The BBC has announced that it has a sustainable plan for the future of the BBC Singers, in association with The VOCES8 Foundation.
The threat to reduce the staff of the three English orchestras by 20% has not been lifted, but it is being reconsidered.
See the BBC press release here.

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SATURDAY 14 DECEMBER 2013

SAT 00:00 Robert Easby - Oneira (b007k29f)
Mind the Gap

Battling to complete her epic surreal quest, Oneira literally ends up talking to herself - and finds her other self very rude.

Robert Easby's sci-fi comedy serial stars Lyndsey Marshal as Oneira, Peter Marinker as Nicholai, Joseph Kloska as Pete, Gerard McDermott as Elias and Saikat Ahamed as the Courier.

Producer: Liz Webb.

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.


SAT 00:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix (b01nmjxb)
Voices

"I reached the door and ran outside, but the voices would not leave me..."

Andrew witnesses a mysterious ceremony in a former church and meets with his friend's widow.

Jonathan Aycliffe's chilling novel abridged in ten parts by Rosemary Goring.

Read by Robert Paterson

Producer: David Jackson Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 1997.


SAT 00:45 HG Wells (b01mmrhb)
The First Men in the Moon

Episode 5

Intrepid explorers Bedford and Cavor’s first mission to the moon comes to a surprising and unexpected conclusion.

First published in 1901, HG Wells’ novel abridged by Neville Teller.

Concluded by Tim Pigott-Smith.

Producer: David Roper

Made by Heavy Entertainment for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in July 2007.


SAT 01:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsmq)
Episode 1

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

One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles dramatised by Christopher Denys in 6 parts.

Stars John Rowe as Inspector Purbright, Robin Polley as Sgt. Malley, Tricia Wilcock as Mrs Hallam, Paul Downing as Love, Russell Dixon as Dr Fergusson and Ann Rye as Lucilla Teatime.

Producer: Tony Cliff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.


SAT 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b01dvydy)
Series 3

4. Green Machine

Trueman and Riley stumble onto the Crime Squad's patch when they investigate an environmental activist who's been run over.

But they're all on the same side. Aren't they?

Starring Robert Daws as Trueman and Duncan Preston as Riley.

Brian B Thompson’s detective series about the ill-matched duo set in Leeds.

DI Trueman .... Robert Daws
DS Riley .... Duncan Preston
Terry .... Don Gilet
Jenny .... Susie Riddell
Tyler .... Tom Meredith
Mr Eagle .... James Lailey
Woman .... Christine Absalom

Director: Marion Nancarrow

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2012


SAT 02:00 Girls Will Be Girls (b0082hdc)
From 16/12/1989

The Bobo girls take to the stage with more comedy and music. Starring Rebecca Front and Sioned Wiliam. From December 1989.


SAT 02:30 Electric Ink (b01jjtn5)
Series 2

Episode 1

Maddox has lost the job of news editor and now faces being sued.

Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson's comic satire set in the struggling world of newspapers. .

Maddox ..... John Sessions
Oliver ..... Alex Jennings
Freddy ..... Stephen Wight
Carol ..... Polly Frame
Masha ..... Debbie Chazen
Keith ..... Sam Dale

Producer ..... Sally Avens

A group of dysfunctional journalists attempt to cover major news stories at the same time as grappling with the demands of working in a multi-platform environment, watching circulation figures plummet and the recession causing half the workforce to be laid off.

At the heart of the comedy is the relationship between Maddox Bradley, a journalist who mourns the day of proper investigative journalism, and Freddy, the online editor who will regurgitate a press release quite happily and call it a story. But they have a grudging respect for the each other as Freddy helps Maddox stay afloat in the world of Twitter, Facebook and podcasting and Maddox shows Freddy how to sniff out the real story. Both are at the mercy of Oliver, the pragmatic editor more concerned with keeping his job, and Carol, the news editor who believes that circulation will increase if they run pieces on Big Mac eating orang-utans and 'intelligent' skunks rather than Maddox's moral crusading diatribes. And only Masha, the Russian head of online communities, who wants to give away all their content because that is true democracy, knows Freddy's secret; that he's a posh boy from Eton rather than a hyper-cool kid from the street; well that's what Freddy thinks anyway.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.


SAT 03:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt0x4)
The Secret Pilgrim

Episode 1

Recollections of an eventful secret life when a British spy went missing. John le Carre thriller stars Simon Russell Beale.


SAT 04:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices (b03k3flh)
Episode 9

Wartime in Broadcasting House. Out on a stroll, two BBC staff make a discovery in Trafalgar Square. Read by Penelope Wilton.


SAT 04:15 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices (b007zjw5)
Episode 10

Wartime in Broadcasting House. The story draws to an end with a cautious romance and an unexpected bang. Read by Penelope Wilton.


SAT 04:30 Songlines (b03nxmcn)
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrica

Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrica, a hymn written in 1897 was adopted by the ANC as its anthem of liberation and which, in 1994 became the national anthem of South Africa.


SAT 05:00 Capital Gains (b007qw7j)
Series 1

Stake Capital

Retired gent, Julius Hutch is beset with bills and final demands. Then a sum of £4,601,740.72 is mistakenly paid into his account by an off-shore bank.

So should he return it or not? And whose money is it anyway?

Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch.

Written by Collin Johnson.

Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones
Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall
Creditor ...... Collin Johnson
Creditor ...... Peter Whitman.

Producer: Andy Jordan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995.


SAT 05:30 Smelling of Roses (b007jrl9)
Series 1

Sleeping Partners

Rosie is arranging the activities for partners of delegates to a major finance company's conference.

Kate meanwhile sees it as her ticket back into a high-flying job...

Prunella Scales 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
Sheila Wilkinson ...... Debbie Norman
Philip Wilkinson ...... Alan Cowan

Producer: Maria Esposito

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000.


SAT 06:00 John Wyndham - Chocky (b007k49r)
Twelve-year-old Matthew has an imaginary friend, or is she an alien life force? Psychological drama with Owen Teale and Cathy Tyson.


SAT 07:30 Encore! (b00mw5nc)
Singer Guy Garvey explores the development of the musical encore, from the spontaneous demand for a repeat performance to the predictable delivery of a closing party piece.

Speaking to fellow performers and hearing from historians, he discovers how the encore has progressed over time. In the 17th and 18th century orchestras would be applauded after each movement of a symphony, often repeating the most popular movements a number of times before moving on the rest of the concert. The demand for more seemed to be spontaneous and unexpected. Nowadays, however, all encores are saved for the end of an evening and are hardly, if ever, a repeat of what has been heard before.

Guy asks how acts choose their encores, if there is an art to the good encore and if there are any artists today who are trying to breath new life into the practice.


SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01bl28v)
Series 7

Episode 16

From Minnesota, the American funny man welcomes string maestro Sam Bush, plus the latest news from Lake Wobegon. From 2011.


SAT 09:00 Comedy Controller (b018sgkw)
Steve Punt

The comedian, writer and star of 'The Now Show' selects Hancock's Half Hour, Steptoe and Son, Dead Ringers, Round the Horne, Chain Reaction and That Reminds Me.


SAT 12:00 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus (b03lbtlp)
1668

Sam does some great work for the Navy, but ends the year in disgrace when Elizabeth discovers him 'in flagrante' with the maid. Stars Kris Marshall, Katherine Jakeways.


SAT 13:10 Chain Gang (b03lbtv9)
Series 4

Omnibus

Made for 4 Extra. The whole of the story told by Radio 4 Extra's listeners, heard together for the first time.


SAT 14:00 The Goon Show (b00fyvxb)
Series 6

The International Christmas Pudding

An eccentric millionaire funds an expedition for fragments of a famous dessert. Stars Spike Milligan. From November 1955.


SAT 14:30 Yes Minister (b007jmpx)
Series 1

The Right to Know

MP Jim Hacker tries to excavate himself from problems with badgers.

Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.

Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn satirical sitcom ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984. Yes Minister is centred around the hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.

Jim Hacker ...... Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby ...... Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard ...... Derek Fowlds
Annie ...... Diana Hoddinott
Lucy ...... Gerry Cowper
Protester ...... Carol Boyd
Sir Frederick ...... Peter Cellier

Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on Radio 4 in November 1983.


SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01bl28v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


SAT 16:00 John Wyndham - Chocky (b007k49r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 17:30 Meet David Sedaris (b03kp2kh)
Series 4

Episode 2

One of the world's funniest storytellers is back on BBC Radio 4 doing what he does best.

This week, a story dealing with the guilt he sometimes feels as a result of writing stories about his family in "Repeat After Me" and some more extracts from his hilarious diary.

Producer: Steve Doherty
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4.


SAT 18:00 Fear on 4 (b007jmkj)
Series 1

Fat Andy

A mother worries her God-fearing son over a past crime. Stars Thora Hird, Sean Barrett and the Man in Black, Edward De Souza.


SAT 18:30 Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu (b007jvp4)
1. The Visitor

In 17th Century Leyden, young Flemish painter Godfrey Schalken's love for his master's daughter, Rose, receives a setback when a mysterious visitor comes calling one night by the name of Vanderhausen...

An unabridged reading of Sheridan Le Fanu's supernatural tale in two episodes.

Read by Ian McDiarmid.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) is regarded by many critics as the greatest master of the English ghost story. A product of the decaying Anglo-Irish culture of the early and mid-19th Century, he sums up in his work better than any of his contemporaries the fears and dreads that may haunt the sensitive individual.

Producer: Lawrence Jackson

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.

First broadcast in June 2005.


SAT 19:00 Comedy Controller (b018sgkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 22:00 The Lawrence Sweeney Mix (b00klk4r)
Series 1

Episode 3

Understanding phones – and what women never do...or do they?

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.


SAT 22:30 The Jason Byrne Show (b01fhswh)
Series 2

Money

Award-winning comedian Jason Byrne gives full value on the cost of living and luxury.

Stand up and sketches with Laurence Howarth and Anna Bengo.

Producer: Julia McKenzie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2009.


SAT 23:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nn2k)
Leaves of the Dead

2. Stacks and Baps and Amulets

Feisty detective superintendent Julie Enfield begins to unravel the murder in the British Library when she learns of a second killing - a new "mummy" in the Egyptian rooms...

Imelda Staunton stars as Julie Enfield in Nick Fisher’s atmospheric thriller.

Julie Enfield ...... Imelda Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Stephen Arnold ...... Alex Lowe
Amanda Thorne ...... Janet Maw
Ken ...... Ioan Meredith
Tony ...... Sean Baker
Terry Faulkner ...... Hugh Dickson
Melanie Sharp ...... Colleen Prendergast
Dorothy ...... Shirley Dixon
Phil Carter ...... Christopher Scott

Producer: Richard Wortley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997.


SAT 23:30 Scandinavian Chiller (b011j0m9)
Hakan Nesser - Woman With Birthmark

Episode 4

In this Scandinavian chiller, one man suspects he could be the serial killer's next victim. Read by Michael Maloney.



SUNDAY 15 DECEMBER 2013

SUN 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jmkj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 00:30 Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu (b007jvp4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01bl28v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:00 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus (b03lbtlp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]


SUN 03:15 Chain Gang (b03lbtv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:10 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 John Wyndham - Chocky (b007k49r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 05:30 Meet David Sedaris (b03kp2kh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011tt9h)
Episode 2

After her father's death Laura, now penniless, is taken in by her Aunt Lady Pelham.

Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London narrated by Maureen Beattie.

Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless libertine and a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she choose wisely between passion and virtue?

Omnibus of the last five of ten parts dramatised by Gerda Stevenson

Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Mrs Stubbs ...... Phyllida Law
Lady Pelham ...... Barbara Leigh-Hunt
De Courcy ...... Tom Goodman Hill
Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott
Mrs Harrington ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Maid ...... Emma Wooliams

Mary Brunton was a Scottish novelist much admired by Jane Austen; and Self Control, first published in 1811, deals with similar themes to Sense and Sensibility.

Producer: Bruce Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.


SUN 07:15 Could Do Better (b03lbzfg)
Kenneth Williams

Robert Booth summons Kenneth Williams to his study for a quiet word about the comic actor's school reports. From October 1987.


SUN 07:30 Cabin Pressure (b00m4472)
Series 2

Limerick

In the last of the series, an interminable flight with a very baffling cargo gives our crew the opportunity to pass the time by alternately opening their hearts up to each other and persuading Arthur not to play charades...

Starring
Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ..... Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson ..... Roger Allam
Capt. Martin Crieff ..... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ..... John Finnemore

Written by John Finnemore.

Produced & directed by David Tyler

A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 08:00 The Burkiss Way (b007jmcm)
Series 1

Keep Unfit the Burkiss Way

Stay the way you are with unexpected adjustments.

The easy correspondence course. Just fill in your name cut out the coupon and give it to your grocer to receive strange looks.

With easy instruction from Denise Coffey, Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris.

Easy scripts by Andrew Marshall, John Mason and David Renwick.

Easy production by Simon Brett.

Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1976.


SUN 08:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jsy7)
Series 8

One Jump Behind

The cheeky schoolboy causes hospital chaos as he tries to retrieve a key. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From November 1964.


SUN 09:00 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories (b00tv7wq)
Going for Gold

To what lengths is spotty bespectacled 11-year-old George prepared to go, to win the teenage Tamsin's heart? Stars Judy Brooke.


SUN 09:30 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin (b007jvdc)
Series 2

The Calculus Affair, part 1

With two rival factions desperate for his latest invention, Professor Calculus goes missing in Geneva. Stars Richard Pearce.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03lc13d)
The Good Life

Penelope Keith

From Elgar to the Beatles, The Good Life star Penelope Keith shares her castaway choices with Roy Plomley. From August 1976.


SUN 10:30 Creme de la Crime (b00824r5)
Series 2

A Pyramid Scheme

Michael Feydeau and David Pershore probe the mysterious curse of a mummy. Stars Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From May 2002.


SUN 10:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007k30q)
On Guard 2/2

On Guard: A small dog called Hector comes to dominate his mistress's life while her fiance is abroad. Read by Crawford Logan. From March 2003.


SUN 11:00 John Peel's Shed (b018fljy)
Direct from a five-star, complete sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival, comes John Osborne's Radio 4 debut partly adapted from his acclaimed book Radio Head (Radio 4's Book Of The Week).

In 2002, John Osborne won a competition on John Peel's Radio One show. His prize was a box of records that took eight years to listen to. This is an ode to radio, those records and anyone who's ever sought solace in the wireless.

A story about one man's love for radio, how it allows you to escape into another world. Based on his book Radio Head, up and down the dial of British Radio, this is about what happened next: a show about the pleasure of having your own personal project. The story is about passion, obsession with music and about legacy; trying to do something special with such a rare, eclectic box of records.

Produced by John Pocock

Writer and performer John Osborne is based in Norwich. Experienced at performing poetry, storytelling and book readings. Performed across the UK since 2006. Member of poetry collective Aisle16.

Published work

'Radio Head', up and down the dial of British Radio. Radio 4's Book of the Week.

'The Newsagent's Window', adventures in a world of second hand cars and lost cats. 'Bring Me Sunshine', a travel book for the AA about British seaside towns, due for publication May 2013.

First full poetry collection with Nasty Little Press, due for publication November 2012.


SUN 11:30 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k1mb)
Annabel Meredith

Chic Murray's daughter chats to Sally Magnusson about her life with the legendary Scottish comedian.

Producer: Mike Walker

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in October 2005.


SUN 12:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011tt9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 13:15 Could Do Better (b03lbzfg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


SUN 13:30 Johanna Spyri - Heidi (b007jxwr)
A Swiss mountain girl must leave her grandfather to move to Frankfurt with her aunt. Stars Ciara Janson and Richard Johnson.


SUN 15:00 The Burkiss Way (b007jmcm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


SUN 15:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jsy7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b03lc3qn)
Mel Giedroyc picks her highlights from last week's shows, including oral storytellers, piano lessons and the favourite Christmas stories of well-known authors.


SUN 17:00 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories (b00tv7wq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin (b007jvdc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 18:00 The Laxian Key (b007k2c1)
Episode 1

Mystery space tourist deaths land two planet cleaners with a new contract.

Stephen Hawking once warned us that our species could soon be wiped out by plagues, asteroids and our tendency to destroy ourselves. The solution, he suggested, was for us to colonise other planets. But Chris Larner and David Gilbert's sci-fi comedy sees the truth as a little more complicated.

The Laxian Key shows how, as soon as Man steps onto another planet, he promptly fouls it up just as he did earth. The heroes of this wonderfully wacky tale are two interplanetary decontaminationists.

CAST:

Arnold …. Chris Larner
Gregor …. Mark Bonner
Evan …. Trevor Cooper
Office …. Alex Lowe
Ferngraum …. Sam Dale
Jo …. Christine Kavanagh
Dolores …. Virge Gilchrist
The Virtual Newsreader …. Bethan Walker
with Paul Biggin, Emma Noakes and Joseph Kloska.

Producer: Peter Kavanagh

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February 2007.


SUN 18:30 A Short History of Vampires (b00yhwyc)
Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker

The ultimate killing machines.

Natalie Haynes introduces a four-part 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...

Dan Stevens reads Bram Stoker’s tale: Count Dracula looks out for a curious Englishman.

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

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


SUN 19:00 John Peel's Shed (b018fljy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


SUN 19:30 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k1mb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]


SUN 20:00 The Burkiss Way (b007jmcm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


SUN 20:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jsy7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03lc13d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:30 Creme de la Crime (b00824r5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


SUN 21:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007k30q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 22:00 Cabin Pressure (b00m4472)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SUN 22:30 The Richest Man in Britain (b00nrrq8)
The Elephant in the Room

Sitcom by Nick Hornby and Giles Smith about an ageing rock star and his search for fulfilment.

Trillionnaire rocker Dave Mabbutt introduces ex-lead singer Andy to his new best friend and personal assistant, Mr Tumble the elephant.

Dave Mabbutt ...... Mark Williams
Dom ...... Russell Tovey
Dave's Mum ...... Lynda Bellingham
Andy ...... Noddy Holder
The Lawyer ...... Gus Brown.


SUN 23:00 King Cutler (b008pbxf)
King Cutler I

Meet Phyllis King and Ivor Cutler happily enmeshed in a roomful of offbeat humorous songs, poems and dialogues until.... the knock on the door.

With artist Glen Baxter.

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in January 1990.


SUN 23:30 The Maltby Collection (b00mjrxp)
Series 3

Episode 4

Interviewed 'in depth' by Cleaners' Weekly (incorporating The Scrubbers' Gazette), cleaner Eva Tattle manages to offend the entire museum in the process...

Geoffrey Palmer and Julian Rhind-Tutt star in series 3 of David Nobbs’s sitcom about a small museum of paintings and sculpture.

Rod Millet ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Walter Brindle ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Prunella Edgecumbe ...... Rachel Atkins
Susie Maltby ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Julian Crumb-Loosely ...... Ben Willbond
Wilf Arbuthnot ...... Geoff McGivern
Eva Tattle ...... Juklia Deakin
Des Wainwright ...... Michael Smiley
Stelios Constantinopoulis ...... Chris Pavlo

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.



MONDAY 16 DECEMBER 2013

MON 00:00 The Laxian Key (b007k2c1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 A Short History of Vampires (b00yhwyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03lc13d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 01:30 Creme de la Crime (b00824r5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007k30q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


MON 02:00 John Peel's Shed (b018fljy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday]


MON 02:30 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k1mb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 The Burkiss Way (b007jmcm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Johanna Spyri - Heidi (b007jxwr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories (b00tv7wq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:30 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin (b007jvdc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


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

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

One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles dramatised by Christopher Denys in 6 parts.

Stars John Rowe as Inspector Purbright, Geoffrey Banks as Mortimer Hive, Paul Downing as Love, Russell Dixon as Booker, Ann Rye as Lucilla Teatime and Kathryn Hunt as Helen.

Producer: Tony Cliff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.


MON 06:30 Trueman and Riley (b01dw1mx)
Series 3

5. Home Truths

Riley doesn't want a woman who keeps reporting the same crime every year to divert investigations from something closer to home - his own granddaughter.

But he's asking for trouble when he impersonates a 14-year old girl himself.

Starring Robert Daws as Trueman and Duncan Preston as Riley.

Brian B Thompson’s detective series about the ill-matched duo set in Leeds.

DI Trueman .... Robert Daws
DS Riley .... Duncan Preston
Sue Stokes .... Lorraine Ashbourne
Becki .... Holly Matthews
Constable .... Harry Livingstone

Director: Toby Swift

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2012


MON 07:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00934x9)
Series 3

Episode 5

With a new baby on the way, it's time for some house improvements.

So, against their friends' advice, Daniel and Lucy hire a 'reassuringly middle-class' builder called Nigel...

David Spicer's comedy drama about modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of two 30-something non-parents.

Starring David Tennant as Daniel, Liz Carling as Lucy, Tracy-Ann Oberman as Katie, Tony Gardner as Andy, Joanna Brookes as Alison, Robert Harley as Peter, Bill Bailey as Nigel and Polly Frame as the Doctor.

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.


MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b03kpy5w)
Series 60

Episode 5

The godfather of all panel shows pays a visit to the Milton Keynes Theatre. Old-timers Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined on the panel by David Mitchell, with Jack Dee in the chair. Colin Sell accompanies on the piano.

Producer - Jon Naismith.


MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00spqnx)
Series 4

Episode 4

A funny turn round the table with 'The Knights of Camelot' and a bona peek in Kenneth Horne's wardrobe, courtesy of Julian and Sandy.

With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden.

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.

Marty Feldman had moved on so series 4 is written by Barry Took with Brian Cooke & Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Webster.

Music by the Max Harris Group.

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1968.


MON 08:30 The Navy Lark (b008fj41)
Series 9

Celebrating Their Important Anniversary

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

Stars Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray.

Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series between 1959 and 1976.

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

Written by Lawrie Wyman.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1967.


MON 09:00 Heresy (b00kf0fv)
Series 6

Episode 6

Can the internet be trusted? Victoria Coren puts this to journalist Euan Ferguson, writer and broadcaster Clive James and comedian David Mitchell. From May 2009.


MON 09:30 At Home With the Hardys (b00l5zqf)
Many Happy Returns

The sitcom formally known as 'Unnatural Acts' gets a new title - and a new arrival. Stars Kit Hollerbach and Jeremy Hardy. From May 1990.


MON 10:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt0x7)
The Secret Pilgrim

Episode 2

The spymaster addresses new recruits, triggering memories of an eventful life. Stars Simon Russell Beale and Patrick Malahide.


MON 11:00 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting (b01djpjk)
The Photograph

Middle age is taking its toll on Martin and his friends. But could a healthier diet really be the answer? Short stories by the Irish novelist, read by Simon Delaney.


MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b03lkn5d)
Terry Jones, Shlomo, Una Stubbs, Fabien Riggall, Emma Freud, the Wave Pictures, Sumie

Nikki has just one more wafer-thin mint with Monty Python's Terry Jones. National Theatre Wales is adapting Terry's children's stories for the stage. Once upon a time in a kingdom far, far away lived a princess, four crazy knights, an angry fairy, a dragon (of sorts) and a very Silly King! 'Silly Kings' is at Cardiff Castle from 19th December until 4th January.

Nikki's got beatboxer and Mouthtronica Shlomo on a loop and talks to him about creating a magical seascape of sounds using human voices for a production of 'The Little Mermaid'. A tale of adventure, courage and the pursuit of true love, diving into a world where sea-folk dwell amongst iridescent corals, and swaying seaweed. 'The Little Mermaid' is at Bristol Old Vic until 18th January.

Emma Freud Aint Afraid of No Ghost! She talks to Fabien Riggall; founder of Future Cinema, an immersive experience, allowing its audience to integrate themselves into the narrative. His latest venture offers 'Ghostbusters' fans the chance to inhabit the world of three eccentrics who start a ghost catching business. Who ya gonna call? 'Future Cinema' is at London's Troxy on 22nd and 23rd December.

Nikki talks to 'Sherlock' actress Una Stubbs about playing Miss Chambers in new drama 'The Tractate Middoth'. In a quiet academic library, John Eldred seeks out the help of young Mr Garrett in his search for an obscure Hebrew text. But there is something unusual about this book and something not entirely scholarly about Eldred's intentions. It's on BBC Two on 25th December at 21.30.

With music from The Wave Pictures, who perform 'Red Cloud Road (Part 2)' from their album 'City Forgiveness'. And from Sumie, who performs 'Show Talked Windows' from her self-titled debut album.

Producer: Sukey Firth.


MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00spqnx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 The Navy Lark (b008fj41)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 13:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 13:30 Trueman and Riley (b01dw1mx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 14:00 Ladies of Letters (b007jzxm)
Ladies of Letters Make Mincemeat

Episode 1

Recipes and Christmas survival tips from the worst of pen friends Vera and Irene. Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.


MON 14:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00snq94)
The Kiddy and the Pork Chop

Michael Morpurgo looks at the impact on children of economic improvements in the second half of the 20th century.


MON 14:30 Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village (b00ny6vq)
Mrs Griffiths and the Carol Singers

Hugh Bonneville reads from Louis de Bernieres' new book of linked stories which cast an affectionate but acute eye on the vanishing charms and eccentric characters of the fictional Surrey village of Notwithstanding.

Abridged by Sara Davies.


MON 14:45 High Hopes by Ronnie Corbett (b0075y5x)
1. Early Years

And in a packed programme, a future comedy star is born opposite a fire station.

One of Britain's best loved comedy stars relates his life and times.

Written and read by Ronnie Corbett.

Ronnie recalls his early life with his poetry loving mother and his energetic baker father devoting his time to self-improvement.

When he finishes school, Ronnie is keen to be an actor. National Service leads him to meet friends with similar aspirations.

Producer: Steve Doherty.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000.


MON 15:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt0x7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03ldbng)
Mel presents some seasonal science with Dick and Dom's How Dangerous Is Your Christmas, and David Jason reads the first part of Charles Dickens' classic story, A Christmas Carol.


MON 17:00 The World As We Know It (b00fj2bt)
The Election

Donna, Johnny, Patrick and Abigail have discovered they’re the last four people left on earth, with the exception of the mysterious Stranger found in their cellar.

Unable to decide who should do what around the house, they hold an election to decide the head of the household.

Sitcom by Luke Sorba.

Johnny ...... Toby Longworth
Donna ...... Meera Syal
Patrick ...... Luke Sorba
Abigail ...... Carla Mendonca
The Stranger ...... Simon Greenall

Producer: Elizabeth Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.


MON 17:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00934x9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 18:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007jv38)
Freezerville

A group of scientists are conducting research in the Antarctic, the most pristine environment on Earth - but there are black clouds on the horizon. Welcome to the dark, dark world of Cold Blood...

Made in 2005 but set in 2015.

Simon Bovey's 5-part sci-fi thriller stars Tim McMullan as Bowers, Tom Mannion as Commander Taft, Stuart McLoughlin as Max Bellingfield, Ndidi Del Fatti as Anaya and Helen Longworth as Deborah Marks.

Director: Marc Beeby

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005.


MON 18:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix (b01nqncy)
Grave News

When postgraduate student Andrew MacLeod sees chilling photos of occult influence, he fears for his family and friends...

Set in contemporary Edinburgh. Jonathan Aycliffe's chilling novel abridged in ten parts by Rosemary Goring.

Read by Robert Paterson

Producer: David Jackson Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 1997.


MON 18:45 A Night with a Vampire (b017mz4h)
Series 2

The Lady of the House of Love

This wonderful retake on the Sleeping Beauty story first appeared in Carter's 1979 volume "The Bloody Chamber".

A virginal English soldier, travelling through Romania by bicycle, finds himself in a deserted village. He comes across a mansion inhabited by a vampiress who survives by enticing young men into her bedroom and feeding on them. She intends to feed on the young soldier but his purity and virginity have a curious effect on her.......

David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories.
Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA.

Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4.


MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00spqnx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 The Navy Lark (b008fj41)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 20:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 20:30 Trueman and Riley (b01dw1mx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 21:00 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting (b01djpjk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b03lkn5d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b03kpy5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 22:30 Heresy (b00kf0fv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b03ldf13)
Series 9

Episode 6

A satirical review of the week's news chaired by Sandi Toksvig. With guests Samira Ahmed, Hugo Rifkind and Rufus Hound, joining regular panellist Jeremy Hardy.


MON 23:45 Hearing With Hegley (b0075sln)
Series 3

Episode 6

The Luton laureate muses on school puddings and asks his audience 'how long is your dog?' From March 2000.



TUESDAY 17 DECEMBER 2013

TUE 00:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007jv38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix (b01nqncy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]


TUE 00:45 A Night with a Vampire (b017mz4h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Monday]


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


TUE 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b01dw1mx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Heresy (b00kf0fv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 At Home With the Hardys (b00l5zqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt0x7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting (b01djpjk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b03lkn5d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 The World As We Know It (b00fj2bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]


TUE 05:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00934x9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 06:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnz)
Episode 3

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

One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles dramatised by Christopher Denys in 6 parts.

Stars John Rowe as Inspector Purbright, Paul Downing as Love, Russell Dixon as Booker, Ann Rye as Lucilla Teatime, Geoffrey Banks as Mortimer Hive, Kathryn Hunt as Helen and Robin Polley as Palgrove.

Producer: Tony Cliff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.


TUE 06:30 Falco (b007wpf1)
The Silver Pigs

Episode 1

Rome, AD 70: Roman sleuth Marcus Didius Falco chances upon an illegal trade in precious metal (the silver pigs) after mounting a rescue from a kidnap gang.

Anton Lesser brings the popular detective to life in Lindsey Davis's witty and enthralling adventures set in the days of the Roman Empire.

Dramatised in four parts by Mary Cutler.

Falco …. Anton Lesser
Sosia …. Felicity Jones
Lenia …. Gillian Goodman
Petronius …. Ben Crowe
Decimus …. Robert Lister
Publius …. Richard Derrington
Pertinax/Julius …. Sean Connolly
Falco’s Mother …. Frances Jeater
Marcia …. Helen Monks

Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.


TUE 07:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1gh)
Episode 4

All at sea, Mr Finchley discovers the dignity of labour and visits an old haunt.

Victor Canning's novel about the adventures of a man and his horse-drawn caravan touring the 1930s countryside of Kent.

Richard Griffiths stars as Mr Finchley.

With John Bird as Mr Blain, Clive Swift as the Captain, Auriol Smith as Mrs Maberley, Richard Ridings as Duffy and Albert Welling as Mr Greevey.

Narrated by James Villiers.

Adapted in six parts by Andy and Eric Merriman.

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1993.


TUE 07:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b03kqg03)
Series 5

Episode 3

An unusually pedantic episode of BBC Radio 4's Gardeners Question Time, digital life after death, and the mysterious world you might find at the back of a stationery cupboard.

Offbeat sketches from the lopsided world of David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

With Olivia Colman and James Bachman.

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b008p7by)
Series 6

The Pevensey Bay Disaster

To foil Grytpype-Thynne and Moriarty, Neddie Seagoon must plough his way to the Sussex coast.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in April 1956.


TUE 08:30 Harry Worth (b00rl56h)
Thirty Minutes Worth

The Burglar

Cat burglar Fingers Fogerty pays Harry Worth an unwelcome visit.

Starring Harry Worth.

With Jacqueline Clarke, Roger John-Lee and Michael Robbins.

The amiable, woolly-minded bumbler, causes more confusion!

Written by Vince Powell.

Producer: Mike Craig

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1988.


TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b03ldf13)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]


TUE 09:45 Hearing With Hegley (b0075sln)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]


TUE 10:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt0xb)
The Secret Pilgrim

Episode 3

About to take retirement, an experienced agent carries out one final job. Stars Simon Russell Beale and Patrick Malahide.


TUE 11:00 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting (b01djtls)
Blood

An average, normal man comes to terms with his strange midlife addiction - raw steak. Short stories by the Irish novelist, read by Declan Conlon.


TUE 11:15 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007m03j)
Series 2

Episode 3

Can rowdy Robert avoid the ladies and quit booze? The diary of Somerset parson William Holland. Stars Ronald Pickup.


TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b008p7by)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 Harry Worth (b00rl56h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 13:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 13:30 Falco (b007wpf1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 14:00 Ladies of Letters (b007jzyz)
Ladies of Letters Make Mincemeat

Episode 2

Vera judges a mince pie competition, and Irene poisons some children. War of words with Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.


TUE 14:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sny0z)
A Prison or a Garden

Michael Morpurgo presents the story of the fight for children's rights in the second half of the 20th century.


TUE 14:30 Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village (b00nzwsj)
The Auspicious Meeting

Hugh Bonneville reads from Louis de Bernieres' new book of linked stories which cast an affectionate but acute eye on the vanishing charms and eccentric characters of the fictional Surrey village of Notwithstanding.

A chance meeting in a country lane brings together two keen but lonely musicians. When they are joined by a visiting genealogist with a bassoon, the Famous Notwithstanding Wind Quartet is well on its way to formation.

Abridged by Sara Davies.


TUE 14:45 High Hopes by Ronnie Corbett (b0075y6j)
2. London

Ronnie's first tentative steps in show business fail to set the world alight...

He courts his wife Anne and they marry - and many parts follow on his climb up the ladder to success.

One of Britain's best loved comedy stars relates his life and times.

Written and read by Ronnie Corbett.

Producer: Steve Doherty.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000.


TUE 15:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt0xb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03ln0ng)
Mel introduces the next part of current story, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. And Dick and Dom get up to more mischief with their series, How Dangerous Is Your Christmas?


TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag (b00xc71y)
Series 4

Spiritual Values

Her Majesty's Ambassador Mackenzie and his staff battle on bravely, coming to terms with the changing order in Colonel Surikov's fledgling Eastern-bloc democracy.

The new order brings new problems, not least keeping the diplomatic upper hand in a country discovering the ills of the West.

So when equal rights for women appears on the agenda, closely followed by the emergence of militant feminists, the embassies echo to the sound of men closing ranks.

Series 4 of Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.

Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov and Stephen Greif as Spiro.

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1992.


TUE 17:30 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1gh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 18:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007s5v2)
Cold Heart

At Ellsworth Research Centre, deep in the Antarctic, scientist Russell Bowers is recovering after his incredible trek. Meanwhile, Commander Taft and meteorologist Anaya are heading to Mitchell Bluff to discover what they can about the attack on Bowers and his team.

Simon Bovey's 5-part sci-fi thriller set in 2015 stars Tim McMullan as Bowers, Tom Mannion as Commander Taft, Stuart McLoughlin as Max Bellingfield, Ndidi Del Fatti as Anaya and Helen Longworth as Deborah.

Director: Marc Beeby

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005.


TUE 18:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix (b01nqqgl)
No Escape

As student Andrew battles to unravel the true purpose of the Matrix Aeternitatis, an unwelcome object reappears...

Set in contemporary Edinburgh. Jonathan Aycliffe's chilling novel abridged in ten parts by Rosemary Goring.

Read by Robert Paterson

Producer: David Jackson Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 1997.


TUE 18:45 A Night with a Vampire (b017mv2s)
Series 2

The Girl With the Hungry Eyes

Written by Fritz Lieber.

This 1949 story has exerted it's grip on many an imagination and has been filmed several times. It concentrates on the magnetic power of the Vampire and - in this case - the utterly captivating and inescapable lure of a Vampiress cum glamour model.

David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories.
Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA.

Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.


TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b008p7by)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 Harry Worth (b00rl56h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 20:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 20:30 Falco (b007wpf1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 21:00 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting (b01djtls)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 21:15 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007m03j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


TUE 22:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b03phz0k)
Series 5

Episode 5

Bonus material from David Mitchell and Robert Webb's 5th series of sketches with Olivia Colman and James Bachman. From 2013.


TUE 22:30 The Mark Steel Lecture (b007jlwr)
Series 2

Aristotle

The radical comedian profiles the Greek philosopher, who he thinks was hard done by. From March 2001.


TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03pjgjn)
From 10pm to midnight, Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Jon Holmes chats with Steve Punt.


TUE 23:00 Delve Special (b007jmm8)
Series 3

Food for Thought

There’s alarm over a new chemical additive for food.

Reporter David Lander investigates the worrying impact of N7Q.

Presented by David Lander with assistance from Stephen Fry.

Studio production by Mark Arden, Julia Hills and Harry Hill.

Dramatic reconstructions by Jack Klaff, Robert Bathurst and Felicity Montagu.

Researched by Tony Sarchet.

Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer

Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later transferred to TV as: This is David Lander.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1986.


TUE 23:30 Mordrin McDonald: 21st Century Wizard (b00yjcp6)
Series 2

Birthday Magic

This week Mordrin takes on childminding duties for his neighbour Jill, but inadvertently gives Tracey a special Wizard edition of Treasure Island to read with disastrous results.

Featuring and co-written by Scottish stand up David Kay, and starring Gordon Kennedy and Jack Docherty with guest star Arnold Brown. Mordrin McDonald mixes the magical with the mundane and offers a hilarious take on the life of a modern day Wizard.

Cast:
Mordrin ..... David Kay
Bernard The Blue ..... Jack Docherty
Jill ..... Katrina Bryan
Tracey ..... Rosemary Hollands

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


TUE 23:45 Mastering the Universe (b00scz7j)
Series 1

The Workplace

Professor Joy Klamp takes a tour of miserable people and places. Stars Dawn French and Christopher Douglas. From November 2005.



WEDNESDAY 18 DECEMBER 2013

WED 00:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007s5v2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix (b01nqqgl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]


WED 00:45 A Night with a Vampire (b017mv2s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Tuesday]


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


WED 01:30 Falco (b007wpf1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b03ldf13)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]


WED 02:45 Hearing With Hegley (b0075sln)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]


WED 03:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt0xb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting (b01djtls)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:15 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007m03j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Flying the Flag (b00xc71y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]


WED 05:30 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1gh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 06:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtd5)
Episode 4

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

One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles dramatised by Christopher Denys in 6 parts.

Stars John Rowe as Inspector Purbright, Paul Downing as Love, Russell Dixon as Dr Fergusson, Ann Rye as Lucilla Teatime, Geoffrey Banks as Mortimer Hive and Robin Polley as Palgrove.

Producer: Tony Cliff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.


WED 06:30 Falco (b007wpz2)
The Silver Pigs

Episode 2

Roman detective, Falco is investigating the mystery of how a stolen lead ingot containing silver came to be in the bank box of a senator's daughter.

And things have taken a turn for the worse, as he's now probing a murder and - worse still - he's forced to visit a remote and dangerous outpost of the Empire - Britain.

Starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco.

Lindsey Davis's witty and enthralling adventure set in the days of the Roman Empire.

Falco …. Anton Lesser
Petronius …. Ben Crowe
Decimus …. Robert Lister
Publius …. Richard Derrington
Gaius Hilaris …. Ian Brooker
Helena …. Fritha Goodey
Aelia …. Susan Jeffrey
Triferus/Cornix …. Alex Jones

Dramatised by Mary Cutler.

Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.


WED 07:00 Tales From the Mausoleum Club (b007k243)
Heart of Skegness

The Honourable Clarence Green becomes more entranced as he listens to a story of a journey into the very darkest part of barbarism.

Starring Jim Broadbent and Matt Frewer.

Star-packed curious and macabre comedy series set in a very exclusive London club.

Written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie.

Curtis ...... Jim Broadbent
Johnson ...... Matt Frewer
Captain White ...... Richard Pearson
Green ...... Royce Mills
Mrs Jeves ...... Sheila Steafel
The Boss ...... BillWallis
Bannister ...... Ron Pember
Welch ...... Michael Ripper

Music by Max Harris.

Producer: Paul Spencer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1987.


WED 07:30 What Does the K Stand For? (b03ktz0w)
Series 1

First Love

Young Stephen falls in love, makes a self-discovery and breaks his first heart.

Stephen K Amos's sitcom about his teenage years, growing up black, gay and funny in 1980s South London.

Written by Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos.

Himself ... Stephen K Amos
Young Stephen ... Shaquille Ali-Yebuah
Stephanie Amos ... Fatou Sohna
Virginia Amos ... Ellen Thomas
Vincent Amos ... Don Gilet
Miss Collins ... Gemma Whelan
PE Teacher ... Harry Jardine
Fanni ... Emerald O'Hanrahan
Violin ... Rachel Barnes

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnf8)
Series 5

The Insurance Policy

Shrewd Miss Pugh urges the lad to get insured. But is Sid's policy such a wise buy?

Stars Tony Hancock.

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

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.

Producer: Tom Ronald

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1958.


WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b012xpyk)
Series 8

Episode 5

It's music all the way on Wonderful Radio Prune with Dave "the Rave" Hatch.

Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.

Sketches written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie

Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.

Music and songs by Bill Oddie, Liam Cohen and Dave Lee.

Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1970.


WED 09:00 Winston (b00pgpm3)
Winston Back Home

A Whale of a Time with Chekhov

Angry Nancy takes action when she hears what old rogue Winston has been up to...

Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy serial stars Bill Wallis as Winston, Maurice Denham as Father, Shirley Dixon as Nancy, Liz Goulding as Rosie and Christian Rodska as William.

Director: Shaun MacLoughlin.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1994.


WED 09:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b007k11n)
A Tale of Two Tenting

The two friends head off on a surreal camping trip, with Herman Hessian - a dog made out of an old potato sack.

The first of four comic journeys written by John Hegley in which John and his best mate Tony search for happiness, love, the meaning of life ... and glasses.

Starring John Hegley, Simon Munnery, Terry Malloy, Sunny Ormonde and John Korne.

Original music by Nigel Piper.

Director: Anne Edyvean

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.


WED 10:00 Richard Adams - Watership Down (b00fwcz7)
Episode 1

When prophet Fiver predicts doom for their warren, not all the rabbits will listen. Stars Simon Chandler and Tom George.


WED 11:00 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting (b01dk3z6)
Ash

Kevin's wife has just left him with two kids and a babysitter to pay. Or at least he thinks so. Short stories by the Irish novelist, read by Conleth Hill.


WED 11:15 Drama (b00j751w)
Mike Bartlett - Miss St Andrews

By Mike Bartlett. Old grudges resurface as Miss St Andrews 1961 meets her old rival for the university Charities Queen title nearly 50 years later.

Young Robert ...... Joe McFadden
Jenny ...... Ellie Haddington
Young Jenny ...... Tracy Wiles
Robert ...... Tom Mannion
Judy ...... Sandy Walsh
Holly ...... Caroline Guthrie

Directed by Claire Grove.


WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnf8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b012xpyk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 13:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 13:30 Falco (b007wpz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 14:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k008)
Ladies of Letters Make Mincemeat

Episode 3

More acerbic correspondence, as Vera's children take refuge elsewhere. War of words with Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.


WED 14:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sp3dv)
The Disappearance of Childhood

Michael Morpurgo examines how the media and marketing have encroached on the lives of children.


WED 14:30 Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village (b00nzwsl)
The Happy Death of the General

Hugh Bonneville reads from Louis de Bernieres' new book of linked stories which cast an affectionate but acute eye on the vanishing charms and eccentric characters of the fictional Surrey village of Notwithstanding.

Although he has dressed himself carefully, as always, for his shopping trip into town, there is one thing the General has forgotten.

Abridged by Sara Davies.


WED 14:45 High Hopes by Ronnie Corbett (b0075y70)
3. The Two Ronnies

A technical breakdown at the BAFTA awards leads to Ronnie Corbett pairing up for the first time with Ronnie Barker.

This was for the spark for their huge success performing as The Two Ronnies.

One of Britain's best loved comedy stars tells their story.

Written and read by Ronnie Corbett.

Producer: Steve Doherty.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000.


WED 15:00 Richard Adams - Watership Down (b00fwcz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03lnb2z)
Mel introduces the third part of current story, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Plus, Dick and Dom explore the science of decorations in How Dangerous Is Your Christmas?


WED 17:00 No Commitments (b00776t6)
Series 13

Old School

Victoria is very excited about Emily's pregnancy, but is Roger being premature thinking about the child's education? Stars Angela Thorne. From April 2007.


WED 17:30 Tales From the Mausoleum Club (b007k243)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 18:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007s74m)
The Changing Man

After his trip to Mitchell Bluff, Taft's realised Bowers' story about the attack on his base doesn't add up - and Bowers isn't giving anything away. Worse, a member of Taft's team has been found dead...

Simon Bovey's 5-part sci-fi thriller set in 2015 stars Tim McMullan as Bowers, Tom Mannion as Commander Taft, Stuart McLoughlin as Max Bellingfield, Ndidi Del Fatti as Anaya and Helen Longworth as Deborah.

Director: Marc Beeby

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005.


WED 18:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix (b01nrd22)
Dark Forces

"Mylne needs me to bring back Catriona from the dead ..."

Student Andrew MacLeod discovers he's not alone and may have a useful ally...

Jonathan Aycliffe's chilling novel abridged in ten parts by Rosemary Goring.

Read by Robert Paterson

Producer: David Jackson Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 1997.


WED 18:45 A Night with a Vampire (b017mr5y)
Series 2

Bewitched

Written by Edith Wharton.

A tale of Vampire possession written in 1925

Saul Rutledge had a girlfriend before he married his current wife. Unfortunately, he still slips at night to see her. Even though she dies several years ago...

David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA.

Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.


WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnf8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b012xpyk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 20:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 20:30 Falco (b007wpz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 21:00 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting (b01dk3z6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


WED 21:15 Drama (b00j751w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


WED 22:00 What Does the K Stand For? (b03ktz0w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 22:30 Act Your Age (b010dqgb)
Series 3

Episode 5

Simon Mayo hosts the three-way battle between the comedy generations to find out which is the funniest.

Will it be the Up-and-Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Guard who will be crowned, for one week at least, as the Golden Age of Comedy?

Jon Richardson is joined by Carl Donnelly, Lucy Porter is paired with Justin Edwards and Tom O'Connor teams up with Norman Lovett.

Devised and produced by Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.


WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03pjgjy)
From 10pm to midnight, Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Jon Holmes chats again with Steve Punt.


WED 23:00 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off (b00p87r0)
Series 4

Greece

He's back! But this time, he's got a computer! Budleigh Salterton's most famous citizen has been grounded by both the Home Office and his father, so he's set up GWH Travvel ("2 Ms, 2 Gs, 2 Vs - bit of a mix up at the printers").

Run from his bedroom in Budleigh Salterton, with the help of his long-suffering former Primary School teacher Mr Timmis and the hindrance of his sister Charlotte, it's a one-stop Travel/Advice/Events Management/Website service, where each week his schemes range far and wide - whether it's roaming the country lecturing would-be overlanders on how to pack a rucksack ("If in doubt, put it in. And double it"), or finding someone a zebra for a corporate promotion ("I'll look in the Phone Book - how hard can it be? Now, "A to D"...), GWH Travvel stays true to its motto - "We do it all, so you won't want to".

In this episode we see the struggle between the Apollonian and Dionysian principles as Giles travels to Greece on a desperate rescue mission and eats far too much halloumi.

Starring Marcus Brigstocke as Giles.

Cast:
Giles Wemmbley Hogg ..... Marcus Brigstocke
Professor Bakoyannis ..... Jack Klaff
Mr Timmis ..... Adrian Scarborough
Charlotte Wemmbley Hogg ..... Catherine Shepherd
Jeremy ..... James Bachman
Luke ..... Mark Evans
Aphrodite ..... Nina Millns
Colonel Yiannis ..... Chris Pavlo

Written by Marcus Brigstocke & Jeremy Salsby.

Producer: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.


WED 23:30 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun (b007k272)
London

Bring back Geoffrey to ‘Rainbow’ and some cutting remarks about Lorena Bobbit.

From the BBC Paris Studio, London.

Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s mix of sharp sketches and situations, stand up topical gags and banter.

With Peter Baynham, Rebecca Front and John Thomson.

Special guest Geoffrey Hayes from ITV kids show Rainbow.

Lee and Herring went to write and star in their successful TV transfer to BBC Two in 1995.

Cult BBC Radio 1 series first broadcast in November 1993.



THURSDAY 19 DECEMBER 2013

THU 00:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007s74m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]


THU 00:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix (b01nrd22)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]


THU 00:45 A Night with a Vampire (b017mr5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Wednesday]


THU 01:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]


THU 01:30 Falco (b007wpz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]


THU 02:00 Winston (b00pgpm3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]


THU 02:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b007k11n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]


THU 03:00 Richard Adams - Watership Down (b00fwcz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:00 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting (b01dk3z6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:15 Drama (b00j751w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]


THU 05:00 No Commitments (b00776t6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]


THU 05:30 Tales From the Mausoleum Club (b007k243)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]


THU 06:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdj)
Episode 5

As suspicions over Palgrove grow, Inspector Purbright calls on his old friend Lucilla Teatime.

One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles dramatised by Christopher Denys in 6 parts.

Stars John Rowe as Inspector Purbright, Paul Downing as Love, Russell Dixon as Dr Fergusson, Ann Rye as Lucilla Teatime, Geoffrey Banks as Mortimer Hive, Kathryn Hunt as Helen and Robin Polley as Sgt Malley.

Producer: Tony Cliff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.


THU 06:30 Falco (b007wpsz)
The Silver Pigs

Episode 3

Probing the illegal imports of the ingots, Roman sleuth Falco has chanced upon a sinister plot to overthrow the Emperor Vespasian.

And he's also discovered the identity of Helena's ex-husband: which has made him realise the plot is much closer to home than he thought.

Starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco.

Lindsey Davis's witty and enthralling adventure set in the days of the Roman Empire.

Falco …. Anton Lesser
Lenia …. Gillian Goodman
Petronius …. Ben Crowe
Decimus …. Robert Lister
Falco’s Mother …. Frances Jeater
Marcia …. Helen Monks
Helena …. Fritha Goodey
Titus …. Jonathan Keeble
Domitian …. Declan Wilson

Dramatised by Mary Cutler.

Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.


THU 07:00 Bookcases (b00sxt6h)
Series 1

The Man in White

London 1858: A little bored by Gerald, Cordelia is having fun with the novelist Wilkie Collins, who’s having a spell of writer's block with The Woman in White.

Primus has the answer...or does he?

Martyn Wade's Victorian era comedy stars Michael Cochrane and Maggie Steed.

Primus …. Michael Cochrane
Cordelia …. Maggie Steed
Edith …. Elizabeth Spriggs
Gerald …. David Horovitch
Wilkie Collins …. David Timson
Simeon …. Charles Simpson
George Eliot …. David Antrobus

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.


THU 07:30 The Secret World (b03kv277)
Series 4

Episode 3

Mary Berry from The Great British Bake Off has to deal with a baking-related dispute between Ray Winstone and Bob Hoskins.

Olympic director Danny Boyle is tasked with rescuing a cat from a tree, and James Naughtie seeks counselling from poet Roger McGough.

The Secret World is the impression show with a difference.

With

Jon Culshaw
Julian Dutton
Lewis MacLeod
Jess Robinson
Debra Stephenson
Duncan Wisbey

Written by Bill Dare, Julian Dutton and Duncan Wisbey.

Produced and created by: Bill Dare.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.


THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jnxm)
Series 2

Don't Fence Me In

Captain Mainwaring is horrified when some prisoners of war escape from a camp.

Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.

Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Fraser …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
General Monteverdi …. Cyril Shaps
Captain Turner …. John Ringham
Prisoner of War …. Sion Probert
Announcer …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1975.


THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b01136nk)
From 19/11/1953

The enigma of Mona Lisa's smile is solved, and Eth and Ron fancy their own place in The Glums. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From November 1953.


THU 09:00 Hazelbeach (b0088nnw)
Series 1

Gardening

Ronnie has a devious idea to get Nick's ex-girlfriend back. What could possibly go wrong?

Caroline and David Stafford's comedy stars Jamie Forman as Ronnie Hazelbeach.

Ronnie ...... Jamie Foreman
Nick ...... Paul Bazely
Chloe ...... Tracy Wiles
James ...... John Dougall
Harry ...... Simon Treves

Producer: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.


THU 09:30 HR (b00tj5qm)
Series 2

Dogging

Comedy drama series by Nigel Williams that charts the misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble-making colleague.

Sam, determined to help depressed Peter find a sense of purpose in his retirement, gets him a dog. But will the scruffy mongrel help Peter? Or will it add to his aggression and sense of injustice?

Peter ..... Jonathan Pryce
Sam ..... Nicholas Le Prevost
Nasty Man ..... Tony Bell
Woman ..... Christine Kavanagh
Man ..... Sam Dale

Director: Peter Kavanagh.

First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2010.


THU 10:00 Richard Adams - Watership Down (b00fy1g3)
Episode 2

The rabbits try to rescue General Woundwort's females to establish their own dynasty. Stars Tom George and Stephen Tomlin.


THU 11:00 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting (b01dlccp)
Teaching

As a student questions her teacher, he reflects on 23 years in that room waiting for the bell to ring. Short stories by the Irish novelist, read by Conor Mullen.


THU 11:15 Drama (b00jd6r7)
Andrew Lynch - A Question of Royalty

Comedy by Andrew Lynch, inspired by real events. Two bungling self-employed plasterers, ignorant of the constitutional crisis their actions could precipitate, steal The Queen's wedding certificate while working on the refurbishment of the Public Records Office.

Bernie ...... Johnny Vegas
Danny ...... Ricky Tomlinson
Sarah ...... Catherine McCormack
Jan ...... Nicola Stephenson
Tim ...... Tim Bentinck
Farnworth ...... Rupert Degas.


THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jnxm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b01136nk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 13:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


THU 13:30 Falco (b007wpsz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


THU 14:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k01j)
Ladies of Letters Make Mincemeat

Episode 4

Drama shifts to crisis as Irene gets Vera's kids to vent their feelings in verse. Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.


THU 14:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00spnnw)
Calling a Hit a Smack

Michael Morpurgo examines how children have fallen between the family and the state, sometimes with tragic results.


THU 14:30 Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village (b00nzwsn)
Rabbit

Hugh Bonneville reads from Louis de Bernieres' new book of linked stories which cast an affectionate but acute eye on the vanishing charms and eccentric characters of the fictional Surrey village of Notwithstanding.

The major, his wife and Leafy Barkwell have a heartbreaking encounter on an evening walk.

Abridged by Sara Davies.


THU 14:45 High Hopes by Ronnie Corbett (b0075y7r)
4. Golf

Pantomime and a surprise guest for Ronnie Corbett.

And he recalls his experience and the long-term effects of living with Labyrinthitis.

One of Britain's best loved comedy stars relates his life and times.

Written and read by Ronnie Corbett.

Producer: Steve Doherty.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000.


THU 15:00 Richard Adams - Watership Down (b00fy1g3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03lnlgp)
Mel is back with the fourth episode of current story A Christmas Carol, read by David Jason. Plus, Dick and Dom explore more seasonal science in How Dangerous Is Your Christmas?


THU 17:00 Ballylenon (b0080skq)
Series 5

Episode 6

The Americans are desperate to identify the owner of the Hoover cottage.

Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1956.

Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.

Starring TP McKenna as Phonsie Doherty, Margaret D'Arcy as Muriel McConkey, Stella McCusker as Vera McConkey, Aine McCartney as Mrs McFinney, Gerard Murphy as the Reverend Hawthorne, Charlie Bonnar as Packy McGoldrick and Gerard McSorley as Stumpy Bonnar.

Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.


THU 17:30 Bookcases (b00sxt6h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


THU 18:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007s8gn)
Sanctuary No More

Deb's found evidence that Bowers has been experimenting on himself and is now a Chimera - changing at a cellular level - but, the question is, into what?

The answers will have to wait, because now there's a killer on the loose...

Simon Bovey's 5-part sci-fi thriller set in 2015 stars Tim McMullan as Bowers, Tom Mannion as Commander Taft, Stuart McLoughlin as Max Bellingfield, Ndidi Del Fatti as Anaya and Helen Longworth as Deborah.

Director: Marc Beeby

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005.


THU 18:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix (b01nrrbn)
Connections

"Duncan Mylne has never died and he means to go on living ..."

A visit to a potential ally begins to clarify Andrew's thoughts, but raises doubts about Katrina.

Jonathan Aycliffe's chilling novel abridged in ten parts by Rosemary Goring.

Read by Robert Paterson

Producer: David Jackson Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 1997.


THU 18:45 A Night with a Vampire (b017mtfm)
Series 2

Drink My Blood

Written by Richard Matheson.

Written in 1951 this is an unusually dark comic twist on the Vampire tale about a young pasty-faced school kid, Jules, whose only ambition in life is to become a vampire. But will his dreams come true? Richard Matheson wrote "I am Legend".

David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories.
Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA.

Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4.


THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jnxm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b01136nk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 20:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


THU 20:30 Falco (b007wpsz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


THU 21:00 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting (b01dlccp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


THU 21:15 Drama (b00jd6r7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


THU 22:00 The Secret World (b03kv277)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


THU 22:30 Elvenquest (b00wdjz9)
Series 2

Episode 4

The search for the Sword of Asnagar is put on hold when Vidar is summoned home by his father.

Meanwhile Lord Darkness also returns home from his Necromancer's convention, proud holder of the 'Medal of Chang', the prize for being 'Necromancer's Necromancer'. However, it turns out that Lord Darkness may not have won it entirely fairly, so he sets about trying to cover his tracks.

The fates of Lord Darkness and the Questers are drawn together when they both end up having to cross the Gorge of Doom. But first they must pass the mysterious Bridge Keeper who controls the only passage across. And he charges a heavy price...

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

Sam …. Stephen Mangan
Lord Darkness …. Alistair McGowan
The Bridge Keeper …. Gus Brown
Dean/Kreech …. Kevin Eldon
Vidar …. Darren Boyd
Amis – The Chosen One …. Dave Lamb
Penthiselea …. Sophie Winkleman

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.


THU 23:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b0113086)
Series 2

3. 'I'm a cherry childless and proud of it'

"I'm a cherry childless and proud of it"

"I'd like to be romantic but I have a voice that makes children cry"

Sarah Millican is a life counsellor and modern-day agony aunt tackling the nation's problems head on, dishing out real advice for real people.

Assisted by her very own team of experts of the heart - man of the people local cabbie Terry, and self qualified counsellor Marion,

Sarah tackles the nation's problems head on and has a solution for everything.

Sarah ...... Sarah Millican
Marion ...... Ruth Bratt
Terry ...... Simon Daye
Jenny ...... Bridget Christie
Keith ...... Joe Wilkinson

Written by Sarah Millican.

Producer: Lianne Coop

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011


THU 23:30 Rubbish (b00770pw)
Series 1

Excited

Martin gets excited at work and disgusted at himself. He's persuaded by his new gonzo neighbours, Naomi and David, to take control of his own life.

But taking control of your own life is harder than it looks, especially when it involves scaling the firefighters' climbing tower - naked.

Reece Dinsdale stars as local government officer, cynic and manic-depressive, Martin Christmas in Tony Bagley's sitcom.

Martin ...... Reece Dinsdale
Scott ...... Kevin Eldon
Roger ...... Paul Copley
Tristana ...... Nicola Walker
Barney ...... James Lance
Chris ...... Jim North
Wadey ...... Steven Kynman
Tim ...... Mark Maier
Naomi ...... Katherine Jakeways
Magistrate ...... Mike Walling
David ...... Martin Trenaman

Producer: Claire Bartlett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2006.



FRIDAY 20 DECEMBER 2013

FRI 00:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007s8gn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]


FRI 00:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix (b01nrrbn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]


FRI 00:45 A Night with a Vampire (b017mtfm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Thursday]


FRI 01:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]


FRI 01:30 Falco (b007wpsz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]


FRI 02:00 Hazelbeach (b0088nnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]


FRI 02:30 HR (b00tj5qm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]


FRI 03:00 Richard Adams - Watership Down (b00fy1g3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:00 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting (b01dlccp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:15 Drama (b00jd6r7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]


FRI 05:00 Ballylenon (b0080skq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]


FRI 05:30 Bookcases (b00sxt6h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]


FRI 06:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdt)
Episode 6

As Mortimer Hive enters the lion's den - can Inspector Purbright finally unravel the wicked web?

One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles dramatised by Christopher Denys in 6 parts.

Stars John Rowe as Inspector Purbright, Geoffrey Banks as Mortimer Hive, Paul Downing as Love, Russell Dixon as Booker and Ann Rye as Lucilla Teatime.

Producer: Tony Cliff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.


FRI 06:30 Falco (b007wpcl)
The Silver Pigs

Episode 4

Falco battles to discover who killed Sosia - and to unmask the plotters against the Emperor.

He also discovers that true love can cross the boundaries of the strict Roman class structure...

Starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco.

Conclusion of Lindsey Davis's adventure set in the days of the Roman Empire.

Falco …. Anton Lesser
Decimus …. Robert Lister
Publius …. Richard Derrington
Falco’s Mother …. Frances Jeater
Marcia …. Helen Monks
Helena …. Fritha Goodey
Titus …. Jonathan Keeble
Vespasian …. Michael Tudor Barnes

Dramatised by Mary Cutler.

Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.


FRI 07:00 Smelling of Roses (b007k0d2)
Series 1

Survival of the Fittest

Rosie’s company hosts a management team building course. It all goes well until the murder mystery dinner, but it isn't Rosie who makes a killing.

Prunella Scales 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
Barry ...... Lee Simpson
Alex ...... Chris Pavlo
Dick ...... David Holt

Producer: Maria Esposito

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000.


FRI 07:30 Meet David Sedaris (b03lnprh)
Series 4

#2 to Go; Innocents Abroad

One of the world's funniest storytellers is back on BBC Radio 4 doing what he does best.

This week, in "#2 to Go", a trip to China does not work out well for David - especially on the food front.

The second story is called "Innocents Abroad" and tackles the tricky tightrope of "going native" when learning a foreign language.

Producer: Steve Doherty
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4.


FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlws)
Series 3

Death in the Family

Distraught Harold Steptoe must break some sad news to his father, Albert.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.

Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962.

The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of eight series on TV.

Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett

Adapted for radio from their TV scripts by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
.
Producer: Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1971.


FRI 08:30 Yes Minister (b007jmsk)
Series 1

Doing the Honours

During an economy drive, MP Jim Hacker find himself outwitted by Sir Humphrey.

Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.

Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn satirical sitcom ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984. Yes Minister is centred around the hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.

Jim Hacker ...... Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby ...... Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard ...... Derek Fowlds
Sir Arnold ...... John Nettleton
The Master ...... Graham Crowden
The Bursar ...... William Fox
Committee Member ...... Stuart Organ
Committee Member ...... David Peart
Committee Member ...... Moir Leslie

Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on Radio 4 in November 1983.


FRI 09:00 Girls Will Be Girls (b007jy1z)
From 23/02/1991

Sketches and songs from Rebecca Front and Sioned Wiliam, featuring some girly gossip at the health club.


FRI 09:30 Electric Ink (b01jrt6d)
Series 2

Episode 2

By Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson.

A comic satire set in the struggling world of newspapers. Maddox refuses to give up a source. Could he really face prison.

Maddox ..... John Sessions
Oliver ..... Alex Jennings
Freddy ..... Stephen Wight
Carol ..... Polly Frame
Masha ..... Debbie Chazen
Policeman ..... Henry Devas
Warder ..... Adeel Akhtar
Producer ..... Sally Avens

Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson's satire is set in the world of modern newspapers.

A group of dysfunctional journalists attempt to cover major news stories at the same time as grappling with the demands of working in a multi-platform environment, watching circulation figures plummet and the recession causing half the workforce to be laid off.

At the heart of the comedy is the relationship between Maddox Bradley, a journalist who mourns the day of proper investigative journalism, and Freddy, the online editor who will regurgitate a press release quite happily and call it a story. But they have a grudging respect for the each other as Freddy helps Maddox stay afloat in the world of Twitter, Facebook and podcasting and Maddox shows Freddy how to sniff out the real story. Both are at the mercy of Oliver, the pragmatic editor more concerned with keeping his job, and Carol, the news editor who believes that circulation will increase if they run pieces on Big Mac eating orang-utans and 'intelligent' skunks rather than Maddox's moral crusading diatribes. And only Masha, the Russian head of online communities, who wants to give away all their content because that is true democracy, knows Freddy's secret; that he's a posh boy from Eton rather than a hypercool kid from the street; well that's what Freddy thinks anyway.


FRI 10:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon (b00t18j1)
The Duel

An unfortunate duel is the catalyst for young Redmond Barry to leave his native Ireland and serve on the battlefields of the Seven Years War - before a chance reunion with his long-lost uncle offers a way to make their fortune at the gaming-tables of the highest courts of Europe.

William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel (1844) about the rise and fall of an Irish adventurer, set during the last half of the 18th century. The action moves from rural Ireland to the courts of Europe to the drawing rooms of English society.

The first of two-parts dramatised by Don McCamphill

Barry ...... Gerard McSorley
Redmond ...... Andrew Scott
Chevalier de Balibari ...... David Kelly
Bell Barry ...... Sheila Hancock
Lord Lyndon ...... Kenneth Cranham
Sir Rumford Bumford ...... Jamie Foreman
Mme Fitzsimons ...... Tina Kellegher
Fitzsimons ...... Kevin Flood
Captain Fagan ...... Frank O'Sullivan
John Quin ...... Mark Lambert
Von Potzdorff ...... Don Wycherley
Ulick ...... Darragh Kelly
Mick ...... Eanna MacLiam
Nora ...... Alice Barry

Directed at BBC Belfast by Lawrence Jackson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.


FRI 11:00 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting (b01dlff5)
Sleep

From the mind of Chris Morris leaks onto radio in this dreamlike combination of comedy and music. Julia Davis, Kevin Eldon, David Cann, Mark Heap and Amelia Bullmore.

Are you still lying curare-still, seeking relief in feigning dead? Then welcome, oo-tazz welcome. Chris Morris is here to help you wallow in the melancholy, for third series of this subversive radio classic.

Immediately prior to Blue Jam's initial burst on radio, Chris Morris had caused a furore with Channel 4's Brass Eye. Yet Blue Jam managed to be a total departure from his previous work. Originally airing in the early hours on BBC Radio 1, it's a blend of ambient music, deadpan ( sometimes brutal ) sketches and offbeat monologues. A whole audio landscape of the subconscious, the ad-hoc low-fi sheen of production lending it a kind of verisimilitude.

In sharp contrast with the personality-led comedies of recent years, Blue Jam makes a virtue of anonymity. Borat scribe Pater Baynham and Father Ted creator Graham Linehan are among the writers. Rightly winning a clutch of Sony Awards, it remains unique - nothing before or after was remotely like it.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in January 1999.


FRI 11:15 Old Ladies at the Zoo (b03lnyc8)
Every Monday they go to the zoo, look at the animals, talk about their lives and loves - and share a joke or two. Sometimes Bruno's jokes are a bit too vulgar for Lily's liking. But one Monday...

David Ashton's poignant, comic drama was a joint winner of the 1985 Radio Times Drama Awards.

Starring Liz Smith as Lily and Peggy Mount as Bruno.

Producer: Jane Morgan.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.


FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlws)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 12:30 Yes Minister (b007jmsk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 13:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


FRI 13:30 Falco (b007wpcl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


FRI 14:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k02v)
Ladies of Letters Make Mincemeat

Episode 5

The police free Vera's family, as Irene writes to her estranged son. War of words with Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.


FRI 14:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sprf9)
Reinventing Childhood

Michael Morpurgo looks at the impact of adults on childhood down the centuries up to the present day.


FRI 14:30 Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village (b00nzwsq)
The Broken Heart

Hugh Bonneville reads from Louis de Bernieres' new book of linked stories which cast an affectionate but acute eye on the vanishing charms and eccentric characters of the fictional Surrey village of Notwithstanding.

When Obadiah Oak sells up and moves away from Notwithstanding, he leaves his heart behind.

Abridged by Sara Davies.


FRI 14:45 High Hopes by Ronnie Corbett (b0075y8c)
5. Corporate Hospitality

Ronnie comes up from down under, and gets a second wind.

One of Britain's best loved comedy stars recalls life after the Two Ronnies, with corporate gigs and OBEs.

Written and concluded by Ronnie Corbett.

Producer: Steve Doherty.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000.


FRI 15:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon (b00t18j1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03lnz6w)
Mel introduces the fifth episode of current story, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Plus, Dick and Dom explore more cool science in the last How Dangerous Is Your Christmas?


FRI 17:00 Capital Gains (b007r5d3)
Series 1

Venture Capital

Absconding with £4,601,740.72 of someone else's money proves more challenging than it sounds for Julius Hutch.

Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch.

Written by Collin Johnson.

Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones
Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall
Sexton Lewis ...... Jeffrey Wickham
Peter Fang ...... Peter Whitman
News Reader ...... Collin Johnson
Kate ...... Justine Midda

Producer: Andy Jordan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995.


FRI 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k0d2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


FRI 18:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007jv49)
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 stars Tim McMullan as Bowers, Tom Mannion as Commander Taft, Stuart McLoughlin as Max Bellingfield, Ndidi Del Fatti as Anaya and Helen Longworth as Deborah.

Director: Marc Beeby

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005.


FRI 18:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix (b01ns0y8)
The Ceremony

"Andrew, I do not think you will ever know peace again until you know the ..."

Can student Andrew MacLeod escape the evil that stretches from North Africa to Scotland?

The gripping conclusion of Jonathan Aycliffe's chilling novel abridged in ten parts by Rosemary Goring.

Read by Robert Paterson

Producer: David Jackson Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 1997.


FRI 18:45 A Night with a Vampire (b017mws7)
Series 2

A Lot of Mince Pies

Written by Robert Swindells.

Swindells is a British author known mainly for his children's books and indeed, this tale first appeared in a collection of haunted tales for the young adult. But it has a macabre and chilling undertone - set at Xmas and focussing on a group of carollers who visit the same cottage every year - and receive a special treat in return.....

David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories.
Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA.

Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4.


FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlws)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 19:30 Yes Minister (b007jmsk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 20:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


FRI 20:30 Falco (b007wpcl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


FRI 21:00 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting (b01dlff5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


FRI 21:15 Old Ladies at the Zoo (b03lnyc8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


FRI 22:00 Meet David Sedaris (b03lnprh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


FRI 22:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b014gmfm)
Series 4

Ian Hislop

Marcus Brigstocke invites Private Eye editor and broadcaster Ian Hislop to try new experiences, including buying his first ever pair of jeans.

Whether the experiences are banal or profound, the show is about embracing the new and getting out of our comfort zones.

The title comes from the fact that the show's producer and creator Bill Dare had never seen the film Star Wars.

Producer: Bill Dare

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011.


FRI 23:00 Little Britain (b007jsvm)
Series 1

Episode 1

The sketch show which takes a look at life in Britain in the new millennium - by following the lives of some less than ordinary folk.

Meet Emily Howard - who's a lady, Marjory Dawes and her fat-fighters - and is Daffyd really the only gay in the village?

It became a TV smash hit, but Matt Lucas and David Walliams' oddball comedy premiered first - on BBC radio.

Written and performed by Matt Lucas and David Walliams. With Jean Ainslie, Tom Baker, Samantha Power and Paul Putner.

Music: David Arnold.

Producer: Ashley Blaker

First broadcast as a pilot on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000.


FRI 23:30 The Mary Whitehouse Experience (b007jmqb)
Series 3

From 17/03/1990

Your chance to own Now That's What I Call Satire! Stars Rob Newman, Rebecca Front, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From March 1990.




LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)

A Night with a Vampire 18:45 MON (b017mz4h)

A Night with a Vampire 00:45 TUE (b017mz4h)

A Night with a Vampire 18:45 TUE (b017mv2s)

A Night with a Vampire 00:45 WED (b017mv2s)

A Night with a Vampire 18:45 WED (b017mr5y)

A Night with a Vampire 00:45 THU (b017mr5y)

A Night with a Vampire 18:45 THU (b017mtfm)

A Night with a Vampire 00:45 FRI (b017mtfm)

A Night with a Vampire 18:45 FRI (b017mws7)

A Short History of Vampires 18:30 SUN (b00yhwyc)

A Short History of Vampires 00:30 MON (b00yhwyc)

Act Your Age 22:30 WED (b010dqgb)

At Home With the Hardys 09:30 MON (b00l5zqf)

At Home With the Hardys 02:30 TUE (b00l5zqf)

Ballylenon 17:00 THU (b0080skq)

Ballylenon 05:00 FRI (b0080skq)

Bill Taylor - Likely Stories 09:00 SUN (b00tv7wq)

Bill Taylor - Likely Stories 17:00 SUN (b00tv7wq)

Bill Taylor - Likely Stories 05:00 MON (b00tv7wq)

Bookcases 07:00 THU (b00sxt6h)

Bookcases 17:30 THU (b00sxt6h)

Bookcases 05:30 FRI (b00sxt6h)

Cabin Pressure 07:30 SUN (b00m4472)

Cabin Pressure 22:00 SUN (b00m4472)

Capital Gains 05:00 SAT (b007qw7j)

Capital Gains 17:00 FRI (b007r5d3)

Chain Gang 13:10 SAT (b03lbtv9)

Chain Gang 03:15 SUN (b03lbtv9)

Comedy Controller 09:00 SAT (b018sgkw)

Comedy Controller 19:00 SAT (b018sgkw)

Could Do Better 07:15 SUN (b03lbzfg)

Could Do Better 13:15 SUN (b03lbzfg)

Creme de la Crime 10:30 SUN (b00824r5)

Creme de la Crime 21:30 SUN (b00824r5)

Creme de la Crime 01:30 MON (b00824r5)

Dad Made Me Laugh 11:30 SUN (b007k1mb)

Dad Made Me Laugh 19:30 SUN (b007k1mb)

Dad Made Me Laugh 02:30 MON (b007k1mb)

Dad's Army 08:00 THU (b007jnxm)

Dad's Army 12:00 THU (b007jnxm)

Dad's Army 19:00 THU (b007jnxm)

Delve Special 23:00 TUE (b007jmm8)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 10:00 SUN (b03lc13d)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 21:00 SUN (b03lc13d)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 01:00 MON (b03lc13d)

Double Income, No Kids Yet 07:00 MON (b00934x9)

Double Income, No Kids Yet 17:30 MON (b00934x9)

Double Income, No Kids Yet 05:30 TUE (b00934x9)

Drama 11:15 WED (b00j751w)

Drama 21:15 WED (b00j751w)

Drama 04:15 THU (b00j751w)

Drama 11:15 THU (b00jd6r7)

Drama 21:15 THU (b00jd6r7)

Drama 04:15 FRI (b00jd6r7)

Electric Ink 02:30 SAT (b01jjtn5)

Electric Ink 09:30 FRI (b01jrt6d)

Elvenquest 22:30 THU (b00wdjz9)

Encore! 07:30 SAT (b00mw5nc)

Evelyn Waugh Short Stories 10:45 SUN (b007k30q)

Evelyn Waugh Short Stories 21:45 SUN (b007k30q)

Evelyn Waugh Short Stories 01:45 MON (b007k30q)

Falco 06:30 TUE (b007wpf1)

Falco 13:30 TUE (b007wpf1)

Falco 20:30 TUE (b007wpf1)

Falco 01:30 WED (b007wpf1)

Falco 06:30 WED (b007wpz2)

Falco 13:30 WED (b007wpz2)

Falco 20:30 WED (b007wpz2)

Falco 01:30 THU (b007wpz2)

Falco 06:30 THU (b007wpsz)

Falco 13:30 THU (b007wpsz)

Falco 20:30 THU (b007wpsz)

Falco 01:30 FRI (b007wpsz)

Falco 06:30 FRI (b007wpcl)

Falco 13:30 FRI (b007wpcl)

Falco 20:30 FRI (b007wpcl)

Fear on 4 18:00 SAT (b007jmkj)

Fear on 4 00:00 SUN (b007jmkj)

Flying the Flag 17:00 TUE (b00xc71y)

Flying the Flag 05:00 WED (b00xc71y)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 08:00 SAT (b01bl28v)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 15:00 SAT (b01bl28v)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 01:00 SUN (b01bl28v)

Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off 23:00 WED (b00p87r0)

Girls Will Be Girls 02:00 SAT (b0082hdc)

Girls Will Be Girls 09:00 FRI (b007jy1z)

HG Wells 00:45 SAT (b01mmrhb)

HR 09:30 THU (b00tj5qm)

HR 02:30 FRI (b00tj5qm)

Hancock's Half Hour 08:00 WED (b007jnf8)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:00 WED (b007jnf8)

Hancock's Half Hour 19:00 WED (b007jnf8)

Harry Worth 08:30 TUE (b00rl56h)

Harry Worth 12:30 TUE (b00rl56h)

Harry Worth 19:30 TUE (b00rl56h)

Hazelbeach 09:00 THU (b0088nnw)

Hazelbeach 02:00 FRI (b0088nnw)

Hearing With Hegley 23:45 MON (b0075sln)

Hearing With Hegley 09:45 TUE (b0075sln)

Hearing With Hegley 02:45 WED (b0075sln)

Heresy 09:00 MON (b00kf0fv)

Heresy 22:30 MON (b00kf0fv)

Heresy 02:00 TUE (b00kf0fv)

Herge - The Adventures of Tintin 09:30 SUN (b007jvdc)

Herge - The Adventures of Tintin 17:30 SUN (b007jvdc)

Herge - The Adventures of Tintin 05:30 MON (b007jvdc)

High Hopes by Ronnie Corbett 14:45 MON (b0075y5x)

High Hopes by Ronnie Corbett 14:45 TUE (b0075y6j)

High Hopes by Ronnie Corbett 14:45 WED (b0075y70)

High Hopes by Ronnie Corbett 14:45 THU (b0075y7r)

High Hopes by Ronnie Corbett 14:45 FRI (b0075y8c)

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 07:30 MON (b03kpy5w)

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 22:00 MON (b03kpy5w)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 08:30 WED (b012xpyk)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 12:30 WED (b012xpyk)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 19:30 WED (b012xpyk)

I've Never Seen Star Wars 22:30 FRI (b014gmfm)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 01:00 SAT (b007jsmq)

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

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 13:00 MON (b007jsnp)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 20:00 MON (b007jsnp)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 01:00 TUE (b007jsnp)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 06:00 TUE (b007jsnz)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 13:00 TUE (b007jsnz)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 20:00 TUE (b007jsnz)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 01:00 WED (b007jsnz)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 06:00 WED (b007jtd5)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 13:00 WED (b007jtd5)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 20:00 WED (b007jtd5)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 01:00 THU (b007jtd5)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 06:00 THU (b007jtdj)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 13:00 THU (b007jtdj)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 20:00 THU (b007jtdj)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 01:00 FRI (b007jtdj)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 06:00 FRI (b007jtdt)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 13:00 FRI (b007jtdt)

Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home 20:00 FRI (b007jtdt)

Johanna Spyri - Heidi 13:30 SUN (b007jxwr)

Johanna Spyri - Heidi 03:30 MON (b007jxwr)

John Peel's Shed 11:00 SUN (b018fljy)

John Peel's Shed 19:00 SUN (b018fljy)

John Peel's Shed 02:00 MON (b018fljy)

John Wyndham - Chocky 06:00 SAT (b007k49r)

John Wyndham - Chocky 16:00 SAT (b007k49r)

John Wyndham - Chocky 04:00 SUN (b007k49r)

Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix 00:30 SAT (b01nmjxb)

Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix 18:30 MON (b01nqncy)

Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix 00:30 TUE (b01nqncy)

Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix 18:30 TUE (b01nqqgl)

Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix 00:30 WED (b01nqqgl)

Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix 18:30 WED (b01nrd22)

Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix 00:30 THU (b01nrd22)

Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix 18:30 THU (b01nrrbn)

Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix 00:30 FRI (b01nrrbn)

Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix 18:30 FRI (b01ns0y8)

Julie Enfield Investigates 23:00 SAT (b010nn2k)

King Cutler 23:00 SUN (b008pbxf)

Ladies of Letters 14:00 MON (b007jzxm)

Ladies of Letters 14:00 TUE (b007jzyz)

Ladies of Letters 14:00 WED (b007k008)

Ladies of Letters 14:00 THU (b007k01j)

Ladies of Letters 14:00 FRI (b007k02v)

Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun 23:30 WED (b007k272)

Little Britain 23:00 FRI (b007jsvm)

Loose Ends 11:15 MON (b03lkn5d)

Loose Ends 21:15 MON (b03lkn5d)

Loose Ends 04:15 TUE (b03lkn5d)

Mary Brunton - Self Control 06:00 SUN (b011tt9h)

Mary Brunton - Self Control 12:00 SUN (b011tt9h)

Mastering the Universe 23:45 TUE (b00scz7j)

Meet David Sedaris 17:30 SAT (b03kp2kh)

Meet David Sedaris 05:30 SUN (b03kp2kh)

Meet David Sedaris 07:30 FRI (b03lnprh)

Meet David Sedaris 22:00 FRI (b03lnprh)

Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 SUN (b03lc3qn)

Mordrin McDonald: 21st Century Wizard 23:30 TUE (b00yjcp6)

Mr Finchley Takes the Road 07:00 TUE (b007k1gh)

Mr Finchley Takes the Road 17:30 TUE (b007k1gh)

Mr Finchley Takes the Road 05:30 WED (b007k1gh)

No Commitments 17:00 WED (b00776t6)

No Commitments 05:00 THU (b00776t6)

Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village 14:30 MON (b00ny6vq)

Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village 14:30 TUE (b00nzwsj)

Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village 14:30 WED (b00nzwsl)

Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village 14:30 THU (b00nzwsn)

Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village 14:30 FRI (b00nzwsq)

Old Ladies at the Zoo 11:15 FRI (b03lnyc8)

Old Ladies at the Zoo 21:15 FRI (b03lnyc8)

Paupers and Pig Killers 11:15 TUE (b007m03j)

Paupers and Pig Killers 21:15 TUE (b007m03j)

Paupers and Pig Killers 04:15 WED (b007m03j)

Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices 04:00 SAT (b03k3flh)

Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices 04:15 SAT (b007zjw5)

Richard Adams - Watership Down 10:00 WED (b00fwcz7)

Richard Adams - Watership Down 15:00 WED (b00fwcz7)

Richard Adams - Watership Down 03:00 THU (b00fwcz7)

Richard Adams - Watership Down 10:00 THU (b00fy1g3)

Richard Adams - Watership Down 15:00 THU (b00fy1g3)

Richard Adams - Watership Down 03:00 FRI (b00fy1g3)

Robert Easby - Oneira 00:00 SAT (b007k29f)

Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting 11:00 MON (b01djpjk)

Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting 21:00 MON (b01djpjk)

Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting 04:00 TUE (b01djpjk)

Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting 11:00 TUE (b01djtls)

Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting 21:00 TUE (b01djtls)

Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting 04:00 WED (b01djtls)

Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting 11:00 WED (b01dk3z6)

Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting 21:00 WED (b01dk3z6)

Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting 04:00 THU (b01dk3z6)

Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting 11:00 THU (b01dlccp)

Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting 21:00 THU (b01dlccp)

Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting 04:00 FRI (b01dlccp)

Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting 11:00 FRI (b01dlff5)

Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting 21:00 FRI (b01dlff5)

Round the Horne 08:00 MON (b00spqnx)

Round the Horne 12:00 MON (b00spqnx)

Round the Horne 19:00 MON (b00spqnx)

Rubbish 23:30 THU (b00770pw)

Sarah Millican's Support Group 23:00 THU (b0113086)

Scandinavian Chiller 23:30 SAT (b011j0m9)

Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu 18:30 SAT (b007jvp4)

Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu 00:30 SUN (b007jvp4)

Simon Bovey - Cold Blood 18:00 MON (b007jv38)

Simon Bovey - Cold Blood 00:00 TUE (b007jv38)

Simon Bovey - Cold Blood 18:00 TUE (b007s5v2)

Simon Bovey - Cold Blood 00:00 WED (b007s5v2)

Simon Bovey - Cold Blood 18:00 WED (b007s74m)

Simon Bovey - Cold Blood 00:00 THU (b007s74m)

Simon Bovey - Cold Blood 18:00 THU (b007s8gn)

Simon Bovey - Cold Blood 00:00 FRI (b007s8gn)

Simon Bovey - Cold Blood 18:00 FRI (b007jv49)

Smelling of Roses 05:30 SAT (b007jrl9)

Smelling of Roses 07:00 FRI (b007k0d2)

Smelling of Roses 17:30 FRI (b007k0d2)

Songlines 04:30 SAT (b03nxmcn)

Steptoe and Son 08:00 FRI (b007jlws)

Steptoe and Son 12:00 FRI (b007jlws)

Steptoe and Son 19:00 FRI (b007jlws)

Take It From Here 08:30 THU (b01136nk)

Take It From Here 12:30 THU (b01136nk)

Take It From Here 19:30 THU (b01136nk)

Tales From the Mausoleum Club 07:00 WED (b007k243)

Tales From the Mausoleum Club 17:30 WED (b007k243)

Tales From the Mausoleum Club 05:30 THU (b007k243)

That Mitchell and Webb Sound 07:30 TUE (b03kqg03)

That Mitchell and Webb Sound 22:00 TUE (b03phz0k)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 MON (b03ldbng)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 TUE (b03ln0ng)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 WED (b03lnb2z)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 THU (b03lnlgp)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 FRI (b03lnz6w)

The Adventures of John and Tony 09:30 WED (b007k11n)

The Adventures of John and Tony 02:30 THU (b007k11n)

The Burkiss Way 08:00 SUN (b007jmcm)

The Burkiss Way 15:00 SUN (b007jmcm)

The Burkiss Way 20:00 SUN (b007jmcm)

The Burkiss Way 03:00 MON (b007jmcm)

The Clitheroe Kid 08:30 SUN (b007jsy7)

The Clitheroe Kid 15:30 SUN (b007jsy7)

The Clitheroe Kid 20:30 SUN (b007jsy7)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 TUE (b03pjgjn)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 WED (b03pjgjy)

The Complete Smiley 03:00 SAT (b07pt0x4)

The Complete Smiley 10:00 MON (b07pt0x7)

The Complete Smiley 15:00 MON (b07pt0x7)

The Complete Smiley 03:00 TUE (b07pt0x7)

The Complete Smiley 10:00 TUE (b07pt0xb)

The Complete Smiley 15:00 TUE (b07pt0xb)

The Complete Smiley 03:00 WED (b07pt0xb)

The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus 12:00 SAT (b03lbtlp)

The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus 02:00 SUN (b03lbtlp)

The Goon Show 14:00 SAT (b00fyvxb)

The Goon Show 08:00 TUE (b008p7by)

The Goon Show 12:00 TUE (b008p7by)

The Goon Show 19:00 TUE (b008p7by)

The Invention of Childhood 14:15 MON (b00snq94)

The Invention of Childhood 14:15 TUE (b00sny0z)

The Invention of Childhood 14:15 WED (b00sp3dv)

The Invention of Childhood 14:15 THU (b00spnnw)

The Invention of Childhood 14:15 FRI (b00sprf9)

The Jason Byrne Show 22:30 SAT (b01fhswh)

The Lawrence Sweeney Mix 22:00 SAT (b00klk4r)

The Laxian Key 18:00 SUN (b007k2c1)

The Laxian Key 00:00 MON (b007k2c1)

The Maltby Collection 23:30 SUN (b00mjrxp)

The Mark Steel Lecture 22:30 TUE (b007jlwr)

The Mary Whitehouse Experience 23:30 FRI (b007jmqb)

The Navy Lark 08:30 MON (b008fj41)

The Navy Lark 12:30 MON (b008fj41)

The Navy Lark 19:30 MON (b008fj41)

The News Quiz Extra 23:00 MON (b03ldf13)

The News Quiz Extra 09:00 TUE (b03ldf13)

The News Quiz Extra 02:00 WED (b03ldf13)

The Richest Man in Britain 22:30 SUN (b00nrrq8)

The Secret World 07:30 THU (b03kv277)

The Secret World 22:00 THU (b03kv277)

The World As We Know It 17:00 MON (b00fj2bt)

The World As We Know It 05:00 TUE (b00fj2bt)

Trueman and Riley 01:30 SAT (b01dvydy)

Trueman and Riley 06:30 MON (b01dw1mx)

Trueman and Riley 13:30 MON (b01dw1mx)

Trueman and Riley 20:30 MON (b01dw1mx)

Trueman and Riley 01:30 TUE (b01dw1mx)

What Does the K Stand For? 07:30 WED (b03ktz0w)

What Does the K Stand For? 22:00 WED (b03ktz0w)

William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon 10:00 FRI (b00t18j1)

William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon 15:00 FRI (b00t18j1)

Winston 09:00 WED (b00pgpm3)

Winston 02:00 THU (b00pgpm3)

Yes Minister 14:30 SAT (b007jmpx)

Yes Minister 08:30 FRI (b007jmsk)

Yes Minister 12:30 FRI (b007jmsk)

Yes Minister 19:30 FRI (b007jmsk)