Orphan Becky Sharp begins her journey in society. Stephen Fry narrates the Victorian comic tale. With Emma Fielding.
Archaeologist George Nash explores five of Western Europe's most remarkable rock art sites.
George visits County Meath in Ireland where strange patterns adorn the walls of the Fourknocks Passage Grave. What do the patterns mean?
George finds himself being stared at by a very odd cartoon-like face inside a 5000-year-old Irish tomb. It's a very early example of what we now call "graffiti" - and around it are hypnotic patterns of concentric circles, horizontal zigzags and strings of diamond shapes. Strangely similar carvings occur in Wales, Brittany and the Iberian peninsular. So who created them? What do they all mean? And who was copying who in Neolithic times?
George teams up with the modern-day Muslim graffiti artist Mohammed Ali to study these patterns for their spiritual significance, which may just lie in the fact that they are not as perfect as they seem. And he considers the possibility that Stone Age Man may well have been 'stoned' when he created them.
David Mitchell hosts the game show in which panellists are encouraged to tell lies and compete to see how many items of truth they are able to smuggle past their opponents.
With Jeremy Hardy, Fred MacAulay, Jack Dee and Will Self.
The Bishop regrets inviting the Dean to his birthday dinner.
Starring Robertson Hare as the Archdeacon, William Mervyn as the Bishop, Jonathan Cecil as Bishop's Chaplain - the Reverend Mervyn Noote and John Barron as the Dean. With Joan Sanderson as Mrs Pugh-Critchley.
The ecclesiastical sitcom started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Playhouse, ahead of a run on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. Selected scripts were revised and re-recorded for radio.
Written for radio by Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps.
Producer: David Hatch.
The outlook's stormy for the bungling bureaucrats as they arrive at the Met Office.
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler.
With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham.
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.
Mrs Potter-Smith tries to ruin young Maddy's film premiere, but can she succeed? Stars Ann Bell and Polly Adams.
On the trail of forgers, the intrepid boy reporter arrives at a mysterious castle. Stars Richard Pearce and Andrew Sachs.
4 Extra Debut. From Wainaima to Sinatra, Africa's Forest Goddess campaigner is Kirsty Young's castaway. From July 2007.
Roy dislikes his nice new school jacket so much that losing it becomes a mission. Read by Christian Rodska.
4 Extra Debut. The story of Christ's birth. Bill Bryden's National Theatre production based on the medieval plays, in a version by Tony Harrison and the company.
Five orphans growing up in the idyllic English countryside are looked after by assorted aunts and uncles.
Their lives are filled with fun and games, as they transform their toys and surroundings into many magical fantasies and adventures. But the time will come when the toys will be sent away, and the dreaded threat of boarding school looms to put an end forever to the innocent pleasures of childhood...
Kenneth Grahame's collection of reminiscences of childhood dramatised by Martyn Wade.
Stars James Fleet as The Man, Jesse Jeune as The Boy, Marcia Warren as Miss Smedley, Alexandra Stone as Charlotte, Oliver Cookson as Edward, Harry Francis as Harold, Teresa Gallagher as Selina, David Timson as Uncle Thomas, Ann Beach as Aunt Eliza, Ian Masters as Mr Hodgitts, Patience Tomlinson as Aunt Maria, Gerard McDermott as Uncle William and Hannah Dee as Martha.
Music composed by Elizabeth Parker.
Mel picks her choice cuts from the past week on The 4 O'Clock Show, including snail porridge and buried treasure.
American master of suspense, Edgar Allan Poe's famous story of piracy and slavery from 1843.
His narrative of an obsession with the discovery of a "golden bug" evokes famous pirates, and drips with the casual racism of the old American South.
Dramatised by Gregory Evans giving the story a critical makeover, as a former slave recounts the "true" story.
Starring Clarke Peters as Charles, John Sharian as Legrand, Rhashan Stone as Jupiter and William Hootkins as the Doctor.
By Kwame Kwei-Armah. 4 Extra Debut. Life is tough for ex-boxer Deli, in his café on Hackney's Murder Mile. National Theatre award-winning play. Stars Paterson Joseph.
The extraordinary tale of farmer Ken Wild's 18th-century farmhouse, marooned in the middle of the M62. With Gary O'Donaghue.
Scrooby Trevithick is a six part scripted comedy series written by and starring Andy Parsons following on from the first series aired on Radio 4 18 months ago - The Lost WebLog of Scrooby Trevithick.
This second series continues to follow the exploits of the hapless character of Scrooby (Andy Parsons), an enthusiastic but flawed wannabe who having returned from his wanderings is still trying to find himself by zealously posting his web diaries online.
Each episode features him attempting to make a dent in the national consciousness, and in this series, he's helped by his good friend Sasha (played by Kerry Godliman). However, his desire for success always takes him one step further than prudence dictates.
Episode 4. Councillor. In this episode, Scrooby tries to become a councillor having got into trouble joyriding his wheelie bin.
The cast features a variety of talented comedians including Dara O Briain, Russell Howard, Hugh Dennis, Russell Kane, Rufus Hound, Alun Cochrane, Dominic Frisby, Paul Thorne, Martin Coyote and Barunka O'Shaughnessy.
As always, listeners are encouraged to share their comments with Scrooby at www.scroobytrevithick.com as he needs all the advice he can get.
The producer is Paul Russell, and this is an Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4.
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best laughs around. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats to Dave Gorman.
Topical sketch show which anyone can write for. With Justin Edwards.
Mark Watson investigates lust as he continues his quest to free us from the seven deadly sins via stand-up comedy.
Tim Key and Tim Minchin provide sketches, songs and distractions.
MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013
MON 00:00 Edgar Allan Poe (b00grs8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03df9yk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 Nick Warburton - The Inspection (b011pnrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 The National Theatre at 50 (b0075qv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jpmz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Kenneth Grahame - The Golden Age (b00mcych)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Pamela Brown - Golden Pavements (b00tfnc6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin (b00ps17c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jzf9)
Episode 2
Kim Drake is retracing her dead boyfriend's journey across Europe in an attempt to discover why he apparently killed himself on their wedding day. In the tough city of Hamburg she discovers that Mike had been economical with the truth ...
Stars Siriol Jenkins as Kim Drake, Neil Roberts as Mike Fisher, Kate Binchy as Anne, Shaun Prendergast as Otto/Burns and Kenneth Cranham as Stone.
Shaun Prendergast's techno thriller in six parts.
Directed by Adrian Bean
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
MON 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k4c4)
Episode 11
Grant and his research assistant, Brent have established that all the rival heirs to the throne were alive through Richard III's short reign. Including, it would seem, the Princes...
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 (b007v2rf)
Series 3
Episode 3
More strange happenings occur following the universes colliding: the King's ex quite literally drops in after being trapped in a vortex for five weeks. Robin finds himself playing chief powerbroker in the Royal relationship and manages to turn it to his advantage...
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, Julian Clary as Adrian, Ann Gosling as Maxine, Sam Bradley as Ned, Christopher Kelham as King John and Arthur Smith as Arthur Smith.
Written by Tony Bagley.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2001.
MON 07:30 The Museum of Curiosity (b03cf03n)
Series 6
Ingrams, Bussmann, Stringer
Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Humphrey Ker welcome:
Private Eye founder and editor of The Oldie Richard Ingrams
Comedian and "world's worst foreign correspondent" Jane Bussmann
Former head of Sony and the CBS network Sir Howard Stringer
Up for discussion: libel, lucky scrapes, African warlords, dozy judges and the difficulties of depicting a famous chat-show host's body parts in a cartoon.
Producers: Richard Turner and Dan Schreiber
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00n53d4)
Series 3
Episode 16
Kenneth Horne heads 'The Muffplaster Saga', while Julian and Sandy are offering some bona guided tripettes of London.
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 (b007js9f)
From 01/04/1954
When Mrs Easy quits, Ted and wife Kitty wrestle with finding a new cleaner.
With Kitty Bluett, Peter Sellers, Patricia Hayes, Charles Hawtrey and Kenneth Connor.
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, George Wadmore and Ted Ray.
Music from Bob & Alf Pearson and The Beaux and The Belles.
BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.
Producer: George Inns
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in April 1954.
MON 09:00 Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies (b03dv5n2)
The Internet
Andrew tackles the internet. Whether it's online pornography twisting our children's minds or GCHQ reading our emails, it seems only right to have a healthy distrust of the internet.
But surely, to paraphrase a former prime minister, there's no such thing as the Internet - there are men, and women, and lolcats. What is it about the internet that makes people on it so scary?
Andrew Maxwell is one of the UK's most informed and fearless stand ups. In this series of one-off stand up shows, he uses his trademark intelligence and political incisiveness to dig behind the clichés and assumptions about four possible threats to British society: food, the internet, drugs and Nationalism.
A series showcasing a comedian at the top of his abilities tackling difficult and important 'slow news' topics with a depth and perceptiveness that remains outside the remit of mainstream 'topical' comedy.
Written and performed by Andrew Maxwell.
Script edited by Paul Byrne.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.
MON 09:30 Beauty of Britain (b00njwd9)
Series 1
Colour Me Wow
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 has a particularly difficult client, but is distracted by her latest business venture. Lynette assures Beauty that 'Colour Me Wow' is no pyramid scheme, while Anil shows a surprising new side to himself.
Beauty ...... Jocelyn Jee Esien
Lynette ...... Doon Mackichan
Sandra ...... Nicola Sanderson
Sally ...... Felicity Montagu
Karen ...... Nicola Sanderson
Mrs Gupte ...... Indira Joshi
Anil ...... Paul Sharma
Dr Kavanagh ...... Phyllida Law
Hilary ...... Rachel Atkins
Clare ...... Doon Mackichan
Music by The West End Gospel Choir.
MON 10:00 Classic Serial (b00k2qr9)
Geoffrey Chaucer - Troilus and Criseyde
Episode 2
Dramatisation of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde.
One of the great works of English literature, this powerful, compelling story explores love from its first tentative beginnings through to passionate sensuality and eventual tragic disillusionment. Lavinia Greenlaw's new version for radio brings Chaucer's language up-to-date for a modern audience while remaining true to his original poetic intention.
Criseyde's Uncle Pandarus has been the matchmaker for the Trojan hero Troilus and young widow Criseyde, who are desperately in love. But what will happen when Criseyde is handed over to the Greeks at the gates of Troy to join her 'traitor' father?
Troilus ...... Tom Ferguson
Criseyde ...... Maxine Peake
Pandarus ...... Malcolm Raeburn
Servant/Friend ...... Kathryn Hunt
Calchas/Servant ...... Kevin Doyle
Priam/Servant ...... Terence Mann
Hector/Diomede ...... Declan Wilson
With music composed by Gary Yershon and performed by Ehsan Emam, Tim Williams and Mike Dale.
Directed by Susan Roberts.
MON 11:00 Shorts (b00nvfc1)
Series 10
Miss Bell and Miss Heaton
Stories showcasing new Scottish writing.
By Janette Walkinshaw, read by Ann Louise Ross.
Jane Bell has some difficult news for her best friend in this elegiac tale of love in its many forms.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b03ddnff)
David Mitchell, Mark Kermode, Walter Mosley, Joanna Bowen, Emma Freud, Mary Coughlan, Lanterns on the Lake
Clive's at the Peep Show with comedian and actor David Mitchell, who's starring as Keith Davis in comedy drama 'The Ambassadors'. As the newly appointed British Ambassador of Tazbekistan, one of the ex-Soviet 'Stans': newly oil rich and corrupt, ambitious Keith intends to make his mark in the posting. 'Ambassadors' starts on Wednesday 23rd October at
21.00 on BBC Two.
Clive's at the flicks with the UK's leading film critic Mark Kermode, whose new book takes us on a journey across the modern cinematic landscape. Like its predecessor, 'The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex', 'Hatchet Job' blends historical analysis with trenchant opinion, bitter personal prejudices, autobiographical diversions and anecdotes, and laugh-out-loud acerbic humour.
Are you sitting comfortably? Emma Freud's spinning a yarn with Festival curator and actress Joanna Bowen, whose Fireside Storytelling Festival features a wide variety of traditional storytellers, anecdotal stories, some comic, some serious and inspiring. It's taking place in Baldock, Hertfordshire over two weekends from Friday 18th to Sunday 27th October.
Clive's Gone Fishin' with bestselling novelist Walter Mosley, whose new Easy Rawlins mystery 'Little Green' sees private detective and war veteran Easy wake from a coma to find his friend's son is missing. As he wades into the squats and LSD dens of Sunset Boulevard, what Easy discovers will take him on a journey into the dark underbelly of 1960s culture.
With music from Irish jazz and folk musician Mary Coughlan, who performs 'I'd Rather Go Blind' from her album 'The Whole Affair: The Very Best of Mary Coughlan'.
And from Newcastle's Lanterns on the Lake, who perform 'Until The Colours Run' from their album of the same name.
Producer: Sukey Firth.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00n53d4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Ray's a Laugh (b007js9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jzf9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k4c4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
MON 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvx0)
Episode 6
Becky Sharp gains a husband, but loses the chance of a title. Narrated by Stephen Fry, with Emma Fielding and Trevor Peacock.
MON 14:15 Joan Armatrading's Favourite Choirs (b00bbxp3)
Warrington Male Voice Choir
Joan Armatrading visits choral assemblies across the country.
She meets a long-established male voice choir that is devoted to promoting peace and reconciliation, a mission which assumed greater poignancy after the Warrington bombing in 1993.
MON 14:30 The National Theatre at 50 (b0075tls)
The Passion
Episode 1
4 Extra Debut. The Baptism, Christ's entry into Jerusalem and the Last Supper. Adaptation of the National Theatre production of the medieval plays. Directed by Bill Bryden.
MON 14:45 Lyrical Ballads (b0075c7c)
Series 1
Episode 1
4 Extra Debut. Samuel West reads from the work of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Introduced by Dr Robert Woof.
MON 15:00 Classic Serial (b00k2qr9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b037j7mb)
Mel Giedroyc with a brand new story, Awful End by Philip Ardagh, read by Mark Williams. We celebrate native ponies, and Philip Ardagh tells us some of his favourite books.
MON 17:00 Anything Legal (b0089hl7)
Episode 6
Charles and George's new business course sets tongues wagging.
Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.
A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly
Charles ...... Donald Hewlett
George ...... Michael Knowles
Fiona Fenning ...... Jennifer Croxton
Course Chairman ...... Henry Stamper
Advertising Lecturer ...... John Kane
Finance Lecturer ...... Peter Cellier
Mr Hunter ...... Roland MacLeod.
Theme music by Jim Parker
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.
MON 17:30 Married (b007v2rf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
MON 18:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath (b007k378)
Episode 1
On the run from a women's prison in the Scottish Highlands, Kate and Colleen are given refuge in a vast country mansion by a charming but rather enigmatic host, Adam Strachan.
It could be a decision they come to regret...
The storyline for Marty Ross's supernatural five-part thriller is based around the notion, found in old Scottish folk tales, of the Beatha Greimach - literally 'The Breath
Thief' - a celtic demon said to lure victims into a kiss which would drain the soul from their bodies.
Kate .................................................................. Claire Knight
Colleen ............................................ . Suzanne Donaldson
Strachan ........................................................ Liam Brennan
Old Strachan ............................................... John Shedden
Donnie .......................................................... Lewis Howden
Isla .............................................................. Eileen McCallum
Octavia ......................................................... Lucy Patterson
DC Carbeth ....................................................... James Bryce
WPC Briggs ..................................................... Jill Riddiford
Dennis ............................................................ Finlay McLean
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Radio Scotland. First broadcast in 2007.
MON 18:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvxh)
1. Arthur's Journey
Timid commuter, Arthur Vezin becomes too enchanted with a sleepy and strange French town and its people to leave.
He's slowly drawn more and more into their realm of secrets and talk of ancient memories...and is struck by how the people there resemble cats, both in looks and behaviour...
Algernon Blackwood's dark tale read in four parts by Philip Madoc.
Born in Shooter's Hill and educated at Wellington College, Algernon Blackwood had a varied career, farming in Canada, operating a hotel, and working as a newspaper reporter in New York City before moving to England and starting to write horror stories.
He was very successful, writing 10 books of short stories and appearing on both radio and TV to tell them. He also wrote 14 novels and a number of plays, most of which were produced but not published. He was an avid nature lover and many of his stories reflect this.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Northern Ireland and first broadcast in 2005.
MON 19:00 The National Theatre at 50 (b0076qjv)
The Third Soldier Holds his Thighs
By Mark Lawson. 4 Extra Debut. Docu-drama of events in 1982, when activist Mary Whitehouse brought an obscenity prosecution against director Michael Bogdanov. Stars Eleanor Bron.
MON 20:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jzf9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k4c4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
MON 21:00 Shorts (b00nvfc1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b03ddnff)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
MON 22:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b03cf03n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies (b03dv5n2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03glzpy)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best laughs around. Sara Pascoe chats to Matt Berry.
MON 23:00 The Now Show (b03cv47w)
Series 41
Episode 4
Steve Punt and Jon Culshaw present a comedic look at the week's news, providing a topical mix of stand-up, sketches and songs that tell you everything you need to know. With Lloyd Langford, Nathan Caton, Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin and Vikki Stone.
MON 23:30 Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change? (b00sp1rs)
2000s
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 this last decade, which he has spent settling down with a middle class woman "she's been ski-ing and everything" and building a career as a stand up comedian. In the documentary segments, Micky chats to his parents about turning to stand up and discusses comedy and class with the brilliant comic mind that is Sean Lock.
The series is written and performed by Micky Flanagan.
The Producer is Tilusha Ghelani.
TUESDAY 22 OCTOBER 2013
TUE 00:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath (b007k378)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jzf9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k4c4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies (b03dv5n2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Beauty of Britain (b00njwd9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Classic Serial (b00k2qr9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Shorts (b00nvfc1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b03ddnff)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Anything Legal (b0089hl7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Married (b007v2rf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jzfm)
Episode 3
Ex-Stasi Agent, Otto, has sent Kim to Copenhagen in search of clues to solve her fiance's death. Will the mysterious Victor solve the riddle, and why does Charles always turn up like a bad penny?
Shaun Prendergast's techo thriller in six-parts.
CAST:
Kim Drake …. Siriol Jenkins
Mike Fisher …. Neil Roberts
Anne/Jean …. Kate Binchy
Frank/Otto …. Shaun Prendergast
Stone …. Kenneth Cranham
Miss Gee …. Ann Davies
Todd …. Jack Klaff
Charles …. Okon Jones
Wilson …. Peter Gunn
Doris Meyer …. Joanna Wake
Helga/Prostitute …. Melanie Hudson
DI Dear …. Eric Allen
DS Love/Victor …. Jonathan Tafler
Directed by Adrian Bean
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
TUE 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k4d9)
Episode 12
Grant and Brent have traced the rumour of the princes' murder to an enemy of Richard III. They believe that the boys, along with the other heirs, were alive through his reign...
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.
TUE 07:00 Heated Rollers (b007qg19)
Episode 2
A very nosey vicar, life before paternity tests – and Smothering Heights.
The first-ever all-women sketch show made for BBC Radio 2 stars Lynda Bellingham, Gwyneth Strong and Joanna Monro.
With music supplied by the Lorraine Bowen Experience.
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1999.
TUE 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00c3t06)
Series 1
Book Signing
A day in the life of a former variety star, includes a disastrous book signing. Stars Steve Delaney. From December 2005.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b014s6hl)
Series 6
The Secret Escritoire
Neddie Seagoon's furniture is at the centre of a Malayan man-shrinking plot
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in September 1955.
TUE 08:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jpzh)
Love, Sex and Marriage
David Jason tries to crack relationships via computer dating and Punch and Judy.
With Sheila Steafel and Royce Mills.
Following in the footsteps of Lord Clark, Dr Bronowski and Professor Galbraith, David Jason unravels the mysteries of the universe and the meaning of life.
Scripted by Colin Bostock Smith, Andy Hamilton, Barry Pilton and Paul Leigh.
Music by John Owen Edwards
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1977.
TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b03cv47w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:30 Street and Lane (b00v8lr4)
Series 1
Blues on the Stairs
Yorkshire builders in a white van - Johnny Street and Arthur Lane – are called to tackle the tricky task of a piano perilously perched on the Edwardian staircase of feisty music teacher Mrs Priam-Rhodes.
Sitcom written by Ian McMillan and Dave Sheasby.
Johnny Street ...... Nick Lane
Arthur Lane ...... Fine Time Fontayne
Mrs Priam-Rhodes ...... Margaret Robertson
Ben Nevis ...... Kenny Blyth.
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.
TUE 10:00 Marcy Kahan - Design for Murder (b00t2y9b)
Actor, playwright, songwriter, director and star - Noel Coward never quite added sleuth to his astonishing achievements.
But just before the war with Hitler, there's a gap in his memoirs. Is there a murder mystery within those days...?
Marcy Kahan’s mystery stars Malcolm Sinclair as Noel Coward.
Noel Coward ...... Malcolm Sinclair
Lorn Loraine ...... Eleanor Bron
Winifrid Ashton ...... Krisin Milward
Cole Lesley ...... Tam Williams
Edward Shale ...... Nicholas Boulton
Judith Christopher/Greta Cunningham ...... Gemma Saunders
Tony Morrell ...... Joe Dunlop
Hoskins ...... Don McCorkindale
Piano: Neil Brand
Director: Ned Chaillet
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.
TUE 11:00 Readings From Bath (b00htmzy)
Knit One Purl One
The first of three new stories by Bath writers from the stage of last year's Literature Festival in the city is a funny and tender account of a marriage, a series of summer holidays and the importance of knitting. Knit One Purl One written by Pippa Gladhill. The reader is Pippa Haywood
Producers: Sue Fry/Sara Davies.
TUE 11:15 Char March - Recapturing Colours (b0075vhj)
With both their worlds drained of colour, blind Pam and broken-hearted Jess paint each other back to life. Stars Imogen Stubbs.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b014s6hl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jpzh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jzfm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k4d9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvx8)
Episode 7
As Amelia Sedley's family face ruin, George Osborne breaks his engagement. Narrated by Stephen Fry, with Emma Fielding.
TUE 14:15 Joan Armatrading's Favourite Choirs (b00bbxp5)
WorldSong
Joan Armatrading visits choral assemblies across the country.
She attends a rehearsal of WorldSong, a mixed voice choir in Coventry which specialises in singing unaccompanied songs from across the globe and whose founding principle is that anyone can sing. Joan also talks to the scientist who believes that singing really is beneficial to our health.
TUE 14:30 The National Theatre at 50 (b0075tmh)
The Passion
Episode 2
Pontius Pilate and Percula, the agony and Christ's betrayal, and Peter's denial. The National Theatre production of the medieval plays, in a version by Tony Harrison.
TUE 14:45 Lyrical Ballads (b0081rb0)
Series 1
Episode 2
Sean Bean and Kathryn Hunt read from the work of William Wordsworth. Introduced by Dr Robert Woof.
TUE 15:00 Marcy Kahan - Design for Murder (b00t2y9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b037jr6w)
Mel Giedroyc presents more from Philip Ardagh's story Awful End, read by Mark Williams. She also tries to sleep in an Iron Age barn and hears about the Victorian circus.
TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag (b00c65k9)
Series 3
Cool Heads
The diplomats consider their action as a hijack hits their wives' fact-finding shopping trip.
“In my view, Colonel, the best course of action would be a swift and speedy implementation of time-honoured diplomatic principles.”
“Wait and see?”
“Precisely.
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, Stephen Greif as US Ambassador Spiro Weinberg and Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov and Norman Bird as Dr Hutchings.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1990.
TUE 17:30 Heated Rollers (b007qg19)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath (b007k387)
Episode 2
Fugitives Kate and Colleen hide from the police - but who's hiding with them?
Marty Ross's five-part supernatural thriller.
Kate ........................................................... Claire Knight
Colleen ...................................... Suzanne Donaldson
Strachan ................................................... Liam Brennan
Old Strachan ............................................. John Shedden
Donnie ........................................................ Lewis Howden
Isla ......................................................... Eileen McCallum
Octavia ....................................................... Lucy Patterson
DC Carbeth ...................................................... James Bryce
WPC Briggs .............................................. Jill Riddiford
Dennis .......................................................... Finlay McLean
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Radio Scotland. First broadcast in 2007.
TUE 18:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvxm)
2. Feeling Watched
On impulse, Vesin gets off his train home and decides to spend the night in a small, sleepy, medieval village town whose mysterious inhabitants surreptitiously watch him.
He intends to stay one night but he stays longer than planned and gets to know the streets of the town. He feels watched even though no one appears to take any notice of him.
Vesin starts wondering whether the people actually come alive at night and wonders if the town is in the hands of cats. Vesin begins to feel uneasy and that strange forces are tugging at his very being.
by Algernon Blackwood
An Unabridged Reading in 4 episodes for Radio 4 Extra's The 7th Dimension
Read by Philip Madoc
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b014s6hl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jpzh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jzfm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k4d9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Readings From Bath (b00htmzy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Char March - Recapturing Colours (b0075vhj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00c3t06)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Genius (b008jf2r)
Series 2
Armando lannucci
Aeroplane parachutes and ASBO flip-flops.
Dave Gorman asks writer and producer Armando Iannucci 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 October 2006.
TUE 23:00 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes (b01bpjtg)
Series 1
Inventors
More historical heroism - as Owain Glyndwr and William Robert Grove 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 February 2012
TUE 23:30 One (b0077224)
Series 1
Episode 6
Spoof shipping forecasts, Top Dog and the hapless yachtswoman. More monologues penned by David Quantick. From December 2006.
TUE 23:45 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b00gl4t1)
Series 2
Insecurity
You should talk about your problems - after all, a problem shared is a problem halved.
Unless you've got a trust phobia, in which case it opens a whole other can of worms.
Written by and starring Adam Bloom.
With Stefano Paolini.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.
WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013
WED 00:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath (b007k387)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvxm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jzfm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k4d9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The Now Show (b03cv47w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Monday]
WED 02:30 Street and Lane (b00v8lr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Marcy Kahan - Design for Murder (b00t2y9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Readings From Bath (b00htmzy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 Char March - Recapturing Colours (b0075vhj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Flying the Flag (b00c65k9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Heated Rollers (b007qg19)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jzgl)
Episode 4
Following the unsuccessful attempt on Kim's life at Elsinor by Miss Gee, Kim turns to Todd for help. In Paris, Kim and Charles meet Seeta, a fugitive with a dreadful secret.
Shaun Prendergast's techo thriller in six-parts.
CAST:
Kim Drake …. Siriol Jenkins
Mike Fisher …. Neil Roberts
Anne/Clearwater/Jean …. Kate Binchy
Frank/Burns/Otto …. Shaun Prendergast
Stone …. Kenneth Cranham
Miss Gee …. Ann Davies
Todd …. Jack Klaff
Charles …. Okon Jones
Seeta Kumar …. Mamta Kaash
Wilson …. Peter Gunn
Computer …. Joanna Wake
DS Love …. Jonathan Tafler
John Maschler …. Terence Edmond
Welkin …. William Roberts
Directed by Adrian Bean
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
WED 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k4ff)
Episode 13
Thanks to his stay in hospital, Inspector Alan Grant's health is improving. Might the murderous reputation of King Richard III do likewise?
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.
WED 07:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx7h)
The Resurrection of Reverend Carswell
"I have something that the Reverend Hornblower will never enjoy; the love and respect of my congregation..."
Shocks galore for the hapless vicar, Timothy Carswell with a disappearing congregation - and shock new title.
Stephen Sheridan's six-part series starring James Grout.
Reverend Timothy Carswell ...... James Grout
Miss Tilling ...... Margaret Courtenay
Miss Tapp ...... Jean Heywood
Reverend Hornblower ...... Garrick Hagon
Mrs Muir ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Mr Widlake ...... Brian Miller
Mrs Widlake ...... Bernadine Corrigan
Dr Warlock ...... Christopher Good
Producer: Lissa Evans.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1991.
WED 07:30 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b00tt6px)
Series 4
The German Pilot
Stanley Baxter and Rona Munro have been collaborating for some years now on the stories in The Stanley Baxter Playhouse; last year listeners were full of praise for Stanley's performance in Rona's Playhouse story -The Man In the Garden.
This story is a wartime romance set in rural Scotland in the second world war.
Friedrich is a German pilot whose plane is shot down over a remote rural area in the west of Scotland. He is a prisoner of war, and initially local feelings against him are vitriolic; but he, like everyone in the community in which he finds himself, is a cattle farmer, and as his English improves, he forms strong bonds with his captors, and forges an unlikely friendship which, many years later, brings him back to Scotland.
Cast:
Fred ... Stanley Baxter
Friedrich ... Sam Peter Jackson
Beth ... Vicki Liddelle
George ... John Ramage
Stanley, a past master in accents and impersonation, plays the older Friedrich, looking back over sixty years to tell the story. John Ramage and Vicki Liddelle play the other parts, with Sam Peter Jackson, [son of the composer Mick Jackson who wrote the disco hit 'Blame It On The Boogie'] who was brought up in Germany and is completely bi lingual, playing the young German pilot.
Rona Munro is one of Scotland's most highly regarded playwrights, with award winning films [Ken Loach's Lady Bird Lady Bird] and television dramas [Rehab] and her Edinburgh International Festival success The Last Witch to her credit.
Producer: Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007tdvy)
Series 4
The Wild Man of the Woods
The lad announces that he's rejecting society to go and live a truly rural life.
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 (b011ppvg)
Series 7
Episode 10
Gooseberries and Centurion tanks in Arthur Price's shopping news.
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 Know Your Place (b01874kv)
Not to Be Used for Babies
Caretaker Ramsay awards cleaner Elsie her own storeroom, but he’s keen to ensure the perk isn't abused.
Ramsay Potts is the jobsworth caretaker at a crumbling Edwardian block of flats, pursued by the over-amorous cleaner Elsie.
Starring Roy Dotrice as Ramsay and Patricia Hayes as Elspeth Spurgeon.
8-part sitcom written by Andrew Palmer and Nell Brennan.
With Pat Coombs, John Graham and Sue Holderness.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1982.
WED 09:30 In the End (b007rj63)
Episode 5
A fresh death and a singing Prime Minister make George Cragge ponder. Comedy thriller with Michael Williams. From December 1999.
WED 10:00 EM Forster - Howard's End (b0107x49)
Episode 1
When Helen Schlegel goes to stay at Howard's End - the country home of the Wilcox family, her own life, along with that of her sister Margaret, is changed forever
Starring John Hurt as the Narrator, Lisa Dillon as Margaret Schlegel, Jill Cardo as Helen Schlegel, Tom Ferguson as Tibby Schlegel, Alexandra Mathie as Aunt Juley, Malcolm Raeburn as Henry Wilcox and Ann Rye as Ruth Wilcox.
EM Forster's classic English novel adapted for radio in two parts by Amanda Dalton.
Produced in Manchester by Susan Roberts.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.
WED 11:00 Readings From Bath (b00hvckm)
Inappropriate Dancing
Stephanie Cole reads the second of three stories from the stage of last year's Bath Literature Festival. At the age of 81, Alice Garbutter has taken her first risk, and it feels so good she's going to take more. Inappropriate Dancing by Fran Landsman
Producers: Sue Fry/Sara Davies.
WED 11:15 Michael Mears - A Slow Train to Woking (b0075wbp)
Daniel's biggest headache in life is his dear old mother Lil.
With her eccentric demands and obsession with hymn singing, he dreads the routine of his weekly visits.
That is why he always takes the slow train.
Mears plays all 28 characters in this emotive comedy.
Written and performed by Michael Mears.
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007tdvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b011ppvg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jzgl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k4ff)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvxc)
Episode 8
George and Amelia honeymoon in Brighton, where Becky and Rawdon are after his aunt's cash. Narrated by Stephen Fry.
WED 14:15 Joan Armatrading's Favourite Choirs (b00bbxp7)
London Bulgarian Choir
Joan Armatrading visits choral assemblies across the country.
Joan tunes into the musical traditions of Bulgaria with Dessislava Stefanova and the London Bulgarian Choir. She learns about the group's distinctive singing techniques and the difficulty the British have with learning to sing less politely.
WED 14:30 The National Theatre at 50 (b0075tn5)
The Passion
Episode 3
The remorse of Judas, the trial before Pilate and the judgement of Jesus. The National Theatre production of the medieval plays, in a version by Tony Harrison.
WED 14:45 Lyrical Ballads (b0082bqr)
Series 1
Episode 3
Sean Bean reads 18th-century poem The Idiot Boy by William Wordsworth. First broadcast in 1998.
WED 15:00 EM Forster - Howard's End (b0107x49)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b037jz90)
Mel Giedroyc presents Philip Ardagh's story Awful End, read by Mark Williams, plus author-actor-presenter Tony Robinson's favourite books and Jeff Lynn's Inheritance Tracks.
WED 17:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007jvz6)
Pearls Mean Tears
When Bertie Wooster's Aunt Agatha sparks uproar - can his valet Jeeves save the day?
PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.
Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Aunt Agatha ..... Joan Sanderson
Aileen Hemingway ..... Pat Coombs
Sidney Hemingway ..... Brian Oulton
Chamber Maid ..... Miriam Margolyes
Hotel Manager ..... Brian Haines.
Adapted by Chris Miller.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1973.
WED 17:30 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx7h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 18:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath (b007k391)
Episode 3
Two women. Two Adams - but what's the connection? Are they "Demon" or "Liberator"?
Marty Ross's supernatural five-part thriller.
Kate ........................................................... Claire Knight
Colleen ...................................... Suzanne Donaldson
Strachan ................................................... Liam Brennan
Old Strachan ............................................. John Shedden
Donnie ........................................................ Lewis Howden
Isla ......................................................... Eileen McCallum
Octavia ....................................................... Lucy Patterson
DC Carbeth ...................................................... James Bryce
WPC Briggs .............................................. Jill Riddiford
Dennis .......................................................... Finlay McLean
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Radio Scotland. First broadcast in 2007.
WED 18:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvxy)
3. Ancient Forces
Vesin has been travelling in France when he finds himself stopping off for one night in a sleepy medieval town. There he meets Ilse the beautiful innkeeper's daughter and becomes bewitched by her.
Vesin starts wondering whether the people actually come alive at night and wonders if the town is in the hands of cats. Vesin begins to feel uneasy and that strange forces are tugging at his very being.
by Algernon Blackwood
An Unabridged Reading in 4 episodes for Radio 4 Extra's The 7th Dimension
Read by Philip Madoc
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007tdvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b011ppvg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jzgl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k4ff)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Readings From Bath (b00hvckm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Michael Mears - A Slow Train to Woking (b0075wbp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b01075pz)
Series 3
Episode 2
Arthur Smith with more music and comedy from his actual flat in Balham, south London.
Jenny Eclair is in the front room, Simon Evans on the landing, John Smallshaw delivers poetry and Alex Wilson and his salsa combo are in the kitchen.
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.
WED 22:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007wp4b)
Series 2
Tony Hart
TV artist Tony Hart pays a visit and his timing couldn't be better as John is in the middle of painting the living room wall.
Maybe Tony could help - but no fancy murals mind you, as Mary wouldn't like it.
The semi-detached world of aspiring singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth comes direct from his front room in Sheffield.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
With Lorraine Bowen and Stephen Frost.
Additional material by Martin Willis.
Producer: Dawn Ellis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03glzq0)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best laughs around. Sara Pascoe chats to Matt Berry.
WED 23:00 Revolting People (b008j10d)
Series 3
Them Thar Hills
Samuel and McGurk follow a prospector named Mad Pete in search of gold...
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
Joshua ...... Tony Maudsley
Mad Pete ...... Hugh Dennis
Jeremiah ...... Philip Pope
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
WED 23:30 Down the Line (b010626t)
Series 4
Episode 5
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 Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, and Paul Whitehouse.
Special guests are Rosie Cavaliero, Dave Cummings and Adil Ray
Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse
A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4.
THURSDAY 24 OCTOBER 2013
THU 00:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath (b007k391)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jzgl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k4ff)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Know Your Place (b01874kv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 In the End (b007rj63)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 EM Forster - Howard's End (b0107x49)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Readings From Bath (b00hvckm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Michael Mears - A Slow Train to Woking (b0075wbp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves (b007jvz6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx7h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jzgw)
Episode 5
Acting on information from Seeta, Kim and DS Love follow the trail towards "Bird in Hand". But what secrets will their digging unearth?
Shaun Prendergast's techo thriller in six-parts.
CAST:
Kim Drake …. Siriol Jenkins
Todd …. Jack Klaff
Stone …. Kenneth Cranham
Charles …. Okon Jones
DS Love …. Jonathan Tafler
Jill Noone …. Alice Arnold
John Maschler …. Terence Edmond
Anne …. Kate Binchy
Frank …. Shaun Prendergast
Wilson …. Peter Gunn
Nelson …. Kenneth McClellan
Doctor …. Teresa Streatfield
Directed by Adrian Bean
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
THU 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k4gl)
Episode 14
Inspector Grant and his assistant Brent suffer a setback in their quest - can they finally solve the case of the Princes in the Tower?
Josephine Tey's classic story concluded 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.
THU 07:00 The Galton and Simpson Playhouse (b007zzxq)
The Clerical Error
Fresh out of jail, conman Caleb sparks trouble by posing as a vicar. Stars Keith Barron and June Whitfield. From January 1999.
THU 07:30 Clare in the Community (b01phhyf)
Series 8
Hot Desk
Social Worker Clare Barker and her colleagues have to move offices and embrace hot desking. All this while Clare has a new student to wet nurse. Brian is struggling to keep control in the classroom.
Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution.
A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her.
Each week we join Clare in her continued struggle to control both her professional and private life
In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden
Clare ...... Sally Phillips
Brian ...... Alex Lowe
Megan ...... Nina Conti
Nali ...... Nina Conti
Ray ...... Richard Lumsden
Helen ...... Liza Tarbuck
Simon ...... Andrew Wincott
Libby ...... Sarah Kendall
Alice ...... Alex Tregear
Abigail ...... Eleanor Crooks
Dexter ...... Will Howard
Bob ...... Robert Blythe
Neighbour ...... Ben Crowe
Terence ...... Ben Crowe
MC ...... Ben Crowe
Simon's girlfriend ...... Bharti Patel
Producer Katie Tyrrell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2013.
THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jn4c)
Series 2
Branded
Godfrey is ridiculed when Captain Mainwaring hears he was a conscientious objector.
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 (b00fglth)
From 04/11/1979
Special guest Terry Wogan battles to take part in the trio's puntastic sketches.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin and Barry Cryer.
Script by John Junkin and Barry Cryer, with Tim Brooke-Taylor.
Music by the Denis King Trio.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1979.
THU 09:00 Boogie Up the River (b007jv6z)
Sonning, I'll Definitely Meet You in Sonning
Mark and his manic mutt are rowing up the Thames, but will Jennifer ever come on board? Stars Timothy Spall. From December 1992.
THU 09:30 Tickets Please (b00p5xc2)
Episode 4
After delays caused by lightning, a 20-piece orchestra in coach G practices. This offers Robin a plangent background for his declaration of love.
But can he seize his chance before the train arrives at Exeter St David's?
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 Philip Fox, Piers Wehner and Joseph Cohen-Cole
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2009.
THU 10:00 EM Forster - Howard's End (b01091p5)
Episode 2
Helen Schlegel is unhappy that her sister Margaret has agreed to marry Henry Wilcox.
Starring John Hurt as the Narrator, Lisa Dillon as Margaret Schlegel, Jill Cardo as Helen Schlegel, Tom Ferguson as Tibby Schlegel, Alexandra Mathie as Aunt Juley, Malcolm Raeburn as Henry Wilcox, Ann Rye as Ruth Wilcox and Joseph Kloska as Charles Wilcox.
EM Forster's classic English novel adapted for radio in two parts by Amanda Dalton.
Produced in Manchester by Susan Roberts.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.
THU 11:00 Readings From Bath (b00hvckp)
The Successor
Pippa Haywood reads a third story recorded on stage at last year's Bath Literature Festival. An ex-wife looks on in disapproval at her husband's choice of her successor, but her criticism turns to helplessness as danger threatens. The Successor written by Rachel Fixsen.
Producers: Sue Fry/Sara Davies.
THU 11:15 Martyn Wade - Bodies and Souls (b0075ljz)
Harry's long and tedious marriage to selfish Joyce reaches an all-time low when she begins to experience reincarnation. Stars David Horovitch, Marcia Warren and Gerard McDermott.
THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jn4c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Hello Cheeky (b00fglth)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jzgw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k4gl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvxg)
Episode 9
Amelia follows George and the regiment to Brussels, as Becky attracts an army of admirers. Stars Emma Fielding and Jon Glover.
THU 14:15 Joan Armatrading's Favourite Choirs (b00bbxp9)
Scunthorpe Co-Op Junior Choir
Joan Armatrading visits choral assemblies across the country.
Joan meets the young members of the Scunthorpe Co-Operative Junior Choir, aged three and upwards, as they prepare for the Choir of the Year contest. With Howard Goodall, the UK's 'Singing Tsar'.
THU 14:30 The National Theatre at 50 (b0075tnt)
The Passion
Episode 4
The road to Calvary. Royal National Theatre production based on the medieval plays of York, Wakefield and Chester, in a version by Tony Harrison.
THU 14:45 Lyrical Ballads (b0084hs0)
Series 1
Episode 4
The late Dr Robert Woof introduces Wordsworth's poem Tintern Abbey, as read by Samuel West. Broadcast in 1998.
THU 15:00 EM Forster - Howard's End (b01091p5)
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THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b037k3d5)
Mel Giedroyc has the next episode of Philip Ardagh's Awful End, read by Mark Williams (aka Harry Potter's Arthur Weasley), plus how to make the perfect trifle and knit a sculpture.
THU 17:00 Ring Around the Bath (b01h0kph)
Series 3
Keeping Mum
It's Stella's birthday - and it's a big one with a nought on the end!
Surely the perfect time for a big family get-together?
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 and Daniela Denby-Ashe as Egg.
Director: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.
THU 17:30 The Galton and Simpson Playhouse (b007zzxq)
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07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath (b007k3b0)
Episode 4
It's party time for Adam Strachan, but his house guests prove to be far from ordinary...
Marty Ross's supernatural five-part thriller.
Kate ........................................................... Claire Knight
Colleen ...................................... Suzanne Donaldson
Strachan ................................................... Liam Brennan
Old Strachan ............................................. John Shedden
Donnie ........................................................ Lewis Howden
Isla ......................................................... Eileen McCallum
Octavia ....................................................... Lucy Patterson
DC Carbeth ...................................................... James Bryce
WPC Briggs .............................................. Jill Riddiford
Dennis .......................................................... Finlay McLean
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Radio Scotland. First broadcast in 2007.
THU 18:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvy3)
4. Ancient Magic
Vezin is wary over a mother and daughter's invitation to witches' Sabbath. Philip Madoc reads Algernon Henry Blackwood's dark tale.
THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jn4c)
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THU 19:30 Hello Cheeky (b00fglth)
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THU 20:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jzgw)
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THU 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k4gl)
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THU 21:00 Readings From Bath (b00hvckp)
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11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Martyn Wade - Bodies and Souls (b0075ljz)
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11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Clare in the Community (b01phhyf)
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THU 22:30 Newsjack (b03ds9tq)
Series 9
Episode 6
Topical sketch show which anyone can write for. With Justin Edwards.
THU 23:00 Armando Iannucci (b007vlzn)
Series 1
Episode 2
Surprising new computer games - and Radio 1’s Top 100 Dogs.
Armando lannucci hosts wry comical discussion, sketches and music.
With Rebecca Front, David Schneider, Peter Baynham and Steve Coogan.
Written by Armando Iannucci.
Producer: Caroline Leddy:
First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in April 1993.
THU 23:30 It's David O'Doherty Time (b00tlw72)
The comedian combines documentary with song to describe the busy day he spent tidying his Dublin bedsit. From December 2008.
FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013
FRI 00:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath (b007k3b0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvy3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jzgw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time (b007k4gl)
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06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Boogie Up the River (b007jv6z)
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09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Tickets Please (b00p5xc2)
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09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 EM Forster - Howard's End (b01091p5)
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10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Readings From Bath (b00hvckp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Martyn Wade - Bodies and Souls (b0075ljz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Ring Around the Bath (b01h0kph)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 The Galton and Simpson Playhouse (b007zzxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jn1q)
Episode 6
As Miss Gee persuades Kim to tell all about "Bird in Hand". Wilson plays an unexpected hand and Todd approaches his final hour. Will he take the world with him?
Shaun Prendergast's techo thriller in six-parts stars Siriol Jenkins as Kim Drake, Jack Klaff as Todd, Kenneth Cranham as Stone, Ann Davies as Miss Gee and Jonathan Tafler as DS Love.
Directed by Adrian Bean
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
FRI 06:30 Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam (b007jwpf)
Episode 1
The Dutch police arrive at Martin's house just as he's thinking of going to bed. He has to leave his wife Sophia and travel with them to Amsterdam's central police station, where Inspector Van der Valk breaks the news.
Martin is the chief suspect in the murder of the seductive Elsa de Charmoy - his former lover and manipulator of men...
Nicholas Freeling's crime thriller read by David Troughton.
Piet Van der Valk is the much-copied prototype detective, 'a cranky, gentle, bumbling, brilliant, non-conformist student of human behaviour whose primary concern is why rather than how crimes are committed'.
Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths.
Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery
First broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2006.
FRI 07:00 The Right Time (b0076mf5)
Series 4
Episode 3
Older bikers head to Margate - and trying out Roman orgies.
Sketch show about growing older disgracefully.
Stars Eleanor Bron, Dudley Sutton, Roger Blake and Paula Wilcox.
Written by Jill Brodie, John Pidgeon, Dave Dixon, Jan Etherington, Mike Haskins, Simon Littlefield, Alex Lowe, George Poles, Richard Preddy, Dudley Sutton, Alan Stafford, Chris Thompson and Pete Reynolds.
Script editor: 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 (b01dtmb8)
Series 1
Kevin Eldon
Comedian Alex Horne is joined by his own 5 piece jazz band for music and comedy as they try interactive cookery.
With special guest: comedian Kevin Eldon.
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 ....Kevin Eldon
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012..
FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b00t39lf)
Series 2
The Siege of Steptoe Street
Albert and Harold are besieged by all their creditors demanding money.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert, Harry H Corbett as Harold and Robert Dorning as Mr Stacey the butcher
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 June 1967.
FRI 08:30 Life With The Lyons (b0153nbk)
The Rising Son
Who will get that job? The sons of Ben Lyon and fellow radio star Ted Ray go head-to-head.
Starring real-life American family: Ben Lyon and his wife Bebe Daniels and their children, Barbara and Richard.
With guest stars: Ted Ray and Robin Ray.
And Doris Rogers as Florrie, Molly Weir as Aggie, Horace Percival as Mr Wimple, David Enders and Hugh Morton.
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 February 1958.
FRI 09:00 Millport (b0075sxz)
Series 1
The Storm
A pensioner mysteriously disappears from the town of Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae, off the west coast of Scotland.
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.
Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Robert/Bob ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty/Betty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Doogie ...... Matt Costello
DJ ...... Robert Paterson
Producer: Lucy Bacon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.
FRI 09:30 The Arts and How They Was Done (b007cp1n)
The Entire History of Theatre Through the Ages and How It Is Done
The National Theatre of Brent reveals the true history of the stage. Stars Patrick Barlow. From May 2007.
FRI 10:00 Jeremy Front - The Long Weekend (b0076cwx)
Former school chums Sophie and Gemma re-unite after 20 years at Sophie's country estate.
But the idyllic sounding long weekend takes a turn for the unexpected.
Starring Emma Fielding and Jane Slavin.
Black comedy written by Jeremy Front.
Gemma ...... Emma Fielding
Sophie ...... Jane Slavin
Toby ...... Stephen Tompkinson
Inspector Fenton ...... Clive Merrison
Dodo ...... Clare Corbett
Freddie ...... Robert Portal
Ivor ...... Ben Crowe
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003.
FRI 11:00 Trevor Hoyle - The Dying Art of Letter Writing (b01bmrq2)
Malcolm wants to sell the family paper mill, but his Aunt Emmie declares "Over my dead body!". Letters read by Joyce Gibbs. From February 2012.
FRI 11:15 Neil Brand - Stan (b0076mjl)
As death finally threatens to separate the greatest double act in film comedy, Stan Laurel tries to say the things to Oliver Hardy which have been left unsaid. Stars Tom Courtenay.
FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b00t39lf)
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FRI 12:30 Life With The Lyons (b0153nbk)
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FRI 13:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jn1q)
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06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam (b007jwpf)
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FRI 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvxl)
Episode 10
1815, the Battle of Waterloo. As George and Rawdon fight, Becky and Amelia wait for news. Narrated by Stephen Fry.
FRI 14:15 Joan Armatrading's Favourite Choirs (b00bbxpd)
The Kingdom Choir
Joan Armatrading visits choral assemblies across the country.
Joan reunites with a choir very close to her heart, who performed with her in a tribute song to Nelson Mandela. She hears what distinguishes Gospel singing and how the message and the music come together in praise.
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 14:30 The National Theatre at 50 (b0075tpn)
The Passion
Episode 5
The Crucifixion. Royal National Theatre production based on the medieval plays of York, Wakefield and Chester, in a version by Tony Harrison.
FRI 15:00 Jeremy Front - The Long Weekend (b0076cwx)
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10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b037k5zp)
Mel Giedroyc has the final episode in Philip Ardagh's Awful End as read by Mark Williams, tunes from Queen Victoria's iPod, and a wander around author Charles Dickens' London.
FRI 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b007jv6b)
Series 2
Episode 1
The further adventures of Mr Justice Cocklecarrot, Captain Foulenough, Dr Strabismus (whom God preserve) of Utrecht and Big White Carstairs.
Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions and Patricia Routledge recreate the world of the JB Morton.
Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a great deal of modern humour.
Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams.
Announcer: Brian Perkins
Producer: Harry Thompson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991.
FRI 17:30 The Right Time (b0076mf5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
FRI 18:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath (b007k3bt)
Episode 5
The truth about Isla is revealed. Will Kate and Colleen finally manage to escape..?
Conclusion of Marty Ross's supernatural five-part thriller.
Kate ........................................................... Claire Knight
Colleen ...................................... Suzanne Donaldson
Strachan ................................................... Liam Brennan
Old Strachan ............................................. John Shedden
Donnie ........................................................ Lewis Howden
Isla ......................................................... Eileen McCallum
Octavia ....................................................... Lucy Patterson
DC Carbeth ...................................................... James Bryce
WPC Briggs .............................................. Jill Riddiford
Dennis .......................................................... Finlay McLean
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Radio Scotland. First broadcast in 2007.
FRI 18:30 Berlie Doherty - The Drowned Village (b008kl8w)
Kate returns to the village where she spent her childhood. There's a reservoir nearby which was formed by flooding a neighbouring village. She believes that on the anniversary of the death of that village, its church bell tolls and voices can be heard calling...
Stars Kate Lee as Kate, Christian Rodska as Mark, Jane Hazelgrove as Young Jane, Craig Masterson as Young Mark, David Fleeshman as Uncle Mike and Ann Rye as Miss Peters.
Script by Berlie Doherty.
Producer: Kay Patrick
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1982.
FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b00t39lf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Life With The Lyons (b0153nbk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young (b007jn1q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam (b007jwpf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Trevor Hoyle - The Dying Art of Letter Writing (b01bmrq2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Neil Brand - Stan (b0076mjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01dtmb8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 BBC New Comedy Awards (b03ds9ts)
2013
Heat eight
Made for 4 Extra. The show is in London for the final heat. Hosted by Tom Wrigglesworth at the Up the Creek comedy club, with Stephen K Amos as guest judge.
FRI 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03h2tld)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best laughs around. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats to author John Rogers.
FRI 23:30 The Mary Whitehouse Experience (b007jn4f)
From 10/02/1990
David Baddiel, Rob Newman, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis give timely Valentine's Day advice. With Mark Thomas. From February 1990.