SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2017

SAT 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b008pc0b)
Guards! Guards!, Episode 5"That dragon isn't going to accept any mealy-mouthed, wishy-washy liberal nonsense.... Do you know what you're getting with a dragon? Unashamed strong leadership."
The dragon strikes. But will Captain Vimes triumph?
First published in 1989, the 8th of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Discworld.
Dramatised in six parts by Michael Butt.
Starring Martin Jarvis as the Narrator, John Wood as Captain Vimes, Melvyn Hayes as Nobby, Stephen Thorne as Sergeant Colon, Helen Atkinson-Wood as Lady Ramkin, Robert Gwilym as Carrot, Crawford Logan as Lord Vetinari, Brett Usher as Supreme GrandMaster, Jeff Nuttall as Chief Merchant , Michael Roberts as the Librarian and Kate McEnery as the girl.
Director: John Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.
SAT 00:30 Soul Music (b05qgcgv)
Series 20, HallelujahLeonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' took him years to write. It originally had as many as 80 verses. Recorded for his 'Various Positions' album, it was almost ignored when first released in 1984. Only Bob Dylan saw its true worth and would play it live. John Cale eventually recorded a version which was heard by an obscure musician called Jeff Buckley.
The song has been covered by hundreds of artists including Rufus Wainwright, kd lang and Alexandra Burke.
We hear from those whose relationship with the song is deep and profound: singer Brandi Carlisle listened to it over and over again as a troubled teenager; it became a sound-track to James Talerico falling in love and Jim Kullander made a connection with the song after the death of his wife.
SAT 01:00 Paul Temple (b037j7m0)
Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, Virginia van CleevePart 5 of a new production of a vintage serial from 1946.
From 1938 to 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and his glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. Sadly, only half of Temple's adventures survive in the archives.
In 2006 BBC Radio 4 brought one of the lost serials back to life with Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson as Paul and Steve. Using the original scripts and incidental music, and recorded using vintage microphones and sound effects, the production of Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery aimed to sound as much as possible like the 1947 original might have done if its recording had survived. The serial proved so popular that it was soon followed by three more revivals, Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery, Paul Temple and Steve, and A Case for Paul Temple.
Now, from 1946, it's the turn of Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, in which Paul and Steve go on the trail of the mysterious and murderous Mr Gregory.
Episode 5: Virginia van Cleeve
A sinister shop in the East End may hold a vital clue.
Producer Patrick Rayner
Francis Durbridge, the creator of Paul Temple, was born in Hull in 1912 and died in 1998. He was one of the most successful novelists, playwrights and scriptwriters of his day.
SAT 01:30 The Ice Mountain (b01g65gs)
This haunting soundscape follows the journey of a fictional iceberg as it travels south into the North Atlantic after calving from a glacier in Greenland. One hundred years ago RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic, and more than 1500 people died as a result of this collision. As a result, the International Ice Patrol (I.C.P.) was formed to monitors the ice conditions near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and warn mariners of the dangers that icebergs present to safe navigation. Since the formation of the I.C.P. no ship which has heeded their warnings has struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Narrated by Adjoa Andoh and with sound recordings by Chris Watson, the ICE MOUNTAIN follows the journey of an iceberg; from creation to destruction and recalls the events which led up to the sinking of RMS Titanic. Each spring, huge numbers of icebergs set off on a 'one way migration' south. How far they travel and in which direction depends on their size, shape, wind direction and strength, currents and tides. During their journey the most astonishing groans, creaks and growls can be heard as they heat up in the sun, crack and melt or roll around in the waves. Writer and broadcaster Tony Soper describes how birds including Glaucous gulls and Kittiwakes, will use them as places to roost and fish. This in turn will attract killer whales which feed on small fish like Capelin. But for mariners, icebergs are to be avoided. One of the most dangerous aspects is that most of the body of the berg is below the surface. About 1/10th is above water and the rest below. "There's nothing, almost nothing you can do to control its behaviour, to determine what it's going to do, and it is just a force of nature."
Producer Sarah Blunt.
SAT 02:00 Helen Dunmore - The Betrayal (b00wgzvb)
We Always Find Them OutThere are rumours about Gorya's health. As Anna and Andrei are given a warning to try to get out of Leningrad, is it already too late to escape the tightening noose?
Helen Dunmore's sequel to 'The Siege' read by Sara Kestelman.
Set ten years on, the starvation and bitter cold of the war years of Leningrad have been replaced with fear and suspicion. City residents do their best to keep their heads down and their lives unremarkable in an era of accusations, arrests and the midnight knock at the door.
Helen Dunmore (1952-2017) was the writer of 12 novels and 10 poetry collections winning several accolades for her work.
Abridged by Sally Marmion
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
SAT 02:15 Student Bibles (b0075nvl)
A History of ArchitecturePhilippa Budgen examines the Banister-Fletcher textbook, used at some point by every architect to check facts or to prop up a drawing board.
SAT 02:30 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xj958)
The WeddingThe Queen proposes to her husband of choice. Drama based on letters and diaries. Stars Imogen Stubbs.
SAT 02:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kb9kv)
Colm Toibin - Brooklyn, The Melting PotNiamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life in New York in the 1950s.
As Bartocci's opens its doors to all customers, whatever their colour, Eilis fights the prejudice of her fellow lodgers. Even at Father Flood's Irish dance night, not everyone is Irish.
SAT 03:00 Anthony Trollope - The Pallisers (b007jwj9)
Episode 12Lady Glencora's children must choose between duty and love. Will the family be reconciled? Stars Sophie Thompson.
SAT 04:00 The Motion Show (b0075rh9)
Series 1, Episode 2Dr Phil Hammond chairs the debating game. With Steve Punt, John O'Farrell, Derek Draper and Rhona Cameron. From October 1998.
SAT 04:30 After Henry (b007k18q)
Series 1, GossipRumours abound - as Sarah and her mother unwittingly conspire together.
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.
Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, Benjamin Whitrow as Russell, Gerry Cowper as Clare and John Nettleton as the Vicar.
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 May 1985.
SAT 05:00 Hazelbeach (b0082dtq)
Series 1, WineReturning to England, Nick's life descends into surreal chaos when he discovers the mysterious Ronnie Hazelbeach living in his late Dad's house.
Caroline and David Stafford's comedy stars Jamie Forman as Ronnie, Paul Bazely as Nick, Tracy Wiles as Chloe and John Dougall as James.
Producer: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007.
SAT 05:30 Mr Muzak (b094hm69)
Series 1, We've Only Just BegunRichie Webb stars as performance shy cocktail pianist Nigel Penny.
Nigel Penny's attempts to live his life in the background are thwarted by the surprise arrival of his entrepreneurial half-brother, Pav (Paul G Raymond). Pav hooks Nigel up with desperate wannabe singer Rachel (Jess Robinson) and strong-arms the pair onto the books of his fledgling entertainment agency.
With a gig at a Carpenters-themed wedding on the horizon, Nigel has to contend not only with his job at an Italian Restaurant run by a probably-not-an-actual-Italian, but also with Pav's mysterious new Ukrainian friend, Stan (Dave Lamb), and some disturbing news about his new musical partner.
Directed by Jim North and Matt Katz
Written and Produced by Richie Webb
A Top Dog production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 06:00 Horace Walpole - The Castle of Otranto (b04mcf8m)
When Prince Manfred's only son is killed on the morning of his wedding, he decides to marry the bride himself - but the castle ghost seems to be standing in his way.
Horace Walpole's 1764 novel is a dark tale of duplicity and dynastic rivalry in medieval Italy. It's said to be the first ever gothic novel, becoming extremely popular in the 18th and 19th centuries - and the inspiration to authors like Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker and Edgar Allan Poe.
Starring David Burke as Father Jerome, Sylvestra Le Touzel as Princess Isabella, Gerard Murphy as Prince Manfred, Alphonsia Emmanuel as Princess Hippolita, Susannah Corbett as Princess Matilda and Patrick Robinson as Theodore.
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Original music by Andy Roberts.
Director Chris Wallace
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.
SAT 07:30 The Story of Flowers in the Rain (b007zmn7)
"And good morning everyone. Welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio One".
Tony Blackburn recalls the story behind the controversy around the first 45 rpm single that he played on his brand new breakfast show on BBC Radio 1 on Saturday 30th September 1967 - The Move's 'Flowers in the Rain'.
Little did Tony know as he spun the record, that thanks to an infamous PR stunt to promote it, the band were to be sued for libel by the then Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
Tony takes us through the controversial story with two of the original band members Trevor Burton and Bev Bevan.
A Tinderbox production for BBC Radio 4 - first broadcast in September 2007.
SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b04pr1w2)
Art School, Smart SchoolBrian Eno, Grayson Perry and others reflect on the state of the art school.
British art schools have produced some of the world's most successful artists, designers, filmmakers and musicians. Britain has built up a strong reputation for creativity around the world and politicians are interested in capitalising on our creative brand.
Brian Eno was at art school at a particularly exciting time. In the sixties, art colleges were independent and experimental; students were challenged to rethink what art and art education were about. Brian relates his memories of Ipswich College of Art under the radical educationalist Roy Ascot, and reflects on the importance of this experience. But he also sounds a warning note - he says art schools are under huge pressures and the effects are threatening creativity.
This programme brings together artists, musicians, art tutors and archive recordings to explore the last half century of art education and the state of Britain's art schools today.
We hear the perspectives of high profile figures in art and design - Grayson Perry, Richard Wentworth, Eileen Cooper, Peter Kindersley, and Jay Osgerby to name a few.
Britain depends on its art schools if it's to sustain its reputation for creativity. But are art schools becoming too much like universities and excluding those very people who will produce the innovations of the future?
Produced by Isabel Sutton
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 09:00 The Golden Age of American Radio (b095tv33)
The decades between the end of the silent film era and the rise of TV, were golden years for the medium of radio in America. In this three hour special programme, Toby Hadoke will introduce some classic radio shows from the 1930s, 40s & 50s to the 4 Extra audience for their very first broadcasts on British radio. The radio work of established stars such as Joan Crawford, Jack Benny and Vincent Price will feature, as well as some lesser known, but no less important shows from the time.
The Golden Age of American Radio will feature:
Vincent Price in an episode of The Saint called The Horrible Hamburger from 1950
The Columbia Workshop presents Meridian 7-1212 by Irving Reis from 1939
An episode of The Jack Benny Program from 1950 in which Jack Give 50 cents to a Bum
Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury, dramatised for X Minus One in 1956
A 1946 polemic from Jack Webb for One Out of Seven - Senator Theodore Bilbo
Joan Crawford stars in The Ten Years on Suspense in 1949
(And listen out for the first radio appearances of two Hollywood legends in the days before they were famous).
SAT 12:00 The 99p Challenge (b007jw52)
Series 3, Episode 5Crazy panel show capers as Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, Peter Baynham, Armando Iannucci and Nick Frost. From August 2001.
SAT 12:30 Our Man at Wembley (b0075j2s)
Episode 2As the FA Cup final looms, will budding commentator Eric Halliday get inside the stadium? Stars Alistair McGowan. From June 1998.
SAT 13:00 Just a Girl: Omnibus (b095tvpy)
News of a petition about Amy breaks. The continuing journey of a 13-year-old transgender teenager. Starring Cassie Campbell.
SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b095tw0v)
Engelbert HumperdinckSinger Engelbert Humperdinck chooses 'Harbour Lights' by The Platters and 'The Living Years' by Mike and The Mechanics.
SAT 14:15 Pam Ayres' Open Road (b007kfq8)
Series 2, JerseyPam's on the largest Channel island to learn about black butter, visit an underground hospital and try unusual cake.
Poet and raconteuse, Pam Ayres is back on the open road, visiting nine more places in Britain to hear tales from the people who live there.
Producer: Jill Marshall
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 2001.
SAT 14:45 Peter Tinniswood - Tales From the Backbench (b0076181)
Tales From the Backbench - Series 1, The Great SnitcherIneffectual and forgetful MP, Sir Plympton Makepeace recalls his one great hero - and his own dalliance with a Russian spy whose antecedents were definitely not Soviet...
Starring Leslie Phillips.
Written by Peter Tinniswood.
Producer: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b04pr1w2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Horace Walpole - The Castle of Otranto (b04mcf8m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 The Story of Flowers in the Rain (b007zmn7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 18:00 The Twilight Zone (b00h6v32)
Series 2, The ChaserA lovesick suitor buys a guaranteed love potion from a mysterious soul - a love potion that works all too well...
Robert Presnell Jr's TV script based on John Collier's short story adapted for radio by Dennis Etchison
Starring Stephen Tobolowsky, Michele Graff, Roderick Peeples, JoBe Cerny, Doug James, Jeff Lupetin, Carl Amari, Roy Millonzi, Meg Thalken, Jennifer Litterio, Linda Reiter, Peggy Roeder and Craig Harris.
Stacy Keach (best known here as US TV detective Mike Hammer) takes Serling's original TV role as narrator.
Created by Rod Serling, cult sci-fi and horror series 'The Twilight Zone' was first broadcast in the USA on CBS from 1959 to 1964 and electrified the new medium of television.
Armed with a licence from CBS and the Serling estate, Carl Amari's slick adaptions are based on the original TV scripts - adapted from 2002 as a 40-minute radio drama series, with a full cast, music and sound effects.
Produced and directed by Carl Amari for the Falcon Picture Group.
SAT 18:40 James Follett - The Pentworth Trilogy (b007jsky)
The Silent Vulcan, Episode 2In a new development, the town of Pentworth's mystery wall appears to have vanished at Sister Mary's cottage. Detective Sergeant Mike Malone continues to keep the whereabouts of Ellen, Vikki and Claire secret from cult leader Adrian Roscoe. Meantime the morning starts quietly...
After a UFO crash landed, the Sussex town of Pentworth was cut off by a mysterious invisible and impenetrable wall.
'The Silent Vulcan' is the final book in James Follett's sci-fi trilogy of the same name.
Read by Nigel Anthony.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2004.
SAT 19:00 The Golden Age of American Radio (b095tv33)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 The Mark Steel Lecture (b007jlw6)
Series 2, Lord ByronThe comic examines the life and times of the 'mad, bad and dangerous to know' Romantic poet. From March 2001.
SAT 22:30 The Jason Byrne Show (b01g7nry)
Series 2, HolidaysThe award-winning comic tackles the stress of going on holiday. With Laurence Howarth and Daisy Haggard. From August 2009.
SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b096n571)
Danielle Ward 2/2From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith chats to Danielle Ward.
SAT 23:00 Mark Thomas: My Life in Serious Organised Crime (b007760g)
Stories from comedian Mark Thomas's campaign against the Serious Organised Crime and Policing Act that requires anyone wishing to protest around the Houses of Parliament to obtain a police permit. Thomas has done exactly that; hundreds and hundreds of times.
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2007.
SAT 23:30 Two Episodes of Mash (b01mx27s)
Series 2, Episode 4In Episode 4: Diane, Joe and David have to do 30 minutes of community service as punishment for their crimes against radio.
You can see an animation by Tom Rourke on the Radio 4 website: www.bbc.co.uk/radio 4.
Credits: Diane Morgan, Joe Wilkinson, David O'Doherty, Aled Jones, Paul Harry Allen, Bobbie Pryor and Gary Newman.
Producer: Clair Wordsworth.

SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2017

SUN 00:00 The Twilight Zone (b00h6v32)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:40 James Follett - The Pentworth Trilogy (b007jsky)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:40 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Just a Girl: Omnibus (b095tvpy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b095tw0v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday]
SUN 02:15 Pam Ayres' Open Road (b007kfq8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday]
SUN 02:45 Peter Tinniswood - Tales From the Backbench (b0076181)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Saturday]
SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 (b04pr1w2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Horace Walpole - The Castle of Otranto (b04mcf8m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 The Story of Flowers in the Rain (b007zmn7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xlw19)
Omnibus, part 1The reflections of the young Victoria as she turns sixteen...
Scripted by Juliet Ace, based on the letters and diaries of the young Queen Victoria, this portrait of her younger life and the happy years of her marriage, reveals some of the remarkable and long-lasting achievements of this extraordinary queen.
Starring Imogen Stubbs as Victoria.
With Anna Massey as the Duchess of Kent, Adrian Lukis as Prince Albert, Selina Cadell as Baroness Lehzen, John Rowe as Sir John Conroy/MP/Lord Aberdeen, Christopher Cazenove as Melbourne, Andrew Wincott as WAG/Prince Ernest/Page/Anson/Cubitt, Terence Edmond as William IV/Stockmar/Peel, Thomas Arnold as the Prince of Wales Bertie/Paxton, Clare Corbett as Princess Vicky/Helena and George Allonby as Prince of Wales Bertie as a child.
Producer: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
SUN 07:15 Tessa Hadley - Deeds Not Words (b03b6s40)
Tessa Hadley's short story 'Deeds Not Words' tells how two teachers at the same girls' school follow very different paths during the troubled years of the early 20th century. The reader is Harriet Walter
The girls at St Clement's School had been swept along by crazes before. Like the time when automatic writing from the subconscious was the fashion, or that phase when everyone devoured the novels of Marie Correlli. But this time, it's the radicalism of the Suffragette movement that has everybody talking, and girls are pinning pictures of the Pankhursts inside their desk lids, and distributing angry pamphlets. Whilst the smouldering English teacher Laura Mullhouse acts as a beacon for their fervour, the Latin Mistress Edith Carew has baser needs. But both of their paths lead them in unexpected directions.
Producer: Sarah Langan.
SUN 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00h34d1)
Series 4, Coach TripSpoof reminiscences of a former variety star. Count Arthur Strong is an expert in everything from the world of entertainment to the origins of the species, all false starts and nervous fumbling, poorly concealed by a delicate sheen of bravado and self-assurance.
After an attempted coach trip to Bridlington goes terribly wrong, Arthur decides the only way out of a sticky situation is to go 'native'.
With Steve Delaney, Mel Giedroyc, Dave Mounfield and Alastair Kerr.
SUN 08:00 Life With the Lyons (b014gp01)
Three Blind DatesThe Lyon family have to entertain father Ben's boss - but will they all get along?
Starring real-life American family: Ben Lyon and his wife Bebe Daniels and their children, Barbara and Richard.
With Doris Rogers as Florrie, Molly Weir as Aggie, Horace Percival as Mr Wimple, Richard Bellaers, Gwen Lewis, Dennis Arundell and Bob Block.
Life With The Lyons was one the BBC's most popular radio sitcoms between1950 and 1961. It was also adapted for BBC TV.
Written by Bebe Daniels, Bob Block and Ronnie Hanbury.
BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1955.
SUN 08:30 A Life of Bliss (b04cfpy2)
The FlatDavid Bliss prepares to move back into his flat, but with warnings from Tony ringing in his ears.
Starring George Cole as David Bliss, Diana Churchill as Ann, Colin Gordon as Tony, Percy Edwards as Pysche the dog and Sarah Lawson as Maxine.
Godfrey Harrison's sitcom about bashful, bumbling bachelor David Alexander Bliss began in 1953 on the BBC Home Service and ran for six series of 118 episodes concluding in 1969 when a TV series was made. Sadly only 6 radio episodes survived in the BBC archive.
For the first 7 episodes, David Tomlinson played David, but the rest starred the future star of The St Trinian's films, destined to find great fame as the dodgy Arthur Daley in ITV's Minder - George Cole.
The BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenhoulet.
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in August 1957.
SUN 09:00 Following Pappano: Omnibus (b095vgqg)
Music Director Sir Antonio Pappano's team prepare for Royal Opera's first production of Puccini's La boheme in over 40 years.
SUN 10:10 The Listening Project (b04g8q57)
Elsie and Netta - Home Is Where the Heart IsFi Glover introduces two Jamaican-born women who both settled in Cardiff after the war and now reflect on their lives here and what they miss from Jamaica.
The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation with someone close to them about a subject they've never discussed intimately before. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation - they're not BBC interviews, and that's an important difference - lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moment of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject
Producer: Marya Burgess.
SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b095vgqj)
Rock & Pop Stars, Alison Moyet4 Extra Debut. From Cilla Black to Talk Talk. Singer-songwriter Alison Moyet shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From May 2014.
SUN 11:00 Radiolab (b095vh40)
Series 2, The Good ShowRadiolab asks is 'survival of the fittest' compatible with animals helping each other out? With Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich.
Radiolab is a Peabody-award winning show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and the human experience.
First broadcast on public radio in the USA.
SUN 12:00 Life With the Lyons (b014gp01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 12:30 A Life of Bliss (b04cfpy2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 13:00 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xlw19)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 14:15 Tessa Hadley - Deeds Not Words (b03b6s40)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 14:30 Rachel Joyce - The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy (b04mbwdy)
Omnibus edition. A dying woman writes her life secrets down for a man who is trying to see her before it is too late. Stars Sophie Thompson.
SUN 15:45 What Is a Story? (b060z9s1)
First TimesMarina Warner - in the company of leading contemporary writers - looks at the world of contemporary fiction. In each programme, she considers a story and story writing from a different angle.
Marina is the Chair of the Man Booker International Prize 2015 and the series draws on the expertise of this year's International Booker judging panel, the views of the shortlisted writers, as well as other key literary talent.
Marina speaks with writers as diverse as Julian Barnes, Michelle Roberts, Fanny Howe, Marlene van Niekerk, Alain Mabanckou, Lydia Davis, Edwin Frank, Elleke Boehmer, Wen-Chin Ouyang, Daniel Medin, Nadeem Aslam and Laszlo Krasznahorkai.
There are questions around the boundaries between fact and fiction which Marina believes are central to any consideration of storytelling, since readers' pleasure depends so much on trust built up between the storyteller or writer and the audience.
Over ten episodes, there are discussions on the reasons for writing, writers as witnesses and political interaction.
In episode one Marina looks at early experiences of stories.
Producer: Kevin Dawson
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio.
SUN 16:00 Saturday Drama (b0144pw7)
John Godber - September in the RainJack and Liz are in Blackpool for one last time. John Godber's classic stage play tells the touching and funny story of a marriage through a lifetime of holidays together.
Directed by Toby Swift
John Godber is one of the country's most successful and prolific playwrights. Famously he was identified as the third most performed playwright in the UK after Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn. September in the Rain, written very early in his career, dates from 1983 and drew heavily on his grandparents' relationship. A play for two actors, it was originally performed by the author and his now wife, Jane. They resume their partnership for this radio production many years after last performing it together.
SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (b095ydy5)
Time For Verse - Liz Lochhead: Episodes 1 and 2BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive with 'Time for Verse': showcasing Liz Lochhead.
Presenter: George MacBeth.
Reader: Janette Foggo
Producer: Alec Reid
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.
SUN 17:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00h34d1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 18:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jlpk)
A Journey and a FuneralRetired solicitor Arthur Kipps recalls his visit to the remote market town of Crythin Gifford - and the isolated house of the reclusive Mrs Drablow...
Susan Hill's chilling ghost story dramatised in 4-parts by Jon Strickland.
Stars Robert Glenister as Young Kipps, John Woodvine as Old Kipps, Paula Tilbrook as Esme, Rod Arthur as Samuel, Christopher Kent as Tomes, Stuart Richman as Bentley, Jane Marlow as Isobelle and Jason Done as Oliver.
Music composed by Derek Pearce.
Directed at BBC Manchester by Chris Wallis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1993.
SUN 18:30 Alan Garner - The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (b095w197)
Episode 2With Weirdstone lost, can Colin and Susan protect the sleepers who could save the world?
Alan Garner's fantasy novel dramatised in 4 parts by David Wade.
Stars Robin Bailey as Cadellin/Grinmer, Andrea Murphy as Susan, Mark Kingston as Colin, James Tomlinson as Gowther/Narrator, Patsy Byrne as Bess, George Parsons as Fenodyree and Rosalind Knight as Selina.
Directed at BBC Manchester by Caroline Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
SUN 19:00 Radiolab (b095vh40)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 20:00 Following Pappano: Omnibus (b095vgqg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 21:10 The Listening Project (b04g8q57)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today]
SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b095vgqj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
SUN 22:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00h34d1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 Think the Unthinkable (b007jm43)
Series 1, UtilitonThe consultants tackle some call centre problems, and Ryan moves to a 'war zone'. Stars Emma Kennedy. From November 2001.
SUN 23:00 Newsjack (b0953yw6)
Series 17, Episode 2BBC Radio 4 Extra's topical sketch show Newsjack returns with host Angela Barnes.
Irreverent and satirical, Newsjack is the scrapbook sketch show written entirely by the Great British public, and then bought to life by a revolving cast of sketch performers.
This week's cast features Luke Kempner, Mandeep Dhillon and Jason Forbes. We look into the future with Vince Cable, take a tour of Buckingham Palace and get fit (a bit).
The programme continues to be a showcase for new comedy writing: anyone can submit material (sketches and one-line jokes) - these can be submitted every week of the six week run.
Details for submitting material can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kvs8r
Producers: Adnan Ahmed and Suzy Grant
Production Co-Ordinator: Nick Coupe
BBC Studios Production.
SUN 23:30 Pick Ups (b00n5rwp)
Series 2, Little Grey CellsSitcom by Ian Kershaw, set around a Manchester taxi company.
Dave's marriage proposal is temporarily postponed by an omelette.
Mike ...... Paul Loughran
Lind ...... Lesley Sharp
Dave ...... Phil Rowson
Rebel ..... Parvez Qadir
Drunk ...... Mark E Smith
Stevie ...... Suranne Jones
Pat the Butcher ...... Andrew Grose.

MONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2017

MON 00:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jlpk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Alan Garner - The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (b095w197)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xlw19)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Tessa Hadley - Deeds Not Words (b03b6s40)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Rachel Joyce - The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy (b04mbwdy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:45 What Is a Story? (b060z9s1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Saturday Drama (b0144pw7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (b095ydy5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00h34d1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Paul Temple (b037v4fk)
Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, Concerning Mr ZolaPart 6 of a new production of a vintage serial from 1946.
From 1938 to 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and his glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. Sadly, only half of Temple's adventures survive in the archives.
In 2006 BBC Radio 4 brought one of the lost serials back to life with Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson as Paul and Steve. Using the original scripts and incidental music, and recorded using vintage microphones and sound effects, the production of Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery aimed to sound as much as possible like the 1947 original might have done if its recording had survived. The serial proved so popular that it was soon followed by three more revivals, Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery, Paul Temple and Steve, and A Case for Paul Temple.
Now, from 1946, it's the turn of Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, in which Paul and Steve go on the trail of the mysterious and murderous Mr Gregory.
Episode 6: Concerning Mr Zola.
A lingering scent of perfume may give a vital clue to the latest murder.
MON 06:30 The Pickwick Poppers (b00tttwp)
Stuart Maconie talks to the musicians behind the Top of the Pops albums of the 1970s, whose impersonations of such artists as Donna Summer, David Essex, Paper Lace and Queen made these LPs one of the best-selling products in the charts.
MON 07:00 Says on the Tin (b00gqzw0)
ChowderComedy by Christopher William Hill.
Eliott, Esther and Hannah compete aggressively to promote American Chowder to the British.
Eliott Thurber ...... Michael Brandon
Esther Finn ...... Samantha Bond
Hannah Walker ...... Pippa Haywood
Zadie ...... Joannah Tincey
Baz ...... Inam Mirza
Sal ...... John Guerrasio
Other parts played by Stephen Critchlow, Jonathan Tafler, Dan Starkey, Gunnar Cauthery and Donnla Hughes.
MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b0952jkf)
Series 79, Episode 7Nicholas Parsons challenges Sheila Hancock, Tony Hawks, Phill Jupitus and Jenny Eclair to speak on the topics on the cards without deviation, hesitation or repetition.
Hayley Sterling blows the whistle.
Produced by Victoria Lloyd.
MON 08:00 To the Manor Born (b007jm4q)
The Honours ListWith news of a New Year's Honour for a villager, Audrey is nice to Devere.
Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, Keith Barron as Richard DeVere, Angela Thorne as Marjory Frobisher, Nicholas McArdle as Brabinger, Margery Withers as Mrs Polouvicka, Frank Middlemass as Ned/Lord Shaw and Jonathan Adams as the Brigadier.
The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage.
From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descendent.
First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997.
Adapted for radio by Peter Spence from his TV script.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1997.
MON 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jpvh)
Series 3, Keep Young and BeautifulNew War Office policy sparks drastic action amongst the platoon's old guard.
Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, John Laurie as Private Frazer, Ian Lavender as Private Pike, Arnold Ridley as Godfrey, Larry Martyn as Private Walker amd Michael Burlington as the Wig Maker.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. Additional music by Dennis Gomm.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1976.
MON 09:00 Hidden Treasures (b05pwn3r)
Parham HouseThe antiques quiz visits Parham House in West Sussex. With Lars Tharp, Stella Beddoe and Henry Sandon. From May 1998.
MON 09:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00n490h)
Series 3, Episode 5Reunions top the agenda at the CyberPass bistro, but are they such a good idea? Stars Mervyn Stutter. From June 2004.
MON 10:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k1tz)
Flora's RightsIn which Flora Poste - she of the strong will and the slender ankle - begins her adventures.
Flora believes that unless life is tidy, one cannot even begin to enjoy it- and life with her relatives at Cold Comfort Farm promises to be anything but.
Stella Gibbons tale of early 20th century rural England dramatised in 4-parts by Elizabeth Proud
Starring Patricia Gallimore as Flora Poste, Elizabeth Proud as Stella Gibbons, Malcolm Hayes as the Abbe Fausse-Maigre, John Westbrook as John Westbrook, Kate Binchy as Mary Smiling, David McAlistair as Charles Fairford, Pauline Letts as Aunt Gwen, Alexander John as Angus McKnag, Gladys Spencer as Spiritualist Lady, Margaret Robertson as Judith Starkadder, Trevor Martin as Reuben Starkadder, Cyril Shaps as Adam Lambsbreath, Sion Prober as Seth Starkadder, John Hollis as Amos Starkadder, Stephen Garlick as Mark Dolour and Jane Knowles as Elfine Starkadder.
Music: Terence Allbright
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981.
MON 11:00 Shorts (b01qhdk1)
Series 11, Light Moves Like WaterBy Carol Farrelly.
A lyrical story about a young woman who makes her annual visit to her therapist and reflects on a summer of love affairs in Venice.
Carol Farrelly is from Glasgow and lives and works in Edinburgh. She is currently writing her first novel, This Starling Flock, set in neutral Ireland during the Second World War. The opening to this novel won her the Sceptre Prize. In 2010, the Scottish Book Trust chose her to be one of their New Writers. Her short stories have been published in journals such as Stand, New Writing Scotland and Dream Catcher and have been shortlisted for the Bridport and Asham Prizes. She has a DPhil on the novels of Thomas Hardy and, while an undergraduate, spent one year waking up in beautiful Bologna. One day, she hopes to weave both Italy and Hardy into novels too.
Reader: Victoria Liddelle
Producer: Kirsty Williams.
MON 11:15 Arthur (b0076nrb)
The Sword of the KingStable boy Arran meets a traveller who makes him confront his true origins and grasp the sword of destiny.
The first of six plays telling the story of Arthur, a powerful tribal leader, who for a time brings political stability to 5th century Britain but - because of a fatal human weakness - fails to deliver a golden age.
Stars Jane Lapotaire as Morgan, Ben Whishaw as Arthur, Ian McDiarmid as Merlin, Eve Best as Young Morgan, Pam Ferris as Gaura, James Laurenson as Ector, Nicholas Boulton as Keir, Christian Rodska as Bryce, Stephen Hogan as Kerwyn and Damian Lynch, Robert Hastie & Jason Chan as the Soldiers.
Director: Gordon House
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.
MON 12:00 To the Manor Born (b007jm4q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jpvh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Paul Temple (b037v4fk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 The Pickwick Poppers (b00tttwp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Helen Dunmore - The Betrayal (b00wld70)
Suspended From DutyWith the stakes rising, Anna and Andrei know they must try to protect Kolya - then an early morning call confirms their worst fears.
Helen Dunmore's sequel to 'The Siege' read by Sara Kestelman.
Set ten years on, the starvation and bitter cold of the war years have been replaced with fear and suspicion. City residents do their best to keep their heads down and their lives unremarkable in an era of accusations, arrests and the midnight knock at the door.
Helen Dunmore (1952-2017) was the writer of 12 novels and 10 poetry collections winning several accolades for her work.
Abridged by Sally Marmion
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
MON 14:15 Student Bibles (b0075nwl)
EconomicsWhat is the secret to writing a bestselling academic textbook? And will it make you rich? Philippa Budgen examines key student book Begg's Economics.
MON 14:30 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xmbyx)
The Newly WedsThe honeymoon is all too soon over for Albert and Victoria, as pressing matters of state require her attention. But their happiness is made even greater when their first child is expected...
Scripted by Juliet Ace, based on the letters and diaries of the young Queen Victoria, this portrait of her younger life and the happy years of her marriage, reveals some of the remarkable and long-lasting achievements of this extraordinary queen.
Starring Imogen Stubbs as Victoria.
With Anna Massey as the Duchess of Kent, Adrian Lukis as Prince Albert, Selina Cadell as Baroness Lehzen, John Rowe as Sir John Conroy/MP/Lord Aberdeen, Christopher Cazenove as Melbourne, Andrew Wincott as WAG/Prince Ernest/Page/Anson/Cubitt, Terence Edmond as William IV/Stockmar/Peel, Thomas Arnold as the Prince of Wales Bertie/Paxton, Clare Corbett as Princess Vicky/Helena and George Allonby as Prince of Wales Bertie as a child.
Producer: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
MON 14:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd3j5)
Colm Toibin - Brooklyn, Meeting the FamilyNiamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life in New York in the 1950s.
As Eilis' romance with Tony Fiorello blossoms, life in Brooklyn takes on a new rhythm and it is time for Eilis to experience her first Italian meal.
MON 15:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k1tz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 Hidden Treasures (b05pwn3r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 16:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00n490h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 17:00 Says on the Tin (b00gqzw0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:30 Just a Minute (b0952jkf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b008p506)
Guards! Guards!, Episode 6"Last Desperate Chances always work. Besides, I'll be using my lucky arrow..."
All Captain Vimes needs to save the city is a million-to-one chance.
First published in 1989, the 8th of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Discworld. Dramatised in six parts by Michael Butt.
Starring Martin Jarvis as the Narrator, John Wood as Captain Vimes, Melvyn Hayes as Nobby, Stephen Thorne as Sergeant Colon, Helen Atkinson-Wood as Lady Ramkin, Robert Gwilym as Carrot, Crawford Logan as Lord Vetinari, Brett Usher as Supreme GrandMaster, Jeff Nuttall as First Guard, Michael Roberts as Joint First Guard and Death as Death.
Director: John Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.
MON 18:30 A Good Read (b0076nbn)
Simon Callow & Alexander McCall SmithSue MacGregor and her guests - actor, Simon Callow and the author of the The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency stories, Alexander McCall Smith - discuss books by Robert Harris, Roger Grenier and Christopher Isherwood. From 2004.
Pompeii by Robert Harris
Publisher: Hutchinson
Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood
Publisher: Vintage
The Difficulty Of Being A Dog by Roger Grenier
Publisher: Chicago University Press.
MON 19:00 To the Manor Born (b007jm4q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Dad's Army (b007jpvh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Paul Temple (b037v4fk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 The Pickwick Poppers (b00tttwp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 Shorts (b01qhdk1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Arthur (b0076nrb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b0952jkf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b00slshn)
Series 2, Normal RealityEveryday insights from the cartoonist, who asks where reality ends and fantasy begins. Stars Paul McCrink. From February 2003.
MON 22:45 Earls of the Court (b00qvpk2)
Earls ReunitedComedy drama series by Will Adamsdale and Stewart Wright about two Australians down on their luck in London.
Lloydie returns after years of travel to find best mate Johnno still living in their old flat. But their former gang has disbanded and times have changed. Worse still, the sins of the past are about to catch up with them.
Lloydie ...... Stewart Wright
Johnno ...... Will Adamsdale
Bonzo ...... Rufus Wright
Kirsty ...... Keely Beresford
Shalk ...... Michael Shelford
Brett ...... David Seddon
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko.
MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b096n5sg)
Phill Jupitus 1/3From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Isy Suttie chats to Phill Jupitus.
MON 23:00 News Quiz Extra (b095yvl1)
Series 21, Episode 3Miles Jupp is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Lucy Porter, Daniel Finkelstein & Sarah Kendall to hash out the week's biggest news stories.
MON 23:45 Armstrong and Miller (b00t5x2s)
Episode 3Australian lifestyle, and a Euro rock band. Sketches and songs with Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller. From March 1998.

TUESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2017

TUE 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b008p506)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b0076nbn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Paul Temple (b037v4fk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 The Pickwick Poppers (b00tttwp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Helen Dunmore - The Betrayal (b00wld70)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Student Bibles (b0075nwl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xmbyx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd3j5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k1tz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Hidden Treasures (b05pwn3r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00n490h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Says on the Tin (b00gqzw0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Just a Minute (b0952jkf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Paul Temple (b03847yb)
Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, A Woman's IntuitionPart 7 of a new production of a vintage serial from 1946.
From 1938 to 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and his glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. Sadly, only half of Temple's adventures survive in the archives.
In 2006 BBC Radio 4 brought one of the lost serials back to life with Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson as Paul and Steve. Using the original scripts and incidental music, and recorded using vintage microphones and sound effects, the production of Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery aimed to sound as much as possible like the 1947 original might have done if its recording had survived. The serial proved so popular that it was soon followed by three more revivals, Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery, Paul Temple and Steve, and A Case for Paul Temple.
Now, from 1946, it's the turn of Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, in which Paul and Steve go on the trail of the mysterious and murderous Mr Gregory.
Episode 7: A Woman's Intuition
Gunfire at the Madrid nightclub - and a dying man's confession.
Producer Patrick Rayner
Francis Durbridge, the creator of Paul Temple, was born in Hull in 1912 and died in 1998. He was one of the most successful novelists, playwrights and scriptwriters of his day.
TUE 06:30 Pump Up the Volume (b012wjcn)
The Foo Fighters did it for Chris Hoy in Beijing, Elton John's Rocket man helped Andy Flintoff in the 2005 Ashes and Kenny Rogers' Gambler inspired the England 2007 Rugby world cup team. John Wilson talks to athletes and coaches about the role pop music plays in their training. Technology has transformed the relationship between athletics and the role of music.
The advent of the MP3 player has enabled athletes and their coaches to build distinct playlists for specific areas of their training. When Victoria Pendleton is training for Gold, she listens to her Prodigy playlist with its 136 beats per minute a perfect tempo for her cycling.
John Wilson discovers why many people call music sport's "legal drug". In some research studies, it's been shown as increasing performance by 20 per cent while reducing an athlete's perception of effort by 10 per cent. Music blocks out fatigue-related symptoms such as the burning lungs, the beating heart and the lactic acid in the muscles enabling athletes to train harder and longer. Coaches and athletes will also talk about how even when you're training at the highest level, certain music tracks will enable you to carry on even up to the point of exhaustion. Besides the science involved with the relationship between music and performance, we will muse on what types of music deliver the best results.
TUE 07:00 Double Science (b013qzgj)
Bonfire NightAwesome fireworks are promised, but Colin and Kenneth's party doesn't go to plan.
The turmoil continues at Forresters Sixth Form College.
Written by and starring Ben Willbond and Justin Edwards.
With Rebecca Front, Raza Jaffrey, Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Alex MacQueen.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.
TUE 07:30 The Tim Vine Chat Show (b0952qq9)
Series 2, TorquayTim Vine has been travelling the length and breadth of this fair land to not only uncover the best stories of the Great British public but also to take every possible opportunity to tell a ridiculous joke and sing a preposterous song along the way.
In episode 2 Tim visits the legendary Babbacombe Theatre in Torquay where the seaside crowd sing a song about a box and a local laughter yoga teacher leads an impromptu workshop.
Producer: Richard Morris
A BBC Studios Production.
TUE 08:00 Listen to Les (b0170751)
Les Dawson on the British sense of humour, animal noises galore - and ever tuneful piano sing-along.
With Daphne Oxenford and Colin Edwynn.
Music by Brian Fitzgerald.
Scripted and produced by James Casey.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1981.
TUE 08:30 The Men From the Ministry (b011kvmq)
Transatlantic TroubleThe bumbling bureaucrats welcome a niece from America and face up to a new Under-Secretary.
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 September 1971.
TUE 09:00 News Quiz Extra (b095yvl1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:45 Armstrong and Miller (b00t5x2s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday]
TUE 10:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k22w)
Amos' CallFlora aims to tidy up the Starkadders, and the apocalyptic ravings of preacher Amos. With Patricia Gallimore and Kate Binchy.
TUE 11:00 Shorts (b01qldmb)
Series 11, Sobek Refutes the Plover TheoryBy R.A. Martens.
A surreal and funny short story about Oliver Al Sobek, whose exceptional requirements in the field of dentistry - he has the vast jaws of a crocodile - make visits to the dentist hard to come by. His new dentist harbours romantic dreams of tending his incisors with the gentle ministrations of a Plover.
R A Martens moved to Scotland from Cumbria for a couple of years twenty years ago, and has never left. Five years ago, she finally worked out that if she wanted to be a writer, she had better start writing. She has received a new writers award from the Scottish Book Trust, and her short stories have been published in anthologies and literary magazines including 'Gutter' and 'New Writing Scotland'. She is currently working on her first collection of short stories, 'Magnificent Miss M and the Copenhagen Interpretation of Insanity', and has just begun writing her first novel, 'The Strong and Practiced Arms of Mr Friendly'.
Reader: Sandy Grierson
Producer: Allegra McIlroy.
TUE 11:15 Arthur (b0076nvc)
The Black DogBy Sebastian Baczkiewicz. The new king appears to be as tyrannical as his father. Who or what can stop him? Stars Ben Whishaw and Ian McDiarmid.
TUE 12:00 Listen to Les (b0170751)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Men From the Ministry (b011kvmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Paul Temple (b03847yb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Pump Up the Volume (b012wjcn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Helen Dunmore - The Betrayal (b00wmpf0)
The Midnight Knock on the DoorDr Brodskaya has been arrested. Now, in the dead of night, a car door slams beneath Andrei and Anna's flat.
Helen Dunmore's sequel to 'The Siege' read by Sara Kestelman.
Set ten years on, the starvation and bitter cold of the war years have been replaced with fear and suspicion. City residents do their best to keep their heads down and their lives unremarkable in an era of accusations, arrests and the midnight knock at the door.
Helen Dunmore (1952-2017) was the writer of 12 novels and 10 poetry collections winning several accolades for her work.
Abridged by Sally Marmion
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
TUE 14:15 The Art of Rhetoric (b007jxnh)
Rules of RhetoricSimon Hoggart charts the progress of the persuasive public speaker, starting with the great orators of Ancient Greece and Rome.
TUE 14:30 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xmj92)
The FamilyA gunshot alarms the royal couple. Based on the diaries and letters of Queen Victoria. Stars Imogen Stubbs.
TUE 14:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd1q3)
Colm Toibin - Brooklyn, Coney IslandNiamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life in New York in the 1950s.
Tony takes Eilis for a trip to Coney Island to celebrate her exam success. But Eilis' new found happiness is short-lived, as news from home turns her American life sour.
TUE 15:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k22w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 99p Challenge (b00ph8rz)
Series 3, Episode 6Crazy panel show capers as Sue Perkins grills Tom Binns, Ben Moor, Nick Frost and Peter Serafinowicz. From August 2001.
TUE 16:30 Our Man at Wembley (b00759r3)
Episode 3Eric's increasing popularity makes a dangerous enemy of his colleague Gordon McKay. Stars Alistair McGowan. From July 1998.
TUE 17:00 Double Science (b013qzgj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:30 The Tim Vine Chat Show (b0952qq9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Ghost Zone (b007k31r)
Episode 1As Jill Logan telephones her ex-husband Dan at the Highland village of Inchbrae, she hears a devastating explosion behind his anguished voice...
In this sci-fi thriller - specially-written for the BBC by Marty Ross - an alien archaeologist takes over a Scottish village and examines the past lives of its inhabitants by 'unpeeling' layers of time.
Stars Simon Tait as Dan Collins, Gayanne Potter as Jill Logan, Joanna Tope as Dr Beth Granger, Sandy Neilson as Captain Cairns, Lesley Hart as Heather Logan, Stevie Hannan as Soldier/Pilot/Jamie and John Paul Hurley as the Technician.
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2004.
TUE 18:30 That Reminds Me (b007jndb)
Series 2, Humphrey LytteltonThe much-missed host of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue reminisces about his life, career and love of jazz. From October 2000.
TUE 19:00 Listen to Les (b0170751)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Men From the Ministry (b011kvmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Paul Temple (b03847yb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Pump Up the Volume (b012wjcn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Shorts (b01qldmb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Arthur (b0076nvc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 The Tim Vine Chat Show (b0952qq9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler (b05pnw2q)
Series 2, Episode 2Adventuring comedian Tim FitzHigham recreates a 19th century bet; can his pig (Gwladys) cross a bridge quicker than a waterman can row the width of the river beneath?
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b096n6c1)
Phill Jupitus 2/3From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Isy Suttie chats to Phill Jupitus.
TUE 23:00 Alun Cochrane's Fun House (b01rr555)
Living RoomComedian Alun Cochrane has a 25 year mortgage which he can only pay off by being funny. In this series he takes us on a room by room, stand up tour of his house.
He has a fridge that beeps at him when he doesn't move quickly enough and a fire alarm he can't reach. His relationship with his house is a complicated one.
A hoarder of funny and original observations on everyday life, Alun invites us to help him de-clutter his mind and tidy his ideas into one of those bags that you hoover all the air out of and keep under your bed. This show will help Alun and his house work through their relationship issues and prevent a separation that Alun can ill afford; at least not until the market picks up anyway.
Performers: Alun Cochrane and Gavin Osborn
Writers: Alun Cochrane and Andy Wolton
Producer: Carl Cooper.
TUE 23:30 The Shuttleworths (b007k2df)
Series 1, Pillock of the CommunityIt's a frustrating day for Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth, but solace awaits. Stars Graham Fellows. From October 1993.
TUE 23:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b0077038)
Series 3, Inverurie Jones and the Thimble of DoomCan the two old Scotsmen foil the plans of an incorrigible thief? Stars Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. From September 2006.

WEDNESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2017

WED 00:00 Ghost Zone (b007k31r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 That Reminds Me (b007jndb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Paul Temple (b03847yb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Pump Up the Volume (b012wjcn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Helen Dunmore - The Betrayal (b00wmpf0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 The Art of Rhetoric (b007jxnh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xmj92)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd1q3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k22w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 The 99p Challenge (b00ph8rz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Our Man at Wembley (b00759r3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Double Science (b013qzgj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 The Tim Vine Chat Show (b0952qq9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Paul Temple (b038hfpt)
Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, News of Mr GregoryPart 8 of a new production of a vintage serial from 1946.
From 1938 to 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and his glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. Sadly, only half of Temple's adventures survive in the archives.
In 2006 BBC Radio 4 brought one of the lost serials back to life with Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson as Paul and Steve. Using the original scripts and incidental music, and recorded using vintage microphones and sound effects, the production of Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery aimed to sound as much as possible like the 1947 original might have done if its recording had survived. The serial proved so popular that it was soon followed by three more revivals, Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery, Paul Temple and Steve, and A Case for Paul Temple.
Now, from 1946, it's the turn of Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, in which Paul and Steve go on the trail of the mysterious and murderous Mr Gregory.
Episode 8: News of Mr Gregory
Steve goes in search of a trumpeter at the Hammersford Palais.
Producer Patrick Rayner
Francis Durbridge, the creator of Paul Temple, was born in Hull in 1912 and died in 1998. He was one of the most successful novelists, playwrights and scriptwriters of his day.
WED 06:30 Laughter Close to Tears (b008s5hf)
From Burma to Zimbabwe, Michael Rosen hears contemporary jokes from those oppressed by repressive regimes. From January 2008.
WED 07:00 Electric Ink (b01jjtn5)
Series 2, Episode 1By Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson.
A comic satire set in the struggling world of newspapers. Maddox has lost the job of news editor and now faces being sued.
Maddox ..... John Sessions
Oliver ..... Alex Jennings
Freddy ..... Stephen Wight
Carol ..... Polly Frame
Masha ..... Debbie Chazen
Keith ..... Sam Dale
Producer ..... Sally Avens
Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson's satire is set in the world of modern newspapers.
A group of dysfunctional journalists attempt to cover major news stories at the same time as grappling with the demands of working in a multi-platform environment, watching circulation figures plummet and the recession causing half the workforce to be laid off.
At the heart of the comedy is the relationship between Maddox Bradley, a journalist who mourns the day of proper investigative journalism, and Freddy, the online editor who will regurgitate a press release quite happily and call it a story. But they have a grudging respect for the each other as Freddy helps Maddox stay afloat in the world of Twitter, Facebook and podcasting and Maddox shows Freddy how to sniff out the real story. Both are at the mercy of Oliver, the pragmatic Editor more concerned with keeping his job, and Carol, the news editor who believes that circulation will increase if they run pieces on Big Mac eating orang-utans and 'intelligent' skunks rather than Maddox's moral crusading diatribes. And only Masha, the Russian head of online communities, who wants to give away all their content because that is true democracy, knows Freddy's secret; that he's a posh boy from Eton rather than a hypercool kid from the street; well that's what Freddy thinks anyway.
Alistair Beaton is one of our best known political satirists. He won the Evening Standard comedy award for his play 'Feelgood', was a founding member of 'Not The Nine O'clock News' and also wrote 'A Very Social Secretary' and ' The Trial of Tony Blair' for television. Tom Mitchelson is a writer and journalist.
John Sessions takes on the role of Maddox Bradley. John is best known for his improvisation work on Whose Line is It Anyway and Stella Street. Stephen Wight was last seen in Whites on BBC2 and won the Evening Standard Award for Best Newcomer in 2007. He recently appeared at the National Theatre in The Habit of Art alongside Alex Jennings. Polly Frame was most recently seen in Earthquakes in London at the National and Debbie Chazen is currently on tour with Calendar Girls.
WED 07:30 John Shuttleworth's Lounge Music (b082wwlw)
Series 2, Episode 1John Shuttleworth invites celebrated pop stars to his Sheffield home to perform one of their own songs and also, more importantly, one of his.
In the first show of this series, John welcomes Chris Difford from Squeeze - but not before he has ejected Ken from the front door with his unwanted request to show John and Chris his new windows.
Chris is soon invited to "show us what you can do" and plays his classic song Up the Junction. John is duly impressed - but the admiration starts to fade when John finds out that Chris once took 50p from his mum's purse to place an advert in a shop window. Can John condone theft and forgive Chris, or will Chris have to redeem himself with his rendition of John's song Fish and Chips?
Also, Tom Robinson gives advice on how to become a radio DJ following pop success in Top Tips on the Telephone.
Written and Performed by Graham Fellows with special guests Chris Difford and Tom Robinson
A Chic Ken production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007k0zg)
Series 1, An Exercise in FilmingHMS Troutbridge's chance of movie stardom is jeopardised, thanks to the navigational skills of Sub-Lieutenant Phillips!
Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Dennis Price as Number One, Richard Caldicot as Commander Povey, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Bates as Antony J Antony and Tenniel Evans as the Admiral.
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 June 1959.
WED 08:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpl8)
Series 6, The ElopementWith Bill suffering heartache, can The Lad and Sid smooth the path to true love?
Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Lillian Grasson, Wilfred Babbage, Fraser Kerr and Lee Crutchley.
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 November 1959.
WED 09:00 Genius (b0084ffq)
Series 3, Matthew WrightDave Gorman and celebrity guest Matthew Wright chew over ridiculous and unworkable inventions and ideas, and choose the best. From October 2007.
WED 09:30 Winston (b007k4s2)
Series 1, Without a DoubtThe whole fabric of Nancy's family is cracking up. Her brother William and younger sister Rosie are threatening to leave for London, and her Father has become a secret drinker again - and it's the fault of Winston the village poacher...
Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy serial stars Bill Wallis as Winston, Maurice Denham as Father, Shirley Dixon as Nancy, Liz Goulding as Rosie and Christian Rodska as William.
Directed at BBC Bristol by Shaun MacLoughlin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio in May 1989.
WED 10:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007jpwk)
Elfine's RightsFlora aims to transform Elfine into the belle of the ball. Comedy drama with Patricia Gallimore and John Westbrook.
WED 11:00 Shorts (b01qsv0w)
Series 11, Save the Sea TurtlesBy Helen Sedgewick.
Final story in a series of new writing from Scotland. A retired Professor of Ecology, who is grieving for the loss of his daughter, volunteers at a sea turtle charity based in Kefalonia. The work brings solace, in spite of the uncaring mass of tourists.
Helen Sedgwick is a research physicist turned freelance writer. She has been published internationally in over forty magazines, journals and anthologies, and she won a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award in 2012. She's co-editor of two literary magazines - Gutter and Fractured West - and has performed her work at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe, and Glasgow's Aye Write. In a perfect world, she would spend half her life as a writer in Scotland, and the other half on a beach in Kefalonia with the sea turtles. Her writing is about an imperfect world.
Read by Paul Young.
Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.
WED 11:15 Arthur (b0076nyg)
The LakeBy Sebastian Baczkiewicz. The king seeks Merlin at the Sacred Grove, as Morgan is concerned about his unborn baby. Stars Ben Whishaw and Jane Lapotaire.
WED 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007k0zg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpl8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Paul Temple (b038hfpt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Laughter Close to Tears (b008s5hf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Helen Dunmore - The Betrayal (b00wmpfn)
Don't Think It Can't Happen to YouAndrei has been arrested. Will anyone help Anna to help him? And how much danger is she putting herself and their unborn child in with her inquiries?
Helen Dunmore's sequel to 'The Siege' read by Sara Kestelman.
Set ten years on, the starvation and bitter cold of the war years of Leningrad have been replaced with fear and suspicion. City residents do their best to keep their heads down and their lives unremarkable in an era of accusations, arrests and the midnight knock at the door.
Helen Dunmore (1952-2017) was the writer of 12 novels and 10 poetry collections winning several accolades for her work.
Abridged by Sally Marmion
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
WED 14:15 The Art of Rhetoric (b007jxpt)
Politics and PersuasionSimon Hoggart talks to Tony Benn and Anne Widdecombe about the great parliamentary performers, past and present.
WED 14:30 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xmv24)
Albert's AchievementsThe Prince Regent plans the first international exhibition. Based on diaries and letters of Queen Victoria. Stars Imogen Stubbs.
WED 14:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd1q5)
Colm Toibin - Brooklyn, Too Far from HomeNiamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life in New York in the 1950s.
Eilis' happiness in Brooklyn has been shattered by the news of her beloved sister's death and Tony is the only one who can offer her comfort.
WED 15:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007jpwk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 Genius (b0084ffq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 16:30 Winston (b007k4s2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 17:00 Electric Ink (b01jjtn5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:30 John Shuttleworth's Lounge Music (b082wwlw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 Ghost Zone (b007jtzr)
Episode 2After the mysterious explosion in the Scottish Highlands, the small advance party of rescuers face a hostile reception from locals on arrival at the devastated village of Inchbrae.
Can they unearth what's caused the massive cloud of radioactive dust?
Sci-fi thriller written by Marty Ross.
Stars Simon Tait as Dan Collins, Gayanne Potter as Jill Logan, Joanna Tope as Dr Beth Granger, Sandy Neilson as Captain Cairns, Lesley Hart as Heather Logan, Finlay McLean as PC McBain/Driver and Stevie Hannan as Lt Hopridge/Jamie/Voice-off.
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.
WED 18:30 Off the Page (b01kjt7w)
The Dark SideDominic Arkwright and guests wrangle with inner demons and consider the benefits of embracing The Dark Side.
The novelist and film critic Kim Newman tells how the nightmares that beset him through childhood were alleviated when he began to watch horror films. The psychologist Linda Blair considers whether people who embrace their dark side are more likely to be creative, and the writer Ian Marchant tells us how the dark forces of punk enlightened him.
Producer: Sarah Langan.
WED 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007k0zg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpl8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Paul Temple (b038hfpt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Laughter Close to Tears (b008s5hf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Shorts (b01qsv0w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Arthur (b0076nyg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 John Shuttleworth's Lounge Music (b082wwlw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 The Secret World (b0121myp)
Series 1, Episode 6From William Hague to Simon Cowell, Jon Culshaw explores the bizarre private lives of famous folk. From May 2009.
WED 23:00 Spotlight Tonight with Nish Kumar (b095rs09)
Series 2, Episode 2We all like to think we know about the news and yet, whilst jokes about Donald Trump's tiny hands are all well and good, do you still have that nagging suspicion there's important things going on beneath the headlines you'd like to know about? Well, help is at hand! Nish Kumar is here to cast his spotlight on the week's most talked about news items, taking an in-depth look at the biggest stories from the past seven days as well as scrutinising the bigger issues of the moment.
Starring Nish Kumar with Sarah Campbell.
Written by Sarah Campbell, Max Davis, Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch, Nish Kumar, and Tom Neenan.
It was produced by Matt Stronge and was a BBC Studios Production.
WED 23:30 At Home With The Snails (b007jvlw)
Series 2, Episode 1George and Beverley feign their deaths to see how their children cope without them. Stars Geoffrey Palmer and Angela Thorne. From July 2002.

THURSDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2017

THU 00:00 Ghost Zone (b007jtzr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Off the Page (b01kjt7w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b038hfpt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Laughter Close to Tears (b008s5hf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Helen Dunmore - The Betrayal (b00wmpfn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 The Art of Rhetoric (b007jxpt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xmv24)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd1q5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007jpwk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Genius (b0084ffq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Winston (b007k4s2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Electric Ink (b01jjtn5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 John Shuttleworth's Lounge Music (b082wwlw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Paul Temple (b038xx7d)
Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, Millgate StepsPart 9 of a new production of a vintage serial from 1946.
From 1938 to 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and his glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. Sadly, only half of Temple's adventures survive in the archives.
In 2006 BBC Radio 4 brought one of the lost serials back to life with Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson as Paul and Steve. Using the original scripts and incidental music, and recorded using vintage microphones and sound effects, the production of Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery aimed to sound as much as possible like the 1947 original might have done if its recording had survived. The serial proved so popular that it was soon followed by three more revivals, Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery, Paul Temple and Steve, and A Case for Paul Temple.
Now, from 1946, it's the turn of Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, in which Paul and Steve go on the trail of the mysterious and murderous Mr Gregory.
Episode 9: Millgate Steps
Temple and Sir Graham take to the river in the hunt for the missing girl.
Producer Patrick Rayner
Francis Durbridge, the creator of Paul Temple, was born in Hull in 1912 and died in 1998. He was one of the most successful novelists, playwrights and scriptwriters of his day.
THU 06:30 The Gentle Art of Tramping (b01mhwx3)
The tramp, or wayfarer, is a romantic figure - almost part of folklore in this day and age. It conjures up the bitter-sweet antics of Charlie Chaplin or the writings of WH Davies, the 'tramp poet': "What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?"
Keen rambler Arthur Smith has a childhood memory of tramps too -- mysterious figures, both fascinating and a little bit fearsome, men who seemed to appear from nowhere and then disappear again.
And what about the present day -- is it even possible to be a tramp in the modern world? Does this wistful, romantic image -- of Chaplin, of the 'tramp poet' and the tramp of Arthur Smith's nostalgic imagination -- bear any relation to the actual lives of those who might step outside of settled society and take to the lanes?
Arthur Smith wants to find out. And he's guided on his journey by The Gentle Art of Tramping. Written by Stephen Graham in 1926, it's an extraordinary, poetic how-to guide to becoming a tramp, which includes colourful advice on all aspects of the tramp's life: carrybags, boots, tobacco and cooking; how to build a fire, whether or not to carry money, and friends met on the way; scrounging, shelter, and reading material.
Does Stephen Graham's discerning tramp resemble the modern wayfarer? With guidebook in hand, Arthur Smith hears the stories of the tramps of today and considers our attachment to the romance of life without ties and responsibilities, even in the face of its sometimes painful reality.
Producer: Martin Williams.
THU 07:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00f3xt3)
Series 1, Episode 5Lucy is up for promotion, but Katie can't decide on naming her baby. Stars David Tennant and Elizabeth Carling. From June 2001.
THU 07:30 Women Talking About Cars (b0952zlp)
Series 2, Esther RantzenThe light hearted interview show where Victoria Coren Mitchell interviews a well known woman about the cars she has known and uses them as a vehicle to talk about her life. This week Esther Rantzen tells the story of her journey from her first memories of her grandmother's sedate Hawker Siddely limousine through to the intensity of the That's Life years and helming one of the nation's most popular television programmes through to the joys of becoming a grandmother herself. And you can find out what no driving test examiner should ever say to a successful candidate.
With contributions from the audience and readings by Morwenna Banks.
Produced by Gareth Edwards
A BBC Studios production.
THU 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b00s3jtl)
Series 2, Episode 10Bona news about a new LP - and who killed Cock Robin?
Starring Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Joan Sims and announcer, Douglas Smith.
After the unexpected death of Kenneth Horne in 1969, plans for the next series of Round The Horne were axed. Instead - using an old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title - Kenneth joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition and was also reunited with his "Carry On" film co-star Joan Sims.
Written by Myles Rudge, David Cumming and Derek Collyer.
With the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1970.
THU 08:30 The Goon Show (b007k4sy)
The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (Solved)Grytpype-Thynne needs a crew to discover the true fate of the mysterious brigantine. Stars Peter Sellers. From November 1954.
THU 09:00 Whispers (b00cbszf)
Series 2, Episode 6Gyles Brandreth's scandalous quiz with Lucy Moore, Charles Collingwood, Anthony Holden and Simon Fanshawe. From October 2004.
THU 09:30 Semi Circles (b0962xwz)
Series 1, A Bit on the SideBen and Helen wonder if they are missing out on adventures beyond the marital bed. Stars Paula Wilcox. From April 1982.
THU 10:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k2m0)
Flora's Rights AgainAs Elfine's wedding day draws near, only Aunt Ada Doom is hindering Flora's campaign. Comedy drama with Patricia Gallimore.
THU 11:00 A Shepherd in London (b03q59t5)
Flocking to Selfridge'sIn the 1920s and 30s, sheep were used in London parks to keep the grass down. Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Clapham Common and Hampstead Heath all had sheep grazing on them, and there was much competition between shepherds to get their flocks chosen for the privilege. There was considerable profit to be made too - for when they were good and fat, the sheep were herded to Smithfield Meat Market to be prepared for the table.
In Flocking to Selfridges, writer Jerome Vincent imagines the experiences of George Donald, a shepherd from Aberdeenshire, who has brought his flock (aided by his faithful sheepdog Birk) to graze in Hyde Park. George is no stranger to the capital, but is always astonished by the way in which Londoners behave, likening the crowds in Oxford Street to mindless flocks of sheep.
It's 1925, and technology is moving on apace. One day in the park, George bumps into a fellow Scot - a young man at the cutting edge of the next new thing. He's John Logie Baird, the inventor of television, and George Donald is able to give him a word of advice.
Reader: Bill Paterson
Producer: David Blount
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 11:15 Arthur (b0076p1n)
The Moon Eats the SunBy Steve May. Now married to Gwenfar, Arthur rules from Camelot. Keir starts war with Pellyn but Arthur wants peace. Stars Philip Glenister.
THU 12:00 Stop Messing About! (b00s3jtl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 The Goon Show (b007k4sy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Paul Temple (b038xx7d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 The Gentle Art of Tramping (b01mhwx3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Helen Dunmore - The Betrayal (b00xk4f0)
Insufficient VigilanceAndrei comes face to face with Gorya's father, Volkov, and learns just what the powerful can do.
Helen Dunmore's sequel to 'The Siege' read by Sara Kestelman.
Set ten years on, the starvation and bitter cold of the war years of Leningrad have been replaced with fear and suspicion. City residents do their best to keep their heads down and their lives unremarkable in an era of accusations, arrests and the midnight knock at the door.
Helen Dunmore (1952-2017) was the writer of 12 novels and 10 poetry collections winning several accolades for her work.
Abridged by Sally Marmion
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
THU 14:15 The Art of Rhetoric (b007jxr6)
Moving MindsSimon Hoggart examines the language of argument used in the two great theatres of rhetoric - the church and the courts of law.
THU 14:30 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xn6sy)
The Marriage of True MindsThe Crimean war looms and Victoria has her ninth child. Based on diaries and letters of Queen Victoria. Stars Imogen Stubbs.
THU 14:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd1q7)
Colm Toibin - Brooklyn, Being Rose's GhostNiamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life in New York in the 1950s.
Following her sister's death, Eilis returns to her lonely mother in Enniscorthy for a month's visit. Once there it is hard to tell the truth about her last action in America, and harder still to resist the lure of the familiar.
THU 15:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k2m0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Whispers (b00cbszf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 16:30 Semi Circles (b0962xwz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 17:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00f3xt3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:30 Women Talking About Cars (b0952zlp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 Ghost Zone (b007jx3g)
Episode 3Dr Beth Granger sifts through clues to the devastation in Inchbrae, but becomes the focus of a hostile presence instead...
And why does time in the Highland village seem to be breaking into different 'layers'?
Sci-fi thriller written by Marty Ross.
Stars Simon Tait as Dan Collins, Gayanne Potter as Jill Logan, Joanna Tope as Dr Beth Granger, Sandy Neilson as Captain Cairns, Lesley Hart as Heather Logan, Stevie Hannan as Lt. Hopridge and Finlay McLean as PC McBain.
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.
THU 18:30 Great Lives (b00pkbmf)
Series 20, NeroMatthew Parris presents the biographical series in which his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
Christopher Biggins champions the life of the Roman Emperor Nero, a man whose modest talent for poetry was overshadowed by his debauchery, extravagance and tyranny.
THU 19:00 Stop Messing About! (b00s3jtl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 The Goon Show (b007k4sy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Paul Temple (b038xx7d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 The Gentle Art of Tramping (b01mhwx3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 A Shepherd in London (b03q59t5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Arthur (b0076p1n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Women Talking About Cars (b0952zlp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Newsjack (b096319s)
Series 17, Episode 3BBC Radio 4 Extra's topical sketch show Newsjack returns with host Angela Barnes.
Irreverent and satirical, Newsjack is the scrapbook sketch show written entirely by the Great British public, and then bought to life by a revolving cast of sketch performers.
For our 100th episode we bring back show favourites Lewis McLeod, Margaret Cabourn Smith and George Fouracres.
The programme continues to be a showcase for new comedy writing: anyone can submit material (sketches and one-line jokes) - these can be submitted every week of the six week run.
Details for submitting material can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kvs8r
Producers: Adnan Ahmed and Suzy Grant
Production Co-Ordinator: Nick Coupe
BBC Studios Production.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b096n6m6)
Phill Jupitus 3/3From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Isy Suttie chats to Phill Jupitus.
THU 23:00 The Big Booth (b007jrvv)
Series 2: The Big Booth Too, Episode 5Boothby Graffoe's script dictatorship is overthrown by the Workers' Collective. With Kevin Eldon. From February 2001.
THU 23:30 Small Scenes (b03dslfc)
Series 1, Episode 1Symphonious sketch series starring Daniel Rigby, Mike Wozniak, Sara Pascoe and Henry Paker. Dipping in and out of odd stories, this week we hear commentary from the World Ham Shouting Championships and meet a couple who are being harassed by a former England football hero.
Written by the cast and Benjamin Partridge with additional material from Chris Allen and Marc Jones.
Produced by Simon Mayhew-Archer.

FRIDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2017

FRI 00:00 Ghost Zone (b007jx3g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b00pkbmf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b038xx7d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 The Gentle Art of Tramping (b01mhwx3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Helen Dunmore - The Betrayal (b00xk4f0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 The Art of Rhetoric (b007jxr6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xn6sy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd1q7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k2m0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Whispers (b00cbszf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Semi Circles (b0962xwz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00f3xt3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Women Talking About Cars (b0952zlp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Paul Temple (b039q5dx)
Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, Presenting Mr GregoryThe tenth and final part of a new production of a vintage serial from 1946.
From 1938 to 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and his glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. Sadly, only half of Temple's adventures survive in the archives.
In 2006 BBC Radio 4 brought one of the lost serials back to life with Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson as Paul and Steve. Using the original scripts and incidental music, and recorded using vintage microphones and sound effects, the production of Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery aimed to sound as much as possible like the 1947 original might have done if its recording had survived. The serial proved so popular that it was soon followed by three more revivals, Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery, Paul Temple and Steve, and A Case for Paul Temple.
Now, from 1946, it's the turn of Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, in which Paul and Steve go on the trail of the mysterious and murderous Mr Gregory.
Episode 10: Presenting Mr Gregory
Paul sends out invitations to a very special party at the Madrid club.
Producer Patrick Rayner
Francis Durbridge, the creator of Paul Temple, was born in Hull in 1912 and died in 1998. He was one of the most successful novelists, playwrights and scriptwriters of his day.
FRI 06:30 Cult Heroes (b0965yb5)
4 Extra Debut. Magenta Devine charts Mark Feld's rise to superstardom as Glam Rock pioneer Marc Bolan - tragically killed in 1977. From August 1992.
FRI 07:00 Hazelbeach (b0084hvy)
Series 1, MotherNick's worst fears come true, while Ronnie tries to sell heart-rate monitors to Monty Python fans.
Caroline and David Stafford's comedy stars Jamie Forman as Ronnie, Paul Bazely as Nick, Tracy Wiles as Chloe, John Dougall as James, Simon Treves as Vince and Liza Sadovy as Andrea.
Producer: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007.
FRI 07:30 Mr Muzak (b095qcjy)
Series 1, Rock the BoatRichie Webb stars as performance shy cocktail pianist Nigel Penny.
Nigel Penny's attempts to live his life in the background have been thwarted by the surprise arrival of his entrepreneurial half-brother, Pav (Paul G Raymond) who is desperate to find gigs for Nigel and his musical partner, wannabe singer Rachel (Jess Robinson).
Despite his protestations of sea-sickness, Pav books Nigel to accompany Rachel as the entertainment on a floating barge at an event hosted by Belinda (Vicki Pepperdine), an old acquaintance of Nigel's. Meanwhile Stan (Dave Lamb) is yearning to return to his homeland.
Directed by Nick Walker
Audio Production by Matt Katz
Written and produced by Richie Webb
A Top Dog production for Radio 4.
FRI 08:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00b2kh3)
Series 4, Episode 9Radio awards time - and John and Mary's intruder.
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 Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, Eric Idle and Graham Chapman.
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.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1966.
FRI 08:30 Brothers in Law (b0599zby)
Series 1, Reasonable DoubtCan rookie barrister Roger Thursby cope with his first case using a jury?
Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, Richard Waring as Henry Blagrove and Ann Davies as Sally Mannering.
With guest star Peter Jones as Daniel Wright.
Adapted for radio by Richard Waring from the BBC TV scripts.
Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes - originally edited for sale abroad.
Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972.
Produced by David Hatch.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1970.
FRI 09:00 The Motion Show (b0075rmr)
Series 1, Episode 3Phil Hammond chairs the debating game. With Simon Fanshawe and Peter Bradshaw, Brian Sewell and Steve Punt. From November 1998.
FRI 09:30 After Henry (b007k1hq)
Series 1, Mr RightSarah meets daughter Clare's boyfriend, while her mother interferes. Stars Prunella Scales and Joan Sanderson. From May 1985.
FRI 10:00 Saturday Drama (b01qcttx)
Don Webb - Boots on the GroundDanny Marks arrives at a Military Research centre. He's a volunteer for speed reaction testing; trying to improve reaction times under duress. His mate Billy Rogers was on the same course, but he's gone missing. Has he just done a bunk? Or is it something more sinister. A dark, contemporary thriller by veteran TV writer.
Don Webb is a hugely experienced TV and radio writer with credits stretching back to the early eighties. He has written for 'The Bill', 'Juliet Bravo', 'Rockcliffe's Babies' and 'Byker Grove'. His recent R4 plays include 'Right Place, Wrong Time' and 'A Bobby's Job'.
FRI 11:00 A Shepherd in London (b03s6jv9)
Looking for AngelsEpisode 2: Looking for Angels by Sarah Salway
In the 1920s and 30s, sheep were used in London parks to keep the grass down. Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Clapham Common and Hampstead Heath all had sheep grazing on them, and there was much competition between shepherds to get their flocks chosen for the privilege. There was considerable profit to be made too - for when they were good and fat, the sheep were herded to Smithfield Meat Market to be prepared for the table.
In Looking for Angels, writer Sarah Salway has George Donald, a shepherd from Aberdeenshire, visit an Open Air School for children with TB, which existed on Clapham Common in the 1920s. Accompanied by his flock (and his faithful dog Birk), George befriends both staff and pupils, including a young schoolmaster suffering from shell shock, and a Cockney girl who proves herself an able shepherdess.
Reader: Bill Paterson
Producer: David Blount
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 11:15 Arthur (b0076p4t)
The GrailBy Steve May. Two young men arrive at Camelot only to find drought and sickness. Merlin wants to appease the gods. Stars Ian McDiarmid and Jane Lapotaire.
FRI 12:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00b2kh3)
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FRI 12:30 Brothers in Law (b0599zby)
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FRI 13:00 Paul Temple (b039q5dx)
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FRI 13:30 Cult Heroes (b0965yb5)
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FRI 14:00 Helen Dunmore - The Betrayal (b00wmqkf)
Volkov Is DeadIn her latest novel, The Betrayal, Helen Dunmore returns to the Soviet Union, and to the city of Leningrad whose history she so powerfully evoked in her best-seller The Siege. Now, a decade later, starvation and bitter cold have been replaced with fear and suspicion, as the people of Leningrad do their best to keep their heads down and their lives unremarkable in an era of accusations, arrests and the midnight knock at the door.
In today's final episode: in a final act before his fall from grace, Volkov, Commissar of the secret police, has given Andrei a way out. Instead of execution he will be sent to Siberia. Meanwhile Anna is in hiding, waiting for the birth of their baby.
The Reader is Sara Kestelman, the abridger is Sally Marmion and the producer is Di Speirs.
FRI 14:15 The Art of Rhetoric (b007jxsj)
Speech and SpinSimon Hoggart considers the future of spontaneous public speaking, as technology continues to shape the world of communication.
FRI 14:30 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xn8hs)
The Death of AlbertVictoria mourns for her mother while Albert is tormented by Bertie. Based on diaries and letters of England's longest-reigning queen. Stars Imogen Stubbs.
FRI 14:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd1q9)
Colm Toibin - Brooklyn, Torn in TwoNiamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life in New York in the 1950s.
Home for a holiday and to comfort her grieving mother, Eilis has been unable to resist the lure of the familiar. Meanwhile, Tony waits for her in Brooklyn.
FRI 15:00 Saturday Drama (b01qcttx)
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FRI 16:00 The Motion Show (b0075rmr)
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FRI 16:30 After Henry (b007k1hq)
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FRI 17:00 Hazelbeach (b0084hvy)
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FRI 17:30 Mr Muzak (b095qcjy)
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FRI 18:00 Ghost Zone (b007jx3m)
Episode 4The purpose of the alien's presence in Inchbrae is revealed after Jill and Beth witness more moments from the past.
Sci-fi thriller written by Marty Ross.
Stars Simon Tait as Dan Collins, Gayanne Potter as Jill Logan, Joanna Tope as Dr Beth Granger, Lesley Hart as Heather Logan, John Paul Hurley as Dominic Clayton, Finlay McLean as Reverend Thornley, Sandy Neilson as Captain Cairns/Minister/Tannoy and Stevie Hannan as Lt Hopridge.
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.
FRI 18:30 Soul Music (b05r3tf3)
Series 20, Bach Cello Suite No 1 in G MajorBach's Cello Suite No I in G major is one of the most frequently performed and recognisable solo compositions ever written for cello. Yet it was virtually unknown for almost two hundred years until the Catalan cellist, Pablo Casals discovered an edition in a thrift shop in Barcelona. Casals became the first to record it and the suites are now cherished by musicians across the globe.
The world renowned cellist, Steven Isserlis describes his relationship with the piece and why it still surprises and excites him. Fellow cellists Richard Jenkinson and Jane Salmon talk about the challenge of playing it and we hear from the Dominic Martens, a member of the National Youth Orchestra and his teacher, Nick Jones as they explore the piece together.
Garden designer Julie Moir Messervy, describes how Yo-Yo Ma's recording inspired her to design The Toronto Music Garden and doctor Heidi Kimberly explains why she chose the piece for her wedding and why she believes the suite to have healing powers.
While historian and author, Eric Siblin, reveals the extraordinary history of the suites and why some still argue that they was written by Bach's second wife Anna Magdalena.
Producer Lucy Lunt.
FRI 19:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00b2kh3)
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FRI 19:30 Brothers in Law (b0599zby)
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FRI 20:00 Paul Temple (b039q5dx)
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FRI 20:30 Cult Heroes (b0965yb5)
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FRI 21:00 A Shepherd in London (b03s6jv9)
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FRI 21:15 Arthur (b0076p4t)
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FRI 22:00 Mr Muzak (b095qcjy)
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FRI 22:30 Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music (b007k0lk)
Series 1, Manufactured BandsMitch thinks he's the world's best musical satirist, but his nemesis Richard Stilgoe is about to strike back. From March 2004.
FRI 23:00 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b01dtxcn)
Series 1, Standing TallStephen K Amos and his pick of the circuit's best stand-ups build an idiot's guide to life. This week Maeve Higgins, Tom Allen and Phil Nichol join Stephen to offer a guide to standing tall.
Produced by Colin Anderson.
FRI 23:30 World of Pub (b007sygy)
Series 2, Episode 2The Red Lion's almost bankrupt - can Dodgy Phil get the punters back?
Tony Roche 's four-part comedy starring John Thomson as Dodgy Phil, Phil Cornwell as Barry, Alistair McGowan as Garry, Debra Stephenson and Simon Greenall.
Special effects: Carl Phillips and Nick Romero.
Music: Bill Bailey
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.