SATURDAY 08 JANUARY 2022

SAT 00:00 The Drowned Village (b008kl8w)
Kate returns to the village where she spent her childhood. Nearby there's a reservoir which was formed by flooding a neighbouring village.
She believes that on the anniversary of the death of that village, its church bell tolls and voices can be heard calling...
Starring Kate Lee and Christian Rodska.
Written by Berlie Doherty.
Kate …… Kate Lee
Mark …… Christian Rodska
Young Jane …… Jane Hazelgrove
Young Mark …… Craig Masterson
Uncle Mike …… David Fleeshman
Miss Peters …… Ann Rye
Producer: Kay Patrick
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1982.
SAT 00:30 Off the Page (b01kjt7w)
The Dark Side
Dominic Arkwright and guests wrangle with inner demons and consider the benefits of embracing The Dark Side.
Novelist and film critic Kim Newman tells how the nightmares that beset him through childhood were alleviated when he began to watch horror films.
Psychologist Linda Blair considers whether people who embrace their dark side are more likely to be creative, and writer Ian Marchant tells us how the dark forces of punk enlightened him.
Producer: Sarah Langan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2012.
SAT 01:00 Doctor Finlay (b008kxdq)
The Further Adventures of a Black Bag - Series 1
5. The Golden Fishbone
Finlay is distracted from medicine by a fishbone that brings the promise of a fast fortune!
Ready with his black bag, Doctor Finlay sets out to remedy all manner of ailments suffered by his patients in the Scottish Highland town of Levenford.
Starring John Gordon Sinclair.
AJ Cronin's stories about Scotland's most celebrated doctor
Dramatised by Sue Rodwell.
Dr Finlay …. John Gordon Sinclair
Dr Cameron …. Brian Pettifer
Janet …. Celia Imrie
Nurse Angus …. Stella Gonet
Maggie Dallas …. Maureen Beattie
McKellor …. David Tennant
Produced and directed at BBC Bristol by Jeremy Howe and Viv Beeby.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002.
SAT 01:30 Colvil and Soames (b007jt9c)
Bad Apples
2. Numbered
After an unexpected twist in his latest murder investigation, Inspector Guscott has asked his old friends from MI6, Colvil and Soames for their discreet assistance.
Christopher Benjamin and Amanda Redman stars as intelligence officers Henry Colvil and Alex Soames.
Christopher Lee's murder-mystery.
Henry Colvil …. Christopher Benjamin
Alex Soames …. Amanda Redman
DCI Guscott …. Dudley Sutton
DS Gwen Jenkins …. Sue Jones Davies
Miranda Peel …. Sheila Reid
Tom Margeson …. Tom Cotcher
Charlie Lofthouse …. Alistair McGowan
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.
SAT 02:00 Man of Iron: Thomas Telford and the Building of Britain (b08cv2qt)
Episode 5
With his death in September 1834, just as the railway age was dawning, Telford had little idea of how lasting his legacy would be: he shaped the lives of the Victorian civil engineers who followed him and almost everything he built is still in use today.
Julian Glover's biography of Thomas Telford: a shepherd's son, born in the Scottish Borders in 1757, who revolutionised British engineering and set the stage for the Industrial Revolution.
Concluded by Robin Laing.
Abridged by David Jackson Young
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2017.
SAT 02:15 D for Dexter (m00014y8)
Series 5
Episode 5
Skye knows now that she'll never get away.
She'll stay here forever, like Jak. Because they're made out of the same stuff.
Amanda Whittington's heart-breakingly brave, funny and beautiful story exploring the issue of neglect.
Skye...Sydney Wade
Dexter...Alfie Johnson-McCann
Jak...Una McNulty
Pearce...Beau Anten
Alex...Don Gilet
Alisha...Megan Huntley
Alice...Lauren Bowler
Poem by Octavia Bettis.
Music by David Bowie, performed by Tom Constantine.
Director: Mary Ward-Lowery
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.
SAT 02:30 Birth of an Orchestra (b069rv9w)
Alan Bennett, former members of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra (1947-55) and students of the new Yorkshire Young Sinfonia discuss Yorkshire orchestras past, present and future.
In 2014 on BBC Radio 4, Alan Bennett recalled his boyhood visits to the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra. In Death of an Orchestra, he was joined by supporters and former members in telling the YSO's history, from 1947 to its sad demise in 1955.
As he listened to that programme, David Taylor was coincidentally in the process of creating a new youth orchestra - the Yorkshire Young Sinfonia - and Alan Bennett's story of the YSO gave his project a new sense of purpose: “To create the musicians of tomorrow, providing a springboard to a career in the arts, and stimulate the arts in Yorkshire”.
Birth of an Orchestra follows the students of the YYS as they prepare for their inaugural concert – just 60 years on from the YSO’s last performance. The young players talk about their musical backgrounds and ambitions, and hear advice from three former members of the YSO with long and distinguished orchestral careers - violinist Stan Smith, harpist Mair Roberts and cellist Betty Wood, a founder member of the YSO at the age of 19.
The programme explores Yorkshire’s musical heritage. Alan Bennett remembers an embarrassing visit to the Leeds Triennial Festival, Leeds City Organist Simon Lindley outlines the origins of music-making in the county and Bernard Atha - former Lord Mayor of Leeds - recalls hearing John McCormack sing there in the 1930s.

Producer: Susan Kenyon
A Whistledown production
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.
SAT 03:00 Das Kapital (b0b1hwwj)
Sarah Woods’ dramatisation of Karl Marx’s iconic work imagines what he would make of our 21st Century global economy. With present day themes weaved in, it begins with 'the commodity'.
"The commodity is, in the first place, an object outside us, a thing that by its properties satisfies human needs of whatever kind."
This is the story of the ultimate commodity: The smartphone. In 2018, at least half of the adult population owned one - estimated to rise to 70 per cent by 2020 - that's 6.1 billion people.
It's a story that takes us from the cobalt mines of Africa to the tech firms of the UK. And what Marx's analysis reveals, is that the objects we each carry in our pockets aren't in fact phones at all.
Marx is a figure who divides opinion, but Das Kapital is one of the most influential books of the modern world. It informed and inspired a political movement that shaped the 20th Century and remains a key text in the study of modern economics.
It's one of the few books that can claim to have changed the world.
Karl Marx …… David Threlfall
Richard Harvey …… David Threlfall
Sasha …… Kimberley Nixon
Delphin …… JP Oppong
Nathan …… Peter Bankole
Peter …… Samuel James
Jacob …… Sam Swainsbury
Trader …… Patrice Naiambana
Joanne …… Claire Cage
Sarah Woods works in collaboration with scientists, academics and charities to communicate current issues through innovative drama. For BBC Radio, she has written over 30 plays, series, adaptations and drama-documentaries. Borderland - imagined a future UK, divided by borders won the Tinniswood Award for Best Audio Drama at the 2018 BBC Audio Drama Awards.
Director: James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.
SAT 04:00 Funny You Should Ask (b0b6q46w)
From 10/03/1981
Peter Jones hosts the entertainment quiz about comedy as he tests a panel of experts:
Arthur English
Roy Hudd
Sandy Powell
Funny You Should Ask ran for 8 series from 1976 to 1982.
Questions compiled by Michael Pointon.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1981.
SAT 04:30 In the Red (b007js7t)
Episode 7
Plotting at the BBC reaches a climax, while reporter George edges closer to nailing the serial killer.
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
Carstairs ...... Jeffrey Holland
Caroline ...... Susie Brann
Jemma ...... Alice Arnold
With Geoffrey Whitehead, Paul Shearer and Tim Hope.
Music by Paul Mottram
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1995.
SAT 05:00 The Headset Set (b0124pxs)
Series 1
Episode 2
A new phone system is causing chaos in the call centre at Smile5, the mail order catalogue company.
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
Other characters played by the cast.
Written by James Kettle, Stephen Carlin, Andy Wolton, Colin Hoult, Madeleine Brettingham, Dale Shaw, Kevin Core, Rob Gilroy, Tom Neenan and Jon Hunter.
Script editors: James Kettle and Dan Tetsell
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.
SAT 05:30 Henry Normal: A Normal... (m0011ryb)
Ageing
Henry Normal: A Normal... Ageing
"Shove up National Treasures. We need to make room for Henry Normal"
Simon O'Hagan - Radio Times
The eighth instalment in this acclaimed, occasional series in which acclaimed, occasional writer Henry Normal tackles those subjects so big only radio can possibly contain them.
So far Henry has covered ‘Family’, ‘Life’, ‘Love’, ‘Imagination’, ‘Nature’, ‘The Universe’ and ‘Communication; in this new episode, recorded in front of a live audience in Stratford Upon Avon, he will be talking about getting older.
Through poetry, stories, jokes and quotes Henry will be exploring being in the autumn of his life, when things are "going a different colour and dropping off.
Henry Normal is a multi-award winning writer, producer and poet. Co-writer of award winning TV programmes such as The Royle Family, The Mrs Merton Show, Coogan’s Run and Paul Calf, and producer of, amongst many others, Oscar-Nominated Philomena, Gavin and Stacey and Alan Partridge.
Praise for previous episodes in this series:
"It's a rare and lovely thing: half an hour of radio that stops you short, gently demands your attention and then wipes your tears away while you have to have a little sit down"
"It's a real treat to hear a seasoned professional like Henry taking command of this evening comedy spot to deliver a show that's idiosyncratic and effortlessly funny"
"Not heard anything that jumps from hilarious to moving in such an intelligent, subtle way as Henry Normal's show"
Written and performed by Henry Normal
Production Coordinator - Katie Baum
Sound manager - David Thomas
Produced by Carl Cooper
This was a BBC Studios production
SAT 06:00 Ronald Harwood - The Dresser (b01s82g4)
"What do we play tomorrow, Norman?"
"King Lear, sir."
"Then I shall wake with the storm clouds in my head."
Norman has his work cut out, as 'Sir' prepares to tackle yet another performance of Lear.
Starring Freddie Jones, Michael Palin and Melinda Walker.
Written by for the West End stage and Broadway by Ronald Harwood.
Sir .... Freddie Jones
Norman .... Michael Palin
Her Ladyship .... Melinda Walker
Madge …. Jill Graham
Irene …. Federay Holmes
Mr Thornton .... Geoffrey Matthews
Mr Oxenby .... Keith Drinkel
Kent .... John Baddeley
Gloucester .... John Webb
Albany .... James Telfer
Percussionist: Roy Sinclair
Adapted and directed for radio by David Blount.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993.
SAT 07:30 Great Lives (b09hrxw0)
Series 44
Cornelia Parker on Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp - the father of conceptual art, and responsible for that famously provocative urinal signed 'R Mutt, 1917' - is the great life choice of fellow artist Cornelia Parker.
She explains to Matthew Parris why he's influenced not only her work but that of so many other artists since his death in 1968. As an art student in the 1970s she recalls the attraction of Duchamp's 'readymades', such as a bicycle wheel or suspended wine bottle rack - manufactured items that the artist selected and modified, antidotes to what he dismissed as conventional 'retinal art'.
They are joined by Dawn Ades, Professor of the History of Art at the Royal Academy. She recalls an occasion when she saw him completely absorbed in a game of chess in a café in the Spanish seaside town of Cadaqués, whilst visiting Salvador Dali. They also discuss Duchamp's intriguing female alter ego, Rrose Selavy (Eros, c'est la vie or "physical love is the life") Man Ray's photographs of whom featured in some Surrealist exhibitions.
We hear how Duchamp let the world know that he'd given up being in artist in favour of devoting himself to chess whilst still in his 30s. He played the game at a high level, representing France at international tournaments, whilst covertly continuing his art work.
Cornelia Parker explains that his works spoke not just to the Pop Art and Op Art movements of the 1960s, but more broadly to American artists like Bruce Nauman and the composer John Cage, and whose influence can be seen today in the work of, for example, fellow English artist, Rachel Whiteread.
Producer: Mark Smalley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017.
SAT 08:00 The Write Stuff (b007759c)
Series 10
William Shakespeare
James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary correctness.
Team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh are joined by Sabrina Broadbent and Mark Billingham.
Author of the week is William Shakespeare.
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Producer: Katie Marsden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2007.
SAT 08:30 Smelling of Roses (b00dz7yc)
Series 4
Episode 2
A poetry competition sounds like an easy event to organise...until you take into account the egos of the poets involved...
When Rosie sets out to organise a poetry competition, it's hard to tell fact from fiction.
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
Morgan Dean ..... Lorelei King
Geoff Stabb ..... Bill Wallis
Amateur Poets ..... Bruce Alexander
Written and produced by Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003.
SAT 09:00 Hilarious Histories – What’s So Funny About the Past? (m0002mnk)
Public Historian Greg Jenner embarks on an Arthurian quest to find out how comedy writers make history funny.
Greg is the Historical Consultant to all eight series of CBBC’s Emmy and multiple BAFTA award-winning Horrible Histories. In short he is both a nerd and a comedy nerd.
Over three hours, the range of comedy from the BBC archives includes:
* Pauline Pepys’ Dowry starring David Mitchell, Olivia Colman, Katherine Parkinson and Sharon Horgan.
* Austentatious (Cariad Lloyd, Rachel Parris, Andrew Hunter-Murray)
* Stand-up from Eddie Izzard.
And, that’s not all; we’ve also excavated audio of Monty Python discussing the controversy surrounding The Holy Grail and Life of Brian, plus a choice selection of shiny trinkets from Horrible Histories.
To help Greg grapple with the big questions over accuracy, ethics, and whether Mr Darcy wore underpants, he’s chatting to comedian-turned-Classicist Natalie Haynes, Horrible Histories Head Writer Ben Ward, Austentatious improvisers Cariad Lloyd and Andrew Hunter-Murray, and Stephen Fry, who apparently was in a show called Blackadder.
Producer: Anne-Marie Luff
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February 2019.
SAT 12:00 Jest a Minute (b016w0m2)
Series 2
Episode 1
Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz from the Glee Club in Cardiff.
With:
Chris Corcoran
Lloyd Langford
Rob Deering
Tom Craine.
Producers: Paul Forde and Gareth Gwynn
First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in December 2006.
SAT 12:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007mcc4)
Series 1
Episode 1
If smugglers were the rock stars of the day, Tamsyn Trelawny was Drumlin Bay's very own Ms Dynamite-ee-ee.
But how will she cope when a keen young soldier from London is appointed the new local customs collector?
18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain.
Tamsyn Trelawny …… Lucy Speed
Jago Trelawny …… John Bowe
Major Thomas Falconer …… Cameron Stewart
Captain Marriot …… Andrew McGibbon
Squire Bascombe …… Martin Hyder
Lady Mary …… Julia Deakin
Dewey …… Mark Felgate
Various …… Phil Nice
Producer: Jan Ravens.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003.
SAT 13:00 Archive on 4 (b060qbwm)
Tomorrow's World, Today
Many of us watched the iconic BBC TV series Tomorrow's World, as it made predictions about the future in which we now live.
Was it correct in its assumptions and predictions?
Former presenter James Burke takes a journey through the archive, and explores how the series fared.
Tomorrow's World began in the "White Heat" of the 1960s - as science and technology began to promise a future previously unimaginable.
From the first orbits of the moon, to the first heart transplant; from the nuclear debates of 20th century, to the economic failure of Concorde; from robots to the internet - Tomorrow's World reported on it all. How did the show do it? And did it get it right?
In 2015, James Burke - a Tomorrow’s World reporter from 1966 to 1972 – looked at how the show dealt with huge technological advances and assesses our ability to see what's around the corner.
Featuring:
Judith Hann
Michael Rodd
Maggie Philbin
Howard Stableford
Michael Blakstad
Dame Wendy Hall
Producer: Polly Weston
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2015.
SAT 14:00 The Penny Dreadfuls (m000h8gk)
Richard III Rebothered
Rather than a conniving and treacherous hunchback, Richard was an honest and loyal warrior with only a slight spinal kink, nothing you'd notice if you weren't looking for it.
This is the story of how, through the invention of the printing press, a good man became the first victim of fake news and how the Tudor dynasty was built on a foundation of lies by the world's first spin-doctor, Henry Tudor.
Written by David Reed.
Starring The Penny Dreadfuls:
Humphrey Ker
David Reed
Thom Tuck
With Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Celeste Dring.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2020.
SAT 14:45 Armando Iannucci - Facts And Fancies (b007jrkw)
A Switch in Time
Tackling time-wasting and greetings cards
Producer, writer and performer Armando Iannucci presents his own collection of humorous essays.
Compiled by Jenny Baynes.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1997.
SAT 15:00 Delve Special (b00sz32f)
Series 1
The Shifton Scandal
Undercover investigative reporter David Lander begins a four-part expose into irregularities over plans to site a new London airport near Birmingham.
With serious allegations aimed at a multi-national giant - what exactly has the government's role been in the plans to demolish the town?
And exactly who is the shifty Mr Browncoat?
Studio production by Stephen Fry, Brenda Blethyn and Tony Robinson.
With:
Jack Klaff
James Griffiths
Stephen Frost
Peter Wear
Mark Arden
Dramatic reconstruction by:
Hilda Schroder
Monica Grey
Jon Strickland
Scott Cherry
Researched and compiled by Tony Sarchet.
Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer.
Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later transferred to TV as: This is David Lander.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1984.
SAT 15:30 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 16:00 Ronald Harwood - The Dresser (b01s82g4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Great Lives (b09hrxw0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 18:00 Guy de Maupassant - The Inn (b09rbpy5)
It begins with the first stirrings of a love affair.
It ends in mystery and mayhem.
A young mountain guide finds himself in sole charge of a remote Alpine hotel in the Swiss Alps.
Starring Robin Laing and Gareth Thomas.
Published in 1886, Guy de Maupassant's haunting short story is a wintry, snowbound tale of loneliness and dark imaginings.
Ulrich ...... Robin Laing
Gaspard ...... Gareth Thomas
Louise Hauser ...... Vicki Liddelle
Jeanne Hauser ...... Kirstin Murray
Jean Hauser ...... John Shedden
Aunt Berthe ...... Tamara Kennedy
Uncle Maurice ...... Sandy Neilson
Dramatised by Sue Glover.
Director: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2006.
SAT 19:00 Hilarious Histories – What’s So Funny About the Past? (m0002mnk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Chain Reaction (b00kwf75)
Series 1
Jimmy Carr Interviews Matt Lucas
Deadpan comedian, Jimmy Carr interviews 'Little Britain' funny man, Matt Lucas.
This is the tag talk show series where the guest turns interviewer in the next show.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005.
SAT 22:30 Ida Barr: Artificial Hip Hop (b00vcq95)
Transparency
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 "Transparency".
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 (b0076cp2)
Series 1
Ensign Mandalay's Hat
The last of four chapters, by four different authors, all of them imaginary, all straight out of the bestseller charts and none of them very good.
It's chapter 2 from Ensign Mandalay's Hat.
This is the story of one man's struggle to solve the greatest scientific mystery of his time: male pattern baldness.
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 February 2003.
SAT 23:00 Mr and Mrs Smith (b019rpw8)
Series 1
The Dinner Party
A year into married life and already things are a little creaky.
So, following Will's unimaginative anniversary present (a draining rack), Annabelle's signed them up for a course of marriage counselling.
Counsellor Guy mediates a recent dispute between Will and Annabelle, with flashbacks to the events that spawned the argument...
Will Smith's sitcom about a couple in marriage counselling
Will Smith ..... Will Smith
Annabelle Smith ..... Sarah Hadland
Guy ..... Paterson Joseph
Katrina ..... Tracy Wiles
Doug ..... Simon Bubb
Heather ..... Morwenna Banks
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012.
SAT 23:30 Sami Shah's Beginner's Guide to Pakistan (b06d8pql)
Episode 1
Sami Shah is an award-winning comedian and best-selling author, and one of Pakistan's most successful comedians. Yes, Pakistan has comedians.
Sami's travelled to Birmingham - or, to give it its full name, the Islamic Republic of Birmingham - to give a quick guide to the country which has directly and/or indirectly provided the UK with 1.8% of its population: Pakistan.
In this first episode, he looks at the country's political history, from its foundations in British-ruled India right up to the present day.
It's a litany of coups and assassinations, in the middle of which Sami grew up, moved away and came home - to a very different Pakistan from the one he left. Which isn't to say that there weren't more coups and/or assassinations.
Written and performed by Sami Shah.
The Voice of the Guide: Anita Anand
Producer: Ed Morrish
A BBC Radio Comedy production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2015.