SATURDAY 18 MARCH 2023

SAT 00:00 Doctor Who (m001k07d)
The War Doctor
11. The Lady of Obsidian - Part 1/2
The Time Lord enlists the help of a fearless former companion to help fight the Daleks.
The War Doctor finds himself on a smugglers’ spacecraft in his search for The Lady of Obsidian - a fearsome leader of a band of rebels renowned for taking on the Daleks.
He soon realises that they have met before…
John Hurt stars as the War Doctor.
Two-part episode written by Andrew Smith.
The War Doctor .... John Hurt
Cardinal Ollistra .... Jacqueline Pearce
The Lady of Obsidian/Leela …. Louise Jameson
Rosata Laxter/Grend High Minister …. Lizzie Roper
Skaul/Freel …. Chris Porter
Dalek Time Strategist/The Daleks .... Nicholas Briggs
Other parts played by members of the cast.
Original music written by Howard Carter.
Director: Nicholas Briggs
A Big Finish production.
SAT 00:36 A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins (b08tj8xs)
“Was I mad? Or was the top of the bed really moving down, sinking slowly, silently horribly right down upon me as I lay beneath?"
A young man is tricked into staying the night in a disreputable gambling house.
Short story by Wilkie Collins adapted by Michael Bakewell.
Read by Paul Danemen.
Producer: Rosemary Hart
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.
SAT 01:00 Gaston Leroux - The Mystery of the Yellow Room (b01gyl0j)
The door was bolted and the windows barred.
So how was Mlle Sangerson shot at, knocked unconscious, and left for dead?
Gaston Leroux's classic 'locked room' mystery, first published in 1907.
Dramatised by Stephen Sheridan.
Joseph Rouletabille …. Nicholas Boulton
Inspector Frédéric Larsan …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Mathilde Stangerson …. Becky Hindley
Jean Sainclair …. Charles Simpson
Robert Darzac …. Alastair Danson
With:
Hugh Dickson
Stephen Thorne
Brian Parr
Director: David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998
SAT 02:00 The Toff (b007jrjk)
The Toff and the Runaway Bride
5. Motive for Murder
With fresh clues discovered over Barbara's history - the Toff is Paris-bound, when police stop his car...
Terence Alexander stars as the Toff - upper-class amateur sleuth, the Honourable Richard Rollison.
John Creasey's detective novel dramatised by Roy Lomax.
The Toff ...... Terence Alexander
Jolly ...... Robert Dorning
Inspector Ellerby ...... Roger Gartland
Lady Gloria ...... Peggy Ann Wood
Sergeant ...... David Graham
Police Constable ...... John Bull
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson.
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1975.
SAT 02:30 Stand By For West (m000gw78)
Inspector West at Home
7. A Date with Justice
Chief Inspector Roger West follows several lines of enquiry to try find the crooked copper and finally close this case.
Conclusion starring Patrick Allen as Scotland Yard’s youngest, smartest chief inspector.
Created and written by John Creasey.
Dramatised by Maurice Travers.
Chief Inspector Roger West .… Patrick Allen
Janet West .… Sarah Lawson
Mark Lessing .… Edward De Souza
Assistant Commissioner Sir Guy Chatsworth .… Maurice Hedley
Superintendent Abbott .… Grant Taylor
Inspector Bob Cornish .… Frederick Treves
Mrs Fleming .… Margaret Robertson
Raymond Fleming .… Frederick Jaeger
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1968.
SAT 03:00 Golden Child by Claire Adam (m0003001)
10. A Good Father
Clyde is desperately trying to raise the ransom money for Paul.
But without the money put aside for his 'golden child' Peter, will it be enough?
Claire Adam's heartrending and lyrical debut set in Trinidad about betrayal, love and impossible choices.
Abridged by Sara Davies.
Concluded by Don Warrington.
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2019.
SAT 03:15 Blowing the Bloody Doors Off by Michael Caine (m0001s16)
5. Starstruck
Hollywood legend and British national treasure, Sir Michael Caine reflects on how fame can affect the behaviour of those in the limelight.
He looks back on some star struck encounters and ahead to his continuing role as a grandad...
Written and read by Michael Caine.
Abridged by Jill Waters and Isobel Creed
Producer: Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018.
SAT 03:30 The Wilsons Save the World (m000360d)
Series 2
Protest
The Wilsons family enjoy nothing more than a good protest march, joining with other like minds and sticking it to ‘the man’.
Today is one they’re particularly looking forward to - and each of them has a different agenda.
Cat has a special provocative costume and issue to highlight; Lola has a complex banner but a simple hope that all voices will unify; Max wants the family to stick together and have a great day out and Mike, well he will persist wearing that excruciating jester hat with bells on.
Some tensions seemingly dealt with, they are then in the thick of a march in Central London and find unity more difficult than ever to achieve.
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
Jennifer...Vicki Pepperdine
Phillip…Rupert Vansittart
Various roles...Kiell Smith-Bynoe
Producer: Julia McKenzie
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2019.
SAT 04:00 Mr Willow's Wife (m000q4t0)
6. The Cost of Living
Times are tough, but can Felicity and Paul Willow do without their Nanny..?
Staring Moira Lister and Terence Alexander.
Written by Ray Cooney and John Chapman.
Felicity Willow .... Moira Lister
Paul Willow ....Terence Alexander
Nanny .... Doris Hare
Marigold Foskett .... Jo Kendall
the Boutique Owner .... Ray Cooney
Mr Foskett ... John Chapman
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1971.
SAT 04:30 Babblewick Hall (b01n21l1)
Series 1
Episode 2
Having foiled his servant's attempts to get him back to London, Fenton Babblewick sets about establishing his reputation as a great agricultural reformer.
He's got a radical proposal for the growing of the humble beetroot...
Starring Nicholas Le Prevost and Forbes Masson.
Scott Cherry’s sitcom set in the 18th-century.
Fenton Babblewick ...... Nick Le Prevost
Augustus Snipe ...... Forbes Masson
Barney ...... David Antrobus
Jack ...... Sam Kelly
Molly ...... Gillian Bevan
Peck ...... Alex Lowe
Pickett ...... Christain Rodska
Grunter ...... Geoff McGiven
Violin ...... Paul Mottram
Music by Paul Mottram.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1996.
SAT 05:00 Act Your Age (b00qhrxb)
Series 2
Episode 4
Comedy show pitting the comic generations against each other to find out which is the funniest.
Hosted by Simon Mayo.
With Team Captains:
Jon Richardson
Ed Byrne
Johnnie Casson
Guest Comics:
Mike Wozniak
Robin Ince
Ted Robbins.
Producers: Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.
SAT 05:30 Bleak Expectations (b00p3380)
Series 3
Lives Lost, Ruined, Wrecked and Redeemed
Pip and Ripely find themselves facing a vast and evil undead army.
England has only one hope - that Miss Sweetly Delightful can melt Mr Benevolent's cruel, undead heart.
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
Bishop Wackwallop ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely Bin ...... Sarah Hadland
Miss Sweetly Delightful ...... Raquel Cassidy
The Duke of Chelsea ...... Mark Evans
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2009.
SAT 06:00 Sue Teddern - Bag-a-Bagel (b007579k)
When Shirley Silver's husband walked out on her, he left his mother's secret bagel recipe.
Success is the best revenge.
Starring June Whitfield.
First of four comedy dramas celebrating mothers.
Written by Sue Teddern.
Shirley .... June Whitfield
Debby .... Matilda Ziegler
Merline .... Sharon D Clarke
Ken .... John Rowe
Jessica .... Rachel Atkins
Les ….. Gerard McDermott
Nina ... Jenny Lee
Tammy …. Chandra Ruegg
Reed .... Brian Parr
Producer: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998
SAT 06:45 Georgia Pritchett - Double Trouble (b00757gt)
Four heavily pregnant friends, Amanda, Vicky, Annie and Liz attend their final antenatal class.
On a whim, they form a darts team to take part in a tournament with a £250 first prize.
But can any of them play – and can they win before their due dates?
Starring Maggie McCarthy, Eilidh Fraser, Gabrielle Glaister and Juliet Cowan.
One of four comedy dramas celebrating mothers.
Written by Georgina Pritchett
Annie …. Maggie McCarthy
Vicky …. Eilidh Fraser
Amanda …. Gabrielle Glaister
Liz …. Juliet Cowan
Tony …. John Quinn
Margaret …. Shirley Dixon
Mark/Spencer …. Robert Harper
Dave …. Anthony Ofoegbu
Old Woman 1 …. Jenny Lee
Old Woman 2 …. Carolyn Jones
Director: David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.
SAT 07:30 Sue Teddern - Wannabe (b00757nl)
When young Kelly Worthington is selected for a new all-girl band, her ambitious mother glimpses a glittering future.
Starring Tessa Peake-Jones and Sarah Rice.
One of four comedy dramas celebrating mothers.
Written by Sue Teddern.
Denise …. Tessa Peake-Jones
Kelly .... Sarah Rice
Tony .... Tom Watt
Owen Lynch …. Gerard McDermott
Jed …. Iwan Thomas
Megan Brint .... Lesley Carvello
Mrs Brint .... Rachel Atkins
Gemma .... Alison Pettitt
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.
SAT 08:15 Georgia Pritchett - Showing Up (b007jw2q)
When Sheila Martin welcomes back into the family the son she gave up for adoption, she has no idea about the home truths that his reappearance will reveal.
Starring Polly James and Iwan Thomas.
Last of four comedy dramas celebrating mothers.
Written by Georgia Pritchett.
Sheila …. Polly James
Mum …. Edna Doré
Brian …. Iwan Thomas
Julie …. Caroline Strong
Phil …. Peter Kenny
Matron …. Jenny Lee
Director: Marilyn Imrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.
SAT 09:00 We're in Business (b007jydp)
Dudley's Granny
Dudley and Harry end up at the mercy of a devious criminal.
Small-time businessman, Dudley Grosvenor, is always out to make a fast buck - usually at the expense of his side-kick, Harry.
Written by Peter Jones, George Wadmore and George Evans.
Dudley …. Peter Jones
Harry …. Harry Worth
Granny …. Irene Handl
With:
Paddy Edwards
Wallas Eaton
John Graham
One of the few surviving episodes from two series broadcast between 1959-1960.
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in June 1959.
SAT 09:30 Whack-O! (b06164z4)
Marry or Bust
When faced with a financial shortfall, Professor Jimmy Edwards' plans are scuppered unless he can find a wife...
Starting life on BBC TV before transferring to radio, Chiselbury School is run "for the sons of gentlefolk".
Headmaster, Professor James Edwards, MA never misses a trick when it comes to exploiting the students and their parents. Sports pitches are given over to growing vegetables, which the boys nurture for their head to sell. Classes never exceed 95 pupils - 50 if private tuition is paid for at five guineas extra.
It's only thanks to the efforts of the devoted deputy head, Mr Pettigrew, that the school exists at all.
Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
Adapted by David Climie.
June Whitfield ...... Matron
Roddy Maude-Roxby ...... Mr Potter
Joan Sanderson ...... The Marchioness
Roy Dotrice ...... Dr Sopwith
Frederick Treves ...... Soames
Roger Shepherd ...... Lumley
David Lott ...... Taplow
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1961.
SAT 10:00 Mastertapes - Access All Areas (m000m6m0)
3. Rufus Wainwright to David Gray
Mastertapes is a BBC Radio 4 series in which John Wilson talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them.
John concludes his behind-the-scenes tour of the iconic BBC studios at Maida Vale in London where over 40 episodes of Mastertapes were recorded.
In the last of this three-part series, John recalls shows featuring:
Rufus Wainwright
Tom Jones
Ethan Jones
Laura Marling
Elvis Costello
Steve Naive
David Gray
Producer: Sarah Shebbeare.
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in December 2018.
SAT 11:00 Sue Teddern - Bag-a-Bagel (b007579k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 11:45 Georgia Pritchett - Double Trouble (b00757gt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
SAT 12:30 Sue Teddern - Wannabe (b00757nl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 13:15 Georgia Pritchett - Showing Up (b007jw2q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:15 today]
SAT 14:00 We're in Business (b007jydp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 14:30 Whack-O! (b06164z4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 15:00 Mastertapes - Access All Areas (m000m6m0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Doctor Who (m001k07d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]
SAT 16:36 A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins (b08tj8xs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:36 today]
SAT 17:00 Sue Teddern - Bag-a-Bagel (b007579k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 17:45 Georgia Pritchett - Double Trouble (b00757gt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
SAT 18:30 Sue Teddern - Wannabe (b00757nl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 19:15 Georgia Pritchett - Showing Up (b007jw2q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:15 today]
SAT 20:00 We're in Business (b007jydp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 20:30 Whack-O! (b06164z4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 21:00 Mastertapes - Access All Areas (m000m6m0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b039ctgm)
Series 3
Episode 1
John Finnemore returns with another sketch-packed series:
Which kind of animals don't get sanctuaries?
Discover why the train manager needs to see the train driver.
And why do people literally shout at the radio?
Written by and starring John Finnemore.
With:
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Carrie Quinlan
Lawry Lewin
Simon Kane
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2013.
SAT 22:30 I, Regress (b01rlnj4)
Series 2
Rubber
Can Dr Berry help Mary Wolfe Heat with her fear of rubber?
A dark, David Lynch-ian comedy, ideally suited for an unsettling and surreal late night listen.
Unsuspecting clients are taken 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 phobia. 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.
Written by and starring Matt Berry.
With:
Bob Mortimer
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Sally Okafor
Producer: Sam Bryant
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2013.
SAT 22:45 The In Crowd (b008d1f1)
Series 1
Episode 5
A therapist who only hears the sound of their own voice and a take away offerig both pizzas and sex.
Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store.
With
Robin Ince
Helen Moon
Smug Roberts
Kate Ward
Written by Carl Cooper, Susan Vale, Stan Vernon, Lavinia Murray, Lara Silverstone and Sue Morris.
Producer: Graham Frost
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2001.
SAT 23:00 Extinction Compendium (m000xfr3)
Comedian (and actual council Waste Education Officer) Jon Long and Biologist, Gillian Burke take on green issues.
Fast paced enviro-comedy.
The topic - Plastic. Scourge of the planet, or synthetic scapegoat?
Featuring sketches, songs, and expert interviews.
Expect tonnes of questions, and even one or two answers.
Producer: Jon Holmes
An Unusual Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2021.
SAT 23:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management (b00gd5hv)
Episode 4
Will enlists the help of explorer Rebecca to try to become more adventurous, but has trouble venturing out of his front door because of his strange neighbour.
As ever, Will Smith seeks help and advice - primarily from his godfather Peter - on coping with the onset of middle age.
Starring Will Smith
Comedy by Will Smith and Roger Drew.
Peter …… Roger Allam
With:
Rebecca Front
Paul Rider.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009.

SUNDAY 19 MARCH 2023

SUN 00:00 Doctor Who (m001k6vf)
The War Doctor
11. The Lady of Obsidian - Part 2/2
Though reunited with Leela, the War Doctor has a struggle convincing her of who both he and SHE are.
Leela somehow survived being hit by a Dalek time weapon designed to eradicate victims from all potential timelines.
She warns the Time Lord of another force of evil in the current conflict – the unlived.
John Hurt stars as the War Doctor.
Conclusion written by Andrew Smith.
The War Doctor .... John Hurt
Cardinal Ollistra .... Jacqueline Pearce
The Lady of Obsidian/Leela …. Louise Jameson
Rosata Laxter/Grend High Minister …. Lizzie Roper
Skaul/Freel …. Chris Porter
Veklin …. Beth Chalmers
Dalek Time Strategist/The Daleks .... Nicholas Briggs
Other parts played by members of the cast.
Original music written by Howard Carter.
Director: Nicholas Briggs
A Big Finish production.
SUN 00:36 HG Wells (m0003cl0)
In The Abyss
A deep-sea expedition encounters some strange creatures that inhabit the unknown depths.
Elstead designs a sphere capable of exploring the seabed for the first time. What he finds amazes him.
HG Wells’ story was first published in 1896.
Read by Timothy Kightley.
Producer: Pamela Howe
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1978.
SUN 01:00 Sue Teddern - Bag-a-Bagel (b007579k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 01:45 Georgia Pritchett - Double Trouble (b00757gt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 Sue Teddern - Wannabe (b00757nl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:15 Georgia Pritchett - Showing Up (b007jw2q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:15 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 We're in Business (b007jydp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:30 Whack-O! (b06164z4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 Mastertapes - Access All Areas (m000m6m0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001k6v9)
Rites of Passage - Retirement
Poet Daljit Nagra revists the BBC's poetry archive and selects Rites of Passage - Retirement.
Ian McMillan meets people who turn to poetry for inspiration or solace at key moments in their lives.
McMillan meets and discusses poetry with David Stewart, due to retire in 2004, and his wife Christine, as they take part in a workshop run by the Pre-Retirement Association.
Tony Chivers, from the PRA, talks about its work and the importance of preparing for this new phase in life.
Producer: Susan Roberts
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.
SUN 06:30 Golden Child by Claire Adam (Omnibus) (m00035vr)
Episode 2
Don Warrington concludes Claire Adam's heartrending and lyrical debut set in 1980s Trinidad about betrayal, love and impossible choices.
Paul, the misunderstood son, labelled from birth, is still missing.
As the hours turn into days, Clyde thinks back to the boys' first days at school, and his very different plans from his twin boys...
Omnibus of the last five of ten parts abridged by Sara Davies.
Producer: Justine Willett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2019.
SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001k6vc)
Eliza Carthy
Folk musician Eliza Carthy chooses 'Good Morning Mr Walker' by The Mighty Sparrow and 'Killer Queen' by Queen.
SUN 07:50 Blowing the Bloody Doors Off by Michael Caine (Omnibus) (m0001st5)
Hollywood legend and British national treasure Sir Michael Caine shares the wisdom, stories, insight and skills that life has taught him in his remarkable career.
One of our best-loved actors, Michael has starred in a huge range of films, including some all-time favourites, from the classic British movies Alfie, Zulu and The Italian Job to the Hollywood blockbusting Dark Knight trilogy, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Hannah and Her Sisters and Cider House Rules. He has excelled in every kind of role - with a skill that's made it look easy.
He knows what success takes - he's made it to the top of his profession from the toughest beginning. But as he says,
"Small parts can lead to big things. And if you keep doing things right, the stars will align when you least expect it."
With brilliant insight into his life and work and with his wonderful gift for story, this is Michael Caine at his wise and entertaining best.
For starters, he gets some advice from John Wayne and also looks back on his time as an evacuee and later as a soldier on National Service.
Written and read by Michael Caine.
Omnibus of five parts abridged by Jill Waters and Isobel Creed
Producer: Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018.
SUN 09:00 Harry Worth (b09m5vf1)
Things Could Be Worse
Take a Chance
When Harry enters a radio quiz - will his general knowledge gleaned from cigarette cards suffice?
Harry blunders his way through another catalogue of mishaps.
Starring Harry Worth.
With:
John Baddeley
John Graham
Miriam Margolyes
Written by David McKellar and David Renwick.
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1976.
SUN 09:30 Something to Shout About (m0004xqw)
Series 2
Episode 18
Lines get well and truly crossed thanks to the advertising agency’s switchboard.
'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 May 1961.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0791s3z)
Longplay
Bill Gates
Key technological pioneer and founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, reveals his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.
In a specially extended edition for BBC Radio 4 Extra, he shares his life story and explains his musical, book and luxury choices.
Bill sat at his first computer while still at school in Seattle, wrote his first computer programme aged just 13 and went on to co-found the company Microsoft, becoming one of the key figures of the technological revolution. In 2000, he and his wife, Melinda, launched the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which has given to date over $34 billion to projects aimed at reducing health inequality around the world.
Born into a professional family - his father was a lawyer, his mother a former teacher who later became involved with volunteer work - he was introduced to the idea of ‘giving back’ at an early age. An avid reader as a child, he attended Harvard where in his sophomore year he and Paul Allen developed software for the first micro-computers. The company would go on to achieve huge success with its Windows operating system.
By 1987, Gates had become the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, then worth $1.25 billion. Consistently listed as the Richest Man in the World, he stepped down as CEO of the company in 2000 although he remained as Chairman until 2014.
These days his primary focus is his philanthropy. In 2010, Gates and his friend Warren Buffett announced the Giving Pledge which aims to inspire the wealthy people of the world to give away the majority of their net worth to worthy causes.
DISC ONE: Under Pressure - Queen & David Bowie
DISC TWO: Blue Skies - Willie Nelson
DISC THREE: Sing - Ed Sheeran
DISC FOUR: Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
DISC FIVE: One - Mary J. Blige & U2
DISC SIX: Two of Us - The Beatles
DISC SEVEN: How Can Love Survive? - Rodgers & Hammerstein
DISC EIGHT: My Shot - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom Jr.
BOOK CHOICE: The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker
LUXURY CHOICE: DVD Collection of Lectures from The Teaching Company
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Blue Skies - Willie Nelson
Producer: Cathy Drysdale
Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in May 2016.
SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001k6v9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 11:30 Golden Child by Claire Adam (Omnibus) (m00035vr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001k6vc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]
SUN 12:50 Blowing the Bloody Doors Off by Michael Caine (Omnibus) (m0001st5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]
SUN 14:00 Harry Worth (b09m5vf1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 14:30 Something to Shout About (m0004xqw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0791s3z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 16:00 Doctor Who (m001k6vf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]
SUN 16:34 HG Wells (m0003cl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:36 today]
SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001k6v9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 17:30 Golden Child by Claire Adam (Omnibus) (m00035vr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001k6vc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]
SUN 18:50 Blowing the Bloody Doors Off by Michael Caine (Omnibus) (m0001st5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]
SUN 20:00 Harry Worth (b09m5vf1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 20:30 Something to Shout About (m0004xqw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0791s3z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 22:00 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (b007621y)
Series 2
Episode 1
Mel and Vicki battle to stay on-air despite constant interruptions from the Teenage Girls, the Goatee Beard Men's Group and various door-to-door salesmen
Special guest stars are Madonna and Roy Walker.
Variety meets sitcom meets sketch show - written and performed by Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine.
With:
Dave Lamb
Martin Hyder
Jim North.
Additional material by Martin Hyder, Jim North, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
Script editor: Graeme Garden
Music by Richard Webb.
Producers: Helen Williams and Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
SUN 22:30 Isy Suttie's Love Letters (b01rqbmc)
Series 1
Mr Mississippi
Isy Suttie presents some unique tales, recounting a series of love stories affecting people she's known throughout her life, told partly through song.
Sometimes Isy has merely observed other people's love lives; quite often she's intervened, changing the action dramatically - for better or worse. Intertwined within these stories are related real life anecdotes from Isy's own, often disastrous, love life.
This time, Isy tries tries to save her failing relationship with a papier-mâché penguin, while at the same time helping Matlock's resident busker, Mr Mississippi, capture the heart of his unrequited love Lorna, a shelf stacker at the local supermarket.
With her multi-character and vocal skills, plus her guitar, Isy creates a hilarious and deeply moving world, sharing with us her lessons in life and love.
Producer: Lianne Coop.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2013.
SUN 23:00 Life With Lederer (m001k6vh)
Series 2
The Cruise
Helen Lederer shares another of her methods for coping with life, by taking a mystery cruise.
Written by and starring Helen Lederer.
With:
Malcolm Raeburn
Amelia Bullmore
James Quinn
Sandra Maitland
Produced at BBC Manchester by Paul Z Jackson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991.
SUN 23:15 The Kneebone Bonanza (b01rg224)
Episode 3
The Kneebones are in serious financial trouble.
Could a lost gold mine in Arizona be the answer?
And who is the mysterious American with the snake skin boots?
Carl Grose's wildly inventive Cornish comedy about family, death, love and hope.
Maddy ...... Alex Tregear
Dwight/Duke ...... Ed Gaughan
Slick ...... Michael Shelford
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.
SUN 23:30 Rigor Mortis (b007k4xd)
Series 1
Episode 5
Dr Webster is looking after his 13 year old daughter for the weekend.
But he can't understand why she doesn't find an evening in the path lab an exciting prospect?
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
Margaret ...... Lauren Bird
Other parts ...... Stephen Critchlow
Music by Paul Mottram and Stephanie Benavente.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003.

MONDAY 20 MARCH 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001k6v9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Golden Child by Claire Adam (Omnibus) (m00035vr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001k6vc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]
MON 01:50 Blowing the Bloody Doors Off by Michael Caine (Omnibus) (m0001st5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Harry Worth (b09m5vf1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Something to Shout About (m0004xqw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0791s3z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (m0003smv)
1. In The Wings
Frequently compared with Waiting for Godot, this is the play that made Sir Tom Stoppard's reputation when it first appeared as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1966. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern appear in Shakespeare's Hamlet, as the prince's unlucky attendant lords.
In Stoppard's comedy, these two minor characters must watch the action of Hamlet unfold before them as they stay in the wings trying to pass the time.
Rosencrantz ..... Mathew Baynton
Guildenstern ..... Andrew Buchan
The Player ..... Toby Jones
Tragedian ..... Sam Dale
Alfred ..... Ronny Jhutti
Ophelia ..... Sarah Ovens
Polonius ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Hamlet ..... Parth Thakerar
Claudius ..... Don Gilet
Gertrude ..... Clare Corbett
Music arranged and performed by Clare Salaman, Philip Hopkins and Amelia Shakespeare from The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2019.
MON 06:00 The Toff (b007jrmb)
The Toff and the Runaway Bride
6. Confrontation in Paris
Can the Honourable Richard Rollison finally unravel the mystery - and reveal the murderer's identity?
Terence Alexander stars as the Toff - upper-class amateur sleuth.
Gripping conclusion of John Creasey's thriller.
Dramatised by Roy Lomax.
The Toff ...... Terence Alexander
Jolly ...... Robert Dorning
Carruthers ...... David Graham
Major Guy Lessing ...... Alan Cuthbertson
Robert Lawn ...... Kevin Brennan
Barbara Lessing ...... Rosalind Shanks
Inspector ...... Jean Dryant
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson.
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1975.
MON 06:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k75t)
1. The Conjurer
1745: Gruffydd returns to Wales.
An adventurer, dreamer and womaniser - he's hoping to regain his lands when the Jacobite Rebellion drives out George II and deposes the Squire of Cwmystwyth, Sir John Ffowlke.
Can he exert his influence over the locals in the isolated, mountainous and semi-pagan Cardiganshire?
Starring Philip Madoc, Peter Halliday, Meg Wynn Owen and Gareth Armstrong.
Hot-blooded historical serial in nine parts written by Gareth Jones.
Gruffydd ... Philip Madoc
Sir John Ffowlke .... Peter Halliday
Madlen .... Meg Wynn Owen
Charles Edward Stuart .... Gareth Armstrong
Rhiannon Bevan .... Lisabeth Miles
Hywel Bevan .... Robert Blythe
Iolo .... John Davies
Talbot .... Graham Blockey
Maude Ffowlke .... Patricia Kane
Thomas Powell .... Gerald James
Morgan Brewer .... Maurice Elliott
Buddug .... Di Botcher
Sian .... Rhian Morgan
Directed at BBC Wales by Adrian Mourby.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1986.
MON 07:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006lmz)
1. Leaving School
Charlie Lewis looks back on the summer after he left school. Those weeks of blazing sunshine remain as vivid as his memories of Fran Fisher.
A decade after publication of his bestselling novel, One Day, David Nicholls has again created a triumphantly engaging pair of young lovers.
When Charlie Lewis meets Fran Fisher in the summer of 1996, he is at something of a loose end.
School is out and so is the sun, but his future is not looking bright. He has been hit hard by his parents' split and is not happy about the role assigned to him by his mother - keeping an eye on his depressed and bankrupt father.
Failure hangs in the air - not just the closure of his father's record shop but also Charlie's inability to complete most of his GCSE exams. But then Fran Fisher almost literally stumbles across him and a whole new world opens up.
A pitch-perfect portrayal of the anguish and joys of adolescence brilliantly laced with wit and compassionate humour.
James Norton, familiar from roles in McMafia and War and Peace as well as the psychopathic villain in BBC TV's Happy Valley, reads his first book for BBC Radio.
Abridged in ten parts by Isobel Creed and Jill Waters
Producer: Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2019.
MON 07:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005t1t)
1. The Fault Line
In 1965, Hannah Gavron – a 29 year old, bright, sophisticated sociologist – gassed herself in a flat in Primrose Hill, north London.
She left behind a suicide note, two small children, and an about-to-be-published manuscript: The Captive Wife.
Four decades later, her son Jeremy tries to piece together the events that led to her death...
Jeremy Gavron's book stars Dominic Mafham, Helen Clapp and James Bolam
Dramatised in five parts by Sarah Daniels.
Jeremy Gavron ...... Dominic Mafham
Judy Gavron ...... Helen Clapp
Young Leah ...... Amy-Jayne Leigh
Young Mima ...... Megan Webb
Bob ...... Sean Baker
Simon ...... Christopher Harper
Nurse ...... Debbie Korley
Hannah ...... Sarah Ovens
Aunt Susie ...... Susan Jameson
Shirley ...... Catherine Cusack
Susan ...... Georgie Glen
Friend ...... David Hounslow
Director: Emma Harding.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.
MON 07:30 Lobby Land (m00070zk)
Series 2
Risky Business
As Boris enters Number 10 and Britain melts in a heat-wave, the Hot Takes journalists follow the only reasonable course of action - hole up at home and turn off the news. Can the peace last?
Starring Yasmine Akram, Charlie Higson, Cariad Lloyd, Dan Tetsell and Daniel Lawrence Taylor.
Written by Jon Harvey, Christopher Davies and Sarah Dempster
With additional material by Laura Major and Dan Tetsell
Produced by Jon Harvey
A Naked production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2019.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00p33gb)
Series 4
Episode 3
Monstrous goings on for Kenneth Horne with Frankenstein- and tune in for more from wonderful Radio Balls Pond Road.
Meanwhile Julian and Sandy hit the bona ski slopes.
One of BBC Radio’s most influential and groundbreaking series packed full of colourful characters, parodies, memorable catchphrases, and double-entendres.
Starring:
Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden
Announcer: Douglas Smith
Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London.
Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.
Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman wrote the brilliantly inventive - and sometimes outrageous - scripts for the first three series.
Series 4 is written by Barry Took with Brian Cooke & Johnnie Mortimer and Donald Webster.
Music by the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1968.
MON 08:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvtb)
Series 2
Episode 1
All set for divorce and a new home, ad man Ken Handley gets a surprise at the agency.
Martin Jarvis stars in Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in the competitive world of advertising
Ken Handley ...... Martin Jarvis
Sandy ...... Christopher Godwin
Freddie ...... Lockwood West
Deborah ...... Rosalind Ayres
Ambrose ...... Paul Jesson
Angus ...... Michael Jenner
Receptionist ...... Stacey Tendeter
Mr Cheater ...... James Griffiths
With Joss Ackland, Miriam Margolyes, John Shrapnel, Imelda Staunton and David Tate.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1984.
MON 09:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00mb1r1)
Series 2
Episode 3
James Walton tests and tickles the knowledge of industry pundits and people passionate about pop music.
Team captains Tracey MacLeod and Andrew Collins are joined by Danny Kelly and Clare Grogan to be put through their musical paces.
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Written and researched by James Walton
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.
MON 09:30 Ring Around the Bath (b00nsnhg)
Series 1
Rick's Quarrel
Stella is a middle aged woman having a crisis - her grown up children refuse to leave home.
And worse, her husband doesn't mind!
Forgetful drummer son Rick has a quarrel, Xanthe becomes house proud and Alison has man trouble.
Lucy Clare and Ian Davidson's sitcom about a rather topsy turvy household.
Starring Duncan Preston and Penny Downie.
Patrick ...... Duncan Preston
Stella ...... Penny Downie
Alison ...... Claudie Blakely
Rick ...... Bruce McKinnon
Egg ...... Daniela Denby-Ashe
Xanthe ...... Catherine Shepherd
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003.
MON 10:00 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (m0003smv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
MON 11:00 The Toff (b007jrmb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 11:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k75t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 12:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006lmz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 12:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005t1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
MON 12:30 Lobby Land (m00070zk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 13:00 Round the Horne (b00p33gb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 13:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvtb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 14:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00mb1r1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 14:30 Ring Around the Bath (b00nsnhg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 15:00 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (m0003smv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
MON 16:00 The Toff (b007jrmb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 16:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k75t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 17:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006lmz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005t1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
MON 17:30 Lobby Land (m00070zk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 Round the Horne (b00p33gb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 18:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvtb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 19:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00mb1r1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 19:30 Ring Around the Bath (b00nsnhg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 20:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m0015kwb)
Series 12
When We Were Young
True stories told live in the USA: Meg Bowles stories of childhood, growing up, and growing pains.
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 2020.
MON 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (m0005nz0)
Sara Cox
The broadcaster chooses ‘I Will Survive’ by Gloria Gaynor and ‘Coat Of Many Colors’ by Dolly Parton.
MON 21:00 Mastertapes (b01sksbh)
Series 1
Billy Bragg (the A-Side)
John Wilson's series in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios.
Programme 1, A-side. 'Talking With The Taxman About Poetry' - Billy Bragg reveals how the self-proclaimed 'difficult' third album was written and created with a guitar he bought when he was out shopping for swimming trunks (he claims he still swims naked as a result)... he explains how a film about the James Brothers helped him write "There's Power In A Union'... and describes how Andy Kershaw's inability to shut up led him to writing 'Levi Stubbs' Tears'. And he plays excerpts from the album live in front of the audience.
In the B-side of the programme, it's the turn of the audience to ask the questions and Billy considers the state of protest songs today, reveals what music he is writing at the moment and explains what poetry he would discuss with today's taxman.
Other programmes include Paul Weller talking about The Jam's final album, 'The Gift'; Suzanne Vega recalls the making of 'Solitude Standing', the album that made her a worldwide superstar; and Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone takes us back to the seminal Zombies' record 'Oracle And Odessey'
Complete versions of the songs performed in the programme (and others) can be heard on the 'Mastertapes' pages on the Radio 4 website, where the programmes can also be downloaded and other musical goodies accessed.
Producer: Paul Kobrak
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.
MON 21:30 Lennox by Craig Russell (b011cfk4)
1. The Hit
Gang leaders, The Three Kings, hire shady private eye Lennox to find out who ordered the hit on middle-ranking gangster, Tam McGahern.
'Mad Men' meets the 'Sopranos' and has a show-down with 'Taggart' in Craig Russell's gripping thriller.
Set on the mean streets of 1950s Glasgow.
Abridged in five parts by Alison Joseph.
Read by Grant O'Rourke
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron
Made by BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4 Extra, and first broadcast in May 2011.
MON 22:00 The Museum of Curiosity (m001k0d5)
Series 17
Episode 4
John Lloyd and Anna Ptaszynski welcome comedian Alasdair Beckett-King, athlete Dame Sarah Storey and artist Hannah Rose Thomas to the Museum for an episode full of fitness, fantasy and fake moustaches.
The Museum’s exhibits were catalogued by Mike Turner, Mandy Fenton and Lydia Mizon of QI.
Producer: Sam Holmes & Leying Lee
Production Co-ordinator: Sarah Nicholls
Sound: David Thomas
A BBC Studios production.
MON 22:30 iGod (b00wr7v2)
Food
We all worry about the end of the world, as economists and environmentalists speak in apocalyptic terms everyday. iGOD says that trying to predict the end of the world is as pointless as moisturising an elephant's elbow.
Late-night comedy starring Simon Day (The Fast Show) and David Soul (Starsky & Hutch) and written by one of the head writers of the BAFTA award-winning The Thick Of It, Sean Gray and produced by Simon Nicholls (Ed Reardon's Week / News At Bedtime).
In each episode, an unnamed, all-seeing narrator (David Soul - Starsky and Hutch) shows us that it is stupid to be worrying, as he looks back at some of the most entertaining apocalypses on parallel Earths. Each week our case study is a normal bloke called Ian (Simon Day) who manages to accidentally initiate the apocalypse of a different parallel world through a seemingly harmless single act (telling a lie, being lazy, cooking some lambshanks). A succession of comic vignettes ensue that escalate to the end of a parallel world.
Written by Sean Gray
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
MON 22:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b007k0x6)
Series 2
The Vampire of the Glen
Suspicions are alerted when the laird asks the duo to dig a hole big enough to fit a coffin-shaped wardrobe.
Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden star as the two Scotsmen famed for their appearances on BBC Radio’s I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
With Alison Steadman as their cleaning-lady-cum-housekeeper, Mrs Naughtie, and Jeremy Hardy as the local Laird.
Hamish ...... Barry Cryer
Dougal ...... Graeme Garden
Mrs Naughtie ...... Alison Steadman
The Laird ...... Jeremy Hardy
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.
MON 23:00 The Now Show (m001k16d)
Series 62
Episode 1
Steve Punt presents the week via topical stand-up and sketches. He's joined by Rhys James with a foolproof guide to surviving the cost of living crisis, Laura Lexx talking us through the latest hope to combat climate change and Ed MacArthur, who plays us out with a moving song from Andy Murray's Indian Wells Post Match Conference: The Musical.

The show was written by the cast with additional material from Hugh Dennis, Sarah Campbell, Cameron Loxdale, Luke Beddows & Kate Dehnert.

Voice actors: Gemma Arrowsmith & Jason Forbes

Sound: Marc Willcox & Gary Newman
Producer: Pete Strauss
Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls

A BBC Studios Production
MON 23:30 Masala FM (b007jypp)
Episode 3
When one of Auntieji's disgruntled listeners decides to take matters in to his own hands, Khalid may be the only one who can save the station.
Six-part sitcom written by Meera Syal
Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawheny, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia.
Music by Nitin Sawhney.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.

TUESDAY 21 MARCH 2023

TUE 00:00 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (m0003smv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 The Toff (b007jrmb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k75t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006lmz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005t1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Lobby Land (m00070zk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Round the Horne (b00p33gb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvtb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00mb1r1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Ring Around the Bath (b00nsnhg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (m0003sz6)
2. Mission
"Eternity's a terrible thought - I mean where's it going to end?"
Shakespeare's two minor characters set sail for England and they take the Prince of Denmark with them. It will all be alright in the end won't it? After all, they have a letter from the King of Denmark, they have their instructions.
Sir Tom Stoppard's famous Hamlet spoof is richly realised for radio.
Rosencrantz ..... Mathew Baynton
Guildenstern ..... Andrew Buchan
The Player ..... Toby Jones
Tragedian ..... Sam Dale
Alfred ..... Ronny Jhutti
Ophelia ..... Sarah Ovens
Polonius ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Hamlet ..... Parth Thakerar
Claudius ..... Don Gilet
Gertrude ..... Clare Corbett
Music arranged and performed by Clare Salaman, Philip Hopkins and Amelia Shakespeare from The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2019.
TUE 06:00 Paul Temple (m0001ywk)
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
Too Young To Die
A woman thinks her late husband is alive - and someone would prefer the debonaire sleuth dead.
Paul Temple probes the mysterious circumstances surrounding the apparent death of Mrs Milbourne’s husband, Carl, in a car crash in Switzerland. But it's a case, he may soon regret taking on...
Francis Durbridge's thriller featuring Paul Temple and Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
CAST:
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Charlie …. John Baddeley
Inspector Lloyd …. Wilfrid Carter
Maurice Lonsdale …. Patrick Barr
Margaret Milbourne …. Isabel Dean
Dolly Brazer …. Isabel Rennie
Stone …. Frederick Treves
Lucas …. Pat Connell
Den Roberts …. Alan Haines
Doctor …. James Thomason
Police Constable …. Malcolm Terris
Taxi Driver …. Bruce Beeby
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with tricky cases.
Producer: Martyn C Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1965.
TUE 06:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k7zz)
2. The Conjurer's Women
1745: Having saved Rhiannon's baby, Gruffydd has been hailed as the new conjurer of Cwmystwyth.
Ffowlke has arrested Hywel Bevan in an attempt to curry favour with the Jacobite rebels.
Starring Philip Madoc and Peter Halliday.
Gruffydd is back in Wales during the Jacobite Rebellion hoping to reclaim his birthright.
Hot-blooded historical serial written by Gareth Jones.
Gruffydd .... Philip Madoc
Sir John Ffowlke .... Peter Halliday
Madlen .... Meg Wynn Owen
Rhiannon Bevan .... Lisabeth Miles
Hywel Bevan .... Robert Blythe
Iolo .... John Davies
Mihangel .... Mark Durbin
Talbot ....Graham Blockey
Thomas Jenkins .... Gareth Armstrong
Jailer .... David Charles
Thomas Powell .... Gerald James
Morgan Brewer .... Maurice Elliott
Directed at BBC Wales by Adrian Mourby.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1986.
TUE 07:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006m44)
2. Long Days
Charlie recalls the challenge of filling long summer days at 16, despite his part time petrol station job.
David Nicholls' pitch-perfect portrayal of the anguish and joys of adolescence brilliantly laced with wit and compassionate humour.
When Charlie Lewis meets Fran Fisher in the summer of 1996, he is at something of a loose end. School is out and so is the sun, but his future is not looking bright. He has been hit hard by his parents' split and is not happy about the role assigned to him by his mother - keeping an eye on his depressed and bankrupt father.
Failure hangs in the air - not just the closure of his father's record shop but also Charlie's inability to complete most of his GCSE exams. But then Fran Fisher almost literally stumbles across him and a whole new world opens up.
Abridged by Isobel Creed and Jill Waters
Producer: Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2019.
TUE 07:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005t8k)
2. The Affair
In 1965, Hannah Gavron – a 29 year old, bright, sophisticated sociologist – gassed herself in a flat in Primrose Hill, north London.
Four decades later, her son Jeremy tries to piece together the events that led to her death.
He begins by talking to some of Hannah's schoolfriends and learns the details of her teenage relationship with the school's headmaster.
Jeremy Gavron's book stars Dominic Mafham and Helen Clapp.
Dramatised by Sarah Daniels.
Jeremy Gavron ...... Dominic Mafham
Judy Gavron ...... Helen Clapp
Young Leah ...... Amy-Jayne Leigh
Young Mima ...... Megan Webb
Bob ...... Sean Baker
Teacher ...... Debbie Korley
Aunt Susie ...... Susan Jameson
Tasha ...... Elaine Claxton
Shirley ...... Catherine Cusack
Susan ...... Georgie Glen
Friend ...... David Hounslow
Director: Emma Harding.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.
TUE 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b03lnzxk)
Series 9
The Bride of Auntie
Ed discovers that he can put his extensive general knowledge to good use when he finally finds his niche and becomes a contestant on the Radio 4 seminal quiz 'What Do You Know'.
Not only is his general knowledge excellent, but he's also being paid a fee to the grand sum of £43. Is his luck turning at last?
The comical world of an author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive e-mail.
Starring Christopher Douglas
Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas
Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas
Olive ...... Stephanie Cole
Northern Ireland Voice ...... Simon Greenall
Jaz ...... Philip Jackson
Steve Plant ...... Dan Mersh
Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Laura Pope ...... Vicki Pepperdine
Neil Hardacre ...... Duncan Preston
Pearl ...... Alison Steadman
Janet ...... Nicola Sanderson
Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jpcq)
Series 8
The Space Age
Neddy and Crun attempt to launch Min into space, but she gets stuck up the chimney.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
With:
Peter Sellers
Spike Milligan
Harry Secombe
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: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1957.
TUE 08:30 For Better or for Worse (b00g43w6)
Series 1
Episode 2
A trip to the cinema turns into a disaster off-screen for sweethearts Bernard and Iris and his dad Wilf.
Dithering Bernard tries to get engaged to his flighty partner Iris. Will she manage to persuade Bernard to buy her an engagement ring at last?
Gorden Kaye and Su Pollard star in Vince Powell’s sitcom about the turbulent relationship of an odd couple.
Iris ...... Su Pollard
Bernard ...... Gorden Kaye
Wilf ...... David Ross
Daisy ...... Paula Tilbrook
Mr Foley ...... Peter Wheeler
Myrtle ...... Julie Higginson
Writer Vince Powell (1928–2009) scripted a number of popular TV sitcoms including Love Thy Neighbour, For the Love of Ada and Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width.
Produced in Manchester by Mike Craig.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1993.
TUE 09:00 Who Goes There? (b00fnq9s)
Series 3
Episode 4
Martin Young chairs the quiz which looks at the noteworthy and the notorious from history.
Tackling the biographical teasers are team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego with guests Sue Cook and Annabel Giles.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.
TUE 09:30 No Commitments (b007jp1m)
Series 8
Fresh Starts
Former TV soap star Charlotte finds the path to self-knowledge.
Simon Brett’s sitcom about the lives and squabbles of three very different sisters.
Anna …... Rosemary Leach
Charlotte ..…. Celia Imrie
Victoria …... Angela Thorne
Eddie.........James Greene
Roger ..... Bill Nighy
Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.
TUE 10:00 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (m0003sz6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
TUE 11:00 Paul Temple (m0001ywk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 11:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k7zz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 12:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006m44)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 12:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005t8k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
TUE 12:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b03lnzxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b007jpcq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 13:30 For Better or for Worse (b00g43w6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Who Goes There? (b00fnq9s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 14:30 No Commitments (b007jp1m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 15:00 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (m0003sz6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
TUE 16:00 Paul Temple (m0001ywk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 16:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k7zz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 17:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006m44)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005t8k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
TUE 17:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b03lnzxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b007jpcq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 18:30 For Better or for Worse (b00g43w6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 19:00 Who Goes There? (b00fnq9s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 19:30 No Commitments (b007jp1m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m001k801)
Series 9
Small But Mighty
A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) stage.
Manoush Zomorodi explores the surprising strengths of all things minuscule. You don’t need to be big to pack a punch.
First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2023.
TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (b08brfl6)
Alan Davies
Comedian and actor Alan Davies chooses Topol singing ‘If I Were A Rich Man’ and ‘St. Swithin's Day’ by Billy Bragg.
TUE 21:00 Mastertapes (b01npjpr)
Series 1
Billy Bragg (the B-Side)
John Wilson launches a major new series in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios.
Programme 1, Side B. 'Talking With The Taxman About Poetry' - Having discussed the making of his self-proclaimed 'difficult' third album (in the A-side of the programme), Billy Bragg responds to questions from the audience.
He considers the state of protest songs today, reveals what music he is writing at the moment and explains what poetry he would discuss with today's taxman. And he plays excerpts from the album live in front of the audience.
Future Programmes will include Paul Weller talking about the Jam's last album, 'The Gift'; Suzanne Vega recalls the making of 'Solitude Standing', the album that made her a worldwide superstar; and Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone takes us back to the seminal Zombies' record 'Odessey and Oracle'
Complete versions of the songs performed in the programme (and others) can be heard on the 'Mastertapes' pages on the Radio 4 website, where the programmes can also be downloaded and other musical goodies accessed.
Producer: Paul Kobrak
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.
TUE 21:30 Lennox by Craig Russell (b011j0m7)
2. Whodunit?
Sardonic private eye Lennox has been hired by gang leaders, The Three Kings, to find out who ordered the hit, on their patch, of middle-ranking gangster Tam McGahern.
But a missing person case keeps getting in the way and Lennox has received a beating for his trouble.
Craig Russell's gripping neo-noir thriller set in 1950s Glasgow.
Abridged by Alison Joseph.
Read by Grant O'Rourke
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in May 2011.
TUE 22:00 Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life (m001k0q3)
Series 4
Friday'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. We've got as far as Friday. Friday's child is loving and giving. How do you reconcile that with getting what you want in life? Why does Mark's son think he goes out with Nicole Kidman? And why did he urgently need £35 recently?

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 - tonight, we say hello to Felicity Ward.

Producer: Lianne Coop

An Impatient production for BBC Radio 4
TUE 22:30 Innes Own World (b0170r0p)
Episode 1
Famed for The Rutles and The Bonzo Dog Band, Neil Innes ruminates wryly on the nature of civilisation.
An opportunity to climb inside Neil Innes's head to find songs, atmospheric musings and some very irritating commercial breaks.
Script Editor: John Dowie
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003.
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001k9k0)
Debra Stephenson 1/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight Angela Barnes catches up with Debra Stephenson
TUE 23:00 The Damien Slash Mixtape (b08vzj4x)
Series 1
Episode 3
Multi-character YouTube star Damien Slash makes the move from online to BBC Radio, in this fast-paced, one-man sketch comedy show.
From the surreal to the satirical, from the zeitgeist to the absurd, Damien serves up a range of high octane characters, all from his own voice. Adverts, actors, hipsters, trolls - no aspect of modern life is left un-skewered.
Written by and starring Damien Slash (aka Daniel Barker).
Additional material by Robin Morgan.
Producer: Sam Bryant
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2017.
TUE 23:15 Political Animals (b01m5nt0)
Series 1
Sybil
Sybil, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office 2007 to 2008, reflects on her troubled life with Gordon Brown.
Starring Tracy Wiles.
Series of scurrilous talks given by well-known, if unreliable, Downing Street cats.
Tony Bagley assists each feline to relate their trials and tribulations under four different prime ministers.
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.
TUE 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b00c6jfr)
Series 5
Moral Leadership
Mankind is now so sinful that they're all coming to Hell and the place is full to bursting.
The only way to stop the flow is to persuade humanity to be good - but that's quite a tall order for the Prince of Darkness.
Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.
Satan …. Andy Hamilton
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
God …. David Swift
The Professor …. James Grout
Other characters played by Philip Pope, Nick Revell and Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.

WEDNESDAY 22 MARCH 2023

WED 00:00 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (m0003sz6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Paul Temple (m0001ywk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k7zz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006m44)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005t8k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b03lnzxk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b007jpcq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 For Better or for Worse (b00g43w6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Who Goes There? (b00fnq9s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 No Commitments (b007jp1m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007rf4)
1. Moonlea
In 1835, a travelling harpist arrives in the iron town of Moonlea in search of his friend.
When he finds unrest and injustice, he tries not to become involved...
Gywn Thomas's 1949 novel dramatised in three parts by Alan Plater.
Leigh ... Ian Hughes
John Simon .... Patrick Brennan
Helen ..... Melanie Walters
Lemuel ... Ray Llewellyn
Katherine ... Manon Edwards
Penbury .... Bill Stewart
Jefferies .... Laurence Allan
Bannion ....Rhodri Hugh
Isabella .... Helen Gwyn
Jabez ... Hubert Rees
Felix ... Keiron Self
Mrs Brier ...Anwen Williams
Lord Plimmon ... Ric Jerrom
Music by Ruth Wall.
Harp: Ruth Wall
Violin: Alison Frances
Director: Alison Hindell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1996.
WED 06:00 Paul Temple (m0001zms)
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
Concerning Mrs Milbourne
The anxious widow offers the sleuth more proof that her husband is alive - but the source is oddly elusive.
Paul Temple probes the mysterious circumstances surrounding the apparent death of Mrs Milbourne’s husband, Carl, in a car crash in Switzerland. But it's a case, he may soon regret taking on....
Francis Durbridge's thriller featuring Paul Temple and Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
CAST:
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Charlie …. John Baddeley
Inspector Lloyd …. Wilfrid Carter
Maurice Lonsdale …. Patrick Barr
Margaret Milbourne …. Isabel Dean
Dolly Brazer …. Isabel Rennie
Green …. Anthony Hall
Danny Clayton …. Nigel Graham
Doctor …. James Thomason
Vince Langham …. Simon Lack
Inspector Jenkins …. Hamlyn Benson
Mr Gadd …. Fraser Kerr
Mrs Langham …. Barbara Barnett
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with tricky cases.
Producer: Martyn C Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1965.
WED 06:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k81h)
3. The Conjurer's Bluff
A nightmare has persuaded John Ffowlke that he must not swear allegiance to the Stuarts.
Talbot has ridden in his place and Gruffydd has been arrested for attacking Ffowlke's bailiff at the Autumn Drove.
Gruffydd is back in Wales during the Jacobite Rebellion hoping to reclaim his birthright.
Starring Philip Madoc and Peter Halliday.
Hot-blooded historical serial written by Gareth Jones.
Gruffydd ... Philip Madoc
Sir John Ffowlke .... Peter Halliday
Madlen .... Meg Wynn Owen
Sir Lewis Pryse .... Philip Bond
Rhiannon Bevan .... Lisabeth Miles
Hywel Bevan .... Robert Blythe
Iolo ....John Davies
Mihangel .... Mark Durbin
Talbot .... Graham Blockey
General Fleming .... Gerald James
Padrig Jonathan .... Gareth Armstrong
Gaoler .... Davld Charles
Constable .... Maurice Elliott
Directed at BBC Wales by Adrian Mourby.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1986.
WED 07:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006lrr)
3. Chance Encounter
Charlie Lewis looks back on the summer after he left school - when a chance encounter turned his adolescent world into something magical.
David Nicholls's triumphantly engaging pair of young lovers.
When Charlie Lewis meets Fran Fisher in the summer of 1996, he is at something of a loose end. School is out and so is the sun, but his future is not looking bright. He has been hit hard by his parents' split and is not happy about the role assigned to him by his mother - keeping an eye on his depressed and bankrupt father.
Failure hangs in the air - not just the closure of his father's record shop but also Charlie's inability to complete most of his GCSE exams. But then Fran Fisher almost literally stumbles across him and a whole new world opens up.
Abridged by Isobel Creed and Jill Waters
Producer: Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2019.
WED 07:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005t38)
3. Wanting It All
Four decades on, Jeremy Gavron tries to coax his father into telling him more about his mother, Hannah, who took her own life in 1965.
She was a 29 year old, bright, sophisticated sociologist – leaving behind a suicide note, two small children, and an about-to-be-published manuscript.
Jeremy Gavron's book stars Dominic Mafham.
Dramatised by Sarah Daniels.
Jeremy Gavron ...... Dominic Mafham
Hannah ...... Sarah Ovens
Bob ...... Sean Baker
Man ...... Christopher Harper
Aunt Susie ...... Susan Jameson
Erica ...... Elaine Claxton
Nicky ...... Catherine Cusack
Jeanie ...... Georgie Glen
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.
WED 07:30 Women Talking About Cars (b0952zlp)
Series 2
Esther Rantzen
Esther Rantzen is Victoria Coren Mitchell's companion for this week's edition of the show that uses our guest's cars as a way to take us through her life.
She tells the story of her journey from her first memories of her grandmother's sedate Hawker Siddely limousine through to the intensity of the That's Life years and helming one of the nation's most popular television programmes through to the joys of becoming a grandmother herself.
And you can find out what no driving test examiner should ever say to a successful candidate.
Series in which famous women look at their lives from the perspective of the cars they have known, the journeys they've been on and the things they keep in their boot for emergencies.
With contributions from our studio audience and tongue in cheek readings from Morwenna Banks
Produced by Gareth Edwards
A BBC Studios Comedy production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2017.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00j283q)
Series 3
The Jewel Robbery
The Lad's getting a new car, so Sid decides to make the most of the opportunity.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Bill Kerr, Sidney James. Andree Melly and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1955.
WED 08:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b01nlp10)
Series 2
Home
The lifestyle show hosts have revelations on the "home" and "commune living".
Series 2 of Bill Dare's sitcom stars Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens.
Mike ...... Robert Duncan
Sue ...... Jan Ravens
With Roger Blake, Alistair McGowan, Sally Philips and Niall Ashdown.
Music by Mark Burton.
Producer: Jo Clegg
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997.
WED 09:00 Nature Table (m000g4zz)
Series 1
Episode 5
Comedian, broadcaster and writer Sue Perkins’ ‘Show & Tell’ series celebrating 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 Perkins is joined by special guests award-winning wildlife cameraman Doug Allan, ant expert Dr Claire Asher and comedian Sindhu Vee.
Written by Catherine Brinkworth, Kat Sadler and Jon Hunter
Produced by Simon Nicholls
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2020.
WED 09:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007vjfl)
Sport and Leisure
The comedian shares his thoughts on how we spend our leisure time.
Six-part series illustrating the Domedic minutiae of life.
Stand-up and sketches with Simon Greenall, Sally Grace and Dave Lamb.
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000.
WED 10:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007rf4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
WED 11:00 Paul Temple (m0001zms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 11:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k81h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 12:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006lrr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 12:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005t38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
WED 12:30 Women Talking About Cars (b0952zlp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00j283q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 13:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b01nlp10)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 14:00 Nature Table (m000g4zz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 14:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007vjfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 15:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007rf4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
WED 16:00 Paul Temple (m0001zms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 16:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k81h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 17:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006lrr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005t38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
WED 17:30 Women Talking About Cars (b0952zlp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00j283q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 18:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b01nlp10)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 19:00 Nature Table (m000g4zz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 19:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007vjfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 20:00 Charlotte Williams - Well, He Would, Wouldn't He? (b01qspvq)
In 1963, at the tender age of 18, Mandy Rice-Davies found herself at the centre of one of the most sensational scandals of the 20th century.
She was a witness in the trial of Stephen Ward who was charged with living off the earnings of prostitutes. At the age of 16 Mandy had run away to London and become a dancer at Murray's Club in the West End, where she'd met Christine Keeler and society osteopath, Stephen.
Soon she was mixing with London's elite and living as Peter Rachman's mistress. But when there was a shooting incident at Stephen's flat, and news broke of Christine's secret affair with Government Minister John Profumo, events began to spiral out of control.
Fifty years later, Mandy looks back at those events and the impact they've had on her life.
Mandy (Younger) …. Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Christine Keeler …. Lindsey Marshall
'Pops' Murray .... Stephen Marzella
Johnny Edgecombe .… Anthony Courier
Eugene Ivanov …. Alex Dower
Lord Astor …. Adrian Schiller
Stephen Ward / Griffiths Jones / Peter Rachman …. Ewan Bailey
Written by Charlotte Williams.
Contributor: Mandy Rice-Davies
Director: Kate McAll
A BBC/Cymru Wales production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
WED 21:00 Short Cuts (b03zb4b6)
Series 5
Waking Life
Josie Long presents a sequence of brief encounters, true stories and short documentaries in which the boundaries between 'real' life and dreaming blur.
From the addictive, perception-altering qualities of romantic love through to a surreal story about recording dreams. We hear from the legendary film editor and director Walter Murch about the dreamlike qualities of cinematic narratives and the psychologist Susan Blackmore's experience of looking down from the ceiling at her own body.
The items featured in the programme are:
Waking Life
Feat. Susan Blackmore
Prod. Sara Parker
Dreaming
Feat. Walter Murch
The Man Who Could Record Your Dreams
Prod. Bob Carlson
Originally broadcast on Unfictional
An extended version of this story can he found here: http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/uf/uf110909the_man_who_could_re
Last Words
Feat. Kester Brewin
Love is a Drug
Feat. Helen Fisher
Prod. Hana Walker Brown
Answer Machine
Found sound from Tape Findings
http://www.sweetthunder.org/tapes/
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2014.
WED 21:30 Lennox by Craig Russell (b011p4q2)
3. The Call
Shady private eye Lennox has been hired by gang leaders, The Three Kings, to find out who ordered the hit on middle-ranking gangster, Tam McGahern.
He's come up against a series of dead ends but a lead suddenly appears when he receives a disturbing phone call from a former client.
Craig Russell's gripping neo-noir thriller set in 1950s Glasgow.
Abridged by Alison Joseph.
Read by Grant O'Rourke.
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron
Made by BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4 Extra, and first broadcast in June 2011.
WED 22:00 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m001k0xh)
Series 4
5. We Are Family
Episode 5 - 'We Are Family'
Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam return in the fourth series of Jan Etherington’s award-winning comedy, as a long-married couple in love with life and each other. This week, Roger’s formidable Auntie Hilda, ‘cut from the same starched underwear as Bertie Wooster’s Aunt Agatha’ announces she’s coming to live with them. Feisty but frail, she bonds instantly with Amy the dog, and is a hit with all their friends. But Amy’s squeaky pheasant alerts them to an emergency, and after a dash to hospital, a nightmare situation unfolds and spins out of control.
Conversations from a Long Marriage won the Voice of the Listener & Viewer Award for Best Radio Comedy in 2020. Nominated for a Writers Guild Award 2023.
Conversations from a Long Marriage is written by Jan Etherington and produced by Claire Jones. The production coordinator is Katie Baum, the studio engineer is Wilfredo Acosta and sound design is by Jon Calver. It is a BBC Studios Production.
‘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 (b03yqjgv)
Pregnancy and In-Laws
Jason Cook guides you through more murky waters and unseen eddies that bedevil the waters of life.
This time, it’s the trials and tribulations of discovering your partner is pregnant, plus the perils and preoccupations of meeting your in-laws for the first time.
Jason draws on his own experiences to illustrate what, and what not, to do - so that your life can be happier and more successful. Well, possibly...
With Zoe Harrison and Neil Grainger.
Producer: Sam Michell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001k9jy)
Debra Stephenson 2/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight Angela Barnes catches up with Debra Stephenson
WED 23:00 Pippa Evans Grows Up (b0b2hps0)
Pippa Evans has never felt like a grown-up. In theory she's reached the age where you really should, but somehow it's a feeling that's so far eluded her.
In this stand-up show she asks what it means to be a grown-up and how you know when you are one.
There are lots of markers of adulthood, standing up for yourself is a sure sign that you're a step further towards it so perhaps this is a trick she must master.
With stand- up and music from her house band, Pippa involves her audience in her journey of self-discovery.
Star of the Now Show, Pippa Evans is a fixture at the Edinburgh Festival with sell-out shows and is a co-founder of the Sunday Assembly.
Produced by Alison Vernon-Smith.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2018,
WED 23:30 This Is Craig Brown (b00f41tk)
Travel
Mixing satire, social observation and nonsense, this week Craig Brown examines the world of Travel.
The Pedants' Association are off to the seaside, whilst the Good Hotel Guide recommends the Bates Motel as a holiday destination.
With Edward Fox, Rory Bremner, Harry Enfield, Mel Hudson, Hugh Massingbird, Geoffrey McGivern, Felicity Montagu and Hugo Weaving.
Written and introduced by Craig Brown
Script Editor Simon Littlefield
Produced by Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
WED 23:45 Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows (b00fl0jv)
3. Football
Incisive reporter Gus Murdoch focuses on the joys of lower league soccer.
Written by and starring Stephen Carlin.
With:
Neil Edmond
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Stephen Carlin
Helen Longworth
Chris Pavlo
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2008.

THURSDAY 23 MARCH 2023

THU 00:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007rf4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (m0001zms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k81h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006lrr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005t38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Women Talking About Cars (b0952zlp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00j283q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b01nlp10)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Nature Table (m000g4zz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland (b007vjfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007rnv)
2. Wild Music
The iron furnaces in Moonlea are about to be closed, and trouble is brewing, but Leigh cannot persuade John Simon to leave.
Gywn Thomas's 1949 novel dramatised by Alan Plater.
Leigh ... Ian Hughes
John Simon .... Patrick Brennan
Katherine ... Manon Edwards
Helen ..... Melanie Walters
Bannion ....Rhodri Hugh
Lemuel ... Ray Llewellyn
Jefferies .... Laurence Allan
Isabella .... Helen Gwyn
Jabez ... Hubert Rees
Felix ... Kieron Self
Rev Bowen ...Dillwyn Owen
Lord Plimmon ... Ric Jerrom
Music by Ruth Wall.
Harp: Ruth Wall
Violin: Alison Frances
Director: Alison Hindell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1996.
THU 06:00 Paul Temple (m0001zj5)
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
A Note For Danny
Danny Clayton is after reward money – but the suave sleuth discovers his and Mrs Milbourne's stories don't tally...
Paul Temple probes the mysterious circumstances surrounding the apparent death of Mrs Milbourne’s husband, Carl, in a car crash in Switzerland. But it's a case, he may soon regret taking on...
Francis Durbridge's thriller featuring Paul Temple and Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
CAST:
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Charlie …. John Baddeley
Patrick Barr as Maurice Lonsdale
Margaret Milbourne …. Isabel Dean
Danny Cayton …. Nigel Graham
Officer …. Frederick Treves
Norman Wallace …. Rex Graham
Taxi Driver …. Peter Marinker
Mrs Rhodes …. Madi Hedd
Steward …. LeRoy Lingwood
Gustav …. Garard Green
Vince Langham …. Simon Lack
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with tricky cases.
Producer: Martyn C Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1965.
THU 06:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k898)
4. The Conjurer's Price
1745: Gruffydd has inadvertently saved Ffowlke from the gallows and blamed Madlen for spoiling his revenge.
Hywel Bevan has been sentenced to 50 lashes for failing to testify in court.
Gruffydd is back in Wales during the Jacobite Rebellion hoping to reclaim his birthright.
Starring Philip Madoc and Robert Blythe.
Hot-blooded historical serial written by Gareth Jones.
Gruffydd .... Philip Madoc
Sir John Ffowlke .... Peter Halliday
Madlen .... Meg Wynn Owen
Rhiannon Bevan .... Lisabeth Miles
Hywel Bevan .... Robert Blythe
Iolo .... John Davies
Mihangel .... Mark Durbin
Talbot .... Graham Blockey
Maude Ffowlke .... Patricia Kane
Thomas Jenkins .... Gareth Armstrong
Morgan .... Maurice Elliott
Isaac .... Gerald James
Dewi Cobbler .... David Charles
Directed at BBC Wales by Adrian Mourby.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1986.
THU 07:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006l98)
4. Fast Forward
The adult Charlie and his fiancee are drawing up a wedding guest list.
Memories of his 17th year and the summer he met Fran continue to resonate.
David Nicholls engaging story of young lovers, Emma and Dexter.
When Charlie Lewis meets Fran Fisher in the summer of 1996, he is at something of a loose end. School is out and so is the sun, but his future is not looking bright. He has been hit hard by his parents' split and is not happy about the role assigned to him by his mother - keeping an eye on his depressed and bankrupt father.
Failure hangs in the air - not just the closure of his father's record shop but also Charlie's inability to complete most of his GCSE exams. But then Fran Fisher almost literally stumbles across him and a whole new world opens up.
Abridged by Isobel Creed and Jill Waters
Producer: Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2019.
THU 07:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005t6g)
4. Messed Up
Four decades on, Jeremy Gavron is battling to piece together why his mother Hannah - a bright, pioneering young sociologist - took her own life back in 1965.
Jeremy finally summons the courage to call the man his mother was having an affair with at the time of her death.
Jeremy Gavron's book stars Dominic Mafham and James Bolam.
Dramatised by Sarah Daniels.
Jeremy Gavron ...... Dominic Mafham
Judy ...... Helen Clapp
Tom ...... James Bolam
Daphne ...... Catherine Cusack
Bob ...... Sean Baker
Woman ...... Susan Jameson
Man ...... David Hounslow
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.
THU 07:30 Guilt Trip (b07nrlqx)
Episode 4
On the last day of the walk, Ros and Laura still have 10 miles to go. But when they oversleep at the hotel they weren't supposed to be staying in in the first place, it's not looking good.
They're hung over and Ruth is organizing a big reception for them at Tower Bridge - but will they get there in time?
Comedy drama written by Katherine Jakeways with Felicity Montagu and Olivia Nixon.
A mother and daughter are undertaking a two week sponsored walk along The Thames Path to raise money for the dead and divorced father's charity. Will they complete it?
Ros ...... Felicity Montagu
Laura ...... Olivia Nixon
Stepmother ...... Katherine Jakeways
With Katie Redford, Jeff Rawle Velibor Topic, George Watkins, Nancy Crane and Chris Pavlo.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
A BBC Comedy production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 2016.
THU 08:00 The Burkiss Way (b007jqzc)
Series 3
One Hour to Burkiss Way
Don't panic! It's the War of the Worlds - with some emergency rewrites.
Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett .
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Producer: John Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1977.
THU 08:30 The World As We Know It (b00fj2bt)
The Election
Donna, Johnny, Patrick and Abigail have discovered they’re the last four people left on earth, with the exception of the mysterious Stranger found in their cellar.
Unable to decide who should do what around the house, they hold an election to decide the head of the household.
Sitcom by Luke Sorba.
Johnny ...... Toby Longworth
Donna ...... Meera Syal
Patrick ...... Luke Sorba
Abigail ...... Carla Mendonca
The Stranger ...... Simon Greenall
Producer: Elizabeth Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.
THU 09:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m000d7pb)
Series 23
Episode 3
David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies.
They compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents.
The panellists are obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as actors, rules, dogs and Finland.
Marcus Brigstocke
Lou Sanders
Cally Beaton
Neil Delamere
Produced by Jon Naismith.
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2020.
THU 09:30 Clare in the Community (b00j4hjr)
Series 5
Garden Party
It's a busy week for Clare who organises a petition to keep the Sparrowhawk Family Centre open and also hosts a garden party to get to know her new neighbours.
Sally Phillips plays Clare Barker the social worker with all the politically correct jargon but none of the practical solutions.
Clare ..... Sally Phillips
Brian ..... Alex Lowe
Helen ..... Liza Tarbuck
Ray ..... Richard Lumsden
Megan/Nali ..... Nina Conti
Irene ..... Ellen Thomas
Simon ..... Andrew Wincott
Written By Harry Venning And David Ramsden
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2009.
THU 10:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007rnv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
THU 11:00 Paul Temple (m0001zj5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 11:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k898)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 12:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006l98)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 12:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005t6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
THU 12:30 Guilt Trip (b07nrlqx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 13:00 The Burkiss Way (b007jqzc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 13:30 The World As We Know It (b00fj2bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 14:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m000d7pb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 14:30 Clare in the Community (b00j4hjr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 15:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007rnv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
THU 16:00 Paul Temple (m0001zj5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 16:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k898)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 17:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006l98)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005t6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
THU 17:30 Guilt Trip (b07nrlqx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 The Burkiss Way (b007jqzc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 18:30 The World As We Know It (b00fj2bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 19:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m000d7pb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 19:30 Clare in the Community (b00j4hjr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 20:00 Mastertapes - Access All Areas (m000m6m0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
THU 21:00 Great Lives (b008nz63)
Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx: Documentary filmmaker Roger Graef chooses acerbic comedy movie star Groucho Marx. With Matthew Parris. From January 2008.
THU 21:30 Lennox by Craig Russell (b011tsgd)
4. Arrests
Gang leaders, The Three Kings, have hired shady Private Eye Lennox to find out who ordered the hit on middle-ranking gangster, Tam McGahern.
As Lennox wades deeper into the investigation, he hears that the Kings have been arrested.
The final pieces of the jigsaw start to fall into place...
Craig Russell's gripping neo-noir thriller set in 1950s Glasgow.
Abridged by Alison Joseph.
Read by Grant O'Rourke.
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron
Made by BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4 Extra, and first broadcast in June 2011.
THU 22:00 Meet David Sedaris (m001k121)
Series 9
4. Eat The Rich!
"I told him that I followed a strict hegan diet. “Vegan?” he asked. “No,” I said. “Hegan. I only eat things that were male. I’m hoping that’s all clearly marked on your menu.”
Three shorter comic essays, in this week's show: In "Eat The Rich", David Sedaris plays with the modern world of often highly particular dietary requirements, where almost anything can be ‘a thing, now’. His commencement speech to the students of Oberlin College in the USA is re-lived in "A Speech To The Graduates" with a very particular and characteristically unorthodox array of lifestyle steers - including the choice of scented candles and the importance of saying thank you. Finally, "Best Wishes" throws light on his experiences signing books for his readers.
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, the globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller has become one of America’s pre-eminent humour writers. Sedaris has recently been enrolled into the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4
THU 22:30 Paul Sinha's History Revision (b04v3cxr)
Series 1
Communication
Paul Sinha looks through all of human history and examines how we came to be where we are.
In this edition, he looks at the modern's youth's obsession with a device that can be used to email, text, surf the web, play games and, very occasionally, make telephone calls - the telephone.
The story of how it came, legally, into being obviously involves electro-shock therapy and an exploding boat.
Paul also looks at a more positive aspect of young people, and tells a story of how the introduction of gin to the United Kingdom inspired the 17th-century equivalent of the Ice Bucket Challenge.
Written and performed by Paul Sinha.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2014.
THU 23:00 Crème de la Crime (b0089jzj)
Carrion up the Jungle
Mutiny, murder, and a possible parking fine in a dastardly case of felony afloat.
David Pershore travels to the tropics of the Far East. That is, if he can bear to have the inoculations.
Recalled by Michael Feydeau -TV's much-loved Inspector Niblett - and crime expert David Pershore
Using a daring mixture of reconstructions, interviews, music and specially made noises, tales from the vaults of villainy.
Written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
With:
Olivia Colman
Ewan Bailey
Director: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003.
THU 23:15 Bird Island (b044ghpd)
Series 2
Episode 4
Ben gets a new telescope, and Graham has some big news.
Ben ...... Reece Shearsmith
Graham ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Jane ...... Katy Wix
Beverley ...... Alison Steadman
Robin ...... Richard Aldridge
Atmospheric comedy about a cheery scientist based in Sub-Antarctica 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 Richard Herring's Objective (b017cfkv)
Series 2
Page 3
'Page 3' has been the cause of controversy, so Richard debates whether it's something that we should celebrate, or consign to the dustbin of history.
Series in which Richard Herring pokes and prods a variety controversial objects and see if the controversy falls out. Through vox pops, interviews and stand up comedy Richard examines the objects' history, meaning and significance and challenges our assumed logic and stereotypes.
Can we reclaim these objects away from their unfortunate associations?
Written by and starring Richard Herring.
With Emma Kennedy.
Special guest: glamour model, Lucy Pinder.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.

FRIDAY 24 MARCH 2023

FRI 00:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007rnv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (m0001zj5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k898)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006l98)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005t6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Guilt Trip (b07nrlqx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 The Burkiss Way (b007jqzc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 The World As We Know It (b00fj2bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m000d7pb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Clare in the Community (b00j4hjr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007s2w)
3. The Verdict
The iron workers’ uprising is defeated and Leigh has become an accessory to murder.
Dramatic conclusion of Gywn Thomas's novel.
Dramatised by Alan Plater.
Leigh ... Ian Hughes
John Simon .... Patrick Brennan
Katherine ... Manon Edwards
Helen ..... Melanie Walters
Jefferies .... Laurence Allan
Clark ... Gerald James
Longridge ... Sion Probert
Parr ... Ian Rowlands
Jabez ... Hubert Rees
Penbury .... Bill Stewart
Lemuel ... Ray Llewellyn
Lord Plimmon ... Ric Jerrom
Music by Ruth Wall.
Harp: Ruth Wall
Violin: Alison Frances
Director: Alison Hindell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1996.
FRI 06:00 Paul Temple (m00020sj)
Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery
A Change of Mind
After a curious train journey to Geneva for his investigation, the suave sleuth gets a surprise revelation...
Paul Temple probes the mysterious circumstances surrounding the apparent death of Mrs Milbourne’s husband, Carl, in a car crash in Switzerland. But it's a case, he may soon regret taking on...
Francis Durbridge's thriller featuring Paul Temple and Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
CAST:
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Maurice Lonsdale …. Patrick Barr
Margaret Milbourne …. Isabel Dean
Julia Carrington …. Polly Murch
Walter Neider …. Noel Howlett
Gustav …. Garard Green
Concierge …. Hamlyn Benson
Doctor …. Gordon Faith
Danny Clayton …. Nigel Graham
Vince Langham …. Simon Lack
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with tricky cases.
Producer: Martyn C Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1965.
FRI 06:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k78c)
5. The Conjurer's Song
Cwmystwyth, 1752:
Seven years have passed since Gruffydd abducted Madlen from her wedding and an indignant Hywel Bevan walked out on Rhiannon.
Starring Philip Madoc and Meg Wynn Owen.
Hot-blooded historical serial written by Gareth Jones.
Gruffydd .... Philip Madoc
lolo .... Ioan Meredith
Sir John Ffowlke .... Peter Halliday
Madlen .... Meg Wynn Owen
Rhiannon Bevan .... Lisabeth Miles
Mihangel .... Gareth Snook
Rachel .... Donna Edwards
Hannah .... Adrian T Furse
Old Thomas .... Dillwyn Owen
Joshua .... David Charles
Lissi .... Gillian Elisa Thomas
Gwilym Brewer .... Dorien Thomas
Horseman .... Graham Blockey
Directed at BBC Wales by Adrian Mourby.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1986.
FRI 07:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006n10)
5. Incentive
Full Fathom Five Theatre Company will be stuck if Charlie doesn't return to rehearsals - and he does have an incentive to do so.
David Nicholls engaging story of young lovers, Emma and Dexter.
When Charlie Lewis meets Fran Fisher in the summer of 1996, he is at something of a loose end. School is out and so is the sun, but his future is not looking bright. He has been hit hard by his parents' split and is not happy about the role assigned to him by his mother - keeping an eye on his depressed and bankrupt father.
Failure hangs in the air - not just the closure of his father's record shop but also Charlie's inability to complete most of his GCSE exams. But then Fran Fisher almost literally stumbles across him and a whole new world opens up.
Abridged by Isobel Creed and Jill Waters
Producer: Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2019.
FRI 07:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005tp6)
5. Before Her Time
Four decades on, Jeremy Gavron is battling to piece together why his mother Hannah - a bright, pioneering young sociologist - took her own life back in 1965.
Now Jeremy talks to fellow sociologists about the frustrations of his mother's academic career.
Conclusion of Jeremy Gavron's book starring Dominic Mafham.
Dramatised by Sarah Daniels.
Jeremy Gavron ...... Dominic Mafham
Judy Gavron ...... Helen Clapp
Older Leah ...... Debbie Korley
Hannah ...... Sarah Ovens
Ann ...... Elaine Claxton
Bernice ...... Georgie Glen
Aunt Susie ...... Susan Jameson
Director: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.
FRI 07:30 The Wilsons Save the World (m0003cnp)
Series 2
Live Forever
Spurred on by the notoriously anti-environment neighbour ‘BMW Paul’ and his apparent saintly U-turn on plastics and waste, Mike lays down a no-plastic challenge to the family which is taken up with competitive relish.
Meanwhile Max’s Mum Pauline pays another visit and dishes out a heap of straight-talking common sense in her own inimitable way.
It turns out that the purpose of her visit is to drop another bombshell which sends Max reeling and forces her to confront a number of difficult issues head on.
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
BMW Paul…Mike Wozniak
Producer: Julia McKenzie
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2019.
FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jl5j)
Series 1
The Offer
After a row with his father Albert, Harold decides to leave their rag and bone business and take up another offer of employment.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold.
Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962.
The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.
Adapted for BBC radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966.
FRI 08:30 Babblewick Hall (b01n6zrr)
Series 1
Episode 3
After a sermon from Parson Flinch on the dangers of worldly lusts, Fenton Babblewick finds himself smitten by the exquisite charms of Miss Lucinda Bluntstone.
However, before any progress can be made Fenton must satisfy the terms and conditions of Lucinda's formidable mother which includes strict stipulations concerning the long-suffering Augustus Snipe - will this prove the end of an enduring master/servant relationship?
Starring Nicholas Le Prevost as Fenton Babblewick and Forbes Masson as Augustus Snipe.
Scott Cherry’s six-part sitcom set in the 18th-century.
Fenton Babblewick ...... Nick Le Prevost
Augustus Snipe ...... Forbes Masson
Barney ...... David Antrobus
Jack ...... Sam Kelly
Molly ...... Gillian Bevan
Flinch ...... Maurice Denham
Mrs Bluntstone ...... Liz Spriggs
Lucinda ...... Tracie Bennett
Smellie ...... David Timson
Hartson ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Music by Paul Mottram.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1996.
FRI 09:00 Act Your Age (b00qplyn)
Series 2
Episode 5
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, Ed Byrne and Johnnie Casson are joined by Tom Wrigglesworth, John Bishop and Tom O'Connor.
Producers: Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.
FRI 09:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b00n490f)
Series 3
Episode 1
The sports agent ends up in court as a witness and tries very hard not to lie. Stars Neil Pearson.
Andy Hamilton's comedy about an honourable sports agent in a dishonourable world.
Trevor …. Neil Pearson
Meryl.........Claire Skinner
Sammy …. Paul Reynolds
Ralph …. Michael Fenton Stevens
Theresa …. Rosalind Ayres
Heidrun …. Cosima Shaw
Barry …. Abdul Salis
Mr Harcourt ...... Robert Duncan
Brock ...... Geoffrey Whitehead.
Written and produced by Andy Hamilton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2007.
FRI 10:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007s2w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
FRI 11:00 Paul Temple (m00020sj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 11:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k78c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 12:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006n10)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 12:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005tp6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
FRI 12:30 The Wilsons Save the World (m0003cnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jl5j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Babblewick Hall (b01n6zrr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Act Your Age (b00qplyn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 14:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b00n490f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 15:00 Gwyn Thomas - All Things Betray Thee (m0007s2w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Paul Temple (m00020sj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 16:30 Lord of Misrule (m001k78c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 17:00 Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (m0006n10)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 17:15 A Woman on the Edge of Time by Jeremy Gavron (m0005tp6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
FRI 17:30 The Wilsons Save the World (m0003cnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jl5j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 18:30 Babblewick Hall (b01n6zrr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 19:00 Act Your Age (b00qplyn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Trevor's World of Sport (b00n490f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 20:00 The School is Full of Noises (b066vyy7)
How did tape loops, recycled everyday sounds and countless other weapons of the avant-garde find their way into school music lessons during the 1960s? That's the challenge for Ian McMillan as he sets out on the trail of one of music education's more unexpected byways.
It begins in an attic. Jonny Trunk is a collector of music's less travelled pathways, amongst them LPs of school children from the 1960s performing the most ambitious musical works imaginable. They have titles like 'Music for Cymbals', 'An Aleatory Game' and 'Don't Drink and Drive'.
So where did this all come from? Ian sets out to rediscover the creators of these musical curiosities, both the educators who conceived them and also the pupils themselves. Now in their 50s, what might the former pupils of the likes of Burnt Yates School and Hessington Primary make of those experiences from their youth?
Eventually Ian's travels take him to a dark place. A very dark place. In a cavern complex near Pateley Bridge he retreads footsteps taken by children not just for a recording project but also one of those schools documentaries we love to chuckle over at the distance of five decades.
Only now can we discover what the class of '69 really thought of these ground-breaking musical adventures.
Producer: Michael Surcombe
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.
FRI 20:30 That Reminds Me (b007jp9q)
Series 3
John Inman
Actor John Inman shares memories of his TV, stage and film career with an audience.
John recalls his early career in Rep and his love of playing dames in over 40 pantomimes. He also reveals behind-the-scenes tales playing Mr Humphries in the long-running classic BBC TV sitcom 'Are You Being Served?'.
Producer: Claire Jones
John Inman: Born: 28 June 1935. Died: 8 March 2007
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.
FRI 21:00 The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry (m000jvyn)
Series 16
The Growling Stomach
"Why do our tummies rumble - and when they do, does it always mean we are hungry?" asks listener James, aged 12. For this series, with lockdown learning in mind, Drs Rutherford and Fry are investigating scientific mysteries for students of all ages. To get to the bottom of this noisy problem, the doctors tune in to our guts.
Geneticist Giles Yeo studies food intake and obesity. He explains the wavy workings of our digestive system, and how those audible rumbles are a sign that digestion is taking place – a phenomenon thought to be onomatopoeically named 'borborygmi' by the ancient Greeks, and explored further in the gruesome 19th century experiments of surgeon William Beaumont.
However, tuning in to the gut’s sounds can tell us more than whether we need a snack. Family doctor Margaret McCartney takes us through the process of how and why she and her medical colleagues may use a stethoscope to listen to your abdomen for both particular noises and silence.
Microbiologist Barry Marshall has taken medical listening one step further in his Noisy Guts Project. Inspired by microphones used to listen for termites hiding in walls, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist is trialling an acoustic belt, which could be worn to help diagnose and treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Presenters: Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford
Producer: Jen Whyntie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2020.
FRI 21:30 Lennox by Craig Russell (b0120w14)
5. Confrontation
Gang leaders, The Three Kings, have been arrested on suspicion of carrying out a serious armed robbery.
To secure their freedom, private eye Lennox must confront the real robbers himself; a dangerous solo mission with the potential to go seriously wrong.
Craig Russell's gripping neo-noir thriller set in 1950s Glasgow.
Abridged by Alison Joseph.
Concluded by Grant O'Rourke.
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron
Made by BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4 Extra, and first broadcast in June 2011.
FRI 22:00 The Ultimate Choice (m001k78j)
Series 1
Episode 5
Steph McGovern heads to Leeds to ask some seriously funny minds for their 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 Daliso Chaponda and Chris McCausland.
Host: Steph McGovern
Guests: Daliso Chaponda and Chris McCausland.
Devised and written by Jon Harvey & Joseph Morpurgo
With additional material from Laura Major
Researcher: Leah Marks
Recorded and mixed by David Thomas
Producer: Jon Harvey
Executive Producers: Ed Morrish and Polly Thomas
Photo: Carolyn Mendelsohn
A Naked Production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 22:30 Beauty of Britain (b010dq6w)
Series 2
The Little Black Shorts
Beauty starts a romance with the handsome but somewhat immature Leon. She also deals with a relationship at the other end of life's journey when she is sent by her agency to look after a warring elderly couple.
Starring Jocelyn Jee Esien.
Beauty's adventures continue as the Featherdown Agency sends her to provide care for the elderly.
Beauty’s Zimbabwean Shona background has taught her to respect age. She sees Britain at its best and its worst
Written by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson
Beauty ... Jocelyn Jee Esien
Frank ... Geoffrey Palmer
Joan ... Phyllida Law
Leon ... Lloyd Thomas
Mrs Gupte ... Indira Joshi
Anil ... Paul Sharma
Music by The West End Gospel Choir.
Producer : Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001k9k2)
Debra Stephenson 3/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight Angela Barnes catches up with Debra Stephenson
FRI 23:00 John Kearns (b05xh3nh)
4. Day Off
John struggles to enjoy his fantasy day of doing nothing.
The last of four 14-minute vignettes in a series from John Kearns, the winner of the main prize at the 2014 Edinburgh Comedy Festival, as well as the Best Newcomer Award in 2013.
Producer: Arnab Chanda
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2015.
FRI 23:15 Poets' Tree (b00srg4q)
Episode 4
The Islington-based poet Paul Hamilton looks at pop music's poetic merits - but remains unconvinced and he also digs out some old tapes of an interview he did with an unrecognised genius.
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 Listen Against (b008crj0)
Series 1
Episode 3
The show that prises the back off your radio, fiddles around with the programmes inside and then puts it all back together the wrong way round.
Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes take liberties with Laurie Taylor, BBC Radio 1Xtra and Melvyn Bragg
The brain-child of writer, comic and broadcaster Jon Holmes.
Producer: Bill Dare and Jon Holmes
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.