SATURDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2023

SAT 00:00 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (m0007k3h)
1. The Rebels

It's 2116 and Helmholtz Watson and Bernard Marx are token rebels in an irretrievably corrupted society.

Promiscuity is the norm, eugenics a respectable science, and the drug Soma freely available.

Aldous Huxley's uneasy reflections of the future.

Dramatised in two parts by Jonathan Holloway.

Bernard ...... Justin Salinger
Helmholtz ...... Jonathan Coy
Lenina ...... Pippa Bennett-Warner
The Director ...... Anton Lesser
John ...... Milton Lopes
Linda ...... Karina Fernandez
Fanny ...... Nicola Ferguson
Henry ...... Sam Rix
The Warden ...... James Lailey
Mustapha Mond ...... Sean Baker
Girl ...... Scarlett Brookes,
Heliport Man ...... Brian Protheroe

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2016.


SAT 01:00 HG Wells (m0001p3q)
Kipps

5. The Kippses

Artie Kipps, our heroic draper-turned-gentleman, is building a dream home for Ann.

But is his fortune lost?

Starring Paul Daneman, Mark Straker, Moir Leslie and, Nickolas Grace.

Conclusion of HG Wells's 1905 novel.

Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.

HG Wells …. Paul Daneman
Kipps …. Mark Straker
Ann …. Moir Leslie
Chitterlow …. Nickolas Grace
Miss Walshingham …. Kathryn Hurlbutt
Fanny …. Theresa Streatfeild
Sid …. Michael Jenner
Masterman …. Nigel Anthony
Architect …. Brett Usher
Uncle …. John Hollis

Music by Ilona Sekacz.

Director: Martin Jenkins.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1984.


SAT 02:00 Raffles (b007jngf)
Series 3

5. The Knees of the Gods

Raffles and Bunny leave England to fight for queen and country in the South African war. For one of them there will be no return...

Starring Jeremy Clyde and Michael Cochrane.

The adventures of cricketer and gentleman thief, Arthur J Raffles, and his chronicler, Harry ‘Bunny’ Manders.

Written by EW Hornung and dramatised by Olwen Wymark.

AJ Raffles …. Jeremy Clyde
'Bunny’ Manders …. Michael Cochrane
Connal …. Sean Barrett
The General …. Peter Penry-Jones
Bellingham …. Eric Allan
Mrs Fisher …. Gudrun Ure
The soldiers were played by Nicholas Murchie, Keith Drinkel, Peter Murphy and John Webb

Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.

Director: Gordon House

A BBC Radio 4/BBC World Service production first broadcast in June 1992.


SAT 02:30 Pay Any Price (m001smm9)
5. Hamburg

A second British sleeper is employed, but this time in a domestic dirty tricks operation.

Ted Allbeury's spy thriller serial adapted from his 1983 best-seller.

Starring Robert Beatty, Susannah Fellows, Barry Foster and Michael J Shannon.

When President Kennedy said in his inauguration speech that America would 'pay any price' to preserve freedom, he could not have realised that the price would include his own life.

Neither could he have imagined that defending freedom would lead to the ruthless sacrifice of the minds of innocent people.

This is the story of part of the price that was paid.

It may seem incredible, but it is based on fact.

Debbie .... Susannah Fellows
Tony Symons .... Michael J Shannon
Maclaren .... Crawford Logan
Sturgiss .... John Webb
Cpl George Walker .... Richard Huw
Fox .... David Peart
Mason .... Albert Welling
Ushi/Mrs Walker .... Carole Boyd
Col Mortensen .... Don Fellows
Receptionist .... Pauline Siddle
Ziggy Grabowski .... Kerry Francis

Director: Christopher Venning

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1983.


SAT 03:00 Bolder: Making the Most of Our Longer Lives by Carl Honoré (m0001p62)
5. Love and Sex

How do we make the most of our longer lives?

Journalist Carl Honoré brought the Slow Movement to wider attention with his book In Praise of Slow.

Now he charts a major shift in our approach to ageing as he meets the revolutionaries who are inspiring us to live better for longer.

As his journey concludes, Carl makes some unexpected discoveries about love and sex after the first flush of youth.

Read by Darren Boyd.

Abridged by Eileen Horne.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.


SAT 03:15 Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (m001smmk)
10. The Siege

1870, the Siege of Paris. Sophia establishes herself as a landlady, and receives a declaration of love.

Starring Katy Cavanagh.

Arnold Bennett's novel follows the lives of two very different sisters who grow up above a thriving drapery business in the Potteries, during the 1860s.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Sophia .... Katy Cavanagh
Chirac .... Tom Smith
Narrator .... Phillip Jackson
Madame Foucault .... Rachel Atkins
Monsieur Niepce .... John Rowe

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004.


SAT 03:30 Between Ourselves With Marian Keyes (m00088jp)
Ireland and the Irish

Marian Keyes is a publishing sensation - her works of fiction (Rachel's Holiday, The Break and others) have sold in their millions across the globe.

In this series, Marian reads selections from her nonfiction writing, in conversation with her friend and actor Tara Flynn.

The theme of this opening episode is Ireland and the Irish.

Alongside the craic, Marian reads Passport Out of Here and Do You Know The Bus Stop in Kilkenny? from her collection Under the Duvet.

Producer: Steve Doherty

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


SAT 04:00 Albert and Me (b007jsbh)
Series 1

Spanner in the Works

Single dad Bryan's son Albert is starting nursery.

What could possibly go wrong?

Stars Richard Beckinsale and Pat Coombs.

The struggles of single parent Bryan Archer to find work while raising his baby son, Albert.

Written by Jim Eldridge.

Bryan Archer …... Richard Beckinsale
Mum/Albert ..…. Pat Coombs
Dad ..…. John Comer
Harry ...... John Junkin
Mr Simpson ...... Reginald Marsh
Linda ...... Joanna David
Nursery Nurse ...... Heather Bell

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977.


SAT 04:30 Rent (b04mljmt)
Series 2

Episode 2

When everyone's gone down with a cold, including the amateur DJ, there's only one person who can save the day...

Stars Patrick Barlow and Barbara Flynn.

Lucy Flannery's Writers' Guild award-winning sitcom about Maria and Richard who take in lodgers.

Maria ...... Barbara Flynn
Richard ...... Patrick Barlow
Amy ...... Linda Polan
Paul ...... Toby Longworth
Ruby ...... Vivienne Rochester.

Producer: Liz Anstee.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1995.


SAT 05:00 The Food Quiz (b0076tc6)
Series 3

Episode 1

Journalist and food critic, Jay Rayner puts four gastronomes through their culinary paces.

All set for a good grilling:

Stephen Fry
Elisabeth Luard
Cyrus Todiwala
Clarissa Dickson Wright

Can they fathom the principal ingredient of mock turtle soup?

Can they name the first TV chef?

Do they know how a dried fish came to be known as Bombay duck?

Producer Rebecca Wells

Producer: Dixi Stewart

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.


SAT 05:30 Plum House (b07j571n)
Series 1

Peter vs Prynne

Tom has organised a special summer event and invited the great and good from the world of George Pudding scholarship to gather round the museum's celebrated plum tree.

It's bound to be a day to remember. But with Peter encountering his arch nemesis - the unbearably pompous Mungo Prynne (Roger Allam), Julian upsetting a neighbouring farmer and Emma rather enjoying the plum punch, will it be remembered for the right reasons?

Ben Cottam and Paul Mckenna's comedy about the inept staff at a historic house, starring Simon Callow, Miles Jupp and Jane Horrocks.

Every year thousands of tourists flock to the Lake District. But one place they never go to is Plum House - the former country home of terrible poet George Pudding (1779-1848). Now a crumbling museum, losing money hand over fist, it struggles to stay open under its eccentric curator Peter Knight (Simon Callow).

Can anyone save Plum House from irreversible decline?

Peter ...... Simon Callow
Julian ...... Miles Jupp
Maureen ...... Jane Horrocks
Tom ...... Tom Bell
Alan ...... Pearce Quigley
Emma ...... Louise Ford
Mungo Prynne ...... Roger Allam
Barry Bunting ...... Sean Gilder

Directed and Produced by Paul Schlesinger

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


SAT 06:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b00p4klc)
The King's General

An accident whilst horse riding is a life-altering moment for the beautiful heroine, Honor Harris.

But she is loved forever by Sir Richard Grenville, the King's general in the west.

Daphne du Maurier's classic love story set during the English Civil War.

Starring Cathryn Harrison and Roger Allam.

Dramatised by Michelene Wandor

Honor .... Cathryn Harrison
Sir Richard Grenville .... Roger Allam
Matty .... Carolyn Pickles
Robin Harris .... Philip Sully
Gartred .... Geraldine Fitzgerald
Young Dick Grenville .... Gary King
Older Dick Grenville .... David Thorpe
Jonathan Rashleigh .... Peter Penry Jones
Mary Rashleigh .... Sally Edwards
Lord Robartes .... Jonathan Adams
William Rashleigh/Colonel .... John Fleming

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.


SAT 07:30 Coventry by Rachel Cusk (Omnibus) (m0007y00)
In her striking new collection of essays, Rachel Cusk weaves observations of domestic concerns with art, psychology and current affairs.

The award-winning author covers topics such as collective manners, home renovation, the experience of driving and familial warfare with her trademark clear-sighted prose.

Read by Amelia Bullmore.

Omnibus of five parts abridged and produced by Eilidh McCreadie.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2019.


SAT 08:45 Could Do Better (b03q5fw6)
Dame Edna Everage

"General report: Edna's intense shyness causes her to be exploited by girls with more forecful personalities."

Robert Booth has a quiet word with international megastar housewife Dame Edna Everage about her school reports.

Series interviewing celebrities about their school days.

With extracts from actual reports and other pertinent school documents.

Producer: Nigel Acheson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1988.


SAT 09:00 The Men from the Ministry (b014j01w)
Monkey Business

Sir Gregory is set to leave, but can one of the bungling bureaucrats fill his shoes?

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

Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler.

Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.

Lennox-Brown …. Deryck Guyler
Lamb …. Richard Murdoch
Mildred Murfin …. Norma Ronald
Sir Gregory Pitkin …. Ronald Baddiley
Other Parts …. John Graham

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

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in May 1973.


SAT 09:30 Whack-O! (m001stcc)
Series 2

Chiselbury Experiment

How can headmaster Jim entice new pupils to enrol at Chislebury School?

A catchy publicity gimmick perhaps..?

Starring 'Professor' Jimmy Edwards.

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

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

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

Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.

Adapted for radio by David Climie.

Headmaster ...... Jimmy Edwards
Aubrey Potter ...... Roddy Maude-Roxby
Alfred Tennyson ...... Frederick Treves
Arnold Halliforth ...... Edwin Apps
Forth Robinson ...... John Graham
Mr. Wiltshire ...... David Graham
Terry ...... John Pike
Phipps ...... John Coxall
Lumley ...... Roger Shepherd

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1962.


SAT 10:00 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em - A Celebration of a Comedy Classic (b074bg38)
'Ooh Betty!'

It's time to celebrate the BBC's hit TV comedy about the disaster-prone lives of hapless Frank Spencer and his long-suffering wife Betty.

Created by Ray Allen, it ran for 22 episodes over three series from 1973-78, starring Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice – spawning a host of catchphrases and impersonators.

In this behind-the-scenes documentary, scriptwriter Ray reveals his difficulty in getting the show commissioned – and how Michael Crawford wasn't first choice to play Frank.

The show's legendary daring stunts were co-ordinated by Stuart Fell who admits it was 'ambitious for the BBC' at the time.

Michele Dotrice recalls how filming on the edge of a cliff was 'a bit hairy' and reveals her mother's reaction when the stunt hit TV screens.

Classic clips and rare archive appearances are interwoven amongst fresh and in-depth interviews in this celebration of the BBC's much-loved comedy classic.

Presented and produced by Richard Latto.

First broadcast on BBC Radio Solent in 2015.


SAT 11:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b00p4klc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 12:30 Coventry by Rachel Cusk (Omnibus) (m0007y00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 13:45 Could Do Better (b03q5fw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 14:00 The Men from the Ministry (b014j01w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 14:30 Whack-O! (m001stcc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 15:00 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em - A Celebration of a Comedy Classic (b074bg38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 16:00 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (m0007k3h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SAT 17:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b00p4klc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SAT 18:30 Coventry by Rachel Cusk (Omnibus) (m0007y00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


SAT 19:45 Could Do Better (b03q5fw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]


SAT 20:00 The Men from the Ministry (b014j01w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SAT 20:30 Whack-O! (m001stcc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SAT 21:00 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em - A Celebration of a Comedy Classic (b074bg38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SAT 22:00 Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing (b04jm36p)
Series 3

About Bad Boys

Nathan Caton tries to be a good role model for his younger brother Tyree.

A mix of stand-up and re-enacted family life - written by Nathan Caton and James Kettle

After becoming the first in his family to graduate from University, Nathan opted not to use his architecture degree but instead to try his hand at being a full-time stand-up comedian, much to his family's horror and disgust. They all desperately want him to get a 'proper' job.

Will Nathan persevere and follow his dreams?

Or will he give in to his family's interference?

Or will he finally leave home..?!

Nathan ...... Nathan Caton
Grandma ...... Mona Hammond
Mum ...... Adjoa Andoh
Dad ...... Curtis Walker
Tyree ...... Alhaji Fofano
Ms Carter ...... Chizzy Akudolu
Lethal Damager ...... Damian Lynch
Year 11 Boy ...... Kavern Batchelor
Year 11 Boy ...... Oscar Wilkinson

Producer: Katie Tyrrell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2014.


SAT 22:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto (b00x9zdj)
Series 3

Episode 2

Comedian-activist Mark Thomas creates a people's manifesto.

He's taking suggestions from his studio audience and then getting them to vote for the best.

The winner of each show will be enforceable by law, so pay attention!

In this episode, policies include:

* 50% Minimum Participation in Elections
* Converting Fast Food into Renewable Gas
* Imposing an Earning Cap of £30k on All Bank Employees.

Plus there are plenty of 'any other business?' suggestions from the studio audience..

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2011.


SAT 23:00 Fred at The Stand (m0004sn0)
Series 2

Daliso Chaponda, Elaine Malcolmson, Alfie Brown and Mark Nelson

Fred MacAulay is back at The Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow doing what he does best - making people laugh.

The series brings another selection of some of the best of stand-up comedians working in the UK right now. Some you’ll know and some you won’t - yet.

In this final episode of the series, Fred introduces:

* Daliso Chaponda who is still adjusting to his post-TV fame. Who knew he'd end up being a role model? Not him.
* Elaine Malcolmson joins Fred to reminisce about her childhood without rose-tinted glasses.
* Alfie Brown turns heads and is at the centre of sorting out world peace.
* Returning to close the show is one of Fred's favourite stand-up comedians, a solid pair of hands no matter how filthy they are - Mark Nelson.

Fred at The Stand is the closest thing your ears are going to get to an actual night in a comedy club.

A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2019.


SAT 23:30 The Shuttleworths (b007jqt5)
Series 2

Shuttleworth Diplomacy

John decides he's not spending enough 'quality time' with his Shuttleworth family.

So he sets out to be a nicer, more approachable person.

Written and performed by Graham Fellows.

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995.


SAT 23:45 Armando Iannucci - Facts And Fancies (b007jrmj)
Monster-Eyed Bugs

From diseases to identity cards

Producer, writer and performer Armando Iannucci concludes his own collection of humorous essays

Compiled by Jenny Baynes

Producer: Jonathan James-Moore

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998.

SUNDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2023

SUN 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007jpbg)
4. Birdstrike

After sparking a plane crash, the deadly Exon plant strain's advancement continues.

Starring Paul Copley and Rosalind Adams.

James Follett’s sci-fi thriller.

Denise Exon …. Rosalind Adams
Howard Rogers …. Paul Copley
Max Flinders …. TP McKenna
Blowers …. Michael Shannon
Prime Minister …. Noel Johnson
Shand …. Gregory de Polnay
Wayne …. Roy Spencer
Dymond …. Rod Beacham

Producer: David Spencer

First broadcast as two x 90 minute dramas on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.


SUN 00:30 The Price of Fear (b007jshy)
Lot 132

An art dealer's worst suspicions about a 19th century painting are confirmed

Be careful when you look at any portraits hanging on your wall...

Fright master Vincent Price introduces a tale of horror written by Elizabeth Morgan

With

Elizabeth Morgan
Douglas Blackwell
Alexander John

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in September 1973.


SUN 01:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b00p4klc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]


SUN 02:30 Coventry by Rachel Cusk (Omnibus) (m0007y00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]


SUN 03:45 Could Do Better (b03q5fw6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 The Men from the Ministry (b014j01w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]


SUN 04:30 Whack-O! (m001stcc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em - A Celebration of a Comedy Classic (b074bg38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001stdw)
Tongue and Talk - The Dialect Poets: East Midlands

Poet Daljit Nagra chooses Tongue and Talk - The Dialect Poets: East Midlands with poems from Nottinghamshire.

Writer James Walker unearths the dialect poetry of the Nottinghamshire miners who penned their verse underground in the county where he was born and bred.

Through the humour of poems like Miner's Dream and Pity Pony, James explores a language used almost exclusively by miners and finds retired pitmen still reciting pit talk poetry in pubs and other venues across Nottinghamshire.

He says: 'these men cry regularly at this poetry. Big retired pit men getting all emotional. It's quite an experience.'

As part of the programme, James visits the former home of famous Nottinghamshire novelist and poet DH Lawrence where he meets mining historian and former miner David Amos. He also talks to Natalie Braber, Associate Professor at Nottingham Trent University about her research into pit talk and dialects, language and identity.

James hears some of the poems penned underground, translates the dialect and tries to understand what made so many miners turn to poetry.

He also discovers how dialect pit poetry is being kept alive by forming the lyrics to new folk music.

The programme also explores the Nottinghamshire dialect more widely including the use of the greeting 'duck'.

Plus a performance by Nottinghamshire dialect poet Bridie Squires about the local word 'mardy'.

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


SUN 06:30 Bolder: Making the Most of Our Longer Lives by Carl Honoré (Omnibus) (m0001pzw)
How do we make the most of our longer lives?

Journalist Carl Honoré brought the Slow Movement to wider attention with his book In Praise of Slow.

Now he charts a major shift in our approach to ageing as he meets the revolutionaries who are inspiring us to live better for longer.

Read by Darren Boyd.

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Eileen Horne.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.


SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001stf2)
Mawaan Rizwan

Actor, comedian and writer Mawaan Rizwan chooses 'Mera Laung Gawacha' by Musarrat Nazir and 'Paper Planes' by MIA.


SUN 07:50 Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (Omnibus) (m001stf7)
Episode 2

While Sophia escapes with her lover, her sister Constance runs the family drapery shop.

Starring Gillian Kearney and Katy Cavanagh.

Arnold Bennett's novel follows the lives of two very different sisters who grow up above a thriving drapery business in the Potteries during the 1860s.

Omnibus of the next five of 15 episodes dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Sophia .... Katy Cavanagh
Constance .... Gillian Kearney
Gerald Scales .... Nicholas Boulton
Sam Povey .... Ian Dunn
Narrator .... Phillip Jackson
Chirac .... Tom Smith
Saleswoman .... Rachel Atkins
Englishman .... Chris Moran
Daniel Povey .... Declan Wilson
Maria Inshull .... Rachel Atkins
Madame Foucault .... Rachel Atkins
Mr Critchlow .... Stephen Critchlow
Monsieur Niepce .... John Rowe

Directors: Claire Grove & Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004.


SUN 09:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01s254c)
Series 2

Episode 3

Cinema shenanigans for the much-loved duo and the heroic deeds of Private Morecambe.

Starring Ernie Wise and Eric Morecambe.

Written by Eddie Braben.

With:

Richard Mathews
Ann Hamilton
Michael Kilgarriff

Special singing guest: Clodagh Rodgers

Music from Peter Knight and his Orchestra

Producer: John Browell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1976.


SUN 09:30 Tony's (b007k30t)
Series 1

All That Glitters

Tony decides his corner barber shop needs a makeover.

Starring Victor Spinetti.

More misadventures of corner-shop barber, Tony - a beleaguered Italian in his 40s.

Written by Jim Eldridge.

Tony …. Victor Spinetti
Hector …. John Laurie
Maisie …. Deborah Watling
Carlo …. Anthony Morton
Guest …. Bill Wallis
Guest … Jan Hunt

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1979.


SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001stff)
Doctor Who at 60

Matt Smith

Actor Matt Smith shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.

Matt is best known as the eleventh Timelord in the BBC ONE series, Doctor Who. At 26, he became the youngest actor to take the part.

His future looked set to be in football: he played at youth level for Northampton Town, Nottingham Forest and Leicester City until a serious back condition ended his highly promising career prematurely.

His drama teacher encouraged him to take up acting and he joined the National Youth Theatre and studied drama at the University of East Anglia. He played Lockwood in the National Theatre's touring production of The History Boys and was nominated for an Evening Standard Best Newcomer Award for his performance in Polly Stenham's That Face. He also appeared as a political researcher in the BBC Two parliamentary drama, Party Animals.

Despite being a surprise choice to play The Doctor in 2009, he became the first actor to be nominated for a Bafta television award for his performance in this role, and has won two National Television Awards. When he left Doctor Who at the end of 2013, he appeared on stage as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho: The Musical.

In 2016 he took the part of HRH Prince Philip Mountbatten, The Duke of Edinburgh, in the Netflix series The Crown, and received great acclaim, leaving the role at the end of the second series in late 2017.

DISC ONE: Roll With It - Oasis
DISC TWO: The Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd
DISC THREE: Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye
DISC FOUR: For An Angel (E-Werk Club Mix) - Paul van Dyk (featuring Rachel McFarlane)
DISC FIVE: Keep The Car Running - Arcade Fire
DISC SIX: Juicy (Radio Edit) - The Notorious B.I.G.
DISC SEVEN: Giacomo Puccini's Nessun Dorma - Luciano Pavarotti with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Kurt Herbert Adler
DISC EIGHT: All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem

BOOK CHOICE: Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes
LUXURY CHOICE: Endless supply of English Breakfast Tea
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: The Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd

Producer: Cathy Drysdale

First broacast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.


SUN 10:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b0124r4k)
Series 2

Elsa

David Attenborough recalls how, whilst en route to Madagascar, his BBC bosses asked him to break his journey in Kenya to visit the Adamsons.

Joy and George Adamson were famous for hand rearing a lioness whom they named Elsa. She was the central character in the book written by the couple, "Born Free".

Sir David cleverly takes us from the romanticism of Born Free and being close to habituated lions, to the harsh reality of befriending a big cat.

Producer: Julian Hector

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2011.


SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001stdw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 11:30 Bolder: Making the Most of Our Longer Lives by Carl Honoré (Omnibus) (m0001pzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001stf2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 12:50 Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (Omnibus) (m001stf7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 14:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01s254c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 14:30 Tony's (b007k30t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001stff)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 15:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b0124r4k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 16:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007jpbg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]


SUN 16:30 The Price of Fear (b007jshy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:30 today]


SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001stdw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


SUN 17:30 Bolder: Making the Most of Our Longer Lives by Carl Honoré (Omnibus) (m0001pzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001stf2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]


SUN 18:50 Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (Omnibus) (m001stf7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]


SUN 20:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01s254c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


SUN 20:30 Tony's (b007k30t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001stff)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]


SUN 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b0124r4k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


SUN 22:00 Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life (b04mcssb)
Series 1

Money

Mark Watson attempts to answer more big questions and make sense of life.

He's assisted by Tim Key and Tom Basden.

This time, Mark investigates money.

These days it's quite unfashionable to like money. People get demonised for having high salaries. Bankers are seen as bad guys. Less-is-more philosophies abound, yet they are flawed - mathematically, more is actually more. Is it so bad to try and get rich?

Mark probes the corrupting influence of money and the harm it does versus the good impact it can have, and weigh them up. Mark discusses his own experiences of being poor and quite well-off and how each impacted his personality.

Is money really the root of all evil?

Or a useful way of buying things like Polo mints, fruit, etc?

Written and performed by Mark Watson

Producer: Lianne Coop

An Impatient production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in October 2014.


SUN 22:30 Brian Appleton's Unofficial Multi-Media Lecture (m0010y1q)
Now Let's Listen to Light

After looking at sound last time, Brian attempts to follow through by 'listening to light'.

But is that plausible or should he just look at sound again?

After all, listening to light seems uncomfortably close to the discipline of laboratory physics - and Brian doesn't have the pre-requisite white coat.

Written and performed by Graham Fellows.

Additional research by Rex Brough.

Producer: Dawn Ellis.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2005.


SUN 22:45 We Know Everything (b084p1sk)
Episode 4

Experts Dan Gaster and Paul Powell tackle the questions no-one can be bothered to ask.

This time: When Parmesan goes rotten, what does it smell of?

The solution to this and many other needles queries will be revealed in the show.

Written by and starring Dan Gaster and Paul Powell.

With:

Simon Godley
Clare Cathcart
Martin Hyder

Producer: Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995.


SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001t56g)
Emmanuel Sonubi 1/3

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Jake Yapp is in conversation with the stand-up comedian, Emmanuel Sonubi.


SUN 23:00 Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! (b06sgygq)
Series 2

Financial Advisor

Milton becomes a responsible sober-suited financial adviser and fights off a Swedish invasion with the aid of his trusty hamster.

Yes! The man they call 'Britain's funniest Milton' returns to the radio with a fully working cast and a shipload of new jokes.

Mention Milton Jones to most people and the first thing they think is 'help!' Because Milton and his trusty assistant Anton are here to help people and soon find they're embroiled in a new adventure.

If you're close to the edge, then Milton can give you a push.

Written by Milton with James Cary and Dan Evans

With:

Tom Goodman-Hill
Josie Lawrence
Dan Tetsell

Music by Guy Jackson.

Director: David Tyler

A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2015.


SUN 23:30 Edge Falls (b007spsj)
Series 1

Family Fun Day

Booking 'Animal Man' Dickie Doubleday for the retail park proves to be a barking idea.

Dickie Doubleday 'Animal Man' is booked for a celebrity appearance at the retail village. But it proves to be a barking idea...

Starring Sarah Lancashire and Mark Benton.

Paul Barnhill and Neil Warhurst's sitcom following the lives of the staff of Edge Falls Retail Village.

Sonya ...... Sarah Lancashire
Mick ...... Mark Benton
Rez ...... Emil Marwa
Valerie ...... Sarah Hadland
Colin ...... Anthony Glennon
Milosh ...... John Dougall
John ...... Neil Warhurst
Dickie Doubleday ...... Paul Barnhill
Tina/Shaz ...... Jasmine Callan
Miranda ...... Lindsay Allen

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.

MONDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001stdw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 Bolder: Making the Most of Our Longer Lives by Carl Honoré (Omnibus) (m0001pzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]


MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001stf2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]


MON 01:50 Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (Omnibus) (m001stf7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]


MON 03:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01s254c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]


MON 03:30 Tony's (b007k30t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]


MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001stff)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]


MON 04:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b0124r4k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]


MON 05:00 Guy de Maupassant - Pierre and Jean (m001stfl)
In the busy seaport of Le Havre, two brothers are good-natured rivals in everything.

However, a family secret propels them into an intensely personal story of jealousy and suspicion.

Guy de Maupassant's novel about brotherhood, first published in 1888.

Dramatised by Ayshe Raif

Pierre .... Benedict Sandiford
Jean .... Tim Treloar
Mme Roland .... Elizabeth Bell
M Roland .... Jon Strickland
Mme Rosemilly .... Tracey Wiles
Josephine .... Gemma Saunders
Captain Beausire .... Gavin Muir

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1999


MON 06:00 Raffles (b007jngz)
Series 3

6. The Last Word

War-scarred Bunny returns to London, determined to restore his extraordinary friend's reputation.

Starring Jeremy Clyde and Michael Cochrane.

The adventures of cricketer and gentleman thief, Arthur J Raffles, and his chronicler, Harry ‘Bunny’ Manders.

Written by EW Hornung and dramatised by Olwen Wymark.

AJ Raffles …. Jeremy Clyde
‘Bunny’ Manders …. Michael Cochrane
Sophie …. Emily Richard
Alec …. Matthew Morgan
The policemen were played by Terence Edmond, John Church and Matthew Sim
Other parts played by members of the cast

Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.

Director: Gordon House

A BBC Radio 4/BBC World Service production first broadcast in June 1992.


MON 06:30 Pay Any Price (m001stst)
6. Flashbacks

Debbie’s role in the secret service’s UK dirty tricks operation turns deadly.

Ted Allbeury's spy thriller serial adapted from his 1983 best-seller.

Starring Robert Beatty, Susannah Fellows, Barry Foster and Michael J Shannon.

When President Kennedy said in his inauguration speech that America would 'pay any price' to preserve freedom, he could not have realised that the price would include his own life.

Neither could he have imagined that defending freedom would lead to the ruthless sacrifice of the minds of innocent people.

This is the story of part of the price that was paid.

It may seem incredible, but it is based on fact.

Jimmy Boyd .... Barry Foster
Debbie .... Susannah Fellows
Tony Symons .... Michael J Shannon
Katie Boyd/Woman in film .... Carole Boyd
Healey .... Leslle Heritage
Dr Ansell .... David Hobbs
Steve Randall .... David Banks
Tannoy Announce .... Pauline Siddle
Consultant .... Alan Rowe
Clerk/Man in film .... Clive Panto
Rafferty .... James Kerry

Director: Christopher Venning

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1983.


MON 07:00 The Offing by Benjamin Myers (m0007wtc)
1. Leaving

One summer following the Second World War, 16-year-old Robert Appleyard sets out on foot from his Durham mining village, desperate to see something of the world before he goes down the pit.

He sets off with a few basic provisions and no idea of where he'll end up...

As an old man, Robert looks back on the summer that changed the direction his life was to take, and the woman who opened his eyes to life's possibilities.

Novel written by Benjamin Myers, first published in 2019.

Abridged in ten parts by Sian Preece.

Read by Kevin Whately.

Benjamin Myers is an award-winning novelist, music journalist and landscape writer. His novel The Gallows Pole received a Roger Deakin Award and won the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction; Beastings won the Portico Prize for Literature and Pig Iron won the inaugural Gordon Burn Prize.

Kevin Whately is well known for his TV roles in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and as Robert 'Robbie' Lewis in Inspector Morse and Lewis.

Produced at BBC Scotland by Sara Davies.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2019.


MON 07:15 Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (m001stt9)
11. The Proudest Mother

1889, Bursley. Constance, now in her late 40s, lives for her 19-year-old son, Cyril, but he has alarming news.

Starring Marcia Warren and Jim Pike.

Arnold Bennett's novel follows the lives of two very different sisters who grow up above a thriving drapery business in the Potteries during the 1860s.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Constance .... Marcia Warren
Cyril Povey .... Jim Pyke
The Narrator .... Philip Jackson
Maria Inshull .... Rachel Atkins
Mr Critchlow .... Stephen Critchlow
Auctioneer/Guard .... Declan Wilson

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.


MON 07:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (m0008jf9)
Series 3

Santa Claused Faced Old…

Alexei tells the story of a long lost tin of pâté, and offers his thoughts on the gig economy.

He also reveals what he believes to be the secret war being waged by the old on the young...

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

Written and performed by Alexei Sayle.

Producer: Joe Nunnery

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


MON 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlws)
Series 3

Death in the Family

Distraught Harold Steptoe must break some sad news to his father, 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

Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.

Producer: Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1971.


MON 08:30 After Henry (b007nf1y)
Series 4

Dependent Relatives

'I'm sorry, mother. It's just that that's the fourth time you've said you're not feeling at all well in the last hour".

Sarah is missing her daughter Clare - and her mother Eleanor is still very irritating.

Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women.

Each is struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband, yet they never quite manage to see eye-to-eye.

Sarah ...... Prunella Scales
Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson
Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Clare ...... Gerry Cowper

Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced After Henry for the ITV network.

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1989.


MON 09:00 The Write Stuff (b04n2ksk)
Series 17

Henry Fielding

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

Team captains John Walsh and Sebastian Faulks are joined by Jane Thynne and John O'Farrell.

This episode's author is Henry Fielding.

Reader: Beth Chalmers

Producer: Alexandra Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014.


MON 09:30 Ring Around the Bath (b00ttmvh)
Series 2

Brideshead Unvisited

Rick's ex-girlfriend is getting married and the whole family is invited.

Stella's doubts about an occasion involving the entire Bartholomew clan prove to be justified...

Starring Duncan Preston and Penny Downie.

Lucy Clare and Ian Davidson's sitcom about a topsy-turvy household.

Patrick ...... Duncan Preston
Stella ...... Penny Downie
Alison ...... Claudie Blakely
Rick ...... Bruce McKinnon
Xanthe ...... Catherine Shepherd
Egg ...... Daniela Denby-Ashe
Photographer ...... Terence Frisch .

Producer: Elizabeth Freestone

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.


MON 10:00 Guy de Maupassant - Pierre and Jean (m001stfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 11:00 Raffles (b007jngz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 11:30 Pay Any Price (m001stst)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 12:00 The Offing by Benjamin Myers (m0007wtc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 12:15 Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (m001stt9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 12:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (m0008jf9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 13:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlws)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 13:30 After Henry (b007nf1y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 14:00 The Write Stuff (b04n2ksk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 14:30 Ring Around the Bath (b00ttmvh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 15:00 Guy de Maupassant - Pierre and Jean (m001stfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


MON 16:00 Raffles (b007jngz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


MON 16:30 Pay Any Price (m001stst)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


MON 17:00 The Offing by Benjamin Myers (m0007wtc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


MON 17:15 Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (m001stt9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


MON 17:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (m0008jf9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


MON 18:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlws)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


MON 18:30 After Henry (b007nf1y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


MON 19:00 The Write Stuff (b04n2ksk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 19:30 Ring Around the Bath (b00ttmvh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


MON 20:00 Radiolab (m001bqf9)
Series 10

Lose Lose

Radiolab explores what it would be like if everyone played not to win, but to lose? With Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich.

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.

From WNYC. First broadcast on public radio in the USA in 2016.


MON 20:55 Inheritance Tracks (b010gbwd)
Laurie Anderson

Artist and musician Laurie Anderson inherits 'Music in Twelve Parts' by Philip Glass and passes on Billie Holiday's 'Strange Fruit'.


MON 21:00 Mastertapes (b092f4j9)
Series 7

Jimmy Webb (A-side)

Jimmy Webb talks about his classic songs MacArthur Park, Wichita Lineman and Up, Up and Away.

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, Jimmy talks to John Wilson.

The legendary song-writer recalls a career that began in High School and went on to include platinum selling hits for Donna Summer, Frank Sinatra, R.E.M., Barbara Streisand and, of course, Glen Campbell.

The youngest person ever to have been inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame and the only artist to have won Grammy Awards in music, lyrics and orchestration, Jimmy Webb's compositions include MacArthur Park, Wichita Lineman, Up, Up and Away and Galveston and the third most performed song in the 50 years between 1940 and 1990 - By the Time I Get to Phoenix.

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

Series Producer: Paul Kobrak

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017


MON 21:30 Doctor Who (m001sttt)
The War Doctor

2. The Thousand Worlds Part 2/2

The Time Lord joins forces with an old friend on planet Keska, deep in the Null Zone and under Traalyen rule.

Times have changed on Keska, and a countdown to destruction is beginning.

But who are the Taalyens and what is their part in the great and terrifying Dalek plan?

John Hurt stars as The War Doctor.

The War Doctor …. John Hurt
Cardinal Ollistra …. Jacqueline Pearce
Rejoice …. Lucy Briggs-Owen
Garv …. John Bank
Velkin …. Beth Chalmers
Arverton …. Barnaby Edwards
Bennus …. Kieran Hodgson
The Slave …. Carolyn Seymour
Seratrix …. Alex Wyndham
The Daleks .... Nicholas Briggs

Original music written by Howard Carter.

Artwork by Tom Webster.

Written and directed by Nicholas Briggs.

A Big Finish production.


MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m001slqp)
Series 80

Episode 2

This series of Radio 4's multi award-winning ‘antidote to panel games’ promises more homespun wireless entertainment for the young at heart.

This week the programme pays a return visit to the Pavilion Theatre in Bournemouth where Marcus Brigstocke and Rachel Parris are pitched against Tony Hawks and Miles Jupp, with Jack Dee in the chair. At the piano - Colin Sell.

Producer - Jon Naismith

It is a BBC Studios production for Radio 4.


MON 22:30 Domestic Science (b07lhgr3)
Series 1

Episode 2

The power of static electricity is harnessed, our internal bacteria examined and get a great life hack on how to chill cans of beer without a fridge.

A heady combination of maths, science and comedy.

Hosted by Festival of the Spoken Nerd trio:

Physicist Steve Mould
Stand up Mathematician Matt Parker
Physicist and musician Helen Arney.

It’s science that you can play along with at home as the team look at domestic phenomena that we relate to on a day-to-day basis.

Producer: Julia McKenzie

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


MON 22:45 Darren Harriott: Black Label (m0006tm8)
Gangs

Darren looks back at his time in a teenage gang; what attracted him to help form the TCK (Terror Clan Killaz)?

What drew the members together and why did he leave the gang?

Recorded in Darren's hometown of Birmingham, Black Label explores the different labels and roles he's been assigned throughout his life - Brummie, gang member, brother and son, bouncer and now comic.

Each episode of Black Label consists of incredibly open-hearted stories from the front line of Darren's life - challenging, enlightening and properly funny comedy.

Written and Performed by Darren Harriott.

Photo by Freddie Claire

Producer: Adnan Ahmed

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


MON 23:00 The Now Show (m001smvr)
Series 63

Episode 4

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. They're joined by Ria Lina looking into changes in the NHS, Fin Taylor on the royals, and with an original song from Ed MacArthur.

The show was written by the cast with additional material from Rachel E Thorn, Aidan Fitzmaurice, Joe Bates and Cody Dahler.

Voice Actors: Joz Norris and Gemma Arrowsmith.

Producer: Rajiv Karia
Production Coordinator: Katie Baum

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4


MON 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jsmr)
Series 1

The Curse of the Mastersons

1760: Aristocratic rabbits and emancipation?

Meet the Masterson family.

Based entirely on audience suggestions - this is an improvised historical saga of a family at war with itself.

Starring:

Paul Merton
Josie Lawrence
Caroline Quentin
Jim Sweeney
Phelim McDermott

Producer: Phil Clarke

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1993.

TUESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2023

TUE 00:00 Guy de Maupassant - Pierre and Jean (m001stfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 Raffles (b007jngz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]


TUE 01:30 Pay Any Price (m001stst)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]


TUE 02:00 The Offing by Benjamin Myers (m0007wtc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]


TUE 02:15 Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (m001stt9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]


TUE 02:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (m0008jf9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]


TUE 03:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlws)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]


TUE 03:30 After Henry (b007nf1y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 The Write Stuff (b04n2ksk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]


TUE 04:30 Ring Around the Bath (b00ttmvh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]


TUE 05:00 David Goodland - The Voice of Angels (m0007r4d)
The Liverpool Poisoning Case in the summer of 1889 made international headlines when the beautiful 28-year-old American Florence Maybrick was tried for the murder of her husband James.

But Florence put forth an extraordinary defence.

Starring Margaret Robertson and Fiona Clarke.

At turns both poignant and gripping, David Goodland's interpretation of this true story charts a famous miscarriage of justice.

Florence/Gladys ... Fiona Clarke
Older Florence .... Margaret Robertson
Michael ..... Angus Wright
Russell ....Alexander Delamere
Judge Stephen .... Kenneth Alan Taylor
James ... Joseph Millson
Alice ..... Vashti Maclachlan

Director Jim Poyser

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.


TUE 06:00 Sherlock Holmes (m000hglt)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 6

1. A Scandal in Bohemia

The Baker Street sleuth investigates when a previous liaison comes back to haunt European royalty.

Starring Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes and Norman Shelley as Dr Watson

Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and adapted by Michael Hardwick.

Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Doctor Watson …. Norman Shelley
King of Bohemia …. Rolf Lefebvrs
Godfrey Norton …. Leroy Lingwood
Irene Adler …. Gudrun Urs
Housekeeper …. Noel Hood

Other parts played by Antony Viccars, Jonathan Scott and Kim Grant.

Producer: Martyn C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1966.


TUE 06:30 Pay Any Price (m001sw4j)
7. Reality Leaks

Both Debbie and George exhibit disturbing signs of their unsuspected actions. With Susannah Fellows and Barry Foster.

The seventh episode of a ten-part serial adapted for radio by Ted Allbeury from his 1983 best-seller.

Stockport-born author Ted Allbeury [1917-2005] wrote over forty novels between 1972 and 2000. He served as an intelligence officer in the SOE during WW2, which provided the groundwork for him to master the art of the spy novel genre.

With David Banks and Barry Foster.

This is the story of part of the price that was paid by unsuspecting victims used by secret agencies in the west. It may seem incredible, but it is based on fact.

CAST:

Jimmy Boyd .... Barry Foster
Steve Randall .... David Banks
Mr Salmon .... Garard Green
Dr Ansell .... David Hobbs
Cpl George Walker/CIA Voice .... Richard Huw
Healey .... Leslie Heritage
Policeman .... Clive Panto
Cavendish .... James Kerry
Receptionist .... Pauline Siddle
Operator .... Carole Boyd

Director: Christopher Venning

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1983.


TUE 07:00 The Offing by Benjamin Myers (m0007wvn)
2. Nettle Tea

One summer following the Second World War, 16 year old Robert Appleyard set out on foot from his Durham mining village, desperate to see something of the world before he goes down the pit.

Acutely attuned to the rhythms and delights of the natural world, he sleeps rough and takes work where he can find it, until meeting Dulcie Piper, an eccentric older woman who lives in a ramshackle cottage looking out to sea.

Dulcie introduces Robert to nettle tea, and some shocking new ideas

Novel written by Benjamin Myers.

As an old man, Robert looks back on the summer that changed the direction his life was to take, and the woman who opened his eyes to life's possibilities.

Abridged by Sian Preece.

Read by Kevin Whately.

Produced at BBC Scotland by Sara Davies.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2019.


TUE 07:15 Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (m001sw4n)
12. Frensham’s

1895, Paris. Sophia is the successful proprietor of a smart hotel when Constance is told of her whereabouts.

Arnold Bennett's novel follows the lives of two very different sisters who grow up above a thriving drapery business in the Potteries, during the 1860s.

CAST:
Constance .... Gillian Kearney
Sophia .... Katy Cavanagh
Narrator .... Phillip Jackson
Lewis Mardon .... John Rowe
Matthew Peel-Swynnerton .... Carl Prekopp

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004


TUE 07:30 For The Love of Leo (m0001xpl)
Series 1

The Countess of Mars

Widowed Leo’s aristocratic friend Clementine seeks love to heal sorrow.

Leo offers friendship instead.

Starring Mark Bonnar and Beth Marshall.

Wry, narrative comedy written by Michael Chaplin.

The funeral of Leo's wife Tamsin was barely over before he acquired a new status as an eligible bachelor. The women in his circle are beginning to seek his company and win his affection.; while his mother, his grown up arctic weather analyst daughter and newly acquired, sparky, opinionated cleaning lady offer unasked for advice.

His life becomes ever more complicated and demanding.

Each episode traces his growing relationship with a different woman, as the ghost of Tamsin, who knew all of these women well, turns up at bedtime to venture an opinion too.

Leo becomes increasingly haunted by the mystery surrounding Tamsin’s accident, miles from home....

Leo Fabiani ... Mark Bonnar
Tamsin Fabiani ... Beth Marshall
Rose Fabiani ... Sandra Voe
Sadie ... Tracy Wiles
Clementine ... Jemma Redgrave
Angus/ Sgt. Gemmell ... David Robb

Director: Marilyn Imrie

A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2019.


TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jpvf)
Vintage Goons

The Mummified Priest

Neddie Seagoon is suffering from 'lust for gold' so organises an expedition into the desert.

Ground-breaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

Vintage Goons is a series of re-recorded episodes made by the original cast for sale abroad.

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Charles Chilton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1954.

Re-recording from October 1957 by the BBC Transcription Service made for broadcast abroad.

First broadcast on BBC 7 in 2003.


TUE 08:30 King Street Junior (b007jng7)
Series 8

Left Out, Roped In

Mrs Rudd champions playground "back to basics", while Mr Sims has an equally tough challenge.

Created by Jim Eldridge, ten series of this comedy about a junior school ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005

Written by Martin Davies.

Phillip Sims …. Karl Howman
Mr Beeston …. James Grout
Mr Holliday …. Tom Watson
Mrs Stone …. Margaret John
Mr Long …. Paul Copley
Mrs Patterson …. Deirdre Costello
Mrs Rudd …. Vivienne Martin
Miss Lewis …. Marlene Sidaway
Adele McAfee .... Moya O'Shea
Nadeem ...... Adam Searles
Hopkins ...... Nicky Skarott

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995.


TUE 09:00 Quote... Unquote (m000czlb)
Dame Esther Rantzen, Steve Pemberton, Konnie Huq

Nigel Rees quizzes his celebrity guests on the origins of sayings and well-known quotes, and gets the famous panel to share their favourite anecdotes and quotes.

With:

Lyricist and author Sir Tim Rice
Novelist Robin Stevens
Stand-up comedian and writer Shazia Mirza

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

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


TUE 09:30 The Change (b0076d5w)
Series 2

Episode 6

It seems all of Carol's problems are solved:

Her husband is back, her children are getting on and, best of all, her interfering mother-in-law is getting married. But will the bride make it to the church on time?

Lynda Bellingham and Chris Ellison star as troubled hormonal wife Carol who kicked out her mechanic husband George when he revealed he's a transvestite.

Sitcom by Gavin Petrie and Jan Etherington.

Carol …. Lynda Bellingham
George …. Chris Ellison
Violet …. Sylvia Syms
Maureen …. Maureen Beattie
Ken …. James Vaughan
Sonia …. Emma Kennedy
Jerry …. Barnaby Kay
Dave …. Mark Powley

Producer: Elizabeth Freestone.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.


TUE 10:00 David Goodland - The Voice of Angels (m0007r4d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 11:00 Sherlock Holmes (m000hglt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 11:30 Pay Any Price (m001sw4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 12:00 The Offing by Benjamin Myers (m0007wvn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 12:15 Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (m001sw4n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 12:30 For The Love of Leo (m0001xpl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b007jpvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 13:30 King Street Junior (b007jng7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 14:00 Quote... Unquote (m000czlb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 14:30 The Change (b0076d5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 15:00 David Goodland - The Voice of Angels (m0007r4d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


TUE 16:00 Sherlock Holmes (m000hglt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


TUE 16:30 Pay Any Price (m001sw4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


TUE 17:00 The Offing by Benjamin Myers (m0007wvn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


TUE 17:15 Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (m001sw4n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


TUE 17:30 For The Love of Leo (m0001xpl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b007jpvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


TUE 18:30 King Street Junior (b007jng7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


TUE 19:00 Quote... Unquote (m000czlb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 19:30 The Change (b0076d5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m001sw4x)
Loudmouths

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

Manoush Zomorodi explores the rewards and consequences for three female performers - Lilly Singh, Nadya Tolokonnikova and Sarah Jones - who have spoken out loudly to effect change.

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


TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (b06gy2s1)
Julian Lennon

Beatle John Lennon's son chooses 'Hey Jude', written for him by Paul McCartney, and his own poignant composition 'Saltwater'.


TUE 21:00 Mastertapes (b09hrrrb)
Series 7

Jimmy Webb (B-side)

Jimmy Webb answers audience questions about his songs like 'MacArthur Park', 'Wichita Lineman' and 'Up, Up And Away'.

Series in which leading performers and songwriters talk to John Wilson about the album, or songs, 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: Jimmy Webb

Having discussed his early song-writing career, writing for the likes of Frank Sinatra, Barbara Striesand, Richard Harris and Glen Campbell (in the A-side of the programme), and writing songs like 'MacArthur Park', 'Wichita Lineman', and 'Up, Up And Away', Jimmy Webb responds to questions from the audience.

Producer: Paul Kobrak

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2017.


TUE 21:30 Doctor Who (m001sw51)
The War Doctor

3. The Heart of the Battle Part 1/2

Trapped in a citadel swarming with Daleks, the Time Lord rescue force must find a way to overcome insurmountable odds.

With the Daleks apparently planning to rule the Null Zone, perhaps their thirst for universal conquest and victory has been quenched… The War Doctor doesn’t believe so - but how can he prove it without destroying any chance of peace?

As the countdown to the destruction of Keska proceeds, a deadly choice must be made... A choice that will define this Doctor, and perhaps forever cast him in the role of 'monster'.

John Hurt stars as The War Doctor.

The War Doctor …. John Hurt
Cardinal Ollistra …. Jacqueline Pearce
Rejoice …. Lucy Briggs-Owen
Seratrix …. Alex Wyndham
Velkin …. Beth Chalmers
Bennus …. Kieran Hodgson
Garv …. John Bank
The Daleks .... Nicholas Briggs

Original music written by Howard Carter.

Artwork by Tom Webster

Written and directed by Nicholas Briggs.

A Big Finish production.


TUE 22:00 Best Medicine (m001sm8v)
Series 1

7. Failure, Detection, Herpes, Climate Change

Joining Kiri this week are Dr Lindsey Fitzharris who brings with her a Victorian clockwork surgical saw to demonstrate why failure can sometimes be the best medicine, while Professor Kevin Harrington explains how he uses molecular scissors to modify the herpes virus to attack cancer cells. We also hear from his patient Nigel who went from palliative care to cancer-free. Dr Aravinthan Varatharaj talks about playing detective when diagnosing neurological diseases, and comedian Dr Matt Winning says doing something about climate change is the best medicine.

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 everyday 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.

Hosted by Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Featuring: Dr Lindsey Fitzharris, Professor Kevin Harrington, Dr Aravinthan Varatharaj, and Dr Matt Winning

Written by Laura Claxton, Toussaint Douglass, Edward Easton, 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 Earls of the Court (b00qvpk2)
Earls Reunited

Lloydie returns after years of travel to find best mate Johnno still living in their old flat.

But their former gang has disbanded and times have changed. Worse still, the sins of the past are about to catch up with them.

Comedy drama series about two Australians down on their luck in London.

Written by and starring Will Adamsdale and Stewart Wright.

Lloydie ...... Stewart Wright
Johnno ...... Will Adamsdale
Bonzo ...... Rufus Wright
Kirsty ...... Keely Beresford
Shalk ...... Michael Shelford
Brett ...... David Seddon

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.


TUE 22:45 Quando, Quando, Quando (b007xry7)
Big Head

The Quando brothers' hair salon is thrown into pandemonium when the President of Uruguay arrives for his annual trim. No one must mention his enormous head...

Brothers Rene, Carlo and Charlie Quando chop, snip and crimp their lucky clients into shape at London's finest hair salon.

Six-part comedy written and performed by Rainer Hersch and Mark Maie.

With:
Stephen Greif
Catherine Tate
Nicholas Parsons

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1999.


TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001t56l)
Emmanuel Sonubi 2/3

From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Jake Yapp has another chat with the stand-up comedian, Emmanuel Sonubi.


TUE 23:00 The World of Simon Rich (m0002r7j)
Series 2

Episode Four

Celebrated American humourist Simon Rich returns with more of his enchanting tales of the absurd.

Performed in London by a top-drawer cast of comic talent including:

Robert Webb
Cariad Lloyd
Jamie Demetriou
Lewis Macleod
Freya Parker

Producer: Jon Harvey

A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2019.


TUE 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b01jb1xy)
Series 3

Matsons Electronics

Electrical retailer, Matson’s, needs a boost – but are they ready for the sort of kick delivered by this bunch?

James Carey's sitcom about a clueless bunch of management consultants, Unthinkable Solutions, effortlessly screwing-up their clients' businesses.

Starring:

Ryan ...... Marcus Brigstocke
Owen ...... David Mitchell
Sophie ...... Beth Chalmers
Daisy ...... Catherine Shepherd

With:

Justin Edwards
James Rawlings
Steven Kynman
Rachel Atkins

Music by John Whitehall.

Producer: Adam Bromley.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.

WEDNESDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2023

WED 00:00 David Goodland - The Voice of Angels (m0007r4d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:00 Sherlock Holmes (m000hglt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]


WED 01:30 Pay Any Price (m001sw4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]


WED 02:00 The Offing by Benjamin Myers (m0007wvn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]


WED 02:15 Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (m001sw4n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]


WED 02:30 For The Love of Leo (m0001xpl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]


WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b007jpvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]


WED 03:30 King Street Junior (b007jng7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 Quote... Unquote (m000czlb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]


WED 04:30 The Change (b0076d5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]


WED 05:00 Melissa Murray - Pass the Parcel (b0076vh0)
Two people meet at a genealogy course researching the background to their family history.

Both are emotionally scarred by the past, and when they investigate their family backgrounds they discover that there is a curious link between their ancestors as well.

Will this have a beneficial or negative effect on their own relationship?

Anton Lesser and Carolyn Pickles star in Melissa Murray’s romantic drama.

Adam ... Anton Lesser
Alison ... Carolyn Pickles
Mark ... Gerard McDermott
Frances .... Natasha Pyne
Mary/Steph ... Ella Smith

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.


WED 06:00 Sherlock Holmes (m000hhq0)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 6

2. The Five Orange Pips

The great detective investigates murders presaged by the victims receiving dried orange pips through the mail.

Starring Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes and Norman Shelley as Dr Watson

Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and adapted by Michael Hardwick.

Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Doctor Watson …. Norman Shelley
John Openshaw …. William Eedle
Elias Openshaw …. Bruce Beeby
Joseph Openshaw …. James Thomason
Shipping Clerk …. Jonathan Scott

Producer: Martyn C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1966.


WED 06:30 Pay Any Price (m001sw4k)
8. Number Unknown

Boyd is determined to learn the truth and calls in a favour from a friend at the CIA. With Robert Beatty and Barry Foster.

The eighth episode of a ten-part serial adapted for radio by Ted Allbeury from his 1983 best-seller.

Stockport-born author Ted Allbeury [1917-2005] wrote over forty novels between 1972 and 2000. He served as an intelligence officer in the SOE during WW2, which provided the groundwork for him to master the art of the spy novel genre.

With Robert Beatty and Barry Foster.

This is the story of part of the price that was paid by unsuspecting victims used by secret agencies in the west. It may seem incredible, but it is based on fact.

CAST:

Jimmy Boyd .... Barry Foster
Otto Schultz …. Robert Beatty
Dr Ansell .... David Nobbs
Katie Boyd .... Carole Boyd
Steve Randall .... David Banks
CIA operator .... Alex Jennings

Director: Christopher Venning

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1983.


WED 07:00 The Offing by Benjamin Myers (m0007wdl)
3. Lobster

One summer following the Second World War, 16 year old Robert Appleyard set out on foot from his Durham mining village, desperate to see something of the world before he goes down the pit.

Acutely attuned to the rhythms and delights of the natural world, he sleeps rough and takes work where he can find it, until meeting Dulcie Piper, an eccentric older woman who lives in a ramshackle cottage looking out to sea.

Robert discovers the pleasures of fine food, good wine and conversation

Novel written by Benjamin Myers.

As an old man, Robert looks back on the summer that changed the direction his life was to take, and the woman who opened his eyes to life's possibilities.

Abridged by Sian Preece.

Read by Kevin Whately.

Produced at BBC Scotland by Sara Davies.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2019.


WED 07:15 Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (m001sw4p)
13. The Meeting

Constance and Sophia are re-united at last but Sophia soon feels stifled by Bursley.

Arnold Bennett's novel follows the lives of two very different sisters who grow up above a thriving drapery business in the Potteries, during the 1860s.

CAST:
Sophia .... Penelope Wilton
Constance .... Marcia Warren
The Narrator .... Philip Jackson
Mr Critchlow .... Stephen Critchlow
Maria Critchlow .... Rachel Atkins
Dr Stirling .... Andrew Harrison
Amy .... Lydia Leonard

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004


WED 07:30 Mark Steel's in Town (b09h3rc9)
Series 8

Bedford

Mark Steel is back with the 8th series of his award winning show that travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness. After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for the local residents.

In this first episode Mark visits Bedford.

Everyone's heard of Bedford but not many seem to know where it is or what goes on there. It is a town full of surprises; it has the highest concentration of Italians in the country, it is the home of the biggest airship in the world and it has a museum dedicated to a cult called The Panacea Society, who believe The Garden of Eden is actually in Bedford.

Written and performed by Mark Steel.

Additional material by Pete Sinclair.

Produced by Carl Cooper.

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


WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b0089k50)
Series 5

The Foreign Legion

The Lad is set to entertain troops in Malta.

But he gets duped into making an appearance on the frontline.

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 April 1958.


WED 08:30 Ballylenon (b00ft0t2)
Series 1

Episode 5

Phonsie calls in a few favours from his friend Joe MacMonagle.

Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1953, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in every home.

Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.

Phonsie Doherty ...... TP McKenna
Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy
Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker
Vivienne Boal ...... Aine McCartney
Guard Gallagher ...... John Hewitt
Stumpy Bonnar ...... Gerard McSorley
Aubrey Frawley ...... Dominic Letts
Jonathan Ffrench O'Dowd ...... Wesley Murphy
Primrose Ffrench O'Dowd ...... Marcella Riordan

Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1994.


WED 09:00 Counterpoint (b01jggld)
Series 26

2012 Heat 7

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 seventh trio of 27 competitors are at the Radio Theatre in London for the seventh heat of the series.

Dan Adler from Farnham, Surrey
Roger Blackburn from Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Rosemary Harbridge from Dorking in Surrey

Producer: Paul Bajoria

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.


WED 09:30 Four Joneses and a Jenkins (b007jqm4)
December - Sauce for the Goose

Under the shadow of the Long Mynd, Megan is out to save Gudrun from a plucking.

Sue Limb’s pastoral sitcom follows six months in the life of the Jones family, who live on a small farm in rural Wales.

Mr Jones ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ma Jones ...... Lisabeth Miles
Megan Jones ...... Rebecca Front
Owen Jones ...... Matthew Morgan
Bootle ...... Michael Fenton Stevens
Mr Jenkins ...... Nickolas Grace

Recorded on location.

Music composed by John Whitehall.

Producer: Jonathan James Moore.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000.


WED 10:00 Melissa Murray - Pass the Parcel (b0076vh0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 11:00 Sherlock Holmes (m000hhq0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 11:30 Pay Any Price (m001sw4k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 12:00 The Offing by Benjamin Myers (m0007wdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 12:15 Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (m001sw4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 12:30 Mark Steel's in Town (b09h3rc9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b0089k50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 13:30 Ballylenon (b00ft0t2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 14:00 Counterpoint (b01jggld)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 14:30 Four Joneses and a Jenkins (b007jqm4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 15:00 Melissa Murray - Pass the Parcel (b0076vh0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]


WED 16:00 Sherlock Holmes (m000hhq0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]


WED 16:30 Pay Any Price (m001sw4k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]


WED 17:00 The Offing by Benjamin Myers (m0007wdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]


WED 17:15 Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale (m001sw4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]


WED 17:30 Mark Steel's in Town (b09h3rc9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]


WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b0089k50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]


WED 18:30 Ballylenon (b00ft0t2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]


WED 19:00 Counterpoint (b01jggld)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


WED 19:30 Four Joneses and a Jenkins (b007jqm4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]


WED 20:00 Archive on 4 (m0001lw3)
Apollo 8

Six months before Neil Armstrong’s ‘one small step’ came humanity’s giant leap.

It was December 1968. Faced with President Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the Moon before the end of the decade, NASA made the bold decision to send three astronauts beyond Earth orbit for the first time.

Those three astronauts spent Christmas Eve orbiting the moon. Their legendary photograph, "Earthrise" showed our planet as seen from across the lunar horizon - and was believed to have been a major influence on the nascent environmental movement.

Through extraordinary NASA archive, the first British astronaut Helen Sharman goes inside the capsule to tell the story of the first time man went to another world.

Researchers: Diane Richardson and Colin Anderton

Written and produced by Chris Browning.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018.


WED 21:00 Short Cuts (b07zyhq0)
Series 10

Wild Youth

Falling in love, losing yourself and vicious sibling rivalries - Josie Long presents tales of wild youth. We hear the writer Joe Dunthorne and his sister Leah try to unpick old family scars and a story of attempted teen rebellion from Mae Martin.

Rivals
Featuring Joe and Leah Dunthorne

Wild Youth
Featuring Mae Martin

Julius and Moses
Featuring Julius Matovu and Moses Walumsimbi
Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.


WED 21:30 Doctor Who (m001sw4v)
The War Doctor

3. The Heart of the Battle Part 2/2

Trapped in a citadel swarming with Daleks, the Time Lord rescue force must find a way to overcome insurmountable odds.

Will the Daleks' thirst for universal conquest and victory be quenched by their plans to rule the Null Zone? The War Doctor thinks not. But how can he prove it without destroying any chance of peace?

As the countdown to the destruction of Keska proceeds, a deadly choice must be made - one that will define the Time Lord and perhaps forever cast him in the role of 'monster'.

John Hurt stars as The War Doctor.

The War Doctor …. John Hurt
Cardinal Ollistra …. Jacqueline Pearce
Rejoice …. Lucy Briggs-Owen
Seratrix …. Alex Wyndham
Velkin …. Beth Chalmers
Bennus …. Kieran Hodgson
Garv …. John Bank
The Daleks .... Nicholas Briggs

Original music written by Howard Carter.

Artwork by Tom Webster

Written and directed by Nicholas Briggs.

A Big Finish production.


WED 22:00 Glenn Moore's Almanac (m001slvs)
General Election

Comedian Glenn Moore looks in his almanac at world events and what he was doing at the time. In this episode, the 2015 General Election inspires Glenn to stand in his school’s own mock election, as the candidate with the most unlikely set of policies ever.

Perhaps best-known for his outrageously brilliant one-liners on Mock The Week, Glenn delivers a tale of comic mishaps and extraordinary scenes interwoven with a big event in history – and looks back through his almanac to find out other strange connections to the day as well.

Written by Glenn with additional material by Katie Storey (Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week, The Last Leg) and produced and directed by David Tyler (Cabin Pressure, Armando Iannucci’s Charm Offensive, and many more).

A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4


WED 22:30 Date Night (m0003kv0)
Series 1

Episode 4

DATE NIGHT, noun: A pre-arranged occasion when a couple who have been together for a long time commit to a regular night out in order to keep their relationship alive.

Semi-improvised comedy show in which a series of couples are desperately trying to keep their relationship functioning by creating a weekly date night intervention.

For some, the relationship is already broken, for others it's their pre-emptive strike in the hope of new-found longevity. More often than not, the stakes are high, involving children, careers and homes.

Fiona/Patrick/Barry/Richard/Rob/Terry …... Marc Wootton
Jamali ….. Hammed Animashaun
Carol .….. Monica Dolan
Rita …... Ellie White
Maddy …... Katherine Parkinson
Gary .….. Jamie Demetriou
Terri …... Catherine Tate
Narrator ....... Fi Glover

Produced by Anna Madley

A Black Hat production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2019.


WED 23:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01f883m)
Series 2

With Danny Baker

Another series of the comedy show hosted by Alex Horne and his five piece band and specially written, original music.

This opening epsiode explores the theme of 'games' and guest stars Danny Baker who sings with the band and champions an instrument that can't fail to put a smile on your face.

Plus the funkiest song you're ever likely to hear about Chess; an Ode to Chris Hoy and music to exercise to.

With electric guitarist Ben Jones.

Alex's Horne Section are:

Trumpet/banjo .... Joe Auckland
Saxophone/clarinet ....Mark Brown
Double Bass/Bass .... Will Collier
Drums and Percussion .... Ben Reynolds
Piano/keyboard .... Ed Sheldrake

Producer: Julia McKenzie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.


WED 23:30 The Skewer (m001slwg)
Series 10

Episode 7

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

This week - Napoleon Braverman, the Time Team help the Israeli Defence Force dig for tunnels, and the BBC Autumnwatch team set up their cameras for Jeremy Hunt's statement.

Creator / Producer: Jon Holmes

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4


WED 23:45 The Goldfish Bowl (b007zh4f)
Series 1

Episode 1

Liam and Anton are goldfish contemplating the meaning of their existence.

Liam is a Friday-night-in-with-a-Dick Francis-and-a-box-of-Terry's All Gold goldfish, whereas Anton is erudite and sophisticated.

Written by and starring Shaun Prendergast.

Liam ...... Sean Foley
Martin ...... Shaun Prendergast
Anton ...... Hamish McColl
Susan ...... Sarah Parish

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio in August 1998.