SATURDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2022

SAT 00:00 Dan Dare (m000dgm9)
Series 2
Prisoners of Space 1/3
Dan Dare and his crew have overcome The Mekon’s ruthless robots and staved-off rogue human scientist, Blasco - in cahoots with the fearsome Vora.
All seems well in the solar system, with Dare still wary - until spaceships start disappearing near Venus.
The Mekon is out for revenge...
Continuing adventures based on the Eagle comic strip 'Dan Dare' created in 1950 by the Reverend Marcus Morris and Frank Hampson.
Dramatised in three parts by Colin Brake.
Dan Dare …. Ed Stoppard
Digby …. Geoff McGivern
Professor Peabody …. Heida Reed
Sir Hubert …. Michael Cochrane
The Mekon …. Raad Rawi
Old Timer …. Robert G. Slade
Cadet ‘Flamer’ Spry …. Noof McEwan
Treen Captain …. Alistair Lock
On-board Computer …. Dianne Weller
Original music: Imran Ahmad
Produced and directed by Andrew Mark Sewell.
Made by B7 Media.
SAT 00:30 Musical Genes (b00h33zj)
Series 2
Deana Martin
Tom Morton meets Deana Martin, daughter of legendary Rat-Pack singer Dean Martin.
Series searching for the true story behind some of our best loved musicians.
Producer: Deirdre Waldie
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in January 2009.
SAT 01:00 The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries (b007k1zv)
4. The Murky Mystery of Murder at St Mark's
Can a college murderer at large be outwitted?
The eloquent Elizabethan spy heads to Cambridge, where college professors are dropping like flies.
Amid the splendour and squalor of Elizabethan London - scholar, playwright and government spy, Christopher Marlowe is assigned to investigate a number of baffling mysteries and perplexing intrigues...
Starring Dominic Jephcott and Bill Wallis.
Last of a series of historical comedy mysteries by Ged Parsons.
Christopher Marlowe ....... Dominic Jephcott
Bartholomew Ratsbane ....... Bill Wallis
Sir Francis Walsingham ....... Paul Brooke
Darus ....... Peter Serafinowicz
Sir Hubert ....... Gordon Reid
Mistress Parker ....... Sarah Thomas
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
SAT 01:30 The House (m001f4yf)
Series 3
6. Beside the Seaside
"No, Tom - a public statement from you about your 'resignation' would suggest differences of opinion. Not good for the party."
"Well, if you write the announcement, don't forget you hired me. The PM wasn't keen. You insisted. You fouled up. You cop the blame. Tough luck, Charles."
As the party gathers for the annual conference - Sir Charles Bannister is in the firing line - and must remind his wife Mary of her duties.
But has the deputy Chair's luck run out?
Starring Julian Glover.
Conclusion of series 3 of Christopher Lee's political thriller serial.
Charles Bannister .... Julian Glover
Dougal Baxter .... Peter Kelly
Mary Bannister .... Isla Blair
Henry .... Christopher Benjamin
Juliet Cameron .... Siobhan Redmond
Kay .... Jane Booker
Polly .... Ruth Gemmell
Nick .... Julian Dutton
Rose .... Sheila Reid
Tom .... Bill Wallis
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.
SAT 02:00 The Channel (b09wvr86)
Series 1
5. Making the Crossing
Christine Finn covered The Channel for local press and TV through the 1980s-90s
Now she examines recent developments in our relationship with the Strait as our portal to Europe - as she meets those making the crossing on the DFDS Cote des Dunes.
The Channel is a reflection on the stretch of water that both separates us from and connects us to Europe.
This series examines how this waterway has affected our British identity through time, and continues to do so.
Music composed by Phil Channell
Producer: Marya Burgess
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.
SAT 02:15 Carmen (b03ntb2b)
5. Destiny
Carmen realises that her fate is catching up with her and decides to face her destiny head on.
Prosper Mérimée's novella Carmen is best known for the Bizet opera it later inspired. Dan Allum takes the original story as his inspiration for this exciting and powerful new interpretation starring Candis Nergaard as Carmen. With original music and songs in Romany and English by Dan Allum. Musical arrangement by James Fortune.
Carmen ...... Candis Nergaard
Don Jose ...... William Ash
Garcia ...... Neil Bell
Miriah ...... Harriet Chandler Judd
Lucas ...... Declan Wilson
Roderigo ...... Stephen Hoyle
Officer/Captain ...... Roger Morlidge
Producer/Director: Charlotte Riches
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
SAT 02:30 Nightingales of India (b0210pl8)
This is the remarkable story of two iconic sisters revered by Bollywood fans the world over. Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle are two of the finest and most prolific female vocalists in the business. They are playback singers extraordinaire - providing the singing voices of generations of film actresses.
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown tells the story of the sisters from a humble background parallels the story of Bollywood and of India itself.
Known as the 'nightingales of India', they have forged careers spanning more than six decades. One or the other of them is rarely out of the record books as the most recorded artist in the world.
The sisters were born into a theatrical family. Lata, the older of the two, who is interviewed in the programme was left, at the age of thirteen, to support the whole family. After much hardship she got her big break and, just as the Hindi film industry was taking off at the end of the thirties, a star was born. Now in her 80s, despite her fame and fortune, she leads a quiet, simple life and remains unmarried. Her younger sister Asha, now in her eighties too, was far from shy and retiring. Teenage elopement, affairs and divorce make her the dangerous half of the duo. She too made it to the top.
Everyone who is anyone in Bollywood has worked with or is familiar with the sisters' work. And the programme includes a rare interview with Lata Mangeshkar herself.
Please note: at one point, the presenter refers to Lata and Asha's audience as being in "south east asia". This should be an audience in "south asia".
Producer: Mohini Patel
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.
SAT 03:00 Michael Punter - Come to Me (b0075685)
Theo Popplewell knows he must solve the riddle of his birth for the sake of his survival in America, where he lives in Kansas.
But can the answers really lie in a crumbling house on the south coast of England?
Dark comedy by Michael Punter
Theo ... John Guerrasio
May ... Avril Elgar
Greta ... Jane Lapotaire
Raymond ... Michael Troughton
Winnie... Patti Love
Paula ... Kate Harper
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1998.
SAT 04:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m0009r6d)
Series 14
Episode 5
Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Bridget Christie welcome:
* Comedian Andrew Maxwell
* Medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris
* Actor Celia Imrie
The Museum's Guest Committee donate a half-burned candle, an example of prisoner art and a piece of kit to ward off would-be body snatchers.
Researchers: Mike Turner, Mike Shepherd and Emily Jupitus of QI.
Producers: Victoria Lloyd and Anne Miller.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2019.
SAT 04:30 Bleak Expectations (b00ctlhp)
Series 2
A Happy Life, Cruelly Re-kippered
The further remarkable adventures of Pip Bin, inventor of the bin, as he struggles against the cruel plotting of his evil guardian Mr Gently Benevolent, recently returned from the dead.

Mark Evans's epic comedy in the style of Charles Dickens after far too much gin.

Volume Two, Chapter the First: A Happy Life, Cruelly Re-kippered
You're invited to bask in the kindness of St Lovely's school, with its classes of double Definitely-Not-Latin and its School Cakery. But what is that sinister presence lurking with a very large number of horses? Could it be that Mister Benevolent has plans to steal the school?
Sir Philip...........................Richard Johnson
Mr Benevolent.......................Anthony Head
Sternbeater...................Geoffrey Whitehead
Young Pip..................................Tom Allen
Harry Biscuit......................James Bachman
Lily.....................................Sarah Hadland
Mr Parsimonious...............Laurence Howarth
Pippa........................................Susy Kane
Sundry boys..............................Mark Evans
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2008.
SAT 05:00 Quanderhorn (b0bcg8td)
The Quanderhorn Xperimentations
Dah dah dah dah dah dahh Dah dah dah dah dahhhh...
It's 1952. Of course.
As Churchill's squadron of bagpiping bombers grows closer, our intrepid crew and their duplicates face the diabolical traps of the Alien ziggurat.
Meanwhile, Jenkins races back to the laboratory to secure the cellar, and uncovers a duplicate Quanderhorn, who claims he's the real thing.
Barely surviving the Deadly Duck Trap, the Waterfall of Glue and the Collapsing Stairway of Strangling Vines, Brian and the originals face the ultimate challenge - the Mirror Maze of Laser Death.
The duplicates reach the prize, the legendary Gaulus Tempus - the Time Bucket - but they are immediately betrayed by Guuuurk 2 who claims it for Mars.
Can Gemma, Troy, Guuuurk and Brian triumph and use the Time Bucket to save reality before the bombers strike and the bagpipers strike up Ride of the Valkyries?
The Quanderhorn Xperimentations - an adventure beyond human understanding.
Professor Quanderhorn ...... James Fleet
Brian Nylon ...... Ryan Sampson
Dr Gemini Janussen ...... Cassie Layton
Guuuurk ...... Kevin Eldon
Troy Quanderhorn ...... Freddie Fox
Winston Churchill/Jenkins ...... John Sessions
Synthetic Voice ...... Rachel Atkins
Created and written by Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall
Directed by Andrew Marshall
Music by Peter Brewis
Engineered, Edited and Sound designed by Alistair McGregor
Production Manager: Sarah Tombling
Produced by Rob Grant and Gordon Kennedy
Recorded at The Soundhouse Studios
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2018.
SAT 05:30 Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (m001f4ht)
The Overburdened Listener Problem
Do your family and friends always seem to bring their problems to you? Why do men so often need telling? You’re a long way from home - should you stay or should you go? All these subjects have been sent in by our listeners and are given the Marian and Tara treatment in the latest instalment of their popular advice podcast.
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
SAT 06:00 A View of the City from Westminster Bridge (m001ff8q)
A young idealistic architect is commissioned for a hugely ambitious site development near the River Thames.
But it’s fraught with unforeseen problems.
It’s a make-or-break career move for Louise Candrell – as well as impacting her personal life…
Written by Manny Draycott-Lai and recorded on location in London.
The title was inspired by William Wordsworth’s view from the famous London river crossing.
Stars Roger Allam and Suzanna Hamilton.
A sequel ‘Cities of Dreams and Desires’ followed in 1996.
Isambard Jones .... Roger Allam
Louise Candrell .... Suzanna Hamilton
Tom Fielding .... Ralph Fiennes
Father Damien .... Hugh Ross
Earlham .... Stuart Milligan
Mike Kilmartin .... Michael Tudor Barnes
Hennessey .... John Webb
Nancy .... Melinda Walker
Politician .... John Church
Boardman .... Jonathan Adams
With:
Crawford Logan
David Learner
Melanie Hudson
Eric Allan
Siriol Jenkins
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1992.
SAT 07:30 Great Lives (m0008nwt)
Constance Agatha Cummings-John
The author Chibundu Onuzo nominates the first elected female in Africa, Constance Agatha Cummings-John.
Chibundu discovered the remarkable story of Constance while studying for her PhD. Born into the Sierra Leonean Krios elite in 1918, Constance was brought up in colonial Freetown, with a lifestyle which most resembled English gentility.
But everything changed for her when she travelled to England and America as a teenager. She experienced racism and segregation for the first time, and returned to Sierra Leone determined to fight the colonial rule of the British.
At just 20 years old she became the first female elected councillor in Africa, and later the mayor of Freetown. But following independence, she would find herself in exile in London.
Matthew Parris is joined by Chibundu and Constance's grandson, Dennis Cummings-John, to discuss prejudice, class and colonialism, through the inspirational story of a woman ahead of her time.
Producer: Polly Weston
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2019.
SAT 08:00 Booked (b0075sqz)
Series 4
Episode 3
Diary entries for great characters of literature – and what does Noel Coward know about plumbing?
Barnsley poet Ian McMillan chairs the irreverent literary game.
Outrageous parody, biting wit and bizarre couplings from:
Mark Thomas
Dillie Keane
Roger McGough
Miles Kington
Producer: Marc Jobst
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998.
SAT 08:30 Tickets Please (b00ny7k4)
Episode 2
The 9.27 London to Exeter emotional rollercoaster continues as the train staff's personal embroilments deepen.
Now one of the wedding party is joining in the melee.
And why are there finger-holes in the muffins?
Sitcom on rails by Mark Maier.
Robin..................Jeremy Swift
Nadine...................Alex Kelly
Peter..............Malcolm Tierney
Carol..............Tessa Nicholson
Carl................Nicholas Boulton
Diana...............Melissa Advani
Linda...................Kate Layden
Keith...............Stephen Hogan
Other parts played by:
Piers Wehner
Philip Fox
Joseph Cohen-Cole
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.
SAT 09:00 Not The World Cup in Brazil (b0499kgw)
The media is full of stories about Premiership footballers, the highest earners who command attention on and off the field.
But for most players and fans, football isn't about glamour. It's the stuff of everyday life.
Like the supporter who has seen his team play every match, home and away for 40 years and the 75-year-old who loves the game so much he ventures out in all weathers three times a week just to score a goal. These people are the beating heart and soul of football: the men and women who are often forgotten as the media keeps its focus on the top players and clubs.
6 Music DJ Steve Lamacq co-presents the programme. As a lifelong Colchester United supporter he knows only too well the hardships football can bring, a cycle that regularly breaks the hearts of its loyal band of fans. Inexpert analysis comes from the comedian and football sceptic Robin Ince. Can Steve persuade Robin that football should become part of his life?
The programme features the best from the BBC archives, including John Motson. He takes a wry look at Ample Arthur Cartwright, a player whose career was blighted by a love of palaeontology while The Likely Lads Bob and Terry spend a desperate day trying to avoid hearing the result of a game until the highlights are shown on TV later in the evening.
We follow the fortunes of a parks team and hear from the woman who regularly turned out for all male sides.
Not The World Cup In Brazil is a millionaire player and club owner free-zone and hears from the ordinary people who believe football is a sport not a balance sheet.
Producer: Stan Was
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2014.
SAT 11:30 Lenin of the Rovers (b007jpjn)
Series 1
Episode 2
Midfield maestro Ricky Lenin's new economic policy kicks in at Felchester Rovers football club.
Starring Alexei Sayle and Keith Allen.
More adventures of communist football club, Felchester Rovers.
Written by Marcus Berkmann.
Ricky Lenin ...... Alexei Sayle
Terry Trotsky ...... Keith Allen
Stevie Stalin ...... Andrew McLean
Des Frankly ...... Tony Alias
Colonel ...... Ballard Berkeley
Frank Lee Brian ...... Kenneth Wolstenholme
Announcer ...... John Witty
Producer: Harry Thompson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1988.
SAT 12:00 The Jack Benny Program (m000sj53)
A Day At The Beach
Jack organises the annual beach picnic for the cast of his show.
The Jack Benny Program is regarded as an American classic - running first on radio from 1932 to 1955, with re-runs to 1958.
With a fine cast of supporting players, Benny made his show into one of the all-time great radio comedies, portraying him as likeable character, despite being vain, argumentative and a skinflint.
Many episodes have stood the test of time.
Over the years, show sponsors ranged from tyres to cigarettes.
Starring Jack Benny.
With:
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Mary Livingstone
Dennis Day
The Sportsmen Quartet
Announcer: Don Wilson
Orchestra conducted by Bob Crosby.
The show switched to TV in the USA from 1955.
First broadcast on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) in May 1954.
SAT 12:30 Bleak Expectations (b00ctlhp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:30 today]
SAT 13:00 Archive on 4 (m0002ypg)
Walking the Wild Mind
Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega explores Lou Reed's complexities with New Yorkers who knew him well.
Suzanne first saw Lou Reed perform when she was a student in New York. In that first concert she saw him intimidate and upset the audience in the first half of the show but, after the interval, he was another performer entirely. This was Lou bestowing all his charisma and talent to fans.
She explores the two sides of Lou Reed in a programme celebrating the unveiling of his archive. Lou's widow, artist and musician Laurie Anderson, has donated it to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Suzanne Vega lived a couple of blocks away from Lou and Laurie and often visited them at their country home. She wanted to get him know him better, but it was obvious that he needed to protect himself. Now, Suzanne talks to other New Yorkers who knew and worked with him.
Few got to see all sides of Lou Reed.
* Poet Anne Waldman talks about how seriously he took his poetry and songwriting.
* His second wife Sylvia Reed also describes his love of literature.
* Biographer Anthony De Curtis talks about the R and B music Lou loved all his life.
* Music entrepreneur Michael Dorf, shared with Lou his love of Jewish celebrations.
* Garland Jeffreys, a musician who knew Lou from university days to his death in 2013, describes their love of doo-wop on Brooklyn street corners.
He also witnessed Lou's rage at his father.
Suzanne asks her interviewees to bring objects that remind them of Lou or talk about an item in the archive.
And she has an exclusive sneak peek at some of the archival gems - the jewel, an exclusive for the BBC, is the opening of an iconic song from a 1965 demo.
Producer: Judith Kampfner
A Corporation for Independent Media production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2019.
SAT 14:00 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap (b04wwnh8)
Series 2
Episode 1
Bridget is back asking - who has the best sexism in the world?
She also deconstructs a yogurt advert and takes a look at what happens when a perfectly normal woman appears on TV.
With token man, Fred MacAulay who reveals a hitherto unsuspected penchant for certain kitchen cleaning products.
As she hasn't managed to single-handedly eradicate sexism, Bridget Christie returns in her multi-award winning series about modern feminism.
Bridget thought that she'd be able to put her feet up assuming her last series would bomb. Sadly it was a huge success and she's had to bang on about feminism ever since.
Written by Bridget Christie.
Producers: Alison Vernon-Smith and Alexandra Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015.
SAT 14:30 Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music (b0076yqv)
Series 3
Episode 1
Mitch attempts to break America, but is refused entry at the border for violations of the Patriot Act concerning songs mocking Dubya Bush and US foreign policy.
He’s forced to play a gig in Moosebutt Canada.
Highlights include a ballad from an X-Factor hopeful and the truth behind Franz Ferdinand's musical inspiration.
Mitch Benn returns with a series of music and comedy, joined by Morrissey-obsessive Robin Ince and the Distractions.
With Kirsty Newton, Craig Campbell, Jane Perry and Tasha Baylis.
Producer: Adam Bromley.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006.
SAT 15:00 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes (b01c19p3)
Series 1
Heroic Failures
More historical heroism - as Gelert the dog, anyone who's played rugby for Wales and William Frost are put to the Totaliser Test.
Comedian Elis James compares key figures in Welsh history to determine the ultimate heroes of Wales.
With:
Ben Partridge
Nadia Kamil
Written by Elis James, Gareth Gwyn and Benjamin Partridge.
Producer: Sharif Shahwan
First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in February 2012.
SAT 15:30 Cabin Pressure (b00ctl6w)
Series 1
Fitton
The crew are grounded, so Arthur shows the crew why apples are the secret of happiness - and Martin shows Carolyn how to be an air hostess.
Starring Stephanie Cole, Benedict Cumberbatch and Roger Allam.
John Finnemore's sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.
Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
Captain Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
Mr Goddard ...... Adam G Goodwin
Helena Richardson ...... Melisande Cook
Director: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2008.
SAT 16:00 A View of the City from Westminster Bridge (m001ff8q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Great Lives (m0008nwt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 18:00 Dermot Bolger - Hunger Again (b0b1q0kp)
The aftermath of an explosion at a British nuclear plant creates a lawless Ireland with the spectre of famine.
Against this backdrop, Helen Curtayne is searching for her young daughter Millie across a dangerous and altered country.
Starring Cathy Belton.
Written by Dermot Bolger
Helen Curtayne …. Cathy Belton
Thomas …. Owen Roe
Millie …. Hannah Gordon
Susan …. Susannah Doyle
Stephen …. Sean Campion
Theresa …. Tina Kellegher
Miko …. Gerry O'Brien
Old Traveller …. John Hewitt
Solider …. Vincent Higgins
Child …. Sarah Gordon
Child …. Martha Gordon
Directed at BBC Belfast by Gemma McMullan.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2005.
SAT 19:00 Not The World Cup in Brazil (b0499kgw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 21:30 Lenin of the Rovers (b007jpjn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SAT 22:00 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap (b04xrwhh)
Series 2
Ethical Filing
Bridget Christie's taken her activism to a whole new level. Well, sort of.
Multi-award winning series about modern feminism.
Bridget thought that she'd be able to put her feet up after her last series, she expected it to bomb. Sadly it was a huge success. But it's OK, because actually she's solved the feminist struggle all by herself.
She's assisted by token man, Fred MacAulay.
Written by Bridget Christie.
Producers: Alison Vernon-Smith and Alexandra Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015.
SAT 22:30 Chain Reaction (b00n1jbg)
Series 5
Alistair McGowan interviews Simon Callow
Impressionist, comedian and actor Alistair McGowan chats to actor, writer, and director, Simon Callow CBE.
Chain Reaction is the tag talk show, where the guest becomes the interviewer in the next episode.
Producer: Sam Bryant
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.
SAT 23:00 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00p912l)
Series 3
Episode 5
Naive office worker Adrian is offered a job as the new Robson and Jerome.
The United Planetary Super Council is invaded by a space-fiend.
And a strange German woman takes over the Shipping Forecast.
Award-winning comedian Laura Solon with more sketches, monologues and one-liners.
With:
Ben Moor
Rosie Cavaliero
Ben Willbond
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2009.
SAT 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jmd4)
Series 3
The Beautiful Game
Satan decides to hold a major football tournament in Hell - The Underworld Cup.
Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.
Satan …. Andy Hamilton
The Professor …. James Grout
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan
Other characters played by:
Felicity Montagu
Philip Pope
Nick Revel
Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999

SUNDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2022

SUN 00:00 Dermot Bolger - Hunger Again (b0b1q0kp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 (m0002ypg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap (b04wwnh8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music (b0076yqv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:00 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes (b01c19p3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:30 Cabin Pressure (b00ctl6w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 A View of the City from Westminster Bridge (m001ff8q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 Great Lives (m0008nwt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 The Channel (Omnibus) (m001ffd3)
The Channel is a reflection on the stretch of water that both separates us from and connects us to Europe.
Omnibus of a five-episode series examining how this waterway has affected our British identity through time, and continues to do so.
1. FROM LANDSCAPE TO SEASCAPE
Sanjeev Gupta goes back 450,000 years, to a time when our ancestors could walk across a rock ridge from the chalk cliffs near Calais to our own at Dover.
2. LITERARY PASSAGES
Dominic Rainsford explores what the writings of Dickens, Hugo and Barnes reveal about our relationship with the Channel.
3. CROSS-CHANNEL JOURNAL
Writer Alba Arikha, born in Paris and living in London, reflects on her own experiences of crossing the Channel and compares them with the accounts of others.
4. THE SHARED SEA
Historian Dr Renaud Morieux examines where in the Channel England ends and France begins and how that understanding has influenced peace, conflict and trade.
5. MAKING THE CROSSING
Christine Finn, who covered the Channel for local press and TV in the 1980s and 90s, examines recent developments in the UK's relationship with the Strait as its portal to Europe.
Music composed by Phil Channell
Producer: Marya Burgess
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.
SUN 07:10 Inheritance Tracks (m0002mnp)
Rick Wakeman
Renowned keyboard player Rick Wakeman chooses ‘Woodman, Spare That Tree’ by Phil Harris and Prokofiev's ‘Peter and the Wolf’.
SUN 07:20 Carmen (Omnibus) (b03p83r7)
Carmen is imprisoned by Officer Don Jose after fighting in a bar but is determined not to stay incarcerated for long.
Prosper Mérimée's novella Carmen is best known for the Bizet opera it later inspired.
Dan Allum takes the original story as his inspiration for this exciting and powerful fresh interpretation.
Starring Candis Nergaard as Carmen.
Omnibus of five parts.
With original music and songs in Romany and English by Dan Allum.
Musical arrangement by James Fortune.
Carmen ...... Candis Nergaard
Don Jose ...... William Ash
Garcia ...... Neil Bell
Miriah ...... Harriet Chandler Judd
Lucas ...... Declan Wilson
Roderigo ...... Stephen Hoyle
Officer/Captain ...... Roger Morlidge
Producer: Charlotte Riches
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
SUN 08:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (b04wjth2)
Series 1
The Jubilee Concert
Can the dear ladies organise a last-minute royal celebration?
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
Mr Fewster ...... Duggie Brown
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 June 1977.
SUN 09:00 Something to Shout About (m00017l0)
Series 2
Episode 1
Maggie wins an award for a cold cure advert – then catches a cold before the ceremony.
"A light-hearted exposé of the advertising world!".
Set in a London ad agency called 'Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, Blythe, Giddy & Partners'.
Michael …. Starring Michael Medwin
Janet …. Fenella Fielding
Mavis …. Joan Sims
Maggie …. Eleanor Summerfield
Adrian …. Nicholas Phipps
Mr Gosling …. Warren Mitchell.
The second of three series written by Myles Rudge with Ronnie Wolfe.
Producer: Eric Miller
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1961.
SUN 09:30 Coming Alive (b00j62ln)
Series 3
Endings and Beginnings
As Terry comes to the end of his sentence, will he and Sandra finally get together?
Starring Karl Howman and Phylis Logan.
Conclusion of Jim Eldridge's sitcom about ex-convict Terry King's efforts to run a community centre.
Terry King …. Karl Howman
Sandra Gaines …. Phyllis Logan
Steve Addison …. Ben Crowe
Mrs McKendrick …. Sandra Voe
Mr Preston …. David Holt
Wendy …. Clare Corbett
David Reynolds …. Sean Baker
Pauline Desmond …. Carolyn Pickles
Producer: Marilyn Imrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001ffd8)
Lost Gems
Stanley Holloway OBE
From Arthur Young to Maurice Ravel.
Actor Stanley Holloway shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley
Born in East London, Stanley became a stage and cinema stalwart, best known on screen for My Fair Lady, Brief Encounter, Passport To Pimlico, The Titfield Thunderbolt and The Lavender Hill Mob.
It was playing Eliza Doolittle's father Alfred in the original Broadway (1956) and London (1958) productions of My Fair Lady that won him the 1964 film role which brought Stanley international fame.
He was awarded an OBE in 1960.
Stanley Holloway died aged 91 in 1982.
DISC ONE: Bach Goes To Town - Arthur Young
DISC TWO: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Farewell, said he, Minnehaha (from Hiawatha) - Royal Choir Society Orchestra: Philharmonia
DISC THREE: The Old Superb - Peter Dawson
DISC FOUR: Wouldn't It Be Loverly? - André Previn and his Quartet
DISC FIVE: Elgar’s Chanson de matin Op.15`2 - London Philharmonic Orchestra
DISC SIX: And This Is My Beloved - Doretta Morrow
DISC SEVEN: Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte - Cleveland Orchestra, conductor: George Szell
Orchestra:
DISC EIGHT: Felix Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture - Benno Moiseiwitsch
BOOK CHOICE - A book on the musical plays of the last century
LUXURY CHOICE - Manicure and pedicure set
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - And This Is My Beloved - Doretta Morrow
Producer: Ronald Cook
Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1975.
SUN 10:30 Two Lumps of Cleese (m001ffdb)
John Cleese stars in two extracts originally never kept in the BBC archive.
Introduced by James Peak.
For starters, John joined BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Cash in October 1970 for 'Cash at Four'
Dave persuaded him to re-enact the 'Parrot Sketch' from BBC TV's Monty Python's Flying Circus.
In the second extract, enjoy a rare survivor from BBC Radio 4's 'The John Cleese Sketchbook' from 1975.
Producer: James Peak
First broadcast on BBC Radio in the 1970 and 1975.
SUN 11:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m000yyky)
A Bust, a Candy Bar, and Chad Everett
True stories told live in the USA: Jenifer Hixson introduces tales of responsibility and obsession.
The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling based in the USA. Since 1997, it has celebrated both the raconteur and the storytelling novice, who has lived through something extraordinary and yearns to share it. Originally formed by the writer George Dawes Green as an intimate gathering of friends on a porch in Georgia (where moths would flutter in through a hole in the screen), and then recreated in a New York City living room, The Moth quickly grew to produce immensely popular events at theatres and clubs around New York City and later around the USA, the UK and other parts of the world.
The Moth has presented more than 15,000 stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. The Moth podcast is downloaded over 27 million times a year.
Featuring true stories told live on stage without scripts, from the humorous to the heart-breaking.
The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Jay Allison and Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and is distributed by the Public Radio Exchange.
First heard on PRX in February 2019.
SUN 11:50 Inheritance Tracks (m0002mnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]
SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m001ffdd)
A Plague of Gratitude
Poet Daljit Nagra selects A Plague of Gratitude featuring the Iranian-American poet Kaveh Akbar.
The 32 year old poet is described as "one of the most exciting voices in American contemporary poetry."
Kaveh Akbar is plagued by an overabundance of gratitude.
Akbar's prizewinning debut collection, Calling a Wolf a Wolf, gave an unflinching account of his recovery from alcohol addiction.
But Kaveh has a new preoccupation. Gratitude.
His collection was a resounding success both in the US and the UK, he's just got married to fellow poet Paige Lewis, he’s taken up a teaching post at Perdue University in Indiana - and he's suffering from survivor's guilt. He feels overwhelmed by this 'Plague of Gratitude' as he calls it. Even the salad spinner that sits in his kitchen haunts him - taunting him that he's been grossly overpaid because he can afford a salad spinner that nobody needs.
Recorded on location in Indiana, we follow Kaveh as he grapples with this new question - how can he, as a poet, write about gratitude and joy responsibly when there is so much violence and anger in the world? And how can he leverage his new-found fortune to give opportunities for others to feel gratitude?
We hear selections of Kaveh's previous work in addition to a brand new poem.
Kaveh wants to live his life "in joyful service" to poetry. Teaching at Purdue and running his interview blog, DiveDapper, is part of his idea of sharing his gratitude. Fostering a thriving community is top of Kaveh’s agenda - we join him at a celebratory poetry festival he organises in Indianapolis and eavesdrop on his monthly poetry salon where students and teachers come together to share their work and enjoy each other’s company outside the classroom.
Producer: Victoria Ferran
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2020.
SUN 12:30 Angstrom (b09nxsc4)
Series 1
Into the Mad Mind of Madness
Matthew Holness stars as Knut Ångström, a brooding, alcoholic, maverick Swedish detective from the tough streets of Oslo.
Scandinavian detective yarn adapted from the bestselling Ångström trilogy by Martin English (writing as Bjorgen Swedenssonsson).
Following the death of his wife, Ångström is posted to the Njalsland peninsula where he becomes embroiled in a labyrinthine murder (or possibly not-murder) case which bears an eerie similarity to the Askeladden killings - a case from his distant past.
A clue left by the killer now leads Ångström and Mina to the Schmilsson novelty troll factory, where Ångström's brooding threatens to get out of control.
Written by Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley.
Knut Ångström ...... Matthew Holness
Nina Oblong ...... Nadia Kamil
Narrator ...... Simon Kane
Also starring:
Kevin Eldon
Freya Parker
David Reed
Anna Crilly
The writers have also written the Ladybird Books for Grown Ups, Charlie Brooker's Wipe, That Mitchell and Webb Look and A Touch of Cloth.
Producer: Lyndsay Fenner
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2018.
SUN 13:00 Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie (Omnibus) (m00047rz)
Episode 2
Parvaiz is discontented about having to leave the family home. He wants to know more about his father.
Home Fire is about identity, conflicting loyalties, love and politics: a book for our times.
Isma and Aneeka must keep a secret about their younger brother for their own protection and his.
This breathtakingly topical, powerful thriller by Kamila Shamsie won the 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction and was Book of the Year for all the major UK Newspapers.
Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes abridged by Sara Davies.
Read by Lisa Zahra and Sanjeev Bhaskar.
Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2019.
SUN 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b08dxdyl)
Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson inherits 'Blue Yodel No 6' by Jimmie Rodgers and she passes on her own Let's 'Have a Party'.
SUN 14:20 Curious Under the Stars (b0br5b62)
Series 6 (Omnibus) - Shincyn's Moon
Gareth and Diane have some unwelcome visitors – Diane’s mother Gertrude and an infestation of rats.
Magical drama set in Glan Don, a mysterious village perched on the wild Welsh coast.
Omnibus of five parts written by Alan Harris.
Gareth.... Elis James
Diane.... Emma Sidi
Emlyn..... Ifan Huw Dafydd
Megan.... Aimee Ffion Edwards
Gertrude…. Joanna Scanlan
Series created by Meic Povey
Director: James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2018.
SUN 15:30 The Lost Songs of Hollywood (b06nrqvk)
The classic film soundtracks of the Golden Age of Hollywood feature some of the most quintessentially American music you’re likely to hear.
But the music for King Kong, Casablanca, High Noon and many other movies was actually written by Europeans – exiled classical composers, many of them Jewish, arriving in the USA in the 1920s and 30s.
Opera singer Julia Kogan was forced to leave the Soviet Union with her parents. Fascinated by the impact of exile on other artists, she goes in search of the songs many of these composers wrote away from the Hollywood spotlight, which until recently remained unpublished, hidden away in family archives.
What can these songs tell us about the emotional impact on these musicians, of being uprooted from their homelands and starting anew in a culturally alien world?
Kogan visits Los Angeles, to unearth and perform songs by multiple Oscar-winning composer Dimitri Tiomkin and by Erich Zeisl, a little-known composer whose fortunes took a rather different turn after leaving Europe. And she meets the last surviving exiled composer in Hollywood, Walter Arlen.
At his 95th birthday celebrations, Kogan asks how a lifetime away from his native Austria is reflected in the songs that are only now seeing the light of day for the first time.
We hear Julia performing:
Tiomkin's 'Sweet Surrender' (with Alan Steinberger at the piano)
Eric Zeisl's 'Prayer'
'Es geht wohl anders' and 'Wiegenlied' by Walter Arlen (all with pianist Edan Gillen).
For more information on the music and contributors, please visit juliakogan.com. For more information on Walter Arlen and Eric Zeisl, visit orelfoundation.org.
Producers: Chris Elcombe, Dave King & Julia Kogan
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2015.
SUN 16:00 RK Narayan - The Guide (b007jyp4)
Railway Raju is famous for helping tourists above and beyond the call of duty – until Rosie arrives.
Stars Nitin Ganatra.
RK Narayan's novel first published in 1958.
Dramatised by Rukhsana Ahmad.
Raju .... Nitin Ganatra
Uncle .... Saeed Jaffrey
Rosie .... Shaheen Khan
Marco Polo .... Sam Dastor
Velan ....Vincent Ebrahim
Mother .... Leena Dhingra
Gaffur .... Shiv Grewal
Other parts played by the cast.
Director: David Hitchinson
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in August 2003
SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001ffdd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]
SUN 17:30 Angstrom (b09nxsc4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
SUN 18:00 The Female Ghost (b00nj7cx)
The Cold Embrace by Mary Braddon
When handsome young artist Josef betrays his delicate fiancée, her retribution is eerily appropriate...
Mary Braddon's eerie tale stars Jonathan Firth and Stephanie Turner.
The first of four ghostly stories written by women.
Dramatised by Christopher Hawes.
Mary Braddon …… Stephanie Turner
Josef …… Jonathan Firth
Gertrude …… Alison Pettitt
Postmaster …… Ioan Meredith
Father …… John Hartley
Woman …… Carolyn Jones
Passenger …… Hugh Dickson
Parisienne …… Tracy-Ann Oberman
Fisherman …… Chris Pavlo
Producer: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1997.
SUN 18:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvxy)
3. Ancient Forces
Vesin has been travelling in France when he finds himself stopping off for one night in a sleepy medieval town.
There he meets Ilse the beautiful innkeeper's daughter and becomes bewitched by her.
Vesin starts wondering whether the people actually come alive at night and wonders if the town is in the hands of cats.
Vesin begins to feel uneasy and that strange forces are tugging at his very being.
Algernon Blackwood's dark tale unabridged in four parts.
Read by Philip Madoc.
Producer: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Northern Ireland and first broadcast in September 2005.
SUN 19:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m000yyky)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:50 Inheritance Tracks (m0002mnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]
SUN 20:00 RK Narayan - The Guide (b007jyp4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001ffd8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:30 Two Lumps of Cleese (m001ffdb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 Angstrom (b09nxsc4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
SUN 22:30 Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing (b02147zz)
Series 2
About Difficult Dads
Nathan's Dad celebrates his 50th birthday, but resents being made to feel middle-aged by his son.
So, he challenges him to see who is The Man of the House.
This is the story of young, up-and-coming comedian Nathan Caton, who becomes the first in his family to graduate from university, only to opt for a career in comedy - much to his family's annoyance, who want him to get a 'proper job' using his architecture degree.
Each episode shows the criticism, interference and rollercoaster ride that Nathan endures from his family as he pursues his career against their wishes.
Will Nathan be able to persist and follow his dreams? Or will he give in to his family's interference?
A mix of Nathan's stand-up intercut with scenes from his family life.
Written by: Nathan Caton.
Additional material by: Ola and Maff Brown.
Nathan ...... Nathan Caton
Mum ...... Adjoa Andoh
Dad ...... Curtis Walker
Grandma ...... Mona Hammond
Reverend Williams ...... Don Gilet
Girl ...... Chizzy Akudolu
Comedy Club Promoter ...... Ola
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.
SUN 22:45 Elastic Planet (b007k3h0)
The Hair
A documentary maker films endangered hairstyles.
Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences.
Ben Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections.
With:
Alexander Armstrong
Dan Strauss
Doon Mackichan
Kerry Shale
Michael Troughton
Ben Moor
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.
SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001c1c5)
Frankie Thompson 1/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Jon Holmes speaks to comedy clown Frankie Thompson.
SUN 23:00 Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed (b039cth4)
Series 2
Forgery
Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed finds himself immersed in the art world when a forgery ring is discovered.
Return of the critically acclaimed sitcom written and performed by Nick Mohammed.
Nick's back tackling major crimes and assisting with major public events.
Special constables Colin and Anna aid and abet him in everything he does.
With:
Anna Crilly
Colin Hoult
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Will Andrews
Producers: Tilusha Ghelani and Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2013.
SUN 23:30 At Home With The Snails (b007jvlw)
Series 2
Episode 1
George and Beverley decide to fake their deaths to see how their children will cope with the grief.
He wants to write a book about it all and she hopes they’ll realise how much they miss them, so that they can become one big happy reunited family.
But will their plan actually work?
Return of Gerard Foster's comedy drama.
George ..... Geoffrey Palmer
Beverley ..... Angela Thorne
Alex ..... Gerard Foster
Rose ..... Miranda Hart
Hosana ..... Debra Stephenson
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.

MONDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2022

MON 00:00 The Female Ghost (b00nj7cx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie (Omnibus) (m00047rz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b08dxdyl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Sunday]
MON 02:20 Curious Under the Stars (b0br5b62)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:20 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 The Lost Songs of Hollywood (b06nrqvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 RK Narayan - The Guide (b007jyp4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (m001ffdd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Angstrom (b09nxsc4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008wf8j)
Series 1
1. Murder?
A Cambrdge college has been drawn together by the death of one of its most prominent dons - celebrity TV historian, Peter Devanti.
Ex-student Simon Harrison - now working for the Health and Safety Executive - begins to wonder whether his death was as straightforward as it first appeared...?
Starring Geoffrey Palmer and Samuel West.
Mark Tavener's six-part comedy thiller set in a small Cambridge college.
Gilbert ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Simon ...... Samuel West
Zoe ...... Sharon Small
Patricia ...... Rebecca Front
Dean ...... Michael Maloney
Bernard ...... Jonathan Coy
The Master ...... Hugh Dickson
Peter ...... Nicholas Boulton
Caroline ...... Emily Wachter
Alice ...... Beth Chalmers
Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.
MON 06:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nm5wr)
1. Advertising
Bulldog Hugh Drummond is a hero, patriot, sportsman and quintessential English gentleman.
A de-mobilised army officer in the First World War, Drummond knows how to fight hard and play fair and there is precious little that can shake him.
Finding peace unbearably tedious, he puts an ad in the newspaper offering his services to any client who can offer adventure.
Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Written by "Sapper" (Herman McNeile)
Abridged in six parts by Neville Teller.
Producer: John Simpson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2009.
MON 07:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03xd3hn)
Series 3
The Prisoner
Nerves are fraying as Anthony's first night of Hay Fever looms, not helped by news of a dangerous prisoner loose in the area.
Meanwhile, Damien contends with an angry neighbour...
Sitcom written by and starring Miles Jupp, charting the life of cookery writer Damien Trench and his partner Anthony.
Damien Trench ...... Miles Jupp
Anthony ...... Justin Edwards
Mr Mullaney ...... Brendan Dempsey
Marion Duffett ...... Lesley Vickerage
Ian Frobisher ...... Philip Fox
Steven ...... Ade Oyefeso
Constable Clive ...... David Seddon
Superintendent Michael ...... Bertenshaw
Victim Liaison Officer ...... Priyanga Burford
Producer: Sam Michell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.
MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m001f52w)
Series 78
Episode 1
Radio 4's multi award-winning ‘antidote to panel games’ promises yet more quality, desk-based entertainment for all the family. The series begins at the Plaza in Stockport where Jon Culshaw and Jan Ravens are pitched against Milton Jones and Andy Hamilton, with Jack Dee in the role of reluctant chairman. Regular listeners will know to expect inspired nonsense, pointless revelry and Colin Sell at the piano.
Producer - Jon Naismith
It is a BBC Studios production
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b007tm45)
Series 3
Episode 19
Kenneth Horne welcomes The Palone Ranger, and it's Fiona and Charles with sound effects.
Plus Julian and Sandy take charge of the BBC wardrobe department.
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 June 1967.
MON 08:30 Anything Legal (b008cxvk)
Episode 7
The DIY skills of Charles and George arouse the suspicions of their wives Marjorie and Hilary.
Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.
A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly
Charles …. Donald Hewlett
George …. Michael Knowles
Marjorie …. Dilys Laye
Hilary …. Norma Ronald
Theme music by Jim Parker.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.
MON 09:00 Dilemma (b01r5pxg)
Series 2
Episode 4
Sue Perkins puts Roisin Conaty, Samira Ahmed, David Reed and Robin Ince through the moral and ethical wringer.
The panellists finely-balanced dilemmas involve changing history; dipping into the archives; injust justice and a maths teacher's non-standard deviation.
There are no "right" answers - but there are some deeply damning ones.
Devised by Danielle Ward.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.
MON 09:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00cd4qp)
Series 1
Episode 6
Lucy is thrilled to be a godparent, but the same can’t be said for Dan.
David Tennant and Liz Carling star in David Spicer's sitcom.
Modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of a 30-something couple with no kids.
Daniel ...... David Tennant
Lucy ...... Liz Carling
Katie ...... Meera Syal
Charlotte ...... Polly Frame
Andy ...... Tony Gardner
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.
MON 10:00 Phoebe Junior by Margaret Oliphant (b03m7vj1)
1. The Young Lady in Black
Mrs Oliphant wrote her last chapter of the Chronicles of Carlingford when Lucilla Marjoribanks married Tom.
It's now 1875, and Mrs Oliphant returns to the town to focus on Phoebe Beecham's family - with the jealousies and rivalries of Carlingford between the Church and the Dissenters and Society and its shopkeepers.
Margaret Oliphant 's sequel to Miss Marjoribanks, first published in 1876..
Dramatised in four parts by Elizabeth Proud.
Mrs Oliphant... Elizabeth Spriggs
Phoebe, Junior... Charlotte Attenborough
Clarence Copperhead... MIchael Onslow
Copperhead.... Timothy West
Mrs Copperhead... Elizabeth Proud
Mr Beecham.... Norman Bird
Phoebe, Snr... Ann Windsor
Tozer.... John Hollis
Ursula .... Cathy Sara
Mr May ... Peter Jeffrey
Janey May.... Fiona Christie
Reginald May... Richard Derrington
Sir Robert Dorset.... David King
Ann Dorset.... Sunny Ormonde
Sophy Dorset... Oona Beeson
Music composed and played by Malcolm McKee.
Music composed by Malcolm McKee.
Played by Malcolm McKee and Linda Rhodes.
Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Sue Wilson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1994.
MON 11:00 TED Radio Hour (m001ff9d)
Series 9
Investigating True Crime In The Animal Kingdom
A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) stage.
Manoush Zomorodi investigates mysterious cases where the suspects might not be human. It’s crime with a wild twist…
First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2022.
MON 11:50 Inheritance Tracks (m001ff9l)
Suzi Ruffell
Comedian Suzi Ruffell chooses ‘You’re The First, The Last, My Everything’ by Barry White and ‘Born This Way’ by Lady Gaga.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b007tm45)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Anything Legal (b008cxvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008wf8j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nm5wr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Feel Free by Zadie Smith (b0b42v6d)
1. 1980s Multicultural London
Zadie Smith reads from her electrifying essay collection offering sharp, and often funny, insights and observations on high culture, pop culture, social change, political debate and the personal.
She begins with her reflections on growing up in multicultural London in the 1980s.
Wide-ranging, timely and witty, each essay is a perceptive view of the contemporary world from one of the best-regarded writers of her generation.
Zadie Smith is the award-winning author of the novels, White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time.
Feel Free is her second essay collection. She was listed as one of Granta's 20 Best Young Novelists in 2003 and 2013. Her 2000 debut 'White Teeth' won numerous literary awards, including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award.
Zadie is a professor of fiction at New York University.
Abridged in five parts and produced by Elizabeth Allard.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2018.
MON 14:15 Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (m0000m7k)
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
Episode 1
Maya Angelou's third volume of vivid memoirs set in the early 1950s.
Single mother Maya loves music.
She meets and marries former sailor Tosh in the record shop where she works.
Dramatised in five parts by Winsome Pinnock
Narrator - Older Maya …. Adjoa Andoh
Maya … Pippa Bennett-Warner
Tosh .… Jamie Demetriou
Vivian Baxter .… Ellen Thomas
Clyde …. Tumo Reetsang
Preacher …. Steve Toussaint
The books that make up the life and times of Maya Angelou are some of the best, most beautiful and haunting pieces of autobiography written.
They run the gamut from life affirming to tragedy and back again with a tone that is a joyous, direct and searingly honest, and are an extraordinary portrait of 20th-century Black America.
Director: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018.
MON 14:30 Gareth Gwynn's Little Book of Welsh Rock (b055g69f)
All the things you thought you knew about Welsh music are wrong.
Forget Tom Jones, Bread of Heaven, male voice choirs, Shirley Bassey: one of the most vibrant and confident place that Welshness is articulated in music... is in Welsh-language rock.
There is a whole world of musical activity happening that almost no-one across Offa's Dyke has any idea about. This isn't some niche pursuit - the Welsh-language music scene is young, contemporary and thriving, and has fired off in hugely inventive and original paths that the English language rock scene hasn't; few realise that the internationally-renowned bands Catatonia and Super Furry Animals released songs in their first language of Welsh as well as English. For English music lovers in the know (like the late Radio 1 DJ John Peel), 'roc cymraeg' is fascinating in being completely British yet completely 'other' - in a way few parts of British culture can match. Most crucially, for teenage Welsh-language speakers, it's the medium through which they can express their cultural and political nationalism - their 'otherness' - most freely.
But Welsh-language rock is a political hot potato, mired in the same cultural and linguistic controversies that dog the idea of Welshness across the nation's culture. As the Scottish debated their independence referendum last year, no-one argued that not speaking Gaelic made anyone less Scottish. But in Wales - where around a tenth of the population speak Welsh as a first language - there remains amongst some the idea that you're not truly Welsh unless you speak the national tongue. With the roots of contemporary Welsh rock lying in the protest movements of the 1960s, there remains a highly political - some say Anglophobic - strain to the music scene. If rock music in Welsh is a medium for the Welsh national psyche to truly express itself - who is it leaving out?
Satirist Gareth Gwynn has an identity crisis. He's a proper, paid-up music geek and a proud Welshman. But his iPod's full of English bands... and he doesn't speak Welsh. Can Gareth embrace his inner 'cymro' and immerse himself in a world through the looking-glass? Does he even need to? Gareth embarks on a twisted, often faintly surreal journey through the heart of Welsh-language rock.
Producer: Steven Rajam
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 2015.
MON 15:00 Phoebe Junior by Margaret Oliphant (b03m7vj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 Dilemma (b01r5pxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 16:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00cd4qp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 17:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03xd3hn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m001f52w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 Dan Dare (m000dqky)
Series 2
Prisoners of Space 2/3
Dan Dare, Professor Peabody and Major Stranks arrive at the XQY03 space station to try and rescue Digby and Spry from The Mekon.
Continuing adventures based on the Eagle comic strip 'Dan Dare', created in 1950 by the Reverend Marcus Morris and Frank Hampson.
Dramatised by Colin Brake.
Dan Dare …. Ed Stoppard
Digby …. Geoff McGivern
Professor Peabody …. Heida Reed
Sir Hubert …. Michael Cochrane
The Mekon …. Raad Rawi
Old Timer …. Robert G. Slade
Cadet ‘Flamer’ Spry …. Noof McEwan
Sondar …. Bijan Daneshmand
Treen Captain …. Alistair Lock
On-board Computer …. Dianne Weller
Original music: Imran Ahmad
Produced and directed by Andrew Mark Sewell.
Made by B7 Media.
MON 18:30 A Good Read (b05nvfr1)
Ian Rankin and Joe Boyd
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - crime writer, Ian Rankin and record producer, Joe Boyd - discuss their favourite books by Lesley Branch, Mohsin Hamid and Pascal Garnier.
The Wilder Shores of Love by Lesley Blanch
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid
Publisher: Penguin
The Islanders by Pascal Garnier
Publisher: Gallic Books
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b007tm45)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Anything Legal (b008cxvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008wf8j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nm5wr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 TED Radio Hour (m001ff9d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:50 Inheritance Tracks (m001ff9l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today]
MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m001f52w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Twenty Players (b007511f)
Series 1
Hugo De Vries
Steve Rider tells the story of the reckless but exciting racing driver.
Simon Bullivant's album of forgotten sporting heroes in a highly collectible series of six parts.
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.
MON 22:45 Self-Storage (b0082dxc)
Series 1
Leaving
Could the time have come at long last for Dave to leave behind his peculiar abode?
Stars Reece Shearsmith and Mark Heap.
Sitcom written by Tom Collinson and Barnaby Power.
Dave …. Reece Shearsmith
Geoff …. Mark Heap
Ron …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Judy ...... Rosie Cavaliero
With Susan Earl.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007.
MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001c3ww)
Frankie Thompson 2/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Jon Holmes speaks to comedy clown Frankie Thompson.
MON 23:00 The Now Show (m001f5jv)
Series 61
Episode 4
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. They're joined by Alfie Brown, Lauren Pattison and Jess Robinson.
Lauren Pattison takes us through Matt Hancock's jungle journey, Alfie Brown declares why "I Love Keir Starmer" and Jess Robinson sings us through what makes the perfect Christmas advert.
The show was written by the cast with additional material from Sarah Campbell, Mike Shephard, Alex Garrick-Wright and Cameron Loxdale
Voice actors: Luke Kempner and Stevie Martin
Sound: David Thomas
Executive Producer: Richard Morris
Producer: Sasha Bobak
Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls
A BBC Studios Production
MON 23:30 Sorry About Last Night (b00ndrql)
A Occurrence
Andy's dinner party sparks a rift with Julie.
Written by and starring Alexei Sayle.
Sitcom about life, love and not living together.
Andy ...... Alexei Sayle
Julie ...... Siobhan Redmond
Mr Hamad ...... Nadim Sawalha
D.I. Troon ..... Doon Mackichan
Mrs Abasanjo ...... Adjoa Andoh
Mr Lucik ...... Chris Pavlo
Dad ...... Harry Towb
Rory Bream ...... Simon Greenall
Michael ...... Gary Bleasdale
Sgt Pilcher ...... Tony Barclay
Produced and directed by Jo Clegg with Alexei Sayle.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1999.

TUESDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2022

TUE 00:00 Dan Dare (m000dqky)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b05nvfr1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008wf8j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nm5wr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Feel Free by Zadie Smith (b0b42v6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (m0000m7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Gareth Gwynn's Little Book of Welsh Rock (b055g69f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Phoebe Junior by Margaret Oliphant (b03m7vj1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Dilemma (b01r5pxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00cd4qp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03xd3hn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m001f52w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008wmnj)
Series 1
2. Cruets
Another mysterious death makes Health and Safety executive Simon consider the relevance of cruets.
Following the death of one of its most prominent Dons, celebrity TV historian Peter Devanti - everyone at a Cambridge College gathers to attend the funeral. Simon, an ex-student and now disillusioned health and safety officer, starts wondering whether his death was not as straightforward as it at first appeared.
CAST:
Gilbert …. Geoffrey Palmer
Simon …. Samuel West
Patricia …. Rebecca Front
with Sharon Small, Michael Maloney, Jonathan Coy, Emily Wachter, Nicholas Boulton, Jason Chan and Beth Chalmers
Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.
TUE 06:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nm9s4)
2. Warning
Bulldog Hugh Drummond is a hero, patriot, sportsman and quintessential English gentleman.
A de-mobilised army officer in the First World War, Drummond knows how to fight hard and play fair and there is precious little that can shake him.
Tricked into abducting the wrong man, dangerous Peterson gives a stern warning to the ex-officer.
Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Written by "Sapper" (Herman McNeile)
Abridged by Neville Teller.
Producer: John Simpson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2009.
TUE 07:00 Tickets Please (b00p1nm5)
Episode 3
Love among the train-staff on the 9.27 London to Exeter flourishes, but with the unwelcome addition of Diana's amorous mum.
And why is her Dad squashing Carol's muffins?
Sitcom on rails by Mark Maier.
Robin..................Jeremy Swift
Nadine...................Alex Kelly
Peter..............Malcolm Tierney
Carol..............Tessa Nicholson
Carl................Nicholas Boulton
Diana...............Melissa Advani
Linda...................Kate Layden
Keith...............Stephen Hogan
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.
TUE 07:30 Hennikay (m000xdt7)
Episode 1 - Introducing Hennikay
Bill Bailey stars as Guy Starling, a middle aged man, who, after 45 years, and for reasons quite unknown to him, is suddenly revisited by his imaginary childhood friend Hennikay.
It's the biggest day in his career and he is on the brink of closing the biggest deal in the history of Maidstone, but when Guy Starling strides into his office at Solutify Technology, a software house that develops games for grown-ups to waste their time playing on their phones, he is confronted with an 11-year-old boy, playing keepy-uppies.
And to make matters worse, no one else can see or hear him. Because he is Hennikay, Guy’s imaginary friend from his lonely childhood.
Neither of them knows why he is there after all these years, but he refuses to leave and even though he sees the world through the naïve eyes of a child from 1976, Hennikay might just be there to help his oldest (and only) friend in the world save the day and close the deal.
Cast:
Guy – Bill Bailey
Tony – Sanjeev Bhaskar
Marika – Elizabeth Carling
Kallie – Anna Leong Brophy
Don – John Schwab
Hennikay – Max Pattison
Written by David Spicer
Producer: Liz Anstee
A CPL production for BBC Radio 4
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2021.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jnj2)
Series 7
The Macreekie Rising of '74
Neddie Seagoon has a 60-foot caber hidden under his kilt, but the Scots want it back.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.
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.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1956.
TUE 08:30 In the Balance (b007k1g5)
Episode 2
Will the BBC's maverick hack George Cragge catch the murderer - or last orders?
Mark Tavener's comedy thriller set in the world of football, the BBC and party politics.
With Europe becoming a hot potato can the Prime Minister hold on to his job?
To make matters worse England are hosting the World Cup and a killer is on the loose.
Starring Michael Williams as George Cragge, Barry Foster as Superintendent Jefferson and Jeremy Clyde as the PM.
With Robert Bathurst, Tracy Ann Oberman, Jim Carter, Peter Woodthorpe, Susie Brann and Christian Rodska.
Music by Paul Mottram
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1997.
TUE 09:00 The Now Show (m001f5jv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:30 Lucky Heather (b0075smn)
High Noon
16 years ago, Heather's best friend Dawn ran off with Heather's man Joe. Now Dawn has the cheek to ask Heather to check if Joe is having an affair!
Just this side of nosey, Heather is western movie-mad. She's also the Sherlock Holmes of the rundown Sutter Estate.
Sue Teddern's six-part comedy series star Lindsey Coulson as Heather. (Carol Jackson in BBC TV's EastEnders until 2015)
With Tessa Peake-Jones as Dawn, Dearbhla Molloy as Maev, Abigail Hart as Natalie, Ben Crowe as Ryan, Gavin Muir as Joe, Gerard McDermott as Lou and David Holt as the Waiter.
Director: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.
TUE 10:00 Phoebe Junior by Margaret Oliphant (b03m7vj3)
2. A New Gentleman
Phoebe Beecham has met Clarence Copperhead at a London ball but his wealthy father disapproves. She fortuitously leaves London to visit her sick grandmother in Carlingford - but gets a shock on arrival...
Dramatised from Margaret Oliphant's 1876 novel by Elizabeth Proud.
Mrs Oliphant... Elizabeth Spriggs
Phoebe, Junior... Charlotte Attenborough
Clarence Copperhead... MIchael Onslow
Copperhead.... Timothy West
Mrs Copperhead... Elizabeth Proud
Mr Beecham.... Norman Bird
Phoebe, Snr... Ann Windsor
Tozer.... John Hollis
Ursula .... Cathy Sara
Mr May ... Peter Jeffrey
Janey May.... Fiona Christie
Reginald May... Richard Derrington
Sir Robert Dorset.... David King
Ann Dorset.... Sunny Ormonde
Sophy Dorset... Oona Beeson
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
TUE 11:00 Archive on 4 (m0005mpm)
A Saga of Trying (and Failing) to Save the Planet
As a palaeontologist, Professor Alice Roberts knows a lot about mass extinctions.
As part of BBC Radio 4's 'Costing the Earth’ team, she’s also heard a lot about the many potential solutions to our current planetary predicament. Some are already proven: we know what we have to do to de-carbonise so why are we still rushing towards the environmental apocalypse faster than Elon Musk’s low carbon Hyperloop transporter AKA the ‘barf ride’?
To find out how best we get to zero carbon nirvana, Alice looks back at which great green plans have worked and which remain in the lab. What has really changed in the 40 years since 'climate change' began to be discussed by world leaders, and can the environmental archive tell us what we need to do about it?
Alongside some of the serious and real achievements such as fewer plastic bags, incredible advances in renewable energy and electric cars which work, Alice explores some of the more radical ideas in the archive.
Why, in the future, might we stop having pets or multiple children? For the answer we can delve back to 'Costing the Earth' in 2010. To keep emissions below 2 degrees we might be eating insects, riding around in airships or holidaying on cruise ships propelled by kite. Or we might have finally figured out how to make carbon capture and storage economical, cracked the fusion power conundrum and found a way to make our waste work for us.
By looking back at campaigns and ideas which have really worked, Alice hopes to find some suggestions for how we should proceed before it's too late.
Producer: Helen Lennard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jnj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 In the Balance (b007k1g5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008wmnj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nm9s4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Feel Free by Zadie Smith (b0b42z8c)
2. Writing and Dancing.
Some lessons on the connection between writing and dancing.
Zadie Smith reads from her essay collection where she offers sharp, and sometimes funny, insights and observations on high culture, pop culture, social change, political debate and the personal.
Zadie Smith is the award winning author of the novels, White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time. Feel Free is her second essay collection. She was listed as one of Granta's 20 Best Young Novelists in 2003 and again in 2013. Her 2000 debut White Teeth, won numerous literary awards, including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award. Zadie Smith is a professor of fiction at New York University.
Abridged and produced by Elizabeth Allard.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2018.
TUE 14:15 Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (m0000mjh)
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
Episode 2
Drama series based on writer Maya Angelou's third volume of vivid memoirs set in the early 1950's.
Maya gets a job as a dancer in a strip bar. As the first black dancer they've employed she doesn't have to strip but she does have to induce the punters to buy fraudulent drinks in return for her company.
Singin' and Swingin' And Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou
Dramatized by Winsome Pinnock
Narrator …. Adjoa Andoh
Maya …. Pippa Bennett-Warner
Vivian Baxter …. Ellen Thomas
Clyde …. Tumo Reetsang
Eddie …. Lewis Bray
Jorie …. Emma Handy
Babe …. Lucy Doyle
Tom …. Ryan Whittle
Produced and Directed by Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018.
TUE 14:30 The Big Yin (b06spf00)
1. Beginnings
Comedian Janey Godley celebrates the career of her hero, Billy Connolly and the influence he still has today.
Janey finds out why Glasgow was so important to The Big Yin and how he paved the way for other comedians and artists.
Guests include Elaine C Smith, Barbara Dickson, Rab Noakes, Tony Roper and The Rt Hon The Lord Provost of Glasgow, Councillor Sadie Docherty.
Producer: Debbie McPhaill
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in October 2015.
TUE 15:00 Phoebe Junior by Margaret Oliphant (b03m7vj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00hy94k)
Series 1
Episode 1
James Walton's pop music history quiz with Andrew Collins, Tracey MacLeod, Stewart Lee and Martin Freeman. From December 2004.
TUE 16:30 Lucky Heather (b0075smn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 17:00 Tickets Please (b00p1nm5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Hennikay (m000xdt7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Dan Dare (m000dzpg)
Series 2
Prisoners of Space 3/3
Despite being imprisoned in his own impregnable cell, The Mekon throws down one last challenge to Dan Dare. Stars Ed Stoppard.
Dan Dare …. Ed Stoppard
Digby …. Geoff McGivern
Professor Peabody …. Heida Reed
Sir Hubert …. Michael Cochrane
The Mekon …. Raad Rawi
Major Stranks …. Robert G. Slade
Cadet ‘Flamer’ Spry …. Noof McEwan
Sondar …. Bijan Daneshmand
Treen Captain …. Alistair Lock
On-board Computer …. Dianne Weller
Original music: Imran Ahmad
Dramatised by Colin Brake from an original story by Frank Hampson.
Produced and directed by Andrew Mark Sewell.
Made by B7 Media
TUE 18:30 Soul Music (m0006lr8)
Series 28
Back to Black
Amy Winehouse died in July 2011 aged just 27. Back to Black the title track of her second and final album is a torch song to tragic love, addiction and loss. People who loved her and her music talk about how she helped them cope with their own struggles.
Lesley Jamison is now a successful writer but at 27 she was an alcoholic. She stopped drinking the same year that Amy died. Lesley reflects on how her own life could have followed the same path had she gone further into the darkness or the black of drinking and self destruction.
Daisy Buchanan tells her story of addictive love and how Back to Black helped her break free. Umaru Saidu was a vulnerable teenager with mental health issues who lost a dear childhood friend when he was 17. He later trained at the Amy's Yard programme and is grateful for the inspiration she gave him.
As a young teenager Amy Charles too identified with the pain expressed in Back to Black and says it helped her deal with depression brought on by a spinal injury.
Donald Brackett is the author of Back to Black: Amy Winehouse's Only Masterpiece and believes performing the song may have become traumatic for her in the end as it forced her to relive the emotional pain.
Elizabeth Kesses was visiting her terminally ill father at the same hospital where Amy Winehouse was being treated. She recalls seeing her there and hoping she would recover. Sadly it was not to be. But these stories reveal a legacy that goes beyond the music.
Producer: Maggie Ayre
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jnj2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 In the Balance (b007k1g5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008wmnj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nm9s4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Archive on 4 (m0005mpm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 22:00 Hennikay (m000xdt7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Tina C (b06qmpqw)
Tina C: Herstory
Episode 1
Country music star Tina C presents her life story, starting with her humble origins in deepest Tennessee and taking us all the way to where she stands today - a global feminist icon, and political powerhouse. And she can still knock out a tune or two too.
Tina will be joined on stage by a three-piece band who will help her recreate her biggest hits, and a special guest interviewer who will talk to her about her struggles.
In this first episode, Tina recalls her childhood. A humble start in life provides a rich seam of stories which fed into her early work. Family has always been important to Tina - as tracks like Hard Times, Don't Be Afraid to Start Crying, and Tramp on a Trampoline show.
From the moment her second album No Dick's As Hard As My Life was released, the world took notice of country music singer Tina C. Since then she has become a global brand. Following 9/11 she has been travelling the world 24/11 working for peace and being a poster girl for American democracy, selling that unique vision of hope to the rest of the world whether they want it or not. Seductive and persuasive, she is here to recruit you to her world view. She is the living embodiment (and what a body) of soft power. Tina C. has performed in venues all over the world, with her own TV show and five series on BBC Radio. You can run but you can't hide from Tina C.
Tina is the creation of Christopher Green, a multi-award winning writer and performer.
"Tina C is one of my favourite performers. She is witty, often outrageous and always in tune! I can't wait to see what Chris Green comes up with next" Sir Ian McKellen
""Christopher Green's Tina C is one of the great comic creations of the age. A genuinely fine country singer, but with a twist of satire and insight which is rare and to be highly prized". Stephen Fry
Written & performed by Christopher Green.
Additional voices: Debra Baker & Leo Wan.
The Band: Duncan Walsh-Atkins, Mark Hardisty & Phil Wraith.
Special guest interviewer: Dr Raj Persaud.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.
TUE 23:00 Welcome to Wherever You Are (b09hw51s)
Series 1
Episode 3
Andrew Maxwell hosts a truly global stand-up show, in which comedians perform from wherever on the planet they happen to be, to an audience in the BBC Radio Theatre, London.
With:
Urzila Carlson
Rehman Akhtar
Aparna Nancherla.
From New Zealand, South Africa-born Urzila Carlson discusses flip-flops and marriage.
From Bahrain, one of Saudi Arabia's first comedians, Rehman Akhtar talks about public flogging
Plus New York's Aparna Nancherla, who filmed a half-hour special for Netflix. Photo credit: Matt Stronge
Producer: Ed Morrish
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2017.
TUE 23:30 Alun Cochrane's Fun House (b01s0dld)
Bedroom
Comedian Alun Cochrane has a 25 year mortgage which he can only pay off by being funny. In this series he takes us on a room by room, stand up tour of his house.
He has a fridge that beeps at him when he doesn't move quickly enough and a fire alarm he can't reach. His relationship with his house is a complicated one.
A hoarder of funny and original observations on everyday life, Alun invites us to help him de-clutter his mind and tidy his ideas into one of those bags that you hoover all the air out of and keep under your bed. This show will help Alun and his housework through their relationship issues and prevent a separation that Alun can ill afford; at least not until the market picks up anyway.
Starring ... Alun Cochrane and Gavin Osborn
Written by ... Alun Cochrane and Andy Wolton
Produced by ... Carl Cooper.
First broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in 2013.

WEDNESDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2022

WED 00:00 Dan Dare (m000dzpg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Soul Music (m0006lr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008wmnj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nm9s4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Feel Free by Zadie Smith (b0b42z8c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (m0000mjh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Big Yin (b06spf00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Phoebe Junior by Margaret Oliphant (b03m7vj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00hy94k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Lucky Heather (b0075smn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Tickets Please (b00p1nm5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Hennikay (m000xdt7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008wzvk)
Series 1
3. Struggling
As dead don Peter Devanti's sordid side is made public, Simon struggles with his day job.
Following the death of one of its most prominent Dons, celebrity TV historian Peter Devanti - everyone at a Cambridge College gathers to attend the funeral. Simon, an ex-student and now disillusioned health and safety officer, starts wondering whether his death was not as straightforward as it at first appeared.
CAST:
Gilbert …. Geoffrey Palmer
Simon …. Samuel West
Patricia …. Rebecca Front
with Sharon Small, Michael Maloney, Jonathan Coy, Emily Wachter, Nicholas Boulton, Jason Chan and Beth Chalmers
Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.
WED 06:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nmzm3)
3. Grappling
Bulldog Hugh Drummond is a hero, patriot, sportsman and quintessential English gentleman.
A de-mobilised army officer in the First World War, Drummond knows how to fight hard and play fair and there is precious little that can shake him.
In his ongoing battle with the evil Peterson, our hero has to grapple with a gorilla.
Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Written by "Sapper" (Herman McNeile)
Abridged by Neville Teller.
Producer: John Simpson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2009.
WED 07:00 Love in Recovery (m00027ng)
Series 3
Making Plans
Talk turns to weddings. What’s it like to go to a wedding as a recovering alcoholic? As usual, the answers are far from simple and the experiences of the group couldn’t be more different.
Continuing the award-nominated comedy drama set in Alcoholics Anonymous, written by Pete Jackson and inspired by his own road to recovery.
It follows the lives of five very different recovering alcoholics. Taking place entirely at their weekly meetings, we hear them moan, argue, laugh, fall apart, fall in love and - most importantly - tell their stories.
Fiona….. Rebecca Front
Simon….. John Hannah
Julie….. Sue Johnston
Danno….. Paul Kaye
Andy..... Johnny Vegas
Writer Pete Jackson is a recovering alcoholic and has spent time in Alcoholics Anonymous. It was there he found, as most people do, support from the unlikeliest group of disparate souls, all banded together due to one common bond. As well as offering the support he needed throughout a difficult time, AA also offered a weekly, sometimes daily, dose of hilarity, upset, heartbreak and friendship.
Love in Recovery doesn’t seek to represent an AA meeting exactly as it might happen in real life, but to capture the funny stories, the sad stories, the stories of small victories and of huge milestones, stories of loss, stories of hope, and most importantly, the many highs and lows in the journey of recovery.
Written and created by Pete Jackson
Producer/Director: Ben Worsfield
A King Bert production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2019.
WED 07:30 Rob Newman (m001f5ld)
Rob Newman On Air
Episode Four: On Song
Multi-award winning stand-up comedian Rob Newman explores Darwin’s 1872 hypothesis that speech evolved from song. Advancing theories of his own, Newman argues that we may all be descended from cockney dancers, and that prehistoric humans crossed the savannah disguised as giant pantomime mastodon.
You will never look at prehistory the same way again.
Written by and starring Rob Newman
With Claire Price
Original music by Boo Hewerdine and Chris Pepper
Recorded by David Thomas
Edited by Eloise Whitmore
Executive Producer: Polly Thomas
Produced by Jon Harvey and Eloise Whitmore
A Naked production for BBC Radio 4
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00dyp5l)
The First Night Party
The lad throws a launch party - with cocktails and dinner - for his very first half hour, but things don't quite go to plan.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Gerald Campion and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.
WED 08:30 England's Glory (m001ffft)
Episode 5
Meddling tycoon Morgan Jeffries wants local radio to be much more nostalgic wireless.
A comedy in six-parts by Janey Preger
Morgan Jeffries .... Keith Barron
Kevin .... David Holt
Angela.... Lynda Baron
Thomas / Charlie .... Sam Kelly
Bill .... Keith Marsh
Christine .... Jane Dolamore
Stacey .... Geraldine Fitzgerald
Henrietta .... Joan Sims
Alice .... Tina Gray
Ray .... Geoff McGivern
Greg Grimes .... Brian Bowles
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1995.
WED 09:00 Booked (b0075sxg)
Series 4
Episode 4
Ian McMillan chairs the literary quiz with Mark Thomas, Arthur Smith, David Stafford and Dillie Keane. From 1998.
WED 09:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b00mbbfm)
Series 2
Episode 1
Sports agent Trevor tackles a footballer who's just issued his 17th public apology.
Stars Neil Pearson.
Andy Hamilton's comedy about an honourable sports agent in a dishonourable world.
Trevor …. Neil Pearson
Sammy …. Paul Reynolds
Ralph …. Michael Fenton Stevens
Theresa …. Rosalind Ayres
Heidrun …. Cosima Shaw
Barry …. Abdul Salis
Carrie …. Hattie Morahan
Dean …. Jake Wood
Written and produced by Andy Hamilton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.
WED 10:00 Phoebe Junior by Margaret Oliphant (b03m7vk2)
3. An Unmitigated Cub
Phoebe has made the acquaintance of the Mays in Carlingford. Although of opposing religious persuasions, Reginald is strongly attracted to her - and the arrival of Mr Northcote, the new non-conformist minister, causes friction which is not based on purely ecclesiastical differences.
Stars Elizabeth Spriggs.
Dramatised from Margaret Oliphant's 1876 novel by Elizabeth Proud.
Mrs Oliphant... Elizabeth Spriggs
Phoebe, Junior... Charlotte Attenborough
Clarence Copperhead... MIchael Onslow
Copperhead.... Timothy West
Mrs Copperhead... Elizabeth Proud
Mr Beecham.... Norman Bird
Phoebe, Snr... Ann Windsor
Tozer.... John Hollis
Ursula .... Cathy Sara
Mr May ... Peter Jeffrey
Janey May.... Fiona Christie
Reginald May... Richard Derrington
Sir Robert Dorset.... David King
Ann Dorset.... Sunny Ormonde
Sophy Dorset... Oona Beeson
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
WED 11:00 Billy Bragg's Changing Times (m000lg63)
2. A Beautiful Day
These are fractious times. But there have been fractious times before. Of all the ways of looking at history, the instinctive reactions of musicians to changing times, is one of the most fascinating.
From Hamish Henderson to Stormzy, protest music has come a long way.
In the second of two programmes, Billy Bragg takes time to savour and share the stories of great moments where musicians were inspired by unfolding events to protest, to perform and to preach of an alternative way.
Featuring:
A Beautiful Day - first broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster in 2008
Producer: Dan Quick
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2019.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00dyp5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 England's Glory (m001ffft)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008wzvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nmzm3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Feel Free by Zadie Smith (b0b48tqq)
3. 2016 Berlin
The talk Zadie gave in Berlin on 10th November, 2016 on receiving the Welt Literature Prize, where she offers some reasons for optimism and despair.
Zadie Smith reads from her essay collection where she offers sharp, and sometimes funny, insights and observations on high culture, pop culture, social change, political debate and the personal.
Zadie Smith is the award winning author of the novels, White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time. Feel Free is her second essay collection. She was listed as one of Granta's 20 Best Young Novelists in 2003 and again in 2013. Her 2000 debut White Teeth, won numerous literary awards, including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award. Zadie Smith is a professor of fiction at New York University.
Abridged and produced by Elizabeth Allard.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2018.
WED 14:15 Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (m0000mqy)
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
Episode 3
Drama series based on writer Maya Angelou's third volume of vivid memoirs set in the early 1950's.
Maya begins her singing career at the Purple Onion, where she gets to meet the cast of the famous black opera Porgy and Bess. To her surprise she gets to audition for the company, with the prospect of a world tour.
Singin' and Swingin' And Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou
Dramatized by Winsome Pinnock
Narrator …. Adjoa Andoh
Maya …. Pippa Bennett-Warner
Clyde …. Tumo Reetsang
Vivian Baxter …. Ellen Thomas
Martha Flowers …. Gbemisola Ikumelo
Wilkie …. Steve Toussaint
Drew …. Sean Murray
Breen …. Ryan Whittle
Miss Blum .... Jeanette Percival
Produced and Directed by Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018.
WED 14:30 The Big Yin (b06sp2p2)
2. Nothing Off Limits
Comedian Janey Godley charts the rise of her hero Billy Connolly to comedy superstardom. With Barbara Dickson. From 2015.
Guests include Elaine C Smith, Barbara Dickson, Rab Noakes, Tony Roper and The Rt Hon The Lord Provost of Glasgow, Councillor Sadie Docherty.
Producer: Debbie McPhaill
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 2015.
WED 15:00 Phoebe Junior by Margaret Oliphant (b03m7vk2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 Booked (b0075sxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 16:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b00mbbfm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 17:00 Love in Recovery (m00027ng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:30 Rob Newman (m001f5ld)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 Psycho by Robert Bloch (m001ffg0)
1. Mama's Boy
Having absconded with $40,000 of her boss’s money, Mary Crane arrives at the gloomy Bates Motel.
William Hope reads Robert Bloch’s 1959 classic horror story which Alfred Hitchcock transferred to the silver screen the following year.
Abridged into eight episodes by James Robertson.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
WED 18:15 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (m0001xkn)
1. The Experiment
Anthropologist Dr John Montague is recruiting for a supernatural experiment.
When Eleanor Vance arrives, she soon falls under the malevolent spell of Hill House - with its history of terror and violence...
Shirley Jackson’s spine-chilling Gothic Horror - first published in 1959.
Abridged in 8-parts by Alison Joseph.
Read by Emma Fielding.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1997.
WED 18:30 The Palace of Laughter (b0076xf9)
Stateside
2. Memphis
Geoffrey Wheeler continues his series about the history of American vaudeville with a profile of Memphis.
It's a city where vaudeville performers mixed with a new generation of musicians producing the exciting new sounds of jazz and blues; a city where, even in the days of segregation, black and white performers were able to mingle freely in the buzzing creative atmosphere of Beale Street, the long-gone Palace Theater, and the still-thriving Orpheum.
Producer Libby Cross.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00dyp5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 England's Glory (m001ffft)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008wzvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nmzm3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Billy Bragg's Changing Times (m000lg63)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 22:00 Rob Newman (m001f5ld)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b00lgj3p)
Series 1
Episode 1
Comedian Arthur Smith presents comedy and music from his flat in Balham, south London.
Paul Sinha in the lounge, Milton Jones in the bedroom and Glenn Tilbrook in the kitchen provide music and nourishment in the shape of Welsh rarebit.
Pippa Evans - as singer-songwriter Loretta Maine - lends a hand.
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001fpkd)
Alexandra Haddow 1/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Arthur Smith speaks to Alexandra Haddow.
WED 23:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b01q8np2)
Series 5
Jenni Murray
Dame Jenni Murray cooks her first ever healthy meal, using tofu and lentils, watches her first violent film, and samples the delights of controversial comedian Frankie Boyle.
She gives her verdicts to Marcus Brigstocke.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
WED 23:30 Hearing With Hegley (b0075ss5)
Series 3
Episode 7
John Hegley invites fellow poet Christopher Logue into his house to admire his poetry bookshelf.
They discuss their favourite writers and join forces on a rendition of Hillare Belloc's Tarantella".
Character comedian Andrew Bailey spends most of his time trying to fix the curtain rail.
Producer: Nigel Piper
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.
WED 23:45 Warhorses of Letters (b03s6jv7)
Series 3
Episode 3
Comedy by Robbie Hudson and Marie Phillips
Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby star as Napoleon's horse Marengo and Wellington's horse Copenhagen in the moving epistolary tale of two horses deeply in love but sundered by history. With an introduction by Tamsin Greig.
This week artistic differences threaten to destroy our heroes' love for each-other as both attempt to find fame as writers. But is the literary horse public ready for Marengo's experimental, Proustian and incredibly long exploration of what it is to be a horse? Or is there more of a market for Copenhagen's rather racier "Fifty Shades of Hay"?
Produced by Gareth Edwards.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.

THURSDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2022

THU 00:00 Psycho by Robert Bloch (m001ffg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:15 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (m0001xkn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 The Palace of Laughter (b0076xf9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008wzvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nmzm3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Feel Free by Zadie Smith (b0b48tqq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (m0000mqy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 The Big Yin (b06sp2p2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Phoebe Junior by Margaret Oliphant (b03m7vk2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Booked (b0075sxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b00mbbfm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Love in Recovery (m00027ng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Rob Newman (m001f5ld)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008x3lv)
Series 1
4. Who's Next?
Simon has to investigate the college chapel, while also trying to identify Peter Devanti's murderer. But is Zoe the next target?
Following the death of one of its most prominent Dons, celebrity TV historian Peter Devanti - everyone at a Cambridge College gathers to attend the funeral. Simon, an ex-student and now disillusioned health and safety officer, starts wondering whether his death was not as straightforward as it at first appeared.
CAST:
Gilbert …. Geoffrey Palmer
Simon …. Samuel West
Patricia …. Rebecca Front
with Sharon Small, Michael Maloney, Jonathan Coy, Emily Wachter, Nicholas Boulton, Stephen Hogan and Beth Chalmers
Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.
THU 06:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nn7s8)
4. Following
Bulldog Hugh Drummond is a hero, patriot, sportsman and quintessential English gentleman.
A de-mobilised army officer in the First World War, Drummond knows how to fight hard and play fair and there is precious little that can shake him.
Britain is in peril and Potts is in danger. Our hero follows his enemy to Paris.
Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Written by "Sapper" (Herman McNeile)
Abridged by Neville Teller.
Producer: John Simpson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2009.
THU 07:00 Hazelbeach (b00lrsnp)
Series 2
Meat
Ronnie organises a raffle whilst James seems to be having a bad hair day.
Caroline and David Stafford's comedy about likeable conman Ronnie Hazelbeach starring Jamie Forman.
Ronnie Hazelbeach ...... Jamie Foreman
Nick ...... Paul Bazely
James ...... Neil Stuke
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009.
THU 07:30 ReincarNathan (m001f4ys)
Series 3
Wolf
Nathan Blakely was a popstar. But he was useless, died, and was reincarnated. The comedy about Nathan’s adventures in the afterlife returns for a third series, starring Daniel Rigby, Ashley McGuire and guest-starring Mike Wozniak.
In the first episode of the new series, Nathan is brought back to life as the leader of a wolf pack. But there’s a catch - his pack are rubbish and aren’t brave enough to kill anything. Can Nathan transform them into ruthless hunters? And will he ever it make it back to human again?
Cast:
Ashley McGuire - Carol
Daniel Rigby – Nathan
Hammed Animashaun – Bull Elk
Tom Craine – Sniffly Ian
Henry Paker – Lupo
Freya Parker – Wolverina
Mike Wozniak – Wolmenides
Writers: Tom Craine and Henry Paker
Producer: Harriet Jaine
Sound: Jerry Peal
Music Composed by: Phil Lepherd
A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 08:00 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7fy)
Series 2
Get Off With Life The Burkiss Way
Thrills abound as the RAC do their version of 'Gone With the Wind'.
The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living
Appearing for the prosecution and defence: Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris.
From briefs prepared by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Under the judicial eye of producer: Simon Brett.
Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1977.
THU 08:30 The Older Woman (b039by7w)
Series 2
Episode 2
Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger have changed their image from tough-talking, macho men to gentle, child-caring new men.
Can Roy follow suit in his own home movie?
Starring Geraldine James and Martin Clunes.
Tony Bagley's romantic comedy drama serial mixing fantasy with reality.
Jane Callaghan ...... Geraldine James
Roy Hitchcock ...... Martin Clunes
Chad ...... Nicky Henderson
Colin Say ...... David Troughton
Mrs Churchill ...... Rebecca Front
Helen ...... Susannah Corbett
Martin Sheen/Schwarzenegger ...... Peter Serafinowicz
Producer: Paul Schlesinger:
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994.
THU 09:00 Quote... Unquote (b09byc8z)
Episode 5
Nigel Rees quizzes a host of guests on the origins of sayings and well-known quotes, and gets the panel to share their favourite anecdotes.
Playwright and Screenwriter: Julian Mitchell
Award Winning Podcaster and Gadget Guru: Olly Mann
Actor and Writer: Joanna Scanlan
Stand Up Poet: Kate Fox
Reader ... Charlotte Green
Producer ... Katie Tyrrell
Production co-ordinator ... Beverly Tagg
A BBC Studios Production.
THU 09:30 Clare in the Community (b008nzwn)
Series 4
Mother of all Mothers
Clare's mother piles pressure onto Clare and Brian's already faltering relationship.
Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution.
A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Clare is in her 30s, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her.
Clare continually struggles to control both her professional and private life
In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
Clare ...... Sally Phillips
Brian ..... Alex Lowe
Ray ..... Richard Lumsden
Helen ..... Gemma Craven
Irene ..... Ellen Thomas
Megan ..... Nina Conti
Simon ..... Andrew Wincott
Celia Barker ..... Brigit Forsyth
Malcolm Barker ..... Martin Hyder
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.
THU 10:00 Phoebe Junior by Margaret Oliphant (b03m7vkc)
4. A Guilty Bit of Paper
In the final episode of her Carlingford Chronicles, Mrs Oliphant recounts how Mr May, beset on all sides by debt, is swept towards the conclusion of his deceitful action.
Amongst the close little coterie of lovers, there is a surprise and a disappointment.
Stars Elizabeth Spriggs amd Charlotte Attenborough.
Dramatised from Margaret Oliphant's 1876 novel by Elizabeth Proud.
Mrs Oliphant... Elizabeth Spriggs
Phoebe, Junior... Charlotte Attenborough
Clarence Copperhead... MIchael Onslow
Copperhead.... Timothy West
Mrs Copperhead... Elizabeth Proud
Mr Beecham.... Norman Bird
Phoebe, Snr... Ann Windsor
Tozer.... John Hollis
Ursula .... Cathy Sara
Mr May ... Peter Jeffrey
Janey May.... Fiona Christie
Reginald May... Richard Derrington
Sir Robert Dorset.... David King
Ann Dorset.... Sunny Ormonde
Sophy Dorset... Oona Beeson
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
THU 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001ffd8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
THU 11:30 Two Lumps of Cleese (m001ffdb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]
THU 12:00 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7fy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 The Older Woman (b039by7w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008x3lv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nn7s8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Feel Free by Zadie Smith (b0b48wq1)
4. Writing Fiction
Zadie's Inaugural Philip Roth Lecture, given at the Newark Public Library on 27 October 2016, where she airs some thoughts on the art and practice of writing fiction.
Zadie Smith reads from her essay collection where she offers sharp, and sometimes funny, insights and observations on high culture, pop culture, social change, political debate and the personal.
Zadie Smith is the award winning author of the novels, White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time. Feel Free is her second essay collection. She was listed as one of Granta's 20 Best Young Novelists in 2003 and again in 2013. Her 2000 debut White Teeth, won numerous literary awards, including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award. Zadie Smith is a professor of fiction at New York University.
Abridged and produced by Elizabeth Allard.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2018.
THU 14:15 Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (m0000mlg)
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
Episode 4
Drama series based on writer Maya Angelou's third volume of vivid memoirs set in the early 1950's.
Maya has an eventful time on a world tour with Gershwin's famous black opera, Porgy and Bess. It's the first American company to be invited to perform behind the Iron Curtain.
Singin' and Swingin' And Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou
Dramatised by Winsome Pinnock
Narrator - Older Maya …. Adjoa Andoh
Maya …. Pippa Bennett-Warner
Clyde …. Tumo Reetsang
Martha Flowers …. Gbemisola Ikumelo
Lilian …. Sarah Niles
Julian .... Ivan Marevich
Arabic Man …. Steve Toussaint
Produced and Directed by Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018.
THU 14:30 The Big Yin (b06snz2t)
3. More than a Comedian
Comedian Janey Godley explores her hero Billy Connolly's polymath career as a world-traveling comedy superstar. From 2015.
Guests include Elaine C Smith, Barbara Dickson, Rab Noakes, Tony Roper and The Rt Hon The Lord Provost of Glasgow, Councillor Sadie Docherty.
Producer: Debbie McPhaill
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 2015.
THU 15:00 Phoebe Junior by Margaret Oliphant (b03m7vkc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Quote... Unquote (b09byc8z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 16:30 Clare in the Community (b008nzwn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 17:00 Hazelbeach (b00lrsnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:30 ReincarNathan (m001f4ys)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 Psycho by Robert Bloch (m001ffh6)
2. The Shower
Having stolen $40,000 and checked into the Bates Motel, Mary Crane considers her next move. Then opts to take a shower...
William Hope reads Robert Bloch’s 1959 classic horror story which Alfred Hitchcock transferred to the silver screen the following year.
Abridged into eight episodes by James Robertson.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
THU 18:15 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (m0001xzd)
2. Recruits
Eleanor Vance meets the other 'subjects' recruited for a supernatural experiment - and the man behind it all, Dr Montague.
Shirley Jackson’s spine-chilling Gothic Horror.
Abridged by Alison Joseph.
Read by Emma Fielding.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1997
THU 18:30 Great Lives (m00088nb)
Fiona Shaw nominates the actress Eleonora Duse
Fiona Shaw, BAFTA award-winning star of Killing Eve, joins Matthew Parris to explore the life of one of history's most remarkable actresses whose name has slipped from public memory: Eleonora Duse.
The 19th-century performer inspired Stanislavski's 'method', changed Chekhov's mind about acting, and took Chaplin's breath away,
Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, professor of English and Theatre Studies at St Catherine's College, Oxford, helps Fiona and Matthew uncover the drama of Duse's life, both on and off the stage.
Producer: Camellia Sinclair
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.
THU 19:00 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7fy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 The Older Woman (b039by7w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008x3lv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nn7s8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001ffd8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
THU 21:30 Two Lumps of Cleese (m001ffdb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]
THU 22:00 ReincarNathan (m001f4ys)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Wrinkles (m001ffh8)
Series 1
Episode 3
How does a dog train its master to fetch sticks?
What do you say to a violin to reduce it to tears?
How do you steal half-a-million peas and never get caught?
Wrinkles provides the answers to questions you never asked.
From the creators of Red Dwarf, comedy starring Tom Mennard and Anthea Askey.
Winston........Ballard Berkeley
Mr Pettigrew....David Ross
Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor
Produced by Mike Craig, BBC Manchester
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1980.
THU 23:00 Mission Improbable (b01pcqkt)
Series 1
Ice!
Adventure journalist Jane, long term singleton Lucy and zookeeper Amelia set off on another international adventure.
This time, Jane finds herself trying to beat that famous adventurer Marcus Wolfton across the arctic tundra in a bid to be the first and only journalist to record the voice of the last speaker of a dying language. Meanwhile Lucy finds herself trying to slow the team down so she can get up close and personal with the man himself, who's only a matter of hours behind. Amelia only has eyes for the polar bears she's hoping she'll get a chance to chat to.
During this ice cap caper, our heroes survive sub-zero temperatures, furious indigenous wildlife and a frantic game of cosmetic tennis before an encounter with an angry Inuit has them running for their lives. Will they survive? Will they beat Marcus Wolfton to the prize? Or will they dress up as nuns and make complete fools of themselves?
Jane................Catriona Knox
Lucy................Lizzie Bates
Amelia.............Anna Emerson
Marcus............James Lance
Written by Anna Emerson, Lizzie Bates and Catriona Knox
Audio production by Matt Katz
Producers: Dave Lamb & Richie Webb
A Top Dog production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2012.
THU 23:15 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b007ynlv)
Series 1
The Murder Mystery
Hamish and Dougal set about solving the mystery of Mrs Naughtie's surprise disappearance and several unsavoury rumours about her past.
Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden star as the two elderly Scotsmen famed for their appearances on BBC Radio’s I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
With Alison Steadman as their cleaning-lady-cum-housekeeper, Mrs Naughtie.
And Jeremy Hardy as the local Laird.
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002.
THU 23:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b04ntvv9)
Series 2
Lost and Found
When Tom makes his weekly phone call to his parents in Sheffield he discovers they've been flooded.
As his parents manage the clear up operation, Tom reflects on what is important to keep and what isn't.
With Rita May, Paul Copley and Kate Anthony.
Written by Tom Wrigglesworth and James Kettle. With Miles Jupp.
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014.

FRIDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2022

FRI 00:00 Psycho by Robert Bloch (m001ffh6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:15 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (m0001xzd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Great Lives (m00088nb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008x3lv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nn7s8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Feel Free by Zadie Smith (b0b48wq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (m0000mlg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 The Big Yin (b06snz2t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Phoebe Junior by Margaret Oliphant (b03m7vkc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Quote... Unquote (b09byc8z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Clare in the Community (b008nzwn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Hazelbeach (b00lrsnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 ReincarNathan (m001f4ys)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008x7tk)
Series 1
5. Offer
Losing the struggle to keep his job, Simon receives an intriguing offer.
Following the death of one of its most prominent Dons, celebrity TV historian Peter Devanti - everyone at a Cambridge College gathers to attend the funeral. Simon, an ex-student and now disillusioned health and safety officer, starts wondering whether his death was not as straightforward as it at first appeared.
CAST:
Gilbert …. Geoffrey Palmer
Simon …. Samuel West
Patricia …. Rebecca Front
with Sharon Small, Michael Maloney, Jonathan Coy, Emily Wachter, Nicholas Boulton, Martin Hyder, Laurence Howarth and Beth Chalmers
Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.
FRI 06:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nnpb3)
5. Godalming
Bulldog Hugh Drummond is a hero, patriot, sportsman and quintessential English gentleman.
A de-mobilised army officer in the First World War, Drummond knows how to fight hard and play fair and there is precious little that can shake him.
Our hero heads to Godalming to protect Phyllis. And are the Duchess' pearls safe?
Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Written by "Sapper" (Herman McNeile)
Abridged by Neville Teller.
Producer: John Simpson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2009.
FRI 07:00 Josie Long: Romance and Adventure (b0460v1z)
Pilot
A woman called Josie leaves London for better life in Glasgow – at the indie band theme park, where she will finally be happy and accepted.
Her flatmate Darren is just happy having his meals cooked by someone other than his mum.
Together they drink tea and wander the streets searching for romance and adventure, making fun of squares and making up games. It's them against the world, or so Josie hopes. How much can you rely on a friend who doesn't want to grow up?
Based on characters from the short films "Romance and Adventure" and "Let's Go Swimming" by Josie Long and Douglas King.
Written by and starring Josie Long
Successful pilot which sparked the following series.
Josie ...... Josie Long
Darren ...... Darren Osborne
Roddy ...... Roddy MacNeill
Kerry ...... Hatty Ashdown
Eleanor ...... Clare Grogan
Geoff ...... Geoff McGivern
Heidi...... Jaimi Barbakoff
Helen ...... Elaine Claxton
Chris ...... Michael Bertenshaw
Mark ...... Douglas King
Other parts played by the cast.
Photograph of Josie in the Cafe by Stephanie Gibson
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.
FRI 07:30 Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (m001fcj8)
The Ugly Present Problem
What on earth should you do when your grandparents give you a hideous present? Is my sister subject to controlling behaviour from her new girlfriend? Should our 46-year-old male ‘asker’ get botox? All these questions have been sent in by our listeners and are given the Marian and Tara treatment in the latest instalment of their popular advice podcast.
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 (m000nf7x)
The Seance
After two months of enforced living together. Jack and Lesley make one last desperate effort to get their hands on their cash legacy - to contact Mother through a medium.
Series written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
CAST:
Jack Burrows …. Michael Robbins
Lesley Burrows …. Hugh Paddick
Janet …. Elizabeth Morgan
Ron …. Denis Bond
Mr Brown …. Deryck Guyler
Archie Cartwright …. Henry McGee
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1978.
FRI 08:30 Married (b007v2rf)
Series 3
Episode 3
More strange happenings occur following the universes colliding: the King's ex quite literally drops in after being trapped in a vortex for five weeks. Robin finds himself playing chief powerbroker in the Royal relationship and manages to turn it to his advantage...
Hugh Bonneville stars in the third series of the comedy drama about a confirmed bachelor Robin Lightfoot dealing with life in a parallel universe where he has kids and an ex-wife who hates him.
With Josie Lawrence as Lesley, Stephen Frost as Dirk, Julian Clary as Adrian, Ann Gosling as Maxine, Sam Bradley as Ned, Christopher Kelham as King John and Arthur Smith as Arthur Smith.
Written by Tony Bagley.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2001.
FRI 09:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m0009z81)
Series 14
Episode 6
Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Bridget Christie welcome:
* Psychotherapist, Philippa Perry
* Architect and inventer, Carlo Ratti
* Underwater cameraman, Doug Allan.
The Museum's Guest Committee donate a swarm of fruit flies, a bionic arm and the feeling you get when a wild animal trusts you.
Museum exhibits catalogued by Mike Shepherd, Mike Turner and Emily Jupitus of QI.
Producers: Victoria Lloyd and Anne Miller.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2019.
FRI 09:30 Bleak Expectations (b00cxvxj)
Series 2
A Re-Kippered Life Smashed Some More
You're invited to marvel at the engineering genius of the early railways, including a tunnel made of beef and pastry and a man who sends loud telegrams to say "He's on the train. Stop."
But as Pip travels the length and breadth of the land in search of his beloved school could it be that there is another even more sinister plan underway? And will the evil Mister Benevolent be involved somehow? Yes! And yes again!
Mark Evans's epic comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.
Volume Two, Chapter the Second: A Re-Kippered Life Smashed Some More
Sir Philip...........................Richard Johnson
Mr Benevolent.......................Anthony Head
Sternbeater...................Geoffrey Whitehead
Harry Biscuit......................James Bachman
Young Pip..................................Tom Allen
Lily.....................................Sarah Hadland
Mr Parsimonious...............Laurence Howarth
Pippa........................................Susy Kane
Sundry railwaymen.....................Mark Evans
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2008.
FRI 10:00 A Capital Case: Karl Marx Meets Sherlock Holmes (m001c6bh)
Sherlock Holmes has never been able to resist a challenge and when Karl Marx turns up asking him to find his 'kidnapped' revolutionary tract Das Kapital, he agrees.
But, as Holmes discovers, Marx has enemies at home and abroad and he gets caught up in the crossfire between communists, anarchists and the British Establishment.
Written by David Zane Mairowitz.
Sherlock Holmes ........................................ Robert Bathurst
Karl Marx/Mikhail Bakunin.......................David de Keyser
Eleanor Marx ................................................. Jasmine Hyde
Dr Watson ...................................................... Thomas Arnold
Sir Charles Warren/Sergei Nachaev ...... John Rowe
Violin played by Sonya Slaney
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.
FRI 11:00 The Reunion (b03m7slh)
The Fast Show
The first episode of BBC TV's The Fast Show in 1994 had 27 sketches in just half an hour.
Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse, former writers for Harry Enfield, created a concept which re-invigorated the sketch show format and crammed it with catch-phrases.
Sue MacGregor brings the cast back together to reflect on the series which launched their careers.
Higson and Whitehouse recruited young stand-up comedians whose worked they liked, such as Caroline Aherne , John Thomson , Simon Day and Felix Dexter, alongside actors such as Mark Williams and Paul Shearer. This process involved each 'auditioning' their proposed character in front of the ensemble.
Competitive Dad, the obscene Suits You tailors, Jazz Club, Does My Bum Look Big in This?, and the touching repressed romance of Ted and Ralph, scored a very high strike rate for introducing catchphrases and comedy characters to schools and work places around the country.
Some characters prompted spin-offs, such as Swiss Tony (Higson) the coiffed car salesman who compares everything to 'making love to a beautiful woman', and football pundit Ron Manager (Whitehouse).
We also hear from collaborators such as Kathy Burke, Harry Enfield, Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, as well as TV critic Matthew Norman who wrote a famously fierce review of the first series.
Producer: Peter Curran
Series Producer: David Prest
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2013.
FRI 11:45 The New Elizabethans (b01lt4bb)
Billy Connolly
James Naughtie considers the Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, who went from from the Clyde shipyards to being one of the UK's most popular and enduring stand up comedians.
Connolly began as a folk singer in The Humblebums but realising his gift for humour, he changed direction to concentrate on comedy. He came to wide public attention with his first appearance on Parkinson in 1975 with the "bike joke", and never looked back. He's cited as one of the most influential stand up comedians of the era, has had much success in television as well as making his mark in Hollywood, and is often considered a Scottish national treasure.
The New Elizabethans have been chosen by a panel of leading historians, chaired by Lord (Tony) Hall, Chief Executive of London's Royal Opera House. The panellists were Dominic Sandbrook, Bamber Gascoigne, Sally Alexander, Jonathan Agar, Maria Misra and Sir Max Hastings.
They were asked to choose: "Men and women whose actions during the reign of Elizabeth II had a significant impact on lives in these islands and/or given the age its character, for better or worse."
Producer: Alison Hughes
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012
FRI 12:00 Share and Share Alike (m000nf7x)
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FRI 12:30 Married (b007v2rf)
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FRI 13:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008x7tk)
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FRI 13:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nnpb3)
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FRI 14:00 Feel Free by Zadie Smith (b0b490rv)
5. Alte Frau by Balthasar Denner
Some thoughts on the Alte Frau, an enigmatic painting of a woman by the German painter Balthasar Denner.
Zadie Smith reads from her essay collection where she offers sharp, and sometimes funny, insights and observations on high culture, pop culture, social change, political debate and the personal.
Zadie Smith is the award winning author of the novels, White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time. Feel Free is her second essay collection. She was listed as one of Granta's 20 Best Young Novelists in 2003 and again in 2013. Her 2000 debut White Teeth, won numerous literary awards, including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award. Zadie Smith is a professor of fiction at New York University.
Abridged and produced by Elizabeth Allard.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018.
FRI 14:15 Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (m0000mnm)
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
Episode 5
Drama series based on writer Maya Angelou's third volume of vivid memoirs set in the early 1950's.
Maya is sent to the brink of despair when she discovers what adverse effects her absence has had on her young son.
Singin' and Swingin' And Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou
Dramatized by Winsome Pinnock
Narrator - Older Maya …. Adjoa Andoh
Maya …. Pippa Bennett-Warner
VIivian Baxter …. Ellen Thomas
Clyde .... Tumo Reetsang
Wilkie …. Steve Toussaint
Psychiatrist .... Sean Murray
Produced and Directed by Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018.
FRI 14:30 The Mousetrap and Me (b0125kr0)
Louise Elliott meets Terry O'Neill from Newport, who was just 10 years old in 1945 when he stood up in court to testify against his foster parents who were accused of the manslaughter of his brother Dennis.
His harrowing story captured the heart of the nation, led to an overhaul of fostering provision in the UK, and inspired Agatha Christie to write 'The Mousetrap', the longest running play in London's West End.
Producer: Kate Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in July 2011
FRI 15:00 A Capital Case: Karl Marx Meets Sherlock Holmes (m001c6bh)
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FRI 16:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m0009z81)
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FRI 16:30 Bleak Expectations (b00cxvxj)
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FRI 17:00 Josie Long: Romance and Adventure (b0460v1z)
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FRI 17:30 Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (m001fcj8)
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FRI 18:00 Psycho by Robert Bloch (m001ffhb)
3. Clean-up
Norman Bates disposes of the gruesome evidence in order to protect the perpetrator.
William Hope reads Robert Bloch’s 1959 classic horror story which Alfred Hitchcock transferred to the silver screen the following year.
Abridged into eight episodes by James Robertson.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
FRI 18:15 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (m0001ywp)
3. Surprises
Eleanor is now feeling at ease in Hill House - but what surprises are in store after the first night?
Shirley Jackson’s spine-chilling Gothic Horror.
Abridged by Alison Joseph.
Read by Emma Fielding.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1997
FRI 18:30 Musical Genes (b00hh21l)
Series 2
Sam Gibb
Tom Morton talks to the daughter of Bee Gee Maurice Gibb who died unexpectedly in 2003 aged just 53.
Series searching for the true story behind some of our best loved musicians.
Producer: Mike Walker
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in February 2009.
FRI 19:00 Share and Share Alike (m000nf7x)
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FRI 19:30 Married (b007v2rf)
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FRI 20:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008x7tk)
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FRI 20:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nnpb3)
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FRI 21:00 The Reunion (b03m7slh)
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FRI 21:45 The New Elizabethans (b01lt4bb)
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FRI 22:00 Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (m001fcj8)
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FRI 22:30 Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music (b0076ytw)
Series 3
Episode 2
How do you get to Aberystwyth?
Mitch Benn is on tour and is stranded in central Wales, going round in circles.
Trapped with him in a car that's far too small is the whimsical music buff Robin Ince. They decide to gig in the first town they find, LLanfyl, but manage to antagonise the locals.
It's an anarchic mix of music, Welsh pride and a miserable local radio DJ.
Musical highlights are down in the countryside, which shows the rural idyll isn't quite paradise and the road to Aberystwyth - a chronicle of his failed journey to that mid-Wales coastal university town.
Starring Mitch Benn and Robin Ince.
With Kirsty Newton, Tom Price, Lloyd Langford and Tasha Baylis.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001fpkg)
Alexandra Haddow 2/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Arthur Smith speaks to Alexandra Haddow.
FRI 23:00 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto (b00qps81)
Series 2
Episode 3
Comedian-activist, Mark Thomas creates a People's Manifesto, taking suggestions from his studio audience and then getting them to vote for the best. The winner of each show will be enforceable by law, so pay attention.
In this edition: policies include banning cars from city centres; monitoring investment bankers' testosterone levels; and abolishing all forms of self-regulation.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.
FRI 23:30 James Acaster's Perfect Sounds (p0btphg7)
Series 2
Rhys Nicholson & That '70s Funk Thang
Awaken My Love was a massive left turn for Childish Gambino and produced one of the best songs of 2016 in the form of Redbone.
Influenced by George Clinton's '70s band Funkadelic but with modern techniques, it made Rhys Nicholson "Horny... but not for sex".