Omnibus. A spirited and independent woman makes Africa her home. In 1913 Karen travels to Kenya to start a farm with her new husband.
Leslie Forbes explores the links between artists and gardens.
In the first programme, the daughter of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell, Angelica Garnett returns to the garden of her childhood in Sussex.
Victoria Coren chairs the programme which challenges established ideas. The panellists are Arthur Smith, Michael Bywater and David Mitchell.
It's nerves and pints all round, as the St Swithin's medics sit their final exams.
The misadventures of student doctor Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's novel 'Doctor in the House' published in 1952.
Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Edward Cast as Taffy Evans and Dennis Ramsden as the Dean.
Special guest star: Irene Handl as Mrs Clark.
The hapless duo set out to sell the national game overseas.
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government offices and to all the others who spend their days there as well.
Stars Wilfrid Hyde White and Richard Murdoch.
With Norma Ronald, Roy Dotrice, David Graham and Betty Marsden.
Written and produced by Edward Taylor.
'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.
Made for 4 Extra. An anonymous note is found declaring someone in class 2Y a witch. Legendary enchanter Chrestomanci is summoned. Children's fantasy series stars Bill Milner.
From Gracie Fields to Schubert - charity founder Sue Ryder's castaway choices. With Michael Parkinson. From January 1987.
An archaeologist is amazed by her nurse's likeness to an Egyptian painting discovered in a tomb. Read by Janet Maw.
When the racketeering Fish Brothers pay the Quandos a visit, Carlo is in turmoil, Anthony is in Timbuktu and Charlie is in a world of his own.
Brothers Rene, Carlo and Charlie Quando chop, snip and crimp their lucky clients into shape at London's finest hair salon.
Six-part comedy written and performed by Rainer Hersch and Mark Maie. With Stephen Greif and Catherine Tate.
Our clue finders finally discover the true meaning of the clues and of their journey to Liverpool.
Recalling the birth of his famous comedy creation, Reginald Iolanthe Perrin - writer David Nobbs reads from his autobiography.
The world's greatest detective pits his wits against the evil forces of the sanguinary count.
“I feel it my duty to set the record straight regarding a number of erroneous statements made recently concerning the events I am about to describe. I refer in particular to a spurious monograph by one Bram Stoker, entitled Dracula, which completely ignores the part which Sherlock Holmes played in bringing that affair to its successful conclusion.”
Sherlock Holmes …. John Moffatt
Dr Watson …. Timothy West
Count Dracula …. David March
Professor Van Helsing …. Aubrey Woods
Thomas Parker …. Michael Maloney
Mr Caffyn …. Noel Howlett
Mary Watson …. Theresa Streatfeild
Vampire …. Frances Jeater
Inspector Lestrade …. Nicholas Courtney
Mrs Barton …. Katherine Parr
Ned Bridger …. John Hollis
Dramatised and directed by Glyn Dearman from the book by Loren D Estleman.
Mel's best bits from this week's 4 O'Clock Show programmes, including Cornish food, a visit to a seal sanctuary, and the history of teapots.
Sexagenarians Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew use free travel for another chatty trip on their local buses. From September 2004.
The plot thickens as the Fantasists' creations seem to be coming to life. Stars Nicholas Courtney and Nigel Havers.
Lady Wheelhope has a reputation as a violent mistress to those under her power. Yet when desire for a mysterious servant overwhelms her, it's her own soul she yields to terrible risk...
Series of 3 Scottish 19th Century tales of terror and mystery.
Written by James Hogg and dramatised by Marty Ross.
Lady Wheelhope ...... Irene MacDougall
The Laird ...... Paul Young
Merodach ...... James Chisholm
Bessie ...... Mary Riggans
Wattie ...... James Bryce
Adam ...... Alec Heggie
The shopkeeper's mother plans a wedding, but the prospective bride has other ideas. With Patricia Hodge. From September 2008.
The manly world of Steve 'not the snooker player' Davis, Victor Wood and The Big Fat Chef. With Dave Lamb. From June 2000.
Struggling writer Nick's mate Craig proves a headache, while Vince the geranium encounters a bee.
A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.
With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Brian Bowles, Doon Mackichan and Alison Sterling.
MONDAY 21 JANUARY 2013
MON 00:00 The Scarifyers (b018zvmf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 The Darker Side of the Border (b00ck4fs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01pzsb1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology (b007z09z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Quando, Quando, Quando (b007zd2c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra (b01pzsb3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Sunday]
MON 02:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... (b00cl6vg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:45 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Doctor in the House (b007jtg8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Sherlock Holmes v Dracula (b0084gr2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Diana Wynne Jones - Witch Week (b01dtgfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jsj9)
Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery
1. The Fergusons
On a flight home from New York, Paul Temple and Steve meet the Fergusons, who are flying to England to visit their student son Richard at Oxford University. At the airport, they learn he's been shot dead.
But there are only two clues...
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Robert Ferguson …. John Glen
Helen Ferguson …. Grizelda Hervey
Dinah Nelson …. Valerie Kirkbright
Sir Graham Forbes …. James Thomason
Reggie Mackintosh …. Simon Lack
Red Harris …. John Baddeley
Simo …. William Fox
Police Sergeant …. Frederick Treves
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1963.
MON 06:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01pzvjb)
The Missing Detective
Travis Sivart, 'the detective's detective' has gone missing. Raymond Chandler meets Kafka in this surreal tale of skulduggery and somnambulism.
Somewhere in an unnamed, rainy city, Charles Unwin, a lowly but efficient clerk in a big detective agency, finds his world turned upside down when his detective boss, Travis Sivart, disappears.
Unwin is suddenly promoted to the role - and forced out into the field for the first time in his life. Unprepared and untrained, armed only with his trusty umbrella and The Manual of Detection, he sets out on his first mission: to find out what happened to his boss.
Unwin begins a frantic search while all around him, Sivart's closed cases have sprung open again...
Read by Toby Jones
Abridged by Eileen Horne
Produced by Clive Brill
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pacificus Productions.
MON 07:00 Country Matters (b00lnd0x)
Episode 4
Dave and Cathy's quest for locally produced food proves problematic. Stars Jonathan Tafler and Lesley Sharp. From May 1994.
MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b01ptgg2)
Series 10
Episode 3
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.
Arthur Smith, Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh and John Finnemore are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as Wasps, Computers, Oscar Wilde and Boris Johnson.
The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
Producer: Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wn)
Series 1
Episode 6
Complaints to the BBC - and Kenneth Horne heads to a new bona bistro courtesy of Julian and his friend Sandy.
Starring Kenneth Horne. 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 1965.
MON 08:30 Jim the Great (b011kvms)
Series 3
Oh, Claudius!
After losing his Kingdom, the King is now a grumpy galley slave rowing to Rome. Starring Jimmy Edwards. From September 1979.
MON 09:00 Bleak Expectations (b00vrxwt)
Series 4
A Tolerable Life De-Happified
Our hero Pip sees his former nemesis - the badly named Gently Benevolent - thwarted and locked up in a prison within a jail within a gaol spelled the other way, and apparently repentant of his crimes. But late one foggy night when Pip is attacked with a bowl of sinister custard he realises a new form of evil is stalking the streets of London, and he is obliged to ask for help from his erstwhile foe. Can Benevolent now be trusted? And who is the sinister evil figure?
Meanwhile, Pip's wife Ripely has become obsessed with cutlery, and the purchase of some diamond-handled dodo knives looks likely to force Pip into bankruptcy. And his best friend Harry Biscuit claims to be having terrible problems with an angry badger, but is it all as it seems?
Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.
Sir Philip ..... Richard Johnson
Young Pip Bin ..... Tom Allen
Gently Benevolent ..... Anthony Head
Harry Biscuit ..... James Bachman
Grimpunch ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely ..... Sarah Hadland
Pippa ..... Susy Kane
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.
MON 09:30 All the Young Dudes (b01by441)
Series 2
Mr Soft
Helen needs to finish her ice cream project, while Joe and Maria want younger clientele. Comedy by Jim Sweeney. From October 2002.
MON 10:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00y9455)
Episode 1
Russia, 1880: The Karamazovs are reunited for a meeting with their father to discuss Dmitry's inheritance.
But the unpredictable Fyodor Karamazov does not look as if he's going to play the game...
Starring Roy Marsden.
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised in five parts by Melissa Murray.
Fyodor Karamazov ...... Roy Marsden
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Ivan ...... Nicholas Boulton
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
The Elder ...... Sam Dale
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Lise ...... Emma Noakes
Katerina ...... Juliet Aubrey
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Smerdyakov ...... Joseph Kloska
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
The Monk ...... Paul Richard Biggin
Katerina's Servant ...... Miranda Keeling
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2006.
MON 11:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00n3ptx)
A Bit on the Side
The tale of a middle-aged accountant and the end of an intense love affair that began as an office romance. Read by Niamh Cusack.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01pz4v3)
Clive Anderson, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Rufus Sewell, Alex Polizzi, Michael Mosley, Emma Freud, Lois and the Love
Clive reminisces with L.A-based actor Rufus Sewell, who's treading the boards alongside Kristen Scott Thomas, playing Deeley in Harold Pinter's 'Old Times'. Locked away in a secluded farmhouse, Kate, Deeley and Anna reminisce about their early days together in London but, with conflicting memories and underlying sexual tensions, the past suddenly feels vividly present. 'Old Times' is at Harold Pinter Theatre, London until Saturday 6th April.
Clive checks in with hotelier and businesswoman Alex Polizzi, who's back with a second fix of her BBC Two series, bringing battling businesses back to life. From a hair and beauty salon in Essex to a 100 year old fabric shop in London's East End, Alex uses her unique expertise to help a wide range of family run businesses. 'Alex Polizzi's: The Fixer' returns to our screens in February.
Gadget girl Emma Freud talks to the very inventive journalist, physician and broadcaster Michael Mosley, whose new BBC Two series reveals the fascinating chain of events behind inventions that make everyday life possible. From early telephony to the birth of television, Michael explores how British inventive genius transformed our world. 'The Genius of Invention' is on Thursday 24th January at
21.00.
Clive's saddled up for a rodeo with country music royalty; multi-Grammy-award winners Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell. As old friends and former collaborators in Emmylou's Hot Band, they talk about their chart-topping careers and reuniting to duet on their new album 'Old Yellow Moon'. They perform 'Dreaming My Dreams'. Yee-ha!!
And more music from raucous rockers Lois & The Love who play 'Dark Serenade' from their forthcoming album.
Producer Cathie Mahoney.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Jim the Great (b011kvms)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jsj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01pzvjb)
[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 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00n4wyq)
Domestic Violence
Continuing her hidden history, Amanda Vickery reveals the dark side of private life, and how the home became a trap.
MON 14:30 Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever (b007jm27)
Episode 1
1630s Amsterdam: Artist Jan Van Loos falls for his married subject...
Deborah Moggach's bestselling story of passion set during 17th century Holland's tulip mania.
Read by Emma Fielding and William Gaminara.
First published in 1999. Abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Producer: Sarah Johnson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
MON 14:45 Book of the Week (b00n46wt)
Michael Palin Diaries - The Python Years
The Holy Grail
The Monty Pyton star recalls the making of their first film, 'The Holy Grail'.
Michael Palin reads five scintillating extracts from his diaries - as the success of the influential comedy troupe Monty Python escalates during the 1970s.
Producer: Louise Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
MON 15:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00y9455)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01pvbt0)
Mel Giedroyc with a brand new story 'The Ordinary Princess' by MM Kaye, and in our regular Monday glimpse into the natural world we begin the extraordinary story of the Oak Tree.
MON 17:00 Coming Alive (b00h3ngz)
Series 2
Big Trouble
Smugglers with big ideas plague Terry, and Sandra is faced with an unwanted admirer. Stars Karl Howman and Phyllis Logan. From August 2000.
MON 17:30 Country Matters (b00lnd0x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
MON 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js7p)
Episode 1
Aspiring poet Saul Judd gets drawn into a web of dark and mysterious forces - as a leprous prince ignores sinister warnings and a Bath playgroup's blind terror baffles the adults...
Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial in six episodes.
Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd
Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd
Freddie Jones .... The Scribe
Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife
Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria
John Telfer .... Prince Bladud
Trevor Cooper .... Rough Peasant
Sam Dastor .... Karim el Hatel
June Barrie .... The Chairwoman
Geoff Serle .... The Northern Man
Jonathan Adams .... The Guardian
Original music composed by Thomas Johnson.
Music realised by Robin Lever.
Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop)
Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
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 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0081sjk)
Episode 1
A mild-mannered doctor and his monstrous alter-ego. Tim Pigott-Smith reads Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a dual personality.
Abridged by Morag Lyall.
The mild-mannered Dr Jekyll has discovered the ultimate drug; one that can turn him into something else. Suddenly, he can unleash his deepest cruelties in the guise of the sinister Mr Hyde. Transforming himself at will, he roams the streets of fog-bound London as his monstrous alter-ego. It seems he is master of his fate. It seems he is in complete control.
But soon he'll discover that his double life comes at a hideous price...
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish essayist, poet and author of fiction and travel books, was known especially for his novels of adventure. Stevenson became famous with the romantic adventure story Treasure Island, which appeared in 1883.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 1996.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Jim the Great (b011kvms)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jsj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01pzvjb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
MON 21:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00n3ptx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01pz4v3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b01ptgg2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Party (b011jrmq)
Series 2
All Publicity Is Good Publicity
The young aspiring politicians of the new political Party attempt to step up a gear and get the recognition and publicity they deserve.
All they need to do is sort out the diversity of their group first.
Second series of Tom Basden's satirical comedy about a political party run by young idealists.
Simon ...... Tom Basden
Duncan ...... Tim Key
Jared ...... Jonny Sweet
Mel ...... Ann Crilly
Phoebe ...... Katy Wix
Photographer ...... Jane Wittenshaw
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.
MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01pzvjg)
Series 6
Episode 5
An extended edition of this week's News Quiz, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Miles Jupp, Francis Wheen and Sue Perkins.
MON 23:45 All the World's a Globe (b007jwrt)
From Scythians to Shakespeare
From the Scythians to the Crusades.
The history of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second World War.
Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker.
With guest star Juliet Stevenson.
Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim Broadbent and Martin Duncan.
With thanks to
Patrick Barlow
Jim Broadbent
Martin Duncan
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990.
TUESDAY 22 JANUARY 2013
TUE 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js7p)
[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 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0081sjk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jsj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01pzvjb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Bleak Expectations (b00vrxwt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 All the Young Dudes (b01by441)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00y9455)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00n3ptx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01pz4v3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Coming Alive (b00h3ngz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Country Matters (b00lnd0x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jsjn)
Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery
2. That Good Old Intuition
After meeting the Fergusons on a flight back to England, the sleuth and his wife are investigating the 'murder' of their student son Richard.
But is he definitely dead..?
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Robert Ferguson …. John Glen
Helen Ferguson …. Grizelda Hervey
Charlie …. James Beattie
Sir Graham Forbes …. James Thomason
Reggie Mackintosh …. Simon Lack
Mrs Parsons …. Eva Stuart
Hall Porter …. Frank Partington
Max Wyman …. Frederick Treves
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1963.
TUE 06:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01q0khk)
The Museum Coffin
Unwilling investigator Charles Unwin discovers that the disappearance of Detective Sivart is connected to a mystery corpse, two green eyed twins with murder in mind, and a mysterious siren with a limp...can his Manual help him to untangle this knotty challenge? Read by Toby Jones.
Somewhere in an unnamed, rainy city, Charles Unwin, a lowly but efficient clerk in a big detective agency, has found his world turned upside down when his detective boss, Travis Sivart, disappears.
Suddenly promoted to the role - Unwin's been forced out into the field for the first time in his life. Unprepared and untrained, armed only with his trusty umbrella and The Manual of Detection, his first mission is to find out what happened to his boss.
Abridged by Eileen Horne
Produced by Clive Brill
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pacificus Productions.
TUE 07:00 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00mjq8m)
Series 3
Episode 1
An uncle's gift leaves menopausal flower child Merv yearning to discover his inner cowboy. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From May 2004.
TUE 07:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b01pty49)
Series 5
Benjamin Zephaniah
Marcus Brigstocke invites poet Benjamin Zephaniah to try new experiences - a Bond movie and builder's tea. From January 2013.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b00j1c4f)
Series 9
The Battle of Spion Kop
Things aren't going well in The South African War. Time to send in the cutlery. Stars Spike Milligan. From December 1958.
TUE 08:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k1jm)
My Stag Movie, part 2/2
The veteran auditionee exposes more of his film-making exploits. Did he ever hit the big screen?
British show business doyen, J Kingston Platt shares reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his experience from the past 40 years.
Performed and written by Peter Jones.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1986
TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01pzvjg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:45 All the World's a Globe (b007jwrt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:45 on Monday]
TUE 10:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yb1sd)
Episode 2
While Alyosha attends the bedside of the dying Elder, relations between Dmitry and his father become ever more dangerous.
Starring Roy Marsden.
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray.
Fyodor Karamazov ...... Roy Marsden
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Ivan ...... Nicholas Boulton
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
The Elder ...... Sam Dale
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Lise ...... Emma Noakes
Katerina ...... Juliet Aubrey
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Smerdyakov ...... Joseph Kloska
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
The Monk ...... Paul Richard Biggin
Father Paisy ...... Philip Fox
Monks ...... Saikat Ahamed
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2006.
TUE 11:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00n5plg)
Solitude
A child's impetuous act is finally resolved on a seafront some 50 years later. Read by Penelope Wilton.
TUE 11:15 Nick Warburton - Lawn Wars (b00td4zv)
A single older woman takes on a gardener, and gets much more than she bargained for.
Nick Warburton's gentle comedy about relationships, property and cricket.
Stars Anna Calder-Marhsall as Alice, Richard Johnson as Anthony and Robert Daws as Rob.
With thanks to David Acfield of Essex County Cricket Club for off-spin advice.
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b00j1c4f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k1jm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jsjn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01q0khk)
[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 Ambridge Extra (b01q0nlq)
Series 4
Episode 15
Life in the Ambridge vicarage is already busy, but it's about to get whole lot busier...
TUE 14:30 Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever (b007jm2s)
Episode 2
As tulip mania grips Amsterdam, Sophia's attraction to Jan increases. Read by Emma Fielding and William Gaminara.
TUE 14:45 Book of the Week (b00n4907)
Michael Palin Diaries - The Python Years
Branching Out
The actor and travel writer recalls the Monty Python team's success in America, their break-up and the start of his solo projects. From October 2006.
TUE 15:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yb1sd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01pvwsg)
Mel Giedroyc continues listening to our brand new story, MM Kaye's 'The Ordinary Princess', and she finds out how to make the perfect chocolate mousse with raspberries.
TUE 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c4bs5)
Series 3
Episode 4
Can a tribe of African pygmies be persuaded to endorse Tommy and Sheila's CD?
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
Libby Earnest …. Tracy-Ann Oberman
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
TUE 17:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00mjq8m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js82)
Episode 2
After aspiring poet Saul Judd and his family win a competition, strange events happen.
Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial set in - and under - Bath.
Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd
Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd
Freddie Jones .... The Scribe
Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife
Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria
John Telfer .... Prince Bladud
Trevor Cooper .... Rough Peasant
Sam Dastor .... Karim el Hatel
June Barrie .... The Chairwoman
Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist
Liz Goulding .... Rita
Original music composed by Thomas Johnson.
Music realised by Robin Lever.
Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop)
Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
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 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0081tfy)
Episode 2
Hyde is wanted for murder and disappears. But what is his connection with the respectable Dr Jekyll? Read by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April 1996.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b00j1c4f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k1jm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jsjn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01q0khk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00n5plg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Nick Warburton - Lawn Wars (b00td4zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b01pty49)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00bw01s)
Series 2
Episode 2
Divorcee Carol has a fruit surplus and Adrian is asked to be a Bond girl.
Award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and character comedy series
With Rosie Cavaliero, Ben Moor and Ben Willbond.
Written by Laura Solon.
With additional material by Stephen Carlin, Ben Moor and Charlie Miller.
.
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.
TUE 23:00 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years (b00dbj12)
Tossed in Space
Dan and Nick serves up a salad family who are Tossed in Space, plus Robin Wood and The Archers abroad.
Comedy extravaganza written by and featuring Dan Freedman and Nick Romero.
With Richard Coles.
Music by the Gents.
Producer: Julian Mayers
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998
TUE 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007v2y5)
Series 2
The Future
What is the future and why is it kept hidden from us? - when if we knew what it was we’d at least know if we needed to take a change of pants?
Series two of the cult comedy that answers the questions which leave other shows scratching their beards.
Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring.
With Rebecca Front, Armando Iannucci and the voice of Tom Baker.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993.
WEDNESDAY 23 JANUARY 2013
WED 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js82)
[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 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0081tfy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jsjn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01q0khk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01pzvjg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:45 All the World's a Globe (b007jwrt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:45 on Monday]
WED 03:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yb1sd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00n5plg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Nick Warburton - Lawn Wars (b00td4zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c4bs5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00mjq8m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jsjz)
Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery
3. The Ring
The suave sleuth meets a murder suspect - but is she aware of a vital clue?
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Helen Ferguson …. Grizelda Hervey
Charlie …. James Beattie
Sir Graham Forbes …. James Thomason
Dinah Nelson …. Valerie Kirkbright
Reggie Mackintosh …. Simon Lack
Hall Porter …. Frank Partington
Police Sergeant/Max Wyman …. Frederick Treves
Rudolph Charles …. Anthony Hall
Mavis Russell …. Isabel Rennie
Mark Elliot …. William Fox
Richard Ferguson …. Gabriel Woolf
Bobby …. David Spenser
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1963.
WED 06:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01q0v62)
A Surfeit of Alarm Clocks
Rookie Detective Unwin is plunged deeper into the mystery of his missing boss, and struggles to apply the wisdom of the chapters in his Manual to a series of events that seem to make no sense at all - but an explanation is in sight when he is given the secret to Chapter 18.....now if only he can find it. Read by Toby Jones.
Somewhere in an unnamed, rainy city, Charles Unwin, a lowly but efficient clerk in a big detective agency, has found his world turned upside down when his detective boss, Travis Sivart, disappears.
Suddenly promoted to the role - Unwin's been forced out into the field for the first time in his life. Unprepared and untrained, armed only with his trusty umbrella and The Manual of Detection. His first mission is to find out what happened to his boss.
Abridged by Eileen Horne
Produced by Clive Brill
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pacificus Productions.
WED 07:00 Double Science (b013dzmw)
Field Trip
Alison takes her class to a Cumbrian wind farm, with keen colleagues Colin and Kenneth in hot pursuit.
The turmoil continues at Forresters Sixth Form College.
Written by and starring Ben Willbond and Justin Edwards.
With Rebecca Front, Raza Jaffreyand Margaret Cabourn-Smith.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.
WED 07:30 Cabin Pressure (b01ptztf)
Series 4
Uskerty
Comedy by John Finnemore about the wing and a prayer world of a tiny, one plane, charter airline staffed by two pilots: one on his way down, and one who was never up to start with. Whether they're flying squaddies to Hamburg, metal sheets to Mozambique, or an oil exec's cat to Abu Dhabi, no job is too small - but many, many jobs are too difficult.
Episode 2:
As Carolyn and Martin turn a short hop into a long climb, Douglas and Arthur get to play with an airport.
Written by John Finnemore
Produced and directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jps5)
Series 6
The Poetry Society
The lad's new avant garde friends produce some poetical gems - with a little help from Sid and Bill.
Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Fenella Fielding, Warren Mitchell and Fraser Kerr.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1959.
WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00tln6g)
Series 4
Episode 11
The team poke fun at TV sitcoms with the launch of 'For Better and for Worse And Son'.
More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and parodies.
Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, 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 Dave Lee and Bill Oddie.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1966.
WED 09:00 After Henry (b007k47s)
Series 3
Guilty Secrets
'She does have her sensitivities. And this.... for a woman ... any woman ... even my mother - I'd have thought it would strike at the whole image she has of her entire marriage.'
Sarah tidies up husband Henry's study four years after his death.
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.
Sarah ...... Prunella Scales
Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson
Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Clare ...... Gerry Cowper
Rod ...... Paul Sirr
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 September 1987.
WED 09:30 Foul Play (b00k7xd6)
Series 3
Death in Intensive Care
Crime writers Frances Fyfield and Peter N Walker try to solve a medical mystery.
Simon Brett hosts the murder quiz.
Maria McErlane and Lee Simpson play the suspects.
Producer Liz Anstree
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998.
WED 10:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yb5ch)
Episode 3
Following the violent encounter at the Karamazov home, Dmitry flees the town in search of Grushenka.
Starring Roy Marsden.
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray.
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
Lise ...... Emma Noakes
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
Makarov ...... Mark Straker
Andrey ...... Philip Fox
Trifon ...... Paul Richard Biggin
Musialowicz ...... Sam Dale
Constable ...... Saikat Ahamed
Revellers ...... Miranda Keeling/ Bethan Walker
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2006.
WED 11:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00ncf5p)
Traditions
A strange recognition across the generations for a schoolboy and an enigmatic maid. Read by Dermot Crowley.
WED 11:15 Kathryn Simmonds - Poetry for Beginners (b01q0v64)
Poetry sparks lust, ruthless ambition and simmering rivalries at a residential writing course in Shropshire. Stars Joanna Tope.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jps5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00tln6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jsjz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01q0v62)
[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 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00n7kth)
Servants
Historian Amanda Vickery goes below stairs to find out about domestic workers in a household, many without a bed of their own.
WED 14:30 Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever (b007jm38)
Episode 3
Jan and Sophia's attraction to each other is overwhelming, but can it stay secret? Read by Emma Fielding and William Gaminara.
WED 14:45 Book of the Week (b00n4ffh)
Michael Palin Diaries - The Python Years
My Father
The comic actor and travel writer shares more poignant memories from the 70s, reflecting on his relationship with his ailing father. From October 2006.
WED 15:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yb5ch)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01pw3hk)
Mel Giedroyc continues listening to our wonderful story, MM Kaye's 'The Ordinary Princess' and the Inheritance Tracks of legendary singer, songwriter and activist, Harry Belafonte.
WED 17:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxfm)
Reasonably Together Again
The humorous singing quartet of David Barlow, Peter Christie, Miles Kington and Alan Maryon-Davis entertain. From April 1985.
WED 17:30 Double Science (b013dzmw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js8d)
Episode 3
Haensel Sethria warns Elise Judd, and Saul Judd is summoned to meet Selwyn Fist.
Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial set in - and under - Bath.
Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd
Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd
Freddie Jones .... The Scribe
Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife
Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria
Gordon Reid .... Priscus
Michael Stroud .... Stranger
Jonathan Tafler .... Landlord
Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist
John Abineri .... Roman Officer
Jonathan Adams .... The Guardian
Original music composed by Thomas Johnson.
Music realised by Robin Lever.
Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop)
Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
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 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0084yhk)
Episode 3
Mr Hyde appears to be dead and Dr Jekyll has disappeared. Will a paper trail unravel the mystery? Read by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April 1996.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jps5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00tln6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jsjz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01q0v62)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 21:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00ncf5p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Kathryn Simmonds - Poetry for Beginners (b01q0v64)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Cabin Pressure (b01ptztf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Pick Ups (b008p50r)
Series 1
Episode 2
A crucial darts match in the Manchester cab office, while Rebel offers marital advice. Stars Sally Lindsay. From January 2008.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01qhfjk)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best comedy around. Tonight, Jon Holmes chats to Milton Jones.
WED 23:00 The Nimmo Twins in... (b00jh6jp)
Series 1
I Say, I Say, I Say
Disabled comedian Bill finds popularity once more and embarks on one final gig. Owen Evans' monologue from September 2000.
WED 23:30 At Home With The Snails (b007k2ql)
Series 1
Episode 2
Alex is obsessed with snails, but can women ever replace them in his affections? Stars Gerard Foster. From July 2001.
THURSDAY 24 JANUARY 2013
THU 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js8d)
[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 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0084yhk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jsjz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01q0v62)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 After Henry (b007k47s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Foul Play (b00k7xd6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yb5ch)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00ncf5p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Kathryn Simmonds - Poetry for Beginners (b01q0v64)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxfm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Double Science (b013dzmw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jskb)
Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery
4. The Encounter
The suave sleuth makes a crucial breakthrough in the murder investigation.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Sir Graham Forbes …. James Thomason
Robert Ferguson …. John Glen
Helen Ferguson …. Grizelda Hervey
Inspector Gerrard …. Rolf Lefebvre
Dinah Nelson …. Valerie Kirkbright
Hall Porter …. Frank Partington
Rudolph Charles …. Anthony Hall
Mavis Russell …. Isabel Rennie
Mark Elliot …. William Fox
Richard Ferguson …. Gabriel Woolf
Bobby …. David Spenser
Charlie …. James Beattie
Eddie Paget …. John Baddeley
Mrs Gulliver …. Vivien Chatterton
Messenger/Cab Driver …. Peter Bartlett
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1963.
THU 06:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01q19tr)
The City Archive
Unwin and the Manual's author, Edwin Moore, join forces to try and solve the mystery, but the whole city is sleepwalking, and the only possible explanation lies deep in the Agency archives. Read by Toby Jones.
Somewhere in an unnamed, rainy city, Charles Unwin, a lowly but efficient clerk in a big detective agency, has found his world turned upside down when his detective boss, Travis Sivart, disappears.
Suddenly promoted to the role - Unwin's been forced out into the field for the first time in his life. Unprepared and untrained, armed only with his trusty umbrella and The Manual of Detection. His first mission is to find out what happened to his boss.
Abridged by Eileen Horne
Produced by Clive Brill
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pacificus Productions.
THU 07:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b00s7t2v)
Series 3
Neighbours
Robert Wilson discovers that not everybody needs good neighbours.
John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom.
Robert ..... John Gordon Sinclair
Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn
Sue ..... Gina McKee
Doctor …. Toby Longworth
Mrs Blake …. Hilda Braid
Neville …. Jon Glover
Producer: Diane Messias
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1993.
THU 07:30 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b01pw39f)
Series 2
Role Models
Series two of Life: An Idiot's guide again sees Stephen K Amos investigate a series of themes using guest stand-ups and the hilarious audience interaction that he's become famous for.
In episode 1, Stephen tackles "Role Models": Who are our role models? What does it mean to be a role model? And why did Stephen's parents made him impersonate Trevor McDonald around the house?
Guests Sarah Kendall, Gráinne Maguire and James Acaster all offer their own perspectives.
Additional material by Christine Rose and Hugh Sington. Produced by Colin Anderson.
THU 08:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jpd9)
Pilot - Loyal Support
Originally un-broadcast pilot episode of the seaside saga of pier perpetuation, with Arthur Lowe's only appearance due to his subsequent death.
This sequel to 'Dad's Army' begins in 1948. Life post-Home Guard, sees Arthur Wilson now managing a bank and his former Captain and boss, George Mainwaring arrives in need of a loan...
Starring Arthur Lowe as Mainwaring and John Le Mesurier as Wilson.
Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, based on the characters originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
George Mainwaring ...... Arthur Lowe
Arthur Wilson ...... John Le Mesurier
Miss Baines ...... Josephine Tewson
Guthrie ...... Tmothy Alcock
Hunter ...... Anthony Sharpe
Rawlins ...... Dougie Brown
Man ...... Haydn Wood
To replace Arthur Lowe, the following full series was revamped to feature Dad's Army characters Hodges and Pike, played by Bill Pertwee and Ian Lavender, instead. The series was later adapted for ITV by Yorkshire TV.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in July 1981.
THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b014gnzz)
From 03/02/1955
Poor old Ma Glum has broken her leg, and the dishes are piling up. Starring Jimmy Edwards and Alma Cogan. From February 1955.
THU 09:00 1835 (b012gpr4)
The Reluctant Aristocrat
In order to prove he's not a feckless, idle aristocrat, Belport manages to kick off the world's first rail strike - in the process proving to everyone that he's a feckless, idle aristocrat...
Comic saga of an aristocrat and his servant who struggle to find things to do in the mid- 1830s.
Belport ...... Paul Rider
Ned ...... Jason Done
Arbuthnot ...... Roy Barraclough
George ...... Simon Greenall
Charlie ...... Jonathan Keeble
Written and directed at BBC Manchester by Jim Poyser.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
THU 09:30 HR (b00j1dvv)
Series 1
A Leaving Party
Peter meets Sam on his way to a leaving party. But they suffer a mishap...
Nigel Williams’ comedy drama series charting the misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble-making colleague.
Peter ...... Jonathan Pryce
Sam ...... Nicholas le Prevost
Elevator voice ...... Sam Dale
Director: Peter Cavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2009.
THU 10:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00ybxz9)
Episode 4
As Dmitry goes on trial for the murder of his father, Alyosha desperately seeks proof of his innocence.
Starring Roy Marsden.
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray.
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Ivan ...... Nicholas Boulton
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Katerina ...... Juliet Aubrey
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Smerdyakov ...... Joseph Kloska
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
Judge ...... Ian Masters
Prosecutor ...... Philip Fox
Fetyokovich ...... Mark Straker
Devil ...... Sam Dale
Spectators ...... Paul Richard Biggin/ Saikat Ahamed/ Bethan Walker/ Miranda Keeling
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2006.
THU 11:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00nhq56)
Sacred Statues
Can a statue maker's wife help her neighbours and herself, or is her husband being more realistic? Read by Niamh Cusack.
THU 11:15 Helen Cooper - A9 (b01q19ty)
War hero Bernard Bottomly's three children expect to inherit his millions. But there are strings attached. Stars David Warner.
THU 12:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jpd9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b014gnzz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jskb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01q19tr)
[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 Ambridge Extra (b01q19v0)
Series 4
Episode 16
With Michael in distress, Alan wants to help - but is it all simply too much for our over-worked Vicar?
THU 14:30 Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever (b007jm3t)
Episode 4
Sophia must act quickly to stop her affair being revealed to her husband. Read by Emma Fielding and William Gaminara.
THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b00n51g1)
Michael Palin Diaries - The Python Years
Saturday Night Live
The comic actor shares his surreal experience of guest hosting a big American TV show and going to a party at New York's Studio 54. From October 2006.
THU 15:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00ybxz9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01pwcyq)
Mel Giedroyc continues listening to our magical story, MM Kaye's 'The Ordinary Princess' and she goes out into the wild to learn the skills of natural navigation.
THU 17:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3l9)
Series 3
Abraham's Brother
A faded photograph and a private film show spell trouble for Abraham.
Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.
Rabbi Abraham Fine ...... David De Keyser
Rabbi Su Jacobs ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Sadie Fine ...... Doreen Mantle
Melvin ...... Henry Goodman
Brian ...... Jonathan Kydd
Barnie ...... Harry Towb
Charlie ...... John Cater
Music: Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2002.
THU 17:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b00s7t2v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js8q)
Episode 4
Saul learns the truth about Stonehenge and the fear-instilling Gibson Room, and two cavers push too deep.
Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial set in - and under - Bath.
Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd
Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd
Freddie Jones .... The Scribe
Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife
Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist
Zoe Hicks .... Miss Dewhurst
Jonathan Tafler .... Alan
Steve Woodward .... Martin
Katy Carmichael .... Tracky
Jonathan Adams .... Optician
Cornelius Garrett .... Newsreader
Original music composed by Thomas Johnson.
Music realised by Robin Lever.
Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop)
Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
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 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00858dr)
Episode 4
Utterson's persistence with investigating the truth about his friend Dr Jekyll is finally rewarded. Read by Tim Piggott-Smith. From April 1996.
THU 19:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jpd9)
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THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b014gnzz)
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THU 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jskb)
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THU 20:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01q19tr)
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THU 21:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00nhq56)
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THU 21:15 Helen Cooper - A9 (b01q19ty)
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THU 22:00 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b01pw39f)
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THU 22:30 Comic to Comic (b007tcbj)
Series 1
Chris Green
Writer-performer Chris Green talks to Bruce Morton about his character driven comedy, including American country and western singing sensation, Tina C.
Series in which Bruce Morton talks to top stand-up comedians about life, the universe and comedy.
Producer: Carol Purcell
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in August 2005.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01qhfky)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best comedy around. Tonight, more chat with Jon Holmes and Milton Jones.
THU 23:00 Son of Cliche (b00p1jb9)
The Weird Dimension
Something weird is happening. Nothing is outside of the comedy team’s power!
Winner of 1984 Sony Gold Award for Best Light Entertainment Programme.
Sketch comedy with Chris Barrie, Nick Maloney and Nick Wilton.
Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.
Producer: Alan Nixon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1983.
THU 23:30 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcv)
More Brothers Faversham
Maximillian Faversham
The story of Victorian Britain's greatest horror writer.
The comedy trio's swashbuckling family romp.
Written by and starring Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck.
With Miles Jupp and Ingrid Oliver.
Script edited by Richard Turner.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
FRIDAY 25 JANUARY 2013
FRI 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js8q)
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18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (b00vt7x2)
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18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00858dr)
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18:45 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jskb)
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06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01q19tr)
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06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 1835 (b012gpr4)
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FRI 02:30 HR (b00j1dvv)
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FRI 03:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00ybxz9)
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10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00nhq56)
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11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Helen Cooper - A9 (b01q19ty)
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FRI 05:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3l9)
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17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b00s7t2v)
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07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jskk)
Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery
5. Concerning Richard Ferguson
When another body is found, the sleuth's investigation takes a dramatic turn.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Sir Graham Forbes …. James Thomason
Robert Ferguson …. John Glen
Helen Ferguson …. Grizelda Hervey
Dinah Nelson …. Valerie Kirkbright
Simon Lack (Reggie Mackintosh)
Reggie Mackintosh …. Anthony Hall
Mavis Russell …. Isabel Rennie
Mark Elliot …. William Fox
Richard Ferguson …. Gabriel Woolf
Peggy …. Jo Manning Wilson
Charlie …. James Beattie
Police Officer …. Glyn Dearman
Fireman/Sergeant …. Alan Haines
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1963.
FRI 06:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01q1h08)
Chapter 18
All Unwin's dreams of returning to his day job rest on rescuing his boss Travis. But will he make it in time? The dark forces of Enoch Hoffmann are closing in. Concluded by Toby Jones.
Somewhere in an unnamed, rainy city, Charles Unwin, a lowly but efficient clerk in a big detective agency, has found his world turned upside down when his detective boss, Travis Sivart, disappears.
Suddenly promoted to the role - Unwin's been forced out into the field for the first time in his life. Unprepared and untrained, armed only with his trusty umbrella and The Manual of Detection. His first mission is to find out what happened to his boss.
Abridged by Eileen Horne
Produced by Clive Brill
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pacificus Productions.
FRI 07:00 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007rkg0)
Series 1
Episode 6
Smuggler Tamsyn Trelawney joins the customs men to stop Courageous Kate from marrying her dad.
Then things take a turn for the even more absurd...
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, Mark Felgate as Dewey, Imelda Staunton as Courageous Kate and Mark Perry as Hobbs.
Producer: Jan Ravens.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
FRI 07:30 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b01pz5jd)
Series 5
The Hat
By Colin MacDonald.
Sheriff Finlay travels from Scotland to York for the funeral and cremation of his older brother William, with whom he didn't get on. When he gets there he is greeted with barely disguised hostility by William's widow.
She tells him arrangements for the funeral are all made: it is going to be a Humanist service and the family heirloom fireman's hat, which was worn with pride by the brothers' grandfather, is in the coffin and is going to be incinerated along with William.
Alistair decides to get the hat before the coffin makes its final journey into the flames. This will take him into dangerous territory, breaking into a funeral parlour at night and braving the criminal underworld to retrieve Grandad's hat and make a final peace with his brother.
Coronation Street veteran Thelma Barlow stars as his sister-in-law Louise and Stanley Baxter is Sheriff Alistair Finlay in this black comedy with a warm heart about death, brotherly love and saying goodbye.
Directed by Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 08:00 The Embassy Lark (b00sxt1f)
Student's Exchange
Sir Jeremy has to deal with his decidedly undiplomatic nephew. Stars Derek Francis and Frank Thornton. From March 1967.
FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b00d16g6)
Series 5
Sack the Burkiss Way
Confusion at Eddie's 24 Hour Sniffery and let's play 'Family Fortunes'.
Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett.
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1980.
FRI 09:00 Bristow (b007rgl8)
Series 2
The Power of the Press
The Chester-Perry buying clerk crusades to improve conditions for cleaning ladies.
Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the buying clerk from Frank Dickens' famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 41 years in London's Evening Standard.
Bristow ...... Michael Williams
Jones ...... Rodney Bewes
Gert ...... Liz Fraser
Daisy ...... Joan Sims
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey
Stationmaster ...... Jon Glover
Stoke ...... David Battley
Hickford ...... Roger Lloyd Pack
Lift Boy ...... Ian Kelland
Music composed and performed by John Whitehall.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.
FRI 09:30 Ayres on the Air (b00m19m6)
Series 3
Passion
How to get all loved up. Poetry and sketches from Pam Ayres. With Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. From August 2009.
FRI 10:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yc3jw)
Episode 5
Following Ivan's dramatic appearance at his brother's trial, Katerina prepares to deal Dmitry a fatal blow.
Starring Roy Marsden.
Conclusion of Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray.
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Ivan ...... Nicholas Boulton
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
Katerina ...... Juliet Aubrey
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Lise ...... Emma Noakes
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
Devil ...... Sam Dale
Judge ...... Ian Masters
Prosecutor ...... Philip Fox
Fetyukovich ...... Mark Straker
Bystanders ...... Paul Richard Biggin/ Saikat Ahamed
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2006.
FRI 11:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00nm0k3)
Graillis's Legacy
The touching and compassionate story of one man's guilt over his love for two women. Read by Dermot Crowley.
FRI 11:15 Kings (b007jqvc)
True Anointed
Sebastian Baczkiewicz's tales of biblical King David's reign. King Saul's staff chief seeks a shepherd boy. Stars David Calder.
FRI 12:00 The Embassy Lark (b00sxt1f)
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FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b00d16g6)
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FRI 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jskk)
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FRI 13:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01q1h08)
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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 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life (b00n7kt7)
Bachelors
Historian Amanda Vickery investigates the complicated arrangements that limited a man's search for a suitable wife.
FRI 14:30 Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever (b007jm4d)
Episode 5
Can Sophia's plan fool her husband and keep her affair a secret? Read by Emma Fielding and William Gaminara.
FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b00n58dd)
Michael Palin Diaries - The Python Years
The Life of Brian
The actor and writer recalls how the influential comedy group reconvened in 1977 to make their most controversial film. From October 2006.
FRI 15:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yc3jw)
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10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01pwg2r)
Mel Giedroyc celebrates Burns Night with poems from Scotland's national bard. Plus the final chapter of the magical story, MM Kaye's 'The Ordinary Princess'.
FRI 17:00 Ballylenon (b00ft0t2)
Series 1
Episode 5
Phonsie calls in a few favours from his friend Joe MacMonagle.
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1953, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in every home.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Phonsie Doherty ...... TP McKenna
Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy
Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker
Vivienne Boal ...... Aine McCartney
Guard Gallagher ...... John Hewitt
Stumpy Bonnar ...... Gerard McSorley
Aubrey Frawley ...... Dominic Letts
Jonathan Ffrench O'Dowd ...... Wesley Murphy
Primrose Ffrench O'Dowd ...... Marcella Riordan
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1994.
FRI 17:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007rkg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
FRI 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js93)
Episode 5
Saul and Elise make a grim discovery in the nursing home.
Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial set in - and under - Bath.
Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd
Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd
Freddie Jones .... The Scribe
Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife
Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist
Zoe Hicks .... Miss Dewhurst
Katy Carmichael .... Tracky
Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria
Bill Bellamy .... Leaflet Man
Original music composed by Thomas Johnson.
Music realised by Robin Lever.
Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop)
Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
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 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00859tj)
Episode 5
It's Henry Jekyll's turn to tell the story, as the bizarre truth is finally revealed. Concluded by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April 1996.
FRI 19:00 The Embassy Lark (b00sxt1f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00d16g6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jskk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Jedediah Berry - The Manual of Detection (b01q1h08)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 William Trevor - A Bit on the Side (b00nm0k3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Kings (b007jqvc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack (b012qtv1)
Series 2
Episode 1
The human chameleon's host of characters from a chatty school girl to a decrepit charwoman.
Multi-paced, one woman Fast Show showcasing the exceptional talent of Lucy Montgomery.
With:
Philip Pope
Sally Grace
Waen Shepherd
Natalie Walter
Written by Lucy Montgomery with additional material by Steven Burge, Jon Hunter, Fay Rusling and Barunka O'Shaughnessy.
Script Editor: Dan Tetsell
Music by Philip Pope
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2011.
FRI 22:30 And Now in Colour (b007w56x)
Series 1
Fairground
The sketch show team take their audience to the fair for Will's birthday – and England’s World Cup clichés...
Precision comedy written and performed by Tim Firth, Tim de Jongh, Michael Rutger and William Vandyck.
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1990
FRI 23:00 Rigor Mortis (b00gszmk)
Series 3
Episode 5
Pathologist Anthony is thrilled when his former mother-in-law arrives in the mortuary. Stars Peter Davison. From February 2006.
FRI 23:30 Half Sketch (b008hq83)
Series 4
Episode 5
Comedy sketches written and performed by Northern Ireland's very own Hole in the Wall Gang.