SATURDAY 17 JUNE 2023

SAT 00:00 Jules Verne (b0bcg1sw)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Jules Verne's sci-fi classic brought vividly to life in this thrilling, fast-moving dramatisation, featuring the mysterious Captain Nemo and a ferocious giant squid.

Starring Sagar Arya.

Dramatised by Gregory Evans

Captain Nemo ...... Sagar Arya
Professor Pierre Aronnax ...... Neil McCaul
Miss Connie Aronnax ...... Madeline Hatt
Ned Land ...... David Seddon
Captain Farragut ...... Philip Bretherton

Director: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2018.


SAT 01:00 Laurie Lee - Cider with Rosie (b00757rv)
2. Growing Up

Young Loll experiences his first taste of the adult world.

Laurie Lee's autobiographical account of growing up in a Gloucestershire village just after the First World War. Laurie Lee's memoirs, first published in 1959.

Starring Tim McInnerny and Niamh Cusack.

Dramatised by Nick Darke.

Recorded on location in and around the Slad valley in Gloucestershire.

Laurie ....... Tim McInnerny
Mother ....... Niamh Cusack
Young Loll ....... Sunny Leworthy
Rosie ....... Emily Parrish
Phyllis ....... Jennifer Compton
Harold ............ Paul Currier
Marge ....... Lisa Kay
Doth ....... Briony Fforde
Jack ....... Daniel Clifford
Tony ....... Jed Blacklock
Major Doveton ....... Bill Wallis
Vicar ....... Paul Dodgson
Baroness Von Hodenburg ....... June Barrie
Maurice ....... Chris Grimes
Rosie ....... Emily Parish
Jo Megan ....... Melish
Lizzie Berkeley ....... Laura Beckett
Waltz Carry ....... Luke Glastonbury-Cole
Sixpence ....... Buster Reece
Bony ....... Leanne French

Extras played by the villagers of Slad and Rodborough

Music arranged and performed by Paul Burgess

Directed at BBC Bristol by Viv Beeby and Jeremy Howe

First broadcast on Radio 4 in April 1998.


SAT 02:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0133pl2)
Series 1

3. Crawford's First Pinch

Some unsavoury postcards turn up on the Dock Green beat - and the link to a recent spate of bicycle thefts makes PC Andy Crawford desperate to notch up his first arrest.

Radio revival of BBC TV's famous copper created and written by Ted Willis.

Starring David Calder and David Tennant.

Dramatised from the TV screenplay by Sue Rodwell.

PC George Dixon ...... David Calder
PC Andy Crawford ...... David Tennant
Mary Dixon ...... Charlie Brooks
Joe Cooney ...... Tom McClane
Ned Cooney ...... Michael Fenton Stevens
Hilda Cooney ...... Rebecca Smart
Paul De Witt ...... Christian Rodska

Produced in Bristol by Viv Beeby and Jeremy Howe.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2005.


SAT 02:30 Hercule Poirot (b007vydf)
Dead Man's Folly

2. Murder Reality

Ariadne Oliver's worst fears have been realised and her murder game has become a reality.

The Belgian sleuth is deeply shocked by such a mindless act of cruelty and enthusiastically joins the local police with their investigations.

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Ariadne ...... Julia McKenzie
Inspector Bland ...... Simon Treves
Sir George ...... Michael Cochrane
Miss Brewis ...... Liza Sadovy
Etienne de Sousa ...... Sam Dale
PC Hoskins ...... Joseph Kloska

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2007.


SAT 03:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00yzj5s)
10. Hope

The family have sad news from Berlin, but hope from England.

Classic novel set in 1933, following Adolf Hitler's election campaign.

Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story is concluded by Rosemary Leach.

This is the story of nine-year-old Jewish girl Anna and her family's attempt to escape from the Nazis.

Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury.

Producer: Peter Hutchings

First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in March 1991.


SAT 03:15 Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes (b03q08zt)
5. Violence

September, 1958: Racial tension is rising in parts of London.

Colin MacInnes' teenage narrator gets caught up along with his friends in the violence that erupts on the streets of his home patch in Notting Hill.

As the fighting spreads, Suzette turns up at the Santa Lucia club, but then his brother Vernon arrives with bad news.

Cult classic read by Joel MacCormack.

Abridged and produced by Sara Davies.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.


SAT 03:30 Dr Phil's Bedside Manner (m000zmjl)
Worcestershire Royal Hospital

An innovative mix of comedy performance and documentary in a series presented by Dr Phil Hammond.

As a doctor and a comedian, Phil knows that humour and laughter are vital coping mechanisms in the NHS, as he travels the UK on a mission to listen to the beating heart of a national institution.

This time Dr Phil visits the Worcestershire Royal Hospital, where he hears stories from staff and patients - as he reveals how humour and laughter are vital coping mechanisms in the NHS.

And Dr Phil performs a free stand-up comedy show for the staff based on his listening experiences at that location and the stories of the people he has met.

Producer: David Morley.

A Ride production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2021.


SAT 04:00 Steptoe and Son (b00shdzy)
Series 1

The Bonds That Bind Us

After a win on the premium bonds, Albert starts splashing the cash and brings home a young gold digger.

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
Madge …. Yootha Joyce

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 September 1966.


SAT 04:30 Charles Dickens (b00r66xt)
Sketches by Boz - Series 1

The Tuggses at Ramsgate

The Tuggs family live near London Bridge and run a grocers. But then they hear news of an inheritance and start to get grand ideas.

From a collection of comic tales by Charles Dickens.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt

Voice of Boz ...... Nicholas Farrell
Mr Joseph Tuggs ...... Christopher Hancock
Mrs Tuggs. ...... Frances Jeater
Charlotte Tuggs ...... Colleen Prendergast
Simon Tuggs ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Captain Waters ...... Sean Baker
Belinda Waters ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman

Other parts played by the cast.

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.


SAT 05:00 Act Your Age (b010dqgb)
Series 3

Episode 5

Three-way battle between the comedy generations to find out which is the funniest.

Hosted by Simon Mayo.

Will it be the Up-and-Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Guard who will be crowned, for one week at least, as the Golden Age of Comedy?

With Team Captains:

Holly Walsh
Rufus Hound
Ted Robbins

Guest Comics:

Carl Donnelly
Justin Edwards
Norman Lovett

Devised and produced by Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.


SAT 05:30 The Brothers (b007k4nx)
Series 1

Episode 1

A couple of years ago brothers Nigel and Michael gave up respectable careers to set up a website-design company.

That was their first mistake...

Starring Adam Godley and Raymond Coulthard.

First of three comedy series about dysfunctional siblings by Caroline and David Stafford.

Nigel ...... Adam Godley
Michael ...... Raymond Coulthard
Oona ...... Pauline McLynn
Zorro ...... Pearce Quigley

Producer: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.


SAT 06:00 The Other Side of the Hill (b010x8rh)
The Long Road to Waterloo

From after the Battle of Badajoz to the Battle of Waterloo.

The last of two linked plays of the Peninsular campaign following the progress of the Duke of Wellington - 1808-1813

Starring Michael Pennington.

Based on Peter Luke's novel, first published in 1978.

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington .... Michael Pennington
Major William Napier .... John Moffatt
Major Harry Smith .... Dominic Rickhards
Juanita .... Siriol Jenkins
Don Julian Sanchez .... Philip Sully
Madre Soledad .... June Tobin
Goya .... David March
Major Fitzroy Somerset .... Christopher Good
Captain Gordon .... David Bannerman
Rifleman West .... Eric Allan
Corporal Prickett .... Ronald Herdman
Rifleman Doubleday .... Clarence Smith
Rifleman Jackman/Captain Freer .... Mark Straker
Rifleman Palmer .... Neil Roberts
Captain Kincaid .... Terence Edmond
Captain Soula/Lt Cardo/Grenow .... Alan Barker
Gen Skerrett/Gen Ponsonby .... Brett Usher
Quartermaster Gen Scovell/Orellana .... Charles Millham
Corporal Costello .... Andrew Wincott
Jenny Cochrane .... Susan Sheridan
Gen Packenham/Gen Vandeleur .... Colin McFarlane
Harriette Wilson .... Melanie Hudson
Sister Rosario/Fanny .... Theresa Streatfeild
Victoria ... Emma Fielding

Music by Tom Eastwood.

Performed by:

Paul Archibald
Richard Benjafield
Adrian Brett
Charles Dickie
Bill Worrell
Simon Wynberg

Director Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991.


SAT 07:30 Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking (Omnibus) (m0001x1n)
Stephen Hawking's last thoughts on big topics from AI to the Big Bang and beyond.

The author's gaze takes in Big Bang theories, AI, and our basic belief systems under scrutiny - Science and Religion.

Then a poignant afterword is delivered by his daughter.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Katrin Williams.

Read by Anton Lesser and Lucy Hawking.

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.


SAT 08:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrqq)
6. The Smell of Sausage

"Agreed. Schmidt and Fosdyke - Berlin..."

Tom Fosdyke strikes a deal over Bavarian sausages.

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

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

Josiah Fosdyke …. Philip Lowrie
Rebecca Fosdyke …. Stephanie Turner
Tom Fosdyke …. David Threlfall
Albert Fosdyke …. Enn Reitel
Roger Ditchley …. Christian Rodska
The Sergeant …. Trevor Cooper
Schmidt …. David Timson

Other parts played by

Larry Lamb
Nick Revell
Arthur Smith

Producer: Alan Nixon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1983.


SAT 09:00 Not in Front of the Children (b0524hhh)
Series 1

House in a Tree

Jennifer Corner berates her headstrong husband Henry who's due in court over his somewhat shaky treehouse.

Starring Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews.

The comedy mishaps of the Corner family - Jennifer and Henry and their three kids Trudi, Amanda and Robin.

Four series were first shown on BBC TV from 1967 to 1970.

Richard Waring adapted his own TV scripts for this radio version, now fully restored from the original reel-to-reel tapes.

Jennifer Corner ...... Wendy Craig
Henry Corner ...... Francis Matthews
Mother ...... Fanny Rowe
Trudi ...... Roberta Tovey
Amanda ...... Jill Riddick
Robin ...... Hugo Keith-Johnston
Biddy ...... Madeleine Howell
Telephone Operator ...... Olwen Griffiths
Police Sergeant ...... David Tate
Prison Warder ...... Geoffrey Frederick

Wendy Craig won a Best Actress BAFTA award for the TV version of Not in Front of the Children in 1969. This was the first of several housewife roles that Wendy Craig was to play on TV. Later series included And Mother Makes Three and Butterflies.

Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst

Producer: Trafford Whitelock.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1969.


SAT 09:30 The Arthur Haynes Show (m001mztp)
From 29/10/1962

Hitchhiking, antiques and elections.

Arthur Haynes stars in the sketch show series written by Johnny Speight.

With

Nicholas Parsons
Barnie Gilbraithe

Music by the Temperance Seven and Paul McDowell.

Part of a selection of surviving episodes.

Producer: Richard Dingley

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1962.


SAT 10:00 Laura Barton's American Road Trip (m000c567)
3. California Bound

Using BBC Archives, writer Laura Barton takes to the road to conclude her audio adventure across the USA - from New York to California.

The last of three episodes featuring:

* ‘Inside Track: Cowgirls’ [1998]

* ‘A Bright Light in the Night’ [2005]

* ‘American Beauty: Death Valley Opera’ [1995]

* ‘On the Town’ [1980]

* ‘Not Yet, Jayette’ [1992]

Producer: Luke Doran

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in October 2018.


SAT 11:00 The Other Side of the Hill (b010x8rh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 12:30 Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking (Omnibus) (m0001x1n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 13:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrqq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 14:00 Not in Front of the Children (b0524hhh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 14:30 The Arthur Haynes Show (m001mztp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 15:00 Laura Barton's American Road Trip (m000c567)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 16:00 Jules Verne (b0bcg1sw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SAT 17:00 The Other Side of the Hill (b010x8rh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 18:30 Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking (Omnibus) (m0001x1n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 19:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrqq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 20:00 Not in Front of the Children (b0524hhh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 20:30 The Arthur Haynes Show (m001mztp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 21:00 Laura Barton's American Road Trip (m000c567)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 22:00 The Jail Diaries of Sir Ralph Stanza (m0010q1j)
Horny on the Inside

Prisoner Gary is missing his wife and worried about what she might be getting up to.

Poet in residence Sir Ralph helps him express his fears through the medium of verse.

Another of Sir Ralph's audio diaries from his recent stint as poet-in-residence at Longmore Grange maximum security prison.

Written by and starring James Quinn.

Sir Ralph Stanza ... James Quinn
Gary ... Neil Bell
Joe ... Chris Jack
Kev ... Theo Ant Smith
Officer ... Lorraine Cheshire

Produced at BBC Manchester by Graham Frost

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004.


SAT 22:15 The Shuttleworths (b007k24g)
Series 1

How...

Sheffield singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth offers tips on how to cope with divorce and doing the washing-up.

Written and performed by Graham Fellows.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1993.


SAT 22:30 Welcome to Wherever You Are (m000766z)
Series 2

Episode 3

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

With:

Fabrizio Copano
Berit Companjen
Orlando Baxter

Fabrizio Copano is a household name in Chile but we caught up with him on a jaunt to LA where he was performing his English language show.

Berit Companjen is the resident MC of Rotterdam’s first purpose built stand-up club and tells us the all-important difference between Holland and The Netherlands.

Orlando Baxter called us from Worcester, MA before going on tour with his show Finding Mariah which he also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Producer: Richard Morris

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


SAT 23:00 Tim Minchin and Friends (b007knth)
Adventurous lyrics and musical virtuosity.

A marvellous collision of mirth and piano from the award-winning comic and pianist in his first-ever BBC concert.

Written by and starring Tim Minchin.

With:

Justin Edwards.

Producer: Will Saunders

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 2007.

SUNDAY 18 JUNE 2023

SUN 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jqlh)
Series 5

Making Sacrifices

"I want the turret room when Alison's gone, and you've got to make sacrifices to get what you want."

After a nasty case of bullying, three girls learn about the darker side of life in a humorous view of fear and loathing in a girls' boarding school.

Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers.

Written by Nick Warburton.

Alison ....... Caroline Strong
Kerry ....... Sarah Rice
Corrina ....... Alison Pettitt

Director: Adrian Bean

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1997


SUN 00:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b007k0wz)
3. Vampires

Tortured by memories, Robert Neville, Earth's last living man, steps up his fight against the vampires.

1954 cult classic set in the United States of America in 1976.

Read by Angus McInnes.

One of the 20th century's most significant vampire novels, Richard Matheson's 'I Am Legend' combines the worlds of sci-fi and horror.

Abridged by Scott Stainton Miller.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in January 2006.


SUN 01:00 The Other Side of the Hill (b010x8rh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking (Omnibus) (m0001x1n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrqq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 Not in Front of the Children (b0524hhh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]


SUN 04:30 The Arthur Haynes Show (m001mztp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 Laura Barton's American Road Trip (m000c567)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001n007)
Four Seasons - A collection of poems for the Summer Solstice

Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and chooses Four Seasons - A collection of poems for the Summer Solstice.

This is a compilation programme of poems that featured throughout the day on BBC Radio 4 celebrating the longest day and the official start of Summer.

Poets Fiona Benson, Kathy Towers and Raymond Antrobus join readers:

Paapa Essiedu
Michael Sheen
Simon Russell Beale
Noma Dumezweni
Harriet Walter
Siobhan Redmond
Anton Lesser

- with poems on the theme of summer and light.

Producer: Sarah Addezio.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 24th June 2018.


SUN 06:30 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (Omnibus) (m001n00l)
Episode 2

The Swiss won't publish his work, so Anna's father takes the family to Paris.

Classic novel set in Berlin in 1933, with Adolf Hitler's election campaign underway.

Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story, first published in 1971.

Read by Rosemary Leach.

This is the story of nine year-old Jewish girl Anna and her family's attempt to escape from the Nazis.

Judith wrote it for her son to explain her own story of her family fleeing Nazi Germany.

Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury.

Producer: Peter Hutchings.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in March 1991.


SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001n00x)
Sophie Raworth

BBC newsreader Sophie Raworth chooses Schubert’s Impromptu in G-Flat and ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ performed by her family members.


SUN 07:50 Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes (Omnibus) (m001n016)
London, 1958. 'I swore by Elvis and all the saints that this last teenage year of mine was going to be a real rave.'

The 18-year-old narrator of Colin MacInnes's cult classic is determined to declare his independence from earlier generations as he roams London with his camera and a sharp eye for the stylish and the subversive.

In the smoky jazz clubs of Soho, the coffee bars of Notting Hill and the cheap rooms of Pimlico, the young and the restless - the absolute beginners - are revolutionising youth culture and forging a new carefree lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.

Meanwhile the Teddy Boy gangs are staging internecine battles and a generation of Black immigrants is struggling to make a life in a hostile city.

The definitive account of London life in the 1950s and what it means to be a teenager, this account of a young man's coming of age captures the spirit of a generation and the changing face of the city in the era of the first race riots and the lead-up to the Swinging Sixties.

Omnibus of the five-parts read by Joel MacCormack.

Abridged and produced by Sara Davies.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.


SUN 09:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m001n01m)
Series 5

I Was A Stupid Cupid

Determined to locate a new HQ for his gang, the cheeky schoolboy tries to get his sister Susan married off.

Starring the diminutive Jimmy Clitheroe.

Legendary sitcom about Lancashire’s eternal cheeky schoolboy who lives with his Mother, sister and Grandad.

At its peak, ten million fans tuned in each week to hear Jimmy’s latest scheme sparking havoc.

Written by James Casey and Frank Roscoe

The Kid Himself …. Jimmy Clitheroe
Mother …. Patricia Burke
Grandad …. Peter Sinclair
Susan …. Diana Day
Alfie .... Danny Ross
Theodore Craythorpe/Harry Whittle …. Leonard Williams
Higginbottom …. Tony Melody
John Nightingale …. Brian Trueman

Theme music by Alan Roper and played by the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra directed by Alan Ainsworth.

Producer: James Casey

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1962.


SUN 09:30 The Navy Lark (m001n01z)
Series 9

Mr Murray's Endurance Course

The Number 1 is sent on a gruelling commando course, but there’s a hidden agenda...

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/Mr Merrivale ...... Jon Pertwee
The Number One ...... Stephen Murray
Captain Povey .... Richard Caldicot
WREN Chasen …. Heather Chasen
Sergeant Coggins …. Ronnie Barker
Lieutenant Plummer …. Michael Bates
The Admiral/Leading Seaman Goldstein …. Tenniel Evans

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 August 1967.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001n9fh)
Glastonbury Music Makers 2023

Emily Eavis

Emily Eavis is co-organiser of the Glastonbury Festival. Together with her husband and her father, she masterminds the booking of bands and oversees the setting up of what is the largest greenfield festival in the world. The site itself becomes the size of Oxford town centre once it’s built and rigged.

Born in 1979, she was a small child when her parents, Jean and Michael, were inspired to make the Glastonbury Festival an annual event, although she wasn’t keen on the yearly invasion of the family farm. By her late teens, however, she had changed her views. She left Worthy Farm to study to be a teacher at Goldsmiths College in London but when, at the end of her first year, her mother was diagnosed with cancer, Emily left and went home to help look after her and to help her father run that year’s festival.

Emily never went back to university. Motivated by a visit to Haiti to look at Oxfam projects, she spent a few years in London putting on charity gigs, before returning home to work with her father running the festival. She married her husband, Nick Dewey, manager of The Chemical Brothers in 2009. The couple have three children and live on Worthy Farm.

Presented by Lauren Laverne.

DISC ONE: Madame George - Van Morrison
DISC TWO: Paranoid Android - Radiohead
DISC THREE: You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - Bob Dylan
DISC FOUR: High Tide Or Low Tide - Bob Marley
DISC FIVE: Landslide (Live at Warner Brothers Studios) - Fleetwood Mac
DISC SIX: That's Life - Frank Sinatra
DISC SEVEN: Winterlude - Guy Garvey & Peter Jobson
DISC EIGHT: Crazy In Love – Beyoncé

BOOK CHOICE: The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski
LUXURY CHOICE: Carpenter’s tool set (so she can build her own veranda)
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - Bob Dylan

Producer: Cathy Drysdale

Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.


SUN 10:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00pfkw3)
Series 1

Giant Birds

Madagascar, off the eastern coast of Africa, is the largest continental island in the world.

As Sir David reveals, it's also where the largest egg known to have existed was laid, and the bird that laid it was also a giant.

Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world.

Producer: Julian Hector

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009


SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001n007)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 11:30 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (Omnibus) (m001n00l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001n00x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 12:50 Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes (Omnibus) (m001n016)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 14:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m001n01m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 14:30 The Navy Lark (m001n01z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001n9fh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 15:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00pfkw3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 16:00 Fear on 4 (b007jqlh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SUN 16:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b007k0wz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:30 today]


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001n007)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 17:30 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (Omnibus) (m001n00l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001n00x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 18:50 Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes (Omnibus) (m001n016)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 20:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m001n01m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 20:30 The Navy Lark (m001n01z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001n9fh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00pfkw3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 22:00 The Tim Vine Chat Show (b096hcz6)
Series 2

Abergavenny

Tim Vine travels the length and breadth of this fair land to uncover the best stories of the Great British public.

And of course he takes every possible opportunity to tell a ridiculous joke and sing a preposterous song along the way.

Tim parks his Chat Show wagon in Wales at the Borough Theatre in Abergavenny.

Dramatic events come in the form of an anecdote about a haunted hotel and a warship trying to do a three-point turn.

Producer: Richard Morris

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


SUN 22:30 Chain Reaction (b01l1g68)
Series 8

Jeremy Front interviews Rebecca Front

Rebecca Front is interviewed by the man who knows her best, her big Brother Jeremy Front.

The Chain starts with star of The Thick Of It, Grandma's House, The Day Today and most other comedies of note over the past twenty years, Rebecca Front, speaking to the man who knows her best, her writing partner and big brother Jeremy Front.

They cover childhood teasing and being a woman in comedy, reveal how a cough scuppered Rebecca's chances of working with Mike Leigh and end with Jeremy attempting to maker her re-live an amusing childhood trauma.

"I've heard all the anecdotes so I'll probably just read a book."

Producer: Carl Cooper

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2012.


SUN 23:00 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (b01nv97y)
Series 1

Episode 3

John Humphrys gives 28 acts 60 seconds to entertain an audience:

Kit and the Widow
Frankie Boyle
The Hollow Men
Lucy Porter
Rob Rouse
Toby Foster
Mrs Barbara Nice
Rob Deering
Neil Edmond
Adam Buxton
Anna Crilley & Katie Wix
Mick Ferry
Pete Gold
Susan Murray

Charlie Chuck
Jarred Christmas
Marcus Cummins
Tom Allen
Justin Moorhouse
Will Hodgson
Stephen Carlin
Steve Oram and Tom Meeten
Isy Suttie
Alex Horne
Phil Kay
Nick Revell
John Hegley
Marcus Brigstocke & Danny Robins

Producers: Rohan Acharya and Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.


SUN 23:30 Safety Catch (b00vkyz1)
Series 3

Better the Devil You Know

Reluctant arms dealer Simon McGrath finally has the opportunity to leave his dubious line of employment when an American company puts in a takeover bid.

Starring Darren Boyd.

The return of Laurence Howarth’s black comedy of modern morality sees Simon going to some bizarre lengths to excuse his profession.

Simon is a generally nice chap who just fell into arms dealing and he needs to pay his mortgage just like everyone else.

His real love is electronic music so this is just a stop gap until he finds the perfect outlet for it. Okay the gap has lasted five years, but that's not the point.

His personal life with Anna is as unsatisfactory as his work life...

Simon McGrath ...... Darren Boyd
Anna Grieg ...... Joanna Page
Boris Kemal ...... Lewis Macleod
Judith McGrath ...... Sarah Smart
Angela McGrath ...... Brigit Forsyth
Madeleine Turnbull ...... Rachel Atkins
Charles ...... John Schwab

Producer: Dawn Ellis.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.

MONDAY 19 JUNE 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001n007)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (Omnibus) (m001n00l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001n00x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]


MON 01:50 Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes (Omnibus) (m001n016)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m001n01m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 The Navy Lark (m001n01z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001n9fh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 04:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00pfkw3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 William Trevor - Events at Drimaghleen (m001n006)
In a melancholy townland of modest farms, set amid the wind and the wet of some of the worst land in the west of Ireland, young Maureen McDowd cycles off to meet her lover.

So begins the horror of the tragedy that, on a chilled May morning, awaits the people of Drimaghleen.

Starring TP McKenna and Sarah Badel.

Written by William Trevor.

Father Sallins .... TP McKenna
Hetty Fortune .... Sarah Badel
McDowd .... PG Stephens
Mrs McDowd .... Kate Binchy
Inspector O'Kelly .... Sean Barrett
Tyler .... Nigel Anthony
Mrs Casey .... Carmel McSharry
Maureen/2nd Daughter .... Marcella Riordan
Son-in-law/Carmody .... Breffni McKenna
1st Daughter .... Aine McCartney
Son .... Kilian McKenna

Music composed by Colin Sell.

First heard in Globe Theatre - a season of six plays by leading writers for both on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service.

Director: David Hitchinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1988.


MON 06:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0132tjy)
Series 1

4. Dixie

When things go missing from the Dixon household Doris, the downtrodden girl from next door, is exposed as a petty thief.

But it's Mary Dixon who comes to her rescue, against PC George Dixon's wishes, and who earns PC Andy Crawford's admiration...

Radio revival of BBC TV's famous copper created and written by Ted Willis.

Starring David Calder and David Tennant.

Dramatised from the TV screenplay by Sue Rodwell.

PC George Dixon ...... David Calder
PC Andy Crawford ...... David Tennant
Mary Dixon ...... Charlie Brooks
Mrs Davies ...... Esther Elliott
Doris Monroe ...... Sarah Counsell
Mr Monroe ...... Roland Oliver
Harry Lane ...... Paul Currier

Produced in Bristol by Viv Beeby and Jeremy Howe.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2005.


MON 06:30 Hercule Poirot (b007wcwc)
Dead Man's Folly

3. Disappearance

Sir George Stubbs is frantic that the disappearance of his wife is connected to the unexpected arrival of her long-forgotten cousin.

The Belgian sleuth is concerned that it might have an even more sinister implication - one linked to the murder in the boat-house...

Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Sir George ...... Michael Cochrane
Mrs Folliat ...... Rosalind Knight
Inspector Bland ...... Simon Treves
Miss Brewis ...... Liza Sadovy
Sally Legge ...... Jenny Funnell
Michael Weyman ...... Dominic Colchester
Turtle shirt Man ...... Jot Davies

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2007.


MON 07:00 Book of the Week (b0bkqt8d)
The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre

1. Disaffection

Disaffection sets in for one of the KGB’s newest recruits. He's ready to turn double-agent for the British MI6.

Ben Macintyre's thrilling book tells the story of a KGB double-agent and plunges us into the Cold War’s underworld of espionage, duplicity and intrigue.

Read by Tim McInnerny.

Abridged in five parts by Richard Hamilton.

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2018.


MON 07:15 Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (m00099yv)
The Lonely Girl

1. Blaggers

Kate and Baba are friends who occupy the twin poles of romance and realism.

In this opening episode, they blag their way into a wine-tasting and meet Eugene Gaillard.

Funny and subversive story of womanhood in Ireland in the 1950s.

Originally published in the 1960s, The Lonely Girl, and the two other novels in the trilogy (The Country Girls and Girls in their Married Bliss), were banned by the Irish Censorship Board, burnt publicly in O’Brien’s home town, and described by the Justice Minister (a young Charles Haughey) as filth.

Edna O’Brien's trilogy is now recognised as an iconic work of 20th century Irish fiction.

Dramatised in ten parts by Kate Hims.

Kate ...... Charlie Murphy
Baba ...... Aoibhinn McGinnity
Tod Mead ...... Shaun Mason
Eugene ...... Jonathan Forbes
The Body ...... Jonny Holden
Eamonn ...... Chris Pavlo
Joanna ...... Susan Jameson
Woman ...... Catherine Cusack

Directors: Sally Avens & Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.


MON 07:30 Man at the Helm (b07x5vrq)
Episode 2

Local handyman Charlie Bates is not on the man list for Lizzie's three meddling kids.

But they're prepared to give him a shot when their divorced mum falls for him - because he looks like Frank Sinatra...

Nina Stibbe’s comic novel set in 1970s rural Leicestershire.

Adapted by Amanda Whittington.

Lizzie ….. Eloise Webb
Amy….. Fern Deacon
Little Jack ….. Ben Barker
Elizabeth ….. Amanda Hale
Charlie Bates ….. Andy Nyman
Mr Lomax ….. Jason Barnett
Dad ….. James Lailey
Mrs Bates ….. Elizabeth Bennett

Director: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2016.


MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00tlwzb)
Series 4

Episode 16

Listeners have their say - and there's a bona surprise for Julian and Sandy.

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

The last ever show 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 June 1968.


MON 08:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007js81)
Series 3

Episode 4

Freshly wed ad man Ken receives a wedding invite and faces upset at a photo shoot.

Starring Martin Jarvis.

Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in the competitive world of advertising

Ken Handley ...... Martin Jarvis
Sandy ...... Christopher Godwin
Freddie ...... Lockwood West
Ambrose ...... Paul Jesson
April ...... Shelley Thompson
Larry Childs ...... William Hootkins
Loretta-Jane Duff ...... Toni Coyne
Dawn ...... Sally Watts
Mr Cheater ...... James Griffiths
Sally ...... Jane Leonard

With:

Miriam Margolyes
John Shrapnel
David Tate
Sally Grace
Enn Reitel
Anton Rogers

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986.


MON 09:00 It's Your Round (b00yjs4p)
Series 1

Episode 1

It's the comedy panel show with no format!

Let battle commence in the games each brought along by the panellists:

Rufus Hound
Miles Jupp
Sara Pascoe
Adam Hills

Stand by for "Them Next Door", "What Does My Dad Know?", "Come To Romford!" and "Newspaper Headline or Cryptic Crossword Clue".

All are untried, untested and unpredictable so it could all end in disaster.

Angus Deayton valiantly tries to keep the show together.

Written by: Angus Deayton, Ged Parsons and Paul Powell

Devised by Benjamin Partridge.

Producer: Sam Michell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2011.


MON 09:30 Snap (b00thqvk)
Series 1

Episode 3

Doug's furious when he discovers Molly plans to take in a lodger.

Plus their best friends having a party, so it could be awkward if both Molly & Doug get an invite...

Starring Rebecca Lacey and Paul Venables.

Paul Mendelson’s sitcom about life for a couple after they've split.

Molly …... Rebecca Lacey
Doug …... Paul Venables
Kaz …... Soumaya Keynes
Scarlet …... Rebecca Front
Annie …... Marlene Sidaway
Raymond …... Jonathan Tafler
Gwynneth Williams …... Jennifer Hill

Producer: David Ian Neville

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003.


MON 10:00 William Trevor - Events at Drimaghleen (m001n006)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 11:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0132tjy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 11:30 Hercule Poirot (b007wcwc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 12:00 Book of the Week (b0bkqt8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 12:15 Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (m00099yv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 12:30 Man at the Helm (b07x5vrq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 13:00 Round the Horne (b00tlwzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 13:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007js81)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 14:00 It's Your Round (b00yjs4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 14:30 Snap (b00thqvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 15:00 William Trevor - Events at Drimaghleen (m001n006)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 16:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0132tjy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 16:30 Hercule Poirot (b007wcwc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 17:00 Book of the Week (b0bkqt8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:15 Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (m00099yv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 17:30 Man at the Helm (b07x5vrq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 Round the Horne (b00tlwzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 18:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007js81)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 19:00 It's Your Round (b00yjs4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 19:30 Snap (b00thqvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 20:00 Radiolab (m0010xk8)
Series 8

Man v Machine

Radiolab explores whether new ideas and new inventions are inevitable?

What’s the inspiration?

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

Jad Abumrad, Robert Krulwich and the Radiolab team investigate a strange world.

From WNYC. First broadcast on public radio in the USA in 2017.


MON 20:55 Inheritance Tracks (b06gx5pk)
Cyndi Lauper

Singer Cyndi Lauper with Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong's 'All That Meat And No Potatoes' and Marvin Gaye's 'Mercy, Mercy Me'.


MON 21:00 Mastertapes (b03hvn6z)
Series 3

David Crosby (A-Side)

David Crosby discusses the making of his 1971 album If 'I Could Only Remember My Name'.

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 the A-side, the double-inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame talks to John Wilson.

Released in 1971, If 'I Could Only Remember My Name' was one of four high-profile solo albums released more or less simultaneously by each member of the legendary super-group, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

David's album boasted a stellar line-up that not only included Neil Young and Graham Nash, but also featured Joni Mitchell and the leading members of both Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead.

Initially met with mixed reviews, the album has never been out of print and features some of his most impressive vocal and songwriting work - including the haunting Laughing, the mantra-like Music Is Love and the extended, impressionistic Cowboy Movie.

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 November 2013.


MON 21:30 He Died With His Eyes Open (b03brkzc)
1. Press Play

Burn Gorman plays a detective investigating a brutal murder in 1980s London.

He has little to go on except for the cassette diaries left by the victim, played by Toby Jones.

Fragments of his life, recorded at different times, punch through into the present, and supply the detective with elusive clues to the true nature of the man's fate.

Derek Raymond's cult-crime novel first published in 1976.

Dramatised in three parts by Nick Perry.

The Detective . . . . . Burn Gorman
Staniland . . . . . Toby Jones
Barbara . . . . . Tanya Franks
Bowman . . . . . Ben Crowe
Grampian . . . . . Michael Bertenshaw
Betty . . . . . Christine Absalom
Landlord . . . . . Sean Murray
Pathologist . . . . . Ed Thorpe
Scar . . . . . Will Howard

Sound design by Caleb Knightley

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.


MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m001msts)
Series 29

Episode 3

David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they’re able to smuggle past their opponents.

Alan Davies, Holly Walsh, Angela Barnes and Henning Wehn are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as pubs, the postal service, cleaning and languages.

The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith.

Producer: Jon Naismith

A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4


MON 22:30 Buy Me Up TV (b007l8q0)
Pilot

Every shopping channel you've ever seen and every product you've never wanted.

The CEO of Buy Me Up TV decides the channel needs younger, sexier on-screen talent....

Starring:

Justin Edwards
Doon Mackichan
Mike McShane
Alex MacQueen
Rosie Wilkinson
Ewen MacIntosh

Pilot episode for the following series.

Written by Justin Edwards and James Eldred

Producer: Lucy Armitage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2007.


MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001n9ct)
Soph Galustian 1/2

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


MON 23:00 Dead Ringers (m001mtfq)
Series 23

Episode 1

Introducing brand new characters including Holly Willoughby, Stacey Solomon, Therese Coffey and the cast of Succession.

Performed by Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Jan Ravens, Jess Robinson and Duncan Wisbey.

This episode was written by: Nev Fountain & Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, Ed Amsden & Tom Coles, James Bugg, Edward Tew, Cody Dahler, Robert Darke, Rachel E. Thorn, Sophie Dickson, Sarah Campbell, Peter Tellouche, Davina Bentley, and Toussaint Douglass.

Produced and created by Bill Dare
Production Co-ordinator: Dan Marchini


MON 23:30 Fabulous (b00dy23d)
Series 2

Episode 1

Faye is anxious.

She knows that today's women are Fabulous; they have it all, the job, the house, the colour co-ordinated capsule wardrobe and they cope with the pressures modern life brings effortlessly, with nothing more than a copy of Prima and a poem by Pam Ayres to guide them.

So why can't she pull it off?

With the builders in to build her a brand new kitchen and an award ceremony to go to, life should be glorious...

Starring Daisy Haggard.

Written by Lucy Clarke.

With:

Katy Brand
Stephen Critchlow
Justin Edwards
Mel Hudson
Joanna Neary
John Rowe
Jo Scanlan
Dan Starkey
Ann Reid

Music by Osymyso.

Producer: Simon Nicholls

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2008.

TUESDAY 20 JUNE 2023

TUE 00:00 William Trevor - Events at Drimaghleen (m001n006)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0132tjy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007wcwc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Book of the Week (b0bkqt8d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (m00099yv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 Man at the Helm (b07x5vrq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Round the Horne (b00tlwzb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]


TUE 03:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007js81)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 It's Your Round (b00yjs4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Snap (b00thqvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Robert Louis Stevenson: Kidnapped (b082wxvk)
1. The Search

David Tennant introduces Robert Louis Stevenson’s gripping adventure story.

In 1751 – in the aftermath of the Jacobite rebellions - young David Balfour, a staunch supporter of George II, is newly orphaned and goes in search of his father’s family near Edinburgh.

When he is press-ganged on board a ship bound for the slave plantations of America, he forges an unlikely alliance with the charismatic Highlander, Alan Breck.

Dramatised in two parts by Chris Dolan.

David Balfour …. Owen Whitelaw
Alan Breck …. Michael Nardone
Ebenezer …. David Hayman
Hoseason …. Lewis Howden
Riach …. Gavin Mitchell
Red Fox …. Sean Scanlan
Lawyer …. Kenny Blyth
Landlord …. Alan McHugh
Other parts played by the cast.

Directed at BBC Scotland by Bruce Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2016.


TUE 06:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0133g6t)
Series 1

5. Rock, Rattle and Roll

When a fanatical Spurs fan has his prized football rattle stolen, an FA cup tie provides the perfect excuse for a weekend away in Blackpool for Andy and Mary.

Radio revival of BBC TV's famous copper created and written by Ted Willis.

Starring David Calder and David Tennant.

Dramatised from the TV screenplay by Sue Rodwell.

PC George Dixon ...... David Calder
PC Andy Crawford ...... David Tennant
Mary Dixon ...... Charlie Brooks
Ben Harvey ...... Andrew Sachs
Jessie Harvey ...... Jacqueline Tong
Chris Miller ...... Alex McLaren
Jim ...... Stuart Crossman

Produced in Bristol by Viv Beeby and Jeremy Howe.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2005.


TUE 06:30 Hercule Poirot (b007wzgh)
Dead Man's Folly

4. Another Murder?

Hercule Poirot is convinced that yet another murder has been committed and Ariadne Oliver is about to startle him with fresh information.

But the great Belgian detective's little grey cells need to work in a different direction if he is to solve the mystery surrounding Nasse House.

Conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring John Moffatt.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Ariadne Oliver ...... Julia McKenzie
Mrs Folliat ...... Rosalind Knight
Alec Legge ...... John Dougall
Mrs Tucker ...... Christine Kavanagh
Marilyn Tucker ...... Nicola Holmes
Lady Stubbs ...... Amanda Waring

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2007.


TUE 07:00 2. MI6's Lucky Break (b0bkr5p4)
M16 gets a lucky break.

Ben Macintyre's breath-taking story of a double-agent who passed priceless secrets to his M16 spymasters from deep within the KGB, altering the course of the Cold War

Read by Tim McInnerny.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2018.


TUE 07:15 Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (m0009b32)
The Lonely Girl

2. Eugene

Eugene comes to tea, and Kate visits his house in the country.

Edna O’Brien’s frank, funny and subversive story of friendship and growing up in rural Ireland in the 1950s - seen through the eyes of two friends.

The Country Girls Trilogy is now recognised as an iconic work of 20th century Irish fiction.

Dramatised by Kate Hims.

Kate ...... Charlie Murphy
Baba ...... Aoibhinn McGinnity
Eugene ...... Jonathan Forbes
Joanna ...... Susan Jameson
Anna ...... Catherine Cusack
Gianni ...... Chris Pavlo
Pianist ...... Peter Ringrose
Mrs Burns ...... Siobhan McSweeney
Customer ...... Catherine Cusack
Assistant ...... Roisin O'Donovan

Directors: Sally Avens & Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.


TUE 07:30 Bad Salsa (b049y3mp)
Series 1

All Change

After treatment for Ovarian and breast cancer Chippy, is mad Jill is sad and Terri is definitely dangerous to know!

The road back after cancer treatment can be tricky and full of obstacles. In Bad Salsa, two middle aged women and their younger friend seek to regain their zest for life and love by learning to dance at Bad Salsa, the club where everyone knows your name but no-one knows your prognosis!

Depictions of people with cancer on TV and radio too often follow a standard format; there is the diagnosis, the depression the chemo, then the false recovery followed by the tragic death.

Written by Kay Stonham, Bad Salsa tries to paint a picture at once more hopeful and more in line with survival rates which have improved immensely over the past 20 years.

For many, 'living with cancer' is now their day to day challenge. Our characters have finished their treatment and are in the process of finding their way back to normal life or at least finding a "new normal." Everyday challenges must go on like boring marriages, distracting crushes, troublesome children, difficult workmates and infuriating parents. But their brush with mortality gives them a new perspective.

So do they preserve their pre-cancer status quo or in Terri's words, to say "sod it all" and "go for it!"

Follow the women as they embrace the world of salsa whilst they adjust to life after cancer.

Terry ...... Camille Coduri
Chippy ...... Sharon Rooney
Jill ...... Natasha Little
Marco ...... Doc Brown
Gordon ...... Andrew Obeney
Colin ...... David Cann
Georgie ...... Emily Chase
Tim ...... Matt Houlihan
Sara ...... Antonia Reid
Chippy's Mum ...... Kay Stonham

Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2014.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jprr)
Series 8

The Man Who Never Was

The Brits must trick the enemy. A 1958 remake of the 1956 spoof of the war film based on the 1953 book.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

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: Charles Chilton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1958.


TUE 08:30 In the End (b007n9gk)
Episode 1

Maverick BBC Reporter, George Cragge, and Superintendent Frank Jefferson are on the case when journalists keep getting murdered!

Starring Michael Williams and Barry Foster.

Mark Taverner’s six-part blackly humorous murder mystery set in the worlds of the BBC and politics.

George Cragge …. Michael Williams
Superintendent Frank Jefferson …. Barry Foster
Prime Minister …. Jonathan Coy
Crichton-Potter …. Anton Rogers
Marcia Mallon …. Rebecca Front
Chancellor …. Simon Greenall
Maria …. Jessica Oyelowo
Radio 4 Newsreader …. Harriet Cass

With:

Peter Woodthorpe
Hugh Parker
Neil McCaul
Chris Pavlo
Beth Chalmers

Music by Paul Mottram.

Executive Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1999.


TUE 09:00 Who Goes There? (b0075zbk)
Series 4

Episode 6

Martin Young chairs the quiz which looks at the noteworthy and the notorious from history.

Tackling the biographical teasers are team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego.

With guests:

David Aaronovitch
Claire Rayner

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000.


TUE 09:30 No Commitments (b01709vv)
Series 9

Meeting the Family

Will Victoria get more than she bargained for when Emily brings her new boyfriend home?

Simon Brett's sitcom about the lives and squabbles of three very different sisters.

Anna..............Rosemary Leach
Victoria.........Angela Thorne
Charlotte......Felicity Montagu
Emily.......Lisa Coleman
Paula........Natalie Casey
Jonathan......Michael Jayston

Music by Elizabeth Parker

Written and produced by Simon Brett

First broadcast on BBC Radio in January 2003.


TUE 10:00 Robert Louis Stevenson: Kidnapped (b082wxvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 11:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0133g6t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 11:30 Hercule Poirot (b007wzgh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 12:00 2. MI6's Lucky Break (b0bkr5p4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 12:15 Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (m0009b32)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 12:30 Bad Salsa (b049y3mp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b007jprr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 13:30 In the End (b007n9gk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 14:00 Who Goes There? (b0075zbk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 14:30 No Commitments (b01709vv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 15:00 Robert Louis Stevenson: Kidnapped (b082wxvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 16:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0133g6t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 16:30 Hercule Poirot (b007wzgh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 17:00 2. MI6's Lucky Break (b0bkr5p4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:15 Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (m0009b32)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 17:30 Bad Salsa (b049y3mp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b007jprr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 18:30 In the End (b007n9gk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 19:00 Who Goes There? (b0075zbk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 19:30 No Commitments (b01709vv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m001n01c)
Series 9

Found In Translation

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

Manoush Zomorodi explores the incredible insights to be found in adapting and translating information.

With Lýdia Machová.

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


TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (b09t0r9h)
Feargal Sharkey

Undertones frontman Feargal Sharkey chooses 'Brown-Eyed Handsome Man by Buddy Holly and Acperience by Hardfloor.


TUE 21:00 Mastertapes (b03hvr35)
Series 3

David Crosby (B-Side)

Following on from the A-side of this two-part programme, the audience questions David Crosby about his 1971 album, 'If I Could Only Remember My Name'.

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

David also performs live versions of some the tracks from that debut solo album and from his as yet unreleased solo album, "Croz"

Producer: Paul Kobrak

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2013.


TUE 21:30 He Died With His Eyes Open (b03c3dxp)
2. Empathy

The detective continues his investigation into a brutal murder in 1980s London.

Through a series of encounters with the people who knew him alive, and through the cassette tapes he left behind, the detective builds up a picture of Staniland, the 51-year-old victim whose case he is investigating, because nobody else wants to.

It leaves him so consumed by empathy that he starts to be led down the same destructive path as the victim...

Derek Raymond's cult-crime novel.

Dramatised Nick Perry

The Detective . . . . . Burn Gorman
Staniland . . . . . Toby Jones
Barbara . . . . . Tanya Franks
Bowman . . . . . Ben Crowe
Fenton . . . . . Jamie Foreman
Margo . . . . . Priyanga Burford
Eric . . . . . Will Howard
Bouncer . . . . . Sean Murray
Dave . . . . . Michael Bertenshaw

Sound design by Caleb Knightley.

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.


TUE 22:00 Olga Koch: OK Computer (m001mt4y)
Series 2

4. Family

Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch returns for a second series of her comedy and STEM stand up show, joined by her trusty digital assistant ALGO (voiced by Tia Kofi). This episode, Olga and ALGO try to keep things in the family.

Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin

Featuring Tia Kofi

Additional Material From Rajiv Karia, Cody Dahler and Kate Dehnert

Production Co-ordinator Katie Baum

Produced by Benjamin Sutton

A BBC Studios Production


TUE 22:30 Alice's Wunderland (b03mj3hp)
Series 2

Unclear War

The Poundland of magical realms - Wunderland is under threat from an Unclear War.

Sketch show written by and starring Alice Lowe.

With:

Richard Glover
Simon Greenall
Rachel Stubbings
Clare Thompson
Marcia Warren

Producer: Lyndsay Fenner.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.


TUE 23:00 Friends Like These (m000fy9l)
Helen and Gail

Helen and Gail are best friends and inseparable – apart from the fact that Gail is in prison for trying to murder Helen.

When visiting time comes around, their relationship takes an odd turn.

Written by and starring Fay Rusling and Oriane Messina.

Helen …. Fay Rusling
Gail …. Messina

Director: Claudine Toutoungi

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.


TUE 23:15 Paperback Hell (m000pfb0)
Series 3

Forbidden Fire

Six chapters, by six different authors.

All of them imaginary. All of them straight out of the bestseller charts.

None of them very good.

This time: the tale of a young woman's sexual awakening.

The bestselling author "Anonymous" reads from a specially adapted version of Forbidden Fire.

Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.

Starring:

Michael Fenton Stevens
Rebecca Front
Mel Hudson
Alex Lowe
Dan Tetsell

Producer: Lucy Armitage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.


TUE 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b007jm43)
Series 1

Utiliton

Unthinkable Solutions are hired to transform Utiliton's call centre, where customer complaints have reached record levels.

Daisy and Sophie bring in Owen, an IT expert of low hygiene and low morals.

James Cary’s award-winning sitcom about management consultants.

Ryan Packer ...... Marcus Brigstocke
Sophie Stott ...... Emma Kennedy
Daisy ...... Catherine Shepherd
Pam ...... Olivia Colman
Simon ...... Kim Wall
Peter ...... Chris Pavlo
Owen ...... David Mitchell

Script associates: Paul Mayhew-Archer and Ed Drew.

Music by John Whitehall.

Producer: Adam Bromley.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.

WEDNESDAY 21 JUNE 2023

WED 00:00 Robert Louis Stevenson: Kidnapped (b082wxvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0133g6t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007wzgh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 2. MI6's Lucky Break (b0bkr5p4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (m0009b32)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 Bad Salsa (b049y3mp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b007jprr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]


WED 03:30 In the End (b007n9gk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 Who Goes There? (b0075zbk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 No Commitments (b01709vv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Robert Louis Stevenson: Kidnapped (b083m303)
2. The Pursuit

After the murder of the Red Fox, Alan and David are pursued through the Highlands by a troop of English soldiers.

Hunted almost to the point of exhaustion the pair decide to head south to confront Alan’s treacherous uncle, Ebenezer.

The conclusion of Robert Louis Stevenson’s gripping adventure story.

Dramatised by Chris Dolan.

David Balfour …. Owen Whitelaw
Alan Breck …. Michael Nardone
Ebenezer …. David Hayman
Rankeillor …. John Buick
James Stewart …. Finlay McLean
Cluny …. Iain MacCrae
Lass …. Isabelle Joss
Other parts played by the cast

Directed at BBC Scotland by Bruce Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2016.


WED 06:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0133ldd)
Series 1

6. Roaring Boy

Mary and Andy have some exciting news for George, but he's nowhere to be found.

Meanwhile on the other side of Dock Green, a desperate young man with a gun is on the run...

Radio revival of BBC TV's famous copper created and written by Ted Willis.

Starring David Calder and David Tennant.

Dramatised from the TV screenplay by Sue Rodwell.

PC George Dixon ...... David Calder
PC Andy Crawford ...... David Tennant
Mary Dixon ...... Charlie Brooks
Doug Beale ...... Carl Prekopp
Diana Johnson ...... Hayley Docherty

Produced in Bristol by Viv Beeby and Jeremy Howe.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2005.


WED 06:30 The House (m001n0c6)
Series 4

1. Scandal

The latest opinion polls are poor and rumours of a major scandal in parliament abound, but Sir Charles Bannister remains unflappable.

The return of Christopher Lee's political thriller serial in six parts.

Starring Julian Glover.

More intrigue and conspiracy reverberating in the corridors of Westminster.

Sir Charles Bannister .... Julian Glover
Dougal Baxter .... Peter Kelly
Mary Bannister .... Isla Blair
Henry .... Christopher Benjamin
Jules .... Siobhan Redmond
Kay .... Jane Booker
Rose .... Sheila Reid
Alex .... Caroline Bliss
Wigton .... Trevor Peacock
Sharp .... Norman Bird
Eamon .... Shaun Prendergast

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1993.


WED 07:00 Book of the Week (b0bksmfd)
The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre

3. London Calling

London calls...

Ben Macintyre's breath-taking story of a double-agent who passed priceless secrets to his M16 spymasters from deep within the KGB, altering the course of the Cold War

Read by Tim McInnerny.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2018.


WED 07:15 Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (m0009cdb)
The Lonely Girl

3. Christmas

Christmas brings Kate and Eugene closer together, and then the real world pulls them apart.

Edna O’Brien’s frank, funny and subversive story of friendship and growing up in rural Ireland in the 1950s - seen through the eyes of two friends.

The Country Girls Trilogy is now recognised as an iconic work of 20th century Irish fiction.

Dramatised by Kate Hims.

Kate ...... Charlie Murphy
Baba ...... Aoibhinn McGinnity
Eugene ...... Jonathan Forbes
Eugene’s Mother ...... Bríd Brennan
Man ...... David Hounslow
Boy ...... Jonny Holden
Friend ...... Ell Potter

Directors: Sally Avens & Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.


WED 07:30 A Trespasser's Guide to the Classics (b08k4zw1)
Series 2

The Auction

In early 20th-century Russia, the future of a large family estate hangs in the balance.

It risks being turned into a golf course.

Comedy troupe Peepolykus assume the roles of minor characters in great works of fiction and derail the plot through their hapless buffoonery.

Written by John Nicholson.

Varya ....... Sarah Ridgeway
Lopahkin ....... Nicholas Murchie
Leonid ....... John Nicholson
Madame Ranyevskaya ....... Georgie Glenn
Trompeta ....... Javier Marzan
Anya ....... Maeve Bluebell Wells
Firs ....... David Sterne
Petya ....... Tom Forrister
Boris ....... John Dougall
Trompeta's Assistant ....... Sanchia McCormack

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007n162)
Series 4

Anna and the King of Siam

The 1956 musical film release of 'The King and I' inspires the Lad's own unmusical and argumentative version.

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

Starring Tony Hancock.

With:

Sidney James
Bill Kerr
Kenneth Williams
Hattie Jacques

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 November 1956.


WED 08:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b0075pbn)
Series 3

Episode 6

Lifestyle show hosts Mike and Sue tackle matrimony.

What makes it work?

Where do couples go wrong?

Starring Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens.

Written by Christopher Douglas from a format by Bill Dare.

Mike ...... Robert Duncan
Sue ...... Jan Ravens

With:

Ronnie Ancona
Alistair McGowan
Roger Blake
Christopher Douglas.

Music by Mark Burton.

Producer: Aled Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998.


WED 09:00 Nature Table (m000wrnq)
Series 2

Episode 6

Sue Perkins’ ‘Show & Tell’ series celebrating the natural world and all it’s funny eccentricities.

Taking the simple format of a ‘Show & Tell’, each episode Sue is joined by celebrity guests from the worlds of comedy and natural history.

Each of the natural history guests brings an item linked to the wild world to share with the audience, be it an amazing fact or funny personal anecdote. Each item is a springboard for an enlightening and funny discussion, alongside fun games and challenges revealing more astonishing facts.

We also hear from some of the London Zoo audience, a mix of London Zoo staff and members of the public, as they bring us their own natural history ‘show and tells’ for Sue and the guests to discuss.

Nature Table has a simple clear brief: to positively celebrate and promote the importance of all our planet’s wonderfully wild flora and fauna in a fun and easily grasped way... whilst at the same time having a giggle.

In this episode, Sue welcomes:

* Marine Biologist Dr. Helen Scales
* Senior Curator Diptera, Natural History Museum Dr. Erica McAlister
* Comedian Felicity Ward

Written by Catherine Brinkworth, Kat Sadler and Jon Hunter

Producer Simon Nicholls.

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


WED 09:30 The Right Time (b009v5dn)
Series 2

Episode 1

From the perils of seduction to topless sunbathing. 40 is the new 21.

Sketch show about life, written and performed by people who have lived a bit.

With:

Eleanor Bron
Graeme Garden
Clive Swift
Paula Wilcox
Neil Innes
Roger Blake

Written by Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, John Pidgeon, Jan Etherington, Julie Balloo and Ramone Towers.

Music by Ronnie & The Rex.

Producer: Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002.


WED 10:00 Robert Louis Stevenson: Kidnapped (b083m303)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 11:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0133ldd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 11:30 The House (m001n0c6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 12:00 Book of the Week (b0bksmfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 12:15 Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (m0009cdb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 12:30 A Trespasser's Guide to the Classics (b08k4zw1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007n162)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 13:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b0075pbn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 14:00 Nature Table (m000wrnq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 14:30 The Right Time (b009v5dn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 15:00 Robert Louis Stevenson: Kidnapped (b083m303)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 16:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0133ldd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 16:30 The House (m001n0c6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 17:00 Book of the Week (b0bksmfd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 17:15 Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (m0009cdb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 17:30 A Trespasser's Guide to the Classics (b08k4zw1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007n162)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 18:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b0075pbn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 19:00 Nature Table (m000wrnq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 19:30 The Right Time (b009v5dn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 20:00 Archive on 4 (m000llf8)
LOLs on LPs

What inspired David Walliams to pursue a career in comedy?

It was all thanks to his experience as a teenager growing up in suburban Surrey, listening to albums like The Secret Policeman's Ball and Not The Nine O’clock News' Hedgehog Sandwich.

David explores the story of comedy albums, from the early George Martin-produced Peter Sellers records to the big-selling stand up albums that kickstarted the careers of Billy Connolly and Richard Pryor,

The it's on to adolescent favourites like Monty Python and Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's unfiltered excesses as Derek and Clive.

Now that comedy albums have largely disappeared, replaced by the streamed comedy special, David looks in detail at some of the iconic comedy records of the last 60 years, the influence they had on today's generations of performers, and the way their too-rude-for-radio content changed what became acceptable in comedy.

Presenter: David Walliams

A Trevor Dann Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2020.


WED 21:00 Short Cuts (b05qgch3)
Series 7

Heartsong

From the first touch to the last kiss, Josie Long hears stories of love, loss and finding yourself.

An audio diary shines a light on how we rebuild ourselves after the end of a relationship, how a final kiss in a love affair holds us in a moment crackling with tension, and how a first touch offers a moment of tenderness.

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015.


WED 21:30 He Died With His Eyes Open (b03cn731)
3. Self Destruction

The investigation into Staniland's brutal murder has left the detective so consumed by empathy that he's wilfully walked the same self-destructive path as the victim.

He's even entered into an affair with the deadly ex-girlfriend, Barbara.

As he re-traces the deceased's final steps, the detective risks becoming the next victim...

Conclusion of Derek Raymond's cult-crime novel.

Dramatised by Nick Perry.

The Detective . . . . . Burn Gorman
Staniland . . . . . Toby Jones
Barbara . . . . . Tanya Franks
Bowman . . . . . Ben Crowe
Fenton . . . . . Jamie Foreman
Nurse . . . . . Priyanga Burford
Policeman . . . . . Sean Murray

Sound design by Caleb Knightley.

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.


WED 22:00 Room 101 with Paul Merton (m001mt78)
Mark Steel

Returning in its original one-to-one incarnation, Paul Merton interviews a variety of guests from the world of comedy and entertainment to find out what they would send to Room 101.

In this episode, Mark Steel tells Paul his choices include tinned custard and his former self.

Additional material John Irwin and Suki Webster
Produced by Richard Wilson
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4


WED 22:30 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler (b040h6xq)
Series 1

Episode 2

Adventuring comedian Tim FitzHigham recreates a 'gamble Anglaise' from 1811.

He's attempting to get a cheeseboard to travel a distance of four and a half miles in under 100 throws.

Challenge number one? Getting permission to have the A151 closed down for the purposes of cheeseboard tossing.

Comedian-author-adventurer Tim FitzHigham recreates a series of bizarre bets from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Written by and starring Tim FitzHigham.

Additional material by Jon Hunter and Paul Byrne.

Sums and support from Joe Oldak.

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.


WED 23:00 The Sofa of Time (b00j0hqt)
Here Comes Bod

Can Milford and Parker overcome Raamen Bod and find the Sofa of Time?

Concluding the epic and timeless tale of two men and their quest to find "The Sofa of Time", the most magical and powerful item of furniture in the entire universe.

It is said that those who sit on the sofa can be transported to anywhere and anytime.

Fantasy sitcom written by Nick Frost and Matt King.

Milford ...... Matt King
Parker ...... Nick Frost
Marmite ...... Mark Heap
Raamen Bod ...... Peter Serafinowcz

With:

Kevin Eldon
Julia Deakin
Janei Anderson
Daisy Jones
Andrew Maxwell
Simon Pegg

Producer: Mario Stylianides

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.


WED 23:30 The Mel and Sue Thing (b0076b72)
Episode 6

Jane Austen will be reeling from beyond the grave, as we learn the true meaning of Sweet Fanny Adams in the final instalment of the Mel and Sue's dramatisation of her last, and lost, novella.

Plus a big musical number to finish off the series. What will the Old Biddies have to say about that?

More mayhem from Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.

With Paul Chahidi

Written by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.

Producer: Elizabeth Freestone.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002.