SATURDAY 06 MAY 2023

SAT 00:00 Algernon Blackwood - Secret Worship (m000hhfs)
'Yes, you are right, it has become fashionable to deny the existence of evil. That does not unfortunately mean that evil has ceased to exist or work upon the face of the earth.'

Stephen is in the grip of a dangerous obsession when he embarks on a mission to visit an old monastery.

One of the John Silence series of stories of the Supernatural and the Uncanny by Algernon Blackwood.

Starring Malcolm Hayes and Fraser Kerr.

Dramatised by Sheila Hodgson.

Dr John Silence ...... Malcolm Hayes
Stephen Hubbard ...... Fraser Kerr
Cabby ...... Michael Shannon
Porter ...... Roger Gartland
Waiter ...... Peter Whitman
Landlord ...... Michael Wolf
Man in Post Office ...... John Bull
Priest ...... Sion Probert
Bruder Pagel ...... Alan Dudley
Bruder Kalkman ...... Denis McCarthy

Producer: Harry Catlin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1975.


SAT 00:45 Roald Dahl (b00pbtjj)
Someone Like You

1. Man From The South

A young marine agrees to a bizarre wager with an elderly South American.

One of five darkly comic tales by Roald Dahl.

Dramatised by Stephen Sheridan.

Storyteller ...... Charles Dance
Old Man ...... Andrew Sachs
Marine ...... Danny Mahoney
Girl ...... Donnla Hughes
Spanish Woman ...... Rachel Atkins

Director: David Blount

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


SAT 01:00 Stella Gibbons - Nightingale Wood (b01pkjwp)
Episode 2

The young, widowed and pretty Viola Wither finally has the chance to escape her stifling in-laws in Essex.

Whilst they are spending a month in the Lakes, she and her sister-in-law Tina escape to Stanton on Sea.

Viola is still pining for the dashing Victor Spring - who has kissed her - and Tina for the beautiful chauffeur, Saxon - likewise.

But is it all hopeless?

Conclusion of Stella Gibbons’ sparkling pre-war comedy of manners.

Starring Victoria Hamilton and Dinah Stabb.

Dramatised by Christopher William Hill.

Tina ...... Victoria Hamilton
Mother ...... Dinah Stabb
Viola ...... Francine Chamberlain
Victor ...... Simon Bubb
Father ...... Paul Moriarty
Edna ...... Adjoh Andoh
Saxon ...... Adam Billington
Hetty ...... Alex Rivers
Phyllis ...... Joan Walker
Spurrey ...... Ian Masters
Uncle Frank ...... James Lailey
Mr Brodhurst ...... Gerald McDermott

Director: Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.


SAT 02:00 Crown Papers (m001ljpk)
5. Spring, 1937

What will happen when Caroline comes face-to-face with a figure from the past?

Jenny also meets with someone from bygone days.

But who is she?

Starring Dinah Sheridan and Geoffrey Whitehead.

Serial written by Peter Ling and Juliet Ace.

Alice, Lady Minster .... Dinah Sheridan
William, Lord Minster .... Geoffrey Whitehead
The Hon. Nicholas Gaunt .... Mark Straker
The Hon. Mrs Jenny Gaunt .... Helena Breck
Beatrice, Dowager Countess .... Margaret Rawlings
Lady Caroline Gaunt .... Deborah Makepeace
Scott Hanson .... Colin McFarlane
Lady Cloudesley .... Susan Sheridan
Paul Weyman .... Philip Sully
Mr Darrell .... Nigel Carrington
American Matron .... Jane Whittenshaw
American Nurse .... Adjoa Andoh

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1991.


SAT 02:30 Wimsey (b007jw80)
Five Red Herrings

4. Bunter Investigates

As Lord Peter Wimsey continues his hunt for the murderer of Scottish artist Sandy Campbell, his manservant Bunter takes the initiative.

Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Chris Miller.

Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Bunter …. Peter Jones
Parker …. Stephen Thorne
Inspector MacPherson …. Don McKillopp
Miss Selby …. Nell Brennan
Miss Cochran …. Audrey Muir
Bob Anderson …. Henry Knowles
Ferguson …. Iain Blair
Strachan …. Gordon Clyde

Producer: Simon Brett.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1978.


SAT 03:00 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (b0151xtg)
5. A Plague of Yossarians

Colonel Cathcart faces a plague of Yossarians.

There's also an outbreak of moaning during the briefing.

Joseph Heller’s iconoclastic 1961 novel satirising the insanity of war.

Abridged by Robin Brooks.

Read by Stuart Milligan.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011.


SAT 03:15 Why Mummy Drinks (m0006729)
5. Appy Ever After?

Ellen’s just discovered the app she created has made some serious money.

She’s moving closer towards her dream life by the second.

Surely nothing can go wrong now?

Funny, frank and feisty adaptation of Gill Sims’ best-selling novel.

Ellen is a stressed-out working- mum. She’s got high hopes of having a perfect life, but the gulf between her aspiration and her reality is an ever-widening chasm of chaos. But this is the year that everything will change…for sure.

Dramatised by Christine Entwisle.

Ellen … Gabriel Quigley
Simon … Stuart McQuarrie
Louisa … Maryam Hamidi
Sylvia … Joanna Tope
Michael … Crawford Logan
Kathy … Sally Reid

Director: Kirsty Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.


SAT 03:30 Bridget Christie's Utopia (b09r6fvs)
Series 1

Spirituality

As Bridget Christie struggles to come to terms with current world events - Kim Jong-un, the melting polar ice caps, the Brexit negotiations and Nick Knowles singing a cover of The Beatles "Here Comes The Sun", she embarks on a comic quest for her Utopia.

She's seeking a way of living that will make her less anxious and enable her to have her first happy week since the Brexit vote in 2016.

In this opening episode, Bridget explores spirituality - to see if that will make her happier.

Could Yoga, Hinduism or becoming a nun be the answer to all her problems? Or will life still be completely rubbish?

In her tour of spirituality, Bridget meets an elderly nun - Sister Agatha - at Bar Convent, hides from an Easter egg hunt and witnesses the aftermath of her husband getting a wedgie from the ghost of Napoleon. Will any of this help her switch off?

Stand-up show recorded in front of a studio audience at the BBC Radio Theatre.

With special guest Sister Agatha.

Producers: Simon Nicholls & Alison Vernon-Smith.

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


SAT 04:00 Steptoe and Son (b00s3cgj)
Series 1

The Diploma

Harold Steptoe drops a bombshell by quitting the family rag and bone business for a new career as a TV repair man.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.

Classic sitcom about the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Albert …. Wilfrid Brambell
Harold …. Harry H. Corbett

The 1962 BBC TV comedy pilot 'The Offer' sparked a run of 8 series.

Adapted for BBC radio from the TV script by Gale Pedrick.

Producer: Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1966.


SAT 04:30 Flying the Flag (b00dk3vl)
Series 4

As Unequal as Others

When equal rights for women appears on the agenda, closely followed by the emergence of militant feminists, Ambassador Mackenzie is stuck by the echo of men closing ranks.

Starring Dinsdale Landen.

Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer.

HM Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
Wiliam Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
Colonel Surikov …. Christopher Benjamin
US Ambassador Spiro Weinberg …. Stephen Greif

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1992.


SAT 05:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m0011l16)
Series 16

Episode 5

Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Holly Walsh welcome:

* Comedian and podcaster Catherine Bohart
* Broadcaster and author Elizabeth Day
* Iron Maiden frontman and airline pilot Bruce Dickinson

Catherine Bohart talks about creating her comedy new material night Gigless and her appreciation for a perfectly soft boiled egg.

Elizabeth Day explores what can be learned from failure and the success of her latest book Magpie.

Bruce Dickinson discusses life as the lead singer of Iron Maiden and his other life as a pilot flying all over the world.

Researchers: Mike Shepherd, Mike Turner, Mandy Fenton and Lydia Mizon of QI.

Producer: Anne Miller

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


SAT 05:30 Bleak Expectations (b00vrxwt)
Series 4

A Tolerable Life De-Happified

Our hero Pip sees his former nemesis - the badly named Gently Benevolent - thwarted and locked up in a prison within a jail within a gaol spelled the other way, and apparently repentant of his crimes.

But late one foggy night when Pip is attacked with a bowl of sinister custard, he realises a new form of evil is stalking the streets of London. He is obliged to ask for help from his erstwhile foe.

Can Benevolent now be trusted? And who is the sinister evil figure?

Meanwhile, Pip's wife Ripely, has become obsessed with cutlery, and the purchase of some diamond-handled dodo knives will probably force Pip into bankruptcy.

And his best friend Harry Biscuit claims to be having terrible problems with an angry badger.

Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy - with apologies to Charles Dickens.

Sir Philip ..... Richard Johnson
Young Pip Bin ..... Tom Allen
Gently Benevolent ..... Anthony Head
Harry Biscuit ..... James Bachman
Grimpunch ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely ..... Sarah Hadland
Pippa ..... Susy Kane

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.


SAT 06:00 Miss Marple (b00rz7b2)
Sleeping Murder

Amateur sleuth Jane Marple must solve the mystery surrounding a young woman's terrifying childhood memory - before the murderer is provoked to strike again...

June Whitfield stars as Miss Marple.

Agatha Christie's whodunit was published posthumously in 1976 but is set in the 1930s.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Dr James Kennedy …. Julian Glover
Gwenda Reed …. Beth Chalmers
Giles Reed …. Carl Prekopp
Mrs Hengrave …. Hilda Schroder
Edith …. Joan Littlewood
Richard Erskine …. Derek Waring
Aunt Alison …. Carolyn Pickles
Walter Fane …. Ioan Meredith
Jackie Afflick …. Michael N Harbour
Inspector Last …. Ewan Bailey

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.


SAT 07:30 Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem (Omnibus) (m0007r46)
A modern mudlark reveals her stories of finds buried in the mud of the River Thames.

Lara Maiklem's book is devoted to the tidal Thames and travels in chapters from Teddington to the Isle of Dogs, revealing the author's passions and discoveries.

It celebrates the most accessible form of archaeology, a historical hobby mixed with the excitement of scavenging for possible treasure. Something which takes place on a shoreline open to all.

This is history at its most earthy and tactile full of glimpses of the everyday lives of those who lived and worked near the river hundreds of years ago.

From mammoth teeth to Tudor shoes, via the mysterious abundance of garnets and the fragments of a Roman heating system, Lara brings us closer to the lives of the past by turning over the rubbish of the present to see what she can find.

Those inspired by the book to have a go themselves should be aware that anyone wishing to search the tidal Thames foreshore must hold a current foreshore permit from the Port of London Authority.

Written and read by Lara Maiklem.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Isobel Creed and Jill Waters

Producer: Jill Waters

A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4 Extra, first broadcast in August 2019.


SAT 08:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrk6)
New Horizons

'One more mouth to feed! That settles it. We're going.'

Lancashire, 1902: Will the luck of the Fosdyke family ever take a turn for the better?

A classic tale of struggle, power, personalities and tripe.

Bill Tidy and John Junkin's family saga - based on Tidy's Daily Mirror cartoon strip (1971-1985) parodying John Galsworthy's 'The Forsyte Saga' novels.

Jos Fosdyke ...... Philip Lowrie
Victoria Fosdyke ...... Miriam Margolyes
Tom Fosdyke ...... David Threlfall
Albert Fosdyke ...... Enn Reitel
Roger Ditchley ...... Christian Rodska
Ben Ditchley ...... Colin Douglas

Other parts played by:

Douglas Blackwell
Christopher Barr
Sally Grace
john Junkin

Producer: Alan Nixon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1983.


SAT 09:00 We're in Business (b07s3jlm)
Conscience Money

After a win on the horses, Dudley splashes the cash - and his mother's also got money to burn.

Stars Peter Jones and Harry Worth.

Peter Jones is small-time businessman, Dudley Grosvenor who's always out to make a fast buck - usually at the expense of his side-kick, Harry Worth.

Written by Marty Feldman, Barry Took and Peter Jones.

Dudley ....... Peter Jones
Harry ....... Harry Worth

With Dick Emery, Doris Hare, Vivienne Martin and Frederick Treves.

A selection of surviving episodes from two series broadcast between 1959-1960.

Producer: Charles Maxwell.

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in May 1960.


SAT 09:30 Whack-O! (b06713l2)
Task Master

The Headmaster finds himself up before the magistrate, accused of excessive use of the cane.

Starting life on BBC TV before transferring to radio, Chiselbury School is run "for the sons of gentlefolk".

Headmaster, Professor James Edwards, MA never misses a trick when it comes to exploiting the students and their parents. Sports pitches are given over to growing vegetables, which the boys nurture for their head to sell. Classes never exceed 95 pupils - 50 if private tuition is paid for at five guineas extra.

It's only thanks to the efforts of the devoted deputy head, Mr Pettigrew, that the school exists at all.

Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.

Adapted by David Climie.

Headmaster …. Jimmy Edwards
Aubrey Potter …. Roddy Maude-Roxby
Alfred Tennyson …. Frederick Treves
Magistrate …. Roy Dotrice
Eamonn O’Reilly …. Michael Turner
Lumley …. Roger Shepherd

With:

David Lott
Graham Aza

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1961.


SAT 10:00 Writing... The Midlands (m000rn00)
1. Jonathan Coe and Lee Child

Crime Writer Mark Billingham was born in The Midlands of England.

In the first of three programmes, he returns to the region that made him a writer to celebrate its literature both past and present.

Along the way Mark meets some of The Midlands’ finest writing talent and browses the BBC archives.

Featuring:

* The Rotters’ Club [12/11/2003] BBC Radio 4

* In the Studio: Lee Child [31/10/2017] BBC World Service

Producer: Jessica Treen

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in December 2019.


SAT 11:00 Miss Marple (b00rz7b2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 12:30 Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem (Omnibus) (m0007r46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 13:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrk6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 14:00 We're in Business (b07s3jlm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 14:30 Whack-O! (b06713l2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 15:00 Writing... The Midlands (m000rn00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 16:00 Algernon Blackwood - Secret Worship (m000hhfs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SAT 16:45 Roald Dahl (b00pbtjj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:45 today]


SAT 17:00 Miss Marple (b00rz7b2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 18:30 Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem (Omnibus) (m0007r46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 19:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrk6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 20:00 We're in Business (b07s3jlm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 20:30 Whack-O! (b06713l2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 21:00 Writing... The Midlands (m000rn00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 22:00 Nick Mohammed in Bits (b00tmt9h)
Lila

It's a new term and second year student Lila plans to teach the Freshers everything she knows.

Written by and starring Nick Mohammed.

Lila ...... Nick Mohammed
Reporter ...... Colin Hoult
Lila's best friend ...... Anna Crilly

Series of one-off comic plays showcasing the best of Nick Mohammed's idiosyncratic comic character creations.

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.


SAT 22:30 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (b00d45ny)
Series 2

Generosity

Mark examines generosity.

Part of the comedian's continuing quest to to delve into six virtues.

Liberally spoiling us with poetry and music:

Tim Key
Tim Minchin

Producer: Katie Marsden

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2008.


SAT 23:00 Vent (b00tp80h)
Series 2

Mary's Girl Child

Comatose Ben celebrates Christmas, as the nativity plays out in his unconscious mind.

Starring Neil Pearson.

Dark sitcom following the thoughts of a coma patient.

Written by Nigel Smith.

Ben …. Neil Pearson
Jean …. Josie Lawrence
Mary …. Fiona Allen
Blitzkrieg …. Leslie Ash

With:

Nicholas Hutchison
Jo Martin
Mark Perry
Scarlett Milburn-Smith
Jeremy Paxman

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2007.


SAT 23:30 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b01pw39f)
Series 2

Role Models

Who are our role models?

What does it mean to be a role model?

And whose parents make someone impersonate Trevor McDonald around the house?

Stephen K Amos returns to investigate a series of themes with guest stand-ups and the hilarious audience interaction that he's become famous for.

With:

Gráinne Maguire
James Acaster
Sarah Kendall

Additional material written by Christine Rose, Tom Neenan and Hugh Sington.

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2013.

SUNDAY 07 MAY 2023

SUN 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b010v3d7)
Night Watch

4. Reliving

Thrown back in time, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch relives the glorious revolution of his youth.

But he must also protect his younger self from arch-enemy Carcer.

Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel.

Dramatised by Robin Brooks.

Sam Vimes …. Philip Jackson
Young Sam …. Carl Prekopp
Carcer …. Paul Ritter
Rosie …. Clare Corbett
Colon …. Sam Dale
Dr Lawn …. Ben Onwukwe
Reg Shoe …. Joseph Kloska
Tilden …. Peter Marinker
Knock …. Matt Addis

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2008.


SUN 00:30 Ray Bradbury - The Golden Apples of the Sun (b007jn3n)
1. The Golden Apples of the Sun/Hail and Farewell

Two from Ray Bradbury's collection of sci-fi short stories:

The Golden Apples of the Sun - A tale about a voyage to the sun.

Hail and Farewell - A tale of a young boy whose real age is a mystery...

Starring:

Paul Maxwell
Ed Bishop
Don Fellows
Judy Bennett
Paul Downing
Joanna Myers
Simon Treves

Dramatised by Lawrence Gilbert.

Producer: Peter Hutchings

First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1991.


SUN 01:00 Miss Marple (b00rz7b2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem (Omnibus) (m0007r46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrk6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 We're in Business (b07s3jlm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]


SUN 04:30 Whack-O! (b06713l2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 Writing... The Midlands (m000rn00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001lqhc)
Body of Work

Daljit Nagra selects the best poetry programmes from the BBC archives and ponders the gym - a space he finds most effective for editing his own work.

In Body of Work, Andrew McMillan takes us inside the world of the gym and explores the preoccupations which often shape our relationships to our bodies.

Through interviews, and newly commissioned poetry, Andrew McMillan, a poet who - according to the Sunday Times - “scrutinises the violent idealism of masculinity in monologues that are both tender and steely”, interrogates the intersections of poetry and gym culture.

Andrew McMillan was born in South Yorkshire in 1988; his debut collection Physical was the first ever poetry collection to win The Guardian First Book Award. His second collection, Playtime, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2018.

He is senior lecturer at the Manchester Writing School at MMU and lives in Manchester.

Producer: Mair Bosworth

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.


SUN 06:30 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (Omnibus) (m001lqhf)
Episode 1

It’s 1944, on the island of Pianoso in the Mediterranean.

USAF bombardier Captain Yossarian is keen to be grounded after a disastrous mission to Avignon.

Whilst in hospital, he has the unassailable circular logic of Catch 22 explained to him.

There’s only one catch and that’s Catch 22.

Joseph Heller’s iconoclastic 1961 novel satirising the insanity of war.

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Robin Brooks.

Read by Stuart Milligan.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011.


SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001lqhj)
Carlo Rovelli

Physicist Carlo Rovelli inherits Nothing Shines Unless It Burns by Belladonna and passes on Fratres by Arvo Pärt.


SUN 07:50 Why Mummy Drinks (Omnibus) (m0006fw9)
Ellen is a stressed-out working-mum. She's got high hopes of having a perfect life, but the gulf between her aspiration and her reality is an ever-widening chasm of chaos.

But this is the year that everything will change...for sure.

Gill Sims’ funny, frank and feisty novel.

Omnibus of five parts dramatised by Christine Entwisle.

Ellen … Gabriel Quigley
Simon … Stuart McQuarrie
Louisa … Maryam Hamidi
Sylvia … Joanna Tope
Michael … Crawford Logan
Kathy … Sally Reid

Director: Kirsty Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.


SUN 09:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxgk)
From 17/12/1986

Humorous songs performed by the comedy musical cabaret quartet attempting to be reasonably together again.

Instant Sunshine are:

David Barlow
Peter Christie
Miles Kington
Alan Maryon-Davis

With special guests:

The Cambridge Buskers.

Producer: David Rayvern Allen

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1986.


SUN 09:30 The Navy Lark (b007k1zp)
Series 9

Cleaning Up

Can the inept crew of HMS Troutbridge manage to get it ship-shape for an inspection?

Stars Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray.

Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge.

Written by Lawrie Wyman

The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips
The Chief Petty Officer ...... Jon Pertwee
The Number One ...... Stephen Murray
Captain Povey ...... Richard Caldicot
Second Officer McCluty ….. Heather Chasen
Taffy Goldstein ….. Tenniel Evans
Alfie …. Michael Bates

The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series between 1959 and 1976.

Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1967.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01c7xqf)
Longplay

Sir David Attenborough

To mark 70th anniversary of Desert Island Discs, broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough reveals his castaway choices to Kirsty Young.

In a specially extended edition for BBC Radio 4 Extra, Sir David talks about his life and explains his musical, book and luxury choices.

He has seen more of the world than anyone else who has ever lived - he's visited the north and south poles and witnessed most of the life in-between - from the birds in the canopies of tropical rainforests to giant earthworms in Australia.

But despite his extraordinary travels, there is one part of the globe that's eluded Sir David. As a young man and a keen rock-climber, he yearned to conquer the highest peak in the world.

"I won't make it now - I won't make it to base camp now - but as a teenager, I thought that the only thing a red-blooded Englishman really should do was to climb Everest."

DISC ONE: Pajaro Compana (The Bell Bird) - Francisco Yglesia
DISC TWO: Franz Schubert’s Impromptu No.1 in F minor - Imogen Cooper
DISC THREE: George Frideric Handel’s And the Glory of the Lord - The Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner
DISC FOUR: Lyre bird (from The Life Of Birds)
DISC FIVE: Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations, No. 3 (Canone all'Unisono) - Murray Perahia
DISC SIX: Legong - The Gamelan Orchestra
DISC SEVEN: Carl Michael Ziehrer’s Wiener Burger Waltz - The Vienna Philharmonic conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
DISC EIGHT: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Soave Soave Sia Il Vento (Cosi Fan Tutte) - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by Sir Colin Davis

BOOK CHOICE: Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life - W B Lord
LUXURY CHOICE: A piano
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations, No. 3 (Canone all'Unisono) - Murray Perahia

Producer: Leanne Buckle

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in February 2012.


SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001lqhc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 11:30 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (Omnibus) (m001lqhf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001lqhj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 12:50 Why Mummy Drinks (Omnibus) (m0006fw9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 14:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxgk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 14:30 The Navy Lark (b007k1zp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01c7xqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 16:00 Terry Pratchett (b010v3d7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SUN 16:30 Ray Bradbury - The Golden Apples of the Sun (b007jn3n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:30 today]


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001lqhc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (Omnibus) (m001lqhf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001lqhj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 18:50 Why Mummy Drinks (Omnibus) (m0006fw9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 20:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxgk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 20:30 The Navy Lark (b007k1zp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01c7xqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 22:00 Start/Stop (b03bg4vk)
Series 1

Barbecue

Three couples sail off into the sunset. And sink.

Jack Docherty’s sitcom about love, marriage and despair.

With their marriages in various states of disrepair - a Barbecue proves painful for everyone.

Starring:

Couple 1:

Barney ...... Jack Docherty
Cathy ...... Kerry Godliman

Couple 2:

Evan ...... John Thomson
Fiona ...... Fiona Allen

Couple 3:

David ...... Charlie Higson
Alice ...... Katherine Parkinson

Producer Steven Canny

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2013.


SUN 22:30 Chain Reaction (b013gfnh)
Series 7

Kevin Eldon interviews Mark Steel

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

Kevin Eldon is a writer and actor whose credits include Brass Eye, 15 Storeys High, Spaced, Look Around You, Black Books, Big Train, World of Pub, Jam, I'm Alan Partridge, Attention Scum! and Poets' Tree. He's also the singer in Beergut 100.

Mark Steel has presented a range of his own programmes on BBC Radio 4, from The Mark Steel Solution, The Mark Steel Revolution, The Mark Steel Lectures to Writers Guild Award-winning Mark Steel's In Town. He also occasionally appears in programmes without his name in the title, such as The News Quiz.

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011.


SUN 23:00 Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers (b098jtq1)
Series 1

Childhood

Writer and comedian, Andy Hamilton shares his observations and reminiscences about his personal life and 40 years working in comedy.

For starters, Andy recalls his favourite childhood sounds of the ice-cream van and the roar of the Stamford Bridge. Plus his memories of being an overcautious and yet inattentive parent.

The rest of this four-part series looks at Politics, The Human Body and Animals.

Using comic observation and personal anecdotes he explores each theme, examining how much (or how little) things have changed over his 60ish years.

It’s Andy’s thoughtful, social history, but packed with laughs.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017.


SUN 23:30 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll (b00fvg6h)
Eight Miles Low

Rock musicologist and part-time media studies tutor, Brian Appleton attempts to assert his rightful place in the music history books.

Brian charts the beginnings of his influence on the rock world when, as a young boy, he met apprentice gravedigger Rod Stewart in London’s Highgate cemetery.

With the help of a maggot, Brian gave Rod the idea for his hit Maggie May...

Six-part series of comedy lectures by the rock musicologist who claims he was there at some of the biggest moments.

Written and performed by Graham Fellows.

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2001.


SUN 23:45 Self-Storage (b00f8188)
Series 2

Episode 1

Dave and Geoff are still living in the storage unit called the Storage Garden, overseen by security guard Ron.

But his sister Judy has joined them following a row with her husband - can Dave persuade her to leave?

Stars Reece Shearsmith and Mark Heap.

Return of the sitcom written by Tom Collinson and Barnaby Power.

Dave ...... Reece Shearsmith
Geoff ...... Mark Heap
Ron ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
Judy ...... Rosie Cavaliero
Mickey ...... Paul Putner
Sarah ...... Susan Earl
Shop Assistant ...... Helen Longworth.

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008.

MONDAY 08 MAY 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001lqhc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (Omnibus) (m001lqhf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001lqhj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]


MON 01:50 Why Mummy Drinks (Omnibus) (m0006fw9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxgk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 The Navy Lark (b007k1zp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01c7xqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Nick Stafford - The List (m001lqhn)
1. Reunion

It's 8th May 1945, VE Day.

Vera Makin is organising an evening of 'family and forgiveness', but the scars of war remain painful.

Guests include a West Indian merchant seaman, a German daughter-in-law and a son thought lost.

During the celebrations, guests are asked to list their desires from the peace.

Starring Gillian Barge and Nathaniel Parker.

Nick Stafford’s two-part drama about the effects of the Second World War and the wishes of those left to rebuild.

Vera Makin .... Gillian Barge
Arthur Makin .... Nathaniel Parker
Norman .... Colin McFarlane
Ernest .... Charles Simpson
Eva .... Becky Hindley
Pat .... Emma Gregory
Denys .... Hugh Kermode
Mr Betts .... David Collings
Mrs Hammond …. Frances Jeater
Mrs Budge .... Eva Stuart
Navigator .... Joshua Towb

Director: Celia de Wolff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 8th May 1995.


MON 06:00 Crown Papers (m001lr7q)
6. Summer, 1937

Summer 1937. Jenny discovers the answer to a four-year mystery, but looks set to lose everything she holds dear in the process.

Starring Dinah Sheridan and Geoffrey Whitehead.

Conclusion of the serial written by Peter Ling and Juliet Ace.

Alice, Lady Minster .... Dinah Sheridan
William, Lord Minster .... Geoffrey Whitehead
The Hon. Nicholas Gaunt .... Mark Straker
The Hon. Mrs Jenny Gaunt .... Helena Breck
Polly, Viscountess Ebony .... Melinda Walker
Beatrice, Dowager Countess .... Margaret Rawlings
Sir Charles Bowyer .... Brett Usher
Lady Gina Bowyer .... Shelley Thompson
Lady Caroline Gaunt .... Deborah Makepeace
Scott Hanson .... Colin McFarlane
Lady Cloudesley .... Susan Sheridan

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1991.


MON 06:30 Wimsey (b00s6r7j)
Five Red Herrings

5. Alibis

Lord Peter Wimsey battles to verify the whereabouts of key suspects in the murder of unpopular Scottish artist, Sandy Campbell.

Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised in eight parts by Chris Miller.

Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham
Strachan ...... Gordon Clyde
Mrs Smith-Le Mesurier ...... Sheila Mitchell
Waters ...... Bill Wallace
Mrs Faron ...... Frances Jeater
Faron ...... Gordon Gardner

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978.


MON 07:00 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (b015bxr3)
6. The Capitalist

Minderbinder's capitalist enterprise shifts up a gear and Yossarian decides against clothing.

Joseph Heller’s iconoclastic 1961 novel satirising the insanity of war.

Abridged in ten parts by Robin Brooks.

Read by Stuart Milligan.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011.


MON 07:15 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xgp36)
1. Clipped Wings

A portrait of Victoria's younger life and the happy years of her marriage, reveals some of the remarkable and long-lasting achievements of this extraordinary queen.

Imogen Stubbs stars as Victoria.

Written in ten parts by Juliet Ace, based on the letters and diaries of the young Queen Victoria.

Beginning with reflections of the young Victoria as she turns 16.

Victoria ........ Imogen Stubbs
Duchess of Kent ........ Anna Massey
Prince Albert ........ Adrian Lukis
Baroness Lehzen ........ Selina Cadell
Sir John Conroy ........ John Rowe.
Melbourne ........ Christopher Cazenove
WAG ........ Andrew Wincott
William IV ........ Terence Edmond
Prince of Wales Bertie ........ Thomas Arnold
Princess Vicky ........ Clare Corbett
Prince of Wales Bertie as a child ........ George Allonby

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.


MON 07:30 55 and Over (b01p3hnx)
4. Old v Young

Hearts are more fragile than previously thought when disaster strikes and old lovers are forced to confront their new younger replacements around a hospital bed.

Starring Juliet Stevenson and Philip Jackson.

Peter Souter's comedy about love, sex and other foolhardy mistakes made by the modern 50-pluser.

Jane ..... Juliet Stevenson
Ray ..... Philip Jackson
Tony ..... Patrick Brennan
Heather ..... Liza Sadovy
Honey ..... Stephanie Racine
Sam ..... Adam Nagaitis
Portia ..... Sarah Thom

Director: Helen Perry.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012.


MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00t4qkg)
Series 4

Episode 10

Kenneth Horne is the wise old chief in 'The Apache Story'.

But is Kenneth Williams a pseudonym?

And exactly how are Julian and Sandy going to 'Keep Britain Bona'?

One of BBC Radio’s most influential and groundbreaking series packed full of colourful characters, parodies, memorable catchphrases, and double-entendres.

Starring:

Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden

Announcer: Douglas Smith

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

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

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

Series 4 is written by Barry Took with Brian Cooke & Johnnie Mortimer and Donald Webster.

Music by the Max Harris Group.

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in April 1968.


MON 08:30 Dry Slopes (b070ws38)
Series 2

Tick Tock

Angus is nearly 30 but hasn't achieved any of his ambitions. Not even the one about moving to Lowestoft.

What terrible end will be revealed by the Ghost of Birthdays Yet to Come?

And even more worrying, has his mother really forgotten to buy him a present?

Written by and starring Nick Ball.

Angus ...... Nick Ball
Mum ...... Louisa Rix

With:

Robert Hartley
Wayne Forester
Julie Gibbs

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.


MON 09:00 The Write Stuff (b019h2bb)
Series 15

Sir John Betjeman

James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary correctness.

Team captains John Walsh and Sebastian Faulks, are joined by Sue Limb and Sir Andrew Motion.

Author of the week and subject for pastiche is former poet laureate, Sir John Betjeman - what might he have written about if he were alive today?

Reader: Beth Chalmers

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012.


MON 09:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00906d7)
Series 3

Episode 3

Change is in the air when Amanda and Richard get happily engaged.

But when Lucy and Daniel opt to change their lives, Lucy resolves not to tell anyone.

What Daniel hasn't told Lucy is that he can't keep a secret...

Starring David Tennant and Elizabeth Carling.

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

Daniel …. David Tennant
Lucy …. Liz Carling
Katie …. Tracy-Ann Oberman
Andy …. Tony Gardner
Amanda …. Nasreen Hussain
Richard …. Dave Lamb

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2003.


MON 10:00 Nick Stafford - The List (m001lqhn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 11:00 Crown Papers (m001lr7q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 11:30 Wimsey (b00s6r7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 12:00 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (b015bxr3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 12:15 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xgp36)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 12:30 55 and Over (b01p3hnx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 13:00 Round the Horne (b00t4qkg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 13:30 Dry Slopes (b070ws38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 14:00 The Write Stuff (b019h2bb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 14:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00906d7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 15:00 Nick Stafford - The List (m001lqhn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 16:00 Crown Papers (m001lr7q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 16:30 Wimsey (b00s6r7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 17:00 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (b015bxr3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:15 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xgp36)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 17:30 55 and Over (b01p3hnx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 Round the Horne (b00t4qkg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 18:30 Dry Slopes (b070ws38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 19:00 The Write Stuff (b019h2bb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 19:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00906d7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 20:00 Radiolab (m000ztsm)
Series 8

Asking for a Friend

Radiolab looks to answer some of life’s big little questions, taking in time and outer and inner space. With Jad Abumrad.

The boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and the human experience.

Jad Abumrad and the Radiolab team investigate a strange world.

From WNYC. First broadcast on public radio in the USA in 2019.


MON 20:55 Inheritance Tracks (b063jgb9)
Pam Ayres

Poet Pam Ayres military song 'When the Guards Are on Parade' and passes on 'Mars for Evermore' by Johnny Collins.


MON 21:00 Mastertapes (b01sm7hv)
Series 2

Wilko Johnson (the A-side)

Wilko Johnson talks about Dr Feelgood's debut album, released in 1975, 'Down By The Jetty'.

Series in which leading performers and songwriters talk about the album that made them or changed them.

Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios, each edition includes two episodes - the A-side and B-side.

In this one (The A side), John Wilson talks to the guitarist and founding member of Dr. Feelgood about 'Down By The Jetty', released in January 1975 and including 'Roxette', 'She Does It Right' and 'All Through the City', the album has been cited as a major influence by the likes of Paul Weller, the Clash, Blondie and the Ramones.

Wilko Johnson talks about his diagnosis with terminal cancer and his decision not to undergo chemotherapy, while he goes on a final tour.

In the B-side of the programme, it's the turn of the audience to ask the questions.

Producer: Paul Kobrak

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013.


MON 21:30 Dark Corners by Ruth Rendell (b06s2rty)
6. Breaking Point

Penniless and desperate, Carl is pushed to breaking point by his blackmailing tenant, Dermot.

Ruth Rendell's final novel is a dark and atmospheric tale of psychological suspense.

Read by Patricia Hodge.

Abridged in ten parts by Robin Brooks.

Producer: Kirsteen Cameron.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2015.


MON 21:45 The Shadow Over Innsmouth (m000v1pc)
Episode 1

A foggy seafront town where something’s coming from the water. An ancient cult, a stranger with a bandaged face and a body in a shallow grave. The podcast investigation continues.

Podcasters Matthew Heawood and Kennedy Fisher return and this time the story is Kennedy Fisher.

A simple investigation into the disappearance of a young man from a mental health facility has taken them from Rhode Island to Iraq, to the Suffolk countryside – as they realised that everything uncovered in season one threaded through to season two.

Towards the end of 'The Whisperer In Darkness,' the investigation turned inward as Kennedy discovered a possible family connection to the uncovered conspiracy. And evidence forces Heawood to question the veracity of Kennedy's account of her time in Iraq. As Kennedy heads off to Innsmouth, to look into her apparently spooky ancestry, Heawood is going to Iraq to answer the most disturbing of all questions: could Kennedy be a killer?

Both Kennedy and Heawood make life-changing discoveries as the two investigations come together and reach a gripping conclusion, just as the Coronavirus pandemic is sweeping the world.

Barnaby Kay and Jana Carpenter star in writer/director Julian Simpson’s H.P. Lovecraft-inspired universe.

Episode 1:
Our mystery podcasters return to close the story.

MATTHEW HEAWOOD ................Barnaby Kay
KENNEDY FISHER...........................Jana Carpenter
CASEY.................................................Kyle Soller
JASPER...............................................Steven Mackintosh
DOCTOR WILLETT.........................Mark Bazeley
CHARLES DEXTER WARD...........Samuel Barnett
IRAQ MAN..................................Walles Hammond

SOUND....................................................David Thomas
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR......Sarah Tombling
PRODUCER.............................................Karen Rose
MUSIC......................................................Tim Elsenburg

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Julian Simpson

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2021.


MON 22:00 Just a Minute (m001lj86)
Series 91

5. Humble Pie, Nuns and Dry Shampoo

Sue Perkins challenges Gyles Brandreth, Jan Ravens, Tony Hawks and Rachel Parris to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation.

The long-running Radio 4 national treasure of a parlour game is back for a new series with subjects this week ranging from Humble Pie to Dry Shampoo.

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

A BBC Studios Production


MON 22:30 And Now in Colour (b007jmn1)
Series 1

Intercity

The sketch show team takes the audience to Margate and asks 'Whose Pencil Line is it Anyway?'

Precision comedy written and performed by:

Tim Firth
Tim de Jongh
Michael Rutger
William Vandyck

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1990.


MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m001ljvr)
Series 111

Episode 2

Andy Zaltzman is back with a brand-new series of The News Quiz.

This week Andy is joined by comedians Ria Lina, Andrew Maxwell, Andy Parsons, and New Statesman journalist Rachel Cunliffe. They'll be looking at a man in a big hat, a man in a big mess, and an artificial man in a big plot to take over the world.

Hosted and written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Mike Shephard, Suchandrika Chakrabarti and Cody Dahler.

Producer: Sam Holmes
Executive Producer: Richard Morris
Production Co-ordinator: Dan Marchini
Sound Editors: John Hemingway and David Thomas

A BBC Studios Production


MON 23:30 Mark Thomas Presents (b0076w9l)
Shelley Berman

Famed for his pioneering one-sided phone calls, American icon Shelley Berman brings his unique observational wit to the UK.

Series in which Mark Thomas introduces iconic American comedy performers.

Producer: Paul Bajoria

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2005.

TUESDAY 09 MAY 2023

TUE 00:00 Nick Stafford - The List (m001lqhn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Crown Papers (m001lr7q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Wimsey (b00s6r7j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (b015bxr3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xgp36)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 55 and Over (b01p3hnx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Round the Horne (b00t4qkg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]


TUE 03:30 Dry Slopes (b070ws38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 The Write Stuff (b019h2bb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00906d7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Nick Stafford - The List (m001lr7k)
2. Commemoration

It's 8th May 1995 and preparations are under way to mark the 50th anniversary of VE Day.

Now living in a home, Vera Makin recalls organising an evening of 'family and forgiveness' in 1945.

But how many post-war dreams on her family’s list came to anything?

Starring Gillian Barge and Nathaniel Parker.

Conclusion of Nick Stafford’s two-part drama about the effects of the Second World War and the wishes of those left to rebuild.

Vera Makin .... Gillian Barge
Rose …. Carmen Monroe
Arthur Makin .... Nathaniel Parker
Norman .... Colin McFarlane
The Supervisor …. Adjoa Andoh
Pat .... Emma Gregory
Eva .... Becky Hindley
Denys .... Hugh Kermode
Ernest .... Charles Simpson
Pat, the Elder …. Tessa Worsley

Director: Celia de Wolff

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 8th May 1995.


TUE 05:45 Short Works (m0003zz4)
Moonlighting by Eley Williams

“After a while, eyes closed, I released the breath I did not know that I had been holding, and I began to clear the table.”

Everything is laid bare in Eley Williams' short story written for radio.

Read by the author.

Williams' writing is "elegantly droll without the kind of hipster quirkiness that makes me want to hurl books at the wall." (Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent).

Producer: Becky Ripley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2019.


TUE 06:00 Peeler (m0005zkz)
1. The New Force

Sir Robert Peel’s new Metropolitan Police force proves unpopular sparking deep political unrest.

Starring Mick Ford and Richard E Grant.

Patrick Carroll’s six-part crime series set in 1830, a year after the Metropolitan Police Act created the 'Peelers'.

PC Martin Quin ...... Mick Ford
Jeremiah Morley ...... James Booth
Sir Robert Peel ...... Norman Jones
Lord Trowle ...... Richard E Grant
Colonel Brown ...... Peter Jeffrey
Richard Mayne ...... Killian McKenna
Maria Staples ...... Joanna Myers
Sergeant Dutton ...... Ronald Herdman
Inspector Beale ...... Timothy Bateson
PC Atkinson ...... Alan Barker
PC Smythe ...... Mark Straker
Lord Laverton ...... James Greene
Mr Yardley ...... Richard Pearce
Arthur Jenkins ...... Ian Lindsay
Rev Charkes Lyton ...... Timothy Carlton

Singer: Martin Carthy

Director: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991.


TUE 06:30 Wimsey (b00s7ql2)
Five Red Herrings

6. Evidence of a Commercial Traveller

Who killed unpopular Scottish artist, Sandy Campbell? Lord Peter Wimsey and Inspector McPherson are weighing up the alibis of suspects

Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Chris Miller.

Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham
Sir Maxwell Jameson ...... Garard Green
Insp MacPherson ...... Don McKillopp
Waters ...... Bill Wallace
Strachan ...... Gordon Clyde
Jock Graham ...... Christopher Scoular
Clarence Gordon ...... .Gordon Faith

Producer Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978.


TUE 07:00 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (b015ckb3)
7. The Decision

Orr crash-lands again and Yossarian refuses to fly with him.

Is it a decision that he will come to regret?

Joseph Heller’s iconoclastic 1961 novel satirising the insanity of war.

Abridged by Robin Brooks.

Read by Stuart Milligan.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011.


TUE 07:15 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xhck1)
2. Looking for Love

Talk turns to a suitor for the young princess.

A portrait of Victoria's younger life and the happy years of her marriage, reveals some of the remarkable and long-lasting achievements of this extraordinary queen.

Imogen Stubbs stars as Victoria.

Written by Juliet Ace, based on the letters and diaries of the young Queen Victoria.

Duchess of Kent ........ Anna Massey
Prince Albert ........ Adrian Lukis
Baroness Lehzen ........ Selina Cadell
Sir John Conroy ........ John Rowe
Melbourne ........ Christopher Cazenove
WAG ........ Andrew Wincott
William IV ........ Terence Edmond
Prince of Wales Bertie ........ Thomas Arnold
Princess Vicky ........ Clare Corbett
Prince of Wales Bertie as a child ........ George Allonby

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.


TUE 07:30 North by Northamptonshire (b03nt1sw)
Series 3

Episode 3

Visitors are expected in Wadenbrook, and a revelation is long overdue.

Sheila Hancock narrates the bittersweet adventures of the residents of a small town in Northamptonshire.

Written by Katherine Jakeways.

As is well-known: Yorkshiremen wear flat caps and Essex girls wear short skirts; Liverpudlians are scallies and Cockneys are wideboys. Northamptonians gaze wistfully at these stereotypes and wish for an identity of any kind and a label less ridiculous than Northamptonians. Northamptonshire, let us be clear, is neither north, nor south nor in the Midlands. It floats somewhere between the three eyeing up the distinctiveness of each enviously.

Katherine Jakeways gives Northamptonshire an identity. And she waits, eagerly, for her home-county to thank her. And possibly make her some kind of Mayor.

Narrator ...... Sheila Hancock
Rod ...... Tim Key
Frank ...... Rufus Wright
Mary ...... Penelope Wilton
Jonathan ...... Kevin Eldon
Esther ...... Katherine Jakeways
Keith ...... John Biggins
Norman ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Orson ...... Nathaniel Parker
Jan ...... Felicity Montagu

Producer: Steven Canny

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jpp1)
Series 8

The Moriarty Murder Mystery

Inspector Neddie Seagoon turns sleuth and meets a creepy undertaker.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
George Chisholm

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.

Written by Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens and Maurice Wiltshire.

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Charles Chilton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1958.


TUE 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00f9y6d)
Series 3

Episode 1

Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel stays in a haunted mansion.

With Spike Milligan as The Mayor of Witchfield.

Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T. Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli.

Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.

Groucho Marx as Waldorf T. Flywheel …. Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli …. Frank Lazarus

With:

Lorelei King
Graham Hoadly

Special guest stars:

Spike Milligan
Dick Vosburgh

Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman.

Adapted by Mark Brisenden.

Lyrics by Dick Vosburgh and Frank Lazarus.

Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.

Producer: Dirk Maggs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.


TUE 09:00 The Motion Show (b06s1bnp)
Series 2

Episode 5

This House loved going to school, would like to go to the gym, and would really like a month of Sundays.

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

With:

Hugh Dennis
Jon Plowman
Jenny Eclair
Nick Revell

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.


TUE 09:30 Big Town All Stars (m001lr7c)
Series 1

The Perfect Man

You can join a band for a lot of reasons - fame, sex, money. Yet Kenny sees it as his only chance of giving up teaching geography.

Bozo's boxing break means a rock 'n' roll replacement is needed for the struggling a cappella group.

When auditions are held - there's not much interest. Can they recruit a new member - or persuade Bozo back from the big fight?

Starring Stephen Tompkinson.

With:

Clive Rowe
Meera Syal
Nicola Walker
Adrian Scarborough

Musical Director: David Firman

Producer: Gareth Edwards

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.


TUE 10:00 Nick Stafford - The List (m001lr7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 10:45 Short Works (m0003zz4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:45 today]


TUE 11:00 Peeler (m0005zkz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 11:30 Wimsey (b00s7ql2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 12:00 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (b015ckb3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 12:15 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xhck1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 12:30 North by Northamptonshire (b03nt1sw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b007jpp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 13:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00f9y6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 14:00 The Motion Show (b06s1bnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 14:30 Big Town All Stars (m001lr7c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 15:00 Nick Stafford - The List (m001lr7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 15:45 Short Works (m0003zz4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:45 today]


TUE 16:00 Peeler (m0005zkz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 16:30 Wimsey (b00s7ql2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 17:00 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (b015ckb3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:15 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xhck1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 17:30 North by Northamptonshire (b03nt1sw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b007jpp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 18:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00f9y6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 19:00 The Motion Show (b06s1bnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 19:30 Big Town All Stars (m001lr7c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m001lr7t)
Series 9

Artist In Exile

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

Manoush Zomorodi talks to Iranian artist Shirin Neshat – living in exile, her work has never been shown in her own country.

First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2023.


TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (b08dwwvg)
Alan Carr

Comedian and TV presenter Alan Carr chooses 'Chain of Fools' by Aretha Franklin and 'Sign of the Times' by Prince.


TUE 21:00 Mastertapes (b01sm710)
Series 2

Wilko Johnson (the B-side)

Following on from the A-side of this two-part programme, guitarist and founding member Wilko Johnson responds to questions from the audience about Dr Feelgood's 'Down By The Jetty'.

With John Wilson at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios in London.

Wilko also performs exclusive live versions of some of the songs discussed.

Producer: Paul Kobrak.

First broadcast on Radio 4 in May 2013.


TUE 21:30 Dark Corners by Ruth Rendell (b06s6qcz)
7. Relief?

At breaking point, penniless and desperate, Carl killed Dermot on one of Maida Vale's side streets.

Now he's waiting to see whether he has 'got away' with the murder...

Ruth Rendell's final novel is a dark and atmospheric tale of psychological suspense.

Read by Patricia Hodge.

Abridged by Robin Brooks.

Producer: Kirsteen Cameron

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2015.


TUE 21:45 The Shadow Over Innsmouth (m000v2t2)
Episode 2

A foggy seafront town where something’s coming from the water.

An ancient cult, a stranger with a bandaged face and a body in a shallow grave. The podcast investigation continues.

Podcasters Matthew Heawood and Kennedy Fisher return and this time the story is Kennedy Fisher. A simple investigation into the disappearance of a young man from a mental health facility has taken them from Rhode Island to Iraq, to the Suffolk countryside – as they realised that everything uncovered in season one threaded through to season two.

Towards the end of 'The Whisperer In Darkness,' the investigation turned inward as Kennedy discovered a possible family connection to the uncovered conspiracy. And evidence forces Heawood to question the veracity of Kennedy's account of her time in Iraq. As Kennedy heads off to Innsmouth, to look into her apparently spooky ancestry, Heawood is going to Iraq to answer the most disturbing of all questions: could Kennedy be a killer?

Both Kennedy and Heawood make life-changing discoveries as the two investigations come together and reach a gripping conclusion, just as the Coronavirus pandemic is sweeping the world.

Barnaby Kay and Jana Carpenter star in writer/director Julian Simpson’s H.P. Lovecraft-inspired universe.

Episode 2:
Innsmouth is not what Kennedy expected. Heawood is thrown when he runs into a familiar face in Iraq.

MATTHEW HEAWOOD ................Barnaby Kay
KENNEDY FISHER...........................Jana Carpenter
CASEY.................................................Kyle Soller
JASPER...............................................Steven Mackintosh
DOCTOR WILLETT.........................Mark Bazeley
CHARLES DEXTER WARD...........Samuel Barnett
MAN IN IRAQ..............................Walles Hammond

WRITER...................................................Julian Simpson
SOUND....................................................David Thomas
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR......Sarah Tombling
PRODUCER.............................................Karen Rose
MUSIC......................................................Tim Elsenburg

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Julian Simpson

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4,, first broadcast in April 2021.


TUE 22:00 Wosson Cornwall (m001ljhw)
Series 1

It's St. Crundy's Day Eve!

Dawn French and Edward Rowe star in a new sketch show with a Cornish flavour. Park the clichés and open your eyes to the reality of this wondrous funny and feral land.

This week learn about the significance of little-known Cornish festival St. Crundy’s Day Eve, whilst Gen-Z hotel receptionists - LJ and Jess - have to deal with another customer. And find out the financial impact to Cornwall of an alien invasion of London.

Recorded in front of an audience at the Acorn Theatre in Penzance, Wosson Cornwall? is a sketch show celebrating everything that makes real contemporary Cornwall a culturally rich and funny place - its people, its history and its modern way of life.

This is the second episode in a four part series with an entirely Cornish cast and writing team.

The cast includes Dawn French (Vicar of Dibley / French and Saunders), Edward Rowe (star of Bafta-winning film BAIT and HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon), Tamsyn Kelly (ITV2’s Stand Up Sketch Show, BBC New Comedian of the Year Award finalist 2021), Joanna Neary (Channel 4 sitcom Man Down and Gary Oldman film The Darkest Hour), Anna Keirle (award-winning Cornish stand-up, actress and writer) and award-winning actor Ciaran Clarke.

Written by James Henry, Morwenna Banks, Catherine Beazley, Max Davis, Gareth Edwards, Jane Harvey, Tamsyn Kelly, Jo Neary, and Alex Smith.

Script Editor: James Henry

Music: The Jolly Strumpets

Production Co-ordinator: Tamara Shilham

Sound Design: David Thomas

Produced by Simon Nicholls

A Mighty Bunny production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 22:30 The Jason Byrne Show (b01p9jsb)
Series 3

First I Was a Nurse Then I Became a Roofer

The hyperactive Irish comedian scrutinises the realm of employment.

Jason reveals how he drove a former employer to distraction.

Amongst the audience he discovers a nurse-turned-roofer-turned-counsellor-turned-womble; a laundry manager in a private castle and one man who has no idea whatsoever of his job title.

High-energy stand-up comedy and sketch show.

With:

Laurence Howarth
Daisy Haggard

Producer: Julia McKenzie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 2010.


TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001lwpc)
Arthur Smith with Mark Evans 1/3

From 10.00pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith chats to Bleak Expectations writer, Mark Evans.


TUE 23:00 The (Almost) Accidental Adventures of Bell and Todd (m00055bk)
Frogs

Stuck in a swamp pretending to be frogs, Todd and Bell are still in danger.

Mischievous narrator Diana is suffering too

June Whitfield stars in John Eggleston's adventure series.

Diana ...... June Whitfield
Bell ...... Matthew Bell
Todd ...... Toby Longworth

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998.


TUE 23:15 Fabulous (b00j6jkj)
Series 1

Episode 6

Faye causes havoc when she decides to gatecrash her boss's wedding.

Lucy Clarke’s sitcom about a woman who wants to be fabulous but can't cope.

Starring Daisy Haggard as Faye.

With:

Olivia Colman
Daisy Haggard
Katy Brand
Adam Buxton
Matthew Holness
Joanna Scanlan
Joanna Neary
Eve Dallas

Music by Osymyso.

Producer: Simon Nicholls

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2007.


TUE 23:30 Elvenquest (b00wdjz9)
Series 2

Episode 4

The search for the Sword of Asnagar is put on hold when Vidar is summoned home by his father.

Meanwhile Lord Darkness also returns home from his Necromancer's convention, proud holder of the 'Medal of Chang', the prize for being 'Necromancer's Necromancer'. However, it turns out that Lord Darkness may not have won it entirely fairly, so he sets about trying to cover his tracks.

The fates of Lord Darkness and the Questers are drawn together when they both end up having to cross the Gorge of Doom. But first they must pass the mysterious Bridge Keeper who controls the only passage across. And he charges a heavy price...

Fantasy-based sitcom set in Lower Earth written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.

Sam …. Stephen Mangan
Lord Darkness …. Alistair McGowan
The Bridge Keeper …. Gus Brown
Dean/Kreech …. Kevin Eldon
Vidar …. Darren Boyd
Amis – The Chosen One …. Dave Lamb
Penthiselea …. Sophie Winkleman

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.

WEDNESDAY 10 MAY 2023

WED 00:00 Nick Stafford - The List (m001lr7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:45 Short Works (m0003zz4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:45 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Peeler (m0005zkz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Wimsey (b00s7ql2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (b015ckb3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xhck1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 North by Northamptonshire (b03nt1sw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b007jpp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]


WED 03:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b00f9y6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 The Motion Show (b06s1bnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 Big Town All Stars (m001lr7c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Mary Wesley - An Imaginative Experience (m001lr81)
1. No Alternative

For one passenger, Julia, there is no alternative but to stop an Intercity train.

Why?

Starring Sylvestra le Touzel and Nicholas Farrell.

Mary Wesley's moving novel first published in 1994.

Dramatised in two parts by Betty Davies.

Julia .... Sylvestra Le Touzel
Sylvester .... Nicholas Farrell
Rebecca .... Frances Jeater
Benson .... John Hartley
Mr Patel .... Bhasker
Mrs Patel .... Surendra Kocher
Janet .... Jilly Bond
Tim .... Roger May
Angela .... Jane Whittenshaw
Peter .... Jonathan Keeble
Madge Brownlow .... Tessa Worsley
Clodagh May .... Madi Hedd
Hamish .... David Collings
John .... Geoffrey Whitehead

With:

Becky Hindley
Ian Masters

Director: Jane Morgan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995.


WED 06:00 Peeler (m00061yc)
2. Riots

PC Martin Quin is charged with assault, the riots worsen and the blackmail plot thickens.

Starring Richard E Grant and Mick Ford.

Patrick Carroll’s crime series set in 1830, a year after the Metropolitan Police Act created the 'Peelers'.

PC Martin Quin ...... Mick Ford
Jeremiah Morley ...... James Booth
Sir Robert Peel ...... Norman Jones
Lord Trowle ...... Richard E Grant
Colonel Brown ...... Peter Jeffrey
Richard Mayne ...... Killian McKenna
Maria Staples ...... Joanna Myers
Sergeant Dutton ...... Ronald Herdman
Inspector Beale ...... Timothy Bateson
PC Atkinson ...... Alan Barker
Francis Place ...... Mark Straker
PC Rourke ...... James Greene
Mr Yardley ...... Richard Pearce
John Staples ...... Ian Lindsay
Rev Charkes Lyton ...... Timothy Carlton

Singer: Martin Carthy

Director: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991.


WED 06:30 Wimsey (b00s7tql)
Five Red Herrings

7. Council of War

As the investigation into the mysterious death of Scottish artist Sandy Campbell continues, Lord Peter Wimsey listens to all the various theories and pronounces that they are all wrong.

Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

Dramatised by Chris Miller.

Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham
Sir Maxwell Jameson ...... Garard Green
Insp MacPherson ...... Don McKillopp
PC Ross ...... Gordon Kane
PC Duncan ...... David Strong
Campbell/Dr Cameron ...... Trevor Martin
The Procurator Fiscal ...... John Dunbar

Producer: Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978.


WED 07:00 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (b015cnyz)
8. Consequences

Orr is lost and, flying with McWatt.

Yossarian is terrified by his gung-ho attitude and low-level flying, which is to have horrific consequences at the beach.

Joseph Heller’s iconoclastic 1961 novel satirising the insanity of war.

Abridged by Robin Brooks.

Read by Stuart Milligan.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011.


WED 07:15 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xhz79)
3. The Young Queen

The young princess celebrates her 18th birthday and resolves to distance herself from those she distrusts including her controlling mother.

On the death of William IV, she is declared Queen. She aspires to abolish slavery and educate the masses.

Imogen Stubbs stars as Victoria.

Written by Juliet Ace, based on the letters and diaries of the young Queen Victoria.

Duchess of Kent ........ Anna Massey
Prince Albert ........ Adrian Lukis
Baroness Lehzen ........ Selina Cadell
Sir John Conroy ........ John Rowe
Melbourne ........ Christopher Cazenove
WAG ........ Andrew Wincott
William IV ........ Terence Edmond
Prince of Wales Bertie ........ Thomas Arnold
Princess Vicky ........ Clare Corbett
Prince of Wales Bertie as a child ........ George Allonby

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.


WED 07:30 Women Talking About Cars (m0001fdq)
Series 3

2. Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Saunders talks to Victoria Coren Mitchell about her life and some of the cars she has driven along the way.

From the much-polished Ford Zephyr of her childhood that her father let her steer as a special treat - to the day her husband-to-be Adrian Edmondson reversed into her much-loved Alfa Spider, nearly ending their romance before it began.

Car descriptions read by Sarah Hadland.

Producer: Gareth Edwards

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


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k456)
Series 3

The Test Match

MCC chairman Sid makes the Lad cricket captain for England, but places his bet on Australia to win!

Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's classic comedy about the life and times of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock.

Starring Tony Hancock.

With:

Bill Kerr
Sidney James
Kenneth Williams
Andree Melly

Special guests:

Colin Cowdrey
Frank Tyson
Godfrey Evans
John Arlott

Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.

Music recorded by the BBC Augmented Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.

Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1956.


WED 08:30 21st Century Blues (m001lr8s)
Hans Feet and Bumpsadaisy

Chaff Chaffinch was born at 23.55 on December 31st 1999 and his 100th birthday is approaching.

A stylite and chronicler of his family’s history – Chaff plunges headlong into the horrors and absurdities of the 21st century.

At last, Chaff is obliged to descend from desert column, to save the world from despotism and death by clonic sameness.

Starring Donald Pleasence.

Futuristic comedy written by Steve Walker.

Chaff Chaffinch …. Donald Pleasance
Nicholas Boulton …. Hans Feet himself / Hans Feet as a boy
Hans Feet / Mr Bhagar …. Lyndam Gregory
Hands Feet …. Peter Whitman
Hands Feet …. Steve Walker
Hands Feet …. Tom Bevan
Ramon …. Lyndam Gregory
Fettis …. Tom Bevan
Mother Chaffinch …. Lala Lloyd
Madame Tuna …. Frances Jeater
Alicia Feet …. Cathy Sara
Nurse Penzer …. Vivienne Rochester

Music arranged and performed by Neil Brand.

The theme sung by Peter Kenny and Nicholas Boulton.

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1994.


WED 09:00 It's Not What You Know (b037tnxt)
Series 2

Episode 7

What is Masterchef finalist Kirsty Wark's signature dish?

What is Andrew Maxwell's best character trait?

What is Francis Wheen's greatest fear?

All these questions, and more, will be answered in the show hosted by Miles Jupp, where panellists are tested on how well they know their nearest and dearest.

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013.


WED 09:30 Hobby Bobbies (b04tlfs3)
Series 2

Blackmail

A little bit of murky police history comes back to haunt the Haling squad.

Will the stench of corruption overpower the whiff of lager at the inter-force darts tournament?

Britain's longest serving PCSO (Police Community Support Officer) is paired with Britain's laziest.

Starring Richie Webb and Nick Walker.

Written by Dave Lamb.

Geoff...............Richie Webb
Nigel...............Nick Walker
The Guv..........Sinead Keenan
Nina................Pooja Shah
Bernie.............Chris Emmett
Geoff's Dad.....Noddy Holder

Producer: Steve Doherty

A Top Dog production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2014.


WED 10:00 Mary Wesley - An Imaginative Experience (m001lr81)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 11:00 Peeler (m00061yc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 11:30 Wimsey (b00s7tql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 12:00 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (b015cnyz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 12:15 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xhz79)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 12:30 Women Talking About Cars (m0001fdq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k456)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 13:30 21st Century Blues (m001lr8s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 14:00 It's Not What You Know (b037tnxt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 14:30 Hobby Bobbies (b04tlfs3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 15:00 Mary Wesley - An Imaginative Experience (m001lr81)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 16:00 Peeler (m00061yc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 16:30 Wimsey (b00s7tql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 17:00 Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (b015cnyz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 17:15 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xhz79)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 17:30 Women Talking About Cars (m0001fdq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k456)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 18:30 21st Century Blues (m001lr8s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 19:00 It's Not What You Know (b037tnxt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 19:30 Hobby Bobbies (b04tlfs3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 20:00 Archive on 4 (m000jg1d)
So Bad It's Good?

Steve Punt shares the joy of the films, songs and books that are so bad they're good, with guests Grace Dent, Robin Ince and Laura Snapes.

Steve and panellists analyse why bad culture can be so enjoyable.

Among their delights, the films of Michael Winner, the songs of Rick Astley and the poetry of Danielle Steele.

Producer: Laurence Grissell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2020.


WED 21:00 Short Cuts (b04l0tvs)
Series 6

Connections

A message in a bottle, cast into the ocean, reaches a woman who needs it, a lifeboat adrift and isolated in icy waters and a crackling, radio connection offers a lifeline between friends.

Josie Long hears tales of making contact.

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2014.


WED 21:30 Dark Corners by Ruth Rendell (b06s6qjb)
8. Powerless

Ruth Rendell's final novel is a dark and atmospheric tale of psychological suspense.

Carl's relief at getting rid of Dermot is short-lived, when Dermot's girlfriend, Sybil, takes his place in the top floor of the house in Madia Vale. Nicola can't understand why Carl is letting this happen, but he can't tell her about the hold Sybil has over him; that she saw him kill Dermot in the street outside her parent's house in Jerome Crescent.

Read by Patricia Hodge.

Abridged by Robin Brooks.

Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2015.


WED 21:45 The Shadow Over Innsmouth (m000v2qx)
Episode 3

A foggy seafront town where something’s coming from the water. An ancient cult, a stranger with a bandaged face and a body in a shallow grave. The podcast investigation continues.

Podcasters Matthew Heawood and Kennedy Fisher return and this time the story is Kennedy Fisher. A simple investigation into the disappearance of a young man from a mental health facility has taken them from Rhode Island to Iraq, to the Suffolk countryside – as they realised that everything uncovered in season one threaded through to season two.

Towards the end of 'The Whisperer In Darkness,' the investigation turned inward as Kennedy discovered a possible family connection to the uncovered conspiracy. And evidence forces Heawood to question the veracity of Kennedy's account of her time in Iraq. As Kennedy heads off to Innsmouth, to look into her apparently spooky ancestry, Heawood is going to Iraq to answer the most disturbing of all questions; could Kennedy be a killer?

Both Kennedy and Heawood make life-changing discoveries as the two investigations come together and reach a gripping conclusion, just as the Coronavirus pandemic is sweeping the world

Episode Three
Kennedy bumps into an old acquaintance in Innsmouth. In Iraq, Heawood cannot believe his eyes.

MATTHEW HEAWOOD ................Barnaby Kay
KENNEDY FISHER............................Jana Carpenter
ELEANOR PECK.................................Nicola Walker
CASEY...................................................Kyle Soller
DOCTOR WILLETT...........................Mark Bazeley
MELODY CARTWRIGHT.................Karla Crome
ALICE....................................................Jennifer Armour
SLIDE....................................................Ferdinand Kingsley
CHARLES DEXTER WARD.............Samuel Barnett

SOUND.....................................................David Thomas
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR.......Sarah Tombling
PRODUCER..............................................Karen Rose
MUSIC........................................................Tim Elsenburg

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Julian Simpson

A Sweet Talk production, first on BBC Sounds in 2020, and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2021.


WED 22:00 Lemn Sissay's Social Enterprise (m000bxhx)
Episode 2

Every year since 2013, the poet, broadcaster and author Lemn Sissay has arranged a Christmas dinner for people aged 18-25 who have left the care system and have no one with whom to have Christmas dinner. No one to give presents or receive them. No-one on the other end of the cracker.

This is not a charity. It isn't even an organisation. It's a project Lemn undertook because he understands how it feels - at 18 he was released from a children's home and given an empty flat in Wigan, with no-one in the world who had known him for longer than a year.

Lemn Sissay’s Social Enterprise is a four-part series for BBC Radio 4, considering what these dinners have taught him about charity, social enterprise, and people, through stand-up, interview and poetry.

This week he explores the idea of food - with the help of Garry Lemon, the Policy Director of the charity The Trussell Trust, and comedians Alexander Bennett and Dan Cardwell.

Written and performed by Lemn Sissay
Guest: Garry Lemon
Guest: Alexander Bennett
Guest: Dan Cardwell

Producer: Ed Morrish
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4


WED 22:30 Pick Ups (b008q0sz)
Series 1

Episode 3

Mike and Linda meet dates Andrew and Teri at a unique restaurant, with mixed results.

Comedy set in in a run down taxi office in Manchester.

Written by Ian Kershaw.

Lind ... Sally Lindsay
Mike ... John Thomson
Dave ... Philip Rowson
Rebel /Brad ... Ash Tandon
Teri ...... Claire Bleasdale
Andrew ...... Paul Warriner
Pat ...... Andrew Grose

Producer: Paul Hardy

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.


WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001lw9j)
Arthur Smith with Mark Evans 2/3

From 10.00pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith chats again to Bleak Expectations writer, Mark Evans.


WED 23:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01dtmb8)
Series 1

Kevin Eldon

Comedian Alex Horne is joined by his own 5 piece jazz band for music and comedy as they try interactive cookery.

With special guest: comedian Kevin Eldon.

Host .... Alex Horne
Trumpet/banjo .... Joe Auckland
Saxophone/clarinet ....Mark Brown
Double Bass/Bass .... Will Collier
Drums and Percussion .... Ben Reynolds
Piano/keyboard .... Joe Stilgoe
Guest performer ....Kevin Eldon

Producer: Julia McKenzie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012..


WED 23:30 Dave Podmore (b0b1th3h)
Dave Podmore: A Pod for Europe

It's Eurovision time and the UK means business, hiring England's sleaziest cricketer Dave Podmore as backstage coach.

Can Pod defeat the cream of Europe, or at least those gatecrashing Aussies? The coveted kitsch-pop crown is there for the taking.

Dave Podmore .... Christopher Douglas
Andy Hammer .... Andrew Nickolds

With:

Nicola Sanderson
Lewis MacLeod

Written by Christopher Douglas, Andrew Nickolds and Nick Newman

Producer: Jonathan Harvey

A Hat Trick production, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2018.