SATURDAY 01 JANUARY 2022

SAT 00:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (b007jm4s)
The Secondary Phase
Fit The Tenth
Arthur discovers his unique contribution to the history of Brontitall. And a close encounter for Ford and Zaphod...
Douglas Adams' sci-fi comedy following the misadventures of hapless human Arthur Dent.
The Book …. Peter Jones
Arthur Dent …. Simon Jones
Ford Prefect …. Geoffrey McGivern
Zaphod Beeblebrox …. Mark Wing-Davey
Eddie …. David Tate
Marvin …. Stephen Moore
Bird One …. Ronald Baddiley
The Wise Old Bird …. John Le Mesurier
Bird Two …. John Baddeley
Lintilla …. Rula Lenska
Radiophonic sound and music by Paddy Kingsland.
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1980.
SAT 00:30 Off the Page (b01k9wpr)
Bohemians
Bohemians - love them or loathe them, we've all met them.
Dominic Arkwright and guests discuss avant-garde free spirits - or pretentious, posing pseudo-intellectuals, depending on your point of view.
With an original free spirit; the writer Hanja Kochansky, writer and critic Cosmo Landesman, whose parents' eccentric behaviour caused the young Cosmo much embarrassment; and by the journalist who declares in his blog that he is 'right about everything', James Delingpole.
Has the British bohemian spirit - if there ever was one - disappeared?
Now boho is mainstream, desirable even, what is there to rebel against?
Producer: Sarah Langan.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2012.
SAT 01:00 Father Brown Stories (b0081lvr)
Series 2
Actor and Alibi
A theatrical murder amid much back-stabbing is announced in the Chop-House. Father Brown finds himself in the midst of a School for Scandal.
Stars Andrew Sachs as Father Brown.
GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.
Dramatised by John Scotney
Father Brown ...... Andrew Sachs
Mundon Mandeville ...... Peter Jeffrey
Mrs Mandeville ...... Sheila Grant
Inspector Bagshaw ...... Bill Wallis
Ashton Jarvis ...... David Brierly
Norman Knight ...... Charles Baillie
Lady Miriam Talbot ...... Fleur Chandler
Miss Maroni ...... Karen Ascoe
Mrs Sans ...... Pauline Letts
House Manager ...... Jonathan Scott
Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1986.
SAT 01:30 Detective (b0blvcb3)
Series 4
5. The Tip-Off
A local villain tells DS Brook that he is going straight and wants to turn informant on some planned break-ins.
Starring Ray Brooks and Stephen Garlick.
Robert Barr’s stories of crime and detection in London
Featuring long-serving, ducking-and-diving Detective Sergeant Dave Brook with his new partner, Detective Constable Tully.
DS Dave Brook …. Ray Brooks
DC Tully …. Stephen Garlick
DS Harrison …. Peter Cleall
Chief Inspector Roach …. Stephen Yardley
Joe Harper …. Johnny Wade
DS Rigby …. Christopher Douglas
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in July 1985.
SAT 02:00 Letters From Tove (m000c8qf)
Episode 5
Out of the thousands of letters Moomin creator Tove Jansson wrote, a cache remains that she addressed to her family, her dearest confidantes, and her lovers, both male and female.
Into these, she spilled her innermost thoughts, defended her ideals and revealed her heart. To read these letters is both an act of startling intimacy and a rare privilege.
Penned with grace and humour, Letters from Tove offers an almost seamless commentary on Tove Jansson's life as it unfolds within Helsinki's bohemian circles and her island home. Spanning fifty years between her art studies and the height of Moomin fame, we hear the bleakness of war, the hopes for love that were dashed and renewed, and her determined attempts to establish herself as an artist.
Translated from the Swedish by Sarah Death
Abridged by Polly Coles
Read by Sarah Lambie
Produced by Clive Brill
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4
SAT 02:15 D for Dexter (b09f39tp)
Series 4
Episode 5
Dexter's teacher wants to help, but it just makes things worse.
And now Skye's more frightened than ever that they'll come and take Dexter away.
Amanda Whittington's heart-breakingly brave, funny and beautiful story exploring the issue of neglect.
Sydney Wade … Skye
Alfie Johnson … Dexter
Zoe Johnson … Shanice
Una McNulty … Jak
Etta Fusi … Leanne
Julie Riley … Mia
Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong … Mr Doshi
Octavia Bettis … Nasty Girl
Music by Smashing Pumpkins and Beyoncé, performed by Tom Constantine.
Director: Mary Ward-Lowery
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017..
SAT 02:30 Short Cuts (b08rq6dv)
Series 12
Magical Realism
Josie Long presents documentaries where reality takes on a magical aspect - tales of snake-filled American towns, a visit to a shaman and of crashing back down to earth.
The Curve of the Earth
Produced by Stephanie Rowden
http://www.stephanierowden.com
The Shaman
Produced by Rikke Houd
Snake Pit, Waurika
Produced by Sarah Geis
Magical Realism
Produced by Phil Smith
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May 2017.
SAT 03:00 Drama (b01j2bmz)
Wilkie Collins - The Haunted Hotel
In 1860, the formidable Countess Narona marries a rich young aristocrat in London - but shortly after travelling to Venice her husband dies, apparently of natural causes, leaving the Countess a rich woman.
Years later, guests in a Venetian hotel encounter the terrifying apparition of a murder victim seeking revenge.
Wilkie Collins' gothic horror tale is a powerful combination of ghost story and detective mystery.
Dramatised by Rod Beacham.
Countess Narona ...... Adjoa Andoh
Henry Westwick ...... Harry Lloyd
Agnes Lockwood ...... Jasmine Hyde
Francis Westwick ...... Simon Bubb
Suzannah Westwick ...... Katherine Igoe
Emily Ferrari ...... Alex Rivers
Megan ...... Josie Kidd
Doctor Wybrow ...... Gerard McDermott
Carstairs ...... James Lailey
Doctor Bruno ...... Rod Beacham
Director: Bruce Young.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2012.
SAT 04:00 Funny You Should Ask (b0b5wylf)
From 10/02/1981
Peter Jones hosts the entertainment quiz about comedy as he tests a panel of experts:
Ben Travers
Ray Cooney
Leslie Phillips
Questions compiled by Michael Pointon.
Funny You Should Ask ran for 8 series from 1976 to 1982.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1981.
SAT 04:30 In the Red (b007k0qh)
Episode 6
Reporter George is due in court - while BBC controllers keep on plotting to axe the Director General.
London is plagued by a series of bizarre murders of bank managers. Hot on the trail of the killer are old-style Chief Police Inspector Frank Jefferson and BBC Radio's anarchic crime correspondent, George Cragge.
Starring Michael Williams and Barry Foster.
Mark Tavener's blackly humorous murder mystery set in the world of City finance, the BBC and political parties.
Dramatised by his novel by Mark Tavener and Peter Baynham.
George Cragge ...... Michael Williams
Frank Jefferson ...... Barry Foster
Geoffrey Crichton-Potter ...... Stephen Moore
Henry ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Max ...... Peter Woodthorpe
Controller Radio 2 ...... Stephen Fry
Controller Radio 4 ...... John Bird
Dominic De'ath ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Hercules Fortescue ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Andrew James ...... Peter Serafinowcz
Laetitia ...... Victoria Carling
Controller BBC 1 ...... Ian McNiece
Prosecution ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Fortescue's PA ...... Jane Slavin
With Alice Arnold, Eva Stuart, Gavin Muir, Annabel Mullion and Richard Turner.
Music by Paul Mottram
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1995.
SAT 05:00 The Headset Set (b01206cg)
Series 1
Episode 1
It's Sailesh's first day as team leader at Smile5.
This is a mail order catalogue company selling everything from Rolex watches to lawnmowers, from financial products to phone and broadband, from holidays to health insurance.
And somewhere in a brown-field wasteland miles from the nearest town, it runs one of the largest call centres operating in the UK.
This is the world of The Headset Set.
Eavesdrop on both sides of the bizarre, horrific and ludicrous phone calls when customers call in as events unfold with company staff.
Aleesha ..... Chizzy Akudolu
Bernie ..... Margaret-Cabourn Smith
Big Tony ..... Colin Hoult
Sailesh ..... Paul Sharma
Various ..... Philip Fox
Other characters played by the cast.
Written by James Kettle, Stephen Carlin, Andy Wolton, Ben Partridge, Colin Hoult, Dan Tetsell, Dale Shaw, Kevin Core, Rob Gilroy and Tom Neenan
Script editor: Dan Tetsell
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.
SAT 05:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b03mg0cs)
Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section New Year
Comedian Alex Horne is joined by his 5 piece band to kick off the New Year's Eve celebrations.
There's comedy and original live music.
With guests:
Milton Jones
Vocal gymnast, Beardyman
Singer and comedian, Jenny Bede.
Producer: Julia Mckenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.
SAT 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jvfn)
A Pocket Full of Rye
There's only one bizarre clue to the agonizing death of a wealthy financier.
Miss Marple must unravel a mystery hidden in a child's nursery rhyme that is to prove one of the strangest cases of her life.
Agatha Christie's whodunit.
Starring June Whitfield as Miss Jane Marple.
From the book first published in 1953 and dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Inspector Neele …. Nicky Henson
Rex Fortescue …. Derek Waring
Percival …. Peter Yapp
Jennifer …. Natasha Pyne
Lance …. Ian Masters
Patricia …. Annabel Mullion
Elaine …. Deborah Berlin
Adele …. Becky Hindley
Miss Dove …. Kristin Milward
Miss Ramsbottom …. Margaret Ward
Mrs Mackenzie …. Charlotte Mitchell
Gladys …. Claire Mackie
Crump …. Don McCorkindale
Mrs Crump …. Margaret John
Sergeant Hay …. Joshua Towb
Miss Grosvenor …. Jilly Bond
Dr Bernsdorff …. George Parsons
Vivian Dubois …. Michael Tudor Barnes
Gerald Wright …. Oliver Senton
Kitty …. Clare Heyhoe
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1995.
SAT 07:30 Great Lives (b09h3rc7)
Series 44
Will Gregory on Flann O'Brien
Goldfrapp's Will Gregory is centre-stage at the Colston Hall in Bristol to tell Matthew Parris why he feels a kinship with Flann O'Brien.
The Irish writer's books 'At Swim-Two-Birds' and 'The Third Policeman' are now hailed as literary masterpieces, but only came to prominence after the author's death.
Carol Taaffe, who has written about Flann, helps make sense of the man who wrote under three pseudonyms - Brian O'Nolan, Flann O'Brien, and Myles na gCopaleen. They look more closely at the novels and newspaper column he wrote alongside his job in the Civil Service, whilst maintaining a steady presence in Dublin's pubs.
Will reads extracts he believes illustrate the brilliance with which O'Brien slips between realism and surrealism, and Carol sheds light on who said that 'At Swim-Two-Birds' "....was just the book to give your Sister if she's a loud dirty boozy girl."
Producer: Toby Field
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017.
SAT 08:00 It's Your Round (b01b8zw3)
Series 2
Episode 6
Angus Deayton presides over the show where the format is, there isn't one.
Instead, each of the four panellists has brought their own round for the other panellists to play. How will each round play out? And, more importantly, who will be beaten at their own game?
Featured rounds in this episode:
Alex Horne's "Font, Fighter or Fragrance" in which panellists are given a word and they must guess whether that word refers to a typographical font, the name of a Gladiator from ITV's show "Gladiators" or a "Lynx deodorant" fragrance.
Roisin Conaty's "Four Second Pitch" in which panellists have but four seconds to pitch Angus the elements of an idea for a blockbuster film and a new religion.
Paul Sinha's "World Record Recall" in which panellists have to fill in the missing details from the description of a real record from the Guinness Book of World Records.
And Rufus Hound's "Which Lady Done Say That Thing" in which panellists must guess which audience member said a certain phrase. As the title suggests.
Producer: Sam Michell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012.
SAT 08:30 Smelling of Roses (b00dwnch)
Series 4
Episode 1
A theatre awards ceremony sparks no end of subterfuge for event organiser Rosie and her team. All thanks to some hypersensitive theatrical characters...
Prunella Scales stars in Simon Brett's sitcom.
The trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event management company, where the clients are only part of the problem...
Rosie ..... Prunella Scales
Jo ..... Rebecca Callard
Bob ..... Duncan Preston
Tess ..... Annette Badland
Crosby Grantham ..... Timothy West
Stella Steele ..... Richenda Carey
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003.
SAT 09:00 Joe Queenan: My Years of Awe and Wonder (b07wxpqh)
John Sergeant introduces two decades of adventures in broadcasting with the best reviewed American on BBC radio - Joe Queenan.
From his early days presenting Postcard from Gotham through to Wonderful Ways to Make a Living, A Brief History of Irony and Hitler's Favourite Cowboy, Joe Queenan has always shown a delight in his interviewees.
"Most journalists don't like people but I'm the complete opposite of that. For the brief moment that we meet, they become almost like friends. I remember all of them still."
You'll hear uncut and previously unbroadcast extended interviews, unsliced and undiced, with:
Ian Hislop
Germaine Greer
Kathy Lette
Armando Iannucci
John Sergeant reveals what it's like to be rung up and asked to give short, snappy thoughts on abstract subjects such as cunning, failure and blame.
And then there's Queenan's unexpected and deep love of Britain (he is married to a woman from Stroud), plus his ongoing amazement that a poor boy from Philadelphia has been given the opportunity to work for the BBC: letters, he says, "that do resonate in America still".
"It's worth remembering that when you're doing these kinds of programmes, they become a part of your life. For four days that's all you're doing. But it's not a job. It's some sort of special adventure. You're meeting unusual people. You're in unusual places. You're doing an unusual thing, asking complete strangers bizarre questions that they hadn't expected you to ask. "
Produced at BBC Bristol by Miles Warde.
Made for BBC Radio Extra 4 and first broadcast in September 2016.
SAT 12:00 Many a Slip (b007jrx1)
From 20/08/1974
Quizmaster Roy Plomley challenges his contestants to spot the mistakes.
Eleanor Summerfield and Isobel Barnett
battle
David Nixon and Paul Jennings
With some tune-twisters from Steve Race.
Devised and written by Ian Messiter.
Producer: Trafford Whitelock
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1974.
SAT 12:30 Believe It! (b08lhg9p)
Series 3
Knight Fever
The third series of Jon Canter's not quite true autobiography of actor Richard Wilson.
Believe what you like!
Richard was unwell last year. He had a heart attack. But now he's recovered and is fighting fit.
With a new lease of life - he considers those things most likely to make him happy in the future. What's on his bucket list? Get a Knighthood of course!
Himself ...... Richard Wilson
Himself ...... Antony Sher
Himself ...... Daniel Evans
Himself ...... David Tennant
Himself ...... Angus Deayton
Francois ...... Jasmine Hyde
Jane ...... Jasmine Hyde
Suzy ...... Eva Feiler
Dave the Sound Engineer ...... Wilfredo Acosta
Big Issue Seller ...... Kellie Shirley
Produced and directed by Clive Brill.
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2017.
SAT 13:00 The Supernatural North (b091wdfk)
Our imaginations tend to be more like medieval maps than modern ones. They team with myth and fantasy, dragons and anthropophagi. So, as our minds follow the compass point on the map North what is it that we see?
Anodyne manufactured images of Santa and his elves, reindeer sleighs streaking across starry skies, snowmen and children "walking in the air", and polar bears frolicking in crystal caves of ice? Or are our thoughts drawn to the deeper and darker lore of the True North of mountain trolls, demons and direwolves, white witches and white walkers, snow queens and Sámi shamans?
Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough journeys to Arctic Norway in search of the supernatural world that haunts the imagination of writers such as Philip Pullman, AS Byatt, CS Lewis, Hans Christian Andersen and the authors of the medieval Icelandic sagas.
Following the trail of a 9th century Norseman called Ohthere, who travelled along the northern coast of Norway and down to the White Sea in Russia, Eleanor sets out from the coastal city of Tromsø in northern Norway. But whereas Ohthere wanted to survey the land and acquire walrus ivory, reindeer and exotic furs, Eleanor is looking for a stranger North - a place inhabited by mountain trolls, witches and giants.
Featuring:
AS Byatt, author of Ragnarok;
Philip Pullman, author of Northern Lights;
Professor Peter Davidson of Aberdeen University and author of The Idea of North
Dr Carolyne Larrington of Oxford University, a specialist in the Icelandic sagas
Professors Rune Hagen, Tromso University
Richard Holt of Tromso University
Artist Jeffrey Vallance
Readers: Elaine Claxton and Paul Heath.
Producer: Philippa Ritchie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in August 2014.
SAT 13:45 Christmas With... (b04vk9nm)
Clare Barker
Clare has had enough; it's the 29th December and it's high time Christmas was packed up for another year. Social work doesn't just stop because it's the festive season, but will a chance encounter bring back a bit of seasonal magic?
Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution.
In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Clare ...... Sally Phillips
Brian ...... Alex Lowe
Nali ...... Nina Conti
Old Man / Father Christmas ...... Hugh Bonneville
Son ...... Shaun Mason
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden
Producer Alexandra Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2014.
SAT 14:00 The Penny Dreadfuls (m00082z4)
Hadrian’s Beard
Emperor Hadrian was so eager to defend the outer reaches of the Roman Empire and repel attacks from the Barbarians, that he was determined to build a wall across Britain, sea to sea, just north of the great fort Vindolanda.
That physical legacy is still in part visible between Northumberland and Cumbria to this day.
This comedy play looks under the skin of the Emperor who broke with various traditions, not least growing a beard where all Roman leaders were previously clean-shaven; and his deep love of all things Grecian.
All does not go according to plan when he arrives and it seems that this brave 'soldier' is more troubled than first impressions suggest.
Written by David Reed
Emperor Hadrian ... Tony Gardner
Queen Bridget ... Mina Anwar
With The Penny Dreadfuls:
Humphrey Ker
David Reed
Thom Tuck
And Margaret Cabourn-Smith.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019.
SAT 14:45 Life With Lederer (m0012nym)
4. The Dinner Party
Cookbook and bottle in hand, Helen Lederer nervously prepares a supper party.
Written by Helen Lederer, Roger Planer and Richard McBrien.
With:
Malcolm Raeburn
Nigel Carrington
Barbara Dryhurst
Sandra Maitland
Produced at BBC Manchester by Paul Z Jackson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1990.
SAT 15:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b00m6bhh)
Series 4
Episode 1
An orthopaedic supplies company with its very own trans-galactic portal.
The correct way to talk to an emperor.
How Saturday night TV shows are invented.
And a mysterious discovery at the Institute of Creatures.
All is revealed in the return of the comedy sketch show series.
Starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
With:
Olivia Colman
James Bachman
Sarah Hadland
Producer Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2009.
SAT 15:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k425)
Series 2
The Dig
Discover the results of a ‘live’ archaeology dig and visit a very liberal safari park.
Written and performed by:
Marcus Brigstocke
Danny Robins
Dan Tetsell.
With Lucy Montgomery.
Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker.
Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2005.
SAT 16:00 Miss Marple (b007jvfn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Great Lives (b09h3rc7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 18:00 MR James (b007jtk7)
The Hex
Embroiled in a public controversy with a black magic charlatan called Gardini, Montague receives an unexpected apology from the man.
It's an apology which masks a strange and inexorable curse: Montague has been hexed.
Gregory Evans' drama is based on MR James's short story, The Casting of the Runes.
Staring Conrad Phillips and Peter Copley.
Montague ...... Conrad Phillips
Rhodes ...... Peter Copley
Laura ...... Carole Boyer
Elspeth ...... Kim Hartman
Gardini ...... Edward Atienza
Other parts played by Tim Bannerman and Edward Atienza
Producer: Brian Miller.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre in January 1981.
SAT 18:50 Absent Friends - The 7th Dimension (m0013193)
Episode 1
Toby Hadoke pays tribute to some of the performers, producers and writers from the world of sci fi, horror & fantasy whom we’ve lost in 2021, including Bernard Holley, Edward Barnes, Bob Baker and John Challis.
The first of two episodes.
Produced by Moy McGowan
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra.
SAT 19:00 Joe Queenan: My Years of Awe and Wonder (b07wxpqh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Chain Reaction (b00kwdsm)
Series 1
Jenny Eclair Interviews Jimmy Carr
Acerbic wit Jenny Éclair interviews prolific gag merchant Jimmy Carr in the tag talk show.
This is the series where the guest turns interviewer in the next show.
The very first episode of the popular long-running series.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004.
SAT 22:30 Ida Barr: Artificial Hip Hop (b00v72r5)
Diversity
Ida Barr is a music hall singer who has embraced hip hop and rap, reflecting the cultural diversity of London's East End, where she has been living in retirement for several decades.
With her genuine love of talking to people, Ida sets out investigate a new topic in each episode, creating a unique brand of music hall, hip-hop fusion with beat boxer Shlomo.
Ida’s subject this time is "Diversity".
Written by and starring Christopher Green as Ida Barr.
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2010.
SAT 22:45 Paperback Hell (b0076cl3)
Series 1
Shopping For Mr Wrong by Romany Cleff
A series of four chapters, by four different authors, all of them imaginary, all straight out of the bestseller charts and none of them very good.
This week, Chapter Three of Romany Cleff 's debut novel, Shopping for Mr Wrong.
Starring:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Rebecca Front
Mel Hudson
Alex Lowe
Dan Tetsell
Ghost-written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
Producer: Lucy Armitage.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003.
SAT 23:00 Mr and Mrs Smith (b01bgp22)
Pilot Episode - The Anniversary
A weekend break to celebrate their anniversary ends in disaster for Will and Annabelle.
Will's terrible anniversary present is the last straw so Annabelle signs them up for marriage counselling.
Guy mediates between Will and Annabelle, with flashbacks to the events that spawned the argument. By the end, the couple find marital equilibrium once more. Sort of.
Pilot for the following series written by and starring Will Smith.
Will Smith ...... Will Smith
Annabelle Smith ...... Sarah Hadland
Guy, Darryl ...... Paterson Joseph
John, TV repairman ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Receptionist, Sally ...... Morwenna Banks
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2010.
SAT 23:30 Hut 33 (b00m0ld0)
Series 1
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Bletchley Park codebreakers grapple with the complexities of religion.
James Cary's sitcom set in Bletchley Park in 1941.
Three code-breakers are forced to share a draughty wooden hut, as they try to break German ciphers. Unfortunately, they hate each other.
Charles …. Robert Bathurst
Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Minka …. Olivia Colman
Gordon …. Fergus Craig
Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley
Joshua …. Alex MacQueen.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.