SATURDAY 04 NOVEMBER 2017

SAT 00:00 Oscar Wilde (b008lz2g)
The Canterville Ghost, Episode 3Troublesome ghost of a dead nobleman, Sir Simon is determined to oust the Otis family from his ancestral home. So his hauntings are becoming more and more elaborate...
First published in 1887, Oscar Wilde's novella is read by Alistair McGowan.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2007.
SAT 00:30 Soul Music (b075pxfx)
Series 22, Bring Him HomeBring Him Home, from Les Miserables, is a beautiful and moving prayer-in-song that has developed meaning and identity outside the hit musical.
Taking part in the programme:
The celebrated tenor, Alfie Boe, has sung this many times in the West End and on Broadway; he discusses what the song means to him.
Herbert Kretzmer talks about the agonising process of writing the lyrics.
The Greater Manchester Police Male Voice Choir recorded a version especially for the programme; one of their members describes singing Bring Him Home at the funeral of PC Dave Phillips in November 2015.
The original Cosette, from Les Miserables, Rebecca Caine now sings this song - written for a male voice - regularly as part of international recitals.
And for Becky Douglas it will forever be a reminder of her daughter whose death inspired the foundation of a leprosy charity.
Jeremy Summerly, Director of Music at St Peter's College, Oxford plays through the piece and describes why it moves us emotionally.
Producer: Karen Gregor.
SAT 01:00 Poirot (b007ys7n)
Murder on the Orient Express, Episode 4Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot discovers that someone aboard the train is lying to him.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot. With Sylvia Syms as Mrs Hubbard, Francesca Annis as Miss Debenham, Peter Polycarpou as Dr Constantine and Siriol Jenkins as Countess Andrenyi.
Pianist: Michael Haslam
From the book published in 1934 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell
Director Enyd Williams.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
SAT 01:30 Beardyman and the Mimics (b00d61q9)
Champion beatboxer Beardyman, aka Darren Foreman, is a master of vocal artistry. He can make all manner of noises, including entire percussive music tracks, using only his mouth, throat and tongue.
Inspired by the lyrebird, he ventures on a personal journey to unveil the secrets of animal vocal mimicry. He encounters ornithologist and musician Bill Oddie, birdsong scientific experts and a whole new world of sounds.
SAT 02:00 Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre (b0076l5g)
Episode 15After hearing the shocking news of Mr Rochester's misfortune, Jane begins her search for him. Adaptation of the classic read by Anne-Marie Duff. From April 2004.
SAT 02:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bfpzw)
Three Wise MenAstronomer Heather Couper reviews ancient associations of stars and planets with deities, and astrology's link to mathematics and the 24-hour day. From May 2008.
SAT 02:30 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving (b015272f)
Episode 5Vic is increasingly indifferent towards Ingrid, but can he let her out of his life? Stars Lee Ingleby and Rebecca Callard.
SAT 02:45 Book of the Week (b01ns1k9)
Michael Holroyd - On Wheels, Episode 5Michael Holroyd confronts an army of automobiles in this charming memoir. Weaving together personal stories and historical anecdote, he traces his relationship with cars through a lifetime of biography.
Learning to drive was no easy matter for Michael. The lessons required military precision when practising how to get in and out of his car correctly. His biographical subjects also had their difficulties: Bernard Shaw drove with reckless gusto when overtaking his eightieth year; Vita Sackville-West's car became a chamber for sudden romantic assignations and getaways; Augustus John and his family careered through vulnerable villages as the poor vehicle, piled high with bohemian friends, stuttered and jerked along in first gear.
Wry, thoughtful and very funny, On Wheels is an elegy to the glamour of the car. Subtle and perceptive, Michael Holroyd finds surprising ways to understand the past and challenge our view of the future.
Episode 5 of 5
In the final episode, Michael Holroyd describes playwright Bernard Shaw's enthusiastic, if cavalier, approach to driving - only thwarted by the outbreak of world war. For Michael Holroyd, however, it was the satnav that did for him.
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b08yg576)
14-18 August 1917The third omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon met in Craiglockhart Hospital.
Cast
Howard Argent ..... Gunnar Cauthery
Juliet Cavendish ..... Lizzie Bourne
Ulysses Pilchard ..... Khalid Abdalla
Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger
Norman Harris ..... Sean Baker
Phyllis Marshall ..... Christine Absalom
Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford
Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw
James ..... Charlie Clements
Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David
Silas Morrow ..... Shaun Dooley
Barman ..... Philip Fox
Chester Matthews ..... Samuel James
Maisie Harris ..... Cassie Layton
Major Love ..... Simon Ludders
Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack
Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf
Harry Pankhurst ..... Sean Murray
Olive Hargreaves ..... Rhiannon Neads
Phillip Sassoon ..... Luke Newberry
Anna White ..... Ellie Piercy
Eric Morton ..... Paul Rainbow
Marieke Argent ..... Olivia Ross
Dorothea Winwood ..... Rachel Shelley
Dennis Monk ..... Sam Swann
Edna Harris ..... Lara J West
Connie Marshall ..... Darcy Brown
Grace Cavendish ..... Grace Doherty
Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
SAT 04:00 The Rest Is History (b04vd88y)
Series 1, Episode 2A new, six-part comedy discussion show hosted by Frank Skinner.
Frank loves history, but just doesn't know much of it, so he's devised The Rest Is History to find out more about it.
Along with his historian in residence, Dr Kate Williams, each episode sees Frank joined by a selection of celebrity guests, who will help him navigate his way through the annals of time, picking out and chewing over the funniest, oddest, and most interesting moments in history.
Frank's guests in this edition of the programme are Victoria Coren Mitchell and Andy Zaltzman.
Produced by Dan Schreiber and Justin Pollard
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT 04:30 Kalangadog Junction (b09ckrh5)
Episode 31956: It's a big week in the junction as everyone prepares to go to the movies, and the Australian town witnesses a version of On the Waterfront unlike any other...
Six-part comedy drama series by Moya O'Shea.
Starring Caroline Quentin as Jane, John Duttine as Thomas, Niall Ashdown as Jimmy, Toby Longworth as Pete, Brian Bowles as Len, Joanna Monro as Madge, Julie Gibbs as Milly, June Whitfield as Phoebe and Moya O'Shea as Gaylene.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.
SAT 05:00 Safety Catch (b0178ncg)
Series 2, Brothers in ArmsLaurence Howarth's black comedy of modern morality set in the world of arms dealing.
Darren Boyd stars as reluctant arms dealer Simon McGrath who is generally a nice chap - he just happens to work as an arms dealer, or 'Defence and security equipment system solutions broker' as he prefers to call it. Whilst battling with his conscience he justifies to himself why five years on he's still in a job he just fell into - after all, what he really wants is to pursue is his career in electronic music. But until that takes off he'll stay where he is, and as his mother so eloquently puts it, "any job where you get your own desk and a hot dinner can't be all bad". And so as we renew our acquaintance with Simon we find him, using his 'flair for original ideas' to go to extreme lengths to prove to everyone just how badly he feels about doing the job he does.
Cast:
Simon Mcgrath..........................Darren Boyd
Anna Grieg...............................Joanna Page
Boris Kemal............................Lewis Macleod
Judith McGrath..........................Sarah Smart
Angela McGrath........................Brigit Forsyth
Madeleine Turnbull....................Rachel Atkins
Peter..........................................Gus Brown
Paramedic.....................................Philip Fox
Written by Laurence Howarth
Produced by Dawn Ellis.
SAT 05:30 Tony Law: 21st Century Adventurer (b09by2t2)
Fearless adventurer Tony Law leads an intrepid team attempting to recover the Lost Girdle of the Amazons.
Tony Law is a celebrity explorer, in the mould of Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Several years ago, he wrote a book about his adventures which, combined with the proceeds from a handful of specially funded expeditions, has bankrolled his operation ever since. He's a big fan of razzle-dazzle and derring do, a man who wants to be perceived as a hero.
As a young man, Tony discovered the stories surrounding his great-grandfather, Anton Lawless, and his grandfather, Antonio Lawless. The Lawless family were renowned explorers, but Tony's accountant father was ashamed of the family's unorthodox past, changed the family name to Law (no-one wants an accountant called Lawless), moved to Canada and hid the family history from the young Tony.
Tony's discovery of his grandfather's past gave his life a sudden purpose and spurred him on to follow in Anton and Antonio's footsteps. and, if possible, outdo them. Tony both stars in and narrates the show, in which he is joined by a set of adventurers he has employed to help him on his various quests.
The team comprises Martha (Adjoa Andoh), a survival expert; Janet (Nina Wadia), the 40-something Botanist who's just got out of an awful marriage and finally decided to put her Open University Floral Biology degree to good use; Alan (John-Luke Roberts), the group's transport officer and an old-fashioned right-winger who is delighted to have a shot at (what he sees as) rebuilding the British Empire.
New sitcom written by Gareth Gwynn and John-Luke Roberts. Produced by Lyndsay Fenner.
SAT 06:00 Thomas Love Peacock - Headlong Hall (b06y048x)
Winter, 1815: Harry Headlong, like all Welsh squires, is fond of shooting, hunting and drinking. But he becomes seized with a passion to form the acquaintance of philosophers and dilettanti.
Narrated by Sir Michael Hordern. Starring Daniel Massey as Escot, Ronald Lacey as Foster, John Grillo as Jenkison, John Horsley as Cranium and William Simons as Headlong.
Thomas Love Peacock's novella dramatised by James Saunders.
Producer: Matthew Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1988.
SAT 07:30 Yes Yes Yes (b007kvv5)
Series 2, Can He Kick It?John Rawling recalls a dramatic game of rugby between Scotland and Wales at Murrayfield in the 1971 Five Nations Championship. From January 2001.
SAT 07:55 Inheritance Tracks (b06sb17d)
Rick SteinChef Rick Stein chooses 'Wouldn't It Be Lovely' from My Fair Lady, and 'Afternoons And Coffee Spoons' by the Crash Test Dummies.
SAT 08:00 An Hour With... (b00sn7jn)
Alan TitchmarshBritain's favourite TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh talks about his life and career with an audience - and tells some of his favourite poems and funny stories. Hear how Placido Domingo sang to Evelyn Glennie, his attempt to interview Bette Davis - and shaking manure-covered hands with Princess Diana.
Green-fingered he may be, but there's nothing else green about Alan Titchmarsh. A fixture on our TV screens for over three decades, his gardening advice has brought pleasure and delight to millions. Alan's also written novels and books on horticulture.
Recorded in 1999.
SAT 09:00 Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials (b09d97fq)
Northern Lights11-year-old Lyra Belaqua lives in an Oxford college in a world parallel to ours, a place where souls exist externally in the form of an animal, a daemon. Lyra discovers that there are dark forces at work involving the kidnapping of children and a curious substance called "Dust".
She's catapulted into a life-and-death struggle to save not only herself but the future of all worlds - a struggle that will take her beyond The Northern Lights...
Philip Pullman's award-winning trilogy is a breathtaking epic adventure spanning a multitude of worlds.
Stars Lulu Popplewell as Lyra, Ray Fearon as Balthamos, Terence Stamp as Lord Asriel, Emma Fielding as Mrs Coulter, Kenneth Cranham as Farder Coram, Bill Paterson as The Master, Peter Marinker as Lee Scorseby, Carla Simpson as Hester and Tracy-Ann Oberman as Serafina Pekkala.
Steve Hodson as Iorek Byrnison, Gerard McDermott as Iofur Raknison, Richard Firth as Pantalaimon, David Holt as Ozymandias, Shaun Dooley as Lord Faa, Ann Beach as Ma Costa, Ben Crowe as Joey Costa, Joanna Monro as The Housekeeper, Martin Hyder as Dr Cooper and Ioan Meredith as Santelia.
Simon Donaldson as Kaisa, Leagh Conwell as Roger, Soumaya Keynes as Annie, Amy Dunn as Bella, Laura Doddington as Stelmaria, Emma Woolliams as Salcilia, Gregg Prentice as Billy and Oliver Cookson as Tony.
Dramatised by Lavinia Murray.
Music composed and realised by Billy Cowie.
Director: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
SAT 11:30 Philip Pullman and Miss Jones (b00775zz)
Terry Jones presides over a conversation between best-selling author Philip Pullman and his former schoolteacher Enid Jones. In an intimate and revealing setting in the Welsh coast town of Harlech, they talk about Philip's first day in school, his early attempts at storytelling, the craft of poetry, reading, writing and other memories.
They reveal how their pupil-teacher relationship has ripened into a friendship that has endured nearly fifty years. Pullman explains the reasons behind his acknowledgement of his former teacher at the end of the His Dark Materials trilogy.
SAT 12:00 HR (b00tg1c3)
Series 2, GassingSam is battling retirement blues with a part-time job working for the Saviours, manning telephone lines to help those in distress. And today's first client is of course Peter, in distress about their faulty boiler.
Peter ..... Jonathan Pryce
Sam ..... Nicholas Le Prevost
George ..... Sam Dale
Voice ..... Alison Pettitt
Director: Peter Kavanagh.
SAT 12:30 Ballylenon (b00gddtk)
Series 2, Episode 4After "overhearing" that Reverend Hawthorne is leaving Ballylenon for a larger congregation, telephone operator Vera McConkey loses no time in communicating the good news to the local newspaper, The Vindicator.
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1954, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in every home.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Starring TP McKenna as Phonsie Doherty, Margaret D'Arcy as Muriel McConkey, Stella McCusker as Vera McConkey, Aine McCartney as Vivienne Boal, John Hewitt as Guard Gallagher, Charlie Bonnar as Packy McGoldrick, Ciara McKeown as Josie Doherty and Gerard Murphy as Rev Samuel Hawthorne.
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.
SAT 13:00 AJ Cronin - The Citadel (Omnibus) (b09d9cmq)
Made for 4 Extra. An enthusiastic newly-trained doctor arrives in a Welsh mining town but is soon brought down to earth. Stars Richard Fleeshman.
SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b09d9cms)
Fergal KeaneFergal Keane: BBC correspondent Fergal Keane chooses The Voice Squad's 'The Parting Glass' and Johnny Clegg and Juluka's 'Scatterlings of Africa'.
SAT 14:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b06q4568)
Joanna LumleyThe Absolutely Fabulous actress and activist Joanna Lumley shares her anxieties and regrets with Professor Anthony Clare.
Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in depth interviews with prominent people from different walks of life.
Born in Dublin, author Anthony Clare held a doctorate in medicine, a master's degree in philosophy and was a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. After becoming a regular on BBC Radio 4's Stop the Week in the 1980s, he became Britain's best-known psychiatrist and earned his own vehicle, In the Psychiatrist's Chair. Starting in 1982, this series ran until 2001 and also transferred to TV. Series highlights include conversations with Bob Monkhouse, Cecil Parkinson and Gerry Adams.
Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October July 1994.
SAT 15:00 An Hour With... (b00sn7jn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Thomas Love Peacock - Headlong Hall (b06y048x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Yes Yes Yes (b007kvv5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 17:55 Inheritance Tracks (b06sb17d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today]
SAT 18:00 The Twilight Zone (b00j581z)
Series 2, The Last FlightAfter flying through a mysterious cloud, a First World War pilot lands at a US airbase in 1959...
Richard Matheson's TV script adapted for radio by Dennis Etchison
Stars Charles Shaughnessy, Mike Starr, Roderick Peeples, Nigel Patterson, Doug James, Jeff Lupetin, Kurt Naebig, Steve Key, Carl Amari, Richard Henzel, Jamie Baron and Linda Reiter.
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 Silent Vulcan (b007jsy4)
Episode 8It's the August carnival and three figures dressed in black are hidden on a cart heading for the town...
After a UFO crash landed, the Sussex town of Pentworth has been 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.
Abridged by Miranda Davis.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard.
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2004.
SAT 19:00 Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials (b09d97fq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 21:30 Philip Pullman and Miss Jones (b00775zz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SAT 22:00 The Mark Steel Lecture (b007qhq3)
Series 2, Karl MarxThe radical comedian offers his assessment of the influential revolutionary thinker and philosopher. From April 2001.
SAT 22:30 Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies (b03gg7rd)
NationalismAndrew Maxwell is one of the UK's most informed and fearless stand ups. In this series of one-off stand up shows, he uses his trademark intelligence and political incisiveness to dig behind the clichés and assumptions about four possible threats to British society: food, the internet, drugs and Nationalism.
This series will showcase a comedian at the top of his abilities tackling difficult and important 'slow news' topics with a depth and perceptiveness that remains outside the remit of mainstream 'topical' comedy.
In this last edition, Andrew looks at Nationalists, from a variety of movements, who are easy to demonise. So very, very easy. But rather than do that - and it really is very easy - Andrew will explore the reasons for joining such organisations and the logical outcomes of their policies.
Always adept at making shrewd, balanced and very funny political observations, Maxwell was one of the first comics at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival to react to the riots in England and the Arab Spring and evolve his act accordingly to rave reviews and a nomination. He performed his 2012 Edinburgh show That's the Spirit at the Assembly Rooms George Square to sell out audiences and followed this with a run at London's Soho Theatre. He also performed at the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival last year including a performance at the televised American Dream Gala and at the Udderbelly Festival.
"One of the most significant comedians working in the country today" THE INDEPENDENT
"Fiercely funny and utterly invigorating" THE TIMES
"Stand up. is rarely this politically well-informed or thought-provoking" THE SCOTSMAN
Written and performed by ..... Andrew Maxwell
Script edited by ..... Paul Byrne
Produced by ..... Ed Morrish.
SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b09d5ffw)
Daliso Chaponda 2/3The best in contemporary comedy. Plus, Arthur Smith is joined by the comedian Daliso Chaponda.
SAT 23:00 Goodness Gracious Me (b01p4sgr)
Series 3, Episode 3The Kapoors tee off on the golf course, and the Delhi students take a train to Southend-on-Sea. Stars Meera Syal. From June 1998.
SAT 23:30 Chris Addison's Civilization (b00f2zsd)
A Working SocietyThe thinking idiot's anthropologist charts the bumpy evolution of the Western world. With Dan Tetsell. From April 2006.

SUNDAY 05 NOVEMBER 2017

SUN 00:00 The Twilight Zone (b00j581z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:40 James Follett - The Silent Vulcan (b007jsy4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:40 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 AJ Cronin - The Citadel (Omnibus) (b09d9cmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b09d9cms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday]
SUN 02:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b06q4568)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday]
SUN 03:00 An Hour With... (b00sn7jn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Thomas Love Peacock - Headlong Hall (b06y048x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 Yes Yes Yes (b007kvv5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:55 Inheritance Tracks (b06sb17d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving Omnibus (b015f99x)
Episode 1Vic Brown is infatuated with his work colleague Ingrid Rothwell, but how will he manage to break the ice?
Set in Yorkshire, Stan Barstow's iconic 1960s novel is a compelling, poignant and humorous account of 20-year-old Vic's infatuation for Ingrid - which develops into an emotional crisis, thanks in part to her spiteful friend, Dorothy.
Dramatised by Stan Barstow's partner Diana Griffiths.
Starring Lee Ingleby as Vic Brown, Rebecca Callard as Ingrid Rothwell, Kate Layden as Mrs Brown and Fine Time Fontayne as Mr Brown.
Director: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
SUN 07:15 Shena Mackay - Till the Cows Come Home (b09d9xq3)
A woman looks back on a childhood bonfire night, which was more explosive than anyone could have imagined. Read by Diana Bishop. From November 1993.
SUN 07:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b044h6nv)
Series 3, Adam BuxtonMusic and comedy presented by Alex Horne and his 5-piece band. This week they tackle the theme of money, shopping and consumerism with an advert for milk, a sea shanty and a song about cheese dreams. They're joined by special guest comedian Adam Buxton.
Host... Alex Horne
Band... Joe Auckland, Mark Brown, Will Collier, Ben Reynolds, Ed Sheldrake
Guests... Adam Buxton and Saxophonist Pedro
Producer... Charlie Perkins.
SUN 08:00 The Al Read Show (b0090v01)
From 6/2/1966The legendary Northern comic pokes fun at fireman and hospitals.
Monologues and sketches presenting "life with the lid off".
With Susan Maughan, The Countrymen, and Woolf Phillips and his Orchestra.
Devised by Al Read and scripted by Ronnie Taylor.
Producer: Bill Worsley
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1966.
SUN 08:30 As Time Goes By (b04wjsjy)
Series 1, Episode 4Jean's daughter Judith begins to fall for Lionel, but his publisher, Alistair, starts to fall for Jean...
Starring Judi Dench as Jean and Geoffrey Palmer as Lionel.
With Moira Brooker as Judith, Jon Glover as Alistair and Jenny Funnell as Sandy.
Adapted from his original television series by Bob Larbey.
Producer: Martin Fisher.
A DLT Production in association with the Theatre of Comedy for BBC Radio 2.
First broadcast in April 1997.
SUN 09:00 Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time (Omnibus) (b09db3kr)
Born in 1905 among a new and brilliant generation of writers, Anthony Powell was the literary genius who gave us A Dance to the Music of Time, an undisputed classic of English literature. Anthony Powell wrote his spectacular 12 volume sequence over a 25 year period. This comic masterpiece teems with idiosyncratic characters, capturing 20th century Britain through war and peace.
In this portrait of a literary master from one of our generation's greatest biographers, Hilary Spurling draws on Powell's letters and journals, and the memories of those who knew him.
Investigating the friends, relations, lovers, acquaintances, fools and geniuses who surrounded him, she reveals the comical and tragic events that inspired one of the greatest fictions of the age.
Written by Hilary Spurling
Abridged by Sara Davies
Read by Hattie Morahan
Directed by Lizzie Davies
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN 10:10 World Book Club (b09db3kv)
Charlotte Bronte - Jane EyreWorld Book Club travels back to Victorian England to discuss Charlotte Bronte's captivating and enduring tale, Jane Eyre.
Writer Tracy Chevalier and biographer Claire Harman join Harriett Gilbert in a packed BBC radio theatre in London.
The novel traces the fortunes of a young orphaned girl searching for a sense of belonging and identity in a hostile world, plagued by both gender and social inequality.
Weaving together the sweeping romance between Jane and Mr Rochester, a social commentary on 19th century England and set against the eerie Gothic backdrop of imposing mansions and wild moorland, Charlotte Bronte produced one of the world's most-loved and timeless tales.
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 2016.
SUN 11:00 Radiolab (b09dblmq)
Series 2, Patient ZeroRadiolab explores how you find out who Patient Zero is - the heart of any kind of outbreak. 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 The Al Read Show (b0090v01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 12:30 As Time Goes By (b04wjsjy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 13:00 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving Omnibus (b015f99x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 14:15 Shena Mackay - Till the Cows Come Home (b09d9xq3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 14:30 Philip Pullman - The Book of Dust (Omnibus) (b09dblms)
La Belle Sauvage, Episode 2 of 2Malcolm returns to see Alice at the Priory to try and discover who has been helping Bonneville. Read by Simon Russell Beale.
SUN 15:45 What Is a Story? (b061qv4f)
Is Anyone Responsible?Marina 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 seven, Marina asks, "Is Anyone Responsible?"
Producer: Kevin Dawson
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN 16:00 Drama (b01lwdx3)
Paul Theroux - The White Man's BurdenA radio adaptation of Paul Theroux's stage play about the young Rudyard Kipling's humiliating final months as an American resident. The great English writer plans to settle in Vermont with his American wife, but a clash with his brother-in-law results in death threats, a court case and public scandal. Will Kipling manage to keep his head when all about are losing theirs?
Written by Paul Theroux
Adapted and directed by Emma Harding.
SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (b09dbwk2)
Andrew Motion and Lavinia GreenlawPoet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive with 'Fine Lines'.
Poets Andrew Motion and Lavinia Greenlaw read their poetry and discuss their work.
Producer: Susan Roberts.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
SUN 17:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b044h6nv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 18:00 Wally K Daly (b073h06c)
2004Out of a chaotic society generated by crime and violence steps a new Prime Minister with a mission, preaching a high-tech vision of a crime-free nation.
Wally K Daly's 1995 dystopian view of the year 2004.
Stars Bill Nighy as Quinley, Derek Waring as Lyle, David Collings as Franklin and Michael Cochrane as Jason, Christine Milwood as Petra and Anton Phillips as Quarme.
Directed by David Hitchinson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in March 1995.
SUN 19:00 Radiolab (b09dblmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 20:00 Sir Ken Dodd: What a Beautiful Day! (b09dcd92)
Born 90 years ago on November 8th 1927, Sir Ken Dodd still performs regularly to sell-out audiences around the country. As a ten-year-old, BBC Sports broadcaster Garry Richardson first saw Sir Ken perform and his fascination with 'Britain's greatest comedian' began.
Garry has been presenting on Radio 4's Today programme for 37 years, and is the longest-serving member of the team. In his spare time he regularly travels to Sir Ken Dodd's shows.
In this special documentary made for 4 Extra, the veteran comedian gives a fascinating insight into his life. He left school at 14 to help on his dad's coal round. Dodd explains how he went from performing with a teenage 'concert party' to a record-breaking run at the London Palladium. His long career was topped at Buckingham Palace when Sir Ken received a knighthood for his services to entertainment and charity.
With archive clips, 'What a Beautiful Day!' features an extended interview with Sir Ken, as well as new interviews with Sir David Jason, Roy Hudd, Jimmy Tarbuck, Judith Chalmers and Sir Ken's scriptwriter John Martin, who's been writing jokes for the comedian for over 25 years. All of them give their own perspective on just what makes Sir Ken Dodd's comedy tick. The tattyfilarious Squire of Knotty Ash shows no signs of stopping just yet...
Producer: Peter McHugh.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in November 2017.
SUN 21:20 Ken Dodd - It's Great to Be Young (b04v9dlj)
"How tickled I am!". Gags and songs from 'young' Ken Dodd - with a trip to Doddyland and more mysteries tackled by Professor Dodd....
With Peter Goodwright, Judith Chalmers, Leonard Williams, Karat Gardner and Jimmy Goldie.
Music from the Littlewood Songsters and the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra conducted by Bernard Herman.
Written by James Casey, Frank Roscoe and Eddie Braben.
Producer: James Casey
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1960.
SUN 21:50 Inheritance Tracks (b0952lw5)
Roy HuddComedian and actor Roy Hudd chooses 'While London Sleeps' written by Harry Dacre and 'Harry Was a Champion' by Chas & Dave. From September 2017.
SUN 22:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b044h6nv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 Hal (b04stlcv)
Series 1, CrimeHal Cruttenden stars as a forty-something husband and father who, years ago, decided to give up his job and become a stay at home father. His wife, Sam, has a successful business career which makes her travel more and more. His children, Lilly and Molly, are growing up fast, and his role as their father and mentor is diminishing by the day.
So what can Hal to as he reaches a crossroads in his life? Help is (sort of) at hand in the form of his eager mates - Doug, Fergus and Barry - who regularly meet at their local curry house for mind expanding conversations that sadly never give Hal the core advice he so desperately needs.
Hal is confused even further as he regularly has visions of his long dead and highly macho father, who he's forced to engage in increasingly frustrating conversations.
In this third episode, Hal becomes the latest victim to a series of car crimes that have happened near his home. Not only has his own personal car space been invaded, but his beloved CD collection has been stolen - including Abba, Dolly Parton and The Pet Shop Boys.
How can Hal survive this tragedy?
In the process of trying to cope with this crime, Hal also tries to find the real man in himself - but in attempting to do this, only scares his young daughters and reduces them to tears.
The cast includes co-writer Dominic Holland, Ed Byrne, Ronni Ancona, Anna Crilly, Gavin Webster, Dominic Frisby, Samuel Caseley and Emily and Lucy Robbins.
Produced by Paul Russell
An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b09g367h)
Daliso Chaponda 3/3The best in contemporary comedy. Plus, Arthur Smith is joined by the comedian Daliso Chaponda.
SUN 23:00 Pleased to Meet You (b007k35j)
Series 1, Episode 3Ninety-something good-time girl Dora Dale dishes more dirt on her celebrity chums to Martin Kelner. With Jake Yapp. From August 2006.
SUN 23:30 Pick Ups (b00nw3s1)
Series 2, Heroes and VillainsSitcom by Ian Kershaw, set around a Manchester taxi company.
It's decision time - will Simon De Vere call time on Irwell Cars, and will Dave choose Milan over Lower Broughton Working Men's Club?
Mike ...... Paul Loughran
Lind ...... Lesley Sharp
Dave ...... Phil Rowson
Alan ...... Parvez Qadir
Simon De Vere ...... James Quinn
Stevie ...... Suranne Jones
Pat the Butcher ...... Andrew Grose.

MONDAY 06 NOVEMBER 2017

MON 00:00 Wally K Daly (b073h06c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving Omnibus (b015f99x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Shena Mackay - Till the Cows Come Home (b09d9xq3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Philip Pullman - The Book of Dust (Omnibus) (b09dblms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:45 What Is a Story? (b061qv4f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Drama (b01lwdx3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (b09dbwk2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b044h6nv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Poirot (b007ytww)
Murder on the Orient Express, Episode 5Time is against Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot as he battles to unmask the murderer aboard the Orient Express.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot. With Sylvia Syms as Mrs Hubbard, Sian Phillips as Princess Dragmiroff, Francesca Annis as Miss Debenham, Frank Windsor as Pierre Michel, Peter Polycarpou as Dr Constantine, Desmond Llewelyn as Masterman and Andre Maranne as Monsieur Bouc.
Music composed and played by Michael Haslam
From the book published in 1934 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell
Director Enyd Williams.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
MON 06:30 Mysteries from the Past (b01lhbg8)
Last Thursday a new outdoor production of the medieval York Cycle of Mystery Plays opened in the city starring Ferdinand Kingsley as Jesus, Graeme Hawley as the devil and a community cast and crew of over 500 people.
The revival of these plays first took place as part of the Festival of Britain in 1951 and were staged, like the 2012 production, against the backdrop of the ruined St Mary's Abbey in the Museum Gardens. The York Mystery Plays are the most complete cycle telling stories from the bible in 48 separate plays each one originally performed by one of the city's medieval guilds. Staged on the back of wagons at various locations around the city the plays were performed on Corpus Christi Day from around 1390 until 1575 and took all day to perform. Since 1951 the plays have been staged every three or four years until 2000 when the last full-scale production took place in York Minster directed by the RSC's Gregory Doran.
In Mysteries from the Past the playwright John Godber takes to the medieval streets of York to look back at how these 'modern-day' performances relate to the original ideas behind the plays of communicating bible stories to the illiterate masses. Examining archive material including medieval manuscripts and recordings of the some of the productions he talks to experts in medieval drama and some of the people involved in past productions which have launched the careers of actors Judi Dench, David Bradley and Mary Ure. The productions have not been without controversy - such as casting a women as God or having Hindu actor, Victor Banerjee, playing Christ - guaranteeing publicity for these adventures in major community theatre production.
Producer: Andy Cartwright
A Soundscape Production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 07:00 Millport (b008h51h)
Series 1, Derek Dodds Is DeadAn unexpected death makes all the islanders question their priorities in life in some very surprising ways...
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.
Stars Lynn Ferguson as Irene, Janet Brown as Moira/Agnes, Lewis McLeod as Alberto/Robert/Dita/Bob, Gabriel Quigley as Ena/Bunty/Diane, Matt Costello as Doogie and Robert Paterson as The Minister.
Producers: Lucy Bacon and Kathy Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000.
MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b09byhny)
Series 19, Episode 5David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents.
Mark Steel, Holly Walsh, Tony Hawks and Fred Macaulay are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as twins, Sean Connery, golf and photography.
Produced by Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 08:00 Hello Cheeky (b012n3rx)
From 26/05/1973The FBI meets cricket meets Listen With Mother.
Pun-tastic fast-moving comedy sketch series written by and starring John Junkin, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor.
With musical accompaniment from the Denis King Trio.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1973.
MON 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jqbr)
Series 3, My British BuddyWalmington-on-Sea's warm welcome for American troops backfires.
Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, John Laurie as Private Frazer, Arnold Ridley as Godfrey, Ian Lavender as Private Pike, Bill Pertwee as Hodges, Larry Martyn as Private Walker, Jack Watson as Colonel Schultz, Mollie Sugden as Mrs Fox and Wendy Richard as Shirley.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1976.
MON 09:00 Just a Minute (b00td8kq)
Series 57, Episode 3Radio 4's classic long running panel game.
Chairman Nicholas Parsons takes control of a loquacious and rebellious bunch of players whose task it is to speak on a subject he gives them for one minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
This week Paul Merton, Ross Noble, Tony Hawks and Sheila Hancock attempt to speak within the rules of the game.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani.
MON 09:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b017gzj8)
Series 2, Countess Natasha and the Red MenaceComedy series by Christopher William Hill, set in 1962.
A BBC producer struggles to make a radio soap set in the unimaginably futuristic world of 2008.
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan guest stars in the same week that the programme is infiltrated by a spy.
Nigel Lavery ...... Peter Bowles
Sylvia Hann ...... Cheryl Campbell
Godfrey Winnard ..... John Fortune
Sir Angus McNairn ...... Gary Waldhorn
Hugo Kellerman ...... Joseph Kloska
Douglas Bennings/Harold Macmillan ...... Jon Glover
Keith Wood ...... Sam Pamphilon
Roger Aspinall ...... Simon Treves
Secretary ...... Laura Molyneux
Miss Thurwell ...... Anna Bengo.
MON 10:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b08yg5dv)
21-25 August 1917The fourth omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the French Army regained territory in a new offensive at Verdun.
Written by Mike Walker
Directed by Ciaran Bermingham
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Story led by Katie Hims
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.
MON 11:00 Infinite Possibilities and Unlikely Probabilities (b040h6xs)
Vacant PossessionThree contemporary stories by Anita Sullivan - commissioned specially for Radio 4 - set in a seaside town and exploring a wider world that co-exists with our everyday lives.
Episode 1: Vacant Possession
Grace is invaluable to a local Estate Agent in helping to sell difficult houses. But what is her special gift?
Anita Sullivan has written a number of plays and short stories for BBC Radio, among them Countrysides (2011), The Last Breath (created with Ben Fearnside in 2012), and the adaptation of An Angel At My Table, which won Best Audio Drama Serial at the BBC Audio Drama awards in 2014.
Reader: Martina Laird
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 11:15 Tommies (b08n2dmn)
24 April 1917Night falls on a race to the Macedonian front, in this story by Jonathan Ruffle.
If they hadn't been too late to save Serbia, there would never have been 160,000 British troops stationed near Salonika, in what is now Northern Greece.
And if it weren't for one deserting Bulgarian soldier, Celestine de Tullio would be on her way home to England today, in widow's weeds.
But the British troops in Salonika have done so much digging in, and so little actual fighting, that they're universally mocked as 'The Gardeners of Salonika'.
So Celestine's need for action can only help them. Can't it?
Meticulously based on unit war diaries and eye-witness accounts, each episode of TOMMIES traces one real day at war, exactly 100 years ago.
And through it all, we'll follow the fortunes of Mickey Bliss and his fellow signallers, from the Lahore Division of the British Indian Army. They are the cogs in an immense machine, one which connects situations across the whole theatre of the war, over four long years.
Series created by Jonathan Ruffle
Producers: David Hunter, Jonquil Panting, Jonathan Ruffle
Director: Jonquil Panting.
MON 12:00 Hello Cheeky (b012n3rx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jqbr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Poirot (b007ytww)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Mysteries from the Past (b01lhbg8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09dh2ml)
Episode 11917: wounded British soldiers, including Siegfried Sassoon, start to question their superiors...
A portrayal of a generation trying to come to terms with the intolerable. Pat Barker's historical anti-war novel was first published in 1991.
The first of 10 episodes read by Alice Arnold.
Abridged by Tessa Kendall.
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
MON 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvsd2)
Philosopher ScientistsHeather Couper considers Greek philosopher Thales's idea that natural forces, not actions by gods, cause natural disasters. From June 2008.
MON 14:30 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving (b015fkl6)
Episode 6Vic Brown wangles a new job - but the same old confused emotions persist when it comes to Ingrid...
Set in Yorkshire, Stan Barstow's iconic 1960s novel is a compelling, poignant and humorous account of 20 year-old Vic's infatuation for Ingrid - which develops into an emotional crisis, thanks in part to her spiteful friend, Dorothy.
Dramatised by Stan Barstow's partner Diana Griffiths.
Starring Lee Ingleby as Vic Brown, Rebecca Callard as Ingrid Rothwell, Kate Layden as Mrs Brown and Seamus O'Neill as Mr Van Huyton.
Director: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
MON 14:45 Book of the Week (b01p3hnn)
The Horologicon, Episode 1The Etymologicon was last year's surprise runaway bestseller. The author has now assembled The Horologicon, or book of hours, to delight his audience with a feast of words appropriate to a precise moment of the day.
Did you wake up feeling rough? Then you're philogrobolized probably at day peep when you were roused by your expergefactor.
Written by Mark Forsyth
Read by Hugh Dennis
Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall
A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 15:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b08yg5dv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 Just a Minute (b00td8kq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 16:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b017gzj8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 17:00 Millport (b008h51h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b09byhny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jl9p)
Earthsearch I, PlanetfallThe starship Challenger has been on a 115-year-long mission exploring other galaxies for suitable Earth-like planets to colonise.
The present crew of four were born on the Challenger and have never left it. From birth they've been looked after by two 'Angels' - voices surrounding and guiding their every move. The crew follows their advice without question. A dangerous situation, perhaps, if the Angels aren't all their names imply...
James Follett's 10-part adventure serial in time and space.
Stars Sean Arnold as Commander Telson, Amanda Murray as Sharna, Kathryn Hurlbutt as Astra, Haydn Wood as Darv, Sonia Fraser as Angel One, Gordon Reid as Angel Two and Christopher Scott as Sinclair.
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981.
MON 18:30 A Good Read (b09dh9tm)
John Fortune and Jonathan MeadesTwo satirists, John Fortune and Jonathan Meades, join Sue MacGregor to discuss books by Zoe Heller, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and Flann O'Brien. From 2005.
Notes On A Scandal by Zoe Heller
Publisher: Penguin
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Publisher: The Harvill Press
The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
Publisher: Flamingo.
MON 19:00 Hello Cheeky (b012n3rx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Dad's Army (b007jqbr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Poirot (b007ytww)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Mysteries from the Past (b01lhbg8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 Infinite Possibilities and Unlikely Probabilities (b040h6xs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Tommies (b08n2dmn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b09byhny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b00swl5g)
Series 2, Normal TruthThe cartoonist boldly tells the truth to end his series. A less-than-wise career move? Stars Paul McCrink. From March 2003.
MON 22:45 Earls of the Court (b00rp1dt)
The HangoverIs Lloydie ready for what is coming when Johnno makes a hungover, life-changing decision? Stars Stewart Wright. From March 2010.
MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b09fnyz2)
Maddy Anholt 1/2The best in contemporary comedy. Iain Lee chats to Maddy Anholt.
MON 23:00 The Now Show (b09c0x7r)
Series 51, Episode 1Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis re-cap the week via topical stand-up and sketches with guests Sindhu Vee, Tez Ilyas, Pippa Evans and Luke Kempner.
Producer...Victoria Lloyd
A BBC Studios Production.
MON 23:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b00g3xwp)
Series 2, ProblemsThe comedian muses on the secret of life, and the mysteries of destiny and fate. With Rob Rouse. From October 2004.
MON 23:45 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll (b00fvg6h)
Eight Miles LowSpoof music lecture revealing how fear of flying led to the birth of psychedelia. Stars Graham Fellows. From September 2001.

TUESDAY 07 NOVEMBER 2017

TUE 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jl9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b09dh9tm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Poirot (b007ytww)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Mysteries from the Past (b01lhbg8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09dh2ml)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvsd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving (b015fkl6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:45 Book of the Week (b01p3hnn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b08yg5dv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Just a Minute (b00td8kq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b017gzj8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Millport (b008h51h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b09byhny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvg)
Series 2, A Case of Frinks and MooresWhen an open-air sculpture exhibition is raided, pitman-turned-private eye Steven J Blackburn is thrown into the jungle of international dealing.
Starring Finetime Fontayne as Stephen J Blackburn, Judy Flynn as Tracey Duggan and Christopher Wilkinson as Rollo Oglesby.
One of four more cases for the private investigator and his government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Yorkshire town that's seen better days.
Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby
Producer: Dave Sheasby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991.
TUE 06:30 The Oldest Bible (b00dp74r)
Roger Bolton tells the story of the Codex Sinaiticus, the world's oldest bible, found in 1844 in a monastery in the Sinai Desert. It is soon to become one of the British Library's greatest treasures and accessible to a worldwide audience. Its history is contentious, and its contents controversial.
TUE 07:00 1834 (b01137b8)
What Century Are You Living In?Jason Slater is a 21st-century English teacher from Cheadle Hulme who wakes in 19th-century Macclesfield.
In Jim Poyser's riotous comedy of transportation and delight, Jason discovers he's now Tarquin, third son of Lord Belport with a faithful valet, Ned who can't explain what's happened.
He's also acquired a suspicious brother, Henry; a spurned ex-girlfriend, Millicent, now going out with Henry; and an over excited Luddite-cum-cauliflower farmer.
Stars Michael Begley as Jason Slater, Joe Caffrey as Ned, Kenneth Alan Taylor as Hoskins, Mark Chatterton as Lord Belport, James Nickerson as Henry, Toby Hadoke as Luddite and Julia Rounthwaite as Millicent.
Directed at BBC Manchester by Polly Thomas.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2003.
TUE 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b09bysnl)
Series 12, Diabetes DayEpisode 2: Diabetes Day
As the new columnist for 'Your Motorhome' magazine, Ed is enjoying a comfortable life on the open road searching out top tips for mobile homeowners. He's finding inspiration at every turn and, in particular, at car parks - namely the hospital car park where he has to attend his diabetes clinic, and subsequently the swimming pool car park to resume a swim regime when challenged about his health by the hospital. Will his tip of letting down one's tyres to get under car park height barriers prove a hit with the readers?
Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas
Produced by Dawn Ellis
BBC Studios Production.
TUE 08:00 Listen to Les (b007wvm2)
From 25/09/1983Les Dawson's life as a spy, a rare interview with boxer Sugar Albert Ackroyd and Cissie despairs of Ada.
With Roy Barraclough, Daphne Oxenford and Colin Edwynn.
Music by Brian Fitzgerald.
Scripted and produced by James Casey.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1983.
TUE 08:30 The Men From the Ministry (b0085hmk)
The Desk JobCan the bungling bureaucrats manage to sell off the old office furniture?
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham.
Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.
'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in August 1972.
TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b09c0x7r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b007k11n)
A Tale of Two TentingThe two friends head off on a surreal camping trip, with Herman Hessian - a dog made out of an old potato sack.
The first of four comic journeys written by John Hegley in which John and his best mate Tony search for happiness, love, the meaning of life ... and glasses.
Starring John Hegley, Simon Munnery, Terry Malloy, Sunny Ormonde and John Korne.
Original music by Nigel Piper.
Director: Anne Edyvean
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.
TUE 10:00 Home Front (b09dhv5w)
From 28 August to 1 September 1917Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
TUE 11:00 Infinite Possibilities and Unlikely Probabilities (b0414qvb)
BalanceThree contemporary stories by Anita Sullivan - commissioned specially for Radio 4 - set in a seaside town and exploring a wider world that co-exists with our everyday lives.
Balance:
In the charity shop, Fran counts and checks all the pieces in the donated board games. but are the scrabble tiles trying to tell her something?
Anita Sullivan has written a number of plays and short stories for BBC Radio, among them 'Countrysides' (2011), 'The Last Breath' (created with Ben Fearnside, 2012) and the adaptation for 'An Angel At My Table', which won Best Audio Drama (series or serial) at the BBC Audio Drama awards in 2014.
Reader: Rakie Ayola
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 11:15 Tommies (b08sng2m)
7 June 1917By Avin Shah.
East Africa. Having almost caught up with the marauding German troops can ill-matched signallers Pavan Jodha and South African Bill Bloomfield successfully negotiate the safety of those besieged in Mkalama Fort?
Meticulously based on unit war diaries and eye-witness accounts, each episode of TOMMIES traces one real day at war, exactly 100 years ago.
Swahili translation: Raju Jobanputra
Series created by Jonathan Ruffle
Producers: Jonquil Panting, David Hunter, Jonathan Ruffle
Director: David Hunter.
TUE 12:00 Listen to Les (b007wvm2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Men From the Ministry (b0085hmk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 The Oldest Bible (b00dp74r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09dhxt1)
Episode 21917. Craiglockhart War Hospital. Dr Rivers continues to talk to his patient, Siegfried Sassoon. Read by Alice Arnold. From May 1992.
TUE 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvsc7)
Wheels Within WheelsHeather Couper reflects on astronomer Ptolomy, who wrote 13 volumes listing over 1000 stars and 48 constellations around AD 150. From June 2008.
TUE 14:30 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving (b015grhx)
Episode 7Big decisions and mixed emotions for Vic and Ingrid, and their respective parents. Stars Lee Ingleby and Rebecca Callard. From July 2010.
TUE 14:45 Book of the Week (b01p5884)
The Horologicon, Episode 2Did you have ben joltram for your ariston? If so, you jenticulated well - which would have pleased Zeus. For more hidden delights from the English language to fit your day, join Hugh Dennis for The Horologicon.
Written by Mark Forsyth
Read by Hugh Dennis
Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall
A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 15:00 Home Front (b09dhv5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 It's Not What You Know (b0383z2q)
Series 2, Episode 6What is Joe Lycett's favourite book? Which is Anneka Rice's filmmaker son's favourite film? Who is Dave Gorman's all-time hero?
All these questions, and more, will be answered in the show hosted by Miles Jupp, where panellists are tested on how well they know their nearest and dearest.
Producer: Sam Michell.
TUE 16:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b007k11n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 17:00 1834 (b01137b8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b09bysnl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlb2)
Earthsearch I, First Footprint CityAs the starship Challenger returns to its solar system after a 115-year-long search for a planet suitable for colonisation - it's a home that the crew have never known.
Born aboard the craft, the four-strong space crew must come to terms with some shocking news...
James Follett's 10-part adventure serial in time and space.
Stars Sean Arnold as Commander Telson, Amanda Murray as Sharna, Kathryn Hurlbutt as Astra, Haydn Wood as Darv, Sonia Fraser as Angel One, Gordon Reid as Angel Two, Alexander John as Sentinel and David Bradshawe as Simon.
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981.
TUE 18:30 That Reminds Me (b007jp4b)
Series 3, Jack DouglasComic actor Jack Douglas - famed for playing 'Alf Ippititimus' - shares memories of his TV, stage and film career with an audience.
How Des O'Connor was Jack's springboard to success and a part in the 'Carry On' films. Plus the mystery of the sex appeal of co-star Sid James!
Producer: Claire Jones
Jack Douglas: Born: 26th April 1927. Died: 18th December 2008
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.
TUE 19:00 Listen to Les (b007wvm2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Men From the Ministry (b0085hmk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 The Oldest Bible (b00dp74r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Infinite Possibilities and Unlikely Probabilities (b0414qvb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Tommies (b08sng2m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b09bysnl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b01qdsms)
Series 2, The Dinner PartyDamien and Anthony invite their nearest and dearest round for a dinner party to celebrate some good news: Anthony has finally decided to start his own investment company, whilst Damien has finally got from Sky Arts for a new series all about the culinary habits of the great poets.
Unfortunately, things do not get off to an auspicious start when Anthony is beset by incurable hiccups, and Damien's agent Ian arrives with marital problems in tow.
Includes recipes for Baked Camembert, Trout "en papillotte" and Rum Baba.
Written by Miles Jupp
Producer: Sam Michell.
TUE 23:00 Revolting People (b00wg3mg)
Series 4, George WashingtonCaptain Brimshaw attempts to broker peace with George Washington. 1775 America sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. From May 2006.
TUE 23:30 Vent (b01f9xz7)
Series 3, Stirrings in the NightIn Ben's mind, Byron offers sweet texts of love. In reality, Mary ponders their marriage. Comatose comedy with Neil Pearson. From December 2009.

WEDNESDAY 08 NOVEMBER 2017

WED 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlb2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 That Reminds Me (b007jp4b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 The Oldest Bible (b00dp74r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09dhxt1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvsc7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving (b015grhx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:45 Book of the Week (b01p5884)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Home Front (b09dhv5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 It's Not What You Know (b0383z2q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b007k11n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 1834 (b01137b8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b09bysnl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvw)
Series 2, A Case of Hearts and FlowersWhen his brother-in-law's Filofax is held to ransom, private eye Steven J Blackburn investigates.
Starring Finetime Fontayne as Stephen J Blackburn, Judy Flynn as Tracey Duggan, Rita May as Mam and Christine Cox as Shirley.
One of four more cases for the private investigator and his government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Yorkshire town that's seen better days.
Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby
Producer: Dave Sheasby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991.
WED 06:30 A Fork in the Road (b09djg67)
The extraordinary tale of farmer Ken Wild's 18th-century farmhouse marooned in the middle of the M62. From May 2003.
WED 07:00 The Cavity Within (b007709x)
Episode 1Marty has finally settled on a life in dentistry, like his father and grandfather before him. But the dysfunctional practice he's joined seems to have its own cavity within. Will he have the patients?
Written by Jim Poyser
Starring Chris O'Dowd as Marty, Jeff Rawle as Pete, Mark Straker as Tim, Christine Kavanagh as Anna, John Rowe as Mr Holmes, Emma Noakes as Sarah, Tracy Wiles as Mum and Sam Dale as Mr Burgess.
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
WED 07:30 Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers (b09bz16d)
Series 1, The Human BodyAndy Hamilton is a familiar and much-loved voice on Radio 4. Now for the first time on the network, he presents a collection of observations and reminiscences about both his personal life and his 40 years working in comedy.
Over this 4 part series, Andy looks at Childhood, Politics, The Human Body and Animals. Using comic observation and personal anecdotes he will explore each theme, examining how much (or how little) things have changed in the 60ish years he's been on this planet. Each programme will provide 30 minutes of thoughtful, social history, but packed with laughs.
In this episode Andy, a self-confessed hypochondriac, looks at the topic of The Human Body. Memories include: a GP at University with a penchant for boxing, a unfortunate trick Andy's brain used to play on him every Thursday morning and her reveals the only time he ever wished he'd been taller.
Andy was born in Fulham in 1954, read English at Cambridge and then in 1976 began writing comedy for BBC radio, on programmes like Week Ending and The News Huddlines. In 1990, he and Guy Jenkin created Drop the Dead Donkey for Channel 4. Andy has spent much of his working life making acute observations about politics and family life. In 2007, again with Guy Jenkin, he created the massive TV hit, Outnumbered, which celebrated the chaos of life with young children. More recently they created the highly topical Ballot Monkeys and Power Monkeys for Channel 4, which charted the absurdities of the General Election and then the EU Referendum. For over 20 years he has been playing the part of Satan in his R4 sitcom, Old Harry's Game. Andy is also a popular panellist on shows such as The News Quiz and Have I Got News For You.
WED 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00y37bf)
The Mock ActionHMS Troutbridge heads to an exercise off of Dover, but Mr Phillips gets lost in fog...
Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as Number One, Richard Caldicot as Commander Povey, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Bates as Bracewell 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 November 1959.
WED 08:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpvv)
Series 6, Hancock in HospitalLaid up with a broken leg, the lad soon regrets a visit from Sid and Bill.
Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Joan Frank and Patricia Hayes.
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 December 1959.
WED 09:00 Say the Word (b00764zg)
Episode 5Frank Delaney chairs the English language quiz show, with the aid of the Nimmo Twins, and Andrew Sachs, Kathy Lette, Helen Lederer and Felix Dexter. From Nov 2001. Episode 5 of 6.
WED 09:30 The Sit Crom (b00m0zyl)
Thick Fog in All AreasTobias Thynne finds an unusual way to avoid the Devil's vegetables and all is confusion upon the Heath.
Sue Limb's six-part comedy set during the English Civil War.
Stars Joss Ackland as Sir John Firebasket, Denise Coffey as Lady Anne Firebasket, Clive Merrison as Tobias Thynne, Miriam Margoyles as Mercy, alias Melissa Ffortescue-Bottomley, Nickolas Grace as Father Francis, Chris Emmett as Slow Ned, Jack Klaff as Gazebo Fogg, Alun Armstrong as Captain Arise Higgs, Nicky Henson as Posthumous, Peter Hayward as Counter Tenor and Jane Whittenshaw as Lettice.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.
WED 10:00 Home Front (b09djnbt)
From 4 September to 8 September 1917Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
WED 11:00 Infinite Possibilities and Unlikely Probabilities (b041vcqy)
Serving ChildrenThree contemporary stories by Anita Sullivan - commissioned specially for Radio 4 - set in a seaside town and exploring a wider world that co-exists with our everyday lives.
Serving Children:
Lem waits tables at a local restaurant, but he brings so much more than food to the customers.
Anita Sullivan has written a number of plays and short stories for BBC Radio, among them 'Countrysides' (2011), 'The Last Breath' (created with Ben Fearnside, 2012) and the adaptation for 'An Angel At My Table', which won Best Audio Drama (series or serial) at the BBC Audio Drama awards in 2014.
Reader: Tom Riley
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 11:15 Tommies (b08tcnzm)
14 June 1917By Jonathan Ruffle.
After the victory at Messines, Belgium are we prepared for the much bigger challenge of Ypres? A tale of sibling and professional rivalry and the cold logistics of organising and servicing the war effort.
Meticulously based on unit war diaries and eye-witness accounts, each episode of TOMMIES traces one real day at war, exactly 100 years ago.
Series created by Jonathan Ruffle
Producers: Jonquil Panting, David Hunter, Jonathan Ruffle
Director: David Hunter.
WED 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00y37bf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpvv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 A Fork in the Road (b09djg67)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09djrpl)
Episode 31917. Dr Rivers explores the medical history of his reluctant war hospital patient, Lieutenant Prior. Read by Alice Arnold. From May 1992.
WED 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvscc)
Mathematics of the SkyHeather Couper considers the contribution of Islamic scholar, poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam to astronomy. From June 2008.
WED 14:30 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving (b015gzcy)
Episode 8Married life for Vic and Ingrid does not go smoothly, and then disaster strikes. Stars Lee Ingleby and Rebecca Callard. From July 2010.
WED 14:45 Book of the Week (b01p589h)
The Horologicon, Episode 3More delights from the English language. As the amell approaches, it's time to dash to a grubbery - or perhaps to somewhere smarter if Sir Timothy Treat-All is around.
Mark Forsyth's The Horologicon offers a feast of words to suit all hours of the day and night.
Written by Mark Forsyth
Read by Hugh Dennis
Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall.
A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 15:00 Home Front (b09djnbt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 Say the Word (b00764zg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 16:30 The Sit Crom (b00m0zyl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 17:00 The Cavity Within (b007709x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:30 Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers (b09bz16d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlbf)
Earthsearch I, Sands of KyrosThe Challenger's crew has returned to its solar system to discover that a million years has passed on Earth while only 115 years had passed on their starship.
After their devastating news, the four-strong crew face peril from a once benign force...
James Follett's 10-part adventure serial in time and space.
Stars Sean Arnold as Commander Telson, Amanda Murray as Sharna, Kathryn Hurlbutt as Astra, Haydn Wood as Darv, Sonia Fraser as Angel One, Gordon Reid as Angel Two, Alexander John as Sentinel and John McAndrew as George.
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981.
WED 18:30 Musical Genes (b00h9cx9)
Series 2, Margaret BennettTom Morton talks to folklorist Margaret Bennett about life with her son Martyn, the visionary piper, fiddler and music producer who died in 2005. From February 2009.
WED 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00y37bf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpvv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 A Fork in the Road (b09djg67)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Infinite Possibilities and Unlikely Probabilities (b041vcqy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Tommies (b08tcnzm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers (b09bz16d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Before They Were Famous (b03cnjpq)
Series 2, Episode 1Even the most successful of writers have, at some point, had to take day jobs to pay the bills.
Ian Leslie presents the second series of this Radio 4 spoof documentary, which sheds light on the often surprising jobs done by the world's best known writers in the days before they were able to make a living from their art.
In a project of literary archaeology, Leslie unearths archive examples of early work by great writers, including Fortune Cookie messages written by Germaine Greer, a political manifesto by the young JK Rowling, and a car manual written by Dan Brown. In newspaper articles, advertising copy, and company correspondence, we get a fascinating glimpse into the embryonic development of our best-loved literary voices.
We may know them today for their novels, plays or poems but, once upon a time, they were just people with a dream - and a rent bill looming at the end of the month.
Producers: Anna Silver and Claire Broughton
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 22:45 No Tomatoes (b007zh4d)
Dog DaysSketch show mixing up language and sounds. Dogs tell all to Paul Copley and Helen Moon. From September 2007.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b09fnzn1)
Maddy Anholt 2/2The best in contemporary comedy. Iain Lee chats to Maddy Anholt.
WED 23:00 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap (b050bhnq)
Series 2, Episode 4Bridget Christie returns in another series of her multi-award winning series about modern feminism.
Bridget thought that she'd be able to put her feet up after her last Radio 4 series, she expected it to bomb. Sadly it was a huge success and she's had to bang on about feminism ever since, perform two sell-out runs at the Edinburgh festival and win lots of awards.
But she hasn't managed to single-handedly eradicate sexism so she's made a whole new four-part series about it for Radio 4.
In this final episode, she talks about why she's not grateful Russell Brand has stopped being a sexist, what happens when you wear an end FGM badge on a popular TV show and why politics has a women problem.
She's assisted in this by the series' token man, Fred MacAulay.
The series is written and performed by Bridget Christie and the producers are Alexandra Smith and Alison Vernon Smith.
WED 23:30 Radio 9 (b04fgtgy)
Series 2, Episode 2An unusual travel diary, very dangerous racing and faking skiing downhill. Stars Johnny Daukes and Hils Barker. From July 2005.

THURSDAY 09 NOVEMBER 2017

THU 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Musical Genes (b00h9cx9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 A Fork in the Road (b09djg67)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09djrpl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvscc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving (b015gzcy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:45 Book of the Week (b01p589h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Home Front (b09djnbt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Say the Word (b00764zg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 The Sit Crom (b00m0zyl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Cavity Within (b007709x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers (b09bz16d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w5d7)
Series 2, A Case of a Golden SmileWhen Betty Ackroyd sees her husband Archie on a TV quiz show, it's for the first time since he walked out 30 years ago. Private eye Stephen J Blackburn investigates.
Starring Finetime Fontayne as Stephen J Blackburn, Judy Flynn as Tracey Duggan and Ann Rye as Mrs Ackroyd.
One of four more cases for the private investigator and his government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Yorkshire town that's seen better days.
Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby
Producer: Dave Sheasby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991.
THU 06:30 Art for Schools (b00dzk96)
Children's writer and illustrator Jackie Morris tells the story of how, in the late 1940s, one woman persuaded artists such as Picasso, Matisse and Lowry to donate prints to be distributed around British schools.
Determined to help widen access to art, Brenda Rawnsley established the School Prints scheme, at first commissioning British artists such as Lowry and Henry Moore, and then taking a portable printing press to France to persuade some of the most well-known artists in the world to take part. Jackie Morris tells the story of the scheme and the woman behind it, and considers how art education has been viewed in Britain since.
A White Pebble Media production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 07:00 A Certain Age (b00766gw)
Series 1, The SisterTwin sisters Tina and Pat always take adventurous holidays together, and are sailing on the Nile in a felucca. Tina's practised wrapping herself in Andrex like a mummy for the traditional Nile Cruise party games and revels in the beautiful sights of Egypt. But all is not as it seems and this proves to be their last trip...
Read by Lindsey Coulson.
A series of six monologues written by Lynne Truss. Six women have reached their 40-something years, and each has a very different, and sometimes surprising, story to tell.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
THU 07:30 Lemn Sissay's Origin Stories (b07zyg5w)
The Dark SideBatman was an orphan; Lisbeth Salander, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, was an orphan; Superman was an orphan and a foundling. Cinderella was a foster child. Darth Vader - well, they can't all be winners. Lemn Sissay returns to BBC Radio 4 with a comic and poetic look at the treatment of children raised in care, orphans and foster children in popular culture, comparing them with reality. Because it surely says something about how we view them that we create so many for fiction.
Lemn will explore the gap between fiction and reality, based on his own experiences of growing up in care as well as those of some special guests.
4. The Dark Side
No-one, really, believes they are doing evil. Anakin Skywalker did not become Darth Vader because he liked being bad, he did it because he believed his pregnant wife was in danger - and so began his journey to the Dark Side. In this final, and possibly toughest, episode, Lemn examines his bad choices; where he let himself do the wrong thing - and how he has attempted to make amends. When must you let go of your memories and live?
Written and performed by ... Lemn Sissay
Producer ... Ed Morrish
LEMN SISSAY'S ORIGIN STORIES IS A BBC STUDIOS PRODUCTION.
THU 08:00 Not in Front of the Children (b053mk6b)
Series 1, SurvivalA spate of pet deaths causes consternation for the Corner family.
Starring Wendy Craig as Jennifer Corner, Francis Matthews as Henry Corner and Charlotte Mitchell as Mary
The comedy mishaps of the Corner family: Jennifer and Henry and their three children Trudi, Amanda and Robin. Family sitcom, Not in Front of the Children originally ran for four series from 1967 to 1970 on BBC TV. Richard Waring adapted his own scripts for this radio version, now fully restored from the original reel-to-reel tapes.
Wendy Craig won a Best Actress BAFTA award for the TV version of Not in Front of the Children in 1969. This was the first of several housewife roles that Wendy Craig was to play on television. Later series included And Mother Makes Three and Butterflies.
Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst
Producer: Trafford Whitelock.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1969.
THU 08:30 The Goon Show (b007qzrx)
The Case of the Missing HeirAs a Dimberger, Neddie Seagoon sets out to dethrone a Heidelberger. Stars Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe. From January 1955.
THU 09:00 Counterpoint (b007770m)
Series 21, Heat 6Edward Seckerson's quiz on every aspect of music, from Mozart to Madonna, with contestants Gordon Elliott, Edward McDermott and Jerry White. From April 2007.
THU 09:30 HR (b00tj5qm)
Series 2, DoggingComedy drama series by Nigel Williams that charts the misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble-making colleague.
Sam, determined to help depressed Peter find a sense of purpose in his retirement, gets him a dog. But will the scruffy mongrel help Peter? Or will it add to his aggression and sense of injustice?
Peter ..... Jonathan Pryce
Sam ..... Nicholas Le Prevost
Nasty Man ..... Tony Bell
Woman ..... Christine Kavanagh
Man ..... Sam Dale
Director: Peter Kavanagh.
THU 10:00 Home Front (b09dln0n)
From 11 September to 15 September 1917Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
THU 11:00 Martin Sorrell - Accrington Stanley (b010tbkm)
Not the football club, but a one-legged, partially sighted wheeler-dealer from Lancashire. Bernard Cribbins tells the tale. From January 1995.
THU 11:15 Tommies (b08v8c82)
21 June 1917By Nick Warburton
Summoned to Nieuport on the Belgian coast can a barely recovered Mickey deal with the problem of remotely controlled German boats packed with explosives? Especially when the solution concurs horribly with a crisis in his personal life.
Meticulously based on unit war diaries and eye-witness accounts, each episode of TOMMIES traces one real day at war, exactly 100 years ago.
Series created by Jonathan Ruffle
Producers: Jonquil Panting, David Hunter, Jonathan Ruffle
Director: David Hunter.
THU 12:00 Not in Front of the Children (b053mk6b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 The Goon Show (b007qzrx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w5d7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Art for Schools (b00dzk96)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09dlqnz)
Episode 41917. Dr Rivers faces tough decisions about who is - and who isn't - fit to return to the war. Read by Alice Arnold. From May 1992.
THU 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvsch)
The Earth MovesAstronomer Heather Couper considers the impact of Copernicus's idea that the Earth was not at the centre of the universe. From June 2008.
THU 14:30 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving (b015h37k)
Episode 9After losing the baby, tensions rise between Vic and Ingrid. Can they work things out? Stars Lee Ingleby and Rebecca Callard. From July 2010.
THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b01p58ch)
The Horologicon, Episode 4Feeling refreshed after your post lunch slooming? Then you'd better get on with your faciendum because, if you're lolly-gagging, the buzz-wig may notice and offer you a meeting without coffee.
Mark Forsyth's The Horologicon provides us with just the vocabulary we need whatever the time of day.
Written by Mark Forsyth
Read by Hugh Dennis
Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall
A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 15:00 Home Front (b09dln0n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Counterpoint (b007770m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 16:30 HR (b00tj5qm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 17:00 A Certain Age (b00766gw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:30 Lemn Sissay's Origin Stories (b07zyg5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlbs)
Earthsearch I, The Solaric EmpireSearching for Earth - which has mysteriously vanished from the solar system - two of the crew of the starship Challenger have landed on neighbouring planet, Kyros.
At first it appears to be uninhabited, but Astra and Darv soon discover otherwise...
James Follett's 10-part adventure serial in time and space.
Stars Sean Arnold as Commander Telson, Amanda Murray as Sharna, Kathryn Hurlbutt as Astra, Haydn Wood as Darv, Sonia Fraser as Angel One, Gordon Reid as Angel Two, Graham Faulkner as Thale, Judy Franklin as Helan, John Bott as Thorden and Stephen Garlick as Spegal.
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981.
THU 18:30 Great Lives (b00ryg42)
Series 21, Robin HoodClive Stafford Smith is a lawyer working for human rights both in Britain and abroad - he campaigns for the rights of prisoners on death row in the US and in Guantanamo Bay. His nomination for a life worth celebrating is at first surprising - it's the entirely fictitious Robin Hood. But, he argues in conversation with medievalist Professor Stephen Knight, the myth has a lot to teach us about the way we treat each other. The presenter is Matthew Parris.
Produced by Christine Hall.
THU 19:00 Not in Front of the Children (b053mk6b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 The Goon Show (b007qzrx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w5d7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Art for Schools (b00dzk96)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Martin Sorrell - Accrington Stanley (b010tbkm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Tommies (b08v8c82)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Lemn Sissay's Origin Stories (b07zyg5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Recorded for Training Purposes (b00gs0n6)
Series 3, Episode 3Sketch show about modern communication and contemporary obsessions. With Ben Willbond and Rachel Atkins. From January 2009.
THU 23:00 And Now in Colour (b00804kc)
Series 2, Astronaut TrainingThe sketch team take the audience to Nevada for selection by NASA. Stars Tim de Jongh and William Vandyck. From February 1991.
THU 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jspx)
Series 1, The Mastersons and JohnsonThe family's fate is linked with that of a tumble dryer. Improvised comedy with Paul Merton and Josie Lawrence. From April 1993.

FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2017

FRI 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlbs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b00ryg42)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w5d7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Art for Schools (b00dzk96)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09dlqnz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvsch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving (b015h37k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:45 Book of the Week (b01p58ch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Home Front (b09dln0n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Counterpoint (b007770m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 HR (b00tj5qm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 A Certain Age (b00766gw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Lemn Sissay's Origin Stories (b07zyg5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w3zt)
Series 2, A Case of Whistle and RunA routine case for private eye Stephen J Blackburn starts to look like his final investigation
Starring Finetime Fontayne as Stephen J Blackburn, Judy Flynn as Tracey Duggan, Rita May as Mam and Daryl Fishwick as Angela.
One of four more cases for the private investigator and his government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Yorkshire town that's seen better days.
Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby
Producer: Dave Sheasby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991.
FRI 06:30 Walter Kershaw: The UK's First Street Artist? (b01mk8zs)
Years before the super-cool graffiti of Banksy and his ilk, guerrilla art was being pioneered on condemned buildings in Rochdale. Walter Kershaw brightened up bridges, transformed toilets and glorified gable-ends. His work was large scale. Poppies the size of a house and a portrait of Alvin Stardust that covered an old shop (it WAS the 1970s).
Kershaw's art upset local authorities but delighted many locals. Wherever he painted he drew a crowd and soon residents were requesting him to paint their houses. He sought no fee and knew that his work would fade or be bulldozed, but he persisted. There were no slogans, no protests and nothing overtly political. This really was art for art's sake.
Mark Hodkinson, who grew up around Rochdale, meets Walter and takes him back to his old haunts. He meets Walter's accomplices and the art historians who put his work in context. He discovers what makes Walter tick and what he thinks of the current crop of graffiti artists.
FRI 07:00 Safety Catch (b017gxpv)
Series 2, I Draw the LineLaurence Howarth's black comedy of modern morality set in the world of arms dealing.
This week Simon is faced with even more of a moral dilemma than he's grown sadly accustomed to in his line of work and so finds himself finally drawing the line and resigning. When faced with a particularly tricky moral issue at work Simon finally decides enough is enough and quits his job. It's not great timing though as he and Anna find themselves contemplating having a baby.
Cast:
Simon McGrath...........Darren Boyd
Anna Grieg............Joanna Page
Boris Kemal...........Lewis Macleod
Judith McGrath..........Sarah Smart
Angela McGrath..........Brigit Forsyth
Madeleine Turnbull..........Rachel Atkins
Marcus...............Dan Mersh
Produced by Dawn Ellis
Written by Laurence Howarth.
FRI 07:30 More Money Than Sense (b09cw08k)
A panel show, hosted by finance writer and comedian Dominic Frisby, that demystifies the obscure subject of pop-economics to show the funny, weird and dark side of finance.
In this pilot episode, we're joined by four money savvy comedians - host of The Bugle podcast Andy Zaltzman, award-winning comedian and columnist Shazia Mirza, ITV'S The Chase Quizmaster Paul Sinha, and comedian and writer Grainne Maguire.
Keeping everything on track and on point we have our resident expert, from Oxford University, economist Dr Natalie Quinn, providing our guests and the audience with amazing facts and figures behind the hard-to-believe answers.
From the cost of organs on the black market to the gender gap in pocket money, if there is a price on it then More Money Than Sense is the show to question it.
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 08:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00bwshp)
Series 5, Episode 1John Cleese's magic tricks - and a talking baboon called Dermot.
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 Graeme Garden, David Idle, Eric Idle and Bill Oddie.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie.
Producer: Humphrey Barclay
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1967.
FRI 08:30 Albert and Me (b007jv04)
Series 1, Pilot EpisodeSingle dad Bryan Archer struggles to work as well as bringing up his baby son, Albert.
Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Frank Thornton as Vernon Wordsworth.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1977.
FRI 09:00 The Rest Is History (b04vk0c1)
Series 1, Episode 3A new, six-part comedy discussion show hosted by Frank Skinner.
Frank loves history, but just doesn't know much of it. So he's devised a new comedy discussion show in order to find out more about it. Along with his historian in residence, Dr Kate Williams, each episode will see Frank joined by a selection of celebrity guests, who will help him navigate his way through the annals of time, picking out and chewing over the funniest, oddest, and most interesting moments in history.
Frank's guests in this edition of the programme are John Lloyd and Katy Brand.
Produced by Dan Schreiber and Justin Pollard
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 09:30 Kalangadog Junction (b09dlz94)
Episode 4Len takes over Gaelene's Olympic training schedule - a recipe for trouble with Madge. Meanwhile, Thomas and Jane endeavour to find some time for romance.
Six-part comedy drama series by Moya O'Shea.
Starring Caroline Quentin as Jane, John Duttine as Thomas, Niall Ashdown as Jimmy, Toby Longworth as Pete, Brian Bowles as Len, Joanna Monro as Madge, Julie Gibbs as Milly, June Whitfield as Phoebe and Moya O'Shea as Gaylene.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.
FRI 10:00 Home Front (b09dm7g3)
From 18 September to 22 September 1917Written by Katie Hims
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
FRI 11:00 RK Narayan Stories (b01d98l5)
The AxeIf the old house remains intact, Velan's beautiful gardens will endure. But property developers gather. Read by Sam Dastor. From June 1991.
FRI 11:15 Afternoon Drama (b0084zr7)
Solo Behind The Iron CurtainTracy Spottiswoode's thriller is based on real events in 1968.
Actor Robert Vaughn, famous at the time as TV spy Napoleon Solo, is making a movie in Prague with several other Hollywood stars. Filming stops abruptly, however, when Russian tanks roll into Czechoslovakia. Cast and crew find themselves trapped. The Man from UNCLE must find a way to escape, and quickly.
Robert Vaughn ...... Himself
Pepsi ...... Vesna Stanojevic
George Segal ...... Robert Glenister
Ben Gazzara ...... John Guerrasio
Bradford Dillman ...... Richard Laing
David Wolper ...... Garrick Hagon
Honzo ...... Robert Luckay
Sadovsky ...... Rad Lazar
Directed by Kate McAll.
FRI 12:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00bwshp)
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FRI 12:30 Albert and Me (b007jv04)
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FRI 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w3zt)
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FRI 13:30 Walter Kershaw: The UK's First Street Artist? (b01mk8zs)
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FRI 14:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09dmg3s)
Episode 51917. At Craiglockhart War Hospital, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen discuss war and poetry. Read by Alice Arnold. From May 1992.
FRI 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bvscm)
The Imperfect CosmosAstronomer Heather Couper looks at Tycho Brahe's realisation that the heavens change, and that a planet's orbit could be predicted. From June 2008.
FRI 14:30 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving (b015fv20)
Episode 10Things come to a head in Vic and Ingrid's marriage. Who can Vic turn to for advice? Stars Lee Ingleby and Rebecca Callard. From July 2010.
FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b01p58n6)
The Horologicon, Episode 5As the ploughman drops into the western bay, we offer you bene darkmans dear listener. Mark Forsyth is feeling finifugal as his Horologicon reaches the end of the day.
Written by Mark Forsyth
Read by Hugh Dennis
Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall
A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 15:00 Home Front (b09dm7g3)
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FRI 16:00 The Rest Is History (b04vk0c1)
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FRI 16:30 Kalangadog Junction (b09dlz94)
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FRI 17:00 Safety Catch (b017gxpv)
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FRI 17:30 More Money Than Sense (b09cw08k)
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FRI 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007s19b)
Earthsearch I, The Pools of TimeDarv and Astra, two of the starship's crew, are in grave danger after being taken prisoner by the inhabitants of Zelda 5.
Their crewmates Telson and Sharna are in hot pursuit aboard the Challenger...
James Follett's 10-part adventure serial in time and space.
Stars Sean Arnold as Commander Telson, Amanda Murray as Sharna, Kathryn Hurlbutt as Astra, Haydn Wood as Darv, Sonia Fraser as Angel One, Gordon Reid as Angel Two, Stephen Garlick as Spegal, Eve Karpf as Custodian of the Past, Godfrey Kenton as the Old Man, Judy Franklin as Helan and John Bott as Thorden.
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981.
FRI 18:30 Soul Music (b06r50wk)
Series 21, Mack the KnifeThe Brecht/Weill song, 'Mack The Knife' first appeared in 'The Threepenny Opera' in Berlin in 1928. Sung about the criminal MacHeath, the 'play with music' is based on John Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera', who was inspired by the real-life English highwayman, Jack Sheppard.
The song became a hit when performed in 1959 by Bobby Darin. Ella Fitzgerald famously forgot the words when performing live in Berlin in 1960 and her improvised version won a Grammy.
Suzi Quatro talks about how she performed it with her father as a child, playing bongos to accompany him, and Lenny Kaye from the Patti Smith Group recalls how he and Patti did a version of 'Mack The Knife' at their first ever performance together at St Marks Church in New York on 10th February 1971, as it was Brecht's birthday.
Film-maker Malcolm Clark tells the story of the song's first public performer, Kurt Gerron, an actor and director, who took the song into the darkest places of the Third Reich.
FRI 19:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00bwshp)
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FRI 19:30 Albert and Me (b007jv04)
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FRI 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w3zt)
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FRI 20:30 Walter Kershaw: The UK's First Street Artist? (b01mk8zs)
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FRI 21:00 RK Narayan Stories (b01d98l5)
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FRI 21:15 Afternoon Drama (b0084zr7)
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FRI 22:00 More Money Than Sense (b09cw08k)
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FRI 22:30 Bleak Expectations (b00d7b5x)
Series 2, An Already Bad Life Made Worse but Sort of on PurposeBy Mark Evans
Volume Two, Chapter the Fifth: An Already Bad Life Made Worse But Sort Of On Purpose.
The comic Victorian epic sees Pip reach his lowest ebb in the worst place in the world, the East End of London in the first half of the nineteenth century. Full of self-loathing Pip drinks some very strong gin, finds he is really quite keen on opium, and falls in with a gang of thieving boys. But is their leader, Mr Abraham Bagel, a Roman Catholic ne'er-do-well, all he seems?
Sir Philip...........................Richard Johnson
Mr Benevolent........................Anthony Head
Young Pip..................................Tom Allen
Harry Biscuit......................James Bachman
Sternbeater...................Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely Fecund......................Sarah Hadland
Mr Parsimonious...............Laurence Howarth
Pippa........................................Susy Kane
Mr Scrunge...............................Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b09fp0d4)
Dan Antopolski 1/2The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith talks to Dan Antopolski.
FRI 23:00 Absolute Power (b007r395)
Series 1, Episode 5Spin doctors Prentiss and McCabe land at the BBC to tackle Radio 3. Stars Stephen Fry and John Bird. From February 2000.
FRI 23:30 Chain Reaction (b00gsb83)
Series 2, Mark Thomas Interviews Alexei SayleOne tough-talking funny man chats to another in the tag talk show, where the guest is next week's interviewer.
Based on the original BBC Radio 5 programme of the same name, Chain Reaction is a simple idea of big name stars from the world of entertainment interviewing others whose work they appreciate and admire.
Recorded with an audience, the interviews focus on the life, career and the passions of the interviewee but often prove to be as revealing about the interviewer.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.