The BBC has announced that it has a sustainable plan for the future of the BBC Singers, in association with The VOCES8 Foundation.
The threat to reduce the staff of the three English orchestras by 20% has not been lifted, but it is being reconsidered.
See the BBC press release here.

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SATURDAY 09 MAY 2020

SAT 00:00 William Golding - Lord of the Flies (b036j238)
Gift For Darkness

Since their plane crashed into a deserted island, the group of surviving schoolboys have awaited rescue by mainting a signal fire.

But as tensions rose amongst the group factions have emerged causing a split. Jack and his hunters have set up camp at a rocky outcrop they call Castle Rock while Ralph, Piggy, Simon and a few stragglers have remained at the shelters with the signal fire. And it's the fire that the hunters so desperately crave.

Conclusion of William Golding's classic fable.

Ralph . . . . . Finn Bennett
Jack . . . . . Richard Linnell
Piggy . . . . . Kasper Hilton Hille
Simon . . . . . Jack Kane
Maurice . . . . . Barney Herrin
Sam . . . . . Bradley Shedden
Eric . . . . . Tomi Fry
Roger . . . . . Edward Bracey
Bill . . . . . Gabriel Brody
Littleun . . . . . Isaac Andrews
Mother . . . . . Stephanie Racine
Officer . . . . . Adam Nagaitis
Narrator . . . . . Ruth Wilson

Dramatised by Judith Adams.

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

Conch player: Eilon Morris
Sound design and choral arrangement: Colin Guthrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013.


SAT 00:30 Off the Page (b0076ww3)
Am I My Brother's Keeper?

Dominic Arkwright and guests Mary Loudon, Morag Joss and Pip Utton discuss brothers, sisters and sibling rivalry. From 2006.


SAT 01:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000hwpg)
3. An Egg Farm in Norfolk

On the trail of wartime secrets, Boyd Stuart has been sent to Los Angeles by the British Secret Service to investigate a film company.

But he's being followed and his contact dies....

Len Deighton’s riveting thriller XPD stands for Expedient Demise. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Boyd Stuart ...... Trevor Nichols
Charles Stein ...... Bruce Boa
Max Breslow ...... Bernard Hepton
Wever ...... Carl Duering
Reader ...... Colin Starkey
Case Officer ...... Alan Thompson
Psychiatrist ...... David Garth
Mrs Breslow ...... Mary Wimbush
Mrs Wever ...... Anne Jameson
Hitler ...... David Sinclair

Producer: Peter King

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1985


SAT 01:30 Miss Marple (b007jnl4)
A Murder Is Announced

Episode 5

A further murder has been committed, but just as Miss Marple is piecing her thoughts together - she disappears...

Conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring June Whitfield as the deceptively mild sleuth, Miss Jane Marple.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Miss Marple ...... June Whitfield
Inspector Craddock ...... Ian Lavender
Letty Blacklock ...... Sarah Lawson
Colonel Easterbrook ...... Jack Hedley
Laura Easterbrook ...... Joanna McCallum
Bunch Harmon ...... Molly Gaisford
Patrick Simmons ...... Jamie Glover
Mitzi ...... Jenny Funnell
Julia Simmons ...... Angela Sims
Phillipa Haymes ...... Sarah Rice

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1999


SAT 02:00 The 3rd Degree (m0007bk0)
Series 9

University of Plymouth

A funny and dynamic quiz show hosted by Steve Punt - this week from the University of Plymouth with specialist subjects including History, Geology and Human Biosciences and questions ranging from deadly jellyfish to glowing jellyfish via Jack Straw, Krishna and Planck’s Constant.

The programme is recorded on location at a different University each week, and it pits three Undergraduates against three of their Professors in an original and fresh take on an academic quiz.

The rounds vary between Specialist Subjects and General Knowledge, quickfire bell-and-buzzer rounds and the Highbrow and Lowbrow round cunningly devised to test not only the students' knowledge of current affairs, history, languages and science, but also their Professors' awareness of television, sport, and quite possibly Ed Sheeran. In addition, the Head-to-Head rounds see students take on their Professors in their own subjects, offering plenty of scope for mild embarrassment on both sides.

Other Universities featured in this series include Royal Holloway University of London, Aberdeen, St Catharine’s College Cambridge, Brighton and Oxford Brookes.

Produced by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2019.


SAT 02:30 1835 (b012gpr4)
The Reluctant Aristocrat

In order to prove he's not a feckless, idle aristocrat, Belport manages to kick off the world's first rail strike - in the process proving to everyone that he's a feckless, idle aristocrat...

Comic saga of an aristocrat and his servant who struggle to find things to do in the mid- 1830s.

Belport ...... Paul Rider
Ned ...... Jason Done
Arbuthnot ...... Roy Barraclough
George ...... Simon Greenall
Charlie ...... Jonathan Keeble

Written and directed at BBC Manchester by Jim Poyser.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.


SAT 03:00 Edith Wharton - The Age of Innocence (b008ncs3)
Episode 2

Despite Newland Archer's marriage to May, he is still obsessed with thoughts of Ellen Olenska.

Conclusion of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a passionate life-long love affair which breaks all the rules of the restrictive high society of 1870's New York.

Newland Archer .... Ryan McCluskey
Ellen Olenska .... Susan Lynch
May Welland ... Kellie Bright
Augusta Welland .... Lorelei King
Sillerton Jackson/Riviere ..... Kerry Shale
Julius Beaufort .... Conrad Nelson
Lawrence .... Martin T Sherman

Dramatised by Jane Rogers.

Director: Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.


SAT 04:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m000hwpk)
Interviews to inspire

Amanda Litherland revisits the Podcast Radio Hour archive to see what budding podcasters can learn from some of her most inspirational guests:

Ira Glass talks about the beginnings of This American Life.

Dame Kelly Holmes discusses the challenge of moving from interviewee to interviewer.

Clare Balding highlights the importance of getting a great idea on its feet.

Jay Rayner talks about the joy of conversation over a good meal.

George The Poet reveals how he combined disciplines to create the award winning Have You Heard George's Podcast.

Jessie Ware and her mum Lennie talk about the much loved Table Manners.

David Dimbleby shows how it's never too late to start your own series

And Stephen Fry expresses his love for podcasts as a unique medium to feed our curiosity.


SAT 05:00 Electric Ink (b01k9wdn)
Series 2

Episode 5

Freddy punctures Maddox's literary pretensions and uncovers a scandal.

Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson's comic satire set in the struggling world of newspapers.

A group of dysfunctional journalists attempt to cover major news stories whilst grappling with the demands of a multi-platform environment, as circulation figures plummet as the recession means half the workforce is laid off.

Maddox ..... John Sessions
Oliver ..... Alex Jennings
Freddy ..... Stephen Wight
Carol ..... Polly Frame
Masha ..... Debbie Chazen
Miles Deanbrook ..... Sean Baker
Waiter ..... Adeel Akhtar

Producer: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.


SAT 05:30 Just a Minute (b05nt9bf)
Series 71

Episode 8

After an incredibly successful debut earlier in this series, David Tennant is back on the show, joining Julian Clary, Stephen Fry and Paul Merton.

But will he manage to speak for an entire minute this time..? Subjects include "To Be or Not to Be" and "My Dog's Got No Nose".

Nicholas Parsons rules over BBC Radio 4's classic panel game in which the contestants are challenged to speak on a given subject for a minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation.


SAT 06:00 Stephen Lowe - Touched (b05qdv20)
8th May 1945, Nottingham: Three sisters gather to hear Prime Minister Winston Churchill pronounce the end of the war in Europe.

In the hundred days that follow, before VJ Day, they come to face the haunting reality of the future.

Stephen Lowe's wartime drama won the 1977 George Devine Award.

Sandra ...... Sian Thomas
Mary ...... Anne Jameson
Betty ...... Sara Mair-Thomas
Mother ...... Mary Wimbush
Johnny ...... Michael Packer
Joan ...... Joanne Pearce
Pauline ...... Amy Pemble
Bridie ...... Annie Hayes
Keith ...... Robin Summers
Chef (Harry) ...... Brian Smith

Director: Caroline Raphael

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1985


SAT 07:30 Great Lives (b04hvy0l)
Series 34

Andrew Adonis on Joseph Bazalgette

Matthew Parris hears from Labour peer Lord Adonis why Joseph Bazalgette, the Victorian engineer, has his nomination as a Great Life.
Bazalgette, the grandson of a French immigrant who made a fortune lending money to the Hanoverian royal family, is one of the most important of the great Victorian engineers. He not only built a sewage system for London which wiped out cholera in the city, he also built the famous Embankments, laid out several of the main thoroughfares and built or improved many of the city's landmark bridges. Yet he is far less well-known than his flamboyant contemporary Brunel and less celebrated than the creators of the railways. With the help of Joseph Bazalgette's great-great-grandson Sir Peter Bazalgette, the man responsible for Ready Steady Cook and Big Brother and now Chairman of the Arts Council, Matthew pieces together the story of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, "The Sewer King."

Producer Christine Hall

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.


SAT 08:00 Counterpoint (b00jm2np)
Series 23

2009 Heat 6

From London, chairman Paul Gambaccini hosts the wide-ranging music quiz spanning every era.

With Brian Haynes from London, Alistair Smith from Lymington and Nicholas Tucker from Lewes.

Producer Paul Bajoria.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009.


SAT 08:30 The Change (b0076p3r)
Series 3

Episode 3

With both couples' relationships seemingly over, another bombshell hits: there's a baby on the way. How on earth will the news be received?

Carol …. Lynda Bellingham
George …. Philip Jackson
Violet ...... Marcia Warren
Maureen …. Maureen Beattie
Ken …. James Vaugnan
Sonia …. Emma Kennedy
Jerry …. Barnaby Kay
Dave …. Mark Powley
Doctor ...... Rosie Armstrong
Diana Aitchison ...... Herself

Series 3 of the sitcom about a married couple's attempts to smooth over their singularly troubled midlife funk - Carol is hormonal and 15-stone George is a transvestite. Onlookers can't quite agree on the nature of their dynamic.

Written by Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.

Producer: Elizabeth Freestone

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.


SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats (b007jtlc)
1970s

Episode 1

Decade by decade, Barry Cryer keeps on truckin’ with some of the funniest and finest shows ever broadcast by the BBC.

Six favourites plucked from the sensational 1970s schedules of BBC Radio 2 and 4:

* The News Huddlines
From 7th November 1979

Roy Hudd’s long-running topical comedy sketch series. Janet Brown and Chris Emmett help to poke fun at the week’s news events featuring Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan and ABBA. .

* All Gas And Gaiters
Series 1 (6/13) Only Three Can Play

Will Noote's playing away ruin the clerics' game? Clerical comedy adapted from TV starring Derek Nimmo and William Mervyn. From February 1971.

* The Frankie Howerd Show
Series 4 - from November 1975

The king of titters reads some ditties and takes on some overgrown animals in a spoof sci-fi thriller! With Norma Ronald, Ray Fell and Timothy Davies.

* Parsley Sidings
Series 2 (6/10) A Bird In The Hand

A rare gull is spotted during a station spring-clean, causing chaos on the line. Railway station comedy starring Arthur Lowe, Kenneth Connor, Liz Fraser and Ian Lavender. From November 1973.

* Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
(11/13) Count Down

Terry helps stressed Bob prepare for his wedding. Adapted from TV’s classic sitcom about mismatched friends. Starring James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Joan Hickson and Bill Owen. From October 1975.

* Hello Cheeky
From October 1979

Red Rum and sound effects galore! Sketches galore with rapid pun-tastic fun starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin and Barry Cryer. Music by the Denis King Trio.

Produced and scripted by Peter Reed

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in June 2003.


SAT 12:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sp454)
Series 1

Episode 1

Sheila Hancock heads a stunning cast including Mackenzie Crook, Penelope Wilton, Felicity Montagu and Kevin Eldon in this clever, funny and touching series about a small town in the middle of Northamptonshire as it prepares for a talent night.

Written by and also starring Katherine Jakeways.

Get to know the local supermarket manager who shares rather more than is usual about his private life over the store's tannoy system. Recently divorced Jan has been trying unsuccessfully to 'find herself' with a trip abroad to an elephant sanctuary. But it is at home in Wadenbrook that she starts to feel happier with herself as her friendship blossoms with ex-teacher Mary. And, joy of joys, could it be that Jan is going to experience a touch of romance at last?

Meet driving instructor and forthright self-defence teacher Esther and her gentle and put-upon Jonathan as they struggle to start a family and we meet possibly the only happy couple in town, Ken and Keith, as they attempt to teach their pet whippets to dance for the town talent night.

In this opening episode, Mary starts rehearsals for the town talent night and is shocked by 12 year old Gregory's slide show of Victorian ladies.
Meanwhile Esther sends her husband Jonathan out to collect money for the Leicestershire Infertile Males Project but he ends up at The Bricklayer's Arms looking at pictures of elephants with Jan.

Narrator ...... Sheila Hancock
Rod ...... Mackenzie Crook
Mary ...... Penelope Wilton
Jan ...... Felicity Montagu
Jonathan ...... Kevin Eldon
Esther ...... Katherine Jakeways
Keith ...... John Biggins
Landlord ...... Rufus Wright
Gregory ...... Sam Cotton

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.


SAT 12:30 The Navy Lark (b007k2yc)
Have Been Redecorating

HMS Troutbridge needs a facelift preparation for the arrival of a new senior WREN.

Stars Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray.

Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series between 1959 and 1976.

The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips
The Chief Petty Officer ...... Jon Pertwee
The Number One ...... Stephen Murray
Captain Povey ...... Richard Caldicot
Second Officer McCluty ...... Heather Chasen
Commander Bell ...... Ronnie Barker
Uncle ...... Tenniel Evans
The Padre ....... Michael Bates

Written by Lawrie Wyman.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1967.


SAT 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jnj3)
A Murder Is Announced

Episode 1

The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Miss Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an ad in the local gazette which reads: 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th at Little Paddocks at 6.30pm'.

As the time approaches, the crowds gather at Little Paddocks and then the lights go out. Surely it must be a hoax...?

Agatha Christie's whodunit starring June Whitfield as the deceptively mild sleuth, Miss Jane Marple.

From the book first published in 1950 and dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.

Miss Marple ...... June Whitfield
Inspector Craddock ...... Ian Lavender
Sir Henry Clithering ...... Graham Crowden
Letty Blacklock ...... Sarah Lawson
Dora Bunner ...... Judy Cornwell
Patrick Simmons ...... Jamie Glover
Miss Hinchliffe ...... Elizabeth Bell
Colonel Easterbrook ...... Jack Hedley
Laura Easterbrook ...... Joanna McCallum
Rev Julian Harmon ...... Ioan Meredith
Bunch Harmon ...... Molly Gaisford
Mitzi ...... Jenny Funnell
Miss Murgatroyd ...... Alice Arnold

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1999.


SAT 13:30 Miss Marple (b007jnjp)
A Murder Is Announced

Episode 2

The invitation to a murder was not a game. Who wants Letty Blacklock dead? What did Mitzi overhear in the summerhouse?

Agatha Christie's whodunit starring June Whitfield as the deceptively mild sleuth, Miss Jane Marple.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Miss Marple ...... June Whitfield
Inspector Craddock ...... Ian Lavender
Letty Blacklock ...... Sarah Lawson
Dora Bunner ...... Judy Cornwell
Mitzi ...... Jenny Funnell
Julia Simmons ...... Angela Sims
Phillipa Haymes ...... Sarah Rice

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1999.


SAT 14:00 Miss Marple (b007jnk6)
A Murder Is Announced

Episode 3

There is little doubt that the intended murder victim was Miss Blacklock. Will a second attempt be made on her life?

Agatha Christie's whodunit starring June Whitfield as the deceptively mild sleuth, Miss Jane Marple.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Miss Marple ...... June Whitfield
Inspector Craddock ...... Ian Lavender
Letty Blacklock ...... Sarah Lawson
Dora Bunner ...... Judy Cornwell
Bunch Harmon ...... Molly Gaisford
Patrick Simmons ...... Jamie Glover
Mitzi ...... Jenny Funnell
Julia Simmons ...... Angela Sims
Phillipa Haymes ...... Sarah Rice
Mrs Goedler ...... Tessa Worsley

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1999


SAT 14:30 Miss Marple (b007jnkp)
A Murder Is Announced

Episode 4

Everyone realises that the poison was meant for Miss Blacklock, not Dora Bunner. Suspicion falls on the members of the group.

Agatha Christie's whodunit starring June Whitfield as the deceptively mild sleuth, Miss Jane Marple.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Miss Marple ...... June Whitfield
Inspector Craddock ...... Ian Lavender
Letty Blacklock ...... Sarah Lawson
Bunch Harmon ...... Molly Gaisford
Patrick Simmons ...... Jamie Glover
Mitzi ...... Jenny Funnell
Julia Simmons ...... Angela Sims
Phillipa Haymes ...... Sarah Rice
Miss Murgatroyd ...... Alice Arnold
Miss Hinchliffe ...... Elizabeth Bell

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1999


SAT 15:00 Miss Marple (b007jnl4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 01:30 today]


SAT 15:30 A Good Read (b00qplyl)
India Knight and Richard Hawley

Columnist India Knight and musician Richard Hawley join Sue MacGregor to discuss favourite paperbacks. by Nora Ephron, John Steinbeck and Adeline Yen Mah.

India's choice: Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Publisher. Virago

Richard's choice: Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
Publisher. Penguin

Sue's choice: Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah
Publisher. Penguin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.


SAT 16:00 Stephen Lowe - Touched (b05qdv20)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 17:30 Great Lives (b04hvy0l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 18:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b0076nj3)
The Tertiary Phase

Fit The Fifteenth

Slartibartfast provides a rather startling Informational Illusion to give Arthur and Ford the history of the Krikkit Wars, an intergalactic conflict of billions of years ago, where a seemingly innocuous and pleasant race of hominids journeyed beyond the black and opaque dust cloud surrounding their solitary planet with its solitary star and were appalled to discover they were not alone in the universe but surrounded by many other planets teeming with life.

The Krikkitmen built lethal white robots wielding war clubs which were used to propel small red grenades over vast distances, to destroy everything in their path - in fact, to kill everything everywhere but their masters. Eventually defeated, the People of Krikkit (along with robots and family pets) are sentenced to have their solar system with its Dust Cloud sealed in a Slo-Time envelope, locked by The Wikkit Gate, upon an asteroid which orbits it.

When all of Creation has become extinct the gate will automatically open, allowing them to finish their existence in a dying universe, alone at last as they have so craved. Unfortunately eleven Krikkit Robots were unaccounted for at the time the punishment was carried out, and these unpleasant machines are now re-uniting the disparate elements of The Key to that Wikkit Gate. Having collected the Wooden Pillar (The Ashes, now reconstituted into a Cricket stump), The Steel Pillar (The Artificial Leg Marvin was fitted with by a kindly scrap collector), they now board the Heart of Gold to steal the Gold Bail (the driving force behind its legendary Improbability Drive).

Bad as this might be, worse is to come when the robots are caught in the act by Zaphod Beeblebrox, who discovers they are about to go to a Party, but not intending to take him with them. In fact they add injury to insult and shoot him instead. Attempting to reach the same party Arthur, Ford and Slartibartfast use the - surprisingly clean - toilet transportation cubicles of the Starship Bistromath. But something goes wrong and Arthur finds himself diverted to a labyrinth wherein dwells a creature who appears to nurse a very deep and ancient grudge against him..."

The Book …. William Franklyn
Arthur Dent …. Simon Jones
Ford Prefect …. Geoff McGivern
Marvin …. Stephen Moore
Trillian …. Susan Sheridan
Zaphod Beeblebrox …. Mark Wing-Davey
Slartibartfast …. Richard Griffiths
Robot Waiter …. Roger Gregg
Zem …. Andy Taylor
Judiciary Pag …. Rupert Degas
Wikkit Voice …. Dominic Hawksley
First Krikkit Man …. Philip Pope
Second Krikkit Man …. Michael Fenton Stevens
Henry Blofeld as Himself
Fred Trueman as Himself

Written by Douglas Adams
Music by Philip Pope and Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens
Adapted and Directed by Dirk Maggs
Producers: Helen Chattwell and Bruce Hyman

An Above the Title production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in October 2004.


SAT 18:30 The Man in Black (b00grv3d)
Series 1

The White Hare by Lucy Gough

When Izzie and Casper move to the country, they imagine an idyllic lifestyle. But the reality is very different. Izzie's nerves are already frayed, but with threats from a hostile farmer - she spots an ill-omen...

Lucy Gough's tale is introduced by Mark Gatiss as sinister raconteur, The Man in Black.

Casper ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
Izzie ...... Janice Acquah
Farmer ...... Stephen Critchlow
Café Owner ...... Manjeet Mann
Kaddy ...... Poppy Lee Friar

Horrifying series of tales from The Man in Black. You might meet him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk at an employment agency or he might approach you in the corridor of a care home.

Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on his stories. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you.

The Man In Black first appeared in the 1940s as the chilling voice who introduced a series of terrifying radio dramas. He returned on Radio 4 in the 1970s and then again in the late 80s/early 90s.

Director: Peter Leslie Wild

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2009.


SAT 19:00 Comedy Greats (b007jtlc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 22:00 The Boosh (b007jmf4)
Stolen

Zookeepers Howard Moon and Vince Noir try to catch an animal thief at Bob Fossil's Zoo - with the help of a deer costume.

Written by and starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt,

The Boosh is a surreal adventure based on their Perrier Award-winning comedy show, featuring Howard and Vince's battles with zoo manager Bob Fossil (Rich Fulcher).

Vince is a regular 'Mowgli in flares' due to his affinity with animals and adoration for all things Seventies, whereas Howard likes to think he's more the brains of the duo, destined for better things.

After BBC radio gave them their big break with this series, they transferred to BBC TV where The Mighty Boosh ran for three series.

Producer: Danny Wallace.

First broadcast on BBB Radio 4 in October 2001.


SAT 22:30 And Now in Colour (b007jqfb)
Series 2

The Great Outdoors

The sketch show team take their audience on an activity holiday.

Precision comedy written and performed by Tim Firth, Tim de Jongh, Michael Rutger and William Vandyck.

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1991.


SAT 23:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b00mg8mx)
Series 4

Episode 3

A horse makes his own packed lunch and there's advice on how to become the next Zorro.

Plus a boy's effectiveness as a wolf early-warning system is compromised, and an evangelist refuses to tell people about Jesus.

Sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

With Olivia Colman,Sarah Hadland and James Bachman.

Producer Gareth Edwards

Firs broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.


SAT 23:30 Earls of the Court (b00rfhpt)
The Ides of March

The night of Lloydie's much-publicised toga party is fast approaching. But can Johnno raise his game in time, and play the crucial role in the Ides of March sketch?

Comedy drama series by Will Adamsdale and Stewart Wright about two Australians down on their luck in London.

Lloydie ...... Stewart Wright
Johnno ...... Will Adamsdale
Woman 1 ...... Alison Pettitt
Woman 2 ...... Keely Beresford

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.


SAT 23:45 Foley and McColl: The Interview (b0076d8h)
Placebo

The duo tell Parky about their lean years. Stars Sean Foley, Hamish McColl and Michael Parkinson. From March 2003.



SUNDAY 10 MAY 2020

SUN 00:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b0076nj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 00:30 The Man in Black (b00grv3d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jnj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]


SUN 01:30 Miss Marple (b007jnjp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Saturday]


SUN 02:00 Miss Marple (b007jnk6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 Miss Marple (b007jnkp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:00 Miss Marple (b007jnl4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 01:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:30 A Good Read (b00qplyl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Stephen Lowe - Touched (b05qdv20)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 05:30 Great Lives (b04hvy0l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jnj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:30 Miss Marple (b007jnjp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Saturday]


SUN 07:00 Miss Marple (b007jnk6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]


SUN 07:30 Miss Marple (b007jnkp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]


SUN 08:00 Miss Marple (b007jnl4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 01:30 on Saturday]


SUN 08:30 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007jvz6)
Pearls Mean Tears

When Bertie Wooster's Aunt Agatha sparks uproar - can his valet save the day?

PG Wodehouse romp adapted by Chris Miller.

Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie, Joan Sanderson as Aunt Agatha, Pat Coombs as Aileen Hemingway, Miriam Margolyes as the Chamber Maid, Brian Oulton as Sidney Hemingway and Brian Haines as the Hotel Manager.

Producer: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1973.


SUN 09:00 Floggit's (b007jxmk)
From 24/08/1956

Chaos strikes village shopkeepers Gert and Daisy over a troublesome tree.

Stars Elsie and Doris Waters as Gert and Daisy.

With Joan Sims, Anthony Newley, Ronnie Barker, Hugh Paddick and Iris Vandaleur.

Originally popular regulars in 'Workers' Playtime' on the BBC Home Service during wartime, Gert and Daisy won their own series, Floggit's, where they've inherited a village general store in Russett Green. with a ragbag of local characters to deal with. It ran for 2 series between 1956 and 1957.

Scripted by Terry Nation, John Junkin and Dave Freeman.

Producer: Alastair Scott -Johnston

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1956.


SUN 09:30 Millport (b0076258)
Series 2

Story

Everyone's telling tales and making up stories - while Moira's acting oddly, no-one's listening to Bob, Agnes has discovered the medicinal benefits of alcohol - and for once Irene doesn't know what to do...

Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something island barmaid Irene Bruce who hankers after a better life on the mainland.

Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Robert/Doctor ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Bob/Minister ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie ...... Matt Costello

Music arranged by Olly Fox.

Producer: Lucy Bacon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b09rwg3y)
Medicine, Science & Engineering

Professor Dame Kay Davies

From Eric Clapton to Schubert. Scientist, Professor Dame Kay Davies shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young

Professor Kay Davies has dedicated much of her life to finding a cure for the severest form of muscular dystrophy. Before she was 40, she'd helped to develop the antenatal test which is now used around the world, then she isolated the gene sequence which could be instrumental in treating the condition.

It's quite something for a woman who doesn't have an O-level in biology. Although, even as a child she did possess that critical quality crucial to scientific pioneers: "I loved solving problems," she says, "I was very tenacious and would sit in my room until I had finished the problem. I am a sticker."

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009.


SUN 10:45 Multi Story Shorts (m0002rhp)
Home

As a teenager, Laura Rawlings couldn’t wait to spread her wings and experience bustling city life. But priorities have changed.

Join her on moving weekend - as the BBC Radio Bristol presenter makes an unexpected return to her rural roots.

Plus Multi Story presenter, Becca Bryers shares some thoughts on her own idea of "home".


SUN 11:00 Radiolab (b0b3g6cc)
Series 3

Saving Animals

Radiolab explores what it means to be special when it comes to saving a particular animal. With Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich.

Radiolab is a Peabody-award winning show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and the human experience.

First broadcast on public radio in the USA.


SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (b0bhfnq5)
Lindisfarne: Poetry in Progress

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive with 'Lindisfarne: Poetry in Progress'.

After four centuries - the Lindisfarne Gospel-book returned to the North-East of England in in 2013 - not as far as the island itself, but to Palace Green Library in Durham.

To mark the occasion, the Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts commissioned 12 poets to respond to the book and to the almost-island on which it was created.

Beaty Rubens followed the poets' progress - sharing crab sandwiches and beer on a coach-trip to the island back in the spring and hearing about their progress over the summer and early autumn as they each wrote and recorded their poems.

Finally, she hears from the digital artist who created two installations where the poems could be enjoyed by the public.

This is the story of their Poetry in Progress.

Producer: Beaty Rubens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.


SUN 12:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b06z5240)
Series 5

Episode 5

John Finnemore's fifth series of his multi-award-winning sketch show, joined as ever by Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan.

This week finds John making a heartfelt serving suggestion and Lawry trying to keep himself busy. And, well, since you ask him for a curious tale of murder...

John is the writer and star of Cabin Pressure and John Finnemore's Double Acts, regular guest on The Now Show and The Unbelievable Truth.

"One of the most consistently funny sketch shows for quite some time" - The Guardian
"The best sketch show in years, on television or radio" - The Radio Times
"The inventive sketch show ... continues to deliver the goods" - The Daily Mail
"Superior comedy" - The Observer

Written by and starring ... John Finnemore

Original music composed by ... Susannah Pearse
Original music performed by ... Jason Hazeley
Producer: Ed Morrish

A BBC Radio Comedy production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2016.


SUN 13:00 Comedy Greats (b007jtlc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]


SUN 16:00 Drama (b085hpjw)
David Spicer - Munchausen

Alistair McGowan stars as Baron Munchausen and all the other 43 characters in David Spicer's comic drama about truth, lies and credibility, bringing the exploits of the legendary Lord of Lies right up to date.

Characters from history and fiction collide in a drama featuring radio's largest cast of characters but smallest acting company of the year.

The original stories, The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, were the inventions of thief, swindler and satirist, Rudolph Raspe, and inspired by the notoriously tall stories of the real Baron Munchausen, a braggart soldier who spent most of his subsequent life attempting to sue Raspe. And well he might. Raspe's stories went viral and for the next two hundred years his name has become synonymous with outrageous lying - through books, television, film and even diseases.

Munchausen's previous exploits have included riding a cannonball, being swallowed by a whale and flying to the Moon. The Lord of Lies is now 231 years old, apparently alive and well and is arrested on a red carpet at the Cannes film festival.

That's what he claims. But is he really the Baron? Or is he some kind of spy, assassin or international terrorist? Could he perhaps be lying?

In a police interview room, the strange old man begins to tell the so-called story of his life to a tired, sceptical and overwrought detective. This is surely a masterclass in lying. But what if he is telling "the honest truth"? Because in this age of social networking, where increasingly the media is becoming the message and opinion passes as fact, who knows what the truth is?

These days, Munchausen finds the world far more credulous and open to bamboozlement.

Performed by Alistair McGowan
Written by David Spicer
Director: Frank Stirling

A Unique production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2016.


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (b0bhfnq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


SUN 17:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b06z5240)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 18:00 Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor (b007jq33)
Episode 1

Nicholas Dyer, an 18th-century architect, builds churches to the glory of God, but underpins them with his secret obsession with the old religion.

Nicholas Hawksmoor, a detective in contemporary London, investigates murders that mirror the sacrifices from 300 years before...

Peter Ackroyd's acclaimed 1985 novel dramatised in two parts by Nick Fisher.

Dyer/Hawksmoor ...... Philip Jackson
Sir Christopher Wren ...... Norman Rodway
Anne ...... Miranda Foster
Walter ...... Thomas Arnold
Mirabelis ...... Richard Johnson
Nat Eliot ...... Ben Crowe
Thomas Hill ...... Jordan Calvert
Ned ...... Andrew Wincott
Hill ...... Terence Edmond
Tom's Mum ...... Helen Ayres
Woman Tramp (Annie) ...... Richenda Carey
Boy 1 ...... Luke Smith
Boy 2 ...... Bradley Sowter
Teacher ...... Clare Corbett

Other parts played by the cast.

Recorded on location in London’s Spitalfields and Clerkenwell and at Soundhouse Studios.

Producer: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000.


SUN 19:00 Radiolab (b0b3g6cc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


SUN 20:00 Drama (b085hpjw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b09rwg3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:45 Multi Story Shorts (m0002rhp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b06z5240)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 22:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007jw00)
Series 1

Patrick Moore

Sheffield's aspiring singer-songwriter takes to the airwaves once more from his very own his front room!

Aided by his producer (and sole agent) Ken Worthington, and his hard-to-please wife Mary, the inimitable John Shuttleworth presents celebrity interviews, dodgy keyboard music, and even dodgier jingles.

Can special guest Sir Patrick Moore help John identify the red glow that appears outside the front bay window just before bedtime?

With Sean Cullen and Dylan Goodhew.

Written and performed by Graham Fellows.

Producers: Paul Schlesinger and Martin Willis.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.


SUN 23:00 Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed (b039cth4)
Series 2

Forgery

Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed finds himself immersed in the art world, when a forgery ring is discovered.

Series two of the critically acclaimed sitcom written and performed by Nick Mohammed. ("Delightfully bonkers!" The Guardian).

This time around Nick is tackling some major crimes - and assisting with some major public events.

He's also joined by special constables Colin Hoult and Anna Crilly, who aid and abet him in everything he does.

With special guests Margaret Cabourn-Smith, and Wil Andrews.

Producer: Tilusha Ghelani and Victoria Lloyd.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.


SUN 23:30 Edge Falls (b00djwdf)
Series 2

Episode 4

A new pet shop is set to open at Edge Falls retail park, but where are all the pets? Stars Frances Barber. From September 2008.



MONDAY 11 MAY 2020

MON 00:00 Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor (b007jq33)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 Comedy Greats (b007jtlc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]


MON 04:00 Drama (b085hpjw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (b0bhfnq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b06z5240)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday]


MON 06:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j124)
4. The Hitler Minutes

Secret Service agent Boyd returns to England to question Wever, an ex-German soldier who claims he helped load the 'Kaiseroda' treasure on to the train and into Hitler's mine. Is he telling the truth?

Len Deighton’s riveting thriller XPD stands for Expedient Demise.

Dramatised in 8-parts by Michael Bakewell.

Boyd Stuart ...... Trevor Nichols
Charles Stein ...... Bruce Boa
Max Breslow ...... Bernard Hepton
Reader ...... Colin Starkey
Kitty ...... Melinda Walker
Billy Stein ...... Ian Tyler
Mary Breslow ...... Helena Breck
Deputy Secretary ...... Garard Green
Case Officer ...... Alan Thompson
Section Head ...... Bernard Brown

Producer: Peter King

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1985


MON 06:30 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgw)
Series 2

The Perishing of the Pendragons

Mystery afloat as a Cornish family's curse starts to unravel. Who will come into his rightful inheritance - and will Father Brown be in time to avert a tragedy?

Stars Andrew Sachs as Father Brown.

GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.

Father Brown ...... Andrew Sachs
Flambeau ...... Olivier Pierre
The Admiral ...... Edward Kelsey
Sir Cecil Fanshaw ...... Brian Hewlett
Tregear ...... Keith Kraushaar
Tommy/Walter ...... James Goode

Dramatised by John Scotney

Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986


MON 07:00 Safety Catch (b0178ncg)
Series 2

Brothers in Arms

Darren Boyd is back as reluctant arms dealer Simon McGrath who is generally a nice chap - he just happens to work as an arms dealer, or 'Defence and security equipment system solutions broker' as he prefers to call it.

Whilst battling with his conscience he justifies to himself why five years on he's still in a job he just fell into - after all, what he really wants is to pursue is his career in electronic music. But until that takes off he'll stay where he is, and as his mother so eloquently puts it, "any job where you get your own desk and a hot dinner can't be all bad".

And so as we renew our acquaintance with Simon we find him, using his 'flair for original ideas' to go to extreme lengths to prove to everyone just how badly he feels about doing the job he does.

Series two of Laurence Howarth's black comedy of modern morality set in the world of arms dealing.

Simon McGrath..........................Darren Boyd
Anna Grieg...............................Joanna Page
Boris Kemal............................Lewis Macleod
Judith McGrath..........................Sarah Smart
Angela McGrath........................Brigit Forsyth
Madeleine Turnbull....................Rachel Atkins
Peter..........................................Gus Brown
Paramedic.....................................Philip Fox

Written by Laurence Howarth

Producer: Dawn Ellis.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009.


MON 07:30 47 Years Without A Clue: A Tribute to Tim Brooke-Taylor (m000hxzw)
A celebration of the late actor and comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor, best known to Radio 4 listeners as a founder member of the self-styled “antidote to panel games”, I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue. The programme features excerpts of his work as well as reminiscences from friends and colleagues. It’s written and introduced by Graeme Garden.

Producer...Jon Naismith
A BBC Studios Production.


MON 08:00 The Navy Lark (b008fj41)
Celebrating Their Important Anniversary

The crew discover HMS Troutbridge has been afloat for 25 years, so Pertwee plans some special commemorative gifts...

With Ronnie Barker as Commander Bell, Tenniel Evans as the Admiral and Michael Bates as the Padre.

Stars Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray.

Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series between 1959 and 1976.

The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips
The Chief Petty Officer ...... Jon Pertwee
The Number One ...... Stephen Murray
Captain Povey ...... Richard Caldicot
Mrs Povey ...... Heather Chasen
Commander Bell ...... Ronnie Barker
The Admiral ...... Tenniel Evans
The Padre ....... Michael Bates

Written by Lawrie Wyman.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1967.


MON 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jrdx)
Series 3

The Captain's Car

When a French general pays a visit to Walmington-on-Sea, there's a mighty motoring mix-up for the Home Guard platoon.

The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon.

Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.

Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Lady Maltby …. Betty Marsden
Colonel Masters …. Garrard Green
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1976.


MON 09:00 Whispers (b007k2sl)
Series 3

Episode 3

Gyles Brandreth chairs the scandals quiz with Anthony Holden, Lucy Moore, Dan Tetsell and John O'Farrell. From October 2005.


MON 09:30 London Calling (b05ndzw7)
In the Beginning

The man behind TV hits Dad's Army and Hi-De-Hi - Jimmy Perry's star-packed comedy about the early wireless days of the BBC.

Back in 1922, when a microphone jammed if a speaker talked too loudly, the letters of praise and complaint flooded in.

Then a new Director-General, John Brown, came to take over the British Broadcasting Company.

John Brown ...... Graham Crowden
Colonel Beecham ...... Jimmy Perry
Fred "Keep 'em Laughing" Hicks ...... Roy Hudd
Sergeant Lucas ...... Bill Pertwee
Roger Eccles ...... Jeffrey Holland
Miss Nightingale ...... Joanna Munro
Arthur ...... Toby Longworth
Admiral Carpenter ...... Peter Cellier
Jeffrey Stainton ...... Chris Luscombe
Bobby Bright ...... Leonard Kirby
Phyllis Godfrey ...... Amanda Bellamy
Rex Murray ...... Logan Murray

Music by Roy Moore.

Producer: Jo Clegg.

First broadcast nightly on BBC Radio 2 in September 1994.


MON 10:00 John Mortimer - Glasnost (b007jwds)
Whilst on an official visit to Moscow, novelist Anthea Denham begins to find the attentions of the young Russian guide and interpreter something more than just flattering.

But is he harbouring other motives?

Anna Massey stars in John Mortimer's drama.

Anthea Denham ...... Anna Massey
Vladimir Pinchevski ...... Boris Isarov
Brian Worsfold ...... Clive Merrison
Charles Hathaway ...... Philip Voss
Misha ...... Michael Poole
Galya Pinchevski ...... Anna Mazzotti
Secretary General ...... Gennady Pokrass
Waiter/BA Captain ...... Peter Craze

Producer: John Tydeman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988


MON 11:00 TED Radio Hour (m000j128)
Series 7

Amateur Hour

Guy Raz explores what it takes to survive, even thrive, when you're a complete amateur? And are their benefits to be had?

A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) stage.

Guy Raz explores ideas about prevention - what to do today, in order to prepare ourselves for tomorrow.

First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2015.


MON 12:00 The Navy Lark (b008fj41)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jrdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 13:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j124)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 13:30 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 14:00 Whispers (b007k2sl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 14:30 London Calling (b05ndzw7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 15:00 John Mortimer - Glasnost (b007jwds)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 16:00 TED Radio Hour (m000j128)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 17:00 Safety Catch (b0178ncg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:30 47 Years Without A Clue: A Tribute to Tim Brooke-Taylor (m000hxzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wt987)
All Hallows

On a hot summer's evening, a weary traveller is oppressed by the supernatural atmosphere inside a gigantic cathedral by the sea.

Read by Richard E Grant.

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was a popular award-wining poet, short story writer and novelist. He wrote for both children and adults.

Abridged by Doreen Estall.

Producer: Lawrence Jackson

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2010.


MON 18:30 A Good Read (b00qvm1h)
Kenneth Cranham and Adam Nicolson

Actor Kenneth Cranham and writer Adam Nicolson join Sue MacGregor to discuss their favourite paperbacks:

Sue MacGregor - The Moon's a Balloon by David Niven
Publ. Penguin

Adam Nicolson - Under Storm's Wing by Helen Thomas
Publ. Carcanet

Kenneth Cranham - Prick up Your Ears by John Lahr
Publ. Bloomsbury

Produced by Tim Dee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.


MON 19:00 The Navy Lark (b008fj41)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 Dad's Army (b007jrdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 20:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j124)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 20:30 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 21:00 TED Radio Hour (m000j128)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 22:00 47 Years Without A Clue: A Tribute to Tim Brooke-Taylor (m000hxzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 22:30 Peter Bradshaw - For One Horrible Moment (b0084ss4)
Episode 2

Memoirs of a boy in the 1970s. A girl causes excitement and self-loathing. Written and read by Peter Bradshaw. From 1999.


MON 22:45 Armando Iannucci - Facts And Fancies (b007jrlb)
A Life at the Opera

Tackling operas and some thoughts on ears. Producer, writer and performer Armando Iannucci presents his own humorous essays. From December 1997.


MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m000hwsq)
Series 102

Episode 4

Angela Barnes hosts series 102, leading a panel of regular News Quiz comics and journalists in rounding up the news stories of the week. Joining Angela this week is Helen Lewis, Andy Parsons, Kerry Godliman and Simon Evans.

Produced by Suzy Grant

A BBC Studios Audio Production


MON 23:30 Radio Active (b05t7gjf)
Series 6

A Thodding By-Election Special

Expect no bias as Radio Active's Chairman Norman Tonsil stands as an Independent Candidate in the Thodding By-Election.

Starring Helen Atkinson-Wood, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Philip Pope and Michael Fenton-Stevens.

Music by Philip Pope and Geoffrey Perkins.

Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins with John Canter.

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986.



TUESDAY 12 MAY 2020

TUE 00:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wt987)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b00qvm1h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j124)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Whispers (b007k2sl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 London Calling (b05ndzw7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 John Mortimer - Glasnost (b007jwds)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 TED Radio Hour (m000j128)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Safety Catch (b0178ncg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 05:30 47 Years Without A Clue: A Tribute to Tim Brooke-Taylor (m000hxzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 06:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j1yg)
5. Operation Siegfried

Len Deighton … Author
Michael Bakewell … Dramatist
Trevor Nichols … Boyd Stuart
David Garth … Sydney Ryden
Colin Starkey … Reader
Bernard Brown … Section Head
Melinda Walker … Kitty
Ian Tyler … Billy Stein
David Sinclair … MI5 Man
Bernard Hepton … Max Breslow
Bruce Boa … Charles Stein
Helena Breck … Mary Breslow
Garard Green … Deputy Secretary
Alan Thompson … Case Officer


TUE 06:30 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgy)
Series 2

The Arrow of Heaven

An American millionaire safe in his fortress, death threats, a murky past and a bolt from the blue. Father Brown, on his first visit to the United States, unravels the mystery and exposes thereby a mire of hypocrisy.

GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.

Stars Andrew Sachs as Father Brown, Ed Bishop as Barnard, Guy Gregory as Harris, Andrew Branch as Wendell and Sean Prendergast as Norman Drage.

Dramatised by John Scotney Directed in Bristol by Alec Reid.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986.


TUE 07:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b084xgvn)
Series 8

The Boy Who Ran Away From The Circus

On a Glasgow rooftop, a former Circus trapeze artist and a sad and misunderstood young man become connected by circumstance and a shared experience of life, as each tells his story.

TV sitcom star Scott Hoatson joins Stanley Baxter in another story written especially for him by award winning TV writer Michael Chaplin.

The play was recorded on Stanley’s 90th birthday earlier this year, marking 77 years of his work in broadcasting.

Cast:
Tam ..... Stanley Baxter
Robbie ... Scott Hoatson

Directed by Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2016.


TUE 07:30 My Teenage Diary (m000hvlp)
Series 9

Shazia Mirza

Rufus Hound returns for another series of honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries.

Guests this series are Woman's Hour host Dame Jenni Murray, former Goodie Bill Oddie, comedian Shazia Mirza, impressionist Jan Ravens, podcaster Olly Mann and writer Julie Myerson.

In this first episode of new series, Rufus talks to the comedian Shazia Mirza about her experiences growing up in a strict Muslim family in the UK. In her teenage diaries, the young Shazia Mirza describes arguing with her parents, getting a Saturday job in McDonalds, bumping into a Rick Astley lookalike in a pub and dreaming about becoming a grand slam tennis ace.

Producer: Harriet Jaine
A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007wvvh)
Series 6

Napoleon's Piano

Neddie Seagoon is conned into pinching the keyboard played at the Battle of Waterloo. Stars Spike Milligan. From October 1955.


TUE 08:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k0kz)
The Rich Brothers

The veteran of many parts recalls a slapstick act, and reveals all on showbiz cliches. Stars Peter Jones. From July 1986.


TUE 09:00 The News Quiz (m000hwsq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]


TUE 09:30 Such Rotten Luck (b0686zvc)
Series 2

Hunting, Shooting and Wishing

Woodhouse arrives at the Pomeroys' country house hoping to find a patron. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith. From December 1991.


TUE 10:00 Moll Flanders (b07jwj17)
Episode 1

By Daniel Defoe, adapted by Nick Perry.

Daniel Defoe, once more in need of ready money, finds inspiration for a new book when he meets Elizabeth Atkins in Newgate gaol. She tells him her stranger-than-fiction story; of how she was born in prison to a petty thief and of how she loved and bargained her way from rags to riches, from prostitution in the streets of London to prosperity on a Virginia plantation, and then lost it all again. Defoe interprets it all in his characteristic manner, blending fact with fiction, and re-inventing his interlocutor as the lusty and resourceful Moll Flanders.

Nick Perry … Dramatist
Jessica Hynes … Moll Flanders
Ben Miles … Daniel Defoe
Brian Protheroe … Mist
Elizabeth Bennett … Lady Cholmondley
Clare Perkins … Nurse
Alex Jarrett … Young Moll
Blake Ritson … Jemmy Cole
Sam Rix … Robin
Tom Forrister … John
Nick Underwood … Rob
Kirsty Oswald … Lucy
Sean Baker … Jailer

The Harpsichord was played by Peter Ringrose.

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.


TUE 11:00 Telling Tales (m00035pd)
Tim Key

This week’s episode takes a delightfully surreal turn, with the award-winning writer and comedian Tim Key.

Tim won the 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award with a show that combined poetry, stand-up and film, and drew praise for the beauty peeping through the silliness.

As well as appearing on stage and screen - most recently as Sidekick Simon, on Mid Morning Matters, alongside Alan Partridge - Tim has been a radio regular since 2006. He has starred in sketch shows, dramas and documentaries which have explored first lines in literature and Russian writers.

We’ll delve into the archives to enjoy highlights, including Tim's Late Night Poetry Programme. Since it first aired in 2012, and over four series, Tim has taken listeners on adventures from the studio, to the Shard, St Albans and space. All while sharing poems, quips, and the regular torment of Lord, a long-suffering musician played by Tom Basden.

We hear an episode from 2018, titled Cars, in which Tim picks up a hitchhiker whilst heading to a boutique hotel with Lord. It's a A BBC Cymru Wales Production, directed by James Robinson. Plus, we briefly explore Russian absurdist poetry, with a short clip from his 2016 documentary Tim Key Delves Into Danill Kharms And That's That.

Made for Radio 4 Extra by Ali Gardiner.

First broadcast in 2019.


TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007wvvh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k0kz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 13:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j1yg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 13:30 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 14:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008kty5)
Episode 2

Clive Anderson hosts the famed improvisation game with Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, John Sessions and Enn Reitel. From January 1988.


TUE 14:30 Such Rotten Luck (b0686zvc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 15:00 Moll Flanders (b07jwj17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 16:00 Telling Tales (m00035pd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 17:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b084xgvn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:30 My Teenage Diary (m000hvlp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wv6ln)
Seaton's Aunt

Two boys on holiday stay in the creaking house of an eccentric and sinister aunt, an experience that will mark them forever...

Read by Toby Jones.

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was a popular award-wining poet, short story writer and novelist. He wrote for both children and adults.

Abridged by Doreen Estall.

Producer: Lawrence Jackson

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2010.


TUE 18:30 Soul Music (b0075zyd)
Series 1

Beethoven's Ode to Joy

John Suchet, Hans Rhieburg and Susan Greenfield reflect on the impact of Beethoven's last symphony 'Ode to Joy'. From 2000.


TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007wvvh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k0kz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 20:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j1yg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 20:30 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 21:00 Telling Tales (m00035pd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 22:00 My Teenage Diary (m000hvlp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 22:30 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b045fzcm)
Series 3

Penny Pinching and Austerity

Stephen K Amos is joined by Suzi Ruffell, Tom Rhodes and Andy Zaltzman to present a guide to penny pinching and austerity.

Additional material by Stephen Grant and Hugh Sington. Produced by Colin Anderson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.


TUE 23:00 Nurse (b075szst)
Series 2

Episode 1

A bittersweet comedy drama about a community mental health nurse created by Paul Whitehouse and David Cummings.

Liz (Esther Coles), the community psychiatric nurse of the title makes her rounds to visit "service users" in their homes. Most of those patients are played by comedy chameleon Paul Whitehouse himself – with supporting roles for Rosie Cavaliero, Vilma Hollingbery and Cecilia Noble.

Paul Whitehouse brings us an obese bed-bound mummy's boy, an agoraphobic ex-con, a manic ex-glam rock star, ageing rake Herbert who hoards his house with possessions and memories, a Jewish chatterbox in unrequited love with his Jamaican neighbour, and a long-suffering carer and his Alzheimer's-afflicted mother.

There are new characters too in the guise of a self-proclaimed DJ and a Geordie struggling with his wife's job in the world's oldest profession.

We follow their humorous, sometimes sad and occasionally moving interactions with Liz, whose job is to assess their progress, dispense medication and offer support.

Nurse gives a sympathetic insight into the world of some of society's more marginalised people in a heartfelt and considered way.

Cast:
Paul Whitehouse
Esther Coles
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Rosie Cavaliero
Sue Elliott-Nichols
Charlie Higson
Vilma Hollingbery
Jason Maza
Cecilia Noble

Written by David Cummings and Paul Whitehouse, with additional material by Esther Coles.

A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 23:15 The In Crowd (b00fbc9x)
Series 2

Episode 1

Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store with Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. From March 2002.


TUE 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b01jldck)
Series 3

Episode 5

The hapless consultancy tackle a council's problem with a zoo. Stars Marcus Brigstocke and Robin Ince. From August 2004.



WEDNESDAY 13 MAY 2020

WED 00:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wv6ln)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:30 Soul Music (b0075zyd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j1yg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Father Brown Stories (b00f0sgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008kty5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 Such Rotten Luck (b0686zvc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 Moll Flanders (b07jwj17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 Telling Tales (m00035pd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b084xgvn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 05:30 My Teenage Diary (m000hvlp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 06:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j35p)
A Safe House for Moscow

Len Deighton … Author
Michael Bakewell … Dramatist
Trevor Nichols … Boyd Stuart
David Garth … Sydney Ryden
Bruce Boa … Charles Stein
Bernard Hepton … Max Breslow
Clifford Rose … Willi Kleiber
Colin Starkey … Reader
Bernard Brown … Prime Minister
Melinda Walker … Kitty
Garard Green … Secretary
Stuart Milligan … Kalkhoven
William Roberts … Seymour
Lou Hirsch … Wyn


WED 06:30 Father Brown Stories (b007jp3p)
Series 2

The Mistake of the Machine

A suspect is locked away, but has a prison governor got the right man? Can Father Brown discover the answer as he makes his way across America?

GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.

Stars Andrew Sachs as Father Brown, TP McKenna as O'Connor, Billy Boyle as McGurk and Don Fellows as Usher.

Dramatised by John Scotney

Directed in Bristol by Alec Reid.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986.


WED 07:00 Tomorrow, Today! (b0178s5n)
Series 2

Prey of the Bog Monster

Comedy series by Christopher William Hill, set in 1962. A BBC producer struggles to make a radio soap set in the unimaginably futuristic world of 2008.

Prey of the Bog Monster: The show avoids censorship by becoming an outside broadcast.

Nigel Lavery ...... Peter Bowles
Sylvia Hann ...... Cheryl Campbell
Godfrey Winnard ..... John Fortune
Sir Angus McNairn ...... Gary Waldhorn
Hugo Kellerman ...... Joseph Kloska
Douglas Bennings ...... Jon Glover
Keith Wood ...... Sam Pamphilon
Veronica Walters ...... Johannah Tincey
Henderson ...... Ben Crowe.

Produced by Liz Webb

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.


WED 07:30 Quanderhorn (m000htxd)
Quanderhorn 2

2. Shoveleth in More Hazelnuts!

Professor Quanderhorn (James Fleet) and his rag-tag crew – test pilot Brian Nylon (Ryan Sampson), clockwork-emotioned Dr Gemini Janussen (Cassie Layton), caddish Martian hostage Guuuurk (Kevin Eldon) and Quanderhorn’s part-insectoid son Troy (Freddie Fox), along with factotum Jenkins (John Sessions) – have been scattered through time.

Reunited in Roman Britain, Brian, Guuuurk and Troy are trying to make their way to the rendezvous point in Londinium, when they find themselves arrested and condemned to death for crimes against Interior Decoration.

Can they escape with the help of Brian’s enormous mahogany phallus (don’t ask)?

Or will it require some slightly more subtle intervention from Dr Janussen?

Starring
James Fleet as Professor Quanderhorn
Ryan Sampson as Brian Nylon
Cassie Layton as Dr Gemini Janussen
Freddie Fox as Troy Quanderhorn
Kevin Eldon as Guuuurk
John Sessions as Sergeant 'Jenkins' Jenkins and Churchill
Rachel Atkins as Delores

Created and Written by Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall
Directed by Andrew Marshall

Studio Engineer and Editor: Alisdair McGregor
Production Manager: Sarah Tombling
Special Thanks to Edward Rowett
Recorded at The Soundhouse Studios
Produced by Rob Grant and Gordon Kennedy

An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007v1p4)
Series 4

Agricultural 'Ancock

The lad turns farmer - unaware that sneaky Sid's sold him a top cricket ground.

Starring Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.

Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1957.


WED 08:30 After Henry (b007jnsf)
Series 2

The Married Man

Clare's latest love affair proves difficult to keep secret from granny Eleanor.

Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.

Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, Benjamin Whitrow as Russell and Gerry Cowper as Clare.

Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1986.


WED 09:00 Counterpoint (b00jrnw6)
Series 23

2009 Heat 7

Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.

The questions cover every aspect of music - from the classical repertoire to world music, show tunes, film scores, jazz, rock and pop.

Three contestants battle it out:

David Dean from London
Gillian Hensley-Gray from Croydon
Peter Whitehead from Bromley, Kent

Producer: Paul Bajoria

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.


WED 09:30 The Change (b0076p6t)
Series 3

Episode 4

With George's big birthday looming, he gets two surprises - one from his wife and the other from his mother.

Starring Lynda Bellingham as Carol, Philip Jackson as George, Maureen Beattie as Maureen, Marcia Warren as Violet, Emma Kennedy as Sonia and James Vaughan as Ken.

Series 3 of the sitcom about a married couple's attempts to smooth over their singularly troubled midlife funk - Carol is hormonal and 15-stone George is a transvestite. Onlookers can't quite agree on the nature of their dynamic.

Written by Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.

Producer: Elizabeth Freestone

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.


WED 10:00 Moll Flanders (b07kl7m5)
Episode 2

By Daniel Defoe, adapted by Nick Perry.

After meeting Elizabeth Atkins in Newgate gaol, Daniel Defoe has begun to turn her stranger-than-fiction life story into the narrative of Moll Flanders. He's convinced it will make a best seller and so placate his many creditors. But he has only managed to pen half a manuscript when Elizabeth is arrested and sent back to Newgate, charged with numerous capital offences. Defoe tracks her down so that she can conclude her story, but can she be saved from a certain fate at the Old Bailey? Will Defoe find a happy ending for his Moll Flanders?

Dramatist Nick Perry plays fast and loose with this 18th century classic, melding fiction and reality in a manner inspired by Daniel Defoe.

Nick Perry … Dramatist
Jessica Hynes … Moll Flanders
Ben Miles … Daniel Defoe
Alison Steadman … Mother Midnight
Blake Ritson … Jemmy Cole
Sean Baker … Jailer
Nick Underwood … Rob
Elizabeth Bennett … Mother
Jason Barnett … Merchant
Clare Perkins … Landlady
Alex Jarrett … Child
Brian Protheroe … Mr Mist
Kirsty Oswald … Lucy
James Lailey … Mercer
Tom Forrister … Colin
Sam Rix … Apprentice

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko.


WED 11:00 The Lives of Harry Towers (m000j35t)
1. Overcoats and Acid Baths

Best remembered today as the notorious producer of over a hundred cheaply made exploitation movies, Harry Alan Towers began his long career in radio, a medium in which he created dozens of high quality classic shows including, most famously, ‘The Lives of Harry Lime’, starring Orson Welles.

From his first successful attempts to get his programmes on air in the late 1930s, via some unwanted attention from American law-enforcement authorities, through to his star-studded productions of the ‘50s, ‘The Lives of Harry Towers’ is the story of that pioneering and globe-trotter’s radio career.

Featured full-length programmes:

‘Theatre Royal: The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol’ starring Sir Michael Redgrave.
‘Secrets of Scotland Yard: The Acid Bath Murder’

Presenter: Adam Roche
Producer: Dominic Delargy

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and fist broadcast in January 2019.


WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007v1p4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 12:30 After Henry (b007jnsf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 13:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j35p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 13:30 Father Brown Stories (b007jp3p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 14:00 Counterpoint (b00jrnw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 14:30 The Change (b0076p6t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 15:00 Moll Flanders (b07kl7m5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


WED 16:00 The Lives of Harry Towers (m000j35t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


WED 17:00 Tomorrow, Today! (b0178s5n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 17:30 Quanderhorn (m000htxd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 18:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wvd6t)
Crewe

In the chilly waiting-room of a railway station, an old man relates a disturbing history of a haunting in a job he formerly held...

Read by Kenneth Cranham.

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was a popular award-wining poet, short story writer and novelist. He wrote for both children and adults.

Abridged by Doreen Estall.

Producer: Lawrence Jackson

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2010.


WED 18:30 Short Cuts (b06np61j)
Series 8

Inheritance

From the sounds of the womb to fading memories - Josie Long hears stories of what we inherit from past generations.

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

The items feature in the programme are:

George Bernard Shaw

A Conversation
Feat. Walter Murch
Produced by Niccolò Castelli
https://vimeo.com/136595444

The Waves
Feat. Sian Phillips
Interview recorded for the Empathy Museum
http://www.empathymuseum.com/

Every Heart has a Limited Number of Heartbeats
Produced by Martin Johnson and Ann Heppermann
Originally featured in the Serendipity Podcast
http://thesarahawards.com/subscribe/


WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007v1p4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 19:30 After Henry (b007jnsf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 20:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j35p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 20:30 Father Brown Stories (b007jp3p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 21:00 The Lives of Harry Towers (m000j35t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


WED 22:00 Quanderhorn (m000htxd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 22:30 What's Funny About ... (m000j35w)
The Vicar of Dibley

TV veterans Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to the writers, producers, and performers behind Britain’s biggest TV comedy hits, and hear the inside story of how they brought their programmes to the screen.

In this episode, Peter and Jon talk to Dawn French and Richard Curtis about their much-loved sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. They discuss how to make a fundamentally nice character funny, Richard’s curious appetite for writing quite so many weddings, and Dawn’s strangest ever Vicar of Dibley gig.

With Peter and Jon as our guides, we’ll take the opportunity to ask quite how they went about making a great bit of TV comedy? Who came up with it? How did it get written? We’ll talk about the commissioning, the casting, and the reception the show received when it first aired.

Producer: Owen Braben

Newly made by Expectation Entertainment for BBC Radio 4 Extra.


WED 23:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b0101g5j)
Series 3

Episode 1

Arthur Smith presents music and comedy from his home in Balham, South London. There's music in the kitchen, comedy in the front room and poetry on the landing. This week, finding a decent sized performance space amongst the accumulated debris that is Arthur's life are Katie Melua, Roisin Conaty, Alun Cochrane and Nick Helm

Producer; Alison Vernon-Smith.



THURSDAY 14 MAY 2020

THU 00:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wvd6t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]


THU 00:30 Short Cuts (b06np61j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]


THU 01:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j35p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]


THU 01:30 Father Brown Stories (b007jp3p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]


THU 02:00 Counterpoint (b00jrnw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]


THU 02:30 The Change (b0076p6t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]


THU 03:00 Moll Flanders (b07kl7m5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:00 The Lives of Harry Towers (m000j35t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]


THU 05:00 Tomorrow, Today! (b0178s5n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]


THU 05:30 Quanderhorn (m000htxd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]


THU 06:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j2hk)
The Geneva Raid

Len Deighton … Author
Michael Bakewell … Dramatist
Trevor Nichols … Boyd Stuart
David Garth … Sydney Ryden
Bruce Boa … Charles Stein
Bernard Hepton … Max Breslow
Clifford Rose … Willi Kleiber
Colin Starkey … Reader
Barry Morse … Colonel Pitman
Mary Wimbush … Madame Maurig
Stuart Milligan … Kalkhoven
Lou Hirsch … Wyn
Garard Green … Koch


THU 06:30 Father Brown Stories (b007jp44)
Series 2

The Curse of the Golden Cross

What do an itinerant gambler, an English lady, a steward, a vicar and a professor have in common? And who has the right to it? Father Brown finds the answer.

GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.

Stars Andrew Sachs as Father Brown, Tim Reynolds as Professor Smaill, Peter Marinker as Mr Tarrant and Natasha Pyne as Lady Diana Wales.

Dramatised by John Scotney

Directed in Bristol by Alec Reid.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986.


THU 07:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00ss2cq)
Series 1

Episode 2

Sheila Hancock heads a stunning cast including Mackenzie Crook, Penelope Wilton, Felicity Montagu and Kevin Eldon. This is a clever, funny and touching series about a small town in the middle of Northamptonshire as it prepares for a talent night. It is written by and also stars Katherine Jakeways.

Rehearsals for the town talent night are well underway, with some of the worst acts ever seen on stage.

Recently divorced Jan has a surprise visit from neighbour and ex-teacher Mary and finds they have more than an untidy hedge in common.

Jan's ex, Frank, thinks his new love Angela may be eating too many peanuts.

Esther knocks Jan to the floor in her self-defence class but wait - could this be Jonathan coming to Jan's rescue?

And meanwhile supermarket manager Rod (Mackenzie Crook) gets trapped in an upturned shopping trolley.

Written by Katherine Jakeways.
Produced by Claire Jones.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.


THU 07:30 Ankle Tag (m00010z6)
Series 2

The Nappy Advert

The family need to increase their income, so Big Bob gets a job.

Bob – Steve Speirs
Gruff – Elis James
Alice – Katy Wix
Lauren – Ruth Bratt
Receptionist – Adelayo Adedayo
Canteen Guy – Naz Osmanoglu
Nappy Advert v/o - Anna Leong Brophy

Written by Benjamin Partridge & Gareth Gwynn
Produced by Victoria Lloyd
A BBC Studios Production


THU 08:00 Round the Horne (b00nth15)
Series 4

Episode 1

Kenneth Horne is a doctor who talks to animals, tune into wonderful Radio Balls Pond Road and Julian and Sandy troll west to The Lazy Bona Ranch.

With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden.

Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London. Announcer: Douglas Smith

Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, catchphrases and double-entendres.

For series 4, Marty Feldman was replaced by Brian Cooke & Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Webster

Music by the Max Harris Group.

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in February 1968.


THU 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00tp8gx)
Series 4

Episode 12

Meet the Aristocracy of Britain - and take a driving test with a difference...

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 Eric Idle, Graeme Garden, David Hatch and Bill Oddie.

Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.

Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie.

Producer: Humphrey Barclay

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1966.


THU 09:00 It's Your Round (b019rgtc)
Series 2

Episode 5

Angus Deayton hosts the show which is totally different every time, as it's the panellists themselves that devise the format. Each of the contestants has brought their own round for the other panellists to play. But will they be beaten at their own games?

The rounds featured this episode are:

Lucy Porter's "Who's the Daddy?" in which the other three, childless, male panellists must complete the quote from a 70's parenting bible.

Tom Wrigglesworth's "Dodo's Den" in which each contestant must pitch their idea for a new invention that they think will make them their millions. Examples include the "Herring Aid" and the intriguingly titled "Bam".

Robert Popper's brilliant parlour game, "ORAG" aka "The Opposite Rhyming Animal Game", which is pretty much, er, self-explanatory...

And Lloyd Langford devises a quiz based on Welsh talisman and eccentric, Dr William Price, in his round "The Price Is Right".

Producer: Sam Michell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.


THU 09:30 Millport (b0076287)
Series 2

Growth

Bunty's nowhere to be found when an EU official arrives to inspect her vegetables.

Meanwhile the rest of Millport is bitten by the fitness bug, but the lack of any sports facilities poses a few logistical problems...

Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something island barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.

Stars Lynn Ferguson as Irene, Janet Brown as Moira/Agnes, Lewis McLeod as Alberto/Robert/Inspector, Gabriel Quigley as Ena/Bunty, Robert Patterson as Bob/Minister and Matt Costello as Dougie.

Music arranged by Olly Fox.

Producer: Lucy Bacon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.


THU 10:00 Virginia Woolf - Night and Day (b0076fvb)
Episode 1

Virginia Woolf … Author
Lavinia Greenlaw … Dramatist
Kristen Scott Thomas … Narrator
John Mackay … William Rodney
June Barrie … Aunt Millicent
Jacqueline Tong … Mrs Seal
Paul Nicholson … Mr Clacton
Jonathan Nibbs … Mr Hilbery
Phyllida Nash … Mrs Hilbery
Susannah Corbett … Mary Datchet
Jamie Glover … Ralph Denham
Dervla Kirwan … Katherine Hilbery
Mark Meadows … Henry Otway


THU 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b09rwg3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


THU 11:45 Multi Story Shorts (m0002rhp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


THU 12:00 Round the Horne (b00nth15)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00tp8gx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 13:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j2hk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


THU 13:30 Father Brown Stories (b007jp44)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


THU 14:00 It's Your Round (b019rgtc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


THU 14:30 Millport (b0076287)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


THU 15:00 Virginia Woolf - Night and Day (b0076fvb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


THU 16:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b09rwg3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


THU 16:45 Multi Story Shorts (m0002rhp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


THU 17:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00ss2cq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


THU 17:30 Ankle Tag (m00010z6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


THU 18:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00ww8sr)
A Recluse

One hot evening in the English countryside, a traveller is forced to stay the night at the remote house of a sinister gentleman...

Read by Anthony Head.

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was a popular award-wining poet, short story writer and novelist. He wrote for both children and adults.

Abridged by Doreen Estall.

Producer: Lawrence Jackson

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2010.


THU 18:30 Great Lives (b04jk3qm)
Series 34

Professor Edith Hall on Lucille Ball

Matthew Parris discovers that Edith Hall, Professor of Classics at King’s College, London, has a surprising nomination for a Great Life – that of Lucille Ball, the vivacious redhead who in the 1950s and 1960s was one of the best-known and best-loved actresses on television, both in the United States and here.

What makes a professor of Greek and Roman writing such a great fan of a zany American actress? What was Lucy like behind the television persona? Matthew finds out in the company of Carole Cook, Lucy’s long-time friend and protégée.

Producer Christine Hall

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.


THU 19:00 Round the Horne (b00nth15)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00tp8gx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 20:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j2hk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


THU 20:30 Father Brown Stories (b007jp44)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


THU 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b09rwg3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


THU 21:45 Multi Story Shorts (m0002rhp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


THU 22:00 Ankle Tag (m00010z6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


THU 22:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jpvx)
Series 2

The Quest for the Other Rabbit's Foot

Myths and mucking out at the court of King Arthur. Improvised family saga with Paul Merton and Josie Lawrence. From June 1994.


THU 23:00 The Skivers (b0080rd1)
Series 2

Spike Milligan

In the final recording at the famous BBC Paris Studios, Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh welcome Spike Milligan. From March 1995.


THU 23:30 Concrete Cow (b0076jns)
Series 1

Episode 2

Temping at NASA and planning permission for the Death Star. Sketch show with Robert Webb and Olivia Colman. From August 2002.



FRIDAY 15 MAY 2020

FRI 00:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00ww8sr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]


FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b04jk3qm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]


FRI 01:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j2hk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]


FRI 01:30 Father Brown Stories (b007jp44)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]


FRI 02:00 It's Your Round (b019rgtc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]


FRI 02:30 Millport (b0076287)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]


FRI 03:00 Virginia Woolf - Night and Day (b0076fvb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b09rwg3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


FRI 04:45 Multi Story Shorts (m0002rhp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


FRI 05:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00ss2cq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]


FRI 05:30 Ankle Tag (m00010z6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]


FRI 06:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j3k1)
Expedient Demise

Len Deighton … Author
Michael Bakewell … Dramatist
Trevor Nichols … Boyd Stuart
David Garth … Sydney Ryden
Bruce Boa … Charles Stein
Bernard Hepton … Max Breslow
Clifford Rose … Willi Kleiber
Colin Starkey … Reader
Jenny Funnell … Jennifer
Ian Tyler … Billy Stein
George Coulouris … Shumuk
Stuart Milligan … Kalkhoven
Helena Breck … Mary Breslow
Alan Thompson … Case Officer
Garard Green … Koch


FRI 06:30 Father Brown Stories (b0081lvr)
Series 2

Actor and Alibi

A theatrical murder amid much back-stabbing is announced in the Chop-House. Father Brown finds himself in the midst of a School for Scandal.

GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.

Stars Andrew Sachs as Father Brown, Peter Jeffrey as Mundon Mandeville, Sheila Gram as Mrs Mandeville and Bill Wallis as Inspector Bagshaw.

Dramatised by John Scotney

Directed in Bristol by Alec Reid.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986.


FRI 07:00 Electric Ink (b01kkqc9)
Series 2

Episode 6

by Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson.

A comic satire set in the struggling world of newspapers. The paper is on the verge of being sold to a Russian gangster.

Maddox ..... John Sessions
Oliver ..... Alex Jennings
Freddy ..... Stephen Wight
Carol ..... Polly Frame
Masha ..... Debbie Chazen
Andrei Zinoviev ..... Ewan Bailey
Steward ..... Adeel Akhtar
Producer ..... Sally Avens

Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson's satire is set in the world of modern newspapers.

A group of dysfunctional journalists attempt to cover major news stories at the same time as grappling with the demands of working in a multi-platform environment, watching circulation figures plummet and the recession causing half the workforce to be laid off.

At the heart of the comedy is the relationship between Maddox Bradley, a journalist who mourns the day of proper investigative journalism, and Freddy, the online editor who will regurgitate a press release quite happily and call it a story. But they have a grudging respect for the each other as Freddy helps Maddox stay afloat in the world of Twitter, Facebook and podcasting and Maddox shows Freddy how to sniff out the real story. Both are at the mercy of Oliver, the pragmatic Editor more concerned with keeping his job, and Carol, the news editor who believes that circulation will increase if they run pieces on Big Mac eating orang-utans and 'intelligent' skunks rather than Maddox's moral crusading diatribes. And only Masha, the Russian head of online communities, who wants to give away all their content because that is true democracy, knows Freddy's secret; that he's a posh boy from Eton rather than a hypercool kid from the street; well that's what Freddy thinks anyway.


FRI 07:30 Just a Minute (b07bbd50)
Series 75

Episode 1

Nicholas Parsons and guests return for the 75th series of the panel show where participants must try to speak for 60 seconds without hesitation, deviation or repetition. No repetition? That's no small order after nearly 50 years.

Paul Merton, now the second most prolific player of the game after Kenneth Williams, will be joined by guests including series regulars Josie Lawrence, Sheila Hancock, Marcus Brigstocke and Gyles Brandreth. Comedian Alexei Sayle, and Broadcaster of the Year John Finnemore make their first appearances.

Episode one features Paul Merton, John Finnemore, Gyles Brandreth and Sheila Hancock talking about such diverse topics as Halley's Comet, Carbon Dating and Answering the Telephone.

Hayley Sterling blows the whistle.
Produced by Victoria Lloyd.


FRI 08:00 Something to Shout About (m000j3k3)
Series 3

Episode 8

Adrian’s colleagues must cover for him, when DIY calamities at home force his absence from the agency.

"A light-hearted exposé of the advertising world!". Set in a London ad agency called 'Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, Blythe, Giddy & Partners'.

Michael Lightfoot …. Michael Medwin
Janet Harris …. Fenella Fielding
Maggie Tufnell …. Eleanor Summerfield
Mavis Willis …Joan Sims
Adrian Beales …. Nicholas Phipps
Mr Blythe/Various …. Warren Mitchell

Series three written by Myles Rudge with Ronnie Wolfe.

Producer: John Simmonds.

First heard on the Light Programme in November 1961.


FRI 08:30 Never Too Late (b011d6rc)
Mildred and the Man

Man-mad Mildred's passions are aroused by the return of an old flame.

A surviving episode from the BBC archive of Terry Gregson's sitcom a group of highly active pensioners starring Thora Hird.

Hilda Spriggett …. Thora Hird
Tommy Preston …. Joe Gladwyn
Emily Holroyd …. Megs Jenkins
Mildred Emmett …. Avis Bunnage
Albert Pickles …. Kenneth Connor

Producer: Edward Taylor.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981.


FRI 09:00 The 3rd Degree (m0007k6j)
Series 9

St Catharine’s College, Cambridge

A funny and dynamic quiz show hosted by Steve Punt - this week from St Catharine's College, Cambridge, with specialist subjects including Geography, French and Veterinary Medicine and questions ranging from French gender to horse teeth via James Bond and Dick Dastardly.

The programme is recorded on location at a different University each week, and it pits three Undergraduates against three of their Professors in an original and fresh take on an academic quiz.

The rounds vary between Specialist Subjects and General Knowledge, quickfire bell-and-buzzer rounds and the Highbrow and Lowbrow round cunningly devised to test not only the students' knowledge of current affairs, history, languages and science, but also their Professors' awareness of television, sport, and quite possibly Ed Sheeran. In addition, the Head-to-Head rounds see students take on their Professors in their own subjects, offering plenty of scope for mild embarrassment on both sides.

Other Universities featured in this series include Royal Holloway University of London, Aberdeen, Plymouth, Brighton and Oxford Brookes.

Produced by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2019.


FRI 09:30 1835 (b012mbjv)
Down at the Old Bull and Bush

Aristocrat Belport tries escapology to woo a music hall singer, but servant Ned is smitten too. Stars Paul Rider. From July 2004.


FRI 10:00 Virginia Woolf - Night and Day (b0076fym)
Episode 2

Virginia Woolf … Author
Lavinia Greenlaw … Dramatist
Kristen Scott Thomas … Narrator
Jamie Glover … Ralph Denham
John Mackay … William Rodney
Dervla Kirwan … Katherine Hilbery
Susannah Corbett … Mary Datchet
Jacqueline Tong … Mrs Seal
June Barrie … Aunt Millicent
Phyllida Nash … Mrs Hilbery
Rebecca Smart … Cassandra Otway


FRI 11:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m000j3k5)
Presenters recommend their favourite podcasts and speak to the people who make them.


FRI 12:00 Something to Shout About (m000j3k3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 12:30 Never Too Late (b011d6rc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 13:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j3k1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


FRI 13:30 Father Brown Stories (b0081lvr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


FRI 14:00 The 3rd Degree (m0007k6j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


FRI 14:30 1835 (b012mbjv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


FRI 15:00 Virginia Woolf - Night and Day (b0076fym)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


FRI 16:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m000j3k5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


FRI 17:00 Electric Ink (b01kkqc9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


FRI 17:30 Just a Minute (b07bbd50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


FRI 18:00 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wwd8m)
The Almond Tree

A man looks back on the complex relationship between his parents and a female friend of his father's. It's one that will influence the rest of his life...

Read by Julian Wadham.

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was a popular award-wining poet, short story writer and novelist. He wrote for both children and adults.

Abridged by Doreen Estall.

Producer: Lawrence Jackson

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2010.


FRI 18:30 Off the Page (b0076wzf)
Crime Sells

Victoria Coren discusses the morality of crime writing with Will Self, Martin Short and Maxim Jakubowski. From February 2006.


FRI 19:00 Something to Shout About (m000j3k3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 19:30 Never Too Late (b011d6rc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 20:00 Len Deighton - XPD (m000j3k1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


FRI 20:30 Father Brown Stories (b0081lvr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


FRI 21:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m000j3k5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


FRI 22:00 Just a Minute (b07bbd50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


FRI 22:30 Paperback Hell (m000j3k7)
Series 2

Episode 3

Another chapter from a novel you think you've read before...

The Napoleonic wars invade the airwaves as suspiciously fictional author Alexander Cromwell reads from his military adventure, Thrust's Eagle.

Starring Michael Fenton Stevens, Rebecca Front, Mel Hudson, Alex Lowe and Dan Tetsell,

Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.

Producer: Lucy Armitage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.


FRI 22:45 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b007jmzw)
Series 1

Normal Death

The cartoonist sells his soul to the devil in the hope of securing eternal life. Stars Paul McCrink. From August 2001.


FRI 23:00 Inside Alan Francis (b00hr4mz)
Episode 2

Comedy series in which comedian Alan Francis explores the workings of his own mind in relation to his life, friends and long-suffering girlfriend Jane.

Alan has come to the conclusion that he needs to talk to Jane about their relationship.

With Julian Dutton, Barnaby Power, Kali Peacock.


FRI 23:30 Dave Podmore (b007qcsw)
Dave Podmore's Cricket Fix

Episode 2

The star cricketer injures Felicity Kendall in a charity celebrity cricket match. Stars Chris Douglas. From May 2001.




LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)

1835 02:30 SAT (b012gpr4)

1835 09:30 FRI (b012mbjv)

1835 14:30 FRI (b012mbjv)

47 Years Without A Clue: A Tribute to Tim Brooke-Taylor 07:30 MON (m000hxzw)

47 Years Without A Clue: A Tribute to Tim Brooke-Taylor 17:30 MON (m000hxzw)

47 Years Without A Clue: A Tribute to Tim Brooke-Taylor 22:00 MON (m000hxzw)

47 Years Without A Clue: A Tribute to Tim Brooke-Taylor 05:30 TUE (m000hxzw)

A Good Read 15:30 SAT (b00qplyl)

A Good Read 03:30 SUN (b00qplyl)

A Good Read 18:30 MON (b00qvm1h)

A Good Read 00:30 TUE (b00qvm1h)

After Henry 08:30 WED (b007jnsf)

After Henry 12:30 WED (b007jnsf)

After Henry 19:30 WED (b007jnsf)

And Now in Colour 22:30 SAT (b007jqfb)

Ankle Tag 07:30 THU (m00010z6)

Ankle Tag 17:30 THU (m00010z6)

Ankle Tag 22:00 THU (m00010z6)

Ankle Tag 05:30 FRI (m00010z6)

Armando Iannucci - Facts And Fancies 22:45 MON (b007jrlb)

Arthur Smith's Balham Bash 23:30 WED (b0101g5j)

Comedy Greats 09:00 SAT (b007jtlc)

Comedy Greats 19:00 SAT (b007jtlc)

Comedy Greats 13:00 SUN (b007jtlc)

Comedy Greats 01:00 MON (b007jtlc)

Concrete Cow 23:30 THU (b0076jns)

Counterpoint 08:00 SAT (b00jm2np)

Counterpoint 09:00 WED (b00jrnw6)

Counterpoint 14:00 WED (b00jrnw6)

Counterpoint 02:00 THU (b00jrnw6)

Dad's Army 08:30 MON (b007jrdx)

Dad's Army 12:30 MON (b007jrdx)

Dad's Army 19:30 MON (b007jrdx)

Dave Podmore 23:30 FRI (b007qcsw)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 10:00 SUN (b09rwg3y)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 21:00 SUN (b09rwg3y)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 11:00 THU (b09rwg3y)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 16:00 THU (b09rwg3y)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 21:00 THU (b09rwg3y)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 04:00 FRI (b09rwg3y)

Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed 23:00 SUN (b039cth4)

Drama 16:00 SUN (b085hpjw)

Drama 20:00 SUN (b085hpjw)

Drama 04:00 MON (b085hpjw)

Earls of the Court 23:30 SAT (b00rfhpt)

Edge Falls 23:30 SUN (b00djwdf)

Edith Wharton - The Age of Innocence 03:00 SAT (b008ncs3)

Electric Ink 05:00 SAT (b01k9wdn)

Electric Ink 07:00 FRI (b01kkqc9)

Electric Ink 17:00 FRI (b01kkqc9)

Father Brown Stories 06:30 MON (b00f0sgw)

Father Brown Stories 13:30 MON (b00f0sgw)

Father Brown Stories 20:30 MON (b00f0sgw)

Father Brown Stories 01:30 TUE (b00f0sgw)

Father Brown Stories 06:30 TUE (b00f0sgy)

Father Brown Stories 13:30 TUE (b00f0sgy)

Father Brown Stories 20:30 TUE (b00f0sgy)

Father Brown Stories 01:30 WED (b00f0sgy)

Father Brown Stories 06:30 WED (b007jp3p)

Father Brown Stories 13:30 WED (b007jp3p)

Father Brown Stories 20:30 WED (b007jp3p)

Father Brown Stories 01:30 THU (b007jp3p)

Father Brown Stories 06:30 THU (b007jp44)

Father Brown Stories 13:30 THU (b007jp44)

Father Brown Stories 20:30 THU (b007jp44)

Father Brown Stories 01:30 FRI (b007jp44)

Father Brown Stories 06:30 FRI (b0081lvr)

Father Brown Stories 13:30 FRI (b0081lvr)

Father Brown Stories 20:30 FRI (b0081lvr)

Floggit's 09:00 SUN (b007jxmk)

Foley and McColl: The Interview 23:45 SAT (b0076d8h)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 18:00 MON (b00wt987)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 00:00 TUE (b00wt987)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 18:00 TUE (b00wv6ln)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 00:00 WED (b00wv6ln)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 18:00 WED (b00wvd6t)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 00:00 THU (b00wvd6t)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 18:00 THU (b00ww8sr)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 00:00 FRI (b00ww8sr)

Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare 18:00 FRI (b00wwd8m)

Great Lives 07:30 SAT (b04hvy0l)

Great Lives 17:30 SAT (b04hvy0l)

Great Lives 05:30 SUN (b04hvy0l)

Great Lives 18:30 THU (b04jk3qm)

Great Lives 00:30 FRI (b04jk3qm)

Hancock's Half Hour 08:00 WED (b007v1p4)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:00 WED (b007v1p4)

Hancock's Half Hour 19:00 WED (b007v1p4)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 08:30 THU (b00tp8gx)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 12:30 THU (b00tp8gx)

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 19:30 THU (b00tp8gx)

Inside Alan Francis 23:00 FRI (b00hr4mz)

It's Your Round 09:00 THU (b019rgtc)

It's Your Round 14:00 THU (b019rgtc)

It's Your Round 02:00 FRI (b019rgtc)

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook 08:30 TUE (b007k0kz)

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook 12:30 TUE (b007k0kz)

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook 19:30 TUE (b007k0kz)

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme 12:30 SUN (b06z5240)

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme 17:30 SUN (b06z5240)

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme 22:00 SUN (b06z5240)

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme 05:30 MON (b06z5240)

John Mortimer - Glasnost 10:00 MON (b007jwds)

John Mortimer - Glasnost 15:00 MON (b007jwds)

John Mortimer - Glasnost 03:00 TUE (b007jwds)

Just a Minute 05:30 SAT (b05nt9bf)

Just a Minute 07:30 FRI (b07bbd50)

Just a Minute 17:30 FRI (b07bbd50)

Just a Minute 22:00 FRI (b07bbd50)

Len Deighton - XPD 01:00 SAT (m000hwpg)

Len Deighton - XPD 06:00 MON (m000j124)

Len Deighton - XPD 13:00 MON (m000j124)

Len Deighton - XPD 20:00 MON (m000j124)

Len Deighton - XPD 01:00 TUE (m000j124)

Len Deighton - XPD 06:00 TUE (m000j1yg)

Len Deighton - XPD 13:00 TUE (m000j1yg)

Len Deighton - XPD 20:00 TUE (m000j1yg)

Len Deighton - XPD 01:00 WED (m000j1yg)

Len Deighton - XPD 06:00 WED (m000j35p)

Len Deighton - XPD 13:00 WED (m000j35p)

Len Deighton - XPD 20:00 WED (m000j35p)

Len Deighton - XPD 01:00 THU (m000j35p)

Len Deighton - XPD 06:00 THU (m000j2hk)

Len Deighton - XPD 13:00 THU (m000j2hk)

Len Deighton - XPD 20:00 THU (m000j2hk)

Len Deighton - XPD 01:00 FRI (m000j2hk)

Len Deighton - XPD 06:00 FRI (m000j3k1)

Len Deighton - XPD 13:00 FRI (m000j3k1)

Len Deighton - XPD 20:00 FRI (m000j3k1)

Life: An Idiot's Guide 22:30 TUE (b045fzcm)

London Calling 09:30 MON (b05ndzw7)

London Calling 14:30 MON (b05ndzw7)

London Calling 02:30 TUE (b05ndzw7)

Millport 09:30 SUN (b0076258)

Millport 09:30 THU (b0076287)

Millport 14:30 THU (b0076287)

Millport 02:30 FRI (b0076287)

Miss Marple 01:30 SAT (b007jnl4)

Miss Marple 13:00 SAT (b007jnj3)

Miss Marple 13:30 SAT (b007jnjp)

Miss Marple 14:00 SAT (b007jnk6)

Miss Marple 14:30 SAT (b007jnkp)

Miss Marple 15:00 SAT (b007jnl4)

Miss Marple 01:00 SUN (b007jnj3)

Miss Marple 01:30 SUN (b007jnjp)

Miss Marple 02:00 SUN (b007jnk6)

Miss Marple 02:30 SUN (b007jnkp)

Miss Marple 03:00 SUN (b007jnl4)

Miss Marple 06:00 SUN (b007jnj3)

Miss Marple 06:30 SUN (b007jnjp)

Miss Marple 07:00 SUN (b007jnk6)

Miss Marple 07:30 SUN (b007jnkp)

Miss Marple 08:00 SUN (b007jnl4)

Moll Flanders 10:00 TUE (b07jwj17)

Moll Flanders 15:00 TUE (b07jwj17)

Moll Flanders 03:00 WED (b07jwj17)

Moll Flanders 10:00 WED (b07kl7m5)

Moll Flanders 15:00 WED (b07kl7m5)

Moll Flanders 03:00 THU (b07kl7m5)

Multi Story Shorts 10:45 SUN (m0002rhp)

Multi Story Shorts 21:45 SUN (m0002rhp)

Multi Story Shorts 11:45 THU (m0002rhp)

Multi Story Shorts 16:45 THU (m0002rhp)

Multi Story Shorts 21:45 THU (m0002rhp)

Multi Story Shorts 04:45 FRI (m0002rhp)

My Teenage Diary 07:30 TUE (m000hvlp)

My Teenage Diary 17:30 TUE (m000hvlp)

My Teenage Diary 22:00 TUE (m000hvlp)

My Teenage Diary 05:30 WED (m000hvlp)

Never Too Late 08:30 FRI (b011d6rc)

Never Too Late 12:30 FRI (b011d6rc)

Never Too Late 19:30 FRI (b011d6rc)

North by Northamptonshire 12:00 SAT (b00sp454)

North by Northamptonshire 07:00 THU (b00ss2cq)

North by Northamptonshire 17:00 THU (b00ss2cq)

North by Northamptonshire 05:00 FRI (b00ss2cq)

Nurse 23:00 TUE (b075szst)

Off the Page 00:30 SAT (b0076ww3)

Off the Page 18:30 FRI (b0076wzf)

PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves 08:30 SUN (b007jvz6)

Paperback Hell 22:30 FRI (m000j3k7)

Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor 18:00 SUN (b007jq33)

Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor 00:00 MON (b007jq33)

Peter Bradshaw - For One Horrible Moment 22:30 MON (b0084ss4)

Podcast Radio Hour 04:00 SAT (m000hwpk)

Podcast Radio Hour 11:00 FRI (m000j3k5)

Podcast Radio Hour 16:00 FRI (m000j3k5)

Podcast Radio Hour 21:00 FRI (m000j3k5)

Poetry Extra 12:00 SUN (b0bhfnq5)

Poetry Extra 17:00 SUN (b0bhfnq5)

Poetry Extra 05:00 MON (b0bhfnq5)

Quanderhorn 07:30 WED (m000htxd)

Quanderhorn 17:30 WED (m000htxd)

Quanderhorn 22:00 WED (m000htxd)

Quanderhorn 05:30 THU (m000htxd)

Radio Active 23:30 MON (b05t7gjf)

Radio Shuttleworth 22:30 SUN (b007jw00)

Radiolab 11:00 SUN (b0b3g6cc)

Radiolab 19:00 SUN (b0b3g6cc)

Round the Horne 08:00 THU (b00nth15)

Round the Horne 12:00 THU (b00nth15)

Round the Horne 19:00 THU (b00nth15)

Safety Catch 07:00 MON (b0178ncg)

Safety Catch 17:00 MON (b0178ncg)

Safety Catch 05:00 TUE (b0178ncg)

Short Cuts 18:30 WED (b06np61j)

Short Cuts 00:30 THU (b06np61j)

Something to Shout About 08:00 FRI (m000j3k3)

Something to Shout About 12:00 FRI (m000j3k3)

Something to Shout About 19:00 FRI (m000j3k3)

Soul Music 18:30 TUE (b0075zyd)

Soul Music 00:30 WED (b0075zyd)

Stephen Lowe - Touched 06:00 SAT (b05qdv20)

Stephen Lowe - Touched 16:00 SAT (b05qdv20)

Stephen Lowe - Touched 04:00 SUN (b05qdv20)

Steven Appleby's Normal Life 22:45 FRI (b007jmzw)

Such Rotten Luck 09:30 TUE (b0686zvc)

Such Rotten Luck 14:30 TUE (b0686zvc)

Such Rotten Luck 02:30 WED (b0686zvc)

TED Radio Hour 11:00 MON (m000j128)

TED Radio Hour 16:00 MON (m000j128)

TED Radio Hour 21:00 MON (m000j128)

TED Radio Hour 04:00 TUE (m000j128)

Telling Tales 11:00 TUE (m00035pd)

Telling Tales 16:00 TUE (m00035pd)

Telling Tales 21:00 TUE (m00035pd)

Telling Tales 04:00 WED (m00035pd)

That Mitchell and Webb Sound 23:00 SAT (b00mg8mx)

The 3rd Degree 02:00 SAT (m0007bk0)

The 3rd Degree 09:00 FRI (m0007k6j)

The 3rd Degree 14:00 FRI (m0007k6j)

The Boosh 22:00 SAT (b007jmf4)

The Change 08:30 SAT (b0076p3r)

The Change 09:30 WED (b0076p6t)

The Change 14:30 WED (b0076p6t)

The Change 02:30 THU (b0076p6t)

The Goon Show 08:00 TUE (b007wvvh)

The Goon Show 12:00 TUE (b007wvvh)

The Goon Show 19:00 TUE (b007wvvh)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 18:00 SAT (b0076nj3)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 00:00 SUN (b0076nj3)

The In Crowd 23:15 TUE (b00fbc9x)

The Lives of Harry Towers 11:00 WED (m000j35t)

The Lives of Harry Towers 16:00 WED (m000j35t)

The Lives of Harry Towers 21:00 WED (m000j35t)

The Lives of Harry Towers 04:00 THU (m000j35t)

The Man in Black 18:30 SAT (b00grv3d)

The Man in Black 00:30 SUN (b00grv3d)

The Masterson Inheritance 22:30 THU (b007jpvx)

The Navy Lark 12:30 SAT (b007k2yc)

The Navy Lark 08:00 MON (b008fj41)

The Navy Lark 12:00 MON (b008fj41)

The Navy Lark 19:00 MON (b008fj41)

The News Quiz 23:00 MON (m000hwsq)

The News Quiz 09:00 TUE (m000hwsq)

The Skivers 23:00 THU (b0080rd1)

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse 07:00 TUE (b084xgvn)

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse 17:00 TUE (b084xgvn)

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse 05:00 WED (b084xgvn)

Think the Unthinkable 23:30 TUE (b01jldck)

Tomorrow, Today! 07:00 WED (b0178s5n)

Tomorrow, Today! 17:00 WED (b0178s5n)

Tomorrow, Today! 05:00 THU (b0178s5n)

Virginia Woolf - Night and Day 10:00 THU (b0076fvb)

Virginia Woolf - Night and Day 15:00 THU (b0076fvb)

Virginia Woolf - Night and Day 03:00 FRI (b0076fvb)

Virginia Woolf - Night and Day 10:00 FRI (b0076fym)

Virginia Woolf - Night and Day 15:00 FRI (b0076fym)

What's Funny About ... 22:30 WED (m000j35w)

Whispers 09:00 MON (b007k2sl)

Whispers 14:00 MON (b007k2sl)

Whispers 02:00 TUE (b007k2sl)

Whose Line Is It Anyway? 14:00 TUE (b008kty5)

Whose Line Is It Anyway? 02:00 WED (b008kty5)

William Golding - Lord of the Flies 00:00 SAT (b036j238)