SATURDAY 03 JUNE 2023

SAT 00:00 Simon Passmore - Earworm (b054qfj2)
When TV researcher Mia goes in search of a long-lost fabled horror film, she puts herself in danger.
Tasked with producing an item for a TV show about Britain's worst film director, researcher Mia goes in search for the fabled horror film Earworm and its creator.
Urban myths surround this little known video nasty, with rumours that cast and crew suffered unexplained accidents during production, its director went into hiding after destroying all known copies of the film, and that its soundtrack is capable of affecting the viewer in sinister ways.
Spurred on rather deterred by the myths, Mia seeks out the film's secret…
Starring Chloe Pirrie.
Suspense-filled drama written by Simon Passmore
Mia .... Chloe Pirrie
Josh .... Shaun Mason
James .... Justin Salinger
Lena .... Jane Slavin
Charlie .... Ian Conningham
Craig .... David Acton
Lois .... Bettrys Jones
Bookseller .... Paul Heath
Producer .... Jude Akuwudike
Nurse .... Roslyn Hill
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015.
SAT 00:45 Roald Dahl (b00pbt9m)
Someone Like You
5. Nunc Dimittis
A slighted lover begins to plot an elaborate revenge.
Last of five darkly comic tales by Roald Dahl.
Dramatised by Stephen Sheridan.
Storyteller ...... Charles Dance
Gladys Ponsonby ...... Sarah Badel
John Roydon ...... Jonathan Keeble
Janet de Pelagia ...... Katie Scarfe
Director: David Blount
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2009.
SAT 01:00 Frank Cottrell Boyce - The Believers (b00rv6nd)
Liverpool, 1963. The Merseybeat boom is about to take off.
And with it, The Believers, a Christian pop band determined to spread the Word. If only they were all singing from the same hymn sheet.
Comedy drama by acclaimed screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce.
James ...... Ray Quinn
Debbie ...... Samantha Robinson
Billy ...... Kieran Lynn
Warren ...... John Biggins
Reverend Michaels ...... Rufus Wright
Elder Wardle ...... Gary Bleasdale
Jenny ...... Alison Pettitt
Other parts played by;
Joanna Monro
David Seddon
Laura Molyneux
Jill Cardo
Keely Beresford
Director: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2010.
SAT 02:00 The Events at Black Tor (b0891gks)
5. The Things that Emerge with the Dark
Despite a full-scale police investigation underway into the chain of chilling events, policeman Jamie is still in danger...
A mysterious letter has sparked terror for policeman Jamie and his wife Pam.
Starring Brian Peck and Bob Grant.
Roy Clarke's thriller serial set on the bleak Yorkshire Moors.
PC Jamie Hewitt ...... Brian Peck
Pam Hewitt ...... Juliet Cooke
Sergeant ...... James Beck
Father Probert ...... Bob Grant
Superintendent ...... David Mahlowe
Chief Inspector ...... Ronald Harvi
Spider One ...... Douglas Fielding
Spider Two ...... John Nettles
Spider Three ...... Colin Bell
Director: Alan Ayckbourn
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1968.
SAT 02:30 A Charles Paris Mystery (b01djrp9)
A Reconstructed Corpse
4. Attack
Charles locates the final piece in the macabre jigsaw puzzle of murder, but not before his own life comes under attack.
Bill Nighy stars as actor-cum-sleuth, Charles Paris.
Written by Jeremy Front - based on Simon Brett's novel.
Charles Paris .... Bill Nighy
Frances .... Suzanne Burden
Maurice .... Jon Glover
Chloe Earnshaw .... Francine Chamberlain
Superintendent Sorsby .... Gerard McDermott
Sam Noakes .... Adjoa Andoh
Martin Earnshaw .... James Lailey
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012.
SAT 03:00 One Two Three Four - The Beatles In Time by Craig Brown (m000tg70)
5. Strawberry Fields Forever
It’s hard to pinpoint whose idea it was, but the characteristic moptop became a Beatles trademark, spawning thousands of imitation wigs.
Their legacy lives on in unexpected ways.
Craig Brown presents a series of kaleidoscopic glimpses of the Beatles through time.
Drawing on interviews, diaries, anecdotes, memoirs and gossip, he offers an entertaining series of vignettes that capture the mood of an era.
It’s a journey that takes us from 9th November 1961 when Brian Epstein first heard the four young men in a sweaty basement, via their mop top haircuts, to the jaw-dropping prices paid for the most trivial of memorabilia.
And along the way there is the music, always the exuberant, the playful and ever-changing music.
Read by Mark McGann and Craig Brown
Abridged by Isobel Creed and Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.
SAT 03:15 The Citadel (m000hwrv)
Series 7
Episode 5
Christine helps discover the reason for Aled Evans's disruptive behaviour.
Medical drama set in the 1920s before the creation of the UK's National Health Service.
Based on AJ Cronin's groundbreaking novel.
Written by Christopher Reason and Tom Needham.
Dr Manson ...... Rupert Hill
Dr Denny ...... Matthew Gravelle
Christine ...... Jenny Platt
Tom Evans ...... Jason Done
Aled Evans ...... James Kelly
Gwyneth ...... Charlotte Sienna Lee
Director: Gary Brown
Producers: Pauline Harris & Gary Brown
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2020.
SAT 03:30 Dr Phil's Bedside Manner (m000z6xl)
Dr Phil visits Birmingham City Hospital
An innovative mix of comedy performance and documentary in a series presented by Dr Phil Hammond.
As a doctor and a comedian, Phil knows that humour and laughter are vital coping mechanisms in the NHS, as he travels the UK on a mission to listen to the beating heart of a national institution.
The programmes are an adventurous, hilarious, thought-provoking mix of humour and happiness, tragedy and reflection as the personal thoughts, opinions, experiences and hopes of people who work for and use the NHS are revealed.
This time Dr Phil visits Birmingham City Hospital, where he hears the stories of porters and patients, cleaners and cardiologists, visitors and volunteers, the managers and the medics.
And Phil performs a free stand-up comedy show for the staff based on his listening experiences at that location and the stories of the people he has met.
Producer: David Morley
A Ride production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2021.
SAT 04:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jl7y)
Series 1
The Lead Man Cometh
Just as Albert and Harold are needing to economise, the rag and bone men are made an irresistible offer.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.
Classic sitcom about the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Albert …. Wilfrid Brambell
Harold …. Harry H Corbett
Welsh Hughie …. Leonard Rossiter
The 1962 BBC TV comedy pilot 'The Offer' sparked a run of 8 series.
Adapted for BBC radio from the TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1966.
SAT 04:30 Flying the Flag (b00f34fk)
Series 4
The Pretenders
Revolution in the People's Democratic Republic is in the air when a claimant to the newly restored throne arrives from Britain.
Enter political stage right, Princess Sharon Eckersley.
Starring Dinsdale Landen.
Eastern bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer.
HM Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
Colonel Surikov …. Christopher Benjamin
Sharon …. Elaine Lordan
Dave …. Simon Schatzberger
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.
SAT 05:00 Act Your Age (b0100gr6)
Series 3
Episode 3
Three-way battle between the comedy generations to find out which is the funniest.
Hosted by Simon Mayo.
Will it be the Up-and-Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Guard who will be crowned, for one week at least, as the Golden Age of Comedy?
With Team Captains:
Holly Walsh
Lucy Porter
Tom O'Connor
Guest Comics:
Sean Walsh
Hal Cruttenden
Dave Spikey
Devised and produced by Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.
SAT 05:30 Bleak Expectations (b00wdjvk)
Series 4
A Now Tricky Life Woefully Miseried Up
Pip and Harry have escaped the exploding desert island, but Harry has been transformed into a dinosaur.
Now they must catch Mister Benevolent and prevent him taking over the world, but the trail has led them to France.
Here they must face unimaginable horrors, including a bacon free breakfast and a deadly confrontation in a cheese mine.
But there is a glimmer of hope in the form of The Scarlet Pimple.
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
Grimpunch ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely ..... Sarah Hadland
Pippa ..... Susy Kane
Reverend Godly Fecund ..... David Mitchell
Frenchman ..... Mark Evans
Producer Gareth Edwards.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.
SAT 06:00 David Pownall (m00016f3)
In Praise of Evil
David Pownall’s drama imagines what may have happened if the composer Monteverdi had been summoned to Rome to appear before the all-powerful Inquisition on charges of allowing blasphemy and immorality to go unpunished at the end of his magnificent new opera ‘The Coronation of Poppea’.
The Emperor Nero, persecutor of the early Christian church, is the leading character and concludes the opera by singing a sublime love duet - something the church authorities cannot comprehend or sanction.
Weak and frightened, the elderly Monteverdi is even brought face to face with the highly unpredictable Pope.
How will Monteverdi escape the suffocating clutches of the Church?
Will the Inquisition succeed in stifling his creative impulses?
Why is the Pope so involved?
This is novelist and dramatist David Pownall's 89th play for radio – a remarkable achievement.
He revisits some of the long-standing areas of artistic interest that have always intrigued him. What motivates composers? What emotions inspire great music? How can a composer reconcile himself to the unbending demands of the Church or the State when under intense mental and physical pressure. Can a composer ever truly express himself under such strictures? This debate lies at the heart of his great stage play, the black comedy Master Class, in which Stalin tries to ‘persuade’ Prokofiev and Shostakovitch to work together to produce the perfect piece of Soviet music.
Claudio Monteverdi .... Jim Norton
Maffeo Barberini .... David Horovitch
Claudia .... Monica Dolan
Busenello .... Anton Lesser
Domingo .... Michael Maloney
Adriano and Bernini .... Carl Prekopp
Sister John .... James Joyce
The Pope’s Secretary /Coachman .... Andrew Branch
Giovanna and Martha .... Jane Whittenshaw
Director: Martin Jenkins
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in November 2018.
SAT 07:30 Churchill's Passions (Omnibus) (b0bn26xz)
Andrew Roberts reads his five essays on Winston Churchill tying-in with his book about the man.
He describes the character traits and enduring influences that made up this great politician's life - the sense of destiny, the 'shades' of his father, his various friendships, his chronic 'tearfulness', and the wit and wisdom he often employed to effect.
Omnibus of five parts.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.
SAT 08:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrmy)
4. The Future Is Tripe
"Fosdyke International is going into red cabbage, pigs' feet and maybe even pickled onions." Jos Fosdyke is feeling extra determined to conquer the world...
A classic tale of struggle, power, personalities and tripe.
Bill Tidy and John Junkin's family saga - based on Tidy's Daily Mirror cartoon strip (1971-1985) parodying John Galsworthy's 'The Forsyte Saga' novels.
Josiah Fosdyke …. Philip Lowrie
Rebecca Fosdyke …. Stephanie Turner
Victoria Fosdyke …. Miriam Margolyes
Tom Fosdyke …. David Threlfall
The Warder …. John Junkin
The King …. John Westbrook
Other parts played by:
Christopher Barr
Sally Grace
Douglas Blackwell
David English
Producer: Alan Nixon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1983.
SAT 09:00 Benny Hill (b08qmt8w)
Benny Hill Time
From 17/05/1964
Benny Hill with homemade movie mayhem and the Italian-made historical epic, 'Henry XVIII'
Written by and starring Benny Hill.
With:
Peter Vernon
Jan Waters
Patricia Hayes.
Music by:
The Mike Sammes Singers
The Johnnie Spence Orchestra.
Producer: John Browel
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1964.
SAT 09:30 Whack-O! (b06cjj2l)
This Is Your Life
Scheming school Headmaster Jim needs the cost of an airfare from Australia.
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.
Headmaster …. Jimmy Edwards
Matron …. June Whitfield
Aubrey Potter …. Roddy Maude-Roxby
Alfred Tennyson …. Frederick Treves
O’Reilly …. Roy Dotrice
Lumley …. Roger Shepherd
With special guest: Eamonn Andrews
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1961.
SAT 10:00 Laura Barton's American Road Trip (m000bxlv)
1. Heading West
Writer Laura Barton takes to the road for an audio adventure across the United States of America - from New York to California.
In the first of three episodes, her selection from the BBC archives includes:
* ‘Travel Talk: How The World Lives’ – New York [1947]
* ‘Free Spirit’ by Jonathan Raban [1991]
* American Airwaves’ [1984]
* ‘Sam Shepard at the Battersea Arts Centre: Cruising Paradise’ [1998]
* ‘The Green Book’ extract [2016]
Producer: Luke Doran
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in October 2018.
SAT 11:00 David Pownall (m00016f3)
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SAT 12:30 Churchill's Passions (Omnibus) (b0bn26xz)
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SAT 13:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrmy)
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SAT 14:00 Benny Hill (b08qmt8w)
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SAT 14:30 Whack-O! (b06cjj2l)
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SAT 15:00 Laura Barton's American Road Trip (m000bxlv)
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SAT 16:00 Simon Passmore - Earworm (b054qfj2)
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SAT 16:45 Roald Dahl (b00pbt9m)
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SAT 17:00 David Pownall (m00016f3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 18:30 Churchill's Passions (Omnibus) (b0bn26xz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 19:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrmy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 20:00 Benny Hill (b08qmt8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 20:30 Whack-O! (b06cjj2l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 21:00 Laura Barton's American Road Trip (m000bxlv)
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SAT 22:00 The Jail Diaries of Sir Ralph Stanza (m001093g)
Prison Bard
Albie Sachs, Nelson Mandela, Jeffrey Archer... the literary penal tradition is an honourable one.
It now reaches its pinnacle with Sir Ralph Stanza, the poet dedicated to bringing culture to the masses, and gently explain it to them.
This is the first of Sir Ralph's audio diaries from his recent stint as poet-in-residence at a maximum security prison.
Written by and starring James Quinn.
One lucky inmate receives poetic tips, covering street culture, spelling and jokes about poets' names...
Sir Ralph Stanza ...... James Quinn
Robo ...... Jack Deam
Dean ...... Neil Bell
Josh ...... Theo Ant Smith
Officer ...... Joan Kempson
Produced at BBC Manchester by Graham Frost
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004.
SAT 22:15 The Shuttleworths (b007k1n2)
Series 1
Cotton Buddies
From the comfort of his Sheffield semi, aspiring singer-songwriter John is planning another chart-topping hit.
However, before he can get lost in creativity, he notices the heads of his tape deck need a jolly good clean and there are other DIY jobs waiting too.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1993.
SAT 22:30 Welcome to Wherever You Are (m0006sf0)
Series 2
Episode 1
Andrew Maxwell hosts a truly global stand-up show, in which comedians perform from wherever on the planet they happen to be, to an audience in the BBC Radio Theatre, London.
With:
Steph Tisdell
Schalk Bezuidenhout
Al Pitcher
Steph Tisdell is a First Nations Australian stand-up.
Schalk Bezuidenhout is an Afrikaaner from Cape Town.
Al Pitcher aims to give us the lowdown on life in Stockholm.
Produced by Richard Morris.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2019.
SAT 23:00 Vent (b00v3qsn)
Series 2
Alternatives
What would comatose Ben's life be like if it was a Hollywood movie?
Starring Neil Pearson.
Dark sitcom following the thoughts of comatose patient Ben.
Written by Nigel Smith.
Ben …. Neil Pearson
Jean …. Josie Lawrence
Mary …. Fiona Allen
Blitzkrieg …. Leslie Ash
With Nicholas Hutchison, Jo Martin and Mark Perry.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007.
SAT 23:30 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b01qkmpl)
Series 2
Midlife Crisis
The stand-up comic gives us his take on the crisis of midlife that hits the best of us eventually.
Stephen K Amos returns to investigate a series of themes with guest stand-ups and the hilarious audience interaction that he's become famous for.
With:
Fred MacAulay
Angela Barnes
Greg Proops
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2013.

SUNDAY 04 JUNE 2023

SUN 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jqgr)
Series 5
Tapping
Something happened to Tom when he was six - something he's never been able to forget.
Every night when he tries to sleep, it starts.
Now, after nine years of marriage, Tom finally steals himself to tell his wife Janey about the tapping...
Fear on 4 brings you more in a series of nerve-tinglers.
Written by Colin Haydn Evans.
Janey ...... Siobhan Redmond
Tom ...... Mark Bonner
The Girl ...... Alison Pettitt
Director: David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1997.
SUN 00:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b007k0s3)
1. Immune
Robert Neville is immune to a plague which has decimated the population
Earth's last living man takes on hordes of survivors turned into monstrous vampires.
1954 cult classic set in the United States of America in 1976.
Read by Angus McInnes.
One of the 20th century's most significant vampire novels, Richard Matheson's 'I Am Legend' combines the worlds of sci-fi and horror.
Abridged in nine parts by Scott Stainton Miller.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in January 2006.
SUN 01:00 David Pownall (m00016f3)
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SUN 02:30 Churchill's Passions (Omnibus) (b0bn26xz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrmy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Benny Hill (b08qmt8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:30 Whack-O! (b06cjj2l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 Laura Barton's American Road Trip (m000bxlv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001mlc4)
Adventures In Poetry - The Sunne Rising
Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archives and chooses Adventures in Poetry - The Sunne Rising - John Donne's sexually charged masterpiece.
Peggy Reynolds enlists writers, poets, schoolboys, Shakespeare, the Ancient Greeks and the caretaker of a very contemporary garden in an exploration of Donne's classic poem.
Guests include John Carey.
Reader: Douglas Hodge
Producer: Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000.
SUN 06:30 One Two Three Four - The Beatles In Time by Craig Brown (Omnibus) (m001mlc6)
John and Paul’s very different characters were key to The Beatles’ success.
Decades later, the National Trust attempts to bottle the magic by recreating their childhood homes.
Craig Brown presents a series of kaleidoscopic glimpses of the Beatles through time.
Drawing on interviews, diaries, anecdotes, memoirs and gossip, he offers an entertaining series of vignettes that capture the mood of an era.
It’s a journey that takes us from 9th November 1961 when Brian Epstein first heard the four young men in a sweaty basement, via their mop top haircuts, to the jaw-dropping prices paid for the most trivial of memorabilia.
And along the way there is the music, always the exuberant, the playful and ever-changing music.
Written by Craig Brown.
Omnibus of five parts abridged by Isobel Creed and Jill Waters
Read by Mark McGann, Kate Robbins and Craig Brown.
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.
SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001mlc8)
Matthew Modine
American actor Matthew Modine shares: Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto and On My Feelings by his daughter Ruby Modine.
SUN 07:50 AJ Cronin - The Citadel (Omnibus) (m001mlcb)
Series 7
It's 1929, and Dr Denny indirectly causes Manson's young daughter Gwyneth to have an accident, leading to drastic action.
Medical drama set in the 1920s before the creation of the UK's National Health Service.
Based on AJ Cronin's groundbreaking novel.
Omnibus of five parts written by Christopher Reason and Tom Needham.
Dr Manson ...... Rupert Hill
Dr Denny ...... Matthew Gravelle
Christine ...... Jenny Platt
Ivan Brice ...... Joe Belham
Returning Officer ...... Gerrard Fletcher
Gwyneth ...... Charlotte Sienna Lee
Tom Evans ...... Jason Done
Aled Evans ...... James Kelly
Bryn the Book ...... Gerrard Fletcher
Other parts played by the cast.
Director: Gary Brown
Producers: Pauline Harris & Gary Brown
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2020.
SUN 09:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m001mlcd)
Series 5
What A Good Boy Am I
In his never-ending pursuit of money, Jimmy challenges Theodore to a bet.
Starring the diminutive Jimmy Clitheroe.
Legendary sitcom about Lancashire’s eternal cheeky schoolboy who lives with his Mother, sister Susan and Grandad.
At its peak, ten million fans tuned in each week to hear Jimmy’s latest antics.
Written by James Casey and Frank Roscoe
The Kid Himself …. Jimmy Clitheroe
Mother …. Patricia Burke
Grandad …. Peter Sinclair
Susan …. Diana Day
Danny Ross …. Alfie
Theodore Craythorpe/Harry Whittle …. Leonard Williams
Higginbottom …. Tony Melody
Theme music by Alan Roper and played by the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra directed by Alan Ainsworth.
Producer: James Casey
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1962.
SUN 09:30 The Navy Lark (m001mlcj)
Series 9
Frenchmen in J.41
With good reason, Chief Petty Officer Pertwee panics when a French frigate ties up at the berth meant for HMS Troutbridge.
Stars Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge.
Written by Lawrie Wyman
The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips
The Chief Petty Officer ...... Jon Pertwee
The Number One ...... Stephen Murray
Captain Povey .... Richard Caldicot
WREN Chasen …. Heather Chasen
The Admiral …. Tenniel Evans
Flag Lieut. …. Michael Bates
Able Seaman Johnson …. Ronnie Barker
The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series between 1959 and 1976.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1967.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b08ltmyt)
By Royal Appointment
Sir Mark Rylance
Actor Mark Rylance shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.
Born in Kent and brought up in America where his father was a teacher, Mark played Hamlet for the first time while he was still at school.
Since then he’s become particularly well known for his acclaimed and award-winning Shakespearean stage roles. He won an Olivier and a Tony award for his portrayal of Johnny 'Rooster' Byron in Jez Butterworth's 'Jerusalem' onstage in both Britain and the USA.
He’s also appeared in a number of film roles, was the first artistic director of London’s Globe Theatre - a post he held for a decade - and his portrayal of Thomas Cromwell in BBC TV’s adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall brought him to a wider audience.
Sir David Mark Rylance Waters was created a Knight Bachelor in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to theatre.
DISC ONE: Body and Soul - Coleman Hawkins
DISC TWO: Henry Purcell’s “Tis I that have warmed ye” - Les Arts Florissants
DISC THREE: Charles Ives’s “They are There” – The Kronos Quartet
DISC FOUR: Just like Tom Thumb's Blues - Nina Simone
DISC FIVE: Once a Man Twice a Child - Justin Hinds & the Dominoes
DISC SIX: Music from the soundtrack of Days and Nights - Claire van Kampen
DISC SEVEN: Arthur McBride And The Sergeant - Andy Irvine and Paul Brady
DISC EIGHT: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Quartet Number 16 in F sharp (2nd movement) – The Busch Quartet
BOOK CHOICE: Rumi - The Big Red Book
LUXURY CHOICE: A stand up bass
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Quartet Number 16 in F sharp (2nd movement) – The Busch Quartet
Producer: Isabel Sargent
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2015.
SUN 10:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b0120790)
Series 2
Fireflies
The chemistry that allows the combustion of natural chemicals to generate light without heat is wonderfully harnessed by the firefly.
Fireflies are insects with several species in the group; each with its own species specific code and signalling regime.
In this life story, Sir David Attenborough tells of his personal experience filming the antics of fireflies and the insight this gave him into this secret world of messaging.
Written and presented by David Attenborough
Producer: Julian Hector.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.
SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001mlc4)
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SUN 11:30 One Two Three Four - The Beatles In Time by Craig Brown (Omnibus) (m001mlc6)
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SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001mlc8)
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SUN 12:50 AJ Cronin - The Citadel (Omnibus) (m001mlcb)
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SUN 14:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m001mlcd)
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SUN 14:30 The Navy Lark (m001mlcj)
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SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b08ltmyt)
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SUN 15:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b0120790)
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SUN 16:00 Fear on 4 (b007jqgr)
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SUN 16:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b007k0s3)
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SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001mlc4)
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SUN 17:30 One Two Three Four - The Beatles In Time by Craig Brown (Omnibus) (m001mlc6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001mlc8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]
SUN 18:50 AJ Cronin - The Citadel (Omnibus) (m001mlcb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]
SUN 20:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m001mlcd)
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SUN 20:30 The Navy Lark (m001mlcj)
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SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b08ltmyt)
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SUN 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b0120790)
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SUN 22:00 The Tim Vine Chat Show (b0952qq9)
Series 2
Torquay
Tim Vine travels the length and breadth of this fair land to uncover the best stories of the Great British public.
And of course he takes every possible opportunity to tell a ridiculous joke and sing a preposterous song along the way.
Tim arrives at the Babbacombe Theatre in Torquay, where the seaside crowd sing a song about a box and a local laughter yoga teacher leads an impromptu workshop.
Producer: Richard Morris
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2017.
SUN 22:30 Isy Suttie's Love Letters (b0435hrn)
Series 2
The Crank
Isy Suttie recounts the tale of the Crank, a Matlock oddball who Isy's mother roped into helping Isy study the Welsh language. Along the way, Isy picks up a bit of morse code.
Another love story, told partly through song.
Sometimes Isy has merely observed the lives of others; quite often she's intervened, changing the action dramatically - for better or worse.
Intertwined within these stories are related real life anecdotes from her own, often disastrous, love life.
With her award-winning multi-character and vocal skills, and accompanied by her guitar, Isy creates a hilarious and deeply moving world, sharing with us her lessons in life and love.
Producer: Lyndsay Fenner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2014.
SUN 23:00 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (b01nq3p1)
Series 1
Episode 1
John Humphrys gives 28 performers 60 seconds to entertain an audience:
Richie Webb & Vicki Pepperdine
Jason Manford
Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis
Josie Long
Ed Byrne
Matt Holt
Nick Mohammed
Phil Nichol
Matt Kirshen
Lemn Sissay
The Cowards
Jason John Whitehead
Howard Read
Janey Godley
Count Arthur Strong
Al Pitcher
Martin White
Edward Aczel
Marcus Birdman
Tom Price
John Bishop
The Consultants
Sue Vale
Miles Jupp
Stefano Paolini
Rhod Gilbert
Seymour Mace
Nicholas Parsons
Producers: Rohan Acharya and Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006.
SUN 23:30 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll (b00fw3yp)
My Turn to Be Poorly
The Brummie musicologist reveals the impact of so many rock legends dying at the age of 27.
Set in a fictitious in a college of further education in the 'Newcastle-under-Lyme area'.
Series of comic lectures, written and performed by Graham Fellows
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.
SUN 23:45 Self-Storage (b00fq37w)
Series 2
Episode 5
Dave's Dad makes a surprise visit to Dave's pod.
Stars Reece Shearsmith and Mark Heap.
Sitcom written by Tom Collinson about a man living in a storage unit.
Dave ...... Reece Shearsmith
Geoff ...... Mark Heap
Ron ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
Judy ...... Rosie Cavaliero
Sarah ...... Susan Earl
Dad ...... Philip Jackson
Produced by Ed Morrish.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008.

MONDAY 05 JUNE 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001mlc4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 One Two Three Four - The Beatles In Time by Craig Brown (Omnibus) (m001mlc6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001mlc8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]
MON 01:50 AJ Cronin - The Citadel (Omnibus) (m001mlcb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m001mlcd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 The Navy Lark (m001mlcj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b08ltmyt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b0120790)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 David Pownall (b00hp7mw)
Barbara Allen
The mystery of love's compelling power, explored in a drama based on one of the best-loved folk songs of all time.
The story of high-born Jemmy Grove’s unrequited obsession with beautiful artisan girl, Barbara Allen.
Starring Keith Barron and Honeysuckle Weeks.
Drama written by David Pownall.
John .... Keith Barron
Jemmy .... Benedict Sandiford
Barbara Allen .... Honeysuckle Weeks
Silas .... Adam Godley
Mrs Allen .... Natasha Pyne
Mary .... Jennie Stoller
Barnswell .... Philip Joseph
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2001.
MON 05:45 Short Works (m0007rtq)
In The Mountains by Amanthi Harris
Anya seeks to escape her unhappiness in London in a Spanish village.
But she discovers that she cannot escape from herself.
Short story read by Aysha Kala.
Writer and artist Amanthi Harris was born in Sri Lanka and grew up in Colombo, before moving to London.
Her novella Lantern Evening won the Gatehouse Press New Fictions Prize in 2016. Her novel, Beautiful Place, was published in 2019.
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019.
MON 06:00 The Events at Black Tor (b0891m27)
6. The Deepest Dark
As the sect begin their ceremony, the police move in.
As Jamie moves closer, he recognises one of the worshippers in the firelight...
Starring Brian Peck, Juliet Cooke and Bob Grant.
A mysterious letter has sparked a terrifying chain of events for policeman Jamie and his wife Pam.
Conclusion of Roy Clarke's thriller serial set on the bleak Yorkshire Moors.
PC Jamie Hewitt ...... Brian Peck
Pam Hewitt ...... Juliet Cooke
Sergeant ...... James Beck
Father Probert ...... Bob Grant
Superintendent... David Mahlowe
Brown.............. Colin Edwynn
Palmer.............. John Nettles
Dog handler.... Robert Powell
Director: Alan Ayckbourn
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1968.
MON 06:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xlly)
Series 3
1. Charred Remains
Fire Investigator ‘Q’ Barnaby returns to tackle a double-arson insurance fraud, which sparks deadly consequences.
Starring Robert Beatty.
The third series Philip Levine’s adventures of fire investigating sleuth, Quentin ‘Q’ Barnaby.
Selection of surviving episodes rescued from the BBC archive.
‘Q’ Barnaby …. Robert Beatty
Valerie Crane …. Gudrun Ure
Charles Carter …. Noel Howlett
Joe Martin .... Basil Jones
Alec Groves …. Anthony Hall
Inspector Hackett …. Duncan McIntyre
Philip Levine’s fascination with arson “never waned”, with its “numerous motivations including; greed, financial reverses, the destruction of evidence, revenge, jealousy, pyromania and even boredom. Arson is a crime of secrecy and cold premeditation.”
Director: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1965.
MON 07:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00y9y8k)
1. Missing
Classic novel set in Berlin in 1933, as Adolf Hitler's election campaign is underway.
Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical story, first published in 1971.
Read by Rosemary Leach.
This is the story of nine year-old Jewish girl Anna and her family's attempt to escape from the Nazis.
Judith wrote it for her son to explain her own story of her family fleeing Nazi Germany.
Her father was a drama critic and a distinguished writer whose books were burned by the Nazis.
Kerr found herself a fairly willing refugee, seeing her long travels as a great adventure. A view her parents went to great pains to confirm, often hiding their own personal and professional privations and struggles from their young children.
Abridged in five parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Producer: Peter Hutchings
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in February 1991.
MON 07:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phdbr)
1. Arrivals
Moses Aloetta, an old hand who has lived in London for ten years, goes to Waterloo station to meet another boat train of hopeful new arrivals from the West Indies.
They've come to find work and wealth in the capital of the mother country, but they meet with a cold welcome and bitter weather.
Despite this, Moses and his friends of the Windrush generation go about making new lives for themselves with vigour and panache, navigating the rules and regulations of their new home, lending support to each other when needed, learning to survive; it's not long before, as Moses puts it “the boys coming and going, working, eating, sleeping, going about the vast metropolis like veteran Londoners.”
Sam Selvon's rich and touching 1956 novel about the lives of a group of Caribbean immigrants in London.
Abridged in five parts by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths
Read by Don Warrington.
Producer: Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
MON 07:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b084bmn9)
Series 1
History and the Role of the Entertainer
Alexei explores the role of the entertainer.
Along the way he explains why he will never go on Strictly Come Dancing, the reason Newsnight needs to be 11 hours long and questions why TV comedy panel shows help rehabilitate the careers of 'war criminals'.
The Godfather of Alternative Comedy delivers a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy from behind the counter of his Imaginary Sandwich Bar.
Written and performed by Alexei Sayle.
With:
Nicholas Parsons
Paul Merton
Jake Yapp
Additional Material by Sarah Campbell.
Producer: Joe Nunnery
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2016.
MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b007jpq0)
Series 4
Episode 14
Englishman 'Beau' joins the Foreign Legion to forget... and Time & Motion efficiency experts, Julian and Sandy look for efficiencies at the BBC.
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 May 1968.
MON 08:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv6r)
Series 3
Episode 2
The snoring of leg model April, inspires ad man Ken in his quest to win an account for a nasal spray.
Starring Martin Jarvis.
Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in the competitive world of advertising
Ken Handley ...... Martin Jarvis
Sandy ...... Christopher Godwin
Freddie ...... Lockwood West
Ambrose ...... Paul Jesson
April ...... Shelley Thompson
Hedley ...... Robert Longden
Deborah ...... Rosalind Ayres
The Artiste of Diminutive Stature ...... David Learner
With:
Miriam Margolyes
John Shrapne
David Tate
Sally Grace
Enn Reitel
Anton Rogers
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986.
MON 09:00 The Write Stuff (b01by9l4)
Series 15
Jackie Collins
James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary correctness.
Team captains John Walsh and Sebastian Faulks, are joined by journalist, Jane Thynne, and creator of the DI Thorne novels, Mark Billingham.
Author of the week is million-selling author and steadfast purveyor of "bonkbusters", Jackie Collins.
As a finale, the teams are asked to imagine Jackie Collins' version of a literary classic, such as Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre.
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Producer: Sam Michell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.
MON 09:30 Snap (b00td5sb)
Series 1
Episode 1
When a couple have history, how can they ever be history?
Molly and Doug are separating but as he's only moving a few streets away, can they make a clean break?
Starring Rebecca Lacey and Paul Venables.
Paul Mendelson’s sitcom about life for a couple after they've split.
Molly …. Rebecca Lacey
Doug …. Paul Venables
Kaz …. Soumaya Keynes
Ryan …. Jessie Sullivan
Scarlet …. Rebecca Front
Mrs Lonsdale …. Marlene Sidaway
Ansel …. Richard Firth
Producer: David Ian Neville
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003.
MON 10:00 David Pownall (b00hp7mw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
MON 10:45 Short Works (m0007rtq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:45 today]
MON 11:00 The Events at Black Tor (b0891m27)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 11:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xlly)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 12:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00y9y8k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 12:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phdbr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
MON 12:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b084bmn9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 13:00 Round the Horne (b007jpq0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 13:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv6r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 14:00 The Write Stuff (b01by9l4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 14:30 Snap (b00td5sb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 15:00 David Pownall (b00hp7mw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
MON 15:45 Short Works (m0007rtq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:45 today]
MON 16:00 The Events at Black Tor (b0891m27)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 16:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xlly)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 17:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00y9y8k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phdbr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
MON 17:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b084bmn9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 Round the Horne (b007jpq0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 18:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv6r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 19:00 The Write Stuff (b01by9l4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 19:30 Snap (b00td5sb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 20:00 Radiolab (m0010fsl)
Series 8
Ashes On The Lawn
A global pandemic. An afflicted, angry group. A seemingly indifferent government.
Reporter Tracie Hunte wanted to understand this moment of pain and confusion by looking back 30 years, and she found a complicated answer to a simple question:
When nothing seems to work, how do you make change?
Radiolab is a Peabody-award winning show about curiosity.
Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and the human experience.
From WNYC. First broadcast on public radio in the USA in 2020.
MON 20:55 Inheritance Tracks (b08gj7wr)
PP Arnold
Soul singer PP Arnold chooses Ike and Tina Turner's 'River Deep, Mountain High' and Aretha Franklin's 'Natural Woman'.
MON 21:00 Mastertapes (b02ykg3t)
Series 2
Spandau Ballet (A-Side)
Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp and Tony Hadley discuss their 1983 international hit album, 'True'.
Series in which leading performers and songwriters talk about the album that made them or changed them.
Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios, each edition includes two episodes - the A-side and B-side.
In this one (The A-side), Gary and Tony reflect on Spandau Ballet's third album, 'True', which became a worldwide smash hit featuring tracks such as 'Gold', ''Pleasure', 'Communication' and the title track, which spent 4 weeks at the top of the charts.
Singer Tony Hadley and Gary Kemp, the man who wrote all of these songs, discuss their inspiration and influence with John Wilson.
'True' became one of the stand out albums of the New Romantic movement. Recorded at the legendary Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas, Producers Steve Jolley and Tony Swain gave the band a slicker, more R&B sound aimed at squarely at the charts.
In The B-side of the programme, it's the turn of the audience to ask the questions.
Producer: Helen Lennard.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.
MON 21:30 The Phone (b00wdh8g)
The Patient by Simon Passmore
A doctor's night-time visits are sent off course when she starts receiving calls from a former patient.
Written by Simon Passmore.
Starring Lucy Akhurst.
Series of eerie thrillers, each connected by mysterious phone calls.
Kate.........Lucy Akhurst.
Craig.......Philip Jackson
The Patient.....Sally Orrock
Man.......... Sean Baker
Timmy:........Kit Swift
Mother..........Claire Harry
Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.
MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m001mc5p)
Series 29
Episode 1
David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they’re able to smuggle past their opponents.
Alan Davies, Holly Walsh, Angela Barnes and Henning Wehn are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as horses, cleaning, airports and New Zealand.
The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith.
Producer: Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4
MON 22:30 And Now in Colour (b007wqf1)
Series 1
Salisbury Plain
The sketch show team take their audience on Territorial Army manoeuvres – and a surprise Book at Bedtime.
Precision comedy written and performed by:
Tim Firth
Tim de Jongh
Michael Rutger
William Vandyck
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1990
MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m001mcmn)
Series 111
Episode 6
Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news. Providing the answers, hopefully, are Ian Smith, Alice Fraser, Anushka Asthana, and Andy Hamilton. This episode Andy and the panel find out what's up with WhatsApp, what is our chequebook bouncing on, and what's the latest on UFOs.
Written by Andy Zaltzman
With additional material by
Cody Dahler
Adam Greene
and Vicky Richards
Producer: Sam Holmes
Executive Producer: Pete Strauss
Production Co-ordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
A BBC Studios Production
MON 23:30 The Skivers (b00805wv)
Series 2
Jon Pertwee
Doctor Who meets Worzel Gummidge, as Nick and Tim welcome special guest Jon Pertwee
Skilful sketch show written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.
With:
Peter Bradshaw
Mel Giedroyc
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1995.

TUESDAY 06 JUNE 2023

TUE 00:00 David Pownall (b00hp7mw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:45 Short Works (m0007rtq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:45 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 The Events at Black Tor (b0891m27)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xlly)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00y9y8k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phdbr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b084bmn9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Round the Horne (b007jpq0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv6r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 The Write Stuff (b01by9l4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Snap (b00td5sb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Elizabeth Bowen - The Last September (m0008q24)
1. The Brink
1920, Danielstown, County Cork. Lois is poised on the brink of womanhood.
She dances and flirts with English officers, but they do not always return from patrols.
Starring Anna Healy and Greg Wise.
Elizabeth Bowen's 1929 novel
Dramatised in two parts by Nigel Gearing.
Lois ... Anna Healy
Gerald ... Greg Wise
Lady Myra ... Carmel McSharry
Sir Richard ... Denys Hawthorne
Marda ... Frances Tomelty
Hugo ... Billy Boyle
Francis ... Janet Maw
Livvy ... Anna Livia Ryan
David ... Robert Harper
Laurence ... J D Kelleher
Daventry ... Dorian Lough
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.
TUE 06:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsql)
1. The Journey to Arabia
A newspaper article and an almost-forgotten client send young English lawyer George Grant on a mystery trip.
Starring Tim Munro.
Arabian adventure based on Hammond Innes' 1960 novel.
Adapted in six parts by Rene Basilico.
George Grant ....... Tim Munro
Henry Grant ....... Robert James
Alexander Erkhard ....... John Malcolm
Ruffini ....... Robert Rietty
Betty ....... Jill Lidstone
Tessa ....... Nadia Hammam
Taxi Driver ....... Nadim Sawalha
Hotel receptionist ....... Neville Rofaila
Akhmed ....... Ali Refaie
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in August 1984.
TUE 06:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xm13)
Series 3
3. Innocent Party
Fire Investigator ‘Q’ Barnaby probes the destruction of a theatre owned by two cousins.
Starring Robert Beatty.
Philip Levine’s adventures of fire investigating sleuth, Quentin ‘Q’ Barnaby.
Selection of surviving episodes rescued from the BBC archive.
‘Q’ Barnaby …. Robert Beatty
Valerie Chrane …. Gudrun Ure
Alan Roberts .... Hector Ross
Clive Roberts .... Wilfrid Carter
Joe Taylor .... Wilfred Babbage
Mr Penrose .... Henry Stamper
Diana Conway .... Mary Wimbush
Mr Brewer …. Noel Howlett
Dr Hogan .... Arthur Lawrence
Switchboard Operator .... Patricia Gallimore
Director: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1966.
TUE 07:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00y9ycj)
2. Secrets
Judith Kerr's classic novel for children set in Berlin in 1933, as Adolf Hitler's election campaign is underway. Read by Rosemary Leach.
First published in 1971, Judith's semi-autobiographical story tells the story of nine year-old Jewish girl Anna and her family's attempt to escape from the Nazis - passing through Switzerland and France - before arriving in England in 1936.
Poppa has gone on a journey as he fears Hitler may get into power - in which case he would not like to live in Germany as he fears he would not be allowed to write and have free speech.
They plan to go to Switzerland if Hitler wins the election. Anna is sworn to secrecy.
Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury and produced by Peter Hutchings.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991.
TUE 07:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phxkx)
2. Job Hunting
Don Warrington reads Sam Selvon's 1950's classic about the lives of a group of Caribbean immigrants in London.
Moses has met Sir Galahad off the boat train at Waterloo and sets about introducing him to his new home. Galahad is keen to show he's not overawed by London, but a trip to the employment exchange leaves him in need of Moses' help.
Sam Selvon's rich and touching 1956 novel describes how Moses and his friends of the Windrush generation go about making new lives for themselves with vigour and panache, navigating the rules and regulations of their new home, lending support to each other when needed, learning to survive; it's not long before, as Moses puts it, 'the boys coming and going, working, eating, sleeping, going about the vast metropolis like veteran Londoners.'
The Lonely Londoners will be broadcast the week before Colin MacInnes' vibrant novel about London, Absolute Beginners, set just a couple of years later as racial tensions rise; together the two books offer an unforgettable portrait of a city and a society undergoing convulsive change.
Read by Don Warrington
Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths
Produced by Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
TUE 07:30 Bad Salsa (b048jj9b)
Series 1
A New Perspective
After treatment for ovarian and breast cancer Chippy, mad Jill is sad and Terri is definitely dangerous to know!
The road back after cancer treatment can be tricky and full of obstacles.
Two middle-aged women and their younger friend seek to regain their zest for life and love by learning to dance at Bad Salsa, the club where everyone knows your name but no-one knows your prognosis!
Depictions of people with cancer on TV and radio too often follow a standard format; there is the diagnosis, the depression the chemo, then the false recovery followed by the tragic death.
Written by Kay Stonham, Bad Salsa tries to paint a picture at once more hopeful and more in line with survival rates, which have improved immensely over the past 20 years.
For many, 'living with cancer' is now their day-to-day challenge. Our characters have finished their treatment and are in the process of finding their way back to normal life or at least finding a "new normal."
Everyday challenges must go on like boring marriages, distracting crushes, troublesome children, difficult workmates and infuriating parents. But their brush with mortality gives them a new perspective.
So do they preserve their pre-cancer status quo, or in Terri's words, to say, "sod it all" and "go for it!"?
Follow the women as they embrace the world of salsa whilst they adjust to life after cancer.
Terry ...... Camille Coduri
Chippy ...... Sharon Rooney
Jill ...... Natasha Little
Marco ...... Doc Brown
Gordon ...... Andrew Obeney
Colin ...... David Cann
Georgie ...... Emily Chase
Tim ...... Matt Houlihan
Sara ...... Antonia Reid
Chippy's Mum ...... Kay Stonham
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2014.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jv9v)
Series 8
The Spon Plague
Britain is gripped by a strange epidemic, leaving a path of bare knees in its wake.
Ground-breaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1958.
TUE 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b008hgpz)
Series 3
Episode 5
Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel takes on an amusement arcade.
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel …. Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli …. Frank Lazarus
with Lorelei King, Graham Hoadly and Vincent Marzello.
Written by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman and adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992.
TUE 09:00 Who Goes There? (b0075z3c)
Series 4
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 Claire Rayner and David Aaronovitch.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000.
TUE 09:30 No Commitments (b016n8zl)
Series 9
Changing Lives
Simon Brett's sitcom about the lives and squabbles of three very different sisters.
As Roger tries to come to terms with his father's death, he has no interest in Victoria's home improvements.
Anna..............Rosemary Leach
Victoria.........Angela Thorne
Charlotte......Felicity Montagu
Roger..............Bill NIghy
Peter...............Colin Starkey
Music by Elizabeth Parker
Written and produced by Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio in 2003.
TUE 10:00 Elizabeth Bowen - The Last September (m0008q24)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
TUE 11:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 11:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xm13)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 12:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00y9ycj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 12:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phxkx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
TUE 12:30 Bad Salsa (b048jj9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b007jv9v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 13:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b008hgpz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 14:00 Who Goes There? (b0075z3c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 14:30 No Commitments (b016n8zl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 15:00 Elizabeth Bowen - The Last September (m0008q24)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
TUE 16:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 16:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xm13)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 17:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00y9ycj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phxkx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
TUE 17:30 Bad Salsa (b048jj9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b007jv9v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 18:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b008hgpz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 19:00 Who Goes There? (b0075z3c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 19:30 No Commitments (b016n8zl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m00131j6)
Series 8
Breath
A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) stage.
Manoush Zomorodi explores something that is taken for granted but is absolutely essential to our lives – the power of breath.
First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2021.
TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (b08ns8fv)
Corinne Bailey Rae
Singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae chooses 'Me and Mrs Jones' by Billy Paul and 'There's More to Life Than This' by Bjork.
TUE 21:00 Mastertapes (b02ykrdg)
Series 2
Spandau Ballet (B-Side)
The audience quizzes Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp and Tony Hadley about their 1983 hit album, 'True’.
John Wilson 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, each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.
The B Side: 'True' with Gary Kemp and Tony Hadley
Having discussed the making of Spandau Ballet's international hit album, 'True' (in the A-side of the programme), Gary Kemp and Tony Hadley answer questions from the audience and perform live versions of some of the songs from the album.
Producer: Helen Lennard
First broadcast on Radio 4 in June 2013.
TUE 21:30 The Phone (b00wldw2)
All-Night Cafe by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
An insomniac mathematician is forced to turn hero when he answers a phone belonging to a prostitute.
CAST:
Abraham . . . . . Toby Jones
Sybil . . . . . Niamh Cusack
Kate . . . . . Sarah Goldberg
June . . . . . Kate Williams
Max . . . . . Adeel Akhtar
Manager . . . . . Christine Kavanag
Written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Produced by Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in 2011.
TUE 22:00 Olga Koch: OK Computer (m001mc28)
Series 2
2. Intelligence
Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch returns for a second series of her comedy and STEM stand up show, joined by her trusty digital assistant ALGO (voiced by Tia Kofi). This episode, the duo put their heads together to understand intelligence.
Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin
Featuring Tia Kofi
Additional Material From Rajiv Karia, Cody Dahler and Kate Dehnert
Production Co-ordinator Katie Baum
Produced by Benjamin Sutton
A BBC Studios Production
TUE 22:30 Alice's Wunderland (b03ls16f)
Series 2
The Award
A trip to Wunderland (a poundland of magical realms), which is getting awarded the prestigious by-the-sea status.
With:
Richard Glove
Simon Greenall
Rachel Stubbings
Clare Thomson
Marcia Warren
Producer: Lyndsay Fenner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.
TUE 23:00 Helen Keen's It Is Rocket Science (b00zm0mp)
Series 1
Episode 3
Helen Keen's off-beat but true account of the history of space flight.
With Peter Serafinowicz and Susy Kane.
* The breathtaking drama of the space race and its evil twin the Cold War
* The brilliant but secret life and tragically banal death of the Soviet Union's best rocket scientist
* The surprising tale of the last man on the moon (so far) and the songs he sang.
Written by Helen Keen and Miriam Underhill.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.
TUE 23:15 Paperback Hell (m000p0dt)
Series 3
A Posset Full of Death
Six chapters, by six different authors. All of them imaginary. All of them straight out of the bestseller charts. None of them very good.
This time: a medieval monastic murder mystery, as Edith Plunger reads from her historical thriller, A Posset Full of Death.
Starring Michael Fenton Stevens, Rebecca Front, Mel Hudson, Alex Lowe and Dan Tetsell.
Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.
TUE 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b007jm31)
Series 1
Barrington Council
Unthinkable Solutions inflict their peculiar brand of help on Barrington Council.
Brought in to rationalise council refuse services (to sack people) - Ryan and Daisy decide instead to take the bin men on a weekend in the Cairngorms. Meanwhile, Ryan's failure to pay taxes has attracted HM Customs and Excise.
James Cary’s award-winning sitcom about management consultants.
Ryan Packer ...... Marcus Brigstocke
Sophie Stott ...... Emma Kennedy
Daisy ...... Catherine Shepherd
Vanessa ...... Olivia Colman
Bob ...... Mark Heap
Bernard ...... Simon Godley
Tony ...... Simon Greenall
Script associates: Paul Mayhew-Archer and Ed Drew.
Music by John Whitehall.
Producer: Adam Bromley.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.

WEDNESDAY 07 JUNE 2023

WED 00:00 Elizabeth Bowen - The Last September (m0008q24)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsql)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xm13)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00y9ycj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phxkx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Bad Salsa (b048jj9b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b007jv9v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b008hgpz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Who Goes There? (b0075z3c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 No Commitments (b016n8zl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Elizabeth Bowen - The Last September (m0008prc)
2. Falling in Love
1920, Danielstown, County Cork: Lois and Marda face a gunman in the deserted mill.
Lois thinks she is in love with an English officer, but her aunt has other plans for her.
Starring Anna Healy and Greg Wise.
Conclusion of Elizabeth Bowen's novel.
Dramatised by Nigel Gearing.
Lois ... Anna Healy
Gerald ... Greg Wise
Lady Myra ... Carmel McSharry
Sir Richard ... Denys Hawthorne
Marda ... Frances Tomelty
Hugo ... Billy Boyle
Francis ... Janet Maw
Livvy ... Anna Livia Ryan
David ... Robert Harper
Laurence ... J D Kelleher
Daventry ... Dorian Lough
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.
WED 06:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsqw)
2. Bahrain-Sharjah-Dubai
An innocent search for an elusive oilman leads lawyer George Grant into a maze of political intrigue.
Starring Tim Munro.
Arabian adventure based on Hammond Innes' 1960 novel.
Adapted by Rene Basilico.
George Grant ....... Tim Munro
Ruffini ....... Robert Rietty
Otto Smith ....... George Roubicek
Captain Chuck Berry ....... David McAlister
Sir Philip Gorde ....... Garard Green
Susan Whittaker ....... Helena Breck
Waiter ...... Nadim Sawalha
Driver ....... Mohammad Sultan
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in August 1984.
WED 06:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xm5z)
Series 3
4. Blind Spot
Fire Investigator ‘Q’ Barnaby is on the case of a mysterious fire at a plastics factory.
Starring Robert Beatty.
Philip Levine’s adventures of fire investigating sleuth, Quentin ‘Q’ Barnaby.
Selection of surviving episodes rescued from the BBC archive.
CAST:
'Q' Barnaby …. Robert Beatty
Valerie Chrane …. Gudrun Ure
Gilbert …. Simon Lack
Miss Whitby …. Mary Wimbush
Miss Ryder …. Jane Wenham
Pemberton …. Frank Partington
Vickers …. Noel Howlett
Andrews .... Wilfrid Carter
Fire Officer Palmer .... Wilfred Babbage
Alec Groves …. Anthony Hall
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1966.
WED 07:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00yb45z)
3. Goodbyes
Judith Kerr's classic novel for children set in Berlin in 1933, as Adolf Hitler's election campaign is underway. Read by Rosemary Leach.
First published in 1971, Judith's semi-autobiographical story tells the story of nine year-old Jewish girl Anna and her family's attempt to escape from the Nazis - passing through Switzerland and France - before arriving in England in 1936.
Anna, her brother Max and their mother prepare to leave Berlin for Switzerland before the election results are known.
Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury and produced by Peter Hutchings.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991.
WED 07:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phxyk)
3. Aunt Tanty
Don Warrington reads Sam Selvon's 1950's classic about the lives of a group of Caribbean immigrants in London.
Moses's friend Tolroy was horrified when his entire family turned up at Waterloo, wanting to enjoy his new prosperity in London. He has eventually got them settled off the Harrow Road, and Aunt Tanty is rapidly becoming a well-known character in the area. But she still hasn't ventured into the centre if the city by tube or bus, something that she decides to remedy.
Sam Selvon's rich and touching 1956 novel describes how Moses and his friends of the Windrush generation go about making new lives for themselves with vigour and panache, navigating the rules and regulations of their new home, lending support to each other when needed, learning to survive; it's not long before, as Moses puts it, 'the boys coming and going, working, eating, sleeping, going about the vast metropolis like veteran Londoners.'
The Lonely Londoners will be broadcast the week before Colin MacInnes' vibrant novel about London, Absolute Beginners, set just a couple of years later as racial tensions rise; together the two books offer an unforgettable portrait of a city and a society undergoing convulsive change.
Read by Don Warrington
Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths
Produced by Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
WED 07:30 A Trespasser's Guide to the Classics (b08hqf5w)
Series 2
The Nose
In 17th-century Paris, an early practitioner of plastic surgery has her work cut out when she meets a man with the most wonderfully large nose.
Comedy troupe Peepolykus assume the roles of minor characters in great works of fiction and derail the plot of the book through their hapless buffoonery.
Written by John Nicholson, Javier Marzan and Richard Katz.
Constance ...... Hattie Morahan
Cyrano de Bergerac ...... Javier Marzan
Ragueneau ...... Richard Katz
Roxanne ...... Sanchia McCormack
Christian ...... John Nicholson
Examiner ...... Finlay Robertson
Binns ...... Nicholas Murchie
With Finlay Robertson and Nicholas Murchie.
Director: Emma Harding
Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007lrqy)
Series 4
The New Secretary
The Lad's plan to hire help is thwarted by the very scary Grizelda Pugh.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques.
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 November 1956.
WED 08:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b0075nzw)
Series 3
Episode 4
Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue tackle friendship in its many forms - plus an everyday problem for Miriam Stoops.
Starring Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens.
With Ronnie Ancona, Alistair McGowan, Roger Blake and Toby Longworth.
Written by Tim De Jongh from a format by Bill Dare.
Music by Mark Burton.
Producer: Aled Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998.
WED 09:00 Nature Table (m000wcd0)
Series 2
Episode 4
Sue Perkins’ ‘Show & Tell’ series celebrating the natural world and all it’s funny eccentricities.
Taking the simple format of a ‘Show & Tell’, each episode Sue is joined by celebrity guests from the worlds of comedy and natural history.
Each of the natural history guests brings an item linked to the wild world to share with the audience, be it an amazing fact or funny personal anecdote. Each item is a springboard for an enlightening and funny discussion, alongside fun games and challenges revealing more astonishing facts.
We also hear from some of the London Zoo audience, a mix of London Zoo staff and members of the public, as they bring us their own natural history ‘show and tells’ for Sue and the guests to discuss.
Nature Table has a simple clear brief: to positively celebrate and promote the importance of all our planet’s wonderfully wild flora and fauna in a fun and easily grasped way... whilst at the same time having a giggle.
In this episode, Sue welcomes:
* Zoologist & wildlife presenter Billy Heaney
* Science Writer Dr. Claire Asher
* Comedian and writer Josie Long.
Written by Catherine Brinkworth, Kat Sadler and Jon Hunter
Producer Simon Nicholls.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2021.
WED 09:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b0076t23)
Series 4
Baby Love
Teething problems for all concerned as Robin and Wendy become a family of three. Derek is extremely helpful - with disastrous consequences.
Sitcom about the mundane lives of Robin and Wendy and their friends and neighbours.
Written by Kay Stonham
Robin ...... Brian Capron
Wendy ...... Kay Stonham
Derek ...... Martin Trenaman
Maureen ...... Amelia Bullmore
With Sharon Horgan, Craig Kelly, David Mitchell and Adam R Lannon
Producer: Claire Bartlett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.
WED 10:00 Elizabeth Bowen - The Last September (m0008prc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
WED 11:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsqw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 11:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xm5z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 12:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00yb45z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 12:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phxyk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
WED 12:30 A Trespasser's Guide to the Classics (b08hqf5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007lrqy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 13:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b0075nzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 14:00 Nature Table (m000wcd0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 14:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b0076t23)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 15:00 Elizabeth Bowen - The Last September (m0008prc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
WED 16:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsqw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 16:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xm5z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 17:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00yb45z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phxyk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
WED 17:30 A Trespasser's Guide to the Classics (b08hqf5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007lrqy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 18:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b0075nzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 19:00 Nature Table (m000wcd0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 19:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b0076t23)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 20:00 Archive on 4 (m000pljn)
All Things Must Pass at 50
In November 1970 a triple album was released by the Beatle previously known as ‘the Quiet One’. George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass was unique, not because it was number one around the world, but because of its fascination with Eastern religion.
Growing up in the 1970s, musician and composer Nitin Sawhney was aware of George Harrison and his interest in Indian classical music, particularly his close connection with Ravi Shankar. He knew Harrison’s hit singles, but his most famous album, All Things Must Pass, remained unexplored. Was this LP, written in the latter years of the 1960s already out of date in 1970, or was it in fact ahead of its time, with its heart-felt lyrics and religious themes? This month sees the 50th anniversary of the its release and so is a good time to reappraise George Harrison’s most successful album.
Interviewees include Olivia Harrison, Michael Palin, Jools Holland, biographers Graeme Thomson and Joshua M. Greene, keyboard player Bobby Whitlock, drummer Alan White, and guitarist Dave Mason.
Presenter: Nitin Sawhney
A TBI Media production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2020.
WED 21:00 Short Cuts (b04nrwp4)
Series 6
The Double
Josie Long hears stories of seeing double.
Tales of dopplegangers, identity theft and a woman who offered a living counterpart to dead composers. Featuring a new 'documentary song' from Gaggle.
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2014.
WED 21:30 The Phone (b00wqd20)
Going Dark by Peter Jukes
A surprise birthday prank sparks a father's misguided quest to find his missing daughter.
Cast:
Matt . . . . . Ivan Kaye
Paula . . . . . Christine Kavanagh
Gerry . . . . . Sean Baker
Caitlin . . . . . Deeivya Meir
Raz . . . . . Adeel Ahktar
Jade . . . . . Leah Brotherhead.
Written by Peter Jukes.
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
WED 22:00 Room 101 with Paul Merton (m001mcfy)
Desiree Burch
Returning in its original one-to-one incarnation, Paul Merton interviews a variety of guests from the world of comedy and entertainment to find out what they would send to Room 101.

In this second episode, Desiree Burch attempts to banish standing, sexting, and underdone British bacon.

Additional material: John Irwin and Suki Webster
Produced by Richard Wilson
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4
WED 22:30 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler (b01qldm8)
Pilot episode
Award winning comedian-author-adventurer, Tim FitzHigham and his nemesis Alex Horne recreate a bizarre bet which was originally wagered by the 4th Duke of Queensbury in 1753.
The bet: that Tim can pass a missive over a distance of fifty miles in one hour, using only the means that would have been available to a gentleman in 1753.
Written by Tim FitzHigham and Jon Hunter, with additional material from Paul Byrne.
Produced by Colin Anderson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001mvtj)
Athena Kugblenu 1/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Tonight, Rob Deering chats to comedian Athena Kugblenu about the new series of DMs Are Open.
WED 23:00 The Sofa of Time (b00hxzc8)
Captain Chapel and the Crabs
From lazing around on a beach explaining what Mivvy's are to Marmite being arrested by the Crab Queen. Things are starting to take on an altogether more serious nature for Milford and Parker.
They find themselves bound for the Golga in order to rescue the Crab Prince.
And it is here that a dramatic event takes place that will change Milford forever...
Continuing the epic and timeless tale of two men and their quest to find "The Sofa of Time", the most magical and powerful item of furniture in the entire universe.
It is said that those who sit on the sofa can be transported to anywhere and anytime.
Fantasy sitcom written by Nick Frost and Matt King.
Milford ...... Matt King
Parker ...... Nick Frost
Marmite ...... Mark Heap
Raamen Bod ...... Peter Serafinowcz
With Kevin Eldon, Julia Deakin, Daisy Jones, Joseph Marcell and Simon Pegg.
Producer: Mario Stylianides
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.
WED 23:30 The Mel and Sue Thing (b0076b0y)
Episode 4
A clip from a new posh British blockbuster and plus the continuing saga of Sweet Fanny Adams, Jane Austen's seminal work.
More mayhem from Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.
With Paul Chahidi
Written by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002.

THURSDAY 08 JUNE 2023

THU 00:00 Elizabeth Bowen - The Last September (m0008prc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsqw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xm5z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00yb45z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phxyk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 A Trespasser's Guide to the Classics (b08hqf5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007lrqy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b0075nzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Nature Table (m000wcd0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b0076t23)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Inspector Resnick (b09qjb6p)
Wasted Years
1. Violent Robbery
1992: Two violent robberies force Detective Inspector Resnick to relive memories of 10 years ago.
Tom Wilkinson stars as jazz-loving DI Charlie Resnick in John Harvey's two-part dramatisation of his own novel.
Wasted Years is one of a series of police thrillers set in the industrial wasteland of Nottingham in the 1980s and 1990s.
DI Resnick .... Tom Wilkinson
Millington .... Sean Baker
Elaine .... Jennie Stoller
Ruth ....Gillian Bevan
Kevin .....Daniel Ryan
Lynn..... Kate Eaton
Rains..... Stephen Critchlow
Rylands.... John Turner
Lorna ....Melanie Hudson
Keith ....Tom Bevan
Darren .... Gavin Abbott
Prior... John Hartley
Pam .... Sandra James-Young
Mary .... Becky Hindley
Marjorie .... Zulema Dene
Barrister.... Andrew Branch
Christine .... Jilly Bond
Director: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1995.
THU 06:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsr5)
3. Escape to Saraifa
A flight into the desert - and a first encounter with a living legend.
Starring Tim Munro.
Arabian adventure based on Hammond Innes' 1960 novel.
Adapted by Rene Basilico.
George Grant ....... Tim Munro
Colonel Whittaker ....... Bernard Horsfall
Sheikh Makhmud ....... Farouk El-Demerdash
Prince Khalid ....... Raad Rawi
Otto Smith ....... George Roubicek
Sir Philip Gorde ....... Garard Green
Jack Entwistle ....... Geoffrey Hinsliff
Sheikh's Messenger ....... Ali Refaie
Palace Guard ....... Mohammad Sultan
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1984.
THU 06:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xmkd)
Series 3
7. Burning Question
Fire Investigator ‘Q’ Barnaby and his trusty secretary Val, are trying to corner an arsonist at a stockbroking firm.
Starring Robert Beatty.
Philip Levine’s adventures of fire investigating sleuth, Quentin ‘Q’ Barnaby.
Selection of surviving episodes rescued from the BBC archive.
'Q' Barnaby .... Robert Beatty
Miss Judson .... Valerie Taylor
Miss Drummond .... Mary Wylie
Grey .... Simon Lack
Colonel Fawcett .... Walter Fitzgerald
Valerie Chrane .... Gudrun Ure
Collins .... James Thompson
Alec Groves .... Anthony Hall
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1966.
THU 07:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00yb490)
4. Stolen Keepsakes
Judith Kerr's classic novel for children set in Berlin in 1933, as Adolf Hitler's election campaign is underway. Read by Rosemary Leach.
First published in 1971, Judith's semi-autobiographical story tells the story of nine year-old Jewish girl Anna and her family's attempt to escape from the Nazis - passing through Switzerland and France - before arriving in England in 1936.
Reunited in Zurich, Anna and her family spend the night in a luxurious hotel.
Back home Hitler is voted in and the Nazis have taken all their belongings including her stuffed pink rabbit.
Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury and produced by Peter Hutchings.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991.
THU 07:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phyb4)
4. The Dark Side of London
Don Warrington reads Sam Selvon's 1950's classic about the lives of a group of Caribbean immigrants in London.
Galahad is getting on well in London, in fact he sometimes feels like a king as he strolls through the park, three or four pounds in his pocket, sharp clothes on, off to meet a new girl under the clock in Piccadilly tube station. But there's a darker side to the city, and a hungrier one, that prompts Galahad into a high-risk exploit.
Sam Selvon's rich and touching 1956 novel describes how Moses and his friends of the Windrush generation go about making new lives for themselves with vigour and panache, navigating the rules and regulations of their new home, lending support to each other when needed, learning to survive; it's not long before, as Moses puts it, 'the boys coming and going, working, eating, sleeping, going about the vast metropolis like veteran Londoners.'
The Lonely Londoners will be broadcast the week before Colin MacInnes' vibrant novel about London, Absolute Beginners, set just a couple of years later as racial tensions rise; together the two books offer an unforgettable portrait of a city and a society undergoing convulsive change.
Read by Don Warrington
Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths
Produced by Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
THU 07:30 On the Rocks (b05vwtsk)
Series 2
Sermons
Father Tregarthan enlists the help of an unlikely source to help him with his irreligious parishioners on St. Martin's.
Christopher William Hill's comedy set on a remote island of the Isles of Scilly, just before the Second World War.
Frank Gunwallow ...... Joseph Kloska
Tommy Trenear ...... Stuart Fox
Tregarthan ...... Peter Marinker
Ben Trenear ...... Alex Palmer
Morwenna-May ...... Alex Tregear
Signor Di Bicci ...... Sam Dale
Reggie Pender ...... Christopher William Hill
Director: Mary Peate
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2015.
THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007k1s5)
Series 1
The Man and the Hour
14th May 1940: George Mainwaring, manager of Swallow's Bank in Walmington-on-Sea, answers his country's wartime call to form a platoon of Local Defence Volunteers - with the help of a misfit bunch of tradesmen and bankers.
Six years after legendary sitcom Dad's Army started on BBC TV, these specially adapted radio versions began recording with the original cast.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Fraser …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Walker …. James Beck
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Announcer …. John Snagge
Adapted from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's original BBC TV scripts by Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1974.
THU 08:30 Kalangadog Junction (b09bl13k)
Episode 2
After arriving from 1950s Manchester, Dr Thomas and Jane Barrett are finally making headway in the remote town of Kalangadog Junction.
But his appointment as judge of the Beautiful Baby Contest risks offending his new Aussie neighbours.
Six-part comedy drama series by Moya O'Shea.
Jane .... Caroline Quentin
Thomas .... John Duttine
Jimmy .... Niall Ashdown
Pete .... Toby Longworth
Len .... Brian Bowles
Madge .... Joanna Monro
Milly .... Julie Gibbs
Phoebe .... June Whitfield
Gaylene .... Moya O'Shea
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1996.
THU 09:00 Jest a Minute (b012n3rz)
Series 1
Episode 2
Rhod Gilbert hosts the panel game about the serious business of comedy.
From the Comedy Store.
With:
Justin Moorhouse
Rob Deering
Chris Corcoran
Tom Allen
Producer: Paul Forde
First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in September 2006.
THU 09:30 Clare in the Community (b00stq0j)
Series 6
In The Dog House
Clare is entranced by a dog that follows her into work. Brian is less entranced. However, the dog comes in useful when there's a bump in the night.
Clare Barker is the self-absorbed social worker who has the right jargon for every problem she comes across, though never a practical solution. But there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Clare ..... Sally Phillips
Brian ..... Alex Lowe
Ray ..... Richard Lumsden
Helen/Tamzin ..... Liza Tarbuck
Megan/Nali ..... Nina Conti
Libby ..... Jess Robinson
Clerk/WPC ..... Alex Tregear
Jonathan/Burglar ..... Paterson Joseph
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.
THU 10:00 Inspector Resnick (b09qjb6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
THU 11:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsr5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 11:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xmkd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 12:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00yb490)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 12:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phyb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
THU 12:30 On the Rocks (b05vwtsk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 13:00 Dad's Army (b007k1s5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 13:30 Kalangadog Junction (b09bl13k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 14:00 Jest a Minute (b012n3rz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 14:30 Clare in the Community (b00stq0j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 15:00 Inspector Resnick (b09qjb6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
THU 16:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsr5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 16:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xmkd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 17:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00yb490)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phyb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
THU 17:30 On the Rocks (b05vwtsk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 Dad's Army (b007k1s5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 18:30 Kalangadog Junction (b09bl13k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 19:00 Jest a Minute (b012n3rz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 19:30 Clare in the Community (b00stq0j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 20:00 Laura Barton's American Road Trip (m000bxlv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
THU 21:00 Great Lives (b0076nys)
Marvin Gaye
Art historian and broadcaster Tim Marlow chooses innovative soul singer Marvin Gaye.
Outstanding American soul singer Marvin Gaye met an untimely death at the hands of his own father in 1984.
Presenter Humphrey Carpenter is also joined by DJ Norman Jay to shed light on the musician who broke the Motown mould with such classics as 'I Heard it Through the Grapevine'.
Producer: Mark Smalley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.
THU 21:30 The Phone (b00wr8q7)
Tourist Trap by Jon Sen
When Charlotte picks up the wrong suitcase at the airport, a mini-break on a Greek island soon becomes a holiday from hell.
CAST
Sophie . . . . . Kellie Shirley
Charlotte . . . . . Lydia Wilson
Andreas . . . . . Harry Katsari
Doctor . . . . . Chris Pavlo
Voice . . . . . Sean Baker
Written by Jon Sen.
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
THU 22:00 Unite (m001md5x)
Series 2
1. The Appointment
Against all accepted advice, Tony googles his symptoms and is thrown into full blown hypochondria. Could this be a fatal dose of Amazonian Gastroentral Plague? Or worse ? Convinced of his imminent demise, he attempts one of modern life's most difficult tasks - trying to get an in-person GP appointment. When he fails he is conflicted when Imogen immediately secures him one privately, which runs counter to his socialist principles.
Ashley embarks on an unlikely academic career by joining a gender politics class. Being the only man in the group, he seizes the opportunity to practise his male gaze. This leads to a date with the course leader Lotte. At a restaurant and completely out of his depth her husband Peter turns up.
A welcome return for the hugely popular and critically-acclaimed sitcom starring Radio 4 favourite Mark Steel (Mark Steel's in Town, The News Quiz), Claire Skinner (Outnumbered), Elliot Steel and Ivo Graham.
When Tony (Mark Steel), a working class, left wing South Londoner, falls in love and marries Imogen (Claire Skinner), an upper middle class property developer, their sons - Croydon chancer Ashley (Elliot Steel) and supercilious Eton and Oxford-educated Gideon (Ivo Graham) - are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted.
Cast:
Tony - Mark Steel
Imogen - Claire Skinner
Ashley - Elliot Steel
Gideon - Ivo Graham
Rebecca - Ayesha Antoine
Lotte/Mary - Zoe Lyons
Dr Anderson - Alan Francis
Julie/ Kiera/ Mother - Jenny Bede
Peter - Ian Pearce
Receptionist - Olivia Lichtenstein
Written by Barry Castagnola, Ian Pearce and Elliot Steel
(additional material from the cast)
Executive Producer- Mario Stylianides
Producer/Director- Barry Castagnola
Sound recordist and Editor- Jerry Peal
Broadcast Assistant - Sarah Tombling
Assistant Producer - George O'Regan
Production Assistant - David Litchfield
A Golden Path and Rustle Up production for BBC Radio 4
THU 22:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b07v2ysz)
Series 4
A Dance to the Music of Tom
Mr and Mrs Wrigglesworth attempt to bond with the new neighbours. Meanwhile, Tom receives some worrying news.
Listen in on Tom's weekly phone calls home to his Mum, Dad and Gran in Sheffield and get a glimpse into the triumphs and tribulations of the Wrigglesworth clan in all its dysfunctional glory.
Tom ...... Tom Wrigglesworth
Dad ...... Paul Copley
Mum ...... Kate Anthony
Granny ...... Elizabeth Bennett
Written by Tom Wrigglesworth and James Kettle with additional material by Miles Jupp
Producer: Richard Morris
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2016.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001mvts)
Athena Kugblenu 2/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Rob Deering has another chat with the comedian Athena Kugblenu.
THU 23:00 Ida Barr: Artificial Hip Hop (b00vcq95)
Transparency
Ida Barr is a music hall singer who has embraced hip hop and rap, reflecting the cultural diversity of London's East End, where she has been living in retirement for several decades.
With her genuine love of talking to people, Ida sets out investigate a new topic in each episode, creating a unique brand of music hall, hip-hop fusion with beat boxer Shlomo.
Ida’s subject this time is "Transparency".
Written by and starring Christopher Green as Ida Barr.
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2010.
THU 23:15 Political Animals (b03lrzjw)
Series 2
Buddy and Bill
Bill Clinton's dog, Buddy, relives his turbulent tenure - made perilous by his arch enemy, Socks the Cat.
Starring Kerry Shale.
Series of talks giving an unreliable dog's eye view of Washington life in the White House.
Tony Bagley assists each canine to relate their trials and tribulations under four different Presidents.
Buddy ..... Kerry Shale
Socks ..... Joel Maccormack
West Wing Guy ..... David Seddon
Director: Marc Beeby.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.
THU 23:30 Rigor Mortis (b007r5lr)
Series 2
Episode 5
St Luke's Hospital Pathology holds its first ‘scratch night’ for work in progress.
Starring Peter Davison.
Laurence Howarth's black comedy set in the world of the pathology lab.
Dr Webster .... Peter Davison
Dr Anderson .... Matilda Ziegler
Professor Donaldson: .... Geoffrey Whitehead
Gordon .... Tom Price
Chloe .... Marianne Levy
Simon .... Gus Brown
with Beth Chalmers and Steven Kynman
Music by Paul Mottram and Stephanie Benavente.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.

FRIDAY 09 JUNE 2023

FRI 00:00 Inspector Resnick (b09qjb6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsr5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xmkd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00yb490)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phyb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 On the Rocks (b05vwtsk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Dad's Army (b007k1s5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 Kalangadog Junction (b09bl13k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Jest a Minute (b012n3rz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Clare in the Community (b00stq0j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Inspector Resnick (b09qjhbd)
Wasted Years
2. Painful Memories
1992: Inspector Resnick has been forced to relive memories of 10 years ago when his marriage collapsed - and he arrested an armed criminal...
Tom Wilkinson stars as jazz-loving DI Charlie Resnick in the conclusion of John Harvey's dramatisation of his own novel.
Wasted Years is one of a series of police thrillers set in the industrial wasteland of Nottingham in the 1980s and 1990s.
DI Resnick .... Tom Wilkinson
Millington .... Sean Baker
Elaine .... Jennie Stoller
Ruth ....Gillian Bevan
Kevin .....Daniel Ryan
Lynn..... Kate Eaton
Rains..... Stephen Critchlow
Rylands.... John Turner
Lorna ....Melanie Hudson
Keith ....Tom Bevan
Darren .... Gavin Abbott
Prior... John Hartley
Pam .... Sandra James-Young
Mary .... Becky Hindley
Marjorie .... Zulema Dene
Barrister.... Andrew Branch
Christine .... Jilly Bond
Director: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1995.
FRI 06:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsrj)
4. The Doomed Oasis
A celebration and a shattered dream, as English lawyer George Grant continues his hunt for a missing client.
Starring Tim Munro.
Arabian adventure based on Hammond Innes' 1960 novel.
Adapted by Rene Basilico.
George Grant ....... Tim Munro
Colonel Whittaker ....... Bernard Horsfall
Prince Khalid ....... Raad Rawi
Alexander Erkhard ....... John Malcolm
Sir Philip Gorde ....... Garard Green
Sheikh Makhmud ....... Farouk El-Demerdash
Yousif....... Ali Refaie
Sheikh Abdullah ....... Adam Hussein
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1984.
FRI 06:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xmrh)
Series 3
8. Deadly Spark
Fire Investigator ‘Q’ Barnaby probes an explosion at a car body repair shop.
Starring Robert Beatty.
Philip Levine’s adventures of fire investigating sleuth, Quentin ‘Q’ Barnaby.
Selection of surviving episodes rescued from the BBC archive.
‘Q’ Barnaby …. Robert Beatty
Valerie Chrane …. Gudrun Ure
Eric Bishop .... Nigel Graham
George Newton .... Wilfrid Carter
Frank Cole .... Bruce Beeby
Saunders .... Arthur Lawrence
Mrs Newton .... Joan Matheson
Inspector Hackett .... Duncan McIntyre
Director: Martyn C Webster.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1966.
FRI 07:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00yb61d)
5. Visitors
Judith Kerr's classic novel for children set in Berlin in 1933, as Adolf Hitler's election campaign is underway. Read by Rosemary Leach.
First published in 1971, Judith's semi-autobiographical story tells the story of nine year-old Jewish girl Anna and her family's attempt to escape from the Nazis - passing through Switzerland and France - before arriving in England in 1936.
Papa travels to Paris where there are so many German refugees they have started their own newspaper called the Daily Parisian.
Whilst their father is away their grandparents visit from the South of France.
Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury and produced by Peter Hutchings.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1991.
FRI 07:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phydw)
5. Contemplation
Don Warrington reads Sam Selvon's 1950's classic about the lives of a group of Caribbean immigrants in London
As summer comes to the city, Moses's friend Harris organises a dance, and Moses contemplates his life after ten years in London.
Sam Selvon's rich and touching 1956 novel describes how Moses and his friends of the Windrush generation go about making new lives for themselves with vigour and panache, navigating the rules and regulations of their new home, lending support to each other when needed, learning to survive; it's not long before, as Moses puts it, 'the boys coming and going, working, eating, sleeping, going about the vast metropolis like veteran Londoners.'
The Lonely Londoners will be broadcast the week before Colin MacInnes' vibrant novel about London, Absolute Beginners, set just a couple of years later as racial tensions rise; together the two books offer an unforgettable portrait of a city and a society undergoing convulsive change.
Read by Don Warrington
Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths
Produced by Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
FRI 07:30 Dr Phil's Bedside Manner (m000zcc2)
Dr Phil Hammond visits the Royal United Hospital in Bath
An innovative mix of comedy performance and documentary presented by Dr Phil Hammond.
As a doctor and a comedian, Phil knows that humour and laughter are vital coping mechanisms in the NHS, as he travels the UK on a mission to listen to the beating heart of a national institution.
The programmes are an adventurous, hilarious, thought provoking mix of humour and happiness, tragedy and reflection as the personal thoughts, opinions, experiences and hopes of people who work for and use the NHS are revealed.
In each programme, Phil visits one NHS hospital somewhere in the UK and speaks to porters and patients, cleaners and cardiologists, visitors and volunteers, the managers and the medics.
And at each location Dr Phil performs a free stand-up comedy show for the staff based on his listening experiences at that location and the stories of the people he has met.
Produced by David Morley.
A Ride production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2021.
FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b00sf1tm)
Series 1
The Musical Evening
War erupts in the rag and bone yard, when Albert takes action over music-loving Harold's gramophone.
Albert …. Wilfrid Brambell
Harold …. Harry H Corbett
Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote ten pilots in 1962 for BBC TV's ‘Comedy Playhouse’. ‘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 eight hugely successful series for TV.
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1966.
FRI 08:30 Flying the Flag (b00f6p4z)
Series 4
End of Term
Ambassador Mackenzie packs his diplomatic bags, and faces a bleak future back in Britain with no servants - and no knighthood.
Before he heads for the Cotswolds, he faces one final crisis in the People's Democracy. But what are the skills of diplomacy for, if not to salvage some personal profit from another's disaster?
The final episode of Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom starring Dinsdale Landen.
HM Ambassador Mackenzie..............Dinsdale Landen
William Frost............................................Peter Acre
Helen Waterson,.....................................Moir Leslie
Colonel Surikov......................................Christopher Benjamin
US Ambassador Spiro Weinberg......Stephen Greif
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992.
FRI 09:00 Act Your Age (b0106rvc)
Series 3
Episode 4
Simon Mayo hosts the three-way battle between the comedy generations to find out which is the funniest.
Will it be the Up-and-Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Guard who will be crowned, for one week at least, as the Golden Age of Comedy?
Holly Walsh is joined by Tom Deacon, Rufus Hound teams up with Henning Wehn and Ted Robbins is paired with Billy Pearce.
Devised and produced by Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011.
FRI 09:30 Bleak Expectations (b00wlgnn)
Series 4
A Life Destroyed Then Repaired and Rehappied
Pip in the company of Pippa, the Reverend Fecund and Harry Biscuit, now just a brain in a jar, have tracked Mister Benevolent to the heart of the vast Russian Empire.
But when they find him, he is at the head of a mighty army. Who will triumph in the final battle between good and evil? Will Harry get a new body? Will Mister Benevolent detonate his infamous cheese bomb? And what is the correct way to spell Czar?
As fate decides these crucial questions it seems there are a few surprises in store for Pip.
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
Grimpunch ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely ..... Sarah Hadland
Pippa ..... Susy Kane
Reverend Godly Fecund ..... David Mitchell
Producer: Gareth Edwards.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.
FRI 10:00 Inspector Resnick (b09qjhbd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
FRI 11:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 11:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xmrh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 12:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00yb61d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 12:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phydw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
FRI 12:30 Dr Phil's Bedside Manner (m000zcc2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Steptoe and Son (b00sf1tm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Flying the Flag (b00f6p4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Act Your Age (b0106rvc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 14:30 Bleak Expectations (b00wlgnn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 15:00 Inspector Resnick (b09qjhbd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
FRI 16:00 The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes (b007jsrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 16:30 Destination - Fire! (m000xmrh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 17:00 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (b00yb61d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 17:15 The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon (b03phydw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
FRI 17:30 Dr Phil's Bedside Manner (m000zcc2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Steptoe and Son (b00sf1tm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 18:30 Flying the Flag (b00f6p4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 19:00 Act Your Age (b0106rvc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Bleak Expectations (b00wlgnn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 20:00 In Search of Great Uncle Frank (b06gqdwy)
Actor and comedian Hugh Dennis takes a personal journey to Gallipoli in Turkey to find out about his great uncle, private Frank Hinnels, who was sent there to fight against the mighty Ottoman Empire in the First World War.
Following in Frank's footsteps is poignant yet serene. In the middle of what was no-man's land, surrounded by fields of sun-flowers and olive trees, Hugh reads from a journal which describes the aftermath of a sniper attack:
"We were all completely exhausted and fellows risking their lives to get to a small water hole full of tortoises and covered by enemy snipers".
Hugh's guide is battlefield historian, Major Mike Peters who takes him to the very spot where his great-uncle fell in October 1915.
"One of the great sadnesses for my grandparents," says Hugh, "was that the letter telling them that he had died arrived before his last letter home. It was like correspondence from beyond the grave."
Hugh's journey is tinged with sadness but also characteristic edginess and humour.
Curious to hear the Turkish story, Hugh meets the descendants of Turkish Gallipoli soldiers. He is surprised to find that some villages on the peninsula have never truly recovered since the campaign. Hayriah is a 75 year old café owner whose grandfather was killed in the battle. She tells Hugh that, because his great-uncle fell on Turkish soil, Frank had now become "one of our sons".
Hugh and Mike finish their travels sitting in an ANZAC trench as night falls. They ask whether the political lessons of Gallipoli have ever been truly learned.
One month later, back home in Sussex, Hugh consults his philosopher's stone to tell us what ultimately he thinks he's learned from his trip to Gallipoli.
A Jolt production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 20:30 A Good Read (b06j21bx)
Fraser Nelson and Adam Mars-Jones
Editor of The Spectator Fraser Nelson, Adam Mars-Jones and Harriett Gilbert discuss their favourite books by Vilhelm Moberg, Hugo Williams and Elmore Leonard.
I Knew The Bride by Hugo Williams
Publisher: Faber
The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg
Publisher: Borealis Books
Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard
Publisher: Phoenix
Producer: Beth O'Dea
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2015.
FRI 21:00 The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry (m000r3nv)
Series 17
The Scientific Exploration of Astrology
Astrology – could there be something to it? asks Dan from Australia. Rutherford and Fry investigate the science that has investigated astrology.
Professor Richard Wiseman, (sceptical of all things paranormal and a Virgo) and Professor in the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, explains the long history of the scientific investigation of astrology. He has also run his own experiments to test whether astrology can help you play the stock market and to investigate if people born in the summer are luckier than those born in the winter – the results may surprise you.
Journalist and author, Jo Marchant (Leo and fascinated non-believer) has written all about the history of astrology in her new book – 'The Human Cosmos – A Secret History to the Stars'. In the beginning astrology and astronomy were one and the same. She explains how astrology flourished with the elite and ruling classes of ancient Babylon, Egypt and Greece.
Data scientist, Alex Boxer (Taurus and cautious astrology tourist) explains that astrology may have been humanity's first attempt to predict the future with algorithms, something we’re doing more and more of now. In his book, ‘A scheme of heaven, astrology and the birth of science’, he describes how astrological and scientific algorithms are all just big data science looking for patterns. The issue lies in what that data is.
Presenters: Hannah Fry (Pisces) & Adam Rutherford (Capricorn)
Producer: Fiona Roberts (Libra)
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2021.
FRI 21:30 Virginia Gilbert - Meeting of Minds (b00qbswk)
Frustrated Martin is offered an amazing opportunity, but is he brave enough to take it?
Cast:
Arnold .... Joss Ackland
Martin .... Adrian Dunbar
Caroline / Presenter .... Fo Cullen
Produced by Gemma McMullan.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in 2010.
FRI 22:00 Ashley Blaker: 6.5 Children (m000xmz6)
Too Many Kids
Comedy from stand-up comedian Ashley Blaker about his unusual home life. In episode one, Ashley considers the downside to having a large family - including a morning routine so challenging it would give Michael McIntyre a heart attack and an almost never ending need to replace phone chargers.
Ashley Blaker: 6.5 Children is a mix of stand-up and observational documentary, all recorded in the Blakers’ unusual home with the voices of his real family, and tackling parenting, adoption and raising children with special needs.
The series brings a whole new perspective to the subject of parenting. That is because as parents of six children, Ashley and his wife Gemma are trying to raise a family in a world that is only really set up for having two. What's more, the Blakers’ children are not just any kids. Three have special needs – two autistic boys and an adopted girl with Down Syndrome – and Ashley Blaker: 6.5 Children sensitively finds the funny in both raising children with disabilities and adoption.
The series is written and performed by Ashley Blaker - a comedian who has performed on five continents including tours of the UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, Israel and Australia. His 2018 Off-Broadway run was called ‘a slickly funny stand-up show’ by the New York Times and, in 2020, he returned with Goy Friendly which ran at the prestigious SoHo Playhouse.
Ashley is joined by Shelley Blond (Peep Show, Cold Feet and the voice of Lara Croft in Tomb Raider), Kieran Hodgson (three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee), Rosie Holt (online lockdown star with countless viral videos) amd Judith Jacob (EastEnders, The Real McCoy, Still Open All Hours).
Also appearing as themselves are Ashley’s own children: Ami (17), Ophie (15), Simi (13), Soroh (12), Sruly (11) and Bina (7).
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 22:30 DMs Are Open (m001mn3m)
Series 2
4. Life and Death
Hosts Ali Official and Athena Kugblenu are joined by Seán Burke, Micky Overman and Aurie Styla, for an episode of the sketch show written by public submissions. And this week, all sketches, voicenotes and one-liners are about LIFE AND DEATH. Expect a Life Coach with a background on the football pitch, a marketing consultant meeting St Peter, and the introduction of the inexplicable Gravedigger Crumbo.
FRI 23:00 Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme (b055gcds)
Series 3
Sleep
The concept of sleep is the focus of this week's episode, and Tim is broadcasting from the bedroom of his long-suffering guitarist, Tom Basden. Tim hopes Tom's wife Megan will wake up, so he can interview her about her dreams.
Written and presented by Tim Key
With Tom Basden and Katy Wix
Produced by James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales Production.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015.
FRI 23:15 Knocker (b008hn0k)
Incentativity
Market researcher Ian Dunn carries out a delicate immigration survey - a "Home Office survey on Racial Tolerance and Inclusion."
Ian's first port of call results in a door slam - from a woman who is convinced he wants credit details. Ian tempts her out with the promise that it is just her opinion he is after, but to no avail.
Six-part comedy series written by Neil Edmond
Stars Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox.
Ian Dunn …. Neil Edmond
Mary …. Paula Wilcox
with Julia Deakin, Tina Gray and Simon Treves.
Produced by Tilusha Ghelani
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in December 2007.
FRI 23:30 Listen Against (b00fgt0r)
Series 2
Episode 1
An Archers convention, a live pitbull on BBC Radio 4's Today programme and a Popmaster crisis for Radio 2.
This is the show that prises the back off your radio, fiddles with the programmes inside and then puts it all back together the wrong way round.
Starring:
Jon Holmes.
Alice Arnold
Written by Jon Holmes. Carl Carter, Sam Bryant, Bill Dare, Luke Roberts, Jason Hazeley amd, Joel Morris.
Producer: Sam Bryant
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008.