SATURDAY 07 JANUARY 2023

SAT 00:00 Doctor Who (m001gw1b)
The War Doctor
4. Legion of the Lost - Part 1/2
The Time Lord army appears to have a seemingly endless supply of soldiers. But what is the cost?
The War Doctor travels to the planet Vildar to try and destroy the Daleks’ monstrous Annihilator temporal weapon, which can erase an entire species without altering the timeline.
Time Lord soldier, Collis, has been sent by Cardinal Ollistra on a different mission.
John Hurt stars as The War Doctor.
Written by John Dorney.
The War Doctor .... John Hurt
Shadovar .... David Warner
Co-ordinator Jarad .... Jamie Newall
Collis .... Zoe Tapper
Captain Solex .... Robert Hands
The Daleks voiced by Nicholas Briggs.
Original music written by Howard Carter.
Director: Nicholas Briggs
A Big Finish production.
SAT 00:35 The Garden of Time by JG Ballard (m0001h0s)
"The garden of the villa extended for some two hundred yards below the terrace, sloping down to a miniature lake, spanned by a white bridge... Here in the garden the air seemed brighter. As was his custom before beginning his evening stroll, Count Axel looked out across the plain to the final rise...and saw that the advance column of an enormous army was moving slowly over the horizon..."
The Count manages to repel the advance of the army by magically re-arranging time - time and time again! But soon the tools that help him will no longer will work.
So how will he and his beloved wife - who is indoors, playing a Mozart rondo - manage to survive the threat, as it marches forward, closer and closer...
Read by Allan Corduner.
Abridged and produced by Duncan Minshull.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in June 2010.
SAT 01:00 Charles Dickens (b01b3fqd)
Little Dorrit
Episode 5
After her father's death Little Dorrit is still in Italy when the newly-married Fanny has a strange visit from Mr Merdle.
Arthur is struck by disaster and Mrs Clennam is forced to reveal the family secret at last.
Conclusion of Charles Dickens's masterpiece of social satire and imprisonment.
Starring Sir Ian McKellen as Charles Dickens.
Dramatised by Doug Lucie.
Recorded on location in London.
Charles Dickens ...... Ian McKellen
Arthur Clennam ...... Julian Wadham
Mrs Clennam ...... Margaret Tyzack
Little Dorrit ...... Jasmine Hyde
Fanny Dorrit ...... Indira Varma
John Chivery ...... Ben Crowe
Flintwinch ...... Ioan Meredith
Mr Pancks ...... Philp Joseph
Mr Doyce ...... Jonathan Keeble
Mr Merdle ...... Kenneth Cranham
Chivery ...... Gordon Reid
Music by Mia Soteriou.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.
SAT 02:00 Wimsey (b007k4c3)
Busman's Honeymoon
5. Crossed in Love
As the debts of murder victim William Noakes start mounting up, the upper crust sleuth grows suspicious of one of his relatives.
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the British gentleman detective created by Dorothy L Sayers.
Dramatised by Alistair Beaton.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Lady Wimsey …. Sarah Badel
Bunter …. Peter Jones
Mrs Ruddle …. Pearl Hackney
Narrator …. John Westbrook
Miss Twitterton …. Rosemary Leach
Frank Crutchley …. Kenneth Cranham
MacBride …. Roger Lloyd Pack
Mr Solomons …. Bernard Spear
Voice from wireless …. Michael Bilton
Superintendent Kirk …. Peter Vaughan
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983.
SAT 02:30 HG Wells (m001grx5)
The War of the Worlds
5. The Red Weed
' I stared down at the crumpled body of the parson. I had killed him - and then I heard a sound that terrified me.'
John Nicholson recalls more of the unfolding Martian horror...
Starring Paul Daneman.
Sci-fi novel by HG Wells first published in 1898.
Dramatised by Jon Manchip White.
John Nicholson .... Paul Daneman
Lieutenant ,.... Anthony Jackson
First Spokesman .... Denys Hawthorne
Second Spokesman .... Anthony Hall
Sound score by David Cain, BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Producer: John Powell
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in July 1967.
SAT 03:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004mbd)
5. Involvement
Charlie and Miranda are pondering the problem of Peter Gorringe. Adam their synthetic human companion is churning out poems.
And one evening at a birthday dinner, the couple see an illustrious figure they decide to approach.
Ian McEwan's novel reimagines life and times in the 1980s.
Read by Anton Lesser
Abridged by Penny Leicester
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2019.
SAT 03:15 Black Eyed Girls by Katie Hims (b095tkgv)
Episode 5
Meg and Jeanie have not set eyes on one another since they were 11.
Now they are in their late sixties, and have ended up boarding the same train. One thing leads to another.
The conclusion of Katie Hims's heartrending story of separated twins and their search for one another.
Jeanie . . . . . Jessica Turner
Meg . . . . . Carolyn Pickles
Ticket Inspector . . . . . Samuel James
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on Radio 4 in September 2017.
SAT 03:30 Ellie Taylor's Safe Space (m000yg46)
Series 2
Parties
Ellie Taylor welcomes you to "Safe Space", a place where anyone can offload their controversial opinions without fear of judgment.
She talks to members of the public about their gripes and then reveals one of her own - that parties are awful and should be banned.
Joining Ella to prove her point is regular sidekick Robin Morgan
With special guest: Ella Al-Shamahi, author of "The Handshake: A Gripping History".
Written by Ellie Taylor and Robin Morgan
Producer: Sam Michell
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2021.
SAT 04:00 Parsley Sidings (b01p8pl1)
Series 1
The Excursion
Station Master Horace Hepplewhite decides Parsley Sidings needs to boost passenger numbers with some train excursions.
Starring Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender.
Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station.
Horace Hepplewhite …. Arthur Lowe
Bert Hepplewhite …. Ian Lavender
Percy Valentine …. Kenneth Connor
Gloria Simpkins …. Liz Fraser
American Tourist …. John Graham
Arthur Lowe (Horace Hepplewhite)
Chalky White/Passenger …. Ronnie Stevens
Re-created announcements by Keith Skues.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1972.
SAT 04:30 Bristow (b007v1dg)
Series 3
The Good, the Bad and the Temporary
There's a new girl in town, and Bristow knows his office isn't big enough for the two of them.
Starring Michael Williams.
Frank Dickens' sitcom is based on his famous long-running newspaper cartoon strip about the Chester-Perry buying clerk.
Bristow ...... Michael Williams
Jones ...... Rodney Bewes
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Perkins ...... Leslie Phillips
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey
Fudge ...... Jon Glover
Postboy ...... Simon Schatzberger
Stokes ...... David Battley
Sylvana ...... Jackie Neglia
Music: John Whitehall
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000.
SAT 05:00 Act Your Age (b00g47nm)
Series 1
Episode 6
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 Steven Hall, Rhod Gilbert and Stan Boardman.
Producers: Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009.
SAT 05:30 Millport (b0076bbj)
Series 3
Restitution
The re-opening of the Cumbrae Club goes horribly wrong when Irene notices a fatal flaw in the plan.
Meanwhile, Alberto is paranoid that a new money-making scheme could bring the island some unwanted attention.
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson.
Barmaid Irene Bruce is 30-something and hankering after a better life on the mainland.
Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Dr Hume/Ferryman/Rrobert ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Minister/Bob ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie/Huberto ...... Kenneth Bryans
Music arranged by Olly Fox.
Producer: Lucy Bacon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.
SAT 06:00 Oscar Wilde (m0001lvh)
The Importance of Being Earnest
A comedy of mistaken identity ensues when two gentlemen friends use the same alias to pursue the women they love.
A sparkling production of Oscar Wilde's much-loved comedy masterpiece, set in 1890s England.
Starring Mathew Baynton, Jeany Spark, Abhin Galeya and Gemma Jones.
Algernon.....Mathew Baynton
Lane.....Stephen Hogan
Jack.....Abhin Galeya
Gwendolen.....Jeany Spark
Lady Bracknell.....Gemma Jones
Cicely.....Kerry Gooderson
Miss Prism......Elizabeth Counsell
Chasuble.....Sean Murray
Merriman.....Ryan Early
Music arranged and directed by Colin Sell.
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018
SAT 07:30 The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (Omnibus) (m000gtjc)
Episode 2
Summer 1536: Cromwell is fighting fires on all fronts.
Having just seen off the potentially disastrous betrothal of Henry’s niece, Margaret Douglas, rumours are now circulating about his intentions towards Mary, the king’s eldest daughter.
Anton Lesser continues the finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series.
Second of three omnibuses of five episodes abridged by Katrin Williams.
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2020.
SAT 08:45 Voices from Behind the Canvas (m001gw14)
Sacrifice by Rachel Cusk
A man remembers a passionate affair he had with a German woman who taught him art history - and the ultimatum she gave him in relation to his wife and son.
Rachel Cusk's contemporary short story based on Caravaggio's Italian Baroque painting, Sacrifice of Isaac.
Read by William Gaminara.
A collection of short stories in which a famous painting, or a character within the painting, tells their tale.
Producer: Julia Butt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.
SAT 09:00 Life With The Lyons (m001gw17)
I Hear You Calling Me
A surprising request arrives for Ben, but will he be able to do his duty?
Sitcom with a real-life American family - starring Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon.
Joined by their children Barbara and Richard, the series ran for 260 episodes from 1950 to 1961.
With:
Barbara Lyon
Richard Lyon
Horace Percival
Doris Rogers
Molly Weir
Hugh Morton
Gwen Lewis
Reginald Beckwith
Written by Bebe Daniels, Bob Block and Ronnie Hanbury.
Incidental music by Arthur Wilkinson. The BBC Variety Orchestra are conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.
Producer: Tom Ronald.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1954.
SAT 09:30 Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jql7)
Black Eyes and Bloody Noses
Gussie Fink-Nottle gets walloped and Aunt Dahlia sends Bertie on a spending spree.
PG Wodehouse romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers.
Adapted by Richard Usborne.
Jeeves …. Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster …. Richard Briers
Lord Sidcup …. Paul Eddington
Gussie Fink-Nottle …. Jonathan Cecil
Sir Watkyn Bassett …. John Le Mesurier
‘Stiffy’ Bing …. Denise Coffey
Madeline Bassett …. Aimi MacDonald
Aunt Dahlia …. Vivian Pickles
The Rev Harold Pinker …. Douglas Blackwell
Emerald Stoker …. Ann Davies
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1980.
SAT 10:00 1963: That Was The Year That Was (b03jdrmd)
Episode 2
Michael Grade celebrates 1963 with special guests John Sergeant, Honor Blackman, Eve Pollard and Ann Leslie.
The last of two programmes recalling the music, culture, social upheavals and news stories of the year and playing some great music and archive.
Guests discuss Martin Luther King's "Dream" speech, the Avengers, roll-ons, the Flying Scotsman and not appreciating the greatness of a new band called The Beatles.
1963 was the year of The Profumo Scandal, the murder of President Kennedy, the Beatles first number 1, The Great Train Robbery, the Beeching report on the UK's railways, Martin Luther King's 'I Have A Dream' speech, the start of the National Theatre, and the first episode of Dr Who.
It was also the year that David Frost became a national icon, presenting the hugely groundbreaking BBC TV series That Was The Week That Was.
Sir David was due to presented this series, but died shortly before recording.
From London's Riverside Studios with an audience.
Producer: David Morley.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 2013.
SAT 11:00 Oscar Wilde (m0001lvh)
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SAT 12:30 The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (Omnibus) (m000gtjc)
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SAT 13:45 Voices from Behind the Canvas (m001gw14)
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SAT 14:00 Life With The Lyons (m001gw17)
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SAT 14:30 Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jql7)
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SAT 15:00 1963: That Was The Year That Was (b03jdrmd)
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SAT 16:00 Doctor Who (m001gw1b)
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SAT 16:35 The Garden of Time by JG Ballard (m0001h0s)
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SAT 17:00 Oscar Wilde (m0001lvh)
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SAT 18:30 The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (Omnibus) (m000gtjc)
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SAT 19:45 Voices from Behind the Canvas (m001gw14)
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SAT 20:00 Life With The Lyons (m001gw17)
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SAT 20:30 Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jql7)
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SAT 21:00 1963: That Was The Year That Was (b03jdrmd)
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SAT 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b01n6sjq)
Series 2
Episode 5
John Finnemore with another sketch-packed show.
Featuring some moth-based lunacy, and a heart-warming tale of the days before health and safety. All of which is, as you'll see, "awesome".
Written by and starring John Finnemore.
With:
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Carrie Quinlan
Lawry Lewin
Simon Kane
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2012.
SAT 22:30 Britain in Bits with Ross Noble (m00013rr)
Series 1
Episode 3
Ross Noble's surreal magazine show featuring celebrity guests and stories from around Britain - the best bits, the worst bits, the fascinating bits and the downright strange bits.
Nick Knowles joins Ross in the studio.
Piers reports from England's oldest festival, Terri reports on some of the ancient loopholes enshrined in UK law, and the team investigate the mysterious appearance and then disappearance of an old man.
Written by and starring Ross Noble.
With:
Hadley Fraser
George Fouracres
Emma Sidi
Summer Strallen
Producer: Matt Stronge
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2018.
SAT 23:00 Vent (b00svcbq)
Series 1
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
Ben doesn't get out much, but he has a loving and attentive family, an active imagination and a comfortable bed, so he can't complain.
Because he's in a coma, Mary and Mum wonder whether some of his favourite music will wake him up, while his own thoughts are occupied with visons of Sue Lawley, Robbie Williams - and an unconventional seduction technique.
Starring Neil Pearson.
Nigel Smith's dark sitcom about a man in a coma, travelling through the distinctly odd landscape of his own unconscious mind.
Ben Smith ...... Neil Pearson
Mary ...... Fiona Allen
Mum ...... Josie Lawrence
Blitzkrieg ...... Leslie Ash
With:
Mark Perry
Dave Lamb
Jo Martin
Tim Whitnall
Hils Barker
Kim Wall
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006.
SAT 23:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007ynmh)
Series 2
Matthew Kelly
Matthew Kelly joins John to host a Shuttleworth edition of Stars in Their Eyes.
But which stars will the family appear as? Could John come through the curtain as Elton John with wife Mary as Kiki Dee?
Trying to Impress an Impressario is Mitch Benn , while Kevin Gildea calls in a final attempt to Make Mary Merry
The semi-detached world of aspiring singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth direct from his front room in Sheffield.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Additional material by Martin Willis.
Producer: Dawn Ellis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.

SUNDAY 08 JANUARY 2023

SUN 00:00 Doctor Who (m001gw1h)
The War Doctor
4. Legion of the Lost - Part 2/2
The War Doctor is battling to destroy the Daleks’ monstrous Annihilator temporal weapon, which can erase an entire species without altering the timeline.
Cardinal Ollistra has different ideas. Having uncovered the method by which the Technomancers reanimate dead Time Lord soldiers, The War Doctor is confronted by yet another monstrosity and must take action...
John Hurt stars as The War Doctor.
Written by John Dorney.
The War Doctor .... John Hurt
Shadovar .... David Warner
Co-ordinator Jarad .... Jamie Newall
Collis .... Zoe Tapper
Captain Solex .... Robert Hands
Cardinal Ollistra …. Jacqueline Pearce
The Daleks voiced by Nicholas Briggs
Original music written by Howard Carter.
Director: Nicholas Briggs
A Big Finish production.
SUN 00:35 MR James (m001gw1p)
A Warning to the Curious
An amateur archeologist from London, arrives in the seaside town of Seaburgh to search for the legendary silver Crown of Anglia
It's believed to be hidden along the sandy shores of the North Sea.
His research uncovers the tale of the late William Ager, the guardian of the crown, which leads him to unearth the ancient relic on a remote beach. However, having made his discovery, he becomes convinced that he is being followed, and desperate to escape the ghostly presence, decides his only hope is to return the crown to the desolate beach where it was unearthed - with tragic and terrifying consequences.
A classic spine-chiller by MR James, the 'father' of the modern ghost story, set on the windswept Suffolk coast.
MR James (1862-1936) was a writer and scholar whose ghost stories are widely regarded as some of the best in English literature. He spent much of his childhood on the East Anglian coast, and the fictional town of 'Seaburg', in which this story is set, is based on the Suffolk coastal town of Aldeburgh.
Read by Alex Jennings.
Produced and abridged by Justine Willett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in June 2011.
SUN 01:00 Oscar Wilde (m0001lvh)
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SUN 02:30 The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (Omnibus) (m000gtjc)
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SUN 03:45 Voices from Behind the Canvas (m001gw14)
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SUN 04:00 Life With The Lyons (m001gw17)
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SUN 04:30 Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (b007jql7)
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SUN 05:00 1963: That Was The Year That Was (b03jdrmd)
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SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001gwc5)
Poetry Workshop - Essay on Snow by Sean O'Brien
Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and chooses Poetry Workshop: Essay on Snow by Sean O'Brien.
Ruth Padel's landmark series explores the pleasures of writing and reading poems. This episode comes from Newcastle, where Ruth leads a workshop for group of poets working on their own poems on the theme of The City.
Poetry and poetry fans are everywhere - on the underground, buses and the internet; in schools, colleges and universities; on the stage at slams and festivals; in pubs, theatres and concert halls; in reading groups and writing workshops. All over the country groups of aspiring poets meet regularly to work together on their craft, and in this series Ruth taps into the energy of these poetry workshops to explore how poems work for both writers and readers. In Newcastle, she joins seven poets at the beginning of their writing careers, who have all won recent awards for their poetry, to work on some of their poems on the theme of The City.
Ruth and the group listen to the poems and offer practical and inspirational pointers to each other. As they go behind the scenes of the poems, testing and pruning, exploring technical points like structure, rhyme and line endings, they reveal the imagination and the skill that makes poetry so rewarding for both writers and readers of poetry.
The group also share and appreciate a poem by the award winning poet Sean O'Brien called Essay on Snow.
Producer: Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012.
SUN 06:30 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (Omnibus) (m0004xvj)
Episode 1
Ian McEwan's novel reimagines life and times in the 1980s.
Against a backdrop of Britain's loss of the Falkland Islands and mounting social unrest, Charlie invites Adam into his modest London home and introduces him to Miranda, a resident upstairs.
Adam is a synthetic human and both neighbours decide to 'shape' his personality for everyday use. Others are doing it too, with an Adam or with an Eve.
Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Penny Leicester.
Read by Anton Lesser.
Producer: Duncan Minshull.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2019.
SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (b06wd9rd)
Biddy Baxter
Former Blue Peter editor, Biddy Baxter, chooses ‘Passing By’ by Paul Robeson, and Mozart’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’.
SUN 07:50 Black Eyed Girls by Katie Hims (Omnibus) (b096nnxz)
Nell finds herself pregnant and marries Barry, not the father, for the sake of respectability.
She has twin girls, Jeanie and Meg, and has a blissful first year raising her daughters. But Barry takes an instant dislike to the girls.
Jeanie and Meg, twin black-eyed girls, are separated at the age of five, one to stay at home, in a working class family in Scarborough, one to be adopted from a children's home by an upper middle class academic family.
And thus their separate fortunes are set in motion, united only by the vaguest memory of being happy together.
Their search for each other continues throughout their lives...
Katie Hims's heartrending story of separated twins and their search for one another.
Omnibus of five parts.
Nell ...... Sabrina Sandhu
Barry ...... Samuel James
Nikki ...... Sanchia MacCormack
Joseph ...... Philip Fox
Meg ...... Charlotte Emmett
Jeanie ...... Rosie Boore
Meg (child) ...... Ailsa McGregor
Jeanie (child) ...... Rosie McGregor
Meg (older) ...... Carolyn Pickles
Jeanie (older) ...... Jessica Turner
Waitress ...... Kerry Gooderson
Vi/Sister Juliana/Nurse ...... Julie Teal
David ...... Tom Forrister
Victor ...... Simon Ludders
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2017.
SUN 09:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01lk58m)
From 04/05/1974
The Younger Generation exposed and a rollicking trip to Rasputin's Russia!
Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray cross their comedy swords.
Characters, songs and sketches galore.
Starring Ted Ray and Kenneth Williams.
With:
Miriam Margolyes
Nigel Rees
Music by Neil Innes.
Written by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1974.
SUN 09:30 Something to Shout About (m0001zmv)
Series 2
Episode 8
When the film gets ruined from an expensive photoshoot in Paris, the ad agency is forced reshoot - on a budget!
"A light-hearted exposé of the advertising world!"
Set in a London ad agency called Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, Blythe, Giddy & Partners.
Written by Myles Rudge with Ronnie Wolfe.
Michael …. Michael Medwin
Janet …. Fenella Fielding
Mavis …. Joan Sims
Maggie …. Eleanor Summerfield
Adrian …. Nicholas Phipps
Other parts by:
Warren Mitchell.
Producer: Eric Miller
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1961.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b076130h)
Longplay
Ant and Dec
Kirsty Young chats to the kings of TV prime time, Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly
Specially extended edition for BBC Radio 4 Extra.
ITV’s Saturday Night Takeaway, I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here and Britain's Got Talent stars look back over their careers and firm friendship spanning 20-odd years, from their days as child actors on TV’s Byker Grove.
They say, "without doubt, the best thing to come out of the last 20 years, the greatest thing we've ever achieved, our biggest success, has been our friendship. And nothing will ever change that."
Back in 2013, Ant and Dec were the first double-act to appear on Desert Island Discs since 1987 – following in the footsteps of legendary duos Morecambe and Wise, Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin, and Peter Brough and Archie Andrews.
DISC ONE: That's Living All Right (Theme from Auf Wiedersehen Pet) - Joe Fagin
DISC TWO: Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
DISC THREE: This Is How it Feels To Be Lonely - Inspiral Carpets
DISC FOUR: Golden Brown - The Stranglers
DISC FIVE: Baggy Trousers - Madness
DISC SIX: I am glad I'm finally going home (Trololo) - Eduard Khil
DISC SEVEN: In My Place - Coldplay
DISC EIGHT: Bring Me Sunshine - Morecambe & Wise
BOOK CHOICE - Ant: Collected Works - William Boyd/Dec: High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
LUXURY CHOICE - Ant: A blow up chair/Dec: tweezers
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Ant: Bring Me Sunshine - Morecambe & Wise/Dec: Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
Extended edition first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in May 2014.
SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001gwc5)
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SUN 11:30 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (Omnibus) (m0004xvj)
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SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (b06wd9rd)
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SUN 12:50 Black Eyed Girls by Katie Hims (Omnibus) (b096nnxz)
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SUN 14:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01lk58m)
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SUN 14:30 Something to Shout About (m0001zmv)
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SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b076130h)
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SUN 16:00 Doctor Who (m001gw1h)
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SUN 16:35 MR James (m001gw1p)
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SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001gwc5)
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SUN 17:30 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (Omnibus) (m0004xvj)
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SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (b06wd9rd)
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SUN 18:50 Black Eyed Girls by Katie Hims (Omnibus) (b096nnxz)
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SUN 20:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01lk58m)
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SUN 20:30 Something to Shout About (m0001zmv)
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SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b076130h)
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SUN 22:00 Electric Ink (b01k9wdn)
Series 2
Episode 5
Freddy punctures Maddox's literary pretensions and uncovers a scandal.
Starring John Sessions and Alex Jennings.
Old hacks meet new media in this satire set in the changing world of the struggling newspaper industry.
Written by Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson.
Maddox ..... John Sessions
Oliver ..... Alex Jennings
Freddy ..... Stephen Wight
Carol ..... Polly Frame
Masha ..... Debbie Chazen
Miles Deanbrook ..... Sean Baker
Waiter ..... Adeel Akhtar
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.
SUN 22:30 Party (b011pkqg)
Series 2
It's Technology, Stupid
The young aspiring politicians of the new political party get to grips with technology and whether it is making people stupid.
Meanwhile, they launch a recruiting campaign on the internet.
Tom Basden's satirical comedy about a political party run by young idealists.
Simon ..... Tom Basden
Duncan ..... Tim Key
Jared ..... Jonny Sweet
Mel ..... Ann Crilly
Phoebe ..... Katy Wix
Jared's Mum ..... Jane Whittenshaw
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.
SUN 23:00 The Skivers (b007tcph)
Series 1
Ken Campbell
Action from Ancient Greece to 221B Baker Street.
Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh's skilful sketch show with special guest Ken Campbell
Written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.
With:
Mel Giedroyc
Peter Bradshaw
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994.
SUN 23:30 4 at the Store (b00db35n)
Series 2
Episode 3
More stand-up from London's Comedy Store.
Hosted by Simon Bligh.
With:
Ian Stone
Ronnie Golden
Jo Caulfield
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.

MONDAY 09 JANUARY 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001gwc5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (Omnibus) (m0004xvj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (b06wd9rd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]
MON 01:50 Black Eyed Girls by Katie Hims (Omnibus) (b096nnxz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01lk58m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Something to Shout About (m0001zmv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b076130h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 And Other Stories: Katherine Mansfield (m000lmkp)
1. Marriage a la Mode, Something Childish & Very Natural, Bliss
Katherine Mansfield’s best-loved short stories fully-dramatised in two box-sets.
This first instalment contains three surprising love stories: Marriage a la Mode, Something Childish & Very Natural and Bliss.
* Marriage a la Mode: Isabel’s new friends come between her and husband William.
Katherine Mansfield ...... Hattie Morahan
Isabel ...... Ellie Piercy
William ...... Carl Prekopp
Moira ...... Charlotte East
Bobby ...... Ian Dunnett Jr
Dennis ...... Joel MacCormack
Vendor ...... Luke Nunn
Paddy ...... Eliza Pearce
Jonny ...... Orla Pearce
* Something Childish and Very Natural: Henry and Edna meet and fall in love, just as passionately as they always hoped they might.
Katherine Mansfield ...... Hattie Morahan
Henry ...... Joel MacCormack
Edna ...... Cecilia Appiah
Moth Girl ...... Eliza Pearce
* Bliss: Bertha’s life is dedicated to happiness, and her will for happiness folds around every experience, until this one.
Katherine Mansfield ...... Hattie Morahan
Bertha ...... Charlotte East
Harry ...... Luke Nunn
Pearl ...... Ellie Piercy
Eddie ...... Joel MacCormack
Mary ...... Cecilia Appiah
Mr Norman Knight ...... Ian Dunnett Jr
Dramatised by Katie Hims.
Sound by Peter Ringrose.
Director: Jessica Dromgoole
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2020.
MON 06:00 Wimsey (b007k4d8)
Busman's Honeymoon
6. A Chain of Circumstance
With no clear murder suspect, the arrival of the removal men helps the upper crust sleuth to spot a vital clue.
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the British gentleman detective.
Gripping conclusion of Dorothy L Sayers' vintage thriller.
Dramatised by Alistair Beaton.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Lady Wimsey …. Sarah Badel
Bunter …. Peter Jones
Mrs Ruddle …. Pearl Hackney
Narrator …. John Westbrook
Miss Twitterton …. Rosemary Leach
Frank Crutchley …. Kenneth Cranham
Superintendent Kirk …. Peter Vaughan
Mr Puffett …. Michael Ripper
Reverend Goodacre …. Gerald Sim
Constable Sellon …. Christopher Beeny
First Removal man …. Edward Cast
Second Removal Man …. Alex Jennings
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983.
MON 06:30 HG Wells (m001gw3j)
The War of the Worlds
6. The Bacillus
' We're going to earth. We're going underground — literally — into the sewers! '
All seems lost with the invaders victorious.
But could the smallest of creatures come to humanity’s aid?
John Nicholson concludes the tale of Martian horror.
Starring Paul Daneman.
Sci-fi novel by HG Wells first published in 1898.
Dramatised by Jon Manchip White.
John Nicholson .... Paul Daneman
Dora, his wife ... Isabel Rennie
The Lieutenant .... Anthony Jackson
With:
Beth Boyd
Alan Dudley
Sound score by David Cain, BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Producer: John Powell
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in July 1967.
MON 07:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004sbq)
Episode 6
Adam the synthetic human belonging to Charlie, has prompted his master to further investigate the Gorringe rape case, and even Miranda has opened up about it now.
Also, a surprise request for Charlie to visit a man of profound influence. His name is Sir Alan Turing.
Ian McEwan's novel reimagines life and times in the 1980s.
Read by Anton Lesser
Abridged in ten parts by Penny Leicester.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2019.
MON 07:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b0145xz7)
1. Getting to Know You
2005. Bee, a London journalist, contacts May, an Iraqi academic, about life in her battle-scarred country.
Neither foresees the dramatic events that will change their lives.
The story of BBC journalist Bee Rowlatt's email friendship with Iraq-based academic, May Witwit.
Dramatised in five parts by John Fletcher.
May ...... Souad Faress
Bee ...... Fenella Woolgar
Ali ...... Zubin Varla
Justin ...... Stephen Hogan
Eva/Ayasha ...... Deeivya Meir
Militia Man/Official/Minister ...... Peter Polycarpou
Newsnight director ...... Jonathan Forbes
Lawyer/Octavia ...... Elaine Claxton
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011
MON 07:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b064z75b)
Series 4
The Panel Show
Damien is persuaded to appear on topical TV panel show "I Beg Your Pardon" in order to boost his profile ahead of his street food series.
Meanwhile, Anthony and Mr Mullaney's property business has developed to the point at which they can now start buying somewhere to do up.
Will Anthony plump for the right property though?
Sitcom charting the life of cookery writer Damien Trench, who lives in London's Queen's Park with his partner Anthony
Damien Trench ...... Miles Jupp
Anthony ...... Justin Edwards
Ian Frobisher ...... Philip Fox
Mr Mullaney ...... Brendan Dempsey
The Auctioneer/Ivan ...... Mark Edel-Hunt
Livi Hollinshead ...... Alex Tregear
Gavin Colthorpe ...... Stephen Critchlow
Written by Justin Edwards.
Producer: Sam Michell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2015.
MON 08:00 Brothers in Law (b007k2pz)
Series 1
Special Damages
New barrister Roger Thursby reckons he's got an easy case, but has he?
Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was first published in 1955.
Adapted for radio from Frank Muir & Denis Norden's BBC TV scripts by Richard Waring.
Roger Thursby …. Richard Briers
Henry Blagrove …. Richard Waring
Sally Mannering …. Ann Davies
Chapfield …. Patrick Cargill
Grimes …. John Glyn-Jones
Coles …. James Beck
Judge Harcourt …. Basil Dignam
Other parts played by:
Alan Barry
Malcolm Hayes
Frederick Treves.
Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes - originally edited for sale abroad.
Producer: David Hatch.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1970.
MON 08:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvs5)
Series 1
Episode 5
Ken Handley fancies a winter break, but can he escape the ad agency?
Starring Martin Jarvis.
Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in the competitive world of advertising.
Ken Handley .... Martin Jarvis
John 'Sandy' Beach .... Christopher Godwin
Freddie .... Lockwood West
June .... Wendy Richard
Sarah …. Sheila Steafel
Mr Sandell …. John Blythe
Cindy …. Heather Bell
Katie …. Miranda Forbes
Other parts played by:
John Baddeley
Norma Ronald
David Tate
Michael Jayston
Bill Mitchell
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1982.
MON 09:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00jj529)
Series 1
Episode 5
James Walton chairs 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 journalist David Hepworth and T’Pau singer Carol Decker.
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Written and researched by James Walton
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005.
MON 09:30 Monica Dickens - My Turn To Make The Tea (m001gw3t)
Look Out Behind You
Early 1950s: Poppy is the junior reporter on the Downingham Post, where it's always her turn to make the tea.
It's Christmas time and Poppy promises her acrobat friend, Maimie, that she'll write a supportive review of the local pantomime that she stars in.
But all does not go according to plan...
Semi-autobiographical story by Monica Dickens, first published in 1951.
Starring Alice Hart and Keith Barron.
Adapted by Sheila Goff.
Poppy .... Alice Hart
Mr Pellet .... Keith Barron
Maimie .... Annabelle Dowler
Mrs Goff .... Marlene Sidaway
Mike .... Peter Darney
Victor .... Stephen Critchlow
Joe .... Martin Hyder
Casubon .... Nicholas Boulton
Director: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004.
MON 10:00 And Other Stories: Katherine Mansfield (m000lmkp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
MON 11:00 Wimsey (b007k4d8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 11:30 HG Wells (m001gw3j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 12:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004sbq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 12:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b0145xz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
MON 12:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b064z75b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 13:00 Brothers in Law (b007k2pz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 13:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvs5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 14:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00jj529)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 14:30 Monica Dickens - My Turn To Make The Tea (m001gw3t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 15:00 And Other Stories: Katherine Mansfield (m000lmkp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
MON 16:00 Wimsey (b007k4d8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 16:30 HG Wells (m001gw3j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 17:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004sbq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b0145xz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
MON 17:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b064z75b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 Brothers in Law (b007k2pz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 18:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvs5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 19:00 Jake Yapp's Unwinding (m001gw41)
Series 1
Episode 6
Comedian and broadcaster Jake Yapp with a new live show for January evenings; three hours of comedy, guests and games.
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (m001gkb4)
Series 90
Peanut Butter, Westminster Abbey and Alan Shearer
Sue Perkins challenges Paul Merton, Desiree Burch, Tony Hawks and Jan Ravens to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation.
The long-running Radio 4 national treasure of a parlour game is back for a new series with subjects this week ranging from Alan Shearer to Westminster Abbey.
Production co-ordinator: Caroline Barlow
Sound editor: Marc Willcox
Producer: Rajiv Karia
A BBC Studios Production
MON 22:30 Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack (b00wdjff)
Series 1
Episode 3
Peter Andre is revealed as the most dangerous man on Earth.
Multi-paced, one woman Fast Show showcasing the exceptional talent of Lucy Montgomery.
With:
Philip Pope
Sally Grace
Waen Shepherd
Natalie Walter
Written by Lucy Montgomery with additional material by Steven Burge, Jon Hunter and Joe Wilkinson.
Music by Philip Pope
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.
MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m001glcn)
Series 110
Episode 2
It’s 2023 and Andy Zaltzman is back with a brand-new series of The News Quiz to start the year.
This week Andy is joined by Lucy Porter, Chris McCausland, Samira Ahmed and Scott Bennett. They discuss Rishi Sunak’s newly released ‘five-point plan’, Keir Starmer’s pledge not to open the ‘big government chequebook’ and the surprise appearance of a walrus in Scarborough.
Hosted and written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Mike Shephard, James Farmer, Jennifer Walker and Jade Gebbie.
Producer: Georgia Keating
Executive Producer: Richard Morris
Production Co-ordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
A BBC Studios Production
MON 23:30 As Told To Craig Brown (b00bbnxt)
Episode 5
The Jane Austen industry and car user manuals.
Craig Brown introduces a mixture of satire, social observation and nonsense.
Narrated by Juliet Stevenson and Steve Wright.
With:
John Humphrys
Ronni Ancona
Jon Culshaw
Lewis MacLeod
Sally Grace
Ewan Bailey
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.

TUESDAY 10 JANUARY 2023

TUE 00:00 And Other Stories: Katherine Mansfield (m000lmkp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Wimsey (b007k4d8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 HG Wells (m001gw3j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004sbq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b0145xz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b064z75b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Brothers in Law (b007k2pz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvs5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00jj529)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Monica Dickens - My Turn To Make The Tea (m001gw3t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 And Other Stories: Katherine Mansfield (m000lsty)
2. Daughters of the Late Colonel, The Garden Party, Ma Parker & Her First Ball.
Katherine Mansfield’s best-loved short stories fully dramatised in two box-sets. This second instalment contains four stories of age and experience.
Daughters of the Late Colonel, where Jug and Con's fear of their father’s disapproval continues even after he has died.
The Garden Party, where Laura learns, briefly, the awful gap between her class and that of a dead neighbour on the day of her mother’s garden party.
Life of Ma Parker, where the cleaner for a Literary Gentleman discovers she has absolutely nowhere to grieve when her grandson dies.
Her First Ball, where Leila learns that the joy of a ball, and of being young and free, is short-lived and destined to end.
Daughters of the Late Colonel:
Katherine Mansfield ...... Hattie Morahan
Josephine ....... Rosie Cavaliero
Constantia ...... Clare Corbett
The Late Colonel ...... Michael Bertenshaw
Kate ...... Cecilia Appiah
Mr Farolles ...... Carl Prekopp
Nurse Andrews ...... Charlotte East
Cyril ...... Luke Nunn
The Garden Party:
Katherine Mansfield ...... Hattie Morahan
Laura ...... Cecilia Appiah
Mrs Sheridan ...... Rosie Cavaliero
Mr Sheridan ...... Michael Bertenshaw
Laurie ...... Luke Nunn
Cook ...... Rose Basista
Sadie ...... Clare Corbett
Man ...... Carl Prekopp
Josie ...... Charlotte East
Life of Ma Parker:
Katherine Mansfield ...... Hattie Morahan
Ma Parker ...... Rosie Cavaliero
Literary Gentleman ...... Michael Bertenshaw
Doctor ...... Carl Prekopp
Lennie ...... Orla Pearce
Her First Ball:
Katherine Mansfield ...... Hattie Morahan
Leila ...... Rose Basista
Laura ...... Cecilia Appiah
Man 1 & 3 ...... Carl Prekopp
Josie ...... Charlotte East
Man 2 ...... Luke Nunn
Old Man ...... Michael Bertenshaw
Dramatised by Katie Hims
Sound by Peter Ringrose
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2020.
TUE 06:00 The Rivals (b03b2g2b)
Series 2
1. The Problem of the Superfluous Finger
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he is writing his memories and has a chance to get his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals. He begins with his collaboration with "The Thinking Machine" Professor SFX Van Dusen, trying to solve a strange case involving self-mutilation.
Cast:-
Lestrade .... Tim Pigott-Smith
Van Dusen .... Paul Rhys
Mrs Morey .... Emerald O'Hanrahan
Dr Prescott .... Sean Murray
Miss Marsh .... Philippa Stanton
Hoskins .... Ben Crowe
Adaptor - Chris Harrald
Written by Jaques Futrelle.
Dramatised By Chris Harrald.
Producer: Liz Webb.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
TUE 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009gfpb)
1. End of the Line
When Inspector Alan Grant takes the overnight train to the Highlands for a fishing holiday, a man's body is found.
Crippled by claustrophobic panic attacks, Inspector Alan Grant is on compulsory leave from his beloved Scotland Yard. When he arrives in the Highlands, there is a body in an adjoining sleeper. The dead man had been drinking heavily and left a poem scrawled in the margin of a newspaper:
"The beasts that talk,
The streams that stand,
The stones that walk,
The singing sands
That guard the way
To Paradise"
Written by Josephine Tey and abridged by Sian Preece.
Reader: Paul Young
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Recorded in Glasgow for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2008.
TUE 07:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004sg0)
Episode 7
Ian McEwan's novel reimagines life and times in the 1980s.
Nationwide discontent and anxiety leads Charlie, Miranda, and the synthetic human called Adam, make an eventful trip to Salisbury. First to see Maxfield Blacke, Miranda's father. Then on to the house where Peter Gorringe is living, and this might be dangerous.
Read by Anton Lesser
Abridged by Penny Leicester
Produced by Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2019.
TUE 07:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b0145xzc)
2. Secrets
2005. May Witwit is an English Literature lecturer at Baghdad University specializing in Jane Austen. Bee Rowlatt works at the BBC World Service in London as a reporter.
Neither foresees the dramatic events that will change their lives.
The story of BBC journalist Bee Rowlatt's email friendship with the Iraq-based academic.
Dramatised in five parts by John Fletcher.
May ...... Souad Faress
Bee ...... Fenella Woolgar
Ali ...... Zubin Varla
Justin ...... Stephen Hogan
Eva/Ayasha ...... Deeivya Meir
Militia Man/Official/Minister ...... Peter Polycarpou
Newsnight director ...... Jonathan Forbes
Lawyer/Octavia ...... Elaine Claxton
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011
TUE 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b01h667d)
Series 8
Keeping the Flame Alive
With the Olympics looming Stan spies a golden opportunity - renting out Ed's flat for the duration of the games at the princely sum of £3,000 a week.
So Ed has to pack up his newspaper collection, sift through his takeaway trays and leave the place he's called home for the last years. But where will he go?
The comical world of an author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive e-mail.
Starring Christopher Douglas.
Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.
Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas
Olive ...... Stephanie Cole
Pearl ...... Rita May
Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Jaz ...... Philip Jackson
Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Fiona ...... Jenny Agutter
Janie ...... Rachel Atkins
Frank ...... Simon Greenall
Cliff ...... Geoff McGivern
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2012.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b009kmns)
Series 7
The Flea
Neddie Seagoon is Samuel Pepys - and he's facing trouble from a flea called Francoise.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Pat Dixon
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1956.
TUE 08:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tr63g)
Series 4
Episode 3
Council leader John tries to impress a delegation with a village cover-up.
‘80s political satirical soap opera set in the strangely familiar village of Little Blighty.
Life here is pretty uneventful, though the humdrum happenings include social turmoil, economic upheaval and vicious political squabbles.
Written by Mark Burton, John O'Farrell and Mike Coleman.
Starring:
Jo Kendall
Michael Troughton
John Baddeley
Bernadine Corrigan
Jonathan Kydd
Daniel Strauss
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991.
TUE 09:00 Who Goes There? (b00lbnyx)
Series 2
Episode 6
Martin Young chairs the quiz looking at lives of the noteworthy and notorious from the history books.
Tackling the biographical teasers are team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego with guests Carmen Callil and Victoria Glendinning.
Producer: Aled Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998.
TUE 09:30 North East of Eden (b01f9t2c)
Invaders and Outsiders
Marcia leaves London when she inherits her uncle's medical practice on the remote Paradise Island in Northumbria - with its Wind O' Change pub and populace of slightly dodgy fisherman.
Rebecca Front and Joan Sims stars in Peter Kerry's sitcom.
Doctor Marcia Hulme …. Rebecca Front
Auntie Annie …. Joan Sims
Hjorst/The Translator …. Niall Ashdown
Joseph Gates …. James Garbutt
Mrs Peevis …. Jean Southern
William …. Sammy Johnson
Ralph Gates …. Stephen Thirkeld
Other Roles …. Peter Kerry
Producer: Kathy Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1997.
TUE 10:00 And Other Stories: Katherine Mansfield (m000lsty)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
TUE 11:00 The Rivals (b03b2g2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 11:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009gfpb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 12:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004sg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 12:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b0145xzc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
TUE 12:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b01h667d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b009kmns)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tr63g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Who Goes There? (b00lbnyx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 14:30 North East of Eden (b01f9t2c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 15:00 And Other Stories: Katherine Mansfield (m000lsty)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The Rivals (b03b2g2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 16:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009gfpb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 17:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004sg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b0145xzc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
TUE 17:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b01h667d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b009kmns)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 18:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tr63g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 19:00 Jake Yapp's Unwinding (m001gwmb)
Series 1
Episode 7
Comedian and broadcaster Jake Yapp with a new live show for January evenings; three hours of comedy, guests and games.
TUE 22:00 The Cold Swedish Winter (m000qlzr)
Series 5
Crayfish Require These Drinks
Danny Robins’ romantic Swedish comedy, partly recorded on location with a mainly Swedish cast, prepares for summer as the pandemic recedes.
The little town of Yxsjö turns its mind to partying with the traditional celebrations for crayfish season. Despite now being a fully paid up Swede, Geoff (Adam Riches) has still to be inaugurated into the mysteries of fishing for crayfish. Meanwhile, his brother-in-law Anders (Fredrik Andersson) claims to have a girlfriend, though there are rumours that she doesn’t exist. Will she make it to the party?
Cast
Geoff: Adam Riches
Linda: Sissela Benn
Sten: Thomas Oredsson
Gunilla: Anna-Lena Bergelin
Anders: Fredrik Andersson
Maria: Johanna Wagrell
John: Harry Nicolaou
Written by Danny Robins
Produced and directed by Frank Stirling
A 7digital production for BBC Radio 4
TUE 22:30 Cabin Pressure (b00lt16c)
Series 2
Ipswich
When the crew have to go on a refresher Safety and Emergency Procedures course, it spells trouble for Douglas's inner dog and Martin's inner ear. Plus, Arthur gets a chance to show off his exceptional eating skills.
With special guests Phil Davis (""Vera Drake"") and Alex MacQueen (""The Thick Of It"").
Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
Capt. Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
Mr Sargent ...... Phil Davis
Dr Peter Duncan ...... Alex MacQueen
Written by John Finnemore.
Produced & Directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2009.
TUE 23:00 My Teenage Diary (m000jvz0)
Series 9
Bill Oddie
Rufus Hound returns for another series of honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries.
In this episode, former Goodie Bill Oddie talks about an extremely demanding Outward Bound course in the Lake District in 1958. Hill walking, abseiling and jumping into freezing cold waterfalls are all part of the fun.
Producer: Harriet Jaine
A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020.
TUE 23:30 The Mark Steel Solution (b007k1rm)
Series 4
Religion
The radical comedian proposes new ways to solve the lack of understanding between different faiths.
Comedian Mark Steel provides alternative solutions to our everyday problems
Written by Mark Steel and Pete Sinclair.
With
Maria McErlane
Kim Wall
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1996.

WEDNESDAY 11 JANUARY 2023

WED 00:00 And Other Stories: Katherine Mansfield (m000lsty)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 The Rivals (b03b2g2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009gfpb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004sg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b0145xzc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b01h667d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b009kmns)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tr63g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Who Goes There? (b00lbnyx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 North East of Eden (b01f9t2c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor (b007jq33)
Episode 1
Nicholas Dyer, an 18th-century architect, builds churches to the glory of God, but underpins them with his secret obsession with the old religion.
Nicholas Hawksmoor, a detective in contemporary London, investigates murders that mirror the sacrifices from 300 years before...
Peter Ackroyd's acclaimed 1985 novel dramatised in two parts by Nick Fisher.
Dyer/Hawksmoor ...... Philip Jackson
Sir Christopher Wren ...... Norman Rodway
Anne ...... Miranda Foster
Walter ...... Thomas Arnold
Mirabelis ...... Richard Johnson
Nat Eliot ...... Ben Crowe
Thomas Hill ...... Jordan Calvert
Ned ...... Andrew Wincott
Hill ...... Terence Edmond
Tom's Mum ...... Helen Ayres
Woman Tramp (Annie) ...... Richenda Carey
Boy 1 ...... Luke Smith
Boy 2 ...... Bradley Sowter
Teacher ...... Clare Corbett
Other parts played by the cast.
Recorded on location in London’s Spitalfields and Clerkenwell and at Soundhouse Studios.
Producer: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000.
WED 06:00 The Rivals (b03bdw8c)
Series 2
2. The Clue of the Silver Spoons
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he is writing his memories and has a chance to get his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals. He continues with Food Connoisseur and Detective Eugene Valmont trying to solve a curious series of thefts from private dinner parties
Cast:
Lestrade .... Tim Pigott-Smith
Valmont .... Rupert Vansittart
Lionel Dacre .... David Seddon
Sophia Gibb .... Joanna Monro
Arlett .... Liza Sadovy
Boothroyd .... Michael Bertenshaw
Innis .... Michael Watson
Maitre D' .... Sean Murray
Author- Robert Barr
Adaptor - Chris Harrald
Producer - Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
WED 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009h7nn)
2. Fishing for Clues
Grant learns the dead man’s name, but why was he heading to The Highlands?
Crippled by claustrophobic panic attacks, Inspector Alan Grant is on compulsory leave from his beloved Scotland Yard. When he arrives in the Highlands, there is a body in an adjoining sleeper. The dead man had been drinking heavily and left an enigmatic clue in the form of a poem in the margin of a newspaper.
Written by Josephine Tey and abridged by Sian Preece.
Reader: Paul Young
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Recorded in Glasgow for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2008.
WED 07:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004shq)
Episode 8
Ian McEwan's novel reimagines life and times in the 1980s.
Charlie, Miranda and the synthetic human Adam are in Salibury to visit Miranda's father. A romantic interlude is enjoyed, before more revelations about the boy Mark, and after that a difficult visit to Peter Gorringe's house nearby.
Read by Anton Lesser
Abridged by Penny Leicester
Produced by Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2019.
WED 07:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b0145xzt)
3. An Escape
2005. At last, faced by continuous threats to her life, May pleas with Bee to help her and her husband escape. Bee decides to discuss it with her husband Justin, a reporter for 'Newsnight'.
The story of BBC journalist Bee Rowlatt's email friendship with Iraq-based academic, May Witwit.
Dramatised in five parts by John Fletcher.
May ...... Souad Faress
Bee ...... Fenella Woolgar
Ali ...... Zubin Varla
Justin ...... Stephen Hogan
Eva/Ayasha ...... Deeivya Meir
Militia Man/Official/Minister ...... Peter Polycarpou
Newsnight director ...... Jonathan Forbes
Lawyer/Octavia ...... Elaine Claxton
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011
WED 07:30 Maureen & Friends (m000clcm)
Series 1
More Maureen & Friends
From Balkan windscreen washers to a cock-eyed look at the spirit of Christmas. More comic monologues, musings and anecdotes from the irrepressible Maureen Lipman.
Building on a monologue tradition that builds on the foundations established by the likes of Joyce Grenfell, Maureen brings her own particular brand of humour and wit to this genre.
Produced by David Hunter.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2019.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jzg0)
Series 1
The Monte Carlo Rally
The Lad competes in the famous motor race in a very classic car - provided by Sid.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James and Kenneth Williams.
Special guests: Brian Johnston and Raymond Baxter.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music composed 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 January 1955.
WED 08:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b007jq2b)
Series 1
Cults
Radio's sofa-bound daytime presenter duo look at cults and the plight of the homeless
Bill Dare's sitcom starring Robert Duncan as Mike and Julia Hills as Sue.
With Debbie Isitt, Roger Blake, Mark Kilmurry and Dan Strauss.
Music by Mark Burton.
Producer: Pete Sinclair
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.
WED 09:00 The Write Stuff (b00vkxj4)
Series 14
Stephenie Meyer
Bestselling writer of the "Twilight" series, Stephenie Meyer, is this week's "Author of the Week".
The teams set about answering questions about her life and work as well as solving other literary conundrums. They will as ever finish with one of their own pastiches of Meyer's work - this time imagining what the twilight series might have sounded like had it been set in a typical British comp.
Guest panellists are bestselling crime writer and "Tom Thorne" creator, Mark Billingham, and "Horrid Henry" author, Francesca Simon.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
WED 09:30 Tales from the Tower (b00jf6s1)
The Last Waltz
Bob Braithwaite is caretaker at the top of Blackpool Tower.
He's also a ‘watcher’ who sees everything through his high-powered binoculars - the ‘magic knockers of destiny’ as he calls them.
In this episode, Bob spies on a troubled tea dance featuring a drag spectacular.
Written by and starring David Holt.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.
WED 10:00 Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor (b007jq33)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
WED 11:00 The Rivals (b03bdw8c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 11:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009h7nn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 12:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004shq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 12:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b0145xzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
WED 12:30 Maureen & Friends (m000clcm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jzg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 13:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b007jq2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 14:00 The Write Stuff (b00vkxj4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 14:30 Tales from the Tower (b00jf6s1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 15:00 Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor (b007jq33)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
WED 16:00 The Rivals (b03bdw8c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 16:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009h7nn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 17:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004shq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b0145xzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
WED 17:30 Maureen & Friends (m000clcm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jzg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 18:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b007jq2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 19:00 Jake Yapp's Unwinding (m001gwmv)
Series 1
Episode 8
Comedian and broadcaster Jake Yapp with a new live show for January evenings; three hours of comedy, guests and games.
WED 22:00 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m000qm0q)
Series 2
Just the Way You Are
Conversations from a Long Marriage is a two-hander comedy, starring Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam, as a long-married couple who met in the Summer of Love and are still passionate about life, music and each other. We listen to – and empathise with - their dangling ‘conversations’ covering everything from health scares, jealousy and confessions, to TV incompatibility and sourdough bread.
In episode one, Roger gives Joanna a masterclass in dishwasher stacking while Joanna instructs him on how to wave goodbye to departing guests. As the turbulent year turns, Joanna makes some New Year Resolutions - for Roger - and suggests their marriage needs a re-boot’ . ‘Out the door?’ is his response.
Written by Jan Etherington. Produced and directed by Claire Jones.
A BBC Studios Production.
Series 1 received excellent reviews including:
‘Sublimely funny, touching series. Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam have had illustrious acting careers but can they ever have done anything better than Jan Etherington’s two hander? This is a work of supreme craftsmanship.’ Simon O’Hagan. RADIO TIMES
Conversations…. Is the delicious fruit of Jan Etherington’s experience of writing lots of TV and radio comedy (previously with husband Gavin Petrie), blessed by being acted by Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam. They are lifelike and likeable. Comedies about likeable people are not common. Treasure this one, produced by Claire Jones.’ Gillian Reynolds. SUNDAY TIMES
WED 22:30 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (b00k9dc3)
Series 1
Lust
Mark Watson investigates lust as he continues his quest to free us from the seven deadly sins via stand-up comedy.
Tim Key and Tim Minchin provide sketches, songs and distractions.
Producer: Katie Marsden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2007.
WED 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (m001gwn0)
Series 5
Episode 6
Rugby’s a class act and Andy’s got some worrying news for Nick.
Sharp-edged topical humour in the most expensive show on radio.
Written by and starring Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell
With:
Jasper Jacob
Felicity Montagu
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.
WED 23:30 Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Addiction (b09czrbc)
Why Are Some More Susceptible Than Others?
Why are some people more susceptible to addiction than others? And what can we do about it?
Sober, un-obsessed, and single for the first time in her life, Mae is asking: Who am I when I'm NOT addicted? And what's next?
Mae looks at how society views addiction and recovery, and what connections we can make between identifying why people feel the need to self-soothe, and helping them on the road to recovery in a compassionate way.
Written by and starring Mae Martin.
With Dr Gabor Mate.
Producer: Alexandra Smith
Made by BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in November 2017.

THURSDAY 12 JANUARY 2023

THU 00:00 Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor (b007jq33)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 The Rivals (b03bdw8c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009h7nn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004shq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b0145xzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Maureen & Friends (m000clcm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jzg0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b007jq2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 The Write Stuff (b00vkxj4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Tales from the Tower (b00jf6s1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor (b0616q17)
Episode 2
18th century architect Nicholas Dyer is under suspicion, and a series of modern murders baffle Nicholas Hawksmoor.
Conclusion of Peter Ackroyd's tale of parallel investigations into killings across two centuries.
Dyer/Hawksmoor ...... Philip Jackson
Sir Christopher Wren ...... Norman Rodway
John Vanbrugh ...... Andrew Wincott
Nat Eliot ...... Ben Crowe
Penny ...... Clare Corbett
Mary ...... Helen Ayres
Thomas Hill ...... Jordan Calvert
Boy 1 ...... Luke Smith
Boy 2 ...... Bradley Sowter
Anne ...... Miranda Foster
Mirabelis ...... Richard Johnson
Mrs West ...... Richenda Carey
Dad ...... Terence Edmond
Walter Pyne ...... Thomas Arnold
Other parts played by the cast.
Dramatised by Nick Fisher.
Recorded on location in London’s Spitalfields and Clerkenwell and at Soundhouse Studios.
Producer: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000.
THU 06:00 The Rivals (b03brnrj)
Series 2
3. The Intangible Clue
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he is writing his memories and has a chance to get his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals. He continues with gifted amateur sleuth Lady Violet Strange trying to solve a horrific murder with apparently no clues.
Lestrade .... Tim Pigott-Smith
Lady Violet ....Jeany Spark
Treadwell .... Sean Murray
Mrs Amberly .... Cassie Layton
Mr Amberly .... David Seddon
Mr Hutton .... Ben Crowe
Author - Anna Katharine Green
Adaptor - Chris Harrald
Producer: Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
THU 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009hfjs)
3. A New Obsession
Finally free of his claustrophobic panic attacks, Inspector Alan Grant's new obsession takes their place.
Crippled by claustrophobic panic attacks, Inspector Alan Grant is on compulsory leave from his beloved Scotland Yard. When he arrives in the Highlands, there is a body in an adjoining sleeper. The dead man had been drinking heavily and left an enigmatic clue in the form of a poem in the margin of a newspaper.
Written by Josephine Tey and abridged by Sian Preece.
Reader: Paul Young
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Recorded in Glasgow for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2008.
THU 07:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004scz)
Episode 9
Ian McEwan's novel reimagines life and times in the 1980s.
The national mood is uncertain as Charlie and Miranda make plans to look after little Mark. These plans will be jeopardised by the actions of Adam the synthetic human, unless Charlie takes action. And he does take action. Forcefully.
Read by Anton Lesser
Abridged by Penny Leicester
Produced by Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2019.
THU 07:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b0145xzw)
4. Getting it Right
Bee, a British journalist, has been helping May, an Iraqi university teacher, to escape from the terrible violence in Iraq .
Their first attempt was poorly planned and a failure. This time they realize they must be more self-disciplined and plan things far more professionally.
Bee, whose just had her third baby Elsa, goes to see an immigration lawyer.
The story of BBC journalist Bee Rowlatt's email friendship with Iraq-based academic, May Witwit.
Dramatised in five parts by John Fletcher.
May ...... Souad Faress
Bee ...... Fenella Woolgar
Ali ...... Zubin Varla
Justin ...... Stephen Hogan
Eva/Ayasha ...... Deeivya Meir
Militia Man/Official/Minister ...... Peter Polycarpou
Newsnight director ...... Jonathan Forbes
Lawyer/Octavia ...... Elaine Claxton
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011
THU 07:30 To Hull and Back (b09sn1hl)
Series 3
Stockholm Syndrome
Sophie tries to find some new customers for the salon.
However, in doing so, she unwittingly attracts the attention of a couple of animal rights activists who are looking for somewhere new to protest...
Starring Lucy Beaumont and Maureen Lipman.
Lucy Beaumont’s warm-hearted sitcom set in Hull where a daughter tries to escape her overbearing mother.
Sophie ...... Lucy Beaumont
Sheila ...... Maureen Lipman
Jean ...... Kerrie Marsh
Waitress ...... Kerrie Marsh
Imran ...... Shane Zaza
Mo ...... Mike Bubbins
Producer: Sam Michell
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2018.
THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b0121pt0)
The Night We Crept Into the Crypt
The bumbling bureaucrats land themselves up to their necks in it!
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham.
Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.
'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in July 1972.
THU 08:30 Simon's Bug (b04gn3ls)
Episode 2
Busy monitoring phone calls, Simon is learning a lot about his family.
Simon is spending more time in the basement, listening to the tapes of phone calls coming in and out of his house. He is finding out things about his family that he never suspected and certainly didn't want to know.
Starring Hwyel Bennett and Alison Steadman.
Series adapted by Richard Quick from his comic novel.
Simon Webb …. Hwyel Bennett
Joanna Webb …. Alison Steadman
Kate Agnew …. Rosemary Leach
Dorothy Grisewood …. Carole Hayman
Michael Webb …. Jon Glover
Producer: Paul Spencer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1989.
THU 09:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m0004n7k)
Series 22
Episode 5
David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents.
Sindhu Vee, Susan Calman, Graeme Garden and Tony Hawks are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as kings, snakes, make up and hats.
Produced by Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2019.
THU 09:30 Mary Wesley - The Vacillations of Poppy Carew (m001gxhz)
1. Discarded!
Mary Wesley's novel in a six-part dramatisation, with Beatie Edney as Poppy Carew.
Discarded! Deserted! Poppy can't see any hope for the future when her boyfriend ditches her, but other possible lovers pop up in the most unlikely places - even in a funeral parlour!
Dramatised by Betty Davies.
Cast:
Poppy Carew .... Beatie Edney
Dad .... David Sinclair
Nurse .... Rachel Atkins
Fergus Furnival .... Andrew Wincott
Anthony Green .... Neville Jason
Bank Manager .... John Evitts
Mary .... Kate Maravan
Victor .... James Fleet
Director Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
THU 10:00 Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor (b0616q17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
THU 11:00 The Rivals (b03brnrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 11:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009hfjs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 12:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004scz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 12:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b0145xzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
THU 12:30 To Hull and Back (b09sn1hl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 13:00 The Men from the Ministry (b0121pt0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 13:30 Simon's Bug (b04gn3ls)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 14:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m0004n7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 14:30 Mary Wesley - The Vacillations of Poppy Carew (m001gxhz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 15:00 Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor (b0616q17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
THU 16:00 The Rivals (b03brnrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 16:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009hfjs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 17:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004scz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b0145xzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
THU 17:30 To Hull and Back (b09sn1hl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 The Men from the Ministry (b0121pt0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 18:30 Simon's Bug (b04gn3ls)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 19:00 Jake Yapp's Unwinding (m001gxj2)
Series 1
Episode 9
Comedian and broadcaster Jake Yapp with a new live show for January evenings; three hours of comedy, guests and games.
THU 22:00 Fags, Mags and Bags (m00146hf)
Series 10
2. Jeff Capes Five Egger
Fags, Mags & Bags returns with more shop based shenanigans and over the counter philosophy, courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave.
Set in a Scots-Asian corner shop, and written by and starring Donald Mcleary and Sanjeev Kohli, the award winning Fags, Mags & Bags has proved a huge hit. This tenth series sees a return of all the show’s regular characters, and some guest appearances along the way.
In this episode, Dave tries to make friends with Pummie, his food delivery driver - but has he crossed the customer/delivery driver friend line?
Cast:
Ramesh: Sanjeev Kohli
Dave: Donald Mcleary
Sanjay: Omar Raza
Alok: Susheel Kumar
Malcolm: Mina Anwar
Bishop Briggs: Michael Redmond
Mrs Begg: Marjory Hogarth
Pummie: Manjot Sumal
Producer: Gus Beattie for Gusman Productions
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4
THU 22:30 The Remains of Foley and McColl (b007k4p6)
Cutting Edge
Sean and Hamish board Boris' Disco Ship to convert offshore ravers into fresh, young listeners.
Surreal comedy starring award-winning double act Sean Foley and Hamish McColl, the Right Size.
With:
Rose English
Count Arthur Strong
Chris Larner
Mark Stevens
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2000.
THU 23:00 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b012216l)
Series 1
Normal Work
Steven Appleby concludes his series with a look at the world of work.
However, pondering on why he became a cartoonist instead of getting a "proper job" proves to be rather more dangerous and revealing than he intended.
Starring Paul McCrink as cartoonist Steven Appleby who takes an abnormal look at everyday life.
Steven ...... Paul McCrink
Mum ...... Rosalind Paul
Mr Two ...... Ewan Bailey
Dad ...... Nigel Betts
Lauren ...... Rachel Atkins
Steven Appleby ...... As Himself
Other parts played by the cast.
Written by Steven Appleby
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.
THU 23:15 Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (b00s8lgd)
The Hatching
The surreal saga of a dynasty delicately balanced on the edge of sanity.
Written by and starring Viv Stanshall.
Contains an edit of an original John Peel session as first heard on BBC Radio 1.
Music composed and performed by Viv Stanshall using additional musicians.
Producer: John Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996.
THU 23:30 Liam Williams: Ladhood (b096jb2f)
Series 2
Episode 1
Comedian Liam Williams recounts his youthful misadventures in this autobiographical sitcom.
In this opening episode, Liam anxiously awaiting A-Level results before trying to find his feet in a most alien of new environments, Cambridge University.
Written and performed by Liam Williams.
With:
Al Roberts
Emma Sidi
Freya Parker
Kieran Hodgson
Paul Copley
Paul G Raymond
Sally Grace
Music:
* When I Was A Lad - Tom O'Connor
* Reptilia - The Strokes
* I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
* Is This It - The Strokes
* I Planted A Thought - Arthur Russell
* Wounder - Burial
* Glorious (Town) - Captain
* Mozart's Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat Major - K.39 - Murray Perahia
* Infinitum/Auntie's Lock - Flying Lotus
* Prelude to a Kiss - Alicia Keys
* My Love - Justin Timberlake
* Rat Cage - Beastie Boys
* Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis
* Don't Feel Like Dancing - Scissor Sisters
* Paris (Aeroplane remix) - Friendly Fires
* Kennedy- The Wedding Present
* Oh My God - The Kaiser Chiefs
* Jynweyhek Ylow - Aphex Twin
* Shoot The Poets - The Cribs
* Come To The Bar - Pete and the Pirates
Producer: Joe Nunnery
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2017.

FRIDAY 13 JANUARY 2023

FRI 00:00 Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor (b0616q17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 The Rivals (b03brnrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009hfjs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004scz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b0145xzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 To Hull and Back (b09sn1hl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 The Men from the Ministry (b0121pt0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 Simon's Bug (b04gn3ls)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m0004n7k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Mary Wesley - The Vacillations of Poppy Carew (m001gxhz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor (b0616q17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 The Rivals (b03c482b)
Series 2
4. The Game Played in the Dark
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he is writing his memories and has a chance to get his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals.
He finishes the present series with the blind detective Max Carrados who tries to stop international master criminal Fane from selling compromising letters which could derail an upcoming royal wedding.
Cast:
Lestrade .... Tim Pigott-Smith
Max Carrados .... Charles Edwards
Fane .... John Sessions
Parkinson .... Michael Bertenshaw
Maria .... Joanna Brookes
Carver .... Ben Crowe
Author - Ernest Bramah
Adaptor - Chris Harrald
Producer: Liz Webb.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
FRI 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009hp59)
4. The Holiday Ends
Inspector Alan Grant returns to London determined to clear up the mystery of Bill Kenrick's death.
Crippled by claustrophobic panic attacks, Inspector Alan Grant is on compulsory leave from his beloved Scotland Yard. When he arrives in the Highlands, there is a body in an adjoining sleeper. The dead man had been drinking heavily and left an enigmatic clue in the form of a poem in the margin of a newspaper.
Written by Josephine Tey and abridged by Sian Preece.
Reader: Paul Young
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Recorded in Glasgow for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2008.
FRI 07:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004sdn)
Episode 10
Ian McEwan's novel reimagines life and times in the 1980s.
Despite revelations concerning Miranda's case and Charlie's moments of anguish, love conquers all and they will marry. They also hope to care for young Mark. And Adam the synthetic human has been 'dealt with' too, and put to rest in a safe place.
Read by Anton Lesser
Abridged by Penny Leicester
Produced by Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2019.
FRI 07:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b013ptf6)
5. A House in Chawton
May's name has appeared on a terrorist death list. She and her husband Ali are desperate to escape from Iraq.
Bee, a British journalist, has managed to arrange a university place for May, but to get to Britain they must first get to Jordan. At the last moment Ali's Jordanian visa is refused.
May resolves to go by herself to Jordan and sort out the problem.
The story of BBC journalist Bee Rowlatt's email friendship with Iraq-based academic, May Witwit.
True story dramatised in five parts by John Fletcher.
May ...... Souad Faress
Bee ...... Fenella Woolgar
Ali ...... Zubin Varla
Justin ...... Stephen Hogan
Eva/Ayasha ...... Deeivya Meir
Militia Man/Official/Minister ...... Peter Polycarpou
Newsnight director ...... Jonathan Forbes
Lawyer/Octavia ...... Elaine Claxton
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011
FRI 07:30 Ellie Taylor's Safe Space (m000ynbb)
Series 2
Exercise
Ellie Taylor welcomes you to "Safe Space", a place where anyone can offload their controversial opinions without fear of judgment.
She talks to members of the public about their gripes and dislikes. She's never liked exercise and sets out to convince her studio audience they should avoid it too.
Joining her to prove her point are regular sidekick Robin Morgan (Mock The Week) and special guest Mr Motivator, fitness fan and bumbag aficionado - we hear his views on the virtues of moving about a bit.
Written by Ellie Taylor and Robin Morgan
Produced by Sam Michell
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2021.
FRI 08:00 Parsley Sidings (b01pcz6r)
Series 1
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Station Master Horace Hepplewhite steps up to the crease in his battle to save his sleepy station from closure.
CAST:
Horace Hepplewhite … Arthur Lowe
Bert Hepplewhite …. Ian Lavender
Percy Valentine …. Kenneth Connor
Gloria Simpkins …. Liz Fraser
Mr Bun the Inspector …. Ronald Baddiley
Jim Eldridge's 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 stereotypical 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.
Re-created Announcements by Keith Skues.
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1972.
FRI 08:30 Bristow (b007vgv7)
Series 3
Chapter and Verse
As the Chester-Perry clerk writes for the house journal, he learns the meaning of poetic justice.
Michael Williams stars as Bristow.
Frank Dickens' sitcom is based on his famous long-running newspaper cartoon strip about the Chester-Perry buying clerk.
Bristow ...... Michael Williams
Jones ...... Rodney Bewes
Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan
Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman
Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey
Fudge ...... Jon Glover
Postboy ...... Simon Schatzberger
Hickford ...... Roger Lloyd Pack
Liftboy ...... Ian Kelland
Music: John Whitehall
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000.
FRI 09:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m000mblv)
Series 15
Episode 1
Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Alice Levine welcome:
* Writer and presenter Danny Wallace
* Broadcaster and tech expert Georgia Lewis Anderson
* Agatha Christie’s great-grandson and CEO of Agatha Christie Ltd James Prichard
The Museum's Guest Committee donate a giant balloon, a mobile phone inside a crystal ball and Agatha Christie’s favourite mug.
Researched by QI, Mike Shephard and Mike Turner.
Producers: Victoria Lloyd and Anne Miller.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2020.
FRI 09:30 Millport (b0076bfv)
Series 3
Wild Rover
The Cumbrae Club is up and running and the islanders are already arguing over how it should be run.
Meanwhile back at Bruce House, Moira is in hysterics over her missing pet pooch. But will Irene risk missing the ferry and losing her job to help her unhappy sister?
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better life on the mainland.
Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Dr Hume/Ferryman/Robert the Dog /Morris ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley
Minister/Bob ...... Robert Patterson
Dougie ...... Kenneth Bryans
Producer: Lucy Bacon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.
FRI 10:00 There Are Such Things (m001gxdq)
Mark McDonnell and Steven McNicoll's darkly imaginative exploration of the life and career of Bela Lugosi, one of the cinema's great 'Kings of Horror'. A war veteran and an established classical stage actor in his native Hungary before he came to Hollywood to be chewed up and spat out by the movie moguls, Lugosi spent his troubled life fleeing his most famous creation, Count Dracula.
Performed by Mark McDonnell, Steven McNicoll, Julia Duncanson and Gavin Mitchell.
Director Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
FRI 11:00 The Rivals (b03c482b)
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FRI 11:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009hp59)
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FRI 12:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004sdn)
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FRI 12:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b013ptf6)
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FRI 12:30 Ellie Taylor's Safe Space (m000ynbb)
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FRI 13:00 Parsley Sidings (b01pcz6r)
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FRI 13:30 Bristow (b007vgv7)
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FRI 14:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m000mblv)
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FRI 14:30 Millport (b0076bfv)
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FRI 15:00 There Are Such Things (m001gxdq)
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FRI 16:00 The Rivals (b03c482b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 16:30 Inspector Grant - The Singing Sands (b009hp59)
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FRI 17:00 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (m0004sdn)
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FRI 17:15 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad (b013ptf6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
FRI 17:30 Ellie Taylor's Safe Space (m000ynbb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Parsley Sidings (b01pcz6r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 18:30 Bristow (b007vgv7)
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FRI 19:00 Jake Yapp's Unwinding (m001gxdv)
Series 1
Episode 10
Comedian and broadcaster Jake Yapp with a new live show for January evenings; three hours of comedy, guests and games.
FRI 22:00 The Confessional (m001gww6)
Series 3
The Confession of Lady Antonia Fraser
Stephen Mangan’s series of soul-searching, self-abasement and moral pratfalls. Each week, he invites a different eminent guest into his virtual confessional booth to make three confessions.
This is a cue or some rich and varied story-telling and surprising insights as their confessions are put under the microscope.
In this episode, Stephen examines the conscience of historian and biographer, Antonia Fraser. There are stories here of royal parties, theft and fake masses.
Other guests in this series are Jessie Cave, Neil Dudgeon, Sheila Hancock, Maisie Adam and Ben Bailey Smith (aka Doc Brown).
Presenter: Stephen Mangan
Additional material: Nick Doody
Producer: Frank Stirling
A 7digital production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 22:30 Beauty of Britain (b00n7zd1)
Series 1
Girl With a Polycotton Tabard
Beauty wonders why so many British men get stuck in the emotional wilderness and find it hard to communicate with each other, as she deals with an elderly gentleman and his son.
Beauty's dreams of becoming a model are given a boost when she applies to be the Face of the Social Services.
Comedy by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson.
Beauty Olonga works as a carer for the Featherdown Agency and sees herself as an inspiration to other African girls hoping to achieve their goals in the land of semi-skimmed milk.
Beauty ...... Jocelyn Jee Esien
Mr Clark ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Julian ...... Christopher Douglas
Georgie ...... Emma Fryer
Sally ...... Felicity Montagu
Karen ...... Nicola Sanderson
Mrs Gupte ...... Indira Joshi
Anil ...... Paul Sharma
Race Commentator ...... Christopher Douglas
Music by The West End Gospel Choir.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.
FRI 23:00 Lewis Macleod Is Not Himself (b04hvy0q)
Episode 2
The impression and sketch show that looks behind the scenes at the life and work of star impressionist Lewis Macleod
Lewis has performed on 4 Extra's Newsjack, plus Postman Pat, The Phantom Menace and Dead Ringers.
With:
Kate O'Sullivan
Duncan Wisbey
Julian Dutton
Producer: Lyndsay Fenner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2014.
FRI 23:30 James Acaster's Perfect Sounds (p0c512t6)
Series 2
Stuart Laws & ScHoolboy Q
James confesses to being in love with ScHoolboy Q's Blank Face LP.
With a Gangsta rap core but with psychedelic overtones and great production, is there enough to seduce Stuart Laws too?