SATURDAY 02 APRIL 2022

SAT 00:00 Microcosm by JC Wilsher (b09c745f)
“We've forgotten that technology has its roots in magic and mystery."
An old Sheffield model maker specialises in dioramas of disasters, but his timing causes concern...
JC Wilsher’s sinister tale starring Paul Schofield and Eric Allan
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1979.
SAT 00:15 Heidi Amsinck Stories (b0b9vhgn)
5. The Crying
When Jens buys an apartment in old Copenhagen, he thinks he's found a bargain: until he starts hearing noises coming from the wood-panelled walls.
Read by Tim McInnerny
An occasional series of stories from life's murkier places.
Taken from the 2018 collection 'Last Train To Helsingør' by Heidi Amsinck.
Heidi Amsinck, a writer and journalist born in Copenhagen, has written numerous short stories for radio. A graduate of the MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, University of London, Heidi lives in Surrey.
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4 Extra first broadcast in July 2018.
SAT 00:30 And the Academy Award Goes To... (b00hmc52)
Series 2
West Side Story
"And The Academy Awards Goes to.... West Side Story".
Continuing his series on Oscar-winning films, Paul Gambaccini turns his attention to one that tackled tough issues through the medium of the musical.
With a young fresh cast - Natalie Wood in her first adult role, Rita Moreno sweeping everyone else off the dancefloor, and a relatively inexperienced but dazzling array of support actors - the movie sizzles with colour, drama, the outstanding choreography of Jerome Robbins, the music of Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics of a young Stephen Sondheim.
Who could tell that behind the scenes there were arguments, voice dubbings and overruns, plus issues over racial casting and 'blacking up'? What emerged from a tumultuous production was a triumph.
Producer: Sara Jane Hall
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.
SAT 01:00 RD Wingfield (b0082k48)
Outbreak of Fear
5. The Killer
As his suspicions grow over his boss's conclusions, Sergeant Fowler must take action over the murders in the village of Polford.
Starring Leslie Sands and Nick Orchard.
Conclusion of RD Wingfield's thriller serial.
Sergeant Fowler …. Leslie Sands
PC Beaumont …. Nick Orchard
Dave Clark …. Cornelius Garrett
The Doctor …. Paul Nicholson
Chadwick …. Nicholas Courtney
Mitchell …. Conrad Phillips
Rose …. Gillie Gratham
Operator …. Brian Gear
Radio DJ …. Jim Reid
Jackson …. Roger Leach
Director: Brian Miller
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1982.
SAT 01:30 Sherlock Holmes (b0bn9y0v)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 3
2. The Reigate Squires
The great detective has been ill so Dr Watson arranges for him to have a few days in the country to convalesce.
But even on holiday, Holmes cannot resist solving a mystery...
Starring Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tale originally appeared in ‘The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes' published 1893. Adapted by Michael Hardwick.
Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson …. Norman Shelley
Ivan Samson as Colonel Hayter
The Butler …. Philip Leaver
Inspector Forrester …. Anthony Woodruff
Cunningham …. Wilfred Babbage
Alec Cunningham …. Malcolm Hayes
Acton …. Martin Lewis
Producer: Robin Midgley.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1961.
SAT 02:00 The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer (b0b2mry6)
Episode 5
Greer Kadetsky is a shy college student in Connecticut when she meets Faith Frank, a dazzlingly persuasive and charismatic activist who has been a pillar of the women's movement for decades. The meeting is made more resonant since she has just been the victim of a sexual assault on campus.
As Greer moves into her independent adult life Faith is to become her mentor figure, someone she looks up to and respects, until she is forced re-evaluate.
Greer has landed her dream job, working for Faith Frank's foundation. She heads out with the Loci team for drinks on a Friday night.
The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer is a book written before the recent seismic shift in American politics and the advent of the #MeToo movement, but it illuminates the complexities of what it is to be a young woman coming of age in the early decades of the 21st century. As well as the relationship between Greer and her role model, the story explores how a young man copes with devastating loss and attempts to rebuild his life, and poses searching questions about feminism and the painful realities of love and loyalty.
Writing in The New York Times Review Of Books, Lena Dunham described how "the novel ...deserves to be placed on shelves alongside such ornate modern novels beginning in college as A Little Life, The Secret History and The Marriage Plot... But when all is said and done, Wolitzer is an infinitely capable creator of human identities that are as real as the type on this page, and her love of her characters shines more brightly than any agenda."
Meg Wolitzer is author of The Interestings, The Uncoupling, The Ten-Year Nap, The Position, The Wife, and Sleepwalking.
Written by Meg Wolitzer
Read by Tanya Moodie
Abridged by Jill Waters and Isobel Creed
Produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.
SAT 02:15 Life Lines (b07k0k4k)
Series 1
Episode 5
Carrie is an ambulance call handler.
She never knows what the next emergency will be or the effect it might have on her and her relationships.
Al Smith's tense drama series goes behind the scenes of an ambulance control room.
Carrie ...... Sarah Ridgeway
Caller ...... Sam Rix
Operator ...... Adie Allen
Owen ...... Charlie Brand
Paramedic ...... James Lailey
Jess ...... Nicola Ferguson
Connor ...... Lloyd Hutchinson
Will ...... Nick Underwood
Destiny ...... Clare Perkins
Ian ...... Michael Jibson
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2016.
SAT 02:30 The Cult of King Tut (m0009r52)
As the largest collection of Tutankhamun's treasures to travel outside of Egypt goes on display in London, Patricia Clavin, Professor of International History at the University of Oxford, explores the cult of Egyptomania following the opening of King Tutankhamun’s Tomb in 1922.
Patricia visits the Griffith Institute in Oxford to view the original glass plate negatives of Harry Burton, who meticulously documented Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon's archaeological excavations of the tomb of Tutankhamun. She notes how Burton set up and staged his photos to make them as dramatic as possible and how these images then flashed around the world in the new mass circulation newspapers, so that "everybody could have a bit of King Tut".
At the Clothworkers' Centre in London, Patricia looks at the V&A’s stunning hand-beaded gold lamé evening jacket, made in Paris in 1923, which uses generic Egyptian motifs of birds, snakes and lotus flowers: imagery that appeared everywhere in 1920s art deco design, as well as in mass-produced consumer goods, available to all.
The four statues of the goddess Isis, who guarded Tutankhamun's canopic shrine, are notably modern-looking. Their bobbed hair and shift dresses chimed with the style of the new 1920s modern girl, embodied in the "Jazz Cleopatra", Josephine Baker. From outside Baker’s haunt, the Folies Bergère in Paris, Patricia speaks to the musicologist Martin Guerpin about how her styling as a Garçonne and her dancing of the Charleston struck people as the epitome of the liberated woman after the First World War.
When Tutankhamun’s mummy was unwrapped in 1925, he was discovered to be a boy king, whose body carried multiple injuries. Patricia talks to Roger Luckhurst about how this captured the imagination of people after the First World War, many of whom were mourning their war dead. This culture of mourning and death also fed the King Tut curse stories which flooded through the Western press at the time.
Patricia concludes that Tut-mania was as much a global project of the imagination as it was about the history of the objects themselves. It connected people to an ancient place and to one another, including the ones they had lost. Through consumption of the past they were able to re-imagine themselves in a different and possibly better world.
Produced by Melissa FitzGerald
A Blakeway production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2019.
SAT 03:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b007js4n)
Series 1
4. The Hostages
Detective Inspector Gwen Danbury takes charge when a hostage is taken by a gunman, but then her feisty mother arrives...
Conclusion of Sue Rodwell's murder mystery starring Annette Badland as DI Gwen Danbury.
DI Gwen Danbury …. Annette Badland
Joan Danbury …. Gudrun Ure
DS Henry Jacobs …. John Duttine
Supt Phillips …. John Rye
Mrs Banks …. Tina Gray
Gary Wolsey …. Paul Panting
Cathy Bedford …. Elaine Claxton
Keets …. Crawford Logan
Sharon Keets …. Susannah Corbett
Colin Jarvis …. Matthew Morgan
Reporter …. Gavin Muir
PC …. David Holt
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994.
SAT 04:00 Guess What? (b0627zhy)
Episode 3
Animal, vegetable or mineral?
Barry Took hosts a revised version of popular radio parlour game of 20 questions.
Regular Geoffrey Durham is joined by Jeremy Hanley and Helen Atkinson-Wood.
Written by Michael Dines.
Producer: Andy Aliffe
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.
SAT 04:30 Bookcases (m00054x3)
Series 2
Great Expectations
Primus plans to save Spavin and Spavin from bankruptcy by becoming Charles Dickens's new publisher.
Cordelia has a surprise for Gerald.
Stars Michael Cochrane and Maggie Steed.
Martyn Wade’s sitcom set in a Victorian publishing house.
Primus …… Michael Cochrane
Cordelia …… Maggie Steed
Gerald …… David Horovitch
Edith …… Elizabeth Spriggs
Mrs Quirk …… Joan Sims
Simeon …… Charles Simpson
Prince Albert …… Ioan Meredith
John …… Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Beeton …… Rachel Atkins
Lizzie Siddal …… Becky Hindley
Forster …… Gerard McDermott
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.
SAT 05:00 All Those Women (b086tfbm)
Series 2
Episode 2
It's time for some well-earned relaxing after Maggie won some vouchers to a spa.
But what should be the opportunity for a bit of a lie down soon gets a bit fraught. 'There's a fine line between a spa day and a detention centre isn't there?'
Comedy series by Katherine Jakeways about four generations of women living under one roof.
All Those Women explores familial relationships, ageing, marriages - it's about life and love and things not turning out quite the way that you'd expected them to. Every week we join Hetty, Maggie, Jen and Emily as they struggle to resolve their own problems, and support one another.
Hetty ...... Marcia Warren
Maggie ...... Lesley Manville
Jen ...... Sinead Matthews
Emily ...... Lucy Hutchinson
Sylvia ...... Clare Perkins
Producer: Alexandra Smith
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in January 2017.
SAT 05:30 Desolation Jests (b084xc8c)
Episode 1
David Jason stars alongside John Bird, Jan Ravens and Rory Bremner in David Renwick’s dark and quirky comedy sketch show that takes a not-altogether-factual look at the history of comedy….
What comedy sketches would you most want at your side to face the end of the world?
In the opening episode, interviewer JP Doom interviews Frankie “Flesh Eater” Harris about a life at the top of the Most Wanted list, and discusses what sketch-based chuckles he would choose to lighten his heart if he found himself stranded in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
And there are clips from spurious comedy greats such as Mace and Dixon’s “the Fiancée of Frankenstein” sketch; the ultimate Mastermind parody from Jenkin Spleen and Helena Handcart; and the fast-talking lunacy of the Klutz Brothers' classic “A Day at the Proctologists”.
With:
David Jason
John Bird
Jan Ravens
Rory Bremner
Producer: Gareth Edwards
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2016.
SAT 06:00 Nancy Mitford - Love in a Cold Climate (b007jp62)
Amanda Root stars as Fanny.
A glamorous invitation to a grand party at Hampton - home of the fabulously wealthy Montdores and their beautiful daughter Polly - brings Fanny into the 1920s world of the aristocracy - and in and out of love when the temperature drops...
Published in 1949, Nancy Mitford’s novel dramatised by Claire Luckham.
Fanny .... Amanda Root
Lady Montdore .... Barbara Jefford
Polly .... Teresa Gallagher
Veronica .... Jenny Howe
Uncle Davey .... Jon Strickland
Aunt Emily .... Patience Tomlinson
Aunt Sadie .... Tessa Worsley
Uncle Matthew .... Ioan Meredith
Boy Dougdale .... Stephen Critchlow
Jassy .... Sarah Jane Holm
Victoria .... Tilly Gaunt
Cedric .... William Hope
Alfred .... Tom Beard
Director: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
SAT 07:30 Great Lives (b0b0pwgl)
Series 45
Tej Lalvani on Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman was a physicist who helped design the atomic bomb and won the Nobel Prize.
He is the great life choice of businessman Tej Lalvani CEO of his family business Vitabiotics and the newest Dragon on the BBC show Dragon's Den.
Feynman was also regarded as something of an eccentric and a free spirit who had a passion for playing the bongos.
Helping to make the case for this great life Tej is joined by the expert witness David Berman, Professor of Theoretical Physics at Queen Mary University of London.
Presenter: Matthew Parris
Producer: Perminder Khatkar
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018.
SAT 08:00 The Write Stuff (b009j9cd)
Series 11
EM Forster
James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary correctness.
Team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh are joined by Wendy Holden and John O'Farrell.
Author of the week is EM Forster.
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Producer: Katie Marsden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2008.
SAT 08:30 Spangles 'n' Tights (b04nv8v5)
The Ambassador
The Dublin Theatrical Costumiers are asked to dress a British Embassy pageant, only to become embroiled in an unfortunate scandal...
Christopher Fitz-Simon's five-part comedy.
Dessie Doyle ...... David Kelly
Violet Doyle ...... Pauline McLynn
Antony Gogan ...... Eugene O'Brien
Mr McNamara ...... Frank Kelly
Mr Bagshott ...... Bosco Hogan
Polly Hoskins ...... Ali White
Lady Bletchley ...... Sylvia Syms
Music played by John Trotter.
Directed at BBC Belfast by Roland Jaquarello.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998.
SAT 09:00 Inside the Music: From Score to Encore (b05nybcs)
Gavin Henderson is passionate about music. Formerly a noted trumpeter in an orchestra, he's been Director of Brighton Arts Festival, Principal of Trinity College of Music and is now Principal of the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
In this sequence of programmes, he explores the complex creative communities that coalesce to bring a piece of music to life in a concert hall. Becoming a member of a musical ensemble has been described as "more like joining a cause than a profession". He talks to members of orchestras and ensembles to get their personal perspectives on music making. What do they feel about their own instrument? What are relations like between members of the orchestra? Or between an orchestra and a conductor?
It's a world of titanic egos, and creative humility; where the rigours of touring and performing, the frustrations of forever being the second violin and the vagaries of venue acoustics and audience responsiveness can be forgotten in a feat of collective creative expression.
Gavin throws light on some of the less known inner workings of an orchestra and the sometimes intuitive relationships "behind the podium" – such as that between the Orchestral Librarian and Conductor, or piano tuner and pianist.
And he tries to understand and convey what motivates a group of individuals to act like an organism greater than the sum of its parts, bringing pleasure and, occasionally, transcendence, to performers and audience alike.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions
First broadcast on Radio 4 Extra in 2015.
SAT 12:00 My Favorite Husband (m000n6bj)
The Quiz Show
Lucille Ball stars in the vintage American sitcom which ran for well over a 100 episodes between 1948 and 1951.
Co-starring Richard Denning as her banker husband, My Favorite Husband is the story of Liz and George Cugat, a happily married couple living in the fictitious city of Sheridan Falls.
Based on the two novels written by Isabel Scott Rorick, Mr And Mrs Cugat, The Record Of A Happy Marriage (1940) and Outside Eden (1945).
In this opening episode, Liz and George’s housekeeper is desperate for a new dishwasher. Liz’s solution is to get a spot on a prize-winning quiz show. What could go wrong?
With Gale Gordon and Frank Nelson.
The popularity of this radio series led to Lucille’s ground breaking TV sitcom role, I Love Lucy. This was to cement her long-running position as one of America’s favourite entertainers over several decades.
First broadcast in the USA on CBS Radio in October 1948.
SAT 12:30 Clare in the Community (b00yrrgb)
Series 3
Letter From America
Needing a new place to stay, Clare goes house-hunting with Brian - and she has an unusual, new pen pal.
Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution.
A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Clare is in her 30s, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her.
Clare continually struggles to control both her professional and private life
In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
Clare ...... Sally Phillips
Brian ..... Alex Lowe
Ray ..... Richard Lumsden
Helen ..... Gemma Craven
Irene ..... Ellen Thomas
Megan ..... Nina Conti
Hannah ..... Alex Tregear
Mr Figgis ..... Roy Hudd
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2006.
SAT 13:00 Archive on 4 (b00l2p7x)
When Courtney Met Chris
Courtney Pine talks to jazz trombonist Chris Barber about his life's work and how his initiative and enthusiasm for American blues music helped provide inspiration for a new generation of British musicians.
Barber has been a professional jazz musician for almost 55 years. Along with the likes of Kenny Ball and Acker Bilk, he was an integral part of the 'trad jazz' boom in the 1950s which swept the dance halls of austere postwar Britain.
However, while others stood still, Barber set about acknowledging the huge debt he and his fellow musicians owed to the legacy of American blues musicians, and engineered tours for artists including Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Muddy Waters, and Champion Jack Dupree. These visits gave emerging players like Eric Clapton and Van Morrison a chance to see their idols, and introduced the true stars of blues to a whole new generation. Van Morrison talks about the impact that Chris made on his music and on the British music scene as a whole, and his belief that Chris' contribution should receive wider recognition.
Andy Fairweather-Low explains how rehearsing with Chris changed his whole appoach to music, and reveals the man's hidden talents as a racing driver. In a newly-discovered interview, Chris' ex wife, singer Ottilie Patterson, remembers stepping out with Big Bill Broonzy, the pride she felt in being compared to Bessie Smith and how she was chatted up by Muddy Waters, backstage in Croydon.
Producer: Toby Field
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.
SAT 14:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01f883m)
Series 2
With Danny Baker
Another series of the comedy show hosted by Alex Horne and his five piece band and specially written, original music.
This opening epsiode explores the theme of 'games' and guest stars Danny Baker who sings with the band and champions an instrument that can't fail to put a smile on your face.
Plus the funkiest song you're ever likely to hear about Chess; an Ode to Chris Hoy and music to exercise to.
With electric guitarist Ben Jones.
Alex's Horne Section are:
Trumpet/banjo .... Joe Auckland
Saxophone/clarinet ....Mark Brown
Double Bass/Bass .... Will Collier
Drums and Percussion .... Ben Reynolds
Piano/keyboard .... Ed Sheldrake
Producer: Julia McKenzie.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.
SAT 14:30 The Million Pound Radio Show (b008vr3v)
Series 2
Episode 1
Tackling burglars - and TV war reports revealed.
Sharp-edged topical humour and more...
Written by and starring Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell.
With:
Felicity Montagu
Harry Enfield
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1986.
SAT 15:00 Brian Gulliver's Travels (b01lz1cj)
Series 2
Chamanoa
Brian Gulliver, a seasoned presenter of travel documentaries, finds himself in a hospital's secure unit after claiming to have experienced a succession of bizarre adventures.
More memories as Brian relives his experiences in Chamanoa, a land where naturites battle nurturites, where genetics is pitted against education.
Neil Pearson stars in series two of Bill Dare's satirical adventure story about a man lost in a fictional world.
Brian Gulliver/ Thake ..... Neil Pearson
Rachel Gulliver..... Mariah Gale
Kath & Hendl ..... Lisa Dillon
Bordle ..... Toby Longworth
Violinist ..... Amy Butterworth
Producer: Steven Canny
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.
SAT 15:30 Delve Special (b007k4nj)
Series 2
Double Agent Russell Nicholson
Reporter David Lander interviews notorious double agent Russell Nicholson at his luxury home in Bulgaria.
Presented by David Lander with assistance from Stephen Fry.
Studio production by:
Andrew Sachs
Jack Klaff
Brenda Blethyn
Felicity Montagu
Dramatic reconstruction by:
Robert Bathurst
Tony Robinson
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 September 1985.
SAT 16:00 Nancy Mitford - Love in a Cold Climate (b007jp62)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Great Lives (b0b0pwgl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 18:00 H Rider Haggard - King Solomon's Mines (b08lgbwy)
Episode 2
Extraordinary tales from the golden age of adventure
Tim McInnerny stars as intrepid explorer Allan Quatermain in the second episode of this classic Victorian story - the impossible quest for the fabled King Solomon's Mines, set in a mythical African interior. This gripping story is a treasure hunt, a mystery, a psychological drama, and a kaleidoscope of sound.
Allan Quatermain is writing a journal for his son Harry as he believes he will never return from accompanying Sir Henry Curtis on his mission to find the fabled King Solomon's Mines, in order to find out what has happened to Sir Henry's younger brother George who set out on the same quest the year before. Quatermain, Sir Henry, Captain Good and their bearer Umbopa are being escorted to the town of Loo by Chief Infadoos to meet the blood-thirsty King Twala of the Kukuana and his witch-finder Gagool. The adventurers watch the terrifying night of the great witch hunt when countless Kukuana perish. Their mysterious bearer Umbopa is not what he seems and may be their only hope of survival and of finally finding King Solomon's Mines.
Gagool ..…. Adjoa Andoh
Sir Henry Curtis ..…. David Sturzaker
Foulata …... Emmanuella Cole
Twala …... Femi Elufowoju
George …... Finlay Robertson
Infadoos …... Maynard Eziashi
Umbopa …... Sope Dirisu
Captain John Good ..…. Simon Ludders
Allan Quatermaine ..…. Tim McInnerny
Scragga …... Tonderaj Munyevu
Written by Rider Haggard
Dramatised by Chris Harrald
Directed by Liz Webb
Adapter Chris Harrald's previous adaptations for Radio 4 include M.R. James' ghost stories, four series of the Edwardian detective series The Rivals and several Classic Serials, including The Lost World and Three Men in a Boat.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2017.
SAT 19:00 Inside the Music: From Score to Encore (b05nybcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01r0c5r)
Series 2
With Phill Jupitus and Lady Lykez
Comedy show hosted by Alex Horne and his five piece band and specially written, original music.
This episode explores the theme of 'the body' including songs on shampoo, beards and catarrh.
Guest starring:
Phill Jupitus who sings with the band and reads a poem
Plus a rap from Lady Lykez.
Alex's Horne Section are:
Trumpet/banjo ...... Joe Auckland
Saxophone/clarinet ...... Mark Brown
Double Bass/Bass ...... Will Collier
Drums and Percussion ...... Ben Reynolds
Piano/keyboard ...... Ed Sheldrake
Producer: Julia McKenzie.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.
SAT 22:30 Chain Reaction (b00gsb89)
Series 2
Bill Bailey Interviews Simon Pegg
One comedian grills another in the tag talk show, where the guest is next week's interviewer.
Based on the original BBC Radio 5 programme of the same name, Chain Reaction is a simple idea of big name stars from the world of entertainment interviewing others whose work they appreciate and admire.
Recorded with an audience, the interviews focus on the life, career and the passions of the interviewee but often prove to be as revealing about the interviewer.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.
SAT 23:00 The Simon Day Show (b0112ydl)
Series 1
Tommy Cockles
Simon Day and his characters welcome listeners to The Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK. Each week one of Simon's characters come to perform at The Mallard and we hear the highlights of that night's show along with the back stage and front of house goings on at the theatre itself.
This week, comedy legend Tommy Cockles performs at the Mallard and is stunned to discover that manager Ron Bone has no idea who he is.
Cast list:
Tommy Cockles ..... Simon Day
Catherine ..... Catherine Shepherd
Goose ..... Felix Dexter
Ron Bone ..... Simon Greenall
Written by Simon Day
Produced by Colin Anderson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
SAT 23:30 The Skivers (b00hr7g8)
Series 3
Michael Winner
Calm down, dear! Special guest Michael Winner joins Nick and Tim.
Skilful sketch show written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.
With Peter Bradshaw and Sally Phillips.
Special guests: Michael Winner and Patrick Allen.
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1997.