Muriel's sister Connie returns home unexpectedly with startling news.
Set in Yorkshire prior to the First World War, Winifred Holtby's story about a woman's journey - from her teens to womanhood - into independence and self-fulfilment.
Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes dramatised in by Diana Griffiths.
Muriel ...... Clare Goose
Connie ...... Joanne Froggatt
Mr Hammond ...... David Fleeshman
Mrs Hammond ...... Brigit Forsyth
Bobby Collins ...... Sam Curtis
Lady Grainger ...... Daryl Fishwick
Young man ...... Steven Rostance
Director: Pauline Harris.
Cartoonist Tim Hunkin examines wooden heads in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford's Aladdin's cave for anthropologists.
Social worker Clare doesn't like people on her patch - especially an interfering Vicar.
Clare Barker is the self-absorbed social worker who has the right jargon for every problem she comes across, though never a practical solution. But there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Clare ..... Sally Phillips
Brian ..... Alex Lowe
Ray ..... Richard Lumsden
Helen ..... Liza Tarbuck
Megan/Nali ..... Nina Conti
Libby ..... Sarah Kendall
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
Kenneth Horne's adventure stories of the North West Frontier, plus 'Hornerama' looks at food. With Kenneth Williams. From June 1960.
Stop Press! The Weekly Bind newspaper brings you gardening from Mr Mulch and poetry from Patience Gush.
Starring Kenneth Horne and Richard 'Stinker' Murdoch.
With Sam Costa, Maurice Denham and Dora Bryan.
Much Binding in the Marsh ran from 1944 to 1954 initially set at a remote RAF station before being converted to a country club and later the action moved to a newspaper. (The show also ran for a season with commercial breaks on Radio Luxembourg).
Written by Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne.
Music from the BBC Men’s Chorus and the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinovitz.
Wendy longs for home, but first she and the brothers must be rescued from Captain Hook.
Starring Toyah Willcox as Peter Pan, Ron Moody as Mr Darling / Hook, June Whitfield as Mrs Darling, Georgina Cates as Wendy, Roy Hudd as Smee and Chris Emmett as Starkey.
The children help out when a paper chase goes wrong and Roberta learns the truth about her father. Stars Timothy Bateson.
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor reunites the British scientists who discovered the hole in the ozone layer in the mid-1980s. From April 2007.
By Alan Titchmarsh. A widow's life is transformed by an unexpected love affair. Read by Joanna Tope.
Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007.
Stories about the casino game everyone thinks they can beat. In one, a woman gambles away her inheritance and then sues the casino, saying they're to blame. In another, Christians join forces to take down casinos - by becoming professional card-counting blackjack players. Plus: MIT Blackjack Team member Andy Bloch teaches us to count cards. US public radio show from 2002.
Weaving interviews, stories, and music, This American Life takes us on an intense weekly journey into the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people and situations.
One of the great speech radio successes of recent years from Ira Glass and his team at Chicago Public Media.
The sleepy little market town of Lymstock harbours more than its share of shameful secrets. A town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate-mail causes only a minor stir.
But all of that changes when one of the recipients tragically commits suicide.
Miss Marple's knowledge of wickedness and her nose for evil are desperately needed.
First published in 1943, Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Marple.
Miss Marple ...... June Whitfield
Jerry Burton ...... Nicholas Boulton
Joanna Burton ...... Clare Corbett
Mrs Calthrop ...... Patricia Scott
Megan Hunter ...... Annabelle Dowler
Mr Symmington ...... Hugh Dickson
Superintendent Nash ...... Sion Probert
Dr Owen Griffith ...... Roger May
Miss Partridge ...... Katherine Parr
Aimee Griffith ...... Elizabeth Bell
Elsie Holland ...... Jenny Funnell
Mel Giedroyc introduces highlights from the past week on the 4 O'Clock Show, including how to train a dog to be a Hollywood star and searching for humming birds in Costa Rica.
“Gerald had told Phrynne that if they were to marry in June they couldn't honeymoon until October. He was all too aware of the perils of marrying a girl 24 years younger than himself, to add to them by taking a conventional honeymoon."
When Gerald and Phrynne arrive at their destination, it’s a curiously deserted seaside resort, where the church bells ring ... and ring.... and ring.
A chilling Hallowe'en special by Robert Aickman, dramatised by Jeremy Dyson and Mark Gatiss.
Gerald ...... George Baker
Phrynne ...... Fiona Allen
Narrator/Mr Pascoe ...... Mark Gatiss
Commandant Shortcroft ...... Michael Cochrane
Mrs Pascoe ...... Barbara Shelley
Music: Joby Talbot. Special sound design by 02
1. Immune
Earth's last living man takes on hordes of survivors turned into monstrous vampires.
1954 cult classic set in the United States of America in 1976.
Read by Angus McInnes.
One of the 20th century's most significant vampire novels, Richard Matheson's 'I Am Legend' combines the worlds of sci-fi and horror.
Abridged in nine parts by Scott Stainton Miller.
Tom Caine awakes one morning to discover he can't stop singing at inappropriate moments. As a result, he loses his job and his girlfriend Sadie.
Who are the strange bunch of musicians following him around? Why can't anyone else see them? Will Tom reach the high notes?
Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero's everyday story about a man who can't stop himself from breaking into song.
Suggs ..... Tom Caine
Bob Monkhouse ..... Dr Boone
Mika Simmons ..... Sadie
Phil Cornwell ..... Bouche
Michael Roberts ..... Clammy Clemence
Andrew McGibbon ..... Jake
Nick Romero ..... Monty DeVere
Emma Clarke ..... Miss Lie
Songs: Andrew McGibbon. Nick Romero and Suggs
Producers: Torquil MacLeod. Julian Mayers and Andrew McGibbon.
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith is joined again by Tim FitzHigham.
Journalist and broadcaster Jon Ronson asks why and how we learn to metaphorically build bridges.
He talks to Tom Hart Dyke, who was kidnapped by Colombian rebels when out orchid hunting and spent nine months trying to build bridges with his captors. He hears how writer Jesse Armstrong remembers failing to build bridges while working in politics.
Jon also takes his producer to a workplace mediator to find out if he really is a difficult person to work with.
On its 25th anniversary, writers and performers reflect on Gummy Monkey: The Musical. Stars Greg Davies. From April 2007.
MONDAY 30 JUNE 2014
MON 00:00 Robert Aickman - Ringing the Changes (b0075yw2)
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MON 01:00 The Reunion (b007778c)
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MON 01:45 Love Stories (b010nxrt)
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MON 02:00 Beyond Our Ken (b007jq57)
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MON 03:00 Clare in the Community (b00srjdd)
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MON 05:00 JM Barrie - Peter Pan (b00sct9q)
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MON 05:30 E Nesbit - The Railway Children (b00qyqd1)
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MON 06:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01c8cbq)
Episode 1
Grand Central station, New York.
1:23pm. What starts as a normal day on the city subway becomes a race against time when a busy commuter train is hijacked - by four armed men. As the hostages await their fate, a terrifying game of cat and mouse begins...
Read by William Hope.
John Godey's thriller abridged in 5-parts by Neville Teller.
A best-seller in 1973, 'The Taking of Pelham 123' was made into the 1974 film starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw, a 1998 TV-movie remake of the same title, and a 2009 film starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta. The novel's impact - and that of the subsequent 1974 film - apparently resulted in New York's City Transit Authority banning any scheduling of a train departing Pelham station at
1:23 for many years.
Using the pen name John Godey, Brooklyn-born author Morton Freedgood's crime novels include 'A Thrill a Minute With Jack Albany', 'Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Kill Today' and 'The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome'.
Producer: Heather Larmour
Made for BBC Radio Extra by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in 2012.
MON 06:30 Ambridge in the Decade of Love (b0076dz6)
Episode 1
4 Extra Debut. Richard Stilgoe explores how The Archers coped with the Swinging Sixties in episodes thought lost. From May 2003.
MON 07:00 Fat Chance (b01byc68)
Better Wed Than Dead
It's Kelly's wedding day and the rest of the slimming club rally round to give her a day she'll never forget - though she may want to...
Jenny McDade's high-fat bittersweet comedy for those believing there's a thin person inside them begging to get out.
Graham Pitscottie ..... Gareth Corke
Wendy Bottomley ..... Janine Duvitski
Clive Bottomley ..... Michael Troughton
Soo Pitscottie ..... Anne Reid
Tina Tattersall ..... Julia Deakin
Kelly Chambers ..... Tilly Gaunt
Lee Dubs ..... Harry Myers
Mrs Enright ..... Frances Jeater
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.
MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b0477m75)
Series 69
Episode 6
Just how hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation? Paul Merton, Kevin Eldon, Joe Lycett and Sheila Hancock find out in Just A Minute with the legendary Nicholas Parsons keeping order.
MON 08:00 Listen to Les (b00d8yxw)
Les Dawson's topic is marriage and mothers-in-law, plus Wotan, Man of Steel camps it up.
With Daphne Oxenford, Eli Woods and Colin Edwynn.
Music by Brian Fitzgerald.
Scripted and produced by James Casey.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1985.
MON 08:30 The Navy Lark (b04800pp)
Lighting Up
Stand by for crossed wires when HMS Troutbridge is linked up to shore power.
Stars Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series between 1959 and 1976.
The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips
The Chief Petty Officer ...... Jon Pertwee
The Number One ...... Stephen Murray
Captain Povey ...... Richard Caldicot
Heather ...... Heather Chasen
LS Goldstein ...... Tenniel Evans
The Padre ....... Michael Bates
Sid ...... Lawrie Wyman
Written by Lawrie Wyman.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1968.
MON 09:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sv6fw)
Series 1
Episode 3
Sheila Hancock heads a stunning cast including Mackenzie Crook, Penelope Wilton, Felicity Montagu and Kevin Eldon. This is a clever, funny and touching series about a small town in the middle of Northamptonshire as it prepares for a talent night.
Written by and also starring Katherine Jakeways.
Recently divorced Jan gets two compliments in one day. Meanwhile her ex husband Frank performs the most embarrassing version of Je T'Aime ever heard, with his new love, Angela.
Across town Rod the local supermarket manager is still sharing rather more than is usual about his private life over the store's tannoy system. Could he be getting closer to Tanya on till 4?
Narrator ...... Sheila Hancock
Rod ...... Mackenzie Crook
Mary ...... Penelope Wilton
Jan ...... Felicity Montagu
Jonathan ...... Kevin Eldon
Esther ...... Katherine Jakeways
Keith ...... John Biggins
Frank ...... Rufus Wright
Angela ...... Lizzie Roper
Producer: Claire Jones.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.
MON 09:30 Sketchorama (b04800pr)
Series 3
Episode 2
Tom Tuck presents the pick of the best live sketch groups currently performing on the UK comedy circuit - featuring three up and coming groups in character, improv, broken and musical sketch comedy.
In this programme:
Mixed Doubles.
Rose Robinson, Paul Aitchison, Megan Smith and Will Close formed Mixed Doubles in 2012 after meeting at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and deciding to postpone unemployment through the means of sketch comedy. Their debut performances were at the Henley Fringe Festival in July 2012 and after a successful opening stint, London shows became an increasing regularity in the build-up to their rampant first appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2013. They scooped the 'People's Choice Award' for their viral Modern Conversation at the Dave Comedy Festival in 2013 and were named Finalists in the Foster's 'So You Think That's Funny - Best New Sketch Act' of the same year.
The Real MacGuffins.
A London based sketch comedy group formed in 2008 by Dan March, Jim Millard and Matt Sheahan. They have performed their unique brand of sketch comedy across the UK as well as supporting comedians including Stewart Lee, Dave Gorman and Perrier Award Winners Tim Vine, Phil Nichol, Adam Riches and Doctor Brown. The group have proved a crowd favourite at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival throughout 2010, 2011 and 2013.
Bob and Jim.
Bob and Jim have created three Edinburgh shows - 'Modern Urges' (2011), 'GO' (2012) and 'Two Stars' (2013) and are Musical Comedy Awards Finalists (2014).
Producer: Gus Beattie
A Comedy Unit Production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 10:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Ruth (b00tx3gc)
Episode 2
Taken in by a kindly preacher, abandoned Ruth Hilton must hide a dark secret. Stars Anton Lesser, Rory Kinnear and Anne Reid.
MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00nfmkn)
Sophie Hannah - The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets
The Octopus Nest
Series of chilling tales from crime writer Sophie Hannah's first short story collection.
Claire and Timothy have no idea why there's a strange woman appearing in so many of their family photographs. As Claire stumbles across the answer, she is more frightened than ever.
Read by Helen Bradbury.
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b047w681)
Clive Anderson, Gary Numan, Edward Hall, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Robert Popper, Scottee, Kacey Musgraves, Teleman
Clive talks to synth-pop pioneer Gary Numan. With hits on both sides of the Atlantic, David Bowie has said of him: "Gary Numan has written some of the finest things in British pop." Gary's brand of sexy, idiosyncratic music has filled darker dance floors for over 35 years, and he continues on a nationwide tour with his latest album 'Splinter'.
Clive treads the boards with theatre director Edward Hall. As well as running an all-male Shakespeare company, Edward is currently artistic director of the Hampstead Theatre in London. Here he is directing political drama Wonderland to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Miners' Strike.
Scottee talks blood, sweat and tears with Irish actress Fiona O' Shaugnessy. Fiona reprises her role as Jessica Hyde, pursued by a shadowy and murderous organisation in the upcoming second series of Channel 4's dark and enigmatic conspiracy thriller Utopia.
Clive prefers to sit down to a Friday Night Dinner, as he talks to the series writer and producer Robert Popper. Robert's combined credits as a writer/producer/script editor include Peep Show, The Inbetweeners, and The IT Crowd. The multi-award winning comedy returns to Channel 4 for a third series.
With music from Grammy Award winner Kacey Musgraves performing 'Merry Go 'Round' from her debut album Same Trailer Different Park and Teleman perform '23 Floors Up' from their debut album 'Breakfast'.
Producer: Debbie Kilbride.
MON 12:00 Listen to Les (b00d8yxw)
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MON 12:30 The Navy Lark (b04800pp)
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MON 13:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01c8cbq)
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MON 13:30 Ambridge in the Decade of Love (b0076dz6)
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MON 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00b4vp1)
Sebastian Barry - The Secret Scripture
Episode 6
Despite mourning his late wife, Dr Grene tries to learn more about his patient, Roseanne. Read by Doreen Keogh and Alex Jennings.
MON 14:15 Sport and the British (b01b9h7c)
The Rise of Olympism
CLARE BALDING charts how Britain has shaped sport and sport has shaped the British.Apart from the English language itself, the invention of modern sport has been our major cultural legacy to the rest of the world.In this thirty part narrative history series with the help of the academic team from the International Centre for Sport History and Culture at De Montfort University, Clare looks at the unique and vital role sport has played, and continues to play, in our national life. As we gear up for the 2012 games, in this first programme she looks at the birth of the modern olympics movement. While it was inspired by the Greeks and revived by the French nobleman, Pierre de Coubertin, his motivation came from a provincial English public school. It was while visiting Rugby and contemplating the work of its visionary headmaster, Thomas Arnold, that de Coubertin came to the conclusion that inferior physical fitness in young Frenchmen had played a part in their defeat by the Germans in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. If they played more sport at school, he thought, the outcome might have been different. With Richard Holt and Tony Collins, Professors at the International Centre for Sport History and Culture at De Montfort University, Clare discusses what lessons can be drawn from the games since 1896, in order to achieve success when they return to us this year.
The reader is Stuart McLoughlin.
Producer: Lucy Lunt.
MON 14:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007jvkm)
Episode 1
Winter has come to Evensford. As the first snowflakes of 1931 settle, Lydia Aspen has come to live with her two aunts.
Richardson, a young reporter on the local paper, watches as the shy heiress passes by in a Daimler. His editor tells him "go and get the story"...
Stars Tim Pigott-Smith as Older Richardson, Jordan Frieda as Richardson, Juliet Aubrey as Lydia, Margaret Tyzack as Miss Bertie, Angela Thorne as Miss Juliana, Philip Fox as Bretherton and Jamie Bamber as Tom.
HE Bates's semi-autobiographical novel (published in 1952) dramatised by Vivienne Allen.
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.
MON 14:45 Book of the Week (b00rd84t)
FS Saunders - The Woman Who Shot Mussolini
Episode 1
Sinead Cusack reads from Frances Stonor Saunders' account of the troubled life of Violet Gibson, the daughter of an Anglo-Irish lord, who attempted to assassinate Mussolini in Rome in 1926.
On Wednesday 7th April 1926, in front of a crowd of cheering Fascist supporters, Benito Mussolini is shot at close quarters. The bullet nicks the bridge of his nose and the bleeding is profuse. Who shot him and why did they do it?
Abridged by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 15:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Ruth (b00tx3gc)
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MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0418ptx)
Mel Giedroyc introduces an extreme knitter who once knitted with needles bigger than broomsticks. Plus, the first part of the new story, Cry Wolf, by Susan P Gates.
MON 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009sdcy)
Series 1
Episode 6
Comeback singing duo Tommy and Sheila hit stormy waters performing on a cruise ship.
Winners of the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr are back in the limelight. The only snag is they can't stand the sight of each another...
Mike Coleman's sitcom stars June Whitfield and Roy Hudd.
Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield
With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Joshua Henderson and Chris Pavlo.
Singers: John Barr and Lisa Peace.
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998.
MON 17:30 Fat Chance (b01byc68)
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MON 18:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sv6fw)
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MON 18:30 A Good Read (b048087k)
Sarah Maguire and Gillian Reynolds
Tom Sutcliffe, Sarah Maguire and Gillian Reynolds on books by Peter Roget, Olaudah Equiano and Margaret Forster. From July 1997.
Hidden Lives by Margaret Forster
Publisher: Penguin
The Interesting Narrative by Olaudah Equiano
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget.
Publisher: Penguin.
MON 19:00 Listen to Les (b00d8yxw)
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MON 19:30 The Navy Lark (b04800pp)
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MON 20:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01c8cbq)
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MON 20:30 Ambridge in the Decade of Love (b0076dz6)
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MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00nfmkn)
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MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b047w681)
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MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b0477m75)
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MON 22:30 Sketchorama (b04800pr)
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MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b04809fj)
Series 11
Episode 4
Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with regular panellist Jeremy Hardy and guest panellists Justin Moorhouse, Sara Pascoe and Bob Mills.
MON 23:45 Foley and McColl: The Interview (b0076d57)
Hereford Hop
The duo tell Parky about diversifying into cheese. With Sean Foley, Hamish McColl and Michael Parkinson. From March 2003.
TUESDAY 01 JULY 2014
TUE 00:00 Book at Bedtime (b00b4vp1)
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TUE 00:15 Sport and the British (b01b9h7c)
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TUE 00:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007jvkm)
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TUE 00:45 Book of the Week (b00rd84t)
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TUE 01:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sv6fw)
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TUE 01:30 A Good Read (b048087k)
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TUE 02:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01c8cbq)
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TUE 02:30 Ambridge in the Decade of Love (b0076dz6)
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TUE 03:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Ruth (b00tx3gc)
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TUE 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00nfmkn)
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TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b047w681)
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TUE 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009sdcy)
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TUE 05:30 Fat Chance (b01byc68)
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TUE 06:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01chylv)
Episode 2
With terrified hostages, the brutal hijackers make demands to the Transit Authority. William Hope reads John Godey's thriller.
TUE 06:30 Ambridge in the Decade of Love (b0076f2b)
Episode 2
Richard Stilgoe explores how the Swinging Sixties created new storyline opportunities for The Archers. From May 2003.
TUE 07:00 Snap (b012yvf2)
Series 3
Episode 4
Doug wonders if he can rely on his ex-wife Molly for help during his mum's convalescence.
Continuing Paul Mendelson's sitcom about a couple trying to rebuild their relationship after divorce.
Starring Rebecca Lacey as Molly, Paul Venables as Doug, Soumaya Keynes as Kaz, Jessie Sullivan as Ryan, Marlene Sidaway as Annie, Robin Weaver as Dawn, Jonathan Tafler as Raymond and Richard Firth as Ansel.
Producer: David Ian Neville
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.
TUE 07:30 Beauty of Britain (b0100gqp)
Series 2
Citroen UXB
No professional care-worker can afford to miss Beauty Olonga's survival guide to Britain – with overheated houses, disappointing church services and world-class charity shops.
Series 2 sees Beauty sent by the Featherdown Agency to provide care for those who need it - and some who don't, but all of whom have relatives with guilty consciences.
Beauty sees herself as an inspiration to other African girls hoping to live the dream in Britain – a land of opportunities. The professional classes are off sick through binge drinking and the rest too lazy to get off the couch to answer the pizza delivery man.
The series breaks the embarrassed silence about what happens to us when we get old and start to lose our faculties. It’s a chaotic, tragi-comedy, from Beauty’s point of view, whose Zimbabwean Shona background has taught her to respect age.
Beauty is sent to look after Sarah, who lives with both her mother and daughter. A perfect, happy modern family, like the kind Beauty has seen in feel-good British movies. With her own family being very demanding, it is understandable when Beauty begins to get too close.
Written by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson
Beauty... Jocelyn Jee Esien
Joyce ... Julia McKenzie
Sarah ... Jenny Agutter
Lucy ... Catherine Shepherd
Sally ... Felicity Montagu
Karen ... Nicola Sanderson
Music by The West End Gospel Choir.
Producer : Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jtth)
Series 7
Insurance: The White Man's Burden
Neddie Seagoon tries to set fire to the English Channel to claim the insurance.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
Jack Train
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: Pat Dixon
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1957.
TUE 08:30 The Al Read Show (b00ctjz6)
From 14/10/1995
Arriving home late, Al's wife thwarts his efforts to try and relax.
A compilation of the legendary Northern comic's 1950s monologues.
Originally produced at BBC North by Ronnie Taylor
Compilation produced by Mike Craig.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1995.
TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b04809fj)
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TUE 09:45 Foley and McColl: The Interview (b0076d57)
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TUE 10:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Ruth (b00ty016)
Episode 3
Bellingham's return spells danger. Could the damaging truth about Leonard be revealed? Stars Rory Kinnear and Laura Rees.
TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00nfmkq)
Sophie Hannah - The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets
Friendly Amid the Haters
Three chilling tales from crime writer Sophie Hannah's first short story collection mark her debut on Radio 4.
Read by Kathryn Hunt.
A woman asks a joiner to re-hang some doors but when she challenges his laid-back approach with sarcasm, he flips and she is left in fear of her life. Worse is her feeling that she deserves her shame and humilation.
Producer: Melanie Harris
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 11:15 David Napthine - Unforgettable (b0480grn)
Have You Heard the Music Man
Ex-trombonist George can't remember his son's name. But put on some music, and it's remarkable what he can recall of his days on the road - and what intimate detail.
First of three plays about memory by David Napthine.
Stars Windsor Davies as George, Carol McGuigan as Heather and Jack McBride as Stan.
Director: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jtth)
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TUE 12:30 The Al Read Show (b00ctjz6)
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TUE 13:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01chylv)
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TUE 13:30 Ambridge in the Decade of Love (b0076f2b)
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TUE 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00b4t7k)
Sebastian Barry - The Secret Scripture
Episode 7
Roseanne McNulty remembers when she secretly met another man behind her husband's back. Read by Doreen Keogh and Alex Jennings.
TUE 14:15 Sport and the British (b01b9kd6)
A Level Playing Field
CLARE BALDING explores how the British shaped sport and sport shaped Britain. If the French had played cricket, would they have prevented the revolution? Clare visits Broadhalfpenny Down in Hampshire, the original home of Hambledon Cricket Club, that's widely regarded as the birthplace of modern cricket. The origins of the game go back to the sixteenth century, it was a farm game, played on landed estates. Highly competitive aristocratic landowners, with money and time to spend, would employ men on their estates who were the best cricketers, so they could use them on their team. Cricket brought together landowners and their agricultural workers, they played together on the same pitch, in the same team - on a level playing field. Professor Richard Holt of the International Centre for Sports history and culture at De Montfort University explains that while we shouldn't confuse social mixing with social harmony, this picture of cricket as a village game, played on summer afternoon, everyone knowing their place on the field, has become the image of Englishness.
Producer: Sara Conkey.
TUE 14:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007jvkr)
Episode 2
Reporter Richardson spends more time with the headstrong heiress. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith, Juliet Aubrey and Jordan Frieda.
TUE 14:45 Book of the Week (b00rmpwd)
FS Saunders - The Woman Who Shot Mussolini
Episode 2
Sinead Cusack reads from Frances Stonor Saunders' account of the troubled life of Violet Gibson, the daugher of an Anglo-Irish lord who attempted to assassinate Mussolini in Rome in 1926.
Violet Gibson was the daughter of an Anglo-Irish peer. Her circumstances were comfortable financially, but her quest for spiritual comfort was troubled. What led her to raise a pistol at the Fascist dictator Mussolini?
Abridged by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 15:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Ruth (b00ty016)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0419jbd)
Mel Giedroyc flips out with a guide to making American-style pancakes and hears the latest episode of the current story, Cry Wolf, by Susan P Gates.
TUE 17:00 Up the Garden Path (b0085k01)
Series 2
The More the Merrier
Charles learns of Izzy's torrid past, when her friends join them for a holiday.
Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.
Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy.
An 8-part radio sequel adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. The second of 3 series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.
Izzy ...... Imelda Staunton
Charles ...... David Robb
Dick ...... Mike Grady
Bill ...... Neil McCaul
Maria ...... Marty Cruickshank
Gwyn ...... Dafydd Hywel
Michael ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Louise ...... Phyllida Nash
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.
TUE 17:30 Snap (b012yvf2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Act Your Age (b00g0nnv)
Series 1
Episode 4
Simon Mayo discovers which generation is the funniest. With Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker. From December 2008.
TUE 18:30 Musical Genes (b00f1w1v)
Series 1
Matt Monro Jr
Tom Morton meets the professional musician son of legendary singer Matt Monro.
Series searching for the true story behind some of our best loved musicians.
Producer: Deirdre Waldie
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in October 2008.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jtth)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Al Read Show (b00ctjz6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01chylv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Ambridge in the Decade of Love (b0076f2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00nfmkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 David Napthine - Unforgettable (b0480grn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Beauty of Britain (b0100gqp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Concrete Cow (b0076js0)
Series 1
Episode 3
The real reason for the discovery of America, the dangers of Tarot, finding lost polar explorers and Lesser Known Novels.
Sketch show made by actors reading out scripts in front of an audience, who laughed, and then keeping the good bits.
Starring Olivia Colman, Sally Hawkins, Steven Kynman, Chris Pavlo and Robert Webb.
Written by James Cary, Sally Hawkins, Catherine Shepherd, Ashley Blake, Jon Holme and Robin Ince.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b049mt4j)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best comedy around. Simon Munnery chats to Josie Long.
TUE 23:00 Bleak Expectations (b00nrrd5)
Series 3
A Sort of Fine Life De-Niced Completely
Pip Bin strives to improve working conditions in his bin factory.
But will his quest distract him from a dastardly plan to steal London and sell it to the French?
Mark Evans's epic comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.
Sir Philip Bin ...... Richard Johnson
Gently Benevolent ...... Anthony Head
Young Pip ...... Tom Allen
Harry Biscuit ...... James Bachman
Dr Wackwallop ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely Fecund ...... Sarah Hadland
Pippa ...... Susy Kane
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.
TUE 23:30 Son of Cliche (b00p84qh)
Austin Dernoid
David Coleman is the special guest (is it really?), plus Captain Invisible and lesser-known plays by William Shakespeare.
Sketch comedy starring:
Chris Barrie
Nick Maloney
Nick Wilton.
Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.
Producer: Alan Nixon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.
WEDNESDAY 02 JULY 2014
WED 00:00 Book at Bedtime (b00b4t7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:15 Sport and the British (b01b9kd6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007jvkr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 00:45 Book of the Week (b00rmpwd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Act Your Age (b00g0nnv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Musical Genes (b00f1w1v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01chylv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Ambridge in the Decade of Love (b0076f2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Ruth (b00ty016)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00nfmkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 David Napthine - Unforgettable (b0480grn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Up the Garden Path (b0085k01)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Snap (b012yvf2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01cv8px)
Episode 3
Tensions mount for the terrified New York's hostages aboard a busy commuter train, as the demands of the heavily-armed hijackers reach the Mayor.
Read by William Hope.
John Godey's thriller abridged in 5-parts by Neville Teller.
A best-seller in 1973, 'The Taking of Pelham 123' was made into the 1974 film starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw, a 1998 TV-movie remake of the same title, and a 2009 film starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta. The novel's impact - and that of the subsequent 1974 film - apparently resulted in New York's City Transit Authority banning any scheduling of a train departing Pelham station at
1:23 for many years.
Using the pen name John Godey, Brooklyn-born author Morton Freedgood's crime novels include 'A Thrill a Minute With Jack Albany', 'Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Kill Today' and 'The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome'.
Producer: Heather Larmour
Made for BBC Radio Extra by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in 2012.
WED 06:30 Strictly Dance Hall (b0075vmm)
Le Balajo, Paris
Philip Sweeney visits one of the last great accordion dance halls, Le Balajo in Paris. From August 1998.
WED 07:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b008kmmq)
Series 2
Read All About It
After his disastrous children's TV appearance, Robert finds his flat surrounded by the press.
Is it an actor's dream or an actor's nightmare?
John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom.
Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair
Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn
Sue ..... Caroline Quentin
With:
Jane Whittenshaw:
David Goodge
Donald Gee
Nicky Henson
Rosemary Martin
Producer: Paul Spencer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1990
WED 07:30 Start/Stop (b03bsb9c)
Series 1
Two Parties
by Jack Docherty
A new sitcom about three couples sailing off in to the sunset. And sinking. This week two parties provide a particular challenge.
Producer ..... Steven Canny
Jack Docherty
Jack has an exceptional record of making stand-out comedy. He first performed at the 1980 Edinburgh Festival Fringe with the comedy sketch group The Bodgers and went on to write for radio and television including: Spitting Image, Alas Smith and Jones, Vic Reeves Big Night Out, Absolutely, The Lenny Henry Show, Max Headroom, Weekending, The News Huddlines and a ton of other things.
He has also performed in a huge variety of comedy shows including in The Comic Strip Presents, The Morwenna Banks Show, Monarch of the Glen, Red Dwarf V, The Old Guys and Badults. He has also featured in the Radio 4 comedies Baggage and Mordrin MacDonald - 21st Century Wizard and has appeared on various comedy panel shows including Have I Got News For You and It's Only TV But I Like It. Jack presented his own show The Jack Docherty Show which ran for 2 years on Channel 5.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jps5)
Series 6
The Poetry Society
The lad's new avant garde friends produce some poetical gems - with a little help from Sid and Bill.
Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Fenella Fielding, Warren Mitchell and Fraser Kerr.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1959.
WED 08:30 Albert and Me (b0480vfp)
Series 2
Casual Labour
Single dad Bryan is sacked and advertises for work in a local shop window.
Stars Robert Lindsay and Pat Coombs.
Single parent Bryan Archer struggles to find work while raising his baby son, Albert.
Bryan Archer ...... Robert Lindsay
Mum/Albert ...... Pat Coombs
Mrs Willis ...... Diana King
Fred ...... Harry Fowler
Vikkie ...... Sherrie Hewson
Mr Graham ...... Douglas Blackwell
Mrs Weston ...... Frances Jeater
Amateur Photographer ...... John Tordoff.
Incidental music by Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1983.
WED 08:50 Inheritance Tracks (b048w5vt)
Jack Whitehall
Comedian Jack Whitehall chooses plainchant from the Monks of Ampleforth Abbey and Rollin' by Limp Bizkit.
WED 09:00 All the Young Dudes (b01cjmb5)
Series 2
Summer Holiday
An unexpected reversal for Patrick, Helen, Billy and Moira brings equally unexpected joy. Stars Jim Sweeney. From October 2002.
WED 09:30 King of Bath (b0482wzg)
Suffer Little Children
Ambrose dreams of running a school and hopes Uncle Beau will help him to 'acquire' some pupils...
Six-part comedy drama series by Arnold Evans casting the 18th-century dandy Richard 'Beau' Nash in a series of adventures.
Beau Nash ...... David Bamber
Annie ...... Eiry Thomas
Ambrose ...... James Westaway
Mr Whistle ...... Brendan Charleson
Joshua ...... James Greene
Dr Cheyne ...... Andrew Wincott
Composer: John Hardy.
Directed at BBC Wales by Alison Hindell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.
WED 10:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00y9455)
Episode 1
Russia, 1880: The Karamazovs are reunited for a meeting with their father to discuss Dmitry's inheritance.
But the unpredictable Fyodor Karamazov does not look as if he's going to play the game...
Starring Roy Marsden.
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised in five parts by Melissa Murray.
Fyodor Karamazov ...... Roy Marsden
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Ivan ...... Nicholas Boulton
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
The Elder ...... Sam Dale
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Lise ...... Emma Noakes
Katerina ...... Juliet Aubrey
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Smerdyakov ...... Joseph Kloska
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
The Monk ...... Paul Richard Biggin
Katerina's Servant ...... Miranda Keeling
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2006.
WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00nfmks)
Sophie Hannah - The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets
You Are a Gongedip
Three chilling tales from crime writer Sophie Hannah's first short story collection mark her debut on Radio 4. Read by Charles Swift
When William's daily routine is interrupted by an irate woman he vaguely recognises, he is irritated and soon shakes her off. But he vastly underestimates her capacity for revenge.
Producer: Melanie Harris
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 11:15 David Napthine - Unforgettable (b0482y65)
Eraser
After a head injury, Terri keeps notes to help her memory, but her notebooks begin to contradict each other. With Jo-Anne Horan.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jps5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Albert and Me (b0480vfp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 12:50 Inheritance Tracks (b048w5vt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:50 today]
WED 13:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01cv8px)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Strictly Dance Hall (b0075vmm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00b4t7r)
Sebastian Barry - The Secret Scripture
Episode 8
Roseanne remembers how her husband, Tom, left her after she was discovered with John. Read by Doreen Keogh and Alex Jennings.
WED 14:15 Sport and the British (b01bb7jp)
The Bare Fists of Boxing
Clare Balding explores the way the British have shaped sport and sport has shaped Britain.
An ability to box defined the 19th century alpha male. No gloves or weapons, pugilism was pure, painful and deeply patriotic.Even though prize fighting was technically illegal, it thrived under the support and protection of the aristocracy, notably Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, a son of George II. His nephew, the Prince of Wales - who later became George III was also passionate about pugilism and where royalty led, the rest followed. Dr Neil Carter of the International Centre for Sport History and culture at De Montfort University explains how the subculture of boxing was led by a group of wealthy influential backers known as 'The Fancy' a group of thrill seekers for whom gambling on a bout was part of the risk.Boxing was an underground, cultish fashion until the birth of sports journalism when Sunday newspapers, such as 'Bell's Life' and 'Weekly Dispatch' started to cover it.
Readers, Nyasha Hatendi, Brian Bowles and Stuart McLoughlin
Producer: Garth Brameld.
WED 14:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007n9k5)
Episode 3
As they go off dancing, Richardson realises both Alex and Tom are also falling under the heiress' spell. Stars Juliet Aubrey.
WED 14:45 Book of the Week (b00rmpwg)
FS Saunders - The Woman Who Shot Mussolini
Episode 3
Sinead Cusack reads from Frances Stonor Saunders' account of the troubled life of Violet Gibson, the daugher of an Anglo-Irish lord who attempted to assassinate Mussolini in Rome in 1926.
Mussolini was a man with a passion for living dangerously - his battle scars and near misses testified to that - and it was the heroic legend that he stoked which so enthused his supporters. But Violet Gibson came to feel differently.
Abridged by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 15:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00y9455)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0419m3v)
Mel Giedroyc hears the story of Apollo 13, one of the most famous space missions of all time. Plus, the next episode of our current story, Cry Wolf, by Susan P Gates.
WED 17:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007ww6f)
The Plot Thickens
Bertie Wooster is swept up into a world of fake heroics.
PG Wodehouse romp adapted by Chris Miller.
Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Rex Garner as Gussie Fink-Nottle, James Villiers as Roderick Spode and Miriam Margolyes as Stiffy Byng.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1973.
WED 17:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b008kmmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
WED 18:00 All the Young Dudes (b01cjmb5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 18:30 Off the Page (b0482ztn)
Competition
Chris Bigsby talks competition with laid back writer Howard Jacobson and highly driven FT columnist Mrs. Moneypenny.
In each programme, Professor Bigsby introduces a duo of writers of fact and fiction: new talent and established names. In the context of a discussion of one of the ideas and pre-occupations of our times, each presents a piece on this week's topic.
The best new writing and the freshest conversation from 2002.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jps5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Albert and Me (b0480vfp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 19:50 Inheritance Tracks (b048w5vt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:50 today]
WED 20:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01cv8px)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Strictly Dance Hall (b0075vmm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00nfmks)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 David Napthine - Unforgettable (b0482y65)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Start/Stop (b03bsb9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
WED 22:30 A Look Back at the Future (b01rqbqk)
2010
It's the Year of the Toddler Power.
Recorded in June 1994, Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Griff Rhys Jones recall 2010 - a year that was yet to happen.
Everything you wanted to know then, about the 21st century.
Written by Mark Burton, John O'Farrell and Pete Sinclair.
Producer: Caroline Leddy
First broadcast (with the aid of a crystal ball) on Radio 4 in July 1994.
WED 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b00cgsrw)
Series 5
Power Politics
Satan infiltrates the White House and the United Nations.
Meanwhile, a dangerous subversive infiltrates Hell.
Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.
Satan …. Andy Hamilton
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan
Other characters played by Geoffrey Whitehead , Hugh Dennis , Tony Maudsley, Felicity Montagu and Philip Pope.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.
WED 23:30 The Secret World (b012b1z6)
Series 2
Episode 2
Alan Titchmarsh - quaint gardener or ruthless murderer? Jon Culshaw and friends probe the private lives of the famous. From July 2010.
THURSDAY 03 JULY 2014
THU 00:00 Book at Bedtime (b00b4t7r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:15 Sport and the British (b01bb7jp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007n9k5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 00:45 Book of the Week (b00rmpwg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 All the Young Dudes (b01cjmb5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Off the Page (b0482ztn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01cv8px)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Strictly Dance Hall (b0075vmm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00y9455)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00nfmks)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 David Napthine - Unforgettable (b0482y65)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007ww6f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b008kmmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01d2l36)
Episode 4
After agreeing to pay the ransom demanded by the heavily-armed train hijackers, New York's city authorities race to meet the deadline for the cash handover.
Read by William Hope.
John Godey's thriller abridged in 5-parts by Neville Teller.
A best-seller in 1973, 'The Taking of Pelham 123' was made into the 1974 film starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw, a 1998 TV-movie remake of the same title, and a 2009 film starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta. The novel's impact - and that of the subsequent 1974 film - apparently resulted in New York's City Transit Authority banning any scheduling of a train departing Pelham station at
1:23 for many years.
Using the pen name John Godey, Brooklyn-born author Morton Freedgood's crime novels include 'A Thrill a Minute With Jack Albany', 'Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Kill Today' and 'The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome'.
Producer: Heather Larmour
Made for BBC Radio Extra by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in 2012.
THU 06:30 Strictly Dance Hall (b0075vs9)
La Paloma, Barcelona
Philip Sweeney visits one of Spain's last great dance halls, La Paloma in Barcelona. From August 1998.
THU 07:00 Ayres on the Air (b01bllzw)
Series 2
Travel
Pam admits to being a poor map reader. Poetry and sketches with Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. From April 2006.
THU 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b01g61vw)
Series 8
It's a Nude Nude Nude Nude World
Ed Reardon leads us through the ups and down of his week, complete with his trusty companion, Elgar, and his never-ending capacity for scrimping and scraping at whatever scraps his agent, Ping, can offer him to keep body, mind and cat together.
Jaz Milvain asks Ed to curate a moving tribute to him and his work in film for the 'surprise' party that he's organising for his 60th birthday. Whilst Ed relishes the idea of a comedy 'roast' Jaz is looking for something more akin to a light sauté.
So it is that Ed tracks down Jaz's first masterwork, 'It's a Nude Nude Nude Nude World' to form the cornerstone of the tribute, not knowing that Fiona did a few day's work on it.
THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jrbf)
Series 3
Turkey Dinner
Corporal Jones mistakenly shoots a bird, so the platoon hatch a plan to cook it for the old folk of Walmington-on-Sea.
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Vicar …. Frank Williams
Mrs Pike ...... Pearl Hackney
Mr Blewitt ...... Harold Bennett.
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1976.
THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b01770vb)
From 19/05/1955
Can Ron ever thank Pa Glum enough for rearing him right? Stars Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From May 1955.
THU 09:00 Dead Ringers (b00jctjc)
Series 3
Episode 4
More celeb sound-alikes, spoofing Radio 4, plus William Hague rings Stars in Their Eyes. With Jon Culshaw. From December 2000.
THU 09:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007jzkw)
Series 2
Them and Us
Joy and consternation as Wendy is promoted at work, but Robin is suspended. Stars Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall. From May 2003.
THU 10:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yb1sd)
Episode 2
While Alyosha attends the bedside of the dying Elder, relations between Dmitry and his father become ever more dangerous.
Starring Roy Marsden.
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray.
Fyodor Karamazov ...... Roy Marsden
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Ivan ...... Nicholas Boulton
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
The Elder ...... Sam Dale
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Lise ...... Emma Noakes
Katerina ...... Juliet Aubrey
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Smerdyakov ...... Joseph Kloska
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
The Monk ...... Paul Richard Biggin
Father Paisy ...... Philip Fox
Monks ...... Saikat Ahamed
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2006.
THU 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00qplcy)
AL Kennedy - The Writing Life
The Author at Home
1/3 The Author at Home
There's the lady novelist reclining in her Creating Hammock, attended by Juan her fragrant assistant. Or maybe not.
Produced by Mark Smalley.
THU 11:15 David Napthine - Unforgettable (b0483q5w)
May All Your Wishes Come True
Eddie is found wandering Newcastle with no idea of his past. What should he do until his memory returns? Stars Derek Walmsley.
THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jrbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b01770vb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 13:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01d2l36)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Strictly Dance Hall (b0075vs9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00b4t7y)
Sebastian Barry - The Secret Scripture
Episode 9
Father Gaunt's deposition refers to a baby born long after Roseanne's marriage was over. Read by Doreen Keogh and Alex Jennings.
THU 14:15 Sport and the British (b01bb9ct)
The Unsporting Side of Sport
Clare Balding watches all sections of society gather on Epsom Downs to watch the Derby, the biggest day of the flat racing year. In her exploration of the way Britain has shaped sport and sport has shaped the British, Clare looks at the socially unifying power of the race course and the way sport and gambling have become inextricably linked. As Professor Richard Holt from the International Centre for Sport History and Culture at De Montfort University explains, the British have always loved a flutter. Gambling is in the DNA of sport. Having a bet not only gives an incentive to the thrill of sporting competitions but also pushed early sports to have clear and enforceable rules. The extravagant losses of the eighteenth century aristocracy caused a moral backlash in the Victorian era that led to a crackdown in betting legislation.
Producer: Sara Conkey.
THU 14:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007ncy6)
Episode 4
Party plans are afoot to celebrate the heiress' 21st birthday and Richardson comes to a decision. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith.
THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b00rmpwj)
FS Saunders - The Woman Who Shot Mussolini
Episode 4
Sinead Cusack reads from Frances Stonor Saunders' account of the troubled life of Violet Gibson, the daugher of an Anglo-Irish lord who attempted to assassinate Mussolini in Rome in 1926.
As she was led off by the police in the moments after she had shot Benito Mussolini, Violet seemed confused and surprised to hear what she had done. But her subsequent behaviour showed flashes of remarkable lucidity. Was it an act of sanity to attempt to kill a man whom the world later regarded as deluded?
Abridged by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 15:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yb1sd)
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THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b041dkct)
Mel Giedroyc hears from actor Christophe Fluder, one of the Gringott's goblins in the Harry Potter movies. Plus, the next episode of current story, Cry Wolf, by Susan P Gates.
THU 17:00 No Commitments (b007jmrw)
Series 1
Old Embers
Victoria reunites sister Anna with an old flame.
Simon Brett’s sitcom about the lives and squabbles of three very different sisters.
Anna …. Rosemary Leach
Victoria …. Nicola Pagett
Charlotte …. Celia Imrie
Delia …. Maxine Audley
Guy …. David Swift
Wilson/The Waiter …. Neil Roberts
Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.
THU 17:30 Ayres on the Air (b01bllzw)
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THU 18:00 Dead Ringers (b00jctjc)
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THU 18:30 Great Lives (b0483p5r)
Series 1
Vivekananda
Rabbi Lionel Blue and Gwilym Beckerlegge debate the 19th century Hindu missionary and thinker, Swami Vivekananda.
The biographical series in which a distinguished guest chooses someone who's inspired their life. Will their hero stand up to intensive scrutiny and merit the description of having led a great life? From 2001.
THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jrbf)
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THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b01770vb)
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THU 20:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01d2l36)
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THU 20:30 Strictly Dance Hall (b0075vs9)
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THU 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00qplcy)
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THU 21:15 David Napthine - Unforgettable (b0483q5w)
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THU 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b01g61vw)
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THU 22:30 Revolting People (b00ww9fh)
Series 4
Episode 6
The deserters lobby King George III over the war, and McGurk has plans. 1775 America sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. From June 2006.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b049mt4y)
For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best comedy around. Simon Munnery chats to Josie Long.
THU 23:00 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcx)
More Brothers Faversham
Marcus Faversham
The comedy trio's swashbuckling tale of Victorian Britain's greatest actor - Marcus Faversham.
Written by and starring Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck.
With Miles Jupp and Ingrid Oliver.
Script edited by Richard Turner.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2008.
THU 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b01jb1xy)
Series 3
Matsons Electronics
Electrical retailer, Matson’s, needs a boost – but are they ready for the sort of kick delivered by this bunch?
James Carey's sitcom about a clueless bunch of management consultants, Unthinkable Solutions, effortlessly screwing-up their clients' businesses.
Starring:
Marcus Brigstocke
Robin Ince
Catherine Shepherd
Beth Chalmers
Written by James Carey.
Producer: Adam Bromley.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
FRIDAY 04 JULY 2014
FRI 00:00 Book at Bedtime (b00b4t7y)
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FRI 00:15 Sport and the British (b01bb9ct)
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FRI 00:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007ncy6)
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FRI 00:45 Book of the Week (b00rmpwj)
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FRI 01:00 Dead Ringers (b00jctjc)
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FRI 01:30 Great Lives (b0483p5r)
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FRI 02:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01d2l36)
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FRI 02:30 Strictly Dance Hall (b0075vs9)
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FRI 03:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yb1sd)
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FRI 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00qplcy)
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FRI 04:15 David Napthine - Unforgettable (b0483q5w)
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FRI 05:00 No Commitments (b007jmrw)
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FRI 05:30 Ayres on the Air (b01bllzw)
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FRI 06:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01dh8bq)
Episode 5
After delivering their final list of demands to the authorities, the heavily-armed gang of hijackers aboard a New York subway train prepare to make their escape.
Concluded by William Hope.
John Godey's thriller abridged in 5-parts by Neville Teller.
A best-seller in 1973, 'The Taking of Pelham 123' was made into the 1974 film starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw, a 1998 TV-movie remake of the same title, and a 2009 film starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta. The novel's impact - and that of the subsequent 1974 film - apparently resulted in New York's City Transit Authority banning any scheduling of a train departing Pelham station at
1:23 for many years.
Using the pen name John Godey, Brooklyn-born author Morton Freedgood's crime novels include 'A Thrill a Minute With Jack Albany', 'Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Kill Today' and 'The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome'.
Producer: Heather Larmour
Made for BBC Radio Extra by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in 2012.
FRI 06:30 Strictly Dance Hall (b0075vxz)
The Lucerna, Prague
Philip Sweeney visits one of Prague's most spectacular ballrooms, The Lucerna, which is underground. From August 1998.
FRI 07:00 Smelling of Roses (b00dwnch)
Series 4
Episode 1
A theatre awards ceremony sparks no end of subterfuge for event organiser Rosie and her team. All thanks to some hypersensitive theatrical characters...
Another assignment for Rosie Burns and the event management company, where the clients are only part of the problem...
Written by Simon Brett.
Rosie ..... Prunella Scales
Jo ..... Rebecca Callard
Bob ..... Duncan Preston
Tess ..... Annette Badland
Crosby Grantham ..... Timothy West
Stella Steele ..... Richenda Carey
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003.
FRI 07:30 A Bit of Fry and Laurie (b0485v71)
Episode 1
An unusual first kiss, a vision of the future and some shocking TV soap revelations.
On their journey to international stardom - Cambridge Footlights graduates, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie wrote and starred together in a pilot followed by four acclaimed TV series of 'A Bit of Fry & Laurie' from 1989 to 1995.
Hugh Laurie introduces the first of two audio collections of choice comedy morsels culled from the BBC TV soundtracks.
Producer: Aled Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994.
FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jp46)
Series 6
The Seven Steptoerai
When the Steptoes fall victim to threats, Albert decides it time to fight back.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Henry Woolf as Frankie Barrow.
Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote ten 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 eight series for TV.
Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Produced by Bobby Jaye.
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1976.
FRI 08:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b0080r03)
Series 2
The Tiff
Author Gerald and his wife Diana squabble over a lunch date.
The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife.
With Geoffrey Matthews and Edward Kelsey.
Written by Basil Boothroyd.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977.
FRI 09:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b00kdr57)
Series 2
Episode 3
John Lloyd and Sean Lock host a panel show in which three distinguished guests donate fascinating exhibits to a vast imaginary museum.
Chris Addison, Rupert Sheldrake and Bettany Hughes donate objects of extreme interest to the world's most eclectic museum.
FRI 09:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b00mjq8k)
Series 2
Episode 3
The sports agent's hellish client Ralph acquires every celeb's must have - a stalker. Stars Neil Pearson. From December 2005.
FRI 10:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yb5ch)
Episode 3
Following the violent encounter at the Karamazov home, Dmitry flees the town in search of Grushenka.
Starring Roy Marsden.
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray.
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
Lise ...... Emma Noakes
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
Makarov ...... Mark Straker
Andrey ...... Philip Fox
Trifon ...... Paul Richard Biggin
Musialowicz ...... Sam Dale
Constable ...... Saikat Ahamed
Revellers ...... Miranda Keeling/ Bethan Walker
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2006.
FRI 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00qplk8)
AL Kennedy - The Writing Life
The Author Away
2/3 The Author Away.
Stuck in the Northern Lodge Motel, Tasmania, with only foot long woodlice for company, maybe life on the road during the book tour isn't everything it's cracked up to be.
Producer Mark Smalley.
FRI 11:15 Simon Passmore - Offshore (b048616n)
A trip to France with her husband on a luxury motor yacht turns Sam's life upside down. Taut thriller starring Nadine Marshall.
FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jp46)
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FRI 12:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b0080r03)
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FRI 13:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01dh8bq)
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FRI 13:30 Strictly Dance Hall (b0075vxz)
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FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00b4t84)
Sebastian Barry - The Secret Scripture
Episode 10
Dr Grene must head to England to uncover the truth about Roseanne McNulty's child. Concluded by Doreen Keogh and Alex Jennings.
FRI 14:15 Sport and the British (b01bbcqn)
The Making of Men
The Duke of Wellington never said the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton but it could be argued that the might of the British Empire was moulded on the pitches of Rugby School.
As Clare Balding continues to chart the way the British have shaped sport and sport has shaped Britain, she visits Rugby to discover how the visionary headmaster, Thomas Arnold, ensured games lay at the heart of school life, producing men ready to rule. As the school archivist, Rusty MacLean, explains to her, on leaving, these pupils took the games they'd developed at Rugby to all parts of the globe, giving birth to numerous national sporting clubs in Africa and India, as well as developing new games like Aussie Rules and American football.
Readers, Brian Bowles, Stuart McLoughlin and Jack Firth
Producer: Lucy Lunt.
FRI 14:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007nfd7)
Episode 5
As a midsummer night draws to an end, some life-changing events await Richardson. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith and Juliet Aubrey.
FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b00rmpwl)
FS Saunders - The Woman Who Shot Mussolini
Episode 5
Sinead Cusack reads from Frances Stonor Saunders's account of troubled life of Violet Gibson, the daugther of an Anglo-Irish lord who attempted to assassinate Mussolini in Rome in 1926.
Violet was eventually released by the Italian government. But how would her family determine her fate and future?
Abridged by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 15:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yb5ch)
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10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b041dwwz)
Mel Giedroyc celebrates the history of the humble tea biscuit. Plus, the final episode of our current story, Cry Wolf, by Susan P Gates.
FRI 17:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00nsnhg)
Series 1
Rick's Quarrel
A domestic dispute boosts Stella's battle to get her grown-up children to leave home. Stars Duncan Preston. From August 2003.
FRI 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b00dwnch)
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FRI 18:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b00kdr57)
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FRI 18:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jp6m)
Series 1
Ken Dodd
Mark Radcliffe reveals how the tattyfilarious Squire of Knotty Ash became one of the greatest comic acts of our time.
FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jp46)
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FRI 19:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b0080r03)
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FRI 20:00 John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123 (b01dh8bq)
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FRI 20:30 Strictly Dance Hall (b0075vxz)
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FRI 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00qplk8)
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FRI 21:15 Simon Passmore - Offshore (b048616n)
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FRI 22:00 A Bit of Fry and Laurie (b0485v71)
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FRI 22:30 Party (b00rmxk5)
Series 1
Episode 4
The Party of young idealists take to the streets with their inaugural protest. If only it wasn't raining.
Jared's musical attempts to draw attention backfire painfully and Mel is desperate to get arrested.
Tom Basden’s sitcom satirises their ambitions, hypocrisy and naivety - based on his 2009 Edinburgh play, which won a fringe first.
Duncan ... Tim Key
Jared ... Johnny Sweet
Mel ... Anna Crilly
Phoebe ... Katy Wix
Policeman ... Nick Mohammed
Simon ... Tom Basden
Written by Tom Basden. Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b04b5x09)
For two hours, seven nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best comedy around. Arthur Smith chats to Shappi Khorsandi.
FRI 23:00 The Mary Whitehouse Experience (b0486dwz)
Series 4
Episode 8
Robert De Niro stars in a Christmas panto. With Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt, Robert Newman and David Baddiel. From December 1990.
FRI 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00tjnmq)
Series 2
Values
Marketing maestro John Weak tries to solve the meeting room crisis with some challenging seduction...
Randy, devious, sexist and workshy, John Weak puts the man into management – in Guy Browning’s sitcom.
Starring Alexander Armstrong as marketing maestro and "totty" magnet John Weak.
Hayley ...... Clare Perkins
Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook
Tim ...... Ewan Bailey
Giles ...... Stephen Critchlow
Sam ...... Adjoa Andoh
Music: David Pickvance
Producer: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.