RADIO-LISTS: BBC RADIO 4 Extra
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SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2024
SAT 00:00 Soul Music (m00127bz)
Song To The Siren
"Long afloat in shipless oceans":
So begins ‘Song To The Siren’ whose lyrics were inspired by Homer's Odyssey and the story of the Sirens who lured unwitting sailors to their deaths on the rocks.
There is something so ancient and enchanting about the Siren that appeals to us.
For wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson listening to the song reinforced his belief that the eerie calls of seals at night, were in fact the original siren voices whose sound and shape convinced sailors that they were being called by strange mer-creatures.
His collaboration with poet Alec Finlay led to Chris recording two singers singing to each other across a bay in the North East of England "Here I am waiting to enfold you". Song To The Siren fills him with melancholy.
The image of lives lost at sea is one that Meg Bignell strongly associates with the song.
When a family friend drowned in the ocean surrounding her native Tasmania she was comforted by the version by This Mortal Coil and Elizabeth Fraser's haunting vocals.
Larry Beckett regrets the song's association with death as he intended the lyrics to tell a more hopeful story about love.
However Tim Buckley's death at 28 and the tragedy of his son Jeff's drowning in 1997 weigh Song To The Siren with a heavy sorrow that comforts those who have lost a loved one.
Former Olympic runner Anthony Famiglietti lost his childhood friend Rob in an accident when they were both 21.
Rob introduced Anthony to the music of John Frusciante whose version of Song To The Siren astounded him when he first heard it. It has a profound effect on him and it speaks to him of fathers and sons communicating across time and space, when one has passed on as in the case of Tim and Jeff Buckley, and Anthony's friend Rob and his father, the man who inspired Anthony's career as a runner.
When Director Zack Snyder lost his daughter he stopped working on his Justice League film but when he completed it four years on he wanted to include Song To The Siren.
Singer Rose Betts who recorded it for him explains how she immersed herself in the song to express the love, longing, grief and loss that it evokes.
Musician and singer Dominic Stichbury sets out the musical elements that make this such a simple yet devastatingly powerful song.
Producer: Maggie Ayre
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2021.
SAT 00:30 Carnival Queens (b00763pf)
Glamour, power and influence - all part of life as a Carnival Queen in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
Queens may still have chaperones and celebrity status, but what is the appeal for the modern girl?
Sara Parker hears from queens past and present as they get together for this year's event.
Will the tradition survive for the another 75 years?
Presented and produced by Sara Parker.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.
SAT 01:00 Prize Fighting (m0021nzv)
The judges of a prestigious international book prize meet on the day the winner is to be announced.
Tensions rise as they bicker over picking the winner. Then there’s a knock on the door.
Detective Inspector Pearce announces that terrorists have planted a bomb under the Bank of England.
Unless their own, populist, choice of book is announced as winner, they will detonate it.
What are they going to do..?
Fantasy crime thriller written by Caroline and David Stafford
Sara Teck .... Helen Atkinson Wood
Helen Kinross .... Isla Blair
Clive Renshaw .... John Duttine
Inspector Gordon Pearce .... Roy Marsden
Sir Archie Northcote .... Geoffrey Palmer
Aki Demetriades .... Nadim Sawalha
Director Marc Jobst
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998.
SAT 01:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038jg0w)
Series 1
5. Confession
Liz makes a full confession. But it's harder than she expected.
It's an irony of child protection, that if you've been a social worker long enough to remove two children from a woman at birth, that means you may be the one constant in her life she can trust.
So when Tamsin tracks down her old social worker Liz for help, she doesn't care that Liz is on suspension and forbidden from talking to her. Or that Liz is the current hate figure of the national press, after the violent death of a child on her caseload.
Tamsin just wants help.
Should Liz ignore her? Or is time to break the rules?
Written by Martin Jameson.
Liz Beecham ...... Claire Skinner
Tamsin Geraghty ...... Lacey Turner
DCI Stuart Groves ...... David Seddon
DS Miriam Ince ...... Maria Teresa Creasey
DC Fletcher ...... Michael Bertenshaw
Director: Jonquil Panting.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2013.
Details of help and support with child sexual abuse and violence is available from the BBC Action line here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/22VVM5LPrf3pjYdKqctmMXn/information-and-support-sexual-abuse-and-violence
SAT 02:00 Comedy Showcase (m0021nzz)
1. All My Life I've Wanted to Be Someone - Now Who Was It?
A group of scatty 20-something friends share a flat in London.
Juby thinks the man from the lido might be the one, Beena will stop at nothing to advance her career and Ruth wants to take things further with Arnie but there's a problem...
One of four shows making up the Comedy Showcase series from the 90s.
Juby ...... Finn Taylor
Ruth ...... Claire Cox
Beena ...... Natalie Walter
Customer ...... Rachel Atkins
Studio Man ...... Darren Boyd
Arnie ...... Justin Salinger
John ...... Frank McCusker
Other parts played by the cast.
Series Producer: Bill Dare
Producer: Stephen McCrum
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1998.
SAT 02:30 Share and Share Alike (m000mdnb)
The Strike
One of Jack's factory workmates is suspended for persistent absenteeism.
Jack is pressurised by the shop steward to do anything to get the Personnel Manager, his brother Lesley, to change his mind. Even if it means crawling...
Starring Hugh Paddick and Michael Robbins.
Series written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles
Jack Burrows …. Michael Robbins
Lesley Burrows …. Hugh Paddick
Janet …. Elizabeth Morgan
Ron …. Denis Bond
MD, Mr Robertson …. Reginald Marsh
Shop Steward, George Fellowes …. George A Cooper
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1978.
SAT 03:00 Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere (b0b2kpm2)
Series 1
The Helpers
Malawian Comedian Daliso Chaponda continues his look at the relationship between the UK and Africa.
The UK and Africa have had a long a complicated past. This series looks at the history of this relationship and Daliso is our relationship guidance counsellor, helping us navigate the rocky historical waters between the two places.
A Malawian comedian who grew up all over the world, Daliso straddles cultural divides. He will help us all better understand how to sort out our differences. Or not...
In this episode, Daliso looks at charities and organisations who want to help the relationship.
Written and performed by Daliso Chaponda
The Other Guy ...... James Quinn
Producer: Carl Cooper
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.
SAT 03:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00gfsmh)
5. The Music Room and the Attic
Married life with a conductor husband and contemplating future resolutions.
Actress Dame Joanna Lumley, concludes her home-based autobiography
Producer: Liz Webb.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004.
SAT 03:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrx0)
5. News of a Beastly Baby
The peace of Sawston is disturbed by the latest news from Italy about Lilia.
EM Forster's deliciously witty story of English conventions confounded by the romanticism of Italy.
Debut novel first published in 1905.
Dramatised by Penny Leicester.
Narrator ...... Sian Thomas
Philip ...... Jamie Bamber
Caroline ...... Emilia Fox
Mrs Herriton ...... Sara Kestelman
Harriet ...... Deborah Findlay
Lilia ...... Teresa Gallagher
Gino ...... Tom George
Irma ...... Imogen Hamilton-Jones
Director: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
SAT 04:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00jdp93)
Series 1
Episode 4
James Walton chairs the show that tests and tickles the knowledge of industry pundits and people passionate about pop.
Regulars Tracey MacLeod and Andrew Collins are joined by:
Actor Martin Freeman
Comedian, Stewart Lee
The panellists also reveal their favourite most bizarre musical moments.
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Written and researched by James Walton.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004.
SAT 04:30 The Brothers (b00nn2hg)
Series 2
Episode 1
Michael becomes obsessed by the circus - and Nigel has a bizarre encounter with a Ted Hughes poem.
Return of the sitcom about the dysfunctional Burbage siblings.
Written by Caroline and David Stafford.
Nigel Burbage …. Adam Godley
Michael Burbage …. Ray Coulthard
Oonagh …. Pauline McLynn
Zorro …. Alex Lowe
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.
SAT 05:00 The Annunciation (b06h1nmk)
Are mysterious messages foretelling the Second Coming?
Graham and Myra are a childless couple in early middle-age, living a quiet, uninspiring life in a London suburb.
Until one day a series of curious events commence that make Myra begin to believe that she's been chosen for something special - by God.
Starring Michael Gambon and Eva Stuart.
Mystifying drama written by Geoffrey Parkinson.
Graham ...... Michael Gambon
Myra ...... Eva Stuart
Vicar ...... Peter Howell
Doctor ...... Peter Baldwin
Housekeeper ...... Brenda Kaye
First Librarian ...... Leonard Fenton
Second Librarian ...... Josie Kydd
Director: Cherry Cookson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1980.
SAT 06:00 JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls (b007jvpp)
The Birling Family - successful Northern industrialists - are celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to the son of a rival business family, Gerald Croft.
Then Inspector Goole calls by with news of the suicide of a young woman in the infirmary.
As the drama unfolds, the Inspector weeds out information that implicates each of the party as being somehow connected with the girl and - to a greater or lesser extent - responsible for her death....
JB Priestley's modern morality stage play - first performed in 1945.
Starring Bob Peck, John Woodvine and Maggie Steed.
Dramatised by John Foley.
Inspector Goole …. Bob Peck
Arthur Birling …. John Woodvine
Sybill Birlling …. Maggie Steed
Sheila Birling …. Sara-Jane Holm
Gerald Croft …. David Antrobus
Edna …. Alison Pettitt
Director: Rosalynd Ward
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in August 1998.
SAT 07:30 Bog Child (Omnibus) (m000b748)
Episode 1
Fergus is out digging illegally for peat with his uncle.
Then he discovers the body of a child, who seems to have been murdered.
He tries to concentrate on revising for his A levels, as a means of escape from the 'insane' world around him: his brother on hunger-strike in prison, his growing feelings for Cora, his parents arguing over the Troubles, and being blackmailed into acting as a courier for the IRA.
A voice comes to him in his dreams and the story of the bog child unfurls.
Siobhan Dowd's award-winning novel is set in the summer,1980s, on the Northern Irish border during the Troubles.
Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes abridged by Sara Davies.
Mel .... Catherine Cusack
Read by Finnian Garbutt.
Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.
SAT 08:45 Robb Wilton: I Should Say So (b039bbjz)
Series 2
The Hospital
Robb Wilton (1881 - 1957) was one of the most popular music hall and radio comics of the 1930s and 1940s.
Famed as an all-round pessimist - what would he have made of 1980s Britain: can he lend a medical hand?
Michael Williams stars as Robb Wilton - making as little sense out of life as he did 40 years before...
Written by Allen Saddler.
Producer: Brian Miller
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1988.
SAT 09:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jp4q)
In the Picture
The bungling bureaucrats spark confusion in a moral crusade.
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 Roles …. John Graham
'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1974.
SAT 09:30 Brothers in Law (b007jrhv)
Series 2
Statistics
Lawyer Roger has a bad day at the races, thanks to Joy's Uncle.
Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was first published in 1955.
Adapted for radio from Frank Muir & Denis Norden's BBC TV scripts by Richard Waring.
Roger Thursby …. Richard Briers
Henry Blagrove …. Terence Alexander
Sally …. Julia Lockwood
Joy …. Bridget Armstrong
Judge …. John Le Mesurier
Trent …. Richard Wattis
Commentator …. Malcolm Hayes
With:
Michael Kilgarriff
Producer: David Hatch.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1971.
SAT 10:00 Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control (m0007k2h)
3. Cowboys
Dr John Cooper Clarke is back in your radio, taking Complete Control.
The poet, rock star, radio DJ, comedian and cultural icon concludes his personal journey through the BBC Radio archives - as he heads for the Wild West.
The last of three parts, featuring:
* Brian Cox in the recent Western classic 'THE SHOOTIST', a drama so good that John admits "it was the only time I've stayed silent for an hour in my life".
Producer: Luke Doran
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra - and first broadcast in November 2015.
SAT 11:00 JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls (b007jvpp)
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06:00 today]
SAT 12:30 Bog Child (Omnibus) (m000b748)
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07:30 today]
SAT 13:45 Robb Wilton: I Should Say So (b039bbjz)
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08:45 today]
SAT 14:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jp4q)
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09:00 today]
SAT 14:30 Brothers in Law (b007jrhv)
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09:30 today]
SAT 15:00 Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control (m0007k2h)
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10:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Lost World (m0021w28)
2. The Edge of Terror
**** This series was suggested by Hadrian Jeffs as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Professor Challenger is leading an expedition - determined to prove that dinosaurs are not extinct.
Having reached the mysterious plateau in Brazil, he and his party now must tackle the perilous climb.
What awaits them at the summit?
Starring Francis de Wolff, Kevin McHugh, Gerald Harper and Carleton Hobbs.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic adventure, first published in 1912.
Dramatised by Peggy Wells and Barry Campbell.
Professor Challenger .... Francis de Wolff
Edward Malone .... Kevin McHugh
Lord John Roxton .... Gerald Harper
Professor Summerlee .... Carleton Hobbs
Gomez …. Ronald Faulkener
Zembo …. Tommy Eytle
Producer: Betty Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1975.
**** To nominate a programme from the archive that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SAT 16:55 Inheritance Tracks (m0021w2b)
Danny Robins
Broadcaster, presenter and writer Danny Robbins inherits ‘Ride On’ by Christy Moore and passes on ‘Nightrain’ by Guns N’ Roses.
SAT 17:00 JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls (b007jvpp)
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06:00 today]
SAT 18:30 Bog Child (Omnibus) (m000b748)
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07:30 today]
SAT 19:45 Robb Wilton: I Should Say So (b039bbjz)
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08:45 today]
SAT 20:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jp4q)
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09:00 today]
SAT 20:30 Brothers in Law (b007jrhv)
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09:30 today]
SAT 21:00 Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control (m0007k2h)
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10:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Paul Sinha's General Knowledge (m000ylfx)
Series 3
Episode 4
Paul Sinha is an award-winning comedian, the reigning British Quiz Champion and also, according to the Radio Times, the UK's "funniest fund of forgotten facts".
He's recounting the amazing true stories that lie behind fascinating nuggets of information.
This episode is a race against the clock for Paul to present the virtual audience with an A-Z of facts.
He gives them a letter, they give him a word, and he either gives them a fact or he just reads out the script he prepared for another word. Starting with A for Aubergine and Alligator, how far can he get before the twenty-eight minutes are up?
Written and performed by Paul Sinha.
Additional material by Oliver Levy.
Producer: Ed Morrish
A Lead Mojo/Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2021.
SAT 22:30 Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music (b007jzvg)
Series 1
Fans
Fans...who needs them? Well, pop stars, if they want to be, well, pop stars...
Mitch Benn sets out on a musical journey through the showbiz glitz and backstage litter of pop music.
With:
Robert Ince
Alfie Joey
Tash Baylis
Kirsty Newton
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.
SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m00225l2)
Elf Lyons 1/1
From
10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Iain Lee talks to Elf Lyons.
SAT 23:00 What The Future? (b04p86jl)
Series 1
Cars
Automatic vehicles are introduced into the country. At first, things are great. Drivetime radio becomes highly intellectual, children take to the roads and the driving test becomes dead, dead easy.
Only Jeremy Clarkson has his doubts, which he expresses by feeding a driverless car to a bear, live on Top Gear. And he's right. Soon the cars gain sentience, reproduce and use roundabouts as giant nests. Then, they take over the world.
Kirsty Wark presents a documentary from the future...
Starring:
Nadia Kamil
Geoffrey McGivern
Kieran Hogson
Alistair McGowan
Alice Scott-Gemmill
Ivan Gonzalez
Hannah Genesius
Jane Slavin
Shaun Mason.
Recorded 30 years from now, What the Future plunges into the world of tomorrow and investigates how decisions and actions from today’s headlining issues could have massive repercussions on our later lives.
Written by Madeleine Brettingham, Steve Burge and Dale Shaw.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014.
SAT 23:30 Fred at The Stand (b099yjmp)
Series 1
MacDonald, Omotayo, Caulfield and Foot
Fred MacAulay is back at The Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh 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 episode:
* Jamie MacDonald jokes about his life as a blind comedian
* Jo Caulfield bemoans relationships
* Funmbi Omotayo tells us about his experiences with the police
* Paul Foot... well, Paul Foot needs to be heard to be believed.
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 October 2017.
SUNDAY 11 AUGUST 2024
SUN 00:00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Lost World (m0021w28)
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16:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:55 Inheritance Tracks (m0021w2b)
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16:55 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls (b007jvpp)
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06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 Bog Child (Omnibus) (m000b748)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:45 Robb Wilton: I Should Say So (b039bbjz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:45 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jp4q)
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09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:30 Brothers in Law (b007jrhv)
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09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control (m0007k2h)
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10:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0021x12)
Olympic Spirit
Denise Lewis
Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis is castaway by Kirsty Young.
Her discipline was the heptathlon and it was at the 2000 Sydney Olympics that she leapt, threw, sprinted and hurdled her way on to the winner's podium.
An only child of a single mother, she says her mum had always had ambition for her - and was there to witness her success.
She said: "Her face said it all, there were tears in her eyes and for me it felt like, yes mum, we've done it together".
DISC ONE: Diana Ross - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
DISC TWO: Bob Marley - Is this Love
DISC THREE: a‐ha - Take On Me
DISC FOUR: Whitney Houston - One Moment in Time
DISC FIVE: Lauryn Hill - To Zion
DISC SIX: JLS - She Makes Me Wanna
DISC SEVEN: India.Arie - Ready for Love
DISC EIGHT: Mariah Carey - It’s Like That
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: India.Arie - Ready for Love
BOOK CHOICE: Oprah: An Autobiography - Oprah Winfrey
LUXURY CHOICE: Sex and the City DVD box set
Producer: Leanne Buckle
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.
SUN 06:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mcxcs)
Series 1
The Dodo
The Dodo is the caricature of extinction.
This turkey-sized flightless pigeon lived on a remote island and was slaughtered by seafarers for its meat. The same fate has met other flightless species.
Can we learn this lesson from history?
Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world.
Producer: Julian Hector
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.
SUN 07:00 Poetry Extra (m0021x15)
Tongue and Talk - The Dialect Poets: Northumberland
Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Tongue and Talk - The Dialect Poets: Northumberland with children's author Kirsty Mckay.
When Kirsty returned home recently she was struck by how dialect and culture was being eroded by the encroachment of urbanisation and the influx of people moving into the area.
Here Kirsty rediscovers the dialect poetry by listening to old tapes recorded by her late father. She says: 'I found recording after recording of dialect poetry, often accompanied by local musicians, some recorded in late night lock-ins at local pubs or by the fire in the tiny cottage I'd known as a child.'
Kirsty sets out on an exploration of identity and the future of the Northumbrian language in the poetry of the Cheviot hills.
Among the people she meets along the way are poet, musician and composer James Tait, retired shepherd Allan Wood and poet and historian Katrina Porteous. Kirsty also hears poetry from the children of Harbottle School and the entrants of The Morpeth Gathering.
Meanwhile the case is made for Northumbrian as a language, not a dialect. It represents the remainder of Old English and is the grandmother of the Scottish language.
Produced by Iain Mackness, Catherine Harvey and Ashley Byrne
A Made in Manchester production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2018.
SUN 07:30 No Room for Secrets by Joanna Lumley (Omnibus) (m000vy0k)
One of this country's best loved actors, Joanna Lumley, reads from her autobiography.
She uses the theme of rooms in a house to separate different parts of her life.
Omnibus of five episodes.
* The Hall
* The Drawing Room
* The Kitchen
* The Dressing Room
* The Music Room and the Attic
Producer: Liz Webb.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004.
SUN 08:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0021x17)
Reece Shearsmith
Inside No 9’s Reece Shearsmith inherits 'White Christmas' by Darlene Love and passes on 'Tonight We Fly' by The Divine Comedy.
SUN 08:50 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (Omnibus) (b00fsbmd)
Episode 1
English prejudices clash with Italian passions when a young widow is sent abroad to avoid the clutches of a man.
EM Forster's deliciously witty story of English conventions confounded by the romanticism of Italy.
Debut novel first published in 1905.
Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Penny Leicester.
Narrator..............Sian Thomas
Lilia.......................Teresa Gallagher
Kingcroft............Tom George
Philip....................Jamie Bamber
Caroline..............Emilia Fox
Mrs Herriton.......Sara Kestelman
Harriet..................Deborah Findlay
Director: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
SUN 10:00 Home to Roost (m000h0qd)
Series 2
Television Problems
There’s panic in the Wheeler household when the TV stops working.
How are they going to cope?
Starring Molly Sugden and Deryck Guyler.
Sitcom written by Anne Jones.
After 40 years working in the same office, William Wheeler has just retired and battles to adapt to his new life of leisure.
His wife Olive, on the other hand, is trying to cope with him her feet all day, for the first time in their marriage.
William Wheeler …. Deryck Guyler
Olive Wheeler …. Mollie Sugden
Nev/TV Repairman …. John Baddeley
Kath …. Patricia Greene
Ange …. Ysanne Churchman
Jack Bailey/TV Repairman …. Norman Rossington
Theme music composed and played by Alex Walsh and his Band.
Producer: Trafford Whitelock.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1975 .
SUN 10:30 Drop Me Here, Darling (m000tvp0)
Fear of Driving
Confusion reigns over Leslie’s driving and his prowess in the bedroom...
Starring Leslie Phillips.
Andrew Palmer's comedy about a former property tycoon who’s fallen on hard times and is now chauffeur to his wealthy ex-wife.
Leslie Duggan …. Leslie Phillips
Caroline Duggan …. Jill Bennett
Claire/Moira …. Norma Ronald
Dave …. Michael Robbins
Heather …. April Walker
Dr Rogers …. Richard Davies
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1983.
SUN 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0021x12)
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06:00 today]
SUN 11:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mcxcs)
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06:45 today]
SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m0021x15)
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07:00 today]
SUN 12:30 No Room for Secrets by Joanna Lumley (Omnibus) (m000vy0k)
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07:30 today]
SUN 13:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0021x17)
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08:40 today]
SUN 13:50 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (Omnibus) (b00fsbmd)
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08:50 today]
SUN 15:00 Home to Roost (m000h0qd)
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10:00 today]
SUN 15:30 Drop Me Here, Darling (m000tvp0)
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10:30 today]
SUN 16:00 The Veldt by Ray Bradbury (m000fh8j)
Sci-fi from the BBC's deep archive.
A futuristic cautionary tale about the perils of smart technology, where danger prowls in the nursery...
Ray Bradbury's gripping story, first published in 1950.
Dramatised by Jack Pulman.
Lydia/Witch… Diana Olsson
George… John Cazabon
Peter… Jon Hewitt
Wendy/Grethel… Nina Ludlow
David… Bruce Wightman
Producer: Frederick Bradnum.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1959.
SUN 16:30 The Twelve Maidens (m0021x19)
2. White Against Black
**** This series was suggested by Colin Ball and Steven Croote as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Peter Brent and Margaret Govan are working on Biodar, a new form of radar which can pick up sentient life.
They are puzzled because Maiden Tor, a nearby hilltop crowned with a circle of stones - The Twelve Maidens -shows a complete blank on their Biodar screens.
Whilst investigating the location, they've made a gruesome discovery...
Starring Martin Jarvis and Patricia Gallimore.
A sci-fi serial for radio written by Stewart Farrar.
Peter Brent .... Martin Jarvis
Margaret Govan .... Patricia Gallimore
Sgt George Blake .... Sean Arnold
Dr Carl Ewing .... Haydn Jones
Joe Gurney .... Douglas Blackwell
Leader of the Black Coven .... Patrick Tull
Bridget Williams .... Eva Stuart
Donald Williams .... Fraser Kerr
Rex Andrews .... Antony Higginson
Susan Platt .... Margaret Robertson
Professor Philip Jessup .... Lewis Stringer
Producer: David H Godfrey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1971.
**** To nominate a programme from the archive that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SUN 17:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0021x12)
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SUN 17:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mcxcs)
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SUN 18:00 Poetry Extra (m0021x15)
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SUN 18:30 No Room for Secrets by Joanna Lumley (Omnibus) (m000vy0k)
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SUN 19:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0021x17)
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SUN 19:50 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (Omnibus) (b00fsbmd)
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SUN 21:00 Home to Roost (m000h0qd)
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SUN 21:30 Drop Me Here, Darling (m000tvp0)
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SUN 22:00 Tim Key's Poetry Programme (m000gsmj)
Series 5
Bunny
Tim Key broadcasts live from deep within Skuzzler’s Bell, a cave network in Austria.
It’s the site of an infamous expedition made some 40-odd years ago by Tim’s father.
But the water’s rising, there’s no obvious means to escape and in the darkness, someone is waiting to take revenge.
Written and presented by Tim Key.
Key …... Tim Key
Lord ..…. Tom Basden
Megan …... Katy Wix
Bunny ..…. Karl Johnson
Producer: James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2020.
SUN 22:30 The Simon Day Show (b0112ydl)
Series 1
Tommy Cockles
Comedy legend Tommy Cockles performs on stage, but is stunned to discover that manager Ron Bone has no idea who he is.
Simon Day and his characters welcome you to The Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK.
Each week one of them comes to perform - with highlights of that night's show plus all the backstage and front-of-house happenings.
Written by Simon Day and Felix Dexter.
Tommy Cockles ..... Simon Day
Catherine ..... Catherine Shepherd
Goose ..... Felix Dexter
Ron Bone ..... Simon Greenall
Producer: Colin Anderson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011.
SUN 23:00 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00p2z8j)
Series 3
Episode 3
Meet a woman who is so completely useless that she's just been snapped up for a job in the government.
Plus Britain's most affable secret agent - and someone with a pretend hedgehog sanctuary.
Award-winning comedian Laura Solon's series of sketches, monologues and one-liners.
With:
Rosie Cavaliero
Ben Moor
Ben Willbond
Written by Laura Solon.
With additional material by Lydia Parker, Maureen Oakley, Jon Hunter and Holly Walsh.
Script Editor: Jeremy Dyson
Producer: Colin Anderson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.
SUN 23:30 The Party Party (b007jx3r)
Episode 4
It's 1993 and the Party Party - a party of the incredibly silly tendency - remains in Number 10.
The PM turns off an angry crowd, and turns on the telly to learn that the stock exchange is so low it's suicidal, and the retail index price has joined the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Sitcom written by Moray Hunter.
Starring:
Morwenna Banks
Hugh Laurie
Robin Driscoll
Robert Glenister
Clive Mantle
Producer: Jamie Rix
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1987.
MONDAY 12 AUGUST 2024
MON 00:00 The Veldt by Ray Bradbury (m000fh8j)
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MON 00:30 The Twelve Maidens (m0021x19)
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MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0021x12)
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MON 01:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mcxcs)
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MON 02:00 Poetry Extra (m0021x15)
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MON 02:30 No Room for Secrets by Joanna Lumley (Omnibus) (m000vy0k)
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07:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0021x17)
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08:40 on Sunday]
MON 03:50 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (Omnibus) (b00fsbmd)
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08:50 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Home to Roost (m000h0qd)
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10:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Drop Me Here, Darling (m000tvp0)
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MON 06:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0169l6n)
Series 2
Little Boy Blue
PC George Dixon and PC Andy Crawford investigate a break-in at Dock Green's local pinball palace.
Is one-time bad boy Geoff back to his old ways?
Radio revival of BBC TV's famous copper, based at a London police station.
Starring David Calder and Hamish Clark.
Written for TV by Ted Willis and adapted for radio by Sue Rodwell
George Dixon ...... David Calder
Andy Crawford ...... Hamish Clark
Geoff ...... Tom Lawrence
Annie ...... Hayley Doherty
Benny ...... Dan Winter
Tony ...... Michael Carolan
Taffy Davies ...... Matthew Thomas
Director: Viv Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.
MON 06:30 Whodunnits (b00pr3vn)
Agatha Christie - Towards Zero
1. Tensions
Against her better judgment, Lady Tresselian permits dashing Nevile Strange and his wife to come to her house party at the same time as his ex-wife.
And sure enough, as soon as everyone arrives, the tensions are evident...
Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars Hugh Bonneville.
Dramatised in four parts by Joy Wilkinson.
Nevile............Hugh Bonneville
Lady Tresselian.......Marcia Warren
MacWhirter.........Tom Mannion
Audrey............Claire Rushbrook
Mary.............Julia Ford
Kay............Lizzy Watts
Latimer...........Joseph Kloska
Royde............Stephen Hogan
Treves...........David Hargreaves
Umpire/Butler........Philip Fox
Receptionist...........Annabelle Dowler
Porter............Benjamin Askew
Director: Mary Peate
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2010.
MON 07:00 Anything Legal (b0088z2b)
Episode 5
Charles and George hire a secretary to boost their new business offering anything legal...
Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.
A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly
Charles .... Donald Hewlett
George .... Michael Knowles
Belinda Bustrom .... Sherrie Hewson
Job Applicant .... Helena Breck
Theme music by Jim Parker
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.
MON 07:30 Stop Messing About! (b00s0bj8)
Series 2
Episode 9
Changing the lodger - and is marriage all wedded bliss?
Starring:
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Joan Sims
After the unexpected death of Kenneth Horne in 1969, plans for the next series of Round The Horne were axed. Instead - using an old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title - Kenneth joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition and was also reunited with his "Carry On" film co-star Joan Sims.
Announcer: Douglas Smith
Written by Myles Rudge, David Cumming and Derek Collyer.
With the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1970.
MON 08:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sp454)
Series 1
Episode 1
Clever, funny and touching series about a small town in the middle of Northamptonshire as it prepares for a talent night.
Sheila Hancock heads a stunning cast including Mackenzie Crook, Penelope Wilton, Felicity Montagu and Kevin Eldon.
Written by and also starring Katherine Jakeways.
Get to know the local supermarket manager who shares rather more than is usual about his private life over the store's tannoy system.
Recently divorced Jan has been trying unsuccessfully to 'find herself' with a trip abroad to an elephant sanctuary. But it is at home in Wadenbrook that she starts to feel happier with herself as her friendship blossoms with ex-teacher Mary. And, joy of joys, could it be that Jan is going to experience a touch of romance at last?
Meet driving instructor and forthright self-defence teacher Esther and her gentle and put-upon Jonathan as they struggle to start a family and we meet possibly the only happy couple in town, Ken and Keith, as they attempt to teach their pet whippets to dance for the town talent night.
In this opening episode, Mary starts rehearsals for the town talent night and is shocked by 12 year old Gregory's slide show of Victorian ladies.
Meanwhile Esther sends her husband Jonathan out to collect money for the Leicestershire Infertile Males Project but he ends up at The Bricklayer's Arms looking at pictures of elephants with Jan.
Narrator ...... Sheila Hancock
Rod ...... Mackenzie Crook
Mary ...... Penelope Wilton
Jan ...... Felicity Montagu
Jonathan ...... Kevin Eldon
Esther ...... Katherine Jakeways
Keith ...... John Biggins
Landlord ...... Rufus Wright
Gregory ...... Sam Cotton
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.
MON 08:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b079zfs9)
1. The Contessa
Agent 007 James Bond is hunting down SPECTRE boss Ernst Stavro Blofeld in France - where he meets a beautiful Contessa.
Read by Joanna Lumley.
First published in 1963, this was Ian Fleming's 11th Bond novel, sandwiched between 'The Spy Who Loved Me' and 'You Only Live Twice'.
In movie terms, this was the sixth of the original Bond movie franchise with George Lazenby playing the hero and Diana Rigg as Tracy.
The reader, Joanna Lumley, had a small, unnamed role in the 1969 film of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', being simply referred to as 'The English Girl'.
Abridged in ten parts by Michael Bakewell.
Producer: David Benedictus
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1989.
MON 08:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrxz)
6. Captivated
Philip and Harriet arrive in Monteriano to rescue the unfortunate Lilia's beastly baby from the horrors of an Italian upbringing.
But Philip finds himself once more captivated by the country he is supposed to decry.
EM Forster's deliciously witty story of English conventions confounded by the romanticism of Italy.
Debut novel first published in 1905.
Dramatised ten parts by Penny Leicester.
Narrator ...... Sian Thomas
Philip ...... Jamie Bamber
Caroline ...... Emilia Fox
Mrs Herriton ...... Sara Kestelman
Harriet ...... Deborah Findlay
Lilia ...... Teresa Gallagher
Gino ...... Tom George
Irma ...... Imogen Hamilton-Jones
Director: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
MON 09:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m0021qcd)
Series 30
Episode 1
David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they’re able to smuggle past their opponents.
Tony Hawks, Lucy Porter, Zoe Lyons and Justin Edwards are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as divorce, lying, Mexicans and coffee.
The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith.
Producer: Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4
MON 09:30 Horse Story (b09v2x6n)
1. Wild Horses
Clare Balding travels to Hothfield Heathlands in Kent to meet a herd of Konik Ponies and discover the extraordinary story of the domestication of wild horses in Europe.
Horse historian Susanna Forrest explains how European wild horses of the Tarpan and Taki type developed and disappeared. First they were killed for food. Then they were used for labour and transport, eventually facing extinction in the 19th century.
The Konik, the Tarpan's closest relative, were genetically re-created by scientists in Poland. They were an essential part of a bizarre Third Reich experiment to recreate an ancient Aryan horse.
Now they perform an invaluable role in managing some of the few areas of heath land that remain in the UK. Increasingly, they are being recognised as one of the most useful tools in the environmentalist's kit to protect diminishing natural resources.
Aided by Ian Rickard from Kent Wildlife Trust, Clare discovers the Konik in the mists of the Kent heath land, hearing how one of the brightest hopes for Europe's environmental future is linked to one of the darkest periods of its past.
Research that emerged in February 2018 about the origins of our domestic horses will change how we look at the development of the animals.
Producer: Lucy Dichmont
A Testbed production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2018.
MON 09:45 Daily Service (m0021xft)
God’s Commands - To The Love Him With Heart and Soul and Mind.
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: God’s commands- to the love Him with heart and soul and mind.
Led by Rev Dr Bert Tosh
God is love, let heaven adore him
Reading: Matthew
22.34-40
If ye love me, keep my commandments (Tallis)
Jesus the joy of loving hearts
MON 10:00 Charles Parker Prize (m0021xfw)
2024
Sara Parker introduces a new generation of student feature makers, all finalists and winners of the Charles Parker Prize 2024 – set up in memory of her father.
The annual Charles Parker Prize celebrates a new generation of audio producers and storytellers - open to anyone studying radio and audio at Higher or Further Education and other media courses across the country.
Broadcast through the 1950s and 60s, along with Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, Charles Parker's series known as the 'Radio Ballads' left a lasting legacy on the landscape of radio storytelling; by interweaving original musical composition with remote interview recordings, and with a focus on highlighting working class voices - a practice until then unheard on BBC radio.
Charles’ daughter Sara Parker, herself an award-winning radio producer, hears from this year's finalists and plays extracts from their features as our ten new storytellers share their experience in creating their celebrated audio features.
There are extracts from the prize-winning features of; Grace Reeve, Libby Liburd, Evan Green, Naomi Bloomstein and Amy Bartlett, as well as the five other nominees; Anna de Wolfe Evans, James Bonney, Irene Dani, Chantal Romain and Darya Kalsi.
You can hear the five winners’ work in full in the series ‘New Storytellers’ on BBC Radio 4 this week and on BBC Sounds along with finalist Anna de Wolfe’s ‘A Recipe for Recovery’.
Producer: Talia Augustidis (Gold Winner of the Charles Parker Prize 2024)
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Soundscape productions.
MON 11:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0169l6n)
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MON 11:30 Whodunnits (b00pr3vn)
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MON 12:00 Anything Legal (b0088z2b)
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MON 12:30 Stop Messing About! (b00s0bj8)
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MON 13:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sp454)
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MON 13:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b079zfs9)
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MON 13:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrxz)
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MON 14:00 Just a Minute (b00mbg96)
Series 55
Edinburgh Festival
Nicholas Parsons presides over the devious game where panellists are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition.
From the Pleasance Grand, during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
With:
Paul Merton
Janey Godley
Richard Herring
Sue Perkins
Subjects include: What I Love About Edinburgh, Putting Up a Tent in the Rain, Looking Innocent, The Pickled Onion, Shabby Chic, Free Papers, Mum's The Word, A Skeleton in the Cupboard and Applying Makeup
Created by Ian Messiter
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2009.
MON 14:30 Street and Lane (b00v3n2v)
Series 1
Patio Marital
"Up your Street, Down your Lane".
Johnny Street and Arthur Lane are a pair of Yorkshire builders in a white van.
They battle out their partnership and their future as they tackle a plethora of household repairs.
Sitcom written by Ian McMillan and Dave Sheasby.
In this opening episode, the duo tool up for a patio job at the home of warring couple.
Johnny Street ...... Nick Lane
Arthur Lane ...... Fine Time Fontayne
Christine ...... Becky Hindley
Tom ...... Richard Katz
Great Northern Man ...... Gerard McDermott
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.
MON 15:00 Stewart Love - Here Be Dragons (m0021xfy)
Frank James has been a dedicated, old-fashioned teacher all his life.
But educational changes make him redundant - leaving him apprehensive, aimless, lost and bewildered.
Starring Mark Mulholland.
Written by Stewart Love.
Frank .... Mark Mulholland
Robert .... Tim Loane
Mary .... Stella McCusker
Phyllis .... Paula McFetridge
Reporter .... Brenda Winter
Director: Pam Brighton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1993.
MON 16:00 Charles Parker Prize (m0021xfw)
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MON 17:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0169l6n)
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MON 17:30 Whodunnits (b00pr3vn)
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MON 18:00 Anything Legal (b0088z2b)
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MON 18:30 Stop Messing About! (b00s0bj8)
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MON 19:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sp454)
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MON 19:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b079zfs9)
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MON 19:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrxz)
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MON 20:00 Just a Minute (b00mbg96)
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MON 20:30 Street and Lane (b00v3n2v)
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MON 21:00 Stewart Love - Here Be Dragons (m0021xfy)
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MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m0021qcd)
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MON 22:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b01p98gy)
Series 3
Episode 4
Alternative therapies in ER, and it's Bhangraman to the rescue.
Starring:
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Kulvinder Ghir
Meera Syal
Nina Wadia
Gold Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The sketch comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001.
Written by Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sanjeev Kohli.
Script Editors: Sharat Sardana and Richard Pinto
Producer: Anil Gupta.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
MON 23:00 Catherine Bohart: TL;DR (m0021qx8)
Series 1
What's with all the riotous goings-on?
Columns. Analysis. The Guardian's Long Read. Who has time? Catherine Bohart, that's who, and she's going beyond the headlines to give you the lowdown on one of the biggest stories this week, with our usual nerd sidekick, guest expert and roving comedian correspondent.
This week: What's with all the riotous goings-on?
Writer Tom Neenan explores what's been happening on the streets, Professor Anand Menon explains how this fits into the context of the rise of the far right across Europe and Zoe Lyons wonders why British fascists don't seem to scrub up quite as well as their continental equivalents...
Written by Catherine Bohart, with Madeleine Brettingham, Sarah Campbell, Georgie Flinn, Ellen Robertson and Pravanya Pillay.
Produced by Lyndsay Fenner & Ben Walker
Recorded and Edited by David Thomas
Production Coordinator - Beverly Tagg & Elise Bramich
A Mighty Bunny production for BBC Radio 4
MON 23:30 The Ape That Got Lucky (b0081sw3)
Man or Monkey
A look at how so many of the things we imagine to be human characteristics are really just animal ones.
Plus a glimpse at where evolution might take the human race next.
A spoof exploration of the fascinating subject of human evolution.
Starring Chris Addison.
With:
Professor Austin Herring (aka Geoffrey McGivern)
Jo Enright
Dan Tetsell
Written by Chris Addison and Carl Cooper.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.
TUESDAY 13 AUGUST 2024
TUE 00:00 Charles Parker Prize (m0021xfw)
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TUE 01:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b0169l6n)
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TUE 01:30 Whodunnits (b00pr3vn)
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TUE 02:00 Anything Legal (b0088z2b)
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07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Stop Messing About! (b00s0bj8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sp454)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b079zfs9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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TUE 03:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrxz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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TUE 04:00 Just a Minute (b00mbg96)
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14:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Street and Lane (b00v3n2v)
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TUE 05:00 Stewart Love - Here Be Dragons (m0021xfy)
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TUE 06:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b016n8zj)
Series 2
The Gentle Scratcher
Some counterfeit money turns up at the Dock Green Social Club and PC George Dixon thinks he knows who's responsible.
Radio revival of BBC TV's famous copper, based at a London police station.
Starring David Calder and Hamish Clark.
Written for TV by Ted Willis and adapted for radio by Sue Rodwell
George Dixon ...... David Calder
Andy Crawford ...... Hamish Clark
Fred ...... Andrew Sachs
Olive ...... Jacqueline Tong
Edwin ...... Geoffrey Collins
Director: Viv Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.
TUE 06:30 Whodunnits (b00pxqz1)
Agatha Christie - Towards Zero
2. Sudden Death
Lady Tresselian's house party is thrown into disarray by the death of her old friend Justice Treves.
Meanwhile Nevile is feeling the strain of a house party with both his wife and his ex-wife in attendance.
Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars Hugh Bonneville.
Dramatised by Joy Wilkinson.
Nevile............Hugh Bonneville
Lady Tresselian.......Marcia Warren
MacWhirter.........Tom Mannion
Audrey............Claire Rushbrook
Mary.............Julia Ford
Kay............Lizzy Watts
Latimer...........Joseph Kloska
Inspector Leach .......Philip Fox
Royde............Stephen Hogan
Receptionist...........Annabelle Dowler
Sergeant...........Matt Addis
Doctor Lazenby........Benjamin Askew
Treves...........David Hargreaves
Director: Mary Peate
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2010.
TUE 07:00 Greywing (m0021xkh)
4. Something Fishy
When dead fish are washed up on the beach, suspicion falls on a chemical plant. But who is the real culprit?
Mild-mannered furniture maker, Nigel Struddock, has an alter ego - Greywing - a costumed superhero. His nemesis, dastardly Benny Leake, has hired a heavy to dispose of him. Is our hero's number up?
Written by Simon Bullivant
Nigel Struddock aka Greywing .... Timothy Spall
Benny Leake .... Bernard Hill
Judy Marvick .... Tilly Vosburgh
Other parts played by: John Baddeley, Andy Rashleigh, Jill Graham, Melanie Hudson and Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Producer: Colin Swash
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in November 1992.
TUE 07:30 The Goon Show (m000hwwr)
Series 6
The Lost Emperor
Archaeologist Neddie Seagoon hunts for the missing treasure of Genghis Khan.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1955.
TUE 08:00 Lobby Land (b092nrns)
Pilot - Pass the Source
As parliament returns from its summer recess, in Westminster the halls are alive with the sound of gossip, but young political editor Sam Peakes is struggling to stay afloat.
Having drawn the short straw at work, she's being tailed around by Lawrence the office intern, and she needs a story - fast.
Sam ...... Gemma Whelan
Will/Marcus/Nav/Smithson ...... Lewis MacLeod
Mia/Jean ...... Cariad lloyd
Lawrence/Edward ...... Ryan Sampson
Tom ...... Charlie Higson
Written by Chris Davies, Alistair Griggs and Jon Harvey.
Produced by Jon Harvey.
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2017.
TUE 08:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b07b2sbd)
2. Draco
Having rescued the beautiful Contessa, 007 gains an unlikely ally and a lead in his search for Blofeld.
First published in 1963, this was Ian Fleming’s eleventh James Bond novel, sandwiched between ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ and ‘You Only Live Twice’. In movie terms, this was the sixth of the original Bond movie franchise with George Lazenby playing the hero and Diana Rigg as Tracy.
The reader, Joanna Lumley, had a small, unnamed role in the 1969 film of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', being simply referred to as 'The English Girl'.
Abridged in ten parts by Michael Bakewell.
Producer: David Benedictus
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
TUE 08:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jryd)
7. Intoxicating Italy
Preparing to rescue Lilia's baby, Philip, Caroline and Harriet find Italy intoxicating.
EM Forster's deliciously witty story of English conventions confounded by the romanticism of Italy.
Debut novel first published in 1905.
Dramatised by Penny Leicester.
Narrator ...... Sian Thomas
Philip ...... Jamie Bamber
Caroline ...... Emilia Fox
Harriet ...... Deborah Findlay
Gino ...... Tom George
Director: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
TUE 09:00 Do Gooders (m0021qjk)
2. The Walk
Garrett Millerick’s Do Gooders is a new ensemble sitcom that takes us behind the charity curtain and mines the numerous frustrations that come with trying to ‘do good’ on an industrial scale. With Frank Skinner, Fay Ripley, Lisa McGrillis, Ahir Shah and Ania Magliano.
The series follows the exploits of the fundraising events team at a fictional mid-level charity, The Alzheimers Alliance. Fundraising for this kind of mid-table organisation comes with its own unique set of challenges, be it setting up eye catching events, courting celebrity endorsement or juggling the inter charity politics.
And while certainly not languishing on the lowest rungs of the charity league table, Alzheimers hasn’t got the dazzling sheen or the pulling power of a cancer charity, nor does it capture the public’s sympathies in the way lifeboats or guide dogs do.
If Cancer Research is Coca-Cola, Alzheimers Alliance is Lilt. A cracking drink, but they’ve got to work hard to remind people they exist - or face total extinction.
Episode Two - The Walk
The team head to North Wales for Clive’s Alzheimers memory walk. Disgruntled VIPs, mutinous volunteers and a regrettable ordering error over some t-shirts ensure Gladys will have her work cut out babysitting Clive’s event. Achi and Lauren attempt to keep their burgeoning relationship a secret amongst the chaos.
Cast:
Lauren – Ania Magliano
Gladys – Lisa McGrillis
Clive – Garrett Millerick
Harriett – Fay Ripley
Achi – Ahir Shah
Ken – Frank Skinner
Writer – Garrett Millerick
Sound Engineer – David Thomas
Editor – David Thomas
Production Assistant – Jenny Recaldin
Producer – Jules Lom
Executive Producers – Richard Allen-Turner, Daisy Knight, Julien Matthews, Jon Thoday
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4
TUE 09:30 Horse Story (b09v3fdm)
2. Performers
Clare Balding meets Prince. This beautiful black stallion is a lead equine actor, a major star of big and small screen. You might recognise him as Wonderwoman's mount, from The Crown, or as Jon Snow's steed from Game of Thrones.
Prince has also helped teach many a Hollywood A-lister to feel at home in his saddle, as Camilla Naprous, trainer and stunt rider explains. Clare also watches another star go through his paces - Doctor is one of the Lloyd's bank horses.
Whether in Olympics dressage, film and TV or live theatre, performing horses are big business and have been for centuries. But what is the allure of equine performance and where does the history of the performing horse begin?
Clare meets historian Lucy Worsley in Kensington Palace to explore how the moves on the riding school and film set can be traced back to medieval battlegrounds and the demonstration of regal power in the 17th century. For royal Europeans, ménage or horse dancing could be the secret to retaining your crown and your kingdom.
Producer: Lucy Dichmont
A Testbed production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2018.
TUE 09:45 Daily Service (m0021xkk)
God's commands - Gain understanding
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: God's commands - Gain understanding
Proverbs 4 1-8
Led by Mark Dowd.
Breathe on me, breathe of God - (Ronald Food) - St Martins Voices
I will sing with the spirit - Belinda and Natalie BBC Young Choristers
How shall I sing that majesty - The Priory Singers
TUE 10:00 A Good Read (b08vyfql)
Bill Paterson and Tom Chatfield
Actor Bill Paterson and tech philosopher Tom Chatfield join Harriett Gilbert' to discuss their favourite books by Christopher Hitchens, Terry Pratchett and Dava Sobel.
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
Publisher: Corgi
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
Publisher: Atlantic Books
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2017.
TUE 10:30 China, Britain and the Nunzilla Conundrum (b00rbpb4)
China - manufacturer of Nunzilla the fire-breathing nun, the Egyptian mummy-shaped elastic band holder Mummified Mike, and the Dashboard Jesus.
Britain - home of the creative types who send these ironic, sometimes blasphemous, novelty gift designs to the Chinese for manufacture.
What do these throwaway gifts tell us about our own society and our relationship with China? While our economic relationship flourishes, our respective cultures remain poles apart.
Writer and comedian Anna Chen follows a novelty toy from design through manufacture to the gift shops. Workers on the production lines in a south Chinese factory give their take on what on earth it is they're making and British designers try their best to deconstruct the joke.
Producer: Sally Heaven
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.
TUE 11:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b016n8zj)
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TUE 11:30 Whodunnits (b00pxqz1)
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TUE 12:00 Greywing (m0021xkh)
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TUE 12:30 The Goon Show (m000hwwr)
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TUE 13:00 Lobby Land (b092nrns)
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TUE 13:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b07b2sbd)
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TUE 13:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jryd)
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TUE 14:00 The Personality Test (b007sq67)
Series 3
Andrew Neil
Broadcaster and former Sunday Times Editor Andrew Neil is in the hot seat posing questions all about him.
With:
Sue Perkins
Carrie Quinlan
Will Smith
Robin Ince
Series with changing hosts who quiz the panel.
Script by Simon Littlefield and Kieron Quirke.
Devised and produced by Aled Evans.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.
TUE 14:30 Tickets Please (b00p1nm5)
Episode 3
Love among the train-staff on the
9.27 London to Exeter flourishes.
But with the unwelcome addition of Diana's amorous mum.
And why is her Dad squashing Carol's muffins?
Sitcom on rails by Mark Maier.
Robin …. Jeremy Swift
Nadine …. Alex Kelly
Peter …. Malcolm Tierney
Carl …. Nicholas Boulton
Carol …. Tessa Nicholson
Diana …. Melissa Advani
Linda …. Kate Layden
Keith …. Stephen Hogan
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.
TUE 15:00 Esther Waters (b01r51f0)
1. An Escape for Esther
Set against a background of gambling and horseracing; Esther Waters is a stirring tale of how a servant girl makes her way in Victorian England.
Forced to leave the home of her brutal stepfather, Esther takes a job as a maid at 'Woodview', a country estate owned by a nouveau riche racing family.
First published in 1894, George Moore's novel is dramatised in two parts by Sharon Oakes.
Esther ..... Lyndsey Marshal
William ..... Matthew McNulty
Sarah ..... Joanne Froggatt
Mrs Rivers ..... Joanne Froggatt
Leopold ..... Hugh Simon
George ..... Hugh Simon
Demon ..... Stephen Hoyle
Peggy ..... Lisa Brookes
Mrs Latch ..... Melissa Jane Sinden
Mrs Barfield ..... Melissa Jane Sinden
Anne ..... Fiona Clarke
Mrs Spires ..... Fiona Clarke
Esther's tale is a slice of Victorian life that is rarely shown; single parenting, wet nursing, divorce, gambling, and religious zealotry. Through her we discover exactly what it feels like to be poor and powerless. The book was banned until Gladstone revoked it, saying it was compassionate, moral and humane; and after that it became a best seller.
Celebrated author Colm Toibin championed Esther Waters as a neglected Classic for Radio 4's Open Book programme.
Director: Gary Brown
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
TUE 16:00 A Good Read (b08vyfql)
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TUE 16:30 China, Britain and the Nunzilla Conundrum (b00rbpb4)
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TUE 17:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b016n8zj)
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TUE 17:30 Whodunnits (b00pxqz1)
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TUE 18:00 Greywing (m0021xkh)
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TUE 18:30 The Goon Show (m000hwwr)
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TUE 19:00 Lobby Land (b092nrns)
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TUE 19:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b07b2sbd)
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TUE 19:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jryd)
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TUE 20:00 The Personality Test (b007sq67)
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14:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Tickets Please (b00p1nm5)
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14:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Esther Waters (b01r51f0)
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TUE 22:00 Do Gooders (m0021qjk)
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TUE 22:30 The Consultants (b007k3f3)
Series 1
Episode 4
The team wonder why so many men went to 'mow a meadow'?
Cerebral sketch show with the winners of 2002's Perrier Best Newcomer award.
Written by and starring:
Neil Edmond,
Justin Edwards
James Rawlings
Producer: Will Saunders
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
TUE 22:45 Warhorses of Letters (b0174gm8)
Series 1
Episode 4
More passionate letters from Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington's horse, to his hero Marengo in this epistolary equine love story.
A story of two horses united by an uncommon passion, cruelly divided by a brutal conflict.
Frisky young racehorse Copenhagen is about to be the new mount for the Duke of Wellington.
Wars rage on as Copenhagen lives it up in Paris and Marengo tries to enjoy a quiet retirement.
Marengo ..... Stephen Fry
Copenhagen ..... Daniel Rigby
Narrator ..... Tamsin Greig
Written by Robbie Hudson and Marie Phillips.
Director: Steven Canny
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m00225l4)
Zach Zucker 1/2
From
10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Iain Lee talks to Zach Zucker.
TUE 23:00 Clare in the Community (b03s754k)
Series 9
Driven to Extremes
Clare is facing a disciplinary tribunal after a seemingly straightforward job goes awry. Can she convince the panel of her professionalism? At home, Brian tries to cheer up a despondent Nali.
Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution.
A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her.
Clare continually struggles to control both her professional and private life
In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
Clare ...... Sally Phillips
Brian ...... Alex Lowe
Nali ...... Nina Conti
Mr Byrne ...... Richard Lumsden
Ms Mellor ...... Liza Tarbuck
Mr Plummer ...... Andrew Wincott
Joan ...... Sarah Thom
Hannah ...... Alex Tregear
Dermott ...... Arthur Hughes
Producer: Alexandra Smith.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
TUE 23:30 Dave Podmore (b007tm7h)
Dave Podmore's World of Cricket
Episode 4
The star player joins a host of Z-list celebrities on a charity walk for mauled dog, Shep.
Sitcom about the exploits of talentless, amateurish, smug, inept and self-deluding English cricketer Dave Podmore.
Christopher Douglas stars as Pod.
Written by Christopher Douglas, Nick Newman and Andrew Nickolds.
Dave ...... Chris Douglas
Andy ...... Andrew Nickolds
With:
Nicola Sanderson
Chris Pavlo
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.
WEDNESDAY 14 AUGUST 2024
WED 00:00 A Good Read (b08vyfql)
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10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 China, Britain and the Nunzilla Conundrum (b00rbpb4)
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WED 01:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b016n8zj)
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06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Whodunnits (b00pxqz1)
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06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Greywing (m0021xkh)
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07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Goon Show (m000hwwr)
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07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Lobby Land (b092nrns)
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08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b07b2sbd)
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08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jryd)
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08:45 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 The Personality Test (b007sq67)
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14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Tickets Please (b00p1nm5)
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14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Esther Waters (b01r51f0)
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15:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b016q2l1)
Series 2
The Captain
A series of burglaries on empty houses bears all the trademarks of one of Dock Green's most colourful characters.
But is PC Andy Crawford a bit too keen to make an arrest?
Radio revival of BBC TV's famous copper, based at a London police station.
Starring David Calder and Hamish Clark.
Written for TV by Ted Willis and adapted for radio by Sue Rodwell
George Dixon ...... David Calder
Andy Crawford ...... Hamish Clark
Tom Carr ...... Jonathan Gunning
The Captain ...... Bill Wallis
Maurie ...... Jonathan Tafler
Director: Viv Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.
WED 06:30 Whodunnits (b00q3kvy)
Agatha Christie - Towards Zero
3. Murder
Lady Tresselian is discovered murdered in her bed, leaving everyone in the house party very distressed.
Inspector Leach leads the investigation.
Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars Hugh Bonneville.
Dramatised by Joy Wilkinson.
Nevile............Hugh Bonneville
MacWhirter.........Tom Mannion
Audrey............Claire Rushbrook
Kay............Lizzy Watts
Royde............Stephen Hogan
Inspector Leach.......Philip Fox
Latimer...........Joseph Kloska
Sergeant...........Matt Addis
Doctor Lazenby........Benjamin Askew
Constable..........David Hargreaves
Director: Mary Peate
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2010.
WED 07:00 Bangers and Mash (b0075gh6)
1. Crisis
Martina's not sure if she wants to be a nun anymore, so she takes work with a catering company and soon lands in a crisis of epic proportions...
Six-part comedy series by Katie Hims.
Kingsley ...... Mark Straker
Jimmy ...... Gerard McDermott
Martina ...... Catherine Harvey
Juan Jose ...... Roger May
Mrs Olney ...... Marlene Sidaway
Director: Cat Horn
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.
WED 07:30 The Missing Hancocks (b08jb9nq)
Series 3
The Crown Jewels
A re-creation of a missing classic episode of Hancock's Half Hour.
Also missing from the original 1955 episode was The Lad Himself, as Tony Hancock had absconded to Rome. He was replaced for the first three episodes of the series by The Goon Show's Harry Secombe. In this re-creation, Harry is replaced by his son Andy Secombe.
The Crown Jewels. As Hancock is absent, Bill is staying with Harry Secombe. Bill and Harry decide to show Andree, recently arrived from Paris, the sights of London but get caught up in Sid's plot to steal The Crown Jewels.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Harry Secombe …. Andy Secombe
Bill Kerr …. Kevin Eldon
Sid James …. Simon Greenall
Kenneth Williams …. Robin Sebastian
Andree Melly …. Suzy Kane
The first modern sitcom, Hancock's Half Hour made stars of Tony Hancock, Sid James and Kenneth Williams, and launched Galton & Simpson as one of the most successful comedy-writing partnerships in history. Sadly, twenty episodes of the show are missing from the BBC Archives. After two highly successful series, another five of those episodes have been lovingly re-created in the BBC Radio Theatre.
The classic Hancock score newly recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Levon Parikian.
Producers: Ed Morrish and Neil Pearson
The original version was broadcast on the 26th April, 1955.
A BBC Studios production for Radio 4 first broadcast in March 2017.
WED 08:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b03hwbrr)
Series 1
Out of Our Tree
Tom's father is engrossed in putting together the Wrigglesworth Family Tree which is leaving Tom's mother at a loose end.
Tom suggests she gets in a lodger for company.
It's time for Tom to ring his parents for a weekly check-in.
As the conversation unfolds, Tom takes time out to explain the situation, his parent's reactions plus anecdotes from the past illustrating his family's views.
So get underneath the skin of Tom and the Wrigglesworth family in a 30 minute totally legal bit of phone hacking.
Written by Tom Wrigglesworth and James Kettle.
Tom Wrigglesworth ...... Tom
Judy Parfitt ...... Granny
Paul Copley ...... Dad
Kate Anthony ...... Mum
David Reed ...... Henry
Additional material by Miles Jupp
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2013.
WED 08:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b07b3c6d)
3. Comte Balthazar de Bleuville
Bond receives confirmation of Blofeld's whereabouts and adopts a disguise in pursuit of his quarry.
First published in 1963, this was Fleming's 11th Bond novel, sandwiched between 'The Spy Who Loved Me' and 'You Only Live Twice'. In movie terms, this was the sixth of the original Bond movie franchise with George Lazenby playing the hero and Diana Rigg as Tracy.
The reader, Joanna Lumley, had a small, unnamed role in the 1969 film of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', being simply referred to as 'The English Girl'.
Abridged in ten parts by Michael Bakewell.
Producer: David Benedictus
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
WED 08:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jryt)
8. Something Unknown
Caroline sets out to rescue Lilia's son from his father Gino, but discovers something unknown.
EM Forster's deliciously witty story of English conventions confounded by the romanticism of Italy.
Debut novel first published in 1905.
Dramatised by Penny Leicester.
Narrator ...... Sian Thomas
Philip ...... Jamie Bamber
Caroline ...... Emilia Fox
Harriet ...... Deborah Findlay
Gino ...... Tom George
Director: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
WED 09:00 Ian Smith Is Stressed (m0021qss)
The North
Comedian Ian Smith is constantly stressed and in this series he is looking for any means to calm the hell down. In this episode Ian explores how being Northern has made him more stressed and attempts a new wellness fad that’s sweeping the fields of England, cow-hugging.
A new stand-up series from Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated comedian Ian Smith.
Written and Performed by Ian Smith
Additional Material from Rhiannon Shaw, Max Davis and Charlie Dinkin
Assistant Producer: Ewan McAdam
Produced by Benjamin Sutton and Laura Shaw
A Daddy’s SuperYacht production for BBC Radio 4
WED 09:30 Horse Story (b09v9p07)
3. Warhorses
Clare Balding visits the King's Troop at their Woolwich Barracks. She meets the army horses of 2018 and watches five new recruits being put through their somewhat painful basic training to prepare for Trooping the Colour, state funerals, parades and spectacle.
Equine instructor Martin Dennis tells Clare about the training undergone by horses like Jeff to face the challenges of a military horse - it's no longer about bombs and guns, but potentially hostile crowds, like those at Margret Thatcher's funeral. In the barracks, Clare discusses with Captain Gregory Flynn the future of the horse in a modern British Army.
"A horse, a horse, my Kingdom for a horse!" The oft quoted line from Shakespeare's Richard III sums up perfectly the importance of horses to the success or failure of wars until the late-20th century. From the Mogul campaigns on the Central European Steppes to the Second World War, military experts like Professor Phillip Sabin from Kings College London have argued that wars have been won and lost by horse power.
Clare visits Professor Sabin to discuss the extraordinary role that horses have played, and continue to play, in international warfare. More horses were involved in World War Two than the First World War, they were vital to the Korean War and the British Army used horses in Afghanistan until 2001.
Producer: Lucy Dichmont
A Testbed production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2018.
WED 09:45 Daily Service (m0021xr1)
God's commands - Love one another Maximilian Kolbe martyr 1941
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: God's commands - Love one another Maximilian Kolbe martyr 1941
John 15: 9-17
Led by Harry Baker
Nick Cave &The Bad - Into My Arms
Lucy Grimble - Gods Heart Explodes
Stevie Wonder - As
WED 10:00 Archive on 4 (m000kmw5)
Apollo 13: The Rescue
Kevin Fong explores the story of Apollo 13, told by the astronauts who flew it and the ground crew that saved it.
NASA has never known anything like it. An explosion hundreds of thousands of miles from Earth; a spacecraft leaking oxygen and losing power; a crew freezing in the darkness, at risk of suffocation. Will they survive long enough to get home? Will their damaged spacecraft even get them home? This is the incredible story of the flight of Apollo 13, as told by the astronauts who flew it and the teams in Mission Control who saved it.
The launch of Apollo 13 on April 11th 1970 was NASA’s third bid to land people on the moon. It came just nine months after the triumph of Apollo 11, which saw Neil Armstrong’s famous small step win the space race, leaving the United States victorious over the Soviet Union. Apollo 12 followed suit a few months later, executing its lunar landing with pinpoint accuracy. By the time of Apollo 13, NASA appeared to have found its rhythm. And yet to the public and the media, a feat that had appeared impossible less than a year earlier, now began to seem routine.
But Apollo 13 would turn out to be anything but routine. Flawed from the start, its fate was sealed by a faulty oxygen tank installed months earlier that would later explode, triggering a catastrophic series of events that threatened the spacecraft and the lives of the crew, over and over again. At first the teams in mission control are puzzled by astronaut Jack Swigert’s seemingly innocent message: “Houston, we’ve had a problem” and insist that what they’re seeing on their consoles in Houston must be an instrumentation failure. But then the truth emerges – the mission is over and now they’re in the fight of their lives to save the crew.
Kevin Fong relives the rescue with access to the mission audio archives as well as new interview material with surviving astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise and a host of characters who worked round the clock to save Apollo 13 and NASA, from disaster.
Presenter: Kevin Fong
Producer: Andrew Luck-Baker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2020.
WED 11:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b016q2l1)
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06:00 today]
WED 11:30 Whodunnits (b00q3kvy)
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WED 12:00 Bangers and Mash (b0075gh6)
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07:00 today]
WED 12:30 The Missing Hancocks (b08jb9nq)
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07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b03hwbrr)
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08:00 today]
WED 13:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b07b3c6d)
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08:30 today]
WED 13:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jryt)
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08:45 today]
WED 14:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b07lj6yh)
Series 9
Kumar, Armstrong, Goodall
The Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his new curator Noel Fielding welcome:
* BBC Radio 4 Extra's Newsjack presenter and half of the double act Gentlemen of Leisure, the writer and comedian Nish Kumar
* Professor of Experimental Architecture and TED fellow Rachel Armstrong
* Award-winning composer of choral music, stage musicals, film and TV scores, Howard Goodall.
The Museum's Guest Committee speculate on the appeal of a 50 year-old piece of vinyl; a magic spell in a bottle; and an extinct piano with no keys.
Researchers: Mike Turner and Anne Miller of QI.
Producers: Richard Turner & James Harkin.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2016.
WED 14:30 Two Doors Down (b0076gzn)
Series 3
Tuned to Moan FM
Will Clare's family look after new baby Gabriel so she can give a lecture in Sligo?
Series three of Annie McCartney's comedy drama about the bohemian residents of Marlborough Road, Belfast, who are saved from their own chaos by Sally, their cleaning lady.
Sally ...... Frances Tomelty
Clare ...... Marcella Riordan
Evie ...... Katy Gleadhill
Anna ...... Hannah R Gordon
Tony ...... Robert Patterson
Trevor ...... Gerard McSorley
Fidelma Fitzgibbon ...... Aine McCartney
Director: Tanya Nash
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2003.
WED 15:00 Esther Waters (b01r95hq)
2. Lone Parenting in Victorian England
After she was betrayed by William, Esther leaves the workhouse with her baby. She’s desperate for them to stay together. But how can she earn money?
Set against a background of horseracing and gambling; a stirring tale of how a woman survives and brings up her child in Victorian England.
First published in 1894, George Moore's novel is dramatised in two parts by Sharon Oakes.
Esther ..... Lyndsey Marshal
William ..... Matthew McNulty
Sarah ..... Joanne Froggatt
Leopold ..... Hugh Simon
Judge ..... Hugh Simon
Fred ..... Graeme Hawley
Demon ..... Stephen Hoyle
Peggy ..... Lisa Brookes
Mrs Empson ..... Melissa Jane Sinden
Mrs Barfield ..... Melissa Jane Sinden
Anne ..... Fiona Clarke
Bill ..... Greg Wood
Director: Gary Brown
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013
WED 16:00 Archive on 4 (m000kmw5)
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10:00 today]
WED 17:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b016q2l1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 17:30 Whodunnits (b00q3kvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 18:00 Bangers and Mash (b0075gh6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 18:30 The Missing Hancocks (b08jb9nq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
WED 19:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b03hwbrr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b07b3c6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 19:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jryt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:45 today]
WED 20:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b07lj6yh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 today]
WED 20:30 Two Doors Down (b0076gzn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 today]
WED 21:00 Esther Waters (b01r95hq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:00 today]
WED 22:00 Ian Smith Is Stressed (m0021qss)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 22:30 Chain Reaction (b08g4h8h)
Series 12
Katherine Ryan Interviews Sara Pascoe
Katherine Ryan turns interviewer and invites her chosen guest Sara Pascoe into the Chain Reaction hot seat.
Chain Reaction is the talk show with a twist where one week's interviewee becomes the next week's interviewer. John Cleese was first in the hot seat back in 1991 and since then, a procession of big names from the world of comedy and entertainment including Jennifer Saunders, Jarvis Cocker and Eddie Izzard have helped continue the chain.
Katherine Ryan is a Canadian stand-up star and presenter who is perhaps best known for her live stand-up work - 'Glam Role Model' and 'Kathbum' - as well as appearances on BBC2's Episodes and Taskmaster on Dave. As revealed in her chat with Joe Lycett in the last episode in the Chain, Katherine has a cat called Sara Pascoe and so her choice of interview guest for this week's episode was perhaps never in doubt.
Sara Pascoe (the human) is a comedian, writer and actor known for her acclaimed live shows - Sara Pascoe the Musical and Sara Pascoe vs History to name just two - as well as numerous high profile TV appearances on programmes ranging from Live at the Apollo, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and W1A. Her debut book Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body was released in 2016. In this programme Katherine and Sara, who both started stand-up in 2007, discuss insects, yoga, hip hop and everything in between.
Producer: Richard Morris
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2017.
Photo credit: Matt Stronge.
WED 23:00 Seekers (b03ctfp8)
Series 1
That Bloke Keeps Looking at Us
There's a bloke sitting at the other end of the Job Centre waiting room. Joe, Terry and Stuart try and work out who he is.
He starts giving the three lads, evil looks. Joe becomes adamant that he is a hitman sent by the Food Standards Agency. Terry thinks it might be a bloke from Benefits fraud. Whoever he is they're determined not to be intimidated and return the evil looks.
Steven Burge’s comedy about the staff and the clients who frequent a Job Centre in the Essex town of Rayleigh.
Starring Matthew Horne and Daniel Mays.
Stuart ...... Mathew Horne
Joe ...... Daniel Mays
Terry ...... Tony Way
Mr Rocastle ...... Tony Way
Nicola ...... Zahra Ahmadi
Gary Probert ...... Steve Oram
Bill Parfitt ...... David Seddon
George Dorset ...... Alex Lowe
Mandy Dorset ...... Bharti Patel
Mr Boland ...... Michael Bertenshaw
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.
WED 23:30 Yours Truly, Pierre Stone (b09bz284)
Episode 2
Sam Bain's (Peep Show, Fresh Meat) adaptation of his dark comic novel about Pierre, a man too obsessed with celebrity trivia to pay attention to the disintegration of his own life.
This time Pierre is pondering the minutiae of a social media post about Tess Daly's breakfast choices and gets carried away sending her a message about the delights of a tube of Refreshers from the hospital vending machine.
But Doctor Misra interrupts him with some very bad news about his mother.
Starring Alex Macqueen.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2017.
WED 23:45 The Pin (b06kgbgd)
Series 1
Episode 2
Join Alex and Ben in their weird twist on the double-act sketch show.
Strap in for a 15 minute delve in to a world of oddness performed in front of a live studio audience.
The Pin are an award-winning comedy duo, and legends of Edinburgh festival. They deconstruct the sketch form, in a show that exists somewhere between razor-sharp smartness and utterly joyous silliness.
After a sold-out run in Edinburgh, and a string of hilarious performances across BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC 3, Channel 4, and Comedy Central, this is The Pin's debut solo show. For fans of Adam and Joe, Vic and Bob, and Fist of Fun - a show of absurd offerings from two loveable idiots.
Producer: Sam Bryant
First broadcast in Radio 4 in October 2015.
THURSDAY 15 AUGUST 2024
THU 00:00 Archive on 4 (m000kmw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b016q2l1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Whodunnits (b00q3kvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Bangers and Mash (b0075gh6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 The Missing Hancocks (b08jb9nq)
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THU 03:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b03hwbrr)
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THU 03:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b07b3c6d)
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THU 03:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jryt)
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THU 04:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b07lj6yh)
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THU 04:30 Two Doors Down (b0076gzn)
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THU 05:00 Esther Waters (b01r95hq)
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THU 06:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b016q57t)
Series 2
Andy Steps Up
PC Andy Crawford gets another chance to earn his stripes when some suspiciously priced tins of salmon turn up on Dock Green market.
Radio revival of BBC TV's famous copper, based at a London police station.
Starring David Calder and Hamish Clark.
Written for TV by Ted Willis and adapted for radio by Sue Rodwell.
George Dixon ...... David Calder
Andy Crawford ...... Hamish Clark
Duffy ...... Shaun Prendergast
Mrs Jones ...... Carol MacReady
DI Cherry ...... Christian Rodska
Mary Crawford ...... Charlie Brooks
Director: Viv Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.
THU 06:30 Whodunnits (b00qcjl3)
Agatha Christie - Towards Zero
4. Suspicion
Now Nevile is in the clear, suspicion has turned on Audrey for the murder of Lady Tresselian.
But no-one can find her, and MacWhirter is convinced she's innocent...
Conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunnit.
Starring Hugh Bonneville.
Dramatised by Joy Wilkinson
Nevile............Hugh Bonneville
MacWhirter.........Tom Mannion
Audrey............Claire Rushbrook
Mary............Julia Ford
Latimer...........Joseph Kloska
Kay............Lizzy Watts
Inspector Leach.......Philip Fox
Royde............Stephen Hogan
Sergeant...........Matt Addis
Director: Mary Peate
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2010.
THU 07:00 Our Man at Wembley (b00759xc)
Episode 4
Eric Halliday's vocal secret has been discovered by his arch-rival.
Can he avert disaster?
Starring Alistair McGowan.
Bill Matthews's four-part comedy series set in 1947.
Eric Halliday …… Alistair McGowan
Gordon McKay …… Jon Glover
Major Shaw Jones …… Jeremy Child
Michael …… John Salthouse
Dora …… Jane Whittenshaw
Alf …… Dax O'Callaghan
Chantal …… Melanie Hudson
Rex …… Charles Simpson
Other parts played by the cast.
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998.
THU 07:30 Dad's Army (b007jrh8)
Series 3
The Two and a Half Feathers
Corporal Jones fights back - as a new Home Guard platoon recruit rakes up their military past.
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Mr Clarke …. Michael Bates
Edna …. Avril Angers
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1976.
THU 08:00 My Teenage Diary (m000jmtm)
Series 9
Julie Myerson
Rufus Hound with more honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries.
In this episode, writer Julie Myerson delves into the diaries of her most formative years.
Producer: Harriet Jaine
A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020.
THU 08:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b07bb72s)
4. Sir Hilary
Adopting a cover identity, 007 heads for Switzerland in search of the elusive Blofeld.
First published in 1963, this was Fleming's 11th Bond novel, sandwiched between 'The Spy Who Loved Me' and 'You Only Live Twice'. In movie terms, this was the sixth of the original Bond movie franchise with George Lazenby playing the hero and Diana Rigg as Tracy.
The reader, Joanna Lumley, had a small, unnamed role in the 1969 film of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', being simply referred to as 'The English Girl'.
Abridged in ten parts by Michael Bakewell.
Producer: David Benedictus
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
THU 08:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrzb)
9. Terrible Consequences
Philip admires Gino's love for his son, but Harriet has other plans which spark terrible consequences.
EM Forster's deliciously witty story of English conventions confounded by the romanticism of Italy.
Debut novel first published in 1905.
Dramatised by Penny Leicester.
Narrator ...... Sian Thomas
Philip ...... Jamie Bamber
Caroline ...... Emilia Fox
Harriet ...... Deborah Findlay
Director: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
THU 09:00 The Train at Platform 4 (m0021qpz)
Series 2
3. Is This Your Seat?
A man refuses to move seat, causing a moral crisis on board, in the comedy set in the claustrophobic carriages of a cross-country rail service. Starring Rosie Cavaliero and written by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
When two American tourists attempt to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a Great British railway journey to York, Sam must negotiate with the bloke in their reserved seat who’s refusing to move.
The Train at Platform 4 follows a long-suffering crew who manage to scrape through every shift like a dysfunctional family – Train Manager, Sam (Rosie Cavaliero; Inside No. 9) First Class Steward, Noel (Hugh Dennis; Outnumbered), and Trolley Operator Tash (Amy Geldhill; Alma’s Not Normal). The passengers are made up of a rolling roster of guest stars.
Sam…. Rosie Cavaliero
Noel…. Hugh Dennis
Tash….. Amy Gledhill
Man…. Martin Trenaman
Mr McAllister…. Steve Punt
Mrs McAllister…. Gemma Arrowsmith
Written by....Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis
Producer… James Robinson
A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4
THU 09:30 Horse Story (b09v9p14)
4. Racehorses
Spies, bribes and poison. Horse racing has a long and varied history full of colourful characters, politics, scandal and fancy hats. Thoroughbred race horses can all be traced back to three original blood lines. Their descendants are at the centre of a sport and industry worth billions of pounds yet have, for centuries, been shrouded in mystery. What makes the perfect racehorse? Genes, training, jockeys?
As a former jockey from a horse racing family, Clare Balding is fascinated by thoroughbreds. She heads to Newmarket to meet a newborn racehorse foal at Stanley House Stud. Hopes are resting on this four day-old that she will follow in her parents' purebred hoofsteps. Clare discusses her provenance, and the strict rules and specific techniques of thoroughbred breeding, with stud groom Marco Palozzi. In the paddock, she also meets champion Ouija Board and some of her many offspring.
Racing started as a training exercise to swell the ranks of the King's cavalry, developing as a gentleman's contest. Scandalous from the start, it was one of the earliest regulated sports. At the Museum of Horseracing and Sporting Art, Chris Garibaldi shows Clare intriguing artefacts from racing history. These include quasi-religious relics made of the hooves and hides of former winners. Champions of the track were also preserved as ashtrays and book binding.
Outside racing, sophisticated genetic breeding techniques are rapidly becoming the norm. Will the same happen inside the sport? Clare visits the renowned Newmarket Equine Hospital where director David Dugdale and surgeon Ian Wright discuss what veterinary science promises for racehorses of the future.
Producer: Lucy Dichmont
A Testbed production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2018.
THU 09:45 Daily Service (m0021xws)
God's commands - Do not worry
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: God's commands - Do not worry
Luke 12: 8-12
Led by Sharon Grenham Toze.
THU 10:00 Great Lives (b00x95hm)
JB Priestley
Barry Cryer nods to his Yorkshire roots in choosing JB Priestley, the Bradford born author of The Good Companions and An Inspector Calls.
Barry knew JB for the last ten years of his life, and fondly recalls visiting a man he loved with two members of Monty Python. Other memories include a trip to the Cafe Royal, and thoughts on Priestley's notorious love of women.
Martin Wainwright, northern editor of the Guardian, presenter of last year's radio documentary about the Postscripts, also brings to life a prolific writer nearly killed in World War One. Some say he wrote so much to avoid the memories of that war. Recorded in front of an audience at the Arnolfini in Bristol, the programme includes colourful clips of JB Priestley and also Priestley's son, Tom.
The only discordant note is raised by presenter Matthew Parris: "It's awfully watchable, awfully readable, but where's the magic ? Is Priestley really very good?"
From the Arnolfini arts centre in Bristol.
Producer: Miles Warde
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.
THU 10:30 Who Was Bessie Head? (b0075mfm)
Hugh Quarshie talks to those who knew one of Africa's most brilliant but troubled writers: Bessie Head.
To some she was a refugee, single parent, amateur gardener and internationally acclaimed writer. To others, a temperamental, isolated figure on the Botswana landscape.
Contributors:
Randolph Vigne
Patrick Van Rensburg
Gillian Eilerson
Dennis Brutus
Extracts read by Janice Acquah.
Presenter/Producer: Hugh Quarshie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1999.
THU 11:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b016q57t)
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THU 11:30 Whodunnits (b00qcjl3)
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THU 12:00 Our Man at Wembley (b00759xc)
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THU 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jrh8)
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THU 13:00 My Teenage Diary (m000jmtm)
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THU 13:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b07bb72s)
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THU 13:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrzb)
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THU 14:00 Dilemma (b03vf07z)
Series 3
Episode 3
Sue Perkins puts Tom Wrigglesworth, Lucy Beaumont, Anne McElvoy and Joel Morris through the moral and ethical wringer.
The panellists attempt to resolve dilemmas based around dictators and ugly children; using a phone booth to solve a super problem and helping out an audience member.
Devised by Danielle Ward.
Producer: Ed Morrish.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.
THU 14:30 No Commitments (b01qrnbc)
Series 11
Foreign Affairs
Victoria frets over Roger, Charlotte misbehaves badly and Anna is stuck in the middle.
Simon Brett’s sitcom about the lives and squabbles of three very different sisters.
Anna ....... Rosemary Leach
Victoria ....... Angela Thorne
Charlotte ....... Felicity Montagu
Emily ....... Lisa Coleman
Eddie ...... James Greene
Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Written and produced by Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio in January 2005.
THU 15:00 Heinrich Mann - Berlin (m000spm9)
1. The Literary Life
"Berlin's the place for someone like me - where everybody is somebody or knows somebody who's somebody. I need only sit here, make myself agreeable, and by the end of summer everybody in the Cafe Hurrah will be shouting 'Hurrah' for me..."
Heinrich Mann's novel was first published in 1900,
Originally titled "In The Land of Cockaigne", this is the story of the rise and fall of Andrew Zumsee, an innocent but self-confident young poet from the provinces, as he attempts to make a name for himself in Berlin society.
Starring John Kielty.
Dramatised in two parts by Patricia Hannah.
Andrew Zumsee .... John Kielty
Adelheid Turkheimer .... Joanna Tope
Louis Turkheimer .... John Shedden
Karl Kaflisch .... Simon Tait
Dr Bedeiner .... Ralph Riach
Lizzi Laffe .... Vivienne Dixon
Diederich Klempner .... Gregor Powrie
Friederich Kopf .... Simon Donaldson
Asta Turkheimer .... Lucy Paterson
Frau Moore...............Stella Forge
Clare Pinbush...........Hilary Neville
Blosch.........................Mark McDonald
Heinrich Mann .... James Bryce
The older brother of Thomas Mann, Heinrich Mann is probably best remembered today as the author of the book which inspired the film "The Blue Angel".
Director: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004
THU 16:00 Great Lives (b00x95hm)
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THU 16:30 Who Was Bessie Head? (b0075mfm)
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THU 17:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b016q57t)
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THU 17:30 Whodunnits (b00qcjl3)
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THU 18:00 Our Man at Wembley (b00759xc)
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THU 18:30 Dad's Army (b007jrh8)
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THU 19:00 My Teenage Diary (m000jmtm)
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THU 19:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b07bb72s)
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THU 19:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrzb)
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THU 20:00 Dilemma (b03vf07z)
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THU 20:30 No Commitments (b01qrnbc)
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THU 21:00 Heinrich Mann - Berlin (m000spm9)
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THU 22:00 The Train at Platform 4 (m0021qpz)
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THU 22:30 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b007jvc2)
Episode 6
A-ha! Chat show host Alan Partridge welcomes more guests to his sofa:
BBC TV's Commissioning Director, Tony Hayers
TV presenter, Trudy Sky
Fashion Designer, Yvonne Boyd
The maverick, Lord Morgan
With thanks to Alan's chief researcher Steve Coogan.
Assistant researchers:
Patrick Marber
Rebecca Front
Doon Mackichan
David Schneider
Producer: Armando lannucci
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.
THU 23:00 Britain in Bits with Ross Noble (m00017tp)
Series 1
Episode 4
Ross Noble's surreal magazine show featuring celebrity guests and stories from around Britain - the best bits, the worst bits, the fascinating bits and the downright strange bits.
Journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Wark joins Ross in the studio.
Piers meets a protest singer who's found a niche for himself and the team investigates the take of the Sinister Stuffer of Manchester.
Written by and starring Ross Noble.
With:
Hadley Fraser
George Fouracres
Emma Sidi
Producer: Matt Stronge
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2018.
THU 23:30 Bunk Bed (m00045bn)
Series 6
Cate Blanchett
Everyone craves a place where their mind and body are not applied to a particular task. The nearest faraway place.
Somewhere for drifting and lighting upon strange thoughts which don't have to be shooed into context, but which can be followed like balloons escaping onto the air.
Late at night, in the dark and in a bunk bed, your tired mind can wander.
Hollywood star Cate Blanchett joins Patrick Marber and Peter Curran on the spare mattress.
So in relaxed mode, they muse on their experiences of gallstones, vomiting, night walks and severe haircuts.
Producer: Peter Curran
A Foghorn production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2019.
THU 23:45 Woof (b0bgrtmh)
True Tales of Romance and Failure
A Foreign Tongue
Bittersweet comic real life stories written and performed by Chris Neill
With:
Martin Hyder
Isy Suttie
We start with Chris Neill's amusing love life tales including his first love, Pierre-Claude from his school French book, an encounter with a violinist and, is France the answer?
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2018.
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FRI 04:00 Dilemma (b03vf07z)
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FRI 04:30 No Commitments (b01qrnbc)
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FRI 05:00 Heinrich Mann - Berlin (m000spm9)
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FRI 06:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b016r51t)
Series 2
Give a Dog a Good Name
PC George Dixon helps the newly promoted DI Andy Crawford trap a particularly vicious criminal - a man with an achilles heel in the shape of a small dog called Shirley.
Radio revival of BBC TV's famous copper, based at a London police station.
Starring David Calder and Hamish Clark.
Written for TV by Ted Willis and adapted for radio by Sue Rodwell.
George Dixon ...... David Calder
Andy Crawford ...... Hamish Clark
Duffy ...... Shaun Prendergast
Mrs Jones ...... Carol MacReady
DI Cherry ...... Christian Rodska
Mary Crawford ...... Charlie Brooks
Director: Viv Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.
FRI 06:30 Raffles (b01p0twv)
Series 1
1. The Ides of March
Bunny Manders desperately needs ready cash to repay a gambling debt.
His old schoolfellow, the celebrated English cricketer AJ Raffles knows just the person to help a fellow out. He's a jeweller in London's Bond Street - and, funnily enough, Raffles had planned to pay him a surprise visit that very night...
Starring Jeremy Clyde and Michael Cochrane.
EW Hornung's early Raffles stories of the renowned cricketer and gentleman thief.
AJ Raffles …. Jeremy Clyde
Bunny …. Michael Cochrane
Lord Upton …. George Parsons
Crony …. Graham Blockey
Crony …. Shaun Prendergast
Constable …. John Church
Young Bunny …. James Dykes
Dramatised by David Buck.
Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.
Director: Gordon House
A BBC Radio 4/World Service production first broadcast in October 1985.
FRI 07:00 Comedy Showcase (m0021x69)
2. Mr Harris
He is a lazy, arrogant, bullying games teacher, but Mr Harris is getting out.... unless the parents lynch him first.
One of four shows making up the Comedy Showcase series.
Chris England
Morwenna Banks
Robert Harley
Andy Taylor
Martin Hyder
Roger Blake
Roger Sloman
Valerie Minifie
Written by Chris England
Producer: Phil Clarke
Series producer: Bill Dare
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1998.
FRI 07:30 Share and Share Alike (m000mlmz)
Age of Concern
Jack's had vast experience with the opposite sex.
This comes in handy when brother Leslie needs convincing that lost youth doesn't necessarily mean the end to all hopes of tasting the flesh-pots.
Starring Hugh Paddick and Michael Robbins.
Series written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles
Jack ...... Michael Robbins
Lesley ...... Hugh Paddick
Janice ...... Elizabeth Morgan
Ron ...... Dennis Bond
Vivien ...... Karin MacCarthy
Producer John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1978.
FRI 08:00 Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere (b0b3d42l)
Series 1
Border Patrol
Malawian Comedian Daliso Chaponda looks at the relationship between the UK and Africa.
The UK and Africa have had a long a complicated past. This series looks at the history of this relationship and Daliso is our relationship guidance counsellor, helping us navigate the rocky historical waters between the two places.
A Malawian comedian who grew up all over the world, Daliso straddles cultural divides. He will help us all better understand how to sort out our differences. Or not...
In this final episode, Daliso talks about the process of immigration.
Written and performed by Daliso Chaponda.
The Other Guy... James Quinn
Theme tune by Lawi
Image by Steve Ullathorne
Producer, Carl Cooper
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.
FRI 08:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b07bft32)
5. Ruby Windsor
In the guise of Sir Hilary Bray, Bond contacts Blofeld and learns more about his Alpine hideaway.
First published in 1963, this was Fleming's 11th Bond novel, sandwiched between 'The Spy Who Loved Me' and 'You Only Live Twice'. In movie terms, this was the sixth of the original Bond movie franchise with George Lazenby playing the hero and Diana Rigg as Tracy.
The reader, Joanna Lumley, had a small, unnamed role in the 1969 film of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', being simply referred to as 'The English Girl'.
Abridged in ten parts by Michael Bakewell.
Producer: David Benedictus
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
FRI 08:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrzr)
10. A Bitter Truth
Englishman Philip confesses all to Italian Gino - and learns a bitter truth.
EM Forster's deliciously witty story of English conventions confounded by the romanticism of Italy.
Debut novel first published in 1905.
Dramatised by Penny Leicester.
Narrator ...... Sian Thomas
Philip ...... Jamie Bamber
Caroline ...... Emilia Fox
Harriet ...... Deborah Findlay
Gino ...... Tom George
Director: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
FRI 09:00 Kat Sadler's Screen Time (m001fd2v)
Part 2
Kat Sadler’s Screen Time is a fun guide/cautionary tale of how young people today live their lives through their phones and social media. Kat (daily screen time 8hrs 49 mins) was going out with Abbie (daily screen time 1 hr 26 mins) but their relationship ended because Kat spends too much time on her phone. She has to manage the breakup, so with the help of social media, and the PR team that live inside her head, she explains how she's going to emerge as the 'winner'.
Ensuring no listener is left behind by the indecipherable terminology and online etiquette of the under 30s, Kat is joined by extremely offline Alex MacQueen who will stop Kat and make her explain things like 'lovebombing' 'gaslighting' and the confusing TikTok algorithm
Cast
Kat Sadler - Kat
Alex MacQueen - Alex
Abbie Weinstock - Abbie
Emily Lloyd Saini - Various
Jason Forbes - Various
Written by Kat Sadler and Cameron Loxdale
Script edited by Jon Hunter
Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios Production
FRI 09:30 Horse Story (b09v9p1q)
5. Healing Horses
Clare Balding visits contrasting stables in Brixton and Edgware, North London to see how horses are being used to help people with mental and physical health problems. Can equine therapy offer hope to young people affected by gang violence and addiction?
The Ebony Horse club in Brixton, under the railway arches and tower blocks of in Coldharbour Lane, is located in one of the most socially challenged and economically deprived areas of London. Each day the horses here are ridden by local young people and the impact the stables has had on these children and the area is dramatic. These are not the pony club member stereotypes many envisage. They also work with those with specific problems - ex gang members, addicts, children with learning difficulties. Ebony offers an alternative to the lives they may have experienced. This connection with horses has transformed many lives.
In High Barnet, Clare visits Dr Jemma Hockley, founder of Strength and Learning Through Horses. A qualified clinical psychologist, Jemma uses equine therapy to help young people with a variety of mental health and social problems. Jemma doesn't teach her clients to ride, but helps them learn by contact with the horses on the ground. She has seen tremendous results, especially in young, socially disenfranchised young men. She has also taken horses into prisons and is about to begin a partnership with Help for Heroes, to help military veterans with injuries and PTSD. Clare meets clients and therapists and sees young people learning with horses at first hand.
Could horses, as Dr Jemma Hockley believes, help humans who have failed to help each other?
Producer: Lucy Dichmont
A Testbed production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2018.
FRI 09:45 Daily Service (m0021x6g)
God's commands - Listen to one another
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: God's commands - Listen to one another
Matthew 18: 15-20
Led by Sandra Godley
Philippa Hanna - Goodness of God
Michael W Smith feat Vanessa Campagna - Waymaker
Sandra Godley - Emmanuel
FRI 10:00 Soul Music (b04sv2gz)
Series 19
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' by The Smiths is explored through personal stories.
Released in 1986 on 'The Queen Is Dead' album, it's become an anthem of hope, loss and love.
As a teenager, Andy listened to it with his father, as he drove him to work. They had a moment of connection, and when his father died suddenly a few weeks later, the song took on huge significance.
When her young son was ill, Sharon Woolley drew strength from this music as she sat by his bedside in the small hours of the morning.
For comic artist Lucy Knisley, the song got her through a bad break-up with her long-term boyfriend - and its meaning changed for her when unexpected events unfolded.
Also featuring:
Mike Garry
Teddy Jameison
Mark Gatiss
Simon Goddard
Producer: Sara Conkey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2014.
FRI 10:30 The Foghorn: A Celebration (b00yqp5z)
Peter Curran celebrates the humble foghorn's powerful role in music, literature and film.
The foghorn was invented in 1855 by Robert Foulis, a Scotsman living in Canada who heard the low notes (but not the high notes) of his daughter's piano playing whist walking far from the family's fog-shrouded coastal cottage, thus inspiring the first steam powered fog horn. But beyond the sea, it's 'whale-like' sound has inspired artists, writers and musicians to use the foghorn both as symbol and instrument.
Peter Curran hears from foghorn composer of 'Maritime Rites' Alvin Curran, Jason Gorski, aka The Fogmaster, who used to conduct guerrilla foghorn concerts in the Bay Area of California, and takes a tour of Portland Bill lighthouse in Dorset, with keeper Larry Walker, taking the opportunity to set off an almighty Victorian foghorn. He also joins James Bond film music and future 2012 Olympic theme music composer David Arnold, who tries to digitally recreate the foghorn's cry, and Dr Harry Witchel, who analyses Peter's yearn for the sound as a child.
Producer: Sara Jane Hall.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2011.
FRI 11:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b016r51t)
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FRI 11:30 Raffles (b01p0twv)
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FRI 12:00 Comedy Showcase (m0021x69)
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FRI 12:30 Share and Share Alike (m000mlmz)
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FRI 13:00 Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere (b0b3d42l)
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FRI 13:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b07bft32)
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FRI 13:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrzr)
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FRI 14:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00jj529)
Series 1
Episode 5
James Walton chairs the show that tests and tickles the knowledge of industry pundits and people passionate about pop.
Regulars Tracey MacLeod and Andrew Collins are joined by:
Journalist, David Hepworth
T’Pau singer, Carol Decker
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Written and researched by James Walton
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005.
FRI 14:30 The Brothers (b00ntdnr)
Series 2
Episode 2
Brothers Nigel and Michael win an award.
Sitcom about the dysfunctional Burbage siblings.
Written by Caroline and David Stafford.
Nigel Burbage …. Adam Godley
Michael Burbage …. Ray Coulthard
Oonagh …. Pauline McLynn
Zorro …. Alex Lowe
Unsuitable Man …. Harry Myers
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
FRI 15:00 Heinrich Mann - Berlin (m000t0ds)
2. At Last - Rehearsals!
Aspiring young poet Andrew Zumsee has come from the provinces to make his name in Berlin society in the 1890s.
With the wealthy Turkheimers as his patrons - and Adelheid Turkheimer as his lover - a glittering artistic career looks assured.
Conclusion of Heinrich Mann's 1900 novel
Starring John Kielty.
Dramatised by Patricia Hannah.
Andrew Zumsee .... John Kielty
Adelheid Turkheimer .... Joanna Tope
Louis Turkheimer .... John Shedden
Karl Kaflisch .... Simon Tait
Dr Bedeiner .... Ralph Riach
Lizzi Laffe .... Vivienne Dixon
Diederich Klempner .... Gregor Powrie
Friederich Kopf .... Simon Donaldson
Asta Turkheimer .... Lucy Paterson
Bienaimee Matzke ... Gayanne Potter
Frau Moore.................Stella Forge
Clare Pinbush.............Hilary Neville
Blosch............................Mark McDonald
Heinrich Mann .... James Bryce
Director: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
FRI 16:00 Soul Music (b04sv2gz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:30 The Foghorn: A Celebration (b00yqp5z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:30 today]
FRI 17:00 Dixon of Dock Green (b016r51t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Raffles (b01p0twv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Comedy Showcase (m0021x69)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
FRI 18:30 Share and Share Alike (m000mlmz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 19:00 Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere (b0b3d42l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (b07bft32)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 19:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrzr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:45 today]
FRI 20:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00jj529)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 today]
FRI 20:30 The Brothers (b00ntdnr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Heinrich Mann - Berlin (m000t0ds)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:00 today]
FRI 22:00 Scott Agnew: Dead Man Talking (m0021wxy)
Series 1
2. Life Before Death
We all live before we die, but Scott lived a little harder and faster than most. In this episode he explores his life before he died. From his time as a journalist to coming out, his "Friday afternoon" feeling, chem sex parties and a HIV diagnosis that brought with it an unexpected feeling of gratitude.
The second episode in a trilogy of tales that gets into the gritty and grim goings on that nearly saw Scott pushing up the daisies. Each episode is far from a forlorn fable, but rather is bursting with colourful, lively stories of the people who have shaped Scott's life and helped him along the way. This is more than just a life story, this is Scott's death story.
A stand up series, written and performed by Scott Agnew
Produced by Lauren Mackay
Audio recorded by Chris Currie and Niall Young
FRI 22:30 Matt Berry Interviews... (b0b6p8g4)
Series 1
Brian Eno
Matt Berry presents a series of interviews with the greats of the stage, screen and music world.
This time Matt Berry brings you his interview with musician, composer, producer and artist Brian Eno. Berry sat down with Brian Eno at the peak of his creativity back in October 1976 at a recording studio situated in the French countryside. Quite defensive from the outset, Eno did eventually thaw to give me quite an insight into the man, and more importantly, the artist.
Written, performed and edited by Matt Berry.
Producer: Matt Stronge
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2018.
FRI 22:45 Tom Mayhew Is Benefit Scum (m000syp8)
Series 1
Posh Radio
Working Class comedian Tom Mayhew takes you on an autobiographical journey through the benefits system in a stand-up series that takes a wry, sideways look at the prejudices that people have towards benefits claimants and turns those assumptions on their head.
In this episode Tom looks at belief and how those beliefs affect the way we see each other.
Tom Mayhew is a critically acclaimed comedian, whose material about being working-class – mixing the personal and the political, with the punchline-rate of a one-liner comic – sets him apart from any other act on the circuit.
Tom Mayhew is Benefit Scum is an audio adaptation of Mayhew's acclaimed Edinburgh show I, Tom Mayhew.
Produced by Benjamin Sutton
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m00225l8)
Zach Zucker 2/2
From
10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Iain Lee talks to Zach Zucker.
FRI 23:00 Absolute Power (b007vkmz)
Series 2
Episode 4
The prime minister wants Charles and Martin to discredit the chancellor.
Mark Tavener's comedy about the Machiavellian doctors of PR spin.
Charles Prentiss .... Stephen Fry
Martin McCabe .... John Bird
With:
Tamsin Greig
Tony Gardner
Siobhan Hayes
Beth Chalmers
Sue Elliot Nicholls
Terence Edmond
Kenny Blythe
Exec Producer: Paul Schlesinger
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.
FRI 23:30 As Told To Craig Brown (b00bbnxt)
Episode 5
The Jane Austen industry and car user manuals.
Craig Brown introduces a mixture of satire, social observation and nonsense.
Narrated by Juliet Stevenson and Steve Wright.
With:
John Humphrys
Ronni Ancona
Jon Culshaw
Lewis MacLeod
Sally Grace
Ewan Bailey
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
A Good Read
10:00 TUE (b08vyfql)
A Good Read
16:00 TUE (b08vyfql)
A Good Read
00:00 WED (b08vyfql)
Absolute Power
23:00 FRI (b007vkmz)
All the Way from Memphis
04:00 SAT (b00jdp93)
All the Way from Memphis
14:00 FRI (b00jj529)
All the Way from Memphis
20:00 FRI (b00jj529)
Anything Legal
07:00 MON (b0088z2b)
Anything Legal
12:00 MON (b0088z2b)
Anything Legal
18:00 MON (b0088z2b)
Anything Legal
02:00 TUE (b0088z2b)
Archive on 4
10:00 WED (m000kmw5)
Archive on 4
16:00 WED (m000kmw5)
Archive on 4
00:00 THU (m000kmw5)
As Told To Craig Brown
23:30 FRI (b00bbnxt)
Bangers and Mash
07:00 WED (b0075gh6)
Bangers and Mash
12:00 WED (b0075gh6)
Bangers and Mash
18:00 WED (b0075gh6)
Bangers and Mash
02:00 THU (b0075gh6)
Bog Child (Omnibus)
07:30 SAT (m000b748)
Bog Child (Omnibus)
12:30 SAT (m000b748)
Bog Child (Omnibus)
18:30 SAT (m000b748)
Bog Child (Omnibus)
02:30 SUN (m000b748)
Britain in Bits with Ross Noble
23:00 THU (m00017tp)
Brothers in Law
09:30 SAT (b007jrhv)
Brothers in Law
14:30 SAT (b007jrhv)
Brothers in Law
20:30 SAT (b007jrhv)
Brothers in Law
04:30 SUN (b007jrhv)
Bunk Bed
23:30 THU (m00045bn)
Carnival Queens
00:30 SAT (b00763pf)
Catherine Bohart: TL;DR
23:00 MON (m0021qx8)
Chain Reaction
22:30 WED (b08g4h8h)
Charles Parker Prize
10:00 MON (m0021xfw)
Charles Parker Prize
16:00 MON (m0021xfw)
Charles Parker Prize
00:00 TUE (m0021xfw)
China, Britain and the Nunzilla Conundrum
10:30 TUE (b00rbpb4)
China, Britain and the Nunzilla Conundrum
16:30 TUE (b00rbpb4)
China, Britain and the Nunzilla Conundrum
00:30 WED (b00rbpb4)
Clare in the Community
23:00 TUE (b03s754k)
Comedy Showcase
02:00 SAT (m0021nzz)
Comedy Showcase
07:00 FRI (m0021x69)
Comedy Showcase
12:00 FRI (m0021x69)
Comedy Showcase
18:00 FRI (m0021x69)
Dad's Army
07:30 THU (b007jrh8)
Dad's Army
12:30 THU (b007jrh8)
Dad's Army
18:30 THU (b007jrh8)
Dad's Army
02:30 FRI (b007jrh8)
Daily Service
09:45 MON (m0021xft)
Daily Service
09:45 TUE (m0021xkk)
Daily Service
09:45 WED (m0021xr1)
Daily Service
09:45 THU (m0021xws)
Daily Service
09:45 FRI (m0021x6g)
Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere
03:00 SAT (b0b2kpm2)
Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere
08:00 FRI (b0b3d42l)
Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere
13:00 FRI (b0b3d42l)
Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere
19:00 FRI (b0b3d42l)
Dave Podmore
23:30 TUE (b007tm7h)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
06:45 SUN (b00mcxcs)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
11:45 SUN (b00mcxcs)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
17:45 SUN (b00mcxcs)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
01:45 MON (b00mcxcs)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
06:00 SUN (m0021x12)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
11:00 SUN (m0021x12)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
17:00 SUN (m0021x12)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
01:00 MON (m0021x12)
Dilemma
14:00 THU (b03vf07z)
Dilemma
20:00 THU (b03vf07z)
Dilemma
04:00 FRI (b03vf07z)
Dixon of Dock Green
06:00 MON (b0169l6n)
Dixon of Dock Green
11:00 MON (b0169l6n)
Dixon of Dock Green
17:00 MON (b0169l6n)
Dixon of Dock Green
01:00 TUE (b0169l6n)
Dixon of Dock Green
06:00 TUE (b016n8zj)
Dixon of Dock Green
11:00 TUE (b016n8zj)
Dixon of Dock Green
17:00 TUE (b016n8zj)
Dixon of Dock Green
01:00 WED (b016n8zj)
Dixon of Dock Green
06:00 WED (b016q2l1)
Dixon of Dock Green
11:00 WED (b016q2l1)
Dixon of Dock Green
17:00 WED (b016q2l1)
Dixon of Dock Green
01:00 THU (b016q2l1)
Dixon of Dock Green
06:00 THU (b016q57t)
Dixon of Dock Green
11:00 THU (b016q57t)
Dixon of Dock Green
17:00 THU (b016q57t)
Dixon of Dock Green
01:00 FRI (b016q57t)
Dixon of Dock Green
06:00 FRI (b016r51t)
Dixon of Dock Green
11:00 FRI (b016r51t)
Dixon of Dock Green
17:00 FRI (b016r51t)
Do Gooders
09:00 TUE (m0021qjk)
Do Gooders
22:00 TUE (m0021qjk)
Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control
10:00 SAT (m0007k2h)
Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control
15:00 SAT (m0007k2h)
Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control
21:00 SAT (m0007k2h)
Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control
05:00 SUN (m0007k2h)
Drop Me Here, Darling
10:30 SUN (m000tvp0)
Drop Me Here, Darling
15:30 SUN (m000tvp0)
Drop Me Here, Darling
21:30 SUN (m000tvp0)
Drop Me Here, Darling
05:30 MON (m000tvp0)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (Omnibus)
08:50 SUN (b00fsbmd)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (Omnibus)
13:50 SUN (b00fsbmd)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (Omnibus)
19:50 SUN (b00fsbmd)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (Omnibus)
03:50 MON (b00fsbmd)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
03:45 SAT (b007jrx0)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
08:45 MON (b007jrxz)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
13:45 MON (b007jrxz)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
19:45 MON (b007jrxz)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
03:45 TUE (b007jrxz)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
08:45 TUE (b007jryd)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
13:45 TUE (b007jryd)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
19:45 TUE (b007jryd)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
03:45 WED (b007jryd)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
08:45 WED (b007jryt)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
13:45 WED (b007jryt)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
19:45 WED (b007jryt)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
03:45 THU (b007jryt)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
08:45 THU (b007jrzb)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
13:45 THU (b007jrzb)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
19:45 THU (b007jrzb)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
03:45 FRI (b007jrzb)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
08:45 FRI (b007jrzr)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
13:45 FRI (b007jrzr)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
19:45 FRI (b007jrzr)
Esther Waters
15:00 TUE (b01r51f0)
Esther Waters
21:00 TUE (b01r51f0)
Esther Waters
05:00 WED (b01r51f0)
Esther Waters
15:00 WED (b01r95hq)
Esther Waters
21:00 WED (b01r95hq)
Esther Waters
05:00 THU (b01r95hq)
Fred at The Stand
23:30 SAT (b099yjmp)
Goodness Gracious Me
22:30 MON (b01p98gy)
Great Lives
10:00 THU (b00x95hm)
Great Lives
16:00 THU (b00x95hm)
Great Lives
00:00 FRI (b00x95hm)
Greywing
07:00 TUE (m0021xkh)
Greywing
12:00 TUE (m0021xkh)
Greywing
18:00 TUE (m0021xkh)
Greywing
02:00 WED (m0021xkh)
Heinrich Mann - Berlin
15:00 THU (m000spm9)
Heinrich Mann - Berlin
21:00 THU (m000spm9)
Heinrich Mann - Berlin
05:00 FRI (m000spm9)
Heinrich Mann - Berlin
15:00 FRI (m000t0ds)
Heinrich Mann - Berlin
21:00 FRI (m000t0ds)
Home to Roost
10:00 SUN (m000h0qd)
Home to Roost
15:00 SUN (m000h0qd)
Home to Roost
21:00 SUN (m000h0qd)
Home to Roost
05:00 MON (m000h0qd)
Horse Story
09:30 MON (b09v2x6n)
Horse Story
09:30 TUE (b09v3fdm)
Horse Story
09:30 WED (b09v9p07)
Horse Story
09:30 THU (b09v9p14)
Horse Story
09:30 FRI (b09v9p1q)
Ian Smith Is Stressed
09:00 WED (m0021qss)
Ian Smith Is Stressed
22:00 WED (m0021qss)
Inheritance Tracks
16:55 SAT (m0021w2b)
Inheritance Tracks
00:55 SUN (m0021w2b)
Inheritance Tracks
08:40 SUN (m0021x17)
Inheritance Tracks
13:40 SUN (m0021x17)
Inheritance Tracks
19:40 SUN (m0021x17)
Inheritance Tracks
03:40 MON (m0021x17)
JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls
06:00 SAT (b007jvpp)
JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls
11:00 SAT (b007jvpp)
JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls
17:00 SAT (b007jvpp)
JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls
01:00 SUN (b007jvpp)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
08:30 MON (b079zfs9)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
13:30 MON (b079zfs9)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
19:30 MON (b079zfs9)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
03:30 TUE (b079zfs9)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
08:30 TUE (b07b2sbd)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
13:30 TUE (b07b2sbd)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
19:30 TUE (b07b2sbd)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
03:30 WED (b07b2sbd)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
08:30 WED (b07b3c6d)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
13:30 WED (b07b3c6d)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
19:30 WED (b07b3c6d)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
03:30 THU (b07b3c6d)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
08:30 THU (b07bb72s)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
13:30 THU (b07bb72s)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
19:30 THU (b07bb72s)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
03:30 FRI (b07bb72s)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
08:30 FRI (b07bft32)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
13:30 FRI (b07bft32)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
19:30 FRI (b07bft32)
Just a Minute
14:00 MON (b00mbg96)
Just a Minute
20:00 MON (b00mbg96)
Just a Minute
04:00 TUE (b00mbg96)
Kat Sadler's Screen Time
09:00 FRI (m001fd2v)
Knowing Me, Knowing You
22:30 THU (b007jvc2)
Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking
23:00 SUN (b00p2z8j)
Lobby Land
08:00 TUE (b092nrns)
Lobby Land
13:00 TUE (b092nrns)
Lobby Land
19:00 TUE (b092nrns)
Lobby Land
03:00 WED (b092nrns)
Matt Berry Interviews...
22:30 FRI (b0b6p8g4)
Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music
22:30 SAT (b007jzvg)
My Teenage Diary
08:00 THU (m000jmtm)
My Teenage Diary
13:00 THU (m000jmtm)
My Teenage Diary
19:00 THU (m000jmtm)
My Teenage Diary
03:00 FRI (m000jmtm)
No Commitments
14:30 THU (b01qrnbc)
No Commitments
20:30 THU (b01qrnbc)
No Commitments
04:30 FRI (b01qrnbc)
No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley
03:30 SAT (b00gfsmh)
No Room for Secrets by Joanna Lumley (Omnibus)
07:30 SUN (m000vy0k)
No Room for Secrets by Joanna Lumley (Omnibus)
12:30 SUN (m000vy0k)
No Room for Secrets by Joanna Lumley (Omnibus)
18:30 SUN (m000vy0k)
No Room for Secrets by Joanna Lumley (Omnibus)
02:30 MON (m000vy0k)
North by Northamptonshire
08:00 MON (b00sp454)
North by Northamptonshire
13:00 MON (b00sp454)
North by Northamptonshire
19:00 MON (b00sp454)
North by Northamptonshire
03:00 TUE (b00sp454)
Our Man at Wembley
07:00 THU (b00759xc)
Our Man at Wembley
12:00 THU (b00759xc)
Our Man at Wembley
18:00 THU (b00759xc)
Our Man at Wembley
02:00 FRI (b00759xc)
Paul Sinha's General Knowledge
22:00 SAT (m000ylfx)
Poetry Extra
07:00 SUN (m0021x15)
Poetry Extra
12:00 SUN (m0021x15)
Poetry Extra
18:00 SUN (m0021x15)
Poetry Extra
02:00 MON (m0021x15)
Prize Fighting
01:00 SAT (m0021nzv)
Raffles
06:30 FRI (b01p0twv)
Raffles
11:30 FRI (b01p0twv)
Raffles
17:30 FRI (b01p0twv)
Robb Wilton: I Should Say So
08:45 SAT (b039bbjz)
Robb Wilton: I Should Say So
13:45 SAT (b039bbjz)
Robb Wilton: I Should Say So
19:45 SAT (b039bbjz)
Robb Wilton: I Should Say So
03:45 SUN (b039bbjz)
Scott Agnew: Dead Man Talking
22:00 FRI (m0021wxy)
Seekers
23:00 WED (b03ctfp8)
Share and Share Alike
02:30 SAT (m000mdnb)
Share and Share Alike
07:30 FRI (m000mlmz)
Share and Share Alike
12:30 FRI (m000mlmz)
Share and Share Alike
18:30 FRI (m000mlmz)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Lost World
16:00 SAT (m0021w28)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Lost World
00:00 SUN (m0021w28)
Soul Music
00:00 SAT (m00127bz)
Soul Music
10:00 FRI (b04sv2gz)
Soul Music
16:00 FRI (b04sv2gz)
Stewart Love - Here Be Dragons
15:00 MON (m0021xfy)
Stewart Love - Here Be Dragons
21:00 MON (m0021xfy)
Stewart Love - Here Be Dragons
05:00 TUE (m0021xfy)
Stop Messing About!
07:30 MON (b00s0bj8)
Stop Messing About!
12:30 MON (b00s0bj8)
Stop Messing About!
18:30 MON (b00s0bj8)
Stop Messing About!
02:30 TUE (b00s0bj8)
Street and Lane
14:30 MON (b00v3n2v)
Street and Lane
20:30 MON (b00v3n2v)
Street and Lane
04:30 TUE (b00v3n2v)
The Annunciation
05:00 SAT (b06h1nmk)
The Ape That Got Lucky
23:30 MON (b0081sw3)
The Brothers
04:30 SAT (b00nn2hg)
The Brothers
14:30 FRI (b00ntdnr)
The Brothers
20:30 FRI (b00ntdnr)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 SAT (m00225l2)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 TUE (m00225l4)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 FRI (m00225l8)
The Consultants
22:30 TUE (b007k3f3)
The Foghorn: A Celebration
10:30 FRI (b00yqp5z)
The Foghorn: A Celebration
16:30 FRI (b00yqp5z)
The Goon Show
07:30 TUE (m000hwwr)
The Goon Show
12:30 TUE (m000hwwr)
The Goon Show
18:30 TUE (m000hwwr)
The Goon Show
02:30 WED (m000hwwr)
The Men from the Ministry
09:00 SAT (b007jp4q)
The Men from the Ministry
14:00 SAT (b007jp4q)
The Men from the Ministry
20:00 SAT (b007jp4q)
The Men from the Ministry
04:00 SUN (b007jp4q)
The Missing Hancocks
07:30 WED (b08jb9nq)
The Missing Hancocks
12:30 WED (b08jb9nq)
The Missing Hancocks
18:30 WED (b08jb9nq)
The Missing Hancocks
02:30 THU (b08jb9nq)
The Museum of Curiosity
14:00 WED (b07lj6yh)
The Museum of Curiosity
20:00 WED (b07lj6yh)
The Museum of Curiosity
04:00 THU (b07lj6yh)
The One About The Social Worker
01:45 SAT (b038jg0w)
The Party Party
23:30 SUN (b007jx3r)
The Personality Test
14:00 TUE (b007sq67)
The Personality Test
20:00 TUE (b007sq67)
The Personality Test
04:00 WED (b007sq67)
The Pin
23:45 WED (b06kgbgd)
The Simon Day Show
22:30 SUN (b0112ydl)
The Train at Platform 4
09:00 THU (m0021qpz)
The Train at Platform 4
22:00 THU (m0021qpz)
The Twelve Maidens
16:30 SUN (m0021x19)
The Twelve Maidens
00:30 MON (m0021x19)
The Unbelievable Truth
09:00 MON (m0021qcd)
The Unbelievable Truth
22:00 MON (m0021qcd)
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
16:00 SUN (m000fh8j)
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
00:00 MON (m000fh8j)
Tickets Please
14:30 TUE (b00p1nm5)
Tickets Please
20:30 TUE (b00p1nm5)
Tickets Please
04:30 WED (b00p1nm5)
Tim Key's Poetry Programme
22:00 SUN (m000gsmj)
Tom Mayhew Is Benefit Scum
22:45 FRI (m000syp8)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
08:00 WED (b03hwbrr)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
13:00 WED (b03hwbrr)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
19:00 WED (b03hwbrr)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
03:00 THU (b03hwbrr)
Two Doors Down
14:30 WED (b0076gzn)
Two Doors Down
20:30 WED (b0076gzn)
Two Doors Down
04:30 THU (b0076gzn)
Warhorses of Letters
22:45 TUE (b0174gm8)
What The Future?
23:00 SAT (b04p86jl)
Who Was Bessie Head?
10:30 THU (b0075mfm)
Who Was Bessie Head?
16:30 THU (b0075mfm)
Who Was Bessie Head?
00:30 FRI (b0075mfm)
Whodunnits
06:30 MON (b00pr3vn)
Whodunnits
11:30 MON (b00pr3vn)
Whodunnits
17:30 MON (b00pr3vn)
Whodunnits
01:30 TUE (b00pr3vn)
Whodunnits
06:30 TUE (b00pxqz1)
Whodunnits
11:30 TUE (b00pxqz1)
Whodunnits
17:30 TUE (b00pxqz1)
Whodunnits
01:30 WED (b00pxqz1)
Whodunnits
06:30 WED (b00q3kvy)
Whodunnits
11:30 WED (b00q3kvy)
Whodunnits
17:30 WED (b00q3kvy)
Whodunnits
01:30 THU (b00q3kvy)
Whodunnits
06:30 THU (b00qcjl3)
Whodunnits
11:30 THU (b00qcjl3)
Whodunnits
17:30 THU (b00qcjl3)
Whodunnits
01:30 FRI (b00qcjl3)
Woof
23:45 THU (b0bgrtmh)
Yours Truly, Pierre Stone
23:30 WED (b09bz284)
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES ORDERED BY GENRE
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
Comedy
Britain in Bits with Ross Noble
23:00 THU (m00017tp)
Chain Reaction
22:30 WED (b08g4h8h)
Comedy Showcase
02:00 SAT (m0021nzz)
Comedy Showcase
07:00 FRI (m0021x69)
Comedy Showcase
12:00 FRI (m0021x69)
Comedy Showcase
18:00 FRI (m0021x69)
Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere
03:00 SAT (b0b2kpm2)
Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere
08:00 FRI (b0b3d42l)
Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere
13:00 FRI (b0b3d42l)
Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere
19:00 FRI (b0b3d42l)
Dilemma
14:00 THU (b03vf07z)
Dilemma
20:00 THU (b03vf07z)
Dilemma
04:00 FRI (b03vf07z)
Greywing
07:00 TUE (m0021xkh)
Greywing
12:00 TUE (m0021xkh)
Greywing
18:00 TUE (m0021xkh)
Greywing
02:00 WED (m0021xkh)
Kat Sadler's Screen Time
09:00 FRI (m001fd2v)
My Teenage Diary
08:00 THU (m000jmtm)
My Teenage Diary
13:00 THU (m000jmtm)
My Teenage Diary
19:00 THU (m000jmtm)
My Teenage Diary
03:00 FRI (m000jmtm)
Our Man at Wembley
07:00 THU (b00759xc)
Our Man at Wembley
12:00 THU (b00759xc)
Our Man at Wembley
18:00 THU (b00759xc)
Our Man at Wembley
02:00 FRI (b00759xc)
Street and Lane
14:30 MON (b00v3n2v)
Street and Lane
20:30 MON (b00v3n2v)
Street and Lane
04:30 TUE (b00v3n2v)
The Missing Hancocks
07:30 WED (b08jb9nq)
The Missing Hancocks
12:30 WED (b08jb9nq)
The Missing Hancocks
18:30 WED (b08jb9nq)
The Missing Hancocks
02:30 THU (b08jb9nq)
The Party Party
23:30 SUN (b007jx3r)
Tom Mayhew Is Benefit Scum
22:45 FRI (m000syp8)
Warhorses of Letters
22:45 TUE (b0174gm8)
Comedy: Character
Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking
23:00 SUN (b00p2z8j)
Robb Wilton: I Should Say So
08:45 SAT (b039bbjz)
Robb Wilton: I Should Say So
13:45 SAT (b039bbjz)
Robb Wilton: I Should Say So
19:45 SAT (b039bbjz)
Robb Wilton: I Should Say So
03:45 SUN (b039bbjz)
The Simon Day Show
22:30 SUN (b0112ydl)
Comedy: Chat
Matt Berry Interviews...
22:30 FRI (b0b6p8g4)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 SAT (m00225l2)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 TUE (m00225l4)
The Comedy Club Interviews
22:55 FRI (m00225l8)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
08:00 WED (b03hwbrr)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
13:00 WED (b03hwbrr)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
19:00 WED (b03hwbrr)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
03:00 THU (b03hwbrr)
Comedy: Music
Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music
22:30 SAT (b007jzvg)
Comedy: Panel Shows
All the Way from Memphis
04:00 SAT (b00jdp93)
All the Way from Memphis
14:00 FRI (b00jj529)
All the Way from Memphis
20:00 FRI (b00jj529)
Just a Minute
14:00 MON (b00mbg96)
Just a Minute
20:00 MON (b00mbg96)
Just a Minute
04:00 TUE (b00mbg96)
The Museum of Curiosity
14:00 WED (b07lj6yh)
The Museum of Curiosity
20:00 WED (b07lj6yh)
The Museum of Curiosity
04:00 THU (b07lj6yh)
The Personality Test
14:00 TUE (b007sq67)
The Personality Test
20:00 TUE (b007sq67)
The Personality Test
04:00 WED (b007sq67)
The Unbelievable Truth
09:00 MON (m0021qcd)
The Unbelievable Truth
22:00 MON (m0021qcd)
Comedy: Satire
Absolute Power
23:00 FRI (b007vkmz)
As Told To Craig Brown
23:30 FRI (b00bbnxt)
Catherine Bohart: TL;DR
23:00 MON (m0021qx8)
Dave Podmore
23:30 TUE (b007tm7h)
Comedy: Sitcoms
Absolute Power
23:00 FRI (b007vkmz)
Anything Legal
07:00 MON (b0088z2b)
Anything Legal
12:00 MON (b0088z2b)
Anything Legal
18:00 MON (b0088z2b)
Anything Legal
02:00 TUE (b0088z2b)
Bangers and Mash
07:00 WED (b0075gh6)
Bangers and Mash
12:00 WED (b0075gh6)
Bangers and Mash
18:00 WED (b0075gh6)
Bangers and Mash
02:00 THU (b0075gh6)
Brothers in Law
09:30 SAT (b007jrhv)
Brothers in Law
14:30 SAT (b007jrhv)
Brothers in Law
20:30 SAT (b007jrhv)
Brothers in Law
04:30 SUN (b007jrhv)
Clare in the Community
23:00 TUE (b03s754k)
Dad's Army
07:30 THU (b007jrh8)
Dad's Army
12:30 THU (b007jrh8)
Dad's Army
18:30 THU (b007jrh8)
Dad's Army
02:30 FRI (b007jrh8)
Do Gooders
09:00 TUE (m0021qjk)
Do Gooders
22:00 TUE (m0021qjk)
Drop Me Here, Darling
10:30 SUN (m000tvp0)
Drop Me Here, Darling
15:30 SUN (m000tvp0)
Drop Me Here, Darling
21:30 SUN (m000tvp0)
Drop Me Here, Darling
05:30 MON (m000tvp0)
Home to Roost
10:00 SUN (m000h0qd)
Home to Roost
15:00 SUN (m000h0qd)
Home to Roost
21:00 SUN (m000h0qd)
Home to Roost
05:00 MON (m000h0qd)
Lobby Land
08:00 TUE (b092nrns)
Lobby Land
13:00 TUE (b092nrns)
Lobby Land
19:00 TUE (b092nrns)
Lobby Land
03:00 WED (b092nrns)
No Commitments
14:30 THU (b01qrnbc)
No Commitments
20:30 THU (b01qrnbc)
No Commitments
04:30 FRI (b01qrnbc)
North by Northamptonshire
08:00 MON (b00sp454)
North by Northamptonshire
13:00 MON (b00sp454)
North by Northamptonshire
19:00 MON (b00sp454)
North by Northamptonshire
03:00 TUE (b00sp454)
Seekers
23:00 WED (b03ctfp8)
Share and Share Alike
02:30 SAT (m000mdnb)
Share and Share Alike
07:30 FRI (m000mlmz)
Share and Share Alike
12:30 FRI (m000mlmz)
Share and Share Alike
18:30 FRI (m000mlmz)
Street and Lane
14:30 MON (b00v3n2v)
Street and Lane
20:30 MON (b00v3n2v)
Street and Lane
04:30 TUE (b00v3n2v)
The Brothers
04:30 SAT (b00nn2hg)
The Brothers
14:30 FRI (b00ntdnr)
The Brothers
20:30 FRI (b00ntdnr)
The Men from the Ministry
09:00 SAT (b007jp4q)
The Men from the Ministry
14:00 SAT (b007jp4q)
The Men from the Ministry
20:00 SAT (b007jp4q)
The Men from the Ministry
04:00 SUN (b007jp4q)
The Train at Platform 4
09:00 THU (m0021qpz)
The Train at Platform 4
22:00 THU (m0021qpz)
Tickets Please
14:30 TUE (b00p1nm5)
Tickets Please
20:30 TUE (b00p1nm5)
Tickets Please
04:30 WED (b00p1nm5)
Two Doors Down
14:30 WED (b0076gzn)
Two Doors Down
20:30 WED (b0076gzn)
Two Doors Down
04:30 THU (b0076gzn)
Yours Truly, Pierre Stone
23:30 WED (b09bz284)
Comedy: Sketch
Goodness Gracious Me
22:30 MON (b01p98gy)
Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking
23:00 SUN (b00p2z8j)
Stop Messing About!
07:30 MON (b00s0bj8)
Stop Messing About!
12:30 MON (b00s0bj8)
Stop Messing About!
18:30 MON (b00s0bj8)
Stop Messing About!
02:30 TUE (b00s0bj8)
The Consultants
22:30 TUE (b007k3f3)
The Goon Show
07:30 TUE (m000hwwr)
The Goon Show
12:30 TUE (m000hwwr)
The Goon Show
18:30 TUE (m000hwwr)
The Goon Show
02:30 WED (m000hwwr)
The Pin
23:45 WED (b06kgbgd)
Tim Key's Poetry Programme
22:00 SUN (m000gsmj)
What The Future?
23:00 SAT (b04p86jl)
Comedy: Spoof
Knowing Me, Knowing You
22:30 THU (b007jvc2)
The Ape That Got Lucky
23:30 MON (b0081sw3)
Comedy: Standup
Fred at The Stand
23:30 SAT (b099yjmp)
Ian Smith Is Stressed
09:00 WED (m0021qss)
Ian Smith Is Stressed
22:00 WED (m0021qss)
Paul Sinha's General Knowledge
22:00 SAT (m000ylfx)
Scott Agnew: Dead Man Talking
22:00 FRI (m0021wxy)
Woof
23:45 THU (b0bgrtmh)
Drama
Bog Child (Omnibus)
07:30 SAT (m000b748)
Bog Child (Omnibus)
12:30 SAT (m000b748)
Bog Child (Omnibus)
18:30 SAT (m000b748)
Bog Child (Omnibus)
02:30 SUN (m000b748)
Stewart Love - Here Be Dragons
15:00 MON (m0021xfy)
Stewart Love - Here Be Dragons
21:00 MON (m0021xfy)
Stewart Love - Here Be Dragons
05:00 TUE (m0021xfy)
Drama: Action & Adventure
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
08:30 MON (b079zfs9)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
13:30 MON (b079zfs9)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
19:30 MON (b079zfs9)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
03:30 TUE (b079zfs9)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
08:30 TUE (b07b2sbd)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
13:30 TUE (b07b2sbd)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
19:30 TUE (b07b2sbd)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
03:30 WED (b07b2sbd)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
08:30 WED (b07b3c6d)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
13:30 WED (b07b3c6d)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
19:30 WED (b07b3c6d)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
03:30 THU (b07b3c6d)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
08:30 THU (b07bb72s)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
13:30 THU (b07bb72s)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
19:30 THU (b07bb72s)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
03:30 FRI (b07bb72s)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
08:30 FRI (b07bft32)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
13:30 FRI (b07bft32)
James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
19:30 FRI (b07bft32)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Lost World
16:00 SAT (m0021w28)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Lost World
00:00 SUN (m0021w28)
Drama: Classic & Period
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (Omnibus)
08:50 SUN (b00fsbmd)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (Omnibus)
13:50 SUN (b00fsbmd)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (Omnibus)
19:50 SUN (b00fsbmd)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (Omnibus)
03:50 MON (b00fsbmd)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
03:45 SAT (b007jrx0)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
08:45 MON (b007jrxz)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
13:45 MON (b007jrxz)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
19:45 MON (b007jrxz)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
03:45 TUE (b007jrxz)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
08:45 TUE (b007jryd)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
13:45 TUE (b007jryd)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
19:45 TUE (b007jryd)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
03:45 WED (b007jryd)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
08:45 WED (b007jryt)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
13:45 WED (b007jryt)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
19:45 WED (b007jryt)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
03:45 THU (b007jryt)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
08:45 THU (b007jrzb)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
13:45 THU (b007jrzb)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
19:45 THU (b007jrzb)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
03:45 FRI (b007jrzb)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
08:45 FRI (b007jrzr)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
13:45 FRI (b007jrzr)
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread
19:45 FRI (b007jrzr)
Esther Waters
15:00 TUE (b01r51f0)
Esther Waters
21:00 TUE (b01r51f0)
Esther Waters
05:00 WED (b01r51f0)
Esther Waters
15:00 WED (b01r95hq)
Esther Waters
21:00 WED (b01r95hq)
Esther Waters
05:00 THU (b01r95hq)
Heinrich Mann - Berlin
15:00 THU (m000spm9)
Heinrich Mann - Berlin
21:00 THU (m000spm9)
Heinrich Mann - Berlin
05:00 FRI (m000spm9)
Heinrich Mann - Berlin
15:00 FRI (m000t0ds)
Heinrich Mann - Berlin
21:00 FRI (m000t0ds)
JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls
06:00 SAT (b007jvpp)
JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls
11:00 SAT (b007jvpp)
JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls
17:00 SAT (b007jvpp)
JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls
01:00 SUN (b007jvpp)
Whodunnits
06:30 MON (b00pr3vn)
Whodunnits
11:30 MON (b00pr3vn)
Whodunnits
17:30 MON (b00pr3vn)
Whodunnits
01:30 TUE (b00pr3vn)
Whodunnits
06:30 TUE (b00pxqz1)
Whodunnits
11:30 TUE (b00pxqz1)
Whodunnits
17:30 TUE (b00pxqz1)
Whodunnits
01:30 WED (b00pxqz1)
Whodunnits
06:30 WED (b00q3kvy)
Whodunnits
11:30 WED (b00q3kvy)
Whodunnits
17:30 WED (b00q3kvy)
Whodunnits
01:30 THU (b00q3kvy)
Whodunnits
06:30 THU (b00qcjl3)
Whodunnits
11:30 THU (b00qcjl3)
Whodunnits
17:30 THU (b00qcjl3)
Whodunnits
01:30 FRI (b00qcjl3)
Drama: Crime
Dixon of Dock Green
06:00 MON (b0169l6n)
Dixon of Dock Green
11:00 MON (b0169l6n)
Dixon of Dock Green
17:00 MON (b0169l6n)
Dixon of Dock Green
01:00 TUE (b0169l6n)
Dixon of Dock Green
06:00 TUE (b016n8zj)
Dixon of Dock Green
11:00 TUE (b016n8zj)
Dixon of Dock Green
17:00 TUE (b016n8zj)
Dixon of Dock Green
01:00 WED (b016n8zj)
Dixon of Dock Green
06:00 WED (b016q2l1)
Dixon of Dock Green
11:00 WED (b016q2l1)
Dixon of Dock Green
17:00 WED (b016q2l1)
Dixon of Dock Green
01:00 THU (b016q2l1)
Dixon of Dock Green
06:00 THU (b016q57t)
Dixon of Dock Green
11:00 THU (b016q57t)
Dixon of Dock Green
17:00 THU (b016q57t)
Dixon of Dock Green
01:00 FRI (b016q57t)
Dixon of Dock Green
06:00 FRI (b016r51t)
Dixon of Dock Green
11:00 FRI (b016r51t)
Dixon of Dock Green
17:00 FRI (b016r51t)
JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls
06:00 SAT (b007jvpp)
JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls
11:00 SAT (b007jvpp)
JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls
17:00 SAT (b007jvpp)
JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls
01:00 SUN (b007jvpp)
Prize Fighting
01:00 SAT (m0021nzv)
Raffles
06:30 FRI (b01p0twv)
Raffles
11:30 FRI (b01p0twv)
Raffles
17:30 FRI (b01p0twv)
Whodunnits
06:30 MON (b00pr3vn)
Whodunnits
11:30 MON (b00pr3vn)
Whodunnits
17:30 MON (b00pr3vn)
Whodunnits
01:30 TUE (b00pr3vn)
Whodunnits
06:30 TUE (b00pxqz1)
Whodunnits
11:30 TUE (b00pxqz1)
Whodunnits
17:30 TUE (b00pxqz1)
Whodunnits
01:30 WED (b00pxqz1)
Whodunnits
06:30 WED (b00q3kvy)
Whodunnits
11:30 WED (b00q3kvy)
Whodunnits
17:30 WED (b00q3kvy)
Whodunnits
01:30 THU (b00q3kvy)
Whodunnits
06:30 THU (b00qcjl3)
Whodunnits
11:30 THU (b00qcjl3)
Whodunnits
17:30 THU (b00qcjl3)
Whodunnits
01:30 FRI (b00qcjl3)
Drama: Horror & Supernatural
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
16:00 SUN (m000fh8j)
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
00:00 MON (m000fh8j)
Drama: Psychological
The Annunciation
05:00 SAT (b06h1nmk)
Drama: SciFi & Fantasy
The Twelve Maidens
16:30 SUN (m0021x19)
The Twelve Maidens
00:30 MON (m0021x19)
Drama: Thriller
The One About The Social Worker
01:45 SAT (b038jg0w)
Entertainment
Bunk Bed
23:30 THU (m00045bn)
The Personality Test
14:00 TUE (b007sq67)
The Personality Test
20:00 TUE (b007sq67)
The Personality Test
04:00 WED (b007sq67)
Factual
A Good Read
10:00 TUE (b08vyfql)
A Good Read
16:00 TUE (b08vyfql)
A Good Read
00:00 WED (b08vyfql)
Archive on 4
10:00 WED (m000kmw5)
Archive on 4
16:00 WED (m000kmw5)
Archive on 4
00:00 THU (m000kmw5)
Bunk Bed
23:30 THU (m00045bn)
Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media
Charles Parker Prize
10:00 MON (m0021xfw)
Charles Parker Prize
16:00 MON (m0021xfw)
Charles Parker Prize
00:00 TUE (m0021xfw)
China, Britain and the Nunzilla Conundrum
10:30 TUE (b00rbpb4)
China, Britain and the Nunzilla Conundrum
16:30 TUE (b00rbpb4)
China, Britain and the Nunzilla Conundrum
00:30 WED (b00rbpb4)
Poetry Extra
07:00 SUN (m0021x15)
Poetry Extra
12:00 SUN (m0021x15)
Poetry Extra
18:00 SUN (m0021x15)
Poetry Extra
02:00 MON (m0021x15)
The Foghorn: A Celebration
10:30 FRI (b00yqp5z)
The Foghorn: A Celebration
16:30 FRI (b00yqp5z)
Who Was Bessie Head?
10:30 THU (b0075mfm)
Who Was Bessie Head?
16:30 THU (b0075mfm)
Who Was Bessie Head?
00:30 FRI (b0075mfm)
Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media: Arts
A Good Read
10:00 TUE (b08vyfql)
A Good Read
16:00 TUE (b08vyfql)
A Good Read
00:00 WED (b08vyfql)
Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control
10:00 SAT (m0007k2h)
Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control
15:00 SAT (m0007k2h)
Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control
21:00 SAT (m0007k2h)
Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control
05:00 SUN (m0007k2h)
Factual: Beauty & Style
Carnival Queens
00:30 SAT (b00763pf)
Factual: History
Great Lives
10:00 THU (b00x95hm)
Great Lives
16:00 THU (b00x95hm)
Great Lives
00:00 FRI (b00x95hm)
Factual: Life Stories
Desert Island Discs Revisited
06:00 SUN (m0021x12)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
11:00 SUN (m0021x12)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
17:00 SUN (m0021x12)
Desert Island Discs Revisited
01:00 MON (m0021x12)
Great Lives
10:00 THU (b00x95hm)
Great Lives
16:00 THU (b00x95hm)
Great Lives
00:00 FRI (b00x95hm)
Inheritance Tracks
16:55 SAT (m0021w2b)
Inheritance Tracks
00:55 SUN (m0021w2b)
Inheritance Tracks
08:40 SUN (m0021x17)
Inheritance Tracks
13:40 SUN (m0021x17)
Inheritance Tracks
19:40 SUN (m0021x17)
Inheritance Tracks
03:40 MON (m0021x17)
No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley
03:30 SAT (b00gfsmh)
No Room for Secrets by Joanna Lumley (Omnibus)
07:30 SUN (m000vy0k)
No Room for Secrets by Joanna Lumley (Omnibus)
12:30 SUN (m000vy0k)
No Room for Secrets by Joanna Lumley (Omnibus)
18:30 SUN (m000vy0k)
No Room for Secrets by Joanna Lumley (Omnibus)
02:30 MON (m000vy0k)
Soul Music
00:00 SAT (m00127bz)
Soul Music
10:00 FRI (b04sv2gz)
Soul Music
16:00 FRI (b04sv2gz)
Who Was Bessie Head?
10:30 THU (b0075mfm)
Who Was Bessie Head?
16:30 THU (b0075mfm)
Who Was Bessie Head?
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David Attenborough's Life Stories
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David Attenborough's Life Stories
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David Attenborough's Life Stories
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David Attenborough's Life Stories
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Horse Story
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Horse Story
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Horse Story
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Horse Story
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Horse Story
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Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment
David Attenborough's Life Stories
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David Attenborough's Life Stories
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David Attenborough's Life Stories
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David Attenborough's Life Stories
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Soul Music
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Soul Music
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Soul Music
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All the Way from Memphis
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All the Way from Memphis
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All the Way from Memphis
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Religion & Ethics
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