SATURDAY 06 AUGUST 2022

SAT 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js9x)
Episode 6

On the day of the festival, Saul and the Guardians prepare to fight.

Starring Robert Glenister.

Conclusion of Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial set in - and under - Bath.

Saul Judd …. Robert Glenister
Elise Judd …. Sharon Duce
The Scribe …. Freddie Jones
The Scribe’s Wife …. Kate Binchy
Selwyn Fist …. Timothy West
Miss Dewhurst …. Zoe Hicks
Tracky …. Katy Carmichael
Karim El Hatel …. Sam Dastor
Chairwoman …. June Barrie
Miss Dewhurst …. Zoe Hicks
Patricia Gwent …. Melanie Hudson
Control …. Geoffrey Collins
Punch …. Phillip Manikum
John …. Paul Cresswell
Guardian …. John Adams

Music realised by Robin Lever.

Special Effects: Dick Mills (BBC Radiophonic Workshop)

Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992.


SAT 00:30 Sounds Natural (b0b7cnyz)
Kenneth Allsop

TV reporter Kenneth Allsop shares his passion for wildlife and conservation with Derek Jones.

The Spotted Crake and Little-Ringed Plover are among his choice of recordings from the BBC Sound Archives.

British broadcaster, Kenneth Allsop (1920 -1973) was also an author and naturalist. During the 1960s, he was regular reporter on the BBC current affairs show 'Tonight'.

Produced in Bristol by John Burton and Michael Bowen.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1971.


SAT 01:00 Miss Marple (b010330g)
Nemesis

Episode 5

Amateur sleuth Jane Marple's friends come to her aid, as she battles to finally solve the murder mystery.

Starring June Whitfield.

Conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Professor Wanstead …. David Swift
Lavinia Glynne …. Louie Ramsay
Clotilde Bradbury-Scott …. Mary Wimbush
Anthea Bradbury-Scott …. Thelma Barlow
Miss Cooke …. Tricia Hitchcock
Miss Barrow …. Delia Lindsay
Michael Rafiel …. Peter Gunn
Mr Broadribb …. Geoffrey Whitehead

Producer: Enyd Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.


SAT 01:30 New Creatives Dramas (m0019rvk)
Series 5

Bud & Just Like Riding A Bike

Fresh storytelling from first time writers and producers as part of BBC Introducing Arts supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

Writer, broadcaster and musician Paul Dodgson presents two thought provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Bud is written and performed by Darcey Ball. A moving drama about a young woman’s struggle to care for her mum. Also starring Elaine Claxton with sound design by Matthew Collington, script mentoring by Mike Akers and produced by Kyla Goodey and Laura Giles. Executive producer Jeremy Routledge. A Calling The Shots production.

Just like Riding a Bike is written, performed and composed by Will Ford. A failed 80’s indie singer appears as a sort of cosmic mentor to two twenty-somethings, and tries to get them to talk about their feelings. Also starring Beth Lilly and Max Cadman. Sound design by Jamie and Andre Jacquemin. The director was Alison Vernon Smith and it was a Pier Production for Screen South.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra


SAT 02:00 Loitering With Intent by Peter O'Toole (b01m1l5n)
5. Redgrave's Lear

Hitchhiking to London via Stratford-upon-Avon to see Michael Redgrave's King Lear.

Stage and film actor Peter O'Toole continues his memoir.

Abridged in eight parts by Andrew Simpson.

Producer: David Benedictus

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1992.


SAT 02:15 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrg7)
Episode 5

The reality of war strikes home.

From one of the great romances of the 20th century - the personal letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill.

Edited by their daughter Mary Soames.

Read by Alex Jennings and Sylvestra le Touzel.

Narrated by Helen Bourne.

Abridged by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.


SAT 02:30 Bombay's Beatle (b00hv1dt)
Sarfraz Manzoor goes to the site of the recording studio in Mumbai where George Harrison created the extraordinary soundtrack to Joe Massot's psychedelic film Wonderwall (1968) - his first major solo project.

He meets some of the musicians who can still remember when a Beatle came to work with them - decades before.

Featuring:

Aashish Khan
Uttank Vora
Hariprasad Chaurasia
Prabhakar Mundkur
Simon Leng
John Barham
Madan Singh
Naresh Fernandes
Mario Rodrigues
Saed Navqui
Shivkumar Sharma
Ronu Majamdar

Producer: Mark Rickards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2009.


SAT 03:00 RL Stevenson - The Master of Ballantrae (b00cbmp9)
Episode 2

After the brother's bitter duel - the body of James Durie has mysteriously disappeared. The House of Durrisdeer is shattered for a second time.

Brothers James and Henry Durie engage in a bitter struggle over money, power and love in this dark and dramatic adventure story set in 18th-century Scotland and America.

Starring David Rintoul and Liam Brennan.

Conclusion of Robert Louis Stevenson's buccaneering tale

Dramatised by Chris Dolan.

James Durie …. David Rintoul
Henry Durie …. Liam Brennan
Ephraim McKellar …. John Shedden
Alison Graeme …. Vicki Liddelle
Hasty …. Patrick Moy
Captain Harris …. John Kazek
Carlyle/General Clinton …. Simon Tait
Lesley Hart (Katherine)
Lord Durrisdeer …. Tom Fleming
Secundra Dass …. Ali de Souza
Colonel Johnson …. James Bryce
Mr Mountain …. Alec Heggie
Alexander Durie …. Harris Young

Producer: Bruce Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.


SAT 04:00 Hidden Treasures (b055q39m)
Harewood House

From gorgeous fashion creations to athlete wrestling with a python.

Lars Tharp chairs the light-hearted Antiques Quiz.

From the Long Gallery at the Earl of Harewood's family home in West Yorkshire.

With:

Henry Sandon
Sally Kevill-Davies
Tim Bentinck
Kevin Baker

Producer: Annie Bristow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.


SAT 04:30 One Flat Summer (b00752my)
The Eclipse Stakes

A big loss on the Derby has shattered Ken's gambling partnership with Betting-Shop Curly.

So now he turns to Racecourse Rita and the legendary Tam Robertshaw.

Stars Gerard McDermott.

Dave Sheasby's comedy drama series set in the world of horse racing.

Ken …… Gerard McDermott
Margaret …… Gillian Bevan
Curly …… Anthony Ofoegbu
Christine …… Rachel Atkins
Dad …… Keith Marsh
Janice …… Andrea Pickering
Tanker …… Stephen Thorne
Super Yankee …… David Brooks
Shop Assistant …… Tracy-Ann Oberman
Bank Manager …… Hugh Dickson
Rita …… Janet Maw
Tam ...... Tom Georgeson

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio in September 1997.


SAT 05:00 Dot (b08q3yjs)
Series 2

Psychology

Peabody's not been the full shilling recently and now Dr Pinkly has arrived to test who is the psychological 'weak link' and everyone's a suspect.

Who will be deemed sane and who will be sent to Sunnyside Sanatorium?

Rollicking war time comedy by Ed Harris, set in the personnel department of the Cabinet Rooms.

Dot ...... Fenella Woolgar
Myrtle ...... Kate O'Flynn
Peg ...... Freya Parker
Millicent ...... Jane Slavin
Air Marshal Peabody ...... David Acton
Dr Thomas Pinkly ...... John Dougall

Producer: Jessica Mitic

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2017.


SAT 05:30 Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train (m0019r7w)
Series 1

Manchester to Bournemouth

Author, actor and comedy icon, Alexei Sayle continues his travels across the country by rail.

Alexei’s mission is to break the golden rule of travelling by train and actually talk to his fellow passengers in a quest for conversations that reveal their lives, hopes, dreams and destinations. There’s humour, sadness and surprise as people talk about what is going on in their lives and, as Alexei passes through familiar towns and cities, he also tells stories and memories from his career and childhood.

Alexei has a lifelong "ticket to ride" in his DNA. His father was a railway guard and the Sayle family benefitted from free travel in the UK and across Europe. As a boy, Alexei and his family roamed far and wide from the family home in Anfield, Liverpool. At a time when most people thought an exciting trip by train was to Brighton or Blackpool, Alexei travelled thousands of miles to mysterious towns with unpronounceable names in far flung corners of the continent.

In each programme in the series, Alexei embarks on a rail journey, taking a chance on who he might meet and inviting them to have a conversation with him. In this episode, he travels from Manchester to Bournemouth and meets Moira who, as a dedicated Manchester City fan, has sky blue hair, sky blue clothes and even a sky blue house. He also talks to Jean who has been to visit a lifelong friend who worked alongside her as a psychiatric nurse, Steven and Simon who are both accountants but spend their leisure time travelling the world together to go to top music gigs, and rail enthusiast and veteran record producer Pete Waterman on one of his thousands of trips on the west coast line.

Producers Peter Lowe and Nick Symons
A Ride production for Radio 4


SAT 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jvh5)
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

Following the death of her husband, Dolly Bantry sold Gossington Hall to ex-film star Marina Gregg and her husband.

When the glamorous couple throw a benefit for the local hospital, the grounds throng with curious visitors. For one of them, the day ends in tragedy.

It is up to sharp-witted sleuth Miss Marple to discover who was really meant to take the poison that killed the poor victim...

Starring June Whitfield.

Agatha Christie's whodunit, first published in 1962.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Chief Inspector Craddock …. Ian Lavender
Marina Gregg …. Gayle Hunnicutt
Jason Rudd …. James Laurenson
Dolly Bantry …. Pauline Jameson
Cherry …. Jane Whittenshaw
Ella Zielinsky …. Liz Goulding
Dr Gilchrist …. John Hartley
Giuseppe …. Saverio Deodato
Miss Knight …. Suzy Aitchison
Heather Badcock …. Jilly Bond
Arthur Badcock/Vicar …. David Timson
Ardwyck Fenn …. Nigel Anthony
Lola Brewster …. Joanna Monro
Margot Bence …. Sarah-Jane Holm
Inspector Cornish …. David Antrobus

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998.


SAT 07:30 Great Lives (m0003zvd)
Series 48

Catherine de Medici nominated by Helen Lewis

Journalist Helen Lewis rehabilitates the reputation of the ‘Black Queen’ of France, Catherine de Medici.

Helen and presenter Matthew Parris are joined by Dr Estelle Paranque, history lecturer at the New College of Humanities and author of a book on the relationship between Catherine and Elizabeth I.

Catherine’s life is a remarkable story of female resilience in the face of adversity. Born and immediately orphaned in Florence, Catherine’s Medici name meant she was married off to the French King’s second son. When she arrived in France, she was shunned. Her new husband was already completely in love with another far older, more beautiful woman and showed little interest in her.

No one expected her to come to the throne. But, following a series of unfortunate deaths, Catherine would go on to become one of the most powerful women in Europe – Queen regent, and mother to three kings across decades of a volatile period in French history.

Helen became fascinated by her aged 10 when she realised with a kind of horror that had she been a medieval princess she was the right age to be shipped off to a strange land to marry some duke she’d never met.

Helen Lewis - associate editor at the New Statesman - argues that Catherine was a savvy political operator, and that her reputation as ‘the serpent of Paris’ was largely due to the fact she was a female in power at a very difficult time. A fascinating insight into a major character little known in the UK.

Producer: Polly Weston

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2019.


SAT 08:00 The Write Stuff (b00f9vnx)
Series 12

Robert Burns

James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary correctness.

Team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh are joined by Harry Ritchie and Simon Brett.

Author of the week is Robert Burns.

Reader: Beth Chalmers

Producer: Katie Marsden

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008.


SAT 08:30 North by Northamptonshire (b0184vh8)
Series 2

Episode 3

A visiting choir sets hearts aflutter amongst the ladies of Wadenbrook, while Mary's dad, Norman, has an adventure of his own.

Sheila Hancock narrates the bittersweet adventures of the residents of a small town in Northamptonshire.

Written by Katherine Jakeways.

Keith ...... John Biggins
Rod ...... Mackenzie Crook
Jonathan/Ken ...... Kevin Eldon
Narrator ...... Shelia Hancock
Helen ...... Jessica Henwick
Esther/Jacqui ...... Katherine Jakeways
Jan ...... Felicity Montagu
Norman ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Angela ...... Lizzie Roper
Mary ...... Penelope Wilton
Frank ...... Rufus Wright

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011.


SAT 09:00 Arthur Bostrom's Summer Holiday (b062n3n0)
Arthur Bostrom fishes out his old bucket and spade and takes a sunny stroll through the radio archives celebrating the summer holidays.

On his travels we hear new contributions from Su Pollard, Melvyn Hayes, Julie Hesmondhalgh and Zeb Soanes.

His selection includes:

* "FUN AND LAUGHTER ON A SUMMER HOLIDAY"

Arthur Bostrom unpacks a suitcase of music, mirth and memories as he searches for the perfect summer holiday.

* LIFE WITH THE LYONS - Back in the Autumn

The Lyon's family is planning their summer holiday, but will it be plain sailing? Stars Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon. From June 1953.

* STEPTOE AND SON - Homes Fit For Heroes

Harold makes holiday plans to sail around the world with a group of young adventurers, but what does he do with Albert? Stars Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett

* ALL GAS AND GAITERS - The Bishop Takes A Holiday

A clerical outing to a dwindling community parish causes chaos. Adapted from TV with Derek Nimmo and William Mervyn. From July 1972

* HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR - Back From Holiday

After a disastrous break, the Lad discovers Sid's rented his house out. Stars Tony Hancock and Sid James. From October 1956

Producer: Stephen Garner

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2015


SAT 12:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b0b1qdds)
Series 20

Episode 6

David Mitchell hosts the panel game where four comedians are encouraged to tell lies.

They must compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents.

The panellists are obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as walking, NASA, soap operas and poets:

Arthur Smith
Jack Dee
Lloyd Langford
Lucy Porter

Producer: Richard Turner

A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.


SAT 12:30 Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse (b0b49248)
Series 1

Episode 1

An astonishing tour de force of comic imagination and satire.

Martin Jarvis directs Michael Frayn’s masterly comic series,

Featuring an outstanding cast led by Ian McKellen, Joanna Lumley, Stephen Fry, Alfred Molina, Alex Jennings and Jarvis himself.

Michael Frayn - author of Noises Off - is the most comic philosophical writer of our time.

Each episode reveals his infectious delight in writing between the lines of theatre, fiction, TV and the media, the church, relationships - life in general.

* Joanna Lumley opens the series with "assembly instructions"

* Alex Jennings is a subversive theatre director

* Ian McKellen meets Mozart (George Blagden)

* Alfred Molina has security problems with packaging

* Lisa Dillon and Edward Bennett are Gainsborough's Mr and Mrs Andrews National Gallery portrait

* Stephen Fry conducts a weird press interview with Martin Jarvis

* Ian McKellen and Joanna Lumley are Mr and Mrs God.

Director: Martin Jarvis

A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2018.


SAT 13:00 Archive on 4 (m0007wkl)
Losing My Voice

Jan Ravens has been "doing" Theresa May for five years - until, in July 2019, she was succeeded by Boris Johnson.

Inspired by this, Jan takes a personal look at the connection between an impersonator and their subjects, and what happens when their signature character retires form public life.

The archive includes material from:

Mike Yarwood
Spitting Image
Dead Ringers

Plus fresh interviews with Rory Bremner and the star of Comedy Central's The President Show, Anthony Atamanuik.

Producer: Ed Morrish

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019.


SAT 14:00 Delve Special (b007jn2h)
Series 4

Resurrection of St Jerome

Intrepid reporter David Lander probes the extravagant lifestyle of Caribbean despot Felipe Delnazo and his wife Isabella.

Written by Tony Sarchet.

Starring Stephen Fry as David Lander.

With Brenda Blethyn, Robert Bathurst, Andrew Sachs, Philip Pope and Mark Arden.

Producer: Paul Mayhew Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1987.


SAT 14:30 Great Unanswered Questions (b00fjdxt)
Series 1

Episode 2

Why do dogs stick their heads out of car windows?

How come you can eat mouldy cheese but not mouldy bread?

Northern Irish comedian Colin Murphy and his cohorts try to answer the most ridiculous of questions with the correct or at the very least, funny answers.

With:

Scientist - Dr David Booth
Comedian and computer geek - Matthew Collins.

Special guest: Phill Jupitus.

Producer: Jackie Hamilton

First broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster in April 2008.


SAT 15:00 Matt Berry Interviews... (b0b6p8g4)
Series 1

Brian Eno

Matt Berry presents a series of interviews with the greats of the stage, screen and music world.

This time Matt Berry brings you his interview with musician, composer, producer and artist Brian Eno. Berry sat down with Brian Eno at the peak of his creativity back in October 1976 at a recording studio situated in the French countryside. Quite defensive from the outset, Eno did eventually thaw to give me quite an insight into the man, and more importantly, the artist.

Written, performed and edited by Matt Berry.

Producer: Matt Stronge

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


SAT 15:15 Tom Parry's Fancy Dressed Life (b08mqtgg)
Series 1

Max

It's the annual Parry family party and, as if you needed reminding, it's Fancy Dress.

Tom is rather pleased with his typically obscure nay gloriously inaccessible choice of costume but some unhelpfully nightmarish flashbacks to his university days threaten to spoil his enjoyment of the day.

Written by and starring: Tom Parry,

With:

Ben Clarke
Celeste Dring
Gareth Pierce

Tom Parry is an award winning comedian, writer and actor whose credits include Miranda, Phone Shop and Drunk History. For more than a decade he has been part of the multi-award winning sketch team, Pappy's.

Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2017.


SAT 15:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b01m171v)
Edinburgh 2012

John Finnemore presents a special edition of his sketch show from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

His first series was described as "sparklingly clever" by The Daily Telegraph and "one of the most consistently funny sketch shows for quite some time" by The Guardian.

It featured Winnie the Pooh coming to terms with his abusive relationship with honey; how The Archers sounds to people who don't listen to the Archers, and Jekyll and Hyde's tricky housekeeping arrangements.

This special won't feature any of those things, but that's ok, because it will feature other things, and they'll be funny too.

Written by and starring John Finnemore.

With:

Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Simon Kane
Lawry Lewin
Carrie Quinlan

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.


SAT 16:00 Miss Marple (b007jvh5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 17:30 Great Lives (m0003zvd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 18:00 Nick Fisher - Playing With Dracula (b08pn328)
When Byron Musgrave joins an amateur acting group making horror movies, he seems just a little too anxious to get his teeth into things.

Anger gives way to fear when the body count starts mounting...

Starring Nickolas Grace.

Nick Fisher’s tale of horror.

Byron Redgrave …. Nickolas Grace
Mary Morris …. Tina Gray
Arthur Renfield …. Malcolm Ward
Jonathan Harker …. Nicholas Boulton
Shelley Holmwood …. Maureen O’Brien
Lucy Western …. Siriol Jenkins
Estate Agent …. Paul Panting

Director: Martin Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1994.


SAT 18:45 MR James (m0001rqk)
Ghost Stories

The Haunted Dolls' House

Why are the Chittendens so pleased to be rid of their rather splendid miniature mansion?

A chilling tale from MR James first published in 1923 in ‘The Empire Review’ and included in ‘A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories’ in 1925.

Read by Benjamin Whitrow.

Produced and abridges by Paul Kent.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988.


SAT 19:00 Arthur Bostrom's Summer Holiday (b062n3n0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 22:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b042jhzs)
Series 3

Sara Pascoe and James Acaster

Stand-up Alex Horne and his band explore the theme of technology through live music and comedy.

With songs about a record player, hoover and a teasmaid amongst others.

With guest comedians:

Sara Pascoe
James Acaster

Alex's Horne Section are:

Joe Auckland
Mark Brown
Will Collier
Ben Reynolds
Ed Sheldrake

Producer: Julia McKenzie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2014.


SAT 22:30 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b01dht2h)
Series 1

Raising Children

Stephen K Amos and his pick of the circuit's best stand-ups try to unravel another knotty problem of modern life

This time it's the idiot's guide to raising children.

With:

Ava Vidal
Howard Read
Andy Wilkinson
Lucy Porter

Producer: Colin Anderson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012.


SAT 23:00 The Simon Day Show (b01kbld1)
Series 2

Brian Pern

Simon Day and his characters welcome you back to The Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK.

Each week one of Simon's comic characters come to perform, while the staff struggle with rivalries, self-doubt and the new owner's vision for the theatre's future.

This time, washed up rocker, Brian Pern is interviewed on stage by pretend BBC 6 Music journalist, Ben.

Written by Simon Day.

Additional material from Rhy Thomas and Felix Dexter.

Brian Pern ..... Simon Day
Emanuel Akinyemi ..... Felix Dexter
Pat Bennet ... Morwenna Banks
Ron Bone / Wozak ..... Simon Greenall
Ben ... Rhys Thomas

Original music arranged by Steve Burge.

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.


SAT 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jpd8)
Series 2

Computers

Satan has trouble with a fundamentalist and Scumspawn has trouble with a pushy computer.

Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.

Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan

Other characters played by:

Philip Pope
Felicity Montagu
Nick Revell

Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.

SUNDAY 07 AUGUST 2022

SUN 00:00 Nick Fisher - Playing With Dracula (b08pn328)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 00:45 MR James (m0001rqk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 (m0007wkl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:00 Delve Special (b007jn2h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 Great Unanswered Questions (b00fjdxt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:00 Matt Berry Interviews... (b0b6p8g4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Saturday]


SUN 03:15 Tom Parry's Fancy Dressed Life (b08mqtgg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:15 on Saturday]


SUN 03:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b01m171v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Miss Marple (b007jvh5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 05:30 Great Lives (m0003zvd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Loitering With Intent by Peter O'Toole (Omnibus) (m0019wn4)
Episode 1

From childhood recollections, the milk bar, the cinema - and Adolf Hitler - to hitchhiking to London via Stratford-upon-Avon to see Michael Redgrave's King Lear.

Actor Peter O'Toole - star of Lawrence of Arabia - reads from his memoir:

The first five of eight parts abridged by Andrew Simpson.

Producer: David Benedictus

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1992.


SUN 07:10 Inheritance Tracks (b07hpg67)
Rachael Stirling

Acclaimed actress Rachael Stirling chooses 'Lay Lady Lay' by Bob Dylan and 'Too Darn Hot' by Ella Fitzgerald.


SUN 07:20 The Churchills - Speaking For Themselves (Omnibus) (b007jrgp)
Episode 1

'Pug' and 'Cat' become close, but war and tragedy loom.

From one of the great romances of the 20th century - the personal letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill

Edited by their daughter Mary Soames.

Read by Alex Jennings and Sylvestra le Touzel.

Narrated by Helen Bourne.

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.


SUN 08:30 Home to Roost (m0019wn8)
Gardening

'Father' says all the shopping trading stamps are his – and he wants to get a lawn mower.

'Mother' has other ideas. And a confession to make....

Stars Molly Sugden and Deryck Guyler.

Olive and William Wheeler are a crusty old married couple, who call each other ‘Mother’ and ‘Father’.

He's still adapting to his retirement after 40 years in the same office, while she's trying to cope with him being under her feet all day.

Sitcom written by Anne Jones.

Deryck Guyler … Mr Wheeler
Molly Sugden … Mrs Wheeler
Norman Rossington … Jack Bailey
Kath … Patricia Greene
John Baddeley … Nev
Peter Hawkins … Percy Grower

Producers: Trafford Whitelock

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1975.


SUN 09:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007k06z)
A Wrongful Arrest

When Bertie Wooster is accused of theft, luckily, there's always Jeeves...

Starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.

Conclusion of the PG Wodehouse romp adapted by Chris Miller.

Jeeves …. Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster …. Richard Briers
Sir Watkyn Bassett …. Patrick Cargill
Gussie Fink-Nottle …. Rex Garner
Aunt Dahlia …. Vivian Pickles
Roderick Spode …. James Villiers
PC Oates …. Tony McEwan

Producer: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1973.


SUN 09:30 Coming Alive (b00gkwhq)
Series 2

Committed

With the council and Sandra both upset, Terry's got his work cut out.

Starring Karl Howman and Phylis Logan.

Jim Eldridge's sitcom about ex-convict Terry King's efforts to run a community centre.

Terry King … Karl Howman
Sandra Gaines … Phyllis Logan
Steve Addison … Ben Crowe
Mrs Graham … Richenda Carey
Mrs Wilson … Maggie McCarthy
Mr Evans … Gavin Muir
Ernie Maddox … Roger Walker
Mr Addison … Geoffrey Whitehead
Mr Preston … David Holt

Producer: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b06qn39x)
Comedians

Miranda Hart

From Mozart to Mama Cass.

Actress and comedian Miranda Hart shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young.

She wrote and starred in the hit BBC sitcom "Miranda" and has congaed her way to the top of TV comedy by exploiting the universal truth that awkwardness lies at the heart of the human condition. Slapstick and misunderstanding underpin her work along with the impression that she's just a really, jolly, lovely 'girl'.

Making her mark has been something of a slog. After her first appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe it was another 11 years before she could give up her job as a PA. For a good while she was photocopying scripts rather than performing them.

She says: "I started writing comedy because it was more fun inside my head than the real world, but that's no longer true."

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.


SUN 10:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00n3jxh)
Series 1

Large Blue

The Large Blue butterfly died out in Britain in 1979, but why?

Investigations pointed to a complex life cycle linked to a single species of ant.

With this knowledge the Large Blue was re-introduced into the British countryside, but there is a sinister twist in the tale, in the form of a parasitic wasp.

Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world.

Producer: Julian Hector.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.


SUN 11:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m0019wnb)
Series 13

I Got You

True stories told live in the USA: Jay Allison introduces stories of community, solidarity, and support, sometimes from unexpected sources!

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 heard on PRX in the USA in 2020.


SUN 11:50 Inheritance Tracks (b07hpg67)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]


SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m0019wnd)
Philip Larkin

To mark 100 years since the birth of one of the nation's favourite poets [9th August 1922], Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Poetry Please - Philip Larkin.

When this programme first broadcast, Hull was named as 2017's European Capital of Culture. Roger McGough is joined by poets Sean O'Brien, Douglas Dunn and Paul Farley to celebrate the city's most famous librarian, Philip Larkin.

Producer Sally Heaven.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2017.


SUN 12:30 Ability (m0004f3w)
Series 2

Weekend Away

Matt and his best mate, Jess, join his parents for a weekend away.

Matt contrives that he and Jess have to share a bed. Surely this will do the trick?

Stars Lee Ridley and Allan Mustafa.

Matt is 25. He has cerebral palsy and can only speak via an app on his iPad.

Everyone who cares about Matt knows that this isn't the defining thing about him. He is funny and clever and "up for stuff" - partly because he is keen to show that there's nothing he can't do, but also because, if he's honest, he's aware that he's less likely than other people to get the blame.

This second series sees Matt still sharing a flat with his best mate, Jess. He is still in love with her but, much as she likes him, she is still not in love with him. She does however, fancy Matt’s rubbish carer, Bob. Well just a tiny bit anyway. Not that she would ever admit it. After all, Bob is even more lazy and useless at most things than she is.

But Bob is willing. And although domestic duties are not really his forte, he likes Matt and treats him like a real person. And over the last year or so the three of them have been through a lot together - well a lot of drinking and hangovers anyway.

The series is set in Newcastle and many of the cast last played together as children in Biker’s Grove.

Matt ...... Lee Ridley – aka Lost Voice Guy
Bob ...... Allan Mustafa
Jess ...... Sammy Dobson
Matt's Inner Voice ...... Andrew Hayden-Smith

Ability is the semi-autobiographical co-creation of Britain’s Got Talent 2018 winner, Lee Ridley, otherwise known as Lost Voice Guy. Like his sitcom creation, Lee has cerebral palsy and can only speak via an app. Lost Voice Guy is - probably - the first stand up comedian to use a communication aid.

Katherine Jakeways is the co-creator and co-writer of Ability.

A Funny Bones production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2019.


SUN 13:00 Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty (Omnibus) (b092gh2p)
Episode 2

Stella and Gerry's weekend in Amsterdam exposes cracks in their 40-year marriage.

A retired couple, Stella and Gerry Gilmore, fly from their home in Glasgow to Amsterdam for a long weekend: a holiday to refresh the senses, to do some sightseeing, to take stock. Gerry, once an architect, is a heavy drinker who is set in his ways.

Stella is tired of his lifestyle, worried about their marriage and angry at his constant undermining of her religious faith. Their relationship seems safe, easy, familiar but over the course of a few days we discover the deep uncertainties that exist between them.

Bernard MacLaverty's novel is a profound examination of human love, loss and faith.

Omnibus of the last five of 10 parts abridged by Kirsteen Cameron.

Concluded by Frances Tomelty.

Producer: Kirsteen Cameron.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2017


SUN 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b06p4vz4)
John Craven

Broadcaster John Craven chooses 'You Are My Sunshine' by Gene Autry and the BBC Children in Need single 'Wake Me Up'.


SUN 14:20 AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet (Omnibus) (b07djzlh)
The Virgin in the Garden

In 1950s Yorkshire, Frederica Potter is still living at home, but senses something exciting...

The first of four AS Byatt novel adaptations chronicling the lives of the Potter family, set against the social and political landscape of England of 1953-1970.

‘The Frederica Quartet’ comprises:

'The Virgin in the Garden' [1978]
'Still Life' [1985]
'Babel Tower' [1996]
'A Whistling Woman' [2002].

This omnibus covers ‘The Virgin in the Garden’ dramatised by John Harvey.

Episodes 1 to 5 of 8.

Older Frederica …. Rosemary Leach
Young Frederica …. Hannah Watkins
Bill .... Geoffrey Whitehead
Stephanie …. Helen Longworth
Alexander …. Adam Kotz
Winifred …. Barbara Flynn
Daniel …. Shaun Dooley

Producer: Mary Peate.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002.


SUN 15:30 Sleeve Notes (b00htmzr)
Once a cherished gateway into a musical world - the album sleeve note has been diminished by the digitalisation of music.

It's been reduced to eye-wateringly small print by the CD case and dispensed with entirely by many of those who download their music from the internet.

Music writer Laura Barton explains her love of the sleeve note.

Sleeve notes can be a fierce declaration of intent from the artist, as epitomised by Johnny Cash who in 1968 wrote them for his legendary album, 'Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison' which won a Grammy for Best Album Notes. Some musicians feel that they've said all that they want to say in their music. For them the sleeve note is something to be avoided.

For others, including Jarvis Cocker, it's a chance to have a quiet word with their fans.

In America, sleeve notes - or liner notes as they call them - have their own award category at the Grammys. Dan Morgenstern has won more of these awards than anyone else and shares his experiences.

Poet Simon Armitage long felt the sleeve note is an underused space. He's always wanted more from them. But in 2008, he got a chance to create the kind of sleeve note he'd like to read when Paul Weller commissioned him to write them for his latest album. Armitage explains what it's like to set words to an album. And for musician Adrian John Moffat, the sleeve note can be an intrinsic part of the whole album.

The British music industry, not normally shy of giving awards, is strangely silent when it comes to recognising the work that goes into music CD's textual accompaniment. Laura Barton says the industry should be silent no longer.

The Americans have been celebrating the sleeve note since 1963. In fact it was two Brits who won the first Grammy award in this category - and it's now time that our industry showed that the words really can say something about the music.

Producer: Ekene Akalawu

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.


SUN 16:00 Louisa May Alcott - A Marble Woman (b09sncnt)
Recently orphaned Cecilia Stein turns up at the door of a large gothic mansion, home to genius sculptor Bazil Yorke.

Jilted by the child's mother many years ago, Yorke decides to use the daughter to punish the sins of the mother.

Louisa May Alcott's Gothic tour de force.

Starring Bill Paterson.

Dramatised by Lavinia Murray.

Bazil Yorke …. Bill Paterson
Cecil Stein …. Amanda Root
Germain …. John McArdle
Alfred …. Charles De'Ath
Mrs Norton …. Sarah Parkes
Anthony …. Geoffrey Banks
Young Cecil …. Becky Simpson
Young Alfred …. Robert Pollard

Producer: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000.


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m0019wnd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Ability (m0004f3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 18:00 Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre (b04p55c0)
Series 1

Have I Got a Chocolate Bar for You

One afternoon in the confessional, the priest hears a familiar voice and smells a familiar smell...

Ray Bradbury introduces his own spooky tale of confessions and confectionery.

Dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska.

The Priest …. TP McKenna
Young Man …. John Yule

Director: Hamish Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995.


SUN 18:30 Earthsea (b0bn9plc)
Series 2

Tenar

Ged returns to the island of Gont on the back of a dragon. Meanwhile, the curse afflicting Tenar gathers force.

Ursula Le Guin's enduring fantasy saga - based on the novel Tehanu adapted by Judith Adams.

Published between 1968 and 2001, the five novels and short story collection of Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea cycle (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, The Other Wind and Tales from Earthsea) are re-told across 12 episodes.

Series 2 takes in the action of Tehanu, The Other Wind and the short story Dragonfly from Tales of Earthsea.

Set on a vast archipelago of islands, where magic is a central part of life, they tell the stories of Tenar and Ged.

Tenar . . . Nina Wadia
Ged . . . Robert Glenister
Therru . . . Rosie Boore
Moss . . . Elizabeth Counsell
Aspen . . . John Lightbody
Fan . . . Sean Murray
Courtier . . . Ryan Whittle
Courtier . . . Stephen Hogan

Original music by Jon Nichols.

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in October 2018.


SUN 19:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m0019wnb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


SUN 19:50 Inheritance Tracks (b07hpg67)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]


SUN 20:00 Louisa May Alcott - A Marble Woman (b09sncnt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b06qn39x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00n3jxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 22:00 Ability (m0004f3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 22:30 Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing (b01c7s29)
Series 1

About Nightmare Relatives

This is the story of young, up-and-coming comedian Nathan Caton.

Nathan becomes the first in his family to graduate from University - only to opt for a career in comedy - much to his family's annoyance who want him to get a 'proper job' using his architecture degree.

Each episode is designed to show the criticism, interference and rollercoaster ride that Nathan endures from his family as he pursues his career.

The episodes are a mix of Nathan's stand-up intercut with scenes from his family life.

So can Nathan persuade his family to support his career choice?

Mum is probably the most lenient of the disappointed family members. She loves Nathan, but she ain't looking embarrassed for nobody!

Dad works in the construction industry and was looking forward to his son joining him to work together in the same field. But now Nathan has blown that dream out of the window, Martin feels he must get Nathan back into getting a real job.

Grandma cannot believe Nathan turned down architecture for comedy. She didn't leave the paradise in the West Indies and came to the freezing United Kingdom for a better life so that her grandson could 'tell jokes!'

So with all this going on in the household, what will Nathan do? Follow his dreams... or give in?

Nathan ..... Nathan Caton
Grandma ..... Mona Hammond
Mum ..... Adjoa Andoh
Dad ..... Curtis Walker
Reverend Williams ..... Don Gilét

Written by: Nathan Caton.

Additional material by: Ola and Maff Brown.

Script Editor: James Kettle

Producer: Katie Tyrrell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.


SUN 22:45 Mastering the Universe (b00scz7j)
Series 1

The Workplace

Spoiling someone else's pleasure is the most deeply rewarding of all the controlling arts.

Professor Joy Klamp takes a tour through that haven of misery: the workplace.

Starring Dawn French as Professor Joy Clamp.

Written by Nick Newman and Christopher Douglas.

With:

Christopher Douglas
Sally Grace
Lucy Montgomery
Dan Tetsell
Alice Lowe
Joanna Scanlan
Brian Perkins

Producer: Simon Nicholls

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.


SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001b67s)
Jordan Brookes 1/2

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Iain Lee chats to Jordan Brookes.


SUN 23:00 We Are Klang: Amazing Lives (b007k3hw)
Max Phantasmo

The controversial American comedian, by those who know him.

Improvised mockumentary in which each week Klang treat you to a look at the career of a living legend.

In four cutting edge documentaries, We Are Klang take you on a journey through history. You'll never want to leave.

Spoof with Greg Davies and Steve Hall.

Produced by Victoria Lloyd.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2007.


SUN 23:30 The Museum of Everything (b00h3h6c)
Series 3

The Thing

Learn about medieval cooking, and view the most precious exhibit.

Written and performed by:

Marcus Brigstocke
Danny Robins
Dan Tetsell

With Lucy Montgomery.

Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker.

Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.

MONDAY 08 AUGUST 2022

MON 00:00 Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre (b04p55c0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Earthsea (b0bn9plc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty (Omnibus) (b092gh2p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday]


MON 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b06p4vz4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Sunday]


MON 02:20 AS Byatt - The Frederica Quartet (Omnibus) (b07djzlh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:20 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Sleeve Notes (b00htmzr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Louisa May Alcott - A Marble Woman (b09sncnt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (m0019wnd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:30 Ability (m0004f3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday]


MON 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b00th9yk)
Terminus

1. Corpse

When a horrifically mutilated corpse is found on the railway track near the terminus, DS Julie Enfield's hardest job is to identify the victim.

Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield

Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher.

DS Julie Enfield …… Imelda Staunton
DCI Michael Stanley …… Nicholas Farrell
DS Kevin Richards …… Charles Simpson
Terminus …… Dominic Letts
Dad …… Geoffrey Matthews
Jim Stevens …… David Jarvis
Sarah …… Maggie McCarthy
Victim …… Paul Panting
Train Driver …… John Evitts
Passenger …… Rachel Atkins
Police Constable …… Tom Bevan

Producer: Richard Wortley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994.


MON 06:30 Crown House (b07qrknh)
1. Fresh Era

A tale of two families and a fresh era for the Minsters of Crown House, and the Royal Family of Windsor.

A serial in eight episodes by Peter Ling and Juliet Ace.

Starring Jane Asher, Gayle Hunnicutt, Dinah Sheridan and Martin Jarvis.

April 21, 1926 is a significant date for both households.

While the old Earl of Minster is laid to rest and his son, William assumes the title, the King and Queen await the birth of a royal grandchild.

William's wife, Alice, is lady-in-waiting to Queen Mary, and through her the families are drawn together; but at the heart of the story is the house itself, set in its magical garden, slowly maturing in beauty year by year, as the saga unfolds.

Jenny …… Jane Asher
Gina …… Gayle Hunnicutt
Old Bea …… Margaret Rawlings
Alice …… Dinah Sheridan
Richard …… Martin Jarvis
William …… Richard Pasco
Nicholas …… Dominic Rickhards
Mrs Webster …… Eva Stuart
Lady Flora Kelso …… Margaret Ward
Sir Charles …… Geoffrey Matthews
Caroline …… Cara Kelly
Edith …… Barbara Atkinson
Nursemaid/Waitress …… Diana Olsson
Hawkins/Archbishop …… John Samson
Tram Conductor …… Richard Tate
Instructor …… Philip Sully
Cockney Girl …… Alice Arnold

Producer: Graham Gauld

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1988.


MON 07:00 Josh Howie's Losing It (m0000qv9)
Series 2

The Covenant

Stand-up comic Josh and his wife comes to terms with the arrival of their first child.

Josh tries to convince a mohel that Monique was born Jewish – and there’s an unusual item to dispose of.

Sitcom starring Josh Howie and Pippa Evans.

Written by Josh Howie.

Josh ...... Josh Howie
Monique ...... Pippa Evans

With:

Paul Chahidi
Caroline Mabey
Natasha Radski
Xavi Spencer
Emma Jay Thomas

Producer: Ashley Blaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.


MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m0019r0v)
Series 77

Episode 4

The antidote to panel games pays a return visit to the Forum Theatre in Malvern. Marcus Brigstocke and Rachel Parris take on Rory Bremner and Graeme Garden with Jack Dee in the chair. Colin Sell attempts piano accompaniment. Producer - Jon Naismith. It is a BBC Studios production.


MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b007jlx6)
Series 3

Episode 4

Kenneth Horne heads up the river and swings by Julian and Sandy's Bona Antiques shop just off London's Portobello Road.

And Rambling Syd Rumpo sings 'The Taddle Groper's Dance'.

Packed full of colourful characters, parodies, memorable catchphrases, and double-entendres.

Starring:

Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden
Bill Pertwee

Announcer: Douglas Smith

Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London.

Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.

Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman wrote the brilliantly inventive - and sometimes outrageous - scripts for four series between 1965 and 1968.

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1967.


MON 08:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx9v)
Series 1

Spy Story

Why does the bear suck his paw in winter? And what does the answer have to do with the First Secretary's dinner suit?

The British Ambassador and his team plan their campaign for a diplomatic dinner.

Starring Dinsdale Landen.

Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer.

Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
US Ambassador …. Stephen Greif
Mrs Newton …. Susie Brann
George Sommers …. Peter Howell

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1987.


MON 09:00 Wordaholics (b01sdmd2)
Series 2

Episode 6

Gyles Brandreth chairs the word-obsessed comedy panel show.

Susie Dent and Lloyd Langford compete against Dave Gorman and Natalie Haynes for wordy supremacy.

Susie Dent reveals two of her favourite now-defunct words from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary are 'pandiculation' (to stretch while yawning) and 'snirtle' (to laugh in a quiet and restrained manner).

Dave Gorman comes up with a new cliche to replace 'Curiosity Killed the Cat, while Natalie Haynes tells us what the Cockney rhyming slang 'a Basil' refers to

Lloyd Langford asks the meaning of 'dumpoke' from the 1903 dictionary, 'Hobson Jobson - A Glossary of Anglo Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases' (a book which Susie Dent claims is 'a very good read').

Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013.


MON 09:30 Heated Rollers (b007qv82)
Episode 3

Granny in space - and Mrs Slocombe the locum.

The first-ever all-women sketch show made for BBC Radio 2.

Starring:

Lynda Bellingham
Gwyneth Strong
Joanna Monro

With music supplied by the Lorraine Bowen Experience.

Producer: Maria Esposito

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1999.


MON 10:00 Baldi (b007jljw)
Series 1

1. The Prodigal Son

Paolo Baldi - Franciscan priest and philosophy lecturer - accidentally becomes involved in solving a murder at an Italian chip shop.

Starring David Threlfall.

Series of murder mysteries about a Franciscan priest and philosophy lecturer who turns amateur sleuth.

Written by Barry Devlin.

Paolo Baldi …… David Threlfall
Tina Mahon …… Tina Kellegher
Father Troy …… TP McKenna
Dr Graham …… Gerard McSorley
Superintendent Rynne …… Owen Roe
Mrs Reid …… Margaret D'Arcy
Gianni …… Paolo Tullo
Ali …… Simon Delaney
Monica …… Aoiffe MacMorrough-Kavanagh
Remigio …… Damien McAdam
Anto …… Eanna McLiam
Tony, the barman …… Frankie McCafferty
Breda …… Anne Byrne
Collet …… Charlie Bonner
Tolan …… Mark Bereen
O'Hagan …… Mark Lambert
Darren Todd …… Laurence Kinlan
Liam …… Paul Roa
O'Hagan's Secretary …… Nicola Duffy

Other parts played by members of the cast.

Format created by Barry Devlin for Sarah Lawson Productions.

Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland.

Directed in Belfast by Lawrence Jackson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.


MON 10:45 Short Works (b09nycml)
Series 1

Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good by Eley Williams

A continuity announcer veers drastically off course during a live broadcast of The Shipping Forecast.

Written and read by Eley Williams.

Sarah Perry - author of The Essex Serpent - says Eley's writing is:

"elegantly droll without the kind of hipster quirkiness that makes me want to hurl books at the wall."

Producer: Becky Ripley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.


MON 11:00 TED Radio Hour (m0019wwg)
Series 9

Human Longevity - Past, Present and Future

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

Manoush Zomorodi investigates the past, present and future of the human lifespan with writer Steven Johnson.

In the last century, human life expectancy has doubled. This hour, we talk with writer Steven Johnson on the many breakthroughs that made this possible — and where we go from here.

First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2022.


MON 11:50 Inheritance Tracks (m0019wwj)
James Nesbitt

Actor James Nesbitt chooses Stardust by Nat King Cole and Star of the County Down by Van Morrison and the Chieftains.


MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b007jlx6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx9v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b00th9yk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 13:30 Crown House (b07qrknh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 14:00 Loitering With Intent by Peter O'Toole (b01llg4b)
6. RADA

Getting an acting audition at RADA - with a little help from George Bernard Shaw.

Stage and film actor Peter O'Toole star continues his memoir:

Abridged in eight parts by Andrew Simpson.

Producer: David Benedictus

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1992.


MON 14:15 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrh6)
Episode 6

Away at war, Churchill writes to Clementine stating he wants to return home early.

From one of the great romances of the 20th century - the personal letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill.

Edited by their daughter Mary Soames.

Read by Alex Jennings and Sylvestra le Touzel.

Narrated by Helen Bourne.

Abridged in ten parts by Penny Leicester.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.


MON 14:30 Premiership Science (b01ptzm7)
Like football, science is an international endeavour complete with its own stars and prima donnas.

Alok Jha asks if the UK is doing enough to make sure we have a dream team?

Producer: Geraldine Fitzgerald

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2013.


MON 15:00 Baldi (b007jljw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 15:45 Short Works (b09nycml)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


MON 16:00 Wordaholics (b01sdmd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 16:30 Heated Rollers (b007qv82)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 17:00 Josh Howie's Losing It (m0000qv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m0019r0v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmn9)
Goody Two Shoes

Horror legend Vincent Price's sobering tale of Anne and David Fordyce and their unwelcome lodger.

Married for five years, David and Anne escape the London rat race by buying a deserted cottage in Devon.

But their idyllic life is shattered by the intrusion of a previous tenant - from another century...

Written by William Ingram.

David Fordyce ...... Michael Jayston
Anne Fordyce ...... Sandra Clark
Mrs Perkins ...... Daphne Heard
Victoria ...... Frances Jeater
Charles ...... Nigel Graham

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1983.


MON 18:30 A Good Read (b04lq2ls)
Adam Hills and Steven Pinker

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - comedian, Adam Hills and psychologist, Steven Pinker - discuss their favourite books by Albert Camus, Richard Bach and Jonathan Livingston.

Jonathan Livingstone Seagull by Richard Bach
Publisher: Harper Collins (Harper NonFiction)

The Elements of Style by Strunk and White
Publisher: Longman now Pearson

The Outsider by Albert Camus
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2014.


MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b007jlx6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 Flying the Flag (b007jx9v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b00th9yk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 20:30 Crown House (b07qrknh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 21:00 TED Radio Hour (m0019wwg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 21:50 Inheritance Tracks (m0019wwj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today]


MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m0019r0v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 22:30 Everyone Quite Likes Justin (b01mqmgl)
Series 2

Episode 3

Forever juggling his life, Manchester DJ Russell must also cope with a visit from his dad.

Starring Justin Moorhouse, Anne Reid and Paul Copley.

Sitcom written by Justin Moorhouse and Jim Poyser.

Justin's still living with his father-in-law, still working with his ex-wife and still calling on his Gran for her words of wisdom.

Justin ..... Justin Moorhouse
Gran ..... Anne Reid
Lisa ..... Christine Bottomley
Bryn ..... Lloyd Langford
Ray ..... Paul Copley
Miles ..... Rob Rouse
Dad ..... John Henshaw
Tanya ..... Victoria Elliott

Recorded in front of an audience in Manchester.

Producer: Steven Canny

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.


MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001b67v)
Jordan Brookes 2/2

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Iain Lee chats to Jordan Brookes.


MON 23:00 Party's Over (m0019rs5)
Series 2

Cruise Control

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?'

"I can't just disappear like Gordon Brown. They say he barely gets out of bed now. Just sits there doing word-searches and eating Kit Kat Chunkies. Miserable. I hate the chunky ones." Former British Prime Minister Henry Tobin.

Henry hopes that an invitation to make a speech will be the passport he needs to a regular slot on the international lecture circuit.

Starring Miles Jupp, Ingrid Oliver, Emma Sidi, Justin Edwards and David Mumeni.

Recorded at The Crescent Theatre in Birmingham.

Written by Paul Doolan and Jon Hunter
Producer: Richard Morris
Production co-ordinator: Caroline Barlow
Sound recordist and designer: Chris Maclean

A BBC Studios Production.


MON 23:30 Matt Berry Interviews... (b0b7hbcv)
Series 1

Simon Callow

Matt Berry presents a series of interviews with the greats of the stage, screen and music world.

Matt brings you his interview with Simon Callow - recorded in his tiny dressing at the top of London's Ambassadors theatre in 1987 where he was starring in an adaptation of Jilly Cooper's book 'Riders'.

Simon is a true, true renaissance man. Such talents should always be cherished as their mere existence will inadvertently brighten any situation, or project they are involved with. Not only has he become a Goliath of the theatre but also of the written word. His works on Dickens, and Orson Welles are very highly regarded.

Written, performed and edited by Matt Berry.

Producer: Matt Stronge

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


MON 23:45 Tom Parry's Fancy Dressed Life (b08mqtpz)
Series 1

Scary

It's Halloween, the Christmas of Fancy Dress and Tom's friend Ben is having a party.

The curse of the dreaded "internet orderers" and some traumatic memories of cub camp conspire to temporarily undermine Tom's status as local Fancy Dress Hero.

Written by and starring: Tom Parry,

With:

Ben Clarke
Celeste Dring
Gareth Pierce

Tom Parry is an award winning comedian, writer and actor whose credits include Miranda, Phone Shop and Drunk History. For more than a decade he has been part of the multi-award winning sketch team, Pappy's.

Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2017.

TUESDAY 09 AUGUST 2022

TUE 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmn9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b04lq2ls)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b00th9yk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Crown House (b07qrknh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Loitering With Intent by Peter O'Toole (b01llg4b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrh6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 Premiership Science (b01ptzm7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Baldi (b007jljw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 03:45 Short Works (b09nycml)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 Wordaholics (b01sdmd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Heated Rollers (b007qv82)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Josh Howie's Losing It (m0000qv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 05:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m0019r0v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wvwz)
Terminus

2. Busker

The "Lucky Charm" murders mount up.

Shelley, the Irish busker, is under suspicion for the murders, but DS Richards is convinced she's "a nice kid".

Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield.

Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher.

DS Julie Enfield …… Imelda Staunton
DCI Michael Stanley …… Nicholas Farrell
DS Kevin Richards …… Charles Simpson
Terminus …… Dominic Letts
Dad …… Geoffrey Matthews
Timothy Lynham …… Neville Jason
Shelley …… Elaine Claxton
Mrs Winterton …… Tina Grey
Sarah …… Maggie McCarthy
Station Announcer …… David Jarvis
Bag Lady …… Margaret John

Producer: Richard Wortley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994.


TUE 06:30 Crown House (b07r1j6p)
2. Jenny

The new Lord Minster and his family have moved into Crown House.

Jenny Webster, the housekeeper's daughter, has known them since she was a child. Now they are all growing up she hopes to get to know them again -- especially Richard, Viscount Ebony.

Starring Jane Asher, Gayle Hunnicutt, Dinah Sheridan and Martin Jarvis.

A tale of two families and a fresh era for the Minsters of Crown House, and the Royal Family of Windsor.

Serial written by Peter Ling and Juliet Ace.

Jenny …… Jane Asher
Gina …… Gayle Hunnicutt
Old Bea …… Margaret Rawlings
Alice …… Dinah Sheridan
Richard …… Martin Jarvis
William …… Richard Pasco
Nicholas …… Dominic Rickhards
Lady Flora Kelso …… Margaret Ward
Sir Charles …… Geoffrey Matthews
Caroline …… Cara Kelly
Edith …… Barbara Atkinson
Telephone Operator/Woman at party …… Caroline Gruber
Charles Lindbergh …… Ed Bishop
Grace Duncan …… Barbara Hunt
Radio Announcer …… Michael Tudor Barnes

Producer: Graham Gauld

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.


TUE 07:00 North by Northamptonshire (b018fmt1)
Series 2

Episode 4

Esther has a big question to ask Ken and Keith, while on the horizon, storm clouds gather...

Sheila Hancock narrates the bittersweet adventures of the residents of a small town in Northamptonshire.

Written by Katherine Jakeways.

Keith ...... John Biggins
Rod ...... Mackenzie Crook
Jonathan/Ken ...... Kevin Eldon
Narrator ...... Shelia Hancock
Helen ...... Jessica Henwick
Esther/Jacqui ...... Katherine Jakeways
Jan ...... Felicity Montagu
Norman ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Angela ...... Lizzie Roper
Mary ...... Penelope Wilton
Frank ...... Rufus Wright

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011.


TUE 07:30 Andrew Maxwell Values (m0019rjy)
Series 1

Episode 3

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, we have started to reflect more on our working lives and increasingly question the relative value of different occupations around the UK. Andrew Maxwell investigates why until now we have traditionally valued some jobs above others and what a new understanding of “work” might mean for how we approach our changing world.

This week Andrew considers the status of different jobs and his guest is the political economist, Mark Blyth.

Producer: Richard Morris
Production co-ordinator: Ryan Walker-Edwards

A BBC Studios Production


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b0080j61)
Series 6

Sale of Manhattan

Neddie Seagoon learns that he is the rightful owner of New York and tries to reclaim his land.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1955.


TUE 08:30 Home Again (m0005tnr)
Poling Off

Fulton and Margaret prepare to rededicate their vows.

As suddenly as he disappeared, Fulton Jones returned to his family – wife Margaret and children Rosie and Martin. He went to the newsagent to buy matches 20 years before and, bold as brass, waltzes back assuming his role as father figure once more. Margaret is perplexed, whilst Rosie and Martin are furious with him.

CAST:

Fulton …. Robin Bailey
Margaret …. Doreen Mantle
Rosie …. Liz Goulding
Martin …. David Troughton
Cyrilla …. Ursula Smith
Ernest Blackrock …. Christopher Benjamin

Script writer: Peter Tinniswood

Producer: Griff Rhys Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.


TUE 09:00 Party's Over (m0019rs5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]


TUE 09:30 Chambers (b007jpgy)
Series 3

Rent Arrears

John Fuller-Carp, head of chambers, enjoys conning students. Ruth tries to avoid the question, and Vince acts Jewish. All in a day's work for the barristers of Forecourt Buildings.

Series 3 of Clive Coleman's sitcom set in perhaps the country's least spectacular set of chambers.

John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Ruth Quirke ...... Sarah Lancashire
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd

With Rebecca Front and Ben Crowe.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.


TUE 10:00 Baldi (b007jlk6)
Series 1

2. Keepers of the Flame

Baldi gets caught up in solving the murder of a leading University academic.

He must follow a trail leading into the past of one of Ireland's most cherished literary figures...

Starring David Threlfall.

Series of murder mysteries about Franciscan Priest and Philosophy lecturer, Paolo Baldi who turns amateur sleuth.

Written by Simon Brett.

Paolo Baldi …… David Threlfall
Tina Mahon …… Tina Kellegher
Father Troy …… TP McKenna
Dr Graham …… Gerard McSorley
Superintendent Rynne …… Owen Roe
Mrs Reid …… Margaret D'Arcy
Philip Trent …… Malcolm Douglas
Mary Matthews …… Noelle Brown
Professor Bryden …… Pat Laffan
J T Brennan …… John Hewitt
Vivian Luscombe …… Kevin Flood
Maureen …… Alice Barry
Garda …… Jim Fox

Format created by Barry Devlin for Sarah Lawson Productions.

Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland.

Directed in Belfast by Lawrence Jackson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.


TUE 10:45 Short Works (b09rzxgv)
Series 1

The Man Who Loved Birds by Alex Preston

A man who grew up surrounded by birds and birdsong misses them badly when, as an adult, he lives and works in the city.

He decides to solve the problem by setting off on a journey...

Joe Sims reads Alex Preston's short story.

Alex is an author and journalist and teaches creative writing at the University of Kent. His novel, In Love and War, was a Book at Bedtime for BBC Radio 4. His personal anthology of nature writing, As Kingfishers Catch Fire, was published in 2017. Alex lives in Kent with his wife and two children.

Producer: Jeremy Osborne

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


TUE 11:00 Archive on 4 (m0008xbd)
Please Leave a Message after the Tone

The voicemail is falling out of favour - and fast. It's increasingly seen as inefficient, impractical, even old-fashioned. Writer and broadcaster Olly Mann charts its rise, fall and strange afterlife.

As our communications move ever more towards email, text, DMs and the rest, the etiquette, culture and unique characteristics of the voicemail and answerphone message are under threat.

As a podcaster, Olly Mann is fascinated by the voicemail. Leaving a voicemail message is not about having a conversation, but it can be an imagined conversation. It can be a performance of sorts. While it may seem a relic of the late 20th Century, some of the biggest news events of this millennium have involved voicemails - including the phone hacking scandal where journalists broke into private messages and brought down the News of the World, and the ‘Sachsgate’ affair which started with an answering machine message. There are also a few surviving voicemails sent by victims of the 9/11 attacks.

Olly explores how voicemails have given life to, and fed the plots of, films and TV programmes and impacted on many genres of music, as well as documentary - and daily life.

As more people ignore that red icon at the bottom corner of the phone screen, are these disembodied monologues worth saving?

Featuring cognitive neuroscientist Professor Sophie Scott, audio producer Davia Nelson, film critic for the Observer Simran Hans, tech journalist for Guardian US Kari Paul, and trumpeter and music producer Keyon Harrold.

A Voicemail Valentine extracts used with thanks to Phono Post Archive and Radio Diaries.
Portrait of an Artist as an Answering Machine was produced by The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva) with Valerie Velardi.
Extracts from The Sonic Memorial Project were produced by The Kitchen Sisters (Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson).

Producer: Richard Ward
Archive Research: Thomas Rees
Mixing Engineer: Mike Woolley
Executive Producer: Russell Finch

A Somethin’ Else production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2019.


TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b0080j61)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 Home Again (m0005tnr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wvwz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 13:30 Crown House (b07r1j6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 14:00 Loitering With Intent by Peter O'Toole (b01llpl1)
7. Rugby

The star of 'The Lion in Winter' reads from his memoir: recollections of trying to get into RADA and a brutal rugby match.

Abridged by Andrew Simpson.

Producer: David Benedictus

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1992.


TUE 14:15 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrhk)
Episode 7

Churchill returns home to his beloved Clementine, but tragedy strikes. With Alex Jennings and Sylvestra Le Touzel. From January 2000.


TUE 14:30 The Hang Drum Phenomenon (b061qsdr)
The extraordinary story of a bizarre new percussion instrument, The Hang. Looking like a cross between a wok and a flying saucer, virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie explores the story of its global success.

Sometimes referred to as a Hang Drum, the Hang is not really a drum at all, but a tuned metal pan that produces a mellifluous, ethereal tone with echoes of the Trinidadian steel pan or Indian ghatam. Some argue that it is not even a musical instrument, but more a work of art, a sound sculpture.

The Hang (meaning Hand in the Bernese Swiss German dialect) was born in the Swiss city of Berne in the year 2000. Played with the hands and fingers, it has become a cult instrument across the globe and demand far outstrips supply. Prospective owners must go in person - by invitation only - to the PANArt workshop in Berne to get their Hang. Applications must be made by writing a letter, not an email. Second hand Hangs can fetch over $10,000 on eBay. Some Hang videos have over 11 million views from a vast online community of enthusiasts.

What makes the Hang so special? What’s the appeal of making and playing new analogue instruments in this digital age of Pro Tools and plug-ins?

Evelyn looks for the roots of the Hang and meets up with steel pan master Sterling Betancourt MBE. She speaks to Hang virtuosos Manu Delago and Daniel Waples, as well as Kelly Hutchinson of Hang Out UK, a festival dedicated to the Hang and other handpans. She also talks to Kyle Cox and Jim Dusin of Pantheon Steel, makers of the Halo, a handpan inspired by the Hang.

After making around 7000 instruments, PANArt decided to stop production of the Hang in 2013.

Producer: Tom Woolfenden

A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2015.


TUE 15:00 Baldi (b007jlk6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 15:45 Short Works (b09rzxgv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


TUE 16:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b0bpr5mn)
Series 13

Episode 4

Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Lee Mack welcome:

* Journalist and author Lucy Mangan
* Scientist and writer Steve Mould
* Former England footballer Graeme Le Saux

The Museum's Guest Committee indulge in past pleasures with a mechanical talking robot, an amusement arcade penny pusher machine and the soothing sounds of a 1980s Sony Walkman.

Researched by QI and Mike Turner.

Producers: Richard Turner and Anne Miller.

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


TUE 16:30 Chambers (b007jpgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 17:00 North by Northamptonshire (b018fmt1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:30 Andrew Maxwell Values (m0019rjy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jnhf)
To My Dear, Dear Saladin

Horror legend Vincent Price introduces a tale of a cat - and its unusual inheritance.

To Emily, Great Aunt Hesta leaves her entire fortune, including her home, Longbridge Manor.

To her beloved cat, Saladin, she bequeaths continuing life on the estate. But Emily's husband, Freddie has other ideas and dearly pays the price...

CAST:

Freddie …. Edward Woodward
Emily …. Annette Crosbie
Smiley …. Steve Hodson
Solicitor …. Lewis Stringer
Saladin the Cat …. Percy Edwards

Scripted by William Ingram.

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1983.


TUE 18:30 Soul Music (b09lyhmv)
Series 25

Boys Don't Cry

Boys Don't Cry by The Cure is, on the surface, a tribute to teenage angst and a slice of pop perfection.

Lol Tolhurst, the band's drummer, wrote the song with his band mates in Robert Smith's parents' house extension.

Poorna Bell saw the song's lyrics echo her husband's struggle with expressing his emotions, and describes the devastating impact which that can have.

Runner Derek Redmond recalls the moment he lost his 'game face' at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, and Sara Pacella and Jeffrey Axt chart the changing fortunes of a giant Boys Don't Cry poster.

Producer: Sally Heaven.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2018.


TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b0080j61)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 Home Again (m0005tnr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wvwz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 20:30 Crown House (b07r1j6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 21:00 Archive on 4 (m0008xbd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 22:00 Andrew Maxwell Values (m0019rjy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 22:30 The Nick Revell Show (b00d7n9s)
Series 2

All's Well That Ends Well... Well, Well, Well

Writer Nick is leading a charmed life, which naturally leaves him feeling anxious.

A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.

With:

Alistair McGowan
Doon MacKichan
Brian Bowles
Alison Sterling
John Guerrasio

Producer: Ioan Magnusson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993.


TUE 23:00 It's Jocelyn (b06snvwk)
Series 1

Episode 1

It's Jocelyn is the series from comedian Jocelyn Jee Esien (3 Non Blondes and Little Miss Jocelyn).

Back with a raft of brand fresh characters including the Overly Dramatic Family, a pair of terrible African Drummers and a bad-tempered couple who run a takeaway business, Jocelyn vents her frustrations at the world around her through sketches and stand-up. From pedantic dinner dates to coping with annoying friends, Jocelyn's life provides a rich seam of humour.

Jocelyn is delighted to be joined in the cast by Curtis Walker, Ninia Benjamin and Kevin J.

Producer: John Pocock

A BBC Radio Comedy production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.


TUE 23:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b014gmfm)
Series 4

Ian Hislop

Marcus Brigstocke invites Private Eye editor and broadcaster Ian Hislop to try new experiences, including buying his first ever pair of jeans.

Whether the experiences are banal or profound, the show is about embracing the new and getting out of our comfort zones.

The title comes from the fact that the show's producer and creator Bill Dare had never seen the film Star Wars.

Producer: Bill Dare

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011.

WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST 2022

WED 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jnhf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:30 Soul Music (b09lyhmv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wvwz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Crown House (b07r1j6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 Loitering With Intent by Peter O'Toole (b01llpl1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrhk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 The Hang Drum Phenomenon (b061qsdr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 Baldi (b007jlk6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 03:45 Short Works (b09rzxgv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b0bpr5mn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 Chambers (b007jpgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 North by Northamptonshire (b018fmt1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 05:30 Andrew Maxwell Values (m0019rjy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxr3)
Terminus

3. Playing Games

Timothy Lineham, MP, is the 'Lucky Charm' killer's third victim. A drugs or terrorist connection seems likely. Events take a bizarre turn for DS Julie Enfield.

Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield

Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher.

Imelda Staunton ..... DS Julie Enfield
Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley
Charles Simpson ..... DS Kevin Richards
Dominic Letts ..... Terminus
Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father
Tina Grey ..... Mrs Winterton
Elaine Claxton ..... Shelley
Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah
David Jarvis ..... Station Announcer
Tom Bevan ..... The Beggar

Producer: Richard Wortley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994.


WED 06:30 Crown House (b07r233z)
3. Feelings

It's been a time of celebration: Alice's brother Charles has got married, and her son Nicholas has joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman.

The village fete at Ebony was held in the grounds of Crown House, and that night Richard discovered Jenny was in love with him.

Starring Jane Asher, Gayle Hunnicutt, Dinah Sheridan and Martin Jarvis.

A tale of two families and a fresh era for the Minsters of Crown House, and the Royal Family of Windsor.

Serial written by Peter Ling and Juliet Ace.

Jenny …… Jane Asher
Old Bea …… Margaret Rawlings
Gina …… Gayle Hunnicutt
Alice …… Dinah Sheridan
Richard …… Martin Jarvis
William …… Richard Pasco
Nicholas …… Dominic Rickhards
Lady Flora Kelso …… Margaret Ward
Sir Charles …… Geoffrey Matthews
Caroline …… Cara Kelly
Edith …… Barbara Atkinson
Mrs Webster …… Eva Stuart
Nursemaid …… Diana Olsson
Hawkins …… John Samson
Grace Duncan …… Barbara Hunt
Scott Hanson …… Ian Michie
Louie …… Simon Cuff

Producer: Graham Gauld

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.


WED 07:00 Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse (b0b53b02)
Series 1

Episode 2

Martin Jarvis directs Michael Frayn’s masterly comic series with an outstanding cast led by Ian McKellen, Joanna Lumley, Stephen Fry, Alfred Molina, Alex Jennings and Jarvis himself.

Michael Frayn - author of Noises Off - is the most comic philosophical writer of our time.

Each episode reveals his infectious delight in writing between the lines of theatre, fiction, TV and the media, the church, relationships - life in general.

* Darren Richardson conducts a misguided sight-seeing tour
* Ian McKellen has Helpline difficulties
* Nigel Anthony and Joanna Lumley revisit Listen With Mother
* Martin Jarvis attempts to broadcast from The Royal Opera House
* Alex Jennings and Janie Dee are a confused married couple
* George Blagden is an unusually literate weatherman
* Ian McKellen, as Richard III, is interrupted by footnote scholars

Director: Martin Jarvis

A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2018.


WED 07:30 Anneka Has Issues (m0019r54)
Series 1

Death

Anneka Rice has led a fascinating and adventure-filled life. In this new stand-up series, she examines four tricky issues that are of particular importance to her. Bringing insight and a refreshingly eccentric but practical mindset to these sometimes taboo subjects she'll explain how her life has been shaped by her background and experiences.

Anneka needs to decide what's best to do with her parents' ashes and this prompts a deep dive into one of our most difficult and unexplored areas of life. Something that we will all, without doubt, experience but are so reluctant to talk about.

Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
Production Coordinator: Katie Baum, Beverly Tagg
A BBC Studios Production


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpl8)
Series 6

The Elopement

With Bill suffering heartache, can Sid and The Lad Himself smooth the path to true love?

Starring Tony Hancock.

With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Lillian Grasson, Wilfred Babbage, Fraser Kerr and Lee Crutchley.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.

Producer: Tom Ronald

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1959.


WED 08:30 Any Other Business (b0132mxz)
Episode 3

The new mayor has to chair his very first council meeting - and he's scared witless.

Lucy Flannery's local government sitcom

Starring:

Nelson David
John Duttine
James Grout
Rosy Fordham
Nick Hardy
Howard Lew Lewis
Toby Longworth
Jan Ravens
Vivienne Rochester
June Whitfield.

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.


WED 09:00 Booked (b0075lfg)
Series 3

Episode 1

Outrageous parody, biting wit and bizarre couplings from:

Mark Thomas
Dillie Keane
Rory Motion
Roger McGough

Ian McMillan chairs the irreverent literary game.

Producer: Marc Jobst

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1997.


WED 09:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k23r)
Series 2

Direct Action

A man with a tape measure sparks a crisis for Rabbi Fine.

Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.

Rabbi Abraham Fine ...... David De Keyser
Rabbi Su Jacobs ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Sadie Fine ...... Doreen Mantle
Melvin ...... Henry Goodman
Su’s Mum ...... Sheila Steafel
Mr Biggins ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Bernard Blatt ...... Simon Schatzberger

Music: Max Harris.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000.


WED 10:00 Baldi (b007jlkz)
Series 1

3. Miss Lonelyhearts

Baldi and Tina investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a nurse at an old people's home.

And they uncover an unlikely case of voyeurism...

Starring David Threlfall.

Series of murder mysteries about Franciscan Priest and Philosophy lecturer, Paolo Baldi who turns amateur sleuth.

Written by Barry Devlin..

Paolo Baldi …… David Threlfall
Tina Mahon …… Tina Kellegher
Father Troy …… TP McKenna
Superintendent Rynne …… Owen Roe
Mrs Reid …… Margaret D'Arcy
Thelma …… Marie Jones
Jack …… Des Nealon
Janet …… Doreen Keogh
Matron …… Julia Dearden
Jason …… Mario Rosenstock
Breda …… Anne Byrne
Tolan …… Mark Bereen
Kieran …… Shane O'Neill
Sergeant …… Malcolm Douglas

Format created by Barry Devlin for Sarah Lawson Productions.

Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland.

Directed in Belfast by Lawrence Jackson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.


WED 10:45 Short Works (b09sr08d)
Series 1

Lease on Life by Laurie Penny

The things you do for a London flat in Zone 2.

Lianne should've known it was too good to be true.

A short story for radio by Laurie Penny.

Laurie is an award-winning journalist, writer, activist, internet nanocelebrity and author of six books, including Unspeakable Things and Everything Belongs To The Future. Laurie writes essays, columns and gonzo journalism about politics, social justice, pop culture, feminism, technology, mental health and a splash of sci-fi.

Producer: Becky Ripley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.


WED 11:00 Clowning Around on 4 Extra (m0019wyv)
2. Victorian clowns and Dan Leno

Tony Lidington traces the role of the clown in British humour – from the Great Grimaldi through stars of circus, pantomime and Pierrots, to modern entertainers and even activists.

Drawing on his own performances, BBC archive and contemporary experts, Tony traces the clown's evolution, beginning with Shakespeare's plays where rustic clowns and court fools could speak uncomfortable truths to those in power.

In the second of three programmes, Tony looks at Victorian clowning, century travelling circuses, the enormous appeal of pantos.

Also the successful – and often tragically short lives - of entertainers like Dan Leno, once hailed as ‘the funniest man in the world’.

Producer: Mike Greenwood

Made for Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions and first broadcast in March 2014.


WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpl8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 12:30 Any Other Business (b0132mxz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxr3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 13:30 Crown House (b07r233z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 14:00 Loitering With Intent by Peter O'Toole (b01lmmnk)
8. Rogue Male

Actor Peter O'Toole concludes his memoir:

Siân Phillips introduces him to the book 'Rogue Male' and he then stars in the subsequent film.

Abridged by Andrew Simpson.

Producer: David Benedictus

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1992.


WED 14:15 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves (b007jrj1)
Episode 8

Clementine is unhappy when Winston buys Chartwell Manor without her knowledge. With Alex Jennings and Sylvestra Le Touzel.


WED 14:30 The Art of Walking into Doors (b06d2fxf)
Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Leonardo da Vinci...all of them, it’s said, were dyslexic.

But was there any connection between that and their work?

Chris Ledgard visits the Royal College of Art in London, where he explores the relationship between dyslexia and dyspraxia, and students’ ability to draw.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015.


WED 15:00 Baldi (b007jlkz)
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WED 15:45 Short Works (b09sr08d)
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WED 16:00 Booked (b0075lfg)
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WED 16:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k23r)
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WED 17:00 Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse (b0b53b02)
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WED 17:30 Anneka Has Issues (m0019r54)
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WED 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jn3p)
The Family Album

Horror legend Vincent Price introduces a tale of faceless commuter Arthur, who proves to be a formidable adversary as danger strikes.

CAST:

Arthur Goodby …. Maurice Denham
Rose Goodby …. Liz Fraser
Harry …. James Kerry
Mr Martin …. Aubrey Morris
The Coroner …. Anthony Newlands

Scripted by William Ingram.

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1983.


WED 18:30 Dad Made Me Laugh (b00d3k8c)
Max Hudd

Roy Hudd's son chats to Sally Magnusson about his life with the star of 'News Huddlines', 'Coronation Street' and more.

Producer: Mike Walker

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in September 2006.


WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpl8)
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WED 19:30 Any Other Business (b0132mxz)
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WED 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxr3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 20:30 Crown House (b07r233z)
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WED 21:00 Clowning Around on 4 Extra (m0019wyv)
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WED 22:00 Anneka Has Issues (m0019r54)
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WED 22:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b00fqbsz)
Series 2

Episode 4

A dizzy Indian ad agency, a lovesick lament to Lahore - and the blundering Bhangra Muffins.

Starring:

Sanjeev Bhaskar
Kulvinder Ghir
Nitin Sawhney
Meera Syal
Nina Wadia

Gold Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The sketch comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC TWO from 1998 to 2001.

Scripted by Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Sanjeev Kohli and Nina Wadia.

Script Editor: Sharat Sardana

Producer: Anil Gupta.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997.


WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001b67z)
Josh Barry 1/2

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Iain Lee chats to Josh Barry.


WED 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b009xxv3)
Series 3

Episode 5

Eavesdropping on animals and Planet Dull.

Sharp-edged topical humour in the most expensive show on radio.

Written by and starring Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell.

With Felicity Montagu and Harry Enfield.

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1987.


WED 23:30 Hearing With Hegley (b0bnv2s7)
Series 2

Episode 4

John Hegley performs poems and songs, with musical accompaniment from Nigel Piper and the Popticians.

Featuring poems dedicated to Bonfire Night and not waving, plus a surreal adventure in a Tardis-like kennel.

Producer: Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.


WED 23:45 Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter from Salford (b007680t)
Series 1

Recital Statistics

The poet-in-residence's mission to bring quiche to the Quays comes to its artistic climax.

Thanks to a specially-funded scheme, the respected London poet Sir Ralph Stanza becomes the poet-in-residence in Salford. He strides he streets of the area, wearing a Panama hat, blazer and silk scarf with his goal being to mix with the people of Salford and express their angst through his verse.

Sir Ralph Stanza …. James Quinn
With Jack Deam, Mark Chatterton, Stephen Hoyle and Alison Darling.

Written by James Quinn.

Producer: Graham Frost

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.