SATURDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2022

SAT 00:00 Psycho by Robert Bloch (m001ffhb)
3. Clean-up
The shower was going next door. But the girl couldn't still be in there, could she..?
Robert Bloch’s 1959 classic horror story - made into the iconic 1960 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Abridged by James Robertson.
Read by William Hope.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
SAT 00:15 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
SAT 00:30 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.
SAT 01:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008x7tk)
Series 1
5. Offer
Following the attempted poisoning of Zoe, Simon steps up his search for the killer.
Meanwhile, the fellows must cope with "ghastly" TV people crawling over the college while filming a tribute to murder victim, Peter Devanti.
And the Bursar is trying to create a fellowship in business studies...
Starring Geoffrey Palmer and Samuel West.
Mark Tavener's comedy thriller set in a small Cambridge college.
Gilbert …. Geoffrey Palmer
Simon …. Samuel West
Zoe …. Sharon Small
Patricia …. Rebecca Front
Bernard …. Jonathan Coy
Dean …. Michael Maloney
Caroline …. Emily Wachter
John/Peter …. Nicholas Boulton
Mark …. Laurence Howarth
Joe …. Martin Hyder
Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.
SAT 01:30 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.
SAT 02:00 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 the final essay from her collection offering sharp, and sometimes funny, insights and observations on high culture, pop culture, social change, political debate and the personal.
Abridged and produced by Elizabeth Allard.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018.
SAT 02:15 Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (m0000mnm)
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
Episode 5
Maya is sent to the brink of despair when she discovers what adverse effects her absence has had on her young son.
The conclusion of Maya Angelou's third volume of vivid memoirs set in the early 1950s.
Dramatised 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
Director: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.
SAT 02:30 The Mousetrap and Me (b0125kr0)
Terry O'Neill was just 10 years old when he stood up in court to testify against his foster parents in 1945.
They were accused of the manslaughter of his brother Dennis.
His harrowing story captured the heart of the nation and led to an overhaul of fostering provision in the UK.
It also inspired Agatha Christie to write 'The Mousetrap', the longest running play in London's West End.
Terry, who is from Newport, tells his story to Louise Elliott.
Producer: Kate Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in July 2011
SAT 03:00 A Capital Case: Karl Marx Meets Sherlock Holmes (m001c6bh)
Sherlock Holmes has never been able to resist a challenge so 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.
The great detective gets caught up in the crossfire between communists, anarchists and the British Establishment.
Duo-drama 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
Violinist: Sonya Slaney
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.
SAT 04:00 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.
SAT 04:30 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.
SAT 05:00 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.
SAT 05:30 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
SAT 06:00 Cities of Dreams and Desires (m001fnqp)
After three years, architect Louise Candrell has returned from the Far East, where she has been rebuilding her career and reputation, following the collapse of the Thames-side project.
She is asked by her ex-boyfriend, Tom, to help out on a new and controversial private hospital project.
Stars Suzanna Hamilton and Anton Lesser.
Manny Draycott-Lai 's sequel to ‘A View of the City from Westminster Bridge’.
Recorded on location in London.
Louise Candrell .... Suzanna Hamilton
Tom Fielding .... Anton Lesser
Isambard Jones .... Roger Allam
Father Damien .... Hugh Ross
Tony .... Clarence Smith
Francis .... John Sharian
Nancy .... Melinda Walker
Kennedy .... William Roberts
With:
Christopher Scott
Sean Baker
Keith Drinkel
Patience Tomlinson
Colleen Prendergast
Robert Harper
Directed: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1996.
SAT 07:30 Great Lives (m00088nb)
Fiona Shaw nominates the actress Eleonora Duse
Fiona Shaw - BAFTA award-winning star of BBC TV's Killing Eve - explores the life of one of history's most remarkable and forgotten actresses, 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 presenter Matthew Parris to uncover the drama of Duse's life, both on and off the stage.
Producer: Camellia Sinclair
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2019.
SAT 08:00 Booked (b0075sxg)
Series 4
Episode 4
Guess the book titles - and the diaries of great figures of literature.
Barnsley poet Ian McMillan chairs the irreverent literary game.
Outrageous parody, biting wit and bizarre couplings from:
Mark Thomas
Dillie Keane
David Stafford
Arthur Smith
Producer: Marc Jobst
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998.
SAT 08:30 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
Carl …. Nicholas Boulton
Carol …. Tessa Nicholson
Diana …. Melissa Advani
Linda …. Kate Layden
Keith …. Stephen Hogan
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.
SAT 09:00 From Gorsemere to Gloomsbury: The Literary Lunacy of Sue Limb (m0009bys)
Shaun Ley takes you on a three-hour guided tour through a world of literary lunacy that flows from the pen of dramatist Sue Limb.
The voyage of parody takes us from the Lake District retreat of Romantic poets – a rural idyll rocked by the arrival of the philandering Lord Biro – to gardens of Sizzlinghurst Castle and the “very modern” politics and personal lives of the Gloomsbury set.
The English Civil War gets cavalier treatment in The Sit Crom, where a scullery maid attempts to save a king, while in present-day Norwich two sisters attempt to save their Bed and Breakfast in Alison & Maud.
Shaun discusses the ideas and inspiration behind Sue’s writing with the author herself and talks about turning scripts into performance with regular cast members, Nigel Planer and Miriam Margolyes.
Joss Ackland, Denise Coffey, Geoffrey Whitehead, Simon Callow and Tim Curry star in featured episodes of:
* The Wordsmiths of Gorsemere
* Gloomsbury
* The Sit Crom
* Alison and Maud
* Lord Byron's Don Juan is performed by Will Kirk.
* Dorothy Wordsworth's diary is read by Scarlett Courtney.
Producer: Adam Bowen
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in October 2019.
SAT 12:00 Josie Long: Romance and Adventure (b0460v1z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
SAT 12:30 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.
SAT 13:00 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.
SAT 14:00 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.
SAT 14:30 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.
SAT 15:00 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b00lgj3p)
Series 1
Episode 1
Arthur Smith presents comedy and music from his flat in Balham, south London.
Paul Sinha in the lounge.
Milton Jones in the bedroom.
And in the kitchen - Glenn Tilbrook serves up music and nourishment in the shape of Welsh rarebit.
Singer-songwriter Loretta Maine (Pippa Evans) lends a hand.
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009.
SAT 15:30 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.
Tom ...... Tom Wrigglesworth
Granny ...... Judy Parfitt
Dad ...... Paul Copley
Mum ...... Kate Anthony
Written by Tom Wrigglesworth and James Kettle. With Miles Jupp.
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014.
SAT 16:00 Cities of Dreams and Desires (m001fnqp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:30 Great Lives (m00088nb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 18:00 Mike Walker - Omega (b007jl75)
Building what is destined to be the world's tallest tower, civil engineer John Stone comes to question his very existence.
Mike Walker’s fascinating vision of the near future.
John Stone …. David Calder
Kate …. Penelope Wilton
Louise …. Helen Longworth
Brandt …. Philip Voss
Dr Mary Brown …. Sarah Jane-Holm
Harry …. Karl Prekopp
Music composed and played by David Chiltern
Director: Gordon House
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in February 2002.
SAT 19:00 From Gorsemere to Gloomsbury: The Literary Lunacy of Sue Limb (m0009bys)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap (b04ykk5j)
Series 2
Episode 3
Bridget Christie tries to find a feminist icon who doesn't want to replace the word 'feminism' with 'bootylicious'.
She also discusses how adverts have ruined her sex life, and why Twitter is a sexist's natural habitat.
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 Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize (b00757wk)
Episode 1
A five pound deal of sketches, monologues and weird soup.
Originally broadcast LIVE from London's exclusive Imperial Rooms, Mayfair.
Written and performed by Jane Bussmann and David Quantick.
Featuring:
Peter Serafinowicz
Emma Clarke
Steve Brody.
Producer: Phil Bowker.
First broadcast LIVE on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.
SAT 23:00 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00pcllf)
Series 3
Episode 6
Domestic goddess Sue Morgan offers her own take on the perfect Christmas, while call centre demon Gwyneth finally faces judgement.
Plus we gain access to the Institute for Useless Scientific Research.
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 (b007jmdn)
Series 3
The Final Reckoning
When God discovers that rules are being broken in Hell, he sends some archangels to investigate.
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 27 NOVEMBER 2022

SUN 00:00 Mike Walker - Omega (b007jl75)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 (m0005mpm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:00 Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed (b039cth4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 At Home With The Snails (b007jvlw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:00 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b00lgj3p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b04ntvv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Cities of Dreams and Desires (m001fnqp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 Great Lives (m00088nb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Feel Free by Zadie Smith (Omnibus) (b0b4zwk0)
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.
First published between 2010 and 2018 - she begins with her reflections on growing up in multicultural London in the 1980s.
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.
Wide ranging, timely and witty, each essay is a perceptive view of the contemporary world – offering sharp, and often funny, insights and observations on high culture, pop culture, social change, political debate and the personal.
Zadie 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.
Omnibus of five episodes read by the author.
Abridged and produced by Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2018.
SUN 07:10 Inheritance Tracks (b06qn1gl)
Simon Armitage
Poet Simon Armitage chooses Tonight from West Side Story and Live on a Hot August Night by Crispy Ambulance.
SUN 07:20 Maya Angelou: Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (Omnibus) (b0bm6mnl)
Single mother Maya Angelou loves music.
She meets and marries former sailor Tosh in the record shop where she works, though troubled waters lay ahead.
Maya's third volume of vivid memoirs set in the early 1950's
Omnibus of in five parts dramatised 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
Director: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.
SUN 08:30 Stilgoe's Around (b00ty334)
The Boat Show
Laughs and jigs aplenty as Richard Stilgoe drops anchor at the Boat Show.
From the Earl's Court Exhibition Centre, London.
With:
Sheila Steafel
Charles Collingwood
The Cambridge Buskers.
Producer: Mike Craig
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1984.
SUN 09:00 Something to Shout About (m0001bxp)
Series 2
Episode 2
When the ad agency takes on a campaign for a new high-tech lock – it works too well!
"A light-hearted exposé of the advertising world!".
Set in a London ad agency called Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, Blythe, Giddy & Partners.”
Michael …. Michael Medwin
Janet …. Fenella Fielding
Mavis …. Joan Sims
Maggie …. Eleanor Summerfield
Adrian …. Nicholas Phipps
Inspector Dorian …. Warren Mitchell.
Series two (of three) written by Myles Rudge with Ronnie Wolfe.
Producer: Eric Miller
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1961.
SUN 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.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001fm46)
Lost Gems
Sir Dirk Bogarde
From Carol Channing to Franz Liszt.
Award-winning film actor and writer Sir Dirk Bogarde shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley.
In the first of what were to become two appearances (the second was in 1989) Bogarde doesn’t think he could cope with the solitude and silence of being castaway.
The actor is a big fan of music and complains eight choices aren’t enough.
He made his London West End theatre-acting debut in 1939, after which he served in the British Army during the Second World War.
His film contract with the Rank Organisation in 1948 was the spark for his very successful career. Big screen highlights included: The Blue Lamp, The Servant and the Doctor films based on Richard Gordon’s novels.
In 1977 he embarked on a second career of several best-selling novels.
Bogarde was created a Knight Bachelor in 1992.
Born in 1921, he died aged 78 in 1999.
DISC ONE: Franz Liszt’s Consolation No. 3 in D flat major - Jorge Bolet
DISC TWO: Oscar Straus’s C'est la saison d'amour (from The Three Waltzes) - Yvonne Printemps
DISC THREE: Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No 1 in E Flat / Hungarian Fantasy - Jorge Bolet with Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Morris Stoloff
DISC FOUR: The Worst Kind of Man - Judy Garland & the Gordon Jenkins Orchestra
DISC FIVE: Franz Lehár’s Vilja (from The Merry Widow) - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf with Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
DISC SIX: Symphony No. 5 in C minor - Columbia Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Bruno Walter
DISC SEVEN: Hello Dolly - Carol Channing
DISC EIGHT: I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face from My Fair Lady - Rex Harrison
BOOK CHOICE - The Swiss Family Robinson - Johann Wyss
LUXURY CHOICE - Conversation Piece by John Singer Sargent - a painting of the Sitwells
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Symphony No. 5 in C minor - Columbia Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Bruno Walter
Producer: Monica Chapman
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in September 1964.
SUN 10:30 Oh No It Isn't (m001fm4j)
Sketch show compilation of the 1970s series not kept in the BBC archive.
Recovered audio featuring:
John Lloyd
Mary Adams
Jeremy Browne
Jonathan Canter
Griff Rhys Jones.
Written by Douglas Adams, Brendan Martin, Patrick Murray, Chris Miller and Max Alcock.
Producer: Simon Brett
Composite episode produced by James Peak and Keith Wickham
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1974.
SUN 11:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m000z61s)
Stuck!
True stories told live in the USA: Sarah Austin Jenness introduces tales about being stuck in thoughts, places and situations.
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 (b06qn1gl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]
SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (b04gnzrt)
Poetry Please - Poets Laureate
It's 50 years since John Betjeman was appointed Poet Laureate.
To mark the occasion Daljit Nagra chooses 'Poetry Please: Poets Laureate' with Roger McGough and a selection of works by Poets Laureate past and present.
These include Wordsworth, Tennyson, Betjeman, Ted Hughes and Carol Ann Duffy.
There's also a Cecil Day Lewis poem read by his son Daniel Day-Lewis, recorded as part of the exhibition 'Poetry for the Palace: Poets Laureate from Dryden to Duffy' at The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Readers: Anton Lesser and Alice Arnold.
Producer: Sally Heaven
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2014.
SUN 12:30 Angstrom (b09pmbdh)
Series 1
The Hunter Is the Hunted and the Hunter
Matthew Holness stars as Knut Ångström, a brooding, alcoholic, maverick Swedish detective from the tough streets of Oslo, in a 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.
The investigation takes Ångström and Mina to the remote Celibate Puffin Island (but it's all one word in Swedish) where they find a possible connection between the Askeladden murders and the sinister Bolax Corporation, bringing them closer to finally discovering the identity of the mysterious Ash Lad...
Written by Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley.
Knut Ångström ...... Matthew Holness
Nina Oblong ...... Nadia Kamil
Narrator ...... Simon Kane
Also starring:
David Reed
Freya Parker
Kevin Eldon
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 A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark (Omnibus) (b09m5ys6)
Episode 1
Muriel Spark's playful and autobiographical novel set amid London's post-war publishing scene.
War widow Mrs Hawkins enjoys her life; her rooms suit her, she cherishes good friends and holds a coveted job working with books.
But when an author starts to make a nuisance of himself, her life will change beyond recognition.
Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes abridged by Rosemary Goring.
Read by Maggie Service.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.
SUN 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b064d0qt)
Tom Conti
Actor Tom Conti selects the Scarlatti Sonata in G major, and 'Piangero La Sorte Mia' from Handel's Giulio Cesare.
SUN 14:20 Jon Canter - Holmes and Watford (Omnibus) (b09jvks7)
Comedy about two policewomen crewing in a small village.
For PC Sue Holmes, policing is about keeping the peace - but PC Tina Watford yearns for excitement and she'll stop at nothing to ensure some action.
A teenager runs out of a shop.
Surely he must have done something wrong?
Omnibus of five parts written by the award-winning Jon Canter.
Sue Holmes ...... Jessica Ransom
Tina Watford ...... Susan Wokoma
Dwayne Campbell ...... Joivan Wade
Sheila Campbell ...... Ellie Darvill
Rosemary ...... Rosie Cavaliero
Mother ...... Julie Teal
Carl ...... Samuel James
Shelley ...... Abbie Andrews
Russ ...... Matthew Marsh
Michael ...... Gary Duncan
Felicity ...... Louise Ford
Director Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017.
SUN 15:30 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 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.
SUN 16:00 Rhys Adrian - Toytown (m001fm50)
As autumn changes to winter 'the cuts', as well as the weather, bite deeper.
But for the reduced park-keeper staff, only vigilant in their efforts not to help the public, life in their hut grows warmer - and more convivial.
Starring Peter Vaughan and James Grout.
Rhys Adrian's comedy-drama set in a public park
Edward .... Peter Vaughan
Jack .... James Grout
Mrs Hendrix .... Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr Hendrix .... William Fox
The Copper .... Michael Graham Cox
Director John Tydeman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1987
SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (b04gnzrt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]
SUN 17:30 Angstrom (b09pmbdh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
SUN 18:00 The Female Ghost (b00njj2k)
Man-Size in Marble by Edith Nesbit
For newlyweds Charles and Laura, their housekeeper's dread of All Saint's Eve seems laughable - that is, until the day itself arrives...
Edith Nesbit’s eerie tale stars Carolyn Jones, Stephen Critchlow and Deborah Berlin.
Another in a series of ghostly stories written by women.
Dramatised by Christopher Hawes.
Narrator/Edith Nesbit …. Carolyn Jones
Charles …. Stephen Critchlow
Laura …. Deborah Berlin
Doctor Kelly …. Gerard McDermott
Mrs Dorman …. Tina Gray
Producer: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.
SUN 18:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvy3)
4. Ancient Magic
Vezin feels wary over an invitation from a mother and daughter to attend a witches' Sabbath.
Concluding 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 (m000z61s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
SUN 19:50 Inheritance Tracks (b06qn1gl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today]
SUN 20:00 Rhys Adrian - Toytown (m001fm50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001fm46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:30 Oh No It Isn't (m001fm4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 Angstrom (b09pmbdh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
SUN 22:30 Son of Cliche (b00p4mcr)
Freddie Fortune
From a spoof Melvyn Bragg to a signing chimp.
Featuring 'The Further Reasonably Exciting Adventures of Captain Invisible and the See-Thru Kid'.
Sketch comedy starring:
Chris Barrie
Nick Maloney
Nick Wilton.
Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.
Producer: Alan Nixon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.
SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001fxqk)
Kate Lucas 1/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Harriet Kemsley catches up with Kate Lucas.
SUN 23:00 Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed (b039q25j)
Series 2
Jury
Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed has his day in court, but the judge seems unimpressed by his testimony.
Sitcom written and performed by Nick Mohammed.
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 (b007k3hb)
Series 2
Episode 2
George and Beverley have feigned their deaths to see how their children will cope with the grief.
Alex is missing his parents, but his snail obsession is back with a vengeance...
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 28 NOVEMBER 2022

MON 00:00 The Female Ghost (b00njj2k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvy3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark (Omnibus) (b09m5ys6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Jon Canter - Holmes and Watford (Omnibus) (b09jvks7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:20 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Gareth Gwynn's Little Book of Welsh Rock (b055g69f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Rhys Adrian - Toytown (m001fm50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (b04gnzrt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Angstrom (b09pmbdh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008y4fg)
Series 1
6. Ruse
Exams loom large but it's not only the students who are under pressure.
It becomes increasingly clear that each of the fellows had a very good reason to kill celebrity historian Peter Devanti.
But can Simon unveil the real killer?
Starring Geoffrey Palmer and Samuel West.
Mark Tavener's comedy thriller set in a small Cambridge college.
Gilbert …. Geoffrey Palmer
Simon …. Samuel West
Patricia …. Rebecca Front
Zoe …. Sharon Small
Dean …. Michael Maloney
Bernard …. Jonathan Coy
Caroline …. Emily Wachter
John …. Nicholas Boulton
Alice …. Beth Chalmers
Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2005.
MON 06:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nskjl)
6. Foiling
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.
Can our hero foil evil Peterson's plan to overthrow the government? Final part of Sapper's yarn written after World War I.
Concluded 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 Dot (b055gcl6)
Pilot
Dot's had quite enough of making tea in the Cabinet War Rooms.
When she finds a cryptic message in the newspaper, she enlists the help of her gals Myrtle and Pearl.
Can they catch the spy?
And will it prove to be the big break Dot's been waiting for?
Pilot written by Ed Harris.
This sparked the following series of the rollicking wartime comedy set in the Cabinet War Rooms.
Dot ...... Fenella Woolgar
Myrtle ...... Kate O'Flynn
Pearl ...... Roslyn Hill
Millicent ...... Jane Slavin
Peabody ...... David Acton
Ken ...... Stephen Critchlow
Director: Jessica Brown
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015.
MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m001fd42)
Series 78
Episode 2
This series of Radio 4's multi-award-winning ‘antidote to panel games’ promises more homespun wireless entertainment for the young at heart. This week the programme pays a return visit to the Stockport Plaza where Jon Culshaw and Jan Ravens are pitched against Milton Jones and Andy Hamilton, with Jack Dee in the chair. At the piano - Colin Sell.
Producer - Jon Naismith
It is a BBC Studios production
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00nnpz7)
Series 3
Episode 20
Kenneth Horne in the sinister tale of 'The Head of the BBC Who Came From Out of the Cold'.
Plus Julian and Sandy helpfully reveal how to get massive lallies at Body Bona.
Packed full of colourful characters, parodies, memorable catchphrases, and double-entendres.
Starring:
Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden
Bill Pertwee
Announcer: Douglas Smith
Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London.
Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.
Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman wrote the brilliantly inventive - and sometimes outrageous - scripts for four series between 1965 and 1968.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1967.
MON 08:30 Anything Legal (b008fxrd)
Episode 8
With their business struggling, Charles and George turn to nanny.
Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.
A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly.
Charles ...... Donald Hewlett
George ...... Michael Knowles
Nanny ...... Marjorie Withers
Theme music by Jim Parker.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1985.
MON 09:00 Dilemma (b01r9rtd)
Series 2
Episode 5
Sue Perkins puts Jason Cook, Cerys Matthews, David Aaronovitch and Sara Pascoe through the moral and ethical wringer.
Amongst the dilemmas facing the panel, Sue asks singer and BBC 6 Music host Cerys Matthews whether she'd eat an alien as an act of survival?
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 Romantic Friction (b0075w4v)
Thwarted
Lovelorn romance writer Anna is up against a deadline for her latest potboiler, a tale of love, suffering and jealousy.
But her creative juices don't seem to be flowing as, after years of having a purely fictional love-life, she's met a real-live man.
She's also constantly thwarted by her characters, who keep leaping off the page into her living room to challenge her about their plotlines.
Starring Samantha Bond and Hugh Bonneville.
Michelle Read's four-part comedy-drama series.
Anna ...... Samantha Bond
Brian ...... Hugh Bonneville
Deirdre ...... Beth Chambers
Fertility Doll ...... Adjoa Andoh
Book ...... Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2000.
MON 10:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress (b00fcd6c)
1. Setting Out
The adventures of Christian, a pilgrim who embarks on a perilous journey to the Celestial City.
John Bunyan's enduring 17th century classic novel.
Starring Anton Rogers.
Dramatised in three parts by Brian Sibley.
Bunyan ...... Anton Rodgers
Christian ...... Neil Dudgeon
Evangelist ...... Alec McCowen
Beelzebub ...... Don Warrington
Interpreter ...... Anna Massey
Caged Man ...... Peter Bowles
Elizabeth ...... Caroline Lee Johns
Jailer ...... Ioan Meredith
Judge ...... Derek Waring
Pliable ...... Philip Fox
Obstinate ...... Chris Moran
Help ...... Jaimi Barbakoff
Goodwill ...... Lydia Leonard
Angel ...... Cherie Taylor-Battiste
Child ...... Sophie Levy
Child ...... Nyla Lev
Director: Pam Fraser Solomon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004.
MON 11:00 TED Radio Hour (m0012mwb)
Series 8
How To Citizen
A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) stage.
Manoush Zomorodi explores how, in divided times, we can commit to civic duties. What ideas can help us to be good citizens?
First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2020.
MON 11:50 Inheritance Tracks (m001fm26)
Billy Idol
Singer songwriter Billy Idol inherits 'Billy the Kid' by Tex Ritter and passes on 'Children of the Revolution' by T. Rex.
MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00nnpz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 Anything Legal (b008fxrd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008y4fg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 13:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nskjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 14:00 Packing My Library by Alberto Manguel (b09ycsrj)
Episode 1
Alberto Manguel has had consistent 5-star ratings for his books on reading, books and libraries.
With regret, he packs up his library of 35,000 volumes and prepares to move from a vast property in rural France to a small apartment on Manhattan's West Side.
Choosing which books to keep, store, or cast out, Manguel finds himself in deep reverie on the nature of relationships between books and readers, books and collectors, order and disorder, memory and reading.
In this poignant re-evaluation of his life as a reader, he illuminates the highly personal art of reading and affirms the vital role of public libraries. Manguel's musings range widely - from delightful reflections on the idiosyncrasies of book lovers to deeper analyses of historic and catastrophic book events, including the burning of ancient Alexandria's library and contemporary library lootings at the hands of ISIS.
With insight and passion, the author underscores the universal centrality of books and their unique importance to a democratic, civilised, and engaged society.
Read by Oliver Cotton
Abridged in five parts by Barry Johnston
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2018.
MON 14:15 Ordinary Heroes (m0004dzg)
1. Trouble Ahead
Follow two uniformed police officers, Nisha and Scott, as they patrol the streets of London on foot during a single nightshift.
This is policing at the sharp end. Anything can happen. And, of course, it does.
Contemporary drama serial starring Nisha Nayar and Joel Phillimore.
New recruit Scott can't wait to lock up some bad guys. Fresh out of police training college, he is a little frustrated to be puppy-walked by a female officer. Not that Scott is sexist or a misogynist (he loves his girlfriend and adores his mum), it's just that he craves the company and approval of other guys. He also suffers from White Knight syndrome and has a tendency to see women as damsels in distress. You see, when Scott was twelve, his dad died saving a family in a horrific motorway crash. It's a legend that Scott is desperate to live up to.
The last thing Nisha needs is a White Knight - and she's the total opposite of a damsel in distress. The experienced beat cop has been there, done that and received a commendation for bravery. She's charmed by Scott's boyish enthusiasm, he's a good-hearted soul, and she decides not to burst his balloon - he can find out the hard way that the job is much more about dealing with the sick and the vulnerable than tackling armed robbers.
Nisha joined the police because she thought the job would suit her - she's always had an enquiring mind and she likes dealing with people - but also because, after Stephen Lawrence, she felt that the Metropolitan Police needed people like her. She has faced hostility from friends and family but she's stuck to her guns.
What Nisha doesn't know is that tonight is a night she'll never forget. Because, while Scott and Nisha are - among other things - dealing with a paranoid schizophrenic teen who may have stolen a dog, a group of people are climbing into a van in a London suburb. And they're planning mass murder.
Written by Paul Marquess and Sally Tatchell.
PC Nisha Hussain ...... Nisha Nayar
PC Scott Knight ...... Joel Phillimore
Haneefa Khan ...... Susannah Fielding
Zeenat Khan ...... Gurkiran Kaur
John Baker ...... Lloyd Warbey
Tariq Dewan ...... Devesh Kishore
Producer: Claire Fryer
Executive Producers: Paul Marquess and Eoin O’Callaghan
Director: Marina Caldarone
A PGM TV production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2019.
MON 14:30 Ancient Ways with Bettany Hughes (b06qms9p)
1. Albania to Macedonia
Bettany Hughes follows the ancient Roman road to Istanbul. Tracing its route through Albania, Macedonia and Greece, she explores how the Egnatian Way helped to shape Europe and the Middle East.
Founded in the second century BC, the Via Egnatia was a critical axis of the Roman Empire. It joined Rome to the riches of the east, and became the site of some of the most significant turning points of its history – the place where the forces of the Roman republic lost to the heirs of Julius Caesar, and the route on which St Paul brought Christianity to Europe. Later it was the route the Crusaders took to the holy land, a vital Byzantine communication link and the base from which the Ottoman Turks controlled their vast European holdings.
In the first episode, Bettany journeys from Adriatic shores of Albania to the Macedonian plain where Alexander The Great grew up.
Written and presented by Bettany Hughes.
Producer: Russell Finch
A Somethin’ Else production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2015.
MON 15:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress (b00fcd6c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:00 Dilemma (b01r9rtd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 16:30 Romantic Friction (b0075w4v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 17:00 Dot (b055gcl6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m001fd42)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 Psycho by Robert Bloch (m001fm2d)
4. The Hunt for Mary
Lila Crane hunts for her sister Mary.
Meanwhile private detective, Milton Arbogast, hunts for the $40,000 Mary stole.
Robert Bloch’s 1959 classic horror story - made into the iconic 1960 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Abridged by James Robertson.
Read by William Hope.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
MON 18:15 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (m001fm2l)
4. Voices
Voices in the dark and a strange message...
Dr Montague continues his 'anthropological research' at the malevolent Hill House.
Shirley Jackson’s spine-chilling Gothic Horror read by Emma Fielding.
Abridged by Alison Joseph.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997.
MON 18:30 A Good Read (b05xggjm)
Miranda Sawyer and Tom Robinson
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - journalist, Miranda Sawyer and singer, Tom Robinson - discuss their favourite books by Joan Didion, Alan Hollinghurst and Ben Aaronovitch.
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Publisher: Gallants
The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst
Publisher: Vintage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2015.
MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00nnpz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Anything Legal (b008fxrd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 20:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008y4fg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 20:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nskjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 21:00 TED Radio Hour (m0012mwb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
MON 21:50 Inheritance Tracks (m001fm26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today]
MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m001fd42)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 22:30 Dave Podmore (b007rkg1)
Dave Podmore's World of Cricket
Episode 1
Eat the Dream. Pod makes a bid to run the opening ceremony of the 2003 Cricket World Cup - on the cheap, of course.
Sitcom about the exploits of talentless, amateurish, smug, inept and self-deluding English cricketer Dave Podmore.
Starring Chris Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.
With:
Chris Pavlo
Nicola Sanderson
Written by Chris Douglas, Andrew Nickolds and Nick Newman.
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.
MON 23:00 The Now Show (m001fdb2)
Series 61
Episode 5
Hugh Dennis and Glenn Moore (standing in for Steve Punt) present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. They're joined by Alex Kealy, Athena Kugblenu and Ignacio Lopez.
Athena Kugblenu looks at Shamima Begum’s citizenship appeal, Alex Kealy walks us through crises in cryptocurrency and Ignacio Lopez is an England fan singing about the meaning of the World Cup.
The show was written by Steve Punt and the cast with additional material from Simon Alcock, Alfie Packham, Vicky Richards and Jade Gebbie.
Voice actors: Jason Forbes and Roisin O'Mahony
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 (b00nj7cz)
A Enemy
Dad's double-life shocks Andy and 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
Mrs Abasanjo ...... Adjoa Andoh
Mr Lucik ...... Chris Pavlo
Dad ...... Harry Towb
Mr Overthorpe ...... Simon Greenall
Michael ...... Gary Bleasdale
Mrs Overthrope ...... Kay Stonham
Bronson ...... Tony Burgess
Produced and directed by Jo Clegg with Alexei Sayle
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1999.

TUESDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2022

TUE 00:00 Psycho by Robert Bloch (m001fm2d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:15 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (m001fm2l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b05xggjm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 High Table, Lower Orders (b008y4fg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Bulldog Drummond by Sapper (b00nskjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Packing My Library by Alberto Manguel (b09ycsrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Ordinary Heroes (m0004dzg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Ancient Ways with Bettany Hughes (b06qms9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress (b00fcd6c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Dilemma (b01r9rtd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Romantic Friction (b0075w4v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Dot (b055gcl6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (m001fd42)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 P Division (b00rdypv)
Two Way Cut
Episode 1
Discovering a corpse early one morning on Glasgow's Maryhill Road is not out of the ordinary - but one that PC Hamilton finds very different.
Published in 1988, this is Peter Turnbull's fifth 'P' Division crime thriller set in Glasgow.
CAST:
Mrs MacIntyre …. Edith Ruddick
Mrs Douglas …. Joyce Falconer
PC Hamilton …. Martin McCardie
DS Ray Sussock …. Jake D'Arcy
DC Tony Abernathy …. Andrew Conlan
Dr David Reynolds …. Gerard Slevin
Jean Kaye …. Rebecca Hawking
WPC Elka Willems …. Eliza Langland
DI Donoghue …. Crawford Logan
DC Malcom Montgomery …. Frank Gallagher
Louise …. Anne Marie Timoney
Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine.
Producer: Hamish Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
TUE 06:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082gyz)
1. The Poetical Policeman
Mr JG Reeder has the mind of a criminal, using it to uncover the peculiar circumstances surrounding a bank robbery, the death of the night-watchman and the part in the plot played by his beautiful daughter.
This first of four stories provides useful insight into the past of Mr JG Reeder, whose novel methods bring the criminals of 1920s London to justice.
Read by David Horovitch.
Edgar Wallace is best known for his popular detective and suspense stories which earned him the title, "King of the Modern Thriller."
Although created at roughly the same time, Mr JG Reeder is the diametric opposite of Sam Spade, Philip Marlow and Mike Hammer. He is a shabbily dressed, diffident civil servant who prefers a cup of tea and a slice of seed cake to a shot of something stronger.
Reeder is a uniquely English detective. An apparent fuddy-duddy working in some obscure capacity in the Public Prosecutor's office, he actually has a razor-sharp intellect and is a super-sleuth. He solves his mysteries because he fully understands the "criminal mind".
Abridged in four parts by Neville Teller.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2007.
TUE 07:00 Tickets Please (b00p5xc2)
Episode 4
After delays caused by lightning, a 20-piece orchestra in coach G practices. This offers Robin a plangent background for his declaration of love.
But can he seize his chance before the train arrives at Exeter St David's?
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 Philip Fox, Piers Wehner and Joseph Cohen-Cole
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2009.
TUE 07:30 Hennikay (m001fclc)
Series 1
Episode 1: Close Contact Paint-based Combat Maneuvers
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.
After closing the biggest deal in the history of Maidstone, Guy’s boss decides to reward him with an adventure-based, corporate team-building day out, which has him running around the woods shooting paint pellets at middle managers.
Not only does Guy have to deal with his scheming, back-stabbing co-workers, desperate to ruin his career and steal his glory, he also has to cope with Hennikay, his imaginary childhood friend who has turned back up in his life and is stubbornly refusing to leave, running riot in the woods with a paint gun.
But as the paint splatters and the deals sour, Guy soon discovers that in the cut-throat world of grown-up business, the only person who he can trust is the 11-year-old boy he invented back in 1976.
Acclaimed comedian (and Strictly Come Dancing champion) Bill Bailey leads a cast which includes Dave Lamb and Elizabeth Carling in this warm, funny look at childhood, adulthood and some of the follies of modern life - where a man with a confused child in his head might just be the sanest person in the room.
Written by David Spicer
Guy ..... Bill Bailey
Tony ..... Dave Lamb
Marika ..... Elizabeth Carling
Kallie ..... Hollie Edwin
Simon ..... Alistair McGowan
Hennikay ..... Max Pattison
Producer: Liz Anstee
A CPL production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b008zfwf)
Series 7
The Spectre of Tintagel
Neddie Seagoon reveals his Arthurian roots and goes in search of treasure in deepest Cornwall.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
Valentine Dyall
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 November 1956.
TUE 08:30 In the Balance (b007jsg6)
Episode 3
If George Cragge can keep close on the trail of the World Cup murderer then his BBC job looks secure - for the time being at least.
Meanwhile, there's rumblings about the leadership of the Tory Party following a Vote of No Confidence.
Starring Michael Williams and Barry Foster.
Mark Tavener's sequel to his comedy thriller set in the world of football, the BBC and party politics.
George Cragge …… Michael Williams
Superintendent Jefferson …… Barry Foster
Prime Minister …… Jeremy Clyde
Max.............Peter Woodthorpe
John Matthews …… Jim Carter
Crispin Trent …… Robert Bathurst
Caroline.............Susie Brann
Harry Davis..........Christian Rodska
With:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Keith Wickham
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Ioan Meredith
Chris Pavlo
Shirley Dixon
Music by Paul Mottram.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1997
TUE 09:00 The Now Show (m001fdb2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 09:30 No Commitments (b007jnxx)
Series 7
Supporting Parts
Victoria worries over Roger's libido and Charlotte is after a top job.
Simon Brett’s sitcom about the lives and squabbles of three very different sisters.
Anna …. Rosemary Leach
Charlotte …. Celia Imrie
Victoria …. Angela Thorne
Roger …. Bill Nighy
Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.
TUE 10:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress (b00fd2td)
2. The Valley
Christian is determined to reach the Celestial City even though it means passing through the Valley of The Shadow of Death.
John Bunyan's enduring 17th century classic about the adventures of Christian, a pilgrim on a perilous journey to the Celestial City.
Anton Rodgers … Bunyan
Neil Dudgeon … Christian
Alec McCowen … Evangelist
Don Warrington … Beelzebub
Caroline Lee Johnson … Elizabeth
Ioan Meredith … The Jailer
Derek Waring … The Judge
Philip Fox … Watchful
Chris Moran … Clerk
Jaimi Barbakoff … Prudence
Lydia Leonard … Charity
Cherie Taylor-Battiste … Piety
Graham Crowden … Faithful
Stephen Thorne … Cobb
Eve Karpf … Discretion
Rachel Atkins … Talkative
Damian Lynch … Timorous
Dramatised iby Brian Sibley.
Director: Pam Fraser Solomon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004.
TUE 11:00 Archive on 4 (m0009z3h)
Desert Island Myths: Three Centuries of Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe was first published on 25 April 1719. By the end of the 19th century it had become the most reissued, adapted and translated novel in the world. 
Over the years, this island adventure story has been interpreted in a huge variety of ways: by critics as the first ever novel in English; by political theorists as an allegory of colonialism; by economists as a story of primitive accumulation; by anthropologists as a classic statement of nature and civilisation; and by educationalists as a story of learning by doing. 
The book has also inspired countless creative works, from Gulliver’s Travels, Swiss Family Robinson and Treasure Island to Lost In Space, Cast Away and The Martian. Not forgetting several reality TV shows and the ever popular Desert Island Discs. 
Over 300 years on from Robinson Crusoe's publication, cultural historian Christopher Frayling sets sail through the BBC archive to explore the creation and legacy of this controversial text.
Interviewees:

Charles Boyle, author of Good Morning, Mr Crusoe
Judith Hawley, Professor of 18th-Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London
Andrew Lambert, Professor of Naval History at King’s College London
Olivette Otele, Professor of History at Bath Spa University
Andrew Pollard, writer, director and pantomime dame

Brian Sibley, author and broadcaster
Producer: Jane Long

A Hidden Flack production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2019.
TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b008zfwf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 In the Balance (b007jsg6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:00 P Division (b00rdypv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 13:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082gyz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Packing My Library by Alberto Manguel (b09zmcw9)
Episode 2
Alberto Manguel has had consistent 5-star ratings for his books on reading, books and libraries.
With regret, he packs up his library of 35,000 volumes and prepares to move from a vast property in rural France to a small apartment on Manhattan's West Side.
Choosing which books to keep, store, or cast out, Manguel finds himself in deep reverie on the nature of relationships between books and readers, books and collectors, order and disorder, memory and reading.
In this poignant re-evaluation of his life as a reader, he illuminates the highly personal art of reading and affirms the vital role of public libraries. Manguel's musings range widely - from delightful reflections on the idiosyncrasies of book lovers to deeper analyses of historic and catastrophic book events, including the burning of ancient Alexandria's library and contemporary library lootings at the hands of ISIS.
With insight and passion, the author underscores the universal centrality of books and their unique importance to a democratic, civilised, and engaged society.
Read by Oliver Cotton
Abridged by Barry Johnston
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2018.
TUE 14:15 Ordinary Heroes (m0004f1k)
2. Murder in Mind
Rookie Police Constable Scott Knight lets two women walk away – little knowing that they’ve got murder on their minds...
Contemporary drama serial starring Nisha Nayar and Joel Phillimore.
Follow two uniformed police officers, Nisha and Scott, as they patrol the streets of London on foot during a single nightshift.
This is policing at the sharp end. Anything can happen. And, of course, it does.
Written by Paul Marquess and Sally Tatchell.
PC Nisha Hussain ...... Nisha Nayar
PC Scott Knight ...... Joel Phillimore
Haneefa Khan ...... Susannah Fielding
Zeenat Khan ...... Gurkiran Kaur
John Baker ...... Lloyd Warbey
Tariq Dewan ...... Devesh Kishore
Producer: Claire Fryer
Executive Producers: Paul Marquess and Eoin O’Callaghan
Director: Marina Caldarone
A PGM TV production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2019.
TUE 14:30 Ancient Ways with Bettany Hughes (b06r8bnh)
2. From Thessaloniki into Thrace
Bettany Hughes follows the ancient road from Rome to Istanbul. Tracing its route through Albania, Macedonia and Greece, she explores how the Egnatian Way helped to shape Europe and the Middle East.
Founded in the second century BC, the Via Egnatia was a critical axis of the Roman Empire. It joined Rome to the riches of the east, and became the site of some of the most significant turning points of its history – the place where the forces of the Roman republic lost to the heirs of Julius Caesar, and the route on which St Paul brought Christianity to Europe. Later it was the route the Crusaders took to the holy land, a vital Byzantine communication link and the base from which the Ottoman Turks controlled their vast European holdings.
In the second episode, Bettany journeys from Thessaloniki into Thrace, tracking the movement of ideas along the road and discovering the long history of refugees on the route from ancient times to the present day.
Written and presented by Bettany Hughes
Producer: Russell Finch
A Somethin’ Else production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2015.
TUE 15:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress (b00fd2td)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00j26h0)
Series 1
Episode 2
James Walton returns with series two of the show that tests and tickles the knowledge of industry pundits and people passionate about pop.
Regulars Tracey MacLeod and Andrew Collins are joined by BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs and comedian Dave Gorman.
The panellists also reveal their favourite most bizarre musical moments.
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Written and researched by James Walton
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004.
TUE 16:30 No Commitments (b007jnxx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 17:00 Tickets Please (b00p5xc2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Hennikay (m001fclc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Psycho by Robert Bloch (m001fnr9)
5. Mother has a Visitor
In search of more information about Mary Crane, investigator Arbogast pays a visit to the Bates Motel.
Robert Bloch’s 1959 classic horror story - made into the iconic 1960 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Abridged by James Robertson.
Read by William Hope.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
TUE 18:15 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (m001fnrc)
5. The Message
Events take a sinister turn in one of the recruit’s rooms as Dr Montague continues his investigations into the supernatural at Hill House.
Shirley Jackson’s spine-chilling Gothic Horror read by Emma Fielding.
Abridged by Alison Joseph.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997
TUE 18:30 Soul Music (m0006tks)
Series 28
Streets of London by Ralph McTell
Ralph McTell and others discuss a song that was written for a heroin addict, became an anthem against homelessness, and transcended the folk genre to become an enduring classic.
Ralph McTell says he’s thought constantly about the “blip in my graph” that is Streets of London. People say to him “50 years. One hit. You think you’d have given up by now”. But, Ralph says, that’s not why he writes songs. And, of course, he’s written many. Many that he considers far better than Streets of London. But this remains his best known, best loved, and most played track. It was first recorded 50 years ago, in 1969, for his album Spiral Staircase although it wasn’t released as a single until 1974.
Taking part in Soul Music, alongside Ralph, with their stories and memories connected to Streets of London, are:
Jerry Playle, a music producer. His first ever public performance as a teenage guitarist was of Streets of London. The guitar part went well, but when he opened his mouth to sing, he realised - to his horror - that he couldn't...
Gwen Ever, a DJ. He became homeless in the 1980s. It’s the unlikely punk version of Streets of London by the Anti Nowhere League that reminds him of this time.
Maria Bentley-Dingwall, the daughter of Iris Bentley. Iris was the sister of Derek Bentley who was hanged for a murder he did not commit. Iris spent her life campaigning for his conviction to be quashed. Ralph McTell grew up knowing this story, became a friend of the family, wrote a song about the case, and sang Streets of London at Iris Bentley’s funeral.
Producer: Karen Gregor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.
TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b008zfwf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 In the Balance (b007jsg6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 20:00 P Division (b00rdypv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 20:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082gyz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Archive on 4 (m0009z3h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
TUE 22:00 Hennikay (m001fclc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 22:30 Tina C (b06r885k)
Tina C: Herstory
Episode 2
1999 sees Tina C established as a global icon, and exploring her feminist side.
Jenni Murray quizzes Tina about the highs and lows of finding your feet as a woman in Nashville.
Written & performed by Christopher Green.
Additional voices: Susan Jameson & Leo Wan.
The Band: Duncan Walsh-Atkins, Mark Hardisty & Phil Wraith.
Produced by Victoria Lloyd.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001fxr4)
Kate Lucas 2/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Harriet Kemsley catches up with Kate Lucas.
TUE 23:00 Welcome to Wherever You Are (b09jgkll)
Series 1
Episode 4
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:
Omar Ramzi
Kansiime Anne
Francesco De Carlo
The final episode of the series welcomes Saudi-born 'White Sudani' Omar Ramzi from his home in Dubai; the 'Queen of African Comedy' Kansiime Anne, from Kampala; and, from Rome, Francesco De Carlo, who is the regular Italian correspondent for Unspun with Matt Forde.
Producer: Ed Morrish
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2017.
TUE 23:30 Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller (b008yrwy)
Episode 1
Number One for young people - Martin Bain-Jones and Craig Children present their frightfully clever pop culture show.
Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong write and star in their first full-length BBC radio comedy series.
With:
Charlie Condou
Melissa Lloyd
Luke Goss
Written by Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong
Producer: Jon Rolph
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.

WEDNESDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2022

WED 00:00 Psycho by Robert Bloch (m001fnr9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:15 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (m001fnrc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Soul Music (m0006tks)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 P Division (b00rdypv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082gyz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Packing My Library by Alberto Manguel (b09zmcw9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Ordinary Heroes (m0004f1k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Ancient Ways with Bettany Hughes (b06r8bnh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress (b00fd2td)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00j26h0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 No Commitments (b007jnxx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Tickets Please (b00p5xc2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:30 Hennikay (m001fclc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 P Division (b00rfgz6)
Two Way Cut
Episode 2
A headless body without a speck of blood on it has Glasgow's 'P' Division cops puzzled. Just who was the strange hunched figure that PC Hamilton saw running along by the canal?
Published in 1988, this is Peter Turnbull's fifth 'P' Division crime thriller set in Glasgow.
CAST:
DCI Finnlater …. Alec Monteath
DI Donighue …. Crawford Logan
DC Tony Abernathy …. Andrew Conlan
DC King …. Robert Carlyle
Man on the Waste Ground …. Gilbert Martin
PC Wanless …. Paul Morrow
Mrs Dewey …. Caroline Paterson
Kilroy …. Robert Trotter
Biddulph …. Michael Elder
Michelle …. Daniela Nardini
DC Malcom …. Frank Gallagher
Louise …. Anne Marie Timoney
Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine.
Producer: Hamish Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
WED 06:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082gzy)
2. The Troupe
Intrigued by the arrival in London of a transatlantic visitor he knows to have managed a troupe of actors, Mr JG Reeder tries to get to the bottom of a jewellery fraud.
Read by David Horovitch
Mr JG Reeder's novel methods bring the criminals of 1920s London to justice.
Created by Edgar Wallace, he is a uniquely English detective. An apparent fuddy-duddy working in some obscure capacity in the Public Prosecutor's office, he actually has a razor-sharp intellect and is a super-sleuth.
Mr JG Reeder solves his mysteries because he fully understands the "criminal mind".
Abridged for radio by Neville Teller.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2007.
WED 07:00 Love in Recovery (m0002bnn)
Series 3
The Gun
It’s a big day for Simon (John Hannah). The most important, nerve wracking day of his life. But whether he gets everything he ever wanted or loses it all, his friends will be there to pick up the pieces. Won’t they?
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
Toby…. Nicholas Boulton
Paul…. Charlie Condou
Father Lavery…. Pete Jackson
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 February 2019.
WED 07:30 Gossip and Goddesses with Granny Kumar (m001fcvy)
Series 2
Episode 1
Granny Kumar is back. After a very successful first series Meera Syal’s glorious comedy creation returns, with her great-granddaughter Maya (Ambreen Razia) and arch-nemesis “frenemy” Geeta (Harvey Virdi), to chat with the sisters.

"This entertaining anecdote-packed show... creating a party vibe that brings out the best in her female guests." The Observer
"It treads a fine line between the earnest and the rip-roaringly funny... It's the intimacy that makes it" Radio Times

Ummi Kumar gathers together her favourite extraordinary women at Wembley Community Centre, aided by her millennial great granddaughter Maya and her arch nemesis “frenemy” Geeta, leader of the local Asian Ladies Silver Bats community group.

The show is a women-only party, where they share stories, laugh loads and chew the fat/dish the dirt/eat the laddoos… A blend of sitcom, silliness and improvised chat, led by the best kind of interviewers who know how to make anyone talk - two really nosey old Indian women.

This series, we’ll be inspired and entertained by
Episode 1: Casualty and Ackley Bridge star Sunetra Sarker, and BBC Breakfast presenter and journalist Naga Munchetty

Episode 2: Multi-Olivier Award-winning actress Sharon D Clark, and stand-up comedian Shazia Mirza

Episode 3: Playwright and novelist Bonnie Greer, and We Are Lady Parts breakout star Anjana Vasan

Episode 4: Vigil and Sarah Jane Adventures star Anjli Mohindra, and musician and presenter Myleene Klass

Cast:
Ummi Kumar – Meera Syal
Geeta Bhandari – Harvey Virdi
Maya Kumar – Ambreen Razia

Written by Meera Syal
Music by Sanjeev Bhaskar
Producer: Liz Anstee

A CPL production, licensed by Hat Trick Productions, for BBC Radio 4
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jxyr)
The Idol
Feeling tired of the Lad's big-headedness, Bill and Moira decide it's time to teach him a lesson.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr and Sidney James.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.
WED 08:30 England's Glory (m001fmg9)
Episode 6
Meddling tycoon Morgan Jeffries attempts to spice up Dunkwell's heritage image. Stars Keith Barron.
A comedy in six-parts by Janey Preger
Morgan Jeffries .... Keith Barron
Angela .... Lynda Baron
Kevin .... David Holt
Bill .... Keith Marsh
Christine .... Jane Dolamore
Thomas/Charlie ....Sam Kelly
Alice .... Tina Gray
Stacey .... Geraldine Fitzgerald
Henrietta .... Joan Sims
Greg Grimes .... Brian Bowles
Dottie Ponsonby, Mayoress .... Joanna Monro
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1995.
WED 09:00 Booked (b0075t3c)
Series 4
Episode 5
Ian McMillan chairs the irreverent writing game.
Regular panellists Mark Thomas and Dillie Keane are joined by Mark Radcliffe and Miles Kington.
Producer: Marc Jobst
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998.
WED 09:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b00mdz9v)
Series 2
Episode 2
Sports agent Trevor tries to cope with some nightmare clients, Yorkshiremen, and a dog with a difference.
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 December 2005.
WED 10:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress (b00fd62f)
3. Giant Despair
Christian is coming to the end of his eventful journey to the Celestial City but, as he gets closer to his destination, he strays from the right path and trespasses onto land belonging to Giant Despair.
Conclusion of John Bunyan's enduring 17th century classic about pilgrim Christian's perilous journey to the Celestial City.
Anton Rodgers … Bunyan
Neil Dudgeon … Christian
Alec McCowen … Evangelist
Don Warrington … Beelzebub
Caroline Lee Johnson … Elizabeth
Ioan Meredith … The Jailer
Derek Waring … The Judge
Philip Fox … Sincere
Chris Moran … Knowledge
Jaimi Barbakoff … Angel
Lydia Leonard … Angel
Cherie Taylor-Battiste … Deceiver
Graham Crowden … Faithful
Stephen Thorne … Giant Despair
Rachel Atkins … Ignorance
Damian Lynch … Experience
Paul Medford … Hopeful
Frances Jeater … Mrs Despair
Declan Wilson … False-Confidence
Dramatised by Brian Sibley.
Director: Pam Fraser Solomon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004.
WED 11:00 Billy Bragg's Changing Times (m000llvw)
3. Grime of the Times
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 this programme, 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. Billy is joined by Dorian Lynskey, Kirsty Fairclough and others.
Featured programmes:
‘The Art of Now: Band Politics’ presented by Chris Hawkins [BBC Radio 4]
‘Childish Gambino’ [BBC World Service 2018]
Producer: Dan Quick
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2019.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jxyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 England's Glory (m001fmg9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:00 P Division (b00rfgz6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 13:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082gzy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 14:00 Packing My Library by Alberto Manguel (b09zmczd)
Episode 3
Alberto Manguel has had consistent 5-star ratings for his books on reading, books and libraries.
With regret, he packs up his library of 35,000 volumes and prepares to move from a vast property in rural France to a small apartment on Manhattan's West Side.
Choosing which books to keep, store, or cast out, Manguel finds himself in deep reverie on the nature of relationships between books and readers, books and collectors, order and disorder, memory and reading.
In this poignant re-evaluation of his life as a reader, he illuminates the highly personal art of reading and affirms the vital role of public libraries. Manguel's musings range widely - from delightful reflections on the idiosyncrasies of book lovers to deeper analyses of historic and catastrophic book events, including the burning of ancient Alexandria's library and contemporary library lootings at the hands of ISIS.
With insight and passion, the author underscores the universal centrality of books and their unique importance to a democratic, civilised, and engaged society.
Read by Oliver Cotton
Abridged by Barry Johnston
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2018.
WED 14:15 Ordinary Heroes (m0004f3r)
3. Against The Clock
As the police react to the explosion, Nisha realises that the attack is far from over.
Can she and Scott get to the intended victim before it’s too late?
Contemporary drama serial starring Nisha Nayar and Joel Phillimore.
Follow two uniformed police officers, Nisha and Scott, as they patrol the streets of London on foot during a single nightshift.
This is policing at the sharp end. Anything can happen. And, of course, it does.
Written by Paul Marquess and Sally Tatchell.
PC Nisha Hussain ...... Nisha Nayar
PC Scott Knight ...... Joel Phillimore
Haneefa Khan ...... Susannah Fielding
Zeenat Khan ...... Gurkiran Kaur
John Baker ...... Lloyd Warbey
Tariq Dewan ...... Devesh Kishore
Producer: Claire Fryer
Executive Producers: Paul Marquess and Eoin O’Callaghan
Director: Marina Caldarone
A PGM TV production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2019.
WED 14:30 Ancient Ways with Bettany Hughes (b06s1b8r)
3. The Road through Turkey to Istanbul
Bettany Hughes follows the ancient road from Rome to Istanbul. Tracing its route through Albania, Macedonia and Greece, she explores how the Egnatian Way helped to shape Europe and the Middle East.
Founded in the second century BC, the Via Egnatia was a critical axis of the Roman Empire. It joined Rome to the riches of the east, and became the site of some of the most significant turning points of its history – the place where the forces of the Roman republic lost to the heirs of Julius Caesar, and the route on which St Paul brought Christianity to Europe. Later it was the route the Crusaders took to the holy land, a vital Byzantine communication link and the base from which the Ottoman Turks controlled their vast European holdings.
In the third episode, Bettany completes the final section of the road through Turkey to Istanbul, tracking the movement of stories along the road and discovering the way the Ottomans adapted it to their new empire.
Written and presented by Bettany Hughes.
Producer: Russell Finch
A Somethin’ Else production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.
WED 15:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress (b00fd62f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 16:00 Booked (b0075t3c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 16:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b00mdz9v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 17:00 Love in Recovery (m0002bnn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:30 Gossip and Goddesses with Granny Kumar (m001fcvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 Psycho by Robert Bloch (m001fmh5)
6. Lila and Sam Grow Restless
"I know this fella Bates. he's kind of an odd one in his way, but he certainly isn't the type who'd ever pull any any fast ones.."
With no word from Arbogast since he went to the Bates Motel, Lila and Sam become unnerved.
Robert Bloch’s 1959 classic horror story - made into the iconic 1960 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Abridged by James Robertson.
Read by William Hope.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
WED 18:15 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (m001fmhl)
6. Shaking
The house shakes as though destroying itself and Eleanor's mind thinks to when the experiments end.
Shirley Jackson’s spine-chilling Gothic Horror continued by Emma Fielding.
Abridged by Alison Joseph.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997.
WED 18:30 The Palace of Laughter (b0076xj5)
Stateside
3. Boston & Minneapolis
How did some of the finest vaudeville theatres reinvent themselves in order to survive after vaudeville itself withered and died in the 1930s?
Geoffrey Wheeler concludes his series about the history of American vaudeville
The Boston Opera House, the Orpheum and the Pantages in Minneapolis are now flourishing theatrical and musical venues, but it took millions of dollars of investment and many long years of painstaking restoration and rebuilding, as well as a change of attitude towards the preservation of the past.
Producer Libby Cross
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jxyr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 England's Glory (m001fmg9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 20:00 P Division (b00rfgz6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 20:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082gzy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 21:00 Billy Bragg's Changing Times (m000llvw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
WED 22:00 Gossip and Goddesses with Granny Kumar (m001fcvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 22:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b00lk09w)
Series 1
Episode 2
Arthur Smith invites an audience into his home in Balham, south London, for music and comedy.
With Benjamin Zephaniah, Stephen K Amos and Matt Holness.
Pippa Evans - as singer-songwriter Loretta Maine - lends a hand.
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009.
WED 23:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b01qdvsy)
Series 5
Dame Evelyn Glennie
Dame Evelyn Glennie, despite having appeared in the Olympic 2012 ceremony as the rhythmic backbone, had never seen it. She watches it for the first time, and also watches Downton Abbey, goes on a Go-Kart, and throws a pot. She gives her verdicts to Marcus Brigstocke.
Produced by Bill Dare.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.
WED 23:30 Hearing With Hegley (b0075sym)
Series 3
Episode 8
John Hegley continues his series with a combination of live poetry readings and studio-based contributions from special guests.
The nation's second favourite comic poet has a haircut and recites poems about dogs - alive and stuffed.
Plus a song with Brother Andrew about cut-price accommodation.
Starring John Hegley.
Character comedian Andrew Bailey gives John a haircut.
Also appearing - Mark Radcliffe and Mark Riley.
Producer: Nigel Piper
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.
WED 23:45 Warhorses of Letters (b03srddp)
Series 3
Episode 4
The last in the series of the epistolary equine love story starring Stephen Fry as Napoleon's horse Marengo and Daniel Rigby as the Duke of Wellington's mount Copenhagen, with an introduction by Tamsin Greig.
Old age has come to our horses, and Marengo is sick. Copenhagen is determined that he and his true love will be truly together just once before Marengo quits this earthly life for a new paddock in the sky.
In perhaps the most moving exchange of letters ever sent by one horse to another the final act of this tragic love story unfolds.
Written by Robbie Hudson and Marie Phillips.
Produced by Gareth Edwards.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.

THURSDAY 01 DECEMBER 2022

THU 00:00 Psycho by Robert Bloch (m001fmh5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:15 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (m001fmhl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 The Palace of Laughter (b0076xj5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 P Division (b00rfgz6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082gzy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Packing My Library by Alberto Manguel (b09zmczd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Ordinary Heroes (m0004f3r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Ancient Ways with Bettany Hughes (b06s1b8r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress (b00fd62f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Booked (b0075t3c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b00mdz9v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Love in Recovery (m0002bnn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:30 Gossip and Goddesses with Granny Kumar (m001fcvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 P Division (b00rfr3b)
Two Way Cut
Episode 3
Samuel Lurinaky was a law abiding accountant and deeply in love with a lady from the Orient. So why was he murdered and what does the owner of the Zambesi nightclub have to do with it?
Published in 1988, this is Peter Turnbull's fifth 'P' Division crime thriller set in Glasgow.
CAST:
WPC Elka Willems …. Eliza Langland
DS Ray Sussock …. Jake D'Arcy
DC Malcom Montgomery …. Frank Gallagher
PC Wanless …. Paul Morrow
Fire Officer …. Gilbert Martin
Chi Chiu Lorinksi …. Sedhar Chozam
DI Donoghue …. Crawford Logan
Sister …. Joyce Deans
Mrs MacIntyre …. Edith Ruddick
PC Phil Hamilton …. Martin McCardie
Louise …. Anne Marie Timoney
Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine.
Producer: Hamish Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
THU 06:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082h2b)
3. The Green Mamba
The emeralds of Suliman are stolen in North Africa and brought to London.
But the "mamba" (Mr JG Reeder) sets out thwart the thieves' plans as he hounds a notorious gangland villain...
Read by David Horovitch.
Mr JG Reeder's novel methods bring the criminals of 1920s London to justice.
Created by Edgar Wallace, he is a uniquely English detective. An apparent fuddy-duddy working in some obscure capacity in the Public Prosecutor's office, he actually has a razor-sharp intellect and is a super-sleuth.
Mr JG Reeder solves his mysteries because he fully understands the "criminal mind".
Abridged for radio by Neville Teller.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2007.
THU 07:00 Hazelbeach (b00lv0wz)
Series 2
Tour Guide
Ronnie loses a prized possession and Nick learns what it means to be the Daddy.
Caroline and David Stafford's comedy about likeable conman Ronnie Hazelbeach starring Jamie Forman.
Ronnie Hazelbeach....Jamie Foreman
Nick..........Paul Bazely
James.........Neil Stuke
Art Sanford.........Philip Fox
Other parts by Stephen Hogan, Annabelle Dowler, and Lizzy Watts
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2009.
THU 07:30 ReincarNathan (m001fd1c)
Series 3
Bower Bird
Nathan Blakely was a popstar. But he was useless, died, and was reincarnated. The comedy about Nathan’s adventures in the afterlife continues, starring Daniel Rigby, Ashley McGuire and guest-starring Sindhu Vee.
In episode two, Nathan is brought back to life as a Bower Bird on the Vogelkop Peninsula. In order to woo the Hen (Sindhu Vee), Nathan must build the most beautiful bower. But it turns out he’s utterly uncreative. Can Nathan learn to speak his truth? And will he ever learn to do the right thing and make it back to human again?
Cast:
Ashley McGuire - Carol
Daniel Rigby – Nathan
Tom Craine – Mr Rafferty
Amy-Beth Hayes – Miss Plumpton
Henry Paker – Pablo
Freya Parker – The Quoll
Sindhu Vee – The Hen
Writers: Tom Craine and Henry Paker
THU 08:00 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7g0)
Series 2
This is Your Life the Burkiss Way
Eamonn Andrews' famous Big Red Book spells surprises.
The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living. Radio's Amazing Revelation Course in which the programme's subject is ............. (We can't tell you yet, because it's a secret).
Do you remember these voices from Jo Kendall. Nigel Rees Chris Emmett and Fred Harris?
And who wrote these words? (Here's a clue - Andrew Marshall and David Renwick).
And whose name is in producer Simon Brett’s little black book this week?
Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1977.
THU 08:30 The Older Woman (b039gkz0)
Series 2
Episode 3
Roy's efforts to make a video diary become tinged with paranoia.
The thought police and Michael Buerk from TV’s ‘999’ infiltrate his fantasies.
Surprisingly, Jane finds herself feeling sorry for Roy and makes a gesture she lives to regret.
Starring Geraldine James and Martin Clunes.
Tony Bagley’s romantic comedy drama serial that mixes fantasy with reality.
Roy …. Martin Clunes
Jane …. Geraldine James
Chad …. Nicky Henson
Colin …. David Troughton
Mrs Churchill …. Rebecca Front
Marina …. Tilly Vosburgh
God …. Alistair McGowan
Michael Buerk as himself.
Music composed by Julian Wostall.
Theme sung by Toyah Willcox.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger:
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994.
THU 09:00 Quote... Unquote (b09cyglk)
Sally Phillips, Matthew Parris, Kate Williams and Frog Stone
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.
Historian: Kate Williams
Actor and Writer: Frog Stone
Actor and Writer: Sally Phillips
Columnist and Broadcaster: Matthew Parris
Read by Charlotte Green
Produced by Katie Tyrrell
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2017.
THU 09:30 Clare in the Community (b008pzyz)
Series 4
A Game Of Two Slavs
At couples counselling, Clare and Brian are encouraged to share their interests, But sadly Clare realises she doesn't have any.
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
Milos..........Shaban Arifi
Dragan.......Rad Lazar
Yob.....Paul Chequer
Counsellor.....Anna Bengo
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.
THU 10:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon (b00t18j1)
1. The Duel
An unfortunate duel is the catalyst for young Redmond Barry to leave his native Ireland and serve on the battlefields of the Seven Years War - before a chance reunion with his long-lost uncle offers a way to make their fortune at the gaming-tables of the highest courts of Europe.
William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel (1844) about the rise and fall of an Irish adventurer, set during the last half of the 18th century. The action moves from rural Ireland to the courts of Europe to the drawing rooms of English society.
The first of two-parts dramatised by Don McCamphill.
Barry ...... Gerard McSorley
Redmond ...... Andrew Scott
Chevalier de Balibari ...... David Kelly
Bell Barry ...... Sheila Hancock
Lord Lyndon ...... Kenneth Cranham
Sir Rumford Bumford ...... Jamie Foreman
Mme Fitzsimons ...... Tina Kellegher
Fitzsimons ...... Kevin Flood
Captain Fagan ...... Frank O'Sullivan
John Quin ...... Mark Lambert
Von Potzdorff ...... Don Wycherley
Ulick ...... Darragh Kelly
Mick ...... Eanna MacLiam
Nora ...... Alice Barry
Directed at BBC Belfast by Lawrence Jackson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
THU 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001fm46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
THU 11:30 Oh No It Isn't (m001fm4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]
THU 12:00 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7g0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 The Older Woman (b039gkz0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:00 P Division (b00rfr3b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 13:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082h2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 14:00 Packing My Library by Alberto Manguel (b09zmcgb)
Episode 4
Alberto Manguel has had consistent 5-star ratings for his books on reading, books and libraries.
With regret, he packs up his library of 35,000 volumes and prepares to move from a vast property in rural France to a small apartment on Manhattan's West Side.
Choosing which books to keep, store, or cast out, Manguel finds himself in deep reverie on the nature of relationships between books and readers, books and collectors, order and disorder, memory and reading.
In this poignant re-evaluation of his life as a reader, he illuminates the highly personal art of reading and affirms the vital role of public libraries. Manguel's musings range widely - from delightful reflections on the idiosyncrasies of book lovers to deeper analyses of historic and catastrophic book events, including the burning of ancient Alexandria's library and contemporary library lootings at the hands of ISIS.
With insight and passion, the author underscores the universal centrality of books and their unique importance to a democratic, civilised, and engaged society.
Read by Oliver Cotton
Abridged by Barry Johnston
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2018.
THU 14:15 Ordinary Heroes (m0004cpg)
4. Desperation
Ordinary Police Constables Nisha and Scott race to the wedding venue – only to find themselves face to face with two armed and desperate women.
Contemporary drama serial starring Nisha Nayar and Joel Phillimore.
Follow two uniformed police officers, Nisha and Scott, as they patrol the streets of London on foot during a single nightshift.
This is policing at the sharp end. Anything can happen. And, of course, it does.
Written by Paul Marquess and Sally Tatchell.
PC Nisha Hussain ...... Nisha Nayar
PC Scott Knight ...... Joel Phillimore
Haneefa Khan ...... Susannah Fielding
Zeenat Khan ...... Gurkiran Kaur
John Baker ...... Lloyd Warbey
Tariq Dewan ...... Devesh Kishore
Producer: Claire Fryer
Executive Producers: Paul Marquess and Eoin O’Callaghan
Director: Marina Caldarone
A PGM TV production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2019.
THU 15:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon (b00t18j1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Quote... Unquote (b09cyglk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 16:30 Clare in the Community (b008pzyz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 17:00 Hazelbeach (b00lv0wz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:30 ReincarNathan (m001fd1c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 Psycho by Robert Bloch (m001fmmq)
7. Lila and Sam Check In
Lila Crane joins her sister's boyfriend, Sam Loomis, as they take matters into their own hands, heading to the Bates Motel.
Robert Bloch’s 1959 classic horror story - made into the iconic 1960 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Abridged by James Robertson.
Read by William Hope.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
THU 18:15 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (m001fmn2)
7. Strange Behaviour
Eleanor behaves strangely in the library, climbing to the tower barefoot – but no one can get through to her...
Shirley Jackson’s spine-chilling Gothic Horror read by Emma Fielding.
Abridged by Alison Joseph.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997.
THU 18:30 Great Lives (m000bx24)
Series 50
Just William / Richmal Crompton proposed by Peter Oborne with Martin Jarvis
"It's absolutely joyous, one of the highlights of my career!" Peter Oborne on being joined by Martin Jarvis, the man who brings Just William to life.
Journalist Oborne is nominating both William Brown and his creator, Richmal Crompton. She wrote 39 multi-million selling books, and her delight in William is clear to hear in the archive. Other contributors include her biographer, Mary Cadogan, and her niece, Richmal Ashbee. But it's the brilliance of Martin Jarvis's impersonations of William, Ginger and the gang that brings this programme to life. Plus the interplay between Peter Oborne and Matthew Parris.
"Do you think William would have been Brexit?"
"I don't think there's any evidence."
Producer: Miles Warde
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.
THU 19:00 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7g0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 The Older Woman (b039gkz0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 20:00 P Division (b00rfr3b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 20:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082h2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001fm46)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
THU 21:30 Oh No It Isn't (m001fm4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]
THU 22:00 ReincarNathan (m001fd1c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 22:30 Wrinkles (m001fmnk)
Series 1
Episode 4
How do you stop being absent-minded? How can you stop being absent-minded? Also: how to stop being absent-minded.
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
Arnold.......Gordon Salkilld
Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor
Produced by Mike Craig, BBC Manchester
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1980.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001fxr6)
Kate Lucas 3/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Harriet Kemsley catches up with Kate Lucas.
THU 23:00 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b007jmz1)
Series 1
Normal Love
Cartoonist Steven Appleby takes a distinctly abnormal look at everyday life in the 21st century by looking each week at one of life's fundamental topics.
When his wife leaves him for a kettle, the cartoonist looks for love elsewhere..
Starring Paul McCrink as Steven Appleby.
Featuring Rachel Atkins, Ewan Bailey, Nigel Betts and Rosalind Paul.
Six-part comedy written by Steven Appleby
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.
THU 23:15 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b007zh10)
Series 1
Romance in the Glen
Hamish finds a rival in the Laird after falling head of heels for society beauty Lady Caroline Fitz-Neatleigh.
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 Lady Caroline Fitzneatly.
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 (b04p85z2)
Series 2
Point of No Return
After a mere 21 years of service the Wrigglesworth dishwasher has finally packed in, so Mr Wrigglesworth is bringing Tom's mum and his gran down to London to have it out with the manufacturers at the Ideal Home Show.
A visit which is made inordinately complicated by Mr Wrigglesworth's ambitious travel plans...
With Kate Anthony, Paul Copley and Judy Parfitt.
Written by Tom Wrigglesworth and James Kettle. With Miles Jupp.
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014.

FRIDAY 02 DECEMBER 2022

FRI 00:00 Psycho by Robert Bloch (m001fmmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:15 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (m001fmn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Great Lives (m000bx24)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 P Division (b00rfr3b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082h2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Packing My Library by Alberto Manguel (b09zmcgb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Ordinary Heroes (m0004cpg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Gareth Gwynn's Little Book of Welsh Rock (b055g69f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday]
FRI 03:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon (b00t18j1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Quote... Unquote (b09cyglk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Clare in the Community (b008pzyz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Hazelbeach (b00lv0wz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:30 ReincarNathan (m001fd1c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 P Division (b00rgnxh)
Two Way Cut
Episode 4
Donoghue has enough evidence to arrest Stein - but where is he? Louise wants to make a statement about the murder and Elka Willems is going to tell Mrs Salisbury about her daughter's illness.
Published in 1988, this is Peter Turnbull's fifth 'P' Division crime thriller set in Glasgow.
CAST:
DC Malcolm Montgomery …. Frank Gallagher
DC King …. Robert Carlyle
WPC Elka Willems …. Eliza Langland
Mrs Salisbury …. Ginni Barlow
Mrs Stein …. Mary Ann Reid
DS Ray Sussock …. Jake D'Arcy
DI Donoghue …. Crawford Logan
Louise …. Anne Marie Timoney
Spike …. Cathal Quinn
Barman …. Alec Monteath
Michelle …. Daniela Nardini
Dr Munro/PC Waness …. Paul Morrow
Chi Chiu Lorinksi …. Sedhar Chozam
Mrs MacIntyre …. Edith Ruddick
PC Phi Hmailton …. Martin McCardie
Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine.
Producer: Hamish Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
FRI 06:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082hw0)
4. The Strange Case
A wealthy government minister is defrauded of a large sum of money and suspects his wastrel nephew.
Then he's murdered, so Mr JG Reeder sets out uncover the truth.
Read by David Horovitch.
Mr JG Reeder's novel methods bring the criminals of 1920s London to justice.
Created by Edgar Wallace, he is a uniquely English detective. An apparent fuddy-duddy working in some obscure capacity in the Public Prosecutor's office, he actually has a razor-sharp intellect and is a super-sleuth.
Mr JG Reeder solves his mysteries because he fully understands the "criminal mind".
Abridged for radio by Neville Teller.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2007.
FRI 07:00 Josie Long: Romance and Adventure (b074zw4l)
Series 1
Episode 1
A sitcom from award-winning comedian Josie Long about a young woman trying to build a new, more fulfilling life for herself in Glasgow.
Glasgow is the indie band theme park, where Josie will finally be happy and accepted. But almost as soon as she de-trains at Queen Street Station she begins to think she's made a big mistake.
Josie sets about finding friends, a place to live and a new job.
Based on characters from the short films "Romance and Adventure" and "Let's Go Swimming" by Josie Long and Douglas King.
Josie ...... Josie Long
Darren ...... Darren Osborne
Roddy ...... Sanjeev Kohli
Kerry ...... Hatty Ashdown
Eleanor ...... Clare Grogan
Chris ...... Michael Bertenshaw
Mona ...... Rebecca Hamilton
Fraser ...... Chris Pavlo
Written by Josie Long.
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2016.
FRI 07:30 Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (m001fm0z)
The Workplace Crush Problem
So - you fancy your boss but he wants to keep it casual? You've had second thoughts about joining a book club? You're convinced your dog seems to hate you? Life is addressed from every angle, with their trademark wisdom and good humour, by Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn.
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 Parsley Sidings (b01nrmxq)
Series 1
The Market Special
The station staff at Parsley Sidings go all out to boost falling passenger numbers.
The eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station. The Hepplewhites have run Parsley Sidings Station for generations and the current station master, Horace, hopes that his son Bert will continue the line. Mild-mannered ticket clerk, Bert, wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, station announcer, Gloria, Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter, Percy Valentine, is an archetypal wheeler-dealer and the ancient signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made remedies in equal measure. The Parsley Sidings' nemesis is Phineas Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop down the line.
Horace …. Arthur Lowe
Bert …. Ian Lavender
Percy …. Kenneth Connor
Gloria …. Liz Fraser
Ethel …. Elizabeth Morgan
Original announcements re-created by Keith Skues.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1971.
FRI 08:30 Married (b008cbyc)
Series 3
Episode 4
Going for a drive through a time anomaly, Robin, Leslie and Dirk end up in Texas.
Hugh Bonneville stars in Tony Bagley's comedy about a confirmed bachelor Robin Lightfoot dealing with life in a parallel universe.
Robin .... Hugh Bonneville
Lesley .... Josie Lawrence
Dirk .... Stephen Frost
Maxine .... Ann Gosling
Doctor/Newsreader//Glop .... Kate Robbins
Alan .... Christopher Kelham
Arthur Smith .... Himself
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.
FRI 09:00 Act Your Age (b00fn0vg)
Series 1
Episode 1
Simon Mayo hosts a three-way play-off to establish which generation of comedians is the funniest.
Captains Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker are joined by guests Josh Howie, Stephen K Amos and Barry Cryer.
Producers: Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008.
FRI 09:30 Bleak Expectations (b00d0yhx)
Series 2
A Recovery All Made Miserable
The thrilling Victorian comic epic sees young Pip nursed to health by the Reverend Fecund and his daughter Ripely, but why must her face remain hidden? Witness the horrors the rural poor in the stricken parish of Poverty Saint Mary.
But will Pip choose to fight against the injustice of it all in Parliament, where the walls are soaked in brandy, and so are the MPs, or will he follow his heart, just as soon as he can work out what it is saying to him. Meanwhile Harry has developed the steam powered Pippa detector. But will it work?
Mark Evans's epic comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.
Volume Two, Chapter the Third: A Recovery All Made Miserable
Sir Philip...........................Richard Johnson
Mr Benevolent/Sourquil............Anthony Head
Young Pip..................................Tom Allen
Reverend Godly Fecund..........David Mitchell
Sternbeater...................Geoffrey Whitehead
Harry Biscuit......................James Bachman
Ripely Fecund......................Sarah Hadland
Pippa........................................Susy Kane
Sundry MPs..............................Mark Evans
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2008.
FRI 10:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon (b00t1bsd)
2. The Squire
Redmond Barry pursues and wins the widowed Lady Lyndon to take the title of Barry Lyndon and play the role of country squire.
However, once arrived at the summit of his good fortune, his luck begins to change for the worse.
Conclusion of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel about the rise and fall of an Irish adventurer in the 18th century.
Dramatised by Don McCamphill.
Barry ...... Gerard McSorley
Lady Lyndon ...... Tina Kellegher
Chevalier de Balibari ...... David Kelly
Bell Barry ...... Sheila Hancock
Earl of Crabs ...... Kenneth Cranham
Wiggins ...... Jamie Foreman
Redmond ...... Andrew Scott
Furniture Dealer ...... Mark Lambert
Poynings ...... Don Wycherley
Ulick ...... Darragh Kelly
Brendan ...... Eanna MacLiam
Maggie-Rose ...... Alice Barry
Directed at BBC Belfast by Lawrence Jackson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
FRI 11:00 The Reunion (b01rqgz3)
Doctor Who
Sue MacGregor reunites five people who played key roles in the early years of a TV landmark, Doctor Who.
Fifty years on, some of those who crammed nervously into the BBC's Lime Grove Studios in 1963 recount the triumphs and disasters that ushered in the longest running sci-fi series in the world.
When Canadian TV executive Sydney Newman was drafted into revitalise the BBC Drama department in the early 1960's. His idea for an ageing time-traveller who would illuminate both human history and Alien civilisations struggled to be successfully realised.
After a number of other directors refused to work on the project, a 24-year-old Waris Hussein took the job. The only Indian-born director within the BBC at that time, he felt the stern gaze of the 'old order' upon his work.
The first serial was being recorded on the day US President Kennedy was assassinated and the first episode was transmitted the next day, despite concerns that the show might be postponed.
Doctor Who was played by the British actor William Hartnell. His sharp, sometimes grumpy demeanour came out of his increasing difficulty in learning the scripts, but the audience immediately took him to their hearts and the series had nearly six million viewers by Christmas.
Joining Sue MacGregor is:
* Waris Hussein, who directed the first episode
* Carole Ann Ford - the Doctor's granddaughter and companion Susan
* William Russell - the Doctor's right hand man Ian Chesterton
* Jeremy Young - the Doctor's first enemy - Caveman Kal
* TV presenter Peter Purves who, as companion Steven Taylor, played opposite William Hartnell in over 40 episodes.
Producer: Peter Curran
Series Producer: David Prest
A Whistledown Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2013.
FRI 11:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b0100j9q)
Series 2
Hummers
Hummingbirds are given spectacular names motivated by their striking colours, patterns and shimmering metallic iridescence; their names are beautiful as are the birds.
David Attenborough has filmed them on several occasions and is fascinated by their agility and flying skills to drink nectar from flowers inaccessible to any other animal. And propelled by this rocket fuel of nature they are capable of flying great distances and living life in the fast lane.
Enchanting in this story is how moved David Attenborough is when recalling a story of their conservation; a rare piece of good news he comments.
Written and presented by Sir David Attenborough.
Producer: Julian Hector
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.
FRI 12:00 Parsley Sidings (b01nrmxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Married (b008cbyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:00 P Division (b00rgnxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 13:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082hw0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Packing My Library by Alberto Manguel (b09zmdjl)
Episode 5
Alberto Manguel has had consistent 5-star ratings for his books on reading, books and libraries.
With regret, he packs up his library of 35,000 volumes and prepares to move from a vast property in rural France to a small apartment on Manhattan's West Side.
Choosing which books to keep, store, or cast out, Manguel finds himself in deep reverie on the nature of relationships between books and readers, books and collectors, order and disorder, memory and reading.
In this poignant re-evaluation of his life as a reader, he illuminates the highly personal art of reading and affirms the vital role of public libraries. Manguel's musings range widely - from delightful reflections on the idiosyncrasies of book lovers to deeper analyses of historic and catastrophic book events, including the burning of ancient Alexandria's library and contemporary library lootings at the hands of ISIS.
With insight and passion, the author underscores the universal centrality of books and their unique importance to a democratic, civilised, and engaged society.
Read by Oliver Cotton
Abridged by Barry Johnston
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2018.
FRI 14:15 Ordinary Heroes (m0004f5q)
5. Realisation
PC Nisha Hussain realises that would-be killer Zeenat is a mother.
Can she use this information to persuade her to lay her weapons down..?
Conclusion of the contemporary drama serial starring Nisha Nayar and Joel Phillimore.
Follow two uniformed police officers, Nisha and Scott, as they patrol the streets of London on foot during a single nightshift.
This is policing at the sharp end. Anything can happen. And, of course, it does.
Written by Paul Marquess and Sally Tatchell.
PC Nisha Hussain ...... Nisha Nayar
PC Scott Knight ...... Joel Phillimore
Haneefa Khan ...... Susannah Fielding
Zeenat Khan ...... Gurkiran Kaur
John Baker ...... Lloyd Warbey
Tariq Dewan ...... Devesh Kishore
Producer: Claire Fryer
Executive Producers: Paul Marquess and Eoin O’Callaghan
Director: Marina Caldarone
A PGM TV production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2019.
FRI 14:30 The Etymology of Entomology (b01r4xw5)
Zoologist Dr George McGavin delves into the strange and often bizarre names given to the planet's insects.
There are an estimated 10 million living insect species, with new specimens being discovered almost daily. Entomologists are turning to ever more imaginative names, referencing everything from literary figures, celebrities and politicians to playground puns.
George takes us into the complex and intriguing world of the taxonomist. From the 18th century father of modern taxonomy Carl Linnaeus to the present day, he explains why naming the things that surround us is the foundation of all science.
There are flies named Pieza kake and S. beyonceae (after the singer); beetles with political connections - A. hitleri, A. bushi, A. cheneyi and A. rumsfeldi; and some entomologists have even named discoveries after romantic conquests. Unsurprisingly, names can prove controversial but, once set, are difficult to change.
George pieces together his story at Linnaeus' original collection at The Linnean Society, and at the capital's Natural History Museum and London Zoo. He also reveals some insects named after him at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Produced by Andrea Rangecroft.
A Folded Wing production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 15:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon (b00t1bsd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Act Your Age (b00fn0vg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 16:30 Bleak Expectations (b00d0yhx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 17:00 Josie Long: Romance and Adventure (b074zw4l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (m001fm0z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Psycho by Robert Bloch (m001fntd)
8. Norman Checks Out
"They'd be something else in this house. There had to be ..."
At last, the horrific events at the Bates Motel start to be revealed.
Robert Bloch’s 1959 classic horror story - made into the iconic 1960 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Abridged by James Robertson.
Concluded by William Hope.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
FRI 18:15 The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (m001fntg)
8. The Way Home...
The experiment ends and it’s time to leave the house.
But Eleanor has no home to go to and wants to stay...
Shirley Jackson’s spine-chilling Gothic Horror concluded by Emma Fielding.
Abridged by Alison Joseph.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997.
FRI 18:30 Musical Genes (b00hlddk)
Series 2
Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie wrote hundreds of songs charting life in America including 'This Land is Our land'.
Tom Morton hears about the man and his music from his eldest son Arlo Guthrie, an acclaimed singer-songwriter in his own right who wrote 'Alice's Restaurant' and has recently performed at Celtic Connection.
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 Parsley Sidings (b01nrmxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Married (b008cbyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 20:00 P Division (b00rgnxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 20:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082hw0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 21:00 The Reunion (b01rqgz3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today]
FRI 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b0100j9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today]
FRI 22:00 Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (m001fm0z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music (m000tx6r)
Series 3
Episode 3
Mitch Benn's world tour takes him to exotic places, glamorous locations - and Stansted, where he’s stranded in the departure lounge after a budget airline goes bust.
Trapped in duty-free hell with Robin Ince and his band, Mitch is driven crazy by a certain song, played over and over again.
Finally, he has to make a musical appeal to TV’s Watchdog to free himself from legal limbo, stuck between passport control and the boarding gate.
Also featuring Alfie Joey, Taha Baylis, Kirsty Newton and Steven Kynman.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006.
FRI 23:00 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto (b00qx43h)
Series 2
Episode 4
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 such as crushing the cars of anyone illegally parked in a disabled space; the legalisation of Viking-style funerals; and consolidating the United Kingdom's national debt into one easy-to-pay loan.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.
FRI 23:30 James Acaster's Perfect Sounds (p0bw2384)
Series 2
Jayde Adams & Hard Pop Opera
Rien by Perrine en Morceaux has a sound so big, it envelopes James and (in his words) makes him feel like a little boy. But is it too big for Jayde Adams to handle?