SATURDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2023

SAT 00:00 Doctor Who (m001jbr3)
The War Doctor
8. The Eternity Cage
The War Doctor is on a mission to save Ollistra and prevent a Dalek-Sontaran alliance.
Cardinal Ollistra has been captured by the Sontarans and taken to the planet Rovidia. There, General Fesk of the Eighth Sontaran Battle Fleet will set the Time Lords against the Daleks to establish which is worthy for an alliance.
Neither Daleks nor Time Lords expect the Sontarans to be so fearsome a foe until they uncover the secret of the Eternity Cage.
John Hurt stars as The War Doctor.
Written by Andrew Smith.
The War Doctor .... John Hurt
Cardinal Ollistra .... Jacqueline Pearce
Haleyna .... Honeysuckle Weeks
Commander Muren …. Andrew French
General Fesk/Sontarans …. Dan Starkey
Kalan …. Josh Bolt
Vassarian …. Barnaby Edwards
Dalek Time Strategist/The Daleks .... Nicholas Briggs
Original music written by Howard Carter.
Director: Nicholas Briggs
A Big Finish production.
SAT 01:00 Nikos Kazantzakis - Zorba the Greek (b007jqzy)
Episode 2
Zorba returns to Crete to find that Nikos has told the widow Hortense that Zorba will marry her.
Zorba avoids the problem by hurling himself into the construction of a novel means of transportation that he assures Nikos will earn them a fortune...
Starring Robert Stephens and Michael Maloney.
Conclusion of Nikos Kazantzakis's famous Greek novel.
Dramatisatised by Nick McCarty.
Zorba …… Robert Stephens
Nikos …… Michael Maloney
Hortense …… Mary Wimbush
Mavrondoni …… Terry Molloy
Mimiko …… Dominic Taylor
Zacharias …… Roger Hume
Andonis …… Peter Meakin
Father Demetrios …… Paul Webster
Mourner …… Hedli Niklaus
Girl …… Judy Bennett
Widow …… Marian Kemmer
Producer: Phillip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993.
SAT 02:00 Burnt (b09tbs3h)
5. Much Knowledge
As Milkie tries to find out how far the political corruption goes - can he deal with consequences?
Starring Dennis Waterman.
Nigel Baldwin's taut political thriller serial.
Milkie ... Dennis Waterman
The Teller ... Ray Smith
Beth ... Bethan Jones
Angela ... Tara Dominick
Huw ... Richard Elfyn
Sharon ... Emma Gregory
Pauline ... Eluned Jones
Laura ... Richards
Music by Laurie Scott Baker.
Producer: Jane Dauncey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1990.
SAT 02:30 Hercule Poirot (m0002cvc)
The Mystery of the Blue Train
5. A Dancer's Revenge
After Ruth Kettering was found murdered on the Blue Train with her priceless rubies stolen, both her husband Derek and former lover are suspects.
So when Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot discovers the latter has recently acquired a set of rubies, the case would seem to be cut and dried.
Or is it..?
Agatha Christie's whodunit stars Maurice Denham.
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Hercule Poirot …. Maurice Denham
Katherine Grey …. Janet Maw
Rufus Van Aldin …. Robert Beatty
Derek Kettering …. Anthony Smee
Major Knighton …. Michael Deacon
Mirelle …. Judy Buxton
Monsieur Carrege …. Gordon Reid
Le Comte de la Roche …. Nigel Graham
Mason …. Pauline Letts
Zia …. Jane Leonard
Papopoulos …. Ronald Herdman
George …. Edward de Souza
Waiter …. Jamie Roberts
Director: David Johnston.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1986.
SAT 03:00 The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (m001jbqh)
10. Conclusions
The final chapter of Florence's business in remote Hardborough.
Mr Brandish, a lone supporter of Florence, tackles her biggest critic.
But the truth is twisted once again.
Written by Penelope Fitzgerald
Concluded by Maggie Steed
Abridged and produced by David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1996.
SAT 03:15 Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (m0001cbc)
The Heart of a Woman
Episode 5
Maya and her son Guy join Vus in Egypt.
She takes a job as Associate Editor of a newspaper, and faces some difficult truths about Vus.
Dramatisation of the fourth volume of Maya Angelou's iconic memoirs by Janice Okoh.
Narrator/Maya ...... Adjoa Andoh
Maya ...... Pippa Bennett-Warner
Vusumzi Make ...... Danny Sapani
Guy ...... Tristan Slowley
David Dubois ...... Don Gilet
Zein Negati ...... Steve Toussaint
Omonadia ...... Saffron Coomber
Director: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.
SAT 03:30 Psmith in the City by PG Wodehouse (b00dsr3b)
Psmith Arranges His Future
Psmith's powers of persuasion are put to the test when Mike is dismissed from the bank.
PG Wodehouse’s comic adventures of the extraordinary Psmith and his friend Mike in the world of Edwardian finance.
Dramatised by Marcy Kahan.
PG Wodehouse ..... Simon Williams
Psmith ..... Nick Caldecott
Mike Jackson ..... Inam Mirza
John Bickersdyke ..... Stephen Critchlow
Mr Gregory ..... Chris Pavlo
Jo Jackson ..... Dan Starkey
Producer: Abigail le Fleming
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2008.
SAT 04:00 Mr Willow's Wife (m000pf9r)
3. Love Thy Neighbour
Felicity decides it's time she meddled in the marriage of chums Diana and Dickie.
Staring Moira Lister and Terence Alexander.
Written by Ray Cooney and John Chapman.
Felicity Willow ... Moira Lister
Paul Willow .... Terence Alexander
Nanny .... Doris Hare
Diana Saunders .... Alethea Charlton
Dickie Saunders .... Ray Cooney
Vicar .... John Chapman
Producer David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1971.
SAT 04:30 The Weekend Starts Here (m001jbqn)
5. Howzat?
Sport and politics collide on Shipcombe Green's cricket square.
Meanwhile the course of true love does not run smooth for Felicity and Robbie.
Sitcom about a village divided between the full-time resident villagers and the weekenders.
Written by Bill Matthews
Marina …. Diana Hardcastle
Terence .... Philip Bretherton
Mrs Thorogood .... Gillian Barge
Mr Thorogood .... Rupert Vansittart
Christine .... Susan Brown
Norman .... Gavin Muir
Felicity .... Gemma Saunders
Robbie .... Tim Treloar
Lawrence Fyffe .... Tom Marshall
Graham/Driver .... Tom George
Other parts played by members of the cast
Music composed and performed by Terry Davies.
Director: Paul Miller
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.
SAT 05:00 Act Your Age (b00pxn13)
Series 2
Episode 1
Comedy show that pits the comic generations against each other to find out which is the funniest.
Hosted by Simon Mayo.
With Team Captains:
Jon Richardson
Lucy Porter
Adrian Walsh
Guest Comics:
Kevin Bridges
Jason Byrne
Johnnie Casson
Producers: Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2010.
SAT 05:30 Bleak Expectations (b00nrrd5)
Series 3
A Sort of Fine Life De-Niced Completely
Pip Bin strives to improve working conditions in his bin factory.
But will his quest distract him from a dastardly plan to steal London and sell it to the French?
Mark Evans's epic comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.
Sir Philip Bin ...... Richard Johnson
Gently Benevolent ...... Anthony Head
Young Pip ...... Tom Allen
Harry Biscuit ...... James Bachman
Dr Wackwallop ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely Fecund ...... Sarah Hadland
Pippa ...... Susy Kane
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.
SAT 06:00 David Edgar - A Movie Starring Me (m001jjpj)
Michelle is a TV star known throughout the world.
When she agrees to appear in a London stage production of 'The Seagull', one of her fans, Tripper, decides this is the opportunity to make his heroine aware of his existence...
Starring Samantha Bond and Mark Kimurray.
Drama written by Davd Edgar.
Michelle .... Samantha Bond
Alex .... Kenneth Cranham
Tripper .... Mark Kilmurray
Michael/Massinger .... Ed Bishop
Celia Salmon .... Hedli Niklaus
John/Assassin .... David Vann
Tripper's Mother .... Tina Gray
Sue .... Georgia Greeph
Nick Card .... John Dixon
McKinley/Francois .... Simon Carter
Speaking Clock .... Geoff Serle
Konstantin .... Andy Hockley
Dick Hennessy .... Alan Devereux
Receptionist .... Kimberley Hope
Director/Gerry .... Rob Swinton
Director: Philip Martin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
SAT 07:20 Inheritance Tracks (b08pmt8t)
Fearne Cotton
DJ and presenter Fearne Cotton inherits 'Good Times, Bad Times' by Led Zeppelin and wants to pass on 'Rocket Man' by Elton John.
SAT 07:30 Milk of Paradise by Lucy Inglis (Omnibus) (b0bfxfcs)
Derived from the juice of the poppy, it relieves our pain and cures our insomnia. It may even inspire great art.
It also causes addiction, misery and death.
Historian Lucy Inglis’s book explores man’s long and complex relationship with opium.
“In mankind’s search for temporary oblivion,” writes Inglis, “opiates possess a special allure. Since Neolithic times, opium has made life seem, if not perfect, then tolerable for millions. However unlikely it seems at this moment, many of us will end our lives dependent on it.”
In 17th Century England the invention of laudanum – an easy-to-swallow opium tincture – led to “a new age in drug-taking.”
A century later, laudanum became popular with writers of the Romantic movement such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, whose great poem Kubla Khan was famously inspired by a drug-induced dream when he was a young man of 25. (He died aged 61, a housebound addict.)
In the American Civil War morphine was used extensively to relieve the pain of wounded soldiers. After the war, drug addiction among former soldiers was so common it became known as “the army disease.”
But it was the Vietnam War a century later that brought the idea of the “junkie soldier” into popular culture.
Today, heroin addiction remains a global problem:
“Where opiates and opioids are available,” says the author, “people will consume them.”
Omnibus of five parts abridged by Anna Magnusson.
Read by Anita Vettesse.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2018
SAT 08:45 Ernest Fontwell Versus The Experts (m0006lw4)
The Communications Experts
From telephones to the dictation machine, Ernest tackles the communication experts
How to beat the fiends in white coats and overalls at their own game.
Written by Lawrie Wyman.
Starring Frank Thornton as Ernest Fontwell.
With:
Patsy Rowlands
Gordon Clyde
David Tate
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1979.
SAT 09:00 Ray's a Laugh (m001jjpq)
From 06/11/1959
Kitty’s dreaming of winning a holiday in Monte Carlo.
But will this make Ted happy?
Starring Ted Ray.
Ray's a Laugh follows the comedy exploits of Ted's life at home with his 'radio' wife Kitty, as well as in a variety of jobs. It ran from 1949-1961.
Written by Bernard Botting and Charles Hart.
With:
Kitty Bluett
Laidman Browne
Kenneth Connor
Pat Coombs
BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1959.
SAT 09:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01kbqjl)
Series 1
Episode 6
Has art collector Eric managed to bag himself a bargain?
Plus an industrial espionage play what Ern wrote - 'The Spy with the Cold Nose'.
Written by Eddie Braben
Special singing guest: Lynsey de Paul.
With:
Anne Hamilton
Arthur Tolcher
Music by Dennis Wilson & His Orchestra.
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1975.
SAT 10:00 Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family (m00083sk)
3. Kids! Who'd 'ave 'em?
Isy Suttie is back in Derbyshire, the home of her teenage years as she continues ambling through the radio archives to celebrate family life and growing up.
On her travels we hear contributions from her close friends along with some classic BBC comedy.
In the last of three programmes, Isy features:
‘OLD DOG AND PARTRIDGE’
1990s sitcom about landlord Jack who runs a pub with his, until recently, estranged daughter.
In this episode: When old chum Ralph arrives with his trophy wife, Jack invents a fiancee.
Starring Michael Williams, Lisa Coleman and John Duttine.
‘NOT IN FRONT OF THE CHILDREN’
Echo of the Past
1960s family sitcom.
Jen gets jealous when she sees Henry talking to an old girlfriend.
Starring Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews.
Producer: Stephen Garner.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2015.
SAT 11:00 David Edgar - A Movie Starring Me (m001jjpj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 12:20 Inheritance Tracks (b08pmt8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:20 today]
SAT 12:30 Milk of Paradise by Lucy Inglis (Omnibus) (b0bfxfcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 13:45 Ernest Fontwell Versus The Experts (m0006lw4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 14:00 Ray's a Laugh (m001jjpq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 14:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01kbqjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 15:00 Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family (m00083sk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Doctor Who (m001jbr3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]
SAT 17:00 David Edgar - A Movie Starring Me (m001jjpj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 18:20 Inheritance Tracks (b08pmt8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:20 today]
SAT 18:30 Milk of Paradise by Lucy Inglis (Omnibus) (b0bfxfcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 19:45 Ernest Fontwell Versus The Experts (m0006lw4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 20:00 Ray's a Laugh (m001jjpq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 20:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01kbqjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 21:00 Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family (m00083sk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Two Episodes of Mash (b01mk9nz)
Series 2
Episode 2
Barricaded inside their studio, David O'Doherty is holding all the Radio 4 microphones hostage in an attempt to make the network give them the team their own radio series.
Prepare for unique versions of the news, weather, sport, traffic and a fly on the wall documentary about working behind-the-scenes on a sketch show.
Things look set take a turn for the worse with a phone call from the Radio 4 Negotiator.
An online animation of the Fishing Sketch by Tom Rourke is available via the Radio 4 Extra website.
A mix of silly, surreal sketches and banter starring Diane Morgan, and Joe Wilkinson.
With:
David O'Doherty
Paul Harry Allen
Bobbie Pryor
Gary Newman
Producer: Clair Wordsworth
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.
SAT 22:30 Armstrong and Miller (b00t3vjx)
Episode 2
Battles recreated, and National Trousers Day.
Sketches and songs with Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong in their first series for radio.
With:
Samuel West
Tony Gardiner
Written by Ben Miller, Alexander Armstrong and Tony Gardiner.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1998.
SAT 22:45 The In Crowd (b0085jgt)
Series 1
Episode 2
Hell's Angels, rice crackers - and how best to name a child.
Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store.
With
Robin Ince
Helen Moon
Smug Roberts
Kate Ward
Written by Carl Cooper, Susan Vale, Sandy Gort, Lavinia Murray, Stan Vernon and Robin Ince.
Producer: Graham Frost
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001
SAT 23:00 Party (b01mwvkw)
Series 3
The Grundy
The prospective politicians visit Phoebe and 'The Grundy' in hospital.
Tom Basden's satirical comedy about a group of young idealists trying to make waves with their new political party.
Simon ...... Tom Basden
Duncan ...... Tim Key
Jared ...... Jonny Sweet
Mel ...... Anna Crilly
Phoebe ...... Katy Wix
Male Nurse ...... Jot Davies
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.
SAT 23:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management (b00g0536)
Episode 1
Even though he’s always felt middle-aged, Will is going through a mid-life crisis at the age of 35.
Luckily his godfather Peter is on hand to help him through this period of doubt. Peter invites George, a Tory MP, to help Will speak his mind.
Starring Will Smith
Will seeks help and advice on coping with middle age.
Comedy series written by Will Smith and Roger Drew.
Peter …… Roger Allam
George …… Geoffrey Whitehead
With:
Jill Cardo
Gunnar Cauthery
Roger Drew
Donnla Hughes
Dan Starkey
Malcolm Tierney
Robert Lonsdale
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008.

SUNDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2023

SUN 00:00 Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind (b007jlwv)
6. Final Tribulations
Professor Lark and John Cornelius reveal to Flora's MP father, Ian Sanderson, that he himself is a mutant being - manipulated by some unidentified Controller.
Shocked and horrified, Sanderson helps them trace the organisation...
Starring Peter Cushing and Vincent Price.
Conclusion written by Rene Basilico from an idea by Robert Holmes.
John Cornelius .... Peter Cushing
Curtis Lark .... Vincent Price
Sir Gordon MacLeodan .... Richard Hurndall
Lady MacLeodan .... Joan Benham
Ian Sanderson .... Frazer Kerr
Donald Scholar .... Henry Stamper
Manson .... Andrew Sear
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1977.
SUN 00:30 The Hospice by Robert Aickman (b0855zx8)
Maybury is driving home.
He's lost, it's getting dark and he's running out of petrol...
BBC 6 Music’s Gideon Coe reads Robert Aickman’s teasingly elusive strange tale.
With a specially commissioned soundtrack by Vic Mars.
Producer: Henry Lopez Real
First broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music in 2016.
SUN 01:00 David Edgar - A Movie Starring Me (m001jjpj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:20 Inheritance Tracks (b08pmt8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:20 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 Milk of Paradise by Lucy Inglis (Omnibus) (b0bfxfcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:45 Ernest Fontwell Versus The Experts (m0006lw4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Ray's a Laugh (m001jjpq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01kbqjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family (m00083sk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001jjt8)
Between the Ears - Re:Union
Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Between the Ears - Re:Union in which Owen Sheers' explores the idea of a nation coming into being.
A collaboration between between radio producer Steven Rajam and Welsh writer Owen Sheers, this radio poem explores the complex, often difficult, links between modern Welsh identity and rugby union, the national sport.
The poem is woven around the sounds and sensations of a real international matchday: the violence of the training pitch, the crowds thronging to the centre of Cardiff, the intensity of the stadium - and much more.
Complementing the young player's story are contributions from social historians, the groundsman at the Millennium Stadium, a player turned acclaimed poet, and 7 year-old superfans Dylan and Alfie - who show us how real Welsh rugby should be played - with a team of their teddies.
Voiced by Scott Arthur.
Contributors:
Peter Stead
Ceri Wyn Jones
Martin Johnes
Producer: Steven Rajam
Written by Owen Sheers
Made by BBC Wales for BBC Radio 3 and first broadcast in 2014.
SUN 06:30 The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (Omnibus) (m001jjtg)
Episode 2
The poltergeist makes a chilling visit and unsettles the new assistant in the shop.
Meanwhile Florence wonders if she should stock Lolita?
Penelope Fitzgerald's novel first published in 1978.
Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes.
Read by Maggie Steed
Abridged and produced by David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1996.
SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001jjtp)
Kate Hudson
Hollywood actor Kate Hudson chooses ‘The Promise’ by Bruce Springsteen and ‘Simple Twist Of Fate’ by Bob Dylan.
SUN 07:50 Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (Omnibus) (m0001f2z)
The Heart of a Woman
Dramatisation of the fourth volume of Maya Angelou's iconic memoirs.
It's the late 1950's and Maya has moved to Los Angeles. She receives an unexpected visit from singing legend Billie Holiday.
Billie came back a further four times to spend her evenings with Maya and Maya's son Guy, shortly before she died.
Omnibus of five parts dramatised by Janice Okoh.
Maya /Narrator ...... Adjoa Andoh
Maya ...... Pippa Bennett-Warner
Billie Holiday ...... Nina Sosanya
Guy ...... Will Romain
Wilkie ...... Steve Toussaint
The books that make up the life and times of Maya Angelou are some of the best, most beautiful and haunting pieces of autobiography written.
They run the gamut from life affirming to tragedy and back again with a tone that is a joyous, direct and searingly honest, and are an extraordinary portrait of 20th century black America.
Director: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.
SUN 09:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mx2z9)
From 22/06/1974
Kenneth and Ted poke fun at Europeans and the ways that we like to celebrate.
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
Written by Michael Wale and Joe Steeples.
Music by Neil Innes.
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1974.
SUN 09:30 Something to Shout About (m00045qx)
Series 2
Episode 15
Confusion over a Russian guest means that Janet has to step into the limelight.
"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 played by Warren Mitchell
Producer: Eric Miller
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1961.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b013m13m)
Longplay
Molly Parkin
The Grand Dame of bohemian living, Molly Parkin reveals her castaway choices.
In a specially extended edition for BBC Radio 4 Extra, Molly shares her life story with Kirsty Young and explains her musical, book and luxury choices.
Molly Parkin left the Welsh valleys to train as a fine artist in London and was a successful painter then teacher before becoming a fashion writer and novelist. She is as well known, though, for her lifestyle as her work. She adopted a hedonistic approach to life - smoking and drinking through the night and picking up numerous lovers along the way.
Now aged 79, Molly prefers to live alone and says she has found a calmer way of living:
"I have been blessed, and made it my business, to surround myself with larger than life characters," she says, "love, on a very profound level comes unexpectedly and brilliantly."
DISC ONE: Accentuate the Positive - Bette Midler
DISC TWO: Three Sheets to the Wind - Liane Carroll
DISC THREE: A Kiss to Build a Dream On - Louis Armstrong
DISC FOUR: Somewhere towards love - Ian Shaw
DISC FIVE: Rockin' Chair - George Melly
DISC SIX: Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
DISC SEVEN: Never Forget How to Dance - Sarah Jane Morris
DISC EIGHT: Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
BOOK CHOICE: The History of the Colony - Sophie Parkin
LUXURY CHOICE: Her entire outfit including her Andrew Logan Brooch
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
Producer: Leanne Buckle
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011.
SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001jjt8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 11:30 The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (Omnibus) (m001jjtg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001jjtp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]
SUN 12:50 Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (Omnibus) (m0001f2z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]
SUN 14:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mx2z9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 14:30 Something to Shout About (m00045qx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b013m13m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 16:00 Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind (b007jlwv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]
SUN 16:30 The Hospice by Robert Aickman (b0855zx8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:30 today]
SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001jjt8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 17:30 The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (Omnibus) (m001jjtg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001jjtp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]
SUN 18:50 Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (Omnibus) (m0001f2z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]
SUN 20:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mx2z9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 20:30 Something to Shout About (m00045qx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b013m13m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 22:00 Alice's Wunderland (b01kt4ck)
Series 1
Episode 2
A trip round Wunderland, the Poundland of magical realms. It's a kingdom much like our own, and also nothing like it in the slightest.
Stay a while and meet waifs and strays, wigshops and witches, murderous pensioners and squirrels of this delightful land as they go about their bizarre business.
A sketch show written and performed by Alice Lowe.
Also starring:
Richard Glover
Simon Greenall
Rachel Stubbings
Clare Thompson
Marcia Warren
Producer: Sam Bryant
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2012.
SUN 22:30 Chain Reaction (b00tmtfp)
Series 6
Harry Shearer interviews Stephen Merchant
The tag team talk show continues as last week's guest, voice of The Simpsons, face of Derek Smalls and political satirist Harry Shearer takes the microphone to interview multi award-winning co-creator of The Office and Extras, and famously tall funny man Stephen Merchant.
Harry asks Stephen what its like to be part of a creative double act with Ricky Gervais, broadcasting radio from the bushes and sharing a hot tub with playboy bunnies.
Produced by Lianne Coop.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
SUN 23:00 Safety Catch (b00fn9d1)
Series 1
Whatever Happened to the Unlikely Lad?
Arms dealer Simon dreads his school reunion, but could he be the coolest kid in class?
Starring Darren Boyd as Simon McGrath.
Laurence Howarth’s black comedy of modern morality. Simon is essentially a nice man who also happens to be an arms dealer.
With:
Joanna Page
Lewis MacLeod
Sarah Smart
Brigit Forsyth
Nicholas Boulton
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007.
SUN 23:30 Rigor Mortis (b007k483)
Series 1
Episode 2
Professor Donaldson introduces a new medical empathy scheme, because 'a corpse is a person too'.
Laurence Howarth’s sitcom set in the fascinating, but misunderstood world of the pathology lab.
Dr Anthony Webster ...... Peter Davison
Dr Ruth Anderson ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Professor Donaldson ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Gordon ...... Tom Price
Chloe ...... Marianne Levy
Simon ...... Gus Brown
Mrs Renfield ...... Rachel Atkins
Music by Paul Mottram and Stephanie Benavente.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2003.

MONDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001jjt8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (Omnibus) (m001jjtg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001jjtp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]
MON 01:50 Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (Omnibus) (m0001f2z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 The Betty Witherspoon Show (b01mx2z9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Something to Shout About (m00045qx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b013m13m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 The Tree of Liberty (m000czhx)
Friends in High Places
David Calder plays Lt Gen Lacroix, trying to police France despite the turmoil of the Revolution.
A girl is murdered while Robespierre is in town. Could there be a cover-up going on?
Nigel Baldwin's four-part detective series set in Amiens, 1791.
Lt Gen Lacroix ... David Calder
Monet ... Brian Hibbard
Charlotte .... Kathryn Pogson
Dupont .... Ian Rowlands
Roland .... Christian Rodska
Robespierre .... Brendan Charleson
Didier .... Steve Hodson
Mme Rives .... Bethan Jones
Surgeon .... Matthew Morgan
Mme Giradou ... Lesley Rooney
Duval ... Simon Ludders
Original music by Paula Gardiner
Director: Alison Hindell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995.
MON 06:00 Burnt (b09tc6hp)
6. The Danger of Exposure
Milkie discovers exposing guilt is dangerous - when the powerful are rotten and the idealists are liars.
Starring Dennis Waterman.
Conclusion of Nigel Baldwin's taut political thriller.
Milkie ... Dennis Waterman
The Teller ... Ray Smith
Beth ... Bethan Jones
Huw ... Richard Elfyn
Pauline ... Eluned Jones
Gordon ... Michael Povey
Rhys ... Terry Victor
Sian ... Sian Summers
Dewi ... Robert David
Producer: Jane Dauncey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1990.
MON 06:30 Hercule Poirot (m0002hdp)
The Mystery of the Blue Train
6. The Mask of The Marquis
'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned' is an adage that Derek Kettering isn't likely to forget since his snubbed mistress, the tempestuous Mirelle, has denounced him to the police as his wife's murderer!
But somehow Hercule Poirot just can't get that mysterious figure 'the Marquis' out of his mind.
Maurice Denham stars as the Belgian detective.
Conclusion of Agatha Christie's thriller.
Hercule Poirot …. Maurice Denham
Katherine Grey …. Janet Maw
Rufus Van Aldin …. Robert Beatty
Major Knighton …. Michael Deacon
Lenox …. Moir Leslie
Zia …. Jane Leonard
Papopolous …. Ronald Herdman
Monsieur Carrege …. Gordon Reid
Based on a short story, The Plymouth Express.
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Director: David Johnston.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January1986.
MON 07:00 Book of the Week (b0b2hr55)
The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time by Keith Houston
Episode 1
Just what goes into the making of a book?
Keith Houston takes us to the banks of the Nile Delta in Egypt to explore the creation of Papyrus when humans first put ink to paper.
This is an exploration behind the elements that go into the creation of one of life's most powerful and precious objects - 'The Book'.
From the creation of parchment and paper to the the materials that we use now, this is a delightful dip into the long and often surprising history of one of the world's most important information technologies.
Read by Deborah Findlay
Abridged in five parts by Libby Spurrier.
Producer: Celia de Wolff
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.
MON 07:15 Jane Austen (b08575fp)
Northanger Abbey
1. The Season
Catherine Morland is taken to Bath for the season and finds that in her fertile imagination, danger lurks round every corner.
First published in 1817, Jane Austen's satire pokes fun at the popular sensationalist fiction of the day.
Dramatised in ten parts by Hattie Naylor.
Catherine ...... Georgia Groome
Henry ...... Luke Thompson
Mrs Allen ...... Tracy Wiles
Mr Allen ...... Kim Wall
Isabella ...... Ainsley Howard
Mrs Morland ...... Alison Belbin
Mr Morland ...... John Bowler
Mrs Thorpe ...... Karen Bartke
The Book ...... Miriam Margolyes
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.
MON 07:30 Bridget Christie: Mortal (m000vgj6)
Death
Following on from her hugely successful, award-winning series – Minds The Gap and Utopia, Bridget Christie turns her attention to Mortality.
Like many of us forced to work from home during Covid lockdown, Bridget recorded this series herself in her house, and in her local park, on a pre-sanitised recording device sent to her in the post. Batteries weren’t included. She had to buy them all herself.
In a collection of informative, personal and absurd recordings, she confronts the difficult questions most of us spend our lives avoiding - all whilst being interrupted by cats, bad WiFi, life admin and her own dead self from beyond the grave.
If you are mortal, then this is the show for you.
Written and performed by Bridget Christie.
With guest appearances from her sister Eileen and her friend Ash.
Producer: Carl Cooper
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2021.
MON 08:00 Brothers in Law (b007k268)
Series 1
Counsel for the Prosecution
Rookie barrister Roger Thursby confronts a fearsome judge.
Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was first published in 1955.
Adapted for radio by Richard Waring from the BBC TV scripts written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
Judge Duncannon ...... Andrew Cruickshank
Spicer ...... Roy Kinnear
Grimes ...... John Glyn-Jones
Sally Mannering ...... Ann Davies
Mrs Thursby ...... Jean Anderson
Hindmouth ...... John Baker
Other parts:
Alan Barry
Hector Ross
Frederick Treves
Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes - originally edited for sale abroad.
Producer: David Hatch.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1970.
MON 08:30 Yes Minister (b007k14t)
Series 2
The Whisky Priest
Facing a moral dilemma over the sale of British-made weapons, Jim Hacker tries to shun Sir Humphrey's advice.
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Satirical sitcom centred around hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
Written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn.
It first ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984.
Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard …. Derek Fowlds
Major Saunders …. Anton Rodgers
Annie …. Diana Hoddinott
The Chief Whip …. Edward Jewesbury
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.
MON 09:00 Genius (b00850j1)
Series 3
Charlie Brooker
Speeding motorway services? Two year dogs?
Dave Gorman asks writer and humourist Charlie Brooker to select the public's best loopy idea.
Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.
MON 09:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b008043w)
Series 2
Episode 5
The news that their best friends are expecting a second baby sparks an unexpected reaction in Lucy.
In desperation, Daniel turns to his mother-in-law for help...
Starring David Tennant and Elizabeth Carling.
David Spicer's comedy drama about modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of two 30-something non-parents.
Daniel .... David Tennant
Lucy .... Liz Carling
Katie .... Samantha Spiro
Andy .... Tony Gardner
Mary .... Sally Grace
Frank .... Bill Fellows
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.
MON 10:00 The Tree of Liberty (m000czhx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
MON 11:00 Burnt (b09tc6hp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 11:30 Hercule Poirot (m0002hdp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 12:00 Book of the Week (b0b2hr55)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 12:15 Jane Austen (b08575fp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
MON 12:30 Bridget Christie: Mortal (m000vgj6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 13:00 Brothers in Law (b007k268)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 13:30 Yes Minister (b007k14t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 14:00 Genius (b00850j1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 14:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b008043w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 15:00 The Tree of Liberty (m000czhx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
MON 16:00 Burnt (b09tc6hp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 16:30 Hercule Poirot (m0002hdp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 17:00 Book of the Week (b0b2hr55)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:15 Jane Austen (b08575fp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
MON 17:30 Bridget Christie: Mortal (m000vgj6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 Brothers in Law (b007k268)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 18:30 Yes Minister (b007k14t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 19:00 Genius (b00850j1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 19:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b008043w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 20:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m0014xph)
Series 12
Live From Santa Barbara - Under The Armour
True stories told live in the USA: Dame Wilburn introduces stories of being in and out of touch and the Alaskan wilderness.
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 2019.
MON 21:00 The Battersea Poltergeist (p096k9kn)
Episode 5: Strange Bones
After the exorcism, Shirley’s fame increases, but as she’s drawn into a press expose by two journalists, the world wants to know – is this a haunting or a hoax?
At Number 63, the poltergeist activity seems to intensify, taking a terrifying new direction that puts the whole family in danger.
Written and presented by Danny Robins, starring Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials), Toby Jones (Detectorists), Burn Gorman (Torchwood) and Alice Lowe (Sightseers).
With original theme music by Mercury-nominated Nadine Shah and Ben Hillier, this gripping eight-part series interweaves a chilling supernatural thriller set in 50s London with a fascinating modern-day investigation into Britain’s strangest ever haunting – a mystery unsolved... until now.
Shirley Hitchings……..Dafne Keen
Harold Chibbett………Toby Jones
Wally Hitchings…… Burn Gorman
Kitty Hitchings……….Alice Lowe
Ethel Hitchings……….Sorcha Cusack
John Hitchings……..Calvin Demba
Lily Chibbett……..Kacey Ainsworth
Ronald Maxwell……….Rufus Wright
John Knight……..Dan Starkey
Consultant…….Stephen Critchlow
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Experts: Ciaran O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow
Sound Designer: Richard Fox
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Nadine Shah and Ben Hillier
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
Directed by Simon Barnard
Consultant: Alan Murdie
With thanks to James Clark, co-author of The Poltergeist Prince of London
A Bafflegab production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2021.
MON 21:30 Forest 404 (p074lz8g)
Ep5: Last Days of the Slow World
Theia tells Pan the story of how the old world came to an end.
An environmental thriller starring Pearl Mackie, Tanya Moodie and Pippa Haywood.
Theme music by Bonobo.
Written by Timothy X Atack.
Director: Becky Ripley
Each episode comes with its own talk and soundscape.
And you can take part in our interactive experiment to see how you respond to sounds of nature at: bbc.co.uk/forest
#Forest404
MON 22:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m001jc23)
Series 17
Episode 1
John Lloyd and Anna Ptaszynski welcome entrepreneur Bill Liao, actress Miriam Margolyes OBE and comedian Chris McCausland to the first episode of a new series of The Museum of Curiosity. Inspiring questions such as: What is the best record? What would your favourite, long dead, author write about now? And how could a fruit fly save your life?
This series of The Museum of Curiosity has been recorded remotely.
The Museum’s exhibits were catalogued by Mike Turner, Mandy Fenton and Lydia Mizon of QI.
Exec Producer: James Robinson
Producer: Sam Holmes & Leying Lee
Production Co-ordinator: Sarah Nicholls
Sound: David Thomas
A BBC Studios production.
MON 22:30 Woof (b0bh5hpw)
True Tales of Romance and Failure
It's All in a Name
None of us are getting any younger and is kitchen matchmaking on the cards?
Bittersweet comic real life stories written and performed by Chris Neill.
With Isy Suttie and Martin Hyder
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2018.
MON 22:45 Charlotte and Lillian (m0009cfh)
Series 2
2. The Rival
Charlotte and Lillian are back, spending time together as part of a Befriend the Elderly scheme.
They may bicker about everything from signs of dementia to the appeal of Harry Styles, but underneath it’s clear they are two kindred spirits. Two selfish, self-absorbed spirits, but ones who mirror and rely on each other nonetheless.
Very nearly 30, Charlotte is still living at home with her parents and chronically unable to figure out what to do with her life. Beneath her attempt at do-gooding is barely disguised despair. She's terrified she is no good. Useless. Unloveable. She looks to Lillian to provide some meaning to her life - if she can help to improve Lillian’s life somehow, she’d feel a lot better about her own. And there’s all the kudos and social media likes that come with charity work - not to mention the lure of Lillian's large spare room.
Lillian meanwhile is still her ebullient self, but her facade hides a nagging fear of what's to come - her body is giving up on her. Lillian's motto is still 'Keep Buggering On' – aka keep getting at Charlotte – but increasingly, she’s forced to wonder why. She masks all this by doubling down and manipulating Charlotte into carrying out all her menial tasks. If Charlotte won’t do them, there are plenty of other volunteers who will.
Lillian leaves Charlotte an answerphone message telling her not to come round any more, but Charlotte doesn't take rejection lying down. She turns up at Lillian’s house unannounced, where things go from bad to worse when she discovers she has a rival for Lillian’s approval.
Charlotte …… Helen Monks
Lillian …… Miriam Margolyes
Written by: Kat Sommers and Holly Walsh.
Producer: Lucy Armitage
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2019.
MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m001jcg2)
Series 110
Episode 9
Andy is joined by Ian Smith, Holly Walsh, Andy Parsons and from The Spectator, Kate Andrews. This week the panel discuss the war in Ukraine one year on, Keir Starmer's missions, and the editing of Dahl.
Hosted and written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Catherine Brinkworth, Jade Gebbie, and Will Hall.
Producer: Sam Holmes
Executive Producer: Richard Morris
Production Co-ordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
A BBC Studios Production
MON 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jtrr)
Series 2
The Unexplained
Every other mystery left answered in a final blockbusting edition.
Cult New Age comedy that answers the questions which leave other shows scratching their beards.
Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring.
With:
Rebecca Front
Armando Iannucci
And the voice of Tom Baker.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1993.

TUESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2023

TUE 00:00 The Tree of Liberty (m000czhx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Burnt (b09tc6hp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Hercule Poirot (m0002hdp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Book of the Week (b0b2hr55)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Jane Austen (b08575fp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Bridget Christie: Mortal (m000vgj6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Brothers in Law (b007k268)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Yes Minister (b007k14t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Genius (b00850j1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b008043w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 The Tree of Liberty (m000d050)
2. To Be a Pilgrim
Lacroix calls on the local sorceress to help him solve what appears to be a ritual killing.
David Calder plays Lt Gen Lacroix, trying to police France despite the turmoil of the Revolution.
Nigel Baldwin’s detective series set in Amiens, 1791.
Lt Gen Lacroix ... David Calder
Monet ... Brian Hibbard
Charlotte .... Kathryn Pogson
Madeleine .... Frances Tomelty
Didier .... Steve Hodson
Roland .... Christian Rodska
Mme des Chats ... Sue Roderick
Surgeon ... Matthew Morgan
Duval ... Simon Ludders
Original music by Paula Gardiner.
Director: Alison Hindell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995.
TUE 06:00 Herge's The Adventures of Tintin (b00ps17c)
Series 1
1. The Black Island
Hot on the trail of forgers, intrepid boy reporter Tintin arrives at a mysterious castle.
First in a series of six of classic adventures featuring the famous young reporter and his faithful dog, Snowy.
Created and written by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who used the pen name Hergé.
Starring Richard Pearce and Andrew Sachs.
‘The Black Island’ -first published in 1938.
Dramatised by Simon Eastwood.
Tintin .... Richard Pearce
Snowy .... Andrew Sachs
The Thompson Twins .... Charles Kay
Puschov …. Nigel Carrington
The Gorilla …. Peter Elliot
Professor Müller …. Fraser Kerr
Ivan …. Terence Edmond
Producer: John Yorke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1992.
TUE 06:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qs41)
1. Alarm Call
Cantankerous criminal psychologist Dr Morelle investigates the mystery death of wealthy French baroness in a hotel.
Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by deducing their felonious personalities.
Following on from the success of the 1949 Hammer film Dr Morelle: The Case Of The Missing Heiress, this is the first of 13 radio episodes for BBC.
British film veteran, Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle.
With Sheila Sim as his long-suffering assistant, Miss Frayle.
Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker
Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim
Hotel Waiter …. Sydney Tafler
Mlle Rolin …. Tonia Bern
Anthony Winter …. Hugh Manning
Hotel Receptionist …. Molly Rankin
Miss Shawcroft …. Kathleen Helme
Director: Leslie Bridgmont
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1957.
TUE 07:00 Book of the Week (b0b3mbh7)
The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time by Keith Houston
Episode 2
Just what goes into the making of a book?
Keith Houston traces the spread of the use of skin in book manufacture and the bloody legacy of parchment - a legacy which continues today in the form of the Leather Bound Book.
This is an exploration behind the elements that go into the creation of one of life's most powerful and precious objects - 'The Book'.
From the creation of parchment and paper to the the materials that we use now, this is a delightful dip into the long and often surprising history of one of the world's most important information technologies.
Read by Deborah Findlay
Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
Producer: Celia de Wolff
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.
TUE 07:15 Jane Austen (b08584jr)
Northanger Abbey
2. The Disappearance
Catherine Morland finds the sudden disappearance from Bath of Mr Henry Tilney extremely worrying.
Can some disaster have befallen him?
Jane Austen's satire of Gothic novels.
Dramatised by Hattie Naylor.
Catherine ...... Georgia Groome
John ...... Stephen Wight
Isabella ...... Ainsley Howard
Mrs Allen ...... Tracey Wiles
Mr Allen ...... Kim Wall
Henry ...... Luke Thompson
James ...... Finlay Robertson
The Book ...... Miriam Margolyes
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.
TUE 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b03j9h7c)
Series 9
The Berkhamstead Job
When Ed's flat burns down his old nemesis, Jaz Milvain, rides to the rescue.
As a "National Treasure" lots of people want to work with Jaz (or so he says) and he's got some serious investors who want him to make a movie - an action-adventure with a quirky sci-fi twist.
Ed is not keen until Alex offers him a rather nice hotel to work from. So it is that Ed starts writing 'Doctor Bond', or is it 'Harry Hobbit'.....
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
Alex ...... Jonathan Bailey
Olive ...... Stephanie Cole
Call Centre Voice ...... Carys Eleri
Ray / Phil ...... Simon Greenall
Cliff ...... Geoff McGivern
Jaz ...... Philip Jackson
Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Pearl ...... Alison Steadman
Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2013.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jp0s)
Series 7
The Histories of Pliny the Elder
The Romans hit Britain, but Neddie Seagoon, Eccles and Bluebottle are off to the Colosseum in Rome!
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 March 1957..
TUE 08:30 In the Chair (b007jsyl)
Episode 5
Links between the serial killings and New Labour appear stronger than ever for maverick hack, George Cragge.
Starring Michael Williams and Barry Foster.
Mark Tavener's blackly humorous murder mystery.
George Cragge …. Michael Williams
DCI Frank Jefferson …. Barry Foster
The Prime Minister …. Hugh Laurie
Crichton-Potter …. Richard Griffiths
Martin McCabe …. John Bird
Charles Prentiss …. Stephen Fry
Marcia Mallon …. Rebecca Front
Jim Hardie …. Kenneth Cranham
Director of Personnel …. Geoffrey Whitehead
The Chancellor …. Simon Greenall
John …. Jonathan Keeble
Caroline …. Susie Brann
Music by Paul Mottram.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998.
TUE 09:00 Who Goes There? (b00fj1rj)
Series 3
Episode 1
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:
Sue Cook
Annabel Giles
Producer: Aled Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.
TUE 09:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience (b007k4qk)
Episode 2
Unhappily married Patrick and Maureen should have split long ago, but snipe at each other during their classical music show instead.
Starring Imelda Staunton and Patrick Barlow.
Special guest star Juliet Stevenson is not impressed.
Written by Patrick Barlow.
Maureen Maybe ...... Imelda Staunton
Patrick Maybe ...... Patrick Barlow
Doctor ...... Peter Jones
Irina ...... Leonie Mellinger
John ...... John Ramm.
Script associate: Nev Fountain
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.
TUE 10:00 The Tree of Liberty (m000d050)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
TUE 11:00 Herge's The Adventures of Tintin (b00ps17c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 11:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qs41)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 12:00 Book of the Week (b0b3mbh7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 12:15 Jane Austen (b08584jr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
TUE 12:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b03j9h7c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b007jp0s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 13:30 In the Chair (b007jsyl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Who Goes There? (b00fj1rj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 14:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience (b007k4qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 15:00 The Tree of Liberty (m000d050)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
TUE 16:00 Herge's The Adventures of Tintin (b00ps17c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 16:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qs41)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 17:00 Book of the Week (b0b3mbh7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:15 Jane Austen (b08584jr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
TUE 17:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b03j9h7c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b007jp0s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 18:30 In the Chair (b007jsyl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 19:00 Who Goes There? (b00fj1rj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience (b007k4qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m000z682)
Series 8
Power Of Spaces
A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) stage.
Manoush Zomorodi explores spaces and human experience. In what ways do rooms, homes, and buildings give us meaning and purpose?
First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2020.
TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (b06djx8l)
Lenny Henry
Comedian, actor and writer Lenny Henry chooses 'Blueberry Hill' by Fats Domino and 'Vide Cor Meum' from the film Hannibal.
TUE 21:00 The Battersea Poltergeist (p0977lbn)
Episode 6: Fright Night
After the press backlash, the Hitchings family fight to prove the haunting isn’t a hoax.
They invite young journalist Joyce Lewis to spend a night at Number 63 Wycliffe Road – will she experience the phenomena that can prove Donald is real? Meanwhile, Danny spends his own night with a ghost, investigating a house that claims to have an active poltergeist, with sinister parallels to the Battersea case.
Written and presented by Danny Robins, starring Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials), Toby Jones (Detectorists), Burn Gorman (Torchwood) and Alice Lowe (Sightseers).
With original theme music by Mercury-nominated Nadine Shah and Ben Hillier, this gripping eight-part series interweaves a chilling supernatural thriller set in 50s London with a fascinating modern-day investigation into Britain’s strangest ever haunting – a mystery unsolved... until now.
Shirley Hitchings……..Dafne Keen
Harold Chibbett………Toby Jones
Wally Hitchings…… Burn Gorman
Kitty Hitchings……….Alice Lowe
Joyce Lewis………..Miranda Raison
Steve………………..Rufus Wright
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Experts: Ciaran O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow
Sound Designer: Richard Fox
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Nadine Shah and Ben Hillier
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
Directed by Simon Barnard
Consultant: Alan Murdie
With thanks to James Clark, co-author of 'The Poltergeist Prince of London'
A Bafflegab production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2021.
TUE 21:30 Forest 404 (p074lzlv)
Ep6: A New Leaf
In fear of seeing another civilisation self-destruct, Theia uncovers the truth behind Pan’s journey.
An environmental thriller starring Pearl Mackie, Tanya Moodie and Pippa Haywood.
Theme music by Bonobo.
Written by Timothy X Atack.
Director: Becky Ripley
Each episode comes with its own talk and soundscape.
And you can take part in our interactive experiment to see how you respond to sounds of nature at: bbc.co.uk/forest
#Forest404
TUE 22:00 Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life (m001jc5l)
Series 4
Episode Two: Tuesday's Child Is...
Multi-award winning comedian and author Mark Watson continues his probably doomed, but luckily funny quest to make sense of the human experience.
This series is about time - the days of the week, the stages of our existence - and the way we use it to make sense of things. We make our way through the working week - tonight it's Tuesday. What does 'full of grace' mean in a secular world? Why is it so hard to swim in a straight line? And why did a crumpet almost wreck Mark's relationship with his son?
Expect jokes, observations and interactions galore as Mark is aided, and sometimes obstructed, by the sardonic musical excellence of Flo & Joan. There's also a hand-picked comedy colleague each week - this time it's the turn of Angela Barnes.
Producer: Lianne Coop
An Impatient production for BBC Radio 4
TUE 22:30 The Jason Byrne Show (b01fhswh)
Series 2
Money
Award-winning comedian Jason Byrne gives full value on the cost of living and luxury.
Fast-paced stand-up comedy and sketch show
With:
Laurence Howarth
Anna Bengo
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2009.
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001jmsw)
Stuart Goldsmith 1/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Arthur Smith talks to Stuart Goldsmith.
TUE 23:00 The Consultants (b007jwvr)
Series 4
Episode 6
Inoculation against old age leads to unusual results.
Cerebral sketch show written by and starring:
Neil Edmond
Justin Edwards
James Rawlings
Producer: Will Saunders
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.
TUE 23:30 Elvenquest (b00kfgcx)
Series 1
Episode 4
The heroes answer a distress call from some sirens and Lord Darkness's pursuit of all things evil is put to one side as he considers getting himself an heir.
More comic adventures set in lower Earth where fantasy writer Sam has been coerced into joining a band of intrepid heroes as they battle the dread forces of evil in search of the legendary sword of Asnagar!
Fantasy sitcom written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.
Sam ...... Stephen Mangan
Vidar ...... Darren Boyd
Dean ...... Kevin Eldon
Penthiselea ...... Sophie Winkleman
Lord Darkness ...... Alistair McGowan
Kreech ...... Kevin Eldon
Amis ...... James Bachman
With:
Chris Pavlo
Lizzy Watts
Clare Willie
Producers: Anil Gupta & Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2009.

WEDNESDAY 01 MARCH 2023

WED 00:00 The Tree of Liberty (m000d050)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Herge's The Adventures of Tintin (b00ps17c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qs41)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Book of the Week (b0b3mbh7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Jane Austen (b08584jr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b03j9h7c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b007jp0s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 In the Chair (b007jsyl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Who Goes There? (b00fj1rj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience (b007k4qk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 The Tree of Liberty (m000czqf)
3. Health of a Nation
When a doctor is found dead, his son confesses to the murder. But he's got an alibi, so why would he lie?
David Calder plays Lieutenant General Lacroix, trying to police France despite the turmoil of the Revolution.
Nigel Baldwin’s detective series set in Amiens, 1791.
Lt Gen Lacroix ... David Calder
Monet ... Brian Hibbard
Charlotte .... Kathryn Pogson
Madeleine ... Frances Tomelty
Duval ... Simon Ludders
Ferrier ... Andrew Wincott
Mme Dupre ... Sue Roderick
Georges .... Robert Harper
Panchaud ... Steve Hodson
Surgeon ... Matthew Morgan
Original music by Paula Gardiner.
Director: Alison Hindell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995.
WED 06:00 Herge's The Adventures of Tintin (b00ps29q)
Series 1
2. The Secret of the Unicorn
The intrepid boy reporter buys a model ship that sparks off a treasure hunt.
Series of classic adventures featuring the famous young reporter and his faithful dog, Snowy.
Created and written by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who used the pen name Hergé.
Starring Richard Pearce and Andrew Sachs.
‘The Secret of the Unicorn’ was first published in 1943.
Dramatised by Simon Eastwood.
Tintin .... Richard Pearce
Snowy .... Andrew Sachs
Captain Haddock …. Leo McKern
The Thompson Twins .... Charles Kay
Barnaby …. Colin McFarlane
Max Bird …. Brett Usher
George Bird …. Neil Roberts
Mr Silk …. Clarence Silk
Producer: John Yorke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1992.
WED 06:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6)
2. Confession of Guilt
A woman wants to be absolved from a case of murder, but will the cantankerous criminal psychologist Dr Morelle agree?
Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long-suffering assistant, Miss Frayle
Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by deducing their felonious personalities.
Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker
Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim
Inspector Hood …. Phillip Wray
Paula Webb …. Mary Law
With:
Maurice Sweden
Norman Wynn
Hugh Manning
Betty Lynton
Alan McLelland
Director: Leslie Bridgmont
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1957.
WED 07:00 Book of the Week (b0b3mbyc)
The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time by Keith Houston
Episode 3
Just what goes into the making of a book?
Keith Houston takes us to the courts of ancient China where Paper, as we know it today, finds its origins.
This is an exploration behind the elements that go into the creation of one of life's most powerful and precious objects - 'The Book'.
From the creation of parchment and paper to the the materials that we use now, this is a delightful dip into the long and often surprising history of one of the world's most important information technologies.
Read by Deborah Findlay
Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
Producer: Celia de Wolff
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.
WED 07:15 Jane Austen (b0858kz2)
Northanger Abbey
3. Third Wheel
Catherine finds her plan to spend more time with Henry Tilney thwarted most disagreeably by John Thorpe.
Jane Austen's satire of Gothic novels.
Dramatised by Hattie Naylor.
Catherine ...... Georgia Groome
John ...... Stephen Wight
Isabella ...... Ainsley Howard
Mrs Allen ...... Tracey Wiles
Mr Allen ...... Kim Wall
Henry ...... Luke Thompson
Eleanor ...... Natasha Cowley
James ...... Finlay Robertson
The Book ...... Miriam Margolyes
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.
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WED 07:30 Sarah Kendall: Talking Story (m000xfhh)
Nikesh Shukla
Sarah Kendall talks to three different storytellers about what ‘story’ means to them.
How have they developed their own style of storytelling in their respective mediums?
In this episode, Sarah talks to author Nikesh Shukla about the importance of truth in storytelling.
Sarah started out as a stand-up comic in late 1990s Australia. After performing for 15 years around the world, she transitioned into storytelling.
Sarah wanted to create something on stage that felt like the sort of films she loved to watch, so she wrote an hour-long show with a single personal story. She reimagined her teenage years as though they had been directed by John Hughes, giving her memories a full, cinematic makeover.
This connected Sarah to her audience in a more meaningful way compared to her original joke-based routines.
Producer: Carl Cooper
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2021.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1x5)
Series 2
The Television Set
Living in the only house in Railway Cuttings without a telly, the Lad takes action.
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's classic comedy about the life and times of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With:
Bill Kerr
Sidney James
Kenneth Williams
Andree Melly
Announcer: Kenneth Williams
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Music recorded by the BBC Augmented Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1955.
WED 08:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b01n6yj7)
Series 2
Relationships
Mike and Sue ponder the future and grapple with relationships.
Starring Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens.
Return of Bill Dare's daytime sofa-based sitcom.
Mike ...... Robert Duncan
Sue ...... Jan Ravens
With:
Roger Blake
Bill Dare
Alistair McGowan
Sally Philips
Music by Mark Burton.
Producer: Jo Clegg
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.
WED 09:00 Nature Table (m000ffzq)
Series 1
Episode 2
Comedian, broadcaster and writer Sue Perkins celebrates the natural world and all its funny eccentricities.
Taking the simple format of a ‘Show & Tell’, each episode Sue is joined by celebrity guests from the worlds of comedy and natural history.
Each of the natural history guests brings an item linked to the wild world to share with the audience, be it an amazing fact or funny personal anecdote. Each item is a springboard for an enlightening and funny discussion, alongside fun games and challenges revealing more astonishing facts.
We also hear from some of the London Zoo audience, a mix of London Zoo staff and members of the public, as they bring us their own natural history ‘show and tells’ for Sue and the guests to discuss.
Nature Table has a simple clear brief: to positively celebrate and promote the importance of all our planet’s wonderfully wild flora and fauna in a fun and easily grasped way... whilst at the same time having a giggle.
In this episode, Sue welcomes:
* Wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly
* Zoologist Billy Heaney
* Comedian Jessica Fostekew.
‘Show & Tell’ objects include: Angler fish and grey seals.
Written by Catherine Brinkworth, Kat Sadler and Jon Hunter
Producer: Simon Nicholls
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2020.
WED 09:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007jlrq)
Growing Up
Comedian Dominic Holland points out the pitfalls of growing up, becoming an adult and having children.
Series of stand-up and sketches illustrating the Domedic minutiae of life
With:
Simon Greenall
Sally Grace
Dave Lamb
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000.
WED 10:00 The Tree of Liberty (m000czqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
WED 11:00 Herge's The Adventures of Tintin (b00ps29q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 11:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 12:00 Book of the Week (b0b3mbyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 12:15 Jane Austen (b0858kz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
WED 12:30 Sarah Kendall: Talking Story (m000xfhh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1x5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 13:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b01n6yj7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 14:00 Nature Table (m000ffzq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 14:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007jlrq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 15:00 The Tree of Liberty (m000czqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
WED 16:00 Herge's The Adventures of Tintin (b00ps29q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 16:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 17:00 Book of the Week (b0b3mbyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:15 Jane Austen (b0858kz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
WED 17:30 Sarah Kendall: Talking Story (m000xfhh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1x5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 18:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b01n6yj7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 19:00 Nature Table (m000ffzq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 19:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007jlrq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 20:00 Archive on 4 (m000hmzx)
Malcolm McLaren: Spectacular Failure
Malcolm McLaren's reputation was shaped by his mis-management of the Sex Pistols. But he was much more than the Svengali of punk.
Cultural commentator Paul Gorman, who worked with Malcolm, gives a new spin on his achievement.
He roots him in the art school movement of the 1960s when, less concerned with selling records, McLaren wanted to shake things up - the grip of authority , the power of the corporations, the risk aversion of the record companies, the complacency and dreariness of English life.
Paul tells the punk story rather differently before launching into the years in which Malcolm, as a solo performer and music collaborator, stole a march on many in the industry. He scored a first with introducing the UK to what became known as world music, and on to hip hop, to scratching and to Voguing.
He had a serious crack at becoming Speilberg's ideas man in Hollywood, at becoming London Mayor, and at staging a musical about Christain Dior.
Not everything worked - but as Malcolm suggested - better to be a spectacular failure than a benign success.
Producer: Susan Marling
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2020.
WED 21:00 The Battersea Poltergeist (p097sq0j)
Episode 7: Dead Letters
The Hitchings family experience strange new phenomena, as drawings appear on the walls and rooms are violently trashed, but strangest of all are handwritten letters that appear, seemingly from Donald the poltergeist.
Meanwhile ghost hunter Harold Chibbett makes progress in his attempts to communicate, becoming convinced he is on the verge of discovering Donald’s true identity.
Danny assesses the new developments, alongside experts Ciaran O’Keefe and Evelyn Hollow. How can these things be possible? Are there other more human explanations for what is going on?
Written and presented by Danny Robins, starring Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials), Toby Jones (Detectorists), Burn Gorman (Torchwood) and Alice Lowe (Sightseers).
With original theme music by Mercury-nominated Nadine Shah and Ben Hillier, this gripping eight-part series interweaves a chilling supernatural thriller set in 50s London with a fascinating modern-day investigation into Britain’s strangest ever haunting – a mystery unsolved... until now.
Shirley Hitchings……..Dafne Keen
Harold Chibbett………Toby Jones
Wally Hitchings……..Burn Gorman
Kitty Hitchings……….Alice Lowe
Lily Chibbett……..Kacey Ainsworth
Ethel Hitchings……….Sorcha Cusack
John Hitchings……..Calvin Demba
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Experts: Ciaran O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow
Sound Designer: Richard Fox
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Nadine Shah and Ben Hillier
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
Directed by Simon Barnard
Consultant: Alan Murdie
With thanks to James Clark, co-author of 'The Poltergeist Prince of London'
A Bafflegab production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2021.
WED 21:30 Forest 404 (p074lzzd)
Ep7: Dreams of the Autopilot
Daria has a confession to make – a secret from her past that haunts her every night.
An environmental thriller starring Pearl Mackie, Tanya Moodie and Pippa Haywood.
Theme music by Bonobo.
Written by Timothy X Atack.
Director: Becky Ripley
Each episode comes with its own talk and soundscape.
And you can take part in our interactive experiment to see how you respond to sounds of nature at: bbc.co.uk/forest
#Forest404
WED 22:00 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m001jc9f)
Series 4
Let It Go
Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam return with the fourth series of Jan Etherington’s award-winning comedy about a long-married couple in love with life and each other. This week, Joanna’s goddaughter, Jools, discovers she cannot have children and wants advice from her godmother. Roger and Joanna recall the day they learned they would never become parents but Joanna reassures Jools that ‘I’m lucky. I have a love affair with my husband and I don’t have to share it with hordes of kids’. ‘And it’s cheaper’, Roger adds, helpfully.
Conversations from a Long Marriage is written by Jan Etherington. The sound engineer is Wilfredo Acosta. The sound designer is Jon Calver. The production coordinator is Katie Baum. It is produced and directed by Claire Jones. It is a BBC Studios Production.
Conversations from a Long Marriage won the Voice of the Listener & Viewer Award for Best Radio Comedy in 2020 and was nominated for a Writers’ Guild Award in 2022
‘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.’ RADIO TIMES
‘Peppered with nostalgic 60s hits and especially written for the pair, it’s an endearing portrait of exasperation, laced with hard won tolerance – and something like love.’ THE GUARDIAN
‘The delicious fruit of the writer, Jan Etherington’s experience of writing lots of TV and radio, blessed by being acted by Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam. Treasure this one, produced by Claire Jones. Unlike many a current Radio 4 ‘comedy’, this series makes people laugh’ GILLIAN REYNOLDS. SUNDAY TIMES
‘You’ve been listening at my window, Jan’. JOANNA LUMLEY
WED 22:30 Jason Cook's School of Hard Knocks (b03ws221)
Dumping and Proposals
Comedian Jason Cook dispenses more advice on how best to navigate the choppy waters of life.
This time, he looks at the two-sides of the romance coin: dumping someone and proposing to someone.
Stories from the audience help to throw more light on the matter in hand.
With:
Zoe Harrison
Neil Grainger
Producer: Sam Michell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001jmt3)
Stuart Goldsmith 2/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Arthur Smith talks to Stuart Goldsmith.
WED 23:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b05077kz)
Series 6
Reece Shearsmith
Reece Shearsmith had never had a driving lesson - until now.
Marcus Brigstocke also persuades him to try wallpapering for the first time.
Series which persuades guests to try new experiences: things they really ought to have done by now.
Some experiences are loved, some are loathed, in this show all about embracing the new.
Producer: Bill Dare
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015.
WED 23:30 Bunk Bed (b0bclbn1)
Series 5
Episode 4
Patrick Marber and Peter Curran escape from the hurly-burly of the day into their nearest faraway place - the Bunk Bed.
Recorded in the dark and in bed, this is the perfect place for letting thoughts to drift without rhyme or reason.
This time, they grapple with whether it's disrespectful to read literature in the nude.
They also describe in detail an imagined death-scene for each other.
There's strange BBC archive describing what the Ancient Greeks did with their domesticated hyenas, and a frank discussion on the horrors attendant during a country walk with family and friends.
Producer: Peter Curran
A Foghorn production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2018.
WED 23:45 I, Regress (b01blj2g)
Series 1
Episode 6
Dr Berry treats some intimidating east-ender twins with unexpected past lives.
Can he pull off the double?
A dark, David Lynch-ian comedy, ideally suited for an unsettling and surreal late night listen.
Written by and starring Matt Berry.
Matt plays a corrupt and bizarre hypnotherapist taking unsuspecting clients on twisted, misleading journeys through their subconscious.
Each episode sees the doctor dealing with a different client who has come to him for a different problem.
As the patient is put under hypnosis, we 'enter' their mind, and all the various situations the hypnotherapist takes them through are played out for us to hear.
The result is a dream- (or nightmare-) like trip through the patient's mind, as funny as it is disturbing.
Dr Berry ...... Matt Berry
With:
Lewis McLeod
Alan Ford
Alex Rivers
Producer: Sam Bryant.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.

THURSDAY 02 MARCH 2023

THU 00:00 The Tree of Liberty (m000czqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Herge's The Adventures of Tintin (b00ps29q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Book of the Week (b0b3mbyc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Jane Austen (b0858kz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Sarah Kendall: Talking Story (m000xfhh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1x5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b01n6yj7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Nature Table (m000ffzq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007jlrq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Tree of Liberty (m000d07l)
4. Moon Conjunct Uranus
The death of a young girl is linked to a magical sect. But as the evidence comes together, it seems to point back at Lacroix.
David Calder plays Lieutenant General Lacroix, trying to police France despite the turmoil of the Revolution.
Nigel Baldwin’s detective series set in Amiens, 1791.
Lt Gen Lacroix ... David Calder
Madeleine ... Frances Tomelty
Duval ... Simon Ludders
Monet ... Brian Hibbard
Josephine ... Bethan Jones
Chalier .... Steve Hodson
Surgeon ... Matthew Morgan
Jean .... Robert Harper
Roland .... Christian Rodska
Michel ... Andrew Wincott
Simone .... Sara Harris-Davies
Original music by Paula Gardiner.
Director: Alison Hindell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995.
THU 06:00 Herge's The Adventures of Tintin (b00ps3xb)
Series 1
3. Red Rackham's Treasure
The intrepid boy reporter is after the booty, but is mad Professor Calculus helping?
Series of classic adventures featuring the famous young reporter and his faithful dog, Snowy.
Created and written by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who used the pen name Hergé.
Starring Richard Pearce and Andrew Sachs.
‘Red Rackham’s Treasure’ was first published in 1944.
Dramatised by Simon Eastwood.
Tintin .... Richard Pearce
Snowy .... Andrew Sachs
Captain Haddock …. Leo McKern
The Thompson Twins .... Charles Kay
Professor Calculus …. Stephen Moore
The Parrot …. Peter Elliot
Producer: John Yorke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1992.
THU 06:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv85)
3. Threat to Kill
A woman wants to be absolved from a case of murder, but will the cantankerous criminal psychologist Dr Morelle agree?
Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long-suffering assistant, Miss Frayle
Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by deducing their felonious personalities.
Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker
Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim
Helen Desmond .... Rosalind Knight
Miss Curtis …. Cecile Chevreau
Ronnie Cavanagh …. John Horsley
The Maid …. Annette Kelly
Mr Ashton …. Norman Wynne
Hal Digby …. John Sharplin
Director: Leslie Bridgmont
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1957.
THU 07:00 Book of the Week (b0b3md2y)
The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time by Keith Houston
Episode 4
Just what goes into the making of a book?
Keith Houston explores the fascinating history of the illuminated manuscript and travels to the windswept coasts of Ireland - the home of the rebirth of this mysterious artform.
This is an exploration behind the elements that go into the creation of one of life's most powerful and precious objects - 'The Book'.
From the creation of parchment and paper to the the materials that we use now, this is a delightful dip into the long and often surprising history of one of the world's most important information technologies.
Read by Deborah Findlay
Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
Producer: Celia de Wolff
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.
THU 07:15 Jane Austen (b0858w47)
Northanger Abbey
4. Fears
Catherine fears she has offended Henry and Eleanor Tilney and that she may never see either of them again;
Jane Austen's satire of Gothic novels.
Dramatised by Hattie Naylor.
Catherine ...... Georgia Groome
John ...... Stephen Wight
Isabella ...... Ainsley Howard
Mrs Allen ...... Tracey Wiles
Mr Allen ...... Kim Wall
Henry ...... Luke Thompson
James ...... Finlay Robertson
Eleanor ...... Natasha Cowley
The Book ...... Miriam Margolyes
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.
THU 07:30 Guilt Trip (b07lhg2q)
Episode 1
A mother and daughter undertake a two week sponsored walk along The Thames Path to raise money for the dead father's charity.
But the mother and father divorced nine years ago and he'd re-married, so relationships between them all have been strained.
Things come to a head at any mention of the French Oak gable table that Ros and her now dead ex bought together in Camden. This has somehow ended up in the step-mother's house, much to Ros's annoyance:
"I mean she sits at it! It's my table and she sits at it."
Comedy drama written by Katherine Jakeways with Felicity Montagu and Olivia Nixon.
Ros ...... Felicity Montagu
Laura ...... Olivia Nixon
Stepmother ...... Katherine Jakeways
Boyfriend ...... Tim Key
With:
Jeff Rawle
Velibor Topic
In this opening episode, mother and daughter are just starting out and in her usual putting-her-large-foot-firmly-in-it manner Ros gets her daughter's ex-boyfriend to drop them at the source, but without any prior warning to the daughter.
The renewed bonding Ros is hoping for may be a bit bumpier than expected. Especially when along the way Ros also manages to offend pretty much everyone she meets - not least an Eastern European camp site warden.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
A BBC Radio Comedy production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2016..
THU 08:00 The Burkiss Way (b00jq7qb)
Series 3
Get Cut Off the Burkiss Way
Pulling the chain on quiz shows - and the legendary tales of Scheherazade prove disappointing.
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Starring:
Fred Harris
Jo Kendall
Nigel Rees
Chris Emmett
Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Producer: John Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977.
THU 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0084hzr)
Series 2
Episode 5
Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel tries to bamboozle a millionaire.
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli.
Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus
With:
Lorelei King
Graham Hoadly
Vincent Marzello
Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman.
Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991.
THU 09:00 Booked (b08pvn1j)
Series 5
Episode 6
Ian McMillan invites four contestants to pick over the bones of literature.
With:
Dillie Keane
Mark Radcliffe
Sophie Hannah
Simon Armitage
Producer: Viv Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.
THU 09:30 Clare in the Community (b00hq0nc)
Series 5
Too Cool for School
Control freak and social worker, Clare Barker, likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis - so making friends isn't easy.
However, in this episode she manages it...
Clare ..... Sally Phillips
Brian ..... Alex Lowe
Helen ..... Liza Tarbuck
Ray ..... Richard Lumsden
Megan/Nali ..... Nina Conti
Irene ..... Ellen Thomas
Simon ..... Andrew Wincott
Chloe ..... Alex Tregear
Mrs Boxer ..... Anna Bengo
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009.
THU 10:00 The Tree of Liberty (m000d07l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
THU 11:00 Herge's The Adventures of Tintin (b00ps3xb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 11:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 12:00 Book of the Week (b0b3md2y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 12:15 Jane Austen (b0858w47)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
THU 12:30 Guilt Trip (b07lhg2q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 13:00 The Burkiss Way (b00jq7qb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 13:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0084hzr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 14:00 Booked (b08pvn1j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 14:30 Clare in the Community (b00hq0nc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 15:00 The Tree of Liberty (m000d07l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
THU 16:00 Herge's The Adventures of Tintin (b00ps3xb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 16:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 17:00 Book of the Week (b0b3md2y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:15 Jane Austen (b0858w47)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
THU 17:30 Guilt Trip (b07lhg2q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 The Burkiss Way (b00jq7qb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 18:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0084hzr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 19:00 Booked (b08pvn1j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 19:30 Clare in the Community (b00hq0nc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 20:00 Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family (m00083sk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
THU 21:00 The Battersea Poltergeist (p098l760)
Episode 8: Darkness and Light
Who wrote the letters?
How can the seemingly impossible happen in front of multiple witnesses?
Is this a haunting or a hoax?
In this final episode, the investigation reaches its climax as Danny and the experts assess the evidence and look for answers to explain the strange events at 63 Wycliffe Road.
As the modern-day investigators try to reach conclusions, back in 1956, there are still surprises left to spring… The Hitchings face a truly chilling event as Chib searches obsessively for the clues to back up his theories. Who or what is Donald?
Written and presented by Danny Robins, starring Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials), Toby Jones (Detectorists), Burn Gorman (Torchwood) and Alice Lowe (Sightseers).
With original theme music by Mercury-nominated Nadine Shah and Ben Hillier, this gripping eight-part series interweaves a chilling supernatural thriller set in 50s London with a fascinating modern-day investigation into Britain’s strangest ever haunting – a mystery unsolved... until now.
Shirley Hitchings……..Dafne Keen
Harold Chibbett………Toby Jones
Wally Hitchings……..Burn Gorman
Kitty Hitchings……….Alice Lowe
Lily Chibbett……..Kacey Ainsworth
Ethel Hitchings……….Sorcha Cusack
John Hitchings……..Calvin Demba
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Experts: Ciaran O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow
Sound Designer: Richard Fox
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Nadine Shah and Ben Hillier
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
Directed by Simon Barnard
Consultant: Alan Murdie
With thanks to James Clark, co-author of 'The Poltergeist Prince of London'
A Bafflegab production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2021.
THU 21:30 Forest 404 (p074m05m)
Ep8: Future Conditional
Pan and Theia have a plan, but it’s a sketchy one and it’s probably going to go wrong.
An environmental thriller starring Pearl Mackie, Tanya Moodie and Pippa Haywood.
Theme music by Bonobo.
Written by Timothy X Atack.
Director: Becky Ripley
Each episode comes with its own talk and soundscape.
And you can take part in our interactive experiment to see how you respond to sounds of nature at: bbc.co.uk/forest
#Forest404
THU 22:00 Meet David Sedaris (m001jcb3)
Series 9
1. Happy Go Lucky
“If something is in Esquire and you don’t like it, it might be a bad essay. If something is in the New Yorker and you don’t like it – there’s something wrong with you!”
In the first episode of this series, David reads from Happy Go Lucky – the latest comic essay about his turbulent relationship with his father, Lou, aged 98. The story opens at Springmoor, the assisted living facility where Sedaris senior is seeing out his final days and where his cognitive impairment seems to have turned him from a monster into a pussycat.
Also in this show – some extracts from David’s hilarious diary, which he’s kept for over 40 years and which reveals some of his darkest and cheekiest thoughts – including the magical marketing of a town called Uranus.
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4
THU 22:30 Paul Sinha's History Revision (b04pss53)
Series 1
Football
Paul Sinha looks through all of human history and examines how we came to be where we are.
He starts with something every day, something we all know to be true; he then reveals the quirks of history and the fascinating stories that led up to this point.
Paul kicks off with Football, taking as his starting point the World Cup Final in June 2014.
It was the biggest sporting event on the planet, a billion people watching 25 or so Germans and Argentinians play football in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
How did we end up here? It's a story that takes in 15th-century explorers, the slave trade, mass immigration, industrialisation, and British Army medical tests. Because no-one and nothing exists in a vacuum.
Written and performed by Paul Sinha.
Paul is an acclaimed stand-up who was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy award for his show Saint or Sinha? He frequently appears on The News Quiz, The Now Show, and Fighting Talk. He is a resident 'chaser' on the ITV quiz show The Chase with several of his own series on BBC Radio 4.
Producer: Ed Morrish.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014.
THU 23:00 The John Moloney Show (b0b3d42x)
Series 3
How I Became Bereaved
The Godfather of British stand-up comedy returns to the live stage with his trials of modern life and the tales of his much loved cat Edward.
Death comes to us all and is never felt more than by those that surround us.
In this reflective and ultimately joyful episode, John contemplates his intimate feelings on the loss of a close friend.
The process of funerals, cremations, insurance and other formalities carry the bereaved along following the loss of a loved one. Of course, commercial compassion isn't always received as a sincere gesture. Certainly not by Mr Moloney.
To aid in his grief, John is presented with the opportunity for counselling, which goes as well as can be expected.
Written by and starring John Moloney.
With:
Karen Bartke
Richard Melvin
Ian Rankin
A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.
THU 23:15 Bird Island (b042l2xt)
Series 2
Episode 1
Ben, a young scientist working in Antarctica, tries to adapt to the loneliness by keeping a cheery audio diary on his Dictaphone.
In this episode, Ben is all consumed by a new cereal bar while Jane and Graham are completing the Penguin Census.
Ben ...... Reece Shearsmith
Graham ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Jane ...... Katy Wix
Beverley ...... Alison Steadman
Atmospheric sitcom written by Katy Wix.
It’s Ben’s trip of a lifetime, but in a vast icy landscape with dodgy internet. Feeling lonely, he shares his thoughts via an audio 'log' on his dictaphone.
Graham is a fellow nerdy scientist so their exchanges are mumbled. Ben’s even more awkward around new arrival Jane, though he’s not entirely sure why.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2014.
THU 23:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b06r81v3)
Series 3
The Animal Lovers
Mr and Mrs Wrigglesworth think about getting a pet while Tom plans a weekend getaway.
Sitcom where Tom Wrigglesworth phones home for his weekly check-in with his Mum, Dad and Gran, giving listeners a glimpse into his family background and the influences that have shaped his temperament, opinions and hang-ups.
Tom ...... Tom Wrigglesworth
Dad ...... Paul Copley
Mum ...... Kate Anthony
Granny ...... Elizabeth Bennett
Written by Tom Wrigglesworth and James Kettle With Miles Jupp
Producer: Richard Morris
A BBC Radio Comedy production for BBC Radio,4 first broadcast in December 2015.

FRIDAY 03 MARCH 2023

FRI 00:00 The Tree of Liberty (m000d07l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Herge's The Adventures of Tintin (b00ps3xb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Book of the Week (b0b3md2y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Jane Austen (b0858w47)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Guilt Trip (b07lhg2q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 The Burkiss Way (b00jq7qb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0084hzr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Booked (b08pvn1j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Clare in the Community (b00hq0nc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Dawn Lowe-Watson - Closed to Visitors (b04yf35h)
Once an artists' colony, Reedbeck Hall is now as a museum. One afternoon, when it’s closed, a young man turns up asking to be shown around. The curator, Sally, is apprehensive but he’s very persuasive.
Sally lives to regret her decision...
Written by Dawn Lowe-Watson.
CAST:
Sally …. Deborah Findlay
Frank …. John Duttine
Pat …. Ann Windsor
Crispin …. Jill Lidstone
Policemen …. John Webb and Steve Hodson
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.
FRI 06:00 Herge's The Adventures of Tintin (b007jvc9)
Series 1
4. Destination Moon
The rocket countdown is on for the intrepid boy reporter and his dog Snowy. Stars Richard Pearce and Andrew Sachs.
Hergé’s Adventures of Tintin! A series of six of Georges Remi’s classic adventures featuring the famous young reporter and his faithful dog, Snowy.
4. ‘Destination Moon’, first published in 1953.
CAST:
Tintin .... Richard Pearce
Snowy .... Andrew Sachs
Captain Haddock …. Leo McKern
Professor Calculus …. Stephen Moore
Mr Baxter …. Stephen Thorne
Frank Wolff …. Michael Carrington
The Announcer …. Teresa Streatfield
The Baron …. Andrew Wincott
Passport Control …. Clarence Smith
Dramatised by Simon Eastwood.
Producer: John Yorke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live in January 1992.
FRI 06:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv7y)
4. The Sleepwalker
Tormented by horrific nightmares, a man visits Dr Morelle to confess fears that he will murder his mother.
Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by deducing their felonious personalities.
Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long-suffering assistant, Miss Frayle
Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker
Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim
Helen Keen …. Moira Lister
Richard Wilson …. Hugh Burden
Inspector Hood …. Philip Ray
Director: Leslie Bridgmont
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1957.
FRI 07:00 Book of the Week (b0b3mdc8)
The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time by Keith Houston
Episode 5
Just what goes into the making of a book?
Keith Houston journeys to China and Germany to discover the history of the printing press - and the birth of the modern book.
This is an exploration behind the elements that go into the creation of one of life's most powerful and precious objects - 'The Book'.
From the creation of parchment and paper to the the materials that we use now, this is a delightful dip into the long and often surprising history of one of the world's most important information technologies.
Concluded by Deborah Findlay
Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
Producer: Celia de Wolff
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.
FRI 07:15 Jane Austen (b085b9t1)
Northanger Abbey
5. Conflict
Catherine finds herself the recipient of a most pleasing invitation and a most displeasing engagement.
Jane Austen's satire pokes fun at the popular sensationalist fiction of the day.
Catherine ...... Georgia Groome
John ...... Stephen Wight
Isabella ...... Ainsley Howard
Mrs Allen ...... Tracey Wiles
Mr Allen ...... Kim Wall
Henry ...... Luke Thompson
Eleanor ...... Natasha Cowley
General Tilney ...... John Dougall
Frederick Tilney ...... Nick Murchie
Mrs Thorpe ...... Karen Bartke
The Book ...... Miriam Margolyes
Dramatised by Hattie Naylor.
Directed by Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.
FRI 07:30 The Wilsons Save the World (m0002r74)
Series 2
Library
Maxine Wilson is continues to occupy the local library despite the council closing it and things take a turn for the worse when it looks like eviction is on the cards.
Daughter Cat can’t really see the point of libraries anyway, with the internet, and it becomes clear that Mike doesn’t fully grasp what they really mean either. As things take a turn towards the more confrontational Mike recruits a veteran activist, much to Max’s horror.
Sitcom about trying to live ethically and do the right thing.
Written by Marcus Brigstocke and Sarah Morgan.
Mike ...... Marcus Brigstocke
Max ...... Kerry Godliman
Cat ...... Mia Jenkins
Lola ...... India Brown
Pauline ...... Liza Tarbuck
Various ...... Kiell Smith-Bynoe
Producer: Julia McKenzie
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2019.
FRI 08:00 Mr Willow's Wife (m000pmdt)
4. The Lost Weekend
Ahead of a trip to Brighton, Felicity gets an unexpected cash windfall. Stars Moira Lister and Terence Alexander.
Staring Moira Lister and Terence Alexander.
Written by Ray Cooney and John Chapman.
Felicity Willow ... Moira Lister
Paul Willow .... Terence Alexander
Nanny .... Doris Hare
Ray Cooney .... The Caravan Camper
John Chapman ..... The Garage Man
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1971.
FRI 08:30 The Weekend Starts Here (m001jlwh)
6. Calling Time
The Teal and Ptarmigan opens to become The Shipcombe Arms’ first ever competition. But will its shady gestation be revealed?
Bill Matthews’ sitcom about the tensions between the residents and second home owners of Shipcombe Green.
CAST:
Marina …. Diana Hardcastle
Terence .... Philip Bretherton
Mrs Thorogood .... Gillian Barge
Mr Thorogood .... Rupert Vansittart
Christine .... Susan Brown
Norman .... Gavin Muir
Felicity .... Gemma Saunders
Robbie .... Tim Treloar
Lawrence Fyffe .... Tom Marshall
Smith/Davey .... Tom George
Sandra …. Beth Chalmers
Local Girl …. Fiona Clarke
Other parts played by members of the cast
Music composed and performed by Terry Davies.
Director: Paul Miller
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.
FRI 09:00 Act Your Age (b00q3gjg)
Series 2
Episode 2
Simon Mayo hosts the comedy show that pits the comic generations against each other to find out which is the funniest.
Team captains Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Adrian Walsh are joined by Jack Whitehall, Sarah Kendall and Ronnie Golden.
Producers: Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2010.
FRI 09:30 Bleak Expectations (b00nw3rs)
Series 3
A Horrible Life Un-Ruined and Then Re-Ruined a Lot
Pip, Harry, Pippa and Ripely are reduced to abject poverty on the banks of the Thames.
Will Pip and Harry be able to find work, or will they have to end their days eating mud and listening to the gloating of Mr Benevolent?
Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy in the style of Charles Dickens.
Sir Philip ...... Richard Johnson
Young Pip Bin ...... Tom Allen
Gently Benevolent ...... Anthony Head
Harry Biscuit ...... James Bachman
Barker Wackwallop ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely ...... Sarah Hadland
Pippa ...... Susy Kane
Vegetarian Lion ...... Mark Evans
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009
FRI 10:00 Dawn Lowe-Watson - Closed to Visitors (b04yf35h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
FRI 11:00 Herge's The Adventures of Tintin (b007jvc9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 11:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv7y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 12:00 Book of the Week (b0b3mdc8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 12:15 Jane Austen (b085b9t1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
FRI 12:30 The Wilsons Save the World (m0002r74)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Mr Willow's Wife (m000pmdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 13:30 The Weekend Starts Here (m001jlwh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Act Your Age (b00q3gjg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 14:30 Bleak Expectations (b00nw3rs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 15:00 Dawn Lowe-Watson - Closed to Visitors (b04yf35h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Herge's The Adventures of Tintin (b007jvc9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 16:30 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv7y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 17:00 Book of the Week (b0b3mdc8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 17:15 Jane Austen (b085b9t1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
FRI 17:30 The Wilsons Save the World (m0002r74)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Mr Willow's Wife (m000pmdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 18:30 The Weekend Starts Here (m001jlwh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 19:00 Act Your Age (b00q3gjg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Bleak Expectations (b00nw3rs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Alice in Teesside (b06mtmsg)
Not Oxford, nor Llandudno, but Croft-on-Tees.
Since the publication of one of the most famous and internationally popular children’s books of all time, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, biographers and amateur enthusiasts have pored over the stories hunting for clues and trying to find the key to unlock the secret puzzles of Wonderland and Lewis Carroll’s life. The world of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass have come to be almost entirely associated with Oxford - but in this programme, Simon Farnaby, the star of Horrible Histories, uncovers Lewis Carroll’s roots in the North East of England.
Like Lewis Carroll, Simon Farnaby, grew up in Croft-on-Tees in North Yorkshire and went to school in nearby Richmond. Returning to the North East, he visits the Rectory Gardens where, as a boy, he scavenged in the bushes for Lewis Carroll memorabilia and meets the people determined to claim Carroll for the North-East.
Chris Lloyd introduces him to the Cheshire Cat and tells the story of the Jabberwocky’s inspiration, The Sockburn Worm. Simon finds the grave of brave Sir John Conyers, the dragon’s slayer on a lonely peninsula in the Tees. Bryan Talbot, graphic artist and author of Alice in Sunderland, makes the case for the Sunderland connection and Michael Wilcox, a relative of Lewis Carroll’s Whitburn cousins, sets Simon his own puzzle to solve. Could Lewis Carroll have seen his first plays at the Georgian Theatre in Richmond?
Produced by Natalie Steed
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2015.
FRI 20:30 Soul Music (m000l0j1)
Series 30
Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte by Maurice Ravel
Ravel's beautiful Pavane For A Dead Princess touches many people.
While it is not actually about a dead princess it does evoke a sense loss. For Carla van Raay it symbolises the loss of innocence she experienced after sexual abuse as a child which led her to make some difficult life choices.
Deal Hudson played it to prisoners in Atlanta and was moved by their reaction. At an academy for troubled teenagers in California the Pavane had a similar effect.
Genevieve Monneris comes from the town where Ravel was born on the border with Spain. Her film Henri and Pat tells the story of three French airman who were stationed in York during World War Two. Just days before Henri's plane was shot down the three young men went to a concert of Ravel's music in York. So the piece has a strong emotional meaning for Genevieve whose own father was also stationed with the RAF in York.
Professor Barbara Kelly of the Royal Northern College of Music explains the background to the Pavane's composition and why it appeals to the emotions in such a powerful way.
Although it was written at the end of the 19th century it became more widely known in the 1920s. That was when a young woman called Lucia Joyce daughter of James Joyce danced to it with her avant garde dance group. The writer Annabel Abbs tells Lucia's tragic story of how her life ended in a mental asylum and how she almost became the imaginary 'dead princess'.
Versions used:
Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte
William Orbit
Julian Bream
James Rhodes
Maurice Ravel
Ravel Pavane arrangement for harp and cello
Producer: Maggie Ayre
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2020.
FRI 21:00 The Boring Talks (p0878sg7)
Data Centres
What do we all use, but never visit? The sound artist Matt Parker takes us inside the bizarre world of remote Data Centres, where our wireless world is powered by rows and rows of computers running all day, everyday.
But what is the true cost of these centres to our planet? What do they sound like? And why does one have an empty white room with an executive leather armchair and a faceless portrait hanging on the wall?
James Ward introduces another curious talk about a subject that may seem boring, but is actually very interesting.... maybe.
FRI 21:30 Forest 404 (p074m0q3)
Ep9: Enigmata
Daria escorts Pan to The Convocation. An era has ended. Can, or should, a new one begin?
An environmental thriller starring Pearl Mackie, Tanya Moodie & Pippa Haywood. With theme music by Bonobo. Written by Timothy X Atack and directed by Becky Ripley.
Each episode comes with its own talk and soundscape. And you can take part in our interactive experiment to see how you respond to sounds of nature at: bbc.co.uk/forest
#Forest404
FRI 22:00 The Ultimate Choice (m001jkhs)
Series 1
Episode 2
Steph McGovern asks some seriously funny minds to offer definitive answers to the great questions of our age. Or not. Welcome to the world's most devious game of Would You Rather? With guests Amy Gledhill and Andrew Maxwell.
Host: Steph McGovern
Guests: Amy Gledhill and Andrew Maxwell
Devised and written by Jon Harvey & Joseph Morpurgo
With additional material from Laura Major
Researcher: Leah Marks
Recorded and mixed by Jerry Peal
Producer: Jon Harvey
Executive Producers: Ed Morrish and Polly Thomas
Photo: Carolyn Mendelsohn
A Naked production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 22:30 Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack (b0137yqf)
Series 2
Episode 4
The human chameleon's host of comic characters from a deluded teenager to a nonagenarian Diva.
Multi-paced, one woman Fast Show starring Lucy Montgomery.
With:
Philip Pope
Sally Grace
Waen Shepherd
Natalie Walter
Written by Lucy Montgomery with additional material by Steve Burge, Jon Hunter, Fay Rusling, Abigail Burdess, Suk Pannu, Andy Wolton and Joseph Morpurgo.
Script Editor: Dan Tetsell
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001jq5d)
Suzi Ruffell 1/1
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Arthur Smith talks to Suzi Ruffell.
FRI 23:00 John Kearns (b05vhf6x)
1. The Ticket
A glimpse into the oddball mind of John Kearns as he returns home from work...
The first of four 14 minute vignettes from the Winner of the Main Prize at 2014's Edinburgh Comedy Festival, as well as 2013 Best Newcomer.
Producer: Arnab Chanda
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2015
FRI 23:15 Poets' Tree (b00shngl)
Episode 1
A guide to the world of poetry by Islington-based poet, Paul Hamilton.
Despite being a stalwart of the poetry-reading circuit for 25 years, Paul has yet to have anything published.
Featuring some classic poetry from Derek Harricot, and Paul inspires an unusual person to try their hand at poetry for the very first time.
Poetry spoof by Kevin Eldon and Stewart Lee
Starring Kevin Eldon.
With:
Olivia Colman
Peter Serafinowicz
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2008.
FRI 23:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b00s7dw0)
Series 2
Episode 4
Arthur Smith invites us into his Balham flat in south London for more comedy, music and entertainment.
With his guests:
Nine Below Zero
Phill Jupitus
Josh Widdecombe
Marlon Davies
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2010