SATURDAY 08 JULY 2023

SAT 00:00 Jules Verne (m000rcxz)
The Mysterious Island
Three very different people escape the American Civil war by stealing a balloon - which crashes near a deserted island. But perhaps it is not quite as deserted as they think it is...
Cyrus Harding ...... Nathan Osgood
Grace Spilett ...... Kerry Gooderson
Neb ...... Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Tom Ayrton ...... Rupert Holliday Evans
Captain Nemo ...... Sagar Arya
Written by Jules Verne
Dramatised by Gregory Evans
Directed by Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2018.
SAT 01:00 Honoré de Balzac - The Black Sheep (b00d3k14)
2. Destitute
Philippe's gambling has left his family destitute and his political activities have landed him in jail.
His mother and brother seek financial help from a rich elderly relative, but a pretty young housekeeper and her lover have already laid plans to rob the old man of his money.
Starring Thomas Arnold and narrated by Geoffrey Whitehead
Conclusion of Honore de Balzac's entertaining tale of family rivalry and fortunes lost and won, set in 19th-century France.
Dramatised by Chris Dolan.
Narrator ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Philippe Bridau ...... Thomas Arnold
Joseph Bridau ...... Mathew Pidgeon
Agathe Bridau ...... Briony McRoberts
Flore Brazier ...... Lucy Paterson
Jean-Jacques Rouget ...... Timothy Bateson
Desroches ...... Jon Glover
Monsieur Hochon ...... Christian Rodska
Madame Hochon ...... Colette O'Neil
Max Gilet ...... Alan Cox
Baruch ...... Nyasha Hatendi
Fario ...... Chris Pavlo
Directed at BBC Glasgow by Bruce Young.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2008.
SAT 02:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jtdt)
6. Killer Revealed?
As Mortimer Hive enters the lion's den - can Inspector Purbright finally unravel the wicked web?
Conclusion of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicle set in East Anglia.
Starring John Rowe.
Dramatised by Christopher Denys.
Inspector Purbright …… John Rowe
Mortimer Hive …… Geoffrey Banks
Love …… Paul Downing
Booker …… Russell Dixon
Lucilla Teatime …… Ann Rye
Helen …… Kathryn Hunt
Pook …… Peter Rylands
Doreen …… Tricia Wilcock
Mr Clay …… Peter Wheeler
Fry …… Chris Hargreaves
Producer: Tony Cliff
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.
SAT 02:30 The Waiting Game (m001ngw1)
1. In Which Tom Naismith Comes North
Young soldier Tom Naismith arrives back in Lancashire.
After four years in the British Army, he’s set to join his uncle's business in Lancaster.
Tom meets the magistrate Sir Geoffrey Banner - who is trying to uncover a tobacco smuggling ring.
He’s also introduced to Sir Geoffrey’s beautiful ward, Sophia...
Starring Keith Buckley, Judith Bradshaw and Norman Shelley.
Margaret Potter's six-part serial set in the 19th century on the Lancashire coast.
Tom .... Keith Buckley
Sophia Sheridan .... Judith Bradshaw
Sir Geoffrey Banner of Wildbeck Hall .... Norman Shelley
William Fell .... Robert Wallace
John Raby, Tom's uncle .... Tom Harrison
The Waggoners - Lanty .... Bert Parnaby
The Waggoners - Brack .... Henry Livings
The Pedlar .... Geoffrey Banks
Mrs Stephens .... Ella Atkinson
Judge Baileyt .... David Mahlowe
The Prisoner, Coppins .... Joe Holmes
Ostler .... John Broadbent
Manservant/Coachman .... John Daglish
Producer Trevor Hill
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1965
SAT 03:00 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (m001ngwx)
5. Prospective Husbands
Cairo is calling - sparking complications for Colette.
What will a clairvoyant have to tell her?
Colette Rossant, celebrated New York food writer and bestselling author of Apricots on the Nile, continues her memoirs in Return to Paris.
She mixes vibrant memories of her teenage years in France after the Second World War with mouth-watering descriptions of meals that changed her life.
Concluded by Barbara Flynn
Abridged by Penny Leicester
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
SAT 03:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07pjkhm)
Series 1
5. Risking Everything
To save both her brother and the family's dairy business, Megan Evans must risk everything - and confront a gangster...
Thrilling series set in 1890s Whitechapel, London.
Megan Evans ….. Bettrys Jones
Luc Evans ….. Trystan Gravelle
Samuel Singer ….. David Horovitch
Moses Lipski ….. Brian Protheroe
Annie Riley ….. Alice Haig
Written by Gregory Evans
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.
SAT 03:30 Reluctant Persuaders (m0000qq8)
Series 3
3. Connecting People
Hardacre’s ad agency find themselves competing for an unusual account.
Befriendr is a dating-style app designed to help lonely city-dwellers make friends.
Amanda recruits Joe as the most normal member of the agency, to accompany her to the Befriendr launch event – a chance to network, and maybe even make some new friends themselves.
Meanwhile, Hardacre and Teddy – both banned from attending the event for not being normal enough – seek solace in each other’s company.
Hardacre resolves to remake Teddy in his own image, teaching him how to be A Real Man.
Edward Rowett's award-winning sitcom.
Hardacre ...... Nigel Havers
Joe ...... Mathew Baynton
Amanda ...... Josie Lawrence
Teddy ...... Rasmus Hardiker
Laura / 'Gram Woman ...... Olivia Nixon
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2018.
SAT 04:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jz1f)
Series 3
The Escape
Author Gerald and his wife Diana feel jaded and start planning a break.
The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author who's married to a more successful writer.
Starring Ian Carmichael and Charlotte Mitchell.
Written by Basil Boothroyd.
Gerald C Potter ...... Ian Carmichael
Diana Potter ...... Charlotte Mitchell
With:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Michael McClain
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1979.
SAT 04:30 Charles Dickens (b00rp9t0)
Sketches by Boz - Series 1
The Private Theatricals or Mrs Joseph Porter
The British love for amateur dramatics takes over a household with farcical results.
From a collection of comic tales by Charles Dickens.
Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt
Voice of Boz ...... Nicholas Farrell
Sempronius Gattleton ...... David Antrobus
Lucina Gattleton ...... Sarah-Jane Holm
Mrs Joseph Porter ...... Shirley Dixon
Mrs Gattleton ...... Frances Jeater
Mr Evans ...... Charles Simpson
Mr Gattleton ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Other parts played by members of the cast.
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.
SAT 05:00 Genius (b00b9nzd)
Series 1
John Fortune
A fake brake pedal for nervous passengers to using laughing gas for riots?
Dave Gorman asks John Fortune to select the public's best loopy idea.
Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.
SAT 05:30 The Brothers (b007mc8t)
Series 1
Episode 4
Arson and revolving bow ties - just another day for Nigel and Michael.
Starring Adam Godley and Raymond Coulthard.
Comedy series about two brothers starting a website-design company - written by Caroline and David Stafford.
Nigel ...... Adam Godley
Michael ...... Raymond Coulthard
Oonagh...... Pauline McLynn
Zorro ...... Pearce Quigley
Producer: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
SAT 06:00 Gilly Fraser - Somewhere Else (b0b90cgn)
Jo is aged 12 and a half, but old for her years. She wants to escape to "somewhere else" from a country that is now fragmented and filled with hate and fear.
Then she meets Alma - and discovers the future has to be faced, not run from.
The future must rest with her...
Starring Kathy Staff and Pauline Quirke.
Gilly Fraser’s drama imagines how will society develop in the future.
Alma .... Kathy Staff
Jo .... Pauline Quirke
Grace .... Karen Archer
Max .... John Drummond
Poppy .... Diane Whitley
Man .... Brian Southwood
Boy .... Francis Middleditch
Director: Kay Patrick
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1983.
SAT 07:15 Short Works (m0004sh9)
Cenacle
An open mic offers a young person in Belfast the opportunity to find a new community.
An original short story specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4 by the Northern Irish writer Michael Nolan. As read by Thomas Finnegan.
Michael Nolan is from Belfast. His work has been published by The Stinging Fly and The Lifeboat. He is the fiction editor of The Tangerine, and is currently studying for a PhD in Creative Writing at Queen's University, Belfast.
Producer: Michael Shannon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2019.
SAT 07:30 Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction (Omnibus) (m0004fwr)
Episode 1
Adrian Mole’s diary restarts in 2002.
He is 34, working in a bookshop in Leicester and, despite his strained finances, about to become the proud owner of a trendy loft apartment.
As war looms, Adrian is unwavering in his support for Prime Minister Tony Blair and military action, even though his eldest son Glenn is facing deployment to the Gulf. One day, a young woman comes into the bookshop with an unusual request....
The fifth book in our series of readings from Adrian’s diaries, written by Sue Townsend.
Sue Townsend was born in Leicester in 1946. She left school at 15 and was a single parent with three young children by the age of 23. Like Adrian, she wrote in secret for many years, and acknowledged that they often shared the same views - Adrian "C’est moi," she once said.
First published in 1989, Adrian Mole’s diaries were instant bestsellers and Adrian, the remarkably resilient underdog, quickly became a national treasure.
While recording the experiences of one individual and showcasing Sue's fearless and razor sharp wit, the diaries also illustrate how socio-political matters of the time affected the lives of ordinary people.
Copyright Siegfried Sassoon by kind permission of the Estate of George Sassoon
Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Sara Davies.
Read by Harry McEntire
Producer: Alexa Moore
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2019.
SAT 08:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrx8)
9. Roger the Commando
"I'm here to acquaint you with the details of your forthcoming Court Martial."
Now fully recovered, Albert must testify in court...
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.
Rebecca Fosdyke …. Stephanie Turner
Josiah Fosdyke …. Philip Lowrie
Tom Fosdyke …. David Threlfall
Albert Fosdyke …. Enn Reitel
Roger Ditchley …. Christian Rodska
The Sergeant …. Trevor Cooper
Schmidt …. David Timson
Colonel Boodle …. Larry Lamb
The Judge …. David Ross
Other parts played by Nick Revell and Sally Grace.
Producer: Alan Nixon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1983.
SAT 09:00 Not in Front of the Children (b0547v4w)
Series 1
Religious Revival
A dynamic new vicar causes mayhem in the Corner family household.
Starring Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews.
The comedy mishaps of the Corner family - Jennifer and Henry and their three kids Trudi, Amanda and Robin.
Four series were first shown on BBC TV from 1967 to 1970.
Richard Waring adapted his own TV scripts for this radio version, now fully restored from the original reel-to-reel tapes.
Jennifer Corner ...... Wendy Craig
Henry Corner ...... Francis Matthews
Mary ...... Charlotte Mitchell
Trudi ...... Roberta Tovey
Robin ...... Hugo Keith-Johnston
Rev John Spenser …... Edward de Souza
Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst
Producer: Trafford Whitelock.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1969.
SAT 09:30 The Arthur Haynes Show (m001nn0r)
From 14/01/1963
Being honest, neighbourly sharing and a visit to court. Sketches by Johnny Speight.
Arthur Haynes stars in the sketch show series written by Johnny Speight.
With
Nicholas Parsons
Patricia Hayes
Dorothy Dampier
Music by the Temperance Seven
Part of a selection of surviving episodes.
Producer: Richard Dingley
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1963.
SAT 10:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008prk)
3. Presley, Stanza & Cooper Clarke
Comedy and poetry have always had strong links, with many comics and poets blurring the boundaries.
Comedian Kevin Eldon concludes his peek at either side of the fine line that divides them.
Last of three programmes featuring:
‘Sir Ralph Stanza’s Letter from Salford’ [Series. 2 6/6]
Special guest John Cooper Clarke.
‘Hovis Has Left the Building’
Along the way there is a rich mix of poetry that might be funny, sometimes cringe-worthy, occasionally absurd, sporadically nonsensical, but often brilliant.
Producer: Luke Doran
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in January 2015.
SAT 11:00 Gilly Fraser - Somewhere Else (b0b90cgn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 12:15 Short Works (m0004sh9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SAT 12:30 Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction (Omnibus) (m0004fwr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 13:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrx8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 14:00 Not in Front of the Children (b0547v4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 14:30 The Arthur Haynes Show (m001nn0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 15:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008prk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Jules Verne (m000rcxz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]
SAT 17:00 Gilly Fraser - Somewhere Else (b0b90cgn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 18:15 Short Works (m0004sh9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SAT 18:30 Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction (Omnibus) (m0004fwr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 19:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrx8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 20:00 Not in Front of the Children (b0547v4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 20:30 The Arthur Haynes Show (m001nn0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 21:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008prk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 22:00 The Jail Diaries of Sir Ralph Stanza (m0011cf4)
Final Stretch
Poet Sir Ralph takes on prisoner Jermaine in an Eminem-style battle of the mics.
Another of Sir Ralph's audio diaries from his stint as poet-in-residence at Longmore Grange maximum security prison.
Written by and starring James Quinn.
Sir Ralph Stanza ...James Quinn
Carl ...James Scales
Colin ......Neil Bell
Jermaine......Chris Jack
Officer ...Joan Kempson
Produced at BBC Manchester by Graham Frost.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
SAT 22:15 The Shuttleworths (b007jm2l)
Series 1
John Goes to London
Sheffield singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth's efforts to find Big City fame don't go to plan.
John heads for the big smoke and a recording contract - or does he?
Agent Ken's got other ideas.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1994.
SAT 22:30 Talking to Strangers (b06zv3xm)
Episode 2
Comic monologues in which a range of characters find themselves engaging in that most un-British of activities: talking to a stranger.
Each piece is a character study: funny, frank, absurd, moving... Characters include a sex councillor who loves to draw, a spy who loves to share, a woman who likes to help too much ('I'm a serial helpist...'), a frustrated falconer, and a cheater who has to call her cheatee the morning after. And in this show, the listener themselves 'plays' the silent stranger in the piece...
Written and performed by Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan.
Guest stars include:
Emma Thompson
Olivia Colman
Jessica Hynes
Steve Evets
Sinead Matthews
Joel Fry
Producer: Sam Bryant
A BBC Comedy production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2016.
SAT 23:00 Ross Noble Goes Global (b007jvsn)
Series 1
South Africa
Ross Noble continues his comedy travelogues in South Africa.
He entertains the locals with his unique brand of stand-up
Plus, he tries to climb Table Mountain and discovers that Cape Town has some very posh monkeys....
Producer: Danny Wallace
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002.
SAT 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b00wbrwm)
Series 6
Murderers
Edith needs to find out who murdered her and fortunately Hell is full of people who can assess the evidence - murderers.
Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in hell.
Satan …. Andy Hamilton
Edith …. Annette Crosbie
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan
Other characters played by:
Philip Pope
Felicity Montagu
Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007.

SUNDAY 09 JULY 2023

SUN 00:00 Nightfall (m000tn1b)
Series 4
2. The Repossession
Robert, a surviving conjoined twin, begins having nightmares about the death of his brother Douglas 30 years ago.
He begins to feel that his twin brother is somehow responsible for oddities that are beginning to disturb him...
Written by Arthur Samuels.
Robert/Douglas Stroud .... John Stocker
Beth .... Mary Pirie
Dr Brenner .... Chris Wiggins
Tip .... Neil Dainard
Hospital Surgeon .... Jon Granik
The Nurse .... Maggie Morris
Medical Student .... Amanda O'Leary
Medical Student .... David Stein
‘Nightfall’ is a series of supernatural and horror dramas - one of Canada’s CBC Radio's most popular shows in the network’s history.
Running to over 100 episodes between 1980 and 1983, it features a mix of original stories and adaptations of classic tales.
Script Editors: Earl Toppings and John Douglas
Producer: Bill Howell
First broadcast on CBC in April 1981.
SUN 00:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b007k10v)
6. Shock
Crushed by his dog's death, Robert's vampire quest continues, with a shock in store.
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 by Scott Stainton Miller.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in January 2006.
SUN 01:00 Gilly Fraser - Somewhere Else (b0b90cgn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:15 Short Works (m0004sh9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction (Omnibus) (m0004fwr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:45 The Fosdyke Saga (b007jrx8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Not in Front of the Children (b0547v4w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:30 The Arthur Haynes Show (m001nn0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008prk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001nn00)
A Dream Vision for Our Times
The poet Dajlit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects A Dream Vision of Our Times - an exploration of the poems of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Daljit also shares a favourite, recently published poetry collection and reads a poem from it.
This month's Poetry Extra Book of the Month is: Five Fifty Five by Maura Dooley.
A Dream Vision of Our Times - Writer Henry Eliot explores Geoffrey Chaucer’s surreal Dream Vision poems and their contemporary relevance.
Chaucer, the father of English literature, is best known for his long narrative poem The Canterbury Tales, but his witty and imaginative dream visions are also wild, funny and surprisingly relevant today. Henry Eliot considers three of these medieval poems - The Parliament of Fowls, The Book of the Duchess and The House of Fame - and how they changed the course of English poetry.
They all begin with a narrator falling asleep, before quickly slipping into surreal and fantastical dream worlds, where talking birds debate the nature of true love, eagles fly into space and men grieve in forests. There are desert wildernesses, ice mountains, glass temples, wicker houses and emerald palaces.
Chaucer depicts the cacophonous worlds of rumour, debate, gossip and hearsay, invoking uncanny parallels with today’s world of social media frenzies, celebrity culture, post-truth and fake news. But he also explores the complex and messy nature of psychology, experience and what it means to be human.
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2019.
SUN 06:30 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (Omnibus) (m001nn07)
Colette Rossant, celebrated New York food writer and bestselling author of Apricots on the Nile, continues her memoirs in Return to Paris.
She mixes vibrant memories of her teenage years in France after the Second World War with mouth-watering descriptions of meals that changed her life.
Omnibus of five parts abridged by Penny Leicester
Read by Barbara Flynn
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001nn0g)
Alex Jones
BBC TV's The One Show presenter Alex Jones, chooses Elton John's 'Tiny Dancer' and 'I'm Yours' by Jason Mraz.
SUN 07:50 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (Omnibus) (b07qdv15)
Series 1 Omnibus, Part 1/2
Thrilling series set in 1890s Whitechapel.
Welsh farm girl Megan Evans comes to London to visit her brother who is running the family's dairy business.
But he is strangely unwelcoming.
Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes written by Gregory Evans
In 1900 over half London's milk came from Welsh dairies. One of those dairies, on the Commercial Road, was owned and run by the writer’s family.
Megan Evans ….. Bettrys Jones
Luc Evans ….. Trystan Gravelle
Samuel Singer ….. David Horovitch
Moses Lipski ….. Brian Protheroe
Annie Riley ….. Alice Haig
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.
SUN 09:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00nhq58)
Loser Pays
Joe Huggett and neighbour Fred's attempt to teach their wives a lesson backfires.
Starring Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison.
The popular working-class Huggett family first hit the cinema screen with a series of Gainsborough films between 1947 and 1949.
This subsequent BBC radio series ran from 1953 to 1962.
Selection of surviving episodes in the BBC Archive.
Written by Eddie Maguire.
Joe …. Jack Warner
Ethel …. Kathleen Harrison
Bobby …. George Howell
Jane …. Marion Collins
Fred Stebbings …. Charles Leno
Clara …. Molly Lumley
Insurance Salesman …. Kenneth Connor
Producer: Jacques Brown
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1957.
SUN 09:30 The Navy Lark (b007k018)
Series 9
Computerising
Captain Povey hopes a fancy new communications system will help him keep better control of the crew aboard 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
Second Officer McCluty ...... Heather Chasen
Policeman ...... Ronnie Barker
The Admiral ...... Tenniel Evans
The Flag Lieutenant. ....... Michael Bates
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 September 1967.
Transmission was a few weeks before the network was renamed BBC Radio 2.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0011t26)
Pride
Marlon James
From Nick Drake to Prince.
Prize-winning writer Marlon James shares his castaway choices with Lauren Laverne.
Marlon won the Man Booker Prize in 2015 for A Brief History of Seven Killings, a novel which centres on an attempt to assassinate Bob Marley. Marlon was the first Jamaican to win the Prize.
After studying English at the University of the West Indies, he worked in advertising as a copywriter.
His first novel was rejected 78 times, and he thought he had destroyed every copy of it, until he met novelist Kaylie Jones at a writing workshop and she insisted on seeing it. She showed it to her publisher and his career was launched. The book, John Crow's Devil, was published in 2005.
His fourth novel, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, the first of a fantasy trilogy, was published in 2019.
DISC ONE: Ring the Alarm - Tenor Saw
DISC TWO: Things Behind The Sun - Nick Drake
DISC THREE: Mercy Street - Peter Gabriel
DISC FOUR: Manchild - Neneh Cherry
DISC FIVE: Summertime Rolls - Jane’s Addiction
DISC SIX: Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
DISC SEVEN: When Doves Cry - Prince
DISC EIGHT: In Limbo - Radiohead
BOOK CHOICE: Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
LUXURY CHOICE: A pressure cooker
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: When Doves Cry - Prince
Producer: Sarah Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2019.
SUN 10:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lmdh4)
Series 1
Dragons
What did Sir David do when he was confronted by a ten-foot-long grey-scaled reptile, with a long yellow forked tongue whipping in and out of its mouth?
He didn't run and, in fact, was one of the first to film it: the Komodo dragon.
Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world.
Producer: Julian Hector
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009.
SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001nn00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 11:30 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (Omnibus) (m001nn07)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001nn0g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]
SUN 12:50 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (Omnibus) (b07qdv15)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]
SUN 14:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00nhq58)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 14:30 The Navy Lark (b007k018)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0011t26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 15:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lmdh4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SUN 16:00 Nightfall (m000tn1b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]
SUN 16:30 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (b007k10v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:30 today]
SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001nn00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 17:30 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (Omnibus) (m001nn07)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001nn0g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]
SUN 18:50 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (Omnibus) (b07qdv15)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]
SUN 20:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00nhq58)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 20:30 The Navy Lark (b007k018)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0011t26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lmdh4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SUN 22:00 Start/Stop (b04nrh2j)
Series 2
Wedding
The prospect of attending a wedding pushes everyone to the limit.
Jack Docherty’s sitcom about love, marriage and despair found in three couples.
Alice and David wrestle with the dress code; Barney and Cathy struggle with the memories of their own wedding - and Fiona and Evan aren't talking to each other after one of his comments went a bit too far.
Starring:
Couple 1:
Barney ...... Jack Docherty
Cathy ...... Kerry Godliman
Couple 2:
Evan ...... John Thomson
Fiona ...... Fiona Allen
Couple 3:
David ...... Charlie Higson
Alice ...... Sally Bretton
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014.
SUN 22:30 Chain Reaction (b01lv7ys)
Series 8
Derren Brown interviews Tim Minchin
The illusionist and the musical comedian in the talk tag show where the guest is the next interviewer
Derren Brown quizzes Tim Minchin about beliefs, magic, music and Minchin.
Recorded with an audience, the interviews focus on the life, career and the passions of the interviewee, but often prove to be as revealing about the interviewer.
Producer: Carl Cooper
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.
SUN 23:00 Date With Fate (b0090x8s)
Nice Little Number
Vernon Hedges sets out to disprove the existence of Lady Luck.
Harold Wing Pinero is your host.
Another comic close encounter with fate.
Written by Gary Parker and Phil Whelans.
Vernon ...... Philip Jackson
Harold Wing Pinero ...... Charles Gray
Arthur ...... Michael Troughton
Dory/Shelley ...... Tracy Wiles
All other parts played by Toby Longworth.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1996.
SUN 23:15 Guy Browning's Small Talk (b0076n25)
Series 2
How to Pack
"One good way is to start naked and pretend you're getting dressed. This works perfectly unless the taxi comes early...."
Comedian Guy Browning continues to provide practical life-coaching in the big small challenges of life.
This time - discover the best ways to go travelling.
Producer: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004.
SUN 23:30 Safety Catch (b00w236m)
Series 3
Unforgiveable, That's What You Are
Heathcote Sanders are under the microscope when some of the weapons they sold to a hostile government are turned against the British.
This prompts Simon to wonder if he should be seeking some kind of forgiveness, although of course, he has absolutely nothing to seek forgiveness for... does he?
Meanwhile, his personal life is going fantastically well, until he and Anna realize that they don't know why they love each other.
Starring Darren Boyd.
Laurence Howarth's black comedy of modern morality set in the world of arms dealing.
Simon McGrath.........Darren Boyd
Anna Grieg.............Joanna Page
Boris Kemal............Lewis Macleod
Judith McGrath..........Sarah Smart
Angela McGrath........Brigit Forsyth
Madeleine Turnbull........Rachel Atkins
Sarah......Di Botcher
Vicar.....Mike Hayward
Producer: Dawn Ellis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.

MONDAY 10 JULY 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001nn00)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Return to Paris by Colette Rossant (Omnibus) (m001nn07)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001nn0g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]
MON 01:50 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (Omnibus) (b07qdv15)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00nhq58)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 The Navy Lark (b007k018)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0011t26)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lmdh4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn0p)
1. North 1794 - 1796
Aristocratic Lady Juliana elopes to Scotland with handsome but penniless Henry Douglas.
Starring Fiona Francis and Stuart McQuarrie
Edinburgh-born novelist Susan Edmonstone Ferrier [1782 – 1854] was noted for her sharp, witty accounts of Scottish life, reflecting views on the social mores of the time, and the relationship between the Scots and the English.
Her comedic first novel, ‘Marriage’, was written in 1810 and was much revised before publication in 1818.
Dramatised in three parts by Patricia Hannah.
Lady Juliana .... Fiona Francis
Henry Douglas .... Stuart McQuarrie
Laird .... Alexander Morton
Aunt Jacky .... Ann Scott-Jones
Aunt Grizzy .... Rose McBain
Aunt Nicky .... Eliza Langland
Lady Maclaughlan .... Alison Peebles
Sir Sampson .... Crawford Logan
Archie Douglas .... Simon Tait
Mrs Douglas .... Ali Walton
Other parts played by:
Martha Leishman
Susie Maguire
Shonagh Price
Jenny Ryan
Directed at BBC Edinburgh by Patrick Rayner.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1996.
MON 06:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cs)
Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery
1. Having A Wonderful Time
A perfectly ordinary pair of spectacles spells trouble for Paul and Steve as they set off on a trip to Egypt.
In this recreation of the 1947 vintage crime serial, Crawford Logan stars as Paul Temple with Gerda Stevenson as Steve.
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Sadly, only half of their adventures survive in the archives. But in 2006, the BBC began lovingly recreating them using original scripts and incidental music, and recorded with vintage microphones and sound effects.
Paul Temple …. Crawford Logan
Steve …. Gerda Stevenson
Miss Fraser …. Eliza Langland
Joyce Raymond …. Lucy Paterson
Victor Armstrong …. Michael MacKenzie
Harold Darwin …. Richard Greenwood
Charlie …. Greg Powrie
Various …. Nick Underwood
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.
MON 06:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn21)
2. Ale for the Garrison
After his stint at the Battle of Waterloo, soldier Tom Naismith is wondering why his uncle's Lancaster-based business is floundering.
Meanwhile, will the ale waggon ever reach the local garrison without the attention of dangerous smugglers?
Starring Keith Buckley and Tom Harrison
Margaret Potter's serial set in the early 19th century on the Lancashire coast.
Tom Naismith .... Keith Buckley
John Raby .... Tom Harrison
Lanty .... Bert Parnaby
Brack .... Henry Livings
Captain Mackendrew, .... Ralph Hallett
Sir Geoffrey Banner .... Norman Shelley
The Pedlar .... Geoffrey Banks
Mrs Stephens .... Ella Atkinson
Coppins .... Joe Holmes
Landlord of 'The Swan' .... Roy Minton
The Turnkey .... Graham Tennant
The Stable Boy .... Barry Dixon
Landlord's wife .... Norma Wilson
An old farmer .... Geoffrey Banks
A man at 'The Swan' .... Frank Poynter
Producer: Trevor Hill
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1965.
MON 07:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m72)
1. Flax from the Ancient World
All cloth begins with a twist.
Journalist Kassia St Clair, unravels the fascinating stories of how fabrics have shaped the world we live in, beginning with the secret power of the linens that wrapped the bodies of Egyptian pharaohs.
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History written by Kassia St Clair
Abridged in five parts by Laurence Wareing.
Read by Francesca Dymond.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.
MON 07:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07q2tp3)
Series 1
6. Problems
Megan thinks she’s saved the family business from London gangster Moses Lipski, but her problems are far from over.
Thrilling series set in 1890s Whitechapel.
Megan Evans ….. Bettrys Jones
Luc Evans ….. Trystan Gravelle
Samuel Singer ….. David Horovitch
Moses Lipski ….. Brian Protheroe
Annie Riley ….. Alice Haig
Written by Gregory Evans
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.
MON 07:30 Small Scenes (b01hvdnl)
Pilot
An unfortunate incident at a bird sanctuary and an uncomfortable moment for a beefeater.
Pilot of the successful comedy sketch series.
Starring:
Daniel Rigby
Henry Paker
Mike Wozniak
Sara Pascoe
Written by the cast, plus Madeleine Brettingham, Ben Partridge, Jon Lynes and Dan O'Donohue.
Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.
MON 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b00b8w6q)
Series 1
Episode 3
Meet Varda Marvello the Mind Reader - and the tale of a little bee.
Starring:
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Joan Sims
Announcer: Douglas Smith
After the unexpected death of Kenneth Horne in 1969, plans for the next series of Round The Horne were axed. Instead - using an old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title - Kenneth joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition and was also reunited with his "Carry On" film co-star Joan Sims.
Written by Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Myles Rudge
With the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1969.
MON 08:30 Taking It Up the Octave (b0864cc2)
Episode 1
Opera Sunderland has a tradition of performing a new work every season - "its umbilical cord to civilisation".
However, when managing director Dwight Gaggenheim opts for West Side Story over innovative gay opera St Sebastien, the tempers and egos of a plethora of opera types come bubbling to the surface.
Comedy drama in five parts written by Fintan Coyle and Tom Miles
Derek............................. Andrew Branch
Keyboard Ken.............Tom Miles
Cilla.................................Carolyn Bonnyman
Gareth...........................Godfrey James
James............................Simon Butteriss
Natasha........................Caz Weller
Dwight..........................Jonathan Kydd
Singers:
Alison Porter
Susan Jelley
Henrik Wager
Ian Bloomfield
Producer Chris Neill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1997.
MON 09:00 It's Your Round (b00z5zyh)
Series 1
Episode 4
Angus Deayton hosts the comedy panel show with no format.
Battling it out to see who can beat each other at their own games:
Russell Kane
Josie Long
Alun Cochrane
Milton Jones
How will they fare at Russell Kane's "Mood News" round?
What superhero would Milton Jones like to be?
And what is Josie Long's "Nine Previous Convictions" all about?
Find out the answers to these questions and more in this show.
Writers: Angus Deayton, Ged Parsons and Paul Powell
Devised by Benjamin Partridge
Producer: Sam Michell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.
MON 09:30 The Change (b00nj6fd)
Series 1
Different for Girls
Coming to terms with a transvestite for a husband is hard for troubled hormonal wife Carol.
She wants to save her marriage and so George agrees to throw away his entire wardrobe of female attire - but throwing out the favourite tiara is just too hard...
Starring Lynda Bellingham and Chris Ellison.
Sitcom by Gavin Petrie and Jan Etherington.
Carol ...... Lynda Bellingham
George ...... Chris Ellison
Violet ...... Sylvia Syms
Maureen ...... Maureen Beattie
Dave ...... Mark Powley
Ken ...... James Vaughan
Jerry ...... Richard Standing
Sonia ...... Emma Kennedy
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001.
MON 10:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn0p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
MON 11:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 11:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn21)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 12:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 12:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07q2tp3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
MON 12:30 Small Scenes (b01hvdnl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 13:00 Stop Messing About! (b00b8w6q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 13:30 Taking It Up the Octave (b0864cc2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 14:00 It's Your Round (b00z5zyh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 14:30 The Change (b00nj6fd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 15:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn0p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
MON 16:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 16:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn21)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 17:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07q2tp3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
MON 17:30 Small Scenes (b01hvdnl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 Stop Messing About! (b00b8w6q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 18:30 Taking It Up the Octave (b0864cc2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 19:00 It's Your Round (b00z5zyh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 19:30 The Change (b00nj6fd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 20:00 The Moth Radio Hour (m0018pzw)
Series 13
Voicing Tough Truths
True stories told live in the USA: Catherine Burns introduces stories about telling nothing but the truth, even when it’s hard.
The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling based in the USA. Since 1997, it has celebrated both the raconteur and the storytelling novice, who has lived through something extraordinary and yearns to share it. Originally formed by the writer George Dawes Green as an intimate gathering of friends on a porch in Georgia (where moths would flutter in through a hole in the screen), and then recreated in a New York City living room,
The Moth quickly grew to produce immensely popular events at theatres and clubs around New York City and later around the USA, the UK and other parts of the world.
The Moth has presented more than 15,000 stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. The Moth podcast is downloaded over 27 million times a year.
Featuring true stories told live on stage without scripts, from the humorous to the heart-breaking.
The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Jay Allison and Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and is distributed by the Public Radio Exchange.
First heard on PRX in the USA in June 2020.
MON 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (m0002h61)
Joanne Froggatt
Downton Abbey star Joanne Froggatt selects ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Kate Bush and ‘Proud Mary’ performed by Ike and Tina Turner.
MON 21:00 Mastertapes (b03j9np4)
Series 3
Soul II Soul (A-Side)
Jazzie B and Caron Wheeler discuss Soul II Soul's 1989 debut album, 'Club Classics Vol 1', which included the global hit 'Back to Life'.
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 the A-side, Jazzie B and Caron talk to John Wilson.
Soul II Soul is one of the most successful British black groups of all time.
Their ethos of 'a happy face, a thumping bass for a loving race' and the sound of their debut album, released in 1989, defined a time and place in the UK's musical history. Featuring the huge hits 'Back To Life' and 'Keep On Moving' the album took London's multicultural underground club culture into the mainstream and achieved worldwide success. 'Club Classics' mixed the sounds of a burgeoning DJ scene with Jazzie B's distinctly British take on rap and the colossal vocal talents of Caron Wheeler.
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 December 2013.
MON 21:30 Murder Most Foul (b03hmx6f)
6. The New Year Nightmare
True tales of murder from the days when police cars had bells and the men from the Yard wore trilby hats.
On 31st December 1960: a meeting in an Essex pub led to tragedy and a controversial court case.
The New Year celebrations were hardly over when Jean Constable's body was found and the police inquiry began. "It must have been a Yank", commented June Boshears, not knowing that it was her husband who had been arrested.
BBC TV's Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross reviews the case
Written by John Scotney.
Eugene Boshears: ....... Kerry Shale
Jeavons ....... George Parsons
With:
Jenny Howe
Michael Turner
Joanna Myers
Angus Wright
James Greene
Emma Gregory
Timothy Alcock
David Bannerman
Producer: Mark Savage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1991.
MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m001ngl1)
Series 29
Episode 6
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.
Lucy Porter, Marcus Brigstocke, Richard Osman and Ria Lina are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as Popes, insurance, Norway and surgery.
The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith.
Producer: Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4
MON 22:30 Buy Me Up TV (b009jcxh)
Episode 3
Every shopping channel you've ever seen and every product you've never wanted to buy.
Special guest host: Rich Hall
Starring:
Justin Edwards
Colin Hoult
Katherine Jakeways
Ewen Macintosh
Alex MacQueen
Greg Proops
Written by Justin Edwards and James Eldred.
Producer: Lucy Armitaqe
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 2008.
MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001p055)
Robin Ince 1/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Jon Holmes chats to Robin Ince about his new series of Reality Tunnel.
MON 23:00 Dead Ringers (m001nh3m)
Series 23
Episode 4
What did Humza Yousaf and King Charles really say to each other when they met in Edinburgh? What is Sir Kier Starmer’s secret plan for after the election, and who first coined the word aardvark? Answers to these questions and so much more.

This episode was written by: Nev Fountain & Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, Ed Amsden & Tom Coles, Edward Tew, Robert Darke, Joe Topping, Sophie Dickson, Sarah Campbell, Peter Tellouche, and Toussaint Douglass.

Produced and created by Bill Dare
Production Coordinator: Dan Marchini
MON 23:30 Fabulous (b00fb8zx)
Series 2
Episode 4
Faye is anxious.
She knows that today's women are Fabulous; they have it all, the job, the house, the colour-co-ordinated capsule wardrobe and they cope with the pressures modern life brings effortlessly, with nothing more than a copy of Prima and a poem by Pam Ayres to guide them.
So why can't she pull it off?
Life should be exciting with Edith going on maternity leave and announcing who will get her job...
Starring Daisy Haggard.
Written by Lucy Clarke.
With:
Katy Brand
Stephen Critchlow
Ben Crowe
Justin Edwards
Mel Hudson
Martin Hyder
Joanna Neary
Jo Scanlan
Laura Solon
Dan Starkey
Ann Reid
Music by Osymyso
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008.

TUESDAY 11 JULY 2023

TUE 00:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn0p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn21)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m72)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07q2tp3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Small Scenes (b01hvdnl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Stop Messing About! (b00b8w6q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Taking It Up the Octave (b0864cc2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 It's Your Round (b00z5zyh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 The Change (b00nj6fd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn09)
2. South 1813 - 1815
Now a teenager, Mary Douglas is reunited in Bath with her indifferent mother, Lady Juliana, and capricious twin sister, Adelaide. She is befriended by elderly Mrs Lennox, whose much-loved son returns from a long stay abroad.
Edinburgh-born novelist Susan Edmonstone Ferrier [1782 – 1854] was noted for her sharp, witty accounts of Scottish life, reflecting views on the social mores of the time, and the relationship between the Scots and the English.
Her comedic first novel, ‘Marriage’, was written in 1810 and much revised before its publication in 1818.
Dramatised in three parts by Patricia Hannah.
CAST:
Mary .... Meg Fraser
Lady Emily .... Fiona Francis
Charles Lennox .... Dougal Lee
Lady Juliana .... Vivienne Dixon
Adelaide .... Harley Loudon
Aunt Jacky/Mrs Lennox .... Ann Scott-Jones
Aunt Grizzy .... Rose McBain
Aunt Nicky .... Eliza Langland
Dr Redgill .... Crawford Logan
Archie Douglas .... Simon Tait
Lord Lindor .... Gregor Powrie
Mrs Douglas .... Ali Walton
Other parts played by members of the cast.
Directed in BBC Edinburgh by Patrick Rayner.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.
TUE 06:00 Paul Temple (b007k0ct)
Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery
2. Interlude at Augusta
During their stop-over in Sicily, Paul and Steve begin to sense that someone is on their trail.
In this 2006 recreation of the 1947 vintage crime serial, Crawford Logan stars as Paul Temple and Gerda Stevenson as Steve.
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Sadly, only half of their adventures survive in the archives. But in 2006, the BBC began recreating them using original scripts and incidental music, and recorded with vintage microphones and sound effects.
Paul Temple …. Crawford Logan
Steve …. Gerda Stevenson
Miss Fraser …. Eliza Langland
Joyce Raymond …. Lucy Paterson
Victor Armstrong …. Michael MacKenzie
Harold Darwin …. Richard Greenwood
Colonel Marquand/Constantine …. Angus MacInnes
Various …. Nick Underwood
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.
TUE 06:30 The Waiting Game (m001nmzp)
3. Encounter at Dawn
What will the consequences for Tom be after making an enemy of Captain Mackendrew?
A six-part serial set in the early 19th century on the Lancashire coast.
After the Battle of Waterloo, Tom Naismith returns to Lancashire to find his uncle's business floundering. Why?
Written by Margaret Potter.
Tom Naismith .... Keith Buckley
Luke Hemmings, the ostler .... Jack Woolgar
Manservant at Wildbeck Hall .... John Daglish
Captain Mackendrew .... Ralph Hallett
Sophia .... Judith Bradshaw
William Fell .... Robert Wallace
Nelms .... John Linstrum
Blackley .... Norman Somers
Osborne .... James Luxton
Producer: Trevor Hill
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March1965.
TUE 07:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m74)
2. Twelve Thousand Caterpillars
Journalist Kassia St Clair uncovers the fascinating stories of how fabrics have shaped the world we live in, including the legend of the Chinese Empress who discovered the secrets of the silkworm.
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St Clair
Read by Francesca Dymond
Abridged by Laurence Wareing
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.
TUE 07:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07q7jl0)
Series 1
7. Intruder
Thrilling series set in 1890s Whitechapel. Welsh farm girl Megan Evans comes to London to visit her brother who is running the family's dairy business - but her brother is strangely unwelcoming.
Megan Evans ….. Bettrys Jones
Luc Evans ….. Trystan Gravelle
Samuel Singer ….. David Horovitch
Moses Lipski ….. Brian Protheroe
Annie Riley ….. Alice Haig
by Gregory Evans
Directed by Marc Beeby
In 1900 over half London's milk came from Welsh dairies. One of those dairies, on the Commercial Road, was owned and run by the writer’s family.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.
TUE 07:30 Gloomsbury (m0000sd7)
Series 5
A Tale of Two Sillies
Henry and Vera are on a lecture tour of the USA. Vera is invited to the Round Table at the Algonquin and meets Dorothy Barker, who she finds repellent. Henry, travelling towards Chicago on the sleeper, finds he is sharing a compartment with Al Padrone and his mysteriously heavy violin case.
Meanwhile, back at Sizzlinghurst, Ginny and Lionel are acting as caretakers and making a spectacular mess of things as they attempt to remodel the garden.
Cast:
VERA SACKCLOTH-VEST..............................MIRIAM MARGOLYES
HENRY MICKLETON.......................................JONATHAN COY
RICH WOMAN ..................................................MORWENNA BANKS
GINNY FOX.......................................................ALISON STEADMAN
LIONEL FOX......................................................NIGEL PLANER
MRS GOSLING..................................................ALISON STEADMAN
GOSLING............................................................NIGEL PLANER
AL PADRONE....................................................JOHN SESSIONS
DOROTHY BARKER.........................................MORWENNA BANKS
ROBERT BLETCHLEY......................................JOHN SESSIONS
TAXI DRIVER ...................................................JOHN SESSIONS
ROOM SERVICE .................………………….JONATHAN COY
A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2018.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b00gklbf)
The Sahara Desert Statue
What is Eccles doing with a cement sack and an imaginary piano?
Groundbreaking, 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: John Browell
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1958.
TUE 08:30 In the End (b007r45j)
Episode 4
Maverick BBC Reporter, George Cragge, and Superintendent Frank Jefferson investigate a series of murders of journalists.
Rupert Thresher arouses Cragge's suspicion as the hunt for the journalist killer continues. Meanwhile the PM is once again depressed as his approval rating has fallen below 50% for the first time.
Starring Michael Williams and Barry Foster.
The fourth of Mark Taverner’s black comedies set in the worlds of the BBC and politics.
Dramatised in six parts by from his novel by Mark Taverner, and Peter Baynham.
George Cragge …. Michael Williams
Superintendent Frank Jefferson …. Barry Foster
Charles Prentiss...Stephen Fry
Martin Griffiths.....John Bird
Prime Minister …. Jonathan Coy
Crichton-Potter …. Anton Rogers
Marcia Mallon …. Rebecca Front
Chancellor …. Simon Greenall
Maria …. Jessica Oyelowo
Rupert Thresher........Michael Fenton Stevens
Radio 4 Newsreader …. Harriet Cass
With:
Peter Woodthorpe
Hugh Parker
Neil McCaul
Chris Pavlo
Beth Chalmers
David Holt
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.
TUE 09:00 The Motion Show (b00768mm)
Series 3
Episode 3
Debates galore over staying home and getting fit.
Graeme Garden chairs the quirky battle of words and wit.
With Hugh Dennis, Gyles Brandreth, Arthur Smith and Emma Kennedy.
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000
TUE 09:30 Trapped (m001nmzw)
Series 2
Throw the Book
Having got themselves locked in a bookshop overnight, odd couple cons Eddie and Mouse have plenty of time to work out what went horribly wrong with the robbery they have just failed to pull off and, with the help of a highly inquisitive and unpredictable security guard, discover rather more about each other in the process.
The second series of one-off comedy dramas written by, and sometimes featuring, Daniel and Mark Maier
CAST:
Eddie …. Philip Jackson
Mouse … William Ash
Sunday …. David Webber
Feathers …. Daniel Maier
Producer: Claire Bartlett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
TUE 10:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
TUE 11:00 Paul Temple (b007k0ct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 11:30 The Waiting Game (m001nmzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 12:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m74)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 12:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07q7jl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
TUE 12:30 Gloomsbury (m0000sd7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b00gklbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 13:30 In the End (b007r45j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 14:00 The Motion Show (b00768mm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 14:30 Trapped (m001nmzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 15:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
TUE 16:00 Paul Temple (b007k0ct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 16:30 The Waiting Game (m001nmzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 17:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m74)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07q7jl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
TUE 17:30 Gloomsbury (m0000sd7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b00gklbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 18:30 In the End (b007r45j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 19:00 The Motion Show (b00768mm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Trapped (m001nmzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m00147j4)
Series 8
Brain Stages
A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) stage.
Manoush Zomorodi explores how and why brains morph and change during our lives. How can we better help our brain health?
First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2021.
TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (m000f6yz)
Jeff Goldblum
Actor and musician Jeff Goldblum chooses 'Misty' by Erroll Garner and 'We'll Meet Again' by Vera Lynn.
TUE 21:00 Mastertapes (b03jb1wf)
Series 3
Soul II Soul (B-Side)
Jazzie B and Caron Wheeler answer audience questions about Soul II Soul's debut 1989 album, 'Club Classics Vol 1'.
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
Having discussed the making of "Club Classics Vol 1", the breakthrough album from Soul II Soul (in the A-side of the programme), Jazzie B and Caron Wheeler respond to questions from the audience. Jazzie talks more about his own roots as a musician and Soul II Soul perform live versions of tracks from the album.
Producer: Helen Lennard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.
TUE 21:30 Adam Baron - Shut Eye (b00sdrsz)
1. Runaways and Murder
Ex-cop Billy Rucker works the seamy backstreets around King's Cross, London, looking for runaways.
This time it's a brutal murder he gets involved in - very involved.
Stars David Morrissey.
Adam Baron's gritty thriller, first published in 1999.
Dramatised in four parts by Doug Lucie
Billy Rucker .... David Morrissey
DI Gold .... Danny Webb
Sharon .... Li-Leng Au
Sir Peter Morant .... Edward de Souza
Alex .... Matt Day
Rollo .... Declan Wilson
Mrs Lewes .... Rachel Atkins
Secretary .... Gbemisola Ikumelo
Director Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004
TUE 22:00 Janey Godley: The C Bomb (m001ngc2)
3. When I Get Bored, Bad Things Happen
Janey Godley doesn’t know how long she’s got left, so she’s telling ALL the jokes! This is her extraordinary story. Fearless and unflinching, yet life affirming stand-up at its very best.

In this episode Janey tells stories akin to the Wild West, in the East End of Glasgow. She and her family go from the perfectly chaotic life of publicans and private schools, to runaways clutching their possessions in black bin bags.

Since Janey’s comedy career began, she’s exposed, on stage, many painful traumas from her life - from childhood neglect and sexual abuse, to marrying into a gangster family who eventually turned on her, and even the murder of her mother - with a seeming lack of sentimentality and the blackest of humour.

Relentlessly authentic, she's also had to face up to her own mistakes - taking responsibility and apologising both publicly and onstage, as well as sharing the shame of being ‘cancelled’ and the very dark place that took her to.

Then, just months later… the hand grenade of a cancer diagnosis forced her to start fighting for her life.

Now, after finally admitting that after everything she’s been through in life, maybe she's not “fine”, and with a terminal diagnosis, she’s submitted to the ultimate ‘C bomb' for many men and women of her generation - counselling.

And as a result of this insight, she’s more hilarious and compelling onstage than ever.

Janey’s experienced a life of extremes but has come out the other side with rare insight, still able to make light of all its trials and tribulations in her signature dark and uncompromising style.

Recorded live in front of an audience in her hometown, Glasgow.

A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4
TUE 22:30 The Lee Mack Show (b00bt53m)
Suggs
Lee Mack presents stand-up comedy, sketches and music.
With:
Suggs
Milton Jones
Angela McHale
Music by Steve Brown, Kevin Powell and Mark Allis.
Written by Lee Mack and Neil Webster.
Additional material by Milton Jones, Rhodri Crooks and Paul Kerensa.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 2005.
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001p057)
Robin Ince 2/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has 2 hours of comedy. And tonight, Jon Holmes has another chat with the writer, broadcaster, and comedian, Robin Ince.
TUE 23:00 Father Figure (b01bw5cc)
Series 1
Birthday Lunch
Much to the consternation of his overbearing mother, Tom Whyte decides to cook his dad a birthday lunch for a family get-together.
What he intends to put on the table undergoes a transformation by serving time, whilst best friend Roddy brings an especially unappetising contribution to the meal.
A family sitcom written by and starring Irish comedian, Jason Byrne.
Tom Whyte .... Jason Byrne
Elaine Whyte .... Lucy Montgomery
Dylan Whyte .... Dominic Applewhite
Mary Whyte .... Pauline McLynn
Pat Whyte .... Dermot Crowley
Roddy .... Michael Smiley
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 2021.
TUE 23:30 Elvenquest (b016c8y5)
Series 3
Episode 2
As they continue their search for the Sword of Asnagar, the noble Questers are lead to a quiet countryside town, which they’ve heard may hold their prize.
But it’s been razed to the ground by ruthless barbarians, led by blood-thirsty Ragnar Half-tooth, who’s taken the Sword taken as booty. In order to get it back, the Questers decide to masquerade as barbarians and enter Ragnar's camp...
Meanwhile, Kreech tells Lord Darkness that his annual regeneration is coming up and that he needs to get some sleep in order to avoid meeting the new Dawn which will send his body crumbling into dust.
Problem is, getting to sleep when it really matters is easier said than done. And Lord Darkness is suddenly overcome by a nasty bout of insomnia...
Fantasy-based sitcom set in Lower Earth written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.
Vidar ...... Darren Boyd
Dean/Kreech ...... Kevin Eldon
Amis aka The Chosen One ...... Dave Lamb
Lord Darkness ...... Alistair McGowan
Sam ...... Stephen Mangan
Ragnar Half-tooth ...... Daniel Rigby
Penthiselea ...... Sophie Winkleman
Producer: Sam Michell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011.

WEDNESDAY 12 JULY 2023

WED 00:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn09)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Paul Temple (b007k0ct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 The Waiting Game (m001nmzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m74)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07q7jl0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Gloomsbury (m0000sd7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b00gklbf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 In the End (b007r45j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 The Motion Show (b00768mm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Trapped (m001nmzw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn0n)
3. Union 1815
Will Mary Douglas finally find happiness? And what will happen with the MacLaughan estate?
Edinburgh-born novelist Susan Edmonstone Ferrier [1782 – 1854] was noted for her sharp, witty accounts of Scottish life, reflecting views on the social mores of the time, and the relationship between the Scots and the English.
Her comedic first novel, ‘Marriage’, was written in 1810 and much revised before its publication in 1818.
Dramatised in three parts by Patricia Hannah.
CAST:
Mary .... Meg Fraser
Lady Emily .... Fiona Francis
Charles Lennox .... Dougal Lee
Lady Juliana .... Vivienne Dixon
Adelaide .... Harley Loudon
Aunt Jacky/Mrs Lennox .... Ann Scott-Jones
Aunt Grizzy .... Rose McBain
Aunt Nicky .... Eliza Langland
Lady MacLaughlan .... Alison Peebles
Dr Redgill/Sir Sampson MacLaughlan .... Crawford Logan
Archie Douglas .... Simon Tait
Lord Lindor .... Gregor Powrie
Mrs Douglas .... Ali Walton
Duke of Altamont .... Raymond Ross
Other parts played by members of the cast.
Directed in BBC Edinburgh by Patrick Rayner.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996
WED 06:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cv)
Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery
Introducing Colonel Marquand
At the Villa Negara - the amateur sleuth must take action when events take a mysterious and dangerous turn
In this 2006 recreation of the 1947 vintage crime serial, Crawford Logan stars as Paul Temple and Gerda Stevenson as Steve.
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Sadly, only half of their adventures survive in the archives. But in 2006, the BBC began recreating them using original scripts and incidental music, and recorded with vintage microphones and sound effects.
Paul Temple …. Crawford Logan
Steve …. Gerda Stevenson
Miss Fraser …. Eliza Langland
Victor Armstrong …. Michael MacKenzie
Harold Darwin …. Richard Greenwood
Colonel Marquand …. Angus MacInnes
Olaf Schreider …. Nick Underwood
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.
WED 06:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn75)
4. The Silecroft Run
Can Tom discover more about the old priory and its role in smuggling his uncle’s missing goods?
A six-part serial set in the early 19th century on the Lancashire coast.
After the Battle of Waterloo, Tom Naismith returns to Lancashire to find his uncle's business floundering. Why?
Written by Margaret Potter.
John Raby .... Tom Harrison
Mrs Stephens .... Ella Atkinson
Sir Geoffrey Banner .... Norman Shelley
William Fell .... Robert Wallace
Tom Naismith .... Keith Buckley
Sophia Sheridan .... Judith Bradshaw
Luke Hemmings .... Jack Woolgar
Brack .... Henry Livings
Lanty .... Bert Parnaby
Coppins .... Joe Holmes
The manservant at Wildbeck Hall .... John Dagllsh
Mr Hammond .... Geoffrey Banks
Quilliam, a Manx boatman .... Sydney Kelly
Peter Costain .... Roy Minton
Producer: Trevor Hill
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1965.
WED 07:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m70)
3. "Cotton is King"
Kassia St Clair unravels more of the stories behind our well-known fabrics.
The author considers the worldwide impact of cotton production - a major driver of the Industrial Revolution as well as enforced labour. She moves on to chart the rising popularity of denim first for working overalls and later on - trendy jeans.
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St. Clair
Read by Francesca Dymond
Abridged by Laurence Wareing
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018
WED 07:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07qbcb4)
Series 1
8. Return
Thrilling series set in 1890s Whitechapel. Welsh farm girl Megan Evans comes to London to visit her brother who is running the family's dairy business - but her brother is strangely unwelcoming.
Megan Evans ….. Bettrys Jones
Luc Evans ….. Trystan Gravelle
Samuel Singer ….. David Horovitch
Moses Lipski ….. Brian Protheroe
Annie Riley ….. Alice Haig
by Gregory Evans
Directed by Marc Beeby
In 1900 over half London's milk came from Welsh dairies. One of those dairies, on the Commercial Road, was owned and run by the writer’s family.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.
WED 07:30 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m000f06s)
Series 1
Lean on Me
Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a couple who have been married ‘for ever’.
Children of the Sixties, they’re still free spirits, drawn together by their passion for music and each other. Their warm and witty conversations dance around everyday chores and appointments as well as dealing with problems within long-held friendships, and tackling their own frustrations with each other. But underlying it all is their enduring love for each other and their desire to keep the passion alive.
Joanna’s nursing skills are found wanting after Roger’s knee op.

Written for Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam by award-winning comedy writer and journalist Jan Etherington, who’s been married for 35 years to Gavin Petrie, with whom she created many hit radio and TV series (Second Thoughts, Next of Kin, Faith in the Future, The Change). Conversations from a Long Marriage is her first solo narrative comedy series.
Producer: Claire Jones
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2020.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007r3dg)
Series 4
The Espresso Bar
Making no money out of being in showbiz, the Lad sees his future in selling coffee.
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 December 1956.
WED 08:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqlf)
Trevor Island
Mr Zizz, the bad cartoonist, is not really capable of murder. Or is he?
An evil pirate chief is avoiding justice. The Stranger sends Zizz to kill him '... and let me tell you, my friends: if villainy may be given a name, its name.... is Trevor!'
Starring Martin Jarvis and Richard Pearson
Dark comedy series written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie.
Zizz .... Martin Jarvis
Captain White .... Richard Pearson
Peggs .... Robin Ellis
Kipper .... Melvyn Hayes
The Stranger .... Peter Howell
Bannister .... Ron Pember
Felch .... Michael Ripper
Editor .... Bill Wallis
Barman .... William Simons
Music: Max Harris
Producer: Paul Spencer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1988.
WED 09:00 It's Not What You Know (b061qzx0)
Series 3
Episode 3
Who would play Romesh Ranganathan in a film of his life?
What's Christoper Biggins' proudest moment of his career?
What would Katherine Ryan do if she was Beyonce for a day?
All these burning questions, and more, will be answered in the show hosted by Miles Jupp, where panellists are tested on how well they know their nearest and dearest.
In this case, comedian Katherine Ryan picks her best friend, comedian Romesh Ranganathan picks his brother, and Christopher Biggins picks an old showbiz pal.
Producer: Matt Stronge
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2015.
WED 09:30 The Right Time (b00fv9t1)
Series 2
Episode 4
How to get home from the pub - and a ruined holiday in Barbados.
Sketch show for people growing older disgracefully. Written and performed by people who've lived a bit.
Stars Eleanor Bron, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Paula Wilcox, Clive Swift and Roger Blake.
Written by Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Julie Balloo, Ramone Towers, Trevor Walker, John Dowie, Colin Bostock-Smith and John Pidgeon.
Music by Ronnie & The Rex.
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002.
WED 10:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn0n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
WED 11:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 11:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn75)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 12:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m70)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 12:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07qbcb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
WED 12:30 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m000f06s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007r3dg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 13:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqlf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 14:00 It's Not What You Know (b061qzx0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 14:30 The Right Time (b00fv9t1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 15:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn0n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
WED 16:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 16:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn75)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 17:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m70)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07qbcb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
WED 17:30 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m000f06s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007r3dg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 18:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqlf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 19:00 It's Not What You Know (b061qzx0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 19:30 The Right Time (b00fv9t1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 20:00 Behind the Scenes of Crime (m001nn7l)
Author Joan Lock talks to members of the Crime Writers' Association.
The CWA promotes, supports and celebrates crime writing, and writers of all crime fiction and non-fiction from across the globe.
Joan eavesdrops at various events and functions including the Annual Awards Dinner when the prestigious Gold, Silver and Diamond Daggers are presented.
Featured authors include:
PD James
Ruth Rendell
Simon Brett
Liza Cody
Colin Dexter
Peter Lovesey
June Thomson
Susan Moody
Researched and written by Joan Lock.
Producer: Ed Thomason
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.
WED 20:45 Colin Dexter Short Stories (b007k4xz)
Inspector Morse - The Burglar
Neighbourly concern about a suspicious stranger sets a new puzzle for the Oxford-based inspector.
A short story specially written by Colin Dexter for Boucheron XXVI – the annual convention for creators and fans of detective and mystery fiction. In 1995, it was staged at the Broadway Media Centre in Nottingham.
Read by John Turner.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.
WED 21:00 Short Cuts (b05stkq6)
Series 7
Songlines
Josie Long hears stories of music and memory. From a song that proves your parents right - rock 'n roll really will lead you down a dangerous path - to the symphony that haunted one man's dreams for decades.
Featuring:
96 Tears
Feat. Anthony Bourdain
Produced by Ann Heppermann, Kara Oehler and Rick Moody
Piano Man
Feat. Barry Colson
Produced by Sindre Leganger
The Stage
Feat. Grace Savage
Produced by Hana Walker-Brown
Lullaby
Feat. Colin Dexter
Produced by Phil Smith
Dream Symphony
Feat. Stuart Sharp
Produced by Olivia Humphreys with Jodie Taylor
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May 2015.
WED 21:30 Adam Baron - Shut Eye (b00sh02c)
2. Punch Up
Ex-cop Billy Rucker works the seamy backstreets around King's Cross, London, looking for runaways.
The Private-eye investigates the murder of Sir Peter Morant's airline pilot brother, Edward.
Stars David Morrissey.
Adam Baron's gritty thriller, first published in 1999.
Dramatised in four parts by Doug Lucie
CAST:
Billy Rucker .... David Morrissey
DI Gold .... Danny Webb
Charlotte Morant .... Caroline Langrishe
Graham Lloyd .... Nicholas Woodeson
Sir Peter Morant .... Edward de Souza
Sal .... Frances Jeater
Dominic .... Chris Moran
Rollo .... Declan Wilson
Archie .... Damian Lynch
Waitress .... Gbemisola Ikumelo
Written by Adam Baron
Dramatised by Doug Lucie
Director Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004
WED 22:00 Robin Ince's Reality Tunnel (m001ngwk)
Fossils of the Mind
Series 2 - Episode 1
In the first of his two-part series Robin talks about love, books, and his love of books. He explores how we sometimes find it difficult to express our love and shares stories of the delight he's experienced on his travels. It is also a cautionary tale, warning of the dangers of not sharing praise and admiration before it's too late.
Escaping the confines of The Infinite Monkey Cage, comedian Robin Ince takes us on a journey through his Reality Tunnel in his second two-part stand-up series, recorded specially for Radio 4.
For over 30 years Robin Ince has been discharging fascinating thoughts, unusual knowledge, and infectious excitement into the universe. Over this time, these disparate, dusty specs of information have steadily clumped together and formed into an entity known as the 'Reality Tunnel'.
Previously, Robin's live appearances have only been visible to those astute enough to be tracking his trajectory; those with a keen enough eye to catch a fleeting glimpse of him as he twinkles through their orbit, emitting his ideas, shedding light on the human condition, before vanishing again into the distance. But now, using specialist recording tools and fancy editing, this phenomenon has been captured in high resolution audio for all to hear.
Praise for series 1
- “I was practically in tears of joy and wonder. I found it deeply moving and profoundly comforting”
- “It is a thing of beauty and joy and a thing for me amid an ocean of things that aren't!”
- “it’s good to know I'm not the only one with those 'thoughts'”
Writer / Performer ... Robin Ince
Voice Over ... Cody Dahler
Producer ... Carl Cooper
Production Coordinator ... Mabel Wright
Sound Manager ... Jerry Peal
Sound Editor ... Joshan Chana
Original Music ... Dan Antopolski
Picture by Steve Best
BBC Studios Production for Radio 4
WED 22:30 Pick Ups (b00n5rwp)
Series 2
Little Grey Cells
Dave's marriage proposal is temporarily postponed by an omelette.
Comedy set in a run-down taxi office in Manchester.
Written by Ian Kershaw.
Lind ... Lesley Sharp
Mike .... Paul Loughran
Dave ... Philip Rowson
Rebel ... Parvez Qadir
Drunk ...... Mark E Smith
Stevie ...... Suranne Jones
Pat the Butcher ...... Andrew Grose
Producer: Paul Hardy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.
WED 23:00 Holland's Shorts (m001nn84)
Episode 3
Dominic ponders the imponderables such as using mobile phones on airplanes and inset days.
Written and presented by Dominic Holland with support from Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Martin Hyder and Ed Weeks.
Music by Jim Howard.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.
WED 23:15 Roger McGough's Other Half (b04ykdyj)
Episode 3
A 'nice' get together - and if you weren't you, who would you be? Lovers past and present and a song about annoying choruses.
Roger McGough presents surreal sketches and poetry.
With:
Helen Atkinson-Wood
Philip Jackson
Richie Webb
Hear Roger’s familiar voice in a whole fresh light. Expect merriment and melancholy in equal measures, and a whisker of witty wordplay too.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015.
WED 23:30 The Young Postmen (b00ftk3n)
It's a Dog's Life
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, and is composed of many dangerous elements like aspirin and bleach.
The strange mutant aliens that inhabit its surface are in danger. Only postmen from Swansden and an amateur musical can probably save them now
More surreal escapades of a trio of 'posties'.
Written by and starring Ben Miller. With John Thomson and Felicity Montagu.
Brian ...... Ben Miller
Derek ...... John Thomson
Sue ...... Felicity Montagu
Mr Tippett ...... Alastair McGowan
Mr Tilbury ...... Jim Barclay
Music by Murray Gold
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.

THURSDAY 13 JULY 2023

THU 00:00 Susan Ferrier - Marriage (m001nn0n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn75)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 The Golden Thread (m0000m70)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07qbcb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m000f06s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007r3dg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqlf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 It's Not What You Know (b061qzx0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 The Right Time (b00fv9t1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Martin Jameson - Radio Daze (m00054wd)
At an event in support of the British Hungarian Society, actor Bob Rodwell is handed a radio script by a mysterious stranger.
Martin Sinclair stars in Martin Jameson's psychological thriller.
Set in 1956 at the BBC's Broadcasting House in London.
Bob Rodwell .... Malcolm Sinclair
Angyalka ..... Larissa Kouznetsova
Louis MacNeice ..... Gerard Murphy
Reggie Smith .... Jonathan Hyde
Laurence Gilliam ... Andrew Woodall
Aubrey Dutton..... John Rowe
Verity Gill .... Avril Clark
Ted/ Newsreader ... Jon Glover
Roy/ Blake ..... Philip Fox
Mim..... Alice Hart
Continuity announcer ... Bertie Carvel
Director: Jeremy Mortimer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
THU 06:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cw)
Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery
Cairo
Amateur sleuth Paul and wife Steve go in search of the elusive Mr Sullivan...
In this 2006 recreation of the 1947 vintage crime serial, Crawford Logan stars as Paul Temple and Gerda Stevenson as Steve.
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Sadly, only half of their adventures survive in the archives. But in 2006, the BBC began recreating them using original scripts and incidental music, and recorded with vintage microphones and sound effects.
Paul Temple …. Crawford Logan
Steve …. Gerda Stevenson
Miss Fraser …. Eliza Langland
Victor Armstrong …. Michael MacKenzie
Harold Darwin …. Richard Greenwood
Colonel Marquand …. Angus MacInnes
Olaf Schreider …. Nick Underwood
Signor Rossette …. Greg Powrie
Patrick Quinn/Commandant Hakim …. Gareth Thomas
Sidney Jeans …. Wendy Seager
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.
THU 06:30 The Waiting Game (m001nnft)
5. The Intruder
Tom plans to unmask the smugglers. But will his troubled Uncle Raby allow him the chance to?
A six-part serial set in the early 19th century on the Lancashire coast.
After the Battle of Waterloo, Tom Naismith returns to Lancashire to find his uncle's business floundering. Why?
Written by Margaret Potter.
Tom Naismith .... Keith Buckley
Sophia Sheridan .... Judith Bradshaw
John Raby .... Tom Harrison
Mr Hammond .... Geoffrey Banks
William Fell .... Robert Wallace
Mrs Stephens .... Ella Atkinson
Landlord of ' The Swan ' .... Roy Minton
Sir Geoffrey Banner .... Norman Shelley
Producer: Trevor Hill
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1965.
THU 07:00 The Golden Thread (m0000qnk)
4. The Risks of Rayon
All cloth begins with a twist. Some of the dramatic stories behind our everyday fabrics.
Kassia St Clair explores the murky wartime history of rayon, nylon production in Delaware and the concern about the environmentally unfriendliness of synthetics.
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St Clair
Read by Francesca Dymond
Abridged by Laurence Wareing
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.
THU 07:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07qbfvy)
Series 1
9. Violence
Thrilling series set in 1890s Whitechapel. Welsh farm girl Megan Evans comes to London to visit her brother who is running the family's dairy business - but her brother is strangely unwelcoming.
Megan Evans ….. Bettrys Jones
Luc Evans ….. Trystan Gravelle
Samuel Singer ….. David Horovitch
Moses Lipski ….. Brian Protheroe
Annie Riley ….. Alice Haig
by Gregory Evans
Directed by Marc Beeby
In 1900 over half London's milk came from Welsh dairies. One of those dairies, on the Commercial Road, was owned and run by the writer’s family.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.
THU 07:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b0bgrs9n)
Series 8
Ladychase
The local Provost for Lenzie needs help to raise funds to create a tourist attraction for the town.
More shop based shenanigans and over the counter philosophy, courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave.
Set in a Scots-Asian corner shop, the staff continue their tireless quest to bring nice-price custard creams and cans of coke with Arabic writing on them to an ungrateful nation. Ramesh Mahju has built it up over the course of over 30 years and is a firmly entrenched, friendly presence in the local area.
Then of course there are Ramesh's sons Sanjay and Alok, both surly and not particularly keen on the old school approach to shop-keeping, but natural successors to the business. Ramesh is keen to pass all his worldly wisdom onto them - whether they like it or not!
Written by and starring Donald Mcleary and Sanjeev Kohli.
Ramesh..............Sanjeev Kohli
Dave....................Donald Mcleary
Sanjay.................Omar Raza
Alok.....................Susheel Kumar
Malcolm............Mina Anwar
Provost..............Moray Hunter
Lovely Sue........Julie Wilson Nimmo
Hilly.....................Marj Hogarth
Mrs Armstrong.........Maureen Carr
Producer: Gus Beattie for Gusman Productions.
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2018.
THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jlhv)
Series 1
The Armoured Might of Lance-Corporal Jones
Private Walker dreams up a plan to get petrol coupons so Corporal Jones's delivery van can be commandeered for the war effort...
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Walker …. James Beck
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Cissie Godfrey …. Nan Brawnton
Percy the Parrot …. Percy Edwards
Announcer …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1974.
THU 08:30 Second Thoughts (b007jvh3)
Series 1
Found and Lost
Bill and Faith are late in love but new to each other - and Bill has already got himself into Faith's bad books...
Starring Lynda Bellingham as Faith and James Bolam as Bill.
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill and Faith trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.
Series one of four inspired by the real lives of ihusband and wife writers, Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off series Faith in the Future.
Faith ...... Lynda Bellingham
Bill ...... James Bolam
Hilary ...... Celia Imrie
Liza ...... Belinda Lang
Hannah ...... Kelda Holmes
Joe ...... Mark Denham
Grace ...... Moir Leslie
Alex ...... John Samson
Ray ...... Nicholas Courtney
Ted ...... Norman Bird
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.
THU 09:00 Funny You Should Ask (b0b2r0jx)
From 20/04/1978
Peter Jones hosts the entertainment quiz about comedy as he tests a panel of experts:
Barry Took
Derek Roy
Mike Burton
Funny You Should Ask ran for 8 series from 1976 to 1982.
Questions compiled by Michael Pointon.
Producer: Bob Oliver Rogers
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1978.
THU 09:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b0081lf5)
Series 1
Episode 4
Dominic's cold hearted decision to turn the Vodka and Veggie cafe into a rehab clinic leads to non-violent direct action from the most unlikeliest of sources...
Sitcom written by and starring Mervyn Stutter.
Merv ...... Mervyn Stutter
Pam ...... Lill Roughley
Dibden ...... John Challis
PC Dilkes ...... Christopher Etteridge
Chantal ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Nev ...... Geoffrey Joseph
Producer: Mario Stylianides
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.
THU 10:00 Martin Jameson - Radio Daze (m00054wd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
THU 11:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 11:30 The Waiting Game (m001nnft)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 12:00 The Golden Thread (m0000qnk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 12:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07qbfvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
THU 12:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b0bgrs9n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 13:00 Dad's Army (b007jlhv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 13:30 Second Thoughts (b007jvh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 14:00 Funny You Should Ask (b0b2r0jx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 14:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b0081lf5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 15:00 Martin Jameson - Radio Daze (m00054wd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
THU 16:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 16:30 The Waiting Game (m001nnft)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 17:00 The Golden Thread (m0000qnk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07qbfvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
THU 17:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b0bgrs9n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 Dad's Army (b007jlhv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 18:30 Second Thoughts (b007jvh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 19:00 Funny You Should Ask (b0b2r0jx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 19:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b0081lf5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 20:00 Poetry Puh-lease (m0008prk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
THU 21:00 Great Lives (m001kpv6)
Arthur Ashe
Broadcaster Qasa Alom chooses the first African-American tennis player to win the US Open and Wimbledon, Arthur Ashe.
Arthur Ashe was born in Richmond, Virginia, a state in the US that in 1943 was still part of the segregated south. If Arthur wanted to compete with white players, he had to leave for St Louis and then California to play. His story is staggering, and not just his success in a notoriously elitist sport. His mother died when he was six, he had a heart attack when he was 36, and he died of AIDS when he was just 49, contracted from a tainted blood confusion.
Filmmaker and broadcaster Qasa Alom grew up loving Rafa Nadal. Then Ashe's story blew him away.
"In a world where we have so many demonstrative heroes, in sport, in politics, the extrovert who is shouting the loudest often gets heard. There's a really good opportunity here to showcase other ways of being a champion, and Arthur Ashe for me is certainly that person."
The programme contains historic interviews, including Arthur Ashe talking to Anthony Clare for In The Psychiatrists Chair shortly after his first heart attack. It also includes a new interview with Raymond Arsenault, American author of Arthur Ashe: A Life.
Presenter: Matthew Parris
Producer: Miles Warde
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2023.
THU 21:30 Adam Baron - Shut Eye (b00skb16)
3. Home Truths
Ex-cop Billy Rucker works the seamy backstreets around King's Cross, London, looking for runaways.
Rucker gets a high-profile suspect in his hunt for the serial killer.
Stars David Morrissey and Danny Webb.
Adam Baron's gritty thriller, first published in 1999 .
Dramatised in four parts by Doug Lucie
CAST:
Billy Rucker .... David Morrissey
DI Gold .... Danny Webb
Sharon .... Li-Leng Au
Sir Peter Morant .... Edward de Souza
Alex .... Matt Day
Inspector Clay .... Ioan Meredith
The Man .... Harry Myers
WPC .... Cherie Taylor-Battlste
PC .... Damian Lynch
Written by Adam Baron
Dramatised by Doug Lucie
Director Janet Whitaker
First broadcast in March 2004
THU 22:00 Unite (m001ngpy)
Series 2
Life and Death
Tony is upset that his family seem to have forgotten his 60th birthday but is then even more aggrieved when he finds out Imogen's planned a surprise party.
Ashley attends his Nan’s funeral and is reunited with his Mum for the first time in years and Imogen’s mother arrives to offer Gideon and Rebecca unwanted advice on childbirth.
Last in the series of the critically-acclaimed sitcom. 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

Nigel - Simon Greenall
Geraldine - Isla Blaire
Heather - Ashley Maguire
Little Dicky - Barry Castagnola
Eileen - Ruth Bratt
Stefan/Barber - Naz Osmanoglu
Written by Barry Castagnola, Elliot Steel and Ian Pearce

(additional material from the cast)

Executive Producer- Mario Stylianides

Producer/Director- Barry Castagnola

Sound Recordist and Editor- Jerry Peal

Broadcast Assistant - Alex Lynch

Assistant Producer - George O'Regan

Production Assistant - David Litchfield
A Golden Path and Rustle Up production for BBC Radio 4
THU 22:30 Chortle Student Award Final 2023 (m001npxh)
The Chortle Student Comedian of the Year Award 2023, hosted by Mark Watson, comes to the BBC for the first time. Recorded at London comedy venue Up The Creek.
The award has long been a fixture of the comedy calendar, taking place at the Edinburgh Fringe for the past decade and putting some of the country’s best-loved funny people on the first rung of their ladder to stardom.
Having fought their way through regional heats, this hand-picked crop of the UK’s most promising undergraduate comedians take to the stage in London to do battle. Hannah Yarwood, Alex Knipe, Ivo Pope, Josh Adkins, Muhsin Yesilada, Daniel Petrie, Emmerson Young, Katie Carrig, Riki Msindo and Michael McKensie will each have a short set to show what they can do, with one outstanding performer being crowned 2023’s top student comedian.
But for every competitor, there is also the opportunity to come to the attention of the comedy industry and take a first step towards stardom.
The young hopefuls are hosted by Mark Watson, the long-time compere of the competition and a Radio 4 favourite for many years. He returns to the stage where two series of Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life were recorded. Tonight’s contestants will aim to follow in his footsteps. But to make an impression in the time available, they’ll have to talk even faster than he does…
An Impatient production for BBC Radio 4
THU 23:15 Sindhustan (b0bbrdxf)
Series 1
Fruits of Labour
Stand-up comedian Sindhu Vee looks at being a parent in a multi-generational family.
Children are great. I mean soooo boring. But great!
Born in India, educated in Delhi, Toronto, Chicago and Oxford, married to a Dane, and with three London born kids still living at home (and calling her mate) former investment banker Sindhu Vee has a unique perspective on parenting. At least the dog - a giant Labrador from Wales - understands her.
Written and performed by Sindhu Vee.
Script Editor: Robin Morgan
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
A BBC Studios Production. for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2018.
THU 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001p059)
Don Biswas 1/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Jon Holmes chats to the comedian, Don Biswas.
THU 23:30 The Curried Goat Show (b009l70w)
Episode 4
It's Fabric Night! Plus all you never knew about flying.
Sketch-bonanza written by and starring Dan Gaster, Will Ing and Ben Silburn.
With special guest: James Fleet
Music from The Big Buzzard Boogie Band.
Producer: Maria Esposito.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1998.

FRIDAY 14 JULY 2023

FRI 00:00 Martin Jameson - Radio Daze (m00054wd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cw)
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FRI 01:30 The Waiting Game (m001nnft)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 The Golden Thread (m0000qnk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07qbfvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b0bgrs9n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Dad's Army (b007jlhv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 Second Thoughts (b007jvh3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Funny You Should Ask (b0b2r0jx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b0081lf5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Caroline Gawn - Fraud (b0076cpm)
A daring, amoral female crook pits her wits against a top policeman stuck in an unhappy marriage. Romantic intrigue is inevitable.
Starring Philip Glenister and Angela Wynter.
Caroline Gawn’s entertaining, stylish detective story, with a definite twist.
Faulkes.......Philip Glenister
Jean Mallory...... Angela Wynter
Williams............Ken Bradshaw
Rodriguez/Ken Restal....Russell Dixon
Stephens/Diane.......Christine Brennan
Jack Cooper..........Toby Hadoke
Producer: Polly Thomas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003
FRI 06:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cx)
Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery
The House of Bahri
The suave sleuth acts on wife Steve's hunch - and ends up meeting a ghost
In this 2006 recreation of the 1947 vintage crime serial, Crawford Logan stars as Paul Temple and Gerda Stevenson as Steve.
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Sadly, only half of their adventures survive in the archives. But in 2006, the BBC began recreating them using original scripts and incidental music, and recorded with vintage microphones and sound effects.
Paul Temple …. Crawford Logan
Steve …. Gerda Stevenson
Miss Fraser …. Eliza Langland
Victor Armstrong …. Michael MacKenzie
Harold Darwin …. Richard Greenwood
Colonel Marquand/Zoltan Bahri …. Angus MacInnes
Olaf Schreider …. Nick Underwood
Signor Rossette …. Greg Powrie
Patrick Quinn/Monsieur Flambert …. Gareth Thomas
Sidney Jeans …. Wendy Seager
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in Septmeber 2006.
FRI 06:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn81)
6. The Last Run
Will Tom finally discover who is the mastermind behind the smuggling gang?
A six-part serial set in the early 19th century on the Lancashire coast.
After the Battle of Waterloo, Tom Naismith returns to Lancashire to find his uncle's business floundering. Why?
Written by Margaret Potter.
Captain Fielding,of the Revenue Cutter Viper. .... Ronald Harvi
Mr Hammond .... Geoffrey Banks
Lanty .... Bert Parnaby
Brack .... Henry Livings
Jem, landlord of ' The Swan' .... Roy Minton
Tom Naismith .... Keith Buckley
William Fell .... Robert Wallace
Sir Geoffrey Banner, the local magistrate. .... Norman Shelley
Sophia, his ward .... Judith Bradshaw
John Raby, Tom's uncle .... Tom Harrison
Mrs Stephens .... Ella Atkinson
Metcalf .... Jim Wiggins
Manservant / A Rider.... John Daglish
Producer: Trevor Hill
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1965.
FRI 07:00 The Golden Thread (m0000scz)
5. Space and Swimming Suits
Kassia St Clair concludes her survey of the fabrics that have shaped our world, by considering the surprising expertise behind Neil Armstrong's space suit and the technological developments that have allowed records to be smashed in swimming events.
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St Clair
Read by Francesca Dymond
Abridged by Laurence Wareing
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.
FRI 07:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07qc3g7)
Series 1
10. The Offer
Thrilling series set in 1890s Whitechapel. Welsh farm girl Megan Evans comes to London to visit her brother who is running the family's dairy business - but her brother is strangely unwelcoming.
Megan Evans ….. Bettrys Jones
Luc Evans ….. Trystan Gravelle
Samuel Singer ….. David Horovitch
Moses Lipski ….. Brian Protheroe
Annie Riley ….. Alice Haig
by Gregory Evans
Directed by Marc Beeby
In 1900 over half London's milk came from Welsh dairies. One of those dairies, on the Commercial Road, was owned and run by the writer’s family.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.
FRI 07:30 Reluctant Persuaders (m0000t4z)
Series 3
4. Because She's Worth It
Work at Hardacre’s advertising agency is brought to a standstill when Teddy becomes obsessed with a series of literary thrillers – the continuing adventures of John Soldier in titles such as Kill And Let Die and The Deathman Cometh.
Soon he has Joe and Amanda hooked on them as well, and all work is put on hold as the team obsess over the most exciting books they’ve ever read.
Meanwhile, Hardacre receives a visit from old flame Laurie, and finds himself caught in a battle for her affections with a wholly unexpected opponent.
Edward Rowett's award-winning sitcom.
Hardacre ...... Nigel Havers
Joe ...... Mathew Baynton
Amanda ...... Josie Lawrence
Teddy ...... Rasmus Hardiker
Laura ...... Olivia Nixon
Laurie Patterson ...... Frances Barber
Book Launch Host ...... Edward Rowett
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2018.
FRI 08:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jz94)
Series 3
The Flat
Author Gerald and his wife Diana's holiday abroad is far from relaxing.
The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author, written by Basil Boothroyd.
CAST:
Gerald C Potter …. Ian Carmichael
Diana …. Charlotte Mitchell
Other parts played by Michael McClain, Fiona Mathieson and Garard Green.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1979.
FRI 08:30 Charles Dickens (b00rv56t)
Sketches by Boz - Series 1
Mr Watkins Tottle
When a shy, middle-aged bachelor meets the woman of his dreams, can there really be a happy ending?
From a collection of comic tales by Charles Dickens.
Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt
The Voice of Boz .... Nicholas Farrell
Mr Watkins Tottle …. David Collings
Mr Gabriel Parsons …. John Hartley
Mrs Fanny Parsons …. Jenny Howe
Miss Lillerton …. Patience Tomlinson
The Reverend Mr Timson …. Christopher Scott
Other parts played by the cast.
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.
FRI 09:00 Genius (b00brvcm)
Series 1
Neil Innes
From bunk chairs to helium-filled bubble wrap.
Dave Gorman asks musical comedian Neil Innes to select the public's best loopy idea.
Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.
FRI 09:30 Bleak Expectations (b01nxt2d)
Series 5
A Pleasant Yet Dull Life Re-Evilled
Pip Bin is beginning to miss the conflict with his absent evil nemesis Mr Gently Benevolent.
Then he receives an intriguing invitation to a house party with Britain's poshest man, the Baron-Viscount-Marqu-earl-et the Lord-Dukey Clampvulture of Too-Many Titles.
But one of the other guests may not be all he seems....
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
Clampvulture ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ripely ...... Sarah Hadland
Pippa ...... Susy Kane
General Kartoffel-Kopf ...... Mark Evans
Producer: Gareth Edwards.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012.
FRI 10:00 Caroline Gawn - Fraud (b0076cpm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
FRI 11:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 11:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn81)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 12:00 The Golden Thread (m0000scz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 12:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07qc3g7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
FRI 12:30 Reluctant Persuaders (m0000t4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 13:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jz94)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Charles Dickens (b00rv56t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Genius (b00brvcm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 14:30 Bleak Expectations (b01nxt2d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 15:00 Caroline Gawn - Fraud (b0076cpm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Paul Temple (b007k0cx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 16:30 The Waiting Game (m001nn81)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 17:00 The Golden Thread (m0000scz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 17:15 Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans (b07qc3g7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
FRI 17:30 Reluctant Persuaders (m0000t4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jz94)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 18:30 Charles Dickens (b00rv56t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 19:00 Genius (b00brvcm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Bleak Expectations (b01nxt2d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Rave: The Beat Goes On (b06j5qcx)
In the early 90s, a group of young people thought they’d found an entire new way of living, powered by music, dancing, love, and drugs. Just as the world seemed to be getting more materialistic, they went in the other direction, living without money, usually without homes, with life as one long noisy illegal party.
But can you keep that up? What about when the state tries to crush you? What about when children come along? When the drugs scene turns bad, and when you just get older and more tired? This is the story of a small group of friends that came together in 1990, who called themselves Spiral Tribe.
On the rave scene, they are legendary. Now 25 years on, many of them are still together, still partying across Europe, but now with money and a keen sense of the value of their historic brand. Are they still living the dream, or has the dream changed? Jolyon Jenkins reports.
Interviews and research by Milly Chowles
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.
FRI 20:30 A Good Read (b06qjzts)
Dr Christian Jessen and James Wong
Presenter and writer Dr Christian Jessen, botanist and science writer James Wong, and presenter Harriett Gilbert nominate their favourite books.
Books chosen:
James Wong's choice: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Wartime Lies by Louis Begley
The Same Sea by Amos Oz
Producer Sally Heaven
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.
FRI 21:00 The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry (m000s9vg)
Series 17
Back to The Sinister Hand
Why are some people left-handed, whereas the majority are right handed? Rutherford and Fry revisit The Sinister Hand episodes to further investigate handedness in humans and animals. They considered cockatoos, chimpanzees and Hannah's dog, Molly, to discover that humans are unique, with just one in ten of us being left-handed.
They ask if there is an evolutionary reason for just 10% of the human population being southpaws
Hannah talks to primatologist Prof Linda Marchant from Miami University about Neanderthal teeth and termite fishing.
Adam consults handedness expert Prof Chris McManus from University College London. He's been trying to track down the genes responsible for whether we're right or left handed.
And what about left-handed brains or eyes or molecules?
Prof Andrea Sella explains handedness, or chirality, at the molecular scale and why when we consider Thalidomide, something seemingly so trivial can be extremely important.
They also explore the left-handed brain. Some researchers point to a link between left-handedness and impairments like autism or dyslexia. Others claim that lefties are more creative and artistic.
So what's the truth? The team consults Professors Sophie Scott, Chris McManus and Dorothy Bishop to find out.
This episode is an updated version of two earlier broadcast episodes.
If you have any Curious Cases for the team to investigate please email curiouscases@bbc.co.uk
Producers: Fiona Roberts & Michelle Martin
Presenter: Adam Rutherford & Hannah Fry
A BBC Audio Science Unit production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2021.
FRI 21:30 Adam Baron - Shut Eye (b00snbw5)
4. Betrayal and a red herring
Ex-cop Billy Rucker works the seamy backstreets around King's Cross, London, looking for runaways.
But a fresh discovery in the hunt for a serial killer turns private-eye Billy Rucker into a suspect.
Stars David Morrissey and Danny Webb.
Adam Baron's gritty thriller, first published in 1999.
Dramatised in four parts by Doug Lucie
CAST:
Billy Rucker .... David Morrissey
DI Gold .... Danny Webb
Sharon .... Li-Leng Au
Sir Peter Morant .... Edward de Souza
Alex .... Matt Day
Inspector Clay .... Ioan Meredith
The Man .... Harry Myers
WPC .... Cherie Taylor-Battlste
PC .... Damian Lynch
Written by Adam Baron
Dramatised by Doug Lucie
Director Janet Whitaker
First broadcast in March 2004
FRI 22:00 Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train (m001nn8y)
Series 2
London to Blackpool
Comedy icon Alexei Sayle begins his second series for Radio 4 of rail journeys across the country with a trip to the most visited seaside resort in the country - Blackpool.
Alexei’s mission is to break the golden rule of travelling by train and actually talk to his fellow passengers, in a quest for conversations with strangers that will reveal their lives, hopes, dreams and destinations.
Along the way, Alexei holds a finger into the wind of the thoughts and moods of the great British travelling public. There’s humour, sadness and surprise as people reveal what is going on in their lives and, as Alexei passes through familiar towns and cities, he also delves into his own personal stories of a childhood in Liverpool and a long career as a comedian, actor and author.
In the opening programme of this new series, Alexei finds among his fellow travellers, Michael, who is on his way to a major international dance competition at the Winter Gardens Ballroom in Blackpool, with his first ever invitation to be a judge. He also meets friends Julie and Sarah who are out on a trip and determined to have fun, including turning the tables on Alexei and deciding they will interview him - with very surprising results. And, as a lifelong fan of trams, Alexei is thrilled to meet the woman who runs the most famous fleet of trams in the country, which has been carrying holidaymakers along Blackpool's seafront since 1885.
A Ride production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 22:30 The Lawrence Sweeney Mix (b00k9pcb)
Series 1
Episode 2
Lover's Leap, a Moon expedition - and so much more!
Josie Lawrence and Jim Sweeney make it up as they go along!
Faced with a live studio audience and a couple of microphones - the masters of improve create sketches from shouted out suggestions.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2007.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001p05c)
Don Biswas 2/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Jon Holmes has another chat with politically-charged gag merchant, Don Biswas.
FRI 23:00 Will Smith Presents the Tao of Bergerac (b007wh7j)
4. Machismo
Jersey-born comedian Will Smith continues his obsession with 1980s BBC TV detective series Bergerac.
He's using an audio book of its star, John Nettles, reading the Tao, to navigate the minefield of his life, with the help of a special guest.
Will is wondering how he can defend his machismo when he is scared of his builders.
With:
Ewan Bailey
Dan Tetsell
Roger Drew
Rachel Bavidge
John Nettles
Written by Will Smith and Roger Drew.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2007.
FRI 23:30 Henry Normal's Encyclopaedia Poetica (m00016h2)
Volume 2
Henry Normal opens volume two with poems about courtship and the language of love.
He covers early Greek poets, and British greats like Donne and Shakespeare, with a nod to French language and Italian art.
From the Contact Theatre, Manchester.
With poets:
Belinda Burton
John Hegley
Producer: Diane Messias
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1994.