SATURDAY 25 APRIL 2020

SAT 00:00 Haunted (b01qlg49)
The Judge's House by Bram Stoker
Malcolm Malcolmson discovers the truth of 'absurd prejudices' which have accrued around an empty property.
A series of stories of the Supernatural.
Bram Stoker's tale dramatised by Patricia Mays.
Malcolmson ...... Nigel Havers
Mrs Witham ...... Jane Thompson
With David Timson and Alexander John.
Director: Derek Hoddinott
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in January 1982.
SAT 00:30 Off the Page (b0076tyk)
Living on the Edge
Matthew Parris considers a life lived on the margins, with Marjorie Wallace, Bernie Hare and Dermot Healy. From September 2005.
SAT 01:00 Sherlock Holmes (m000hhq0)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 6
The Five Orange Pips
The great detective investigates murders presaged by the victims receiving dried orange pips through the mail.
Starring Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes and Norman Shelley as Dr Watson
Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and adapted by Michael Hardwick.
Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Doctor Watson …. Norman Shelley
John Openshaw …. William Eedle
Elias Openshaw …. Bruce Beeby
Joseph Openshaw …. James Thomason
Shipping Clerk …. Jonathan Scott
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1966.
SAT 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jvpx)
Lord Edgware Dies
Episode 5
Ross has had to abandon a telephone conversation with Hercule Poirot to answer the doorbell. When he doesn't return, the panic-stricken Belgian sleuth and Captain Hastings hurry round to his apartment.
Will the murderer finally be unmasked?
Conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
From the book first published in 1933 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Captain Hastings ...... Simon Williams
Inspector Japp ...... Norman Jones
Jane Wilkinson ...... Nicola Pagett
Jenny ...... Adjoa Andoh
Bryan Martin ...... Brett Usher
Ellis ...... Paula Jacobs
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1992.
SAT 02:00 The 3rd Degree (m0006zx9)
Series 9
Royal Holloway, University of London
A funny and dynamic quiz show hosted by Steve Punt - this week from Royal Holloway, University of London, with specialist subjects including Criminology, English and Law and questions ranging from Louis XIV to Lego via yowling and yodelling.
The programme is recorded on location at a different University each week, and it pits three Undergraduates against three of their Professors in an original and fresh take on an academic quiz.
The rounds vary between Specialist Subjects and General Knowledge, quickfire bell-and-buzzer rounds and the Highbrow and Lowbrow round cunningly devised to test not only the students' knowledge of current affairs, history, languages and science, but also their Professors' awareness of television, sport, and quite possibly Ed Sheeran. In addition, the Head-to-Head rounds see students take on their Professors in their own subjects, offering plenty of scope for mild embarrassment on both sides.
Other Universities featured in this series include Aberdeen, Plymouth, St Catharine’s College Cambridge, Brighton and Oxford Brookes.
Produced by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019
SAT 02:30 1835 (b0125lgl)
All at Sea
Aristocrat Belport and his servant Ned are called up to serve in the navy aboard the HMS Fortunate. Fortunate by name, a magnet for French cannons by nature...
Comic saga of an aristocrat and his servant who struggle to find things to do in the mid- 1830s.
Belport ...... Paul Rider
Ned ...... Jason Done
Black Pete ...... Roy Barraclough
Collins ...... Simon Greenall
Tony Nelson ...... Jonathan Keeble
Written and directed at BBC Manchester by Jim Poyser.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
SAT 03:00 Gunter Grass - The Tin Drum (b007jlvd)
Episode 2
As the war rages, Oskar discovers sex, jazz and the black market. Will his mad drumming make him a star?
Phil Daniels stars as Oskar in the conclusion of Gunter Grass's dark and intriguing story.
Written in 1959, The Tin Drum is a modern classic of post-Second World War literature, telling the story of the Third Reich's decline and fall from a most particular perspective - that of a dwarf.
Oskar ...... Phil Daniels
Matzerath ...... Kenneth Cranham
Bebra ...... David Collings
Roswitha ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Zeidler ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Dorothea ...... Patience Tomlinson
Lankes ...... Jonathan Keeble
Maria ...... Tracy Wiles
Klepp ...... Nigel Anthony
Official ...... David Timson
Young Man ...... Andrew Branch
Other parts ...... John Hartley
Dramatised by Mike Walker.
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1996.
SAT 04:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m000hhq3)
British Indie Comedy Drama Podcasts
Amanda Litherland and Ella Watts recommend a selection of independently produced comedy drama podcasts, to make you laugh during lockdown.
Featuring whole episodes and extracts from:
Quid Pro Euro (Felix Trench)
Marscorp (Definitely Human)
The Unseen Hour (James Carney)
North West Footwear Database (Tim Foley)
SAT 05:00 Electric Ink (b01jyq9c)
Series 2
Episode 3
Struggling print journalist Maddox takes a moral stance with disastrous results.
A comic satire set in the struggling world of newspapers.
A group of dysfunctional journalists attempt to cover major news stories whilst grappling with the demands of a multi-platform environment, as circulation figures plummet as the recession means half the workforce is laid off.
Written by Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson.
Maddox ..... John Sessions
Oliver ..... Alex Jennings
Freddy ..... Stephen Wight
Carol ..... Polly Frame
Masha ..... Debbie Chazen
With Joanna Monro, Sean Baker, Adeel Akhtar,Henry Devas and Sam Dale.
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
SAT 05:30 Just a Minute (m000hfx0)
Series 63
Episode 4
Just how hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition & deviation? Regulars Jenny Eclair and Tony Hawks welcome relative newcomers Richard Herring and Paul Sinha to try. As ever, Nicholas Parsons chairs this popular comedy panel show.
SAT 06:00 Noel Coward - Blithe Spirit (b01ghlgw)
When novelist Charles Condomine invites a medium to hold a séance at his country house, he anticipates little more than some harmless fakery and a lot of good material for his new novel.
Instead, he gets a ghostly visitation from his dead first wife, rather to the chagrin of his very much alive second one...
Noël Coward's classic comedy adapted for radio by Bert Coules.
Charles ...... Roger Allam
Madame Arcati ...... Maggie Steed
Elvira ...... Zoe Waites
Rut ...... Hermione Gulliford
Dr Bradman ...... David Killick
Mrs Bradman ...... Tilly Tremayne
Edith ...... Natalie Cassidy
Pianist: Matthew Scott
Director: Philip Franks
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008.
SAT 07:30 Great Lives (b04g8jh3)
Series 34
Labi Siffre on Arthur Ransome
Singer-songwriter Labi Siffre discusses the life and work of Arthur Ransome.
Siffre says that the Swallows and Amazons books taught him responsibility for his own actions and also a morality that has influenced and shaped him throughout his life.
Series in which Matthew Parris invites his guests to nominate the person who they feel is a great life.
Producer: Maggie Ayre
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2014.
SAT 08:00 Counterpoint (b00jcgx9)
Series 23
2009 Heat 4
From London, Paul Gambaccini hosts the music quiz with contestants from Kent, Surrey and the Isle of Wight. From 2009.
SAT 08:30 The Change (b0076nxd)
Series 3
Episode 1
Convinced that his wife's having an affair with transvestite George, Ken targets Carol.
Carol …. Lynda Bellingham
George …. Philip Jackson
Violet ...... Marcia Warren
Maureen …. Maureen Beattie
Ken …. James Vaugnan
Sonia …. Emma Kennedy
Jerry …. Barnaby Kay
Dave …. Mark Powley
Series 3 of the sitcom about a married couple's attempts to smooth over their singularly troubled midlife - Carol is hormonal and 15-stone George is a transvestite. Onlookers can't quite agree on the nature of their dynamic.
Written by Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.
SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats (b007jthv)
The 1960s
Episode 1
Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases some of the funniest and finest shows ever broadcast by the BBC.
Six favourite shows plucked from the swinging 1960s schedules of the BBC Light Programme and BBC Home Service:
* Beyond Our Ken
Series 3 (7/14)
Kenneth Horne's busy week - and check out the latest film releases in 'Picture Go Round'. With Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee. From May 1960.
* It's A Fair Cop
From 19/06/61
Eric Sykes plays a hapless copper on a bank stake-out. With Hattie Jacques, Deryck Guyler and Dick Emery. From June 1961.
* The Navy Lark
Series 9 (16/20) Cuthbert Joins the Navy
Mrs Povey insists that her snooty nephew samples a career on the ocean wave aboard HMS Troutbridge. Stars Stephen Murray, Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips, Ronnie Barker, Michael Bates, Richard Caldicot, Heather Chasen and Tenniel Evans. From October 1967.
* Benny Hill Time
From 29/03/64
Fred Scuttle in a James Bond spoof. Topical sketches and more with Peter Vernon, Jan Waters and Anthony Sharp. From March 1964
* The Clitheroe Kid
Series 12 (11/20) Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off
The cheeky youngster is due to be a page boy at his Auntie's wedding, but he's not too keen on his satin outfit - so soon sparks more mayhem. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe, Peter Sinclair, Patricia Burke, Danny Ross, Diana Day, Fred Gaunt and Brian Trueman. From December 1968.
* I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again
Series 6 (4/13)
Schools debate, Merseyside mariachi and trouble at t'mill. Songs and sketches with John Cleese, Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, David Hatch and Jo Kendall. From May 1968.
Produced and scripted by Peter Reed
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in May 2003.
SAT 12:00 Tomorrow, Today! (b016r51y)
Series 2
Dr Chaotica and the Rise of the Atomic Man-Bees
A BBC producer struggles to make a radio soap set in the unimaginably futuristic world of 2008.
Suspicious deaths provoke mixed reactions.
Series two of Christopher William Hill's sitcom set in 1962.
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
Mrs Tinkler ...... Rachel Atkins
Graham Tinkler ...... Lloyd Thomas
Delivery Boy ...... Alex Lamipekun
Producer: Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.
SAT 12:30 After Henry (b007k280)
Series 2
Memory Games
'Mother, you are doing it again. You are defining us. And what's more, you are wrong. Henry was lovely and endearing, but he wasn't practical. He couldn't organise himself out of a paper bag.'.
Daughter Clare's trivia quiz helps Sarah with all her memories of late husband Henry.
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Sarah ...... Prunella Scales
Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson
Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Clare ...... Gerry Cowper
Miles ...... David Quilter
Quizmaster .... Graham Blockey
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Producer: Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1986.
SAT 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jvp9)
Lord Edgware Dies
Episode 1
At a nightclub, Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings meet the elegant Lady Edgware who has a surprising personal request...
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
From the book first published in 1933 and dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Captain Hastings ...... Simon Williams
Jane Wilkinson / Carlotta Adams ...... Nicola Pagett
Lord Edgware ...... James Greene
Inspector Japp ...... Norman Jones
Bryan Martin ...... Brett Usher
Jules/ Butler ...... Clarence Smith
Housekeeper ...... Jean Reeve
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1992.
SAT 13:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jvpg)
Lord Edgware Dies
Episode 2
Lord Edgware has been murdered at his house in Regent Gate and Inspector Japp suspects Lady Edgware of the crime.
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
From the book first published in 1933 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Captain Hastings ...... Simon Williams
Jane Wilkinson ...... Nicola Pagett
Bryan Martin ...... Brett Usher
Inspector Japp ...... Norman Jones
Edgware's Butler ...... Clarence Smith
Ellis ...... Paula Jacobs
Miss Carroll ...... Eva Stuart
Alice ...... Auriol Smith
Jenny Driver ...... Adjoa Andoh
Doctor Heath ...... Timothy Carlton
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1992.
SAT 14:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jvpl)
Lord Edgware Dies
Episode 3
A second victim of murder is revealed - but were they really involved in the death of Lord Edgware?
Questions galore for the Belgian sleuth...
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
From the book first published in 1933 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Captain Hastings ...... Simon Williams
Jane Wilkinson ...... Nicola Pagett
Bryan Martin ...... Brett Usher
Inspector Japp ...... Norman Jones
Ellis ...... Paula Jacobs
Miss Carroll ...... Eva Stuart
Ronald Marsh ...... Charles Millham
Poirot's Housekeeper ...... Jean Reeve
Geraldine Marsh ...... Joanna Myers
Sir Montagu Corner ...... Garard Green
Mr Widburn ...... Andrew Wincott
Mrs Widburn ...... Susan Sheridan
Ross ...... Terence Edmond
Duke of Merton ...... Eric Allan
Jenkins ...... Fraser Kerr
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1992.
SAT 14:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jvpv)
Lord Edgware Dies
Episode 4
Inspector Japp has tracked down the taxi driver who drove two very unlikely passengers to Regent Gate on the night of Lord Edgware's murder...
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.
From the book first published in 1933 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt
Captain Hastings ...... Simon Williams
Inspector Japp ...... Norman Jones
Ronald Marsh ...... Charles Millham
Ross ...... Terence Edmond
Jenny ...... Adjoa Andoh
Taxi Driver/Waiter ...... Neil Roberts
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1992.
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SAT 15:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jvpx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 01:30 today]
SAT 15:30 A Good Read (b00p2hfy)
David Rowntree and Kanya King
Sue MacGregor is joined by two very different figures from the world of contemporary British music. Drummer with Blur, Dave Rowntree choses John Fowles' classic first novel, whilst Kanya King, founder of the prestigious MOBO Awards is the first person to select a new age self-help book on the series.
Books featured in the programme:
Dave's choice: The Collector by John Fowles
Publ: Vintage Classics
Kanya's choice: Synchrodestiny by Deepak Chopra
Publ: Ebury
Sue's choice: An Education by Lynn Barber
Publ: Penguin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.
SAT 16:00 Noel Coward - Blithe Spirit (b01ghlgw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Great Lives (b04g8jh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 18:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b0076nbp)
The Tertiary Phase
Fit The Thirteenth
Arthur Dent awakes to find that he has spent the last four years on prehistoric Earth, alone in all that time save for five minutes with an infuriating alien called Wowbagger who arrived, insulted him, and left.
Reunited with Ford Prefect, Arthur discovers that the Hitchhikers Guide he threw in the river still works - and is being updated. Rescue appears in the form of a sofa caught in the Space-Time Continuum and Arthur and Ford disappear in a fashion which would cause stern looks from the Campaign For Real Time.
Aboard the Heart of Gold Zaphod Beeblebrox is nursing a large Pan Galactic Gargleblaster and two headaches. He believes that he survived the Total Perspective Vortex while pursuing a Hitchhikers Guide employee called Zarniwoop and that Arthur marooned him by stealing the Heart of Gold, which of course Zaphod himself stole (but then Zaphod thinks he alone has the right to indulge in excitement, adventure and really wild things).
His girlfriend Trillian (who, as Tricia McMillan, is the only human apart from Arthur to survive the Destruction of Earth by the Vogon Constructor Fleet) has no memory at all of these events and is therefore convinced that Zaphod has had a psychotic episode brought on by too many drinks. Tired of his selfishness she snaps and leaves him, having herself beamed by Eddie the shipboard computer in any direction but here.
Meanwhile in the swamps of Squornshellous Zeta, Marvin the Paranoid Android pivots helplessly in circles on an artificial leg, his only company a talkative mattress called Zem ...
The Book ...... William Franklyn
Eddie ...... Roger Gregg
Arthur ...... Simon Jones
Wowbagger ...... Toby Longworth
Ford Prefect ...... Geoffrey McGivern
Marvin ...... Stephen Moore
Trillian ...... Susan Sheridan
Zem ...... Andy Taylor
Zaphod Beeblebox ...... Mark Wing-Davey
Writer ...... Douglas Adams
Adaptor ...... Dirk Maggs
Composer ...... Paul Wickens
Producer ...... Helen Chattwell
Producer ...... Bruce Hyman
Producer ...... Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004.
SAT 18:30 The Man in Black (b00g9m6j)
Series 1
The Tower
The creepy story of Ro and Zee, who stumble into a world where time has stopped.
Mike Walker's tale is introduced by Mark Gatiss as sinister raconteur, The Man in Black.
Starring Robert Lonsdale as Ro, Inam Mirza as Zee and Malcolm Tierney as Mr Fisher.
Horrifying series of tales from The Man in Black. You might meet him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk at an employment agency or he might approach you in the corridor of a care home.
Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on his stories. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you.
Director: Jeremy Mortimer
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2009.
SAT 19:00 Comedy Greats (b007jthv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 The Lee Mack Show (b00c075z)
Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson joins the quick-fire comic for stand-up, sketches and music. With Angela McHale and Steve Brown. From March 2005.
SAT 22:30 And Now in Colour (b007jscz)
Series 2
Stately Home
The team take the audience on a posh day out. Starring Tim de Jongh, William Vandyck and Tim Firth. From January 1991.
SAT 23:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b00m6bhh)
Series 4
Episode 1
How to talk to an emperor and inventing Saturday night TV shows. Stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb. From August 2009.
SAT 23:30 Earls of the Court (b00r7lpz)
Crisis Management
Comedy drama series by Will Adamsdale and Stewart Wright about two Australians down on their luck in London.
Lloydie and Johnno need money fast to pay the rent, but will the contents of Lloydie's trusty backpack be enough to save the day?
Lloydie ...... Stewart Wright
Johnno ...... Will Adamsdale
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko.
SAT 23:45 Foley and McColl: The Interview (b0076d23)
Cool As You Like
The duo tells Parky about their dramatic showbiz bust-up. With Sean Foley, Hamish McColl and Michael Parkinson. From March 2003