In Petrograd, Ashenden encounters a fastidious American businessman called Mr Harrington, whose penchant for spotless laundry has ugly consequences when the Bolsheviks revolt.
Ashenden also crosses paths with his former Russian lover, Anastacia, who's only too eager to help him in his biggest and most important mission yet.
A series of short stories based on William Somerset Maugham's own First World War experiences
Paul Gauguin asked August Strindberg to write an introduction to his catalogue exhibition.
In response, Strindberg wrote passionately, but regretfully that he couldn't as he didn't like Gauguin's work and while he struggled to explain his antipathy, he wrote "What is he then? He is Gauguin, the savage who hates the restraints of civilisation, who has something of the Titan who, jealous of the creator, makes his own little creation in his spare time, the child who takes toys apart to make others, the one who renounces and defies, preferring to see the sky red, rather than blue with the crowd."
By the time he's written these words he begins to understand this controversial artist's work and exclaims "Upon my word, it seems to me that, now I've become excited writing, I'm starting to have a certain understanding of Gauguin's art.
The last romantic, the leading light in Symbolist painting, the primitive sophisticate, 'decivilising' painter of the French colonial tropics and revolutionary colourist - Paul Gauguin's work shaped modern art. His rejection of the bourgeois Parisian lifestyle of a stockbroker and wild escape to an archipelago of tiny, remote Pacific islands is the stuff of modern artistic legend. But to this day he remains a very controversial figure, lauded on the one hand and vilified by critics on the other.
Our title is taken from Gauguin's life-maxim - that he demanded "The right to dare to do anything." The 'right to dare' goes to the heart of our argument here - and of our assessment of the contemporary importance of Gauguin's art . We investigate the ways in which Gauguin pushed at the boundaries of convention both in art and life and explore the legacy of that daring in terms of Gauguin's influence today.
Father's enjoyed a remarkable recovery and seems poised to live forever; and Rosie and William plan to stay at home. But Nancy makes a big decision...
Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy serial stars Bill Wallis as Winston, Maurice Denham as Father, Shirley Dixon as Nancy, Liz Goulding as Rosie and Christian Rodska as William.
Radio 4's new drama 'Peston', 'Thought for the Day' for Satanists and why is Jeremy Vine so charming in person but so tetchy on Radio 2?
The show that look backs in amplitude at rearranged and downright fictional snippets from BBC radio.
With her crew battling flu, HMS Troutbridge must take on board half an Onabushkan crew for a special royal mission.
Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey, Ronnie Barker as Able Seaman Johnson,Tenniel Evans as Able Seaman Goldstein, Heather Chasen as the Queen and Michael Bates as the Aide.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Bill Oddie and Jo Kendall.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Agitate your grey matter with Chris Maslanka, David Singmaster, William Harston and Professor Angela Newing. From June 1998.
Renaissance Italy's Prince Ludovico buys a cannon, and Princess Plethora wants to confess. Stars David Swift. From April 2001.
2. Disillusionment
Teacher Margaret Steggles wonders if pompous playwright Gerald Challis really is the man of her dreams?
Narrator/Lady Challis …. Rosemary Leach
Margaret Steggles …. Juliet Aubrey
Gerard Challis …. Michael Fenton Stevens
Hilda Wilson …. Saffron Burrows
Hebe Niland …. Caroline Harker
Zita Mandelbaum …. Mia Soteriou
Seraphina Challis …. Phyllida Nash
Dick Fletcher …. Jonathan Nibbs
Mrs Steggles …. Angela Barlow
Mr Hudson …. Chris Donnelly
Grantey …. Jacqueline Tong
Earl …. Martin T. Sherman
Mrs Wilson …. Barbara Kellermann
Life in a galaxy where every planet and every city is like a billion others, the controlling Unicrat who created them feels his plan has gone awry. Read by Jack Klaff.
Brian Aldiss (1925-2017) was one of Britain's most prolific writers of speculative fiction. His first book was written when he was 14. This selection of his shorter fiction celebrates the range of his interests from futuristic creation myths to biting social satire.
Greatly influenced by the science fiction pioneer HG Wells, his writings have been compared to those of Isaac Asimov, Greg Bear and Arthur C. Clarke. His complete works are currently being republished.
What if you couldn't remember a single minute of the ten years you'd spent with the love of your life? Joe can remember everything about Ally; Ally remembers nothing about Joe.
Joe ..... Alex Jennings
Ally ..... Juliet Stevenson
The windmill is smashed, with Squealer blaming Snowball, as Napoleon cements his position on the farm. Read by Bill Nighy. From June 2003.
Two people from different generations who work in the health industry or have experience of the health industry discuss how technology has changed over their lifetimes.
Sharon Dempsey nurses in the community, as did Merle Parke. They compare notes on how technology in their jobs affects the relationship with the patient. From computerising records and using high tech equipment to having machinery that can help patients monitor their own symptoms and help nurses make remote diagnoses.
Ethan Frome ..... Dominic Mafham
Mattie ..... Jessica Raine
Zeena ..... Laurel Lefkow
Jotham Powell ..... Adam Billington
Denis Eady ..... Christopher Webster
Widow Homan ...... Victoria Inez Hardy
Edith Wharton ..... Fenella Woolgar
Ethan Frome is one of Edith Wharton's most enduring and powerful stories.
Set against the cold, grey, bleakness of a New England winter. Ethan Frome scrapes a living from his woodlot whilst trapped in an unhappy marriage with his hypochondriac wife, Zeena. A ray of light enters Ethan's life when his wife's cousin Mattie arrives to help. His life is transformed as he falls in love with Mattie but their fate is determined by their circumstances and the stifling conventions of the time.
Ethan Frome was deemed shocking when first published as it appeared to condone infidelity. What many readers did not know was that many of the novella's themes mirrored real events in the life of Edith Wharton. Her own story is told in the play 'The Jinx Element' which explores her own sexless marriage and a passionate affair that begun when she was 47.
The second volume of Chris Mullin's diaries reflect irreverently and humorously on New Labour's last term in office. Today, Tony Blair's final days as Prime Minister.
Chris Mullin is the former MP for Sunderland South, a journalist and author. His books include the first volume of his acclaimed diaries, "A View From the Foothills." He also wrote the thriller, "A Very British Coup", with the television version winning BAFTA and Emmy awards. He was a minister in three departments, Environment, Transport and Regions, International Development and The Foreign Office.
The reader is Sam Dale.
The abridger is Penny Leicester.
Dyer and student geologist Danforth discover sprawling evidence of an incredible ancient civilisation. Read by Richard Coyle.
Matthew Parris, Julian Baggini, Will Pavia and Anthony McGowan discuss the impact of suspicious thoughts. From March 2005.
Comedy series in which comedian Will Smith seeks help and advice - primarily from his godfather Peter - on coping with the onset of middle age. Peter invites American rap star 10 Shot to help Will with his confidence and Will joins a self defence class to stop him being bullied by teenage girls. With Roger Allam, Jimmy Akingbola, Jill Cardo.
Welsh migrants to America, Michael D Jones and Anthony Hopkins. Determining the ultimate heroes of Wales. From December 2012.
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best laughs. Plus Jessica Fostekew chats to Andy Hamilton.
It's 1942 and the war is not going well - so the codebreakers of Bletchley Park are under even more pressure than usual.
Archie, Gordon and Charles try to think like Germans to predict the Enigma machine code...
Stars Tom Goodman-Hill as Archie, Robert Bathurst as Professor Charles Gardner, Fergus Craig as Gordon, Alex MacQueen as 3rd Lt. Joshua Featherstonhaugh-Marshall, Olivia Colman as Minka and Lill Roughley as Mrs Best.
THURSDAY 20 AUGUST 2015
THU 00:00 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness (b00vlq6b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Off the Page (b0076r24)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008gbq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Gauguin: The Right to Dare (b00txhf5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 George Orwell - Animal Farm (b00c0grc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 The Generation Gap (b00t6rc0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b019fxjc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:45 Book of the Week (b00thw3n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Westwood (b01322b0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Puzzle Panel (b00x7lb5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00c3b7g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Winston (b007mwhn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Listen Against (b00fq2sw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008gcmq)
Miss King
Agent Ashenden finds his Swiss hotel is a hive of activity for spies from both sides of the war and is summoned to the deathbed of an English governess who wants the ear of one of her countrymen before she dies.
A series of short stories based on William Somerset Maugham's own First World War experiences
Read by Alex Jennings
Abridged by Neville Teller
Producer: Eoin O'Callaghan
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
THU 06:30 Juggling Chainsaws with Archaos (b00tmtxs)
Chainsaws, forklift trucks and semtex - in 1990, the French ripped into the traditional circus format with a demented vitality that outraged authorities across the UK. Archaos were the creation of Pierrot Bidon, "part gypsy, part street urchin, very hairy" according to Mark Borkowski. He was their British publicist, and saw it as his job to get them out of the cultural pages and onto the front pages instead.
"The Human Circus Hides Sick Secrets" - a typical tabloid headline that followed Archaos wherever they went. As a result, local councils banned them again and again, a cunning ploy to sell huge numbers of tickets wherever they went.
In Juggling Chainsaws with Archaos, presenter Miles Warde tracks down the British participants who made Archaos more successful here than anywhere else - including their producer Adrian Evans and performers like Mischa Eligoloff, who moved from backstage to fire-eater, hiccupped during a performance, and felt all his paraffin enter his lungs. Or as Pierrot Bidon used to say, "A life without danger is not a life; a show without danger is not a show.".
THU 07:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007tdnm)
The Metropolitan Touch
Bingo's in love again, so Bertie and his valet are summoned to help.
PG Wodehouse romp dramatised by Chris Miller from the book.
PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.
Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Bingo Little ..... Jonathan Cecil
Steggles ...... Edwin Apps
Kid ...... Denise Bryer
Adapted by Chris Miller.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973.
THU 07:30 Meet David Sedaris (b064zp7v)
Series 5
Leviathan
Two stories from one of the world's best storytellers, David Sedaris, doing what he does best:
Leviathan deals with a family gathering for Thanksgiving at the seaside.
And there's another instalment from David's diary.
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 2015.
THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b00t3tws)
Series 2
Sunday for Seven Days
Harold lives to regret taking his dad Albert to the cinema.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Peter Hawkins and Nigel Clayton.
Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1967.
THU 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007jv6w)
Series 1
Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant Ravelli get themselves hired to guard a Rembrandt painting.
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli.
Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s, the scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus
With Lorelei King and Graham Hoadly.
Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1990.
THU 09:00 Guess What? (b066f71q)
Episode 8
Animal, vegetable or mineral?
Barry Took hosts a revised version of popular radio parlour game of 20 questions.
Regular Geoffrey Durham is joined by Chris Serle and Clare Francis.
Written by Michael Dines.
Producer: Andy Aliffe
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.
THU 09:30 After Henry (b007nf1y)
Series 4
Dependent Relatives
'I'm sorry, Mother. It's just that that's the fourth time you've said you're not feeling at all well in the last hour".
Sarah is missing her daughter Clare - and her mother Eleanor is still very irritating.
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Sarah ...... Prunella Scales
Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson
Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Clare ...... Gerry Cowper
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1989.
THU 10:00 Judith French - The Dutch Mariner (b0076dm8)
A mysterious Dutchman is condemned to sail the seas for all eternity, unless he can find a woman who loves him enough to die for him.
But how do you prove a lover would give their soul to save yours?
In the short, dark days of Norwegian winter, this timeless tale explores the danger of getting what you wish for, the power of love and the strength of evil.
"The Dutch Mariner" is Judith French's retelling of the myth that inspired Wagner's classic opera "The Flying Dutchman".
The Mariner .... Gerard Murphy
The Fiend .... James Laurenson
Senta ....Ellie Beaven
Eric ... Ifan Meredith
Daland ... Pip Donaghy
Producer: Rachel Horan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003.
THU 11:00 Brian Aldiss Short Stories (b03wtf7z)
The Light Really; Apology
Two Brian Aldiss stories: first, a philandering journalist is confined to home; whilst in Apology an elderly aristocrat's memory returns him to an incident that moved him greatly. Read by Ewan Bailey.
Brian Aldiss (1925-2017) was one of Britain's most prolific writers of speculative fiction. His first book was written when he was 14. This selection of his shorter fiction celebrates the range of his interests from futuristic creation myths to biting social satire.
Greatly influenced by the science fiction pioneer HG Wells, his writings have been compared to those of Isaac Asimov, Greg Bear and Arthur C Clarke. His complete works are currently being republished.
Produced for BBC Radio 4 Extra by the Waters Company.
THU 11:15 Drama (b00x44l6)
Chris Wilson - I Before Bee
I Before Bee
by Chris Wilson
A comic and heartwarming play about teenager Michael Croxley whose stammer has contributed to his fear of public speaking. To his horror, Michael finds that he's competing in the national school spelling bee's; when the girl he adores, Lynne Hargreaves, reads a composition of his in double English and discovers he's a whizz with words and his spelling is stupendous she asks him to be part of the school spelling-bee team. How can he refuse? He accepts gallantly. Secretly he sobs to his nana terrified at the prospect. His Scottish Nana comes to the rescue with the help of Robert The Bruce.
Michael ....... Mykola Allen
Lynne ....... Sophie McShera
Nana............Maureen Beattie
Michael Senior....Paul Copley
Serena ....... Poppy Rush
Andre ...... Jack Ryan
Moderator.....Seamus O'Neill
Speech Consultant....Sue Addlestone
Producer/Director - Pauline Harris
The Writer - Chris Wilson is a sports journalist from Hull, who won a BBC Northern Radio writer for new writers -Alfred Bradley Bursary Award. His first play, Lump Boy Logan, starring Annette Badland and William Rush was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in The Wire strand.
THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b00t3tws)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007jv6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 13:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008gcmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Juggling Chainsaws with Archaos (b00tmtxs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 14:00 George Orwell - Animal Farm (b00c0c38)
Episode 4
The farmyard's commandments continue to change. Meanwhile, Napoleon gains a new title. Read by Bill Nighy. From June 2003.
THU 14:15 The Generation Gap (b00t6rc2)
Series 3: Health Industry
Mental Health
Two people from different generations who work in the health industry or have experience of the health industry discuss how technology has changed over their lifetimes.
Una Parker had ECT treatment for severe depression in the 1970s. She talks to Andrew Smith who is in his twenties and is being treated for depression by drug therapy. However, ECT is still used today, though there is much greater knowledge around it. How has technology changed our approach to the treatment of mental health?
Producer: Laura Parfitt
A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b019gy9t)
Edith Wharton - Ethan Frome
Episode 4
Ethan becomes determined to escape his marriage and runaway with Mattie.
Ethan Frome ..... Dominic Mafham
Mattie ..... Jessica Raine
Zeena ..... Laurel Lefkow
Edith Wharton .... Fenella Woolgar
Written by Edith Wharton
Dramatised by Lin Coghlan
Directed by Sally Avens
Ethan Frome is one of Edith Wharton's most enduring and powerful stories.
Set against the cold, grey, bleakness of a New England winter. Ethan Frome scrapes a living from his woodlot whilst trapped in an unhappy marriage with his hypochondriac wife, Zeena. A ray of light enters Ethan's life when his wife's cousin Mattie arrives to help. His life is transformed as he falls in love with Mattie but their fate is determined by their circumstances and the stifling conventions of the time.
Ethan Frome was deemed shocking when first published as it appeared to condone infidelity. What many readers did not know was that many of the novella's themes mirrored real events in the life of Edith Wharton. Her own story is told in a play 'The Jinx Element' which explores her own sexless marriage and a passionate affair that begun when she was 47.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012.
THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b00thw3q)
Chris Mullin - Decline and Fall: Diaries 2005-2010
Episode 4
The second volume of Chris Mullin's diaries reflect irreverently and humorously on New Labour's last term in office. Today, 2008 approaches, and there is mounting disquiet over Gordon Brown's leadership.
Chris Mullin is the former MP for Sunderland South, a journalist and author. His books include the first volume of his acclaimed diaries, "A View From the Foothills." He also wrote the thriller, "A Very British Coup", with the television version winning BAFTA and Emmy awards. He was a minister in three departments, Environment, Transport and Regions, International Development and The Foreign Office.
The reader is Sam Dale.
The abridger is Penny Leicester.
The producer is Elizabeth Allard.
THU 15:00 Judith French - The Dutch Mariner (b0076dm8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Guess What? (b066f71q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 16:30 After Henry (b007nf1y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 17:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007tdnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
THU 17:30 Meet David Sedaris (b064zp7v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
THU 18:00 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness (b00vlw5s)
Episode 4
Investigating fantastic ancient structures high in the Antarctic, Dyer and Danforth face pure terror. Read by Richard Coyle.
THU 18:30 Great Lives (b01mqpgh)
Series 28
George Orwell
Whilst at school, a young Alan Johnson was given some money by a teacher and told to go and buy four copies of any book for the school library. He headed down the Kings Road in Chelsea, stopping only for a sly cigarette along the way. Having already read 'Animal Farm', he picked 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying' and yearned for the life of lead character Gordon Comstock.
In conversation with Matthew Parris, former Home Secretary Alan Johnson explains why Orwell was crucial to his education and political development. He's surprised to learn that Orwell is not on the National Curriculum, and insists that Orwell would have hated I.D. cards. They're joined by Jean Seaton, Professor of Media History at the University of Westminster and Chair of the Orwell Prize.
Orwell was in the news recently when the outgoing Director-General of the BBC, Mark Thompson, turned down a proposal to erect a statue of George Orwell outside BBC Broadcasting House, reportedly telling Joan Bakewell that it was 'far too Left-wing an idea.'
Producers: Beatrice Fenton and Toby Field.
From 2010.
THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b00t3tws)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007jv6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 20:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008gcmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Juggling Chainsaws with Archaos (b00tmtxs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Brian Aldiss Short Stories (b03wtf7z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Drama (b00x44l6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Meet David Sedaris (b064zp7v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
THU 22:30 My First Planet (b01gg8h2)
Series 1
The Noticeboard of Doom
Written by Phil Whelans
Day 27 and the colonists are torn between Richard's newsletter and Archer's hot pants. And which is more dangerous - Brian's monkey wrench or Lillian's "vitamin" drink"?
A sitcom set on a shiny new planet where we ask the question - if humankind were to colonise space, is it destined to succumb to self-interest, prejudice and infighting? (By the way, the answer's "yes". Sorry.)
Welcome to the colony. We're aware that having been in deep cryosleep for 73 years, you may be in need of some supplementary information.
Personnel
Unfortunately, Burrows the leader of the colony has died on the voyage, so his Number 2, Brian (Nicholas Lyndhurst) is now in charge. He's a nice enough chap, but no alpha male, and his desire to sort things out with a nice friendly meeting infuriates the colony's Chief Physician Lillian (Vicki Pepperdine - "Getting On"), who'd really rather everyone was walking round in tight colour-coded tunics and saluting each other. She's also in charge of Project Adam, the plan to conceive and give birth to the first colony-born baby. Unfortunately, the two people hand-picked for this purpose - Carol and Richard - were rather fibbing about being a couple, just to get on the trip.
Add in an entirely unscrupulous Chief Scientist, Mason and also Archer, an idiot maintenance man who believes he's an "empath" rather than a plumber, and you're all set to answer the question - if humankind were to colonise space, is it destined to succumb to self-interest, prejudice and infighting? (By the way, the answer's "yes". Sorry.)
Produced & directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive Television Ltd Production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b018pd6l)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best in laughs. Plus Jessica Fostekew chats again to Andy Hamilton.
THU 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b008m4f8)
Series 1
Introduction
Fed up with eternity, Satan decides Hell needs some new guests.
"I'm bored of skiing across the lake of fire with a nun lashed to each foot. That's the trouble with eternity - it's so hard to set yourself targets."
The opening episode of Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell.
Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Gary, The Demon ...... Steven O'Donnell
Other characters played by Philip Pope, Penelope Nice and Jasper Jacob.
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1995.
THU 23:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b007jwqc)
Series 2
Episode 3
A phone-in to match-make partners - and an Asian Babe fancies a job on BBC TV's Newsnight.
Starring:
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Kulvinder Ghir
Nitin Sawhney
Meera Syal
Nina Wadia
Gold Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The sketch comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC TWO from 1998 to 2001.
Written by Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sanjeev Kohli.
Script Editor: Sharat Sardana
Producer: Anil Gupta.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.
FRIDAY 21 AUGUST 2015
FRI 00:00 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness (b00vlw5s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b01mqpgh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008gcmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Juggling Chainsaws with Archaos (b00tmtxs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 George Orwell - Animal Farm (b00c0c38)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 The Generation Gap (b00t6rc2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b019gy9t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:45 Book of the Week (b00thw3q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Judith French - The Dutch Mariner (b0076dm8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Guess What? (b066f71q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 After Henry (b007nf1y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007tdnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Meet David Sedaris (b064zp7v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008ggv1)
Giulia Lazzari
Agent Ashenden's summoned to a Paris hotel and tasked with ensnaring a known agitator - Indian lawyer, Chandra Lal who's caused much trouble for the British war effort.
When a large reward was offered for his arrest, Chandra fled to Berlin and where he fell in love with an Italian dancer, Giulia Lazzari. But Intelligence Head R has intercepted their love letters sparking a plan to trap him.
A series of short stories based on William Somerset Maugham's own First World War experiences
Read by Alex Jennings
Abridged by Neville Teller
Producer: Eoin O'Callaghan
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
FRI 06:30 Philip Pullman and Miss Jones (b00775zz)
Terry Jones presides over a conversation between best-selling author Philip Pullman and his former schoolteacher Enid Jones. In an intimate and revealing setting in the Welsh coast town of Harlech, they talk about Philip's first day in school, his early attempts at storytelling, the craft of poetry, reading, writing and other memories.
They reveal how their pupil-teacher relationship has ripened into a friendship that has endured nearly fifty years. Pullman explains the reasons behind his acknowledgement of his former teacher at the end of the His Dark Materials trilogy.
FRI 07:00 Rent (b066fy4b)
Series 4
Episode 5
Paul and Ruby are delighted to see the back of Dave.
Maria and Richard are finding Eva rather harder to get rid of.
Lucy Flannery's award-winning sitcom about Maria and Richard Reynolds and their lodgers.
Maria …. Barbara Flynn
Richard …. Patrick Barlow
Ruby …. Vivienne Rochester
Paul …. Dave Lamb
With Sarah Parkinson and Toby Longworth.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
FRI 07:30 Wordaholics (b01d0prh)
Series 1
Episode 4
Wordaholics is the comedy panel game all about words.
Gyles Brandreth presides as Natalie Haynes, Michael Rosen, Arthur Smith and Paul Sinha vie for supremacy in the ring.
Wordaholics is clever, intelligent, witty and unexpected. There are toponyms, abbreviations, euphemisms, old words, new words, cockney rhyming slang, Greek gobbledegook, plus the panellists' picks of the ugliest and the most beautiful words: the whole world of words.
Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle
Producer: Claire Jones.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012.
FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007wp6j)
Series 4
The Last of the McHancocks
The lad inherits a Scottish castle and starts feuding with his nasty neighbour.
Stars Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams.
With special guest James Robertson Justice as Seamus McNasty.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Producer: Denis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1957.
FRI 08:30 The Goon Show (b007jlzb)
Series 5
Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Neddie Seagoon wants fame and riches, but will he risk life and limb for Maid Marion?
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1954.
FRI 09:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00mpqkn)
Series 2
Episode 6
James Walton tests and tickles the knowledge of industry pundits and people passionate about pop music.
Team captains Tracey MacLeod and Andrew Collins are joined by Clare Grogan and Danny Kelly to be put through their musical paces
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Written and researched by James Walton
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
FRI 09:30 Boogie Up the River (b007jz40)
Lechlade, Twinned with Zanzibar
Mark is celebrating, but with dog hair in the champers. Can a living legend save the day? Stars Timothy Spall. From January 1993.
FRI 10:00 Herman Melville - Bartleby the Scrivener (b007jx95)
A man employed as a copyist in a firm of lawyers starts behaving strangely.
It begins with him announcing there are aspects of his work he’d 'prefer' not to do – although he’s excellent at the actual work.
But then the list of things he’d rather avoid doing becomes more sinister...
Ian Holm and Adrian Scarborough star in Herman Melville's short story.
Dramatised by Martyn Wade.
The Lawyer …. Ian Holm
Bartleby …. Adrian Scarborough
Turkey …. David Collings
Nippers …. Jonathan Keeble
Hudd …. Philip Fox
Norton …. John Rowe
Prison Officer …. Stephen Hogan
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
FRI 11:00 Brian Aldiss Short Stories (b03wtr47)
Supertoys Last All Summer Long
The short story which became the basis for the Stanley Kubrick-developed Steven Spielberg film A.I. What is real? What is artificial intelligence? Read by Zoe Waites.
Brian Aldiss (1925-2017) was one of Britain's most prolific writers of speculative fiction. His first book was written when he was 14. This selection of his shorter fiction celebrates the range of his interests from futuristic creation myths to biting social satire.
Greatly influenced by the science fiction pioneer HG Wells, his writings have been compared to those of Isaac Asimov, Greg Bear and Arthur C Clarke. His complete works are currently being republished.
Produced for BBC Radio 4 Extra by the Waters Company.
FRI 11:15 Helen Cooper - A9 (b01q19ty)
War hero Bernard Bottomly's three children expect to inherit his millions. But there are strings attached. Stars David Warner.
FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007wp6j)
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08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Goon Show (b007jlzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008ggv1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Philip Pullman and Miss Jones (b00775zz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 George Orwell - Animal Farm (b00c02sc)
Episode 5
As Boxer becomes gravely ill, are all the residents of the farmyard really equal? Concluded by Bill Nighy. From June 2003.
FRI 14:15 The Generation Gap (b00t6rc4)
Series 3: Health Industry
Heart Surgeons
Two people from different generations who work in the health industry or have experience of the health industry discuss how technology has changed over their lifetimes.
Mr Terence Lewis is one of the country's pioneering heart surgeons. He recently retired but he returns to the building named after him at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth to meet heart surgeon Clinton Loyd, who is conducting cutting-edge surgery using minimally invasive techniques. Technology has moved on quickly in the last 50 years, but technology has also got to be measured against cost.
Producer: Laura Parfitt
A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b019h2b6)
Edith Wharton - Ethan Frome
Episode 5
Mattie and Ethan take desperate measures not to be separated.
Ethan Frome ..... Dominic Mafham
Mattie ..... Jessica Raine
Zeena ..... Laurel Lefkow
Mrs Hale ..... Tracy Wiles
Edith Wharton ..... Fenella Woolgar
by Edith Wharton
dramatised by Lin Coghlan
Directed by Sally Avens
Ethan Frome is one of Edith Wharton's most enduring and powerful stories.
Set against the cold, grey, bleakness of a New England winter. Ethan Frome scrapes a living from his woodlot whilst trapped in an unhappy marriage with his hypochondriac wife, Zeena. A ray of light enters Ethan's life when his wife's cousin Mattie arrives to help. His life is transformed as he falls in love with Mattie but their fate is determined by their circumstances and the stifling conventions of the time.
Ethan Frome was deemed shocking when first published as it appeared to condone infidelity. What many readers did not know was that many of the novella's themes mirrored real events in the life of Edith Wharton. Her own story is told in 'The Jinx Element' that explores her own sexless marriage and a passionate affair that begun when she was 47.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012.
FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b00thw3s)
Chris Mullin - Decline and Fall: Diaries 2005-2010
Episode 5
The second volume of Chris Mullin's diaries reflect irreverently and humorously on New Labour's last term in office. Today, the 2010 election approaches, and Mullin anticipates the inevitable outcome, as well as his own last days as an MP.
Chris Mullin is the former MP for Sunderland South, a journalist and author. His books include the first volume of his acclaimed diaries, "A View From the Foothills." He also wrote the thriller, "A Very British Coup", with the television version winning BAFTA and Emmy awards. He was a minister in three departments, Environment, Transport and Regions, International Development and The Foreign Office.
The reader is Sam Dale.
The abridger is Penny Leicester.
The producer is Elizabeth Allard.
FRI 15:00 Herman Melville - Bartleby the Scrivener (b007jx95)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00mpqkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 16:30 Boogie Up the River (b007jz40)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 17:00 Rent (b066fy4b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Wordaholics (b01d0prh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness (b00vnf09)
Episode 5
Battling in the Antarctic, can Dyer and Danforth escape with their lives? Richard Coyle concludes HP Lovecraft's tale of terror.
FRI 18:30 Fry's English Delight (b012wdjh)
Series 4
Class
Stephen Fry's idiosyncratic meander along the byways of English takes him into dangerous territory: Language and Class. Is it still the contentious issue it used to be?
In the Nineteen Fifties a famous distinction was drawn between what came to be called "U" and "Non-U" words, expressions and pronunciations that were supposed to give a pretty clear indication as to which class the speaker belonged. That's all old hat now surely? Or are there still differences between the way the social classes speak, and are perceived?
Once the social boundaries were very clear. Now they seem a lot more porous. So have we changed the way we speak to cope with social changes? The answer - according to experts in the programme seems to be "yes, but not as much as you might think".
With the help of a socio-linguist, a waspish columnist, a professional voice coach and Yorkshire poet Ian Macmillan, Stephen looks at the history of class and speech, and finds that changes have been subtle. Yet for many old tribalisms remain.
Macmillan helps show how the issues always seem to be debated in a metropolitan context. They take on a very different hue if seen from elsewhere.
Producer: Ian Gardhouse
A Testbed Production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007wp6j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Goon Show (b007jlzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy (b008ggv1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Philip Pullman and Miss Jones (b00775zz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Brian Aldiss Short Stories (b03wtr47)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Helen Cooper - A9 (b01q19ty)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Shappi Talk (b00lszhj)
Series 1
Growing Up in the UK
Shappi is joined with black comedian Ava Vidal who'll be looking back at her unusual childhood. Shappi also chats with another 'related' guest- and this week she talks to author Ben Okri who reveals some amazing story from his childhood with a very alternative father and some childhood challenges.
There'll also be a chance for Shappi to chat with the audience and there'll be a song from Hils Barker.
Producer: Paul Russell
An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 22:30 Absolute Power (b007jr82)
Series 1
Episode 6
What better way to increase the nation's feelgood factor than for England to win a major sporting trophy?
An impossible task Prentiss and McCabe?
Mark Tavener's comedy about the machiavellian doctors of PR spin with contacts at the highest level of government.
Starring Stephen Fry as Charles Prentiss and John Bird as Martin McCabe.
With:
Siobhan Hayes
Tony Gardner
Simon Greenall
Beth Chalmers
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b068zclc)
For two hours, seven days a week, the Comedy Club offers the best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Arthur Smith chats to John Kearns.
FRI 23:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b0153pml)
Series 4
Giles Coren
Marcus Brigstocke invites restaurant critic and die-hard carnivore Giles Coren to be a vegan for a week.
Whether the experiences are banal or profound, the show is about embracing the new and getting out of our comfort zones.
The title comes from the fact that the show's producer and creator Bill Dare had never seen the film Star Wars.
Producer: Bill Dare
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011.
FRI 23:30 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun (b007zmh6)
Edinburgh
Stewart Lee berates Richard Herring for his lack of street cred, Peter Baynham shares some unusual recipes and is Radio 1 really the youth-friendly station it pretends to be?
Recorded at the Pleasance Theatre during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. With Alistair McGowan and Rebecca Front.
Stewart Lee and Richard Herring's mix of sharp sketches and situations, stand up topical gags and banter.
Lee and Herring went to write and star in their successful TV transfer to BBC TWO in 1995.
The rest of the series comes from university venues, including Plymouth, Lancaster and Belfast.
Cult BBC Radio 1 series first broadcast in October 1993.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
15 Minute Drama
14:30 MON (b019f8bc)
15 Minute Drama
02:30 TUE (b019f8bc)
15 Minute Drama
14:30 TUE (b019f9hc)
15 Minute Drama
02:30 WED (b019f9hc)
15 Minute Drama
14:30 WED (b019fxjc)
15 Minute Drama
02:30 THU (b019fxjc)
15 Minute Drama
14:30 THU (b019gy9t)
15 Minute Drama
02:30 FRI (b019gy9t)
15 Minute Drama
14:30 FRI (b019h2b6)
4 Extra Stands Up with Fred MacAulay
22:00 SAT (b065xqhy)
4 at the Store
23:00 SAT (b00cpvsk)
A Good Read
18:30 MON (b0075tzh)
A Good Read
00:30 TUE (b0075tzh)
Absolute Power
22:30 FRI (b007jr82)
After Henry
09:30 THU (b007nf1y)
After Henry
16:30 THU (b007nf1y)
After Henry
04:30 FRI (b007nf1y)
Alex Ferguson - Where the Kids Are At
15:45 SUN (b065ys33)
Alex Ferguson - Where the Kids Are At
03:45 MON (b065ys33)
All the Way from Memphis
04:00 SAT (b00mjktm)
All the Way from Memphis
09:00 FRI (b00mpqkn)
All the Way from Memphis
16:00 FRI (b00mpqkn)
Archive on 4
08:00 SAT (b01h2c9p)
Archive on 4
15:00 SAT (b01h2c9p)
Archive on 4
03:00 SUN (b01h2c9p)
Armstrong and Miller
23:45 SUN (b00t5x2s)
Arthur C Clarke Stories
00:00 SAT (b010tbkp)
Atomic Tales
18:30 SAT (b007jx70)
Atomic Tales
00:30 SUN (b007jx70)
Ayeesha Menon - Undercover Mumbai Omnibus
06:00 SUN (b03b2nlv)
Ayeesha Menon - Undercover Mumbai Omnibus
13:00 SUN (b03b2nlv)
Ayeesha Menon - Undercover Mumbai Omnibus
01:00 MON (b03b2nlv)
Ayeesha Menon - Undercover Mumbai
02:30 SAT (b039rwcc)
Ayeesha Menon - Undercover Mumbai
10:00 MON (b039yp0r)
Ayeesha Menon - Undercover Mumbai
15:00 MON (b039yp0r)
Ayeesha Menon - Undercover Mumbai
03:00 TUE (b039yp0r)
Berlie Doherty - The Drowned Village
18:30 SUN (b008kl8w)
Berlie Doherty - The Drowned Village
00:30 MON (b008kl8w)
Boogie Up the River
04:30 SAT (b007jv8w)
Boogie Up the River
09:30 FRI (b007jz40)
Boogie Up the River
16:30 FRI (b007jz40)
Book at Bedtime
02:00 SAT (b00v8m6n)
Book of the Week
02:45 SAT (b00tffmx)
Book of the Week
14:45 MON (b00thw3j)
Book of the Week
02:45 TUE (b00thw3j)
Book of the Week
14:45 TUE (b00thw3l)
Book of the Week
02:45 WED (b00thw3l)
Book of the Week
14:45 WED (b00thw3n)
Book of the Week
02:45 THU (b00thw3n)
Book of the Week
14:45 THU (b00thw3q)
Book of the Week
02:45 FRI (b00thw3q)
Book of the Week
14:45 FRI (b00thw3s)
Brian Aldiss - Song of the Silencer
18:00 SUN (b007jrb2)
Brian Aldiss - Song of the Silencer
00:00 MON (b007jrb2)
Brian Aldiss Short Stories
11:00 MON (b03wpvq8)
Brian Aldiss Short Stories
21:00 MON (b03wpvq8)
Brian Aldiss Short Stories
11:00 TUE (b03ws9lr)
Brian Aldiss Short Stories
21:00 TUE (b03ws9lr)
Brian Aldiss Short Stories
11:00 WED (b03wt584)
Brian Aldiss Short Stories
21:00 WED (b03wt584)
Brian Aldiss Short Stories
11:00 THU (b03wtf7z)
Brian Aldiss Short Stories
21:00 THU (b03wtf7z)
Brian Aldiss Short Stories
11:00 FRI (b03wtr47)
Brian Aldiss Short Stories
21:00 FRI (b03wtr47)
Craig Brown's Lost Diaries
23:30 MON (b00v1nhb)
Curiosity Killed the Cabaret
23:00 SUN (b00tgct1)
Dad's Army
08:00 MON (b00qxh17)
Dad's Army
12:00 MON (b00qxh17)
Dad's Army
19:00 MON (b00qxh17)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
11:50 SUN (b00kvt8f)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
19:50 SUN (b00kvt8f)
Dead Ringers
23:00 MON (b0650623)
Dead Ringers
09:00 TUE (b0650623)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
10:15 SUN (b038l908)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
21:15 SUN (b038l908)
Drama
11:15 MON (b00v1rlh)
Drama
21:15 MON (b00v1rlh)
Drama
11:15 TUE (b00fq1br)
Drama
21:15 TUE (b00fq1br)
Drama
11:15 WED (b009mtcf)
Drama
21:15 WED (b009mtcf)
Drama
11:15 THU (b00x44l6)
Drama
21:15 THU (b00x44l6)
Ed Reardon's Week
07:30 SUN (b00dz8ls)
Ed Reardon's Week
17:30 SUN (b00dz8ls)
Ed Reardon's Week
22:00 SUN (b00dz8ls)
Ed Reardon's Week
05:30 MON (b00dz8ls)
Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes
23:00 WED (b01p4734)
Eric Pringle - The Voyage of the Swallow
16:00 SUN (b0662tqb)
Eric Pringle - The Voyage of the Swallow
04:00 MON (b0662tqb)
Fry's English Delight
00:30 SAT (b012qq7l)
Fry's English Delight
18:30 FRI (b012wdjh)
Gauguin: The Right to Dare
06:30 WED (b00txhf5)
Gauguin: The Right to Dare
13:30 WED (b00txhf5)
Gauguin: The Right to Dare
20:30 WED (b00txhf5)
Gauguin: The Right to Dare
01:30 THU (b00txhf5)
George Orwell - Animal Farm
14:00 MON (b00c13tx)
George Orwell - Animal Farm
02:00 TUE (b00c13tx)
George Orwell - Animal Farm
14:00 TUE (b00c0r24)
George Orwell - Animal Farm
02:00 WED (b00c0r24)
George Orwell - Animal Farm
14:00 WED (b00c0grc)
George Orwell - Animal Farm
02:00 THU (b00c0grc)
George Orwell - Animal Farm
14:00 THU (b00c0c38)
George Orwell - Animal Farm
02:00 FRI (b00c0c38)
George Orwell - Animal Farm
14:00 FRI (b00c02sc)
Goodness Gracious Me
23:30 THU (b007jwqc)
Great Lives
18:30 THU (b01mqpgh)
Great Lives
00:30 FRI (b01mqpgh)
Guess What?
09:00 THU (b066f71q)
Guess What?
16:00 THU (b066f71q)
Guess What?
04:00 FRI (b066f71q)
HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness
18:00 MON (b00vkxxk)
HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness
00:00 TUE (b00vkxxk)
HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness
18:00 TUE (b00vl2hh)
HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness
00:00 WED (b00vl2hh)
HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness
18:00 WED (b00vlq6b)
HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness
00:00 THU (b00vlq6b)
HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness
18:00 THU (b00vlw5s)
HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness
00:00 FRI (b00vlw5s)
HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness
18:00 FRI (b00vnf09)
HR
07:00 TUE (b00tj5qm)
HR
17:00 TUE (b00tj5qm)
HR
05:00 WED (b00tj5qm)
Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea
23:30 SUN (b0077007)
Hancock's Half Hour
08:00 FRI (b007wp6j)
Hancock's Half Hour
12:00 FRI (b007wp6j)
Hancock's Half Hour
19:00 FRI (b007wp6j)
Harper Lee - Go Set a Watchman
14:30 SUN (b065yqml)
Harper Lee - Go Set a Watchman
02:30 MON (b065yqml)
Helen Cooper - A9
11:15 FRI (b01q19ty)
Helen Cooper - A9
21:15 FRI (b01q19ty)
Hello Cheeky
08:30 TUE (b012b8hz)
Hello Cheeky
12:30 TUE (b012b8hz)
Hello Cheeky
19:30 TUE (b012b8hz)
Herman Melville - Bartleby the Scrivener
10:00 FRI (b007jx95)
Herman Melville - Bartleby the Scrivener
15:00 FRI (b007jx95)
How Tickled Am I?
18:30 TUE (b00f670x)
How Tickled Am I?
00:30 WED (b00f670x)
How to Have a Perfect Marriage Omnibus
13:00 SAT (b065xbjq)
How to Have a Perfect Marriage Omnibus
01:00 SUN (b065xbjq)
Hut 33
23:30 WED (b01j9hsk)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
07:30 MON (b064ygll)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
17:30 MON (b064ygll)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
22:00 MON (b064ygll)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
05:30 TUE (b064ygll)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
08:30 WED (b00cylbh)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
12:30 WED (b00cylbh)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
19:30 WED (b00cylbh)
I've Never Seen Star Wars
23:00 FRI (b0153pml)
In the Psychiatrist's Chair
14:15 SAT (b065xq81)
In the Psychiatrist's Chair
02:15 SUN (b065xq81)
Inheritance Tracks
14:10 SAT (b065xjzp)
Inheritance Tracks
02:10 SUN (b065xjzp)
Inheritance Tracks
10:10 SUN (b065y92m)
Inheritance Tracks
21:10 SUN (b065y92m)
Judith French - The Dutch Mariner
10:00 THU (b0076dm8)
Judith French - The Dutch Mariner
15:00 THU (b0076dm8)
Judith French - The Dutch Mariner
03:00 FRI (b0076dm8)
Juggling Chainsaws with Archaos
06:30 THU (b00tmtxs)
Juggling Chainsaws with Archaos
13:30 THU (b00tmtxs)
Juggling Chainsaws with Archaos
20:30 THU (b00tmtxs)
Juggling Chainsaws with Archaos
01:30 FRI (b00tmtxs)
King Street Junior
09:30 MON (b00tk76w)
King Street Junior
16:30 MON (b00tk76w)
King Street Junior
04:30 TUE (b00tk76w)
Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun
23:30 FRI (b007zmh6)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
08:00 SUN (b00g42td)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
12:00 SUN (b00g42td)
Listen Against
07:30 WED (b00fq2sw)
Listen Against
17:30 WED (b00fq2sw)
Listen Against
22:00 WED (b00fq2sw)
Listen Against
05:30 THU (b00fq2sw)
Little Britain
22:30 TUE (b008vt68)
Mark Steel's in Town
22:30 SUN (b0184rgq)
Marriage Lines
08:30 MON (b0663ftq)
Marriage Lines
12:30 MON (b0663ftq)
Marriage Lines
19:30 MON (b0663ftq)
Meet David Sedaris
07:30 THU (b064zp7v)
Meet David Sedaris
17:30 THU (b064zp7v)
Meet David Sedaris
22:00 THU (b064zp7v)
Meet David Sedaris
05:30 FRI (b064zp7v)
Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester
07:30 SAT (b01r1cc0)
Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester
17:30 SAT (b01r1cc0)
Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester
05:30 SUN (b01r1cc0)
Mitch Benn Is the 37th Beatle
07:30 TUE (b03szxdh)
Mitch Benn Is the 37th Beatle
17:30 TUE (b03szxdh)
Mitch Benn Is the 37th Beatle
22:00 TUE (b03szxdh)
Mitch Benn Is the 37th Beatle
05:30 WED (b03szxdh)
My First Planet
22:30 THU (b01gg8h2)
Nikolai Gogol - The Government Inspector
01:00 SAT (b00fvg6f)
Off the Page
18:30 WED (b0076r24)
Off the Page
00:30 THU (b0076r24)
Old Harry's Game
23:00 THU (b008m4f8)
PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves
07:00 THU (b007tdnm)
PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves
17:00 THU (b007tdnm)
PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves
05:00 FRI (b007tdnm)
Paradise Lost in Space
18:00 SAT (b007jnpy)
Paradise Lost in Space
00:00 SUN (b007jnpy)
Party
22:30 MON (b011vg9k)
Peter Ustinov - The Radio Years
09:00 SAT (b065xb02)
Peter Ustinov - The Radio Years
19:00 SAT (b065xb02)
Philip Pullman and Miss Jones
06:30 FRI (b00775zz)
Philip Pullman and Miss Jones
13:30 FRI (b00775zz)
Philip Pullman and Miss Jones
20:30 FRI (b00775zz)
Put Your Hands Together
01:30 SAT (b00sq1vv)
Puzzle Panel
09:00 WED (b00x7lb5)
Puzzle Panel
16:00 WED (b00x7lb5)
Puzzle Panel
04:00 THU (b00x7lb5)
Rent
05:00 SAT (b065k7zn)
Rent
07:00 FRI (b066fy4b)
Rent
17:00 FRI (b066fy4b)
Robb Wilton: I Should Say So
07:15 SUN (b01lk6wp)
Robb Wilton: I Should Say So
14:15 SUN (b01lk6wp)
Robb Wilton: I Should Say So
02:15 MON (b01lk6wp)
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley
09:00 SUN (b065y7d8)
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley
20:00 SUN (b065y7d8)
Round the Horne
08:00 TUE (b007jrw6)
Round the Horne
12:00 TUE (b007jrw6)
Round the Horne
19:00 TUE (b007jrw6)
Rubbish
23:00 TUE (b00899qv)
Serbian Trumpets
06:30 MON (b00tj82f)
Serbian Trumpets
13:30 MON (b00tj82f)
Serbian Trumpets
20:30 MON (b00tj82f)
Serbian Trumpets
01:30 TUE (b00tj82f)
Shappi Talk
22:00 FRI (b00lszhj)
Shirley Gee - Moonshine
06:00 SAT (b065x8fy)
Shirley Gee - Moonshine
16:00 SAT (b065x8fy)
Shirley Gee - Moonshine
04:00 SUN (b065x8fy)
Stella Gibbons - Westwood
10:00 TUE (b012yw3g)
Stella Gibbons - Westwood
15:00 TUE (b012yw3g)
Stella Gibbons - Westwood
03:00 WED (b012yw3g)
Stella Gibbons - Westwood
10:00 WED (b01322b0)
Stella Gibbons - Westwood
15:00 WED (b01322b0)
Stella Gibbons - Westwood
03:00 THU (b01322b0)
Steptoe and Son
08:00 THU (b00t3tws)
Steptoe and Son
12:00 THU (b00t3tws)
Steptoe and Son
19:00 THU (b00t3tws)
Such Rotten Luck
09:30 TUE (b0667t0l)
Such Rotten Luck
16:30 TUE (b0667t0l)
Such Rotten Luck
04:30 WED (b0667t0l)
Sud-U-Like
06:30 TUE (b00tbcdt)
Sud-U-Like
13:30 TUE (b00tbcdt)
Sud-U-Like
20:30 TUE (b00tbcdt)
Sud-U-Like
01:30 WED (b00tbcdt)
TED Radio Hour
11:00 SUN (b065ydsc)
TED Radio Hour
19:00 SUN (b065ydsc)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 SUN (b01mygzv)
The Comedy Club Interviews
23:25 MON (b018pd6q)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 TUE (b01h0f40)
The Comedy Club Interviews
23:25 WED (b01dtjg9)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 THU (b018pd6l)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 FRI (b068zclc)
The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show
12:00 SAT (b01kbqjl)
The Generation Gap
02:15 SAT (b00qzrjg)
The Generation Gap
14:15 MON (b00t6p21)
The Generation Gap
02:15 TUE (b00t6p21)
The Generation Gap
14:15 TUE (b00t6rby)
The Generation Gap
02:15 WED (b00t6rby)
The Generation Gap
14:15 WED (b00t6rc0)
The Generation Gap
02:15 THU (b00t6rc0)
The Generation Gap
14:15 THU (b00t6rc2)
The Generation Gap
02:15 FRI (b00t6rc2)
The Generation Gap
14:15 FRI (b00t6rc4)
The Goon Show
12:30 SAT (b007mwv5)
The Goon Show
08:30 FRI (b007jlzb)
The Goon Show
12:30 FRI (b007jlzb)
The Goon Show
19:30 FRI (b007jlzb)
The Lawrence Sweeney Mix
23:30 SAT (b008z5ld)
The Leopard in Autumn
09:30 WED (b00c3b7g)
The Leopard in Autumn
16:30 WED (b00c3b7g)
The Leopard in Autumn
04:30 THU (b00c3b7g)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
08:30 THU (b007jv6w)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
12:30 THU (b007jv6w)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
19:30 THU (b007jv6w)
The Navy Lark
08:00 WED (b0080qlm)
The Navy Lark
12:00 WED (b0080qlm)
The Navy Lark
19:00 WED (b0080qlm)
The Smell by Patrick McGrath
00:15 SAT (b007jm2c)
The World As We Know It
07:00 MON (b00fy2qt)
The World As We Know It
17:00 MON (b00fy2qt)
The World As We Know It
05:00 TUE (b00fy2qt)
The Write Stuff
09:00 MON (b007759c)
The Write Stuff
16:00 MON (b007759c)
The Write Stuff
04:00 TUE (b007759c)
Vent
23:30 TUE (b01glrp7)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
06:00 MON (b008g278)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
13:00 MON (b008g278)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
20:00 MON (b008g278)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
01:00 TUE (b008g278)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
06:00 TUE (b008g6v9)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
13:00 TUE (b008g6v9)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
20:00 TUE (b008g6v9)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
01:00 WED (b008g6v9)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
06:00 WED (b008gbq1)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
13:00 WED (b008gbq1)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
20:00 WED (b008gbq1)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
01:00 THU (b008gbq1)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
06:00 THU (b008gcmq)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
13:00 THU (b008gcmq)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
20:00 THU (b008gcmq)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
01:00 FRI (b008gcmq)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
06:00 FRI (b008ggv1)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
13:00 FRI (b008ggv1)
W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
20:00 FRI (b008ggv1)
Whack-O!
08:30 SUN (b065y6qz)
Whack-O!
12:30 SUN (b065y6qz)
Who Goes There?
16:00 TUE (b0076bdv)
Who Goes There?
04:00 WED (b0076bdv)
Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management
22:30 WED (b00g502t)
William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon
03:00 SAT (b00t1bsd)
Winston
07:00 WED (b007mwhn)
Winston
17:00 WED (b007mwhn)
Winston
05:00 THU (b007mwhn)
Wordaholics
05:30 SAT (b01cvk8d)
Wordaholics
07:30 FRI (b01d0prh)
Wordaholics
17:30 FRI (b01d0prh)