SATURDAY 26 AUGUST 2023

SAT 00:00 Jokester by Isaac Asimov (b007jwnj)
In the not too distant future, technology has advanced to the point where global affairs are now managed by a huge computer called Multivac.
It can provide the answers to all questions - from what to have for breakfast, to the meaning of life.
Where does man's sense of humour come from?
What if it's the product of some secret anthropological study and what happens when this secret is uncovered?
The human race faces a world without laughter in this philosophical debate.
Isaac Asimov’s short story was first published in 1956. The Multivac computer features in 16 of his writings.
Read by Henry Goodman.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in March 2006.
SAT 00:30 WW Jacobs - The Monkey's Paw (m001pt85)
There are dire consequences when three wishes are granted by a cursed Indian artefact.
WW Jacobs’ classic supernatural tale, first published in 1902.
Dramatised by Olwen Wymark.
Mr White .... Jonathan Adams
Mrs White .... Patience Tomlinson
Herbert .... Matthew Morgan
Sgt Major Morris .... John Hartley
Factory Manager .... Keith Drinkel
Pianist: Mark Wilcox
Director: Gordon House
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1992.
SAT 01:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View (b007qvgf)
4. The Triumph of Phaeton
Engaged to Cecil Vyse but haunted by her dreams of George Emerson, Lucy Honeychurch feels muddled.
Conclusion of EM Forster’s 1908 tale of a young woman from repressed Edwardian England.
Starring Cathy Sara, Sheila Hancock and John Moffatt.
Dramatised by David Wade.
Lucy Honeychurch ...... Cathy Sara
Charlotte Bartlett ...... Sheila Hancock
Mr Emerson ...... John Moffatt
George Emerson ...... Gary Cady
Mr Beebe ...... Stephen Moore
Mrs Honeychurch ...... Julia McKenzie
Freddy Honeychurch ...... Roger May
Cecil Vyse ...... Nathaniel Parker
Minnie Beebe ...... Sara-Jane Derrick
Floyd ...... Jonathan Keeble
Miss Alan ...... Anna Cropper
Phaeton ...... Andrew Branch
Pianist: Terence Allbright
Director: Glyn Dearman.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.
SAT 02:00 The Rivals (b04ykbjw)
Series 3
4. The Moabite Cipher
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Now he is writing his memoirs, he has a chance to get his own back, with more tales of Holmes' rivals.
This time, Lestrade collaborates with Dr James Thorndike, as they try to protect Pastor Wayne Kaplan after he receives death threats.
Starring James Fleet and Tim McInnerny.
Written by R Austin Freeman.
Dramatised by Chris Harrald.
Lestrade …. James Fleet
Thorndike …. Tim McInnerny
Kaplan …. Ian Conningham
Professor Waggoner …. Michael Bertenshaw
Miss Dunbar …. Roslyn Hill
The Flunky …. Monty d’Inverno
The Duchess …. Jane Slavin
Producer: Liz Webb
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015.
SAT 02:30 The Price of Silence (m000zs3k)
4. On Your Own
Maxon find out the truth about Drusilla Kowalski.
Meanwhile, Joseph Kowalski goes missing. And Ellsberg warns Maxon he's in grave danger.
Starring Ian Hendry and Toby Robins.
Stephen Barlay's Cold War nuclear thriller.
Maxon …… Ian Hendry
Jacqueline …… Toby Robins
Ellsberg …… George Coulouris
Kowalski …… Carl Duering
Locke …… Alan Tilvern
Papa Mike …… Errol MacKinnon
President …… Bob Sherman
Gloucester …… Nigel Graham
Chuck …… Bruce Boa
Director: Peter King.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1983.
SAT 03:00 Born Lippy by Jo Brand (m0001g8p)
5. Being Different
Jo shares her singular perspective on "being different".
Whether it was her rebellious teenage years or moving from a nursing career to the stand-up comedy circuit, Jo knows that it’s hard to find out who and what you are - and also in gaining equality for both sexes.
But she’s hopeful that, as long as we’re on the same page (and that page isn’t 3), there’s scope for great strides forward.
Jo Brand concludes her typically irreverent guide to life.
Jo’s memoir reveals a side of herself that we don’t normally hear - the things she wishes she'd known and the things she hopes for the future.
As you’d expect, she pulls no punches.
Written and read by Jo Brand.
Abridged and produced by Pippa Vaughan
A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018.
SAT 03:15 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m5wdp)
10. Victor
Married to the woman he adores and successful in his work, William is on the verge of bringing his journal to a close
Conclusion of Charlotte Bronte's subtle, ambiguous and unsettling love story.
Dramatised by Rachel Joyce.
William Crimsworth ...... Paul Venables
Hunsden ...... Shaun Dooley
Frances ...... Claire Price
The Boy ...... Jack Joseph Miller
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
SAT 03:30 Ankle Tag (m000179x)
Series 2
The All-Nighter
An attempt to get a good night's sleep results in a visit from the police.
Sitcom about former convict Bob who's forced to live with his uptight son Gruff, sympathetic daughter-in-law Alice and granddaughter Carys whilst on parole.
Written by Gareth Gwynn and Benjamin Partridge.
Bob ...... Steve Speirs
Gruff ...... Elis James
Alice ...... Margareat Cabourn-Smith
Graham ...... Ben Willbond
Sara ...... Vivienne Acheampong
Rashid ...... Phaldut Sharma
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2018.
SAT 04:00 Marriage Lines (b03m32qf)
Series 1
The Job
Grumpy George finds keeping his new wife at home is very expensive. So Kate sets off to find a job....
Starring Richard Briers and Prunella Scales.
Richard Waring’s sitcom based on the mutual love and mistrust of two newlyweds.
Originating on BBC TV, it ran between 1963-65 and was adapted in two series for BBC radio due to its popularity.
George ...... Richard Briers
Kate ...... Prunella Scales
Ronald ...... Terence Alexander
Other parts played by:
Isabel Rennie
John Baddeley
Elizabeth Morgan
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1965.
SAT 04:30 Rent (b04g484m)
Series 1
Episode 6
Richard and Paul are entering a half-marathon, but Maria and Ruby are off down the pub.
Stars Patrick Barlow and Barbara Flynn.
House share comedy about life with lodgers written by Lucy Flannery.
Maria ...... Barbara Flynn
Richard ...... Patrick Barlow
Ruby ...... Diane Louise-Jordan
Amy ...... Linda Polan
Paul ...... Toby Longworth
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1993.
SAT 05:00 Listomania (b055jtlt)
Series 1
Episode 5
From the magnificent to the mundane.
From the humble 'to do' list to the bucket list and many more...
Susan Calman hosts the series exploring the world of the lists.
With:
Sarah Millican
Andrew O'Neill
Ricky Wilson
Roisin Conaty
Written by James Kettle and Juliet Meyers with Max Davis and Gabby Hutchinson Crouch.
Producer: Sam Bryant
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 2015.
SAT 05:30 The Great Pursuit (m001pt6k)
1. The Scam
Literary agent Frederick Frensic has a steamy bestseller on his hands, but the writer is insisting on anonymity.
A $20,000,000 deal awaits, but only if he can persuade someone else to pose as the author for a promotional tour...
Tom Sharpe's anarchic satire.
Starring Mark Heap.
Dramatised in four parts by Ryan Craig
Frederick Frensic ........ Mark Heap
Sonia Futtle ........ Laurel Lefkow
Peter Piper ........ Adam Godley
Hutchmeyer ........ John Guerrasio
Geoffrey Corkadale ........ Nicholas Boulton
Other parts played by:
Hugh Dickson
Robert Hastie
Alex Tregear
Director: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2005.
SAT 06:00 Wally K Daly Trilogy (b007jqx8)
Burglar's Bargains
Trouble abounds when two elderly members of a Prisoners' Aid Society decide to use their unique knowledge to pull off 'the robbery of the century'!
They rapidly find themselves involved with rival gangs, the Mafia and nude shop assistants at a posh London department store...
Starring Peter Jones, Charles Hawtrey, Donald Hewlett and Bernard Bresslaw.
The first of Wally K Daly's criminal gang capers produced in the style of old British comedy films.
Charles Forbes .... Peter Jones
Governor Smith …. Donald Hewlett
George Evans .... Lockwood West
Fingers .... Charles Hawtrey
Bullet Head .... Bernard Bresslaw
Brian Thompson .... John Pullen
Perkins .... Adrian Egan
Delia .... Elizabeth Rider
Simpson .... John Rye
Lift Man/Tommy .... Gordon Dulieu
Adams .... Philip Voss
Bella Thompson .... Diana Bishop
Angelo Callont .... Gordon Reid
Sanjo Patel .... Danny Schiller
Doreen/Dolly .... Josie Kidd
Eric .... Brian Haines
First/Second Twin .... David Timson
Barry .... Trevor Cooper
Nick the Greek .... Roger Hammond
Billy .... John Bull
Ex-Lance Corporal .... Fraser Kerr
Listen out for Wally K Daly's A Right Royal Rip-Off and The Bigger They Are.
Director: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1979.
SAT 07:30 Ray's a Laugh (b007js9f)
From 01/04/1954
When Mrs Easy quits, Ted and wife Kitty must wrestle with finding a new cleaner.
Starring Ted Ray.
Ray's a Laugh - the successor to ITMA - follows the comedy exploits of Ted's life at home with his 'radio' wife Kitty, as well as in a variety of jobs. It ran from 1949-1961.
Written by Eddie Maguire, George Wadmore and Ted Ray.
With:
Kitty Bluett
Peter Sellers
Patricia Hayes
Charles Hawtrey
Kenneth Connor
BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.
Producer: George Inns
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in April 1954.
SAT 08:00 Tittle Tattle (b0415hb8)
It's 1964 and the 'Carry On' films are at the height of their popularity.
Kenneth Williams is taking his mother Louie out for afternoon tea to celebrate her 60th birthday.
He makes sure it's in a 'select' tea room - Derry and Toms.
But who does he bump into? None other than fellow 'Carry On' actor Charles Hawtrey and his mother Alice.
Charles is meeting a director about an upcoming movie, but he's being very secretive as to who this mystery person is...
Starring Adam Godley and David Charles.
Comedy drama written by Martyn Hesford.
Kenneth Williams …. Adam Godley
Charles Hawtrey …. David Charles
Louie Williams …. Janine Duvitsky
Alice Hawtrey …. Marcia Warren
Waiter …. Eddie Capli
Teddie …. Hamilton Berstock
Gloria …. Lisa Allen
Director: Gary Brown
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.
SAT 08:45 Kenneth Williams - Ad Lib (b05r71h5)
Episode 2
Kenneth Williams talks about the famous people and places in London that are dear to him.
More entertaining reminiscences and personal opinions from the master raconteur.
Recorded in front of an audience at BBC Pebble Mill.
Producer: Michael Ford
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1982.
SAT 09:00 Not in Front of the Children (b05qdylk)
Series 1
Echo of the Past
Jen gets jealous when she sees Henry talking to an old girlfriend.
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 …. Wendy Craig
Henry …. Francis Matthews
Mary …. Charlotte Mitchell
Trudi …. Roberta Tovey
Robin …. Hugo Keith-Johnston
Amanda …. Jill Riddick
Bettina Marlowe …. Helen Lindsay
Secretary …. Anna Dawson
Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
Producer: Trafford Whitelock
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1969.
SAT 09:30 Something to Shout About (b07n3bxh)
Series 3
Episode 6
Will advertising executive Michael Lightfoot remember his secretary’s birthday?
Janet has surely been leaving enough hints....
"A light-hearted exposé of the advertising world!"
Set in a London ad agency called 'Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, Blythe, Giddy & Partners'.
Michael …. Michael Medwin
Janet …. Fenella Fielding
Mavis …. Joan Sims
Maggie …. Eleanor Summerfield
Adrian …. Nicholas Phipps
Other characters …. Warren Mitchell
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1961.
SAT 10:00 Motherhood: Bump, Birth and Beyond (m000zzww)
2. Birth
Jessica Fostekew charts the horrors and the highs of the nine months of life with a bump, the moment of reckoning with birth, and the chaos, or not, that lies ahead.
Now it’s delivery time...
In the second of three programmes, Jessica dips into the BBC archive.
And she chats to lots of special guests including:
Jenny Eclair
Cariad Lloyd
Sara Barron
Richard and Catie Herring
Caroline Mabey
Jen Brister
Hatty Ashdown
Kirsty Newton
Katie Mulgrew
Taylor Glenn
Robin Ince
Laura Lexx
Sindhu Vee
Diane Morgan
Holly Walsh
Producer: Laura Grimshaw
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2018.
SAT 11:00 Wally K Daly Trilogy (b007jqx8)
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SAT 12:30 Ray's a Laugh (b007js9f)
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SAT 13:00 Tittle Tattle (b0415hb8)
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SAT 13:45 Kenneth Williams - Ad Lib (b05r71h5)
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SAT 14:00 Not in Front of the Children (b05qdylk)
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SAT 14:30 Something to Shout About (b07n3bxh)
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SAT 15:00 Motherhood: Bump, Birth and Beyond (m000zzww)
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SAT 16:00 Jokester by Isaac Asimov (b007jwnj)
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SAT 16:30 WW Jacobs - The Monkey's Paw (m001pt85)
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SAT 17:00 Wally K Daly Trilogy (b007jqx8)
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SAT 18:30 Ray's a Laugh (b007js9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 19:00 Tittle Tattle (b0415hb8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 19:45 Kenneth Williams - Ad Lib (b05r71h5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 20:00 Not in Front of the Children (b05qdylk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 20:30 Something to Shout About (b07n3bxh)
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SAT 21:00 Motherhood: Bump, Birth and Beyond (m000zzww)
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SAT 22:00 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap (b01r5s2l)
Series 1
Episode 2
Bridget considers women and their day-to-day relationships with each other, via an organic herb puff snack, a church pew and a bag of dirty laundry.
Fred MacAulay helps her remember some of the key incidents which brought her to an epiphany and a call-to-arms.
Stand up comedy series on the state of British feminism today.
Bridget asks why feminism became a dirty word and whether the modern British woman needs it.
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith and and Alexandra Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.
SAT 22:30 Cowards (b007h55q)
Series 1
Episode 5
Unusual pets and shock elections in the bizarre world of the comedy sketch show team.
Written and performed by:
Tom Basden
Stefan Golaszewski
Tim Key
Lloyd Wool
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2007.
SAT 23:00 Ross Noble Goes Global (b01c6txd)
Series 2
Belgium
Ross Noble sets about proving Belgium is not dull, thanks to chocolate, some odd statues and the legacy of Jean-Claude Van Damme
Ross sets out on another series of comedy travelogues
Producer: Danny Wallace
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
SAT 23:30 The Mark Steel Lecture (b00sbcrc)
Series 3
Mary Shelley
A profile of the daughter of a radical who married a poet and created one of literature's most famous characters.
Mark Steel's comic lectures about the lives of historical figures whose ideas and enthusiasm shaped their generation.
With:
Martin Hyder
Debbie Isitt
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002.

SUNDAY 27 AUGUST 2023

SUN 00:00 Haunted (b01qrt4h)
Mists of Memory by Rosemary Timperley
Young cellist Janet meets a confused old man. He wonders if 'music is where I live'. And he seems familiar.
Series of stories of the Supernatural.
Rosemary Timperley's tale dramatised by Patricia Mays
Janet ..................... Helen Worth
The Old Man ..... John Bull
Mother................ Delia Peyton
Father .................. Douglas Blackwell
With Miranda Forbes, Steve Hodson and Alan Woodhouse.
Director: Derek Hoddinott
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in March 1982.
SUN 00:30 Wally K Daly (b007jv1f)
The Children of Witchwood
3. The Tradition
More is revealed about the mysterious Cranford family who have inhabited the village for years.
And the mystery surrounding Jackie's earlier disappearance deepens as the strength of her powers becomes apparent...
Starring Wendy Baxter.
The last drama series which Wally K Daly wrote for radio.
Jackie Lamont …. Wendy Baxter
Mandy Lamont …. Emily Chennery
Sion Lamont …. Scott Gray
Jason Cranford …. Laurence Saunders
Cheever Cranford …. Jez Thomas
Becky Cranford …. Becky Wright
DC Danny Sparks …. Daniel Settatree
WPC Polly Bell …. Lorraine Coady
Mother/Minister …. Jilly Bond
B.Q. Brown Michael …. Cochrane
Iron Peter …. Robert Lister
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Jenny Stephens.
Made for BBC7 and first broadcast in September 2005.
SUN 01:00 Wally K Daly Trilogy (b007jqx8)
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SUN 02:30 Ray's a Laugh (b007js9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:00 Tittle Tattle (b0415hb8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 03:45 Kenneth Williams - Ad Lib (b05r71h5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Not in Front of the Children (b05qdylk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:30 Something to Shout About (b07n3bxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 Motherhood: Bump, Birth and Beyond (m000zzww)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001pzwq)
Tongue and Talk - The Dialect Poets: North West
Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archives and selects Tongue and Talk - The Dialect Poets, from a series exploring dialect poetry in different parts of England.
Actor and writer Catherine Harvey returns to her roots in north west England to see if the dialect poetry of the cotton mills of 19th Century Lancashire is still alive today.
The Lancashire dialect poets were once household names and their writings articulated the voices of cotton weavers and mill workers in Victorian industrial Lancashire with a mixture of humour and pathos. Catherine Harvey says,
"The vivid dialect remains with me, not as something quaintly archaic but present now in the way I speak and write, their voices resonating in the language heard around the north west today."
Producers: Ian Mackness, Catherine Harvey and Ashley Byrne
A Made in Manchester production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2018.
SUN 06:30 Born Lippy by Jo Brand (Omnibus) (m0001h0d)
Jo Brand turns advice giver in a typically irreverent guide to life.
She says she's messed up enough times to feel confident she has no wisdom to offer anyone. But who cares? She's going to do it anyway.
Once upon a (very, very) long time ago Jo Brand was what you might describe as "a nice little girl". Of course, that was before the values of cynicism, misogyny and the societal expectation that Jo would be thin, feminine and demure sent her off down Arsey Avenue.
The plot thickened when, due to a complicated fusion of hormones, horrible family dynamics and a no-good boyfriend they hated, Jo ended up leaving home at 16.
Now she's considerably further along life's inevitable journey and, in this memoir, she reveals a side of herself that we don’t normally hear - the things she wishes she'd known and the things she hopes for the future. As you’d expect, she pulls no punches.
Jo begins with the wisdom (or otherwise) of giving advice, and guidance on how to survive your family. Drawing on her own battlefield experiences, she suggests the best attitude to love and friendship and finding your way in the world while being kind and being different.
Whether it was her rebellious teenage years or moving from a nursing career to the stand-up comedy circuit, Jo knows that it’s hard to find out who and what you are, particularly in gaining equality for both sexes.
But she’s hopeful, as long as we’re on the same page (and that page isn’t 3), that there’s scope for great strides forward.
Omnibus of five parts written and read by Jo Brand.
Abridged and produced by Pippa Vaughan.
A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018.
SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001pzws)
Guz Khan
Comic Guz Khan picks ‘Tumhein Dillagi Bhool Jani Paray Gi’ by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and ‘Do For Love’ by Tupac Shakur.
SUN 07:50 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (Omnibus) (b00m9jbj)
Episode 2
William becomes intrigued by the shy and gentle Frances, but someone is watching him from the shadows.
The least-known of Charlotte Bronte's novels: a subtle, ambiguous and unsettling love story.
Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes dramatised by Rachel Joyce.
William Crimsworth ...... Paul Venables
Pelet ...... Roger May
Zoraide Reuter ...... Niamh Cusack
Frances ...... Claire Price
Sylvie ...... Penelope Rawlins
Hunsden ...... Shaun Dooley
The Boy ...... Jack Joseph Miller
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
SUN 09:00 Meet the Huggetts (b04mc868)
All at Sea
With the factory outing looming, Joe and Ethel Huggett find themselves in a mess over money.
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
Jane ...... Vera Day
Bobby ...... Anthony Green
Fred Stebbings ...... Charles Leno
Mrs Stebbings ...... Beatrice Varley
Mr Campbell ...... Kenneth Connor
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1954.
SUN 09:30 The Navy Lark (b03sg6mc)
Series 9
Frying Up
Uncle Ebenezer catches more than he bargains for whilst out trawling on his very fishy scam.
Starring 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
Heather ...... Heather Chasen
Able Seaman Johnson ...... Ronnie Barker
Uncle ...... Tenniel Evans
The Curator ....... 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 November 1967.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001pzww)
Carry On Stars
Kenneth Connor
Stage, film, TV and radio actor Kenneth Connor is castaway by Roy Plomley.
He discusses his home and working life, explaining how he came to train as an actor - as well as the variety of performing in repertory theatre, concert parties and BBC radio.
By this point, Kenneth was about to film ‘Carry on Cleo’ at Pinewood Studios. He went on to make 17 Carry on films altogether.
Kenneth died aged 75 in 1993.
DISC ONE: I Love You, Samantha – Bing Crosby
DISC TWO: Quandos os Sinos Dobram - Augusto Camacho
DISC THREE: Little Bit This, Little Bit That - Jimmy Durante
DISC FOUR: Down South - The Banjo Kings
DISC FIVE: East of the Sun - Frank Sinatra
DISC SIX: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 “Moonlight” -
Soloist: Benno Moiseiwitsch
DISC SEVEN: Frédéric Chopin’s Nocturne (from Les Sylphides) - Orchestra: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, conductor: Roger Désormière
DISC EIGHT: A Life on the Ocean Wave - Royal Yacht Band
BOOK CHOICE: Margin Released - J B Priestley
LUXURY CHOICE: Guitar
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Little Bit This, Little Bit That - Jimmy Durante
Roy Plomley was the creator of the programme's format and its first presenter.
Producer: Monica Chapman
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in June 1964.
SUN 10:30 Seems Like a Nice Boy: The Story of Larry Grayson (b0076pz1)
Larry Grayson was one of Britain's most popular entertainers.
It could genuinely be said that fame, which he gained relatively late in life, did not change him one whit.
He was devoted to his adopted home town of Nuneaton in Warwickshire, and lived there for most of his life.
His early years were spent performing with a drag act in working men's clubs all over the English Midlands.
Then in 1971, he was seen performing as a stand-up comedian in London by Michael Grade, then an entertainments promoter. Grade offered Larry a 6-minute slot at the London Palladium, and the rest, as they say, is history.
In this profile of Larry, Jim Lee, Nuneaton-born and bred himself, recalls a comedian whose gently camp and inoffensive humour delighted audiences of all ages.
Michael Grade, Terry Wogan, Isla St Clair and Larry Grayson's nephew and biographer Mike Malyon are amongst those interviewed.
Larry was born 100 years ago on 31st August 1923. He died aged 71 in 1995.
Producer Libby Cross.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005.
SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001pzwq)
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SUN 11:30 Born Lippy by Jo Brand (Omnibus) (m0001h0d)
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SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001pzws)
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SUN 12:50 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (Omnibus) (b00m9jbj)
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SUN 14:00 Meet the Huggetts (b04mc868)
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SUN 14:30 The Navy Lark (b03sg6mc)
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SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001pzww)
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SUN 15:30 Seems Like a Nice Boy: The Story of Larry Grayson (b0076pz1)
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SUN 16:00 Haunted (b01qrt4h)
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SUN 16:30 Wally K Daly (b007jv1f)
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SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001pzwq)
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SUN 17:30 Born Lippy by Jo Brand (Omnibus) (m0001h0d)
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SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001pzws)
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SUN 18:50 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (Omnibus) (b00m9jbj)
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SUN 20:00 Meet the Huggetts (b04mc868)
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SUN 20:30 The Navy Lark (b03sg6mc)
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SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001pzww)
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SUN 21:30 Seems Like a Nice Boy: The Story of Larry Grayson (b0076pz1)
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SUN 22:00 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (b0076dyw)
Series 3
Show Business
Aspirations abound as Mel and Vicki launch themselves into the glittering world of showbiz.
It's all eyes and teeth as they look forward to careers as out-of-work actresses.
Starring Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine.
With:
Martin Hyder
Lewis MacLeod
Jim North
Written by the cast with Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell, and edited by Graeme Garden.
Music by Richie Webb.
Producer: Chris Neill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
SUN 22:30 Chain Reaction (b03m81pm)
Series 9
Terry Christian talks to Kevin Bridges
Manchester's media legend and Scotland's comedy superstar in the talk tag show where the guest becomes the next interviewer.
Writer and broadcaster Terry Christian chats to his favourite comedian, Kevin Bridges.
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 December 2013.
SUN 23:00 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting (b00g2glw)
Series 1
999 Emergency
Linda's procrastinating live-in builder finds fame and neighbour Betty's got worries.
Comedy series written by and starring Linda Smith.
Linda ...... Linda Smith
Chris ...... Chris Neill
Betty ...... Margaret John
Other parts played by:
Femi Elufowoju Jr
Martin Hyderl
Mark Steel.
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.
SUN 23:30 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b043xdf0)
Series 3
Breaking Up
Stephen K Amos sets out to compile an idiot's guide to breaking up.
With assistance from some of the comedy circuit's best stand-ups:
Susan Murray
Tom Craine
Josie Long
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in May 2014.

MONDAY 28 AUGUST 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001pzwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Born Lippy by Jo Brand (Omnibus) (m0001h0d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001pzws)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]
MON 01:50 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (Omnibus) (b00m9jbj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Meet the Huggetts (b04mc868)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 The Navy Lark (b03sg6mc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001pzww)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 Seems Like a Nice Boy: The Story of Larry Grayson (b0076pz1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Carry On at 65 (m001pzwz)
Wes Butters speaks to Carry On stars Jim Dale & Jacki Piper 1/4
As BBC Radio 4 Extra celebrates the 65th anniversary of the first Carry On film, Wes Butters is joined in the studio by Jacki Piper and on the phone from New York, Jim Dale.
The Carry On legends talk to Wes about their favourite Carry On, how the films are viewed by the public and their memories of Barbara Windsor.
Carry On at 65 is written and presented by Wes Butters.
It features the voice of Robin Sebastian as Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey, and the voice of Ben Craze as Sid James.
Producer: Stuart Ross
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra.
MON 05:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001pzx2)
Carry On Stars
Barbara Windsor
Effervescent actress Barbara Windsor is castaway by Sue Lawley.
She looks back over her early life in London's East End, as well as the Carry On films for which she is, of course, best known.
Barbara also talks about the strain of a tumultuous private life often hidden behind the public facade of an irrepressibly good-humoured cockney sparrow.
DISC ONE: The Best Is Yet To Come - Frank Sinatra & Count Basie
DISC TWO: Ludwig van Beethoven‘s Für Elise - Soloist: Alfred Brendel
DISC THREE: Sparrows Can't Sing - Barbara Windsor
DISC FOUR: Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
DISC FIVE: Drive - The Cars
DISC SIX: Extract from Galton & Simpson’s The Secret Life Of Anthony Hancock - Tony Hancock, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Williams
DISC SEVEN: Every Time You Go Away - Paul Young
DISC EIGHT: Edward Elgar’s Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 in D major “Land of Hope and Glory” -
BBC Singers & Symphony Chorus with BBC Symphony Orchestra
BOOK CHOICE: A book about Hollywood
LUXURY CHOICE: Writing materials and a Union flag
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Extract from Galton & Simpson’s The Secret Life Of Anthony Hancock - Tony Hancock, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Williams
Producer: Olivia Seligman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September1990.
MON 06:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00898pr)
Series 5
East Cheam Drama Festival
Rivalling Edinburgh and Salzburg - three short plays as the Lad welcomes us to East Cheam Repertory Company.
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's classic comedy about the life and times of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With:
Sidney James
Bill Kerr
Kenneth Williams
Hattie Jacques
Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott.
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1958.
MON 06:30 Carry On at 65 (m001pzx9)
Wes Butters speaks to Carry On stars Jim Dale and Jacki Piper 2/4
As BBC Radio 4 Extra celebrates the 65th anniversary of the first Carry On film, Wes Butters is once again joined in the studio by Jacki Piper and on the phone from New York, Jim Dale.
The Carry On legends talk to Wes about their memories of Hattie Jacques and Charles Hawtrey, and about their own individual careers outside the film series.
Carry On at 65 is written and presented by Wes Butters.
It features the voice of Robin Sebastian as Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey, and the voice of Ben Craze as Sid James.
Producer: Stuart Ross
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra.
MON 06:40 Norman & Henry Bones - The Cry of the Curlew (m001pzxh)
Can Norman and Henry Bones expose those involved in the theft of bird sanctuary eggs?
An adventure for Norman and Henry Bones, the boy detectives, written for Children's Hour by Anthony C. Wilson.
Stars Charles Hawtrey and Patricia Hayes.
Henry and Norman Bones - Boy Detectives, was a long running feature of BBC Radio's Children’s Hour.
Norman Bones .... Charles Hawtrey
Henry Bones .... Patricia Hayes
Mrs Newbry .... Ann Codrington
Martin Newbry .... Her Nephew
Mr Gaymer .... Preston Lockwood
Tom Daxter .... Malcolm Graeme
Written by Anthony C. Wilson
Producer: Josephine Plummer
First broadcast as part of Children's Hour, on the BBC Home Service, in July 1950.
MON 07:25 Martyn Wade - Dogged Persistence (b009xytf)
Recorded entirely on location, this comedy drama centres on the relationship that develops between two woman brought together by a troublesome dog.
All Veronica's experiences as a dog-trainer are needed to curb the vicious beast bequeathed to Maureen by her late husband.
Starring Joan Sims and Elizabeth Spriggs.
Especially written by Martyn Wade for these distinguished actresses.
Maureen ...... Joan Sims
Veronica ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Cab Driver ...... David Thorpe
Nettie ...... Richenda Carey
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000.
MON 08:10 Carry On at 65 (m001pzxq)
Wes Butters speaks to Carry On stars Jim Dale and Jacki Piper 3/4
As BBC Radio 4 Extra celebrates the 65th anniversary of the first Carry On film, Wes Butters is once again joined in the studio by Jacki Piper and on the phone from New York, Jim Dale.
The Carry On legends talk to Wes about their memories of Joan Sims and Sid James, and share their recollections of making the films.
Carry On at 65 is written and presented by Wes Butters.
It features the voice of Robin Sebastian as Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey, and the voice of Ben Craze as Sid James.
Producer: Stuart Ross
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra.
MON 08:20 Carry On at 65 (m001pzxy)
Sid James talks to Paul Hollingdale
In the mid 1970s the late broadcaster Paul Hollingdale, who died in 2017, spoke to Sid James for a series of interviews which were never aired in the UK.
Although the exact date of this recording is unknown, references suggest it took place in late 1974, less than two years before the Carry On star's sudden death in 1976.
In this extract, we hear a relaxed Sid reminisce about watching Carry On Cowboy on holiday in Spain, introducing Carry On Camping to an audience in Bangkok and being recognised at the passport desk at Honolulu airport.
MON 08:30 It's A Deal starring Sid James (b01s7vsv)
Tycoon Sid’s girlfriend is seeks a change of career, but a tight dress sparks problems.
After the end of his working partnership with Tony Hancock, Sid James was offered this 13-part series.
He plays a similar character as in Hancock's Half Hour, but this time he is a property tycoon partnered by the impeccable Dennis Price.
Written by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe.
This sole surviving example, an off-air recording, is the final episode of the series.
Sid …. Sid James
Dennis …. Dennis Price
Molly …. June Whitfield
Carole …. Carole Shelley
With:
Roy Dotrice
Wallace Eaton
Gwen Lewis
Producer: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1961.
MON 09:05 Kenneth Williams in Post Mortem (m001pzyb)
A rare example of Kenneth Williams in a serious role.
He plays the angel Azrael who confronts key protagonists surrounding the birth of Christ about their roles in the nativity.
A play written by Stuart Jackman
Azrael .... Kenneth Williams
Angela, his secretary .... Heather Bell
Herod of Judaea .... Peter Wickham
Mrs Morris, landlady of the Lamb Hotel .... Joan Matheson
Corporal Adamson .... Peter Gabriel
John Golding, a shepherd .... Henry Knowles
Producer: Frank Topping
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1977.
MON 09:50 Carry On at 65 (m001pzyk)
Wes Butters speaks to Carry On stars Jim Dale and Jackie Piper 4/4
As BBC Radio 4 Extra celebrates the 65th anniversary of the first Carry On film, Wes Butters is once again joined in the studio by Jacki Piper and on the phone from New York, Jim Dale.
The Carry On legends talk to Wes about their memories of Kenneth Williams, the perils of doing their own stunts and reflect on the Carry On films as a whole.
Carry On at 65 is written and presented by Wes Butters.
It features the voice of Robin Sebastian as Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey, and the voice of Ben Craze as Sid James.
Producer: Stuart Ross
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra.
MON 10:00 The Archive Hour (b00cps5c)
Carry On Britain
Carolyn Quinn celebrates the Carry On films.
What does the long-running series of cinema comedies tell us about British society from the late 1950s to the late 70s?
Featuring:
Fenella Fielding
Barbara Windsor
June Whitfield
Shirley Eaton
Norman Hudis
Producer Jane Ashley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2008.
MON 11:00 Carry On at 65 (m001pzwz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
MON 11:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001pzx2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:15 today]
MON 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00898pr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 12:30 Carry On at 65 (m001pzx9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 12:40 Norman & Henry Bones - The Cry of the Curlew (m001pzxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:40 today]
MON 13:25 Martyn Wade - Dogged Persistence (b009xytf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:25 today]
MON 14:10 Carry On at 65 (m001pzxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:10 today]
MON 14:20 Carry On at 65 (m001pzxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:20 today]
MON 14:30 It's A Deal starring Sid James (b01s7vsv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 15:05 Kenneth Williams in Post Mortem (m001pzyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:05 today]
MON 15:50 Carry On at 65 (m001pzyk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:50 today]
MON 16:00 The Archive Hour (b00cps5c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 17:00 Carry On at 65 (m001pzwz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
MON 17:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001pzx2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:15 today]
MON 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00898pr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 18:30 Carry On at 65 (m001pzx9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 18:40 Norman & Henry Bones - The Cry of the Curlew (m001pzxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:40 today]
MON 19:25 Martyn Wade - Dogged Persistence (b009xytf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:25 today]
MON 20:10 Carry On at 65 (m001pzxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:10 today]
MON 20:20 Carry On at 65 (m001pzxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:20 today]
MON 20:30 It's A Deal starring Sid James (b01s7vsv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 21:05 Kenneth Williams in Post Mortem (m001pzyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:05 today]
MON 21:50 Carry On at 65 (m001pzyk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:50 today]
MON 22:00 The Archive Hour (b00cps5c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 23:00 Carry On at 65 (m001pzwz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
MON 23:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m001pzx2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:15 today]

TUESDAY 29 AUGUST 2023

TUE 00:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00898pr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Carry On at 65 (m001pzx9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 00:40 Norman & Henry Bones - The Cry of the Curlew (m001pzxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:40 on Monday]
TUE 01:25 Martyn Wade - Dogged Persistence (b009xytf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:25 on Monday]
TUE 02:10 Carry On at 65 (m001pzxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:10 on Monday]
TUE 02:20 Carry On at 65 (m001pzxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:20 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 It's A Deal starring Sid James (b01s7vsv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:05 Kenneth Williams in Post Mortem (m001pzyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:05 on Monday]
TUE 03:50 Carry On at 65 (m001pzyk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:50 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 The Archive Hour (b00cps5c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Zoe Fairbairns - The Belgian Nurse (b00772vr)
The story of a friendship that created one of the 20th century's best-selling novels and films.
When American writer Kathryn Hulme meets a Belgian nurse on a UN Relief Programme after the Second World War, she doesn't understand why Marie-Louise Habets is so unwilling to talk about herself.
It's only later that Marie-Louise admits she has recently left her convent - a confession that reaches a worldwide audience through the book and then the film of The Nun's Story.
Starring Debora Weston and Rachel Atkin.
Written by Zoe Fairbairns.
Kathryn Hulme ...... Debora Weston
Marie-Louise Habets ...... Rachel Atkins
Pierre ...... John Moraitis
Fred Zinneman ...... Garrick Hagon
Audrey Hepburn ...... Christine Kavanagh
Mother Benedict ...... Jane Ridley
Director: Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2007.
TUE 06:00 Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine - King Solomon's Carpet (m000wjkj)
1. You Left Your Baby, But Took The Violin
For Jarvis and Busker Tom, the attraction of the old school house is that it's near the London Underground.
For Alice, it's an escape from a painful past...
Ruth Rendell's crime mystery written under the pen name of Barbara Vine.
Dramatised in four parts by Nick Fisher.
Tom .... Jonathan Cullen
Alice .... Kate Fenwick
Axel .... Mark Strong
Jarvis .... Kim Wall
Cecilia .... Ann Beach
Jasper .... Stuart Morris
Bienvida .... Verity Watte
Tina .... Alice Arnold
Peter .... Christopher Scott
Woman on Tube .... Colleen Prendergast
Alice's Mother .... Shirley Dixon
Ivan .... Chris Pavlo
Woman with Baby .... Elaine Pyke
Tannoy .... Alex Lowe
Musicians: Polly Hewett, Roland Robert and Christine Messiter.
Director: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.
TUE 06:30 The Price of Silence (m00101w6)
5. Limbo
Who was driving the green car which crashed?
Maxon returns to London in pursuit of the truth
Starring Ian Hendry and Toby Robins.
Continuing Stephen Barlay's nine-part Cold War nuclear thriller.
Maxon …… Ian Hendry
Jacqueline …… Toby Robins
Locke …… Alan Tilvern
Gloucester ...... Nigel Graham
Inspector ...... Peter Marinker
Doomsdayman ...... Bob Sherman
Interviewer ...... Madi Hedd
Fergus ...... James Bryce
Captain ...... Stuart Milligan
Nurse ...... Zhivila Roche
Reporter ...... Alex Marshall
Beryov ...... Peter Gale
Guard ...... Ian Tyler
Petrushka ...... Richard Marner
Ellsberg ...... George Coulouris
The Nachalnik ...... Paul Hardwick
Director: Peter King
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1983.
TUE 07:00 The Poet and the Echo (m000712s)
You And I
Writers choose poems as inspiration for contemporary stories.
Inspired by the 13th century Persian poet Rumi, a terraced garden in Italy is the setting where a relationship blossoms between a young African slave girl and the heir to a Sultan’s throne.
Written by Leila Aboulela.
Read by Adura Onashile.
Producer: Bruce Young
A BBC Scotland production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2019.
TUE 07:15 Modern Morality Tales (b070n39l)
Justice by Lizzie Nunnery
Rebecca Front plays Eve in five stories about modern attitudes towards morality, inspired by medieval morality plays.
In this first tale, writer Lizzie Nunnery asks if justice can act fairly in a world of the haves and have nots?
In medieval times allegorical plays such as 'Mankind' and 'Everyman' were used to warn audiences that how they lived in the present would affect their afterlife - whether they would end up in Hell, Purgatory or Heaven. But in a secular age how do we deal with the nature of sins and virtues?
Our attitude to good and evil is certainly less black and white. Is it bad to be proud; don't we deserve respect? Can't anger be used to promote change for the better and isn't envy what drives our materialistic lifestyle?
These five tales explore our attitudes to these questions through the character of 'Eve', a 21st-century Everywoman, played by Rebecca Front.
Eve ...... Rebecca Front
Managing Director ...... Nick Underwood
Wrath ...... Adie Allen
Spite ...... Scarlett Brookes
Mirth ...... Ewan Bailey
Mercy ...... Susan Jameson
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in February 2016.
TUE 07:30 Bad Salsa (b06ycwr6)
Series 2
Last Call for Cuba
One of the women gets some devastating news and Chippy's lie comes back to haunt her.
Series two of the sitcom about three women who meet during cancer treatment and start going to salsa class together to maintain their friendship. As they adjust to life after cancer they realise that they've all changed. This second series begins as Jill has left her husband and son to live at her new boyfriends' parent's house, Camille is planning a huge life change and Chippy has a new live-in wannabe step-father in the shape of Gordon from their salsa class.
The series is not about cancer, but about life after cancer, how you cope the changes in your outlook, your desires and your expectations. It's also about how other people cope with the change in you.
Written by Kay Stonham
Chippy ...... Sharon Rooney
Jill ...... Natasha Little
Terri ...... Camille Coduri
Marco ...... Derek Elroy
Tim ...... Matt Houlihan
Gordon ...... Andrew Obeney
Georgie ...... Emily Chase
Elaine ...... Ayesha Antoine
Joel ...... Joe Johnsey
Consultant 1 ...... Chris Pavlo
Consultant 2 ...... Ayesha Antoine
Director: Alison Vernon-Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2016.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jy5b)
Series 9
Queen Anne's Rain
Min is counting raindrops, but why is everyone so wet? Is royalty to blame?
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 December 1958.
TUE 08:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00v8lr2)
Series 5
Episode 2
With the village bankrupt - council leader John cracks down on expenses. Political satire with John Baddeley.
Early '90s political satirical soap opera set in the strangely familiar village of Little Blighty.
Life here is pretty uneventful, though the humdrum happenings include social turmoil, economic upheaval and vicious political squabbles.
Written by Mark Burton, John O'Farrell and Mike Coleman.
Starring:
Jo Kendall
Michael Troughton
John Baddeley
Bernadine Corrigan
Jonathan Kydd
Daniel Strauss
Alistair McGowan
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.
TUE 08:55 Inheritance Tracks (b09xj339)
Anthony Head
Actor Anthony Head inherits 'Adagio for Strings' by Samuel Barber and passes on 'Highway, Highway' by Stephen Allen Davis.
TUE 09:00 Who Goes There? (b0076b0c)
Series 6
Episode 5
Martin Young chairs the biographical quiz show about the noteworthy and notorious.
Tackling the biographical teasers are team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego.
With guests:
Claire Rayne
David Aaronovitch
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.
TUE 09:30 No Commitments (b01mmrh8)
Series 10
A Bride Too Far
Victoria has plans for her daughter's wedding and Charlotte wants more attention.
Simon Brett’s sitcom about the lives and squabbles of three very different sisters.
Anna ...,,,,,,,,,,. Rosemary Leach
Victoria .,,,,... Angela Thorne
Charlotte ..... Celia Imrie
Emily …,,,,,,,,. Lisa Coleman
Eddie....,,,,,,....James Greene
Nick.....,,.........Keiran Hill
Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Written and produced by Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.
TUE 10:00 Zoe Fairbairns - The Belgian Nurse (b00772vr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
TUE 11:00 Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine - King Solomon's Carpet (m000wjkj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 11:30 The Price of Silence (m00101w6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 12:00 The Poet and the Echo (m000712s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 12:15 Modern Morality Tales (b070n39l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
TUE 12:30 Bad Salsa (b06ycwr6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b007jy5b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00v8lr2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:55 Inheritance Tracks (b09xj339)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:55 today]
TUE 14:00 Who Goes There? (b0076b0c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 14:30 No Commitments (b01mmrh8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 15:00 Zoe Fairbairns - The Belgian Nurse (b00772vr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
TUE 16:00 Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine - King Solomon's Carpet (m000wjkj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 16:30 The Price of Silence (m00101w6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 17:00 The Poet and the Echo (m000712s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:15 Modern Morality Tales (b070n39l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
TUE 17:30 Bad Salsa (b06ycwr6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b007jy5b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 18:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00v8lr2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 18:55 Inheritance Tracks (b09xj339)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:55 today]
TUE 19:00 Who Goes There? (b0076b0c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 19:30 No Commitments (b01mmrh8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m0015450)
Series 8
Migration
A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) stage.
Manoush Zomorodi explores how migration is part of everyone’s history.
How does this continue to reshape our culture and lives?
First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2021.
TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (b088snnw)
Phil Collins
Singer and songwriter Phil Collins shares 'All My Loving' by The Beatles and Bob Dylan's 'The Times They Are A Changin'.
TUE 21:00 Mastertapes (b06s8brc)
Series 5
Georgie Fame (the A Side)
Georgie Fame talks about his 1963 debut album, 'Rhythm & Blues At The Flamingo'.
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, Georgie talks to John Wilson.
At the age of 16, former apprentice cotton weaver, Clive Powell, successfully auditioned for pop impresario Larry Parnes who then forced him to change his name to Georgie Fame.
After touring alongside Marty Wilde, Joe Brown, Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran, Georgie played the piano in Billy Fury’s backing band, the Blue Flames. By March 1962 it was Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames who began a three year residency at the Flamingo Club in London’s Soho.
Including tracks like ‘Night Train’, ‘Work Song’, ‘Baby, Please Don’t Go’ and ‘Do The Dog’, 'Rhythm And Blues at the Flamingo' captured the vibrancy and excitement of the famous and notorious club which played a significant part in the breakdown of racial prejudice in post-war British society.
Here Georgie Fame talks candidly with John Wilson about the album that started it all and, together with some of the original Blue Flames (including guitarist Colin Green, saxophonist Mick Eve and trumpeter Eddie 'Tan Tan' Thornton) as well as his two sons Tristan and James Powell, play exclusive versions of some of the key tracks.
In the B-side of the programme, it's the turn of the audience to ask the questions.
Producer: Paul Kobrak
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2015.
TUE 21:30 Murder Most Foul (m001q7hh)
Series 2
6. The Bloody Thumbprint
True tales of murder from the days when police cars had bells and the men from the Yard wore trilby hats.
March 1905: An elderly couple have been battered to death in their shop in south London.
The only clue is a bloody thumbprint left on the lid of a cashbox.
Can the police use this evidence to convict the murderers?
BBC TV's Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross reviews the case and the forensic evidence.
Written by Frederick Bradnum.
Alfred Stratton …. Nicholas Murchie
Albert Stratton …. Jonathan Tafler
With:
Jonathan Adams
John Church
Timothy Carlton
Terence Edmond
Ronald Herdman
Peter Penry Jones
Ann Windsor
John Webb
Melanie Hudson
Producer: Tessa Watt.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.
TUE 22:00 The Ultimate Choice (m001kgr7)
Series 1
Episode 5: Ancient Rome v Space Station
Steph McGovern is in Leeds to ask some seriously funny minds for their definitive answers to the great questions of our age. Or not. Welcome to the world's most devious game of Would You Rather? With guests Chris Cantrill and Kiri Pritchard-McLean.
Host: Steph McGovern
Guests: Chris Cantrill and Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Devised and written by Jon Harvey & Joseph Morpurgo
With additional material from Laura Major
Researcher: Leah Marks
Recorded and mixed by David Thomas
Producer: Jon Harvey
Executive Producers: Ed Morrish and Polly Thomas
Photo: Carolyn Mendelsohn
A Naked production for BBC Radio 4
TUE 22:30 Alice's Wunderland (b06bnqt8)
Series 3
Episode 2
A child ghost from the 1970s teams up with the narrator on a journey through Wunderland (the Poundland of magical realms) to try and track down the person who bumped him off.
A sketch show written and performed by Alice Lowe.
Also starring:
Richard Glover
Simon Greenall
Rachel Stubbing
Clare Thompson
Producer: Lyndsay Fenner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015.
TUE 23:00 Meet David Sedaris (m000t6lt)
Series 8
Instalment 1
When the whole world ground to a Covid-fuelled viral halt - world-renowned storyteller David Sedaris recorded this special series of entertaining essays and diary entries at his Sussex home.
Series 8 kicks off with more of David’s sardonic wit and incisive social critiques.
* Recipe For Disaster
* Nailed
* Must Everything Go?
David Sedaris first shared his very particular world view having brought us The SantaLand Diaries back in 1996.
David has become one of America’s pre-eminent humour writers and, in 2019, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that he's a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.
TUE 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b007k4wm)
Series 2
Barrington Comprehensive
The team battle to reverse the fortunes of an inner city school.
James Cary’s award-winning sitcom about management consultants.
Ryan ...... Marcus Brigstocke
Sophie ...... Emma Kennedy
Daisy ...... Catherine Shepherd
Owen ...... David Mitchell
Dr Jenkins ...... Simon Grenall
Ian ...... Hugh Dennis
Bob ...... Justin Edwards
Janet ...... Judy Flynn
Other parts played by the cast.
Music by John Whitehall.
Producer: Adam Bromley.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.

WEDNESDAY 30 AUGUST 2023

WED 00:00 Zoe Fairbairns - The Belgian Nurse (b00772vr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine - King Solomon's Carpet (m000wjkj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 The Price of Silence (m00101w6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 The Poet and the Echo (m000712s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Modern Morality Tales (b070n39l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Bad Salsa (b06ycwr6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b007jy5b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00v8lr2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:55 Inheritance Tracks (b09xj339)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:55 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Who Goes There? (b0076b0c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 No Commitments (b01mmrh8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b00b9k9p)
1. Saint Overboard
Lantern-jawed, haloed hero Simon Templar - otherwise known as The Saint - sets out to solve the disappearance of missing sunken bullion.
Starring Paul Rhys.
First published in 1936 - one of a long series of novels by Leslie Charteris about the escapades of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint".
First of three dramatisations by Neville Teller.
Simon Templar …. Paul Rhys
Loretta Page …. Patsy Kensit
Roger/Ivaloff …. Charles Simpson
Peter Quentin/Intruder …. Jonathan Keeble
Orace …. John Hollis
Vogel …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Murdoch …. John Guerrasio
Prof Yule …. David Timson
Arnheim/Helmsman …. Joshua Towb
Director: Matthew Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1995.
WED 06:00 Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine - King Solomon's Carpet (m000wl9g)
2. Sledging The District
"Yeah, sledging. Riding on the train roofs, Jas."
London's Underground looms large in the life of Jarvis, Tom and Alice - and poses danger for Jasper.
Crime mystery written by Ruth Rendell under the pen name of Barbara Vine.
Dramatised by Nick Fisher.
Alice .... Kate Fenwick
Axel .... Mark Strong
Tom .... Jonathan Cullen
Jarvis .... Kim Wall
Cecilia .... Ann Beach
Daphne .... Llnda Polan
Jasper .... Stuart Morris
Bienvida .... Verity Waite
Damon .... James Bell
Musicians: Polly Hewett, Roland Robert and Christine Messiter.
Director: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.
WED 06:30 The Price of Silence (m0010203)
6. Pressure Point
Maxon is lying low for a few days.
After a visit to Armenian defector, Aram Sarian, it looks like his troubles are only just beginning as he discovers the truth behind the public alert...
Starring Ian Hendry and Toby Robins.
Stephen Barlay's Cold War nuclear thriller.
Maxon .... Ian Hendry
Jacqueline .... Toby Robins
Aram Sarian .... Vladek Sheybal
Locke .... Alan Tilvern
Gloucester .... Nigel Graham
President .... Bob Sherman
Chuck .... Bruce Boa
Saul .... Blain Fairman
Girl .... Mary Cornford
Sandy .... Peter Tuddenham
Director: Peter King.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1983.
WED 07:00 The Poet and the Echo (m00076v2)
What Are You Missing?
Writers choose poems as inspiration for contemporary stories.
A story inspired by Praxilla, a Greek poet writing in the 5th Century BC. Only fragments of her work remain - a lyrical story inspired by Praxilla’s hymn from the Underworld in which Adonis answers the question of what he misses most from life on earth…
Jayne Wright works in a failing department store by day and focuses on her true passion, painting, by night.
She’s spent her adult life at a distance to other people whilst sharpening her perception of nature. But a momentary meeting might just change that disconnect for good.
Written by Candia McWilliam.
Read by Victoria Liddelle.
Producer: Kirsty Williams
A BBC Scotland production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019.
WED 07:15 Modern Morality Tales (b07054l7)
Pride by Al Smith
Mrs Eve is the head of an exclusive public school instilling pride and ambition in their pupils, but her lack of respect for one of her former charges is the basis of a shaming encounter.
Inspired by medieval morality plays, Al Smith takes a look at the most venous of sins, Pride.
In medieval times allegorical plays such as 'Mankind' and 'Everyman' were used to warn audiences that how they lived in the present would affect their afterlife - whether they would end up in Hell, Purgatory or Heaven.
But in a secular age how do we deal with the nature of sins and virtues? Our attitude to good and evil is certainly less black and white. Is it bad to be proud, don't we deserve respect? Can't anger be used to promote change for the better and isn't envy what drives our materialistic lifestyle?
These five tales explore our attitudes to these questions through the character of 'Eve', a 21st-century Everywoman, played by Rebecca Front.
Mrs Eve ...... Rebecca Front
Tom ...... Tom Hughes
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in February 2016.
WED 07:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters (b00y92mb)
Series 1
Utilities Companies
Tom Wrigglesworth is bemused by the peculiar practices of utilities companies.
In another of his series of open letters, Tom investigates the myriad examples of corporate lunacy and maddening jobsworths in modern Britain.
Featuring his own funny and ridiculous experiences as well as recounting the absurd encounters of others.
Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2011.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007w3y4)
Series 4
The Emigrant
The Lad is keen to emigrate, but is met with refusals from other countries including Australia and Canada.
Can Sid help him to leave Britain?
Stars Tony Hancock.
With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Producer: Denis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1957.
WED 08:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b00751s5)
Series 4
Episode 4
Lifestyle show hosts Mike and Sue take a look at the flipside of fame, Mike meets his biggest fan and the week's good cause is Charity.
Starring Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens.
Written by David Spicer and Hugh Rycroft from a format by Bill Dare.
Mike ...... Robert Duncan
Sue ...... Jan Ravens
With:
Roger Blake
Alistair McGowan
Ronnie Ancona
Emma Kennedy
Music by Mark Burton.
Producer: Aled Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.
WED 09:00 Nature Table (m001g924)
Series 3
Episode 4
Celebrating the natural world and all its funny eccentricities.
Taking the simple format of a 'Show & Tell', in each episode Sue Perkins is joined by celebrity guests from the worlds of comedy and natural history.
Nature Table has a simple clear brief: to positively celebrate and promote the importance of all our planet's wonderfully wild flora and fauna in a fun and easily grasped way... whilst at the same time having a giggle.
Recorded at ZSL London Zoo.
In this episode, Sue welcomes:
* Zoologist Lucy Cooke
* Ethnobotanist James Wong
* Comedian Felicity Ward.
Written by Catherine Brinkworth, Jon Hunter, Jenny Laville and Nicky Roberts
Additional material by Kat Sadler.
Producer Simon Nicholls.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2022.
WED 09:30 Inside Alan Francis (b00hv1rj)
Episode 3
Alan Francis explores the workings of his own mind in relation to his life, friends and long-suffering girlfriend Jane.
Alan and Jane are due to meet at the solicitors.
With:
Julian Dutton
Barnaby Power
Kali Peacock
Written by Alan Francis with Julian Dutton, Anthony Neilson and Richard Turner.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2009.
WED 10:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b00b9k9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
WED 11:00 Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine - King Solomon's Carpet (m000wl9g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 11:30 The Price of Silence (m0010203)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 12:00 The Poet and the Echo (m00076v2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 12:15 Modern Morality Tales (b07054l7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
WED 12:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters (b00y92mb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007w3y4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 13:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b00751s5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 14:00 Nature Table (m001g924)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 14:30 Inside Alan Francis (b00hv1rj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 15:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b00b9k9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
WED 16:00 Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine - King Solomon's Carpet (m000wl9g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 16:30 The Price of Silence (m0010203)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 17:00 The Poet and the Echo (m00076v2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:15 Modern Morality Tales (b07054l7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
WED 17:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters (b00y92mb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007w3y4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 18:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b00751s5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 19:00 Nature Table (m001g924)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 19:30 Inside Alan Francis (b00hv1rj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 20:00 Archive on 4 (b066gfbw)
Dickie Attenborough: A Life in Film
In a career that encompassed acting, producing and directing, Richard Attenborough was a mainstay of the British film industry.
In fact, for at least 20 years, he was arguably the British film industry.
At the time when Attenborough began directing films, starting with Oh What a Lovely War in 1969, British film was reaching an all time nadir. Attenborough helped to bring it back from the brink.
Inheriting a steadfast belief in citizenship and social responsibility, Dickie or Dick (as he was known by his friends) threw his phenomenal energy and determination into making films like Gandhi and Cry Freedom, the latter telling the story of the anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko and the journalist Donald Woods. He didn’t set out to make box office hits, yet Gandhi played for weeks at the Odeon Leicester Square and won eight Oscars including best actor for Ben Kingsley.
Kingsley, Anthony Hopkins, David Puttnam, William Goldberg and the late John Mills all join in celebrating Attenborough’s skill as a director of actors, his stamina and his huge commitment to the British film industry.
Susan Marling (who met and recorded with Attenborough before he died) asks what his legacy has been.
Born 100 years ago on the 9th August 1923, Lord Richard Attenborough died aged 90 on 24th August 2014.
Producer: Isabel Sutton
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 2015.
WED 21:00 Mastertapes (b06s9d1r)
Series 5
Georgie Fame (the B Side)
Following on from the A-side of this two-part programme, the audience ask Georgie Fame questions about his 1963 debut album, 'Rhythm & Blues at the Flamingo'.
With John Wilson at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios in London.
Georgie also performs exclusive live versions of some of the tracks from the album (accompanied by his sons James and Tristan Powell, as well as a few of the original Blue Flames).
Producer: Paul Kobrak
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2015.
WED 21:30 The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter (m001q07h)
Be warned: 'The worst wolves are hairy on the inside'.
Lustful desires explored in this re-working of the Little Red Riding Hood fairytale by Angela Carter.
Read by Amanda Root.
Here's what the Radio Times thought:
"This BBC7-commissioned reading by Amanda Root is entirely faithful to Carter's short story and doesn't disappoint on the chill-and-psychological-thrill front. The young girl who wanders from the path in a forest full of bestial dangers ends up living a life that goes against everything we ever took away from Little Red Riding Hood - never have the basic needs of a wild wolf seemed so irresistibly attractive."
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in October 2003.
WED 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (m0006776)
Series 8
Episode 6
John Finnemore returns to Radio 4 with an eighth series of his multi-award-winning sketch show, joined by his regular ensemble cast of Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan.
In this clinically efficient episode, John does the voice, and we also hear what sort of song he could have had on the show if he'd wanted. And, well... since you ask him for a story of a breakneck race against time...
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme was described by The Radio Times as "the best sketch show in years, on television or radio", and by The Daily Telegraph as "funny enough to make even the surliest cat laugh". Already the winner of a Radio Academy Silver Award and a Broadcasting Press Guild award, this year Souvenir Programme won its second BBC Audio Drama award.
Written by & starring ... John Finnemore
Cast ... Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Cast ... Simon Kane
Cast ... Lawry Lewin
Cast ... Carrie Quinlan
Original music & piano ... Susannah Pearse
Cello ... Sally Stares
Additional musical arrangement ... Rich Evans
Production Coordinator ... Beverly Tagg
Producer ... Ed Morrish
A BBC Studios production
WED 22:30 World of Pub (b007sygy)
Series 2
Episode 2
The Red Lion's almost bankrupt - can Dodgy Phil get the punters back?
Tony Roche's comedy about the world's worst pub in London's East End.
Dodgy Phil ...... John Thomson
Barry ...... Phil Cornwell
Garry ...... Alistair McGowan
With:
Debra Stephenson
Simon Greenall
Special effects: Carl Phillips and Nick Romero.
Music: Bill Bailey
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999.
WED 23:00 Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Sexuality (b080w8bw)
4. Are We Asking The Right Questions?
Canadian stand-up Mae combines wickedly astute social observations with personal references to their own unique upbringing.
Mae's taking a funny, personal look at how millennials are transforming the way that society thinks about sexuality and gender.
Mae concludes the series, by considering how vigilant we still need to be as a society when it comes to tackling intolerance. And what about Pompeii? Because seriously, what a disaster that was.
Written and performed by Mae Martin.
Script editor: Sarah Campbell
Producer: Alexandra Smith
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2016.
WED 23:15 Crème de la Crime (b007jr0x)
Series 1
20,000 Leaks Under the Sea
Michael Feydeau -TV's much loved Inspector Niblett - and crime expert, David Pershore probe a case of wartime spying skulduggery.
Tales from the vaults of villainy.
Written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
With Emma Kennedy.
Director: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2001.
WED 23:30 The Guns of Adam Riches (b04dmgb0)
Series 2
Bean's Odyssey
An epic journey following Sean Bean's attempts to save his castle, his wife and his phone contract from the ever-growing threat of...the McGann brothers.
Adam Riches introduces a series of one-off comic adventure stories.
Written by Adam Riches.
With:
Cariad Lloyd
Jim Johnson
Plus a host of unwitting and occasionally unwilling audience shaped co-stars to create a cavalcade of mayhem that explodes deep into your ear flaps.
Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2014.

THURSDAY 31 AUGUST 2023

THU 00:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b00b9k9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine - King Solomon's Carpet (m000wl9g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 The Price of Silence (m0010203)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 The Poet and the Echo (m00076v2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Modern Morality Tales (b07054l7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters (b00y92mb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007w3y4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b00751s5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Nature Table (m001g924)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Inside Alan Francis (b00hv1rj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b00b9xgx)
2. The Saint Closes the Case
Simon Templar is confronted by arch-villain, Doctor Rayt Marius, in a deadly struggle to save the world from an evil weapon...
Starring Paul Rhys.
First published in 1930 under the title 'The Last Hero'- one of a long series of novels by Leslie Charteris about the escapades of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint".
Dramatised by Roger Danes.
Simon Templar …. Paul Rhys
Patricia Holm …. Kim Thomson
Roger Conway …. Charles Simpson
Orace …. John Hollis
Norman Kent …. Joshua Towb
Doctor Rayt Marius …. Sandor Eles
Inspector Claude Eustace Teal …. John Baddeley
Professor Vargan …. John Turner
Captain Harding …. Ross Livingstone
Cynthia …. Linda Regan
Janos …. Paul Jenkins
Gabor/Rudolph …. Jonathan Keeble
Bela …. Stephen Critchlow
Golter/Hale/Lazlo …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Malone/Tibor/Foreshaw …. David Timson
Director: Matthew Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1995.
THU 06:00 Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine - King Solomon's Carpet (m000wlkp)
3. Revengeful Love
The London Underground continues to exert its pull, but Cecilia faces challenges from an unexpected quarter.
Crime mystery written by Ruth Rendell under the pen name of Barbara Vine.
Dramatised by Nick Fisher.
Alice .... Kate Fenwick
Axel .... Mark Strong
Tom .... Jonathan Cullen
Jarvis .... Kim Wall
Cecilia .... Ann Beach
Daphne .... Linda Polan
Tina .... Alice Arnold
Jasper .... Stuart Morris
Bienvida .... Verity Waite
Dean .... Martin Kelly
Damon .... James Bell
Peter / Man .... Christopher Scott
Daniel / Pilot .... Alex Lowe
Alice's Mother .... Shirley Dixon
Journalist .... Elaine Pyke
Waitress .... Janet Maw
Musicians: Polly Hewett, Roland Robert and Christine Messiter.
Director: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.
THU 06:30 The Price of Silence (m000zzwq)
7. In The Know
Maxon has a brush with an old friend, KGB agent, Nadia. And with Jaqueline's help, he manages to uncover the shocking truth about the Russians' sinister plans...
Starring Ian Hendry and Toby Robins.
Stephen Barlay's Cold War nuclear thriller.
Maxon .... Ian Hendry
Jacqueline ....Toby Robins
Nachalnlk .... Paul Hardwick
Locke .... Alan Tilvern
Nadla .... Zhivila Roche
Winston .... Stuart Organ
Chuck .... Bruce Boa
Sandy .... Peter Tuddenham
Tucker .... Norman Jones
Petrushka .... Richard Marner
Director: Peter King.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.
THU 07:00 The Poet and the Echo (m0007djx)
Three Things Which Come Unasked
Writers choose poems as inspiration for contemporary stories.
An anonymous Gaelic poem is the inspiration for this witty contemporary story
Written by Iain Finlay Macleod.
Read by Fiona MacNeil.
Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane.
A BBC Scotland production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019.
THU 07:15 Modern Morality Tales (b070hygh)
Envy by Duncan MacMillan & Effie Woods
Invidia has gone for a job interview at her old school, but her nemesis, Helen Polidora, is interviewing for the same role.
Helen always beats her at everything.
Will this time be different?
Inspired by medieval morality plays these stories take a look at sin in the modern world.
Writers Duncan MacMillan and Effie Woods explore a character consumed by envy.
In medieval times allegorical plays such as 'Mankind' and 'Everyman' were used to warn audiences that how they lived in the present would affect their afterlife - whether they would end up in Hell, Purgatory or Heaven.
But in a secular age how do we deal with the nature of sins and virtues? Our attitude to good and evil is certainly less black and white. Is it bad to be proud, don't we deserve respect? Can't anger be used to promote change for the better and isn't envy what drives our materialistic lifestyle?
These five tales explore our attitudes to these questions through the character of 'Eve', a 21st-century Everywoman, played by Rebecca Front.
Eve/Invidia ...... Rebecca Front
Jonathan ...... Alex Lowe
Headteacher ...... Susan Jameson
Helen ...... Adie Allen
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in February 2016.
THU 07:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (m000khkq)
Series 9
Episode 3
Dave introduces his new girlfriend, Margot.
Love is in the air, but not everyone is convinced by her motives after it’s revealed they met on a Moving Alan fan website.
More shop based shenanigans and over the counter philosophy, courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave.
Set in a Scots-Asian corner and written by and starring Donald Mcleary and Sanjeev Kohli, the award winning Fags, Mags & Bags returns for a 9th series with all the regular characters and some guest appearances along the way.
Written by and starring Donald Mcleary and Sanjeev Kohli.
Ramesh ...... Sanjeev Kohli
Dave ...... Donald Mcleary
Sanjay ...... Omar Raza
Alok ...... Susheel Kumar
Bishop Briggs ...... Michael Redmond
Hilly ...... Kate Brailsford
Mrs Armstrong ...... Maureen Carr
Margot ...... Gabriel Quigley
Producer: Gus Beattie for Gusman Productions
A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2020.
THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jm2h)
Series 1
The Showing Up of Corporal Jones
Corporal Jones will be forced to retire from the platoon, unless he manages to complete an assault course in 15 minutes....
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 Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Walker …. Graham Stark
Major Smith …. Jack Watson
Announcer …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in April 1974.
THU 08:30 Second Thoughts (b007jx3l)
Series 1
8. Marriage of Inconvenience
Bill and Faith get set for a last minute wedding - surely nothing can go wrong?
Staring Lynda Bellingham and James Bolam.
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Greyshott 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 its writers, husband and wife 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 'Faith in the Future'.
Faith ...... Lynda Bellingham
Bill ...... James Bolam
Hannah ...... Kelda Holmes
Joe ...... Mark Denham
Liza ...... Belinda Lang
Ray ...... Nicholas Courtney
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1988.
THU 09:00 Funny You Should Ask (b0b7hfpc)
From 17/03/1981
Peter Jones hosts the entertainment quiz about comedy as he tests a panel of experts:
Leslie Phillips
Ben Travers
Ray Cooney
Funny You Should Ask ran for 8 series from 1976 to 1982.
Questions compiled by Michael Pointon.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1981.
THU 09:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009m38r)
The Quest for the Holy Spectacles
John discovers that Jesus wore glasses, but whatever happened to them? And John and Tony travel to Glastonbury and Loch Ness.
Another comic journey in which John and his best friend Tony search for happiness, love, the meaning of life ... and glasses.
Written by John Hegley
Starring:
John Hegley
Simon Munnery
Terry Malloy
Sunny Ormonde
John Korne
Original music by Nigel Piper.
Director: Anne Edyvean
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999.
THU 10:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b00b9xgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
THU 11:00 Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine - King Solomon's Carpet (m000wlkp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 11:30 The Price of Silence (m000zzwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 12:00 The Poet and the Echo (m0007djx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 12:15 Modern Morality Tales (b070hygh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
THU 12:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (m000khkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 13:00 Dad's Army (b007jm2h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 13:30 Second Thoughts (b007jx3l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 14:00 Funny You Should Ask (b0b7hfpc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 14:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009m38r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 15:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b00b9xgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
THU 16:00 Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine - King Solomon's Carpet (m000wlkp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 16:30 The Price of Silence (m000zzwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 17:00 The Poet and the Echo (m0007djx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:15 Modern Morality Tales (b070hygh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
THU 17:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (m000khkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 Dad's Army (b007jm2h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 18:30 Second Thoughts (b007jx3l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 19:00 Funny You Should Ask (b0b7hfpc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 19:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009m38r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 20:00 Motherhood: Bump, Birth and Beyond (m000zzww)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
THU 21:00 Great Lives (m000mcqg)
Tom Allen on Kenneth Williams
Comedian and presenter Tom Allen first discovered Kenneth Williams as a young boy, watching the Carry On films and listening to Round the Horne with his mum.
He joins Matthew Parris and Kenneth's biographer, Christopher Stevens, to explore the life of the famous twentieth century entertainer.
Together, they discuss stealing the show, sexuality and living solo.
Featuring clips from Kenneth's performances from Parkinson to Just a Minute, as well as Desert Island Discs to Hancock's Half Hour.
The trio reflect on Kenneth's dexterity and complexity, as a performer and as a person.
Producer: Camellia Sinclair
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2020.
THU 21:30 Murder & Mystery (m0003l17)
Series 5
Morella by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe explores the notion of identity in the first of five stories from the incomparable author.
In a writing career that spanned barely two decades (he died in his 41st year) the American penned over 70 short stories.
These he incessantly revised over the years and many became standards of the short form (like ‘The Fall Of The House of Usher’ or ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’).
But for our five fictional tales, we burrow down amongst Poe’s lesser-known, and often dark, gems.
Read by Owen Teale.
Abridger: Pete Nichols
Producer: Karen Rose
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions, first broadcast in March 2019.
THU 21:45 Murder & Mystery (m0003jms)
Series 5
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
A dark tale of revenge by the incomparable Edgar Allan Poe.
In a writing career that spanned barely two decades (he died in his 41st year) Edgar Allan Poe penned over 70 short stories.
These the American incessantly revised over the years and many became standards of the short form (like ‘The Fall Of The House of Usher’ or ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’).
But for our five fictional tales, we burrow down amongst Poe’s lesser-known, and often dark, gems.
Read by Owen Teale.
Abridger: Pete Nichols
Producer: Karen Rose
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions, first broadcast in March 2019.
THU 22:00 Fresh from the Fringe (m001ptf9)
2023, Part 1
Radio 4 brings you a live showcase spotlighting some of the best comedy acts at the Edinburgh Fringe this August. Hosted by David O'Doherty with performances from Dan Rath, Kuan-wen Huang, Micky Overman, Pierre Novellie, Lou Wall and Adam Rowe.
Produced by Sasha Bobak
Production Coordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.
THU 22:30 Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters (b04ykk5x)
Series 2
Episode 3
Enter the Carnival of Monsters, a bizarre and hilarious world of sketches, stories and characters, presented by the sinister Ringmaster.
A host of characters are the exhibits at the Carnival - all played by Colin Hoult himself.
Meet such monstrous yet strangely familiar oddities as: Wannabe Hollywood screenwriter Andy Parker - and Anna Mann - outrageous star of such forgotten silver screen hits such as 'Rogue Baker', 'Who's For Turkish Delight' and 'A Bowl For My Bottom'.
Plus a host of other characters from acid jazz obsessives, to mask workshop coordinators.
Producer: Sam Bryant
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015.
THU 23:00 Hearing With Hegley (b00bbnvw)
Series 1
Episode 5
The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley, presents another selection of his work.
With:
Keith Moore
Susan Norton
Andrew Bailey
Nigel Piper
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996.
THU 23:15 The In Crowd (b007jpmk)
Series 2
Episode 3
A woman obsessed with making soup – and the furniture removal men who think they're on TV’s Antiques Roadshow.
Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store.
With:
Robin Ince
Helen Moon
Smug Roberts
Kate Ward
Producer: Graham Frost
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2002.
THU 23:30 Fresh from the Fringe (m001ptgz)
2023, Part 2
Radio 4 brings you a live showcase spotlighting some of the best comedy acts at the Edinburgh Fringe this August. Hosted by Kiri Pritchard-McLean with performances from Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, Lindsey Santoro, Tadiwa Mahlunge, Lorna Rose Treen and Dan Tiernan.
Produced by Sasha Bobak
Production Coordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

FRIDAY 01 SEPTEMBER 2023

FRI 00:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b00b9xgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine - King Solomon's Carpet (m000wlkp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 The Price of Silence (m000zzwq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 The Poet and the Echo (m0007djx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Modern Morality Tales (b070hygh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (m000khkq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Dad's Army (b007jm2h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 Second Thoughts (b007jx3l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Funny You Should Ask (b0b7hfpc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009m38r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b007jtvy)
3. The Saint Plays With Fire
Simon Templar uncovers a fascist conspiracy to seize power in France.
Starring Paul Rhys.
First published in 1938 under the title 'Prelude for War' - one of a long series of novels by Leslie Charteris about the escapades of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint".
Dramatised by Neville Teller.
Simon Templar …. Paul Rhys
Patricia Holm …. Kim Thomson
Valerie …. Fiona Fullerton
Inspector Claude Eustace Tea …. John Baddeley
Peter Quentin …. Jonathan Keeble
Fairweather …. John Hartley
Luker …. Geoffrey Whitehead
General Sangore …. John Turner
Orace …. John Hollis
Knightle …. Andrew Branch
Marteau …. Roger May
Coroner …. David Collings
Bream …. David Timson
Other parts played by the cast.
Director: Matthew Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1995.
FRI 06:00 Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine - King Solomon's Carpet (m000wlyg)
4. Out of This World
Axel's influence over the residents of the schoolhouse, near the London Underground, finally extends to Tom...
Conclusion of Ruth Rendell's crime mystery - written under the pen name of Barbara Vine.
Dramatised by Nick Fisher.
Alice .... Kate Fenwick
Axel .... Mark Strong
Tom .... Jonathan Cullen
Daphne .... Linda Polan
Cecilia .... Ann Beach
Jarvis .... Kim Wall
Tina .... Alice Arnold
Jasper .... Stuart Morris
Bienvida .... Verity Waite
Alice's mother .... Shirley Dixon
Newsreader .... Alex Lowe
First doctor .... Christopher Scott
Second doctor .... Colleen Prendergast
Musicians: Polly Hewett, Roland Robert and Christine Messiter.
Director: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.
FRI 06:30 The Price of Silence (m00101qf)
8. Crackpoint
Maxon has uncovered an elaborate bluff to make the Russians think we’re ahead of them in the nuclear race.
But can he stop Moscow from carrying out their tests?
And is Jaqueline still on his side?
Starring Ian Hendry and Toby Robins.
Stephen Barlay's Cold War nuclear thriller.
Maxon .... Ian Hendry
Jacqueline .... Toby Robins
Nachalnlk .... Paul Hardwick
Sandy .... Peter Tuddenham
Sleet .... Brett Usher
Wennstrom .... Nigel Graham
Ellsberg .... George Coulouris
Petrushka .... Richard Marner
Announcer .... Alex Marshall
Music composed and played by Ed Welch (piano) With Ron Aspery (saxophone)
Director: Peter King.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1983.
FRI 07:00 The Poet and the Echo (m0007l3p)
The Lamb
Writers choose poems as inspiration for contemporary stories.
Inspired by 'The Lamb', from William Blake's Songs of Innocence, a moving story of love and inheritance.
Written by Pippa Goldschmidt.
Read by Kay McAllister.
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie.
A BBC Scotland Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019.
FRI 07:15 Modern Morality Tales (b070j4h2)
Wrath by Roy Williams
Eve finds herself overcome with anger on the day that she is made redundant. But does her anger necessarily have to have a destructive end?
Inspired by the medieval morality plays. Roy Williams presents a character whose anger at the inhuman nature of modern life moves her to an act of protest.
In medieval times allegorical plays such as 'Mankind' and 'Everyman' were used to warn audiences that how they lived in the present would affect their afterlife - whether they would end up in Hell, Purgatory or Heaven. But in a secular age how do we deal with the nature of sins and virtues? Our attitude to good and evil is certainly less black and white. Is it bad to be proud, don't we deserve respect? Can't anger be used to promote change for the better and isn't envy what drives our materialistic lifestyle? These five tales explore our attitudes to these questions through the character of 'Eve', a 21st-century Everywoman, played by Rebecca Front.
Eve ...... Rebecca Front
Samson ...... Steve Toussaint
Supervisor ...... Nick Underwood
Bus announcements ...... Adie Allen
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in February 2016.
FRI 07:30 The Break (m000jw0b)
Series 3
1. Never The Twin
It's September in Flamford, which can only mean one thing - the Flamford Christmas Market is in full flow. Jeff persuades his recalcitrant London nephew Andy to join him in a gift-shopping expedition.
Along the way they encounter pokerwork sign-maker and fire hazard Pam, loud, lovelorn and now jobless Town Crier Peter Humfriss and The Ghost of Christmas-Who-Gives-A-Stuff - chiselling pensioner Mr Truepenny.
Christmas, even though it’s September, is also a time for mysteries - one of which sees Jeff and Andy pitted against the enigmatic Applegarth twins.
Jeff ...... Philip Jackson
The Applegarth Twins ...... Alison Steadman
Peter Humfriss ...... Mark Benton
Pam ...... Shobna Gulati
Mr Truepenny ...... Rasmus Hardiker
Andy ...... James Northcote
Created and Written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie
Produced and Directed by Gordon Kennedy
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020.
FRI 08:00 Marriage Lines (b04nqbmh)
Series 1
Four-Part Harmony
Whilst George is in the pub, Kate worries about what he's really up to...
A series based on the mutual love and mistrust of two newly-weds. Starring Richard Briers as George Starling and Prunella Scales as Kate Starling.
Richard Waring’s sitcom. Originating on BBC TV, it ran between 1963-65 and was adapted in two series for BBC radio due to its popularity.
George ...... Richard Briers
Kate ...... Prunella Scales
Laura ...... Heather Chasen
Peter ...... Geoffrey Matthews
Other parts played by Jo Kendall and Nigel Graham.
Written by Richard Waring.
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1965.
FRI 08:30 Charles Dickens (b00rz6m8)
Sketches by Boz - Series 2
Love and Oysters
David Calder stars as John Dounce whose orderly life is disrupted on acquaintance with an oyster seller.
Gloriously comic stories of London Life by Charles Dickens - dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.
Boz ...... Nicholas Farrell
Fanny ...... Samantha Spiro
Rosa ...... Siriol Jenkins
Dora ...... Elizabeth Conboy
Harris ...... David Allister
Jones ...... loan Meredith
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1999.
FRI 09:00 Listomania (b0b1xqns)
Series 1
Episode 6
From the magnificent to the mundane.
From the humble 'to do' list to the bucket list and many more...
Susan Calman hosts the series exploring the world of the lists.
With:
Sara Cox
Elis James
Isy Suttie
Gary Delaney
Written by James Kettle and Juliet Meyers with Max Davis
Producer: Jane Berthoud and Adnan Ahmed.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 2015.
FRI 09:30 The Great Pursuit (m001q08m)
2. Blow Ups
"It's the most depraved...obscene novel I've ever read...it'll make millions."
$20m in fact, provided literary agent Frederick Frensic can find someone to pretend to have written the book - the real author is demanding total anonymity.
Can Frensic and Futtle keep Peter Piper pretending to be the author of the steamy bestseller?
Tom Sharpe's anarchic satire of the world of publishing.
Dramatised by Ryan Craig.
Frederick Frensic .... Mark Heap
Peter Piper ..... Adam Godley
Sonia Futtle .... Laurel Lefkow
Hutchmeyer .... John Guerrasio
Baby Hutchmeyer .... Sandra Dickinson
Geoffrey Corkadale .... Nicholas Boulton
Macmordie/Reporter .... Kerry Shale
Marianna Moore .... Alex Tregear
Director: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
FRI 10:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b007jtvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
FRI 11:00 Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine - King Solomon's Carpet (m000wlyg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 11:30 The Price of Silence (m00101qf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 12:00 The Poet and the Echo (m0007l3p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 12:15 Modern Morality Tales (b070j4h2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
FRI 12:30 The Break (m000jw0b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Marriage Lines (b04nqbmh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Charles Dickens (b00rz6m8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Listomania (b0b1xqns)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 14:30 The Great Pursuit (m001q08m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 15:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint (b007jtvy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine - King Solomon's Carpet (m000wlyg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 16:30 The Price of Silence (m00101qf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 17:00 The Poet and the Echo (m0007l3p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 17:15 Modern Morality Tales (b070j4h2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
FRI 17:30 The Break (m000jw0b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Marriage Lines (b04nqbmh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 18:30 Charles Dickens (b00rz6m8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 19:00 Listomania (b0b1xqns)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Great Pursuit (m001q08m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Reel Histories (m001q08s)
Brighton Rock
Sir Richard Attenborough tells Gerry Northam how the real-life gangsters of Brighton helped him to bring Graham Greene's brutal gang leader Pinkie Brown to life on the cinema screen.
But how did the town react to a film depicting the seedier side of life behind the front?
With contributions from:
Fred Gray
Steve Chibnall
Geoffrey Mead
Producer: John Byrne
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.
FRI 20:30 A Good Read (b07378d7)
Dame Evelyn Glennie and Sarah Churchwell
Dame Evelyn Glennie and Professor Sarah Churchwell discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
Internationally renowned percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie's choice is Napoleon Hill's best-selling self-improvement book 'Think and Grow Rich'. First published in 1937, it's a classic of the genre and still has wide appeal to the book-buying public.
Sarah Churchwell is a journalist and academic in American literature. She recommends Henry James' classic 'The Ambassadors'. A darkly comic story about the seductive charms of Europe and learning to 'live all you can'.
Harriett's choice is 'Curious' by the comic actress Rebecca Front - a collection of observations about life's absurdities.
Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.
FRI 21:00 The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry (m0010fb1)
Series 18
The Weirdness of Water Part 1/2
“I don’t really understand why water has so many properties on different scales ranging from very large and cosmic to very small quantum and quarky - Could you help by zooming in and out on water to explain what is known about it? Asks Neil Morton in Stirling. Rutherford and Fry learn about the special hydrogen bonds that makes water such an unusual liquid.
Quantum physicist Professor Patricia Hunt, at the Victoria University in Wellington in New Zealand explains to Hannah the quantum properties of individual water molecules and how they link up with other water molecules in liquid water and solid ice. She describes the hydrogen bonds that give water some of it’s weird and wonderful properties such as why ice floats, why water is able to store huge amounts of heat and why water has such a strong surface tension.
Science writer and author of ‘H2O – a biography of water’ Philip Ball describes how in the 18th century it was discovered that water was not one of the classical elements, but a compound liquid of water and hydrogen and explains to Adam why there are at least 15 different types of ice.
Physicist Dr. Helen Czerski sets the record straight on how ice forms in oceans and lakes and why water is at its densest at 4 degrees Centigrade and not zero.
Presenters: Hannah Fry & Adam Rutherford
Producer: Fiona Roberts
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2021.
FRI 21:30 Murder & Mystery (m0003kx9)
Series 5
Metzengerstein by Edgar Allan Poe
A Plague on both your Houses. Edgar Allan Poe's first published short story (January 1932).
In a writing career that spanned barely two decades (he died in his 41st year) Edgar Allan Poe penned over 70 short stories. These the American incessantly revised over the years and many became standards of the short form (like ‘The Fall Of The House of Usher’ or ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’).
But for our five fictional tales, we burrow down amongst Poe’s lesser-known, and often dark, gems.
Read by Owen Teale.
Abridger: Pete Nichols
Producer: Karen Rose
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions and first broadcast in March 2019.
FRI 21:45 Murder & Mystery (m0003l5g)
Series 5
The Man of the Crowd by Edgar Allan Poe
An unknown man keeps to the shadows.
In a writing career that spanned barely two decades (he died in his 41st year) Edgar Allan Poe penned over 70 short stories. These the American incessantly revised over the years and many became standards of the short form (like ‘The Fall Of The House of Usher’ or ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’).
But for our five fictional tales, we burrow down amongst Poe’s lesser-known, and often dark, gems.
Read by Owen Teale.
Abridger: Pete Nichols
Producer: Karen Rose
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions.
FRI 22:00 Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Austen? (m0016381)
Series 1
Episode 1
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star as respected novelist Florence and movie star Selina, in a sparkling comedy series about two sisters at war, by Veep writer David Quantick.
Florence (Dawn French) and Selina (Jennifer Saunders) are nominated for a writer’s prize and the contest becomes a battle between the two sisters. Florence is invited to the Hay Book Festival as she’s been nominated for the prestigious Bronte shield – but Florence’s joy and delight turn to anger and disappointment when Selina is also nominated, for her kiss and tell autobiography, Kiss And Tell. As every female author in Britain, and Lionel Shriver, drop out in protest, the contest for the award becomes a battle between the two sisters.
Critical reaction when the first episode in this series was originally broadcast in December 2020:
“The leads’ natural chemistry, plus David Quantick’s witty script… make for an enjoyable comedy with series potential” The Observer
“It’s as slick, dark and funny as one would expect – but surely this cannot be a one-off? The ending alone leaves us begging for a series” Radio Times
“French and Saunders sparkle with a magic that is so rarely heard in new radio comedies that I’d almost forgotten it was possible” Daily Telegraph
And now Dawn, Jennifer and David return with the rest of the series…
Cast:
Florence - Dawn French
Selina - Jennifer Saunders
Mrs Ragnarrok – Rebecca Front
Lucy - Lisa McGrillis
All the men - Alistair McGowan
Written by David Quantick
Producer: Liz Anstee
A CPL production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 22:30 Beauty of Britain (b01m19n8)
Series 3
Groomzilla
Beauty faces a tough decision as Ade presses her to accept his marriage proposal. Why do all the good men want to go home? Will Ade remain in Britain for Beauty?
Her elderly client, Miss Carter is also looking to leave Stoke on Trent, to 'go bumming around europe'.
Beauty of Britain is about one woman's progress through a foreign country as she searches for personal fulfillment, a sense of belonging and a pair of Jimmy Choos she can walk to church in.
Beauty works as a carer for the Featherdown Agency, which is based in Stoke. She sees herself as an inspiration to other African girls hoping to live the dream in Britain.
Written by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson
Beauty ...... Jocelyn Jee Esien
Ade ...... Paterson Joseph
Sally ...... Felicity Montagu
Karen, QVC Host ...... Nicola Sanderson
Michelle, Lisa, Waitress ...... Rosie Cavaliero
Miss Carter ...... Anne Reid
Various ...... Christopher Douglas
Producer : Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.
FRI 23:00 2000 Years of Radio (b007jndx)
Series 1
Roman Britain Radio
It’s 55AD and ancient Britain tries to come to terms with the Roman invasion.
DJ Steve-in-the-Afternoon fights the invaders' plans to make changes to the nation's favourite radio station - Iceni Gold.
Six-part series that taps into the radio archive of a bygone age.
Written and performed by:
Marcus Brigstocke
Claire Downes
Stuart Lane
Al Holloway
Danny Robbins
Dan Tetsell
Producers: Paul Dodgson & Sean Grundy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2000.
FRI 23:15 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b00slshn)
Series 2
Normal Reality
Cartoonist Steven Appleby is only mildly surprised to be identified as the Earth's supreme being by alien civilisations throughout the universe.
But where does reality end and fantasy begin?
Paul McCrink stars as Steven Appleby with what he laughably describes as "insights into normal, everyday life".
With:
Rosalind Paul
Ewan Bailey
Nigel Betts
Rachel Atkins
Written by Steven Appleby
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003
FRI 23:30 Listen Against (b00tmt97)
Series 3
Episode 1
A week of radio and TV that never happened in the show that works its way through it all, like a critical tapeworm going through a giant media dog.
* Jeremy Paxman finally breaks and goes rogue
* Today gets remade as a US sitcom
* Listeners thoughts on the Food Programme giving recipes for cooking a Flump and spit roasting a Clanger
Presenters:
Alice Arnold
Jon Holmes
With special guests Jenni Murray, Richard Bacon and John Humphrys.
Featuring: James Bachman, Stephen Critchlow, Sarah Hadland and David Schnieder.
Written by Jon Holmes, Matthew Charlton, Sam Bryant, Lyndsay Fenner, James Kettle, Joel Morris, Jason Hazely and Gareth Gwynn.
Producer: Sam Bryant
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.