Tackling a case of treachery against his master, detective monk Brother Cadfael misses his friend Alard. Read by Nigel Anthony.
Eddie Mair tells the story of composer Lionel Bart, creator of Britain's most successful post-war musical, Oliver!
From the height of his dazzling fame in the 1960s, Bart endured a series of flops, leading to eventual bankruptcy, and he suffered serious health problems, including long battles with alcoholism and depression. He died aged 69 in 1999.
Eddie tells the story of this sensitive and troubled artist with the help of those who knew him intimately, including Tim Rice, Cameron Mackintosh, Miriam Karlin and Barbara Windsor.
Roy's efforts to make a video diary become tinged with paranoia. The thought police and Michael Buerk from TV's 999 infiltrate his fantasies.
Surprisingly, Jane finds herself feeling sorry for Roy and makes a gesture she lives to regret.
Series two of Tony Bagley's romantic comedy drama serial that mixes fantasy with reality.
Starring Martin Clunes as Roy Hitchcock, Geraldine James as Jane Gallaghan, Nicky Henson as Chad Mann, David Troughton as Colin, Rebecca Front as Mrs Churchill, Tilly Vosburgh as Marina and Alistair McGowan as God and Michael Buerk.
Clare has mysteriously abandoned her honeymoon and come back to work at Sparrowhawk Family Centre. The rest of the social workers have an unfortunate experience on a community project, and Brian struggles to enjoy a holiday on his own.
Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution.
A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Clare is in her 30s, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her.
Clare continually struggles to control both her professional and private life.
In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
Clare ...... Sally Phillips
Brian ...... Alex Lowe
Jill ...... Nina Conti
Petra ...... Nina Conti
Ray ...... Richard Lumsden
Helen ...... Liza Tarbuck
Libby ...... Sarah Kendall
Joan ...... Sarah Thom
Queenie ...... Hannah Gordon
Hazel ...... Hannah Gordon
Ben ...... John Norton
Producer: Alexandra Smith.
Tact, diplomacy and discretion are needed as the crew of HMS Troutbridge sets sail to France to collect an agent, but then Phillips gets lost...
Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as Number One, Richard Caldicot as Commander Povey, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson, Heather Chasen as Fifi, Michael Bates as Smythe and Tenniel Evans as AS Goldstein.
The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series on BBC Radio between 1959 and 1976.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and parodies.
Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by Eric Idle and Bill Oddie.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie.
Brian Johnston umpires as Willie Rushton and Stephen Fry battle Tim Rice and Rachel Heyhoe-Flint. From November 1991.
Nick Revell’s six-part comedy serial travels between the Andes, St Petersburg and a town in west Yorkshire, where Tony Hardstaff returns after a 10-year absence.
He encounters his 183-year-old father Obadiah, his Bronte obsessed ex-girlfriend and the Morris Dancing Survivalist Militia.
In this opening episode, Tony is seduced by the charms of the beautiful Natassia Fillipovna Karamazov and has to escape from the ruthless Russian mafia in St Petersburg.
Tony ...... Nick Revell
Natasha Fillipovna ...... Morwenna Banks
The Narrator ...... Alistair McGowan
Mrs Yepanchin ...... Joanna Brooks
Ivan ...... Jonathan Kydd
Sergei ...... Peter Gunn
Kropotkin ...... Peter Serafinowcz
Vladimir ...... Chris Pavlo
Other parts played by the cast.
Music composed by Paul Mottram.
When a murder takes place at a country-house party, it poses another baffling case for the glamorous Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn.
Dame Ngaio Marsh’s gentleman detective novel dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Starring Jeremy Clyde as CDI Alleyn.
Nigel Bathgate ...... Nick Waring
Angela North ...... Molly Gaisford
Sir Hubert Hansley ...... Donald Sinden
Arthur Wilde ...... John Moffatt
Marjorie Wilde ...... Dorothy Tutin
Rosamund Grant ...... Susannah Corbett
Doctor ...... John Hartley
Charles Rankin ...... Derek Waring
Sgt Bunce ...... Stephen Thorne
The Doll is a macabre and unsettling tale about a young man besotted by a young violinist, who in turn has a strange and haunting passion. The Doll is the title story of a newly published collection by Daphne du Maurier, and excitingly, is one of several recently re-discovered short fictions by the famous writer that have either never been published or have been out of print for decades. Written in the late 1920s when du Maurier herself was just twenty, The Doll reveals some of the dark themes that she explores in the novels that made her name.
Xhensila has lost a child. Leona has lost a child. The two women are very similar. They could not be more different. As Kate Clanchy's nailbiting and bitterly funny play uncovers the where, the how and the why of their missing children, we discover exactly why parenthood is not a fairytale.
The music accompanying the programme is sung by Sister Mildred Barker, from the collection 'Early Shaker Spirituals', published by Rounder Records.
In Office Hours is the new novel by Lucy Kellaway about men and women at work, and illicit love. Today, hard choices confront Stella and Bella.
The latest novel from the columnist, Lucy Kellaway, is a witty and sharply observed exploration of today's contemporary corporate world, and what happens when passions run high. The economist Stella Bradberry is at the top of her game, juggling a high powered career with motherhood. Bella Chambers is a bright and pretty single mother who was forced to drop out of college, and is working as a PA to make ends meet. Both women work for Atlantic Energy, a global oil company based in London, where risk taking is a way of life. When the Head of Press resigns unexpectedly, new opportunities and challenges open up for Stella and Bella, which ultimately lead them both to embark on obsessive and destructive affairs.
Readers: Haydn Gwynne has recently returned from Broadway where she was appearing in the award winning hit musical "Billy Elliot" after it transferred from London's West End. Award winning actress Lyndsey Marshal has most recently appeared on stage in "Three Days of Rain" and on television in "Being Human" and "Garrow's Law".
Writer: Lucy Kellaway is the "Financial Times" management columnist. She lives in London is is married with four children.
James Naughtie discovers how history has shaped the development of classical music. Across Europe in courts and great houses, music was beginning to celebrate the human as well as the divine. The Troubadours wrote songs of love, jealousy and betrayal.
Penelope Fitzgerald's novel of an English family in Moscow, adapted by Penny Leicester. The winter of 1913 finds Frank Reid, owner of a printing company, abandoned by his wife. Frank Reid is not being helped by his accountant, Selwyn. The English Chaplaincy has a scary resident and now a shop girl looks set to take on the nannying duties.
Narrator: Clare Higgins; Frank: Richard McCabe; Selwyn: David Bamber; Nellie: Jennifer Lee Jellicorse; Dolly: Charlotte Ellis. Other parts played by Sonia Ritter, Rachel Atkins, Samuel Barnet, Richard Bremmer and David Collins. Producer: Tim Dee.
Hampton Sides' compelling new book sheds fresh light on the assassination of Martin Luther King and the hunt for his killer, James Earl Ray.
Martin Luther King and Eric S Galt, aka James Earl Ray, both arrive in Memphis. It is April 3rd 1968. As King makes himself comfortable in the familiar surroundings of Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel, Galt installs himself in a boarding house opposite, with a clear view of the door of Room 306.
Read by Christian Camargo and Clarke Peters.
Abridged by Viv Beeby.
Produced by Emma Harding.
The book: Hellhound on his Trail was published in the UK on 3rd June 2010 by Allen Lane.
The readers: Christian Camargo is an American actor, probably best known for his role as Brian Moser in the Showtime drama series Dexter. He also appeared in the Oscar winning 2009 film, The Hurt Locker as head psychiatrist Lieutenant Colonel John Cambridge. In summer 2010, he is playing Ariel in the Bridge Project's production of The Tempest at the Old Vic Theatre, London.
Clarke Peters is an American actor, singer and director, who is probably best known for playing Detective Lester Freamon in the HBO drama series, The Wire. He also appeared in the second series of Damages. He has numerous West End and Broadway credits and was nominated for a Tony award for writing the book of the musical revue, Five Guys Named Moe.
A man starts having terrifying dreams in which he's plagued by a monstrous creature.
Yet - although hideously repellent - the parasite seems strangely familiar to him...
First published in 1953, Arthur C Clarke's tale is read by Nicholas Boulton.
Arthur C Clarke, along with Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov, are known as Science-Fiction's "Big Three". Their work was key to the 1950s and 60s being recognised as the genre's Golden Age.
Matthew Parris struggles to cross the finish line ahead of Amanda Brookfield, Hugh Rycroft and Hannah McDonald. From August 2004.
John Finnemore, writer and star of Cabin Pressure, regular guest on The Now Show and popper-up in things like Miranda and That Mitchell and Webb Look returns with half an hour of his own sketches, each funnier than the last. Although, hang on, that system means starting the whole series with the least funny sketch. Might need to rethink that. OK, it's a new show filled with sketches written and performed by John Finnemore, but now no longer arranged in strict order of funniness. Also, he's cut the sketch that would have gone first.
This week's show reveals the truth behind the war effort, sty construction, and evolution.
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is written by and stars John Finnemore. It also features Carrie Quinlan (The News Quiz, The Late Edition), Lawry Lewin (The Life & Times of Vivienne Vyle, Horrible Histories) and Simon Kane (Six Impossible Things).
The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Tom Wrigglesworth chats to Suzi Ruffell.
Arthur Smith invites an audience into his home in Balham, south London, for music and comedy.
Pippa Evans - as singer-songwriter Loretta Maine - lends a hand.
Posh privately educated teenagers Daisy and Maisie show prospective parents around their school.
Joanna Lumley visits her mother with a Christmas present and the Mona Lisa lets us into a secret.
Multi-paced, one woman Fast Show showcasing the exceptional talent of Lucy Montgomery.
With Philip Pope, Sally Grace, Waen Shepherd and Natalie Walter.
Written by Lucy Montgomery with additional material by Steven Burge, Jon Hunter and Joe Wilkinson.
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
THURSDAY 07 MAY 2015
THU 00:00 Arthur C Clarke Stories (b008h44x)
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18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Off the Page (b0076mzw)
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THU 01:00 Light on the Road to Woodstock (b007jqqs)
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THU 01:30 Talking about Lionel (b00fr715)
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THU 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b00sr4c1)
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THU 02:15 The Making of Music (b007mnr4)
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14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b00tys98)
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THU 02:45 Book of the Week (b00szv9b)
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14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (b0084j7z)
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THU 04:00 Trivia Test Match (b00w6c1v)
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THU 04:30 The House of the Spirit Levels (b007jr6k)
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09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Older Woman (b039gkz0)
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07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Clare in the Community (b03nt9vm)
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07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Ruth Rendell Stories (b007jrzf)
Paperwork
Cruelty and silence lead a man to confront his past in a house piled high with papers and secrets. Read by Russell Dixon.
THU 06:30 Brandreth's Pills (b00pdk2q)
Gyles Brandreth tells the tale of one of the most influential people you've never heard of - his great great grandfather, Benjamin. It's a story that takes us from Liverpool in the 1830s to New York, with a cast of hucksters, quacks, politicians, millionaires, and medics - not to mention the founders of tabloid journalism and mass advertising. Benjamin Brandreth set sail from Liverpool in 1835 with nothing. By the time of his death in 1887 he was a New York senator, a landowner, the owner of one of New York's biggest hotels, and one of the richest men in the country. He had invented the giant billboard, financed Gordon Bennett's yellow press and developed mass advertising. How? Brandreth's vegetable pills! They were a powerful laxative. Brandreth claimed they could cure almost anything, he spent a fortune on advertising, and people believed him.
Producer: Chris Bond.
THU 07:00 Tomorrow, Today! (b0124y8y)
Series 1
Dial M for Martian
Comedy series by Christopher William Hill, set in 1961. A BBC producer struggles to make a radio soap set in the unimaginably futuristic world of 2006.
Will Hugo give in to government manipulation to save his beloved show from cancellation?
Nigel Lavery ...... Peter Bowles
Sylvia Hann ...... Cheryl Campbell
Godfrey Winnard ...... John Fortune
Sir Angus McNairn ...... Gary Waldhorn
Hugo Kellerman ...... Joseph Kloska
Douglas Bennings ...... Jon Glover
Colin Franks ...... Paul Richard Biggin
Miss Pickford ...... Miranda Keeling.
THU 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b03lnzxk)
Series 9
The Bride of Auntie
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 discovers that he can put his extensive general knowledge to good use when he finally finds his niche and becomes a contestant on the Radio 4 seminal quiz 'What Do You Know'. Not only is his general knowledge excellent, but he's also being paid a fee to the grand sum of £43. Is his luck turning at last?
Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas
Produced by Dawn Ellis.
THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rdsv7)
Series 1
The Bird
Harold Steptoe is furious when his date Roxanne is late for dinner.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.
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 featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of 8 series on TV.
Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
Roxanne ...... Marion Stone
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966.
THU 08:30 Not in Front of the Children (b05t6kr1)
Series 1
An Older Man's Fancy
After Henry's behaviour at a party, Jennifer tries to be 'with it'.
The comedy mishaps of the Corner family: Jennifer and Henry and their three children Trudi, Amanda and Robin. Family sitcom, Not in Front of the Children originally ran for four series from 1967 to 1970 on BBC TV. Richard Waring adapted his own scripts for this radio version, now fully restored from the original reel-to-reel tapes.
CAST:
Jennifer …. Wendy Craig
Henry …. Francis Matthews
Mary …. Charlotte Mitchell
Trudi …. Roberta Tovey
Amanda …. Jill Riddick
Peter Harrison …. Richard Waring
Vanessa …. Carole Lorimer
Sheila …. Rosalind Adams
Dr Steele …. Ross Hutchinson
Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst
Producer: Trafford Whitelock
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1969.
THU 09:00 Who Goes There? (b0075z6w)
Series 4
Episode 5
Martin Young chairs the quiz which looks at the noteworthy and the notorious from history.
Tackling the biographical teasers are team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego with guests Gyles Brandreth and Sheridan Morley.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000.
THU 09:30 No Commitments (b007jn4l)
Series 5
Family Business
Worried Victoria takes action when daughter Emily decides to enrol at drama school. Stars Nicola Pagett. From July 1998.
THU 10:00 Simon Brett - The Furniture Play (b00p6c7z)
The speaking furniture in the flat of fledgling publisher Miles comments on his love life. Comedy starring Michael Maloney.
THU 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b010t7p2)
The Doll: Short Stories by Daphne du Maurier
The Happy Valley
The Happy Valley by Daphne du Maurier tells the story of a young woman who dreams of an eerie wilderness and a grand old house, and echoes her most famous book, Rebecca. In the story, the young woman starts a romantic relationship with a man and finds herself walking into the real landscape she has dreamed of...
The Happy Valley is selected from The Doll: Short Stories, the newly published collection by Daphne du Maurier. This includes several pieces recently rediscovered by an enthusastic devotee of the famous writer. The Happy Valley was originally printed in the Illustrated London News in 1932 but hasn't been published in a collection until now. Written early in her career these stories reveal the dark themes explored in the novels that made her name.
Reader: Hattie Morahan
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Lucy Collingwood.
THU 11:15 Charlotte Greig - The Confessions (b00s93p9)
When Luke 'acquires' a valuable sketch, he plans to make a killing. Contemporary art scam thriller. Stars Clive Standen.
THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rdsv7)
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THU 12:30 Not in Front of the Children (b05t6kr1)
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THU 13:00 Ruth Rendell Stories (b007jrzf)
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THU 13:30 Brandreth's Pills (b00pdk2q)
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THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00sr4c3)
Lucy Kellaway - In Office Hours
Episode 9
In Office Hours is the new novel by Lucy Kellaway about men and women at work, and illicit love. Today, Bella's hand is forced, and Stella is up for a prize.
The latest novel from the columnist, Lucy Kellaway, is a witty and sharply observed exploration of today's contemporary corporate world, and what happens when passions run high. The economist Stella Bradberry is at the top of her game, juggling a high powered career with motherhood. Bella Chambers is a bright and pretty single mother who was forced to drop out of college, and is working as a PA to make ends meet. Both women work for Atlantic Energy, a global oil company based in London, where risk taking is a way of life. When the Head of Press resigns unexpectedly, new opportunities and challenges open up for Stella and Bella, which ultimately lead them both to embark on obsessive and destructive affairs.
Readers: Haydn Gwynne has recently returned from Broadway where she was appearing in the award winning hit musical "Billy Elliot" after it transferred from London's West End. Award winning actress Lyndsey Marshal has most recently appeared on stage in "Three Days of Rain" and on television in "Being Human" and "Garrow's Law".
Writer: Lucy Kellaway is the "Financial Times" management columnist. She lives in London is is married with four children.
Abridged by Sally Marmion
Producer Elizabeth Allard.
THU 14:15 The Making of Music (b007mvlf)
Series 1
Burgundy
James Naughtie discovers how history has shaped the development of classical music. Philip The Good, the Duke of Burgundy funded great musicians Dufay and Binchois. They in turn were influenced by an English composer, John Dunstable. His style was imitated in the Burgundy court and gave music there ' an English countenance.'
Produced by Rosie Boulton, Sara Conkey and Lucy Lunt.
BBC Birmingham.
THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b00tz3yw)
The Beginning of Spring
Episode 4
Penelope Fitzgerald's novel of an English family in Moscow, adapted by Penny Leicester. The winter of 1913 finds Frank Reid, owner of a printing company, abandoned by his wife. Frank Reid is not being helped by his accountant, Selwyn. The English Chaplaincy has a scary resident and now a shop girl is taking on the nannying duties. Lisa, the new nanny, is too beautiful for Frank, even with her plaits cut off.
Narrator: Clare Higgins; Frank: Richard McCabe; Selwyn: David Bamber; Nellie: Jennifer Lee Jellicorse; Dolly: Charlotte Ellis. Other parts played by Sonia Ritter, Rachel Atkins, Samuel Barnet, Richard Bremmer and David Collins. Producer: Tim Dee.
THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b00szv9d)
Hampton Sides - Hellhound on His Trail
Racial Apocalypse
Hampton Sides' compelling new book sheds fresh light on the assassination of Martin Luther King and the hunt for his killer, James Earl Ray. In today's episode, as news of King's murder spreads, the USA prepares itself for widespread unrest. Meanwhile, Eric S Galt, aka James Earl Ray, is already making his escape north to Canada.
Read by Christian Camargo and Clarke Peters.
Abridged by Viv Beeby.
Produced by Emma Harding.
The book: Hellhound on his Trail was published in the UK on 3rd June 2010 by Allen Lane.
The readers: Christian Camargo is an American actor, probably best known for his role as Brian Moser in the Showtime drama series Dexter. He also appeared in the Oscar winning 2009 film, The Hurt Locker as head psychiatrist Lieutenant Colonel John Cambridge. In summer 2010, he is playing Ariel in the Bridge Project's production of The Tempest at the Old Vic Theatre, London.
Clarke Peters is an American actor, singer and director, who is probably best known for playing Detective Lester Freamon in the HBO drama series, The Wire. He also appeared in the second series of Damages. He has numerous West End and Broadway credits and was nominated for a Tony award for writing the book of the musical revue, Five Guys Named Moe.
THU 15:00 Simon Brett - The Furniture Play (b00p6c7z)
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THU 16:00 Who Goes There? (b0075z6w)
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09:00 today]
THU 16:30 No Commitments (b007jn4l)
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THU 17:00 Anything Legal (b008cxvk)
Episode 7
The do-it-yourself skills of Charles and George arouse the suspicions of their wives Marjorie and Hilary.
Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.
A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly
Charles ...... Donald Hewlett
George ...... Michael Knowles
Marjorie ...... Dilys Laye
Hilary ...... Norma Ronald
Theme music by Jim Parker
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.
THU 17:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b0124y8y)
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07:00 today]
THU 18:00 Arthur C Clarke Stories (b008h36w)
All the Time in the World
Professional thief Robert Ashton receives an unexpected visit... Time is altered so the world's treasures can be stolen - but who is behind it?
Arthur C Clarke's 1952 short story read by Nicholas Boulton.
Somerset-born author Arthur C Clarke (1917-2008) achieved his greatest fame in 1968 when his short story The Sentinel was turned into the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. His visions of space travel and computing sparked the imagination of readers and scientists alike.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
THU 18:30 Great Lives (b0076l8p)
Nelson
Explorer Benedict Allen chooses Horatio Nelson. With biographer Terry Coleman. Presenter Humphrey Carpenter. From April 2004.
THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rdsv7)
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08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Not in Front of the Children (b05t6kr1)
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THU 20:00 Ruth Rendell Stories (b007jrzf)
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THU 20:30 Brandreth's Pills (b00pdk2q)
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THU 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b010t7p2)
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THU 21:15 Charlotte Greig - The Confessions (b00s93p9)
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11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Party (b00r7l7j)
Series 1
Episode 1
A group of young idealists try to set up a brand new political party.
From the perils of electing a leader and choosing a party name through to the finer intricacies of Foreign and Environmental policy
Tom Basden’s sitcom satirises their ambitions, hypocrisy and naivety - based on his 2009 Edinburgh play which won a fringe first.
Simon ...... Tom Basden
Mel ...... Anna Crilly
Duncan ...... Tim Key
Jared ...... Johnny Sweet
Phoebe ...... Katy Wix
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.
THU 22:25 The Election Selection (b05w8mxp)
Episode 1
A night of political comedy to ease you through the election process. Andy Zaltzman chats to Jon Holmes.
THU 22:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00plzyg)
Series 5
Yes Count Arthur
Outraged by an optician's dispute, Arthur seeks high office in the council elections. Stars Steve Delaney. From January 2010.
THU 22:55 The Election Selection (b05w8mzg)
Episode 2
A night of political comedy to ease you through the election process. Here's some advice on storming an election - from an expert.
THU 23:00 Dave Podmore (b00sjvcl)
Dave Podmore on the Stump
Everyone remembers where they were when they heard the news that Dave Podmore had been elected MP for the hotly-contested marginal seat of Leicester Forest Services (East). Except Dave Podmore who, to be fair, had had a few.
Pod's had a lot on his mind. His attractive wife Jacqui is playing away with an Aussie ex-cricketer even more overweight than Pod; his dogs get turned away from a bed-and-breakfast by a seaside landlady who has no qualms about letting gays in to reorganize her table settings; and he urgently needs money to pay for the dogs' sumptuous new living quarters.
His faithful sidekick Andy points out that there's still money to be made as an MP, so Pod embarks on the long road to Westminster - starting by parking illegally on it outside the Town Hall.
Pod develops a political philosophy - he wants to see a world where no dogs have to be licensed, no patio heater is deemed environmentally unsound and where it's possible for the fly-tipper to walk without fear throughout this green and pleasant landfill.
All of this appeals to Hard Shoulder Man, Pod's core voters, and he's elected in a landslide. So how come he has to resign his seat three days later? And will Jacqui return? And could reality TV possibly come to the rescue and give us a dramatically satisfying ending?
Written by Christopher Douglas, Nick Newman and Andrew Nickolds.
Producer: Richard Wilson
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 23:25 The Election Selection (b05w8n15)
Episode 3
A night of political comedy to ease you through the election process. Andy Zaltzman chats to Angela Barnes.
THU 23:30 Henning Knows Best (b01dppfp)
Politics
Comedian Henning Wehn (German Comedy Ambassador to the United Kingdom) has spent over ten years living in the UK and feels he's in a good position to share his views on Britain and its unique foibles.
With a tongue sharper than a rapier sword, and searing Teutonic honesty, he shares his thoughts on what it is to be British. He takes a look at various aspects of British life over the next six weeks - class, languages, sport, humour, shopping - and he continues with British politics, sharing his views on the history of the parties, voting and Europe.
Each week he's joined by his musical companion, Otto Kuhnle - the Fatherland's foremost Yodelmeister - and a different guest. This week, it's the former football mascot, and now Mayor of Hartlepool, Stuart Drummond.
FRIDAY 08 MAY 2015
FRI 00:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jsvk)
Series 5
The Election Candidate
The electioneering lad battles to represent East Cheam in the Houses of Parliament.
Stars Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams.
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 March 1958.
FRI 00:30 Yes Minister (b007jl60)
Series 1
Open Government
Newly re-elected, MP Jim Hacker is summoned to the PM's office.
Jim learns from his chauffeur that the new St Edwards Hospital has 300 administrators, cooks and cleaners, but no doctors, nurses or patients. How can he cure it? As usual the Minister doesn't know his ACAS from his NALGO.
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn satirical sitcom ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984. Yes Minister is centred around the hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
Jim Hacker ...... Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby ...... Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard ...... Derek Fowlds
Annie Hacker ...... Diana Hoddinot
Frank Weisel ...... Bill Nighy
Sir Arnold ...... John Nettleton
Chief Whip ...... Edward Jewesbury
Nigel ...... Haydn Wood
Radio Presenter ...... Gordon Clyde
Newsreader ...... Bob Docherty
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1983.
FRI 00:55 The Election Selection (b05w8rqh)
Episode 4
A night of political comedy to ease you through the election process. Andy Zaltzman chats to Jon Holmes.
FRI 01:00 Radio Active (b05t7gjf)
Series 6
A Thodding By-Election Special
Expect no bias as Radio Active's Chairman Norman Tonsil stands as an Independent Candidate in the Thodding By-Election.
Starring Helen Atkinson-Wood, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, Philip Pope and Michael Fenton-Stevens.
Music by Philip Pope and Geoffrey Perkins.
Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins with John Canter.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986.
FRI 01:30 Absolute Power (b007t3kk)
Series 2
Episode 1
Prentiss McCabe try to save New Labour from total voter humiliation. Starring Stephen Fry and John Bird. From January 2001.
FRI 01:55 The Election Selection (b05w8ry1)
Episode 5
A night of political comedy to ease you through the election process. David Mills shares his thoughts.
FRI 02:00 Dead Ringers (b00762g2)
Election Special 2001
Tony Blair and William Hague lead the battle in the 2001 general election. Stars Jon Culshaw and Jan Ravens. From June 2001.
FRI 02:25 The Election Selection (b05w8s18)
Episode 6
A night of political comedy to ease you through the election process. Jonny and the Baptists play us a song.
FRI 02:30 The News Huddlines (b007kf4b)
As vote counting commences, Roy Hudd lampoons the candidates from Thatcher to Kinnock. With Chris Emmett. From June 1987.
FRI 02:55 The Election Selection (b05w8s48)
Episode 7
A night of political comedy to ease you through the election process. Andy Zaltzman chats to Angela Barnes.
FRI 03:00 The Party Line (b010p0pf)
Series 1
Episode 1
The frustrations of a backbench MP. Topical sitcom from Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. Starring James Fleet. From May 2005.
FRI 03:30 The Burkiss Way (b00gsb7z)
Series 2
Govern Britain the Burkiss Way
The comedy team sweep to a political landslide.
The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living from radio's Advanced Correspondence Course
With democratic instruction from Jo Kendall , Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris.
A proportionally representative script by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Ministerial production by Simon Brett.
Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1977.
FRI 03:55 The Election Selection (b05w8s71)
Episode 8
A night of political comedy to ease you through the election process. David Mills shares his thoughts.
FRI 04:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b00sts5b)
Series 2
Episode 1
Parish Council leader Mrs Roberts battles on with her village toll tax. Political satire with Jo Kendall. From July 1989.
FRI 04:25 The Election Selection (b05w8s90)
Episode 9
A night of political comedy to ease you through the election process. Jonny and the Baptists play us a song.
FRI 04:30 The Men from the Ministry (b0116gvp)
We All Make Mistakes
Sir Gregory decides it's time to take action over the bumbling bureaucrats...
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham.
Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.
'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in August 1971.
FRI 05:00 Political Animals (b01lv38q)
Series 1
Wilberforce
Wilberforce, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office 1973-1987, reflects on his life with Margaret Thatcher.
Starring Clive Swift.
The first in a series of four scurrilous talks given by well-known, if unreliable, Downing Street cats.
Tony Bagley assists each feline to relate their trials and tribulations under four different Prime Ministers.
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.
FRI 05:15 Political Animals (b01m179f)
Series 1
Humphrey
Notoriously photo-shy Humphrey was chief mouser to the Cabinet Office from 1989 to 1997.
With a robust vocabulary and a pretty earthy view of political life, he looks back on New Labour life at Number 10 under Tony Blair.
Starring James Fleet.
Series of scurrilous talks given by well-known, if unreliable, Downing Street cats.
Tony Bagley assists each feline to relate their trials and tribulations under four different prime ministers.
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.
FRI 05:30 Political Animals (b01m5nt0)
Series 1
Sybil
Sybil, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office 2007 to 2008, reflects on her troubled life with Gordon Brown.
Starring Tracy Wiles.
Series of scurrilous talks given by well-known, if unreliable, Downing Street cats.
Tony Bagley assists each feline to relate their trials and tribulations under four different prime ministers.
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.
FRI 05:45 Political Animals (b03ktz1b)
Series 2
Barney and George
Barney reveals how President George W Bush broke his heart by being unfaithful with a man called Tony.
Another unreliable dog's eye view of the trials and tribulations of living in the White House.
Written by Tony Bagley.
Director: Marc Beeby.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.
FRI 06:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008wf8j)
Series 1
Episode 1
Since graduation, Simon has hardly blazed a trail as a plodding Health and Safety executive, so why does his old Cambridge master Gilbert need him?
Following the death of one of its most prominent Dons, celebrity TV historian Peter Devanti - everyone at a Cambridge College gathers to attend the funeral. Simon, an ex-student and now disillusioned health and safety officer, starts wondering whether his death was not as straightforward as it at first appeared.
CAST:
Gilbert …. Geoffrey Palmer
Simon …. Samuel West
Patricia …. Rebecca Front
with Sharon Small, Michael Maloney, Jonathan Coy, Emily Wachter, Nicholas Boulton, Hugh Dickson, and Beth Chalmers
Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.
FRI 06:30 The Brixmis Story (b007nf6t)
They were unsung heroes of the cold war: some of the most effective gatherers of military intelligence behind the iron curtain.
But compared to the glamorous spies of MI6, the Brixmis officers were virtually unknown.
Jolyon Jenkins tells the story of the spies in uniform, who stole bit of Soviet military hardware and went through East German rubbish dumps in search of classified information.
Producer: Jolyon Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2007.
FRI 07:00 Lucky Heather (b0075rtm)
For a Few Dollars More
Just this side of nosey, Heather is western movie-mad. She's also the Sherlock Holmes of the rundown Sutter Estate.
With the aid of daughter Natalie and her boyfriend Ryan, she's determined to help her local community.
For starters, Heather tries to help a family with a sick child, but events take an unexpected turn...
Six-part sitcom by Sue Teddern
Starring Lindsey Coulson as Heather. ( Lindsey played Carol Jackson in BBC TV's EastEnders until 2015)
With Abigail Hart as Natalie, Ben Crowe as Ryan, Dearbhla Molloy as Maev, Tom George as Craig and Beth Chalmers as Lisa.
Director: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.
FRI 07:30 The Vote Now Show (b05s3sth)
Series 2
Episode 4
A series of election specials from the Now Show team. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by special guests to give their own unique take on the week's election shenanigans.
Episode four features Laura Shavin, John Robins, Ben Partridge, Deborah Orr and Adam Kay.
Producers; Alexandra Smith, Joe Nunnery and Rachel Wheeley.
Executive Producer Alison Vernon-Smith.
FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k4m9)
Series 4
The Bolshoi Ballet
The lad's hopes for a night of dance at London's Covent Garden don't quite go to plan.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1956.
FRI 08:30 Play It Cool (b05tbp4r)
Episode 6
Revealing tales of Hollywood and the life of William Shakespeare.
Fast-moving sketches starring Ian Carmichael, Joan Sims and Hugh Paddick.
Films like Private's Progress and I'm All Right Jack helped make Ian Carmichael a major star of both British stage and screen. Play it Cool was his first radio comedy series promising a variety of potty and pompous situations.
Written by Eric Merriman - best known for his work on Beyond Our Ken.
With music from Rosemary Squires, The Mike Sammes Singers and The Ken Thorne Orchestra
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1964.
FRI 09:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00jnlsm)
Series 1
Episode 6
James Walton's pop music history quiz with Tracey Macleod, Andrew Collins, Anthony Wilson and Richard Curtis. From January 2005.
FRI 09:30 On Baby Street (b00dp75j)
Series 1
Episode 1
Three women neighbours are set to discover the delights of parenthood. Stars Keith Allen and Kathy Burke. From January 1996.
FRI 10:00 Peter Tinniswood (b007jx5l)
The House Swap
Sid Fiedelman, a hard-drinking, award-winning American cartoonist, is sent by his editor to cast a satirical eye on Britain at the end of the millennium.
But Sid and his world-weary wife Alma are unprepared for what the small English village of Winterleaf Gunner has to offer...
Penelope Wilton, Peter Vaughan and William Hootkins stars in Peter Tinniswood’s drama.
Alma ...... Penelope Wilton
Sid ...... William Hootkins.
Ferns ...... Peter Vaughan
Edgar ...... John Hartley
Henry ...... Nigel Carrington
Director: Gordon House
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.
FRI 11:00 RK Narayan Stories (b01d98l5)
The Axe
If the old house remains intact, Velan's beautiful gardens will endure. But property developers gather. Read by Sam Dastor. From June 1991.
FRI 11:15 Graham Swannell - The Gift (b05tbrqz)
A young man, dying of an incurable disease, asks an old school friend to join him on a journey to the sun. Stars David Collings.
FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k4m9)
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FRI 12:30 Play It Cool (b05tbp4r)
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FRI 13:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008wf8j)
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FRI 13:30 The Brixmis Story (b007nf6t)
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FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00sr4c5)
Lucy Kellaway - In Office Hours
Episode 10
In Office Hours is the new novel by Lucy Kellaway about men and women at work, and illicit love. In the concluding episode, personally and professionally things unravel for Stella and Bella.
The latest novel from the columnist, Lucy Kellaway, is a witty and sharply observed exploration of today's contemporary corporate world, and what happens when passions run high. The economist Stella Bradberry is at the top of her game, juggling a high powered career with motherhood. Bella Chambers is a bright and pretty single mother who was forced to drop out of college, and is working as a PA to make ends meet. Both women work for Atlantic Energy, a global oil company based in London, where risk taking is a way of life. When the Head of Press resigns unexpectedly, new opportunities and challenges open up for Stella and Bella, which ultimately lead them both to embark on obsessive and destructive affairs.
Readers: Haydn Gwynne has recently returned from Broadway where she was appearing in the award winning hit musical "Billy Elliot" after it transferred from London's West End. Award winning actress Lyndsey Marshal has most recently appeared on stage in "Three Days of Rain" and on television in "Being Human" and "Garrow's Law".
Writer: Lucy Kellaway is the "Financial Times" management columnist. She lives in London is is married with four children.
Abridged by Sally Marmion
Producer Elizabeth Allard.
FRI 14:15 The Making of Music (b007mnr6)
Series 1
The Renaissance
James Naughtie discovers how history has shaped the development of classical music.The world was changing: in the Renaissance, man was well as God was celebrated in music and the arts. In Ferrara, Italy, Josquin Desprez wrote as mass that immortalised his patron, the Duke Ecole d'Este I. Missa Hercules dux Ferrariae was based on the syllables of the Dukes name.
Reader: Simon Russell Beale
Produced by Rosie Boulton, Sara Conkey, Lucy Lunt.
BBC Birmingham.
FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b00tzmqn)
The Beginning of Spring
Episode 5
Penelope Fitzgerald's novel of an English family in Moscow, adapted by Penny Leicester. The winter of 1913 finds Frank Reid, owner of a printing company, abandoned by his wife. Frank Reid is not being helped by his accountant, Selwyn. The English Chaplaincy has a scary resident and now a shop girl is taking on the nannying duties. Lisa, the new nanny, is too beautiful for Frank, even with her plaits cut off.
Narrator: Clare Higgins; Frank: Richard McCabe; Selwyn: David Bamber; Nellie: Jennifer Lee Jellicorse; Dolly: Charlotte Ellis. Other parts played by Sonia Ritter, Rachel Atkins, Samuel Barnet, Richard Bremmer and David Collins. Producer: Tim Dee.
FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b00szv9g)
Hampton Sides - Hellhound on His Trail
Breakthrough
Hampton Sides' compelling new book sheds fresh light on the assassination of Martin Luther King and the hunt for his killer, James Earl Ray. In today's episode, the FBI's manhunt for King's killer has made an exciting breakthrough - they now know that the real name of their prime suspect. But they first need to pursue him to London, where he is hiding out under another new identity - that of 'Ramon Sneyd'.
Read by Christian Camargo and Clarke Peters.
Abridged by Viv Beeby
Produced by Emma Harding
The book: Hellhound on his Trail was published in the UK on 3rd June 2010 by Allen Lane.
The readers: Christian Camargo is an American actor, probably best known for his role as Brian Moser in the Showtime drama series Dexter. He also appeared in the Oscar winning 2009 film, The Hurt Locker as head psychiatrist Lieutenant Colonel John Cambridge. In summer 2010, he is playing Ariel in the Bridge Project's production of The Tempest at the Old Vic Theatre, London.
Clarke Peters is an American actor, singer and director, who is probably best known for playing Detective Lester Freamon in the HBO drama series, The Wire. He also appeared in the second series of Damages. He has numerous West End and Broadway credits and was nominated for a Tony award for writing the book of the musical revue, Five Guys Named Moe.
FRI 15:00 Peter Tinniswood (b007jx5l)
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FRI 16:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00jnlsm)
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FRI 16:30 On Baby Street (b00dp75j)
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FRI 17:00 Lucky Heather (b0075rtm)
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FRI 17:30 The Vote Now Show (b05s3sth)
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FRI 18:00 Arthur C Clarke Stories (b007jvt0)
Before Eden
Scientists stationed on Venus battle to find signs of life, but what about the impact of their quest? Read by Tim Pigott-Smith.
FRI 18:30 My Life in Five Songs (b011d5sw)
Judy Collins
1/1 Judy Collins is an American singer and songwriter with a successful career spanning over fifty years.
Born is Seattle one of her early influences was her father Chuck who hosted his own radio show in Seattle and then in Los Angeles.
Judy enjoyed early chart success with Both Sides Now written by Joni Mitchell and Turn Turn Turn from the pen of Pete Seeger.
Known for her political activism she's participated in benefit concerts for many causes including civil rights, the Vietnam War protests and women's rights.
The show opens with Both Sides Now and Judy goes on to pick the following five tracks.
1: Diana Krall with Quiet Nights
2: In My Life by The Beatles
3: Gotta Sing High by Kenny White
4: Amy Speace with Weight of the World
5: The Stranger Song by Leonard Cohen
Phil also plays a little of Judy's version of Farewell to Tarwathie before closing the conversation with another of Judy's classic tracks, Chelsea Morning.
FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k4m9)
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FRI 19:30 Play It Cool (b05tbp4r)
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FRI 20:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders (b008wf8j)
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FRI 20:30 The Brixmis Story (b007nf6t)
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FRI 21:00 RK Narayan Stories (b01d98l5)
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FRI 21:15 Graham Swannell - The Gift (b05tbrqz)
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FRI 22:00 The Vote Now Show (b05s3sth)
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07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Victor Lewis-Smith (b05tbtwn)
Episode 1
Vacuum cleaners, Chinese takeaways and fatherly advice abound in the darkly comic world of Victor Lewis-Smith.
Award-winning controversial comedy surfaced on BBC Radio 1 in 1990 in the shape of Victor Lewis-Smith. The writer and producer took a comedy cudgel to the self-satisfied, mid-Atlantic style of the very network he was appearing on - with hoax phone calls, sketches, plus comic takedowns of high profile celebs. It's all deliciously sandwiched between the original jangly Radio 1 jingles made by JAM Creative Productions in Dallas, USA.
Winner of the British Comedy Awards 1990 for Best Radio Comedy.
After making 12 late night programmes for Radio 1, Victor took aim at TV in 1993 with BBC TWO's Inside Victor Lewis Smith, before sparking another stir on Channel 4 in 1998 with TV Offal.
Written by Victor Lewis Smith and Paul Sparks
Produced by Victor Lewis Smith
First heard on Radio 1 in March 1990.
FRI 23:00 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive (b007k03d)
Series 2
Episode 1
The comedy guru's radio drop-in centre examines croquet this week, and nothing else. With Clive Anderson. From June 2006.
FRI 23:30 Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter from Salford (b0076f1p)
Series 2
Security Bard
Romance is in the air with the Salford-based bard at a superstore - and the volunteer trainee poet is the security guard, Rod.
Sir Ralph sets out to use poetry to pep up Rod's love life...
Written by and starring James Quinn.
With:
Alison Darling
Tony Melody
Neil Bell
Jemma Thompson
Produced in Manchester by Graham Frost
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
FRI 23:45 I, Regress (b019fxbc)
Series 1
Episode 3
A dark, David Lynch-ian comedy, ideally suited for an unsettling and surreal late night listen. 'I, Regress' sees Matt Berry (The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, Snuff Box) playing a corrupt and bizarre hypnotherapist taking unsuspecting clients on twisted, misleading journeys through their subconscious.
Each episode sees the doctor dealing with a different client who has come to him for a different problem (quitting smoking, fear of water, etc). As the patient is put under hypnosis, we 'enter' their mind, and all the various situations the hypnotherapist takes them through are played out for us to hear. The result is a dream- (or nightmare-) like trip through the patient's mind, as funny as it is disturbing.
In this episode, Ms Taffgoon (Morgana Robinson) finds her appointment with Dr Berry to cure a fear of heights takes a strange path, taking in a talking pigeon (Derek Griffiths) and an interplanetary trip. And a field.
The cast across the series include Katherine Parkinson (IT Crowd), Morgana Robinson (The Morgana Show), Simon Greenall (I'm Alan Partridge), Jack Klaff (Star Wars, For Your Eyes Only), Tara Flynn (The Impressions Show, Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle), Alex Lowe (Barry From Watford, The Peter Serafinowicz Show), and Derek Griffiths (Playschool, Bod, and The Royal Exchange).
A compelling late night listen: tune in and occupy someone else's head!
Produced by Sam Bryant.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.