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RADIO-LISTS: BBC RADIO 4 Extra
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SATURDAY 31 JANUARY 2015

SAT 00:00 Book at Bedtime (b00rdv5n)
Salley Vickers - Dancing Backwards

Episode 10

Eileen Atkins reads from Salley Vickers' acclaimed new novel, Dancing Backwards

Violet Hetherington's husband has recently died. Alone, she decides to take a cruise-ship crossing to visit her old friend, Edwin, in New York.

As she journeys across the Atlantic the quiet Violet begins to blossom - learning to ballroom dance, taking up smoking again, befriending a famously seething theatre critic. And in her time alone she reminisces about her early adulthood as a student at Cambridge. It's at Cambridge that she meets Edwin. Edwin, it soon becomes clear, is someone she's betrayed and someone she's both terrified and desperate to see again. The story that unfolds about the young Violet holds the secret to that betrayal.

In tonight's episode, Violet and Edwin will finally put their demons to rest.

Written and abridged by Salley Vickers. Vickers is a critically acclaimed, best-selling novelist whose work includes Mr Golightly's Holiday, Instances of the Number 3, Miss Garnet's Angel and The Other Side of You. Miss Garnet's Angel and The Other Side of You were both popular Book at Bedtimes. Last year she dramatised her version of the Oedipus myth, Where Three Roads Meet, for Radio 4's Afternoon Play slot. Before becoming a full time writer she was a psychoanalyst.

SAT 00:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bfpzw)
Three Wise Men

Heather Couper reviews ancient associations of stars and planets with deities and astrology's link to maths and the 24-hour day.

SAT 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b00qxzbd)
Absent

Departure

By Mark Davies Markham.

Tony has proved himself as a father but his access to his children remains the same. His wife wants a new start 200 miles away.

Tony ...... Craige Els
Clare ...... Gillian Kearney
Miss Farrow ...... Alison Pettitt
Josh ...... Alfie Davies
Ryan ...... Michael Shelford
Nick ...... Robert Hitchmough

Directed by Claire Grove.

SAT 00:45 Book of the Week (b00r3yk8)
Max Hastings - Did You Really Shoot the Television?

Episode 5

Max Hastings recalls the marriage of his Fleet Street parents, roving reporter Mac and glamorous editor Anne.

More trouble for Mac, and Anne's later 'business' with the small Picasso.

With additional readings by Nigel Hastings as Mac and Joanna Monro as Anne.

Abridged by Penny Leicester.

SAT 01:00 Jest a Minute (b017gnw5)
Series 2

Episode 4

Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz from the Glee Club in Cardiff.

With Elis James, Jon Richardson, Lloyd Langford and Chris Corcoran

Producers: Paul Forde and Gareth Gwynn.

First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in 2006.

SAT 01:30 Meet the Parents (b037z6mq)
Series 4

Michelle McManus

Michelle McManus talks to her parents about how her dreams of becoming a pop princess turned to reality when she won Pop Idol back in 2003. They discuss what Michelle's success has had on the family and the highlights of her career which include singing for the Pope and the Queen.

SAT 02:00 Wimsey (b007jvn6)
Strong Poison

Old Bailey

Lord Peter Wimsey attends the trial of Harriet Vane, a young mystery writer accused of poisoning her former lover with arsenic. The evidence against her seems overwhelming, but the shrewd, debonair sleuth harbours doubts over her guilt.

Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Carleton Hobbs as the Judge, Charlotte Mitchell as the Dowager Duchess, Ann Bell as Harriet Vane and Stephen Thorne as the Attorney-General.

British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Strong Poison was first published in 1930.

Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.

Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.

Adapted for radio in six episodes by Chris Miller.

Producer: Simon Brett.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1976.

SAT 02:30 Let Me Entertain You (b00dpw98)
Episode 4

High-diving elks, the sporting munificence of Charles Dickens and the explosion in music hall entertainment all help bring to a close the merry little stroll John Sessions has been taking through the history of popular entertainment in the UK.

Having joined the restoration celebrations of 1660 and witnessed the rise of a new popular entertainment phenomenon, the sporting hero, John now ventures into the industrial heartlands of Victorian Britain to see how the masses were kept amused before the dawn of cinema and the emergence of a global entertainment industry worth billions of pounds.

Producer: Paul Kobrak

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008.

SAT 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b04wwwcc)
5-9 January 1915

Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. In the final omnibus edition of Season 2, Folkestone mourns one of its missing and the Grahams await a special delivery...

Written by Katie Hims
Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews
Music: Matthew Strachan
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Directed and produced by: Lucy Collingwood
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

SAT 04:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories (b01rcw0n)
An Incident in the Life of Georgy Crookhill

Anxious not to be outdone, the registrar relates a story of treachery among thieves. Read by Richard Mitchley.

SAT 04:15 Steve Walker - Haunted By More Cake (b04xf4pw)
With a tea party going on in his stomach, Lionel has fallen in love with a guest. How can Uncle Ginger help? Stars Graham Crowden.

SAT 05:00 King Street Junior Revisited (b00ktvvt)
Series 4

It's Behind You

Christmas is coming but goodwill is in short supply among the staff panto cast. Stars Marlene Sidaway and Brigit Forsyth.

SAT 05:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b0080qvk)
Series 3

Episode 4

Council leader Mrs Roberts insists an electrical substation be raffled off. Political satire with Jo Kendall. From July 1990.

SAT 06:00 Ronald Harwood - The Dresser (b01s82g4)
"What do we play tomorrow, Norman?"

"King Lear, sir."

"Then I shall wake with the storm clouds in my head."

Norman has his work cut out, as 'Sir' prepares to tackle yet another performance of Lear.

Starring Freddie Jones as Sir, Michael Palin as Norman and Melinda Walker as Her Ladyship.

Percussionist: Roy Sinclair

Written by Ronald Harwood. Adapted and directed for radio by David Blount.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993.

SAT 07:30 Faking the Classics (b00t6sjb)
Mozart

How tricksters have tampered with the composer's musical legacy. Jonathan Bate sounds out the real notes from the duff ones.

SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b008d1mm)
Maids and Mistresses

4 Extra Debut. Christina Hardyment re-evaluates life below stairs in interwar Britain, particularly for maids in middle-class homes. From December 2007.

SAT 09:00 Alexander Armstrong's Radio Heroes (b01qdwl5)
The X-Men? Pah! Superman? Bah! Give us Jet Morgan any day - as Alexander Armstrong celebrates those fine gentleman adventurers of the wireless

Big screen do-gooders like the Avengers have the glam and the moves, but you don't have to be superhuman to be a hero. Enjoy our very own British brand of intrepid adventurer, for whom style, panache, wit and guile serve just as well as x-ray vision, awesome strength or vivid underpants.

Guiding us through this modern pantheon is Alexander Armstrong - no stranger to style, panache and wit himself - although he assures us his underpants are suitably subdued.

Along the way, we'll ponder what makes these characters so enduringly heroic? - and what qualities does a hero need?

Featuring:

RAFFLES:
EW Hornung's gentleman cracksman seizes a challenge. Stars Jeremy Clyde.

JOURNEY INTO SPACE:
Captain Jet Morgan in the classic 1950s sci-fi from Charles Chilton. Stars Andrew Faulds.

SEXTON BLAKE
The comic strip crime fighter devised for radio in the 1960s by Philip Ridgeway. Starring William Franklyn.

DICK BARTON: SPECIAL AGENT:
The BBC Light Programme's hugely popular radio hero revived in 1972 and starring Noel Johnson.

JUDGE DREDD:
Gary Martin stars as the legendary law enforcement officer. Produced by Dirk Maggs.

THE DEVIL IN AMBER
The decadent Edwardian dandy and defender of the realm, Lucifer Box. Written and read by Mark Gatiss.

Produced by Martin Dempsey.

SAT 12:00 Tinsel Girl (b050xkyy)
Tinsel Girl and the Tropical Trip

Uplifting comedy drama about the life, loves and misadventures of wheelchair user Maz. Starring and inspired by Cherylee Houston. Written by Lou Ramsden.

SAT 13:15 Dickens Confidential (b01kkwq8)
Series 1

Captain Swing

Can Charles Dickens help workers overcome the tyranny of Victorian landowners? What of Captain Swing? Stars Jamie Glover.

SAT 14:00 Brothers in Law (b007k0z0)
Series 1

The First Brief

Rookie barrister Roger Thursby unwittingly aids a habitual fraudster.

Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972.

Roger Thursby ...... Richard Briers
Henry Blagrove ...... Richard Waring
Sally Mannering ...... Ann Davies
Grimes ...... John Glyn-Jones

Special guest stars:
Green ...... Kenneth Connor
The Judge ...... John Le Mesurier

Other parts by Malcolm Hayes and Fredrick Treves.

Adapted for radio by Richard Waring from the BBC TV scripts.

Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes - originally edited for sale abroad.

Producer: David Hatch.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1970.

SAT 14:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b050cx7p)
From 20/10/1963

Down Your Way is in the village of Knotty Ash, Doddy croons a ditty and the World's Worst.

Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes - originally edited for sale abroad.

Starring Ken Dodd. With Judith Chalmers (Wish You Were Here), John Laurie (Dad's Army), Wallas Eaton, Percy Edwards, Peter Hudson and The Barry Sisters.

BBC Revue Orchestra, Conducted by Malcolm Lockyer

Script by Ken Dodd and Eddie Braben.

Produced by Bill Worsley

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1963.

SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b008d1mm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

SAT 16:00 Ronald Harwood - The Dresser (b01s82g4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

SAT 17:30 Gloomsbury (b01mx2sp)
Series 1

The Trials of Attempting an Elopement

A stellar cast of Miriam Margolyes, Alison Steadman, Nigel Planer, Morwenna Banks, Jonathan Coy and John Sessions breathes life into the colourfully chaotic characters of Gloomsbury, a riotous comedy about the Bloomsbury Group.

The six-part series from the pen of Sue Limb is an affectionate send up of the infamous literary group whose arty and adulterous adventures dominated the cultural scene in the early 20th century.

The series follows the fortunes of Vera Sackcloth-Vest (Margolyes) - writer, gardener and transvestite - and her urge to escape from the tranquillity of her rather cramped little castle in Kent which she shares with her doting but ambiguous husband Henry (Coy), who is 'something in the Foreign Office'. Vera's heart is forever surging with exotic passion for Ginny Fox (Steadman), a highly-strung novelist who adores her, or the beautiful but shallow Venus Traduces (Banks).

As the scene shifts from Kent to London, and Cornwall to Monaco, this close-knit coterie is divided by misunderstandings, jealousies and rows.

In episode one, Vera longs to elope to Mediterranean sunshine with one of her bosom chums. But her first choice, Ginny, is stubbornly impervious to adventure and Venus Traduces is fully booked for elopements until next April. Will Vera run off instead with the perky waitress at Lyons' Corner house? Meanwhile, what is Vera's husband Henry up to as telegrams fly between him and Archie Pinkerton-Poker at the Foreign Office?

Produced by Jamie Rix
A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4.

SAT 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js7p)
Episode 1

Aspiring poet Saul Judd gets drawn into a web of dark and mysterious forces - as a leprous prince ignores sinister warnings and a Bath playgroup's blind terror baffles the adults...

Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial in six episodes.

Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd
Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd
Freddie Jones .... The Scribe
Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife
Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria
John Telfer .... Prince Bladud
Trevor Cooper .... Rough Peasant
Sam Dastor .... Karim el Hatel
June Barrie .... The Chairwoman
Geoff Serle .... The Northern Man
Jonathan Adams .... The Guardian

Original music composed by Thomas Johnson.
Music realised by Robin Lever.
Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop)

Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.

SAT 18:30 Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (b007jpdb)
Episode 1

In 22nd-century Britain, the collapse of the pensions system means compulsory euthanasia for all 70-year-olds.

But a clerical error sparks major implications for George Smith...

Colin Swash's dystopian comedy stars Stephen Moore as George

George ...... Stephen Moore
Doris ...... Patsy Byrne
O'Connell ...... Geoffrey McGivern
Andrea Sunbeam ...... Lorelei King

Other parts by Melanie Hudson, Christopher Douglas and Lewis MacLeod.

Producer: Richard Wilson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1998.

SAT 19:00 Alexander Armstrong's Radio Heroes (b01qdwl5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

SAT 22:00 4 Extra Stands Up (b050xv4p)
Series 2

Episode 1

Richard Melvin introduces a selection of the best stand up comedians currently working in the UK.

Alun Cochrane shares with us some of his family troubles, Gary Little explains how walking his dog isn't always the easiest thing and Harriet Dyer and Jo Caulfield share their unique views on the world.

Recorded at Edinburgh's comedy club The Stand.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Dabster Productions.

SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b051vjbq)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Arthur Smith chats to Mark Thomas.

SAT 23:00 Mark Steel's in Town (b00rtbyy)
Series 2

Dartford

In this second series comedian Mark Steel visits 6 more UK towns to discover what makes them and their inhabitants distinctive.

He creates a bespoke stand-up show for that town and performs the show in front of a local audience.

As well as shedding light on the less visited areas of Britain, Mark uncovers stories and experiences that resonate with us all as we recognise the quirkiness of the British way of life and the rich tapestry of remarkable events and people who have shaped where we live.

During the series 'Mark Steel's In Town' Mark will visit Dartford in Kent, Wilmslow and Alderley Edge in Cheshire, Dumfries in the Borders, Penzance in Cornwall, Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, and Kirkwall in the Orkneys.

Episode 1 - In this first episode Mark performs a show for the residents of Dartford in Kent where he talks about the peasants' revolt, gypsy tart, Mick Jagger and what one resident calls the Road To Hell. From April 2010.

Written by Mark Steel with additional material by Pete Sinclair.
Produced by Julia McKenzie.

SAT 23:30 The Jason Byrne Show (b00mgxcn)
Series 1

Law

Exploring a fresh theme each week, the Irish comedian hosts stand-up and sketches. With guest Ivan Brackenbury. From July 2008.

SUNDAY 01 FEBRUARY 2015

SUN 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js7p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]

SUN 00:30 Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (b007jpdb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]

SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 (b008d1mm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]

SUN 02:00 Tinsel Girl (b050xkyy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]

SUN 03:15 Dickens Confidential (b01kkwq8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday]

SUN 04:00 Ronald Harwood - The Dresser (b01s82g4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]

SUN 05:30 Gloomsbury (b01mx2sp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday]

SUN 06:00 Absent (Omnibus) (b05126qf)
Tony, a self-employed electrician from Liverpool, has no idea that his wife of eleven years has had enough of him and wants him out of her and their children's lives for good.

Tony ...... Craige Els
Clare ...... Gillian Kearney
Nick ...... Robert Hitchmough
Aggy ...... Annabelle Dowler
Josh ...... Alfie Davies
Sean ...... Carl Prekopp

By Mark Davies Markham.

Directed by Claire Grove.

SUN 07:15 Snapshots in the Dark (b0075qf8)
Jacob A Riis - Police Lodging Room, Church Street Station, 1895

Colin Ford explains how Riis's photographs of the New York slum had an immediate and extraordinary impact on society. From December 1999.

SUN 07:30 Sketchorama (b01kjt9h)
Series 1

Episode 3

Humphrey Ker with new sketch group talent from the circuit: The Three Englishmen, Max & Ivan and Frisky & Mannish. From July 2012.

SUN 08:00 The Arthur Haynes Show (b00zdbmj)
From 26/11/1962

A visit from the School Inspector, crazy capers at the Post Office - and a man gets his head stuck in some railings.

Arthur Haynes stars in the sketch show series written by Johnny Speight.

With

Nicholas Parsons
Patricia Hayes
Lesley Noyes

Music by the Temperance Seven.

Part of a selection of surviving episodes.

After working with Charlie Chester on a number of series for BBC Radio, Arthur Haynes (1914-1966) became a big star on ITV from the late 1950s.

Producer: Richard Dingley

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1962.

SUN 08:30 Stop Messing About! (b00s6rcj)
Series 2

Episode 11

A poetic young talent - and the funny business of commerce.

Starring Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Joan Sims and announcer, Douglas Smith.

After the unexpected death of Kenneth Horne in 1969, plans for the next series of Round The Horne were axed. Instead - using an old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title - Kenneth joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition and was also reunited with his "Carry On" film co-star Joan Sims.

Written by Myles Rudge, David Cumming and Derek Collyer.

With the Max Harris Group.

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1970.

SUN 09:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008f3cs)
Heartache

Jo and Laurie must face their futures, while Beth tells Jo the truth at last. Stars Buffy Davis and Gayle Hunnicutt.

SUN 09:30 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00cyywl)
The Wild Dogs

Mowgli and Kaa plan a jungle attack against the wild dogs. Stars Nisha K Nayar, Eartha Kitt and Freddie Jones.

SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0512j5y)
Maya Angelou

From Mahalia Jackson to Ray Charles. Author and poet Maya Angelou shares her castaway choices with Michael Parkinson.

Maya Angelou inherited her love of music from her grandmother, who used to sing to her as a child at the family home in the southern United States.

The first volume of her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, was a bestseller, describing her life as singer, actress, stripper, dancer and writer.

Maya looks back on a remarkable career and chooses eight records she would take to the mythical island.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1987.

SUN 10:45 Afternoon Reading (b010023q)
Backwards and in High Heels

Fascinating Marion

Stories of women quietly outperforming the men in their lives. Commissioned to mark 100 years since the birth of Ginger Rogers, who famously did everything that Fred Astaire did - only backwards and in high heels.

'Fascinating Marion' by Joan Smith. Teenager Stella is horrified when her practical mother invests in an outlandish hat. Read by Melody Grove.

Journalist, critic and novelist Joan Smith is the author of the 'Loretta Lawson' detective novels and writes a regular column for The Independent.

SUN 11:00 TED Radio Hour (b0505t34)
Series 1

Transformation

A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) stage.

Guy Raz investigates if we are the sum of our experiences, or can we choose our own path? With Zak Ebrahim.

SUN 11:45 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00cl32x)
Fule's Gold

After 40 years teaching creative writing, sneaky Mr Fisher discovers a masterpiece. Short story read by Stephen Moore.

SUN 12:00 Absent (Omnibus) (b05126qf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

SUN 13:15 Snapshots in the Dark (b0075qf8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]

SUN 13:30 Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 (b00vs0f0)
Firefighters in the future no longer stop fires, but start them by burning books. But one has forbidden doubts. Dark futuristic tale starring Michael Pennington.

SUN 15:00 The Arthur Haynes Show (b00zdbmj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

SUN 15:30 Stop Messing About! (b00s6rcj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show (b0512pxn)
Iain Stirling, Castle Ruins

Mel Giedroyc presents the best of this week's 4 O'Clock Shows, including a chat with The Dog Ate My Homework presenter Iain Stirling and a trip round some fantastic castle ruins.

SUN 17:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008f3cs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

SUN 17:30 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00cyywl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]

SUN 18:00 The Man in Black (b017glqm)
Series 4

1. Containment by David Lemon

A self-storage facility off the A12 offers hope to a lost soul, but there's a sinister price attached.

Mark Gatiss returns as the sinister raconteur, The Man in Black, to introduce David Lemon's unsettling tale.

Helen ...... Clare Corbett
Andy ...... Rikki Lawton
Tom ...... Carl Prekopp
Peter ...... Gabriel Brody
Lucy ...... Katie Angelou

More horrifying tales from The Man in Black. You might meet him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk at an employment agency or he might approach you in the corridor of a care home. Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on his stories. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you.

Director: Gemma Jenkins

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in November 2011.

SUN 18:30 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner (b007jrkq)
Strange Talents

Why does Prince Mephtik order his troops to destroy Jarral's village?

What strange talents does the boy possess to make the Poisoner want to hunt him down?

Douglas Hill's sci-fi fantasy dramatised in four parts by Wally K Daly.

Starring Eric Allen as Jarral the man, James Holland as Jarral the boy, Elizabeth Bell as Archer, Ben Onwukwe as Carver, Adjoa Ando as Dorrina, Susan Sheridan as Mandra, Hugh Dixon as Prince Mephtik with Nigel Carrington, Charles Millom and Neil Roberts as the Soldiers.

Special effects by Dick Mills.

Music by Peter Howells of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Producer: Peter Fozzard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991.

SUN 19:00 TED Radio Hour (b0505t34)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

SUN 19:45 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00cl32x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today]

SUN 20:00 The Arthur Haynes Show (b00zdbmj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

SUN 20:30 Stop Messing About! (b00s6rcj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0512j5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

SUN 21:45 Afternoon Reading (b010023q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]

SUN 22:00 Sketchorama (b01kjt9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

SUN 22:30 Elvenquest (b00w22h6)
Series 2

Episode 2

Amis' over-eating has forced him to put on weight.

This would be fine, were it not for the fact that he is the "Chosen One" and everyone knows Chosen Ones cannot be seen to be too pudgy. He is a role model after all. So the Questers take him to see the sorcerer, Dietica, where he is put on a punishing new regime - along with the rest of our noble band of heroes.

But, as ever, danger lurks round every corner in Lower Earth and it is not long until Dietica reveals his true plans for the Questers. And it involves more than just staying away from carbs.

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

Sam …. Stephen Mangan
Lord Darkness …. Alistair McGowan
Dietica …. Sanjeev Bhaskar
Dean/Kreech …. Kevin Eldon
Vidar …. Darren Boyd
Amis – The Chosen One …. Dave Lamb
Penthiselea …. Sophie Winkleman

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.

SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b051vl16)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Arthur Smith chats to Mark Thomas.

SUN 23:00 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off (b01gw5lw)
Series 3

Oil Rig

The footloose upper-class student finds himself slumming it with Scottish roughnecks. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From January 2005.

SUN 23:30 Jon Ronson On (b00dhlff)
Series 4

How to Stop Time

Jon Ronson wonders how we slow down or even stop time in a world which seems to be constantly accelerating. He talks to the scientist who claims to be developing a method of time travel and eventually hopes to visit the father who died in his childhood. He also talks to a man who holds the world record for staying awake the longest, thereby doubling his time. Guests include comedian Danny Robins.

MONDAY 02 FEBRUARY 2015

MON 00:00 The Man in Black (b017glqm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]

MON 00:30 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner (b007jrkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]

MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0512j5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]

MON 01:45 Afternoon Reading (b010023q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]

MON 02:00 The Arthur Haynes Show (b00zdbmj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]

MON 02:30 Stop Messing About! (b00s6rcj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday]

MON 03:00 Sketchorama (b01kjt9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]

MON 03:30 Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 (b00vs0f0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]

MON 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008f3cs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]

MON 05:30 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00cyywl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]

MON 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvn8)
Strong Poison

Ten Minutes in Bloomsbury

Upper crust sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey enlists inside help to try and clear authoress Harriet Vane.

Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Ambrosine Phillpotts as Miss Climpson, Ann Bell as Harriet Vane and Gabriel Woolf as Chief Inspector Parker.

British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Strong Poison was first published in 1930.

Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.

Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.

Adapted for radio in six episodes by Chris Miller.

Producer: Simon Brett.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1976.

MON 06:30 The Funny Thing About Muslims (b007qwzz)
Sarfraz Manzoor explores the view that Muslims lack a sense of humour.

Writer and broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor, himself a practising Muslim, talks to Muslim comics, comedy writers and scholars about what makes their fellow believers laugh.

How far can Muslim humour go about their faith? How does it compare to the way other religions and cultures laugh at themselves? And what subjects - if any - are off-limits?

Producer: Mohini Patel.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.

MON 07:00 North East of Eden (b01hc5tl)
Spirits

The discovery of an ancient relic brings pilgrims to Paradise, but Marcia is also praying for a miracle when errant boyfriend Clem pays a visit.

Rebecca Front and Joan Sims stars in Peter Kerry's sitcom about a GP living on a remote island off the coast of Northumbria.

Dr Marcia Hulme …. Rebecca Front
Auntie Annie …. Joan Sims
Hjorst …. Niall Ashdown
Joseph …. James Garbutt
Mrs Peevis …. Jean Southern
Ralph …. Stephen Thirkeld
William …. Sammy Johnson

Producer: Kathy Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.

MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b04yfssy)
Series 14

Episode 5

David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents. Lloyd Langford, Josh Widdicombe, Susan Calman and David O'Doherty are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as fakes, holes, cats and Marie Antoinette.

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

Produced by Jon Naismith.
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.

MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jl9m)
Series 1

Command Decision

Captain Mainwaring gets an offer of weapons for the platoon, but there's a catch...

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 Fraser …. John Laurie
Private Walker …. James Beck
Colonel Square …. Geoffrey Lumsden
Driver …. David Sinclair
Announcer …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974.

MON 08:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b007js4v)
From 22/01/1984

Michael Bentine stars as the great Tibetan mystic U Tug, members of the British Bath Craftsman's Guild, the Toastmaster, the entire United Nations and occasionally himself.

The ultimate one man show written and performed by the host. Listen in and you’ll believe that telephone boxes can fly.

Producer: Jamie Rix

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1984.

MON 09:00 Quote... Unquote (b00qp1ch)
Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange of quotations and anecdotes. With David Nobbs, Justin Webb, Marcel Berlins and Naomi Gryn. The reader is Peter Jefferson.

MON 09:30 Mr Blue Sky (b01132yy)
Series 1

Get Well Soon

Harvey Easter is a family man, tone-deaf piano seller and eternal optimist. Bittersweet sitcom with Mark Benton. From May 2011.

MON 10:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00sr4hr)
Episode 1

In one of his most famous and personal novels, Dostoyevsky portrays the vivid inner life of Prince Myshkin, who has returned from years abroad spent trying to treat his epilepsy. It takes courage for him to reintroduce himself into Russian society. On the long rain journey home, he firsts learns the story of a woman who will dominate his life from now on.

Adapted by Melissa Murray.

Starring Paul Rhys as Prince Myshkin, Alex Jennings as Ganya, Roger Allam as Rogazhin, Lia Williams as Nastasya, David Swift as General Yepanchin and Paula Jacobs as Mrs Yepanchin,

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.

MON 11:00 Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories (b03w3071)
Helicopter Jean

A father and daughter take a poignant woodland walk.

Ruth Gemmell reads a selection of stories from Alison Moore's atmospheric, and sometimes dark, debut collection.

Alison Moore was born in Manchester in 1971. Her stories have been published in various magazines and anthologies including Best British Short Stories 2011. She has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and the Manchester Fiction Prize, and won first prize in the novella category of The New Writer Prose and Poetry Prizes. Her first novel, The Lighthouse, was shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2012.

Abridged and produced by Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b050sbzh)
Rory Bremner, Kris Marshall, Pauline Black, Peter Duncan, David McAlmont, Nadine Shah

Clive Anderson is joined by Rory Bremner to talk about his upcoming BBC Two special 'Rory Bremner's Coalition Report: From Here To Austerity'. In front of a live audience Rory will try to make sense of the nonsense and ask, 'what is going on?' Clive talks to actor Kris Marshall about starring in the fourth series of BBC One's hit crime drama 'Death in Paradise'. Peter Duncan talks to Clive about his return to the cast of Rachel Wagstaff's stage play 'Birdsong', for the 2015 national tour. Co-host Sara Cox talks to Pauline Black, front woman of the legendary 2-Tone Ska band The Selecter. With music from David McAlmont and Nadine Shah.

Producer: Sukey Firth.

MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jl9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

MON 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b007js4v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

MON 13:00 Wimsey (b007jvn8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

MON 13:30 The Funny Thing About Muslims (b007qwzz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

MON 14:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00y9y8k)
Episode 1

Judith Kerr's classic novel for children set in Berlin in 1933, as Adolf Hitler's election campaign is underway. Read by Rosemary Leach.

First published in 1971, Judith's semi-autobiographical story tells the story of nine year-old Jewish girl Anna and her family's attempt to escape from the Nazis - passing through Switzerland and France - before arriving in England in 1936.

Judith wrote it for her son to explain her own story of her family fleeing Nazi Germany. Her father was a drama critic and a distinguished writer whose books were burned by the Nazis.

Kerr found herself a fairly willing refugee, seeing her long travels as a great adventure. A view her parents went to great pains to confirm, often hiding their own personal and professional privations and struggles from their young children.

Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury and produced by Peter Hutchings.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991.

MON 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvsd2)
Philosopher Scientists

Heather Couper considers Greek philosopher Thales's idea that natural forces, not actions by gods, cause natural disasters. From 2008.

MON 14:30 Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club (b00w46nz)
Episode 1

At the Muchly Bottom village chocolate lovers' club five women take turns in creating a chocolate delight and tell a chocolate-related tale while eating it.

At the inaugural meeting, Sarah reveals how chocolate helped her make one of the biggest decisions of her life...

Moya O'Shea’s delicious five-part drama.

Mrs Drexl - Sylvia Sims
Clementine - Paula Wilcox
Rosie - Helena Breck
Sarah - Eleanor Bron
Charlotte - Carolyn Pickles
Hot Shot - Carl Prekopp
Luke - Peter Darney

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

MON 14:45 Book of the Week (b00r93pj)
Chopin: Prince of the Romantics

Episode 1

Adam Zamoyski's biography of the brief but eventful life of the great Romantic composer Frederic Chopin, from Polish child prodigy to Paris dandy, his turbulent relationship with George Sand and his early death, penniless in Paris.

Chopin's prodigious talent as a pianist is recognised early on. But despite being lauded as the great nationalist hope in his native Poland, where his polonaises and mazurkas are inspired by the harmonies of Polish folk songs, the teenage Chopin soon becomes stifled by the provincialism of Warsaw. At 19, he leaves Poland for the temptations of bohemian Paris, never to live in his homeland again.

Abridged by Doreen Estall.

MON 15:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00sr4hr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0513x56)
Five Children on the Western Front and Just So Science

Mel Giedroyc presents the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award, Five Children on the Western Front, by Kate Saunders. Read exclusively by Sharon Rooney.

MON 17:00 Second Thoughts (b00lh0tj)
Series 4

Sobering Thoughts

Dennis vigorously renews his pursuit of Liza, while the demon drink throws up a problem for Bill and Faith.

Sitcom about the battles of married life for ex-divorcees Bill and Faith, whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and Faith's teenage children.

Stars James Bolam as Bill, Lynda Bellingham as Faith, Belinda Lang as Liza, Julia Sawalha as Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe, Geoffrey Whitehead as Richard and Brian Bowles as Dennis.

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

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

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.

MON 17:30 North East of Eden (b01hc5tl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

MON 18:00 Quote... Unquote (b00qp1ch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

MON 18:30 A Good Read (b05166kz)
Brian Aldiss and Richard Fortey

Sarah LeFanu is joined by award-winning sci-fi writer Brian Aldiss and author and palaeontologist Dr Richard Fortey to discuss three favourite paperbacks by T Coraghesson Boyle, Bernhard Schlink and Graham Greene. From 1999.

The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghesson Boyle
Publisher: Bloomsbury

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Publisher: Phoenix

Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene
Publisher: Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics.

MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jl9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

MON 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b007js4v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

MON 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvn8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

MON 20:30 The Funny Thing About Muslims (b007qwzz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

MON 21:00 Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories (b03w3071)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b050sbzh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]

MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b04yfssy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

MON 22:30 Mr Blue Sky (b01132yy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]

MON 23:00 The Now Show (b050c4sq)
Series 45

Episode 4

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comic take on the week's news.

MON 23:30 As Told To Craig Brown (b00bfp2j)
Episode 6

In the crosshairs of satire are hysterical media and busty starlets.

Craig Brown introduces a mixture of satire, social observation and nonsense.

Narrated by Juliet Stevenson and Steve Wright

With John Humphrys, Ronni Ancona, Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Sally Grace, Ewan Bailey and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008

TUESDAY 03 FEBRUARY 2015

TUE 00:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00y9y8k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]

TUE 00:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvsd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]

TUE 00:30 Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club (b00w46nz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]

TUE 00:45 Book of the Week (b00r93pj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday]

TUE 01:00 Quote... Unquote (b00qp1ch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]

TUE 01:30 A Good Read (b05166kz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]

TUE 02:00 Wimsey (b007jvn8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]

TUE 02:30 The Funny Thing About Muslims (b007qwzz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]

TUE 03:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00sr4hr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]

TUE 04:00 Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories (b03w3071)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]

TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b050sbzh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday]

TUE 05:00 Second Thoughts (b00lh0tj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]

TUE 05:30 North East of Eden (b01hc5tl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]

TUE 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvng)
Strong Poison

Norman Urquhart

Lord Peter Wimsey ponders a changed will, and whether Harriet's lover took his own life. Stars Ian Carmichael and Peter Jones.

TUE 06:30 Caught on Film (b00d44xj)
At Bologna's festival Il Cinema Ritrovato, Matthew Sweet discovers how our cinematic heritage is disintegrating. From August 2008.

TUE 07:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b014sntd)
Happiness Is Work

Edward Wilson is now in charge of the environment, but for how long?

Starring Robert Lindsay.

Futuristic sitcom by Richard Turner and William Osborne with a nod to George Orwell.

Edward ...... Robert Lindsay
Sophie ...... Siobhan Redmond
Charles ...... Paul Shearer

With Pam Ferris, Emma Thompson, Christopher Barr, Richard Turner and David Goodland.

Produced at BBC Manchester by Nick Symons.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1985.

TUE 07:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b05077kz)
Series 6

Reece Shearsmith

Reece Shearsmith had never had a driving lesson - until now.

Marcus Brigstocke also persuades him to try wallpapering for the first time.

Series which persuades guests to try new experiences: things they really ought to have done by now.

Some experiences are loved, some are loathed, in this show all about embracing the new.

Producer: Bill Dare

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015.

TUE 08:00 Yes Minister (b007jmj1)
Series 1

The Writing on the Wall

Finally losing patience with Sir Humphrey, MP Jim Hacker's big plans to slim down the Civil Service come home to roost.

Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.

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

Jim Hacker ...... Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby ...... Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard ...... Derek Fowlds
Frank Weisel ...... Bill Nighy
Sir Frederick ...... Peter Cellier
Foreign Secretary ...... Tenniel Evans
Dr Donald Hughes ...... Edward Petherbridge
Butler ...... Kerry Francis

Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on Radio 4 in November 1983.

TUE 08:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b0516tq7)
From 24/05/1964

It's the tickling season with Dickie Mint and meet the world's worst!

Starring Ken Dodd.

With Judith Chalmers, Patricia Hayes, Duncan Macrae, Peter Hudson, Wallas Eaton and Percy Edwards.

Music from Val Doonican.

BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Malcolm Lockyer.

Script by Ken Dodd and Eddie Braben.

Producer: Bill Worsley.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1964.

TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b050c4sq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]

TUE 09:30 Bristow (b007v1dg)
Series 3

The Good, the Bad and the Temporary

There's a new girl in town, and Bristow knows his office isn't big enough for the two of them.

Michael Williams stars as Bristow.

Frank Dickens' sitcom is based on his famous long-running newspaper cartoon strip about the Chester-Perry buying clerk.

Bristow ...... Michael Williams
Jones ...... Rodney Bewes
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Perkins ...... Leslie Phillips
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey
Fudge ...... Jon Glover
Postboy ...... Simon Schatzberger
Stokes ...... David Battley
Sylvana ...... Jackie Neglia

Music: John Whitehall

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000.

TUE 10:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00srkfz)
Episode 2

Despite the dark tales he's heard about her, Prince Myshkin eagerly heads to Nastasya's birthday party. Stars Alex Jennings.

TUE 11:00 Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories (b03w3jdx)
Jetsam

A lonely man takes his father's old diving equipment out to sea.

Ruth Gemmell reads a selection of stories from Alison Moore's atmospheric, and sometimes dark, debut collection.

Alison Moore was born in Manchester in 1971. Her stories have been published in various magazines and anthologies including Best British Short Stories 2011. She has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and the Manchester Fiction Prize, and won first prize in the novella category of The New Writer Prose and Poetry Prizes. Her first novel, The Lighthouse, was shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2012.

Abridged and produced by Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

TUE 11:15 Drama (b00qx43c)
Robin Glendinning - Edith's Story

The true story of 16-year-old Edith Scholem, forced to flee Berlin in 1934 as her family was arrested. Stars Emerald O'Hanrahan.

TUE 12:00 Yes Minister (b007jmj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

TUE 12:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b0516tq7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

TUE 13:00 Wimsey (b007jvng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

TUE 13:30 Caught on Film (b00d44xj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

TUE 14:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00y9ycj)
Episode 2

Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story set in Berlin. As elections loom, Anna's father disappears. Read by Rosemary Leach.

TUE 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvsc7)
Wheels Within Wheels

Heather Couper reflects on astronomer Ptolemy, who wrote 13 volumes listing over 1000 stars and 48 constellations around AD 150.

TUE 14:30 Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club (b00w4lt1)
Episode 2

Following her mother, it's Rosie's turn to tell her shameful tale of how her 21st birthday party nearly didn't happen...

At the Muchly Bottom village chocolate lovers' club five women take turns in creating a chocolate delight and tell a chocolate-related tale while eating it.

Moya O'Shea’s delicious five-part drama.

Mrs Drexl - Sylvia Sims
Clementine - Paula Wilcox
Rosie - Helena Breck
Sarah - Eleanor Bron
Charlotte - Carolyn Pickles
Hot Shot - Carl Prekopp
Luke - Peter Darney

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

TUE 14:45 Book of the Week (b00r93pg)
Chopin: Prince of the Romantics

Episode 2

Adam Zamoyski's biography of the brief but eventful life of the great Romantic composer Frederic Chopin, from Polish child prodigy to Paris dandy, his turbulent relationship with George Sand and his early death, penniless in Paris.

The young Chopin arrives in bohemian Paris, capital of the artistic world and home of the Romantic movement. Before long he becomes one of the most celebrated figures in Parisian society, and something of a dandy. But he longs for Poland, realising that it is unlikely he will return to his homeland again.

Abridged by Doreen Estall.

TUE 15:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00srkfz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b05178t0)
Gemma Arterton, Tony Robinson and 'Five Children on the Western Front'

Mel Giedroyc wishes star Gemma Arterton a happy birthday, Tony Robinson chooses two top books for younger readers and we hear the very moving story of WWI's Chocolate Soldieri.

TUE 17:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00tvqmr)
Series 2

Space Perception

Desperate to sell up and move to the country, Stella tries burying the hatchet with the neighbours.

Series 2 of Lucy Clare and Ian Davidson's sitcom about topsy-turvy family life.

Stars Duncan Preston as Patrick, Penny Downie as Stella, Claudie Blakley as Alison, Bruce MacKinnon as Rick, Catherine Shepherd as Xanthe, Daniela Denby-Ashe as Egg and Roise Armstrong as the Fitness Instructor.

Producer: Elizabeth Freestone

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.

TUE 17:30 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b014sntd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

TUE 18:00 The Now Show (b050c4sq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]

TUE 18:30 Comedy's Coming Home (b00800by)
Curtis Walker

The comedian travels from south London to Jamaica, birthplace of his parents, to find out how universal laughter really is. From March 2002.

TUE 19:00 Yes Minister (b007jmj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

TUE 19:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b0516tq7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

TUE 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

TUE 20:30 Caught on Film (b00d44xj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

TUE 21:00 Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories (b03w3jdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

TUE 21:15 Drama (b00qx43c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]

TUE 22:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b05077kz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

TUE 22:30 Flight of the Conchords (b007k17r)
Neil Finn Saves the Day!

After the kiwi band splits, Jemaine holds auditions in the toilets

Improvised comedy from the satirical pop pair, as they align with established comics to poke fun at all aspects of pop music.

Rob Brydon narrates the musical odyssey.

Starring New Zealand musical comedy duo, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement.

With:

Rhys Darby
Neil Finn
Justin Edwards
Jarred Christmas
Rosie Carnahan

Additional Material by Joel Morris.

Musicians: David Catlin-Birch and Mark Allis.

Producer: Will Saunders

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 2005.

TUE 23:00 Scrooby Trevithick (b00s0vd8)
Performer

Flawed wannabe Scrooby tries to become a performer, having had a surprise internet hit with some dodgy karaoke. Stars Andy Parsons. From April 2010.

TUE 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews (b0536rhk)
From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Jon Holmes chats to Ellie Taylor.

TUE 23:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b01nl7wn)
Series 5

Meter Reading Chic

Fifth series of the hit Radio 4 series, with more shop-based shenanigans and over the counter philosophy courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave.

The staff of Fags, Mags and Bags continue their tireless quest to bring nice-price custard creams and cans of coke with Arabic writing on them to an ungrateful nation. Ramesh Mahju has built the business up over 30 years and loves the art of the shop. However, he does apply the "low return" rules of the shop to all other aspects of his life. Then there are Ramesh's sons Sanjay and Alok, both surly and not keen on the old school approach to shopkeeping, but Ramesh is keen to pass all his worldly wisdom onto them whether they like it or not!

In this final episode of the series, Ramesh decides it's time to ponder retirement from the corner shop game, but has to decide who will carry on his shop legacy and take over the Fags, Mags and Bags empire.

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

WEDNESDAY 04 FEBRUARY 2015

WED 00:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00y9ycj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]

WED 00:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvsc7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]

WED 00:30 Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club (b00w4lt1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]

WED 00:45 Book of the Week (b00r93pg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday]

WED 01:00 The Now Show (b050c4sq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]

WED 01:30 Comedy's Coming Home (b00800by)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]

WED 02:00 Wimsey (b007jvng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]

WED 02:30 Caught on Film (b00d44xj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]

WED 03:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00srkfz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]

WED 04:00 Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories (b03w3jdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]

WED 04:15 Drama (b00qx43c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday]

WED 05:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00tvqmr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]

WED 05:30 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b014sntd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]

WED 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvnj)
Strong Poison

Miss Murchison

Christmas interrupts Lord Peter Wimsey's investigation, but some suspicious powder isn't what it seems. Stars Ian Carmichael.

WED 06:30 Norman Wisdom - The Singer and the Song (b010n408)
"Don't laugh at me 'cause I'm a Fool" sang Norman Wisdom in his first film [in a starring role] Trouble In Store in 1953.

Very soon afterwards it reached number three in the hit parade.

Comic legend Norman Wisdom talks about this and the songs special to him.

With Mike Craig.

Producer: Mike Craig

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1993.

WED 07:00 The Older Woman (b02qt773)
Series 1

Episode 4

When journalist Roy spots a planning application for a barn next to Jane's house, his knight in shining armour fantasies seem to have become a reality.

Meanwhile his boss has set up home in the office, complete with dog and soap-on-a-rope.

Tony Bagley's romantic comedy drama serial with a twist.

Starring Zoe Wanamaker as Miss Callaghan, Martin Clunes as Roy Hitchcock, Toyah Wilcox as Elsa, David Troughton as Mr Say, Nicky Henson as Chad, Sue Roderick as Wyn, Geoff McGivern as Dick, Bryan Dick as Leland, Paul; Vaughan as himself, David Holt as Hannibul Lecter and Melanie Hudson as Helen.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger:

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1993.

WED 07:30 What Does the K Stand For? (b0507mbg)
Series 2

A Royal Visit

Mad about the monarchy.

Stephen K Amos's sitcom about growing up black, gay and funny in 1980s south London.

Written by Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos.

Stephen K Amos … Stephen K Amos
Young Stephen … Shaquille Ali-Yebuah
Stephanie Amos … Fatou Sohna
Virginia Amos … Ellen Thomas
Vincent Amos … Don Gilet
Miss Bliss … Michelle Butterly
Jayson Jackson … Frankie Wilson
Margaret Cabourn-Smith … Fergie

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015.

WED 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00yc3jt)
Series 2

Going Dutch

Sent to Whittlesea Bay, HMS Troutbridge runs out of fuel - near some windmills in Holland.

Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as Number One, Richard Caldicot as Commander Povey, Ronnie Barker as Lt Commander Stanton, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Bates as Hans and Tenniel Evans as Goldstein.

The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series on BBC Radio between 1959 and 1976.

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1959.

WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00srqfn)
Series 4

Episode 1

The explosive Flying Wombat - and insulted Italians. Series 4 kick off with more sketches and songs.

Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes - originally edited for sale abroad.

Starring John Cleese, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, David Hatch and Jo Kendall.

Scripted by John Cleese, Bill Oddie, Clive James, David Hatch, Eric Idle and Graeme Garden.

With music from Dave Lee and his band.

Produced by Humphrey Barclay

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1966.

WED 09:00 Foul Play (b00zshr5)
Series 4

Dead as a Parrot

Crime writers Ian Rankin and Stella Duffy try to solve a murder mystery involving footballers and models.

With the help of witnesses played by Maria McErlane and Lee Simpson.

Murder mystery panel game chaired by Simon Brett.

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998.

WED 09:30 Spread a Little Happiness (b00z09bn)
Series 2

What Are We Going to Do About Maria?

Written by John Godber and Jane Thornton.

Debra Stephenson plays Hope, newly divorced and helping her old schoolfriend Jodie with her new project, bringing designer sandwiches to the hinterland of Hull. But Hull seems more interested in bumper breakfast baps than smoked salmon bagels, and Jodie's had to go to Portugal in a hurry, leaving Hope to hold the fort. So the arrival of Hope's cousin Maria, from Dagenham (Nicola Duffett) is a bonus, until she starts bringing her southern ideas to a northern makeover, and her advice to Hope's relationship with ex-husband Gavin.

Jodie's husband Dave is none too pleased with the makeover either, but comes round when Hope and Maria agree to look after his Mam while he plumbs in toilets in Goole. Add in a persistent swain in the form of passionate roadmender Ray , triumphant divorcee and anxious would-be poet Jenny, posh restaurant reviewer Anita and Hope's moody teenage daughter Carrie, and you have all the ingredients for six episodes of radio bliss.

Cast:
Hope ..... Debra Stephenson
Maria ..... Nicola Duffett
Dave ..... Neil Dudgeon
Mam ..... Anne Reid
Ray ..... Shaun Prendergast
Gavin ..... Ralph Brown
Jenny ..... Sarah Moyle
Anita ..... Sherry Baines
Carrie ..... Elizabeth Godber
Eve ..... Helen Longworth
Bob ..... Ben Crowe
Monty ..... Stephen Critchlow
Blinds man ..... James Weaver

Producer/Director: Chris Wallis
An Autolycus production for BBC Radio 4.

WED 10:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00srqfj)
Episode 3

Prince Myshkin analyses his feelings for the spoilt but captivating Nastasya - and the more timid Aglaya. Stars Paul Rhys.

WED 11:00 Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories (b03w3v6n)
Small Animals

Why has Kath been avoiding people, shut away in her remotely situated house? Her friends Marilyn and Hannah investigate.

Ruth Gemmell reads a selection of stories from Alison Moore's atmospheric, and sometimes dark, debut collection.

Alison Moore was born in Manchester in 1971. Her stories have been published in various magazines and anthologies including Best British Short Stories 2011. She has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and the Manchester Fiction Prize, and won first prize in the novella category of The New Writer Prose and Poetry Prizes. Her first novel, The Lighthouse, was shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2012.

Abridged and produced by Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

WED 11:15 Katie Hims - Lulu (b0075xsx)
Lonely Lulu is the tallest at school, with a terrible secret. She made a wish about her sister and it came true. Stars Polly Lister. From September 2000.

WED 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00yc3jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00srqfn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

WED 13:00 Wimsey (b007jvnj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

WED 13:30 Norman Wisdom - The Singer and the Song (b010n408)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

WED 14:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00yb45z)
Episode 3

Tension mounts as Anna and her family leave Berlin. Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story, read by Rosemary Leach.

WED 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvscc)
Mathematics of the Sky

Astronomer Heather Couper considers the contribution of the Islamic scholar, poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam.

WED 14:30 Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club (b00w5jbt)
Episode 3

It’s Clementine's turn to create a chocolate delight for the club and Charlotte tells the tale of her terrible chocolate cravings during pregnancy...

At the Muchly Bottom village chocolate lovers' club five women take turns in creating a chocolate delight and tell a chocolate-related tale while eating it.

Moya O'Shea’s delicious five-part drama.

Mrs Drexl - Sylvia Sims
Clementine - Paula Wilcox
Rosie - Helena Breck
Sarah - Eleanor Bron
Charlotte - Carolyn Pickles
Hot Shot - Carl Prekopp
Luke - Peter Darney

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

WED 14:45 Book of the Week (b00r93vv)
Chopin: Prince of the Romantics

Episode 3

Adam Zamoyski's biography of the brief but eventful life of the great Romantic composer Frederic Chopin, from Polish child prodigy to Paris dandy, his turbulent relationship with George Sand and his early death, penniless in Paris.

Chopin meets the most notorious woman of the day, the cigar-toting, cross-dressing writer George Sand. Not long after, the two raise eyebrows in Parisian society when they become lovers. The unlikely couple set out for Majorca where ill health and the suspicions of the locals almost result in Chopin's early demise.

Abridged by Doreen Estall.

WED 15:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00srqfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b051cl1x)
Five Children on the Western Front and Stephen Fry's Inheritance Tracks

Mel Giedroyc finds out how to make musical instruments from vegetables, Stephen Fry chooses his Inheritance Tracks and we hear the amazing true story of the Cottingley Fairies.

WED 17:00 Miracles R Us (b00sg1hh)
Domestic Arrangements

The man lurking outside turns out not to be the private detective Sylvia supposes, but a potential client.

He's inadvertently encouraged a middle-aged American academic, in whom he has no romantic interest, to have hopes of a shared future. She is arriving next week. Can MiraclesRus help?

Sitcom by Lesley Bruce.

Sylvia ..... Anna Massey
Caroline ..... Deborah Findlay
James Linnet ..... David Horovitch
Mary Beth Haldeman ..... Laura Shavin
Pianist ..... Jeremy Limb

Producer: Katie Tyrrell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.

Music and stings from the music of Nick Drake. Theme: "When the Day is Done" and stings: "Time of No Reply" and "Cello Song".

WED 17:30 The Older Woman (b02qt773)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

WED 18:00 Foul Play (b00zshr5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

WED 18:30 Off the Page (b0076k0b)
Rogues

Jake Arnott, Katie Hickman and Michael Dobbs dissect the cliché about rogues being 'lovable'. With Mathew Parris.

In each programme, Matthew Parris introduces a group 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 2004.

Produced by Peter Everett.

WED 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00yc3jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00srqfn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

WED 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvnj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

WED 20:30 Norman Wisdom - The Singer and the Song (b010n408)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

WED 21:00 Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories (b03w3v6n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

WED 21:15 Katie Hims - Lulu (b0075xsx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]

WED 22:00 What Does the K Stand For? (b0507mbg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

WED 22:30 The Odd Half Hour (b00w7bv1)
Series 2

Episode 3

Learn about a brand new pension plan.

Hear Madeline the naughty cellist upset yet another conductor.

Comedy sketch show which answers the questions you probably never asked:

Starring Kevin Bishop, Stephen K Amos, Doon Mackichan, Justin Edwards and Jessica Ransom.

Written by Madeleine Brettingham, Jason Hazeley, Joel Morris, Steve Dawson, Andrew Dawson, Timothy Inman, Stephen Carlin, James Kettle and Dale Shaw.

Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.

WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b0536rqh)
From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Jon Holmes chats again to Ellie Taylor.

WED 23:00 On the Hour (b007k4vr)
Series 2

Episode 4

Reports of a right royal shocker, plus Alan Partridge with all the sport.

All the news as it happens, if it happens from the BBC's urgent and incisive news overview.

Savagely satirical award-winning comedy starring Chris Morris.

With Steve Coogan, David Schneider, Rebecca Front, Patrick Marber and Doon Mackichan.

Written by Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci, Richard Herring, Steven Wells, David Quantick, Stewart Lee and Patrick Marber.

Producer: Armando lannucci

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992.

WED 23:30 The Skivers (b007zn0j)
Series 2

Henry Cooper

Peter Sissons and Alan Hansen's secrets are revealed.

Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh's skilful sketch show with special guest Henry Cooper who's on fighting form as he reveals the ways of the fist.

Written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.

With Peter Bradshaw and Mel Giedroyc

Producer: Jon Naismith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1995.

THURSDAY 05 FEBRUARY 2015

THU 00:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00yb45z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]

THU 00:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvscc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]

THU 00:30 Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club (b00w5jbt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]

THU 00:45 Book of the Week (b00r93vv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday]

THU 01:00 Foul Play (b00zshr5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]

THU 01:30 Off the Page (b0076k0b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]

THU 02:00 Wimsey (b007jvnj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]

THU 02:30 Norman Wisdom - The Singer and the Song (b010n408)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]

THU 03:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00srqfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]

THU 04:00 Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories (b03w3v6n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]

THU 04:15 Katie Hims - Lulu (b0075xsx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday]

THU 05:00 Miracles R Us (b00sg1hh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]

THU 05:30 The Older Woman (b02qt773)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]

THU 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvnm)
Strong Poison

Pongo

Lord Peter Wimsey's trail goes cold, until a stolen will brings fresh enlightenment. Stars Ian Carmichael and Peter Jones.

THU 06:30 Vaughan Williams: Late Love, Late Life (b00chw4k)
Julian Lloyd Webber examines the impact of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams's affair with Ursula Wood on his life and music. The affair began in March 1938, when he was 66 and Ursula 25, and lasted until 1951, when they were able to marry following the death of his wife Adeline.

THU 07:00 Any Other Business (b013cnyp)
Episode 4

Chesbury FC is in dire straits, but Lady Mayoress Graham is determined to save the day.

Lucy Flannery's local government sitcom stars Nelson David, John Duttine, James Grout, Rosy Fordham, Nick Hardy, Howard Lew Lewis, Toby Longworth, Jan Ravens, Vivienne Rochester and June Whitfield.

Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.

THU 07:30 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap (b050bhnq)
Series 2

Episode 4

Bridget Christie talks about why she's not grateful Russell Brand has stopped being a sexist.

She reveals what happens when you wear an end FGM badge on a popular TV show?

And discover why politics has a women problem.

Multi-award winning series about modern feminism.

Bridget thought that she'd be able to put her feet up after her last series, she expected it to bomb. Sadly it was a huge success. But it's OK, because actually she's solved the feminist struggle all by herself.

She's assisted by token man, Fred MacAulay.

Written by Bridget Christie.

Producers: Alison Vernon-Smith and Alexandra Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015.

THU 08:00 Brothers in Law (b007jrs5)
Series 1

The Expert Witness

Faced with a case involving osteoarthritis, rookie barrister Roger Thursby must bone up on his medical knowledge.

Roger Thursby ...... Richard Briers
Henry Blagrove ...... Richard Waring
Sally Mannering ...... Ann Davies
Belkin ...... John Bresslin
Rennell ...... Robert Dorning

Guest stars:
Eagler ...... Richard Caldlcot
The Judge ...... John Le Mesurier

Other parts by Malcolm Hayes, Clifford Norgate and Frederick Treves.

Adapted for radio by Richard Waring from the BBC TV scripts.

Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes - originally edited for sale abroad.

Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972.

Produced by David Hatch.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1970.

THU 08:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jq9g)
The Unknown

David Jason and company explore fork bending, time travel and things that go bump in the night.

With Sheila Steafel, Royce Mills and John Owen Edwards.

Following in the footsteps of Lord Clark, Dr Bronowski and Professor Galbraith, David Jason unravels the mysteries of the universe and the meaning of life.

Scripted by Colin Bostock Smith, Andy Hamilton, Barry Pilton and Alastair Beaton.

Music by John Owen Edwards

Producer: Geoffrey Perkins

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1977.

THU 09:00 The Personality Test (b007sq67)
Series 3

Andrew Neil

Broadcaster and former Sunday Times Editor Andrew Neil is in the hot seat posing questions all about him.

On the panel: comedians Sue Perkins, Caroline Quinlan, Robin Ince and Will Smith.

Comedy quiz presented by a new guest host every week. All the questions are about the host.

Script by Simon Littlefield and Kieron Quirke.

Devised and produced by Aled Evans.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.

THU 09:30 Alison and Maud (b007k449)
Series 2

Men Misbehaving But Only Slightly

The sisters plan a celebration for Father's 85th birthday.

Second of two series of Sue Limb's Bed and Breakfast sitcom about sisters Alison and Maud and their guests at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich.

Starring Denise Coffey as Alison, Miriam Margolyes as Maud, Joss Ackland as Father, Geoffrey Whitehead as Bernard, Chris Emmett as Mr Mullet and Nicholas Grace as Leslie.

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004.

THU 10:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00srvkn)
Episode 4

Nastasya and Aglaya meet to talk over their feelings for Prince Myshkin - as he begins to fear for his life. Stars Paul Rhys.

THU 11:00 Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories (b03w3y3x)
The Egg

William's impressive collection of birds' eggs lacks only one thing: an egg from a mute swan.

Ruth Gemmell reads a selection of stories from Alison Moore's atmospheric, and sometimes dark, debut collection.

Alison Moore was born in Manchester in 1971. Her stories have been published in various magazines and anthologies including Best British Short Stories 2011. She has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and the Manchester Fiction Prize, and won first prize in the novella category of The New Writer Prose and Poetry Prizes. Her first novel, The Lighthouse, was shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2012.

Abridged and produced by Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

THU 11:15 Drama (b011p607)
Andy Merriman - A Monstrous Vitality

by Andy Merriman

June Whitfield stars as the indomitable actress Margaret Rutherford in a tale of chimpanzees, Jordanian Princes, an adoring husband and falling in love with a musician 30 years her junior.

Director: David Hunter.

THU 12:00 Brothers in Law (b007jrs5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

THU 12:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jq9g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

THU 13:00 Wimsey (b007jvnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

THU 13:30 Vaughan Williams: Late Love, Late Life (b00chw4k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

THU 14:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00yb490)
Episode 4

Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story. Anna and her family become refugees in Zurich. Read by Rosemary Leach.

THU 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvsch)
The Earth Moves

Astronomer Heather Couper considers the impact of Copernicus's idea that the Earth was not at the centre of the universe.

THU 14:30 Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club (b00w5rkw)
Episode 4

Rosie delivers her creation to the club. Meanwhile, Clementine tells the tale of how she came to own a chocolate shop in the village.

At the Muchly Bottom village chocolate lovers' club five women take turns in creating a chocolate delight and tell a chocolate-related tale while eating it.

Moya O'Shea’s delicious five-part drama.

Mrs Drexl - Sylvia Sims
Clementine - Paula Wilcox
Rosie - Helena Breck
Sarah - Eleanor Bron
Charlotte - Carolyn Pickles
Hot Shot - Carl Prekopp
Luke - Peter Darney

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b00r93vx)
Chopin: Prince of the Romantics

Episode 4

Adam Zamoyski's biography of the brief but eventful life of the great Romantic composer Frederic Chopin, from Polish child prodigy to Paris dandy, his turbulent relationship with George Sand and his early death, penniless in Paris.

Though Chopin is at the height of his musical powers, he is constantly plagued by ill health. And when his relationship with the notorious George Sand breaks down, he begins to lose his inspiration.

Abridged by Doreen Estall.

THU 15:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00srvkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b051d901)
JK Rowling, Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes

Mel Giedroyc celebrates the first Harry Potter Night, uncovers the secrets of super sleuth Sherlock Holmes and hears from a girl who is determined to go to Mars.

THU 17:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx7h)
The Resurrection of Reverend Carswell

"I have something that the Reverend Hornblower will never enjoy; the love and respect of my congregation..."

Shocks galore for the hapless vicar, Timothy Carswell with a disappearing congregation - and shock new title.

Stephen Sheridan's six-part series starring James Grout.

Reverend Timothy Carswell ...... James Grout
Miss Tilling ...... Margaret Courtenay
Miss Tapp ...... Jean Heywood
Reverend Hornblower ...... Garrick Hagon
Mrs Muir ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Mr Widlake ...... Brian Miller
Mrs Widlake ...... Bernadine Corrigan
Dr Warlock ...... Christopher Good

Producer: Lissa Evans.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1991.

THU 17:30 Any Other Business (b013cnyp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

THU 18:00 The Personality Test (b007sq67)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

THU 18:30 Great Lives (b0076f9j)
David Lloyd George

Athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson chooses her Welsh compatriot, politician David Lloyd George. With Humphrey Carpenter.

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? From 2003.

THU 19:00 Brothers in Law (b007jrs5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

THU 19:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jq9g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

THU 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

THU 20:30 Vaughan Williams: Late Love, Late Life (b00chw4k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

THU 21:00 Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories (b03w3y3x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

THU 21:15 Drama (b011p607)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]

THU 22:00 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap (b050bhnq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

THU 22:30 Down the Line (b00qhqvb)
Series 1

Animals at War

Award-winning spoof phone-in show, with talk radio host Gary Bellamy. Stars Rhys Thomas and Charlie Higson. From May 2006.

THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b0536rvl)
From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Jon Holmes chats again to Ellie Taylor.

THU 23:00 Nick Mohammed in Bits (b00tt5pw)
Mr Swallow

Nick Mohammed (Reggie Perrin, I'm Sorry I've Got No Head) stars as lifestyle guru Mr Swallow as he presents his memory technique to a live studio audience.

Bits showcases the best of Nick Mohammed's idiosyncratic characters in a series of one off comic plays.

Produced by Victoria Lloyd.

THU 23:30 Cabin Pressure (b00cqhr3)
Series 1

Edinburgh

Sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.

A very special passenger makes Douglas grovel, Martin crawl, Carolyn frisk and Arthur cry. And drink nail-varnish

Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
Captain Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
Mr Birling ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Philip ...... Adam G Goodwin

Written by John Finnemore

Produced & directed by David Tyler

A Pozzitive production for the BBC

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.

FRIDAY 06 FEBRUARY 2015

FRI 00:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00yb490)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]

FRI 00:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvsch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday]

FRI 00:30 Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club (b00w5rkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]

FRI 00:45 Book of the Week (b00r93vx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday]

FRI 01:00 The Personality Test (b007sq67)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]

FRI 01:30 Great Lives (b0076f9j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]

FRI 02:00 Wimsey (b007jvnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]

FRI 02:30 Vaughan Williams: Late Love, Late Life (b00chw4k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]

FRI 03:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot (b00srvkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]

FRI 04:00 Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories (b03w3y3x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]

FRI 04:15 Drama (b011p607)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday]

FRI 05:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx7h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]

FRI 05:30 Any Other Business (b013cnyp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]

FRI 06:00 Wimsey (b007k440)
Strong Poison

Turkish Delight

Can Lord Peter Wimsey finally clear Harriet Vane's name and persuade her to take his? Stars Ian Carmichael and Peter Jones.

FRI 06:30 Why Do We Sing? (b00c5j0l)
Gareth Malone explores how man developed the vocal capability to sing. He investigates how singing as we know it today began hundreds of millions of years ago and how prehistoric man used a type of vocal communication which could be called the precursor of singing. He finds out how this changed and developed as man evolved and explores what this tells us about human communication and how our relationship with song has grown out of moments in early history.

FRI 07:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b0081l6c)
Series 3

Episode 5

Leader Mrs Roberts experiences the poor state of local trains first-hand. Political satire with Jo Kendall. From August 1990.

FRI 07:30 Gloomsbury (b01n1vlc)
Series 1

Desperately Seeking Peace and Quiet

A stellar cast of Miriam Margolyes, Alison Steadman, Nigel Planer, Morwenna Banks, Jonathan Coy and John Sessions breathes life into the colourfully chaotic characters of Gloomsbury, a riotous new comedy about the Bloomsbury Group.

The six-part series from the pen of Sue Limb is an affectionate send up of the infamous literary group whose arty and adulterous adventures dominated the cultural scene in the early 20th century.

In Episode Two, the novelist Ginny Fox is visiting her friends Vera Sackcloth-Vest and Henry Mickleton, who live in a modest unassuming little castle in Kent.

Ginny has writer's block, so Vera tries desperately to provide peace and quiet, gagging the blackbirds and cloaking the gravel paths in velvet. But their tranquil idyll is shattered by the explosive arrival of Venus Traduces, hell-bent on recapturing Vera's heart with a series of appalling musical serenades.

Ginny's tiresome husband Lionel has followed her incognito with a portfolio of herbal remedies, but Henry manages to detain him in the pantry whilst Ginny and Vera dive under the covers to devour a steamy new book, Lady Hattersley's Plover by the intriguing proletarian writer D.H. Lollipop. The chums emerge flushed and enthralled, convinced that they must meet D.H. Lollipop and experience his dangerous animal magnetism at first hand.

Cast:
Vera Sackcloth-Vest ..... Miriam Margolyes
Gosling, her Gardener ..... Nigel Planer
Henry Mickleton ..... Jonathan Coy
Venus Traduces ..... Morwenna Banks
Mrs Gosling, Housekeeper ..... Alison Steadman
Mrs Ginny Fox ..... Alison Steadman
Lionel Fox ..... Nigel Planer

Produced by Jamie Rix
A Little Brother Production for BBC Radio 4.

FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1nm)
Series 2

The Rail Strike

The lad gets a green signal to outwit a rail strike, but a bumpy ride lies ahead.

Starring Tony Hancock.

With Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Andree Melly and Kenneth Williams.

Announcer: Kenneth Williams

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.

Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1955.

FRI 08:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jnrc)
Bill Stickers Is Innocent

The bumbling civil servants scale new heights for grumpy Sir Gregory's latest poster campaign.

A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.

Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and Jo Manning Wilson.

Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.

'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1970.

FRI 09:00 Jest a Minute (b017ptbk)
Series 2

Episode 5

Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz from the Glee Club in Cardiff.

With Greg Davies, Eggsy, Lloyd Langford and Chris Corcoran.

Producers: Paul Forde and Gareth Gwynn.

First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in 2009.

FRI 09:30 Gush (b051h0n6)
Episode 4

Cravate and Pomeroy are joined by another prisoner and they plan their escape. With Caroline Quentin. From December 1994.

FRI 10:00 Jill Paton Walsh - The Wyndham Case (b007jsrd)
The locked library of St Agatha's College in Cambridge houses an invaluable collection of 17th-century volumes. It also contains one dead student. A tragic accident - or is there some more mysterious and deadly circumstance surrounding the death of model student Philip Skellow?

If anyone can find out, it’s college nurse and amateur sleuth, Imogen Quy, and her policeman friend, Mike.

Imogen Quy …. Carolyn Pickles
Mike Parsons …. Richard Derrington
Sir William …. Jeffery Dench
Lady Buckmoat …. Marlene Sidaway
Fran Bullion …. Tracey Wyles
Mountnessing …. Charles Collingwood
Mrs. Skellow …. Gillian Goodman
Lord Goldhooper …. Ian Brooker
Nick …. Tom George
Emily and Tracy …. Claire Corbett
Catherine and Felicity …. Jasmine Hyde
Jack …. Thomas Arnold
Phillip Skellow …. Alex Trinder
Roger …. Martyn Read

Written by Jill Paton Walsh and dramatised by Neville Teller.

Directed in Birmingham by Peter Lesley Wild

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

FRI 11:00 Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories (b03w46lf)
Static

Over the last 40 years, Wilfred has never wanted anyone but Dorothy. But he's never been a great romantic.

Ruth Gemmell reads a selection of stories from Alison Moore's atmospheric, and sometimes dark, debut collection.

Alison Moore was born in Manchester in 1971. Her stories have been published in various magazines and anthologies including Best British Short Stories 2011. She has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and the Manchester Fiction Prize, and won first prize in the novella category of The New Writer Prose and Poetry Prizes. Her first novel, The Lighthouse, was shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2012.

Abridged and produced by Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

FRI 11:15 Peter Tinniswood (b036y49b)
The Sitter

Bulldog is 82. While his wife goes out for a tootle in the SS Jaguar, he is visited by a sitter with tired, lank hair and woebegone eyes.

But before the war Bulldog was an aviator who skimmed the Andes and who flew the mail from Singapore to Casablanca and who loved dusky beauties the world over.

Maurice Denham and Liz Goulding star in Peter Tinniswood's drama.

Bulldog ... Maurice Denham
The Sitter ... Liz Goulding

Director: Shaun MacLoughlin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990.

FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1nm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

FRI 12:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jnrc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

FRI 13:00 Wimsey (b007k440)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

FRI 13:30 Why Do We Sing? (b00c5j0l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

FRI 14:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (b00yb61d)
Episode 5

Unable to get published in Zurich, Papa travels to Paris. Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story. Read by Rosemary Leach.

FRI 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvscm)
The Imperfect Cosmos

Astronomer Heather Couper looks at Tycho Brahe's realisation that the heavens change - that a planet's orbit could be predicted.

FRI 14:30 Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club (b00w6f7p)
Episode 5

A huge cake box sits on the table, as the mysterious Mrs Drexl tells a tale which surprisingly concerns them all - as she explains how she came to be invited to join the club...

At the Muchly Bottom village chocolate lovers' club five women take turns in creating a chocolate delight and tell a chocolate-related tale while eating it.

Conclusion of Moya O'Shea’s delicious five-part drama.

Mrs Drexl - Sylvia Sims
Clementine - Paula Wilcox
Rosie - Helena Breck
Sarah - Eleanor Bron
Charlotte - Carolyn Pickles
Hot Shot - Carl Prekopp
Luke - Peter Darney

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b00r93vz)
Chopin: Prince of the Romantics

Episode 5

Adam Zamoyski's biography of the brief but eventful life of the great Romantic composer Frederic Chopin, from Polish child prodigy to Paris dandy, his turbulent relationship with George Sand and his early death, penniless in Paris.

As Paris is shaken by revolution, Chopin seeks refuge in Scotland, where he is forced to fend off the attentions of several well-meaning 'Scottish Ladies'. Returning to Paris, his health deteriorates rapidly and, relying on the benevolence and support of his friends, he retreats to his apartment, where he begins to make plans for his own sumptuous funeral.

Abridged by Doreen Estall.

FRI 15:00 Jill Paton Walsh - The Wyndham Case (b007jsrd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]

FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b051h5qp)
Five Children, Frank Cottrell Boyce and JM Barrie

Mel Giedroyc presents the final chapter of the Costa-winning Five Children on the Western Front, by Kate Saunders, read by Sharon Rooney. Plus walking in JM Barrie's footsteps.

FRI 17:00 King Street Junior Revisited (b00l2jgz)
Series 4

To the Barricades

Miss Featherstone gets arrested. Is she the right sort of person to teach children?

School comedy created and written by Jim Eldridge. Ten series of this King Street Junior ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005.

Stars Brigitte Forsythe as Mrs Eastwood, Marlene Sidaway as Miss Lewis, Michael Cochrane as Mr Maxwell, Teresa Gallagher as Miss Featherstone, Jacqueline Beatty as Miss Reid, Janice Acquah as Mrs Khan, Paul Copley as Mr Long, Hugh Dickson as the Chairman, Helen Longworth as Mrs Smithers and Ben Crowe as Mr Allen.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2005.

FRI 17:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b0081l6c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]

FRI 18:00 Jest a Minute (b017ptbk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]

FRI 18:30 My Life in Five Books (b0120w1q)
Series 2

Dr Tony Pollard

Dr Tony Pollard is a renowned archaeologist, academic and writer. He's presented television programmes and used his skills to help find a mass war grave.

Talking to Stuart Cosgrove he explains how the book Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell directly led to his father up-routing the family and moving them to the west coast of Scotland.

Tony five books are:

The Washing of The Spears by Donald R Morris.

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce.

Dilys Powell's memoir The Villa Ariadne.

Le Grand Meulnes by Alain Fournier.

Produced by Mike Walker.

First broadcast on Radio Scotland in 2011.

FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1nm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

FRI 19:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jnrc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]

FRI 20:00 Wimsey (b007k440)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]

FRI 20:30 Why Do We Sing? (b00c5j0l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]

FRI 21:00 Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories (b03w46lf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]

FRI 21:15 Peter Tinniswood (b036y49b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]

FRI 22:00 Gloomsbury (b01n1vlc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

FRI 22:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007ynmh)
Series 2

Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly joins John to host a Shuttleworth edition of Stars in Their Eyes.

But which stars will the family appear as? Could John come through the curtain as Elton John with wife Mary as Kiki Dee?

Trying to Impress an Impressario is Mitch Benn , while Kevin Gildea calls in a final attempt to Make Mary Merry

The semi-detached world of aspiring singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth direct from his front room in Sheffield.

Written and performed by Graham Fellows.

Additional material by Martin Willis.

Producer: Dawn Ellis.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.

FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b052kwwp)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Arthur Smith chats to Nick Mohammed.

FRI 23:00 Daydream Believers (b007kq40)
Written by and starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, this comedy follows the parallel stories of flatmates tetchy Ray and aimless Colin, and the mighty alien empire of Baron Amstrad and his hi-tech android, Info.

Colin starts attending ante-natal classes in the hope of finding a girlfriend, and Colin and Ray's kitchen is suddenly infested with ants. Meanwhile, in the infinite reaches of space, Baron Amstrad is feeling a bit broody, and the galaxy is suddenly invaded by ruthless alien hordes.

FRI 23:30 The In Crowd (b0085jgt)
Series 1

Episode 2

Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store with Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. From August 2001.

FRI 23:45 Self-Storage (b007znbd)
Series 1

House Hunting

Still homeless and separated from his wife, Dave plans to move out of The Storage Garden, while Geoff plans to move in.

Stars Reece Shearsmith and Mark Heap.

Sitcom written by Tom Collinson and Barnaby Power.

Dave ...... Reece Shearsmith.
Geoff ...... Mark Heap.
Ron ...... Tom Goodman-Hill.
Judy ...... Rosie Cavaliero.
Sarah ...... Susan Earl.
Estate agent ...... Phil Nichol

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2007.

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 00:30 SAT (b00qxzbd)

4 Extra Stands Up 22:00 SAT (b050xv4p)

A Good Read 18:30 MON (b05166kz)

A Good Read 01:30 TUE (b05166kz)

Absent (Omnibus) 06:00 SUN (b05126qf)

Absent (Omnibus) 12:00 SUN (b05126qf)

Afternoon Reading 10:45 SUN (b010023q)

Afternoon Reading 21:45 SUN (b010023q)

Afternoon Reading 01:45 MON (b010023q)

Alexander Armstrong's Radio Heroes 09:00 SAT (b01qdwl5)

Alexander Armstrong's Radio Heroes 19:00 SAT (b01qdwl5)

Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories 11:00 MON (b03w3071)

Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories 21:00 MON (b03w3071)

Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories 04:00 TUE (b03w3071)

Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories 11:00 TUE (b03w3jdx)

Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories 21:00 TUE (b03w3jdx)

Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories 04:00 WED (b03w3jdx)

Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories 11:00 WED (b03w3v6n)

Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories 21:00 WED (b03w3v6n)

Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories 04:00 THU (b03w3v6n)

Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories 11:00 THU (b03w3y3x)

Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories 21:00 THU (b03w3y3x)

Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories 04:00 FRI (b03w3y3x)

Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories 11:00 FRI (b03w46lf)

Alison Moore - The Pre-War House and Other Stories 21:00 FRI (b03w46lf)

Alison and Maud 09:30 THU (b007k449)

Any Other Business 07:00 THU (b013cnyp)

Any Other Business 17:30 THU (b013cnyp)

Any Other Business 05:30 FRI (b013cnyp)

Archive on 4 08:00 SAT (b008d1mm)

Archive on 4 15:00 SAT (b008d1mm)

Archive on 4 01:00 SUN (b008d1mm)

As Told To Craig Brown 23:30 MON (b00bfp2j)

Book at Bedtime 00:00 SAT (b00rdv5n)

Book of the Week 00:45 SAT (b00r3yk8)

Book of the Week 14:45 MON (b00r93pj)

Book of the Week 00:45 TUE (b00r93pj)

Book of the Week 14:45 TUE (b00r93pg)

Book of the Week 00:45 WED (b00r93pg)

Book of the Week 14:45 WED (b00r93vv)

Book of the Week 00:45 THU (b00r93vv)

Book of the Week 14:45 THU (b00r93vx)

Book of the Week 00:45 FRI (b00r93vx)

Book of the Week 14:45 FRI (b00r93vz)

Bridget Christie Minds the Gap 07:30 THU (b050bhnq)

Bridget Christie Minds the Gap 22:00 THU (b050bhnq)

Bristow 09:30 TUE (b007v1dg)

Brothers in Law 14:00 SAT (b007k0z0)

Brothers in Law 08:00 THU (b007jrs5)

Brothers in Law 12:00 THU (b007jrs5)

Brothers in Law 19:00 THU (b007jrs5)

Bruce Bedford - The Gibson 18:00 SAT (b007js7p)

Bruce Bedford - The Gibson 00:00 SUN (b007js7p)

Cabin Pressure 23:30 THU (b00cqhr3)

Caught on Film 06:30 TUE (b00d44xj)

Caught on Film 13:30 TUE (b00d44xj)

Caught on Film 20:30 TUE (b00d44xj)

Caught on Film 02:30 WED (b00d44xj)

Comedy's Coming Home 18:30 TUE (b00800by)

Comedy's Coming Home 01:30 WED (b00800by)

Cosmic Quest 00:15 SAT (b00bfpzw)

Cosmic Quest 14:15 MON (b00bvsd2)

Cosmic Quest 00:15 TUE (b00bvsd2)

Cosmic Quest 14:15 TUE (b00bvsc7)

Cosmic Quest 00:15 WED (b00bvsc7)

Cosmic Quest 14:15 WED (b00bvscc)

Cosmic Quest 00:15 THU (b00bvscc)

Cosmic Quest 14:15 THU (b00bvsch)

Cosmic Quest 00:15 FRI (b00bvsch)

Cosmic Quest 14:15 FRI (b00bvscm)

Dad's Army 08:00 MON (b007jl9m)

Dad's Army 12:00 MON (b007jl9m)

Dad's Army 19:00 MON (b007jl9m)

Daydream Believers 23:00 FRI (b007kq40)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 10:00 SUN (b0512j5y)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 21:00 SUN (b0512j5y)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 01:00 MON (b0512j5y)

Dickens Confidential 13:15 SAT (b01kkwq8)

Dickens Confidential 03:15 SUN (b01kkwq8)

Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner 18:30 SUN (b007jrkq)

Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner 00:30 MON (b007jrkq)

Down the Line 22:30 THU (b00qhqvb)

Drama 11:15 TUE (b00qx43c)

Drama 21:15 TUE (b00qx43c)

Drama 04:15 WED (b00qx43c)

Drama 11:15 THU (b011p607)

Drama 21:15 THU (b011p607)

Drama 04:15 FRI (b011p607)

Elvenquest 22:30 SUN (b00w22h6)

Fags, Mags and Bags 23:30 TUE (b01nl7wn)

Faking the Classics 07:30 SAT (b00t6sjb)

Flight of the Conchords 22:30 TUE (b007k17r)

Foul Play 09:00 WED (b00zshr5)

Foul Play 18:00 WED (b00zshr5)

Foul Play 01:00 THU (b00zshr5)

Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot 10:00 MON (b00sr4hr)

Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot 15:00 MON (b00sr4hr)

Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot 03:00 TUE (b00sr4hr)

Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot 10:00 TUE (b00srkfz)

Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot 15:00 TUE (b00srkfz)

Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot 03:00 WED (b00srkfz)

Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot 10:00 WED (b00srqfj)

Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot 15:00 WED (b00srqfj)

Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot 03:00 THU (b00srqfj)

Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot 10:00 THU (b00srvkn)

Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot 15:00 THU (b00srvkn)

Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot 03:00 FRI (b00srvkn)

Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off 23:00 SUN (b01gw5lw)

Gloomsbury 17:30 SAT (b01mx2sp)

Gloomsbury 05:30 SUN (b01mx2sp)

Gloomsbury 07:30 FRI (b01n1vlc)

Gloomsbury 22:00 FRI (b01n1vlc)

Great Lives 18:30 THU (b0076f9j)

Great Lives 01:30 FRI (b0076f9j)

Gush 09:30 FRI (b051h0n6)

Hancock's Half Hour 08:00 FRI (b007k1nm)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:00 FRI (b007k1nm)

Hancock's Half Hour 19:00 FRI (b007k1nm)

Home Front - Omnibus 03:00 SAT (b04wwwcc)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 08:30 WED (b00srqfn)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 12:30 WED (b00srqfn)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 19:30 WED (b00srqfn)

I've Never Seen Star Wars 07:30 TUE (b05077kz)

I've Never Seen Star Wars 22:00 TUE (b05077kz)

Jest a Minute 01:00 SAT (b017gnw5)

Jest a Minute 09:00 FRI (b017ptbk)

Jest a Minute 18:00 FRI (b017ptbk)

Jill Paton Walsh - The Wyndham Case 10:00 FRI (b007jsrd)

Jill Paton Walsh - The Wyndham Case 15:00 FRI (b007jsrd)

Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels 11:45 SUN (b00cl32x)

Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels 19:45 SUN (b00cl32x)

Jon Ronson On 23:30 SUN (b00dhlff)

Katie Hims - Lulu 11:15 WED (b0075xsx)

Katie Hims - Lulu 21:15 WED (b0075xsx)

Katie Hims - Lulu 04:15 THU (b0075xsx)

King Street Junior Revisited 05:00 SAT (b00ktvvt)

King Street Junior Revisited 17:00 FRI (b00l2jgz)

Let Me Entertain You 02:30 SAT (b00dpw98)

Little Blighty on the Down 05:30 SAT (b0080qvk)

Little Blighty on the Down 07:00 FRI (b0081l6c)

Little Blighty on the Down 17:30 FRI (b0081l6c)

Loose Ends 11:15 MON (b050sbzh)

Loose Ends 21:15 MON (b050sbzh)

Loose Ends 04:15 TUE (b050sbzh)

Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives 09:00 SUN (b008f3cs)

Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives 17:00 SUN (b008f3cs)

Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives 05:00 MON (b008f3cs)

Mark Steel's in Town 23:00 SAT (b00rtbyy)

Meet the Parents 01:30 SAT (b037z6mq)

Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 SUN (b0512pxn)

Miracles R Us 17:00 WED (b00sg1hh)

Miracles R Us 05:00 THU (b00sg1hh)

Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club 14:30 MON (b00w46nz)

Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club 00:30 TUE (b00w46nz)

Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club 14:30 TUE (b00w4lt1)

Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club 00:30 WED (b00w4lt1)

Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club 14:30 WED (b00w5jbt)

Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club 00:30 THU (b00w5jbt)

Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club 14:30 THU (b00w5rkw)

Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club 00:30 FRI (b00w5rkw)

Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club 14:30 FRI (b00w6f7p)

Mr Blue Sky 09:30 MON (b01132yy)

Mr Blue Sky 22:30 MON (b01132yy)

My Life in Five Books 18:30 FRI (b0120w1q)

Nick Mohammed in Bits 23:00 THU (b00tt5pw)

Nineteen Ninety-Four 07:00 TUE (b014sntd)

Nineteen Ninety-Four 17:30 TUE (b014sntd)

Nineteen Ninety-Four 05:30 WED (b014sntd)

Norman Wisdom - The Singer and the Song 06:30 WED (b010n408)

Norman Wisdom - The Singer and the Song 13:30 WED (b010n408)

Norman Wisdom - The Singer and the Song 20:30 WED (b010n408)

Norman Wisdom - The Singer and the Song 02:30 THU (b010n408)

North East of Eden 07:00 MON (b01hc5tl)

North East of Eden 17:30 MON (b01hc5tl)

North East of Eden 05:30 TUE (b01hc5tl)

Off the Page 18:30 WED (b0076k0b)

Off the Page 01:30 THU (b0076k0b)

On the Hour 23:00 WED (b007k4vr)

Paradise Lost in Cyberspace 18:30 SAT (b007jpdb)

Paradise Lost in Cyberspace 00:30 SUN (b007jpdb)

Peter Tinniswood 11:15 FRI (b036y49b)

Peter Tinniswood 21:15 FRI (b036y49b)

Quote... Unquote 09:00 MON (b00qp1ch)

Quote... Unquote 18:00 MON (b00qp1ch)

Quote... Unquote 01:00 TUE (b00qp1ch)

Radio Shuttleworth 22:30 FRI (b007ynmh)

Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 13:30 SUN (b00vs0f0)

Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 03:30 MON (b00vs0f0)

Ring Around the Bath 17:00 TUE (b00tvqmr)

Ring Around the Bath 05:00 WED (b00tvqmr)

Ronald Harwood - The Dresser 06:00 SAT (b01s82g4)

Ronald Harwood - The Dresser 16:00 SAT (b01s82g4)

Ronald Harwood - The Dresser 04:00 SUN (b01s82g4)

Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book 09:30 SUN (b00cyywl)

Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book 17:30 SUN (b00cyywl)

Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book 05:30 MON (b00cyywl)

Scrooby Trevithick 23:00 TUE (b00s0vd8)

Second Thoughts 17:00 MON (b00lh0tj)

Second Thoughts 05:00 TUE (b00lh0tj)

Self-Storage 23:45 FRI (b007znbd)

Sketchorama 07:30 SUN (b01kjt9h)

Sketchorama 22:00 SUN (b01kjt9h)

Sketchorama 03:00 MON (b01kjt9h)

Snapshots in the Dark 07:15 SUN (b0075qf8)

Snapshots in the Dark 13:15 SUN (b0075qf8)

Spread a Little Happiness 09:30 WED (b00z09bn)

Steve Walker - Haunted By More Cake 04:15 SAT (b04xf4pw)

Stop Messing About! 08:30 SUN (b00s6rcj)

Stop Messing About! 15:30 SUN (b00s6rcj)

Stop Messing About! 20:30 SUN (b00s6rcj)

Stop Messing About! 02:30 MON (b00s6rcj)

TED Radio Hour 11:00 SUN (b0505t34)

TED Radio Hour 19:00 SUN (b0505t34)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 MON (b0513x56)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 TUE (b05178t0)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 WED (b051cl1x)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 THU (b051d901)

The 4 O'Clock Show 16:00 FRI (b051h5qp)

The Arthur Haynes Show 08:00 SUN (b00zdbmj)

The Arthur Haynes Show 15:00 SUN (b00zdbmj)

The Arthur Haynes Show 20:00 SUN (b00zdbmj)

The Arthur Haynes Show 02:00 MON (b00zdbmj)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 SAT (b051vjbq)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 SUN (b051vl16)

The Comedy Club Interviews 23:25 TUE (b0536rhk)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 WED (b0536rqh)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 THU (b0536rvl)

The Comedy Club Interviews 22:55 FRI (b052kwwp)

The Funny Thing About Muslims 06:30 MON (b007qwzz)

The Funny Thing About Muslims 13:30 MON (b007qwzz)

The Funny Thing About Muslims 20:30 MON (b007qwzz)

The Funny Thing About Muslims 02:30 TUE (b007qwzz)

The In Crowd 23:30 FRI (b0085jgt)

The Jason Byrne Show 23:30 SAT (b00mgxcn)

The Jason Explanation of... 08:30 THU (b007jq9g)

The Jason Explanation of... 12:30 THU (b007jq9g)

The Jason Explanation of... 19:30 THU (b007jq9g)

The Ken Dodd Show 14:30 SAT (b050cx7p)

The Ken Dodd Show 08:30 TUE (b0516tq7)

The Ken Dodd Show 12:30 TUE (b0516tq7)

The Ken Dodd Show 19:30 TUE (b0516tq7)

The Man in Black 18:00 SUN (b017glqm)

The Man in Black 00:00 MON (b017glqm)

The Men from the Ministry 08:30 FRI (b007jnrc)

The Men from the Ministry 12:30 FRI (b007jnrc)

The Men from the Ministry 19:30 FRI (b007jnrc)

The Michael Bentine Show 08:30 MON (b007js4v)

The Michael Bentine Show 12:30 MON (b007js4v)

The Michael Bentine Show 19:30 MON (b007js4v)

The Navy Lark 08:00 WED (b00yc3jt)

The Navy Lark 12:00 WED (b00yc3jt)

The Navy Lark 19:00 WED (b00yc3jt)

The Now Show 23:00 MON (b050c4sq)

The Now Show 09:00 TUE (b050c4sq)

The Now Show 18:00 TUE (b050c4sq)

The Now Show 01:00 WED (b050c4sq)

The Odd Half Hour 22:30 WED (b00w7bv1)

The Older Woman 07:00 WED (b02qt773)

The Older Woman 17:30 WED (b02qt773)

The Older Woman 05:30 THU (b02qt773)

The Personality Test 09:00 THU (b007sq67)

The Personality Test 18:00 THU (b007sq67)

The Personality Test 01:00 FRI (b007sq67)

The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue 17:00 THU (b007jx7h)

The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue 05:00 FRI (b007jx7h)

The Skivers 23:30 WED (b007zn0j)

The Unbelievable Truth 07:30 MON (b04yfssy)

The Unbelievable Truth 22:00 MON (b04yfssy)

Thomas Hardy Short Stories 04:00 SAT (b01rcw0n)

Tinsel Girl 12:00 SAT (b050xkyy)

Tinsel Girl 02:00 SUN (b050xkyy)

Vaughan Williams: Late Love, Late Life 06:30 THU (b00chw4k)

Vaughan Williams: Late Love, Late Life 13:30 THU (b00chw4k)

Vaughan Williams: Late Love, Late Life 20:30 THU (b00chw4k)

Vaughan Williams: Late Love, Late Life 02:30 FRI (b00chw4k)

What Does the K Stand For? 07:30 WED (b0507mbg)

What Does the K Stand For? 22:00 WED (b0507mbg)

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit 14:00 MON (b00y9y8k)

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit 00:00 TUE (b00y9y8k)

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit 14:00 TUE (b00y9ycj)

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit 00:00 WED (b00y9ycj)

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit 14:00 WED (b00yb45z)

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit 00:00 THU (b00yb45z)

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit 14:00 THU (b00yb490)

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit 00:00 FRI (b00yb490)

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit 14:00 FRI (b00yb61d)

Why Do We Sing? 06:30 FRI (b00c5j0l)

Why Do We Sing? 13:30 FRI (b00c5j0l)

Why Do We Sing? 20:30 FRI (b00c5j0l)

Wimsey 02:00 SAT (b007jvn6)

Wimsey 06:00 MON (b007jvn8)

Wimsey 13:00 MON (b007jvn8)

Wimsey 20:00 MON (b007jvn8)

Wimsey 02:00 TUE (b007jvn8)

Wimsey 06:00 TUE (b007jvng)

Wimsey 13:00 TUE (b007jvng)

Wimsey 20:00 TUE (b007jvng)

Wimsey 02:00 WED (b007jvng)

Wimsey 06:00 WED (b007jvnj)

Wimsey 13:00 WED (b007jvnj)

Wimsey 20:00 WED (b007jvnj)

Wimsey 02:00 THU (b007jvnj)

Wimsey 06:00 THU (b007jvnm)

Wimsey 13:00 THU (b007jvnm)

Wimsey 20:00 THU (b007jvnm)

Wimsey 02:00 FRI (b007jvnm)

Wimsey 06:00 FRI (b007k440)

Wimsey 13:00 FRI (b007k440)

Wimsey 20:00 FRI (b007k440)

Yes Minister 08:00 TUE (b007jmj1)

Yes Minister 12:00 TUE (b007jmj1)

Yes Minister 19:00 TUE (b007jmj1)