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.
Views of Oxford's Aladdin's cave for anthropologists, the Pitt Rivers Museum. Archaeologist Barry Cunliffe examines amulets. From April 1999.
Clare is entranced by a dog that follows her into work. Brian is less entranced. However, the dog comes in useful when there's a bump in the night.
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/Tamzin ..... Liza Tarbuck
Megan/Nali ..... Nina Conti
Libby ..... Jess Robinson
Clerk/WPC ..... Alex Tregear
Jonathan/Burglar ..... Paterson Joseph
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
Kenneth Horne entertains the Poetry Circle, and Hornerama probes city money-makers. With Kenneth Williams. From June 1960.
Matchmakers galore target terribly shy and awkward bachelor David Bliss, who is feeling lost without a girlfriend...
Starring George Cole as David Bliss, Petula Clark as Penny Gay, Percy Edwards as Psyche the dog, Diana Churchill as Ann, Colin Gordon as Tony, Gladys Young as Mrs Bliss, Ernest Jay as Mr Bliss, Gladys Henson as Mrs Henson, Elsa Palmer as the neighbour and Ruth Trouncer as Pauline.
Godfrey Harrison's sitcom about bashful, bumbling bachelor David Alexander Bliss began in 1953 on the BBC Home Service and ran for six series of 118 episodes concluding in 1969 when a TV series was made. Sadly only 6 radio episodes survived in the BBC archive.
For the first 7 episodes, David Tomlinson played David, but the rest starred the future star of The St Trinian's films, destined to find great fame as the dodgy Arthur Daley in ITV's Minder - George Cole.
The BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenhoulet.
4 Extra Debut. Impoverished and desperate, Pa Fuller's reckless bet and acquisition of a panama hat changes all. Starring James Nickerson.
Comedian and actor Lenny Henry asks "What's So Great About...?" people, things, institutions and aspects of contemporary life that frequently go unexplored, unchallenged and widely accepted but which he, personally doesn't really buy.
In this episode, he questions the greatness of Bob Dylan.
Lenny - a great fan of Soul music and Rhythm & Blues - gets to grips one recording artist he never really "got". From the time he was a teenager in Dudley in the early 70s he had to listen to his schoolmate Greg Stokes tell him what a "classic" the Dylan album 'Blonde On Blonde' was; and ever since friends have been trying to convince him that "His Bobness", as Lenny describes him, is the one recording artist to whom he should really devote his energies.
It's now make or break time and Lenny assembles a band of musicians and fans to see if they can, once and for all, change his mind.
"Dear oh dear", says Lenny. "That whine! That grating music!"
Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, Kris Kristofferson, Bryan Ferry, Jools Holland and Al Kooper, who played with Dylan on some of his most famous albums in the 1960s, are among the defence team.
It seems they have their work cut out.
In 1970, the Miss World held at the Royal Albert Hall in London was disrupted by feminists protesting that the competition was a cattle market. Bob Hope, presenting the event, stood on a stage pelted with tomatoes and flour bombs. Bouncers were sprayed with blue ink. The women disrupting the competition shouted: 'we're not beautiful, we're not ugly, we're angry.'
Bob Hope's less than enlightened verdict on the events was that anyone who might disrupt Miss World 'must be on some kind of dope'. But the Women's Liberation Movement proved otherwise.
The Women's Liberation Movement's protests at the Miss World contest were not solely aimed at rejecting the event itself though, but more at the implications of the wider exploitation of women in society. Economically and socially, women were subject to continual discrimination and the epitome of such prejudice was highlighted by this public celebration of female beauty.
The programme looks at the event through the eyes of the participants who were involved both on and off stage. It examines their motives for participating in the protest and how those organising the event and taking part as contestants felt about the contest. Sue is joined by the former Miss World of 1970; Jennifer Hosten, one of the key organisers; Peter Jolley and protestors Sally Alexander and Jo Robinson.
Three short stories taken from Helen Simpson's new collection, In-Flight Entertainment.
A family discussion over the fate of a trapped squirrel veers unexpectedly close to revealing a shocking truth
Reader: Sian Thomas.
Abridged and Produced by Joanna Green.
Nine radio producers. Two days. One rest stop on the New York State Thruway. In this show, we'll bring you stories of people who are just passing through, and people who are at the rest stop every day-working. One of them has worked there since 1969. A bunch of others came from Asia and eastern Europe to pour coffee for travelers. US public radio show from 2009.
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.
With England at civil war in 1138 - among the bodies of those accused of treason, lies one that was not executed.
Brother Cadfael has a murder on his hands.
Mystery starring Glyn Houston as Brother Cadfael.
Written by Ellis Peters and dramatised by Alan Downer.
Brother Cadfael ...... Glyn Houston
King Stephen ...... Richard Tate
Gilbert Prestcote ...... John Moffatt
Adam Courcelle ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Aline Siward ...... Joan Walker
Hugh Berringer ...... Ken Cumberlidge
Edric Flesher ...... Brian Miller
Petronilla Flesher ...... Dilys Laye
Torold Blund ...... Paul Downing
Lame Osbern ...... Ian Targett
Brother Oswald ...... David Goudge
Mel Giedroyc presents her highlights of this week's 4 O'Clock Shows, including a guide to making American pancakes and the story of the ill-fated Apollo 13 space mission.
Mrs Drover nervously returns to her old London house in the Blitz to discover a letter on the hall table - a reminder of a special rendezvous she can't fully recollect.
A series of ghostly stories by women dramatised by Christopher Hawes.
Elizabeth Bowen's eerie tale stars Jenny Howe as Mrs Drover, Stephen Thorne as , Jonathan Keeble as the Soldier, Christopher Scott as Mr Drover, Maggie Steed as Elizabeth Bowen, Shirley Dixon as Mother and Stephen Thorne as Father.
2. Tomb
Earth's last living man, Robert Neville, discovers that his wife's tomb is a lair for vampires.
Richard Matheson's 1954 cult classic set in 1976 USA. One of the 20th century's most significant vampire novels, combining sci-fi and horror.
Read by Angus McInnes.
Abridged by Scott Stainton Miller.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in January 2006.
4 Extra Debut. Sir Walter Scott suffers a grievous financial blow late in life, so sets to new work with zeal. Stars Alec Guinness. From February 1974.
Mutiny, murder, and a possible parking fine in a dastardly case of felony afloat.
David Pershore travels to the tropics of the Far East. That is, if he can bear to have the inoculations.
Recalled by Michael Feydeau -TV's much-loved Inspector Niblett - and crime expert David Pershore
Using a daring mixture of reconstructions, interviews, music and specially made noises, tales from the vaults of villainy.
Written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
Having been arrested for inciting a near riot at a football match, Tom is sentenced to do community service at an old folks home where he meets an aging banjo player who can also see his "imaginary" band.
Will Charlie prove to Sadie that he's not going mad? Will there be lots of dancing and singing on the terraces? Will there be a pun about "perfect-pitch..?
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 ..... Judge
Songs: Andrew McGibbon. Nick Romero and Suggs
Producers: Torquil MacLeod. Julian Mayers and Andrew McGibbon.
Rising prices, bandleader's pets and some startling theories...
An eclectic hour of music choices with self-penned sketches, for which Eric provides all of the voices.
Radio 5 was Eric Idle's first solo venture, post-Monty Python, for BBC Radio 1.
Ever the innovator, Idle's Radio 5 pre-dated the real BBC network of that name by some 18 years!
MONDAY 07 JULY 2014
MON 00:00 The Female Ghost (b007517g)
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MON 00:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b007k0tb)
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MON 01:00 The Reunion (b00tkpc1)
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MON 01:45 Afternoon Reading (b00s0cxs)
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MON 02:00 Beyond Our Ken (b009hf0z)
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MON 02:30 A Life of Bliss (b048nbwt)
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MON 03:00 Clare in the Community (b00stq0j)
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MON 03:30 Cadfael (b007k42n)
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MON 05:00 Mary Wesley - Haphazard House (b048ndny)
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MON 05:30 What's So Great About ...? (b00c7fbx)
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MON 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl9k)
The Smithfield Murders
1. Filth and Fat and Blood and Foam
A gruesome murder at London's Smithfield meat market sparks another troubling investigation for Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield.
Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield.
Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher.
DSI Julie Enfield ..... Imelda Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
DS Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Sally ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Benjamin Travis ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Joey Jones ...... Don McCorkindale
Miss Sayers ...... Linda Regan
Terence Johns ...... David Bannerman
Rachel Jones ...... Jilly Bond
Micky Matthews ...... John Hollis
Doctor ...... Stephen Thorne
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1995.
MON 06:30 Where Were You When Bambi's Mother Was Shot? (b007692f)
Ian Christie explores the impact the animated classic had on a generation of children growing up in war-torn Britain. From August 2002.
MON 07:00 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007mcc4)
Series 1
Episode 1
If smugglers were the rock stars of the day, Tamsyn Trelawny was Drumlin Bay's very own Ms Dynamite-ee-ee.
But how will she cope when a keen young soldier from London is appointed the new local customs collector.?
18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain.
Starring Lucy Speed as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Jago Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire Bascombe, Julia Deakin as Lady Mary, Mark Felgate as Dewey and Phil Nice as Various Characters.
Producer: Jan Ravens.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003.
MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b047ws80)
Series 61
Episode 1
The 61st series of Radio 4's multi award-winning 'antidote to panel games' promises yet more quality, desk-based entertainment for all the family. The series starts its run at the Theatre Royal in Norwich, where regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined on the panel by Susan Calman, with Jack Dee as the programme's reluctant chairman. Regular listeners will know to expect inspired nonsense, pointless revelry and Colin Sell at the piano.
Producer - Jon Naismith.
MON 08:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007jzkv)
Brian Allington
The common image of the breed of actors as selfish, chameleonic and unreliable is almost always quite unjustified.
After all, to be realistic, what sort of professional future could someone like that possibly expect to have?
The doyen of British show business, J Kingston Platt shares reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his experience from the past 40 years.
Performed and written by Peter Jones.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1986.
MON 08:30 The Navy Lark (b048nyk2)
Accredited
Phillips has money worries and a worn-out uniform. Can his HMS Troutbridge crew-mate Pertwee help him out?
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
Nunky ...... Tenniel Evans
The Padre ....... Michael Bates
Clarence ...... Nigel Graham
AS Tiddy ...... Lawrie Wyman
Written by Lawrie Wyman.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1968.
MON 09:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sxj24)
Series 1
Episode 4
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.
It's Town Talent Night at last and Ken and Keith are busy fine-tuning their pet whippets' dance routine.
Everyone nervously awaits the arrival of the celebrity judge Lady Ballantyne who is unfortunately in the spotlight for being the most recent Royal racist.
Jan does her last minute preparations for her trip to Australia. Will she be going alone or could she possibly dare to dream that Jonathan might join her at the last minute?
And finally supermarket manager Rod (Mackenzie Crook) gets to take Tanya from till 4 on a date. The true measure of success will be how many packets of scampi fries they consume. Will it be just the one? Or perhaps too many to count?
Narrator ...... Sheila Hancock
Rod ...... Mackenzie Crook
Mary ...... Penelope Wilton
Jan ...... Felicity Montagu
Jonathan ...... Kevin Eldon
Esther ...... Katherine Jakeways
Keith ...... John Biggins
Frank ...... Rufus Wright
Taxi Driver ...... Rufus Wright
Lady Ballantyne ...... Lizzie Roper
Angela Lizzie Roper
Producer: Claire Jones.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2010.
MON 09:30 Sketchorama (b048nyk4)
Series 3
Episode 3
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:
Four Screws Loose.
New Act of the Year finalists, featuring Richard Caine, Joseph Elliot, Thom Ford and Conan House.
They have performed in prestigious comedy venues from London to Edinburgh (via, naturally, Yeovil) and alongside top acts such as Ardal O'Hanlon, Patrick Kielty, Alex Zane, Frisky and Mannish and Boy With Tape on his Face.
The Jest.
Recently slimmed down from a nine-person sketch group Simply the Jest, who performed at the Fringe from 2011 to 2013. The Jest is made up of University of Exeter graduates Ella Ainsworth (School of Comedy on Channel 4 and at The Pleasance, the BBC's Hustle and Being Human), Tristan Rogers, Jack Stanley (Little Britain, 2005 film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), Luke Theobald (runner-up on an episode of Pointless. Hell yeah!) and Bryony Twydle.
Birthday Girls.
Beattie Edmondson, Rose Johnson and Camille Ucan. Collectively, individually and existentially they have been seen or heard on things like Live At The Electric (BBC3), Absolutely Fabulous, Dick & Dom's Funny Business (BBC2) and the first series of Sketchorama in their former sketch collective Lady Garden.
Producer: Gus Beattie.
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 10:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00ybxz9)
Episode 4
As Dmitry goes on trial for the murder of his father, Alyosha desperately seeks proof of his innocence.
Starring Roy Marsden.
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray.
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Ivan ...... Nicholas Boulton
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Katerina ...... Juliet Aubrey
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Smerdyakov ...... Joseph Kloska
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
Judge ...... Ian Masters
Prosecutor ...... Philip Fox
Fetyokovich ...... Mark Straker
Devil ...... Sam Dale
Spectators ...... Paul Richard Biggin/ Saikat Ahamed/ Bethan Walker/ Miranda Keeling
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2006.
MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00qplk6)
AL Kennedy - The Writing Life
In the Public Eye
3/3: In the Public Eye
Meet the author - what maniac thought of that? ALK proposes her 10 Point Plan to surviving the insatiable demands of the press, whilst living uncomfortably alongside her multi-mediated virtual presence.
Producer Mark Smalley.
MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b048hzvn)
Clive Anderson, Sebastian Faulks, Stella Rimington, John Sessions, Alfie Moore, Arthur Smith, tUnE-yArDs, Jose James
Clive takes Illegal Action with author and former head of MI5 Stella Rimington, whose new novel 'Close Call' is the 8th in the gripping Liz Carlyle series. Liz and her MI5 Counter Terrorism unit have the international under-the-counter arms trade under surveillance, following an attack on CIA agent Miles Brookhaven in a Middle Eastern souk.
Clive goes walkies with actor and comedian John Sessions, who's starring as landlord Mr. Thorne, in 'Pudsey the Dog: The Movie'; a heartwarming adventure for all the family. Pudsey is a cheeky London stray who meets siblings Molly, George and Tommy. When the family move to the sleepy village of Chuffington, Pudsey tags along, much to the dismay of Mr. Thorne and his cat Faustus.
'Ello 'ello 'ello..Arthur Smith's on the beat with comedian Alfie Moore, who, after 18 years at the Humberside Police Force, hung up his helmet and became a professional comedian. He's now starring in Radio 4's 'It's a Fair Cop', which involves the audience having to think like a Police Officer to solve some hilarious scenarios.
Clive's in the trenches with novelist Sebastian Faulks, who's edited, (alongside Dr. Hope Wolf), 'A Broken World - Letters and Diaries and Memories of the Great War', which tells of the conflict and its aftermath through memories and stories. Also published this week is a World War One Centenary Edition of Sebastian's book 'Birdsong'. Taught in both schools and universities, 'Birdsong' is one of the nation's favourite books.
Music from tUnE-yArDs who perform 'Real Thing' from their album Nicki Nack. And more music from José James, who performs Anywhere U Go from his album While You Were Sleeping
Producer: Sukey Firth.
MON 12:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007jzkv)
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MON 12:30 The Navy Lark (b048nyk2)
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MON 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl9k)
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MON 13:30 Where Were You When Bambi's Mother Was Shot? (b007692f)
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MON 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00stlcf)
FM Mayor - The Rector's Daughter
Episode 1
Juliet Stevenson reads FM Mayor's unfairly Neglected Classic, the story of a plain, reliable parson's daughter whose life of duty and service is thrown into confusion by an unexpected and unsought love affair. Today we are introduced to Mary and her country home.
The Reader is Juliet Stevenson
Abridger Sally Marmion
Producer Di Speirs
FM Mayor's masterful novel, The Rector's Daughter, is a rare thing - a novel with a deceptively small canvas, set in the backwaters of a dull East Anglia a century ago, but still as fresh as ever. Much loved by those who have discovered it, it now comes to Radio 4 as one of the Open Book listeners' Neglected Classics.
At the heart of the novel lie the fortunes of Mary Jocelyn, a dutiful and devoted daughter content to live out her destiny under the leaden East Anglian skies she loves, to find solace in a robin's song and in the rare moments of warmth from her aged and formidable father. But on losing the one soul who really loved and needed her, Mary finds herself unbearably lonely, and for the first time open to new horizons.
With deft precision, FM Mayor captures the emotions stirring in Mary's heart and the pain of thwarted middle aged desire. With her unerring eye, she reveals both the bitterness and strengths of a happy marriage. The Rector's Daughter is acerbic and poignant and much deserves its loyal fans and its place within Radio 4's Neglected Classics season.
FM Mayor was born in 1872 and read History at Newnham College Cambridge when university education was still a rare adventure for a woman. Her fiance died in India and she remained within her family circle for the rest of her life (her father was a clergyman like Mary's). She published four novels and a collection of short stories, of which The Rector's Daughter is the best known; it was much praised on publication by Rebecca West, Rosamund Lehmann, E M Forster and Virginia Woolf. Plagued by ill health, she died in 1932 aged 60.
MON 14:15 Sport and the British (b01blfjy)
Playing Like Ladies
Clare Balding discovers that the freedoms Victorian public school girls found on the sports field were a precursor to the political and social freedoms that would change British society forever.
She visits Cheltenham Ladies College, founded in 1854. Headmistress, Dorothea Beale's vision for her girls was nothing short of a quiet revolution. Pupils began to do gymnastics, swimming and later, hockey and netball allowing them a physical freedom that previous generations had never known.
Readers, Sean Baker, Jo Munro and Jane Lawrence
Producer: Sara Conkey.
MON 14:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007jvlf)
Episode 6
After the death of his friend, Richardson cuts himself off from the group and their familiar surroundings. But while out walking one day he comes across a figure he recognises.
Stars Tim Pigott-Smith as Older Richardson, Jordan Frieda as Richardson, Juliet Aubrey as Lydia, Jamie Bamber as Tom. Clare Corbett as Nancy and Tom Mannion as McKechnie.
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 (b00ltrn9)
Martin Stannard - Muriel Spark: The Biography
Episode 1
Hannah Gordon reads from Martin Stannard's biography of the acclaimed Scottish novelist, written with full access to her letters and papers.
Abridged by Rosemary Goring.
MON 15:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00ybxz9)
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MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b048p6n3)
Tracking Penguins and the Music of Hawaii
Mel Giedroyc on the science behind tracking penguins and the twang of the Ukulele. Plus, the story of Abraham Hannibal, the Ethiopian slave who became a Russian military leader.
MON 17:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx4k)
Series 2
Overtaken By Events
Hannah's driving her mother round the bend, while son Joe is discovering girls.
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.
Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Celia Imrie as Hilary, Kelda Holmes as Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe.
Series two of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'.
Producer: Sioned Wiliam
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1989.
MON 17:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007mcc4)
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MON 18:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sxj24)
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MON 18:30 A Good Read (b048p6n5)
Jo Brand and Jonathan Meades
Tom Sutcliffe, Jo Brand and Jonathan Meades discuss books by Michel Tournier, John Carey and John Banville. From 1997.
The Ogre by Michel Tournier
Publisher: John Hoplins Press
The Book of Evidence by John Banville
Publisher: Minerva Publications
Faber Book of Reportage edited by John Carey
Publisher: Faber.
MON 19:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007jzkv)
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MON 19:30 The Navy Lark (b048nyk2)
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MON 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl9k)
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MON 20:30 Where Were You When Bambi's Mother Was Shot? (b007692f)
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MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00qplk6)
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MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b048hzvn)
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MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b047ws80)
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MON 22:30 Sketchorama (b048nyk4)
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MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b048p6n7)
Series 11
Episode 5
A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Fred Macaulay and Samira Ahmed.
MON 23:45 Foley and McColl: The Interview (b0076d8h)
Placebo
The duo tell Parky about their lean years. Stars Sean Foley, Hamish McColl and Michael Parkinson. From March 2003.
TUESDAY 08 JULY 2014
TUE 00:00 Book at Bedtime (b00stlcf)
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TUE 00:15 Sport and the British (b01blfjy)
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TUE 00:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007jvlf)
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TUE 00:45 Book of the Week (b00ltrn9)
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TUE 01:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sxj24)
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TUE 01:30 A Good Read (b048p6n5)
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TUE 02:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl9k)
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TUE 02:30 Where Were You When Bambi's Mother Was Shot? (b007692f)
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TUE 03:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00ybxz9)
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TUE 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00qplk6)
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TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b048hzvn)
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TUE 05:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx4k)
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TUE 05:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007mcc4)
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TUE 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl9y)
The Smithfield Murders
2. Blue Bummarees
Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield's father gets on well with his paid carer, but her investigation darkens amidst the 'Blue Bummarees' of the market. There's also a surprise flirtation...
Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield.
Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher.
DSI Julie Enfield ..... Imelda Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
DS Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Sally ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Paulo ..... Sean Barrett
Benjamin Travis ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Joey Jones ...... Don McCorkindale
Sadie Stern ...... Linda Regan
Henry Sinclair ...... John Turner
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1995.
TUE 06:30 Audience Profiled (b0076d6d)
Crowd Control
John Florance investigates how the etiquette of classical music audiences has changed over the centuries. From March 2003.
TUE 07:00 Snap (b0133ldg)
Series 3
Episode 5
Doug and Molly’s attempts to rekindle their romance after divorcing are hampered by his mum who’s convalescing after tripping over. Molly is not impressed...
Paul Mendelson's sitcom stars Rebecca Lacey as Molly, Paul Venables as Doug, Soumaya Keynes as Kaz, Jessie Sullivan as Ryan, Marlene Sidaway as Annie, Robin Weaver as Dawn and Jonathan Tafler as Raymond.
Producer: David Ian Neville
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005
TUE 07:30 Beauty of Britain (b01064yj)
Series 2
Laurelmead
No professional care-worker can afford to miss Beauty Olonga's survival guide to Britain - its overheated houses, its disappointing church services and its world-class charity shops. Series 2 of this Radio 4 comedy follows Beauty's continuing adventures as the Featherdown Agency sends her to provide care for the elderly.
Beauty sees herself as an inspiration to other African girls hoping to live the dream in Britain. The series breaks the embarrassed silence about what happens to us when we get old and start to lose our faculties. It shows the process in all its chaotic, tragi-comedy but it does so from the point of view of Beauty, whose Zimbabwean Shona background has taught her to respect age. Beauty sees Britain at its best, its worst and also sometimes without its clothes on running the wrong way down the M6 with a toy dog shouting 'Come on!'
'A British care home is basically a big house named after a tree' observes Beauty, as she decides to work at Laurelmead this week. A change from her usual live in work, but working for the care home brings its own difficulties. There is some good news- her church choir is through to the regional finals of 'Go for Gospel'.
Beauty ... Jocelyn Jee Esien
Kriss ... Felix Dexter
Neville ... Clive Swift
Mrs Gupte ... Indira Joshi
Anil ... Paul Sharma
Worship Leader Wayne ... Lloyd Thomas
Uncle Custard ... Chris Douglas
Sandra ... Nicola Sanderson
The music for the series was performed by The West End Gospel Choir.
Written by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson
The producer is Tilusha Ghelani.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jnxg)
Ill Met by Goonlight
Neddie Seagoon is sent to capture the German general who commands the island of Crete. Stars Spike Milligan. From March 1957.
TUE 08:30 The Al Read Show (b008xzwj)
From 28/10/1995
Right monkey! Al takes a peek inside the world of horse racing.
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 (b048p6n7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:45 Foley and McColl: The Interview (b0076d8h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:45 on Monday]
TUE 10:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yc3jw)
Episode 5
Following Ivan's dramatic appearance at his brother's trial, Katerina prepares to deal Dmitry a fatal blow.
Starring Roy Marsden.
Conclusion of Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel published in 1880.
Dramatised by Melissa Murray.
Dmitry ...... Paul Hilton
Ivan ...... Nicholas Boulton
Alyosha ...... Carl Prekopp
Katerina ...... Juliet Aubrey
Grushenka ...... Katy Cavanagh
Lise ...... Emma Noakes
Mrs Khoklakova ...... Rachel Atkins
Grigory ...... Desmond McNamara
Devil ...... Sam Dale
Judge ...... Ian Masters
Prosecutor ...... Philip Fox
Fetyukovich ...... Mark Straker
Bystanders ...... Paul Richard Biggin/ Saikat Ahamed
Original music by David Pickvance.
Directors: Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2006.
TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ryfxj)
Young Turks
The Happiness of Blond People
Award winning writer Elif Shafak's story, The Happiness of Blond People, finds a father attempting to change his family's fortunes by altering his image, but events do not go according to plan. The reader is Philip Arditti.
The Happiness of Blond People is the first in the short story series, Young Turks, which marks Istanbul's tenure as European City of Culture. The three stories explore Turkey's contemporary literary scene by showcasing the work of some of the nation's newest and youngest generation of writers.
The writer: Elif Shafak is an award-winning bestselling writer whose novel The Bastard of Istanbul was long listed for the Orange Prize. In the novel Shafak describes the massacres of Armenians as genocide, an opinion which led to her prosecution by the Turkish governemnt for insulting Turkishness.
The producer is Elizabeth Allard.
TUE 11:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2d8t)
Series 1
The Daddy
Based in Botswana, owner and founder Precious Ramotswe takes on her first case and a new secretary. Stars Clare Benedict.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jnxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Al Read Show (b008xzwj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl9y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Audience Profiled (b0076d6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00stl6h)
FM Mayor - The Rector's Daughter
Episode 2
Juliet Stevenson reads F M Mayor's unfairly Neglected Classic, the story of a plain, reliable parson's daughter whose life of duty and service is thrown into confusion by an unexpected and unsought love affair. Today Mary's quiet life in the rectory is disturbed by a new visitor, Mr Herbert.
The Reader is Juliet Stevenson
Abridger Sally Marmion
Producer Di Speirs
FM Mayor's masterful novel, The Rector's Daughter, is a rare thing - a novel with a deceptively small canvas, set in the backwaters of a dull East Anglia a century ago, but still as fresh as ever. Much loved by those who have discovered it, it now comes to Radio 4 as one of the Open Book listeners' Neglected Classics.
At the heart of the novel lie the fortunes of Mary Jocelyn, a dutiful and devoted daughter content to live out her destiny under the leaden East Anglian skies she loves, to find solace in a robin's song and in the rare moments of warmth from her aged and formidable father. But on losing the one soul who really loved and needed her, Mary finds herself unbearably lonely, and for the first time open to new horizons.
With deft precision, FM Mayor captures the emotions stirring in Mary's heart and the pain of thwarted middle aged desire. With her unerring eye, she reveals both the bitterness and strengths of a happy marriage. The Rector's Daughter is acerbic and poignant and much deserves its loyal fans and its place within Radio 4's Neglected Classics season.
FM Mayor was born in 1872 and read History at Newnham College Cambridge when university education was still a rare adventure for a woman. Her fiance died in India and she remained within her family circle for the rest of life (her father was a clergyman like Mary's). She published four novels and a collection of short stories, of which The Rector's Daughter is the best known; it was much praised on publication by Rebecca West, Rosamund Lehmann, E M Forster and Virginia Woolf. Plagued by ill health, she died in 1932 aged 60.
TUE 14:15 Sport and the British (b01bllxk)
The Corinthian Ideal
Clare Balding examines the era when footballers were expected to be gentlemen,both on and off the pitch. The Football Association founded in 1863 was set up to ensure the boys that had attended the public schools of England could continue to play the game in adulthood by an agreed set of rules.They embodied the Corinthian spirit, the amateur ideal, one must not be seen to take sport too seriously, or to try too hard, superiority must be gained with apparent effortlessness. Clare looks at the life of C.B. Fry, the ultimate Corinthian - a polymath who could turn his hand to writing, politics, academia, cricket and football. In 1902 he was playing football for Corinthians and cricket for Surrey.
Reader, Brian Bowles
Producer: Lucy Lunt.
TUE 14:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007jvlh)
Episode 7
Richardson decides he has to move on. Tom is happy, but storm clouds are gathering. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith and Juliet Aubrey.
TUE 14:45 Book of the Week (b00lxjlq)
Martin Stannard - Muriel Spark: The Biography
Episode 2
Hannah Gordon reads from Martin Stannard's biography of the acclaimed Scottish novelist, written with full access to her letters and papers.
Marriage to an older man offers escape from the claustrophobia of Edinburgh's social microcosm, but the excesses of life in colonial Africa soon prove overwhelming.
Abridged by Rosemary Goring.
TUE 15:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yc3jw)
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TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b048rzdg)
Patrick Stewart on Shakespeare, a robotic gut and the piano playing Thai elephant
Mel Giedroyc speaks to birthday boy, the X-Man himself, Patrick Stewart and hears about the odd musical pairing of one man and his elephant.
TUE 17:00 Up the Garden Path (b00898sz)
Series 2
Love's Labours
As her holiday in Wales comes to an end, Izzy argues with her fiance Charles.
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
Michael ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Maria ...... Marty Cruickshank
Bill ...... Neil McCaul
Louise ...... Phyllida Nash
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1988.
TUE 17:30 Snap (b0133ldg)
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07:00 today]
TUE 18:00 Act Your Age (b00g3hr8)
Series 1
Episode 5
Simon Mayo discovers which generation is the funniest. With Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker. From December 2008.
TUE 18:30 Musical Genes (b00f5b1x)
Series 1
Lorna Luft
Tom Morton meets Lorna Luft, daughter of Judy Garland, to get the true story of life as the offspring of a legend.
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 (b007jnxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Al Read Show (b008xzwj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl9y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Audience Profiled (b0076d6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ryfxj)
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11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2d8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Beauty of Britain (b01064yj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Concrete Cow (b0076jvx)
Series 1
Episode 4
The personal problems of King Midas who's not sure whether life is as good as gold? - and a man hunting a pig in his living room.
This show is the product of a CD player, a beardy man pressing a button, a shiny disc that spins round really fast, a laser, some wires, a transmitter, an aerial, your ears and your brain.
Starring Olivia Colman, Sally Hawkins, Steven Kynman, Chris Pavlo and Robert Webb.
Written by James Cary, Sally Hawkins, Catherine Shepherd, Tim Higham, Stuart Barker and Adam Bromley.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b04b5xc7)
For two hours, seven nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best comedy around. Sara Pascoe chats to John Robins.
TUE 23:00 Bleak Expectations (b00nw3rs)
Series 3
A Horrible Life Un-Ruined and Then Re-Ruined a Lot
Pip, Harry, Pippa and Ripely are reduced to abject poverty on the banks of the Thames.
Will Pip and Harry be able to find work, or will they have to end their days eating mud and listening to the gloating of Mr Benevolent?
Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.
Sir Philip ...... Richard Johnson
Young Pip Bin ...... Tom Allen
Gently Benevolent ...... Anthony Head
Harry Biscuit ...... James Bachman
Barker Wackwallop ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely ...... Sarah Hadland
Pippa ...... Susy Kane
Vegetarian Lion ...... Mark Evans
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009
TUE 23:30 Son of Cliche (b00pbx1y)
Weird Magazines
Spoofing student life and a meaty mammal.
Sketch comedy with Chris Barrie, Nick Maloney and Nick Wilton.
Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.
Producer: Alan Nixon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.
WEDNESDAY 09 JULY 2014
WED 00:00 Book at Bedtime (b00stl6h)
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14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:15 Sport and the British (b01bllxk)
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14:15 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007jvlh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 00:45 Book of the Week (b00lxjlq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Act Your Age (b00g3hr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Musical Genes (b00f5b1x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl9y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Audience Profiled (b0076d6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov (b00yc3jw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ryfxj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2d8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Up the Garden Path (b00898sz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Snap (b0133ldg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jlb9)
The Smithfield Murders
3. Chef's Special
There's a fresh dead body down at Clerkenwell, but Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield's love affair is hotting up - before she becomes a victim of extreme cold.
Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield.
Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher.
DSI Julie Enfield ..... Imelda Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
Stephen Temple ...... Gavin Muir
Alex Wild ...... Deborah Berlin
DC Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Benjamin Travis ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Henry Sinclair ...... John Turner
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1995.
WED 06:30 Audience Profiled (b0076d9q)
Fever Pitch
John Florance explores the lives of some of the first pop stars - classical composers and musicians. From March 2003.
WED 07:00 Absolute Power (b007wwf1)
Series 3
Episode 1
Prentiss McCabe’s government retainer is under threat from a difficult and complicated task, which Martin so decorously puts it as “poking one right up the prime minister”.
Whilst Martin is enthused with the challenge, Charles is torn and admits to quite liking the PM.
Stephen Fry and John Bird star in Mark Tavener's biting satire.
Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe return as spin masters in the world of government and media relations.
Charles Prentiss …. Stephen Fry
Martin McCabe …. John Bird
With:
Tony Gardner
Siobhan Hayes
Tom George
David Timpson
Music by Matthew Scott
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.
WED 07:30 Start/Stop (b03c46ts)
Series 1
Lunch
A comedy about three couples sailing off in to the sunset. And sinking.
This week a lunch invitation looks like it might change everything.
Written and starring Jack Docherty. With Charlie Higson.
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.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpvv)
Series 6
Hancock in Hospital
Laid up with a broken leg, the lad soon regrets a visit from Sid and Bill.
Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Joan Frank and Patricia Hayes.
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 (b048s4vy)
Series 2
Driver
Single dad Bryan takes a driving job but finds himself caught up in crime.
Stars Robert Lindsay and Pat Coombs.
The struggles of single parent Bryan Archer to find work while raising his baby son, Albert.
Bryan Archer ...... Robert Lindsay
Mum/Albert ...... Pat Coombs
Mrs Willis ...... Diana King
Terry ...... Derek Martin
Alison ...... Deidre Costello
Charlie ...... Peter Cleall
Andy ...... John Kane
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Incidental music by Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1983.
WED 09:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b00n0qr8)
Series 4
Episode 1
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 Adam Hills, Rhod Gilbert, Reginald D Hunter and Shappi Khorsandi.
Recorded at the Edinburgh Festival.
WED 09:30 King of Bath (b048s4w0)
Blessed Are We
A Methodist minister threatens to cause the ruination of Bath.
Can a fine upright moral guardian like Dr Collins ever be compromised? Beau Nash tries his best.
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
Dr Collins ...... Patrick Collins
Lady Huntingdon ...... Rosamund Shelley
Mrs Collins ...... Manon Edwards
Dr Cheyne ...... Andrew Wincott
Fanny ...... Alice Arnold
Composer: John Hardy.
Directed at BBC Wales by Alison Hindell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.
WED 10:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l60zl)
1. Lucilla's Revolution
Lucilla Marjoribanks, a large and determined girl, returns from school with one purpose in life - to be a comfort to her recently widowed father - and to avoid all proposals of marriage...
Starring Teresa Gallagher and Elizabeth Spriggs.
Margaret Oliphant's humorous novel dramatised in four-parts by Elizabeth Proud.
Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher
Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon
Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Tom Marjoribanks ...... Nicholas Murchie
Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud
Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor
Mrs Mortimer ...... Kate Binchy
Fanny ...... Siriol Jenkins
Edward ...... David Holt
The Rev Bury ...... John Fleming
Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield
Maria Brown ...... Melanie Hudson
Mr Holder ...... Eric Allan
Nancy ...... Joanna Wake
Music by Malcolm McKee.
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992.
WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ryfxl)
Young Turks
The Smell of Fish
In Hikmet Hükümenoglu's darkly comic story, The Smell of Fish, Cemile Abla finds an innovative but troubling way of dealing with unwanted marriage proposals. The reader is Sirine Saba.
The Smell of Fish is the next in the short story series, Young Turks, which marks Istanbul's tenure as European City of Culture. The three stories explore Turkey's contemporary literary scene by showcasing the work of some of the nation's newest and youngest writers.
The writer:
Hikmet Hükümenoglu was born in Istanbul in 1971. After studying Physics and Management at university, he worked in the finance sector. He eventually abandoned the corporate world for literary pursuits. He has published three novels. Hükümenoglu also writes short stories and dabbles in electronic music.
The translators are Amy Spangler and Mustafa Ziyalan.
The abridger is Richard Hamilton.
The producer is Elizabeth Allard.
WED 11:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2lzp)
Series 1
The Bone
Precious Ramotswe seeks the truth about Nandira Patel's boyfriend and tries to solve a bone mystery. Stars Claire Benedict.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpvv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Albert and Me (b048s4vy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jlb9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Audience Profiled (b0076d9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00stl6l)
FM Mayor - The Rector's Daughter
Episode 3
Juliet Stevenson reads F M Mayor's unfairly Neglected Classic, the story of a plain, reliable parson's daughter whose life of duty and service is thrown into confusion by an unexpected and unsought love affair. Today Mary travels to London in search of artistic advice and enters a Bohemian world far beyond her normal experience.
The Reader is Juliet Stevenson
Abridger Sally Marmion
Producer Di Speirs
FM Mayor's masterful novel, The Rector's Daughter, is a rare thing - a novel with a deceptively small canvas, set in the backwaters of a dull East Anglia a century ago, but still as fresh as ever. Much loved by those who have discovered it, it now comes to Radio 4 as one of the Open Book listeners' Neglected Classics.
At the heart of the novel lie the fortunes of Mary Jocelyn, a dutiful and devoted daughter content to live out her destiny under the leaden East Anglian skies she loves, to find solace in a robin's song and in the rare moments of warmth from her aged and formidable father. But on losing the one soul who really loved and needed her, Mary finds herself unbearably lonely, and for the first time open to new horizons.
With deft precision, FM Mayor captures the emotions stirring in Mary's heart and the pain of thwarted middle aged desire. With her unerring eye, she reveals both the bitterness and strengths of a happy marriage. The Rector's Daughter is acerbic and poignant and much deserves its loyal fans and its place within Radio 4's Neglected Classics season.
WED 14:15 Sport and the British (b01bm0pf)
The Formal Empire
In the nineteenth century a quarter of the world's habitable countries were part of the British Empire and if trade was the driving force behind it's expansion, sport was the glue that helped keep it together. CLARE BALDING explains how sport became a way of transmitting British values around the globe; it was a connection to the mother country and a means of educating the Empire's native subjects. Professor Richard Holt of The International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University reveals the role rugby and cricket played in making Britain great.
Readers, Brian Bowles, Nyasha Hatendi and Sean Baker
Producer: Garth Brameld.
WED 14:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007jvln)
Episode 8
When Richardson finally returns home, a startling discovery awaits him. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith and Juliet Aubrey.
WED 14:45 Book of the Week (b00lxjlj)
Martin Stannard - Muriel Spark: The Biography
Episode 3
Hannah Gordon reads from Martin Stannard's biography of the acclaimed Scottish novelist, written with full access to her letters and papers.
Spark's unique literary voice is discovered when she wins The Observer's Christmas story competition in 1951 with The Seraph and the Zambesi, beating 7,000 other entries.
Abridged by Rosemary Goring.
WED 15:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l60zl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b048s793)
The story behind the creation of Mario
Mel Giedroyc presents the next part in the true story of Abraham Hannibal. Plus, the story behind the creation of one of gaming's most famous characters: Mario.
WED 17:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007jzgf)
Spode's Fangs Are Drawn
Bertie must face angry relatives and awkward misunderstandings. PG Wodehouse adventure with Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.
WED 17:30 Absolute Power (b007wwf1)
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WED 18:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b00n0qr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 18:30 Off the Page (b048s795)
Alcohol
Restaurant critic Jay Rayner, Professor John Sutherland and writer Julie Myerson discuss drink with Chris Bigsby.
In each programme, Professor Bigsby introduces a group 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 (b007jpvv)
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WED 19:30 Albert and Me (b048s4vy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jlb9)
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WED 20:30 Audience Profiled (b0076d9q)
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WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ryfxl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2lzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
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WED 22:00 Start/Stop (b03c46ts)
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WED 22:30 A Look Back at the Future (b01rszvs)
2021
Finding helium in the air and 'Casablanca: The Sound Man's Cut'.
Recorded in June 1994, Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Tony Hawks recall 2021 - 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 (b00cl63c)
Series 5
I Blame the Media
Whilst Satan's away morally cleansing the media and internet, revolt is brewing in Hell.
Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.
Satan …. Andy Hamilton
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan
Other characters played by Felicity Montagu, Hugh Dennis, Tony Maudsley and Philip Pope.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
WED 23:30 The Secret World (b012gs0y)
Series 2
Episode 3
David Beckham tries to hire a rainbow for a party. Jon Culshaw explores famous folk's private lives. From July 2010.
THURSDAY 10 JULY 2014
THU 00:00 Book at Bedtime (b00stl6l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:15 Sport and the British (b01bm0pf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007jvln)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 00:45 Book of the Week (b00lxjlj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b00n0qr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Off the Page (b048s795)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jlb9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Audience Profiled (b0076d9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l60zl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ryfxl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2lzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007jzgf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Absolute Power (b007wwf1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jlbn)
The Smithfield Murders
4. A Mushroom Diet
The Smithfield community play throws Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield's meaty murder trail into confusion.
Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield.
Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher.
DSI Julie Enfield ..... Imelda Staunton
Alex Wild ...... Deborah Berlin
Joey Jones ...... Don McCorkindale
Stephen Temple ...... Gavin Muir
DS Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Benjamin Travis ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Henry Sinclair ...... John Turner
Sally ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Johnson ...... Jonathan Keeble
Rachel Jones ...... Jilly Bond
Gordon Richards ...... David Timson
Voice 1 ...... David Collings
Voice 2 ...... John Hartley
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1995.
THU 06:30 Sir John Soane at Home (b0075g7y)
The hidden history of Sir John Soane's museum. Sir John was one of the foremost architects of the Regency era.
Rosemary Hill uncovers the story of the family's social and domestic life detailed in personal diaries discovered at the museum in London.
Readings by David Bradley and Sonia Ritter.
Producer Hannah Andrassy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.
THU 07:00 Ayres on the Air (b01bwljh)
Series 2
Motherhood
Maternal highs and lows from Pam Ayres in poetry and sketches. With Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. From April 2006.
THU 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b01gg7g4)
Series 8
Making a Difference
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.
Ed decides to 'Make a Difference' to impress Fiona and as a consequence finds himself becoming 'a voice for the people' when he joins a group trying to change the railways. As a consequence he finds himself on local radio representing the group and 'channelling grumpy', and astonishingly finds that people agree with his views and find his conversation 'totes legde'. Thus it is that 'Captain Grumblebum' is created.
Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas.
Produced by Dawn Ellis.
THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jrdx)
Series 3
The Captain's Car
When a French general pays a visit to Walmington-on-Sea, there's a mighty motoring mix-up for the Home Guard platoon.
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
Lady Maltby …. Betty Marsden
Colonel Masters …. Garrard Green
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1976.
THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b017gl1f)
From 26/05/1955
As their wedding looms, Eth worries she will make a bad wife for Ron Glum. Stars Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From May 1955.
THU 09:00 Dead Ringers (b00jh5gr)
Series 3
Episode 5
More celeb sound-alikes, as Anne Robinson bickers and it is decision time for Dale Winton. With Jon Culshaw. From December 2000.
THU 09:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b0088zqz)
Series 2
Take the High Road
Robin is driving to Glasgow, but Wendy lets the train take the strain. Stars Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall. From May 2003.
THU 10:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6gdv)
2. Skirmishes
Lucilla's "Thursday" has been a success, but Mr Cavendish is showing an interest in Barbara Lake and that is not part of her plan. Neither is the arrival of Archdeacon Beverley.
Starring Teresa Gallagher and Elizabeth Spriggs.
Margaret Oliphant's humorous novel dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher
Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon
Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud
Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor
Mrs Mortimer ...... Kate Binchy
Lydia Brown ...... Siriol Jenkins
Edward ...... David Holt
Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield
Maria Brown ...... Melanie Hudson
Mr Lake ...... Eric Allan
Rosie Lake ...... Joanna Myers
Mr Woodburn ...... Christopher Scott
Archdeacon Beverley ...... Paul Daneman
Mr Centum ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Lady Richmond ...... Jill Graham
Music by Malcolm McKee.
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
THU 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ryfxn)
Young Turks
Fig Seed
In award winning writer Feryal Tilmac's story, Fig Seed, a family attempt to put painful events behind them, but is reconciliation the answer? The reader is Rosie Hilal.
Fig Seed is the last in our series, Young Turks, which marks Istanbul's tenure as European City of Culture. The three stories in this series explore Turkey's contemporary literary by showcasing the work of some of the nation's newest and youngest generation of writers.
Feryal Tilmac was born in 1969 in Adana. Her has appeared in a number of literary magazines and journals. Her short story 'Trilobis' received first prize in the Altkitap 2006 Short Story Competition. Her first collection of short stories Mevt Tek Hecelik Uyku (Mevt: Sleep in One Syllable) was published in 2007. Tilmac received the prestigious Sait Faik Short Story Award in 2009 for her second short story collection. Fig Seed was included in the Transcript Review's New Prose from Turkey special issue (November 2009), eds. Amy Spangler & Idil Aydogan.
Translated by Ruth Whitehouse.
Abridged and produced by Elizabeth Allard.
THU 11:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2nk9)
Series 1
The Maid
The Maid: Precious Ramotswe faces a domestic drama, tackles a doctor's erratic behaviour and takes on a new case. Stars Claire Benedict. Episode 3 of 4.
THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jrdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b017gl1f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jlbn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Sir John Soane at Home (b0075g7y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00stl6n)
FM Mayor - The Rector's Daughter
Episode 4
Juliet Stevenson reads FM Mayor's unfairly Neglected Classic, the story of a plain, reliable parson's daughter whose life of duty and service is thrown into confusion by an unexpected and unsought love affair. Today a confession in the rectory garden commits Mary's heart forever, despite what is to come.
The Reader is Juliet Stevenson
Abridger Sally Marmion
Producer Di Speirs
FM Mayor's masterful novel, The Rector's Daughter, is a rare thing - a novel with a deceptively small canvas, set in the backwaters of a dull East Anglia a century ago, but still as fresh as ever. Much loved by those who have discovered it, it now comes to Radio 4 as one of the Open Book listeners' Neglected Classics.
At the heart of the novel lie the fortunes of Mary Jocelyn, a dutiful and devoted daughter content to live out her destiny under the leaden East Anglian skies she loves, to find solace in a robin's song and in the rare moments of warmth from her aged and formidable father. But on losing the one soul who really loved and needed her, Mary finds herself unbearably lonely, and for the first time open to new horizons.
With deft precision, FM Mayor captures the emotions stirring in Mary's heart and the pain of thwarted middle aged desire. With her unerring eye, she reveals both the bitterness and strengths of a happy marriage. The Rector's Daughter is acerbic and poignant and much deserves its loyal fans and its place within Radio 4's Neglected Classics season.
THU 14:15 Sport and the British (b01bmltg)
The Dawn of Professional Football
Clare Balding tells the story of how football went from an amateur pastime to big business and it all started in the Lancashire mill town of Preston. In the season of 1888-89 The Invincibles, as the Preston team were known, were unbeaten in the League and the FA cup, becoming football's first double winners. As Professor Matthew Taylor of De Montfort University explains, their success was down to the vision of one man, their manager, William Suddell, a local mill manager. Clare visits Deepdale, Preston's ground to find out how Suddell became the 'father' of professional football.
Readers, James Lailey and Sean Baker
Producer: Sara Conkey.
THU 14:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007qgdn)
Episode 9
Visiting Lydia in the sanatorium, Richardson catches up on events with Blackie. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith and Juliet Aubrey.
THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b00lxjll)
Martin Stannard - Muriel Spark: The Biography
Episode 4
Hannah Gordon reads from Martin Stannard's biography of the acclaimed Scottish novelist, written with full access to her letters and papers.
Spark's life is transformed by the publication of her fifth novel, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which gained critical and commercial success on both sides of the Atlantic when it was published in 1961.
Abridged by Rosemary Goring.
THU 15:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6gdv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b048vsp3)
Sticky songs, Hadrian's Wall and Hollywood's scientific advisers
Why is there a rather spooky disembodied train whistle echoing through the forests of Scotland? Plus, the physicists keeping Hollywood movies accurate. With Mel Giedroyc.
THU 17:00 No Commitments (b007jmsc)
Series 1
A Complete Break
Victoria and Charlotte arrange sister Anna's holiday, but she has her own plans...
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
Roger …. Stephen Moore
Eddie …. James Greene
Patrick …. Nicholas Murchie
Mrs Motson …. Alison Reid
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 (b01bwljh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Dead Ringers (b00jh5gr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 18:30 Great Lives (b048vst3)
Series 1
King Hussein
Racing driver Jackie Stewart discusses his good friend King Hussein of Jordan with journalist Patrick Seale. From 2001.
Racing driver Jackie Stewart nominates King Hussein of Jordan, a man he came to know as a friend, and who he believes led a great life.
When King Hussein died in 1999, he had ruled his country for 46 years, survived the tumultuous politics of the Middle East and numerous assassination attempts.
Jackie met the ruler early in his career, because King Hussein was a motor sport enthusiast, and he remembers a generous host, who gave good advice.
Joan Bakewell and Jackie Stewart are joined by journalist Patrick Seale, a long time chronicler of Middle East affairs. Patrick argues that, while King Hussein was a well-mannered man and formidable politician, there was a wily side.
THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jrdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b017gl1f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jlbn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Sir John Soane at Home (b0075g7y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ryfxn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2nk9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b01gg7g4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00bg3gf)
Series 2
Episode 1
Laura reveals 1001 uses for peas, missies a meeting and shuns a caravan owner.
Award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and character comedy series
With Rosie Cavaliero, Ben Moor and Ben Willbond.
Written by Laura Solon. With additional material by Holly Walsh and Jon Hunter.
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b04b5xhq)
For two hours, seven nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best comedy around. Sara Pascoe chats to John Robins.
THU 23:00 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcz)
More Brothers Faversham
Perceus and Lucius Faversham
The comedy trio's swashbuckling tale of Victorian Britain's great twin industrialists, Perceus and Lucius. From October 2008.
THU 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b01jldck)
Series 3
Barrington Zoo
Barrington council desperately needs to raise money. They must be desperate to call in the services of Unthinkable Solutions, who create truly unthinkable answers to the problem with Barrington Zoo.
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
With Ewan Bailey, Tilly Gaunt, Simon Greenall and Neil Edmond.
Producer: Adam Bromley.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014
FRI 00:00 Book at Bedtime (b00stl6n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:15 Sport and the British (b01bmltg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007qgdn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 00:45 Book of the Week (b00lxjll)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Dead Ringers (b00jh5gr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Great Lives (b048vst3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jlbn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Sir John Soane at Home (b0075g7y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6gdv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00ryfxn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2nk9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 No Commitments (b007jmsc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Ayres on the Air (b01bwljh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl8w)
The Smithfield Murders
5. A Passion for Hunting Something
With big business involved, Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield finds herself trapped with hired killers underneath Smithfield meat market...
Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield.
Conclusion of Nick Fisher's atmospheric thriller.
DSI Julie Enfield ..... Imelda Staunton
Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews
Stephen Temple ...... Gavin Muir
Alex Wild ...... Deborah Berlin
Joey Jones ...... Don McCorkindale
DS Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone
Sally ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Rachel Jones ...... Jilly Bond
Benjamin Travis ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Henry Sinclair ...... John Turner
Johnson ...... Jonathan Keeble
Gordon Richards ...... David Timson
Voice 1 ...... David Collings
Voice 2 ...... John Hartley
Producer: Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1995.
FRI 06:30 Stone Age Sound (b007635r)
Can sound solve the mysteries of the 5000-year-old Neolithic grave at Newgrange in Ireland? With Joanna Pinnock. From July 2001.
FRI 07:00 Smelling of Roses (b00dz7yc)
Series 4
Episode 2
A poetry competition sounds like an easy event to organise...until you take into account the egos of the poets involved...
When Rosie sets out to organise a poetry competition, it's hard to tell fact from fiction.
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
Morgan Dean ..... Lorelei King
Geoff Stabb ..... Bill Wallis
Amateur Poets ..... Bruce Alexander
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003.
FRI 07:30 A Bit of Fry and Laurie (b048vwqx)
Episode 2
A crazy shopping spree, and eating Greek in Stevenage.
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.
Stephen Fry introduces the second 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 (b007jp6x)
Series 6
Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard
Sceptical Harold slams Albert's claims about speaking to the dead...
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Patricia Routledge, Gwen Nelson and Edward Kelsey.
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.
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 (b0081l71)
Series 2
The Holiday
Author Gerald and his wife Diana struggle to get on a getaway.
The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife.
Written by Basil Boothroyd.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1977.
FRI 09:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b00kj9yv)
Series 2
Episode 4
John Lloyd invites Oliver James, John Hodgman and Charlotte Uhlenbroek to submit exhibits. With Sean Lock. From May 2009.
FRI 09:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b00mqgrp)
Series 2
Episode 4
When his nightmare tennis client makes headlines, the sports agent tries to get tough. Stars Neil Pearson. From December 2005.
FRI 10:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6l5l)
3. Lucilla's Luck
Mrs Mortimer is surrounded by a mystery which Lucilla can't unravel. Archdeacon Beverley seems to be involved but who else? Lucilla is determined to give advice, but Mr Cavendish may not want to hear it...
Starring Teresa Gallagher and Elizabeth Spriggs.
Margaret Oliphant's humorous novel dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher
Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon
Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud
Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor
Mrs Mortimer ...... Kate Binchy
Edward ...... David Holt
Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield
Mr Lake ...... Eric Allan
Rosie Lake ...... Joanna Myers
Mr Woodburn ...... Christopher Scott
Archdeacon Beverley ...... Paul Daneman
Tom Marjoribanks ...... Nicholas Murchie
General Travers ...... John Webb
Music by Malcolm McKee.
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
FRI 11:00 Mr Ossie's Rolled-Gold Fish and Chip Shop (b00bwjcq)
Behind the counter at Mr Ossie's fish and chip shop was a glass display case full of gold-capped fountain pens.
Desperate to see an Everton football match, a boy turns to him for help...
Written by Vincent McInerney.
Read by Richard Tate.
Producer: Michael Earley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.
FRI 11:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2s0q)
Series 1
Tears of the Giraffe
Precious Ramotswe gets a surprise, while her case of the missing American has yet to be solved. Stars Claire Benedict.
FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jp6x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b0081l71)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Stone Age Sound (b007635r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00stl6q)
FM Mayor - The Rector's Daughter
Episode 5
Juliet Stevenson reads F M Mayor's unfairly Neglected Classic, the story of a plain, reliable parson's daughter whose life of duty and service is thrown into confusion by an unexpected and unsought love affair. Today the newlyweds return to Dedmayne but the path of true love does not run smooth.
The Reader is Juliet Stevenson
Abridger Sally Marmion
Producer Di Speirs
FM Mayor's masterful novel, The Rector's Daughter, is a rare thing - a novel with a deceptively small canvas, set in the backwaters of a dull East Anglia a century ago, but still as fresh as ever. Much loved by those who have discovered it, it now comes to Radio 4 as one of the Open Book listeners' Neglected Classics.
At the heart of the novel lie the fortunes of Mary Jocelyn, a dutiful and devoted daughter content to live out her destiny under the leaden East Anglian skies she loves, to find solace in a robin's song and in the rare moments of warmth from her aged and formidable father. But on losing the one soul who really loved and needed her, Mary finds herself unbearably lonely, and for the first time open to new horizons.
With deft precision, FM Mayor captures the emotions stirring in Mary's heart and the pain of thwarted middle aged desire. With her unerring eye, she reveals both the bitterness and strengths of a happy marriage. The Rector's Daughter is acerbic and poignant and much deserves its loyal fans and its place within Radio 4's Neglected Classics season.
FRI 14:15 Sport and the British (b01bmq2s)
Exporting Football
Clare Balding charts how Britain spread the passion for football around the world. She particularly looks at South America where the game is central to their way of life. The FIFA World Cup has been staged 19 times and on 9 of those occasions, it has been won by either Brazil, Argentina or Uruguay.
Professor Tony Mason from De Montfort University explains that unlike cricket and rugby which was spread by soldiers, civil servants and settlers in British colonies, football took a different route. It was taken around the world by those who had made Britain the greatest trading nation in the world, by managers, engineers and teachers.
Readers, Nyasha Hatendi, Sean Baker and Jane Lawrence
Producer: Garth Brameld.
FRI 14:30 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007q99p)
Episode 10
As he and Blackie help her recovery, Richardson must face up to what love for Lydia really means. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith.
FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b00lxjln)
Martin Stannard - Muriel Spark: The Biography
Episode 5
Hannah Gordon reads from Martin Stannard's biography of the acclaimed Scottish novelist, written with full access to her letters and papers.
Despite finding companionable happiness in Italy, the vexations of Spark's family life continued to intrude long into her old age.
Abridged by Rosemary Goring.
FRI 15:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6l5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b048w2xr)
How to peel 100 tonnes of onions
Mel Giedroyc hears about the village where babies are given their own songs, as well as a name, at birth. Plus, a Scottish onion farmer tells us how he peels 100 tonnes of the veg.
FRI 17:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00nwsh4)
Series 1
Pregnancy
A pregnancy scare sparks Bartholomew family chaos. Who is expecting and where will the baby sleep? Stars Duncan Preston. From August 2003.
FRI 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b00dz7yc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:00 today]
FRI 18:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b00kj9yv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 18:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jp99)
Series 1
Jimmy James
Mark Radcliffe profiles the comedians' comedian, Jimmy James - a teetotaller revered for his stage act of playing a drunk. But his one vice as a love of gambling...
Last of a six-part series exploring the tradition of the northern comedian.
Producer: Bernadette McConnell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jp6x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b0081l71)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jl8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Stone Age Sound (b007635r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Mr Ossie's Rolled-Gold Fish and Chip Shop (b00bwjcq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (b00k2s0q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 A Bit of Fry and Laurie (b048vwqx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Party (b011jrmq)
Series 2
All Publicity Is Good Publicity
The young aspiring politicians of the new political Party attempt to step up a gear and get the recognition and publicity they deserve.
All they need to do is sort out the diversity of their group first.
Second series of Tom Basden's satirical comedy about a political party run by young idealists.
Simon ...... Tom Basden
Duncan ...... Tim Key
Jared ...... Jonny Sweet
Mel ...... Ann Crilly
Phoebe ...... Katy Wix
Photographer ...... Jane Wittenshaw
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.
FRI 23:00 The Mary Whitehouse Experience (b048w5gl)
Series 4
Episode 5
Plumbers, eh, what are they like? Satire starring Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt, Robert Newman and David Baddiel. From November 1990.
FRI 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00tlwzg)
Series 2
Otters
John Weak turns Smokehouse as green as the Jolly Green Giant, while saving Sir Marcus from an eco-Nazi who insists on paper underwear.
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
Ted ...... Kim Wall
Rebecca ...... Colleen Prendergast
Music: David Pickvance
Producer: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.