Muriel's sister Connie returns home unexpectedly with startling news.
Set in Yorkshire prior to the First World War, Winifred Holtby's story about a woman's journey - from her teens to womanhood - into independence and self-fulfilment.
Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes dramatised in by Diana Griffiths.
Muriel ...... Clare Goose
Connie ...... Joanne Froggatt
Mr Hammond ...... David Fleeshman
Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth
Bobby Collins ...... Sam Curtis
Lady Grainger ...... Daryl Fishwick
Young man ...... Steven Rostance
Director: Pauline Harris.
Robert Shearman finishes the tale he began in an episode recorded at St Pancras Station, and involving a certain statue.
After 40 years teaching creative writing, sneaky Mr Fisher discovers a masterpiece. Short story read by Stephen Moore.
Ronnie Corbett and the writers of his hit sitcom Sorry, Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent, return for a second series of this popular sitcom about Sandy Hopper, a granddad happily growing old along with his dog Henry and his lodger, Dolores (Liza Tarbuck).
Dolores seems to have taken up with a married man but Sandy's grandfatherly duties come before his fatherly ones. And thus Sandy discovers the power of the story. Tyson's sister Zoe is desperate to find out what happened next. If it were just a matter of googling Emily Bronte, it would be simple enough but things are never that easy for Sandy. Just who is Byron Queasley, for a start?
Ronnie Corbett ...... Sandy
Liza Tarbuck ...... Dolores
Sally Grace ...... Mrs Pompom
Tilly Vosburgh ...... Ellie
Philip Bird ....... Lance
Amelia Clarkson ...... Zoe
Stephen Critchlow ...... Queasley
It is New Year's Eve, and Eth wants to celebrate with the Glums. Stars June Whitfield and Alma Cogan. From December 1954.
Ben has a business meeting on the golf course. But will he end up feeling below par?
Starring real-life American family: Ben Lyon and his wife Bebe Daniels and their children, Richard and Barbara.
With Doris Rogers as Florrie, Molly Weir as Aggie, Horace Percival as Mr Wimple, Hugh Morton, Bob Block, Gwen Lewis and Selma Vaz Diaz.
Life With The Lyons was one the BBC's most popular radio sitcoms between1950 and 1961. It was also adapted for BBC TV.
Written by Bebe Daniels, Bob Block and Ronnie Hanbury.
BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.
After being turned into a mouse, a young boy vows to give the witches a taste of their own medicine. Starring Margaret Tyzack.
A chance to hear a longer edition of the Desert Island Discs of the Grande Dame of bohemian living, first broadcast in May 2011 on Radio 4. Presented by Kirsty Young.
Clare English and Janice Forsyth with the pick of the week's Festival Cafe Shows from this year's Edinburgh Festival.
As murder suspects mount up, police question Cordelia Grey, and there's another death. Stars Greta Scacchi and John Moffatt.
The schoolboy is in trouble for not doing his homework, so Alfie is forced to help. Starring Jimmy Clitheroe. From December 1964.
The Bishop regrets inviting the Dean to his birthday dinner.
Starring Robertson Hare as the Archdeacon, William Mervyn as the Bishop, Jonathan Cecil as Bishop's Chaplain - the Reverend Mervyn Noote and John Barron as the Dean. With Joan Sanderson as Mrs Pugh-Critchley.
The ecclesiastical sitcom started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Playhouse, ahead of a run on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. Selected scripts were revised and re-recorded for radio.
Written for radio by Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps.
Producer: David Hatch.
When a couple inherit a mansion, the wife is strangely captivated. Stars Nicola Pagett, with with the Man in Black, Edward De Souza.
A cliff-top drama for Whitby landlady Brenda, when her monstrous old fiance appears. Stars Joanna Tope and Monica Gibb.
Andi Osho and Arthur Smith with chat and music from 4 Poofs and a Piano and Joe Simmons.
Adam Bloom has a problem. He's fed up with having problems.
With Rob Rouse and Stefano Paolini.
Written by Adam Bloom.
Cricketing legend Dave Podmore tries to gauge the English team's success in his own murky way...
Christopher Douglas stars as Pod.
Written by Christopher Douglas, Nick Newman and Andrew Nickolds.
Dave ...... Chris Douglas
Andy ...... Andrew Nickolds
With Henry Alan, Keiran Cadweller, William Hicks, David Rogers, Fiona Rowlett and Montanna Thompson.
Fun-packed sketch show featuring 'Britain's Stupidest Postman'. Stars Brenda Blethyn and Robert Bathurst. From November 1987.
MONDAY 22 AUGUST 2011
MON 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jmgn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Paul Magrs - Never the Bride (b009gctd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay (b013m13m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Best of the Festival Cafe Shows (b013m29y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Take It From Here (b013m01w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 PD James - The Skull Beneath the Skin (b007w0rb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Roald Dahl (b013m0tq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008wf8j)
Series 1
Episode 1
Since graduation, Simon has hardly blazed a trail as a plodding Health and Safety executive, so why does his old Cambridge master Gilbert need him?
Following the death of one of its most prominent Dons, celebrity TV historian Peter Devanti - everyone at a Cambridge College gathers to attend the funeral. Simon, an ex-student and now disillusioned health and safety officer, starts wondering whether his death was not as straightforward as it at first appeared.
CAST:
Gilbert …. Geoffrey Palmer
Simon …. Samuel West
Patricia …. Rebecca Front
with Sharon Small, Michael Maloney, Jonathan Coy, Emily Wachter, Nicholas Boulton, Hugh Dickson, and Beth Chalmers
Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.
MON 06:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr26)
Episode 1
An anonymous wealthy Englishman goes on a shooting trip to the continent.
In his sights is 'the biggest game of all': the head of a brutal European dictatorship.
Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
The first of a 15-part reading read by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in January 2004.
MON 07:00 Ballylenon (b007jx6s)
Series 5
Episode 3
How far will some Ballylenon residents go to make sure that the sale of a certain cottage goes ahead without a hitch? It's 1956 in the sleepy Irish town. Stars TP McKenna.
MON 07:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience (b007k4xw)
Episode 3
Patrick and Maureen have hit desperation point and invite a marriage counsellor to advise them on their communication skills live on-air.
It's a recipe for disaster.
Starring Imelda Staunton as Maureen Maybe and Patrick Barlow as Patrick Maybe.
Special guests: Mike Smith and Sarah Greene
Doctor ...... Peter Jones
Dennis ...... Kevin Eldon
Sergio ...... Simon Greenall
Written by Patrick Barlow.
Script associate: Nev Fountain
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00mrhjp)
Series 3
Episode 13
Kenneth Horne blows his own trumpet in 'Young Horne with a Man', plus Julian and Sandy's bona psychic gift of a second vada
With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London. Announcer: Douglas Smith
Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, catchphrases and double-entendres.
Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1967.
MON 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b013n0q0)
Series 8
Episode 8
With the rise of the Common Market in mind, Radio Prune goes International.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Sketches written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music and songs by Bill Oddie, Liam Cohen and Dave Lee.
Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in April 1970.
MON 09:00 When the Dog Dies (b013n0q2)
Series 2
Tangled Web
Ronnie Corbett reunites with the writers of his hit sitcom Sorry, Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. Sorry ran for seven series on BBC 1 and was number one in the UK ratings.
In the second series of their Radio 4 sitcom, Ronnie plays Sandy Hopper, who is growing old happily along with his dog Henry. His grown up children - both married to people Sandy doesn't approve of at all - would like him to move out of the family home so they can get their hands on their money earlier. But Sandy's not having this. He's not moving until the dog dies. And not just that, how can he move if he's got a lodger? His daughter is convinced that his too attractive lodger Dolores (Liza Tarbuck) is after Sandy and his money.
Luckily Sandy has three grandchildren and sometimes a friendly word, a kindly hand on the shoulder can really help a Granddad in the twenty-first century. Man and dog together face a complicated world. There's every chance they'll make it more so.
Episode Four- Tangled Web
Whenever people tell porkies, they seem to come to Sandy for help. Being a spare man and his own master - he can provide the alibi or hide the goods. However, multi-tasking was never his strongpoint even when he was Manager (Acting) of the Five Feathers, Frinton. Deceiving needs practice and not on the job, either.
Cast:
Sandy ..... Ronnie Corbett
Dolores ..... Liza Tarbuck
Ellie ..... Tilly Vosburgh
Blake ..... Jonathan Aris
Calais ..... Amelia Clarkson
PC - Stephen Critchlow
Megan ..... Polly Frame
Producer: Liz Anstee
A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 09:30 The Party Line (b013n0q4)
Series 3
Episode 2
MP Duncan Stonebridge faces trial by ballroom dance. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis's sitcom stars James Fleet. From October 2008.
MON 10:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007lzdp)
Series 2
Travel Broadens the Seat
A hectic social visit to Bath with his family, and more from the diary of Somerset parson William Holland. Stars Ronald Pickup.
MON 10:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jtnf)
Series 3
Chic Ken
Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth starts envying his agent Ken's bachelor lifestyle. Stars Graham Fellows. From October 1997.
MON 11:00 George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss (b00grysh)
Boy and Girl
While Mr Tulliver plans a fine education for Tom, Maggie learns of a disaster concerning rabbits left in her care.
George Eliot's most popular and widely read novel, first published in 1860.
Starring Michael Fitzgerald and Terry Molloy
Dramatised in five-parts by Michelene Wandor.
Philip ...... Michael Fitzgerald
Mr Tulliver ...... Terry Molloy
Young Maggie ...... Hilary Martin
Tom ...... Richard Pearce
Mrs Tulliver ...... Tina Gray
Mrs Glegg ...... Joyce Gibbs
Mr Glegg ...... Geoff Serle
Mr Dean ...... Michael Kilgarriff
Mrs Dean ...... Hedli Niklaus
Lucy ...... Melissa Katsoulis
Mrs Pullet ...... Heather Barrett
Mrs Moss ...... Sunny Ormonde
Bob ...... Paul Downing
Mr Pullet/Mr Moss/Mr Riley ...... Brian Miller
Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Philip Martin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1991.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00mrhjp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Just a Minute (b0135t7q)
Series 61
With Phill Jupitus, Julian Clary, Josie Lawrence and Rick Wakeman
The popular panel game hosted by Nicholas Parsons, in which the panellists attempt to talk uninterrupted for a Minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation. This week the players are Josie Lawrence, Julian Clary, Phill Jupitus and the ex-rocker Rick Wakeman. Producer: Tilusha Ghelani.
MON 13:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008wf8j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr26)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmkt)
Episode 1
France 1815: Jean Valjean - sentenced to 19 years hard labour for stealing a loaf of bread - is finally released from prison.
Given shelter by the kind-hearted Bishop of Digne, he's tempted to carry out one more criminal act.
Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice, dramatised in 25 episodes by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Lin Coghlan.
Starring Roger Allam as Jean Valjean, Joss Ackland as Victor Hugo, David Schofield as Inspector Javert, David De Keyser as Bishop Myriel, Marlene Sidaway as Mme Magloire, Christopher Godwin as Landlord / Official 1, Peter Darney as Guard 1 / Pascal, Jonathan Forbes as Policeman 1/ Official 2/ Waggoner 2 and Carl Prekopp as Guard 2 / Policeman 2 / Waggoner 3.
Producer: Jeremy Mortimer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.
MON 14:15 Jackie Wullschlager - Chagall (b00tf7m7)
Episode 1
Derek Jacobi reads from Jackie Wullschlager's biography of artist Marc Chagall, beginning with his childhood in Vitebsk.
MON 14:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b0089jbx)
Episode 6
As Holly returns from holiday in Havana, Fred is approached by a stranger...
Henry Goodman continues Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York.
With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
MON 14:45 Penguins Stopped Play (b00lmqcz)
Episode 1
Harry Thompson sets out to play cricket on seven continents - starting on an ice floe. Comic travelogue read by Nicholas Boulton.
MON 15:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007lzdp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
MON 15:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jtnf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b013n28d)
We explore the wonderful world of mud, hear more from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Julia Roberts tells us about her smile!
MON 17:00 Ballylenon (b007jx6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
MON 17:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience (b007k4xw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
MON 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jpnn)
The Red Planet
3. Extreme Dreams
James Whitaker’s curious behaviour causes concern for Captain Jet Morgan, as bad dreams plague the rest of his crew bound for Mars...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1954.
MON 18:30 Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (b00vs65f)
Episode 1
San Francisco 1992 - a world devastated by war and six rogue androids at large. Kerry Shale reads Philip K Dick's 1968 classic.
MON 18:45 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007jtlg)
Episode 1
Meet the man who battery farms humans.
Published in 1932, Aldous Huxley's enduring tale about cloning, consumerism and chemical abandon in a nightmare vision of an ideal society in the future.
Read by Anton Lesser.
Abridged in 10 parts by Neville Teller.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00mrhjp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b013n0q0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008wf8j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr26)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
MON 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b013n28g)
Edinburgh Festival 2011
Episode 6
Fred MacAulay brings you the pick of the best comedy from the Edinburgh Festival.
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b0135t7q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
MON 22:30 4 Extra at the Fringe (b0140qdl)
Dan Antapolski, Nat Luurtsema and Tom Crane chat to Arthur about their new project: Jigsaw.
MON 22:40 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b00gf8pp)
Series 2
Edinburgh
Adam Bloom has taken a show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival over many years.
This is a retrospective of his time performing in Scotland's capital city.
With Alistair McGowan.
Written by Adam Bloom.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.
MON 22:55 4 Extra at the Fringe (b0140qdn)
Tim Vine talks to Arthur Smith about his Edinburgh chat show.
MON 23:00 When the Dog Dies (b013n0q2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
MON 23:30 Hut 33 (b00lv795)
Series 1
Don't Bet on It
The Bletchley Park codebreakers must play football against Italian prisoners of war.
Set in Bletchley Park in 1941, three code-breakers are forced to share a draughty wooden hut, as they try to break German ciphers. Unfortunately, they hate each other.
CAST:
Charles …. Robert Bathurst
Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Minka …. Olivia Colman
Gordon …. Fergus Craig
Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley
Joshua …. Alex MacQueen
Written by James Cary.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.
TUESDAY 23 AUGUST 2011
TUE 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jpnn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (b00vs65f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Monday]
TUE 00:45 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007jtlg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008wf8j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr26)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 When the Dog Dies (b013n0q2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 The Party Line (b013n0q4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007lzdp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jtnf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss (b00grysh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Ballylenon (b007jx6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience (b007k4xw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008wmnj)
Series 1
Episode 2
Another mysterious death makes Health and Safety executive Simon consider the relevance of cruets.
Following the death of one of its most prominent Dons, celebrity TV historian Peter Devanti - everyone at a Cambridge College gathers to attend the funeral. Simon, an ex-student and now disillusioned health and safety officer, starts wondering whether his death was not as straightforward as it at first appeared.
CAST:
Gilbert …. Geoffrey Palmer
Simon …. Samuel West
Patricia …. Rebecca Front
with Sharon Small, Michael Maloney, Jonathan Coy, Emily Wachter, Nicholas Boulton, Jason Chan and Beth Chalmers
Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.
TUE 06:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr2k)
Episode 2
Bruised and battered after his interrogation by the secret police - the Englishman is on the run inside a hostile European dictatorship. Who can he trust to help him?
Geoffrey Household's classic thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
Read by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in January 2004.
TUE 07:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4dj)
What's in a Name?
Hard-up Audrey needs a secret job - but what on earth is she qualified to do?
Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton.
Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere
Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher
Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger
Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka
Frank Middlemass ..... Ned
The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage.
From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descent.
First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, finally arrived home in 1997.
Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1997.
TUE 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00cl752)
Series 1
The Audition
The ex-variety star stumbles through an audition and relives a role in Juliet Bravo. Stars Steve Delaney. From January 2006.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007swcz)
Series 5
The Sinking of Westminster Pier
Oyster-loving Neddie Seagoon takes to the River Thames, which is soon draining away.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes.
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 February 1955.
TUE 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jrdl)
Series 3
Complain About the Burkiss Way
Desert Island Wobblies and a somewhat startling history of a history of things through the ages, through the ages...
Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett .
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Scripted by David Renwick and Andrew Marshall.
Producer: John Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1978.
TUE 09:00 Any Other Business (b013n7gx)
Episode 5
The argy bargy of Chesbury politics presents a brand new Chestnut and a spot of blackmail.
Lucy Flannery's local government sitcom
Starring:
Nelson David
John Duttine
James Grout
Rosy Fordham
Nick Hardy
Howard Lew Lewis
Toby Longworth
Jan Ravens
Vivienne Rochester
June Whitfield.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.
TUE 09:30 The Personality Test (b00kmnfn)
Series 1
John Sergeant
Former BBC and ITN chief political correspondent John Sergeant quizzes a panel about himself.
Sue Perkins, Alan Carr and Lucy Porter battle with queries based on John’s life, whims and interests
Series in which a fresh host every episode quizzes a comedy panel about themselves.
Script by Richard Turner
Devised & produced by Aled Evans.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.
TUE 10:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007m03j)
Series 2
Episode 3
Can rowdy Robert avoid the ladies and quit booze? The diary of Somerset parson William Holland. Stars Ronald Pickup.
TUE 10:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jtpn)
Series 3
Ping Pong Pangs
Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth tackles a testing table tennis trauma. Stars Graham Fellows. From October 1997.
TUE 11:00 George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss (b00gs5x8)
Home and School
Maggie Tulliver has run away, but will a passion for litigation prove to be her father's undoing?
Starring Michael Fitzgerald and Terry Molloy.
George Eliot’s 19th century novel dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Philip ...... Michael Fitzgerald
Young Maggie ...... Hilary Martin
Tom ...... Richard Pearce
Mrs Tulliver ...... Tina Gray
Mr Tulliver ...... Terry Molloy
Mrs Glegg ...... Joyce Gibbs
Mr Glegg ...... Geoff Serle
Mr Dean ...... Michael Kilgarriff
Mrs Dean ...... Hedli Niklaus
Mrs Pullet ...... Heather Barrett
Mrs Moss ...... Sunny Ormonde
Bob ...... Paul Downing
Mr Pullet/Mr Moss/Mr Gore ...... Brian Miller
Young Philips ...... Sam Barriscale
Rev Stelling ...... Simon Carter
Woman ...... Susan Mansell
Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Philip Martin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1991.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007swcz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack (b0137yqf)
Series 2
Episode 4
A multi-paced, one woman Fast Show for Radio 4 showcasing the exceptional talent of Lucy Montgomery. Lucy is a true chameleon who can embrace any character with uncanny accuracy, from a deluded teenager to a nonagenarian Diva. Lucy is a rare and multifaceted performer her intelligence and Barry Humphries-esque glee give her characterisations a smart and distinctive edge
Like all big stars, Lucy's worked hard to earn her tilt at the windmill of fame. In her ten years since Footlights she's honed her talents on Radio 4 shows as diverse as the Sony Gold winning Down the Line, The Museum of Everything, The Department, Another Case of Milton Jones, Mastering the Universe, Torchwood, The Don't Watch With Mother Sketchbook and The Way We Live Right Now. On television she has made her mark on BBC THREE's TittyBangBang, BBC ONE's Armstrong and Miller and BBC TWO's - Bellamy's People.
Starring; Lucy Montgomery, Philip Pope, Sally Grace, Natalie Walter and Waen Shepherd.
Written by Lucy Montgomery with additional material by Steve Burge, Jon Hunter, Fay Rusling, Abigail Burdess, Suk Pannu, Andy Wolton and Joseph Morpurgo.
Script Editor; Dan Tetsell
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.
TUE 13:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008wmnj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr2k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmld)
Episode 2
Jean Valjean has broken the terms of his parole, and is on the run. Dramatisation of Victor Hugo's epic novel with Joss Ackland.
TUE 14:15 Jackie Wullschlager - Chagall (b00tf947)
Episode 2
Young Marc Chagall travels to St Petersburg to study art - illegally. Derek Jacobi reads Jackie Wullschlager's biography.
TUE 14:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b0089kf3)
Episode 7
Henry Goodman reads Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York.
With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
TUE 14:45 Penguins Stopped Play (b00ln0q4)
Episode 2
Attempting to play cricket on seven continents - Harry Thompson's team hit Malaysia. Comic travelogue read by Nicholas Boulton.
TUE 15:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007m03j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
TUE 15:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jtpn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b013n9lr)
We'll hear another brilliant Just William story, go fishing with Chris Tarrant, and take another trip to Edinburgh to sample the delights of the Fringe Festival.
TUE 17:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4dj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00cl752)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jprf)
The Red Planet
4. Meteors!
Captain Jet Morgan and his crew must take action in their battle against a cluster of meteors.
The mystery over Whitaker deepens - as tragedy strikes on board one of the Mars freighters.
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1954.
TUE 18:30 Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (b00vsw14)
Episode 2
Will Rick Deckard's empathy test identify the new, dangerously sophisticated Nexus 6 androids? Kerry Shale reads Philip K Dick's classic.
TUE 18:45 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007jtmn)
Episode 2
Bernard Marx is a misfit in an ideal society. So why is Lenina attracted to him? Nightmare future vision read by Anton Lesser. From April 2003.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007swcz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jrdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008wmnj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr2k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b013nc9l)
Edinburgh Festival 2011
Episode 7
Fred MacAulay brings you the pick of the best Comedy from the Edinburgh Festivals - with Paul Sinha, Shazia Mirza and political animal Andy Zaltzman.
TUE 22:00 Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack (b0137yqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
TUE 22:30 4 Extra at the Fringe (b0140rkc)
Arthur Smith and Andi Osho chat to comedians and bring you a lorry load of jollity from this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
TUE 22:40 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b00gl4t1)
Series 2
Insecurity
You should talk about your problems - after all, a problem shared is a problem halved.
Unless you've got a trust phobia, in which case it opens a whole other can of worms.
Written by and starring Adam Bloom.
With Stefano Paolini.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.
TUE 22:55 4 Extra at the Fringe (b0140rkf)
Arthur Smith and Andi Osho chat to comedians and bring you a lorry load of jollity from this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
TUE 23:00 The Nick Revell Show (b007k2dc)
Series 1
Cash
Writer Nick struggles for cash, while his geraniums moan about Christmas decorations.
A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.
With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Brian Bowles, Doon Mackichan and Alison Sterling.
Producer: Jon Magnusson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.
TUE 23:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007mcc4)
Series 1
Episode 1
If smugglers were the rock stars of the day, Tamsyn Trelawny was Drumlin Bay's very own Ms Dynamite-ee-ee.
But how will she cope when a keen young soldier from London is appointed the new local customs collector.?
18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain.
Starring Lucy Speed as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Jago Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire Bascombe, Julia Deakin as Lady Mary, Mark Felgate as Dewey and Phil Nice as Various Characters.
Producer: Jan Ravens.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003.
WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2011
WED 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jprf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (b00vsw14)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 00:45 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007jtmn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008wmnj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr2k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Any Other Business (b013n7gx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Personality Test (b00kmnfn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Paupers and Pig Killers (b007m03j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jtpn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss (b00gs5x8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4dj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00cl752)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008wzvk)
Series 1
Episode 3
As dead don Peter Devanti's sordid side is made public, Simon struggles with his day job.
Following the death of one of its most prominent Dons, celebrity TV historian Peter Devanti - everyone at a Cambridge College gathers to attend the funeral. Simon, an ex-student and now disillusioned health and safety officer, starts wondering whether his death was not as straightforward as it at first appeared.
CAST:
Gilbert …. Geoffrey Palmer
Simon …. Samuel West
Patricia …. Rebecca Front
with Sharon Small, Michael Maloney, Jonathan Coy, Emily Wachter, Nicholas Boulton, Jason Chan and Beth Chalmers
Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.
WED 06:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr30)
Episode 3
At large in a hostile European dictatorship, the fugitive battles on, in his efforts to escape, by taking to water.
Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
Read by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in January 2004.
WED 07:00 Tony's (b00tp95z)
Series 2
The French Connection
A hairdresser exchange programme offers publicity and disaster - in equal measure.
Series 2 of the misadventures in the life of a corner-shop barber starring Victor Spinetti as Tony, Deryck Guyler as Stanley, Deborah Watling as Maisie.
With guests: Alan Lake and Roger Kitter.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Incidental music by Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1981.
WED 07:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b013plyb)
Series 3
Arrivederci Coma
Robin gets run over by a fork lift truck and ends up in a coma and Wendy has to decide whether to turn off his life support system.
But then she meets an attractive young patient on another ward, who's in need of some mothering.
Meanwhile, Maureen can't decide how to spend the compensation money...
Sitcom about the mundane lives of childless couple, Robin and Wendy and their friends and neighbours - with a twist.
Wendy ...... Kay Stonham
Robin ...... Brian Capron
Derek ...... Martin Trenaman
Maureen ...... Amelia Bullmore
Written by Kay Stonham.
Devised by Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jxyr)
The Idol
Feeling tired of the Lad's big-headedness, Bill and Moira decide it's time to teach him a lesson.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr and Sidney James.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954
WED 08:30 Yes Minister (b007k1mq)
Series 2
The Moral Dimension
Thirsty MP Jim Hacker's trip to an Arab state sparks diplomatic disarray.
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom centred around the hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
It first ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984.
Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard …. Derek Fowlds
Anne Hacker …. Diana Hoddinot
Bill Pritchard …. Anthony Carrick
Prince Mohammed …. Walter Randall
First Arab …. Vic Tablian
Helpful Arab …. Ali Rifaii
Jenny Goodwin …. Moir Lesley
Ross …. Robin Summers
Diplomat …. Mark Straker
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.
WED 09:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b013plyd)
Freedom Is Choice
"The Sellingfield Project: 'We'll take care of you alright!' "
Sub-Officer Edward Wilson probes a mysterious incident in Cumbria.
Starring Robert Lindsay.
Futuristic sitcom by Richard Turner and William Osborne with a nod to George Orwell.
Edward ...... Robert Lindsay
Sophie ...... Siobhan Redmond
Charles ...... Paul Shearer
With Pam Ferris, Richard Turner, Mark Knox and David Goodland.
Producer: Nick Symons
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1985.
WED 09:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b013pqmg)
Humphrey Lyttelton's anarchic panel game with Willie Rushton, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer. From March 1977.
WED 10:00 Anne Holm - I Am David (b007jykb)
Episode 1
A young refugee's brave escape from a labour camp sparks a courageous lone journey. Stars Rory Copus and Andrew Wincott.
WED 10:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jnzg)
Series 3
Radio Shuttleworth
John Shuttleworth starts a new station for Sheffield, but can he count on Mary and Ken? Stars Graham Fellows. From October 1997.
WED 11:00 George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss (b00gsj50)
Home and Work
Mr Tulliver is offered an unlikely escape route from his troubles.
Meanwhile Philip is enamoured of Maggie...
Starring Sylvestra Le Touzel, Michael Fitzgerald and Terry Molloy.
George Eliot’s 19th century novel dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Maggie ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel
Philip ...... Michael Fitzgerald
Tom ...... Richard Pearce
Mr Tulliver ...... Terry Molloy
Mrs Tulliver ...... Tina Gray
Mrs Glegg ...... Joyce Gibbs
Mr Glegg ...... Geoff Serle
Mr Dean ...... Michael Kilgarriff
Dr Wakem ...... Roger Hume
Bob/Clerk ...... Paul Downing
Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Philip Martin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1991.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jxyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Wondermentalist Cabaret (b00yqspr)
Series 1
Episode 4
Matt Harvey's warm-hearted poetry cabaret in the company of fellow poets Les Barker, Pete Hunter and Jude Simpson.
Supported by one man house band, Jerri Hart, they vie for the audience's approval at the Comedy Box, Bristol, in the Dead Poets' Slam, wooing us with the deathless words of their best-loved poets from the past.
The audience too play their part, composing their own crowd-sourced poem (the subjects of which can vary wildly, from reflecting on the delights and demerits of cheese, to Sunday mornings, and the winter habits of gerbils).
Producer: Mark Smalley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2011.
WED 13:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008wzvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr30)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmly)
Episode 3
Jean Valjean wins respect as the Mayor of Montreuil, but life is less rosy for Fantine. Victor Hugo's epic stars Joss Ackland.
WED 14:15 Jackie Wullschlager - Chagall (b00tfbf9)
Episode 3
The artist meets his future wife Bella and his mentor Leon Bakst, and travels to Paris. Biography read by Derek Jacobi.
WED 14:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b0089m5n)
Episode 8
Henry Goodman reads Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York.
With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
WED 14:45 Penguins Stopped Play (b00ln4b7)
Episode 3
Keen to play cricket on seven continents - Harry Thompson's team hit the West Indies. Comic travelogue read by Nicholas Boulton.
WED 15:00 Anne Holm - I Am David (b007jykb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 15:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jnzg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b013pr59)
Danny Boyle shares his experiences of filming Slumdog Millionaire in India, we meet a rollercoaster addict, and take a fun trip to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
WED 17:00 Tony's (b00tp95z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 17:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b013plyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
WED 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jpv4)
The Red Planet
5. Communication Lost
With all communications back to Earth lost, the courage of Captain Jet Morgan is severely tested during a meteor swarm...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1954.
WED 18:30 Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (b00vt4dl)
Episode 3
Deckard is on the trail of the rogue android that's seriously injured his boss. Kerry Shale reads Philip K Dick's 1968 classic.
WED 18:45 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007nchp)
Episode 3
Feeling ill at ease, Bernard Marx shares his worries about Lenina with his best friend. Nightmare future vision read by Anton Lesser. From April 2003. Episode 3 of 10.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jxyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Yes Minister (b007k1mq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008wzvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr30)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b013pr5c)
Edinburgh Festival 2011
Episode 8
Fred MacAulay brings you the pick of the best Comedy from the Edinburgh Festivals - joined by John Moloney, Andy Parsons, Tim Vine and many others.
WED 22:00 Wondermentalist Cabaret (b00yqspr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
WED 22:30 4 Extra at the Fringe (b0140thb)
Isy Suttie joins Arthur Smith to chat about her show Pearl and Dave and sings him a song.
WED 22:40 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b00gswf0)
Series 2
Comedy
Want to write comedy? Adam Bloom unveils the six steps to success.
Written by and starring Adam Bloom.
With Alistair McGowan and Rob Rouse.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.
WED 22:55 4 Extra at the Fringe (b0140thd)
Chat and song with the delectable Delete the Banjax.
WED 23:00 Acropolis Now (b007rj19)
Series 2
Signs
Uncle Liquidities demands that Plato quits philosophy to enter the funerary urn business. With Stephen Moore. From March 2002.
WED 23:30 The Castle (b0080xwh)
Series 1
Episode 6
Sitcom by Kim Fuller, set in a medieval castle with some remarkably modern trappings.
Featuring an art exhibition, a strolling footpad, a dodgy flat-pack scaffold and a lawnmower.
Sir John Woodstock ...... James Fleet
Sir William De Warenne ...... Neil Dudgeon
Lady Anne Woodstock ...... Susan Earl
Cardinal Duncan ...... Jonathan Kydd
Lady Charlotte ...... Ingrid Oliver
Master Henry Woodstock ...... Steven Kynman
Sam Tree ...... Toby Ross-Bryant.
THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2011
THU 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jpv4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (b00vt4dl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 00:45 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007nchp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008wzvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr30)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b013plyd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b013pqmg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Anne Holm - I Am David (b007jykb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jnzg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss (b00gsj50)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Tony's (b00tp95z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b013plyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008x3lv)
Series 1
Episode 4
Simon has to investigate the college chapel, while also trying to identify Peter Devanti's murderer. But is Zoe the next target?
Following the death of one of its most prominent Dons, celebrity TV historian Peter Devanti - everyone at a Cambridge College gathers to attend the funeral. Simon, an ex-student and now disillusioned health and safety officer, starts wondering whether his death was not as straightforward as it at first appeared.
CAST:
Gilbert …. Geoffrey Palmer
Simon …. Samuel West
Patricia …. Rebecca Front
with Sharon Small, Michael Maloney, Jonathan Coy, Emily Wachter, Nicholas Boulton, Stephen Hogan and Beth Chalmers
Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.
THU 06:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr3f)
Episode 4
Back in England after battling to escape - the Englishman soon realises that even in London, he's still not safe from his hostile pursuers.
Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
Read by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in January 2004.
THU 07:00 PG Wodehouse (b00c075v)
What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning
Jeeves Sails into Action
Furious Uncle Percy gets trapped and Bertie Wooster tries to avoid getting arrested!
Conclusion of the PG Wodehouse romp adapted in seven-parts by Chris Miller.
Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Jonathan Cecil as Boko Fittleworth, Peter Woodthorpe as Percy, Lord Worplesden, Rosalind Adams as Nobby Hopwood and Michael Kilgarriff as Stilton Cheesewright.
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
THU 07:30 Double Science (b013qzgj)
Bonfire Night
Awesome fireworks are promised, but Colin and Kenneth's party doesn't go to plan.
The turmoil continues at Forresters Sixth Form College.
Written by and starring Ben Willbond and Justin Edwards.
With Rebecca Front, Raza Jaffrey, Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Alex MacQueen.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.
THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b013qzgl)
Safe and Unsound
The bungling bureaucrats spark fears of a top level security leak...
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler.
With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley, John Graham, Patricia Hayes and John Cole.
Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.
'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in April 1973.
THU 08:30 Hello Cheeky (b013qzgn)
From 21/10/1979
Red Rum, sound effects galore and more fast-moving pun-tastic fun.
Starring John Junkin, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor.
Script by John Junkin and Barry Cryer.
Music by the Denis King Trio.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1979.
THU 09:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c075x)
Series 3
Episode 3
Sheila and Tommy tackle their memoirs, but are their memories up to it?
Ageing showbiz couple Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr continue their second stab at fame.
Series 3 of Mike Coleman’s six-part sitcom,
CAST:
Tommy Franklin …. Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr …. June Whitfield
Hetty Stark …. Pat Coombes
Murray Franklin …. Julian Eardley
Louis Elstein …. Edward Halsted
Dudley Rathbone …. Alex Lowe
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
THU 09:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k0wh)
Series 1
The New Synagogue
A single phone call turns the comfortable world of Rabbi Fine is turned upside down.
The first of three series of Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.
Starring David De Keyser as Rabbi Abraham Fine. Tracy-Ann Oberman as Rabbi Su Jacobs, Doreen Mantle as Sadie Fine, Henry Goodman as Melvin, Jonathan Kydd as Brian and Sarah Rice as Ruth.
Music: Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
THU 10:00 Anne Holm - I Am David (b007jvms)
Episode 2
The weary young refugee is in despair - until he meets Signora Bang, who changes everything. Stars Rory Copus and Sarah Badel.
THU 10:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jp2b)
Series 3
Caravan Capers
While on a romantic break in Derbyshire, John and Mary discover a surprise guest. Stars Graham Fellows. From October 1997.
THU 11:00 George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss (b00gsr6p)
Loss and Love
Because of a long-standing feud between their families Maggie and Philip Wakem have been meeting in secret.
When Tom discovers he feels angry and betrayed.
Starring Sylvestra Le Touzel, Michael Fitzgerald and Terry Molloy.
George Eliot’s 19th century novel dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Maggie ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel
Philip ...... Michael Fitzgerald
Tom ...... Richard Pearce
Mr Tulliver ...... Terry Molloy
Mrs Tulliver ...... Tina Gray
Mr Dean ...... Michael Kilgarriff
Dr Wakem ...... Roger Hume
Bob ...... Paul Downing
Lucy Deab ...... Moir Leslie
Stephen Guest ...... Nicholas Gilbrook
Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Philip Martin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1991.
THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b013qzgl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Another Case of Milton Jones (b0138xmh)
Series 5
Lorry Driver
Milton Jones is the king of the world of refrigerated haulage with his very own fleet of iced lorries. But his 1000th lorry contains a secret more deadly than one of his mum's famous all-day breakfasts..
He's joined in his endeavours by his co-stars Tom Goodman-Hill ("Camelot"), Dave Lamb ("Come Dine With Me") and Lucy Montgomery ("Down The Line").
Milton Jones returns to BBC Radio Four for an amazing 9th series - which means he's been running for longer than Gardeners' Question Time and answered more questions on gardening as well.
Britain's funniest Milton and the king of the one-liner returns with a fully-working cast and a shipload of new jokes for a series of daffy comedy adventures
Each week, Milton is a complete and utter expert at something - brilliant Mathematician, World-Class Cyclist, Aviator, Championship Jockey...
... and each week, with absolutely no ability or competence, he plunges into a big adventure with utterly funny results...
"Milton Jones is one of Britain's best gagsmiths with a flair for creating daft yet perfect one-liners" - The Guardian.
"King of the surreal one-liners" - The Times
"If you haven't caught up with Jones yet - do so!" - The Daily Mail
Written by Milton with James Cary ("Think The Unthinkable", "Miranda"), the man they call "Britain's funniest Milton," returns to the radio with a fully-working cast and a shipload of new jokes.
The cast includes regulars Tom Goodman-Hill ( "Spamalot"), Lucy Montgomery ("Down The Line"), Dave Lamb ("Come Dine With Me") and Ben Willbond ("Horrible Histories")
David Tyler's radio credits include Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive, Cabin Pressure, Bigipedia, Another Case Of Milton Jones, Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation, Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off, The 99p Challenge, The Castle, The 3rd Degree and even, going back a bit, Radio Active. His TV credits include Paul Merton - The Series, Spitting Image, Absolutely, The Paul & Pauline Calf Video Diaries, Coogan's Run, The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon and exec producing Victoria Wood's dinnerladies.
Produced & directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 13:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008x3lv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr3f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmmg)
Episode 4
Poorly Fantine fears desertion, while Jean Valjean resolves to let God decide his fate. Victor Hugo's epic stars Joss Ackland.
THU 14:15 Jackie Wullschlager - Chagall (b00tfqq0)
Episode 4
The artist shocks the censor, and then makes his big breakthrough - thanks to the Germans. Biography read by Derek Jacobi.
THU 14:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b0089kv5)
Episode 9
Henry Goodman reads Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York.
With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
THU 14:45 Penguins Stopped Play (b00lncmq)
Episode 4
Out to play cricket on seven continents - Harry Thompson's team size up the Argentinians. Comic travelogue read by Nicholas Boulton.
THU 15:00 Anne Holm - I Am David (b007jvms)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 15:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jp2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b013qzgq)
We'll find out what makes a fussy eater, Gillian McKeith recounts her experience living in the I'm A Celebrity jungle, and we hear more from the Edinburgh Festival.
THU 17:00 PG Wodehouse (b00c075v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
THU 17:30 Double Science (b013qzgj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
THU 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jpxk)
The Red Planet
6. The Mysterious Object
Weeks have passed since the Mars space fleet lost all contact with Earth.
But then Captain Jet Morgan and his crew suddenly receive warnings to turn back, but from whom?
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1954.
THU 18:30 Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (b00vt7x2)
Episode 4
Bounty hunter Rick Deckard closes in on 'retiring' the second rogue android on his hit-list. Kerry Shale reads Philip K Dick's classic.
THU 18:45 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007nf2z)
Episode 4
Bernard takes Lenina to the Savage Reservation, but is she fully prepared? Nightmare future vision read by Anton Lesser. From April 2003.
THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b013qzgl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Hello Cheeky (b013qzgn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008x3lv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr3f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b013qzgs)
Edinburgh Festival 2011
Episode 9
Fred MacAulay is joined by Arthur Smith, Alun Cochrane and Shappi Khorsandi. He'll also be chatting to star of the Apprentice Stuart Baggs about his Fringe comedy debut.
THU 22:00 Another Case of Milton Jones (b0138xmh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 22:30 4 Extra at the Fringe (b0140tl7)
Arthur Smith and Andi Osho chat to comedians and bring you a lorry load of jollity from this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
THU 22:40 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b00h4cwy)
Series 2
Friendship
Earlier this year, Adam told three of his closest friends what he most disliked about them. This is how they reacted.
Written by and starring Adam Bloom.
With Brendon Burns.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.
THU 22:55 4 Extra at the Fringe (b0140tlw)
Arthur Smith and Andi Osho chat to comedians and bring you a lorry load of jollity from this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
THU 23:00 The Skivers (b00d8pgd)
Series 1
Lewis Collins
Secrets of Michael Fish are revealed, and East 17 move house.
Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh's skilful sketch show with special guest Lewis Collins - will he share any tips from TV's The Professionals?
Written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.
With Peter Bradshaw and Mel Giedroyc
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994.
THU 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007r4mj)
Series 1
Death and the Afterlife
The sci-fi star and inventor explains life's big mysteries. Stars Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Tom Baker. From October 1992.
FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2011
FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jpxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (b00vt7x2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 00:45 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007nf2z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008x3lv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr3f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c075x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k0wh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Anne Holm - I Am David (b007jvms)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jp2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss (b00gsr6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 PG Wodehouse (b00c075v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Double Science (b013qzgj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008x7tk)
Series 1
Episode 5
Losing the struggle to keep his job, Simon receives an intriguing offer.
Following the death of one of its most prominent Dons, celebrity TV historian Peter Devanti - everyone at a Cambridge College gathers to attend the funeral. Simon, an ex-student and now disillusioned health and safety officer, starts wondering whether his death was not as straightforward as it at first appeared.
CAST:
Gilbert …. Geoffrey Palmer
Simon …. Samuel West
Patricia …. Rebecca Front
with Sharon Small, Michael Maloney, Jonathan Coy, Emily Wachter, Nicholas Boulton, Martin Hyder, Laurence Howarth and Beth Chalmers
Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.
FRI 06:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr3t)
Episode 5
Still on the run from foreign agents, the Englishman is pursued through the deep tunnels of the London Underground.
Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
Read by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in January 2004.
FRI 07:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b00954qd)
She'll Have to Go
An accountant tackles a tycoon over his number of women workers. Stars Bernard Cribbins and Frank Thornton. From December 1987.
FRI 07:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t1bnm)
Series 1
Episode 1
Alun Armstrong stars as Giovanni Guareschi's Italian village priest. The communist mayor wants his child baptised. From March 2001.
FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b013r1vy)
Series 5
A Deliberate Bashing
Desperate to escape his mother-in-law, can Captain Povey rely on the crew of HMS Troutbridge to assist?
Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Ronnie Barker as Commander Bell, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey, Ronnie Barker as Commander Bell, Tenniel Evans as Taffy Goldstein, Janet Brown as Mrs Crump and Lawrie Wyman as the Inspector.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1963.
FRI 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b00t3tws)
Series 2
Sunday for Seven Days
Harold lives to regret taking his dad Albert to the cinema.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Peter Hawkins and Nigel Clayton.
Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1967.
FRI 09:00 After Henry (b007jmr5)
Series 1
The Dinner Party
Sarah plays hostess, Mother plays the martyr and daughter Clare holds a flat-warming party.
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, Benjamin Whitrow as Russell, Gerry Cowper as Clare, Richard Davies as Leo Dolan and Ellen McIntosh as Gwen.
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1985.
FRI 09:30 Trivia Test Match (b007vmbt)
Tim Rice, Denise Coffey, Willie Rushton and Bill Tidy square up to questions from umpire Brian Johnston. From September 1992.
FRI 10:00 Loose Ends (b013f7h3)
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy from the Edinburgh Festival!
You'll like this...not a lot, but you'll like it, because bringing some magic to Loose Ends at Edinburgh is magician Paul Daniels. From the 1970's Paul became a household name hosting his own show on BBC1 with his wife Debbie McGee and becoming a regular fixture on television. They are now starring in a new show at Edinburgh called 'Hair Today Gone Tomorrow'.
A surprise for the festival this year is Phill Jupitus who joins Clive to talk about his return to the Fringe after a 10 year hiatus from standup comedy. Phill is a familiar face as a team captain on BBC 2's music quiz 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' and a regular guest on 'QI'. He's also made a name for himself on the stage, having starred in 'Hairspray' and 'Spamalot'.
Former MP and Labour backbench radical Bob Marshall-Andrews QC has written 'Off Message' a witty and subversive account of life under New Labour and Tony Blair. Find out what happens when you work on the case of your constituent's pet alligator and more.
Edinburgh and Loose Ends wouldn't be the same without our regular right-hand man Arthur Smith (so identified with the Edinburgh Fringe that they named one of the city's high peaks after him...*). Arthur talks to the woman who put Luton Airport on the map, Lorraine Chase.
And from the Outer Hebrides, music comes from the Scots Trad Music Awards 2010 Composer of the Year, Iain Morrison with album track, 'The Sky Throws You'. And from even further afield, in fact from around the world, Voices perform 'Imani' in acappella.
*possibly not true. Although it sure feels as though Arthur's been around as long as Arthur's Seat...
Producer: Cathie Mahoney.
FRI 10:45 The Shuttleworths (b008tzyp)
Series 3
John Le Shuttle
When his agent Ken adopts a high-tech lifestyle, can John Shuttleworth keep up? Stars Graham Fellows. From November 1997.
FRI 11:00 George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss (b00gszmm)
Loving and Losing
Despite the continuing feud between their families Philip has a plan that he believes will restore happiness to Maggie Tulliver.
Starring Michael Fitzgerald and Sylvestra Le Touzel.
The conclusion of George Eliot’s 19th century novel.
Maggie ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel
Tom ...... Richard Pearce
Philip ...... Michael Fitzgerald
Stephen ...... Nicholas Gilbrook
Mrs Tulliver ...... Tina Gray
Dr Wakem ...... Roger Hume
Bob ...... Paul Downing
Lucy Dean ...... Moir Leslie
Dr Cairn ...... Simon Carter
Pianist: Harold Rich
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Philip Martin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1991.
FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b013r1vy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Chain Reaction (b01390bf)
Series 7
John Cooper Clarke interviews Kevin Eldon
Chain Reaction is Radio 4's tag-team interview show. Each week, a figure from the world of entertainment chooses another to interview; the next week, the interviewee turns interviewer, and they in turn pass the baton on to someone else - creating a 'chain' throughout the series.
This week, the punk poet laureate John Cooper Clarke interviews the comedian Kevin Eldon. Kevin Eldon is a writer and actor for whom it would probably be quicker to list the brilliant programmes he's not been in than those he has - which include Brass Eye, 15 Storeys High, Spaced, Look Around You, Black Books, Big Train, World of Pub, Jam, I'm Alan Partridge and Attention Scum!. He also wrote and starred in Radio 4's Poets' Tree, in character as the Islington poet Paul Hamilton, and is the lead singer in Beergut 100. John talks to him about spoof poetry, real poetry, bring a polymath, and the benefits of not being the star.
FRI 13:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008x7tk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr3t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmmy)
Episode 5
The Mayor of Montreuil reveals his true identity, while Fantine lies dangerously ill. Victor Hugo's epic stars Joss Ackland.
FRI 14:15 Jackie Wullschlager - Chagall (b00tgcq6)
Episode 5
The artist welcomes the revolution and runs an art school. But then the repression starts. Biography read by Derek Jacobi.
FRI 14:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b0089htv)
Episode 10
Henry Goodman reads Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York.
With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
FRI 14:45 Penguins Stopped Play (b00lnfdy)
Episode 5
From South Africa to matches back home - and some sad news. Nicholas Boulton concludes Harry Thompson's comic cricketing travelogue.
FRI 15:00 Loose Ends (b013f7h3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 15:45 The Shuttleworths (b008tzyp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b013rbwt)
Andi Osho presents her Sneaky Peeks, we take a trip to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and hear from Queen of Shops, Mary Portas.
FRI 17:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b00954qd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
FRI 17:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t1bnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jq0c)
The Red Planet
7. The Shared Nightmare
As the Mars fleet crew battle to locate Freighter Ship number 6, Captain Jet Morgan suffers strange hallucinations...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1954.
FRI 18:30 Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (b00vtyj1)
Episode 5
Rick Deckard has been arrested by a rogue android posing as a police inspector. Kerry Shale reads Philip K Dick's classic.
FRI 18:45 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007rkyx)
Episode 5
Lenina is horrified by the Savage Reservation, until she meets John. Nightmare vision of the future read by Anton Lesser. From April 2003.
FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b013r1vy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00t3tws)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008x7tk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr3t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b014lv2r)
Edinburgh Festival 2011
Episode 10
Fred MacAulay brings you the pick of the best comedy from the Edinburgh Festival.
FRI 22:00 Chain Reaction (b01390bf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 22:30 4 Extra at the Fringe (b0140tt4)
Brett Goldstein on his Edinburgh show about growing up in a stripclub in Marbella.
FRI 22:40 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b00hhrhp)
Series 2
Stress
It's quite stressful writing a six-part series, planning an Edinburgh show and taking a holiday.
Will Adam manage to complete the series? And just what is the best way of dealing with stress?
Written by and starring Adam Bloom.
With Brendon Burns.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004.
FRI 22:55 4 Extra at the Fringe (b0140tw7)
Andrew Maxwell tells Arthur Smith a gruesome tale involving portaloos.
FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b008m4f8)
Series 1
Introduction
Fed up with eternity, Satan decides Hell needs some new guests.
"I'm bored of skiing across the lake of fire with a nun lashed to each foot. That's the trouble with eternity - it's so hard to set yourself targets."
The opening episode of Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell.
Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Gary, The Demon ...... Steven O'Donnell
Other characters played by Philip Pope, Penelope Nice and Jasper Jacob.
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1995.
FRI 23:30 The Cheese Shop Presents (b007zh4g)
Series 1
Episode 1
Six young writer-performers with revue based comedy - tortoise racing and a soap with a talking dog. From January 1997.