Vera and Irene enter cyberspace and look forward to new family arrivals. Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.
Archaeologist Dr George Nash explores five of Western Europe's most remarkable rock art sites.
His journey begins with extinct animals and strange female forms in Church Hole Cave in Derbyshire. Who created this prehistoric graffiti, and why?
4 Extra Debut. David Mitchell gets Lucy Porter, Chris Addison, Clive Anderson and Graeme Garden to tell lies with some truths. From March 2009.
A clerical outing to a dwindling community parish causes chaos.
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 Doris Hare, George Woodbridge, Betty Baskcomb and Neil McDermott.
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 and adapted by husband-and-wife team, Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps.
Producer: David Hatch.
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.
Maddy becomes a successful but high-maintenance film star, and Lyn discovers Helen's secret. Stars Ann Bell and Polly Adams.
In which Fogg fights a duel and the Pacific railroad nearly collapses.
Starring Leslie Phillips as Phileas Fogg, Diana Quick as Princess Aouda ,Yves Aubert as Passepartout and Jim Broadbent as Sergeant Fix.
Jules Verne's classic story dramatised in four parts by Terry James.
Music: Wilfredo Acosta.
4 Extra Debut. The Burmese opposition leader is interviewed by Kirsty Young at her home in Naypyitaw, Burma. From January 2013.
A cuckolded husband intends to murder his rival. What could go wrong with his fastidious plan? Anthony Horowitz's thriller, read by Robert Bathurst.
The Record Breaking entertainer recalls his early years in comedy and the highs and lows of being on stage with Mike Craig. From 1976.
Geoffrey Wheeler visits the Bradford Alhambra, built by the impresario Francis Laidler to be the finest purveyor of family entertainment in the North of England.
The Alhambra came to be associated with pantomime, and generations of Bradford schoolgirls dreamed of joining the Sunbeam Troupe of pantomime dancers. Two Sunbeam Girls, who first danced on the Alhambra's stage in 1929, recall their adventures.
With Bill Pertwee.
Series visiting variety theatres around the United Kingdom.
A bizarre chain of unforeseen coincidences sparks a 1990s British nuclear submarine to prepare to launch an all-out attack. Devastating, unpreventable, unless...
Lieutenant Sinclair ...... John Rye
Stride ...... Ian Thompson
Floyd ...... Michael Shannon
Louise Arnott ...... Sheila Mitchell
Wallis ...... James Hayes
The Prime Minister ...... Conrad Phillips
Aitkin ...... Sion Probert
Master-at-Arms ...... Nigel Graham
Fisher ...... John Bull
Theodore Pike ...... Vernon Joyner
1st Rating ...... Hugh Ross
2nd Rating ...... Roger Gartland
Computer Operator ...... Carole Boyd
Mel's pick of the 4 O'Clock Show, including a trip into the mind of comedian Harry Hill and the weird world of the slow worm.
A planet spurned is no friend to man. Ray Bradbury's surreal space tale stars Max Robinson.
The story of Zofia Swink who claims to be over 200 years old.
She comes from a village which takes refuge in a magical handbag when real life becomes too dangerous.
Her distraught grand-daughter narrates this bizarre tale of loss...
Maggie Blake reads Kelly Link's story.
Some of the best sci-fi/fantasy writers in a series of fantastic journeys featuring flights of fancy, time travel, magical transporters and alternate realities.
Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins.
Comedy series written by and starring Andy Parsons, following the exploits of hapless Scrooby, a well-meaning but flawed young man who is desperately trying to better himself through his own website where he's left his web-diaries.
Scrooby tries to become a writer, having had what he regards as a cracking idea for a best-seller entitled A Short History of Combine Harvesters in Cornish.
With Kerry Godliman, Dara O Briain, Russell Howard, Hugh Dennis, Russell Kane, Rufus Hound, Alun Cochrane, Dominic Frisby, Paul Thorne, Martin Coyote and Barunka O'Shaughnessy.
Every night Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club offers two hours of laughs. Tonight, Arthur Smith is joined by Johnny Vegas.
Topical sketch show which anyone can write for. With Justin Edwards.
The Bletchley Park cipher-busting team decide that a wealthy American visitor is a ripe target for fleecing...
James Cary's sitcom set at Bletchley Park - the top-secret home of the Second World War codebreakers.
Professor Charles Gardner …. Robert Bathurst
Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
3rd Lieutenant Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall …. Alex MacQueen
Minka …. Olivia Coleman
Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley
Freddie G. Roosevelt …. Arnab Chanda
MONDAY 07 OCTOBER 2013
MON 00:00 Bradbury 13 (b013zf1m)
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MON 00:30 Fantastic Journeys (b00hlb0h)
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MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03c2nzj)
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MON 01:45 Anthony Horowitz - Blackfriars Bridge (b012s2gc)
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MON 02:00 It's a Funny Business (b01102gj)
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MON 02:30 The Palace of Laughter (b007k2zj)
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MON 03:00 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jpfl)
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MON 03:30 James Follett - The Light of a Thousand Suns (b007jv75)
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13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Pamela Brown - Golden Pavements (b00tf82d)
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MON 05:30 Jules Verne - Around the World in Eighty Days (b007jtyl)
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09:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvmb)
Unnatural Death
7. Miss Climpson Investigates
Lord Peter Wimsey enlists help to try and solve the puzzling murder mystery.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Have Unnatural Death was first published in 1927.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Conclusion of Chris Miller's radio adaptation.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Inspector Parker …. Gabriel Woolf
Miss Climpson …. Ambrosine Phillpotts
Mrs Forrest …. Bridget McConnel
Mr Tredgold …. John Forrest
Dr Faulkner …. John Dunbar
Sacristan …. Mark Penfold
Bunter …. Peter Jones
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1975.
MON 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k3y7)
Episode 1
Confined to a hospital bed, Scotland Yard's Inspector Alan Grant is challenged to solve the mystery surrounding the alleged crimes of King Richard III.
Josephine Tey's classic story read in 14 parts by Paul Young.
Written in the early 1950s, The Daughter of Time was described by The New York Times as 'One of the best mysteries of all time'.
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2005.
MON 07:00 Married (b0081fb3)
Series 3
Episode 1
Things are even stranger now that Robin's two universes have collided - and he's surprised to find himself turning into a nice person...
Hugh Bonneville stars in the third series of the comedy drama about a confirmed bachelor Robin Lightfoot dealing with life in a parallel universe where he has kids and an ex-wife who hates him.
With Josie Lawrence as Lesley, Stephen Frost as Dirk, Ann Gosling as Maxine, Kate Robbins as Doctor/Newsreader/Glop, Christopher Kelham as Alan and Arthur Smith as Arthur Smith.
Written by Tony Bagley.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.
MON 07:30 The Museum of Curiosity (b03bqchn)
Series 6
Watson, Fletcher, Blashford-Snell
The Museum of Curiosity is the natural meeting place for entertaining experts and expert entertainers.
This week, it's flinging open its doors, inaugurating a brand new wing of empty plinths is ready to receive 3 new exhibits.
Our host is (as ever) the Professor of Ignorance, John Lloyd, and for this series he is joined by a new curator, the comedian Humphrey Ker. This week's generous donors are Egyptologist Prof. Joann Fletcher, who is presenting us with a hugely significant Roman coin; explorer Col. John Blashford-Snell, who brings a compass that led its owner the greatest one-liner in History; and the comedian Mark Watson, who is offering us something rather small and personal.
Produced by Richard Turner.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00mw69c)
Series 3
Episode 14
Trouble at sea for Kenneth Horne in 'The Maltese Brass Monkey', while Julian and Sandy go trolling on a bona fox hunt with a twist.
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 May 1967.
MON 08:30 Ray's a Laugh (b007js54)
From 17/01/1950
Ted's wife, Kitty, goes to the sales - while George chases a film star at Waterloo.
Starring Ted Ray.
With Kitty Bluett, Peter Sellers, Patricia Hayes, Fred Yule and Leslie Perrins.
Ray's A Laugh - the successor to ITMA - follows the comedy exploits of Ted's life at home with his 'radio' wife Kitty, as well as in a variety of jobs. It ran from 1949-1961.
Scripted by Eddie Maguire and Ted Ray.
Music from Bob & Alf Pearson and The Beaux and The Belles.
BBC Dance Orchestra conducted by Stanley Black.
Producer: George Inns
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1950.
MON 09:00 Cowards (b007jf0x)
Series 1
Episode 6
Moustaches and job interviews in the bizarre world of the comedy sketch show team.
Featuring the talents of writers and performers Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2007.
MON 09:30 Beauty of Britain (b00n7zd1)
Series 1
Girl With a Polycotton Tabard
Beauty wonders why so many British men get stuck in the emotional wilderness and find it hard to communicate with each other, as she deals with an elderly gentleman and his son.
Beauty's dreams of becoming a model are given a boost when she applies to be the Face of the Social Services.
Comedy by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson.
Beauty Olonga works as a carer for the Featherdown Agency and sees herself as an inspiration to other African girls hoping to achieve their goals in the land of semi-skimmed milk.
Beauty ...... Jocelyn Jee Esien
Mr Clark ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Julian ...... Christopher Douglas
Georgie ...... Emma Fryer
Sally ...... Felicity Montagu
Karen ...... Nicola Sanderson
Mrs Gupte ...... Indira Joshi
Anil ...... Paul Sharma
Race Commentator ...... Christopher Douglas
Music by The West End Gospel Choir.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.
MON 10:00 Classic Serial (b00t67j0)
Henry James - The Wings of the Dove
Episode 1
by Henry James
Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths
Kate and Merton need money. Milly needs love. How far will they go to get what they want?
Kate Croy is in love with Merton Densher; a poor writer. Her rich aunt Maud disapproves. Maud has offered Kate a wealthy existence but if Kate chooses to marry Merton she risks losing it all. When American Heiress Milly Theale steps into her London society, Kate sees a way out.
Kate.....Lyndsey Marshal
Merton.....Blake Ritson
Maud.....Clare Higgins
Lord Mark.....Toby Jones
Milly.....Anna Maxwell Martin
Susie.....Barbara Barnes
Croy.....Jonathan Keeble
Marian.....Deborah McAndrew
Directed by Nadia Molinari.
MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b010t6h4)
The Doll: Short Stories by Daphne du Maurier
East Wind
In East Wind the lives of a young couple are altered irrevocably when a group of beguiling strangers are shipwrecked off the shores of the Scilly Isles. Excitingly, East Wind is one of several recently rediscovered stories by Daphne du Maurier, and published in her new anthology, The Doll: Short Stories. East Wind was written when she was just nineteen, until now it has only ever been published in the United States and was found in her 1926 notebooks in the archives at Exeter University. Most of the other stories included in the collection have never been published or have been out of print for decades. Written early on in du Maurier's writing career they reveal the dark themes explored in the novels that made her name.
Reader: Anna Madeley
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Elizabeth Allard.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b03c241f)
Joe Moran, Gina Yashere, Lisa Stansfield, Carey Marx, Scottee, NYPC
Clive speaks to comedian Gina Yashere, a former lift engineer, she was always going up... Gina made her comedy debut at the Edinburgh Festival in 1996 and went on to sell out shows around the world, including America, where she has been living for the last few years. Gina Yashere: Live! is her new show which she is touring nationally.
Scottee is this week's guest interviewer and in his hot seat is Rochdale's finest, Lisa Stansfield. Lisa's career has spanned over three decades, and racked up sales of nearly 20 million records. After 10 years out of the limelight, Lisa returns with her first studio album in 9 years. 'Seven' is released on the 21st October and she will be embarking on a European tour later in October. In the Loose Ends studio Lisa performs 'Conversation' from her forthcoming album.
Joe Moran is a prof. of Cultural History and his new book 'Armchair Nation' reveals the fascinating and sometimes surprising history of telly. Joe walks Clive through the story of the goggle box from the first demo of TV by John Logie Baird (in Selfridges), to the fear and excitement that greeted its arrival in households (some viewers worried it might control their thoughts), to what JG Ballard thought about Big Brother.
Novelist and broadcaster Carey Marx is the only comic to win the New Zealand Comedy Festival Best International Show Award twice. Carey joins Clive to chat about how having a heart attack inspired his latest stand up show 'Intensive Carey' which he debuted at this year's Edinburgh Festival.
And also performing live in the Loose Ends studio, London based alt-pop outfit NYPC with their latest single 'Things Like You' released on 21st October. Their eponymously titled album is out on the 7th October.
Producer: Debbie Kilbride.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00mw69c)
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MON 12:30 Ray's a Laugh (b007js54)
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MON 13:00 Wimsey (b007jvmb)
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MON 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k3y7)
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MON 14:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k37q)
Ladies of Letters.com
Episode 6
The mystery stalker is a headache for both Vera and Irene. Just who is he? Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.
MON 14:15 On the Map (b00rlwwy)
Maps of the Mind
Self-confessed map addict Mike Parker explores modern cartography.
Maps of the Mind. The most powerful maps aren't found on paper or a computer screen. They're the maps we hold in our memories and imaginations. Mike Parker visits a primary school in his home town to compare the pupils' maps with his own, drawn from childhood recollection. And he takes a trip to Ambridge, home of the Archers, to meet Eddie Grundy and ask him for directions around the village.
From 2010.
MON 14:30 William Boyd - Restless (b016c8y9)
Episode 1
When Ruth visits her mother, she embarks on a dangerous journey into the past. William Boyd's thriller stars Eileen Atkins.
MON 14:45 Book of the Week (b0135q6c)
Matthew Hollis - Now All Roads Lead to France
Episode 1
A compelling exploration of the making of one of Britain's most influential First World War poets - Edward Thomas, who is perhaps best-remembered for his poem 'Adlestrop'.
Matthew Hollis's new biography is an account of Thomas's final five years and of his momentous and mutually-inspiring friendship with the American poet, Robert Frost.
Although an accomplished prose-writer and literary critic, Edward Thomas only began writing poetry in 1914, at the age of 36. Before then, Thomas had been tormented by what he regarded as the banality of his work, by his struggle with depression and by his marriage.
But as his friendship with Frost blossomed, Thomas wrote poem after poem, and his emotional affliction began to lift. The two friends began to formulate poetic ideas that would produce some of the most remarkable verse of the twentieth century. But the First World War put an ocean between them: Frost returned to the safety of New England, while Thomas stayed to fight for the Old. It is these roads taken - and those not taken - that are at the heart of this remarkable book, which culminates in Thomas's tragic death on Easter Monday 1917.
Read by Tobias Menzies
Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Produced by Emma Harding
'Now All Roads Lead to France' is published by Faber and Faber.
Matthew Hollis is the author of a volume of poetry, 'Ground Water', which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize for Poetry, the Guardian First Book Award and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. This is his first prose book.
MON 15:00 Classic Serial (b00t67j0)
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MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03c4dcs)
Mel Giedroyc celebrates World Space Week with the first chapter in Bruce Coville's My Teacher is an Alien. Plus Edinburgh Zoo is 100 years old, so Mel visits Dillon the Armadillo.
MON 17:00 Anything Legal (b0085hnm)
Episode 4
George and Charles tackle a horrid child and a bizarre giant in their new business offering anything legal...
Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.
A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly
Charles .... Donald Hewlett
George .... Michael Knowles
Isabel .... Madeline Smith
Little Willy .... Stephen Grief
Simon .... Elizabeth Proud
Miss Folliate .... Frances Jeater
Theme music by Jim Parker
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.
MON 17:30 Married (b0081fb3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
MON 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jnxp)
Earthsearch II
The Return
Four million years ago, the crew of the starship Challenger abandoned their search for Earth and made their home on Paradise, the third planet of a solar system on the fringe of the galaxy.
But now the crew's settled life is soon to be shattered...
James Follett's cult sci-fi drama is a gripping sequel to his original Earthsearch.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
George ...... Stephen Garlick
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1982.
MON 18:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pbtv8)
Markheim
By RL Stevenson. A thief's eerie encounter with a stranger in a shop forces him to reassess his life. Read by Hugh Bonneville.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00mw69c)
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MON 19:30 Ray's a Laugh (b007js54)
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MON 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvmb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k3y7)
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MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b010t6h4)
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MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b03c241f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
MON 22:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b03bqchn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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MON 22:30 Cowards (b007jf0x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
MON 23:00 The Now Show (b03bsbb4)
Series 41
Episode 2
Steve Punt and Jon Culshaw are joined by David Quantick, Pippa Evans, Mitch Benn and Laura Shavin for a comic run through the week's news. Producer: Alexandra Smith.
MON 23:30 Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change? (b00sjcvd)
1980s
Cockney comedian Micky Flanagan's first radio series is about his progression from working-class Herbert to middle-class intellectual and being caught awkwardly between the two. His story is told through reflective interviews, but mainly, Micky's acclaimed stand up comedy. Micky's transition from the mean streets of the East End to the leafy lanes of Dulwich is a fascinating story, with each episode focusing on a different decade of Micky's life.
In this episode Micky takes us through his 1980's, spent running away to New York and being the international lover and player of the East End. He chats to his parents, his sister and his school friends in interviews that shed light on the stand up comedy.
The series is written and performed by Micky Flanagan.
The Producer is Tilusha Ghelani.
TUESDAY 08 OCTOBER 2013
TUE 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jnxp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pbtv8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvmb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k3y7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Cowards (b007jf0x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Beauty of Britain (b00n7zd1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Classic Serial (b00t67j0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b010t6h4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b03c241f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Anything Legal (b0085hnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Married (b0081fb3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jzds)
Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair
My Heart and Harry
The suave amateur private detective is drawn into the murder of the actress daughter of a threatre impresario.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife.
With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Brewster Mason as Rupert Dreisler, Hugh Manning as Vosper, James Beattie as Charlie, John Graham as Eric Lansdale, Isobel Dean as Terry Gibson, Simon Lack as Adrian Frost, June Turbin as Judy Milton and Thomas Heathcote as Pete Roberts.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1957.
TUE 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k3z5)
Episode 2
Inspector Grant's actress friend Marta Hallard has suggested he attempts to fathom out an unsolved historical case - and he's fascinated by an unusual present that she's brought to the hospital...
Josephine Tey's classic mystery read by Paul Young.
Written in the early 1950s, The Daughter of Time was described by The New York Times as 'One of the best mysteries of all time'.
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland.
TUE 07:00 The Pickerskill Detentions (b00yjt9m)
The Black-Eyed Marketeer
Retired English master Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls his most memorable detentions. Stars Ian Richardson. From August 2005.
TUE 07:15 Hearing With Hegley (b0082c3x)
Series 2
Episode 6
Love and football to hairy carpets; the Luton Laureate celebrates life's rich pageant in poetry and song. From September 1998.
TUE 07:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b03brkf1)
Series 3
Episode 5
John Finnemore, the writer and star of Cabin Pressure, regular guest on The Now Show and popper-upper in things like Miranda, presents a third series series of his hit sketch show.
The first series was described as "sparklingly clever" by The Daily Telegraph and "one of the most consistently funny sketch shows for quite some time" by The Guardian. The second series won Best Radio Comedy at both the Chortle and Comedy.co.uk awards, and was nominated for a Sony award.
This time around, John promises to stop doing silly sketches about nonsense like Winnie the Pooh's honey addiction or how goldfish invented computer programming, and concentrate instead on the the big, serious issues.
This fifth episode of the series reveals the truth behind some famous anecdotes and a curious tale of a hard-bitten dame. Part of this show are in 3-D. Unfortunately, it's a horrible part.
Written by and starring John Finnemore, with Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan.
Producer: Ed Morrish.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jslg)
Series 5
The White Box of Great Bardfield
Can Neddie Seagoon get rich quick by exporting Brtain's surfeit of snow?
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1955.
TUE 08:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007nf1x)
End of an Era
It's Bob and Thelma's big day - and he's on tranquilisers!
Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier, Rodney Bewes as Bob Ferris and Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers..
With Sheila Fearn, Joan Hickson, Anita Carey, Daphne Heard and Barbara Ogilvie.
Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.
Adapted for radio and produced by John Browell.
Audio recovered from a listener to BBC 7.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1975.
TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b03bsbb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience (b007lr4s)
Episode 4
Unhappily married Patrick and Maureen are getting on so badly that they’re forced to present their final show form separate studios.
But even that doesn't stop them quarrelling...
Starring Imelda Staunton as Maureen Maybe and Patrick Barlow as Patrick Maybe.
Special guest: Rachel Weisz
Doctor ...... Peter Jones
Cleonni ...... Carla Mendonca
Peter Davies ...... John Ramm
Written by Patrick Barlow.
Script associate: Nev Fountain
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.
TUE 10:00 Classic Serial (b00t870t)
Henry James - The Wings of the Dove
Episode 2
by Henry James
Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths
Milly confides in Kate that she believes herself to be gravely ill and Kate begins to see a way for her and Merton to have a future.
When Merton returns to London, Kate sets out to bring her lover and her friend together. With Kate's assurances that there is nothing between them, Milly allows herself to hope that Merton may be the one great passion in her short life.
Milly.....Anna Maxwell Martin
Lord Mark.....Toby Jones
Maud.....Clare Higgins
Susie.....Barbara Barnes
Kate.....Lyndsey Marshal
Merton.....Blake Ritson
Lord Strett...Sam Dale
Lady Aldershaw...Alison Pettitt
Directed by Nadia Molinari.
TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b010t7rv)
The Doll: Short Stories by Daphne du Maurier
The Doll
The Doll is a macabre and unsettling tale about a young man besotted by a young violinist, who in turn has a strange and haunting passion. The Doll is the title story of a newly published collection by Daphne du Maurier, and excitingly, is one of several recently re-discovered short fictions by the famous writer that have either never been published or have been out of print for decades. Written in the late 1920s when du Maurier herself was just twenty, The Doll reveals some of the dark themes that she explores in the novels that made her name.
Reader: Ed Stoppard and Sean Baker
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Elizabeth Allard.
TUE 11:15 Lucy Catherine - Starry Eyes (b007jtf9)
Amateur astronomer Leanne finds consolation in the constellations while washing up in an all-night cafe. Stars Robin Weaver. From May 1999.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jslg)
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TUE 12:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007nf1x)
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08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jzds)
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TUE 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k3z5)
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06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Ladies of Letters (b007jrp3)
Ladies of Letters.com
Episode 7
Irene apologises to Vera for her rude email about Howard. But will she accept? Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales. Episode 7 of 10.
TUE 14:15 As Soon As I Open My Mouth (b007jz54)
Potato, Potahto
A smooth Yank, a Yorkshire 'bumpkin' and their Scottish-sounding daughter. Kim Normanton meets families with different accents.
TUE 14:30 William Boyd - Restless (b016d77c)
Episode 2
Ruth learns more about her mother's recruitment as a British spy, while her own past catches up with her. Stars Eileen Atkins.
TUE 14:45 Book of the Week (b0135z1h)
Matthew Hollis - Now All Roads Lead to France
Episode 2
A compelling exploration of the making of one of Britain's most influential First World War poets - Edward Thomas, who is perhaps best-remembered for his poem 'Adlestrop'.
Matthew Hollis's new biography is an account of Thomas's final five years and of his momentous and mutually-inspiring friendship with the American poet, Robert Frost.
Although an accomplished prose-writer and literary critic, Edward Thomas only began writing poetry in 1914, at the age of 36. Before then, Thomas had been tormented by what he regarded as the banality of his work, by his struggle with depression and by his marriage.
But as his friendship with Frost blossomed, Thomas wrote poem after poem, and his emotional affliction began to lift. The two friends began to formulate poetic ideas that would produce some of the most memorable verse of the twentieth century. But the First World War put an ocean between them: Frost returned to the safety of New England, while Thomas stayed to fight for the Old. It is these roads taken - and those not taken - that are at the heart of this remarkable book, which culminates in Thomas's tragic death on Easter Monday 1917.
In today's episode, the first meeting of Edward Thomas and Robert Frost marks the start of a life-changing friendship.
Read by Tobias Menzies
Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Produced by Emma Harding
'Now All Roads Lead to France' is published by Faber and Faber.
AUTHOR: Matthew Hollis is the author of a volume of poetry, 'Ground Water', which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize for Poetry, the Guardian First Book Award and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. This is his first prose book.
TUE 15:00 Classic Serial (b00t870t)
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10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03c4hp3)
Mel Giedroyc feeds the meerkats at Edinburgh Zoo. Plus it's World Space Week, so Mel wishes a very happy birthday to Alien and Avatar star Sigourney Weaver.
TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag (b00wmnvf)
Series 3
A Loss of Marbles
Gathering dust in the British Museum are great lumps of the Republic's heritage - and now it wants them back.
"But we did give them lots of things in return, William..."
"Like beads, sir?"
"Like standards William..."
Series 3 of Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.
Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson and Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1990.
TUE 17:30 The Pickerskill Detentions (b00yjt9m)
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07:00 today]
TUE 17:45 Hearing With Hegley (b0082c3x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:15 today]
TUE 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007wvjs)
Earthsearch II
Flood
Telson and Darv take the starship Challenger’s shuttle up to locate the android that killed Darv and Astra's son.
But they soon discover that they’re not alone...
James Follett's cult sci-fi drama is a gripping sequel to his original Earthsearch.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
George ...... Stephen Garlick
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1982.
TUE 18:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pd7cm)
Clytie
By Eudora Welty. Watery parallels to Greek mythology, as life gets too much for a woman in Mississippi. Read by Barbara Barnes.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jslg)
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08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007nf1x)
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08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jzds)
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TUE 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k3z5)
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06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b010t7rv)
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11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Lucy Catherine - Starry Eyes (b007jtf9)
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11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b03brkf1)
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07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Genius (b008gh91)
Series 2
Chris Addison
Buying socks in threes and happy chickens?
Dave Gorman asks comedian Chris Addison to choose the public's best loopy idea.
Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03cv5xg)
Every night Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club offers two hours of comedy. Tonight, Isy Suttie chats to Jarred Christmas.
TUE 23:00 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes (b019n2m7)
Series 1
Politics
More historical heroism - as Aneurin Bevan, Hywel Dda and The Rebecca Rioters are put to the Totaliser Test.
Comedian Elis James compares key figures in Welsh history to determine the ultimate heroes of Wales.
With Ben Partridge and Nadia Kamil.
Written by Elis James, Gareth Gwyn and Benjamin Partridge.
Producer: Sharif Shahwan
First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in January 2012
TUE 23:30 One (b00771mt)
Series 1
Episode 4
The sketch show where no sketch features more than one voice.
Written by David Quantick and starring Dan Maier, Lizzie Roper, Graeme Garden, Deborah Norton, Andrew Crawford, Dan Antopolski, Simon Greenall and Kate Gielgud, with Bill Oddie and Jeremy Clarkson as themselves.
TUE 23:45 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b00g3xwp)
Series 2
Problems
Adam Bloom has a problem. He's fed up with having problems.
But would not having problems really be any better?
With Rob Rouse and Stefano Paolini.
Written by Adam Bloom.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004.
WEDNESDAY 09 OCTOBER 2013
WED 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007wvjs)
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18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pd7cm)
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18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jzds)
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06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k3z5)
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06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The Now Show (b03bsbb4)
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23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience (b007lr4s)
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09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Classic Serial (b00t870t)
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10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b010t7rv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Lucy Catherine - Starry Eyes (b007jtf9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Flying the Flag (b00wmnvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 The Pickerskill Detentions (b00yjt9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:45 Hearing With Hegley (b0082c3x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:15 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jzg2)
Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair
Concerning Judy Milton
The debonair sleuth and wife Steve must uncover the link between a rare soundtrack record - and a murder.
After the untimely death of actress Mary Dreisler in her London flat, her theatre impresario father has sent for Paul Temple.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife.
With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Brewster Mason as Rupert Dreisler, Hugh Manning as Vosper, James Beattie as Charlie, John Graham as Eric Lansdale, Isobel Dean as Terry Gibson, Simon Lack as Adrian Frost, June Turbin as Judy Milton and Thomas Heathcote as Pete Roberts.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1957.
WED 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k402)
Episode 3
Challenged to tackle an unsolved historical mystery, Inspector Grant has become fascinated by a portrait of King Richard III. Borrowing a school history book from a nurse, he begins his investigation...
Josephine Tey's classic mystery read by Paul Young.
Written in the early 1950s, The Daughter of Time was described by The New York Times as 'One of the best mysteries of all time'.
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland.
WED 07:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx5n)
Miss Willow and the One-Eyed Gentleman
"I'm afraid you're too trusting for your own good, Miss Willow. Believe me, appearances can be very deceptive..."
Hapless vicar Timothy Carswell visits some of the more sinister members of his flock.
Stephen Sheridan's six-part series stars James Grout as the Reverend Timothy Carswell, Margaret Courtenay as Miss Tilling, Jean Heywood as Miss Tapp, Jacqueline Tong as Hilary and Patricia Hayes as Miss Willow.
Producer: Lissa Evans.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1991.
WED 07:30 Fresh From the Fringe (b03brqlm)
Fresh from the Fringe: 2013
Mark Watson hosts a showcase of up-and-coming comic talent from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, recorded at Bush Hall in London.
Featuring a mixture of performers who are new to Radio 4 (Phil Wang, Tim Renkow, Ellie White, Liam Williams), along with one or two names you might already recognise (Romesh Ranganathan - "28 Dates Later", Aisling Bea - "Irish Micks and Legends"), Fresh From the Fringe is our pick of the people who made us laugh this August.
This programme is an edited highlights show of a live gig hosted by Radio 4 at Bush Hall on 18th September 2013. A filmed programme - featuring different edited highlights - will be playing out on the Red Button service throughout this week, and material from all the acts will be available to view on the Fresh From the Fringe website.
Produced by Lyndsay Fenner.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007s5g6)
Series 4
Almost a Gentleman
Overlooked in the New Year's Honours, the lad brushes up on his social etiquette skills.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music composed 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 January 1957.
WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b011ckn4)
Series 7
Episode 8
Fifth Division football - and Professor Prune goes on a Victorian adventure.
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 March 1969.
WED 09:00 Winston (b007wvf0)
Winston in Europe
Finis
Before returning to England, the family take a whistle stop tour round Europe and Father takes them to where it all started, where he and their mother got spliced.
Peter Tinniswood's bawdy six-part comedy serial stars Bill Wallis as Winston, Maurice Denham as Father, Shirley Dixon as Nancy, Liz Goulding as Rosie and Christian Rodska as William.
Director: Shaun MacLoughlin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1992.
WED 09:30 In the End (b007qww6)
Episode 3
Tension mounts as the serial killer claims a third journalist victim. Comedy thriller with Michael Williams. From December 1999.
WED 10:00 Classic Serial (b00td4v4)
Henry James - The Wings of the Dove
Episode 3
Milly, now gravely ill, is staying in Venice. Kate's plan to bring Merton and Milly together is gaining pace. But Merton begins to realise that his own feelings for Milly are much deeper than he knew. Lord Mark's arrival threatens everything and Merton and Kate aren't prepared for the consequences. Will Milly change their lives irrevocably?
Merton.....Blake Ritson
Milly.....Anna Maxwell Martin
Kate.....Lyndsey Marshal
Maud.....Clare Higgins
Susie.....Barbara Barnes
Lord Mark.....Toby Jones
Eugenio.....Sam Dale
Directed by Nadia Molinari.
WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b010t7p2)
The Doll: Short Stories by Daphne du Maurier
The Happy Valley
The Happy Valley by Daphne du Maurier tells the story of a young woman who dreams of an eerie wilderness and a grand old house, and echoes her most famous book, Rebecca. In the story, the young woman starts a romantic relationship with a man and finds herself walking into the real landscape she has dreamed of...
The Happy Valley is selected from The Doll: Short Stories, the newly published collection by Daphne du Maurier. This includes several pieces recently rediscovered by an enthusastic devotee of the famous writer. The Happy Valley was originally printed in the Illustrated London News in 1932 but hasn't been published in a collection until now. Written early in her career these stories reveal the dark themes explored in the novels that made her name.
Reader: Hattie Morahan
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Lucy Collingwood.
WED 11:15 Drama (b00tg2m2)
Matthew Broughton - The Rain Maker
By Matthew Broughton
When a father takes his son on a trip to a cabin in the woods, he has no idea what terrible horror is to come. A sinister story about the demons that lurk in the dark forest of the mind. (Repeat)
Father ..... Kenneth Cranham
Son ..... Joe Dempsie
Directed by James Robinson.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007s5g6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b011ckn4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jzg2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k402)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k39j)
Ladies of Letters.com
Episode 8
Confusing emails fly rapidly between Irene and Vera. Is Lesley marrying or not? Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.
WED 14:15 As Soon As I Open My Mouth (b007jx35)
East End, West End
Kim Normanton meets brothers Ivor and Sid Spencer, both raised in London's East End, but their accents are worlds apart.
WED 14:30 William Boyd - Restless (b016d8xn)
Episode 3
After revealing her past as a British spy, Sally tells her daughter Ruth that someone's trying to kill her. Stars Eileen Atkins.
WED 14:45 Book of the Week (b01381n5)
Matthew Hollis - Now All Roads Lead to France
Episode 3
A compelling exploration of the making of one of Britain's most influential First World War poets - Edward Thomas, who is perhaps best-remembered for his poem 'Adlestrop'.
Matthew Hollis's new biography is an account of Thomas's final five years and of his momentous and mutually-inspiring friendship with the American poet, Robert Frost.
Although an accomplished prose-writer and literary critic, Edward Thomas only began writing poetry in 1914, at the age of 36. Before then, Thomas had been tormented by what he regarded as the banality of his work, by his struggle with depression and by his marriage.
But as his friendship with Frost blossomed, Thomas wrote poem after poem, and his emotional affliction began to lift. The two friends began to formulate poetic ideas that would produce some of the most remarkable verse of the twentieth century. But the First World War put an ocean between them: Frost returned to the safety of New England, while Thomas stayed to fight for the Old. It is these roads taken - and those not taken - that are at the heart of this remarkable book, which culminates in Thomas's tragic death on Easter Monday 1917.
In today's episode, Edward Thomas and Robert Frost have an emotional encounter with a hostile gamekeeper, and Thomas sits down to write his first poem.
Read by Tobias Menzies
Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Produced by Emma Harding
'Now All Roads Lead to France' is published by Faber and Faber.
AUTHOR: Matthew Hollis is the author of a volume of poetry, 'Ground Water', which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize for Poetry, the Guardian First Book Award and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. This is his first prose book.
WED 15:00 Classic Serial (b00td4v4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03c561l)
Mel Giedroyc meets a lemur from Madagascar at the 100-year-old Edinburgh Zoo, and hears the Inheritance Tracks of singer and piano maestro Jamie Cullum.
WED 17:00 Are You From the Bugle? (b01jzq5m)
Butterthwaite White Hell
Will snow play havoc with Graham's chances of landing a story? Stars Jeffrey Holland and Robert Beck. From June 1996.
WED 17:30 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx5n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jnyt)
Earthsearch II
Surrender
Believing they've outwitted the Angels, the Challenger crew prepare to wait out the flood.
Their victory, however, is short-lived...
James Follett's cult sci-fi drama is a gripping sequel to his original Earthsearch.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
George ...... Stephen Garlick
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1982.
WED 18:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pgnqn)
The Lady of the House of Love
By Angela Carter. A vampire tale with a twist. On the eve of war, an unwary army officer meets the last of the Nosferatu family. Read by Indira Varma.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007s5g6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b011ckn4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jzg2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k402)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b010t7p2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Drama (b00tg2m2)
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11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Fresh From the Fringe (b03brqlm)
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07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007jq8z)
Series 2
Barbara Dickson
Sheffield's aspiring singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth takes to the airwaves once more from his very own his front room.
Aided by his producer (and sole agent) Ken Worthington, and his hard-to-please wife Mary, the inimitable John Shuttleworth presents a mixture of celebrity guests, domestic chores and music.
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Bill Bailey drops in for "Impress an Impresario" while Hattie Hayridge telephones to "Make Mary Merry"
Special guest Barbara Dickson pops in for a chat, but her timing couldn't have been worse as John is expecting a rush of callers responding to his advert for the sale of son Darren's cabin bed.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Additional material by Martin Willis.
Producer: Dawn Ellis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03cv5xj)
Every night Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club offers two hours of comedy. Tonight, Isy Suttie chats to Jarred Christmas.
WED 23:00 Revolting People (b008gc13)
Series 3
The God-Given Talent
Joshua enters a log-chopping contest and Cora discovers a gift for penning pornography.
Sitcom set just before the American War of Independence.
Written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses.
McGurk ...... Andy Hamilton
Samuel ...... Jay Tarses
Captain Brimshaw ...... James Fleet
Mary ...... Jan Ravens
Joshua ...... Tony Maudsley
Ezekiel ...... Hugh Dennis
Cora ...... Penelope Nice
Other parts played by Michael Fenton Stevens and Philip Pope.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
WED 23:30 Down the Line (b00zshns)
Series 4
Episode 3
The return of the ground-breaking Radio 4 show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators of The Fast Show.
Down the Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery and Paul Whitehouse,
Special guests are Lee Mack, Adil Ray and Fiona Whitehouse.
Producers: Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson.
THURSDAY 10 OCTOBER 2013
THU 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jnyt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pgnqn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jzg2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k402)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Winston (b007wvf0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 In the End (b007qww6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Classic Serial (b00td4v4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b010t7p2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Drama (b00tg2m2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Are You From the Bugle? (b01jzq5m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx5n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jzhb)
Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair
Introducing Pete Roberts
The smooth sleuth is threatened with a revolver - and there's a fresh lead in the hunt for the killer of actress Mary Dreisler.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife.
With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Brewster Mason as Rupert Dreisler, Hugh Manning as Vosper, James Beattie as Charlie, John Graham as Eric Lansdale, Isobel Dean as Terry Gibson, Simon Lack as Adrian Frost, June Turbin as Judy Milton and Thomas Heathcote as Pete Roberts.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1957.
THU 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k40z)
Episode 4
Using more books brought to his hospital bed, Inspector Grant is determined to prove King Richard III could not have committed the murders...
Josephine Tey's classic mystery read by Paul Young.
Written in the early 1950s, The Daughter of Time was described by The New York Times as 'One of the best mysteries of all time'.
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland.
THU 07:00 The Galton and Simpson Playhouse (b007ylq8)
Clicquot et Fils
Monsieur Clicquot plans to improve his ailing funeral parlour. Stars Richard Griffiths and Josie Lawrence. From December 1998.
THU 07:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b01ng89q)
Series 5
Turn Around Dave Eyes
More shop-based shenanigans and over the counter philosophy courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave.
The staff of Fags, Mags and Bags continue their tireless quest to bring nice-price custard creams and cans of coke with Arabic writing on them to an ungrateful nation. Ramesh Mahju has built the business up over 30 years and loves the art of the shop. However, he does apply the "low return" rules of the shop to all other aspects of his life. Then there are Ramesh's sons Sanjay and Alok, both surly and not keen on the old school approach to shopkeeping, but Ramesh is keen to pass all his worldly wisdom onto them whether they like it or not!
In this episode, Dave embraces internet dating and gets close to someone who is passing themselves off as 80s rock goddess Bonnie Tyler. Meanwhile Ramesh has a wobble about his Meat Loaf date with Malcolm as it falls on a delicate family anniversary.
Producer: Gus Beattie
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jmyj)
Series 2
Boots, Boots, Boots
The Home Guard platoon take action when Captain Mainwaring becomes obsessed with their feet.
Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, John Laurie as Private Frazer, Ian Lavender as Private Pike and Arnold Ridley as Godfrey.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1975.
THU 08:30 Hello Cheeky (b013dzn0)
From 16/05/1976
Fast-moving pun-tastic fun as the trio welcome Grandstand's Frank Bough.
Written by and starring John Junkin, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor.
With musical accompaniment from the Denis King Trio.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1976.
THU 09:00 Any Other Business (b0140tzv)
Episode 6
'Star Trek' fever erupts, as a German delegation tours the cultural delights of Chesbury.
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 July 1995.
THU 09:30 Tickets Please (b00ny7k4)
Episode 2
The
9.27 London to Exeter emotional rollercoaster continues as the train staff's personal embroilments deepen.
Now one of the wedding party is joining in the melee. And why are there finger-holes in the muffins?
Sitcom on rails by Mark Maier.
Robin..................Jeremy Swift
Nadine...................Alex Kelly
Peter..............Malcolm Tierney
Carol..............Tessa Nicholson
Carl................Nicholas Boulton
Diana...............Melissa Advani
Linda...................Kate Layden
Keith...............Stephen Hogan
Other parts played by Piers Wehner, Philip Fox and Joseph Cohen-Cole.
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.
THU 10:00 Classic Serial (b00gq4nd)
Arnold Bennett - The Grand Babylon Hotel
Episode 1
Murder mystery by Arnold Bennett, adapted in two parts by Chris Harrald.
American tycoon Theodore Racksole buys Europe's most exclusive hotel on a whim, but is warned by the seller that he will live to regret it. Soon, a mysterious death occurs and Theodore and his daughter Nella find themselves in danger in their own hotel.
Theodore Racksole ...... John Sessions
Nella Racksole ...... Matti Houghton
Aribert ...... Joe Kloska
Jules ...... Richard Katz
Miss Spencer ...... Fenella Woolgar
Felix Babylon ...... Stephen Greif
Reginald Dimmock ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Miss Ferguson ...... Jill Cardo
Servant ...... Inam Mirza.
THU 11:00 Ronald Frame Short Stories (b007k1lf)
The End of the Season
Rhona has run away from her relationship problems. At her hotel, she comes to an understanding.
Jilly Bond reads Ronald Frame's short story.
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.
THU 11:15 Drama (b00sm8tv)
Gary Brown - Prospero, Ariel, Reith and Gill
Gary Brown's comedy about artist Eric Gill's clash with the BBC over his famous sculpture of Prospero and Ariel stars Anton Lesser as the artist and Tim McInnerny as Sir John Reith, the first Director General of the Corporation. Inspired by real events, the play charts a clash between the BBC's Governors and the artist over the propriety of the sculpture's appearance.
Gill became quite a celebrity as he carved the statue in situ on scaffolding in front of Broadcasting House. In his trademark smock and beret, he drew the attention of the tabloid papers and became known as the "Married Monk". The play imagines conversations between Sir John and the artist as he passes him on his way into Broadcasting House each morning.
Framed with a period newsreel-style commentary, the comedy playfully deals with the perennial tension between the Establishment and the Artist. The strange and mysterious Gill contrasts with the authoritarian but often troubled figure of Reith, but in the end the sculpture focuses their thoughts about the role of Art in the life of mankind. While this is a comedy, the play touches a little on the well-documented darker side of both men's nature, and offers an insight into one of the more celebrated events of early BBC history.
Brown's play speculates on how Reith struggled with the Governors and with his own psyche in dealing with one of the trickier events in the early days of the BBC. It also looks at how Gill, the artist, struggled with reconciling his unusual beliefs and lifestyle with a major commission from the heart of the Establishment.
The cast is completed by Jon Glover as the Newsreel Reporter, David Seddon as Charlie, Stephen Darcy as Father Sean, Tina Gray as Lady Snowden and Alison Pettitt as the Nanny.
Written by Gary Brown.
Eric Gill . . . . . Anton Lesser
John Reith . . . . . Tim McInnerny
Newsreel Reporter . . . . . Jon Glover
Lady Snowden . . . . . Tina Gray
Charlie . . . . . David Seddon
Father Sean . . . . . Stephen Darcy
Nanny . . . . . Alison Pettitt
Producer/Director . . . . . Peter Leslie Wild.
THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jmyj)
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THU 12:30 Hello Cheeky (b013dzn0)
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08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jzhb)
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06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k40z)
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06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3bf)
Ladies of Letters.com
Episode 9
Mystery over Irene's burglary, happenings at The Bothy and Karen's whereabouts. Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.
THU 14:15 As Soon As I Open My Mouth (b007jz7r)
Street Talk, Posh Talk
The accent angst of Londoner Penny, born to a Caribbean mother. Kim Normanton meets families who don't all talk the same.
THU 14:30 William Boyd - Restless (b016dgvf)
Episode 4
Sally reveals more of her secret past as a British spy, and her relationship with the man who recruited her. Stars Eileen Atkins.
THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b0138521)
Matthew Hollis - Now All Roads Lead to France
Episode 4
A compelling exploration of the making of one of Britain's most influential First World War poets - Edward Thomas, who is perhaps best-remembered for his poem 'Adlestrop'.
Matthew Hollis's new biography is an account of Thomas's final five years and of his momentous and mutually-inspiring friendship with the American poet, Robert Frost.
Although an accomplished prose-writer and literary critic, Edward Thomas only began writing poetry in 1914, at the age of 36. Before then, Thomas had been tormented by what he regarded as the banality of his work, by his struggle with depression and by his marriage.
But as his friendship with Frost blossomed, Thomas wrote poem after poem, and his emotional affliction began to lift. The two friends began to formulate poetic ideas that would produce some of the most remarkable verse of the twentieth century. But the First World War put an ocean between them: Frost returned to the safety of New England, while Thomas stayed to fight for the Old. It is these roads taken - and those not taken - that are at the heart of this remarkable book, which culminates in Thomas's tragic death on Easter Monday 1917.
In today's episode, Thomas wrestles with the conundrum of whether to enlist. A poem by his friend Robert Frost forces his hand.
Read by Tobias Menzies
Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Produced by Emma Harding
'Now All Roads Lead to France' is published by Faber and Faber.
AUTHOR: Matthew Hollis is the author of a volume of poetry, 'Ground Water', which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize for Poetry, the Guardian First Book Award and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. This is his first prose book.
THU 15:00 Classic Serial (b00gq4nd)
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10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03c5dj4)
Mel Giedroyc joins Edinburgh Zoo's famous Penguin Parade, and finds out if a pea can grow inside a human body.
THU 17:00 Ring Around the Bath (b01g8d6p)
Series 3
Willing It Away
Stella's luck goes from bad to worse. Not only has daughter Alison moved back in, but granny's come to stay indefinitely!
Where will everyone sleep?
Series 3 of Lucy Clare and Ian Davidson's sitcom about topsy-turvy family life.
Stars Duncan Preston as Patrick, Pippa Haywood as Stella, Claudie Blakley as Alison, Bruce MacKinnon as Rick, Catherine Shepherd as Xanthe, Daniela Denby-Ashe as Egg and Rita Davies as Mother.
Director: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.
THU 17:30 The Galton and Simpson Playhouse (b007ylq8)
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07:00 today]
THU 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jnzd)
Earthsearch II
Solaria
Bran wants the Challenger crew to destroy 'an artefact' floating in space. Will they co-operate?
James Follett's cult sci-fi drama is a gripping sequel to his original Earthsearch.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Solaria ...... Pauline Letts
Elkeran ...... Nicholas Courtney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1982.
THU 18:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pkvkc)
Those Who Seek Forgiveness
By Laurell K Hamilton. Hardened vampire hunter Anita Blake helps a woman revive her recently deceased husband. But what is the motivation? Read by Melanie Bond.
THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jmyj)
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THU 19:30 Hello Cheeky (b013dzn0)
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THU 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jzhb)
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THU 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k40z)
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THU 21:00 Ronald Frame Short Stories (b007k1lf)
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THU 21:15 Drama (b00sm8tv)
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THU 22:00 Fags, Mags and Bags (b01ng89q)
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07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Newsjack (b03c3b9m)
Series 9
Episode 4
Topical sketch show which anyone can write for. With Justin Edwards.
THU 23:00 The League against Tedium (b007tm2l)
Episode 6
A message from the holy land! Bamboozling blur of oddball comedy and easy listening, with Simon Munnery. From February 1997.
FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER 2013
FRI 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jnzd)
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FRI 00:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pkvkc)
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FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jzhb)
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FRI 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k40z)
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FRI 02:00 Any Other Business (b0140tzv)
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FRI 02:30 Tickets Please (b00ny7k4)
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FRI 03:00 Classic Serial (b00gq4nd)
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FRI 04:00 Ronald Frame Short Stories (b007k1lf)
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FRI 04:15 Drama (b00sm8tv)
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FRI 05:00 Ring Around the Bath (b01g8d6p)
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FRI 05:30 The Galton and Simpson Playhouse (b007ylq8)
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FRI 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jzjl)
Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair
That Old Intuition
The suave amateur detective confronts theatre impresario Rupert Dreisler - and fears for his wife Steve.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife.
With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Brewster Mason as Rupert Dreisler, Hugh Manning as Vosper, James Beattie as Charlie, John Graham as Eric Lansdale, Isobel Dean as Terry Gibson, Simon Lack as Adrian Frost, June Turbin as Judy Milton and Thomas Heathcote as Pete Roberts.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1957.
FRI 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k41t)
Episode 5
Still confined to his hospital bed, Inspector Grant is keen to prove his instincts about King Richard III's murderous crimes are correct.
Desperate for a contemporary account, Grant has asked for a copy of Sir Thomas More's history of the King's life...
Josephine Tey's classic story read in 14 parts by Paul Young.
Written in the early 1950s, The Daughter of Time was described by The New York Times as 'One of the best mysteries of all time'.
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2005.
FRI 07:00 The Right Time (b0076m76)
Series 4
Episode 1
From nudism and reflexology to top-shelf magazines.
Sketch show about life, written and performed by people who've lived a bit.
Stars Eleanor Bron, Dudley Sutton , Roger Blake , Clive Swift and Paula Wilcox.
With guest star Arthur Smith.
Written by Colin Bostock-Smith, Jill Brodie, John Pidgeon, Mike Haskins, Jan Etherington, George Poles, Arthur Smith, Alan Stafford, Chris Thompson and Petr Reynolds.
Script editors: Ed Dyson and George Poles.
Music by Ronnie & The Rex.
Producer: Katie Marsden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
FRI 07:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01dgh8t)
Series 1
Nick Helm
What is the relationship between man and dog and dinosaurs and puns?
Comedian Alex Horne is joined by his own 5 piece jazz band for music and comedy.
With Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Nick Helm.
Host .... Alex Horne
Trumpet/banjo .... Joe Auckland
Saxophone/clarinet ....Mark Brown
Double Bass/Bass .... Will Collier
Drums and Percussion .... Ben Reynolds
Piano/keyboard .... Joe Stilgoe
Guest performer ....Nick Helm
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012.
FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b00sf1tm)
Series 1
The Musical Evening
War erupts in the rag and bone yard, when Albert takes action over music-loving Harold's gramophone.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold.
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 September 1966.
FRI 08:30 Life With The Lyons (b014gp01)
Three Blind Dates
The Lyon family have to entertain father Ben's boss - but will they all get along?
Starring real-life American family: Ben Lyon and his wife Bebe Daniels and their children, Barbara and Richard.
With Doris Rogers as Florrie, Molly Weir as Aggie, Horace Percival as Mr Wimple, Richard Bellaers, Gwen Lewis, Dennis Arundell and Bob Block.
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.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1955.
FRI 09:00 The Sit Crom (b00mbc2k)
Night Exercises
With the sovereign set for a visit, confusion reigns in Lady Anne's bedchamber.
Sue Limb's six-part comedy set during the English Civil War.
Sir John Firebasket ...... Joss Ackland
Lady Anne Firebasket ...... Denise Coffey
Tobias Thynne ...... Clive Merrison
Mercy, alias Melissa ...... Miriam Margoyles
Father Francis ...... Nickolas Grace
Slow Ned ...... Chris Emmett
Gazebo Fogg ...... Jack Klaff
Posthumous ...... Nicky Henson
Counter Tenor ...... Peter Hayward
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.
FRI 09:30 The Arts and How They Was Done (b007773d)
The Bronte Sisters and How They Done Their Novels
The National Theatre of Brent illuminate the lives of siblings Charlotte, Emily and Anne. Stars Patrick Barlow. From April 2007.
FRI 10:00 Classic Serial (b00gsv4x)
Arnold Bennett - The Grand Babylon Hotel
Episode 2
Murder mystery by Arnold Bennett, adapted in two parts by Chris Harrald.
Having bought Europe's most exclusive hotel, American tycoon Theodore Racksole is thrown in to a world of intrigue, espionage and murder.
Theodore Racksole ...... John Sessions
Nella Racksole ...... Matti Houghton
Aribert ...... Joe Kloska
Jules ...... Richard Katz
Miss Spencer ...... Fenella Woolgar
Felix Babylon ...... Stephen Greif
Prince Eugen ...... Stephen Critchlow
Reginald Dimmock ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Hazell ...... Jonathan Tafler
Miss Ferguson ...... Jill Cardo
Tomkins ...... Inam Mirza
Emperor ...... Malcolm Tierney
Sampson Levi ...... Chris Pavlo.
FRI 11:00 Ronald Frame Short Stories (b007k19s)
The Trinket Box
To her observers, Mrs Bradley always seemed that bit too glamorous for a small gift shop owner...
John Gordon Sinclair reads Ronald Frame's short story.
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1996.
FRI 11:15 Drama (b00td7f4)
Justin Butcher - The Patience of Mr Job
Mr Job is an African farmer with an unshakeable faith in the benevolence of the West. There's a flurry of excitement in the village. Mr Kismet, from the World Development Agency, has sent a letter offering rich rewards if the region sells its timber and moves to cut-flower production. Mr Job obeys the WDA scrupulously, even when the instructions prove extremely inconvenient, but as they wait for Mr Kismet's arrival, a series of disasters strike. A satire about globalisation and climate change.
Mr Job ..... Jude Akuwudike
Mrs Job ..... Adjoa Andoh
Mr Eliphaz ..... Danny Sapani
Mr Bildad ..... Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Mr Achebe ..... Lloyd Thomas
Mr Lucy ..... Paul Courtney Hyu
Directed by Claire Grove
This is the Job story from the Old Testament with a new twist - a dark comedy set in Africa about the topical subjects of globalisation and climate change. We are in the fictional West African country of Ghanzania. Mr Job (Jude Akuwudike) is the unofficial head of his village. He trusts the West's promises of rich rewards if they give up traditional farming in favour of large scale production of cash crops. Mrs Job (Adjoa Andoh) is less certain. So the villagers cut down their forests, sell their goats and pour chemicals into the soil, but their children get sick, the hill slides into the lake, a hurricane floods the coast, and Mr Job is left clinging to the roof of his house. As the waters close over his head he hears the voice of God. Will his patience be rewarded?
Justin Butcher wrote the brilliant 'Seven White Masks of Scaramouche Jones' for Radio 4 which became an award-winning one-man show for Pete Postlethwaite. Justin also wrote the enormously successful satirical stage play 'The Madness of George Dubya', following it up with 'A Weapons Inspector Calls'.
FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b00sf1tm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Life With The Lyons (b014gp01)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jzjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k41t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3c8)
Ladies of Letters.com
Episode 10
The Mystery Man comes to Irene's door, and she has a confession to make to Vera. Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales.
FRI 14:15 As Soon As I Open My Mouth (b007jz8y)
Wha D'Ye Say?
A Sunderland man and his Fife-born mother-in-law struggle to communicate. Kim Normanton meets families with different accents.
FRI 14:30 William Boyd - Restless (b016djcf)
Episode 5
Revealing more about her life as a spy, Sally relates how she was ordered to seduce an American political aide. Stars Eileen Atkins.
FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b0138yky)
Matthew Hollis - Now All Roads Lead to France
Episode 5
A compelling exploration of the making of one of Britain's most influential First World War poets - Edward Thomas, who is perhaps best-remembered for his poem 'Adlestrop'.Matthew Hollis's new biography is an account of Thomas's final five years and of his momentous and mutually-inspiring friendship with the American poet, Robert Frost. Although an accomplished prose-writer and literary critic, Edward Thomas only began writing poetry in 1914, at the age of 36. Before then, Thomas had been tormented by what he regarded as the banality of his work, by his struggle with depression and by his marriage.But as his friendship with Frost blossomed, Thomas wrote poem after poem, and his emotional affliction began to lift. The two friends began to formulate poetic ideas that would produce some of the most memorable verse of the twentieth century. But the First World War put an ocean between them: Frost returned to the safety of New England, while Thomas stayed to fight for the Old. It is these roads taken - and those not taken - that are at the heart of this remarkable book, which culminates in Thomas's tragic death on Easter Monday 1917.In today's episode, Thomas says a final farewell to his friends and family in early 1917 and leaves for France, just as his first collection of poems nears publication. Read by Tobias MenziesAbridged by Richard HamiltonProduced by Emma Harding'Now All Roads Lead to France' is published by Faber and Faber.AUTHOR: Matthew Hollis is the author of a volume of poetry, 'Ground Water', which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize for Poetry, the Guardian First Book Award and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. This is his first prose book.
FRI 15:00 Classic Serial (b00gsv4x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03c6prz)
Mel Giedroyc visits Edinburgh Zoo's star attraction - the giant pandas - and introduces the final chapter in our story Bruce Coville's story My Teacher Is an Alien.
FRI 17:00 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007jv2y)
Series 1
Episode 3
An Everyday Story of Towering Genius.
Sue Limb’s four-part soap opera set in and around the Lake District at the turn of the 18th century
Dorothy is perturbed by William's impending wedding. Percy Jelley is depressed despite his recent bigamous marriage to Mary Godwit. The Leechpedlar reveals that he was 'The Antique Mariner'. Cholericke is inspired....
Dorothy Wordsmith ...... Denise Coffey
William Wordsmith ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Samuel Tailor Cholericke ...... Simon Callow
Stinking Iris ...... Miriam Margolyes
The Leechpedlar ...... Chris Emmett
Percy Jelley ...... Hugh Thomas
Mary Godwit ...... Alison Fiske
Music by Stephen Oliver and sung by Cantabile
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1985.
FRI 17:30 The Right Time (b0076m76)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
FRI 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jnzy)
Earthsearch II
Sundeath
On an abandoned artificial sun, the crew of Challenger probes the computer in charge.
James Follett's cult sci-fi drama is a gripping sequel to his original Earthsearch.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Solaria ...... Pauline Letts
Elkeran ...... Nicholas Courtney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Halsten ...... David McAlister
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1982.
FRI 18:30 The Heart of Hark'un (b007jq83)
Episode 1
The Great Wizard sends student sorcerer Arcos on a mission, little realising how perilous and menacing it will prove to be...
A fantasy-adventure by Peter Thomson and Jamie Thomson in six parts.
Arcos ..... Francis Thomson
Kaddah ..... Trevor Peacock
Vanna ..... Elizabeth Whiting
Shazir ..... Crawford Logan
Bereneth ..... Edward Kelsey
Va ..... Melanie Hudson
Alviza ..... Emma Fielding
Zander ..... Robert Portal
Kishah ..... John Church
Rashiq ..... Theresa Streatfeild
Producer: Peter Hutchings
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in September 1991.
FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b00sf1tm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Life With The Lyons (b014gp01)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jzjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k41t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Ronald Frame Short Stories (b007k19s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Drama (b00td7f4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01dgh8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 BBC New Comedy Awards (b03c3b9p)
2013
Heat six
Made for 4 Extra. Heat six of the 2013 BBC Radio New Comedy Award comes once again from the Glee Club in Cardiff, with Elis James as host and Isy Suttie as guest judge.
FRI 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03cv5xb)
Every night Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club offers two hours of comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats to Craig Campbell and Glenn Wool.
FRI 23:30 The Mary Whitehouse Experience (b007jmpk)
From 20/01/1990
David Baddiel, Rob Newman and Nick Hancock sum up the experience of school and eating out. With Mark Hurst. From January 1990.