Our hopeless heroes from Shropshire, Henrietta and Louise, are being hotly pursued by the avenging arm of the law and the underworld.
Jiffy Perkins ..... Peter Craze
Burco Madrid ..... John Hollis
BB ..... William Simons
Det Sgt Digly ..... Trevor Nichols
City Nigel ..... Philip Sully
Waiter ..... Richard Tate
Other parts ..... David Sinclair
With its own bell-women and female management team the hotel aims to take advantage of a new rule allowing women in Saudi Arabia to stay in hotels without a male chaperon. For the women it's a chance to relax in a women-only setting and as they do so, Felicity explores their lives and experiences.
Some see Saudi Arabia's first women-only hotel is a sign or progress - a place where women can conduct business without interference in a male dominated society.
Until recently women couldn't check into any hotel unless accompanied by a male family member or with permission from a male guardian. But others say the new hotel simply reinforces gender segregation in a nation which doesn't even let women drive.
Sir Lucien casts aside his hopes of Brutalism returning to fashion and decides to go into house building.
His loyal team must follow...negotiating marshland, unexploded bombs and homicidal relatives en route.
Sir Lucien ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Tim ..... Alex Carter
Sarah ..... Anna Crilly
Matt ..... Dominic Coleman
Lucy ..... Jane Slavin
Darvo/Council Receptionist ..... Ian Conningham
Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive email, attempts to survive in a world where the media seems to be run by idiots and lying charlatans.
In episode five, a British horror film that Ed wrote in the 1970s - called 'Punk Rock Vampires' - comes back to haunt Ed, presenting the opportunity to make a few quid.
with: Stephanie Cole, Brigit Forsyth, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Dan Tetsell, Colin Nicholls and Geoffrey Whitehead.
Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray take a comic romp through the permissive society – and a spoof Noel Coward drama.
Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, Keith Barron as Richard DeVere, Angela Thorne as Marjory Frobisher, Nicholas McArdle as Brabinger, Margery Withers as Mrs Polouvicka and Frank Middlemass as Ned.
The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage.
From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descendent.
First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.
Adapted for radio by Peter Spence from his TV script.
Edwin and Neville - determined to resolve their differences - agree to attend a Christmas Eve dinner hosted by Edwin's guardian, Jasper.
Charles Dickens's unfinished book completed by Leon Garfield and dramatised for radio by David Buck.
John Jasper ..... Ian Holm
Edwin Drood ..... Mark Payton
Rev. Chrisparkle ..... Gareth Thomas
Princess Puffer ..... Mary Wimbush
Deputy ..... Susan Sheridan
Miss Twinkleton ..... Margaret Courtenay
Rosa Bud ..... Moir Leslie
Grewgious ..... John Gabriel
Sapsea ..... Timothy Alock
Durdles ..... Gordon Gostelow
Joe ..... David Goudge
Neville Landless ..... Simon Treves
Helena Landless ..... Helena Breck
Bazzard ..... John Samson
John Moffatt ..... Jeweller
Anna Cropper ..... Mrs Tope
Girl ..... Marcia King
Discover why Calgary may be the one place you should visit if you want to get to know Canada. And enjoy Stuart's tale about Dave - the owner and operator of "The Vinyl Cafe", the record store whose motto is "We May Not Be Big, But We're Small". In today's episode, Dave decides to try a sensory deprivation tank...
First broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1994, the variety show Vinyl Cafe sadly lost its host, author and humourist Stuart McLean, after his death in February 2017.
Chelski: a London home for Russian wealth. Gorsky: a story about beauty, money and books.
A beautiful Russian woman, married to an Englishman, but do they really share a gilded life?
Natalia and Tom Summerscale are a golden couple who live an opulent life in Chelsea. When Nick is called upon to deliver an art book for Natalia to their home, The Laurels, he enters a world where everything appears to be perfect.
In the Middle Ages, sound played a key role in the battle between Good and Evil. There were horrible sins of the tongue - idle words, boasting, flattery, lying and blaspheming - as well as sins of the ear, such as eavesdropping and the seduction of devilish words. The ears were the gateway not just to the body, but also to the soul.
Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex considers the importance of sound to Medieval morality.
Producer: Matt Thompson.
A mother (Emma Fielding) fears that a child parenting expert (Matthew Marsh) is endangering his own seven year old son Henry by testing out his theories of early independence on him.
When Anna discovered that famous parenting expert Professor Horace Henderson had left his 7 year old son alone on Hampstead Heath, she reported him to to police. She now feels that she must start following Henry to keep an eye on him.
A thriller which asks whether our society bubble wraps children, whether we have the right to interfere in other people's children's lives and how we become parents with the spectres of our own childhoods still looming over our shoulders.
Based on a novel by the journalist Sophie Radice who contributes to The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent and many magazines. Adapted for radio by award winning writer Charlotte Jones who has written extensively for TV, theatre and radio. Her most celebrated play "Humble Boy has played all over the world, she wrote the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical of "The Woman in White" and most recently ITV aired her three part thriller "Without you".
Anna ... Emma Fielding
Henderson ... Matthew Marsh
Henry ... Finn Monteath
David ... Ian Conningham
Policeman ... Monty d'Inverno
Producer ... Liz Webb
The eponymous Bus Club is the author's term for the three fathers, of which he is one, who meet each morning when they drop their children at the school bus stop. Chris Stewart's daughter Chloe is in her final year at school and times will soon be changing for the author.
In his latest memoir, Chris once again taps into the rich seam of story-telling in the Alpujarras Hills, and brings us tales that are, by turns, warm, funny and moving.
Chris Stewart had a brief flirtation with fame as the drummer in Genesis. But he was, by his own admission, not a very good drummer. After college, he embarked on a peripatetic career that saw him travelling across Europe in a converted ambulance, and playing drums in a circus, before becoming a sheep farmer in deepest Sussex.
In the early days of the Rough Guides, he persuaded the originator and publisher of the series, Mark Ellingham, to let him write the guide to China, and so began his career as a writer.
Over 20 years ago, Chris and his wife Ana settled in the Alpujarras region of Andalucia, buying their own farm. Their experiences in the remote region formed the basis of his first memoir in 1999, 'Driving Over Lemons', which became an international best-seller.
Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public.
Stand by your radios! Jeremy Hardy returns to the airwaves with a broadcast of national comic import!
In this programme, Jeremy attempts to understand citizenship, to examine the State and to spell surveillance. Looking over his shoulder at the script will be Gordon Kennedy (Absolutely) and Carla Mendonça.
Jeremy Hardy engages in a free and frank exchange of his entrenched views. Passionate, polemical, erudite and unable to sing,
Few can forget where they were when they first heard "Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation". The show was an immediate smash-hit success, causing pubs to empty on a Saturday night, which was particularly astonishing since the show went out on Thursdays. The Light Entertainment department was besieged, questions were asked in the House and Jeremy Hardy himself became known as the man responsible for the funniest show on radio since Money Box Live with Paul Lewis.
Since that fateful first series, Jeremy went on to win Sony Awards, Writers Guild nominations and a Nobel Prize for Chemistry. He was a much-loved regular on both The News Quiz and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
Produced by David Tyler.
Crow and Dunning's investigations lead them to an unremarkable terraced house in South Wales, home to the mysterious Mr Merriman. Is there more to Merriman than first appears?
Meanwhile, Dunning meets famed archaeologist Ralegh Radford, who is on the verge of the greatest discovery of the age. Britain's Tutankhamen, the press are calling it. But could it be something stranger still?
The Scarifyers follows the exploits of 1930s ghost-story writer Professor Dunning and retired policeman Harry Crow, who together investigate weird mysteries under the auspices of top-secret government department MI:13.
Stars David Warner as Harry Crow, Terry Molloy as Professor Dunning, Gareth David-Lloyd as Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr, David Benson as Mr Merriman, Margaret Cabourn-Smith as Lady Miriam Gore and Ewan Bailey as Ralegh Radford.
From his study in the Soestdijk Palace, HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands talks to Derek Jones about his worldwide work for the cause of nature conservation, and of his personal experiences with wild animals.
Using the BBC Sound Archives, he chooses some of his favourite animals including the White Rhino and the Goshawk.
Discover what voguish new venture Huxley and Gulliver have got themselves wrapped up in, meet the busiest ladies in town and, direct from Paris, a rare appearance by The Centipede Sisters.
A fun packed second series from comedy duo Lucy Trodd and Ruth Bratt. Sketches and songs from a whole range of fresh characters, with the occasional appearance from some old favourites.
until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Rob Deering chats to Lucy Beaumont.
Ben's physiotherapy seems to be working miracles when he gets far enough out of his coma to punch his physiotherapist.
And what are a tough-as-nails agent, a giant winged angel and Elvis doing in his unconscious mind?
Starring Neil Pearson as Ben Smith, Fiona Allen as Mary, Josie Lawrence as Mum and Leslie Ash as Blitzkrieg.
With Mark Perry, Dave Lamb, Jo Martin, Lucy Montgomery and Nicola Walker, Tim Whitnall and Sue Vincent.
Comedian and activist Mark Thomas travels to Bridport, Dorset to compile a People's Manifesto using policies suggested by his studio audience.
WEDNESDAY 05 JUNE 2019
WED 00:00 The Scarifyers (b007wfgb)
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18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Sounds Natural (m0005nzc)
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WED 01:00 A Change in the Weather (m0005nz2)
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WED 01:30 Ladies of Leisure (b00k4gtg)
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WED 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b05qsylp)
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WED 02:15 Noise: A Human History (b01rl8l9)
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14:15 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b0537498)
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14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:45 Book of the Week (b047zkps)
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14:45 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007jzyx)
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WED 04:00 Genius (b0080rmy)
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WED 04:30 Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation (b04jlrxv)
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WED 05:00 The Architects (b0536qr7)
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WED 05:30 Ed Reardon's Week (m0005f1d)
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07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 A Change in the Weather (m0005nz6)
Suspicion
In the Lake District, Henrietta and Louise suspect there's something fishy going on, as the pursuit for the villains continues...
Eric Pringle’s unlikely adventure about a singing duo in five parts.
Starring Dilys Laye as Henrietta and Polly James as Louise.
Jiffy Perkins ..... Peter Craze
Burco Madrid ..... John Hollis
BB ..... William Simons
Det Sgt Digly ..... Trevor Nichols
City Nigel ..... Philip Sully
Shopkeeper .... Amerjit Deu
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1988.
WED 06:30 The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (b00s77wp)
Bob Dylan's biographer Howard Sounes casts new light on a song that has haunted two families for nearly 50 years - Dylan's account of the killing of a black hotel worker.
"The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" is part of both the history of folk music and the Civil Rights struggle, so familiar to Dylan fans that it is almost the stuff of legend, so shocking in content that it seems like a story from the days of slavery.
Yet this crime took place less than 50 years ago, and only few miles from where a black president sits in the White House.
On the evening of Friday 8 February 1963, William Zantzinger, 24-year-old owner of an old-style tobacco plantation, turned up drunk at a charity ball in Baltimore, Maryland. Hattie Carroll was one of the African-Americans serving the guests at a time when America was still segregated.
Zantzinger yelled at Carroll for not pouring his drink quickly enough and tapped her with his walking cane. Carroll collapsed and died of heart failure. She was 51 years old, and left 9 orphaned children, not ten as Dylan sang. Dylan was correct however in reporting that Zantzinger was lightly treated - he received six months for manslaughter.
Who was William Zantzinger and what is known about his victim? Howard Sounes, author of the celebrated Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan, introduces us to witnesses to the crime; we hear dialogue from the trial; and gain a fuller appreciation of killer and victim from their surviving friends. Sounes even locates Zantzinger's cane, an astonishing find which the presenter likens to handling John Dillinger's pistol.
We also hear Zantzinger's voice, cursing Dylan unrepentantly, in what is believed to be his only recorded interview before his recent death.
Producer: Sara Parker
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2010.
WED 07:00 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (b00b01jz)
The Case of the Clockwork Fiend
Baker Street’s Great Detective Sherlock Holmes investigates mystery deaths from some new fangled inventions.
Roy Hudd spoofs the famous sleuth in Tony Hare’s comedy series.
With Chris Emmett as Dr Watson, Jeffrey Holland as Inspector Lestrade and June Whitfield as Mrs Hudson.
Musical accompaniment: Ian Smith.
Producer: Chris Neill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1999.
WED 07:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (m0005f71)
Series 8
Episode 2
John Finnemore returns to Radio 4 with an eighth series of his multi-award-winning sketch show, joined by his regular ensemble cast of Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan.
We don't know much about this episode, but it contains some merry names, an epiphany, and, well... since you ask him for a story of the biter bit...
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 Radio Academy Silver Award and a Broadcasting Press Guild award, this year Souvenir Programme won its second BBC Audio Drama award.
Written by and starring John Finnemore
Cast: Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin, Carrie Quinlan
Production Coordinator: Beverly Tagg
Producer: Ed Morrish
A BBC Studios production
WED 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007s848)
Series 8
Buying Tickets
Uncle Ebenezer's booking agency creates havoc aboard HMS Troughtbridge. Courting Heather, Commander Murray is not a happy man...
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, Heather Chasen as Heather, Tenniel Evans as Uncle Ebenezer, Michael Bates as the Padre and Ronnie Barker as Lieutenant Queag.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman
Incidental Music by Tommy Riley and James Moody.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1966.
WED 08:30 Doctor at Large (b00939rq)
The Deep End
The medical mishaps of freshly qualified doctors Simon Sparrow, Taffy Evans and Tony Benskin go on and on...
The misadventures of newly qualified doctor, Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's 'Doctor at Large' published in 1955.
Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin and Edward Cast as Taffy Evans.
Special guest stars: Dandy Nichols as the Old Lady and Bill Fraser as Mr Smith.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1969.
WED 09:00 The 99p Challenge (b00p6c86)
Series 3
Episode 2
Crazy panel show capers as host Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham and David Quantick.
The game where someone stands to leave the studio 99p richer than when they came in.
Written by Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley.
Producer: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.
WED 09:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k23r)
Series 2
Direct Action
A man with a tape measure sparks a crisis for Rabbi Fine.
Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.
Rabbi Abraham Fine ...... David De Keyser
Rabbi Su Jacobs ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Sadie Fine ...... Doreen Mantle
Melvin ...... Henry Goodman
Su’s Mum ...... Sheila Steafel
Mr Biggins ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Bernard Blatt ...... Simon Schatzberger
Music: Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000.
WED 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007k006)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
An Arrival
Edwin Drood has disappeared and Jasper is convinced that his nephew has been murdered by Neville Landless.
A mysterious stranger who arrives in Cloisterham, however, entertains other ideas.
Charles Dickens's unfinished book completed by Leon Garfield and dramatised for radio in five parts by David Buck.
John Jasper ..... Ian Holm
Rev. Chrisparkle ..... Gareth Thomas
Princess Puffer ..... Mary Wimbush
Deputy ..... Susan Sheridan
Miss Twinkleton ..... Margaret Courtenay
Rosa Bud ..... Moir Leslie
Grewgious ..... John Gabriel
Sapsea ..... Timothy Alock
Durdles ..... Gordon Gostelow
Joe ..... David Goudge
Neville Landless ..... Simon Treves
Helena Landless ..... Helena Breck
John Moffatt ..... Datchery
Anna Cropper ..... Mrs Tope
Tartar ..... Michael Cochrane
Watchman ..... Vincent Brimble
Mrs Billikin ..... Margot Boyd
Maid ..... Marcia King
Pianist: Nicholas Kok
Director: Gordon House
A BBC Radio 4/BBC World Service co-production first broadcast in 1990.
WED 11:00 Shorts (b05wny9j)
The Time Being
The Love Songs Of Foxes by Amber Lee Dodd
A woman finds there are challenges in taking in her troubled brother when he is released on parole from prison.
Amber Lee Dodd's short story read by Tracy Wiles.
Amber Lee Dodd was a writer for the young playwrights programme at Chichester Festival Theatre. Her plays have featured at the Edinburgh Fringe, New Theatre Royal and the Minerva Theatre. She is currently studying an MA in Creative Writing at Chichester University and her debut children's novel, We Are Giants, is published in spring 2016.
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4
WED 11:15 Drama (b048nkcp)
Hatch, Match and Dispatch
Time and Tide by David Hodgson
Teddy is on his stag night. He wakes up naked and handcuffed to a lamp post.
So far, so normal. But then he realises that something very weird has occurred which makes him question everything.
A series of linked plays that start in a Register Office and end in either a birth, a marriage or a death.
Old Man.............................Will Tacey
Teddy.................................Alan Morrissey
Lawrence...........................Will Ash
Megan................................Hannah Wood
Brankin..............................Sean Mason
Jess...................................Harriet Chandler Judd
Shaffy.................................Hamilton Berstock
Written by David Hodgson.
Director: Gary Brown
A BBC Cymru Wales production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.
WED 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007s848)
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08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Doctor at Large (b00939rq)
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08:30 today]
WED 13:00 A Change in the Weather (m0005nz6)
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06:00 today]
WED 13:30 The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (b00s77wp)
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06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b05qt15f)
Gorsky
Episode 3
Chelski: a London home for Russian wealth. Gorsky: a story about beauty, money and books.
Nick's rented home abuts an enormous construction site for a 'private palace' in Chelsea. The owner of this massive undertaking and edifice is his employer, the elusive Roman Gorsky.
After his visit to The Laurels, Nick bumps into Tom Summerscale and they have lunch together. Tom invites Nick to visit his accountant with him.
Read by Philip Arditti
Written by Vesna Goldsworthy
Abridged by Isobel Creed
Produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4
WED 14:15 Noise: A Human History (b01rlmq0)
Heavenly Sounds
Worshipers in the Middle Ages would have been struck not just by the visual spectacle of great churches and cathedrals, but also by their sound. Medieval churches in the west had very different acoustics to the low-roofed, wattle and daub homes where most of their congregation lived.
Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex explores how preachers and singers created sounds that fitted these holy spaces beautifully, from Romanesque churches to the musical pillars of Hampi, and an extraordinary 16th century experiment in stereo in St Mark's in Venice.
30-part series made in collaboration with the British Library Sound Archive.
Producer: Matt Thompson.
A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2013.
WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b053771j)
The Henry Experiment
Episode 3
A mother (Emma Fielding) fears that a child parenting expert (Matthew Marsh) is endangering his own 7 year old son Henry by testing out his theories of early independence on him.
Professor Henderson is becoming increasingly angry with Anna's interference with his parenting and Anna's own mother and grown up daughter make her question her own parenting.
A thriller which asks whether our society bubble wraps children, whether we have the right to interfere in other people's children's lives and how we become parents with the spectres of our own childhoods still looming over our shoulders.
Based on a novel by the journalist Sophie Radice who contributes to The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent and many magazines. Adapted for radio by award winning writer Charlotte Jones who has written extensively for TV, theatre and radio. Her most celebrated play "Humble Boy has played all over the world, she wrote the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical of "The Woman in White" and most recently ITV aired her three part thriller "Without you".
Anna ... Emma Fielding
Henderson ... Matthew Marsh
Mother ... Elaine Claxton
Natasha ... Roslyn Hill
Ruth ... Jane Slavin
Producer ... Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.
WED 14:45 Book of the Week (b047zlbz)
Last Days of the Bus Club
How El Valero got its Name
The eponymous Bus Club is the author's term for the three fathers, of which he is one, who meet each morning when they drop their children at the school bus stop. Chris Stewart's daughter Chloe is in her final year at school and times will soon be changing for the author.
In his latest memoir, Chris once again taps into the rich seam of story-telling in the Alpujarras Hills, and brings us tales that are, by turns, warm, funny and moving.
Chris Stewart had a brief flirtation with fame as the drummer in Genesis. But he was, by his own admission, not a very good drummer. After college, he embarked on a peripatetic career that saw him travelling across Europe in a converted ambulance, and playing drums in a circus, before becoming a sheep farmer in deepest Sussex.
In the early days of the Rough Guides, he persuaded the originator and publisher of the series, Mark Ellingham, to let him write the guide to China, and so began his career as a writer.
Over 20 years ago, Chris and his wife Ana settled in the Alpujarras region of Andalucia, buying their own farm. Their experiences in the remote region formed the basis of his first memoir in 1999, 'Driving Over Lemons', which became an international best-seller.
Writer and Reader: Chris Stewart
Abridger: Pete Nichols
Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.
WED 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007k006)
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10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 99p Challenge (b00p6c86)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 16:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k23r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
WED 17:00 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (b00b01jz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 17:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (m0005f71)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
WED 18:00 The Scarifyers (b008jdzz)
The Thirteen Hallows
Episode 3
When a haunted chess set causes consternation at the British Chess Championships, and a horse magically materialises in Kettering Agricultural Museum, MI:13 are called to investigate.
Harry Crow and Professor Dunning follow the trail of inexplicable happenings to South Wales, and an unlikely plot to resurrect Britain's greatest-ever hero.
The Scarifyers follows the exploits of 1930s ghost-story writer Professor Dunning and retired policeman Harry Crow, who together investigate weird mysteries under the auspices of top-secret government department MI:13.
Stars David Warner as Harry Crow, Terry Molloy as Professor Dunning, David Benson as Alexander Caulfield-Browne, Margaret Cabourn-Smith as Jenny Cracker/Lady Miriam Gore and Ewan Bailey as Commander Savage.
Written by Simon Barnard and Paul Morris
Music by Edwin Sykes
A Bafflegab Production.
WED 18:30 That Reminds Me (b007jn6n)
Series 2
Roy Hudd
Entertainer Roy Hudd looks back at his long and varied career on stage, TV and radio, as he entertains an audience.
Featuring memories of stars he has worked with from Billy Dainty to Arthur Askey, plus his love of music hall.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000.
WED 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007s848)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Doctor at Large (b00939rq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 20:00 A Change in the Weather (m0005nz6)
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06:00 today]
WED 20:30 The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (b00s77wp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Shorts (b05wny9j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Drama (b048nkcp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (m0005f71)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
WED 22:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b007m94n)
Series 1
Restaurants
Adam Bloom investigates bad service in restaurants with stand-up and reconstructions. It's comedy with a mission.
Helping Adam transform service culture are Sarah Kennedy, Brendon Burns and Rob Rouse
Written by Adam Bloom.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003.
WED 22:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jm35)
Series 2
Wireless Wanderings (Part One)
Sheffield’s aspiring singer/songwriter John Shuttleworth and his agent Ken roam the radio airwaves.
Featuring Alistair Cook’s Letter From America, Timothy Bentinck and Norman Painting from 'The Archers' and Sue Lawley from 'Desert Island Discs'
Written and performed by Graham Fellows. With Charlotte Green.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m0005wgs)
Lucy Beaumont 2/3
From
10.00pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Rob Deering chats again to Lucy Beaumont.
WED 23:00 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun (b007k1qh)
Episode 4
Goldilocks, Robert the Bruce and body awareness.
From Queen's University, Belfast.
Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s mix of sharp sketches and situations, stand up topical gags and banter.
With Peter Baynham, Ronni Ancona and John Thomson.
Lee and Herring went to write and star in their successful TV transfer to BBC Two in 1995.
Cult BBC Radio 1 series first broadcast in October 1993.
WED 23:30 I Think I've Got a Problem (b007wwdc)
Series 1
Episode 2
Having been arrested for inciting a near riot at a football match, Tom is sentenced to do community service at an old folks home where he meets an aging banjo player who can also see his "imaginary" band.
Will Charlie prove to Sadie that he's not going mad? Will there be lots of dancing and singing on the terraces? Will there be a pun about "perfect-pitch..?
Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero's everyday story about a man who can't stop himself from breaking into song.
Suggs ..... Tom Caine
Bob Monkhouse ..... Dr Boone
Mika Simmons ..... Sadie
Phil Cornwell ..... Bouche
Michael Roberts ..... Clammy Clemence
Andrew McGibbon ..... Jake
Nick Romero ..... Monty DeVere
Emma Clarke ..... Judge
Songs: Andrew McGibbon. Nick Romero and Suggs
Director: Chris Neill
Producers: Torquil MacLeod. Julian Mayers and Andrew McGibbon.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.
THURSDAY 06 JUNE 2019
THU 00:00 The Scarifyers (b008jdzz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 That Reminds Me (b007jn6n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 A Change in the Weather (m0005nz6)
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06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (b00s77wp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b05qt15f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Noise: A Human History (b01rlmq0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b053771j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:45 Book of the Week (b047zlbz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007k006)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 The 99p Challenge (b00p6c86)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k23r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (b00b01jz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (m0005f71)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 A Change in the Weather (m0005nzv)
Closing In
Still on the run from assorted pursuers, Jiffy and Burco have become lost and found and scared.
Eric Pringle’s unlikely adventure about a singing duo in five parts.
Starring Dilys Laye as Henrietta and Polly James as Louise.
Jiffy Perkins ..... Peter Craze
Burco Madrid ..... John Hollis
BB ..... William Simons
Det Sgt Digly ..... Trevor Nichols
City Nigel ..... Philip Sully
Shopkeeper .... Amerjit Deu
John ..... Richard Tate
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1988.
THU 06:30 Crikey DM! David Jason's Tribute to Cosgrove Hall (b03ccz0r)
In 1983 Cosgrove Hall Films' Danger Mouse topped the TV ratings with 21 million viewers – beating Coronation Street. To this day, the Bond-style secret agent, super hero mouse holds the record for viewers of a British children's TV show.
The voice of Danger Mouse himself - Sir David Jason - tells the colourful story of Cosgrove Hall, the legendary Manchester animation company behind so many of the nation's best-loved children's TV programmes.
For 30 years, BAFTA and EMMY award-winning animation duo Brian Cosgrove and the late Mark Hall delighted children (and often adults) with their many memorable creations - from the often surreal Chorlton and the Wheelies, Jamie and the Magic Torch, and Count Duckula, to remakes of cherished classics like Noddy, Andy Pandy and Bill and Ben.
Cosgrove Hall's extensive back catalogue also includes Wind in the Willows, Cockleshell Bay, Roald Dahl's The BFG, Engie Benjy and Kenny Everett's daft animated space adventure Captain Kremmen, as well as animated lost episodes of Doctor Who.
Sir David explores Cosgrove Hall's triumphs - as well as the tragedies that led this iconic company to close and its historic studios to be knocked down. He also considers the company's legacy and influence on today's British animation industry - and beyond.
And he offers a rare insight into its colourful working relationship with stars like Kenny Everett as well as revealing the truth behind the rumours that Danger Mouse is set to make a comeback. As DM's sidekick Penfold would say, Crikey!
Producer: Kellie Redmond
A TBI Media production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2013.
THU 07:00 Dot (b072j327)
Series 1
The Mystery at St Horribly-Vulture's School for Boys
Dot's sent to St Horribly Vulture's School for Boys to enlist a teacher for 'Shhhh Bletchley Park'.
But is he the right sort of chap for the job?
Comic adventures with Dot and the gals from personnel in the rollicking wartime comedy by Ed Harris.
Dot ..... Fenella Woolgar
Myrtle ..... Kate O'Flynn
Millicent ..... Jane Slavin
Peabody ..... David Acton
Mr Belltower ..... Brian Protheroe
Apsley ..... Sam Rix
Director: Jessica Mitic
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.
THU 07:30 Deborah Frances-White Rolls the Dice (b07wtkg1)
Series 2
Papa Was a Rolling Stone
Award-winning writer and comedian Deborah Frances-White searches for her birth father. Following her highly successful first series, Deborah continues her international adventures. Her unique style mixes reality and comedy as she retells her true-life story.
In the company of a distinguished cast of comedy actors - Alex Lowe (Barry from Watford), Margaret Cabourn-Smith (John Finnemore's Sketchbook) and Laurence Dobiesz (What The Papers Say) - Deborah's quest spans the globe revealing a cast of eccentric characters from the Trenchcoat Detective Agency to the Australian Salvation Army, locally known as the Salvos.
An invited audience enjoys the breadth and depth of her writing which the Guardian called "gripping and compelling' and which won Deborah Frances-White the 2016 Writers Guild Award for Best Scripted Comedy for Half a Can of Worms - the first show in last-year's Radio 4 series.
A So Radio production for BBC Radio 4
THU 08:00 Benny Hill (b08n3y17)
Benny Hill Time
From 05/04/1964
The master of double entendre with a taste of Saint Tropez, Little Bo Peep with a twist and Fred Scuttle gets poetical.
With Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, Anthony Sharp, the Mike Sammes Singers and the Johnnie Spence Orchestra.
Scripted by Benny Hill.
Producer: John Browel
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1964.
THU 08:30 The Goon Show (b00j1c4f)
The Battle of Spion Kop
Things aren't going well in The South African War. Time to send in the cutlery. Stars Spike Milligan. From December 1958.
THU 09:00 The Write Stuff (m0005nzx)
Series 2
Ernest Hemingway
James Walton chairs the literary quiz with Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Tracey Macleod and Philippa Gregory.
Author of the week: Ernest Hemingway.
Reader: Becky Hindley
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
THU 09:30 Rent (b065k7zn)
Series 4
Episode 4
Can Maria and Richard help Paul and Ruby get rid of an unwanted guest? Stars Barbara Flynn. From June 1998.
THU 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007k01g)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
A Performance
John Jasper continues to search for proof that his nephew Edwin has been murdered by Neville Landless.
Eventually, in the most tragic of circumstances, he obtains that proof....
Charles Dickens's unfinished book completed by Leon Garfield and dramatised for radio by David Buck.
John Jasper ..... Ian Holm
Rev. Chrisparkle ..... Gareth Thomas
Princess Puffer ..... Mary Wimbush
Deputy ..... Susan Sheridan
Miss Twinkleton ..... Margaret Courtenay
Rosa Bud ..... Moir Leslie
Grewgious ..... John Gabriel
Sapsea ..... Timothy Alock
Durdles ..... Gordon Gostelow
Watchman ..... David Goudge
Neville Landless ..... Simon Treves
Helena Landless ..... Helena Breck
John Moffatt ..... Datchery
Anna Cropper ..... Mrs Tope
Tartar ..... Michael Cochrane
Bazzard ..... John Samson
Honeythunder ..... David King
Jack Chinaman ..... Burt Kwouk
Chinese Girl ..... Norika Aida
Durdles ..... Gordon Gostelow
Ghost of Mrs Sapsea ..... Madeline Smith
Crisparkle's Mother ..... Hilda Kriseman
Mrs Chopper ..... Jo Kendall
Pianist: Nicholas Kok
Director: Gordon House
A BBC Radio 4/BBC World Service co-production first broadcast in 1990.
THU 11:00 Martin Sorrell - Eleven Plus (b0106yq4)
A journey back home brings a middle-aged man face to face with his outrageously rebellious childhood. Stars John Branwell.
THU 11:15 Drama (b0499dlc)
Hatch, Match and Dispatch
A Certain Date by Alan Harris
Geoff Levine, aka the Slim Reaper, is a pest control technician. All day long he kills rats and other vermin. Until Mystic June tells him something that will alter the rest of his life – what's left of it anyway.
A surreal and darkly comic exploration of the meaning of death. With talking pigeons.
A series of linked plays that start in a Register Office and end in either a birth, a marriage or a death.
Geoff ..... Julian Lewis Jones
Valmai ..... Sara McGaughey
Sandy ..... Katy Owen
Mystic June ..... Lisa Palfrey
Doctor Ramis ..... Richard Mitchley
Pigeon ..... Sion Pritchard
King Rat ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Written by Alan Harris
Directed by Helen Perry
A BBC Cymru Wales production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.
THU 12:00 Benny Hill (b08n3y17)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 The Goon Show (b00j1c4f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 13:00 A Change in the Weather (m0005nzv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Crikey DM! David Jason's Tribute to Cosgrove Hall (b03ccz0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b05qt72c)
Gorsky
Episode 4
Chelski: a London home for Russian wealth. Gorsky: a story about beauty, money and books.
The parallels with The Great Gatsby begin to emerge. Roman Gorsky has asked Nick to furnish the library of his mansion under construction with books of untold value and priceless editions of Russian classics. He also wants a section of art books which will impress a connoisseur.
The bookseller of modest means finds himself drawn into a world of endless wealth. He also begins to spend time with the voracious former Bulgarian gymnast, Gery.
Read by Philip Arditti
Written by Vesna Goldsworthy
Abridged by Isobel Creed
Produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4
THU 14:15 Noise: A Human History (b01rlptt)
Carnival
Feast days in Medieval Europe were noisy affairs - the streets filled with processions, animal baiting, games and mystery plays.
Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex tells the story of a Somerset town where a church ale got out of hand and the party went on for eight weeks. Then, as now, being raucous in the streets was a way for the dispossessed to make themselves heard - and revelry could easily tip into revolt.
30-part series made in collaboration with the British Library Sound Archive.
Producer: Matt Thompson.
A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2013.
THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b053bsfh)
The Henry Experiment
Episode 4
A mother (Emma Fielding) fears that a child parenting expert (Matthew Marsh) is endangering his own 7 year old son Henry by testing out his theories of early independence on him.
Anna felt sure that Professor Henderson's son Henry was being exposed to real danger. But Anna's mother seems to be taking Henderson's side and she is beginning to doubt herself.
A thriller which asks whether our society bubble wraps children, whether we have the right to interfere in other people's children's lives and how we become parents with the spectres of our own childhoods still looming over our shoulders.
Based on a novel by the journalist Sophie Radice who contributes to The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent and many magazines. Adapted for radio by award winning writer Charlotte Jones who has written extensively for TV, theatre and radio. Her most celebrated play "Humble Boy has played all over the world, she wrote the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical of "The Woman in White" and most recently ITV aired her three part thriller "Without you".
Anna ... Emma Fielding
Henderson ... Matthew Marsh
Henry ... Finn Monteath
Mother ... Elaine Claxton
Man ... Monty d'Inverno
Producer ... Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.
THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b048033s)
Last Days of the Bus Club
The Rain in Spain Part 1
The eponymous Bus Club is the author's term for the three fathers, of which he is one, who meet each morning when they drop their children at the school bus stop. Chris Stewart's daughter Chloe is in her final year at school and times will soon be changing for the author.
In his latest memoir, Chris once again taps into the rich seam of story-telling in the Alpujarras Hills, and brings us tales that are, by turns, warm, funny and moving.
Chris Stewart had a brief flirtation with fame as the drummer in Genesis. But he was, by his own admission, not a very good drummer. After college, he embarked on a peripatetic career that saw him travelling across Europe in a converted ambulance, and playing drums in a circus, before becoming a sheep farmer in deepest Sussex.
In the early days of the Rough Guides, he persuaded the originator and publisher of the series, Mark Ellingham, to let him write the guide to China, and so began his career as a writer.
Over 20 years ago, Chris and his wife Ana settled in the Alpujarras region of Andalucia, buying their own farm. Their experiences in the remote region formed the basis of his first memoir in 1999, 'Driving Over Lemons', which became an international best-seller.
Writer and Reader: Chris Stewart
Abridger: Pete Nichols
Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.
THU 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007k01g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The Write Stuff (m0005nzx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 16:30 Rent (b065k7zn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 17:00 Dot (b072j327)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
THU 17:30 Deborah Frances-White Rolls the Dice (b07wtkg1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
THU 18:00 The Scarifyers (b007wv3h)
The Thirteen Hallows
Episode 4
Professor Dunning and his knightly friend Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr are captured and taken to King Arthur's final resting place: Barry Island, in Wales. With shadowy forces both home and abroad ranged against them, can Harry Crow and the mysterious Mr Merriman save them?
The Scarifyers follows the exploits of 1930s ghost-story writer Professor Dunning and retired policeman Harry Crow, who together investigate weird mysteries under the auspices of top-secret government department MI:13.
Stars David Warner as Harry Crow, Terry Molloy as Professor Dunning, Gareth David-Lloyd as Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr, David Benson as Mr Merriman and Von Ribbentrop, Margaret Cabourn-Smith as Lady Miriam Gore and Ewan Bailey as King Arthur.
Written by Simon Barnard and Paul Morris
Music by Edwin Sykes
A Bafflegab Production.
THU 18:30 Great Lives (b01rl8n8)
Series 30
George Bell
"I remember seeing him sitting on the bishops' bench, and I went to him and said, George, I believe you are going to make a speech. He replied, yes I am. I said, George, there isn't a soul in this House who doesn't wish you wouldn't make the speech ..." Lord Woolton, 1944
George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, was the most famous churchman of his day. His brave speech attacking the allies' bombing tactics in World War Two is justly remembered here by Peter Hitchens as one of the clearest, most coherent and measured statements ever made about the war. But his contemporaries did not see it quite the same way. "Don't let's be beastly to the Germans," sang Noel Coward, in part inspired by Bell's anti-war stance.
But George Bell was not a pacifist - he just believed that the British should not be as barbaric, as he saw it, as the Nazis who had provoked the war. In his speech Bell said, "... to justify methods inhumane in themselves by arguments of expediency smacks of the Nazi philosophy that Might is Right." The controversy surrounding the tactics of bomber command remain alive today.
Peter Hitchens is a columnist on the Mail on Sunday, and was once described by a contemporary as a 'deeply compassionate man with the air of a propher about him; and like all prophets, doomed to be scorned by so many'. The programme discussion also includes Andrew Chandler, director of the George Bell Institute; and the presenter Matthew Parris.
The producer is Miles Warde.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
THU 19:00 Benny Hill (b08n3y17)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 The Goon Show (b00j1c4f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 20:00 A Change in the Weather (m0005nzv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Crikey DM! David Jason's Tribute to Cosgrove Hall (b03ccz0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Martin Sorrell - Eleven Plus (b0106yq4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Drama (b0499dlc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Deborah Frances-White Rolls the Dice (b07wtkg1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Britain Versus the World (b04xntwp)
Series 1
Episode 4
The comedy panel show that pits two British comedians against a team of comics from overseas to find out which side is superior.
Joining the British captain, Hal Cruttenden, is the English comedian Joe Lycett while the captain of the Rest of the World - Henning Wehn - is teamed with Canadian stand-up Celia Pacquola. The contest is overseen by Irishman Ed Byrne who does his very best to stay impartial.
Host
Ed Byrne
Guests
Hal Cruttenden
Henning Wehn
Joe Lycett
Celia Pacquola
Programme Associate Bill Matthews
Devised and produced by Ashley Blaker.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m0005wgv)
Lucy Beaumont 3/3
From
10.00pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Lucy Beaumont tells Rob Deering why Brian Cox is wrong about aliens.
THU 23:00 The Museum of Everything (b007k0r6)
Series 1
A Very Important Visitor
With exhibits ranging from Robin Hood to tribute bands' Mock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From March 2004.
THU 23:30 At Home With The Snails (b007k3hb)
Series 2
Episode 2
George and Beverly feign death so he can write a book about their children's reactions. Stars Geoffrey Palmer. From July 2002.
FRIDAY 07 JUNE 2019
FRI 00:00 The Scarifyers (b007wv3h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b01rl8n8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 A Change in the Weather (m0005nzv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Crikey DM! David Jason's Tribute to Cosgrove Hall (b03ccz0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b05qt72c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Noise: A Human History (b01rlptt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b053bsfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:45 Book of the Week (b048033s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007k01g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 The Write Stuff (m0005nzx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Rent (b065k7zn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Dot (b072j327)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Deborah Frances-White Rolls the Dice (b07wtkg1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 A Change in the Weather (m0005nzm)
The End?
A dramatic climax on the Lakeland Fells. Is this the beginning of the end for Jiffy and Burco?
Conclusion of Eric Pringle’s unlikely adventure about a singing duo.
Starring Dilys Laye as Henrietta and Polly James as Louise.
Jiffy Perkins ..... Peter Craze
Burco Madrid ..... John Hollis
BB ..... William Simons
Det Sgt Digly ..... Trevor Nichols
City Nigel ..... Philip Sully
Det Inspector ..... David Sinclair
John ..... Richard Tate
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1988.
FRI 06:30 The Mystery of The Mystery of Edwin Drood (b019gz0c)
'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' is a tantalising element of the Dickens manuscript archive held by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Along with fellow crime-writer Simon Brett and Dickens scholar Professor Jenny Hartley, Frances Fyfield uses the packed manuscript pages, detailed number plans and early cover designs to try and make sense of one of English Literature's great mysteries: what really happened to the eponymous hero. Edwin Drood.
Dickens died shortly after bringing the curtain down on Chapter 23, barely half way through the twelve monthly instalments. He suffered a massive stroke later that day, 8 June 1870, and died the next day.
By that stage in Dickens' novel, Edwin has gone missing and it is suspected that he has been murdered but no body has been found. The finger of suspicion points at Neville Landless but the author seems to be hinting at the guilt of a more sinister figure, the leader of the Cathedral choir, John Jasper.
Ever since, Dickensian enthusiasts have searched the book for every hint of a clue as to what the author intended to do with the characters he'd created. Frances isn't afraid of joining these so-called 'Droodians' in trying to employ her crime-writer's insights to make sense of the pieces of the jigsaw left to us.
But her investigation, which takes her to Rochester where the novel is set, also examines the state of Dickens' mind at the time, and his fascination with the criminal mentality, including vintage Dickensian types like Mr Crisparkle, the angular Mr Grewgious and the hideous auctioneer Mr Sapsea.
Frances and her colleagues also search the manuscript for signs of the author's failing health, and, perhaps more importantly, failing ability.
What they find is the usual high octane writing style, brilliant inventiveness and perhaps a greater subtlety in characterisation than in many of the earlier works.
Producer: Tom Alban
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.
FRI 07:00 On the Rocks (b05v7tcj)
Series 2
Adventure
Ben tries to prove to Morwenna-May that he's a man of action.
1930s comedy set on the Isles of Scilly by Christopher William Hill.
Frank Gunwallow ..... Joseph Kloska
Tommy Trenear ..... Stuart Fox
Ben Trenear ..... Alex Palmer
Morwenna-May ..... Alex Tregear
Pender ..... Christopher William Hill
Even on the remote island of St Martin's war seems inevitable, but the islanders have their own battles to contend with, stuck on a rock flung 27 miles out into the Atlantic with only their natural grit and gallows humour to see them through.
Director ..... Mary Peate
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.
FRI 07:30 Jacob Hawley's Welcome to Britain (m0005mgs)
Jacob Hawley is a BBC New Comedy Award Finalist, a tattoo-emblazoned young man from a working class, leave-voting town, who now boasts an arts degree, a vegetarian girlfriend and an almost convincing concern for climate change - so not far off Billy Elliot.
In this stand-up special, he brings material from his 2018 Edinburgh show Howl so that foreigners and, if they’re listening, aliens, can find out first hand what Britain is really like - based on Jacob's experiences of the monotonous suburbs, the insular small towns, the hypocritically righteous city and their inhabitants.
Written and performed by Jacob Hawley
Produced by Daisy Knight
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 08:00 The Burkiss Way (b007jm8j)
Series 1
Solve Murders the Burkiss Way
Can TV impressionists halt a repeat killing? Cult sketch show starring Denise Coffey and Chris Emmett. From September 1976
FRI 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jzsd)
Series 3
Steptoe and Son and Son
A visitor brings Harold Steptoe some unexpected news.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Gwendolyn Watts and Richard Griffiths.
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 BBC Radio 2 in May 1971.
FRI 09:00 Say the Word (b00764j5)
Episode 1
Frank Delaney's language panel game for Sandi Toksvig, Tommy Pearson, Laura Wright and Christopher Matthew. From Devon in 2001.
FRI 09:30 Home Again (m0005nzq)
Doctor Thumper and the Incredibly Inky Ruler
Fulton discloses the facts behind his long absence, and where he’s been...
As suddenly as he disappeared, Fulton Jones returned to his family – wife Margaret and children Rosie and Martin. He went to the newsagent to buy matches 20 years previously and, bold as brass, waltzes back assuming his role as father figure once more. Margaret is perplexed, whilst Rosie and Martin are furious with him.
Robin Bailey … Fulton
Doreen Mantle … Margaret
Liz Goulding … Rosie
David Troughton … Martin
Ursula Smith … Cyrilla
Christopher Benjamin … Ernest Blackrock
Script writer: Peter Tinniswood
Producer: Griff Rhys Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.
FRI 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007k02r)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Redress
The man who Jasper believes killed Edwin, Neville Landless, has been found stabbed to death.
But Datchery has a plan...
Conclusion of Charles Dickens's unfinished book completed by Leon Garfield and dramatised for radio by David Buck.
John Jasper ..... Ian Holm
Rev. Chrisparkle ..... Gareth Thomas
Deputy ..... Susan Sheridan
Miss Twinkleton ..... Margaret Courtenay
Rosa Bud ..... Moir Leslie
Grewgious ..... John Gabriel
Sapsea ..... Timothy Alock
Durdles ..... Gordon Gostelow
1st Constable ..... David Goudge
2nd Constable ..... Simon Treves
Helena Landless ..... Helena Breck
John Moffatt ..... Datchery
Anna Cropper ..... Mrs Tope
Tartar ..... Michael Cochrane
Bazzard ..... John Samson
Judge ..... David King
Durdles ..... Gordon Gostelow
Crisparkle's Mother ..... Hilda Kriseman
Sapsea ..... Timothy Alcock
Mrs MacSiddons ..... Anne Jameson
Michael Cox ..... Doctor
Pianist: Nicholas Kok
Director: Gordon House
A BBC Radio 4/BBC World Service co-production first broadcast in 1990.
FRI 11:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m0005pbk)
Scott Bryan: Out To Lunch With Jay Rayner, Duvet Days
Scott Bryan joins Amanda Litherland to recommend great podcasts.
Jay Rayner discusses about his series Out To Lunch.
Also featuring the new series of Duvet Days.
FRI 12:00 The Burkiss Way (b007jm8j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jzsd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 A Change in the Weather (m0005nzm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 The Mystery of The Mystery of Edwin Drood (b019gz0c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b05qt8jb)
Gorsky
Episode 5
Chelski: a London home for Russian wealth. Gorsky: a story about beauty, money and books.
Nick Kimovic is rewarded for his efforts in the antiquarian book auctions with a holiday of unsurpassed luxury on Gorsky's private island. The other guests are an eclectic array of Russian gangsters and English financiers.
On his return he meets Gery, who has something to tell him.
Read by Philip Arditti
Written by Vesna Goldsworthy
Abridged by Isobel Creed
Produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 14:15 Noise: A Human History (b01rlsvg)
Restraint
The 16th and 17th centuries brought a new emphasis on self-discipline in every day life - and with it a revulsion against noise of every kind. City authorities banned singing and feasting from public squares and tore down maypoles, while town-dwellers raised petitions against noisy neighbours. Spitting, snorting and breaking wind - once part of everyday life - were now a cause for wrinkled noses and dismay.
Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex cocks a genteel ear to the polite sound-world of the 16th and 17th centuries.
30-part series made in collaboration with the British Library Sound Archive.
Producer: Matt Thompson.
A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2013.
FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b053c3p0)
The Henry Experiment
Episode 5
A mother (Emma Fielding) fears that a child parenting expert (Matthew Marsh) is endangering his own 7 year old son Henry by testing out his theories of early independence on him.
Anna has been forced to question whether her own problems with empty nest syndrome and with the way she was raised have made her over-obsess about Professor Henderson's son. But she finally meets Henry's mother Nancy and is horrified to hear that Henderson and Henry are missing.
A thriller which asks whether our society bubble wraps children, whether we have the right to interfere in other people's children's lives and how we become parents with the spectres of our own childhoods still looming over our shoulders.
Based on a novel by the journalist Sophie Radice who contributes to The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent and many magazines. Adapted for radio by award winning writer Charlotte Jones who has written extensively for TV, theatre and radio. Her most celebrated play "Humble Boy has played all over the world, she wrote the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical of "The Woman in White" and most recently ITV aired her three part thriller "Without you".
Anna ... Emma Fielding
Henderson ... Matthew Marsh
Jason ... Paul Heath
Nancy ... Jane Slavin
Producer ... Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.
FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b04807hb)
Last Days of the Bus Club
The Rain In Spain Part 2
The eponymous Bus Club is the author's term for the three fathers, of which he is one, who meet each morning when they drop their children at the school bus stop. Chris Stewart's daughter Chloe is in her final year at school and times will soon be changing for the author.
In his latest memoir, Chris once again taps into the rich seam of story-telling in the Alpujarras Hills, and brings us tales that are, by turns, warm, funny and moving.
Chris Stewart had a brief flirtation with fame as the drummer in Genesis. But he was, by his own admission, not a very good drummer. After college, he embarked on a peripatetic career that saw him travelling across Europe in a converted ambulance, and playing drums in a circus, before becoming a sheep farmer in deepest Sussex.
In the early days of the Rough Guides, he persuaded the originator and publisher of the series, Mark Ellingham, to let him write the guide to China, and so began his career as a writer.
Over 20 years ago, Chris and his wife Ana settled in the Alpujarras region of Andalucia, buying their own farm. Their experiences in the remote region formed the basis of his first memoir in 1999, 'Driving Over Lemons', which became an international best-seller.
Writer and Reader: Chris Stewart
Abridger: Pete Nichols
Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007k02r)
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FRI 16:00 Say the Word (b00764j5)
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FRI 16:30 Home Again (m0005nzq)
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09:30 today]
FRI 17:00 On the Rocks (b05v7tcj)
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FRI 17:30 Jacob Hawley's Welcome to Britain (m0005mgs)
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FRI 18:00 HP Lovecraft - The Tomb (b007jzmv)
The obsessive Jervas Dudley reveals the sinister events leading up to his incarceration in an asylum.
First published in 1917, HP Lovecraft’s chilling tale read by Ryan McCluskey.
American writer, H P Lovecraft (1890-1937) is recognised as one of the most significant figures in 20th century supernatural fiction. Contemporary horror writers, including Stephen King, often cite him as a major influence. His own outlook on life is mirrored in his writing.
"I am so beastly tired of mankind and the world that nothing can interest me unless it contains a couple of murders on each page or deals with the horrors unnameable and unaccountable that leer down from the external universes."
Lovecraft found living, the everyday stuff of life a painful experience. At every turn he felt disillusioned by what life had to offer. Through his writing he sought to put into words these sentiments.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005.
FRI 18:30 Off the Page (b0076gs9)
Irritation
Novelist Patrick Neate, journalists Ros Taylor and Martin Freeman on the causes of irritation. With Matthew Parris.
In each programme, Matthew Parris introduces a group of writers of fact and fiction: new talent and established names. In the context of a discussion of one of the ideas and pre-occupations of our times, each presents a piece on this week's topic.
The best new writing and the freshest conversation from 2003.
FRI 19:00 The Burkiss Way (b007jm8j)
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FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jzsd)
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FRI 20:00 A Change in the Weather (m0005nzm)
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FRI 20:30 The Mystery of The Mystery of Edwin Drood (b019gz0c)
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06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m0005pbk)
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FRI 22:00 Jacob Hawley's Welcome to Britain (m0005mgs)
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07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack (b00w7c95)
Series 1
Episode 2
Meet Daisy, the chattering public school girl's, parents and find out why the Mona Lisa has been dumped by the Laughing Cavalier.
Plus, a Police Officer who can't find the right words, a street survey that probes too far and Candi Karmel's sister makes an appearance.
Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack is a multi-paced, one woman Fast Show for Radio 4 showcasing the exceptional talent of Lucy Montgomery. With Philip Pope, Sally Grace, Waen Shepherd and Natalie Walter.
Written by Lucy Montgomery with additional material by Steven Burge and Dan Tetsell.
Music by Philip Pope
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.
FRI 22:55 Comedy Club Extra (m0005nzs)
A Book at Bathtime 1/7
A Book at Bathtime is a series of seven short comedy programmes, to be broadcast across a week of Comedy Clubs on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Jon Holmes is reading us a serialised bedtime story from the bath. So far so good. The only problem is that he happens to be sharing his bath with Jake Yapp. And so, with a constant series of asides and interjections, they stagger bravely through the novella, hopefully reaching some kind of a coherent conclusion by the end of the week.
It might not.
Jon is sharing a serious and important piece of literature: Dusty Passages by Malcolm Throbbswell. A new tale of lust and longing, truth and redemption, and vigorously requited passion in later life, with all its accompanying, rather dreary, pretentious and self-indulgent tropes. Jake’s attitude is that if it doesn’t have guns or at least aeroplanes it’s probably not worth bothering with. Just the right sort of late night literary debate. In the bath.
There will also be a lot of bath-related asides (because they are actually in the bath) about what your flavour of body spray says about you, who gets the tap end, and how bath bombs work.
FRI 23:00 Party (b011pkqg)
Series 2
It's Technology, Stupid
The young aspiring politicians of the new political Party get to grips with technology and whether it is making people stupid. Meanwhile, they launch a recruiting campaign on the internet. Second series of a satirical comedy written by Tom Basden.
Simon ..... Tom Basden
Duncan ..... Tim Key
Jared ..... Jonny Sweet
Mel ..... Ann Crilly
Phoebe ..... Katy Wix
Jared's Mum ..... Jane Whittenshaw
Produced by Julia McKenzie.
FRI 23:30 Dave Podmore (b007t32j)
Dave Podmore's World of Cricket
Episode 3
Asked to advise on a new cricketing film, the star player causes havoc in Hollywood. Stars Christopher Douglas. From June 2002.
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
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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
14:30 FRI (b053c3p0)
A Change in the Weather
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A Change in the Weather
13:00 MON (m0005nzf)
A Change in the Weather
20:00 MON (m0005nzf)
A Change in the Weather
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A Change in the Weather
06:00 TUE (m0005nz2)
A Change in the Weather
13:00 TUE (m0005nz2)
A Change in the Weather
20:00 TUE (m0005nz2)
A Change in the Weather
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A Change in the Weather
06:00 WED (m0005nz6)
A Change in the Weather
13:00 WED (m0005nz6)
A Change in the Weather
20:00 WED (m0005nz6)
A Change in the Weather
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A Change in the Weather
06:00 THU (m0005nzv)
A Change in the Weather
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A Change in the Weather
20:00 THU (m0005nzv)
A Change in the Weather
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A Change in the Weather
06:00 FRI (m0005nzm)
A Change in the Weather
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A Change in the Weather
20:00 FRI (m0005nzm)
A Good Read
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A Good Read
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A Night with a Vampire
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Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section
07:30 SUN (b042jhzs)
Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section
17:30 SUN (b042jhzs)
Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section
22:00 SUN (b042jhzs)
Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section
05:30 MON (b042jhzs)
Archive on 4
08:00 SAT (b06bcz36)
Archive on 4
15:00 SAT (b06bcz36)
Archive on 4
03:00 SUN (b06bcz36)
At Home With The Snails
23:30 THU (b007k3hb)
Barry Humphries: Gladdies All Over
09:00 SAT (b05xwsnj)
Barry Humphries: Gladdies All Over
19:00 SAT (b05xwsnj)
Benny Hill
12:30 SAT (b08mpbg5)
Benny Hill
08:00 THU (b08n3y17)
Benny Hill
12:00 THU (b08n3y17)
Benny Hill
19:00 THU (b08n3y17)
Book at Bedtime
14:00 MON (b05qg5p7)
Book at Bedtime
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Book at Bedtime
14:00 TUE (b05qsylp)
Book at Bedtime
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Book at Bedtime
14:00 WED (b05qt15f)
Book at Bedtime
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Book at Bedtime
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Book at Bedtime
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Book at Bedtime
14:00 FRI (b05qt8jb)
Book of the Week
02:45 SAT (b046p074)
Book of the Week
14:45 MON (b047wnyh)
Book of the Week
02:45 TUE (b047wnyh)
Book of the Week
14:45 TUE (b047zkps)
Book of the Week
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Book of the Week
14:45 WED (b047zlbz)
Book of the Week
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Book of the Week
14:45 THU (b048033s)
Book of the Week
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Book of the Week
14:45 FRI (b04807hb)
Britain Versus the World
22:30 THU (b04xntwp)
Bruce Bedford - The Gibson
18:30 SUN (b007js9x)
Bruce Bedford - The Gibson
00:30 MON (b007js9x)
Chain Reaction
22:30 SAT (b03m81pm)
Charles Dickens
10:00 MON (b007jzxk)
Charles Dickens
15:00 MON (b007jzxk)
Charles Dickens
03:00 TUE (b007jzxk)
Charles Dickens
10:00 TUE (b007jzyx)
Charles Dickens
15:00 TUE (b007jzyx)
Charles Dickens
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Charles Dickens
10:00 WED (b007k006)
Charles Dickens
15:00 WED (b007k006)
Charles Dickens
03:00 THU (b007k006)
Charles Dickens
10:00 THU (b007k01g)
Charles Dickens
15:00 THU (b007k01g)
Charles Dickens
03:00 FRI (b007k01g)
Charles Dickens
10:00 FRI (b007k02r)
Charles Dickens
15:00 FRI (b007k02r)
Clare in the Community
22:30 MON (b008w1p4)
Comedy Club Extra
22:55 FRI (m0005nzs)
Crikey DM! David Jason's Tribute to Cosgrove Hall
06:30 THU (b03ccz0r)
Crikey DM! David Jason's Tribute to Cosgrove Hall
13:30 THU (b03ccz0r)
Crikey DM! David Jason's Tribute to Cosgrove Hall
20:30 THU (b03ccz0r)
Crikey DM! David Jason's Tribute to Cosgrove Hall
01:30 FRI (b03ccz0r)
Dad's Army
08:30 MON (b007jm5w)
Dad's Army
12:30 MON (b007jm5w)
Dad's Army
19:30 MON (b007jm5w)
Dave Podmore
23:30 FRI (b007t32j)
Deborah Frances-White Rolls the Dice
07:30 THU (b07wtkg1)
Deborah Frances-White Rolls the Dice
17:30 THU (b07wtkg1)
Deborah Frances-White Rolls the Dice
22:00 THU (b07wtkg1)
Deborah Frances-White Rolls the Dice
05:30 FRI (b07wtkg1)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
10:15 SUN (b05sy1yw)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
21:15 SUN (b05sy1yw)
Doctor at Large
08:30 WED (b00939rq)
Doctor at Large
12:30 WED (b00939rq)
Doctor at Large
19:30 WED (b00939rq)
Dot
07:00 THU (b072j327)
Dot
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Dot
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Douglas Livingstone - Road to Normandy
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Douglas Livingstone - Road to Normandy
16:00 SAT (m0005nyw)
Douglas Livingstone - Road to Normandy
04:00 SUN (m0005nyw)
Drama
11:15 WED (b048nkcp)
Drama
21:15 WED (b048nkcp)
Drama
11:15 THU (b0499dlc)
Drama
21:15 THU (b0499dlc)
Ed Reardon's Week
07:30 TUE (m0005f1d)
Ed Reardon's Week
17:30 TUE (m0005f1d)
Ed Reardon's Week
22:00 TUE (m0005f1d)
Ed Reardon's Week
05:30 WED (m0005f1d)
Edgar Wallace - The Man with the Red Beard
02:00 SAT (m0005gys)
Flying the Flag
07:00 MON (b00dp3qj)
Flying the Flag
17:00 MON (b00dp3qj)
Flying the Flag
05:00 TUE (b00dp3qj)
Genius
16:00 TUE (b0080rmy)
Genius
04:00 WED (b0080rmy)
Great Lives
18:30 THU (b01rl8n8)
Great Lives
00:30 FRI (b01rl8n8)
HP Lovecraft - The Tomb
18:00 FRI (b007jzmv)
Hancock's Half Hour
08:00 MON (b007jpvv)
Hancock's Half Hour
12:00 MON (b007jpvv)
Hancock's Half Hour
19:00 MON (b007jpvv)
Hearing With Hegley
23:45 MON (b0075sym)
Hearing With Hegley
09:45 TUE (b0075sym)
Hercule Poirot
01:00 SAT (b007jwc3)
Hidden Treasures
04:00 SAT (b05qf1cg)
Hitler's Favourite Cowboy
06:30 MON (b03jz22h)
Hitler's Favourite Cowboy
13:30 MON (b03jz22h)
Hitler's Favourite Cowboy
20:30 MON (b03jz22h)
Hitler's Favourite Cowboy
01:30 TUE (b03jz22h)
Home Again
04:30 SAT (m0005gym)
Home Again
09:30 FRI (m0005nzq)
Home Again
16:30 FRI (m0005nzq)
I Think I've Got a Problem
23:30 WED (b007wwdc)
ITMA - It's That Man Again
08:30 SUN (b076101z)
ITMA - It's That Man Again
12:30 SUN (b076101z)
In the Psychiatrist's Chair
14:15 SAT (b06vc3zc)
In the Psychiatrist's Chair
02:15 SUN (b06vc3zc)
Inheritance Tracks
14:10 SAT (m0005nz0)
Inheritance Tracks
02:10 SUN (m0005nz0)
Inheritance Tracks
11:50 MON (b06r9fj0)
Inheritance Tracks
21:50 MON (b06r9fj0)
Jacob Hawley's Welcome to Britain
07:30 FRI (m0005mgs)
Jacob Hawley's Welcome to Britain
17:30 FRI (m0005mgs)
Jacob Hawley's Welcome to Britain
22:00 FRI (m0005mgs)
Jane Gardam - Soul Mates
18:45 SAT (b06rv2kw)
Jane Gardam - Soul Mates
00:45 SUN (b06rv2kw)
Jane Rogers - The Testament of Jessie Lamb
00:15 SAT (b02x9f4n)
Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation
16:30 TUE (b04jlrxv)
Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation
04:30 WED (b04jlrxv)
Jo Caulfield: Pretending to Care
05:30 SAT (m0005dzb)
Joanna Trollope - Dora and Elizabeth
07:15 SUN (m0005nzz)
Joanna Trollope - Dora and Elizabeth
14:15 SUN (m0005nzz)
Joanna Trollope - Dora and Elizabeth
02:15 MON (m0005nzz)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
07:30 WED (m0005f71)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
17:30 WED (m0005f71)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
22:00 WED (m0005f71)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
05:30 THU (m0005f71)
Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (Omnibus)
06:00 SUN (b00y1vzm)
Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (Omnibus)
13:00 SUN (b00y1vzm)
Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (Omnibus)
01:00 MON (b00y1vzm)
Juliet Ace - Young Victoria
02:30 SAT (b00xn8hs)
Just a Minute
07:30 MON (m0005f55)
Just a Minute
17:30 MON (m0005f55)
Just a Minute
22:00 MON (m0005f55)
Just a Minute
05:30 TUE (m0005f55)
Katherine Parker - The One Before The Last
16:00 SUN (m0005p08)
Katherine Parker - The One Before The Last
04:00 MON (m0005p08)
King Street Junior Revisited
09:30 MON (b00l74dt)
King Street Junior Revisited
16:30 MON (b00l74dt)
King Street Junior Revisited
04:30 TUE (b00l74dt)
Ladies of Leisure
06:30 TUE (b00k4gtg)
Ladies of Leisure
13:30 TUE (b00k4gtg)
Ladies of Leisure
20:30 TUE (b00k4gtg)
Ladies of Leisure
01:30 WED (b00k4gtg)
Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun
23:00 WED (b007k1qh)
Lucy Catherine - Gudrun
13:00 SAT (m0005nyy)
Lucy Catherine - Gudrun
01:00 SUN (m0005nyy)
Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack
22:30 FRI (b00w7c95)
Mark Steel's in Town
22:00 SAT (b05zktnk)
Mark Thomas: The Manifesto
23:30 TUE (b01rlrjj)
Martin Sorrell - Eleven Plus
11:00 THU (b0106yq4)
Martin Sorrell - Eleven Plus
21:00 THU (b0106yq4)
Night Terrace
18:00 SUN (m0005p0d)
Night Terrace
00:00 MON (m0005p0d)
Noise: A Human History
02:15 SAT (b01rgm2k)
Noise: A Human History
14:15 MON (b01rl5rd)
Noise: A Human History
02:15 TUE (b01rl5rd)
Noise: A Human History
14:15 TUE (b01rl8l9)
Noise: A Human History
02:15 WED (b01rl8l9)
Noise: A Human History
14:15 WED (b01rlmq0)
Noise: A Human History
02:15 THU (b01rlmq0)
Noise: A Human History
14:15 THU (b01rlptt)
Noise: A Human History
02:15 FRI (b01rlptt)
Noise: A Human History
14:15 FRI (b01rlsvg)
Off the Page
00:30 SAT (b0076gp0)
Off the Page
18:30 FRI (b0076gs9)
On the Rocks
05:00 SAT (b05tkllr)
On the Rocks
07:00 FRI (b05v7tcj)
On the Rocks
17:00 FRI (b05v7tcj)
Party
23:00 FRI (b011pkqg)
Paul Sinha's History Revision
23:30 SUN (b07dntk7)
Pleased to Meet You
23:00 SUN (b007k35j)
Podcast Radio Hour
11:00 FRI (m0005pbk)
Podcast Radio Hour
21:00 FRI (m0005pbk)
Poetry Extra
17:00 SUN (m0005p0b)
Poetry Extra
05:00 MON (m0005p0b)
Radiolab
11:00 SUN (b08swvkz)
Radiolab
19:00 SUN (b08swvkz)
Recycled Radio
07:30 SAT (b0211hn7)
Recycled Radio
17:30 SAT (b0211hn7)
Recycled Radio
05:30 SUN (b0211hn7)
Rent
09:30 THU (b065k7zn)
Rent
16:30 THU (b065k7zn)
Rent
04:30 FRI (b065k7zn)
Rosamond Lehmann - The Weather in the Streets
03:00 SAT (b007669m)
Sabotage
23:00 SAT (b053d27m)
Say the Word
09:00 FRI (b00764j5)
Say the Word
16:00 FRI (b00764j5)
Shorts
11:00 WED (b05wny9j)
Shorts
21:00 WED (b05wny9j)
Sounds Natural
18:30 TUE (m0005nzc)
Sounds Natural
00:30 WED (m0005nzc)
Spine Chillers
18:00 SAT (b08bs3pd)
Spine Chillers
00:00 SUN (b08bs3pd)
Steptoe and Son
08:30 FRI (b007jzsd)
Steptoe and Son
12:30 FRI (b007jzsd)
Steptoe and Son
19:30 FRI (b007jzsd)
TED Radio Hour
11:00 MON (m0005nzh)
TED Radio Hour
21:00 MON (m0005nzh)
That Reminds Me
18:30 WED (b007jn6n)
That Reminds Me
00:30 THU (b007jn6n)
The 99p Challenge
12:00 SAT (b007jx6w)
The 99p Challenge
09:00 WED (b00p6c86)
The 99p Challenge
16:00 WED (b00p6c86)
The 99p Challenge
04:00 THU (b00p6c86)
The Architects
07:00 TUE (b0536qr7)
The Architects
17:00 TUE (b0536qr7)
The Architects
05:00 WED (b0536qr7)
The Attractive Young Rabbi
09:30 WED (b007k23r)
The Attractive Young Rabbi
16:30 WED (b007k23r)
The Attractive Young Rabbi
04:30 THU (b007k23r)
The Best of English
15:45 SUN (m0005p06)
The Best of English
03:45 MON (m0005p06)
The Betty Witherspoon Show
08:00 TUE (b01ml3jy)
The Betty Witherspoon Show
12:00 TUE (b01ml3jy)
The Betty Witherspoon Show
19:00 TUE (b01ml3jy)
The Burkiss Way
08:00 FRI (b007jm8j)
The Burkiss Way
12:00 FRI (b007jm8j)
The Burkiss Way
19:00 FRI (b007jm8j)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 SUN (m0005wc1)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 TUE (m0005wgb)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 WED (m0005wgs)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 THU (m0005wgv)
The Diary of a Young Girl (Omnibus)
09:00 SUN (m0005p01)
The Diary of a Young Girl (Omnibus)
20:00 SUN (m0005p01)
The Goon Show
08:30 THU (b00j1c4f)
The Goon Show
12:30 THU (b00j1c4f)
The Goon Show
19:30 THU (b00j1c4f)
The House I Grew Up In
01:30 SAT (b0132p7j)
The Listening Project
10:10 SUN (b0742kvw)
The Listening Project
21:10 SUN (b0742kvw)
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
06:30 WED (b00s77wp)
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
13:30 WED (b00s77wp)
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
20:30 WED (b00s77wp)
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
01:30 THU (b00s77wp)
The Museum of Everything
23:00 THU (b007k0r6)
The Mystery of The Mystery of Edwin Drood
06:30 FRI (b019gz0c)
The Mystery of The Mystery of Edwin Drood
13:30 FRI (b019gz0c)
The Mystery of The Mystery of Edwin Drood
20:30 FRI (b019gz0c)
The Navy Lark
08:00 WED (b007s848)
The Navy Lark
12:00 WED (b007s848)
The Navy Lark
19:00 WED (b007s848)
The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
07:00 WED (b00b01jz)
The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
17:00 WED (b00b01jz)
The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
05:00 THU (b00b01jz)
The News Quiz Extra
23:00 MON (m0005nz7)
The News Quiz Extra
09:00 TUE (m0005nz7)
The Problem With Adam Bloom
22:30 WED (b007m94n)
The Scarifyers
18:00 MON (b008jf2y)
The Scarifyers
00:00 TUE (b008jf2y)
The Scarifyers
18:00 TUE (b007wfgb)
The Scarifyers
00:00 WED (b007wfgb)
The Scarifyers
18:00 WED (b008jdzz)
The Scarifyers
00:00 THU (b008jdzz)
The Scarifyers
18:00 THU (b007wv3h)
The Scarifyers
00:00 FRI (b007wv3h)
The Shuttleworths
22:45 WED (b007jm35)
The Vinyl Cafe
11:00 TUE (b08y6x26)
The Vinyl Cafe
21:00 TUE (b08y6x26)
The Write Stuff
09:00 THU (m0005nzx)
The Write Stuff
16:00 THU (m0005nzx)
The Write Stuff
04:00 FRI (m0005nzx)
To the Manor Born
08:30 TUE (b007jpzw)
To the Manor Born
12:30 TUE (b007jpzw)
To the Manor Born
19:30 TUE (b007jpzw)
Trodd en Bratt Say 'Well Done You'
22:30 TUE (b06qh4vz)
Vent
23:00 TUE (b00t4qzw)
Whack-O!
08:00 SUN (b05zltc4)
Whack-O!
12:00 SUN (b05zltc4)
What Does the K Stand For?
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