SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER 2014

SAT 00:00 Book at Bedtime (b00pwv3g)
Rebecca Stott - The Coral Thief
Episode 10
Dan Stevens reads from Rebecca Stott's love story, set in Paris in 1815 in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.
Lucienne's audacious plan is carried out, and Paris' subterranean quarries provide the backdrop for a vanishing act.
Abridged by Viv Beeby
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.
SAT 00:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion (b00jm2yn)
Sporting Gents - The Prince of Wales Plays Golf
The interior designer examines how sportswear has been men's fashion's single biggest influence since the French Revolution.
SAT 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b04cfvfs)
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Episode 5
After Sam has explored the shipyards of Holland, he and Elizabeth travel to Paris where Elizabeth enjoys buying fashionable gloves and hats. The difficult past year is forgotten and they are happy in each other's company. They go to the Palais Royal to see a play but soon afterwards Elizabeth begins to feel unwell. They return home where her sickness gets worse. Doctor Hollier is called but no remedy seems to help. Sam remembers the promise he made her, and calls a Priest. The concluding episode of this long-running series, adapted from the diaries 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
Production Co-Ordinator: Willa King
A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll.
SAT 00:45 Book of the Week (b007vglz)
Mark Edmundson - The Death of Sigmund Freud
Episode 5
Freud prepares for his final publishing success, and the return of a mortal foe - cancer. The great psychiatrist's last years, read by Anton Lesser.
SAT 01:00 Jest a Minute (b012h804)
Series 1
Episode 1
Justin Moorhouse, Jarred Christmas, Chris Corcoran and Jeremy Hardy star in Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz. From August 2006.
SAT 01:30 Pioneers (b01466cy)
Series 2
Shannon Murray
Actress Shannon Murray speaks to Clare English about becoming the UK's first high street disabled model and how she physically and psychologically rebuilt her life after a diving accident.
She explains how she's challenged some of the prejudices and misconceptions surrounding disability.
Producer: Philip Sime
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 2011.
SAT 02:00 Johan Theorin - The Darkest Room (b01bl2mf)
Episode 5
As a harsh blizzard descends, Tilda must face a desperate gun battle.
Johan Theorin's supernatural thriller concluded by Nigel Cooke.
Winner of the Crime Writer's Association International Dagger 2010.
Producer: Clive Brill
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Brill Productions and first broadcast in 2012.
SAT 02:30 Moving Pictures (b0076dfm)
Emrys Evans recalls the 1939 evacuation of the National Gallery's entire art collection. Faced with the threat of German bombs, the pictures were moved to Wales. From March 2003.
SAT 03:00 Classic Serial (b01m4c90)
Thomas Mann - Buddenbrooks
Episode 3
The final part of Thomas Mann's Nobel Prize winning story of a 19th Century merchant family struggling to keep pace with changing times. J Thomas and Gerda's son Hanno shows no aptitude for business, but may make a great musician.
Dramatised by Judith Adams with original music by Nico Muhly.
Technical presentation by David Fleming Williams
Produced and directed by Chris Wallis
An Autolycus Production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 04:00 Lost in the Lanes (b01msd4j)
Absent Without Eve
A third series of short stories written by writers new to radio.
Each year we set them within the environs of Brighton - Pier Shorts, Pavilion Pieces and this year the infamous Lanes of Brighton. More often than not the various journeys lead them beyond the winding Lanes of centuries past and into the Lanes of today, where the antique shops stand beside the more modern examples of what they would once have been, from treasures to cupcakes, and on, across roads, into the place of markets stalls and cafes, buskers and the vibrant life that is the North Laines.
Our first story, Absent Without Eve, is written by Lizzie Enfield. Read by Jan Ravens.
When their children left home, Eve imagined she and her husband David would be free to spend Saturday mornings wandering the North Laines together, sipping leisurely cappuccinos and browsing second hand bookshops. But David has other plans for himself and his recently acquired motorbike - plans that don't seem to include Eve.
Producer: Celia de Wolff
A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 04:15 Nick Warburton - Every Book in the World (b00771l3)
The real-life Victorian bibliomaniac, Sir Thomas Philipps, aimed to own a copy of every book in the world. But his mania came at a price.
A Victorian road movie, Nick Warburton's play is a study in obsession.
Stars Benjamin Whitrow as Sir Thomas Philipps, Lia Williams as Elizabeth Philipps and Peter Gunn as Herbert.
Director: Mark Smalley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
SAT 05:00 King Street Junior Revisited (b00jzy3h)
Series 3
Filling In
Supply teachers may come in all shapes and sizes, but, whichever, they’re invariably in short supply. But is King Street lucky to get Mrs Harper..?
School comedy created and written by Jim Eldridge. Ten series of this King Street Junior ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005.
Stars Carolyn Pickles as Mrs Devon, Marlene Sidaway as Miss Lewis, Michael Cochrane as Mr Maxwell, Teresa Gallagher as Miss Featherstone, Jacqueline Beatty as Miss Reid, Janice Acquah as Mrs Khan, Jillie Meers as Mrs Harper and John McCrea as Daniel.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
SAT 05:30 Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me (b0076hfh)
Series 1
Round Midnight
When an old musician friend turns up after 40 years abroad, Roy begins to smell a rat. Stars Ram Jam Holder. From October 2003.
SAT 06:00 Sherlock Holmes (b04lsjkv)
A Study in Scarlet
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Baker Street sleuth and Dr Watson meet for the first time.
When an American is found dead with no apparent injury inside an empty house, Inspector Gregson is puzzled. He consults a young gentleman with a brilliant mind - Mr Sherlock Holmes
Michael Hardwick's dramatisation of the detective mystery novel published in 1887.
Starring Robert Powell as Holmes and Dinsdale Landen as Watson. With John Hollis as Inspector Lestrade and Frederick Treves as Inspector Gregson. Produced by Robert Pine.
First heard on BBC Radio 4 in December 1974.
SAT 07:30 Yes Yes Yes (b007kvw5)
Series 2
Through Hell and High Water
John Rawling tells how 1976 Formula 1 champion Niki Lauda survived a bad crash to race against James Hunt in Japan six weeks later. From February 2001.
SAT 07:55 Inheritance Tracks (b010m3ql)
Jilly Cooper
The writer inherits Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony and passes on 'Something Good' from The Sound of Music.
SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b01s7v7b)
From Donald Winnicott to the Naughty Step
Seventy years ago the psychoanalyst and parenting expert Donald Winnicott first broadcast his idea of the 'good-enough mother'; the mother who wasn't perfect and was free, to some extent, to fail. From 1943-1962 he gave some 50 BBC broadcasts. Aimed directly at mothers, they had a profound impact on popular ideas about motherhood. Winnicott's pioneering talks came after the rigid, traumatising regime advocated by Frederick Truby-King - babies fed every four hours, left uncuddled in prams outdoors. Anne argues Truby-King is the spiritual father of the much discussed contemporary ideas of Gina Ford, of Supernanny and the naughty step.
By contrast, Winnicott believed that "It is when a mother trusts her judgement that she is at her best." In his work he took the radical step of talking to mothers directly through the radio.
Winnicott explained a baby's development in vivid, non-clinical language; he avoided exciting guilt or anxiety in 'the ordinary devoted mother' without access to help or therapy. He broadcast anonymously but received sacks of letters. When his talks were published, they sold over 50,000 copies, and influenced Dr Spock.
Winnicott invented a new language in which to talk about babies and with the help of the BBC he created a new way to talk to parents about parenting. His broadcasts touched on many subjects: stepparents, saying no, feeling guilty, the development of a child's sense of right and wrong, why babies cry, weaning, the baby as a person, and what we mean by a normal child.
His brilliance was to build up mothers by breaking down the idea of motherhood. By unburdening women of inherited notions of perfection he helped them to become better mothers. He argued that failing was in fact a necessary part of parenting, and through the failure of the parent the child realises the limits of its own power and the reality of an imperfect world. And he questioned the assumption that professionals always new better and broke taboos about parenting.
With a proliferation of parenting manuals and TV shows today, Winnicott's message seems to have been lost. Many parents and in particular mothers still feel guilty about not living up to an ideal for their children. Anne Karpf is argues that today mothers need Winnicott more than they ever did.
SAT 09:00 Peel Acres: John Peel Remembered (b04lstp5)
Jarvis Cocker remembers John Peel a decade after his death and talks to his wife Sheila Ravenscroft in their family home.
They look at his legacy in the form of the record collection which shaped the musical taste of the nation, now being put online.
Plus a visit to the John Peel Arts Centre in Stowmarket which, in the Peel tradition, is bringing fresh talent to the public.
Featuring:
* Desert Island Discs – John Peel:
Radio 1’s music guru John Peel looks back over his life and career sharing his castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From January 1990.
* Home Truths:
John Peel presents an edition of Radio 4’s series showcasing the extraordinary stories of ordinary people. From October 2004.
Broadcaster John Peel died on 25th October 2004 aged 65. He championed British music for nearly 40 years on his late-night Radio 1 show. His uncompromising encouragement of new talent transformed the face of music all the way from hippy to house. From 1998, he became the presenter of Radio 4's Home Truths until his death.
Producer: Harry Parker.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in October 2014.
SAT 11:30 Yes Yes Yes (b007kvw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 11:55 Inheritance Tracks (b010m3ql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today]
SAT 12:00 The Book of Strange New Things (b04lstqy)
Episode 2
Joe Armstrong, Hayley Atwell and Dougray Scott star in Miranda Emmerson's adaptation of the astonishing new novel by Michel Faber (Under the Skin, Crimson Petal and the White).
Set in the near future, it tells the story of Peter, devoted husband and devoted man of faith, as he is called to the mission of a lifetime, one that takes him galaxies away from his wife, Beatrice.
Peter has travelled to a far distant planet, called Oasis, where an enigmatic corporation called USIC have a base. He has been employed as Christian missionary to the native inhabitants - a gentle, peaceable community, who have welcomed Peter to their settlement and are eager to hear the teachings of the Bible, a book they call 'The Book of Strange New Things'.
Adapted for radio by Miranda Emmerson
Directed by Emma Harding
CAST
Narrator.....Dougray Scott
Peter.....Joe Armstrong
Beatrice.....Hayley Atwell
Grainger.....Kelly Burke
Oasan/ Tuska.....Mark Edel-Hunt
Jesus Lover Number One/ Severin.....Michael Bertenshaw
Jesus Lover Number Five/ BG.....Damian Lynch
Jesus Lover Number Four.....David Acton
USIC Psychologist.....Jane Slavin
USIC Doctor.....Elaine Claxton
Other parts played by members of the company.
SAT 13:15 Dickens Confidential (b01mtn2h)
Series 2
The Deal
Money talks as Charles Dickens battles to prove a timid doctor is not guilty of murdering his wealthy lover. Stars Dan Stevens.
SAT 14:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jpd9)
Pilot - Loyal Support
Originally un-broadcast pilot episode of the seaside saga of pier perpetuation, with Arthur Lowe's only appearance due to his subsequent death.
This sequel to 'Dad's Army' begins in 1948. Life post-Home Guard, sees Arthur Wilson now managing a bank and his former Captain and boss, George Mainwaring arrives in need of a loan...
Starring Arthur Lowe as Mainwaring and John Le Mesurier as Wilson.
Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, based on the characters originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
George Mainwaring ...... Arthur Lowe
Arthur Wilson ...... John Le Mesurier
Miss Baines ...... Josephine Tewson
Guthrie ...... Tmothy Alcock
Hunter ...... Anthony Sharpe
Rawlins ...... Dougie Brown
Man ...... Haydn Wood
To replace Arthur Lowe, the following full series was revamped to feature Dad's Army characters Hodges and Pike, played by Bill Pertwee and Ian Lavender, instead. The series was later adapted for ITV by Yorkshire TV.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in July 1981.
SAT 14:30 Marriage Lines (b04krq1d)
Series 1
The Threshold
Young, newlyweds Kate and George Starling find themselves locked out of their new flat.
Starring Richard Briers as George and Prunella Scales as Kate.
Richard Waring’s sitcom based on the mutual love and mistrust of two newlyweds. Originating on BBC TV, it ran between 1963-65 and was adapted in two series for BBC radio due to its popularity.
George ...... Richard Briers
Kate ...... Prunella Scales
Nora ...... Heather Chasen
Peter ...... Geoffrey Matthews
With John Baddeley, Norma Ronald and Philip Guard.
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1965.
SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b01s7v7b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Sherlock Holmes (b04lsjkv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00wv6cd)
Series 6
Tour Guide
After meeting a Tour Operator in the street whilst doing his daily chores, Arthur joins a Tour Bus giving guided journeys around the city - and is, as only Arthur can be, hugely disappointed with his experience.
Misunderstandings and misinformation abound, and after a stop to buy some pies from the market Arthur heads to the Shoulder of Mutton to talk through his annoyance at the day-so-far with Jack.
He comes up with a plan to develop his very own and much improved tours of the city and, not having a bus at his disposal, decides to conduct walking tours.
Whilst starting this new venture in earnest, Arthur's best-laid plans, as usual, don't quite go as he'd hoped...
Cast:
Count Arthur Strong ..... Steve Delaney
Woman/Market Trader/
Shop Assistant/Old Woman ..... Melanie Giedroyc
Tour Operator/Official/
Jack/Old Man ..... Dave Mounfield
Announcer/Tour Guide/
Man/Aussie ...... Alastair Kerr
Producers: Richard Daws, Mark Radcliffe & John Leonard
A Komedia Entertainment & Smooth Operations production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 18:00 Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis (b007k3xn)
Episode 3
Now a monstrous insect, Gregor strives to stay close to his family - but his father turns on him. Read by Benedict Cumberbatch.
PROMOTION NOTE
"When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous insect."
This shocking opening introduces one of the twentieth century's most famous stories.
Gregor's family react with horror at his bizarre transformation but their horror slowly turns to revulsion and then monstrous indifference as he is left to quietly waste away in his bedroom.
Metamorphosis was first published in 1912.
Benedict Cumberbatch reads this surreal classic in four parts.
Stage and screen actor, Benedict Cumberbatch was Bafta nominated for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in the BBC TV drama, "Hawking". Most recently he appeared in the TV dramatisation of William Golding's seafaring trilogy, "To The Ends of The Earth". He also won critical acclaim playing Hedda's husband, George, in last year's West End production of "Hedda Gabler".
Franz Kafka (1883-1924) ranks among the twentieth-century's most acclaimed writers. He is often cited as the author whose works best evoke the concerns and preoccupations of modern life. The world in his stories is portrayed as one in which the fantastic is entirely normal, the irrational is rational, and the unreasonable seems reasonable. As Ernst Pawel wrote in his biography of the writer, "Kafka articulates the anguish of being human."
Translated by Richard Stokes
(Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins).
SAT 18:30 William Golding - Lord of the Flies (b02x5lyj)
Fire On The Mountain
Ralph, Piggy, Jack and Simon are amongst a group of schoolboys who survive a plane crash and find themselves marooned on a deserted island.
With no means of contacting the world beyond, the boys come together in an attempt to initiate rescue and survive the surrounding perils. But as time passes, and memories of home grow faint, tensions mount and their unity and order is sorely tested.
First published in 1954, William Golding's classic fable of mankind's capacity for good and evil is one of the masterpieces of 20th Century literature, so much so that has it long ago reached the status of a cultural referent.
Judith Adams' four-part dramatisation captures the adventure, atmosphere and chilling undertones of Golding's tragic vision.
Ralph ...... Finn Bennett
Jack ...... Richard Linnell
Piggy Kaspe ...... Hilton Hille
Simon ...... Jack Kane
Maurice ...... Barney Herrin
Sam ...... Bradley Shedden
Eric ...... Tomi Fry
Roger ...... Edward Bracey
Bill, Henry ...... Gabriel Brody
Johnny, Littleun ...... Isaac Andrews
Woman ...... Stephanie Racine
Man ...... Ben Crowe
Voice ...... Ruth Wilson
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.
SAT 19:00 Peel Acres: John Peel Remembered (b04lstp5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 21:30 Yes Yes Yes (b007kvw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 21:55 Inheritance Tracks (b010m3ql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today]
SAT 22:00 Ross Noble Goes Global (b01cjg35)
Series 2
Adelaide
Ross travels to Adelaide in Australia and finds out it is a city of weirdness, in which men dressed in leotards wander the streets, and the locals all seem to be hiding something sinister.
A series of travelogues from comedian Ross Noble.
Producer: Danny Wallace
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
SAT 22:30 Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack (b012wjd5)
Series 2
Episode 2
The human chameleon's host of comic characters with a nonagenarian musical.
Multi-paced, one woman Fast Show showcasing the exceptional talent of Lucy Montgomery.
With:
Philip Pope
Sally Grace
Waen Shepherd
Natalie Walter
Written by Lucy Montgomery with additional material by Steven Burge, Jon Hunter, Fay Rusling and Barunka O'Shaughnessy.
Script Editor: Dan Tetsell
Music by Philip Pope
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011.
SAT 23:00 Tina C Goes Down Under: The Aborogynal Monologues (b00dzny2)
Canberra
Country singer and US presidential hopeful Tina C, the comic creation of Christopher Green, looks at the Australian obsession with country music.
Tina performs for the state opening of Parliament. However, problems arise when she finds out seconds before the gig that Waltzing Matilda is not the national anthem.
SAT 23:15 What to Do If You're Not Like Everybody Else (b014qnds)
Series 2
Home Making
Andrew Lawrence explores the perils and frustrations of decorating and furnishing our homes and then inviting people round.
More short comedic monologues taking a light-hearted look at various aspects of conventional living and the pressure we feel to conform to social norms and ideals.
Written by Andrew Lawrence.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011
SAT 23:30 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b00slshn)
Series 2
Normal Reality
Cartoonist Steven Appleby is only mildly surprised to be identified as the Earth's supreme being by alien civilisations throughout the universe.
But where does reality end and fantasy begin?
Paul McCrink stars as Steven Appleby with what he laughably describes as "insights into normal, everyday life".
With:
Rosalind Paul
Ewan Bailey
Nigel Betts
Rachel Atkins
Written by Steven Appleby
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003
SAT 23:45 iGod (b00x9xb8)
Procrastination
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 a different parallel world is accidentally wiped out by an ordinary bloke called Ian (Simon Day). With a full-range of sound effects and wonderfully funny and surreal twists, iGOD will be a true aural extravaganza.
In this episode, a parallel Earth is obliterated when a lazy Ian decides to take the afternoon off.
iGOD is a highly original and funny late-night comedy series. 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).
Ian ...... Simon Day
The Narrator ...... David Soul
Also starring
Rosie Cavaliero
Alex MacQueen
Dan Tetsell
Written by Sean Gray.
Producer: Simon Nicholls.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2011.