SATURDAY 01 OCTOBER 2022

SAT 00:00 Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham (b007k3xm)
Episode 5
The secret of long life is out, but with a reticent boss, Diana must face intense media pressure alone.
The scientific world, government, media and the beauty salon collide in John Wyndham's 1960 sci-fi novel.
Concluded by Joanna Tope.
Abridged by Scott Stainton Miller.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2007.
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SAT 00:30 Sounds Natural (m0006fxd)
Eva Rueber-Staier
Austrian born actress and former Miss World - Eva Rueber-Staier, shares some of her encounters with wildlife in Africa with Derek Jones.
Her chosen excerpts from the BBC Sound Archives include cheetahs purring and hippos grunting.
Produced at BBC Bristol by John Burton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1976.
SAT 01:00 Death May Surprise Us (m001c6bf)
5. Confession
A key party member is shocked to discover that his assistant is implicated in the kidnap of the Prime Minister.
Will the strange repercussions of an incident at Okefield Park ever be revealed?
Starring Leslie Sands.
Thriller series written by Ted Willis - adapted from his own novel.
Jack Stoddart .... Leslie Sands
Jess Stoddart .... Mary Wimbush
Victor .... Cyril Shaps
Commander Knowles ... Geoffrey Matthews
Hugh Lashwood .... Preston Lockwood
Valchik .... Anthony Daniels
Karel .... Jonathan Owen
Insp Wiley .... Scott Cherry
WPS Bellamy .... Ellen McIntosh
DI Martin .... Colin Starkey
Ben Tomkins .... David Goudge
Sgt Evans .... Jon Strickland
Alan Peploe .... William Eedle
Jane .... Moir Leslie
Sgt Macey/Wallace .... Brett Usher
Sue Swinton .... Charlotte Long
Director: Graham Gauld
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1984.
SAT 01:30 Trueman and Riley (b01dw1mx)
Series 3
5. Home Truths
Riley doesn't want a woman who keeps reporting the same crime every year to divert investigations from something closer to home - his own granddaughter.
But he's asking for trouble when he impersonates a 14-year old girl himself.
Starring Robert Daws as Trueman and Duncan Preston as Riley.
Brian B Thompson’s detective series about the ill-matched duo set in Leeds.
DI Trueman .... Robert Daws
DS Riley .... Duncan Preston
Sue Stokes .... Lorraine Ashbourne
Becki .... Holly Matthews
Constable .... Harry Livingstone
Director: Toby Swift
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2012
SAT 02:00 Middle England by Jonathan Coe (m000182p)
Episode 5
A novel for Brexit Britain by Jonathan Coe.
On the outskirts of Birmingham, car factories have been replaced by pound shops, and in London, riots give way to Olympic fever, Jonathan Coe's novel follows a Britain through a time of mind-boggling change. It paints a portrait of modern England up to Brexit: a country of nostalgia and delusion; of bewilderment and barely-suppressed rage.
Episode 5 - Sophie hears ‘home truths’ from a group of Middle Englanders when she goes on a cruise.
Reader: Jeff Rawle
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.
SAT 02:15 Cyrano de Bergerac (b05y16ms)
Episode 5
The final part of Glyn Maxwell's adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. Swordsman, Philosopher, Poet Raconteur - Cyrano is all of these things , but none of them make him happy. What he wants more than anything is the love of the beautiful Roxane. But he has one huge problem that is as plain as the nose on his face. Is he too ugly to be loved ? Especially when the new handsome cadet Christian de Neuvillette also declares his love for her . However Christian's way with words needs a little help . Cyrano has been helping him. But after many years and a siege in between is the scheme about to unravel ?
CYRANO Tom Burke
ROXANE/MOTHER SUPERIOR Emily Pithon
SGT CARBONNE ..Jonathan Keeble
LE BRET Christopher Harper
DE GUICHE Conrad Nelson
CHRISTIAN Kieran Hodgson
RAGUENEAU Roger Morlidge
Music Harry Blake
Directed in Salford by Susan Roberts
SAT 02:30 Mockery with Monocles: The Western Brothers Revealed (b01nxwmw)
Geoffrey Palmer celebrates the songs of Kenneth and George Western and reveals their place in British comedy.
The Western Brothers became famous from the late 1920s onwards for their variety act satirising the establishment of the time. They perfected the aloof exaggerations of two derisive upper-crust society members and became an instant success in the entertainment world. They toured the variety circuit through the 1930s and 40s with their own aeroplane and always stayed in the very best hotels.
What made their witty songs at the piano so distinct was their topicality. Many of them were list songs, in which the verses could be altered to fit the stories and personalities of the day. Fellow performers, politicians and especially the stuffiness of the BBC were their targets then, after war broke out, they laid into the enemy with rather more finesse than most.
They became as famous for their appearance with monocles and old school ties as for their voices. Their photos frequently appeared in newspaper advertisements endorsing a variety of products. Their 'targets' mostly took the gentle barbs in good grace, but there were several occasions when their jokes attracted complaint. These included upsetting the Greek embassy, suggesting nepotism at the heart of government, which necessitated an immediate written apology.
Contributors include Barry Humphries, Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Mitch Benn, Stan Stennett and the daughters of Kenneth and George Western.
Producer: Stephen Garner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.
SAT 03:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo (b01p9gjy)
Episode 4
Caderousse is dead, and the Count's ward Andrea is poised to marry Eugenie Danglars.
While Heloise de Villefort pursues her own murderous plans to secure General Noirtier's inheritance for her son. The Count's revenge, so long in the planning, is devastating in its conclusion.
Adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas dramatised by Sebastian Baczkiewicz.
The Count/ Edmond Dantès ...... Iain Glen
Haydee ...... Jane Lapotaire
Younger Haydee ...... Amber Rose Revah
Mercedes de Morcerf ...... Josette Simon
Fernand, Count de Morcerf ...... Zubin Varla
Gerard de Villefort ...... Paul Rhys
Heloise de Villefort ...... Kate Fleetwood
Abbe Faria ...... Richard Johnson
Baron Danglars ...... Toby Jones
Hermine Danglars ...... Stephanie Racine
Eugenie Danglars ...... Eleanor Crooks
Valentine de Villefort ...... Lizzy Watts
Edouard de Villefort ...... Finn Monteath
Max Morrell ...... Adam Nagaitis
Andrea Cavalcanti ...... Will Howard
Bertuccio ...... Paul Stonehouse
Jacopo ...... Joe Sims
Milly ...... Sarah Thom
Music by David Tobin and Jeff Meegan.
Directors: Jeremy Mortimer / Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2012.
SAT 04:00 Say the Word (b00764vn)
Episode 4
Frank Delaney's panel game revolving around the English language.
With Christopher Cook, Miles Kington, Valerie Grove and Carol Boyd
Plus resident jesters - the Nimmo Twins
Producer: Simon Elmes
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.
SAT 04:30 The Circle (m001cgjw)
Holding The Baby
As Mike's big snooker match approaches and a variety of underhand dealings come to a head, a childcare crisis occurs for the babysitting circle. Who will be left holding the baby?
A six-part comedy series by Elizabeth Baines, set on an estate – described as an ‘exclusive village development’ – in Whittleshulme, Cheshire. Being the late ‘90s, the estate is squarely aimed at yuppies, the nouveau-riche and high-fliers. The trouble is, there are no local teenagers to babysit to allow the residents to pursue their busy careers and social lives. Hence the local babysitting circle…
Jenny Bryant .... Sherrie Hewson
Geoff Bryant .... John McArdle
Vanessa Percival .... Melissa Sinden
Doug Lewis .... Shaun Parkes
Carla McInnan .... Maxine Burth
Trish Abbas .... Jane Hazelgrove
Mike Quiqley .... Andrew Whyment
Emma .... Tara Prendergast
Crystal .... Holly Grainger
Hayley .... Jane Cawdron
Benedict .... Oliver Hamilton
Edmund .... Christopher Limond
Jessica .... Gemma Salusbury
Director: Andy Jordan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.
SAT 05:00 Miracles R Us (b00sjpjd)
Postcards
Comedy about two women who run a cleaning service together.
A woman engages Caroline to stay in her Sussex cottage to post daily pre-written postcards to her husband at home.
Caroline and Sylvia are dubious but need the cash. They gain her assurance and promise not to draw attention to themselves.
So it’s off for a well-paid long weekend away. What could possibly go wrong?
Sitcom by Lesley Bruce.
Sylvia ..... Anna Massey
Caroline ..... Deborah Findlay
Vivi / Mrs Davies ..... Gabrielle Lloyd
Constable Galloway ..... Alex Lowe
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.
SAT 05:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b09gg8tr)
Series 12
A Different Direction
All is going well for Ed. He has a regular income from his column in 'Your Motorhome' magazine which has the added bonus of also providing him with comfortable accommodation, and he is more than happy with his new agent, Maggie.
Determined to make the best of this seismic shift in his circumstances Ed resolves to put his relationship with Maggie her on a more permanent footing by introducing her to his children.
Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas.
Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas
Olive ...... Stephanie Cole
Eli ...... Lisa Coleman
Maggie ...... Monica Dolan
Pearl ...... Brigit Forsyth
Jaz ...... Philip Jackson
Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Jake ...... Sam Pamphillon
Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Producer: Dawn Ellis
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in November 2017.
SAT 06:00 Marie Lloyd, Queen of the Halls (b00g46xy)
After collapsing on stage one day in 1922, Marie Lloyd lies dying, battered by life, drink and hard work.
Raunchy to the end, the great music hall star recalls her songs, her audiences, her husbands and her triumphs and disasters.
Steve Trafford's adaptation of his stage play stars Elizabeth Mansfield, who played Marie in the original one-woman show.
Marie Lloyd ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Alec Hurley ...... Robert Lister
Bernard Dillon ...... Kilian McKenna
Bella ...... Jenny Howe
Doctor ...... James Greene
Mrs Ormiston Chant ...... Jo Kendall
Percy Courtenay ...... Christopher Good
Grace ...... Sarah Mansfield
Alice ...... Susan Sheridan
Temperance Advocate ...... Mary Allen
Manager ...... Danny Schiller
Mr Blythe Pratt ...... Timothy Alcock
Marconi ...... Ben Onwukwe
Agent ...... Andrew Wincott
Charlie ...... Nigel Carrington
Prince of Wales ...... Michael Kilgarriff
Official ...... Brian Miller
Committee Member ...... Timothy Carlton
Music director: Jack Glover
Musicians:
Maurice Cambridge
Noel Langley
Steve Wilks
Roy Babington
Stephen Rose
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1990.
SAT 07:30 Great Lives (m00074j6)
Robinson Crusoe
Was Robinson Crusoe real? According to the book it was 'written by himself'.
To establish the facts, Matthew Parris is joined by two notable desert island survivors to discuss Crusoe’s life and strange adventures, during 28 years on an uninhabited island near the mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque.
Crusoe's nominator is Lucy Irvine, who spent a year on Tuin Island with a man called Gerald. Her exploits resulted in a book and a film called ‘Castaway’. The second guest is journalist Martin Popplewell, who was inspired as a teenager to try desert island life by Brooke Shields in the film ‘The Blue Lagoon’.
As Martin points out, "There's no mention in the entire Crusoe book of coconuts" in this entertaining dissection of both Crusoe and his creator, Daniel Defoe.
Producer: Miles Warde
Produced in Bristol and first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2019.
SAT 08:00 The Write Stuff (b00qcjwq)
Series 13
Irvine Welsh
James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary correctness.
Team captains John Walsh and Lynne Truss are joined by Jane Thynne and Christopher Brookmyre.
Author of the week and subject for pastiche is Irvine Welsh.
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Producer: Katie Marsden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.
SAT 08:30 The Break (b0b5sqkb)
Series 2
The Clench
Andy and Jeff clash with The Mayor as a missing sweet shop sets off a tale of kompromat, corruption and coastal erosion.
Stars Philip Jackson, Alison Steadman and Mark Benton.
Comedy by Ian Brown and James Hendrie set in the eccentric seaside town of Flamford following City burn-out Andy Chambers
Andy ...... Tom Palmer
Jeff ...... Philip Jackson
Frank ...... Mark Benton
Mrs Steggles ...... Alison Steadman
Truepenny ...... Rasmus Hardiker
Bryony ...... Shobna Gulati
Producer: Gordon Kennedy
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast on in June 2018.
SAT 09:00 Selected Radiophonic Works (b00g15x3)
In 1958 an extraordinary musical laboratory was opened by the BBC. The Radiophonic Workshop provided music and sound for a wealth of BBC TV and radio programmes - from The Goon Show to Doctor Who.
Richard Coles explores the achievements of the unit and presents a carefully chosen selection of programmes showcasing the department's work:
* THE ELECTRIC TUNESMITHS
What have Doctor Who, New Worlds and Major Bloodnok's stomach in common? A Radiophonics Workshop signature tune.
George Luce finds out how sounds and tunes are conjured out of springs, shampoo bottles and electronic synthesisers. From BBC Radio 4, 1971.
* THE DREAMS
One of Delia Derbyshire's ‘Inventions for Radio’ produced in collaboration with the poet and dramatist Barry Bermange for the BBC Third Programme in 1964.
* THE GOON SHOW Series 9 (14/17) The Scarlet Capsule
Professor Ned Quatermass unravels a mystery around some enigmatic blue serge suits.
Stars Spike Milligan. From the BBC Home Service, 1959.
* INFERNO REVISITED
Peter Howell’s musical play by Peter Howell inspired by Dante's Inferno, with Alec McCowen as the Guide.
The music was realised at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. From BBC Radio 3, 1983
Plus clips of Bath Time (1976), Relativity (1974) and the legendary sound effect of Doctor Who’s TARDIS.
With contributions from Coldcut, Dick Mills and Mark Ayres.
Producer: Elizabeth Jaynes
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2008.
SAT 12:00 Wordaholics (b04fzc7p)
Series 3
Episode 1
Comedians Lloyd Langford, Holly Walsh, Paul Sinha and Natalie Haynes join Gyles Brandreth for the competitive panel game about words.
Lloyd Langford tells us why avocados are called avocados; Natalie Haynes explains what 'astroturfing' is all about; Paul Sinha unlocks the meaning of the German word 'handschuhsanbalwerfer' and Holly Walsh shares her favourite example of prison slang.
The panel also suggest words that don't yet exist, but should. What could they mean by 'a Clarkson', 'messcalation', 'trage' and 'appointmentia'?
Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2014
SAT 12:30 Lobby Land (b0b52wks)
Series 1
Frozen Out
It's summer in Westminster and the halls are alive with the sound of gossip, but young political editor Sam Peakes is struggling to stay afloat.
Having drawn the short straw at work, she's being tailed around by Lawrence the office intern, and she needs a story - fast.
Sam Peakes … Ophelia Lovibond
Tom Shriver MP … Charlie Higson
Mia Phillips … Cariad Lloyd
Dom Bell … Lewis Macleod
Lawrence Mills … Ryan Sampson
Mel Munson MP …. Clare Price
Written by Christopher Davies, Alistair Griggs and Jon Harvey
Producer: Jon Harvey
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2018.
SAT 13:00 Archive on 4 (b04bmvvs)
Broadcasting Freedom
Bonnie Greer reports on the fascinating story of how pioneering black broadcasters broke radio's racial taboos, putting radio at the heart of the national debate on race and laying the groundwork for the Civil Rights movement.
Bonnie Greer is a London-based playwright and author who turned her own appearance on ‘Question Time’ with Nick Griffin into a libretto of opera. She has sat on the boards for the British Museum, Royal Opera House, Serpentine Gallery and the Bronte Society.
This programme saw her trek throughout different locations in America to talk to those instrumental in the Civil Rights struggle as expressed through audio broadcast media.
Producers: Jennie Walmsley and Maria Balinska
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000.
SAT 14:00 Electric Ink (b0116gvm)
Series 1
Episode 1
Maddox is an old school journalist struggling to keep up with new technology.
He feels the art of finding stories is being forgotten and he is not about to let that happen.
Starring Robert Lindsay and Alex Jennings.
Old hacks meet new media in Alistair Beaton’s satire set in the changing world of the newspaper industry.
Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay
Oliver ...... Alex Jennings
Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington
Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar
Masha ...... Debbie Chazen
Freddy ...... Ben Willbond
Announcer ...... Matt Addis
With additional material by Tom Mitchelson.
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009.
SAT 14:30 Weak at the Top (b00tjnmq)
Series 2
Values
Marketing maestro John Weak tries to solve the meeting room crisis with some challenging seduction...
Randy, devious, sexist and workshy, John Weak puts the man into management – in Guy Browning’s sitcom.
Starring Alexander Armstrong as marketing maestro and "totty" magnet John Weak.
Hayley ...... Clare Perkins
Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook
Tim ...... Ewan Bailey
Giles ...... Stephen Critchlow
Sam ...... Adjoa Andoh
Music: David Pickvance
Producer: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.
SAT 15:00 Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music (b00cqh5d)
Series 2
Journey to the Centre of Rick
Mitch Benn and his team must be miniaturised and inserted into Rick Wakeman to prevent impending war.
It's a voyage told through song. Do not adjust your set.
With Robin Ince, Alfie Joey, Tasha Baylis and Kirsty Newton.
Written by Mitch Benn and Robin Ince.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2005
SAT 15:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007qx6z)
Series 1
The Universe
The spoof TV sci-fi star explains life's big mysteries.
This week, Lionel and the Inexplicable World team tackle the question of where the universe came from, whilst Richard and Stewart use themselves as guinea pigs to discover if time really does go faster if you're having fun.
Written by and starring Richard Herring and Stewart Lee.
Also featuring Rebecca Front, Armando Iannucci and Tom Baker.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1992.
SAT 16:00 Marie Lloyd, Queen of the Halls (b00g46xy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Great Lives (m00074j6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 18:00 Doctor Who (m001cg90)
Tenth Doctor Adventures
Cold Vengeance
When Rose suggests a ski break, the TARDIS materialises on Coldstar, a vast freezer satellite that supplies food to a colony world. But there are cracks in the ice, and something scuttles under the floors. Soon, Rose and the Doctor encounter robots, space pirates… and a couple of recycling operatives.
As Coldstar's tunnels begin to melt, an even greater threat stirs within. An old enemy, the Ice Warriors, have a plan for retribution. Nobody's vengeance is colder than an Ice Warrior's.
The last of six adventures featuring tenth incarnation of The Doctor.
CAST:
The Doctor .... David Tennant
Rose Tyler .... Billie Piper
Brona Volta …. Maureen Beattie
Callum Volta …. Sean Biggerstaff
Lord Hasskor/Commander Slaan …. Nicholas Briggs
Lorna …. Keziah Joseph
Management/Bert …. Anthony Stuart-Hicks
other parts were played by members of the cast.
Written by Matt Fitton.
Original music by Howard Carter.
Director: Nicholas Briggs
A Big Finish production from 2016.
SAT 19:00 Selected Radiophonic Works (b00g15x3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b015brnj)
Series 1
Episode 3
John Finnemore's first series of the multi-award-winning sketch show, with Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan.
In this third edition, the show visits some documentary-makers, has a big debate, and then treats itself to a little trophy.
John Finnemore, writer and star of Cabin Pressure, regular guest on The Now Show and popper-up in things like Miranda and That Mitchell and Webb Look returns with half an hour of his own sketches, each funnier than the last. Although, hang on, that system means starting the whole series with the least funny sketch. Might need to rethink that. OK, it's a new show filled with sketches written and performed by John Finnemore, but now no longer arranged in strict order of funniness. Also, he's cut the sketch that would have gone first.
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is written by and stars John Finnemore.
Producer: Ed Morrish
A BBC Radio Comedy production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2011.
SAT 22:30 The Harpoon (b00cmgpb)
Series 3
Episode 3
Across the Atlantic alone, and great beverages from history.
More nostalgic fun in the spoof of boys' adventure story papers - this week incorporating 'Lathe Monthly'.
Performed by Alistair McGowan, Peter Baynham, Susie Brann, Mary Elliot-Nelson and Julian Dutton.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994.
SAT 23:00 Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs (b00tw32q)
Episode 4
Welsh comic Rhod Gilbert introduces regulars Lloyd Langford and Greg Davies, plus Sarah Millican who takes a weekly look at The Six Stages of Woman.
With live music from Goldheart Assembly, including hits King of Rome and Engravers Daughter.
Guest comedian is Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, Milton Jones.
Join Rhod for his Rant on misguided advertising, see what punch lines Lloyd Langford offers up in It's a Set Up and see if Greg Davies can tempt you with a life time supply of chocolate if you accept his Indecent Proposal.
Producers: Julia Mckenzie and Lianne Coop.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 2010.

SUNDAY 02 OCTOBER 2022

SUN 00:00 Doctor Who (m001cg90)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 (b04bmvvs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 Electric Ink (b0116gvm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 Weak at the Top (b00tjnmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:00 Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music (b00cqh5d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007qx6z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Marie Lloyd, Queen of the Halls (b00g46xy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 Great Lives (m00074j6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Middle England by Jonathan Coe (Omnibus) (m00019gk)
Episode 1
'It was tempting to think, at times like this, that some bizarre hysteria had gripped the British people.'
Jonathan Coe's novel is a comic yet poignant look at Britain in the run up to Brexit.
2010, the eve of a general election when PM Gordon Brown makes a comment not realising his microphone is still on. Meanwhile, the Potters reconvene after their mother's funeral.
Ian and Sophie have recently married and are on opposing sides of the EU Referendum debate. Doug is a left-wing journalist who writes about austerity from his Chelsea townhouse and his radical teenage daughter will stop at nothing in her quest for social justice. Benjamin Trotter, embarks on an apparently doomed new career in middle age, and his father Colin's last wish is to vote to leave the EU.
Through these lives, Jonathan Coe tells the story of modern England: a story of nostalgia and delusion; of bewilderment and barely-suppressed rage.
Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Richard Hamilton.
Read by Jeff Rawle
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.
SUN 07:10 Inheritance Tracks (b078569w)
Emilia Clarke
Actress Emilia Clarke chooses 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' by The Beatles and 'Check Yo Self' by Ice Cube.
SUN 07:20 Cyrano de Bergerac (Omnibus) (b05zllz3)
Swordsman, Philosopher, Poet Raconteur - Cyrano is all of these things, but none of them make him happy. What he wants more than anything is the love of the beautiful Roxane.
But he has one huge problem that’s as plain as the nose on his face. Is he too ugly to be loved? Especially when the new handsome cadet Christian de Neuvillette also declares his love for her.
Omnibus of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac adapted by Glyn Maxwell.
Cyrano ....Tom Burke
Roxane .... Emily Pithon
Valvert .... Jonathan Keeble
Le Bret .... Christopher Harper
De Guiche .... Conrad Nelson
Christian .... Kieran Hodgson
Ragueneau .... Roger Morlidge
Duenna .... Verity May Henry
Sgt Carbonne .... Jonathan Keeble
Mother Superior .... Emily Pithon
Music by Harry Blake
Director Susan Roberts
First broadcast in five parts on BBC Radio 4 in June 2015.
SUN 08:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (b00s6rcl)
Series 1
The Cruise - 1/2
The dear ladies attempt to fly off to entertain the passengers on a Mediterranean cruise liner...
Starring Dame Hilda Bracket and her lifelong companion Dr Evadne Hinge.
Brought to you from the genteel setting of the Suffolk village of Stackton Tressel, where the musical duo reside.
Written by Mike Craig, Lawrie Kinsley and Ron McDonnell.
Dame Hilda Bracket ...... George Logan
Dr Evadne Hinge ...... Patrick Fyffe
Brigadier Roland Baines ...... Michael Bates
Captain Frobisher ...... Donald Hewlett
Three series ran on BBC Radio 4 between 1977 and 1979, with further spin-off seasons on BBC Radio 2 until 1990.
In the early 1980s, they expanded over to BBC TV with the series Dear Ladies.
Produced at BBC Manchester by James Casey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1977.
SUN 09:00 The Inimitable Jeeves (b007jvz6)
Pearls Mean Tears
When Bertie Wooster's Aunt Agatha sparks uproar - can his valet Jeeves save the day?
PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.
Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Aunt Agatha ..... Joan Sanderson
Aileen Hemingway ..... Pat Coombs
Sidney Hemingway ..... Brian Oulton
Chamber Maid ..... Miriam Margolyes
Hotel Manager ..... Brian Haines.
Adapted by Chris Miller.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1973.
SUN 09:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b007s2bx)
Series 1
Episode 5
The sports agent is struggling to keep his staff, his dignity - and his wife. Stars Neil Pearson. From September 2004.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001cmyr)
Fashion Designers
Anya Hindmarch
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the designer and businesswoman famous for luxury handbags and novel accessories - Anya Hindmarch.
Given her first designer handbag by her mother at 16, Anya knew where her future lay. At 18 she went to Florence to immerse herself in the Italian style, and ended up in the world of Florentine leather. This inspired her to create her own leather duffel bag. Over the years, Anya has also been keen to create and market 'eco' bags. Her personal life is as busy as her professional life. She met and subsequently married an older widower when she was 25. He had three children aged under 5 and they've since added a further two to the clan.
Anya chooses:
DISC ONE: I Was Glad - Hubert Parry
DISC TWO: Overture to Funny Girl - The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra
DISC THREE: Paolo Conte - Via con me
DISC FOUR: Cantique de Jean Racine - Gabriel Fauré
DISC FIVE: My Room - Earl Okin
DISC SIX: Battle Hymn of the Republic - The Fron Male Voice Choir
DISC SEVEN: Zorba’s Dance - Mikis Theodorakis
DISC EIGHT: Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
BOOK CHOICE - Grimm's fairy tales - Brothers Grimm
LUXURY CHOICE - Yellow rotating pencil and a book of unlined paper
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - I Was Glad - Hubert Parry
Producer: Alison Hughes
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2012.
SUN 10:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00yjtg4)
Series 2
Canopy
If you walk into a rainforest you are immediately met by quite literally a forest of trees.
All the tree trunks look like cathedral pillars, smooth and wet from the rain. Not a single branch emerges from the trunk for tens of metres - and when they do you see a breath-taking interlocking jungle of branches and leaves, ferns and flowers and all number of creatures great and small. The canopy is a bonanza of tropical forest life, in the bright light and gentle breeze - a far cry from the dark and humid underworld of the forest floor.
Not surprising then that Sir David Attenborough knew this would be a perfect place to film wildlife.
Producer: Julian Hector
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2011.
SUN 11:00 Radiolab (m001cmz6)
Series 10
The Helen Keller Exorcism
Radiolab explores the real story of Deafblind American author and rights activist, Helen Keller. With Jad Abumrad, Lulu Miller and Elsa Sjunneson.
Fantasy writer Elsa Sjunneson has been haunted by Helen Keller for nearly her entire life. Like Helen, Elsa is Deafblind, and growing up she was constantly compared to her. But for a million different reasons she hated that, because she felt different from her in a million different ways. Then, a year ago, an online conspiracy theory claiming Helen was a fraud exploded on TikTok, and suddenly Elsa found herself drawing her sword and jumping to Helen’s defense, setting off a chain of events that would bring her closer to the disability icon than she ever dreamt. For over a year, Elsa, Lulu and the Radiolab team dug through primary sources, talked to experts, even visited Helen’s birthplace Ivy Green, and discovered the real story of Helen Keller is far more complicated, mysterious and confounding than the simple myth of a young Deafblind girl rescued by her teacher Annie Sullivan. It’s a story of ghosts, surprises, a few tears, a bit of romance, some hard conversations, and a possibly psychic dog.
Radiolab is a Peabody-award winning show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and the human experience.
The Radiolab team investigate a strange world.
From WNYC. First broadcast on public radio in the USA in 2022.
SUN 11:55 Inheritance Tracks (b078569w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]
SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m001cwrl)
Edward Thomas - The Journey To War
Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and chooses Edward Thomas - The Journey to War. The London Welsh poet was killed during the Battle of Arras, just over 100 years ago. He was 39 years old.
Gwyneth Lewis, Wales' first National Poet, has admired his work greatly over many years. ‘Edward Thomas: The Journey to War’ is her tribute to him.
She presents a comprehensive portrait of Thomas, the man and his work.
The programme features interviews from Cardiff University’s Special Collections and Archives. Amongst the extensive collection are recordings with Edward Thomas’ widow, Helen, and his daughters, Bronwen and Myfanwy.
Thomas was one of the most important poets of the 20th century, influencing poets such as Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin and R.S. Thomas.
Professor Edna Longley, a leading Edward Thomas scholar, tells Gwyneth that Thomas has a unique place in poetry:
“An extraordinary thing is the number of poets today and in the past century who have written poems to or about Edward Thomas. There is no other poet of whom the same is true. So he is ‘a poet’s poet’ in the best sense of that term.”
He isn’t however, an elitist poet. As Edna Longley says, Thomas, to use Virginia Woolf’s phrase, is also read by ‘the common reader’. His most well-known poem, "Addlestrop" is one of the most requested poems on BBC Radio 4’s “Poetry Please”.
Produced by Dinah Jones.
First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in 2017.
SUN 12:30 Electric Ink (b011f3pc)
Series 1
Episode 2
Circulation is going through the roof.
Old hacks meet new media in Alistair Beaton’s satire set in the changing world of the newspaper industry.
Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay
Oliver ...... Alex Jennings
Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington
Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar
Masha ...... Debbie Chazen
Freddy ...... Ben Willbond
Announcer ...... Matt Addis
With additional material by Tom Mitchelson.
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009.
SUN 13:00 Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich (Omnibus) (b0b5s4v4)
Episode 1
The world is in crisis. Evolution has gone into reverse, affecting all creatures great and small, including the next generation of humans. Fewer babies - or their mothers - are surviving to full term and, of those babies born, many have been identified as belonging to a more primitive species of human. As governments take drastic action to limit the catastrophe, there has never been a more dangerous time to be having a baby.
Cedar Songmaker is pregnant. She is the adopted daughter of Minneapolis liberals. Determined to find out as much about her baby's make up as possible, she makes contact with her birth family on the Ojibwe reservation.
Omnibus of the first five episodes of Louise Erdrich's ten-part tale.
Despite increasing levels of panic across the country, Cedar sets out to meet her birth mother for the first time.
American author, Louise Erdrich lives in Minnesota. Her novel The Round House won the National Book Award for Fiction. She's also received the Library of Congress Prize in American Fiction, the prestigious PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
Abridger: Jeremy Osborne
Reader: Cherrelle Skeete
Producer: Lisa Osborne
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2018.
SUN 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b0bnxfk7)
Ray Winstone
Actor Ray Winstone chooses Nat King Cole's Smile and Dean Martin's version of West Ham FC’s anthem I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles.
SUN 14:20 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton (Omnibus) (b008003l)
Episode 2
Elizabeth Gaskell's frank portrayal of Manchester life in the 1840s created shock waves when her novel was published and established her reputation.
Mary Barton, the daughter of cotton weaver John Barton, is wooed by her childhood sweetheart. Tragedy strikes for Jem, but will occupied Mary offer any comfort?
Omnibus of episodes 6 to 10 of 20 episodes
Dramatised by Lavinia Murray
John …. David Calder
Mary …. Emma Rydal
George Wilson …. Paul Copley
Mrs Wilson …. Natasha Pyne
Jem Wilson …. Ian Dunn
Alice …. Marlene Sidaway
Sally …. Fiona Clarke
Margaret …. Teresa Gallagher
Esther/Nell …. Carolyn Pickles
Rent Collector …. Sean Baker
Henry Carson …. Justin
Job Legh …. Roy Hudd
Will Wilson …. Simon Trinder
Director Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001
SUN 15:30 Inside the Elephant Mind (b00qxgzw)
Elephants are clever but science is only now beginning to reveal just how smart they really are. Andrew Luck-Baker joins British and Kenyan researchers on the East African savannah who are revealing the depths of the elephant mind with the help of a huge loudspeaker in the back of a Land Rover.
By playing different sound recordings - of elephants, lions and people - at elephant family groups, scientists are probing the sophistication of their memory and pachyderm numerical skills. They are also testing whether elephants can distinguish between different human languages. Anecdotes suggest they can.
Another team of British researchers have been using urine samples and smelly clothes in experiments to probe the agility of elephant grey matter.
All this has been taking place on the plains of Amboseli National Park in Kenya, in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro. Amboseli is home to the world's longest running study of a single elephant population. Started by journalist-turned-biologist Cynthia Moss almost forty years ago, the study is a continuing record of every facet of the lives of every elephant living there. Cynthia Moss says the Amboseli data is ‘gold’ for visiting animal psychologists.
It turns out that that elephants are more intelligent than humans in some respects. For example, elephants have a much better short-term working memory than we do and out-perform people on at least one numerical skill. But why might they need to distinguish between the English language and the language of the local Masaai people? And what does this research tell us about the evolution of animal intelligence in general?
Produced and presented by Andrew Luck-Baker.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.
SUN 16:00 Lucy Catherine - The Goldilocks Zone (b0076smd)
"There are a hundred billion nerve cells in the mind, a hundred billion stars in the galaxy and a hundred other paths I could have taken."
A modern day Brief Encounter showing how when we are lost, only a true connection with another human being can bring us back to ourselves.
Written by Lucy Catherine.
Nicola ...... Nicola Walker
Hux ...... Stuart McQuarrie
Shannon ...... Clemmie Hooton
Jamie ...... Johnny Thomas Davies
Mohammed ...... Shiv Grewal
Jenny ...... Amelda Brown
John ...... Carl Prekopp
Alice/Brigita ...... Alice Hart
Ross ...... Harry Myers
Sandra ...... Colleen Prendergast
Woman ...... Susan Jameson
Director: Mary Peate
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2005.
SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001cwrl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]
SUN 17:30 Electric Ink (b011f3pc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
SUN 18:00 Philip Palmer - Invasion (b02x7mx8)
In 2043, astronaut Kadian Giametti becomes the first human to walk on Mars. But on his return to Earth he wakes up in a quarantine cell from which he's not allowed to leave. Slowly Kadian learns the truth about what's happened on Earth while he's been away, and what he's brought back with him.
A claustrophobic two-hander from science fiction writer Philip Palmer.
CAST:
Kadian .... Edward Hogg
Jenna .... Amita Dhiri
Director: James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
SUN 18:45 Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce (b03zmdqw)
1893: Can a machine think - and if so – could it be prone to violence like humans?
Robert Lang reads this short story by the American master of the uncanny, Ambrose Bierce
Producer Maurice Leitch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1980.
SUN 19:00 Radiolab (m001cmz6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 20:00 Lucy Catherine - The Goldilocks Zone (b0076smd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001cmyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00yjtg4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SUN 22:00 Electric Ink (b011f3pc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
SUN 22:30 I Think I've Got a Problem (b00cl6vl)
Series 2
Episode 3
Things are looking up for Tom - he's got a new job working at the zoo, which he loves, and he's also met a rather nice girl called Pi, who works with the birds, and what's more, it seems that Pi also has a band in her head.
Everything looks perfect, so surely the band in Tom's head couldn't possibly ruin things for him this time...could they?
Starring Suggs and Bob Monkhouse.
Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero's everyday story about a man who can't stop himself from breaking into song.
Suggs ..... Tom Caine
Bob Monkhouse ..... Dr Boone
Phil Cornwell ..... Bouche
Andrew McGibbon ..... Jake
Nick Romero ..... Monty DeVere
Bill Nighy ..... Malc
Julia Deakin ..... Phelia
Toby Longworth ..... Clammy
Pi ..... Debra Stephenson
Songs: Andrew McGibbon. Nick Romero and Suggs
Producers: Andrew McGibbon and Dawn Ellis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003.
SUN 23:00 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jr62)
Series 3
The St Valentine's Day Mastersons
Budding starlet Genevieve hits seedy 1920s Hollywood.
The award-winning improvised historical family saga based entirely on audience suggestions.
Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Lee Simpson, Phelim McDermott and Caroline Quentin.
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1995.
SUN 23:30 Boyle's Law (b00n12rr)
Attached to a tea mug bearing the legend 'I am the Law', you will find the long arm of Inspector Vincent Boyle - in charge of data storage. Banned from doing any actual detecting nowadays, he saves his 'catlike' instincts for reading difficult situations amongst workmates and acting as a father figure to the community support officers.
Boyle....................... Sanjeev Bhaskar
Fox.......................Anna Chancellor
Adams......................Meredith MacNeill
Commander Norris..................Nicholas Farrell
Shankar.......................Nitin Ganatra
Waitres..........................Kate Layden
Written by Suk Pannu
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.

MONDAY 03 OCTOBER 2022

MON 00:00 Philip Palmer - Invasion (b02x7mx8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:45 Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce (b03zmdqw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich (Omnibus) (b0b5s4v4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b0bnxfk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Sunday]
MON 02:20 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton (Omnibus) (b008003l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:20 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Inside the Elephant Mind (b00qxgzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Lucy Catherine - The Goldilocks Zone (b0076smd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (m001cwrl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Electric Ink (b011f3pc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Death May Surprise Us (m001c6wf)
6. Staccato
As the Prime Minister’s captors prepare to carry out their threat, security forces track down their hideout.
Will the strange repercussions of an incident at Okefield Park ever be revealed?
Starring Leslie Sands.
Conclusion of Ted Willis's thriller series - adapted from his own novel.
Jack Stoddart ... Leslie Sands
Jess Stoddart .... Mary Wimbush
Victor .... Cyril Shaps
Commander Knowles .... Geoffrey Matthews
Hugh Lashwood .... Preston Lockwood
Sue Swinton .... Charlotte Long
Inspector Wiley .... Scott Cherry
Jane .... Moir Leslie
Thornby .... Colin Starkey
Valchik .... Anthony Daniels
Karel .... Jonathan Owen
Colonel Ackland .... Bernard Brown
Director: Graham Gauld
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1984.
MON 06:30 Jules Verne (b007jty4)
Around The World in Eighty Days
1. An Over-Hurried Departure
In which a bet is made, the Bank of England is robbed and the gas is left on.
Eccentric gentleman, Phileas Fogg's new valet Passepartout had been hoping for a quiet life...
Starring Leslie Phillips.
Jules Verne's classic story, first published in 1872.
Dramatised in four parts by Terry James.
Phileas Fogg …. Leslie Phillips
Passpartout …. Yves Aubert
Sergeant Fix …. Jim Broadbent
Lord Albermarle …. Ronald Fraser
Mr Flanagan …. Ronald Herdman
Mr Stuart …. John Church
The Doorman …. Mark Straker
Consul …. Terence Edmond
Forster …. Nicholas Murchie
Beggarwoman …. Joanna Myers
Original music by Wilfredo Acosta.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.
MON 07:00 Hazelbeach (b00899mt)
Series 1
Language Teacher
Nick gets a job with a dominatrix and Ronnie buys an extraordinary number of sinks.
Caroline and David Stafford's comedy stars Jamie Forman as Ronnie Hazelbeach.
Ronnie ...... Jamie Foreman
Nick ...... Paul Bazely
Mrs Barlow ...... Tracy Wiles
James ...... John Dougall
Senora ...... Liza Sadovy
Producer: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.
MON 07:30 Mark Steel's in Town (m001cdrp)
Series 12
Paris
Mark Steel's In Town - Paris
Mark Steel is back with the 12th series of his award winning show that travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness. After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for a local audience.
In this final episode Mark visits Paris. Yeah, that Paris. The one in France. Where he performs on a boat on the river Seine.
In this series, Mark also popped to the Nottingham, Tring, The Isles of Scilly, Salisbury, and Newport. And for the first time, there will be extended versions of each episode available on BBC sounds.
Written and performed by Mark Steel
Additional material by Pete Sinclair
Production co-ordinator Sarah Sharpe
Production co-ordinator Katie Baum
Sound Manager Jerry Peal
Producer Carl Cooper
Producer Richard Morris
With special thanks to Mark's French teacher Fatima Belaouzi
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00mlxk1)
Series 3
Episode 12
Kenneth Williams saddles up as a jockey in 'A Man Is Two Foot Tall', but Kenneth Horne is after some advice on Bona Bijou Tourettes from Julian and Sandy.
Packed full of colourful characters, parodies, memorable catchphrases, and double-entendres.
Starring:
Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden
Bill Pertwee
Announcer: Douglas Smith
Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London.
Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.
Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman wrote the brilliantly inventive - and sometimes outrageous - scripts for four series between 1965 and 1968.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1967.
MON 08:30 Yes Minister (b007jznv)
Series 1
The Devil You Know
Cabinet reshuffle rumours unsettle MP Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Antony Jay and Jonathan’s Lynn satirical sitcom ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984.
Yes Minister is centred around the hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard …. Derek Fowlds
Annie …. Diana Hoddinott
Sir Arnold …. John Nettleton
George …. Arthur Cox
Waiter …. Stuart Organ
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on Radio 4 in December 1983.
MON 09:00 Wordaholics (b04g8q5c)
Series 3
Episode 2
Comedians Josh Widdecombe and Helen Keen, Dictionary Corner's Susie Dent and classics scholar Natalie Haynes vie for wordy supremacy under the watchful eye of chair Gyles Brandreth.
Lexicographer Susie Dent admits to the words she finds most difficult to spell; science lover Helen Keen grumpily dismantles the portmanteau word 'murse'; Natalie Haynes works out what 'kyacting' is, and does some to boot; while Josh Widdecombe tries to ban the word 'chilllax'.
The panel also guess what some foreign words which have no direct equivalent in English.
Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2014.
MON 09:30 Country Matters (b00lrv65)
Episode 5
Dave and Cathy face a hectic weekend of visitors to their cottage. Stars Jonathan Tafler and Lesley Sharp. From May 1994.
MON 10:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l60zl)
1. Lucilla's Revolution
Lucilla Marjoribanks, a large and determined girl, returns from school with one purpose in life - to be a comfort to her recently widowed father - and to avoid all proposals of marriage...
Starring Teresa Gallagher and Elizabeth Spriggs.
Margaret Oliphant's humorous novel dramatised in four-parts by Elizabeth Proud.
Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher
Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon
Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Tom Marjoribanks ...... Nicholas Murchie
Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud
Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor
Mrs Mortimer ...... Kate Binchy
Fanny ...... Siriol Jenkins
Edward ...... David Holt
The Rev Bury ...... John Fleming
Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield
Maria Brown ...... Melanie Hudson
Mr Holder ...... Eric Allan
Nancy ...... Joanna Wake
Music by Malcolm McKee.
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992.
MON 11:00 TED Radio Hour (m001cmzc)
Series 9
The Birds And The Bees
A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) stage.
Manoush Zomorodi explores the challenges of a key aspect of life, how birds, bees and bugs manage to multiply.
First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2022.
MON 11:50 Inheritance Tracks (m001cmzf)
Kate Nash
The singer-songwriter Kate Nash inherits 'Delirium Tremens' by Christy Moore and passes on 'Stay Wild' by Shuga.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00mlxk1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Yes Minister (b007jznv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 Death May Surprise Us (m001c6wf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Jules Verne (b007jty4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Middle England by Jonathan Coe (m00019mg)
Episode 6
A novel for Brexit Britain.
Beginning in 2010 on the outskirts of Birmingham and London, Jonathan Coe's novel follows a Britain through a time of mind-boggling change. It paints a portrait of modern England up to Brexit: a country of nostalgia and delusion, of bewilderment and barely-suppressed rage.
Episode 6 - 2015 and manifestos are launched, Cameron promises an EU Referendum - and the Conservatives unexpectedly win the election.
Reader: Jeff Rawle
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.
MON 14:15 Katherine Jakeways - Forty Weeks (b08492fx)
Lentil
By Katherine Jakeways
Romantic comedy about the fallout from an unexpected one night stand.
Sam loves Rose. And Rose loves Sam. But while Rose is away on business, Sam’s dad dies and he ends up getting drunk and sleeping with a woman he’s never met before, called Bayley. Love compels him to confess to Rose, but can they salvage their relationship?
Writer Katherine Jakeways (North by Northamptonshire) is described by The Radio Times as the 'new Victoria Wood' saying "her character comedy is so acutely observed and so sharp that it's in danger of causing permanent injury." Starring Rebecca Humphries (Big Bad World), Matthew Baynton (The Wrong Mans), Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat) and Julia Deakin (I’m Alan Partridge).
Rose…. Rebecca Humphries
Sam…. Matthew Baynton
Bayley…. Kimberley Nixon
Mum…. Julia Deakin
Directed by James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales Production
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.
MON 14:30 The Forgotten Black Cowboys (b01r9wcg)
Hollywood shows us a wild west populated only by white cowboys. But it's only part of the story, as Sarfraz Manzoor discovers as he goes in search of America's black cowboys. 
On his journey through Texas, he finds that the west was populated by both African Americans and Hispanic cowboys, and that their legacy lives on today. He joins a trail ride with black cowboys as they make their way across the dusty plains following the routes of their ancestors. Complete with twelve covered wagons and up to 200 riders on horseback, Sarfraz finds a great pride in this black heritage.
In Wichita, Kansas, he meets one remarkable performer, the very first actor to appear as a black cowboy in the movies of the 1930s. At a time of racial segration in the United States, few white cinema goers would ever have heard of Herb Jeffries, but he was the hero in films such as 'Harlem on the Prairie'. Today Herb Jeffries is about to turn 100.
So how did this part of America get airbrushed out of the movies and the history books? He talks to experts and archivists, as well as those who have lived the life of the range, to find a true life story hidden from sight for many years.
Contributors:
Debbie Lauth
Douglas Harman
Mollie Stephenson
Wayne Ludwick
Jim Austin
Vincent Jacob
Cleveland Walter
Alan Govenar
Michael Searle
Herb Jeffries
Teresa Burleson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
MON 15:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l60zl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 Wordaholics (b04g8q5c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 16:30 Country Matters (b00lrv65)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 17:00 Hazelbeach (b00899mt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:30 Mark Steel's in Town (m001cdrp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 The Routemasters by Andrew McGibbon (b007jnqx)
1. Taking the Michelangelo
When Bernie catches the wrong London bus, he's transported back to 16th century Rome to thwart two meddling time travellers - and rescue Michelangelo.
Starring Andrew McGibbon as Raymond, Amanda Donohoe as Hilderghast, Karl Minns as the Conductor, Owen Evans as Bernie, Andy Mulligan as Michelangelo, Dan Freedman as Kurzio and Alex Lowe as the interpolator
Written by Andrew McGibbon. Additional material by Rob Colley and Kevin Greening.
Theme by Ozzy Temple and other music by Nick Romero.
Producer: Julian Mayers
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
MON 18:30 A Good Read (b051s2bw)
Susie Dent and Janice Langley
Countdown dictionary buff Susie Dent and WI Chair Janice Langley share some good reads with Harriett Gilbert.
Red Love - The Story of an East German Family by Maxim Leo, translated by Shaun Whiteside
Publisher Pushkin Press
A Walk Across the Sun by Corban Addison
Publisher Quercus
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P D James
Publisher Faber
Producer Sally Heaven
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2015.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00mlxk1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Yes Minister (b007jznv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 Death May Surprise Us (m001c6wf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Jules Verne (b007jty4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 TED Radio Hour (m001cmzc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:50 Inheritance Tracks (m001cmzf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today]
MON 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town (m001cdrp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Rubbish (b008crj4)
Series 2
Couples
Martin discovers the world's full of couples and unhappily, they all want his advice!
Tony Bagley's local government sitcom.
CAST:
Martin …. Reece Dinsdale
Barney …. Matthew Cottle
John …. Neil Dudgeon
Sarah …. Pippa Haywood
Scott …. Kevin Eldon
Saffron …. Nadia Kamil
Naomi …. Katherine Jakeways
David …. Martin Trenaman
The Compere …. Ewan Bailey
Producer: Claire Bartlett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.
MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001crmz)
Mark Thomas 1/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Lou Conran catches up with Mark Thomas.
MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m001cf66)
Series 109
Episode 3
We're in Liverpool this week where Andy is joined by Eleanor Tiernan, Adam Rowe, Stephen Bailey and Sonia Sodha. The panel discuss the Labour Party conference in the city and examine what Keir Starmer is bringing to the table. They also discuss the state of the UK economy and the recent Nord Stream gas leaks.
Hosted and written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Zoë Tomalin, Sam Picone and Jade Gebbie.
Producer: Georgia Keating
Executive Producer: Pete Strauss
Production Co-ordinator: Ryan Walker-Edwards
A BBC Studios Production
MON 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007r4mj)
Series 1
Death and the Afterlife
The spoof TV sci-fi star explains life's big mysteries.
Written by and starring Richard Herring and Stewart Lee
With Tom Baker, Rebecca Front and Armando Iannucci
Producer Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1992.

TUESDAY 04 OCTOBER 2022

TUE 00:00 The Routemasters by Andrew McGibbon (b007jnqx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b051s2bw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Death May Surprise Us (m001c6wf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Jules Verne (b007jty4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Middle England by Jonathan Coe (m00019mg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Katherine Jakeways - Forty Weeks (b08492fx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 The Forgotten Black Cowboys (b01r9wcg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l60zl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Wordaholics (b04g8q5c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Country Matters (b00lrv65)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Hazelbeach (b00899mt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 Mark Steel's in Town (m001cdrp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0003sw0)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 4
Silver Blaze
The great detective investigates the disappearance of a horse and its trainer.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale originally appeared in 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes' first published in 1892. Adapted by Michael Hardwick.
CAST:
Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson …. Norman Shelley
John Straker …. Peter Pratt
Edith Baxter …. Elizabeth Weaver
Jack …. John Baddeley
Charlie …. Michael Deacon
Hunter …. Nigel Anthony
Mrs Straker …. Peggy Butt
Fitzroy Simpson …. Peter Claughton
Inspector Gregory …. Humphrey Morton
Colonel Ross …. George Curson
Silas Brown …. George Hagan
Carleton Hobbs starred as the Baker Street sleuth in 80 radio dramas between 1952 and 1969.
Producer: Robin Midgley
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1962.
TUE 06:30 Jules Verne (b007jtyc)
Around The World in Eighty Days
2. Distractions in the Jungle
In which Phileas Fogg rides an elephant, Sergeant Fix loses sight of him and Passepartout saves the day...
Jules Verne's classic story dramatised in four parts by Terry James.
CAST:
Phileas Fogg …. Leslie Phillips
Passpartout …. Yves Aubert
Sergeant Fix …. Jim Broadbent
Hong Kong Policeman …. Jonathan Adams
The Clerk …. Ronald Herdman
Bombay Police …. John Church
The Guide …. Mark Straker
The Judge …. Terence Edmond
The Conductor …. Nicholas Murchie
Indian Woman …. Joanna Myers
Aouda …. Diana Quick
Brigadier Cromarty …. Garard Green
Elephant Driver …. Lyndham Gregory
Original music by Wilfredo Acosta.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991.
TUE 07:00 The Break (b0b6htgg)
Series 2
The Last Farewell
The death of Frank's rival, Frank, causes Frank mixed emotions - glee and joy.
Seaside sitcom by James Hendrie and Ian Brown
Starring Philip Jackson, Tom Palmer, Alison Steadman, Mark Benton, Shobna Gulati and Rasmus Hardiker
Producer Gordon Kennedy
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2018.
TUE 07:30 Stand-Up Specials (m000s85m)
Rachel Parris: Austensibly Feminist
Comedian Rachel Parris, a Jane Austen fan and geek, assesses one of our greatest writer's feminist credentials.
Although Jane Austen wrote about a particular class of women at a particular period in our history , the portraits she drew have resonated with millions of subsequent readers. But rarely is she considered from a feminist perspective.
In this stand-up comedy show recorded in front of a live, virtual audience, Rachel Parris asks us to re-appraise Jane Austen's work and see it in a new light. Albeit a little irreverently.
Do Austen's books pass the Bechdel test? What do her sisters tell us about the sisterhood? What have her women got in common with women today and what can we learn from what Jane Austen had to say about marriage, men and money?
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jt5g)
Series 6
The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal
A meaty mystery for Neddie Seagoon, unaccompanied by the show's regular musicians who were on strike.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1956.
TUE 08:30 King Street Junior (b007jncn)
Series 7
Endings and Beginnings
Mixed emotions as the school year draws to a close with Mr Holliday's last day in teaching
Created and written by Jim Eldridge, ten series of this comedy about a junior school ran between 1985 and 1998. ‘King Street Junior Revisited’ ran from 2002 to 2005.
CAST:
Mr Sims …. Karl Howman
Mr Beeston …. James Grout
Mr Holliday …. Tom Watson
Mrs Stone …. Margaret John
Mr Long …. Paul Copley
Mrs Patterson …. Deirdre Costello
Mrs Rudd …. Vivienne Martin
Miss Lewis …. Marlene Sidaway
Meg Holliday …. Eva Stuart
Mrs Dixon/Nurse …. Kate Binchy
The Singing Traffic Warden …. Jonathan Adams
Ranjit …. John Pickard
Tommy …. Rocky Samrai
Tony …. Nick McAllister
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992.
TUE 09:00 The News Quiz (m001cf66)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:30 The Older Woman (b02w8xy7)
Series 1
Episode 5
Roy is temporarily distracted from his obsession with Jane by Dick's rapid descent into alcoholism - and the sudden appearance of Elsa's ex-husband.
However, a night of unbridled passion with Jane looks increasingly likely...
Tony Bagley's romantic comedy drama serial with a twist.
Starring Zoe Wanamaker as Miss Callaghan, Martin Clunes as Roy Hitchcock, Toyah Wilcox as Elsa, David Troughton as Mr Say, Nicky Henson as Chad, Geoff McGivern as Dick, David Holt as Chris, Linda Polan as Charlotte, Jonathan Adams as Eric, Philip Anthony as Martin, John Baddeley as Phil and Matthew Morgan as the Waiter.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger:
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1993.
TUE 10:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6gdv)
2. Skirmishes
Lucilla's "Thursday" has been a success, but Mr Cavendish is showing an interest in Barbara Lake and that is not part of her plan. Neither is the arrival of Archdeacon Beverley.
Starring Teresa Gallagher and Elizabeth Spriggs.
Margaret Oliphant's humorous novel from 1866 dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher
Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon
Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud
Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor
Mrs Mortimer ...... Kate Binchy
Lydia Brown ...... Siriol Jenkins
Edward ...... David Holt
Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield
Maria Brown ...... Melanie Hudson
Mr Lake ...... Eric Allan
Rosie Lake ...... Joanna Myers
Mr Woodburn ...... Christopher Scott
Archdeacon Beverley ...... Paul Daneman
Mr Centum ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Lady Richmond ...... Jill Graham
Music by Malcolm McKee.
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
TUE 11:00 Archive on 4 (b00765kl)
Twice Nightly
For many years Variety, with its brilliant stars, singers, comedians, chorus girls and novelty acts was the lifeblood of British live entertainment.
Veteran variety star Stan Stennett recreates the heyday of the British variety theatre, revisiting some of its greatest moments and its most enduring stars ... and recalls the shared triumphs and tribulations of a profession whose performers trod the boards twice-nightly in theatres, halls and piers from one end of the country to the other.
Researched and written by Roger Stennett.
Producer: Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jt5g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 King Street Junior (b007jncn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0003sw0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Jules Verne (b007jtyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Middle England by Jonathan Coe (m0001b0m)
Episode 7
A satirical novel for Brexit Britain.
Beginning in 2010 on the outskirts of Birmingham and London, Jonathan Coe's novel follows a Britain through a time of mind-boggling change. It paints a portrait of modern England up to Brexit: a country of nostalgia and delusion, of bewilderment and barely-suppressed rage.
Episode 7: 2016 - David Cameron sets a date for the EU Referendum, and then Sophie and Ian realise they're very much on opposing sides of the debate.
Reader: Jeff Rawle
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.
TUE 14:15 Katherine Jakeways - Forty Weeks (b084bgrq)
Lime
By Katherine Jakeways
Romantic comedy about love, infidelity and accidental pregnancy.
Sam loves Rose. And Rose loves Sam. But in forty weeks' time, a girl called Bayley is having Sam's baby. As Sam struggles to do 'the right thing', Rose decides to move to Chicago for a fresh start.
Forty Weeks tells the story of a pregnancy, from conception to birth. It's a love story between two people - just not the two people who are having the baby.
Rose…. Rebecca Humphries
Sam…. Matthew Baynton
Bayley…. Kimberley Nixon
Mum…. Julia Deakin
Technician.... Alison Belbin
Teacher.... Katherine Jakeways
Receptionist.... Finlay Robertson
Directed by James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales Production
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.
TUE 14:30 The Trumpet Shall Sound (b00vg8yw)
The jazz composer and pianist Julian Joseph goes in search of black classical musicians from the past. It's a journey that takes him back 500 years and uncovers trumpet players on the Napoleonic battlefield and 19th-century violin prodigies who entertained royalty.
Presenter Julian Joseph
Producer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2007.
TUE 15:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6gdv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The 3rd Degree (m000ldf0)
Series 10
Mansfield College Oxford
Steve Punt hosts the lively quiz from Mansfield College, Oxford, where students will challenge their professors on a wide range of topics.
This week's specialist subjects are English, physics and theology and the questions range from petrol pumps to Philistines via Tristram Shandy and Burt’s Bees.
Producer: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2020.
TUE 16:30 The Older Woman (b02w8xy7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 17:00 The Break (b0b6htgg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Stand-Up Specials (m000s85m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 The Routemasters by Andrew McGibbon (b007jnrf)
2. Don't Be a Freud
The time travellers hit 19th-century Austria, where Freud is about to give a historic paper on telepathy, which Raymond and Hildegard are bent on stealing...
Starring Amanda Donohoe as Hilderghast, Andrew McGibbon as Raymond, Karl Minns as the Conductor, Owen Evans as Bernie, Nick Romero as Karl, Andy Mulligan as Herr Grubberman, Dan Freedman as Breyer, Alex Lowe as the interpolator and Sophie Aldred as Martha.
Written by Andrew McGibbon. Additional material by Rob Colley, Julian Mayers and Kevin Greening.
Theme by Ozzy Temple and other music by Nick Romero.
Producer: Julian Mayers
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
TUE 18:30 Soul Music (b0b01jsk)
Series 26
God Only Knows
"God only knows what I'd be without you"
For artist Kim Lynch God Only Knows is a song that she has carried with her from the moment her father played it to her mother back in their 1960's London home and it's the song that resonated throughout her parents 65 years together.
Meanwhile in land locked Burundi, another couple are bought together from two very different cultures. Sharing the same hopes and prayers, they began their married life by blending a traditional wedding ceremony with the Californian song that spans decades - and continents - to touch souls wherever it's played.
And across the ocean, Erin Prewitt tells her love story and describes how tragic and unexpected circumstances meant she has had to learn to live out those iconic lyrics and discover what it means to be without the person you love.
With reflections from musician Al Kooper and author Barry Miles.
Produced By Nicola Humphries.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2018.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jt5g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 King Street Junior (b007jncn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0003sw0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Jules Verne (b007jtyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Archive on 4 (b00765kl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 22:00 Stand-Up Specials (m000s85m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Think the Unthinkable (b01n2tnx)
Series 4
Barrington General
Barrington General Hospital needs a lifeline, much like its patients and Ryan is determined to experience their services firsthand.
Sitcom about a team of incompetent management consultants by James Cary
Starring Marcus Brigstocke
With Catherine Shepherd, Beth Chalmers, Hugh Dennis, James Rawlings, Neil Edmond and Jennie Cox
Producer Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
TUE 23:00 The Shuttleworths (b007k4tn)
John Shuttleworth's Open Mind
UFOs
Sheffield's number one singer/ songwriter has once more been signed up by the BBC - with petrol money as part of the contract - to broadcast to the nation.
Yes, John has been asked to keep an "open mind" and investigate unsolved phenomena that fascinate the nation.
In this opening episode, John investigates UFOs.
With the help of sole agent Ken Worthington and special telephone guest Patrick Mower.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.
TUE 23:30 2000 Years of Radio (b069npj8)
Series 2
Tempest FM
It's 23rd April 1616 (approximately) - the day William Shakespeare died. Follow events as they unfold, as the nation mourns the playwright.
DJ Suzanne Canker talks to and annoys his widow Ann Hathaway.
'Bard-Beard' sales rocket, Grayson Spey tries his hand at that sonnet-writing thing, plus more easy listening with mad Bessie, psycho Bob and pervert Archie.
Series tapping into the radio archive of a bygone age.
Written and performed by Claire Downes, Hazel Grian, Al Holloway, Ben Kozo, Stuart Lane and Patrick McNamara.
Producer: Sean Grundy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002.
TUE 23:45 Paperback Hell (m000j3k7)
Series 2
Thrust's Eagle
The Napoleonic wars invade the airwaves as suspiciously fictional author Alexander Cromwell reads from his military adventure, Thrust's Eagle.
Another chapter from a novel you think you've read before...
Starring Michael Fenton Stevens, Rebecca Front, Mel Hudson, Alex Lowe and Dan Tetsell.
Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.

WEDNESDAY 05 OCTOBER 2022

WED 00:00 The Routemasters by Andrew McGibbon (b007jnrf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Soul Music (b0b01jsk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0003sw0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Jules Verne (b007jtyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Middle England by Jonathan Coe (m0001b0m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Katherine Jakeways - Forty Weeks (b084bgrq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Trumpet Shall Sound (b00vg8yw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6gdv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 The 3rd Degree (m000ldf0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 The Older Woman (b02w8xy7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 The Break (b0b6htgg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Stand-Up Specials (m000s85m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0003r1v)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 4
The Musgrave Ritual
The detective investigates an ancient riddle and the disappearance of a butler.
For 300 years, the Musgrave family have performed the ritual which has become meaningless to them, but their butler discovers its secret, with sad results...
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale was originally published in the Strand Magazine in 1893. Adapted by Michael Hardwick.
CAST:
Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson …. Norman Shelley
Reginald Musgrave …. Roger Snowdon
Brunton …. Kenneth Hyde
Rachel Howells …. Patricia Mort
The Nurse …. Vivienne Chatterton
The Policeman …. Humphrey Morton
Carleton Hobbs starred as the Baker Street sleuth in 80 radio dramas between 1952 and 1969.
Producer: Robin Midgley
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1962.
WED 06:30 Jules Verne (b007jtyl)
Around The World in Eighty Days
3. The Missing Acrobat
In which Fogg fights a duel and the Pacific railroad nearly collapses…
Jules Verne's classic story dramatised in four parts by Terry James.
CAST:
Phileas Fogg …. Leslie Phillips
Passpartout …. Yves Aubert
Sergeant Fix …. Jim Broadbent
Batuclar …. Jonathan Adams
Sailor …. Ronald Herdman
Captain Busby …. John Church
Engineer …. Mark Straker
Japanese Assistant …. Joanna Myers
Princess Aouda …. Diana Quick
Colonel Proctor …. William Hootkins
Original music by Wilfredo Acosta.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991.
WED 07:00 Lobby Land (b0b5x639)
Series 1
Poker Face
Westminster lobby hack Sam Peakes has just written her best political story yet. But in journalism, what you write isn't always what people read.
Sam Peakes … Ophelia Lovibond
Tom Shriver MP … Charlie Higson
Mia Phillips … Cariad Lloyd
Dom Bell … Lewis Macleod
Lawrence Mills … Ryan Sampson
Lord Ellis …. Colin Hoult
Written by Christopher Davies, Alistair Griggs and Jon Harvey
Producer: Jon Harvey
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2018.
WED 07:30 'Whatever Next?' With Miles Jupp (m001cf0c)
Series 1
Episode 1
An Unexpected Visitor at The Grange. Miles turns his hand to a new BBC 1 game show, guests on the new podcast Jumpers of My Life with Seann Walsh and fights Julia Davis for a major role in a major new movie.
Starring Miles Jupp with Vicki Pepperdine, Julia Davis, Seann Walsh, Jocelyn Jee Essien, Philip Fox, Justin Edwards, Dominique Moore, Andy Zaltzman, Simon Mann and David Gower
Written by Miles Jupp & James Kettle
Script edited by Graeme Garden
Produced by Victoria Lloyd
A Random Entertainment Production
WED 08:00 The Missing Hancocks (b06pt0bm)
Series 2
How Hancock Won the War
Tony Hancock tells Andree how he got his war wound, which is a story you may find hard to believe...
Between 1954 and 1959, BBC Radio recorded 102 episodes of Galton and Simpson's classic sitcom Hancock's Half Hour. But 20 went missing from the BBC archives and had not been heard since their original transmission… until these faithful re-imaginings.
After a highly acclaimed first series, another five were lovingly re-recorded in front of a live audience at London's BBC Radio Theatre.
The Lad Himself …. Kevin McNally
Bill Kerr …. Kevin Eldon
Sid James …. Simon Greenall
Kenneth Williams …. Robin Sebastian
Andree Melly …. Susy Kane
Newly recorded score by the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Produced by Ed Morrish and Neil Pearson.
Originally broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1956.
Recreated for broadcast by BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in November 2015.
WED 08:30 Flying the Flag (b00b5r1h)
Series 2
Political Flu
The political climate in the People's Republic is milder than it used to be, but political sickness can still strike unexpectedly, and earthworm tables are not always the answer...
Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.
CAST:
HM Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
Colonel Surikov …. Christopher Benjamin
Nesterov …. Peter Craze
Brodsky …. Paul Gregory
US Ambassador …. Stephen Greif
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1988.
WED 09:00 The Write Stuff (b00qj216)
Series 13
Anton Chekhov
James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary correctness.
Team captains John Walsh and Lynne Truss are joined by Peter Kemp and Tibor Fischer.
Author of the week and subject for pastiche is Anton Chekhov.
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Producer: Sam Michell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.
WED 09:30 1835 (b012mbjv)
Down at the Old Bull and Bush
Belport falls in love with renowned music-hall artiste Emilia La Rue. But can he prise her away from Svyatislav the strong man? Probably not.
Comic saga of an aristocrat and his servant who struggle to find things to do in the mid- 1830s.
Belport ...... Paul Rider
Ned ...... Jason Done
Danvers ...... Roy Barraclough
The Great Fettuccine ...... Simon Greenall
Emelia ...... Sue Cleaver
Written and directed at BBC Manchester by Jim Poyser.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
WED 10:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6l5l)
3. Lucilla's Luck
Mrs Mortimer is surrounded by a mystery which Lucilla can't unravel. Archdeacon Beverley seems to be involved but who else? Lucilla is determined to give advice, but Mr Cavendish may not want to hear it...
Starring Teresa Gallagher and Elizabeth Spriggs.
Margaret Oliphant's humorous novel dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher
Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon
Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud
Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor
Mrs Mortimer ...... Kate Binchy
Edward ...... David Holt
Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield
Mr Lake ...... Eric Allan
Rosie Lake ...... Joanna Myers
Mr Woodburn ...... Christopher Scott
Archdeacon Beverley ...... Paul Daneman
Tom Marjoribanks ...... Nicholas Murchie
General Travers ...... John Webb
Music by Malcolm McKee.
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
WED 11:00 Soul Music Mixtapes (m0009lmv)
1. 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You' to 'Tainted Love'
Cerys Matthews delves into the archives to put together a specially curated mixtape of her favourite stories from across 25 series of the BBC Radio 4's Soul Music.
Each episode of Soul Music takes a different piece of music – it might be a pop song, or a hymn, or a piece of classical music or world music – and looks at why it moves us and what it means to different people.
Cerys's choices in this edition are:
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons: ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’
Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor
Carly Simon: ‘You Are My Sunshine’
Eric Satie: ‘Gymnopedie'
Leonard Cohen: ‘Hallelujah’
P.P. Arnold: ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’
Peggy Seeger: ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’
Soft Cell: ‘Tainted Love’
Producer: Mair Bosworth.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in January 2018.
WED 12:00 The Missing Hancocks (b06pt0bm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Flying the Flag (b00b5r1h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0003r1v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Jules Verne (b007jtyl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Middle England by Jonathan Coe (m0001b8q)
Episode 8
A novel for Brexit Britain.
Beginning in 2010 on the outskirts of Birmingham and London, Jonathan Coe's novel follows Britain through a time of mind-boggling change. It paints a portrait in particular of modern England up to Brexit: a country of nostalgia and delusion, of bewilderment and barely-suppressed rage.
Episode 8: 2016 - Benjamin finally makes a decision on the Referendum, and Colin Trotter walks to the postbox to cast his postal vote.
Reader: Jeff Rawle
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.
WED 14:15 Katherine Jakeways - Forty Weeks (b084bn5s)
Melon
By Katherine Jakeways
Romantic comedy about love, infidelity and accidental pregnancy.
With twenty weeks until the baby's due, Sam has moved in with Bayley - the two of them are making a go of it. But Sam can't stop thinking about Rose. Meanwhile, Rose is secretly getting closer to Bayley herself.
Forty Weeks tells the story of a pregnancy, from conception to birth. It's a love story between two people, just not the two people who are having the baby.
Rose…. Rebecca Humphries
Sam…. Matthew Baynton
Bayley…. Kimberley Nixon
Mum…. Julia Deakin
Technician.... Alison Belbin
Teacher.... Katherine Jakeways
Barrista.... Finlay Robertson
Directed by James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales Production
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.
WED 14:30 Hollow Earth: A Travel Guide (b05q4zmk)
Comedian Robin Ince takes us on a tour of a world beneath the Earth's crust, exploring the history of Hollow Earth theory through literature, legend and scientific theory.
His tour of this world within a world, starts with the obvious question of how to get into it. Is the entrance at the North Pole, the South Pole or even in Newcastle? With the help of his "tour guides", including the graphic novelist Alan Moore, Robin gets advice on where to descend and what he might see once he gets down there. Is this a Dystopia full of desperate souls, or the Utopia imagined by someone like the messianic 19th century physician Cyrus Teed, who established a hollow earth cult in Florida and whose ideas later went on briefly to inspire the Nazis.
On his subterranean journey, Robin also meets a classicist, a biblical scholar, and a literary critic. Together they explore the physical aspects of this world and consider who he might bump into. Will it be the three-headed dog Cerberus, or the plesiosaurs and dinosaurs of Jules Verne? Or is this voyage into the interior, actually just a journey into the depths of our own minds?
Producer: Philippa Goodrich
A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2015.
WED 15:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6l5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 The Write Stuff (b00qj216)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 16:30 1835 (b012mbjv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 17:00 Lobby Land (b0b5x639)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:30 'Whatever Next?' With Miles Jupp (m001cf0c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 The Routemasters by Andrew McGibbon (b007jnry)
3. On the Buses
Bernie is kidnapped by Hildegard and then escapes to the 24th century. Raymond discovers his true identity...
Starring Amanda Donohoe as Hilderghast, Andrew McGibbon as Raymond, Karl Minns as the Conductor, Owen Evans as Bernie, Nick Romero as the Driver, Andy Mulligan as Herr Grubberman, Dan Freedman as Kunitrol, Alex Lowe as the interpolator and Sophie Aldred as Spikea.
Written by Andrew McGibbon. Additional material by Rob Colley and Kevin Greening.
Theme by Ozzy Temple and other music by Nick Romero.
Producer: Julian Mayers
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
WED 18:30 Pioneers (b013n554)
Series 2
James Goodfellow
Pioneer James Goodfellow tells Clare English about his invention of the cash machine and the global impact it had on the banking industry.
James also patented the Personal Identification Number (PIN) technology which is still fundamentally the basis for modern day banking.
Producer: Philip Sime
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 2011.
WED 19:00 The Missing Hancocks (b06pt0bm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Flying the Flag (b00b5r1h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0003r1v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Jules Verne (b007jtyl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Soul Music Mixtapes (m0009lmv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 22:00 'Whatever Next?' With Miles Jupp (m001cf0c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b01p98gy)
Series 3
Episode 4
Alternative therapies in ER, and it's Bhangraman to the rescue.
Starring:
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Kulvinder Ghir
Meera Syal
Nina Wadia
Gold Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The sketch comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001.
Written by Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sanjeev Kohli.
Script Editors: Sharat Sardana and Richard Pinto
Producer: Anil Gupta.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001crn7)
Mark Thomas 2/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Lou Conran catches up with Mark Thomas.
WED 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b00bb9rr)
Series 4
Episode 3
European onion threat and a whale of a time with Moby Dick.
Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp-edged banter and sketches with a topical flavour.
Written by and starring Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell
With Jasper Jacob and Felicity Montagu.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1989.
WED 23:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market (b07nrxdl)
Series 3
Episode 4
Simon Evans' comedy lecture on four of the big life stages that mark our journey through life and how economics is part of every one of those stages, whether we like it or not.
As always, he is joined by Financial Times columnist and presenter of Radio 4's 'More or Less', economist Tim Harford, and by financial guru and editor of Money Week, Merryn Somerset Webb.
This week in the final programme of the series, Simon looks at (probably) the most final of life stages: Death.
From paying for funerals to the cost of cryonics, and the cheery subject of getting your final finances in order, this inevitably morbid programme will also make you laugh.
Special guest is Louise de Winter, funeral planner and the editor of the Good Funeral Guide.
Presenter: Simon Evans, with Tim Harford and Merryn Somerset Webb
Special guest: Louise de Winter
Written by Simon Evans, Benjamin Partridge and Andy Wolton.
Producer: Claire Jones.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.

THURSDAY 06 OCTOBER 2022

THU 00:00 The Routemasters by Andrew McGibbon (b007jnry)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Pioneers (b013n554)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0003r1v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Jules Verne (b007jtyl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Middle England by Jonathan Coe (m0001b8q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Katherine Jakeways - Forty Weeks (b084bn5s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Hollow Earth: A Travel Guide (b05q4zmk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6l5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 The Write Stuff (b00qj216)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 1835 (b012mbjv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Lobby Land (b0b5x639)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 'Whatever Next?' With Miles Jupp (m001cf0c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0003tnn)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 4
The Golden Pince-Nez
The great sleuth probes a mysterious killing linked to discarded pair of glasses.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale was first published in The Return of Sherlock Holmes in 1904. Adapted by Michael Hardwick.
CAST:
Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Dr John H Watson …. Norman Shelley
Stanley Hopkins …. Hugh Dickson
Anna …. Grizelda Hervey
Susan …. Louida Vaughan
Constable …. Humphrey Morton
Mrs Marker …. Jocelyn Page
Professor Coram …. Ardreas Malandrinos
Carleton Hobbs starred as the Baker Street sleuth in 80 radio dramas between 1952 and 1969.
Producer: Robin Midgley
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1962.
THU 06:30 Jules Verne (b007jtyx)
Around The World in Eighty Days
4. Burning to Get Home
In which Fix gets his man, Passepartout's watch is nearly on time and Phileas Fogg takes drastic action. Will he get to the Reform Club in time?
Jules Verne's classic story dramatised in four parts by Terry James.
CAST:
Phileas Fogg …. Leslie Phillips
Passpartout …. Yves Aubert
Sergeant Fix …. Jim Broadbent
Mr Ralph …. Jonathan Adams
Mr Flanagan …. Ronald Herdman
Mr Stuart …. John Church
The Doorman …. Mark Straker
Princess Aouda …. Diana Quick
Captain Speedy …. Peter Marinker
Mudge …. Terence Edmond
Original music by Wilfredo Acosta.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991.
THU 07:00 To Hull and Back (b07qbcbl)
Series 2
Where Do You Think You're Going?
Lucy Beaumont stars as the daughter trying to escape her overbearing mother played by Maureen Lipman in the second series of this warm hearted sitcom set in Hull.
In this episode, Sophie thinks that she'll finally get to meet her Auntie Pamela and her mother gets a job at Humber Helpline, to prove to Sophie that she's the kind one of the two sisters.
Sophie ...... Lucy Beaumont
Sheila ...... Maureen Lipman
Jean ...... Kerrie Marsh
Ernie ...... Norman Lovett
Lorraine ...... Sarah Parks
Lucy ...... Sophie Richardson
Written by Lucy Beaumont
Produced by Carl Cooper
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2016.
THU 07:30 Gemma Arrowsmith's Sketched Out (m001cf2l)
Series 1
Joanna Lumley
Gemma Arrowsmith continues this week, but will she be allowed to host it herself this time?
The powers-that-be think a National Treasure would be more fitting, and who better than Dame Joanna Lumley? She’s so down to earth! Gemma tries to build her profile by becoming the face of a national Yoghurt campaign, and elsewhere hear a burglar employ an offsetting scheme, a woman author bringing life to a male lead, and Louis Theroux visits the Grammar Nazis.
Performed by: Gemma Arrowsmith, Kudzanayi Chiwawa, Dan Starkey & Thomas Nelstrop
Guest host: Joanna Lumley
Written by: Gemma Arrowsmith
Script Edited by: Tasha Dhanraj
Sound design: Neil Goody at Premises Studios
Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls
The Producer was Gwyn Rhys Davies, a BBC Studios Production.
THU 08:00 The Burkiss Way (b00gs06p)
Series 2
Influence Friends and Win People...
Helpful hints from the Smarty Pants family and Knickertwist Copperby.
The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living from radio's Advanced Correspondence Course
With instruction from Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris.
Learn the Burkiss Way to write a script like Andrew Marshall and David Renwick and the Burkiss Way to produce a programme like Simon Brett (You'll be amazed at the results!)
Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1976.
THU 08:30 No Commitments (b00y37bh)
Series 6
Spreading Wings
Emily's A-level results make mum Victoria realise she is growing up.
Simon Brett’s sitcom about the lives and squabbles of three very different sisters.
Anna …... Rosemary Leach
Charlotte …... Celia Imrie
Victoria …... Angela Thorne
Roger …... Bill Nighy
Emily …... Lisa Coleman
With Alan Cowan.
Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998.
THU 09:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m0001xqk)
Series 21
Episode 3
David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies.
They compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents.
The panellists are obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as drunkenness, passports, orange and the weather.
Sandi Toksvig
Jon Richardson
Lucy Porter
Graeme Garden
Produced by Jon Naismith.
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2019.
THU 09:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b007k43j)
Series 1
Episode 6
A charity quiz night gives Trev the chance to boost office morale, or maybe destroy it.
Andy Hamilton's sitcom about Trevor, the sports agent, and his brave attempts to swim safely through the shark-tank of his life.
CAST:
Trevor …. Neil Pearson
Sammy …. Paul Reynolds
Ralph …. Michael Fenton Stevens
Theresa …. Rosalind Ayres
Heidrun …. Cosima Shaw
Barry …. Abdul Salis
Meryl …. Claire Skinner
Hamish …. Gordon Kennedy
Tony …. David Gillespie
Producer: Andy Hamilton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004.
THU 10:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l74dw)
4. The Battle Lost and Won
Ten years have passed and Lucilla worries that she might have "gone off".
When the MP for Carlingford dies, it seems that the two contenders, Mr Ashburton and Mr Cavendish are not of that opinion.
Conclusion of Margaret Oliphant's humorous Victorian novel starring Elizabeth Spriggs and Teresa Gallagher.
Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher
Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon
Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud
Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor
Edward ...... David Holt
Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield
Mr Holden ...... Eric Allan
Rosie Lake ...... Joanna Myers
Mr Ashburton ...... Christopher Scott
Tom Marjoribanks ...... Nicholas Murchie
Mr Black ...... John Webb
Maria Brown ...... Melanie Hudson
Mr Centrum ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Lady Richmond ...... Jill Graham
Nancy ...... Joanna Wake
Mr Bury ...... John Fleming
Major Brown ...... Jonathan Adams
Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Music by Malcolm McKee.
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
THU 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001cmyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
THU 11:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00yjtg4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]
THU 12:00 The Burkiss Way (b00gs06p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 No Commitments (b00y37bh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0003tnn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Jules Verne (b007jtyx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Middle England by Jonathan Coe (m0001bpw)
Episode 9
A novel for Brexit Britain.
Beginning in 2010, Jonathan Coe's novel paints a portrait of Britain up to Brexit, from the riots to the Olympics to the Referendum and beyond. It's a portrait of nostalgia and delusion, of mind-boggling change, of bewilderment and barely-suppressed rage.
Episode 9: Chaos reigns as Sophie and Ian cannot agree and the Tory spin doctor Nigel, finally loses it.
Reader: Jeff Rawle
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.
THU 14:15 Katherine Jakeways - Forty Weeks (b084d7b4)
Cabbage
By Katherine Jakeways
Romantic comedy about love, infidelity and accidental pregnancy.
When Bayley has a fall, Rose rushes her to hospital and is forced to reveal who she really is. Then, as she awaits news of Bayley and the baby, Rose meets Sam for the first time since their break up.
Forty Weeks tells the story of a pregnancy, from conception to birth. It's a love story between two people, just not the two people who are having the baby.
Rose…. Rebecca Humphries
Sam…. Matthew Baynton
Bayley…. Kimberley Nixon
Nurse.... Alison Belbin
Paramedic.... Finlay Robertson
Directed by James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales Production
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.
THU 14:30 Playing Ping Pong with Henry Miller (b037706h)
"Henry Miller, Norman Mailer and Charles Manson, the three pillars of misogyny," according to Gore Vidal.
Yet many women writers today cite Miller as an influence.
Using his time in California as a prism, acclaimed poet Kim Addonizio explores how, despite his reputation as a pornographic, unredeemed misogynist, Miller's time in Big Sur, California, transformed him into a family man and ping pong fanatic.
With an exclusive interview with his son Tony Miller, a visit to the Henry Miller Memorial Library, in Big Sur, Addonizio hears great stories of epic table tennis tournaments during the long winters, struggles to make ends meet, as she meets those who remember Miller's time in the woods during his 18 year stay.
She explores the roots of the personal growth movement that flourished on the Californian coast, at the time, of which Miller became an unexpected exponent of, at the world famous Esalen Institute, and tries to find out why he appeals to young women readers today.
Producer: Sara Jane Hall
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
THU 15:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l74dw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m0001xqk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 16:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b007k43j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 17:00 To Hull and Back (b07qbcbl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:30 Gemma Arrowsmith's Sketched Out (m001cf2l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 The Routemasters by Andrew McGibbon (b007jnsh)
4. Wolfie and Beetie
Raymond and Hildegard kidnap Beethoven and Mozart in their plot to create the greatest ever rock band.
Herr Grubberman comes clean, while Bernie finally discovers the truth about who - or what- is driving the time bus.
Starring Amanda Donohoe as Hilderghast, Andrew McGibbon as Raymond, Karl Minns as the Conductor, Owen Evans as Bernie, Nick Romero as Mozart, Andy Mulligan as Herr Grubberman, Dan Freedman as Glenn Miller, Alex Lowe as Taffy and Sophie Aldred as Spikea.
Written by Andrew McGibbon. Additional material by Rob Colley and Kevin Greening.
Theme by Ozzy Temple and other music by Nick Romero.
Producer: Julian Mayers
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
THU 18:30 Great Lives (m0007bd2)
Ed Balls nominates Herbert Howells
Former MP Ed Balls choice is the 20th-century English composer, organist and teacher, Herbert Howells.
With Herbert Howells biographer, Paul Spicer.
Presenter: Matthew Parris
Producer: Polly Weston
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.
THU 19:00 The Burkiss Way (b00gs06p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 No Commitments (b00y37bh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0003tnn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Jules Verne (b007jtyx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001cmyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
THU 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00yjtg4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]
THU 22:00 Gemma Arrowsmith's Sketched Out (m001cf2l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Great Unanswered Questions (b00txh88)
Series 2
Episode 2
Who will make the most sense - the geeks or the comedians?
Comedian Colin Murphy and his two resident nerds Dr David Booth and Matthew Collins try to answer the unanswerable.
With Irish comedy star Neil Delamere.
This is the show which introduces the funny part of your brain to the intelligent part.
Producer: Jackie Hamilton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001crs4)
Mark Thomas 3/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Lou Conran catches up with Mark Thomas.
THU 23:00 Woof (m000lsb6)
Honest Mistakes at Home and Abroad
What Will You Be When You Grow Up?
Chris Neill continues his comedic exploration of affairs of the heart, the unexpected humiliations of ageing, and what bloody good luck it is that he has met his boyfriend, Rory.
In the first episode, we examine the trials of ageing. After a telephone conversation with his doctor, taken while admiring the sheer capacity of the Haribo aisle in a Hamburg supermarket, we join Chris walking away from diabetes.
Starring: Chris Neill, Isy Suttie and Martin Hyder
Written by Chris Neill
Produced by Steve Doherty
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2020.
THU 23:15 Little Lifetimes by Jenny Eclair (m000q5bl)
Series 3
Mothers and Daughters
Coral is an ageing actress auditioning for a play about a mother and daughter,
But her relationship with her own mother doesn't bear the scrutiny it's about to get.
Leading actresses star in Jenny Eclair's comic series about women facing a crisis in their lives.
Coral ...... Frances Barber
Girl ...... Karen Bartke
Boy ...... Luke MacGregor
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2016.
THU 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00tlwzg)
Series 2
Otters
John Weak turns Smokehouse as green as the Jolly Green Giant, while saving Sir Marcus from an eco-Nazi who insists on paper underwear.
Starring Alexander Armstrong as marketing maestro and "totty" magnet John Weak.
Hayley ...... Clare Perkins
Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook
Tim ...... Ewan Bailey
Ted ...... Kim Wall
Rebecca ...... Colleen Prendergast
Music: David Pickvance
Producer: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.

FRIDAY 07 OCTOBER 2022

FRI 00:00 The Routemasters by Andrew McGibbon (b007jnsh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Great Lives (m0007bd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Sherlock Holmes (m0003tnn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Jules Verne (b007jtyx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Middle England by Jonathan Coe (m0001bpw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Katherine Jakeways - Forty Weeks (b084d7b4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Playing Ping Pong with Henry Miller (b037706h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l74dw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m0001xqk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b007k43j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 To Hull and Back (b07qbcbl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 Gemma Arrowsmith's Sketched Out (m001cf2l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Sherlock Holmes (m00045ng)
Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 4
The Missing Three-Quarter
The great detective investigates the disappearance of a key university rugby star on the eve of the Oxford vs Cambridge’s Varsity Match.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale was first published in The Return of Sherlock Holmes in 1904. Adapted by Michael Hardwick.
CAST:
Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson …. Norman Shelley
Lord Mount-James …. Keith Williams
Cyril Overton …. Hervey Ashby
Dr Leslie Armstrong …. Eric Adnerson
The Lady Clerk …. Dorit Welles
The Hotel Porter …. Blaise Wyndham
Carleton Hobbs starred as the Baker Street sleuth in 80 radio dramas between 1952 and 1969.
Producer: Robin Midgley
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1962.
FRI 06:30 Agatha Christie (b00jz7jj)
Philomel Cottage
When Alex meets Terry she's swept off her feet. He persuades her to leave her job with a dot com company and set up a business with him - based in an out of the way cottage in the country...
A new spin on the Queen of the whodunit, Agatha Christie's classic story, dramatised for radio by Mike Walker.
Stars Lizzie McInnerny as Alex, Tom Hollander as Terry, Adam Godley as Richard and Struan Rodger as Merlin.
Producer: Jeremy Mortimer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
FRI 07:00 Miracles R Us (b00sm8tq)
Lot 243
Caroline's car gives up the ghost and the business can’t afford the repairs.
When they've asked to bid for a lot at a county house auction – how can they get there?
Sylvia rides to the rescue. Once they arrive, Caroline makes a new friend, while Sylvia meets a kindred spirit...
Sitcom by Lesley Bruce.
Sylvia ..... Anna Massey
Caroline ..... Deborah Findlay
Lauren ..... Madeleine Bowyer
Lambourn ..... Trevor Peacock
Carl Bailey ..... Nigel Hastings
Auctioneer ..... Michael Shelford
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.
Music and strings from the music of Nick Drake. Theme: "When the Day is Done" and strings : "Time of No Reply" and "Cello Song".
FRI 07:30 Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (m001cmyt)
The Thong Problem
Thongs, personal grooming, rights of way across fields and 'going non-contact' get the Now You're Asking treatment in the first episode of this new series with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn addressing real life problems sent in by their listeners.
The first series was welcomed by listeners and critics.
"Both are warm and kind enough to not only be funny but also offer genuinely thoughtful, if left-field, advice." (Miranda Sawyer, The Observer)
"Keyes and Flynn are my new favourite double-act." (Jane Anderson - Radio Times)
"I found their compassion endlessly soothing." (Rachel Cunliffe - The New Statesman)
Marian Keyes is a multi award-winning writer, with a total of over 30 million 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 the biggest - and smallest - of their listeners' 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
FRI 08:00 Share and Share Alike (m000m0kh)
The Codicil
Brothers Jack and Lesley Burrows are desperate to suppress a codicil to their mum's will extending their enforced house-sharing - in order to split her cash
Three years living together are likely to be nothing short of a sentence of hard labour for them both.
They urgently need to locate the missing witnesses...
Starring Hugh Paddick and Michael Robbins.
Series written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles
Jack Burrows……………………………….Michael Robbins
Lesley Burrows……………………………..Hugh Paddick
Janice………………………………………….Elizabeth Morgan
Ron…………………………………………….Denis Bond
Sid………………………………………………Ron Pember
Producer John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1978.
FRI 08:30 A Very Private Man (b09gxsml)
Series 1
Episode 2
David and Helen Parkinson arrive in their new secluded home in the Yorkshire countryside. But David's dream of isolation is even more remote...
Terry Gregson's North vs South sitcom.
CAST:
David Parkinson …. Rodney Bewes
Helen Parkinson …. Ann Bell
Mrs Henderson …. Daphne Oxenford
Mrs Arthur …. Paula Tildrook
Mr Sands …. Peter Wheeler
Produced at BBC Manchester by Ron McDonnell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1981.
FRI 09:00 Say the Word (b00764zg)
Episode 5
Frank Delaney's panel game revolving around the English language.
With Andrew Sachs, Felix Dexter, Helen Lederer and Kathy Lette.
Plus words of wit from the Nimmo Twins
Producer: Simon Elmes
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.
FRI 09:30 Sharing Fatman (b0075k85)
Daffodil Days
Disapproving of her husband Ken's gambling on horses, Margaret takes the reins.
Ken and Margaret Warburton find an absorbing new hobby to fill their retirement.
Dave Sheasby’s six-part horse-racing comedy - following on from ‘One Flat Summer’.
Margaret ...... Gillian Bevan
KeN ...... Gerard McDermott
Eddie ...... Tony Rohr
Karen ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Director: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.
FRI 10:00 Drama (b09tbjj1)
John Godber - Shafted!
John Godber's stage play is set over the 30 years following the Miners' Strike of 1984/85.
It's the story of how Dot and Harry cope with life after he is made redundant amidst a community that has had the heart ripped out of it.
After 10 years of turmoil, they do the unthinkable and leave Upton to try and make a new life for themselves in the seaside town of Bridlington.
Harry .... John Godber
Dot .... Jane Godber
Directed by Toby Swift
'Shafted!' was produced for the stage in 2015 by the John Godber Company and Theatre Royal Wakefield before touring the following year. This is the fourth of the Olivier Award-winning playwright's plays to be adapted for Radio 4 and performed by their original cast, Jane Godber and John Godber, following 'September in the Rain', 'Happy Jack' and 'April in Paris'.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.
FRI 11:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m001d6hn)
New listening for October
Chris Pearson and Scott Bryan suggest new listening for October.
Tubsey and Hyder, Bafta winners, join us to talk about their first steps into podcasting. Why did they want to start "The World According to Tubsey and Hyder" - and what do they love about working with each other?
Plus we'll hear new conversation, documentary, and drama podcasts, including clips from:
Carolina Herrera presents Walk Tall
Restless Natives
Fear Of Missing Out
Crosshairs
The Tower
Weight of Sand
Beneath Our Feet
FRI 12:00 Share and Share Alike (m000m0kh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 A Very Private Man (b09gxsml)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Sherlock Holmes (m00045ng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Agatha Christie (b00jz7jj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Middle England by Jonathan Coe (m0001cbm)
Episode 10
A novel for Brexit Britain.
Beginning in 2010, Jonathan Coe's novel paints a portrait of Britain up to Brexit, from the riots to the Olympics to the Referendum and beyond. It's a portrait of nostalgia and delusion, of mind-boggling change, of bewilderment and barely-suppressed rage.
10: 2017- with Brexit looming, Benjamin and Lois move to France. Final instalment of satirical novel about the strangest of times.
Reader: Jeff Rawle
Abridged in ten parts by Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.
FRI 14:15 Katherine Jakeways - Forty Weeks (b084dkqf)
Baby
By Katherine Jakeways
Romantic comedy about love, infidelity and accidental pregnancy.
The months of excitement and anticipation are about to come to an end, but Sam has something to confess. Who will Bayley choose to have at her side for the birth - Sam or Rose?
Forty Weeks tells the story of a pregnancy, from conception to birth. It's a love story between two people, just not the two people who are having the baby.
Rose…. Rebecca Humphries
Sam…. Matthew Baynton
Bayley…. Kimberley Nixon
Mum.... Julia Deakin
Midwife.... Alison Belbin
Driver.... Finlay Robertson
Directed by James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales Production
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.
FRI 14:30 When Van Played Cyprus Avenue (b06d2g8z)
"And I'm caught one more time
Up on Cyprus Avenue..."
Van Morrison made a number of references in his songs to the east Belfast neighbourhood in which he grew up, none more directly than in Cyprus Avenue from his 1968 album Astral Weeks. Romantic images of leaves shaking on a tree, rainbow ribbons in a young girl's hair and a mansion on the hill evoke memories of Cyprus Avenue in the years before Van left Northern Ireland to pursue his career in the States.
Cyprus Avenue - with its intricate arrangement of flute, harpsichord and strings - was recorded in New York, far from the well-heeled, tree-lined avenue along which the young Van would pass on his way home to the working class area of Hyndford Street. This was in the years before the Troubles. East Belfast was steadfastly loyalist and protestant.
When the arts broadcaster Marie-Louise Muir moved into the area, she was already aware of the iconic quality of street's name - not just from Van Morrison's song, but from the fact that the Reverend Ian Paisley lived on Cyprus Avenue. Marie-Louise was a Catholic ‘blow-in’. So, when Van announced that he'd be celebrating his 70th birthday by playing a gig literally feet from her front door, she was curious to see how the community would respond.
Producer: Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2015.
FRI 15:00 Drama (b09tbjj1)
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FRI 16:00 Say the Word (b00764zg)
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FRI 16:30 Sharing Fatman (b0075k85)
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FRI 17:00 Miracles R Us (b00sm8tq)
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FRI 17:30 Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (m001cmyt)
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FRI 18:00 Sally Warboyes - Wishing Well (b0075vj3)
When Sarah’s car breaks own on the motorway, she soon regrets asking Grace and Kenneth for shelter...
Rosemary Leach stars in a chilling tale by Sally Warboyes.
Grace ...... Rosemary Leach
Sarah ...... Kate Buffery
Kenneth ...... Norman Bird
Man ...... Alan Barker
Policeman ...... Robert Portal
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.
FRI 18:30 Sounds Natural (m00067dt)
Esmond Knight
Film and stage actor Esmond Knight shares his love of wildlife including birds of prey with Derek Jones.
Illustrations from the BBC sound archives include the Plaintive Cuckoo and the Redshank.
Produced by John Burton for BBC Bristol.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1976.
FRI 19:00 Share and Share Alike (m000m0kh)
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FRI 19:30 A Very Private Man (b09gxsml)
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FRI 20:00 Sherlock Holmes (m00045ng)
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FRI 20:30 Agatha Christie (b00jz7jj)
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FRI 21:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m001d6hn)
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FRI 22:00 Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (m001cmyt)
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FRI 22:30 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b009326q)
Episode 1
A-ha! Legendary squirm-inducing chat show hosted by Norwich's finest son, Alan Partridge.
With his guests: novelist Lawrence Camley, feminist Ally Tennant and Carnaby Street's Mr Boutique, Adam Wells.
Classic chat from On the Hour's supreme sports reporter and his guests from the world of theatre, politics and emotional tragedy.
With thanks to Alan's chief researcher Steve Coogan
Assistant researchers:
Patrick Marber
Rebecca Front
Doon Mackichan
David Schneider.
Producer: Armando lannucci
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.
FRI 23:00 Sophie Willan's Guide to Normality (b09wt190)
Series 1
Get a Job
Comedy star Sophie Willan's stand-up series looking at what it is to be 'normal'.
Sophie grew up in and out of the Care System and had an unconventional childhood. In this series she will get to grips with - and often challenge - our perception of 'the perfect normal life', shining a light on the reality of the British experience.
In episode two, Sophie looks at jobs and how 'normal' it is to have one.
Producer: Suzy Grant
A BBC Studio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2018.
FRI 23:15 Little Lifetimes by Jenny Eclair (b07x5vsm)
Series 3
Hannah's Gone
When Hannah leaves home her mother is heartbroken, but a visit to her daughter's room sheds some revealing light on Hannah's personality.
Leading actresses star in Jenny Eclair's comic series about women facing a crisis in their lives.
Hannah's Mum ...... Josie Lawrence
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2016.
FRI 23:30 James Acaster's Perfect Sounds (p0bj8nmf)
Series 2
Dai Henwood & Pop Royalty
Carly Rae Jepsen's 2016 album Emotion: Side B is 110% pure pop, with enough sweetness to thaw James' cold heart towards the genre. However, is there too much sugar for Dai Henwood to digest?