SATURDAY 28 JANUARY 2023

SAT 00:00 Ray Bradbury - The Illustrated Man (b092kztd)
A young traveller encounters a vagrant on the road who claims his tattoos come to life after dark and have the powers of prophecy.

The vagrant offers his young travelling companion tantalising glimpses into the future with tales of restless androids, children caught up in a sinister game and astronauts stranded in outer space.

They all hint at dark and troubling times ahead...

Starring Iain Glen.

Ray Bradbury's iconic short story, first published in the UK in 1952.

Dramatised by Brian Sibley.

The Illustrated Man ...... Iain Glen
The Youth ...... Jamie Parker
The Tattoo Witch ...... Elaine Claxton
The Driver ...... Wilf Scolding
Brayling/Brayling 2 ...... Patrick Kennedy
Smith ...... Stephen Hogan
Mink ...... Nell Herrin
Mother ...... Heather Craney
Father ...... Clive Hayward
Anna ...... Lucy Hutchinson
Hollis ...... Alec Newman
Applegate ...... John P Arnold
Stone ...... Jaimi Barbakoff
Stimson ...... Craige Els

Director: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.


SAT 01:00 Elizabeth Taylor - In a Summer Season (b00764tb)
Kate, a well-heeled widow, causes a sensation in her conventional community in the late 1950s when she falls for the charms of a younger man.

She attracts both the envy and pity of her family and friends as they speculate whether her new found happiness can last beyond one golden summer.

Starring Kate Buffery.

Elizabeth Taylor’s love-based drama.

Kate ...... Kate Buffery
Dermot ...... Chris Garner
Aunt Ethel ...... June Barrie
Charles ...... Michael Fenton Stevens
Edwina ...... Bonnie Hurren
Sir Alfred ...... Bill Wallis
Lou ...... Helen Weaver
Father Blizzard ...... Paul Dodgson
Minty ...... Nicole Arumugam
Tom ...... Ben Tinniswood

Producer: Viv Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.


SAT 02:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y32hg)
Series 1

4. The Invisible Man

A murder for Christmas, but the body goes missing. Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's insightful clerical sleuth.

Father Brown solves the mystery and a young girl proves she wishes to marry someone who will make his own way in the world.

Starring Andrew Sachs and Olivier Pierre.

Series of GK Chesterton's stories about the insightful clerical sleuth.

Dramatised by John Scotney.

Father Brown ........ Andrew Sachs
Flambeau ........ Olivier Pierre
Laura ...... Eileen Tully
John Turnbull ...... Anthony Hyde
Isadore ...... Michael Drew
Urchin ...... Melinda Walker
Mrs Wilkins ...... Margot Boyd
Police Officer ...... Peter Acre

Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1985.


SAT 02:30 Agatha Christie (b01bwfy6)
Sparkling Cyanide

3. Iris

George Barton has died in exactly the same way as his wife did a year earlier, by drinking cyanide-laced champagne.

The second death throws the first verdict of suicide into question.

Now Colonel Race steps in to investigate...

Conclusion of Agatha Christie's deadly mystery.

Dramatised by Joy Wilkinson.

Iris ..... Naomi Frederick
Lucilla …. Adjoa Andoh
Anthony ..... Colin Tierney
Ruth ..... Amanda Drew
Stephen ..... James Lailey
Sandra ..... Tracy Wiles
Colonel Race ..... Sean Baker
Giuseppe ..... Gerard McDermott
Chloe …. Alex Rivers

Director: Mary Peate

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.


SAT 03:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001kbl)
Episode 10

2016: Willa discovers that a person of interest may have lived in her house in the past.

1875: An infamous shooting takes place in Vineland.

Barbara Kingsolver's novel interweaves the past and the present to explore the human capacity for resilience and compassion in times of great upheaval.

It is a portrait of life in precarious times - when characters discover that the past has failed to prepare them for the future.

Alternating between two centuries, Kingsolver examines the personal and social shocks that ensue when people’s assumptions about the world and their place in it are shaken to their foundations.

Abridged by Sian Preece.

Read by Laurel Lefkow.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.


SAT 03:15 Curtain Down at Her Majesty's - A Play in Five Acts (m0001w37)
Act V: Rest in Peace

A full military state funeral almost ends in disaster as the Queen’s coffin topples on the gun carriage and a royal tradition is born.

Not many get this close to history.

Conclusion of Michael Chaplin’s drama about the death of Queen Victoria.

Based on the book Curtain Down at Her Majesty’s, an eyewitness history by Stewart Richards.

For two weeks the nation stopped in its tracks, mesmerised by the mortality of a little old lady who had sat on the throne for over 60 years. Her children squabbled, her doctors quarrelled, her army bickered and the public were misled and kept in the dark.

This is the remarkable story of Queen Victoria's final days and the chaos and confusion surrounding her funeral, told by those who were there.

Old Winnie Powell …... Marcia Warren
Interviewer …... Carl Prekopp
Mary Tuck …... Wendy Nottingham
Young Winnie Powell …... Lauren Cornelius
Sir James Reid …... Ross F Sutherland
Sir Frederick ‘Fritz’ Ponsonby .….. Tom Turner
King Edward VII …... Gerard McDermott
Almeric Fitzroy .….. Hywel Morgan
Daniel …... Douglas Clarke-Wood

Other parts played by members of the cast.

Director: Carl Prekopp

Producers: Lucinda Mason Brown & Stewart Richards

A Stewart Richards / Goldhawk Essential co-production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018.


SAT 03:30 Ellie Taylor's Safe Space (m000z1jp)
Series 2

Holidays

Ellie Taylor welcomes you to "Safe Space", a place where anyone can offload their controversial opinions without fear of judgment.

She talks to members of the public about their gripes and dislikes. She hates holidays. Too much faff, too expensive, too exhausting, so why go?

Joining Ella to prove her point is regular sidekick Robin Morgan

With special guest: Travel editor of The Independent, Simon Calder who explains why he still believes holidays are the way forward.

Written by Ellie Taylor and Robin Morgan.

Produced by Sam Michell

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


SAT 04:00 Parsley Sidings (b01prccq)
Series 1

The Concert

Can showbiz seduce Station Master Horace Hepplewhite away from the railways?

Starring Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender.

Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station.

Horace Hepplewhite …. Arthur Lowe
Bert Hepplewhite …. Ian Lavender
Gloria Simpkins …. Liz Fraser
Percy Valentine/Bradshaw …. Kenneth Connor
Miss Pennyfeather …. Charlotte Mitchell

Re-created Announcements by Keith Skues.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1972.


SAT 04:30 The Weekend Starts Here (m001hg65)
1. The Leaving of Clapham

Shipcombe Green is a village divided between the villagers and the weekenders.

Six-part sitcom written by Bill Matthews.

Marina .... Diana Hardcastle
Terence .... Philip Bretherton
Mrs Thorogood .... Gillian Barge
Mr Thorogood .... Rupert Vansittart
Christine .... Susan Brown
Norman .... Gavin Muir
Felicity .... Gemma Saunders
Robbie .... Tim Treloar
Local Boy .... Tom George
Local Girl .... Fiona Clarke

Music composed and performed by Terry Davies.

Director: Paul Miller

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1999.


SAT 05:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m000mswk)
Series 15

Episode 3

Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Alice Levine welcome:

* Comedian and actor Eddie Izzard
* Natural History Museum curator Miranda Lowe
* Doctor and author Dr Roopa Farooki.

The Museum's Guest Committee donate the centre of the universe, a jellyfish and a virtual patient.

Researchers: Mike Turner and Anne Miller of QI.

Producers: Victoria Lloyd and Anne Miller.

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


SAT 05:30 Millport (b0076bn3)
Series 3

Progressive Rock

There's much excitement on the Isle of Cumbrae over a make-over for Millport from a national newspaper.

Irene fears the worst and worries the town's unique charm will be ruined by nosy media-meddlers. Is now really the time for her to leave?

Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson.

Barmaid Irene Bruce is 30-something and hankering after a better life on the mainland.

Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Ferryman/Robert the Dog/Morris ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Minister/Bob ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie ...... Kenneth Bryans

Producer: Lucy Bacon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.


SAT 06:00 Beatrix (m001hmy5)
Patricia Routledge stars as Beatrix Potter.

Drama revealing the real-life story of the much-loved children's writer.

Adapted by Patrick Garland and Judy Taylor from the writings, letters and journals of Beatrix Potter.

Music composed by Carl Davies.

Music performed by Osian Ellis and Philippa Davies.

Director Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1998.


SAT 07:30 The Language of Kindness by Christie Watson (Omnibus) (b0b2mr0g)
In her illuminating memoir, Christie Watson gives an account of her 20 year nursing career.

At the heart of her intimate portrait of hospital life are the small acts of kindness and compassion that all of us will receive when we inevitably experience illness, whether it be ourselves or our loved ones.

We accompany Christie when she becomes a student nurse filled with anxiety as she cares for a teenage boy who is about to receive a new heart and lungs.

We'll be there when she qualifies and takes up a post in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit where the children in her care are especially fragile.

As the years progress, we'll discover how Christie's expertise develops. It's not long before she's mentoring junior nurses, responding to crash calls, and playing a pivotal role in caring for those at the end of their lives and those who are just beginning.

As she nears the end of her years as a nurse the tables are turned when her father loses his fight to cancer and she receives the kindness and compassion that underpin what it means to nurse and to be nursed.

Christie Watson was a registered nurse for 20 years before becoming a full time, critically acclaimed and award winning writer. Her first novel, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away won the Costa First Novel Award.

Read by Teresa Gallagher.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Penny Leicester

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2018.


SAT 08:45 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl5v)
Series 1

Dog Days

At the allotment, Carter's Uncle Mort sounds off on sunshine, southerners and a smart mutt.

Carter Brandon gets a week off work, so he decides to go on day-trips in his car, with his Uncle Mort, 'where the fancy takes them.

Peter Tinniswood’s continuing tales of Carter Brandon and his curmudgeonly uncle.

Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’.

In addition to radio adaptations, this earned them a run of four BBC TV series of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ from 1975 to 1979.

Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Peter Skellern
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.


SAT 09:00 Ray's a Laugh (m001hmyf)
From 02/10/1959

How will Ted cope when Kitty inherits some money?

Starring Ted Ray.

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

Written by Bernard Botting and Charles Hart.

With:

Kitty Bluett
Laidman Browne
Kenneth Connor
Pat Coombs

BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.

Producer: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1959.


SAT 09:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01jl8hs)
Series 1

Episode 2

Can marriage guidance counsellor Ernie help an angry couple?

Meanwhile, Eric reckons Ern needs to spruce-up his act - so how about writing a musical?

Special singing guest: Salena Jones.

Written by Eddie Braben

With:

Anne Hamilton
Michael Segal
Arthur Tolcher

Music by Dennis Wilson & His Orchestra.

Producer: John Browell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1975.


SAT 10:00 Growing Pains (m00094mn)
2. I Capture The Castle

Grace Dent locks herself in her teenage bedroom and rifles through the BBC Radio archives to celebrate the awkward, emotional, and unfortunately inevitable adolescent experience.

She reminisces about the heartbreak and arguments that were an everyday part of her own teenage years growing up in Carlisle in the 1970s.

In the second of three episodes, Grace dips into the BBC Archives and come up with one of her favourite depictions of adolescence:

* 'I Capture The Castle'

The first part of Jane Rodgers' adaptation of Dodie Smith's classic novel, starring Holliday Grainger.

In the ruins of medieval castle, deep in rural 1930's Suffolk, funny, intelligent 17 year old Cassandra Mortmain attempts to capture her family's life in a journal.

From BBC Radio 4 (2015).

Producer: Jessica Treen

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in October 2017.


SAT 11:00 Beatrix (m001hmy5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 12:30 The Language of Kindness by Christie Watson (Omnibus) (b0b2mr0g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 13:45 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl5v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 14:00 Ray's a Laugh (m001hmyf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 14:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01jl8hs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 15:00 Growing Pains (m00094mn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 16:00 Ray Bradbury - The Illustrated Man (b092kztd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SAT 17:00 Beatrix (m001hmy5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 18:30 The Language of Kindness by Christie Watson (Omnibus) (b0b2mr0g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 19:45 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl5v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 20:00 Ray's a Laugh (m001hmyf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 20:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01jl8hs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 21:00 Growing Pains (m00094mn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 22:00 Chris Addison's Civilization (b00dy51z)
Cities and Laws

What are the flaws in the urban democratic system?

Continuing his journey through the vast and rich subject of civilisation, Chris Addison explains exactly what we need to create a new one.

With:

Professor Austin Herring (Geoffrey McGivern)
Jo Enright
Dan Tetsell

Producer: Simon Nicholls

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.


SAT 22:30 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcv)
More Brothers Faversham

Maximillian Faversham

The story of Victorian Britain's greatest horror writer.

The comedy trio return with more tales in their swashbuckling family romp.

Written by and starring The Penny Dreadfuls:

Humphrey Ker
David Reed
Thom Tuck

With:

Miles Jupp
Ingrid Oliver

Script edited by Richard Turner.

Producer: Julia McKenzie

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2008.


SAT 23:00 Vent (b00t2crk)
Series 1

Switching Off

Ben's doctors wonder if lying in a coma might be making him depressed and they send in the hospital psychiatrist to see him. This has a surprising effect on Ben, Mary and Mum.

Meanwhile Ben's unconscious mind takes him back to his previous experience of therapy - having a row with Mary about their marriage guidance counsellor.

Starring Neil Pearson.

Nigel Smith's dark sitcom about a man in a coma, travelling through the distinctly odd landscape of his own unconscious mind.

Ben Smith ...... Neil Pearson
Mary ...... Fiona Allen
Mum ...... Josie Lawrence
Blitzkrieg ...... Leslie Ash

With:

Mark Perry
Dave Lamb
Jo Martin
Lucy Montgomery
Nicola Walker

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.


SAT 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jvgp)
Series 4

Health and Safety

Hell's latest arrival is a health & safety officer who moans to Satan about the lighting.

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
Nigel Pegram
Michael Fenton Stevens

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.

SUNDAY 29 JANUARY 2023

SUN 00:00 Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind (b007jltj)
2. Hurried Exodus

On the Isle of Luig, Lark and Cornelius are certain the death of Dr Hugh Dexter was no accident.

From his research notes, they diagnose a mysterious island sickness.

The key to the mystery seems to be an apparently simple-minded 18-year-old, Flora Kiery...

Starring Peter Cushing and Vincent Price.

Written by Rene Basilico from an idea by Robert Holmes.

John Cornelius .... Peter Cushing
Curtis Lark .... Vincent Price
Minister Donald Schooler .... Henry Stamper
Shirley Kyle .... Shirley Dixon
Flora Kiery .... Sandra Clarke
Mary .... Irene Sutcliffe
Police Sergeant .... Frazer Carr
Purser .... Andrew Sear

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1977.


SUN 00:30 A Sting in the Tale (b0076jlc)
2. Myrtle, Mahonia and Rue by Briony Glassco

In an attempt to escape her recurring nightmares, a young landscape gardener decides on a drastic course of action.

Series of eerie dramas to send a chill up the spine

Written by Briony Glassco.

Myrtle …. Rachel Atkins
Getty …. Lydia Leonard
Mahonia …. Gbemisola Ikumelo
Rue …. Cherie Taylor-Battiste

Director: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004.


SUN 01:00 Beatrix (m001hmy5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 The Language of Kindness by Christie Watson (Omnibus) (b0b2mr0g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:45 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl5v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Ray's a Laugh (m001hmyf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]


SUN 04:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01jl8hs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 Growing Pains (m00094mn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001hn2q)
Poetry Societies - The British Haiku Society

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Poetry Societies - The British Haiku Society.

Judith Palmer visits the British Haiku Society in Preston to explore an ancient Japanese verse form.

Guests include - Martin Lucas former President of the British Haiku Society.

Producer: Viv Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2003.


SUN 06:30 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (Omnibus) (m0001mzq)
Episode 2

1874: Thatcher tries to address the issue of his disintegrating home.

2016: Willa tries to uncover a source of income to shore up her equally rundown house.

Barbara Kingsolver's novel interweaves the past and the present to explore the human capacity for resilience and compassion in times of great upheaval.

It is a portrait of life in precarious times - when characters discover that the past has failed to prepare them for the future.

Alternating between two centuries, Kingsolver examines the personal and social shocks that ensue when people’s assumptions about the world and their place in it are shaken to their foundations.

Second omnibus of three abridged by Sian Preece.

Read by Patrick Kennedy and Laurel Lefkow.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.


SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001hn2w)
Michel Roux Jr.

Celebrated chef Michel Roux Jr. chooses ‘Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien’ by Edith Piaf and ‘Hiro’ by Soprano.


SUN 07:50 Curtain Down at Her Majesty's - A Play in Five Acts (Omnibus) (m0001wky)
Michael Chaplin’s five-act drama about the death of Queen Victoria.

For two weeks the nation stopped in its tracks, mesmerised by the mortality of a little old lady who had sat on the throne for over 60 years.

Her children squabbled, her doctors quarrelled, her army bickered and the public were misled and kept in the dark.

This is the remarkable story of Queen Victoria's final days and the chaos and confusion surrounding her funeral, told by those who were there.

Based on the book Curtain Down at Her Majesty’s, an eyewitness history by Stewart Richards.

Omnibus of five parts.

Queen Victoria ...... Brigit Forsyth
Old Winnie Powell .….. Marcia Warren
Interviewer …... Carl Prekopp
Mary Tuck …... Wendy Nottingham
Young Winnie Powell …... Lauren Cornelius
Sir James Reid …... Ross F Sutherland
Sir Frederick ‘Fritz’ Ponsonby …... Tom Turner
Kaiser Wilhelm …... Hywel Morgan
King Edward VII …... Gerard McDermott
Daniel …... Douglas Clarke-Wood

Other parts played by members of the cast.

Director: Carl Prekopp

Producers: Lucinda Mason Brown & Stewart Richards

A Stewart Richards / Goldhawk Essential co-production, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.


SUN 09:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b007jq2v)
From 25/05/1974

Kenneth and Ted take on Wuthering Heights – and there’s news of a mysterious ancient murder...

Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray cross their comedy swords.

Characters, songs and sketches galore.

Starring Ted Ray and Kenneth Williams.

With:

Miriam Margolyes
Nigel Rees

Music by Neil Innes.

Written by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1974.


SUN 09:30 Something to Shout About (m00028sr)
Series 2

Episode 11

Can the advertising team meet the needs of a demanding kitchen furniture company?

"A light-hearted exposé of the advertising world!"

Set in a London ad agency called 'Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, Blythe, Giddy & Partners'.

Written by Myles Rudge with Ronnie Wolfe.

Michael …. Michael Medwin
Janet …. Fenella Fielding
Mavis …. Joan Sims
Maggie …. Eleanor Summerfield
Nicholas …. Nicholas Phipps
and Roy Dotrice as most of the other characters

Producer: Eric Miller

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1961.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01ml45g)
Longplay

Mark Gatiss

Writer and author Mark Gatiss reveals his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.

In a specially extended edition for BBC Radio 4 Extra, Mark shares his life story and explains his musical, book and luxury choices.

Mark tells Kirsty how his childhood passions have fuelled his adult creative life. As a boy he says he was drawn towards the macabre and gothic - while his teachers remarked that his school essays resembled scripts for Hammer horror films.

He has written for - and has acted in - Doctor Who; he was one of the creators of The League of Gentlemen and his BBC TV re-imagining of Sherlock Holmes has been a huge success.

DISC ONE: There is a Light that Never Goes Out - The Smiths
DISC TWO: Theme to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - John Barry
DISC THREE: If I Loved You (from the soundtrack to Carousel) - Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae
DISC FOUR: Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Herbert Von Karajan
DISC FIVE: Beautiful Child - Rufus Wainwright
DISC SIX: Come to Me (I Am Woman) - Su Pollard
DISC SEVEN: Yes - McAlmont & Butler
DISC EIGHT: So In Love (from the Broadway cast recording of Kiss Me, Kate) - Marin Mazzie

BOOK CHOICE: Complete Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
LUXURY CHOICE: A Victorian bath and hot water
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: So In Love (from the Broadway cast recording of Kiss Me, Kate) - Marin Mazzie

Producer: Leanne Buckle

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011.


SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001hn2q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 11:30 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (Omnibus) (m0001mzq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001hn2w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 12:50 Curtain Down at Her Majesty's - A Play in Five Acts (Omnibus) (m0001wky)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 14:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b007jq2v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 14:30 Something to Shout About (m00028sr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01ml45g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 16:00 Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind (b007jltj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SUN 16:30 A Sting in the Tale (b0076jlc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:30 today]


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001hn2q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (Omnibus) (m0001mzq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001hn2w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 18:50 Curtain Down at Her Majesty's - A Play in Five Acts (Omnibus) (m0001wky)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 20:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b007jq2v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 20:30 Something to Shout About (m00028sr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01ml45g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 22:00 Sean Lock - 15 Storeys High (b09j3dct)
Series 1

Episode 2

Sean's bad-tempered, reckless past catches up with him in the shape of a dead swan.

He's still hiding in Flat 76, Elderberry House, Maydew Estate, failing to keep the world at bay.

Starring Sean Lock

Written by Sean Lock and Martin Trenaman.

With:

Tim Mitchell
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Peter Serafinowicz
Martin Trenaman.

Script Editor: Robert Fraser-Steele

Producer: Chris Neill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1999.


SUN 22:30 Chain Reaction (b00tbhhg)
Series 6

Ronni Ancona interviews Lee Mack

The actress/impressionist and top comic in the tag talk show, where the guest becomes the interviewer in the next show.

Ronni Ancona asks Lee Mack about being a Red Rum stable boy, his worst ever gig and his amazing juggling talents.

Based on the original 1991 BBC Radio 5 series , Chain Reaction is a simple idea of big name stars from the world of entertainment interviewing others whose work they appreciate and admire.

Recorded with an audience, the interviews focus on the life, career and the passions of the interviewee but often prove to be as revealing about the interviewer.

Producer: Lianne Coop

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2010.


SUN 23:00 The Skivers (b007jq44)
Series 1

Britt Ekland

New age DIY, the wonders of Sweden and Sinatra sings punk.

Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh's skilful sketch show with special guest Britt Ekland who's not in the mood for romance.

Written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.

With:

Mel Giedroyc
Peter Bradshaw

Producer: Jon Naismith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1994.


SUN 23:30 1966 and All That (b01075px)
The 1940s

The French Resistance struggle to victory under General de Girl.

Hitler gets stuck in a bunker with his Gerbil.

And John Humphrys interviews Winston Churchill.

Craig Brown's satirical history of Britain reaches the 1940s.

With:

Joss Ackland
Eleanor Bron
Rory Bremner
Ewan Bailey
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
John Humphrys

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.

MONDAY 30 JANUARY 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001hn2q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (Omnibus) (m0001mzq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001hn2w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]


MON 01:50 Curtain Down at Her Majesty's - A Play in Five Acts (Omnibus) (m0001wky)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b007jq2v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Something to Shout About (m00028sr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01ml45g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Walter de la Mare - Memoirs of a Midget (m001hn0m)
1. Miss M

The diminutive Miss M struggles to find her place in Victorian society.

A haunting story of love, intrigue and obsession.

Walter de la Mare's surrealistic novel - first published in 1921.

Dramatised in three parts by Stephen Wyatt.

Miss M .... Emma Fielding
Sir Walter Pollacke .... John Church
Pollie .... Melanie Hudson
Young Miss M .... Sian Jenkins
Adam Waggett .... Matthew Morgan
Gypsy Woman .... Susan Brown
Mrs Bowater .... Jill Graham
Bates .... John Baddeley
Fanny Bowater .... Sylvestra le Touzel
Dr Phelps .... John Webb
Young Man .... David Holt
Harold Crimble .... Keith Drinkel
Lady Pollacke .... Maureen O'Brien
Mrs Crimble .... Pauline Letts

Director: Martin Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993


MON 06:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y37bk)
Series 1

5. The Honour of Israel Gow

An eye for an eye and a tooth to satisfy Israel Gow.

Father Brown surveys the remnants of a battered corpse and talks of money.

Starring Andrew Sachs.

Series of GK Chesterton's stories about the insightful clerical sleuth.

Dramatised by John Scotney.

Father Brown ........ Andrew Sachs
McCandlish ........ Henry Stamper
Johnstone ........ Graham Blockey
Dacre ........ David Sinclair
Mrs MacDonald ........ Ellen McIntosh
Old Jamie ........ James Bryce
Barman ........ Guy Holden

Pipe music by Brian Supple.

Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1985.


MON 06:30 Wimsey (m000bvp2)
Whose Body?

1. The Body in the Bath

Amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey is called to Battersea following the alarming discovery in an architect's bathroom...

Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.

British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Whose Body? was first published in 1923

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

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

Dramatised in five episodes by Chris Miller.

Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Bunter ...... Peter Jones
Dowager Duchess ...... Patricia Routledge
Mr Phipp ...... Norman Bird
Inspector Parker ...... Gabriel Woolf
Mrs Phipps ...... Betty Huntley-Wright
Inspector Sugg ...... Stephen Thorne

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1973.


MON 07:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001mn2)
Episode 11

1875: Thatcher tries to come to terms with the shooting of Uri Carruth.

2016: Willa's father-in-law, Nick, requests an unusual outing.

Barbara Kingsolver's novel interweaves the past and the present to explore the human capacity for resilience and compassion in times of great upheaval.

It is a portrait of life in precarious times - when characters discover that the past has failed to prepare them for the future.

Alternating between two centuries, Kingsolver examines the personal and social shocks that ensue when people’s assumptions about the world and their place in it are shaken to their foundations.

Abridged by Sian Preece.

Read by Laurel Lefkow.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.


MON 07:15 The Citadel (m0009365)
Series 6

Episode 1

Dr Andrew Manson and his wife Christine are expecting a big event.

Return of the medical drama set in the 1920s before the creation of the UK's National Health Service.

Based on AJ Cronin's groundbreaking novel.

Written by Christopher Reason.

Dr Manson ...... George Blagden
Dr Denny ...... Julian Lewis Jones
Christine ...... Catrin Stewart
Angharad ...... Jeanette Percival

Director: Gary Brown

Producers: Pauline Harris & Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.


MON 07:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b0680gtv)
Series 4

The Stag

Damien and Anthony celebrate their stag weekend in Dublin when their plans to spend it at the opera are ruined by the weather.

Meanwhile, Ian is tasked with looking after Damien's mother who is recovering from laser eye surgery.

Sitcom charting the life of cookery writer Damien Trench, who lives in London's Queen's Park with his partner Anthony

Damien Trench ...... Miles Jupp
Anthony ...... Justin Edwards
Ian Frobisher ...... Philip Fox
Mr Mullaney .... Brendan Dempsey
Damien's mother .... Selina Cadell
The Waitress .... Alex Tregear
Ray Jarrow .... Chris Brand
Chef/Policeman ...... Stephen Critchlow

Written by Justin Edwards.

Producer: Sam Michell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015.


MON 08:00 Brothers in Law (b05nhvmw)
Series 1

With Use of Bath

Barrister Roger Thursby is caught between a landlord and his tenant.

Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was first published in 1955.

Adapted for radio by Richard Waring from the BBC TV scripts written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.

Roger Thursby …. Richard Briers
Henry Blagrove …. Richard Waring
Sally Mannering …. Ann Davies
Grimes …. John Glyn-Jones
Mrs Butler …. Patsy Rowlands
Wilson …. Robert Dorning
Alec …. Malcolm Hayes

Guest stars:

Butler …. Deryck Guyler
The Judge …. Nicholas Phipps

Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes - originally edited for sale abroad.

Produced by David Hatch.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1970.


MON 08:30 Yes Minister (b007jltg)
Series 2

The Greasy Pole

Blending jobs with chemicals makes an explosive mixture for MP Jim Hacker.

Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.

Satirical sitcom centred around hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.

Written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn

It first ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984.

Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley …. Derek Fowlds
Joan Littler, MP …. Brenda Blethyn
Sir Wally Macfarlane …. Freddie Earlle
Professor Henderson …. Jerome Willis
Lord Crichton …. Geoffrey Toone
Lady Crichton …. Helena Breck
The Protestor …. Helen Atkinson Wood
Newsreader …. Moira Stuart

Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on Radio 4 in 1984.


MON 09:00 Genius (b0080rmy)
Series 3

Germaine Greer

Lego prisons? A tea tray as a system of measurement?

Dave Gorman asks writer Germaine Greer to select 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 2007.


MON 09:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b007wznq)
Series 2

Episode 1

After yet another late night on the tiles, Lucy decides it is time for them to shape up and get fit.

But having managed to drag Daniel along with her to gym, how can she then persuade him to leave?

Starring David Tennant and Elizabeth Carling.

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

Daniel ....... David Tennant
Lucy ....... Elizabeth Carling
Katie ....... Samantha Spiro
Andy ....... Tony Gardner

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.


MON 10:00 Walter de la Mare - Memoirs of a Midget (m001hn0m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 11:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y37bk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 11:30 Wimsey (m000bvp2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 12:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001mn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 12:15 The Citadel (m0009365)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 12:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b0680gtv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 13:00 Brothers in Law (b05nhvmw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 13:30 Yes Minister (b007jltg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 14:00 Genius (b0080rmy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 14:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b007wznq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 15:00 Walter de la Mare - Memoirs of a Midget (m001hn0m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 16:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y37bk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 16:30 Wimsey (m000bvp2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 17:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001mn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:15 The Citadel (m0009365)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 17:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b0680gtv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 Brothers in Law (b05nhvmw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 18:30 Yes Minister (b007jltg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 19:00 Genius (b0080rmy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 19:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b007wznq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 20:00 Radiolab (m000v29y)
Series 7

Slippery Mystery

Radiolab is a Peabody-award winning show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and the human experience.

Radiolab explores a question that's flummoxed minds from Aristotle to Sigmund Freud: where do eels come from? With Jad Abumrad.

Jad Abumrad and the Radiolab team investigate a strange world.

From WNYC. First broadcast on public radio in the USA in 2020.


MON 21:00 Dead Competitive (m001hqlj)
1. A Deliberate Malicious Act

What happens when a dog dies under suspicious circumstances directly after appearing at the world’s biggest dog show?

This is an investigation into the death of Thendara Satisfaction, an Irish setter, a superstar show-dog-in-training, and a family member.

Comedian and dog owner Kerry Godliman enters the world of dog showing to discover Thendara Satisfaction, Jagger to his loved ones was poisoned.

His owners believed it could only have happened at Crufts; the greatest dog show in the world.


MON 21:35 Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot (m001hn11)
1. Dream Away

The first episode of an epic story that charts an attempt to start a revolution of the mind, from a Welsh farmhouse.
In the 1970s it’s estimated that around 60% of the world’s LSD came from one place: Wales. This is the story of the Microdot Gang - a rag tag group of chemists, dealers, businessmen and hippy dreamers. They believed that acid had the power to save the world.

Narrated by Rhys Ifans (House of the Dragon, Notting Hill, Harry Potter) and starring Hannah Murray (Game of Thrones, Skins), Acid Dream is written by Welsh playwright Tim Price and features original music from Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys.

Contains references to drug use.

Written by Tim Price
Narrator…. Rhys Ifans
Christine…. Hannah Murray
Contributors…. Alston Hughes, Stephen Bentley and Catherine Hayes
Original music…. Gruff Rhys
Sound design…. Peregrine Andrews.
Researcher…. Hayley Mills
Production Co-ordinator…. Caroline Barlow
Extracts read from The Untold Story of Christine Bott

Producer…. James Robinson

A BBC Studios production.


MON 21:55 Inheritance Tracks (b07zfbbm)
Nona Hendryx

The singer Nona Hendryx chooses the spiritual 'Peace in the Valley' by Thomas A Dorsey and 'Strange Fruit' by Abel Meeropol.


MON 22:00 Just a Minute (m001hf32)
Series 90

Wordle, Swing Dancing and Broken Resolutions

Sue Perkins challenges Gyles Brandreth, Lucy Porter, Ria Lina and Rhys James to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation.

The long-running Radio 4 national treasure of a parlour game returns with subjects ranging from Swing Dancing to Wordle.

Production co-ordinator: Caroline Barlow
Sound editor: Marc Willcox
Producer: Rajiv Karia
A BBC Studios Production.


MON 22:30 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (b007jnz9)
Series 1

Episode 2

Mel and Vicki have an unexpected visit from their landlord.

With more rent owing than they can possibly afford, it looks like Mel will have to pay in kind...

Variety meets sitcom meets sketch show.

Written and performed by Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine.

With:

Martin Hyder
Jim North
Keith Wickham

Script editor: Graeme Garden

Producers: Claire Jones and Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.


MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m001hg0p)
Series 110

Episode 5

Andy Zaltzman is joined by Geoff Norcott, Chris McCausland, Isabel Hardman and Maisie Adam. This week they discuss a taxing week for Nadhim Zahawi, a downer week for levelling up, and the small matter of the end of the world.

Hosted and written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Davina Bentley, Simon Alcock, and Cameron Loxdale.

Producer: Sam Holmes
Executive Producer: Pete Strauss
Production Co-ordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Production


MON 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007v2y5)
Series 2

The Future

What is the future and why is it kept hidden from us? - when if we knew what it was we’d at least know if we needed to take a change of pants?

Series two of the cult comedy that answers the questions which leave other shows scratching their beards.

Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring.

With:

Rebecca Front
Armando Iannucci

And the voice of Tom Baker.

Producer: Sarah Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993.

TUESDAY 31 JANUARY 2023

TUE 00:00 Walter de la Mare - Memoirs of a Midget (m001hn0m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y37bk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Wimsey (m000bvp2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001mn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 The Citadel (m0009365)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b0680gtv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Brothers in Law (b05nhvmw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]


TUE 03:30 Yes Minister (b007jltg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 Genius (b0080rmy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b007wznq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Walter de la Mare - Memoirs of a Midget (m001hn17)
2. Mr Anon

A haunting story of love, intrigue and obsession in three parts, as the diminutive Miss M struggles to find her place in Victorian society.

Written by Walter de la Mare and first published in 1921.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt

2: Mr Anon

Miss M, already trapped by smart London society, finds herself torn between the demands of her obsessive young suitor and the 'evil' Fanny Bowater.

CAST:
Miss M .... Emma Fielding
Sir Walter Pollacke .... John Church
Fanny Bowater .... Sylvestra Le Touzel
Mr Anon .... Robert Glenister
Mrs Bowater .... Jill Graham
Lady Pollacke .... Maureen O'Brien
Mrs Monnerie .... Anna Massey
Harold Crimble .... Keith Drinkel
Flemming .... Sandra James Young
Susan Monnerie .... Federay Holmes

Director: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993


TUE 06:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y9tqf)
Series 1

6. The Hammer of God

Retribution that comes from above is not always divine.

Nevertheless Father Brown reaches the evil in the heart of the good...

Starring Andrew Sachs.

Series of GK Chesterton's stories about the insightful clerical sleuth.

Dramatised by John Scotney.

Father Brown ........ Andrew Sachs
Wilfred Boedric ........ Bryan Matheson
Dr Westley ........ Phillip Manikum
Norman Boedric ........ Paul Nicholson
Simeon Barnes ........ Tony Phillips
Mrs Thurston ........ Deborah Paige
PC Barton ........ Robin Summers
Inspector Stow ........ David Sinclair
Josian Risby ........ John Webb

Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1985.


TUE 06:30 Wimsey (m000bwxk)
Whose Body?

2. Disappearance of a Financier

Lord Peter Wimsey follows the trail of missing financier Sir Reuben Levy. Is there a link to the body found in the Battersea bathroom?

Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.

Dorothy L Sayers' detective mystery dramatised by Chris Miller.

Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Bunter ...... Peter Jones
Inspector Parker ...... Gabriel Woolf
Freddie Arbuthnot ...... Nigel Lambert
John P Milligan ...... Blain Fairman
Graves/Waiter/Scoot ...... Peter Williams
Mabel Price ...... Betty Huntley-Wright

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1974.


TUE 07:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001mdl)
Episode 12

A novel from Barbara Kingsolver, bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible, The Lacuna and Flight Behaviour, interweaves the past and the present to explore the human capacity for resilience and compassion in times of great upheaval. It is a portrait of life in precarious times - when characters discover that the past has failed to prepare them for the future.

Alternating between two centuries, Kingsolver examines the personal and social shocks that ensue when people’s assumptions about the world and their place in it are shaken to their foundations.

2016: Willa and Tig conspire on a secret mission and there is further bad news about the house.

Abridged by Sian Preece
Read by Laurel Lefkow
Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.


TUE 07:15 The Citadel (m000935m)
Series 6

Episode 2

The Citadel by Christopher Reason based on the novel by AJ Cronin.

Christine is ill. Manson and Denny are very concerned

Dr Manson ...... George Blagden
Dr Denny ...... Julian Lewis Jones
Christine ...... Catrin Stewart
Cerys ...... Jeanette Percival

Directed by Gary Brown
Produced by Pauline Harris and Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.


TUE 07:30 The Architects (b052hffj)
Series 2

Turret

Matt's got a problem with a turret, Sarah's got the clients from hell, Sir Lucien's got family trouble and Tim just got off with his old biology teacher.

Just a regular day at Sir Lucien and Partners.

Comedy set in a struggling architectural practice.

Written by Jim Poyser with Neil Griffiths.

Sir Lucien ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Tim ..... Alex Carter
Sarah ..... Anna Crilly
Matt ..... Dominic Coleman
Jemima ..... Hannah Genesius
Bob ..... David Acton
Jane ..... Jane Slavin
Dave ..... Stephen Critchlow

Director: Toby Swift

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2015.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jnth)
Series 7

Shifting Sands

Soldier Neddie Seagoon heads off to the fort at Waziri, which is drifting into peril.

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

Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
Jack Train

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: Pat Dixon

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1957.


TUE 08:30 In the Chair (b007jpw1)
Episode 1

At last maverick crime reporter, George Cragge is retiring from the BBC to the delight of executives attending his retirement party.

But his retirement is cut short by an urgent phone call - a serial killer is murdering dentists in London...

Mark Tavener's six-part satirical comedy thriller starring Michael Williams.

George Cragge ...... Michael Williams
DCI Frank Jefferson ...... Barry Foster
Prime Minister ...... Hugh Laurie
Crichton-Potter ...... Richard Griffiths
Martin McCabe ...... John Bird
Charles Prentiss ...... Stephen Fry
Marcia Mallon ...... Rebecca Front
Jim Hardie ...... Kenneth Cranham
Director of Personnel ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Chancellor ...... Simon Greehall
John ...... Jonathan Keeble
Caroline ...... Susie Brann
Max ...... Peter Woodthorpe

With Brian Parr, Henrietta Garden, Rachel Atkins, Darren Boyd and Harriet Cass.

Music by Paul Mottram.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.


TUE 09:00 The Motion Show (b0075rmr)
Series 1

Episode 3

The merits of watching TV - and retiring at the age of 30.

Dr Phil Hammond watches over proceedings in the quirky debating game.

With Simon Fanshawe, Peter Bradshaw, Brian Sewell and Steve Punt

Producer: Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.


TUE 09:30 North East of Eden (b01glrp1)
Plague

The annual festival of St Marcus brings a host of tourists to Paradise Island, but a mysterious illness threatens the torchlight parade.

Rebecca Front and Joan Sims stars in Peter Kerry's sitcom about a GP living on a remote island off the coast of Northumbria.

Dr Marcia Hulme …. Rebecca Front
Auntie Annie …. Joan Sims
Hjorst …. Niall Ashdown
Joseph Gates …. James Garbutt
Mrs Peevis …. Jean Southern
William …. Sammy Johnson
Ralph …. Stephen Thirkeld

Producer: Kathy Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.


TUE 10:00 Walter de la Mare - Memoirs of a Midget (m001hn17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 11:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y9tqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 11:30 Wimsey (m000bwxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 12:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001mdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 12:15 The Citadel (m000935m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 12:30 The Architects (b052hffj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b007jnth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 13:30 In the Chair (b007jpw1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 14:00 The Motion Show (b0075rmr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 14:30 North East of Eden (b01glrp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 15:00 Walter de la Mare - Memoirs of a Midget (m001hn17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 16:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y9tqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 16:30 Wimsey (m000bwxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 17:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001mdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:15 The Citadel (m000935m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 17:30 The Architects (b052hffj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b007jnth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 18:30 In the Chair (b007jpw1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 19:00 The Motion Show (b0075rmr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 19:30 North East of Eden (b01glrp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m001hn9g)
Series 9

What's In A Face?

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

Manoush Zomorodi explores the promise and peril of turning the human face into a digital tool.

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


TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (b05s3cfg)
Caroline Quentin

Actress Caroline Quentin inherits Chopin's ballet Les Sylphides and passes on the theme tune from True Romance by Hans Zimmer.


TUE 21:00 Dead Competitive (m001hqlm)
2. The Greatest (Dog) Show on Earth

Kerry visits Crufts in Birmingham. The dog show to end all dog shows.

160,00 thousand people, 28,000 dogs, a cash prize of £200. One dog found dead.

This episode explores Crufts in all its sparkle and glory, looking back at its murky history and the participants who compete annually.

The scene of the crime is illuminated and we are taken back to the moment the death was announced on Twitter by accident.

A media frenzy ensued – why was the story of a dog’s death so delicious to a hungry journalist?


TUE 21:30 Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot (m001hn9r)
2. The Golden Goose

Episode two of the LSD saga about an attempt to start a revolution of the mind, from a Welsh farmhouse.
Richard Kemp’s reputation as a psychedelic chemist grows. And as he and Christine search for a new base for their operation, the Welsh hills beckon.
In the 1970s it’s estimated that around 60% of the world’s LSD came from one place: Wales. This is the story of the Microdot Gang - a rag tag group of chemists, dealers, businessmen and hippy dreamers. They believed that acid had the power to save the world.

Narrated by Rhys Ifans (House of the Dragon, Notting Hill, Harry Potter) and starring Hannah Murray (Game of Thrones, Skins), Acid Dream is written by Welsh playwright Tim Price and features original music from Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys.

Contains references to drug use.

Written by Tim Price
Narrator…. Rhys Ifans
Christine…. Hannah Murray
Contributors…. Alston Hughes, Stephen Bentley and Catherine Hayes
Original music…. Gruff Rhys
Sound design…. Peregrine Andrews.
Researcher…. Hayley Mills
Production Co-ordinator…. Caroline Barlow
Extracts read from The Untold Story of Christine Bott

Producer…. James Robinson
A BBC Studios production.


TUE 22:00 Phil Ellis Is Trying (m0007scd)
Series 2

Mickstown

Phil signs up to a special class at the gym in order to impress Ellie. The class promises to "cleanse your mind gutters". But as it's run by Mick the Chinese Herbalist it's also there to empty your wallet. Meanwhile, Polly has become a community support support-officer. First task: to capture a pigeon that's been terrorising Parbold.

Written by Phil Ellis and Fraser Steele.

Starring:

Phil Ellis as Phil
Johnny Vegas as Johnny
Amy Gledhill as Polly
Terry Mynott as J-Dawg/Al Pacino
Katia Kvinge as Ellie
Sunil Patel as HQ/Follower
and with special guest star Mick Ferry as Mick the Chinese Herbalist

Produced by Sam Michell

A BBC Studios production


TUE 22:30 Cabin Pressure (b00m4472)
Series 2

Limerick

An interminable flight with a very baffling cargo gives the charter airline crew the chance to pass the time by alternately opening their hearts up to each other - and persuading Arthur not to play charades...

Written by John Finnemore.

Carolyn Knapp-Shappey …. Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson …. Roger Allam
Captain Martin Crieff …. Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Knapp-Shappey …. John Finnemore

Producer: David Tyler

Made for BBC Radio 4 by Pozzitive productions, and first broadcast in August 2009.


TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001hwq4)
Jack Docherty 1/3

From 10.00pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Paul Garner chats to Jack Docherty.


TUE 23:00 The Consultants (b060qsl2)
Series 4

Episode 3

Galileo is too busy to party with the Pope.

Cerebral sketch show written by and starring Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards and James Rawlings.

Producer: Will Saunders

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.


TUE 23:30 The Mark Steel Solution (b007k2jk)
Series 4

Pessimism

The radical comedian explains why life is getting harder, and proposes how we can all fight back.

Comedian Mark Steel provides alternative solutions to our everyday problems

Written and performed by Mark Steel and Pete Sinclair.

With Maria McErlane and Kim Wall.

Producer: Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.

WEDNESDAY 01 FEBRUARY 2023

WED 00:00 Walter de la Mare - Memoirs of a Midget (m001hn17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Father Brown Stories (b00y9tqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Wimsey (m000bwxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001mdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 The Citadel (m000935m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 The Architects (b052hffj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b007jnth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]


WED 03:30 In the Chair (b007jpw1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 The Motion Show (b0075rmr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 North East of Eden (b01glrp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Walter de la Mare - Memoirs of a Midget (m001hnb3)
3. The Circus

A haunting story of love, intrigue and obsession in three parts, as the diminutive Miss M struggles to find her place in Victorian society.

Written by Walter de la Mare and first published in 1921.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt

3. The Circus
Miss M's determination to be free leads her into the world of the circus and danger.

Miss M ... Emma Fielding
Sir Walter Pollacke .... John Church
Mrs Monnerie .... Anna Massey
Susan Monnerie .... Federay Holmes
Fanny Bowater .... Sylvestra Le Touzel
Mr Anon .... Robert Glenister
Captain Valentine .... David Holt
Percy Maudlen .... Charles Simpson
Adam Waggett .... Matthew Morgan
Gypsy Woman .... Susan Brown
Showman .... John Junkin
Mrs Bowater .... Jill Graham

Director: Martin Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993


WED 06:00 Father Brown Stories (b00yb1z9)
Series 1

7. The Sins of Prince Saradine

Father Brown and Flambeau cross a Norfolk lake to meet an Italian with a dark history, and exchange dreams with an old adversary.

Starring Andrew Sachs and Olivier Pierre.

Series of GK Chesterton's stories about the insightful clerical sleuth.

Dramatised by John Scotney.

Father Brown ........ Andrew Sachs
Flambeau ........ Olivier Pierre
Mr Paul ........ Garard Green
Mrs Anthony ........ June Barrie
Saradine ........ Roger Hammond
Italian ........ Robin Summers
Norfolk Tough ........ Peter Acre

Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1985.


WED 06:30 Wimsey (m000bxls)
Whose Body?

3. Lunch at Lady Swaffham's

Lord Peter Wimsey visits Salisbury in his quest for more clues in the mystery of a murder and a missing financier.

Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.

Dorothy L Sayers' detective mystery dramatised by Chris Miller.

Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Bunter ...... Peter Jones
Dowager Duchess ...... Patricia Routledge
Inspector Charles Parker ...... Gabriel Woolf
Mr Crimplesham ...... Richard Goolden
Mr Thipps ...... Norman Bird
John P Milligan ...... Blain Fairman
Lady Swaffham ...... Elizabeth Revill
Coroner ...... David Sinclair

Producer Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1974.


WED 07:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001l7m)
Episode 13

A novel from Barbara Kingsolver, bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible, The Lacuna and Flight Behaviour, interweaves the past and the present to explore the human capacity for resilience and compassion in times of great upheaval. It is a portrait of life in precarious times - when characters discover that the past has failed to prepare them for the future.

Alternating between two centuries, Kingsolver examines the personal and social shocks that ensue when people’s assumptions about the world and their place in it are shaken to their foundations.

1870s: Thatcher has to choose sides - with terrible consequences.
2016: Willa and Tig go on their secret mission.

Abridged by Sian Preece
Read by Patrick Kennedy and Laurel Lefkow
Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.


WED 07:15 The Citadel (m00094hq)
Series 6

Episode 3

The Citadel by Christopher Reason based on the novel by AJ Cronin.

A brutal solution has been applied to Christine's situation. Manson and Denny are appalled. Meanwhile Manson finds out about Cerys's family situation.

Dr Manson ...... George Blagden
Dr Denny ...... Julian Lewis Jones
Christine ...... Catrin Stewart
Cerys/Myfanwy ...... Jeanette Percival
Pritchard ...... Stephen Marzella
Rev James ...... John Branwell

Directed by Gary Brown
Produced by Pauline Harris and Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.


WED 07:30 Women Talking About Cars (b084xr59)
Series 1

Sarah Millican

Victoria Coren Mitchell interviews famous women about their lives through the cars they have known, the journeys they've been on and the things they shout in traffic.

Sarah Millican reminisces about her Dad's long lost Granada and describes a traffic jam that lead to some desperate measures...

With car descriptions read by Josette Simon.

Produced by Gareth Edwards

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


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0xt)
Series 1

The End of the Series

The Lad himself and the gang reminisce over how they first all first met.

Starring Tony Hancock.

With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James and Kenneth Williams.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Augemented Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.

Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1955.


WED 08:30 Flying the Flag (b00wmnvf)
Series 3

A Loss of Marbles

Gathering dust in the British Museum are great lumps of the Republic's heritage - and now it wants them back.

"But we did give them lots of things in return, William..."

"Like beads, sir?"

"Like standards William..."

Series 3 of Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.

HM Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
Colonel Surikov …. Christopher Benjamin

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1990.


WED 09:00 It's Not What You Know (b01ckr46)
Series 1

Episode 2

"The Thick Of It" star, Rebecca Front, Fast Show actor and comedian, Simon Day, and award-winning Geordie comic, Jason Cook nominate one of their intimate circle to answer questions about their relationship, to try and prove how well they know them.

With Miles Jupp chairing – if the panel can predict the responses their nominees gave, they get points.

Rebecca thinks she knows her father, Charles Front, a retired illustrator and calligrapher, pretty well. Simon examines his relationship with best friend, Conrad Butlin, a stylist from Notting Hill in London. And Jason plumps for his mother, Pat, a recruitment consultant from Hebburn in Newcastle - and, it turns out, something of a Loose Women fan...

Producer: Sam Michell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012.


WED 09:30 A Square of One's Own (m001hqlq)
The Great War

Artistic passions simmer between Lytton Strychnine, Virginia Woof and Vita Sockville-Pest.

Ivan Shakespeare's four-part comedy series based on the life and times of the Bloomsbury Group.

Lytton Strychnine .... Toby Longworth
Mrs Virginia Woof .... Sally Grace
Johnny Maynard Coins .... Nicholas Hardy
Mr Clive Pill .... Matthew Bell
Mrs Vanessa Pill .... Sarah Parkinson
Mrs Vita Sockville-Pest .... Joanna Brookes
Hans Schwartzmeister .... Jonathan Aris
Scout, The Operator, The Postman, The Butler, The Newsboy, Gallery Factotum and Lieutenant Dillimore .... Chris Emmett

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.


WED 10:00 Walter de la Mare - Memoirs of a Midget (m001hnb3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 11:00 Father Brown Stories (b00yb1z9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 11:30 Wimsey (m000bxls)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 12:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001l7m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 12:15 The Citadel (m00094hq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 12:30 Women Talking About Cars (b084xr59)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 13:30 Flying the Flag (b00wmnvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 14:00 It's Not What You Know (b01ckr46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 14:30 A Square of One's Own (m001hqlq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 15:00 Walter de la Mare - Memoirs of a Midget (m001hnb3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 16:00 Father Brown Stories (b00yb1z9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 16:30 Wimsey (m000bxls)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 17:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001l7m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 17:15 The Citadel (m00094hq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 17:30 Women Talking About Cars (b084xr59)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k0xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 18:30 Flying the Flag (b00wmnvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 19:00 It's Not What You Know (b01ckr46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 19:30 A Square of One's Own (m001hqlq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 20:00 Archive on 4 (m000c2w6)
Peak Hype

Is it, the essential grease for the wheels of commerce, signifiers to the malaise of the modern age, or indispensable tool to make yourself heard?

Hype or hyperbole is many things to many people and in one way or another it can be argued that it deeply affects us all.

It played havoc with presenter Murray Lachlan Young. Once hyped as the million-pound poet, it all got out of control and he ended up seeking refuge in a wood - for three years!

Murray has been interested in hype ever since. Where does it come from? Can it be controlled? Is it always bad, and what does it say about public discourse and ideas when, to be heard, it often seems you are compelled to shout loudest?

Murray explores the archive, reaching back to the First World War and the man who evolved the techniques which were used by others to persuade people to do almost anything - from fun things like buying more stuff than you need, to acquiescing in the murder or imprisonment of their friends and neighbours.

Hype was at heart of governments' post-war reconstruction strategies and powered everything from Beatlemania, punk, the celebrity obsession and the sunny uplands of the consumer society, where brands nosily competed for our attention and our money.

It may have been loud but it wasn't 'peak'. It has taken the invention of the smart phone to put a hype superhighway in our pockets.

Murray speaks to PR stars Lynne Franks, Mark Borkowski and Simon Evans and cultural commentators Richard Wharton and Darla Jane Gilroy and asks have we reached 'peak hype' and what does that mean?

Producer: Kevin Mousley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2019.


WED 21:00 Dead Competitive (m001hxtm)
3. Cui Bono?

Means, Motive, Opportunity. Kerry applies the principles of Human homicide investigation to this four-legged mystery. She considers the line-up of suspects and asks Cui Bono? (To Whom Is It A Benefit?)

Enlisting the help of a professional Pet Detective, Kerry speaks to people who there at Crufts and digs deep into the motivation of who might want Jagger eliminated. She considers the rivalries and rewards of winning Crufts.

Fame, film, dog-modelling plus the real money in winning is that it increases the dog’s value as a breeder.


WED 21:30 Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot (m001hndk)
3. The Mole

Episode three of the LSD saga, charts the launch of Operation Julie - an unprecedented police operation which aims to bring down the Microdot Gang. For detective Stephen Bentley it means a life-changing mission, as he’s sent deep undercover… to become a hippy.
In the 1970s it’s estimated that around 60% of the world’s LSD came from one place: Wales. This is the story of the Microdot Gang - a rag tag group of chemists, dealers, businessmen and hippy dreamers. They believed that acid had the power to save the world.

Narrated by Rhys Ifans (House of the Dragon, Notting Hill, Harry Potter) and starring Hannah Murray (Game of Thrones, Skins), Acid Dream is written by Welsh playwright Tim Price and features original music from Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys.

Written by Tim Price
Narrator…. Rhys Ifans
Christine…. Hannah Murray
Contributors…. Alston Hughes, Stephen Bentley and Catherine Hayes
Original music…. Gruff Rhys
Sound design…. Peregrine Andrews.
Researcher…. Hayley Mills
Production Co-ordinator…. Caroline Barlow
Extracts read from The Untold Story of Christine Bott

Producer…. James Robinson
A BBC Studios production.


WED 21:55 Inheritance Tracks (b0b90cgq)
Bruce Dickinson

The Iron Maiden singer, pilot and fencer chooses 'Child in Time' by Deep Purple and 'Fire' by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown.


WED 22:00 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m000rdlm)
Series 2

If You Go Away

Conversations from a Long Marriage is a two-hander, starring Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam, as a long-married couple who met in the Summer of Love and are still passionate about life, music and each other. We listen to – and empathise with - their dangling ‘conversations’ covering everything from health scares, jealousy and confessions, to TV incompatibility and sourdough bread.

In EPISODE 4, Joanna has a health scare and tells Roger that she’s frightened they’ll both die before HS2 is completed and ‘I don’t want to be in a world if we are not in it.’ He struggles to respond with a sensible answer. Then they both receive very bad news.

Written by Jan Etherington. Produced and directed by Claire Jones. Production co-ordinator Beverly Tagg. A BBC Studios Production.


WED 22:30 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (b00kn8k7)
Series 1

Sloth

Mark Watson investigates sloth as he continues his quest to free us from the seven deadly sins via stand-up comedy.

Tim Key and Tim Minchin provide sketches, songs and jealous glances.

Producer: Katie Marsden

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2007.


WED 23:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b04vkl9j)
Series 6

Ann Widdecombe

Marcus Brigstocke persuades his guests to try new experiences - starting with politician Ann Widdecombe.

Ann tries camping in a tent for the first time and watches as much of The Thick Of It as she can stand on TV.

Marcus also offers Ann the chance to drink a Jagerbomb - but will she accept?

Director: Bill Dare

First broadcast on BBC Radio in December 2014.


WED 23:30 Ivor Cutler - Cutler the Lax (b040hrx4)
Episode 3

Legendary Scottish surrealist Ivor Cutler samples the archives and enjoys some Marabut music and a jolly Japanese ditty

With Fiona MacDonald.

Producer: Mark Savage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.


WED 23:45 I, Regress (b0194n33)
Series 1

Episode 2

A dark, David Lynch-ian comedy, ideally suited for an unsettling and surreal late night listen. 'I, Regress' sees Matt Berry (The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, Snuff Box) playing a corrupt and bizarre hypnotherapist taking unsuspecting clients on twisted, misleading journeys through their subconscious.

Each episode sees the doctor dealing with a different client who has come to him for a different problem (quitting smoking, fear of water, etc). As the patient is put under hypnosis, we 'enter' their mind, and all the various situations the hypnotherapist takes them through are played out for us to hear. The result is a dream- (or nightmare-) like trip through the patient's mind, as funny as it is disturbing.

Episode 2: Robin Hood - no relation - comes to Dr Matt Berry with a fear of spiders. The diagnosis seems to be that this may all be down to an unusually potent encounter between an arachnid and a South African grandmother.. Featuring Simon Greenall (I'm Alan Partridge) and Jack Klaff (For Your Eyes Only, Star Wars).

The cast across the series include Katherine Parkinson (IT Crowd), Morgana Robinson (The Morgana Show), Simon Greenall (I'm Alan Partridge), Jack Klaff (Star Wars, For Your Eyes Only), Tara Flynn (The Impressions Show, Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle), Alex Lowe (Barry From Watford, The Peter Serafinowicz Show), and Derek Griffiths (Playschool, Bod, and The Royal Exchange).

A compelling late night listen: tune in and occupy someone else's head!

Producer: Sam Bryant

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.