SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2023

SAT 00:00 Body Horror (m001qty5)
Episode 3

Caroline's new body is starting to shut down.

Her fate lies in the hands of the experts at the world's most advanced body exchange facility.

Conclusion of Lucy Catherine's three-part dystopian psychological thriller.

Developed through the Wellcome Trust Experimental stories scheme.

Caroline ..... Jill Halfpenny
Gloria ..... Shelley Conn
Anastasia ..... Samantha Dakin
Paulina ..... Chetna Pandya
Mel ..... Liza Sadovy
Trevor ..... Clive Hayward
Che ..... Ikky Elyas
Karina ..... Heather Craney
Stan ..... Neil McCaul
Car Salesman ..... Ian Conningham
Library Computer ..... Sinead MacInnes
BodyEx Computer ..... Scarlett Courtney
Hotel Computer ..... Laura Christy
Benefits Office Computer ..... Adam Courting

Director: Toby Swift

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2020.


SAT 00:45 Get Carter: The Bloody Chamber (b0bksmgm)
Wolf-Alice

Wolf-Alice is more wolf than girl.

Brought up by wolves and taken in by nuns, she is sent to work for the Duke in his ancient castle.

But he has no reflection, and a nasty habit of robbing graves. Stars Lily Lesser, Jonathan Tafler and Fiona Shaw.

Another of Angela Carter's iconic collection of fairy stories - dramatised by Olivia Hetreed.

Angela Carter ...... Fiona Shaw
Wolf-Alice ...... Lily Lesser
The Duke ...... Jonathan Tafler
First Nun ...... Phoebe Fildes
Second Nun ...... Susan Wooldridge
Mother Superior ...... Adjoa Andoh
Main Hunter ...... Nigel Pilkington
Hunter ...... Tre Gordon
Hunter ...... Tom Clegg
Novice ...... Grace Englert
Novice ...... Jalleh Alizadeh

At the time of writing The Bloody Chamber in the late 1970s, Angela Carter was disaffected by both sides of the feminist debate. She re-worked traditional fairy tales from her own unique, literary outsider’s point of view, putting women at the centre of the stories.

With their feisty heroines and orgiastic mash-up of beasts, shape-shifters and ghouls, her extraordinary tales are the most perfect example of her style, not just for her incomparable prose, but also in the dizzying twists and turns of perception, fantasy and myth.

Controversially influenced by De Sade, she embraced the erotic, explored our deepest and darkest urges, and subverted the roles of hunter and prey, master and mistress so that, instead of male sexuality, it is the female that becomes transgressive and powerful.

Director / Producer: Fiona McAlpine

An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2018.


SAT 01:00 Arthur Conan Doyle - Micah Clarke (m000kp3k)
5. The End of it All

Thanks to the treachery of their guide and the eventual flight of their leader, the Duke of Monmouth's forces were routed at Sedgemoor.

Sir Gervas slain, Reuben wounded and captive, Micah left the field and turned his horse's head away from the west.

Starring Martyn Read, Patrick Troughton and James Bryce.

Conclusion of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's historical novel set to the backdrop of the 1685 Monmouth Rebellion.

Dramatised by Constance Cox.

Micah ... Martyn Read
Decimus Saxon .... Patrick Troughton
Reuben Lockarby .... James Bryce
Judge Jeffreys ... John Gabriel
Master Helstrop .... Peter Wickham
Master Tetheridge ... Stephen Thorne
Major Ogilvy .... Gregory de Polnay
Captain Steele ... William Hope
Captain John ... Edward Cast
Captain Pogram ... Robin Summers
Joseph Clarke .... Nicholas Courtney
Mrs Clarke .... Gwen Cherrell
Sgt Greddar ... Peter Acre
Hangman Broderick ... Colin Starkey
Clerk of the Court ... Brian Smith
Foreman of the Jury ... Christopher Douglas
Jem ... David Sinclair
Old man ... David Garth
Guard ... William Eedle
Ruth ... Jenny Funnell

Director: by David Johnston

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1985.


SAT 02:00 Paul Temple (b007vh36)
Paul Temple and the Conrad Case

8. Person Unknown

Paul and Steve arrive at the factory - but the dastardly dramas and disclosures aren't over yet...

Gripping climax of Francis Durbridge's stylish thriller starring Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury as BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Charlie …. James Beattie
Sir Graham Forbes …. Richard Williams
Herr Breckshaft …. Jeffrey Segal
Elliot France …. James Thomason
Denis Harper …. John Bryning
Elsa, Countess Dekker …. Joan Matheson
Dr Conrad …. Rolf Lefebvre
Inspector Vosper …. Hugh Manning
Paddy …. John Hollis
Mrs Weldon …. Virginia Winter

With:

Frank Partington
Peggy Gow
John Bennett
Sheila Grant

Producer: Martyn C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1959.


SAT 02:30 Whodunnits (b0082k48)
Outbreak of Fear by RD Wingfield

5. The Killer

As his suspicions grow over his boss conclusions, Sergeant Fowler must take action over the murders in the village of Polford.

Starring Leslie Sands and Nick Orchard.

Conclusion of RD Wingfield's thriller serial.

Sergeant Fowler …. Leslie Sands
PC Beaumont …. Nick Orchard
Dave Clark …. Cornelius Garrett
The Doctor …. Paul Nicholson
Chadwick …. Nicholas Courtney
Mitchell …. Conrad Phillips
Rose …. Gillie Gratham
Operator …. Brian Gear
Radio DJ …. Jim Reid
Jackson …. Roger Leach

Director: Brian Miller

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1982.


SAT 03:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m000614r)
10. Breakthrough

Molly has lived on the streets since she was a teenager. Her violent ex-boyfriend Rusby is back in Nottingham and won't leave her alone. So when she meets Luca at a party and he asks her to go away with him she jumps at the chance to escape. Old friend Jules doesn't trust this newcomer and invites herself along for the ride.

Molly has helped Luca find his grandfather’s hidden legacy but the traumas in her past have grown too much for her - and she has chosen to walk into the sea.

Read by Anjli Mohindra

Written by Mahsuda Snaith

Abridged by Siân Preece

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.


SAT 03:15 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (b00cqzj4)
5. The Temptation

Emma meets wealthy land owner Rodolphe Boulanger, and succumbs to temptation...

Gustave Flaubert's French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness - the first great novel of adultery.

Narrated by John Hurt.

Dramatised by Diana Griffiths from Margaret Mauldon's translation.

Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Rodolphe Boulanger ...... Jude Akuwudike
Madame Lefrancois ...... Siobhan Finneran
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman

Producer: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.


SAT 03:30 The Break (m000kpv7)
Series 3

5. Strangers and a Drain

Jeff ill-advisedly offers to clean the chaotic drains of his girlfriend Corinne while she’s away at a pest control conference.

Seeking to free himself from this unsavoury task, Jeff strikes a murky deal with Fish Shop Frank to swap DIY tasks - Frank will clear Corinne’s drains and Jeff will fix Frank’s shelves.

However, things don’t go according to plan. The hapless pair are sucked into a swirling vortex leading to a seething netherworld of crime and Mariachi. Along the way they once again meet punctilious and pedantic policeman, PC Clarke (“That’s Clarke with an ‘e’”) and also unorthodox and erratic limo driver, Psycho Pete.

In the meantime, Andy is training to be a bingo-caller. Unlucky for some - 13.

Starring:
Philip Jackson
Alison Steadman
Mark Benton
Shobna Gulati
Rasmus Hardiker
James Northcote

Written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie

Directed by Gordon Kennedy

An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2020.


SAT 04:00 Marriage Lines (b04t6qly)
Series 1

The Convention

Kate is concerned when George heads to Birmingham with his colleagues

Starring Richard Briers as George Starling and Prunella Scales as Kate Starling.

Richard Waring’s sitcom based on the mutual love and mistrust of two newlyweds. Originating on BBC TV, it ran between 1963 and 1965 and was adapted in two series for BBC radio due to its popularity.

George ...... Richard Briers
Kate ...... Prunella Scales
Miles ...... Derek Waring
Mr Renfrew Smith ...... Felix Felton

Other parts played by John Graham, Leon Thau and Jo Kendall.

Producer: Charles Maxwell

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1965.


SAT 04:30 Charles Dickens (b00sb96j)
Sketches by Boz - Series 2

Horatio Sparkins

The socially ambitious Maldertons are delighted when their unmarried daughter receives the attentions of the romantic Mr Sparkins.

But who exactly is he?

Gloriously comic stories of London Life by Charles Dickens - dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Boz ...... Nicholas Farrell
Mr Malderton ...... DavidHaig
Mrs Malderton ...... Tessa Worsley
Teresa Malderton ...... Sarah-Jane Holm
Thomas Malderton ...... Adrian Schiller
Horatio Sparkins ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Flamwell ...... Patrick Barlow

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1999.


SAT 05:00 Whispers (b007k356)
Series 1

Episode 4

The great and the good are torn from their pedestals in glee in the panel show that proves there's no smoke without fire.

Gyles Brandreth is your host.

The regular team captains are writer and critic, Anthony Holden and actor and writer, Stella Duffy.

Writer Jenny Colgan and broadcaster Rosie Millard join them as they attempt to dish the dirt on the bad boys and girls in history.

Producer: Elizabeth Freestone

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.


SAT 05:30 Barbara Nice (m000nd71)
Series 1

The Scare

Barbara is convinced that Ken needs a health check up and is horrified to discover she is the one the doctors are interested in.

She suspects the worst and is determined to fulfill some lifetime ambitions recruiting Mary and Ken into her misguided plans.

Janice Connolly from 'Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights' stars in this warm-hearted sitcom about married couple, Barbara and Ken.

Series follows on from the successful pilot written by Janice Connolly and Steve Turner.

Barbara Nice ...... Janice Connolly
Ken Nice ...... John Henshaw
Mary ...... Angela Curran
Doctor ...... Ameet Chana
Consultant ...... Josephine Enright
Receptionist ...... Toby Tilling

Producer: Rebecca Papworth

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 2, first broadcast in March 2017.


SAT 06:00 NC Hunter - A Day By the Sea (m001r1qq)
Laura Anson fears no one will be able to run her country estate in Dorset when she goes.

Her son Julian is too preoccupied with his Foreign Office career. Meanwhile elderly Uncle David is cared for by gin-loving Dr Farley, who’s caught the eye of a much younger governess.

But routines are jolted when Frances Farrar – who lived with Laura as a child - reappears after 20 years as a divorcee with kids.

The loves, hopes and fears of a family are brought together and revealed over a few short hours.

A Chekhovian drama full of longing and regret.

Starring Wendy Hiller and Sir Michael Hordern.

Adapted from NC Hunter's London West End stage play by Mollie Greenhalgh

Laura Anson .... Wendy Hiller
Dr Farley .... Michael Hordern
Frances Farrar .... Barbara Leigh Hunt
Julian Anson .... Richard Pasco
David Anson .... Alan Wheatley
Miss Mathieson .... Elizabeth Kelly
William Gregson .... Ronald Herdman
Humphrey Caldwell .... Fraser Kerr
Elinor .... Jane Whittenshaw
Toby .... Danielle Allan

Director: Graham Gauld

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991


SAT 07:30 L.E.L. by Lucasta Miller (Omnibus) (m00058gw)
London society of the 1820s was intrigued by the emergence of a poet signing herself off as L.E.L.

In real life, this was the work of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, who courted success, notoriety and ultimately a dramatic and sad end, in a distant part of the world.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Katrin Williams

Read by Helena Bonham Carter

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2019.


SAT 08:45 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007rj8j)
Series 1

3. A Night on the Town

It's Carter's first look at Soho exotic dancers, but not Uncle Mort's.

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

Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Sam Kelly
The Nice Woman …. Liz Goulding
Door Keeper …. Christopher Good
Narrator …. Christian Rodska

Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’ which earned them a run of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ on BBC TV in four series from 1975 to 1979.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1990.


SAT 09:00 The Men from the Ministry (b012yngx)
Don't Let Them Needle You

The truth will out - with the bureaucrats' mix-up over a flu vaccine.

A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.

Starring Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch.

Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.

Lennox-Brown …. Deryck Guyler
Lamb …. Richard Murdoch
Mildred Murfin/Sister Grear …. Norma Ronald
Sir Gregory Pitkin/Professor Freeman …. Ronald Baddiley
MacDougall/Captain Hardy/'Creepy' Crawley …. John Graham
Newsreader …. John Cole

The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in March 1973.


SAT 09:30 Something to Shout About (m000jqcl)
Series 3

Episode 13

How will the advertising team deal with the rising of festive spirits?

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

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

Written by Myles Rudge with Ronnie Wolfe.

Michael Lightfoot .... Michael Medwin
Janet Harris …. Fenella Fielding
Maggie Tufnell …. Eleanor Summerfield
Mavis Willis …Joan Sims
Adrian Beales …. Nicholas Phipps
Mr Blythe/Various …. Warren Mitchell

Producer: John Simmonds.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1961.


SAT 10:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0014yhb)
Satire and Sitcoms

1. Round the Horne

BBC Comedy Controllers from across the decades look back at radio shows from the past.

Clocking up over 150 years on the job between them, Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville reveal what they do, why they do it and what makes them laugh.

Recorded before a studio audience in the iconic BBC Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House - the home of British radio comedy.

In the first of three programmes, our foursome travel back to the golden years of 1960s and 70s to celebrate the satire boom and to trace the development of sitcoms both here and abroad.

Featuring:

* ROUND THE HORNE
Series 4 (9/16)

Kenneth Horne blasts off boldly in 'Journey to Uranus', a ditty from Rambling Sid Rumpo and 'Bona Books' with Julian and Sandy. From 1968.

Starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden.

Plus extracts from:

Beyond the Fringe
Aftermyth of War
Till Death Us Do Part

Sadly Beryl Vertue passed away, aged 90, in 2022.

Series Producers: Paul Kobrak and Dixi Stewart

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2017.


SAT 11:00 NC Hunter - A Day By the Sea (m001r1qq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 12:30 L.E.L. by Lucasta Miller (Omnibus) (m00058gw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 13:45 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007rj8j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 14:00 The Men from the Ministry (b012yngx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 14:30 Something to Shout About (m000jqcl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 15:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0014yhb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 16:00 Body Horror (m001qty5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SAT 16:45 Get Carter: The Bloody Chamber (b0bksmgm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:45 today]


SAT 17:00 NC Hunter - A Day By the Sea (m001r1qq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 18:30 L.E.L. by Lucasta Miller (Omnibus) (m00058gw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 19:45 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007rj8j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 20:00 The Men from the Ministry (b012yngx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 20:30 Something to Shout About (m000jqcl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 21:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0014yhb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 22:00 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b9k9l)
Series 2

Howard Read

From Peter Sellers to The Rutles.

Musical comedian Mitch Benn presents his selection of some of the finest comic songs by other performers.

With guest Howard Read.

Producer: Ed Morrish

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in October 2006.


SAT 22:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b04n6432)
Series 4

Episode 4

John Finnemore, the writer and star of Cabin Pressure, regular guest on The Now Show, stars in his own hit sketch show.

John tries to present a classic sketch, but the others aren't going to help him.

We also hear a speech from someone who followed their dream, and the induction of a new employee at Vicarstown train station, on the Island of Sodor.

Written by and starring John Finnemore

With:

Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Lawry Lewin
Simon Kane
Carrie Quinlan

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014.


SAT 23:00 Big Problems with Helen Keen (b09b19y6)
Series 2

Women

You may not immediately identify women as a problem but, when 'normal' has meant 'male' for centuries how does that affect our perception of women from the past - and how does it affect women in the present?

Comedy series looking at the biggest problems our species has faced since the beginning of time - and offering some incredible, absurd and possible scientific solutions.

Starring Helen Keen

With:

Jon Culshaw
Susy Kane

Written by Helen Keen, Jenny Laville, Lloyd Langford and Carrie Quinlan and special thanks to Marc Abrahams and Dr Stuart Richie.

Producer: Katie Tyrrell

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


SAT 23:30 Seekers (b05y13tx)
Series 2

I Kissed A Bear, and I Liked It

Stuart needs to bond with Vanessa's parents, and Joe and Terry raise an egg.

Starring Mathew Horne, Daniel Mays, Tony Way and Zahra Ahmadi.

Sitcom set in an Essex job centre written by Steve Burge.

Stuart ------ Matthew Horne
Joseph ------ Daniel Mays
Terry ----- Tony Way
Nicola ------ Zahra Ahmadi
Vanessa ----- Natalie Walter
Gary Probert ----- Steve Oram

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2015.

SUNDAY 01 OCTOBER 2023

SUN 00:00 The Man in Black (b00nvvgj)
Series 2

3. Flesh by Tom Morton-Smith

Mattie couldn't stop her wayward son Jamie from going out, but now he's come home bleeding and feverish.

A virus is sweeping town and the death toll among teenagers is rising. What's worse - they're not staying dead, and they've developed a taste for human flesh.

With Jamie sickening upstairs and her new boyfriend fighting his way across town to be with her, Mattie is soon going to face a terrible choice...

Tom Morton-Smith's chilling tale is introduced by Mark Gatiss as sinister raconteur, The Man in Black.

Mattie ...... Lindsey Coulson
Jamie ...... Rupert Simonian
George ...... Philip Fox
Sylvia/Reporter ...... Kate Layden
Newsreader ...... Piers Wehner
Marianne/Bryony/Jenny ...... Tessa Nicholson
Father ...... Rhys Jennings

Horrifying series of tales from The Man in Black. You might meet him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk at an employment agency or he might approach you in the corridor of a care home.

Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on his stories. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you.

Director: Abigail le Fleming

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2009.


SUN 00:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pgnqn)
3. The Lady of the House of Love by Angela Carter

An unwary army officer meets the last of the Nosferatu family.

The tormented psyche of a female vampire is explored in a fantastical tale about loneliness and despair.

This lady-of-the-night pores over the tarot cards, desperately hoping that they might reveal a way of escaping from her existence.

Angela Carter's vampire tale with a twist.

Read by Indira Varma.

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2009.


SUN 01:00 NC Hunter - A Day By the Sea (m001r1qq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 L.E.L. by Lucasta Miller (Omnibus) (m00058gw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:45 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007rj8j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 The Men from the Ministry (b012yngx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]


SUN 04:30 Something to Shout About (m000jqcl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0014yhb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001r1cf)
The Poetry Editor

Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and to celebrate National Poetry Day (5.10.2023) he chooses 'The Poetry Editor'.

The publishing house Faber and Faber, has been in existence for over 90 years.

It is famous for its poetry list - Seamus Heaney, Sylvia Plath, Derek Walcott, Philip Larkin, Marianne Moore, WH Auden and TS Eliot, who, as poetry editor, brought the work of some of these poets into the world. The poetry editor, then, has a significant role.

Hannah Sullivan, winner of the TS Eliot Prize for her collection 'Three Poems', teases out what poetry editors actually do.

She talks to leading poetry editors, Neil Astley of Bloodaxe; Parisa Ebrahimi of Chatto & Windus and Matthew Hollis, who sat at Eliot's desk at Faber.

They discover and nurture new voices, but also have to sustain their lists. Might there be figures so distinguished they are beyond editing? Paul Muldoon, who might fall into this category, argues no - he longs for the exercise of editorial authority. Is the relationship of editor to poet akin to that of doctor and patient? Is the editorial office like the confessional - strictly confidential?

Hannah also speaks to several leading poets - Simon Armitage, Paul Muldoon, Julia Copus, Sarah Howe and Kayo Chingonyi - about being edited, and hears from people at the beginning of their careers such as Phoebe Stuckes.

Producer: Julian May

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2019.


SUN 06:30 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (Omnibus) (m00067cy)
Episode 2

Molly's lived on the streets since she was a teenager.

Her violent ex-boyfriend Rusby is back in Nottingham and won't leave her alone. So when she meets Luca at a party and he asks her to go away with him she jumps at the chance to escape. Old friend Jules doesn't trust this newcomer and invites herself along for the ride.

On the way to Skegness the friends have stopped off with Luca's parents.

Their initial warm welcome is beginning to fray around the edges as Molly is plagued by dark visions.

Mahsuda Snaith's brilliant novel, first published in 2019.

Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes abridged by Siân Preece.

Read by Anjli Mohindra.

Producer Eilidh McCreadie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.


SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001r1cr)
Dave Mustaine

Guitarist Dave Mustaine of thrash metal Megadeth picks Johnny B Goode by Chuck Berry and Mott the Hoople's All the Young Dudes.


SUN 07:50 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (Omnibus) (b00ct1wf)
Episode 1

Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Charles Bovary. He's happy for the first time in his life - unlike Emma, who's distraught that her marriage lacks the passion and excitement of her fantasies.

Gustave Flaubert''s French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness - the first great novel of adultery.

Narrated by John Hurt.

Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes.

Dramatised by Diana Griffiths from Margaret Mauldon's translation.

The Narrator …. John Hurt
Charles …. Conrad Nelson
Emma …. Sarah Smart
Madame Bovary Snr …. Brigit Forsyth
Monsieur Rouault ...... Russell Dixon
Doctor Lariviere ...... Martin Reeve
Mere Rollet ...... Julie McCabe
Madame Lefrancois ...... Siobahn Finneran
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy
Monsieur L'Heureux ...... Seamus O'Neill
Felicite ...... Sarah Jayne Hallworth
Rodolphe Boulanger ...... Jude Akuwudike

Producer: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.


SUN 09:00 A Life of Bliss (m001r1d3)
From 25/06/1957

After a number of burglaries in the village, Mr Bliss is determined to fix his temperamental burglar alarm.

He's also pretty sure who the culprits are...

Starring George Cole.

Godfrey Harrison's sitcom about bashful, bumbling bachelor, David Alexander Bliss.

David Bliss ...... George Cole
Anne Fellowes ...... Diana Churchill
Tony Fellowes ...... Colin Gordon
Mr Bliss ...... Carleton Hobbs
Mrs Bliss ...... Gladys Young
Psyche the Dog ...... Percy Edwards

With:

Sheila Manahan
Tony Vickers
Rolf Lefebvre

Producer Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in June 1957.


SUN 09:30 Home to Roost (m00054w5)
Series 1

Taken For A Ride

Now that he's retired, Olive pesters William to buy a car.

Starring Molly Sugden and Deryck Guyler.

Sitcom written by Anne Jones.

After 40 years working in the same office, William Wheeler has just retired and battles to adapt to his new life of leisure.

His wife Olive, on the other hand, is trying to cope with him her feet all day, for the first time in their marriage.

William …. Deryck Guyler
Olive …. Molly Sugden
Jack Bailey …. Norman Rossington
Angela …. Ysanne Churchman
Cath …. Patricia Green

Producers: Richard Maddock and Peter Titheradge

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1974.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0512j5y)
Black American Icons

Maya Angelou

Author and poet Maya Angelou shares her castaway choices with Michael Parkinson.

Maya Angelou inherited her love of music from her grandmother, who used to sing to her as a child at the family home in the southern United States.

The first volume of her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, was a bestseller, describing her life as singer, actress, stripper, dancer and writer.

Maya looks back on a remarkable career and chooses eight tracks she would take to the mythical island.

DISC ONE: How Great Thou Art - Mahalia Jackson
DISC TWO: A Quiet Place - Max Roach
DISC THREE: Killing Me Softly (With His Song) - Roberta Flack
DISC FOUR: I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
DISC FIVE: East Of The Sun - Sarah Vaughan
DISC SIX: One For The Road - Frank Sinatra
DISC SEVEN: Summertime - George Gershwin
DISC EIGHT: Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles

BOOK CHOICE: Negro Caravan - selected and edited by Sterling Brown, Arthur P Davis and Uylsses Lee
LUXURY CHOICE: The Kumasi Market painting by John T. Biggers
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: How Great Thou Art - Mahalia Jackson

Sir Michael Parkinson was the host of Desert Island Discs from 1986 - 1988.

Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley.

Producer: Ray Abbott

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1987.


SUN 10:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mrzn0)
Series 1

Adam's Face

What are human eyebrows for?

Possibly to allow communication without the use of words.

Testing the value of eyebrow communication came into its own when David Attenborough met the men of an aboriginal tribe in New Guinea where there was no other common language.

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 September 2009.


SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001r1cf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 11:30 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (Omnibus) (m00067cy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001r1cr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 12:50 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (Omnibus) (b00ct1wf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 14:00 A Life of Bliss (m001r1d3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 14:30 Home to Roost (m00054w5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0512j5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 15:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mrzn0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 16:00 The Man in Black (b00nvvgj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SUN 16:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pgnqn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:30 today]


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001r1cf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 17:30 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (Omnibus) (m00067cy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001r1cr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 18:50 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (Omnibus) (b00ct1wf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 20:00 A Life of Bliss (m001r1d3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 20:30 Home to Roost (m00054w5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0512j5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mrzn0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 22:00 Start/Stop (b07lhk6p)
Series 3

1. The Third Way

Fiona road tests Barney's theory about how to put the spark back in your marriage, much to Barney's annoyance.

Meanwhile Evan is housebound, sitting in a rubber ring after breaking his coccyx. And David is worried his memory is failing, and he's trying everything under the sun to improve it.

Return of Jack Docherty's sitcom about three marriages in various states of disrepair.

Starring:

Couple 1:

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

Couple 2:

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

Couple 3:

David ...... Charlie Higson
Alice ...... Laura Aikman

The set up: Barney and Cathy have been married for ages and it shows, Evan and Fiona's marriage is one big, noisy argument and David is old enough to be Alice's father.

Start/Stop follows the story of these three couples as they try to make the best of their marriages and friendships. The show is warm, smart and funny, and the characters are able to stop the action, explain themselves to the audience and start it all up again.

Producer: Claire Jones

A BBC Studio production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2016.


SUN 22:30 Chain Reaction (b03s71cz)
Series 9

Graham Linehan talks to Adam Buxton

The comedy writer and director and the comedian, actor - and one half of Adam and Joe - in the talk tag show where the guest becomes the next interviewer.

Graham Linehan chats to Adam Buxton.

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

Producer: Carl Cooper

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.


SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001r9pq)
Paul Foot 1/3

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Iain Lee talks to Paul Foot.


SUN 23:00 Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers (m0006zvf)
Series 2

Sport

Kicking off a series of themed but potentially misremembered anecdotes from Andy Hamilton.

Starting with sport - a subject very close to Andy's heart and something he’ll argue you should try and care about as well – however much of a non-fan you may claim to be! Expect heavy old leather footballs, annoyingly helpful cricket teammates and a round of golf interrupted by poisonous snakes.

Through comic observations and personal anecdotes, Andy examines how much (or how little) things have changed in the 60ish years he's been on this planet.

Andy was born in Fulham in 1954, read English at Cambridge and then in 1976 began writing comedy for BBC Radio, on programmes like Week Ending and The News Huddlines. In 1990, he and Guy Jenkin created Drop the Dead Donkey for Channel 4.

Andy has spent much of his working life making acute observations about politics and family life.

In 2007, again with Guy Jenkin, he created the massive TV hit, Outnumbered, which celebrated the chaos of life with young children. More recently they created the highly topical Ballot Monkeys for Channel 4, which charted the absurdities of the General Election and then the EU Referendum.

For over 20 years he has been playing the part of Satan in his Radio 4 sitcom, Old Harry's Game. Andy is also a popular panellist on shows such as The News Quiz and Have I Got News For You.

In following episodes, Andy will sort of remember class, religion and stupidity.

Producer: Richard Morris

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


SUN 23:30 Clayton Grange (b045z97x)
Series 2

Episode 1

It's back! Clayton Grange is a top secret Scientific Institute with a government brief to solve the global fuel crisis, cheer people up and make war just a bit more gentle.

Meet the scientists who are a bit rubbish at life. And not much better at science.

The team are launching their revolutionary spray-on clothes, a local MP comes to visit to boost his election campaign and an embarrassing virus escapes from genetics and threatens the very nature of democracy.

Anthony Head leads the team thinking the unthinkable.

Comedy by Neil Warhurst with additional material by Paul Barnhill.

Professor Saunders ...... Anthony Head
Geoff Prowse ...... Neil Warhurst
Roger Bucks ...... Paul Barnhill
Alice Jameson ...... Stephanie Racine
Gwynnie ...... Heather Craney
Giles Bentley ...... David Cann
Danny ...... Wilf Scolding
Kurt ...... Clive Hayward
Announcer ...... Clive Hayward

Director: Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.

MONDAY 02 OCTOBER 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001r1cf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (Omnibus) (m00067cy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001r1cr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]


MON 01:50 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (Omnibus) (b00ct1wf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 A Life of Bliss (m001r1d3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Home to Roost (m00054w5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0512j5y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 04:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mrzn0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Graeme Fife - A Breath of Fresh Air (m001r1ds)
When death stalked the streets of Paris at the time of the French Revolution, no one was safe - not even the greatest chemist of his day.

While Antoine Lavoisier battles on with his meticulous scientific theories, a bitter rival opts to take his revenge.

Lavoisier’s wife Anne is desperate to flee the city, but her proud husband has other ideas…

Starring Henry Goodman and Anton Lesser

Written by Graeme Fife.

Antoine Lavoisier ....... Henry Goodman
Anne, his wife ....... Helena Breck
Marat ....... Anton Lesser
Fourcroy ....... Robert Harper
Joseph Priestley ....... Keith Drinkel
Saint Saens/Lawyer ....... Kim Wall
Revolutionary leader ....... Alex Lowe
Simonne ....... Colleen Prendergast
Police Agent ....... Christopher Pavlo
Gaoler ....... John Hollis
De Paulze ....... Michael Tomlinson

Director: Martin Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996.


MON 06:00 Project Raphael (b008p7wl)
1. Secrets

British Intelligence, MI7 are working with agents from beyond the grave to gather secrets from the mysterious Nablovski Colony.

Agent Raphael volunteers to be transferred, but no-one can contact him.

Enter local ghost-hunter Malcolm Holmes, and his friend Polly - a would-be ace reporter.

Starring Deborah McAndrew and Aneirin Hughes.

Three-part sci-fi thriller by Jenny Stephens.

Agent Finch ...... Deborah McAndrew
Agent Evans ...... Aneirin Hughes
Malcolm Holmes ...... Dan Hagley
Polly Williams ...... Emily Chennery
Moira Holmes ...... Sunny Ormonde
Agent Raphael ...... John Flitcroft

Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in January 2008.


MON 06:30 The Hot Kid (b05410x3)
1. True American Lawman

Elmore Leonard's enthralling criminal odyssey is set against the dusty, sun-kissed backdrop of Oklahoma and Kansas during America's Great Depression.

Carl Webster is a rising star in the US Marshals Service, one of the elite man-hunters currently chasing the likes of Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, and Pretty Boy Floyd across America's Depression-ravaged heartland.

Meanwhile, Jack Belmont, the wayward son of an oil millionaire, wants to be public enemy number one. The lives of the cop and robber criss-cross repeatedly before finally confronting in an inevitable showdown.

Starring Luke Norris and Adam Gillen.

Dramatised in four parts by Katie Hims.

Carl Webster ...... Luke Norris
Jack Belmont ...... Adam Gillen
Louly Brown ...... Samantha Dakin
Tony Antonelli ...... Nathan Osgood
Virgil Webster ...... David Acton
Heidi Dilworth ...... Bettrys Jones
Emmet Long ...... Shaun Mason
Marshal Bob McMahon ...... Ian Conningham
Oris Belmont ...... John Chancer
Doris Belmont ...... Elaine Claxton
Norm Dilworth ...... Paul Heath
Nancy Polis ...... Roslyn Hill
Crystal Lee Davidson ...... Hannah Genesius
Mr Deering ...... Michael Bertenshaw

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015.


MON 07:00 Ricky by Ricky Tomlinson (m0008qx2)
1. Family and Fun

'The Royle Family' and Brookside actor Ricky Tomlinson reads from his autobiography.

Ricky grew up in wartime near Anfield with mum, dad and three brothers.

He had asthma but was allowed to play football, enjoyed street games and chatting up girls...

Producer: Liz Webb

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2003.


MON 07:15 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (b00ct506)
6. The Affairs

Beautiful Emma Bovary is planning to elope with her lover, Rodolphe.

Gustave Flaubert's French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness - the first great novel of adultery.

Narrated by John Hurt.

Dramatised in ten parts by Diana Griffiths - from Margaret Mauldon's translation.

Narrator .... John Hurt
Charles .... Conrad Nelson
Emma .... Sarah Smart
Rodolphe Boulanger .... Jude Akuwudike
Madame Bovary Snr .... Brigit Forsyth
Monsieur Lheureux .... Seamus O'Neill
Felicite .... Sarah Jane Hallworth

Producer: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.


MON 07:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b09fzmk0)
Series 2

Death and Travel

Alexei considers travel to places both real and imaginary.

Along the way he reveals why BBC Radio 4 is a staple for Merchant seamen, how to get a cheap drink in the centre of Paris and the impulses he must fight when on holiday.

A mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy from behind the counter of an imaginary sandwich bar.

Written and performed by the Godfather of Alternative Comedy, Alexei Sayle.

With:

Ian Smith.

Original music and lyrics by Tim Sutton

Producer: Joe Nunnery

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


MON 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b00t39lf)
Series 2

The Siege of Steptoe Street

Albert and Harold are besieged by all their creditors demanding money.

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
Stacey the Butcher …. Robert Dorning
The Man …. Michael McLean
The Bailiff …. Alan Dudley

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.

Produced by Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1967.


MON 08:30 Semi Circles (b007jxlw)
Series 1

A Matter of Life and Death

Following a school reunion, Ben is cajoled to sign up for life insurance. Subterfuge is called for

The improving story of life and improving times in an improving neighbourhood.

Starring Paula Wilcox and David Wood.

Sitcom written by Simon Brett

Helen ...... Paula Wilcox
Ben ...... David Wood
Mrs Kelly ...... Pay Heywood
Alastair ...... Bruce Alexander
Willy ...... Robert Longden
Blythe ...... Bryan Coleman

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1982.


MON 09:00 It's Your Round (b01946wq)
Series 2

Episode 3

Another panel of comedians endeavour to beat each other at their own games, watched over by Angus Deayton.

Trying to beat each other at their own games:

Will Self
Gyles Brandreth
Sara Pascoe
Arthur Smith

Featured rounds:

Will's "What's In My Hand?"...further explanation unnecessary.

Glyles's "It's My Party", in which panellists must all pitch their own, new political party.

Sara's "Tax Loss Entertainment", in which panellists must improvise the worst play in history.

Arthur's "How Much Would It Cost For You To?", a refinement of a game he's played before in which panellists must guess the money they'd require in order to complete various unpleasant tasks.

Producer: Sam Michell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012.


MON 09:30 Snap (b00tnmtj)
Series 2

Episode 1

Separated for over a year, Doug and Molly are still finding it hard to keep out of each other's lives.

When the decree absolute arrives and Doug hears that Molly is having a drinks party he's furious. But is all as it seems?

Starring Rebecca Lacey and Paul Venables.

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

Molly …. Rebecca Lacey
Doug …. Paul Venables
Kaz …. Soumaya Keynes
Ryan …. Jessie Sullivan
Annie …. Marlene Sidaway
Raymond …. Jonathan Tafler
Dawn …. Samantha Spiro

Producer: David Ian Neville

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.


MON 10:00 Graeme Fife - A Breath of Fresh Air (m001r1ds)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 11:00 Project Raphael (b008p7wl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 11:30 The Hot Kid (b05410x3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 12:00 Ricky by Ricky Tomlinson (m0008qx2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 12:15 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (b00ct506)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 12:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b09fzmk0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 13:00 Steptoe and Son (b00t39lf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 13:30 Semi Circles (b007jxlw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 14:00 It's Your Round (b01946wq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 14:30 Snap (b00tnmtj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 15:00 Graeme Fife - A Breath of Fresh Air (m001r1ds)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 16:00 Project Raphael (b008p7wl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 16:30 The Hot Kid (b05410x3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 17:00 Ricky by Ricky Tomlinson (m0008qx2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:15 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (b00ct506)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 17:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b09fzmk0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 Steptoe and Son (b00t39lf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 18:30 Semi Circles (b007jxlw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 19:00 It's Your Round (b01946wq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 19:30 Snap (b00tnmtj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 20:00 Radiolab (m0017l38)
Series 9

Heavy Metal

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

Latif Nasser and the Radiolab team investigate a strange world.

A story about the sometimes obvious but sometimes sneaky effects of the way that we humans rearrange the elemental stuff around us. Reporter Avir Mitra and science journalist Lydia Denworth bring us a story about how one man’s relentless pursuit of a deep truth about the Earth led to an obsession that really changed the very air we breathe.

From WNYC. First broadcast on public radio in the USA in 2021.


MON 20:55 Inheritance Tracks (m000h81m)
Dame Kristin Scott Thomas

Actress Kristin Scott Thomas inherits ‘These Boots are Made for Walking’ by Nancy Sinatra and wants to pass on ‘Mars’ by Holst.


MON 21:00 Mastertapes (b06ybnh5)
Series 5

Nigel Kennedy (the A-Side)

Nigel Kennedy talks about his record breaking 1989 recording of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.

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, Nigel Kennedy. talks to John Wilson about the best-selling classical work of all time.

Having trained at both the Yehudi Menuhin School of Music and the Juilliard School in New York, Nigel Kennedy has developed into one of the most popular classical musicians of his generation. This in no small part is due to the phenomenal success of his recording of The Four Seasons in 1989. At the time he explained that he set out to use "every kind of technique I know" to communicate his feeling for the music to his listeners.

Kennedy's passion for non-classical music has seen him play alongside The Who and Kate Bush, record violin-based versions of songs by The Doors and Jimi Hendrix, and release an album for the jazz label Blue Note Sessions. However, The Four Seasons retains a special place in his repertoire, and in 2015 he released a completely fresh take on Vivaldi's violin concertos.

Nigel Kennedy talks about the album that earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records, and performs exclusive excerpts from the concertos that helped make him famous.

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

Producers: Paul Kobrak

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2016.


MON 21:30 Soho Nights (m001r21s)
1. Bohemian Dream

London, 1956: A young law school dropout is about to run away to vibrant, cosmopolitan Soho to follow his Bohemian dream.

As the Cold War and Suez Crisis loom large in the wider world, Simon Green is determined to become a poet.

But then he meets a mysterious, seductive young Australian...

Starring Ronan Vibert and Fenella Fielding.

Bernard Kops's five-part serial.

Simon .... Ronan Vibert
Victor .... Patrick Toomey
Sarah .... Federay Holmes
Ivka .... Fenella Fielding
Roy .... John Watts
Louis .... David Bannerman
Imogen .... Melinda Walker
Tom .... Steve Hodson
Yankyl .... Jeffrey Segal
Boston .... Chris Gilbert
Lily .... Anne Beach
Leonard .... Jonathan Adams

Other parts played by Peter Acre

Director: Alan Drury

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1993.


MON 22:00 Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz (m001qtds)
Series 2

Episode 4

In each episode of Paul Sinha’s Perfect Pub Quiz, the quizzer, comedian and Rose d’Or winner Paul Sinha invites the audience to tell him their favourite quiz questions, before offering up not just different and surprising questions, but also the fascinating stories behind the answers.

It’s facts, jokes, stories and puns – just the way you like them.

This week's show comes from Ipswich, so of course there's a question or two about Escape To Victory, clams, and Australian Open winners, as well as a range of Ipswich's literary heroes.

Written and performed by Paul Sinha
Additional material: Oliver Levy
Additional questions: The Audience

Original music: Tim Sutton

Sound engineer: David Thomas

Producer: Ed Morrish

A Lead Mojo production for BBC Radio 4.


MON 22:30 Small Scenes (b03h3fxj)
Series 1

Episode 4

Meet the funniest (and unhappiest) man in the world and also listen in on a couple of lorry drivers as they discuss hopes, dreams and life on the road.

The symphonious sketch show series.

Starring:

Daniel Rigby
Mike Wozniak
Sara Pascoe
Henry Paker

Written by the cast and Benjamin Partridge with additional material from Madeleine Brettingham.

Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2013.


MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001r9ps)
Paul Foot 2/3

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Iain Lee talks to Paul Foot.


MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m001qtp9)
Series 112

Episode 4

Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news. With him to find the answers to all our problems Andrew Doyle, Athena Kugblenu, Felicity Ward and Hugo Rifkind.

This week, Andy and the panel discuss Suella's desire to ditch conventions, Sunak laughing all the way to the Rosebank, and the thrills and spills of the Lib Dem conference.

Written by Andy Zaltzman

With additional material by
Alice Fraser
Ben Clover
Cody Dahler
and Miranda Holms

Producer: Gwyn Rhys Davies
Executive Producer: Richard Morris
Production Coordinator: Dan Marchini
Sound Editor: Giles Aspen

A BBC Studios Production


MON 23:30 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun (b007k1z6)
Greenwich

Driving instructors, pornography and a surprise from Supermarket Sweep's TV host, Dale Winton.

Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s mix of sharp sketches and situations, stand up topical gags and banter.

From Greenwich University, London.

With:

Peter Baynham
Rebecca Front
John Thomson

Special guest: Dale Winton

Lee and Herring went to write and star in their successful TV transfer to BBC Two in 1995.

Cult BBC Radio 1 series first broadcast in November 1993.

TUESDAY 03 OCTOBER 2023

TUE 00:00 Graeme Fife - A Breath of Fresh Air (m001r1ds)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Project Raphael (b008p7wl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 The Hot Kid (b05410x3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 Ricky by Ricky Tomlinson (m0008qx2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (b00ct506)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b09fzmk0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Steptoe and Son (b00t39lf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]


TUE 03:30 Semi Circles (b007jxlw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 It's Your Round (b01946wq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Snap (b00tnmtj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Whodunnits (b007k4mg)
Baldi - Series 4

Cross Purposes

Charles Davies believes his life is under threat, after spotting clues in a high-brow magazine's crossword puzzle.

In his latest case, the priestly sleuth, finds Father Troy to be of assistance in an unexpected way.

Starring David Threlfall

Series of murder mysteries featuring Franciscan priest and philosophy lecturer-turned-amateur sleuth, Paolo Baldi

Written by Simon Brett

Paulo Baldi .... David Threlfall
Tina Mahon .... Tina Kellegher
Troy .... TP McKenna
Iris .... Sara Kestelman
Brenda .... Pauline McLynn
Kieran .... Kevin Flood
Tierney .... Kieran Lagan
Davies/Meehan .... Gordon Fulton

Format created by Barry Devlin for Sarah Lawson Productions

Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland

Directed in Belfast by Lawrence Jackson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.


TUE 05:45 Short Works (m0008y8l)
Meditations for a New Mother by Amy Mason

An original short work for radio by the award-winning writer and performer Amy Mason.

Three guided meditations for a new mother. Some people might picture a beach as their happy place but this woman sees an airport Wetherspoons.

Amy Mason's shows include Mass, Hollering Woman Creek and The Islanders and she is the author of a novel, The Other Ida.

Producer: Mair Bosworth

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.


TUE 06:00 Project Raphael (b008p9wx)
2. Truths

As Britain's MI7 recruits Malcolm Holmes to contact Agent Raphael, some uncomfortable truths are uncovered...

Starring Deborah McAndrew and Aneirin Hughes.

Agents from beyond the grave must help Britain's Intelligence gather secrets from the mysterious Nablovski Colony.

Sci-fi thriller by Jenny Stephens.

Agent Finch ...... Deborah McAndrew
Agent Evans ...... Aneirin Hughes
Agent Raphael ...... John Flitcroft
Malcolm Holmes ...... Dan Hagley
Moira Holmes ...... Sunny Ormonde
Polly Williams ...... Emily Chennery
PC Ahmed ...... Saikat Ahmaed

Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in January 2008.


TUE 06:30 The Hot Kid (b054qctm)
2. Shoot-out at Bald Mountain

Louly Brown tells of how her letters to Pretty Boy Floyd in prison led to her stealing her step-father's car and running away from home with a bank robber, before meeting the handsome Deputy Marshal Carl Webster at a fatal motel shoot-out.

Meanwhile, Jack Belmont's illegal moonshine operation is threatened when his roadhouse is attacked by members of the Klan.

Elmore Leonard's enthralling criminal odyssey is set against the dusty, sepia-toned backdrop of Oklahoma and Kansas during America's Great Depression.

Starring Samantha Dakin and Adam Gillen.

Dramatised by Katie Hims.

Jack Belmont ....... Adam Gillen
Louly Brown ...... Samantha Dakin
Tony Antonelli ...... Nathan Osgood
Carl Webster ...... Luke Norris
Joe Young ...... Joe Jameson
Norm Dilworth ...... Paul Heath
Pretty Boy Flloyd ...... Shaun Mason
Virgil Webster ...... David Acton
Heidi Dilworth ...... Bettrys Jones
Nestor Lott ...... Ian Conningham
Sylvia Hagenlocker ...... Elaine Claxton
Filling Station Woman ...... Jane Slavin

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015.


TUE 07:00 Ricky by Ricky Tomlinson (m0008q28)
2. Hobo Rick

Ricky Tomlinson recalls starting his showbiz career on Liverpool's pub circuit - and falling in love.

Learning to play a banjo looms large, before joining a band to perform songs and routines in some rough pubs.

He falls for a girl with a jealous boyfriend.

The actor reads from his autobiography.

Producer: Liz Webb

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2003.


TUE 07:15 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (b00ctjz2)
7. An Unexpected Turn

As part of her convalescence, Charles takes Emma to the theatre in Rouen and life takes an unexpected turn.

Gustave Flaubert's French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness - the first great novel of adultery.

Narrated by John Hurt.

Dramatised by Diana Griffiths from Margaret Mauldon's translation.

Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy

Producer: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.


TUE 07:30 Showstopper (b00y8yjn)
4. Super Heroes

The Showstopper team are here to create a hilarious improvised comic musical on the spot!

Featuring songs, plot and characters based entirely on suggestions from the live studio audience.

It’s curtain-up on the musical world of Super Heroes.

The cast includes:

Pippa Evans
Ruth Bratt
Dylan Emery
Lucy Trodd
Sean McCann
Oliver Senton

Producer: Sam Bryant

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2011.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jyp0)
Series 9

Dishonoured - Again

Neddie Seagoon gets a bank job, but is it wise to put him in charge of the gold vault?

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:

Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
Peter Sellers

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: John Browell

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1959


TUE 08:30 Growing Pains (m001r1v2)
2. Getting It Together

The Hollingsworths are still debating whether to foster children.

Tom and Pat think they need to try and share more interests. Meanwhile, who is the mystery man who visits Gran every week..?

Starring Ray Brooks and Sharon Duce.

Steve Wetton’s series featuring the Hollingsworth family.

Tom Hollingsworth .... Ray Brooks
Pat Hollingsworth .... Sharon Duce
Gran ... Jean Heywood
Miriam .... Jacqueline Tong
Mark .... Richard Pearce
Lisa .... Tika Viker-Bloss
Simon ... Nicholas Delve

Producer Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1989.


TUE 09:00 The Motion Show (b00762pb)
Series 4

Episode 4

Debates galore from modern manners - to life in the fast lane.

Graeme Garden chairs the quirky battle of words and wit.

With:

Jenny Eclair
Hugh Dennis
Stuart Maconie
Greg Proops

Producer: Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.


TUE 09:30 On Baby Street (b00dyhd1)
Series 1

Episode 3

Three expectant mothers each have their own issues on their 9 month journey.

Comedy drama about three pregnant women living in the same street.

Written by Jenny Eclair and Julie Balloo.

Mother Nature ...... Jenny Eclair
Yvette ......Tilly Vosburgh
Dad ...... Keith Allen
Shona ...... Caroline Hook
Ian ...... Graham Fellows
Robert ...... Hugh Ross
Geraldine ...... Frances Barber
Kelly ...... Kathy Burke
Sophie ...… Sue Elliot-Nicholls
Larry ...... Kevin Eldon

Producer: Jane Berthoud.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1996.


TUE 10:00 Whodunnits (b007k4mg)
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TUE 10:45 Short Works (m0008y8l)
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TUE 11:00 Project Raphael (b008p9wx)
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TUE 11:30 The Hot Kid (b054qctm)
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TUE 12:00 Ricky by Ricky Tomlinson (m0008q28)
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TUE 12:15 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (b00ctjz2)
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TUE 12:30 Showstopper (b00y8yjn)
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TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b007jyp0)
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TUE 13:30 Growing Pains (m001r1v2)
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TUE 14:00 The Motion Show (b00762pb)
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TUE 14:30 On Baby Street (b00dyhd1)
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TUE 15:00 Whodunnits (b007k4mg)
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TUE 15:45 Short Works (m0008y8l)
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TUE 16:00 Project Raphael (b008p9wx)
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TUE 16:30 The Hot Kid (b054qctm)
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TUE 17:00 Ricky by Ricky Tomlinson (m0008q28)
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TUE 17:15 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (b00ctjz2)
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TUE 17:30 Showstopper (b00y8yjn)
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TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b007jyp0)
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TUE 18:30 Growing Pains (m001r1v2)
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TUE 19:00 The Motion Show (b00762pb)
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TUE 19:30 On Baby Street (b00dyhd1)
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TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m00161j1)
Series 9

An SOS From The Ocean

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

Manoush Zomorodi explores how our reliance on the oceans for resources is threatened.

How can we save our oceans and our planet?

First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2021.


TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (b0670fpv)
Michael Morpurgo

Writer Michael Morpurgo chooses Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Horn Concerto No 4 and Piano Sonata number 11.


TUE 21:00 Mastertapes (b06ycr4s)
Series 5

Nigel Kennedy (the B-Side)

Nigel Kennedy answers audience questions about his record-breaking 1989 recording of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.

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.

The B-side: Nigel Kennedy - Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

Having discussed the recording of Antonio Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons' (in the A-side of the programme), Nigel Kennedy responds to questions from the audience and performs exclusive excerpts from his classical and jazz repertoire.

Producers: Paul Kobrak and John Goudie.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.


TUE 21:30 Soho Nights (m001r1vn)
2. Seducer

Victor reveals his true colours as well as the unscrupulous plan he has for Simon’s unsuspecting friends.

Bernard Kops's five-part serial set in London in 1956. The Cold War and Suez Crisis loom large over the UK. Simon Green gives up law studies at the London School of Economics, determined to become a poet. His stomping ground is vibrant, cosmopolitan Soho. However, a mysterious, seductive young Australian entangles Simon with his less-than-scrupulous plans.

CAST:

Simon …. Ronan Vibert
Victor .... Patrick Toomey
Sarah .... Federay Holmes
Ivka .... Fenella Fielding
Louis .... David Bannerman
Imogen .... Melinda Walker
Boston .... Chris Gilbert
Dolores .... Kate Binchy
Lily .... Anne Beach
Leonard .... Jonathan Adams
Other parts played by Peter Acre

Director: Alan Drury

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1993.


TUE 22:00 Suggs: Love Letters to London (m0005mtb)
Camden

A side of London you’ve never heard before, seen through the eyes of a national treasure. With special guest Jazzie B.

Performed by Suggs
Written by Suggs with Owen Lewis
Featuring: Jazzie B
Directed by Owen Lewis
Musical Director: Owen Parker
Executive Producer: Richard Melvin
A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 22:30 Cliche (m000xqlq)
From 30/3/1981

From the laughing bank to perfume and poodles.

Sketches galore with Nick Maloney and Brian Southwood.

Starring:

Carole Hayman
Nick Maloney
Simon Molloy
Brian Southwood

Script and songs written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.

Musical accompaniment by Pete Lingwood.

Produced at BBC Manchester by Ron McDonnell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1981.


TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001r9pn)
Paul Foot 3/3

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Iain Lee talks to Paul Foot.


TUE 23:00 Meet David Sedaris (m000v9ck)
Series 8

Instalment 6

What with the whole world grinding to a Covid-fuelled viral halt and everything, the world-renowned storyteller recorded a special series of essays and diary entries at his Sussex home.

David Sedaris first shared his very particular world view having brought us The SantaLand Diaries back in 1996.

In this eighth series of Meet David Sedaris, he continues to entertain with sardonic wit and incisive social critiques.

David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humour writers and, in 2019, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that he's a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.

Produced by Steve Doherty.

A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2021.


TUE 23:30 Elvenquest (b01qm4pp)
Series 4

The Magnificent Five

Whilst waiting for news on the whereabouts of the Sword of Asnagar, the Questers stop a pub brawl.

But in doing so, they attract the attention of some villagers from the small village of Mexigaroth who are being terrorised by an evil bandit, who goes by the name of "El Maldado".

Never ones to stand by when a wrong can be righted, the Questers promise to help the villagers defeat El Maldado and his hordes.

Meanwhile, Lord Darkness has to make a presentation for an assembly of the Dark Lords. Pretty routine stuff, surely...?

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

Vidar ...... Darren Boyd
Dean/Kreech ...... Kevin Eldon
Amis ...... Dave Lamb
Sam ...... Stephen Mangan
Lord Darkness ...... Alistair McGowan
Penthiselea ...... Ingrid Oliver
Hilario ...... Chris Pavlo

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.

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WED 00:00 Whodunnits (b007k4mg)
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WED 00:45 Short Works (m0008y8l)
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WED 01:00 Project Raphael (b008p9wx)
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WED 01:30 The Hot Kid (b054qctm)
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WED 02:00 Ricky by Ricky Tomlinson (m0008q28)
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WED 02:15 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (b00ctjz2)
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WED 02:30 Showstopper (b00y8yjn)
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WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b007jyp0)
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WED 03:30 Growing Pains (m001r1v2)
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WED 04:00 The Motion Show (b00762pb)
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WED 04:30 On Baby Street (b00dyhd1)
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WED 05:00 Whodunnits (b007k4nn)
Baldi - Series 4

The Devil's Eye

When he accepts an invitation to speak at a storytelling festival, Paolo is confronted with old Gaelic, shipwrecks and a community's mysterious history on a remote island off the Atlantic coast.

Starring David Threlfall

Series of murder mysteries about Franciscan priest and philosophy lecturer turned amateur sleuth, Paolo Baldi

Written by By Bill Murphy

Paulo Baldi .... David Threlfall
Tina Mahon .... Tina Kellegher
Rynne .... Owen Roe
McCairthaigh .... Mark Lambert
Tadgh .... Patrick O'Kane
Rosa .... Aoife McMahon
Falconer .... Jack Shepherd
McGahy .... Sean McGinley
Forbach .... John Moraitis

Format created by Barry Devlin for Sarah Lawson Productions

Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland

Directed in Belfast by Lawrence Jackson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.


WED 05:45 Short Works (m000951c)
Is This Platform Four Madam? Is it? by Pauline Melville

An original short work for radio by the acclaimed Guyanese-born author Pauline Melville.

The haunting story of a remarkable encounter with two mysterious strangers on a train journey south from Newcastle to London.

A post-graduate is leaving Newcastle and heading south after finishing her English studies when she is struck by two unusual men who seem oddly over-anxious to establish if they are on the right train. Once on board the pair break into song and it emerges they are travellers, who have never learnt to read, on their way to their annual festive gathering, Appleby Fair.

This short work captures a fleeting moment when two contrasting cultures, rural and urban, lyrical and literary, age-old and modern, rub up against each other on one memorable summer's evening.

Read by Deborah Findlay.

Produced by Karen Holden.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.


WED 06:00 Project Raphael (b008pc2y)
3. Alarms

Malcolm and Polly set alarms ringing at Scarpendale, and the Laughing Dog secrets are finally revealed.

Starring Deborah McAndrew and Aneirin Hughes.

Agents from beyond the grave must help Britain's Intelligence gather secrets from the mysterious Nablovski Colony.

Conclusion of the sci-fi thriller by Jenny Stephens.

Agent Finch ...... Deborah McAndrew
Agent Evans ...... Aneirin Hughes
Agent Raphael ...... John Flitcroft
Malcolm Holmes ...... Dan Hagley
Moira Holmes ...... Sunny Ormonde
Polly Williams ...... Emily Chennery
Emily Cross ...... Sophie Samuda

Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in January 2008.


WED 06:30 The Hot Kid (b055g8zr)
3. Teddy's on 18th and Central

Fed up with waiting for Deputy Marshal Carl Webster to take her dancing, Louly has gone to Kansas City to make a fresh start, with a new job and new name.

She arrives at the same time as Jack Belmont, who's fled Tulsa after shooting his partner and now plans to start robbing banks. Both soon come to the attention of local crime boss Teddy Ritz and it's not long before Carl has to bail them all out of trouble.

Elmore Leonard's enthralling criminal odyssey is set against the dusty, sun-kissed backdrop of Oklahoma and Kansas during America's Great Depression.

Starring Samantha Dakin and Lucian Msamati.

Dramatised by Katie Hims.

Louly Brown ...... Samantha Dakin
Tony Antonelli ...... Nathan Osgood
Carl Webster ...... Luke Norris
Jack Belmont ...... Adam Gillen
Teddy Ritz ...... Lucian Msamati
Heidi Dilworth ...... Bettrys Jones
Lou Tessa ...... Shaun Mason
Bank Guard ...... David Acton
Bank Teller ...... Hannah Genesius
Bank Manager ...... Ian Conningham
Hotshot ...... Paul Heath

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015.


WED 07:00 Ricky by Ricky Tomlinson (m0008prq)
3. The Shrewsbury Two

Reading from his autobiography, actor Ricky Tomlinson recalls his arrest for strike action - and being detained at Her Majesty's pleasure.

"We were not militants - we were ordinary hairy arsed building workers". Ricky and friends were labelled as thugs and criminals, the tabloids attacked them. They were tried and found guilty of affray and unlawful assembly. First Ricky went to Shrewsbury then Stafford jail - where he went on hunger strike with his friend Dessie.

Producer: Liz Webb

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2003.


WED 07:15 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (b00ctlgz)
8. Torment

Emma's sweet murmurs and kisses ravish Léon's soul, but there seems to Leon something shadowy and ominous slipping between them.

Gustave Flaubert's French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness - the first great novel of adultery.

Narrated by John Hurt.

Dramatised by Diana Griffiths from Margaret Mauldon's translation.

Narrator ...... John Hurt
Charles ...... Conrad Nelson
Emma ...... Sarah Smart
Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman
Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy
Monsieur Lheureux ...... Seamus O'Neill
Justin ...... Sam Curtis

Producer: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.


WED 07:30 Relativity (m000l8dy)
Series 3

Episode 3

Ian takes Chloe and baby Don away, hoping a relaxing weekend at a spa hotel will help.

Meanwhile, Holly is arrested at Extinction Rebellion, while 16-year-old brother Nick is struggling to keep her whereabouts secret from their parents.

The third series of Richard Herring’s comedy drama builds on the warm, lively characters and sharply observed family dynamics of previous series.

His affectionate observation of inter-generational misunderstanding, sibling sparring and the ties that bind will resonate with anyone who has ever gone back to live at home, after the age of 40.

Richard Herring is a comedian, writer, blogger and podcaster and the world's premier semi-professional self-playing snooker player.

Margaret …… Alison Steadman
Ken …… Phil Davis
Jane …… Fenella Woolgar
Ian …… Richard Herring
Chloe …… Emily Berrington
Pete …… Gordon Kennedy
Holly …… Tia Bannon
Mark …… Fred Haig
Nick …… Harrison Knights
George …… Danny Kirrane

Produced by Polly Thomas
Executive Producers: Jon Thoday and Richard Allen Turner.

An Avalon Television production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2020.


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00802l8)
Series 5

The Publicity Photograph

The Lad's new image leads to a major makeover away from the camera.

Stars Tony Hancock.

With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.

Producer: Tom Ronald

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1958.


WED 08:30 King of Bath (b047ljr2)
Ars Brevis

No true gentleman would speak Welsh, but Beau Nash finds that revealing his roots is the only way to secure a fortune

Six-part comedy drama series by Arnold Evans casting the 18th-century dandy Richard 'Beau' Nash in a series of adventures.

Beau Nash ...... David Bamber
Annie ...... Eiry Thomas
Lady Huntingdon ...... Rosamund Shelley
Fanny....Alice Arnold
Pryderi ...... Iestyn Jones
Widow Perkins ...... Stevie Parry

Composer: John Hardy.

Directed at BBC Wales by Alison Hindell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.


WED 09:00 It's Not What You Know (b07x6jcr)
Series 4

Episode 3

Joe Lycett discovers how well a panel of celebrity guests know their nearest and dearest.

This week Joe probes into the lives of of Terry Christian, Jocelyn Jee Esien and Aisling Bea

Produced by Matt Stronge.

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2016.


WED 09:30 His Master's Voice (b007tc9f)
4. Globalisation Celebrity Special

Political satire set in the office of the weekly magazine for the thinking Tory.

Lord Malan decides that he wants a globalisation special with a celebrity angle, much to Keith's disgust and Giles finds himself covering the topic from the distinctly un-louche surroundings of a burger bar.

Created by Mark Tavener and written by Steve Punt

Lord Malan............. Robert Hardy
Keith..................... Tony Gardner
Anna..................... Amelia Bullmore
Giles..................... Michael Maloney
Katrina................... Rachel Atkins
Beverly.................. Saskia Wickham
With Stephen Critchlow

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.


WED 10:00 Whodunnits (b007k4nn)
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WED 10:45 Short Works (m000951c)
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WED 11:00 Project Raphael (b008pc2y)
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WED 11:30 The Hot Kid (b055g8zr)
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WED 12:00 Ricky by Ricky Tomlinson (m0008prq)
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WED 12:15 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (b00ctlgz)
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WED 12:30 Relativity (m000l8dy)
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WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00802l8)
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WED 13:30 King of Bath (b047ljr2)
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WED 14:30 His Master's Voice (b007tc9f)
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WED 15:00 Whodunnits (b007k4nn)
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WED 15:45 Short Works (m000951c)
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WED 16:00 Project Raphael (b008pc2y)
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WED 16:30 The Hot Kid (b055g8zr)
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WED 17:00 Ricky by Ricky Tomlinson (m0008prq)
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WED 17:15 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (b00ctlgz)
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WED 17:30 Relativity (m000l8dy)
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WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00802l8)
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WED 18:30 King of Bath (b047ljr2)
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WED 19:00 It's Not What You Know (b07x6jcr)
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WED 19:30 His Master's Voice (b007tc9f)
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WED 20:00 Archive on 4 (b01p2vtz)
Great Spy Books: Fact or Fiction?

Peter Hennessy, the leading expert on state secrecy, asks how close the great British spy novels come to reality and explores what they reveal about intelligence and security.

By drawing on official papers and what were once top secret intelligence documents, and by interviewing former diplomats and former officers in MI5 and MI6, he compares and contrasts fiction with real espionage.

Much of the appeal lies in their apparent authenticity. But how much do James Bond or George Smiley resemble real spies? And is fact sometimes stranger than fiction?

Peter Hennessy shows that spy books in the early 1900s made a big impact, influencing Britain's first secret service bureau, the forerunner of MI5 and MI6. He traces the development of spy fiction from its early days to the more nuanced spy stories of Somerset Maugham in 'Ashenden' and of Eric Ambler's 1930s' novels.

Their more subtle approach is echoed by Graham Greene and John le Carre, whereas Ian Fleming's hero, James Bond, is part spy, part assassin.

Cold War novels reflect the deep fear of nuclear war and of betrayal by double-agents ('moles'), but can modern spy fiction achieve the same degree of intrigue and suspense?

Producer: Rob Shepherd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2012.


WED 21:00 Short Cuts (b07gfhbq)
Series 9

Body Language

Josie Long presents stories about wordless communication.

Reading Russian literature - without a book - in solitary confinement and speaking with someone else's voice and the need to be embraced.

From the melody of your speech to the brush of skin on skin, Josie explores body language. We hear about secret codes sent through walls, a sudden bodily change which left a woman feeling like a stranger to herself and the importance of touch.

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2016.


WED 21:30 Soho Nights (m001r1z4)
3. Irresistible

Victor’s influence on Simon and his family deepens. Why is he so hard to resist?

Bernard Kops's five-part serial set in London in 1956. The Cold War and Suez Crisis loom large over the UK. Simon Green gives up law studies at the London School of Economics, determined to become a poet. His stomping ground is vibrant, cosmopolitan Soho. However, a mysterious, seductive young Australian entangles Simon with his less-than-scrupulous plans.

CAST:

Simon .... Ronan Vibert
Victor .... Patrick Toomey
Sarah .... Federay Holmes
Ivka .... Fenella Fielding
Yankyl .... Jeffrey Segal
Louis .... David Bannerman
Imogen .... Melinda Walker
Boston .... Chris Gilbert
Dolores .... Kate Binchy
Werner .... John Watts
Lily .... Anne Beach
Leonard .... Jonathan Adams
Other parts played by Peter Acre

Director: Alan Drury

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1993.


WED 22:00 Please Use Other Door (m001qtjn)
Series 2

Episode 3

Can families be merged like companies? Should ransom notes be aesthetically pleasing? Why do people think truffle hunting in Tuscany would be the ideal life?

Performed by; Jason Forbes, Will Hartley, Rosie Holt, Rebecca Shorrocks, Witney White and Toby Williams.

The series of four is written by; Ed Amsden and Tom Coles, Simon Alcock, Sarah Campbell, Robert Darke, Julian Dutton, Sophie Dickson, Paul F Tayler, Jim Campbell, Alex Nash & Sam South, Matt Harrison, Katy Swainston, Rhyan Orrick, Charlotte Patterson, Peter Tellouche, Cody Dahler, Davina Bentley, Jon Long and Bill Dare.

Production Co-ordinator Caroline Barlow
Sound Design Rich Evans
Original music by Bill Dare, produced by Iona Vallance
Produced and created by Bill Dare
BBC Studios Production for Radio 4


WED 22:30 The Harri-Parris' Radio Show (b06847tt)
Series 1

The Leaving Do

Mami assumes Ani and Ben will wed and stay in West Wales - but they have other plans...

Sitcom with songs by Llinos Mai about the latest goings on from West Wales' most dysfunctional farming family.

Starring:

Llinos Mai
Daniel Rochford
Rhys ap Trefor
Oli Wood
Rhian Morgan

Producer: Mark Harrison

First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in August 2015.


WED 23:00 Kevin Eldon Will See You Now (b08mb3wt)
Series 3

Tarquin and the Tiny Studio

More thrilling adventures of Commander Topper Hargreaves and his faithful dog Duke, a sneak preview of a new opera with extra wine gums, and of course some vitreous castanets.

Comedy's best kept secret ingredient, Kevin Eldon returns with another series of his own sketch show.

After all the waiting - Kevin Eldon Will See You Now.

Also starring:

Amelia Bullmore
Julia Davis
Paul Putner
Justin Edwards
David Reed
Rosie Cavaliero

Written by Kevin Eldon.

With additional material by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris.

Original music by Martin Bird.

Director: David Tyler

A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2017.


WED 23:30 Joseph Morpurgo's Walking Tour (b09h3y8j)
The Louvre

Joseph Morpurgo presents another 'educational' audio adventure.

Welcome to the Louvre! Home to some of the world's greatest art treasures, including the Mona Lisa. This guide will take you step-by-step through the gallery, offering essential info and commentary as you go.

Written and performed by Joseph Morpurgo.

With:

Naomi Petersen
Jonathan Broke

Sound design by Craig Schuftan.

Producer: Alexandra Smith

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


WED 23:45 Lenny Henry's Rogues Gallery (b07cx3qd)
Series 1

Man's Red Flower

A researcher talks of her relationship with a brilliant scientist and his ground-breaking work on monkeys: experiments which yield miraculous results.

Stars Monica Dolan.

Series of comic monologues with twists-in-the-tale, written by Lenny Henry.

Producer: Sam Michell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2016.