MONDAY 29 APRIL 2013

MON 00:00 The Scarifyers (b01s4f4m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 The Price of Fear (b01s4f4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01s4d2s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 01:45 Five Stories by James Ellis (b00ljmsm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


MON 02:00 That Reminds Me (b007jmxz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]


MON 02:30 The Palace of Laughter (b007wld9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 Educating Archie (b01s4cwl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Alan Ayckbourn - The Revengers' Comedies (b007jzd1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00cm07b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:30 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (b007jqq9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


MON 06:00 Paul Temple (b00sms54)
Paul Temple and Steve

The Notorious Dr Belasco

A new production of the 1947 detective serial 'Paul Temple and Steve.' One of the great radio detectives returns refreshed and reinvigorated to the airwaves to investigate the activities of a shadowy and ruthless criminal mastermind in post-war London.

Enlisted by Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard to help track down the mysterious Dr. Belasco, Paul and his wife Steve find clues in cigarette lighters and bodies in shrubberies, dance the night away in louche Latin American night clubs, meet sinister menservants and suspicious foreigners, and have their lives threatened at every turn. Just as well Steve remembered to bring along her revolver as well as her ration book... A mid-morning vintage champagne crime cocktail.

Paul Temple ..... Crawford Logan
Steve ..... Gerda Stevenson
Sir Graham Forbes ..... Gareth Thomas
Nelson ..... Jimmy Chisholm
Mary Hamilton ..... Eliza Langland
Kaufman ..... Nick Underwood
Charlie/Worth ..... Greg Powrie

Produced by Patrick Rayner

The background:

April 1938 saw the transmission on the BBC's Midland Regional Programme of a thriller serial called 'Send for Paul Temple', written by Francis Durbridge. For the next thirty years, until 1968, the incomparably suave private detective and crime novelist Paul, together with his glamorous Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most enduringly popular series. Unfortunately, recordings of many of the early series are lost to the archives.

In 2006 Radio 4 broadcast a brand new production of one of the missing Temples - the ninth series, 'Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery', with Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson as Paul and Steve. Using vintage microphones and sound effects, and much of the original incidental music, the production was as far as possible a technical and stylistic replica of how the 1947 original might have sounded if its recording had survived. It proved enormously popular with the audience on Radio 4, and subsequently on Radio 7, with hundreds of letters, e-mails and phone calls. A second revival in 2008 (this time of 'Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery') proved equally popular. So, here we go again, with 'Paul Temple and Steve', which was first broadcast on the BBC's Light Programme in eight weekly episodes from 30th March 1947 to 18th May 1947.

Francis Durbridge, the creator of Paul Temple, was born in Hull in 1912 and died in 1998. He one of the most successful novelists, playwrights and scriptwriters of his day.


MON 06:30 Detective (b01s2xl6)
Series 3

3. Lost Without a Trace

Detectives Brook and Tully must sound out their snouts to try and recapture £200,000 of stolen electrical goods.

Starring Ray Brooks and Stephen Garlick.

More tough stories of crime and detection in London written by Robert Barr

Detective Sergeant Brook …. Ray Brooks
Detective Constable Tully …. Stephen Garlick
Detective Sergeant Harrison …. Peter Cleall
Chief Inspector Roach …. Stephen Yardley
Ma Gregg … Julie May
Mr Hewitt …. Victor Maddern
Harry …. Johnny Wade
Springer …. William Hope

Other parts played by the cast.

Producer: Martin Fisher

First broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 2 in July 1984.


MON 07:00 Married (b0081vm4)
Series 1

Episode 2

Confirmed bachelor Robin Lightfoot is not happy. He's accidentally helpful to his new family. Surely he's not growing to like them?

With a new wife and kids, Robin learns more about his parallel universe.

Hugh Bonneville stars in Tony Bagley's comedy.

Robin ...... Hugh Bonneville
Lesley ...... Josie Lawrence
Julia ...... Barbara Murray
Dirk ...... Steve Frost
Ned ...... Sam Bradley
Maxine ...... Ann Gosling
Janet Ellis ...... Elaine
Psychotherapist ...... Simon Roberts
Big Kid ...... Jackson Leach
Nicholas Parsons ...... Himself

Producer Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999.


MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b01s09km)
Series 11

Episode 3

David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents. Ed Byrne, Mark Watson, Tony Hawks and Lucy Porter are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as the horn, windows, monkeys and grass.

The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.

Producer: Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.


MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b007jrj3)
Series 2

Episode 4

The World Cup's gone missing! MI5's Disguise Department run by Julian and Sandy provide a bona disguise for Master Spy Kenneth Horne.

With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.

Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London. Announcer: Douglas Smith

Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, catchphrases and double-entendres.

Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1966.


MON 08:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01s5crm)
Series 2

Episode 4

Money talks when the duo visit their bank manager and Ernie shows off his court skills in a game of tennis.

Written by Eddie Braben.

With Allan Cuthbertson.

Music from Syd Lawrence and his Orchestra.

Producer: John Browell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1976.


MON 09:00 Sketchorama (b01s5d64)
Series 2

Episode 1

Thom Tuck presents the pick of the new sketch groups currently performing live on the UK comedy circuit - with character, improv, broken and musical sketch comedy.

This is the second series, and in the first episode:

THE BETA MALES
Writer-performers John Henry Falle, Jon Gracey, Guy Kelly and Richard Soames have been circuit and Fringe favourites since 2010. The critically acclaimed sketch-storytellers and waistcoat enthusiasts gained a raft of 5 and 4 star reviews for their three Fringe outings, and were nominated for the Chortle Award for Best Character or Sketch Act in 2012.

SHIRLEY & SHIRLEY
A female double act, Joanna Carolan and Pascale Wilson, accompanied by co-creator and Director, Michael Pearce. They have racked up four Fringe runs and an appearance at the Latitude Festival, gaining rave reviews from the critics. Be prepared for inspired comic observation, top class character creations and wonderfully dark ideas.

JONNY & THE BAPTISTS
The world's first comedy-blues band. We think. Well, we haven't heard of any others. Featuring Jonathan Donahoe and Paddy Gervers, these circuit favourites play satirical, political, edgy, silly but often sexy sketch comedy songs.

Producer: Gus Beattie
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.


MON 09:30 A Look Back at the Future (b01s5d66)
2099

The year that time ran backwards.

Recorded in August 1994, Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Hugh Dennis host a retrospective on 2099.

Everything you wanted to know then, about the 21st century.

Written by Mark Burton, John O'Farrell and Pete Sinclair.

Producer: Caroline Leddy

First broadcast (with the aid of a crystal ball) on Radio 4 in August 1994.


MON 10:00 RL Stevenson - Kidnapped (b01cj485)
The Flight in the Heather

David Balfour has witnessed the murder of the Red Fox at Appin and must flee from the pursuit of the redcoats. Robert Louis Stevenson's historical adventure stars Paul Young.


MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00pxmk1)
City of Two Continents

The Byzantine Passage

Series of short stories marking Istanbul's tenure as European Capital of Culture in 2010.

A young girl's life changes forever when she glimpses the man to whom she is betrothed.

By Jenny White, read by Melody Grove.


MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01s37bg)
Marc Almond, Tanya Franks, Robin Ince, Lalla Ward, Ian Pattison, Matthew E White, Brasstronaut

Clive talks illness and death with pop star Marc Almond. Having shot to fame in the eighties as one half of New Wave duo Soft Cell, Marc has also enjoyed a diverse career as a solo artist and has sold over thirty million records worldwide.

He's currently performing 'Ten Plagues'; an hour long song cycle, libretto by Mark Ravenhill, which tells the story of the 1665 London Plague through the eyes of a survivor. It's at Wilton's Music Hall, London until 18th May.

Clive's time travelling with Doctor Who actress Lalla Ward. Accompanying the Fourth Doctor as Time Lady Romana from the planet Gallifrey, Lalla travelled through space and time in the iconic Tardis. Doctor Who is fifty years old this year and 'Destiny of the Doctor' is a celebratory series on AudioGO, featuring a story for each of the 11 doctors. Lalla performs 'Babblesphere', which is available now.

Robin Ince is on the pull with actress Tanya Franks, who played promiscuous primary school teacher Karen in the comedy series 'Pulling' and Lucy Stevens in 'Broadchurch'. Tanya's now starring as the alluring Irene Adler in 'Sherlock Holmes - The Best Kept Secret'. It's at West Yorkshire Playhouse from 18th May to 8th June and then touring.

Clive's feeling lucky with Glaswegian writer Ian Pattison, whose TV credits include Scottish sitcoms 'Rab C. Nesbitt' and 'Atletico Patrick'. Ian's new book 'Unhappy-Go-lucky' is the tale of Ivan Moss, who sets aside his heartless streak and weakness for Merlot to give time to his ailing mother and her final hospital appointments.

With music from Vancouver sextet Brasstronaut, who perform 'Bounce' from their album 'Mean Sun'.

And from Virginia singer-songwriter Matthew E. White, who performs 'One of These Days' from his album 'Big Inner'.

Producer: Sukey Firth.


MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b007jrj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01s5crm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 13:00 Paul Temple (b00sms54)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 13:30 Detective (b01s2xl6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 14:00 Ladies of Letters (b007jwcq)
Ladies of Letters Spring Clean

Episode 1

Irene and Vera's mutual suitor falls ill. Carole Hayman and Lou Wakefield's comedy with Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.


MON 14:15 Britain on the Bottle: Alcohol and the State (b00t4qkn)
The Doctors Take Over

A Ministry of Health Report in 1956 referred to heavy drinking as something that had been an issue in Britain "at times in the 18th and 19th century". In 1961 the Home Secretary RA Butler confidently told the Commons that "public drunkenness is not a problem". But such denial couldn't last long.

As part of his series on the politics of alcohol in Britain, Mark Whitaker focuses on the decision by government in 1962 to build specialist alcoholic treatment units around the country. It was called "the first official recognition of alcoholism as an illness which should be the responsibility of doctors", and was an acknowledgement that drinking was on the increase. This period saw the first specific warnings about teenage drinking.

But controversies followed. Several Regional Hospital Boards were reluctant to invest in the new units; research suggested that in-patient treatment was not necessarily the most effective; and the strategy was attacked for being of limited value to those most in need of help - the unemployed meths drinkers of 'Skid Rows' in the major cities.

This was when the pioneering psychiatrist Griffith Edwards first proposed his methods for tackling drunkenness as a public health issue, based on its being recognised as a community-wide problem. Edwards contributes to the programme, while actors read documents from the 1960s.

Producer: Mark Whitaker
A Square Dog production for BBC Radio 4.


MON 14:30 Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin (b007r02z)
Episode 6

Tragedy strikes again, with the farming community shocked at the death of Joe Meredith by suicide. Read by Robin Ellis.


MON 14:45 Book of the Week (b00g9ng0)
And Did Those Feet: Walking Through 200 Years of British and Irish History

Episode 1

Martin Freeman reads from Charlie Connelly's travelogue in which he recreates a series of famous historical journeys through the British Isles.

Charlie traces Boudicca's rampage of vengeance, walking from Norwich to St Albans, via Colchester and London.


MON 15:00 RL Stevenson - Kidnapped (b01cj485)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01s5g3c)
Mel Giedroyc with the award-winning story 'Bumface' by Morris Gleitzman, read by Ralf Little.


MON 17:00 Flying the Flag (b007jx74)
Series 1

Notes from the Underground

In which mushrooms are picked, the right questions are not asked, and a sign of civilisation is revealed.

Confusion reigns as the British Embassy prepares a report on the local political outlook.

Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.

Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Stephen Greif as Spiro, Michael Bilton as Yakov and Sue Broomfield as Eugenia.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1987.


MON 17:30 Married (b0081vm4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 18:00 Planet B (b00p4mck)
Series 2

The Tender Trap

Kip is looking for love on the dating site, The Spark. But he gets more than he bargained for when a mysterious woman explodes into his world. Series 2 opens with a bang as we log back on to the virtual world where you can be whoever you want to be.

Lioba …. Tessa Nicholson
Kip …. Joseph Cohen-Cole
Noush …. Emerald O'Hanrahan
Cerberus …. Chris Pavlo
Loris21 …. Melissa Advani
Voice of Planet B …. Adjoa Andoh
Other Parts …. Rhys Jennings, Piers Wehner and John Biggins

Written by Matthew Broughton.

Director: James Robinson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.


MON 18:30 A Short History of Vampires (b00z55h6)
Quid Pro Quo by Tanya Huff

The ultimate killing machines.

Natalie Haynes introduces the last in a series of dark stories, as she examines why the vampire - an iconic figure in horror-fiction - continues to exert such a powerful hold on our imaginations...

Genevieve Adam reads Tanya Huff’s deliciously noir tale of an immortal whose lover is in mortal danger.

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2011.


MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b007jrj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01s5crm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 20:00 Paul Temple (b00sms54)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 20:30 Detective (b01s2xl6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00pxmk1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01s37bg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b01s09km)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 22:30 Sketchorama (b01s5d64)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01s5gdy)
Series 7

Episode 3

An extended version of the News Quiz, featuring jokes that you won't have heard already, some clips from the archives and exclusive behind-the-scenes material.


MON 23:45 Armando Iannucci - Facts And Fancies (b007jrlr)
From the Man Who Mistook his Bike for Olives

Spotlighting dictators - the producer, writer and performer Armando Iannucci presents his own collection of humorous essays.

Compiled by Jenny Baynes.

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1997.