Legendary spy James Bond battles to rescue a trapped British agent. Ian Fleming's Cold War thriller set in Berlin. Read by Dan Steven.
Hired assassins, double agents and secret codes. 'The Spying Game' is 4 Extra's gripping series of espionage stories.
Paris has many grand monuments dominating its skyline, but for regular visitors to the 'city of light' there’s a sight every bit as ingrained into its terroir as the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and Sacre Coeur - that of the riverside booksellers.
Having plied their trade for centuries on the banks of the River Seine, Les Bouquinistes can count Presidents (including Mitterand and Thomas Jefferson) as regular customers, and boast a proud history of providing a source of literatures thought subversive to the prevailing authorities of the day.
More recently, many have branched out from books to supplement their income, offering plastic souvenirs instead of Balzac, plastic tat in place of Monserrat - a practice the city council, worried about tarnishing the image of playground Paris, has fought against.
Kirsty Lang takes a long stroll along the Seine to meet some of the latest crop and discover how confident they feel about the future prosperity of their time-honoured trade.
Nigel stutters, Michael proposes, and Zorro seeks the meaning of life in a dessert. Stars Raymond Coulthard. From March 2007.
Richard is alarmed to discover that Uljabaan has commandeered six allotments for some sort of experiment, while Katrina is more concerned that he's arrested Lucy. But what kind of plants is he planting inside the building he has built?
Series two of Eddie Robson's sitcom about an alien race that's noticed an all-at-once invasions of Earth never works out that well. So they've locked the small Buckinghamshire village of Cresdon Green behind an impenetrable force-field in order to study human behaviour and decide if Earth is worth invading.
The only inhabitant who seems to be bothered by their new alien overlord is Katrina Lyons, who was only home for the weekend to borrow the money for a deposit for a flat when the force-field went up.
So along with Lucy Alexander (the only teenager in the village, willing to rebel against whatever you've got) she forms The Resistance - slightly to the annoyance of her parents Margaret and Richard who wish she wouldn't make so much of a fuss
This is also much to the annoyance of Field Commander Uljabaan who, alongside his unintelligible minions and The Computer (his hyper-intelligent supercomputer), is trying to actually run the invasion.
Katrina Lyons ...... Hattie Morahan
Richard Lyons ...... Peter Davison
Margaret Lyons ...... Jan Francis
Lucy Alexander ...... Hannah Murray
Field Commander Uljabaan ...... Charles Edwards
The Computer ...... John-Luke Roberts
Ron ...... Dave Lamb
Lawrence ...... Michael Bertenshaw
When the crew of HMS Troutbridge sets off to pick up an MI5 man in the Med, Phillips takes a wrong turning.
Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson and Michael Bates as Commander Bracewell and Tenniel Evens as Taffy Goldstein .
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, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
With Hugh Dennis, Arthur Smith, Gyles Brandreth and Henry Naylor.
Two crime writers decide to aid the perfect murder. Stars Peggy Mount, Dorothy Tutin and John Savident. From September 1988.
Sent home in disgrace following a misbegotten raid in Dakar, Guy is again looking for useful employment. But his next posting takes him somewhere totally unexpected.
Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. She is widely regarded as a doyenne of the short story form, a writer whose acuity and compassion shines through all her work. These stories are from her 2012 collection, Dear Life.
Set mostly in the small towns and quiet domestic surroundings of her native Canada, Munro, as always, captures the ordinary and reveals the extraordinary that lies beneath. Life is laid bare, and the complicated emotions of normal lives resonate long after the final page is turned.
Today in Gravel, a woman remembers a life-changing winter when she was very young and tries to assuage her sense of complicity.
3. Fear Is the Key
The mysterious pack puts pressure on the King of Diamonds - as veteran detective Bill Galbraith races to save a life...
Starring Bernard Hepton as Galbraith, Tom Watson as Cater, Cyril Shaps as Lindemanns, Peter Dyneley as Gelder, Richard Davies as Tom Evans, Eva Haddon as Anne-Marie, Stephen Grief as Jacobus, Trader Faulkner as Dykers and Peter Williams as Brent.
As pressure mounts at the post office, Martin finds himself being challenged in his private life, too.
Dr Thomas Dixon continues to trace the changing meaning of friendship over the last five hundred years.
Mass Observation and the archive of the Co-Operative Correspondence Club provide intimate evidence for friendship during the Second World War.
Dr Clare Langhamer discusses how, in 1935, one lonely mother in County Wicklow began a correspondence network that continued through to the 1990s, long preceding today's MumsNet and NetMums.
She also shares some revealing evidence from the vast Mass Observation archive at the University of Sussex about how women's friendships were affected by their war-work.
Thomas Dixon also considers how men on active service formed new bonds across the class divide, and, in one extraordinary case from the BBC Sound Archive, not only with other human beings: "I have a passion for tanks," begins Captain Michael Halstead's account of life on the front line.
Single mother-to-be Jane returns home to find her boarding house deserted. Stars Lynne Seymour.
By Edmund de Waal. Read by Nicholas Murchie.
264 delicate wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox - that stand as a symbol of the extraordinary events that overtake one family.
Potter Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered this collection in the Tokyo apartment of his great uncle Iggie. Later, when Edmund inherited the 'netsuke', they unlocked a story far larger than he could ever have imagined.
His family the Ephrussis came from Odessa, and at one time were the largest grain exporters in the world; in the 1870s, Charles Ephrussi was part of a wealthy new generation settling in Paris. Charles's passion was collecting; emerging French painters and - when Japanese art and artists became all the rage in the salons - he bought an entire collection of netsuke and sent them as a wedding present to his banker cousin in Vienna.
Later, three children - including a young Ignace - would play with the netsuke as history reverberated around them. The Anschluss and Second World War swept the Ephrussis to the brink of oblivion. Almost all that remained of their vast empire was the netsuke collection, dramatically saved by a loyal maid when their huge Viennese palace was occupied.
Edmund de Waal travels the world to stand in the great buildings his forebears once inhabited. He traces the network of a remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century and tells the story of a unique collection.
The captive crew of Orbiter 2 uncover the true nature of the aliens and where they have been imprisoned.
First broadcast in 1959, a bold plan is underway to conquer space with prefabricated components of space station 'Orbiter X' being transported up from Earth, but the task proves perilous.
Shaped like a giant wheel and code-named 'Orbiter X', the space station is designed to circle Earth, travelling in a rapid polar orbit - boasting synthetic gravity, produced by the rotation around the central hub.
Captain Bob Britton …. John Carson
Captain Douglas McClelland …. Andrew Crawford
Flight Engineer Hicks …. Barrie Gosney
Gelbin …. Arthur Lawrence
Max Kramer …. Gerik Schjelderup
Greta Ravel …. Irene Prador
Captain Jack Bradley ….. John Witty
Does looking on the bright side bring you good luck? Is 'Seize the Day' the proper motto for a satisfying life? Or should we accept our limitations and embrace negativity?
Psychologist Richard Wiseman, philosopher Julian Baggini and journalist Lucy Cavendish explore whether the glass is half full or half empty. Dominic Arkwright chairs the discussion.
Someone's left a baby under Terry's seat. When the owner doesn't come back, Stuart, Joe and Terry have to look after it.
They argue about if they were in Three Men and a Baby, which character they'd be. Obviously, all three of them want to be Tom Selleck.
Stuart has a brainwave and uses the baby to show Nicola how mature and grown up he is, and in a moment of inspiration he claims it's his adopted child. This moment of inspiration turns out to be a moment of stupidity when Stuart is challenged by the incensed mother who returns to find her baby in a papoose strapped to Stuart. She blames the father.
Steven Burge’s comedy about the staff and the clients who frequent a Job Centre in the Essex town of Rayleigh.
Stuart ...... Mathew Horne
Joe ...... Daniel Mays
Terry ...... Tony Way
Nicola ...... Zahra Ahmadi
Ribena ...... Hannah Wood
Mr Brooks ...... Alex Lowe
Tom Boddle ...... Alex Lowe
Mrs Kangalee ...... Bharti Patel
Gary Probert ...... Steve Oram
Policewoman ...... Philippa Stanton
Policeman ...... Michael Bertenshaw
A young Charles Masterson seeks his fortune in Dickensian London, a town seething with body-snatchers, opium dens and female impersonators....
An improvised historical saga of a family at war with itself - based entirely on audience suggestions.
Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Caroline Quentin, Jim Sweeney and Phelim McDermott.
Precision comedy written and performed by Tim Firth, Tim de Jongh, Michael Rutger and William Vandyck.
THURSDAY 14 APRIL 2016
THU 00:00 Orbiter X (b0783jsj)
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18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Off the Page (b00771wy)
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18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 The Spying Game (b016c7by)
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06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 The Paris Bouquinistes (b00srktl)
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06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair (b01s93jx)
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14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Five Hundred Years of Friendship (b040014g)
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14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00st9x9)
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14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:45 Book of the Week (b010hd91)
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14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Classic Serial (b03cdh4l)
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10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 The Motion Show (b00762c8)
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09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqp1)
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09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Brothers (b00psscz)
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07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully (b04l0zq7)
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07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 The Spying Game (b016d4h9)
Max Is Calling
An idealistic CIA recruit is pitched against the hardened cynicism of a seasoned operative.
Gayle Lynds' thriller is set in the spy capital of the world, Vienna. Read by Simon Lee Phillips.
Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2011.
THU 06:30 The Goodies: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime (b00vr5d2)
In their twelve years in our living rooms the Goodies rediscovered the Lost Island of Munga, represented the UK in the Winter Olympics, started Britain's space program and blew up the BBC.
First appearing on our screens in November 1970, The Goodies' Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor - were prime-time mainstays for the next decade. They were the fifth biggest-grossing pop act of 1975, bagged two Silver Roses of Montreux, and were so funny they caused a 50-year-old bricklayer to laugh himself to death.
Their shows, in which the trio played an agency of three bicycling blokes for hire to do "anything, anywhere, anytime", were freewheeling streams-of-nonsense in which TV conventions were upended and every silent-movie gag in history lovingly re-created.
On the 40th anniversary of the Goodies' television debut, comedian Ross Noble hops on his trandem and revisits a world of giant cats, Lancastrian martial artists, rampaging Dougals and funky gibbons.
Producer: Simon Barnard
A Wise Buddah production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 07:00 All the Young Dudes (b007qx33)
Series 1
Lazy Sunday
Patrick faces a full house, as Maria takes on her pub competition. Stars Jim Sweeney and Cathryn Harrison. From August 2001.
THU 07:30 Hal (b04tdqwq)
Series 1
Fidelity
Hal Cruttenden stars as a 40-something husband and father who, years ago, decided to give up his job and become a stay at home father. His wife, Sam, has a successful business career which makes her travel more and more. His children, Lilly and Molly, are growing up fast, and his role as their father and mentor is diminishing by the day.
So what can Hal do as he reaches a crossroads in his life? Help is (sort of) at hand in the form of his eager mates - Doug, Fergus and Barry - who regularly meet at their local curry house for mind expanding conversations that sadly never give Hal the core advice he so desperately needs.
Hal is confused even further as he regularly has visions of his long dead and highly macho father, who he's forced to engage in increasingly frustrating conversations.
In this last episode of the series, Hal faces a new challenge - unwanted romantic attention. Happily married to Sam and with two adoring daughters, life is a picture of roses at home. But how will Hal cope with the romantic attention of a new, attractive neighbour Angie?
The cast includes co-writer Dominic Holland, Ed Byrne, Ronni Ancona, Anna Crilly, Gavin Webster, Dominic Frisby, Samuel Caseley and Emily and Lucy Robbins.
Produced by Paul Russell
An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2014.
THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jp6x)
Series 6
Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard
Sceptical Harold slams Albert's claims about speaking to the dead...
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Patricia Routledge, Gwen Nelson and Edward Kelsey.
Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.
Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1976.
THU 08:30 Radio Active (b008x3tl)
Series 4
The Breakfast Show
Radio Active's Breakfast Show is broadcast simultaneously on TV with a whole host of celebrity interviews, an agony aunt and live music.
What could possibly go wrong?
Radio Active is the one and only local national radio station.
Starring:
Helen Atkinson-Wood
Angus Deayton
Geoffrey Perkins
Philip Pope
Michael Fenton-Stevens
Music by Philip Pope and Steve Brown.
Written by Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins and Jon Canter.
Producer: Jamie Rix
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1984.
THU 09:00 Booked (b0075ly2)
Series 3
Episode 4
Ian McMillan chairs the literary quiz with Mark Thomas, Dillie Keane, Roger McGough and Miles Kington. From April 1997.
THU 09:30 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008wff3)
Series 3
Episode 5
A new matron at a boys’ school and the case of the false beard.
Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions, Joan Sims amd Patricia Routledge recreate the world of JB Morton.
With Brian Bowles, Simon Greenall, Henrietta Gooden and featuring June Whitfield.
Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a great deal of modern humour – thanks to characters he created between the wars.
Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams.
Announcer: Brian Perkins.
Producer: Harry Thompson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1994.
THU 10:00 Classic Serial (b03f86lk)
Evelyn Waugh - Sword of Honour
Officers and Gentlemen, part 2
by Evelyn Waugh
dramatised by Jeremy Front.
Guy's unit have been posted to Egypt where they are surrounded more by rumour than action. But the chaos of war is approaching.
Directed by Marc Beeby.
THU 11:00 Alice Munro - Dear Life (b01npb85)
Pride
Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. She is widely regarded as a doyenne of the short story form, a writer whose acuity and compassion shines through all her work. These stories are from her 2012 collection, Dear Life.
Set mostly in the small towns and quiet domestic surroundings of her native Canada, Munro, as always, captures the ordinary and reveals the extraordinary that lies beneath. Life is laid bare, and the complicated emotions of normal lives resonate long after the final page is turned.
Today in Pride, an old man remembers his past and a friendship that might have grown in other circumstances.
The reader is Garrick Hagan
The abridger is Sally Marmion
The producer is Di Speirs.
THU 11:15 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds (b041yksc)
4. The £7,000,000 Touch
The 'King' is taken and double-crossing ends in death.
Retirement continues to elude veteran detective Bill Gailbraith. Bundled into a car, he's face-to-face with Jacobus.
Starring Bernard Hepton as Galbraith, Tom Watson as Cater, Cyril Shaps as Lindemanns, Peter Dyneley as Gelder, Richard Davies as Paul, Eva Haddon as Anne-Marie,
Stephen Grief as Jacobus, Trader Faulkner as Dykers.
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1975.
THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jp6x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Radio Active (b008x3tl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 13:00 The Spying Game (b016d4h9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 The Goodies: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime (b00vr5d2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair (b01s9d01)
Episode 4
Martin finds himself drawn more and more to Ruth, but Elaine has some curt words for him.
Michael Palin continues this ten-part reading of his first novel.
Producer: Rosemary Watts
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995.
THU 14:15 Five Hundred Years of Friendship (b04009c6)
Families of Choice
Dr Thomas Dixon brings his major history of friendship up to the 1970s, when gender politics began to change friendships once again, and considers how popular culture both reflected and influenced this change.
Professor Barbara Taylor shares her personal memories of how the second-wave feminist movement of the 1970s altered women's friendships in the way that Mary Wolstonecraft had discussed right back in the eighteenth century.
Thomas Dixon also explores the growing freedom of gay men and lesbian women to establish their own "families of choice".
And - somewhat excitedly - he debates with the cultural critic Matthew Sweet how television reflected friendships between men. While Thomas confesses to an erstwhile love of the phenomenally successful American sit-com, Friends, Matthew Sweet makes an expansive claim for British television's The Likely Lads, comparing the depth of Terry and Bob's friendship to that of Tennyson and Hallam.
Meanwhile, slightly extending a quotation of the 17th Century poet, George Herbert, Thomas declares: "David had his Jonathan, Christ his John, Eric had his little Ern, Ant his Dec."
Producer: Beaty Rubens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.
THU 14:30 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00sts9k)
Episode 9
With Toby gone, single mother-to-be Jane bumps into the baby's father and asks him for help. Stars Lynne Seymour.
THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b010hd93)
Edmund De Waal - The Hare with Amber Eyes
Episode 4
By Edmund de Waal. Read by Nicholas Murchie.
264 delicate wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox - that stand as a symbol of the extraordinary events that overtake one family.
Potter Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered this collection in the Tokyo apartment of his great uncle Iggie. Later, when Edmund inherited the 'netsuke', they unlocked a story far larger than he could ever have imagined.
His family the Ephrussis came from Odessa, and at one time were the largest grain exporters in the world; in the 1870s, Charles Ephrussi was part of a wealthy new generation settling in Paris. Charles's passion was collecting; emerging French painters and - when Japanese art and artists became all the rage in the salons - he bought an entire collection of netsuke and sent them as a wedding present to his banker cousin in Vienna.
Later, three children - including a young Ignace - would play with the netsuke as history reverberated around them. The Anschluss and Second World War swept the Ephrussis to the brink of oblivion. Almost all that remained of their vast empire was the netsuke collection, dramatically saved by a loyal maid when their huge Viennese palace was occupied.
Edmund de Waal travels the world to stand in the great buildings his forebears once inhabited. He traces the network of a remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century and tells the story of a unique collection.
Abridged by Polly Coles
Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 15:00 Classic Serial (b03f86lk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Booked (b0075ly2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 16:30 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008wff3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 17:00 All the Young Dudes (b007qx33)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
THU 17:30 Hal (b04tdqwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
THU 18:00 Orbiter X (b0783mpg)
Flight to the Moon
The crew of Orbiter 2 are captured, in space, by the sinister Unity organisation and taken to the Moon.
First broadcast in 1959, a bold but perilous plan to conquer space with space station 'Orbiter X' is underway.
Shaped like a giant wheel and code-named 'Orbiter X', the space station is designed to circle Earth, travelling in a rapid polar orbit - boasting synthetic gravity, produced by the rotation around the central hub.
Written by BD Chapman.
Captain Bob Britton …. John Carson
Captain Douglas McClelland …. Andrew Crawford
Flight Engineer Hicks …. Barrie Gosney
Max Kramer …. Gerik Schjelderup
Colonel Kent …. Donald Bisset
Sir Charles Day …. Leslie Perrins
Control Officer Brown …. Peter Noel Cook
Producer: Charles Maxwell.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1959.
THU 18:30 Great Lives (b0076zvp)
Series 10
WH Auden
4 Extra Debut. Broadcaster Jeremy Vine chooses the poet WH Auden. With Matthew Parris and Auden biographer Richard Davenport-Hines. From August 2006.
THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jp6x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Radio Active (b008x3tl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 20:00 The Spying Game (b016d4h9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 20:30 The Goodies: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime (b00vr5d2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Alice Munro - Dear Life (b01npb85)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds (b041yksc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Hal (b04tdqwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
THU 22:30 The Headset Set (b012fs7b)
Series 1
Episode 4
It is appraisal day in the offices of catalogue company Smile5, but only Sailesh has prepared for it.
Eavesdrop on both sides of the bizarre, horrific and ludicrous phone calls when customers call in as events unfold with company staff.
Aleesha and other characters ..... Chizzy Akudolu
Bernie and other characters ..... Margaret-Cabourn Smith
Big Tony, Ralph and other characters ..... Colin Hoult
Sailesh, Bradley and other characters ..... Paul Sharma
Various ..... Philip Fox
Writers: James Kettle, Stephen Carlin, Celia Pacquola, Andy Wolton, Benjamin Partridge, Colin Hoult, Kevin Core, Madeliene Brettingham, Rebecca Hobbs and Dan Tetsell.
Script editor: James Kettle
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2011.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b077sk0j)
From
10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Jon Holmes chats to Helen Atkinson Wood.
THU 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b007jmd4)
Series 3
The Beautiful Game
Satan decides to hold a major football tournament in Hell - The Underworld Cup.
Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.
Satan …. Andy Hamilton
The Professor …. James Grout
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan
Other characters played by Felicity Montagu, Philip Pope, Nick Revel and Michael Fenton Stevens.
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999
THU 23:30 Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter from Salford (b00767xp)
Series 1
The Best Page is a Rampage
The new poet-in-residence has a run-in with 'the man', which gets his creative juices flowing. Stars James Quinn. From May 2002.
THU 23:45 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b00snqqs)
Series 2
Normal Sleep
The cartoonist searches for the secret meaning of life, said to be written on a sausage.
Paul McCrink stars as Steven Appleby with what he laughably describes as "insights into normal, everyday life".
With:
Rosalind Paul
Ewan Bailey
Nigel Betts
Rachel Atkins
Written by Steven Appleby
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003
FRIDAY 15 APRIL 2016
FRI 00:00 Orbiter X (b0783mpg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b0076zvp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 The Spying Game (b016d4h9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 The Goodies: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime (b00vr5d2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair (b01s9d01)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Five Hundred Years of Friendship (b04009c6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00sts9k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:45 Book of the Week (b010hd93)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Classic Serial (b03f86lk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Booked (b0075ly2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008wff3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 All the Young Dudes (b007qx33)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Hal (b04tdqwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 The Spying Game (b016d8xj)
The Red Carnation
The loyalties of a former Russian spy are tested to the limits when she uncovers an assassination plot. Baroness Orczy's thrilling tale, set in 19th century Vienna, is read by Adjoa Andoh.
Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2011.
FRI 06:30 Mitch Benn's Wondrous Stories (b00n52l1)
Armed with little more than a harpsichord and a copy of The Hobbit, musician and comedian Mitch Benn fearlessly uncovers the myths and legends of the symphonic concept album.
Meeting some of the leading artists and fans of the genre, including Rick Wakeman, Jeff Wayne, David Bedford, Brian Blessed and Stuart Maconie, he battles capes and keyboard solos to rediscover the wondrous stories behind these epic musical extravaganzas.
From Rick Wakeman's 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' to Jeff Wayne's 'The War of the Worlds', musicians in the seventies somehow decided that it was a good idea to retell classic tales in the form of symphonic concept albums.
Classical music met rock to spawn towering monuments to pretension and excess: gigantic gatefold covers, sleeve notes longer than a 19th century novel, and - surely its defining feature- portentous narration delivered by some of our finest thesps.
For a generation of acned youth weaned on Tolkien and Moorcock, these epic compositions were masterpieces, a symphonic escape from dreary mid-70's discontent and economic gloom. They sold millions, but until recently, languished forgotten in the vinyl collections of middle-aged men, gathering dust in the post-punk apocalypse. But with The War of the Worlds now filling stadiums world wide thirty years on, and Rick Wakeman's two tudor-tastic Six Wives of Henry VIII concerts selling out at Hampton Court last year, can Mitch be discovering a symphonic rock renaissance?
Produced by Jackie Curthoys and Dave Dodd
A Whistledown Production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 07:00 Winston (b007ylvk)
Winston in Love
Taking Tea With Roland
Nancy wants her new man to meet the family, but will old rogue Winston sabotage the event? Stars Bill Wallis. From January 1991.
FRI 07:30 The Rest is History (b0769tsq)
Series 2
Episode 2
Frank Skinner loves history, but just doesn't know much of it. So he's devised a comedy discussion show in order to find out more about it.
Along with his historian in residence, Professor Kate Williams Frank is joined by Al Murray and Isy Suttie, who discuss Robin Hood, wartime slogans, Annie Oakley and a statue-related history mystery.
Producers: Mark Augustyn and Justin Pollard
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2016.
FRI 08:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jr9f)
Home Is the Hero
Bob's fiancee Thelma is appalled by the return of Terry to his home town after seven years.
Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier, Rodney Bewes as Bob Ferris and Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers. With Sheila Fearn and Peter Whitman.
Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Adapted for radio by Patrick Tilley.
Producer: John Browell
Originally lost from the archive, the audio was recovered in the BBC's Archive Treasure Hunt in 2003.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1975.
FRI 08:30 The Goon Show (b008zfwf)
Series 7
The Spectre of Tintagel
Neddie Seagoon reveals his Arthurian roots and goes in search of treasure in deepest Cornwall.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1956.
FRI 09:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b01n0xpx)
Series 5
Murray, Bondeson, McAlister
Professor of Ignorance at the University of Buckingham, Professor John Lloyd CBE welcomes comedian Jimmy Carr for the fifth series.
Three guests are invited to donate one item each and explain why it deserves a place in the museum.
In the opening episode, John and Jimmy welcome the Natural History Museum's resident dipterologist (fly expert) Erica McAlister; Consultant Rheumatologist at the Cardiff University School of Medicine Jan Bondeson and comedian, historian and fictitious Pub Landlord Al Murray.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012
FRI 09:30 No Commitments (b016c7c0)
Series 9
Ill of the Dead
There is a death in the family and the ripples from Victoria's insecurities flow outward. With Angela Thorne. From January 2003.
FRI 10:00 Classic Serial (b03f87yp)
Evelyn Waugh - Sword of Honour
Unconditional Surrender
by Evelyn Waugh
Dramatised by Jeremy Front
Evelyn Waugh's satirical WW2 masterpiece: Guy is beginning to lose his idealism about the War.
Directed by Sally Avens
Waugh's trilogy of WWII novels mark a high point in his literary career. Originally published as three volumes: Officers and Gentlemen, Men at Arms and Unconditional Surrender they were extensively revised by Waugh, and published as the one-volume Sword of Honour in 1965, in the form in which Waugh himself wished them to be read. They are dramatised for the Classic Serial in seven episodes.
This is a story that continues to delight as we follow the comic and often bathetic adventures of Guy Crouchback. Witty and tragic, engaging and insightful, this work must be counted next to 'Brideshead Revisited' as Waugh's most enduring novel. Like Brideshead, Waugh drew heavily upon his own experiences during WWII. Sword of Honour effortlessly treads the line between the personal and the political - it is at once an indictment of the incompetence of the Allied war effort, and a moving study of one man's journey from isolation to self fulfilment. His adventures are peopled by colourful characters: the eccentric, Apthorpe, one-eyed, Ritchie-Hook, promiscuous, Virginia Troy. At the centre of the novel is Guy for whom we never lose our sympathy as he emerges from his adventures bowed but not broken. From Dakar to Egypt, the Isle of Mugg to the evacuation of Crete, tragedy is leavened by Waugh's acerbic and farcical comedy.
FRI 11:00 Alice Munro - Dear Life (b01nt07t)
To Reach Japan
Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. She is widely regarded as a doyenne of the short story form, a writer whose acuity and compassion shines through all her work. These stories are from her 2012 collection, Dear Life.
Set mostly in the small towns and quiet domestic surroundings of her native Canada, Munro, as always, captures the ordinary and reveals the extraordinary that lies beneath. Life is laid bare, and the complicated emotions of normal lives resonate long after the final page is turned.
Today in To Reach Japan, a young poet sets out across a continent and finds more than she imagined.
The reader is Laurel Lefkow
The abridger is Sally Marmion
The producer is Di Speirs.
FRI 11:15 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds (b042m3c2)
5. Appointment in Zurich
The 'King of Diamonds' stays in Amsterdam, whilst Galbraith chases the 'Queen of Hearts'.
A quiet retirement still eludes veteran detective Bill Galbraith. His criminal mastermind foe, Cater, sets an intricate plan in motion.
Starring Bernard Hepton as Galbraith, Richard Davies as Tom Evans, Tom Watson as Cater, Peter Dyneley as Gelder, Eva Haddon as Anne-Marie, Francis Jeater as Betty Van Druten, Peter Hawkins as Lander, Cyril Shaps as Lindemanns and Bruce Alexander as Milne.
Robert Barr also wrote TV scripts for the BBC's Z Cars and Softly Softly, as well as being a prize-winning TV producer.
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1975.
FRI 12:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jr9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Goon Show (b008zfwf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 The Spying Game (b016d8xj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Mitch Benn's Wondrous Stories (b00n52l1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair (b01s9lcn)
Episode 5
Whizz-kid manager Nick Marshall continues to make his clandestine plans for Theston’s Post Office, and Elaine isn't happy.
Michael Palin continues this ten-part reading of his first novel.
Producer: Rosemary Watts
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995.
FRI 14:15 Five Hundred Years of Friendship (b0400mh3)
The Lonely Cyborg
Dr Thomas Dixon brings his major series on the changing face of friendship to a close with a look at how the old and the young are navigating their friendships today through technologies old and new, and at how friendship might look in the future.
A group of Birmingham schoolgirls prove themselves thoughtful and self-aware about how to conduct their friendships online and about the differences between online and face-to-face friendships. Professor Deborah Chambers, an authority on social media and personal relationships from the University of Newcastle, confirms that fears about children's online friendships with strangers have been exaggerated.
At the other end of the life-span, Thomas Dixon speaks with the writer Penelope Lively about friendship in her ninth decade, and about why she likes to consider herself part of "the landline generation".
Closing the series, Thomas Dixon emphasizes the importance of physical touch and presence for friendship, and presents a final montage of the voices which have featured throughout the series, sharing stories of their own friendships.
Producer: Beaty Rubens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.
FRI 14:30 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (b00svc1h)
Episode 10
With the baby due, expectant single mother Jane receives unexpected financial help. Stars Lynne Seymour.
FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b010hd95)
Edmund De Waal - The Hare with Amber Eyes
Episode 5
By Edmund de Waal.Read by Nicholas Murchie.
264 delicate wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox - that stand as a symbol of the extraordinary events that overtake one family.
Potter Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered this collection in the Tokyo apartment of his great uncle Iggie. Later, when Edmund inherited the 'netsuke', they unlocked a story far larger than he could ever have imagined.
His family the Ephrussis came from Odessa, and at one time were the largest grain exporters in the world; in the 1870s, Charles Ephrussi was part of a wealthy new generation settling in Paris. Charles's passion was collecting; emerging French painters and - when Japanese art and artists became all the rage in the salons - he bought an entire collection of netsuke and sent them as a wedding present to his banker cousin in Vienna.
Later, three children - including a young Ignace - would play with the netsuke as history reverberated around them. The Anschluss and Second World War swept the Ephrussis to the brink of oblivion. Almost all that remained of their vast empire was the netsuke collection, dramatically saved by a loyal maid when their huge Viennese palace was occupied.
Edmund de Waal travels the world to stand in the great buildings his forebears once inhabited. He traces the network of a remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century and tells the story of a unique collection.
Abridged by Polly Coles
Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 15:00 Classic Serial (b03f87yp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b01n0xpx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 16:30 No Commitments (b016c7c0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 17:00 Winston (b007ylvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
FRI 17:30 The Rest is History (b0769tsq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Orbiter X (b0784dyd)
Inside the Moon Station
The crew of Orbiter 2 have been taken to the Moon by the shadowy Unity organisation.
First broadcast in 1959, a bold but perilous plan to conquer space with space station 'Orbiter X' is underway.
Captain Bob Britton …. John Carson
Captain Douglas McClelland …. Andrew Crawford
Flight Engineer Hicks …. Barrie Gosney
Max Kramer …. Gerik Schjelderup
Colonel Kent …. Donald Bisset
Sir Charles Day …. Leslie Perrins
With Ian Sadler and John Cazabon
Written by BD Chapman.
Producer: Charles Maxwell.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1959.
FRI 18:30 Soul Music (b00djtj8)
Series 7
Swan Lake
Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.
1/4. Swan Lake
The story behind Tchaikovsky's ballet and the impact it has had on those who have heard and danced to it.
FRI 19:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jr9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Goon Show (b008zfwf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 The Spying Game (b016d8xj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Mitch Benn's Wondrous Stories (b00n52l1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Alice Munro - Dear Life (b01nt07t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds (b042m3c2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 The Rest is History (b0769tsq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b039ctgm)
Series 3
Episode 1
John Finnemore, the writer and star of Cabin Pressure, regular guest on The Now Show and popper-upper in things like Miranda, presents a third series of his hit sketch show.
The first series was described as "sparklingly clever" by The Daily Telegraph and "one of the most consistently funny sketch shows for quite some time" by The Guardian. The second series won Best Radio Comedy at both the Chortle and Comedy.co.uk awards, and was nominated for a Sony award.
In this new series, John promises to stop doing silly sketches about nonsense like Winnie the Pooh's honey addiction or how goldfish invented computer programming, and concentrate instead on the the big, serious issues.
This first episode of the series addresses the kind of animals that don't get sanctuaries; why the train manager needs to see the train driver; and why people literally shout at the radio?
Written by and starring John Finnemore, with Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan. Original music is by Susannah Pearse.
Producer: Ed Morrish.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b077x2zm)
The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith chats again to Brian Pern, aka Simon Day, and Rhys Thomas.
FRI 23:00 The Mark Steel Lecture (b007qhq3)
Series 2
Karl Marx
The radical comedian offers his assessment of the influential revolutionary thinker and philosopher. From April 2001.
FRI 23:30 Ross Noble Goes Global (b007jvrg)
Series 1
Budapest and Warsaw
Kicking off his comedy travelogues in the capital of Hungary, the stand-up comic then takes the train to Poland.
As well as entertaining the locals with his unique brand of stand-up, Ross Noble chats to the Mayor of Warsaw about furry hats, uncovers the truth about suicidal Hungarian monks and even shares a curry with Poland's only comedian...
Producer: Danny Wallace
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.
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
13:00 SAT (b076wgfd)
15 Minute Drama
01:00 SUN (b076wgfd)
A Good Read
18:30 MON (b007658m)
A Good Read
00:30 TUE (b007658m)
Alice Munro - Dear Life
11:00 MON (b01nckb5)
Alice Munro - Dear Life
21:00 MON (b01nckb5)
Alice Munro - Dear Life
11:00 TUE (b01nhcq8)
Alice Munro - Dear Life
21:00 TUE (b01nhcq8)
Alice Munro - Dear Life
11:00 WED (b01nkt55)
Alice Munro - Dear Life
21:00 WED (b01nkt55)
Alice Munro - Dear Life
11:00 THU (b01npb85)
Alice Munro - Dear Life
21:00 THU (b01npb85)
Alice Munro - Dear Life
11:00 FRI (b01nt07t)
Alice Munro - Dear Life
21:00 FRI (b01nt07t)
All the Young Dudes
07:00 THU (b007qx33)
All the Young Dudes
17:00 THU (b007qx33)
All the Young Dudes
05:00 FRI (b007qx33)
And Now in Colour
23:30 WED (b007jqfb)
Archive on 4
08:00 SAT (b0076xwv)
Archive on 4
15:00 SAT (b0076xwv)
Archive on 4
03:00 SUN (b0076xwv)
Beachcomber... By the Way
09:30 THU (b008wff3)
Beachcomber... By the Way
16:30 THU (b008wff3)
Beachcomber... By the Way
04:30 FRI (b008wff3)
Beethoven for a Later Age: Omnibus
09:00 SUN (b076zgcb)
Beethoven for a Later Age: Omnibus
19:50 SUN (b076zgcb)
Bleak Expectations
22:30 TUE (b00w2282)
Book at Bedtime
02:00 SAT (b01sjn6b)
Book of the Week
14:45 MON (b010dhcr)
Book of the Week
02:45 TUE (b010dhcr)
Book of the Week
14:45 TUE (b010hd99)
Book of the Week
02:45 WED (b010hd99)
Book of the Week
14:45 WED (b010hd91)
Book of the Week
02:45 THU (b010hd91)
Book of the Week
14:45 THU (b010hd93)
Book of the Week
02:45 FRI (b010hd93)
Book of the Week
14:45 FRI (b010hd95)
Booked
09:00 THU (b0075ly2)
Booked
16:00 THU (b0075ly2)
Booked
04:00 FRI (b0075ly2)
Capturing America: Mark Lawson's History of Modern American Literature
07:30 SAT (b00qj2nv)
Capturing America: Mark Lawson's History of Modern American Literature
17:30 SAT (b00qj2nv)
Capturing America: Mark Lawson's History of Modern American Literature
05:30 SUN (b00qj2nv)
Chain Reaction Extra
22:00 SAT (b077ywdz)
Clare in the Community
07:30 TUE (b062n4nb)
Clare in the Community
17:30 TUE (b062n4nb)
Clare in the Community
22:00 TUE (b062n4nb)
Clare in the Community
05:30 WED (b062n4nb)
Classic Serial
03:00 SAT (b0183r3q)
Classic Serial
16:00 SUN (b018g264)
Classic Serial
04:00 MON (b018g264)
Classic Serial
10:00 MON (b03bq0c2)
Classic Serial
15:00 MON (b03bq0c2)
Classic Serial
03:00 TUE (b03bq0c2)
Classic Serial
10:00 TUE (b03c2myq)
Classic Serial
15:00 TUE (b03c2myq)
Classic Serial
03:00 WED (b03c2myq)
Classic Serial
10:00 WED (b03cdh4l)
Classic Serial
15:00 WED (b03cdh4l)
Classic Serial
03:00 THU (b03cdh4l)
Classic Serial
10:00 THU (b03f86lk)
Classic Serial
15:00 THU (b03f86lk)
Classic Serial
03:00 FRI (b03f86lk)
Classic Serial
10:00 FRI (b03f87yp)
Classic Serial
15:00 FRI (b03f87yp)
Comedy Controller
09:00 SAT (b007jpfr)
Comedy Controller
19:00 SAT (b007jpfr)
Dad's Army
08:00 MON (b007jrl4)
Dad's Army
12:00 MON (b007jrl4)
Dad's Army
19:00 MON (b007jrl4)
Desert Island Discs: Longplay
10:15 SUN (b01m6pk7)
Desert Island Discs: Longplay
21:00 SUN (b01m6pk7)
Doctor in the House
08:30 SUN (b007jt0n)
Doctor in the House
12:30 SUN (b007jt0n)
Don Haworth - Recce
14:15 SAT (b007qspy)
Don Haworth - Recce
02:15 SUN (b007qspy)
Ed Reardon's Week
07:30 SUN (b01f5mmk)
Ed Reardon's Week
17:30 SUN (b01f5mmk)
Ed Reardon's Week
22:00 SUN (b01f5mmk)
Ed Reardon's Week
05:30 MON (b01f5mmk)
Elvenquest
23:30 MON (b017757w)
Face to Face with Evelyn Waugh
06:30 TUE (b007qtln)
Face to Face with Evelyn Waugh
13:30 TUE (b007qtln)
Face to Face with Evelyn Waugh
20:30 TUE (b007qtln)
Face to Face with Evelyn Waugh
01:30 WED (b007qtln)
Father Figure
23:00 TUE (b01c3dlh)
Five Hundred Years of Friendship
02:15 SAT (b03zdkkc)
Five Hundred Years of Friendship
14:15 MON (b03zy1c0)
Five Hundred Years of Friendship
02:15 TUE (b03zy1c0)
Five Hundred Years of Friendship
14:15 TUE (b03zy24b)
Five Hundred Years of Friendship
02:15 WED (b03zy24b)
Five Hundred Years of Friendship
14:15 WED (b040014g)
Five Hundred Years of Friendship
02:15 THU (b040014g)
Five Hundred Years of Friendship
14:15 THU (b04009c6)
Five Hundred Years of Friendship
02:15 FRI (b04009c6)
Five Hundred Years of Friendship
14:15 FRI (b0400mh3)
Foul Play
16:00 TUE (b00k2d8w)
Foul Play
04:00 WED (b00k2d8w)
Fresh Air Fiend by Paul Theroux
02:45 SAT (b007jylg)
Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
23:30 SUN (b007jrmf)
Great Lives
18:30 THU (b0076zvp)
Great Lives
00:30 FRI (b0076zvp)
Hal
07:30 THU (b04tdqwq)
Hal
17:30 THU (b04tdqwq)
Hal
22:00 THU (b04tdqwq)
Hal
05:30 FRI (b04tdqwq)
Hearing With Hegley
22:30 SUN (b00b0sgk)
I Think I've Got a Problem
23:00 SUN (b00cl6vl)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
08:30 WED (b007jskn)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
12:30 WED (b007jskn)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
19:30 WED (b007jskn)
I've Never Seen Star Wars
22:30 MON (b01q7bq4)
Inheritance Tracks
14:10 SAT (b076wgfj)
Inheritance Tracks
02:10 SUN (b076wgfj)
Inheritance Tracks
10:10 SUN (b076zjbv)
James Follett - The Pentworth Trilogy
18:40 SAT (b007jrn3)
James Follett - The Pentworth Trilogy
00:40 SUN (b007jrn3)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
22:30 FRI (b039ctgm)
Ken and Mark and Robert
01:30 SAT (b00tdznx)
King Street Junior
09:30 MON (b007jmmv)
King Street Junior
16:30 MON (b007jmmv)
King Street Junior
04:30 TUE (b007jmmv)
Listen to Les
08:30 MON (b01nchmv)
Listen to Les
12:30 MON (b01nchmv)
Listen to Les
19:30 MON (b01nchmv)
Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (Omnibus)
06:00 SUN (b00ssp44)
Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (Omnibus)
13:00 SUN (b00ssp44)
Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room (Omnibus)
01:00 MON (b00ssp44)
Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room
02:30 SAT (b00srvkl)
Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room
14:30 MON (b00sss5c)
Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room
02:30 TUE (b00sss5c)
Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room
14:30 TUE (b00st4hk)
Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room
02:30 WED (b00st4hk)
Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room
14:30 WED (b00st9x9)
Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room
02:30 THU (b00st9x9)
Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room
14:30 THU (b00sts9k)
Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room
02:30 FRI (b00sts9k)
Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room
14:30 FRI (b00svc1h)
Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair
14:00 MON (b01s8v6t)
Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair
02:00 TUE (b01s8v6t)
Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair
14:00 TUE (b01s90x3)
Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair
02:00 WED (b01s90x3)
Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair
14:00 WED (b01s93jx)
Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair
02:00 THU (b01s93jx)
Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair
14:00 THU (b01s9d01)
Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair
02:00 FRI (b01s9d01)
Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair
14:00 FRI (b01s9lcn)
Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change?
23:00 SAT (b00sjcvd)
Mitch Benn's Wondrous Stories
06:30 FRI (b00n52l1)
Mitch Benn's Wondrous Stories
13:30 FRI (b00n52l1)
Mitch Benn's Wondrous Stories
20:30 FRI (b00n52l1)
No Commitments
04:30 SAT (b007jp4g)
No Commitments
09:30 FRI (b016c7c0)
No Commitments
16:30 FRI (b016c7c0)
No Tomatoes
22:45 SUN (b0080274)
Off the Page
18:30 WED (b00771wy)
Off the Page
00:30 THU (b00771wy)
Old Harry's Game
23:00 THU (b007jmd4)
Orbiter X
18:00 MON (b077018m)
Orbiter X
00:00 TUE (b077018m)
Orbiter X
18:00 TUE (b077y362)
Orbiter X
00:00 WED (b077y362)
Orbiter X
18:00 WED (b0783jsj)
Orbiter X
00:00 THU (b0783jsj)
Orbiter X
18:00 THU (b0783mpg)
Orbiter X
00:00 FRI (b0783mpg)
Orbiter X
18:00 FRI (b0784dyd)
Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl
01:00 SAT (b012wzzj)
Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl
06:00 MON (b0131yvn)
Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl
13:00 MON (b0131yvn)
Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl
20:00 MON (b0131yvn)
Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl
01:00 TUE (b0131yvn)
Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl
06:00 TUE (b01381wz)
Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl
13:00 TUE (b01381wz)
Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl
20:00 TUE (b01381wz)
Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl
01:00 WED (b01381wz)
Poetry Extra
17:00 SUN (b076ztr4)
Poetry Extra
05:00 MON (b076ztr4)
Poets' Tree
22:45 SAT (b00slxyx)
Quote... Unquote
09:00 MON (b01m0lgj)
Quote... Unquote
16:00 MON (b01m0lgj)
Quote... Unquote
04:00 TUE (b01m0lgj)
Radio 9
23:30 TUE (b04g429s)
Radio Active
08:30 THU (b008x3tl)
Radio Active
12:30 THU (b008x3tl)
Radio Active
19:30 THU (b008x3tl)
Roald Dahl
00:15 SAT (b041ym4c)
Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds
11:15 MON (b041y015)
Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds
21:15 MON (b041y015)
Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds
11:15 TUE (b041y956)
Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds
21:15 TUE (b041y956)
Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds
11:15 WED (b041ycyn)
Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds
21:15 WED (b041ycyn)
Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds
11:15 THU (b041yksc)
Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds
21:15 THU (b041yksc)
Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds
11:15 FRI (b042m3c2)
Robert Barr - Galbraith and the King of Diamonds
21:15 FRI (b042m3c2)
Roger Law and the Chinese Curiosities
07:15 SUN (b01kblcn)
Roger Law and the Chinese Curiosities
14:15 SUN (b01kblcn)
Roger Law and the Chinese Curiosities
02:15 MON (b01kblcn)
Ross Noble Goes Global
23:30 FRI (b007jvrg)
Round the Horne
08:00 TUE (b00t29v7)
Round the Horne
12:00 TUE (b00t29v7)
Round the Horne
19:00 TUE (b00t29v7)
Saturday Drama
18:00 SUN (b016k89p)
Saturday Drama
00:00 MON (b016k89p)
Seekers
22:30 WED (b03ffkgm)
Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter from Salford
23:30 THU (b00767xp)
Soul Music
00:30 SAT (b008tn7d)
Soul Music
18:30 FRI (b00djtj8)
Steptoe and Son
08:00 THU (b007jp6x)
Steptoe and Son
12:00 THU (b007jp6x)
Steptoe and Son
19:00 THU (b007jp6x)
Steven Appleby's Normal Life
23:45 THU (b00snqqs)
Susan Hill - The Mist in the Mirror
00:00 SAT (b036q7t8)
The Brothers
07:00 WED (b00psscz)
The Brothers
17:00 WED (b00psscz)
The Brothers
05:00 THU (b00psscz)
The Clitheroe Kid
08:00 SUN (b007wvh4)
The Clitheroe Kid
12:00 SUN (b007wvh4)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 SUN (b077x0hk)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 MON (b077sjft)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 TUE (b077sjtv)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 THU (b077sk0j)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 FRI (b077x2zm)
The Emerald Green Show
12:00 SAT (b076c11b)
The Emerald Green Show
07:00 TUE (b077xx1r)
The Emerald Green Show
17:00 TUE (b077xx1r)
The Emerald Green Show
05:00 WED (b077xx1r)
The Fall of the Mausoleum Club
09:30 WED (b007jqp1)
The Fall of the Mausoleum Club
16:30 WED (b007jqp1)
The Fall of the Mausoleum Club
04:30 THU (b007jqp1)
The Goodies: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime
06:30 THU (b00vr5d2)
The Goodies: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime
13:30 THU (b00vr5d2)
The Goodies: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime
20:30 THU (b00vr5d2)
The Goodies: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime
01:30 FRI (b00vr5d2)
The Goon Show
08:30 FRI (b008zfwf)
The Goon Show
12:30 FRI (b008zfwf)
The Goon Show
19:30 FRI (b008zfwf)
The Headset Set
22:30 THU (b012fs7b)
The Mark Steel Lecture
23:00 FRI (b007qhq3)
The Masterson Inheritance
23:00 WED (b007jstr)
The Men from the Ministry
08:30 TUE (b007jzmz)
The Men from the Ministry
12:30 TUE (b007jzmz)
The Men from the Ministry
19:30 TUE (b007jzmz)
The Moth Radio Hour
11:15 SUN (b077njnd)
The Moth Radio Hour
19:00 SUN (b077njnd)
The Motion Show
09:00 WED (b00762c8)
The Motion Show
16:00 WED (b00762c8)
The Motion Show
04:00 THU (b00762c8)
The Museum of Curiosity
09:00 FRI (b01n0xpx)
The Museum of Curiosity
16:00 FRI (b01n0xpx)
The Museum of Everything
23:30 SAT (b007k425)
The Navy Lark
08:00 WED (b01kv7h1)
The Navy Lark
12:00 WED (b01kv7h1)
The Navy Lark
19:00 WED (b01kv7h1)
The Now Show
23:00 MON (b075thgv)
The Now Show
09:00 TUE (b075thgv)
The Palace of Laughter
18:30 TUE (b007k2sh)
The Palace of Laughter
00:30 WED (b007k2sh)
The Paris Bouquinistes
06:30 WED (b00srktl)
The Paris Bouquinistes
13:30 WED (b00srktl)
The Paris Bouquinistes
20:30 WED (b00srktl)
The Paris Bouquinistes
01:30 THU (b00srktl)
The Rest is History
05:30 SAT (b075mnxs)
The Rest is History
07:30 FRI (b0769tsq)
The Rest is History
17:30 FRI (b0769tsq)
The Rest is History
22:00 FRI (b0769tsq)
The Small World of Dominic Holland
09:30 TUE (b007jlrq)
The Small World of Dominic Holland
16:30 TUE (b007jlrq)
The Small World of Dominic Holland
04:30 WED (b007jlrq)
The Spying Game
06:00 WED (b016c7by)
The Spying Game
13:00 WED (b016c7by)
The Spying Game
20:00 WED (b016c7by)
The Spying Game
01:00 THU (b016c7by)
The Spying Game
06:00 THU (b016d4h9)
The Spying Game
13:00 THU (b016d4h9)
The Spying Game
20:00 THU (b016d4h9)
The Spying Game
01:00 FRI (b016d4h9)
The Spying Game
06:00 FRI (b016d8xj)
The Spying Game
13:00 FRI (b016d8xj)
The Spying Game
20:00 FRI (b016d8xj)
The Twilight Zone
18:00 SAT (b076wgfm)
The Twilight Zone
00:00 SUN (b076wgfm)
The Unbelievable Truth
07:30 MON (b0731bsv)
The Unbelievable Truth
17:30 MON (b0731bsv)
The Unbelievable Truth
22:00 MON (b0731bsv)
The Unbelievable Truth
05:30 TUE (b0731bsv)
Thesiger At 100
06:30 MON (b00wlbvv)
Thesiger At 100
13:30 MON (b00wlbvv)
Thesiger At 100
20:30 MON (b00wlbvv)
Thesiger At 100
01:30 TUE (b00wlbvv)
Trapped
07:00 MON (b0076h2t)
Trapped
17:00 MON (b0076h2t)
Trapped
05:00 TUE (b0076h2t)
Vesna Goldsworthy - Gorsky
14:30 SUN (b05r71hc)
Vesna Goldsworthy - Gorsky
02:30 MON (b05r71hc)
Vincent McInerney - Food For Thought
15:45 SUN (b076zs8z)
Vincent McInerney - Food For Thought
03:45 MON (b076zs8z)
Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully
07:30 WED (b04l0zq7)
Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully
17:30 WED (b04l0zq7)
Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully
22:00 WED (b04l0zq7)
Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully
05:30 THU (b04l0zq7)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
08:00 FRI (b007jr9f)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
12:00 FRI (b007jr9f)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
19:00 FRI (b007jr9f)
Wildbrain
04:00 SAT (b076w83n)
Winston Graham - The Little Walls
06:00 SAT (b076wbmj)
Winston Graham - The Little Walls
16:00 SAT (b076wbmj)
Winston Graham - The Little Walls
04:00 SUN (b076wbmj)
Winston
05:00 SAT (b007jn9c)
Winston
12:30 SAT (b007jn9c)
Winston
07:00 FRI (b007ylvk)
Winston
17:00 FRI (b007ylvk)