SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2014

SAT 00:00 Book at Bedtime (b00x57pb)
Daphne du Maurier - Jamaica Inn
Episode 10
Book at Bedtime: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier.
Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths
Tamsin Greig reads the final episode of Daphne Du Maurier's dark and intriguing gothic tale. Mary has returned to Jamaica Inn after seeking help to bring her violent Uncle and his associates to justice. After discovering both her Uncle Joss and Aunt Patience murdered, she has been offered refuge in the vicarage while the assailant is tracked down. But Mary soon finds herself on the run and has to make a life-changing decision.
Producer: Alison Crawford.
SAT 00:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved (b00mq5tg)
Episode 10
Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this mysterious area.
Tom concludes his rigorous investigation into the mysteries of the Triangle by visiting Bermuda itself. The extraordinary experiences of local fishermen and treasure divers seem at odds with the empirical evidence collected by oceanographers, air traffic controllers and air sea rescue officers. So where does the truth lie?
A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b01mqr4r)
The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 6
Episode 5
As the deaths from plague begin to go down at last, London starts to recover - though there are few boats on the river. Following the English victory over the Dutch, Sam is in the running for some of the prize goods taken from the East India Ships - but bad feeling over the division of the spoils results in Lord Sandwich being sent away to Spain. The year ends with Sam and Elizabeth at a wedding and looking forward to returning to their home in Seething Lane when the plague is finally over. Adapted by Hattie Naylor.
Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, words by Robert Herrick and music by William Lawes, sung by Bethany Hughes. Lute, baroque guitar and theorbo played by David Miller. Violin and viol by Annika Gray, and recorders by Alice Baxter. Historical consultant: Liza Picard
Sound by Nigel Lewis
A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll.
SAT 00:45 Book of the Week (b01qzctq)
Andrew Solomon - Far From the Tree
Episode 5
The time-worn adage says that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, meaning that a child resembles his or her parents. The children described in this book are apples that have fallen elsewhere - some a couple of orchards away, some on the other side of the world. Yet myriad families learn to tolerate, accept and finally celebrate children who are not what they originally had in mind.
Andrew Solomon introduces us to families coping with deafness, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, and disability - as well as families who have children who are prodigies, who are gay, or who become criminals.
While each of these characteristics is potentially isolating, Solomon documents the repeated triumphs of human love and compassion to show that the shared experience of difference is what unites us.
Episode 5 (of 5):
Different kinds of families are constructed or conceived in different ways - just as some children choose to identify with a gender other than the one they were born into. Andrew Solomon is married to his partner John and they are happily involved in the parenting of four children, all with differing family circumstances.
Read by Kerry Shale
Abridged and produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 01:00 The 99p Challenge (b00nnpzc)
Series 2
Episode 4
Crazy panel show capers as host Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, Mel Giedroyc, Peter Baynham and Richard Herring.
The game where someone stands to leave the studio 99p richer than when they came in.
Producer: David Tyler
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000.
SAT 01:30 Pioneers (b00xngf6)
Series 1
Ian Ritchie
Ian Ritchie on the World Wide Web and how he pioneered the very first web browser. Despite this breakthrough, he reveals the missed opportunity that could have made him millions.
He explains to Clare English about some of the reasons why he passed up on this once in a life time opportunity.
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 2011.
SAT 02:00 Guy Meredith - Mad, Bad (b007jvvk)
Two self-obsessed writers clash over rival biographies about Byron - communicating via answerphone. But could it be turned to their advantage?
Starring Anna Massey as Isobel and Bill Nighy as Rob.
With Anna Nygh as Lisa, Nicholas Courtney as Professor Bellini and Ian Michie as the Taxi Driver.
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
SAT 02:30 The Internet: The Last 20th-Century Battleground (b04hkj0y)
Episode 1
4 Extra Debut. In 1999, Douglas Adams offered his vision of a digital future with a global explosion in communication from a virtual world.
SAT 03:00 Owen Holder - Alice's Friend (b04hkk1m)
When 84 year old Alice employs Len as her chauffeur, a genuine friendship gradually develops between them.
But Alice's son and daughter don’t approve, thinking Len’s after the old woman's money. Even Len's wife and family begin to resent the amount of time he gives her...
Owen Holder’s drama stars
Alice ...... Joyce Carey
Enid ...... Pauline Letts
Len, ...... Harold Goodwin
Charles ...... David Gooderson
Muriel ...... Jean Trend
Donald ...... Spencer Banks
Robert ...... Stephen Garlick
Phyllis ...... Theresa Streatfeild
Mr Hampton ...... Owen Holder
Writer: Owen Holder
Pianist: Neil Rhoden
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1982.
SAT 04:00 Winifred Holtby - Why Herbert Killed His Mother (b018sr28)
Very beautiful as a baby, Herbert turns out to be a very different adult. Short story read by Anna Massey.
SAT 04:15 Drama (b00mx8rh)
Nancy Harris - Love in a Glass Jar
Love In A Glass Jar
By Nancy Harris
Eve and Patrick are two strangers who have been chatting on a dating website. They've agreed to meet face to face in a hotel room in order to carry out an unofficial sperm donation. They both know why they're there. But do they know what they want?
Eve.....Niamh Cusack
Patrick.....Lorcan Cranitch
Seamus Kenny.....Stephen Hogan
Producer Steven Canny.
SAT 05:00 After Henry (b007jnwh)
Series 2
The Other Married Man
"I can tell when she's being deceitful. There's an expression that comes into her face. I remember when she was only two and she cut all Rosie's hair off."
Sarah tries keeping her affair secret, but her mother Eleanor can sniff out deceit.
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
James ...... Edward de Souza
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 September 1986.
SAT 05:30 Bangers and Mash (b0075hby)
Episode 6
The toffee tin with half the company profits is missing. With only three days to go, can the two-and-a-half grand be collected in time?
Conclusion of the six-part comedy series by Katie Hims.
Stars Roger May as Juan, Catherine Harvey as Martina, Gerard McDermott as Jimmy, Jane Whittenshaw as Carol and Mark Straker as Kingsley.
Director: Catherine Horn
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.
SAT 06:00 Jane Beeson - Lea and Renata (b04htc67)
4 Extra Debut. When Renata walks out on 30 years of domestic responsibility, her daughter Lea gives up her own independence. Stars Anna Massey.
SAT 07:30 Yes Yes Yes (b007kvtw)
Series 2
Mind Games in Mill Street
John Rawling returns with another six-part series looking back at some of sport's greatest finishes. This edition recalls the dramatic night in 1995 when Steve Collins challenged Chris Eubank for the WBO Super-Middleweight Championship - a fight which almost didn't take place, thanks to a hypnotist.
SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b01465z9)
A Tribute to Robert Robinson
We all know Robert Robinson as the chairman of such broadcasting classics as Ask the Family and Brain of Britain but in a career spanning many decades, he also made travel programmes, Points of View, the Today programme and Stop the Week which ran on Radio 4 from 1974 to 1992. In Archive on 4: A Tribute to Robert Robinson, Laurie Taylor takes a look at the life and work of one of Britain's broadcasting legends in the company of some of the former contributors to Stop the Week; Ann Leslie, Matthew Parris, Sarah Harrison and Nick Tucker. There are also contributions from Will Wyatt, Victor Lewis-Smith and Hunter Davis and a wealth of archive that reveals a complex man, a consummate wordsmith and one of the first TV celebrities.
SAT 09:00 The Spike Show: Milligan Remembered (b01chydc)
Recorded at the office where they worked together, Spike Milligan's agent and friend, Norma Farnes remembers the life and work of the comic genius. Featuring:
* Vivat Milligna: A Twenty-One Goon Salute (24/12/2002)
Denis Norden trawls through the archives to tell the story of his friend, Spike's career, and sometimes uneasy relationship with the BBC.
* In the Psychiatrist's Chair: Spike Milligan (25/09/1982)
The writer and comedian tells Professor Anthony Clare about the profound impact of shell shock on his mental health.
* Spike's Fleas Knees and Hidden Elephants (25/12/1995)
Spike Milligan reads some of his magical poems, in his own inimitable style.
* The Goon Show: Fear of Wages (6/03/1956)
Ignoring a telegram about Japan's surrender, Neddie Seagoon and company are still at war. Stars Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Max Geldray and Wallace Greenslade.
* Spike Milligan: The Serious Poet (6/11/2011)
In this award- winning documentary, Spike's three daughters, Sila, Laura and Jane discuss how their father's serious poetry reflected his life and personality.
Producer: Sarah Wade
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2012.
SAT 12:00 Queens of Noise - Omnibus (b04htzyy)
Rip It Up
With Top of the Pops behind them, the all-girl band Velveteens are heading for the USA. Stars Samantha Robinson.
SAT 13:15 Baldi (b007k4v9)
Series 4
Shelter
The priestly sleuth links the murder of a homeless man in a Dublin squat with the history of art. Stars David Threlfall.
SAT 14:00 The Navy Lark (b00v3vry)
Series 1
The Comfort Fund
Captain Povey is auditing the unit accounts, and there is a big surprise for Heather.
Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Dennis Price as Number One, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Bates as Commander Shaw, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson and Tenniel Evans as Goldstein.
The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series on BBC Radio between 1959 and 1976.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1959.
SAT 14:30 Parsley Sidings (b007k122)
Series 2
The Purity League
Things look tricky for railway porter, Percy Valentine following station master, Horace Hepplewhite's morality drive.
Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace Hepplewhite, Kenneth Connor as Percy and The Vicar, Liz Fraser as Gloria and Ian Lavender as Bert.
With Douglas Blackwell, Mark Rogers, Michael Elwick, Haydn Jones and Gordon Clyde.
Jim Eldridge's eponymous series set in a sleepy railway station.
The Hepplewhites have run 'Parsley Sidings' station for generations and the current Station Master, Horace, hopes his son Bert will continue the line. Mild-mannered Ticket Clerk Bert wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, Station Announcer Gloria Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter Percy Valentine is an archetypal wheeler-dealer and the ancient Signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made remedies in equal measure. The 'Parsley Sidings' nemesis is Phineas Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop down the line.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1973.
SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b01465z9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Jane Beeson - Lea and Renata (b04htc67)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Chain Reaction (b013gfnh)
Series 7
Kevin Eldon interviews Mark Steel
Chain Reaction is Radio 4's tag-team interview show. Each week, a figure from the world of entertainment chooses another to interview; the next week, the interviewee turns interviewer, and they in turn pass the baton on to someone else - creating a 'chain' throughout the series.
Kevin Eldon is a writer and actor for whom it would probably be quicker to list the brilliant programmes he's not been in than those he has - which include Brass Eye, 15 Storeys High, Spaced, Look Around You, Black Books, Big Train, World of Pub, Jam, I'm Alan Partridge and Attention Scum!. He also wrote and starred in Radio 4's Poets' Tree, in character as the Islington poet Paul Hamilton, and is the singer in Beergut 100.
Mark Steel has presented a range of his own programmes on Radio 4, from The Mark Steel Solution, The Mark Steel Revolution, The Mark Steel Lectures to, most recently, the Sony Silver Award and Writers Guild Award-winning Mark Steel's In Town. He also occasionally appears in programmes that don't have his name in the title, such as The News Quiz.
SAT 18:00 Richard Matheson - Duel (b007jwll)
Episode 1
The driver of a huge truck plays deadly games with an innocent motorist.
Classic tense thriller by American sci-fi novelist, screenwriter and principal writer of 'The Twilight Zone', Richard Matheson (1926-2013).
Adapted by Steven Spielberg for the big screen in 1971, Duel is also a cult film.
Read by Nathan Osgood.
Producer: Vivien Rosenthal
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2006.
SAT 18:30 Ursula K Le Guin - The Diary of the Rose (b00ncgg3)
Episode 1
The political awakening of psychiatrist Rosa Sobel. Ursula K Le Guin's award-winning powerful tale set in the near future. Read by Laurel Lefkow.
SAT 19:00 The Spike Show: Milligan Remembered (b01chydc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed (b018gr0v)
Series 1
Episode 2
Someone's been Kidnapped... Yikes! Join DS Nick Mohammed and co. for the antithesis to We Need To Talk About Kevin.
Written & performed by Nick Mohammed, with Anna Crilly, Colin Hoult, and special guests Peter Dickson and Kae Alexander.
Produced by Victoria Lloyd.
SAT 22:30 Les Kelly's Britain (b01753jn)
Episode 2
Les Kelly hosts a magazine show from hell. Les is a cross between Jeremy Kyle and a slap in the face. He claims this is the only radio show for 'normal, decent people'.
Les meets Britain's first firm of emergency yodelers, a woman whose claim to fame is that she can walk backwards, and a man with such an embarrassing medical condition that Les refuses to have him on the show.
Starring Kevin Bishop as Les Kelly.
With:
Alan Francis
Pippa Evans
Laurence Howarth
Anthony Spargo
Written by Bill Dare and Julian Dutton.
Producer Bill Dare.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.
SAT 23:00 The Mark Steel Solution (b007k2jk)
Series 4
Pessimism
The radical comedian explains why life is getting harder, and proposes how we can all fight back. With Peter Sinclair and Maria McErlane. From September 1996.
SAT 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews (b04kf179)
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats to Al Lubel.
SAT 23:30 Ida Barr: Artificial Hip Hop (b00txj0l)
Responsibility
Ida Barr is a music hall singer who has embraced hip hop and rap, reflecting the cultural diversity of London's East End, where she has been living in retirement for several decades.
With her genuine love of talking to people, Ida sets out investigate a new topic in each episode, creating a unique brand of music-hall, hip-hop fusion with beat boxer Shlomo.
Ida’s first topic is "Responsibility".
Written by and starring Christopher Green as Ida Barr.
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.
SAT 23:45 iGod (b00wr7v2)
Food
iGOD is a highly original and funny new late-night comedy series for Radio 4. It stars Simon Day (The Fast Show) and David Soul (Starsky & Hutch) and is written by one of the head writers of the BAFTA award-winning The Thick Of It, Sean Gray and produced by Simon Nicholls (Ed Reardon's Week / News At Bedtime).
We all worry about the end of the world, as economists and environmentalists speak in apocalyptic terms everyday. iGOD says that trying to predict the end of the world is as pointless as moisturising an elephant's elbow.
In each episode, an unnamed, all-seeing narrator (David Soul - Starsky and Hutch) shows us that it is stupid to be worrying, as he looks back at some of the most entertaining apocalypses on parallel Earths. Each week our case study is a normal bloke called Ian (Simon Day) who manages to accidentally initiate the apocalypse of a different parallel world through a seemingly harmless single act (telling a lie, being lazy, cooking some lambshanks). A succession of comic vignettes ensue that escalate to the end of a parallel world.
With a full-range of sound effects and wonderfully funny and surreal twists, iGOD will be a true aural extravaganza.
Written by Sean Gray
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.