SATURDAY 05 NOVEMBER 2022

SAT 00:00 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (m0006fdh)
4. Dead End

'How am I supposed to find supplies like this - chained to a lot of blind men?'

Bill is forced to help a group of blind survivors. Will he ever find Josella, again?

John Wyndham's classic sci-fi novel.

Dramatised by Giles Cooper.

Gary Watson …... Bill Masen
James McManus ..…. Alf
Michael Deacon …... Mac
Jan Edwards ..…. Lucy
Peter Sallis ..…. Coker
Hilda Kriseman …... Miss Durrant
John Pullen …... Stephen Brennell
Wilfred Carter …... Sid
Rosalind Shanks …... Vera
Ann Murray …... Woman

Music composed by David Cain.

Producer: John Powell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1968.


SAT 00:30 Musical Genes (b00f1w1v)
Series 1

Matt Monro Jr

Tom Morton meets the professional musician son of legendary singer Matt Monro.

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.


SAT 01:00 Wimsey (b00scvsc)
Have His Carcase

6. All a Question of Time

Will inspiration strike?

The upper class sleuth battles to finally unmask a killer.

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

Conclusion dramatised by Alistair Beaton.

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Harriet Vane …. Maria Aitken
Inspector Umpelty …. Nigel Stock
Leila Garland …. Rosalind Ayres
Saunders …. John Webb
Polwhistle …. Alan Dudley
Tom …. Andrew Secombe
Narrator …. John Westbrook

Producer: Martin Fisher

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1981.


SAT 01:30 Cadfael (b007k28z)
Dead Man's Ransom

5. A Helping Hand

With a strong case against Elis, will Brother Cadfael solve the sheriff's murder?

Starring Philip Madoc.

Conclusion of Ellis Peters’ medieval thriller featuring the Benedictine monk and amateur sleuth.

Dramatised by Bert Coules.

Cadfael …. Philip Madoc
Hugh Beringar …. Jonathan Tafler
Sister Magdalen …. Susannah York
Elis …. Jason Hughes
Melicent …. Kate Odey
Prince Owain …. Sion Probert
Eliud …. Mark Lewis Jones
Ithel/Herbard …. Shaun Prendergast
Cristina …. Siobahn Flynn
Villager …. David Holt
Narrator …. Michael Kitchen

Music by Peter Salem.

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1991.


SAT 02:00 Buzz by Dr Thor Hanson (b0b8gx0f)
Episode 5

California’s Central Valley produces 81% of the world’s annual almond harvest.

There’s a problem though - the method of harvesting eliminates bees from the orchards.

Bees are like oxygen - ubiquitous, essential and, for the most part, unseen. While we might overlook them, they lie at the heart of relationships that bind the human and natural worlds. Dr Thor Hanson concludes the journey that began 125 million years ago, when a wasp first dared to feed pollen to its young.

From honeybees and bumbles to lesser-known diggers, miners, leafcutters, and masons, bees have long been central to our harvests, our mythologies, and our very existence. They have given us sweetness and light, the beauty of flowers and as much as a third of the foodstuffs we eat. And, alarmingly, they are at risk of disappearing.

Concluded by Elliot Levey.

Abridged by Polly Coles.

Producer: Clive Brill

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


SAT 02:15 Lavinia Greenlaw - Five Fever Tales (b03yqwhg)
5. Emergency Prescriptions Kept Up One's Sleeve

A drama serial by Lavinia Greenlaw about one of the oldest of human diseases.

Emergency Prescriptions Kept Up One's Sleeve: the old ones are (still) sometimes the best.

Malaria has blighted human life in parts of the world for as long as humans have been humans. The mosquito, the parasite it carries, and the human bloodstream are evolving together. In many places the parasite still has the upper hand. Emergency Prescriptions Kept up One's Sleeve: the last of five dramas based on facts and taking in ancient historical itches and ideas about the disease and the latest scientific attempts to understand and outwit it.

The disease caused by a parasite carried in the saliva of female mosquitoes came to humans probably from gorillas a long time ago. Through recorded history the fever-prompting disease has shadowed humans almost everywhere warm enough for mosquitoes to live between the Poles. We have evolved together. It is still the biggest killer of children in parts of the world.

Made in collaboration with Wellcome Trust.

Written by Lavinia Greenlaw.

Narrator: Siobhan Redmond.

Other parts played by:

Russell Boulter
Richard Bremmer
David Collins
Jasmine Hyde
John Mackay

Medical/science adviser: Julian Rayner, Sanger Institute.

Music and sound design: Jon Nicholls.

Producer: Tim Dee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.


SAT 02:30 The Business of Film with Mark Kermode (b054pbwz)
The Business of Showing

Mark Kermode considers the business of showing films in the last of three programmes.

The route from script to finance to screen can be a long one - but then it all comes down to one nervous opening weekend.

Marketing may convince us of a film's merit but, one comment on social media can ruin even the most inventive campaign.

Film festivals are vital for launching a film. The Autumn festival season is where artistic creators battle for the first showing of the most talked about films. For many independent film makers exposure through awards is seen as a crucial - or perhaps only - means of survival. The artistic director of the Toronto Film festival reveals how film makers plead with him to admit their films.

The decline in DVD sales has led to nearly a halving of studio profits. Vincent Bruzzese runs a research entertainment firm and believes there is a disconnect between the film makers and the audience. By analysing data, it's possible to work out why a certain scene works. Hit on certain story tropes and a film will do well.

Netflix and Amazon's are all about giving customers what they want. Their algorithms are set to challenge the studios' dominance. How long is it until the streaming services become major studios themselves?

Meanwhile, the growth of cinema multiplexes have paved the way for boutique cinemas and the notion of the film as an event. Audiences today are engaging with films in very different ways, so how do UK cinemas make most of their money?

Producers: Barney Rowntree and Nick Jones

A Hidden Flack production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2015.


SAT 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007jmtp)
The Personal History of David Copperfield

5. Good and Bad Angels

David falls in love, not with Agnes, but with Dora Spenlow - a companion of Jane Murdstone who treated him so badly as a child.

Steerforth arrives with a letter from Peggotty saying her husband, Barkis, is unwell.

Charles Dickens described this novel as his "favourite child" with some events following his own life.

Starring Sheila Hancock, Phil Daniels and Gary Cady.

All-star dramatisation by Betty Davies

David Copperfield ...... Gary Cady
Betsey Trotwood ...... Miriam Margolyes
Wilkins Micawber ...... Harold Innocent
Mrs Micawber ...... Sheila Hancock
Uriah Heep ...... Phil Daniels
Dora ...... Maria Miles
Steerforth ...... Andrew Wincon
Rosa Dartle ...... Jenny Howe
Agnes ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Traddles ...... Mark Straker
Miss Murdstone ...... Auriol Smith
Mr Spenlow ...... Peter Penry Jones
Jip ...... Ronald Herdman
Littimer ...... Norman Jones
Mrs Crupp ...... Pauline Letts
Mrs Waterbrook ...... Susan Sheridan
Mr Waterbrook/First Dinner Guest ...... Alan Barker
Second Dinner Guest ...... Clarence Smith

Producer: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1991


SAT 04:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m0009b0j)
Series 14

Episode 3

Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Bridget Christie welcome:

* Comedian Ahir Shah
* Historian Dr Fern Riddell
* Physicist Professor Bobby Acharya

The Museum's Guest Committee donate nicotine addiction, an 18th century sex and contraception guide and an intergalactic space observatory.

Researchers: Mike Turner, Mike Shepherd and Emily Jupitus of QI.

Producers: Victoria Lloyd and Anne Miller.

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


SAT 04:30 Sharing Fatman (b0863ysy)
The Thoroughbred Game

Margaret struggles to keep her precious syndicate together.

Is there a connection between Mr Fatman's virus and a mysterious offer to buy them out?

Starring Gillian Bevan and Gerard McDermott.

Dave Sheasby’s horse-racing comedy

Margaret ...... Gillian Bevan
Ken ...... Gerard McDermott
Eddie ...... Tony Rohr
Karen ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Dave ...... Harry Myers
Madge ...... Angela Wynter
Julia ...... Becky Hindley
Edward ...... James Taylor
Donald ...... Fine Time Fontayne
Gerald ...... Stephen Critchlow

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.


SAT 05:00 Quanderhorn (b0b9wbf0)
The Quanderhorn Xperimentations

The Splattered Remains of Undentifiable Organs Incident All Over Again

It's still 1952. It's always 1952.

The Quanderhorn crew find themselves on Advanced Lunar Station Q, with no means of returning to Earth and limited oxygen supplies.

Splitting into two teams after a game of Martian Closey-Eyesie, Guuuurk and Troy fall prey to a ravenous Lunar Man Trap, while Brian and Gemma stumble upon an intact space craft.

But there are two problems. Gemma's ear is unwinding, rendering her emotionally unstable, and there's no apparent entrance to the craft.

Having rather astonishingly escaped their various dilemmas, the crew encounter yet another conundrum - how exactly is the ship powered?

Jenkins, the professor's factotum, detects a spacecraft approaching Earth which Quanderhorn orders him to blast out of the sky, apparently unaware his own crew is aboard.

Professor Quanderhorn ...... James Fleet
Brian Nylon ...... Ryan Sampson
Dr Gemini Janussen ...... Cassie Layton
Guuurk ...... Kevin Eldon
Troy Quanderhorn ...... Freddie Fox
Winston Churchill/Jenkins ...... John Sessions
Synthetic Voice ...... Rachel Atkins

Created and written by Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall

Director: Andrew Marshall

Producers: Rob Grant & Gordon Kennedy

An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2018.


SAT 05:30 Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (m001dmqf)
The Boring Husband Problem

Has your husband suddenly become boring? What should you do if you’re invited to a swingers party - or, perhaps more pressingly, if you’ve not been invited? Can holiday romances ever work out – even ones in Switzerland? All these subjects have been sent in by our listeners and are given the Marian and Tara treatment in the latest instalment of their popular advice podcast.

The first series was welcomed by listeners and critics.
"Both are warm and kind enough to not only be funny but also offer genuinely thoughtful, if left-field, advice." (Miranda Sawyer, The Observer)
"Keyes and Flynn are my new favourite double-act." (Jane Anderson - Radio Times)
"I found their compassion endlessly soothing." (Rachel Cunliffe - The New Statesman)

Marian Keyes is a multi award-winning writer, with a total of over 30 million books sold to date in 33 languages. Her close friend Tara Flynn is an actress, comedian and writer. Together, these two friends have been through a lot, and now want to use their considerable life experience to help solve the biggest - and smallest - of their listeners' problems.

From dilemmas about life, love and grief, to the perils of laundry or knowing what to say at a boring dinner, we’ll find out what Marian and Tara would recommend - which might not solve the problem exactly, but will make us all feel a bit better.

Recorded in Dublin with emails received from listeners around the world, the hosts invite you to pull up a chair at their virtual kitchen table as they read and digest their inbox.

Got a problem you want Marian and Tara to solve? Email: marianandtara@bbc.co.uk.

Producer: Steve Doherty.
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds


SAT 06:00 Rumer Godden - Black Narcissus (m001dwxt)
An old palace in the shadow of the Himalayas becomes home for an order of Anglican nuns.

"This is no place for a nunnery," they are told, and the words seem to predict the Sisters' tragic destiny...

Rumer Godden's novel was first published in 1939.

Dramatised by April de Angelis.

Sister Clodagh .... Sinead Cusack
Sister Ruth .... Lesley Sharp
Mr Dean .... David Rintoul
Dilip Rai .... Ronny Jhutti
Sister Briony .... Susan Engel
Sister Philippa .... Jenny Lee
Sister Honey .... Rachel Atkins
The General/Father Roberts .... Sam Dastor
Ayah .... Indira Joshi
Mother Dorothea/Sister Adela .... Carolyn Jones
Con .... Alastair Danson
Kanchi .... Sumitra Bhagat
Joseph Anthony .... Dhiraj Prasai

Music by Elizabeth Parker.

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1997.


SAT 07:30 Great Lives (m000824j)
Philippa Perry on the Italian educator Maria Montessori

Psychotherapist Philippa Perry nominates the Italian educator and doctor Maria Montessori, who revolutionised children's education.

Montessori schools exist today in over 170 countries. They are defined by a child-centred approach to learning, nurturing independence and individuality in children as young as three years old.

In Philippa Perry’s work as a psychotherapist, she finds deep connections with Montessori’s philosophy, which is about believing the person has the power to develop within them.

Philippa is joined by the executive director of Association Montessori International Lynne Lawrence.

Matthew Parris is the presenter.

Producer: Eliza Lomas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2019.


SAT 08:00 Booked (b0075sd8)
Series 4

Episode 1

Literary consequences, Stop the Plot and plenty more!

From Huddersfield.

Barnsley poet Ian McMillan chairs the irreverent literary game.

Outrageous parody, biting wit and bizarre couplings from:

Mark Thomas
Dillie Keane
Mark Radcliffe
Miles Kington.

Producer: Marc Jobst

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998.


SAT 08:30 Ayres on the Air (b09ycvtv)
Series 6

Holidays

More light hearted verse and comic sketches from Pam Ayres.

The theme this time is 'Holidays'.

Featuring sketches about choosing the perfect swimsuit; holiday one-upmanship, and how you know when it's time to get a bigger cabin.

Pam shares memories of how glamorous flying used to be when she first started to fly in the 1960s; stories about gifts and souvenirs which definitely don't travel, and the saga of buying her first ever wetsuit.

She also performs some new poems including 'Don't Put Me Dinner on a Slate' about the latest pub grub fashion, and three sections from a new linked series of poems called 'Flight Time'.

Inspired by the trials and tribulations of long-distance flying, the first poem is about arrival and check-in, the second about the consequences of the in-flight meal and the third about the delights of the on-board toilets.

With:

Geoffrey Whitehead
Felicity Montagu

Written by Pam Ayres, Jan Etherington, Jenny Laville, Laura Major and Peter Reynolds.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.


SAT 09:00 Listening to Les Dawson (b03b2n4d)
Ray Peacock and friends celebrate the comedian Les Dawson.

Featuring rare interviews and routines.

Archive includes:

Listen To Les
Marriott's Monologues
Tubby The Tuba
In The Psychiatrist's Chair
Les reading his own novel, Come Back With The Wind.

With:

Ken Dodd
Neil Innes
Lee Mack
Robin Ince
Gillian Reynolds
David Nobbs

Producer: Laura Grimshaw

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in September 2013


SAT 12:00 The Jack Benny Program (m000s29n)
Jack Is Sick In Bed

Jack is bed-ridden after catching a cold - and he's blaming the show announcer, Don Wilson.

The Jack Benny Program is regarded as an American classic - running first on radio from 1932 to 1955, with re-runs to 1958.

With a fine cast of supporting players Benny made his show into one of the all-time great radio comedies, portraying him as likeable character, despite being vain, argumentative and a skinflint.

Many episodes have stood the test of time.

Over the years, show sponsors ranged from tyres to cigarettes.

Starring Jack Benny.

With:

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson
Mary Livingstone
Dennis Day
Charlie Bagby
The Sportsmen Quartet

Announcer: Don Wilson

Orchestra conducted by Bob Crosby.

The show switched to TV in the USA from 1955.

First broadcast on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) in November 1954


SAT 12:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03vd7cx)
Series 3

The After-Dinner

The tranquillity of the Trench household is breached once again when Damien's mother calls to say she's coming to stay while Damien's father is on a silent retreat.

No sooner has she arrived than she starts setting about trying to be helpful, which only irritates Damien more.

So he's forced to spend some time away by accepting the offer of an after-dinner speaking engagement, something he's never tried before...

Sitcom written by and starring Miles Jupp, charting the life of cookery writer Damien Trench and his partner Anthony.

Damien Trench ...... Miles Jupp
Anthony ...... Justin Edwards
Ian Frobisher ...... Philip Fox
Damien's mother ...... Selina Cadell
Jennifer ...... Priyanga Burford
Heckler ...... David Seddon
Nigel Thingummy ...... Michael Bertenshaw

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.


SAT 13:00 Archive on 4 (m0006s7x)
Voice in the Machine

Talking technology has surrounded us for over half a century.

From the earliest incarnation of the Speaking Clock to the artificially intelligent personal assistants in our homes, we've slowly got used to sharing our lives with machines that help us with our daily chores.

Who better to guide us through the history of the Voice in the Machine than two of the nation's most familiar voices?
  
Jon Briggs was the original voice of Siri in the UK - a fact he only discovered while watching a feature on the TV. Emma Hignett's voice is heard on London’s buses and trains, helping people to navigate the capital. Spending the day in a smart home, the duo ask the robo-vacuum to clean the floor, request songs and jokes from personal assistant Alexa, and hop channels with a talking television.

While travelling on a bus and hearing her own voice, Emma shares her own recording tips and tricks. A visit to the local supermarket leads to an encounter with perhaps the most irritating machine voice of all time, with repeated warnings of an "unexpected item in bagging area". As these recognisable voices dig deeper into our history with talking tech, Jon gets a little nostalgic with his own fondness for Knight Rider's talking car, KITT. 

Rifling through the archives, Jon and Emma reminisce about their memories of talkative gadgets from fact, fiction and music. In the context of the early archival recordings of talking technology, the voices of today's OK Google, Alexa, Siri and others have come a long way.

But why are our assistants almost all female?

And are they really listening to us all the time? 

Join Jon and Emma as they grapple with these questions and their personal connection to the silicon speech that narrates our lives.

A BlokMedia production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2019.


SAT 14:00 Sorry About Last Night (b00mzvfq)
A Loft

Having read 'Women are from Mars and Men are From Croydon' and 'Set Sail on The SS Relationship' - Andy thinks it's about time he and Julie headed into deeper waters.

So naturally this means a visit to the estate agents.

Alexei Sayle writes and stars in the comedy about life, love and not living together

Andy ...... Alexei Sayle
Julie ...... Siobhan Redmond
Mr Hamad ...... Nadim Sawalha
Mrs Abasanjo ...... Adjoa Andoh
Mr Lucik ...... Chris Pavlo
Dad ...... Harry Towb
Michael ...... Gary Bleasdale
Gavin the EstateaAgent ...... Simon Greenall

Other parts played by:

Tony Barclay
Ruth Jones

Produced and directed by Jo Clegg with Alexei Sayle.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1999.


SAT 14:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b01pp5vg)
Series 5

Dave Gorman

Marcus Brigstocke invites comic Dave Gorman to try new experiences.

How did he get on horse-riding for the first time?

Series in which guests experience new things and give their verdicts to Marcus Brigstocke – and explain why they've waited so long to do it.

Producer: Bill Dare

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2013.


SAT 15:00 Alun Cochrane's Fun House (b01rlnhp)
The Kitchen

Comedian Alun Cochrane has a 25-year mortgage which he can only pay off by being funny.

In this series he takes us on a room by room, stand-up tour of his house.

He has a fridge that beeps at him when he doesn't move quickly enough and a fire alarm he can't reach.

His relationship with his house is a complicated one.

A hoarder of funny and original observations on everyday life, Alun invites us to help him declutter his mind and tidy his ideas into one of those bags that you hoover all the air out of and keep under your bed.

This show will help Alun and his house work through their relationship issues and prevent a separation that Alun can ill afford; at least not until the market picks up anyway.

Performers: Alun Cochrane and Gavin Osborn.

Writers: Alun Cochrane and Andy Wolton.

Producer: Carl Cooper.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2013.


SAT 15:30 Electric Ink (b0121pjk)
Series 1

Episode 6

A swathe of job cuts are predicted with circulation dropping, but who will survive the bloodbath?

Starring Robert Lindsay and Alex Jennings.

Old hacks meet new media in Alistair Beaton’s satire set in the changing world of the newspaper industry.

Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay
Oliver ...... Alex Jennings
Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington
Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar
Masha ...... Debbie Chazen
Freddy ...... Ben Willbond
Announcer ...... Matt Addis

With additional material by Tom Mitchelson.

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009.


SAT 16:00 Rumer Godden - Black Narcissus (m001dwxt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 17:30 Great Lives (m000824j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 18:00 Ghosts of Albion - Legacy (m000kx00)
As their magician grandfather lays dying, siblings William and Tamara Swift discover their demon fighting legacy - as defenders of Albion.

Stars Jasmine Hyde and Rory Kinnear.

Set in Victorian England, this is the scene-setter for the ‘Ghosts of Albion’ fantasy series.

Created by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden.

William Swift …. Rory Kinnear
Tamara Swift …. Jasmine Hyde
Lord Byron …. Joe McFadden
Queen Bodicea …. Emma Samms
Lord Nelson …. Anthony Daniels
Nigel Townshend …. Paterson Joseph
Ludlow Swift …. Leslie Phillips.
Henry Swift …. Roy Skelton

Script Editor: Martha Hiller

Director: Amber Benson
Producer: Jelena Djordjevic

Made for BBC Online and first broadcast on BBC 7 in June 2003.


SAT 19:00 Listening to Les Dawson (b03b2n4d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 22:00 Rob Newman (m0000mrv)
Rob Newman's Total Eclipse of Descartes

Thought Experiments

Mixing stand-up and sketches, comedian Rob Newman tackles the world of philosophy, with a look at the thorniest of thought experiments through history, including a famous Shakespeare-typing monkey.

Produced by Jonathan Harvey.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.


SAT 22:30 Chain Reaction (b00mrc8n)
Series 5

Eddie Izzard interviews Alastair Campbell

Comedian Eddie Izzard chats to former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell.

Chain Reaction is the tag talk show, where the guest becomes the interviewer in the next episode.

Eddie Izzard asks him about his breakdown, working for Tony Blair and his beginnings as a soft porn writer.

Producer: Sam Bryant

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.


SAT 23:00 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00p2z8j)
Series 3

Episode 3

Meet a woman who is so completely useless that she's just been snapped up for a job in the government.

Plus Britain's most affable secret agent - and someone with a pretend hedgehog sanctuary.

Award-winning comedian Laura Solon's series of sketches, monologues and one-liners.

With:

Rosie Cavaliero
Ben Moor
Ben Willbond

Written by Laura Solon.

With additional material by Lydia Parker, Maureen Oakley, Jon Hunter and Holly Walsh.

Script Editor: Jeremy Dyson

Producer: Colin Anderson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.


SAT 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jmbj)
Series 3

A Four Letter Word

A new arrival in Hell persuades Satan to re-shoot 'Casablanca' - with a mutant alien.

Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.

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

Other characters played by:

Felicity Montagu
Philip Pope
Nick Revell
Michael Fenton Stevens

Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999.

SUNDAY 06 NOVEMBER 2022

SUN 00:00 Ghosts of Albion - Legacy (m000kx00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 (m0006s7x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:00 Sorry About Last Night (b00mzvfq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b01pp5vg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:00 Alun Cochrane's Fun House (b01rlnhp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Saturday]


SUN 03:30 Electric Ink (b0121pjk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Rumer Godden - Black Narcissus (m001dwxt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 05:30 Great Lives (m000824j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Buzz by Dr Thor Hanson (Omnibus) (b0b90m7y)
The exact details of the transition from wasp to bee aren't known, but no-one argues about how well it worked out.

Bees now outnumber wasp relations by nearly three species to one

Bees are like oxygen - ubiquitous, essential and, for the most part, unseen. While we might overlook them, they lie at the heart of relationships that bind the human and natural worlds.

Dr Hanson takes us on a journey that begins 125 million years ago, when a wasp first dared to feed pollen to its young.

From honeybees and bumbles to lesser-known diggers, miners, leafcutters, and masons, bees have long been central to our harvests, our mythologies, and our very existence. They have given us sweetness and light, the beauty of flowers and as much as a third of the foodstuffs we eat. And, alarmingly, they are at risk of disappearing.

Read by Elliot Levey.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Polly Coles.

Dr Thor Hanson is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Switzer Environmental Fellow and an award winning author and biologist.

His other books include The Triumph of Seeds, The Impenetrable Forest, Feathers and the illustrated children's favorite, Bartholomew Quill. His writing has been translated into more than ten languages and has earned many accolades, including The John Burroughs Medal, the Phi Beta Kappa Award, the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize and two Pacific Northwest Book Awards.

Producer: Clive Brill

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


SUN 07:10 Inheritance Tracks (b0651qrc)
Helena Bonham Carter

Actress Helena Bonham Carter chooses 'Look Mummy, No Hands' by Fascinating Aida and 'Not While I'm Around' by Stephen Sondheim.


SUN 07:20 Lavinia Greenlaw - Five Fever Tales (Omnibus) (b03zhy0j)
Drama by Lavinia Greenlaw about one of the oldest of human diseases.

Based on facts and taking in ancient historical itches and the latest scientific attempts to outwit it.

Malaria has blighted human life in parts of the world for as long as humans have been humans. The mosquito, the parasite it carries, and the human bloodstream are evolving together. In many places the parasite still has the upper hand.

The disease caused by a parasite carried in the saliva of female mosquitoes came to humans probably from gorillas a long time ago.

Through recorded history the fever-prompting disease has shadowed humans almost everywhere warm enough for mosquitoes to live between the Poles. We have evolved together. It is still the biggest killer of children in parts of the world.

Omnibus of five parts.

Made with the research assistance of Wellcome Trust.
Medical/science adviser: Julian Rayner, Sanger Institute.
Music and sound design: Jon Nicholls

Narrator: Siobhan Redmond.

Other parts:

Russell Boulter
Richard Bremmer
David Collins
Jasmine Hyde
John Mackay

Producer: Tim Dee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.


SUN 08:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (b04v8y6p)
Series 1

French Week in Stackton

Ooh la la! A Gallic visitor allows Hilda to rehearse her language skills.

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

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

Written by Mike Craig, Lawrie Kinsley and Ron McDonnell.

Dame Hilda Bracket ...... George Logan
Dr Evadne Hinge ...... Patrick Fyffe
Maude ...... Daphne Heard
Jean-Pierre ...... Andre Maranne
Mr Smollett ...... David Marlowe

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

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

Produced at BBC Manchester by James Casey.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1977.


SUN 09:00 The Inimitable Jeeves (b007v1df)
The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace

Trouble looms for Bertie Wooster when his wild cousins arrive.

PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.

Adapted by Chris Miller.

Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Eustace ..... David Jason
Claude ..... Jonathan Lynn
Aunt Agatha ..... Joan Sanderson
Marianne ...... Bridget Armstrong

Producer: David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973.


SUN 09:30 Coming Alive (b00hxyxy)
Series 3

Here Comes the Judge

Ex-con Terry is asked to be a school fancy dress judge, but can he make up with Sandra?

Starring Karl Howman and Phyllis Logan.

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

Terry King …. Karl Howman
Sandra Gaines …. Phyllis Logan
Steve Addison …. Ben Crowe
Mrs McKendrick …. Sandra Voe
Mary Dawson..........Elaine Claxton
Matthew....................George Allonby
Wally...........................Carl Prekopp
Mrs Barnes...............Carolyn Pickles

Producer: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001dx7x)
Lost Gems

Sir David Paradine Frost OBE

From Alan Bennett to Edith Piaf.

Broadcaster David Frost shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley.

In 1963, David was heading towards media superstardom as the presenter of BBC TV's ground-breaking satire series, That Was The Week That Was.

Famously covering the Profumo Affair, it was devised by Ned Sherrin, with regulars including Bernard Levin, Willie Rushton, Millicent Martin and Roy Kinnear.

David's career spanned journalism and comedy writing - from The Frost Report to Frost on Sunday and TV-AM. He garnered international attention with his revealing interview with former US President Richard Nixon in 1977.

He was knighted in1993.

DISC ONE: The Old Rugged Cross - Ballarat City Choir
DISC TWO: Charlie - Georges Delerue
DISC THREE: Aftermyth of War - Alan Bennett
DISC FOUR: That Was the Week That Was - Millicent Martin and Others
DISC FIVE: Just in Time - The Oscar Peterson Trio
DISC SIX: St Louis Blues - Helen Shapiro
DISC SEVEN: - Everything I've Got - Joanie Sommers
DISC EIGHT: Non, je ne regrette rien - Edith Piaf

BOOK CHOICE - The collected works by Geoffrey Chaucer
LUXURY CHOICE - Potato crisps
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Non, je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf

Producer: Monica Chapman

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1963.


SUN 10:30 The Spike Milligan Show (m001dx81)
The Goon Show pioneer talks rubbish - sings rubbish.

Sketch comedy with light relief from:

Jeannie Lambe
The Alan Clare Eight Minus One.

Producer: Steve Allen

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in July 1973.


SUN 11:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m000ymd7)
Forever and Ever

True stories told live in the USA: Meg Bowles introduces tales of things past shaping the here and now.

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

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

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

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

First heard on PRX in 2019.


SUN 11:50 Inheritance Tracks (b0651qrc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]


SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m001dx88)
Between the Ears - The In-Between Land

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and chooses The In-Between Land featuring deaf shepherd-poet Josephine Dickinson.

The magical North Pennines landscape inspires Josephine's life and work - and is the fertile backdrop to her real and imagined sound world.

Welcome to her remote hill farm near Alston – near the highest market town in England – where Josephine looks after her sheep and writes her poetry. It’s her in-between land, a place between hearing and deafness, art and reality, home and you listening to the programme.

It’s a challenging environment, too: in 2018 the ‘Beast from the East’ cut the local community off and emergency aid had to be airlifted in by Chinook helicopter, but in the spring the wildflower meadows are alive to the sound of curlews, lambs and bumble bees.

This peat landscape is ever-present in her life and increasingly a source of inspiration for her environmentalism. Born in London, Josephine moved here in 1994 and fell in love with the moors - and with Douglas, an elderly sheep farmer who took her under his wing and married her. Josephine’s deafness started at the age of six, but hearing aids enabled her to pursue her love of music, and she taught piano and worked as an arts development worker at the South Bank.

But seven years ago she lost her hearing completely, plunging her into a hallucinatory inner soundscape that tormented and fascinated her in equal measure. She can now hear her lambs and the wind in the cotton grass, thanks to a cochlear implant.

In collaboration with BBC Radio 3 and sonic artist Andrew Deakin - from Full of Noises, based in Barrow - Josephine invited local people to share her Ark of Sound in Alston Parish Church, a powerful sound installation demonstrating that a deaf person doesn’t live in a silent world.

A BBC Radio Cumbria production by Andrew Carter.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in December 2018.


SUN 12:30 Angstrom (b09l0ds8)
Series 1

The Man Who Wasn't Dead

Matthew Holness stars as Knut Ångström, a brooding, alcoholic, maverick Swedish detective from the tough streets of Oslo.

Scandinavian detective yarn adapted from the bestselling Ångström trilogy by Martin English (writing as Bjorgen Swedenssonsson).

Following the death of his wife, Ångström is posted to the Njalsland peninsula where he becomes embroiled in a labyrinthine murder (or possibly not-murder) case which bears an eerie similarity to the Askeladden killings - a case from his distant past.

A body goes missing from a crime scene, but was it ever even there in the first place?

Written by Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley.

Knut Ångström ...... Matthew Holness
Nina Oblong ...... Nadia Kamil
Narrator ...... Simon Kane

Also starring:

Morgana Robinson
David Reed
Freya Parker

The writers have also written the Ladybird Books for Grown Ups, Charlie Brooker's Wipe, That Mitchell and Webb Look and A Touch of Cloth.

Producer: Lyndsay Fenner

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


SUN 13:00 Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend (Omnibus) (m000205b)
Episode 2

Adrian Mole is asked to write a book. Meanwhile, Pandora calls a family summit meeting. Read by Harry McEntire.

Omnibus of the last five of 10 parts abridged by Sara Davies.

This diary starts in April 1997. Adrian is no longer a spotty teenager, but a balding 30 year old, recently separated from Jo Jo, the mother of his 2 year old son, William.

On the eve of the General Election, Adrian returns home to Ashby-de-la-Zouch to vote for his local Labour Party candidate, and childhood sweetheart, Pandora Braithwaite. He is working as Head Chef in a restaurant in Soho, where there is tinned tomato soup on the ‘traditional English, no choice’ menu.

Adrian’s literary ambitions remain unrealised, but his career is about to take an unexpected turn and throw him into the limelight. And that is not the only life-changing surprise in store for the hapless yet irrepressible diarist.

The Cappuccino Years highlights how much attitudes have changed over the years, and once again showcases Sue Townsend’s fearless and razor-sharp wit.

Read by Harry McEntire.

Producer: Alexa Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.


SUN 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b072rsxt)
Rob Brydon

Actor and comedian Rob Brydon chooses 'You Are My Sunshine' by Bing Crosby and 'That's Why I'm Here' by James Taylor.


SUN 14:20 Stan Barstow - A Raging Calm (Omnibus) (b06z87jb)
Episode 1

Andrea meets Philip, a married man.

The warnings are all about lust, but tenderness is the real enemy.

Stan Barstow’s gritty double love story set in Yorkshire in the 1960's.

Dramatised by his partner Diana Griffiths.

Omnibus of the first five of 10 parts.

Andrea ...... Deborah McAndrew
Philip ...... Robert Glenister
Tom ...... David Calder
George ...... John Griffin
Julie ...... Naomi Radcliffe
Mrs Warner ...... Daryl Fishwick

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast in on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002.


SUN 15:30 Tom Ravenscroft's One Man Band (b039cbsz)
With a guitar in hand, harmonica in mouth, cymbals and bells and a big drum strapped to the back, Tom Ravenscroft goes in search of the musical characters who prefer to go solo.

One Man Bands have a surprisingly long history, documented in pictures and writings from France and Spain as far back as the middle ages.

Entertaining and enterprising men, they started with a flute and a drum and, over the centuries, have literally added whistles and bells - as well as cymbals, harmonica, accordion, trumpet, and the list goes on.

Contemporary one man band legends include North Carolina's Jim Garner, Georgia's Jesse Fuller and West Virginia's Hasil Adkins who have all influenced current players such as Bloodshot Bill and Washboard Hank - who Tom tracks down.

Charmed by their inventiveness and talent, Tom visits the one man band festival, an annual event in Montreal where the world's most musical solitary figures perform.

He finds some eccentric characters with rich stories following traditions that stretch way back into British and American folk and blues music. Meeting performers such as Bob Log III, Dana Schecter (also known as Insect Ark) and Spain's ‘Hyperpotamus', Tom learns what it takes to become a one man band.

Producer: Jo Meek

A Sparklab production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2013.


SUN 16:00 Nick Warburton - Conversation from the Engine Room (b092gh2r)
Marriott is a school caretaker. He calls his boiler room the engine room of a ship, with the ship as the school and its cargo - the pupils.

One of them is Robert, a lonely boy, just as Marriott is a lonely man.

But they have something else in common.... could it be innocence?

Nick Warburton’s school-based drama.

Marriott ...... Colin Douglas
Fox ...... Hugh Dickson
Miss Murdoch ...... Avril Clarke
Robert ...... Roy Merchant.

Recorded with contributions from the Music Teacher and pupils of St Gildas’ School in North London.

Director: John Tydeman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1986.


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001dx88)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Angstrom (b09l0ds8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 18:00 Alex Barr - Futures (b099b3x4)
Torn between his wife and his mistress, Conrad seeks the help of a fortune-teller.

But she prophesies far more than he bargained for...

Mark Buffrey stars in Alex Barr's dark tale.

Conrad …. Mark Buffrey
Miriam …. Jenny Funnell
Doreen …. Mia Soteriou
Singer …. John Telfer
Quack …. Brian Gear
Vendor 1 …. Rex Holdsworth
Vendor 2 …. Hubert Tucker
Stranger …. Laurence Payne

Directed at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller

First broadcast in Thirty-Minute Theatre on BBC Radio 4 in April 1984.


SUN 18:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvxh)
1. Arthur's Journey

Timid commuter Arthur Vezin becomes too enchanted with a sleepy and strange French town and its people to leave.

He's slowly drawn more and more into their realm of secrets and talk of ancient memories...and is struck by how the people there resemble cats, both in looks and behaviour...

Algernon Blackwood's dark tale unabridged in four parts.

Read by Philip Madoc.

Born in Shooter's Hill and educated at Wellington College, Algernon Blackwood had a varied career, farming in Canada, operating a hotel, and working as a newspaper reporter in New York City before moving to England and starting to write horror stories.

He was very successful, writing 10 books of short stories and appearing on both radio and TV to tell them. He also wrote 14 novels and a number of plays, most of which were produced but not published. He was an avid nature lover and many of his stories reflect this.

Producer: Lawrence Jackson

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Northern Ireland and first broadcast in September 2005.


SUN 19:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m000ymd7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


SUN 19:50 Inheritance Tracks (b0651qrc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]


SUN 20:00 Nick Warburton - Conversation from the Engine Room (b092gh2r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001dx7x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:30 The Spike Milligan Show (m001dx81)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]


SUN 22:00 Angstrom (b09l0ds8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]


SUN 22:30 Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing (b01sjj87)
Series 2

About Poorly Relatives

Nathan Caton is unsympathetic when his parents are poorly as he has an important gig and needs to be on his A game.

But he agrees not to tell Grandma that they're poorly as she doesn't believe in poorly.

This is the story of young, up-and-coming comedian Nathan Caton, who becomes the first in his family to graduate from University - only to opt for a career in comedy - much to his family's annoyance who want him to get a 'proper job' using his architecture degree.

Each episode shows the criticism, interference and rollercoaster ride that Nathan endures from his family as he pursues his career against their wishes.

Will Nathan be able to persist and follow his dreams? Or will he give in to his family's interference?

A mix of Nathan's stand-up intercut with scenes from his family life.

Written by: Nathan Caton.
Additional material by: Ola and Maff Brown.

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

Producer: Katie Tyrrell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013.


SUN 22:45 Elastic Planet (b007k33s)
The Zoo

Revealing the links between hurdling cattle, the Elephant's Lumberyard, gong beetles, alternative horticulture and the Llama movies of the early 60s.

Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences.

Ben Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections.

With:

Julian Pettifer
Brian Hayes
Dan Strauss
Kerry Shale
Geoff McGivern
Fiona Allen

Producer: Jon Naismith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995


SUN 23:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jm1h)
The Primary Phase

Fit The Fifth

Arthur and company are blown up, but still find time for a bite at a very exclusive eatery.

Arthur Dent is one of only two survivors from Earth, demolished to make way for a by-pass. He survived thanks to his friend, Ford Prefect (who hails not from Guildford, but somewhere near Betelgeuse), a writer for the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, "the most successful book ever to have come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor".

Now paired with fellow Earth survivor Trillian and duplicitous two-headed hustler Zaphod Beeblebrox, Arthur and Ford were on the legendary planet Magrathea when the Galactic Police attacked them and an explosion occurred - they find themselves in a restaurant with a rather sensational selling point.

Douglas Adams' epic adventure in time and space.

The Book …… Peter Jones
Arthur Dent …… Simon Jones
Ford Prefect …… Geoffrey McGivern
Zaphod Beeblebrox …… Mark Wing-Davey
Trillion …… Susan Sheridan
Marvin …… Stephen Moore
Garkbit & Zarquon …… Anthony Sharp
Compere at the Restaurant at the end of the Universe …… Roy Hudd

Sound and music by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Producer: Geoffrey Perkins.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1978.


SUN 23:30 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes (b01bpjtg)
Series 1

Inventors

More historical heroism - as Owain Glyndwr and William Robert Grove are put to the Totaliser Test.

Comedian Elis James compares key figures in Welsh history to determine the ultimate heroes of Wales.

With:

Ben Partridge
Nadia Kamil

Written by Elis James, Gareth Gwyn and Benjamin Partridge.

Producer: Sharif Shahwan

First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in February 2012

MONDAY 07 NOVEMBER 2022

MON 00:00 Alex Barr - Futures (b099b3x4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:00 Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend (Omnibus) (m000205b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday]


MON 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b072rsxt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Sunday]


MON 02:20 Stan Barstow - A Raging Calm (Omnibus) (b06z87jb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:20 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Tom Ravenscroft's One Man Band (b039cbsz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Nick Warburton - Conversation from the Engine Room (b092gh2r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (m001dx88)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:30 Angstrom (b09l0ds8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday]


MON 06:00 Dalziel & Pascoe - Exit Lines (m000w6mb)
1. Die My Dear Doctor? That's The Last Thing I'll Do ...

Three old men die within hours of each other - and one of them murdered...

Donald Gee and Philip Jackson star as detective duo, Andy Dalziel and Peter Pascoe.

Reginald Hill's crime thriller, first published in 2008.

Dramatised in five parts by Betty Davies.

Det Insp Pascoe .... Donald Gee
Supt Dalziel .... Philip Jackson
Deputy Chief Con .... Michael Elwyn
Det Insp Headingley .... Christopher Good
Dr Sowden .... Ben Onwukwe
Sgt Wield .... Michael Graham Cox
Charlesworth .... David King
Ellie .... Tara Dominick
Det Con Seymour .... Paul Downing
PC Hector .... Stephen Garlick
Ruddlesdin .... Danny Schiller

Director: Matthew Walters

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1990.


MON 06:30 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b010x9qg)
Episode 1

Rusty returns home to Britain after being evacuated to the United States during the Second World War.

But she's reunited with a mother she doesn't recognise.

A wartime story by Michelle Magorian.

Starring Jessica Marshall-Gardiner, Emily Richard and Mary Wimbush.

Dramatised in four parts by Martin Jameson.

Rusty …… Jessica Marshall-Gardiner
Peggy …… Emily Richard
Beattie …… Mary Wimbush
Charlie …… George Allonby
Beth …… Kelly Bright
Susie …… Sasha Graff
Skeet …… Jamie Darnton
Aunt Hannah …… Jilly Bond
Mitch …… Jonathan Keeble
Ivy Woods …… Jane Whittenshaw
Movietone Announcer …… Peter Donaldson
Van Driver …… Michelle Magorian

Director: David Hitchinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995.


MON 07:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03w01zk)
Series 3

The Travel Piece

Damien confronts his hatred of barbecuing while Mullaney is sorting out his “shoffice".

Sitcom written by and starring Miles Jupp, charting the life of cookery writer Damien Trench and his partner Anthony.

Damien Trench ...... Miles Jupp
Anthony ...... Justin Edwards
Ian Frobisher ...... Philip Fox
Marion Duffett ...... Lesley Vickerage
Damien's Mother ...... Selina Cadell
Ray Jarrow ...... Christopher Brand
Shooting Instructor ...... Christopher Brand

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.


MON 07:30 It's a Fair Cop (m001dmzl)
Series 7

Caravan Conundrum

In this week’s episode, copper turned stand-up Alfie Moore is called to a camping site to investigate a suspected break-in.

What's he finds inside one caravan creates a storm of competing interests. Should Alfie follow the letter of the law, focus on police targets or be led by his empathy and common sense? What do you do when self-interest comes up against your personal morals?

Written and presented by Alfie Moore
Script Editor: Will Ing
Production Co-ordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries
Producer: Sam Holmes


MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00n905p)
Series 3

Episode 17

'What Shall We Do With The Drunken Nurker?' as sung by Rambling Syd Rumpo.

And it's a Horne from home for Kenneth at Julian and Sandy's Bona Guest House.

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

Starring:

Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden
Bill Pertwee

Announcer: Douglas Smith

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

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

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

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1967.


MON 08:30 Anything Legal (b0088z2b)
Episode 5

Charles and George hire a secretary to boost their new business offering anything legal...

Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.

A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly

Charles .... Donald Hewlett
George .... Michael Knowles
Belinda Bustrom .... Sherrie Hewson
Job Applicant .... Helena Breck

Theme music by Jim Parker

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.


MON 09:00 Dilemma (b01qmb08)
Series 2

Episode 1

Sue Perkins puts Paul Sinha, Lemn Sissay, Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Graeme Garden through the moral and ethical wringer.

The return of the panel show posing finely-balanced dilemmas as Sue cross-examines their answers.

Comic Paul struggles with his sporting loyalties; poet Lemn experiences something new, actor and comic Margaret faces up to some poor parenting; and Graeme contemplates life without one of his favourite Aunties.

There are no "right" answers - but there are some deeply damning ones.

Devised by Danielle Ward.

Producer: Ed Morrish.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.


MON 09:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dyydg)
Series 1

Episode 4

April Prescott is looking for love, while Katie is waiting for her baby to finally arrive.

Meanwhile Daniel and Lucy are waiting for the day they will all leave them in peace.

David Tennant and Liz Carling star in David Spicer's sitcom.

Modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of a 30-something couple with no kids.

Daniel ...... David Tennant
Lucy ...... Liz Carling
Katie ...... Meera Syal
April ...... Felicity Montague
Peter ...... Rob Harley
Clive ...... Matthew Bell
Andy ...... Tony Gardner

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.


MON 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007jmv1)
The Personal History of David Copperfield

6. The Beginning of a Long Journey

David has met and fallen in love with Dora Spenlow.

Uriah Heep confides in him that he loves Agnes Wickfield and hopes to marry her.

First published in 1849, Charles Dickens described this novel as his "favourite child" with some events following his own life.

Stars Miriam Margolyes, Timothy Spall and Gary Cady.

All-star dramatisation in ten-parts by Betty Davies.

David Copperfield ...... Gary Cady
Betsey Trotwood ...... Miriam Margolyes
Mr Dick ...... David Bamber
Peggotty ...... Maggie McCarthy
Mr Peggotty ...... David Burke
Ham Peggotty ...... Timothy Spall
Emily ...... Joanna Myers
Mrs Gummidge ...... Mary Wimbush
Uriah Heep ...... Phil Daniels
Dora ...... Maria Miles
Mr Murdstone ...... John Moffatt
David, as a boy ...... Nicholas Gatt
Steerforth ...... Andrew Wincott
Mrs Steerforth ...... Irene Sutcllffe
Rosa Dartle ...... Jenny Howe
Agnes ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Mr Wickfield ...... Timothy Bateson
Traddles ...... Mark Straker
Barkis ...... Terence Edmond
Omer ...... Peter Tuddenham
Mr Spenlow ...... Peter Penry Jones
Jip/Beggar ...... Ronald Herdman
Julia Mills ...... Oona Beeson
Mrs Crupp ...... Pauline Letts
Jorkins ...... Timothy Carlton
Clerk ...... David Bannerman
Red Whisker ...... David Bannerman
Girl ...... Siriol Jenkins
Girl's mother ...... Ann Windsor

Producer: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1991.


MON 11:00 TED Radio Hour (m001dwpw)
Series 9

Friction

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

Manoush Zomorodi explores how friction, in all its forms, is a force that can be dialled up or down to improve our lives.

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


MON 11:50 Inheritance Tracks (m001dwq8)
Rylan Clark

Broadcaster Rylan Clark chooses ‘Forget Me Nots’ by Patrice Rushen and ‘Pure Shores’ by All Saints.


MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00n905p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 12:30 Anything Legal (b0088z2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 13:00 Dalziel & Pascoe - Exit Lines (m000w6mb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 13:30 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b010x9qg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 14:00 Auntie's War by Edward Stourton (b09ltj8g)
1. A War Footing

The BBC is a British institution unlike any other, and its story during the Second World War is also the story of Britain's people.

Writer and presenter Edward Stourton is a sharp-eyed and affectionate companion on the BBC's wartime journey, investigating archives, diaries, letters and memoirs to examine what the BBC was and what it stood for.

In this first episode, Ed describes how the BBC adapted to being on a war footing, the boredom of the Phoney War and the experiences of reporters sent to France.

These were the years when Auntie (the BBC's enduring nickname) earned a reputation for bossiness. It was also a period of remarkable voices - Churchill's fighting speeches de Gaulle's broadcasts from exile, George Orwell, Ed Murrow, Richard Dimbleby and Vera Lynn.

During these extraordinary times, eyewitness testimonies gave a voice to everyone, securing the BBC's reputation as a reliable purveyor of the truth.

Auntie's War is more than a portrait of an institution at a critical time, it is also a portrayal of the British in wartime and an insight into why we have our broadcast culture today.

Read by Edward Stourton
Abridged by Anna Magnusson
Produced by Pippa Vaughan

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


MON 14:15 The Citadel (m00047ss)
Series 5

Episode 1

Dr. Denny's feelings for Christine have deepened. Meanwhile Dr. Manson, oblivious to it all, is fighting hard to create a new chest clinic.

Dr. Manson ...... George Blagden
Dr. Denny ...... Julian Lewis Jones
Christine ...... Catrin Stewart
Dr. Hope ...... Seamus O'Neill
Mrs. Wynne Evans ...... Kate Coogan

Written by Christopher Reason
Directed by Pauline Harris
Produced by Gary Brown and Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2019.


MON 14:30 In Search of Richard Yates (b01n6sj8)
Nick Fraser argues that the work of Richard Yates should receive greater recognition.

Yates is best known for his first novel, the remarkable Revolutionary Road, which was published to great acclaim in 1961. However, his subsequent books failed to gain the same readership and Yates slowly faded from view. By the time of his death in 1992 he was largely forgotten.

Friends, family and biographer Blake Bailey reveal the stark beauty of his prose, the heart-breaking complexity of his characters, and how his own struggles with alcohol and mental illness informed his work.

Fraser seeks to uncover the mystery of Richard Yates and examine how a a writer so well-respected, loved by his peers, capable of moving his readers so deeply, fell so quickly out of print. He explores the reasons why his work has, in recent years, enjoyed a revival and why his stories sit nicely alongside the public's affection for programmes such as Mad Men.

Producers: Jessica Treen and Stephen Garner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.


MON 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007jmv1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


MON 16:00 Dilemma (b01qmb08)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 16:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dyydg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 17:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03w01zk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:30 It's a Fair Cop (m001dmzl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (m0006fx1)
5. World Narrowing

'The utter loneliness was beginning to get on my nerves.'

Killer plants are on the rampage across the countryside. Bill sets-off in search of Josella but finds a new companion...

First published in 1951, John Wyndham's classic sci-fi novel dramatised by Giles Cooper.

Gary Watson …. Bill Masen
Barbara Shelley …. Josella Playton
Jill Cary …. Susan
Freda Dowie …. Mary
David Brierley …. Dennis
Margaret Robertson …. Joyce

Music composed by David Cain.

Producer: John Powell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1968.


MON 18:30 A Good Read (b055g742)
Claire Skinner and Louise Welsh

Actress Claire Skinner and Glaswegian author Louise Welsh and Good Read presenter Harriett Gilbert recommend three favourite books.

A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgaard
Publisher: Vintage

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Penguin Classics

Strong Poison by Dorothy L Sayers
Publisher: Hodder

Producer Beth O'Dea

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015.


MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00n905p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 19:30 Anything Legal (b0088z2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 20:00 Dalziel & Pascoe - Exit Lines (m000w6mb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 20:30 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b010x9qg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 21:00 TED Radio Hour (m001dwpw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


MON 21:50 Inheritance Tracks (m001dwq8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today]


MON 22:00 It's a Fair Cop (m001dmzl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 22:30 Twenty Players (b06jmc82)
Series 1

Gertrude Trelawny Ferris

Gerald Sinstadt tells the story of the sporting all-rounder Gertrude Trelawny Ferris.

Simon Bullivant's album of forgotten sporting heroes in a highly collectible series of six parts.

Producer: Richard Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.


MON 22:45 Self-Storage (b0080x3g)
Series 1

Family

Dave's family try therapy to halt his descent, but he can't see the point - what's wrong with living in a storage unit?

Stars Reece Shearsmith and Mark Heap.

Sitcom written by Tom Collinson and Barnaby Power.

Dave ...... Reece Shearsmith
Geoff ...... Mark Heap
Ron ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
American ...... Phil Nicol
Judy ...... Rosie Cavaliero
Sarah ...... Susan Earl
Dad ...... Philip Jackson

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007.


MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001ff5s)
Ania Magliano1/3

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Stephen Bailey talks to Ania Magliano.


MON 23:00 The Now Show (m001dp35)
Series 61

Episode 2

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. They're joined by Colin Hoult, Laura Lexx and Jordan Gray.

Anna Mann (Colin Hoult) shares advice about the cost of living crisis, Laura Lexx looks ahead to Prince Harry’s autobiography, and musical guest Jordan Gray debunks a controversy about Mr Potato Head.

The show was written by the cast with additional material from Rebecca Bain, Laura Major, Nathan Cowley and Jade Gebbie.

Voice actors: Luke Kempner and Katie Norris

Sound: Marc Willcox & Gary Newman
Executive Producer: James Robinson
Producer: Rajiv Karia
Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls

A BBC Studios Production


MON 23:30 Sorry About Last Night (b00n4gmx)
A Airport

Alexei Sayle's quirky couple's comedy with Siobhan Redmond.

Andy and Julie take their holiday at Heathrow. Strolling through the waste ground beyond the perimeter fence, Julie wonders whether all their holidays will be like this.

Andy.............................................Alexei Sayle
Julie...............................................Siobhan Redmond
Mr Hamad..................................Nadim Sawalha
Mrs Abasanjo.............................Adjoa Andoh
Mr Lucik.......................................Chris Pavlo
Dad.................................................Harry Towb
Michael........................................Gary Bleasdale
Philippe.......................................Simon Greenall
Amparo........................................Doon MacKichan

Written by Alexei Sayle

Produced and directed by Jo Clegg with Alexei Sayle

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1999.

TUESDAY 08 NOVEMBER 2022

TUE 00:00 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (m0006fx1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]


TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b055g742)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Dalziel & Pascoe - Exit Lines (m000w6mb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b010x9qg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Auntie's War by Edward Stourton (b09ltj8g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 The Citadel (m00047ss)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 In Search of Richard Yates (b01n6sj8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007jmv1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 Dilemma (b01qmb08)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dyydg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03w01zk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 05:30 It's a Fair Cop (m001dmzl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 06:00 Dalziel & Pascoe - Exit Lines (m000w6md)
2. What Does it Signify?

Detective Inspector Pascoe wonders about the two sudden deaths.

Donald Gee and Philip Jackson star as duo, Andy Dalziel and Peter Pascoe.

Reginald Hill's detective thriller dramatised by Betty Davies.

Det Insp Pascoe .... Donald Gee
Supt Dalziel .... Philip Jackson
Det Chief Constable .... Michael Elwyn
Det Insp Headingley .... Christopher Good
Mrs Escott .... Barbara Atkinson
Det Con Seymour .... Paul Downing
Ruddlesdin .... Danny Schiller
Sgt Price .... Michael Graham Cox
Abbiss/Sgt Myers .... John Bull
Corp Gillott I Warden .... Joe Dunlop
Mrs Frostick .... Anna Cropper
Stella Abbiss .... Elizabeth Mansfield
Mrs Warsop .... Susan Sheridan

Director: Matthew Walters

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1990.


TUE 06:30 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b0112flv)
Episode 2

The war is over but Rusty is facing her own battle, moving to Guildford to face her acid-tongued grandmother.

A wartime story by Michelle Magorian.

Starring Jessica Marshall-Gardiner, Emily Richard and Mary Wimbush.

Dramatised by Martin Jameson.

Rusty …… Jessica Marshall-Gardiner
Peggy …… Emily Richard
Beattie …… Mary Wimbush
Charlie …… George Allonby
Judith …… Kelly Bright
Susie …… Sasha Graff
Uncle Bruno …… Jonathan Keeble
Grandmother …… Pauline Letts
Miss Bembridge …… Richenda Carey
Miss Grace …… Natasha Pyne
Miss Smythe-Williams …… Tessa Worsley
Lance …… Richard Claxton
Cecily …… Eleanor Chidgzey
Filly …… Clemmi Burton-Hill

Other parts played by the cast.

Director: David Hitchinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995.


TUE 07:00 Tickets Please (b00nv6nh)
Episode 1

Why does an intercity train journey turn into an emotional roller-coaster?

Because the train staff have to battle with their thwarted infatuations - for each other! And those toughies in the wedding carriage aren't helping matters...

Sitcom on rails by Mark Maier.

Robin …. Jeremy Swift
Nadine …. Alex Kelly
Peter …. Malcom Tierney
Diana …. Melissa Advani
Linda/Lady …. Kate Layden
Keith …. Stephen Hogan
Carol …. Tessa Nicholson
Man One …. Philip Fox
Man Two/William …. Joseph Cohen-Cole

Producer: Peter Kavanagh

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.


TUE 07:30 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b09jcd4g)
Series 2

Green Pea Sandwiches

Deepak takes Trisha on an outing to Oxford. But it's not quite the punting and picnic she expects.

Extracts from Cooking in a Bedsitter are read by Eleanor Bron.

Beattie Edmondson and Nikesh Patel star in Sue Teddern's romantic comedy, inspired by Katharine Whitehorn's cookery classic.

Katharine Whitehorn ...... Eleanor Bron
Trisha ...... Beattie Edmondson
Deepak ...... Nikesh Patel
Moira ...... Isabella Inchbald
June Ellie ...... Darvill
Policeman ...... Neil McCaul
Julie ...... Abbie Andrews

Director: Emma Harding.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jndr)
Series 7

Drums Along the Mersey

A newspaper claims Neddie Seagoon is set to inherit a million pounds.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

Special guest: Valentine Dyall

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

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1956.


TUE 08:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b0081l6c)
Series 3

Episode 5

The Parish Council leader - Mrs Roberts - has a brush with reality when she tries local public transport.

The 1980s political satirical soap opera set in the strangely familiar village of Little Blighty. Life here is pretty uneventful, though the humdrum happenings do include social turmoil, economic upheaval and vicious political squabbles.

With:

Jo Kendall
Michael Troughton
John Baddeley
Daniel Strauss
Bernadine Corrigan
Jonathan Kydd
Mark Burton

Written by John O'Farrell and Mike Coleman

Producer Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1990.


TUE 09:00 The Now Show (m001dp35)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]


TUE 09:30 Lucky Heather (b0075s9h)
Unforgiven

Recently widowed Denis hires Heather to trace his first love Yvonne.

Just this side of nosey, Heather is mad about westerns. She's also the Sherlock Holmes of the rundown Sutter Estate.

Sue Teddern's six-part comedy series stars Lindsey Coulson as Heather.

Heather................Lindsey Coulson
Natalie.................Abigail Hart
Ryan......................Ben Crowe
Craig.....................Tom George
Denis....................James Taylor
Allison.................Gemma Saunders
Charlotte............Lisa Kay
Lisa.........................Beth Chalmers
Maev.....................Dearbhla Molloy
Yvonne.................Elizabeth Bell

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.


TUE 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007jmxm)
The Personal History of David Copperfield

7. Wickfield and Heep

Emily has run away with Steerforth. David has become secretly engaged to Dora.

Aunt Betsey has lost her fortune through ill-advised investment.

Charles Dickens described this novel as his "favourite child".

Dramatised by Betty Davies.

David Copperfield ...... Gary Cady
Betsey Trotwood ...... Miriam Margolyes
Wilkins Micawber ...... Harold Innocent
Mrs Micawber ...... Sheila Hancock
Dora ...... Maria Miles
Mr Peggotty ...... David Burke
Uriah Heep ...... Phil Daniels
Mrs Heep ...... Maria Charles
Agnes ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Mr Wickfield ...... Timothy Bateson
Miss Murdstone ...... Auriol Smith
Traddles ...... Mark Straker
Mr Spenlow ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Jip ...... Ronald Herdman
Dr Strong ...... James Greene
Jorkins ...... Timothy Carlton
Miss Lavinia ...... Ann Windsor
Miss Clarissa ...... Irene Sutcliffe
Julia Mills ...... Oona Beeson
Tiffey ...... Nigel Carrington
Clerk ...... David Bannerman

Director: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1991.


TUE 11:00 Archive on 4 (m00013md)
How We Remember Them

Since 2014 the world has been reflecting on the centenary of the First World War. The atrocities of the conflict have been well-covered but how has our interpretation changed over time?

With powerful accounts of veterans, from the iconic 1964 BBC series The Great War and the Imperial War Museum’s sound archive, as well as moving early commemorations at the Cenotaph, historian Dan Snow looks at how and why our perceptions of the conflict have changed over time, and how that’s affected the way we commemorate the event.

Joined by Dan Todman, Lucy Noakes, Helen McCartney and Jean Seaton, as well as Peter Hart, who interviewed many veterans on behalf of the IWM, we’ll look at why Remembrance still seems to matter to people today and, as the centenary draws to a close, how it might change going forward.

Producers: Megan Jones and Glyn Tansley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018.


TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jndr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 12:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b0081l6c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 13:00 Dalziel & Pascoe - Exit Lines (m000w6md)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 13:30 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b0112flv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 14:00 Auntie's War by Edward Stourton (b09ltkkj)
2. Wartime Propaganda

The BBC is a British institution unlike any other, and its story during the Second World War is also the story of Britain's people.

Writer and presenter Edward Stourton is a sharp-eyed and affectionate companion on the BBC's wartime journey, investigating archives, diaries, letters and memoirs to examine what the BBC was and what it stood for.

In this second episode, Ed investigates propaganda, coded messages sent across Europe, and relaying less than truthful information to the enemy.

These were the years when Auntie (the BBC's enduring nickname) earned a reputation for bossiness. It was also a period of remarkable voices - Churchill's fighting speeches de Gaulle's broadcasts from exile, George Orwell, Ed Murrow, Richard Dimbleby and Vera Lynn.

During these extraordinary times, eyewitness testimonies gave a voice to everyone, securing the BBC's reputation as a reliable purveyor of the truth.

Auntie's War is more than a portrait of an institution at a critical time, it is also a portrayal of the British in wartime and an insight into why we have our broadcast culture today.

Read by Edward Stourton
Abridged by Anna Magnusson
Produced by Pippa Vaughan

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


TUE 14:15 The Citadel (m00045kr)
Series 5

Episode 2

Manson questions the mine owner, Mr. Vaughan about his record on safety at the pit, whilst Mr. Vaughan's wife, Lydia befriends Dr. Denny; she knows of his past as a doctor at the siege of Kut.

Manson ...... George Blagden
Denny ...... Julian Lewis Jones
Vaughan ...... Seamus O'Neill
Lydia Vaughan ...... Kate Coogan

Written by Christopher Reason
Directed by Pauline Harris
Produced by Gary Brown and Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2019.


TUE 14:30 The Man of the Mani (b05zhl3b)
John Humphrys travels to Greece, to the village of Kardamyli in the Mani, to explore the life and work of travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor.

Fermor is arguably the most influential travel writer of the 20th Century.

Aged 18 he took off, with notebook in hand, on a walk across Europe. During the Second World War he fought in Greece and Crete, and is still remembered in the country today for his daring exploits with the resistance. His most celebrated action came in 1944 when he led a commando operation to abduct the German General Heinrich Kreipe.

In the early 1960s he moved to Greece, to the Southern Peloponnese. He built a house in the village of Kardamyli in the Mani. It was here that he wrote much of his most celebrated work and where he remained until his death in June 2011.

John visits Fermor’s village to explore the influence that Greece had upon his life and work, and also to consider the impact that he had on the village and the people he lived alongside. He also visits Fermor’s former home, now in the care of the Benaki Museum in Athens, and discusses the plans for its future. He meets those in the village who met Leigh Fermor when he first arrived in the 1960s - a man in his 90s recalls how they “danced on the tables into the night” - and he hears tales of influential guests, great writers like Bruce Chatwin and John Betjeman, even a King and Queen.

Accompanied by Fermor’s book ‘Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese’, John Humphrys also travels into the deep Mani, one of the remotest, wildest and most isolated regions in Greece.

Producer: Kevin Dawson

A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2015.


TUE 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007jmxm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


TUE 16:00 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 16:30 Lucky Heather (b0075s9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 17:00 Tickets Please (b00nv6nh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:30 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b09jcd4g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (m0006mmr)
6. Strategic Withdrawal

Bill and Josella are offered hope, but yet another obstacle is put in their way...

Conclusion of John Wyndham's classic sci-fi novel dramatised by Giles Cooper.

Gary Watson …. Bill Masen
Barbara Shelley …. Josella Playton
Freda Dowie …. Elspeth
Haydn Jones …. Torrance
Nigel Graham …. Ivan
David Brierley …. Dennis
Margaret Robertson …. Joyce
Jill Cary …. Susan
Alexander John …. First man
Leonard Fenton …. Second Man

Music composed by David Cain.

Producer: John Powell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1968.


TUE 18:30 Soul Music (m0002181)
Series 27

Smile

Charlie Chaplin wrote the music for 'Smile' in 1935 for the film 'Modern Times', but the lyrics were only added nearly 30 years later.

Chris Philips tells the story of how his grandfather was inspired to write the words when he left his father at boarding school.

Gemma Lowery talks about how her son Bradley loved the song; writer Bryony Rheam describes why she associates the song with her grandmother and Marine Lucas remembers flying to Michael Jackson's memorial on hearing the news of his death.

And author Bob Williams remembers after his father died, his mother sitting on the floor listening to the Nat King Cole version and crying when he came home from school.

Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact.

Producer: Sara Conkey

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.


TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jndr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 19:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b0081l6c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 20:00 Dalziel & Pascoe - Exit Lines (m000w6md)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 20:30 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b0112flv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 21:00 Archive on 4 (m00013md)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


TUE 22:00 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b09jcd4g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 22:30 Cabin Pressure (b00cqhr3)
Series 1

Edinburgh

Sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.

A very special passenger makes Douglas grovel, Martin crawl, Carolyn frisk and Arthur cry. And drink nail-varnish

Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
Captain Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
Mr Birling ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Philip ...... Adam G Goodwin

Written by John Finnemore

Produced & directed by David Tyler

A Pozzitive production for the BBC

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.


TUE 23:00 Welcome to Wherever You Are (b09gkh2f)
Series 1

Episode 1

Andrew Maxwell hosts a truly global stand-up show, in which comedians perform from wherever on the planet they happen to be, to an audience in the BBC Radio Theatre, London.

With:

Alice Fraser
Storm Xu
Bassem Youssef

From Sydney, The Bugle podcast co-host Alice Fraser talks cricket and colonialism.

Emerging star Storm Xu in Shanghai reveals his problems with dating.

World-renowned satirist Bassem Youssef explains why he had to move to Los Angeles from his native Egypt (spoiler: it turns out dictators don't like you making jokes about them).

Photo credit: Matt Stronge

Producer: Ed Morrish

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


TUE 23:30 Alun Cochrane's Fun House (b01rr555)
Living Room

Comedian Alun Cochrane has a 25 year mortgage which he can only pay off by being funny. In this series he takes us on a room by room, stand up tour of his house.

He has a fridge that beeps at him when he doesn't move quickly enough and a fire alarm he can't reach. His relationship with his house is a complicated one.

A hoarder of funny and original observations on everyday life, Alun invites us to help him de-clutter his mind and tidy his ideas into one of those bags that you hoover all the air out of and keep under your bed. This show will help Alun and his house work through their relationship issues and prevent a separation that Alun can ill afford; at least not until the market picks up anyway.

Performers: Alun Cochrane and Gavin Osborn

Writers: Alun Cochrane and Andy Wolton

Producer: Carl Cooper.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2013.

WEDNESDAY 09 NOVEMBER 2022

WED 00:00 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (m0006mmr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:30 Soul Music (m0002181)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Dalziel & Pascoe - Exit Lines (m000w6md)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b0112flv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 Auntie's War by Edward Stourton (b09ltkkj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 The Citadel (m00045kr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 The Man of the Mani (b05zhl3b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007jmxm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 Genius (b008jdzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 Lucky Heather (b0075s9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Tickets Please (b00nv6nh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 05:30 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b09jcd4g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 06:00 Dalziel & Pascoe - Exit Lines (m000w6mx)
3. Bugger Bognor. Who Killed Robert Deeks?

Can Detective Inspector Pascoe discover who killed Robert Deeks? And how did Parrinder die?

Donald Gee and Philip Jackson star as detective duo, Andy Dalziel and Peter Pascoe.

Reginald Hill's thriller dramatised by Betty Davies.

Det Insp Pascoe .... Donald Gee
Supt Dalziel .... Philip Jackson
Deputy Chief Constable .... Michael Elwyn
Det Insp Headingley .... Christopher Good
Dr Sowden .... Ben Onwukwe
Det Con Seymour .... Paul Downing
PC Hector .... Stephen Garlick
Sgt Wield .... Michael Graham Cox
Mrs Frostick .... Anna Cropper
Mr Frostick .... Michael Kilgarriff
Sgt Myers .... John Bull
Andrea .... Jane Slavin
Major Kassell .... Vincent Brimble
Sir William .... Brian Miller
Customs man .... Date Rapley

Director: Matthew Walters

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1990.


WED 06:30 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b011chj6)
Episode 3

With the loss of her only friend, Rusty is desperate to return to her second family back in America.

A wartime story by Michelle Magorian.

Starring Jessica Marshall-Gardiner, Emily Richard and Mary Wimbush.

Dramatised by Martin Jameson.

Rusty …… Jessica Marshall-Gardiner
Peggy …… Emily Richard
Beattie …… Mary Wimbush
Charlie …… George Allonby
Grandmother …… Pauline Letts
Miss Bembridge …… Richenda Carey
Miss Bullivant …… Tessa Worsley
Lance …… Richard Claxton
Roger …… Nicholas Farrell
Solicitor …… David Collings
Mrs Hatherley …… Becky Hindley

Other parts played by the cast.

Director: David Hitchinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995.


WED 07:00 Love in Recovery (m00020z1)
Series 3

Cupboard

Andy is convinced that everyone’s forgotten his birthday - just like every other year.

What he doesn't know is that Simon and Danno are hiding in the cupboard with a cake. But finding an appropriate time to burst out cheering proves difficult when Julie comes in with a dark secret she wants to reveal.

Continuing the award-nominated comedy drama set in Alcoholics Anonymous, written by Pete Jackson and inspired by his own road to recovery.

It follows the lives of five very different recovering alcoholics. Taking place entirely at their weekly meetings, we hear them moan, argue, laugh, fall apart, fall in love and - most importantly - tell their stories.

Fiona …... Rebecca Front
Simon …... John Hannah
Julie …... Sue Johnston
Danno …... Paul Kaye
Andy ...... Johnny Vegas
Penny …... Zoe Buckney
Fran …... Susan Worsfield

Writer Pete Jackson is a recovering alcoholic and has spent time in Alcoholics Anonymous. It was there he found, as most people do, support from the unlikeliest group of disparate souls, all banded together due to one common bond. As well as offering the support he needed throughout a difficult time, AA also offered a weekly, sometimes daily, dose of hilarity, upset, heartbreak and friendship.

Love in Recovery doesn’t seek to represent an AA meeting exactly as it might happen in real life, but to capture the funny stories, the sad stories, the stories of small victories and of huge milestones, stories of loss, stories of hope, and most importantly, the many highs and lows in the journey of recovery.

Written and created by Pete Jackson

Producer/Director: Ben Worsfield

A King Bert production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2019.


WED 07:30 Rob Newman (m001dnhs)
Rob Newman On Air

Episode Two: On Therapy

Rob Newman, one of Britain's finest comedians, explores the rise of online therapy, geological time periods and why he makes sure he always arrives early to gigs. In doing so he takes us on a journey through Spinoza, Tom Lehrer, Peter Gabriel, Einstein versus spiders, and the unlikely concept of Rapper's Remorse.

Written by and starring Rob Newman
With Claire Price
Original music by Boo Hewerdine and Chris Pepper
Recorded by David Thomas
Executive Producer: Polly Thomas
Produced by Jon Harvey and Eloise Whitmore

A Naked production for BBC Radio 4


WED 08:00 The Missing Hancocks (m0009zcs)
Series 4

The Diamond Ring

The Missing Hancocks recreates those episodes of the classic Hancock's Half Hour that have been wiped or lost from the archive.

The first modern sitcom, Hancock's Half Hour made stars of Tony Hancock, Sid James and Kenneth Williams, and launched Ray Galton and Alan Simpson as one of the most successful comedy-writing partnerships in history. But 20 episodes of the show were missing from the BBC archives. Now, after four highly successful series, the final batch of those episodes have been lovingly re-recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC Radio Theatre.

Tonight's episode: Hancock finds a diamond ring, but when Moira gets it into her head that marriage is in the air, Tony is forced to turn to Sid for help.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, and with the classic score re-recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra, the show stars Kevin McNally, Kevin Eldon, Simon Greenall, Robin Sebastian and Margaret Cabourn-Smith. The Diamond Ring was first broadcast on 9th November 1954.

Produced by Neil Pearson & Hayley Sterling.

Written by Ray Galton & Simpson

Music recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Levon Parikian.

A BBC Studios Production.


WED 08:30 England's Glory (m001dxxs)
Episode 3

Will TV cameras help tycoon Morgan Jeffries overcome local opposition to his building vision? Stars Keith Barron.

A comedy in six-parts by Janey Preger

Morgan Jeffries .... Keith Barron
Angela .... Lynda Baron
Kevin .... David Holt
Thomas Sykes/Charlie .... Sam Kelly
Henrietta .... Joan Sims
Christine .... Jane Dolamore
Alice .... Tina Gray
Stacey .... Geraldine Fitzgerald
Minty .... Melanie Hudson
Piers .... Wayne Forrester

Producer: Richard Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1995.


WED 09:00 Booked (b0075skq)
Series 4

Episode 2

Ian McMillan chairs the irreverent writing game.

Regular panellists Mark Thomas and Dillie Keane are joined by Arthur Smith and David Stafford.

Producer: Marc Jobst

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998.


WED 09:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3y6)
Series 3

Mixed Fortunes

Rabbi Abraham pulls off a coup - Rabbi Su isn't so lucky.

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

Rabbi Abraham Fine ...... David De Keyser
Rabbi Su Jacobs ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Sadie Fine ...... Doreen Mantle
Melvin ...... Henry Goodman
Brian ...... Jonathan Kydd
Su’s Mum ...... Sheila Steafel
Demelza ...... Julie Mayhew
Plumber ...... Nick Stringer

Music: Max Harris.

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2002.


WED 10:00 Charles Dickens (b007jmxy)
The Personal History of David Copperfield

8. Mischief

Uriah is now a partner in Wickfield and Heep and has taken on a new clerk, Mr Micawber.

Dora's father has died, and she now lives with two spinster aunts, who allow David to call on her.

Charles Dickens described this novel as his "favourite child".

Dramatised by Betty Davies.

David Copperfield ...... Gary Cady
Betsy Trotwood ...... Miriam Margolyes
Mr Dick ...... David Bamber
Mrs Micawber ...... Sheila Hancock
Dora ...... Maria Miles
Uriah Heep ...... Phil Daniels
Mr Peggotty ...... David Burke
Agnes ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Mr Wickfield ...... Timothy Bateson
Mrs Steerforth ...... Irene Sutcliffe
Rosa Dartle ...... Jenny Howe
Traddles ...... Mark Straker
Martha ...... Adjoa Andoh
Jip ...... Ronald Herdman
Dr Strong/Man ...... James Greene
Annie Strong ...... Alice Arnold
Littimer ...... Norman Jones
Mrs Markleham ...... Ann Windsor
Mrs Steerforth's maid ...... Petra Markham
Clergyman ...... Timothy Carlton

Director: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.


WED 11:00 The Rudest Man in Britain (m001dxxv)
3. Demons and Fantasies

The Rudest Man in Britain excavates the archives from the perspective of Gilbert Harding - a well-loved radio personality who went on to achieve wider TV exposure as star of long-running panel shows such as 'What's My Line?' once watched by millions.

Clever, amusing and often outrageous, Harding was a familiar voice of wireless who became a pioneer of popular TV. But behind the public persona, there was a troubled and conflicted character.

To create a profile of Gilbert Harding's life and sample his broadcasting work Simon Fanshawe draws on Stephen Wyatt's play Dr Brighton and Mr Harding, in which Harding (played by Roger Allam) wrestles with his inner demons and fantasies, knowing also that he is in increasingly poor health (hence his reason for moving to the coast to embrace 'Dr Brighton').

Producer: Mike Greenwood

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in January 2014


WED 12:00 The Missing Hancocks (m0009zcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 12:30 England's Glory (m001dxxs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 13:00 Dalziel & Pascoe - Exit Lines (m000w6mx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 13:30 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b011chj6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 14:00 Auntie's War by Edward Stourton (b09ltkpj)
3. Remarkable Voices

The BBC is a British institution unlike any other, and its story during the Second World War is also the story of Britain's people.

Writer and presenter Edward Stourton is a sharp-eyed and affectionate companion on the BBC's wartime journey, investigating archives, diaries, letters and memoirs to examine what the BBC was and what it stood for.

In episode three, General de Gaulle rallies the French from London and US journalists arrive to report the Blitz.

These were the years when Auntie (the BBC's enduring nickname) earned a reputation for bossiness. It was also a period of remarkable voices - Churchill's fighting speeches de Gaulle's broadcasts from exile, George Orwell, Ed Murrow, Richard Dimbleby and Vera Lynn.

During these extraordinary times, eyewitness testimonies gave a voice to everyone, securing the BBC's reputation as a reliable purveyor of the truth.

Auntie's War is more than a portrait of an institution at a critical time, it is also a portrayal of the British in wartime and an insight into why we have our broadcast culture today.

Read by Edward Stourton
Abridged by Anna Magnusson
Produced by Pippa Vaughan

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


WED 14:15 The Citadel (m000458w)
Series 5

Episode 3

Denny's in love with Manson's wife, Christine. When he decides to leave it ends in tragedy.

Denny ...... Julian Lewis Jones
Christine ...... Catrin Stewart
Lydia ...... Kate Coogan

Written by Christopher Reason
Directed by Pauline Harris
Produced by Gary Brown and Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2019.


WED 14:30 Fu Manchu in Edinburgh (b00rt91z)
"Yellow Peril," "Celestial One" and "Devil Doctor": Sax Rohmer's evil genius, Dr Fu Manchu, traded under many aliases, but where was his doctorate from?

"I am a doctor of philosophy from Edinburgh, a doctor of law from Christ College, a doctor of medicine from Harvard. My friends, out of courtesy, call me 'Doctor'." - The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)

Miles Jupp (also an Edinburgh University alumn) investigates the hidden Edinburgh years of the criminal mastermind who fought a war against Western imperialism after learning his trade in one of the West's most esteemed Universities.

From the novels we can work out Fu Manchu must have studied in Edinburgh in the early 1870s. So what do historical records teach us about his time there?

Back then, Conan Doyle was registered at the University Medical School, studying at the feet of Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes. Thomas De Quincey, the English Opium Eater, had died in the city a few years before but the network by which he sourced his laudanum was still intact, brought by Chinese Coolies from the Port of Leith to the drawing-rooms of the New Town. There were Chinese students registered on the matriculation rolls of the University, some of them refugees from the Boxer rebellion, and the seamen's missions and city police reports make it clear that there was a thriving Chinese criminal network in Scotland's capital.

Could Fu Manchu have learned his criminal trade as an undergraduate at the city's university? Could his later dominance of Limehouse in London have been based on the contacts he made with Chinese gangs in Edinburgh? What factual evidence exists to flesh out the experience of the fictional enemy of the West?

Producer: David Stenhouse

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.


WED 15:00 Charles Dickens (b007jmxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


WED 16:00 Booked (b0075skq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 16:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3y6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 17:00 Love in Recovery (m00020z1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 17:30 Rob Newman (m001dnhs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 18:00 Kurt Vonnegut - The Euphio Question (b0088zh5)
A way of producing and harnessing happiness is revealed when a physicist plays out the sound of dark matter during a local radio programme.

The sound lulls the listeners into a state of euphoria, producing an effect not unlike a large dose of sedative.

The ethical and moral implications of marketing this new found product become evident – as the temptation to make money and control huge numbers of people proves too great.

Kurt Vonnegut's mysterious short story.

Read by Stuart Milligan.

One of the outstanding figures of modern US literature, Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was a cult figure among students in the 1960s and 1970s with his classics of US counterculture. The bombing of Dresden by allied forces in 1945 was the pivotal moment of his life, which informed his best-known work ‘Slaughterhouse Five’.

Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in November 2007.


WED 18:30 Pioneers (b0151wpr)
Series 2

David Gow

David Gow chats to Clare English about how he came up with the idea of the world's first bionic hand.

Huge advancements in prosthetics are now enhancing the lives of amputees.

Producer: Philip Sime

First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 2011.


WED 19:00 The Missing Hancocks (m0009zcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 19:30 England's Glory (m001dxxs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 20:00 Dalziel & Pascoe - Exit Lines (m000w6mx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 20:30 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b011chj6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 21:00 The Rudest Man in Britain (m001dxxv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]


WED 22:00 Rob Newman (m001dnhs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 22:30 Rudy's Rare Records (b00p1jb7)
Series 1

Get Up, Stand Up

Grandad's part-time career as a DJ is in jeopardy.

The collisions of life for Grandad Rudy, father Adam and son Richie living crammed together over an old record store in Birmingham.

Generational comedy written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell from an original idea by Lenny Henry.

Adam Sharpe ...... Lenny Henry
Richie Sharp ...... Joe Jacobs
Rudy Sharpe ...... Larrington Walker
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Alison ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
DJ Karel ...... Andrew Brooke
Landlord ...... Gresby Nash
Diabolicus ...... Adam de Ville

Producer: Lucy Armitage.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2008.


WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001ff64)
Ania Magliano 2/3

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Stephen Bailey talks to Ania Magliano.


WED 23:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b01pty49)
Series 5

Benjamin Zephaniah

Poet Benjamin Zephaniah watches his first James Bond movie and tries his first mug of builder's tea

Series in which guests experience new things and give their verdicts to Marcus Brigstocke – and explain why they've waited so long to do it.

Producer: Bill Dare

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2013.


WED 23:30 Hearing With Hegley (b0075sf5)
Series 3

Episode 5

The nation's second favourite comic poet continues his series with a combination of live poetry readings and studio-based contributions from special guests.

This week, comedian Arnold Brown adds a limerick or two to proceedings.

Producer: Nigel Piper

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.


WED 23:45 Warhorses of Letters (b03pdhkq)
Series 3

Episode 1

Two of history's most important horses are back.

More recently-discovered, passionate letters between Napoleon Bonaparte's mount, Marengo and the Duke of Wellington's Copenhagen.

Beginning at the height of the Battle of Waterloo and Marengo's close brush with death - our heroes deal with the aftermath of battle, as Marengo becomes part of the spoils of war.

Will defeat bring him exile to St Helena at his master's side, or will be be untied with his true love Copenhagen?

And if the latter, should they rebrand themselves as hot new power-couple Mopenhagen? Or Carengo?

Marengo ..... Stephen Fry
Copenhagen ..... Daniel Rigby
Narrator ..... Tamsin Greig

Written on their behalf by Marie Phillips and Robbie Hudson

Producer: Gareth Edwards.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.