A stabbing in the snow, a fatal fire, blackmail and hush money.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With John Baddeley as Charlie, Wilfrid Carter as Inspector Lloyd, Patrick Barr as Maurice Lonsdale, Isabel Dean as Margaret Milbourne, Frederick Treves as Stone, Nigel Graham as Danny Clayton, Simon Lack as Vince Graham, Polly Murch as Julia Carrington, Alan Haines as the Sergeant, Bryan Colvin as Luigi, Malcom Terris as the Doctor and LeRoy Longwood as the Waiter.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with tricky cases.
Producer: Martin C. Webster.
Steve Richards is a leading columnist about politics for the national press. But he has also been developing a new career in stand-up comedy, putting on a one-man show which explores some of the manoeuvering and absurdities of politics without being cynical or distrustful about the motives of politicians.
He says he's trying to do what he calls "pro-politics comedy". This is his audio diary of how it went.
The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the death of a man by crossbow.
Six light-hearted adventures involving the grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson written by Grant Eustace
Starring Peter Egan as Stamford Holmes, Jeremy Nicholas as Dr Watson, Stuart Organ as Simon Durham, Madi Hedd as Janet Durham, James Kerry as Inspector Fowler, Ronald Baddiley as the General and Hugh Dickson as Lamson.
Award-winning comedian and super-sharp everywoman Angela Barnes tackles life and love and, with the help of the audience, packs herself a fantasy coffin.
In part tribute to Angela's beloved late father - a larger than life gregarious character, he was a sex shop manager, naturist, and a big fan of caravans and pranks - Angela celebrates his carpe diem approach to life, and his motto "You Can't Take It With You".
When her father died very suddenly in 2008, Angela and her family proved him wrong and stuffed his coffin with sentimental keepsakes for his final journey. Angela now does the very same thing, nominating objects that she would choose to send on with her as mementoes of her life, and asking the audience to share items they would take with them, all acting as prompts for contemplative, heart-warming and captivating comedy.
Angela Barnes is a vivacious, critically acclaimed stand-up comic from Maidstone, Kent. After a career in health and social care, at the age of 33, she decided to pursue a long-held ambition and give comedy a go. Within a couple of years, Angela and her witty worldview had won the 2011 BBC New Comedy Award by a public vote, secured a weekly star slot in Channel 4's Stand Up For The Week and appeared on numerous radio and television shows including Loose Ends, The Now Show, The News Quiz (BBC Radio 4), Russell Howard's Good News (BBC 3), and Mock The Week and Live at the Apollo (BBC 2). She has been the host of BBC Radio 4 Extra's Newsjack for the last two series.
With HMS Troutbridge set for special escort duty, amorous Mr Phillips returns on a unicycle.
Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Ronnie Barker as Lieutenant Queeg and Tenniel Evans as Leading Seamen 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.
Kenneth Horne fancies a Spanish trip and ‘Hornerama’ spotlights Britain.
With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
Music from Pat Lancaster, the Fraser Hayes Four and the BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.
A madcap mix of sketches and songs, Beyond Our Ken hit the airwaves in 1958 and ran to 1964 – featuring regulars like Arthur Fallowfield, Cecil Snaith and Rodney and Charles.
The precursor to ‘Round The Horne’ – sadly only 15 shows survive from the original run of 21 episodes in Series 2. Audio restored using both home and overseas (BBC Transcription Service) recordings.
Crazy panel show capers as host Sue Perkins grills Jack Docherty, Pater Baynam, Armando Iannucci and Simon Pegg.
The game where someone stands to leave the studio 99p richer than when they came in.
Harold Perkins can't get a site phone, so his workmates get him a handset and more besides...
Six anarchic tales from those demob days “when we was going to build the new Jerusalem - you know, before the world turned lax and sour”.
Stars Norman Rossington as Big Jim, Roland Curram as Harold Perkins, Harold Goodwin as Old Ned, David John as Nimrod, Sylvester McCoy as Turps, David Beckett as Chick, Steven Harrold as Harry, Carol Hawkins as Miss James, Stephen Garlick as Plonker and Karen Ascoe as the Typist.
Narrated by Bernard Cribbins.
Written by Ted Walker.
The young, widowed and pretty Viola Wither finally has the chance to escape her stifling in-laws in Essex. Whilst they are spending a month in the Lakes, she and her sister-in-law Tina escape to Stanton on Sea.
Viola is still pining for the dashing Victor Spring - who has kissed her - and Tina for the beautiful chauffeur, Saxon - likewise. But is it all hopeless?
Stella Gibbons’ sparkling pre-war comedy of manners dramatised in two-parts by Christopher William Hill.
Starring Victoria Hamilton as Tina, Dinah Stabb as Mother, Paul Moriarty as Father, Francine Chamberlain as Viola Simon Bubb as Victor, dam Billington as Saxon, Adjoa Andoh as Edna, Alex Rivers as Hetty, Joan Walker as Phyllis, Ian Masters as Spurrey, James Lailey as Uncle Frank, Gerald McDermott as Mr Brodhurst.
A series of original stories from some of Ireland’s most exciting writers.
Donal Ryan (The Spinning Heart, The Thing About December) brings us to Limerick where a young writer befriends a local octogenarian, Tommy, and discovers the beauty within the man. Eimear McBride (A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing) takes us into a world of dark family secrets and revenge, while playwright Rosemary Jenkinson reflects on the changing landscape of Belfast and its mythology as a young girl believes she’s discovered the fairy folk in the hill behind her home.
Writer ..... Rosemary Jenkinson
Reader ..... Maggie Cronin
Producer ..... Heather Larmour
Documentary-style drama by Michael Butt that tells the story of the 1586 plot to assassinate Elizabeth I and return England to Catholic rule under Mary, Queen of Scots. The story is told from the perspective of several of the conspirators - some genuine, some government spies that had infiltrated the group.
Presenter ...... Stephen Greif
Robert Poley ...... Burn Gorman
Thomas Salisbury ...... Sam Barnett
Aloysius Skeres ...... Chris Pavlo
Thomas Phelippes ...... Jonathan Tafler
Robert Bull ...... Stephen Critchlow
Gilbert Gifford ...... Inam Mirza
Don Mendoza ...... Malcolm Tierney
Mistress Bellamy ...... Marlene Sidaway
Jane Tichbourne ...... Janice Acquah
Agnes Lauren ...... Jill Cardo
Shepherd ...... Dan Starkey
Casey ...... Paul Rider
On a cold autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of the Dutch East India Company's most successful merchant trader : Johannes Brandt. But her lavishly furnished new home is not welcoming, and its inhabitants seem preoccupied with their own secrets. Johannes is kind yet distant, always locked in his study or at his warehouse office which leaves Nella isolated in the grand house on the canal with his sister, the sharp-tongued Marin and Otto and Cornelia their servants as company.
Nella's world changes when Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. To furnish her gift, Nella engages the services of a miniaturist, an elusive and enigmatic artist whose tiny and intricate creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways.
But as she starts to receive unexpected and unasked for items for her 'toy house' Nella becomes aware that the Brandt household contains unusual secrets and she begins to understand - and fear- the escalating dangers that await them all. In this repressively pious society conformity is all. Neighbours are encouraged to spy on each other, excavating 'the canker' of sin. The packages from the mysterious miniaturist begin to reveal chillingly prophetic objects but Nella remains at a loss as to what they all mean.
Ep8. With Johannes under arrest it falls to Nella to do what she can to sell the warehouse full of sugar before it rots.
Michael Morpurgo reveals children's working lives during the Industrial Revolution - up chimneys, in factories and down mines.
Anne meets famous torch singer Helen, and Neely understudies the lead in a new musical. Drama on the perils of fame stars Sally Dexter and Susan Jameson.
An occasional series of stories from life’s murkier places.
Series Four: Tales from the collection A Spot Of Folly by Ruth Rendell.
Daniel is set on remarrying his first wife, Joy. But there is an obstacle to this: his current wife, Prunella.
Ruth Rendell was one of the UK’s most prominent crime writers. Best known for her Inspector Wexford books, she also wrote psychological novels as Barbara Vine. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer. She died in May 2015. A Spot Of Folly, a collection of previously unpublished stories, was published in 2017.
Charles Dance leads the cast as the urbane Storyteller in dramatisations of five classic tales by Roald Dahl. Bizarre and amusing by turns, these dark comedies are justly famous for their surprise endings, and for their rogues gallery of crooks, cheats and schemers.
The stories show Dahl at the height of his powers as a writer of adult fiction, combining black comedy with sly social satire. They are stylishly plotted, vividly characterised and made unforgettable by their breezy cynicism, presenting a hilariously bleak view of human nature.
In My Lady Love, My Dove, starring Penelope Keith, we meet Arthur and Pamela Beauchamp, a wealthy couple who like to play bridge. However, they are continually being beaten by the Snapes – a younger couple who stay with them as house guests. But Pamela has devised a cunning way of getting her own back.
The experiment ends and it’s time to leave the house. But Eleanor has no home to go to and wants to stay...
Shirley Jackson’s spine-chilling Gothic Horror concluded by Emma Fielding.
Abridged in 8-parts by Alison Joseph.
AL Kennedy is an award winning writer whose first published book 'Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains' hit the bookshops in 1991.
Now established as a novelist and short story writer Alison Louise Kennedy is also a stand-up comedian.
In conversation with Stuart Cosgrove she reveals her favourite book from childhood and the book she has bought but has never finished. Stuart also enquires about her favourite bedside book, the novel she wishes she had bought as a teenager and the book she has returned to most often.
Ahem. Marcus Brigstocke coughs politely, dons a crumpled linen suit and fibs for Britain as he tries his hand at becoming a diplomat. On the way, he'll look at the history and origins of diplomacy, the training required and the fact that approximately 60% of the modern British diplomat's work is spent apologising for Jeremy Clarkson.
Helping him to foster mutually beneficial relationships will be Margaret Cabourn-Smith, William Andrews and Colin Hoult.
Written by Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby, Toby Davies, Nick Doody, Steve Punt and Dan Tetsell
The Kiwi novelty music duo try to make it big in the English capital. Improvised by Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, with Rob Brydon. From September 2005.
Stand-up at London's Comedy Store with host Simon Bligh, Andrew Maxwell, Pierre Hollins and Simon Evans. From January 2002.
THURSDAY 17 JANUARY 2019
THU 00:00 15 Minute Drama (b07j571j)
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THU 00:15 Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House (b007jtpg)
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THU 00:30 My Life in Five Books (b00txh41)
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THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jqwh)
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THU 01:30 Steve Richards Stands Up for Politics (b03bpxxx)
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THU 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b04brrmc)
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THU 02:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00shrwl)
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THU 02:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (b00mbc2m)
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THU 02:45 Short Works: A Season of Murder, Mystery and Suspense (m00021fs)
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THU 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Nightingale Wood (b01pkjwp)
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THU 04:00 The 99p Challenge (b007js0s)
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THU 04:30 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (b008j030)
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THU 05:00 Second Holmes (b015qy32)
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THU 05:30 Angela Barnes: You Can't Take It With You (m0001ygt)
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THU 06:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsmq)
Episode 1
Kindly Detective Inspector Purbright probes dark deeds in the world of small-time animal charities.
One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles dramatised by Christopher Denys in 6 parts.
Stars John Rowe as Inspector Purbright, Robin Polley as Sgt. Malley, Tricia Wilcock as Mrs Hallam, Paul Downing as Love, Russell Dixon as Dr Fergusson and Ann Rye as Lucilla Teatime.
Producer: Tony Cliff
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
THU 06:30 Living Books (b00r9yd8)
Sandi Toksvig visits the library where you borrow a person instead of a book.
The Human Library is a ground-breaking idea from Denmark designed to get you to confront your deepest prejudices. Borrow a type of person you think you don't like, goes the strap line, take them away for a half-hour conversation, and try and get to the bottom of your preconceptions.
People who have volunteered to be 'Books' range from Muslims to transsexuals, and neo-Nazis to male nannies.
Sandi talks to those who’ve got involved, both as Readers and Books, borrows a couple of Books herself, and even lends herself out as one.
Producer: Beth O'Dea
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
THU 07:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007jvgy)
Episode 6
Landlord Jack has the flu, so Nicola takes over just as the pub inspectors are due.
If the father-daughter bond can survive this, it could probably survive anything...
Joe Turner’s six-part sitcom stars Michael Williams as Jack, Lisa Coleman as Nicola, Cherry Morris as Mrs Drummond, Simon Greenall as Andy, Sally Grace as the Inspector and Toby Longworth as Joe.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.
THU 07:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b08bzp9r)
Series 6
Episode 6
John Finnemore, writer and star of Cabin Pressure and John Finnemore's Double Acts and regular guest on The Now Show and The Unbelievable Truth, returns for a sixth series of his multi-award-winning Souvenir Programme, joined as ever by Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin, and Carrie Quinlan.
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme was described by The Radio Times as "the best sketch show in years, on television or radio", and by The Daily Telegraph as "funny enough to make even the surliest cat laugh". Already the winner of a BBC Audio Drama Award and a Radio Academy Silver Award, John was named the 2016 Radio Broadcaster of the Year by the Broadcasting Press Guild for his work on Souvenir Programme.
6/6
In this final edition of the sixth series of Souvenir Programme, John lets Lawry take over, with inevitable reactions from Carrie, Margaret and Simon. And, well... Since you ask him for a musical finale...
Written by & starring ... John Finnemore
Cast ... Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Cast ... Simon Kane
Cast ... Lawry Lewin
Cast ... Carrie Quinlan
Original music composed by ... Susannah Pearse
Piano ... Susannah Pearse
Flute ... Caroline Ardron
Bassoon ... Joanna Baillie Stark
Cello ... Sally Stares
Production Coordinator...Sophie Richardson
Producer ... Ed Morrish
A BBC Studios Production.
THU 08:00 Something to Shout About (m00021x5)
Series 2
Episode 9
Janet starts dating a BBC announcer, resulting in Michael become insanely jealous.
"A light-hearted exposé of the advertising world!". Set in a London ad agency called 'Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, Blythe, Giddy & Partners'.
Starring Michael Medwin as Michael, Fenella Fielding as Janet, Joan Sims as Mavis, Eleanor Summerfield as Maggie and Nicholas Phipps as Adrian. Other parts by Warren Mitchell.
Series two (of three) written by Myles Rudge with Ronnie Wolfe.
Producer: Eric Miller
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1961.
THU 08:30 The Goon Show (b00d7jxr)
The Plasticine Man
Neddie Seagoon poses as a 6,000-year-old man to resurrect his rock 'n' roll career. Stars Spike Milligan. From December 1957.
THU 09:00 The Write Stuff (m00021x7)
Series 1
TS Eliot
James Walton chairs the knockabout book quiz testing Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Kate Saunders and Nigel Williams.
Author of the week: TS Eliot
Reader: Rachel Atkins.
Producer: Jon Rolph
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998.
THU 09:30 Whatever Happened to...? (b00hks6t)
Series 1
Popeye
Born in a typhoon with dynamite in both fists. Spinach was his trademark but it also brought about his downfall.
Whatever happened to EC Segar's sailor man - Popeye?
Six-part series revealing the afterlife of some famous characters from children's fiction written by Adrian Mourby.
With Warren Mitchell as G Wellington Wimpy, Kerry Shale as Sweepee, Peter Woodthorpe as Bluto, Andrew Sachs as Peter Boyd-Shuster, Jonathan Tafler as Lou Canvas, Cyril Shaps as Moses Kyle, Eva Haddon as Miss Jones and Myfanwy Talog as Sian Owens-Prosser.
Producer: Brian King
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
THU 10:00 Classic Serial (m00021x9)
W Somerset Maugham - The Razor's Edge
Episode 1
Traumatised young veteran Larry Darrell returns to Chicago after the First World War, but finds it difficult to fit back into society.
To the dismay of his fiancée, Isabel, he heads for Paris, where he embarks on a spiritual quest to find the answers to his many questions.
First published in 1944, W Somerset Maugham’s novel dramatised in two-parts by Ronald Frame.
W Somerset Mauqham ... Nicholas Le Prevost
Larry ... John Light
Isabel ... Megan Dodds
Elliott ... Edward Petherbridqe
Maturin/Brabazon ... David Bannerman
Gray ... Sam Dale
The Swami ... Amerjit Deu
Sophie ... Laurel Lefkow
Mrs Bradley ... Carolyn Pickles
Director: Gaynor MacFarlane
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
THU 11:00 Shorts (b05n1l3m)
New Irish Writing
Me and the Devil
A series of original stories from some of Ireland’s most exciting writers.
Donal Ryan (The Spinning Heart, The Thing About December) brings us to Limerick where a young writer befriends a local octogenarian, Tommy, and discovers the beauty within the man. Eimear McBride (A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing) takes us into a world of dark family secrets and revenge, while playwright Rosemary Jenkinson reflects on the changing landscape of Belfast and its mythology as a young girl believes she’s discovered the fairy folk in the hill behind her home.
Writer ..... Eimear McBride
Reader ..... Damien Molony
Producer ..... Heather Larmour
THU 11:15 Afternoon Drama (b03qfzgn)
Ian Curteis - The Road to Yalta
February 1945. Hitler's exhausted armies are in full retreat before the triumphant advance of American and British troops from the West, and Russians from the East. It becomes imperative that Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet face-to-face, to decide the future shape of Europe. They meet at the tiny Russian resort of Yalta, each ready to play their hand in a high-speed game of poker, and each relying on their diplomatic and intelligence communities to deal them the winning hand.
Meanwhile, in Ian Curteis' drama, loosely based on real events, diplomats at the British Embassy in Washington are discussing their high-flying First Minister - an impeccably-connected young man called Donald Maclean.
Directed by Jonquil Panting.
THU 12:00 Something to Shout About (m00021x5)
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THU 12:30 The Goon Show (b00d7jxr)
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THU 13:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsmq)
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THU 13:30 Living Books (b00r9yd8)
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THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b04brxqk)
The Miniaturist
Episode 9
On a cold autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of the Dutch East India Company's most successful merchant trader : Johannes Brandt. But her lavishly furnished new home is not welcoming, and its inhabitants seem preoccupied with their own secrets. Johannes is kind yet distant, always locked in his study or at his warehouse office which leaves Nella isolated in the grand house on the canal with his sister, the sharp-tongued Marin and Otto and Cornelia their servants as company.
Nella's world changes when Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. To furnish her gift, Nella engages the services of a miniaturist, an elusive and enigmatic artist whose tiny and intricate creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways.
But as she starts to receive unexpected and unasked for items for her 'toy house' Nella becomes aware that the Brandt household contains unusual secrets and she begins to understand - and fear- the escalating dangers that await them all. In this repressively pious society conformity is all. Neighbours are encouraged to spy on each other, excavating 'the canker' of sin. The packages from the mysterious miniaturist begin to reveal chillingly prophetic objects but Nella remains at a loss as to what they all mean.
Read by Emilia Fox.
Ep9. The burgomasters of Amsterdam are determined to uphold their city's godfearing reputation.
Producer: Jill Waters
Abridged by Isobel Creed and directed by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4
THU 14:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sjp2l)
I Ain't a Child
Michael Morpurgo tells the story of Victorian street children and the organisations that grew up to rescue them.
THU 14:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (b00mbl3h)
Episode 4
Anne's relationship with Lyon grows passionate, and Neely gets her big break. Jacqueline Susann drama with Madeleine Potter and Barbara Barnes.
THU 14:45 Short Works: A Season of Murder, Mystery and Suspense (m00021xd)
Series 4
The Price of Joy by Ruth Rendell (Part 2/2)
An occasional series of stories from life’s murkier places.
Series Four: Tales from the collection A Spot Of Folly by Ruth Rendell.
Daniel must decide whether to save Prunella by paying the kidnappers’ ransom.
Ruth Rendell was one of the UK’s most prominent crime writers. Best known for her Inspector Wexford books, she also wrote psychological novels as Barbara Vine. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer. She died in May 2015. A Spot Of Folly, a collection of previously unpublished stories, was published in 2017.
Writer: Ruth Rendell
Reader: Samuel West
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4 Extra
THU 15:00 Classic Serial (m00021x9)
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THU 16:00 The Write Stuff (m00021x7)
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THU 16:30 Whatever Happened to...? (b00hks6t)
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THU 17:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007jvgy)
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THU 17:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b08bzp9r)
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THU 18:00 15 Minute Drama (b07j699j)
Roald Dahl: Served with a Twist
The Surgeon
Charles Dance leads the cast as the urbane Storyteller in dramatisations of five classic tales by Roald Dahl. Bizarre and amusing by turns, these dark comedies are justly famous for their surprise endings, and for their rogues gallery of crooks, cheats and schemers.
The stories show Dahl at the height of his powers as a writer of adult fiction, combining black comedy with sly social satire. They are stylishly plotted, vividly characterised and made unforgettable by their breezy cynicism, presenting a hilariously bleak view of human nature.
In The Surgeon, Robert Sandy and his wife are faced with a dilemma - where should they conceal the priceless diamond Robert has been given by the King of Agrabah as reward for saving the life of his eldest son? It’s Friday evening and the banks are closed. There’s only one thing for it, they must find a secret hiding place somewhere in their house.
Cast:
Storyteller……..Charles Dance
Robert Sandy…..Simon Williams
Betty Sandy…….Emma Fielding
Prince…………..Sope Dirisu
Inspector……….Chris Stanton
Written by Roald Dahl
Dramatised by Stephen Sheridan
Director: David Blount
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4
THU 18:15 Tao Lin - A Message of Unknown Purpose (b0474xj1)
Peter Marinker reads Tao Lin's curious tale about the discovery of a message from the future in which an elderly prisoner talks about the invention and misuse of a sleep machine. "In 2042, after major worldwide catastrophes in the second and third decades of the 21st century, the world is drastically different. It's much, much worse and maybe more exciting, depending on who you ask." A vision emerges of a society addicted to sleep.
Produced by Gemma Jenkins
In reviewing cult author and poet Tao Lin's novel, Taipei, the TLS writes, "a daring, urgent voice for a malfunctioning age"
THU 18:30 Great Lives (b01hxh6y)
Series 27
Sebastian Walker
Lynn Barber first met Sebastian Walker at Oxford. "He was the first person I'd ever met who was gay...quite funny looking with a big adam's apple and bespeckled face...he dressed in a very dandy way."
He formed Walker Books in 1978 which, in Lynn's words, "launched a whole new era of children's book publishing." He took every opportunity to reinvent the rules of publishing - he paid the illustrators more money than anyone else, befriending the likes of Maurice Sendak and Helen Oxenbury till they agreed to work for him. He struck a deal to sell books through Sainsbury's supermarkets and justified it in the name of child literacy. Titles like 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' and 'Where's Wally? would establish Walker Books as a major player in children's book publishing. Walker would describe the financial side of business as a "bore" preferring to spend his money on lavish parties for his friends.
Lynn Barber talks to Matthew Parris about why Sebastian Walker remains such a memorable friend. They're joined by Walker's sister and biographer Mirabel Cecil who says her brother "..had very little sense of his own identity", and that his one true love was really the piano.
Producer: Toby Field
First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2012.
THU 19:00 Something to Shout About (m00021x5)
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THU 19:30 The Goon Show (b00d7jxr)
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THU 20:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsmq)
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THU 20:30 Living Books (b00r9yd8)
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THU 21:00 Shorts (b05n1l3m)
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THU 21:15 Afternoon Drama (b03qfzgn)
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THU 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b08bzp9r)
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THU 22:30 iGod (b00wwc1r)
Robot
iGOD is a highly original and funny new late-night comedy series for Radio 4. It stars Simon Day (The Fast Show) and David Soul (Starsky & Hutch) and is written by one of the head writers of the BAFTA award-winning The Thick Of It, Sean Gray and produced by Simon Nicholls (Ed Reardon's Week / News At Bedtime).
We all worry about the end of the world, as economists and environmentalists speak in apocalyptic terms everyday. iGOD says that trying to predict the end of the world is as pointless as moisturising an elephant's elbow.
In each episode, an unnamed, all-seeing narrator (David Soul - Starsky and Hutch) shows us that it is stupid to be worrying, as he looks back at some of the most entertaining apocalypses on parallel Earths. Each week our case study is a normal bloke called Ian (Simon Day) who manages to accidentally initiate the apocalypse of a different parallel world through a seemingly harmless single act (telling a lie, being lazy, cooking some lambshanks). A succession of comic vignettes ensue that escalate to the end of a parallel world.
With a full-range of sound effects and wonderfully funny and surreal twists, iGOD will be a true aural extravaganza.
Written by
SEAN GRAY
Produced by
SIMON NICHOLLS.
THU 22:45 The News at Bedtime (b00pftgl)
Episode 3
Twin presenters John Tweedledum and Jim Tweedledee present in-depth news analysis covering the latest stories happening this 'once upon a time'.
Jim reports live from the launch site of the Nurseryland space programme as preparations are finalised to put a cow over the moon.
With Peter Donaldson, Lewis MacLeod, Alex MacQueen, Lucy Montgomery, Vicki Pepperdine, Dan Tetsell.
Written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m000261t)
Adam Hess 2/2
The best in contemporary comedy. Jayde Adams talks to Adam Hess.
THU 23:00 What the Future? (b04pshdr)
Series 1
Drugs
Britain, in a desperate attempt to look fashionable, legalises marijuana. Soon her majesty the Queen lights up the first ceremonial joint on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Now perpetually stoned, politicians legalise other drugs to perk us all up a bit. But soon a drug addled nation turns to beat poetry, henge sell-offs and injury claims to fund its habit.
Kirsty Wark presents a documentary from the future... Starring Nadia Kamil, Geoffrey McGivern, Kieran Hogson, and Alistair McGowan. With Alice Scott-Gemmill, Max Olesker and Jane Slavin.
Recorded 30 years from now, What the Future plunges into the world of tomorrow and investigates how decisions and actions concerning the current topics of today could have massive repercussions on our later lives. Dealing with issues ripped from the headlines, torn from the news agenda and hacked to shreds from Facebook feeds, WTF investigates how a single alteration now could create a chain reaction that permanently compromises the future for all.
Written by Madeleine Brettingham, Steve Burge and Dale Shaw.
Produced by Victoria Lloyd.
THU 23:30 Party (b00rmxk5)
Series 1
Episode 4
The final episode sees The Party take to the streets with their inaugural protest. If only it wasn't raining. Jared's musical attempts to draw attention backfire painfully and Mel is desperate to get arrested.
Duncan ... Tim Key
Jared ... Johnny Sweet
Mel ... Anna Crilly
Phoebe ... Katy Wix
Policeman ... Nick Mohammed
Simon ... Tom Basden
Written by Tom Basden. Producer Julia McKenzie.
FRIDAY 18 JANUARY 2019
FRI 00:00 15 Minute Drama (b07j699j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:15 Tao Lin - A Message of Unknown Purpose (b0474xj1)
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18:15 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b01hxh6y)
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18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsmq)
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06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Living Books (b00r9yd8)
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FRI 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b04brxqk)
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14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sjp2l)
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14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (b00mbl3h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:45 Short Works: A Season of Murder, Mystery and Suspense (m00021xd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Classic Serial (m00021x9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 The Write Stuff (m00021x7)
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09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Whatever Happened to...? (b00hks6t)
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09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007jvgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b08bzp9r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnp)
Episode 2
As the sabotage and murder trail continues, Private Investigator Mortimer Hive arrives and is invited to make a speech.
One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles dramatised by Christopher Denys in 6 parts.
Stars John Rowe as Inspector Purbright, Geoffrey Banks as Mortimer Hive, Paul Downing as Love, Russell Dixon as Booker, Ann Rye as Lucilla Teatime and Kathryn Hunt as Helen.
Producer: Tony Cliff
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
FRI 06:30 Tim Key's Easy USSR (b03h30gb)
"I remember exactly where I was when I was first exposed to Vyacheslav Mescherin's tunes. I was at a dinner party and the host handed me the sleeve with a glint in her eye. She thought I might quite like it. The insinuation was that none of the other guests would. She was right."
Nine years ago, comedian and poet Tim Key was given a copy of a CD entitled Easy USSR Vol. 2. One car journey to Devon and four consecutive listens later, and he was hooked. The strange yet catchy sounds of Vyacheslav Mescherin's Ensemble of Electronic Musical Instruments have underscored his life and his work ever since. On stage and on the radio, Mescherin's music lies beneath him like a crashmat.
With very little information available about Mescherin, Tim sets out to find out more about the man.
His search takes him from one of the world's leading Theremin players to a Soviet Cosmonaut. Tim discovers that, far from the obscure rarity it is today, in the 1960s and beyond Mescherin's music was a quirky soundtrack to life in the Soviet Union - on radio, TV and even in factories. The futuristic sounds of the electronic instruments he pioneered provided the perfect accompaniment to the space race era. Nearly twenty years after his death, many Russians can hum Mescherin's tunes, yet few know his name.
But what of the rumours that Mescherin's sounds were blasted into space? And will Tim be able to find more of the music he craves?
Producer: Peggy Sutton
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 07:00 Two Doors Down (b008gbvs)
Series 2
Mythical Kings and Iguanas
Saffron is a typical mother, multi-tasking her aromatherapy business with trying to feng shui her bathroom and coping with a four year old desperately missing their ex-pet iguana.
So no surprise she needs Sally's help when things go wrong...
Series two of Annie McCartney's four-part sitcom about the bohemian residents of Marlborough Road in Belfast saved from chaos by their cleaning lady, Sally.
Starring Stella McCusker as Sally, Marcella Riordan as Clare, Katy Gleadhill as Evie, Des McAleer as Trevor, Patrick Gleadhill as Simon, Ali White as Saffron, Hannah R Gordon as Anna and Alan Mckee as Victor.
Director: Tanya Nash
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002.
FRI 07:30 The Rivals (b082fgt8)
Series 4
The Secret of Dunstan's Tower
By Ernest Bramah.
Dramatised By Chris Harrald.
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals. Lestrade enlists the help of the brilliant blind detective Max Carrados when he is asked to help a woman who believes that an old prophecy is foretelling her death. In 1662 a fierce quarrel lead to the fatal wounding of Sir Philip Belmont by Henry Ainsworth who owned Dunstan's Tower. Before Sir Philip died he prophesied that when blood appeared on the steps of the grand staircase of Dunstan's Tower, then one of the Ainsworth family had a week to live. Blood has now appeared on the steps and the present Lady Ainsworth is awaiting her death.
Lestrade ..... James Fleet
Max Carrados .... Pip Torrens
Tom Ainsworth .... Tom Forrister
Edith Ainsworth .... Kirsty Oswald
Lady Una Ainsworth .... Joanna Munroe
Parkinson .... James Lailey
Swarbrick .... Sean Baker
Producer: Liz Webb.
FRI 08:00 Thirty Minutes Worth (b00r2jxk)
From 02/10/1988
Harry Worth's doctor prescribes him a sunshine holiday.
Starring Harry Worth. With Jacqueline Clarke, Charles Collingwood, Julie Higginson and Milton Johns.
Script by Vince Powell.
Producer: Mike Craig
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1988.
FRI 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b00s5xtn)
Series 1
Steptoe a la Carte
After meeting Monique on his round, Harold's hoping he's found true love with a French twist. But what will she make of his dad Albert?
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert, Harry H Corbett as Harold and Gwendolyn Watts as Monique.
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 August 1966.
FRI 09:00 Guess What? (b068bf83)
Episode 10
Animal, vegetable or mineral?
Barry Took hosts a revised version of popular radio parlour game of 20 questions.
Regular Geoffrey Durham is joined by Clare Frances and Chris Serle.
Written by Michael Dines.
Producer: Andy Aliffe
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
FRI 09:30 Anything Legal (b0084hrs)
Episode 3
Charles and George kick off their secret new business offering anything legal – but at what cost?
A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly
Starring Donald Hewlett as Charles, Michael Knowles as George and Douglas Blackwell as the Publican.
Theme music by Jim Parker
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.
FRI 10:00 Classic Serial (m0002245)
W Somerset Maugham - The Razor's Edge
Episode 2
It's now the 1930s. After travelling in the East, Larry returns to Paris where he meets up with Sophie again - to the horror of his ex-fiancée, Isabel.
Conclusion of W Somerset Maugham’s novel dramatised in two-parts by Ronald Frame.
W Somerset Mauqham ... Nicholas Le Prevost
Larry ... John Light
Isabel ... Megan Dodds
Elliott ... Edward Petherbridqe
Gray/Chief Inspector ... Sam Dale
The Swami ... Amerjit Deu
Patsy ... Paul Dinnen
Joseph ... Philip Fox
Sophie ... Laurel Lefkow
Miss Keith ... Carolyn Pickles
Director: Gaynor MacFarlane
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
FRI 11:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m0002247)
Deborah Frances-White: 'Best Pick' and 'How To Fail'
Podcast Radio Hour is 1 year old!
To celebrate Amanda is joined by PRH's first ever guest Deborah Frances-White to recommend more of her favourite podcasts and chat to their creators.
Featuring Best Pick - a podcast where Tom Salinsky, John Dorney, and Jessica Regan watch discuss every Academy Award Best Picture winner in no particular order.
Also How To Fail With Elizabeth Day, a podcast that celebrates the things that haven't gone right. Every week, a new interviewee explores what their failures taught them.
FRI 12:00 Thirty Minutes Worth (b00r2jxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b00s5xtn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Tim Key's Easy USSR (b03h30gb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b04bs0mp)
The Miniaturist
Episode 10
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
Read by : Emilia Fox
On a cold autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of the Dutch East India Company's most successful merchant trader : Johannes Brandt. But her lavishly furnished new home is not welcoming, and its inhabitants seem preoccupied with their own secrets. Johannes is kind yet distant, always locked in his study or at his warehouse office which leaves Nella isolated in the grand house on the canal with his sister, the sharp-tongued Marin and Otto and Cornelia their servants as company.
Nella's world changes when Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. To furnish her gift, Nella engages the services of a miniaturist, an elusive and enigmatic artist whose tiny and intricate creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways.
But as she starts to receive unexpected and unasked for items for her 'toy house' Nella becomes aware that the Brandt household contains unusual secrets and she begins to understand - and fear- the escalating dangers that await them all. In this repressively pious society conformity is all. Neighbours are encouraged to spy on each other, excavating 'the canker' of sin. The packages from the mysterious miniaturist begin to reveal chillingly prophetic objects but Nella remains at a loss as to what they all mean.
Ep10 Nella bids her husband farewell and welcomes the new arrival.
Producer: Jill Waters
Abridged by Isobel Creed and directed by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 14:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sjw36)
The Habit of Schooling
Michael Morpurgo discovers the reaction to the 1870 Forster Education Act, marking the start of compulsory education for all.
FRI 14:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls (b00mbmd1)
Episode 5
Anne has fallen for Lyon Burke, but her friendship with Helen is put to the test. Jacqueline Susann drama with Madeleine Potter.
FRI 14:45 Short Works: A Season of Murder, Mystery and Suspense (m0002249)
Series 4
Trebuchet by Ruth Rendell
An occasional series of stories from life’s murkier places.
Series Four: Tales from the collection A Spot Of Folly by Ruth Rendell.
While the world is on the brink of catastrophe, Mark, Miriam and their children are on a sheltered Scottish island.
Ruth Rendell was one of the UK’s most prominent crime writers. Best known for her Inspector Wexford books, she also wrote psychological novels as Barbara Vine. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer. She died in May 2015. A Spot Of Folly, a collection of previously unpublished stories, was published in 2017.
Writer: Ruth Rendell
Reader: Hattie Morahan
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4 Extra
FRI 15:00 Classic Serial (m0002245)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Guess What? (b068bf83)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 16:30 Anything Legal (b0084hrs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 17:00 Two Doors Down (b008gbvs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
FRI 17:30 The Rivals (b082fgt8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 15 Minute Drama (b07j7ntw)
Roald Dahl: Served with a Twist
The Butler
Charles Dance leads the cast as the urbane Storyteller in dramatisations of five classic tales by Roald Dahl. Bizarre and amusing by turns, these dark comedies are justly famous for their surprise endings, and for their rogues gallery of crooks, cheats and schemers.
The stories show Dahl at the height of his powers as a writer of adult fiction, combining black comedy with sly social satire. They are stylishly plotted, vividly characterised and made unforgettable by their breezy cynicism, presenting a hilariously bleak view of human nature.
In The Butler, we meet George Cleaver, the Sausage King of the North, who sells his business and moves to London in order to enter society. He employs a butler, Tibbs, to help him to do this. Tibbs explains that it’s vital Cleaver learns as much as he can about fine wines - and, to this end, Tibbs sets about buying rare and expensive vintages and educating his employer. Before long, Cleaver feels he no longer needs his butler’s advice.
Cast:
Storyteller………..Charles Dance
George Cleaver….Geoffrey Whitehead
Mrs Cleaver……...Sarah Badel
Tibbs……………..Nickolas Grace
Lord Dungeness….Nicholas Boulton
Written by Roald Dahl
Dramatised by Stephen Sheridan
Director: David Blount
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 18:15 James Follett - Devil to Pay (b06yk87w)
A car crash on a hot deserted road; a camper on hand to drag the driver from the blazing wreck. The start of an action-packed adventure play?... Not quite. Listen on.
Stars Norman Rodway as the Devil and Derek Seaton as the Camper .
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast in Double Act – a selection of plays from Just Before Midnight on BBC Radio 4 in 1979.
FRI 18:30 Off the Page (m000224c)
Style
Novelists Richard Francis and Michael Bracewell and former Design Museum director Alice Rawsthorn debate 'style'.
Matthew Parris introduces a group of writers of fact and fiction: new talent and established names. In the context of a discussion of one of the ideas and pre-occupations of our times, each presents a piece on this week's topic.
The best new writing and the freshest conversation from 2002.
FRI 19:00 Thirty Minutes Worth (b00r2jxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00s5xtn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Tim Key's Easy USSR (b03h30gb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m0002247)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 22:00 The Rivals (b082fgt8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 The Tim Vine Chat Show (b07j7j6f)
Series 1
Episode 2
A new show from the internationally acclaimed master of the one-liner Tim Vine sees Tim interview members of his live audience as he embarks on a quest to hear the life stories of the Great British public while simultaneously showcasing his trademark mirthful wordplay and preposterous songs.
This week's show comes from the Wakefield Theatre Royal where Tim meets a secretary and sings an imaginary country song.
Producer: Richard Morris
A BBC Studios Production.
FRI 23:00 Rubbish (b0084j26)
Series 2
Insomnia
Martin Christmas works in the council's recycling department - an apt job as it reflects the rubbish going on in his personal life.
Martin has a new boss who delights in winding him up...
Series two of Tony Bagley’s sitcom.
Stars Reece Dinsdale as Martin, Matthew Cottle as Barney, Neil Dudgeon as John, Emma Kennedy as Dawn and Nicole Shortland as the Little Girl.
Producer: Claire Bartlett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007.
FRI 23:30 A Look Back at the Future (b01rqbqk)
2010
Recorded in June 1994, Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Griff Rhys Jones recall a year that was yet to be: 2010 - the Year of the Toddler Power.
Everything you wanted to know then, about the 21st century.
Written by Mark Burton, John O'Farrell and Pete Sinclair.
Producer: Caroline Leddy
First broadcast (with the aid of a crystal ball) on Radio 4 in July 1994.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
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15 Minute Drama
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15 Minute Drama
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15 Minute Drama
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15 Minute Drama
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15 Minute Drama
18:00 TUE (b07j4kc7)
15 Minute Drama
00:00 WED (b07j4kc7)
15 Minute Drama
18:00 WED (b07j571j)
15 Minute Drama
00:00 THU (b07j571j)
15 Minute Drama
18:00 THU (b07j699j)
15 Minute Drama
00:00 FRI (b07j699j)
15 Minute Drama
18:00 FRI (b07j7ntw)
4 at the Store
23:30 WED (b00ddx9h)
A Good Read
18:30 MON (b007s1cb)
A Good Read
00:30 TUE (b007s1cb)
A Look Back at the Future
23:30 FRI (b01rqbqk)
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
14:30 SUN (m000205b)
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
02:30 MON (m000205b)
Afternoon Drama
11:15 WED (b00fq1br)
Afternoon Drama
21:15 WED (b00fq1br)
Afternoon Drama
11:15 THU (b03qfzgn)
Afternoon Drama
21:15 THU (b03qfzgn)
All Gas and Gaiters
08:30 SUN (b007jp5l)
All Gas and Gaiters
12:30 SUN (b007jp5l)
Angela Barnes: You Can't Take It With You
07:30 WED (m0001ygt)
Angela Barnes: You Can't Take It With You
17:30 WED (m0001ygt)
Angela Barnes: You Can't Take It With You
22:00 WED (m0001ygt)
Angela Barnes: You Can't Take It With You
05:30 THU (m0001ygt)
Anything Legal
04:30 SAT (b00828m9)
Anything Legal
09:30 FRI (b0084hrs)
Anything Legal
16:30 FRI (b0084hrs)
Archive on 4
08:00 SAT (b03vthkv)
Archive on 4
15:00 SAT (b03vthkv)
Archive on 4
03:00 SUN (b03vthkv)
Beyond Our Ken
08:30 WED (m00021fq)
Beyond Our Ken
12:30 WED (m00021fq)
Beyond Our Ken
19:30 WED (m00021fq)
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
09:30 WED (b008j030)
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
16:30 WED (b008j030)
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
04:30 THU (b008j030)
Bill Paterson - A Very Bad Thing
07:15 SUN (m0002054)
Bill Paterson - A Very Bad Thing
14:15 SUN (m0002054)
Bill Paterson - A Very Bad Thing
02:15 MON (m0002054)
Bonnie Greer - Marilyn and Ella Backstage at the Mocambo
16:00 SUN (b07djzwp)
Bonnie Greer - Marilyn and Ella Backstage at the Mocambo
04:00 MON (b07djzwp)
Book at Bedtime
02:00 SAT (b04b61hk)
Book at Bedtime
14:00 MON (b04bn2y1)
Book at Bedtime
02:00 TUE (b04bn2y1)
Book at Bedtime
14:00 TUE (b04brlqd)
Book at Bedtime
02:00 WED (b04brlqd)
Book at Bedtime
14:00 WED (b04brrmc)
Book at Bedtime
02:00 THU (b04brrmc)
Book at Bedtime
14:00 THU (b04brxqk)
Book at Bedtime
02:00 FRI (b04brxqk)
Book at Bedtime
14:00 FRI (b04bs0mp)
Book of the Week
02:45 SAT (b03t02x8)
Chain Reaction
22:30 SAT (b0132pv7)
Classic Serial
10:00 THU (m00021x9)
Classic Serial
15:00 THU (m00021x9)
Classic Serial
03:00 FRI (m00021x9)
Classic Serial
10:00 FRI (m0002245)
Classic Serial
15:00 FRI (m0002245)
Comic Fringes
11:45 MON (b068sp4j)
Comic Fringes
21:45 MON (b068sp4j)
Cowards
23:00 TUE (b00776sr)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
11:50 SUN (b00pf12c)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
19:50 SUN (b00pf12c)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
10:15 SUN (b01696ly)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
21:15 SUN (b01696ly)
Elastic Planet
23:45 MON (b007js6h)
Elastic Planet
09:45 TUE (b007js6h)
Flying the Flag
07:00 MON (b007jxj2)
Flying the Flag
17:00 MON (b007jxj2)
Flying the Flag
05:00 TUE (b007jxj2)
Frankly Speaking
14:15 SAT (b05vrnll)
Frankly Speaking
02:15 SUN (b05vrnll)
GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades
12:30 SAT (b0076r6c)
GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades
09:30 MON (b0076r9p)
GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades
16:30 MON (b0076r9p)
GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades
04:30 TUE (b0076r9p)
Garibaldi's Grand Scheme
06:30 MON (b0088nd9)
Garibaldi's Grand Scheme
13:30 MON (b0088nd9)
Garibaldi's Grand Scheme
20:30 MON (b0088nd9)
Garibaldi's Grand Scheme
01:30 TUE (b0088nd9)
Garibaldi's Grand Scheme
06:30 TUE (b00899f1)
Garibaldi's Grand Scheme
13:30 TUE (b00899f1)
Garibaldi's Grand Scheme
20:30 TUE (b00899f1)
Garibaldi's Grand Scheme
01:30 WED (b00899f1)
Great Lives
18:30 THU (b01hxh6y)
Great Lives
00:30 FRI (b01hxh6y)
Guess What?
04:00 SAT (b06759y1)
Guess What?
09:00 FRI (b068bf83)
Guess What?
16:00 FRI (b068bf83)
Hancock's Half Hour
08:00 MON (b00898pr)
Hancock's Half Hour
12:00 MON (b00898pr)
Hancock's Half Hour
19:00 MON (b00898pr)
Hood
06:00 SAT (b071y1z2)
Hood
16:00 SAT (b071y1z2)
Hood
04:00 SUN (b071y1z2)
Inheritance Tracks
14:10 SAT (m0001ztf)
Inheritance Tracks
02:10 SUN (m0001ztf)
Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
06:00 THU (b007jsmq)
Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
13:00 THU (b007jsmq)
Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
20:00 THU (b007jsmq)
Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
01:00 FRI (b007jsmq)
Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
06:00 FRI (b007jsnp)
Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
13:00 FRI (b007jsnp)
Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home
20:00 FRI (b007jsnp)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
14:30 MON (b00mb1qz)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
02:30 TUE (b00mb1qz)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
14:30 TUE (b00mbbff)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
02:30 WED (b00mbbff)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
14:30 WED (b00mbc2m)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
02:30 THU (b00mbc2m)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
14:30 THU (b00mbl3h)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
02:30 FRI (b00mbl3h)
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
14:30 FRI (b00mbmd1)
James Follett - Devil to Pay
18:15 FRI (b06yk87w)
Jerome Vincent - Teddy and Toad
11:15 TUE (m0002107)
Jerome Vincent - Teddy and Toad
21:15 TUE (m0002107)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
07:30 THU (b08bzp9r)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
17:30 THU (b08bzp9r)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
22:00 THU (b08bzp9r)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
05:30 FRI (b08bzp9r)
Julie Rutterford - How To Murder Your Husband
03:00 SAT (b071k792)
Just a Minute
09:00 MON (b01blgp6)
Just a Minute
16:00 MON (b01blgp6)
Just a Minute
04:00 TUE (b01blgp6)
Kenneth Williams - Ad Lib
14:45 SAT (b05s3nft)
Kenneth Williams - Ad Lib
02:45 SUN (b05s3nft)
Know Your Place
12:00 SAT (b01852w0)
Know Your Place
08:30 TUE (b01874kv)
Know Your Place
12:30 TUE (b01874kv)
Know Your Place
19:30 TUE (b01874kv)
Life With The Lyons
08:00 SUN (m0002056)
Life With The Lyons
12:00 SUN (m0002056)
Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World
22:30 MON (b007qx6z)
Living Books
06:30 THU (b00r9yd8)
Living Books
13:30 THU (b00r9yd8)
Living Books
20:30 THU (b00r9yd8)
Living Books
01:30 FRI (b00r9yd8)
Love in Recovery
07:30 TUE (m0001xtf)
Love in Recovery
17:30 TUE (m0001xtf)
Love in Recovery
22:00 TUE (m0001xtf)
Love in Recovery
05:30 WED (m0001xtf)
Mark McShane - Seance On A Wet Afternoon
10:00 MON (b03sr0wy)
Mark McShane - Seance On A Wet Afternoon
15:00 MON (b03sr0wy)
Mark McShane - Seance On A Wet Afternoon
03:00 TUE (b03sr0wy)
Mark Thomas: The Manifesto
23:30 TUE (b01bm0pr)
Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better
23:30 SAT (b00d75nw)
Maya Angelou: All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes (Omnibus)
13:00 SAT (m0001ztc)
Maya Angelou: All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes (Omnibus)
01:00 SUN (m0001ztc)
My Life in Five Books
18:30 WED (b00txh41)
My Life in Five Books
00:30 THU (b00txh41)
My Teenage Diary
22:00 SAT (b04sxzqx)
Off the Page
00:30 SAT (b04dvsrr)
Off the Page
18:30 FRI (m000224c)
Old Dog and Partridge
07:00 THU (b007jvgy)
Old Dog and Partridge
17:00 THU (b007jvgy)
Old Dog and Partridge
05:00 FRI (b007jvgy)
Parody Please
09:00 SAT (b08hr30m)
Parody Please
19:00 SAT (b08hr30m)
Parsley Sidings
08:30 MON (b007jp7p)
Parsley Sidings
12:30 MON (b007jp7p)
Parsley Sidings
19:30 MON (b007jp7p)
Party
23:30 THU (b00rmxk5)
Paul Temple
01:00 SAT (b007jqvg)
Paul Temple
06:00 MON (b007jqvw)
Paul Temple
13:00 MON (b007jqvw)
Paul Temple
20:00 MON (b007jqvw)
Paul Temple
01:00 TUE (b007jqvw)
Paul Temple
06:00 TUE (b007jqw7)
Paul Temple
13:00 TUE (b007jqw7)
Paul Temple
20:00 TUE (b007jqw7)
Paul Temple
01:00 WED (b007jqw7)
Paul Temple
06:00 WED (b007jqwh)
Paul Temple
13:00 WED (b007jqwh)
Paul Temple
20:00 WED (b007jqwh)
Paul Temple
01:00 THU (b007jqwh)
Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
18:00 SAT (b047cz98)
Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
00:00 SUN (b047cz98)
Podcast Radio Hour
11:00 FRI (m0002247)
Podcast Radio Hour
21:00 FRI (m0002247)
Poetry Extra
17:00 SUN (b08n22rt)
Poetry Extra
05:00 MON (b08n22rt)
Polyoaks
23:00 SUN (b045c65h)
Radio Active
23:30 SUN (b007jrkv)
Rubbish
23:00 FRI (b0084j26)
Sarah Woods - My Life With Flu (Omnibus)
06:00 SUN (b04n61gy)
Sarah Woods - My Life With Flu (Omnibus)
13:00 SUN (b04n61gy)
Sarah Woods - My Life With Flu (Omnibus)
01:00 MON (b04n61gy)
Second Holmes
07:00 WED (b015qy32)
Second Holmes
17:00 WED (b015qy32)
Second Holmes
05:00 THU (b015qy32)
Second Thoughts
07:00 TUE (b00kf4ny)
Second Thoughts
17:00 TUE (b00kf4ny)
Second Thoughts
05:00 WED (b00kf4ny)
Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House
00:15 SAT (b007jtnp)
Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House
18:15 MON (b007jtp2)
Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House
00:15 TUE (b007jtp2)
Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House
18:15 TUE (b007jtp8)
Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House
00:15 WED (b007jtp8)
Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House
18:15 WED (b007jtpg)
Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House
00:15 THU (b007jtpg)
Short Works: A Season of Murder, Mystery and Suspense
14:45 MON (m00020ss)
Short Works: A Season of Murder, Mystery and Suspense
02:45 TUE (m00020ss)
Short Works: A Season of Murder, Mystery and Suspense
14:45 TUE (m0002109)
Short Works: A Season of Murder, Mystery and Suspense
02:45 WED (m0002109)
Short Works: A Season of Murder, Mystery and Suspense
14:45 WED (m00021fs)
Short Works: A Season of Murder, Mystery and Suspense
02:45 THU (m00021fs)
Short Works: A Season of Murder, Mystery and Suspense
14:45 THU (m00021xd)
Short Works: A Season of Murder, Mystery and Suspense
02:45 FRI (m00021xd)
Short Works: A Season of Murder, Mystery and Suspense
14:45 FRI (m0002249)
Shorts
11:00 TUE (b0552bqx)
Shorts
21:00 TUE (b0552bqx)
Shorts
11:00 WED (b055jykh)
Shorts
21:00 WED (b055jykh)
Shorts
11:00 THU (b05n1l3m)
Shorts
21:00 THU (b05n1l3m)
Snapshots in the Dark
15:45 SUN (b0075qf8)
Snapshots in the Dark
03:45 MON (b0075qf8)
Something to Shout About
08:00 THU (m00021x5)
Something to Shout About
12:00 THU (m00021x5)
Something to Shout About
19:00 THU (m00021x5)
Sounds Natural
18:30 TUE (b07mvx97)
Sounds Natural
00:30 WED (b07mvx97)
Stella Gibbons - Nightingale Wood
10:00 TUE (b01pjzbx)
Stella Gibbons - Nightingale Wood
15:00 TUE (b01pjzbx)
Stella Gibbons - Nightingale Wood
03:00 WED (b01pjzbx)
Stella Gibbons - Nightingale Wood
10:00 WED (b01pkjwp)
Stella Gibbons - Nightingale Wood
15:00 WED (b01pkjwp)
Stella Gibbons - Nightingale Wood
03:00 THU (b01pkjwp)
Steptoe and Son
08:30 FRI (b00s5xtn)
Steptoe and Son
12:30 FRI (b00s5xtn)
Steptoe and Son
19:30 FRI (b00s5xtn)
Steve Richards Stands Up for Politics
06:30 WED (b03bpxxx)
Steve Richards Stands Up for Politics
13:30 WED (b03bpxxx)
Steve Richards Stands Up for Politics
20:30 WED (b03bpxxx)
Steve Richards Stands Up for Politics
01:30 THU (b03bpxxx)
Swansong
07:30 SAT (b01nl6hg)
Swansong
17:30 SAT (b01nl6hg)
Swansong
05:30 SUN (b01nl6hg)
Tao Lin - A Message of Unknown Purpose
18:15 THU (b0474xj1)
Tao Lin - A Message of Unknown Purpose
00:15 FRI (b0474xj1)
The 99p Challenge
09:00 WED (b007js0s)
The 99p Challenge
16:00 WED (b007js0s)
The 99p Challenge
04:00 THU (b007js0s)
The Baronet and Tissington's Fight for Survival
01:30 SAT (b00jm0bq)
The Brig Society
22:30 WED (b06d9lhx)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 SAT (m000261m)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 SUN (m000261p)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 TUE (m000261r)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 THU (m000261t)
The Flight of the Conchords
23:00 WED (b00dn8br)
The Goon Show
08:30 THU (b00d7jxr)
The Goon Show
12:30 THU (b00d7jxr)
The Goon Show
19:30 THU (b00d7jxr)
The Invention of Childhood
02:15 SAT (b00sg3tf)
The Invention of Childhood
14:15 MON (b00shhrj)
The Invention of Childhood
02:15 TUE (b00shhrj)
The Invention of Childhood
14:15 TUE (b00shl8f)
The Invention of Childhood
02:15 WED (b00shl8f)
The Invention of Childhood
14:15 WED (b00shrwl)
The Invention of Childhood
02:15 THU (b00shrwl)
The Invention of Childhood
14:15 THU (b00sjp2l)
The Invention of Childhood
02:15 FRI (b00sjp2l)
The Invention of Childhood
14:15 FRI (b00sjw36)
The Listening Project
10:10 SUN (b085bgjy)
The Listening Project
21:10 SUN (b085bgjy)
The Mind's Eye
18:00 SUN (m000205d)
The Mind's Eye
00:00 MON (m000205d)
The Mirror by Kate Mosse
18:45 SUN (b08018qq)
The Mirror by Kate Mosse
00:45 MON (b08018qq)
The Moth Radio Hour
11:00 SUN (b088sp8z)
The Moth Radio Hour
19:00 SUN (b088sp8z)
The Museum of Curiosity
16:00 TUE (b01n7l2h)
The Museum of Curiosity
04:00 WED (b01n7l2h)
The Navy Lark
08:00 WED (b01mmp0j)
The Navy Lark
12:00 WED (b01mmp0j)
The Navy Lark
19:00 WED (b01mmp0j)
The News Quiz Extra
23:00 MON (m00023kb)
The News Quiz Extra
09:00 TUE (m00023kb)
The News at Bedtime
22:45 THU (b00pftgl)
The Penny Dreadfuls Present
22:30 SUN (b00gpbcn)
The Rivals
05:30 SAT (b081ld30)
The Rivals
07:30 FRI (b082fgt8)
The Rivals
17:30 FRI (b082fgt8)
The Rivals
22:00 FRI (b082fgt8)
The Simon Day Show
23:00 SAT (b01jxtf2)
The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter
08:00 TUE (b007jzjx)
The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter
12:00 TUE (b007jzjx)
The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter
19:00 TUE (b007jzjx)
The TED Interview
11:00 MON (m00020sq)
The TED Interview
21:00 MON (m00020sq)
The Tim Vine Chat Show
22:30 FRI (b07j7j6f)
The Unbelievable Truth
07:30 MON (m0001xqk)
The Unbelievable Truth
17:30 MON (m0001xqk)
The Unbelievable Truth
22:00 MON (m0001xqk)
The Unbelievable Truth
05:30 TUE (m0001xqk)
The Wilson Dixon Line
22:30 TUE (b00kjh14)
The Write Stuff
09:00 THU (m00021x7)
The Write Stuff
16:00 THU (m00021x7)
The Write Stuff
04:00 FRI (m00021x7)
Thirty Minutes Worth
08:00 FRI (b00r2jxk)
Thirty Minutes Worth
12:00 FRI (b00r2jxk)
Thirty Minutes Worth
19:00 FRI (b00r2jxk)
Tim Key's Easy USSR
06:30 FRI (b03h30gb)
Tim Key's Easy USSR
13:30 FRI (b03h30gb)
Tim Key's Easy USSR
20:30 FRI (b03h30gb)
Trodd en Bratt Say 'Well Done You'
07:30 SUN (b046ny8j)
Trodd en Bratt Say 'Well Done You'
17:30 SUN (b046ny8j)
Trodd en Bratt Say 'Well Done You'
22:00 SUN (b046ny8j)
Trodd en Bratt Say 'Well Done You'
05:30 MON (b046ny8j)
Two Doors Down
05:00 SAT (b008fdj0)
Two Doors Down
07:00 FRI (b008gbvs)
Two Doors Down
17:00 FRI (b008gbvs)
Up the Garden Path
16:30 TUE (b0081cjz)
Up the Garden Path
04:30 WED (b0081cjz)
We Are Displaced Omnibus
09:00 SUN (m0002058)
We Are Displaced Omnibus
20:00 SUN (m0002058)
What the Future?
23:00 THU (b04pshdr)
Whatever Happened to...?
09:30 THU (b00hks6t)
Whatever Happened to...?
16:30 THU (b00hks6t)
Whatever Happened to...?
04:30 FRI (b00hks6t)
iGod
22:30 THU (b00wwc1r)