SATURDAY 09 AUGUST 2014

SAT 00:00 EM Forster - A Passage to India (b007jyv9)
Episode 15
As Dr Aziz makes his mind up about Cyril Fielding, he finds himself thinking about the late Mrs Moore. Read by Samuel West.
SAT 00:15 Centurions (b007jzjp)
Albert Camus: The Outsider
Ray Davison and Oliver Todd discuss the impact of the author's pioneering novel on post-war European thought and literature.
SAT 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b00mfkd2)
David and Caroline Stafford - Au Pairs
Episode 5
Comedy by David and Caroline Stafford about manners, morals, accidental chaos and heavy-duty childcare. The story follows the fortunes of two au pairs, Alvy from Ireland and Dorkia from Hungary, who bond over their mutual condemnation of modern parenting.
Major life changes beckon. If only Alvy and Dorika can get that vase off Louis' head.
Dorika ...... Anna Maxwell Martin
Alvy ...... Sharon Gavin
Directed by Marc Beeby.
SAT 00:45 Book at Bedtime (b009fspj)
Sadie Jones - The Outcast
Desecration
Increasingly alone and at odds with the world, self-loathing Lewis makes a dramatic gesture of despair. Read by Emma Fielding.
SAT 01:00 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b00s0hn9)
Series 2
Episode 2
Arthur Smith invites us into his Balham flat in south London for comedy, music and entertainment.
With his guests: Paloma Faith, Miles Jupp and Tom Wrigglesworth.
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2010
SAT 01:30 Fry's English Delight (b00lv1ln)
Series 2
So Wrong It's Right
Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language.
Stephen examines how 'wrong' English can become right English. For example, nowadays, more people use the word 'wireless' in a computer context than in a radio one. With help from a lexicographer, an educationalist, a Times sub-editor and a judge, Stephen examines the way in which usage changes language.
He applauds the council leader who claimed the services provided by her local authority should be seen as strawberry-flavoured and castigates attempts at banning government jargon like step change and synergy. Banning words is fruitless; he favours blue sky thinking, and strawberry flavouring.
SAT 02:00 Nick Warburton - Paradise (b04cpl74)
4 Extra Debut. Antonia swaps her City job for life in the country, but why is the cottage she wants so cheap? Stars Amanda Root and Liz Smith.
SAT 02:30 Up A Gum Tree (b0075kfc)
It's a health-giving, circulation-boosting, teeth-preserving, breath-freshening, digestion-aiding, brain-clearing, chest-developing, nerve-settling national past time. Love it or hate it, chewing gum is here to stay. But it turns out it's not only today's teenagers who munch on gum. The ancient remains of a gum buried with a stone-age teenager have also been discovered.
So just how long has chewing gum been around? Pete McCarthy takes you on a whirlwind tour of the bubblegum years.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
SAT 03:00 Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone (b01r81tv)
Episode 4
Determined to solve the mystery of the diamond, Blake makes a shocking discovery and sets up a re-enactment. Stars Paul Rhys.
SAT 04:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007tzqb)
The Professor's Daughter
Four-year-old Britta and her fearful imagination cause social embarrassment for Miss Jenner. Read by Emma Fielding.
SAT 04:15 John Pilkington - Apostle of Light (b00l6l5j)
Blinded in an accident in the early 19th century, Louis Braille aspires to improve the status of blind people. Stars Adam Godley.
SAT 05:00 After Henry (b007k280)
Series 2
Memory Games
'Mother, you are doing it again. You are defining us. And what's more, you are wrong. Henry was lovely and endearing, but he wasn't practical. He couldn't organise himself out of a paper bag.'.
Daughter Clare's trivia quiz helps Sarah with all her memories of late husband Henry.
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Sarah ...... Prunella Scales
Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson
Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Clare ...... Gerry Cowper
Miles ...... David Quilter
Quizmaster .... Graham Blockey
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1986.
SAT 05:30 Smelling of Roses (b00fh6w1)
Series 4
Episode 6
For Rosie Burns, life offers a fashion show, a potential romantic interest...and a parting of the ways.
A final 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
Henry …. Benjamin Whitrow
Reggie …. Rowland Davies
Written and produced by Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2003.
SAT 06:00 Emlyn Williams - The Corn Is Green (b04d0kl1)
Scene: Glansarno, a small village in a remote Welsh countryside.
Time: a period of three years in the latter part of the 19th century.
Teacher Miss Moffat is determined to win local miners over to her English ways in this semi-autobiographical work by Emlyn Williams.
Cast - Miss Moffat: Gladys Young. Morgan Evans: Richard Burton. Welsh folk songs sung by boys from Aberdare County School.
Adapted for broadcasting by T Rowland Hughes. Produced by PH Burton.
First broadcast on Saturday Night Theatre - BBC Home Service 27th January 1945.
SAT 07:15 Alex Shearer - Play Chopsticks for Me (b04d0kl3)
The Great Stromberg is a great piano teacher, but his student begins to suspect that he may be a fraud. Read by Jonathan Keeble.
SAT 07:30 Yes Yes Yes (b00t2y92)
Series 1
The Great Escape
John Rawling relives the final day of football's 1998/99 season, as Carlisle United battled Scarborough to stay in Division Three.
SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b04d0kl5)
In the Dark Tower - Louis MacNeice at the BBC
4 Extra Debut. Poet Paul Muldoon recalls a fellow Belfast wordsmith who innovated radio production, loved rugby and drank hard. From January 2007.
SAT 09:00 The BBC Tour (b04d0kl7)
Savoy Hill, Broadcasting House, Lime Grove, TV Centre, Maida Vale and Bush House are just some of the iconic BBC buildings brought alive by Nick Baker in this fascinating tour of the archives from 1922 to the present.
After the Queen opened the new extension to London Broadcasting House in 2013, regular guided public tours took place. Sculptor Eric Gill's statue of Prospero and Ariel over the 1932 art deco front entrance sparked controversy over part of the latter's anatomy. BBC buildings have made news ever since.
The BBC's first home in Savoy Hill was described by DG Lord Reith as a miserable sort of place, but for ten years it broadcast a variety of talks and even some agonisingly slow Wimbledon commentaries.
Lime Grove in Shepherd's Bush was bought by the BBC in 1949 to temporarily house its fledgling TV service, but it remained in use for 42 years. Ludovic Kennedy shares its history.
BBC TV Centre is recalled by perhaps the most celebrity vox pop ever assembled.
Cerys Matthews visits the BBC music studio in Maida Vale.
Terry Waite returns to Bush House, former home to BBC World Service which sustained him during his Lebanon captivity.
Members of the public experience the BBC Broadcasting House tour (discontinued in 2016) and BBC Head of History Robert Seatter shares all the facts.
Producer: Merilyn Harris
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Testbed and first broadcast in August 2014.
SAT 12:00 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus (b04d0kl9)
1669
It is 1669, and Sam's affair with his maid has weakened his marriage. Can his wife Elizabeth ever trust him again? Stars Kris Marshall and Katherine Jakeways.
SAT 13:10 Inheritance Tracks (b04dq55n)
Jennifer Saunders
Comedian Jennifer Saunders chooses the Q5 theme by Spike Milligan, and Kate and Anna McGarrigle's song 'Talk to Me of Mendocino' sung by Kate and her children Rufus and Martha Wainwright.
SAT 13:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b04d0klc)
Zoe Wanamaker
Actress Zoe Wanamaker opens up to Anthony Clare about her childhood, upbringing and relationship with her parents.
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.
First broadcast on Radio 4 in October 1998
SAT 14:00 The Navy Lark (b04cg41q)
Bunging Up
A lost toothbrush sparks chaos amongst the crew aboard HMS Troutbridge.
Tenniel Evans as the Admiral, Michael Bates as the Commander and Lawrie Wyman as AS Tiddy.
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
The Admiral ...... Tenniel Evans
The Commander ....... Michael Bates
AS Tiddy ...... Lawrie Wyman
Written by Lawrie Wyman.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1969.
SAT 14:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqv4)
Series 3
How to Succeed in Business The Burkiss Way
"It's That Script Again!" with fast-talking old-time radio comedy fun - and at the Council Planning Committee, will Satan eat a cucumber or offer a million pound bribe?
Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett.
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Producer: John Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977.
SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b04d0kl5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Emlyn Williams - The Corn Is Green (b04d0kl1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:15 Alex Shearer - Play Chopsticks for Me (b04d0kl3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SAT 17:30 John Shuttleworth's Lounge Music (b04c9xd3)
Series 1
Leee John of Imagination
Aspiring singer/songwriter John Shuttleworth has been posting audio cassettes of his "finest songs to date" to pop stars throughout the land, in the hope that someone would record his material. But all to no avail.
However, the BBC has very kindly given John a series and asked him to invite pop stars to bring their music to his Sheffield home. So it is that Chas and Dave, Heaven 17, Toyah Willcox and Leee John find themselves in John's lounge having tea with wife Mary, being flirted with by Mary's friend Joan and hassled by John's agent Ken Worthington, as they try and perform not only one their greatest hits but more importantly, one of John's.
It's the last show in the series this week but John is feeling a little stressed despite the fact all the jingles are recorded. John's final guest is Leee John from Imagination who's a very busy man involved with charity work, singing, acting and making a documentary - and John is worried that Leee is doing too much and should take things a bit easy. Maybe they could take a trip to the reservoir to check the levels as that's a very relaxing thing to do?
But Leee has been working since the age of 13 and is still full of energy so he's ready to sing one of John's songs, and indeed one of his own. As Leee prepares to sing Body Talk, John settles down to listen and by the end of it feels quite relaxed. But things get tense once more as Ken tries one last desperate attempt to woo a star to his stable. Will Leee be interested? And will Ken finally get to present the item Ken in the Konservatory?
Also, there are top tips on the telephone from Anita Harris.
Written and Performed by Graham Fellows with special guests Leee John and Anita Harris.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
A Chic Ken production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 18:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jmb4)
Series 1
1. The Voice from Nowhere
"It all began many Earth years ago during the summer of 2010..."
A routine trip to the moon turns into a nightmare in space for Captain Saxon Berry and his crew.
Starring Barry Foster and Nicky Henson.
Charles Chilton's intergalactic adventure in six-parts.
Captain Saxon Berry …. Barry Foster
Lemuel ‘Chipper’ Barnett …. Nicky Henson
Magnus Carter …. Nigel Stock
Lauderic Sincere …. Tony Osoba
with Wendy Murray and Teresa Stretfield
Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' with the adventures of Captain Jet Morgan. First broadcast years before the first moon landing, this fired the imagination of millions, It was the last radio drama to record higher ratings than the new young upstart - television!
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1984.
SAT 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jwq5)
Series 2
Unaccompanied
Edna tries to make sense of a reality without Undone. Are the gaps closed?
Staring Alex Tregear and Ben Moor.
Series 2 of Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga about a magazine editor called Edna Turner who enters a parallel world where her version of London is replaced with the city of Undone.
Edna Turner ...... Alex Tregear
Tankerton Slopes ...... Ben Moor
Billy ...... Duncan Wisbey
Voodoo Electrician ...... Nitin Ganatra
Grant ...... Tim Key
Other parts played by the cast.
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Radio Comedy and first broadcast in January 2008.
SAT 19:00 The BBC Tour (b04d0kl7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Vivian Stanshall's Radio Flashes (b04d0ksp)
Episode 2
Music, comedy and Keith Moon, courtesy of Britain's greatest eccentric. Including more from Colonel Knutt.
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band singer Vivian Stanshall took to the airwaves of BBC Radio 1 on Saturday 21 August 1971.
Over two hours, relive 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.