SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2025

SAT 00:00 Soul Music (b00zlk07)
Schubert's Winterreise

Winterreise was written the year before Franz Schubert's death aged just 31, these 24 songs based on poems by Wilhelm Müller describe a journey that takes us ever deeper into the frozen landscape of the soul.

Singers Thomas Hampson, Mark Padmore, Alice Coote and David Pisaro describe the experience of immersing themselves in this music.

And Bernard Keefe tells of the time he sang these songs in Hiroshima to survivors of the bomb.

Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.

Producer: Rosie Boulton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.


SAT 00:30 All Change for Gyles Brandreth (b091wby2)
Two hundred years ago Gyles Brandreth's ancestor Jeremiah was found guilty of treason and beheaded. His crime? He was a stocking maker whose livelihood was destroyed by mechanisation, and as a Luddite rebel he led a failed rebellion against the changes devastating his life and community.

Change, Gyles argues, rarely come without a cost. So is change, as the management gurus would have us believe, really so vital for our wellbeing?

In this programme he asks an Economist, Linda Yueh, political operator Alastair Campbell and Fashion consultant Melanie Rickey to tell him how to make change work for you, whether it needs to be damaging and how they themselves operate in the face of changes to both public and private life.

Producer: Tom Alban

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2017.


SAT 01:00 The Flying Doctor (m002mlr9)
The Dook Comes Through

Doctor Rogers and pilot Tommy O’Donnell are called to help a man injured in a pub fight.

Stars James McKechnie and Bill Kerr.

Popular series based on the work of the Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service

It ran on BBC radio between 1958-1963.

Written by Rex Rienits.

Doctor Chris Rogers .... James McKechnie
Tommy O'Donnell .... Bill Kerr
Jane Hudson .... June Brunell
Sally MacAndrew .... Bettina Dickson
The Dook .... Geoffrey Lewis
Jim Morgan .... Russell Napier
Constable Miller .... Allen Paton

Producer: Vernon Harris

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1959.


SAT 01:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdj)
5. Alibis

As suspicions over Palgrove grow, Inspector Purbright calls on his old friend Lucilla Teatime.

Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicle set in East Anglia.

Starring John Rowe.

Dramatised by Christopher Denys.

Inspector Purbright …… John Rowe
Love …… Paul Downing
Dr Fergusson …… Russell Dixon
Lucilla Teatime …… Ann Rye
Mortimer Hive …… Geoffrey Banks
Helen …… Kathryn Hunt
Sergeant Malley …… Robin Polley

Producer: Tony Cliff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.


SAT 02:00 Kalangadog Junction (b09dlz94)
Episode 4

Len takes over Gaelene's Olympic training schedule - a recipe for trouble with Madge.

Meanwhile, Thomas and Jane endeavour to find some time for romance.

Starring Caroline Quentin and John Duttine.

Comedy drama series by Moya O'Shea.

Jane .... Caroline Quentin
Thomas .... John Duttine
Jimmy .... Niall Ashdown
Pete .... Toby Longworth
Len .... Brian Bowles
Madge .... Joanna Monro
Milly .... Julie Gibbs
Phoebe .... June Whitfield
Gaeline .... Moya O'Shea

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1996.


SAT 02:30 The Likely Lads (m002mlrc)
Series 2

Love and Marriage

Some thoughtful gestures end up backfiring for Bob and for Terry.

Starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes.

Created and written for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.

Adapted for BBC Radio by James Bolam

Terry .... James Bolam
Bob .... Rodney Bewes
Jack .... Donald McKillop
Cloughy .... Bartlett Mullins
Helen …. Helen Fraser
Duggie .... Derek Newark
Mrs Foster .... Doris Rogers
Archie .... Roger Avon
Podge .... Geoffrey Hughes

Producer: John Browell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1968.

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Our warm thanks go to the Radio Circle for returning the audio to the BBC.


SAT 03:00 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b083mrvf)
Series 1

Beef Olives

First of two series of Sue Teddern's comedy, set in a 1960s' bedsitter - inspired by Katharine Whitehorn's cookery classic.

Starring Beattie Edmondson and Nikesh Patel.

In this opening episode, Trisha embarks on bedsit life, determined to make it as a get-ahead girl about town.

Trisha ...... Beattie Edmondson
Deepak ...... Nikesh Patel
June ...... Alison Belbin
Len ...... John Bowler
Tony ...... John Dougall
Katharine Whitehorn ...... Karen Bartke

Director: Emma Harding

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2016.


SAT 03:30 Sunshine and Laughter by Louis Barfe (m000z78r)
5. He Didn't Want to Go

At the height of the duo's brilliant career, Eric Morecambe has a serious heart attack, and a fatal one in 1984.

After a partnership of five decades, Ernie will spend the rest of his life looking for Eric.

The story of Morecambe and Wise written by Louis Barfe.

Abridged by Libby Spurrier.

Concluded by Penelope Keith.

Producer: Celia de Wolff

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2021.


SAT 03:45 Legacy: Blood in the Mountains by Cath Staincliffe (b01293bs)
5. A Terrible Secret

Brother and sister probate researchers Dan and Rachel have uncovered a broken family with a terrible secret.

Henry Gaunt died leaving a sizeable estate but no will.

Dan and Rachel have discovered that 94 year old Eric Beatty is the rightful heir to the estate - but he's rejected it.

Eric fought for the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War alongside Henry Gaunt's father George who was killed there.

But Eric has been holding a terrible secret about George's death.

Dan and Rachel are about to uncover it...

Dan ...... William Ash
Rachel ...... Claire Keelan
Young Eric ...... Tom Hughes
George ...... Stephen Hoyle
Jo ...... Eithne Brown
Eric ...... Russell Dixon

Director: Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2011.


SAT 04:00 The Motion Show (m00076b9)
Series 5

Episode 1

From banning wasps to arts subsidies.

Graeme Garden hosts the comedy debating show.

With;

Gyles Brandreth
Steve Punt
Garry Bushell
Gina Yashere

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.


SAT 04:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b0094wj8)
Series 3

Episode 6

Friends are getting divorced, accountants are living as cavemen and 87-year-old women are having triplets.

Have Daniel and Lucy finally had enough of dealing with other people's problems?

Starring David Tennant and Elizabeth Carling.

David Spicer's comedy drama about modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of two 30-something non-parents.

Daniel...........David Tennant
Lucy............. Liz Carling
Katie,............Tracy-Ann Oberman
Andy.............Tony Gardner
Linda............Carla Mendonca
Steve............. Jonathan Aris

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.


SAT 05:00 Drama on 4 (m000x737)
Mr Waring of the BBC by Freddie Phillips

It's just after the Second World War and success beckons when a young entertainer with “a new line in comedy” lands the leading role in a BBC radio show.

The true story of Peter Waring, whose desire for a better life brought him fame and infamy.

Starring Freddie Fox and Robert Bathurst.

A curated drama of archive documents and memoirs, by Freddie Phillips.

Mr Waring ….. Freddie Fox
Frank Muir ….. Robert Bathurst
Benny Hill/Booking Manager….. Clive Hayward
Redacted Letter Writer ….. Tony Turner
Charmian Innes ….. Elinor Coleman
Director of Variety ….. Simon Ludders
BBC Voice ….. Marilyn Nnadebe
LPR Roche ….. Stewart Campbell
Jack Fallon ….. Joshua Riley
Press Voice 1 ….. Jane Slavin

Pianist, Peter Ringrose

Director: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2021.


SAT 05:45 Short Works (m0013zsj)
Headless Chicken by Rachel Trezise

Lowri and Adam run a smallholding in Wales, where they raise chickens for slaughter.

But one chicken, Satay, seems to defy the laws of nature.

An original darkly comic short story by Rachel Trezise

Read by Alexandria Riley

Producer: Emma Harding

A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2022.


SAT 06:00 Theo by Moya O'Shea (b007jt2n)
Made in Germany in 1908, a rare cinnamon plush bear with boot button eyes - still with the Steiff button in his ear - discovers he’s Lot 107.

And the auction is about to begin...

Martin Jarvis stars as Theo the bear.

Drama set against a background of real events written by Moya O'Shea

Theo ...... Martin Jarvis
Little Tom ...... Thomas Connor
Tom ...... Ross Livingstone
Mr Lonsdale ...... David Collings
Mrs Lonsdale ...... Jilly Bond
Charles Morgan ...... Henry Cormack
Nicholas ...... Jonathan Praeger
Jessie ...... Becky Hindley
Hannah ...... Caroline Strong
Mrs Tyler ...... Zulema Dene
George ...... Alexis Edyvean
Mr McKee ...... Jonathan Keeble
Mrs McKee ...... Linda Regan
Little Greg ...... George Allonby
Young Greg ...... Jack Allonby
Greg ...... Paul Jenkins
Imelda ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Janice ...... Sandra James Young
Mark ...... Gary Bryden
Roland ...... Stephen Critchow
Auctioneer ...... John Turner

Producer: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995.


SAT 07:30 Wintering by Katherine May (Omnibus) (m00140n9)
‘Some winters happen in the sun,’ writes Katherine May. ‘This particular one began on a blazing day in early September, a week before my 40th birthday.’

When her husband becomes dangerously ill, it coincides with a moment in May’s life when she is facing professional and personal stress and an uncertain future, and it ushers in a period of what she calls ‘wintering’.

‘Everybody winters at one time or another; some winter over and over again,’ she explains. ‘Winter is a season in the cold, a fallow period in life when you’re cut off from the world, feeling rejected, sidelined, blocked from progress.’

Described by The Observer’s reviewer as ‘a reading cure’ and ‘a tale of hard-won celebration’, May's book is an honest, reflective, sometimes humorous account of her struggle to deal with her own bad times.

She considers the healing power of rest and retreat and the consolations of nature, exploring the many ways in which we experience winter, both seasonal and personal, and offering some strategies for weathering the dark times in the year and our own lives.

Omnibus of five parts read by Melody Grove

Abridged and produced by Sara Davies

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2021.

****** Katherine May’s other books include The Electricity of Every Living Thing, her memoir of being autistic, and two novels, The Whitstable High Tide Swimming Club and Burning Out.

She is the editor of The Best, Most Awful Job, an anthology of essays about motherhood, and her essays and journalism have been widely published in the UK and America. She lives by the sea in Whitstable, Kent.


SAT 08:45 Tales From the Backbench by Peter Tinniswood (b00760x3)
Series 1

The General Thingermejig

Useless and forgetful MP Sir Plympton Makepeace recalls how he was seduced back into politics after three years in the wilderness...

Starring Leslie Phillips.

Unreliable parliamentary ramblings written by Peter Tinniswood.

Producer: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.


SAT 09:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (m002myst)
Series 3

Evadne's Play

The dear ladies attempt to stage Evadne's murder mystery.

Starring Dr Evadne Hinge and her lifelong companion Dame Hilda Bracket.

Brought to you from the genteel setting of the Suffolk village of Stackton Tressel, where the musical duo reside.

Written by Mike Craig, Lawrie Kinsley and Ron McDonnell.

Dame Hilda Bracket ...... Patrick Fyffe
Dr Evadne Hinge ...... George Logan
Maude …. Daphne Heard
Miss Primley .... Rosalie Williams
Donald Smollett .... David Mahlowe

Three series ran on BBC Radio 4 between 1977 and 1979, with further spin-off seasons on BBC Radio 2 until 1990.

In the early 1980s, they expanded over to BBC TV with the series Dear Ladies.

Producer: James Casey

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1979.


SAT 09:30 Beyond Our Ken (m0009cbx)
Series 3

Episode 10

Kenneth Horne visits the tax office and Hornerama turns its spotlight on the world of entertainment.

A madcap mix of sketches and songs written by Eric Merriman.

Starring:

Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden
Bill Pertwee

Music from Pat Lancaster, the Fraser Hayes Four and the BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.

Incidental music by Edwin Braden.

Announcer: Douglas Smith

Beyond Our Ken hit the airwaves in 1958 and ran to 1964 – featuring regulars like Arthur Fallowfield, Cecil Snaith and Rodney and Charles

Producer: Jacques Brown

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1960.


SAT 10:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0017d7z)
Alternative Comedy...and Beyond

3. Goodness Gracious Me and On the Hour

BBC Comedy Controllers from across the decades look back at radio shows from the past.

Clocking up over 150 years on the job between them, Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville reveal what they do, why they do it and what makes them laugh.

From London's iconic BBC Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House - the home of British Radio comedy.

In the last of three programmes, they travel back to the 1980s to celebrate alternative comedy.

Featuring:

GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME - from 18th January 1997 - BBC Radio 4

ON THE HOUR - from 9th August 1991 - BBC Radio 4

The League of Gentlemen Charity Shop: sketch - 21st November - BBC Radio 4

Round the Horne: - Rambling Syd Rumpo - 15th January 1967 - BBC Light Programme]

Series Producers: Paul Kobrak and Dixi Stewart.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in April 2017.


SAT 11:00 Theo by Moya O'Shea (b007jt2n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 12:30 Wintering by Katherine May (Omnibus) (m00140n9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 13:45 Tales From the Backbench by Peter Tinniswood (b00760x3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 14:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (m002myst)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 14:30 Beyond Our Ken (m0009cbx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 15:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0017d7z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 16:00 Edgar Allan Poe (b0bpr4dj)
The Fall of The House of Usher

'I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn, and gazed at the vacant eye-like windows of the house.

Roderick is a tormented man - with a twin sister suffering an illness physicians don't understand.

Edgar Allan Poe’s 19th century Gothic tale.

Dramatised by David Campton.

Roderick Usher.....Edward Petherbridge
Narrator....Tim Pigott-Smith
Doctor...Roger Hume

Guitarist: John Turner

Directed at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1978.


SAT 16:45 Roald Dahl (b00pbt9m)
Someone Like You

5. Nunc Dimittis

A slighted lover begins to plot an elaborate revenge.

Last of five darkly comic tales by Roald Dahl.

Dramatised by Stephen Sheridan.

Storyteller ...... Charles Dance
Gladys Ponsonby ...... Sarah Badel
John Roydon ...... Jonathan Keeble
Janet de Pelagia ...... Katie Scarfe

Director: David Blount

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2009.


SAT 17:00 Friends of Oscar by Rod Dungate (m002mysw)
On 18th February 1895, the Marquess of Queensberry left a visiting card at Oscar Wilde's London club, across which he had written his notorious message:

"For Oscar Wilde, posing as Somdomite"

The last word having been misspelt by the Marquess in his fury at Wilde for pursuing a relationship with his son, Lord Alfred Douglas.

Wilde prosecuted Queensberry for criminal libel and when Queensberry brought evidence relating to Wilde's personal life, the witch hunt, for others in the Victorian gay community, began too...

Starring Jamie Newall, Daniel Isaacs and James Dreyfus.

Written by Rod Dungate.

Alfred Taylor ... Jamie Newall
Charlie Mason ... Daniel Isaacs
Robbie Ross ... James Dreyfus
Jack Saul ... Ian Pepperell
Fanny Park ... Geoffrey Freshwater
Frank Harris ... Joe Melia
Brookfield ... William Haden
Inspector Littlechild ... David Schofield
John Gray ... Charles Edwards
Charles Hawtrey ... John McAndrew

With:

Rebecca Wright
Linda Spurrier
Paul Barnhill
Raymond Coulthard

Producer: Vanessa Whitburn

Director: Bill Alexander

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1997.


SAT 19:00 The Penny Dreadfuls (m00082z4)
Hadrian’s Beard

Emperor Hadrian was eager to defend the outer reaches of the Roman Empire and repel attacks from the Barbarians.

So keen that he was determined to build a wall across Britain, sea to sea, just north of the great fort Vindolanda.

That physical legacy is still in part visible between Northumberland and Cumbria to this day.

This comedy play looks under the skin of the Emperor who broke with various traditions, not least growing a beard where all Roman leaders were previously clean-shaven; and his deep love of all things Grecian.

All does not go according to plan when he arrives and it seems that this brave 'soldier' is more troubled than first impressions suggest.

Written by David Reed

Emperor Hadrian ... Tony Gardner
Queen Bridget ... Mina Anwar

With The Penny Dreadfuls:

Humphrey Ker
David Reed
Thom Tuck

And Margaret Cabourn-Smith.

Prducer: Julia McKenzie

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


SAT 19:45 Tales From the Backbench by Peter Tinniswood (b00760x3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 20:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (m002myst)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 20:30 Beyond Our Ken (m0009cbx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 21:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0017d7z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 22:00 The World of Simon Rich (b07gh587)
Series 1

Episode 4

Simon Rich has been Saturday Night Live's youngest writer, a staff writer for Pixar and a regular contributor to The New Yorker - as well as one of the funniest short story writers of his generation.

Now the American brings his enchanting, absurd world to radio with his first British comedy show.

The series takes us across time and space, from the design of the universe and prehistoric love triangles to the terrors of life as an unused condom inside a teenager’s wallet.

Performing the stories alongside Simon is a cast of UK comic talent:

Peter Serafinowicz
Tim Key
Cariad Lloyd
Jamie Demetriou
Joseph Morpurgo
Claire Price.

Producer: Jon Harvey
Executive Producer: Richard Wilson

A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2016.


SAT 22:30 Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! (b06ts1kz)
Series 2

Winemaker

When Milton finally decides to empty his bins, he accidentally makes both a delicious sparkling wine and a deadly enemy.

Mention Milton Jones to most people and the first thing they think is 'Help!'. Because in each episode, Milton, and his trusty assistant Anton set out to help people and soon find they're embroiled in a new adventure.

If you're close to the edge, then Milton can give you a push.

Written by Milton Jones with James Cary and Dan Evans

With:

Tom Goodman-Hill
Josie Lawrence
Ben Willbond

Music by Guy Jackson.

Director: David Tyler

A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2016.


SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002njgh)
Joe Kent-Walters 1/3

From 10pm to midnight, seven nights a week, The Comedy Club brings you two hours of the funny stuff. Tonight, Iain Lee chats with Joe Kent-Walters.


SAT 23:00 Friends Like These (b0076xrp)
You'll Always Be A Part of Me

Two men have been best friends for years when one suddenly needs a new kidney.

His mate has always said he'd do anything for him.

Now it's time to find out if that includes organ donation...

Part of a collection of comic plays about friendship, each featuring a different comedy partnership.

Written by Jim Sweeney.

Jim ....... Jim Sweeney
Steve ....... Steve Steen

Director: Claudine Toutoungi.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.


SAT 23:15 Influencers (m001r1v0)
Series 1

6. Mushrooms

Ruth and Carla decide to experiment with micro-dosing psilocybin.

As the mushrooms kick in there are revelations and home truths everywhere, and a new strategy for their online business emerges.

Ruth and Carla are two wannabe stars of the online business world.

They are bound together by a carefully controlled image that can lead to lucrative product placements and well-paid endorsements - but only if the PR is played just right.

And that’s a problem because, behind the scenes, things are not always as harmonious as they seem.

Written by and starring Katy Brand and Katherine Parkinson

Carla ... Katy Brand
Ruth ... Katherine Parkinson

Producer: Liz Anstee

A CPL production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2023.


SAT 23:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b0952b1r)
Series 7

Begrudging a Crunchie

Malcolm surprises Ramesh by announcing she wants to become a foster carer.

More shop-based shenanigans and over-the-counter philosophy, courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave.

Set in a Scots-Asian corner shop, the staff continue their tireless quest to bring nice-price custard creams and cans of coke with Arabic writing on them to an ungrateful nation. Ramesh Mahju has built it up over the course of over 30 years and is a firmly entrenched, friendly presence in the local area.

Then of course there are Ramesh's sons Sanjay and Alok, both surly and not particularly keen on the old-school approach to shopkeeping, but natural successors to the business. Ramesh is keen to pass all his worldly wisdom onto them - whether they like it or not!

Written by and starring Donald Mcleary and Sanjeev Kohli.

Ramesh.......... Sanjeev Kohli
Dave................. Donald McLeary
Sanjay............... Omar Raza
Alok.................... Susheel Kumar
Malcolm.............Mina Anwar
Lovely Sue.........Julie Wilson Nimmo
Kallum.................Taryam Boyd
Mrs Birkett.........Stewart Cairns

Producer: Gus Beattie for Gusman Productions

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

SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2025

SUN 00:00 Edgar Allan Poe (b0bpr4dj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Saturday]


SUN 00:45 Roald Dahl (b00pbt9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:45 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Friends of Oscar by Rod Dungate (m002mysw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Saturday]


SUN 03:00 The Penny Dreadfuls (m00082z4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday]


SUN 03:45 Tales From the Backbench by Peter Tinniswood (b00760x3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (m002myst)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]


SUN 04:30 Beyond Our Ken (m0009cbx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0017d7z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002mz33)
Absent Friends 2025

Jilly Cooper

BBC Radio 4 Extra remembers some of the desert island castaways who we lost in 2025.

Writer Jilly Cooper is castaway by Kirsty Young.

Her long writing career spans newspaper columns for the Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday, non-fiction books on class, marriage and animals in war and novels that sell in their millions. Her romances set in the late seventies - including 'Bella', 'Harriett', 'Imogen' and 'Prudence' – were followed by 'Riders' in 1985, the first of her Rutshire Chronicles. Set mainly in the Cotswolds, they are racy and raunchy page-turners exposing the scandalous – and often hilarious - goings on among the British upper classes.

Born in 1937 in Essex, she was brought up in Yorkshire and enjoyed a happy childhood surrounded by dogs and ponies. At boarding school she earned the nickname, ‘the unholy terror’ and having failed to get into Oxford and being sacked from a number of jobs for her inability to type, she turned to journalism before publishing her first book, 'How to Stay Married' in 1969.

She married Leo Cooper in 1961 and, unable to have children of their own, the couple adopted Felix and Emily in the late 1960s. The couple were married for 52 years before his death in 2013.

Jilly Cooper died on 5th October 2025 aged 88.

DISC ONE: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau and Gerald Moore - Franz Schubert’s Das Wandern
DISC TWO: Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer - Something Good
DISC THREE: John Lill and the Hallé Orchestra, conducted by James Loughran - Johannes Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
DISC FOUR: Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling in Love
DISC FIVE: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Barenboim - Richard Strauss’s Des Helden Weltflucht und Vollendung
DISC SIX: Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier
DISC SEVEN: Roderick Elms and the London Symphony Chorus with the London Symphony Orchestra - Felix Mendelssohn’s He, Watching Over Israel, Slumbers Not
DISC EIGHT: Band of HM Coldstream Guards – Here’s to the Heroes

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Roderick Elms and the London Symphony Chorus with the London Symphony Orchestra - Felix Mendelssohn’s He, Watching Over Israel, Slumbers Not
BOOK CHOICE: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
LUXURY CHOICE: A sack of nuts

Producer: Cathy Drysdale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.


SUN 06:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b010y0r7)
Series 2

Chimps

They say, David Attenborough reports, that we share more of our genes with chimpanzees than any other species alive today.

It was this proximity of Homo Sapiens to the chimpanzee which motivated him even more to film behaviour never before seen.

It had been known for some time that chimps hunt monkeys for meat, but it would be a first to film it for TV audiences.

To film such a hunt required days of waiting and tracking a troop through the Equatorial African forest - and when the hunt came and was over it changed Sir David Attenborough's view of chimps and their importance to us, forever.

Written and presented by David Attenborough.

Producer: Julian Hector

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011.


SUN 07:00 Poetry Extra (m002mz36)
Stories In Verse - Two poems of social protest

To mark 125 years since the death of Oscar Wilde on 30th November 1900, poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and chooses Stories in Verse: Two Poems of Social Protest.

The two poems of social protest are:

* In the Workhouse Christmas Day by George R Sims
* The Ballad Of Reading Gaol a poem by Oscar Wilde

Read by Andrew Sachs.

Presented and produced by Joy Boatman.

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1993.


SUN 07:30 Sunshine and Laughter by Louis Barfe (Omnibus) (m001xlsf)
The story of Morecambe & Wise, Britain’s greatest ever comedy double-act.

Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise met for the first time in the 1930s, while appearing as separate acts in one of Jack Hylton’s touring variety shows.

Both were successful child stars, and each recognised a kindred spirit instantly. They learnt their trade the hard way with periods of 'resting' and several flops, but the hard won experience gained on the way up proved the making of them in a career that lasted half a century.

The story of the much-loved comic duo written by Louis Barfe.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Libby Spurrier.

Read by actress Penelope Keith, who guested on one of their shows.

Producer: Celia de Wolff

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2021


SUN 08:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002mz38)
Davina McCall

TV presenter Davina McCall inherits 'State of Independence' by Donna Summer and passes on 'You Can Do It' by Caribou.


SUN 08:50 Legacy: Blood in the Mountains by Cath Staincliffe (Omnibus) (b012f50s)
When the weekly list of unclaimed estates is published, brother and sister team of probate researchers, Dan and Rachel are ready.

They search backwards through the family line to find the true heir and get a slice of the fortune.

Their quest leads them to uncover a broken family with a terrible secret.

Henry Gaunt has died leaving a sizeable estate but no will. His step-sister can't inherit and there are no known kin.

The step-sister doesn't know much about Henry's father.

She thinks he died in the Second World War when Henry was a small child. Dan and Rachel's investigation leads to a surprising discovery.

Omnibus of five parts written by Cath Staincliffe,

Dan ...... William Ash
Rachel ...... Claire Keelan
Young Eric ...... Tom Hughes
George ...... Stephen Hoyle
Eric.....Russell Dixon
Jo....Eithne Brown
Mr Ghyll/Reeves/Benny .....Russell Richardson

Directed at BBC Manchester by Nadia Molinari.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.


SUN 10:00 Ray's a Laugh (m002mz3b)
From 07/10/1960

Ted has a close call with a door-to-door caller, but it gives him a devious idea.

Starring Ted Ray.

Ray's a Laugh follows the comedy exploits of Ted's life at home with his 'radio' wife Kitty, as well as in a variety of jobs. It ran from 1949-1961.

Written by Bernard Botting and Charles Hart.

With:

Kitty Bluett
Kenneth Connor
Laidman Browne
Pat Coombs
Percy Edwards

BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.

Producer: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1960.


SUN 10:30 Take It From Here (b01479kd)
From 27/01/1955

'The Glums' encounter a foggy night in London town and there's a new take on 'Brief Encounter'...

Starring:

Professor Jimmy Edwards
Dick Bentley
June Whitfield
Wallas Eaton

Music from Alma Cogan, The Keynotes and the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.

Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.

Producer: Charles Maxwell

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955.


SUN 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002mz33)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 11:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b010y0r7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]


SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m002mz36)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


SUN 12:30 Sunshine and Laughter by Louis Barfe (Omnibus) (m001xlsf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SUN 13:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002mz38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]


SUN 13:50 Legacy: Blood in the Mountains by Cath Staincliffe (Omnibus) (b012f50s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


SUN 15:00 Ray's a Laugh (m002mz3b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 15:30 Take It From Here (b01479kd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


SUN 16:00 Wally K Daly (b007nfs5)
625Y

2. Elixir of Life

Scientist Kate Brown's attempt to bring her dramatic new gene discovery into the public domain doesn't go to plan...

Starring Amanda Root and Geoffrey Whitehead.

Conclusion of Wally K Daly intriguing sci-fi drama.

Kate Brown …. Amanda Root
Professor Slingsby …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Joe Barnard …. Jon Strickland
Reporter …. Elizabeth Conboy
Prime Minister …. Chris Tranchell
Minister of Defence …. Ian Masters
Major Peters …. Brett Usher
Danny Flowers …. Stuart Milligan
Lab Technician …. Harry Myers
Minister of Health …. Sandra Clark

Director: Gordon House.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.


SUN 16:30 Rules of Asylum by James Follett (b007k18v)
2. Dinner

Considered a threat to the state because of an unpublished manuscript, political prisoner Jan Valeri has escaped from the Sanatorium. The police have just picked him up...

Starring James Beattie.

James Follett's exploration of dissention and danger in a repressive state in the Eastern Bloc.

Jan Valery …. James Beattie
Suskin …. Vernon Joyner
Secretary/ Librarian …. Betty Huntley-Wright
Guard/Alex/Student …. Neville Jason
Governor …. Manning Wilson
Suskin's Chief …. Brian Haines
Anna …. Caroline John
Zoe/1st Girl …. Rosalyn Slater
Woman in Sanatorium/2nd Girl …. Diana Bishop
Danski …. Cyril Shaps
Nero …. Francis de Wolff
Interrogator …. John Challis
Restaurant Manager …. Godfrey Kenton

The original audio was lost from the BBC archive, so our thanks to James Follett for the donation from his personal collection.

Producer: Margaret Hall

First broadcast as a 90 minute drama on BBC Radio 4 in November 1973.


SUN 17:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002mz33)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 17:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b010y0r7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]


SUN 18:00 Poetry Extra (m002mz36)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


SUN 18:30 Sunshine and Laughter by Louis Barfe (Omnibus) (m001xlsf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SUN 19:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002mz38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]


SUN 19:50 Legacy: Blood in the Mountains by Cath Staincliffe (Omnibus) (b012f50s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


SUN 21:00 Ray's a Laugh (m002mz3b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:30 Take It From Here (b01479kd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


SUN 22:00 Clare in the Community (b00fyvqy)
Series 2

Meet the Press

International stardom beckons when the social worker appears on the radio.

Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution.

A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Clare is in her 30s, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her.

Clare continually struggles to control both her professional and private life

In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.

Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.

Clare ...... Sally Phillips
Brian ..... Alex Lowe
Ray ..... Richard Lumsden
Helen ..... Gemma Craven
Irene ..... Ellen Thomas
Megan ..... Nina Conti
Simon ..... Andrew Wincott
Sophie ..... Alex Tregear

Producer: Katie Tyrell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.


SUN 22:30 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp51)
Series 1

Headache

Struggling writer Nick's mate Craig proves a headache, while Vince the geranium encounters a bee

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

With:

Alistair McGowan
Caroline Gruber
Brian Bowles
Doon Mackichan
Alison Sterling

Producer: Jon Magnusson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.


SUN 23:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b017551m)
Series 1

July 15th to 19th

Damien and his partner, Anthony, set off for the warm embrace of the Italian countryside.

Damien can do some writing for a new book - allowing their builder Mr Mullaney to properly fit the granite worktops that he's been dreaming of "from what seems like the beginning of the Jurassic era".

But there's trouble in paradise when Damien receives a call to tell him their Umbrian villa has collapsed and they will have to go somewhere else. Luckily, his agent Ian is quick to the rescue...

More entries from the kitchen diary of cookery writer, Damien Trench - "no matter how grizzly" as he puts it "or, indeed, how gristly".

Written by and starring Miles Jupp.

Also featuring Damien's easy-to-follow recipes for:

* A perfect pasta puttanesca
* Comforting Cornish Pasties
* Something for the more experimental, "pilchards al limone".

Damien Trench ...... Miles Jupp
Anthony ...... Justin Edwards
Mr Mullaney ...... Brendan Dempsey
Ian Frobisher ...... Philip Fox
BA Lady/Helpful Student ...... Alex Tregear

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.


SUN 23:30 Ectoplasm (b007vgvc)
The Curse of Tutancommon

Lord Zimbabwe travels back to Ancient Egypt.

He's set to uncover the mystery of the tackiest of the Pharoahs whose untimely death has unleashed an evil curse.

Comedy series about the exploits of occultist and adventurer, Lord Zimbabwe.

Written by and starring Dan Freedman and Nick Romero

Lord Zimbabwe ...... Nick Romero
Dr Lilac ...... Dan Freedman
Theremin ...... Peter Donaldson
Professor Cockcroft ...... Sophie Aldred

Other parts played by the cast.

Producer: Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000.

MONDAY 01 DECEMBER 2025

MON 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007nfs5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Rules of Asylum by James Follett (b007k18v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002mz33)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]


MON 01:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b010y0r7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Sunday]


MON 02:00 Poetry Extra (m002mz36)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Sunday]


MON 02:30 Sunshine and Laughter by Louis Barfe (Omnibus) (m001xlsf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]


MON 03:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002mz38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 on Sunday]


MON 03:50 Legacy: Blood in the Mountains by Cath Staincliffe (Omnibus) (b012f50s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Ray's a Laugh (m002mz3b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:30 Take It From Here (b01479kd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]


MON 06:00 Whodunnits (b00s8kxl)
Wimsey - Have His Carcase

1. The Evidence of the Corpse

When crime author Harriet Vane finds a body, debonair sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey investigates.

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey.

Adapted for radio in six episodes by Alistair Beaton.

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Harriet Vane …. Maria Aitken
Inspector Umpelty …. Nigel Stock
Haviland Martin …. Warren Clarke
Mrs. Weldon …. Isabel Dean
Julian Perkins …. Richard O'Callaghan
Saunders …. John Webb
Mr. Hearn …. Alexander John
Narrator …. John Westbrook

British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Have His Carcase was first published in 1932.

Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.

Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.

Producer: Martin Fisher

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1981.


MON 06:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdt)
6. Killer Revealed?

As Mortimer Hive enters the lion's den - can Inspector Purbright finally unravel the wicked web?

Conclusion of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicle set in East Anglia.

Starring John Rowe.

Dramatised by Christopher Denys.

Inspector Purbright …… John Rowe
Mortimer Hive …… Geoffrey Banks
Love …… Paul Downing
Booker …… Russell Dixon
Lucilla Teatime …… Ann Rye
Helen …… Kathryn Hunt
Pook …… Peter Rylands
Doreen …… Tricia Wilcock
Mr Clay …… Peter Wheeler
Fry …… Chris Hargreaves

Producer: Tony Cliff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.


MON 07:00 Visiting Julia (m00182pt)
If The Truth Be Known

Will children’s writer Roger be able to cope at home with his wife still in the hospital?

Starring Keith Barron and Liz Goulding.

Peter Tinniswood 's gentle comedy-drama series

Roger ....Keith Barron
Julia .... Liz Goulding
Ma-in-'ell .... Shirley Dixon
Taxi Driver ... Stephen Thorne
Matron .... Mate Binchy
Otto ... Nigel Anthony

Producer: John Tydeman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1998.


MON 07:30 Dad's Army (b007mdr8)
Series 1

Room at the Bottom

Shock news for Captain Mainwaring sparks an upheaval in the Home Guard platoon.

The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.

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

Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Captain Turner …. John Ringham
The Sergeant …. Jack Watson
Announcer …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in May 1974.


MON 08:00 Rumblings from the Rafters (b07hwxbk)
House Fly and Soprano Pipistrelle Bat

Lee Mack and Pam Ferris star as an annoying house fly and a warm-hearted soprano pipistrelle bat as they reveal the truth about life in a draughty old attic in a house in Amersham.

Written and introduced by Lynne Truss.

House Fly ..... Lee Mack
Soprano Pipstrelle Bat ..... Pam Ferris

The House Fly loves life. "The best bit is the buzzing".

He loves the aerobatics, dodging the flypapers in the attic and "... my favourite manoeuvre, settling on the ceiling. It is unbelievably brilliant" He loves to buzz. But he also loves, what to humans, is a disgusting way of life. He loves to walk around on filth and to poo everywhere and to spread disease "And listen, we don't mind! Not at all. It's the least we can do".

He would love to spread more diseases and takes great joy in telling us just exactly how he does this ... perhaps best not to listen if you're eating!

The Soprano Pipistrelle Bat is a very different creature; a tiny bat with a huge and loving heart.

She is nine years old and has given birth to a single pup each year. Her newest pup, Jethro, is her darling; "... such a lovely little face. Chestnut fur. Perfect little ears. He smells like chicken flavour crisps. Ooh, I could eat him." He is six weeks old and weaning - proudly catching insects for himself; and this is always a poignant time for this mother-bat, where pride and sadness mingle.

The main concern with Jethro, she finds, is that he can't seem to grasp the idea of torpor, "Oh don't mum. Don't go torpid. It's like you're dying", but as she knows "torpor is nothing to be scared of... torpor is your friend".

Wildlife sound recordings by Chris Watson.

Producer Sarah Blunt

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2016.


MON 08:30 Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter (m000plzl)
1. Feathered Mary Poppins

A family suddenly loses its wife and mother.

Dad, a Ted Hughes scholar, struggles to cope until an unexpected visitor arrives.

Crow – therapist, healer, feathered Mary Poppins – promises to stay until they no longer need him.

Max Porter’s astonishing debut novel, first published in 2016.

Abridged in five parts by Eileen Horne.

Crow ….. Toby Jones
Dad …. John Hollingworth
Boy ….. Will Taylor

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2020.


MON 08:45 Isaac Asimov's I, Robot (b08crt5z)
1. Robbie

The rise of robotics in the 21st century, told through the poignant and mysterious story of enigmatic lawyer, Stevie Byerley.

As a child, Stevie is raised by Robbie, a robotic childminder, because her parents are too busy working.

The powerful bond she forms with the robot is unbreakable.

Their relationship will change the course of Stevie's life.

Originally published in 1950, the stories in Isaac Asimov's ‘I, Robot’ collection are becoming truer with every day that passes.

The world that he imagined is now upon us.

Dramatised in five parts by Richard Kurti.

Stevie Byerley …. Hermione Norris
Robbie …. Kelly Burke
Young Stevie …. Mia Burgess
Grace Byerley …. Dianna Weller
George Byerley …. Derek Riddell

Producer/Director: Andrew Mark Sewell

A B7 production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast February 2017.


MON 09:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m002mmmj)
Series 84

Seafood Film Club

The godfather of all panel shows pays a visit to the Hull New Theatre. On the panel are Rory Bremner, Tony Hawks, Lucy Porter and Henning Wehn, with Jack Dee in the umpire’s chair.

Regular listeners will know to expect inspired nonsense, pointless revelry and Colin Sell at the piano.

Producer: Jon Naismith
A Random production for BBC Radio 4


MON 09:30 I Was a Child Prodigy (b00d6zqd)
Mark Bennet

Chris Ledgard presents a series looking at the lives of people who were labelled child prodigies.

He meets Mark Bennet, a vicar in Essex who was one of the brightest schoolboy mathematicians of his generation.

He won a gold medal and scored full marks in the International Maths Olympiad in 1981.

He went on to Cambridge, intent on staying there to become a professor. Tiring of academic life, however, he entered the church. Has he any regrets?

Producer: Chris Ledgard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008.


MON 09:45 Daily Service (m002n02m)
Advent People - Emmanuel (Ahaz King of Judah)

A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.

Theme: Advent People - Emmanuel (Ahaz King of Judah)
Presenter: Rev Grace Thomas
Reading: Isaiah 7:10-16

Music:
O come, o come, Emmanuel - Daily Service Singers
Emmanuel, to thee we sing - Daily Service Singer
Come thou long expected Jesus - Daily Service Singers


MON 10:00 I Was... (b08dnkgw)
Series 3

I Was Philip K Dick's Reluctant Host

Andrew McGibbon analyses great artists at a significant time in their careers, but from the perspective of someone who worked for them, inspired them, employed them or even did their job for them while no one was looking.

Michael Walsh - a journalist and respected film reviewer for The Province, a leading Vancouver newspaper - talks about the time he came to the aid of the author of Minority Report, Blade Runner, Total Recall and Man in the High Castle, who he met at a convention in 1972.

Discovering that Dick has sold his house in California and was planning to stay in Canada, Michael invited Phillip to stay with him and his wife Susan at their home in Vancouver.

It would go on to be one of the most challenging experiences of Michael's life, as drug dependency, unwanted advances on Michael's wife and unpredictable mood swings made the period something of an emotional rollercoaster for the wary hosts - but also fascinating insight into one of sci-fi's greatest ever visionaries.

Written and presented by Andrew McGibbon

Producers: Nick Romero and Louise Morris

A Curtains For Radio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2017.


MON 10:30 The Green Children of Woolpit (b00slvqh)
Sometime in the 12th century two children appeared from a pit on the edge of a field in the Suffolk village of Woolpit.

They were coloured green and spoke a unknown language. They sickened until they were allowed to eat green beans.

The boy died but the girl revived and grew up learning English, marrying a man from Kings Lynn, and speaking of the place she and her brother had come from.

Susannah Clapp and Richard Mabey investigate the story and its remarkable enduring appeal to villagers, visitors and a succession of folklorists and writers.

Producer: Tim Dee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.


MON 11:00 Whodunnits (b00s8kxl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 11:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 12:00 Visiting Julia (m00182pt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 12:30 Dad's Army (b007mdr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 13:00 Rumblings from the Rafters (b07hwxbk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 13:30 Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter (m000plzl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 13:45 Isaac Asimov's I, Robot (b08crt5z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


MON 14:00 Just a Minute (b00yyd36)
Series 59

Episode 4

Nicholas Parsons presides over the devious game where panellists are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition.

With:

Paul Merton
Julian Clary
Graham Norton
Terry Wogan

Subjects include: The History of The World, A Limerick, My Name in Lights, Glue to the box, The Dictionary, A Great Catch, A Voyage of Discovery, How I'd Like To Be Remembered and Charles Dickens

Created by Ian Messiter.

Producer: Tilusha Ghelani

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2011.


MON 14:30 Rudy's Rare Records (b01nl77d)
Series 4

It's Grim Up North

Adam attends a business conference to network and is determined to leave his dad behind. He fails. Not only does Rudy attend but he knows the guest speaker.

Father and son comedy set in the finest old-school record shop in Birmingham.

Starring Lenny Henry, Larrington Walker and some terrific tunes.

Six-part sitcom, written by Danny Robins.

Adam.......Lenny Henry
Rudy.....Larrington Walker
Tasha......Natasha Godfrey
Doreen......Claire Benedict
Bernard Sheedy...Justin Moorhouse
Brinsley Forde.....Brinsley Forde
Katerina.......... Liza Sadovy
Attila/Receptionist ......... Adam Nagaitis

Producer: Katie Tyrrell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2012.

Music featured in this episode:

TRAIN TO SKAVILLE * THE ETHIOPIANS
RADIO * RAPHAEL SAADIQ
SHINE * ASWAD
SIMMER DOWN * BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS
SWEAT ( A LA LA LA LA LONG) * INNER CIRCLE
JAMAICA IS THE PLACE TO GO * CHARLIE BINGER AND HIS QUARTET
HOT IN HERE * NELLY
LET'S GET IT ON * MARVIN GAYE
RUBY SOHO * JIMMY CLIFF
BE PREPARED * WINSTON SAMUEL
DON'T TURN AROUND * ASWAD
PRESSURE DROP * TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS
GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA * THE SMITHS.


MON 15:00 Drama on 4 (m000sy37)
The Christopher Boy’s Communion by David Mamet

Martin Jarvis directs David Mamet’s tense thriller, set in New York City.

Joan is a devout Catholic mother, whose son Michael has mutilated the body of his Jewish girlfriend.

As Michael awaits trial in prison, Joan will stop at nothing to free him, even if it means blackening the dead girl’s character.

Joan attempts to persuade her husband Alan, Jewish lawyer Mr Stone and priest to do her deadly bidding. She even tries blackmail.

This present-day, churchgoing Lady Macbeth is driven by her misguided views on intermarriage. The mysterious Mrs Charles might provide a solution to Michael’s freedom.

Then, a final twist in this thrilling and provocative drama.

This is Jarvis & Ayres' seventh collaboration with American playwright David Mamet.

Joan…...........Rebecca Pidgeon
Alan…...........Clark Gregg
Mr Stone…...David Paymer
Father Paul…..John Pirrucello
Mrs Charles…..Fionnula Flanagan

Producer: Rosalind Ayres

Director: Martin Jarvis

A Jarvis & Ayres production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.


MON 15:45 Short Works (m000q27d)
The Crongton Soup Kitchen by Alex Wheatle

Brothers Des and Clifton need to settle their differences to honour their Christmas traditions.

A heart warming seasonal tale by Alex Wheatle, about family, traditions and sibling rivalries.

Read by Stefan Adegbola.

Producer: Nicola Holloway

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2020.


MON 16:00 I Was... (b08dnkgw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 16:30 The Green Children of Woolpit (b00slvqh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


MON 17:00 Whodunnits (b00s8kxl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 17:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 18:00 Visiting Julia (m00182pt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 18:30 Dad's Army (b007mdr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 19:00 Rumblings from the Rafters (b07hwxbk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter (m000plzl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 19:45 Isaac Asimov's I, Robot (b08crt5z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


MON 20:00 Just a Minute (b00yyd36)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]


MON 20:30 Rudy's Rare Records (b01nl77d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]


MON 21:00 Drama on 4 (m000sy37)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]


MON 21:45 Short Works (m000q27d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 today]


MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m002mmmj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 22:30 The Right Time (b0076m76)
Series 4

Episode 1

From nudism and reflexology to top-shelf magazines.

Sketch show about life, written and performed by people who've lived a bit.

Starring:

Eleanor Bron
Dudley Sutton
Roger Blake
Clive Swift
Paula Wilcox

Guest star: Arthur Smith

Music by Ronnie & The Rex

Written by Colin Bostock-Smith, Jill Brodie, John Pidgeon, Mike Haskins, Jan Etherington, George Poles, Arthur Smith, Alan Stafford, Chris Thompson and Peter Reynolds.

Script Editors: Ed Dyson and George Poles

Producer: Katie Marsden

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.


MON 23:00 The Naked Week (m002mn0y)
Series 3

A Budget, A Bombshell, and a Bedtime Story.

This week, The Naked Week fingers some fudge, profits from the spoils of war, and reads everyone a lovely bedtime story with a very special guest.

From host Andrew Hunter Murray and The Skewer's Jon Holmes, Radio 4’s newest Friday night comedy The Naked Week returns with a blend of the silly and serious. From satirical stunts to studio set pieces via guest correspondents and investigative journalism, it's a bold, audacious take not only on the week’s news, but also the way it’s packaged and presented.

Host: Andrew Hunter Murray
Guests: Kate Cheka, Janet Ellis

Investigations Team: Cat Neilan, Cormac Kehoe, Freya Shaw

Written by:
Jon Holmes
Katie Sayer
Gareth Ceredig
Jason Hazeley
James Kettle

Additional Material:
Karl Minns
Molly Punshon
Helen Brooks
Pete Redfern
Cooper Mawhinny Sweryt
Kevin Smith
David Riffkin

Additional Music:
Jake Yapp

Live Sound: Jerry Peal
Post Production: Tony Churnside
Clip Assistant: David Riffkin
Production Assistant: Molly Punshon

Assistant Producer: Katie Sayer
Producer and Director: Jon Holmes

Executive Producer: Phil Abrams.

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4.


MON 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b00wtb2v)
Series 6

Ginger

Satan finally resolves Edith's murder, while she discovers something astonishing about humans descended from angels.

Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.

Satan…. Andy Hamilton
Edith …. Annette Crosbie
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan
Thomas …. Scumspawn

With:

Michael Fenton Stevens
Felicity Montagu
Philip Pope
Nick Revell

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.

TUESDAY 02 DECEMBER 2025

TUE 00:00 I Was... (b08dnkgw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:30 The Green Children of Woolpit (b00slvqh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Whodunnits (b00s8kxl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Visiting Julia (m00182pt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 Dad's Army (b007mdr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Rumblings from the Rafters (b07hwxbk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]


TUE 03:30 Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter (m000plzl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:45 Isaac Asimov's I, Robot (b08crt5z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 Just a Minute (b00yyd36)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Rudy's Rare Records (b01nl77d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Drama on 4 (m000sy37)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Monday]


TUE 05:45 Short Works (m000q27d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Monday]


TUE 06:00 Whodunnits (b00s9f4w)
Wimsey - Have His Carcase

2. Lord Peter Sets a Trap

Murder or suicide?

Upper class sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey must trace a vital clue - a battered old razor.

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Alistair Beaton

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Harriet Vane …. Maria Aitken
Inspector Umpelty …. Nigel Stock
Antoine …. Malcolm Ingram
Salcombe Hardy …. Patrick Newell
Doris …. Carole Harrison
Charis …. Deirdre Costello
Narrator …. John Westbrook

Producer: Martin Fisher.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1981.


TUE 06:30 Whodunnits (b007vh5j)
Hercule Poirot - Dead Man's Folly

1. The Call

Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot gets an urgent telephone call from his old friend, the distinguished crime writer Ariadne Oliver.

She's asking for his help - so he knows she means business...

Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt.

Dramatised in four parts by Michael Bakewell.

Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Ariadne ...... Julia McKenzie
Sir George ...... Michael Cochrane
Lady Stubbs ...... Amanda Waring
Mrs Folliat ...... Rosalind Knight
Miss Brewis ...... Liza Sadovy
Marlene ...... Nicola Holmes
Merdell ...... Trevor Cuthbertson

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2007.


TUE 07:00 King of Bath (b049f20z)
The Clockwork Man

Beau Nash turns detective to track down a highwayman, but all the clues point back at him.

Starring David Bamber.

Conclusion of the comedy drama series by Arnold Evans casting the 18th-century dandy Richard 'Beau' Nash in a series of adventures.

Beau Nash ...... David Bamber
Daniel Brewster ...... Simon Ludders
Ned ...... Stephen Thorne
Annie ...... Eiry Thomas
Sir Percy ...... Andrew Wincott
Sophia ...... Claire Cage

Composer: John Hardy.

Directed at BBC Wales by Alison Hindell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.


TUE 07:30 The Goon Show (b007jq80)
Series 9

The Million Pound Penny

Two tales for the price of one - The Sockjelly Murder and the story of Ned The Miser!

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: John Browell

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1958.


TUE 08:00 ReincarNathan (m0002c31)
Series 1

Shrimp

Nathan didn't really nail life the first time round, so he's been reincarnated and given a second chance.

Now he's a shrimp in a rockpool in Scarborough.

Daniel Rigby and Diane Morgan star in a comedy about the afterlife.

With special guest stars Miles Jupp and Jon Culshaw.

Nathan ...... Daniel Rigby
Jenny ...... Diane Morgan
Shrimp 4, Minstrel ...... Tom Craine
Shrimp 1 ...... Amy-Beth Hayes
King Harold ...... Miles Jupp
Crab ...... Henry Paker
Electronic Voice ...... Freya Parker

And featuring Jon Culshaw as the voice of Rick Stein

Writers: Tom Craine and Henry Paker

Music composed by Phil Lepherd.

Producers: Harriet Jaine & Jonno Richards

A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2019.


TUE 08:30 Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter (m000pmwl)
2. Games

Dad reminisces about happy times after suddenly losing his wife.

Crow – therapist, healer, feathered Mary Poppins – has promised to stay with a family until they no longer need him.

The crow plays a game with the boys in which he says that whichever of them makes the best model of their dead mother will have it brought to life.

Max Porter’s astonishing debut novel, first published in 2016.

Abridged by Eileen Horne.

Crow ….. Toby Jones
Dad …. John Hollingworth
Boy ….. Will Taylor

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2020.


TUE 08:45 Isaac Asimov's I, Robot (b08crvm6)
2. Reason

Following a car crash, Stevie returns to work.

Her first case involves a robot with a Messiah complex.

The rise of robotics in the 21st century, told through the poignant and mysterious story of enigmatic lawyer, Stevie Byerley.

As a child, Stevie is raised by Robbie, a robotic childminder, because her parents are too busy working.

The powerful bond she forms with the robot is unbreakable.

Their relationship will change the course of Stevie's life.

Originally published in 1950, the stories in Isaac Asimov's ‘I, Robot’ collection are becoming truer with every day that passes.

The world that he imagined is now upon us.

Dramatised by Richard Kurti.

Stevie Byerley …. Hermione Norris
Quinn …. Brendan Coyle
Cutie …. Nicholas Briggs
Powell …. Doug Devaney

Director: Andrew Mark Sewell

A B7 production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast February 2017.


TUE 09:00 One Person Found This Helpful (m002mmsr)
Series 3

2. Tom Cruise Versus The Flappy Geese!

Frank & guests Dee Allum, Hasan Al-Habib, Marcus Brigstocke & Bella Hull discuss the most fashionable way to wear a pizza, the most unfashionable way to wear a Tam o’Shanter and the tallest swimming trunks in the world

This is the panel game based on what we all sit down and do at least once a day – shop online and leave a review, as an all-star panel celebrate the good, the bad & the baffling

Everyone has an online life, and when the great British public put pen to keyboard to leave a review, they almost always write something hilarious. And our all-star panel have to work out just what they were reviewing – and maybe contribute a few reviews of their own... and more... So if you’re the person who went on Trip Advisor to review Ben Nevis as “Very steep and too high”, this show salutes you!

Written by Frank Skinner, Catherine Brinkworth, Sarah Dempster, Jason Hazeley, Karl Minns, Katie Sayer & Peter Tellouche

Devised by Jason Hazeley and Simon Evans with the producer David Tyler

A Pozzitive Production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 09:30 I Was a Child Prodigy (b00d9l4d)
Jocelyn Lavin

Chris Ledgard presents a series looking at the lives of people who were labelled child prodigies.

Jocelyn Lavin shone both academically and musically at primary school.

She won a place at the prestigious Chetham's School in Manchester, where she was a classmate of Anna Markland, BBC Young Musician of the Year in 1982.

But she can't find a job and doesn't understand why her talents seem to mean nothing to potential employers.

Jocelyn and Anna reflect on their fortunes since leaving school.

Producer: Chris Ledgard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008.


TUE 09:45 Daily Service (m002n0d1)
Advent People - Adam

A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.

Theme: Advent People - Adam
Presenter: Imogen Ball
Reading: Genesis 3: 20- 24

Music:
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - Winchester College Choir
Adam lay y-bounden - Kings College, Cambridge
The Lord's Prayer - The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
Advent Candle - Commotio


TUE 10:00 A Good Read (m000fgdq)
Gail Honeyman and Mavis Cheek

Authors Gail Honeyman and Mavis Cheek join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Charlotte Bronte, Catherine O'Flynn and Penelope Fitzgerald.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Publisher: Penguin Classics

What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn
Publisher: Profile Books

The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald:
Publisher: Fourth Estate

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2020.


TUE 10:30 Tunes from the Trash (p04s5d7n)
Just outside the Paraguayan capital city of Asuncion lies the town of Cateura.

It's an impoverished settlement ranged along the banks of a stinking, polluted river, in the shadow of a giant landfill site.

Many of its inhabitants scratch a living by reclaiming objects from the endless ocean of garbage to sell. Recycling of a kind.

But for the last ten years the residents of Cateura have been part of a recycling project of a much sweeter sort.

La Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados de Cateura - the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura - use materials from the landfill site to create musical instruments.

An oil drum for a cello, a pipe for a flute, a tin can for a guitar. They've toured the world and recorded with the likes of Metallica.

As the Orchestra leader Favio Chávez says, "The world sends us garbage. We send back music."

The BBC's South America Correspondent Wyre Davies visits Cateura, meets Favio Chávez and other members of the Recycled Orchestra and learns how trash, and lives, are being transformed by music.

Readings by:

John Norton
James Murphy-Johns
Lila Smith
Yahlini Smith

Producer: Martin Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2017.

For more information about the Recycled Orchestra: http://www.recycledorchestracateura.com/

The Recycled Orchestra have been the subject of a documentary film: http://www.landfillharmonicmovie.com/

And an illustrated children's book: http://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Adas-Violin/Susan-Hood/9781481430951


TUE 11:00 Whodunnits (b00s9f4w)
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TUE 11:30 Whodunnits (b007vh5j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 12:00 King of Bath (b049f20z)
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TUE 12:30 The Goon Show (b007jq80)
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TUE 13:00 ReincarNathan (m0002c31)
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TUE 13:30 Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter (m000pmwl)
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TUE 13:45 Isaac Asimov's I, Robot (b08crvm6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


TUE 14:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m001ngl1)
Series 29

Episode 6

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

They 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 Popes, insurance, Norway and surgery.

With:

Lucy Porter
Marcus Brigstocke
Richard Osman
Ria Lina

Producer: Jon Naismith

A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2023.


TUE 14:30 Bleak Expectations (b00d45vn)
Series 2

A Restoration Re-Ruined Only Even Worse

As the Victorian comic epic continues, Pip finds himself heavily in debt when he has to bribe the whole of the House of Commons not to hang him.

But has he found true love at last in the form of wealthy Southern belle Talullah Not-A-Man?

Or is it some sort of fiendishly subtle plot hatched by an evil villain in a frock.

Mark Evans's epic comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.

Volume Two, Chapter the Fourth: a Restoration Re-Ruined Only Even Worse.

Sir Philip...........................Richard Johnson
Mr Benevolent........................Anthony Head
Young Pip..................................Tom Allen
Sternbeater...................Geoffrey Whitehead
Harry Biscuit......................James Bachman
Ripely Fecund......................Sarah Hadland
Pippa/Woman............................Susy Kane
The Bailiff................................Mark Evans

Producer: Gareth Edwards.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2008.


TUE 15:00 The Admirable Crichton by JM Barrie (b00k2mfh)
Liberal aristocrat Lord Loam favours a return to nature, with masters and servants living together as equals.

But Crichton is the perfect butler and the perfect snob who adores the intricacies of the class system.

He cannot help but be horrified by his master's opinions, and it will take a sea change to alter them.

Starring Russell Tovey.

JM Barrie's classic satire about the changing fortunes of Crichton, the perfect butler.

Crichton ...... Russell Tovey
JM Barrie ...... David Bannerman
Lady Mary ...... Beth Chalmers
Lord Loam ...... David Timson
Lady Agatha ...... Martha Howe-Douglas
Ernest Woolley ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Tweeny ...... Lizzy Watts
Rev John Treherne ...... Adrian Grove
Lord Brocklehurst ...... Stephen Hogan
Lady Brocklehurst ...... Tina Gray

Abridged and directed by Fiona Kelcher.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2009


TUE 16:00 A Good Read (m000fgdq)
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TUE 16:30 Tunes from the Trash (p04s5d7n)
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TUE 17:00 Whodunnits (b00s9f4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 17:30 Whodunnits (b007vh5j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 18:00 King of Bath (b049f20z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 18:30 The Goon Show (b007jq80)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 19:00 ReincarNathan (m0002c31)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter (m000pmwl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 19:45 Isaac Asimov's I, Robot (b08crvm6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


TUE 20:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m001ngl1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]


TUE 20:30 Bleak Expectations (b00d45vn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]


TUE 21:00 The Admirable Crichton by JM Barrie (b00k2mfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]


TUE 22:00 One Person Found This Helpful (m002mmsr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 22:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b007jv3v)
Series 1

Episode 3

Bhangraman must save the world - and the downside of keeping a cow as a family pet.

Starring:

Sanjeev Bhaskar
Kulvinder Ghir
Meera Syal
Nina Wadia
Nitin Sawhney

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.

Written by Sharat Sardana, Richard Pinto and the cast.

Producers: Gareth Edwards & Anil Gupta

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1996.


TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002njgl)
Joe Kent-Walters 2/3

The Comedy Club keeps the laughs coming from 10pm to midnight, every night of the week. Tonight, Iain Lee picks up his chat with Joe Kent-Walters.


TUE 23:00 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap (b04xrwhh)
Series 2

Ethical Filing

Bridget Christie's taken her activism to a whole new level. Well, sort of.

Multi-award winning series about modern feminism.

Bridget thought that she'd be able to put her feet up after her last series, she expected it to bomb. Sadly it was a huge success. But it's OK, because actually she's solved the feminist struggle all by herself.

She's assisted by token man, Fred MacAulay.

Written by Bridget Christie.

Producers: Alison Vernon-Smith and Alexandra Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015.


TUE 23:30 Paul Sinha's History Revision (b07cynn6)
Series 2

Exploration and Death

Paul Sinha looks at the some of the heroic pioneers in the field in exploration, and recounts how they met implausibly stupid deaths.

From the mighty warrior who was killed by a dead man, to the botanist killed by cattle and the man famous for something he didn't do (having been dismembered before he could do it) - this is a show best listened to as you sit safely in a comfy chair, not on the move.

This is the series that uncovers the fascinating stories that we've forgotten in our onward march of progress.

Written and performed by Paul Sinha.

Producer: Ed Morrish

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