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RADIO-LISTS: BBC RADIO 4 Extra
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SATURDAY 29 MARCH 2014

SAT 00:00 Arthur Conan Doyle - Professor Challenger (b00zs6nn)
The Disintegration Machine

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's indomitable academic must investigate dastardly Latvian scientist Theodore Nemor. Stars Bill Paterson.

SAT 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqp2)
The Red Planet

16. Strange Farm

With Mitch still missing, Captain Jet Morgan, Doc and Lemmy set off to find him, with hopes of finding the engineer rapidly diminishing...

Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.

CAST:

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Wife …. Madi Hedd
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs

Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.

Producer: Charles Chilton

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1954.

SAT 01:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr6j)
Episode 10

The fugitive is pursued through the countryside by the clever strategies of his sinister nemesis - Major Quive-Smith.

Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.

Read by Michael Jayston.

Producer: David Jackson Young.

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.

SAT 01:30 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00t9tmp)
Sicken and So Die

Episode 1

Charles has a role in Twelfth Night, but could this comedy turn into a tragedy? Bill Nighy stars as Simon Brett's actor-cum-sleuth.

SAT 02:00 Millport (b0076b7f)
Series 3

Reinstatement

As the first ferry of the holiday season arrives - why is Irene back on the island?

The third series of the bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.

Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Dr Hume/Ferryman ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Minister ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie ...... Kenneth Bryans

Music arranged by Olly Fox.

Producer: Lucy Bacon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2002.

SAT 02:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b007k3rb)
Series 1

Episode 4

The sports agent's rapacious partner finds a perfect new client, but there's a catch. Stars Neil Pearson. From September 2004.

SAT 03:00 Mikhail Bulgakov - The White Guard (b00761ld)
Survival

As Ukranian Nationalists seize control of Kiev, Alexei and Nikolka are running for their lives.

Conclusion of Mikhail Bulgakov's classic Ukrainian novel - dramatised in two parts by DJ Britton.

Stars Paul Hilton as Alexei, James Loye as Nikolka, Melanie Walters as Julia, Manon Edwards as Elena, Gerry Lepkowski as Myshlaevsky, Tim Kirkus as Shpolyansky, Patrick Brennan as Shervinsky, Simon Ludders as Rusakov, Siriol Jenkins as Irina and Brendan Charleson as Shchur.

Translator: Michael Glenny

Directed at BBC Wales by Alison Hindell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

SAT 04:00 Winston Graham Short Stories (b03yqp4r)
Meeting Demelza

Shortly before his death in 2003, Winston Graham wrote a story for the Cornish magazine, Scryfa. He recounts an imaginary meeting with his best-loved and most spirited creation. Read by Ewan Bailey

Winston Graham was one of the most successful and prolific novelists of the 20th century. He wrote in many genres but his best known body of work was undoubtedly the 12 historical novels set in Cornwall at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries which became known as The Poldarks.

Although it's the Poldarks that brought Winston Graham the most fame, he also wrote more than 30 other novels, six of which have been filmed including the thriller, Marnie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1964.

This selection celebrates the range of his work and offers a glimpse into the enduring appeal of his most famous characters, Ross and Demelza who are set to return to BBC screens in a new adaptation.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by The Waters Partnership.

SAT 04:15 Pam Leeson - The Unhearable (b007jttg)
Michelle has Meniere's disease, with the prospect of deafness. How will the young and vibrant woman cope? Stars Gillian Kearney.

SAT 05:00 Instant Sunshine (b007qtrm)
From 12/04/1985

Entertainment in words and music to help you beat the weather.

Performed by the comedy musical cabaret group, Instant Sunshine featuring David Barlow, Peter Christie, Miles Kington and Alan Maryon-Davis

Special guests: Father's Footsteps.

Producer: Richard Edis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1985.

SAT 05:30 Chambers (b007jp3w)
Series 2

The Masons

Turmoil abounds when barrister John Fuller-Carp tries to join a lodge. Stars John Bird and Sanjeev Bhaskar. From May 1998.

SAT 06:00 Martyn Read - The Folly (b00mz47c)
Somerset, 1770: Sir Morton Makepeace is devising a play, but his unruly characters disrupt the plot and threaten the building of his Folly.

Martyn Read's rollicking comedy stars Freddie Jones as Sir Morton Makepeace.

With Elizabeth Spriggs as Clarissa, Lady Mountjoy, Clive Swift as Reverend Wormald, Michael Cochrane as Robert Sutherland, Joanna Myers as Caroline Makepeace and Karl James as Thomas.

Director: Sue Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991.

SAT 07:30 Armitage and Moore's Guide to Song (b00xlqwf)
Episode 2

How music arrangement and vocal expression create meaning and atmosphere. With analysis from Simon Armitage and Allan Moore.

SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01hkyn3)
Series 7

Episode 30

From Woodinville in Washington, the funny man welcomes multi-instrumentalist Sarah Jarosz and trio Bodacious Ladyhood. From 2011.

SAT 09:00 Up the Workers (b03zhx5n)
Homeworker Nick Baker immerses himself in a study of work - from the hard at it, to the work shy. In his archive exploration, Nick enjoys a choice staffroom edition of King Street Junior and sympathises with a fellow who also works at home in Ed Reardon's Week.

Fascinating facts about offices of the future are revealed, along with the truth about working from home. And work as a form of madness is depicted in a series called You Don't Have to Work to be Mad Here. This features whimsical sackings (sometimes by answering machine message) and a careers adviser who hates her job so much she hides in a strange way.

Plus choice episodes from Kate Kellaway's History of Office Life - and Ricky Gervais reveals how his creation David Brent came to be.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Testbed Productions.

SAT 12:00 Lavinia Greenlaw - Five Fever Tales (Omnibus) (b03zhy0j)
Lavinia Greenlaw's exploration of ancient ideas about Malaria, and scientific attempts to defeat the deadly disease.

The disease caused by a parasite carried in the saliva of female mosquitoes came to humans probably from gorillas a long time ago. Through recorded history the fever-prompting disease has shadowed humans almost everywhere warm enough for mosquitoes to live between the Poles. We have evolved together. It is still the biggest killer of children in parts of the world.

Made with the research assistance of Wellcome Trust.
Medical/science adviser: Julian Rayner, Sanger Institute.
Music and sound design: Jon Nicholls

Narrator: Siobhan Redmond.
Other parts: Russell Boulter, Richard Bremmer, David Collins, Jasmine Hyde and John Mackay.

Producer: Tim Dee

First broadcast in five-parts on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.

SAT 13:15 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jsjl)
Murder West One

4. Soho Espresso

Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield's night out in London's Soho is rudely interrupted by a murder above a coffee bar.

The day's takings are left untouched, so robbery is clearly not the motive...

Nick Fisher's thriller stars Imelda Staunton.

DSI Julie Enfield ...... Imelda Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
Mary Simons ...... Frances Jeater
Gerry Maddox ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
David Simons ...... Jonathan Keeble
Woman in Club ...... Priyanga Elan
Coffee Drinker ...... Elizabeth Conboy
David Simons ...... Jonathan Keeble
Tourist ...... Giles Fagan
Waiter ...... Ben Crowethe
Woman ...... Tilly Gaunt

Director: Richard Wortley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.

SAT 14:00 Noel Coward - The Better Half (b00kj2f0)
Broadcast premiere of this comedy of marital manners, written by the young Noel Coward. Recently rediscovered, it was considered too racy for public performance in 1922.

Unhappy Alice encourages husband David and best friend Marion to form a liaison. But Alice may have a hidden agenda.

Alice ...... Federay Holmes
Marion ...... Lisa Dillon
David ...... Samuel West

Directed by Martin Jarvis.

SAT 14:30 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqgh)
Bartholomew, Blackmail and Barefaced Lies

An expensive statue lands Bertie Wooster in a pickle.

PG Wodehouse romp adapted in six-parts by Richard Usborne.

Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Paul Eddington as Roderick Spode, John Le Mesurier as Sir Watkin Bassett, Ronald Fraser as Major Plank, Jonathan Cecil as Boko Fittleworth, Denise Coffey as Stiffy Bing and Percy Edwards as Bartholemew the Dog.

Producer: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.

SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01hkyn3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

SAT 16:00 Martyn Read - The Folly (b00mz47c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

SAT 17:30 Listen Against (b00tt5mb)
Series 3

Episode 3

The programme that looks back at a week's worth of radio and TV that never happened.

Michael Burke becomes trapped in the Moral Maze, and Any Answers gets a game show makeover.

Presented by Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes.

Producers: Sam Bryant & Jon Holmes.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.

SAT 18:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jm12)
The Primary Phase

Fit The Fourth

Arthur learns the lucrative answer to the question of Life, the Universe and Everything. By Douglas Adams. From March 1978.

Arthur Dent is one of only two survivors from Earth, demolished to make way for a by-pass. He survived thanks to his friend, Ford Prefect (who hails not from Guildford, but somewhere near Betelgeuse), a writer for the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, "the most successful book ever to have come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor". Now paired with fellow Earth survivor Trillian and duplicitous two-headed hustler Zaphod Beeblebrox, Arthur and Ford are on legendary planet Magrathea - and Arthur in particular is about to understand his demolished home world in a new and startling way.

The global multi-media success story that is "Hitchhiker's" started life as a Radio 4 series in March 1978. The original scripts by the late Douglas Adams then went on to spawn a series of novels, a feature film, at least three stage shows, a TV series, a computer game, a collection of comic books - and various towels.

Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge and died in 2001 at the age of 49. He suffered a fatal heart attack after working out at his gym in California.

With Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey and Stephen Moore. Produced by the late Geoffrey Perkins.

SAT 18:30 Fear on 4 (b007jn40)
Series 2

St. Austin Friars

The Reverend Martin Williams is increasingly disturbed by extraordinary events at his church. He is determined to find out what is happening but discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew.

The Man in Black sets the scene...

Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers.

Written by Robert Westal and dramatised by Stephen Wyatt

The Man In Black …. Edward de Souza
Rev Martin Williams …. Michael Maloney
Mrs Sheila Williams …. Melinda Walker
Larry Harper …. Michael Deacon
Phillips …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Rubens …. Clifford Norgate
Betyl …. John Moffat
William Henry Drogo …. David March
Miss Drogo (Celicia) …. Margaret Robertson
The Police Sergeant …. Michael Graham Cox
Secretary …. Jo Kendall
Bishop …. Norman Bird

Director: Martin Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1989.

SAT 19:00 Up the Workers (b03zhx5n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

SAT 22:00 4 Extra Stands Up (b03zhyvw)
4 Extra Stands Up

Episode 6

Kerry Godliman introduces a selection of stand up comedians recorded live at The Pleasance Theatre in Islington, London in early 2014.

David Morgan fascinates in the surprising ways couples have met, whilst Rhys Mathewson struggles with making a good first impression. Michael Fabri gives us an insight into some of the troubles of having dyslexia and Matt Winning tells niche jokes and reminisces of his time working for Robert Mugabe.

Plus an insight to the confusing workings of Terry Alderton's mind and Rachel Parris sings away her troubles.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Dabster Productions.

SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b040qggh)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith is joined by Alan Partridge's 'wacky' sidekick Tim Key.

SAT 23:00 The Mark Steel Solution (b007jzt2)
Series 2

Unemployment

Comic Mark Steel sets about putting all our social ills to rights.

Series two kicks off with his alternative solutions to the unemployment problem.

Written and performed by Mark Steel and Pete Sinclair.

With Kim Wall and Maria McErlane.

Producer Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1994.

SAT 23:30 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b007jvc2)
Episode 6

A-ha! Chat show host Alan Partridge welcomes more guests to his sofa:

BBC TV's Commissioning Director Tony Hayers
TV presenter Trudy Sky
Fashion Designer Yvonne Boyd
The maverick Lord Morgan

With thanks to Alan's chief researcher Steve Coogan.

Assistant researchers:

Patrick Marber
Rebecca Front
Doon Mackichan
David Schneider

Producer: Armando lannucci

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.

SUNDAY 30 MARCH 2014

SUN 00:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jm12)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]

SUN 00:30 Fear on 4 (b007jn40)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]

SUN 02:00 Lavinia Greenlaw - Five Fever Tales (Omnibus) (b03zhy0j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]

SUN 03:15 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jsjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]

SUN 04:00 Martyn Read - The Folly (b00mz47c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]

SUN 05:30 Listen Against (b00tt5mb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]

SUN 06:00 Sarah Dunant - Sacred Hearts Omnibus (b03zhzzh)
Episode 1

Sixteen-year-old Serafina is locked in the convent of Santa Caterina. Drama stars Eileen Atkins, Geraldine James and Natalie Dormer.

SUN 07:15 A Box of Wittgensteins (b00g215j)
The Moody Genius

Margaret Stonborough, the great-niece of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, talks to artist and historian Michael Huey as she delves into six boxes of newly-inherited family archives. As she digs deeper into the talented but tortured lives of the Wittgensteins she finds her cramped London house becoming ever more crowded with her larger-than-life forbears.

At the end of the First World War, letters and artefacts show that the surviving Wittgensteins were attempting to pick up their lives but they are rarely far from tragedy. Within a few years, the family history of suicide loomed over them once again.

The readers are Sarah Finch, Nicholas Rowe and Dan Starkey.

SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b00q2w82)
Series 6

The Cruise

ED REARDON'S WEEK
Episode 3: The Cruise

Ed, surprisingly, has had a brilliant idea for a book and, even more surprisingly, Ping agrees. So it is that when an opportunity arises to go on a cruise with Jaz and the band, Ed takes up the offer in order to find creative reinvigoration at sea.

With Christopher Douglas as Ed Reardon
and Stephanie Cole as Olive
Simon Greenall as Ray
Geoff McGivern as Cliff
Philip Jackson as Jaz
Rita May as Pearl
Barunka O'Shaughnessey as Ping
And Geoffrey Whitehead as Stan
With Kim Wall and Lewis McCleod

Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds

Producer: Dawn Ellis.

SUN 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b008fd3n)
From 01/07/1958

The first outing of Kenneth Horne's revered comedy troupe poking fun at tax bills and atomic power, plus some advice from Miss Romney Marsh.

Starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Ron Moody and Stanley Unwin.

Written by Eric Merriman and Barry Took

Music from Pat Lancaster, the Malcolm Mitchell Trio and the BBC Review Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.

Announcer: Douglas Smith

A madcap mix of sketches and songs, Beyond Our Ken hit the airwaves in 1958 and ran to 1964 - featuring regulars like Arthur Fallowfield, Cecil Snaith and Rodney and Charles.

The precursor to 'Round The Horne' - sadly only 13 shows survive from the original run of 21 episodes in Series 1. Audio restored using both home and overseas (BBC Transcription Service) recordings.

Producer: Jacques Brown

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1958.

SUN 08:30 To the Manor Born (b007k4mq)
Vive Le Sport

When Devere invites Audrey to go skiing, he ends up being taken for a ride.

Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton.

Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere
Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher
Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger
Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka
Frank Middlemass ..... Ned
Geoffrey Whitehead ..... Dr Horton
Melanie Hudson ..... Receptionist

The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage.

From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descent.

First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.

Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence.

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1997.

SUN 09:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sdzb4)
A Matter of Life and Death

D'Artagnan falls in love, and Cardinal Richelieu seeks to destroy the honour of the Queen. Stars Jamie Glover and Timothy Spall.

SUN 09:30 Charles Dickens (b007tm49)
Oliver Twist

Pickpocket!

The Artful Dodger introduces the orphan boy to Fagin, who offers an unusual apprenticeship. Stars John Grillo and Tim McInnerny.

SUN 10:00 Letter from America by Alistair Cooke (b03zj367)
The 1970s

1970s America rediscovered through lost recordings of Letter from America, on the 10th anniversary of legendary journalist Alistair Cooke's death. Paddy O'Connell and guests including historian Dominic Sandbrook, Alvin Hall, Ann Treneman and Naomi Shragai will reflect on the personalities and stories of 70s America - from Nixon's resignation, Muhammad Ali to Vietnam and women's lib.

The Letter from America programmes featured were taped by two listeners and stored in a cellar, an attic and a fertiliser spreader for nearly 40 years. They were recorded by a dairy farmer from the Cotswolds, and a man from Cornwall, who between them have provided the BBC with over 650 lost Letter from America programmes from the 1970s and 1980s.

Music chosen:

Alvin Hall - Stevie Wonder, Sir Duke
Ann Treneman - Bob Dylan, Forever Young
David Henderson - Don Mclean, Colour TV Blues
Naomi Shragai - Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run.

Presenter: Paddy O'Connell
Producer: Zillah Watson.

SUN 12:00 Sarah Dunant - Sacred Hearts Omnibus (b03zhzzh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

SUN 13:15 A Box of Wittgensteins (b00g215j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]

SUN 13:30 Alan Ayckbourn - Things We Do For Love (b007xrnq)
When two best friends are reunited, the ensuing farce surprises them both. Stars Joanna Van Gyseghem and Cameron Stewart.

Alan Ayckbourn's play, adapted for radio by Martyn Read

Starring Joanna van Gyseghem as Barbara, Cameron Stewart as Hamish, Gavin Muir as Gilbert and Teresa Gallagher as Nikki.

This comic masterpiece is an hilarious and cruel view of love - avoiding it, yearning for it and falling head over heels in it. Barbara has chosen to live alone. Her immaculate flat is a male-free and child-free zone. As lady of the house, she rents out the bottom flat to Gilbert, a postman with a passion for painting. Her role in life is to remain single and to look after her boss. When her old school friend, Nikki, moves into the upstairs flat with her fiancé, Hamish, Barbara is there to keep an eye on her. However, her orderly life quickly takes a very different direction.

Things We Do For Love has been deemed one of the best plays of the 1990s.

Producer: Gordon House.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.

SUN 15:00 Beyond Our Ken (b008fd3n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

SUN 15:30 To the Manor Born (b007k4mq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b03zj7r7)
Mel Giedroyc with the best of this week's shows. As thousands of schools turned their classrooms into newsrooms, we had exclusive previews of the BBC News School Reports.

SUN 17:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sdzb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

SUN 17:30 Charles Dickens (b007tm49)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]

SUN 18:00 Doctor Who (b0113d7y)
Cobwebs

Episode 2

The time travellers learn more about the base's crew and the planet's only species. But which is deadlier? Fifth Doctor adventure stars Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton.

SUN 18:30 Bradbury 13 (b0120vy9)
Night Call, Collect

A lone survivor on Mars has waited a lifetime for rescue. Finally at age 80, his phone rings. Ray Bradbury's thriller stars Morgan White.

SUN 19:00 Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat! (b016vk54)
Hush! Here Comes a Whizzbang

Love and war feature in the comic celebration of the words and music of renowned songwriters RP Weston and Bert Lee.

Starring Roy Hudd as Bert Weston and Billy Dainty as Bert Lee.

Devised and written by Roy Hudd.

Musical arrangements by Ian Smith.

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1982.

SUN 19:30 The Friend in the Corner (b007k1rf)
1962

From Two-Way Family Favourites to portable transistors. Six selected years in radio history with Daphne Oxenford.

SUN 20:00 Beyond Our Ken (b008fd3n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

SUN 20:30 To the Manor Born (b007k4mq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03zj7r9)
Gardeners

Alan Titchmarsh

4 Extra Debut. From Burton to Blackbird, the gardener, writer and broadcaster tells his castaway choices to Sue Lawley.

SUN 21:45 Once Seen (b00q934h)
It's a Guy Thing

Series of three stories inspired by a very modern small-ads phenomenon.

By Alexandra Potter, read by Ben Allen.

When Adam and Sebastian meet for coffee, Adam sees a girl and decides that she's 'The One'. But he can't bring himself to talk to her so he places a 'once seen' ad - with some curious results.

A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.

SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b00q2w82)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

SUN 22:30 Cabin Pressure (b012x12f)
Series 3

St Petersburg

Some vodka and an unwary bird could spell the end of the line for MJN Air and when Carolyn meets her ex-husband the atmosphere turns even icier.

John Finnemore's sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small and many jobs are too difficult.

With special guest Timothy West

Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ..... Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson ..... Roger Allam
Capt. Martin Crieff ..... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ..... John Finnemore
Gordon Shappey ..... Timothy West
Tommo ..... Paul Shearer

Producer/Director: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 2011.

SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b040qgh1)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith is joined by comedian and poet Tim Key.

SUN 23:00 Newsjack (b03yqhzc)
Series 10

Episode 4

Made for 4 Extra. The week's stories cobbled together in a scrapbook sketch show. Presented by Romesh Ranganathan, with Lewis MacLeod, Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Ellie White.

SUN 23:30 Ivor Cutler - Cutler the Lax (b03vczgx)
Episode 1

Legendary Scottish surrealist Ivor Cutler provides disappointment for cavemen and a cheap alternative to liquor.

With Fiona MacDonald.

Producer: Mark Savage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.

SUN 23:45 World of Pub (b007jlwx)
Series 1

Episode 1

The only regulars at Barry and Garry’s East End boozer are late-night DJs and Trappist monks.

Can dodgy Phil help boost custom?

First of two comedy series written by Tony Roche.

Dodgy Phil ...... John Thomson
Barry ...... Phil Cornwell
Garry ...... Peter Serafinowcz

Other parts played by Kim Wall and Debra Stephenson.

Music: Bill Bailey

Special effects: Carl Phillips and Nick Romero.

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1998.

MONDAY 31 MARCH 2014

MON 00:00 Doctor Who (b0113d7y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]

MON 00:30 Bradbury 13 (b0120vy9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]

MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03zj7r9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Sunday]

MON 01:45 Once Seen (b00q934h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:45 on Sunday]

MON 02:00 Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat! (b016vk54)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday]

MON 02:30 The Friend in the Corner (b007k1rf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:30 on Sunday]

MON 03:00 Beyond Our Ken (b008fd3n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]

MON 03:30 Alan Ayckbourn - Things We Do For Love (b007xrnq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]

MON 05:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sdzb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]

MON 05:30 Charles Dickens (b007tm49)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]

MON 06:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr7j)
Episode 11

After days holed up in his underground den, the fugitive emerges - but has he shaken off his pursuer?

Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.

15-part reading read by Michael Jayston.

Producer: David Jackson Young.

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.

MON 06:30 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00t9yf6)
Sicken and So Die

Episode 2

The lascivious actor-sleuth fails to impress his ex-wife Frances. Meanwhile, could there be another victim? Stars Bill Nighy.

MON 07:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqjc)
Spode Is Unsuccessful

Gussie Fink-Nottle upsets his fiancee when he looks elsewhere on the menu.

PG Wodehouse romp adapted in six parts by Richard Usborne.

Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Paul Eddington as Lord Sidcup, Jonathan Cecil as Gussie Fink-Nottle, Denise Coffey as Stiffy Bing, Aimi MacDonald as Madeline Bassett and Douglas Blackwell as the Rev. Harold Pinker

Producer: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.

MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b03yn83j)
Series 68

Episode 7

This week, the panellists attempting to speak for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition & deviation are Paul Merton, Rebecca Front, Alun Cochrane and Russell Kane.

They do so, as always, under the watchful ear of Nicholas Parsons.

Subjects include 'The Metaphysical Poets', 'A Benign Dictatorship' and the less erudite 'Bingo Wings'

Producer: Tilusha Ghelani.

MON 08:00 Listen to Les (b00jz2xl)
From 18/11/1979

Les Dawson presents 'Love in the Dole Queue', Cosmo Smallpiece and brace yourself for another piano sing-along with Les.

With Daphne Oxenford and Colin Edwynn.

Music by Brian Fitzgerald.

Scripted and produced by James Casey.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1979.

MON 08:30 The Navy Lark (b0195h23)
The Loch Ness Monster

Monstrous goings on when the crew of HMS Troutbridge arrive in Scotland.

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
Heather ...... Heather Chasen
The Landlord ...... Tenniel Evans
Captain Aitchison ....... Michael Bates

Written by Lawrie Wyman and George Evan

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1971.

MON 09:00 Chain Reaction (b00mkbyl)
Series 5

Frank Skinner interviews Eddie Izzard

Frank Skinner chats to fellow comedian, Eddie Izzard.

Chain Reaction is the tag talk show, where the guest becomes the interviewer in the next episode.

Frank asks him about performing up lamp-posts, the secret to improvising and (literally) breaking in to Hollywood.

Producer: Sam Bryant

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.

MON 09:30 Dead Ringers (b0084qvt)
Series 2

Episode 4

More celebrity soundalikes, with Frank Skinner's new show and a special Radio 4 appeal. Stars Jon Culshaw. From July 2000.

MON 10:00 Saturday Drama (b00rz6pf)
Boz Temple-Morris - Scream

SCREAM is a crime caper based on the extraordinary story behind the theft of Edvard Munch's expressionist masterpiece from an Oslo museum in 2004.

Oslo police are closing in on David Toska, the criminal mastermind behind an audacious cash robbery when two incompetent thieves burst into the Munch Museum in broad daylight and ask for directions to Norway's most famous painting. Amazingly, they emerge with two priceless paintings, The Scream and The Madonna.

Norway's no. 1 detective is pulled off the hunt for Toska and sent after the paintings. So begins a high profile and often bizarre game of cat and mouse as police attempt to track down these national treasures and arrest those behind the robbery.

But things don't run smoothly for robbers or the police as both begin to adopt increasingly unconventional tactics.

The play was written and directed by Boz Temple-Morris, in collaboration with investigative journalist Kris Hollington, and recorded entirely on location in Olso with many of Norway's leading actors. The exact circumstances of the recovery of the paintings have been shrouded in mystery since 2004 though new evidence has now emerged about the dealings between the police and their most wanted man.

Kjell: Christian Rubeck
Inspector Steinbeck: JÃrgen Langhelle
Thomson: Mats EldÃen
Siegried: Henrik Horge
Petter: Stig-Henrik Hoff
Karl: Aksel Hennie
Elina: Ingrid BolsÃ Berdal
Paal Enger and David Toska: Eric Madsen

Other parts were played by Siri Ingul, Catherine Gram, Lars Engebretsen, Endre Haukland, Josefine Coward, Bettina Fleischer and Axel Aubert.

Sound and music by Alisdair McGregor and Howard Jacques

Written by Boz Temple-Morris and Kris Hollington

Directed by Boz Temple-Morris

Scream is a Holy Mountain production for BBC Radio 4.

MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00mwcyy)
Welsh Rarebits

Golden Swirls

Series of new short stories from Wales by established and lesser-known authors.

By Anna Smith, read by Matthew Gravelle.

Seventeen-year-old Gavin does not enjoy being a carpet fitter - especially when he has to placate Mrs Leopold, an unsatisfied customer with a swirly coffee-coloured carpet. But when they feel the wool/nylon mix beneath their bare feet, both are surprised at where it leads them.

MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b03z3gh5)
Caroline Quentin, Ade Edmonson, Antonio Carluccio, Julian Garner, Sara Cox, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, London Afrobeat Collective

Clive's a Man Behaving Badly with actress Caroline Quentin, who's currently starring as Moxie in Noel Coward's 'Relative Values.' Set in the early 1950s, Relative Values is about the uproarious culture clash between the glittering world of Hollywood and the stiff upper lip of the English aristocracy.

Clive drops the anchor with Bad Shepherd and former Young One Ade Edmonson, who sets sail to explore Britain's maritime past for his new series 'Ade at Sea.' He discovers how it continues to influence the lives of the people who still depend on the sea.

Sara Cox finds the recipe for perfect pasta with Italian chef and restaurateur Antonio Carluccio, whose new book, 'Antonio Carluccio's Pasta' shares his love of Italy's favourite food.

Clive talks to writer and director Julian Garner about 'Father Nandru and the Wolves', a topical production in light of the recent prejudices about Romanians arriving in the UK. This magical show features larger than life puppetry and a live Gyspy music score to bring to life the whole of Wilton's Music Hall

With music from London Afrobeat Collective, who perform Prime Minister from their EP of the same name. And more music from Rodrigo y Gabriela who perform The Soundmaker from their album '9 Dead Alive.'

Producer: Sukey Firth.

MON 12:00 Listen to Les (b00jz2xl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

MON 12:30 The Navy Lark (b0195h23)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

MON 13:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

MON 13:30 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00t9yf6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

MON 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00lfqkg)
Sarah Dunant - Sacred Hearts

Miracle

Dramatisation of the novel by Sarah Dunant, set in a convent in Renaissance Italy, where a young woman has been placed against her will.

Suora Zuana administers a strong remedy to calm Serafina's convulsions - but is it too much?

Abbess ...... Eileen Atkins
Zuana ...... Geraldine James
Serafina ...... Natalie Dormer
Umiliana ...... Sian Thomas
Magdalene ...... Helen Ryan

Dramtised by Rachel Joyce.

The music has been specially recorded by Musica Secreta, available on the CD Sacred Hearts, Secret Music.

A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.

MON 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007p1dj)
The Peasantry; Superfine Cloth of Home Manufacture

The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.

MON 14:30 Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (b008g279)
Episode 11

Gilbert Osborne makes a declaration to spirited American Isabel Archer on her final day in Rome. Read by Miriam Margolyes.

MON 14:45 Alistair Cooke - A Celebration (b03zmg52)
Episode 1

Childhood and schooldays in Salford and Blackpool. Ian Richardson reads from Nick Clarke's biography.

Letter from America - Alistair Cooke's weekly talks on American life, history and politics - ran on BBC Radio from 1946 until shortly before his death in 2004 at the age of 95.

His 15-minute reflections touched on everything from assassinations to terrorist attacks. One of Alistair's most memorable accounts came when he happened to be in the Los Angeles hotel where Bobby Kennedy was shot in 1968.

Speaking in his final broadcast, Alistair concluded: "Throughout 58 years I have had much enjoyment in doing these talks and hope that some of it has passed over to the listeners".

Cooke's biographer Nick Clarke - former presenter of BBC Radio 4's The World at One - sadly died in 2006.

Produced by Pat McLoughlin. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.

MON 15:00 Saturday Drama (b00rz6pf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03ph421)
Mel is back with the first part of classic children's story Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner, which tells the tale of a young German boy and his crime-solving friends.

MON 17:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007jvg6)
Episode 5

When Jack's old chum Ralph comes to visit with his trophy wife Kirstie, Jack feels the need to invent a fiancee.

Joe Turner’s six-part sitcom stars Michael Williams as Jack, Lisa Coleman as Nicola, Cherry Morris as Mrs Drummond, Simon Greenall as Andy, John Duttine as Ralph and Debra Stephenson as Kirstie.

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.

MON 17:30 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqjc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

MON 18:00 LP Hartley: Short Stories (b03zjlq7)
Night Fears

A nightwatchman takes on a new job, but is he prepared for anyone he might meet? Read by Robert Lang.

MON 18:15 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones (b012ylq3)
Allergy

Caledonian creepiness, as Scottish writer Elspeth Davie spins a strange yarn of ovulatory revenge. Read by Edith Macarthur.

MON 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqrd)
The Red Planet

17. Escape!

With Mitch conditioned at a 'sheep station', Captain Jet Morgan and his crew must work out how to plan their escape.

Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.

CAST:

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
John Cazabon ..... Various
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs

Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.

Producer: Charles Chilton

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1954.

MON 19:00 Listen to Les (b00jz2xl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

MON 19:30 The Navy Lark (b0195h23)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

MON 20:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

MON 20:30 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00t9yf6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00mwcyy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b03z3gh5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]

MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b03yn83j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

MON 22:30 Chain Reaction (b00mkbyl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b03zjmxh)
Series 10

Episode 7

A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with regular panellist Jeremy Hardy and guest panellists Susan Calman, Phill Jupitus and Lucy Porter.

MON 23:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b007zh10)
Series 1

Romance in the Glen

Hamish finds a rival in the Laird after falling head of heels for society beauty Lady Caroline Fitz-Neatleigh.

Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden star as the two elderly Scotsmen famed for their appearances on BBC Radio’s I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.

With Alison Steadman as their cleaning-lady-cum-housekeeper, Mrs Naughtie - and Lady Caroline Fitzneatly.

And Jeremy Hardy as the local Laird.

Producer: Jon Naismith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002.

TUESDAY 01 APRIL 2014

TUE 00:00 LP Hartley: Short Stories (b03zjlq7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]

TUE 00:15 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones (b012ylq3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Monday]

TUE 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqrd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]

TUE 01:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]

TUE 01:30 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00t9yf6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]

TUE 02:00 Chain Reaction (b00mkbyl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]

TUE 02:30 Dead Ringers (b0084qvt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]

TUE 03:00 Saturday Drama (b00rz6pf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]

TUE 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00mwcyy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]

TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b03z3gh5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]

TUE 05:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007jvg6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]

TUE 05:30 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jqjc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]

TUE 06:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr7y)
Episode 12

The Major has trapped the fugitive, but can he discover the tragic motive behind his "sporting stalk"?

Geoffrey Household's classic thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.

Read by Michael Jayston.

Producer: David Jackson Young.

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.

TUE 06:30 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00t9zq7)
Sicken and So Die

Episode 3

Twelfth Night opens to rapturous reviews. But could the actor-cum-sleuth be the poisoner's next victim? Stars Bill Nighy.

TUE 07:00 Snap (b00ttmvf)
Series 2

Episode 3

Trying to be mature and adult after their separation, Doug and Molly attempt to bury their differences to find out what's wrong with their son Ryan

Paul Mendelson’s sitcom about life for a couple after they've split.

Molly ....... Rebecca Lacey
Doug ....... Paul Venables
Kaz ....... Soumaya Keynes
Ryan ....... Jessie Sullivan
Annie ....... Marlene Sidaway
Dawn ....... Samantha Spiro
Ansel ....... Richard Firth

Producer: David Ian Neville

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.

TUE 07:30 Down the Line (b00zlhhz)
Series 4

Episode 2

The return of the ground-breaking, Radio 4 show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators of The Fast Show.

Down The Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, and Paul Whitehouse.

Special guests are Rosie Cavaliero, Kevin Eldon, Robert Popper and Adil Ray.

Producers: Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson
A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4.

TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b008wf71)
Series 7

The Nadger Plague

Neddie Seagoon turns to witchcraft in a bid to thwart Grytpype-Thynne and Moriarty

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.

Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

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

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1956.

TUE 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0081s3d)
Series 2

Episode 3

Can crooked lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel free his jailed assistant Ravelli?

Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.

Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus

With Lorelei King, Graham Hoadly and Vincent Marzello.

Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.

Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.

Producer: Dirk Maggs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1991.

TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b03zjmxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]

TUE 09:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b007zh10)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]

TUE 10:00 Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie (b01pglt7)
Episode 1

Miss Mackenzie, a woman past the bloom of youth, inherits a fortune and is then beset by suitors. But whom will she choose?

Anthony Trollope's tale stars David Troughton as Anthony Trollope, Hattie Morahan as Miss Mackenzie, Philip Franks as John Ball and Margaret Tyzack as Lady Ball.

Dramatised by Martyn Wade

Director: Tracey Neale

Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope was the runner-up in BBC Radio 4's 'Neglected Classics' vote in 2011.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.

TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00mwfcc)
Welsh Rarebits

Moving On

Series of new short stories from Wales by established and lesser-known authors.

By Catrin Gerallt, read by Sara McGaughey.

Now that Gareth has left, Bethan is on her own again, quietly terrified at finding herself in the category 'newly single mother-of-two'. But an encounter in an Irish bar makes her realise that life is full of possibilities.

TUE 11:15 Nick Warburton - Our Late Supper (b010b6bw)
A shy middle-aged woman is forced out of her shell by an unexpected friendship with a 12-year-old girl.

Nick Warburton’s drama stars Marcia Warren as Marian, Holly Grainger as Charlie and Gerard McDermott as Bernard.

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.

TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b008wf71)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

TUE 12:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0081s3d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

TUE 13:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr7y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

TUE 13:30 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00t9zq7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

TUE 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00lfqkj)
Sarah Dunant - Sacred Hearts

Penance

Dramatisation of the novel by Sarah Dunant, set in a convent in Renaissance Italy, where a young woman has been placed against her will.

The novice Serafina is given penance and starves herself for the host. It seems that all hope is lost.

Abbess ...... Eileen Atkins
Zuana ...... Geraldine James
Serafina ...... Natalie Dormer
Umiliana ...... Sian Thomas
Letizia ...... Ayesha Antoine

Dramtised by Rachel Joyce.

The music has been specially recorded by Musica Secreta, available on the CD Sacred Hearts, Secret Music.

A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.

TUE 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007q9j2)
Ulster's Domestic Linen Industry; Wash Mills, Bleach Greens and Beetling Engines

The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.

TUE 14:30 Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (b008g6vb)
Episode 12

Spirited American Isabel Archer is engaged, much to the disapproval of her ex-suitors and Aunt Lydia. Read by Miriam Margolyes.

TUE 14:45 Alistair Cooke - A Celebration (b03zmg54)
Episode 2

Cooke begins his broadcasting career at the BBC. Ian Richardson reads from Nick Clarke's biography.

Letter from America - Alistair Cooke's weekly talks on American life, history and politics - ran on BBC Radio from 1946 until shortly before his death in 2004 at the age of 95.

His 15-minute reflections touched on everything from assassinations to terrorist attacks. One of Alistair's most memorable accounts came when he happened to be in the Los Angeles hotel where Bobby Kennedy was shot in 1968.

Speaking in his final broadcast, Alistair concluded: "Throughout 58 years I have had much enjoyment in doing these talks and hope that some of it has passed over to the listeners".

Cooke's biographer Nick Clarke - former presenter of BBC Radio 4's The World at One - sadly died in 2006.

Produced by Pat McLoughlin. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.

TUE 15:00 Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie (b01pglt7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03ph8zb)
Mel jumps aboard some famous steam engines with a trip to the National Railway Museum in York, and there's more from current story Emil and the Detectives.

TUE 17:00 Second Thoughts (b008p4zq)
Series 1

Match of the Day

Jealous Faith is swamped with advice over how best to deal with Bill and his ex-wife Liza

Starring Lynda Bellingham as Faith and James Bolam as Bill.

Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill and Faith trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.

Series one of four inspired by the real lives of husband and wife writers, Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.

A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off series Faith in the Future.

Faith ...... Lynda Bellingham
Bill ...... James Bolam
Hilary ...... Celia Imrie
Liza ...... Belinda Lang
Hannah ...... Kelda Holmes
Joe ...... Mark Denham

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.

TUE 17:30 Snap (b00ttmvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

TUE 18:00 LP Hartley: Short Stories (b03zjs5f)
The Waits

Mr Mariner is looking forward to Christmas Eve when there's an unexpected knock at the door. Read by Robert Lang.

TUE 18:15 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones (b012ylrg)
The Swans

Staff in a paint shop start seeing mortality in a row of houses. It has a melancholic effect on sales. Read by Edith MacArthur. From January 2002.

TUE 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqv2)
The Red Planet

18. Invasion Plans

With Lemmy and Doc at the mercy of the Martians, can Captain Jet Morgan come to their rescue?

Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.

CAST:

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
John Cazabon ..... Various
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs

Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.

Producer: Charles Chilton

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955.

TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b008wf71)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

TUE 19:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0081s3d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

TUE 20:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr7y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

TUE 20:30 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00t9zq7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00mwfcc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

TUE 21:15 Nick Warburton - Our Late Supper (b010b6bw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]

TUE 22:00 Down the Line (b00zlhhz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

TUE 22:30 So Wrong It's Right (b00s943r)
Series 1

Episode 1

Charlie Brooker hosts the new comedy panel show celebrating one of Britain's favourite subjects - failure.

It's a game of competitive ineptitude, the aim of which is to come up with the wrongest answer to each question. In this episode, the guests joining him to try and out-wrong each other with their ideas and stories are panellists comedians David Mitchell & Rufus Hound and presenter Victoria Coren.

In this show the panel's worst holiday experiences, the internet and Anthea Turner all come under the 'wrong' spotlight - as well as the guests best ideas for the worst new reality TV show. Will anyone beat Rufus Hound's pitch - the primetime reality show 'Blaze Of Granny'?

Producer: Aled Evans
A Zeppotron production for BBC Radio 4.

TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b040qgj2)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Diane Morgan is joined by star of Derek, Brett Goldstein.

TUE 23:00 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (b00d75nw)
Series 2

Honesty

The comedian finds out if telling the truth pays off. With poetry and songs from Tim Key and Tom Basden. From September 2008.

TUE 23:30 The Shuttleworths (b007jtpn)
Series 3

Ping Pong Pangs

Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth tackles a testing table tennis trauma. Stars Graham Fellows. From October 1997.

TUE 23:45 All the World's a Globe (b007k44p)
2. Civilisation

From Egypt to origami.

The history of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second World War.

Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker.

Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim Broadbent and Martin Duncan.

With thanks to

Patrick Barlow
Jim Broadbent
Martin Duncan

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990.

WEDNESDAY 02 APRIL 2014

WED 00:00 LP Hartley: Short Stories (b03zjs5f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]

WED 00:15 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones (b012ylrg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Tuesday]

WED 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqv2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]

WED 01:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr7y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]

WED 01:30 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00t9zq7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]

WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b03zjmxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]

WED 02:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b007zh10)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]

WED 03:00 Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie (b01pglt7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]

WED 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00mwfcc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]

WED 04:15 Nick Warburton - Our Late Supper (b010b6bw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]

WED 05:00 Second Thoughts (b008p4zq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]

WED 05:30 Snap (b00ttmvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]

WED 06:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr8d)
Episode 13

The Major tries to persuade his prisoner to sign a confession - but will he admit his intentions?

Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.

Read by Michael Jayston.

Producer: David Jackson Young.

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.

WED 06:30 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00tb9qk)
Sicken and So Die

Episode 4

Can the actor-cum-amateur sleuth unmask the murderer who has been poisoning the cast of Twelfth Night? Stars Bill Nighy.

WED 07:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b007v206)
Series 1

May the Farce Be With You

Robert is about to appear in a new London West End farce, but the real farce is what happens in the half hour before the curtain rises...

John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom.

Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair
Sue ..... Caroline Quentin
Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn
Margery Shaw ..... Alison Steadman
Stage Manager ..... Jonathan Kydd

Producer: Paul Spencer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1989.

WED 07:30 Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! (b03yqcws)
Series 1

Books and Booksibility

Mention Milton Jones to most people and the first thing they think is 'Help!'.

King of the one-liners, Milton Jones returns BBC to Radio 4 for an amazing 10th series in a new format where he has decided to set himself up as a man who can help anyone anywhere - whether they need it or not. Because, in his own words, "No problem too problemy".

But each week, Milton and his trusty assistant Anton set out to help people and soon find they're embroiled in a new adventure. So when you're close to the edge, then Milton can give you a push.

This week, Milton Jones is asked to help out with the local book festival because the townsfolk are too distracted by their smartphones to.... Sorry, what was I saying? Sorry, just got a text.

Written by Milton with James Cary ("Bluestone 42", "Miranda") and Dan Evans (who co-wrote Milton's Channel 4 show "House Of Rooms") the man they call "Britain's funniest Milton," returns to the radio with a fully-working cast and a shipload of new jokes.

The cast includes regulars Tom Goodman-Hill ("Spamalot", "Mr. Selfridge") as the ever-faithful Anton, and Dan Tetsell ("Newsjack"), and features the one and only Josie Lawrence working with Milton for the first time.

Producer David Tyler's radio credits include Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive, Cabin Pressure, Bigipedia, Another Case Of Milton Jones, Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation, The Brig Society, Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off, The 99p Challenge, The Castle, The 3rd Degree and even, going back a bit, Radio Active.

Produced and Directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.

WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b008p8pl)
Series 5

The Prize Money

The lad gets more than he bargained for when he wins a TV quiz show.

Starring 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 May 1958.

WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00jcx1g)
Series 9

Episode 8

As the axe is wielded, Radio Prune gets a rival.

Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, 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.

Producers: David Hatch/John Cassels

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in December 1973.

WED 09:00 Country Matters (b00jzckm)
Episode 1

Dave and Cathy leave the city for Drayton Warlock's pastoral idyll. Stars Jonathan Tafler and Lesley Sharp. From April 1994.

WED 09:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008s32f)
Episode 5

Clive Anderson and the famed improvisation game with Stephen Fry, John Sessions, John Bird and Jimmy Mulville.

It ran for 10 series on Channel 4 and found success in America, but the hit TV improvisation game actually started life on BBC radio.

With Colin Sell at the piano.

Devised and compiled by Mark Leveson. Additional material by Martin Booth.

Producer: Dan Patterson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988.

WED 10:00 Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie (b01pgs6s)
Episode 2

After two marriage proposals, Margaret Mackenzie has turned down the first, but what of the second? Stars Hattie Morahan.

WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00mwfcf)
Welsh Rarebits

Hurry On Sundown

Series of new short stories from Wales by established and lesser-known authors.

By Dan Anthony, read by Iestyn Jones.

In a police cell, Cliff tries to work out just what is worst about his situation - the fact that he is about to be charged for drunk and disorderly behaviour or that he appears to have time-travelled nearly 40 years.

WED 11:15 Drama (b00bw6vp)
Rachel Joyce - Take One Night

By Rachel Joyce.

On the eve of their son's 10th birthday, Alan and Alice start work assembling his present. The only instruction they can find simply says, 'Take one night'.

Alan ...... Robert Bathurst
Alice ...... Felicity Montagu
William ...... Charlie Rowe

Directed by Jeremy Mortimer.

WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b008p8pl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00jcx1g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

WED 13:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

WED 13:30 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00tb9qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

WED 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00lfqkl)
Sarah Dunant - Sacred Hearts

Termites

Dramatisation of the novel by Sarah Dunant, set in a convent in Renaissance Italy, where a young woman has been placed against her will.

The great statue of Christ has fallen, and Zuana receives an unexpected visitor who presents her with a terrible predicament.

Abbess ...... Eileen Atkins
Zuana ...... Geraldine James
Serafina ...... Natalie Dormer
Umiliana ...... Sian Thomas
Appolonia ...... Hannah Waddingham

Dramtised by Rachel Joyce.

The music has been specially recorded by Musica Secreta, available on the CD Sacred Hearts, Secret Music.

A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.

WED 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007qb9r)
A Vast Number of People Shipping Off for Pennsylvania and Boston; The Voyage of the Sally

The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.

WED 14:30 Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (b008gbq2)
Episode 13

The action moves to 1876, when Isabel Archer's grown-up stepdaughter has an enthusiastic suitor. Read by Miriam Margolyes.

WED 14:45 Alistair Cooke - A Celebration (b03zmg56)
Episode 3

In America the seed of Alistair Cooke's most famous series is sewn. Ian Richardson reads from Nick Clarke's biography.

Letter from America - Alistair Cooke's weekly talks on American life, history and politics - ran on BBC Radio from 1946 until shortly before his death in 2004 at the age of 95.

His 15-minute reflections touched on everything from assassinations to terrorist attacks. One of Alistair's most memorable accounts came when he happened to be in the Los Angeles hotel where Bobby Kennedy was shot in 1968.

Speaking in his final broadcast, Alistair concluded: "Throughout 58 years I have had much enjoyment in doing these talks and hope that some of it has passed over to the listeners".

Cooke's biographer Nick Clarke - former presenter of BBC Radio 4's The World at One - sadly died in 2006.

Produced by Pat McLoughlin. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.

WED 15:00 Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie (b01pgs6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03phg54)
Mel Giedroyc has a rummage through Rob Brydon's Inheritance Tracks, and there's the next episode of current story Emil and the Detectives.

WED 17:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b009pr6l)
Points of Disagreement

Whiz-kid Jimmy Bright has run out of Whizz. So staid accountant Russell Farrow grabs the reins, and ends up in a prickly situation...

Bernard Cribbins and Frank Thornton star in Andrew Palmer’s sitcom

Jimmy Bright ...... Bernard Cribbins
Russell Farrow ...... Frank Thornton
Nan Forbes ...... Annette Crosbie
Sue Plant ...... Annee Blott
With Dennis Ramsden.

Written by Andrew Palmer.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1988.

WED 17:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b007v206)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

WED 18:00 LP Hartley: Short Stories (b03zjxw1)
W.S.

Novelist Walter Streeter has devoted admirers, but will he be happy to meet a new one in the flesh? Read by Robert Lang.

WED 18:15 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones (b012ymgs)
A Field in Space

An affecting story of 'the fields of the sky', and one expert whose speciality stuns a whole meeting. Read by Crawford Logan. From January 2002.

WED 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqxb)
The Red Planet

19. The Fifth Column

As Lemmy and Doc master a Martian sphere - Captain Jet Morgan gets a mysterious offer of help...

Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.

CAST:

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
John Cazabon ..... Various
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs

Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.

Producer: Charles Chilton

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955.

WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b008p8pl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00jcx1g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

WED 20:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

WED 20:30 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00tb9qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00mwfcf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

WED 21:15 Drama (b00bw6vp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]

WED 22:00 Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! (b03yqcws)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

WED 22:30 Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change? (b00sp1rs)
2000s

Cockney comedian Micky Flanagan's first radio series is about his progression from working-class Herbert to middle-class intellectual and being caught awkwardly between the two. His story is told through reflective interviews, but mainly, Micky's acclaimed stand up comedy. Micky's transition from the mean streets of the East End to the leafy lanes of Dulwich is a fascinating story, with each episode focusing on a different decade of Micky's life.

In this episode Micky takes us through this last decade, which he has spent settling down with a middle class woman "she's been ski-ing and everything" and building a career as a stand up comedian. In the documentary segments, Micky chats to his parents about turning to stand up and discusses comedy and class with the brilliant comic mind that is Sean Lock.

The series is written and performed by Micky Flanagan.

The Producer is Tilusha Ghelani.

WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b040qh53)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Diane Morgan is joined by comedian Brett Goldstein.

WED 23:00 On the Town with the League of Gentlemen (b007k33t)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

It's Christmas! - but which town residents are celebrating?

The first incarnation of the award-winning black comedy, about the "local people" of Spent - before it hit TV.

Starring Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton.

Written by the cast and Jeremy Dyson.

The League of Gentlemen won a Perrier Edinburgh Fesvital award in 1997 and this radio series debuted in the same year. They also won a Sony Radio Award. The cult series switched to TV for three series on BBC 2 from 1999, plus stage shows and a feature film.

Producer: Sarah Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1997.

WED 23:30 Hut 33 (b01j9hsk)
Series 3

Know Thyne Enemy

It's 1942 and the war is not going well - so the codebreakers of Bletchley Park are under even more pressure than usual.

Archie, Gordon and Charles try to think like Germans to predict the Enigma machine code...

Stars Tom Goodman-Hill as Archie, Robert Bathurst as Professor Charles Gardner, Fergus Craig as Gordon, Alex MacQueen as 3rd Lt. Joshua Featherstonhaugh-Marshall, Olivia Colman as Minka and Lill Roughley as Mrs Best.

Written by James Cary.

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.

THURSDAY 03 APRIL 2014

THU 00:00 LP Hartley: Short Stories (b03zjxw1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]

THU 00:15 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones (b012ymgs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Wednesday]

THU 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqxb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]

THU 01:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]

THU 01:30 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00tb9qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]

THU 02:00 Country Matters (b00jzckm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]

THU 02:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008s32f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]

THU 03:00 Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie (b01pgs6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]

THU 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00mwfcf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]

THU 04:15 Drama (b00bw6vp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]

THU 05:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b009pr6l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]

THU 05:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b007v206)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]

THU 06:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr8w)
Episode 14

With only a crudely made weapon, can the fugitive escape his underground dugout and elude his captors?

Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.

Read by Michael Jayston.

Producer: David Jackson Young.

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.

THU 06:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt72)
Series 1

In Dominic's Memory

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

Christopher Lee's six-part murder-mystery starring Christopher Benjamin as Henry Colvil and Amanda Redman as Alex Soames.

With Dudley Sutton as Arthur Guscott, Stephen Thorne as Joseph Kutner, Colette O'Neil as Mrs Wedlock, Peter Yapp as Monsignor and Joseph O'Conor as Father Dominic Byrne.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.

THU 07:00 Ayres on the Air (b007k1f9)
Series 1

Children

A school play and parents discussing s-e-x. Poetry and sketches from Pam Ayres. With Geoffrey Whitehead. From June 2004.

THU 07:30 Jason Cook's School of Hard Knocks (b03yqjgv)
Pregnancy and In-Laws

Jason Cook guides you through more murky waters and unseen eddies that bedevil the waters of life.

This time, it’s the trials and tribulations of discovering your partner is pregnant, plus the perils and preoccupations of meeting your in-laws for the first time.

Jason draws on his own experiences to illustrate what, and what not, to do - so that your life can be happier and more successful. Well, possibly...

With Zoe Harrison and Neil Grainger.

Producer: Sam Michell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.

THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jq82)
Series 3

Things That Go Bump in the Night

Corporal Jones's van runs out of petrol, so the Home Guard platoon must take shelter in a spooky house.

The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.

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

Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1976.

THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b007jq08)
From 22/04/1954

Eth is shocked by Ron's honeymoon plans. Frank Muir and Denis Norden's classic comedy stars Jimmy Edwards. From April 1954.

THU 09:00 Edgar Wallace - Educated Evans (b03yzlyf)
A Judge of Racing

Can the 1920s tipster help a friend in trouble and acquire valuable information along the way? Stars Roy Hudd and Andrew Sachs. From August 1996.

THU 09:30 Puzzle Panel (b00y26mr)
Episode 5

More testing brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Paul Lamford, Professor Angela Newing and Robert Eastaway. From July 1998.

THU 10:00 Nikolai Gogol - Dead Souls (b00wr9rh)
Episode 1

When Chichikov arrives in a Russian town with the Narrator to tout for dead serfs, suspicions are aroused. Stars Michael Palin.

THU 11:00 Deborah Moggach - Hot Tickets (b03zm4bq)
A waitress falls for a neurotic poet who is just her type, except that sometimes she longs to find 'a real man'. Read by Josie Lawrence.

THU 11:15 Georgia Pritchett - Showing Up (b007jw2q)
When Sheila Martin welcomes back the son she gave up for adoption into her family, she doesn’t guess the home truths his reappearance will uncover.

Georgia Pritchett’s family dramas stars Paula James as Sheila, Edna Doré as Mum, Iwan Thomas as Brian, Caroline Strong as Julie, Peter Kenny as Phil and Jenny Lee as Matron.

Director: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.

THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jq82)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b007jq08)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

THU 13:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

THU 13:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

THU 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00lfqkn)
Sarah Dunant - Sacred Hearts

Letter

Dramatisation of the novel by Sarah Dunant, set in a convent in Renaissance Italy, where a young woman has been placed against her will.

Suora Zuana begins her remedy to cure a spiritual disease and solve the convent's greatest problem.

Abbess ...... Eileen Atkins
Zuana ...... Geraldine James
Serafina ...... Natalie Dormer
Umiliana ...... Sian Thomas

Dramtised by Rachel Joyce.

The music has been specially recorded by Musica Secreta, available on the CD Sacred Hearts, Secret Music.

A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.

THU 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007qgnn)
The American Revolution and Ireland; Free Trade or Else

The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.

THU 14:30 Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (b008gcnc)
Episode 14

Two years since Isabel married Gilbert Osmond, Lord Warburton and Ralph pay her a visit in Rome. Read by Miriam Margolyes.

THU 14:45 Short stories by DH Lawrence (b007qpxb)
The Shades of Spring

Addy Syson returns to the home of his youth; the land waits for him unaltered, but what of the girl he used to love?

Peter Meakin reads DH Lawrence’s short story first published in 1914.

Producer: Rosemary Watts

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995.

THU 15:00 Nikolai Gogol - Dead Souls (b00wr9rh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03pj2vh)
Mel Giedroyc explores the secrets of super sleuth Sherlock Holmes, and there's the fourth part of current story Emil and the Detectives, by Erich Kastner.

THU 17:00 Ballylenon (b00pcl7j)
Series 7

Episode 5

Bernard Gallagher has resigned from the police force to take up a singing career. Whilst lodging with the Maconchy sisters at the Post Office, he makes a devastating discovery...

Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1959.

Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.

Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy
Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker
Phonsie Doherty ...... Gerard Murphy
Vivienne Hawthorne ...... Annie McCartney
Stumpy Bonner ...... Gerard McSorley
Guard Gallagher ...... Frankie McCafferty

Pianist: Michael Harrison

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.

THU 17:30 Ayres on the Air (b007k1f9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

THU 18:00 LP Hartley: Short Stories (b03zm57b)
The Price of the Absolute

A man inherits some objects, but will he be able to control the events they set in motion? Read by Robert Lang.

THU 18:15 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones (b012ysn7)
A Collection of Bones

A troubling tale of a man with an obsessive hobby, and what happens when it suddenly comes to an end. Read by Crawford Logan.

THU 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqz9)
The Red Planet

20. Return to the Moon

Captain Jet Morgan and his crew must battle to outrun the Martian Spheres in their bid to escape...

Conclusion of Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.

CAST:

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
John Cazabon ..... Various
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs

Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.

Producer: Charles Chilton

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955.

THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jq82)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b007jq08)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

THU 20:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

THU 20:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

THU 21:00 Deborah Moggach - Hot Tickets (b03zm4bq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

THU 21:15 Georgia Pritchett - Showing Up (b007jw2q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]

THU 22:00 Jason Cook's School of Hard Knocks (b03yqjgv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

THU 22:30 Newsjack (b03zm59w)
Series 10

Episode 5

Made for 4 Extra. The week's stories cobbled together in a scrapbook sketch show. Presented by Romesh Ranganathan, with Lewis MacLeod, Morgana Robinson and Pippa Evans.

THU 23:00 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp4p)
Series 1

Decoration

Struggling writer Nick paints his flat to impress Caroline, but his geraniums hate it.

A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.

With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Brian Bowles, Doon Mackichan and Alison Sterling.

Producer: Jon Magnusson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.

THU 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b007k4p8)
Series 2

Blue Herring

The management consultants plug into media technology. Stars Emma Kennedy and Marcus Brigstocke. From November 2002.

FRIDAY 04 APRIL 2014

FRI 00:00 LP Hartley: Short Stories (b03zm57b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]

FRI 00:15 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones (b012ysn7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Thursday]

FRI 00:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jqz9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]

FRI 01:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]

FRI 01:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]

FRI 02:00 Edgar Wallace - Educated Evans (b03yzlyf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]

FRI 02:30 Puzzle Panel (b00y26mr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]

FRI 03:00 Nikolai Gogol - Dead Souls (b00wr9rh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]

FRI 04:00 Deborah Moggach - Hot Tickets (b03zm4bq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]

FRI 04:15 Georgia Pritchett - Showing Up (b007jw2q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]

FRI 05:00 Ballylenon (b00pcl7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]

FRI 05:30 Ayres on the Air (b007k1f9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]

FRI 06:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr9c)
Episode 15

The anonymous would-be assassin is on his way out of the country - but what does his future hold?

Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.

Concluded by Michael Jayston.

Producer: David Jackson Young.

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.

FRI 06:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt78)
Series 1

The Penitent

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

Christopher Lee's six-part murder-mystery starring Christopher Benjamin as Henry Colvil and Amanda Redman as Alex Soames.

With Dudley Sutton as Arthur Guscott, Stephen Thorne as Joseph Kutner, Colette O'Neil as Mrs Wedlock, Peter Yapp as Monsignor, Neil McCaul as Roger Brown and Joseph O'Conor as Father Dominic Byrne.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.

FRI 07:00 Chambers (b007jp6n)
Series 2

The Phantom Barrister

Fuller-Carp sets about recruiting new blood with a puzzling new worker - and Ruth's mum pays a visit.

Clive Coleman’s sitcom set in perhaps the country's least spectacular law chambers.

John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd
Ruth Quirke ...... Sarah Lancashire

With Robert Bathurst, Susan Johnston and Chris Pavlo.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.

FRI 07:30 Listen Against (b00txhld)
Series 3

Episode 4

A disaster on the island from Desert Island Discs, and BBC presenters go commercial.

Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes look back at a week's worth of radio and TV that never happened.

Produced by Sam Bryant and Jon Holmes.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.

FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007k1zr)
Series 4

Any Old Iron?

Albert gets concerned about an offer made to Harold.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Richard Hurndall, John Samson and Stephanie Turner.

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 was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.

Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Produced by Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1972.

FRI 08:30 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mg07x)
From 01/06/1974

Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray take on Anthony and Cleopatra - and Britons abroad...

Characters, songs and sketches with Miriam Margolyes and Nigel Rees

Music by Neil Innes.

Script by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.

FRI 09:00 Millport (b0076bbj)
Series 3

Restitution

The re-opening of the Cumbrae Club goes horribly wrong when Irene notices a fatal flaw in the plan.

Meanwhile, Alberto is paranoid that a new money-making scheme could bring the island some unwanted attention.

Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.

Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Dr Hume/Ferryman/Rrobert ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Minister/Bob ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie/Huberto ...... Kenneth Bryans

Music arranged by Olly Fox.

Producer: Lucy Bacon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.

FRI 09:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b007s2bx)
Series 1

Episode 5

The sports agent is struggling to keep his staff, his dignity and his wife. Stars Neil Pearson. From September 2004.

FRI 10:00 Nikolai Gogol - Dead Souls (b00wrcng)
Episode 2

Arrested Chichikov escapes, determined to become honest. But his past soon catches up with him. Stars Michael Palin.

FRI 11:00 Deborah Moggach - Playing the Part (b03zm819)
A couple are house-sitting in London where they meet an unappealing dog and a celebrity neighbour.

Josie Lawrence reads Deborah Moggach’s short story.

Producer: Pam Fraser Solomon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.

FRI 11:15 Michael Butt - Harry in the Underworld (b00rdspc)
A novelist is losing readers. But then he encounters two hardened criminals breaking into his house. Starring Richard E Grant.

FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007k1zr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

FRI 12:30 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mg07x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

FRI 13:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

FRI 13:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt78)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

FRI 14:00 15 Minute Drama (b00lfqkq)
Sarah Dunant - Sacred Hearts

Living Saint

Dramatisation of the novel by Sarah Dunant, set in a convent in Renaissance Italy, where a young woman has been placed against her will.

Serafina has been found senseless, presumed dead. If the convent is to survive, it is time to make sacrifices.

Abbess ...... Eileen Atkins
Zuana ...... Geraldine James
Serafina ...... Natalie Dormer
Umiliana ...... Sian Thomas
Letizia ...... Ayesha Antoine

Dramtised by Rachel Joyce.

The music has been specially recorded by Musica Secreta, available on the CD Sacred Hearts, Secret Music.

A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.

FRI 14:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007q9h0)
The Dungannon Convention of 1782; Grattan's Parliament

The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.

FRI 14:30 Henry James - Portrait of a Lady (b008ggv2)
Episode 15

Lord Warburton's interest in Pansy proves very pleasing to her father Gilbert Osmond. Read by Miriam Margolyes.

FRI 14:45 Short stories by DH Lawrence (b007k2kc)
Goose Fair

An unexpected fire at Selby's factory proves to be a turning point in the relationship between Will and Lois. Read by Peter Meakin.

FRI 15:00 Nikolai Gogol - Dead Souls (b00wrcng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03pm37k)
Mel Giedroyc breaks open the piggy bank and explores the changing value of pocket money through the years. And there's the final part of current story Emil and the Detectives.

FRI 17:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxgk)
From 17/12/1986

Humorous songs performed by the comedy musical cabaret quartet, Instant Sunshine:

Featuring David Barlow, Peter Christie, Miles Kington and Alan Maryon-Davis attempting to be reasonably together again.

With special guests: The Cambridge Buskers.

Producer: David Rayvern Allen

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986.

FRI 17:30 Chambers (b007jp6n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

FRI 18:00 Ambrose Bierce - Moxon's Master (b03zmdqw)
Can a machine think? And if so, could it be prone to violence like humans? A pioneering story first published in 1893, read by Robert Lang.

FRI 18:15 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones (b012yym2)
The Eyelash

A humorous diversion into an evening meal, ruined by a small matter which prompts a big discussion. Read by Edith MacArthur. From January 2002.

FRI 18:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jr1s)
The World in Peril

Episode 1

It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion.

Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.

CAST:

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs

Music composed by Van Phillips

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1955.

FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007k1zr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

FRI 19:30 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mg07x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

FRI 20:00 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

FRI 20:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt78)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

FRI 21:00 Deborah Moggach - Playing the Part (b03zm819)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

FRI 21:15 Michael Butt - Harry in the Underworld (b00rdspc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]

FRI 22:00 Listen Against (b00txhld)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

FRI 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive (b00dbcw2)
Series 4

Episode 5

Comic pilot Armando Iannucci flies Air Hilarious. With Marcus Brigstocke, Andy Parsons and Justin Edwards. From September 2008.

FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b040qj9y)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats to Frank Skinner.

FRI 23:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b00m6bhh)
Series 4

Episode 1

How to talk to an emperor and inventing Saturday night TV shows. Stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb. From August 2009.

FRI 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00rgpbw)
Series 1

Gold Card

John Weak puts the man into management.

He's randy, devious, sexist and drink-sodden, a high-powered marketing director with the morals of a skunk, the skin of a rhino and the brain of a one-celled organism.

Alexander Armstrong stars as John Weak in Guy Browning’s sitcom.

John Weak ...... Alexander Armstrong
Hayley ...... Clare Perkins
Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook
Tim Smallwood ...... Ewan Bailey
Debbie ...... Colleen Prendergast

Producer: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.

LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
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15 Minute Drama 14:00 MON (b00lfqkg)

15 Minute Drama 14:00 TUE (b00lfqkj)

15 Minute Drama 14:00 WED (b00lfqkl)

15 Minute Drama 14:00 THU (b00lfqkn)

15 Minute Drama 14:00 FRI (b00lfqkq)

4 Extra Stands Up 22:00 SAT (b03zhyvw)

A Box of Wittgensteins 07:15 SUN (b00g215j)

A Box of Wittgensteins 13:15 SUN (b00g215j)

A Charles Paris Mystery 01:30 SAT (b00t9tmp)

A Charles Paris Mystery 06:30 MON (b00t9yf6)

A Charles Paris Mystery 13:30 MON (b00t9yf6)

A Charles Paris Mystery 20:30 MON (b00t9yf6)

A Charles Paris Mystery 01:30 TUE (b00t9yf6)

A Charles Paris Mystery 06:30 TUE (b00t9zq7)

A Charles Paris Mystery 13:30 TUE (b00t9zq7)

A Charles Paris Mystery 20:30 TUE (b00t9zq7)

A Charles Paris Mystery 01:30 WED (b00t9zq7)

A Charles Paris Mystery 06:30 WED (b00tb9qk)

A Charles Paris Mystery 13:30 WED (b00tb9qk)

A Charles Paris Mystery 20:30 WED (b00tb9qk)

A Charles Paris Mystery 01:30 THU (b00tb9qk)

A Short History of Ireland 14:15 MON (b007p1dj)

A Short History of Ireland 14:15 TUE (b007q9j2)

A Short History of Ireland 14:15 WED (b007qb9r)

A Short History of Ireland 14:15 THU (b007qgnn)

A Short History of Ireland 14:15 FRI (b007q9h0)

Afternoon Reading 11:00 MON (b00mwcyy)

Afternoon Reading 21:00 MON (b00mwcyy)

Afternoon Reading 04:00 TUE (b00mwcyy)

Afternoon Reading 11:00 TUE (b00mwfcc)

Afternoon Reading 21:00 TUE (b00mwfcc)

Afternoon Reading 04:00 WED (b00mwfcc)

Afternoon Reading 11:00 WED (b00mwfcf)

Afternoon Reading 21:00 WED (b00mwfcf)

Afternoon Reading 04:00 THU (b00mwfcf)

Alan Ayckbourn - Things We Do For Love 13:30 SUN (b007xrnq)

Alan Ayckbourn - Things We Do For Love 03:30 MON (b007xrnq)

Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers 09:00 SUN (b00sdzb4)

Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers 17:00 SUN (b00sdzb4)

Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers 05:00 MON (b00sdzb4)

Alistair Cooke - A Celebration 14:45 MON (b03zmg52)

Alistair Cooke - A Celebration 14:45 TUE (b03zmg54)

Alistair Cooke - A Celebration 14:45 WED (b03zmg56)

All the World's a Globe 23:45 TUE (b007k44p)

Ambrose Bierce - Moxon's Master 18:00 FRI (b03zmdqw)

An Actor's Life for Me 07:00 WED (b007v206)

An Actor's Life for Me 17:30 WED (b007v206)

An Actor's Life for Me 05:30 THU (b007v206)

Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie 10:00 TUE (b01pglt7)

Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie 15:00 TUE (b01pglt7)

Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie 03:00 WED (b01pglt7)

Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie 10:00 WED (b01pgs6s)

Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie 15:00 WED (b01pgs6s)

Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie 03:00 THU (b01pgs6s)

Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive 22:30 FRI (b00dbcw2)

Armitage and Moore's Guide to Song 07:30 SAT (b00xlqwf)

Arthur Conan Doyle - Professor Challenger 00:00 SAT (b00zs6nn)

Ayres on the Air 07:00 THU (b007k1f9)

Ayres on the Air 17:30 THU (b007k1f9)

Ayres on the Air 05:30 FRI (b007k1f9)

Ballylenon 17:00 THU (b00pcl7j)

Ballylenon 05:00 FRI (b00pcl7j)

Beyond Our Ken 08:00 SUN (b008fd3n)

Beyond Our Ken 15:00 SUN (b008fd3n)

Beyond Our Ken 20:00 SUN (b008fd3n)

Beyond Our Ken 03:00 MON (b008fd3n)

Bradbury 13 18:30 SUN (b0120vy9)

Bradbury 13 00:30 MON (b0120vy9)

Cabin Pressure 22:30 SUN (b012x12f)

Chain Reaction 09:00 MON (b00mkbyl)

Chain Reaction 22:30 MON (b00mkbyl)

Chain Reaction 02:00 TUE (b00mkbyl)

Chambers 05:30 SAT (b007jp3w)

Chambers 07:00 FRI (b007jp6n)

Chambers 17:30 FRI (b007jp6n)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:30 SAT (b007jqp2)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:30 MON (b007jqrd)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:30 TUE (b007jqrd)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:30 TUE (b007jqv2)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:30 WED (b007jqv2)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:30 WED (b007jqxb)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:30 THU (b007jqxb)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:30 THU (b007jqz9)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:30 FRI (b007jqz9)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:30 FRI (b007jr1s)

Charles Dickens 09:30 SUN (b007tm49)

Charles Dickens 17:30 SUN (b007tm49)

Charles Dickens 05:30 MON (b007tm49)

Colvil and Soames 06:30 THU (b007jt72)

Colvil and Soames 13:30 THU (b007jt72)

Colvil and Soames 20:30 THU (b007jt72)

Colvil and Soames 01:30 FRI (b007jt72)

Colvil and Soames 06:30 FRI (b007jt78)

Colvil and Soames 13:30 FRI (b007jt78)

Colvil and Soames 20:30 FRI (b007jt78)

Country Matters 09:00 WED (b00jzckm)

Country Matters 02:00 THU (b00jzckm)

Dad's Army 08:00 THU (b007jq82)

Dad's Army 12:00 THU (b007jq82)

Dad's Army 19:00 THU (b007jq82)

Dead Ringers 09:30 MON (b0084qvt)

Dead Ringers 02:30 TUE (b0084qvt)

Deborah Moggach - Hot Tickets 11:00 THU (b03zm4bq)

Deborah Moggach - Hot Tickets 21:00 THU (b03zm4bq)

Deborah Moggach - Hot Tickets 04:00 FRI (b03zm4bq)

Deborah Moggach - Playing the Part 11:00 FRI (b03zm819)

Deborah Moggach - Playing the Part 21:00 FRI (b03zm819)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 21:00 SUN (b03zj7r9)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 01:00 MON (b03zj7r9)

Doctor Who 18:00 SUN (b0113d7y)

Doctor Who 00:00 MON (b0113d7y)

Down the Line 07:30 TUE (b00zlhhz)

Down the Line 22:00 TUE (b00zlhhz)

Drama 11:15 WED (b00bw6vp)

Drama 21:15 WED (b00bw6vp)

Drama 04:15 THU (b00bw6vp)

Ed Reardon's Week 07:30 SUN (b00q2w82)

Ed Reardon's Week 22:00 SUN (b00q2w82)

Edgar Wallace - Educated Evans 09:00 THU (b03yzlyf)

Edgar Wallace - Educated Evans 02:00 FRI (b03yzlyf)

Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones 18:15 MON (b012ylq3)

Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones 00:15 TUE (b012ylq3)

Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones 18:15 TUE (b012ylrg)

Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones 00:15 WED (b012ylrg)

Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones 18:15 WED (b012ymgs)

Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones 00:15 THU (b012ymgs)

Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones 18:15 THU (b012ysn7)

Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones 00:15 FRI (b012ysn7)

Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones 18:15 FRI (b012yym2)

Fear on 4 18:30 SAT (b007jn40)

Fear on 4 00:30 SUN (b007jn40)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 08:00 SAT (b01hkyn3)

Garrison Keillor's Radio Show 15:00 SAT (b01hkyn3)

Georgia Pritchett - Showing Up 11:15 THU (b007jw2q)

Georgia Pritchett - Showing Up 21:15 THU (b007jw2q)

Georgia Pritchett - Showing Up 04:15 FRI (b007jw2q)

Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea 23:45 MON (b007zh10)

Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea 09:45 TUE (b007zh10)

Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea 02:45 WED (b007zh10)

Hancock's Half Hour 08:00 WED (b008p8pl)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:00 WED (b008p8pl)

Hancock's Half Hour 19:00 WED (b008p8pl)

Henry James - Portrait of a Lady 14:30 MON (b008g279)

Henry James - Portrait of a Lady 14:30 TUE (b008g6vb)

Henry James - Portrait of a Lady 14:30 WED (b008gbq2)

Henry James - Portrait of a Lady 14:30 THU (b008gcnc)

Henry James - Portrait of a Lady 14:30 FRI (b008ggv2)

Hut 33 23:30 WED (b01j9hsk)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 08:30 WED (b00jcx1g)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 12:30 WED (b00jcx1g)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 19:30 WED (b00jcx1g)

Instant Sunshine 05:00 SAT (b007qtrm)

Instant Sunshine 17:00 FRI (b007jxgk)

Ivor Cutler - Cutler the Lax 23:30 SUN (b03vczgx)

Jason Cook's School of Hard Knocks 07:30 THU (b03yqjgv)

Jason Cook's School of Hard Knocks 22:00 THU (b03yqjgv)

Julie Enfield Investigates 13:15 SAT (b007jsjl)

Julie Enfield Investigates 03:15 SUN (b007jsjl)

Just a Minute 07:30 MON (b03yn83j)

Just a Minute 22:00 MON (b03yn83j)

Knowing Me, Knowing You 23:30 SAT (b007jvc2)

LP Hartley: Short Stories 18:00 MON (b03zjlq7)

LP Hartley: Short Stories 00:00 TUE (b03zjlq7)

LP Hartley: Short Stories 18:00 TUE (b03zjs5f)

LP Hartley: Short Stories 00:00 WED (b03zjs5f)

LP Hartley: Short Stories 18:00 WED (b03zjxw1)

LP Hartley: Short Stories 00:00 THU (b03zjxw1)

LP Hartley: Short Stories 18:00 THU (b03zm57b)

LP Hartley: Short Stories 00:00 FRI (b03zm57b)

Lavinia Greenlaw - Five Fever Tales (Omnibus) 12:00 SAT (b03zhy0j)

Lavinia Greenlaw - Five Fever Tales (Omnibus) 02:00 SUN (b03zhy0j)

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke 10:00 SUN (b03zj367)

Listen Against 17:30 SAT (b00tt5mb)

Listen Against 05:30 SUN (b00tt5mb)

Listen Against 07:30 FRI (b00txhld)

Listen Against 22:00 FRI (b00txhld)

Listen to Les 08:00 MON (b00jz2xl)

Listen to Les 12:00 MON (b00jz2xl)

Listen to Les 19:00 MON (b00jz2xl)

Loose Ends 11:15 MON (b03z3gh5)

Loose Ends 21:15 MON (b03z3gh5)

Loose Ends 04:15 TUE (b03z3gh5)

Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better 23:00 TUE (b00d75nw)

Martyn Read - The Folly 06:00 SAT (b00mz47c)

Martyn Read - The Folly 16:00 SAT (b00mz47c)

Martyn Read - The Folly 04:00 SUN (b00mz47c)

Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 SUN (b03zj7r7)

Michael Butt - Harry in the Underworld 11:15 FRI (b00rdspc)

Michael Butt - Harry in the Underworld 21:15 FRI (b00rdspc)

Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change? 22:30 WED (b00sp1rs)

Mikhail Bulgakov - The White Guard 03:00 SAT (b00761ld)

Millport 02:00 SAT (b0076b7f)

Millport 09:00 FRI (b0076bbj)

Mind Your Own Business! 17:00 WED (b009pr6l)

Mind Your Own Business! 05:00 THU (b009pr6l)

Newsjack 23:00 SUN (b03yqhzc)

Newsjack 22:30 THU (b03zm59w)

Nick Warburton - Our Late Supper 11:15 TUE (b010b6bw)

Nick Warburton - Our Late Supper 21:15 TUE (b010b6bw)

Nick Warburton - Our Late Supper 04:15 WED (b010b6bw)

Nikolai Gogol - Dead Souls 10:00 THU (b00wr9rh)

Nikolai Gogol - Dead Souls 15:00 THU (b00wr9rh)

Nikolai Gogol - Dead Souls 03:00 FRI (b00wr9rh)

Nikolai Gogol - Dead Souls 10:00 FRI (b00wrcng)

Nikolai Gogol - Dead Souls 15:00 FRI (b00wrcng)

Noel Coward - The Better Half 14:00 SAT (b00kj2f0)

Old Dog and Partridge 17:00 MON (b007jvg6)

Old Dog and Partridge 05:00 TUE (b007jvg6)

On the Town with the League of Gentlemen 23:00 WED (b007k33t)

Once Seen 21:45 SUN (b00q934h)

Once Seen 01:45 MON (b00q934h)

PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 14:30 SAT (b007jqgh)

PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 07:00 MON (b007jqjc)

PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 17:30 MON (b007jqjc)

PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 05:30 TUE (b007jqjc)

Pam Leeson - The Unhearable 04:15 SAT (b007jttg)

Puzzle Panel 09:30 THU (b00y26mr)

Puzzle Panel 02:30 FRI (b00y26mr)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 01:00 SAT (b007jr6j)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 06:00 MON (b007jr7j)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 13:00 MON (b007jr7j)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 20:00 MON (b007jr7j)

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Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 06:00 TUE (b007jr7y)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 13:00 TUE (b007jr7y)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 20:00 TUE (b007jr7y)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 01:00 WED (b007jr7y)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 06:00 WED (b007jr8d)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 13:00 WED (b007jr8d)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 20:00 WED (b007jr8d)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 01:00 THU (b007jr8d)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 06:00 THU (b007jr8w)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 13:00 THU (b007jr8w)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 20:00 THU (b007jr8w)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 01:00 FRI (b007jr8w)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 06:00 FRI (b007jr9c)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 13:00 FRI (b007jr9c)

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household 20:00 FRI (b007jr9c)

Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat! 19:00 SUN (b016vk54)

Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat! 02:00 MON (b016vk54)

Sarah Dunant - Sacred Hearts Omnibus 06:00 SUN (b03zhzzh)

Sarah Dunant - Sacred Hearts Omnibus 12:00 SUN (b03zhzzh)

Saturday Drama 10:00 MON (b00rz6pf)

Saturday Drama 15:00 MON (b00rz6pf)

Saturday Drama 03:00 TUE (b00rz6pf)

Second Thoughts 17:00 TUE (b008p4zq)

Second Thoughts 05:00 WED (b008p4zq)

Short stories by DH Lawrence 14:45 THU (b007qpxb)

Short stories by DH Lawrence 14:45 FRI (b007k2kc)

Snap 07:00 TUE (b00ttmvf)

Snap 17:30 TUE (b00ttmvf)

Snap 05:30 WED (b00ttmvf)

So Wrong It's Right 22:30 TUE (b00s943r)

Steptoe and Son 08:00 FRI (b007k1zr)

Steptoe and Son 12:00 FRI (b007k1zr)

Steptoe and Son 19:00 FRI (b007k1zr)

Take It From Here 08:30 THU (b007jq08)

Take It From Here 12:30 THU (b007jq08)

Take It From Here 19:30 THU (b007jq08)

Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! 07:30 WED (b03yqcws)

Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! 22:00 WED (b03yqcws)

That Mitchell and Webb Sound 23:00 FRI (b00m6bhh)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 MON (b03ph421)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 TUE (b03ph8zb)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 WED (b03phg54)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 THU (b03pj2vh)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 FRI (b03pm37k)

The Betty Witherspoon Show 08:30 FRI (b01mg07x)

The Betty Witherspoon Show 12:30 FRI (b01mg07x)

The Betty Witherspoon Show 19:30 FRI (b01mg07x)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 SAT (b040qggh)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 SUN (b040qgh1)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 TUE (b040qgj2)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 WED (b040qh53)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 FRI (b040qj9y)

The Friend in the Corner 19:30 SUN (b007k1rf)

The Friend in the Corner 02:30 MON (b007k1rf)

The Goon Show 08:00 TUE (b008wf71)

The Goon Show 12:00 TUE (b008wf71)

The Goon Show 19:00 TUE (b008wf71)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 18:00 SAT (b007jm12)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 00:00 SUN (b007jm12)

The Mark Steel Solution 23:00 SAT (b007jzt2)

The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel 08:30 TUE (b0081s3d)

The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel 12:30 TUE (b0081s3d)

The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel 19:30 TUE (b0081s3d)

The Navy Lark 08:30 MON (b0195h23)

The Navy Lark 12:30 MON (b0195h23)

The Navy Lark 19:30 MON (b0195h23)

The News Quiz Extra 23:00 MON (b03zjmxh)

The News Quiz Extra 09:00 TUE (b03zjmxh)

The News Quiz Extra 02:00 WED (b03zjmxh)

The Nick Revell Show 23:00 THU (b007jp4p)

The Shuttleworths 23:30 TUE (b007jtpn)

Think the Unthinkable 23:30 THU (b007k4p8)

To the Manor Born 08:30 SUN (b007k4mq)

To the Manor Born 15:30 SUN (b007k4mq)

To the Manor Born 20:30 SUN (b007k4mq)

Trevor's World of Sport 02:30 SAT (b007k3rb)

Trevor's World of Sport 09:30 FRI (b007s2bx)

Up the Workers 09:00 SAT (b03zhx5n)

Up the Workers 19:00 SAT (b03zhx5n)

Weak at the Top 23:30 FRI (b00rgpbw)

Whose Line Is It Anyway? 09:30 WED (b008s32f)

Whose Line Is It Anyway? 02:30 THU (b008s32f)

Winston Graham Short Stories 04:00 SAT (b03yqp4r)

World of Pub 23:45 SUN (b007jlwx)