3. In Which Sir Gilbert Explains
Steve has ulterior motives when she makes an appointment with Madame de Briac, one of Mayfair's most fashionable hairdressers.
In this 2011 recreation of the 1946 vintage crime serial, Paul and Steve brave great danger to reveal the identity of the mysterious West End drug dealer known only as 'Valentine'...
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Sadly, only half of their adventures survive in the archives. But in 2006, the BBC began recreating them using original scripts and incidental music, and recorded with vintage microphones and sound effects.
Paul Temple ...... Crawford Logan
Steve ...... Gerda Stevenson
Sir Graham ...... Gareth Thomas
Major Peters ...... Greg Powrie
Supt. Wetherby ...... Richard Greenwood
Mary ...... Eliza Langland
Charles Kelvin ...... Nick Underwood
Sheila Baxter ...... Melody Grove
Captain O'Hara ...... Robin Laing
Sir Gilbert Dryden ...... Michael Mackenzie
Every year in Uto, a remote town at the Southern tip of Japan, a festival is held to celebrate a woman known locally as the Mother of the Sea.
She's not a figure from folklore, or an ancient goddess, but a British scientist, who never even visited Japan.
She was Kathleen Drew, and her work studying the lifecycle of edible seaweed on the North Wales coastline in the 1940s revolutionised the Japanese production of nori – that dried edible seaweed you find wrapped around sushi in high-end restaurants and convenience stores around the world.
Her discovery, picked up by chance 6000 miles away from her lab in Manchester, enabled nori farmers in Japan to turn this nutrient rich food stuff from a gambler's harvest to a reliable large scale crop.
Now they gather each year on 14th April at the Drew Monument, inscribed with Kathleen's image, to give thanks to her with Shinto prayers, offerings and specially composed songs. Looking out over the nori fields of the Ariake sea they ask Kathleen, who died not long after publishing her ground breaking study, to watch over them and increase their yields.
Quentin Cooper has been fascinated by Kathleen's remarkable story since he heard about it by chance several years ago. He travels to Uto to celebrate the Drew Festival with the fishermen there and to hear why a scientist all but forgotten in her home country means so much to them.
Italian exchange student Gian Paolo meets the Conroy family. Eddie's trying not to lose his patience - or his fare to Gay Pride.
Jim Poyser and Damian Lanigan's comedy-drama series following the lives of the Conroys, a family living in Stockport.
Jason ...... Dominic Monaghan
Gian-Paulo ...... Stefan Escreet
Eddie ...... John McArdle
Gran ...... Ann Rye
Father Ryan ...... Chris Pavlo
Maureen ...... Beverley Callard
Michael ...... Jason Done
Debbie ...... Jo-Anne Knowles
Multi-award winning comedian and author Mark Watson continues his probably doomed quest to make sense of the human experience. This time, he is aided by the sardonic musical brilliance of Flo and Joan, and by a different comedy friend in each programme. This week, it's Sofie Hagen.
This new series examines the four seasons of the year and the seasons of a human life, as Mark - at the halfway point of his expected lifespan - considers what might come next. This week, Mark and his guests look at Summer - the prime of life, the highpoint of the year, and soon to be the only season we’ll have!
As always, there's a huge number of jokes, some songs, and an awful lot of other stuff crammed into each show as the much-loved comic and his team make their way through life at dizzying speed.
Produced by Lianne Coop.
The 1956 musical film release of 'The King and I' inspires the lad's own unmusical and argumentative version.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques.
Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
The Honourable Clarence Green becomes more entranced as he listens to a story of a journey into the very darkest part of barbarism.
Starring Jim Broadbent and Matt Frewer.
Star-packed curious and macabre comedy series set in a very exclusive London club.
Curtis ...... Jim Broadbent
Johnson ...... Matt Frewer
Captain White ...... Richard Pearson
Green ...... Royce Mills
Mrs Jeves ...... Sheila Steafel
The Boss ...... BillWallis
Bannister ...... Ron Pember
Welch ...... Michael Ripper
Susan Calman hosts the series exploring the world of the list - from the magnificent to the mundane - from the humble 'to do' list to the bucket list and many more...
Written by James Kettle and Juliet Meyers with Max Davis and Gabby Hutchinson Crouch.
Kingsley's done a runner, and the catering company is going bust. Now Jimmy needs to find a book-keeping genius.
Stars Catherine Harvey as Martina, Gerard McDermott as Jimmy, Roger May as Juan Jose, Marlene Sidaway as Mrs Olney and Jane Whittenshaw as Carol.
"If I drew my town, I'd do people with no faces. No ears, no eyes and no tongues."
A Sicilian teenager risks ostracism – and worse – when she bravely speaks out against the Cosa Nostra.
Anna .... Sarah-Jane Fenton
Michela .... Jilly Bond
Judge .... Kenneth Cranham
Isabella .... Natasha Pyne
Pablo .... Andrew Branch
Gino .... Jonathan Keeble
Ma .... Tessa Worsley
Sergio .... John Hartley
Mario .... Joshua Towb
Franco .... Roger May
Journalist .... Sandra James-Young
Since he was first given a tape recorder in 1967, musician and wildlife sound recordist, Chris Watson, has been fascinated by the possibilities of sound.
In the second of three programmes, he tells the story of the technological advances in radio from the first Outside Broadcast, through the Radiophonic Workshop and to advent of podcasting.
Pilar confides in Harriet and Kasim finds the children useful allies in his romantic campaign.
Sian Thomas reads Tessa Hadley's powerful and haunting novel, a beautifully observed portrait of a family and the change wrought by time across the generations.
Three middle-aged sisters and a brother meet up in their grandparents' old house for three long, hot summer weeks. Under the idyllic surface, there are immediate tensions. Secrets, misunderstandings and passion play out as the characters shift and reappraise and a way of life - bourgeois, literate, ritualised - winds down to its inevitable end.
While the siblings circle each other, and the adolescents approach each other, the children watch and come to their own conclusions.
Tessa Hadley is one of Britain's finest writers, an acute observer of character, time and place and the most published short story writer in the New Yorker in recent years.
It's the most celebrated period of British ingenuity, but are our Victorian forebears due a rethink?
Sci-curious sisters Kat and Helen Arney are on hand with some revisionist revelations that could turn what we think we know completely upside down.
There are few if any more influential inventions on modern life than the automobile but, as revolutionary as cars were in the late 19th century, has the cost to the environment been worth it? Especially as history could nearly have been very different indeed. Is it true that the Victorians in fact invented the electric car, and a petrol-free society was within reach? Helen and Kat are on the trail.
Helen Arney is a presenter and comedian, and Dr Kat Arney is a writer and broadcaster who has published a book on genetics.
As their experiments continue, Marcus becomes worried over the deterioration of Simmonds' state of mind.
Conclusion of The Virgin in the Garden - the first of four AS Byatt novel adaptations chronicling the lives of the Potter family, set against the social and political landscape of England of 1953-1970.
Older Frederica ...... Rosemary Leach
Young Frederica ...... Hannah Watkins
Alexander ...... Adam Kotz
Daniel ...... Shaun Dooley
Stephanie ...... Helen Longworth
Winifred ...... Barbara Flynn
Marcus ...... Carl Prekopp
Simmonds ...... Adam Godley
Bill ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Jenny ...... Hannah Dee
Robert Macfarlane visits some inspiring places, to meet the people and 'collect' the words that evoke the area:
He travels to the Lake District, to meet another collector of words. Beforehand, he reads a folk epic called the Kalevala, which makes some eerie connections with his project.
Fantastic Tales is a collection of weird and wonderful stories from around the world.
The theatre opened its doors in 1869 and quickly gained an international reputation for quality. Although the Folies-Bergeres has recently revamped its image as a straight theatre, its history as one Of Europe's finest music halls continues to draw visitors from all over the world.
A trip to Wunderland (a poundland of magical realms), which is getting awarded the prestigious by-the-sea status.
Also starring Richard Glover, Simon Greenall, Rachel Stubbings, Clare Thompson and Marcia Warren.
Jon Holmes attempts to throw open The Doors of Perception with Awareness Explorer, Amir Giles.
Jersey-born comedian Will Smith continues his obsession with 1980s BBC TV detective series Bergerac.
He's using an audio book of its star, John Nettles, reading the Tao, to navigate the minefield of his life, with the help of a special guest.
How Will is wondering how he can defend his machismo when he is scared of his builders.
Milford, Parker and Marmite venture to Moran's ruins to try and locate the "ancient finding device", while Raamen Bod summons general Geezer to finish them off once and for all.
Continuing the epic and timeless tale of two men and their quest to find "The Sofa of Time", the most magical and powerful item of furniture in the entire universe.
It is said that those who sit on the sofa can be transported to anywhere and anytime.
Milford ...... Matt King.
Parker ...... Nick Frost
Marmite ...... Mark Heap
Raamen Bod ...... Peter Serafinowcz
THURSDAY 19 MARCH 2020
THU 00:00 Fantastic Tales (b007k2m4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 The Palace of Laughter (b0076lx3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b01460dn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 The Mother of the Sea (b04g7rd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Tessa Hadley - The Past (b068xjtq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Did the Victorians Ruin the World? (b08l6twn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet (b007jsjx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:45 Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane (b05pntyn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Rachel Joyce - Talking (b08nsl82)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Listomania (b055jtlt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Bangers and Mash (b0075gnn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Stockport, So Good They Named It Once (b007jr5m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life (m000g451)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Paul Temple (b014gclv)
A Case for Paul Temple
4. In Which Sir Graham Is Surprised
A dead man's watch chain leads Paul and Steve to the San Chow, one of London's leading Chinese restaurants.
In this 2011 recreation of the 1946 vintage crime serial, Paul and Steve brave great danger to reveal the identity of the mysterious West End drug dealer known only as 'Valentine'...
Crawford Logan stars as Paul Temple and Gerda Stevenson as Steve.
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Sadly, only half of their adventures survive in the archives. But in 2006, the BBC began recreating them using original scripts and incidental music, and recorded with vintage microphones and sound effects.
Paul Temple ...... Crawford Logan
Steve ...... Gerda Stevenson
Sir Graham ...... Gareth Thomas
Major Peters ...... Greg Powrie
Supt. Wetherby ...... Richard Greenwood
Sheila Baxter ...... Melody Grove
Charles Kelvin ...... Nick Underwood
Sir Gilbert Dryden ...... Michael Mackenzie
Layland ...... Robin Laing
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011.
THU 06:30 Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle (b01cjm50)
In 1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs created the character of Tarzan who quickly became a global sensation.
When the books were first adapted for the big screen in 1918, the resulting film was one of the first ever to take over a million dollars at the box office. Way ahead of his time, Burroughs ignored the advice of business 'experts' who told him not to roll out the character across different formats. By doing so, he was one of the true pioneers of the multi-media franchises that have since become the norm.
Tarzan himself has been as troubling as he has been popular - the different characterisations that have appeared in the hundreds of books, films, radio shows, comic books, cartoons etc., make it very hard to pinpoint one single, authentic character. Some critics have derided him for his affirmation of white, colonial assumptions, while others have championed his eco-warrior credentials.
One thing is for sure - with a range of new books and films appearing, the character of Tarzan has lost little of his original appeal.
John Waite talks with, among others, James Sullos of ERB Inc., Desmond Morris to find out about the plausibility of the notion of a baby being raised by apes, and cultural historian Jeffrey Richards.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.
THU 07:00 Two Doors Down (b0086dhm)
Series 1
Ranting and Railings
Miss Black's vision is for all houses to have matching Victorian railings - and hers must be authentic. But her lodger, Victor sparks chaos when he gets the erection dates muddled up.
The bohemian residents of Marlborough Road in Belfast are saved from chaos by their cleaning lady, Sally.
Frances Tomelty stars in Annie McCartney's sitcom.
Sally ...... Frances Tomelty
Miss Black ...... Roma Tomelty
Fintan ...... Gerard Murphy
Evie ...... Katy Gleadhill
Victor ...... Alan Mckee
Saffron ...... Ali White
Anna ...... Bethan Lloyd
Simon ...... Patrick Gleadhill
Trevor ...... Gerard McSorley
Directed at BBC Belfast by Tanya Nash.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.
THU 07:30 The Break (b0b4ztdn)
Series 2
Monday on the Beach with George
Andy helps Jeff track down a vital document. Thanks to a rapacious seagull, the quest ends in a literal cliffhanger. Philip Jackson, Tom Palmer and Shobna Gulati star.
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 08:00 The Ken Dodd Show (b007jx22)
Star Parade
The King of Knotty Ash aims his tickling stick at holidays and DIY.
This show is from the 'Star Parade' series - one-off shows featuring the biggest stars of TV and radio at the time
With Judith Chalmers, Cardew Robinson and Harold Berens.
Music from The Springfields.
Script co-written with Eddie Braben.
Producer: Eric Miller.
First heard on the BBC Light Programme in July 1963.
THU 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sz54y)
Series 4
Episode 4
Can Tim escape the villains? Will Jo do a love scene with King Harold?
More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and parodies.
Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, Eric Idle and Bill Oddie. Plus Andy Smith and Don Currell.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1966.
THU 09:00 Booked (b0075sqz)
Series 4
Episode 3
Ian McMillan chairs the irreverent writing game.
Regular panellists Mark Thomas and Dillie Keane are joined by Roger McGough and Miles Kington.
Producer: Marc Jobst
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998.
THU 09:30 Capital Gains (b00shdzt)
Series 2
Seed Capital
Billionaire philanthropist Julius Hutch has never voted, but when his wife leaves home and a compulsory purchase order arrives, he takes action.
Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch.
Written by Collin Johnson.
Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones
Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall
Kate ...... Justine Midda
Sexton Lewis ...... Jeffrey Wickham
Sir Gainford Blounty ...... Stephen Thorne
Dahlia Sprout ...... Jillie Meers
Other parts played by Collin Johnson, David Holt and Brian Perkins.
Producers: Andy Jordan and David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997 .
THU 10:00 Jean de Coras - The True Story of Martin Guerre (b070stnx)
Episode 1
Martin Guerre lived in the Pyrenean village of Artigat and was charged with being an impostor on his return after an absence of eight years.
But the trial left many questions unanswered.
Guy Meredith's two-part dramatisation by from the trial notes of the 16th-century French judge, Jean de Coras.
Starring Sean Bean as Martin Guerre and Lesley Dunlop as his wife Bertrande.
Jean de Coras... Olivier Pierre
Sanxi Guerre... Alex Norton
Pierre Guerre... Andrew Melville
Andreu de Rols... John Church
Mme de Rols... Jill Graham
Priest... John Webb
Jean de Loze... Jonathan Adams
Jean d'Escorneboeuf... Keith Drinkel
Catherine Boeri... Siriol Jenkins
Other parts played by John Fleming, Steve Hodson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jo Kendall, Federay Holmes, Peter Penry Jones, Eric Allan and Peter Gunn. With Henry Power and Anna Abrahams as the children.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1992.
THU 11:00 At the Crucible by Kevin Barry (b07glx7s)
A tense snooker match plays out on the tele and the bond between a father and son is revisited.
David Schofield reads a short story by the acclaimed writer Kevin Barry.
Specially commissioned for broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Kevin is an award winning writer novelist and short story writer.
In 2013 his debut novel City of Bohane won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and in 2015, his novel Beatlebone won the Goldsmith's Prize.
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2016.
THU 11:15 Drama (b060zbjp)
Nicholas Gleaves - Another Life
Two strangers bump into each other in the bread aisle of the local supermarket. It's a meeting that will mark both their lives in unexpected places and unexpected ways.
Both are currently following the map of their lives, Glenn makes marble kitchen tops and is married to Claire, surrounded by the monotonous demands of family life, and Suzanne is married to psychotherapist Guy who is definitely 'on the verge'.
An encounter with an attractive stranger releases butterflies in your belly. That attractive stranger is now talking to you and you just can't stop yourself from imagining what their life's like - how their life could revitalize yours and how your new life together would be the answer to all your questions.
It just so happens that this stranger's inventing a version of your life too.
Fast forward ten years and they are reminded of what could have been in 'Another Life'.
Nicholas Gleaves' drama stars Stephen Tompkinson and Natasha Little.
Glenn ...... Stephen Tompkinson
Suzanne ...... Natasha Little
Guy ...... Adrian Lukis
Clare ...... Beth Goddard
Bridget ...... Sara Markland
Adrian ...... James Joyce
Nicholas ...... Richard Attlee
With Jonathan McGougan, Sky Yang and Charlotte Glennister as the children.
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2015.
THU 12:00 The Ken Dodd Show (b007jx22)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sz54y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Paul Temple (b014gclv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle (b01cjm50)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Tessa Hadley - The Past (b068xx7t)
Episode 4
Ivy loses her temper and keeps her secret close and Kasim repays Alice with a joke.
Sian Thomas reads Tessa Hadley's powerful and haunting novel, a beautifully observed portrait of a family and the change wrought by time across the generations.
Three middle-aged sisters and a brother meet up in their grandparents' old house for three long, hot summer weeks. Under the idyllic surface, there are immediate tensions. Secrets, misunderstandings and passion play out as the characters shift and reappraise and a way of life - bourgeois, literate, ritualised - winds down to its inevitable end.
While the siblings circle each other, and the adolescents approach each other, the children watch and come to their own conclusions.
Tessa Hadley is one of Britain's finest writers, an acute observer of character, time and place and the most published short story writer in the New Yorker in recent years.
Abridged by Sally Marmion
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015.
THU 14:15 Did the Victorians Ruin the World? (b08l6tcm)
Series 1
Darwinism
It's the most celebrated period of British ingenuity, but are our Victorian forebears due a rethink?
Sci-curious sisters Kat and Helen Arney are on hand with some revisionist revelations that could turn what we think we know completely upside down.
Charles Darwin's discoveries have done more than anything before or since to radically change the way we think about natural history and where we came from. It's one of the most robust and powerful scientific concepts of all time and Darwin applied it across the animal kingdom - but he was always reluctant to be drawn on the role of natural selection in human development. However, his cousin Francis Galton had no such qualms, and used Darwin's ideas to develop a theory of Eugenics.
Between the good of Darwin and the bad of Galton, whose ideas were the more powerful?
Helen Arney is a presenter and comedian, and Dr Kat Arney is a writer and broadcaster who has published a book on genetics.
A Hat Trick production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2017.
THU 14:30 AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet (b007jsk8)
Still Life, Part 1/7
The parents are upset when Frederica prepares to leave home and Marcus goes to live with his sister.
Still Life is the second of four AS Byatt novel adaptations chronicling the lives of the Potter family, set against the social and political landscape of England of 1953-1970.
Older Frederica ...... Rosemary Leach
Young Frederica ...... Hannah Watkins
Wilkie ...... James Callis
Alexander ...... Adam Kotz
Daniel ...... Shaun Dooley
Stephanie ...... Helen Longworth
Francis Owen ...... Hannah Dee
Young Doctor ...... Peter Darney
All four novels dramatised in 30 parts by John Harvey.
Producer: Mary Peate.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002.
THU 14:45 Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane (b05pqskb)
Episode 4
Robert Macfarlane visits some inspiring places, to meet the people and 'collect' the words that evoke the area:
He recalls the Victorian author Richard Jeffries, inhabitant and walker of Surbiton, which made him an early 'edgelander'.
Abridged for radio by Penny Leicester
Readers: Tobias Menzies and the author
Producer Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015
THU 15:00 Jean de Coras - The True Story of Martin Guerre (b070stnx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Booked (b0075sqz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 16:30 Capital Gains (b00shdzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 17:00 Two Doors Down (b0086dhm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
THU 17:30 The Break (b0b4ztdn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
THU 18:00 Fantastic Tales (b007k2ty)
Alarm Clock On The Night Table by Zoran Zivkovic
An unusual chain of events forces an elderly woman to confront a tragedy from her past.
Zoran Zivkovic gripping story is read by Anna Massey.
Fantastic Tales is a collection of weird and wonderful stories from around the world.
Translated from the Serbian by Alice Copple-Tosic.
Director: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2007.
THU 18:30 Great Lives (b04d4n8b)
Series 34
Jazzie B on James Brown
Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B tells Matthew Parris why he nominates James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul”, for this series.
Jazzie B, who was awarded a CBE for services to black British music, spent time latterly with James Brown and he became “like a big brother.”
He shares personal reflections on Mr Brown’s life and legacy, with help from the music journalist Charles Shaar Murray.
Producer: Maggie Ayre
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2014.
THU 19:00 The Ken Dodd Show (b007jx22)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sz54y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Paul Temple (b014gclv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle (b01cjm50)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 21:00 At the Crucible by Kevin Barry (b07glx7s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Drama (b060zbjp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 The Break (b0b4ztdn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Newsjack (m000gc7c)
Series 22
Episode 6
The week's news stories lovingly moulded into sketches and one-liners by the public
THU 23:00 Elvenquest (b00kjjyy)
Series 1
Episode 3
The Quest continues. Sam has his death foretold by the Oracle of Fenrog. Lord Darkness books himself in for a retox and Kreech unwittingly releases the dreaded Night Demon, whose intentions for the future of the universe, as his name suggests, aren’t good.
More comic adventures set in lower Earth where fantasy writer Sam has been coerced into joining a band of intrepid heroes as they battle the dread forces of evil in search of the legendary sword of Asnagar!
Fantasy sitcom written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.
Amis, The Chosen One ...... Dave Lamb
Elf Lord, Vidar ...... Darren Boyd
Dean The Dwarf ...... Kevin Eldon
Sam ...... Stephen Mangan
Lord Darkness ...... Alistair McGowan
Amazon Princess, Penthiselea ...... Sophie Winkleman
Producers: Anil Gupta & Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2009.
THU 23:30 The Young Postmen (b00fr1vh)
C'est la Legion
It's very important to remember that the French Foreign Legion is a ruthless and violent fighting unit, so if Brian, Derek and Sue find themselves fighting the Tuareg in a fort in Africa then they deserve our admiration.
And anyway, they only joined by mistake.
More surreal escapades of a trio of 'posties' written by and starring Ben Miller. With John Thompson and Felicity Montagu.
Brian ...... Ben Miller
Derek ...... John Thomson
Sue ...... Felicity Montagu
Mr Tippett ...... Alastair McGowan
Mr Tilbury ...... Jim Barclay
Tony Hadley ...... Vinnie Jones
Music by Murray Gold
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1992.
FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2020
FRI 00:00 Fantastic Tales (b007k2ty)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b04d4n8b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b014gclv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle (b01cjm50)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Tessa Hadley - The Past (b068xx7t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Did the Victorians Ruin the World? (b08l6tcm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet (b007jsk8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:45 Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane (b05pqskb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Jean de Coras - The True Story of Martin Guerre (b070stnx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Booked (b0075sqz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Capital Gains (b00shdzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Two Doors Down (b0086dhm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 The Break (b0b4ztdn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Paul Temple (b014qncy)
A Case for Paul Temple
In Which Mr Layland Tells the Truth
Episode 5 of a new production of a vintage serial from 1946.
From 1938 to 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and his glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. Sadly, only half of Temple's adventures survive in the archives.
In 2006 BBC Radio 4 brought one of the lost serials back to life with Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson as Paul and Steve. Using the original scripts and incidental music, and recorded using vintage microphones and sound effects, the production of Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery aimed to sound as much as possible like the 1947 original might have done if its recording had survived. The serial proved so popular that it was soon followed with equal success by two more revivals, Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery and Paul Temple and Steve.
Now, from 1946, it's the turn of A Case for Paul Temple, in which Paul and Steve brave great danger to reveal the identity of the mysterious West End drug dealer known only as 'Valentine'...
Episode 5: In Which Mr Layland Tells the Truth
Hot on the heels of the Valentine gang, Paul and Steve set out on a high speed midnight drive to the coast.
Paul Temple CRAWFORD LOGAN
Steve GERDA STEVENSON
Sir Graham GARETH THOMAS
Major Peters GREG POWRIE
Supt. Wetherby RICHARD GREENWOOD
Sheila Baxter MELODY GROVE
Mary ELIZA LANGLAND
Charles Kelvin NICK UNDERWOOD
Sir Gilbert Dryden MICHAEL MACKENZIE
Layland ROBIN LAING
Producer Patrick Rayner
Francis Durbridge, the creator of Paul Temple, was born in Hull in 1912 and died in 1998. He one of the most successful novelists, playwrights and scriptwriters of his day.
FRI 06:30 Vines on the Front Line (b00x97hw)
"The message from a glass of Lebanese wine should be tolerance and openness between civilizations. It's more than fermented grape juice." Ramzi Ghosn, Massaya Wines.
For Radio 4, the BBC's Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, takes time out from reporting conflicts to give vinophiles a new perspective on an ancient story. Lebanon is not a place you naturally associate with winemaking.
It is a Middle Eastern country nestled between Arab neighbours whose religion forbids them to drink alcohol. It is also a country that has been scarred by war, from the 15-year civil war from 1975-1990, to the recent Israeli-Lebanon conflict in 2006.
But Lebanon is also an ancient civilisation, a country of merchants and traders - its history dating back to Noah, the first winemaker in the Bible. Fittingly the Temple of Bacchus, an impressive tribute to the God of wine, is situated amongst the ruins of Balbek, in the Bekaa Valley, a region these days better known for Hezbollah than hedonism. But the temple, like Lebanese wine, has survived centuries of war and the winemakers of the Bekka are optimistic wine will outlive war.
Sharing stories with the wine makers who, in defiance and dedication to their craft, continue to grow their vines so close to the frontline, Jeremy delves into the cultural and ethnic mosaic of this unstable but extraordinary country.
Producer: Gemma Newby
An All Out production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.
FRI 07:00 Bad Salsa (b06vkj1w)
Series 1
Mount Kilimanjaro
After treatment for Ovarian and breast cancer Chippy is mad, Jill is sad and Terri is definitely dangerous to know! The road back after cancer treatment can be tricky and full of obstacles. In Bad Salsa, two middle aged women and their younger friend seek to regain their zest for life and love by learning to dance at Bad Salsa, the club where everyone knows your name but no-one knows your prognosis!
Depictions of people with cancer on TV and radio too often follow a standard format; there is the diagnosis, the depression, the chemo, then the false recovery followed by the tragic death.
Bad Salsa tries to paint a picture at once more hopeful and more in line with survival rates which have improved immensely over the past twenty years. For many, 'living with cancer' is now their day to day challenge. The characters in the series have finished their treatment and are in the process of finding their way back to normal life or at least finding a "new normal." As in the real world, the challenges of everyday life go on for our characters; like us they have boring marriages, distracting crushes, troublesome children, difficult workmates and infuriating parents, but unlike us their brush with mortality has given them a new perspective. The fun and excitement of the series is in watching them decide to preserve the pre-cancer status quo or in Terri's words, to say "sod it all" and "go for it!"
The series follows the women as they embrace the world of salsa whilst they adjust to life after cancer.
Writer ..... Kay Stonham
Producer ..... Alison Vernon-Smith.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2014.
FRI 07:30 Reluctant Persuaders (m0000t4z)
Series 3
Because She's Worth It
Work at Hardacre’s advertising agency is brought to a standstill when Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker) becomes obsessed with a series of literary thrillers – the continuing adventures of John Soldier in titles such as Kill And Let Die and The Deathman Cometh.
Soon he has Joe (Mathew Baynton) and Amanda (Josie Lawrence) hooked on them as well, and all work is put on hold as the team obsess over the most exciting books they’ve ever read.
Meanwhile, Hardacre (Nigel Havers) receives a visit from an old flame (guest star Frances Barber), and finds himself caught in a battle for her affections with a wholly unexpected opponent.
Cast:
Hardacre...............................Nigel Havers
Joe...........................................Mathew Baynton
Amanda.................................Josie Lawrence
Teddy.....................................Rasmus Hardiker
Laura......................................Olivia Nixon
Laurie Patterson.................Frances Barber
Book Launch Host.............Edward Rowett
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00xj4lb)
The Great Footwear Scandal
The bumbling civil servants must find 5000 boats, fast. Stars Wilfrid Hyde-White and Richard Murdoch. From October 1962.
FRI 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0084hzr)
Series 2
Episode 5
Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel tries to bamboozle a millionaire.
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Starring Michael Roberts as Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel and Frank Lazarus as Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli
With Lorelei King, Graham Hoadly and Vincent Marzello.
Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991.
FRI 09:00 Funny You Should Ask (b0b5wylf)
From 10/02/1981
Peter Jones hosts the entertainment quiz about comedy as he tests a panel of experts: Ben Travers, Ray Cooney and Leslie Phillips
Funny You Should Ask ran for 8 series from 1976 to 1982.
Questions compiled by Michael Pointon.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1981.
FRI 09:30 Molesworth (m000gccq)
The Arts
School terror Nigel Molesworth has grown up and offers his guide to modern life.
FRI 10:00 Jean de Coras - The True Story of Martin Guerre (b070wmg2)
Episode 2
Martin Guerre's wife, Bertrande, has accepted him on his return after eight years' absence and borne him two further children.
But then she accuses him of being an impostor...
Conclusion of a two-part dramatisation by Guy Meredith from the trial notes of the 16th-century French judge, Jean de Coras.
Starring Sean Bean as Martin Guerre and Lesley Dunlop as Bertrande.
Jean de Coras..... Olivier Pierre
Bertrande's Mother... Jill Graham
Pierre Guerre.... Andrew Melville
Sanglas.... Steve Hodson
Mme Sanglas.... Geraldine Fitzgerald
Francoise.... Jo Kendall
Carbon Barrau.... Peter Gunn
Guillem.... Eric Allan
Shepherd / Dominique Pujol... John Fleming
Magistrate .... Peter Penry Jones
Other parts played by Federay Holmes, John Church, Keith Drinkel, Jonathan Adams, John Webb and Siriol Jenkins.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
FRI 11:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m000gccs)
Presenters recommend their favourite podcasts and speak to the people who make them.
FRI 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00xj4lb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0084hzr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Paul Temple (b014qncy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Vines on the Front Line (b00x97hw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Tessa Hadley - The Past (b068yhql)
Episode 5
Today: The children observe more strange adult behaviour and Harriet experiences something new.
Sian Thomas reads Tessa Hadley's powerful and haunting new novel, a beautifully observed portrait of a family and the change wrought by time across the generations.
Three middle-aged sisters and a brother meet up in their grandparents' old house for three long, hot summer weeks. Under the idyllic surface, there are immediate tensions. Secrets, misunderstandings and passion play out as the characters shift and reappraise and a way of life - bourgeois, literate, ritualised - winds down to its inevitable end.
While the siblings circle each other, and the adolescents approach each other, the children watch and come to their own conclusions.
Tessa Hadley is one of Britain's finest writers, an acute observer of character, time and place and the most published short story writer in the New Yorker in recent years.
The reader is Sian Thomas
The abridger is Sally Marmion
The producer is Di Speirs
FRI 14:15 Did the Victorians Ruin the World? (b08l6tp3)
Series 1
Toilets
It's the most celebrated period of British ingenuity, but are our Victorian forebears due a rethink? Sci-curious sisters Kat and Helen Arney are on hand with some revisionist revelations that could turn what we think we know completely upside down.
Was the water-based toilet the pinnacle of 19th century hygienic invention, or did the Victorians literally flush away our most precious resource? Why did they choose the water closet over the alternatives that were available to them - the Earth Closet and the Air Closet? And was there a Fire Closet too (or was that just the result of that other great Victorian import, the curry?). Helen and Kat are holding their noses and diving in.
Helen Arney is a presenter and comedian, and Dr Kat Arney is a writer and broadcaster who has published a book on genetics.
A Hat Trick production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2017.
FRI 14:30 AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet (b007jskj)
Still Life, Part 2/7
Frederica leaves for the south of France, while Stephanie and Daniel are celebrating. Stars Hannah Watkins and Shaun Dooley.
FRI 14:45 Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane (b05pr507)
Episode 5
Robert Macfarlane visits some inspiring places, to meet the people and 'collect' the words that evoke the area:
5. Children, he reckons, are uniquely imaginative on their nature rambles, often inventing a language to express their little adventures.
Abridged for radio by Penny Leicester
Readers: Tobias Menzies and the author
Producer Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015
FRI 15:00 Jean de Coras - The True Story of Martin Guerre (b070wmg2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Funny You Should Ask (b0b5wylf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 16:30 Molesworth (m000gccq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 17:00 Bad Salsa (b06vkj1w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Reluctant Persuaders (m0000t4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Fantastic Tales (b007k30x)
Arthur Machen - The White People
Exploring the nature of good and evil - and sin's origins - via a teenager's diary. Read by Ioan Meredith and Louise Collins.
FANTASTIC TALES
A season of five tales from around the world exploring the weird and the wonderful.
The featured stories provide insights into the different literary traditions of the selected countries and also show how fantasy is at its best when used to explore the preoccupations of everyday life.
The season takes us to Japan, Delhi, Eastern Europe, the Welsh borders and America, profiling new, classic and cult authors.
Third in the season is "The White People" by Arthur Machen
Transmission details: 18th March at 1830 (repeated at midnight-thirty)
The nature of good and evil and the origins of sin are explored in this intriguing story.
Two learned gentlemen are in the middle of a heated theological debate. One poses the controversial theory that someone can be a great sinner without actually committing a sin. The other demands evidence of how this can be the case. His opponent produces a diary written by a teenage girl that he claims will provide irrefutable proof. The young girl now picks up the story. In a sequence of diary entries, she tells of her relationship with "the white people" who she goes to meet in the local forest. It is never completely revealed who these people are. With each encounter, she is given tantalising clues on how to reclaim Paradise. She is on the point of making a dramatic discovery when her account comes to an abrupt end. It is left to the now owner of the diary to bring her story to its chilling conclusion.
Read by Ioan Meredith and Louise Collins.
A contemporary of Robert Louis Stevenson and Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Machen was a leading Welsh author of the late 19th Century. He is cited by many contemporary writers as a major influence. His love for the Gwent landscape and its associations with Celtic and Roman history lies at the heart of his work.
(Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins)
FRI 18:30 Off the Page (b0076tdr)
The Road to Hell
Matthew Parris asks Helen Walsh, Jay Benedict and poet Attila the Stockbroker about the sulphurous road to hell. From August 2005.
FRI 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b00xj4lb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0084hzr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Paul Temple (b014qncy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Vines on the Front Line (b00x97hw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m000gccs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 22:00 Reluctant Persuaders (m0000t4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market (b062kx4n)
Series 2
Coffee
Comedian Simon Evans returns with a new series about the economics of some of the goods - or bads - we are addicted to.
If you crave your daily coffee, can't get by without a cigarette, feel that mid-afternoon slump without your sugar-fix, or can't face an evening without a glass of wine, you are definitely not alone. But have you ever thought about the economics that has made your addiction possible? Who does it profit? And would you want to make some canny investments that take advantage of our human weaknesses?
In this series, Simon Evans looks at the economics, history and health issues behind these oh-so-addictive commodities.
This week it's coffee. How much are we now drinking as a nation? And how much of the price of a cup of coffee is actually the coffee beans? Are we giving coffee growers the best deal when we buy Fairtrade coffee or should we be seeking out Direct trade coffee? And could this be the least harmful of all addictions? Perhaps even a positive addiction, with the coffee shop being, as Steven Johnson said (in his recent 'Where good ideas come from' TED talk), 'a place where ideas can have sex'?
Simon speaks to specialist coffee experts Onny Loisel and Michael Cleland. He is also joined by economics guru, More Or Less host Tim Harford and the Queen of investment know-how, Merryn Somerset-Webb, as he walks us around the economics of this very familiar commodity and pokes fun at our relationship with it.
Presented by Simon Evans, with Onny Loisel and Michael Cleland, Tim Harford and Merryn Somerset Webb.
Written by Simon Evans, Benjamin Partridge and Andy Wolton.
Produced by Claire Jones.
FRI 23:00 Love in Recovery (b076hsdd)
Series 2
Parents
Second series of the award-nominated comedy drama set in Alcoholics Anonymous, written by Pete Jackson and inspired by his own road to recovery. Stars Sue Johnston, John Hannah, Eddie Marsan, Rebecca Front, Paul Kaye and Julia Deakin.
Love in Recovery follows the lives of five very different recovering alcoholics. Taking place entirely at their weekly meetings, we hear them moan, argue, laugh, fall apart, fall in love and - most importantly - tell their stories.
In this fifth episode, Simon's son Joe (Alex Lawther) is grounded, so Simon (John Hannah) has dragged him along to the meeting. He's in trouble, he's worried, he's out of his depth. And that's just Simon. Will Julie (Sue Johnston) have the answers he's looking for?
Writer Pete Jackson is a recovering alcoholic and has spent time in Alcoholics Anonymous. It was there he found support from the unlikeliest group of disparate souls - with one common bond. As well as offering the support he needed throughout a difficult time, AA also offered a weekly, sometimes daily, dose of hilarity, upset, heartbreak and friendship.
There are lots of different kinds of AA meetings. Love in Recovery is about meetings where people tell their stories. There are funny stories, sad stories, stories of small victories and milestones, stories of loss, stories of hope, and those stories that you really shouldn't laugh at - but still do, along with the storyteller.
Written and created by Pete Jackson
Producer/Director: Ben Worsfield
A Lucky Giant production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 23:30 Dave Podmore (b007jz8b)
Dave Podmore's Cricket Night
Episode 4
After meeting Rory McGrath on TV, the legendary player is called to Buckingham Palace. Stars Chris Douglas. From May 2004.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
28 Acts in 28 Minutes
22:00 SAT (b01nq3p1)
4 at the Store
23:30 SAT (b00cpvsk)
A Date With Dyall
09:00 SAT (b06my9rb)
A Date With Dyall
19:00 SAT (b06my9rb)
A Good Read
18:30 MON (b00nfmts)
A Good Read
00:30 TUE (b00nfmts)
A Guide to Woodland Birds
15:45 SUN (b00bvbzy)
A Guide to Woodland Birds
03:45 MON (b00bvbzy)
AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet (Omnibus)
06:00 SUN (b07djzlh)
AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet (Omnibus)
13:00 SUN (b07djzlh)
AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet (Omnibus)
01:00 MON (b07djzlh)
AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet
02:30 SAT (b007jshd)
AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet
14:30 MON (b007jsj7)
AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet
02:30 TUE (b007jsj7)
AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet
14:30 TUE (b007jsjm)
AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet
02:30 WED (b007jsjm)
AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet
14:30 WED (b007jsjx)
AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet
02:30 THU (b007jsjx)
AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet
14:30 THU (b007jsk8)
AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet
02:30 FRI (b007jsk8)
AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet
14:30 FRI (b007jskj)
Alice's Wunderland
22:30 WED (b03ls16f)
Archive on 4
08:00 SAT (b00b410m)
Archive on 4
15:00 SAT (b00b410m)
Archive on 4
03:00 SUN (b00b410m)
Are You From the Bugle?
16:30 TUE (b01jcc07)
Are You From the Bugle?
04:30 WED (b01jcc07)
Arthur Koestler - Darkness at Noon
18:00 SUN (m000gf14)
Arthur Koestler - Darkness at Noon
00:00 MON (m000gf14)
At the Crucible by Kevin Barry
11:00 THU (b07glx7s)
At the Crucible by Kevin Barry
21:00 THU (b07glx7s)
Ayres on the Air
07:00 TUE (m000gcr0)
Ayres on the Air
17:00 TUE (m000gcr0)
Ayres on the Air
05:00 WED (m000gcr0)
Bad Salsa
05:00 SAT (b048jj9b)
Bad Salsa
07:00 FRI (b06vkj1w)
Bad Salsa
17:00 FRI (b06vkj1w)
Bangers and Mash
09:30 WED (b0075gnn)
Bangers and Mash
16:30 WED (b0075gnn)
Bangers and Mash
04:30 THU (b0075gnn)
Beauty of Britain
23:00 TUE (b00n7zd1)
Bleak Expectations
22:30 MON (b00wlgnn)
Booked
09:00 THU (b0075sqz)
Booked
16:00 THU (b0075sqz)
Booked
04:00 FRI (b0075sqz)
Capital Gains
09:30 THU (b00shdzt)
Capital Gains
16:30 THU (b00shdzt)
Capital Gains
04:30 FRI (b00shdzt)
Chain Reaction
22:30 SAT (b0742mqd)
Charles Chilton - Space Force
00:00 SAT (b007jn5r)
Charles Chilton - Space Force
18:00 MON (b007jn65)
Charles Chilton - Space Force
00:00 TUE (b007jn65)
Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters
23:00 SAT (b050bjhl)
Comedy Club Extra
22:55 MON (m000gl3c)
Comedy Club Extra
22:55 TUE (m000gmxt)
Comedy Club Extra
22:55 WED (m000gnkz)
Control Group Six
09:30 MON (b00752h5)
Control Group Six
16:30 MON (b00752h5)
Control Group Six
04:30 TUE (b00752h5)
DH Lawrence - The Rainbow
02:00 SAT (m000g4jx)
Dad's Army
08:30 MON (b007jqpj)
Dad's Army
12:30 MON (b007jqpj)
Dad's Army
19:30 MON (b007jqpj)
Dave Podmore
23:30 FRI (b007jz8b)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
11:50 SUN (b00zm4j4)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
19:50 SUN (b00zm4j4)
Death of An Orchestra
01:30 SAT (b04v381r)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
10:15 SUN (b0952xv6)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
21:15 SUN (b0952xv6)
Did the Victorians Ruin the World?
14:15 MON (b08kttk5)
Did the Victorians Ruin the World?
02:15 TUE (b08kttk5)
Did the Victorians Ruin the World?
14:15 TUE (b08l6tqk)
Did the Victorians Ruin the World?
02:15 WED (b08l6tqk)
Did the Victorians Ruin the World?
14:15 WED (b08l6twn)
Did the Victorians Ruin the World?
02:15 THU (b08l6twn)
Did the Victorians Ruin the World?
14:15 THU (b08l6tcm)
Did the Victorians Ruin the World?
02:15 FRI (b08l6tcm)
Did the Victorians Ruin the World?
14:15 FRI (b08l6tp3)
Double Income, No Kids Yet
07:00 MON (b00dyydg)
Double Income, No Kids Yet
17:00 MON (b00dyydg)
Double Income, No Kids Yet
05:00 TUE (b00dyydg)
Drama
11:15 THU (b060zbjp)
Drama
21:15 THU (b060zbjp)
Edge Falls
23:30 SUN (b007vjkl)
Elvenquest
23:00 THU (b00kjjyy)
Elvis in Prestwick
07:15 SUN (b00qvlrk)
Elvis in Prestwick
14:15 SUN (b00qvlrk)
Elvis in Prestwick
02:15 MON (b00qvlrk)
Fantastic Tales
18:00 TUE (b007k2c2)
Fantastic Tales
00:00 WED (b007k2c2)
Fantastic Tales
18:00 WED (b007k2m4)
Fantastic Tales
00:00 THU (b007k2m4)
Fantastic Tales
18:00 THU (b007k2ty)
Fantastic Tales
00:00 FRI (b007k2ty)
Fantastic Tales
18:00 FRI (b007k30x)
Funny You Should Ask
04:00 SAT (b0b91jt2)
Funny You Should Ask
09:00 FRI (b0b5wylf)
Funny You Should Ask
16:00 FRI (b0b5wylf)
Great Lives
18:30 THU (b04d4n8b)
Great Lives
00:30 FRI (b04d4n8b)
Hancock's Half Hour
08:00 WED (b007n162)
Hancock's Half Hour
12:00 WED (b007n162)
Hancock's Half Hour
19:00 WED (b007n162)
Harry Worth in Things Could Be Worse
08:30 SUN (b09wv0q6)
Harry Worth in Things Could Be Worse
12:30 SUN (b09wv0q6)
He Belonged to Glasgow - The Will Fyffe Story
06:30 MON (b00vky75)
He Belonged to Glasgow - The Will Fyffe Story
13:30 MON (b00vky75)
He Belonged to Glasgow - The Will Fyffe Story
20:30 MON (b00vky75)
He Belonged to Glasgow - The Will Fyffe Story
01:30 TUE (b00vky75)
Hercule Poirot
01:00 SAT (b01b3fdv)
Home to Roost
08:00 SUN (m000gf0t)
Home to Roost
12:00 SUN (m000gf0t)
Hut 33
23:30 MON (b00lmdjr)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
08:30 THU (b00sz54y)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
12:30 THU (b00sz54y)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
19:30 THU (b00sz54y)
Ian Rankin - Rebus
10:00 MON (b070601z)
Ian Rankin - Rebus
15:00 MON (b070601z)
Ian Rankin - Rebus
03:00 TUE (b070601z)
Ian Rankin - Rebus
10:00 TUE (b0713m30)
Ian Rankin - Rebus
15:00 TUE (b0713m30)
Ian Rankin - Rebus
03:00 WED (b0713m30)
Inheritance Tracks
14:10 SAT (m000gfr0)
Inheritance Tracks
02:10 SUN (m000gfr0)
Inheritance Tracks
11:50 MON (m000gcl5)
Inheritance Tracks
21:50 MON (m000gcl5)
Jean de Coras - The True Story of Martin Guerre
10:00 THU (b070stnx)
Jean de Coras - The True Story of Martin Guerre
15:00 THU (b070stnx)
Jean de Coras - The True Story of Martin Guerre
03:00 FRI (b070stnx)
Jean de Coras - The True Story of Martin Guerre
10:00 FRI (b070wmg2)
Jean de Coras - The True Story of Martin Guerre
15:00 FRI (b070wmg2)
Jenny Eclair is Listless Today
06:30 TUE (b092cnpq)
Jenny Eclair is Listless Today
13:30 TUE (b092cnpq)
Jenny Eclair is Listless Today
20:30 TUE (b092cnpq)
Jenny Eclair is Listless Today
01:30 WED (b092cnpq)
Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane
14:45 MON (b05plghr)
Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane
02:45 TUE (b05plghr)
Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane
14:45 TUE (b05pn3sy)
Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane
02:45 WED (b05pn3sy)
Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane
14:45 WED (b05pntyn)
Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane
02:45 THU (b05pntyn)
Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane
14:45 THU (b05pqskb)
Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane
02:45 FRI (b05pqskb)
Landmarks, by Robert Macfarlane
14:45 FRI (b05pr507)
Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful
08:00 MON (b00cm8qz)
Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful
12:00 MON (b00cm8qz)
Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful
19:00 MON (b00cm8qz)
Lenin of the Rovers
12:30 SAT (b007jvcl)
Lenin of the Rovers
09:30 TUE (b007jvds)
Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell
07:05 SUN (b00sj9yy)
Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell
14:05 SUN (b00sj9yy)
Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell
02:05 MON (b00sj9yy)
Listomania
09:00 WED (b055jtlt)
Listomania
16:00 WED (b055jtlt)
Listomania
04:00 THU (b055jtlt)
Liz Lochhead - Blood And Ice
06:00 SAT (b00y8vw6)
Liz Lochhead - Blood And Ice
16:00 SAT (b00y8vw6)
Liz Lochhead - Blood And Ice
04:00 SUN (b00y8vw6)
Love in Recovery
23:00 FRI (b076hsdd)
Lucy Catherine - The Goldilocks Zone
16:00 SUN (b0076smd)
Lucy Catherine - The Goldilocks Zone
04:00 MON (b0076smd)
Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life
07:30 WED (m000g451)
Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life
17:30 WED (m000g451)
Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life
22:00 WED (m000g451)
Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life
05:30 THU (m000g451)
Molesworth
04:30 SAT (m000g4js)
Molesworth
09:30 FRI (m000gccq)
Molesworth
16:30 FRI (m000gccq)
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics
07:30 SUN (b076bz3h)
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics
17:30 SUN (b076bz3h)
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics
22:00 SUN (b076bz3h)
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics
05:30 MON (b076bz3h)
Nature Table
07:30 MON (m000g4zz)
Nature Table
17:30 MON (m000g4zz)
Nature Table
22:00 MON (m000g4zz)
Nature Table
05:30 TUE (m000g4zz)
Nature's Great Invaders
02:15 SAT (b07qc3gf)
Newsjack
23:00 SUN (m000g53y)
Newsjack
22:30 THU (m000gc7c)
Off the Page
00:30 SAT (b0076t95)
Off the Page
18:30 FRI (b0076tdr)
Pam Ayres' Open Road
14:15 SAT (b007kfkl)
Pam Ayres' Open Road
02:15 SUN (b007kfkl)
Paul Temple
06:00 MON (b013fj19)
Paul Temple
13:00 MON (b013fj19)
Paul Temple
20:00 MON (b013fj19)
Paul Temple
01:00 TUE (b013fj19)
Paul Temple
06:00 TUE (b013q313)
Paul Temple
13:00 TUE (b013q313)
Paul Temple
20:00 TUE (b013q313)
Paul Temple
01:00 WED (b013q313)
Paul Temple
06:00 WED (b01460dn)
Paul Temple
13:00 WED (b01460dn)
Paul Temple
20:00 WED (b01460dn)
Paul Temple
01:00 THU (b01460dn)
Paul Temple
06:00 THU (b014gclv)
Paul Temple
13:00 THU (b014gclv)
Paul Temple
20:00 THU (b014gclv)
Paul Temple
01:00 FRI (b014gclv)
Paul Temple
06:00 FRI (b014qncy)
Paul Temple
13:00 FRI (b014qncy)
Paul Temple
20:00 FRI (b014qncy)
Peter Tinniswood
03:00 SAT (b00758gq)
Podcast Radio Hour
11:00 FRI (m000gccs)
Podcast Radio Hour
21:00 FRI (m000gccs)
Poetry Extra
17:00 SUN (m000gf12)
Poetry Extra
05:00 MON (m000gf12)
Rachel Joyce - Talking
10:00 WED (b08nsl82)
Rachel Joyce - Talking
15:00 WED (b08nsl82)
Rachel Joyce - Talking
03:00 THU (b08nsl82)
Recycled Radio
07:30 SAT (b052j8v9)
Recycled Radio
17:30 SAT (b052j8v9)
Recycled Radio
05:30 SUN (b052j8v9)
Reluctant Persuaders
05:30 SAT (m0000qq8)
Reluctant Persuaders
07:30 FRI (m0000t4z)
Reluctant Persuaders
17:30 FRI (m0000t4z)
Reluctant Persuaders
22:00 FRI (m0000t4z)
Round the Horne
08:30 TUE (b00n905p)
Round the Horne
12:30 TUE (b00n905p)
Round the Horne
19:30 TUE (b00n905p)
Sarah LeFanu - Thin Woman in a Morris Minor
11:15 TUE (m000gcr2)
Sarah LeFanu - Thin Woman in a Morris Minor
21:15 TUE (m000gcr2)
Simon Evans Goes to Market
22:30 FRI (b062kx4n)
Stockport, So Good They Named It Once
12:00 SAT (b0082f0w)
Stockport, So Good They Named It Once
07:00 WED (b007jr5m)
Stockport, So Good They Named It Once
17:00 WED (b007jr5m)
Stockport, So Good They Named It Once
05:00 THU (b007jr5m)
TED Radio Hour
11:00 MON (m000gcl1)
TED Radio Hour
21:00 MON (m000gcl1)
Tales From the Mausoleum Club
08:30 WED (b007k243)
Tales From the Mausoleum Club
12:30 WED (b007k243)
Tales From the Mausoleum Club
19:30 WED (b007k243)
Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle
06:30 THU (b01cjm50)
Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle
13:30 THU (b01cjm50)
Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle
20:30 THU (b01cjm50)
Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle
01:30 FRI (b01cjm50)
Teatime
07:30 TUE (m000fx1w)
Teatime
17:30 TUE (m000fx1w)
Teatime
22:00 TUE (m000fx1w)
Teatime
05:30 WED (m000fx1w)
Tessa Hadley - The Past
14:00 MON (b068tvl0)
Tessa Hadley - The Past
02:00 TUE (b068tvl0)
Tessa Hadley - The Past
14:00 TUE (b068xg8g)
Tessa Hadley - The Past
02:00 WED (b068xg8g)
Tessa Hadley - The Past
14:00 WED (b068xjtq)
Tessa Hadley - The Past
02:00 THU (b068xjtq)
Tessa Hadley - The Past
14:00 THU (b068xx7t)
Tessa Hadley - The Past
02:00 FRI (b068xx7t)
Tessa Hadley - The Past
14:00 FRI (b068yhql)
The Break
07:30 THU (b0b4ztdn)
The Break
17:30 THU (b0b4ztdn)
The Break
22:00 THU (b0b4ztdn)
The Break
05:30 FRI (b0b4ztdn)
The Call of the Wild by Jack London (Omnibus)
14:30 SUN (m000gf0z)
The Call of the Wild by Jack London (Omnibus)
02:30 MON (m000gf0z)
The Changing Sound of Radio
11:00 WED (m000gcm3)
The Changing Sound of Radio
21:00 WED (m000gcm3)
The Goon Show
08:00 TUE (b007swcz)
The Goon Show
12:00 TUE (b007swcz)
The Goon Show
19:00 TUE (b007swcz)
The Guns of Adam Riches
23:30 TUE (b01qfjmz)
The Hank of Black Hair by Sebastian Barry
11:00 TUE (b07flhlc)
The Hank of Black Hair by Sebastian Barry
21:00 TUE (b07flhlc)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
18:00 SAT (b007jm34)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
00:00 SUN (b007jm34)
The Ken Dodd Show
08:00 THU (b007jx22)
The Ken Dodd Show
12:00 THU (b007jx22)
The Ken Dodd Show
19:00 THU (b007jx22)
The Leopard (Omnibus)
13:00 SAT (m000gfqy)
The Leopard (Omnibus)
01:00 SUN (m000gfqy)
The Listening Project
10:10 SUN (b06mv2zp)
The Listening Project
21:10 SUN (b06mv2zp)
The Mark Steel Solution
22:30 TUE (b007jmsj)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
08:30 FRI (b0084hzr)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
12:30 FRI (b0084hzr)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
19:30 FRI (b0084hzr)
The Men from the Ministry
08:00 FRI (b00xj4lb)
The Men from the Ministry
12:00 FRI (b00xj4lb)
The Men from the Ministry
19:00 FRI (b00xj4lb)
The Moth Radio Hour
11:00 SUN (b0b7dzwd)
The Moth Radio Hour
19:00 SUN (b0b7dzwd)
The Mother of the Sea
06:30 WED (b04g7rd5)
The Mother of the Sea
13:30 WED (b04g7rd5)
The Mother of the Sea
20:30 WED (b04g7rd5)
The Mother of the Sea
01:30 THU (b04g7rd5)
The Museum of Curiosity
16:00 TUE (b06zqq9d)
The Museum of Curiosity
04:00 WED (b06zqq9d)
The Music Teacher
22:45 SUN (b00s3h48)
The Now Show
23:00 MON (m000g4gz)
The Now Show
09:00 TUE (m000g4gz)
The Palace of Laughter
18:30 WED (b0076lx3)
The Palace of Laughter
00:30 THU (b0076lx3)
The Peregrine, read by David Attenborough (Omnibus)
09:00 SUN (m000gf0x)
The Peregrine, read by David Attenborough (Omnibus)
20:00 SUN (m000gf0x)
The Price of Fear
18:30 SAT (b007jmn9)
The Price of Fear
00:30 SUN (b007jmn9)
The Sofa of Time
23:30 WED (b00hxqnm)
The Tingle Factor
18:30 TUE (b07d7yr3)
The Tingle Factor
00:30 WED (b07d7yr3)
The Unbelievable Truth
09:00 MON (b0731bsv)
The Unbelievable Truth
16:00 MON (b0731bsv)
The Unbelievable Truth
04:00 TUE (b0731bsv)
The Young Postmen
23:30 THU (b00fr1vh)
Tom Fort - Channel Shore
02:45 SAT (b05w84zh)
Twenty Players
22:30 SUN (b06dyddk)
Two Doors Down
07:00 THU (b0086dhm)
Two Doors Down
17:00 THU (b0086dhm)
Two Doors Down
05:00 FRI (b0086dhm)
Uncle Mort's South Country
14:45 SAT (b007jqzh)
Uncle Mort's South Country
02:45 SUN (b007jqzh)
Vines on the Front Line
06:30 FRI (b00x97hw)
Vines on the Front Line
13:30 FRI (b00x97hw)
Vines on the Front Line
20:30 FRI (b00x97hw)
Will Smith Presents the Tao of Bergerac
23:00 WED (b007wh7j)