RADIO-LISTS: BBC RADIO 4 Extra
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SATURDAY 11 APRIL 2026
SAT 00:00 Soul Music (b00rdyrb)
Series 9
Bach's Goldberg Variations
Bach wrote his Goldberg Variations for harpsichord in the 1740s, but today it's performed by pianists all over the world.
People describe the place these pieces have in their lives.
This includes:
* A neuroscientist from New York
* Pianist Angela Hewitt
* A father driving his family through the night in the Australian Outback
* A woman from Oregon whose life was transformed, perhaps even saved, by this music.
Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.
Producer: Sarah Conkey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.
SAT 00:30 Little Shop of Colours (b092f90h)
What stories are hiding among the paints and pigments in an art supplies shop?
L Cornelissen & Son has been supplying artists since the 19th century.
Based in a little shop near the British Museum, it's a Victorian throwback - all dark wood, high shelves and creaky floorboards.
Jars of pigment 'glint like jewels in the semi-dark' (as Derek Jarman put it), full of vibrant powders with mysterious names and long, strange histories - Lapis Lazuli, Rose Madder, Naples Yellow, Potters Pink, Egyptian Blue, Caput Mortuum.
Cathy FitzGerald holes up in the shop for a week to hear its customers' stories.
What are they buying?
What are they making?
Original music by Stephen Coates
Presented and produced by Cathy FitzGerald
A White Stiletto production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2017.
SAT 01:00 Whodunnits (b007jxtt)
Julie Enfield Investigates: Terminus
5. Clue
The "Lucky Charm" killer has claimed four lives.
DS Enfield is convinced the murderer is female.
Then someone sends her a photograph...
Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield.
Conclusion of Nick Fisher's atmospheric thriller.
Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley
Dominic Letts ..... Terminus
Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father
Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah
Elaine Claxton ..... Shelley
Claire Russell ..... Rachel
David Jarvis ..... Station Announcer
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994.
SAT 01:30 The Great Impersonation (m000mdn8)
5. The Truth Revealed
The Kaiser’s plans gather pace and the mystery of the black wood is revealed.
And at last it's time for the man supposed to be Sir Everard Dominey to reveal his true identity.
Is he Sir Everard, or the Prussian von Ragastein?
Conclusion of E Phillips Oppenheim's mystery thriller.
Starring David Robb.
Dramatised by Barry Campbell.
Sir Everard Dominey / Leopold von Ragastein .... David Robb
Prince Terniloff .... Tim Meats
Pelham/Parkins .... Howard Hoffmann
Lady Dominey .... Melinda Walker
Seaman .... William Hope
Williams .... Brian Gear
Mrs Marston .... Gwen Cherrell
Dr Harrison .... Garard Green
Middleton/Reynolds .... Paul Nicholson
Princess Eiderstrom .... Narissa Knights
Dr Schmidt .... Phillip Manikum
Director: Brian Miller
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1985.
SAT 02:00 No Commitments (b007jmrd)
Series 1
Cracks In The Varnish
Roger is recovering, but not as fast as Victoria would have liked.
Meanwhile, Charlotte's chances of having a successful relationship seem more remote than ever
Simon Brett’s sitcom about the lives and squabbles of three very different sisters.
Anna …. Rosemary Leach
Victoria …. Nicola Pagett
Charlotte …. Celia Imrie
Delia …. Maxine Audley
Roger .... Stephen Moore
Malcolm …. Robert Bathurst
Dr Radhurst .... Peter Penry-Jones
Georgio …. Nicholas Murchie
Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1992.
SAT 02:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k1r0)
Series 4
And Afterwards At
It's a big day for Harold. He's set to tie the knot! But Albert's not convinced.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.
Classic sitcom about the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold.
Written for BBC TV and adapted for BBC Radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
With:
Pat Coombes
Patricia Hayes
Margot Boyd
Edward Kelsey
Sheila Grant
Martin Friend
Katherine Parr
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1972.
SAT 03:00 Mark Steel's in Town (m001c65f)
Series 12
Newport
Mark Steel continues his award-winning show travelling around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness.
After thoroughly researching each town, he writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for a local audience.
Mark is in Newport in South Wales and uncovers some of the history and local stories and people.
Written and performed by Mark Steel.
Additional material by Pete Sinclair.
Producer: Carl Cooper
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2022.
SAT 03:30 The Diaries of Adrian Mole (b096jkgk)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
10. A Date
Adrian goes on a date with Sharon Botts.
He receives some life-changing news, and an urgent phone call from Bert Baxter.
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ is the first book in the Adrian Mole series of comedic-fiction.
It's 1981 and Margaret Thatcher is in power; Britain is at war in the Falklands and teenagers are growing up in a world without mobile phones or computer games.
While his parents are downstairs, drinking, smoking and arguing about their failing marriage, Adrian is upstairs in his bedroom listening to ABBA, reading great works of literature, writing poems, and penning letters to the BBC.
Abridged by Sara Davies.
Concluded by Harry McEntire.
Producer: Alexa Moore
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2017.
SAT 03:45 Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (b01p7hcy)
5. Checking Out the Girlfriend
Prunella Scales and Hannah Gordon star in this sparkling comedy by Hattie Naylor, inspired by the experiences of listeners to Radio Four.
Everyone loves Bonnie's cafe for the chintz, the coffee and her comforting presence; her uncanny knack of knowing what's wrong. But every single one of them has a secret grudge against someone.
Tom finally plucks up the courage to invite his Dad's girlfriend to lunch.
Written by Hattie Naylor.
Bonnie .... Prunella Scales
Ellie ... Hannah Gordon
Tom .... Tom Glenister
Stella .... Katharine Rogers
Sissy .... Eleanor Crooks
Beth .... Sally Orrock
Director: Mary Ward-Lowery
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2012.
SAT 04:00 The Personality Test (b00mvs9s)
Series 2
Antony Worrall-Thompson
Celebrity chef and writer Antony Worrall-Thompson quizzes a panel about himself.
With:
Sue Perkins
Will Smith
Robin Ince
Lucy Porter
Series with changing hosts who quiz the panel.
Script by Richard Turner and Simon LIttlefield.
Devised and produced by Aled Evans.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2006.
SAT 04:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00k8x8x)
Series 3
Flaming June
A weekend away in the country - and under canvas. Memories will be made of this.
School comedy created and written by Jim Eldridge.
Miss Lewis ...... Marlene Sidaway
Mr Maxwell ...... Michael Cochrane
Miss Featherstone ...... Teresa Gallagher
Miss Reid ...... Jacqueline Beatty
Mr Long ...... Paul Copley
Mrs Khan ...... Janice Acquah
Security Guard ...... Stephen Critchlow
Wayne ...... Matthew Protheroe
Amy ...... Leah Verity-White
Iqbal ...... Pax Baldwin
Karim ...... Corinne Douglas
Terry ...... Jafer Husseyin
Ten series of this King Street Junior ran between 1985 and 1998.
King Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
SAT 05:00 Drama on 4 (m0011l0r)
Mosley Must Fall by Martin McNamara
It's 1936, and as political unrest sweeps across Europe, the spectre of fascism and antisemitism is looming over London's East End.
One Irish family, living in Whitechapel, finds itself divided as Oswald Mosley and his fascist followers prepare to march through the heart of East London.
The march descends on Cable Street, an area highly populated by the Jewish and Irish working class.
Loyalties are tested as two brothers fight to make their mark in a historic battle.
Written by Martin McNamara.
Starring Stepheh Hogan, Maggie Cronin and Joseph Ayre.
Written by Martin McNamara.
Liam McEnroe ..... Stephen Hogan
Maureen McEnroe ..... Maggie Cronin
Jim McEnroe ..... Joseph Ayre
Dessie McEnroe ..... Shaun Mason
Bernard Duffy ..... Lloyd Hutchinson
Esther Cohen ..... Grace Cooper Milton
Leon Saltzman ..... Justice Ritchie
Directed by Anne Isger.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2021.
SAT 05:45 Short Works (m0001p70)
My Sister Biira by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Aunty Flower is dumped in an asylum but retrieved by her family and returned to Uganda.
But it's only when Aunty Flower sets eyes on Biira that there is lucidity in her eyes...
Short story written by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi.
Read by Babirye Bukilwa.
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is a Ugandan novelist and short story writer.
In 2014 she won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her story, Let's Tell This Story Properly, and her debut novel, Kintu was published in 2018.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.
SAT 06:00 Whodunnits (m002tzgy)
Inspector Purbright - Coffin Scarcely Used
When the proprietor of the local newspaper meets his death in curious circumstances at the foot of an electricity pylon, Inspector Purbright is put on the case.
His investigation unearths a whole series of bizarre events, in the seemingly sleepy little town of Flaxborough.
Starring Peter Jeffrey as the witty and methodical Detective Inspector Purbright.
The first of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles set in East Anglia - first published in 1958.
Dramatised by Brian Wright.
Detective Inspector Purbright .... Peter Jeffrey
Chief Constable Chubb .... William Fox
Detective Sergeant Love .... Sean Barrett
Detective Constable Harper .... Michael Jenner
Police Constable Wilkinson .... Mark Straker
Rodney Gloss .... Danny Schiller
Dr Hillyard .... Crawford Logan
Jonas Bradlaw .... Mark Jones
Mrs Carobleat .... Monica Grey
George Lintz .... David Peart
Detective Inspector Gibbons .... Jon Strickland
Mrs Poole .... Hilda Schroder
Mr Smith .... James Kerry
Ben / Hotel Owner .... Kerry Francis
Director: Gerry Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1983.
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Recovered archive from an off-air recording. With thanks to our friends at the Radio Circle.
SAT 07:30 Let Me Tell You What I Mean: A New Collection of Essays by Joan Didion (Omnibus) (m002v2jf)
Eight essays selected from the 'Let Me Tell You What I Mean' essay collection.
These offer a glimpse into the mind and process of the iconic and influential writer, Joan Didion.
Mostly drawn from the earliest part of her five-decade career, the wide-ranging pieces in our selection include Didion writing about a Gamblers Anonymous meeting, a visit to San Simeon, and a reunion of WWII veterans in Las Vegas, and about topics ranging from Nancy Reagan to Robert Mapplethorpe.
Here are subjects Didion has long written about – the press, politics, California, women, the act of writing, and her own self-doubt.
Omnibus of five episodes abridged by Richard Hamilton.
Read by Laurel Lefkow.
Joan Didion began her career in the 1950s after she won an essay contest sponsored by Vogue magazine.
She came to prominence with a series of feature articles in Life magazine and The Saturday Evening Post that explored postwar America followed by celebrated novels 'Play It as It Lays' and 'A Book of Common Prayer'. Focusing on California and the chaos of the 1960’s, Didion successfully established herself as an advocate of New Journalism.
Didion died in 2021, aged 87 - the same year that this collection was published.
Producer: Lorna Newman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2023.
SAT 08:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrqp)
5. The Clouds of War
Newly knighted Sir Josiah Fosdyke's family life and tripe empire, are shattered by the outbreak of war.
A classic tale of struggle, power, personalities and tripe.
Bill Tidy and John Junkin's saga - based on Tidy's Daily Mirror cartoon strip (1971-1985) parodying John Galsworthy's 'The Forsyte Saga' novels.
Josiah Fosdyke …. Philip Lowrie
Rebecca Fosdyke …. Stephanie Turner
Tom Fosdyke …. David Threlfall
Roger Ditchley …. Christian Rodska
Albert Fosdyke ..... Enn Reitel
Von Richtofen …. .Larry Lamb
Other parts played by
Trevor Cooper
Nick Maloney
Nick Revell
Arthur Smith
David Timson
Producer: Alan Nixon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1983.
SAT 09:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0089jcz)
Series 3
Episode 2
An escaped murderer is after the shady lawyer Waldorf T. Flywheel.
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T. Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli.
Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Groucho Marx as Waldorf T. Flywheel …. Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli …. Frank Lazarus
With:
Lorelei King
Graham Hoadly
Vincent Marzello
Written by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman.
Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.
SAT 09:30 Beyond Our Ken (m000ncxl)
Series 4
Episode 7
Kenneth Horne pays a visit to the Tower of London – and Hornerama investigates crime.
A madcap mix of sketches and songs written by Eric Merriman.
Starring:
Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden
Bill Pertwee
Music from Janet Waters, The Hornets and the BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.
Incidental music by Edwin Braden.
Announcer: Douglas Smith
The precursor to ‘Round The Horne’, ‘Beyond Our Ken’ hit the airwaves in 1958 and ran to 1964 – featuring regulars like Cecil Snaith, Stanley Burkinshaw and Rodney and Charles.
Producer: Jacques Brown
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1960.
SAT 10:00 4 Extra Goes Gardening (m000twkq)
1. Great Gardens: Gertrude Jekyll
The great gardener, Gertrude Jekyll, once said:
"A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust."
Through her fascination with colour, cottage gardens and experimentation, it has been said she "changed the face of England more than any save the Creator and perhaps Capability Brown".
In the first of three programmes, Penelope Keith explores Miss Jekyll's own 10-acre garden – the enchanting Munstead Wood in Surrey.
Penelope discusses Gertrude's influence and changing horticultural fashions with broadcaster and author, James Wong, author Catherine Horwood and Munstead Wood's head gardener, Annabel Watts
Penelope also unearths some horticultural wisdoms and delights from the BBC sound archive:
* GREAT GARDENS - Gertrude Jekyll meets Chris Serle - BBC Radio 4 - 1984
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions and first broadcast in February 2014.
SAT 11:00 Whodunnits (m002tzgy)
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SAT 12:30 Let Me Tell You What I Mean: A New Collection of Essays by Joan Didion (Omnibus) (m002v2jf)
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SAT 13:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrqp)
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SAT 14:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0089jcz)
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SAT 14:30 Beyond Our Ken (m000ncxl)
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SAT 15:00 4 Extra Goes Gardening (m000twkq)
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SAT 16:00 2025 by Mike Walker (b00j0hbm)
2. Access
Olivia and Irena take a step closer to gaining access to illegal genetic engineering. But who can they trust?
Starring Alphonsia Emmanuel, Mona Hammond and Daniela Nardini.
The conclusion of Mike Walker's futuristic two-part sci-fi serial.
Irena ...... Alphonsia Emmanuel
Olivia ...... Mona Hammond
Dr Beth David ...... Daniela Nardini
Henry ...... David Yip
Anno ...... Su-Lin Looi
Praeger ...... John Rowe
Dr Finzey ...... Alastair Danson
Kate ...... Rachel Atkins
The Shopkeeper ...... Ravin J Ganatra
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998.
SAT 17:00 Whodunnits (m002tzgy)
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SAT 18:30 Let Me Tell You What I Mean: A New Collection of Essays by Joan Didion (Omnibus) (m002v2jf)
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SAT 19:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrqp)
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SAT 20:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0089jcz)
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SAT 20:30 Beyond Our Ken (m000ncxl)
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SAT 21:00 4 Extra Goes Gardening (m000twkq)
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SAT 22:00 The Absolutely Radio Show (b068sp4g)
Series 1
Episode 1
Cast members of Channel 4's hugely popular TV sketch show Absolutely reunite.
They're revisiting some much-loved sketch characters, with some newcomers too.
Starring:
Pete Baikie
Morwenna Banks
Moray Hunter
Gordon Kennedy
John Sparkes
This opening episode features The Stoneybridge Town Council attempting to adapt to today's technology, Denzil and Gwynedd discussing Gwynedd's plan to enter the Miss Swansea competition, The Little Girl's very personal take on Divorce and Calum Gilhooley getting some customer feedback of his own.
Plus sketches about Facebook's downside, the dangers of watching TV in middle age, vague War memories from people who were almost there and the perils of having to look after your own, ageing parents.
In 2013, the group got back together for Radio 4's Sketchorama: Absolutely Special, which won a BBC Audio Drama Award in the Best Live Scripted Comedy category.
Producers: Gus Beattie and Gordon Kennedy
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2015.
SAT 22:30 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011d6rf)
Series 2
4. 'It's me or the dog'
"It's me or the dog!"
"My phobias are out of control but I'm too scared to even admit it"
Sarah Millican is a life counsellor and modern-day agony aunt tackling the nation's problems head on, dishing out real advice for real people.
Assisted by her very own team of experts of the heart - man of the people local cabbie Terry, and self qualified counsellor Marion.
Sarah tackles the nation's problems head on and has a solution for everything.
Sarah ...... Sarah Millican
Marion ...... Ruth Bratt
Terry ...... Simon Daye
Laura ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Barry ...... Harry Peacock
John ...... Tim Key
Written by Sarah Millican.
Producer: Lianne Coop
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011
SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002vd73)
Paul Greenberg 1/3
From
10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Paul Garner speaks to Canadian comic, writer and actor Paul Greenberg
SAT 23:00 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b044w2t8)
Series 3
Coming of Age
Stephen K Amos sets out to compile an idiot's guide to coming of age.
With assistance from some of the comedy circuit's best stand-ups:
Mae Martin
Travis Jay
Dan Antopolski
Additional material by Christine Rose and Hugh Sington.
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.
SAT 23:30 Radio Active (b007jqbg)
Series 5
Nuclear Debate
Do you spend sleepless nights worrying about what will happen to you after yet another nuclear debate?
Are you concerned that it will mean an end to all civilised behaviour?
Well it probably will.
Mike Channel chairs a special Radio Active debate.
Are the studio audience for or against the annihilation of the planet?
Radio Active is the one and only local national radio station.
Starring:
Helen Atkinson-Wood
Angus Deayton
Geoffrey Perkins
Philip Pope
Michael Fenton-Stevens
Music by Philip Pope, Angus Deayton and Richard Curtis.
Written by Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins with John Canter, Richard Curtis and Jeremy Pascall.
Producer: Jamie Rix
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1985.
SUNDAY 12 APRIL 2026
SUN 00:00 2025 by Mike Walker (b00j0hbm)
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SUN 01:00 Whodunnits (m002tzgy)
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SUN 02:30 Let Me Tell You What I Mean: A New Collection of Essays by Joan Didion (Omnibus) (m002v2jf)
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SUN 03:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrqp)
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SUN 04:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0089jcz)
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SUN 04:30 Beyond Our Ken (m000ncxl)
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SUN 05:00 4 Extra Goes Gardening (m000twkq)
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SUN 06:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002tzn7)
Sporting Champions
Richard Dunwoody MBE
Jockey Richard Dunwoody is castaway by Sue Lawley.
"I've fallen off more than 600 times".
Richard has been champion jockey three times and won the Grand National twice in 1984 and 1986.
His father George was a horse-trainer, as was his maternal-grandfather Dick Thrale.
He rode out in Newmarket as a schoolboy and after leaving college in Cheltenham served his apprenticeship with former leading jump jockey Paul Kelleway then master trainer Tim Forster.
Richard went on to be one of sport’s greatest legends.
He dominated the jump racing scene in the 1980s and 1990s – and was awarded the MBE in 1993.
DISC ONE: The Saw Doctors - Clare Island
DISC TWO: David Bowie - Life On Mars?
DISC THREE: Ultravox - Vienna
DISC FOUR: Puccini’s Nessun dorma - Luciano Pavarotti and The London Philharmonic Orchestra
DISC FIVE: Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
DISC SIX: Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
DISC SEVEN: Champions Theme - Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Carl Davies
DISC EIGHT: Garth Brooks - The Dance
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: The Saw Doctors - Clare Island
BOOK CHOICE: The Lord of the Rings - J R R Tolkien
LUXURY CHOICE: An endless supply of ice-cream
Producer Angie Nehring
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999.
SUN 06:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lj1nf)
Series 1
Bowerbirds
One of the most extraordinary structures in the animal world is constructed by a Bower Bird.
Sir David tells the life story of the Vogelkopf Bower Bird, the one that raises the bar higher than the rest.
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 July 2009.
SUN 07:00 Poetry Extra (m002tznb)
Tongue and Talk: The Dialect Poets - East Lincolnshire
Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Tongue and Talk: The Dialect Poets - East Lincolnshire exploring poetry from the county.
Alan Mumby, Chairman of Far Welter’d, the East Lincolnshire Dialect Society, explores dialect poetry written and spoken in his native county.
The Society’s name has Danish roots, referring to a sheep that’s fallen on its back and is struggling to recover - and Alan asks whether Lincolnshire dialect, so rarely featured in today’s media, is in similar distress.
Travelling to the tiny hamlet of Somersby, he visits the birthplace of the county’s most famous poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson, whose little-known dialect poetry reveals his cherished memories of the villagers who he grew up with.
Many members of Far Welter’d are themselves poets – like Wolds farmer Andy Robinson (aka Billy Woldsworth) and George Danby, who farms on the Fens. Alan talks to them about their writing and how dialect varies throughout the area. While enthusiastic ‘yeller-belly’ Rod Stones discusses the influence of his Danish ancestors on the dialect he speaks today, and Maureen Sutton, Lincolnshire’s Poet Laureate, explores the changing perceptions of dialect in our modern world.
Presented by Alan Mumby
Produced by Catherine Harvey and Iain Mackness
A Made in Manchester production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2020.
SUN 07:30 The Diaries of Adrian Mole (Omnibus) (b097m45s)
Episode 2
Class 4D go on a school trip to the British Museum.
Adrian has his tonsils out.
Sue Townsend's hilarious and heart breaking chronicle of a teenager growing up in the Midlands in the 1980s.
Omnibus of last five of ten parts abridged by Sara Davies.
Read by Harry McEntire.
It's 1981 and Margaret Thatcher is in power, Britain is at war in the Falklands and teenagers are growing up in a world without mobile phones or computer games. While his parents are downstairs, drinking, smoking and arguing about their failing marriage, Adrian is upstairs in his bedroom listening to Abba, reading great works of literature, writing poems, and penning letters to the BBC.
Despite the many challenges that life throws at him - including regular beatings from the school bully, unrequited love, raging hormones, a severe case of acne and numerous rejection letters - Adrian soldiers on bravely and wins a place in our hearts with his charming naïveté.
Producer: Alexa Moore
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2017.
SUN 08:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002tznd)
Claire Foy
Claire Foy is an actor who’s enjoyed great success playing two queens, one of whom enjoyed a significantly longer reign than the other, as Anne Boleyn and Queen Elizabeth II.
And stars in the film adaptation of Helen Macdonald’s memoir, H is for Hawk.
Inherited: When You Were Sweet 16 by Perry Como
Passing on: Blóðberg by Sigur Rós
Producers: Ben Mitchell and Anna Bailey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2026.
SUN 08:50 Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (Omnibus) (m002tzng)
Everyone loves Bonnie's cafe for the chintz, the coffee and her comforting presence; her uncanny knack of knowing what's wrong.
But every single one of them has a secret grudge against someone. Even Bonnie.
Prunella Scales and Hannah Gordon star in this sparkling comedy by Hattie Naylor, inspired by the experiences of listeners to Radio Four.
Omnibus of five episodes.
Bonnie...Prunella Scales
Ellie...Hannah Gordon
Tom...Tom Glenister
Fiona...Katharine Rogers
Sissy...Eleanor Crooks
Stacey...Sarah Thom
Jim...Robert Blythe
Written by Hattie Naylor.
Director: Mary Ward-Lowery
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012
SUN 10:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxgk)
From 17th December 1986
Humorous songs performed by the comedy musical cabaret quartet attempting to be reasonably together again.
Instant Sunshine are:
David Barlow
Peter Christie
Miles Kington
Alan Maryon-Davis
With special guests:
The Cambridge Buskers.
Producer: David Rayvern Allen
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1986.
SUN 10:30 Jim the Great (b011kvms)
Series 2
Oh, Claudius!
After losing his Kingdom, King Jim is now a grumpy galley slave rowing to Rome.
A historical regal romp starring Jimmy Edwards.
Written by Andrew Palmer.
King Jim …. Jimmy Edwards
Queen Esmerelda …. Joan Sanderson
The Chancellor …. Julian Orchard
Claudius .... Jack Watson
With:
John Graham
James Taylor
John Baddeley
Following a successful pilot, ‘Jim The Great’ ran for three series on BBC Radio 2 between 1976 and 1979.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1979.
SUN 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002tzn7)
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SUN 11:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lj1nf)
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SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m002tznb)
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SUN 12:30 The Diaries of Adrian Mole (Omnibus) (b097m45s)
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SUN 13:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002tznd)
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SUN 13:50 Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (Omnibus) (m002tzng)
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SUN 15:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxgk)
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SUN 15:30 Jim the Great (b011kvms)
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SUN 16:00 Terry Pratchett (b010ns71)
Night Watch
1. Confrontation
Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy.
Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch falls through time and arrives in the city of his youth.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel.
Dramatised in five parts by Robin Brooks.
Sam Vimes ... Philip Jackson
Young Sam ... Carl Prekopp
Carcer ... Paul Ritter
Fred Colon ... Sam Dale
Jocasta Wiggs ... Clare Corbett
Sergeant Knock ... Matt Addis
Dr Lawn ... Ben Onwukwe
Willikins ... Peter Marinker
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2008.
SUN 16:30 The Slide (m000lt2f)
7. Out of the Darkness
Lives and buildings have been endangered by the relentless slide of mud in the new town of Redlow.
Residents have succumbed to its remorseless power.
Unless Professor Gomez finds the solution it is possible that the whole world could be destroyed.....
Starring Roger Delgado and Maurice Denham.
Gripping conclusion of Victor Pemberton's vintage sci-fi serial.
Hugh Deverill, MP …. Maurice Denham
Professor Josef Gomez …. Roger Delgado
Inspector Baxter…. Geoffrey Matthews
Sgt Johnson …. Wilfred Barrage
Dr Ken Richards …. David Spenser
Professor Lippert …. Allan McClelland
Professor Landers …. Rolf Lefebvre
Anna Deverill …. Marion Mathie
RAF Corporal …. Anthony Hall
Margaret Griffiths, MP …. Joan Matheson
TV Interviewer …. Henry Stamper
Special Effects: The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Producer: John Tydeman
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1966.
SUN 17:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002tzn7)
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06:00 today]
SUN 17:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lj1nf)
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06:45 today]
SUN 18:00 Poetry Extra (m002tznb)
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07:00 today]
SUN 18:30 The Diaries of Adrian Mole (Omnibus) (b097m45s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
SUN 19:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002tznd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:40 today]
SUN 19:50 Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (Omnibus) (m002tzng)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:50 today]
SUN 21:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxgk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
SUN 21:30 Jim the Great (b011kvms)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 Revolting People (b007jrqj)
Series 1
Storm Clouds
The year is 1770 and Baltimore shopkeeper, Samuel Oliphant has much to worry about.
Sitcom set just before the American War of Independence.
Written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses.
Samuel Oliphant …. Jay Tarses
Sergeant McGurk …. Andy Hamilton
Mary Oliphant …. Sophie Thompson
Captain Brimshaw …. James Fleet
Ezekiel Spriggs …. Hugh Dennis
Cora Oliphant …. Felicity Montagu
Joshua Oliphant …. Tony Maudsley
Mrs Arbuthnot …. Susie Blake
Announcer/Other …. Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.
SUN 22:30 Weak at the Top (b00tlwzg)
Series 2
Otters
John Weak turns Smokehouse as green as the Jolly Green Giant, while saving Sir Marcus from an eco-Nazi who insists on paper underwear.
Starring Alexander Armstrong as marketing maestro and "totty" magnet John Weak.
Hayley ...... Clare Perkins
Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook
Tim ...... Ewan Bailey
Ted ...... Kim Wall
Rebecca ...... Colleen Prendergast
Music: David Pickvance
Producer: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.
SUN 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b09gg8tr)
Series 12
A Different Direction
All is going well for Ed.
He has a regular income from his column in 'Your Motorhome' magazine which has the added bonus of also providing him with comfortable accommodation, and he is more than happy with his new agent, Maggie.
Determined to make the best of this seismic shift in his circumstances, Ed resolves to put his relationship with Maggie on a more permanent footing by introducing her to his children.
Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas.
Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas
Olive ...... Stephanie Cole
Eli ...... Lisa Coleman
Maggie ...... Monica Dolan
Pearl ...... Brigit Forsyth
Jaz ...... Philip Jackson
Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Jake ...... Sam Pamphillon
Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Producer: Dawn Ellis
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in November 2017.
SUN 23:30 Paperback Hell (m000ndr5)
Series 3
You Suck Bush
Six chapters, by six different authors.
All of them imaginary. All of them straight out of the bestseller charts.
None of them very good.
Chapter 1 of "You Suck Bush": an autobiographical account of radical campaigning film maker Chuck Morris's trip to the Hay-on-Wye literary festival.
Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
Starring:
Michael Brandon
Michael Fenton Stevens
Mel Hudson
Alex Lowe
Dan Tetsell
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
SUN 23:45 Bunk Bed (m001nvzp)
Series 10
Episode 1
The semi-delirious nighttime talk show returns. Special guests include British Arts colossus Sir Richard Eyre, and a return of comic heroes Kathy Burke and Jane Horrocks.
Kathy Burke muses on anger, dribbling during massages, the art of writing and finding a twinkly partner.
'Bunk Bed is funny, strange, enchanting, and beautifully put together.' - The Observer
'Bunk Bed is beloved by broadsheet critics, but don't let that put you off....' - Metro
Producer: Peter Curran
A Foghorn production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2023.
MONDAY 13 APRIL 2026
MON 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b010ns71)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 The Slide (m000lt2f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m002tzn7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lj1nf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Poetry Extra (m002tznb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 The Diaries of Adrian Mole (Omnibus) (b097m45s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:40 Inheritance Tracks (m002tznd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:40 on Sunday]
MON 03:50 Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (Omnibus) (m002tzng)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:50 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxgk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Jim the Great (b011kvms)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Whodunnits (b00x7fb5)
A Charles Paris Mystery: A Series Of Murders
The actor-cum-sleuth is working in the role of a policeman on a TV detective series, where tensions run high on the set.
Things turn deadly when an actress is found dead.
Is it an accident?
Bill Nighy stars as actor-cum-sleuth, Charles Paris.
Simon Brett's novel is dramatised by Jeremy Front.
Charles Paris …. Bill Nighy
Pat …. Lloyd Hutchinson
Frances …. Suzanne Burden
Rick …. Stephen Hogan
Russell …. Benjamin Whitrow
Lisa Stokes/WPC ….. Helen Longworth
Les Merchant …. Jeremy Swift
Jamie Shehan …. Ben Crowe
Tony …. Freddy White
Maurice …. Jon Glover
Winifred …. Richenda Carey
Joanne …. Alice Hart
Louisa …. Joanna McCallum
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004
MON 07:00 Control Group Six (b00752n7)
Series 1
Episode 3
Agent Beatrice is Dr Heaven's girl of his dreams, but will she stick around long enough for him?
A bizarre comedy - half-sketch show and half-psychological thriller.
Control Group Six is a company town, like any other with a high murder-rate. But only one man possesses the experience, the post-Jungian insight and the gullibility to enter such a dangerous environment - Dr Heaven, company psychologist.
Written and performed by Richard Bean, Andrew Clifford and Clive Coleman.
With:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Mandy Knight
Producer: Colin Swash
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1995.
MON 07:30 Dad's Army (b007jp3q)
Series 2
When Did You Last See Your Money?
Corporal Jones loses £500 raised to provide a new canteen for the servicemen.
The platoon tries to jog his memory.
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 Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Mr Blewitt …. Timothy Bateson
Announcer …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1975.
MON 08:00 Boswell's Lives (b05vh1p4)
Series 1
Boswell's Life of Johnson
James Boswell attempts to write a biography of another famous Johnson - Boris - when he is Mayor of London.
But he finds him a fiendish opponent especially on the whiff-whaff table.
Jon Canter’s sitcom sees Dr Johnson's celebrated biographer, James Boswell pursue other legends to immortalise.
James Boswell ..... Miles Jupp
Boris Johnson ...... Alistair McGowan
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2015.
MON 08:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b0147g9m)
1. Childhood Memories
One of Britain’s best-loved entertainers recalls his Swansea childhood and why a raffle was one of his greatest disappointments.
Autobiography of comedian and singer Sir Harry Secombe, first published in 1982.
He rose to prominence on BBC radio with his work on The Goon Show.
Abridged in five parts by Elizabeth Proud.
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.
MON 08:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05rnx7m)
1. To Those who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine
While at their Shaftesbury Avenue club on a rainy February day in London, Rosie and Lottie discover they’ve been reading the same advertisement in The Times newspaper:
“To Those who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine. Small mediaeval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let furnished for the month of April.”
Can they seize this opportunity and escape to the sunny Italian Riviera or is it just an impossible dream?
High above the bay on the Italian Riviera stands San Salvatore, a mediaeval castle.
Also beckoned to this haven are Mrs Fisher and Lady Caroline Dester.
Each woman craves escape.
Lulled by the Mediterranean spirit, they gradually shed their skins and discover a harmony each of them has longed for.
Elizabeth von Arnim’s novel, first published in 1922.
Dramatised in five parts by Vivienne Allen.
Narrated by Jenny Funnell.
Lotty Wilkins …. Pippa Nixon
Rose Arbuthnot …. Lyndsey Marshall
Lady Caroline ‘Scrap’…. Rhiannon Neads
Mrs Fisher …. Joanna Monro
Mellersh …. Stephen Critchley
Domenico …. Chris Pavlo
Briggs …. Neet Mohan
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2015
MON 09:00 Unspeakable (m002tpnk)
Series 3
4. Awkwardly, Anecdotally, Indecisively
This episode we hear Hugh Dennis's word for decision fatigue, Katy Wix's coinage for when you find yourself stuck telling a story in public to break an awkward silence, and Jess Fostekew's word for that nuggety squashed sock you find stuck inside a duvet cover.
Ever struggled to find the right word for a feeling or sensation? Unspeakable sees comedian Phil Wang and lexicographer Susie Dent invite celebrity guests to invent new linguistic creations, to solve those all too relatable moments when we're lost for words.
Hosts: Phil Wang and Susie Dent
Guests: Hugh Dennis, Jess Fostekew and Katy Wix
Created by Joe Varley
Writers: Matt Crosby and James Farmer
Recorded by Jerry Peal
Producer: Jon Harvey
Executive Producers: Joe Varley and Akash Lockmun
A Brown Bred production for BBC Radio 4
MON 09:30 Classified Britain (m0007bc2)
Series 2
Edinburgh Evening Courant 14 April 1827
James Naughtie finds the heartbeat of history in the front page small ads of old UK newspapers.
The classified ads of the Edinburgh Evening Courant of April the 14th 1827 reveal the importance of the port of Leith - with direct passenger routes to Elsinore and St Petersburg.
Plus a public lecture intended to debunk Phrenology - the idea that an individual’s character can be determined from the shape of their skull, and Walter Scott, Europe's most prolific author, hoping to stay out of the new Bridewell debtor's prison.
Front page news is a relatively late addition to the newspaper business.
For most of their first couple of centuries, British newspapers carried classified ads rather than news on their front page. They transformed the hustle and bustle of the marketplace into newsprint, so you could take it home or to the inn to pore over at your leisure.
James travels the country discovering how these front page ads give us a snapshot of time and place.
He explores how they weave national and local life together - the heartbeat of history rolling daily or weekly off the presses.
Producer: John Forsyth
A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019.
MON 09:45 Daily Service (m002tzsr)
James 1- Trials and Temptations
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: James 1 - Trials and Temptations
Presenter: Tim Gee
Reading: James 1:2-8
Music:
Blessed Quietness - Smithsonian Folkways
Seeds of war - Paulette Meier
Aint gonna let nobody turn me around - Sweet Honey in the Rock, James Horner, Michael Fisher
MON 10:00 Musical Genes (b00dyknm)
Series 1
Phil Cunningham
Tom Morton meets the brother of the late Scottish folk music legend John Cunningham.
Series searching for the true story behind some of our best loved musicians.
Producer: Deirdre Waldie
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in October 2008.
MON 10:30 The Surgeon Of Crowthorne (b00758bl)
A tale of murder, madness and lexicography.
True story about Dr William Chester Minor - a mentally ill American surgeon.
He posted scholarly contributions illustrating the way words were used - to the New English Dictionary (later Oxford English Dictionary) from his rooms in Broadmoor.
Readings by:
John Rowe
Brian Parr
Producer: Jill Waters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
MON 11:00 Whodunnits (b00x7fb5)
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06:00 today]
MON 12:00 Control Group Six (b00752n7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
MON 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jp3q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
MON 13:00 Boswell's Lives (b05vh1p4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 13:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b0147g9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 13:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05rnx7m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:45 today]
MON 14:00 Just a Minute (b013214n)
Series 61
From 08/08/2011
Nicholas Parsons presides over the devious game where panellists are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition.
With:
Paul Merton
Tony Hawks
Sheila Hancock
Graham Norton
Subjects include: My Personal Assistant, Tale of Two Cities, Making a Difficult Decision, Ventriloquism, The Speaking Clock, Sending Postcards, Barn Dances, Achieving Longevity and Eavesdropping
Created by Ian Messiter.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011.
MON 14:30 The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII (b0076j87)
Episode 5
Henry VIII's fifth wife Catherine Howard, was an ambitious girl with a 'reputation' and a Duchess as her adviser.
Jonathan Coy stars as Henry VIII
An unreliable history, created and written in six parts by Barry Grossman.
Henry VIII ...... Jonathan Coy
Thomas Cromwell ...... Milton Johns
The Chronicler ...... Alfred Burke
Catherine Howard ...... Helen Longworth
Duchess Agnes ...... Marcia Warren
William of Winchelsea ...... Geoffrey McGivern
Simon of Southwark ...... Gyuri Sarossi
Music by Jim Parker.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2003.
MON 15:00 Drama on 4 (b09k8v3t)
Intelligence by Sarah Wooley
During the Second World War, the young Muriel Spark worked in the British ‘Black Propaganda’ Department of MI6.
Her job was to produce what she called ‘a tangled mixture of damaging lies, flattering and plausible truths’.
Starring Jessica Hardwick.
Drama written by Sarah Wooley, based on Muriel Spark's war-time work.
Muriel Spark ..... Jessica Hardwick
Sefton Delmer ..... Stuart McQuarrie
Marcelle/Nurse ..... Lucianne McEvoy
Erich/Officer ..... Finn den Hertog
Betty ..... Francesca Dymond
Crips/Hans/Engineer ..... Robin Laing
Director: Gaynor Macfarlane
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018
MON 15:45 Bang-Bang You're Dead by Muriel Spark (m002tzst)
Sybil's friends begin to see her in a new light, when they watch film footage, peppered with hippos, poets and shooting affairs, taken during her time in Africa.
Written by Muriel Spark, first published in 1958.
Dramatised by Gowan Calder
Hostess .... Adjoa Andoh
Sybil .... Emma Currie
Barry / Ted .... Mark McDonnell
Desiree .... Lucy Paterson
David .... Nick Underwood
Produced by David Ian Neville
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
MON 16:00 Musical Genes (b00dyknm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
MON 16:30 The Surgeon Of Crowthorne (b00758bl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:30 today]
MON 17:00 Whodunnits (b00x7fb5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
MON 18:00 Control Group Six (b00752n7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
MON 18:30 Dad's Army (b007jp3q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
MON 19:00 Boswell's Lives (b05vh1p4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b0147g9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 19:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05rnx7m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:45 today]
MON 20:00 Just a Minute (b013214n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 today]
MON 20:30 The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII (b0076j87)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 today]
MON 21:00 Drama on 4 (b09k8v3t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:00 today]
MON 21:45 Bang-Bang You're Dead by Muriel Spark (m002tzst)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:45 today]
MON 22:00 Unspeakable (m002tpnk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
MON 22:30 Damien Slash (m000mr70)
The Damien Slash Mixtape. Series 3
Episode 2
Multi-character YouTube star Damien Slash with more zeitgeisty sketches in this fast-paced, one-man sketch comedy show.
In this episode, Xavier Landing makes new revelations and everyone’s favourite hyper-masculine podcast host Jimmy Swoon has a new sponsor.
Written by and starring Damien Slash (aka Daniel Barker).
Additional Material from Tom Savage
Guest starring Natasia Demetriou
Producer: Benjamin Sutton
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2020.
MON 22:45 Tarot: Soundbleed (m0010gyk)
Episode 2
Tarot: Soundbleed is the brainchild of a multi-award winning sketch supergroup, which unites Gein's Family Giftshop and Goose, alongside stand-up and writer Kiri Pritchard-McLean.
In August 2019, Tarot were the 5th best-reviewed act in Edinburgh, the fourth best show of the year according to The List, and the best show of the year according to Chortle.
Throughout their richly soundscaped first series, Soundbleed harnesses the group's inventive writing, rapid gag rate and fine ear for character.
In this episode, we hear a new way to memorise the planets, the least professional audio description of all time and someone eavesdropping on a long-haul flight.
Written and performed by:
Adam Drake
Edward Easton
Kath Hughes
Ben Rowse
Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Produced by Hayley Sterling.
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2021.
MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002vd76)
Paul Greenberg 2/3
From
10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Paul Garner chats again to Canadian comic, writer and actor Paul Greenberg
MON 23:00 The Naked Week (m002tqm0)
Series 4
Swearing, Steeplechase and Strikes
Following Trump's tirade, The Naked Week team bleep the hell out of the bleeping news, swear at a steeplechase, and stage a walk out.
From The Skewer’s Jon Holmes and host Andrew Hunter Murray comes The Naked Week; a fresh way of dressing the week’s news in the altogether and parading it around for everyone to laugh at.
With award-winning writers and a crack team of contemporary satirists - and recorded in front of a live audience - The Naked Week delivers a topical news-nude straight to your ears.
Written by:
Jon Holmes
Katie Sayer
Gareth Ceredig
James Kettle
Jason Hazeley
Additional Material:
Karl Minns
Jane Fae
Molly Punshon
Darren Phillips
Kevin Smith
Investigation team:
Cat Neilan
Becky Pinnington
Guest Correspondent: Katie Norris
Production Team: Tony Churnside, Jerry Peal, David Riffkin.
Production Coordinator: Molly Punshon
Assistant Producer: Katie Sayer
Executive Producer: Philip Abrams
Produced and Directed by Jon Holmes
An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
MON 23:30 Rob Newman (b08pf09g)
Rob Newman's Neuropolis
Skull and Bonce
One of Britain's finest comedians, Rob Newman, is our guide on a unique audio odyssey of the brain, taking in everything from love and guilt to robot co-workers and the unlikely importance of prehistoric trousers.
It's a witty, fact-packed series mixing stand-up and sketches, challenging notions of neuroscience with a new theory that's equal parts enlightening and hilarious.
Rob offers an alternative to some of the more bizarre claims in modern popular science, as well as rejigging theories of our brains in light of what we know about nature, artificial intelligence and Belinda Carlisle.
Created by the award-winning team behind Robert Newman's Entirely Accurate Encyclopaedia of Evolution.
Written by and starring Rob Newman.
Co-starring:
Claire Price
Richard McCabe
Producer: Jon Harvey
Executive Producer: Richard Wilson
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2017.
TUESDAY 14 APRIL 2026
TUE 00:00 Musical Genes (b00dyknm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 The Surgeon Of Crowthorne (b00758bl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Whodunnits (b00x7fb5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Control Group Six (b00752n7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Dad's Army (b007jp3q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Boswell's Lives (b05vh1p4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b0147g9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05rnx7m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:45 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Just a Minute (b013214n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII (b0076j87)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Drama on 4 (b09k8v3t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:45 Bang-Bang You're Dead by Muriel Spark (m002tzst)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:45 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 The Toff (b007jr60)
The Toff and the Runaway Bride
1. Honeymoon for One
Barbara Lawn is about to marry the Toff's old chum, Major Guy Lessing - against her father's wishes - in a gripping tale of blackmail and murder.
Terence Alexander stars as the Toff - upper-class amateur sleuth, the Honourable Richard Rollison.
John Creasey’s detective novel was first published in 1959.
Dramatised in six-parts by Roy Lomax.
The Toff ...... Terence Alexander
Jolly ...... Robert Dorning
Barbara Lessing ...... Rosalind Shanks
Aunt Gloria ...... Peggy Ann Wood
Holy Joe ...... David Graham
Maggie ...... Frances Jeater
Major Guy Lessing ...... Alan Cuthbertson
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1975.
TUE 06:30 The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather (m0021946)
1. Returned Without Thanks
Civil engineering explosives specialist Paul Fenton hatches an extreme plan to bring to an end his marriage.
This will allow him to start a new life with his mistress.
Will his skills and meticulous preparation pay dividends?
Starring Hector Ross.
First in a series of Berkely Mather's plays based on the theme of retribution.
Paul Fenton …. Hector Ross
Chrylla .... Hilda Schroder
Sir George Hartnell .... Walter Fitzgerald
Christine Hartnell .... Patricia Gallimore
Gethin .... Michael McClain
Brown .... Lewis Stringer
Cateby .... Wilfred Babbage
Butler .... Arthur Lawrence
Manager of Jewellers .... Geoffrey Matthews
Club Waiter .... Nigel Green
Phone Operator .... Ursula Hirst
Berkely Mather was a prolific British author who wrote for radio and TV - including ‘Z Cars’ and ‘The Avengers’ – plus a film credit for ‘Dr No.’
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1967.
TUE 07:00 Flying the Flag (b007jxj2)
Series 2
Submarine Diplomacy
Telexes are arriving from London; awkward questions are being asked in the House; the spirit of the Armada is in dire peril of reasserting itself.
All in a day's overwork for the British Ambassador and his staff.
Starring Dinsdale Landen.
Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer.
HM Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
Colonel Surikov …. Christopher Benjamin
Captain Warner …. David Goodland
US Ambassador …. Stephen Greif
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1988.
TUE 07:30 The Goon Show (b00kjh64)
Series 10
The Silver Doubloons
Neddie Seagoon must plunder a sunken Spanish galleon.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Spike Milligan
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe.
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 January 1960.
TUE 08:00 It's a Fair Cop (m001xws4)
Series 8
1. Bounty Hunter
Former Humberside police detective Alfie Moore turns bounty hunter and goes on the hunt for a wanted man (an infamous bike thief).
Join Alfie and his audience of sworn-in deputies as they decide how to get their man in another real life case.
Written and presented by Alfie Moore.
Script Editor: Will Ing
Producer: Sam Holmes
A BBC Studios Audio production, first broadcast in April 2024.
TUE 08:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b014b98y)
2. Holidays
The Goon Show star recalls his travels, tummy troubles and an unfortunate series of events at sea.
Autobiography of much-loved comedian and singer Sir Harry Secombe.
Abridged by Elizabeth Proud.
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.
TUE 08:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05s2x2f)
2. Arrival In Italy
Having arrived at their mediaeval castle San Salvatore in darkness, Lotty and Rose wake up to the radiance of April in Italy.
A chance advertisement in The Times, addressed to 'Those who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine' is the impetus for a revelatory month for four very different women.
High above the bay on the Italian Riviera stands San Salvatore, a mediaeval castle. Beckoned to this haven are Lotty, Rose, Mrs Fisher and Lady Caroline Dester, each craving escape.
Lulled by the Mediterranean spirit, they gradually shed their skins and discover a harmony each of them has longed for.
Elizabeth von Arnim’s novel is dramatised by Vivienne Allen
Lotty Wilkins …. Pippa Nixon
Rose Arbuthnot …. Lyndsey Marshall
Lady Caroline ‘Scrap’…. Rhiannon Neads
Mrs Fisher …. Joanna Monro
Mellersh …. Stephen Critchley
Domenico …. Chris Pavlo
Briggs … Neet Mohan
Narrator …. Jenny Funnell
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2015
TUE 09:00 Nature Table (m002tpq6)
Series 5
1: Puffins, Armadillos and the Badass Tongue-Eating Louse
In this first episode of a new series, puffins’ super beaks and the badass Tongue-eating water louse wow and stupefy the team.
‘Sue Perkins’ Nature Table - possibly the funniest “natural science” series, ever.’ Pick of the Week, The Telegraph
For this new series of Sue Perkins’ ARIA-winning ‘Show and Tell’ wildlife comedy, Team Nature Table is joined by special guests: comedian Amy Gledhill, zoologist Lucy Cooke and entomologist Professor Karim Vahed of Buglife.
This episode’s varied subjects include: Puffins and their disposable beaks, Snails’ love darts, intrepid Armadillos and the fiendishly parasitic Tongue-eating louse.
Nature Table has a simple clear brief: to positively celebrate our planet’s wonderfully wild (and funny) flora and fauna in a fun accessible way... whilst at the same time having a giggle.
Hosted by: Sue Perkins
Guests: Amy Gledhill, Lucy Cooke & Professor Karim Vahed.
Written by: Jon Hunter and Jenny Laville.
Additional material by: Jade Gebbie.
Researcher: Catherine Beazley
Executive Producer: James Robinson
Sound Editor: Jerry Peal
Music by: Ben Mirin
Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls & Caroline Barlow
Producer: Simon Nicholls
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.
TUE 09:30 Classified Britain (m0007khr)
Series 2
Hampshire Advertiser, 9 August 1856
James Naughtie unearths the heartbeat of history from another newspaper front page of classified ads.
The Hampshire Advertiser of Saturday August 9th 1856.
Trustees are advertising for survivors and dependents of those who died when the troopship, HMS Birkenhead, went down and introduced "women and children first" into the culture.
Steam is replacing sail at sea, there's back breaking labour in the fields and an ad for corsets reveals unexpected aspects of lacing.
Front page news is a relatively late addition to the newspaper business. For most of their first couple of centuries, British newspapers carried classified ads rather than news on their front page.
They transformed the hustle and bustle of the marketplace into newsprint, so you could take it home or to the inn to pore over at your leisure.
James Naughtie travels the country discovering how these front page ads give us a snapshot of time and place.
He explores how they weave national and local life together - the heartbeat of history rolling daily or weekly off the presses.
Producer: John Forsyth
A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019.
TUE 09:45 Daily Service (m002v16j)
James 2 - Faith and deeds
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: James 2 - Faith and Deeds
Presenter: Lyndall Bywater
Reading: James
2:14-18
Music:
By Faith - Stuart Townend
Total Praise - Donnie McLurkin (Richard Smallwood)
Make me a channel of your peace - Aled Jones
TUE 10:00 A Good Read (m000nv0d)
Jonathan Safran Foer & Daliso Chaponda
Writer Jonathan Safran Foer and comedian Daliso Chaponda join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Natalia Ginzburg, Richard Brautigan, Orson Scott Card.
The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg
Translator: Dick Davis
Publisher: Daunt Books
Sombrero Fallout by Richard Brautigan
Publisher: Canongate
Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Tor Books
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2020.
TUE 10:30 Death Masks: The Undying Face (b0939wgs)
Sculptor and musician Nick Reynolds has revived the art of creating death masks.
Coming across Oliver Cromwell’s death mask on a school trip to Warwick Castle, Nick instantly became fascinated with the idea that you can stare at the actual facial features of a historical person.
He now owns the death masks of many famous people from Ned Kelly and Napoleon to Ken Russell and Ronnie Biggs. They decorate every wall in his flat, but he views them not as a macabre way of remembering the dead but as “a kind of time machine”.
In recent years, Nick has turned his artistic talents towards producing death masks and his portfolio includes the masks of William Rees-Mogg, Peter O’Toole and Sebastian Horsley.
Their nearest and dearest give their different reactions to the ‘undying face’ of the person they have lost.
Nick also visits London’s Highgate Cemetery to discuss our attitude to death and describes the death masks which adorn the gravestones of his father and of impresario Malcolm McLaren.
Contributors:
* Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
* Kate O’Toole – actress and daughter of Peter O’Toole
* Rachel Campbell Johnston – Chief Art Critic for The Times
* Dr Ian Dungavell - Chief Executive at Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust
Photograph by Rankin of Nick Reynolds holding his father's death mask
Music: Woke Up This Morning performed by Alabama 3 (Nick Reynolds on harmonica) Recorded by Visual Hybrid
Producer: Helen Lee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2017.
TUE 11:00 The Toff (b007jr60)
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TUE 11:30 The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather (m0021946)
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TUE 12:00 Flying the Flag (b007jxj2)
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TUE 12:30 The Goon Show (b00kjh64)
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TUE 13:00 It's a Fair Cop (m001xws4)
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TUE 13:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b014b98y)
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TUE 13:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05s2x2f)
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TUE 14:00 Genius (b008jdzb)
Series 2
Sid Waddell
Perforated bread and counselling with a twist.
Dave Gorman asks Darts commentator Sid Waddell to choose the public's best loopy idea.
Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2006.
TUE 14:30 Mum's on the Run (b00tpt3n)
Episode 4
Jen has trouble with mice, cats and the local constabulary.
Mum's on the Run is a modern-day twist on the single-family situation. It follows the hectic life ("What life?") of single mum, Jen.
Starring Ronni Ancona.
Mother of two, Master of none - Jen seems to spend most of her time as unpaid chauffeur to 15-year-old existentialist son Toby, and a tonally challenged recorder-playing 11-year-old daughter, Felicity.
She must also cope with her jazz musician ex-husband, the fiercely competitive and annoying downstairs neighbour and a huge crush on her son's history teacher.
Written by Alexis Zegerman.
Jen ...... Ronni Ancona
Mr. Rigby ...... John Gordon Sinclair
Shelley ...... Alexis Zegerman
Vivienne ...... Christine Kavanagh
Felicity ...... Amy Dabrowa
Toby ...... Alexander Heath
Policeman ...... Tony Bell
Police Radio ...... Sam Dale
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.
TUE 15:00 Drama on 4 (m0003tc1)
The Ferryhill Philosophers by Michael Chaplin
Psychological Continuity and the Waterfall of Self
Drama written by Michael Chaplin about an unlikely duo, an ex-miner and a senior lecturer wrestling with philosophical and moral dilemmas.
Joe and Hermione reassess their friendship as Joe welcomes a first grandchild and Hermione supports him in facing a family crisis, and together they say farewell to her father.
Alun Armstrong and Deborah Findlay star as the ex-miner and Durham University philosopher facing life’s big questions together.
Joe Snowball .... Alun Armstrong
Hermione Pink .... Deborah Findlay
Rachel .... Tracy Gillman
George .... Geoffrey Palmer
Archie .... David Holt
Director: Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey Production, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2019.
TUE 15:45 Anita and Me by Meera Syal (b007jxxt)
1. Telling Fibs
12-year-old Meena Kumar is an Asian girl living a fairly uneventful life in the Black Country village of Tollington near Wolverhampton in the 1970s - surrounded by her loving, if slightly eccentric, Punjabi family.
But then one day she meets Anita Rutter.....
Actress and comedy writer Meera Syal reads her first novel - abridged in ten parts by Doreen Estall.
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.
TUE 16:00 A Good Read (m000nv0d)
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TUE 16:30 Death Masks: The Undying Face (b0939wgs)
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TUE 17:00 The Toff (b007jr60)
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TUE 17:30 The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather (m0021946)
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TUE 18:00 Flying the Flag (b007jxj2)
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TUE 18:30 The Goon Show (b00kjh64)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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TUE 19:00 It's a Fair Cop (m001xws4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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TUE 19:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b014b98y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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TUE 19:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05s2x2f)
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TUE 20:00 Genius (b008jdzb)
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TUE 20:30 Mum's on the Run (b00tpt3n)
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TUE 21:00 Drama on 4 (m0003tc1)
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TUE 21:45 Anita and Me by Meera Syal (b007jxxt)
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TUE 22:00 Nature Table (m002tpq6)
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09:00 today]
TUE 22:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b01p98gy)
Series 3
Episode 4
Alternative therapies in ER, and it's Bhangraman to the rescue.
Starring:
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Kulvinder Ghir
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.
Written by Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sanjeev Kohli.
Script Editors: Sharat Sardana and Richard Pinto
Producer: Anil Gupta.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
TUE 23:00 My Teenage Diary (m000jg9x)
Series 9
Jan Ravens
Rufus Hound with more honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries.
In this episode, Rufus picks the lock on the diaries of comedian and impressionist Jan Ravens.
He's finding out about teenage crushes, slow dances and new year's resolutions.
Producer: Harriet Jaine
A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2020.
TUE 23:30 Forty Nights in the Wildebeest (b008gdcr)
Episode 2
Dan Freedman and Nick Romero push the pun count beyond the pain threshold.
Recorded at the Edinburgh Festival.
Including:
An American guide to 'Scotchland'
A song about Roget's Thesaurus
Sherlock Holmes handles a case in which a man is attacked with a large fruit. Cue pun.
Music is performed by the Gents.
Producers: Julian Mayers & Jayne Gibson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000.
WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL 2026
WED 00:00 A Good Read (m000nv0d)
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WED 00:30 Death Masks: The Undying Face (b0939wgs)
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WED 01:00 The Toff (b007jr60)
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WED 01:30 The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather (m0021946)
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WED 02:00 Flying the Flag (b007jxj2)
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WED 02:30 The Goon Show (b00kjh64)
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WED 03:00 It's a Fair Cop (m001xws4)
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WED 03:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b014b98y)
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WED 03:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05s2x2f)
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WED 04:00 Genius (b008jdzb)
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WED 04:30 Mum's on the Run (b00tpt3n)
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WED 05:00 Drama on 4 (m0003tc1)
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WED 05:45 Anita and Me by Meera Syal (b007jxxt)
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WED 06:00 The Toff (b007jr8v)
The Toff and the Runaway Bride
2. The Finger of Suspicion
After bride Barbara's disappearance, the Honourable Richard Rollison faces more mystery - on the trail of Major Guy Lessing's first wife...
Terence Alexander stars as the Toff - upper-class amateur sleuth, the Honourable Richard Rollison.
John Creasey’s detective novel dramatised by Roy Lomax.
The Toff ...... Terence Alexander
Jolly ...... Robert Dorning
Major Guy Lessing ...... Alan Cuthbertson
Barbara Lessing ...... Rosalind Shanks
Doctor ...... Dennis McCarthy
Kevin Brennan ...... Robert Lawn
Superintendent ...... Godfrey James
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson.
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1975.
WED 06:30 The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather (m002v13y)
2. Honesty's Best Fiddle
In prison, suave confidence man Pawson asks his fellow prisoner Smudger to make enquiries about a new inmate, Harding. Why?
Starring Henry Stamper.
The second of Berkely Mather's dramas in The Bounce Back series, all based on the theme of retribution.
Pawson, a confidence man .... Henry Stamper
Smudger, his Sancho Panza .... Lewis Stringer
Harding, a convict .... Geoffrey Matthews
Smiler, another convict .... Anthony Hall
The Duke of Ilmingshire .... Geoffrey Wincott
Julie, a convict's wife .... Madi Hedd
Det Chief Inspector Webster .... Wilfred Babbage
Prison Doctor …. Nigel Graham
Prison officers, convicts and others played by Antony Viccars, James Thomason and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Berkely Mather was a prolific British author who wrote for radio and TV - including ‘Z Cars’ and ‘The Avengers’ – plus a film credit for ‘Dr No.’
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1967.
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Recovered archive from an off-air recording. With warm thanks to our friends at the Radio Circle.
WED 07:00 After Henry (b007jmr5)
Series 1
The Dinner Party
Sarah plays hostess, Mother plays the martyr and daughter Clare holds a flat-warming party.
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women.
Struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband, the trio never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Sarah …. Prunella Scales
Eleanor …. Joan Sanderson
Russell …. Benjamin Whitrow
Clare …. Gerry Cowper
Leo Dolan …. Richard Davies
Gwen …. Ellen McIntosh
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1985.
WED 07:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jygy)
Series 1
The Boxing Champion
When the Lad hits the gym, he knocks down a prize boxer completely by chance - which gives Sid an idea...
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's classic comedy about the life and times of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With:
Moira Lister
Bill Kerr
Sidney James
Kenneth Williams
Paul Carpenter
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Music recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.
WED 08:00 What Does the K Stand For? (b08csqyb)
Series 3
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Relationships in the Amos household are strained by a new arrival.
Stephen K Amos stars in this sitcom about growing up black, gay and funny in 1980s south London.
Written by Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos.
With:
Ellen Thomas
Laurie Kynaston
Bola Okun
Emerald Crankson
Karen Bartke
David Sterne
Frances Barber
Producer: Paul Sheehan.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in February 2017.
WED 08:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b0148rvv)
3. Majorca
The Goon Show star Sir Harry Secombe recalls his idyllic holiday home in Majorca and his not-so-idyllic command of Spanish.
Autobiography of comedian and singer Sir Harry Secombe first published in 1982.
Abridged by Elizabeth Proud.
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.
WED 08:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05s33xj)
3. San Salvatore
Lotty and Rose begin to bask in the delicate warmth and beautiful fragrance of San Salvatore, but Mrs Fisher is still finding things to try her patience and Scrap still wants to hide herself away.
An advertisement in The Times, addressed to 'Those who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine' is the impetus for a revelatory month for four very different women. High above the bay on the Italian Riviera stands San Salvatore, a mediaeval castle. Beckoned to this haven are Lotty, Rose, Mrs Fisher and Lady Caroline Dester, each craving escape. Lulled by the Mediterranean spirit, they gradually shed their skins and discover a harmony each of them has longed for.
Elizabeth von Arnim’s novel is dramatised by Vivienne Allen.
Lotty Wilkins …. Pippa Nixon
Rose Arbuthnot …. Lyndsey Marshall
Lady Caroline ‘Scrap’…. Rhiannon Neads
Mrs Fisher …. Joanna Monro
Mellersh …. Stephen Critchley
Francesca .... Jessica Turner
Narrator …. Jenny Funnell
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2015
WED 09:00 Stand-Up Specials (m002tpsn)
Amy Annette: I Survived the Noughties
The Noughties are back. When award winning comedian Amy Annette first saw a visible thong re-emerging from the waistband of a cargo pant, she knew a Labour government was inevitable... And with Oasis back on the road, there can be no doubt.
With the teenagers of the Noughties now in positions of power (politicians, teachers, coffee shop baristas), Amy undertakes a comic investigation - a Panoramahaha, if you will - into the decade which gave us girls magazines, ballet flats and Trinny and Susannah.
We need someone to teach the next generation how to withstand the 00s lure of ‘Nothing Tastes as Good As Skinny Feels’... Amy Annette is that woman.
Written and performed by Amy Annette
Script Editor: Sarah Campbell
Produced and Directed by Lyndsay Fenner
Sound: David Thomas
A Mighty Bunny production for BBC Radio 4
WED 09:30 Classified Britain (m0007qyh)
Series 2
Irish Times, Dublin Daily Express, The Freeman's Journal, April 1886
James Naughtie finds the heartbeat of history in the front page small ads of old UK newspapers.
One the eve of Gladstone's first Home Rule Bill, three Irish newspapers appeal to their respective readerships for support for the Protestant poor of Dublin or the destitute inhabitants of the west of Ireland.
The Dublin Ladies Sanitary Association is tackling poverty in Dublin while the million and a half residents of Glasnevin cemetery tell their own stories.
Front page news is a relatively late addition to the newspaper business. For most of their first couple of centuries, British newspapers carried classified ads rather than news on their front page. They transformed the hustle and bustle of the marketplace into newsprint, so you could take it home or to the inn to pore over at your leisure.
James Naughtie travels the country discovering how these front page ads give us a snapshot of time and place, exploring how they weave national and local life together - the heartbeat of history rolling daily or weekly off the presses.
Producer: John Forsyth
A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019.
WED 09:45 Daily Service (m002v142)
James 3 - Taming the tongue
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: James 3 - Taming the Tongue
Presenter: Stewart Rapley
Reading: James 3:7-12
Music:
Lord your almighty word - Cantus Choro
For the beauty of the earth - BBC Young Choristers Belinda & Natalie & BBC Philharmonic
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind - Daily Service Singers
WED 10:00 Archive on 4 (m000v75j)
A Night with Prince
US music critic and broadcaster Ann Powers presents a tribute to Prince, framed around a night she spent with the star in 2008.
This was a night for hanging out in the singing star’s Hollywood mansion in Beverly Park - a place with the European opulence of an upscale spa.
And also for meeting his protege and girlfriend Bria Valente, and for listening to tracks in Prince’s limo, a local club – even his bedroom.
Contributors include:
* Keyboard player, Doctor Fink
* Sound engineer, Susan Rogers
* Biographer Dan Piepenbring, who was working on Prince's memoir just before he died
* Kristin Scott Thomas, whose first ever film role was in the Prince directed Under The Cherry Moon.
Producer: Clem Hitchcock
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2021.
WED 11:00 The Toff (b007jr8v)
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WED 11:30 The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather (m002v13y)
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WED 12:00 After Henry (b007jmr5)
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WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jygy)
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WED 13:00 What Does the K Stand For? (b08csqyb)
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WED 13:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b0148rvv)
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WED 13:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05s33xj)
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WED 14:00 The Write Stuff (m000dz4g)
Series 4
Enid Blyton
James Walton’s literary quiz with Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Sue Limb and Victoria Coren.
Author of the week: Enid Blyton
Reader: Becky Hindley
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.
WED 14:30 Alison and Maud (b007k3ds)
Series 2
A Gender Agenda
A visit from Bernard's mother raises suspicion for the two landladies.
Starring Denise Coffey and Miriam Margolyes.
Sue Limb's Bed and Breakfast sitcom about sisters Alison and Maud and their guests at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich.
Alison ...... Denise Coffey
Maud ...... Miriam Margolyes
Father ...... Joss Ackland
Mr Mullett ...... Chris Emmett
Bernard ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
WED 15:00 Drama on 4 (m00040m2)
The Ferryhill Philosophers by Michael Chaplin
Moral Luck and The F Word
Drama written by Michael Chaplin about an unlikely duo, an ex-miner and a senior lecturer wrestling with philosophical and moral dilemmas.
A man burdened with terrible guilt returns to Ferryhill to find forgiveness for his part in the death of a child.
Alun Armstrong and Deborah Findlay star as the ex-miner and Durham University philosopher facing life’s big questions together.
Joe Snowball .... Alun Armstrong
Hermione Pink .... Deborah Findlay
Mark Cornforth .... John Bowler
Barry Hardwick .... Trevor Fox
Kathy Merrington .... Jackie Lye
Bus Driver .... Dean Logan
Barmaid .... Tracy Gillman
Director: Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2019
WED 15:45 Anita and Me by Meera Syal (b007jxz2)
2. One of the Gang?
12-year-old Meena Kumar is an Asian girl living a fairly uneventful life in the Black Country village of Tollington near Wolverhampton in the 1970s - surrounded by her loving, if slightly eccentric, Punjabi family. But then one day she meets Anita Rutter.....
During the long summer holidays, Meena is desperate to fit in with the other children.
Actress and comedy writer Meera Syal reads her first novel - abridged in ten parts by Doreen Estall.
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1996.
WED 16:00 Archive on 4 (m000v75j)
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WED 17:00 The Toff (b007jr8v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 17:30 The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather (m002v13y)
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WED 18:00 After Henry (b007jmr5)
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WED 18:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jygy)
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WED 19:00 What Does the K Stand For? (b08csqyb)
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WED 19:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b0148rvv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 19:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05s33xj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 20:00 The Write Stuff (m000dz4g)
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WED 20:30 Alison and Maud (b007k3ds)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 21:00 Drama on 4 (m00040m2)
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WED 21:45 Anita and Me by Meera Syal (b007jxz2)
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WED 22:00 Stand-Up Specials (m002tpsn)
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WED 22:30 Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter from Salford (b00767qj)
Series 1
The Verse Was Yet to Come
The distinguished-but-hip London poet Sir Ralph Stanza is the new poet-in-residence for Salford.
This is all thanks to a specially-funded scheme displaying great cultural magnanimity towards the good people of the north of England.
As he straddles the streets of Orsdall and Weaste, in his panama hat, blazer and silk scarf, Sir Ralph's goal is to blend in with the locals and express their anger through his verse.
Written by and starring James Quinn as Sir Ralph Stanza.
With:
Alison Darling
Jack Deam
Mark Chatterton
Stephen Hoyle
Jemma Thompson
Producer: Graham Frost
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002.
WED 22:45 Heidi Regan: No Worries (m000xdqz)
Episode 1
As someone who tends to worry in 'normal' times, the pandemic has of course offered some exciting new areas of exploration for the anxious mind.
Having a partner who is a GP has both helped and not helped Heidi with that: worrying about her being safe, but also, yay, on tap medical advice!
That said, examining rashes of a loved one over dinner isn’t really the romance her partner signed up for.
As Heidi and her partner ponder some of the big questions in life, Heidi's brain resorts, as it always does, to distracting them (and the audience) with increasingly silly jokes as she makes an argument for the pros and cons of joking your way through life.
In this episode, Heidl ponders whether repressing her worries is better than sharing them.
Written and performed by Heidi Regan.
With thanks to Nick Elleray.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2021.
WED 23:00 Thom Tuck - Goes Straight to DVD (b01bwp8v)
Pilot
Thom Tuck recounts heart-rending tales of love and loss.
He lays bare all the failures he's suffered in his relationships - whilst drawing comparisons with the 54 straight-to-DVD Disney movies he's watched, so we don't have to.
These underrated gems - perhaps rightfully ignored and forgotten - mirror his experiences with women he has loved too often and too soon.
A show with a huge heart, all about heartbreak in various forms.
Thom Tuck is also part of acclaimed sketch group "The Penny Dreadfuls".
Producer: Lianne Coop
First broadcast on Radio 4 in February 2012.
WED 23:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007wp4b)
Series 2
Tony Hart
TV artist Tony Hart pays a visit and his timing couldn't be better as John is in the middle of painting the living room wall.
Maybe Tony could help - but no fancy murals mind you, as Mary wouldn't like it.
The semi-detached world of aspiring singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth comes direct from his front room in Sheffield.
With:
Lorraine Bowen
Stephen Frost
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Additional material by Martin Willis.
Producer: Dawn Ellis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000
THURSDAY 16 APRIL 2026
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THU 06:00 The Toff (b007jrcm)
The Toff and the Runaway Bride
3. No Sleep for the Wicked
With Guy and Barbara both now murder suspects - the Toff gets a shock when he breaks into the Major's flat.
Terence Alexander stars as the Toff - upper-class amateur sleuth, the Honourable Richard Rollison.
John Creasey’s detective novel dramatised by Roy Lomax.
The Toff ...... Terence Alexander
Jolly ...... Robert Dorning
Superintendent ...... Godfrey James
Barbara Lessing ...... Rosalind Shanks
Police Officer ...... Clifford Norgate
Major Guy Lessing ...... Alan Cuthbertson
Rose Lessing ...... Denise Buckley
Holy Joe ...... David Graham
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson.
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1975.
THU 06:30 The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather (m002v098)
3. Stake-Out
What will Renton do when he hears that notorious prisoner Filby is going to make a deal with Scotland Yard?
A 'stakeout' is a live goat tethered in the jungle as bait for a tiger....
Starring Harold Kasket.
The third of Berkely Mather's dramas in The Bounce Back series, all based on the theme of retribution.
Renton .... Harold Kasket
Scander .... Bruce Beeby
George .... Ronald Herdman
Nigel .... Allan McClelland
Thrumbold .... Walter Fitzgerald
Binacre .... Alan Dudley
Press-ups .... Frank Henderson
Filby .... Geoffrey Wincote
Simpson .... Humphrey Morton
Other parts played by Mary Grimes, James Thomason and LeRoy Lingwood
Berkely Mather was a prolific British author who wrote for radio and TV - including ‘Z Cars’ and ‘The Avengers’ – plus a film credit for ‘Dr No.’
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1967.
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Recovered archive from an off-air recording. With thanks to our friends at the Radio Circle.
THU 07:00 Tales From the Mausoleum Club (b007jnpk)
Soldiers Three: India Nil
A chilling tale of what happened when a greedy soldier gets all that he wishes for.
Stars Stephen Fry.
Star-packed curious and macabre comedy series set in a very exclusive London club.
Written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie.
Dr Sen ...... Roshan Seth
Atkins ...... Michael Robbins
Lanyard Sapling ...... Stephen Fry
Storm ...... Oliver Cotton
Green ...... Royce Mills
Tribesman ...... Sam Dastor
Mr Jacob ...... Michael Ripper
Music: Max Harris
Producer: Paul Spencer.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1987.
THU 07:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7ft)
Series 2
Do You-Know-What The Burkiss Way
Any doubts about you-know-what are put to rest.
The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living courtesy of:
Jo Kendall
Nigel Rees
Chris Emmett
Fred Harris
With written hints by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick (who don't want to spell it out).
A discreet production from Simon Brett.
Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1977.
THU 08:00 Hennikay (m000xdt7)
Introducing Hennikay
Comedy musician star, Bill Bailey plays Guy Starling, a stressed out, middle aged man who, after 45 years is suddenly revisited by his imaginary childhood friend.
Guy is on the brink of closing the biggest deal in the history of Maidstone, but when he strides into his office at Solutify Technology, a software house that develops games for grown-ups, he is confronted by an 11-year-old boy, playing keepy-uppies.
And to make matters worse, no one else can see or hear him. Because he is Hennikay, Guy’s imaginary friend from a lonely childhood.
Hennikay refuses to leave and though he sees the world through the eyes of a child from 1976, Hennikay might just be in time to help his oldest (and only) friend in the world save the day and close the deal.
Guy – Bill Bailey
Tony – Sanjeev Bhaskar
Marika – Elizabeth Carling
Kallie – Anna Leong Brophy
Don – John Schwab
Hennikay – Max Pattison
Written by David Spicer
Producer Liz Anstee
A CPL production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2021.
THU 08:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b0148wfr)
4. Variety and Comedians
The Goon Show star Sir Harry Secombe remembers his early career on stage in variety - and recalls his friendship with a young Tony Hancock.
Autobiography of comedian and singer Sir Harry Secombe first published in 1982.
Abridged by Elizabeth Proud.
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.
THU 08:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05s3gz0)
4. Golden Days
San Salvatore is working its magic on Mellersh Wilkins too and he in turn has managed to charm both Scrap and Mrs Fisher as the beautiful golden days drop gently one by one.
An advertisement in The Times, addressed to 'Those who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine' is the impetus for a revelatory month for four very different women. High above the bay on the Italian Riviera stands San Salvatore, a mediaeval castle. Beckoned to this haven are Lotty, Rose, Mrs Fisher and Lady Caroline Dester, each craving escape. Lulled by the Mediterranean spirit, they gradually shed their skins and discover a harmony each of them has longed for.
Elizabeth von Arnim’s novel is dramatised by Vivienne Allen.
Lotty Wilkins …. Pippa Nixon
Rose Arbuthnot …. Lyndsey Marshall
Lady Caroline ‘Scrap’…. Rhiannon Neads
Mrs Fisher …. Joanna Monro
Mellersh …. Stephen Critchley
Francesca .... Jessica Turner
Briggs .… Neet Mohan
Narrator …. Jenny Funnell
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2015.
THU 09:00 The Matt Forde Focus Group (m002tpvp)
Series 2
5. The Politics of Denial
The cheese is locked up. The Navy can't sail to a war. Reform won't touch the triple lock pension. And nobody, apparently, has anything to answer for. Top political comedian Matt Forde convenes his Focus Group in front of a live theatre audience with a forensically matched panel — journalist and author Helen Lewis, conservative commentator Tim Montgomerie, and former SNP MP Mhairi Black — to ask whether denial has become the default setting in British politics.
From a shoplifting epidemic that politicians have decided not to notice, to the vast gap between Britain's naval self-image and its actual capacity to put to sea, and the cross-party conspiracy of silence around a pension policy everyone suspects is unaffordable but nobody will touch, this is an episode about the uncomfortable distance between what politicians know and what they're prepared to say.
Written and presented by Matt Forde
With additional material from Karl Minns, Ruth Husko and Richard Garvin
Produced by Richard Garvin
Co-Producer: Daisy Knight
Sound Design and Edit: David Thomas
Executive Producers: Jon Thoday and Richard Allen Turner
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4
THU 09:30 Classified Britain (m0007wv6)
Series 2
Oxford Times, 7 May 1926
James Naughtie finds the heartbeat of history in the front page small ads of old UK newspapers.
The classified ads in the Oxford Times of May 7th 1926, the midpoint of the General Strike, spell out the state of emergency and announce a rally at which Labour MP, Oliver Baldwin, son of the Conservative Prime Minister, will speak in support of the strike.
The Morris car plant has displaced the University as the city's biggest employer and the Jane Austin Agency is recruiting battalions of domestic staff.
Front page news is a relatively late addition to the newspaper business. For most of their first couple of centuries, British newspapers carried classified ads rather than news on their front page. They transformed the hustle and bustle of the marketplace into newsprint, so you could take it home or to the inn to pore over at your leisure.
James Naughtie travels the country discovering how these front page ads give us a snapshot of time and place, exploring how they weave national and local life together - the heartbeat of history rolling daily or weekly off the presses.
Producer: John Forsyth
A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019.
THU 09:45 Daily Service (m002v09c)
James 4 - Favour to the humble
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: James 4 - Favour to the humble
Presenter: Isabelle Hamley
Reading: James 4:6–10
Music:
A Grateful Heart - Mary Plumstead
Paul Phoenix
CD: Jubilate - Golden favourites from St Paul's Cathedral (Guild)
In all things - Andrew Earis
St Martin's Voices
BBC recording
Nada te turbe - Taize
Taize Community
CD: Laudes omnes gentes (Ateliers et Presses de Taizé)
Act justly - Bernadette Farrell
CD: Love goes on - Bernadette Farrell (OCP)
THU 10:00 Great Lives (m0008hx2)
Comedian Sindhu Vee on Prince
Comedian Sindhu Vee has loved Prince ever since she was a young girl in India - when her sister gave her illicit cassettes recorded from US radio.
A pop polymath and global superstar, Prince was also a man of extreme contradictions and multiple personas.
Hearing his music changed Sindhu's life forever, and seeing him perform influenced her career as a comedian.
Sindhu is joined by BAFTA-winning investigative journalist Mobeen Azhar (who saw Prince live 54 times) and presenter Matthew Parris, to discuss the life of Prince Rogers Nelson.
Produced at BBC Bristol by Eliza Lomas.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2019.
THU 10:30 This Are 2-Tone (b009pdfz)
Back in the 1980s bands like the Specials, the Beat, Madness and the Selecter created a new sound born from a blend of punk, reggae and ska.
Phill Jupitus investigates the social importance of 2 Tone music in Britain.
Featuring:
Pauline Black
Neville Staple
Ranking Roger
Woody Barson
Mike Barson
Les Black
Jerry Dammers
Producer: Geoff Bird
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2008.
THU 11:00 The Toff (b007jrcm)
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THU 11:30 The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather (m002v098)
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THU 13:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b0148wfr)
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THU 13:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05s3gz0)
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THU 14:00 Who Goes There? (b0076bdv)
Series 6
Episode 6
Martin Young chairs the biographical quiz show about the noteworthy and notorious.
Tackling the biographical teasers are team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego.
With guests:
Geoffrey Durham
Jenny Colgan
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.
THU 14:30 HR (b01bm0p7)
Series 3
Disabled
The two 60-something chums have just lost their pensions.
Sam balks at Peter's outrageous survival measures. But will he become embroiled?
Nigel Williams' much-praised comedy series
Peter ..... Jonathan Pryce
Sam ..... Nicholas le Prevost
Doctor ..... Paul Moriarty
Director: Peter Kavanagh.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.
THU 15:00 Drama on 4 (m00047t8)
The Ferryhill Philosophers by Michael Chaplin
The Toddler In The Pond and A Bottle Of Pop
Drama written by Michael Chaplin about an unlikely duo, an ex-miner and a senior lecturer wrestling with philosophical and moral dilemmas.
Joe encounters the stark reality of twenty first century poverty close to home and responds in the only way he can.
Alun Armstrong and Deborah Findlay star as the ex-miner and Durham University philosopher facing life’s big questions together.
Joe Snowball .... Alun Armstrong
Hermione Pink .... Deborah Findlay
Louise .... Laura Elphinstone
Rob .... Dean Bone
Bayissa .... Okorie Chukwu
WPC Chase .... Tracy Gillman
Director: Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey Production, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2019.
THU 15:45 Anita and Me by Meera Syal (b007jy0b)
3. Mum's the Word
12-year-old Meena Kumar is an Asian girl living a fairly uneventful life in the Black Country village of Tollington near Wolverhampton in the 1970s - surrounded by her loving, if slightly eccentric, Punjabi family. But then one day she meets Anita Rutter.....
Meena hears racial insults and is also shocked when she hears some big family news.
Actress and comedy writer Meera Syal reads her first novel - abridged in ten parts by Doreen Estall.
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1996.
THU 16:00 Great Lives (m0008hx2)
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THU 19:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05s3gz0)
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THU 22:00 The Matt Forde Focus Group (m002tpvp)
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THU 22:30 Alex Edelman's Peer Group (m000fgsk)
Series 3
Mental Health
Award-winning comedian Alex Edelman uses personal experience to discuss his own mental health and its wider relevance today.
With help from his "peer group" at the University of West London, Alex examines current attitudes to mental health, and how people deal with it.
Written and performed by Alex Edelman.
With additional material from Alfie Brown, Rebecca Nicholson, David Burstein, Catherine Brinkworth and Kat Sadler.
Producer: Sam Michell
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2020.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m002vd3y)
Paul Greenberg 3/3
From
10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Paul Garner chats once more to Canadian comic, writer and actor Paul Greenberg
THU 23:00 Beyond The Back of Beyond (m002v09f)
1. Men
Brian Tongue is getting married. But can fellow explorer Mark Bark-Jones persuade him to take a final trip to the Amazon in search of the mythical Wet People?
Starring Neil Warhurst, Paul Barnhill and Rosie Cavallero.
First episode of a six-part comedy written by - and starring - Paul Barnhill and Neil Warhurst.
Mark .... Neil Warhurst
Brian .... Paul Barnhill
Sandra .... Rosie Cavaliero
Luke .... Mark Benton
Mawa .... Jacey Salles
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.
THU 23:15 Life on Egg (b087p3sm)
Series 1
Inspection
Harry Hill runs Britain's remotest prison, The Egg, along with his two assistants, Peter and Anne.
But escape rates have gotten out of control and so the government has decided to send two inspectors to look things over.
Will Harry and his team survive their strenuous checks?
Find out in "Life on Egg".
Harry ..... Harry Hill
Anne ..... Karen Bartke
Peter ..... Marek Larwood
Minister ..... Alison Belbin
Tim ..... Jason Forbes
Skulk ..... Jason Forbes
Jones ..... Dan Maier
Written by Dan Maier
Producer: Sam Michell
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2017.
THU 23:30 The Pin (m0006lsk)
Series 4
Magic
Comedy from Ben and Alex, aka "The Pin", in a sketch-sitcom hybrid.
The award-winning sketch duo are forced to record their latest series in their flat and the boys are glad of the new creative freedom this opportunity presents, away from the "prying eyes of the BBC". Unfortunately, their creative freedom is short-lived, thanks to numerous intrusions from the boys' unlucky neighbour Maria, Ben's restaurant-reviewing mother and a disappearing magician.
Written and performed by Alex Owen and Ben Ashenden.
With:
Pippa Haywood
Celeste Dring
Ellen Roberstson
Krupa Pattani
Jason Forbes
Producer: Sam Michell
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2019.
FRIDAY 17 APRIL 2026
FRI 00:00 Great Lives (m0008hx2)
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FRI 03:00 Hennikay (m000xdt7)
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FRI 03:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b0148wfr)
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FRI 03:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05s3gz0)
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FRI 04:00 Who Goes There? (b0076bdv)
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FRI 04:30 HR (b01bm0p7)
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FRI 05:00 Drama on 4 (m00047t8)
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FRI 05:45 Anita and Me by Meera Syal (b007jy0b)
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FRI 06:00 The Toff (b007jrfz)
The Toff and the Runaway Bride
4. Death Is No Alibi
As the murder count mounts, the police hunt Richard - and there's a discovery in the River Thames...
Terence Alexander stars as the Toff - upper-class amateur sleuth, the Honourable Richard Rollison.
John Creasey’s detective novel dramatised by Roy Lomax.
The Toff ...... Terence Alexander
Jolly ...... Robert Dorning
Inspector Ellerby ...... Roger Gartland
Sergeant ...... Michael Shannon
Inspector Reno ...... Godfrey James
Robert Lawn ...... Kevin Brennan
Barbara Lessing ...... Rosalind Shanks
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson.
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1975.
FRI 06:30 The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather (m002v1rk)
4. Just a Detail
Young Creech approaches Sutcliffe. Army battalion pay day might be a very good opportunity for a robbery....
Starring Hector Ross.
The fourth of Berkely Mather's dramas in The Bounce Back series, all based on the theme of retribution.
Sutcliffe .... Hector Ross
Falder .... Wilfred Barrage
Creech .... Anthony Hall
Briggs .... Haydn Jones
Meldrum .... Alan Dudley
Mr Capper .... John Baddeley
Barmaid .... Gudrun Ure
Lt Partington .... Douglas Hankin
Mr Bradshaw .... Hamlyn Benson
Loder .... Leroy Lingwood
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company.
Berkely Mather was a prolific British author who wrote for radio and TV - including ‘Z Cars’ and ‘The Avengers’ – plus a film credit for ‘Dr No.’
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1967.
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Recovered archive from an off-air recording. With thanks to our friends at the Radio Circle.
FRI 07:00 No Commitments (b007jmrw)
Series 1
Old Embers
Victoria reunites sister Anna with an old flame.
Simon Brett’s sitcom about the lives and squabbles of three very different sisters.
Anna …. Rosemary Leach
Victoria …. Nicola Pagett
Charlotte …. Celia Imrie
Delia …. Maxine Audley
Guy …. David Swift
Wilson/The Waiter …. Neil Roberts
Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.
FRI 07:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k27m)
Series 5
The Desperate Hours
After news of a jail break at Wormwood Scrubs, Albert and Harold get some unwelcome visitors.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.
Classic sitcom about the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold.
Written for BBC TV and adapted for BBC Radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
Johnny Spooner …. Leonard Rossiter
Frank Ferris …. Paddy Joyce
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in May 1974.
FRI 08:00 Mark Steel's in Town (m001cdrp)
Series 12
Paris
Mark Steel continues his award winning show that travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness.
After thoroughly researching each location, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for a local audience.
Mark brushes up on his French and visits Paris. Yeah, that Paris. The one in France. Where he performs an evening of comedy on board a boat on the river Seine. As he immerses himself in the French capital, he shares his thoughts on the best things in Paris.
Written and performed by Mark Steel.
With special thanks to Mark's French teacher Fatima Belaouzi.
Additional material by Pete Sinclair.
Producers: Carl Cooper and Richard Morris
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2022.
FRI 08:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b01494gh)
5. Sports and Swansea
The Goon Show star Sir Harry Secombe recalls his school days in Wales, lessons in sportsmanship, and he makes a few confessions.
Conclusion of the autobiography of comedian and singer Sir Harry Secombe.
Abridged by Elizabeth Proud.
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.
FRI 08:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05s3nmt)
5. A Mysterious Visitor
The arrival of Mr Briggs, the owner of the castle, charms everyone but Scrap. Then another visitor threatens to bring disharmony too. Can the enchantment of San Salvatore win through?
An advertisement in The Times, addressed to 'Those who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine' is the impetus for a revelatory month for four very different women. High above the bay on the Italian Riviera stands San Salvatore, a mediaeval castle. Beckoned to this haven are Lotty, Rose, Mrs Fisher and Lady Caroline Dester, each craving escape. Lulled by the Mediterranean spirit, they gradually shed their skins and discover a harmony each of them has longed for.
Elizabeth von Arnim’s novel is dramatised by Vivienne Allen.
Lotty Wilkins …. Pippa Nixon
Rose Arbuthnot …. Lyndsey Marshall
Lady Caroline ‘Scrap’…. Rhiannon Neads
Mrs Fisher …. Joanna Monro
Mellersh …. Stephen Critchley
Frederick …. Chris Pavlo
Briggs … Neet Mohan
Francesca .... Jessica Turner
Narrator …. Jenny Funnell
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2015.
FRI 09:00 Carbon Lifeforms (m001ng0b)
Travel
Comedian (and actual council recycling education officer) Jon Long teams up with broadcaster (and actual scientist) Dr Tara Shine to (carbon) capture all things sustainable travel.
Expect jokes, sketches, songs and special guests Jeremy Vine and Kerry Godliman.
Additional voices Alasdair Beckett-King and Lu Corfield.
Produced and directed by Jon Holmes
Production coordinator: Laura Grimshaw
Live sound: David Thomas
Post-production sound: Tony Churnside
An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 09:30 Classified Britain (m000823f)
Series 2
Ripley and Heanor News, 2 July 1948
James Naughtie concludes his exploration of history through front page small ads.
The Ripley and Heanor News - serving the towns of the Amber Valley, north of Derby - reveals the austerity of post war recovery in its columns, the home made entertainment in the days before television's domination and a meeting with one of the best known mediums in the Midlands.
Front page news is a relatively late addition to the newspaper business. For most of their first couple of centuries, British newspapers carried classified ads rather than news on their front page. They transformed the hustle and bustle of the marketplace into newsprint, so you could take it home or to the inn to pore over at your leisure.
James Naughtie travels the country discovering how these front page ads give us a snapshot of time and place, exploring how they weave national and local life together - the heartbeat of history rolling daily or weekly off the presses.
Producer: John Forsyth
A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019.
FRI 09:45 Daily Service (m002v1rm)
James 5: Patience in Suffering
Christian reflection and music with Fr Adrian Porter of the Jesuit Church of the Sacred Heart in Edinburgh.
Reading: James 5: 7-11
FRI 10:00 Soul Music (m0017k0j)
Purple Rain
"I never meant to cause you any sorrow, I never meant to cause you any pain..."
True stories of what Prince's epic ballad means to different people around the world, from the very first jam in 1983 to the global hit that reigns over us today.
Bobby Z, the drummer from Prince and The Revolution, remembers the buzz of the first ever performance of Purple Rain, and how the recording from that night lives on.
Susan Rogers, Prince's recording engineer, tells stories from the Purple Rain tour, when the crew took bets on how long Prince's guitar solos would last.
Comedian Sindhu Vee first heard the song as a teenager growing up in India and was knocked sideways by it.
Weather reporter Judith Ralston describes the beautiful and rare weather phenomenon of purple rain.
Social historian Zaheer Ali sees the song as a cry out for change, bringing audiences from different backgrounds together in cross-genre harmony.
And finally, an intensive care hospital nurse played Purple Rain to Kevin Clarke while he was in a coma, because his sister knew he loved the song and hoped it might pull him through.
Producer: Becky Ripley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2022.
FRI 10:30 A Portrait Of... (b09b0shf)
Edward Watson
Follow artist Fiona Graham-Mackay as she paints a portrait of Edward Watson, Principal of the Royal Ballet.
The relationship between an artist and her sitter is unique, a bit like being in the therapist's chair. The painter stripping away the layers to reveal the true likeness of her subject and, in the hush of the studio, conversations meander in unexpected ways.
"It's an adventure - waiting to see what comes out."
While Fiona sketches and paints, we hear about Edward's life as a ballet dancer, overcoming his self-doubt, being an introverted performer, and those lonely moments on stage in front of an audience.
Fiona Graham-Mackay has painted hundreds of portraits, including Prince Michael of Kent, Seamus Heaney and Lord Carrington.
In all her sittings she has always been fascinated by the conversations with her subjects and continues to be amazed by how people open up in ways that surprise even themselves as she paints them. What is revealed goes beyond anything you might expect in an ordinary interview.
Producer: Eve Streeter
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2017.
FRI 11:00 The Toff (b007jrfz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 11:30 The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather (m002v1rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 12:00 No Commitments (b007jmrw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k27m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Mark Steel's in Town (m001cdrp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b01494gh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 13:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05s3nmt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:45 today]
FRI 14:00 The Personality Test (b00n02yq)
Series 2
Claire Rayner
Agony aunt Claire Rayner quizzes a panel about herself.
With:
Sue Perkins
Will Smith
Robin Ince
Lucy Porter
Series with changing hosts who quiz the panel.
Script by Richard Turner and Simon Littlefield.
Devised and produced by Aled Evans.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2007.
FRI 14:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00kfsky)
Series 3
This Is Your Life
It's excitement all round as the staff and children prepare to celebrate the return of Head Teacher, Mrs Devon
School comedy created and written by Jim Eldridge
The original King Street Junior ran for ten series from 1985 to 1998 and the cast included Peter Davison, James Grout and Karl Howman.
King Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005
Mrs Devon.....................Carolyn Pickles
Miss Lewis.....................Marlene Sidaway
Mr Maxwell....................Michael Cochrane
Miss Featherstone.......Teresa Gallagher
Miss Reid.........................Jacqueline Beatty
Mrs Khan..........................Janice Acquah
Mr Long.............................Paul Copley
Paul Devon........................Christopher Ravenscroft
Roscoe................................Daryl Moore
Tracy....................................Reanna Calvert
Brandon.............................Charlie Barker
Kylie....................................Elisha Mansuroglu
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
FRI 15:00 Drama on 4 (m0004f00)
The Ferryhill Philosophers by Michael Chaplin
Google Grief and All The Gold Of Darius
Drama written by Michael Chaplin about an unlikely duo, an ex-miner and a senior lecturer wrestling with philosophical and moral dilemmas.
Hermione and Joe confront the complexities and joys of friendship and love in both their lives and face up to commitments.
Alun Armstrong and Deborah Findlay star as the ex-miner and Durham University philosopher facing life’s big questions together.
Joe Snowball .... Alun Armstrong
Hermione Pink .... Deborah Findlay
Gloria .... Tracy Whitwell
Lucy .... Lauren Kellegher
Peter .... Dean Bone
Director: Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey Production, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2019.
FRI 15:45 Anita and Me by Meera Syal (b007jy1l)
4. Ganesh
12-year-old Meena Kumar is an Asian girl living a fairly uneventful life in the Black Country village of Tollington near Wolverhampton in the 1970s - surrounded by her loving, if slightly eccentric, Punjabi family. But then one day she meets Anita Rutter.....
Meena causes a stir when she appears before her family wearing make-up for the first time. Anita warns her not to go to the fair so, what does she do.......
Actress and comedy writer Meera Syal reads her first novel - abridged in ten parts by Doreen Estall.
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1996.
FRI 16:00 Soul Music (m0017k0j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:30 A Portrait Of... (b09b0shf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:30 today]
FRI 17:00 The Toff (b007jrfz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 17:30 The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather (m002v1rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 18:00 No Commitments (b007jmrw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
FRI 18:30 Steptoe and Son (b007k27m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 19:00 Mark Steel's in Town (m001cdrp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe (b01494gh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 19:45 The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (b05s3nmt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:45 today]
FRI 20:00 The Personality Test (b00n02yq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 today]
FRI 20:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00kfsky)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Drama on 4 (m0004f00)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:00 today]
FRI 21:45 Anita and Me by Meera Syal (b007jy1l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:45 today]
FRI 22:00 Carbon Lifeforms (m001ng0b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 22:30 Josh Howie's Losing It (m0000nm5)
Series 2
The Choice
Stand-up comic Josh and his wife battle to come to terms with the arrival of their first child.
Josh and his wife visit a friend to discuss the idea of circumcision.
Unfortunately Josh isn’t entirely comfortable with what they have to say.
Sitcom starring Josh Howie and Pippa Evans.
Written by Josh Howie.
Josh ...... Josh Howie
Monique ...... Pippa Evans
With:
Tova Leigh
Liran Nathan
Producer: Ashley Blaker.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.
FRI 23:00 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (m0019k4r)
Series 4
Dr Hummel
Mel gets happy tablets from her GP as Vicki stages her leaving party complete with celebrity guests.
Written by and starring Mel Hudson & Vicki Pepperdine
With:
Martin Hyder
Lewis MacLeod
Jim North
Additional material by Rhodri Crooks, Paul Kerensa, Richie Devlin, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
Music by Richie Webb
Producer Chris Neill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.
FRI 23:30 The Show What You Wrote (b0368nzq)
Series 1
Crime and Thriller
This is the sketch show series made up entirely from sketches sent in by the public.
We've picked the best sketches from thousands of submissions.
Each show is based on different themes, from kitchen sink drama, to kitchen sink drama.
This episode is all about crime and thriller.
Recorded in Manchester in front of a live audience.
Starring:
John Thomson
Helen Moon
Fiona Clarke
Gavin Webster
Script Editor: Jon Hunter
Written by Jack Bernhardt, James Boughen, Peter Brush, Dominic Burgess, John Dennett, Richard Felber, Andy Fell, Robert Frimston & Edward Rowett, Stephen Holford, Caspian James, Nathan King, Nick Hall, Matt Oakley, John-Luke Roberts, Eddie Robson, Ash Williamson.
Producers: Carl Cooper & Alexandra Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
2025 by Mike Walker
16:00 SAT (b00j0hbm)
2025 by Mike Walker
00:00 SUN (b00j0hbm)
4 Extra Goes Gardening
10:00 SAT (m000twkq)
4 Extra Goes Gardening
15:00 SAT (m000twkq)
4 Extra Goes Gardening
21:00 SAT (m000twkq)
4 Extra Goes Gardening
05:00 SUN (m000twkq)
A Good Read
10:00 TUE (m000nv0d)
A Good Read
16:00 TUE (m000nv0d)
A Good Read
00:00 WED (m000nv0d)
A Portrait Of...
10:30 FRI (b09b0shf)
A Portrait Of...
16:30 FRI (b09b0shf)
After Henry
07:00 WED (b007jmr5)
After Henry
12:00 WED (b007jmr5)
After Henry
18:00 WED (b007jmr5)
After Henry
02:00 THU (b007jmr5)
Alex Edelman's Peer Group
22:30 THU (m000fgsk)
Alison and Maud
14:30 WED (b007k3ds)
Alison and Maud
20:30 WED (b007k3ds)
Alison and Maud
04:30 THU (b007k3ds)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
15:45 TUE (b007jxxt)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
21:45 TUE (b007jxxt)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
05:45 WED (b007jxxt)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
15:45 WED (b007jxz2)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
21:45 WED (b007jxz2)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
05:45 THU (b007jxz2)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
15:45 THU (b007jy0b)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
21:45 THU (b007jy0b)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
05:45 FRI (b007jy0b)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
15:45 FRI (b007jy1l)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
21:45 FRI (b007jy1l)
Archive on 4
10:00 WED (m000v75j)
Archive on 4
16:00 WED (m000v75j)
Archive on 4
00:00 THU (m000v75j)
Bang-Bang You're Dead by Muriel Spark
15:45 MON (m002tzst)
Bang-Bang You're Dead by Muriel Spark
21:45 MON (m002tzst)
Bang-Bang You're Dead by Muriel Spark
05:45 TUE (m002tzst)
Beyond Our Ken
09:30 SAT (m000ncxl)
Beyond Our Ken
14:30 SAT (m000ncxl)
Beyond Our Ken
20:30 SAT (m000ncxl)
Beyond Our Ken
04:30 SUN (m000ncxl)
Beyond The Back of Beyond
23:00 THU (m002v09f)
Boswell's Lives
08:00 MON (b05vh1p4)
Boswell's Lives
13:00 MON (b05vh1p4)
Boswell's Lives
19:00 MON (b05vh1p4)
Boswell's Lives
03:00 TUE (b05vh1p4)
Bunk Bed
23:45 SUN (m001nvzp)
Carbon Lifeforms
09:00 FRI (m001ng0b)
Carbon Lifeforms
22:00 FRI (m001ng0b)
Classified Britain
09:30 MON (m0007bc2)
Classified Britain
09:30 TUE (m0007khr)
Classified Britain
09:30 WED (m0007qyh)
Classified Britain
09:30 THU (m0007wv6)
Classified Britain
09:30 FRI (m000823f)
Control Group Six
07:00 MON (b00752n7)
Control Group Six
12:00 MON (b00752n7)
Control Group Six
18:00 MON (b00752n7)
Control Group Six
02:00 TUE (b00752n7)
Dad's Army
07:30 MON (b007jp3q)
Dad's Army
12:30 MON (b007jp3q)
Dad's Army
18:30 MON (b007jp3q)
Dad's Army
02:30 TUE (b007jp3q)
Daily Service
09:45 MON (m002tzsr)
Daily Service
09:45 TUE (m002v16j)
Daily Service
09:45 WED (m002v142)
Daily Service
09:45 THU (m002v09c)
Daily Service
09:45 FRI (m002v1rm)
Damien Slash
22:30 MON (m000mr70)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
06:45 SUN (b00lj1nf)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
11:45 SUN (b00lj1nf)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
17:45 SUN (b00lj1nf)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
01:45 MON (b00lj1nf)
Death Masks: The Undying Face
10:30 TUE (b0939wgs)
Death Masks: The Undying Face
16:30 TUE (b0939wgs)
Death Masks: The Undying Face
00:30 WED (b0939wgs)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
06:00 SUN (m002tzn7)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
11:00 SUN (m002tzn7)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
17:00 SUN (m002tzn7)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
01:00 MON (m002tzn7)
Drama on 4
05:00 SAT (m0011l0r)
Drama on 4
15:00 MON (b09k8v3t)
Drama on 4
21:00 MON (b09k8v3t)
Drama on 4
05:00 TUE (b09k8v3t)
Drama on 4
15:00 TUE (m0003tc1)
Drama on 4
21:00 TUE (m0003tc1)
Drama on 4
05:00 WED (m0003tc1)
Drama on 4
15:00 WED (m00040m2)
Drama on 4
21:00 WED (m00040m2)
Drama on 4
05:00 THU (m00040m2)
Drama on 4
15:00 THU (m00047t8)
Drama on 4
21:00 THU (m00047t8)
Drama on 4
05:00 FRI (m00047t8)
Drama on 4
15:00 FRI (m0004f00)
Drama on 4
21:00 FRI (m0004f00)
Ed Reardon's Week
23:00 SUN (b09gg8tr)
Flying the Flag
07:00 TUE (b007jxj2)
Flying the Flag
12:00 TUE (b007jxj2)
Flying the Flag
18:00 TUE (b007jxj2)
Flying the Flag
02:00 WED (b007jxj2)
Forty Nights in the Wildebeest
23:30 TUE (b008gdcr)
Genius
14:00 TUE (b008jdzb)
Genius
20:00 TUE (b008jdzb)
Genius
04:00 WED (b008jdzb)
Goodness Gracious Me
22:30 TUE (b01p98gy)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
08:30 MON (b0147g9m)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
13:30 MON (b0147g9m)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
19:30 MON (b0147g9m)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
03:30 TUE (b0147g9m)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
08:30 TUE (b014b98y)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
13:30 TUE (b014b98y)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
19:30 TUE (b014b98y)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
03:30 WED (b014b98y)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
08:30 WED (b0148rvv)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
13:30 WED (b0148rvv)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
19:30 WED (b0148rvv)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
03:30 THU (b0148rvv)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
08:30 THU (b0148wfr)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
13:30 THU (b0148wfr)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
19:30 THU (b0148wfr)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
03:30 FRI (b0148wfr)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
08:30 FRI (b01494gh)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
13:30 FRI (b01494gh)
Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
19:30 FRI (b01494gh)
Great Lives
10:00 THU (m0008hx2)
Great Lives
16:00 THU (m0008hx2)
Great Lives
00:00 FRI (m0008hx2)
HR
14:30 THU (b01bm0p7)
HR
20:30 THU (b01bm0p7)
HR
04:30 FRI (b01bm0p7)
Hancock's Half Hour
07:30 WED (b007jygy)
Hancock's Half Hour
12:30 WED (b007jygy)
Hancock's Half Hour
18:30 WED (b007jygy)
Hancock's Half Hour
02:30 THU (b007jygy)
Heidi Regan: No Worries
22:45 WED (m000xdqz)
Hennikay
08:00 THU (m000xdt7)
Hennikay
13:00 THU (m000xdt7)
Hennikay
19:00 THU (m000xdt7)
Hennikay
03:00 FRI (m000xdt7)
Inheritance Tracks
08:40 SUN (m002tznd)
Inheritance Tracks
13:40 SUN (m002tznd)
Inheritance Tracks
19:40 SUN (m002tznd)
Inheritance Tracks
03:40 MON (m002tznd)
Instant Sunshine
10:00 SUN (b007jxgk)
Instant Sunshine
15:00 SUN (b007jxgk)
Instant Sunshine
21:00 SUN (b007jxgk)
Instant Sunshine
05:00 MON (b007jxgk)
It's a Fair Cop
08:00 TUE (m001xws4)
It's a Fair Cop
13:00 TUE (m001xws4)
It's a Fair Cop
19:00 TUE (m001xws4)
It's a Fair Cop
03:00 WED (m001xws4)
Jim the Great
10:30 SUN (b011kvms)
Jim the Great
15:30 SUN (b011kvms)
Jim the Great
21:30 SUN (b011kvms)
Jim the Great
05:30 MON (b011kvms)
Josh Howie's Losing It
22:30 FRI (m0000nm5)
Just a Minute
14:00 MON (b013214n)
Just a Minute
20:00 MON (b013214n)
Just a Minute
04:00 TUE (b013214n)
King Street Junior Revisited
04:30 SAT (b00k8x8x)
King Street Junior Revisited
14:30 FRI (b00kfsky)
King Street Junior Revisited
20:30 FRI (b00kfsky)
Let Me Tell You What I Mean: A New Collection of Essays by Joan Didion (Omnibus)
07:30 SAT (m002v2jf)
Let Me Tell You What I Mean: A New Collection of Essays by Joan Didion (Omnibus)
12:30 SAT (m002v2jf)
Let Me Tell You What I Mean: A New Collection of Essays by Joan Didion (Omnibus)
18:30 SAT (m002v2jf)
Let Me Tell You What I Mean: A New Collection of Essays by Joan Didion (Omnibus)
02:30 SUN (m002v2jf)
Life on Egg
23:15 THU (b087p3sm)
Life: An Idiot's Guide
23:00 SAT (b044w2t8)
Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (Omnibus)
08:50 SUN (m002tzng)
Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (Omnibus)
13:50 SUN (m002tzng)
Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (Omnibus)
19:50 SUN (m002tzng)
Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (Omnibus)
03:50 MON (m002tzng)
Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor
03:45 SAT (b01p7hcy)
Little Shop of Colours
00:30 SAT (b092f90h)
Mark Steel's in Town
03:00 SAT (m001c65f)
Mark Steel's in Town
08:00 FRI (m001cdrp)
Mark Steel's in Town
13:00 FRI (m001cdrp)
Mark Steel's in Town
19:00 FRI (m001cdrp)
Mum's on the Run
14:30 TUE (b00tpt3n)
Mum's on the Run
20:30 TUE (b00tpt3n)
Mum's on the Run
04:30 WED (b00tpt3n)
Musical Genes
10:00 MON (b00dyknm)
Musical Genes
16:00 MON (b00dyknm)
Musical Genes
00:00 TUE (b00dyknm)
My Teenage Diary
23:00 TUE (m000jg9x)
Nature Table
09:00 TUE (m002tpq6)
Nature Table
22:00 TUE (m002tpq6)
No Commitments
02:00 SAT (b007jmrd)
No Commitments
07:00 FRI (b007jmrw)
No Commitments
12:00 FRI (b007jmrw)
No Commitments
18:00 FRI (b007jmrw)
Paperback Hell
23:30 SUN (m000ndr5)
Poetry Extra
07:00 SUN (m002tznb)
Poetry Extra
12:00 SUN (m002tznb)
Poetry Extra
18:00 SUN (m002tznb)
Poetry Extra
02:00 MON (m002tznb)
Radio Active
23:30 SAT (b007jqbg)
Radio Shuttleworth
23:30 WED (b007wp4b)
Revolting People
22:00 SUN (b007jrqj)
Rob Newman
23:30 MON (b08pf09g)
Sarah Millican's Support Group
22:30 SAT (b011d6rf)
Short Works
05:45 SAT (m0001p70)
Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter from Salford
22:30 WED (b00767qj)
Soul Music
00:00 SAT (b00rdyrb)
Soul Music
10:00 FRI (m0017k0j)
Soul Music
16:00 FRI (m0017k0j)
Stand-Up Specials
09:00 WED (m002tpsn)
Stand-Up Specials
22:00 WED (m002tpsn)
Steptoe and Son
02:30 SAT (b007k1r0)
Steptoe and Son
07:30 FRI (b007k27m)
Steptoe and Son
12:30 FRI (b007k27m)
Steptoe and Son
18:30 FRI (b007k27m)
Tales From the Mausoleum Club
07:00 THU (b007jnpk)
Tales From the Mausoleum Club
12:00 THU (b007jnpk)
Tales From the Mausoleum Club
18:00 THU (b007jnpk)
Tales From the Mausoleum Club
02:00 FRI (b007jnpk)
Tarot: Soundbleed
22:45 MON (m0010gyk)
Terry Pratchett
16:00 SUN (b010ns71)
Terry Pratchett
00:00 MON (b010ns71)
The Absolutely Radio Show
22:00 SAT (b068sp4g)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
06:30 TUE (m0021946)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
11:30 TUE (m0021946)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
17:30 TUE (m0021946)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
01:30 WED (m0021946)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
06:30 WED (m002v13y)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
11:30 WED (m002v13y)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
17:30 WED (m002v13y)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
01:30 THU (m002v13y)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
06:30 THU (m002v098)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
11:30 THU (m002v098)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
17:30 THU (m002v098)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
01:30 FRI (m002v098)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
06:30 FRI (m002v1rk)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
11:30 FRI (m002v1rk)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
17:30 FRI (m002v1rk)
The Burkiss Way
07:30 THU (b00jr7ft)
The Burkiss Way
12:30 THU (b00jr7ft)
The Burkiss Way
18:30 THU (b00jr7ft)
The Burkiss Way
02:30 FRI (b00jr7ft)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 SAT (m002vd73)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 MON (m002vd76)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 THU (m002vd3y)
The Diaries of Adrian Mole (Omnibus)
07:30 SUN (b097m45s)
The Diaries of Adrian Mole (Omnibus)
12:30 SUN (b097m45s)
The Diaries of Adrian Mole (Omnibus)
18:30 SUN (b097m45s)
The Diaries of Adrian Mole (Omnibus)
02:30 MON (b097m45s)
The Diaries of Adrian Mole
03:30 SAT (b096jkgk)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
08:45 MON (b05rnx7m)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
13:45 MON (b05rnx7m)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
19:45 MON (b05rnx7m)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
03:45 TUE (b05rnx7m)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
08:45 TUE (b05s2x2f)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
13:45 TUE (b05s2x2f)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
19:45 TUE (b05s2x2f)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
03:45 WED (b05s2x2f)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
08:45 WED (b05s33xj)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
13:45 WED (b05s33xj)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
19:45 WED (b05s33xj)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
03:45 THU (b05s33xj)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
08:45 THU (b05s3gz0)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
13:45 THU (b05s3gz0)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
19:45 THU (b05s3gz0)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
03:45 FRI (b05s3gz0)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
08:45 FRI (b05s3nmt)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
13:45 FRI (b05s3nmt)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
19:45 FRI (b05s3nmt)
The Fosdyke Saga
08:45 SAT (b007jrqp)
The Fosdyke Saga
13:45 SAT (b007jrqp)
The Fosdyke Saga
19:45 SAT (b007jrqp)
The Fosdyke Saga
03:45 SUN (b007jrqp)
The Goon Show
07:30 TUE (b00kjh64)
The Goon Show
12:30 TUE (b00kjh64)
The Goon Show
18:30 TUE (b00kjh64)
The Goon Show
02:30 WED (b00kjh64)
The Great Impersonation
01:30 SAT (m000mdn8)
The Hudson and Pepperdine Show
23:00 FRI (m0019k4r)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
09:00 SAT (b0089jcz)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
14:00 SAT (b0089jcz)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
20:00 SAT (b0089jcz)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
04:00 SUN (b0089jcz)
The Matt Forde Focus Group
09:00 THU (m002tpvp)
The Matt Forde Focus Group
22:00 THU (m002tpvp)
The Naked Week
23:00 MON (m002tqm0)
The Personality Test
04:00 SAT (b00mvs9s)
The Personality Test
14:00 FRI (b00n02yq)
The Personality Test
20:00 FRI (b00n02yq)
The Pin
23:30 THU (m0006lsk)
The Show What You Wrote
23:30 FRI (b0368nzq)
The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII
14:30 MON (b0076j87)
The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII
20:30 MON (b0076j87)
The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII
04:30 TUE (b0076j87)
The Slide
16:30 SUN (m000lt2f)
The Slide
00:30 MON (m000lt2f)
The Surgeon Of Crowthorne
10:30 MON (b00758bl)
The Surgeon Of Crowthorne
16:30 MON (b00758bl)
The Surgeon Of Crowthorne
00:30 TUE (b00758bl)
The Toff
06:00 TUE (b007jr60)
The Toff
11:00 TUE (b007jr60)
The Toff
17:00 TUE (b007jr60)
The Toff
01:00 WED (b007jr60)
The Toff
06:00 WED (b007jr8v)
The Toff
11:00 WED (b007jr8v)
The Toff
17:00 WED (b007jr8v)
The Toff
01:00 THU (b007jr8v)
The Toff
06:00 THU (b007jrcm)
The Toff
11:00 THU (b007jrcm)
The Toff
17:00 THU (b007jrcm)
The Toff
01:00 FRI (b007jrcm)
The Toff
06:00 FRI (b007jrfz)
The Toff
11:00 FRI (b007jrfz)
The Toff
17:00 FRI (b007jrfz)
The Write Stuff
14:00 WED (m000dz4g)
The Write Stuff
20:00 WED (m000dz4g)
The Write Stuff
04:00 THU (m000dz4g)
This Are 2-Tone
10:30 THU (b009pdfz)
This Are 2-Tone
16:30 THU (b009pdfz)
This Are 2-Tone
00:30 FRI (b009pdfz)
Thom Tuck - Goes Straight to DVD
23:00 WED (b01bwp8v)
Unspeakable
09:00 MON (m002tpnk)
Unspeakable
22:00 MON (m002tpnk)
Weak at the Top
22:30 SUN (b00tlwzg)
What Does the K Stand For?
08:00 WED (b08csqyb)
What Does the K Stand For?
13:00 WED (b08csqyb)
What Does the K Stand For?
19:00 WED (b08csqyb)
What Does the K Stand For?
03:00 THU (b08csqyb)
Who Goes There?
14:00 THU (b0076bdv)
Who Goes There?
20:00 THU (b0076bdv)
Who Goes There?
04:00 FRI (b0076bdv)
Whodunnits
01:00 SAT (b007jxtt)
Whodunnits
06:00 SAT (m002tzgy)
Whodunnits
11:00 SAT (m002tzgy)
Whodunnits
17:00 SAT (m002tzgy)
Whodunnits
01:00 SUN (m002tzgy)
Whodunnits
06:00 MON (b00x7fb5)
Whodunnits
11:00 MON (b00x7fb5)
Whodunnits
17:00 MON (b00x7fb5)
Whodunnits
01:00 TUE (b00x7fb5)
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES ORDERED BY GENRE
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
Comedy
Beyond Our Ken
09:30 SAT (m000ncxl)
Beyond Our Ken
14:30 SAT (m000ncxl)
Beyond Our Ken
20:30 SAT (m000ncxl)
Beyond Our Ken
04:30 SUN (m000ncxl)
Beyond The Back of Beyond
23:00 THU (m002v09f)
Boswell's Lives
08:00 MON (b05vh1p4)
Boswell's Lives
13:00 MON (b05vh1p4)
Boswell's Lives
19:00 MON (b05vh1p4)
Boswell's Lives
03:00 TUE (b05vh1p4)
Jim the Great
10:30 SUN (b011kvms)
Jim the Great
15:30 SUN (b011kvms)
Jim the Great
21:30 SUN (b011kvms)
Jim the Great
05:30 MON (b011kvms)
King Street Junior Revisited
04:30 SAT (b00k8x8x)
King Street Junior Revisited
14:30 FRI (b00kfsky)
King Street Junior Revisited
20:30 FRI (b00kfsky)
Life on Egg
23:15 THU (b087p3sm)
Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (Omnibus)
08:50 SUN (m002tzng)
Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (Omnibus)
13:50 SUN (m002tzng)
Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (Omnibus)
19:50 SUN (m002tzng)
Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (Omnibus)
03:50 MON (m002tzng)
Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor
03:45 SAT (b01p7hcy)
The Fosdyke Saga
08:45 SAT (b007jrqp)
The Fosdyke Saga
13:45 SAT (b007jrqp)
The Fosdyke Saga
19:45 SAT (b007jrqp)
The Fosdyke Saga
03:45 SUN (b007jrqp)
The Naked Week
23:00 MON (m002tqm0)
The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII
14:30 MON (b0076j87)
The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII
20:30 MON (b0076j87)
The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII
04:30 TUE (b0076j87)
Thom Tuck - Goes Straight to DVD
23:00 WED (b01bwp8v)
Comedy: Character
Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter from Salford
22:30 WED (b00767qj)
The Diaries of Adrian Mole (Omnibus)
07:30 SUN (b097m45s)
The Diaries of Adrian Mole (Omnibus)
12:30 SUN (b097m45s)
The Diaries of Adrian Mole (Omnibus)
18:30 SUN (b097m45s)
The Diaries of Adrian Mole (Omnibus)
02:30 MON (b097m45s)
The Diaries of Adrian Mole
03:30 SAT (b096jkgk)
Comedy: Chat
Genius
14:00 TUE (b008jdzb)
Genius
20:00 TUE (b008jdzb)
Genius
04:00 WED (b008jdzb)
My Teenage Diary
23:00 TUE (m000jg9x)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 SAT (m002vd73)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 MON (m002vd76)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 THU (m002vd3y)
Comedy: Music
Instant Sunshine
10:00 SUN (b007jxgk)
Instant Sunshine
15:00 SUN (b007jxgk)
Instant Sunshine
21:00 SUN (b007jxgk)
Instant Sunshine
05:00 MON (b007jxgk)
Comedy: Panel Shows
Carbon Lifeforms
09:00 FRI (m001ng0b)
Carbon Lifeforms
22:00 FRI (m001ng0b)
Just a Minute
14:00 MON (b013214n)
Just a Minute
20:00 MON (b013214n)
Just a Minute
04:00 TUE (b013214n)
Nature Table
09:00 TUE (m002tpq6)
Nature Table
22:00 TUE (m002tpq6)
The Personality Test
04:00 SAT (b00mvs9s)
The Personality Test
14:00 FRI (b00n02yq)
The Personality Test
20:00 FRI (b00n02yq)
The Write Stuff
14:00 WED (m000dz4g)
The Write Stuff
20:00 WED (m000dz4g)
The Write Stuff
04:00 THU (m000dz4g)
Unspeakable
09:00 MON (m002tpnk)
Unspeakable
22:00 MON (m002tpnk)
Comedy: Satire
The Matt Forde Focus Group
09:00 THU (m002tpvp)
The Matt Forde Focus Group
22:00 THU (m002tpvp)
The Naked Week
23:00 MON (m002tqm0)
Comedy: Sitcoms
After Henry
07:00 WED (b007jmr5)
After Henry
12:00 WED (b007jmr5)
After Henry
18:00 WED (b007jmr5)
After Henry
02:00 THU (b007jmr5)
Alison and Maud
14:30 WED (b007k3ds)
Alison and Maud
20:30 WED (b007k3ds)
Alison and Maud
04:30 THU (b007k3ds)
Dad's Army
07:30 MON (b007jp3q)
Dad's Army
12:30 MON (b007jp3q)
Dad's Army
18:30 MON (b007jp3q)
Dad's Army
02:30 TUE (b007jp3q)
Ed Reardon's Week
23:00 SUN (b09gg8tr)
Flying the Flag
07:00 TUE (b007jxj2)
Flying the Flag
12:00 TUE (b007jxj2)
Flying the Flag
18:00 TUE (b007jxj2)
Flying the Flag
02:00 WED (b007jxj2)
HR
14:30 THU (b01bm0p7)
HR
20:30 THU (b01bm0p7)
HR
04:30 FRI (b01bm0p7)
Hancock's Half Hour
07:30 WED (b007jygy)
Hancock's Half Hour
12:30 WED (b007jygy)
Hancock's Half Hour
18:30 WED (b007jygy)
Hancock's Half Hour
02:30 THU (b007jygy)
Hennikay
08:00 THU (m000xdt7)
Hennikay
13:00 THU (m000xdt7)
Hennikay
19:00 THU (m000xdt7)
Hennikay
03:00 FRI (m000xdt7)
Josh Howie's Losing It
22:30 FRI (m0000nm5)
Life on Egg
23:15 THU (b087p3sm)
Mum's on the Run
14:30 TUE (b00tpt3n)
Mum's on the Run
20:30 TUE (b00tpt3n)
Mum's on the Run
04:30 WED (b00tpt3n)
No Commitments
02:00 SAT (b007jmrd)
No Commitments
07:00 FRI (b007jmrw)
No Commitments
12:00 FRI (b007jmrw)
No Commitments
18:00 FRI (b007jmrw)
Revolting People
22:00 SUN (b007jrqj)
Sarah Millican's Support Group
22:30 SAT (b011d6rf)
Steptoe and Son
02:30 SAT (b007k1r0)
Steptoe and Son
07:30 FRI (b007k27m)
Steptoe and Son
12:30 FRI (b007k27m)
Steptoe and Son
18:30 FRI (b007k27m)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
09:00 SAT (b0089jcz)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
14:00 SAT (b0089jcz)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
20:00 SAT (b0089jcz)
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
04:00 SUN (b0089jcz)
Weak at the Top
22:30 SUN (b00tlwzg)
What Does the K Stand For?
08:00 WED (b08csqyb)
What Does the K Stand For?
13:00 WED (b08csqyb)
What Does the K Stand For?
19:00 WED (b08csqyb)
What Does the K Stand For?
03:00 THU (b08csqyb)
Comedy: Sketch
Beyond Our Ken
09:30 SAT (m000ncxl)
Beyond Our Ken
14:30 SAT (m000ncxl)
Beyond Our Ken
20:30 SAT (m000ncxl)
Beyond Our Ken
04:30 SUN (m000ncxl)
Control Group Six
07:00 MON (b00752n7)
Control Group Six
12:00 MON (b00752n7)
Control Group Six
18:00 MON (b00752n7)
Control Group Six
02:00 TUE (b00752n7)
Damien Slash
22:30 MON (m000mr70)
Forty Nights in the Wildebeest
23:30 TUE (b008gdcr)
Goodness Gracious Me
22:30 TUE (b01p98gy)
Instant Sunshine
10:00 SUN (b007jxgk)
Instant Sunshine
15:00 SUN (b007jxgk)
Instant Sunshine
21:00 SUN (b007jxgk)
Instant Sunshine
05:00 MON (b007jxgk)
Rob Newman
23:30 MON (b08pf09g)
Tarot: Soundbleed
22:45 MON (m0010gyk)
The Absolutely Radio Show
22:00 SAT (b068sp4g)
The Burkiss Way
07:30 THU (b00jr7ft)
The Burkiss Way
12:30 THU (b00jr7ft)
The Burkiss Way
18:30 THU (b00jr7ft)
The Burkiss Way
02:30 FRI (b00jr7ft)
The Goon Show
07:30 TUE (b00kjh64)
The Goon Show
12:30 TUE (b00kjh64)
The Goon Show
18:30 TUE (b00kjh64)
The Goon Show
02:30 WED (b00kjh64)
The Hudson and Pepperdine Show
23:00 FRI (m0019k4r)
The Pin
23:30 THU (m0006lsk)
The Show What You Wrote
23:30 FRI (b0368nzq)
Comedy: Spoof
Paperback Hell
23:30 SUN (m000ndr5)
Radio Active
23:30 SAT (b007jqbg)
Tales From the Mausoleum Club
07:00 THU (b007jnpk)
Tales From the Mausoleum Club
12:00 THU (b007jnpk)
Tales From the Mausoleum Club
18:00 THU (b007jnpk)
Tales From the Mausoleum Club
02:00 FRI (b007jnpk)
The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII
14:30 MON (b0076j87)
The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII
20:30 MON (b0076j87)
The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII
04:30 TUE (b0076j87)
Comedy: Standup
Alex Edelman's Peer Group
22:30 THU (m000fgsk)
Heidi Regan: No Worries
22:45 WED (m000xdqz)
It's a Fair Cop
08:00 TUE (m001xws4)
It's a Fair Cop
13:00 TUE (m001xws4)
It's a Fair Cop
19:00 TUE (m001xws4)
It's a Fair Cop
03:00 WED (m001xws4)
Life: An Idiot's Guide
23:00 SAT (b044w2t8)
Mark Steel's in Town
03:00 SAT (m001c65f)
Mark Steel's in Town
08:00 FRI (m001cdrp)
Mark Steel's in Town
13:00 FRI (m001cdrp)
Mark Steel's in Town
19:00 FRI (m001cdrp)
Rob Newman
23:30 MON (b08pf09g)
Stand-Up Specials
09:00 WED (m002tpsn)
Stand-Up Specials
22:00 WED (m002tpsn)
Drama
Bang-Bang You're Dead by Muriel Spark
15:45 MON (m002tzst)
Bang-Bang You're Dead by Muriel Spark
21:45 MON (m002tzst)
Bang-Bang You're Dead by Muriel Spark
05:45 TUE (m002tzst)
Drama on 4
05:00 SAT (m0011l0r)
Drama on 4
15:00 MON (b09k8v3t)
Drama on 4
21:00 MON (b09k8v3t)
Drama on 4
05:00 TUE (b09k8v3t)
Drama on 4
15:00 TUE (m0003tc1)
Drama on 4
21:00 TUE (m0003tc1)
Drama on 4
05:00 WED (m0003tc1)
Drama on 4
15:00 WED (m00040m2)
Drama on 4
21:00 WED (m00040m2)
Drama on 4
05:00 THU (m00040m2)
Drama on 4
15:00 THU (m00047t8)
Drama on 4
21:00 THU (m00047t8)
Drama on 4
05:00 FRI (m00047t8)
Drama on 4
15:00 FRI (m0004f00)
Drama on 4
21:00 FRI (m0004f00)
King Street Junior Revisited
04:30 SAT (b00k8x8x)
King Street Junior Revisited
14:30 FRI (b00kfsky)
King Street Junior Revisited
20:30 FRI (b00kfsky)
Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (Omnibus)
08:50 SUN (m002tzng)
Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (Omnibus)
13:50 SUN (m002tzng)
Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (Omnibus)
19:50 SUN (m002tzng)
Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor (Omnibus)
03:50 MON (m002tzng)
Little Grudges by Hattie Naylor
03:45 SAT (b01p7hcy)
Short Works
05:45 SAT (m0001p70)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
06:30 TUE (m0021946)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
11:30 TUE (m0021946)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
17:30 TUE (m0021946)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
01:30 WED (m0021946)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
06:30 WED (m002v13y)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
11:30 WED (m002v13y)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
17:30 WED (m002v13y)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
01:30 THU (m002v13y)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
06:30 THU (m002v098)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
11:30 THU (m002v098)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
17:30 THU (m002v098)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
01:30 FRI (m002v098)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
06:30 FRI (m002v1rk)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
11:30 FRI (m002v1rk)
The Bounce Back by Berkely Mather
17:30 FRI (m002v1rk)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
08:45 MON (b05rnx7m)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
13:45 MON (b05rnx7m)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
19:45 MON (b05rnx7m)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
03:45 TUE (b05rnx7m)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
08:45 TUE (b05s2x2f)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
13:45 TUE (b05s2x2f)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
19:45 TUE (b05s2x2f)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
03:45 WED (b05s2x2f)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
08:45 WED (b05s33xj)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
13:45 WED (b05s33xj)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
19:45 WED (b05s33xj)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
03:45 THU (b05s33xj)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
08:45 THU (b05s3gz0)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
13:45 THU (b05s3gz0)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
19:45 THU (b05s3gz0)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
03:45 FRI (b05s3gz0)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
08:45 FRI (b05s3nmt)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
13:45 FRI (b05s3nmt)
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
19:45 FRI (b05s3nmt)
The Great Impersonation
01:30 SAT (m000mdn8)
Drama: Biographical
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
15:45 TUE (b007jxxt)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
21:45 TUE (b007jxxt)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
05:45 WED (b007jxxt)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
15:45 THU (b007jy0b)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
21:45 THU (b007jy0b)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
05:45 FRI (b007jy0b)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
15:45 FRI (b007jy1l)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
21:45 FRI (b007jy1l)
Boswell's Lives
08:00 MON (b05vh1p4)
Boswell's Lives
13:00 MON (b05vh1p4)
Boswell's Lives
19:00 MON (b05vh1p4)
Boswell's Lives
03:00 TUE (b05vh1p4)
Drama: Crime
The Toff
06:00 TUE (b007jr60)
The Toff
11:00 TUE (b007jr60)
The Toff
17:00 TUE (b007jr60)
The Toff
01:00 WED (b007jr60)
The Toff
06:00 WED (b007jr8v)
The Toff
11:00 WED (b007jr8v)
The Toff
17:00 WED (b007jr8v)
The Toff
01:00 THU (b007jr8v)
The Toff
06:00 THU (b007jrcm)
The Toff
11:00 THU (b007jrcm)
The Toff
17:00 THU (b007jrcm)
The Toff
01:00 FRI (b007jrcm)
The Toff
06:00 FRI (b007jrfz)
The Toff
11:00 FRI (b007jrfz)
The Toff
17:00 FRI (b007jrfz)
Whodunnits
01:00 SAT (b007jxtt)
Whodunnits
06:00 SAT (m002tzgy)
Whodunnits
11:00 SAT (m002tzgy)
Whodunnits
17:00 SAT (m002tzgy)
Whodunnits
01:00 SUN (m002tzgy)
Whodunnits
06:00 MON (b00x7fb5)
Whodunnits
11:00 MON (b00x7fb5)
Whodunnits
17:00 MON (b00x7fb5)
Whodunnits
01:00 TUE (b00x7fb5)
Drama: Horror & Supernatural
The Slide
16:30 SUN (m000lt2f)
The Slide
00:30 MON (m000lt2f)
Drama: SciFi & Fantasy
2025 by Mike Walker
16:00 SAT (b00j0hbm)
2025 by Mike Walker
00:00 SUN (b00j0hbm)
Terry Pratchett
16:00 SUN (b010ns71)
Terry Pratchett
00:00 MON (b010ns71)
Drama: Thriller
Control Group Six
07:00 MON (b00752n7)
Control Group Six
12:00 MON (b00752n7)
Control Group Six
18:00 MON (b00752n7)
Control Group Six
02:00 TUE (b00752n7)
Entertainment
Bunk Bed
23:45 SUN (m001nvzp)
The Personality Test
04:00 SAT (b00mvs9s)
The Personality Test
14:00 FRI (b00n02yq)
The Personality Test
20:00 FRI (b00n02yq)
Who Goes There?
14:00 THU (b0076bdv)
Who Goes There?
20:00 THU (b0076bdv)
Who Goes There?
04:00 FRI (b0076bdv)
Entertainment: Variety Shows
Radio Shuttleworth
23:30 WED (b007wp4b)
Factual
A Good Read
10:00 TUE (m000nv0d)
A Good Read
16:00 TUE (m000nv0d)
A Good Read
00:00 WED (m000nv0d)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
15:45 WED (b007jxz2)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
21:45 WED (b007jxz2)
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
05:45 THU (b007jxz2)
Archive on 4
10:00 WED (m000v75j)
Archive on 4
16:00 WED (m000v75j)
Archive on 4
00:00 THU (m000v75j)
Bunk Bed
23:45 SUN (m001nvzp)
Death Masks: The Undying Face
10:30 TUE (b0939wgs)
Death Masks: The Undying Face
16:30 TUE (b0939wgs)
Death Masks: The Undying Face
00:30 WED (b0939wgs)
Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media
A Portrait Of...
10:30 FRI (b09b0shf)
A Portrait Of...
16:30 FRI (b09b0shf)
Classified Britain
09:30 MON (m0007bc2)
Classified Britain
09:30 TUE (m0007khr)
Classified Britain
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Let Me Tell You What I Mean: A New Collection of Essays by Joan Didion (Omnibus)
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Let Me Tell You What I Mean: A New Collection of Essays by Joan Didion (Omnibus)
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Let Me Tell You What I Mean: A New Collection of Essays by Joan Didion (Omnibus)
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The Write Stuff
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This Are 2-Tone
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A Good Read
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The Surgeon Of Crowthorne
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Little Shop of Colours
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Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
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Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
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Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
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Goon Abroad by Sir Harry Secombe
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Let Me Tell You What I Mean: A New Collection of Essays by Joan Didion (Omnibus)
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Let Me Tell You What I Mean: A New Collection of Essays by Joan Didion (Omnibus)
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Let Me Tell You What I Mean: A New Collection of Essays by Joan Didion (Omnibus)
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Let Me Tell You What I Mean: A New Collection of Essays by Joan Didion (Omnibus)
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The Surgeon Of Crowthorne
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The Surgeon Of Crowthorne
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Musical Genes
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Musical Genes
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This Are 2-Tone
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