SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER 2023

SAT 00:00 Anita Sullivan - The Bee Maker (b092ky54)
It's 2020 and the bees are nearly all gone.

Human beings might be next.

Robotics expert, Deborah, builds artificial bees in order to help pollinate fruit trees across the world - real bees having been driven to the brink of extinction.

But then a strange phenomenon strikes mankind - people start getting lost. It happens slowly, people lose their way, forget where they are. But before long society starts to crumble.

Deborah must fight her way across an apocalyptic Britain and find her way back home. But first she must remember where that is.

Anita Sullivan's dark and cautionary tale about our busy technology-filled lives.

Deborah... Alice Lowe
May... Harriet Walter
Ant... Stuart McLoughlin
Hire Car Salesman... Alun Raglan
Customs Official... John Norton
Lost passenger... Claire Cage

Director: James Robinson

A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2014


SAT 00:45 The Man and the Snake by Ambrose Bierce (m0010g5n)
Harker Brayton is relaxing on a sofa but is startled when he spots a snake staring at him.

Should he confront it?

Robert Lang reads Ambrose Bierce's short story, first published in 1890.

Ambrose Bierce was an American Civil War soldier, wit and writer.

Producer: Maurice Leitch.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1978.


SAT 01:00 Andrew Rissik - A Man Alone (m000lnpz)
2. Jennifer

It was not just the sunshine and cheap wine that brought Philip Tremayne to Greece in the early 1960s. He needed somewhere to write and he wanted to distance himself from past events.

Jennifer brings back those memories and her arrival marks an end to Philip's isolation and, in a way, his happiness.

The ups and downs in the life story of Philip Tremayne.

Starring Ronald Pickup.

Told across three plays by Andrew Rissik.

Philip Tremayne …. Ronald Pickup
Jennifer .... Brenda Blethyn
Philip's Father …. Patrick Troughton
Henderson .... Peter Woodthorpe
Priest …. Brian Smith
Consultant …. Richard Durden

Director: Jeremy Mortimer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1986.


SAT 02:00 Whodunnits (b03z91x2)
Agatha Christie - Ordeal by Innocence

3. On Guard

Now Philip's been found dead, most of the family members believe Dr Calgary was right in believing their late mother's killer is still amongst them.

Everyone is on their guard...

Conclusion of Agatha Christie’s murder mystery.

Dramatised by Joy Wilkinson.

Calgary ...... Mark Umbers
Hester ...... Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Gwenda ...... Jacqueline Defferary
Kirsten ...... Wanda Opalinska
Leo ...... Sean Murray
Mickey ...... Joel MacCormack
Tina ...... Carys Eleri
Mary ...... Priyanga Burford
Huish ...... Michael Bertenshaw
Constable ...... Arthur Hughes

Director: Mary Peate

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.


SAT 02:30 High Table, Lower Orders (m00016g6)
Series 2

Episode 6

Simon is convinced he knows who the killer is - but can he find the evidence to prove it, and prevent another murder?

Mark Tavener's comedy thriller set in a Cambridge College riven by argument between traditionalists and modernisers.

CAST:

Gilbert …. Geoffrey Palmer
Simon …. Samuel West
Zoe …. Sharon Small
Bernard …. Jonathan Coy
The Dean …. Michael Maloney
with Michelle Fairley, Stephen Hogan, Emily Bowker, John Baddeley and Joseph Garton.

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.


SAT 03:00 The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (b00807gp)
5. Return to Cornwall

Helena leaves her lover to help Richard. A gun shot causes a commotion.

Mary Wesley's novel abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury.

A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between five cousins which neither the war, nor adulthood, can break.

Read by Sian Phillips.

Producer: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.


SAT 03:15 Colin Bytheway - Ground Control (b0b8bmq0)
5. Mystery Solved?

Neurosurgeon Tess Carter is tired of conducting the ultimate long distance relationship with her astronaut husband Scott.

Instead she puts her energy into discovering the identity of one of her patients who is in a coma.

And Tess now believes she knows who he is...

Colin Bytheway's comedy drama.
Tess ...... Tamsin Greig
Scott ...... Adam James
Anna ...... Georgie Glen
Shariq ...... Nick Mohammed
Sylvie ...... Felicite Du Jeu
Reporter ...... Philip Bretherton
John ...... Philip Bretherton

Director: Sally Avens.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2018.


SAT 03:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b05tlv9r)
Series 10

The Go-To Destination

Ed and BBC Radio producer Laura seem to be enjoying a state of not uncomfortable, slightly drunken, bliss.

Their relationship has enabled Ed to reconnect with life in London whilst keeping a toehold, and a cat, in Berkhamsted.

But good things never last for Ed and we see him and Elgar having to take advantage of the numerous empty premises in need of temporary caretakers and live-in guardians, or guardian angels as Ed likes to think of them as Stan throws him out on the street.

Things have also changed for Ping who is suffering the biggest disaster to hit the office since they stopped making pens shaped like bananas - she has a new boss in the form of Suzan -pronounced 'Suzanne'.

Ed, of course, wastes no time trying to get on the right side of Suzan in the hope of some work whilst Jaz Milvane continues to be his nemesis, plaguing his every move.

The comical world of an author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive e-mail.

Starring Christopher Douglas.

Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.

Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas
Suzan ...... Raquel Cassidy
Olive ...... Stephanie Cole
Pearl ...... Brigit Forsyth
Doorman ...... Simon Greenall
Jaz Milvain ...... Philip Jackson
Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Laura Pope ...... Vicki Pepperdine
Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2015.


SAT 04:00 Marriage Lines (b04v8rlj)
Series 1

Holiday Attraction

Can Kate and George agree on a holiday destination?

Starring Richard Briers and Prunella Scales.

Richard Waring’s sitcom based on the mutual love and mistrust of two newlyweds.

Originating on BBC TV, it ran between 1963-65 and was adapted in two series for BBC radio due to its popularity.

George ...... Richard Briers
Kate ...... Prunella Scales
Miles ...... Derek Waring
Pauline ...... Rosalind Knight
Ronald ...... William Fox

Producer: Charles Maxwell

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1965.


SAT 04:30 Kathmandu or Bust (b07n3djw)
Gut Reaction

Having missed Vienna because Trigger took a wrong exit at a roundabout, the travellers are beginning to worry about the expedition itinerary...

- and about the food, the accommodation, the sleeping arrangements and the state of Trigger's socks.

Mutiny is in the air ...

The five travellers battle on with their expedition to Kathmandu

Series written by Mike Yeaman and David Napthine.

Simon …. David Haig
Mechanic …. Peter Serafinowicz
Petra …. Michelle Chadwick
Callum …. Forbes Masson
Trigger …. Richard Ridings
Joan …. Sarah Crowden
Ellie …. Lolly Susi
Doctor …. Jonathan Keeble

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1996.


SAT 05:00 Whispers (b007k3jf)
Series 1

Episode 6

Swearing, cocaine, wine throwing and flagellation!

Gyles Brandreth sets the questions in the quiz about scandal, gossip and slander.

Regular team captains Anthony Holden and Stella Duffy are joined by:

Jennie Bond
Geoffrey Durham

Producer: Elizabeth Freestone

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2003.


SAT 05:30 Barbara Nice (m000ntdh)
Series 1

The Trial

Barbara ends up in court when she gets active protesting about some public toilets being closed down. She also implicates Mary in her plans.

And she's stirring things up at home trying to persuade Ken to spice things up on the bedroom front.

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

Written by Janice Connolly and Steve Turner.

Barbara Nice ...... Janice Connolly
Ken Nice ...... John Henshaw
Mary ...... Angela Curran
Magistrate ...... Brigit Forsyth
Policeman ...... Inel Tomlinson
Prosecutor ...... Toby Hadoke
Clerk ...... Phil Ellis
Usher ...... Zoe Iqbal

Producer: Rebecca Papworth

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


SAT 06:00 The False Diaghilev (m001rhcg)
In a hotel room on the Venetian Lido, the creator and manager of the Ballet Russe, Serge Diaghilev, lies dying.

With him are Serge Lifar, his leading dancer, Boris Kochno, his secretary, and Misia Sert, a socialite and one of his oldest friends.

Starring Robert Stephens and Barbara Leigh Hunt.

Written by John Bowen.

Diaghilev .... Robert Stephens
Misia Sert .... Barbara Leigh Hunt
Boris Kochno .... Michael Maloney
Serge Lifar .... Douglas Hodge
Doctor/Priest .... Godfrey Kenton
Alexandre Benois/Manager .... William Simons
Filosov ..... Laurence Payne
Rimsky-Korsakov/Otto Khan .... Alan Dudley
Nijinsky/Kremnev .... Peter Craze
Prince Lvov/Fokine .... Paul Gregory
Grigoriev ..... Norman Bird
Miassin ..... Richard Pearce
Sokolova .... Polly James

Director: Ian Cotterell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988


SAT 07:30 The Remarkable Life of the Skin (Omnibus) (m000708b)
Perched on the exterior of our delicate, intricate bodies, the skin is our largest and fastest-growing organ, weighing nine kilograms and covering two square metres.

We see it, touch it and live in it every day. It’s a habitat for a mesmerisingly complex world of micro-organisms. Its physical functions are vital to our health and indeed our survival, and it’s crucial to our sense of identity.

Yet how much do we really know about it?

Through the lenses of science, sociology and history, Dr Monty Lyman leads us on a journey through the comedy, tragedy and exquisite humanity of our most underrated and overlooked organ.

By delving into something that seems so familiar, he reveals how the skin is far stranger and much more complex than we’ve ever imagined.

Written by Dr Monty Lyman

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Libby Spurrier

Read by Gunnar Cauthery.

Producer: David Blount

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


SAT 08:45 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007rr6s)
Series 1

5. In a Jam

Carter's uncle gets time to reflect, stuck on a busy motorway to the coast.

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

Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Sam Kelly
Pat/The Belgian Lady …. Liz Goulding
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 August 1990.


SAT 09:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jlvm)
A Private Affair

The bumbling bureaucrats spark chaos as London's new airport opens - in Scotland!

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

Starring Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler.

Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.

Lennox-Brown …. Deryck Guyler
Lamb …. Richard Murdoch
Percy Hardstaff …. Clive Dunn
Mildred/Miss Warboys …. Norma Ronald
Sir Gregory Pitkin …. Ronald Baddiley
Stack/The Pigeon …. 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 April 1973.


SAT 09:30 Something to Shout About (m000k2gd)
Series 3

Episode 16

When Mavis goes on a month-long transfer, her cousin Shirley steps into the breach for the advertising team.

"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 …. Warren Mitchell
Shirley …. Sheila Hancock

Producer: John Simmonds

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1962.


SAT 10:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0015c0z)
Satire and Sitcoms

3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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.

From London's iconic BBC Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House - the home of British Radio comedy.

In the last 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:

THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
The Primary Phase (6/6)
Fit The Sixth

Arthur and company escape from a war, but exactly when have they escaped to? Stars Peter Jones and David Jason.
From April 1978.

Plus extracts from:

FRANKIE HOWERD
THE GOOD SHOW - The Great Regent’s Park Swim

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 The False Diaghilev (m001rhcg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 12:30 The Remarkable Life of the Skin (Omnibus) (m000708b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 13:45 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007rr6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 14:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jlvm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 14:30 Something to Shout About (m000k2gd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 15:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0015c0z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 16:00 Anita Sullivan - The Bee Maker (b092ky54)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SAT 16:45 The Man and the Snake by Ambrose Bierce (m0010g5n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:45 today]


SAT 17:00 The False Diaghilev (m001rhcg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 18:30 The Remarkable Life of the Skin (Omnibus) (m000708b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 19:45 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007rr6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 20:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jlvm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 20:30 Something to Shout About (m000k2gd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 21:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0015c0z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 22:00 Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On (b09h6k15)
Series 2

Gardening

Susan Calman is the least relaxed person she knows.

She has no down time, no hobbies (unless you count dressing up your cats in silly outfits) and her idea of relaxation is to sit on her sofa playing Assassin's Creed, an hour into which she is in a murderous rage with sky high blood pressure. Her wife had to threaten to divorce her to make her go on holiday, and she's been told by the same long-suffering wife that unless she finds a way to switch off, and soon, she's going to be unbearable.

Susan decided her best bet was to try to immerse herself in the pursuits that her friends find relaxing, to find her inner zen and outer tranquillity.

In her first series, she attempted to find the new Susan Calm, by watching Cricket; going Hillwalking; visiting an Art Gallery and being spontaneous. She enjoyed these pursuits, but all too soon found herself slipping back into her old ways. So she's trying again.

For starters, she’s taking a trip to the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh to learn about Gardening with Val McDermid, in the hope of one day being able to tell her Euphorbia from Euphoria.

In this audience stand up show, Susan reveals how successful she's been - both at relaxing and at the pursuit itself - as well as playing in and discussing a handful of illustrative clips from her efforts.

Written by Susan Calman and Jon Hunter.

Producer: Lyndsay Fenner

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


SAT 22:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b04pc2zs)
Series 4

Episode 6

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

The conclusion of his fourth series contains a pure moment of happiness, a song for a season that doesn't usually get sung about, and a curious tale about an invention that is probably not evil.

Written by and starring John Finnemore.

With:

Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Lawry Lewin
Simon Kane
Carrie Quinlan

Produced by Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014.


SAT 23:00 Big Problems with Helen Keen (b09d4bkr)
Series 2

Care

Who cares? Why do we care? If genes are selfish why is altruism attractive?

Is fairness built into our brains? What is the future of empathy? What is the cost of love?

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.

Producer: Katie Tyrrell

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


SAT 23:30 Seekers (b060bng4)
Series 2

The Eight Letter Word

Stuart says something very silly, and Nicola tries to impress Vanessa to gain her confidence.

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 July 2015.

SUNDAY 15 OCTOBER 2023

SUN 00:00 The Man in Black (b00p4klw)
Series 2

5. The Old Road by Penelope Skinner

City girl Callie drives out of London to visit her best friend, Roo, up North.

As her mobile reception wanes and her satnav starts malfunctioning, she begins to wonder whether the road has plans of its own…

Penelope Skinner’s chilling tale is introduced by Mark Gatiss as sinister raconteur, The Man in Black.

Callie …. Laura Molyneux
Roo …. Ellie Beaven
Satnav Voice …. Rhys Jennings
Judy …. Kate Layden
Harry …. Philip Fox

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: Faith Collingwood

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


SUN 00:30 The Price of Fear (b01nt0ry)
Remains to Be Seen

Two emasculated husbands - one a lover of gardening, the other of chess, and both with nagging wives - plan to restore peace to their lives and enjoy their retirement at leisure...

Horror legend Vincent Price introduces Jack Ritchie’s short story.

Dramatised by William Ingram.

Starring:

Mervyn Johns
Clive Swift
Avril Angers
Diana Bishop
Michael Gwynn
Robin Browne

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in September 1973.


SUN 01:00 The False Diaghilev (m001rhcg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 The Remarkable Life of the Skin (Omnibus) (m000708b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:45 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007rr6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jlvm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]


SUN 04:30 Something to Shout About (m000k2gd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh (m0015c0z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001rhkj)
The Great Libraries - The Wordsworth Trust

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects The Great Libraries - The Wordsworth Trust - which houses the biggest collection of manuscripts by William Wordsworth.

From the series in which Joan Bakewell seeks out the most treasured poetry in some of the UK's great libraries.

Joan visits Dove Cottage in the heart of the Lake District to view rare manuscripts by William Wordsworth and his fellow romantic poets.

With:

David Wilson
Pamela Woof
Richard Stanton

Poetry read by Sir Ian Mckellen.

Produced by Susan Roberts

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.


SUN 06:30 The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (Omnibus) (m001rhkx)
Episode 1

August 1939 – the last summer of peace before the Second World War.

Oliver, Calypso, Polly and Walter are on a holiday visit to their Aunt Helena and Uncle Richard Cuthbertson, and their 10-year-old cousin Sophy.

The house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.

Mary Wesley novel, first published in 1984.

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury.

Read by Sian Phillips.

Producer: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.


SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001rhlh)
Ros Atkins

BBC News Editor Ros Atkins, chooses The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett and 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes' by Crosby, Stills & Nash.


SUN 07:50 Colin Blytheway - Ground Control (Omnibus) (b0075l07)
Tess is married to a real live hero, Scott Carter, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station.

What an honour for her.

Or is it? Is she always going to be simply Mrs Scott Carter?

Starring Tamsin Greig and Adam James.

Colin Bytheway’s comedy drama chronicling the ultimate long distance relationship.

Omnibus of five parts.

Tess ...... Tamsin Greig
Scott ...... Adam James
Anna ...... Georgie Glen
Shariq ...... Nick Mohammed
Sylvie ...... Felicite Du Jeu
Dmitry ...... Neil McCaul
Reporter ...... Ryan Early

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2018.


SUN 09:00 A Life of Bliss (m001rhlw)
From 09/07/1957

Sparks fly when David’s friend, philandering airline pilot Phil Bender, moves in nearby.

Starring George Cole.

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

David Bliss …. George Cole
Anne Fellows …. Diana Churchill
Tony Fellows …. Colin Gordon
Phil Bender …. Donald Sinden
'Psyche' the Dog …. Percy Edwards
Jacquie Thornton …. Gwen Cherral
Bobbi Gale …. Carol Owen

The BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenhoulet.

Producer: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in July 1957.


SUN 09:30 Home to Roost (m0005gy8)
Series 1

Annoying Little Habits

Daughter-in-law, Angela, fears for William’s state of mind.

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 at her feet all day, for the first time in their marriage.

William …. Deryck Guyler
Olive …. Molly Sugden
Jack Bailey …. Norman Rossington
Angela …. Ysanne Churchman
Neville/Harold …. John Baddeley

Producers: Richard Maddock and Peter Titheradge.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1974.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m000r3cm)
Black American Icons

Whoopi Goldberg

Actor, comic and producer Whoopi Goldberg shares her castaway choices wiht Kirsty Young.

As a child, Whoopi used to practise the acceptance speeches she was sure she would one day make - little surprise then that she's one of a handful of people to have won an Oscar, a Grammy, a Tony and Emmy awards.

DISC ONE: Lovely Day - Bill Withers
DISC TWO: Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) - Van Morrison
DISC THREE: Shamas-Ud-Doha - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
DISC FOUR: Who knows Where The Time Goes? - Judy Collins
DISC FIVE: Superstition - Stevie Wonder
DISC SIX: Quimbara - Celia Cruz
DISC SEVEN: Me & Mr Jones - Amy Winehouse
DISC EIGHT: The Flower Duet - Joan Sutherland and Jane Berbié

BOOK CHOICE: Letters to a Young Poet - Raine Maria Rilke
LUXURY CHOICE: Wise potato chips
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Lovely Day - Bill Withers

Producer: Leanne Buckle

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2009.


SUN 10:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00n3jxh)
Series 1

Large Blue

The Large Blue butterfly died out in Britain in 1979, but why?

Investigations pointed to a complex life cycle linked to a single species of ant.

With this knowledge the Large Blue was re-introduced into the British countryside, but there is a sinister twist in the tale, in the form of a parasitic wasp.

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 October 2009.


SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001rhkj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 11:30 The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (Omnibus) (m001rhkx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001rhlh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 12:50 Colin Blytheway - Ground Control (Omnibus) (b0075l07)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 14:00 A Life of Bliss (m001rhlw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 14:30 Home to Roost (m0005gy8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m000r3cm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 15:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00n3jxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 16:00 The Man in Black (b00p4klw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SUN 16:30 The Price of Fear (b01nt0ry)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:30 today]


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001rhkj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 17:30 The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (Omnibus) (m001rhkx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001rhlh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 18:50 Colin Blytheway - Ground Control (Omnibus) (b0075l07)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 20:00 A Life of Bliss (m001rhlw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 20:30 Home to Roost (m0005gy8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m000r3cm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00n3jxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 22:00 Start/Stop (b07myyr1)
Series 3

3. Tinder

Barney and Cathy come up with a plan to find out which of them is the most attractive. What could possibly go wrong?

Meanwhile Alice has joined a life drawing class but husband David is jealous and wants to replace the person sitting for it.

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

Producer: Claire Jones

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


SUN 22:30 Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme (b09snj9j)
Series 4

Cuisine

Tim Key takes a comic look at the concept of cuisine, while indulging in a tasting menu at the top of the Shard in London.

Tom Basden has the night off, so Tim is dining with a very special guest.

Written and presented by Tim Key

Lord…. Tom Basden
Megan…. Katy Wix
Waiter…. Mike Woznak

Producer: James Robinson

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


SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001rqcx)
Njambi McGrath 1/3

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Jake Yapp chats to Njambi McGrath.


SUN 23:00 Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers (m0007bd8)
Series 2

Religion

More potentially misremembered anecdotes from Andy Hamilton.

This time Andy considers Religion.

From his early experiences as a choirboy through to his confirmation as a Church of England atheist. He shares fond memories of playing Satan in Radio 4’s long running sit com ‘Old Harry’s Game’. Andy also muses on the enduring popularity of religion. And which deity might be best at sport.

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.

Producer: Claire Jones

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


SUN 23:30 Clayton Grange (b047bstc)
Series 2

Episode 3

Geoff can't resist using a 'bring your child to work day' to do some controversial genetic manipulation, whilst Saunders trials a bionic suit that recycles your own urine. Will this be his first success?

This is Clayton Grange, 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.

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
Simon Prowse ...... Albie Warhurst
Izzy ...... Cassie Layton
Announcer ...... Clive Hayward

Director: Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.

MONDAY 16 OCTOBER 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001rhkj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (Omnibus) (m001rhkx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:50 Colin Blytheway - Ground Control (Omnibus) (b0075l07)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 A Life of Bliss (m001rhlw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Home to Roost (m0005gy8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m000r3cm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 04:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00n3jxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Andrew Rissik - A Man Alone (m000lsjr)
3. Harriet

After 15 years, Philip and Jennifer have settled into marriage in the same way that he has settled into his job as a TV producer.

Drink, he finds, helps considerably. So does Harriet. But in the end both Harriet and the whisky let him down.

Only then, with props to help him, can Philip see the pattern that stands out so clearly in his life.

The ups and downs in the life story of Philip Tremayne.

Starring Ronald Pickup.

The last of three plays by Andrew Rissik.

Philip Tremayne …. Ronald Pickup
Jennifer .... Brenda Blethyn
Harriet .... Jane Leonard
Alan ... James MacPherson
Philip's Father .... Patrick Troughton
Anthony ... Benedict Taylor
Mr Tomkin ... George Baker
Philip as a boy ... Barnaby Rhys-Jones
Consultant ... Richard Durden

Director: Jeremy Mortimer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1986.


MON 06:00 Deep Six (m000fqk2)
1. Target

Terry is an ex-SAS professional occasionally hired by the Secret Services to do special 'jobs'.

The job he has to do now seems easy enough - until he senses that somehow he’s the intended victim...

Starring Freddie Lees.

John Fletcher’s six-part thriller serial.

Terry ...... Freddie Lees
Thompson ...... John Abineri
Fortescue ...... Hubert Rees
Sturley ...... John Linstrum
Simpson ...... Conrad Phillips
Chris ...... Elwyn Johnson
Linda Taylor ...... Madeleine Cemm
Nick ...... Brett Usher
Watson ...... Ray Handy
Trader ...... Colin Starkey

Directed at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1984.


MON 06:30 Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122 (m001rhk4)
1. Parallels

Flaxborough is a sleepy, small market town, slumbering through a 1950s summer, but beneath the calm surface something's happening.

Lonely, well-off middle-aged women are disappearing.

Is someone preying on them?

One of Colin Watson's earliest of the Flaxborough novels, first published in 1967.

John Rowe stars as Inspector Walter Purbright.

Dramatised in six parts by Christopher Denys.

Inspector Purbright .... John Rowe
Detective Sergeant Love .... Paul Downing
Lucy Teatime .... Linda Gardner
Mortimer Hive .... Simon Carter
Chief Constable .... Geoffrey Banks
Mr Spain .... Peter Wheeler
Receptionist .... Victoria Finney

Directed at BBC Manchester by Tony Cliff.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990.


MON 07:00 The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (b0080jj1)
6. The Coastguard

Sophie tells all, and Calypso has a secret for Hector, but where is he?

Mary Wesley's novel abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury.

A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between five cousins which neither the war, nor adulthood, can break.

Read by Sian Phillips.

Producer: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.


MON 07:15 Shakespeare's Restless World (b01dp526)
1. England Goes Global

How Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the globe changed the way Shakespeare's audiences viewed the world and their country's place on it.

For the first time, England was engaging with the whole world.

First in an object-based history series presented by Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum.

Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changing world in which they lived.

With old certainties shifting around them, in a time of political and religious unrest and economic expansion, Neil asks what the plays would have meant to the public when they were first performed.

He uses carefully selected objects to explore the great issues of the day that preoccupied the public and helped shape the works, and he considers what they can reveal about the concerns and beliefs of Shakespearean England.

Producer: Paul Kobrak

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2012.


MON 07:30 Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully (b01k9hmd)
Pilot

Katherine Parkinson and Julian Rhind-Tutt star in this 'Comedy Showcase' pilot about an alien invasion of a small English village.

The Geonin are not your typical alien invaders. Instead of the usual all-at-once approach to global domination (which usually fails, they've noticed) they've decided to start small. They've encircled a small English village with an impenetrable heat wave, preventing anything coming in or out.

With Cresdon Green as their base, they will learn about humankind, using their knowledge to effectively and efficiently spread their domination over the rest of the world, bit by bit.

Katrina just came back to borrow some money from her parents. And, having been turned down, she's really in no mood to stick around - but the Geonin are not letting anyone in or out, and she has tickets to the theatre in London.

So what choice does she have but to start The Resistance?

Following this successful pilot - two series were produced with an amended cast.

Written by Eddie Robson.

Kat Lyons ...... Katherine Parkinson
Uljabaan ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Mrs Lyons ...... Jan Francis
Mr Lyons ...... Peter Davison
Ron ...... Dave Lamb
Lucy ...... Hannah Murray
Computer ...... John-Luke Roberts
Chris ...... Don Gilet

Producer: Ed Morrish.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in July 2012.


MON 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b013fj7r)
Series 2

The Wooden Overcoats

Trouble ensues when Harold brings home two coffins on the cart, sparking a burst of manic superstition from Albert.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.

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

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Albert …. Wilfrid Brambell
Harold …. Harry H Corbett

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

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

Producer: Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1967.


MON 08:30 Semi Circles (b0953y3x)
Series 1

A Woman's Role

Helen's multiplying skills with a calculator mean that Ben is soon adding up all the repercussions.

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 .... Pat Heywood
Alastair .... Bruce Alexander
Laura .... Anita Carey

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1982


MON 09:00 It's Your Round (b019rgtc)
Series 2

Episode 5

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:

Tom Wrigglesworth
Robert Popper
Lucy Porter
Lloyd Langford

Featured rounds:

Tom Wrigglesworth's "Dodo's Den" in which each contestant must pitch an idea for a new invention to make them millions. Examples include the "Herring Aid" and the intriguingly titled "Bam".

Robert Popper's brilliant parlour game, "ORAG" aka "The Opposite Rhyming Animal Game", which is pretty much, er, self-explanatory...

Lucy Porter's "Who's the Daddy?" in which the other three, childless, male panellists must complete the quote from a 70's parenting bible.

And Lloyd Langford devises a quiz based on Welsh talisman and eccentric, Dr William Price, in his round "The Price Is Right".

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012.


MON 09:30 Snap (b00ttmvf)
Series 2

Episode 3

Trying to be mature and adult after their separation, Doug and Molly attempt to bury their differences to find out what's wrong with their son Ryan.

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
Ryan ....... Jessie Sullivan
Annie ....... Marlene Sidaway
Dawn ....... Samantha Spiro
Ansel ....... Richard Firth

Producer: David Ian Neville

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.


MON 10:00 Andrew Rissik - A Man Alone (m000lsjr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 11:00 Deep Six (m000fqk2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 11:30 Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122 (m001rhk4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 12:00 The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (b0080jj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 12:15 Shakespeare's Restless World (b01dp526)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 12:30 Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully (b01k9hmd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 13:00 Steptoe and Son (b013fj7r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 13:30 Semi Circles (b0953y3x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 14:00 It's Your Round (b019rgtc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 14:30 Snap (b00ttmvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 15:00 Andrew Rissik - A Man Alone (m000lsjr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 16:00 Deep Six (m000fqk2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 16:30 Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122 (m001rhk4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 17:00 The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (b0080jj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:15 Shakespeare's Restless World (b01dp526)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 17:30 Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully (b01k9hmd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 Steptoe and Son (b013fj7r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 18:30 Semi Circles (b0953y3x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 19:00 It's Your Round (b019rgtc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 19:30 Snap (b00ttmvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 20:00 Radiolab (m0017rw6)
Series 9

Flop Off

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

The Radiolab team investigate a strange world.

Radiolab explores when the best of effort and intention is not enough – the world of flops.

With:

Lulu Miller
Latif Nassir

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


MON 20:55 Inheritance Tracks (m000nmqj)
Susie Dent

Countdown's lexicographer Susie Dent chooses Calypso by John Denver and Me, Myself, I, by Joan Armatrading.


MON 21:00 Mastertapes (b087qd23)
Series 6

Graham Nash (A-side)

Graham Nash talks about his debut 1971 album 'Songs For Beginners'.

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, Graham talks to John Wilson.

Graham Nash has twice been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame - once with The Hollies and then with Crosby, Stills and Nash.

In May 1971 he released Songs For Beginners as a solo project (it was one of four solo albums released by each member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young in the wake of their hit album Deja Vu).

Made directly following his breakup with Joni Mitchell, many of the songs are about their time together. But it's an album that also reflects his political activism and so the confessional "Simple Man" and wistful "Better Days" sit alongside the still prescient "Military Madness" and the heartfelt "Chicago".

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 January 2017.


MON 21:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jpxk)
The Red Planet

6. The Mysterious Object

Weeks have passed since the Mars space fleet lost all contact with Earth.

But then Captain Jet Morgan and his crew suddenly receive warnings to turn back, but from whom?

Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott

Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.

Producer: Charles Chilton

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1954.


MON 22:00 Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz (m001r7pn)
Series 2

Episode 6 - Brighton

Who is JD Wetherspoon named after? When was the UK's first nudist beach opened? And which company gives its name to the world's thinnest residential tower? This week, Paul Sinha is in Brighton to test his audience's knowledge on these questions, and more.

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 Brian Gulliver's Travels (b01m16pr)
Series 2

Lessington

Brian Gulliver, a seasoned presenter of travel documentaries, finds himself in a hospital's secure unit after claiming to have been on a succession of bizarre adventures.

More memories as Brian relives his experiences in Lessington, where ignorance reigns...

Starring Neil Pearson and Mariah Gale.

A satirical adventure story from Bill Dare.

Brian Gulliver ..... Neil Pearson
Rachel Gulliver ..... Mariah Gale
Sharol ..... Jo Bobin
Cop ..... Fergus Craig
Cop ..... Colin Hoult
Guide ..... Patrick Brennan
Wife ..... Christine Absalom
Barman ..... Harry Livingstone
Robber ..... Sam Alexander

Producer: Steven Canny

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.


MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m001r7w9)
Series 112

Episode 6

Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news. Providing the answers, hopefully, are, Alex Massie, Simon Evans, Alice Fraser, and Rachel Parris.

In this episode Andy and the panel deconstruct a Grey Wall, celebrate some Nobel achievements, and get ready for Halloween with the world's largest pumpkin.

Written by Andy Zaltzman

With additional material by

Peter Tellouche and Cameron Loxdale

Producer: Sam Holmes
Executive Producer: Pete Strauss
Production Coordinator: Dan Marchini
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Production


MON 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001rpgt)
Njambi McGrath 2/3

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Jake Yapp chats again to Njambi McGrath.


MON 23:30 Forty Nights in the Wildebeest (b007k0hh)
Episode 1

Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years proved to be a success as their debut comedy series.

Dan Freedman and Nick Romero return for a second run in which they're pushing the pun count beyond the pain threshold.

Including:

Buffet the Vampire Salad
Dr Seuss and the Darleks
Tarbuk, Lord of the Jungle.

Music is performed by the Gents.

Producers: Julian Mayers & Jayne Gibson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000.

TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 2023

TUE 00:00 Andrew Rissik - A Man Alone (m000lsjr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Deep Six (m000fqk2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122 (m001rhk4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (b0080jj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Shakespeare's Restless World (b01dp526)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully (b01k9hmd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Steptoe and Son (b013fj7r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]


TUE 03:30 Semi Circles (b0953y3x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 It's Your Round (b019rgtc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Snap (b00ttmvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 Catherine Czerkawska - Running Before the Wind (b09pypmz)
1. Casting Off

When Alison fell in love with an old wooden yacht called the Isabella, she didn't realise she was looking at the last relic of a family history.

Then she finds out that the woman the boat was named after, is still alive...

Starring Sybil Wintrope and Louise Beattie.

Catherine Czerkawska's four-part family saga of yacht designers set on the River Clyde.

Isabella .... Sybil Wintrope
Alison ..... Louise Beattie
Adam/Stirling .... Allan Sharpe
David ..... Alec Heggie
Annie .... Sheila Donald
Sadie ..... Anne Downie
Malcolm ..... Alec Monteath
Emily ... Irene MacDougall
Archivist/Archie ..... William Armour
Nurse/Midwife .... Susie Maguire
Young Hetty .... Isabel Wright
James ... James MacPherson

Director: Hamish Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994.


TUE 05:45 Short Works (m000fq4m)
Beatrice by Nicole Flattery

At a private club, 14 year old Beatrice attends a class for female CEO's of the future.

She has been developing her own business since she was 13. However, outside the classroom, her parents are divorcing and people no longer get out of their cars.

An original short work for BBC Radio 4 by Nicole Flattery.

Read by Beccy Henderson.

Irish author Nicole Flattery's work has been published in the Stinging Fly, the White Review, the Dublin Review, the Irish Times, Winter Papers and the 2019 Faber anthology of New Irish Writing. She was awarded the Irish Book Awards Short Story of the Year 2019 and the 2017 White Review Short Story Prize.

Her debut short story collection ‘Show Them A Good Time’ was published in 2019. It was A New Statesman, Irish Times and Guardian Book of The Year.

Producer: Michael Shannon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2020.


TUE 06:00 Deep Six (m000fyxj)
2. Suspect

A top secret file belonging to the Department of Internal Security has been leaked to a left-wing magazine.

Ex-SAS agent Terry Prince has been dispatched to retrieve the file - only to discover the magazine’s editor dead and he himself suspected of murder...

Starring Freddie Lees.

John Fletcher’s thriller serial about an ex-SAS agent still hired for special 'jobs'.

Terry ...... Freddie Lees
Keith ...... Rod Beacham
Sturley ...... John Linstrum
Fortescue ...... Hubert Rees
Frank ...... Thomas Heathcote
Josie ...... Hilda Schroder
Simpson ...... Conrad Phillips
Nick ...... Brett Usher
Thompson ...... John Albineri
Watson ...... Ray Handy

Directed at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1984.


TUE 06:30 Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122 (m001rhnp)
2. Contact

Inspector Purbright and Sergeant Love take to the teashops of Flaxborough on the trail of the local missing women.

Meanwhile, Lucy Teatime is looking for a partner...

Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles.

Why are lonely, well-off middle-aged women disappearing from the sleepy, small market town?

John Rowe stars as Inspector Walter Purbright.

Dramatised by Christopher Denys.

Inspector Purbright .... John Rowe
Lucy Teatime .... Linda Gardner
Detective Sergeant Love .... Paul Downing
Mrs Staunch .... Ann Rye
Rev Leaper .... Renny Krupinski
Phyllis .... Judy Holt
Italian Waitress .... Victoria Finney

Directed at BBC Manchester by Tony Cliff.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990.


TUE 07:00 The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (b0080p26)
7. London

Polly and the twins have an interesting relationship. Helena is put out by Richard's visit.

A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.

Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.

Read by Sian Phillips.

Producer: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.


TUE 07:15 Shakespeare's Restless World (b01g61vf)
2. Communion and Conscience

The Stratford Chalice. The communion cup that Shakespeare may well have used, sheds light on the dramatic religious changes that came in the aftermath of the Reformation

Object-based history series presented by Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum.

Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changing world in which they lived.

With old certainties shifting around them, in a time of political and religious unrest and economic expansion, Neil asks what the plays would have meant to the public when they were first performed.

He uses carefully selected objects to explore the great issues of the day that preoccupied the public and helped shape the works, and he considers what they can reveal about the concerns and beliefs of Shakespearean England.

Producer: Paul Kobrak

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2012.


TUE 07:30 Showstopper (b00yqvk0)
6. Bedlam

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 Bedlam - set in the Houses of Parliament.

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 2011.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b00jz5x2)
Series 9

The Tay Bridge

On Scotland's crab-ridden shores, Neddie Seagoon is bridging a gap.

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 February 1959.


TUE 08:30 Growing Pains (m001rhnw)
4. Trial and Error

Sudden news from the fostering agency sends Pat into a spin along with the smooth running of the household.

Tom's pub quiz and Mark's romantic hopes are also up in the air.

Starring Ray Brooks and Sharon Duce.

Steve Wetton’s series featuring the Hollingsworth family, who feel fostering may be their way forward.

Tom Hollingsworth .... Ray Brooks
Pat Hollingsworth .... Sharon Duce
Gran .... Jean Heywood
Miriam .... Jacqueline Tong
Caroline Thornley .... Susan Sheridan
Mark .... Richard Pearce
Lisa .... Tika Viker-Bloss
Simon .... Nicholas Delve
Rebecca .... Cara Kelly
Quiz compere .... Dominic Rickhards

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1989.


TUE 09:00 The Motion Show (b07bpq37)
Series 4

Episode 6

Debates galore from designer babies - to banning TV chefs.

Graeme Garden chairs the quirky battle of words and wit.

With:

Steve Punt
Gyles Brandreth
Marcus Brigstocke
Andy Parsons

Producer: Helen Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.


TUE 09:30 On Baby Street (b00f6vv7)
Series 1

Episode 5

Will Ian get to the hospital on time? Can Geraldine and Yvette get there at all?

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
Dominic /Clive ...... Kevin Eldon
Marie ...… Elliot Nicholls

Producer: Jane Berthoud

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1996.


TUE 10:00 Catherine Czerkawska - Running Before the Wind (b09pypmz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 10:45 Short Works (m000fq4m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:45 today]


TUE 11:00 Deep Six (m000fyxj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 11:30 Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122 (m001rhnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 12:00 The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (b0080p26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 12:15 Shakespeare's Restless World (b01g61vf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 12:30 Showstopper (b00yqvk0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b00jz5x2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 13:30 Growing Pains (m001rhnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 14:00 The Motion Show (b07bpq37)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 14:30 On Baby Street (b00f6vv7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 15:00 Catherine Czerkawska - Running Before the Wind (b09pypmz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 15:45 Short Works (m000fq4m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:45 today]


TUE 16:00 Deep Six (m000fyxj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 16:30 Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122 (m001rhnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 17:00 The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (b0080p26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:15 Shakespeare's Restless World (b01g61vf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 17:30 Showstopper (b00yqvk0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b00jz5x2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 18:30 Growing Pains (m001rhnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 19:00 The Motion Show (b07bpq37)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 19:30 On Baby Street (b00f6vv7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m00167zm)
Series 9

The Public Commons

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

Manoush Zomorodi explores how can we create public places that feel welcoming and safe for everyone?

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


TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (b05xxf96)
Suzanne Vega

Singer Suzanne Vega inherits 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?' by Pete Seeger, and passes on 'Masters of War' by Bob Dylan.


TUE 21:00 Mastertapes (b087qjdb)
Series 6

Graham Nash (B-side)

Following on from the A-side of this two-part programme, the audience ask Graham Nash questions about his debut 1971 album 'Songs For Beginners'.

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

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

Graham also performs acoustic live versions of some of the tracks from his latest album, which reflects his long songwriting career.

Producer: Paul Kobrak

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2017.


TUE 21:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jq0c)
The Red Planet

7. The Shared Nightmare

As the Mars fleet crew battle to locate Freighter Ship number 6, Captain Jet Morgan suffers strange hallucinations...

Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott

Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.

Producer: Charles Chilton

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1954.


TUE 22:00 Best Medicine (m001r84c)
Series 1

Sobriety, Touch, Camellia Sinensis, Trust

Best Medicine is your weekly dose of laughter, hope and incredible medicine. Award-winning comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined by funny and fascinating comedians, doctors, scientists and historians to celebrate medicine’s inspiring past, present and future.

Each week, Kiri challenges her guests to make a case for what they think is 'the best medicine', and each of them champions anything from world-changing science to an obscure invention, an every-day treatment, an uplifting worldview, an unsung hero or a futuristic cure.

Whether it’s micro-robotic surgery, virtual reality syringes, Victorian clockwork surgical saws, more than a few ingenious cures for cancer, world-first lifesaving heart operations, epidurals, therapy, dancing, faith or laughter - it’s always something worth celebrating.

Joining Kiri this week are haptic technology specialist Dr Ally Barrow with the power of touch and a demonstration of virtual reality injections, mental health nurse Ed Freshwater speaks about a powerful treatment for mental illness, journalist and broadcaster Seyi Rhodes explores what happens when trust is lost in medicine, and comedian Felicity Ward offers sobriety as her best medicine.

Hosted by Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Featuring: Dr Ally Barrow, Ed Freshwater, Seyi Rhodes and Felicity Ward

Written by Edward Easton, Toussaint Douglass, Pravanya Pillay, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Ben Rowse

Producer: Ben Worsfield

Assistant Producer: Tashi Radha

Executive Producer: Simon Nicholls

Theme tune composed by Andrew Jones

A Large Time production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 22:30 Cliche (m000y0d3)
From 20/4/1981

From a game show for toffs to the Loch Ness monster.

Sketches galore from Red Dwarf creators, Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.

Starring:

Carole Hayman
Nick Maloney
Simon Molloy
Brian Southwood

Music by Peter Lingwood.

Producer: Ron McDonnell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1981.


TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001rpjl)
Njambi McGrath 3/3

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Jake Yapp chats again to Njambi McGrath.


TUE 23:00 The Pin (b08y26qt)
Series 3

Party

Having been overlooked for the BBC's official office party, Alex and Ben are out to prove they can throw a party too...

More of double-act, The Pin's trademark offbeat nonsense.

Written and performed by Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen.

With:

Liam Williams

Producer: Sam Bryant.

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


TUE 23:30 Elvenquest (b01r0gjg)
Series 4

The Underworld

The Questers are forced into the Underworld where they must find Penthiselea's mum to ask her an all important question that could finally lead them to the Sword of Asnagar.

Meanwhile, Lord Darkness faces a testing time too, when he tries to raise an army of the dead.

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

Vidar ...... Darren Boyd
Penthiselea's mother ...... Louise Delamere
Dean/Kreech ...... Kevin Eldon
Amis/The Gatekeeper ...... Dave Lamb
Sam ...... Stephen Mangan
Lord Darkness ...... Alistair McGowan
Penthiselea ...... Ingrid Oliver

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.

WEDNESDAY 18 OCTOBER 2023

WED 00:00 Catherine Czerkawska - Running Before the Wind (b09pypmz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]


WED 00:45 Short Works (m000fq4m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:45 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Deep Six (m000fyxj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122 (m001rhnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (b0080p26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 Shakespeare's Restless World (b01g61vf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 Showstopper (b00yqvk0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b00jz5x2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]


WED 03:30 Growing Pains (m001rhnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 The Motion Show (b07bpq37)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 On Baby Street (b00f6vv7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Catherine Czerkawska - Running Before the Wind (b09pz4w4)
2. Hoisting the Sail

Alison has got to know Isabella - her yacht's namesake - and has agreed to take her down to see the vessel as she lies on the hard at the marina.

The history of the yacht is important, but more so is that of the Lynn family - and 88-year-old Isabella is the sole repository of that story...

Starring Sybil Wintrope and Louise Beattie.

Catherine Czerkawska's family saga set on the River Clyde.

James Lynn ....James MacPherson
Isabella ... Sybil Wintrope
Alison ... Louise Beattie
David ... Alec Heggie
Annie ... Sheila Donald
Matron/Young James ... Mary Riggans
Hetty ... Monica Gibb
Emily ... Irene MacDougall
Hugh ... Finlay McLean
Stirling ... Allan Sharpe
Young Hetty ... Isabel Wright
Bosun/Gardener ... Stuart Davids

Director: Hamish Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994.


WED 05:45 Short Works (m000fx2g)
All the Fire by Jacob Ross

Lilly is a new mother with a beautiful baby and burning soul - she just has to find it again.

An original short work for BBC Radio 4 by novelist Jacob Ross.

Read by Jade Anouka.

Jacob Ross is a novelist, short story writer and creative writing tutor.

He is also Associate Fiction Editor at Peepal Tree Press, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and winner of the inaugural 2017 Jhalak Prize for his second novel The Bone Readers.

Producer: Ciaran Bermingham

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2020.


WED 06:00 Deep Six (m000fy9c)
3. Loose Ends

Wrongfully accused of murdering the editor of Socialist Attack, Terry Prince is on the run from both the Internal Security Department and gangsters from London’s underworld....

Starring Freddie Lees.

John Fletcher’s thriller serial about an ex-SAS agent still hired for special 'jobs'.

Terry ...... Freddie Lees
Sturley ...... John Linstrum
Fortescue ...... Hubert Rees
Elwyn Johnson ...... Chris
Madeleine Cemm ...... Linda Taylor
Conrad Phillips ...... Sir James Simpson

Directed at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1984.


WED 06:30 Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122 (m001rhmj)
3. Paper Trail

Clients of the Handclasp Marriage Bureau come under police scrutiny.

Meanwhile Lucy Teatime makes initial contact with Lonelyheart 4122.

Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles.

Why are lonely, well-off middle-aged women disappearing from the sleepy, small market town?

John Rowe stars as Inspector Walter Purbright.

Dramatised by Christopher Denys.

Insp Purbright .... John Rowe
Miss Teatime .... Linda Gardner
Det Sgt Love .... Paul Downing
Mrs Staunch .... Ann Rye
Receptionist .... Victoria Finney
Phyllis .... Judy Holt
Capper .... Keith Clifford
Rusk .... Malcolm Raeburn
Singleton .... Neville Barber

Directed at BBC Manchester by: Tony Cliff.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990.


WED 07:00 The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (b0080qbv)
8. Polly

Sophie has an accident. Polly tries to forget the twins.

Calypso receives some bad news.

Mary Wesley's novel abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury.

A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between five cousins which neither the war, nor adulthood, can break.

Read by Sian Phillips.

Producer: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.


WED 07:15 Shakespeare's Restless World (b01drtc2)
3. Snacking Through Shakespeare

Object-based history series presented by Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum.

Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changing world in which they lived.

With old certainties shifting around them, in a time of political and religious unrest and economic expansion, Neil asks what the plays would have meant to the public when they were first performed.

He uses carefully selected objects to explore the great issues of the day that preoccupied the public and helped shape the works, and he considers what they can reveal about the concerns and beliefs of Shakespearean England.

Producer: Paul Kobrak

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2012.


WED 07:30 Relativity (m000lnlq)
Series 3

Episode 5

Ian has now taken refuge at Ken and Margaret’s, as well as sister Jane.

Unexpectedly reunited, without partners or offspring, the family of four go down memory lane – good and bad. Then Pete appears on the doorstep with urgent news about Holly.

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.

Margaret …… Alison Steadman
Ken …… Phil Davis
Jane …… Fenella Woolgar
Ian …… Richard Herring
Pete …… Gordon Kennedy

Producer: 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 (b007jnmp)
Series 5

Hancock's School

Inspired by Bill and supplied by Sid, the Lad turns his home into a centre of learning.

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 composed and conducted by Wally Stott.

Producer: Tom Ronald

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1958.


WED 08:30 King of Bath (b048s4w0)
Blessed Are We

A Methodist minister threatens to cause the ruination of Bath.

Can a fine upright moral guardian like Dr Collins ever be compromised? Beau Nash tries his best.

Starring David Bamber.

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

Beau Nash ...... David Bamber
Dr Collins ...... Patrick Collins
Lady Huntingdon ...... Rosamund Shelley
Mrs Collins ...... Manon Edwards
Dr Cheyne ...... Andrew Wincott
Fanny ...... Alice Arnold

Composer: John Hardy.

Directed at BBC Wales by Alison Hindell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.


WED 09:00 Counterpoint (b01gf5t6)
Series 26

2012 Heat 1

Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz

The questions cover every aspect of music - from the classical repertoire to world music, show tunes, film scores, jazz, rock and pop

The first trio of 27 competitors are in the BBC Radio Theatre in London for the opening heat of the 26th series.

Jill Goodwin from Swindon in Wiltshire
Tony Lazarus from Finchley in London
Andy Pilborough-Skinner from Dunstable in Bedfordshire

Producer Paul Bajoria

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2012.


WED 09:30 The Right Time (b00c693m)
Series 3

Episode 2

Facelift fracas - and a new TV quiz show for the hard of memory.

The sketch comedy for people growing older disgracefully.

Starring:

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

Written by Julie Balloo, Janet Ellis, Graeme Garden Mike Haskins, Jan Etherington, Alan Stafford, Colin Bostock Smith, Mike Pilman, Mark Brisenden and Robert Mills.

Script Editor: Jed Parsons.

Music by Ronnie & The Rex and Neil Innes.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.


WED 10:00 Catherine Czerkawska - Running Before the Wind (b09pz4w4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 10:45 Short Works (m000fx2g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:45 today]


WED 11:00 Deep Six (m000fy9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 11:30 Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122 (m001rhmj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 12:00 The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (b0080qbv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 12:15 Shakespeare's Restless World (b01drtc2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 12:30 Relativity (m000lnlq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 13:30 King of Bath (b048s4w0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 14:00 Counterpoint (b01gf5t6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 14:30 The Right Time (b00c693m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 15:00 Catherine Czerkawska - Running Before the Wind (b09pz4w4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 15:45 Short Works (m000fx2g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:45 today]


WED 16:00 Deep Six (m000fy9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 16:30 Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122 (m001rhmj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 17:00 The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (b0080qbv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 17:15 Shakespeare's Restless World (b01drtc2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 17:30 Relativity (m000lnlq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnmp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 18:30 King of Bath (b048s4w0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 19:00 Counterpoint (b01gf5t6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 19:30 The Right Time (b00c693m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 20:00 Pete Seeger in Word and Song (b00k2nkx)
The folk-singer and activist Pete Seeger was often known as "America's Tuning Fork".

His appearance at Barack Obama's first inauguration concert brought him to public attention once more.

Drawing on the BBC's extensive archive and on two recent new interviews with him, BBC World Service Arts Correspondent Vincent Dowd celebrates Seeger's life and examines his belief in the power of song.

Lucid and lively as ever, Pete spoke to Vincent as much about environmental and urban issues as about his lifelong commitment to disarmament and civil rights. Even at his grand old age, there was nothing predictable in his words - with refreshingly positive views about city life as the model of the future.

Above all, Seeger spoke about performing the Woody Guthrie song, This Land Is Your Land, with Bruce Springsteen outside the Lincoln Memorial for Barack Obama's inauguration. He also treated Vincent to an impromptu, unplugged version of This Land is Your Land.

Pete Seeger in Word and Song explores the continuing role of folk music in American political life while also celebrating the artist who brought the world songs such as Where Have All the Flowers Gone, If I Had a Hammer, Turn, Turn, Turn and new versions of spirituals such as We Shall Overcome.

Pete Seeger died in 2014 aged 94.

Producer: Beaty Rubens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2009.


WED 21:00 Short Cuts (b07j4pg4)
Series 9

Vanishing Point

From the man who'll help you disappear to coping with a sudden, shocking loss - Josie Long looks at vanishing points.

We hear stories of private investigators, the search for solitude in the dust bowl and a woman's life changing in one devastating second.

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2016.


WED 21:30 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jq2w)
The Red Planet

8. Closing-in on Mars

As Captain Jet Morgan and his crew approach Mars, strange noises and dreams begin to affect them...

Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.

Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott

Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.

Producer: Charles Chilton

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1954.


WED 22:00 Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere (m001r840)
Series 4

1. "...monsters under the bed..."

Daliso Chaponda is back for a fourth series.

Episode 1 - Monsters Under The Bed.

In this new series, Daliso is in a more philosophical mood. We find him working through his thoughts, feelings, and opinions by sharing his stories with a live audience in his hometown of Manchester.

Since his last series, Daliso has become a British citizen and is looking forward to talking about anything other than being a migrant. To prove he’s no longer a 'Citizen of Nowhere', he’s decided to write silly jokes about animals, Hobbits, and monsters under the bed! But Daliso soon realises that he won’t get to truly enjoy his spoils just yet, because anti-immigrant sentiment has become unavoidable… In fact, what Daliso really finds in his first show since becoming a Brit is that those monsters under the bed have started to crawl out and take on a different meaning altogether.

Seeking advice from his father, a former refugee who worked for the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before returning to Malawi and becoming a politician, he gets his expert opinion on the current migrant crisis and gets to the bottom of whether his dad really did try to ban farting in Malawi.

Writer... Daliso Chaponda
Additional Material... Meryl O'Rourke
Production Coordinator... Katie Baum
Sound Manger... Jerry Peal

Theme music by Lawi
Image by Steve Ullathorne

Producer... Carl Cooper

This is a BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

--
Daliso Chaponda shot to fame on Britain’s Got Talent, making it to the final of the 2017 series and establishing himself as a firm favourite with the judges and the British public. He became a Facebook and YouTube star amassing over 200 million views of his performances. He's also appeared on the Royal Variety Performance.

He has performed around the world and at the Edinburgh, Melbourne, Singapore, and Cape Town comedy festivals. He has also toured the UK and Africa to sell out audiences and rave reviews.

In addition to stand-up comedy, Daliso is also a prolific fiction writer. He has published science fiction, murder mysteries and fantasy fiction in numerous magazines and anthologies. He is currently working on his new novel and a children’s book.

This is this fourth series of his Rose D'Or nominated Radio 4 series.


WED 22:30 Agendum (m0008wmc)
Series 2

Timebomb

A current affairs parody and stupidly feasible visit to the 24-hour Hall Of Opinion Mirrors.

Hosted by hostioneer Alexandra Palisades.

Parody created and written by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris.

Agendum - taking both sides of serious issues seriously.

In this show, some exciting new old repeats on your TV, a new use for cardboard and shepherds pie quite literally sweeps the nation.

Starring Carrie Quinlan as Alexandra Palisades

And, at the very least, the voices of:

Justin Edwards
Melanie Hudson
Kath Hughes
Simon Kane
Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
David Reed
Jess Robinson
Kerry Shale
Luke Sumner
Tony Way

Producer: David Tyler

A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2019.


WED 23:00 Kevin Eldon Will See You Now (b08nq6ft)
Series 3

The Haunted Ghost of the Scary Studio of Terror

Get ready for bunnies, Beethoven, Dylan Thomas and olives.

And discover a use for avant-garde German film director Werner Herzog.

Comedy's best kept secret ingredient, Kevin Eldon hosts his very own sketch show.

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 May 2017.


WED 23:30 The Skewer (m001r860)
Series 10

Episode 1

Fresh from winning Gold for Best Comedy at the British Podcast Awards (and Highly Commended as Podcast of the Year), Jon Holmes' comedy current affairs concept album returns for its 10th series to remix the news into satirical shapes.

This week - Labour Possessed, Oh Mr Sunak, and The Lorax fails to save a tree.

Creator / Producer: Jon Holmes.

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4


WED 23:45 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b00g3xwp)
Series 2

Problems

Adam Bloom has a problem. He's fed up with having problems.

But would not having problems really be any better?

Written by and starring Adam Bloom.

With:

Rob Rouse
Stefano Paolini

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004.