SATURDAY 04 FEBRUARY 2023

SAT 00:00 The Zone (b046l7zm)
Episode 1

Turner finds himself in the grasp of the criminal elite who control The Zone...and the trade in vital body parts.

Starring Ben Crowe.

Trevor Preston's two-part sci-fi crime thriller is set in a world beyond the law.

Turner ...... Ben Crowe
Cage ...... Stephen Greif
Hayden ...... Michael Bertenshaw
AV ...... Elaine Claxton
Ms Iceton ...... Jaimi Barbakoff
Girl ...... Georgie Fuller

Other parts played by:

Clive Hayward
David Cann
Matthew Watson
Wilf Scolding

Trevor Preston trained at the Royal College of Art before embarking on a career in TV. He wrote for many of the best dramas of the 1970s and 80s, including Ace of Wands, Callan, The Sweeney, Minder, Out and Fox, for which he won a BAFTA in 1981.

His film work includes Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire and the Mike Hodges directed I'll Sleep When I'm Dead with Clive Owen.

Trevor has written three radio plays, the first of which, Flaw in the Motor, Dust in the Blood, was shortlisted for the Imison Award and a Mental Health in the Media Award in 2009.

Director: Toby Swift.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.


SAT 00:45 Web Central by Fay Weldon (b09hwr3b)
Josie is 132 years old.

She is a privileged Heaven on Earther, existing way above the underclass on Earth.

Fay Weldon's short story read by Oliver Ford Davis

Producer: Pam Fraser Solomon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1996.


SAT 01:00 Nora Webster by Colm Toibin (m000bck0)
2. Hope

As Nora rediscovers her love of music, and warmed by small acts of friendship, she gradually begins to find some hope and strength for the future…

Colm Tóibín’s powerful bestselling novel.

Starring Siobhan McSweeney.

Dramatised by BAFTA winning Adrian Hodges.

Nora Webster …… Siobhan McSweeney
Aunt Josie …… Brid Brennan
Phyllis Langdon …… Norma Sheahan
Catherine …… Ruth Bradley
Seamus …… Jonathan Forbes
Redmond …… Paul Reid
Dr. Cudigan …… Gary Lilburn
Maurice …… Edward MacLiam
Elizabeth …… Sophie Robinson
Aine …… Lauren Coe
Laurie…… Jessica Turner
Peggy Gibney …… Heather Craney
Donal …… Tommy Harris
Conor …… Sinead McGee

Other parts were played by the cast

Sound design: David Chilton

Director: Allegra McIlroy

A BBC Northern Ireland production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2019.


SAT 02:00 Only the Good Die Young (b007jzf9)
2. Berlin

Kim Drake is retracing the journey across Europe made by her dead boyfriend.

Why did he apparently kill himself on their wedding day?

In the tough city of Hamburg, she discovers that Mike had been economical with the truth...

Starring Siriol Jenkins.

Shaun Prendergast's techno thriller.

Kim Drake …. Siriol Jenkins
Mike Fisher …. Neil Roberts
Otto/Burns …. Shaun Prendergast
Stone …. Kenneth Cranham
Todd …. Jack Klaff
Charles …. Okon Jones
Wilson …. Peter Gunn
Welkin …. William Roberts
Prostitute …. Melanie Hudson
Anne/Clearwater/Optician's Receptionist …. Kate Binchy
Doris Meyer/Computer/Hotel Receptionist …. Joanna Wake

Director: Adrian Bean

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1992.


SAT 02:30 Wimsey (m000c2bx)
Whose Body?

5. Bunter Brings a Letter

In his quest to finally solve the mystery of missing financier Sir Reuben Levy, Lord Peter Wimsey makes a crucial appointment...

Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.

The conclusion of Dorothy L Sayers' detective mystery.

Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Bunter ...... Peter Jones
Sir Julian Freke ...... Bernard Archard
Inspector Charles Parker ...... Gabriel Woolf
Piggott/Dr Colegrove ...... Geoffrey Beevers
Dr Grimbold/Sir Reuben Levy ...... Wilfred Carter
Lady Levy ...... Betty Cardno

Dramatised by Chris Miller

Producer Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1974.


SAT 03:00 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (m0001p6f)
Episode 15

Unexpected treasures are uncovered as both Willa and Thatcher face the future.

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.

Concluded by Patrick Kennedy and Laurel Lefkow.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.


SAT 03:15 The Citadel (m000950s)
Series 6

Episode 5

Denny and Manson are brought to court.

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 Denny ...... Julian Lewis Jones
Dr Manson ...... George Blagden
Christine ...... Catrin Stewart
Pritchard ...... Stephen Marzella
Judge Maddox ...... John Branwell

Director: Gary Brown

Producers: Pauline Harris & Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.


SAT 03:30 Psmith in the City by PG Wodehouse (b00dgjw3)
First Steps in a Business Career

Mike's future looks gloomy when he's forced to give up his dreams of university and work in a bank.

But help is at hand...

PG Wodehouse’s comic adventures of the extraordinary Psmith and his friend Mike in the world of Edwardian finance.

Dramatised in four parts by Marcy Kahan

PG Wodehouse ..... Simon Williams
Psmith ..... Nick Caldecott
Mike Jackson ..... Inam Mirza
John Bickersdyke ..... Stephen Critchlow
Mr Rossiter/Mr Jackson ..... Chris Pavlo
Mr Waller ..... Jonathan Tafler
Bannister ..... Robert Lonsdale

Producer: Abigail le Fleming

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008.


SAT 04:00 Parsley Sidings (b008s3d0)
Series 1

Goodbye Parsley Sidings

Station Master Horace Hepplewhite takes on the bolshie staff in the buffet.

Starring Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender.

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

Horace …. Arthur Lowe
Bert …. Ian Lavender
Gloria …. Liz Fraser
Valentine/Bradshaw/Clara …. Kenneth Connor
Trimwick …. Bill Pertwee
Burke …. John Graham

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1972.


SAT 04:30 The Weekend Starts Here (m001hnzl)
2. What's In Store?

New arrivals Marina and Terrence stumble over the Shipcombe Green fault line - the village shop.

Sitcom about a village divided between the full-time resident villagers and the weekenders.

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
Smith / Josh .... Tom George
Cecila Fyffe .... Elizabeth Bell
Chloe .... Beth Chalmers

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 (m000my7x)
Series 15

Episode 4

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

* Comedian and The Last Leg host Josh Widdicombe
* Mathematician and pianist Dr Eugenia Cheng
* Have I Got News For You captain Ian Hislop

The Museum's Guest Committee offer as exhibits Bowerman’s Nose, the equals sign and print.

Researched by Anne Miller of QI & Mike Turner.

Producers: Richard Turner & James Harkin.

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


SAT 05:30 Millport (b0076br4)
Series 3

The End of the Beginning

The island makeover has turned horribly sour and with Irene gone, the only person to save the island from being bulldozed is Bunty Pierce.

But with her ailing health and hermit ways, will she leave her vegetables to rescue the island's integrity?

And will Irene change her mind about mainland life and return to the island for good?

Conclusion of the 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 December 2002.


SAT 06:00 Dashiell Hammett - The Maltese Falcon (b00x88q0)
"When one of your organisations gets killed, it's bad business to let the killer get away with it. It's bad all around - bad for that one organisation, bad for every detective everywhere".

1928, San Francisco: When his partner is murdered on an assignment, private detective Sam Spade suspects their client is holding back information about the case.

And then he learns about the priceless black statuette of a falcon...

Starring Tom Wilkinson.

Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 detective novel.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Sam Spade ....Tom Wilkinson
Brigid O'Shaughnessy .... Jane Lapotaire
Mr Gutman .... Peter Vaughan
Joel Cairo .... Nickolas Grace
Effie .... Mia Soteriou
Miles Archer .... William Hope
Iva .... Liza Ross
Wilmer .... Peter Acre
Tom Polhaus .... Norman Jones
Lt Dundy .... Harry Towb
DA Bryan .... Don Fellows
Newspaper Man …. Robin Summers
Taxi Driver …. Keith Edwards
Man with the Key …. Arnold Diamond

Director: Jane Morgan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.


SAT 08:00 Drama (b0bk1dtq)
Auntie Jee

Sham runs a restaurant on the Curry Mile in Manchester. She also does a bit of matchmaking on the side.

But when best friend Julie asks her to find a partner things get a bit complicated.

A heart warming romantic comedy by Furquan Akhtar.

Sham ...... Shobna Gulati
Julie ...... Lisa Moore
Aneela ...... Shila Iqbal
Asif ...... Abdullah Afzal
Ali ...... Bhasker Patel
Bank Manager ...... Lloyd Peters

Director: Gary Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2018.


SAT 08:45 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl69)
Series 1

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

Carter's Uncle Mort proposes staying at home, where he recalls days of steam and northern food.

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
Mrs Brandon …. Joan Matheson
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Producer: Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.

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SAT 09:00 Ray's a Laugh (m001hvxr)
From 09/10/1959

Ted really wants to go to Brighton for a game of golf, but there are two obstacles in the way - his wife and his boss.

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 (b01jt0yr)
Series 1

Episode 3

Ernie takes Eric to a wig boutique and the BBC's offering Ern a lucrative new contract - but what about Eric?

Special singing guest: Anita Harris.

Written by Eddie Braben

With:

Anne Hamilton
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 (m0009cq7)
3. Teenage Diary & Summer with Monika

Grace Dent locks herself in her teenage bedroom for one last time, and rifles through the BBC Archives to celebrate the awkward, emotional, and unfortunately inevitable adolescent experience.

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

She takes Young Adult author Steven Camden back to the park to conjure up memories of adolescent boredom and longing and persuades some real-life teenagers to explain their lives, lingo and of course mobile phones to her.

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

* 'My Teenage Diary'
Richard Herring opens up his teenage diary for Rufus Hound

* 'Summer with Monika'
Dramatisation of Roger McGough's iconic poem about young love in the 1960s.
Starring Mark McGann and Katy Carmichael.

Producer: Jessica Treen

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra. First broadcast in October 2017.


SAT 11:00 Dashiell Hammett - The Maltese Falcon (b00x88q0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 13:00 Drama (b0bk1dtq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


SAT 13:45 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl69)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 14:00 Ray's a Laugh (m001hvxr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 14:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01jt0yr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 15:00 Growing Pains (m0009cq7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 16:00 The Zone (b046l7zm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SAT 16:45 Web Central by Fay Weldon (b09hwr3b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:45 today]


SAT 17:00 Dashiell Hammett - The Maltese Falcon (b00x88q0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 19:00 Drama (b0bk1dtq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


SAT 19:45 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl69)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 20:00 Ray's a Laugh (m001hvxr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 20:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01jt0yr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 21:00 Growing Pains (m0009cq7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 22:00 Chris Addison's Civilization (b00f2zsd)
A Working Society

Charting our bumpy evolution, Chris Addison explains why he chose to spell civilisation with a Z.

Continuing his journey through the vast and rich subject of civilisation, the thinking-idiot's anthropologist 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 (b00gpbcx)
More Brothers Faversham

Marcus Faversham

The story of Victorian Britain's greatest actor - Marcus Faversham.

The comedy trio share another tale 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 October 2008.


SAT 23:00 Vent (b00t4qzw)
Series 1

Gravity Gets You Down

Ben's physiotherapy seems to be working miracles when he gets far enough out of his coma to punch his physiotherapist.

And what are a tough-as-nails agent, a giant winged angel and Elvis doing in his unconscious mind?

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
Tim Whitnall
Sue Vincent

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.


SAT 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jvhf)
Series 4

Poet's Corner

Satan is cross with Yeats over a poem, while Scumspawn and Thomas write their own verse.

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
Michael Fenton Stevens

Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.

SUNDAY 05 FEBRUARY 2023

SUN 00:00 Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind (b007jltw)
3. Unexpected Visitations

Believing the apparently simple-minded Flora Kiery may be the key to the strange genetic mutation they've discovered on the Isle of Luig, Professor Curtis Lark and John Cornelius persuade her to leave the island and come with them to London.

They believe that only by exhaustive laboratory tests can they ever hope to solve the mystery of her extraordinary telepathic powers...

Starring Peter Cushing and Vincent Price.

Written by Rene Basilico from an idea by Robert Holmes.

John Cornelius .... Peter Cushing
Curtis Lark .... Vincent Price
Flora Kiery .... Sandra Clarke
Kalman Baromek .... Steve Playtus
Joan .... Joan Mathieson
Purser .... Andrew Sear

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1977.


SUN 00:30 A Sting in the Tale (b0076jps)
3. Voices From Another Room by Philip Martin

An artist starts to hear voices discussing a murder, involving him.

Worse, the voices are in the future, and the murder is about to happen...

Series of eerie dramas to send a chill up the spine

Written by Philip Martin.

Tom Swinnerton …. Neil Dudgeon
Jane Swinnerton …. Jenny Howe
Richard Cardin …. Chris Moran
Natalie Hansen …. Katie McGuinness
Lily Machin …. Jaimi Barbakoff

Music by Tom Smail.

Director: Peter Kavanagh

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004.


SUN 01:00 Dashiell Hammett - The Maltese Falcon (b00x88q0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 03:00 Drama (b0bk1dtq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]


SUN 03:45 Uncle Mort's North Country (b007jl69)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Ray's a Laugh (m001hvxr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]


SUN 04:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01jt0yr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 Growing Pains (m0009cq7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001hwdb)
The Horses

Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and chooses The Horses by Edwin Muir. Presented by Kenneth Steven who visits Orkney to explore the poet's life.

Edwin Muir’s career was bookended by two poems with almost the same title - ‘Horses’ and ‘The Horses’ - and these two poems encapsulate Muir’s life and work. ‘Horses’ was published in his debut collection in 1925 and evokes Muir’s childhood home on the tiny island of Wyre in Orkney. ‘The Horses’, his post-apocalyptic fable, comes from his final collection published in 1956. Yet both poems highlight the same theme: a lost paradise.

Kenneth Steven visits Wyre to explore the fears and dreams Muir distilled into those two poems. At the age of 14, Muir was forced to leave Orkney as his father sought work in Glasgow. The shock of encountering Glasgow, in his eyes an industrial Hell, had a profound effect on him. Worse still, his parents and his two brothers died in quick succession within a few years of moving to the city. Muir saw Glasgow as part of a fallen world and it brought about a breakdown from which he never fully recovered.

Kenneth talks to poets, theologians and a psychologist. And we hear the voices of Orkney and a reading of his masterpiece, The Horses.

Presenter: Kenneth Steven
Reader: Paul Young
Producer: Jeremy Grange

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.


SUN 06:30 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (Omnibus) (m0001q00)
Episode 3

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.

Last 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 (m001hwdl)
Brian Johnson

ACDC's Brian Johnson chooses 'Look over Yonders Wall' by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and 'Broken Down Angel' by Nazareth.


SUN 07:50 AJ Cronin - The Citadel (Omnibus) (m0009byv)
Series 6

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

Based on AJ Cronin's groundbreaking novel about medical life before the creation of the UK's National Health Service.

Omnibus of five parts written by Christopher Reason.

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

Director: Pauline Harris

Producers: Gary Brown & Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.


SUN 09:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mg07x)
From 01/06/1974

Kenneth and Ted take on Anthony and Cleopatra - and discover Britons abroad...

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 June 1974.


SUN 09:30 Something to Shout About (m0002chm)
Series 2

Episode 12

Janet and Mavis are obliged to sit an exam in order to get a rise.

"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
Adrian …. Nicholas Phipps

Other parts played by:

Warren Mitchell.

Producer: Eric Miller

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1961.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01m6pk7)
Longplay

Mary Berry

One of the UK's best-known and respected cookery writers, Mary Berry reveals her castaway choices.

In a specially extended edition for BBC Radio 4 Extra, Mary shares her life story with Kirsty Young and explains her musical, book and luxury choices.

More than six million copies of Mary's books have now been sold - not bad for a girl who failed her school certificate in English.

On TV, it was her role as a judge on The Great British Bake-off that brought her to the attention of a new generation.

It was in domestic science lessons that Mary discovered her love of cooking and she is in no doubt of the importance of teaching cookery in school

"When everybody leaves school, whether they are a boy or a girl, what do they have to do in the home? They have to produce a meal. They haven't been taught to do it. I think it should be essential."

DISC ONE: Wish Me Luck (As You Wave Me Goodbye) - Gracie Fields
DISC TWO: Antonio Vivaldi’s Spring (Allegro) - Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta
DISC THREE: Summer Holiday - Cliff Richard & The Shadows
DISC FOUR: How Great Thou Art - Susan Boyle
DISC FIVE: Onward Christian Soldiers - Salvation Army New York Staff Band
DISC SIX: Sailing - Rod Stewart
DISC SEVEN: Lord of the Dance - Bach Choir
DISC EIGHT: Mamma Mia - ABBA

BOOK CHOICE: RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants
LUXURY CHOICE: Cashmere rug
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Sailing - Rod Stewart

Producer: Leanne Buckle

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in August 2012.


SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001hwdb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 11:30 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (Omnibus) (m0001q00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001hwdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 12:50 AJ Cronin - The Citadel (Omnibus) (m0009byv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 14:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mg07x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 14:30 Something to Shout About (m0002chm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01m6pk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 16:00 Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind (b007jltw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SUN 16:30 A Sting in the Tale (b0076jps)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:30 today]


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001hwdb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (Omnibus) (m0001q00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001hwdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 18:50 AJ Cronin - The Citadel (Omnibus) (m0009byv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 20:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mg07x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 20:30 Something to Shout About (m0002chm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01m6pk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 22:00 Sean Lock - 15 Storeys High (b09jmjnl)
Series 1

Episode 3

Thwarted by inertia, Sean has never allowed his dreams and ambitions to come true. Until, that is, the local supermarket shows him the way.

Sean Lock is 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.
Chris Pavlo

Script Editor: Robert Fraser-Steele

Producer: Chris Neill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.


SUN 22:30 Chain Reaction (b00tdx5w)
Series 6

Lee Mack interviews Ade Edmondson

The comedian and the comic actor in the tag talk show, where the guest becomes the interviewer in the next show.

Comedian Lee Mack, writer and star of BBC1's Not Going Out, grabs the microphone to interview his own comedy hero from The Young Ones and Bottom - actor Ade Edmonson.

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 Safety Catch (b00fc4vp)
Series 1

Show Me You Care

Simon McGrath likes to think of himself as a good citizen.

He donates blood, recycles his newspapers and has adopted two tigers.

He just also happens to be an arms dealer...

Starring Darren Boyd as Simon McGrath.

First of three series of Laurence Howarth’s black comedy of modern morality.

With:

Joanna Page
Lewis MacLeod
Sarah Smart
Brigit Forsyth
Ben Onwukwe

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2007.


SUN 23:30 1966 and All That (b010hcwh)
The 1960s

Albert Einstein discovers the Beatles, while for the first time, the nation discovers sex.

Plus a look at the era of "Flour Power"; the World Cup is won by a team of men all called Bobby; and the with-it Royal try barbecuing.

Craig Brown's satirical history of Britain reaches the 1960s.

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 06 FEBRUARY 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001hwdb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (Omnibus) (m0001q00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001hwdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]


MON 01:50 AJ Cronin - The Citadel (Omnibus) (m0009byv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mg07x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Something to Shout About (m0002chm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01m6pk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtsj)
1. Knowl, 1864

Maud Knollyes is the daughter and heiress of a rich, eccentric recluse. After he dies, young Maud is placed in the guardianship of her Uncle Silas.

This is intended to be a public declaration of one man's confidence in his brother, for Silas was disgraced years before...

Starring Teresa Gallagher.

Sheridan le Fanu's Victorian gothic horror novel.

Dramatised in three parts by Alan Drury.

Maud ... Teresa Gallagher
Austin.... Graham Crowden
Madame de la Rougierre ... Dorothy Tutin
Lady Monica Knollye ... Joan Sims
Mary Quince ... Kathleen Byron
Mrs Rusk ... Tessa Worsley
Dr Bryerley .... John Hartley
Dudley ... Jonathan Keeble
Tom Brice.... Roger May
Mr Grimston .... Geoffrey Whitehead
The Rough Fellow ....Stephen Critchlow

Pianist: Michael Haslam

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in Ocotber 1995.


MON 06:00 Only the Good Die Young (b007jzfm)
3. Denmark

Ex-Stasi Agent, Otto, has sent Kim to Copenhagen in search of clues to solve her fiancé's death.

Will the mysterious Victor solve the riddle, and why does Charles always turn up like a bad penny?

Starring Siriol Jenkins.

Shaun Prendergast's techno thriller.

Kim Drake …. Siriol Jenkins
Mike Fisher …. Neil Roberts
Anne/Jean …. Kate Binchy
Frank/Otto …. Shaun Prendergast
Stone …. Kenneth Cranham
Miss Gee …. Ann Davies
Todd …. Jack Klaff
Charles …. Okon Jones
Wilson …. Peter Gunn
Doris Meyer …. Joanna Wake
Helga/Prostitute …. Melanie Hudson
DI Dear …. Eric Allen
DS Love/Victor …. Jonathan Tafler

Director: Adrian Bean

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1992.


MON 06:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001hvt2)
Series 7

Tectonic & A Very Long Flight

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

Presented by writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson.

TECTONIC by Dan Mitchell.
A young man is pulled between worlds as his epilepsy forces difficult decisions to be made. Difficult decisions are forced as he is pulled between realities. Will his mum’s frantic attempts to anchor him succeed?
Starring Eiry Thomas, Anja Conti, Hefin Williams and Jack Hammett.
Music composed by HMS Morris. Producer: Paul Dodgson . Technical producer: Jonathan Thomas.
Tectonic was written as part of a talent development scheme for new writers, called Ffolio. The scheme is run in partnership between BBC Cymru Wales, Arts Council Wales and Ffilm Cymru Wales.

A VERY LONG FLIGHT is directed, narrated and written by Soo Hyun Choi.
A narration-based sound piece that invites listeners inside a plane and tells a story of being locked down in flight for months on end. While being stuck on the plane, the narrator wonders about various types of boundaries between time zones, national territory, mind and body, leaving and arriving.
Starring Emma Topping, Kristian Byrne and Rowan Douglas.
Sound Design by David Alexander. Music by Pig7 and Erokia. Produced by Rory Bowens.
An ICA production.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.


MON 07:00 Book of the Week (b0b0prnw)
The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah

1. Childhood

Benjamin Zephaniah reads his autobiography, beginning with his childhood growing up in Birmingham.

It was a childhood coloured with love and violence.

But it was also where his love of poetry first evolved - and his relationship with his parents went in two very different directions.

Written and read by Benjamin Zephaniah.

Abridged in five parts by Sara Davies

Producer: Celia de Wolff

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2018.


MON 07:15 Subterranean Homesick Blues (b092cnpn)
Series 2

1. Older But Not Wiser

John and Maggie return as the lovers attempting to rekindle the flames of an on/off affair from their younger days.

But only to discover that love doesn't get easier when you're older but no wiser.

Series 2 of AL Kennedy's romantic comedy drama in five parts.

John ...... Bill Nighy
Maggie ...... Anna Calder-Marshall

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2017.


MON 07:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b068vymj)
Series 4

The Wedding

Damien recounts the events leading up to his marriage to long term partner Anthony, when not everything went exactly according to plan...

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 Celebrant ...... Jessica Turner
Gavin Fox ...... David Acton

Written by Justin Edwards.

Producer: Sam Michell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2017.


MON 08:00 Brothers in Law (b05p9vwd)
Series 1

Without Due Care

Barrister Roger Thursby defends an accident-prone artist.

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
Ford O’Hara …. Jon Pertwee
Henry Blagrove …. Richard Waring
Grimes …. John Glyn-Jones
Butteworth …. Dennis Ramsden

Other parts played by:

John Bryning
Sonia Fraser
Leslie Heritage

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

Producer: David Hatch.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1970.


MON 08:30 Yes Minister (b007k0fx)
Series 2

The Skeleton in the Cupboard

MP Jim Hacker gets the better of Sir Humphrey over a crisis in Derbyshire.

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
Dr Cartwright …. Ian Lavender
Alex Andrews …. Clive Merrison
Civil Servant …. Peter Acre
Civil Servant …. Ellen McIntosh
The Man on the Train …. William Eedle

Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1984.


MON 09:00 Genius (b0081cvq)
Series 3

Simon Munnery

How about garments made from human dust fragments? Or, speaking parrots for people?

Dave Gorman asks comedian Simon Munnery 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 (b007xrsn)
Series 2

Episode 2

When Lucy joins a school reunion website and is contacted by an old classmate, youthful indiscretions return to haunt Daniel's best friend Andy.

Starring David Tennant and Elizabeth Carling.

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

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

Producer: Liz Anstee.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.


MON 10:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtsj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 11:00 Only the Good Die Young (b007jzfm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 11:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001hvt2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 12:00 Book of the Week (b0b0prnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 12:15 Subterranean Homesick Blues (b092cnpn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 12:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b068vymj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 13:00 Brothers in Law (b05p9vwd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 13:30 Yes Minister (b007k0fx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 14:00 Genius (b0081cvq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 14:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b007xrsn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 15:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtsj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 16:00 Only the Good Die Young (b007jzfm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 16:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001hvt2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 17:00 Book of the Week (b0b0prnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:15 Subterranean Homesick Blues (b092cnpn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 17:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b068vymj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 Brothers in Law (b05p9vwd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 18:30 Yes Minister (b007k0fx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 19:00 Genius (b0081cvq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 19:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b007xrsn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 20:00 Radiolab (m000v70j)
Series 7

The Wubi Effect

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

When we think of China today, we think of a technological superpower. From Huawei and 5G to TikTok and viral social media, China is stride for stride with the United States in the world of computing. However, China’s technological renaissance almost didn’t happen. And for one very basic reason: The Chinese language, with its 70,000 plus characters, couldn’t fit on a keyboard.

This is the story of Professor Wang Yongmin, a hard-headed computer programmer who solved this puzzle and laid the foundation for the China we know today.

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 (m001hyct)
Novichok for Dogs

Kerry gets news of more attacks on dogs, poisoned sausages and marshmallows – is this an organised attack or does this all feel a bit random?
The case of Hendrix the Cat raises new questions about our relationship to animals.
Why do people kill animals?
How does it feel to have your pet, a member of your family, brutally slain?
Is this a potential serial killer on the loose?
A forensic psychologist explains.
The toxicology results come in.
Jagger was killed by an illegal nerve agent: the animal equivalent of Novichock...


MON 21:35 Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot (p0dhrllx)
6. The Microdoctrine

Final episode of the LSD saga about an attempt to spark a revolution of the mind.
Kate goes on a journey to meet the man at the heart of the great LSD plot. What were his true motives? And was it all worth it?
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 22:00 Just a Minute (m001hp0v)
Series 90

Fool's Gold, Tectonic Plates and Jane MacDonald

Sue Perkins challenges Paul Merton, Holly Walsh, Zoe Lyons and Alan Davies to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation.

The long-running Radio 4 national treasure of a parlour game returns this week with subjects ranging from Tectonic Plates to Jane MacDonald.

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


MON 22:30 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (b0075t8y)
Series 1

Episode 3

Being a 'breatharian' sparks disaster for host Mel.

Variety meets sitcom meets sketch show - written and performed by Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine.

With:

Martin Hyder
Keith Wickham
Jim North

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 (m001hp6n)
Series 110

Episode 6

For this week's News Quiz we're in Glasgow! Andy is joined by Frankie Boyle, Susie McCabe, Ashley Storrie and journalist Alex Massie. Up for discussion is the latest on strike action, the economy and the possibility of bringing a Dodo back to life.

Hosted and written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Max Davis, Carl Carzana and Jade Gebbie.

Producer: Georgia Keating
Executive Producer: James Robinson
Production Co-ordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Production


MON 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jtn5)
Series 2

The Human Body

Probing human cloning and what to do with our waste?

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 07 FEBRUARY 2023

TUE 00:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtsj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Only the Good Die Young (b007jzfm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001hvt2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Book of the Week (b0b0prnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Subterranean Homesick Blues (b092cnpn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b068vymj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Brothers in Law (b05p9vwd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]


TUE 03:30 Yes Minister (b007k0fx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 Genius (b0081cvq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b007xrsn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtsp)
2. Bartram-Haugh, 1865

Young heiress Maud Knollyes appears to have no choice about her future...

Starring George Cole and Teresa Gallagher.

Sheridan le Fanu's Victorian gothic horror novel.

Dramatised by Alan Drury.

Maud .... Teresa Gallagher
Silas .... George Cole
Lady Monica Knollys .... Joan Sims
Madame de la Rougierre .... Dorothy Tutin
Mary Quince ... Kathleen Byron
Mrs Rusk ... Tessa Worsley
Milly ... Jane Whittenshaw
Dudley ... Jonathan Keeble
Dr Bryerley .... John Hartley
Zamiel .... George A Cooper
Beauty ... Becky Hindley
Wyatt ... Pauline Letts
Charke's servant ... David Collings
Dr Slaithwaite .....John Evitts
Tom Brice.... Roger May
The Coachman .... Stephen Critchlow
Mr Grimston .... Geoffrey Whitehead

Pianist: Michael Haslam

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1995.


TUE 06:00 Only the Good Die Young (b007jzgl)
4. Paris

Following the unsuccessful attempt on Kim's life at Elsinor by Miss Gee, Kim turns to Todd for help. In Paris, Kim and Charles meet Seeta, a fugitive with a dreadful secret.

Shaun Prendergast's techo thriller in six-parts.

CAST:

Kim Drake …. Siriol Jenkins
Mike Fisher …. Neil Roberts
Anne/Clearwater/Jean …. Kate Binchy
Frank/Burns/Otto …. Shaun Prendergast
Stone …. Kenneth Cranham
Miss Gee …. Ann Davies
Todd …. Jack Klaff
Charles …. Okon Jones
Seeta Kumar …. Mamta Kaash
Wilson …. Peter Gunn
Computer …. Joanna Wake
DS Love …. Jonathan Tafler
John Maschler …. Terence Edmond
Welkin …. William Roberts

Directed by Adrian Bean

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.


TUE 06:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001hwht)
Series 7

The Life & Work of Veronica St Claude & En Justice

Writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson presents fresh storytelling from first time writers and producers as part of BBC Introducing Arts supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

The Life & Work of Veronica St Claude by Will Jackson. A mockumentary art gallery audio experience. Step into the Hawthwaite Gallery for a comedic tour of the life and works of outrageous artist, Veronica St. Claude from humble beginnings to career-defining scandals. Starring Len Gwyn and Divina de Campo. Music by Tom Rackham. Sound design by Martyn Harries. A Rural Media production.

En Justice by Christine Ubochi. Welcome to TV’s first legal system game show. Today you’ll see twenty-one year old Sofia in a fight against her very close friend, John, the prosecutor. Here, you, the public, hold the judgement. So, what are you waiting for? Come along and see this En Justice! Starring Daniel Abbot and Rebecca Allison, Celine Abrahams, Mark Oosterveen and Lelee Zhané. Executive Producer Alison Verson Smith. A Pier Production for Screen South.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra


TUE 07:00 Book of the Week (b0b17fcx)
The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah

2. Hustle

Benjamin Zephaniah reads his autobiography.

Growing up in Birmingham with a violent father and a loving mother, Benjamin, now a teenager, escapes the family home with his mother and starts a new life.

Church becomes an even greater part of their lives but it's not long before he finds himself on the wrong side of the law.

Written and read by Benjamin Zephaniah
Abridged by Sara Davies
Produced by Celia de Wolff

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


TUE 07:15 Subterranean Homesick Blues (b092f8wr)
Series 2

2. Seduction

Maggie is determined to rekindle her affair with John but an attempted seduction in a hotel doesn't go to plan.

Series 2 of AL Kennedy's romantic comedy drama in five parts.

John ...... Bill Nighy
Maggie ...... Anna Calder-Marshall

Directed by Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2017.


TUE 07:30 The Architects (b0536qr7)
Series 2

D.I.Y.

Sir Lucien casts aside his hopes of Brutalism returning to fashion and decides to go into house building.

His loyal team must follow...negotiating marshland, unexploded bombs and homicidal relatives en route.

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
Lucy ..... Jane Slavin
Darvo/Receptionist ..... Ian Conningham

Director: Toby Swift

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2015.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b00b5pg1)
Series 7

The Mysterious Punch-up-the Conker

Stand by for a thrilling pursuit of a mysterious nose assailant!

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 February 1957.


TUE 08:30 In the Chair (b007jssr)
Episode 2

Maverick BBC reporter George Cragge's theory of a connection between the murders and New Labour policy seems to be gaining credibility...

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

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 (b0075rt1)
Series 1

Episode 4

The merits of the Class system - and should Men be more like Women?

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

With John O'Farrell, Mark Maier, Maria McErlane and Miles Kington.

Producer: Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.


TUE 09:30 North East of Eden (b01h0kpm)
Cinema Paradiso

Marcia decides to inject a little culture into Paradise and starts a film club.

But will French art triumph over Mad Max III? Probably not.

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 …. James Garbutt
Mrs Peevis …. Jean Southern
Ralph …. Stephen Thirkeld
William …. Sammy Johnson

Producer: Kathy Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.


TUE 10:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtsp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 11:00 Only the Good Die Young (b007jzgl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 11:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001hwht)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 12:00 Book of the Week (b0b17fcx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 12:15 Subterranean Homesick Blues (b092f8wr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 12:30 The Architects (b0536qr7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b00b5pg1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 13:30 In the Chair (b007jssr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 14:00 The Motion Show (b0075rt1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 14:30 North East of Eden (b01h0kpm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 15:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtsp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 16:00 Only the Good Die Young (b007jzgl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 16:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001hwht)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 17:00 Book of the Week (b0b17fcx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:15 Subterranean Homesick Blues (b092f8wr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 17:30 The Architects (b0536qr7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b00b5pg1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 18:30 In the Chair (b007jssr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 19:00 The Motion Show (b0075rt1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 19:30 North East of Eden (b01h0kpm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m001hwj3)
Series 9

Memory And The Brain

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

Manoush Zomorodi explores how we can meet the challenges our brains encounter as we get older. With neuroscientist Lisa Genova.

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


TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (b04cb4nj)
Graham Fellows

Graham Fellows- aka John Shuttleworth- chooses The Farmer and the Cowman from Oklahoma, and It's Getting Better by Mama Cass.


TUE 21:00 Dead Competitive (m001hycm)
A Nidderdale Cocktail

Kerry is shocked to discover that Jagger was killed by a cocktail of illegal pesticides.

The toxicologist in Ghent reveals how this same poison is used to protect multi-million-dollar racing pigeons from birds of prey.

The head of the RSPB reveals how in the UK this poison is being illegally used by game keepers in the UK too.

Jagger is not the first dog to have been killed by poison bait. Chloe Ambler’s two dogs both consumed what is known as ‘the Nidderdale cocktail’ due to its prevalence.

This was no accident. A human had sewn it into meat. For a dog. But was Jagger the dog in the killer’s sights?


TUE 21:30 Red Moon (m000s29q)
Phase 1: Moonrise

It’s 1979. With the Doomsday Clock at one minute to midnight, is the Anglo-American accord in good shape?

As American and Soviet Moon bases aim their nuclear missiles at targets across the planet, former MI5 agent Eddie Sloper stumbles across a deadly conspiracy in this alternative-history, Cold War thriller.

Winner of Best Online Audio Drama at the BBC Audio Drama Awards, 2019.

CAST:

Eddie Sloper …. Philip Bulcock
Wilkins …. Stephen Critchlow
Emperor Zurk/Rick Risk …. Richard Reed
Mission Control/Cab Driver …. Greg Page
The Space Snaxx Kid …. Sarah Whitehouse
Den …. Yasmine Holness-Dove
Mrs Jones …. Georgina Periam
Lieutenant-General Atherton William Hope
The Russian Countdown …. David Taylor
Yuri Gagarin …. Andrei Zayats
Other parts were played by members of the cast

Music composed and performed by Francesco Quadraruopolo.

Story by Jack Bowman and Robert Valentine.

Written, directed and produced by Robert Valentine.

A Wireless Theatre Production recorded at the RNIB Talking Book Studios.


TUE 22:00 Phil Ellis Is Trying (m0007wwr)
Series 2

Parbold's Got Talent

When Phil's dad Goodison is discovered not dead but living in Phil's loft, Goodison tries to make amends by taking his son for a much needed holiday to popular holiday camp Mutlins. But are Goodison's motives as honest as they seem? Before long, Johnny and Polly are following Phil and Goodson to Mutlins in a bid to figure out what's really going on.

Written by Phil Ellis and Fraser Steele.

Starring:

Phil Ellis as Phil
Johnny Vegas as Johnny
Amy Gledhill as Polly
Terry Mynott as Bingo caller Derek Levoux
Katia Kvinge as Ellie
with special guest stars Alexei Sayle as Goodison
and Lee Mack as Bobby Dazzler

Produced by Sam Michell

A BBC Studios production


TUE 22:30 The Jason Byrne Show (b01dhnrz)
Series 2

Ageing

Award-winning comedian Jason Byrne tackles the pros and cons of getting older.

Stand up and sketches with Laurence Howarth and Anna Bengo.

Producer: Julia McKenzie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009.


TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001j5h8)
Bella Hull 1/2

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Sarah Campbell talks to Bella Hull.


TUE 23:00 The Consultants (b061gtpt)
Series 4

Episode 4

A 'ladies man' sings about his suspect personal hygiene.

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 Elvenquest (b010j3zz)
Series 1

Episode 1

Comedy set in lower Earth where fantasy writer Sam has been coerced into joining a band of intrepid heroes as they battle the dread forces of evil in search of the legendary sword of Asnagar!

Fantasy sitcom written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.

Elf Lord, Vidar ...... Darren Boyd
Dean The Dwarf ...... Kevin Eldon
Amis, The Chosen One ...... Dave Lamb
Sam ...... Stephen Mangan
Lord Darkness ...... Alistair McGowan
Amazon Princess, Penthiselea ...... Sophie Winkleman

Producers: Anil Gupta & Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009.

WEDNESDAY 08 FEBRUARY 2023

WED 00:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtsp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Only the Good Die Young (b007jzgl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001hwht)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 Book of the Week (b0b17fcx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 Subterranean Homesick Blues (b092f8wr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 The Architects (b0536qr7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b00b5pg1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]


WED 03:30 In the Chair (b007jssr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 The Motion Show (b0075rt1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 North East of Eden (b01h0kpm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtst)
3. Revelations

Heiress Maud Knollyes increasingly believes her life is in danger...

Starring George Cole and Teresa Gallagher.

Conclusion of Sheridan le Fanu's Victorian gothic horror novel.

Maud .... Teresa Gallagher
Silas ... George Cole
Madame de la Rougierre .... Dorothy Tutin
Lady Monica Knollys ... Joan Sims
Mary Quince .... Kathleen Byron
Milly ... Jane Whittenshaw
Dudley .... Jonathan Keeble
Zamiel .... George A Cooper
Beauty .... Becky Hindley
Sarah Mangles ...Linda Regan
Wyatt .... Pauline Letts
Tom Brice ..... Roger May
The Coachman ..... Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Sewell ..... Joan Littlewood
Dr Bryerly .....John Hartley

Dramatised by Alan Drury.

Pianist: Michael Haslam

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1995.


WED 06:00 Only the Good Die Young (b007jzgw)
5. Oxford

Acting on information from Seeta, Kim and DS Love follow the trail towards "Bird in Hand". But what secrets will their digging unearth?

Shaun Prendergast's techo thriller in six-parts.

CAST:

Kim Drake …. Siriol Jenkins
Todd …. Jack Klaff
Stone …. Kenneth Cranham
Charles …. Okon Jones
DS Love …. Jonathan Tafler
Jill Noone …. Alice Arnold
John Maschler …. Terence Edmond
Anne …. Kate Binchy
Frank …. Shaun Prendergast
Wilson …. Peter Gunn
Nelson …. Kenneth McClellan
Doctor …. Teresa Streatfield

Directed by Adrian Bean

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.


WED 06:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001hw92)
Series 7

Blackstone & Navigator

Writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson presents fresh storytelling from first time writers and producers as part of BBC Introducing Arts supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

Blackstone by Ben Stockdale and Lauren Key. A podcaster of the paranormal gets more than she bargained for when she discovers a dark secret in a supposedly haunted house. Starring Ewan Bailey, Laura Fleming, Jack Hammet and Alice Hoskyns. Sound design by Martyn Harries. Music composed by Chris Reed. Produced by Kate McAll. A Rural Media production.

Navigator by Callum Kilgarriff. Manchester 1888. A horrific accident leaves Irish Navvy John Doherty tormented during the building of the Manchester Ship Canal. Will he find the strength to continue? Starring Emmet Byrne, David Crellin, Richard Hand and Graeme Hawley. Produced by Eloise Whitmore. A Naked production for Tyneside Cinema.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.


WED 07:00 Book of the Week (b0b1nt7p)
The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah

3. Seeds

Benjamin Zephaniah reads his autobiography. The seeds of his passion for poetry and politics begin to grow.

Having spent much of his teens on the wrong side of the law and with time in approved school and borstal, Benjamin realises quickly there is more to life than this. Always interested in politics and religion, he finds Rastafari and quickly recognises that it enables him to explore both.

Written and read by Benjamin Zephaniah
Abridged by Sara Davies
Producer: Celia de Wolff

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


WED 07:15 Subterranean Homesick Blues (b092ft01)
Series 2

3. Ticking Clock

John and Maggie have managed to reboot their romance but a date at a crematorium reminds them that they don't have much time left.

Series 2 of AL Kennedy's romantic comedy drama in five parts.

John ...... Bill Nighy
Maggie ...... Anna Calder-Marshall

Directed by Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2017.


WED 07:30 Women Talking About Cars (b0858nvh)
Series 1

Germaine Greer

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.

Germaine Greer talks about the journeys she has been on and the cars she has travelled in, including her first Mini, a series of Triumphs, and Australia's own car, the mighty Holden.

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 (b007k15z)
The Holiday Camp

Sid hires the Lad to run his new venture, but then he discovers a surprise next door.

Starring Tony Hancock.

With Bill Kerr, Sidney James. Andree Melly, Kenneth Williams and Denis Wilson.

Announcer: Kenneth Williams

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

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

Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1955.


WED 08:30 Flying the Flag (b00c39mw)
Series 3

The Comrade Connection

"Drugs, Mr Ambassador?"

"We didn't need drugs in my day, William. We had something else to sustain us - we called them standards."

Fortified by caffeine, nicotine and alcohol, the diplomats tackle the drug barons.

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

HM Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Watson …. Moir Leslie
US Ambassador Spiro Weinberg …. Stephen Greif
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 (b01cwvbf)
Series 1

Episode 3

Miles Jupp hosts the show in which it's not what you know that matters, but who. And more importantly, how well you know them.

Roisin Conaty, Ed Byrne and Richard Madeley nominate one of their intimate circle to answer a series of questions and they then have to second-guess how their nominees responded.

Roisin picks her best friend, Caroline, Ed chooses his mum, Jill, and Richard Madeley opts for his daughter, Chloe - all with varying degrees of success.

The panel also have to try and predict the responses of legendary football commentator, John Motson, as he is asked "what's your favourite film?", "what would you have been if you weren't a football commentator?" and "which other famous TV coat-wearer would you be? The Fonz, Columbo, or Paddington Bear?"

Producer: Sam Michell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012.


WED 09:30 A Square of One's Own (m001hw9d)
The General Strike

Will strikes threaten the artistic dreams of Lytton Strychnine and Virginia Woof?

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
Geordy Brown .... Niall Ashdown
The Butler, The Wireless Announcer and The Rabble Rouser .... Chris Emmett

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.


WED 10:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtst)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 11:00 Only the Good Die Young (b007jzgw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 11:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001hw92)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 12:00 Book of the Week (b0b1nt7p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 12:15 Subterranean Homesick Blues (b092ft01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 12:30 Women Talking About Cars (b0858nvh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k15z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 13:30 Flying the Flag (b00c39mw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 14:00 It's Not What You Know (b01cwvbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 14:30 A Square of One's Own (m001hw9d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 15:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtst)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 16:00 Only the Good Die Young (b007jzgw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 16:30 New Creatives Dramas (m001hw92)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 17:00 Book of the Week (b0b1nt7p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 17:15 Subterranean Homesick Blues (b092ft01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 17:30 Women Talking About Cars (b0858nvh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k15z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 18:30 Flying the Flag (b00c39mw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 19:00 It's Not What You Know (b01cwvbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 19:30 A Square of One's Own (m001hw9d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 20:00 Archive on 4 (m000cbvh)
The Problem of Leisure

Documentary-maker Phil Tinline explores the history of a phantom fear - that automation will make work redundant, and leave us nothing to do.

Jump twenty-five years into the future and we have accidentally made life hell for ourselves. Technology has become so pervasive and efficient that workers sit idle, reduced to working 24 hours a week, if they have work at all. Social unrest simmers.

That was the view laid out in detail on TV in a mock-documentary called 'Time On Our Hands', which looks back on 1963 from an imagined 1988.

It never happened - but now the anxiety is back. Phil mines the archives and wonders whether it was simply wrong, or whether AI soon prove it right.

In 1930, JM Keynes predicted a 15-hour week by 2030 - but worried that, if the idle rich were anything to go by, we might struggle to spend our time wisely. In Depression America, well-meaning social reformers were aghast at how Americans were spending their growing free time. The New Deal tried to coax people away from malign pursuits like jazz dancing in favour of outdoor pursuits and communal dancing.

After the War, modern computing triggered fresh visions of ordinary people rendered redundant by the machines, and rebelling against the managers and engineers who now ruled them. But by the 1990s, all this had faded once more, in favour of the opposite worry: overwork.

So what can we learn from this today, as the anxiety floods back amid stories about AI - captured in books like The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of Mass Unemployment? Will we finally confront the problem of leisure?

With: Susan Currell, Richard Davies, Caroline Edwards, Martin Ford, Carl Frey, Dorian Lynskey, Robert Skidelsky, Oriel Sullivan

Producer: Phil Tinline

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.


WED 21:00 Dead Competitive (m001hycw)
Tittle Tattle

In a last attempt to get some more answers, Kerry tries to reach out to Jagger’s family.

Returning to Crufts 2022 she ponders on the lasting impact of his death on the dog show world.

The poisons have led us down a path of a much bigger story and an understanding of the animal hierarchy that us humans hold up.

Why are some animals fair game for poison, yet when it happens to others, its national news?

Why has this world been so hard to penetrate and why won’t people speak?


WED 21:30 Red Moon (m000s8kx)
Phase 2: Umbra

Uncertain whom to trust, former MI5 agent Eddie Sloper's clandestine investigation draws him into the shadows. Stars Philip Bulcock.

An alternative-history, Cold War thriller, where American and Soviet Moon bases aim their nuclear missiles at targets across the planet.

Winner of Best Online Audio Drama at the BBC Audio Drama Awards, 2019.

CAST:

Eddie Sloper …. Philip Bulcock
Dr Susan Madison …. Yasmine Holness-Dove
Quirke …. Joe Riley
Murray …. Greg Page
Benji/Lou/Mystery Caller …. Richard Reed
Margaret Thatcher …. Georgina Periam
Embassy Receptionist …. Sarah Whitehouse
Lieutenant-General Atherton …. William Hope

Music composed and performed by Francesco Quadraruopolo.

Story by Jack Bowman and Robert Valentine.

Written, directed and produced by Robert Valentine.

A Wireless Theatre Production recorded at the RNIB Talking Book Studios.


WED 22:00 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m000rlpv)
Series 2

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

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 5, ‘Should I stay or should I go?’ – Roger is late home from a pub lunch and Joanna finds out he had a ‘chance encounter’ on the train home with a former student and didn’t tell her.

In spite of his protests that it was innocent, Joanna warns the woman off – but then confesses she has been strongly attracted to another man.

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 (b00kvq7t)
Series 1

Wrath

Mark Watson investigates wrath 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 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001j5hb)
Bella Hull 2/2

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Sarah Campbell talks to Bella Hull.


WED 23:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b04wv049)
Series 6

Roy Walker

Marcus Brigstocke persuades Roy Walker to see his first ever Shakespeare play and banter with the audience for the first time.

Roy is best known as the host of ITVs Catchphrase.

Series persuading guests to try new experiences: things they really ought to have done by now. Some are loved, some are loathed, in this show all about embracing the new.

Director: Bill Dare

First broadcast on BBC Radio in January 2015.


WED 23:30 Bunk Bed (b0b930kx)
Series 5

Episode 1

Everyone craves a place where their mind and body are not applied to a particular task. The nearest faraway place. Somewhere for drifting and lighting upon strange thoughts which don't have to be shooed into context, but which can be followed like balloons escaping onto the air.

Late at night, in the dark and in a bunk bed, your tired mind can wander.

The return of the acclaimed Bunk Bed, written by and featuring Patrick Marber and Peter Curran.

Recorded in the dark and in real beds - they discuss what sort of dinosaur they would have been and respond to archive of the great African-American writer James Baldwin on Fathers with their own tales of being humiliated by children

Plus they argue over whether if it's ever appropriate for an Irish person to use the phrase "Yada, yada, yada..."

Producer: Peter Curran

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


WED 23:45 I, Regress (b019fxbc)
Series 1

Episode 3

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.

In this episode, Ms Taffgoon (Morgana Robinson) finds her appointment with Dr Berry to cure a fear of heights takes a strange path, taking in a talking pigeon (Derek Griffiths) and an interplanetary trip. And a field.

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!

Produced by Sam Bryant.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.