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

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SATURDAY 14 JUNE 2014

SAT 00:00 Q & A by Vikas Swarup (b007vlvl)
1,000,000,000 Rupees

By Ayeesha Menon, from the novel by Vikas Swarup.

Thomas is one question away from winning the billion-rupee prize, but the producers can't afford the payout and will do anything to stop him. But Thomas has an ulterior motive for being on the show and he will not leave without getting his revenge on the show's host Prem Kumar.

Thomas ...... Anand Tiwari
Prem Kumar ...... Sohrab Ardeshir
TV Producer ...... Jayant Kripalani
Vikas ...... Rohit Malkani

Directed by John Dryden.


SAT 00:15 A Short History of Ireland (b007wpfn)
Forget the Unhappy Past; Crying for a Happier Life

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


SAT 00:30 Book at Bedtime (b00l9sp0)
Georgina Harding - The Spy Game

Episode 10

Diana Quick reads the novel by Georgina Harding, set in 1960s England.

Unlike her brother, Anna has been unable to lay the mystery of their mother's past to rest. She visits her mother's birthplace to gather evidence and look for clues, deploying all the old tricks of the spy game. Will she find the answers to the questions that have haunted her throughout her life?

Abridged by Lauris Morgan Griffiths.


SAT 00:45 Dennis Potter - The Changing Forest (b007jngq)
A Time of Tension

Change can breed insecurity or opportunity. For Forest of Dean locals in 1961, it sparked tension. Read by Robert Glenister.


SAT 01:00 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b01nlp10)
Series 2

Home

The lifestyle show hosts have revelations on the "home" and "commune living".

Series 2 of Bill Dare's sitcom stars Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens.

Mike ...... Robert Duncan
Sue ...... Jan Ravens

With Roger Blake, Alistair McGowan, Sally Philips and Niall Ashdown.

Music by Mark Burton.

Producer: Jo Clegg

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997.


SAT 01:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jnxs)
Series 1

Jimmy Clitheroe

"Nearly a quarter of the population settle down to listen to a radio classic..."

Mark Radcliffe profiles the diminutive radio star who played a schoolboy. But was he ever allowed to grow up?

A six-part series exploring the tradition of the northern comedian.

Producer: Bernadette McConnell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.


SAT 02:00 Paul Temple (b007rfb2)
Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair

Suspect Number One

A practical joke has unexpected repercussions. Meanwhile, no one admits to knowing Marian Faber.

Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

With James Beattie as Charlie, Peter Wilde as Terry Palmer, John Scott as Bill McCall, Richard Hurndall as Roger Shelly, Simon Lack as Philip Droste, Rolf Lefebvre as Louis Franz and Betty Hardy as Marian Faber.

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard so often needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.

Producer: Martin C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1959.


SAT 02:30 Between Rock and a Good Cause (b008fbnc)
From San Francisco in the 1960s to Live Aid in America, the controversial music promoter Bill Graham was a tough businessman who also staged dozens of benefit concerts, with some of the biggest names in rock.

John Wilson looks back at a career of back-stage battles and the odd on-stage punch-up, including the memories of British promoter Harvey Goldsmith, Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood and Bill Graham's friends and colleagues.

Producer John Goudie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2007.


SAT 03:00 Martyn Wade - Stepniak (b00sfby9)
The bitter-sweet real-life love story of Olive Garnett (sister of the famous Russian Translator, Constance) who meets and falls for a Russian expatriate whose charms hide a secret and rather sinister past...

Written by Martyn Wade.

Olive Garnett ...... Justine Waddell
Stepniak ...... David Horovitch
Connie Garnett ...... Jennie Stoller
Fanny Stepniak ...... Elizabeth Bell
Olive Rossetti ...... Jasmine Hyde
Edward Garnett ...... Charles Simpson

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.


SAT 04:00 Elizabeth Buchan - Submersion (b007jwt4)
Mimi feels her family are drowning her. How can she keep head above water? Read by Patience Tomlinson.


SAT 04:15 A Confidential Agent (b007js48)
Fire

When a clothing factory goes up in flames, the private eye must decide if sabotage or fraud is involved. Stars Rosemary Martin.


SAT 05:00 The Brothers (b007m477)
Series 1

Episode 3

Liquidised orchids, tropical fish and John Travolta's cuff links.

More events for brothers Nigel and Michael. Has one of them got a date?

Starring Adam Godley and Raymond Coulthard.

Comedy series about two brothers starting a website-design company - written by Caroline and David Stafford.

Nigel ...... Adam Godley
Michael ...... Raymond Coulthard
Oonagh...... Pauline McLynn
Zorro ...... Pearce Quigley
Daughter...... Alice Hart
Dad ...... John Glover

Producer: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.


SAT 05:30 Chambers (b007jyrj)
Series 3

A Pain in the Back

John Fuller-Carp becomes distracted by the allure of one of his clients and Ruth is asked to babysit for a friend's electronic pet.

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

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

With Joanna Monro, Geoffrey Whitehead , Peter Gunn and Tilly Gaunt.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.


SAT 06:00 Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin - Almost the Truth (b007wvcq)
Has history been unjust to Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin?

Was he anything more than a "mad monk", unbridled lecher, and evil influence on the Russian royal family?

Wally K Daly's epic drama stars Robert Glenister as Rasputin, Michael Cochrane as the Tsar, Jane Whittenshaw as the Tsarina, Geoffrey Whithead as the Adjudicator, Maurice Denham as Makari, Norman Bird as Theophenes, Denys Hawthorne as Hemogenes and Roger May as Iliodor.

Director: Martin Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1996.


SAT 07:30 Knutas on Britain (b00yqtxp)
Pipe organs, spas and hound trailing. Eclectic reflections on Brits by Finnish tango expert and reporter John Knutas. From January 2004.


SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b01kr725)
Woody at 100

The folk-singer and radical song-writer Woody Guthrie was born 100 years ago today - July 14th 1912. His biographer Joe Klein celebrates the centenary with a road trip, listening along the way to a few of Woody's 1,000 songs, to his recorded interviews and to the voices of his friends and family.

Joe Klein is also the author of 'Primary Colours' and a correspondent for Time Magazine, so he's taking the political temperature in some of the battleground states as the 2012 Presidential election campaign warms up.

In a journey that takes him from his Washington bureau to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston West Virginia and beyond, Joe listens to the concerns of the voters. He discovers that Woody's messages to America, written and sung during the depression and World War 2, can still cut to the bone.


SAT 09:00 Comedy Controller (b007jq4z)
Justin Moorhouse

Justin Moorhouse, Young Kenny from Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, follows in a fine tradition of Northern comics. In addition to comedian, he's also an actor and writer, and according to his official website "vegetarian, dog owner, father of two and I like Batman quite a bit".

He's written and starred in his own BBC Radio 4 sitcom - Everyone Quite Likes Justin - and has performed in plays at Manchester's Royal Exchange.

Justin has been on Celebrity Mastermind, where his chosen subject was Les Dawson. He's popped up on BBC Radio 5 Live's '7 Day Sunday' and 'Fighting Talk'. He's also been a regular presence on Manchester's Key 103.

Taking control of our comedy for 3 hours, Justin talks about his upbringing, comedy influences and the day Judith Chalmers didn't put him on Wish You Were Here.

His choices are: Knowing Me Knowing You (22.12.92), Ken Dodd's Palace of Laughter (3.9.87), On The Town With The League of Gentlemen (6.11.97), Ross Noble Goes Global - South Africa (18.4.02), Radio Shuttleworth (with Vanessa Feltz) (24.11.98) and Listen to Les (18.3.95).


SAT 12:00 Deadheading - Omnibus (b0465cx5)
Capers among the carrots as a body is found on an allotment. Comedy crime drama starring Julie Hesmondhalgh and Miriam Margolyes.


SAT 13:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b0075211)
Brian Masters

Brian Masters, the award winning author of 'Killing for Company' talks about his notions of good and evil.

Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in depth interviews with prominent people from different walks of life.

Born in Dublin, author Anthony held a doctorate in medicine, a master's degree in philosophy and was a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. After becoming a regular on BBC Radio 4's Stop the Week in the 1980s, he became Britain's best-known psychiatrist and earned his own vehicle, In the Psychiatrist's Chair.

Starting in 1982, this series ran until 2001 and also transferred to TV. Series highlights include conversations with Bob Monkhouse, Cecil Parkinson and Gerry Adams.

Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997.


SAT 14:00 Listen to Les (b01nchmv)
From 24/02/1985

Les Dawson has holiday tales to tell and there are problems to solve for agony uncle, Dr Rhubarb.

With Daphne Oxenford, Eli Woods and Colin Edwynn.
Music by Brian Fitzgerald.
Scripted and produced by James Casey.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1985.


SAT 14:30 Albert and Me (b007k0dw)
Series 2

A Moving Story

Single dad Bryan tries to get a loan to move house, but it's not simple.

Stars Robert Lindsay and Pat Coombs.

Robert Lindsay takes over as the single parent struggling to find work and raise his baby son.

In the original 1977 series, Bryan was played by the late Richard Beckinsale who tragically died in 1979. After a six-year hiatus, the series returned with Bryan's mother and baby Albert played once again by the ever-versatile Pat Coombs.

Bryan Archer ...... Robert Lindsay
Mum/Albert ...... Pat Coombs
Mrs Willis ...... Diana King
Mr Benson ...... John Arnatt
Mrs Hagger ...... Dllys Laye
Ron ...... Larry Martyn
Mary ...... Rosalind Adams
Mr Tibbies ...... Roland MacLeod

Incidental music by Max Harris.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1983.


SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b01kr725)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


SAT 16:00 Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin - Almost the Truth (b007wvcq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 17:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters (b01h77ln)
Series 2

Episode 2

Sony Award-winning comedian Tom Wrigglesworth performs another of his open letters.

Tom turns his attentions to the low-cost airline industry. Are they are all they are cracked up to be?

If he does enough online check-ins, can he legitimately claim to be part-time staff and get an invite to the Christmas do?

Written by Tom Wrigglesworth, James Kettle and Miles Jupp.

Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2012.


SAT 18:00 Dangerous Visions (b02x66zn)
Ed Harris - Billions

by Ed Harris

One of three plays nominated as Best Single Drama at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2014.

Mark's wife Donna has an accident and ends up in a life-threatening coma. But when he comes home from hospital, Donna is in the kitchen. Not Donna, in fact, but a near-perfect replica provided by her insurance company.

Award-winning writer Ed Harris tells a wickedly twisted tale of love - and adjustments.

Producer/Director ... Jonquil Panting.


SAT 18:45 HG Wells (b01mltrs)
The First Men in the Moon

Episode 2

Cavor has invented a new material blocking the effect of gravity. After covering a sphere with the substance, he and Mr Bedford travel far from Earth to the Moon's surface.

Here they encounter a strange new world...and new life forms.

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

Read by Tim Pigott-Smith.

Producer: David Roper

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


SAT 19:00 Comedy Controller (b007jq4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 22:00 Shappi Talk (b00wsr2x)
Series 2

Politics

Shappi Khorsandi looks at a variety of subjects close to her Iranian heart - including History, Addiction and, in this programme, Politics.

Shappi reveals her thoughts on Margaret Thatcher, how Anne Frank got her into politics and that, while other parents took their children to the zoo, she was taken to Speakers' Corner.

She'll be joined by writer and satirist John O'Farrell to discuss how humour and politics are intertwined. Stand-up comedian Ian Stone offers his take on the world of politics and there's a witty song from Duncan Oakley.

Producer: Paul Russell
An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4.


SAT 22:30 The Jason Byrne Show (b01pfrm4)
Series 3

Use Your Imagination to Have the Best Fun

Jason Byrne looks at the subject of technology – getting all nostalgic over the novelty of 24 hour photos.

Amongst the audience, he discovers a human wheelbarrow; an advertiser who struggles to give a name to things and everything he needs to recreate the sounds of a Clangers' convention.

Themed audience comedy show with high-energy stand-up and sketches featuring Laurence Howarth and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.

Producer: Julia McKenzie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.


SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b047wkqq)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith to Patrick Kielty about the BBC Radio New Comedy Award.


SAT 23:00 Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize (b045gdqt)
Episode 5

Five things you didn't know about ready meals.

An old Kwik Save bag stuffed full of sketches, monologues and beserk bits.

Originally broadcast live from London's exclusive Imperial Rooms, Mayfair.

Written and performed by Jane Bussmann and David Quantick.

Also featuring Peter Serafinowicz, Emma Clarke and Steve Brody.

Producer: Phil Bowker.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.


SAT 23:30 Richard Herring's Objective (b00vkycj)
Series 1

Dolly the Sheep

Comedian Richard Herring reclaims those things we've grown to hate. In the final show of the series Richard reclaims Dolly the sheep as he examines why we are fearful and suspicious of the idea of cloning without really understanding it.

Richard talks to a genetics professor about how cloning works and what it was like to meet Dolly. Richard also asks science writer Dr Ben Goldacre whether evil scientists exist and whether he is allowed to clone Dr Who assistant Amy Pond.

The show was recorded in front of an audience.

Producer ..... Tilusha Ghelani.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.



SUNDAY 15 JUNE 2014

SUN 00:00 Dangerous Visions (b02x66zn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 00:45 HG Wells (b01mltrs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 (b01kr725)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:00 Deadheading - Omnibus (b0465cx5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]


SUN 03:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b0075211)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin - Almost the Truth (b007wvcq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 05:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters (b01h77ln)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Vikas Swarup - Q & A (b045xvch)
Episode 2

Will Thomas lose the biggest cash prize on Indian TV? The inspiration for hit film Slumdog Millionaire. Stars Anand Tiwari.


SUN 07:15 Redesigning the Human Body (b00pmgxl)
Banish the Aches

Sprained ankles and twisted knees. Len Fisher discovers how an overhaul would benefit our incredibly vulnerable joints.


SUN 07:30 Clare in the Community (b00slqvv)
Series 6

Luck of the Irish

Clare is delighted to discover she has an Irish ancestor...

Clare Barker is the self-absorbed social worker who has the right jargon for every problem she comes across, though never a practical solution. But there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.

The team at the Family Centre has been shaken around and shuffled about. Clare is now Acting Team Leader, as Irene has job-swapped. And whilst Irene is in Melbourne the team here are joined by Libby – an Aussie and a lezzie, proud to be both, and after Clare’s job.

But it is in the nature of hell to be unchanging, and most of the regulars are present and correct for a further round of frustration, despair, disappointment, team meetings and 11 o’clock cakes at the Sparrowhawk Family Centre.

Clare ... Sally Phillips
Helen ... Liza Tarbuck
Brian ... Alex Lowe
Ray ... Richard Lumsden
Libby ... Sarah Kendall
Ptolemy … Philip Pope
Megan/Na ... Nina Conti

Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden

Producer: Katie Tyrrell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.


SUN 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00vs1tc)
Series 3

From 13/05/1960

Kenneth Horne goes backstage in Theatreland - and 'Hornerama' investigates holidays.

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

Written by Eric Merriman and Barry Took

The precursor to ‘Round The Horne’ – series 3 has been fully restored using both home and overseas (BBC Transcription Service) recordings.

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.

Music from Pat Lancaster, the Fraser Hayes Four and the BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.

Incidental music by Edwin Braden.

Announcer: Douglas Smith

Producer: Jacques Brown

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1960.


SUN 08:30 Much Binding in the Marsh (b018sjr1)
From 10/05/1950

Still looking for work, the ex-RAF gang turns its hand to babysitting.

Starring Kenneth Horne and Richard 'Stinker' Murdoch.

With Sam Costa, Maurice Denham, Diana Morrison and Barbara Leigh.

Much Binding in the Marsh ran from 1944 to 1954 initially set at a remote RAF station before being converted to a country club and later the action moved to a newspaper. (The show also ran for a season with commercial breaks on Radio Luxembourg).

Written by Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne.

Music by the Augmented Dance Orchestra conducted by Stanley Black.

Producer: Leslie Bridgemont

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1950.


SUN 09:00 JM Barrie - Peter Pan (b00sbrl0)
In the Mermaid's Lagoon

The mischievous boy and the children arrive in Neverland.

Starring Toyah Willcox as Peter Pan, Ron Moody as Mr Darling / Hook, Georgina Cates as Wendy, Roy Hudd as Smee and Chris Emmett as Starkey.

Dramatist: Philip Glassborow

Producer: Dirk Maggs

First heard on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.


SUN 09:30 E Nesbit - The Railway Children (b00qxzyr)
Episode 2

Roberta, Phyllis and Peter jump to the rescue as Mother falls ill and a Russian turns up at the station. Stars Timothy Bateson.


SUN 10:00 The Reunion (b01m2vmg)
60s Girl Singers

In this edition of The Reunion, Sue MacGregor reunites five women whose pop success helped make the sixties swing.

When people think about the music of the sixties, generally they think of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, but the girl singers of the period were also highly successful and important. In the UK alone, Cilla Black had seventeen top forty hits, Dusty Springfield and Sandie Shaw had fifteen and Petula Clark had thirteen. This doesn't include the success they all enjoyed abroad: these girls were international stars having hits all over Europe and in the United States.

But success did not always bring happiness and, for many of the girl singers of the period, there were major lows alongside the dizzying highs. The sixties may have been swinging, but it wasn't an easy time for the women of the period who, as well as having to navigate the vagaries of a career in show business, often found themselves the focus of enormous attention from the media and the public. It wasn't always welcome. The gulf between their public lives and their private lives was sometimes huge.

Joining Sue MacGregor is: Petula Clark, the child star of the 1940s whose career went stratospheric in the 1960s; Sandie Shaw, the barefoot pop princess who won the Eurovision Song Contest; Helen Shapiro, Britain's first teen pop star who was supported by The Beatles, Jackie Trent, singer and songwriter who wrote hits for Petula Clark, Scott Walker and many others; and Vicki Wickham, the legendary producer of Ready Steady Go who went on to manage Dusty Springfield.

Producer: Brian McCluskey
Series Producer: David Prest
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 10:45 Love Stories (b01ms34t)
A Fortnight in Tuscany

By Katie Fforde. A control freak is forced to attend a Tuscan cookery course. Stories from bestselling romantic novelists. Read by Candida Benson.


SUN 11:00 This American Life (b04676sm)
Switched at Birth

Stories of people who choose not to live to the fullest, and instead make themselves numb. US public radio show from 1999.

Weaving interviews, stories, and music, This American Life takes us on an intense weekly journey into the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people and situations.

One of the great speech radio successes of recent years from Ira Glass and his team at Chicago Public Media.


SUN 12:00 Vikas Swarup - Q & A (b045xvch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 13:15 Redesigning the Human Body (b00pmgxl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


SUN 13:30 Sherlock Holmes v Dracula (b0084gr2)
The world's greatest detective pits his wits against the evil forces of the sanguinary count.

From a posthumously published memoir of Dr John Watson:

“I feel it my duty to set the record straight regarding a number of erroneous statements made recently concerning the events I am about to describe. I refer in particular to a spurious monograph by one Bram Stoker, entitled Dracula, which completely ignores the part which Sherlock Holmes played in bringing that affair to its successful conclusion.”

Sherlock Holmes …. John Moffatt
Dr Watson …. Timothy West
Count Dracula …. David March
Professor Van Helsing …. Aubrey Woods
Thomas Parker …. Michael Maloney
Mr Caffyn …. Noel Howlett
Mary Watson …. Theresa Streatfeild
Vampire …. Frances Jeater
Inspector Lestrade …. Nicholas Courtney
Mrs Barton …. Katherine Parr
Ned Bridger …. John Hollis

Dramatised and directed by Glyn Dearman from the book by Loren D Estleman.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1981.


SUN 15:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00vs1tc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


SUN 15:30 Much Binding in the Marsh (b018sjr1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b0467707)
Mel Giedroyc picks the best bits from her 4 O'Clock Shows of the past week.


SUN 17:00 JM Barrie - Peter Pan (b00sbrl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 17:30 E Nesbit - The Railway Children (b00qxzyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 18:00 The Female Ghost (b00njx8j)
Afterward

After an unexpected windfall on their American mine, Ned and Mary move to a dream home in England, but their past is catching up with them...

A series of ghostly stories by women dramatised by Christopher Hawes.

Edith Wharton's eerie tale stars Buffy Davis as Edith Wharton, Carolyn Jones as Alida, John Guerrasio as Ned, Barbara Barnes as Mary, Sean Baker as Parvis, Rachel Atkins as Trimmle, Christopher Scott as Peters and Alex Lowe as Robert Elwell.

Producer: Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.


SUN 18:30 Bradbury 13 (b0146gb0)
The Happiness Machine

An inventor's machine is guaranteed to make everyone happy, except his wife. Ray Bradbury's tale of strife stars Jesse Bennett.


SUN 19:00 This American Life (b04676sm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


SUN 20:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00vs1tc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


SUN 20:30 Much Binding in the Marsh (b018sjr1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


SUN 21:00 The Reunion (b01m2vmg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:45 Love Stories (b01ms34t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 22:00 Clare in the Community (b00slqvv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SUN 22:30 Beautiful Dreamers (b00w200k)
The River Europe

Nat follows the endurance swimmer and world's fittest alcoholic Craig McKenzie's controversial attempt to complete the world's toughest swim. Featuring contributions from Clive Russell, Ewan Bailey, Morven Christie and Vera Filatova.

Writers ..... James Lever and Nat Segnit.
Producers ..... Steven Canny and Sasha Yevtushenko.


SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b047wkqs)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats again to Patrick Kielty.


SUN 23:00 Jon Ronson On (b0076wxt)
Series 2

Friendship

Journalist Jon Ronson asks can you really have thousands of friends? With Caitlin Moran. From February 2006.


SUN 23:30 We Are Klang: Amazing Lives (b007k3hw)
Max Phantasmo

The controversial American comedian, by those who know him. Spoof starring Greg Davies and Steve Hall. From April 2007.



MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014

MON 00:00 The Female Ghost (b00njx8j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Bradbury 13 (b0146gb0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 The Reunion (b01m2vmg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 01:45 Love Stories (b01ms34t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


MON 02:00 Clare in the Community (b00slqvv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]


MON 02:30 Beyond Our Ken (b00vs1tc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 Much Binding in the Marsh (b018sjr1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Sherlock Holmes v Dracula (b0084gr2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 JM Barrie - Peter Pan (b00sbrl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:30 E Nesbit - The Railway Children (b00qxzyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


MON 06:00 Paul Temple (b007rgr1)
Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair

Steve Entertains

The debonair detective tries to send his wife Steve away, for fear that reprisals are on their way.

Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

With Richard Williams as Sir Graham Forbes, James Beattie as Charlie, Frederick Treves as Inspector Eden, Peter Wilde as Terry Palmer, June Tobin as Mary Desmond, John Scott as Bill McCall, Richard Hurndall as Roger Shelly, Betty Hardy as Marian Faber, Sheila Grant as a nurse and Hugh Manning as Sergeant Wrighton / a Man.

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.

Producer: Martin C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1959.


MON 06:30 The First Private Eye (b00768yq)
4 Extra Debut. Bestselling crime writer Val McDermid looks at the controversial life of Allan Pinkerton, the Glaswegian who gave the world the term 'private eye', saved the life of President Abraham Lincoln and brought his own brand of justice to the Wild West. From August 2002.


MON 07:00 Fat Chance (b01b3fp9)
Weighty Matters

A TV star turns up at Wendy Bottomley's slimming club and Graham unwisely divulges his secret to Lee...

Jenny McDade's high-fat bittersweet comedy for those believing there's a thin person inside them begging to get out.

Graham Pitscottie ..... Gareth Corke
Wendy Bottomley ..... Janine Duvitski
Clive Bottomley ..... Michael Troughton
Soo Pitscottie ..... Anne Reid
Tina Tattersall ..... Julia Deakin
Kelly Chambers ..... Tilly Gaunt
Lee Dubs ..... Harry Myers
Mrs Enright ..... Frances Jeater

Producer: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.


MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b045z7s2)
Series 69

Episode 4

Nicholas Parsons challenges Jenny Eclair, Julian Clary, Vanessa Feltz and Paul Merton try to talk for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation.


MON 08:00 Listen to Les (b01nh8zx)
From 10/03/1985

Les Dawson with tales of Britain's first space hero, and the Cosmo show discusses birds.

With Daphne Oxenford, Eli Woods and Colin Edwynn.

Music by Brian Fitzgerald.

Scripted and produced by James Casey.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1985.


MON 08:30 The Navy Lark (b007jnvy)
Series 15

NANA

HMS Troutbridge sets sail with Phillips let loose on a new navigational aid.

Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Commanding Officer, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Wren Chasen, Tenniel Evans as the Admiral and Michael Bates as Mr Harris.

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

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman and George Evans.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1975.


MON 09:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sp454)
Series 1

Episode 1

Sheila Hancock heads a stunning cast including Mackenzie Crook, Penelope Wilton, Felicity Montagu and Kevin Eldon in this clever, funny and touching series about a small town in the middle of Northamptonshire as it prepares for a talent night.

Written by and also starring Katherine Jakeways.

Get to know the local supermarket manager who shares rather more than is usual about his private life over the store's tannoy system. Recently divorced Jan has been trying unsuccessfully to 'find herself' with a trip abroad to an elephant sanctuary. But it is at home in Wadenbrook that she starts to feel happier with herself as her friendship blossoms with ex-teacher Mary. And, joy of joys, could it be that Jan is going to experience a touch of romance at last?

Meet driving instructor and forthright self-defence teacher Esther and her gentle and put-upon Jonathan as they struggle to start a family and we meet possibly the only happy couple in town, Ken and Keith, as they attempt to teach their pet whippets to dance for the town talent night.

In this opening episode, Mary starts rehearsals for the town talent night and is shocked by 12 year old Gregory's slide show of Victorian ladies.
Meanwhile Esther sends her husband Jonathan out to collect money for the Leicestershire Infertile Males Project but he ends up at The Bricklayer's Arms looking at pictures of elephants with Jan.

Narrator ...... Sheila Hancock
Rod ...... Mackenzie Crook
Mary ...... Penelope Wilton
Jan ...... Felicity Montagu
Jonathan ...... Kevin Eldon
Esther ...... Katherine Jakeways
Keith ...... John Biggins
Landlord ...... Rufus Wright
Gregory ...... Sam Cotton

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.


MON 09:30 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b045xxst)
Series 3

Mortality

Stephen K Amos is joined by comedians Jason Cook, Brendon Burns and Robin Ince to present a guide to mortality.

Additional material by Stephen Grant and Hugh Sington.

Produced by Colin Anderson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.


MON 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007jzxk)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Orphans

The arrival in Cloisterham of Neville and Helena Landless, twins from Ceylon, sets in motion a chain of events which leads to murder....

Charles Dickens's unfinished book completed by Leon Garfield and dramatised for radio in five parts by David Buck.

John Jasper ..... Ian Holm
Edwin Drood ..... Mark Payton
Rev. Chrisparkle ..... Gareth Thomas
Princess Puffer ..... Mary Wimbush
Deputy ..... Susan Sheridan
Miss Twinkleton ..... Margaret Courtenay
Rosa Bud ..... Moir Leslie
Grewgious ..... John Gabriel
Crisparkle's Mother ..... Hilda Kriseman
Sapsea ..... Timothy Alock
Durdles ..... Gordon Gostelow
Mr Honeythunder ..... David King
Joe ..... David Goudge
Neville Landless ..... Simon Treves
Helena Landless ..... Helena Breck
Maid ..... Marcia King

Pianist: Nicholas Kok

Director: Gordon House

A BBC Radio 4/BBC World Service co-production first broadcast in 1990.


MON 11:00 Elizabeth Buchan - Frozen Words (b007w26k)
When a young man takes his beloved Rose to climb a mountain, there are alarming consequences. Read by Mark Bonnar.


MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b046j2jk)
Lenny Henry, Lindsey Coulson, John Gordon Sinclair, Leonie Orton, Emma Freud, Klaxons, ESKA

Lenny Henry talks to Clive about taking on the role of Groucho Marx in a musical fantasy, woven round the real-life 1964 dinner party encounter between the English poet, TS Eliot, and the legendary Groucho, speculating on the men's seemingly unlikely passion for the other's work.

Lindsey Coulson is best known for her long-running role as Carol Jackson in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Her character has been through many harrowing life events in 21 years - but none quiet as dramatic as Carol's recent discovery that she has multi-focal breast cancer. Lindsey speaks candidly about the cancer storyline for which she was recently nominated for Best Actress in the British Soap Awards.

Joe Orton was one of the most original and important playwrights of the post-war period with his scandalous black comedies. Emma Freud talks to Leonie Orton, Joe's younger sister, about her memories of her brother, his writing, and the celebrations and events taking place in Leicester to mark the 50th Anniversary of his first play 'Entertaining Mr Sloane'.

A starring role in the iconic 1980s movie Gregory's Girl set John Gordon Sinclair on course for a successful acting career, winning Best Actor in the musical 'She Loves Me', starring alongside Brad Pitt in the film 'World War Z', and soon to be Jeeves in 'Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense' at the Duke of York. But he is a man of many parts as he explains to Clive, with the recent release of 'Blood Whispers', a sequel to his highly acclaimed debut crime fiction novel, 'Seventy Times Seven'.

With music from ESKA who performs 'She's In The Flowers' from her album 'Gatekeeper' and Klaxons perform 'There Is No Other Time' from their new album 'Love Frequency'.

Producer Sukey Firth.


MON 12:00 Listen to Les (b01nh8zx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 The Navy Lark (b007jnvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 13:00 Paul Temple (b007rgr1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 13:30 The First Private Eye (b00768yq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 14:00 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mtr89)
Facing the Music, Part 1

Inspector Rebus discovers a bigger story behind a valuable theft from an Edinburgh hi-fi shop. Read by James Macpherson.


MON 14:15 Churchill's Other Lives (b00y6p63)
Bricklaying

Winston Churchill was revered by millions as the saviour of Britain in the Second World War, but he wasn't just a great war leader - he wrote millions of words of journalism, he painted, he built brick walls, he owned racehorses, he gambled in Monte Carlo casinos and even wrote screenplays. Yet his personality was mercurial; bouts of hyper-activity were interspersed with black days of depression. While he had a loving marriage, he spent long periods apart from his wife and children, some of whom caused him deep anxiety and distress.

To mark the fiftieth anniversary of his death, celebrated historian Sir David Cannadine, author of In Churchill's Shadow, examines the life and career of Winston Churchill by looking at ten different themes that are less well known, but which are crucial to a fuller understanding of one of the most extraordinary individuals ever to occupy No. 10 Downing Street.

The first programme explores how Winston Churchill was a committed bricklayer, and he even joined the bricklayers' union. But this didn't mean he had anything in common with the working man. He was surrounded by a retinue of servants, he never even set foot in a shop and he famously got stuck on the Circle Line the only time he used the tube.

Featuring Roger Allam as the voice of Winston Churchill. Other parts are played by Ewan Bailey, Jasmine Hyde, James Sobol Kelly and Simon Tchernaik.

The theme tune is composed by David Owen Norris.

Producer: Melissa FitzGerald
A Blakeway production for BBC Radio 4.


MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b009x1bf)
Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street

Episode 1

Prior to the First World War, Muriel Hammond is trying to find her place in the world.

She loves astronomy but is restricted by society's expectations of a woman. She befriends the exotic Clare at boarding school, but she is still struggling to have the adventurous life she would like. She has been born and bred for marriage, but the object of her affection holds a candle for her exotic friend. As war descends on them, can Muriel find the fulfilment she seeks?

Winifred Holtby's story about a woman's journey from her teens to womanhood - a journey into independence and self-fulfilment.

Dramatised by Diana Griffiths.

Clare Goose as Muriel
Joanne Froggatt as Connie
James D'Arcy as Godfrey
Brigit Forsyth as Mrs Hammond
Victoria Brazier as Clare Duquesne
Deborah McAndrew as Delia Vaughan
Julie Westwood as Mrs Neale

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.


MON 14:45 Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master (b0076r2v)
Episode 1

4 Extra Debut. 1909, and Henri Matisse's critics call his paintings monstrous. Can he find support? Eleanor Bron reads Hilary Spurling's biography.


MON 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007jzxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0467j6b)
Mel Giedroyc gets her gloves on and goes looking more signs of life in nature series A Guide to Garden Wildlife. Plus the first part of new story The Tail of Emily Windsnap.


MON 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009mbjl)
Series 1

Episode 4

Despite their successful comeback tour, Tommy and Sheila aren't in the money.

Winners of the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr are back in the limelight. The only snag is they can't stand the sight of each another...

Mike Coleman's sitcom stars June Whitfield and Roy Hudd.

Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield

With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Joshua Henderson, Edward Halsted, Rachel Smith, Chris Pavlo, Paul Rogan and Steven Rhodes.

Singers: John Barr and Lisa Peace.

Music by Frido Ruth.

Producer: Steve Doherty

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998.


MON 17:30 Fat Chance (b01b3fp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 18:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sp454)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 18:30 A Good Read (b0467jk3)
Diane Abbott and Bill Nighy

Thomas Sutcliffe, Diane Abbott and Bill Nighy discuss titles by Mark Twain, John McGahern and Iain Sinclair. From July 1997.

Roughing It by Mark Twain,
Publisher: Faber and Faber,

Amongst Women by John McGahern,
Publisher: Penguin

Lights out for the Territory by Iain Sinclair,
Publisher: Granta.


MON 19:00 Listen to Les (b01nh8zx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 The Navy Lark (b007jnvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 20:00 Paul Temple (b007rgr1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 20:30 The First Private Eye (b00768yq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 21:00 Elizabeth Buchan - Frozen Words (b007w26k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b046j2jk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b045z7s2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 22:30 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b045xxst)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b045xx54)
Series 11

Episode 2

A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with regular panellist Jeremy Hardy and guest panellists Lucy Porter, Samira Ahmed and Bob Mills.


MON 23:45 Foley and McColl: The Interview (b0076cyy)
The Moroccan Striped Pig

The duo tells Parky about their strange first meeting. With Sean Foley, Hamish McColl and Michael Parkinson. From February 2003.



TUESDAY 17 JUNE 2014

TUE 00:00 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mtr89)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:15 Churchill's Other Lives (b00y6p63)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]


TUE 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b009x1bf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]


TUE 00:45 Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master (b0076r2v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sp454)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 A Good Read (b0467jk3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Paul Temple (b007rgr1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 The First Private Eye (b00768yq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007jzxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 Elizabeth Buchan - Frozen Words (b007w26k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b046j2jk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009mbjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]


TUE 05:30 Fat Chance (b01b3fp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 06:00 Paul Temple (b007rj64)
Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair

Presenting Mr Vandyke

The suave sleuth throws a party and invites all the suspects, but can he finally unmask the culprit?

Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

With Richard Williams as Sir Graham Forbes, Peter Wilde as Terry Palmer, James Beattie as Charlie, John Scott as Bill McCall, Simon Lack as Philip Droste, Richard Hurndall as Roger Shelly and Betty Hardy as Marian Faber.

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.

Producer: Martin C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1959.


TUE 06:30 Warpaint: The Story Of Camouflage (b00768wm)
Patrick Wright investigates how bohemians and the military created together the first effective forms of camouflage. From 2002.


TUE 07:00 Snap (b012llxz)
Series 3

Episode 2

Trying to rebuild their relationship after divorcing, Molly and Doug try changing their least appealing traits.

But life isn't that simple...

Third and final series of Paul Mendelson’s sitcom

Starring Rebecca Lacey as Molly, Paul Venables as Doug, Soumaya Keynes as Kaz, Jessie Sullivan as Ryan, Marlene Sidaway as Annie, Robin Weaver as Dawn, Jonathan Tafler as Raymond and Richard Firth as Ansel.

Producer: David Ian Neville

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.


TUE 07:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b045z943)
Series 3

Terry Alderton

Alex Horne and his five-piece band explore the theme of miscellaneous mysterious things

Live music and comedy, with songs about aliens, de ja vu and life from a fly's perspective.

Special guest comedian: Terry Alderton

Band: Joe Auckland, Mark Brown, Will Collier, Ben Reynolds, Ed Sheldrake

Producer: Charlie Perkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jnth)
Series 7

Shifting Sands

Soldier Neddie Seagoon heads off to the fort at Waziri, which is drifting into peril.

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

Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
Jack Train

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: Pat Dixon

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1957.


TUE 08:30 The Al Read Show (b0090v01)
From 6/2/1966

The legendary Northern comic pokes fun at fireman and hospitals.

Monologues and sketches presenting "life with the lid off".

With Susan Maughan, The Countrymen, and Woolf Phillips and his Orchestra.

Devised by Al Read and scripted by Ronnie Taylor.

Producer: Bill Worsley

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1966.


TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b045xx54)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]


TUE 09:45 Foley and McColl: The Interview (b0076cyy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]


TUE 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007jzyx)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

A Disappearance

Edwin and Neville - determined to resolve their differences - agree to attend a Christmas Eve dinner hosted by Edwin's guardian, Jasper.

It proves to be the last meeting the three will ever have.

Charles Dickens's unfinished book completed by Leon Garfield and dramatised for radio by David Buck.

John Jasper ..... Ian Holm
Edwin Drood ..... Mark Payton
Rev. Chrisparkle ..... Gareth Thomas
Princess Puffer ..... Mary Wimbush
Deputy ..... Susan Sheridan
Miss Twinkleton ..... Margaret Courtenay
Rosa Bud ..... Moir Leslie
Grewgious ..... John Gabriel
Sapsea ..... Timothy Alock
Durdles ..... Gordon Gostelow
Joe ..... David Goudge
Neville Landless ..... Simon Treves
Helena Landless ..... Helena Breck
Bazzard ..... John Samson
John Moffatt ..... Jeweller
Anna Cropper ..... Mrs Tope
Girl ..... Marcia King

Pianist: Nicholas Kok

Director: Gordon House

A BBC Radio 4/BBC World Service co-production first broadcast in 1990.


TUE 11:00 Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology (b007jwq0)
An archaeologist is amazed by her nurse's likeness to an Egyptian painting discovered in a tomb. Read by Janet Maw.


TUE 11:15 The Recall Man (b00kjsmw)
Doctor Joe Aston Investigates

Forensic psychologist Joe Aston tackles a scientist accused of killing her boss.

Scientist Grace Hayle and her boss were working alone in the laboratory. Now he's dead and she's the only suspect in a murder case. Grace claims to have no memory of what happened and there is little evidence to go on.

David Napthine's thriller introduces Joe Aston, an expert in the controversial field of "recovered memory", as he attempts to uncover the truth.

Stars Jeremy Swift as Dr Joe Aston, Rosie Cavaliero as Grace Hayle, Carolyn Pickles as DI Karen Dennis and Colin MacLachlan as Tom Aston.
Producer: Toby Swift

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.


TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jnth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 The Al Read Show (b0090v01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 13:00 Paul Temple (b007rj64)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 13:30 Warpaint: The Story Of Camouflage (b00768wm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 14:00 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mv1sl)
Facing the Music, Part 2

Probing a mystery Edinburgh shop theft, Inspector Rebus learns the hi-fi dealer has a steel door. Read by James Macpherson.


TUE 14:15 Churchill's Other Lives (b00zfsxy)
Appetite

Winston Churchill was revered by millions as the saviour of Britain in the Second World War, but he wasn't just a great war leader - he wrote millions of words of journalism, he painted, he built brick walls, he owned racehorses, he gambled in Monte Carlo casinos and even wrote screenplays. Yet his personality was mercurial; bouts of hyper-activity were interspersed with black days of depression. While he had a loving marriage, he spent long periods apart from his wife and children, some of whom caused him deep anxiety and distress.

To mark the fiftieth anniversary of his death, celebrated historian Sir David Cannadine, author of In Churchill's Shadow, examines the life and career of Winston Churchill by looking at ten different themes that are less well known, but which are crucial to a fuller understanding of one of the most extraordinary individuals ever to occupy No. 10 Downing Street.

Winston Churchill is known to have drunk copious quantities of alcohol. But was he an alcoholic? He developed a taste for Havana cigars while visiting Cuba, but did he actually smoke all those cigars? Churchill was so keen on his food that, during the Second World War, the constraints of rationing were unknown to him. In the second programme of 'Churchill's Other Lives', Sir David Cannadine enjoys Winston Churchill's prodigious appetite for food, drink and cigars.

Producer: Melissa FitzGerald
A Blakeway production for BBC Radio 4.


TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b009x2q4)
Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street

Episode 2

Diana Griffiths' dramatisation of Winifred Holtby's tale of a woman's journey into self-fulfilment.

2/10. Muriel has finished boarding school and is returning home to Marshington, where her mother aims to pair her off with Godfrey Neale. But then Muriel's friend Clare visits and turns the Hammond household upside-down.

Muriel ...... Clare Goose
Connie ...... Joanne Froggatt
Godfrey ...... James D'Arcy
Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth
Mr Hammond ...... David Fleeshman
Clare Duquesne ...... Victoria Brazier
Delia Vaughan ...... Deborah McAndrew

Directed by Pauline Harris.


TUE 14:45 Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master (b0076r3f)
Episode 2

1914, and with his family scattered across France, Matisse expresses the horror and uncertainty of the First World War in his art. Read by Eleanor Bron.


TUE 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007jzyx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0467pfp)
Sir Paul McCartney reveals his early memories of meeting John Lennon for the first time, and we hear the second part of our current story The Tail of Emily Windsnap.


TUE 17:00 Up the Garden Path (b0082g3d)
Series 2

On the Side of the Angels

Izzy faces confusion when fiancé Charles takes her home to the family mansion.

Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy. With David Robb as Charles, Neil McCaul as Bill, Marty Cruickshank as Maria, Dafydd Hywel as Gwyn, Melissa Wilson as Sharon and Catherine Clarke as Lorraine.

Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30-something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.

An eight-part radio sequel adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. The second of three series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.


TUE 17:30 Snap (b012llxz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 18:00 Act Your Age (b00fr1tp)
Series 1

Episode 2

Simon Mayo discovers which generation is the funniest. With Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker. From December 2008.


TUE 18:30 Musical Genes (b00dsl3m)
Series 1

Rosanne Cash

Tom Morton meets the daughter of country legend Johnny Cash.

Series searching for the true story behind some of our best loved musicians.

Producer: Deirdre Waldie

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in October 2008.


TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jnth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 The Al Read Show (b0090v01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 20:00 Paul Temple (b007rj64)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 20:30 Warpaint: The Story Of Camouflage (b00768wm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 21:00 Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology (b007jwq0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 21:15 The Recall Man (b00kjsmw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


TUE 22:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b045z943)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 22:30 Concrete Cow (b00768y0)
Series 1

Episode 1

Two kids from Peckham enter Narnia, Dr Jekyll gets a telling off - and Radio 4's new quiz for pedants ‘I Think You'll Find’.

Sketch series in which anything is possible.

Starring Olivia Colman, Robert Webb, Sally Hawkins, Steven Kynman and Chris Pavlo.

Written by James Cary, Sally Hawkins, Catherine Shepherd, Ashley Blake, Jon Holmes, Adam Bromley, Stuart Barker, Robin Ince and Tim Key.

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002


TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b047wkqv)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Jon Holmes chats to Catriona Knox.


TUE 23:00 Bleak Expectations (b00ngz6q)
Series 3

A Lovely Life Re-Kippered Again Once More

Pip Bin's happiness is shattered once again.

Fog-filled streets, murders, and apparitions abound, and through it all echoes the terrible, menacing coo of a possessed evil pigeon.

The return of Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy pastiche in the style of Charles Dickens.

Sir Philip...........................Richard Johnson
Young Pip..................................Tom Allen
Gently Benevolent........................Anthony Head
Harry Biscuit......................James Bachman
Dr Wackwallop ...................Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely Fecund......................Sarah Hadland
Pippa........................................Susy Kane
Other parts ...........Mark Evans

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.


TUE 23:30 Son of Cliche (b00p1jb9)
The Weird Dimension

Something weird is happening. Nothing is outside of the comedy team’s power!

Winner of 1984 Sony Gold Award for Best Light Entertainment Programme.

Sketch comedy with Chris Barrie, Nick Maloney and Nick Wilton.

Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.

Producer: Alan Nixon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1983.



WEDNESDAY 18 JUNE 2014

WED 00:00 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mv1sl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:15 Churchill's Other Lives (b00zfsxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]


WED 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b009x2q4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]


WED 00:45 Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master (b0076r3f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Act Your Age (b00fr1tp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Musical Genes (b00dsl3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 Paul Temple (b007rj64)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 Warpaint: The Story Of Camouflage (b00768wm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007jzyx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology (b007jwq0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:15 The Recall Man (b00kjsmw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Up the Garden Path (b0082g3d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]


WED 05:30 Snap (b012llxz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 06:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtf4)
Black Tuesday

Gordon Kaye stars as the culinary mystery-solver investigating dirty tricks at restaurant directory, "Le Guide".

Pamplemousse is a retired policeman living in Paris, now making a living as an inspector for the prestigious restaurant rating directory 'Le Guide'. His long-suffering wife is Doucette (Shirley Dixon) and his ever-constant bloodhound companion is Pommes Frites (Trevor Martin).

Pamplemousse travels around France sampling fine cuisine and wines at gourmet restaurants, while managing to stumble into a series of mysteries. The character was first created in a series of novels featuring comedy, crime and cuisine by Michael Bond. Adapted for radio by Alick Rowe.

Michael Bond decided to become a writer while serving in the army during the Second World War. In 1947, he returned to the BBC, where he'd worked previously. His first creation, Paddington Bear, was born after a Christmas Eve shopping trip when he spotted a small, solitary bear in a large London store. Monsieur Pamplemousse was his first adult novel in 1983. Its success spawned a whole series of books.

Director: John Tydeman

A Mentorn Radio production first heard on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.


WED 06:30 Fragments in Time (b0075rn6)
Christopher Morris explains how he found the torn, muddied remains of a diary in a Sussex ditch, which, when the pieces were reassembled, revealed the daily account of a young British woman who was trapped in Vichy, France, in 1944. But who was she and why was she there? From January 2000.


WED 07:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b008h696)
Series 2

Up on the Roof

Landing a job performing in a prison, will Robert finally get a captive audience?

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

Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair
Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn
Sue ..... Caroline Quentin

With:
Stephen Garlick
Jane Slavin
Donald Gee
David Ryall
Charles Simpson
Marcia Warren
Moray Watson

Producer: Paul Spencer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1990.


WED 07:30 Start/Stop (b03b2zb3)
Series 1

Fundraiser

Three couples sail off into the sunset. And sink.

Jack Docherty’s sitcom about love, marriage and despair.

Starring Jack Docherty, Charlie Higson, Katherine Parkinson, John Thomson, Fiona Allen and Kerry Godliman.

With their marriages in various states of disrepair - a school fundraiser proves unusually challenging for all of them.

Barney ...... Jack Docherty
Cathy ...... Kerry Godliman
Fiona ...... Fiona Allen
David ...... Charlie Higson
Evan ...... John Thomson
Alice ...... Katherine Parkinson

Producer Steven Canny

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2013.


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jppj)
Series 6

Sid's Mystery Tours

Sid persuades the lad to become a director of his guided tours company, but there's a snag!

Starring Tony Hancock.

With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell, Mavis Villers and Errol McKinnon.

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 November 1959.


WED 08:30 Albert and Me (b007jzd2)
Series 2

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Can Bryan save his sister Vera's marriage from breakdown?

Stars Robert Lindsay and Pat Coombs.

Robert Lindsay plays single parent Bryan Archer struggling to find work while raising his baby son, Albert.

Bryan Archer ...... Robert Lindsay
Mum/Albert ...... Pat Coombs
Mrs Willis ...... Diana King
Vera ...... Marcia Warren
Edward ...... Gorden Kaye

Incidental music by Max Harris.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1983.


WED 09:00 All the Young Dudes (b01by441)
Series 2

Mr Soft

Helen needs to finish her ice cream project, while Joe and Maria want younger clientele. Comedy by Jim Sweeney. From October 2002.


WED 09:30 King of Bath (b045xxsw)
Merely Players

A duelling count and a quack apothecary - only Beau Nash can give a looming tragedy a happy ending.

Six-part comedy drama series by Arnold Evans casting the 18th-century dandy Richard 'Beau' Nash in a series of adventures.

Beau Nash ...... David Bamber
Annie ...... Eiry Thomas
Count von Richthofen ...... Andrew Wincott
Mr Trout ...... Simon Ludders
Fintan Fitzgerald ...... Richard Nichols
Poppy ...... Lesley Rooney

Composer: John Hardy

Directed at BBC Wales by Alison Hindell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.


WED 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007k006)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

An Arrival

Edwin Drood has disappeared and Jasper is convinced that his nephew has been murdered by Neville Landless.

A mysterious stranger who arrives in Cloisterham, however, entertains other ideas.

Charles Dickens's unfinished book completed by Leon Garfield and dramatised for radio in five parts by David Buck.

John Jasper ..... Ian Holm
Rev. Chrisparkle ..... Gareth Thomas
Princess Puffer ..... Mary Wimbush
Deputy ..... Susan Sheridan
Miss Twinkleton ..... Margaret Courtenay
Rosa Bud ..... Moir Leslie
Grewgious ..... John Gabriel
Sapsea ..... Timothy Alock
Durdles ..... Gordon Gostelow
Joe ..... David Goudge
Neville Landless ..... Simon Treves
Helena Landless ..... Helena Breck
John Moffatt ..... Datchery
Anna Cropper ..... Mrs Tope
Tartar ..... Michael Cochrane
Watchman ..... Vincent Brimble
Mrs Billikin ..... Margot Boyd
Maid ..... Marcia King

Pianist: Nicholas Kok

Director: Gordon House

A BBC Radio 4/BBC World Service co-production first broadcast in 1990.


WED 11:00 EM Forster Short Stories (b017gqvz)
The Story of the Siren

The Story of the Siren is the first in our series of short fiction by EM Forster. It is an unsettling story about a sea nymph and an ill fated young Sicilian. The novelist best known for twentieth century classics including A Passage to India, A Room with a View and Maurice was also a prolific writer of short stories. In them he explored many of the themes central to his novels, including the morals of the middle classes in the early twentieth century, and his fascination with culture and mores of the beguiling South. The reader is Dan Stevens.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton. Produced by Elizabeth Allard.


WED 11:15 The Recall Man (b00kk5q9)
Making Waves

A confused man claims to have witnessed a murder, so the police turn to forensic psychologist Dr Joe Aston. Stars Jeremy Swift.


WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jppj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 12:30 Albert and Me (b007jzd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 13:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtf4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 13:30 Fragments in Time (b0075rn6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 14:00 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mvd3y)
Herbert in Motion, Part 1

A top gallery curator faces disgrace and prison when his part in a big art fraud looks set to be exposed. Read by James Bryce.


WED 14:15 Churchill's Other Lives (b00zft2t)
Journalist

Winston Churchill was revered by millions as the saviour of Britain in the Second World War, but he wasn't just a great war leader - he wrote millions of words of journalism, he painted, he built brick walls, he owned racehorses, he gambled in Monte Carlo casinos and even wrote screenplays. Yet his personality was mercurial; bouts of hyper-activity were interspersed with black days of depression. While he had a loving marriage, he spent long periods apart from his wife and children, some of whom caused him deep anxiety and distress.

To mark the fiftieth anniversary of his death, celebrated historian Sir David Cannadine, author of In Churchill's Shadow, examines the life and career of Winston Churchill by looking at ten different themes that are less well known, but which are crucial to a fuller understanding of one of the most extraordinary individuals ever to occupy No. 10 Downing Street.

As a young man, Winston Churchill discovered his love for words and decided to make a living out of them, initially as a war correspondent. Indeed he became a writer so prolific and unstoppable that when he was hit by a car in a New York street, he dictated a thousand words about the experience from his hospital bed. Sir David Cannadine explores Winston Churchill's first career as a journalist. With extracts from Churchill's forgotten early dispatches.

Featuring Roger Allam as Winston Churchill.

Producer: Melissa FitzGerald
A Blakeway production for BBC Radio 4.


WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b009x596)
Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street

Episode 3

Diana Griffiths's dramatisation of Winifred Holtby's tale of a woman's journey into self-fulfilment.

3/10. Godfrey Neale wants to go riding with the beautiful Clare Duquesne, but Muriel's sister Connie is determined not to be left out.

Muriel ...... Clare Goose
Connie ...... Joanne Froggatt
Godfrey ...... James D'Arcy
Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth
Clare Duquesne ...... Victoria Brazier
Delia Vaughan ...... Deborah McAndrew
Mrs Neale ...... Julie Westwood

Directed by Pauline Harris.


WED 14:45 Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master (b0076r3z)
Episode 3

1930, and Henri Matisse's painting is dramatically influenced by his visits to New York and Tahiti. Read by Eleanor Bron.


WED 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007k006)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b046817c)
Mel Giedroyc rummages around in the record collection of comedian Jack Whitehall, and introduces the third part of our current story The Tail of Emily Windsnap.


WED 17:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007w5j9)
The Silver Cow-Creamer

Bertie Wooster turns to Aunt Dahlia to help out Gussie.

PG Wodehouse romp adapted by Chris Miller.

Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Patrick Cargill as Sir Watkin Bassett, James Villiers as Roderick Spode and Vivian Pickles as Aunt Dahlia.

Other parts by William Sleigh.

Producer: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1973.


WED 17:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b008h696)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 18:00 All the Young Dudes (b01by441)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 18:30 Off the Page (b00766xc)
On the Run

Poet Carole Satyamurti and humourist Guy Browning make unlikely fugitives, but the theme is what it means to flee.

In each programme, Professor Bigsby introduces a duo of writers of fact and fiction: new talent and established names. In the context of a discussion of one of the ideas and pre-occupations of our times, each presents a piece on this week's topic.

The best new writing and the freshest conversation from 2002.


WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jppj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 19:30 Albert and Me (b007jzd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 20:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtf4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 20:30 Fragments in Time (b0075rn6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 21:00 EM Forster Short Stories (b017gqvz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


WED 21:15 The Recall Man (b00kk5q9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


WED 22:00 Start/Stop (b03b2zb3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 22:30 A Look Back at the Future (b01rh3wq)
2001

From the World Cup to the future NHS.

Recorded in 1994, Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Jeremy Hardy recall the turbulent upheaval of 2001 - that was yet to happen.:

Series revealing everything you wanted to know back then, about the future 21st century.

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

Producer: Caroline Leddy

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


WED 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b00c6jfr)
Series 5

Moral Leadership

Mankind is now so sinful that they're all coming to Hell and the place is full to bursting.

The only way to stop the flow is to persuade humanity to be good - but that's quite a tall order for the Prince of Darkness.

Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.

Satan …. Andy Hamilton
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
God …. David Swift
The Professor …. James Grout

Other characters played by Philip Pope, Nick Revell and Michael Fenton Stevens

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.


WED 23:30 The Sofa of Time (b00j0hqt)
Here Comes Bod

Can Milford and Parker overcome Raamen Bod and find the Sofa of Time? Stars Mark Heap and Nick Frost. From November 2002.



THURSDAY 19 JUNE 2014

THU 00:00 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mvd3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]


THU 00:15 Churchill's Other Lives (b00zft2t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]


THU 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b009x596)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]


THU 00:45 Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master (b0076r3z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday]


THU 01:00 All the Young Dudes (b01by441)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]


THU 01:30 Off the Page (b00766xc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]


THU 02:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtf4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]


THU 02:30 Fragments in Time (b0075rn6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]


THU 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007k006)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:00 EM Forster Short Stories (b017gqvz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:15 The Recall Man (b00kk5q9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]


THU 05:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007w5j9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]


THU 05:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b008h696)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]


THU 06:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtfc)
Grey Wednesday

Whose thumbprint is on the chocolate and where is Madame Grant?

Starring Gordon Kaye as Pamplemousse - a retired policeman living in Paris, now making a living as an inspector for the prestigious restaurant rating directory 'Le Guide'. His long-suffering wife is Doucette (Shirley Dixon) and his ever-constant bloodhound companion is Pommes Frites (Trevor Martin).

Pamplemousse travels around France sampling fine cuisine and wines at gourmet restaurants, while managing to stumble into a series of mysteries. The character was first created in a series of novels featuring comedy, crime and cuisine by Michael Bond. Adapted for radio by Alick Rowe.

A Mentorn Radio production first heard on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.


THU 06:30 Freak Out! The Frank Zappa Story (b00770gq)
Germaine Greer presents a profile of Frank Zappa, the 1970s icon of eccentric rock whose range of work included serious orchestral composition, film-making and social activism, particularly in the field of anti-censorship.

Contributors include Gail Zappa, son Dweezil, guitarist Steve Vai, family friend and author Peter Occhiogrosso and David Butcher, chief executive of the Britten Sinfonia.


THU 07:00 Ayres on the Air (b019ly4t)
Series 2

Fame

The pitfalls of celebrity feature in Pam Ayres's poetry and sketches. With Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. From March 2006.


THU 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b01f5mmk)
Series 8

Have a Great Weekend

Radio 4's most curmudgeonly author is back for a new series, complete with his trusty companion Elgar and his never ending capacity for scrimping and scraping at whatever scraps his agent, Ping, can offer him to keep body, mind and cat together.

Inevitably he finds himself once more battling through the week encountering the numerous 12-year olds who run the media, teaching the lively bunch of pensioners who can "teach him a thing or two about money making schemes, frugal living and having a good time thank you very much", and regular run-ins with the rather successful Jaz Milvane, director of Ed's only ever book-to-screen adaptation.

As we renew our acquaintance with Ed we find him in a somewhat lighter mood, enjoying normal weekend-ish type things, like having a bath, and whistling. He's also visiting the DIY store - because he can. His renewed acquaintance with 1960's hot young model, Fiona Templeton, could have much to do with this new outlook, particularly as they have a shared love of the free sachets to be found in the Sunday newspapers. As long as they don't mix up the shampoo sachet with the brown sauce sachet they should be fine.


THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jr4t)
Series 3

The Cricket Match

Captain Mainwaring goes into bat when the Home Guard platoon are challenged to play a match against the wardens..

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 Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Vicar …. Frank Williams
Verger …. Edward Sinclair
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1976.


THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b016vh18)
From 05/05/1955

Will Eth manage to triumph in her plans to wed Ron Glum? Stars Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From May 1955.


THU 09:00 Dead Ringers (b00hx64y)
Series 3

Episode 1

More celeb sound-alikes, with a William Hague offer and Westlife v The Spice Girls. With Jan Ravens. From November 2000.


THU 09:30 Bristow (b00cq588)
Series 1

Stranger on a Train

Bristow helps his colleague, Jones, to plan an escape from Chester Perry

Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the Chester-Perry buying clerk. He is but a small cog in a gigantic wheel... and he knows it.

Adapted from by Frank Dickens from his famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 51 years from 1961.

Bristow …. Michael Williams
Jones …. Rodney Bewes
Fudge, Mr Frost, Station Master and the Stranger on the Train …. Jon Glover
Miss Sunman …. Katie Odie
Post Boy and Godfrey …. Simon Schatsberger
Tea Lady …. Sarah Huntley

Music: John Whitehall

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.


THU 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007k01g)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

A Performance

John Jasper continues to search for proof that his nephew Edwin has been murdered by Neville Landless.

Eventually, in the most tragic of circumstances, he obtains that proof....

Charles Dickens's unfinished book completed by Leon Garfield and dramatised for radio by David Buck.

John Jasper ..... Ian Holm
Rev. Chrisparkle ..... Gareth Thomas
Princess Puffer ..... Mary Wimbush
Deputy ..... Susan Sheridan
Miss Twinkleton ..... Margaret Courtenay
Rosa Bud ..... Moir Leslie
Grewgious ..... John Gabriel
Sapsea ..... Timothy Alock
Durdles ..... Gordon Gostelow
Watchman ..... David Goudge
Neville Landless ..... Simon Treves
Helena Landless ..... Helena Breck
John Moffatt ..... Datchery
Anna Cropper ..... Mrs Tope
Tartar ..... Michael Cochrane
Bazzard ..... John Samson
Honeythunder ..... David King
Jack Chinaman ..... Burt Kwouk
Chinese Girl ..... Norika Aida
Durdles ..... Gordon Gostelow
Ghost of Mrs Sapsea ..... Madeline Smith
Crisparkle's Mother ..... Hilda Kriseman
Mrs Chopper ..... Jo Kendall

Pianist: Nicholas Kok

Director: Gordon House

A BBC Radio 4/BBC World Service co-production first broadcast in 1990.


THU 11:00 EM Forster Short Stories (b017gvd8)
The Road From Colonus

Mr Lucas's tiresome family thwart his plans for a sojourn in the idyllic Greek countryside. Read by Andrew Sachs.


THU 11:15 The Recall Man (b00kkcfd)
Over the Border

Dr Joe Aston helps police probe a taxi driver who is the only witness to a murder, but remembers nothing. Stars Jeremy Swift.


THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jr4t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b016vh18)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 13:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtfc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


THU 13:30 Freak Out! The Frank Zappa Story (b00770gq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


THU 14:00 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mvqs6)
Herbert in Motion, Part 2

Scared of fraud exposure, an art gallery curator dresses up to disguise the condemned look in his eyes. Read by James Bryce.


THU 14:15 Churchill's Other Lives (b00zft85)
Son and Father

Winston Churchill was revered by millions as the saviour of Britain in the Second World War, but he wasn't just a great war leader - he wrote millions of words of journalism, he painted, he built brick walls, he owned racehorses, he gambled in Monte Carlo casinos and even wrote screenplays. Yet his personality was mercurial; bouts of hyper-activity were interspersed with black days of depression. While he had a loving marriage, he spent long periods apart from his wife and children, some of whom caused him deep anxiety and distress.

To mark the fiftieth anniversary of his death, celebrated historian Sir David Cannadine, author of In Churchill's Shadow, examines the life and career of Winston Churchill by looking at ten different themes that are less well known, but which are crucial to a fuller understanding of one of the most extraordinary individuals ever to occupy No. 10 Downing Street.

Winston Churchill had an unhappy childhood. His father was distant, drunken and cold. His mother was a spendthrift who had numerous affairs. So how was he able to rise above his difficult upbringing and become the success he did? Sir David Cannadine looks at Winston Churchill's family life, exploring the legacy left by Churchill's childhood when he himself became a father.

Featuring Roger Allam as Winston Churchill.

Producer: Melissa FitzGerald
A Blakeway production for BBC Radio 4.


THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b009xwy4)
Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street

Episode 4

Diana Griffiths's dramatisation of Winifred Holtby's tale of a woman's journey into self-fulfilment.

4/10. Mrs Hammond is desperate to find husbands for Muriel and her sister Connie.

Muriel ...... Clare Goose
Connie ...... Joanne Froggatt
Godfrey ...... James D'Arcy
Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth
Delia Vaughan ...... Deborah McAndrew
Martin Elliot/Dr McKissack ...... Graeme Hawley

Directed by Pauline Harris.


THU 14:45 Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master (b0076r4j)
Episode 4

1938, and now in his 60s, Henri Matisse's art must endure personal upheaval as war looms. Read by Eleanor Bron.


THU 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007k01g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b04684j3)
Mel Giedroyc goes under the waves to dicover what whales can hear, and there's more sea-soaked fun with the fourth part of our current story The Tail of Emily Windsnap.


THU 17:00 No Commitments (b007jv6f)
Series 1

A Nice Civilised Evening

Victoria's plans for a perfect dinner party go awry. Stars Rosemary Leach, Celia Imrie and Nicola Pagett. From January 1992.


THU 17:30 Ayres on the Air (b019ly4t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


THU 18:00 Dead Ringers (b00hx64y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


THU 18:30 Great Lives (b00764bh)
Series 1

Marshall McLuhan

Academic Kim Henry Veltman joins director Jonathan Miller to discuss Marshall McLuhan, Canadian writer on media. From 2001.

The biographical series in which a distinguished guest chooses someone who's inspired their life. Will their hero stand up to intensive scrutiny and merit the description of having led a great life?


THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jr4t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b016vh18)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 20:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtfc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


THU 20:30 Freak Out! The Frank Zappa Story (b00770gq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


THU 21:00 EM Forster Short Stories (b017gvd8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


THU 21:15 The Recall Man (b00kkcfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


THU 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b01f5mmk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


THU 22:30 Revolting People (b00wlrp5)
Series 4

Pirates

Brimshaw, McGurk and the Oliphants attempt to flee to England. 1775 America sitcom. Stars Andy Hamilton. From May 2006.


THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b047wkqx)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Jon Holmes chats again to Catriona Knox.


THU 23:00 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcs)
More Brothers Faversham

Titus Faversham

The story of Victorian Britain's greatest sporting hero.

The comedy trio's swashbuckling family romp.

Written by and starring Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck.

With Miles Jupp and Ingrid Oliver.

Script edited by Richard Turner.

Producer: Julia McKenzie

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2008.


THU 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b01hpf1m)
Series 3

The Post Office

Ryan and the management consultants try to overhaul the Post Office. Stars Marcus Brigstocke and David Mitchell. From July 2004.



FRIDAY 20 JUNE 2014

FRI 00:00 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mvqs6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]


FRI 00:15 Churchill's Other Lives (b00zft85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday]


FRI 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b009xwy4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]


FRI 00:45 Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master (b0076r4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday]


FRI 01:00 Dead Ringers (b00hx64y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]


FRI 01:30 Great Lives (b00764bh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]


FRI 02:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtfc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]


FRI 02:30 Freak Out! The Frank Zappa Story (b00770gq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]


FRI 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007k01g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:00 EM Forster Short Stories (b017gvd8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:15 The Recall Man (b00kkcfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]


FRI 05:00 No Commitments (b007jv6f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]


FRI 05:30 Ayres on the Air (b019ly4t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]


FRI 06:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtfx)
The Final Print-Out

The trail leads Pamplemousse and his trusty hound to Père Lachaise Cemetery before a final watery showdown.

Starring Gordon Kaye as the retired policeman living in Paris, now making a living as an inspector for the prestigious restaurant rating directory 'Le Guide'. His long-suffering wife is Doucette (Shirley Dixon) and his ever-constant bloodhound companion is Pommes Frites (Trevor Martin).

Pamplemousse travels around France sampling fine cuisine and wines at gourmet restaurants, while managing to stumble into a series of mysteries. The character was first created in a series of novels featuring comedy, crime and cuisine by Michael Bond. Adapted for radio by Alick Rowe.

A Mentorn Radio production first heard on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.


FRI 06:30 Mannequins (b0075zhk)
Glamorous, influential, spooky and silent ... they haunt the high streets.

Sue Limb uncovers the secret world of the Mannequin, hearing about their early history, their changing shapes and styles as she goes up to her arm pits in clay, glass fibre and papier mache, as the latest designs roll out of the factories.

Contributors:

Mary Quant
Michael Southgate
Adel Rootstein
Kevin Alpino
John Taylor
Len Gifford
Dr. Dee Dawson
Rosemary Harden
Marilyn Dumars
Edward Stammers
Judith Fane

Producer: Sandy Bell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998.


FRI 07:00 Chambers (b007jyzz)
Series 3

Outward Bound

A legal firm invites Fuller-Carp, Ruth and Hilary to take part in an outward-bound weekend - with disastrous results...

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

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

With Chris Pavlo, Simon Greenall, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Natalie Walker.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.


FRI 07:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters (b01hl29y)
Series 2

Compensation Culture

Sony Award-winning comedian Tom Wrigglesworth delivers an open letter to Ken Clarke MP.

He's asking whether compensation culture is actually directly opposed to the theory of evolution?

Written by Tom Wrigglesworth, James Kettle and Miles Jupp

Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2012.


FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007k4gh)
Series 6

And So to Bed

Harold hopes a brand new bed will impress his girlfriends.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold.

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

Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
Marissa Wrigley ...... Norma Ronald
Salesman ...... Michael Burlington

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.

Producer: Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1976.


FRI 08:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jtjp)
Series 2

The Guests

Author Gerald is appalled at news of unwelcome dinner companions.

The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife.

With Michael Goldie and Penelope Reynolds

Written by Basil Boothroyd.

Producer: Bobby Jaye

The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter ran from 1976 to 1981

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977.


FRI 09:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b00k3x21)
Series 2

Episode 1

John Lloyd and Sean Lock host a panel show in which three distinguished guests donate fascinating exhibits to a vast imaginary museum.

John and Sean's guests are Brian Eno, Chris Donald and Dave Gorman.


FRI 09:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b00mbbfm)
Series 2

Episode 1

The sports agent tackles a footballer who's just issued his seventeenth public apology. Stars Neil Pearson. From November 2005.


FRI 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007k02r)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Redress

The man who Jasper believes killed Edwin, Neville Landless, has been found stabbed to death.

But Datchery has a plan...

Conclusion of Charles Dickens's unfinished book completed by Leon Garfield and dramatised for radio by David Buck.

John Jasper ..... Ian Holm
Rev. Chrisparkle ..... Gareth Thomas
Deputy ..... Susan Sheridan
Miss Twinkleton ..... Margaret Courtenay
Rosa Bud ..... Moir Leslie
Grewgious ..... John Gabriel
Sapsea ..... Timothy Alock
Durdles ..... Gordon Gostelow
1st Constable ..... David Goudge
2nd Constable ..... Simon Treves
Helena Landless ..... Helena Breck
John Moffatt ..... Datchery
Anna Cropper ..... Mrs Tope
Tartar ..... Michael Cochrane
Bazzard ..... John Samson
Judge ..... David King
Durdles ..... Gordon Gostelow
Crisparkle's Mother ..... Hilda Kriseman
Sapsea ..... Timothy Alcock
Mrs MacSiddons ..... Anne Jameson
Michael Cox ..... Doctor

Pianist: Nicholas Kok

Director: Gordon House

A BBC Radio 4/BBC World Service co-production first broadcast in 1990.


FRI 11:00 EM Forster Short Stories (b017gyls)
The Obelisk

The Story of the Siren is the first in our series of short fiction by EM Forster. It is an unsettling story about a sea nymph and an ill fated young Sicilian. The novelist best known for twentieth century classics including A Passage to India, A Room with a View and Maurice was also a prolific writer of short stories. In them he explored many of the themes central to his novels, including the morals of the middle classes in the early twentieth century, and his fascination with culture and mores of the beguiling South. The reader is Dan Stevens.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton. Produced by Elizabeth Allard.


FRI 11:15 The Recall Man (b00kkdkk)
Stepping Out

Dr Joe Aston feels threatened when a rival psychologist is hired to investigate baffling attacks on women. Stars Jeremy Swift.


FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007k4gh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 12:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jtjp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 13:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtfx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


FRI 13:30 Mannequins (b0075zhk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


FRI 14:00 Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet (b00mw69h)
The Hanged Man

The sinister workings of a serial killer's mind are exposed when a fair arrives in Kirkcaldy. Read by Steven McNicoll.


FRI 14:15 Churchill's Other Lives (b00zft89)
Women

Winston Churchill was revered by millions as the saviour of Britain in the Second World War, but he wasn't just a great war leader - he wrote millions of words of journalism, he painted, he built brick walls, he owned racehorses, he gambled in Monte Carlo casinos and even wrote screenplays. Yet his personality was mercurial; bouts of hyper-activity were interspersed with black days of depression. While he had a loving marriage, he spent long periods apart from his wife and children, some of whom caused him deep anxiety and distress.

To mark the fiftieth anniversary of his death, celebrated historian Sir David Cannadine, author of In Churchill's Shadow, examines the life and career of Winston Churchill by looking at ten different themes that are less well known, but which are crucial to a fuller understanding of one of the most extraordinary individuals ever to occupy No. 10 Downing Street.

Winston Churchill never knew the names of his secretaries - calling 'get me a miss' when he needed to give dictation. Yet such was his charm that women fell in love with him over the dinner table. How much was he interested in women - or sex? Today, Sir David Cannadine explores Churchill's attitude to women, his relationship with his nanny Mrs. Everest and with the other central woman in his life, his wife Clementine.

Featuring Roger Allam as Winston Churchill.

Producer: Melissa FitzGerald
A Blakeway production for BBC Radio 4.


FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b009xysg)
Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street

Episode 5

Diana Griffiths's dramatisation of Winifred Holtby's tale of a woman's journey into self-fulfilment.

5/10. Muriel and her mother visit Scarborough during the War but the Germans are shelling the town. A visit from Godfrey Neale changes the course of Muriel's life.

Muriel ...... Clare Goose
Connie ...... Joanne Froggatt
Godfrey ...... James D'Arcy
Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth
Delia Vaughan ...... Deborah McAndrew

Directed by Pauline Harris.


FRI 14:45 Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master (b0076r51)
Episode 5

Post-1945, Matisse applies his extraordinary scissor and paper technique to the design of the interior of the chapel at Vence. Concluded by Eleanor Bron.


FRI 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007k02r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b04687vc)
Mel gets in gear with a celebration of the famous Beetle car, and there's the concluding episode of our current story The Tail of Emily Windsnap.


FRI 17:00 The Brothers (b007mc8t)
Series 1

Episode 4

Arson and revolving bow ties - just another day for Nigel and Michael. Stars Adam Godley and Raymond Coulthard. From June 2004.


FRI 17:30 Chambers (b007jyzz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


FRI 18:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b00k3x21)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


FRI 18:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jp11)
Series 1

Les Dawson

"Hardship? He knew all about it..."

Mark Radcliffe profiles the career of the Mancunian wordsmith who started out playing piano in a Parisian brothel - and went on to become one of this country's most popular comedians.

Featuring Roy Barraclough.

A six-part series exploring the tradition of the northern comedian.

Producer: Bernadette McConnell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.


FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007k4gh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 19:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jtjp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 20:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (b007jtfx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


FRI 20:30 Mannequins (b0075zhk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


FRI 21:00 EM Forster Short Stories (b017gyls)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


FRI 21:15 The Recall Man (b00kkdkk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]


FRI 22:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters (b01hl29y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


FRI 22:30 Party (b00rblxx)
Series 1

Episode 2

The Party sets out to clarify its policies on climate change whilst Duncan deals with the aftermath of under-cooked chicken sausages from a BBQ.

Before long, murder is committed and the young idealists are placed in a compromising position.

Tom Basden’s sitcom satirises their ambitions, hypocrisy and naivety - based on his 2009 Edinburgh play which won a fringe first.

Simon ...... Tom Basden
Mel ...... Anna Crilly
Duncan ...... Tim Key
Jared ...... Johnny Sweet
Phoebe ...... Katy Wix

Producer: Julia McKenzie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.


FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b047wksd)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith is joined by Suzi Ruffell.


FRI 23:00 The Mary Whitehouse Experience (b045xy47)
Series 4

Episode 6

Charity telethons are mercilessly parodied by Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt, Robert Newman and David Baddiel. From November 1990.


FRI 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00tbb7d)
Series 2

Conference

John Weak designs the perfect company conference using only a video of great sporting moments and that fox from Channel 5 News.

Randy, devious, sexist and workshy, John Weak puts the man into management – in the return of Guy Browning’s sitcom.

Starring Alexander Armstrong as marketing maestro and "totty" magnet John Weak.

Hayley ...... Clare Perkns
Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook
Hayley ...... Clare Perkns
Ross Fullbright ...... Ewan Bailey
Giles Renton Willis ...... Stephen Critchlow
Marian Davis ...... Adjoa Andoh
Camilla Harma-McCall ...... Beth Chalmers

Producer: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006.




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

15 Minute Drama 14:30 MON (b009x1bf)

15 Minute Drama 00:30 TUE (b009x1bf)

15 Minute Drama 14:30 TUE (b009x2q4)

15 Minute Drama 00:30 WED (b009x2q4)

15 Minute Drama 14:30 WED (b009x596)

15 Minute Drama 00:30 THU (b009x596)

15 Minute Drama 14:30 THU (b009xwy4)

15 Minute Drama 00:30 FRI (b009xwy4)

15 Minute Drama 14:30 FRI (b009xysg)

A Confidential Agent 04:15 SAT (b007js48)

A Good Read 18:30 MON (b0467jk3)

A Good Read 01:30 TUE (b0467jk3)

A Look Back at the Future 22:30 WED (b01rh3wq)

A Short History of Ireland 00:15 SAT (b007wpfn)

Act Your Age 18:00 TUE (b00fr1tp)

Act Your Age 01:00 WED (b00fr1tp)

Albert and Me 14:30 SAT (b007k0dw)

Albert and Me 08:30 WED (b007jzd2)

Albert and Me 12:30 WED (b007jzd2)

Albert and Me 19:30 WED (b007jzd2)

Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section 07:30 TUE (b045z943)

Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section 22:00 TUE (b045z943)

All the Young Dudes 09:00 WED (b01by441)

All the Young Dudes 18:00 WED (b01by441)

All the Young Dudes 01:00 THU (b01by441)

An Actor's Life for Me 07:00 WED (b008h696)

An Actor's Life for Me 17:30 WED (b008h696)

An Actor's Life for Me 05:30 THU (b008h696)

Archive on 4 08:00 SAT (b01kr725)

Archive on 4 15:00 SAT (b01kr725)

Archive on 4 01:00 SUN (b01kr725)

Ayres on the Air 07:00 THU (b019ly4t)

Ayres on the Air 17:30 THU (b019ly4t)

Ayres on the Air 05:30 FRI (b019ly4t)

Beautiful Dreamers 22:30 SUN (b00w200k)

Between Rock and a Good Cause 02:30 SAT (b008fbnc)

Beyond Our Ken 08:00 SUN (b00vs1tc)

Beyond Our Ken 15:00 SUN (b00vs1tc)

Beyond Our Ken 20:00 SUN (b00vs1tc)

Beyond Our Ken 02:30 MON (b00vs1tc)

Bleak Expectations 23:00 TUE (b00ngz6q)

Book at Bedtime 00:30 SAT (b00l9sp0)

Bradbury 13 18:30 SUN (b0146gb0)

Bradbury 13 00:30 MON (b0146gb0)

Bristow 09:30 THU (b00cq588)

Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize 23:00 SAT (b045gdqt)

Chambers 05:30 SAT (b007jyrj)

Chambers 07:00 FRI (b007jyzz)

Chambers 17:30 FRI (b007jyzz)

Charles Dickens 10:00 MON (b007jzxk)

Charles Dickens 15:00 MON (b007jzxk)

Charles Dickens 03:00 TUE (b007jzxk)

Charles Dickens 10:00 TUE (b007jzyx)

Charles Dickens 15:00 TUE (b007jzyx)

Charles Dickens 03:00 WED (b007jzyx)

Charles Dickens 10:00 WED (b007k006)

Charles Dickens 15:00 WED (b007k006)

Charles Dickens 03:00 THU (b007k006)

Charles Dickens 10:00 THU (b007k01g)

Charles Dickens 15:00 THU (b007k01g)

Charles Dickens 03:00 FRI (b007k01g)

Charles Dickens 10:00 FRI (b007k02r)

Charles Dickens 15:00 FRI (b007k02r)

Churchill's Other Lives 14:15 MON (b00y6p63)

Churchill's Other Lives 00:15 TUE (b00y6p63)

Churchill's Other Lives 14:15 TUE (b00zfsxy)

Churchill's Other Lives 00:15 WED (b00zfsxy)

Churchill's Other Lives 14:15 WED (b00zft2t)

Churchill's Other Lives 00:15 THU (b00zft2t)

Churchill's Other Lives 14:15 THU (b00zft85)

Churchill's Other Lives 00:15 FRI (b00zft85)

Churchill's Other Lives 14:15 FRI (b00zft89)

Clare in the Community 07:30 SUN (b00slqvv)

Clare in the Community 22:00 SUN (b00slqvv)

Clare in the Community 02:00 MON (b00slqvv)

Comedy Controller 09:00 SAT (b007jq4z)

Comedy Controller 19:00 SAT (b007jq4z)

Concrete Cow 22:30 TUE (b00768y0)

Dad's Army 08:00 THU (b007jr4t)

Dad's Army 12:00 THU (b007jr4t)

Dad's Army 19:00 THU (b007jr4t)

Dangerous Visions 18:00 SAT (b02x66zn)

Dangerous Visions 00:00 SUN (b02x66zn)

Dead Ringers 09:00 THU (b00hx64y)

Dead Ringers 18:00 THU (b00hx64y)

Dead Ringers 01:00 FRI (b00hx64y)

Deadheading - Omnibus 12:00 SAT (b0465cx5)

Deadheading - Omnibus 02:00 SUN (b0465cx5)

Dennis Potter - The Changing Forest 00:45 SAT (b007jngq)

E Nesbit - The Railway Children 09:30 SUN (b00qxzyr)

E Nesbit - The Railway Children 17:30 SUN (b00qxzyr)

E Nesbit - The Railway Children 05:30 MON (b00qxzyr)

EM Forster Short Stories 11:00 WED (b017gqvz)

EM Forster Short Stories 21:00 WED (b017gqvz)

EM Forster Short Stories 04:00 THU (b017gqvz)

EM Forster Short Stories 11:00 THU (b017gvd8)

EM Forster Short Stories 21:00 THU (b017gvd8)

EM Forster Short Stories 04:00 FRI (b017gvd8)

EM Forster Short Stories 11:00 FRI (b017gyls)

EM Forster Short Stories 21:00 FRI (b017gyls)

Ed Reardon's Week 07:30 THU (b01f5mmk)

Ed Reardon's Week 22:00 THU (b01f5mmk)

Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology 11:00 TUE (b007jwq0)

Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology 21:00 TUE (b007jwq0)

Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology 04:00 WED (b007jwq0)

Elizabeth Buchan - Frozen Words 11:00 MON (b007w26k)

Elizabeth Buchan - Frozen Words 21:00 MON (b007w26k)

Elizabeth Buchan - Frozen Words 04:00 TUE (b007w26k)

Elizabeth Buchan - Submersion 04:00 SAT (b007jwt4)

Fat Chance 07:00 MON (b01b3fp9)

Fat Chance 17:30 MON (b01b3fp9)

Fat Chance 05:30 TUE (b01b3fp9)

Foley and McColl: The Interview 23:45 MON (b0076cyy)

Foley and McColl: The Interview 09:45 TUE (b0076cyy)

Fragments in Time 06:30 WED (b0075rn6)

Fragments in Time 13:30 WED (b0075rn6)

Fragments in Time 20:30 WED (b0075rn6)

Fragments in Time 02:30 THU (b0075rn6)

Freak Out! The Frank Zappa Story 06:30 THU (b00770gq)

Freak Out! The Frank Zappa Story 13:30 THU (b00770gq)

Freak Out! The Frank Zappa Story 20:30 THU (b00770gq)

Freak Out! The Frank Zappa Story 02:30 FRI (b00770gq)

Great Lives 18:30 THU (b00764bh)

Great Lives 01:30 FRI (b00764bh)

Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin - Almost the Truth 06:00 SAT (b007wvcq)

Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin - Almost the Truth 16:00 SAT (b007wvcq)

Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin - Almost the Truth 04:00 SUN (b007wvcq)

HG Wells 18:45 SAT (b01mltrs)

HG Wells 00:45 SUN (b01mltrs)

Hancock's Half Hour 08:00 WED (b007jppj)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:00 WED (b007jppj)

Hancock's Half Hour 19:00 WED (b007jppj)

Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master 14:45 MON (b0076r2v)

Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master 00:45 TUE (b0076r2v)

Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master 14:45 TUE (b0076r3f)

Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master 00:45 WED (b0076r3f)

Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master 14:45 WED (b0076r3z)

Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master 00:45 THU (b0076r3z)

Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master 14:45 THU (b0076r4j)

Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master 00:45 FRI (b0076r4j)

Hilary Spurling - Matisse the Master 14:45 FRI (b0076r51)

How Tickled Am I? 01:30 SAT (b007jnxs)

How Tickled Am I? 18:30 FRI (b007jp11)

Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet 14:00 MON (b00mtr89)

Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet 00:00 TUE (b00mtr89)

Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet 14:00 TUE (b00mv1sl)

Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet 00:00 WED (b00mv1sl)

Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet 14:00 WED (b00mvd3y)

Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet 00:00 THU (b00mvd3y)

Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet 14:00 THU (b00mvqs6)

Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet 00:00 FRI (b00mvqs6)

Ian Rankin - Beggars Banquet 14:00 FRI (b00mw69h)

In the Psychiatrist's Chair 13:15 SAT (b0075211)

In the Psychiatrist's Chair 03:15 SUN (b0075211)

JM Barrie - Peter Pan 09:00 SUN (b00sbrl0)

JM Barrie - Peter Pan 17:00 SUN (b00sbrl0)

JM Barrie - Peter Pan 05:00 MON (b00sbrl0)

Jon Ronson On 23:00 SUN (b0076wxt)

Just a Minute 07:30 MON (b045z7s2)

Just a Minute 22:00 MON (b045z7s2)

King of Bath 09:30 WED (b045xxsw)

Knutas on Britain 07:30 SAT (b00yqtxp)

Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue 01:00 SAT (b01nlp10)

Life: An Idiot's Guide 09:30 MON (b045xxst)

Life: An Idiot's Guide 22:30 MON (b045xxst)

Like They've Never Been Gone 17:00 MON (b009mbjl)

Like They've Never Been Gone 05:00 TUE (b009mbjl)

Listen to Les 14:00 SAT (b01nchmv)

Listen to Les 08:00 MON (b01nh8zx)

Listen to Les 12:00 MON (b01nh8zx)

Listen to Les 19:00 MON (b01nh8zx)

Loose Ends 11:15 MON (b046j2jk)

Loose Ends 21:15 MON (b046j2jk)

Loose Ends 04:15 TUE (b046j2jk)

Love Stories 10:45 SUN (b01ms34t)

Love Stories 21:45 SUN (b01ms34t)

Love Stories 01:45 MON (b01ms34t)

Mannequins 06:30 FRI (b0075zhk)

Mannequins 13:30 FRI (b0075zhk)

Mannequins 20:30 FRI (b0075zhk)

Martyn Wade - Stepniak 03:00 SAT (b00sfby9)

Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 SUN (b0467707)

Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates 06:00 WED (b007jtf4)

Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates 13:00 WED (b007jtf4)

Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates 20:00 WED (b007jtf4)

Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates 02:00 THU (b007jtf4)

Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates 06:00 THU (b007jtfc)

Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates 13:00 THU (b007jtfc)

Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates 20:00 THU (b007jtfc)

Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates 02:00 FRI (b007jtfc)

Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates 06:00 FRI (b007jtfx)

Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates 13:00 FRI (b007jtfx)

Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates 20:00 FRI (b007jtfx)

Much Binding in the Marsh 08:30 SUN (b018sjr1)

Much Binding in the Marsh 15:30 SUN (b018sjr1)

Much Binding in the Marsh 20:30 SUN (b018sjr1)

Much Binding in the Marsh 03:00 MON (b018sjr1)

Musical Genes 18:30 TUE (b00dsl3m)

Musical Genes 01:30 WED (b00dsl3m)

No Commitments 17:00 THU (b007jv6f)

No Commitments 05:00 FRI (b007jv6f)

North by Northamptonshire 09:00 MON (b00sp454)

North by Northamptonshire 18:00 MON (b00sp454)

North by Northamptonshire 01:00 TUE (b00sp454)

Off the Page 18:30 WED (b00766xc)

Off the Page 01:30 THU (b00766xc)

Old Harry's Game 23:00 WED (b00c6jfr)

Party 22:30 FRI (b00rblxx)

Paul Temple 02:00 SAT (b007rfb2)

Paul Temple 06:00 MON (b007rgr1)

Paul Temple 13:00 MON (b007rgr1)

Paul Temple 20:00 MON (b007rgr1)

Paul Temple 02:00 TUE (b007rgr1)

Paul Temple 06:00 TUE (b007rj64)

Paul Temple 13:00 TUE (b007rj64)

Paul Temple 20:00 TUE (b007rj64)

Paul Temple 02:00 WED (b007rj64)

Q & A by Vikas Swarup 00:00 SAT (b007vlvl)

Redesigning the Human Body 07:15 SUN (b00pmgxl)

Redesigning the Human Body 13:15 SUN (b00pmgxl)

Revolting People 22:30 THU (b00wlrp5)

Richard Herring's Objective 23:30 SAT (b00vkycj)

Shappi Talk 22:00 SAT (b00wsr2x)

Sherlock Holmes v Dracula 13:30 SUN (b0084gr2)

Sherlock Holmes v Dracula 03:30 MON (b0084gr2)

Snap 07:00 TUE (b012llxz)

Snap 17:30 TUE (b012llxz)

Snap 05:30 WED (b012llxz)

Son of Cliche 23:30 TUE (b00p1jb9)

Start/Stop 07:30 WED (b03b2zb3)

Start/Stop 22:00 WED (b03b2zb3)

Steptoe and Son 08:00 FRI (b007k4gh)

Steptoe and Son 12:00 FRI (b007k4gh)

Steptoe and Son 19:00 FRI (b007k4gh)

Take It From Here 08:30 THU (b016vh18)

Take It From Here 12:30 THU (b016vh18)

Take It From Here 19:30 THU (b016vh18)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 MON (b0467j6b)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 TUE (b0467pfp)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 WED (b046817c)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 THU (b04684j3)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 FRI (b04687vc)

The Al Read Show 08:30 TUE (b0090v01)

The Al Read Show 12:30 TUE (b0090v01)

The Al Read Show 19:30 TUE (b0090v01)

The Brothers 05:00 SAT (b007m477)

The Brothers 17:00 FRI (b007mc8t)

The Code of the Woosters 17:00 WED (b007w5j9)

The Code of the Woosters 05:00 THU (b007w5j9)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 SAT (b047wkqq)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 SUN (b047wkqs)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 TUE (b047wkqv)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 THU (b047wkqx)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 FRI (b047wksd)

The Female Ghost 18:00 SUN (b00njx8j)

The Female Ghost 00:00 MON (b00njx8j)

The First Private Eye 06:30 MON (b00768yq)

The First Private Eye 13:30 MON (b00768yq)

The First Private Eye 20:30 MON (b00768yq)

The First Private Eye 02:30 TUE (b00768yq)

The Goon Show 08:00 TUE (b007jnth)

The Goon Show 12:00 TUE (b007jnth)

The Goon Show 19:00 TUE (b007jnth)

The Jason Byrne Show 22:30 SAT (b01pfrm4)

The Mary Whitehouse Experience 23:00 FRI (b045xy47)

The Museum of Curiosity 09:00 FRI (b00k3x21)

The Museum of Curiosity 18:00 FRI (b00k3x21)

The Navy Lark 08:30 MON (b007jnvy)

The Navy Lark 12:30 MON (b007jnvy)

The Navy Lark 19:30 MON (b007jnvy)

The News Quiz Extra 23:00 MON (b045xx54)

The News Quiz Extra 09:00 TUE (b045xx54)

The Penny Dreadfuls 23:00 THU (b00gpbcs)

The Recall Man 11:15 TUE (b00kjsmw)

The Recall Man 21:15 TUE (b00kjsmw)

The Recall Man 04:15 WED (b00kjsmw)

The Recall Man 11:15 WED (b00kk5q9)

The Recall Man 21:15 WED (b00kk5q9)

The Recall Man 04:15 THU (b00kk5q9)

The Recall Man 11:15 THU (b00kkcfd)

The Recall Man 21:15 THU (b00kkcfd)

The Recall Man 04:15 FRI (b00kkcfd)

The Recall Man 11:15 FRI (b00kkdkk)

The Recall Man 21:15 FRI (b00kkdkk)

The Reunion 10:00 SUN (b01m2vmg)

The Reunion 21:00 SUN (b01m2vmg)

The Reunion 01:00 MON (b01m2vmg)

The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter 08:30 FRI (b007jtjp)

The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter 12:30 FRI (b007jtjp)

The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter 19:30 FRI (b007jtjp)

The Sofa of Time 23:30 WED (b00j0hqt)

Think the Unthinkable 23:30 THU (b01hpf1m)

This American Life 11:00 SUN (b04676sm)

This American Life 19:00 SUN (b04676sm)

Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters 17:30 SAT (b01h77ln)

Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters 05:30 SUN (b01h77ln)

Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters 07:30 FRI (b01hl29y)

Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters 22:00 FRI (b01hl29y)

Trevor's World of Sport 09:30 FRI (b00mbbfm)

Up the Garden Path 17:00 TUE (b0082g3d)

Up the Garden Path 05:00 WED (b0082g3d)

Vikas Swarup - Q & A 06:00 SUN (b045xvch)

Vikas Swarup - Q & A 12:00 SUN (b045xvch)

Warpaint: The Story Of Camouflage 06:30 TUE (b00768wm)

Warpaint: The Story Of Camouflage 13:30 TUE (b00768wm)

Warpaint: The Story Of Camouflage 20:30 TUE (b00768wm)

Warpaint: The Story Of Camouflage 02:30 WED (b00768wm)

We Are Klang: Amazing Lives 23:30 SUN (b007k3hw)

Weak at the Top 23:30 FRI (b00tbb7d)