 4

Michael receives a windfall and the vultures are soon circling in search of loans.

"A light-hearted exposé of the advertising world!".

Set in a London ad agency called 'Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, Blythe, Giddy & Partners'.

Written by Myles Rudge and Ronnie Wolfe.

Michael Lightfoot …. Michael Medwin
Janet Harris …. Fenella Fielding
Maggie Tufnell …. Eleanor Summerfield
Mavis Willis …Joan Sims
Adrian Beales …. Nicholas Phipps
Mr Botting/Various …. Warren Mitchell

Producer: John Simmonds.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1961.


SAT 10:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0014q72)
Origins

3. Hancock's Half Hour

BBC Comedy Controllers from across the decades look back at radio shows from the past.

Clocking up over 150 years on the job between them, Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville reveal what they do, why they do it and what makes them laugh.

From London's iconic BBC Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House - the home of British Radio comedy.

In the last of three programmes, the foursome conclude discussing the 1950s and a Golden Age of BBC radio comedy.

Featuring:

* HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR:
Sunday Afternoon at Home

Bored and miserable, the lad tries to decide what to do.
Starring Tony Hancock
From April 1958

Plus extracts from:

Bob Newhart
That Mitchell and Webb Sound

Series Producers: Paul Kobrak and Dixi Stewart.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2017.


SAT 11:00 Stephen Wyatt - Tales the Countess Told (m001pm4n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 12:30 The Pianist of Yarmouk (Omnibus) (m0003sk6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 13:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007js2d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 14:00 Not in Front of the Children (b05p9vz3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 14:30 Something to Shout About (m000c58t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 15:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0014q72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 16:00 Robert Forrest - The Voyage of the Demeter (b00vk23h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SAT 17:00 Stephen Wyatt - Tales the Countess Told (m001pm4n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 18:30 The Pianist of Yarmouk (Omnibus) (m0003sk6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 19:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007js2d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 20:00 Not in Front of the Children (b05p9vz3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 20:30 Something to Shout About (m000c58t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 21:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0014q72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 22:00 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b007w3z1)
Series 1

6. Phil Nichol

From Toy Dolls to John Shuttleworth.

Musical comedian Mitch Benn presents his selection of some of the finest comic songs by other performers.

With guest Phil Nichol.

Producer: Ed Morrish

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in August 2005.


SAT 22:30 Cowards (b0079nt1)
Series 1

Episode 3

Packing cases and breaking vows in the bizarre world of the comedy sketch show team.

Written and performed by:

Tom Basden
Stefan Golaszewski
Tim Key
Lloyd Wool

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2007.


SAT 23:00 Believe It! (b0bjz9b9)
Series 4

Boyfriend

The fourth series of Jon Canter's not quite true autobiography delving into the nooks and crannies of actor Richard Wilson's life and works.

Richard decides it really is time he went in search of true love - but where will he start?

At his age?

Himself ...... Richard Wilson
Himself ...... Ian McKellen
Himself ...... David Tennant
Himself ...... Anthony Sher
Himself ...... Angus Deayton
Himself ...... Robin Hooper
Mrs Gold ...... Arabella Weir
Mario/Simon ...... Elliot Levey
Daniel ...... Clive Brill

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 (b007r5lk)
Series 3

Hannibal

A profile of the Carthaginian army general and statesman who took on the Roman Empire.

Mark Steel's comic lectures about the lives of historical figures whose ideas and enthusiasm shaped their generation.

With:

Martin Hyder
Mel Hudson

Producer: Lucy Armitage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2002.

SUNDAY 13 AUGUST 2023

SUN 00:00 Haunted (b01qr0l9)
The Inexperienced Ghost by HG Wells

A man encounters a troubled spirit. But could this meeting lead to tragedy?

Series of stories of the Supernatural.

HG Wells's ghostly tale dramatised by Patricia Mays.

Clayton …. Donald Houston
Sanderson …. Christopher Guard
Michael Cochrane …. Wish
John Gillett …. Evans
The Barman …. Gary Cady

Director: Derek Hoddinott

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in February 1982.


SUN 00:30 Wally K Daly (b007jv0y)
The Children of Witchwood

1. Missing

College student Jackie Lamont mysteriously goes missing. When she reappears, just as mysteriously, she seems to possess special telepathic powers.

Meanwhile, the Cranford Family have guarded a secret for hundreds of years - and Jackie Lamont is now a threat. B.Q. Brown, of the Ministry of Defence, investigates a possible link between the burning of six children as witches in the 17th century and Jackie's disappearance.

Starring Wendy Baxter.

The last drama series which Wally K Daly wrote for radio.

Jackie Lamont …. Wendy Baxter
Mandy Lamont …. Emily Chennery
Sion Lamont …. Scott Gray
Jason Cranford …. Laurence Saunders
Cheever Cranford …. Jez Thomas
Becky Cranford …. Becky Wright
DC Danny Sparks …. Daniel Settatree
WPC Polly Bell …. Lorraine Coady
Mother …. Jilly Bond
Sergeant …. Michael Cochrane

Directed at BBC Birmingham by Jenny Stephens.

Made for BBC7 and first broadcast in September 2005.


SUN 01:00 Stephen Wyatt - Tales the Countess Told (m001pm4n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 The Pianist of Yarmouk (Omnibus) (m0003sk6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007js2d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Not in Front of the Children (b05p9vz3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]


SUN 04:30 Something to Shout About (m000c58t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0014q72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001pm9k)
In The Studio - Lorna Goodison: Jamaican Poet Laureate

Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects In the Studio - Lorna Goodison: Jamaican Poet Laureate.

Lorna Goodison was Poet Laureate of Jamaica 2017 - 2020. She decided to mark her first Emancipation Day in the role (2017) with a special poem.

The public holiday of Emancipation Day on the 1st of August commemorates the end of slavery in Jamaica and as a poet who feels it’s her duty to document the slave history of her native island in her work, this day is a very important one for Lorna, both professionally and personally – it’s also her birthday.

The BBC’s Andrea Kidd follows Lorna as she creates a poem fit for a nation.

As someone who can spend years crafting a poem, will she meet her deadline?

Presenter and producer - Andrea Kidd

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 2017.


SUN 06:30 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (Omnibus) (m0001mzj)
At a time of great political and architectural transformation in London, a young German composer arrives with his patron, the future King George.

He enjoys instant success.

Jane Glover tells the story of the 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.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Eileen Horne.

Read by Jane Glover.

Producer: Clive Brill

A Brill Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018


SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001pm9m)
Ben Bailey Smith

Actor, comic and rapper, aka Doc Brown chooses ‘Looks Is Deceiving’ by The Gladiators and Lauryn Hill’s ‘Doo Wop (That Thing)’.


SUN 07:50 Curious Under the Stars (m0004xtb)
Series 8 (Omnibus) - The Owl and the Ivy

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.

Omnibus of five parts 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.


SUN 09:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00ncgg1)
No Fear

Huggett family chaos reigns when young Bobby sets out to play the hero.

Starring Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison.

The popular working-class Huggett family first hit the cinema screen with a series of Gainsborough films between 1947 and 1949.

This subsequent BBC radio series ran from 1953 to 1962.

Selection of surviving episodes in the BBC Archive.

Written by Eddie Maguire.

Joe ...... Jack Warner
Ethel ...... Kathleen Harrison
Jane ...... Marion Collins
Bobby ...... George Howell
Fred Stebbings ...... Charles Leno
Charlie ...... Kenneth Connor

Producer: Jacques Brown

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1957.


SUN 09:30 The Navy Lark (b03ph1bs)
Series 9

Frustrating the Spark of Invention

Can Able Seaman Johnson win a 'man-powered flight' competition, despite the assistance of Pertwee?

Starring Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray.

Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge.

Written by Lawrie Wyman.

The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips
The Chief Petty Officer ...... Jon Pertwee
The Number One ...... Stephen Murray
Captain Povey ...... Richard Caldicot
Heather ...... Heather Chasen
Able Seaman Johnson ...... Ronnie Barker
Taffy Goldstein ...... Tenniel Evans
The Padre. ....... Michael Bates

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

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1967.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b038l908)
Edinburgh Winners

Emma Thompson

Kirsty Young's castaway is Emma Thompson.

Sense and Sensibility, The Remains of the Day, Much Ado About Nothing and Howards End are just a handful of her notable screen credits in a dazzling career that has seen her pick up Oscars for both acting and writing.

She appears to have pulled off that rare trick of being both a star and one of us - she famously keeps her brace of Oscars in the downstairs loo, still lives across the road from her mum and holidays in a cottage in Scotland where, she says, she and her husband spend a third of the year 'digging in like a pair of old potatoes.'

DISC ONE: Corarsik - Orchestra: The Hungarian Studio Orchestra, conductor: Patrick Doyle
DISC TWO: Florence, It's a Lovely Morning from the film version of The Magic Roundabout: Dougal and the Blue Cat - Eric Thompson
DISC THREE: Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols - Choir: The Choir of King’s College Cambridge, conductor: Sir David Willcocks
DISC FOUR: Inti‐Illimani’s Candidos - John Williams, Paco Pena
DISC FIVE: Hold On - Tom Waits
DISC SIX: Cantaloop - Us3 & Rahsaan
DISC SEVEN: Some of Your Planes - Richard Lumsden
DISC EIGHT: With a Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker

BOOK CHOICE: Odyssey - Homer
LUXURY CHOICE: A saucepan - heavy bottomed with a removable handle
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Corarsik - Orchestra: The Hungarian Studio Orchestra, conductor: Patrick Doyle.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.


SUN 10:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lyx6f)
Series 1

The Serpent's Stare

Underground animals are very different to the animals that spend their life on the surface.

They are a different shape, their senses are tuned in a very different way and they manifestly come from a different world.

Does this explain the stare of the snake?

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

Sir David has been awarded the Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, for his services to TV, broadcasting and conservation.

Producer: Julian Hector

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2009.


SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001pm9k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 11:30 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (Omnibus) (m0001mzj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001pm9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 12:50 Curious Under the Stars (m0004xtb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 14:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00ncgg1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 14:30 The Navy Lark (b03ph1bs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b038l908)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 15:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lyx6f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 16:00 Haunted (b01qr0l9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SUN 16:30 Wally K Daly (b007jv0y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:30 today]


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001pm9k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (Omnibus) (m0001mzj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001pm9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 18:50 Curious Under the Stars (m0004xtb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 20:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00ncgg1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 20:30 The Navy Lark (b03ph1bs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b038l908)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lyx6f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 22:00 Start/Stop (b04v2z6p)
Series 2

6. Date Night

Jack Docherty’s sitcom about three marriages in various states of disrepair.

The three couples end up on a 'date night' together and Evan is a surprise convert to French cinema.

Meanwhile Barney tries to get his smartphone to answer some of life's big questions.

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

Voice of Barney's smartphone ...... Jon Briggs

Producer: Claire Jones.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2014.


SUN 22:30 The Celebrity Voicemail Show (b06fnh5p)
Series 1

Katie Hopkins

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 controversial media personality, Katie Hopkins.

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

Producer: Matt Stronge

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015.


SUN 22:45 Tina C (b0076q9g)
Tina C's Tiny Island Tour

Ireland

Country singer and global activist Tina C continues her exploration of the special relationship between America and the UK.

Now she's searching for her forebears in Ireland.

"Four Bears? Gosh language is so complicated. Sometimes I think we should have invented our own instead of using an old one."

Written and performed by Christopher Green.

Pianist: Duncan Walsh Atkins

Producer: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.


SUN 23:00 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting (b007jsf7)
Series 1

A Day Trip to Romney Marsh

Linda and her chums head to the coast, letting the train increase the strain.

Comedy series written by and starring Linda Smith.

Linda ...... Linda Smith
Chris ...... Chris Neill
Betty ...... Margaret John

Other parts played by:

Jeremy Hardy
Mark Steel
Femi Elufowoju Jr
Martin Hyder

Producer: Lucy Armitage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.


SUN 23:30 Radio 9 (b04hkfq5)
Series 2

Episode 5

An unusual doctor, the perils of parenthood and faking it as a boxer.

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
Megan Phillips
Esther Phillips
Jack Phillips
Oliver Daukes

Producers: Claire Jones and Johnny Daukes

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.

MONDAY 14 AUGUST 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001pm9k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Handel in London - The Making of a Genius by Jane Glover (Omnibus) (m0001mzj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001pm9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]


MON 01:50 Curious Under the Stars (m0004xtb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00ncgg1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 The Navy Lark (b03ph1bs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b038l908)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 04:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lyx6f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Emile Zola - La Bete Humaine (m001pm4k)
1. The Voice Inside

"Every time I went by, a cold shiver passed through me: I somehow knew this house was.... waiting - for me."

Jacques Lantier is a steam engine driver in Northern France and "the human beast" of the title.

He has inherited a madness which means he cannot trust himself to get involved with any woman because an impulse to murder her will take over.

Roubard always works for the railway company and is married to Séverine. It transpires that she was seduced by her wealthy guardian and Roubard out for revenge...

Emile Zola's classic thriller, first published in 1890.

Starring Michael Maloney, Martin Head and Imogen Stubbs.

Dramatised in three parts by Sally Hedges.

Jacques .... Michael Maloney
Roubaud .... Martin Head
Séverine.... Imogen Stubbs
Henri Dauvergne .... Andy Hockley
Flore .... Rebecca Wright
Aunt Phasie .... Sheila Kelley
Misard .... Jonathan Wyatt
Moulin .... Patric Turner
Pecqueux .... Peter Meakin
Philomene .... Vikki Chambers
Dabadie .... Laurence Rew
Cauche .... Gerry Hinks

Music composed by Barrington Pheloung

Director: Nigel Bryant

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1993


MON 06:00 Whodunnits (b007jt72)
Colvil and Soames - Series 1

1. In Dominic's Memory

After attending the funeral of an elderly Irish priest – intelligence officers Colvil and Soames get a tip-off that his death has a controversial link...

Starring Christopher Benjamin and Amanda Redman.

Christopher Lee's six-part murder-mystery of the exploits of intelligence officers Henry Colvil and Alex Soames.

Henry Colvil ...... Christopher Benjamin
Alex Soames ...... Amanda Redman
Arthur Guscott ...... Dudley Sutton
Joseph Kutner ...... Stephen Thorne
Mrs Wedlock ...... Colette O’Neil
Monsignor ...... Peter Yapp
Father Dominic Byrne ...... Joseph O’Conor

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1996.


MON 06:30 VI Warshawski (b007jnjn)
Deadlock

1. A Hero's Death

At the funeral of her ice-hockey hero cousin, private eye V I Warshawski gets suspicious.

Was his death really an accident?

Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner.

Dramatised in six-parts by Michelene Wandor.

VI Warshawski …… Kathleen Turner
Lotty …… Eleanor Bron
Bobby Mallory …… William Hootkins
Martin Bledsoe …… James Aubrey
Nils Greyfalk …… Peter Marinker
Paige Carrington …… Teresa Gallagher
Clayton Phillips …… William Roberts

Sara Paretsky has created one of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime-fiction. VI Warshawski is a strong female character in a male-dominated world. She’s comfortable packing heat and trailing nasty suspects, but never loses touch with her basic femininity.

Paretsky says of her Warshawski: "I was troubled by the way women were portrayed in (detective fiction) they always seemed either evil or powerless. I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likeable female private investigator".

Kathleen Turner also starred in the same role in the 1991 film 'VI Warshawski'.

Director: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1993.


MON 07:00 An Invitation to Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey (m000rty2)
1. Delhi

Madhur Jaffrey is a well-known writer and performer, whose work was seminal in introducing Indian and Asian cooking to the USA and UK.

Her first cookbook, An Invitation to Indian Cooking, was an instant hit, in 1973.

By then, Ms Jaffrey was already a Broadway name, living in New York. The Jaffreys' dinner parties were hugely popular, in part because of Madhur’s wonderful cooking, and attended by many celebrities, such as Merchant and Ivory.

She made her name from her family recipes, sent by her mother in letters from home, and their enthusiastic reception culminated in An Invitation to Indian Cooking.

Madhur Jaffrey takes us back to her childhood in Delhi, where her love of food was equalled by her love of acting, with Marlon Brando her cinematic role model.

Madhur Jaffrey …… Archie Panjabi
Ismail Merchant …… Raj Ghatak
Kashmiran Rani (Madhur’s mother) …… Balvinder Sopal
Mrs McKelvie …… Rina Mahoney

Leading dramatist Anjum Malik has used this iconic cookbook to create a drama series charting how the book came about.

Just as importantly, it maps Madhur’s acting career, from her childhood love of acting, through training at RADA, and on to her success in global cinema, winning the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her performance in Shakespeare Wallah, at the 1965 Berlin Film Festival.

Producer: Polly Thomas

A Somethin’ Else production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2021.


MON 07:15 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m0mb2)
1. Trade

Orphaned William Crimsworth is a young man with nothing.

As he sets out to make his way in the world he doesn't want to be indebted to anyone. But running parallel with this need for self-control is the desperate need to love - and be loved in return.

The least-known of Charlotte Bronte's novels: a subtle, ambiguous and unsettling love story, first published in 1857.

Dramatised in ten parts by Rachel Joyce.

William Crimsworth ...... Paul Venables
Edward Crimsworth ...... Jonathan Keeble
Lord Tynedale ...... Gerard McDermott
Mrs Crimsworth ...... Ruth Sillers

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.


MON 07:30 A Month of June (b01jhdgn)
1. Spray the Grass Green

It's 1939 and Lana Garfield is a fading Hollywood star.

Contracted to Tantamount Pictures run by the notoriously difficult and womanising studio head, Al Seltzer. Miss Garfield is writing her autobiography with the assistance of British ghost writer, George Creighton.

But she's shocked when her radio reveals Al intends to axe her contract.

George and his ex-pat cronies take time off from their cocktails and cricket matches to collude with Al's ambitious and glamorous assistant Betty Stevens in exacting an appropriate revenge.

Starring June Whitfield.

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

Lana Garfield ..... June Whitfield
George Creighton ..... David Haig
Al Seltzer ..... Patrick Brennan
Betty Stevens ..... Tracy Wiles
Harry Harcourt-Jones ..... Robert Blythe
Edna Harper ..... Amaka Okafor
Boris Karloff ..... Peter Morfoot

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012


MON 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b00c5rfw)
Series 1

Episode 8

Kenneth Williams' admirers are set to meet, some nautical polari - and it's murder in San Francisco.

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 Radio Cars (m001pm48)
2. A Tasty Motor

Eddie, the 'controller', finds Angela, the new owner of the dodgy car firm very direct - and an attraction starts to grow between them.

Angela unwisely thinks Eddie will be able to offer practical help when her car fails its MOT...

Jennifer Phillips's five-part comedy series set in the offices of a disreputable London cab company.

Starring Harriet Walter and Gary Waldhorn.

Eddie .... Gary Waldhorn
Angela .... Harriet Walter
Mrs Corfton-Browne .... Maxine Audley
Nicco .... Neil Dudgeon
Frenchie .... Terence Edmond
Gringo .... Paul Gregory
Slippy .... Norman Jones
Danny .... Mark Straker
Gordon .... Ian Lindsay
Charles .... Brett Usher
Police Constable ....Alan Barker

Director Richard Wortley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1991.


MON 09:00 The Write Stuff (b01slrsw)
Series 16

Greek Tragedy

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

Team captains John Walsh and Sebastian Faulks, are joined by Mark Billingham and Natalie Haynes.

This focus in this episode is on Greek Tragedy.

Reader: Beth Chalmers

Producer: Alexandra Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013.


MON 09:30 Alison and Maud (b007k377)
Series 2

Beds in the East Are Soft

It's not a guest but Daddy who's not keen on a mattress.

Is a sneaky swap the answer?

Starring Denise Coffey and Miriam Margolyes.

The return of Sue Limb's Bed and Breakfast sitcom about sisters Alison and Maud and their guests at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich.

Alison ...... Denise Coffey
Maud ...... Miriam Margolyes
Father ...... Joss Ackland
Mr Mullett ...... Chris Emmett
Bernard ...... Geoffrey Whitehead

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.


MON 10:00 Emile Zola - La Bete Humaine (m001pm4k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 11:00 Whodunnits (b007jt72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 11:30 VI Warshawski (b007jnjn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 12:00 An Invitation to Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey (m000rty2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 12:15 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m0mb2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 12:30 A Month of June (b01jhdgn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 13:00 Stop Messing About! (b00c5rfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 13:30 Radio Cars (m001pm48)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 14:00 The Write Stuff (b01slrsw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 14:30 Alison and Maud (b007k377)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 15:00 Emile Zola - La Bete Humaine (m001pm4k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 16:00 Whodunnits (b007jt72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 16:30 VI Warshawski (b007jnjn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 17:00 An Invitation to Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey (m000rty2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:15 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m0mb2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 17:30 A Month of June (b01jhdgn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 Stop Messing About! (b00c5rfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 18:30 Radio Cars (m001pm48)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 19:00 The Write Stuff (b01slrsw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 19:30 Alison and Maud (b007k377)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 20:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m0019rgv)
Series 13

Past Tense, Future Perfect

True stories told live in the USA: Meg Bowles introduces stories about moments and memories that mould the future.

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 (b08ltlpf)
Madhur Jaffrey

Indian cookery expert Madhur Jaffrey chooses 'Om Jai Jaggadish Hare' and two different versions of 'My Favourite Things'.


MON 21:00 Mastertapes (b04tj8nt)
Series 4

Noel Gallagher (the A-Side)

'Noel Gallagher's discusses his album High Flying Birds.

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, Noel talks to John Wilson.

In 2009, Noel Gallagher left Oasis – one of the seminal bands of the Britpop era with seven multi-platinum albums including: 'Definitely Maybe', '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' and 'Be Here Now' – which became the fastest selling album in UK chart history.

Two years later Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds also went to Number 1 in the UK with tracks like "Everybody's On the Run", "AKA... What A Life!" and "The Death of You and Me". Praised for its psychedelic tinges and eternal themes of love, loss and hope, it's been described as the best collection of songs "since his Morning Glory days".

With tracks inspired by New Orleans ragtime rhythms and Ennio Morricone-like strings, it put paid to rumours that its creator entered into a state of inertia after the end of Oasis.

Noel Gallagher said of the album: "I won't criticize anything about Oasis because I loved being in that band and I was in charge of it, but there was always the feeling: how will this go down in Wembley, with 70,000 people braying for good times? This time I didn't have to think about that. I've got a guy playing wine glasses on one song, a saw on another. This is not Oasis."

Producer: Paul Kobrak

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2014.


MON 21:30 Murder Most Foul (m001pm51)
Series 2

1. The Wheels of Justice

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

In wartime London, Rachel Dobkin is reported missing by her sister.

A body is found in a south London church.

Can Dr Keith Simpson prove it to be the murdered remains of Mrs Dobkin?

BBC TV's Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross reviews the case and the forensic evidence.

Written by Rib Davis.

Dr Keith Simpson .... Brett Usher
Harold Dobkin .... Ronald Herdman

With:

John Church
Terence Edmond
Joanna Myers
Peter Penry-Jones
John Webb
Ann Windsor
Andrew Wincott
Matthew Sim

Producer: Fiona McLean

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1992.


MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m001pfl2)
Series 79

Episode 5

The nation's favourite wireless entertainment pays a visit to Northampton’s Royal & Derngate Theatre.

Rachel Parris and Milton Jones compete against Fred Macaulay and Sandi Toksvig with Jack Dee in the chair. Colin Sell provides piano accompaniment.

Producer - Jon Naismith.

It is a BBC Studios production.


MON 22:30 And Now in Colour (b00804kc)
Series 2

Astronaut Training

The sketch show team take the audience to Nevada for astronaut selection by NASA.

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 February 1991.


MON 23:00 Dom Joly Breaks the News (m001pfq4)
The third of our satirical specials this summer. In a topical mash-up of prank calls, interviews and features, Dom Joly offers his mischievously surreal take on the people and stories that are hitting the week's headlines.

As Dom attempts to get to the bottom of the biggest stories of the week, he challenges experts and makes calls to the wrong people about the wrong thing, often at the wrong time.

Best known for Trigger Happy TV, which reinvented the hidden camera format, Dom actually has a degree in politics and is a former diplomat. He once stood against Alan Clarke in the 1997 general election. So make no mistake, in Dom Joly Breaks the News, Dom’s asking serious questions about that week's actual news. He just wonders whether approaching things from a slightly different angle might give us more interesting answers.


Presenter – Dom Joly
Producers – Alison Vernon-Smith and Julian Mayers
A Yada-Yada Audio production for BBC Radio 4


MON 23:30 Concrete Cow (b0076jz1)
Series 1

Episode 5

Dr Watson battles Sherlock Holmes at Cluedo, Chambers, Collins and Roget play scrabble - and a 2,000 year old mummy goes to the wrong address.

Sketch show relying on a mixture of words, actors, jokes and noises all done in the right order.

Starring:

Olivia Colman
Robert Webb
Sally Hawkins
Steven Kynman
Chris Pavlo

Written by James Cary, Sally Hawkins, Catherine Shepherd, Jon Holmes and Adam Bromley.

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2002.

TUESDAY 15 AUGUST 2023

TUE 00:00 Emile Zola - La Bete Humaine (m001pm4k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Whodunnits (b007jt72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 VI Warshawski (b007jnjn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 An Invitation to Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey (m000rty2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m0mb2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 A Month of June (b01jhdgn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Stop Messing About! (b00c5rfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]


TUE 03:30 Radio Cars (m001pm48)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 The Write Stuff (b01slrsw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Alison and Maud (b007k377)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Emile Zola - La Bete Humaine (m001pm5n)
2. The Murder

Following the murder of Grandmorin, the wrong man is arrested and then the killer Roubaud encourages his wife to spend time in Paris with 'the beast' Jacques Lantier.

Emile Zola's brooding and intense classic thriller is dramatised in three parts by Sally Hedges

With Michael Maloney as Jacques
Martin Head as Roubaud
and Imogen Stubbs as Severine

Jacques .... Michael Maloney
Roubaud .... Martin Head
Severine .... Imogen Stubbs
Denizet .... Simon Carter
Camy-Lamotte .... Roger Hume
Cabuche .... David Lloyd
Pecqueux .... Peter Meakin
Denizet .... Simon Carter
Camy-Lamotte .... Roger Hume
Cabuche .... David Lloyd
Pecqueux .... Peter Meakin
with Andy Hockley, Sheila Kelley, Jonathan Wyatt, Richard Mitchley and Gerry Hinks

Music composed by Barrington Pheloung

Director Nigel Bryant

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1993.


TUE 06:00 Whodunnits (m000zmfw)
Colvil and Soames - Series 1

2. The Penitent

Probing the mysterious death of Father Dominic, intelligence officers Colvil and Soames uncover some links to his past...

Starring Christopher Benjamin and Amanda Redman.

Christopher Lee's murder-mystery series about the exploits of intelligence officers Henry Colvil and Alex Soames.

Henry Colvil ...... Christopher Benjamin
Alex Soames ...... Amanda Redman
Arthur Guscott ...... Dudley Sutton
Joseph Kutner ...... Stephen Thorne
Mrs Wedlock ...... Colette O’Neil
Monsignor ...... Peter Yapp
Roger Brown ...... Neil McCaul
Father Dominic Byrne ...... Joseph O’Conor

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1996.


TUE 06:30 VI Warshawski (b007jnk5)
Deadlock

2. Down the Hatches

Private eye VI Warshawski's dead cousin "Boom Boom" knew too much about something.

His apartment is burgled, leading to another murder...

Kathleen Turner stars in Sara Paretsky's thriller.

Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.

VI Warshawski …… Kathleen Turner
Bobby Mallory …… William Hootkins
Murray …… Kerry Shale
Martin Bledsoe …… James Aubrey
Paige Carrington …… Teresa Gallagher
Captain Bemis …… William Dufris
Clayton Phillips …… William Roberts
Janet …… Jill Graham
Mike Sheridan …… Keith Drinkel
Margolis …… David Holt
Mrs Kelvin …… Sandra James Young
Theatre Director …… Linda Polan

Director: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1993.


TUE 07:00 An Invitation to Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey (m000rw2k)
2. London

Madhur Jaffrey goes to London in 1965, winning a scholarship to RADA.

She loves acting but is homesick, and very underwhelmed by pallid English food. She starts cooking at her digs, following her mother’s hand written recipes.

Madhur Jaffrey is a well-known writer and performer, whose work was seminal in introducing Indian and Asian cooking to the USA and UK.

Her first cookbook, An Invitation to Indian Cooking, was an instant hit, in 1973.

By then, Ms Jaffrey was already a Broadway name, living in New York. The Jaffreys' dinner parties were hugely popular, in part because of Madhur’s wonderful cooking, and attended by many celebrities, such as Merchant and Ivory. She made her name from her family recipes, sent by her mother in letters from home, and their enthusiastic reception culminated in An Invitation to Indian Cooking.

Dramattised by Anjum Malik.

Madhur Jaffrey …… Archie Panjabi
Ismail Merchant …… Raj Ghatak
Kashmiran Rani (Madhur’s mother) …… Balvinder Sopal
Fiona Jones/Bianche Go …… Rina Mahoney

Producer: Polly Thomas.

A Somethin’ Else production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2021.


TUE 07:15 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m0wn2)
2. Freedom

Eschewing his aristocratic background, Crimsworth has rejected aid from his mother's family and is now working as clerk to his brother.

But all is not well...

The least-known of Charlotte Bronte's novels: a subtle, ambiguous and unsettling love story.

Dramatised iby Rachel Joyce.

William Crimsworth ...... Paul Venables
Edward Crimsworth ...... Jonathan Keeble
Lord Tynedale ...... Gerard McDermott
Mrs Crimsworth ...... Ruth Sillers

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.


TUE 07:30 Bad Salsa (b06ts66c)
Series 2

What Happens at Salsa...

The return of the sitcom about three women who embrace the world of salsa while adjusting to life after cancer.

Jill has left her husband and son to live at her new boyfriends' parent's house, Camille is planning a huge life change and Chippy has a new live-in wannabe step-father in the shape of Gordon from their salsa class.

In the first episode Camille is still with Marco and reveals their plan to start a new life together, Jill is struggling with jealousy and living with Tim's parents, Chippy discovers what Tinder can bring and Gordon takes advantage of the opportunities his new salsa role offers.

The series is not about cancer, but about life after cancer, how you cope the changes in your outlook, your desires and your expectations.

It's also about how other people cope with the change in you.

Written by Kay Stonham.

Chippy ..... Sharon Rooney
Jill ..... Natasha Little
Terri ..... Camille Coduri
Marco ..... Derek Elroy
Gordon ..... Andrew Obeney
Georgie ..... Emily Chase
Joel ..... Joe Johnsey
Tim ..... Matt Houlihan
Marnie ..... Jessica Turner

Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2016.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jxnb)
Series 9

Childe Harolde Rewarde

Neddie Seagoon searches for Excalibur and ends up "in the drink".

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 (m001pmds)
3. Polling Day and Bonfire Night

It is polling day and Bonfire Night, and love is in the air.

Votes for the next entertainment secretary have been secured through questionable tactics.

When the result is declared, winner takes all - or does he?

Starring Tom Bell and Colin Welland.

Comedy drama series 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
Wagstaff .... Malcolm Hebden
Gert .... Ann Rye
Father Noah .... Geoffrey Banks
Sarah Stranks ... Alison Darling
Honest Joe .... David Frederickson
Zak .... Michael Begley
Noreen Knowles .... Gillian Jephcott

Singing by the Colne Male Voice Choir.

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1999.


TUE 09:00 Who Goes There? (b00766zc)
Series 6

Episode 3

Martin Young chairs the biographical quiz show about the noteworthy and notorious.

Tackling the biographical teasers are team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego.

With guests:

Geoffrey Durham
Jenny Colgan

Teams 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 (b01m8511)
Series 10

Rules of Engagement

With her daughter Emily getting married,, Victoria finally has the perfect opportunity to upstage her younger sister Charlotte.

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

Anna ...... Rosemary Leach
Victoria ...... Angela Thorne
Charlotte ...... Celia Imrie
Eddie ...... James Greene
Mrs Pinchbeck ...... Sheila Mitchell
Vicar. ...... Richard Syms

Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Written and produced by Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.


TUE 10:00 Emile Zola - La Bete Humaine (m001pm5n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 11:00 Whodunnits (m000zmfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 11:30 VI Warshawski (b007jnk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 12:00 An Invitation to Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey (m000rw2k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 12:15 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m0wn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 12:30 Bad Salsa (b06ts66c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b007jxnb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 13:30 Jerusalem (m001pmds)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 14:00 Who Goes There? (b00766zc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 14:30 No Commitments (b01m8511)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 15:00 Emile Zola - La Bete Humaine (m001pm5n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 16:00 Whodunnits (m000zmfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 16:30 VI Warshawski (b007jnk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 17:00 An Invitation to Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey (m000rw2k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:15 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m0wn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 17:30 Bad Salsa (b06ts66c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b007jxnb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 18:30 Jerusalem (m001pmds)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 19:00 Who Goes There? (b00766zc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 19:30 No Commitments (b01m8511)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m001pmf2)
Series 9

Audacious Solutions

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

Manoush Zomorodi talks to experts using data and common sense to change laws and environmental protection for the better.

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


TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (b08frrg9)
Tom Chaplin

Keane's lead singer Tom Chaplin chooses Simon & Garfunkel's 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' and The Divine Comedy's 'Charmed Life'.


TUE 21:00 Mastertapes (b04tjf5g)
Series 4

Noel Gallagher (the B-Side)

Following on from the A-side of this two-part programme, the audience ask Noel Gallagher about High Flying Birds', his first studio album since leaving Oasis,

With John Wilson at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios in London.

Noel also performs acoustic live versions of some of the tracks from the album and looks forward to his next musical project "Chasing Yesterday".

Producer: Paul Kobrak

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2014.


TUE 21:30 Murder Most Foul (m001pmfc)
Series 2

2. Bullets and Ballistics

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

In 1927, PC George Gutteridge is found shot dead in a country lane and two suspects are arrested.

But can forensic evidence prove that the guns in their possession were the ones that shot the murdered policeman?

BBC TV's Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross reviews the case and the forensic evidence.

Written by Frederick Bradnum.

DCI Berrett .... Terence Edmond
Fred Browne .... David Learner
William Kennedy .... Eric Allen

With:

Ronald Herdman
Peter Penry-Jones
Matthew Sim
Mark Straker
Theresa Streatfeild
Ian Swann

Producer: Matt Thompson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1992.


TUE 22:00 The Ultimate Choice (m001jsk1)
Series 1

Episode 3: Eel Girl v The Incredible Moth

Steph McGovern heads to Newcastle to ask some seriously funny minds for their 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 Scott Bennett and Josie Long.

Host: Steph McGovern
Guests: Scott Bennett and Josie Long
Devised and written by Jon Harvey & Joseph Morpurgo
With additional material from Laura Major
Researcher: Leah Marks
Recorded and mixed by David Thomas
Producer: Jon Harvey
Executive Producers: Ed Morrish and Polly Thomas

Photo: Carolyn Mendelsohn

A Naked production for BBC Radio 4.


TUE 22:30 Wondermentalist Cabaret (b01lstsm)
Edinburgh Special

Comedy, bonhomie, poetry, music and audience creativity in the company of Matt Harvey and guests.

The slightly interactive, comedy-infused poetry cabaret.

From the 2012 Edinburgh Festival.

Showcasing Matt Harvey's peerless poetry.

With his nemesis, side-kick and one man house band, Jerri Hart,

Plus peerless guest poets:

Kate Fox
Elvis McGonagall

Like luxury muesli, Wondermentalism is a faith that contains sparkly, shiny multigrains of truth, wit, wisdom and laughter. Vitamin supplements for the soul.

Producer: Mark Smalley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.


TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001pv9w)
Louise Young 1/1

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Rob Deering talks to Louise Young.


TUE 23:00 Damien Slash (m0001rjw)
The Damien Slash Mixtape. Series 2

Episode 3

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? (b0076qq2)
Series 2

The Legend of Billy Buckethead

An investigation into the phenomena of bucket-wearing, sweeping the globe.

Written by and starring Simon Munnery.

With:

Kevin Eldon
Sally Phillips

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2005.


TUE 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b007k4g0)
Series 2

Genforce

Back to transform companies in ways they barely understand, the team are working with Genforce - an energy firm with lots to hide.

James Cary’s award-winning sitcom about management consultants.

Ryan ...... Marcus Brigstocke
Sophie ...... Emma Kennedy
Daisy ...... Catherine Shepherd
Owen ...... David Mitchell
Chip ...... Greg Proops
Various ...... Steven Kynman

Music by John Whitehall.

Producer: Adam Bromley.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.

WEDNESDAY 16 AUGUST 2023

WED 00:00 Emile Zola - La Bete Humaine (m001pm5n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Whodunnits (m000zmfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 VI Warshawski (b007jnk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 An Invitation to Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey (m000rw2k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m0wn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 Bad Salsa (b06ts66c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b007jxnb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]


WED 03:30 Jerusalem (m001pmds)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 Who Goes There? (b00766zc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 No Commitments (b01m8511)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Emile Zola - La Bete Humaine (m001pmfs)
3. The Cure

Train driver Jacques finally enters La Croix-de-Maufras - the house he's been avoiding because it's where it all started. He has agreed to Séverine's plan to murder Roubaud but will he be able to go through with it? But if he doesn't kill someone how will the beast within be satisfied?

Emile Zola's classic thriller dramatised in three parts by Sally Hedges

With Michael Maloney as Jacques
Martin Head as Roubaud
and Imogen Stubbs as Séverine

Flore .... Rebecca Wright
Misard .... Jonathan Wyatt
Cabuche .... David Lloyd
Pecqueux .... Peter Meakin
Philomene .... Vikki Chambers
Denizet .... Simon Carter
Camy-Lamotte .... Roger Hume

Music composed by Barrington Pheloung

Director Nigel Bryant

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1993.


WED 06:00 Whodunnits (b007jt7k)
Colvil and Soames - Series 1

3. The Wages of Sin

The late Father Dominic's mother was a Flynn, Mrs Wedlock was a Flynn, and the mysterious confessor was a Flynn.

But is this anything more than coincidence?

Starring Christopher Benjamin and Amanda Redman.

Christopher Lee's six-part murder-mystery of the exploits of intelligence officers Henry Colvil and Alex Soames.

Henry Colvil ...... Christopher Benjamin
Alex Soames ...... Amanda Redman
Arthur Guscott ...... Dudley Sutton
Joseph Kutner ...... Stephen Thorne
Mrs Wedlock ...... Colette O’Neil
Monsignor ...... Peter Yapp
Roger Brown ...... Neil McCaul
Father Williamson ...... Christian Rodska
Father Dominic Byrne ...... Joseph O’Conor

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1996.


WED 06:30 VI Warshawski (b007jnkn)
Deadlock

3. Bedtime Stories

VI Warshawski manages to call Mallory from the hospital - so he can find out who tampered with her car...

Kathleen Turner stars in Sara Paretsky's thriller.

Dramatised by Michelene Wandor

VI Warshawski ...... Kathleen Turner
Lotty Herschel ...... Eleanor Bron
Bobby Mallory ...... William Hootkins
Murray ...... Kerry Shale
Martin Bledsoe ...... James Aubrey
Mike Sheridan ...... Keith Drinkel
Nils Greyfalk ...... Peter Marinker
Paige Carrington ...... Teresa Gallagher
Janine Phillips ...... Shelley Thompson
Janet ...... Jill Graham
Captain Beamis ...... William Dufris
Pierre Bouchard ...... Matthew Morgan
Elsie ...... Melanie Hudson
Nurse ...... Geraldine Fitzgerald

Director: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1993.


WED 07:00 An Invitation to Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey (m000rvk0)
3. New York

Madhur Jaffrey is a well-known writer and performer, whose work was seminal in introducing Indian and Asian cooking to the USA and UK. Her first cookbook, An Invitation to Indian Cooking, was an instant hit, in 1973.

By then, Ms Jaffrey was already a Broadway name, living in New York. The Jaffreys' dinner parties were hugely popular, in part because of Madhur’s wonderful cooking, and attended by many celebrities, such as Merchant and Ivory. She made her name from her family recipes, sent by her mother in letters from home, and their enthusiastic reception culminated in An Invitation to Indian Cooking.

Madhur Jaffrey finds herself in New York, working on Broadway, married and starting a family. She begins a lifelong friendship with Ismail Merchant and together they start to make ambitious plans for the film Shakespeare Wallah.

Madhur Jaffrey …… Archie Panjabi
Ismail Merchant …… Raj Ghatak
Kashmiran Rani (Madhur’s mother) …… Balvinder Sopal

Leading dramatist Anjum Malik has used this iconic cookbook to create a drama series charting how the book came about but, just as importantly, mapping Ms Jaffrey’s acting career, from her childhood love of acting, through training at RADA, and on to her success in global cinema, winning the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her performance in Shakespeare Wallah, at the Berlin Film Festival in 1965.

Produced by Polly Thomas.

A Somethin’ Else production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2021.


WED 07:15 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m0zyn)
3. Belgium

Unable to work any longer for his tyrant of a brother, William has left the mill.

With no job and no prospects, he finds himself in Belgium on Hunsden's advice. But how will he fare?

The least-known of Charlotte Bronte's novels: a subtle, ambiguous and unsettling love story dramatised in ten-parts by Rachel Joyce.

William Crimsworth ...... Paul Venables
Hunsden ...... Shaun Dooley
Pelet ...... Roger May
Brown ...... Harry Myers
Zoraide Reuter ...... Niamh Cusack
Madame Pelet ...... Natasha Pyne

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.


WED 07:30 Dot (b0bgbyjy)
Series 3

London Can Take It

The Prime Minister is preparing to broadcast to the French Resistance and needs urgent help with his French vocab.

Desperate to please, Dot and Millicent embark on a race across London to get to him first when an air raid stops them in their tracks.

But could Dot's resemblance to Vera Lynn give her the upper hand?

Retro adventures with Dot and the gals from personnel in the rollicking Cabinet War Rooms comedy by Ed Harris.

Dot ...... Fenella Woolgar
Millicent ...... Jane Slavin
Myrtle ...... Kate O'Flynn
Peg ...... Freya Parker
Vic ...... Sean Murray
Londoner ...... John Lightbody
Londoner ...... Ryan Whittle
Londoner ...... Lauren Cornelius

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2018.


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007v1p4)
Series 4

Agricultural 'Ancock

The Lad turns farmer - unaware that sneaky Sid's sold him a top cricket ground.

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 February 1957.


WED 08:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b0075nmn)
Series 4

Episode 2

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue discuss children in the workplace and threadbare toffs.

Starring Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens.

With:
Roger Blake
Emma Kennedy
Alistair McGowan
Ronni Ancona

Written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie 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 (m001fvzx)
Series 3

Episode 2

Celebrating the natural world and all its 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 ZSL London Zoo.

In this episode, Sue welcomes:

* Zoologist and Author Lucy Cooke
* Conservationist and Zoologist Megan McCubbin
* Comedian Felicity Ward

Written by Catherine Brinkworth, Jon Hunter, Jenny Laville and Nicky Roberts.
Additional material by Kat Sadler.

Producer Simon Nicholls.

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2022.


WED 09:30 Inside Alan Francis (b00hlf5j)
Episode 1

Comedian Alan Francis explores the workings of his own mind in relation to his life, friends and long-suffering girlfriend Jane.

Alan realises he must have done something wrong to annoy Jane, but can't remember what it is?

With:

Julian Dutton
Barnaby Power
Kali Peacock.

Written by Alan Francis with Julian Dutton, Anthony Neilson and Richard Turner.

Producer Julia McKenzie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009.


WED 10:00 Emile Zola - La Bete Humaine (m001pmfs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 11:00 Whodunnits (b007jt7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 11:30 VI Warshawski (b007jnkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 12:00 An Invitation to Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey (m000rvk0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 12:15 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m0zyn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 12:30 Dot (b0bgbyjy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007v1p4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 13:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b0075nmn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 14:00 Nature Table (m001fvzx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 14:30 Inside Alan Francis (b00hlf5j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 15:00 Emile Zola - La Bete Humaine (m001pmfs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 16:00 Whodunnits (b007jt7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 16:30 VI Warshawski (b007jnkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 17:00 An Invitation to Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey (m000rvk0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 17:15 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m0zyn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 17:30 Dot (b0bgbyjy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007v1p4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 18:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b0075nmn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 19:00 Nature Table (m001fvzx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 19:30 Inside Alan Francis (b00hlf5j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 20:00 Archive on 4 (b07h2v3y)
Pevsner: Through Outsider's Eyes

Tom Dyckhoff goes in search of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, the art historian and perennial outsider who did more than anyone else in recent memory to open our eyes to the art and architecture of Britain.

Pevsner was an arch-classifier - rigorous and systematic - and when he turned his gaze towards architecture he saw not just buildings but a morality play – a story of identity, of imagined pasts and possible futures.

Arguably his greatest achievement - and the one for which he's best remembered - is the Buildings of England series of guidebooks.

For nearly thirty years Pevsner buckled up and took to the highways and by-ways on an obsessive architectural stock take that covered the whole of England, county by county. The 46 volumes he put together combine into a kind of an architectural Domesday Book – the most detailed inventory of British architecture ever published. The Buildings of Scotland and Wales would follow. The series is still on-going, still being revised and updated.

Guidebooks, churches, country houses. Cosy stuff. But there are bigger things at stake when we look back at Pevsner's life and work. It provides a lens through which to view ourselves - and to think about how others see us. And Pevsner may seem like a nostalgic, tweedy figure from a distance, but up close we can see - and hear - someone much more interesting than that.

Sir Nikolaus worked his way to the centre of British society, living through a testing of what it meant to be English and British, during the Second World War. But he never stopped being an outsider.

Featuring writer and cultural historian Ian Buruma; Pevsner's biographer Susie Harries; writer and architect Charles Jencks; David Matless, geographer and author of Landscape and Englishness; media historian Jean Seaton; and Neil Stratford, one-time driver and assistant to Pevsner on three of his journeys for the Buildings of England.

Producer: Martin Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2016.


WED 21:00 What's Funny About ... (m000zsns)
Series 2

1. Ricky Gervais on The Office

Ricky Gervais is the man who created, wrote, directed, and starred in what is, by any metric you’d care to measure it, one of the most influential sitcoms of the 21st century - The Office.

Ricky shares the inside story with TV veterans Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman.

Discover what Ricky's challenges were of getting The Office commissioned and made, and the very real fear that the audience would think it was just another docu-soap, and simply wouldn’t realise it was a sitcom.

Ricky also talks about how he crafted many of the show’s most famous moments and reveals how a combination of Homer Simpson, James Cagney, and a bloke with a pony tail who worked at a temp agency in Reading, all helped inspire the character of David Brent.

What’s Funny About is the series where Peter and Jon 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.

Producer: Owen Braben

An Expectation production for BBC Radio 4 Extra, first broadcast in September 2021.


WED 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (m0005t56)
Series 8

Episode 4

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 week's episode will make you feel like a princess, whether you want it to or not - and you can have that, if you like. And, well... since you ask him for another tale of crossing the ocean by horseback...

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 (b00nw3s1)
Series 2

Heroes and Villains

It's decision time - will Simon De Vere call time on Irwell Cars, and will Dave choose Milan over Lower Broughton Working Men's Club?

The conclusion of the final series of Ian Kershaw’s sitcom, set around a Manchester taxi company.

Mike ...... Paul Loughran
Lind ...... Lesley Sharp
Dave ...... Phil Rowson
Alan ...... Parvez Qadir
Simon De Vere ...... James Quinn
Stevie ...... Suranne Jones
Pat the Butcher ...... Andrew Grose

Producer: Paul Hardy

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.


WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001pv9y)
Matt Hutchinson 1/2

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Rob Deering talks to Matt Hutchinson.


WED 23:00 Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Sexuality (b07z4f1z)
2. What Should We Call Ourselves?

Canadian stand-up Mae Martin is single and ready to mingle regardless of gender.

Mae's looking at how labels might help or hinder people when it comes to defining everyone's sexual identity.

Or is it something that we should be trying to define it at all?

Mae combines wickedly astute social observations with personal references to their own unique upbringing,

A funny, personal look at how millennials are transforming the way that society thinks about sexuality and gender.

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 (b00ctktw)
Episode 4

The master of offbeat musings presents more thoughts, poems, songs and sketches which ponder juicy waterflowers, winking at Orion, hunting for bargains and a naughty delivery from overseas.

Ivor Cutler is aided and abetted by:

Craig Murray-Orr and Alison O'Kill

Producer Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in June 1994.


WED 23:30 Delve Special (b00t3xrt)
Series 1

The Shifton Scandal

Why did a Government Minister support the plan to build London's Third Airport 20 miles north east of Birmingham?

David Lander now attempts to answer that question by examining in detail the sex scandal which rocked the government and caused a sensation in 1982.

Studio production by Stephen Fry, Moray Watson, Jan Ravens and Jack Klaff.

With:

Brenda Bleythn
Mark Arden
Tony Robinson
Stephen Frost
Felicity Montagu

Dramatic reconstruction by:

Peter Wear
Phil Nice
Hilda Schroder
Brett Usher
Colin Starkey

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.