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SATURDAY 01 FEBRUARY 2025
SAT 00:00 Soul Music (b05stg0l)
Series 20
Scarborough Fair
"Tomorrow we're going in search of a song and in search of a dream of England which has travelled right around the world" - Will Parsons
No one can be sure of the true origins of the song Scarborough Fair. It's a melody of mystery, of voices of old, of ancient days. It's travelled through land and time, drawing singers and listeners in where ever they maybe.
For Will Parsons and Guy Hayward it's a song that has inspired a pilgrimage through a landscape that is embodied in the lyrics. Setting off from Whitby Abbey, they journey to Scarborough on foot, sensing the song as they go, learning to sing it, interpreting it in a new way just as thousands of traditional singers have done throughout time.
This too is the landscape of Martin Carthy, the 'father of folk' who has made his home along the Yorkshire coast. It was from this legendary singer that Paul Simon first learnt Scarborough Fair, creating a version that came to represent a generation continuing its journey far and wide, weaving its spell in many different guises, never truly being pinned down.
Decades on Harpist Claire Jones recorded a version of her own. Arranged by her husband, the composer Chris Marshall, hers is a very personal journey through unexpected illness to recovery. Whilst for Mike Masheder it is a song that brings memories of his wife Sally, who approached the journey of life with love and equanimity.
"It can change or stay the same. And the more it changes, the more it stays the same" - Martin Carthy
With expert contribution from Sandra Kerr, musician and lecturer at Newcastle University School of Arts and Culture.
Producer: Nicola Humphries
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2015
SAT 00:30 Farewell Doctor Finlay (b07k0k4m)
2. NHS - the early years
Conclusion of the story of general practice - from the 1950s to the still-troubled present day.
With Dr Margaret McCartney and medical historians and GPs.
The NHS was a huge improvement for the general population, for hospitals and hospital doctors. But it was rather different for GPs as their private fees disappeared and their workload multiplied with all the chronic disease that had previously gone untreated. General practice was under-funded and under-loved.
Scathing reports of dingy, ill-equipped surgeries, along with repeated bouts of GP unrest, finally brought about the Family Doctors Charter in 1966, leading to a much better period of subsidised health centres and staffing.
Modernisation came thick and fast from the late 1980s, with some GPs controversially given budgets to choose services for their patients. Relaxation of the "out of hours" obligation saw practices forming co-operatives to handle evening and weekend calls and, from 2004, the responsibility for providing 24 hour care was removed from GPs entirely.
But unrest has continued, with many training places unfilled, GP posts vacant, and some practices closing altogether.
This final programme explores how the profession evolved into its present state.
Producer: Mike Hally.
A Square Dog Radio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2016.
SAT 01:00 Whodunnits (b00bzgx4)
Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery
5. Steve Takes Over
Steve's acting ability is called for as a notorious counterfeiter heads for London.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson as BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous journalist wife
Faithful remake of a 1949 series never saved in the BBC archives.
Paul Temple …. Crawford Logan
Steve …. Gerda Stevenson
Stella Portland/Stewardess …. Emma Currie
Hubert Greene …. Richard Greenwood
George Kelly …. Robin Laing
Eileen Greene …. Eliza Langland
Moira Portland …. Lucy Paterson
Sir Graham Forbes …. Gareth Thomas
Chris Boyer/Harry …. Nick Underwood
From 1938 to 1968, Paul Temple and wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series.
Sadly, only half of his adventures were kept, but several have been recreated since 2006.
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.
SAT 01:30 Whodunnits (b010nwbj)
Julie Enfield Investigates: Leaves Of The Dead
4. Pyramids In The Spider
Rendered unconscious, detective superintendent Julie Enfield has been injected with a deadly drug.
Are Lawrence Evans and her dad in a position to help?
Imelda Staunton stars as Julie Enfield
Conclusion of Nick Fisher’s atmospheric thriller.
Julie Enfield ...... Imelda Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Stephen Arnold ...... Alex Lowe
Amanda Thorne ...... Janet Maw
Melanie Sharp ...... Colleen Prendergast
Dorothy ...... Shirley Dixon
Phil Carter ...... Christopher Scott
Arthur Morton ...... Stephen Thorne
Richard Baker ...... Ioan Meredith
Sal ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Terry Faulkner ...... Hugh Dickson
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997.
SAT 02:00 Harry Worth (b00r2jxk)
Thirty Minutes Worth
The Holiday
Harry Worth's doctor prescribes him a sunshine holiday.
This series was the amiable, woolly-minded bumbler's return to BBC radio, using the title of his first TV series 20 years before with the same writer.
Starring Harry Worth.
Sitcom written by Vince Powell
With:
Jacqueline Clarke
Charles Collingwood
Julie Higginson
Milton Johns
Produced at BBC Manchester by Mike Craig.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1988.
SAT 02:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00g2gm2)
From 22/02/1971
Trouble at sea, a laughing tax inspector and a right royal surprise.
A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker.
With:
Terence Brady
Pauline Yates
Josephine Gordon
Pianist: Gordon Langford
Written by Terence Brady, John Graham, Allan Scott and Chris Bryant, Gerald Wiley (Ronnie's Barker's pseudonym) and Gordon Langford.
Producer John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1971.
SAT 03:00 Sandi Toksvig's Hygge (m000py9s)
Series 1
Grayson Perry and Sindhu Vee
‘Hygge’ (pronounced hoo-ga) along with ‘tak’ (the word for ‘thank you’ that we learnt from watching Borgen and other Scandi dramas) is one of the few Danish words to have become known to us in the UK.
It’s a word that means comfort, contentment and cherishing the simple pleasures in life. In lifestyle magazines it’s faux fur throws, cups of hot cocoa and scented candles; but to the Danish it has simpler and less commercial roots.
As these cold Winter nights draw in after a difficult year of scant comfort, it feels like we all need some hygge and legendary Dane, Sandi Toksvig, will do her best to bring it to you.
Deep in the Danish countryside in her cosy wood cabin Sandi will explore the concept of hygge and the Danish way of life and welcomes celebrity guests who join her in front of the open fire to explore what brings them hygge.
In this episode, artist Grayson Perry talks about how identity might sometimes need an audience and how hobbies and learning new things can bring deep joy, while comedian Sindhu Vee talks about her children's part Indian and part Danish upbringing and how she has come to understand the Danish philosophy.
Additional material from Simon Alcock and Charlie Dinkin.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2020.
SAT 03:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027d9g)
5. The Mozart Express
Tom Ripley is not convinced that Jonathan will be up to the second 'job', aboard the Mozart Express.
One of the most outrageous characters in modern crime-fiction, con artist and murderer Tom Ripley, pits his wits against his adversaries.
Patricia Highsmith's psychological crime-thriller.
Abridged by Neville Teller.
Read by Stanley Tucci.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004
SAT 03:45 Curious Under the Stars (m000q8n7)
Series 11: The Writer
5. Who Are You?
Ghosts and mythical creatures come alive to help in the search for the two missing children - and Gareth confronts the writer in his caravan.
The last ever episode of the magical drama set in Glan Don, a mysterious village perched on the wild Welsh coast.
Starring Elis James, Emma Sidi and Ifan Huw Dafydd.
Curious Under the Stars was created by writer Meic Povey, who breathed life into the magical village of Glan Don in 2015.
After his death in 2017, writers Annamaria Murphy and Alan Harris have continued to chart the courses of Gareth, Diane and a host of mythic characters.
Gareth.... Elis James
Diane.... Emma Sidi
Emlyn..... Ifan Huw Dafydd
Megan.... Aimee Ffion Edwards
Matty.... Siw Hughes
Gwynn.... Matthew Gravelle
Anwen.... Juno Robinson
Written by Annamaria Murphy.
Director: James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2020.
SAT 04:00 The Motion Show (b0075ryv)
Series 1
Episode 5
Everyone should have a therapist - and is it only sad people who have pets?
Dr Phil Hammond watches over proceedings in the quirky debating game.
With:
Clive Coleman
Rhona Cameron
Niall Ashdown
John Maloney
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.
SAT 04:30 1834 (b011vffj)
London
Trapped in 19th-century Macclesfield, bored 21st-century Jason Slater heads to London, but is waylaid by a mint-popping highwayman...
Jason is now Tarquin, the third son of Lord Belport with his faithful valet, Ned.
Jim Poyser's riotous comedy of transportation and delight.
Jason Slater ...... Michael Begley
Ned ...... Joe Caffrey
Hoskins ...... Kenneth Alan Taylor
Lord Belport ...... Mark Chatterton
Millicent ...... Julia Rounthwaite
Henry ...... James Nickerson
Highwayman ...... Toby Hadoke
Duke of Cranmere ...... John Craig
Directed at BBC Manchester by Polly Thomas.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003.
SAT 05:00 Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis (b007jqzy)
2. Good Advice?
Zorba returns to Crete to find that Nikos has told the widow Hortense that Zorba will marry her.
Zorba avoids the problem by hurling himself into the construction of a novel means of transportation that he assures Nikos will earn them a fortune...
Starring Robert Stephens and Michael Maloney.
Conclusion of Nikos Kazantzakis's celebrated Greek novel.
Dramatised by Nick McCarty.
Zorba …… Robert Stephens
Nikos …… Michael Maloney
Hortense …… Mary Wimbush
Mavrondoni …… Terry Molloy
Mimiko …… Dominic Taylor
Zacharias …… Roger Hume
Andonis …… Peter Meakin
Father Demetrios …… Paul Webster
Mourner …… Hedli Niklaus
Girl …… Judy Bennett
Widow …… Marian Kemmer
Producer: Phillip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993.
SAT 06:00 Silver by Jonathan Smith (m0027kyt)
WE Henley was a one-legged Gloucestershire poet and eccentric.
When he visited Edinburgh for an operation in 1874, he struck up an immediate and robust friendship with the more effete novelist, RL Stevenson.
It was a friendship that was to survive many storms - including Stevenson's thinly disguised portrait of Henley as Long John Silver in his adventure novel, ‘Treasure Island’.
Starring Bill Paterson and John Franklyn-Robbin.
Written by Jonathan Smith.
Robert Louis Stevenson .... Bill Paterson
W E Henley .... John Franklyn-Robbins
Fanny .... Maureen O'Brien
Katherine .... Joanne Mackie
Joseph Lister .... Bill Wallis
Leslie Stephen .... Peter Copley
Sister .... Eva Stuart
Nurse .... Marcia King
Lloyd .... John Bolton
Director: Shaun McLoughlin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1989.
SAT 07:30 Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus) (m0027kyw)
Helena Attlee first heard Lev’s violin played at a small music festival in Wales.
The music being played was Klezmer, Jewish music from Eastern Europe. It blew her right off her feet.
The violinist said he’d been told the instrument came from Cremona, the heart of violin making in Italy, home to Antonio Stradivarius.
Helena sets off on a quest to find out where it was actually made. She travels to Cremona, to the Italian forests where the Alpine spruce grows, and the timbers come down by river.
She tries to find out if it might have been a “church violin” played in the great cathedrals and palaces of the Popes and the Medicis, and how it got to Russia where it was bought by Lev from a Roma musician, perhaps via the Nazi confiscation and sale of violins belonging to Jewish musicians.
Finally a dendrochronology test reveals its true origins.
Omnibus of five parts written by Helena Attlee.
Read by Fenella Woolgar
Producer: Celia de Wolff
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.
SAT 08:40 Inheritance Tracks (b072rsxt)
Rob Brydon
Actor and comedian Rob Brydon chooses 'You Are My Sunshine' by Bing Crosby and 'That's Why I'm Here' by James Taylor.
SAT 08:45 More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood (m0027kyy)
4. Cricket Ahoy
The Empire-adoring cricket-loving Brigadier is made to go on a cruise by his wife - but ends up on a cricket pilgrimage instead.
Another of Peter Tinniswood's cricket tales.
Read by Robin Bailey, as the acerbic Empire-adoring Brigadier.
Abridged for radio by the author.
Producer: Tony Cliff
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1982.
SAT 09:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jphs)
A Problem Shared
The blundering bureaucrats get in a jam over traffic - and an agony aunt...
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.
Lennox-Brown …. Deryck Guyler
Lamb …. Richard Murdoch
Mildred/Miss Winterbottom …. Norma Ronald
Sir Gregory Pitkin …. Ronald Baddiley
News Reader …. Bryan Martin
'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in July 1976.
SAT 09:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k1jm)
My Stag Movie, part 2/2
The veteran auditionee exposes more of his film-making exploits.
Did he ever hit the big screen?
J Kingston Platt is the doyen of British showbusiness.
He's ready to share a final burst of reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his experience from the past 40 years.
Performed and written by Peter Jones.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1986.
SAT 10:00 Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family (m0007yfn)
2. Mementos & Henry
Isy Suttie is back in Derbyshire, the home of her teenage years as she continues ambling through the radio archives to celebrate family life and growing up.
On her travels we hear contributions from her close friends along with some classic BBC comedy.
In the second of three programmes, Isy features:
‘THE SHOE BOX OF MEMORIES’
The concluding part of a programme where Isy searches through a shoe box of special items recalling her teenage adventures in Matlock, evoking bitter sweet memories of her journey to adulthood. With friends Hannah and Caroline she then visits the town to reminisce.
‘AFTER HENRY'
‘Mr Right’ - a classic episode from the popular 1980's sitcom about three generations of women in one family
Starring Prunella Scales.
Producer: Stephen Garner.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2015.
SAT 11:00 Silver by Jonathan Smith (m0027kyt)
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SAT 12:30 Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus) (m0027kyw)
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07:30 today]
SAT 13:40 Inheritance Tracks (b072rsxt)
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SAT 13:45 More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood (m0027kyy)
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SAT 14:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jphs)
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09:00 today]
SAT 14:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k1jm)
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SAT 15:00 Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family (m0007yfn)
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SAT 16:00 Culture by Al Smith (m000xdpd)
With increasing numbers of infections becoming drug resistant - Al Smith's dystopian play takes a step into the near future.
Anna is a doctor working in infectious diseases and is forced everyday to help decide whether a patient should receive treatment - or not.
But what happens when the judgement is wrong?
Written by Al Smith
Scientific Advisor ...... Dr Claas Kirchhelle
Anna ...... Pippa Nixon
Ned ...... David Calder
Maria ...... Olivia Popica
Shireen ...... Chetna Pandya
Quartermaster ...... Philip Fox
Celine ...... Sarah Ridgeway
Tom ...... Tom Forrister
Bailiff ...... Emilio Doorgasingh
Culture was developed through the Wellcome Trust Experimental Stories scheme.
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2017.
SAT 16:45 Above The World by Ramsay Campbell (m000g52p)
A man visits the mountainous Lake District location he used to go to with his ex-wife.
It’s also the spot where she and her new husband died during a later visit...
Sean Barrett reads Ramsey Campbell’s eerie tale.
Producer: Mitch Raper
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.
SAT 17:00 Silver by Jonathan Smith (m0027kyt)
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SAT 18:30 Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus) (m0027kyw)
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SAT 19:40 Inheritance Tracks (b072rsxt)
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SAT 19:45 More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood (m0027kyy)
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SAT 20:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jphs)
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09:00 today]
SAT 20:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k1jm)
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SAT 21:00 Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family (m0007yfn)
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SAT 22:00 The Shuttleworths (b01ms352)
Series 4
Chrome Alone
Singer/songwriter John Shuttleworth invites sole agent and next door neighbour Ken Worthington round to his lounge to listen to his new stereo system.
He's positioned an easy chair centrally between the speakers so Ken receives the full stereo effect and prepares to play a medley of his best songs to date.
However, something strange is about to take place...
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003.
SAT 22:15 Tim Key's Poetry Programme (b03pjfj7)
Series 2
Magic
Tim Key jettisons his poems in favour of magic.
He's assisted by a glamorous assistant in a sequin dress called Emerald, much to the annoyance of his guitarist Tom Basden.
Written and presented by Tim Key.
With Tom Basden and Diane Morgan
Producer: James Robinson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
SAT 22:30 Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music (b0076yqv)
Series 3
Episode 1
Mitch attempts to break America, but is refused entry at the border for violations of the Patriot Act concerning songs mocking Dubya Bush and US foreign policy.
So he’s forced to play a gig in Moosebutt, Canada.
Highlights include a ballad from an X-Factor hopeful and the truth behind Franz Ferdinand's musical inspiration.
Mitch Benn returns with a series of music and comedy.
He's joined by Morrissey-obsessive Robin Ince and the Distractions.
With:
Kirsty Newton
Craig Campbell
Jane Perry
Tasha Baylis
Producer: Adam Bromley.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006.
SAT 23:00 My Teenage Diary (b07hfwrm)
Series 7
Samira Ahmed
Journalist Samira Ahmed reads from her teenage diaries penned in 1980s London.
It was a time when she was obsessed with school work, Dallas and learning to drive.
She discusses her formative years with Rufus Hound.
Producer: Harriet Jaine.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2016.
SAT 23:30 Chain Reaction (b00kwf75)
Series 1
Jimmy Carr Interviews Matt Lucas
Deadpan comedian, Jimmy Carr interviews 'Little Britain' funny man, Matt Lucas.
This is the tag talk show series where the guest turns interviewer in the next show.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005.
SUNDAY 02 FEBRUARY 2025
SUN 00:00 Culture by Al Smith (m000xdpd)
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16:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:45 Above The World by Ramsay Campbell (m000g52p)
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16:45 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Silver by Jonathan Smith (m0027kyt)
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06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus) (m0027kyw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:40 Inheritance Tracks (b072rsxt)
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08:40 on Saturday]
SUN 03:45 More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood (m0027kyy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:45 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jphs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k1jm)
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09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family (m0007yfn)
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10:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0027l6w)
Brit Award Winners
Adele
Singer and songwriter Adele is castaway by Lauren Laverne.
Adele is a singer and songwriter who has achieved record-breaking sales and global recognition for her four albums which document her life from the age of 19 onwards.
Her cache of awards includes 15 Grammys and nine BRITs. She also won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for the James Bond theme Skyfall which she co-wrote.
She was born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins in London in 1988. In 2002 she won a place at the BRIT School for Performing Arts where she studied music and developed her performing and song writing skills. In her final year a friend posted her three-song demo online which attracted the attention of several record companies.
In 2006 Adele signed to XL Recordings and the following year she released her first single, Hometown Glory. In 2008 she released her debut album, 19, and the following year she won Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Her next two albums 21 and 25 consolidated her superstar status. In 2013 she was appointed an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to music. Adele’s fourth album, 30, was released in 2021. The songs addressed how she was adjusting to life post-divorce and her feelings about her new role as a co-parent.
Adele lives in Los Angeles with her son.
DISC ONE: Roam by The B-52's
DISC TWO: Dreams by Gabrielle
DISC THREE: Need Somebody by Shola Ama
DISC FOUR: He Needs Me by Nina Simone
DISC FIVE: Bills Bills Bills by Destiny’s Child
DISC SIX: I’d Rather Go Blind by Etta James
DISC SEVEN: Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
DISC EIGHT: For All We Know by Donny Hathaway
BOOK CHOICE: The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
LUXURY ITEM: A self-inflating mattress
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Dreams by Gabrielle
Producer: Paula McGinley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2022.
SUN 06:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00pf12c)
Series 1
Monstrous Flowers
Deep in the steamy forests of Sumatra, the largest flowers in the world bloom, albeit for under a week.
Sir David asks - why are they so big?
Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world.
Producer: Julian Hector
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009.
SUN 07:00 Poetry Extra (m0027l6z)
The Echo Chamber - James Fenton
Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects The Echo Chamber - James Fenton.
Paul Farley meets the poet James Fenton who has, in his varied life, also been a war reporter, a gardener and and a lyricist.
He received the Pen Pinter prize in 2015 for his writing.
His poems of exile, emigration and conflict written over 40 years of travelling into assorted bad lands remain extraordinarily telling documents.
Producer: Tim Dee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.
Plus, Daljit reads from a recently published Poetry Extra Book of the Month: Skeletons by Deborah Landau.
SUN 07:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus) (m0027l71)
Episode 1
Con artist and murderer Tom Ripley pits his wits against dangerous adversaries in a genteel part of France.
Patricia Highsmith's psychological crime-thriller.
Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes abridged by Neville Teller.
Read by Stanley Tucci.
Producer: Duncan Minshul
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
SUN 08:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0027l74)
Luke Evans
Actor Luke Evans picks ‘Saturday Night At The Movies’ by The Drifters and Roberta Flack’s ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’.
SUN 08:50 Curious Under the Stars (m0027l76)
Series 11 Omnibus: The Writer
Emlyn enlists Gareth in a gruesome task, and Diane and Megan prepare the caravan for the arrival of a mysterious guest.
Final series of the magical drama set in Glan Don, a mysterious village perched on the wild Welsh coast.
Starring Elis James, Emma Sidi and Ifan Huw Dafydd.
Curious Under the Stars was created by writer Meic Povey, who breathed life into the magical village of Glan Don in 2015.
After his death in 2017, writers Annamaria Murphy and Alan Harris have continued to chart the courses of Gareth, Diane and a host of mythic characters.
Omnibus of five episodes written by Annamaria Murphy.
Gareth .... Elis James
Diane .... Emma Sidi
Emlyn .... Ifan Huw Dafydd
Megan .... Aimee Ffion Edwards
Gwynn .... Matthew Gravelle
Anwen .... Juno Robinson
Matty .... Siw Hughes
Director: James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2020.
SUN 10:00 Frankie Howerd (b007jmtr)
Series 2
Episode 2
Unionist - and magnet for women...
Francis Howerd takes a comic look back through his eventful life and illustrious career, from soup to nuts.
Ooh! No! Missus….
Written by David McKellar and David Nobbs.
With:
June Whitfield
Ray Fell
Michael Kilgarriff
Music by the Bill McGuffie Quartet.
Producer: David Hatch.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1973.
SUN 10:30 Take It From Here (b011klyp)
From 03/12/1953
There's listener confusion over June Whitfield and Alma Cogan - and 'The Glums' are hard up.
Long-running classic comedy written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
Starring:
Professor Jimmy Edwards
Dick Bentley
Wallas Eaton
Alma Cogan
June Whitfield
Herbert Mostyn – a bit-part persona adopted, when necessary, by both Frank and Denis.
Music from The Keynotes and the Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1953.
SUN 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0027l6w)
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SUN 11:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00pf12c)
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SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m0027l6z)
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SUN 12:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus) (m0027l71)
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SUN 13:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0027l74)
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SUN 13:50 Curious Under the Stars (m0027l76)
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SUN 15:00 Frankie Howerd (b007jmtr)
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SUN 15:30 Take It From Here (b011klyp)
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SUN 16:00 Fear on 4 (b007jm5g)
Series 1
Every Detail But One
A sinister voice sparks a trail of terror for Jenny.
The Man in Black sets the sinister scene…
Starring Helena Breck.
Another nerve-tingler from Fear on 4.
Written by Bert Coules.
Jenny …. Helena Breck
Lesley …. Karen Archer
Hazel/Voice …. Victoria Carling
Jonathan …. Paul Gregory
Policeman …. Brian Hewlett
Ambulanceman …. Anthony Jackson
Mother …. Diana Olsson
Tim …. John Samson
The Man in Black …. Edward de Souza
Director: Gerry Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1988.
SUN 16:30 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007jv49)
5. The Antarctican
The struggle at the South Pole continues.
Having witnessed the destruction of the Ellsworth Research Centre and the death of several of their colleagues, the survivors prepare to flee...
Conclusion of Simon Bovey's 5-part sci-fi thriller set in 2015.
Bowers …. Tim McMullan
Commander Taft …. Tom Mannion
Max Bellingfield …. Stuart McLoughlin
Anaya …. Ndidi Del Fatti
Deborah …. Helen Longworth
Director: Marc Beeby
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005.
SUN 17:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0027l6w)
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SUN 17:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00pf12c)
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SUN 18:00 Poetry Extra (m0027l6z)
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SUN 18:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus) (m0027l71)
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SUN 19:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0027l74)
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SUN 19:50 Curious Under the Stars (m0027l76)
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SUN 21:00 Frankie Howerd (b007jmtr)
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SUN 21:30 Take It From Here (b011klyp)
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SUN 22:00 The Iguanodon (b0075cbr)
Away and Slightly to the Left
Sam Varley is looking for a lift back to the mainland when his boat is wrecked in a storm.
Mr Brook is looking for an unforgettable adventure at sea, after a lifetime in custards.
Neither of them get quite what they're expecting on a boat called 'The Iguanodon'...
Three-part comedy adventure by Paul Lucas.
Sam Varley ...... Paul Haigh
Mr Brook ...... Bernard Cribbins
Don O'Reilly ...... Dermot Crowley
Isabel ...... Rosemary Leach
The Captain ...... John Arthur
Laura ...... Sally Phillips
Harriet ...... Patsy Byrne
Producer: Jo Clegg
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.
SUN 22:30 Electric Ink (b01kkqc9)
Series 2
Episode 6
Maddox's future is uncertain as a rather shady character plans to buy the newspaper.
Starring John Sessions and Alex Jennings.
Old hacks meet new media in this satire set in the changing world of the struggling newspaper industry.
Written by Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson.
Maddox ..... John Sessions
Oliver ..... Alex Jennings
Freddy ..... Stephen Wight
Carol ..... Polly Frame
Masha ..... Debbie Chazen
Andrei Zinoviev ..... Ewan Bailey
Steward ..... Adeel Akhtar
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2011.
SUN 23:00 Lobby Land (m00070zk)
Series 2
Risky Business
As Boris enters Number 10 and Britain melts in a heat-wave, the Hot Takes journalists follow the only reasonable course of action.
They hole up at home and turn off the news.
Can the peace last?
Sam Peakes ...... Yasmine Akram
Tom Shriver MP ...... Charlie Higson
Mia Phillips ...... Cariad Lloyd
Gideon Burnside ...... Dan Tetsell
Nathan Edmonds ...... Daniel Lawrence Taylor
Written by Jon Harvey, Christopher Davies and Sarah Dempster.
With additional material by Laura Major and Dan Tetsell
Producer: Jon Harvey
A Naked production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2019.
SUN 23:30 Rigor Mortis (b00b3hjt)
Series 2
Episode 2
A total lack of corpses sparks a dry spell in the pathology lab.
Starring Peter Davison.
Laurence Howarth's black comedy set in the world of the pathology lab.
Anthony Webster …. Peter Davison
Ruth Anderson …. Matilda Ziegler
Professor Donaldson …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Graham …. Tom Price
Chloe …. Marianne Levy
With Gus Brown.
Music by Paul Mottram and Stephanie Benavente.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.
MONDAY 03 FEBRUARY 2025
MON 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jm5g)
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MON 00:30 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007jv49)
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MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0027l6w)
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MON 01:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00pf12c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Poetry Extra (m0027l6z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus) (m0027l71)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0027l74)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:40 on Sunday]
MON 03:50 Curious Under the Stars (m0027l76)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:50 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Frankie Howerd (b007jmtr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Take It From Here (b011klyp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Whodunnits (b00c1q5v)
Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery
6. Just A Red Herring
Despite her best efforts, Steve's in big trouble - and Paul is led to a high-speed powerboat on the River Thames.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson as BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous journalist wife
Faithful remake of a 1949 series never saved in the BBC archives.
Written by Francis Durbridge.
Paul Temple …. Crawford Logan
Steve …. Gerda Stevenson
Stella Portland …. Emma Currie
Don Alfaro …. Jimmy Chisholm
Hubert Greene …. Richard Greenwood
George Kelly/Bennett …. Robin Laing
Inspector Vosper …. Michael MacKenzie
Moira Portland …. Lucy Paterson
Dr Elzec/Charlie/Sergeant Finlay …. Greg Powrie
Sir Graham Forbes …. Gareth Thomas
Chris Boyer/Harry …. Nick Underwood
From 1938 to 1968, Paul Temple and wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series.
Sadly, only half of his adventures were kept, but several have been recreated since 2006.
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.
MON 06:30 The Rivals (b03b2g2b)
Series 2
1. Professor SFX Van Dusen: The Problem of the Superfluous Finger
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Now he has a chance to get his own back, with more tales of Holmes' rivals.
He begins with his collaboration with "The Thinking Machine" Professor SFX Van Dusen, trying to solve a strange case involving self-mutilation.
Starring Tim Pigott-Smith and Paul Rhys.
Written by Jaques Futrelle.
Dramatised By Chris Harrald.
Lestrade .... Tim Pigott-Smith
Van Dusen .... Paul Rhys
Mrs Morey .... Emerald O'Hanrahan
Dr Prescott .... Sean Murray
Miss Marsh .... Philippa Stanton
Hoskins .... Ben Crowe
Producer: Liz Webb.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2013.
MON 07:00 The House of the Spirit Levels (b007rhx1)
The End - At Last
Disgraced member of the Hardstaff family, Tony jets to Venezuela, where he discovers the pleasures of tequila.
But can he escape the clutches of his family once and for all?
Nick Revell's epic comedy saga concludes.
Tony ...... Nick Revell
Jane ...... Alison Steadman
Emily ...... Claire Skinner
Obadiah ...... David Swift
Alice ...... Maggie Steed
Mrs Womersley ...... Joanna Brooks
Joanna ...... Natalie Walter
Jeff ...... Peter Gunn
Dave ...... Peter Seranfinowcz
Shrink ...... Chris Pavlo
The Narrator ...... Alistair McGowan
Music composed by Paul Mottram.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1997.
MON 07:30 The Likely Lads (m0027jr2)
Series 1
3. The Rocker
Bob buys a moped in the hope that it will give him a cool image and impress the girls.
But things don't quite go plan...
Starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes.
Created and written for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.
Adapted for BBC Radio by James Bolam.
Bob Ferris …. Rodney Bewes
Terry Collier …. James Bolam
Garage Salesman …. Reginald Jessup
Carol …. Rosalind Shanks
The Nurse …. Cheryl Molineaux
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Light Programme in August 1967.
MON 08:00 North by Northamptonshire (b03phd43)
Series 3
Episode 4
Waiting in for a delivery tests the patience of even the most well-meaning of daughters.
Sheila Hancock narrates the bittersweet adventures of the residents of a small town in Northamptonshire.
Written by Katherine Jakeways.
As is well-known: Yorkshiremen wear flat caps and Essex girls wear short skirts; Liverpudlians are scallies and Cockneys are wideboys. Northamptonians gaze wistfully at these stereotypes and wish for an identity of any kind and a label less ridiculous than Northamptonians. Northamptonshire, let us be clear, is neither north, nor south, nor in the Midlands. It floats somewhere between the three, enviously eyeing up the distinctiveness of each.
Katherine Jakeways gives Northamptonshire an identity. And she waits, eagerly, for her home-county to thank her. And possibly make her some kind of Mayor.....
Narrator ...... Sheila Hancock
Mary ...... Penelope Wilton
Norman ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Producer: Steven Canny
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
MON 08:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027jr4)
6. Job Done?
Gun and garrotte have done their business. So will life return to normal for Tom Ripley and Jonathan?
One of the most outrageous characters in modern crime-fiction, con artist Tom Ripley, pits his wits against dangerous adversaries in a genteel part of France.
Patricia Highsmith's psychological crime-thriller.
Read by Stanley Tucci.
Abridged in ten parts by Neville Teller.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
MON 08:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p6ds)
Series 1
1. Ambition
Wife and mother to a dynasty of kings, crusader, prisoner and formidable political operator.
This is the story of the young Eleanor of Aquitaine.
At 16 she has one ambition - to become the Duchess (and ruler) of the Aquitaine. But her father has other ideas...
Though Eleanor of Aquitaine lived 900 years ago, she is very modern woman.
At 16 she inherits the richest province in France and plans to run it her own way, as her grandfather promised she could. The men around her have other ideas – a young woman with so much power is far too great a threat.
There is a kidnap attempt, a midnight escape on horseback, bribery, an armed invasion and a forced marriage to the sexually repressed young French king.
Even then, Eleanor finds a way to challenge the status quo and march to her own drum, always determined to decide her own destiny. Intelligent, tough, imaginative and witty, Eleanor first scandalises then subtly reshapes the world she inhabits.
This gains her a host of admirers as well as, inevitably, powerful enemies determined to bring her down. Somehow she stays one step ahead of them all.
It’s not that Eleanor think likes a man – it’s that the men have no idea how to contain someone with power who thinks like a woman.
Written in five parts by Shaun McKenna.
Eleanor ...... Rose Basista
Petronilla ...... Cecilia Appiah
Duke William ...... John Lightbody
Archbishop Laroux ...... Roger Ringrose
Pierre ...... Luke Nunn
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2020.
MON 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0027jr6)
Alicia McCarthy reports from Westminster as MPs prepare to debate plans for a new crackdown on benefit cheats.
MON 09:30 A History of the Infinite (b07w99dw)
6. The Mathematics of the Infinitely Big
Adrian Moore continues his exploration of two and a half millennia of philosophical thought on infinity.
Discover the brilliant but tortured German mathematician, Georg Cantor, who devised a way of distinguishing between infinitely big numbers and of performing calculations with them.
His work was revolutionary but, as Adrian discovers, it greatly polarised opinion amongst his late 19th and early 20th century contemporaries.
We hear how Cantor himself suffered a complete breakdown in his mental health.
As Adrian takes us with him deep into the world of infinite set theory, he enlists the help of Mary Leng, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at York University, and four very familiar twentieth century friends.
Producer: Philippa Goodrich
A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2016.
MON 09:45 Daily Service (m0027jr8)
Candlemas - Surrounded by goodness
Reflection and music with Very Rev John Conway of St Mary's Scottish Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
Reading: Ecclesiastes 11:7-10
Music:
Hymn: The Race That Long In Darkness Pined (Tune: Dundee)
Nunc Dimittis (Gabriel Jackson)
O Nata Lux (Philip Stopford)
Hymn: King of Glory, King of Peace (Tune: Gwalchmai)
MON 10:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b00mzw55)
Anthony Bygraves
Max Bygraves' son Anthony chats to Sally Magnusson about growing up with a famous singer, comedian and actor for a father.
Series where the sons and daughters of famous comedians talk about life with their dads.
Producer: Mike Walker
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in September 2006.
MON 10:30 Fabulous Flops (b012kwzw)
Series 1
2. Witches and Whales
Paul Roseby celebrates more of the worst musicals ever to grace the stage.
There are some real treats in store as Kit Hesketh-Harvey admits to not just one but two flops on his CV!
The first is Y - a bizarre cabaret affair starring a quick change illusionist! The second is Which Witch, a goth-rock-opera written by two Norwegians who scored nul points in the Eurovision Song Contest.
It's not just Kit who 'fesses up. Renowned Musical Director Martin Lowe was working on Which Witch - and also on Cameron Mackintosh's first flop Moby Dick, a musical about a group of St Trinian's school girls putting on a show about that big old whale.
No blushes are spared as Paul Roseby continues his trawl through the most fabulous of musical theatre's flops.
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
MON 11:00 Whodunnits (b00c1q5v)
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06:00 today]
MON 11:30 The Rivals (b03b2g2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
MON 12:00 The House of the Spirit Levels (b007rhx1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
MON 12:30 The Likely Lads (m0027jr2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 13:00 North by Northamptonshire (b03phd43)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 13:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027jr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 13:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p6ds)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 14:00 The Rest is History (b0773pcp)
Series 2
Episode 3
Frank Skinner loves history, but just doesn't know much of it. So he's devised a comedy discussion show in order to find out more about it.
Along with his historian in residence, Professor Kate Williams, Frank is joined by Holly Walsh and Richard Herring.
Up for discussion: Burke and Hare, Mussolini, Catherine Parr - and the jokes of yesteryear.
Producers: Mark Augustyn and Justin Pollard
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2016.
MON 14:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k1kz)
Series 2
The Comeback Kid
Rosie and her team are asked to relaunch the career of an ageing children's TV presenter
Can they prove that old fashioned entertainment can win out over computer games?
Prunella Scales stars in Simon Brett's sitcom.
The trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event management company, based in Brighton.
Rosie ...... Prunella Scales
Kate ...... Arabella Weir
Jo ...... Rebecca Callard
Bob ...... Duncan Preston
Tess ...... Annette Badland
Tommy Tummy ...... David Wood
Julian ...... James Vaughan
Bernard ...... Jim North
Children ...... Stefan Abingdon /Alice Connor
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.
MON 15:00 Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith (m0027jrb)
When two young men meet on a train, there's nothing they fear to say. They'll never see each other again.
But a misunderstanding binds them together, in word, deed, and blood.
Patricia Highsmith's psychological thriller, first published in 1950.
Starring Anton Lesser, Michael Sheen, Saskia Reeves and Bill Nighy.
Dramatised by Craig Warner.
Charles Bruno .... Anton Lesser
Guy Haines .... Michael Sheen
Anne Haines .... Saskia Reeves
Gerard .... Bill Nighy
Elsie Bruno .... Jane Whittenshaw
Alex .... Denys Hawthorne
Myers .... Roger May
Treacher .... Stephen Critchlow
Cop .... John Hartley
Frear .... Andrew Branch
Music by Craig Warner.
Director: Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1996.
MON 16:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b00mzw55)
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10:00 today]
MON 16:30 Fabulous Flops (b012kwzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 17:00 Whodunnits (b00c1q5v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 17:30 The Rivals (b03b2g2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 18:00 The House of the Spirit Levels (b007rhx1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 18:30 The Likely Lads (m0027jr2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 19:00 North by Northamptonshire (b03phd43)
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MON 19:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027jr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 19:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p6ds)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 20:00 The Rest is History (b0773pcp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 today]
MON 20:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k1kz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 today]
MON 21:00 Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith (m0027jrb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:00 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (m0027bp6)
Series 94
2. Where they make cheese and milk out of butterflies
Sue Perkins challenges Tony Hawks, Ian Smith, Zoe Lyons and Charlotte Ritchie to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. Subjects include Getting Butterflies, Bottling it, and a Desire for Revenge.
Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
Producer: Rajiv Karia
An EcoAudio certified production.
A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4.
MON 22:30 Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train (m001p6nc)
Series 2
Cheltenham to Maesteg
Alexei Sayle takes another train journey and breaks the golden rule of travelling by train in the UK - by actually talking to his fellow passengers.
In this episode, he travels from Cheltenham to Maesteg.
Among his many fellow travellers, he meets:
* Kevin, who on his days off, takes pot luck at his local train station ticket office and simply asks for a trip to somewhere interesting
* Jenny, whose years in the middle east changed her life
* Donna and Paul, who take Alexei into the addictive world of murder mystery weekends
* Ruth who tells of her childhood memories in a mining community
* Julie and David, who for nearly 50 years have run a general store in the Welsh valleys - now the only shop left in the village.
Producers: Peter Lowe and Nick Symons
A Ride production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2023.
MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m0027d49)
Series 116
Gear shifting and Shoplifting
This week on The News Quiz, Andy Zaltzman is joined by Simon Evans, Athena Kugblenu, Susie McCabe and Hugo Rifkind l to unpack the week's new stories. In the week Keir Starmer set his sights on growth, the panel looked backing of a third runway at Heathrow, a shoplifting epidemic, and the decline of urban chess in the streets of Nottingham.
Written by Andy Zaltzman.
With additional material by: Cameron Loxdale, Sascha LO, Meryl O'Rourke and Peter Tellouche.
Producer: Rajiv Karia
Executive Producer: Pete Strauss
Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman
Sound Manager: David Thomas
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4
An Eco-Audio certified Production
MON 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jpdn)
Series 2
G.U.T.
For centuries, scientists have tried in vain to work out the grand unifying theory behind the universe.
Satan sits the Professor down and teaches it to him...
Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.
Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan
Other characters played by:
Philip Pope
Felicity Montagu
Nick Revell
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.
TUESDAY 04 FEBRUARY 2025
TUE 00:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b00mzw55)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Fabulous Flops (b012kwzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Whodunnits (b00c1q5v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 The Rivals (b03b2g2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 The House of the Spirit Levels (b007rhx1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 The Likely Lads (m0027jr2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 North by Northamptonshire (b03phd43)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027jr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p6ds)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:45 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 The Rest is History (b0773pcp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k1kz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith (m0027jrb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Whodunnits (b00c5zz9)
Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery
7. The Four Suspects
The debonair detective gets a shock on his own doorstep, then baits a discreet trap to gather crucial evidence.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson as BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous journalist wife
Faithful remake of a 1949 series never saved in the BBC archives
Written by Francis Durbridge.
Paul Temple …. Crawford Logan
Steve …. Gerda Stevenson
Stella Portland …. Emma Currie
Hubert Greene …. Richard Greenwood
George Kelly …. Robin Laing
Inspector Vosper …. Michael MacKenzie
Dr Elzec/Charlie …. Greg Powrie
Sir Graham Forbes …. Gareth Thomas
Chris Boyer …. Nick Underwood
From 1938 to 1968, Paul Temple and wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series.
Sadly, only half of his adventures were kept, but several have been recreated since 2006.
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.
TUE 06:30 The Rivals (b03bdw8c)
Series 2
2. Eugene Valmont: The Clue of the Silver Spoons
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Now he has a chance to get his own back, with more tales of Holmes' rivals.
He continues with Food Connoisseur and Detective Eugene Valmont trying to solve a curious series of thefts from private dinner parties
Starring Tim Pigott-Smith and Rupert Vansittart.
Written by Robert Barr.
Dramatised By Chris Harrald.
Lestrade .... Tim Pigott-Smith
Valmont .... Rupert Vansittart
Lionel Dacre .... David Seddon
Sophia Gibb .... Joanna Monro
Arlett .... Liza Sadovy
Boothroyd .... Michael Bertenshaw
Innis .... Michael Watson
Maitre D' .... Sean Murray
Producer: Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2013.
TUE 07:00 Spangles 'n' Tights (b04ndrcb)
Pursued By a Bear
A rundown Dublin theatrical costumier is struggling to come to terms with modern working practices.
When an order comes in from a local nun's drama group, it leads to a mix-up with the Gaiety Theatre's opera production.
The opening episode of Christopher Fitz-Simon's five-part comedy.
Dessie Doyle ...... David Kelly
Violet Doyle ...... Pauline McLynn
Antony Gogan ...... Eugene O'Brien
Mr McNamara ...... Frank Kelly
Sister Accumulata ...... Doreen Keogh
Mr Hornibrooks ...... Mark Mulholland
P.J Clohessy ...... Derry Power
Music played by John Trotter.
Directed at BBC Belfast by Roland Jaquarello.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.
TUE 07:30 The Goon Show (b007jnj2)
Series 7
The Macreekie Rising of '74
Neddie Seagoon has a 60-foot caber hidden under his kilt, but the Scots want it back.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1956.
TUE 08:00 Dr Phil's Bedside Manner (m000zmjl)
Worcestershire Royal Hospital
An innovative mix of comedy performance and documentary in a series presented by Dr Phil Hammond.
As a doctor and a comedian, Phil knows that humour and laughter are vital coping mechanisms in the NHS, as he travels the UK on a mission to listen to the beating heart of a national institution.
This time Dr Phil visits the Worcestershire Royal Hospital, where he hears stories from staff and patients - as he reveals how humour and laughter are vital coping mechanisms in the NHS.
And Dr Phil performs a free stand-up comedy show for the staff based on his listening experiences at that location and the stories of the people he has met.
Producer: David Morley.
A Ride production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2021.
TUE 08:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027jzk)
7. Back Home
Tom and Jonathan carried out the deadly task.
But can they avoid those seeking revenge?
One of the most outrageous characters in modern crime-fiction, con artist and murderer Tom Ripley, pits his wits against his adversaries.
Patricia Highsmith's psychological crime-thriller.
Abridged by Neville Teller.
Read by Stanley Tucci.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
TUE 08:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p6w8)
Series 1
2. Bethrothal
Following the death of her father, Eleanor is now Duchess of Aquitaine.
But her guardian - 'Fat Louis', the King of France - has other ideas and betroths her to his son, the Dauphin. Their first meeting, however, is not a success....
Shaun McKenna's the thrilling story of one of Europe's most extraordinary women.
Eleanor ...... Rose Basista
The Dauphin ...... Joel McCormack
Abbot Suger ...... Carl Prekopp
Archbishop Laroux ...... Roger Ringrose
Petronilla ...... Cecilia Appiah
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2020.
TUE 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0027jzm)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
TUE 09:30 A History of the Infinite (b07wbtt1)
7. Crisis and Uncertainty
Adrian Moore’s series on philosophical thought on infinity finds him mired in a near meltdown in mathematics.
Adrian tells the story of the controversy caused by the work of the German mathematician, Georg Cantor, on the infinite.
In a world of paradoxes, we meet the nun who can't decide whether to pray for herself. Her dilemma is beautifully explained by Marcus Giaquinto, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at UCL, in conversation with Adrian.
And we find out how an associated paradox, first posed by one of the giants of 20th century philosophy, Bertrand Russell, devastated the career of another German mathematician and philosopher.
The arguments of the early 20th century no longer plague modern mathematics in the way that they did. As Adrian explains however, by subjecting the infinite to formal scrutiny, mathematicians have ended up confronting puzzles at the very heart of their discipline.
Producer: Philippa Goodrich
A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2016.
TUE 09:45 Daily Service (m0027jzp)
Candlemas - Spiritual vision
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Candlemas - Spiritual vision
Presenter: Lucy Grimble
Reading: Luke
11:33-36
Music:
Clean - Lucy Grimble
Be thou my vision - Daily Service Singers
Turn your eyes - Lucy Grimble
TUE 10:00 A Good Read (b0b5t81y)
Adam Kay and Farrah Jarral
Two former doctors, Adam Kay and Farrah Jarral, join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books by David Sedaris, Per Petterson and Mohsin Hamid.
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Publisher: Abacus
I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson
Publisher: Vintage
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Publisher: Penguin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018.
TUE 10:30 Fantasy Festival (b07nng5p)
Eliza Carthy
Folk musician Eliza Carthy joins presenter Verity Sharp to create and curate the festival of her wildest dreams.
It's a chance for Eliza to set the festival's agenda, chose the guests, pick the acts, dictate the weather, the food and the ambience.
It's a festival where anyone - dead or alive - can be summoned to perform, and nothing is unimaginable.
Eliza outlines her dream festival which takes place at Robin Hood's Bay.
Finnish folk musicians Värttinä, Italian folk group Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino and Dreadzone are on the bill alongside Freddie Mercury, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Joe Venuti, Professor Brian Cox and Abba.
Everyone's there and everything's possible in Eliza's feel good festival.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
A Monty Funk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2016.
TUE 11:00 Whodunnits (b00c5zz9)
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TUE 11:30 The Rivals (b03bdw8c)
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TUE 12:00 Spangles 'n' Tights (b04ndrcb)
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TUE 12:30 The Goon Show (b007jnj2)
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TUE 13:00 Dr Phil's Bedside Manner (m000zmjl)
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TUE 13:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027jzk)
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TUE 13:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p6w8)
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TUE 14:00 Act Your Age (b00qhrxb)
Series 2
Episode 4
Comedy show pitting the comic generations against each other to find out which is the funniest.
Hosted by Simon Mayo.
With Team Captains:
Jon Richardson
Lucy Porter
Johnnie Casson
Guest Comics:
Mike Wozniak
Robin Ince
Ted Robbins
Producers: Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.
TUE 14:30 Cabin Pressure (b00cqhr3)
Series 1
Edinburgh
A very special passenger makes Douglas grovel, Martin crawl, Carolyn frisk and Arthur cry. And drink nail varnish
Starring Stephanie Cole, Benedict Cumberbatch and Roger Allam.
John Finnemore’s sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.
Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
Captain Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
Mr Birling ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Philip ...... Adam G Goodwin
Producer: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2008.
TUE 15:00 Drama on 4 (m000tfkd)
The Performer - part 1/2
Like many adolescents, Matthew lives in a fantasy land.
Stephen Fry stars in a two-part monologue.
Written by William Humble
But whilst other 13-year-old boys loved John Lennon or Mick Jagger, Matthew’s top of the pops is Laurence Olivier.
He's always been intrigued by the story of his father getting stuck in London and going to the theatre to see the great Sir Laurence in Terence Rattigan’s play The Sleeping Prince.
Surprising, because In fact, as Matthew and his doting mother observe, Dad just goes to work and comes home again.
But one day Dad vanishes and Matthew starts to wonder if it might have something to do with the night he went to the theatre.
When father and son finally meet again, Matthew discovers things that shock him initially and then threaten his relationship with his mother.
A play about family, father-son relationships and theatre itself, especially English theatre from the 1950s onwards. Olivier, Vivien Leigh and Terence Rattigan feature heavily, and a number of other theatre figures are evoked too, from Max Miller to Noel Coward and Dora Bryan.
Director: Celia de Wolff
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.
TUE 15:45 Solitaire by Julia Stoneham (m0027jzs)
A desperate woman and her children set off on a daunting journey through the opal country of the Australian outback.
Julia Stoneham's short story read by Philip Franks.
Producer: Viv Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996.
TUE 16:00 A Good Read (b0b5t81y)
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TUE 16:30 Fantasy Festival (b07nng5p)
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TUE 17:00 Whodunnits (b00c5zz9)
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TUE 17:30 The Rivals (b03bdw8c)
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TUE 18:00 Spangles 'n' Tights (b04ndrcb)
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TUE 18:30 The Goon Show (b007jnj2)
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TUE 19:00 Dr Phil's Bedside Manner (m000zmjl)
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TUE 19:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027jzk)
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TUE 19:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p6w8)
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TUE 20:00 Act Your Age (b00qhrxb)
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TUE 20:30 Cabin Pressure (b00cqhr3)
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TUE 21:00 Drama on 4 (m000tfkd)
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TUE 21:45 Solitaire by Julia Stoneham (m0027jzs)
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TUE 22:00 Alison Spittle: Petty Please (m0026vwd)
Series 1
Barrioke
In this new series for Radio 4, comedian Alison Spittle explores some of her longest and deepest held grudges. The kind of thing most people would be ashamed to still be thinking about 30 minutes later, let alone contemplating exacting retribution decades on.
There are two things Alison Spittle really loves. EastEnders' Barry Evans (actor Shaun Williamson) and revenge. And this episode threatens to join her two passions. Shaun runs a popular night called Barrioke - where fans can party and perform karaoke hits on stage with him. Alison has been many times, but she's never been pulled out of the audience. What gives, Shaun? Alison needs to know.
Written by Alison Spittle & Simon Mulholland
With Tasha & Hayley
Script edited by Joel Morris
Produced by Lyndsay Fenner
A Mighty Bunny Production for BBC Radio 4
TUE 22:30 The Consultants (b060002m)
Series 4
Episode 2
The series described as "inventive and funny in a way that won't offend normal people, the elderly or children".
Cerebral sketch show written by and starring:
Justin "Lofty" Edwards
Neil "Professor" Edmond
James "Shortstop" Rawlings
Producer: Will Saunders
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
TUE 23:00 Clare in the Community (b083p889)
Series 11
Unfaithful
Brian's been going through Clare's emails and made an upsetting discovery.
He's insisted on a couple's therapy session although Clare isn't taking proceedings entirely seriously.
Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution.
A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her.
Clare continues her struggle to control both her professional and private life. In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
Clare ...... Sally Phillips
Brian ...... Alex Lowe
Vanessa...... Amita Dhiri
Clive...... Alex Macqueen
Producer: Alexandra Smith
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in November 2016.
TUE 23:30 The Curried Goat Show (b007k4h6)
Episode 3
A yuppie new recruit is shown around the company office of share dealers Buxton and Palmer.
And who’s won the 'give up smoking' competition?
Sketch-bonanza written by and starring:
Dan Gaster
Will Ing
Ben Silburn
With special guest: Susie Blake
Music from The Big Buzzard Boogie Band.
Producer: Maria Esposito.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1998.
WEDNESDAY 05 FEBRUARY 2025
WED 00:00 A Good Read (b0b5t81y)
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WED 00:30 Fantasy Festival (b07nng5p)
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WED 01:00 Whodunnits (b00c5zz9)
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WED 01:30 The Rivals (b03bdw8c)
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WED 02:00 Spangles 'n' Tights (b04ndrcb)
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WED 02:30 The Goon Show (b007jnj2)
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WED 03:00 Dr Phil's Bedside Manner (m000zmjl)
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WED 03:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027jzk)
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WED 03:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p6w8)
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WED 04:00 Act Your Age (b00qhrxb)
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WED 04:30 Cabin Pressure (b00cqhr3)
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WED 05:00 Drama on 4 (m000tfkd)
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WED 05:45 Solitaire by Julia Stoneham (m0027jzs)
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WED 06:00 Whodunnits (b00cc4m0)
Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery
8. Introducing Madison
Paul Temple springs his trap and the watch-chain's secret is finally revealed.
Conclusion of Francis Durbridge's thriller.
Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson star as BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous journalist wife
Faithful remake of a 1949 series never saved in the BBC archives
Written by Francis Durbridge.
Paul Temple …. Crawford Logan
Steve …. Gerda Stevenson
Stella Portland …. Emma Currie
Hubert Greene …. Richard Greenwood
George Kelly/Sergeant Baker …. Robin Laing
Inspector Vosper …. Michael MacKenzie
Charlie …. Greg Powrie
Sir Graham Forbes …. Gareth Thomas
Chris Boyer/Constable …. Nick Underwood
From 1938 to 1968, Paul Temple and wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series.
Sadly, only half of his adventures were kept, but several have been recreated since 2006.
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.
WED 06:30 The Rivals (b03brnrj)
Series 2
3. Lady Violet Strange: The Intangible Clue
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Now he has a chance to get his own back, with more tales of Holmes' rivals.
He continues with gifted amateur sleuth Lady Violet Strange trying to solve a horrific murder with apparently no clues...
Starring Tim Pigott-Smith and Jeany Spark.
Written by Robert Barr.
Dramatised By Chris Harrald.
Lestrade .... Tim Pigott-Smith
Lady Violet ....Jeany Spark
Treadwell .... Sean Murray
Mrs Amberly .... Cassie Layton
Mr Amberly .... David Seddon
Mr Hutton .... Ben Crowe
Producer: Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.
WED 07:00 Radio Cars (m0027jzw)
Series 2
6. A Tidy Sum
The genial minicab gang get muddled up in the art world - and some accidental misdoings with a valuable painting.
Starring Gary Waldhorn and Harriet Walter.
Jennifer Phillips's comedy set in the offices of a disreputable London cab company.
Eddie .... Gary Waldhorn
Angela .... Harriet Walter
Slippy .... Norman Jones
Nicco .... Neil Dudgeon
Gringo .... Paul Gregory
Lawrence .... Jon Strickland
Suki .... Geraldine Fitzgerald
Gordon .... Philip Anthony
Director: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993.
WED 07:30 The Missing Hancocks (b06pt0bm)
Series 2
How Hancock Won the War
Tony Hancock tells Andree how he got his war wound, which is a story you may find hard to believe...
Between 1954 and 1959, BBC Radio recorded 102 episodes of Galton & Simpson's comedy but 20 went missing from the BBC archives, and had not been heard since their original transmission… until these faithful re-imaginings.
This is another lost episode lovingly re-recorded in front of a live audience at London's BBC Radio Theatre.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
The Lad Himself …. Kevin McNally
Bill Kerr …. Kevin Eldon
Sid James …. Simon Greenall
Kenneth Williams …. Robin Sebastian
Andree Melly …. Susy Kane
Classic score newly recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Produced by Ed Morrish and Neil Pearson
Originally broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1956
Recreated by BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in November 2015.
WED 08:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b07pjb9t)
Series 4
Strangers on a Train
Tom Wrigglesworth enlists the help of his Dad to take delivery of an important package while Mum bites the bullet and learns to drive.
Tom returns for another series where he phones home for his weekly check-in with his Mum, Dad and Gran.
This gives us a glimpse into his family background and the influences that have shaped his temperament, opinions and hang-ups.
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 Radio Comedy production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2016.
WED 08:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027jzy)
8. Visitors
Tom Ripley is sure the Mafia are on his trail.
He waits for the inevitable visit at his palatial home.
One of the most outrageous characters in modern crime-fiction, con artist and murderer Tom Ripley, pits his wits against his adversaries.
Patricia Highsmith's psychological crime-thriller.
Abridged by Neville Teller.
Read by Stanley Tucci.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004
WED 08:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p78r)
Series 1
3. Attack
Following Eleanor's marriage to the Dauphin, a wedding feast is prepared. But news comes of an imminent attack, led by the renegade Lord, Theobald.
Eleanor and the Dauphin are forced to slip away during the night.
Shaun McKenna's thrilling story of one of Europe's most extraordinary women.
Eleanor ...... Rose Basista
The Dauphin ...... Joel McCormack
Abbot Suger ...... Carl Prekopp
Archbishop Laroux ..... Roger Ringrose
Petronilla ...... Cecilia Appiah
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2020.
WED 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0027k00)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
WED 09:30 A History of the Infinite (b07wc2sv)
8. The Cosmos
Does space go on for ever? Are there infinitely many stars?
These are some of the questions Adrian Moore explores in this episode in his series about philosophical thought concerning the infinite.
With the help of the theories of the Ancient Greeks through to those of modern cosmologists, Adrian examines the central question of whether our universe is finite or infinite.
For most of us, looking up at the stars gives us a sense of infinity but, as Adrian discovers, there is a strong body of opinion which suggests that space is finite, albeit unbounded. This is a difficult idea to grasp, but by inviting us to think of ourselves as ants, astrophysics professor Jo Dunkley attempts to explain it.
Adrian also tackles the idea of the expanding universe and the logic that leads cosmologists to argue that it all started with a big bang, and may all end with a big crunch.
Finally, we discover from cosmologist John Barrow how the appearance of an infinity in scientists’ calculations sends them straight back to the drawing board. The infinite, which the Ancient Greeks found so troubling, has lost none of its power to disturb.
Producer: Philippa Goodrich
A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2016.
WED 09:45 Daily Service (m0027k02)
Candlemas - Hope and Goodness are the light
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Candlemas - Hope and Goodness are the light
Presenter: Augustine Tanner Ihm
Reading: Revelation
21:22-27
Music:
Lion and the Lamb - Rivers and Robots
Lead my feet - Seth Pinnock & A New Thing
This little light of mine - Dionne Warwick
WED 10:00 Archive on 4 (m000gksj)
Lights, Camera, Inaction: An Existential Guide to the Movies
From Woody Allen to the Truman Show via Groundhog Day and Taxi Driver.
Matthew Sweet examines the many and varied ways that cinema communicates existentialist ideas.
Both in ways we expect and in ways that we don't (step forward Bridget Jones).
Cinema is very good at explaining Existentialism and capturing its various moods and feelings; but its deeper than that. The language of existentialism with its heroes, choices and crises sounds suspiciously like the language of screenwriting. They are, after all, both ways of trying to create meaning and narrative out of nothing.
The blank page that confronts a screenwriter confronts all of us as we decide how to live. As Jean Paul Sartre, Simone De Beauvoir and Albert Camus would tell us - the blank page is us; the film of our lives is waiting to be made.
Films included in the programme:
The Music Box (1932) directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach
Groundhog Day (1993) directed by Harold Ramis; produced by Harold Ramis and Trevor Albert
Play it Again Sam ((19792) directed by Herbert Poss; produced by Arthur P Jacobs.
Love and Death (1975) directed by Woody Allen; produced by Charles H Joffe
Bridget Jones Diary (2001) directed by Sharon Maguire; Produced by Tim Bevan, Jonathan Cavendish and Eric Fellner.
Taxi Driver (1976) directed by Martin Scorsese; produced By Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips.
Casablanca (1943) directed by Michael Curtiz; produced by Hal B. Wallis
The Rebel (1961) directed by Robert Day; produced by W.A Whittaker
The Truman Show (1998) directed by Peter Wier; produced by Scott Rudin, Andrew Niccol, Edward S. Feldman, Adam Schroeder.
Producers: James Cook and Mair Bosworth
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2020.
WED 11:00 Whodunnits (b00cc4m0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 11:30 The Rivals (b03brnrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 12:00 Radio Cars (m0027jzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 12:30 The Missing Hancocks (b06pt0bm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b07pjb9t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 13:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027jzy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 13:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p78r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:45 today]
WED 14:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b08crt6f)
Series 10
Episode 5
Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Jo Brand welcome:
* Comedian, screenwriter and Guilty Feminist podcaster, Deborah Frances-White
* Entomologist and bumblebee expert, Professor Dave Goulson
* "That bloke off Time Team who was Baldrick in Blackadder", Sir Tony Robinson.
The Museum's Guest Committee enshrine the first Englishwoman to make a living as a professional poet, Emilia Lanier; speculate on the unusual polyphiloprogenitive strategies of virgin death watch beetles; and pay homage to the moment when Blackadder finally went "over the top".
Researched by Anne Miller of QI and Mike Turner.
Producers: Richard Turner and James Harkin.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2017.
WED 14:30 Millport (b0075t3w)
Series 1
Lineage
Big brother Gordon has returned to Millport on the tiny Isle of Cumbrae, off the west coast of Scotland.
But Irene wonders why anyone would return once they've had the chance to escape?
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson.
Barmaid Irene Bruce is 30-something and hankering after a better life on the mainland.
Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Robert/Bob ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Doogie ...... Matt Costello
Gordon/Minister ...... Robert Paterson
Producer: Lucy Bacon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.
WED 15:00 Drama on 4 (m000tg63)
The Performer - part 2/2
Matthew's Dad never went to the theatre. In fact, as Matthew and his adoring Mum agree, he never goes anywhere much at all, except for up to the City to do his boring job.
But when Dad fails to return to domesticity in Carshalton Beeches, Matthew starts to wonder if his disappearance might have something to do with the night he got stuck in London and saw Laurence Olivier in a Terence Rattigan play?
When he finally tracks Dad down, he discovers things that at first shock him, then transform his relationship with his Mum, and not for the better.
A play about family, father-son relationships and theatre itself, especially English theatre from the 1950s on. Olivier, Vivien Leigh and Terence Rattigan feature heavily, and a number of other theatre figures are evoked too, from Max Miller to Noel Coward to Dora Bryan.
A two-part monologue performed by Stephen Fry
Written by William Humble
Directed by Celia de Wolff
A Pier production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2021.
WED 15:45 Old Devil Moon by Julia Stoneham (m0027k04)
Jack, a widower of ten years, has grown accustomed to solitude when he meets Phoebe – half his age – at a dinner party.
Julia Stoneham's short story read by Anthony Bate.
Producer: Viv Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1997.
WED 16:00 Archive on 4 (m000gksj)
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WED 17:00 Whodunnits (b00cc4m0)
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WED 17:30 The Rivals (b03brnrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 18:00 Radio Cars (m0027jzw)
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WED 18:30 The Missing Hancocks (b06pt0bm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 19:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b07pjb9t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027jzy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 19:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p78r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 20:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b08crt6f)
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WED 20:30 Millport (b0075t3w)
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WED 21:00 Drama on 4 (m000tg63)
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WED 21:45 Old Devil Moon by Julia Stoneham (m0027k04)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 22:00 ReincarNathan (m001g39w)
Series 3
Cleaning Wrasse
Nathan Blakely was a popstar. But he was useless, died, and was reincarnated. The comedy about Nathan’s adventures in the afterlife returns for a third series, starring Daniel Rigby, Ashley McGuire and guest-starring Hammed Animashaun and Hugh Dennis.
In episode 5, Nathan is brought back to life as a Cleaning Wrasse fish on a coral reef. He’s shocked to find out his dad (Hugh Dennis) has also been reincarnated on the same reef and is desperate to win his approval. So he and his friend Anwar (Hammed Animashaun) set about trying to impress his father. Will Nathan get his respect? And will he ever learn to do the right thing and make it back to human again?
Cast:
Ashley McGuire - Carol
Daniel Rigby - Nathan
Hammed Animashaun - Anwar
Hugh Dennis - Robert Blakely, Nathan's Dad
Tom Craine - Colin the Crab
Henry Paker - Shark
Writers: Tom Craine and Henry Paker
Producer: Harriet Jaine
Sound: Jerry Peal
Music Composed by: Phil Lepherd
A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4
WED 22:30 The Lawrence Sweeney Mix (b00k9pcb)
Series 1
Episode 2
Lover's Leap, a Moon expedition - and so much more!
Josie Lawrence and Jim Sweeney make it up as they go along!
Faced with a live studio audience and a couple of microphones - the masters of improve create sketches from shouted out suggestions.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2007.
WED 23:00 The Skivers (b007jpsp)
Series 1
Leslie Phillips
Lecturer Leslie Phillips guest stars in Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh's skilful sketch show.
From the people who brought you ‘And Now in Colour’.
Written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.
With:
Mel Giedroyc
Peter Bradshaw
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994.
WED 23:30 This Is Craig Brown (b00dz9jn)
Celebrity
Barry Norman exclusively interviews Daffy Duck about his showbiz career and Tony Benn tells us about the time he didn't make love to Marilyn Monroe.
Plus, get all the goss on the Beckhams.
The series mixing satire, social observation and nonsense turns the spotlight on Celebrity.
Written and introduced by Craig Brown.
With:
Rory Bremner
Harry Enfield
Edward Fox
Mel Hudson
Geoffrey McGivern
Felicity Montagu
Hugo Weaving
Barry Norman
Script Editor: Simon Littlefield
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
WED 23:45 Jelly Mountain (b00ftk74)
Episode 5
Musings on a footkerchief and a forest full of girls
Songs and stories written by and starring Ivor Cutler.
With:
Craig Murray-Orr
Dylan Edwards
Beverley Crew
Alison O'Kill
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.
THURSDAY 06 FEBRUARY 2025
THU 00:00 Archive on 4 (m000gksj)
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THU 01:00 Whodunnits (b00cc4m0)
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THU 01:30 The Rivals (b03brnrj)
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THU 02:00 Radio Cars (m0027jzw)
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THU 02:30 The Missing Hancocks (b06pt0bm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b07pjb9t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027jzy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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THU 03:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p78r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:45 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b08crt6f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Millport (b0075t3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Drama on 4 (m000tg63)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:45 Old Devil Moon by Julia Stoneham (m0027k04)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:45 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford (m0027lzd)
1. Berlin
A beautiful piece of music stirs a mega-tycoon to remember the women who have influenced and shaped his life.
Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1990 novel follows the turbulent life of Maximilian West, from a German-Jewish childhood in 1938 Berlin, to becoming a successful businessman haunted by his past.
Dramatised by Bert Coules.
Maximilian West .... Robin Ellis
Little Maxim .... William Nichols Rose
Ursula Westheim .... Susannah Corbett
Frau Westheim .... Sonia Fraser
Theodora .... Emma Fielding
Princess Irina Troubetzkoy .... Dorothy Tutin
Willy Herzog .... Kim Wall
With Stephen Critchlow, Sean Baker, Chris Pavlo and Mark Bonnar.
Pianist: Michael Haslam
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1996.
THU 06:30 The Rivals (b03c482b)
Series 2
4. Max Carrados: The Game Played in the Dark
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Now he has a chance to get his own back, with more tales of Holmes' rivals.
He concludes this series with the blind detective Max Carrados who tries to stop international master criminal Fane from selling compromising letters which could derail an upcoming royal wedding.
Starring Tim Pigott-Smith and Charles Edwards.
Written by Ernest Bramah.
Dramatised By Chris Harrald.
Lestrade .... Tim Pigott-Smith
Max Carrados .... Charles Edwards
Fane .... John Sessions
Parkinson .... Michael Bertenshaw
Maria .... Joanna Brookes
Carver .... Ben Crowe
Producer: Liz Webb.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.
THU 07:00 Heated Rollers (b007s849)
Episode 6
The real Sleeping Beauty, medical dramas - and a women's jail.
The first ever all-women sketch show made for BBC Radio 2.
Starring:
Lynda Bellingham
Gwyneth Strong
Joanna Monro
With music supplied by the Lorraine Bowen Experience.
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1999.
THU 07:30 Parsley Sidings (b01prccq)
Series 1
The Concert
Can showbiz seduce Station Master Horace Hepplewhite away from the railways?
Starring Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender.
Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station.
Horace Hepplewhite …. Arthur Lowe
Bert Hepplewhite …. Ian Lavender
Gloria Simpkins …. Liz Fraser
Percy Valentine/Bradshaw …. Kenneth Connor
Miss Pennyfeather …. Charlotte Mitchell
Missing original announcements re-created for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Keith Skues.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1972.
THU 08:00 Reluctant Persuaders (b08ljxcc)
Series 2
2: Just Do It
The worst advertising agency team in London are unexpectedly in demand.
The marketing manager of nutrition company Protein Team enlists their services for a huge poster campaign, aimed at selling protein shakes to women.
Yet no sooner is their ad up - featuring a slender woman, and an even more slender bikini - than Hardacre's find themselves at the centre of a media storm over misogyny, body-shaming, and the evils of advertising.
Wracked with guilt and determined to make amends, Joe clashes with his older and more cynical creative director Rupert Hardacre and accounts manager Amanda, who are convinced that sex sells and all publicity is good publicity.
But in an age of Twitter storms and third-wave feminism, are they behind the times?
Edward Rowett's award-winning sitcom.
Rupert Hardacre ...... Nigel Havers
Joe ...... Mathew Baynton
Amanda ...... Josie Lawrence
Jordan ...... Richard Goulding
Teddy ...... Kieran Hodgson
Laura ...... Olivia Nixon
Tube announcer ...... David Fairs
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2017.
THU 08:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027lzh)
9. Disposal
Will Tom Ripley and Jonathan be able to hide the evidence of their encounter with the Mafia?
One of the most outrageous characters in modern crime-fiction, con artist and murderer Tom Ripley, pits his wits against his adversaries.
Patricia Highsmith's psychological crime-thriller.
Abridged by Neville Teller.
Read by Stanley Tucci.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
THU 08:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p8cj)
Series 1
4. Punishment
Louis and Abbot Suger are determined to send the army to punish the Eleanor's beloved Aquitaine for its perceived disloyalty.
Eleanor knows that this is a terrible idea but Louis will not give in.
Shaun McKenna's thrilling story of one of Europe's most extraordinary women.
Eleanor ...... Rose Basista
The Dauphin ...... Joel McCormack
Abbot Suger ..... Carl Prekopp
Petronilla ...... Cecilia Appiah
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2020.
THU 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0027lzk)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
THU 09:30 A History of the Infinite (b07wgkzb)
9. Death and Immortality
In his series on thought about infinity through the centuries, Adrian Moore has considered the topic through the lenses of philosophy, theology and mathematics.
Now, in this penultimate episode, the focus is firmly on us.
Adrian ponders our finite nature and confronts the question of whether, if we could, we really would want to live for ever. He brings us the Czech composer Janacek’s opera, with its eponymous heroine Elina Makropulos. Her father, the court physician, has procured an elixir of life for her but, far from making her eternally happy, her long life has become unbearably tedious.
Some philosophers fully sympathise with Elina Makropulos and celebrate our finite nature. Others lament it. But as Adrian discovers, there is consensus on one point – the fact that one day our life will end doesn’t rob it of meaning.
Indeed, it is our very sense of our own finite nature, argues John Cottingham, Professor Emeritus at Reading University, that produces what St Augustine called ‘the restlessness of the human heart’ - our constant desire to reach out for more.
Producer: Philippa Goodrich
A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2016.
THU 09:45 Daily Service (m0027lzm)
Candlemas - The light of wisdom
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Candlemas - The light of wisdom
Presenter: Isabelle Hamley
Reading: Ecclesiastes
2:12-17
THU 10:00 Great Lives (b0076ds8)
Bob Marley
Poet Benjamin Zephaniah explores the life of reggae legend Bob Marley.
With Humphrey Carpenter and Chris Salewicz.
The biographical series in which a distinguished guest chooses someone who's inspired their life.
Will their hero stand up to intensive scrutiny and merit the description of having led a great life?
Producer: John Byrne
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
THU 10:30 My Muse (b07q31y9)
Series 1
Lemn Sissay on Bob Marley
Lemn Sissay's reverence for Bob Marley is rooted in his own childhood in care, his feeling that both Marley and himself were born as outsiders.
Lemn was fostered up until the age of 12, but was then abandoned by that family and placed him in care. A series of children's homes followed. Lemn didn't know any black people, but the music of Bob Marley gave him a sense of hope and of identity.
As an adult Lemn traced his birth parents - both were from Ethiopia, a place of deep spiritual significance to Bob Marley.
For Lemn, Marley seemed to cross all boundaries speaking to people around the world, whatever colour they were, with a message of self-empowerment, through the new sound of reggae music, which he played a great hand in creating. As Lemn says - a muse inspires urgency. 'What must be written, must be written'.
Lemn speaks with the poet and reggae star Linton Kwesi Johnson, to the photographer Denis Morris who's taken some of the most iconic pictures of Bob Marley.
Lemn meets Chris Salewicz, author of Bob Marley, The Untold Story. And two people from his past, Adele Jones who knew him as a young burgeoning poet and Linden - the man Lemn credits with introducing him to Marley all those years ago.
Producer: Nicola Swords
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.
THU 11:00 The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford (m0027lzd)
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THU 11:30 The Rivals (b03c482b)
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THU 12:00 Heated Rollers (b007s849)
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THU 12:30 Parsley Sidings (b01prccq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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THU 13:00 Reluctant Persuaders (b08ljxcc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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THU 13:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027lzh)
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THU 13:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p8cj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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THU 14:00 The 3rd Degree (m001p1lj)
Series 13
Keele University
Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits as three students from Keele University take on their professors.
A funny and dynamic general knowledge quiz show with specialist subjects including film studies, medicine and law.
Questions range from a catabolics to contracts and Carry On up the Costa Plonka. And if you thought there were only eight states and territories in Australia, prepare to be mildly amazed.
Producer: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2023.
THU 14:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007jzkw)
Series 2
Them and Us
Wendy gets a promotion, Robin gets a suspension and Derek's medication makes him talk funny
Sitcom about a couple, Robin and Wendy, and their friends and neighbours
Written by and starring Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall
Robin ...... Simon Greenall
Wendy ...... Kay Stonham
Maureen ...... Amelia Bullmore
Derek ...... Martin Trenaman
Neil.............Robert Webb
Kirsty..........Matilda Thorpe
With Tony Rohr and Ewan Bailey
Producer: Mario Stylianides
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
THU 15:00 The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac (b00czqt0)
1. Reckless
Honore de Balzac's entertaining tale of family rivalry and fortunes lost and won, set in 19th-century France.
After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, Philippe Bridau becomes a reckless gambler who steals from his mother to finance his obsession.
She foolishly continues to idolise him, and it is left to his more dependable brother Joseph to rescue the family from destitution.
Starring Thomas Arnold.
Narrated by Geoffrey Whitehead
Dramatised in two parts by Chris Dolan.
Narrator ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Philippe Bridau ...... Thomas Arnold
Joseph Bridau ...... Mathew Pidgeon
Agathe Bridau ...... Briony McRoberts
Madame Descoings ...... Phyllida Law
Desroches ...... Jon Glover
Monsieur Hochon ...... Christian Rodska
Madame Hochon ...... Colette O'Neil
Max Gilet ...... Alan Cox
Baruch ...... Nyasha Hatendi
Giroudeau ...... David Holt
Mariette ...... Liz Sutherland
Directed at BBC Glasgow by Bruce Young.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2008.
THU 16:00 Great Lives (b0076ds8)
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THU 16:30 My Muse (b07q31y9)
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THU 17:00 The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford (m0027lzd)
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THU 17:30 The Rivals (b03c482b)
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THU 18:00 Heated Rollers (b007s849)
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THU 18:30 Parsley Sidings (b01prccq)
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THU 19:00 Reluctant Persuaders (b08ljxcc)
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THU 19:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027lzh)
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THU 19:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p8cj)
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THU 20:00 The 3rd Degree (m001p1lj)
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THU 20:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007jzkw)
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THU 21:00 The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac (b00czqt0)
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THU 22:00 P.O.V. (m0027d7x)
Series 1
Colin from Portsmouth is DISGUSTED
The internet's best comedy creators bring you a sketch show that features Colin from Portsmouth, Broken News, Sally In HR, and every Ed Sheeran song ever.
Written and performed by Kylie Brakeman, The Exploding Heads, Rachel Fairburn, Matt Green, Rosie Holt, Charlene Kaye, Kelechi Okafor, Larry & Paul, Morton, Burke & Fry, The Squid, and Ed Night & Paddy Young.
Recorded in London, Manchester, Dublin, Los Angeles, New York and Edinburgh.
Edited by Rich Evans at Syncbox Post
Produced by Ed Morrish
A Lead Mojo production for BBC Radio 4
THU 22:30 Eamon, Older Brother of Jesus (m0027lzp)
Episode 2
Now 44, Eamon is still living at home with his parents. He has the perfect younger brother and his mother is a saint. Life is not easy for Eamon....
Eamon gets some interesting news.
Michael Redmond writes and stars in a six-part comedy series.
Scheduled to begin in October 1996, BBC Radio 4's new controller James Boyle pulled the whole series shortly before broadcast.
Eamon ... Michael Redmond
Joseph .... Harry Towb
With:
Stella McCusker
Peter Caffrey
Clare Cathcart
Moira Buffini
Producer: Phil Clarke
Made for BBC Radio 4 in 1996 - but never broadcast until now.
THU 22:45 2000 Years of Radio (b007szjn)
Series 2
Beagle FM
1836: DJ Suzanne Canker joins Charlie Darwin aboard HMS Beagle for his scientifical journey.
Plus Grayson Spey delivers the news, castaway on a deserted island, and all the old favourites return.
Series tapping into the radio archive of a bygone age.
Written and performed by:
Claire Downes
Hazel Grian
Al Holloway
Ben Kozo
Stuart Lane
Patrick McNamara
Producer: Sean Grundy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2002.
THU 23:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b05108h0)
Series 6
Dame Kelly Holmes
Dame Kelly Holmes, a self-confessed chocoholic, tries her first deep fried Mars bar, but will she try the chocolate covered scorpion?
And to conquer her fear of drowning, she tries hypnotherapy.
Marcus Brigstocke persuades his guests to try new experiences: things they really ought to have done by now.
Some experiences are loved, some are loathed, in this show all about embracing the new.
Producer: Bill Dare
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2015.
THU 23:30 Beauty of Britain (b00njwd9)
Series 1
Colour Me Wow
Beauty Olonga works as a carer for the Featherdown Agency and sees herself as an inspiration to other African girls hoping to achieve their goals in the land of semi-skimmed milk.
Beauty has a particularly difficult client, but is distracted by her latest business venture. Lynette assures Beauty that 'Colour Me Wow' is no pyramid scheme, while Anil shows a surprising new side to himself.
Starring Jocelyn Jee Esien.
Comedy written by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson.
Beauty ...... Jocelyn Jee Esien
Lynette ...... Doon Mackichan
Sandra ...... Nicola Sanderson
Sally ...... Felicity Montagu
Karen ...... Nicola Sanderson
Mrs Gupte ...... Indira Joshi
Anil ...... Paul Sharma
Dr Kavanagh ...... Phyllida Law
Hilary ...... Rachel Atkins
Clare ...... Doon Mackichan
Music by The West End Gospel Choir.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.
FRIDAY 07 FEBRUARY 2025
FRI 00:00 Great Lives (b0076ds8)
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FRI 00:30 My Muse (b07q31y9)
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FRI 01:00 The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford (m0027lzd)
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FRI 01:30 The Rivals (b03c482b)
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FRI 02:00 Heated Rollers (b007s849)
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FRI 02:30 Parsley Sidings (b01prccq)
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FRI 03:00 Reluctant Persuaders (b08ljxcc)
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FRI 03:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027lzh)
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FRI 03:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p8cj)
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FRI 04:00 The 3rd Degree (m001p1lj)
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FRI 04:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007jzkw)
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FRI 05:00 The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac (b00czqt0)
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FRI 06:00 The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford (m0027m0j)
2. London
Fleeing from Berlin in 1938, little Maximilian West is accompanied by two of the women he loves most.
Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1990 novel follows the turbulent life of Maximilian West, from a German-Jewish childhood in 1938 Berlin, to becoming a successful businessman haunted by his past.
Starring Robin Ellis.
Dramatised by Bert Coules.
Maximilian West .... Robin Ellis
Little Maxim .... William Nichols Rose
Young Maxim .... Jonathan Kitchens
Ursula Westheim .... Susannah Corbett
Sigmund Westheim .... Ioan Meredith
Theodora .... Emma Fielding
Aunt Ketti .... Maria Charles
With:
Colleen Prendergast
Christopher Scott
Rory Jennings
Denys Hawthorne
Keith Drinkel
Pianist: Michael Haslam
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1996.
FRI 06:30 High Table, Lower Orders (b008wf8j)
Series 1
1. Murder?
A Cambridge college has been drawn together by the death of one of its most prominent dons - celebrity TV historian, Peter Devanti.
Ex-student Simon Harrison - now working for the Health and Safety Executive - begins to wonder whether his death was as straightforward as it first appeared...?
Starring Geoffrey Palmer and Samuel West.
Mark Tavener's six-part comedy thiller set in a small Cambridge college.
Gilbert ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Simon ...... Samuel West
Zoe ...... Sharon Small
Patricia ...... Rebecca Front
Dean ...... Michael Maloney
Bernard ...... Jonathan Coy
The Master ...... Hugh Dickson
Peter ...... Nicholas Boulton
Caroline ...... Emily Wachter
Alice ...... Beth Chalmers
Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.
FRI 07:00 Harry Worth (b00r7q2v)
Thirty Minutes Worth
The Camera
Harry Worth's got a new camera - and havoc awaits at a wedding.
This series was the amiable, woolly-minded bumbler's return to BBC radio, using the title of his first TV series 20 years before with the same writer.
Starring Harry Worth.
Sitcom written by Vince Powell
With:
Jacqueline Clarke
Charles Collingwood
Julie Higginson
John Savident
Producer: Mike Craig
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1988.
FRI 07:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00g42td)
From 08/03/1971
A eulogy to Beethoven - and the epic tale of the building of a new bus shelter.
A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker.
With:
Terence Brady
Pauline Yates
Josephine Gordon
Pianist: Gordon Langford
Written by:
Chris Allen, JHB Peel, John Graham, Allan Scott & Chris Bryant, Peter Spence and Gerald Wiley (Ronnie's Barker's pseudonym)
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1971.
FRI 08:00 Sandi Toksvig's Hygge (m000q3tm)
Series 1
Bridget Christie and Clive Myrie
‘Hygge’ (pronounced hoo-ga) along with ‘tak’ (the word for ‘thank you’ that we learnt from watching Borgen and other Scandi dramas) is one of the few Danish words to have become known to us in the UK.
It’s a word that means comfort, contentment and cherishing the simple pleasures in life. In lifestyle magazines it’s faux fur throws, cups of hot cocoa and scented candles; but to the Danish it has simpler and less commercial roots.
As these cold Winter nights draw in after a difficult year of scant comfort, it feels like we all need some hygge and legendary Dane, Sandi Toksvig, will do her best to bring it to you.
Deep in the Danish countryside in her cosy wood cabin, Sandi will explore the concept of hygge and the Danish way of life and welcomes celebrity guests who join her in front of the open fire to explore what brings them hygge.
In this episode, BBC TV newsreader Clive Myrie talks about finding respite in opera and poetry, while comedian Bridget Christie talks about the joy of running and her comforting but mis-shaped radishes.
Additional material from Simon Alcock and Charlie Dinkin.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2020.
FRI 08:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027m0l)
10. Endings
Jonathan facing grave illness, and his wife’s demand for a separation, asks Tom Ripley for his advice.
One of the most outrageous characters in modern crime-fiction, con artist and murderer Tom Ripley, pits his wits against his adversaries.
Patricia Highsmith's psychological crime-thriller.
Concluded by Stanley Tucci.
Abridged in ten parts by Neville Teller.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
FRI 08:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p8xs)
Series 1
5. Disaster?
In an attempt to facilitate Petronilla's marriage to the man she loves, Eleanor arranges to have his original marriage annulled.
When the Pope becomes involved, disaster threatens - not just Eleanor and Louis but the Kingdom of France itself...
Conclusion of Shaun McKenna's thrilling story of one of Europe's most extraordinary women.
Eleanor ...... Rose Basista
The Dauphin ...... Joel McCormack
Cardinal Yves ...... Carl Prekopp
Theobald ...... Roger Ringrose
Petronilla ...... Cecilia Appiah
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2020.
FRI 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0027m0n)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
FRI 09:30 A History of the Infinite (b07wm0l1)
10. Where does this leave us?
Adrian Moore reaches the end of his journey through two and half millennia of philosophical thought about the infinite.
In this final episode, with the help of writers and philosophers as diverse as Rene Descartes, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Iris Murdoch, Adrian returns to the theme of our finite nature and how that is fundamental to our sense of what is infinite.
He considers the relation between the infinite and the transcendent and examines where the desire to look for something beyond ourselves belongs in a secular society.
Throughout the series, Adrian and his cast of philosophers have made connections, performed calculations and looked up at the stars in their attempts to clarify what we mean by the infinite. But, his history tells us, it all comes back to us and how we relate to what surpasses our finite nature.
Producer: Philippa Goodrich
A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2016.
FRI 09:45 Daily Service (m0027m0q)
Candlemas - Open my eyes to the light
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Candlemas - Open my eyes to the light
Led by Jonathan Thomas
Reading: John 9:5-12
FRI 10:00 Soul Music (b09jvlnk)
Series 25
Redemption Song
"If you've never heard of Bob Marley then you must be living under a rock" - Neville Garrick, Bob Marley's Art Director and friend.
At the time he wrote 'Redemption Song', circa 1979, Bob had been diagnosed with the cancer in his toe that later took his life. It is considered one of his greatest works and continues to inspire generations of Marley fans across the world.
For Grammy Award Winning artist John Legend, it's become an anthem for addressing the criminal justice system of America.
'Musicians without Borders' practitioner Ahmed al 'Azzeh finds the song inspires him to work towards a better life in the Palestinian Territories.
For Jamaican Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison, it is a reminder to continue Marley's call to 'sing these songs of freedom' and for Bob Scott, it will forever be heard in memory of his nephew Dominick who lost his life during the 2004 Tsunami.
Featuring interviews with:
Neville Garrick
Wailers Guitarist - Don Kinsley.
Producer: Nicola Humphries
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017.
FRI 10:30 Footlight Fairies (b007k2n0)
The story of Millicent Fawcett, the indomitable reformer who campaigned to remove children from the 19th century stage
Theatre critic Susannah Clapp investigates the Victorian obsession with the juveniles who played everything from fairies to oyster ghosts.
Millicent Fawcett ...... Siobhan Redmond
Rose ...... Anabel Barnston
Other parts played by Maggie Bourgein, David Drummond and Jon Glover.
Dramatist: Philip Glassborow
Based on research by Anne Varty.
Producer: Philippa Ritchie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004.
FRI 11:00 The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford (m0027m0j)
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06:00 today]
FRI 11:30 High Table, Lower Orders (b008wf8j)
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FRI 12:00 Harry Worth (b00r7q2v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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FRI 12:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00g42td)
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FRI 13:00 Sandi Toksvig's Hygge (m000q3tm)
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FRI 13:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027m0l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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FRI 13:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p8xs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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FRI 14:00 The Motion Show (b0075s3q)
Series 1
Episode 6
Should the beautiful people should inherit the Earth? – and should the police all be like TV copper, Dixon of Dock Green?
Dr Phil Hammond watches over proceedings in the quirky debating game.
With:
Pete Sinclair
Steve Punt
Michael White
Simon Fanshawe
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.
FRI 14:30 1834 (b0121lh5)
Victorian Principles
The young Queen Victoria is coming to Woolsley House for a visit.
But when 21st century Jason invents the electric guitar, he unwittingly changes the course of history.....
Jim Poyser's riotous comedy of transportation and delight.
Jason is now Tarquin, the third son of Lord Belport with his faithful valet, Ned.
Jason Slater ...... Michael Begley
Ned ...... Joe Caffrey
Hoskins ...... Kenneth Alan Taylor
Lord Belport ...... Mark Chatterton
Henry ...... James Nickerson
Queen Victoria ...... Caroline Harding
Directed at BBC Manchester by Polly Thomas.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003.
FRI 15:00 The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac (b00d3k14)
2. Destitute
Philippe's gambling has left his family destitute and his political activities have landed him in jail.
His mother and brother seek financial help from a rich elderly relative, but a pretty young housekeeper and her lover have already laid plans to rob the old man of his money.
Starring Thomas Arnold,
Narrated by Geoffrey Whitehead
Conclusion of Honore de Balzac's entertaining tale of family rivalry and fortunes lost and won, set in 19th-century France.
Dramatised by Chris Dolan.
Narrator ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Philippe Bridau ...... Thomas Arnold
Joseph Bridau ...... Mathew Pidgeon
Agathe Bridau ...... Briony McRoberts
Flore Brazier ...... Lucy Paterson
Jean-Jacques Rouget ...... Timothy Bateson
Desroches ...... Jon Glover
Monsieur Hochon ...... Christian Rodska
Madame Hochon ...... Colette O'Neil
Max Gilet ...... Alan Cox
Baruch ...... Nyasha Hatendi
Fario ...... Chris Pavlo
Directed at BBC Glasgow by Bruce Young.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2008.
FRI 16:00 Soul Music (b09jvlnk)
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10:00 today]
FRI 16:30 Footlight Fairies (b007k2n0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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FRI 17:00 The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford (m0027m0j)
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FRI 17:30 High Table, Lower Orders (b008wf8j)
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FRI 18:00 Harry Worth (b00r7q2v)
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FRI 18:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00g42td)
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FRI 19:00 Sandi Toksvig's Hygge (m000q3tm)
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FRI 19:30 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (m0027m0l)
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FRI 19:45 Eleanor Rising (m000p8xs)
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FRI 20:00 The Motion Show (b0075s3q)
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FRI 20:30 1834 (b0121lh5)
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FRI 21:00 The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac (b00d3k14)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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FRI 22:00 What? Seriously?? (m0027l0w)
5. Duels, Feuds and Stolen Solos
In this episode, Dara and Isy are joined by the broadcaster Stuart Maconie to learn about inventive instruments - with some diverting conversations about jazz, quiz shows, egos, and intellectual property.
What? Seriously?? is a new podcast which combines comedy with quirky history, hosted by Dara and Isy who unravel an extraordinary real-life tale each week with the help of a celebrity guest.
The stories are definitely true, but also kind of unbelievable at the same time - the sort of stories that make you go ‘What? Seriously??’ when you hear them, but you resolve to tell them in the pub the first chance you get.
Across the series, Dara and Isy will be joined by I’m A Celeb winner Georgia Toffolo, the Aussie comedian Rhys Nicholson, the broadcaster Stuart Maconie, Master Chef star Louisa Ellis, Miles from The Traitors, the comedian Richard Herring, the astronaut Helen Sharman, and Slow Horses star Chris Chung.
‘What? Seriously??’ with Dara Ó Briain and Isy Suttie and special guest Rhys Nicholson
Format co-developed by Dan Page. Story compiled by Gareth Edwards and Dan Page.
Producer: Laura Grimshaw
Executive Producer: Jon Holmes
An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 22:30 The Jason Byrne Show (b01p6pxc)
Series 3
I Won't Eat Bread From a Puddle
Award-winning comedian Jason Byrne focuses on our worst fears.
Members of Jason's audience reveal an eccentric range of phobias - including feet, boats in dry docks and being forced to eat white bread out of puddles.
Fast-paced stand-up comedy and sketch show.
With:
Laurence Howarth
Daisy Haggard
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 2010.
FRI 23:00 Meet David Sedaris (b0901fqt)
Series 6
The Perfect Fit; Audience Q&A
The globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller shares more words of wit and wisdom:
* An essay about the wilder end of his fashion sense, The Perfect Fit
* A lively audience question and answer session.
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America's pre-eminent humour writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that he is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.
David Sedaris's first book, Barrel Fever (1994), which included The SantaLand Diaries. was a critical and commercial success, as were his follow-up efforts, Naked (1997), Holidays on Ice (1997) and Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000). He became known for his bitingly funny recollections of his youth, family life and travels, making semi-celebrities out of his parents and siblings.
David Sedaris has been nominated for three Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. A feature film adaptation of his story C.O.G. was released after a premier at the Sundance Film Festival (2013). He has been a contributor to BBC Radio 4 since 1996.
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2017.
FRI 23:30 Life on Egg (m0002c3k)
Series 2
Oil
When an oil field is discovered in the sea near The Egg, the team are excited about the riches that could soon come their way.
But their excitement is short-lived when they discover this oil field could actually threaten the very existence of The Egg itself.
It'll take all of Harry, Anne and Peter's wit, courage and determination to extricate themselves from this sticky situation.
It might also take a guillemot or two.
Written by Dan Maier,
Governor Harry ...... Harry Hill
Anne ...... Karen Bartke
Peter ...... Marek Larwood
Prisoner Gyles Brandreth ...... Gyles Brandreth
Admiral Fernandez ...... Dan Maier
The Minister ...... Sukh Ojla
Producer: Sam Michell
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2019.
FRI 23:45 The In Crowd (b00fbcc2)
Series 1
Episode 1
Meet a dodgy psychiatrist and map-reading with a twist.
Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store.
With
Robin Ince
Helen Moon
Smug Roberts
Kate Ward
Written by Alex Boardman, Carl Cooper, Susan Vale, Sandy Gort, Lavinia Murray and Stan Vernon.
Producer: Graham Frost
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
1834
04:30 SAT (b011vffj)
1834
14:30 FRI (b0121lh5)
1834
20:30 FRI (b0121lh5)
2000 Years of Radio
22:45 THU (b007szjn)
A Good Read
10:00 TUE (b0b5t81y)
A Good Read
16:00 TUE (b0b5t81y)
A Good Read
00:00 WED (b0b5t81y)
A History of the Infinite
09:30 MON (b07w99dw)
A History of the Infinite
09:30 TUE (b07wbtt1)
A History of the Infinite
09:30 WED (b07wc2sv)
A History of the Infinite
09:30 THU (b07wgkzb)
A History of the Infinite
09:30 FRI (b07wm0l1)
Above The World by Ramsay Campbell
16:45 SAT (m000g52p)
Above The World by Ramsay Campbell
00:45 SUN (m000g52p)
Act Your Age
14:00 TUE (b00qhrxb)
Act Your Age
20:00 TUE (b00qhrxb)
Act Your Age
04:00 WED (b00qhrxb)
Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train
22:30 MON (m001p6nc)
Alison Spittle: Petty Please
22:00 TUE (m0026vwd)
Archive on 4
10:00 WED (m000gksj)
Archive on 4
16:00 WED (m000gksj)
Archive on 4
00:00 THU (m000gksj)
Beauty of Britain
23:30 THU (b00njwd9)
Cabin Pressure
14:30 TUE (b00cqhr3)
Cabin Pressure
20:30 TUE (b00cqhr3)
Cabin Pressure
04:30 WED (b00cqhr3)
Chain Reaction
23:30 SAT (b00kwf75)
Clare in the Community
23:00 TUE (b083p889)
Culture by Al Smith
16:00 SAT (m000xdpd)
Culture by Al Smith
00:00 SUN (m000xdpd)
Curious Under the Stars
03:45 SAT (m000q8n7)
Curious Under the Stars
08:50 SUN (m0027l76)
Curious Under the Stars
13:50 SUN (m0027l76)
Curious Under the Stars
19:50 SUN (m0027l76)
Curious Under the Stars
03:50 MON (m0027l76)
Dad Made Me Laugh
10:00 MON (b00mzw55)
Dad Made Me Laugh
16:00 MON (b00mzw55)
Dad Made Me Laugh
00:00 TUE (b00mzw55)
Daily Service
09:45 MON (m0027jr8)
Daily Service
09:45 TUE (m0027jzp)
Daily Service
09:45 WED (m0027k02)
Daily Service
09:45 THU (m0027lzm)
Daily Service
09:45 FRI (m0027m0q)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
06:45 SUN (b00pf12c)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
11:45 SUN (b00pf12c)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
17:45 SUN (b00pf12c)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
01:45 MON (b00pf12c)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
06:00 SUN (m0027l6w)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
11:00 SUN (m0027l6w)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
17:00 SUN (m0027l6w)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
01:00 MON (m0027l6w)
Dr Phil's Bedside Manner
08:00 TUE (m000zmjl)
Dr Phil's Bedside Manner
13:00 TUE (m000zmjl)
Dr Phil's Bedside Manner
19:00 TUE (m000zmjl)
Dr Phil's Bedside Manner
03:00 WED (m000zmjl)
Drama on 4
15:00 TUE (m000tfkd)
Drama on 4
21:00 TUE (m000tfkd)
Drama on 4
05:00 WED (m000tfkd)
Drama on 4
15:00 WED (m000tg63)
Drama on 4
21:00 WED (m000tg63)
Drama on 4
05:00 THU (m000tg63)
Eamon, Older Brother of Jesus
22:30 THU (m0027lzp)
Eleanor Rising
08:45 MON (m000p6ds)
Eleanor Rising
13:45 MON (m000p6ds)
Eleanor Rising
19:45 MON (m000p6ds)
Eleanor Rising
03:45 TUE (m000p6ds)
Eleanor Rising
08:45 TUE (m000p6w8)
Eleanor Rising
13:45 TUE (m000p6w8)
Eleanor Rising
19:45 TUE (m000p6w8)
Eleanor Rising
03:45 WED (m000p6w8)
Eleanor Rising
08:45 WED (m000p78r)
Eleanor Rising
13:45 WED (m000p78r)
Eleanor Rising
19:45 WED (m000p78r)
Eleanor Rising
03:45 THU (m000p78r)
Eleanor Rising
08:45 THU (m000p8cj)
Eleanor Rising
13:45 THU (m000p8cj)
Eleanor Rising
19:45 THU (m000p8cj)
Eleanor Rising
03:45 FRI (m000p8cj)
Eleanor Rising
08:45 FRI (m000p8xs)
Eleanor Rising
13:45 FRI (m000p8xs)
Eleanor Rising
19:45 FRI (m000p8xs)
Electric Ink
22:30 SUN (b01kkqc9)
Fabulous Flops
10:30 MON (b012kwzw)
Fabulous Flops
16:30 MON (b012kwzw)
Fabulous Flops
00:30 TUE (b012kwzw)
Fantasy Festival
10:30 TUE (b07nng5p)
Fantasy Festival
16:30 TUE (b07nng5p)
Fantasy Festival
00:30 WED (b07nng5p)
Farewell Doctor Finlay
00:30 SAT (b07k0k4m)
Fear on 4
16:00 SUN (b007jm5g)
Fear on 4
00:00 MON (b007jm5g)
Footlight Fairies
10:30 FRI (b007k2n0)
Footlight Fairies
16:30 FRI (b007k2n0)
Frankie Howerd
10:00 SUN (b007jmtr)
Frankie Howerd
15:00 SUN (b007jmtr)
Frankie Howerd
21:00 SUN (b007jmtr)
Frankie Howerd
05:00 MON (b007jmtr)
Great Lives
10:00 THU (b0076ds8)
Great Lives
16:00 THU (b0076ds8)
Great Lives
00:00 FRI (b0076ds8)
Harry Worth
02:00 SAT (b00r2jxk)
Harry Worth
07:00 FRI (b00r7q2v)
Harry Worth
12:00 FRI (b00r7q2v)
Harry Worth
18:00 FRI (b00r7q2v)
Heated Rollers
07:00 THU (b007s849)
Heated Rollers
12:00 THU (b007s849)
Heated Rollers
18:00 THU (b007s849)
Heated Rollers
02:00 FRI (b007s849)
High Table, Lower Orders
06:30 FRI (b008wf8j)
High Table, Lower Orders
11:30 FRI (b008wf8j)
High Table, Lower Orders
17:30 FRI (b008wf8j)
I've Never Seen Star Wars
23:00 THU (b05108h0)
Inheritance Tracks
08:40 SAT (b072rsxt)
Inheritance Tracks
13:40 SAT (b072rsxt)
Inheritance Tracks
19:40 SAT (b072rsxt)
Inheritance Tracks
03:40 SUN (b072rsxt)
Inheritance Tracks
08:40 SUN (m0027l74)
Inheritance Tracks
13:40 SUN (m0027l74)
Inheritance Tracks
19:40 SUN (m0027l74)
Inheritance Tracks
03:40 MON (m0027l74)
Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family
10:00 SAT (m0007yfn)
Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family
15:00 SAT (m0007yfn)
Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family
21:00 SAT (m0007yfn)
Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family
05:00 SUN (m0007yfn)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook
09:30 SAT (b007k1jm)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook
14:30 SAT (b007k1jm)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook
20:30 SAT (b007k1jm)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook
04:30 SUN (b007k1jm)
Jelly Mountain
23:45 WED (b00ftk74)
Just a Minute
22:00 MON (m0027bp6)
Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus)
07:30 SAT (m0027kyw)
Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus)
12:30 SAT (m0027kyw)
Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus)
18:30 SAT (m0027kyw)
Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus)
02:30 SUN (m0027kyw)
Life on Egg
23:30 FRI (m0002c3k)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
02:30 SAT (b00g2gm2)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
07:30 FRI (b00g42td)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
12:30 FRI (b00g42td)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
18:30 FRI (b00g42td)
Lobby Land
23:00 SUN (m00070zk)
Meet David Sedaris
23:00 FRI (b0901fqt)
Millport
14:30 WED (b0075t3w)
Millport
20:30 WED (b0075t3w)
Millport
04:30 THU (b0075t3w)
Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music
22:30 SAT (b0076yqv)
More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood
08:45 SAT (m0027kyy)
More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood
13:45 SAT (m0027kyy)
More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood
19:45 SAT (m0027kyy)
More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood
03:45 SUN (m0027kyy)
My Muse
10:30 THU (b07q31y9)
My Muse
16:30 THU (b07q31y9)
My Muse
00:30 FRI (b07q31y9)
My Teenage Diary
23:00 SAT (b07hfwrm)
North by Northamptonshire
08:00 MON (b03phd43)
North by Northamptonshire
13:00 MON (b03phd43)
North by Northamptonshire
19:00 MON (b03phd43)
North by Northamptonshire
03:00 TUE (b03phd43)
Old Devil Moon by Julia Stoneham
15:45 WED (m0027k04)
Old Devil Moon by Julia Stoneham
21:45 WED (m0027k04)
Old Devil Moon by Julia Stoneham
05:45 THU (m0027k04)
Old Harry's Game
23:30 MON (b007jpdn)
P.O.V.
22:00 THU (m0027d7x)
Parsley Sidings
07:30 THU (b01prccq)
Parsley Sidings
12:30 THU (b01prccq)
Parsley Sidings
18:30 THU (b01prccq)
Parsley Sidings
02:30 FRI (b01prccq)
Poetry Extra
07:00 SUN (m0027l6z)
Poetry Extra
12:00 SUN (m0027l6z)
Poetry Extra
18:00 SUN (m0027l6z)
Poetry Extra
02:00 MON (m0027l6z)
Radio Cars
07:00 WED (m0027jzw)
Radio Cars
12:00 WED (m0027jzw)
Radio Cars
18:00 WED (m0027jzw)
Radio Cars
02:00 THU (m0027jzw)
ReincarNathan
22:00 WED (m001g39w)
Reluctant Persuaders
08:00 THU (b08ljxcc)
Reluctant Persuaders
13:00 THU (b08ljxcc)
Reluctant Persuaders
19:00 THU (b08ljxcc)
Reluctant Persuaders
03:00 FRI (b08ljxcc)
Rigor Mortis
23:30 SUN (b00b3hjt)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus)
07:30 SUN (m0027l71)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus)
12:30 SUN (m0027l71)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus)
18:30 SUN (m0027l71)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus)
02:30 MON (m0027l71)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
03:30 SAT (m0027d9g)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
08:30 MON (m0027jr4)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
13:30 MON (m0027jr4)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
19:30 MON (m0027jr4)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
03:30 TUE (m0027jr4)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
08:30 TUE (m0027jzk)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
13:30 TUE (m0027jzk)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
19:30 TUE (m0027jzk)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
03:30 WED (m0027jzk)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
08:30 WED (m0027jzy)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
13:30 WED (m0027jzy)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
19:30 WED (m0027jzy)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
03:30 THU (m0027jzy)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
08:30 THU (m0027lzh)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
13:30 THU (m0027lzh)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
19:30 THU (m0027lzh)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
03:30 FRI (m0027lzh)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
08:30 FRI (m0027m0l)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
13:30 FRI (m0027m0l)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
19:30 FRI (m0027m0l)
Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends
14:30 THU (b007jzkw)
Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends
20:30 THU (b007jzkw)
Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends
04:30 FRI (b007jzkw)
Sandi Toksvig's Hygge
03:00 SAT (m000py9s)
Sandi Toksvig's Hygge
08:00 FRI (m000q3tm)
Sandi Toksvig's Hygge
13:00 FRI (m000q3tm)
Sandi Toksvig's Hygge
19:00 FRI (m000q3tm)
Silver by Jonathan Smith
06:00 SAT (m0027kyt)
Silver by Jonathan Smith
11:00 SAT (m0027kyt)
Silver by Jonathan Smith
17:00 SAT (m0027kyt)
Silver by Jonathan Smith
01:00 SUN (m0027kyt)
Simon Bovey - Cold Blood
16:30 SUN (b007jv49)
Simon Bovey - Cold Blood
00:30 MON (b007jv49)
Smelling of Roses
14:30 MON (b007k1kz)
Smelling of Roses
20:30 MON (b007k1kz)
Smelling of Roses
04:30 TUE (b007k1kz)
Solitaire by Julia Stoneham
15:45 TUE (m0027jzs)
Solitaire by Julia Stoneham
21:45 TUE (m0027jzs)
Solitaire by Julia Stoneham
05:45 WED (m0027jzs)
Soul Music
00:00 SAT (b05stg0l)
Soul Music
10:00 FRI (b09jvlnk)
Soul Music
16:00 FRI (b09jvlnk)
Spangles 'n' Tights
07:00 TUE (b04ndrcb)
Spangles 'n' Tights
12:00 TUE (b04ndrcb)
Spangles 'n' Tights
18:00 TUE (b04ndrcb)
Spangles 'n' Tights
02:00 WED (b04ndrcb)
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
15:00 MON (m0027jrb)
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
21:00 MON (m0027jrb)
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
05:00 TUE (m0027jrb)
Take It From Here
10:30 SUN (b011klyp)
Take It From Here
15:30 SUN (b011klyp)
Take It From Here
21:30 SUN (b011klyp)
Take It From Here
05:30 MON (b011klyp)
The 3rd Degree
14:00 THU (m001p1lj)
The 3rd Degree
20:00 THU (m001p1lj)
The 3rd Degree
04:00 FRI (m001p1lj)
The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac
15:00 THU (b00czqt0)
The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac
21:00 THU (b00czqt0)
The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac
05:00 FRI (b00czqt0)
The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac
15:00 FRI (b00d3k14)
The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac
21:00 FRI (b00d3k14)
The Consultants
22:30 TUE (b060002m)
The Curried Goat Show
23:30 TUE (b007k4h6)
The Goon Show
07:30 TUE (b007jnj2)
The Goon Show
12:30 TUE (b007jnj2)
The Goon Show
18:30 TUE (b007jnj2)
The Goon Show
02:30 WED (b007jnj2)
The House of the Spirit Levels
07:00 MON (b007rhx1)
The House of the Spirit Levels
12:00 MON (b007rhx1)
The House of the Spirit Levels
18:00 MON (b007rhx1)
The House of the Spirit Levels
02:00 TUE (b007rhx1)
The Iguanodon
22:00 SUN (b0075cbr)
The In Crowd
23:45 FRI (b00fbcc2)
The Jason Byrne Show
22:30 FRI (b01p6pxc)
The Lawrence Sweeney Mix
22:30 WED (b00k9pcb)
The Likely Lads
07:30 MON (m0027jr2)
The Likely Lads
12:30 MON (m0027jr2)
The Likely Lads
18:30 MON (m0027jr2)
The Likely Lads
02:30 TUE (m0027jr2)
The Men from the Ministry
09:00 SAT (b007jphs)
The Men from the Ministry
14:00 SAT (b007jphs)
The Men from the Ministry
20:00 SAT (b007jphs)
The Men from the Ministry
04:00 SUN (b007jphs)
The Missing Hancocks
07:30 WED (b06pt0bm)
The Missing Hancocks
12:30 WED (b06pt0bm)
The Missing Hancocks
18:30 WED (b06pt0bm)
The Missing Hancocks
02:30 THU (b06pt0bm)
The Motion Show
04:00 SAT (b0075ryv)
The Motion Show
14:00 FRI (b0075s3q)
The Motion Show
20:00 FRI (b0075s3q)
The Museum of Curiosity
14:00 WED (b08crt6f)
The Museum of Curiosity
20:00 WED (b08crt6f)
The Museum of Curiosity
04:00 THU (b08crt6f)
The News Quiz
23:00 MON (m0027d49)
The Rest is History
14:00 MON (b0773pcp)
The Rest is History
20:00 MON (b0773pcp)
The Rest is History
04:00 TUE (b0773pcp)
The Rivals
06:30 MON (b03b2g2b)
The Rivals
11:30 MON (b03b2g2b)
The Rivals
17:30 MON (b03b2g2b)
The Rivals
01:30 TUE (b03b2g2b)
The Rivals
06:30 TUE (b03bdw8c)
The Rivals
11:30 TUE (b03bdw8c)
The Rivals
17:30 TUE (b03bdw8c)
The Rivals
01:30 WED (b03bdw8c)
The Rivals
06:30 WED (b03brnrj)
The Rivals
11:30 WED (b03brnrj)
The Rivals
17:30 WED (b03brnrj)
The Rivals
01:30 THU (b03brnrj)
The Rivals
06:30 THU (b03c482b)
The Rivals
11:30 THU (b03c482b)
The Rivals
17:30 THU (b03c482b)
The Rivals
01:30 FRI (b03c482b)
The Shuttleworths
22:00 SAT (b01ms352)
The Skivers
23:00 WED (b007jpsp)
The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford
06:00 THU (m0027lzd)
The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford
11:00 THU (m0027lzd)
The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford
17:00 THU (m0027lzd)
The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford
01:00 FRI (m0027lzd)
The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford
06:00 FRI (m0027m0j)
The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford
11:00 FRI (m0027m0j)
The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford
17:00 FRI (m0027m0j)
This Is Craig Brown
23:30 WED (b00dz9jn)
Tim Key's Poetry Programme
22:15 SAT (b03pjfj7)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
08:00 WED (b07pjb9t)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
13:00 WED (b07pjb9t)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
19:00 WED (b07pjb9t)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
03:00 THU (b07pjb9t)
What? Seriously??
22:00 FRI (m0027l0w)
Whodunnits
01:00 SAT (b00bzgx4)
Whodunnits
01:30 SAT (b010nwbj)
Whodunnits
06:00 MON (b00c1q5v)
Whodunnits
11:00 MON (b00c1q5v)
Whodunnits
17:00 MON (b00c1q5v)
Whodunnits
01:00 TUE (b00c1q5v)
Whodunnits
06:00 TUE (b00c5zz9)
Whodunnits
11:00 TUE (b00c5zz9)
Whodunnits
17:00 TUE (b00c5zz9)
Whodunnits
01:00 WED (b00c5zz9)
Whodunnits
06:00 WED (b00cc4m0)
Whodunnits
11:00 WED (b00cc4m0)
Whodunnits
17:00 WED (b00cc4m0)
Whodunnits
01:00 THU (b00cc4m0)
Yesterday in Parliament
09:00 MON (m0027jr6)
Yesterday in Parliament
09:00 TUE (m0027jzm)
Yesterday in Parliament
09:00 WED (m0027k00)
Yesterday in Parliament
09:00 THU (m0027lzk)
Yesterday in Parliament
09:00 FRI (m0027m0n)
Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
05:00 SAT (b007jqzy)
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES ORDERED BY GENRE
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
Comedy
Act Your Age
14:00 TUE (b00qhrxb)
Act Your Age
20:00 TUE (b00qhrxb)
Act Your Age
04:00 WED (b00qhrxb)
Alison Spittle: Petty Please
22:00 TUE (m0026vwd)
Chain Reaction
23:30 SAT (b00kwf75)
Dad Made Me Laugh
10:00 MON (b00mzw55)
Dad Made Me Laugh
16:00 MON (b00mzw55)
Dad Made Me Laugh
00:00 TUE (b00mzw55)
Eamon, Older Brother of Jesus
22:30 THU (m0027lzp)
Frankie Howerd
10:00 SUN (b007jmtr)
Frankie Howerd
15:00 SUN (b007jmtr)
Frankie Howerd
21:00 SUN (b007jmtr)
Frankie Howerd
05:00 MON (b007jmtr)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
02:30 SAT (b00g2gm2)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
07:30 FRI (b00g42td)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
12:30 FRI (b00g42td)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
18:30 FRI (b00g42td)
Reluctant Persuaders
08:00 THU (b08ljxcc)
Reluctant Persuaders
13:00 THU (b08ljxcc)
Reluctant Persuaders
19:00 THU (b08ljxcc)
Reluctant Persuaders
03:00 FRI (b08ljxcc)
The House of the Spirit Levels
07:00 MON (b007rhx1)
The House of the Spirit Levels
12:00 MON (b007rhx1)
The House of the Spirit Levels
18:00 MON (b007rhx1)
The House of the Spirit Levels
02:00 TUE (b007rhx1)
The Rest is History
14:00 MON (b0773pcp)
The Rest is History
20:00 MON (b0773pcp)
The Rest is History
04:00 TUE (b0773pcp)
Comedy: Character
The Iguanodon
22:00 SUN (b0075cbr)
Comedy: Chat
Dr Phil's Bedside Manner
08:00 TUE (m000zmjl)
Dr Phil's Bedside Manner
13:00 TUE (m000zmjl)
Dr Phil's Bedside Manner
19:00 TUE (m000zmjl)
Dr Phil's Bedside Manner
03:00 WED (m000zmjl)
I've Never Seen Star Wars
23:00 THU (b05108h0)
My Teenage Diary
23:00 SAT (b07hfwrm)
Sandi Toksvig's Hygge
03:00 SAT (m000py9s)
Sandi Toksvig's Hygge
08:00 FRI (m000q3tm)
Sandi Toksvig's Hygge
13:00 FRI (m000q3tm)
Sandi Toksvig's Hygge
19:00 FRI (m000q3tm)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
08:00 WED (b07pjb9t)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
13:00 WED (b07pjb9t)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
19:00 WED (b07pjb9t)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
03:00 THU (b07pjb9t)
What? Seriously??
22:00 FRI (m0027l0w)
Comedy: Music
Heated Rollers
07:00 THU (b007s849)
Heated Rollers
12:00 THU (b007s849)
Heated Rollers
18:00 THU (b007s849)
Heated Rollers
02:00 FRI (b007s849)
Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music
22:30 SAT (b0076yqv)
Comedy: Panel Shows
Just a Minute
22:00 MON (m0027bp6)
The Motion Show
04:00 SAT (b0075ryv)
The Motion Show
14:00 FRI (b0075s3q)
The Motion Show
20:00 FRI (b0075s3q)
The Museum of Curiosity
14:00 WED (b08crt6f)
The Museum of Curiosity
20:00 WED (b08crt6f)
The Museum of Curiosity
04:00 THU (b08crt6f)
The News Quiz
23:00 MON (m0027d49)
Comedy: Satire
Electric Ink
22:30 SUN (b01kkqc9)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook
09:30 SAT (b007k1jm)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook
14:30 SAT (b007k1jm)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook
20:30 SAT (b007k1jm)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook
04:30 SUN (b007k1jm)
The News Quiz
23:00 MON (m0027d49)
This Is Craig Brown
23:30 WED (b00dz9jn)
Comedy: Sitcoms
1834
04:30 SAT (b011vffj)
1834
14:30 FRI (b0121lh5)
1834
20:30 FRI (b0121lh5)
Beauty of Britain
23:30 THU (b00njwd9)
Cabin Pressure
14:30 TUE (b00cqhr3)
Cabin Pressure
20:30 TUE (b00cqhr3)
Cabin Pressure
04:30 WED (b00cqhr3)
Clare in the Community
23:00 TUE (b083p889)
Curious Under the Stars
03:45 SAT (m000q8n7)
Curious Under the Stars
08:50 SUN (m0027l76)
Curious Under the Stars
13:50 SUN (m0027l76)
Curious Under the Stars
19:50 SUN (m0027l76)
Curious Under the Stars
03:50 MON (m0027l76)
Harry Worth
02:00 SAT (b00r2jxk)
Harry Worth
07:00 FRI (b00r7q2v)
Harry Worth
12:00 FRI (b00r7q2v)
Harry Worth
18:00 FRI (b00r7q2v)
High Table, Lower Orders
06:30 FRI (b008wf8j)
High Table, Lower Orders
11:30 FRI (b008wf8j)
High Table, Lower Orders
17:30 FRI (b008wf8j)
Life on Egg
23:30 FRI (m0002c3k)
Lobby Land
23:00 SUN (m00070zk)
Millport
14:30 WED (b0075t3w)
Millport
20:30 WED (b0075t3w)
Millport
04:30 THU (b0075t3w)
North by Northamptonshire
08:00 MON (b03phd43)
North by Northamptonshire
13:00 MON (b03phd43)
North by Northamptonshire
19:00 MON (b03phd43)
North by Northamptonshire
03:00 TUE (b03phd43)
Old Harry's Game
23:30 MON (b007jpdn)
Parsley Sidings
07:30 THU (b01prccq)
Parsley Sidings
12:30 THU (b01prccq)
Parsley Sidings
18:30 THU (b01prccq)
Parsley Sidings
02:30 FRI (b01prccq)
Radio Cars
07:00 WED (m0027jzw)
Radio Cars
12:00 WED (m0027jzw)
Radio Cars
18:00 WED (m0027jzw)
Radio Cars
02:00 THU (m0027jzw)
ReincarNathan
22:00 WED (m001g39w)
Rigor Mortis
23:30 SUN (b00b3hjt)
Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends
14:30 THU (b007jzkw)
Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends
20:30 THU (b007jzkw)
Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends
04:30 FRI (b007jzkw)
Smelling of Roses
14:30 MON (b007k1kz)
Smelling of Roses
20:30 MON (b007k1kz)
Smelling of Roses
04:30 TUE (b007k1kz)
Spangles 'n' Tights
07:00 TUE (b04ndrcb)
Spangles 'n' Tights
12:00 TUE (b04ndrcb)
Spangles 'n' Tights
18:00 TUE (b04ndrcb)
Spangles 'n' Tights
02:00 WED (b04ndrcb)
The Likely Lads
07:30 MON (m0027jr2)
The Likely Lads
12:30 MON (m0027jr2)
The Likely Lads
18:30 MON (m0027jr2)
The Likely Lads
02:30 TUE (m0027jr2)
The Men from the Ministry
09:00 SAT (b007jphs)
The Men from the Ministry
14:00 SAT (b007jphs)
The Men from the Ministry
20:00 SAT (b007jphs)
The Men from the Ministry
04:00 SUN (b007jphs)
The Shuttleworths
22:00 SAT (b01ms352)
Comedy: Sketch
Heated Rollers
07:00 THU (b007s849)
Heated Rollers
12:00 THU (b007s849)
Heated Rollers
18:00 THU (b007s849)
Heated Rollers
02:00 FRI (b007s849)
Jelly Mountain
23:45 WED (b00ftk74)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
02:30 SAT (b00g2gm2)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
07:30 FRI (b00g42td)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
12:30 FRI (b00g42td)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
18:30 FRI (b00g42td)
P.O.V.
22:00 THU (m0027d7x)
Take It From Here
10:30 SUN (b011klyp)
Take It From Here
15:30 SUN (b011klyp)
Take It From Here
21:30 SUN (b011klyp)
Take It From Here
05:30 MON (b011klyp)
The Consultants
22:30 TUE (b060002m)
The Curried Goat Show
23:30 TUE (b007k4h6)
The Goon Show
07:30 TUE (b007jnj2)
The Goon Show
12:30 TUE (b007jnj2)
The Goon Show
18:30 TUE (b007jnj2)
The Goon Show
02:30 WED (b007jnj2)
The In Crowd
23:45 FRI (b00fbcc2)
The Jason Byrne Show
22:30 FRI (b01p6pxc)
The Lawrence Sweeney Mix
22:30 WED (b00k9pcb)
The Missing Hancocks
07:30 WED (b06pt0bm)
The Missing Hancocks
12:30 WED (b06pt0bm)
The Missing Hancocks
18:30 WED (b06pt0bm)
The Missing Hancocks
02:30 THU (b06pt0bm)
The Skivers
23:00 WED (b007jpsp)
Tim Key's Poetry Programme
22:15 SAT (b03pjfj7)
Comedy: Spoof
2000 Years of Radio
22:45 THU (b007szjn)
Comedy: Standup
Meet David Sedaris
23:00 FRI (b0901fqt)
The Jason Byrne Show
22:30 FRI (b01p6pxc)
Drama
Drama on 4
15:00 TUE (m000tfkd)
Drama on 4
21:00 TUE (m000tfkd)
Drama on 4
05:00 WED (m000tfkd)
Drama on 4
15:00 WED (m000tg63)
Drama on 4
21:00 WED (m000tg63)
Drama on 4
05:00 THU (m000tg63)
Solitaire by Julia Stoneham
15:45 TUE (m0027jzs)
Solitaire by Julia Stoneham
21:45 TUE (m0027jzs)
Solitaire by Julia Stoneham
05:45 WED (m0027jzs)
The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford
06:00 THU (m0027lzd)
The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford
11:00 THU (m0027lzd)
The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford
17:00 THU (m0027lzd)
The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford
01:00 FRI (m0027lzd)
The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford
06:00 FRI (m0027m0j)
The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford
11:00 FRI (m0027m0j)
The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford
17:00 FRI (m0027m0j)
Drama: Biographical
Footlight Fairies
10:30 FRI (b007k2n0)
Footlight Fairies
16:30 FRI (b007k2n0)
Silver by Jonathan Smith
06:00 SAT (m0027kyt)
Silver by Jonathan Smith
11:00 SAT (m0027kyt)
Silver by Jonathan Smith
17:00 SAT (m0027kyt)
Silver by Jonathan Smith
01:00 SUN (m0027kyt)
Drama: Classic & Period
The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac
15:00 THU (b00czqt0)
The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac
21:00 THU (b00czqt0)
The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac
05:00 FRI (b00czqt0)
The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac
15:00 FRI (b00d3k14)
The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac
21:00 FRI (b00d3k14)
Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
05:00 SAT (b007jqzy)
Drama: Crime
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
15:00 MON (m0027jrb)
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
21:00 MON (m0027jrb)
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
05:00 TUE (m0027jrb)
The Rivals
06:30 MON (b03b2g2b)
The Rivals
11:30 MON (b03b2g2b)
The Rivals
17:30 MON (b03b2g2b)
The Rivals
01:30 TUE (b03b2g2b)
The Rivals
06:30 TUE (b03bdw8c)
The Rivals
11:30 TUE (b03bdw8c)
The Rivals
17:30 TUE (b03bdw8c)
The Rivals
01:30 WED (b03bdw8c)
The Rivals
06:30 WED (b03brnrj)
The Rivals
11:30 WED (b03brnrj)
The Rivals
17:30 WED (b03brnrj)
The Rivals
01:30 THU (b03brnrj)
The Rivals
06:30 THU (b03c482b)
The Rivals
11:30 THU (b03c482b)
The Rivals
17:30 THU (b03c482b)
The Rivals
01:30 FRI (b03c482b)
Whodunnits
01:00 SAT (b00bzgx4)
Whodunnits
01:30 SAT (b010nwbj)
Whodunnits
06:00 MON (b00c1q5v)
Whodunnits
11:00 MON (b00c1q5v)
Whodunnits
17:00 MON (b00c1q5v)
Whodunnits
01:00 TUE (b00c1q5v)
Whodunnits
06:00 TUE (b00c5zz9)
Whodunnits
11:00 TUE (b00c5zz9)
Whodunnits
17:00 TUE (b00c5zz9)
Whodunnits
01:00 WED (b00c5zz9)
Whodunnits
06:00 WED (b00cc4m0)
Whodunnits
11:00 WED (b00cc4m0)
Whodunnits
17:00 WED (b00cc4m0)
Whodunnits
01:00 THU (b00cc4m0)
Drama: Historical
Eleanor Rising
08:45 MON (m000p6ds)
Eleanor Rising
13:45 MON (m000p6ds)
Eleanor Rising
19:45 MON (m000p6ds)
Eleanor Rising
03:45 TUE (m000p6ds)
Eleanor Rising
08:45 TUE (m000p6w8)
Eleanor Rising
13:45 TUE (m000p6w8)
Eleanor Rising
19:45 TUE (m000p6w8)
Eleanor Rising
03:45 WED (m000p6w8)
Eleanor Rising
08:45 WED (m000p78r)
Eleanor Rising
13:45 WED (m000p78r)
Eleanor Rising
19:45 WED (m000p78r)
Eleanor Rising
03:45 THU (m000p78r)
Eleanor Rising
08:45 THU (m000p8cj)
Eleanor Rising
13:45 THU (m000p8cj)
Eleanor Rising
19:45 THU (m000p8cj)
Eleanor Rising
03:45 FRI (m000p8cj)
Eleanor Rising
08:45 FRI (m000p8xs)
Eleanor Rising
13:45 FRI (m000p8xs)
Eleanor Rising
19:45 FRI (m000p8xs)
More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood
08:45 SAT (m0027kyy)
More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood
13:45 SAT (m0027kyy)
More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood
19:45 SAT (m0027kyy)
More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood
03:45 SUN (m0027kyy)
Drama: Horror & Supernatural
Above The World by Ramsay Campbell
16:45 SAT (m000g52p)
Above The World by Ramsay Campbell
00:45 SUN (m000g52p)
Fear on 4
16:00 SUN (b007jm5g)
Fear on 4
00:00 MON (b007jm5g)
Drama: Psychological
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus)
07:30 SUN (m0027l71)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus)
12:30 SUN (m0027l71)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus)
18:30 SUN (m0027l71)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus)
02:30 MON (m0027l71)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
03:30 SAT (m0027d9g)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
08:30 MON (m0027jr4)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
13:30 MON (m0027jr4)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
19:30 MON (m0027jr4)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
03:30 TUE (m0027jr4)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
08:30 TUE (m0027jzk)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
13:30 TUE (m0027jzk)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
19:30 TUE (m0027jzk)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
03:30 WED (m0027jzk)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
08:30 WED (m0027jzy)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
13:30 WED (m0027jzy)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
19:30 WED (m0027jzy)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
03:30 THU (m0027jzy)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
08:30 THU (m0027lzh)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
13:30 THU (m0027lzh)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
19:30 THU (m0027lzh)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
03:30 FRI (m0027lzh)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
08:30 FRI (m0027m0l)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
13:30 FRI (m0027m0l)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
19:30 FRI (m0027m0l)
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
15:00 MON (m0027jrb)
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
21:00 MON (m0027jrb)
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
05:00 TUE (m0027jrb)
Drama: Relationships & Romance
Old Devil Moon by Julia Stoneham
15:45 WED (m0027k04)
Old Devil Moon by Julia Stoneham
21:45 WED (m0027k04)
Old Devil Moon by Julia Stoneham
05:45 THU (m0027k04)
Drama: SciFi & Fantasy
Culture by Al Smith
16:00 SAT (m000xdpd)
Culture by Al Smith
00:00 SUN (m000xdpd)
Curious Under the Stars
03:45 SAT (m000q8n7)
Curious Under the Stars
08:50 SUN (m0027l76)
Curious Under the Stars
13:50 SUN (m0027l76)
Curious Under the Stars
19:50 SUN (m0027l76)
Curious Under the Stars
03:50 MON (m0027l76)
Simon Bovey - Cold Blood
16:30 SUN (b007jv49)
Simon Bovey - Cold Blood
00:30 MON (b007jv49)
Drama: Thriller
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus)
07:30 SUN (m0027l71)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus)
12:30 SUN (m0027l71)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus)
18:30 SUN (m0027l71)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith (Omnibus)
02:30 MON (m0027l71)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
03:30 SAT (m0027d9g)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
08:30 MON (m0027jr4)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
13:30 MON (m0027jr4)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
19:30 MON (m0027jr4)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
03:30 TUE (m0027jr4)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
08:30 TUE (m0027jzk)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
13:30 TUE (m0027jzk)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
19:30 TUE (m0027jzk)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
03:30 WED (m0027jzk)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
08:30 WED (m0027jzy)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
13:30 WED (m0027jzy)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
19:30 WED (m0027jzy)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
03:30 THU (m0027jzy)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
08:30 THU (m0027lzh)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
13:30 THU (m0027lzh)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
19:30 THU (m0027lzh)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
03:30 FRI (m0027lzh)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
08:30 FRI (m0027m0l)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
13:30 FRI (m0027m0l)
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
19:30 FRI (m0027m0l)
Simon Bovey - Cold Blood
16:30 SUN (b007jv49)
Simon Bovey - Cold Blood
00:30 MON (b007jv49)
Entertainment
I've Never Seen Star Wars
23:00 THU (b05108h0)
Entertainment: Variety Shows
Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family
10:00 SAT (m0007yfn)
Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family
15:00 SAT (m0007yfn)
Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family
21:00 SAT (m0007yfn)
Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family
05:00 SUN (m0007yfn)
Factual
A Good Read
10:00 TUE (b0b5t81y)
A Good Read
16:00 TUE (b0b5t81y)
A Good Read
00:00 WED (b0b5t81y)
Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train
22:30 MON (m001p6nc)
Archive on 4
10:00 WED (m000gksj)
Archive on 4
16:00 WED (m000gksj)
Archive on 4
00:00 THU (m000gksj)
The 3rd Degree
14:00 THU (m001p1lj)
The 3rd Degree
20:00 THU (m001p1lj)
The 3rd Degree
04:00 FRI (m001p1lj)
Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media
Fabulous Flops
10:30 MON (b012kwzw)
Fabulous Flops
16:30 MON (b012kwzw)
Fabulous Flops
00:30 TUE (b012kwzw)
Poetry Extra
07:00 SUN (m0027l6z)
Poetry Extra
12:00 SUN (m0027l6z)
Poetry Extra
18:00 SUN (m0027l6z)
Poetry Extra
02:00 MON (m0027l6z)
Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media: Arts
A Good Read
10:00 TUE (b0b5t81y)
A Good Read
16:00 TUE (b0b5t81y)
A Good Read
00:00 WED (b0b5t81y)
My Muse
10:30 THU (b07q31y9)
My Muse
16:30 THU (b07q31y9)
My Muse
00:30 FRI (b07q31y9)
Factual: Health & Wellbeing
Farewell Doctor Finlay
00:30 SAT (b07k0k4m)
Factual: History
Farewell Doctor Finlay
00:30 SAT (b07k0k4m)
Footlight Fairies
10:30 FRI (b007k2n0)
Footlight Fairies
16:30 FRI (b007k2n0)
Great Lives
10:00 THU (b0076ds8)
Great Lives
16:00 THU (b0076ds8)
Great Lives
00:00 FRI (b0076ds8)
Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus)
07:30 SAT (m0027kyw)
Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus)
12:30 SAT (m0027kyw)
Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus)
18:30 SAT (m0027kyw)
Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus)
02:30 SUN (m0027kyw)
What? Seriously??
22:00 FRI (m0027l0w)
Factual: Life Stories
Desert Island Discs Revisited
06:00 SUN (m0027l6w)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
11:00 SUN (m0027l6w)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
17:00 SUN (m0027l6w)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
01:00 MON (m0027l6w)
Great Lives
10:00 THU (b0076ds8)
Great Lives
16:00 THU (b0076ds8)
Great Lives
00:00 FRI (b0076ds8)
Inheritance Tracks
08:40 SAT (b072rsxt)
Inheritance Tracks
13:40 SAT (b072rsxt)
Inheritance Tracks
19:40 SAT (b072rsxt)
Inheritance Tracks
03:40 SUN (b072rsxt)
Inheritance Tracks
08:40 SUN (m0027l74)
Inheritance Tracks
13:40 SUN (m0027l74)
Inheritance Tracks
19:40 SUN (m0027l74)
Inheritance Tracks
03:40 MON (m0027l74)
My Teenage Diary
23:00 SAT (b07hfwrm)
Soul Music
00:00 SAT (b05stg0l)
Soul Music
10:00 FRI (b09jvlnk)
Soul Music
16:00 FRI (b09jvlnk)
Factual: Pets & Animals
David Attenborough's Life Stories
06:45 SUN (b00pf12c)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
11:45 SUN (b00pf12c)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
17:45 SUN (b00pf12c)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
01:45 MON (b00pf12c)
Factual: Politics
Yesterday in Parliament
09:00 MON (m0027jr6)
Yesterday in Parliament
09:00 TUE (m0027jzm)
Yesterday in Parliament
09:00 WED (m0027k00)
Yesterday in Parliament
09:00 THU (m0027lzk)
Yesterday in Parliament
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Factual: Science & Nature
A History of the Infinite
09:30 MON (b07w99dw)
A History of the Infinite
09:30 TUE (b07wbtt1)
A History of the Infinite
09:30 WED (b07wc2sv)
A History of the Infinite
09:30 THU (b07wgkzb)
A History of the Infinite
09:30 FRI (b07wm0l1)
Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment
David Attenborough's Life Stories
06:45 SUN (b00pf12c)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
11:45 SUN (b00pf12c)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
17:45 SUN (b00pf12c)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
01:45 MON (b00pf12c)
Music
Fantasy Festival
10:30 TUE (b07nng5p)
Fantasy Festival
16:30 TUE (b07nng5p)
Fantasy Festival
00:30 WED (b07nng5p)
Soul Music
00:00 SAT (b05stg0l)
Soul Music
10:00 FRI (b09jvlnk)
Soul Music
16:00 FRI (b09jvlnk)
Music: Classical
Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus)
07:30 SAT (m0027kyw)
Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus)
12:30 SAT (m0027kyw)
Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus)
18:30 SAT (m0027kyw)
Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus)
02:30 SUN (m0027kyw)
Religion & Ethics
Daily Service
09:45 MON (m0027jr8)
Daily Service
09:45 TUE (m0027jzp)
Daily Service
09:45 WED (m0027k02)
Daily Service
09:45 THU (m0027lzm)
Daily Service
09:45 FRI (m0027m0q)
Sport: Cricket
More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood
08:45 SAT (m0027kyy)
More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood
13:45 SAT (m0027kyy)
More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood
19:45 SAT (m0027kyy)
More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood
03:45 SUN (m0027kyy)