SATURDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2022

SAT 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jp2r)
Earthsearch II
10. Earthvoice
The crew of spaceship Challenger's search is over, but Earth is not how they left it...
The conclusion of James Follett's cult sci-fi drama.
Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Peeron ...... George Parsons
Earthvoice ...... Michael Tudor Barnes
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1982.
SAT 00:30 And the Academy Award Goes To... (b008vd2n)
Series 1
Lawrence of Arabia
It's the moment every movie director and actor dreams of - the gold envelope is slowly opened and the Oscar goes to... them!
Paul Gambaccini reveals how David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia won the Best Picture Award in 1963.
But - away from the red carpet and the bright lights and the tearful speeches - what do the Academy's decisions tell us about the state of America?
Are the awards a hotline to the American psyche, revealing an array of political, cultural and social calculations - conscious or unconscious - behind what are presented as purely artistic judgements.
Producers: Sara Jane Hall and Paul Kobrak
First broadcast on Radio 4 in February 2008.
SAT 01:00 Paul Temple (b007t1sf)
Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery
5. Breakwater House
As they hunt for Julia's killer, a fortune teller in Brighton warns the Temples they're in grave danger...
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury as BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Sir Graham Forbes …. James Thomason
Tony Wyman …. Jon Rollason
Mike Langdon …. Tommy Duggan
George Kelburn …. Julian Somers
Linda Kelburn …. June Tobin
Mrs Fletcher …. Joan Matheson
Larry Cross …. Hugh Manning
Charlie …. James Beattie
Bank Clerk/Police Sergeant …. Nigel Anthony
Edgar Northampton …. Haydn Jones
Hotel Receptionist …. Peter Watts
Fiona Scott …. Armine Sandford
Fortune Teller …. Kathleen Helme
Vicar …. Peter Wilde
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1961.
SAT 01:30 Wimsey (b007jwdr)
Murder Must Advertise
6. Appropriate Exit of an Unskilled Murderer
Lord Peter Wimsey is determined to finally crack the mysterious murder of a copywriter at an advertising agency.
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.
Dramatised by Alistair Beaton.
Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael
Chief Inspector Parker ...... Allan Cuthbertson
Mr Tallboy ...... Edward de Souza
Miss Meteyard ...... Frances Jeater
Miss Rossiter ...... Joanna Wake
Mr Brotherhood ...... Norman Shelley
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983.
SAT 02:00 And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos by John Berger (b08l78gf)
Episode 5
John Berger explores the work of his favourite painter, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
Simon McBurney concludes Berger's most personal book: part essay, part poetry collection, part memoir and love letter.
McBurney also shares memories of John Berger and the house and landscape that inspired the book in the early 1980s.
Harriet Walter reads his poetry.
Abridged and produced by Simon Richardson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2017.
SAT 02:15 The Citadel (b0b94sj6)
Series 3
Episode 5
Dr Manson seeks justice for the flagrant misconduct of Llewellyn.
Based on AJ Cronin's groundbreaking novel, which is said to have partly inspired the creation of the NHS.
Set in mid-1920s South Wales.
Dramatised by Christopher Reason.
Manson ..... Richard Fleeshman
Denny ..... Julian Lewis Jones
Christine ...... Catrin Stewart
Llewellyn ...... Stephen Hogan
Owen ....... Stephen Marzella
Nurse Lloyd ....... Emma Gregory
Director: Pauline Harris
Producers: Pauline Harris and Gary Brown
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2018.
SAT 02:30 Billie Holiday: Fine and Mellow (b05pn3t6)
A great singer and a great song.
Four living jazz musicians and her biographer celebrate Billie Holliday's extraordinary and dramatic life, along with her legacy and achievements, through the prism of one historic 12-bar blues.
The song Fine and Mellow, which Billie wrote herself, was recorded in 1957 with an all-star backing band including her friends Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Vic Dickenson, Roy Eldridge and Gerry Mulligan.
Introduced by saxophonist Andy Sheppard, with expert commentaries from band leader Guy Barker, singers Cleo Laine and Jacqui Dankworth, and Julia Blackburn, author of With Billie.
Born on 7th April 1915, this programme was made to mark Billie's centenary.
Producer: Tony Staveacre
An Above The Title production for BBC Radio, first broadcast in April 2015.
SAT 03:00 Wakefield (b00rs19x)
A dull middle-aged man whose life has been monotonously ordinary for years, devises a plot to temporarily leave home and observe the effect on his wife from a flat opposite.
But he stays away much longer than expected - and it becomes more and more difficult for him to return...
Starring David Haig.
Dramatisation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story by Martyn Wade.
Wakefield ...... David Haig
Hawthorne ...... John Rowe
Mrs Wakefield ...... Richenda Carey
Mr Lucas Ferris ...... Jonathan Keeble
Mrs Brand ...... Jennie Stoller
Doctor ...... Gordon Reid
Producer: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001
SAT 04:00 Whispers (b007k2sl)
Series 3
Episode 3
Gyles Brandreth hosts the quiz show with scandal on its mind and slander at its heart.
Dan Tetsell and John O'Farrell join team captains Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
SAT 04:30 Ballylenon (b0080skq)
Series 5
Episode 6
The Americans are desperate to identify the owner of the Hoover cottage.
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, County Donegal in 1956.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Phonsie Doherty …. TP McKenna
Muriel McConkey …. Margaret D'Arcy
Vera McConkey …. Stella McCusker
Mrs McFinney …. Aine McCartney
Reverend Hawthorne …. Gerard Murphy
Stumpy Bonnat …. Gerard McSorley
Packy McGoldrick …. Charlie Bonnar
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
SAT 05:00 Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully (b04lsl25)
Series 2
Tempting Fete
Lucy borrows Kat's guitar and finds that this machine irritates aliens.
Meanwhile tempers are fraught as preparations are made for the annual village fete, and Richard receives some surprising news from The Computer.
Eddie Robson's sitcom about aliens invading the village of Cresdon Green.
Starring Hattie Morahan and Peter Davison.
Noticing all-at-once invasions of Earth never work out too well, these aliens have locked villagers behind an impenetrable force-field in order to study human behaviour and to decide if Earth is worth invading.
The only inhabitant who seems to be bothered by their new alien overlord is Katrina Lyons, who was only home for a weekend to borrow the deposit for a flat.
So along with Lucy Alexander (the only teenager in the village, willing to rebel against whatever you've got) she formed The Resistance - slightly to the annoyance of her parents Margaret and Richard.
This is also much to the annoyance of Field Commander Uljabaan who, alongside his unintelligible minions and The Computer (his hyper-intelligent supercomputer), is trying to actually run the alien invasion.
Katrina Lyons ...... Hattie Morahan
Richard Lyons ...... Peter Davison
Margaret Lyons ...... Jan Francis
Lucy Alexander ...... Hannah Murray
Field Commander Uljabaan ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Computer ...... John-Luke Roberts
Madeleine ...... Jane Slavin
Penny ...... Elaine Claxton
Script-edited by Arthur Mathews.
Original music written and performed by Grace Petrie.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2014.
SAT 05:30 Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (m0014fy6)
The Bacon Sandwich Problem
Marian and Tara tackle listeners’ issues with the menopause, frisky dreams and a troubling bacon sandwich with trademark good humour.
Marian Keyes is a multi award-winning writer, with a total of over 30 million of her books sold to date in 33 languages. Her close friend Tara Flynn is an actress, comedian and writer. Together, these two friends have been through a lot, and now want to use their considerable life experience to help solve your biggest - and smallest - of problems.
From dilemmas about life, love and grief, to the perils of laundry or knowing what to say at a boring dinner, we’ll find out what Marian and Tara would recommend - which might not solve the problem exactly, but will make us all feel a bit better.
Recorded in Dublin with emails received from listeners around the world, the hosts invite you to pull up a chair at their virtual kitchen table as they read and digest their inbox.
Got a problem you want Marian and Tara to solve? Email: marianandtara@bbc.co.uk.
Producer: Steve Doherty.
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
SAT 06:00 Alan Ayckbourn - Just Between Ourselves (b00dc4f0)
A bittersweet comedy about love, marriages and mothers.
Starring Stephen Critchlow and Samantha Spiro.
Alan Ayckbourn's celebrated 1977 stage play.
Dennis ...... Stephen Critchlow
Vera ...... Samantha Spiro
Marjorie ...... Auriol Smith
Neil ...... Chris Pavlo
Pam ...... Alison Pettitt
Music composed by David Chilton.
Adapted and directed by Gordon House.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.
SAT 07:30 Great Lives (b09nvrs5)
Series 44
Liza Tarbuck on Nikola Tesla
Actor and broadcaster Liza Tarbuck chooses the extraordinary life of the Serbian-American scientist, Nikola Tesla.
Nikola founded the Tesla Electric Light Company and was responsible for the introduction of the AC current in America - seeing off competition from his rival and former hero, Thomas Edison.
Liza explains to Matthew Parris how his inventions were ahead of their time.
Despite the fortunes and misfortunes of this brilliant and eccentric man, he died virtually penniless in a hotel room in New York.
With the help of Professor Iwan Morus from Aberystwyth University.
Producer: Maggie Ayre
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.
SAT 08:00 Booked (b00753g9)
Series 1
Episode 1
Richard III talks to Eeyore and Oedipus shares confessions with Captain Haddock.
Barnsley poet Ian McMillan chairs the irreverent literary game.
Outrageous parody, biting wit and original writing from:
Roger McGough
Miles Kington
Mark Thomas
Dillie Keane
Producer: Marc Jobst
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1995.
SAT 08:30 All the Young Dudes (b01b3cgf)
Series 2
Happy Together
Patrick and Helen have a massive row, while Billy arranges to meet a mystery woman.
The lives of Patrick and wife Helen back in the town where he was born.
Comedy drama written by and starring Jim Sweeney
Patrick .... Jim Sweeney
Helen .... Cathryn Harrison
Billy .... Steve Steen
Moira .... Sadie Shimmin
Joe .... Stephen Frost
Maria .... Flaminia Cinque
Charlie .... Izzy de Rosario
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2002.
SAT 09:00 Putting You Through, Caller (b098hjv5)
In 1958, the Queen made the first direct trunk telephone call.
It was the beginning of the end for the female operators known as the 'Hello Girls'.
Telephone operators had connected callers since the earliest days of the telephone, 80 years before. Despite the intimacy of 'phone conversations, subscribers willingly accepted the presence of a third voice on the line.
In this three-hour showcase, Shaun Ley uses drama and comedy from the BBC archives to demonstrate how the telephone operator became a valuable dramatic device.
With the aid of the recordings from the GPO (General Post Office) and the BT archive, Shaun explores the role of the operator, the strict rules governing their work and some official secrets.
Featuring:
* Extracts from 'Liz and Sally' - a 1960s Post Office recruitment film
* Burn Your Phone - a radio drama by Andrew Wallace
Alan Cumming plays a telephone operator beset by voices, requests and problems. With Jonathan Keeble
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995
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* If You’re Glad, I’ll be Frank - a radio drama by Tom Stoppard

What happens when Frank recognises the voice of the GPO speaking clock as that of his long-lost wife?
Starring Timothy West and Patsy Rowlands
First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in 1966.
* Ballylenon - an extract of the Irish village comedy set in County Donegal
Producer: Adam Bowen
Made for BBC for Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in October 2017.
SAT 12:00 Wordaholics (b01c7lk6)
Series 1
Episode 1
Clever, intelligent, witty and unexpected! Wordaholics is the comedy panel game all about words.
Stephen Fry, Natalie Haynes, Milton Jones and Lloyd Langford vie for wordy supremacy in the ring.
Gyles Brandreth presides over toponyms, abbreviations, euphemisms, old words, new words, cockney rhyming slang, Greek gobbledegook, plus the panellists' picks of the ugliest and the most beautiful words.
Find out the meaning of words like giff-gaff, knock-knobbler and buckfitches - the difference between French marbles, French velvet and the French ache - hear the glorious poetry of the English language, as practiced from writers varying from William Shakespeare to Vanilla Ice - and spend half an hour laughing and learning with some of the finest Wordaholics in the business.
Written by Jon Hunter and James Kettle.
Producer: Claire Jones.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.
SAT 12:30 The Architects (b03xgslr)
Series 1
What's the Point?
With Sir Lucien's signature brutalist style hopelessly out of fashion, he seeks to overcome his creative block in the spas of Baden-Baden.
Unfortunately for Tim, he needs someone to share the experience with.
Stars Dominic Coleman, Ingrid Oliver and Geoffrey Whitehead.
Sitcom set in a struggling architectural practice.
Written by Jim Poyser and Neil Griffiths.
Matt ...... Dominic Coleman
Sarah ...... Ingrid Oliver
Sir Lucien ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Tim ...... Alex Carter
Hayley ...... Aisling Bea
Nurse ...... Carolyn Pickles
Gregory Nettles ...... Sean Murray
Mr Russell ...... Steve Toussaint
Lotte ...... Georgie Fuller
Director: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.
SAT 13:00 Archive on 4 (m0001cwc)
Elvis Presley Comeback Special
Paul Morley tells a parallel story of Elvis and America, from the vantage point of the King's finest hour in 1968.
"I've got to do this sooner or later," Elvis says sheepishly, "so I may as well do it now."
And so the 1968 Comeback Special begins: his quiff defying gravity and his leather jumpsuit chafing, as he bursts into an elemental rendition of Heartbreak Hotel. It had been one of his first singles 13 years before, initially recorded when he was still a teenager living in the Jim Crow South at the beginning of rock and roll.
Much had happened in the meantime: JFK, The Beatles, the hippies and Detroit soul. And Elvis had become a different person, depressed, addicted and increasingly irrelevant.
So by 1968, after his stint in the army, the uninspired films and the years of absence from the stage, the Comeback Special was an opportunity to resuscitate Elvis's career, to claw back his status as a powerful, credible force.
And it did, fleetingly. He was fabulous, and his discography is never better showcased than on that day.
But it also marked the point at which it became clear that the King was fragile.
He was 33, a new father, and he would never be this good again.
Paul Morley believes the '68 Comeback Special shows us Elvis at his best. But also that it offers a vantage point from which to look backwards, forwards and outwards to a changing America - remembering where the hillbilly kid had come from and poignantly aware of where he would end up.
Featuring:
Historian, Mary Frances Berry
Film-maker, Eugene Jarecki
Writer, Luc Sante
Theatre artist, Greg Wohead.
Producer: Martin Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.
SAT 14:00 Mark Steel's in Town (b017wyyf)
Series 3
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Mark Steel performs for the residents of Berwick-Upon Tweed.
He's talking about war with Russia, Scottish rivalries and rather unusual local slang.
During his visit to the Northumberland town, he investigates the rich tapestry of remarkable events and people.
Series in which the comedian visits towns across the UK and creates a stand-up show for the locals.
Written by Mark Steel with additional material by Pete Sinclair.
Producer: Sam Bryant
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011.
SAT 14:30 Little Lifetimes by Jenny Eclair (b06pbxjr)
Series 2
Lorna's Holiday
As Lorna recuperates in a five star hotel in Dubrovnik she acidly observes the two families staying in the villa next door.
But what she sees threatens her own future as well as theirs...
Starring Lesley Sharp.
Leading actresses star in Jenny Eclair's comic series about women facing a crisis in their lives.
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.
SAT 14:45 Earls of the Court (b00qvpk2)
Earls Reunited
Lloydie returns after years of travel to find best mate Johnno still living in their old flat.
But their former gang has disbanded and times have changed. Worse still, the sins of the past are about to catch up with them.
Comedy drama series about two Australians down on their luck in London.
Written by and starring Will Adamsdale and Stewart Wright.
Lloydie ...... Stewart Wright
Johnno ...... Will Adamsdale
Bonzo ...... Rufus Wright
Kirsty ...... Keely Beresford
Shalk ...... Michael Shelford
Brett ...... David Seddon
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.
SAT 15:00 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (b0076f8q)
Series 3
Alternative Therapies
Gurus, spirit guides and a sweat lodge ritual - Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine take the plunge into new age therapies.
Starring Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine.
With:
Martin Hyder
Felix Dexter
Lewis MacLeod
Jim North
Written by the cast with Danny Robins, Dan Tetsell and and Richie Devlin - and script edited by Graeme Garden.
Music by Richie Webb.
Producer: Chris Neill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
SAT 15:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b00hcr5l)
Series 2
Barry Cryer
Much-loved comedian Barry Cryer watches an episode of 'Friends', listens to Australian rock band - and tackles nappy changing, .
Series in which Marcus Brigstocke invites celebrities to try new experiences.
Producer: Bill Dare
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009.
SAT 16:00 Alan Ayckbourn - Just Between Ourselves (b00dc4f0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Great Lives (b09nvrs5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 18:00 The Prisoner (m00035w3)
Series 2
1. I Met a Man Today Part 1/2
After escaping from The Village, Number 6 discovers his car and house are now owned by author Kate Butterworth...
The original 17 episode television series of The Prisoner created intrigue and controversy in equal measure when it first aired in the UK in 1967.
In a taut psychological spy thriller the main character, dehumanised as ‘Number 6’, has committed no crime, save for having resigned from some unspecified branch of the British Secret Service. His prison was a heavily guarded ornate coastal village.
Under constant surveillance, Number 6 can trust no-one and relentlessly works to establish the identity of his. As the audio re-imagining continues, we discover more about the enigma of the personal life of Number 6.
Number 6 …. Mark Elstob
Kate Butterworth …. Lucy Briggs-Owen
Brenda …. Susan Earnshaw
Barmaid …. Helen Goldwyn
Control …. Jim Barclay
Danvers …. Barnaby Edwards
Thorpe …. John Heffernan
Original music by Jamie Robertson.
Script Editor: Jamie Anderson
Written and directed by Nicholas Briggs.
A 2017 Big Finish Production adapted from the cult ITV series.
SAT 18:40 Daphne Du Maurier (m00035w9)
The Old Man
The family shun people.
He rules the roost, speaks strangely, forever gazing out at sea.
His wife never speaks.
And one day the children vanish...
Anna Massey reads Daphne Du Maurier’s strange tale.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1988.
SAT 19:00 Putting You Through, Caller (b098hjv5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Little Lifetimes by Jenny Eclair (b06pxm4k)
Series 2
Christine Paints
Christine and Tony move to the country so Tony can write.
So Christine takes up watercolours and soon finds inspiration can be found in the most unexpected places and with surprising consequences.
Starring Rosie Cavaliero.
Leading actresses star in Jenny Eclair's comic series about women facing a crisis in their lives.
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.
SAT 22:15 Earls of the Court (b00r0yt2)
The Eklov Experience
Now living with his girlfriend, Johnno is steadying himself for a couples' day out. But his sofa-crashing best mate Lloydie has other plans
Comedy drama series about two Australians down on their luck in London.
Written by and starring Will Adamsdale and Stewart Wright.
Lloydie ...... Stewart Wright
Johnno ...... Will Adamsdale
Nadine ...... Keely Beresford
Security ...... Rufus Wright
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.
SAT 22:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b01bwbgs)
Series 3
Friendship and Stress
A double dose, as the funnyman ponders why we choose our pals and what causes pressure.
Adam interviews his closest friends to discover if honesty is always the best policy.
Next, he deals with the stress of not finishing the script and how the wrong dinner companion can ruin a meal.
Fast-paced and inventive comedy, written by and starring Adam Bloom.
With:
Brendon Burns
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.
SAT 23:00 Ian D Montfort Is: Unbelievable (b01qjj3c)
Series 1
With Ruth Madoc
Hi-de-Hi star Ruth Madoc gets a surprise visitation from William Shakespeare.
Ian D Montfort is a celebrity spirit medium and psychic who makes contact with the celebrity 'spirit guides' secretly chosen by audience members and reveals personal stories that make them laugh-out-loud one moment and gasp in surprise the next.
Each episode features a different celebrity guest who gets a 'private' reading from Ian.
Ian D Montfort is a comedy character created Tom Binns.
Written by Tom Binns, Tony Cowards, Simon Littlefield and Richard Turner.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 2013.
SAT 23:30 Hut 33 (b00vs38k)
Series 2
Royal Visit
It's panic stations at Hut 33!
A member of the royal family is paying a visit but the top brass suspect he might be a Nazi sympathiser.
The team has to delay him and make sure he doesn't see any of the codebreaking machines.
James Cary's sitcom set at Bletchley Park - the top-secret home of the Second World War codebreakers,
Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Charles …. Robert Bathurst
Gordon …. Fergus Craig
Joshua … Alex McQueen
Minka …. Olivia Colman
Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley
Duke of Kent .... Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.