SATURDAY 02 AUGUST 2014

SAT 00:00 EM Forster - A Passage to India (b007jylh)
Episode 10
As the trial of Dr Aziz approaches, Mrs Moore refuses to offer Adela Quested any words of comfort. Read by Samuel West.
SAT 00:15 Sport and the British (b01cvk8l)
Sport for All
Clare Balding asks why and when did the British government get involved in sport. How did sport become part of politics, in a country which had always prided itself on keeping them apart?
The Nazis threw immense resources behind the German team for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, while the British Foreign Office still thought sport should be, ' a private affair between private individuals' free of government interference. However by the 1950's post war politicians began to think that physical recreation and games might be a cure for the general apathy and discontent of British youth as exemplified by the teddy boys, mods and rockers of the era.
Professor Tony Mason of The International Centre for Sport Culture and History at De Montfort University explains the importance of the 1957 Wolfenden Committee's report in broadening access to sporting facilities for all sectors of society.
Technical presentation: John Benton
Producer: Lucy Lunt.
SAT 00:30 Winifred Holtby - South Riding (b007jnp4)
Episode 15
Lydia finds a body. Headmistress Sarah Burton must make some decisions. Stars Sarah Lancashire and Philip Glenister.
SAT 00:45 Michael Holroyd - A Strange Eventful History (b015r2bd)
Episode 5
Suffering a stroke on stage, Henry Irving dies, but Ellen Terry battles on. Eleanor Bron concludes Michael Holroyd's biography.
SAT 01:00 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b00ryl05)
Series 2
Episode 1
Arthur Smith invites us into his Balham flat in south London for comedy, music and entertainment.
With his guests: John Hegley, Barbara Nice, Andrew Lawrence and Scouting For Girls.
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2010
SAT 01:30 Fry's English Delight (b00d8p82)
Series 1
Cliche
Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language.
Stephen looks at how cliche operates for both good and bad. A cliche crisis affected the writing of Flaubert, Joyce and Eliot and helped shape modern language and culture.
SAT 02:00 Charles Paris - Murder Unprompted (b0081lqq)
Episode 1
Simon Brett's thespian sleuth returns in a dramatisation by Jeremy Front.
A murder occurs backstage in a West End production.
Charles Paris ...... Bill Nighy
Frances ...... Suzanne Burden
Alex ...... Danny Webb
Maurice ...... Jon Glover
Lucy ...... Jemima Rooper
Val ...... Liza Sadovy
Paula Lexington ...... Rachel Bavidge
Mal Benson ...... Nitin Ganatra
Juliet ...... Tilly Gaunt
Miles/Intercom Voice ...... Thomas Arnold
Mugger/Fireman ...... Jot Davies
Directed by Sally Avens.
SAT 02:30 When Harry Met Sooty (b00759y9)
Comedian Jack Dee presents the rags-to-riches story of Britain's most famous glove puppet, created by Harry Corbett.
Featuring Harry’s wife Muriel and his brother Les.
With Sara Parker.
Producer: Sukey Firth
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998.
SAT 03:00 Edith Wharton - Madame de Treymes (b0089brw)
John Durham's fight for the woman he loves sparks a confrontation with a powerful and devious French family.
Anna Massey as Christiane de Treymes in Edith Wharton’s novella dramatised by John Peacock.
John Durham ...... Philip Voss
Narrator ...... Valerie Sarruf
Fanny ...... GwenHumble
Mrs Humble ...... Auriol Smith
Nanny ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Katey ...... Tara Dominick
Bessie Boykin ...... Elizabeth Kelly
Elmer Boykin ...... James Greene
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.
SAT 04:00 Four Stories by F Scott Fitzgerald (b0076f5l)
Three Hours Between Planes
Donald reunites with his childhood love Nancy and old emotions stir. However, memories can deceive. Read by John Sharian.
SAT 04:15 Ashes to Antarctica (b01pj1l1)
Antarctica: Setting off to scatter her husband's ashes, a widow discovers more than she bargained for. Stars Carolyn Pickles.
SAT 05:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00p8fk7)
Series 1
New House
Patrick and Stella find their dream house, but will the children scupper their move? Stars Duncan Preston. From September 2003.
SAT 05:30 Smelling of Roses (b00fd63v)
Series 4
Episode 5
Rosie had always thought the expression 'Celebrity Gardener' was a contradiction in terms...until she met Bernadette Gittings...
Another assignment for Rosie Burns and the event management company, where the clients are only part of the problem...
Rosie Burns …. Prunella Scales
Jo …. Rebecca Callard
Bob …. Duncan Preston
Tess …. Annette Badland
Brad …. Colin Stinton
Bernadette Gittings …. Suzanne Jameson
Crispin Garnett …. George Leyton
Mrs Thompson …. Mary Wimbush
Written and produced by Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2003.
SAT 06:00 James Baldwin 90th Anniversary: No Complaints (b04cfdhm)
If he had lived James Baldwin would have celebrated his 90th birthday today, 2nd August 2014. He died in 1987 aged 63.
The American novelist, playwright, poet and polemicist came to prominence during the 1950s and 60s, decades torn by the struggle for civil rights in America. Born into relative poverty in Harlem in 1924, Baldwin was a trailblazing explorer of race, class and sexuality in America in novels like Go Tell It On The Mountain (1953), Giovanni's Room (1956), Another Country (1962) and Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone (1968). After first visiting Paris in 1948, Baldwin eventually made his home in France. In 1984 Caryl Phillips - the future prize winning British novelist - met James Baldwin at his French home. Baldwin had become a mentor to the young writer and he allowed him to record an extraordinary interview with him - just three years before his death. It ranged from Baldwin's childhood and the realisation of his homosexuality, to his struggle against naked racism in America. Baldwin said whatever he had endured he had 'no complaints' - giving the programme its title - No Complaints - when it was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.
To mark the 90th anniversary Caryl Phillips returns to that interview, to record his thoughts and feelings about James Baldwin's legacy, and to introduce his own 2004 Radio 4 play: A Kind of Home - James Baldwin in Paris. A play inspired by Baldwin's fateful journey to Paris as a young, penniless, black, homosexual writer struggling to survive.
It was a struggle that helped create one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.
Made for 4 Extra. The producer was Peter McHugh.
SAT 07:45 Centurions (b007jxd8)
Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
Owen Knowles, Dr Robert Hampson and John Milius discuss paradox and moral ambiguity in the modernist classic, published in 1902.
SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b04cfdhr)
The British on Top of the World
Fellow climber Stephen Venables recalls Sir Chris Bonington's fraught but successful 1975 expedition to Everest. From 2005.
Mountaineering is a harsh, unforgiving but ultimately rewarding pursuit - Chris Bonington's 1975 excursion up the South West face of Everest was marred by two deaths, but captured the public's imagination. With significantly less technological advantages than present-day climbers, Chris Bonington's team were faced with numerous personal and environmental challenges. He kept an audio diary which helps piece together the team's progress.
Also a writer, photographer and engineer, Sir Chris Bonington has written 17 books and finally reached the summit of Everest in 1985 with a Norwegian expedition. He has been mountaineering since 1951, when he was 16 years old, and continues to this day.
SAT 09:00 James Follett's Men, Martians and Machines (b007jp32)
Novelist, playwright and screenwriter James Follett is nothing if not prolific - many of his dramas graced BBC Radio's schedules throughout the 1980s and 90s - most notably the Destruction Factor, The Light of a Thousand Suns and Earthsearch.
According to his website, he's one of the few English language authors published in China. Over 25 novels have made him one of the most borrowed authors in British libraries.
Over 3 hours, James introduces some of his own BBC radio highlights:
* The Devil to Pay
A car crash on a hot deserted road. A camper on hand to drag the driver from the wreckage. What's the story? Stars Derek Seaton. From 1979.
* The Man Who Invented Yesterday
Scientist, Sir Max is delighted when his experiments come to fruition. His most recent, however, takes him slightly by surprise... Stars Alan Rowe. From 1979.
* Destruction Factor - episode 1
Can a corporation's new plant strain mutation bring relief to famine stricken countries? Stars Paul Copley and Rosalind Adams. From 1978.
* Earthsearch I
Episode 2/10 First Footprint City
Heading for a home they've never known, the crew of starship Challenger must come to terms with shock news. Stars Sean Arnold. From 1981
* Earthsearch I
Episode 10/10 Earthfall
The crew locate an Earth-like planet, but the Angels are not beaten yet. Stars Sean Arnold, Sonia Fraser and Gordon Reid. From 1981
* Earthsearch II
Episode 1/10 Return
The Challenger crew's settled life on planet 'Paradise' is soon to be shattered. Stars Sean Arnold and Amanda Murray.
* The Bionic Blob
A "thing" from outer space helps a hapless private eye on Earth. Stars Sandra Dickinson and Ed Bishop. From 1979.
Producer: Martin Dempsey
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2003.
SAT 12:00 Queens of Noise - Omnibus (b04cfft4)
Get It On
It's 1989. All-girl band Velveteens are high on champagne and excitement as they sign their first record deal. Are they on the road to be wannabe flops or Top of the Pops?
In 2012, BBC Radio 2 broadcast a pilot music drama 'Shout to the Top', the brainchild of Jeff Smith with music industry veterans Louise Wener (Sleeper) and Roy Boulter (The Farm) drawing on their own experiences.
And so were born Velveteens, an all-girl band desperate to make it in the days before the digital revolution changed the music business forever.
Migrating to BBC Radio 4, this series picks up the story as the band signs to a major record company. Now sharing a flat and with only pennies in their pockets, the three young members of the band embark on a roller coaster ride on the road to who-knows-where. Calling the shots is their new manager, Sam Shephurst.
Omnibus of five episodes.
Sylvie ..... Samantha Robinson
Beth ..... Anneika Rose
Rain ..... Hannah Arterton
Sam ..... Joe Absolom
Christy ..... Clare Corbett
Alec ..... Damian Lynch
Richard ..... Matthew Watson
Music directors ..... Brian Rawling and Marky Bates
Director: Toby Swift
First broadcast BBC Radio 4 in July 2014.
SAT 13:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b04cfft6)
Ed McBain
Crime novelist Ed McBain tells Anthony Clare about his childhood and an intense lifelong commitment to writing. From 1998.
Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in depth interviews with prominent people from different walks of life.
Born in Dublin, author Anthony held a doctorate in medicine, a master's degree in philosophy and was a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. After becoming a regular on BBC Radio 4's Stop the Week in the 1980s, he became Britain's best-known psychiatrist and earned his own vehicle, In the Psychiatrist's Chair. Starting in 1982, this series ran until 2001 and also transferred to TV. Series highlights include conversations with Bob Monkhouse, Cecil Parkinson and Gerry Adams.
Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007.
SAT 14:00 The Goon Show (b00cghns)
Series 8
The Junk Affair
Neddie combs the world for junk, hoping to corner the market and make a packet. Stars Harry Secombe. From October 1957.
SAT 14:30 Dad's Army (b007jrnv)
Series 3
Ten Seconds From Now
The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon is set to take part in a secret worldwide radio broadcast.
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.
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
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
BBC Producer …. Frank Thornton
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1976.
SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b04cfdhr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 James Baldwin 90th Anniversary: No Complaints (b04cfdhm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:45 Centurions (b007jxd8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:45 today]
SAT 18:00 Mike Walker - Omega (b007jl75)
Building what is destined to be the world's tallest tower, civil engineer John Stone comes to question his very existence.
Mike Walker’s fascinating vision of the near future.
John Stone..........................David Calder
Kate........................................Penelope Wilton
Louise....................................Helen Longworth
Brandt...................................Philip Voss
Dr Mary Brown..................Sarah Jane-Holm
Harry.....................................Karl Prekopp
Music composed and played by David Chiltern
Director: Gordon House
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in February 2002.
SAT 19:00 James Follett's Men, Martians and Machines (b007jp32)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Vivian Stanshall's Radio Flashes (b04cfgqq)
Episode 1
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band singer Vivian Stanshall took to the airwaves of BBC Radio 1 on Saturday 14th August 1971.
Over 2 hours, re-live Vivian's mix of zany comedy and music - including his take on Dick Barton's radio serial "Breath from the Pit". Featuring drummer Keith Moon from The Who.
Vivian has previously featured on 4 Extra - thanks to his solo comedy 'Sir Henry at Rawlinson End', which originated as sessions for the John Peel Show on BBC Radio 1 in the mid-1970s.
With Chris Bowler. Produced by John Walters.