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 24 JULY 2021

SAT 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jrts)
The World in Peril

Episode 10

The enigmatic Paddy Flynn reveals more about the hierarchy of asteroid crews.

Completing the sci-fi trilogy of the adventures of Captain Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy.

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Other Parts …. Pat Campbell
Other Parts and Announcer …. David Jacobs

Music composed by Van Phillips

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1955.


SAT 00:30 Off the Page (b00vy37b)
Luck

Are some people just born lucky, or can we control our fate ?

Professor Richard Wiseman claims to have begun scientifically to investigate the concept of luck. In this programme, he writes about his interviews with over a thousand so-called lucky and unlucky people, and reveals why resilience and not the supernatural is what affects us all.

Playwright Annie Caulfield describes a brush with voodoo in west Africa; while sports writer Matthew Syed explains why his own sporting success was due in part to growing up in a lucky Reading postcode.

Presenter: Dominic Arkwright

Producer: Miles Warde.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.


SAT 01:00 Find The Lady (m000f6cv)
7. In Which Andrew Marsh Finds the Truth

Andrew Marsh finally deduces who is behind him being framed for both cheque book fraud - and murder.

Starring Noel Johnson.

Conclusion of the murder mystery thriller serial by David Ellis.

Andrew Marsh …. Noel Johnson
Joyce Marsh …. Madi Hedd
Roger Sherwin …. Douglas Blackwell
Peter Lloyd …. Michael Deacon
Detective Sergeant Rankin …. Henry Stamper
Detective Inspector Adams …. John Bentley
Alf Jenkins …. Brian Haines
Judy Randall …. Eva Haddon

Producer: Betty Davies.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1969.


SAT 01:30 Cordoba (m000y1j1)
1. Written Off

DT Mitchell 's life is dogged by alcohol, divorce and a dull job on a newspaper in Swansea.

But her cynicism evaporates when she stumbles on a chain of murders.

Starring Alison Steadman.

Nigel Baldwin’s six part thriller set in south Wales.

DT Mitchell …. Alison Steadman
Conrad De’Ath …. Bill Stewart
Thomas …. Alan Towner
Geraint …. Robin Griffith
Ieuan …. Robert Pugh
Alex …. Leslie Rooney
Turner …. Tony Leader
Jenny …. Ruth Jones
Charlene …. Louise Holland
Richard …. Ian Targett
Coastguard …. Rhodri Hugh

Directed at BBC Wales by Jane Dauncey.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992.


SAT 02:00 Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore (b08h0g52)
Episode 5

Lizzie is missing her mother dreadfully and troubled by Diner's behaviour. She goes to visit Hannah for her reassurance and has an unexpected encounter.

News also come from France of the King's trial.

Set in Bristol in 1792, Helen Dunmore's novel is set against a backdrop of the French Revolution.

It touches on Radical idealism, property speculation, political turmoil and private tragedy...

Read by Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp

Abridged by Sara Davies.

Producer: Julian Wilkinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.


SAT 02:15 The Citadel (b09c0pw6)
Series 1

Episode 5

Denny and Manson are arrested. Can they extricate themselves from a scandal that will ruin their careers?

Set in the mid-1920s and based on AJ Cronin's ground breaking novel.

Andrew Manson, a newly trained doctor, is settling into Drineffy - a South Wales mining town.

Manson …. Richard Fleeshman
Denny …. Julian Lewis Jones
Branwell .... Philip Fox
Gwyneth .... Fiona Clarke
PC Davies .... Simeon Truby

Dramatised by Christopher Reason.

Director: Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017.


SAT 02:30 The French East End (b01j5nw4)
On a head count, the British capital has long been the sixth biggest French city, boasting more French people than Nantes, Strasbourg or Bordeaux.

London's French community is racially and culturally diverse. It has grown far beyond the bourgeois confines of 'Frog Valley' in well-heeled South Kensington. Lucy Ash meets some of the new Gallic Eastenders and asks what their stories can tells us about the current state of France and her former colonies.

The East End's French connection goes back to the 17th Century when Charles II offered sanctuary to tens of thousands of persecuted French Protestants. Lucy visits Spitalfields, where many of the Huguenots settled.

The Huguenots came to the UK to escape prejudice at home - so are there any modern day parallels? One unlikely Gallic outpost is New VIc in Newham, London's biggest 6th form college. It can't really compete with the Lycee Charles de Gaulle in Kensington but it does have a high number of Francophone pupils and the demographics are very different. These are mainly non-white students from France's Overseas Departments or former colonies, places like Reunion, Guadeloupe and Algeria. They crossed the channel partly because they hope learning English will improve their chances of getting a job and partly because of perceived racial prejudices in the French system.

The head teacher Eddie Playfair is a pragmatic Brit with a background in Corsica. He says that finding a job in France is often tough, as payroll taxes and bureaucracy make employers wary of taking on new staff. For non-white applicants it is even worse.

Lucy discovers another group of young French people in Hackney. Most of them are designers, artists or work in cutting edge digital media outfits. Malika Favre, who has just done a cover for the Penguin edition of the Kama Sutra, says she finds London a more creative environment and she find English 'hypocrisy' is good for business.

Producer: Lucy Ash

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2012.


SAT 03:00 Margaret Steward - Running Out of Sky (b01mny05)
The 'present day' finds two men, unaware of each other, retracing their steps through the Lincolnshire countryside.

An American Second World War airman and an English doctor find memories of unfinished relationships and ghosts from the past.

Stars William Gaunt and Garrick Hagon.

Margaret Steward’s haunting drama.

Tom Mason ... William Gaunt
Earl Grant .... Garrick Hagon
Young Tom .... Tom Wright
Mrs Mason ... Sunny Ormonde
Jenny .... Jenny Lee
Janet Grant ....Elizabeth Kelly
Eddie .... David Bannerman
Johnnie .... Angus Wright
Bob .... Paul Downing
Jim .... Andrew Wincott

Director: Sue Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991.


SAT 04:00 It's Not What You Know (b0375sfk)
Series 2

Episode 3

Justin Moorhouse, Bridget Christie and Ainsley Harriott each nominate someone they know well to answer a series of questions and they than have to second guess how they answered.

Host Miles Jupp tests Bridget on how well she knows her best friend Rebecca Sewell, Ainsley his best friend, pitch doctor Paul Boross, and Justin his former radio producer Sean Gibson.

What is the one thing that DJ Justin does not like talking about? What is Bridget's worst fear? And who is Ainsley's worst habit?

All answers and more will be revealed.

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013.


SAT 04:30 To the Manor Born (b007lzww)
A Wife's Prerogative

Audrey makes the most of helping Devere - by pretending she's his wife.

Starring Penelope Keith and Keith Barron.

Lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate, has decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage with her butler in tow.

From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere.

Adapted for radio by Peter Spence from his BBC TV script.

Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere
Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher
Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger
Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka
Frank Middlemass ..... Ned
Mademoiselle Dutoit ..... Rula Lenska

First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1997.


SAT 05:00 Guilt Trip (b07mxt9d)
Episode 3

On day 10 of the walk, they spot a narrow boat that reminds Laura of the Rosie and Jim boat she remembers from the children's TV show.

But when the owner invites them aboard, it doesn't all go quite as they might have expected.

Comedy drama written by Katherine Jakeways with Felicity Montagu and Olivia Nixon.

A mother and daughter are undertaking a two week sponsored walk along The Thames Path to raise money for the dead father's charity.

But the mother and father divorced nine years ago and he'd re-married, so relationships between them all have been strained. Things come to a head at any mention of the French Oak gable table that Ros and her now dead ex bought together in Camden. This has somehow ended up in the stepmother's house, much to Ros's annoyance: "I mean she sits at it! It's my table and she sits at it."

Ros ...... Felicity Montagu
Laura ...... Olivia Nixon
Stepmother ...... Katherine Jakeways
Boat Owner ...... Juliet Cowan

Producer: Jane Berthoud

A BBC Comedy production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2016.


SAT 05:30 Stand-Up Specials (m000xzjl)
Alun Cochrane: Centrist Dad?

“A Centrist Dad takes his children to feed the ducks, a Conservative Dad takes his children duck shooting, a Socialist Dad takes his children to a Solidarity With Ducks rally.”

Centrist Dads have a bad reputation. They’re “entirely responsible for Labour’s Election defeat”, “aggressively condescending” and they “like Top Gear too much”. And yet, Alun Cochrane is fine with being one (albeit one who hasn’t actually watched Top Gear).

Recorded in front of a virtual audience from Salford, this show is Alun’s quest for the centre ground, an area bizarrely underpopulated in the comedy world. Comedians should poke fun at all hypocrisy no matter whether it emerges from the right or the left, so why are so few stand-ups apparently adept at sniping from the middle?

Alun investigates whether his politics have changed or if it's the world that has changed around him and left a reasonable man feeling like an extremist. He is pretty sure he isn’t an actual baddie. He spends his days writing jokes in ‘Where’s Wally?’ pyjamas alongside his gluten-free dog. Does that sound like an extremist to you?

Written and performed by Alun Cochrane
Production co-ordinator: Mabel Wright
Sound engineer: Michael Smith
Producer: Richard Morris

Photo credit: Matt Stronge

A BBC Studios Production


SAT 06:00 HG Wells (m00041c8)
The Island of Dr Moreau

A shipwreck leads a young naturalist to Dr Moreau’s secretive island, the site of a hideous scientific experiment.

First published in 1896, HG Wells' classic adventure story.

Dramatised by David Calcutt.

Montgomery ....... Kenneth Colley
Prentice ....... Kim Wall
Prentice's Nephew ....... Neal Foster
Dr Moreau ....... Garard Green
Captain Jones ....... Peter Meakin
Helmar ....... Richard Mitchley
M'Ling ....... Terry Molloy
Constans ....... Danny Schiller
Nurse ....... Janet Dale
Various ....... Alex Jones

Director: Nigel Bryant.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1990.


SAT 07:30 Great Lives (b08b7wd1)
Series 41

Chris Patten on Pope John XXIII

Chris Patten, Lord Patten of Barnes, nominates a great life who was born a peasant and became a Pope.

Pope John XXIII did well at school but was no star. He wasn't a striking figure of a man and struggled to keep his weight under control.

There was nothing about him that stood out and his election as Pope took many by surprise. But he was the man who began to push the Roman Catholic church into the modern world.

Presenter: Matthew Parris.

With Eamon Duffy, Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Cambridge.

Producer: Perminder Khatkar

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2017.


SAT 08:00 The Motion Show (b00762pb)
Series 4

Episode 4

Debates galore from modern manners - to life in the fast lane.

Graeme Garden chairs the quirky battle of words and wit.

With Jenny Eclair, Hugh Dennis, Stuart Maconie and Greg Proops.

Producer: Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.


SAT 08:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k131)
Series 2

French Connections

Rosie and her team organise a twinning ceremony for a town on the south coast of England with a town on the north coast of France.

But Is it really a step forward for Anglo-French relations?

The trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event management company, based in Brighton.

Rosie ...... Prunella Scales
Kate ...... Arabella Weir
Jo ...... Rebecca Callard
Bob ...... Duncan Preston
Tess ...... Annette Badland
Don ...... Owen Brenman
Jean-Luc ...... Simon Greenall
Genevieve ...... Rachel Atkins

Producer: Maria Esposito

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.


SAT 09:00 A Date With Dyall (b06my9rb)
Writer and actor Jonathan Rigby unlocks the vaults of the BBC sound archives to explore the broadcasting career of Valentine Dyall.

He reveals the enduring appeal of Dyall's most memorable character - the menacing and creepy raconteur 'The Man In Black' - and along the way he lifts the lid on some classic BBC radio horror moments.

* Radio Dyall

Jonathan Rigby profiles the radio work of Valentine Dyall with rare archive of Dyall in conversation.

* Here Come The Men In Black

Featuring new and exclusive interviews. Actor Edward de Souza, a reincarnation of The Man in Black in the 1980's radio series Fear On 4, talks for the first time about his interpretation of the character.

And the role's latest denizen Mark Gatiss reveals his joy and enthusiasm for portraying radio's most sinister personality. With rare archive of Valentine Dyall.

* Appointment With Fear

A classic episode from the ground breaking radio horror series

* Jonathan Rigby's Vault of Horror

Jonathan Rigby is joined by writer Kim Newman and Josephine Botting from the British Film Institute to chart the history of 'The Man in Black', reveal some memorable radio horror stories and get their teeth into why this genre continues to have us shivering under the sheets.

* Fear on 4: The Monkey's Paw

A man makes wishes on a very unusual gift that's been cast with a sinister spell. Stars Oliver Maguire and Trudy Kelly.

* Appointment With Fear

Another classic episode from the ground breaking radio horror series

* Fear on 4: The Snowman Killing

The Man in Black introduces the snowy mystery of a mother fearing evil in her own home. Stars Edward de Souza and Imelda Staunton.

Producer: Stephen Garner

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in October 2015.


SAT 12:00 Act Your Age (b00zm0mc)
Series 3

Episode 1

Simon Mayo hosts the three-way battle between the comedy generations to find out which is the funniest.

Will it be the Up-and-Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Guard who will be crowned, for one week at least, as the Golden Age of Comedy.

Holly Walsh is joined by Henry Paker, Lucy Porter by Miles Jupp and Tom O'Connor teams up with Duggie Brown.

Devised and Produced by Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.


SAT 12:30 The Navy Lark (b007jmzt)
The TV Documentary

Confusion abounds when HMS Troutbridge gets a makeover for TV as a German wartime frigate.

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
Taffy Goldstein ...... Tenniel Evans
Cuthbert. ....... Michael Bates

Written by Lawrie Wyman and George Evans.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1972.


SAT 13:00 Archive on 4 (b0848f95)
Lloyd George's Revolution

Drawing on sound archive and key contemporary witnesses, Peter Hennessy tells how David Lloyd George revolutionised Britain's government when he became prime minister over a century ago.

In the darkest days of the First World War, Lloyd George transformed an amateurish approach to government and galvanised a war weary country by radically reforming the Cabinet, bringing outsiders ('men of push and go') into Whitehall and creating new departments.

As a radical politician, he always saw government as a force for progress, and as war leader he ruthlessly replaced unprofessional informality with business-like efficiency.

He began by setting up a five-man War Cabinet, a reform that he recommended again on the BBC in the early days of the Second World War. Lloyd George also created a Cabinet Secretariat (now the Cabinet Office), ensuring that a minute was taken of Cabinet meetings and that ministers' decisions were implemented.

Yet Lloyd George was also a precursor of presidential-style politics. He brought his own advisers and press secretary into Number 10, and his mistress became one of the private secretaries (the first woman to hold this post).

Although his presidential tendencies later contributed to his downfall, his revolution in government had laid the foundations for victory in 1918 and remains his legacy in Whitehall.

Among those taking part are biographers Ffion Hague, Kenneth Morgan and Roy Hattersley, and historian, Hew Strachan.

Producer: Rob Shepherd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.


SAT 14:00 Chain Reaction (b052jk2z)
Series 10

Adam Buxton talks to Reece Shearsmith

Adam Buxton - comedian, actor, technophile and one half of 'Adam and Joe', Adam Buxton

talks to

Reece Shearsmith - co-creator and star of The League of Gentlemen, Psychoville and Inside No. 9,

Chain Reaction is the long running hostless chat show where the interviewee becomes this next interviewer.

Producer: Charlie Perkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2015.


SAT 14:30 Think the Unthinkable (b007k4g0)
Series 2

Genforce

Back to transform companies in ways they barely understand, the team are working with Genforce - an energy firm with lots to hide.

James Cary’s award-winning sitcom about management consultants.

Ryan ...... Marcus Brigstocke
Sophie ...... Emma Kennedy
Daisy ...... Catherine Shepherd
Owen ...... David Mitchell
Chip ...... Greg Proops
Various ...... Steven Kynman

Music by John Whitehall.

Producer: Adam Bromley.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.


SAT 15:00 Radio Active (b007k1hf)
Series 4

Gigantaquiz

Which lucky contestant is going to win the £10,000 jackpot in Radio Active's massive quiz?!!!!

Radio Active is the one and only local national radio station.

Starring:

Helen Atkinson-Wood
Angus Deayton
Geoffrey Perkins
Philip Pope
Michael Fenton-Stevens

Music by Philip Pope and Steve Brown. With Helen Murry, Nick Wilton and Jamie Rix.

Written by Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins with John Buchan.

Producer: Jamie Rix

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1984.


SAT 15:30 The Mel and Sue Thing (b0076b72)
Episode 6

Jane Austen will be reeling from beyond the grave, as we learn the true meaning of Sweet Fanny Adams in the final instalment of the Mel and Sue's dramatisation of her last, and lost, novella.

Plus a big musical number to finish off the series. What will the Old Biddies have to say about that?

More mayhem from Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.

With Paul Chahidi

Written by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.

Producer: Elizabeth Freestone.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002.


SAT 16:00 HG Wells (m00041c8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 17:30 Great Lives (b08b7wd1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 18:00 Nick Fisher - Finding Fellows (m0003kcx)
A computer expert surfs the internet for contacts, concealing his identity.

But what is his identity?

Sci-fi drama written by Nick Fisher.

Richard Fellows ……. Nicholas Woodeson.
Sal ……. Sarah Rice
Geoff ……. David Brooks
Tom ……. Christopher Wright
Sally ……. Karen Hayley

Other parts played by Alastair Danson, Alison Pettitt and Iwan Thomas

Director: Peter Kavanagh

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1997.


SAT 19:00 A Date With Dyall (b06my9rb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 22:00 Rigor Mortis (b007qw7n)
Series 2

Episode 4

Dr Webster meets his doppelganger - entomologist Dr Betsy, whilst Gordon hears voices.

Starring Peter Davison.

Laurence Howarth's black comedy set in the world of the pathology lab.

Anthony Webster …. Peter Davison
Ruth Anderson …. Matilda Ziegler
Professor Donaldson …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Graham …. Tom Price

With Marianne Levy, Gus Brown and Alex Lowe.

Music by Paul Mottram and Stephanie Benavente.

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004.


SAT 22:30 Chain Reaction (b053bq55)
Series 10

Reece Shearsmith talks to Bob Mortimer

Co-creator and star of The League of Gentlemen, Psychoville and Inside No.9, Reece Shearsmith talks to one half of comedy double-act Vic & Bob, creators of Shooting Stars and House of Fools, Bob Mortimer.

Chain Reaction is the long running hostless chat show series where the previous interviewee becomes the next interviewer.

Producer: Charlie Perkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2015.


SAT 23:00 Sara Pascoe: The Modern Monkey (b09ry6k4)
Series 1

Murder

Sara Pascoe sets out to explore our modern social world though theories of Evolutionary Psychology and more.

How does our monkey past influence our modern lives?

How come we can still get emotionally hijacked by our primitive emotions?

Murder fascinates and intrigues as much as it repels us.

Happily the human animal is much more of a pacifist than lots of our other mammal relations, including meerkats (the adverts have lied to us). But even the most patient among us has probably been driven to murderous thoughts on occasion, especially when your sister steals your clothes.

From sibling rivalry, to pair bonding this is an informative and hilarious look at one of the darker aspects of human behaviour.

Recorded on location at The RAF Museum, Colindale

Written by and starring Sara Pascoe

Producer: Alexandra Smith

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2018.


SAT 23:30 The Mark Steel Lecture (b007nf6b)
Series 2

Billie Holiday

A profile of the American singer and songwriter.

Mark Steel lectures humourously about historical figures that have shaped their era.

With:

Martin Hyder
Carla Mendonca

Producer: Lucy Armitage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.



SUNDAY 25 JULY 2021

SUN 00:00 Nick Fisher - Finding Fellows (m0003kcx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 (b0848f95)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:00 Chain Reaction (b052jk2z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 Think the Unthinkable (b007k4g0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:00 Radio Active (b007k1hf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Saturday]


SUN 03:30 The Mel and Sue Thing (b0076b72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 HG Wells (m00041c8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 05:30 Great Lives (b08b7wd1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore (Omnibus) (b08hrjh4)
Episode 1

Bristol, 1792: A mysterious burial.

The story opens four years earlier as a man hides a body in a gorge. The death is unexplained but four years on, the man has a wife - Lizzie Fawkes.

Lizzie visits her poorly mother, and tells her of her husband's Diner's plans to build a magnificent new terrace overlooking the Gorge. Set to be the envy of the city, it’s a huge financial risk for him.

Helen Dunmore's novel is set against a backdrop social upheaval caused by the French Revolution. It touches on Radical idealism, property, political turmoil and private tragedy.

Dunmore was inspired by real life leading Radical writer Julia Fawkes, none of whose work survived. The story explores tensions between generations and genders, and examines the idea of legacy as Julia's daughter Lizzie finds herself torn between her charismatic, self-made husband and her idealistic mother.

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Sara Davies.

Read by Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp

Producer: Julian Wilkinson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.


SUN 07:10 Inheritance Tracks (b09jhd5w)
Twiggy

Actress and fashion icon Twiggy chooses 'The Laughing Policeman' by Charles Penrose and 'Yesterday' by The Beatles.


SUN 07:20 AJ Cronin - The Citadel (Omnibus) (b09d9cmq)
Series 1

Andrew Manson, a newly trained doctor arrives in Drineffy, a South Wales mining town.

He is to be an assistant to the elderly Dr Page. Manson is idealistic and full of enthusiasm but this is soon tempered by reality when he meets the cynical Dr Denny another doctor in the town.

Set in the mid 1920s and based on AJ Cronin's ground breaking novel, which partly inspired Nye Bevan to create the NHS.

Omnibus of five episodes dramatised by Christopher Reason.

Manson …. Richard Fleeshman
Denny …. Julian Lewis Jones
Blodwyn .… Sue Jenkins
Dr Page / Dr Griffiths …. Seamus O'Neill
Jenkins / Mr Williams / Miner …. Simon Ludders
Mrs Williams / Woman / Mrs Pryce / Gaynor .… Kath Weare
Old Thomas / PC Davies .... Simeon Truby
Branwell .... Philip Fox
Gwyneth .... Fiona Clarke

Director: Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017


SUN 08:30 A Life of Bliss (m0001h0b)
An Expert In Confusion

Tony enlists a reluctant David to keep an eye on the daughter of a family friend.

George Cole stars in Godfrey Harrison's sitcom about bashful, bumbling bachelor David Alexander Bliss.

David Bliss …. George Cole
Ann Fellows …. Diana Churchill
Tony Fellows …. Colin Gordon
Zoe Hunter …. Sheila Sweet
Gwen Cherrell …. Judy Tobin
Mrs Tobin …. Belle Chrystall
'Psyche' the Dog .... Percy Edwards

Six series of 118 episodes of A Life of Bliss ran on the BBC Home Service from 1953. It moved to BBC TV for a run of six episodes in 1969.

Sadly very few episodes survive in the BBC archive, including the first seven starring David Tomlinson. His replacement George Cole went to to star in the St Trinian's films and later as dodgy Arthur Daley in ITV's Minder.

Producer: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1959.


SUN 09:00 The Arthur Haynes Show (m0009kfl)
From 18/8/1963

Buying a used car where appearances can be deceptive - and exploring the art of conversation.

Arthur Haynes stars in the sketch show series written by Johnny Speight.

With

Nicholas Parsons
Leslie Noyes
Dorothy Dampier
Graham Stark
Barney Galbraith
Dermot Kelly.

Music by Joe Brown and the Bruvvers.

Producer: Richard Dingley

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1963.


SUN 09:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b007v206)
Series 1

May the Farce Be With You

Robert is about to appear in a new London West End farce, but the real farce is what happens in the half hour before the curtain rises...

John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom.

Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair
Sue ..... Caroline Quentin
Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn
Margery Shaw ..... Alison Steadman
Stage Manager ..... Jonathan Kydd

Producer: Paul Spencer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1989.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m000y5v0)
Comic Castaways 3

Bob Mortimer

From Joni Mitchell to The Who.

Comedian Bob Mortimer shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.

Bob is best known for his work with his comedy partner Vic Reeves.

For over 30 years, he and Vic have appeared in numerous TV series together, including Vic Reeves’ Big Night Out, Shooting Stars and The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer.
Bob first saw Vic performing in a south London pub: Vic was wearing a Bryan Ferry mask while trying to tap dance with wooden planks strapped to his feet. Bob found this hugely entertaining, and began to take part in Vic’s shows.

Bob was born in 1959 in Middlesbrough, the youngest of four boys. His father died in a car crash when he was seven and Bob says he became his mother’s little helper – although he also set fire to their house after playing with fireworks. As a teenager he dreamed of a career as a footballer, but he ended up studying law at university, and worked as a solicitor in south London.

In 2015 Bob underwent triple heart bypass surgery. After this – in a rare diversion from working with Vic – he accepted an invitation from fellow comedian Paul Whitehouse to get out of the house and go fishing, which led to a successful TV series, Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.

Producer: Sarah Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2019.


SUN 10:45 Multi Story Shorts (m000y5v2)
Love Letters

The discovery of long hidden World War II letters, between Gilbert and the mysterious "G", reveal a romance between two gay soldiers, written in a time when homosexuality was illegal.

This story first appeared on the BBC podcast, Multi Story - presented and produced by Becca Bryers, and featuring Genevieve Tudor and Allan Price from BBC Radio Shropshire.


SUN 11:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m000y5v4)
Around the World

True stories told live in the USA: Catherine Burns introduces tales of personal relationships tried and tested around the globe.

The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling based in the USA. Since 1997, it has celebrated both the raconteur and the storytelling novice, who has lived through something extraordinary and yearns to share it. Originally formed by the writer George Dawes Green as an intimate gathering of friends on a porch in Georgia (where moths would flutter in through a hole in the screen), and then recreated in a New York City living room, The Moth quickly grew to produce immensely popular events at theatres and clubs around New York City and later around the USA, the UK and other parts of the world.

The Moth has presented more than 15,000 stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. The Moth podcast is downloaded over 27 million times a year.

Featuring true stories told live on stage without scripts, from the humorous to the heart-breaking.

The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Jay Allison and Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and is distributed by the Public Radio Exchange.

First broadcast in the USA in 2019.


SUN 11:50 Inheritance Tracks (b09jhd5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]


SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m000y5v6)
Miles Jupp's Muscular Lines

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and this week selects Miles Jupp's Muscular Lines.

Can a book of poetry for boys which inspired young men at the beginning of the 20th century work its magic on a new generation?

Comedian Miles Jupp revisits his old prep school with a book of Muscular Lines to see if the stirring verse about battles, exploration and moral values is relevant today. Some of today's heroes and explorers reveal the poems that keep them going when times get tough.

Reader - Leslie Barr

Producer - David Stenhouse

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.


SUN 12:30 Start/Stop (b07pjkhr)
Series 3

BnB

Barney decides to become an Uber driver to boost his income - and to 'bump into' Alice more often - and Cathy decides to rent their spare bedroom out on Air BnB.

Meanwhile Evan and Fiona are arguing, and David writes a raunchy bestseller based - to her horror - around Alice.

Jack Docherty’s sitcom about three marriages in various states of disrepair.

Barney .... Jack Docherty
Cathy .... Kerry Godliman
Evan .... John Thomson
Fiona .... Fiona Allen
David .... Charlie Higson
Alice .... Laura Aikman

Producer: Claire Jones

A BBC Studio Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2016.


SUN 13:00 Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (Omnibus) (b082m6cx)
Episode 2

With the American Civil War under way, Thomas and John Cole are ordered to engage the rebel army.

Thomas McNulty recounts how he, having fled Ireland when orphaned during the Great Famine, made his way across America as part of the U.S. Cavalry.

With his long-time friend and companion John Cole, Thomas witnesses the birth of America - from the atrocities committed against the Native Americans to the horrors of the Civil War - and, ultimately, finds his own family and identity

Written by Irish author and Man Booker Prize finalist, Sebastian Barry.

Read by Stanley Townsend.

Omnibus of the last five of ten parts abridged by Neville Teller.

Producer Gemma McMullan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2016.


SUN 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b095b5cm)
Robert Webb

Robert Webb inherits “Dance In The Old-Fashioned Way” by Charles Aznavour and passes on Jeff Buckley’s version of “Hallelujah.


SUN 14:20 A Small Town Murder (Omnibus) (b09w24bt)
Series 11

Some joyriders have crashed their stolen car and died at the scene.

But what caused the teenagers to rebel?

Meera Syal returns as family liaison officer, Jackie Hartwell.

Her job, as ever, is to comfort and support the families of victims while keeping a watchful eye on their reactions and movements - just in case.

Omnibus of five parts written by Scott Cherry.

Jackie Hartwell ...... Meera Syal
Peter ...... Matthew Marsh
Karen ...... Sarah Ball
Alex ...... Ray Fearon
Brian ...... Ben Onwukwe
Dee ...... Ayesha Antoine

Director: Clive Brill

A Brill production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2018.


SUN 15:30 Blue Notes, Cold Nights (b0184rg8)
Thanks to films like "Round Midnight" we all know about black American musicians escaping racism and putting down roots in Paris.

But the story of the African-American and African presence in Scandinavia has been one of Europe's best-kept secrets.

Country blues singer-guitarist Eric Bibb, who learned his craft in the coffee houses of Greenwich Village but has spent much of his career in Sweden and Finland, explains how jazz and blues players such as trumpeter Don Cherry - step-father of R&B star Neneh Cherry - built new lives in exile. Dexter Gordon - the star of '"Round Midnight" was one of the pioneers, settling in Copenhagen in the early 1960s.

Over the decades, generous state support for musicians has helped the music scene in the region to flourish.

But now that the host nations are facing their own immigration crisis, will musicians continue to find a welcome? And how easy is it to sustain creativity thousands of miles from your roots?

Producer: Mohini Patel

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 December 2011.


SUN 16:00 Drama (b09lvwj4)
Muriel Spark - Memento Mori

Muriel Spark's gloriously dark comedy about death.

Set among a group of elderly people, the story begins with what appears to be an ordinary crime and ends up as a metaphysical mystery.

An anonymous caller repeatedly disturbs the elderly men and women with the message: "Remember you must die."

Dame Lettie Colston ..... PATRICIA HODGE
Godfrey Colston ..... JIM NORTON
Charmian Colston ..... COLETTE O’NEIL
Mabel Pettigrew ..... MONICA DOLAN
Alec Warner ..... WILLIAM GAMINARA
Mrs Anthony/Emmeline Mortimer ..... KATH WEARE
Jean Taylor............................... ELLIE DARVILL
Henry Mortimer/Burglar’s Mate ..... NEIL MCCAUL
Olive Mannering ..... ISABELLA INCHBALD
Muriel ..... GEORGIE GLEN

Adapted by Robin Brooks

Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018.


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m000y5v6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Start/Stop (b07pjkhr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 18:00 Val McDermid - Resistance (m000y5v8)
Episode 3

Scientists in Germany think they've found an antibiotic that's effective against Zips. Human trials have been accelerated. The horror is out there and growing. The countryside has become a smoking pyre. Government ministers sit in a crisis meeting and they simply don't know what to do.

News reports start to break up and then disappear. Aasmah in her lab talks about the grim prospects with a colleague. It's clear that some countries have collapsed completely. Civil society is starting to break down. There have been food riots in some cities. The dead are beginning to back up in the streets. Other diseases are flaring up because of the decay and decomposition.

Zoe........................................ Gina McKee
Sam....................................... Nitin Kundra
Dr Aasmah......................... Chetna Pandya
Cheryl....................................Emily Pithon
Receptionist...................... Emily Pithon
Home Secretary............... Conrad Nelson
Health Minister................ Jonathan Keeble
Editor................................... Jonathan Keeble
PM........................................ Malcolm Raeburn
Andreas................................Malcolm Raeburn

Written by Val McDermid

Directed in Salford by Susan Roberts

Programme consultant - Christopher Dowson Professor of Microbiology, University of Warwick and Trustee for Antibiotic Research UK
Developed through the Wellcome Trust Experimental stories scheme.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.


SUN 18:45 Roald Dahl: Served with a Twist (b07j7ntw)
The Butler

Charles Dance leads the cast as the urbane Storyteller in dramatisations of five classic tales by Roald Dahl. Bizarre and amusing by turns, these dark comedies are justly famous for their surprise endings, and for their rogues gallery of crooks, cheats and schemers.

The stories show Dahl at the height of his powers as a writer of adult fiction, combining black comedy with sly social satire. They are stylishly plotted, vividly characterised and made unforgettable by their breezy cynicism, presenting a hilariously bleak view of human nature.

In The Butler, we meet George Cleaver, the Sausage King of the North, who sells his business and moves to London in order to enter society. He employs a butler, Tibbs, to help him to do this. Tibbs explains that it’s vital Cleaver learns as much as he can about fine wines - and, to this end, Tibbs sets about buying rare and expensive vintages and educating his employer. Before long, Cleaver feels he no longer needs his butler’s advice.

Cast:
Storyteller………..Charles Dance
George Cleaver….Geoffrey Whitehead
Mrs Cleaver……...Sarah Badel
Tibbs……………..Nickolas Grace
Lord Dungeness….Nicholas Boulton

Written by Roald Dahl
Dramatised by Stephen Sheridan

Director: David Blount
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 19:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m000y5v4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


SUN 19:50 Inheritance Tracks (b09jhd5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]


SUN 20:00 Drama (b09lvwj4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m000y5v0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:45 Multi Story Shorts (m000y5v2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 22:00 Start/Stop (b07pjkhr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 22:30 Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian (m000fgst)
Series 2

Racism

Stand-up series exploring British Chinese culture from BBC New Comedy Award finalist Ken Cheng.

Dave's Joke of the Fringe Winner, Cambridge mathematics dropout and professional poker player Ken Cheng returns with series exploring free speech, social status, racism and money…

Producer: Adnan Ahmed

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in February 2020.


SUN 22:45 Charlotte and Lillian (m00094k1)
Series 2

1. The Game

Charlotte (Helen Monks) and Lillian (Miriam Margolyes) are back, spending time together as part of a Befriend the Elderly scheme. They may bicker about everything from signs of dementia to the appeal of Harry Styles, but underneath it’s clear they are two kindred spirits. Two selfish, self-absorbed spirits, but ones who mirror and rely on each other nonetheless.

Very nearly 30, Charlotte is still living at home with her parents and chronically unable to figure out what to do with her life. Beneath her attempt at do-gooding is barely disguised despair. She's terrified she is no good. Useless. Unloveable. She looks to Lillian to provide some meaning to her life - if she can help to improve Lillian’s life somehow, she’d feel a lot better about her own. And there’s all the kudos and social media likes that come with charity work - not to mention the lure of Lillian's large spare room.

Lillian meanwhile is still her ebullient self, but her facade hides a nagging fear of what's to come - her body is giving up on her. Lillian's motto is still “Keep Buggering On” – aka keep getting at Charlotte – but increasingly, she’s forced to wonder why. She masks all this by doubling down and manipulating Charlotte into carrying out all her menial tasks. If Charlotte won’t do them, there are plenty of other volunteers who will.

Charlotte has met a new man, prompting Lillian to offer up her best dating advice. Things may have changed since Lillian’s day, but some of her suggestions contain hard-won, ageless wisdom. The trouble is, Charlotte can't tell which ones – and Lillian may not have her best interests at heart.

Charlotte ...... Helen Monks
Lillian ...... Miriam Margolyes

Written by: Kat Sommers and Holly Walsh.

Producer: Lucy Armitage

A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2019.


SUN 23:00 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b084bmn9)
Series 1

History and the Role of the Entertainer

Alexei explores the role of the entertainer. Along the way he explains why he will never go on Strictly Come Dancing, the reason Newsnight needs to be 11 hours long and questions why TV comedy panel shows help rehabilitate the careers of 'war criminals'.

The Godfather of Alternative Comedy delivers a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy from behind the counter of his Imaginary Sandwich Bar.

Starring Alexei Sayle, Jake Yapp, Nicholas Parsons and Paul Merton

Written and performed by Alexei Sayle.

Additional Material by Sarah Campbell.

Producer: Joe Nunnery

A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2016.


SUN 23:30 Masala FM (b007jz5q)
Episode 5

When the Asian radio station's boss gets religion, the on-air result is far from heavenly.

Six-part sitcom written by Meera Syal

Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawheny, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia.

Music by Nitin Sawhney.

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1996.



MONDAY 26 JULY 2021

MON 00:00 Val McDermid - Resistance (m000y5v8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:45 Roald Dahl: Served with a Twist (b07j7ntw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (Omnibus) (b082m6cx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday]


MON 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b095b5cm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Sunday]


MON 02:20 A Small Town Murder (Omnibus) (b09w24bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:20 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Blue Notes, Cold Nights (b0184rg8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Drama (b09lvwj4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (m000y5v6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:30 Start/Stop (b07pjkhr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday]


MON 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b1zss)
Mrs McGinty's Dead

1. Death Sentence

A senior Police Officer is not convinced of the guilt of a young man sentenced to hang for the savage murder of an elderly woman.

So he seeks the help of his old friend and colleague, a certain celebrated but rather bored Belgian detective - Hercule Poirot.

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt.

From the novel published in 1952 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell in five parts.

Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Superintendent Spence ...... George Baker
Maureen Summerhayes ...... Molly Gaisford
Major Summerhayes ...... Ian Masters
Maud Williams ...... Beth Chalmers
Mrs Burch ...... Connie Walker
Mrs Sweetiman ...... Jillie Meers
Mr Scuttle ...... Geoffrey Beevers
James Bentley ...... Tom George

Director: Enyd Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.


MON 06:30 Cordoba (m000y6q1)
2. Hidden Motives

Traumatised by finding Jenny hanged, D.T. thinks three recent suicides may be linked.

A thriller set in Wales. Renowned writer Raymond Turner is mysteriously blown up on his boat. D.T. Mitchell – ‘Dee’ - a reporter on a local Swansea newspaper, is sent to investigate and unearths a web of deceit and cover-ups. D.T.’s life is dogged by alcohol abuse, a messy divorce and career frustration. However, she is reinvigorated with this assignment…

Written for radio by Nigel Baldwin.

CAST:

Dee Mitchell …. Alison Steadman
Conrad De’Ath …. Bill Stewart
Thomas …. Alan Towner
Geraint …. Robin Griffith
Alex …. Leslie Rooney
Ieuan …. Robert Pugh
Jenny …. Ruth Jones
Charlene …. Louise Holland
'Tina' Turner …. Gudrun Ure
Barry Jones …. Laurence Allan
Rachel …. Helen Griffin
Coroner …. Dillwyn Owen

Original music by Laurie Scott Baker.

Jane Dauncey: Director

Produced in Wales and first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.


MON 07:00 Big Problems with Helen Keen (b0608n2d)
Series 1

Boredom

Helen looks at the problem of boredom, and the potential solution that is gamification.

Covering everything from bear-baiting to loyalty points, the show also asks how many times you can spot the mystery word?

Starring Helen Keen with Peter Serafinowicz and Susy Kane.

Written by Helen Keen and Miriam Underhill.

Producer: Gareth Edwards.

First broadcast on BBC Radoi 4 in July 2015.


MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m000xz43)
Series 75

Episode 6

This final episode in the programme’s 75th series comes from the Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House with a 1000-strong remote audience drawn exclusively from Scotland. Join panellists Andy Hamilton, Rachel Parris, Fred Macaulay and Lee Mack under the reluctant chairmanship of Jack Dee. Piano accompaniment is provided by Colin Sell.

Producer - Jon Naismith
A BBC Studios production


MON 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jn4t)
Series 5

A Star Is Born

Harold falls for the leading lady from his drama society - and Albert makes an entrance.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert, Harry H Corbett as Harold and Trevor Bannister as Rupert. With Jo Manning Wilson, Michael McClain and Nicolette MacKenzie.

Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.

Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Produced by Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.


MON 08:30 England, Their England by AG Macdonell (m000y6q3)
Episode 5

Leslie Phillips narrates AG Macdonell's classic comedy first published in 1933, adapted in six parts by Bob Sinfield.

Young Donald Cameron retires injured from the Great War and finds himself with a commission - to write a book about the English and their curious habits.

Episdoe 5: Donald discovers there is no place for "facts or any of that tommy-rot" in English politics. Leslie Phillips narrates.

Donald ... Sam Graham
Gwladys ... Katy Odey
Hodge ... Christopher Benjamin
Harcourt ... Peter Kelly
Chairlady ... Denise Coffey

Director: Neil Cargill

A Splice of Life production for BBC Radio 2 first broadcast in October 1994.


MON 09:00 Act Your Age (b00zsjz7)
Series 3

Episode 2

Simon Mayo hosts the three-way battle between the comedy generations to find out which is the funniest.

Will it be the Up-and-Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Guard who will be crowned, for one week at least, as the Golden Age of Comedy?

Jon Richardson is joined by Andi Osho, Rufus Hound teams up with Andrew Maxwell and Ted Robbins is paired with both Roger De Courcey and Nookie Bear.

Devised and produced by Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.


MON 09:30 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008d0hd)
Series 2

Episode 3

JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, Patricia Routledge, John Sessions and John Wells. From July 1991.


MON 10:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007rf4)
1. Moonlea

In 1835, a travelling harpist arrives in the iron town of Moonlea in search of his friend.

When he finds unrest and injustice he tries not to become involved.

Gywn Thomas's 1949 novel dramatised in three-parts by Alan Plater.

Leigh ... Ian Hughes
John Simon .... Patrick Brennan
Helen ..... Melanie Walters
Lemuel ... Ray Llewellyn
Katherine ... Manon Edwards
Penbury .... Bill Stewart
Jefferies .... Laurence Allan
Bannion ....Rhodri Hugh
Isabella .... Helen Gwyn
Jabez ... Hubert Rees
Felix ... Keiron Self
Mrs Brier ...Anwen Williams
Lord Plimmon ... Ric Jerrom

Music by Ruth Wall
Harp ... Ruth Wall
Violin ... Alison Frances

Director: Alison Hindell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1996.


MON 11:00 TED Radio Hour (m000y6q5)
Series 8

Clint Smith - Poet

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

Manoush Zomorodi talks to poet Clint Smith about his experience as a Black parent in America after George Floyd. From 2020.

First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2020.


MON 11:50 Inheritance Tracks (m000y6q7)
Darcey Bussell

Ballerina Darcey Bussell chooses ‘Dancing Queen’ by Abba and Prokofiev's Adagio from ‘Cinderella’.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live in May 2021.


MON 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jn4t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 England, Their England by AG Macdonell (m000y6q3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b1zss)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 13:30 Cordoba (m000y6q1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 14:00 Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore (b08hm9w6)
Episode 6

Set in Bristol in 1792, Birdcage Walk plays out against a backdrop of the French Revolution. It touches on Radical idealism, property, political turmoil and private tragedy. Inspired by the real life of Julia Fawkes, a leading Radical writer, none of whose work has survived, Dunmore explores the tensions between generations and genders, and examines the idea of legacy as Julia's daughter Lizzie finds herself torn between her charismatic, self made husband and her idealistic mother. As her husband John Diner Tredevant speculates on property in Bristol's housing boom, he risks losing everything in the social upheaval caused by the French Revolution.

Episode Six: Diner questions where Lizzie has been on her nocturnal wanderings, and a chance encounter with a dressmaker on the streets of Bristol reveals a clue to John Diner's past. Lizzie Fawkes decides to visit the dressmaker to find out more about Diner's first wife Lucie and the mysterious circumstances surrounding her death.

Helen Dunmore was a prize-winning novelist and poet whose work often explores the interplay between the public and the personal

The readers are Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp

The abridger is Sara Davies

Produced by Julian Wilkinson

First broadcast in March 2017.


MON 14:15 Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food (b09xjb5v)
Episode 1

Claudia Roden's A Book of Middle Eastern Food published in 1968, was a major landmark in the history of food writing and paved the way for all the TV chefs who followed. Born in 1936 in Cairo, Claudia Roden was a foreign food correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Times Magazine. Later, she hosted a BBC TV series, Claudia Roden's Mediterranean Cookery, and has won many awards and trophies.

With cameos from Yotam Ottolenghi and Claudia's granddaughter, Nelly Wolman, this entertaining dramatisation, shines a light on an extraordinary global cook, still traveling the world sharing recipes and cultures.

The dramatist Anjum Malik is an established scriptwriter, poet and performer. She was born in Saudi Arabia and has lived in Pakistan as well several cities in England.

Episode 1:

Claudia remembers her early life in Cairo and the nostalgic dishes of her childhood.

CAST:

Claudia Roden........................Tracy-Ann Oberman
Nelly Douek.............................Ann Marcuson
Cesar Douek.............................David Fleeshman
Interviewer/Auntie..................Perveen Hussain

Dramatist....................................Anjum Malik
Sound Design...........................Eloise Whitmore
Producers...................................Polly Thomas and Eloise Whitmore
Executive Producer.................Robert Abel

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2018.


MON 14:30 True Tales From the Crypt (b01mqq9g)
Roger Luckhurst goes in search of the original Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, and finds out that it may be more Western invention than Egyptian reality...

Since its earliest days Hollywood has been obsessed with the idea of the curse of the pharoahs, the mummy that reawakens to wreak vengeance on the world. Yet Egyptologists deny such curses exist in Egyptian tombs. The popular legend of the curse is thought to date from the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter and his backer Lord Caernarvon in 1922, and Caernarvon's subsequent death from an infected mosquito bite. Newspapers were quick to alight on the idea of a curse, and equally quick to blame the curse for any subsequent death even tenuously connected with the excavation.

But Roger Luckhurst believes that the origin of the mummy curse story goes back far earlier than Caernarvon, back into the nineteenth century, when Britain's empire was at its zenith and two curse stories, centring on two swashbuckling sons of empire, Walter Ingram, and Thomas Douglas Murray, set Victorian society alight. What can these earlier tales tell us about the idea of the Mummy curse?

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.


MON 15:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007rf4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 16:00 Act Your Age (b00zsjz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 16:30 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008d0hd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 17:00 Big Problems with Helen Keen (b0608n2d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m000xz43)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jrxn)
The World in Peril

Episode 11

In Paddy's absence, Captain Jet Morgan and the crew of the Discovery set out to explore the asteroid.

It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion.

Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Flynn …. Pat Campbell
Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs

Music composed by Van Phillips

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1955.


MON 18:30 A Good Read (b01l0dp6)
Kevin Maguire and Lucy Mangan

Harriett Gilbert is joined by the journalist Kevin Maguire and the columnist Lucy Mangan to discuss their favourite books.

BOOKS FEATURED IN THE PROGRAMME

Lucy Mangan's choice: 'Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady' by Florence King
Publ. Virago

Kevin Maguire's choice: 'The Clerkenwell Tales' by Peter Ackroyd
Publ. Random House

Harriett Gilbert's choice: 'The Smoking Diaries' by Simon Gray
Publ. Granta

Producer: Sarah Langan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in 2012.


MON 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jn4t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 England, Their England by AG Macdonell (m000y6q3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b1zss)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 20:30 Cordoba (m000y6q1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 21:00 TED Radio Hour (m000y6q5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 21:50 Inheritance Tracks (m000y6q7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today]


MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m000xz43)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 22:30 Father Figure (b01bw5cc)
Series 1

Birthday Lunch

Family sitcom written by and starring Irish comedian Jason Byrne.

Much to the consternation of his overbearing mother, Tom Whyte decides to cook his dad a birthday lunch for a family get-together. What he intends to put on the table undergoes a transformation by serving time, whilst best friend Roddy brings an especially unappetising contribution to the meal.

CAST:

Tom Whyte .... Jason Byrne
Elaine Whyte .... Lucy Montgomery
Dylan Whyte .... Dominic Applewhite
Mary Whyte .... Pauline McLynn
Pat Whyte .... Dermot Crowley
Roddy .... Michael Smiley

Producer: Julia McKenzie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 2021.


MON 23:00 Party's Over (m00076tk)
Pilot

What happens when the Prime Minister suddenly stops being Prime Minister?

One day you're the most powerful person in the country, the next you're irrelevant, forced into retirement 30 years ahead of schedule and find yourself asking 'What do I do now?'

Miles Jupp stars as Henry Tobin - Britain's shortest serving and least popular post war PM (he managed 8 months).

We join Henry soon after his crushing election loss. He’s determined to not let his disastrous defeat be the end of him. Instead Henry's going to get back to the top - he's just not sure how and in what field..

In this first episode of the series, Henry is looking to repair his tattered reputation by getting a publishing deal for his memoirs to set the record straight on his premiership.

Written by Paul Doolan and Jon Hunter

Henry Tobin... Miles Jupp
Christine Tobin... Ingrid Oliver
Natalie... Emma Sidi
Drew... Kiell Smith-Bynoe
Jones... Justin Edwards
PJ... Rosie Cavaliero
Jack Steele & Tony... Adam Riches

Producer Simon Nicholls

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 2019.


MON 23:30 Recorded for Training Purposes (b00gdyxx)
Series 3

Episode 1

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions.

With Ben Willbond, Dominic Coleman, Ingrid Oliver, Rachel Atkins, Lewis Macleod and Julie Mayhew.

Writers:
Rebecca Hobbs
Christina Martin
James McDougall
Kate Chedgey
Michael Balazo
John Dorney
Daniel Harlos
John-Luke Roberts
Matt Honeyball
James Sherwood
Mike Ryan
Michael Rees

Script editors: James Cary, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009.



TUESDAY 27 JULY 2021

TUE 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jrxn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b01l0dp6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b1zss)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Cordoba (m000y6q1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore (b08hm9w6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food (b09xjb5v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 True Tales From the Crypt (b01mqq9g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007rf4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 Act Your Age (b00zsjz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008d0hd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Big Problems with Helen Keen (b0608n2d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 05:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m000xz43)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b2vb6)
Mrs McGinty's Dead

2. Headlines

Hercule Poirot is convinced that the brutal murder of an elderly woman is connected to a lurid article in a Sunday newspaper

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt.

From the novel published in 1952 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Ariadne Oliver ...... Julia MacKenzie
Superintendent Spence ...... George Baker
Mrs Wetherby ...... Rosalind Knight
Deirdre Henderson ...... Teresa Gallagher
Mrs Upward ...... Jill Balcon
Robin Upward ...... Nick Waring
Eve Carpenter ...... Angela Sims
Guy Carpenter ...... Dominic Colchester
Dr Rendell ...... Gerard McDermott

Director: Enyd Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.


TUE 06:30 Cordoba (m000y68t)
3. Warned Off

When reprisals begin against her, Dee recalls why she is so driven to get to the truth.

A thriller set in Wales. Renowned writer Raymond Turner is mysteriously blown up on his boat. D.T. Mitchell – ‘Dee’ - a reporter on a local Swansea newspaper, is sent to investigate and unearths a web of deceit and cover-ups. D.T.’s life is dogged by alcohol abuse, a messy divorce and career frustration. However, she is reinvigorated with this assignment…

Written for radio by Nigel Baldwin.

CAST:

Dee Mitchell …. Alison Steadman
Conrad De’Ath …. Bill Stewart
Geraint …. Robin Griffith
Alex …. Leslie Rooney
Ieuan …. Robert Pugh
Tina Turner …. Gudrun Ure
Rachel …. Helen Griffin
Raymond Turner …. Tony Leader
Press Officer …. Stacey Jefferson
Landlord …. Brendan Charleson

Original music by Laurie Scott Baker.

Jane Dauncey: Director

Produced in Wales and first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.


TUE 07:00 Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers (b098jtq1)
Series 1

Childhood

Writer and comedian, Andy Hamilton shares his observations and reminiscences about his personal life and 40 years working in comedy.

For starters, Andy recalls his favourite childhood sounds of the ice-cream van and the roar of the Stamford Bridge. Plus his memories of being an overcautious and yet inattentive parent.

The rest of this four-part series looks at Politics, The Human Body and Animals.

Using comic observation and personal anecdotes he explore each theme, examining how much (or how little) things have changed over his 60ish years.

It’s Andy’s thoughtful, social history, but packed with laughs.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017.


TUE 07:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market (m000xzfr)
Series 6

The Super Rich

As the waters recede from the tsunami of the global pandemic and Britain settles into its new relationship with Europe and the World, Simon Evans returns to focus his jokenomics lens on the myriad economic challenges and opportunities facing humanity.

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have had an excellent pandemic. A 2021 Oxfam report found that the world’s 10 richest billionaires have collectively seen their wealth grow by $540 billion over the last year. And it’s not just the super-rich, it’s true that even the less obscenely wealthy have got richer during the pandemic. The price of Aston Martins and other playthings is sure to rise but what does this further bunching of wealth at the top mean for the rest of us?

Simon is joined by Robert Watts, compiler of the Sunday Times Rich List to take a look at the lives and influence of the Super Rich.

Written and presented by Simon Evans
Additional material from Dan Evans
Production co-ordinator: Cherlynn Andrew-Wilfred
Producer: Richard Morris

Photo credit: Steve Best

A BBC Studios Production


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jyxq)
Series 9

The Scarlet Capsule

Professor Ned Quatermass unravels a mystery around some enigmatic blue serge suits. Stars Spike Milligan. From February 1959.


TUE 08:30 Take Me to Your Reader (m000y68w)
3. A Change of Medium

Colin and author Prudence defend the romantic innocence of her second novel.

A mid ‘80s sitcom set in the publishing house, Roache & Brewer, where erudite, naïve Colin Luscombe fights an uphill battle with his bluff MD, Rees John. Colin wants to inform and educate the world, whilst Rees is only interested in the bottom line. "Forget literature," says Rees to Colin, "concentrate on books.” Stuck in the middle is Janet Hunt.

CAST:

Colin Luscombe …. Tim Brooke-Taylor
Rees John …. Glyn Houston
Janet Hunt …. Eve Karpf
Prudence Gray …. Nell Brennan
Piers Bruce …. Jon Glover
Seagram Holt …. John Graham

Written by Andrew Palmer.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1986.


TUE 09:00 Party's Over (m00076tk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]


TUE 09:30 The Brothers (b00nn2hg)
Series 2

Episode 1

A comedy series about the dysfunctional Burbage siblings. Michael becomes obsessed by the circus and Nigel has a bizarre encounter with a Ted Hughes poem.

CAST:

Nigel Burbage …. Adam Godley
Michael Burbage …. Ray Coulthard
Oonagh …. Pauline McLynn
Zorro …. Alex Lowe

Written by Caroline and David Stafford.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.


TUE 10:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007rnv)
2. Wild Music

The iron furnaces in Moonlea are about to be closed, and trouble is brewing, but Leigh cannot persuade John Simon to leave.

Gywn Thomas's 1949 novel dramatised by Alan Plater.

Leigh ... Ian Hughes
John Simon .... Patrick Brennan
Katherine ... Manon Edwards
Helen ..... Melanie Walters
Bannion ....Rhodri Hugh
Lemuel ... Ray Llewellyn
Jefferies .... Laurence Allan
Isabella .... Helen Gwyn
Jabez ... Hubert Rees
Felix ... Kieron Self
Rev Bowen ...Dillwyn Owen
Lord Plimmon ... Ric Jerrom

Music by Ruth Wall
Harp ... Ruth Wall
Violin ... Alison Frances

Director: Alison Hindell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1996.


TUE 11:00 Charles Parker Prize (m000y68y)
2021

Sara Parker introduces a new generation of student features makers, all winners and finalists of the Charles Parker prize 2021 – a prize which was set up in memory of her father.

Through the late 1950s and 60s, pioneering radio producer Charles Parker, along with folk icons Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, made ‘The Radio Ballads’ , an innovative series which brought a new landscape of radio storytelling – interweaving interview and actuality with MacColl and Seeger’s musical narrative.

Charles’ daughter Sara Parker, herself an award-winning radio producer, hears this year's very best features on themes ranging from gender and race, body image, an asylum seeker, a window cleaner and a secluded all-male swimming place on the outskirts of Oxford to an invisible army of cleaners battling Covid and a doctor who turns to his love of the violin for solace with the Gold winning feature remembering 40 years on, the New Cross fire which killed 13 black teenagers.

There are extracts from the winning features of: Magdalena Moursy, Hunter Charlton, Chantal Herbert, Isobel Howe and Emma Millen, as well as the five runners-up Stephen Bissett, Shelley Gates, Mariana Araújo Ramos Maia Gonçalves, Ben Tulloh and Kate White. You can hear the five winners’ work in full in the series ‘New Storytellers’ on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.

Producer: Jay Sykes

A Soundscape Production for BBC Radio 4 Extra.


TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jyxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 Take Me to Your Reader (m000y68w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b2vb6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 13:30 Cordoba (m000y68t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 14:00 Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore (b08hnpmq)
Episode 7

Set in Bristol in 1792, Helen Dunmore's novel Birdcage Walk, plays out against a backdrop of the French Revolution. It touches on Radical idealism, property, political turmoil and private tragedy. Inspired by the real life of Julia Fawkes, a leading Radical writer, none of whose work has survived, Dunmore explores the tensions between generations and genders, and examines the idea of legacy as Julia's daughter Lizzie finds herself torn between her charismatic, self made husband and her idealistic mother. As her husband John Diner Tredevant speculates on property in Bristol's housing boom, he risks losing everything in the social upheaval caused by the French Revolution.

Episode Seven: The news from France darkens, and Lizzie receives a French visitor - but the visitor has not come to talk of the Revolution. Instead she is searching for Lizzie husband's Diner, and the whereabouts of his first wife's tombstone.

An acclaimed poet and award-winning novelist, Helen Dunmore's work explores the interplay between the public and the personal.

The readers are Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp

The abridger is Sara Davies

Produced by Julian Wilkinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.


TUE 14:15 Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food (b09xjtdb)
Episode 2

Claudia Roden's A Book of Middle Eastern Food was a landmark cookery book, first published in 1968. At a time when most Britons were enjoying cauliflower cheese and soggy Spaghetti Bolognese on a regular basis, she introduced chick peas, sharp flavoured marinades, aubergines and her most popular recipe - orange and almond cake.

She is a cookery writer whose love of cooking and exploration of culture through recipes has placed her in a unique role. Jay Rayner of The Kitchen Cabinet describes her as 'One of the greatest British food writers working in Britain today - one before whom the likes of Nigel Slater, Simon Hopkinson, Nigella and Delia will all willingly bend the knee."

Episode 2:
Now at art school in London, Claudia despairs of British cooking. Everything changes when her beloved parents are expelled from Egypt and join her.

Claudia Roden....................Tracy-Ann Oberman
Nelly Douek........................Ann Marcuson
Cesar Douek........................David Fleeshman
Interviewer/Auntie............Perveen Hussain

Dramatist...............................Anjum Malik
Sound Design......................Eloise Whitmore
Producers..............................Polly Thomas and Eloise Whitmore
Executive Producer............Robert Abel

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2018.


TUE 14:30 Was Gertrude Stein Any Good? (b01r0dys)
Gertrude Stein has been called a genius and an idiot. So which was she? For some Stein is on a literary par with her contemporaries and friends; James Joyce, T.S Eliot, Marcel Proust or Ezra Pound, but for others she's a fraud, the 'eminent idiot' of the Modernist period, writing gibberish and passing it off as art.

There's no doubting the importance of Stein as a creative catalyst. She gathered some of the greatest artists of the 20th century into her circle, offering financial, emotional and intellectual support. Picasso and Hemingway in particular cited her importance to their work.

She spent much of her life working on her opus, 'The Making of Americans', a book likened to Joyce's Ulysses in its scale, ambition and incomprehensibility. Does it deserve re-examination? Is it fair that Joyce is lauded and Stein marginalised?

Poet and presenter Ian McMillan asks if Getrude Stein was any good?

Produced in Salford by Nicola Swords.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.


TUE 15:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007rnv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 16:00 The Rest is History (b075mnxs)
Series 2

Episode 1

Frank Skinner loves history, but just doesn't know much of it. So he's devised a comedy discussion show in order to find out more about it.

Along with his historian in residence, Professor Kate Williams, Frank is joined by Katy Brand and Pierre Novellie, who discuss Hodge - the cat belonging to Doctor Samuel Pepys, Nelson and Lady Hamilton, and the Lyme Missal.

Producers: Mark Augustyn and Justin Pollard

An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2016..


TUE 16:30 The Brothers (b00nn2hg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 17:00 Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers (b098jtq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market (m000xzfr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js0f)
The World in Peril

Episode 12

Jet and Lemmy ignore sinister audio warnings as they approach the centre of the asteroid.

It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion.

Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Various …. Pat Campbell
Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs

Music composed by Van Phillips

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1955.


TUE 18:30 Soul Music (b01cjwtn)
Series 13

The Hallelujah Chorus

The Hallelujah chorus from Handel's Messiah is stirring, emotional and unmistakable.

The Alzheimer's Society runs a group called 'Singing for the Brain'. It's for people with dementia or Alzheimers and their carers who come together to sing in a group. As music is tied so closely to emotional memories, often lyrics and music remain firmly fixed in the brain, even though other memories have died away.

Julia Burton of the Alzheimer's Society recalls the power of the Hallelujah Chorus, as performed at a special event by Singing for the Brain groups in Wiltshire and Dorset.

Mrs Vera Fiton, whose late husband - Ted - had dementia talks about how important the weekly singing group was for both of them. Taking Ted from his care home to 'do the Hallelujah' was a weekly highlight, he enjoyed it so much, Vera recalls, that he'd still be singing in the taxi on the way home.

Carol Pemberton, of the Birmingham-based a capella quintet 'Black Voices', took part in the reopening concert of Birmingham Town Hall in 2007. The programme director suggested they sing The Messiah, but not as Handel intended, rather a daring interpretation arranged by Quincy Jones, called the 'Soulful Messiah'. It's a soul/gospel version which has to be heard to be believed! Carol describes performing it as one of the biggest highs of her career to date.

Jennifer Blakeley runs Alphabet Photography, a photo company based in Niagara Falls in Canada. She came up with the idea of staging a Flash Mob to promote her company. The Hallelujah Chorus had long been a favourite piece, and she - along with her local choir - set up a flash-mob in a local shopping mall. The result was emotional, extraordinary... and achieved so much more than the intended aim to boost her business. Passers by , not linked with the choir, joined in... others cried, emotions ran high. And the resulting You Tube video has now attracted over 37 million hits.

Paul Spicer, composer, conductor and organist, describes the historical backdrop to Handel's exhilarating composition.

Producer: Karen Gregor.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.


TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jyxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 Take Me to Your Reader (m000y68w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b2vb6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 20:30 Cordoba (m000y68t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 21:00 Charles Parker Prize (m000y68y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 22:00 Simon Evans Goes to Market (m000xzfr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 22:30 Revolting People (b008gc13)
Series 3

The God-Given Talent

Joshua enters a log-chopping contest and Cora discovers a gift for penning pornography.

Sitcom set just before the American War of Independence.

Written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses.

CAST:

McGurk .... Andy Hamilton
Samuel .... Jay Tarses
Captain Brimshaw .... James Fleet
Mary .... Jan Raven
Joshua .... Tony Maudsley
Ezekiel .... Hugh Dennis
Cora .... Penelope Nice

Other parts played by Michael Fenton Stevens and Philip Pope.

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.


TUE 23:00 2000 Years of Radio (b007jng1)
Series 1

Crusade Roadshow

Join DJ Steve in the Afternoon on his AD 1200 Christian Crusade Roadshow as he gathers up an army of children and the plague-ridden to find salvation and a suntan in the Holy Land.

Six-part series that taps into the radio archive of a bygone age.

Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Claire Downes, Stuart Lane, Al Holloway, Danny Robbins and Dan Tetsell.

Producers: Paul Dodgson & Sean Grundy

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000.


TUE 23:15 Jelly Mountain (b00fkp5z)
Episode 3

A visit to the circus heralds arcane amusements. Songs and stories from Ivor Cutler, with Craig Murray-Orr. From May 1996.


TUE 23:30 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (b00cxr1s)
Series 2

Courage

The comedian promotes the virtue of courage, with Tim Key and Tom Basden providing feats of cowardice. From August 2008.



WEDNESDAY 28 JULY 2021

WED 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js0f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:30 Soul Music (b01cjwtn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b2vb6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Cordoba (m000y68t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore (b08hnpmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food (b09xjtdb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 Was Gertrude Stein Any Good? (b01r0dys)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007rnv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 The Rest is History (b075mnxs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 The Brothers (b00nn2hg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers (b098jtq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 05:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market (m000xzfr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b2zzr)
Mrs McGinty's Dead

3. Suspects

In the respectable village of Broadhinny, Hercule Poirot has established several possible suspects of appropriate ages, as the murderer of the elderly woman...

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt.

From the novel published in 1952 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Ariadne Oliver ...... Julia MacKenzie
Superintendent Spence ...... George Baker
Mrs Upward ...... Jill Balcon
Robin Upward ...... Nick Waring
Eve Carpenter ...... Angela Sims
Deirdre Henderson ...... Teresa Gallagher
Maureen Summerhayes ...... Molly Gaisford
Mrs Rendell ...... Susannah Corbett
Mrs Sweetiman ...... Jillie Meers

Director: Enyd Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.


WED 06:30 Cordoba (m000y750)
4. Reappearances

Raymond appears to die again and Dee’s mystery man reappears.

A thriller set in Wales. Renowned writer Raymond Turner is mysteriously blown up on his boat. D.T. Mitchell – ‘Dee’ - a reporter on a local Swansea newspaper, is sent to investigate and unearths a web of deceit and cover-ups. D.T.’s life is dogged by alcohol abuse, a messy divorce and career frustration. However, she is reinvigorated with this assignment…

Written for radio by Nigel Lambert.

CAST:

Dee Mitchell …. Alison Steadman
Conrad De’Ath …. Bill Stewart
Geraint …. Robin Griffith
Alex …. Leslie Rooney
Ieuan …. Robert Pugh
Tina Turner …. Gudrun Ure
Raymond Turner …. Tony Leader
Bethan …. Sue Jones Davies
Detective …. Gary Llewellyn

Original music by Laurie Scott Baker.

Jane Dauncey: Director

Produced in Wales and first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.


WED 07:00 The Fair Intellectual Club (b082j3cb)
An Encounter with Mr Handel

Friedrich Handel is down in the dumps because the King is growing tired of his music. He heads north to Edinburgh for inspiration and meets the ladies of The Fair Intellectual Club - a secret scholarly society for girls.

With the help of Marjory, Handel finds a melancholy theme for a new work. Thanks to the efforts of girl-about-town Ishbel and maths genius Alison, he ends up with a much jauntier, raunchier tune.

Lucy Porter's sitcom is set in early 18th Century Scotland.

Friedrich Handel ...... Gus Brown
Marjory ...... Samara MacLaren
Ishbel ...... Caroline Deyga
Alison ...... Jessica Hardwick

With Simon Donaldson and Gordon Kennedy

Music by Aly Macrae.

Director: Marilyn Imrie
Producer: Gordon Kennedy

An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2016.


WED 07:30 Paul Sinha's General Knowledge (m000y0kp)
Series 3

Episode 1

Paul Sinha is an award-winning comedian, a former British Quiz Champion and also, according to the Radio Times, the UK's "funniest fund of forgotten facts". He returns to Radio 4 with a third series of his General Knowledge, recounting the amazing true stories that lie behind fascinating nuggets of information.

This episode catches up with the news since the last series of General Knowledge finished in 2020, from those we've lost to those we've 'liked', and commemorates the Vice President most worthy of being the next to get the 'Hamilton' treatment.

Written and performed by Paul Sinha
Additional material by Oliver Levy
Music by Tim Sutton
Recording engineered by Darren Wardrobe and Mike Smith
Produced by Ed Morrish

A Lead Mojo/Somethin' Else co-production for BBC Radio 4


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00j1wj3)
Series 3

The Pet Dog

The lad buys Andree a puppy for her birthday, but to his alarm - it won't stop growing!

Starring Tony Hancock.

With Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Andree Melly and Kenneth Williams.

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 October 1955.


WED 08:30 No Commitments (b00s8fxq)
Series 3

Time Shift

Charlotte surprises her sisters with her new younger lover. Simon Brett's sitcom stars Rosemary Leach. From November 1994.


WED 09:00 The Motion Show (b00762sc)
Series 4

Episode 5

Graeme Garden chairs the debating game with Gyles Brandreth, Scott Capurro, Arthur Smith and Paul Daniels. From June 2001.


WED 09:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k1kz)
Series 2

The Comeback Kid

Rosie and her team are asked to relaunch the career of an ageing children's TV presenter.

Can they prove that old fashioned entertainment can win out over computer games?

Prunella Scales stars in the second of four series of Simon Brett's sitcom following the trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event-management company based in Brighton.

With Arabella Weir as Kate, Rebecca Callard as Jo, Duncan Preston as Bob, Annette Badland as Tess, David Wood as Tommy Tummy, James Vaughan as Julian, Jim North as Bernard and Stefan Abingdon and Alice Connor as the Children,

Producer: Maria Esposito

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.


WED 10:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007s2w)
3. The Verdict

The iron workers' uprising is defeated and Leigh has become an accessory to murder.

Conclusion of Gywn Thomas's novel dramatised by Alan Plater.

Leigh ... Ian Hughes
John Simon .... Patrick Brennan
Katherine ... Manon Edwards
Helen ..... Melanie Walters
Jefferies .... Laurence Allan
Clark ... Gerald James
Longridge ... Sion Probert
Parr ... Ian Rowlands
Jabez ... Hubert Rees
Penbury .... Bill Stewart
Lemuel ... Ray Llewellyn
Lord Plimmon ... Ric Jerrom

Music by Ruth Wall
Harp ... Ruth Wall

Director: Alison Hindell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1996.


WED 11:00 Jim Morrison's Will to be Weird (m000h1z5)
2: Strange Days

Had Jim Morrison of The Doors not died in mysterious circumstances at the tender age of 27 in 1971, he would have celebrated his 75th birthday in 2018.

Over three sixty-minute episodes, Paul Gambaccini mixes the music and poetry of the man with the influences that moulded the self-proclaimed ‘The Lizard King’. Paul first encountered Morrison in 1967 when, as a young music director on a New Hampshire radio station, he eagerly opened The Doors’ first single ‘Break On Through’. He followed his career from beginning to end and, to this day, visits Morrison’s grave in Paris.

In addition to Paul’s memories and observations, we delve into the Radio Archive and feature:

‘The Marriage of Heaven and Hell’ [Radio 3 29/03/1995]
A unique interpretation of William Blake’s 18th century masterpiece

‘Dreadzone Aldous Huxley Readings’ [Radio 1 1995]
Greg Roberts [now Greg Dread] reads excerpts from ‘Brave New World’]

Producer: Mik Wilkojc

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first heard in 2018.


WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00j1wj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 12:30 No Commitments (b00s8fxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b2zzr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 13:30 Cordoba (m000y750)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 14:00 Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore (b08hpklm)
Episode 8

We continue with Helen Dunmore's novel set in Bristol in 1792, Birdcage Walk plays out against a backdrop of the French Revolution. It touches on Radical idealism, property, political turmoil and private tragedy. Inspired by the real life of Julia Fawkes, a leading Radical writer, none of whose work has survived, Dunmore explores the tensions between generations and genders, and examines the idea of legacy as Julia's daughter Lizzie finds herself torn between her charismatic, self made husband and her idealistic mother. As her husband John Diner Tredevant speculates on property in Bristol's housing boom, he risks losing everything in the social upheaval caused by the French Revolution.

Episode Eight: Fear over the beheading of the King of France spreads to England and the housing market collapses. Diner faces financial ruin and Lizzie must face a frightening truth about her marriage.

Helen Dunmore was a prize-winning poet and novelist whose work explores the interplay between the public and the personal.

The readers are Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp

The abridger is Sara Davies

Produced by Julian Wilkinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.


WED 14:15 Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food (b09xkc4k)
Episode 3

Claudia Roden's A Book of Middle Eastern Food was a landmark cookery book, first published in 1968.

Claudia was born in 1936 in Cairo. She was a foreign food correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Times Magazine. Later, she hosted a BBC TV series, Claudia Roden's Mediterranean Cookery, and has won many awards and trophies.

With cameos from Yotam Ottolenghi and Claudia's granddaughter, Nelly Wolman, this entertaining dramatisation shines a light on an extraordinary global cook.

Episode 3:

Claudia's quest for Middle Eastern recipes takes her to embassies, carpet shops and any gathering where she might meet fellow Middle Easterners. Cooking with her mother brings them even closer together.

CAST:

Claudia Roden....................Tracy-Ann Oberman
Nelly Douek........................Ann Marcuson
Cesar Douek........................David Fleeshman
Interviewer/Auntie............Perveen Hussain

Dramatist..............................Anjum Malik
Sound Design......................Eloise Whitmore
Producers..............................Polly Thomas and Eloise Whitmore
Executive Producer............Robert Abel

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4 - first broadcast in April 2018.


WED 14:30 Opening the Boxes: a Soprano's Secrets (b0138529)
Music critic Michael White was asked to look at some storage boxes, in which were packed the memorabilia of the soprano Jennifer Vyvyan, who died in 1974.

For several months, he and her son Jonathan Crown delved through them and uncovered the fascinating story of one of Britain's most dazzling classical music stars. In this programme, White reveals his discoveries, from the dramatic roles she pioneered for Benjamin Britten to her definitive recordings of Handel, made with Sir Thomas Beecham and Sir Adrian Boult. We learn of her aristocratic roots, a controversial marriage, her championing of new music and the baroque revival, as well as a lifelong struggle against a fatal disease.

We also hear archive recordings of Vyvan herself, and the recollections of her contemporaries April Cantelo, Steuart Bedford and John Copley. Above all we hear one of the most golden voices of the post war era of British music.

Producer: Alyn Shipton
An Unique Production

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.


WED 15:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007s2w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


WED 16:00 The Motion Show (b00762sc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 16:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k1kz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 17:00 The Fair Intellectual Club (b082j3cb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 17:30 Paul Sinha's General Knowledge (m000y0kp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js2r)
The World in Peril

Episode 13

As the asteroid ship flounders, Mitch and Lemmy make a shocking discovery.

It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion.

Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Flynn …. Pat Campbell
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Rogers/The Martian/Announcer …. David Jacobs

Music composed by Van Phillips

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1955.


WED 18:30 Short Cuts (m0008hww)
Series 20

Family Ties

A family whose women are bound by activism, poetry between generations and forging new families in later life. Josie Long presents short documentaries about familial connections.

Radical Love
Featuring Ash Sarkar
Produced by Alia Cassam

A Beautiful Arrangement
Featuring Stefanie Clark and Jane Callahan-Moore
Produced by Bill Healy

Loose Lips
Featuring Mark ‘Mr T’ Thompson and Fiona Goffe
Produced by Alan Hall

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam
Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2019.


WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00j1wj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 19:30 No Commitments (b00s8fxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b2zzr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 20:30 Cordoba (m000y750)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 21:00 Jim Morrison's Will to be Weird (m000h1z5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


WED 22:00 Paul Sinha's General Knowledge (m000y0kp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 22:30 Life on Egg (b09k840g)
Series 1

Method

Harry Hill stars in this sitcom set in The Egg, Britain's remotest prison, built on a giant prehistoric egg floating in the middle of the ocean.

When famous movie star Brad De Deprrio comes to visit The Egg in order to research a film role, the team are predictably excited to welcome him. But will they be able to put up with his outrageous showbiz demands, especially when he asks to share a cell with The Egg's most dangerous prisoner?

Governor Harry ..... Harry Hill
Anne ..... Karen Bartke
Peter ..... Marek Larwood
The Minister ..... Tanya Moodie
Tim the Helicopter Pilot ..... Dan Maier
Brad De Depprio ..... Demetri Goritsas

Written by Dan Maier

Producer: Sam Michell

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in January 2018.


WED 22:45 Woof (b0bktmmm)
True Tales of Romance and Failure

Much Loved Son and Fantasist

Myopia and its advantages and ... is that an architect I see before me?

Bittersweet comic real life stories written and performed by Chris Neill.

With Isy Suttie and Martin Hyder.

Producer: Steve Doherty

A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2018.

Music featured:

Track: Dance Away
Perf: The Bryan Ferry Orchestra

Track: Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
Perf: Johnny Maddox

Track: September Song
Perf: Dion and The Belmonts

Track: Ladyfingers
Perf: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

Track: Lo Sceicco Bianco
Perf: Katyna Ranieri & orchestra

Track: I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
Perf: Scissor Sisters


WED 23:00 Radio 9 (b04dykmz)
Series 2

Episode 1

Urban fox hunting, reckless parenting and faking surgery for real. Stars Johnny Daukes and Hils Barker. From June 2005.


WED 23:30 Bunk Bed (b093b1x4)
Series 4

Episode 4

Everyone craves a place where their mind and body are not applied to a particular task. The nearest faraway place. Somewhere for drifting and lighting upon strange thoughts which don't have to be shooed into context, but which can be followed like balloons escaping onto the air.

Late at night, in the dark and in a bunk bed, your tired mind can wander.

This is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they try to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter.

From under the bed clothes they play each other music and archive of HG Wells, a Russian radio station for spies and cheesy pop anthems. Work, family, literature, and their own badly-scuffed dreams are the funny, if warped, conversational currency.

A Foghorn production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2017.


WED 23:45 Tina C (b0076q68)
Tina C's Tiny Island Tour

Scotland

Scotland Country singer and global activist Tina C, the comic creation of Olivier Award- winning Christopher Green, promotes her album 'Not tonight Darlin' I Got a Heartache' in Glasgow and traces her tartan 'in this year's shade of off-beige terracotta' in Edinburgh.

Pianist Duncan Walsh Atkins

Producer Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.



THURSDAY 29 JULY 2021

THU 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js2r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]


THU 00:30 Short Cuts (m0008hww)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]


THU 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b2zzr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]


THU 01:30 Cordoba (m000y750)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]


THU 02:00 Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore (b08hpklm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]


THU 02:15 Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food (b09xkc4k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]


THU 02:30 Opening the Boxes: a Soprano's Secrets (b0138529)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]


THU 03:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007s2w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:00 The Motion Show (b00762sc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]


THU 04:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k1kz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]


THU 05:00 The Fair Intellectual Club (b082j3cb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]


THU 05:30 Paul Sinha's General Knowledge (m000y0kp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]


THU 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b35f2)
Mrs McGinty's Dead

4. Danger

Hercule Poirot is very excited because someone has tried to kill him - so he knows he's on the right track.

However, there is somebody else for whose life he particularly fears...

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt.

From the novel published in 1952 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Ariadne Oliver ...... Julia MacKenzie
Superintendent Spence ...... George Baker
Robin Upward ...... Nick Waring
Mrs Upward ...... Jill Balcon
Mrs Rendell ...... Susannah Corbett
Deirdre Henderson ...... Teresa Gallagher
Maud Williams ...... Beth Chalmers
Maureen Summerhayes ...... Molly Gaisford
Michael ...... Kim Wall

Director: Enyd Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.


THU 06:30 Cordoba (m000y71s)
5. Still Waters

Dee finds the elusive Richard, who fled the night she found Jenny hanged. He makes some interesting revelations.

A thriller set in Wales. Renowned writer Raymond Turner is mysteriously blown up on his boat. D.T. Mitchell – ‘Dee’ - a reporter on a local Swansea newspaper, is sent to investigate and unearths a web of deceit and cover-ups. Dee’s life is dogged by alcohol abuse, a messy divorce and career frustration. However, she is reinvigorated with this assignment…

Written for radio by Nigel Baldwin.

CAST:

Dee Mitchell …. Alison Steadman
Conrad De’Ath …. Bill Stewart
Geraint …. Robin Griffith
Alex …. Leslie Rooney
Ieuan …. Robert Pugh
Tina Turner …. Gudrun Ure
Beth …. Sue Jones Davies
Olwen …. Pam Hopkins
Richard …. Ian Targett
Gary …. Andrew Wincott

Original music by Laurie Scott Baker.

Jane Dauncey: Director

Produced in Wales and first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.


THU 07:00 On the Rocks (b03k2gqn)
Series 1

Omens

by Christopher William Hill. It's 1937 on the remote Scilly Island of St. Martin's, where the islanders are resisting the attempts of the Penzance GPO man to modernise the post office - around which their world revolves.

Episode 2: Omens. Old Grace is convinced that strange things have started to happen since the new telegraph machine was installed.

directed by Mary Peate.

Sound by Jenni Burnett, Anne Bunting and Graham Harper
Production Co-ordinator, Jessica Brown.


THU 07:30 Olga Koch: OK Computer (m000y0qw)
Episode 3

Olga Koch and her digital assistant are on a mission to get healthy, but the topic is very tricky to compute. How can we be healthy if we don’t know what health even means? What is a Placebo, and why don’t we know any of their songs?

Comedian and Computer Scientist Olga Koch takes a deep dive into the world of computer science with her trusty virtual assistant Algo as the digital duo take the truths that you hold dear and tear them to shreds using logic, like a teenager on the internet. A four part stand-up special exploring Nationality, Beauty, Health and Privacy through the eyes of a woman with half a masters degree in the social science of the internet. By applying computer science to the world around her, Olga and Algo take an hilarious and pedantic journey to reveal the inherent absurdities of the modern world.

Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin
Starring Sindhu Vee as Algo
Additional Material from Rajiv Karia

Produced by Benjamin Sutton
A BBC Studios Production


THU 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007jvk6)
Son of a Sea Lord

Sub-Lieutenant Phillips is up for promotion, but will his Lord Nelson fantasy help or hinder?

Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Commanding Officer, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Lady Hamilton, Tenniel Evans as the Admiral and Michael Bates as the Vice-Admiral.

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

Scripted by Lawrie Wyman and George Evans.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1972.


THU 08:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00ktvvt)
Series 4

It's Behind You

Christmas is coming but goodwill is in short supply among the staff panto cast.

School comedy created and written by Jim Eldridge. Ten series of this King Street Junior ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005.

CAST:

Mrs Eastwood …. Brigitte Forsythe
Miss Lewis …. Marlene Sidaway
Mr Maxwell …. Michael Cochrane
Miss Featherstone …. Teresa Gallagher
Miss Reid …. Jacqueline Beatty
Mrs Khan …. Janice Acquah
Mr Long …. Paul Copley
John …. Pax Baldwin
Ashad …. Daryl Moore
Camilla …. Katy Walker
Garry …. Nathan Sykes

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2005.


THU 09:00 The Write Stuff (m000y71v)
Series 8

Roald Dahl

James Walton chairs the literary quiz.

Team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh are joined by Simon Brett and Peter Kemp.

Author of the week: Roald Dahl

Reader: Beth Chalmers

Producer: Katie Marsden

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2005.


THU 09:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b007vhr4)
Series 1

Pantomime Cows

Robert lands a festive stage role, but ends up drinking before a show...

John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom.

Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair
Sue ..... Caroline Quentin
Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn

With Stephen Yardley, Royce Mills, Susan Sheridan, Anne Bryson and Joanna Mackie.

Producer: Paul Spencer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1989.


THU 10:00 Sarah Daniels - Sound Barriers (m0002mh0)
What's wrong with Mel's baby? And why does she suddenly befriend her neighbours: a profoundly deaf man and a lonely widow?

Sarah Daniels's moving drama

CAST:

Audrey …. Patricia Routledge
Jenny …. Caroline Quentin
Ian …. Steve Day

Director: Sally Avens.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.


THU 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m000y5v0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


THU 11:45 Multi Story Shorts (m000y5v2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


THU 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007jvk6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 12:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00ktvvt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b35f2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


THU 13:30 Cordoba (m000y71s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


THU 14:00 Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore (b08hpx61)
Episode 9

We continue with Helen Dunmore's novel, set in Bristol in 1792. Birdcage Walk plays out against a backdrop of the French Revolution. It touches on Radical idealism, property, political turmoil and private tragedy. Inspired by the real life of Julia Fawkes, a leading Radical writer, none of whose work has survived, Dunmore explores the tensions between generations and genders, and examines the idea of legacy as Julia's daughter Lizzie finds herself torn between her charismatic, self made husband and her idealistic mother. As her husband John Diner Tredevant speculates on property in Bristol's housing boom, he risks losing everything in the social upheaval caused by the French Revolution.

Episode Eight: Lizzie is reunited with Thomas, but sees the scale of her husband's failure as his office is bare and his creditors come to the house shouting for their money. Diner is forced leave and he is determined that Lizzie will go with him.

Helen Dunmore was a prize-winning poet and novelist whose work explores the interplay between the public and the personal.

The readers are Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp

The abridger is Sara Davies

Produced by Julian Wilkinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.


THU 14:15 Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food (b09xnl56)
Episode 4

Claudia Roden's A Book of Middle Eastern Food was a landmark cookery book, first published in 1968. At a time when most Britons were enjoying cauliflower cheese and soggy Spaghetti Bolognese on a regular basis, she introduced chick peas, sharp flavoured marinades, aubergines and her most popular recipe - orange and almond cake.

She is a cookery writer whose love of cooking and exploration of culture through recipes has placed her in a unique role. Jay Rayner of The Kitchen Cabinet describes her as 'One of the greatest British food writers working in Britain today - one before whom the likes of Nigel Slater, Simon Hopkinson, Nigella and Delia will all willingly bend the knee."

Episode 4:

Claudia's research takes her to the Medieval section of the British Library, for ancient Arabic recipes that she tries out on her children. At last, she finds a publisher.

Claudia Roden....................Tracy-Ann Oberman
Nelly Douek........................,Ann Marcuson
Cesar Douek........................David Fleeshman
Interviewer/Auntie.............Perveen Hussain

Dramatist..............................Anjum Malik
Sound Design......................Eloise Whitmore
Producers..............................Polly Thomas and Eloise Whitmore
Executive Producer............Robert Abel

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2018.


THU 14:30 A Theatre For Everyman (b04fz0ws)
The legendary Everyman Theatre in Liverpool has nurtured the careers of many actors – such as Julie Walters, Anthony Sher , Jonathan Pryce and Matthew Kelly. Founded in 1964 by three young idealistic students, the theatre has fostered generations of heavyweight acting talent in the decades ever since. Closed in 2012 for a £28 million pound refurbishment, the theatre opened its doors again in March 2014 – having been completely re-built from the bottom up.

Capturing the spirit of a theatre through the voices of some of the writers, actors and directors who worked there – "A Theatre for Everyman" tells the story of one of the most exciting theatre spaces in England. We take a tour round the new building as they prepare for their first production; we hear how in the early days, actors had to manage coping with rats in their dressing rooms and getting changed in boiler rooms; how they had no money and had to make do and mend in order to get a play on – and how the spirit of the Everyman engendered a sense of family and belonging, in everyone who worked there.

Throughout the programme we also capture the spirit that is Liverpool – recalling the days of hardship and austerity in the 1970s; the Toxteth Riots of the 1980s and the Capital of Culture in 2008 – which went some way in helping to get the city back on its feet.

It's a story of originality and imagination, of ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies, crises and comebacks – but most of all, it's a story of extraordinary talent, of inspiration, of originality that all makes up of one of the most exciting theatre spaces in England.

Producer: Angela Hind
A Pier production

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.


THU 15:00 Sarah Daniels - Sound Barriers (m0002mh0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


THU 16:00 The Write Stuff (m000y71v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


THU 16:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b007vhr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


THU 17:00 On the Rocks (b03k2gqn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


THU 17:30 Olga Koch: OK Computer (m000y0qw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


THU 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js56)
The World in Peril

Episode 14

Jack Evans reveals the Martians' Earth invasion plans to Lemmy and Mitch.

It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion.

Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.

CAST:

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Rogers/The Martian/Announcer …. David Jacobs

Music composed by Van Phillips

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1955.


THU 18:30 Great Lives (b01g9c4w)
Series 27

Gertrude Stein

Gertude Stein, American poet, writer and art collector, lived most of her life in France. She was one of the first people to spot the genius of Picasso, Cezanne and Matisse, and she believed she was a genius too. Opinion on that score remains divided.

Erin Pizzey nominates Stein because she inspired her to ‘live a life without compromise’. Since setting up the world's first refuge for battered women in 1971, Pizzey has campaigned and written about domestic violence, publishing ‘Scream Quietly Or The Neighbours Will Hear’ and her autobiography ‘This Way To The Revolution’.

Joining presenter Matthew Parris in the studio is Diana Souhami, author of ‘Gertrude and Alice’.

Producer: Isobel Eaton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2012.


THU 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007jvk6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


THU 19:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00ktvvt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


THU 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b35f2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


THU 20:30 Cordoba (m000y71s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


THU 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m000y5v0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


THU 21:45 Multi Story Shorts (m000y5v2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


THU 22:00 Olga Koch: OK Computer (m000y0qw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


THU 22:30 Irish Micks and Legends (b01ntgxf)
Series 1

Deirdre of Sorrows

Aisling Bea and Yasmine Akram become Ais and Yaz and are the very best pals. They are taking their role as Ireland's freshest story-tellers to the British nation very seriously indeed but they haven't had the time to do much research, learn their lines or work out who is doing which parts.

The girls' unconventional way of telling stories involves a concoction of thoroughly inappropriate modern-day metaphors and references to many of the ancient Irish stories.

With a natural knack for both comedy and character voices Yasmine Akram and Aisling Bea will bring you warm, modern re-workings of popular ancient Irish stories.

Today it's Deirdre of Sorrows.

Written and performed by Aisling Bea and Yasmine Akram.

Producer: Raymond Lau.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012.


THU 22:45 Hannah Gadsby: Arts Clown (b055gcdq)
Michelangelo's David

Art historian Hannah Gadsby continues her radio series of comedy lectures about four masterpieces. This week she looks at Michelangelo's 'David', the 17ft statue he created between 1501 and 1504.

Born in Tasmania, Hannah got to know a lot about art from books. But it was only in her 20s when she visited Europe for the first time, that she saw the art she'd studied 'in the flesh', so to speak.

There in Florence she fell in love with David and in this programme she shares her affection for and knowledge of him, with all his imperfections.

Hannah is joined on stage by her very own 'Quotebot' who is inputted with every quote that's ever been written about art.

Quotebot sounds remarkably like comedy legend and all-round boffin John Lloyd.

Written by Hannah Gadsby
Performed by Hannah Gadsby with her Quotebot aka John Lloyd
Script edited by Jon Hunter
Produced by Claire Jones.


THU 23:00 Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters (b037j6vl)
Series 1

Episode 4

Master character comedian Colin Hoult presents his much anticipated debut comedy series for BBC Radio 4. Enter the Carnival of Monsters, a bizarre and hilarious world of sketches, stories and characters, presented by the sinister Ringmaster.

Meet such monstrous yet strangely familiar oddities as: Thwor - the mighty (but Leeds-based) god of Thwunder; Len Parker - Nottingham-born martial arts and transformers enthusiast; Anna Mann - outrageous star of such forgotten silver screen hits such as 'Rogue Baker', 'Who's For Turkish Delight' and 'A Bowl For My Bottom'; and many more.

Writers Guild Award-winner Colin Hoult is best known for his highly acclaimed starring roles in 'Being Human', 'Life's Too Short', and 'Russell Howard's Good News', as well as his many hit shows at the Edinburgh Festival. He has also appeared and written for a number of Radio 4 series including 'The Headset Set' and 'Colin and Fergus' Digi-Radio'.

'Lewis Carol meets The League Of Gentlemen . A beautifully staged masterclass in character comedy' - Time Out
'Comic gold' - Metro
'Delightfully funny' - The Telegraph

Produced by Sam Bryant.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.


THU 23:30 Party (b01n1qyg)
Series 3

The Splits

The budding politicians are on their way to research for the by-election.

Tom Basden's satirical comedy about a group of young idealists trying to make waves with their new political party.

Simon .... Tom Basden
Duncan .... Tim Key
Jared .... Jonny Sweet
Mel .... Anna Crilly
Phoebe .... Katy Wix
European Man .. Jot Davies

Producer: Julia McKenzie.

First broadcast on Radio 4 in October 2012.



FRIDAY 30 JULY 2021

FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js56)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]


FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b01g9c4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]


FRI 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b35f2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]


FRI 01:30 Cordoba (m000y71s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]


FRI 02:00 Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore (b08hpx61)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]


FRI 02:15 Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food (b09xnl56)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday]


FRI 02:30 A Theatre For Everyman (b04fz0ws)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]


FRI 03:00 Sarah Daniels - Sound Barriers (m0002mh0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:00 The Write Stuff (m000y71v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]


FRI 04:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b007vhr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]


FRI 05:00 On the Rocks (b03k2gqn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]


FRI 05:30 Olga Koch: OK Computer (m000y0qw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]


FRI 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b3fdv)
Mrs McGinty's Dead

5. Final Clue

The chaos of Long Meadows provides Hercule Poirot with his final clue to unveiling the pitiless murderer.

But there's also another surprise in store for the Belgian detective...

Conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring John Moffatt.

Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Ariadne Oliver ...... Julia MacKenzie
Superintendent Spence ...... George Baker
Robin Upward ...... Nick Waring
Maud Williams ...... Beth Chalmers
Maureen Summerhayes ...... Molly Gaisford
Major Summerhayes ...... Ian Masters
Eve Carpenter ...... Angela Sims
Guy Carpenter ...... Dominic Colchester
Mrs Rendell ...... Susannah Corbett

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Director: Enyd Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.


FRI 06:30 Cordoba (m000y7mr)
6. La Pista Falsa

In the final gripping episode we discover who died, why and if at all…

A thriller set in Wales. Renowned writer Raymond Turner is mysteriously blown up on his boat. D.T. Mitchell – ‘Dee’ - a reporter on a local Swansea newspaper, is sent to investigate and unearths a web of deceit and cover-ups. Dee’s life is dogged by alcohol abuse, a messy divorce and career frustration. However, she is reinvigorated with this assignment…

Written for radio by Nigel Baldwin.

CAST:

Dee Mitchell …. Alison Steadman
Conrad De’Ath …. Bill Stewart
Thomas …. Alan Towner
Alex …. Leslie Rooney
Ieuan …. Robert Pugh
Beth …. Sue Jones Davies
Nurse …. Marie Phillips
Smith …. Ivor Roberts
Mrs Mitchell …. Lawmary Champion

Original music by Laurie Scott Baker.

Jane Dauncey: Director

Produced in Wales and first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.


FRI 07:00 Guilt Trip (b07nrlqx)
Episode 4

On the last day of the walk, Ros and Laura still have 10 miles to go. But when they oversleep at the hotel they weren't supposed to be staying at in the first place, it's not looking good.

They're hung over and Ruth is organising a big reception for them at Tower Bridge - but will they get there in time?

Comedy drama written by Katherine Jakeways with Felicity Montagu and Olivia Nixon.

A mother and daughter are undertaking a two week sponsored walk along The Thames Path to raise money for the dead and divorced father's charity. Will they complete it?

Ros ...... Felicity Montagu
Laura ...... Olivia Nixon
Stepmother ...... Katherine Jakeways

With Katie Redford, Jeff Rawle Velibor Topic, George Watkins, Nancy Crane and Chris Pavlo.

Producer: Jane Berthoud

A BBC Comedy production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2016.


FRI 07:30 Stand-Up Specials (m000y64v)
Syd

Arthur Smith brings his hit Edinburgh Festival show to Radio 4.

Arthur's father Syd was an ordinary man in extraordinary times. Just 17 when he signed up, he fought at El Alamein, was captured and then imprisoned in Colditz and, after the war, joined the Metropolitan Police. He spent the rest of his working life patrolling the streets of London and had possibly the worst arrest rate in the force - having been a prisoner of war he had no desire to subject anyone else to suffer a loss of liberty.

In this funny and tender evocation of post-war Britain, Arthur brings us Syd's diary entries and conjures up the spirit of his father, a man of great integrity and humour.

Recorded in front of a live, socially distanced audience, with assistance from his brother Nick and music from Kirsty Newton.

Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith

A Yada-Yada Audio production for BBC Radio 4


FRI 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jmp0)
Series 2

Don't Forget the Diver

Enlisting the additional services of a bird warbler, a scarecrow and a flock of sheep, Captain Mainwaring's Home Guard platoon mount a river attack on Captain Square's HQ.

Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, Ian Lavender as Private Pike, John Laurie as Private Frazer and Arnold Ridley as Godfrey.

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

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1975.


FRI 08:30 Second Holmes (b016px9c)
6. The Case of the Missing Link

The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson meet a member of the Moriarty family.

Six light-hearted adventures involving the grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson written by Grant Eustace.

CAST:

Stamford Holmes …. Peter Egan
Dr Watson …. Jeremy Nicholas
James Macpherson …. Simon Hewitt
Inspector Winter …. David Gooderson
Mrs Pettifer …. Lolly Cockerell
John Dunn as himself

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1983.


FRI 09:00 It's Not What You Know (b037hmyc)
Series 2

Episode 4

Who is Nick Helm's all time hero? What is the most embarrassing thing Isy Suttie's mum ever did? Who would play Dougie Anderson in the film of his life?

All these questions, and more, will be answered in the show hosted by Miles Jupp, where panellists are tested on how well they know their nearest and dearest.

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013.


FRI 09:30 To the Manor Born (b007m9wg)
The Spare Room

DeVere takes a shine to Mrs fforbes-Hamilton's guest. Is Audrey jealous?.

Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton.

Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere
Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher
Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger
Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka
Frank Middlemass ..... Ned
Podge Hodge ..... Zulema Dene

The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage.

From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descent.

First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.

Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence.

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1997.


FRI 10:00 A Bullet At Balmain's (b00t5jmj)
Noel Coward in Post-Liberation Paris, 1948: haute couture, existentialism, jazz . . . and death.

Coward is in Paris to play the lead in his own play 'Present Laughter' in French. But the murder of a promiscuous mannequin provides a stylish distraction.

Another adventure for the celebrated playwright, actor, composer and amateur detective by Marcy Kahan.

Starring Malcolm Sinclair as Noel Coward, Elenor Bron as Lorn Lorraine, Tam Williams as Cole Lesley and Linda Marlowe as Ginette Spanier.

Director: Ned Chaillet

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.


FRI 11:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m000y7mt)
Pandemic stories

Chrystal Genesis and Chris Pearson recommend podcasts that tell the stories of industries, communities and people who are starting to get life back on track as Covid restrictions are being lifted.


FRI 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jmp0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 12:30 Second Holmes (b016px9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b3fdv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


FRI 13:30 Cordoba (m000y7mr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


FRI 14:00 Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore (b08hqm3h)
Episode 10

The final episode of Helen Dunmore's novel, set in Bristol in 1792 - Birdcage Walk plays out against a backdrop of the French Revolution. It touches on Radical idealism, property, political turmoil and private tragedy. Inspired by the real life of Julia Fawkes, a leading Radical writer, none of whose work has survived, Dunmore explores the tensions between generations and genders, and examines the idea of legacy as Julia's daughter Lizzie finds herself torn between her charismatic, self made husband and her idealistic mother. As her husband John Diner Tredevant speculates on property in Bristol's housing boom, he risks losing everything in the social upheaval caused by the French Revolution.

Episode Ten: Diner is taking Lizzie to the far side of the Gorge to a secret place. It is here she must confront the truth about what actually happened to Diner's first wife.

Helen Dunmore was a prize-winning poet and novelist whose work explores the interplay between the public and the personal.

The readers are Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp

The abridger is Sara Davies

Produced by Julian Wilkinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.


FRI 14:15 Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food (b09xp0w7)
Episode 5

Claudia Roden's A Book of Middle Eastern Food was a landmark cookery book, first published in 1968. At a time when most Britons were enjoying cauliflower cheese and soggy Spaghetti Bolognese on a regular basis, she introduced chick peas, sharp flavoured marinades, aubergines and her most popular recipe - orange and almond cake.

Claudia was born in 1936 in Cairo. She was a foreign food correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Times Magazine. Later, she hosted a BBC TV series, Claudia Roden's Mediterranean Cookery, and has won many awards and trophies.

With cameos from Yotam Ottolenghi and Claudia's granddaughter, Nelly Wolman, this entertaining dramatisation shines a light on an extraordinary global cook, still traveling the world sharing recipes and cultures.

The dramatist Anjum Malik is an established scriptwriter, poet and performer. She was also a lecturer in creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. She was born in Saudi Arabia and has lived in Pakistan as well several cities in England.

Episode 5:

As Claudia continues to research and share recipes from all over the world, she is celebrated by fellow cooks and still cooks with her family - this time her granddaugher, Nelly, rather than her mother.

Claudia Roden....................Tracy-Ann Oberman
Nelly Douek........................Ann Marcuson
Cesar Douek........................David Fleeshman
Interviewer/Auntie.............Perveen Hussain
Yotam Ottolenghi..............Yotam Ottolenghi
Young Nelly..........................Nelly Wolman

Dramatist................................Anjum Malik
Sound Design.......................Eloise Whitmore
Producers...............................Polly Thomas and Eloise Whitmore
Executive Producer.............Robert Abel

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2018.


FRI 14:30 Paul is Dead (b04l0tvb)
In 1969, with The Beatles in financial and creative turmoil, a strange rumour swept the world. It began with a phone call to a US chat show - Paul McCartney had been killed in a road accident and replaced by the winner of a look-a-like competition, William Campbell an orphan from Edinburgh. And there were clues that could only be revealed by playing the Beatles records backwards.

It sounds unlikely, but millions of fans believed it.

We speak with the man who took that phone call, the hoaxer who developed the myth, and an expert on folklore who sees uncanny parallels with ancient myths about changelings and the darker side of fairies.

What does this odd tale tell us about The Beatles' place in our cultural history?

The programme includes out takes, clips from interviews and rarer versions of Beatles songs.

Produced by Matt Thompson
A Rockethouse production

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.

NOTES ON THE MUSIC USED IN THE PROGRAMME
Wherever possible or appropriate, raw sounding demo or instrumental recordings from The Beatles Anthology albums were used. For ultra lush mixes, the remixed versions from The Beatles' Love album were used. Interludes and chit chat were from the Let it Be Naked - Fly on the Wall CD which contains out takes from the Let It Be film recordings.
Timings refer to the actual programme start.

0.00 Yesterday (alt acoustic version) (Disc 1, Track 7 - Anthology 2, The Beatles)

1.08 Ballad Of Paul (Track 24 - Beatlemaniacs!!! The World of Beatles Novelty Records)

1.17 I Am The Walrus (no overdubs) (Disc 2, Track 14 - Anthology 2, The Beatles)

1.37 Revolution 9 (Disc 2, Track 12 - The Beatles, The Beatles)

1.53 Ballad Of Paul (Track 24 - Beatlemaniacs!!! The World of Beatles Novelty Records)
3.17 I'm Looking Through You (Unissued version) (Disc 1, Track 15 - Anthology 2, The Beatles)

4.07 Revolution 9 (Disc 2, Track 12 - The Beatles, The Beatles)
4.17 Revolution 9 (reversed by programme producer)

5.25 The Fool On The Hill (Demo) (Disc 2, Track 15 - Anthology 2, The Beatles)

6.33 A Day In The Life (take1/2) (Disc 2, Track 5 - Anthology 2, The Beatles)

8.16 Strawberry Fields Forever (Track 8 - Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles)

8.24 I'm Only Sleeping (Rehearsal) (Disc 1, Track 22 - Anthology 2, The Beatles)

9.02 Fly On The Wall (In rehearsal) (Disc 2, Track 1 - Let It Be...Naked, The Beatles)

9.12 Revolution 9 (Disc 2, Track 12 - The Beatles, The Beatles)

10.57 Glass Onion (Remix) (Track 3 - Love, The Beatles)

11.12 Glass Onion (Disc 1, Track 3 - The Beatles, The Beatles)

12.07 Eleanor Rigby (Strings Only) (Disc 1, Track 21 - Anthology 2, The Beatles)

13.34 Strawberry Fields Forever (Remix) (Track 13 - Love, The Beatles)

14.54 Strawberry Fields Forever (Remix) (Track 13 - Love, The Beatles)
16.47 I'm Looking Through You (Disc 1, Track 15 - Anthology 2, The Beatles)

17.33 John, Paul, George & Ringo (Track 1 - Beatlemaniacs!!! The World of Beatles Novelty Records)

18.13 Within You, Without You [Instrumental] (Disc 2, Track 11 - Anthology 2, The Beatles)

21.21 Your Mother Should Know (take 27) (Disc 2, Track 16 - Anthology 2, The Beatles)

23.18 Fly On The Wall (Paul on piano) (Disc 2, Track 1 - Let It Be...Naked, The Beatles)

23.54 Fly On The Wall (Anyone seen John) (Disc 2, Track 1 - Let It Be...Naked, The Beatles)

25.15 Octopus's Garden / Sun King (Remix) (Track 16 - Love, The Beatles)


FRI 15:00 A Bullet At Balmain's (b00t5jmj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


FRI 16:00 It's Not What You Know (b037hmyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


FRI 16:30 To the Manor Born (b007m9wg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


FRI 17:00 Guilt Trip (b07nrlqx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


FRI 17:30 Stand-Up Specials (m000y64v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007js79)
The World in Peril

Episode 15

Stranded on the surface of the asteroid, Jet Morgan and Doc fight desperately to be rescued.

It’s April 1972, and Jet and his crew return to Mars in an attempt to avert the impending Martian invasion.

Completing the sci-fi trilogy, the third series in the adventures of Jet Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy is a continuation of the preceding stories, ‘Operation Luna’ and ‘The Red Planet’.

CAST:

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp
Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass
Flynn …. Pat Campbell
Various …. Alan Tilvern
Rogers/The Martian/Announcer …. David Jacobs

Music composed by Van Phillips

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1956.


FRI 18:30 Off the Page (b00w227t)
Favourite Child

Who was it in your family, and do you have one amongst your own children? It's the great taboo.

Dominic Arkwright is joined by Rebecca Abrams, who bravely admits that she found it hard to love her first child after her second child was born. David Akinsanya grew up in care, aware that he was nobody's favourite child. And Bidisha has always known she is the most favoured. Why is it that even as adults it matters so much? New writing and honest, revealing talk in Off The Page.

Producer: Beth O'Dea

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.


FRI 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jmp0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


FRI 19:30 Second Holmes (b016px9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


FRI 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b01b3fdv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


FRI 20:30 Cordoba (m000y7mr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


FRI 21:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m000y7mt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


FRI 22:00 Stand-Up Specials (m000y64v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


FRI 22:30 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (b007621y)
Series 2

Episode 1

Mel and Vicki battle to stay on-air despite constant interruptions from the Teenage Girls, the Goatee Beard Men's Group and various door-to-door salesmen

Special guest stars are Madonna and Roy Walker.

Variety meets sitcom meets sketch show - written and performed by Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine.

With Dave Lamb, Martin Hyder and Jim North.

Additional material by Martin Hyder, Jim North, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.

Script editor: Graeme Garden

Music by Richard Webb.

Producers: Helen Williams and Claire Jones.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.


FRI 23:00 Lewis Macleod Is Not Himself (b04grrpq)
Episode 1

The impression and sketch show that looks behind the scenes at the life and work of star impressionist Lewis Macleod

Lewis has performed on 4 Extra's Newsjack, plus Postman Pat, The Phantom Menace and Dead Ringers.

With Kate O'Sullivan, Duncan Wisbey and Julian Dutton.

Producer: Lyndsay Fenner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2014.


FRI 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b007k4p8)
Series 2

Blue Herring

The management consultants plug into media technology. Stars Emma Kennedy and Marcus Brigstocke. From November 2002.




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

2000 Years of Radio 23:00 TUE (b007jng1)

A Bullet At Balmain's 10:00 FRI (b00t5jmj)

A Bullet At Balmain's 15:00 FRI (b00t5jmj)

A Date With Dyall 09:00 SAT (b06my9rb)

A Date With Dyall 19:00 SAT (b06my9rb)

A Good Read 18:30 MON (b01l0dp6)

A Good Read 00:30 TUE (b01l0dp6)

A Life of Bliss 08:30 SUN (m0001h0b)

A Small Town Murder (Omnibus) 14:20 SUN (b09w24bt)

A Small Town Murder (Omnibus) 02:20 MON (b09w24bt)

A Theatre For Everyman 14:30 THU (b04fz0ws)

A Theatre For Everyman 02:30 FRI (b04fz0ws)

AJ Cronin - The Citadel (Omnibus) 07:20 SUN (b09d9cmq)

Act Your Age 12:00 SAT (b00zm0mc)

Act Your Age 09:00 MON (b00zsjz7)

Act Your Age 16:00 MON (b00zsjz7)

Act Your Age 04:00 TUE (b00zsjz7)

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar 23:00 SUN (b084bmn9)

An Actor's Life for Me 09:30 SUN (b007v206)

An Actor's Life for Me 09:30 THU (b007vhr4)

An Actor's Life for Me 16:30 THU (b007vhr4)

An Actor's Life for Me 04:30 FRI (b007vhr4)

Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers 07:00 TUE (b098jtq1)

Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers 17:00 TUE (b098jtq1)

Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers 05:00 WED (b098jtq1)

Archive on 4 13:00 SAT (b0848f95)

Archive on 4 01:00 SUN (b0848f95)

Beachcomber... By the Way 09:30 MON (b008d0hd)

Beachcomber... By the Way 16:30 MON (b008d0hd)

Beachcomber... By the Way 04:30 TUE (b008d0hd)

Big Problems with Helen Keen 07:00 MON (b0608n2d)

Big Problems with Helen Keen 17:00 MON (b0608n2d)

Big Problems with Helen Keen 05:00 TUE (b0608n2d)

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore (Omnibus) 06:00 SUN (b08hrjh4)

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore 02:00 SAT (b08h0g52)

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore 14:00 MON (b08hm9w6)

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore 02:00 TUE (b08hm9w6)

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore 14:00 TUE (b08hnpmq)

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore 02:00 WED (b08hnpmq)

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore 14:00 WED (b08hpklm)

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore 02:00 THU (b08hpklm)

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore 14:00 THU (b08hpx61)

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore 02:00 FRI (b08hpx61)

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore 14:00 FRI (b08hqm3h)

Blue Notes, Cold Nights 15:30 SUN (b0184rg8)

Blue Notes, Cold Nights 03:30 MON (b0184rg8)

Bunk Bed 23:30 WED (b093b1x4)

Chain Reaction 14:00 SAT (b052jk2z)

Chain Reaction 22:30 SAT (b053bq55)

Chain Reaction 02:00 SUN (b052jk2z)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:00 SAT (b007jrts)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:00 MON (b007jrxn)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:00 TUE (b007jrxn)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:00 TUE (b007js0f)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:00 WED (b007js0f)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:00 WED (b007js2r)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:00 THU (b007js2r)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:00 THU (b007js56)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 00:00 FRI (b007js56)

Charles Chilton - Journey into Space 18:00 FRI (b007js79)

Charles Parker Prize 11:00 TUE (m000y68y)

Charles Parker Prize 21:00 TUE (m000y68y)

Charlotte and Lillian 22:45 SUN (m00094k1)

Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food 14:15 MON (b09xjb5v)

Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food 02:15 TUE (b09xjb5v)

Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food 14:15 TUE (b09xjtdb)

Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food 02:15 WED (b09xjtdb)

Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food 14:15 WED (b09xkc4k)

Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food 02:15 THU (b09xkc4k)

Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food 14:15 THU (b09xnl56)

Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food 02:15 FRI (b09xnl56)

Claudia Roden: A Book of Middle Eastern Food 14:15 FRI (b09xp0w7)

Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters 23:00 THU (b037j6vl)

Cordoba 01:30 SAT (m000y1j1)

Cordoba 06:30 MON (m000y6q1)

Cordoba 13:30 MON (m000y6q1)

Cordoba 20:30 MON (m000y6q1)

Cordoba 01:30 TUE (m000y6q1)

Cordoba 06:30 TUE (m000y68t)

Cordoba 13:30 TUE (m000y68t)

Cordoba 20:30 TUE (m000y68t)

Cordoba 01:30 WED (m000y68t)

Cordoba 06:30 WED (m000y750)

Cordoba 13:30 WED (m000y750)

Cordoba 20:30 WED (m000y750)

Cordoba 01:30 THU (m000y750)

Cordoba 06:30 THU (m000y71s)

Cordoba 13:30 THU (m000y71s)

Cordoba 20:30 THU (m000y71s)

Cordoba 01:30 FRI (m000y71s)

Cordoba 06:30 FRI (m000y7mr)

Cordoba 13:30 FRI (m000y7mr)

Cordoba 20:30 FRI (m000y7mr)

Dad's Army 08:00 FRI (b007jmp0)

Dad's Army 12:00 FRI (b007jmp0)

Dad's Army 19:00 FRI (b007jmp0)

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (Omnibus) 13:00 SUN (b082m6cx)

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (Omnibus) 01:00 MON (b082m6cx)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 10:00 SUN (m000y5v0)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 21:00 SUN (m000y5v0)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 11:00 THU (m000y5v0)

Desert Island Discs Revisited 21:00 THU (m000y5v0)

Drama 16:00 SUN (b09lvwj4)

Drama 20:00 SUN (b09lvwj4)

Drama 04:00 MON (b09lvwj4)

England, Their England by AG Macdonell 08:30 MON (m000y6q3)

England, Their England by AG Macdonell 12:30 MON (m000y6q3)

England, Their England by AG Macdonell 19:30 MON (m000y6q3)

Father Figure 22:30 MON (b01bw5cc)

Find The Lady 01:00 SAT (m000f6cv)

Great Lives 07:30 SAT (b08b7wd1)

Great Lives 17:30 SAT (b08b7wd1)

Great Lives 05:30 SUN (b08b7wd1)

Great Lives 18:30 THU (b01g9c4w)

Great Lives 00:30 FRI (b01g9c4w)

Guilt Trip 05:00 SAT (b07mxt9d)

Guilt Trip 07:00 FRI (b07nrlqx)

Guilt Trip 17:00 FRI (b07nrlqx)

Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee 10:00 MON (m0007rf4)

Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee 15:00 MON (m0007rf4)

Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee 03:00 TUE (m0007rf4)

Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee 10:00 TUE (m0007rnv)

Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee 15:00 TUE (m0007rnv)

Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee 03:00 WED (m0007rnv)

Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee 10:00 WED (m0007s2w)

Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee 15:00 WED (m0007s2w)

Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee 03:00 THU (m0007s2w)

HG Wells 06:00 SAT (m00041c8)

HG Wells 16:00 SAT (m00041c8)

HG Wells 04:00 SUN (m00041c8)

Hancock's Half Hour 08:00 WED (b00j1wj3)

Hancock's Half Hour 12:00 WED (b00j1wj3)

Hancock's Half Hour 19:00 WED (b00j1wj3)

Hannah Gadsby: Arts Clown 22:45 THU (b055gcdq)

Hercule Poirot 06:00 MON (b01b1zss)

Hercule Poirot 13:00 MON (b01b1zss)

Hercule Poirot 20:00 MON (b01b1zss)

Hercule Poirot 01:00 TUE (b01b1zss)

Hercule Poirot 06:00 TUE (b01b2vb6)

Hercule Poirot 13:00 TUE (b01b2vb6)

Hercule Poirot 20:00 TUE (b01b2vb6)

Hercule Poirot 01:00 WED (b01b2vb6)

Hercule Poirot 06:00 WED (b01b2zzr)

Hercule Poirot 13:00 WED (b01b2zzr)

Hercule Poirot 20:00 WED (b01b2zzr)

Hercule Poirot 01:00 THU (b01b2zzr)

Hercule Poirot 06:00 THU (b01b35f2)

Hercule Poirot 13:00 THU (b01b35f2)

Hercule Poirot 20:00 THU (b01b35f2)

Hercule Poirot 01:00 FRI (b01b35f2)

Hercule Poirot 06:00 FRI (b01b3fdv)

Hercule Poirot 13:00 FRI (b01b3fdv)

Hercule Poirot 20:00 FRI (b01b3fdv)

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 07:30 MON (m000xz43)

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 17:30 MON (m000xz43)

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 22:00 MON (m000xz43)

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 05:30 TUE (m000xz43)

Inheritance Tracks 07:10 SUN (b09jhd5w)

Inheritance Tracks 11:50 SUN (b09jhd5w)

Inheritance Tracks 14:10 SUN (b095b5cm)

Inheritance Tracks 19:50 SUN (b09jhd5w)

Inheritance Tracks 02:10 MON (b095b5cm)

Inheritance Tracks 11:50 MON (m000y6q7)

Inheritance Tracks 21:50 MON (m000y6q7)

Irish Micks and Legends 22:30 THU (b01ntgxf)

It's Not What You Know 04:00 SAT (b0375sfk)

It's Not What You Know 09:00 FRI (b037hmyc)

It's Not What You Know 16:00 FRI (b037hmyc)

Jelly Mountain 23:15 TUE (b00fkp5z)

Jim Morrison's Will to be Weird 11:00 WED (m000h1z5)

Jim Morrison's Will to be Weird 21:00 WED (m000h1z5)

Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian 22:30 SUN (m000fgst)

King Street Junior Revisited 08:30 THU (b00ktvvt)

King Street Junior Revisited 12:30 THU (b00ktvvt)

King Street Junior Revisited 19:30 THU (b00ktvvt)

Lewis Macleod Is Not Himself 23:00 FRI (b04grrpq)

Life on Egg 22:30 WED (b09k840g)

Margaret Steward - Running Out of Sky 03:00 SAT (b01mny05)

Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better 23:30 TUE (b00cxr1s)

Masala FM 23:30 SUN (b007jz5q)

Multi Story Shorts 10:45 SUN (m000y5v2)

Multi Story Shorts 21:45 SUN (m000y5v2)

Multi Story Shorts 11:45 THU (m000y5v2)

Multi Story Shorts 21:45 THU (m000y5v2)

Nick Fisher - Finding Fellows 18:00 SAT (m0003kcx)

Nick Fisher - Finding Fellows 00:00 SUN (m0003kcx)

No Commitments 08:30 WED (b00s8fxq)

No Commitments 12:30 WED (b00s8fxq)

No Commitments 19:30 WED (b00s8fxq)

Off the Page 00:30 SAT (b00vy37b)

Off the Page 18:30 FRI (b00w227t)

Olga Koch: OK Computer 07:30 THU (m000y0qw)

Olga Koch: OK Computer 17:30 THU (m000y0qw)

Olga Koch: OK Computer 22:00 THU (m000y0qw)

Olga Koch: OK Computer 05:30 FRI (m000y0qw)

On the Rocks 07:00 THU (b03k2gqn)

On the Rocks 17:00 THU (b03k2gqn)

On the Rocks 05:00 FRI (b03k2gqn)

Opening the Boxes: a Soprano's Secrets 14:30 WED (b0138529)

Opening the Boxes: a Soprano's Secrets 02:30 THU (b0138529)

Party's Over 23:00 MON (m00076tk)

Party's Over 09:00 TUE (m00076tk)

Party 23:30 THU (b01n1qyg)

Paul Sinha's General Knowledge 07:30 WED (m000y0kp)

Paul Sinha's General Knowledge 17:30 WED (m000y0kp)

Paul Sinha's General Knowledge 22:00 WED (m000y0kp)

Paul Sinha's General Knowledge 05:30 THU (m000y0kp)

Paul is Dead 14:30 FRI (b04l0tvb)

Podcast Radio Hour 11:00 FRI (m000y7mt)

Podcast Radio Hour 21:00 FRI (m000y7mt)

Poetry Extra 12:00 SUN (m000y5v6)

Poetry Extra 17:00 SUN (m000y5v6)

Poetry Extra 05:00 MON (m000y5v6)

Radio 9 23:00 WED (b04dykmz)

Radio Active 15:00 SAT (b007k1hf)

Radio Active 03:00 SUN (b007k1hf)

Recorded for Training Purposes 23:30 MON (b00gdyxx)

Revolting People 22:30 TUE (b008gc13)

Rigor Mortis 22:00 SAT (b007qw7n)

Roald Dahl: Served with a Twist 18:45 SUN (b07j7ntw)

Roald Dahl: Served with a Twist 00:45 MON (b07j7ntw)

Sara Pascoe: The Modern Monkey 23:00 SAT (b09ry6k4)

Sarah Daniels - Sound Barriers 10:00 THU (m0002mh0)

Sarah Daniels - Sound Barriers 15:00 THU (m0002mh0)

Sarah Daniels - Sound Barriers 03:00 FRI (m0002mh0)

Second Holmes 08:30 FRI (b016px9c)

Second Holmes 12:30 FRI (b016px9c)

Second Holmes 19:30 FRI (b016px9c)

Short Cuts 18:30 WED (m0008hww)

Short Cuts 00:30 THU (m0008hww)

Simon Evans Goes to Market 07:30 TUE (m000xzfr)

Simon Evans Goes to Market 17:30 TUE (m000xzfr)

Simon Evans Goes to Market 22:00 TUE (m000xzfr)

Simon Evans Goes to Market 05:30 WED (m000xzfr)

Smelling of Roses 08:30 SAT (b007k131)

Smelling of Roses 09:30 WED (b007k1kz)

Smelling of Roses 16:30 WED (b007k1kz)

Smelling of Roses 04:30 THU (b007k1kz)

Soul Music 18:30 TUE (b01cjwtn)

Soul Music 00:30 WED (b01cjwtn)

Stand-Up Specials 05:30 SAT (m000xzjl)

Stand-Up Specials 07:30 FRI (m000y64v)

Stand-Up Specials 17:30 FRI (m000y64v)

Stand-Up Specials 22:00 FRI (m000y64v)

Start/Stop 12:30 SUN (b07pjkhr)

Start/Stop 17:30 SUN (b07pjkhr)

Start/Stop 22:00 SUN (b07pjkhr)

Start/Stop 05:30 MON (b07pjkhr)

Steptoe and Son 08:00 MON (b007jn4t)

Steptoe and Son 12:00 MON (b007jn4t)

Steptoe and Son 19:00 MON (b007jn4t)

TED Radio Hour 11:00 MON (m000y6q5)

TED Radio Hour 21:00 MON (m000y6q5)

Take Me to Your Reader 08:30 TUE (m000y68w)

Take Me to Your Reader 12:30 TUE (m000y68w)

Take Me to Your Reader 19:30 TUE (m000y68w)

The Arthur Haynes Show 09:00 SUN (m0009kfl)

The Brothers 09:30 TUE (b00nn2hg)

The Brothers 16:30 TUE (b00nn2hg)

The Brothers 04:30 WED (b00nn2hg)

The Citadel 02:15 SAT (b09c0pw6)

The Fair Intellectual Club 07:00 WED (b082j3cb)

The Fair Intellectual Club 17:00 WED (b082j3cb)

The Fair Intellectual Club 05:00 THU (b082j3cb)

The French East End 02:30 SAT (b01j5nw4)

The Goon Show 08:00 TUE (b007jyxq)

The Goon Show 12:00 TUE (b007jyxq)

The Goon Show 19:00 TUE (b007jyxq)

The Hudson and Pepperdine Show 22:30 FRI (b007621y)

The Mark Steel Lecture 23:30 SAT (b007nf6b)

The Mel and Sue Thing 15:30 SAT (b0076b72)

The Mel and Sue Thing 03:30 SUN (b0076b72)

The Moth Radio Hour 11:00 SUN (m000y5v4)

The Moth Radio Hour 19:00 SUN (m000y5v4)

The Motion Show 08:00 SAT (b00762pb)

The Motion Show 09:00 WED (b00762sc)

The Motion Show 16:00 WED (b00762sc)

The Motion Show 04:00 THU (b00762sc)

The Navy Lark 12:30 SAT (b007jmzt)

The Navy Lark 08:00 THU (b007jvk6)

The Navy Lark 12:00 THU (b007jvk6)

The Navy Lark 19:00 THU (b007jvk6)

The Rest is History 16:00 TUE (b075mnxs)

The Rest is History 04:00 WED (b075mnxs)

The Write Stuff 09:00 THU (m000y71v)

The Write Stuff 16:00 THU (m000y71v)

The Write Stuff 04:00 FRI (m000y71v)

Think the Unthinkable 14:30 SAT (b007k4g0)

Think the Unthinkable 02:30 SUN (b007k4g0)

Think the Unthinkable 23:30 FRI (b007k4p8)

Tina C 23:45 WED (b0076q68)

To the Manor Born 04:30 SAT (b007lzww)

To the Manor Born 09:30 FRI (b007m9wg)

To the Manor Born 16:30 FRI (b007m9wg)

True Tales From the Crypt 14:30 MON (b01mqq9g)

True Tales From the Crypt 02:30 TUE (b01mqq9g)

Val McDermid - Resistance 18:00 SUN (m000y5v8)

Val McDermid - Resistance 00:00 MON (m000y5v8)

Was Gertrude Stein Any Good? 14:30 TUE (b01r0dys)

Was Gertrude Stein Any Good? 02:30 WED (b01r0dys)

Woof 22:45 WED (b0bktmmm)