SATURDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2017

SAT 00:00 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.
SAT 00:30 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.
SAT 01:00 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.
SAT 01:30 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.
SAT 02:00 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.
SAT 02:15 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.
SAT 02:30 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.
SAT 02:45 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.
SAT 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b08yg6pn)
18-22 September 1917The final omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the National Health Insurance Commission recommended free treatment for all invalided soldiers and sailors, and in Folkestone, Dorothea prepares for her first day back at the Bevan hospital.
Written by Shaun McKenna and Katie Hims
Directed by Allegra McIlroy
Editor: Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Composer: Matthew Strachan
Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews
Home Front returns on 13 November with a new season set in Tynemouth.
SAT 04:00 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.
SAT 04:30 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.
SAT 05:00 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.
SAT 05:30 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.
SAT 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvhy)
Whose Body?A body is found and a body is lost - but whose body has appeared in a bath in Battersea?
Where is the body of famous financier Sir Reuben Levy who went to bed one night in his flat in Park Lane and simply disappeared? Debonair sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey investigates.
Dorothy L Sayer's whodunit dramatised for radio by Michelene Wandor. Starring Gary Bond as Lord Peter Wimsey and John Cater as Bunter.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Whose Body? was first published in 1923.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by producer Vanessa Whitburn.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1987.
SAT 07:30 Yes Yes Yes (b007kvvg)
Series 2, When Grey Turned to GoldJohn Rawling recalls the tale of champion racehorse Desert Orchid competing for the Cheltenham Gold Cup of 1989. From January 2001.
SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b09f3ry4)
Close to Home - The Story of Local RadioAs well as the launch of BBC Radio 1 to 4, 1967 also saw the arrival of the BBC's first batch of local radio stations: Radio Leicester on 8th November, Radio Sheffield on 15th November and Radio Merseyside on 22nd November.
Made to mark the 40th anniversary in 2007 - Libby Purves takes an affectionate look back at the first chaotic days of local programming - from unruly guests and erratic phone-ins to technological mishaps - and explores how the ideals of the early pioneers survived into the 21st Century.
Starting in the 1920s, Libby charts the history of the stations which were to bring us the likes of Kate Adie, Tony Adamson, Michael Buerk, Paul Heiney and Des Lynham.
From its early beginnings, and after much deliberation and research, the BBC began to build a network of local radio stations across England. The project was driven mainly by the energy of Frank Gillard, then BBC Radio's Managing Director.
The other five stations in the original batch of eight BBC local stations were: Radio Nottingham (31st January 1968); Radio Brighton (14th February 1968); Radio Stoke-on-Trent (14th March 1968); Radio Leeds (24th June 1968) and Radio Durham (3rd July 1968).
Producer: Paula McGinley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.
SAT 09:00 Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials (b09f3ry7)
The Subtle KnifeDramatic events spark 12 year old Will's escape into the parallel world of Cittagazze where he meets 11 year old Lyra.
Together they acquire the most powerful weapon in all the Universes - The Subtle Knife.
Phillip Pullman's award-winning trilogy is a breath-taking epic adventure spanning a multitude of worlds.
Stars Lulu Popplewell as Lyra, Ray Fearon as Balthamos, Daniel Anthony as Will, Emma Fielding as Mrs Coulter, John Carlisle as Sir Charles, Brid Brennan as Dr Malone, Richard Johnson as Paradisi, Stuart Fox as Walters and Joanna Monro as Mrs Parry.
Marlene Sidaway as Mrs Cooper, Peter Marinker as Lee Scorseby, Carla Simpson as Hester, Jack Klaff as Stanislaus Grumman, Tracy-Ann Oberman as Serafina Pekkala, Simon Donaldson as Kaisa, Joanna Kanska as Ruta Skadi and Richard Firth as Pantalaimon.
David Holt as Ozymandias, Martin Hyder as Thorold, Laura Doddington as Lena, Emma Woolliams as Juta, Scott Brooksbank as Tullio, Ewan Bailey as The Cardinal, Gregg Prentice as Paolo, Victoria O'Donnell as Angelica and Oliver Cookson as the Boy.
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 Word of Mouth (b04xp4wn)
Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk about language and writingPhilip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk in depth about language, writing and imagination. They share examples from their own work, discuss the books that influenced them and share who they think they are writing for. Produced by Beth O'Dea.
SAT 12:00 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.
SAT 12:30 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.
SAT 13:00 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (b09f4d97)
Series 3 OmnibusA young Welsh woman is successfully growing her dairy business, but an unwelcome visitor gets in the way. By Gregory Evans. Stars Bettrys Jones.
SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b09f4d99)
Sue JohnstonSue Johnston chooses 'The Continental' danced by Rogers and Astaire and 'You'll Never Walk Alone' by Gerry and the Pacemakers.
SAT 14:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b0075pdh)
Robert WinstonPioneering human fertility expert, Professor Robert Winston tells Professor Anthony Clare about his life and research career.
Forensic pathologist and crime writer Bernard Knight had to do thousands of autopsies in his career, often for grim reasons. He tells Professor Anthony Clare how he coped.
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 September 1994.
SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b09f3ry4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Wimsey (b007jvhy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Yes Yes Yes (b007kvvg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 18:00 Stephen Keyworth - The Two Georges (b046p07q)
By Stephen Keyworth
In 1955, the fledgling science fiction writer Philip K. Dick and his wife Kleo received a visit at their California home from two FBI agents, which they believed to be a result of Kleo's left-wing activities. The consequences of the visit are largely unclear, with conflicting accounts suggesting that the couple were asked to spy on college radicals, travel to Mexico, and even that one of the FBI agents taught Dick how to drive.
Using this biographic encounter as its starting point, The Two Georges is a playful and fantastical story, Dick-esque in its absurdity, that sees the sci-fi writer partner up with an FBI Agent to uncover a devilish conspiracy that strikes at the heart of Cold War McCarthyite America.
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko.
SAT 18:45 AL Barker - Five Strange Stories (b09f4d9c)
The DressSolicitor Conrad Filby finds that a revealing scarlet dress becomes an issue in his love life. Read by Keith Drinkel. From October 1992.
SAT 19:00 Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials (b09f3ry7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 21:30 Word of Mouth (b04xp4wn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SAT 22:00 Old Harry's Game (b008m4f8)
Series 1, IntroductionFed up with eternity, Satan decides hell needs some new guests. Comedy starring Andy Hamilton and Jimmy Mulville. From November 1995.
SAT 22:30 Isy Suttie's Love Letters (b041y1n3)
Series 2, Episode 1Isy Suttie returns to BBC Radio 4 with a brand new series of her Sony Award Winning show, recounting a series of love stories affecting people she's known throughout her life, told partly through song.
Sometimes Isy has merely observed other people's love lives; quite often she's intervened, changing the action dramatically - for better or worse. Intertwined within these stories are related real life anecdotes from Isy's own, often disastrous, love life.
In this episode, Isy returns to her home town of Matlock and observes the unfolding romance between Eleanor, a dinner lady, and Mr Woodfield, a teacher - both of whom are unhappily married, but find solace in their workplace friendship.
With her multi-character and vocal skills, and accompanied by her guitar, Isy creates a hilarious and deeply moving world, sharing with us her lessons in life and love.
"A voice you want to swim in" The Independent
Produced by Lyndsay Fenner.
SAT 23:00 Goodness Gracious Me (b01p98gy)
Series 3, Episode 4Alternative therapies in ER, and it's Bhangraman to the rescue. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar and Nina Wadia. From June 1998.
SAT 23:30 Chris Addison's Civilization (b00f68lx)
A Sense of IdentityThe thinking idiot's anthropologist explains how mankind makes society function. With Dan Tetsell. From April 2006.

SUNDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2017

SUN 00:00 Stephen Keyworth - The Two Georges (b046p07q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:45 AL Barker - Five Strange Stories (b09f4d9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (b09f4d97)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b09f4d99)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday]
SUN 02:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b0075pdh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday]
SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 (b09f3ry4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Wimsey (b007jvhy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 Yes Yes Yes (b007kvvg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving Omnibus (b015p5xj)
Episode 2Vic 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.
SUN 07:15 Guy de Maupassant - The Two Friends (b09fh1th)
4 Extra Debut. Paris in 1871. Morissot and Sauvage go fishing again, just like they used to before the Prussian invasion. Read by Neville Jason. From November 1994.
SUN 07:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b045bqt6)
Series 3, Cariad Lloyd and Gwyneth HerbertMusic and comedy from host Alex Horne and his 5-piece band, with special guest comedian Cariad Lloyd and singer Gwyneth Herbert. This week's theme is The Tudors versus The Vikings featuring a battle, a huge motivational song and a prequel to a Barry Manilow's Copacabana.
Host... Alex Horne
Band... Joe Auckland, Mark Brown, Will Collier, Ben Reynolds, Ed Sheldrake
Guests... Cariad Lloyd and Gwyneth Herbert
Producer... Charlie Perkins.
SUN 08:00 The Al Read Show (b00cq63d)
From 7/10/1995The legendary Northern comic pokes at courting, marriage, kids and football.
A compilation of Al Read's 1950s monologues.
Originally produced at BBC North by Ronnie Taylor
Compilation produced by Mike Craig.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1995.
SUN 08:30 As Time Goes By (b04xn1vv)
Series 1, Episode 5Complications ensue when Judith's plan to leave Lionel and Jean on their own goes wrong.
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 Penelope Lively - Life in the Garden (Omnibus) (b09f8bt4)
Omnibus: Reality and metaphor. Penelope Lively's intimate meditation on gardening, literature and creativity. Read by Stephanie Cole.
SUN 10:05 World Book Club (b09f8btb)
Lionel Shriver - We Need to Talk About KevinAcclaimed American writer Lionel Shriver talks to Harriett Gilbert and a studio audience about his searing novel, We Need To Talk about Kevin.
The winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2005 is a profoundly disturbing story of a boy who, shortly before his 16th birthday, kills seven classmates in a high school massacre.
Grippingly but unreliably narrated through the letters of his mother Eva to his absent father Franklin, the novel raises questions about culpability, the limits of maternal love and the nature of evil itself.
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 2009.
SUN 11:00 Radiolab (b09f8gfv)
Series 2, Lost and FoundRadiolab explores stories of getting lost - how do our brains and hearts help us get home? 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 (b00cq63d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 12:30 As Time Goes By (b04xn1vv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SUN 13:00 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving Omnibus (b015p5xj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 14:15 Guy de Maupassant - The Two Friends (b09fh1th)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SUN 14:30 Jami Attenberg - Saint Mazie (Omnibus) (b05zt9zv)
Episode 1Who was Maizie Phillips? A documentarian after a good story aims to find out - after her diary is discovered. By Jami Attenberg.
SUN 15:45 What Is a Story? (b061r0yx)
Speaking in ParablesMarina 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 eight, Marina looks at 'Speaking in Parables'.
Producer: Kevin Dawson
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN 16:00 Saturday Drama (b01qgr4f)
Mark Davies Markham - The Liberty of Norton FolgateLondon's rich past as a melting pot of cultures is one of the themes of Madness's 2009 album - The Liberty of Norton Folgate, which has inspired Mark Davies Markham's play. Gazi and Sitara have been serving full English breakfasts at the Union Café on London's Norton Folgate for thirty years. But now the council have served a demolition order, and it looks as if their son Aki's girlfriend's father, Ralph Burke, is behind the plan to develop the site. No one is going to let the Union go without a fight, and soon Gazi and Sitara find that they have the support of pop royalty in the form of Suggs, Chas Smith and Mike Barson from Madness.
Directed by Jeremy Mortimer
Mark Davies Markham writes scripts for TV, theatre and radio. 'Taboo' the West End musical he wrote for Boy George was nominated for an Olivier Award . 'Eric' his recent play for the Liverpool Everyman was also about the music industry.
SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (b09f8vsm)
Lost Voices - Herbert ReadPoet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive with 'Lost Voices: Herbert Read' featuring his First World War poetry.
Herbert Read was a man of many contradictions. Though a dedicated socialist and a committed anarchist, he was knighted by Winston Churchill; he was a pacifist but was twice decorated for bravery in the First World War; he was a strong advocate for Modernism in British art but could not accept the concept of Post Modernism.
His towering presence in the post-war art world (he co-founded the Institute of Contemporary Arts) almost totally eclipsed his abilities as a poet, and yet his son - the writer Piers Paul Read - believes he always thought of himself as a poet.
Presenter Brian Patten - who met Herbert Read towards the end of his life - finds an impressively mature voice; cool in tone but full of humanitarian feeling towards the men - he characterised them as 'children' - involved on both sides.
Poems read by Samuel West.
Producer Christine Hall
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.
SUN 17:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b045bqt6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 18:00 H Rider-Haggard - She (b0076yzf)
Episode 1Ludwig Holly and his ward Leo's quest for the truth behind legend of Leo's ancestry takes them to Africa.
Here they find Ayesha, 2000 years old but beautiful beyond all description, despotically ruling her secret kingdom.
Stars Tim McInnerny as Ludwig Holly, Oliver Chris as Leo, Mia Soteriou as Ayesha, Howard Coggins as
Job, Ben Onwukwe as Billali, Janice Acquah as Amenartas, Tom Sherman as Vincey, Damian Lynch as Agarah and Oliver Baynham as Young Leo.
Composed music by Elizabeth Purnell.
Producer: Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
SUN 19:00 Radiolab (b09f8gfv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 20:00 Penelope Lively - Life in the Garden (Omnibus) (b09f8bt4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 21:05 World Book Club (b09f8btb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:05 today]
SUN 22:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b045bqt6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 22:30 Hal (b04tdqwq)
Series 1, FidelityHal 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 do 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 last episode of the series, Hal faces a new challenge - unwanted romantic attention. Happily married to Sam and with two adoring daughters, life is a picture of roses at home. But how will Hal cope with the romantic attention of a new, attractive neighbour Angie?
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 (b09fp12z)
Dan Antopolski 2/2The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith talks to Dan Antopolski.
SUN 23:00 Pleased to Meet You (b007k3c3)
Series 1, Episode 4Ninety-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 Weak at the Top (b00tbb7d)
Series 2, ConferenceAggressive marketing director John Weak is back, with no morals and little brain. Stars Alexander Armstrong. From June 2006.

MONDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2017

MON 00:00 H Rider-Haggard - She (b0076yzf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving Omnibus (b015p5xj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Guy de Maupassant - The Two Friends (b09fh1th)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Jami Attenberg - Saint Mazie (Omnibus) (b05zt9zv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:45 What Is a Story? (b061r0yx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Saturday Drama (b01qgr4f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (b09f8vsm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b045bqt6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr26)
Episode 1An anonymous, wealthy Englishman goes on a shooting trip to the continent.
In his sights is 'the biggest game of all': the head of a brutal European dictatorship.
Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
The first of a 15-part reading read by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.
MON 06:30 Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle (b01cjm50)
A hundred years ago Edgar Rice Burroughs created the character of Tarzan who quickly became a global sensation - when the books were first adapted for the big screen in 1918, the resulting film was one of the first ever to take over a million dollars at the box office. Way ahead of his time, Burroughs ignored the advice of business 'experts' who told him not to roll out the character across different formats. By doing so, he was one of the true pioneers of the multi-media franchises that have since become the norm.
Tarzan himself has been as troubling as he has been popular - the different characterisations that have appeared in the hundreds of books, films, radio shows, comic books, cartoons etc., make it very hard to pinpoint one single, authentic character. Some critics have derided him for his affirmation of white, colonial assumptions, while others have championed his eco-warrior credentials. One thing is for sure - with a range of new books and films appearing, the character of Tarzan has lost little of his original appeal. John Waite talks with, among others, James Sullos of ERB Inc., Desmond Morris to find out about the plausibility of the notion of a baby being raised by apes, and cultural historian Jeffrey Richards.
MON 07:00 Millport (b0075tn0)
Series 1, CultureIrene fears the worst when a famous restaurant critic books a table at the Ritz Cafe. The reputation of Millport will be printed for the whole world to see!
But is he really coming to sample Alberto's food or does he have a secret agenda?
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something island barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.
Stars Lynn Ferguson as Irene, Janet Brown as Moira, Lewis McLeod as Alberto/Robert/Ferryman/Bob, Gabriel Quigley as Ena/Bunty/Betty, Matt Costello as Doogie and Robert Paterson as Lucian Hyber-Connor.
Producers: Lucy Bacon and Kathy Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000.
MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b09cylyr)
Series 19, Episode 6David 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 doughnuts, jellyfish, twitter and Star Wars.
Produced by Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 08:00 Hello Cheeky (b00dr4t4)
From 02/06/1973'This Is Your Life' for the unsung Mr Hilary Crabtree.
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 June 1973.
MON 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jqdz)
Series 3, Big GunsCaptain Mainwaring's platoon spark havoc in Walmington-on-Sea when they try to fire a large naval gun.
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, Julian Orchard as Mr Upton and Michael Middleton as The Pickford's Man.
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 (b00tg1xz)
Series 57, Episode 4This week, the popular panel game comes from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with comedians Paul Merton, Shappi Khorsandi, John Bishop and Gyles Brandreth. Nicholas Parsons hosts as panellists attempt to speak for a minute without repetition, hesitation or deviation.
MON 09:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b017srrs)
Series 2, Taffy Jones - Protector of the UniverseComedy 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.
6/6. Taffy Jones, Protector of the Universe.
With war imminent, the production relocates to Wales, but is it safer?
Nigel Lavery ...... Peter Bowles
Sylvia Hann ...... Cheryl Campbell
Godfrey Winnard ..... John Fortune
Sir Angus McNairn ...... Gary Waldhorn
Hugo Kellerman ...... Joseph Kloska
Douglas Bennings ...... Jon Glover
Keith Wood ...... Sam Pamphilon
Mr Thomas ...... Ben Crowe
Tannoy ...... Laura Molyneux
Porter ...... Peter Marinker.
MON 10:00 Inspector Resnick (b00755r7)
Slow Burn, Episode 1When Jimmy Nolan's Nottingham jazz club burns down, it looks initially like an insurance job. But for jazz-loving Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick and his team, this is just the start of a more sinister and deadly chain of events.
Slow Burn is one of John Harvey series of police thrillers set in the industrial wasteland of Nottingham in the 1980s and 1990s.
Stars Philip Jackson as Charlie Resnick, Sean Baker as Graham Millington, Kate Eaton as Lynn Kellogg, John Rowe as Jimmy Nolan, Alison Pettit as Joanne Hubble, Gerard McDermott as Stuart Hubble, Rachel Atkins as Nicola Venner, John Hartley as Russell Venner, Alistair Danson as the Fire Officer, Jenny Lee as Clarice and Carolyn Jones as Mrs Wealdstone.
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
MON 11:00 Short Works: The World of Somerset Maugham (b09fb1xt)
Series 3, The Facts of LifeAn unhappy father laments the wayward behaviour of his eldest son and seeks advice from his bridge club.
Interviewed in 1933, Maugham said, 'It has always seemed to me that literature can only find its fullest and freest expression in the essay or short story.' He wrote more than 100 stories, at least 14 of which he burned on one of his 'bonfire nights', after Winston Churchill warned that they contravened the Official Secrets Act. Of the stories that do survive, he said, 'some of them deal with circumstances and places to which the passage of time and the growth of civilisation will give a romantic glamour.'
A collection of Maugham's best stories with tales from home and abroad. Tales of intrigue from far flung colonial outposts and tales of passion from quintessentially British hearths.
Maugham writes perfect vignettes - snapshots of human life in all its diversity - captured at a moment of crisis or revelation.
Abridged by Polly Coles
Read by Daniel Weyman
Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan
Produced by Clive Brill.
A Brill Production for BBC Radio 4 Extra.
MON 11:15 Katie Hims - The Disappearance of Shirley McGill (b007jtf0)
Shirley has put up with marriage to the overbearing Vernon for 20 years. Her only friend is the butcher, and it's to the butcher she turns when she discovers that - in spite of plenty of greens and red meat - she becomes at first translucent and then completely invisible.
Stars Lesley Manville as Shirley McGill, Philip Jackson as Vernon McGill, Shaun Dingwall as the Butcher, Emma Woolliams as the Police Officer and Scott Brooksbank as the Croupier.
Written by Katie Hims.
Producer: Jeremy Mortimer.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
MON 12:00 Hello Cheeky (b00dr4t4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jqdz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle (b01cjm50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09fb1xw)
Episode 61917: Owen and Sassoon work on poems together and Dr Rivers experiences his own war symptoms.
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.
Read by Alice Arnold.
Abridged by Tessa Kendall.
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
MON 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00byr2s)
Galileo - Seeing Is BelievingAstronomer Heather Couper looks at the impact of Galileo's idea to systematically record his telescope observations. From June 2008.
MON 14:30 The Kiss (b008y3kt)
Waterloo EastShort stories by Katie Hims with an osculatory theme.
1/5. Waterloo East
Dan breaks up with Jeanie on the platform of Waterloo East Station. She is heartbroken, but they have the best break-up kiss she has ever had. A year later they meet again and he wants her back. Jeanie knows how feckless he is, but she did love that kiss.
Jeanie ...... Claire Rushbrook
Dan ...... Lee Ross
Myrtle ...... Sheila Reid
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
MON 14:45 Book of the Week (b01p6wvn)
Looking for Mrs Livingstone, Episode 1Written by Julie Davidson.
Abridged by Laurence Wareing.
Read by Tamara Kennedy.
Scottish journalist and writer Julie Davidson journeys through contemporary Southern Africa in search of the traces that remain of Mary Livingstone: the courageous and stoical wife of renowned explorer and missionary, David Livingstone.
In the history books, Mary is hidden by her husband's shadow yet she played an important role in Livingstone's success and her own feats as an early traveller in uncharted Africa are unique. She was the first white woman to cross the Kalahari, which she did twice - pregnant - giving birth in the bush on the second journey. She was much more rooted in southern Africa than her husband: he has a tomb in Westminster Abbey, London; she has an obscure and crumbling grave on the banks of the Zambezi in a destitute region of Mozambique.
In the thrall of Africa, the author has travelled extensively over several years in the footsteps of Mary Livingstone, from her birthplace in a remote district of South Africa to her grave on the Zambezi. She explores the places the Livingstones knew as a couple and, above all, explores the detail of the life and family of this little-known figure in British - but not African - history.
Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.
MON 15:00 Inspector Resnick (b00755r7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 Just a Minute (b00tg1xz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 16:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b017srrs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 17:00 Millport (b0075tn0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b09cylyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007sw34)
Earthsearch I, Across the AbyssThe starship Challenger, continuing its search for Earth, has left Zelda 5 and - with Grand Emperor Thorden on board - is heading toward the star cluster, Tersus 9.
Darv is certain that this is where Paradise - a planet discovered by the second generation crew - is to be found.
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, Michael Spice as Kroll, Sion Probert as Fagor and John Webb as Dren.
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981.
MON 18:30 A Good Read (b09fb93k)
Baroness Amos and Peter EganSue MacGregor and her guests - politician and diplomat, Baroness Amos and actor, Peter Egan - discuss their favourite paperbacks by Bernhard Schlink, Michela Wrong and Janet Davey. From 2005.
Flights of Love by Bernhard Schlink
Publisher: Orion
In The Footsteps of Mr Kurtz by Michela Wrong
Publisher: Fourth Estate
English Correspondence by Janet Davey
Publisher: Vintage.
MON 19:00 Hello Cheeky (b00dr4t4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Dad's Army (b007jqdz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle (b01cjm50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 Short Works: The World of Somerset Maugham (b09fb1xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:15 Katie Hims - The Disappearance of Shirley McGill (b007jtf0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b09cylyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Dave Podmore (b007rkg1)
Dave Podmore's World of Cricket, Episode 1The cricketer bids to run the 2003 World Cup opening ceremony - on the cheap, of course. Stars Christopher Douglas. From June 2002.
MON 23:00 The Now Show (b09d4blb)
Series 51, Episode 2In the week that Panorama uncovered the Paradise Papers, Punt and Dennis present a mix of topical stand-up and sketches which aims to explain the news. David Quantick looks at the Christmas ads, Grainne Maguire looks at the disparity in access to abortion across the UK, and Vikki Stone recaps a year of Donald Trump. Catherine Mayer discusses women's rights since Trump's election a year ago, and Luke Kempner supplies voices to make it all come to life.
Produced by Victoria Lloyd
A BBC Studios Production.
MON 23:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b00gf8pp)
Series 2, EdinburghThe stand-up comedian looks back at the many years he has spent performing in Scotland's capital city. From November 2004.
MON 23:45 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll (b00fvm5g)
Consider Yourself Dumped UponThe Brummie musicologist reveals some big rock names have a lot to thank him for. Stars Graham Fellows. From September 2001.

TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2017

TUE 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007sw34)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b09fb93k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle (b01cjm50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09fb1xw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Cosmic Quest (b00byr2s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 The Kiss (b008y3kt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:45 Book of the Week (b01p6wvn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Inspector Resnick (b00755r7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Just a Minute (b00tg1xz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b017srrs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Millport (b0075tn0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b09cylyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr2k)
Episode 2Bruised and battered after his interrogation by the secret police - the Englishman is on the run inside a hostile European dictatorship. Who can he trust to help him?
Geoffrey Household's classic thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
Read by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.
TUE 06:30 The Choir Invisible (b00yb305)
Ian Hislop finds out why women, excluded from much of Victorian society, wrote so many famous hymns. From August 2003.
TUE 07:00 1834 (b011db7v)
The Time MachineJason decides the invention of the toasted sandwich maker will sort out his new 19th-century life.
21st-century teacher, Jason Slater, is coming to terms with waking up in 19th-century Macclesfield.
In Jim Poyser's riotous comedy of transportation and delight, Jason is now Tarquin, third son of Lord Belport with a faithful valet, Ned.
Stars Michael Begley as Jason Slater, Joe Caffrey as Ned, Kenneth Alan Taylor as Hoskins, Mark Chatterton as Lord Belport, Glenn Cunningham as Stubbs 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 (b09cz3mk)
Series 12, The LegacyEpisode 3: The Legacy
It came as no great surprise to Ed that when his father, Sidney, died he made sure that no one got a mention in his will by not leaving one. Ed's son Jake, never one to miss an opportunity to make some money, introduces Ed to his old school friend Dozzer who it transpires is a qualified heir hunter who has discovered that the late Sidney Reardon had a property which Ed could inherit. All he needs to do is proves his identity and keep his children away from it.
Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas
Produced by Dawn Ellis
It was a BBC Studios Production.
TUE 08:00 The Ken Dodd Show (b007jx22)
Star ParadeThe King of Knotty Ash aims his tickling stick at holidays and DIY.
Sir Ken Dodd's radio career began in October 1958 with the series 'It's Great To Be Young'. The successful formula of Doddy's quickfire delivery, characters, sketches, songs and even the theme tune, 'Love Is Like A Violin', stood him in good stead for decades to come.
This show is from the 'Star Parade' series - one-off shows featuring the biggest stars of TV and radio at the time - and Doddy is ably supported by Judith Chalmers, Cardew Robinson and Harold Berens, with music from The Springfields.
Script co-written with Eddie Braben.
Producer: Eric Miller.
First heard on the BBC Light Programme in July 1963.
TUE 08:30 The Men From the Ministry (b012b8hx)
Fowl PlayThe blundering bureaucrats learn not to put all their eggs in one in-tray.
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 (b09d4blb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009m38r)
The Quest for the Holy SpectaclesJohn discovers that Jesus wore glasses, but whatever happened to them? And John and Tony travel to Glastonbury and Loch Ness.
Another comic journey in which John and his best friend Tony search for happiness, love, the meaning of life ... and glasses.
Written by John Hegley
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 Inspector Resnick (b00755wt)
Slow Burn, Episode 2A charred body has been found in the remains of Jimmy Nolan's city-centre jazz club.
Inspector Resnick's team are called to the scene of another deadly conflagration. Is there a link?
John Harvey's thriller stars Philip Jackson as Charlie Resnick, Sean Baker as Graham Millington, Kate Eaton as Lynn Kellogg, John Rowe as Jimmy Nolan, Alison Pettit as Joanne Hubble, Gerard McDermott as Stuart Hubble, Rachel Atkins as Nicola Venner, John Hartley as Russell Venner, Alistair Danson as the Fire Officer, Jenny Lee as Clarice and Carolyn Jones as Mrs Wealdstone.
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
TUE 11:00 Short Works: The World of Somerset Maugham (b09fbksc)
Series 3, The Closed ShopIn a South American country, where business is in trouble, politicians conspire with the local women to keep trade afloat.
Interviewed in 1933, Maugham said, 'It has always seemed to me that literature can only find its fullest and freest expression in the essay or short story.' He wrote more than 100 stories, at least 14 of which he burned on one of his 'bonfire nights', after Winston Churchill warned that they contravened the Official Secrets Act. Of the stories that do survive, he said, 'some of them deal with circumstances and places to which the passage of time and the growth of civilisation will give a romantic glamour.'
A collection of Maugham's best stories with tales from home and abroad. Tales of intrigue from far flung colonial outposts and tales of passion from quintessentially British hearths.
Maugham writes perfect vignettes - snapshots of human life in all its diversity - captured at a moment of crisis or revelation.
Abridged by Polly Coles
Read by Daniel Weyman
Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan
Produced by Clive Brill.
A Brill Production for BBC Radio 4 Extra.
TUE 11:15 Afternoon Drama (b00qc0jp)
Pat Davis - The Right IngredientsWhen her world falls to pieces, Lisa resorts to using other people's shopping lists as a means of structuring her life. Her hope is that she will eventually get all the right ingredients for the cake she needs to bake. A delicate and beautiful story of a woman coming to terms with a heart-breaking bereavement.
Lisa ...... Jasmine Hyde
Jake ...... Joseph Cohen-Cole
Ella ...... Helen Longworth
Mum ...... Kate Layden
Directed by Tracey Neale.
TUE 12:00 The Ken Dodd Show (b007jx22)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Men From the Ministry (b012b8hx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr2k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 The Choir Invisible (b00yb305)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09fbpcn)
Episode 71917. Dr Rivers returns to the war hospital and finds Siegfried Sassoon on the brink of a fateful decision. Read by Alice Arnold. From May 1992.
TUE 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00byr2d)
Newton - A Matter of Some GravityAstronomer Heather Couper looks at how Isaac Newton's mathematical brilliance put the laws of physics on a firm foundation. From June 2008.
TUE 14:30 The Kiss (b008x4rx)
The AdvertiserShort stories by Katie Hims with an osculatory theme.
2/5. The Advertiser
A 73-year-old woman sees an astonishingly beautiful kiss at Waterloo East and determines that she wants to kiss someone for the first time in her life. She places an advert in a national newspaper.
Myrtle ...... Sheila Reid
Gary ...... Jacob Krichefski
Brian/Albert ...... John Dougall
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
TUE 14:45 Book of the Week (b01p70ny)
Looking for Mrs Livingstone, Episode 2Written by Julie Davidson.
Read by Tamara Kennedy.
Scottish journalist and writer Julie Davidson journeys through Southern Africa in the footsteps of Mary Livingstone: the courageous and stoical wife of renowned explorer and missionary, David Livingstone.
In today's episode, the author travels through the Kalahari Desert to reach the mission station at Kuruman ("the oasis of the Kalahari") where Mary and David Livingstone were married in 1845. The mission station was established in the 1820s by Mary's parents, the Moffats, and is famous for its church which still stands there today.
Abridged by Laurence Wareing.
Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.
TUE 15:00 Inspector Resnick (b00755wt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 Wordaholics (b04g8q5c)
Series 3, Episode 2Comedians Josh Widdecombe and Helen Keen, Dictionary Corner's Susie Dent and classics scholar Natalie Haynes vie for wordy supremacy under the watchful eye of chair Gyles Brandreth.
Lexicographer Susie Dent admits to the words she finds most difficult to spell; science lover Helen Keen grumpily dismantles the portmanteau word 'murse'; Natalie Haynes works out what 'kyacting' is, and does some to boot; while Josh Widdecombe tries to ban the word 'chilllax'.
The panel also guess what some foreign words which have no direct equivalent in English: the Caribbean Spanish word 'cotisuelto; the Welsh phrase 'glas wen'; the German word 'Kummerspeck' and the Central American Spanish word 'achaplinarse'.
Finally they unearth some archaic phrases from the 1870s: 'gigglemug', 'Jeremiah-mongering', 'back row hopper' and 'robbing the barber'.
Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle.
Producer: Claire Jones.
TUE 16:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009m38r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 17:00 1834 (b011db7v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b09cz3mk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jld3)
Earthsearch I, New BloodTelson and Sharna, two of the Challenger's crew, have entered the floating hulk of its sister ship and discovered it houses a population with no knowledge of anything outside their own small world. To them, Earth is eternity.
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, Sion Probert as Fagor, Jane Knowles as Lenart, Pauline Letts as Tandor and John Church as Forty One
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981.
TUE 18:30 That Reminds Me (b007jp71)
Series 3, Warren MitchellAward-winning actor Warren Mitchell talks about where his love of acting began, the terrors of performing on live television - and how Alf Garnett came into his life thanks to BBC TV sitcom 'Till Death Us Do Part'.
Warren Mitchell (Born: 1926 - Died: 2015)
Series showcasing the reminisces of celebrated raconteurs before a live audience.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.
TUE 19:00 The Ken Dodd Show (b007jx22)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Men From the Ministry (b012b8hx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr2k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 The Choir Invisible (b00yb305)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Short Works: The World of Somerset Maugham (b09fbksc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Afternoon Drama (b00qc0jp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b09cz3mk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b01qhqg5)
Series 2, The WeddingAnthony is cock-a-hoop when asked out of the blue to be best man at a friend's wedding. Problem is, he hasn't seen this friend since they were at school together and Damien isn't entirely convinced that Anthony has been invited purely because of his "excellent presentation skills".
Written by Miles Jupp
Producer: Sam Michell.
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b09gsqh9)
No Such Thing As A Fish 1/2The best in contemporary comedy. Andrew O'Neill chats to the hosts of the No Such Thing As A Fish podcast.
TUE 23:00 Revolting People (b00wlrp5)
Series 4, PiratesBrimshaw, McGurk and the Oliphants attempt to flee to England. 1775 America sitcom. Stars Andy Hamilton. From May 2006.
TUE 23:30 Vent (b01flqm7)
Series 3, VictoriaDisraeli arrives to deconstruct the characters and folk in Ben's life. Comedy starring Neil Pearson and Matthew Kelly. From December 2009.

WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2017

WED 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jld3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 That Reminds Me (b007jp71)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr2k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 The Choir Invisible (b00yb305)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09fbpcn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Cosmic Quest (b00byr2d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Kiss (b008x4rx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:45 Book of the Week (b01p70ny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Inspector Resnick (b00755wt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Wordaholics (b04g8q5c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009m38r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 1834 (b011db7v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b09cz3mk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr30)
Episode 3At large in a hostile European dictatorship, the fugitive battles on, in his efforts to escape, by taking to water.
Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
Read by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.
WED 06:30 The Wreck of the Alba (b00lh37d)
Michael Bird, an art historian and surfer, uncovers the universal and local significance of one of the most popular pictures in the Tate, St Ives - The Wreck of the Alba by Alfred Wallis.
He interviews people in St Ives who remember the disaster, when the steamer's crew was wrecked on Porthmeor beach in January 1938. Michael also gains access to many recordings of people who knew Wallis, made in the 1960s by Dr Roger Slack, a St Ives GP, and speaks to Chris Stephens, senior curator at the Tate, and to people looking at the painting and surfers on the beach.
WED 07:00 The Cavity Within (b00770f8)
Episode 2Marty is settling into his new job at the newly privatised dental practice. But why are there suddenly no patients?
Written by Jim Poyser
Starring Chris O'Dowd as Marty, Jeff Rawle as Pete, Mark Straker as Tim, Christine Kavanagh as Anna, Sarah Crowe as Daisy, Mark Straker as Tim, John Rowe as Mr Holmes, Emma Noakes as Sarah, Tracy Wiles as Mrs Wenkins and Don Gilet as Leo.
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.
WED 07:30 Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers (b09czrbs)
Series 1, AnimalsAndy 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 looks at the subject of Animals. From fond memories of his childhood cat Timmy's lifelong battle with the Hoover; through working with straw-boater-wearing dolphins for Not the Nine o'clock News and being unnerved by a sea lion during a phone call. This week Andy also offers many useful animal-related tips including: what to do should you ever find an unwelcome bear on your doorstep.
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 (b00yc3jt)
Going DutchSent to Whittlesea Bay, HMS Troutbridge runs out of fuel - near some windmills in Holland.
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 Lt Commander Stanton, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Bates as Hans and Tenniel Evans as Goldstein.
The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series on BBC Radio between 1959 and 1976.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1959.
WED 08:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jxpn)
Series 6, The ImpersonatorWhen he hears his sound-alike in a TV commercial, the lad heads straight to court.
Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Peter Goodwright, Ann Lancaster, Jerry Stovin, Jack Watson, Ronald Wilson and Wilfrid Babbage.
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 (b007652k)
Episode 6Frank Delaney's language game with Hunter Davies, Sheila Steafel, Roger McGough and Helen Atkinson Wood. From November 2001.
WED 09:30 The Sit Crom (b00m5qlg)
A Draught of MalmesyThe household is in need of a steward, The captain undertakes a search and Lady Anne is desperate for a drink.
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 and Peter Hayward as Counter Tenor.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.
WED 10:00 Classic Serial (b03vzvmc)
Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice, Episode 1by Jane Austen
Dramatised by Charlotte Jones
Mrs Bennet is determined to get her five daughters married off and secure a future for them all.
And when Mr Bingley a wealthy man arrives in the neighbourhood she wastes no time in making his acquaintance.
Director ..... Sally Avens
Published just over 200 years ago Pride and Prejudice remains one of the Nation's favourite novels; with its intellect and wit it appeals to a broad range of readers. It stands the test of time by dealing with the timeless issues of love, social class, money and mistaken judgements and by having a witty and clever though flawed heroine at its heart. Elizabeth Bennet is a thorough radical for her time and perhaps the first heroine to ask is it possible to have it all?
Pippa Nixon takes on the role of Elizabeth; she received rave reviews for her Rosalind in 'As You Like It' ' a rising young star'.
Jamie Parker (Darcy) has played Henry V at the National and is shortly to portray Hamlet on Radio 4.
Double Olivier Award winner Samantha Spiro takes on Mrs Bennet and Toby Jones Mr Collins.
WED 11:00 Short Works: The World of Somerset Maugham (b09ffg17)
Series 3, LouiseLouise is perpetually at death's door; whilst somehow going to the best parties and attracting the best of men.
Interviewed in 1933, Maugham said 'It has always seemed to me that literature can only find its fullest and freest expression in the essay or short story.' He wrote more than 100 stories, at least 14 of which he burned on one of his 'bonfire nights', after Winston Churchill warned that they contravened the Official Secrets Act. Of the stories that do survive, he said, 'some of them deal with circumstances and places to which the passage of time and the growth of civilisation will give a romantic glamour.'
A collection of Maugham's best stories with tales from home and abroad. Tales of intrigue from far flung colonial outposts and tales of passion from quintessentially British hearths.
Maugham writes perfect vignettes - snapshots of human life in all its diversity - captured at a moment of crisis or revelation.
Abridged by Polly Coles
Read by Daniel Weyman
Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan
Produced by Clive Brill.
A Brill Production for BBC Radio 4 Extra.
WED 11:15 Afternoon Drama (b01phg8f)
Melissa Murray - Tom Thumb ReduxResearch biologist Tom Latimer is losing his funding, his waistline and his young second wife Val. But his problems are about to get smaller - an awful lot smaller.
By Melissa Murray
Directed by Marc Beeby.
WED 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00yc3jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jxpn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr30)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 The Wreck of the Alba (b00lh37d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09ffkxp)
Episode 81917. Sarah's mother is not pleased with her relationship, and Siegfried Sassoon hears disturbing news. Read by Alice Arnold. From May 1992.
WED 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00byr2g)
Halley - A Comet's TaleAstronomer Heather Couper considers how Edmund Halley went about calculating the orbit of a comet. From June 2008.
WED 14:30 The Kiss (b008x4s0)
The Kiss That Never HappenedShort stories by Katie Hims with an osculatory theme.
3/5. The Kiss That Never Happened
Ted has imagined kissing Liesl over several years, while she has dated, got engaged, married and become a mother. Now, when he thinks her marriage is in trouble, he feels closer than ever to the long-sought kiss.
Liesl ...... Kate Ashfield
Ted ...... Ben Crowe
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
WED 14:45 Book of the Week (b01p71wd)
Looking for Mrs Livingstone, Episode 3Written by Julie Davidson.
Read by Tamara Kennedy.
Scottish journalist and writer Julie Davidson travels through Southern Africa in the footsteps of Mary Livingstone: the courageous and stoical wife of renowned explorer and missionary, David Livingstone.
In today's episode, the dangers and hardships of being a Victorian missionary wife are revealed in an account of a journey through the Kalahari Desert made by Mary Livingstone (heavily pregnant and with two young children in tow) in the wake of her explorer husband. David.
Abridged by Laurence Wareing.
Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.
WED 15:00 Classic Serial (b03vzvmc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 Say the Word (b007652k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 16:30 The Sit Crom (b00m5qlg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 17:00 The Cavity Within (b00770f8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:30 Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers (b09czrbs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jldg)
Earthsearch I, MaroonedThe 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 (b00hh21l)
Series 2, Sam GibbSam Gibb: Tom Morton talks to the daughter of Bee Gee Maurice Gibb who died unexpectedly in 2003. From February 2009.
WED 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00yc3jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jxpn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr30)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 The Wreck of the Alba (b00lh37d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Short Works: The World of Somerset Maugham (b09ffg17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 21:15 Afternoon Drama (b01phg8f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers (b09czrbs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Before They Were Famous (b03dv6cp)
Series 2, Episode 2Even 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 (b0080274)
Trash TalkSketch show mixing up language and sounds. Spaghetti spellings with Paul Copley and Helen Moon. From October 2007.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b09gsqmb)
No Such Thing As A Fish 2/2The best in contemporary comedy. Andrew O'Neill chats to the hosts of the No Such Thing As A Fish podcast.
WED 23:00 Hard to Tell (b03h3ybf)
Series 2, Episode 1Second series of the relationship comedy written by Jonny Sweet.
It tells its central love story through the couple's individual conversations with their family and friends. In the process, we are introduced to all manner of relationships from a father and his cherished tour van to two women rivalling for the position of Best Friend, from a brother and sister comparing notes on Brazilians to a vicar and his new parish, and from a lodger's historic fling with a local waitress to a mum's lack of control over her desire to monitor her son's life.
Recorded on location, Hard To Tell's naturalistic, contemporary and conversational style brings new meaning to restaurants, funerals, French dressers and monkey puzzle trees.
Jonny Sweet is also the writer of Radio 4's Party and co-writer/co-star of Chickens on Sky 1.
Episode 1:
Tom and Ellen organize a night out so that their parents can meet. Ellen's Dad's lodger invites herself along, while Tom's Mum and Dad decide to open up about an aspect of Tom's lifestyle that's been troubling them.
Producer: Lucy Armintage
A Tiger Aspect production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 23:30 Radio 9 (b04g429s)
Series 2, Episode 3Travels at sea, a magazine for NIMBYs and faking your way in abseiling. Stars Johnny Daukes and Hils Barker. From July 2005.

THURSDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2017

THU 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jldg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Musical Genes (b00hh21l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr30)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 The Wreck of the Alba (b00lh37d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09ffkxp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Cosmic Quest (b00byr2g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 The Kiss (b008x4s0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:45 Book of the Week (b01p71wd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Classic Serial (b03vzvmc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Say the Word (b007652k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 The Sit Crom (b00m5qlg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Cavity Within (b00770f8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers (b09czrbs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr3f)
Episode 4Back in England after battling to escape - the Englishman soon realises that even in London, he's still not safe from his hostile pursuers.
Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
Read by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.
THU 06:30 Michael and Martin (b0076shd)
4 Extra Debut. Ian Christie on the life of filmmaker Michael Powell. With tributes from Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker. From June 2005.
THU 07:00 A Certain Age (b00766l3)
Series 1, The Cat LoverJo is supposed to be on holiday in the south of France, so why is she luxuriating in bed listening to Woman's Hour, eating toast and cuddling Buster the cat?
Read by Dawn French.
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 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b09d431q)
Series 2, Britain's Place in the WorldThe Godfather of Alternative Comedy delivers a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy from behind the counter of his Imaginary Sandwich Bar.
Episode 1 - Britain's Place in the World
Alexei considers Britain's place in the world and discusses his return to stand-up comedy after a 17 year hiatus. Along the way he reveals where all of the Millets shops have gone, discloses the key to reworking old material for a modern audience and offers a compelling argument for Britain losing a war - and soon.
Written and performed by Alexei Sayle
Original music and lyrics by Tim Sutton
Produced by Joe Nunnery
A BBC Studios Production.
THU 08:00 Not in Front of the Children (b0547v4w)
Series 1, Religious RevivalA dynamic new vicar causes mayhem in the Corner household.
Starring Wendy Craig as Jennifer Corner, Francis Matthews as Henry Corner, Charlotte Mitchell as Mary and Edward de Souza as the Reverend John Spencer.
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 (b00qpjpm)
The China StoryNeddie Seagoon is Britain's ambassador in China, and he is after cash. Stars Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers. From January 1955.
THU 09:00 Counterpoint (b0077799)
Series 21, Heat 7Edward Seckerson's music quiz with David Borril from Yorkshire, Clive Smylie from Dungannon and Andrew Collingwood from York. From April 2007.
THU 09:30 HR (b00tmkg9)
Series 2, WanderingComedy drama series by Nigel Williams that charts the misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble-making colleague.
Sam and Peter wile away retirement blues with a holiday in Spain. Suddenly Sam, a lifelong virgin, seems to be presented with a life-changing opportunity.
Sam ..... Nicholas Le Prevost
Peter ..... Jonathan Pryce
Miguel ..... Sam Dale
Gwenda ..... Christine Kavanagh
Director: Peter Kavanagh.
THU 10:00 Classic Serial (b03wgzqv)
Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice, Episode 2by Jane Austen
Dramatised by Charlotte Jones
Elizabeth is determined to hate the Mr Darcy but finds the attentions of her ridiculous cousin, Mr Collins, even more vexing.
Director ...... Sally Avens
Mrs Bennet has five daughters and is desperate to marry them off to eligible men as the family will have no home once their father dies. Jane Bennet has been singled out for attention by a recent wealthy arrival to Hertfordshire, Mr Bingley. Her sister, Elizabeth, has been snubbed by his even wealthier friend, Mr Darcy. Elizabeth is determined to hate Darcy even more so since she has learnt from a member of the militia stationed at Netherfield, a Mr Wickham, that Darcy has cheated him out of his rightful inheritance.
Published just over 200 years ago Pride and Prejudice remains one of the Nation's favourite novels; with its intellect and wit it appeals to a broad range of readers. It stands the test of time by dealing with the timeless issues of love, social class, money and mistaken judgements and by having a witty and clever though flawed heroine at its heart. Elizabeth Bennet is a thorough radical for her time and perhaps the first heroine to ask is it possible to have it all?
Pippa Nixon takes on the role of Elizabeth; she received rave reviews for her Rosalind in 'As You Like It' ' a rising young star'.
Jamie Parker (Darcy) has played Henry V at the National and is shortly to portray Hamlet on Radio 4.
Double Olivier Award winner Samantha Spiro takes on Mrs Bennet and Toby Jones Mr Collins.
THU 11:00 Short Works: The World of Somerset Maugham (b09fg4gf)
Series 3, The Four DutchmenFriendship and rivalry compete between four rather large shipmates with disastrous consequences.
Interviewed in 1933, Maugham said, 'It has always seemed to me that literature can only find its fullest and freest expression in the essay or short story.' He wrote more than 100 stories, at least 14 of which he burned on one of his 'bonfire nights', after Winston Churchill warned that they contravened the Official Secrets Act. Of the stories that do survive, he said, 'some of them deal with circumstances and places to which the passage of time and the growth of civilisation will give a romantic glamour.'
A collection of Maugham's best stories with tales from home and abroad. Tales of intrigue from far flung colonial outposts and tales of passion from quintessentially British hearths.
Maugham writes perfect vignettes - snapshots of human life in all its diversity - captured at a moment of crisis or revelation.
Abridged by Polly Coles
Read by Daniel Weyman
Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan
Produced by Clive Brill.
A Brill Production for BBC Radio 4 Extra.
THU 11:15 Rhys Adrian - Passing Through (b00qmxyc)
Pat sits behind his newspaper at the same table in the same corner of the same pub every evening. He's a railwayman and functions like a clock. He talks to no one and no one talks to him.
But one evening a stranger enters into conversation with him and the pattern is broken.
Rhys Adrian's drama stars Hugh Burden as Richard, Harry Towb as Patrick and Diana Bishop as Beth.
Director: John Tydeman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1981.
THU 12:00 Not in Front of the Children (b0547v4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 The Goon Show (b00qpjpm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr3f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Michael and Martin (b0076shd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09fg74j)
Episode 91917. As war fitness interviews begin, Billy Prior and Siegfried Sassoon await their fate. Read by Alice Arnold. From May 1992.
THU 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00byr2j)
A Planet Called GeorgeAstronomer Heather Couper looks at William Herschel's attempts to chart the cosmos using a homemade telescope, and how he doubled the size of the solar system. From June 2008.
THU 14:30 The Kiss (b008x4s3)
The AccidentShort stories by Katie Hims with an osculatory theme.
4/5. The Accident
When Sean dies in an accident, his father Ray kisses him for the first time and is shocked by how cold his skin is. Ray begins to kiss everything, from photographs and soft toys to geckos, walls and windows.
Ray ...... Harry Towb
Barbara ...... Susan Porrett
Ted ...... Ben Crowe
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b01p7dcx)
Looking for Mrs Livingstone, Episode 4Read by Tamara Kennedy.
Writer Julie Davidson travels in the footsteps of of Mary Livingstone, the courageous and stoical wife of renowned explorer and missionary, David Livingstone.
Mary Livingstone and her young family are sent to stay with relatives in Scotland, to allow her intrepid husband to travel unencumbered for four years, plotting a route from the Cape through to the Indian Ocean. It was a dark and lonely time for Mary, who was born and brought up in Africa, and who dearly missed her home and the support of her husband.
Abridged by Laurence Wareing.
Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.
THU 15:00 Classic Serial (b03wgzqv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Counterpoint (b0077799)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 16:30 HR (b00tmkg9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 17:00 A Certain Age (b00766l3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b09d431q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jldt)
Earthsearch I, Star Cluster - Tersus NineHaving destroyed the warrior android Fagor and returned safely to the starship Challenger, the crew have resumed their search for Earth and are heading - in a state of suspended animation - for Tersus Nine.
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 and Gordon Reid as Angel Two.
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981.
THU 18:30 Great Lives (b00s0d1g)
Series 21, Douglas JardineThe controversial England cricket captain, Douglas Jardine, who was responsible for the infamous 1932 Bodyline tour of Australia, is Peter White's chioce of a Great Life.
Matthew Parris, who is sceptical about cricket to say the least, presents, while Christopher Douglas (who co-writes and presents Ed Reardon on Radio 4, the disaffected, failed 50-something hack writer) fills in the biographical gaps.
Producer: Mark Smalley.
THU 19:00 Not in Front of the Children (b0547v4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 The Goon Show (b00qpjpm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr3f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Michael and Martin (b0076shd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Short Works: The World of Somerset Maugham (b09fg4gf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Rhys Adrian - Passing Through (b00qmxyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today]
THU 22:00 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b09d431q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Recorded for Training Purposes (b00h37x9)
Series 3, Episode 4Sketch show about modern communication and contemporary obsessions. With Ben Willbond and Rachel Atkins. From January 2009.
THU 23:00 And Now in Colour (b0080qg5)
Series 2, EurospecialThe sketch team cross the English Channel for a French link-up. Stars Tim de Jongh and William Vandyck. From February 1991.
THU 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jsrx)
Series 1, ScurvyThe family saga sets sail with dangerous sheep afloat. Improvised comedy with Paul Merton and Josie Lawrence. From May 1993.

FRIDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2017

FRI 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jldt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b00s0d1g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr3f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Michael and Martin (b0076shd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09fg74j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Cosmic Quest (b00byr2j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 The Kiss (b008x4s3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:45 Book of the Week (b01p7dcx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Classic Serial (b03wgzqv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Counterpoint (b0077799)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 HR (b00tmkg9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 A Certain Age (b00766l3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b09d431q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr3t)
Episode 5The Englishman is chased through the London Underground. Will he outwit his pursuers? Read by Michael Jayston. From January 2004.
FRI 06:30 The Strange Death of the Establishment (b0076ly2)
4 Extra Debut. In 1961 Peter Cook founded a comedy club in Soho called The Establishment. Harry Thompson explains how the venture went from riches to rags. From June 2004.
FRI 07:00 Safety Catch (b017skx3)
Series 2, If a Job's Not Worth DoingLaurence Howarth's black comedy of modern morality set in the world of arms dealing.
Simon is totally convinced this week that he is in the right job and has a duty not only to stay there, but to do his job sloppily. His reasoning for this is that if he wasn't there doing the job badly then someone else would be doing it well and that would be a much worse scenario. Then he has the awful, soul shattering realisation, and one which is something every person in Britain would be ashamed to admit, that he actually loves his job. Boris of course is in heaven at the thought of a soul-mate at work, but Simon decides the only way he can go on is to learn to hate again.
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
Richard...........................................Dan Mersh
Julius........................................Nyahsa Hatendi
Written by Laurence Howarth
Produced by Dawn Ellis.
FRI 07:30 Dot (b0714033)
Series 1, The Astonishing Adventures of Agent Whiff-Whaffby Ed Harris
Comic adventures with Dot and the gals from personnel who are getting squiffy over Agent Bertie Whiff-Whaff. Bertie wants Dot promoted, but can Dot handle life on the other side of the hallway? Ed Harris' rollicking comedy starring Fenella Woolgar.
Director/Producer Jessica Mitic
Ed Harris has written extensively for radio. In 2013 he won the Radio Academy Award for Best Drama for his War time thriller, 'The Resistance of Mrs Brown'. In 2011 he won the Writer's Guild Award for 'Troll' and was nominated for the Prix Europa for his play for BBC Radio 3: 'The Wall'.
Fenella Woolgar won the Clarence Derwent Award for her role in 'Hedda Gabler' at the Old Vic and most recently played Margaret Thatcher in 'Handbagged' at the Vaudeville Theatre, London.
Kate O'Flynn won the Critics Circle Award winner 2013 Most Promising Newcomer for 'Port' at the National Theatre, she also received an Evening Standard Nomination.
FRI 08:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00v3nlg)
Series 5, Episode 2Celebrating Spring, and 'Champion the Wonder Mouse'. Songs and sketches with John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From April 1967.
FRI 08:30 Albert and Me (b007jynb)
Series 1, Rate of DeclineStruggling to bring up his baby son Albert, single dad Bryan Archer desperately needs cash for his rate arrears.
Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Harry Fowler as Joe Billings.
Written by Jim Eldridge.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977.
FRI 09:00 The Rest Is History (b04ws4hy)
Series 1, Episode 4Frank Skinner loves history, but just doesn't know much of it.
The Rest Is History is a comedy discussion show which promises to help him 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 programme are David Baddiel and Emma Kennedy.
Produced by Dan Schreiber and Justin Pollard
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 09:30 Kalangadog Junction (b09fggby)
Episode 5As Gaelene's farewell barbecue is prepared, Jane must cope with her unexpected guests. Starring Caroline Quentin. From March 1996.
FRI 10:00 Classic Serial (b03xcxdx)
Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice, Episode 3by Jane Austen
Dramatised by Charlotte Jones
Elizabeth has misjudged Wickham's character and he is about to bring further shame on her family. Can she hope to ever see Mr Darcy again after rejecting his offer of marriage?
Directed by Sally Avens
Elizabeth has rejected Darcy's offer of marriage but is beginning to reappraise her judgement of his character after she learns of how Wickham attempted to seduce Darcy's sister. Darcy may have put his proposal badly, pointing out their differences in birth and the behaviour of her family. He may also have attempted to separate her sister Jane from Mr Bingley But it appears he believed that Jane did not love Bingley. And Elizabeth knows that her mother and younger sisters do not always behave with the decorum that might be expected of them and her father is too lazy to correct them. Perhaps the fault is not entirely on Darcy's side.
Published just over 200 years ago Pride and Prejudice remains one of the Nation's favourite novels; with its intellect and wit it appeals to a broad range of readers. It stands the test of time by dealing with the timeless issues of love, social class, money and mistaken judgements and by having a witty and clever though flawed heroine at its heart. Elizabeth Bennet is a thorough radical for her time and perhaps the first heroine to ask is it possible to have it all?
Pippa Nixon takes on the role of Elizabeth; she received rave reviews for her Rosalind in 'As You Like It' ' a rising young star'.
Jamie Parker (Darcy) has played Henry V at the National and is shortly to portray Hamlet on Radio 4.
Double Olivier Award winner Samantha Spiro takes on Mrs Bennet and Toby Jones Mr Collins.
FRI 11:00 Short Works: The World of Somerset Maugham (b09fggc0)
Series 3, The Book BagBrother and sister, Tim and Olive Hardy, share a dangerous secret. They try everything in their power to keep it from others until Tim has to go away on a trip.
FRI 11:15 Nick Warburton - Purvis (b007k1jy)
A kindly vicar appoints a lonely widower as church safety officer but he proves to be rather accident prone. Stars Peter Sallis. From November 2000.
FRI 12:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00v3nlg)
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FRI 12:30 Albert and Me (b007jynb)
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FRI 13:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr3t)
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FRI 13:30 The Strange Death of the Establishment (b0076ly2)
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FRI 14:00 Pat Barker - Regeneration (b09fgttq)
Episode 101917. Dr Rivers witnesses brutal forms of war hospital treatment as Siegfried Sassoon faces his future. Read by Alice Arnold. From May 1992.
FRI 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00byr2l)
The Celestial PoliceAstronomer Heather Couper looks at the work of the planet hunter Johann Bode, tracking down asteroids. From June 2008.
FRI 14:30 The Kiss (b008x4s6)
Jacob LennonShort stories by Katie Hims with an osculatory theme.
5/5. Jacob Lennon
Everyone at school is in love with Jacob Lennon. Andrea and Sophie imagine that kissing him must be like eating melted marshmallows. Then Andrea finds out the truth.
Andrea ...... Sophie Pemberton
Sophie ...... Laura Molyneux
Jacob ...... Lloyd Thomas
Milton ...... Baxter Willis
Mr Chester ...... Alex Lanipekun
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b01p7hcr)
Looking for Mrs Livingstone, Episode 5Read by Tamara Kennedy.
Writer Julie Davidson searches for traces of Mary Livingstone, the courageous and stoical wife of renowned explorer and missionary, David Livingstone.
The author's travels through Southern Africa come to an end, when she reaches Mary Livingstone's final resting place: a crumbling grave on the banks of the Zambezi River, in a remote part of Mozambique.
Abridged by Laurence Wareing.
Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.
FRI 15:00 Classic Serial (b03xcxdx)
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FRI 16:00 The Rest Is History (b04ws4hy)
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FRI 16:30 Kalangadog Junction (b09fggby)
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FRI 17:00 Safety Catch (b017skx3)
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FRI 17:30 Dot (b0714033)
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FRI 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b00cfzsp)
Earthsearch I, EarthfallThe crew locate an Earth-like planet, but the Angels are not beaten yet. Stars Sean Arnold, Sonia Fraser and Gordon Reid. From March 1981.
FRI 18:30 Soul Music (b06ry20g)
Series 21, NimrodEdward Elgar's incomparable Nimrod, and the part it plays in people's lives, is explored this week:
Composed as part of the Enigma Variations in the latter part of the 19th century, Nimrod was inspired by Elgar's friend and music editor, Augustus Jaeger.
In an interview for this programme, Jaeger's granddaughter, Gillian Scully, talks about her grandfather and describes hearing her own granddaughter playing Nimrod at a school concert.
It wasn't what Elgar intended, but Nimrod is now - and, probably, forever - associated with Remembrance. The Right Reverend Nigel McCulloch - National Chaplain to the Royal British Legion - talks about hearing it played at the Festival of Remembrance in the Royal Albert Hall stirring memories of his own father who died in WW2, and serving as a reminder of all those lost or injured in war.
Margaret Evison's son, Lieutenant Mark Evison of the Welsh Guards, was killed in Afghanistan in 2009. Nimrod played an important part in his funeral which was held at The Guard's Chapel in London.
For Lord Victor Adebowale, Chief Executive of the charity Turning Point, Nimrod is a piece that reminds him of his father and the struggles he had as a Nigerian immigrant to the UK.
Composer and conductor, Paul Spicer, plays through Nimrod at the piano exploring why it is a piece that stirs such deep emotions.
Producer: Karen Gregor.
FRI 19:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00v3nlg)
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FRI 19:30 Albert and Me (b007jynb)
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FRI 20:00 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Male (b007jr3t)
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FRI 20:30 The Strange Death of the Establishment (b0076ly2)
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FRI 21:00 Short Works: The World of Somerset Maugham (b09fggc0)
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FRI 21:15 Nick Warburton - Purvis (b007k1jy)
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FRI 22:00 Dot (b0714033)
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FRI 22:30 Bleak Expectations (b00db5bt)
Series 2, A Happy Life Broken and Then Mended a BitBy Mark Evans
Chapter the Last: A Happy Life Broken and then Mended a Bit
This week in the Victorian comic epic listeners are cordially invited to cower before the terrifying spectacle of the Martian invasion, where only Pip and some geese stand between Mr Benevolent's army of long-eared purple space villains and all that is good and true....
The final chapter of the Victorian comic epic, and the whole planet is in terrible danger when Pip's evil ex-guardian Mr Gently Benevolent summons a massive Martian invasion. Is this the end for Pip, Harry and the rest of the human race? And will Pippa's goose sanctuary be all right? Listeners are cordially invited to cower before the terrifying spectacle of the army of long-eared purple space villains...
Sir Philip...........................Richard Johnson
Mr Benevolent........................Anthony Head
Harry Biscuit......................James Bachman
Young Pip..................................Tom Allen
Sternbeater...................Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely Fecund......................Sarah Hadland
Mr Parsimonious...............Laurence Howarth
Pippa........................................Susy Kane
Sundry learned gentlemen...........Mark Evans
Produced by Gareth Edwards.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b09gsqz6)
Stephen Carlin 1/2The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith talks to Stephen Carlin.
FRI 23:00 Absolute Power (b007jr82)
Series 1, Episode 6Spin doctors Prentiss and McCabe tackle a sporting victory for England. Stars Stephen Fry and John Bird. From February 2000.
FRI 23:30 Chain Reaction (b00gsb85)
Series 2, Alexei Sayle Interviews Lenny HenryAlexei Sayle Interviews Lenny Henry in the tag talk show where the guest is next week's interviewer. From January 2005.