SATURDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2023

SAT 00:00 Body Horror (m001qf2r)
Episode 1
The transplant industry is in full swing, but can a new body ever fulfil the life-changing expectations of lowly mortician Caroline McAleese?
Lucy Catherine's three-part dystopian thriller is set in London in 2050.
Caroline ..... Jill Halfpenny
Gloria ..... Shelley Conn
Rowan ..... Adam Courting
Anastasia ..... Samantha Dakin
Tom ..... Ian Conningham
Waiter ..... Greg Jones
Bar Guy ..... Ikky Elyas
Virtual James ..... Will Kirk
Government Computer ..... Neil McCaul
Work Computer ..... Sinead MacInnes
Lift Voice ..... Lucy Reynolds
Director: Toby Swift
Developed through the Wellcome Trust Experimental stories scheme
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2020.
SAT 00:45 Get Carter: The Bloody Chamber (b0bkqt8g)
The Bloody Chamber
The first of five stories to gobble you up from Angela Carter's iconic collection of fairy stories.
Angela begins by re-telling of the story of Bluebeard.
A young pianist marries a wealthy aristocrat, a Marquis, much older than herself and with three previous wives, all mysteriously deceased.
Finding herself alone in the empty castle, with nothing to do but play the piano, she cannot resist entering the one room the Marquis has forbidden to her.
At the time of writing The Bloody Chamber in the late 1970s, Carter was disaffected by both sides of the feminist debate. She re-worked traditional fairy tales from her own unique, literary outsider’s point of view, putting women at the centre of the stories.
With their feisty heroines and rgiastic mash-up of beasts, shape-shifters and ghouls, her extraordinary tales are the most perfect example of her style, not just for her incomparable prose, but also in the dizzying twists and turns of perception, fantasy and myth.
Controversially influenced by De Sade, she embraced the erotic, explored our deepest and darkest urges, and subverted the roles of hunter and prey, master and mistress so that, instead of male sexuality, it is the female that becomes transgressive and powerful.
Dramatised by Olivia Hetreed.
Anne ....... Sophie Cookson
The Marquis ....... Jasper Britton
Mother ....... Rakie Ayola
Jean Yves ....... Nigel Pilkiington
Sound Design: Lucinda Mason Brown
Director: Fiona McAlpine
An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2018.
SAT 01:00 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy (b007k1sh)
5. Everyone's Been Burned
Marianne has been shot. Hindle is going to put Jack down forever - but nothing is as it seems.
Starring James Aubrey and Gerald Harper.
Conclusion of Andrew Rissik's thriller - written in the style of the Bond movies.
Billy Hindle .... James Aubrey
Sir Richard Snark .... Gerald Harper
Tara Lightborn .... Joanna Lumley
Jack Lightborn .... Charles Gray
Maurice Browning .... Robert Eddison
Marianne .... Lisa Rowe-Beddoe
Jill Vardy .... Jane Whittenshaw
Interrogator .... Brian Miller
Defector .... David Bannerman
Code Room girl .... Elizabeth Mansfield
Director Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1990.
SAT 01:45 Short Works (m000d7k4)
A Proper Couple by Naomi Ishiguro
A young woman meets her girlfriend's parents for the first time.
Naomi Ishiguro's specially commissioned work about love, masochism and cake.
Read by Olivia Ross.
Naomi's debut short story collection "Escape Routes" was released in 2020. Described as "delightfully fresh and contemporary", her magical and sometimes disquieting stories originated during her time working as a bookseller at Mr B’s Emporium in Bath.
She is a graduate of the Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia.
Producer: Ciaran Bermingham.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2020.
SAT 02:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sfbgj)
4. The Mark of Satan
D'Artagnan gets involved with both Milady and her maid.
But this is a dangerous game...
Alexandre Dumas's immortal swashbuckling epic.
Starring Jamie Glover, Robert Glenister and Timothy Spall.
Star-studded dramatisation by James Saunders.
D'Artagnan .... Jamie Glover
Athos .... Robert Glenister
Porthos .... Timothy Spall
Aramis .... Anton Lesser
Bonacieux .... Norman Bird
De TretMe ..... Malcolm Ward
Miladv de Winter .... Imelda Staunton
With:
Julian Glover
Rachel Atkins
Dominic Letts
Tom Bevan
John Rowe
Director: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1994.
SAT 02:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m00113jn)
1. Felix Bontemps Must Die
It’s the late ‘60s. A French student on-the-run in England has to take drastic measures.
Starring David Valla.
A thriller serial for radio in six parts by Peter Ling.
Nico Gachet …. David Valla
Karen Engstrom …. Patricia Gallimore
Mrs Benson …. Hilda Kriseman
Neil Benson …. Derek Seaton
Andrew Plessey …. Geoffrey Wincott
Miss Hathaway …. Hilda Schroder
Garage Mechanic …. Roger Gale
Producer: Ronald Mason
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in August 1969.
SAT 03:00 Casanova in London (b007jwld)
5. Hornpipe Memories
It's the 1760's - the womanizer loses his cool - and dances the hornpipe as never before.
Giacomo Casanova in his own words.
Taken from his book 'History of My Life'.
Adapted by Penny Leicester.
Concluded by Jack Klaff.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2002.
SAT 03:15 Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (b08h0c9f)
5. Seaside
Agnes's father is seriously ill so she returns home with a heavy heart.
Conclusion of Anne Bronte's compelling debut novel starring Ellie Kendrick.
Adapted by Rachel Joyce
Agnes Grey ...... Ellie Kendrick
Mrs Grey ...... Juliet Aubrey
Edward Weston ...... George Watkins
Rosalie ...... Keziah Joseph
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.
SAT 03:30 The Break (m000k908)
Series 3
3. The Haunting of Jeffrey Whittaker
Jeff is having one of his occasional dark afternoons of the soul.
Andy decides he needs a project. As luck would have it, the local pub landlord Phil Loynes needs a gimmick to boost his flagging sales.
Jeff wonders if a ghost would help: “Every pub needs a ghost” and he tells the story of the mysterious Grey Lady of Sharpwater Green. Even though the story is completely invented by Jeff, he and Andy go out of their way to make it real, with the help of veteran ghost-faker Fish Shop Frank Bridgwater.
While our heroes are grappling with forces they do not comprehend, their friend Joyce is struggling with a creature she cannot control - a large dog called Goliath.
Will the Flamford False Phantom Fakers fall victim to the most inexorable power of all - social media?
Jeff ...... Philip Jackson
Joyce ...... Alison Steadman
Frank Bridgewater ...... Mark Benton
Dr Singh ...... Shobna Gulati
Phil Loynes ...... Rasmus Hardiker
Andy ...... James Northcote
Created and Written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie
Director: Gordon Kennedy
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020.
SAT 04:00 Marriage Lines (b04phhxq)
Series 1
There's No Place Like a New Place
George and Kate get itchy feet when their neighbours hint at moving.
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
Nora ...... Heather Chasen
Peter ...... Geoffrey Matthews
George’s Father ...... Geoffrey Sumner
Kate’s Mother ...... Joan Sanderson
Mr Cartwright ...... Wallas Eaton
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1965.
SAT 04:30 Charles Dickens (b00s5lbl)
Sketches by Boz - Series 2
Sentiment
The arrival of an MP's daughter at Miss Crumpton's finishing school seems a cause for celebration until a romantic attachment comes to light.
Gloriously comic stories of London Life by Charles Dickens.
Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.
Boz ...... Nicholas Farrell
Maria Cumpton ...... Patience Tomlinson Maria Cumpton
Amelia Cumpton ...... Jane Booker
Cornelius Brook Dingwall Esq MP ...... Gerard Murphy
Lavinia ...... Tilly Gaunt
Footman ...... Harry Myers
Theodosius Butler ...... Michael Mueller
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1999.
SAT 05:00 Whispers (b00b0hml)
Series 1
Episode 2
Discover the truth about how Bram Stoker broke Oscar Wilde's heart.
Gyles Brandreth hosts the scandals quiz show that puts naughty before nice, dishing the dirt on the bad boys and girls in history.
Regular team captains Anthony Holden and Stella Duffy are joined by:
Lynne Truss
Rowan Pelling
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.
SAT 05:30 The Great Pursuit (m001qf22)
4. The Truth
Can literary agent Frederick Frensic find the author of the steamy bestseller before it’s too late?
It all seemed so easy: a little mild deception to land a $20,000,000 publishing contract.
Riots, arson, death and destruction weren't supposed to be part of the deal.
Frederick is out of his depth
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
Cynthia Bogden …. Susan Jameson
Dr Loathe …. Susan Engel
Geoffrey Corkadale …. Nicholas Boulton
Bank Teller/Girl …. Bank Teller/Girl
Director: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
SAT 06:00 Wally K Daly Trilogy (b007jtv8)
The Bigger They Are
A Mafia plot to defraud the Bank of England is foiled by the amazing escapades of two city gents, a group of prisoners and a Prison Governor.
Anything might happen and does...
Starring Peter Jones, Charles Hawtrey and Donald Hewlett.
The last of Wally K Daly's trilogy of criminal gang capers produced in the style of old British comedy films.
Charles …. Peter Jones
George …. Lockwood West
Prison Governor …. Donald Hewlett
Fingers …. Charles Hawtrey
Bullet Head …. John Hollis
Warder Plunkett …. John Rye
Coloni …. Gordon Reid
Perkins …. Adrian Egan
Tommy …. John Bull
Billy …. David Timson
Wilkes …. Christopher Douglas
Basil …. Ronald Herdman
Nigel …. David Sinclair
Hoo Fung …. Garard Green
Angelino …. Roger Hammond
Mrs Sopworth …. Gwen Cherrell
Doreen/Gina …. Mia Soteriou
Three Thugs …. David Learner, Trevor Nichols and Jamie Roberts
Audio provided by the author.
Director: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1985.
SAT 07:30 The Corner Shop: Shopkeepers, the Sharmas and Modern Britain (Omnibus) (m00054w7)
A personal and insightful look at modern Britain through the prism of the corner shop.
From the general stores of the first half of the 20th century to the reinvigorated corner shops run by immigrants from India, East Africa and Eastern Europe, their influence has shaped the way we shop, the way we eat, and the way we understand ourselves.
Babita Sharma grew up as a ‘corner-shop kid’; gaining a unique insight into a very British institution from behind the counter.
She is a journalist and presenter on BBC World News.
Read by the author.
Omnibus abridged in five parts by Rosemary Goring.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2019.
SAT 08:45 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007jqzh)
Series 1
1. We've Only Just Started
Carter Brandon drives his Uncle Mort down south, but trouble looms at a pub stop.
Peter Tinniswood’s continuing tales of long-suffering Carter Brandon and his curmudgeonly uncle.
Uncle Mort and his Yorkshire based family first appeared in Tinniswood’s novel ‘A Touch Of Daniel’ which earned them a run of ‘I Didn't Know You Cared’ on BBC TV in four series from 1975 to 1979.
Uncle Mort …. Stephen Thorne
Carter Brandon …. Sam Kelly
Elderly Man …. Christopher Good
Narrator …. Christian Rodska
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1990.
SAT 09:00 Not in Front of the Children (b05t6kr1)
Series 1
An Older Man's Fancy
Following Henry's behaviour at a party, Jennifer decides to try and be 'with it'.
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
Amanda …. Jill Riddick
Peter Harrison …. Richard Waring
Vanessa …. Carole Lorimer
Sheila …. Rosalind Adams
Dr Steele …. Ross Hutchinson
Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst
Producer: Trafford Whitelock
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1969.
SAT 09:30 Something to Shout About (b07rh90y)
Series 3
Episode 9
Can the advertising team create a status building campaign... for toe ointment?
"A light-hearted exposé of the advertising world!".
Set in a London ad agency called 'Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, Blythe, Giddy & Partners'.
Written by Myles Rudge and Ronnie Wolfe.
Michael Lightfoot …. Michael Medwin
Janet Harris …. Fenella Fielding
Maggie Tufnell …. Eleanor Summerfield
Mavis Willis …Joan Sims
Adrian Beales …. Nicholas Phipps
Mr Blythe/Various …. Warren Mitchell
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1961.
SAT 10:00 Down by the River (m0011cnd)
2. Downstream
Writer Laura Barton continues her exploration of the rivers of Britain to discover how they've shaped our stories and lives.
Flowing through the BBC Radio archives, with brand new interviews, Laura follows these rivers closely to hear the tales they have to share.
Featuring:
* Sir John Betjeman
* Cigarette on the Waveney - BBC Radio 4 (2005)
Writer and conservationist Roger Deakin paddles his canoe, Cigarette, from the source of the River Waveney at Redgrave Fen in Suffolk to Geldeston Locks in Norfolk,
Along the way, he reflects on the changing mood of the river, its rich history and wildlife.
Producer: Luke Doran
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in June 2020.
SAT 11:00 Wally K Daly Trilogy (b007jtv8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 12:30 The Corner Shop: Shopkeepers, the Sharmas and Modern Britain (Omnibus) (m00054w7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 13:45 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007jqzh)
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SAT 14:00 Not in Front of the Children (b05t6kr1)
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SAT 14:30 Something to Shout About (b07rh90y)
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SAT 15:00 Down by the River (m0011cnd)
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SAT 16:00 Body Horror (m001qf2r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]
SAT 16:45 Get Carter: The Bloody Chamber (b0bkqt8g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:45 today]
SAT 17:00 Wally K Daly Trilogy (b007jtv8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 18:30 The Corner Shop: Shopkeepers, the Sharmas and Modern Britain (Omnibus) (m00054w7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 19:45 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007jqzh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 20:00 Not in Front of the Children (b05t6kr1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 20:30 Something to Shout About (b07rh90y)
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SAT 21:00 Down by the River (m0011cnd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 22:00 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b311z)
Series 2
Steve Brown
From Star Trekkin’ to Monty Python.
Musical comedian Mitch Benn presents his selection of some of the finest comic songs by other performers.
With guest Steve Brown.
Producer: Ed Morrish
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in October 2006.
SAT 22:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b04lss87)
Series 4
Episode 2
John Finnemore, the writer and star of Cabin Pressure stars in his own hit sketch show.
Including a sketch that you'll never really own; the rudest of awakenings for one particular pet; and a look at the positive side of stereotyping.
John's second series won Best Radio Comedy at both the Chortle and Comedy.co.uk awards, and was nominated for a Radio Academy award. The third series won a Radio Academy award.
And here are some more sketches! (but not so much like them that they feel stale and repetitious and not so different that this feels like a misguided attempt to completely change the show) and it's a pretty safe bet some of them will involve talking animals.
Written by and starring John Finnemore.
With:
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Lawry Lewin
Simon Kane
Carrie Quinlan
Original music by Susannah Pearse
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2014.
SAT 23:00 Ross Noble Goes Global (b01dbgvs)
Series 2
Milan
Ross discovers graffiti, beggars and lycra-clad couriers in the Italian style capital of Europe.
A series of travelogues from globe-trotting comedian Ross Noble.
Producer: Danny Wallace
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2003.
SAT 23:30 Seekers (b05wyrqg)
Series 2
So What Did I Miss?
Stuart is back from America, and there's been big changes at the Essex job centre while he's been away.
Return of the job seeking sitcom written by Steve Burge.

Starring Mathew Horne, Daniel Mays, Tony Way and Zahra Ahmadi.
Stuart ------ Mathew Horne
Joseph ------ Daniel Mays
Terry ----- Tony Way
Nicola ------ Zahra Ahmadi
Vanessa ----- Natalie Walter
Gary Probert ----- Steve Oram
Ralph ------ Ian Conningham
Mr Thompson ------ Sam Dale
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2015.

SUNDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2023

SUN 00:00 The Man in Black (b00nlyg9)
Series 2
1. Phish Phood by Kim Newman
A silver-surfer takes on spammers – but the cyber-sharks are circling.
Kim Newman's tale is introduced by Mark Gatiss as sinister raconteur, The Man in Black.
Jim …. John Rowe
Gina …. Melissa Advani
Internet Voices …. Nyasha Hatendi / Liz Sutherland
Horrifying series of tales from The Man in Black. You might meet him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk at an employment agency or he might approach you in the corridor of a care home.
Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on his stories. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you.
The Man In Black first appeared in the 1940s as the chilling voice who introduced a series of terrifying radio dramas.
He returned on Radio 4 in the 1970s and then again in the late 80s/early 90s.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2009.
SUN 00:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pbtv8)
1. Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson
A thief's eerie encounter with a stranger in a shop forces him to reassess his life.
Written by master storyteller, Robert Louis Stevenson, First published in 1885 in Unwin’s Christmas Annual.
Read by Hugh Bonneville.
Series of darkly disturbing stories demonstrating the weird and wonderful traditions that lie at the heart of Gothic fiction.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in December 2009.
SUN 01:00 Wally K Daly Trilogy (b007jtv8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 The Corner Shop: Shopkeepers, the Sharmas and Modern Britain (Omnibus) (m00054w7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:45 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007jqzh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Not in Front of the Children (b05t6kr1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:30 Something to Shout About (b07rh90y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 Down by the River (m0011cnd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Poetry Extra (m001cg4x)
The Echo Chamber - The Waste Remains
Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and chooses The Echo Chamber – The Waste Remains – a seasonal collection of poems.
Paul Farley introduces poems on the old theme of autumnal rot and mulch.
Poems from Alice Oswald, Steve Ely, Maurice Riordan, Frances Leviston and a first British listening in on the American poet Robert Wrigley: a master observer of roadkill.
Producer: Tim Dee.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
SUN 06:30 Casanova in London (Omnibus) (m001qlhf)
It's the 1760s - an infamous Italian is seeking business - and women.
Giacomo Casanova in his own words.
Taken from the book 'History of My Life' by Giacomo Casanova.
Omnibus of five parts adapted by Penny Leicester.
Read by Jack Klaff.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2002.
SUN 07:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001qlhk)
Minnie Driver
Actress Minnie Driver - Nancy Wilson's ’Save Your Love For Me’ and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Have You Ever Seen The Rain?’
SUN 07:50 Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (Omnibus) (b08hr6sn)
Game of Thrones star Ellie Kendrick stars in an adaptation of Anne Bronte's debut novel.
This is the story of Agnes, aged 19 and determined to take care of herself and help the family finances.
But what can a young girl with no money, no connections and no prospects do?
How does a young woman find her way in the world..? She has to become a governess.
So begins Agnes’s journey of self-discovery and a search for love...
Omnibus of five episodes dramatised by Rachel Joyce.
Agnes Grey ..... Ellie Kendrick
Mrs Grey ..... Juliet Aubrey
Mr Grey ..... John Bowler
Mrs Bloomfield ..... Catriona McFarlane
Mr Bloomfield ..... David Sterne
Tom ..... Felix Lailey
Mary Ann ..... Amy Jayne Leigh
Edward Weston ..... George Watkins
Mr Hatfield ..... Luke MacGregor
Rosalie ..... Keziah Joseph
Matilda ..... Natasha Cowley
Mrs Murray ..... Karen Bartke
Nancy ..... Alison Belbin
Director: Tracey Neale.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.
SUN 09:00 A Life of Bliss (m001qlhq)
From 11/06/1957
David has to field awkward questions – just when is he going to marry his fiance, Penny?
Starring George Cole.
Godfrey Harrison's sitcom about bashful, bumbling bachelor, David Alexander Bliss.
David Bliss …. George Cole
Anne Fellows …. Diana Churchill
Tony Fellows ….Colin Gordon
Penny Gaye …. Petula Clark
Psyche the Dog …. Percy Edwards
Mrs Gaye .... Nan Kenway
Mrs Foley .... Virginia Winter
Eric Foley .... John Horsley
Lisette, the Maid .... Sally March
Six series of 118 episodes of A Life of Bliss ran on the BBC Home Service from 1953. It moved to BBC TV for a run of six episodes in 1969.
Sadly very few episodes survive in the BBC archive, including the first seven starring David Tomlinson.
TThe BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenhoulet.
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in June 1957.
SUN 09:30 Home to Roost (m0004ljl)
Series 1
Finding a Little Job
Author or lollipop man? William ponders how to fill his time.
Starring Molly Sugden and Deryck Guyler.
Sitcom written by Anne Jones.
After 40 years working in the same office, William Wheeler has just retired and battles to adapt to his new life of leisure.
His wife Olive, on the other hand, is trying to cope with him her feet all day, for the first time in their marriage.
William Wheeler …. Deryck Guyler
Olive Wheeler …. Molly Sugden
Jack Bailey …. Norman Rossington
Neville …. John Baddeley
Angela …. Ysanne Churchman
Producers: Richard Maddock and Peter Titheradge.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1974.
SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0010pfr)
British Music Makers
Thom Yorke
Radiohead's frontman, Thom Yorke, shares his castaway choices with Lauren Laverne.
Thom has been the lead singer of Radiohead, one of Britain’s most successful British bands, for over numerosu decades. They've sold over 30 million albums worldwide, and have won three Grammys and four Ivor Novello awards. Their debut studio album, Pablo Honey, was released in 1993, with their debut single, Creep, becoming a big international success.
Thom decided on his career at the age of seven, when he lay on the floor between large speakers at a friend’s house and listened to Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. He made his own electric guitar when he was 10, and wrote his first song at 11. At his secondary school he joined up with fellow pupils and they formed a band called On a Friday, as that was the only day they were allowed to rehearse. They all went their separate ways as university students, but then signed to Parlophone in 1991 and renamed themselves Radiohead.
Thom has collaborated with artists including PJ Harvey and Björk and has composed for film and theatre. His first feature film soundtrack, Suspiria, was released in 2018. His first classical piece, Don’t Fear the Light, was premiered in Paris in 2019, and he toured with his solo album Anima.
He is an activist on behalf of human rights, animal rights, environmental and anti-war causes.
DISC ONE: Maurice Ravel’s Ma mère l'oye, M.60: 5. Le jardin féerique - Marielle Labèque and Katia Labèque
DISC TWO: It's Raining Today - Scott Walker
DISC THREE: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) - Talking Heads
DISC FOUR: Freeman Hard And Willis Acid - Squarepusher & AFX
DISC FIVE: After The Gold Rush - Neil Young
DISC SIX: Talk About the Passion - R.E.M.
DISC SEVEN: Blue Horizon - Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
DISC EIGHT: Lilac Wine - Nina Simone
BOOK CHOICE: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
LUXURY CHOICE: Solar-powered recording studio
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) - Talking Heads
Producer: Cathy Drysdale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2019.
SUN 10:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mj16h)
Series 1
Tracks
Following the tracks left by animals is a great craft owned by many aboriginal people.
Doing the same with fossilised tracks is much the same skill, but with a whole new set of extraordinary revelations.
Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world.
Producer: Julian Hector
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.
SUN 11:00 Poetry Extra (m001cg4x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 11:30 Casanova in London (Omnibus) (m001qlhf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
SUN 12:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001qlhk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]
SUN 12:50 Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (Omnibus) (b08hr6sn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]
SUN 14:00 A Life of Bliss (m001qlhq)
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SUN 14:30 Home to Roost (m0004ljl)
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SUN 15:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0010pfr)
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SUN 15:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mj16h)
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SUN 16:00 The Man in Black (b00nlyg9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:00 today]
SUN 16:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pbtv8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:30 today]
SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m001cg4x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 17:30 Casanova in London (Omnibus) (m001qlhf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
SUN 18:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001qlhk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 today]
SUN 18:50 Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (Omnibus) (b08hr6sn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 today]
SUN 20:00 A Life of Bliss (m001qlhq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SUN 20:30 Home to Roost (m0004ljl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0010pfr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mj16h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SUN 22:00 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (b0076fd6)
Series 3
Time for a Break
Fancying a summer holiday, Mel and Vicki opt for a house swap with another double act.
Starring Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine.
With:
Martin Hyder
Lewis MacLeod
Jim North
Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell with the cast.
Script edited by Graeme Garden.
Music by Richie Webb.
Producer: Chris Neill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2003.
SUN 22:30 Chain Reaction (b03phrws)
Series 9
Grant Morrison talks to Neil Innes
The comic book legend and the writer, performer and musician in the talk tag show where the guest becomes the next interviewer.
Grant Morrison MBE chats to his musical comedy hero, Neil Innes
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 January 2014.
SUN 23:00 Spats (b007tcbk)
Series 1
The Present versus Ye Past
Sketch show by and with comedian Luke Roberts who tries to solve the big arguments using light entertainment.
This week The Present Vs Ye Past.
With Stephen Critchlow, Nadia Kamil and Clare Wille.
Produced by Ed Morrish for BBC 7
First broadcast in August 2007
SUN 23:15 The Hauntening (m000ntc5)
Series 3
Pedalling
Travel through the bad gateway in this modern ghost story as writer and performer Tom Neenan discovers what horrors lurk in our apps and gadgets.
In this episode, tech blogger Tom has to stay ahead of the pack - in every sense.
Modern technology is terrifying. The average smartphone carries out three-point-three-six billion instructions per second. The average person can only carry out one instruction in that time. Stop and think about that for a second. Sorry, that’s two instructions - you won’t be able to do that.
But what if modern technology was literally terrifying?
What if there really was a ghost in the machine?
Written by Tom Neenan.
Tom …. Tom Neenan
Heidi …. Jenny Bede
DI Gerry …. Nicholas Woodeson
DC Freck …. Ethan Lawrence
Olivia …. Freya Parker
‘Rency …. Naz Osmanoglu
Director: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2020.
SUN 23:30 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b045fzcm)
Series 3
Penny Pinching and Austerity
Stephen K Amos sets out to compile an idiot's guide to penny pinching and austerity.
With assistance from some of the comedy circuit's best stand-ups:
Suzi Ruffell
Tom Rhodes
Andy Zaltzman
Additional material by Stephen Grant and Hugh Sington.
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.

MONDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2023

MON 00:00 Poetry Extra (m001cg4x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Casanova in London (Omnibus) (m001qlhf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks (m001qlhk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:40 on Sunday]
MON 01:50 Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (Omnibus) (b08hr6sn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:50 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 A Life of Bliss (m001qlhq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Home to Roost (m0004ljl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0010pfr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mj16h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 George Sand - Indiana (m001qlfw)
1. Attraction
Indiana is a young French Creole woman.
After being pushed by her father into a loveless marriage with an older man, she falls for handsome frivolous Raymon
Novel written by George Sand, first published in 1832, .
Starring Helen Longsworth and Paul Rhys.
Narrated by Kate Buffery.
Dramatised in two parts by Winsome Pinnock
Indiana .... Helen Longworth
Raymon .... Paul Rhys
Colonel Delmare .... Philip Voss
Noun .... Ndidi Del Fatti
Ralph .... Paul Panting
Mme de Ramiere .... Richenda Carey
Mme Carvajal .... Elizabeth Bell
Lilievre .... Philip Fox
George Sand was the pseudonym used by author Amantine Aurore Dupin.
Director Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.
MON 06:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sfzfl)
5. Treachery at La Rochelle
Can D'Artagnan escape death and the inseparable friends outwit the enemy?
Alexandre Dumas's immortal swashbuckling epic.
Starring Jamie Glover, Robert Glenister and Timothy Spall.
Star-studded dramatisation by James Saunders.
D'Artagnan .... Jamie Glover
Athos .... Robert Glenister
Porthos .... Timothy Spall
Aramis .... Anton Lesser
Cardinal Richelieu .... Jullan Glover
Milady De Winter .... Imelda Staunton
Plancliet .... Dominic Letts
Grimaud .... Tom Bevan
De Treville .... Malcolm Ward
DesEssarts .... David Jarvis
Lord De Winter .... Gareth Armstrong
Felton .... Lyndam Gregory
The King ....Nicholas Boulton
With:
Nicholas Murchie
Peter Kenny
John Rowe
Director Martin Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1994.
MON 06:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m00113dy)
2. Wanted by the Police
Hoping to make amends for his crime, French student Nico plans a dangerous liaison in London.
Starring David Valla.
Peter Ling's thriller serial set in '60s Swinging London.
Nico Gachet …. David Valla
Karen Engstrom …. Patricia Gallimore
Mrs Benson …. Hilda Kriseman
Neil Benson …. Derek Seaton
Andrew Plessey …. Geoffrey Wincott
Vince McAfferty …. Kerry Francis
Miss Hathaway …. Hilda Schroder
Coffee House Boss …. John Gabriel
Landlady …. Diana Payan
Producer: Ronald Mason
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in August 1969.
MON 07:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005t22)
1. The Adventure Begins
Molly’s lived on the streets of Nottingham since she was a teenager.
Drawn to an intense young man at a party, she agrees to travel across Britain with him.
While he’s in search of buried treasure, Molly has her own reasons for getting out of town for a while - but along the way she’ll discover that it’s not always possible to run from your past.
Novel written by Mahsuda Snaith.
Read by Anjli Mohindra
Abridged in five parts by Siân Preece
Producer Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in June 2019.
MON 07:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mcmx3)
1. The Financial Scandal
A young woman in a nineteenth-century Cheshire town, having been snubbed and discarded in marriage, does something truly radical. When the family bank is in danger of a run, she pledges her whole private fortune to save it. But instead of merely underwriting it, in return she insists on running the bank herself, as a single woman, in defiance of all convention.
Sometimes called 'the feminist Trollope', Margaret Oliphant is an unjustly-neglected British writer of the nineteenth century, famed for her perceptive, ironic psychology, and her strong female characters.
Margaret Oliphant ..... Penelope Wilton
William ..... Adam Nagaitis
Lady Ellen Vernon ..... Jasmine Hyde
Mr Rule ..... Philip Jackson
Hester Vernon ..... Lyndsey Marshal
Harry Sellon ..... Ben Crowe
Written by Margaret Oliphant
Dramatised by Kate Clanchy and Zena Forster
Harp played by Ruth Faber
Directed by Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.
MON 07:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b09d431q)
Series 2
Britain's Place in the World
The Godfather of Alternative Comedy delivers a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy from behind the counter of his Imaginary Sandwich Bar.
Alexei considers Britain's place in the world and discusses his return to stand-up comedy after a 17 year hiatus.
Along the way he reveals where all of the Millets shops have gone, discloses the key to reworking old material for a modern audience and offers a compelling argument for Britain losing a war - and soon.
Written and performed by Alexei Sayle.
Original music and lyrics by Tim Sutton.
Producer: Joe Nunnery
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2017.
MON 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b00cmz01)
Series 1
Episode 12
The serialised War Memoirs of Kenneth Williams - and: rev up with bona racing drivers, Ben and Hur!
Starring:
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Joan Sims
Announcer: Douglas Smith.
After the unexpected death of Kenneth Horne in 1969, plans for the next series of Round The Horne were axed. Instead - using an old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title - Kenneth joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition and was also reunited with his "Carry On" film co-star Joan Sims.
Written by Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Myles Rudge
With the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1969.
MON 08:30 Semi Circles (b091wl0y)
Series 1
A Desirable Residence
Helen and Ben disagree over restoring their home to its original character.
The improving story of life and improving times in an improving neighbourhood.
Starring Paula Wilcox and David Wood.
First of two sitcom series written by Simon Brett
Helen ...... Paula Wilcox
Ben ...... David Wood
Mrs Kelly ...... Pat Heywood
Alastair ...... Bruce Alexander
Mr Juke ...... Arthur English
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1982
MON 09:00 It's Your Round (b018g279)
Series 2
Episode 1
This is the series where panellists bring their own round for the others to play.
Hosted by Angus Deayton:
Trying to beat each other at their own games:
Miles Jupp
Fred MacAulay
Josie Long
Nick Helm
Featured rounds:
Miles Jupp's 'Test Match Specialists', a quiz using the rules and regulations of the 'world's finest sport' (Miles' words)
Fred MacAulay's 'Play Your Various Different Categories Right', like 'Play Your Cards Right', but with other variables such as Scottish landmarks, household accident statistics, Radio 4 presenter's heights and, er, the song 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' by Band Aid.
Josie Long's 'Dream Day Job' in which panellists have to guess an audience member's dream day job by asking yes/no questions.
Nick Helm's 'Cream Crackered' in which panellists have to eat as many cream crackers as they can in a minute...commentated on by Test Match Special's very own, Henry Blofeld.
Producer: Sam Michell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011.
MON 09:30 Alison and Maud (b007k3yc)
Series 2
Free-Range Angels
Alison and Maud make merry with a Thai takeaway.
Starring Denise Coffey and Miriam Margolyes.
Sue Limb's Bed and Breakfast sitcom about sisters Alison and Maud and their guests at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich.
Alison ...... Denise Coffey
Maud ...... Miriam Margolyes
Mr Mullet ...... Chris Emmett
Father ...... Joss Ackland
Bernard ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Leslie ...... .Nicholas Grace
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004.
MON 10:00 George Sand - Indiana (m001qlfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
MON 11:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sfzfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 11:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m00113dy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 12:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005t22)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 12:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mcmx3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
MON 12:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b09d431q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 13:00 Stop Messing About! (b00cmz01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 13:30 Semi Circles (b091wl0y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 14:00 It's Your Round (b018g279)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 14:30 Alison and Maud (b007k3yc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 15:00 George Sand - Indiana (m001qlfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
MON 16:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sfzfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 16:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m00113dy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 17:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005t22)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 17:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mcmx3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
MON 17:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b09d431q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 18:00 Stop Messing About! (b00cmz01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 18:30 Semi Circles (b091wl0y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 19:00 It's Your Round (b018g279)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 19:30 Alison and Maud (b007k3yc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 20:00 Radiolab (m0017570)
Series 9
Mixtape 3 - Cassetternet
Radiolab is a Peabody-award-winning show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and the human experience.
Radiolab Mixtape, a special 4 part series featuring the impact of the cassette tape
Radiolab Mixtape 3 Cassetternet: exploring how the cassette tape helped to create the internet.
In 1983, Simon Goodwin had a strange thought. Would it be possible to broadcast computer software over the radio? If so, could listeners record it off the air and onto a cassette tape? This experiment and dozens of others in the early 80s created a series of cassette fueled, analog internets. They copied and moved information like never before, upended power structures and created a poisonous social network that brought down a regime.
Radiolab examines how these early internet came about, and how the societal and cultural impacts of these analog information networks can still be felt today.
Radiolab Mixtape is reported, produced, scored and sound designed by Simon Adler.
From WNYC. First broadcast on public radio in the USA in 2021.
MON 20:55 Inheritance Tracks (m000sspc)
Jools Holland
Musician and presenter Jools Holland chooses Up Above My Head by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Love Made Them Do It by Ruby Turner.
MON 21:00 Mastertapes (b06vk8yc)
Series 5
Donovan (the A Side)
Donovan talks about his psychedelic revolution inspiring 1966 album, 'Sunshine Superman'.
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.
A-side: Donovan's 'Sunshine Superman'
‘Sunshine Superman’, according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame “ignited the psychedelic revolution virtually single-handedly” when it was released in the summer of 1966.
‘Sunshine Superman’ is Donovan’s breakthrough third album and a radical departure from his previous work. Born in Glasgow, Donovan Phillips Leitch grew up listening to his father reading him poetry and his family singing Scots Irish folk music. He began playing guitar when he was 14 and was 18 when he had his first hit, ‘Catch the Wind’. A year later he began work on the album that first introduced meditation, Celtic mythology and Flower Power to the world.
Creating a unique fusion of classical, jazz, folk, pop, Celtic, Latin and Indian music, the album veered from the LA-influenced ‘The Trip’ and ‘The Fat Angel’ (written for Mama Cass) to the medieval tinged ‘Guinevere’ and ‘Legend of a Girl Child Linda’ (written for Brian Jones’ ex-girlfriend Linda Lawrence who became Donovan’s life-long muse and wife). Linda is also the Sunshine Super-Girl of the song ‘Sunshine Superman’ which topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic and featured a young Jimmy Page on lead guitar.

In the B-side of the programme, it's the turn of the audience to ask the questions.
Producer: Clare Walker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.
MON 21:30 Book at Bedtime (b09tcvp6)
The Long Drop by Denise Mina
1. Gangland Glasgow
'The Long Drop' is Denise Mina's first foray into true crime. The award-winning author reimagines the trial of Scotland's first serial killer, Peter Manuel, in a dark and compelling exploration of truth and storytelling.
Glasgow, 1957. Businessman William Watt wants answers about his family's murder. Small time crook Peter Manuel claims to have them. But you don't get something for nothing. Over the course of a bizarre night these unlikely drinking partners will swap stories and attempt to cut a deal with the goal of emerging from scandal with reputations, and profits, intact.
Read by Liam Brennan
Abridged by Siân Preece
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.
MON 21:45 Denise Mina - The Dead Hour (b00vy400)
1. A Domestic Dispute
Glasgow, 1984. Cub reporter Paddy Meehan is called to a domestic dispute in a wealthy suburb where a female lawyer has been injured.
A well-dressed man at the house slips £50 into Paddy's hand and shuts the door. Next day the lawyer is found murdered.
Written Denise Mina.
Paddy Meehan .... Amy Manson
Billy .... Stevie Hannan
Neilson .... Simon Donaldson
Trisha .... Cara Kelly
Gourlay .... Laurie Ventry
Sean .... Paul Thomas Hickey
JT .... Finlay McLean
Kate .... Patricia Kavanagh
Sullivan .... Andrew Clark
Burns .... Grant O’Rourke
Ramage .... Mark McDonnell
Other parts played by the cast.
Dramatised by Chris Dolan.
Director: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.
MON 22:00 Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz (m001qds4)
Series 2
Episode 2
In each episode of Paul Sinha’s Perfect Pub Quiz, the quizzer, comedian and Rose d’Or winner Paul Sinha invites the audience to tell him their favourite quiz questions, before offering up not just different and surprising questions, but also the fascinating stories behind the answers.
It’s facts, jokes, stories and puns – just the way you like them.
This week's show comes from Manchester, and is packed full of facts that may surprise you, just as they surprised a room full of Mancunians.
Written and performed by Paul Sinha
Additional material: Oliver Levy
Additional questions: The Audience
Original music: Tim Sutton
Sound engineer: Jerry Peal
Producer: Ed Morrish
A Lead Mojo production for BBC Radio 4.
MON 22:30 Small Scenes (b03fb925)
Series 1
Episode 2
Listen in as a pair of long-lost brothers meet for the first time.
Elsewhere, a moth runs amok on a submarine and we also meet the world's most literal voiceover artist.
Series one of the symphonious sketch show starring Daniel Rigby, Mike Wozniak, Sara Pascoe and Henry Paker.
Written by the cast and Benjamin Partridge, with additional material from Jon Lynes and Dan O'Donohue.
Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.
MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m001qfpy)
Series 112
Episode 2
Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news. Providing the answers, hopefully, are, Lucy Porter, Tom Ballard, Anushka Asthana, and Mark Steel.

In this episode Andy and the panel search for the world's most obvious spy, the world's most awkward train ride, and the UK's worst road.

Written by Andy Zaltzman

With additional material by
Cody Dahler
Mike Shephard
and Christina Riggs

Producer: Sam Holmes
Executive Producer: James Robinson
Production Coordinator: Katie Baum
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Production
MON 23:30 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun (b0080qgm)
Lancaster
Sexually transmitted diseases, Simon Bates and chef tips.
Recorded at Lancaster University.
With Peter Baynham, Rebecca Front and Jo Unwin.
Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s mix of sharp sketches and situations, stand up topical gags and banter.
Lee and Herring went to write and star in their successful TV transfer to BBC TWO in 1995.
Cult BBC Radio 1 series first broadcast in October 1993.

TUESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2023

TUE 00:00 George Sand - Indiana (m001qlfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sfzfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m00113dy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005t22)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mcmx3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar (b09d431q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Stop Messing About! (b00cmz01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Semi Circles (b091wl0y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 It's Your Round (b018g279)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Alison and Maud (b007k3yc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 George Sand - Indiana (m001qlg9)
2. Risk
Young Indiana, who is married to a much older man, risks everything for love but discovers that handsome Raymon's ideas are very different to her own.
CAST:
Indiana .... Helen Longworth
Raymon .... Paul Rhys
Colonel Delmare .... Philip Voss
Noun .... Ndidi Del Fatti
Ralph .... Paul Panting
Mme de Ramiere .... Richenda Carey
Captain Random .... Philip Fox
Narrator .... Kate Buffery
Written by George Sand
Dramatised by Winsome Pinnock
Director Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.
TUE 06:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sg2nl)
6. Nemesis
In the final part of Alexandre Dumas' immortal swashbuckling epic, D'Artagnan suffers a broken heart.
Cast:
D'Artagnan .... Jamie Glover
Athos .... Robert Glenister
Porthos .... Timothy Spall
Aramis .... Anton Lesser
Cardinal Richelieu .... Julian Glover
Milady De Winter .... Imelda Staunton
Planchet .... Dominic Letts
Grimaud .... Tom Bevan
Duke of Buckingham .... Michael Cochrane
Lord De Winter .... Gareth Armstrong
Madame Bonacieux .... Helena Breck
With Frances Jeater, Michael Onslow, Lyndam Gregory, Teresa Gallagher, Stuart Organ and John Rowe
Dramatised by James Saunders
Director Martin Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994.
TUE 06:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m00114rk)
3. The Storm Centre
French student Nico’s plans fall apart and the name ‘Buller’ looms at every turn.
Starring David Valla.
Peter Ling's thriller serial set in '60s Swinging London.
Nico …. David Valla
Mrs Benson …. Hilda Kriseman
Syd Schumann …. Leonard Fenton
Landlady …. Diana Payan
Indian Doctor …. Garard Green
Ambulance Man …. Roger Gale
Neil Benson …. Derek Seaton
Karen Engstrom …. Patricia Gallimore
Ray Lockett …. Alaric Cotter
Coffee House Boss …. John Gabriel
Detective …. Michael Deacon
Producer: Ronald Mason
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in August 1969.
TUE 07:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005t8t)
2. Escape
Molly’s lived on the streets since she was a teenager. Her violent ex-boyfriend Rusby, recently released from prison, is back on the scene and won't leave her alone. So when she meets Luca at a party and he invites her to go away with him, she jumps at the chance to get out of Nottingham. But Rusby catches up with Molly - he's still on heroin and clearly wants to rekindle their horrible relationship. How will Molly shake him off?
Read by Anjli Mohindra
Written by Mahsuda Snaith
Abridged by Siân Preece
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.
TUE 07:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mfvl7)
2. Cousin Edward
Penelope Wilton and Lyndsey Marshal star in this high Victorian tale of a woman who runs her own bank.
A young woman in a nineteenth-century Cheshire town, having been snubbed and discarded in marriage, does something truly radical. When the family bank is in danger of a run, she pledges her whole private fortune to save it. But instead of merely underwriting it, in return she insists on running the bank herself, as a single woman, in defiance of all convention. Hester rejects another offer of marriage which is in effect a merger attempt from a rival bank. To ward off further threats, she invites her disgraced cousin Edward Vernon and his spoilt wife back, to front the business of the bank with local businessmen.
Margaret Oliphant ..... Penelope Wilton
Hester Vernon ..... Lyndsey Marshal
Harry Sellon ..... Ben Crowe
Farrington ..... Patrick Brennan
Mildmay Vernon ..... Paul Stonehouse
Miss Vernon-Ridgeway ..... Sarah Thom
Miss Matilda Vernon-Ridgeway ..... Liza Sadovy
Edward Vernon ..... Joseph Kloska
Lady Ellen Vernon ..... Jasmine Hyde
Labourer ..... Adam Nagaitis
By Margaret Oliphant
Dramatised by Kate Clanchy and Zena Forster
Producer/Director Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.
TUE 07:30 Showstopper (b00xw15c)
2. Ancient Egypt
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical is a brand new comedy in which the Showstopper team create a hilarious improvised musical on the spot - with the songs, plot and characters based entirely on suggestions from the live studio audience.
This week: the musical world of ancient Egypt…
The cast includes:
Pippa Evans
Ruth Bratt
Dylan Emery
Lucy Trodd
Sean McCann
Oliver Senton
Producer: Sam Bryant
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.
TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b00jctj9)
Series 9
Who Is Pink Oboe?
Cowardly Captain Neddie Seagoon goes to war.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
With Peter Sellers away, Graham Stark and Kenneth Connor are enlisted.
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 January 1959
TUE 08:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00vls7x)
Series 5
Episode 5
A cash crisis hits the Parish Council - and the local family of toffs feel the squeeze too. They all try to borrow off each other and even have to mortgage a jail.
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.
With:
John Baddeley
Jo Kendall
Bernadine Corrigan
Daniel Strauss
Michael Troughton
Simon Godley
Written by John O'Farrell, Mark Burton and Mike Coleman
Producer Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992.
TUE 09:00 The Motion Show (b00762gh)
Series 4
Episode 2
Debates galore from banning email and mobiles - to who's the winner in the battle of the sexes?
Graeme Garden chairs the quirky battle of words and wit.
With Gyles Brandreth, Sue Perkins, Steve Punt and Marcus Brigstocke.
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.
TUE 09:30 On Baby Street (b00dp75j)
Series 1
Episode 1
Three women living in the same street are about to discover the delights and dilemmas of new parenthood.
The battle with food fetishes, unsightly blue veins and epidurals begins.
Comedy drama series by Jenny Eclair and Julie Balloo.
:
Mother Nature......Jenny Eclair
Yvette........................Tilly Vosburgh
Dad.............................Keith Allen
Shona.........................Caroline Hook
Ian...............................Graham Fellows
Robert........................Hugh Ross
Geraldine..................Frances Barber
Kelly............................Kathy Burke
Larry...........................Kevin Eldon
Woman in shop......Sue Elliot-Nicholls
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.
TUE 10:00 George Sand - Indiana (m001qlg9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
TUE 11:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sg2nl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 11:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m00114rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 12:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005t8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 12:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mfvl7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
TUE 12:30 Showstopper (b00xw15c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 13:00 The Goon Show (b00jctj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00vls7x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 14:00 The Motion Show (b00762gh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 14:30 On Baby Street (b00dp75j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 15:00 George Sand - Indiana (m001qlg9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
TUE 16:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sg2nl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 16:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m00114rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 17:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005t8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 17:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mfvl7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
TUE 17:30 Showstopper (b00xw15c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 18:00 The Goon Show (b00jctj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 18:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00vls7x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 19:00 The Motion Show (b00762gh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 19:30 On Baby Street (b00dp75j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 20:00 TED Radio Hour (m001qlj1)
Cuts Both Ways
A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) stage.
Manoush Zomorodi explores the idea of there being two sides to ever coin – sometimes our strengths become weaknesses.
TED speakers on the mixed blessings and volatile flip sides of mental health, parenting and AI.
First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2023.
TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks (m000tgtm)
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Composer and impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber picks Some Enchanted Evening sung by Giorgio Tozzi and Prokofiev's 7th Piano Sonata.
TUE 21:00 Mastertapes (b06vkdz1)
Series 5
Donovan (the B Side)
Donovan answers audience questions about his 1966 album, 'Sunshine Superman'.
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.
The B-side: Having discussed the making of 'Sunshine Superman' (in the A-side of the programme) Donovan responds to questions from the audience and performs exclusive live acoustic versions of some of the key tracks from the album.
‘Sunshine Superman’, according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame “ignited the psychedelic revolution virtually single-handedly” when it was released in the summer of 1966.
Producer: Claire Walker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.
TUE 21:30 Book at Bedtime (b09tx1wh)
The Long Drop by Denise Mina
2. On Trial
'The Long Drop' is Denise Mina's first foray into true crime. The award-winning author reimagines the trial of Scotland's first serial killer, Peter Manuel, in a dark and compelling exploration of truth and storytelling.
Glasgow, 1957. Businessman William Watt wants answers about his family's murder. Small time crook Peter Manuel claims to have them. But you don't get something for nothing. Over the course of a bizarre night these unlikely drinking partners will swap stories and attempt to cut a deal with the goal of emerging from scandal with reputations, and profits, intact.
Six months on, Manuel is on trial for eight brutal murders and Watt's lawyer, Laurence Dowdall, is about to take the stand.
Read by Liam Brennan
Abridged by Siân Preece
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.
TUE 21:45 Denise Mina - The Dead Hour (b00vy40n)
2. Scoop
Cub reporter Paddy Meehan is pursuing the biggest scoop of her career - but it's a story the police don't want her to report.
Written by Denise Mina.
Paddy Meehan .... Amy Manson
Billy .... Stevie Hannan
JT .... Finlay McLean
Kate .... Patricia Kavanagh
Sullivan .... Andrew Clark
Burns .... Grant O’Rourke
Gourlay .... Laurie Ventry
Dramatised by Chris Dolan
Director: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009
TUE 22:00 Suggs: Love Letters to London (m000570j)
Soho
A side of London you’ve never heard before - seen through the eyes of a national treasure.
Soho is, and always has been, a haven for society’s misfits and non-conformists. But like most parts of London, Soho doesn’t sit still – it’s always changing and shifting.
But there are constants – its multiculturalism. It’s multi-racial, stylish and tolerant.
At its heart, Soho is still a place where you can be free from judgement. Join Suggs, with special guest Paul Weller, as they sing, chat and joke about Soho.
Performed by Suggs
Written by Suggs with Owen Lewis
Featuring: Paul Weller
Directed by Owen Lewis
Musical Director: Owen Parker
Executive Producer: Richard Melvin
A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4
TUE 22:30 Cliche (m000x684)
From 16/3/1981
From mirthful menus to Batman minus Robin.
Series of sketch shows.
Starring:
Carole Hayman
Nick Maloney
Simon Molloy
Brian Southwood
Script and songs written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.
Musical accompaniment by Pete Lingwood.
Produced at BBC Manchester by Ron McDonnell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1981
TUE 23:00 Meet David Sedaris (m000twhp)
Series 8
Instalment 4
What with the whole world grinding to a Covid-fuelled viral halt and everything, the world-renowned storyteller recorded a special series of essays and diary entries at his Sussex home.
This week - Hurricane Season.
David Sedaris first shared his very particular world view having brought us The SantaLand Diaries back in 1996.
In this eighth series of Meet David Sedaris, he continues to entertain with sardonic wit and incisive social critiques.
David Sedaris 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.
Produced by Steve Doherty.
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.
TUE 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b00cttcm)
Series 2
Christmas Party
The consultants' drunken office party looks like a recipe for festive disaster.
James Cary’s award-winning sitcom about management consultants.
Ryan ...... Marcus Brigstocke
Sophie ...... Emma Kennedy
Daisy ...... Catherine Shepherd
Owen ...... David Mitchell
Hugh Dennis ...... Mike, Phil
Justin Edwards ...... Waiter
Judy Flynn ...... Fiona
Music by John Whitehall.
Producer: Adam Bromley.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002.

WEDNESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2023

WED 00:00 George Sand - Indiana (m001qlg9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers (b00sg2nl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m00114rk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005t8t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mfvl7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 Showstopper (b00xw15c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 The Goon Show (b00jctj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00vls7x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 The Motion Show (b00762gh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 On Baby Street (b00dp75j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Stella Gibbons - Westwood (b012yw3g)
1. Challis Charm
1943: Margaret Steggles moves to bomb-damaged London to take up her new teaching job.
Through a dropped ration book, she meets the Challises, who live at Westwood, an elegant house in Highgate.
The Challis family have great charm, and, with the casual selfishness of the privileged, they soon take advantage of Margaret's slavish admiration.
Stella Gibbons' gentle comedy adapted in two parts by Lynne Truss.
Narrator/Lady Challis …. Rosemary Leach
Margaret Steggles …. Juliet Aubrey
Gerard Challis …. Michael Fenton Stevens
Hilda Wilson …. Saffron Burrows
Hebe Niland …. Caroline Harker
Zita Mandelbaum …. Mia Soteriou
Seraphina Challis …. Phyllida Nash
Dick Fletcher …. Jonathan Nibbs
Mrs Steggles …. Angela Barlow
Mr Hudson …. Chris Donnelly
Grantey …. Jacqueline Tong
Earl …. Martin T. Sherman
Mrs Wilson …. Barbara Kellermann
Producer: Kate McAll
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
WED 06:00 Paul Temple (b007tbxy)
Paul Temple and the Conrad Case
1. The Man From Munich
The debonair detective goes on the trail of an English girl, who's gone missing from a finishing school in Bavaria.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Sir Graham Forbes …. Richard Williams
Herr Brechschaft …. Jeffrey Segal
June Jackson …. June Tobin
Charlie …. James Beattie
Mrs Wheldon …. Virginia Winter
With Beatrice Ormond, Judy Bailey, Frank Partington, Peggy Gow and John Graham.
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1959.
WED 06:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m001157c)
4. Dressed to Kill
Buller and his contacts seem omnipresent but Nico’s allies remain undaunted.
Starring David Valla.
Peter Ling's thriller serial set in '60s Swinging London.
Nico Gachet …. David Valla
Mrs Benson …. Hilda Kriseman
Syd Schumann …. Leonard Fenton
Neil Benson …. Derek Seaton
Inspector …. Garard Green
Karen Engstrom …. Patricia Gallimore
Ray Lockett …. Alaric Cotter
Stall Keeper …. Peter Maycock
Suzanne Kaye .... Cecile Chevreau
Salesman …. Ian Thompson
Buller …. Henry Stamper
Vince McAfferty …. Kerry Francis
Producer: Ronald Mason
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in August 1969.
WED 07:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005t3w)
Episode 3
Molly's lived on the streets since she was a teenager. Her violent ex-boyfriend Rusby is back in Nottingham and won't leave her in peace. So when she meets Luca at a party and he asks her to go away with him she jumps at the chance to escape.
Their trip to Skegness is threatened from the start when Molly's old friend Jules invites herself along along. Then Luca spots a shadowy figure on the train and the companions find themselves kicking their heels on an unexpected stop.
Read by Anjli Mohindra
Written by Mahsuda Snaith
Abridged by Siân Preece
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
WED 07:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mg871)
3. Lady Ellen
Penelope Wilton and Lyndsey Marshal star in this high Victorian tale of a woman who runs her own bank. Hester Vernon, having invited her disgraced cousin to be her junior in the bank, finds his ambition for growth hard to control and there is also his wife - Lady Ellen - to take into account.
Margaret Oliphant .... Penelope Wilton
Hester Vernon .... Lyndsey Marshal
Lady Ellen .... Jasmine Hyde
Catherine Vernon .... Lizzy Watts
Edward Vernon .... Joseph Kloska
By Margaret Oliphant
Dramatised by Kate Clanchy and Zena Forster
Director Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
WED 07:30 Relativity (m000kvkd)
Series 3
Episode 1
Ian and Chloe are new parents to their much loved but incessantly crying baby, Don. Meanwhile sister Jane has had enough of husband Pete, while Ken and Margaret are simply trying to turn the television on.
Drawing on his own family, the third series of Richard Herring’s comedy drama builds on the warm, lively characters and sharply observed family dynamics of previous series.
His affectionate observation of inter generational misunderstanding, sibling sparring and the ties that bind will resonate with anyone who has ever tried to show their dad which remote turns the television on.
Amid the comedy, Richard broaches some more serious highs and lows of family life.
Cast:
Margaret…………….Alison Steadman
Ken……………..Phil Davis
Jane…………….Fenella Woolgar
Ian……………….Richard Herring
Chloe…………..Emily Berrington
Pete………………..Gordon Kennedy
Holly………………...Tia Bannon
Mark………………Fred Haig
Nick………………..Harrison Knights
Writer Richard Herring is a comedian, writer, blogger and podcaster and the world's premier semi-professional self-playing snooker player.
Sound Design by Eloise Whitmore
Producer: Polly Thomas
Executive Producers: Jon Thoday and Richard Allen Turner
An Avalon Television production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2020.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnbl)
Series 5
The Scandal Magazine
The Lad takes action over scandal rag Blabbermouth's scurrilous claims of him cavorting with Mabel Biggs the cigarette girl.
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: Tom Ronald
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1958.
WED 08:30 King of Bath (b045q4t8)
By Any Other Name
No self-respecting Bath heiress would join the travelling players, but when one does, Beau Nash comes to the rescue.
Six-part comedy drama series by Arnold Evans casting the 18th-century dandy Richard 'Beau' Nash in a series of adventures.
Beau Nash ...... David Bamber
Annie ...... Eiry Thomas
Lucy ...... Lynn Seymour
Dr Cheyne ...... Andrew Wincott
Hazlitt ...... Peter Gunn
Fanny ...... Alice Arnold
Composer: John Hardy.
Directed at BBC Wales by Alison Hindell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.
WED 09:00 It's Not What You Know (b07wgmf8)
Series 4
Episode 1
Joe Lycett discovers how well a panel of celebrity guests know those people closest to them.
This week Joe probes into the lives of of Holly Walsh, Tim Lovejoy and Nish Kumar.
Producer Matt Stronge
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2016.
WED 09:30 His Master's Voice (b007s1vx)
2. Frequent Flyer
Political satire set in the office of the weekly magazine for the thinking Tory.
Continuing Mark Tavener's political satire.
Following a successful first edition Keith decides that this week's Blue Touch should focus on the Tory's green agenda, much to the chagrin of Lord Malan, who spends his life on planes and likes watching ice melt.
Lord Malan .... Robert Hardy
Keith .... Tony Gardner
Anna .... Amelia Bullmore
Giles .... Michael Maloney
Katrina .... Rachel Atkins
With Beth Chalmers , Simon Treves and Eve Webster
Producer - Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.
WED 10:00 Stella Gibbons - Westwood (b012yw3g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
WED 11:00 Paul Temple (b007tbxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 11:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m001157c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 12:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005t3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 12:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mg871)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
WED 12:30 Relativity (m000kvkd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnbl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 13:30 King of Bath (b045q4t8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 14:00 It's Not What You Know (b07wgmf8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 14:30 His Master's Voice (b007s1vx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 15:00 Stella Gibbons - Westwood (b012yw3g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
WED 16:00 Paul Temple (b007tbxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 16:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m001157c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 17:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005t3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 17:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mg871)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
WED 17:30 Relativity (m000kvkd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 18:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnbl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 18:30 King of Bath (b045q4t8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 19:00 It's Not What You Know (b07wgmf8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 19:30 His Master's Voice (b007s1vx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 20:00 Archive on 4 (b0076c2s)
The Monkhouse Files
If it happened in comedy after the Second World War, not only was comedy legend Bob Monkhouse there to see it happen, but he wrote about it in his journals.
Bob guides comedy writer Bob Sinfield through his amazing collection of diaries, letters and memories of the comedy greats as he reflects on his own career of over 50 years in show business.
Bob Monkhouse died aged 75 in 2004.
Producer: Julian Mayers
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
WED 21:00 Short Cuts (b06np61j)
Series 8
Inheritance
From the sounds of the womb to fading memories - Josie Long hears stories of what we inherit from past generations.
The items featured in the programme are:
George Bernard Shaw
A Conversation
Feat. Walter Murch
Produced by Niccolò Castelli
https://vimeo.com/136595444
The Waves
Feat. Sian Phillips
Interview recorded for the Empathy Museum
http://www.empathymuseum.com/
Every Heart has a Limited Number of Heartbeats
Produced by Martin Johnson and Ann Heppermann
Originally featured in the Serendipity Podcast
http://thesarahawards.com/subscribe/
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2015.
WED 21:30 Book at Bedtime (b09tx2x5)
The Long Drop by Denise Mina
3. Cross Examination
'The Long Drop' is Denise Mina's first foray into true crime. The award-winning author reimagines the trial of Scotland's first serial killer, Peter Manuel, in a dark and compelling exploration of truth and storytelling.
Glasgow, 1957. Businessman William Watt wants answers about his family's murder. Small time crook Peter Manuel claims to have them. But you don't get something for nothing. Over the course of a bizarre night these unlikely drinking partners will swap stories and attempt to cut a deal to emerge from scandal with reputations, and profits, intact.
Six months on, Manuel is on trial for eight brutal murders and Watt's lawyer, Laurence Dowdall, is struggling under cross-examination at the High Court.
Read by Liam Brennan
Abridged by Siân Preece
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.
WED 21:45 Denise Mina - The Dead Hour (b00w24mf)
3. The Bribe
Paddy decides to tell the police that she's been bribed by the possible killer.
Written by Denise Mina.
Paddy Meehan .... Amy Manson
Billy .... Stevie Hannan
Sullivan .... Andrew Clark
JT .... Finlay McLean
Kate .... Patricia Kavanagh
Trisha .... Cara Kelly
Sean .... Paul Thomas Hickey
Dramatised by Chris Dolan
Director: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.
WED 22:00 Please Use Other Door (m001qf0k)
Series 2
Episode 1
Can you change your sexual orientation at will? Is it ever fair to blame the children for a divorce? What happens if a therapist brings their own emotional baggage to the treatment room?
Performed by; Jason Forbes, Will Hartley, Rosie Holt, Rebecca Shorrocks, Witney White and Toby Williams.
The series of four is written by; Ed Amsden and Tom Coles, Simon Alcock, Sarah Campbell, Julian Dutton, Robert Darke, Julian Dutton, Sophie Dickson, Paul F Tayler, Jim Campbell, Alex Nash & Sam South, Matt Harrison, Katy Swainston, Rhyan Orrick, Charlotte Patterson, Peter Tellouche, Cody Dahler, Davina Bentley, Jon Long and Bill Dare.
Production Co-ordinator Caroline Barlow
Sound Design Rich Evans
Original music by Bill Dare, produced by Iona Vallance
Produced and created by Bill Dare
BBC Studios Production for Radio 4
WED 22:30 The Harri-Parris' Radio Show (b0662trn)
Series 1
The Visitor
Ani tries to stop cultures clashing when her boyfriend Ben meets her farming family.
Sitcom with songs by Llinos Mai about the latest goings on from West Wales' most dysfunctional farming family.
Starring:
Llinos Mai
Daniel Rochford
Rhys ap Trefor
Oli Wood
Rhian Morgan
Producer: Mark Harrison
First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in August 2015.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001qy4m)
Ahir Shah 1/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith chats to Ahir Shah about his award-winning show ‘ENDS’.
WED 23:00 The Harpoon (b00b3gv0)
Series 1
Episode 3
'Laughing through the Depression' - with a slightly budget issue of your nostalgic bumper golden weekly.
With:
Julian Dutton
Peter Baynham
Alistair McGowan
Mary Elliot-Nelson
Bryonie Pritchard
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991.
WED 23:30 Joseph Morpurgo's Walking Tour (b09fy6qx)
Yosemite
Triple Chortle Award Winner Joseph Morpurgo presents a series of 'educational' audio adventures.
Follow our unique walking tour of Yosemite National Park, stuffed with fun facts, survival tips and more.
Written and performed by Joseph Morpurgo.
With:
Naomi Petersen
Jonathan Broke
Sound design by Craig Schuftan
Producer: Alexandra Smith
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2017.
WED 23:45 Lenny Henry's Rogues Gallery (b07bdghz)
Series 1
I Never Forget A Face
The story of a modern day miracle, as witnessed by a blind man.
First in a series of comic monologues with twists-in-the-tale.
Written and performed by Lenny Henry.
Producer: Sam Michell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2016.

THURSDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2023

THU 00:00 Stella Gibbons - Westwood (b012yw3g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b007tbxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m001157c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005t3w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mg871)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Relativity (m000kvkd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnbl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 King of Bath (b045q4t8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 It's Not What You Know (b07wgmf8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 His Master's Voice (b007s1vx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Stella Gibbons - Westwood (b01322b0)
2. Disillusionment
Teacher Margaret Steggles wonders if pompous playwright Gerald Challis really is the man of her dreams?
Conclusion of Stella Gibbons' gentle comedy adapted by Lynne Truss.
Narrator/Lady Challis …. Rosemary Leach
Margaret Steggles …. Juliet Aubrey
Gerard Challis …. Michael Fenton Stevens
Hilda Wilson …. Saffron Burrows
Hebe Niland …. Caroline Harker
Zita Mandelbaum …. Mia Soteriou
Seraphina Challis …. Phyllida Nash
Dick Fletcher …. Jonathan Nibbs
Mrs Steggles …. Angela Barlow
Mr Hudson …. Chris Donnelly
Grantey …. Jacqueline Tong
Earl …. Martin T. Sherman
Mrs Wilson …. Barbara Kellermann
Producer: Kate McAll
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
THU 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jqpv)
Paul Temple and the Conrad Case
2. Concerning Elliot France
Smooth detective Paul Temple's car is forced into a Bavarian ditch and a helpful driver stops...
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Madame Klein …. Dorothy Holmes Gore
Denis Harper …. John Bryning
Elliot France …. James Thomason
June Jackson …. June Tobin
Madame Klein …. Dorothy Holmes Gore
Elliot France …. James Thomason
Gerda …. Hilda Schroder
Denis Harper …. John Bryning
Elsa, The Countess Dekker …. Joan Matheson
Dr Conrad …. Rolf Lefebvre
Herr Brechtschaft …. Jeffrey Segal

Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1959.
THU 06:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m00115cp)
5. Ring After Nine
Things turn serious, with Vince close to death and now Karen’s life under threat
Starring David Valla.
Peter Ling's thriller serial set in '60s Swinging London.
Nico .... David Valla
Karen Engstrom .... Patricia Gallimore
Mrs Benson .... Hilda Kriseman
Neil Benson .... Derek Seaton
Detective .... Michael Deacon
Ray Lockett .... Alaric Cotter
Buller .... Henry Stamper
Plessey .... Geoffrey Wincott
Suzanne Kaye .... Cecile Chevreau
Receptionist .... Frances Jeater
Salesman .... Ian Thompson
Coffee Bar Boss .... John Gabriel
Producer: Ronald Mason
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in August 1969.
THU 07:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005t6q)
4. Theft
Molly's lived on the streets since she was a teenager. Her violent ex-boyfriend Rusby is back in Nottingham and won't leave her in peace. So when she meets Luca at a party and he asks her to go away with him she jumps at the chance to escape. Old friend Jules is mistrustful and invites herself along for the ride - with her dog.
On the road to Skegness the travelling companions have spent a night sleeping rough. Molly's learning more about Luca and is perturbed to see a knife in his bag.
Read by Anjli Mohindra
Written by Mahsuda Snaith
Abridged by Siân Preece
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.
THU 07:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mj1xt)
4. In the Balance
Penelope Wilton and Lyndsey Marshal star in this high Victorian tale of a woman who runs her own bank.
Grieving for his young wife, Edward Vernon can no longer resist secret speculation with the assets of the bank. When the market crashes and his scheme is discovered, he offers to run away with his cousin Hester, rather than face their ruin.
Margaret Oliphant .... Penelope Wilton
Hester Vernon .... Lyndsey Marshal
Edward Vernon .... Joseph Kloska
Mr Rule .... Philip Jackson
Miss Halifax .... Stephanie Racine
Miss Letitia .... Liza Sadovy & Sarah Thom
Clerk .... Adam Nagaitis
Clerk .... Patrick Brennan
Despatch Rider .... Joe Sims
Old Merridew .... Robert Blythe
By Margaret Oliphant
Dramatised by Kate Clanchy and Zena Forster
Producer/Director ..... Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
THU 07:30 Empire-ical Evidence (m0000qm9)
Episode 2
Andy Zaltzman and Anuvab Pal trace the rise and fall of the British Empire by looking at what's been left behind, in a combination of location recording and stand-up comedy.
In this second episode, Andy and Anuvab wander around Kolkata, from the colonial seat of power that is now a library, to the Army garrison that replaced the site of one of the most infamous events of the Raj.
What and who have we chosen to remember, and what have we decided to forget? Andy and Anuvab offer up contrasting perspectives on the shared history between Britain and India.
Andy Zaltzman is a comedian best-known for The Bugle, his weekly satirical podcast. He is a regular performer on Radio 4 both as a guest on programmes like The Now Show or as presenter of his own shows such as My Life As A... .
Anuvab Pal is a comedian who first appeared on Radio 4 on an episode of Just A Minute recorded in Mumbai. In 2018 he made his debut at the Edinburgh Fringe, and appeared on Radio 4's Fresh from The Fringe and BBC Two's Big Asian Stand-Up. He is Andy's regular co-presenter on The Bugle podcast.
Written and performed by Andy Zaltzman and Anuvab Pal
Produced by Ed Morrish
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.
THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jmd5)
Series 1
The Bullet Is Not for Firing
The Home Guard platoon faces an inquiry after shots are fired at a low-flying German aeroplane.
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 Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Walker …. Graham Stark
Vicar …. Frank Williams
Captain Pringle …. Michael Knowles
Captain Marsh …. Timothy Bateson
Choir Members …. John Whitehall
Announcer …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in May 1974.
THU 08:30 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare (b007k2q6)
3. Brian Cox
The Royal Dingle Company tackles the Tragedies of the Bard.
The award winning Desmond Olivier Dingle returns. Each week he's assisted by the Royal Dingle Company and a special guest star.
This week Brian Cox joins them to run a Bard's tragedy master class.
Written by Patrick Barlow.
Desmond Olivier Dingle .... Patrick Barlow
Bernard .... Robert Austin
Maurice ....Duncan Preston
Beryl .... Mossie Smith
Kevin .... Kevin Allen
John from Radio 3 …. Toby Longworth
Commissionaire …. Chris Emmett
Controller Radio 4 …. Peter Donaldson
Brian Cox …. Himself, Brian Cox
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.
THU 09:00 Jest a Minute (b016w0m2)
Series 2
Episode 1
Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz from the Glee Club in Cardiff.
With:
Chris Corcoran
Lloyd Langford
Rob Deering
Tom Craine.
Producers: Paul Forde and Gareth Gwynn
First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in December 2006.
THU 09:30 A Whole 'Nother Story (b00763tm)
Series 1
Older
Cassie and Pete would be a great couple, if they weren't so busy being friends.
The first of three series of Amanda Murphy’s comedy-drama series about a friendship between a man and a woman.
Starring Debra Stephenson as Cassie and David Lamb as Pete.
Rebecca ...... Mika Simmons
PJ ...... Brendan Burns
Dad ...... Mike Grady
Mum ...... Anne Reid
Producer: Graham Frost
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2001.
THU 10:00 Stella Gibbons - Westwood (b01322b0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
THU 11:00 Paul Temple (b007jqpv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 11:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m00115cp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 12:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005t6q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 12:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mj1xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
THU 12:30 Empire-ical Evidence (m0000qm9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 13:00 Dad's Army (b007jmd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 13:30 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare (b007k2q6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 14:00 Jest a Minute (b016w0m2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 14:30 A Whole 'Nother Story (b00763tm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 15:00 Stella Gibbons - Westwood (b01322b0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
THU 16:00 Paul Temple (b007jqpv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 16:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m00115cp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 17:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005t6q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 17:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mj1xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
THU 17:30 Empire-ical Evidence (m0000qm9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 18:00 Dad's Army (b007jmd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 18:30 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare (b007k2q6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 19:00 Jest a Minute (b016w0m2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 19:30 A Whole 'Nother Story (b00763tm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 20:00 Down by the River (m0011cnd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
THU 21:00 Great Lives (b03kqfzz)
Ricky Ross on Hank Williams
The life of the 'Hillbilly Shakespeare' Hank Williams is the choice of Deacon Blue singer Ricky Ross.
Williams is regarded as being the prototype rock star and continues to be hugely influential on musicians today despite a short recording career of just six years before he died at the age of 29.
Matthew Parris presents. With Nick Barraclough.
Producer: Maggie Ayre
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.
THU 21:30 Book at Bedtime (b09tx394)
The Long Drop by Denise Mina
4. Watt Takes the Stand
'The Long Drop' is Denise Mina's first foray into true crime. The award-winning author reimagines the trial of Scotland's first serial killer, Peter Manuel, in a dark and compelling exploration of truth and storytelling.
Glasgow, 1957. Businessman William Watt wants answers about his family's murder. Small time crook Peter Manuel claims to have them. But you don't get something for nothing. Over the course of a bizarre night these unlikely drinking partners will swap stories and attempt to cut a deal to emerge from scandal with reputations, and profits, intact.
Six months on, Manuel is on trial for eight brutal murders including those of the Watt family and bereaved patriarch William is about to take the stand at the High Court.
Read by Liam Brennan
Abridged by Siân Preece
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.
THU 21:45 Denise Mina - The Dead Hour (b00w24mh)
4. Redundancy Looms
As redundancies loom at the newspaper, Paddy tries to sell her murder investigation to the new editor.
Written by Denise Mina.
Paddy Meehan .... Amy Manson
Billy .... Stevie Hannan
JT .... Finlay McLean
Kate .... Patricia Kavanagh
Sullivan .... Andrew Clark
Burns .... Grant O’Rourke
Ramage .... Mark McDonnell
Dramatised by Chris Dolan
Director: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.
THU 22:00 My Teenage Diary (m001qf36)
Series 11
3: Amy Gledhill
My Teenage Diary with Rufus Hound features six celebrities who will read from the diaries they kept during their formative years.
This week, comedian Amy Gledhill spills the beans on an action-packed summer of love in Hull, 2004. She tells of her early sexual adventures and reminisces about a time spent going to gigs, meeting boys and feeding jammy dodgers to peacocks.
Host: Rufus Hound
Guest: Amy Gledhill
Sound Production and Design: Jerry Peal
Producer: Harriet Jaine
A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4
THU 22:30 Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change? (b00sjcvd)
1980s
Cockney comedian Micky Flanagan takes us through the 1980s
This was the decade he spent running away to New York and being the international lover and player of the East End.
He chats to his parents, his sister and his school friends in interviews that shed light on the stand up comedy.
In his first radio series, Micky charts his progression from working-class Herbert to middle-class intellectual and being caught awkwardly between the two.
Told through reflective interviews, but mainly, Micky's acclaimed stand up comedy. Micky's transition from the mean streets of the East End to the leafy lanes of Dulwich is a fascinating story, with each episode focusing on a different decade of Micky's life.
Written and performed by Micky Flanagan.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m001qyg6)
Ahir Shah 2/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith chats again to Ahir Shah following his recent Edinburgh triumph.
THU 23:00 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b0076zx3)
Series 3
There's Something About Mrs Naughtie
Mrs Naughtie comes into a large inheritance from her mysterious Uncle Nab and attracts the not altogether unwelcome advances of Hamish, Dougal and the Laird.
Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden star as the two Scotsmen famed for their appearances on BBC Radio’s I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
With Alison Steadman as their cleaning-lady-cum-housekeeper, and Jeremy Hardy as the local Laird.
Hamish ...... Barry Cryer
Dougal ...... Graeme Garden
Mrs Naughtie ...... Alison Steadman
The Laird ...... Jeremy Hardy
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.
THU 23:15 The In Crowd (b008qs9f)
Series 2
Episode 6
Holidays, tattoos and cultural hooligans with a twist.
Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store.
With Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward.
Producer: Graham Frost
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002.
THU 23:30 Rigor Mortis (b00gszmk)
Series 3
Episode 5
Pathologist Anthony's ex wife Valerie wants to know why her mother died so he agrees to perform an autopsy.
Starring Peter Davison
The third series of Laurence Howarth's black comedy set in the world of the pathology lab
Dr Webster ..................... Peter Davison
Valerie.................................Rebecca Front
Dr Anderson .................... Matilda Ziegler
Professor Donaldson .... Geoffrey Whitehead
Gordon ............................... Tom Price
Chloe ................................... Marianne Levy
Simon ................................. Gus Brown
Music: Paul Mottram
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2006.

FRIDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2023

FRI 00:00 Stella Gibbons - Westwood (b01322b0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jqpv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m00115cp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005t6q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mj1xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Empire-ical Evidence (m0000qm9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Dad's Army (b007jmd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare (b007k2q6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Jest a Minute (b016w0m2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 A Whole 'Nother Story (b00763tm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Don Taylor - The Jacobean Box (b01gjybr)
Shakespearian academic, Brian Blake, receives a message that a large item awaits his collection at a remote northern station.
He little suspects that it could lead to his own literary immortality...
Written by Don Taylor.
Brian Blake …. Stephen Moore
Station Master …. Peter Vaughan
Penelope …. Michelle Newell
Arkroyd …. Steve Hodson
Mary …. Teresa Gallagher
Director: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
FRI 06:00 Paul Temple (b007jqq5)
Paul Temple and the Conrad Case
3. Hotel Roemer
A fresh cocktail stick clue sees Paul and Steve head to the suppliers in Oberammergau.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Fritz Gunter …. George Hagan
Elliot France …. James Thomason
Denis Harper …. John Bryning
Elsa, The Countess Dekker …. Joan Matheson
Mrs Wheldon …. Virginia Winter
Dr Conrad …. Rolf Lefebvre
Herr Brechschaft …. Jeffrey Segal
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1959.
FRI 06:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m0011cnh)
6. Crisis Situation
The real identity of the sinister drug dealer ‘Buller’ is finally revealed.
Starring Hilda Kriseman and Henry Stamper.
Concluding Peter Ling’s thriller serial about the narcotics trade in ‘60s Swinging London.
Buller .... Henry Stamper
Plessey .... Geoffrey Wincott
Boss .... John Gabriel
Neil Benson .... Derek Seaton
Mrs Benson .... Hilda Kriseman
Receptionist .... Frances Jeater
Syd Schumann .... Leonard Fenton
Amanda .... Margaret Wolfit
Vince McAfferty .... Kerry Francis
Night Nurse .... Kathleen Helme
Karen Engstrom .... Patricia Gallimore
Nico Gachet .... David Valla
Producer: Ronald Mason
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in August 1969.
FRI 07:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005tph)
5. Family Life
Molly's lived on the streets since she was a teenager. Her violent ex-boyfriend Rusby is back in Nottingham and won't leave her alone. So when she meets Luca at a party and he asks her to go away with him she jumps at the chance to escape. Old friend Jules doesn't trust this newcomer and invites herself along for the ride.
After a night spent sleeping rough on the road to Skegness, Luca leads Molly and Jules to the door of a big house in the quaint village of Bingham.
Read by Anjli Mohindra
Written by Mahsuda Snaith
Abridged by Siân Preece
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.
FRI 07:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mj8lx)
5. Farewell to Vernon's?
Hester has not run away with her cousin, but once again Vernon's Bank is facing a run in the morning, and Hester is part of the negotiations to shore it up. But this time, she loses her position, as local businessmen create a joint stock bank, and exclude her from its board.
Margaret Oliphant .... Penelope Wilton
Hester Vernon .... Lyndsey Marshal
Mr Rule .... Philip Jackson
Farrington .... Patrick Brennan
Mapplethorpe .... Adam Nagaitis
Mrs Merridew .... Stephanie Racine
Harry Sellon .... Ben Crowe
Mildmay Vernon .... Paul Stonehouse
Catherine Vernon .... Lizzy Watts
Written by Margaret Oliphant
Dramatised by Kate Clanchy and Zena Forster
Directed by Jonquil Panting
First broadcast in January 2014.
FRI 07:30 The Break (m000kfq9)
Series 3
4. The Agreement
Andy and Jeff need help. Fish Shop Frank suggests Couples Therapy as it worked so well for his ex-wife (and for him too, if he had bothered to turn up). After a session with unorthodox therapist Dr Coulson (Alison Steadman), the treatment is such a success that Andy decides to move out.
Jeff, though wounded, puts a brave face on it and gets on with his new life as best he can. Meanwhile, Andy, is living the high life. He’s run into an old friend from London, Sean and they’re visiting nightclubs, restaurants and comedy gigs together.
With:
Philip Jackson
Alison Steadman
Mark Benton
Shobna Gulati
Rasmus Hardiker
James Northcote
Written by Ian Brown and James Hendrie
Directed by Gordon Kennedy
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2020.
FRI 08:00 Marriage Lines (b04stqbt)
Series 1
The Move
Pastures new for Kate and George, but what about their new neighbours?
Starring Richard Briers as George Starling and Prunella Scales as Kate Starling.
Richard Waring’s sitcom based on the mutual love and mistrust of two newlyweds. Originating on BBC TV, it ran between 1963 and 1965 and was adapted in two series for BBC radio due to its popularity.
George ...... Richard Briers
Kate ...... Prunella Scales
Miles ...... Derek Waring
Mr Renfrew Smith ...... Felix Felton
Other parts played by John Graham, Leon Thau and Jo Kendall.
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1965.
FRI 08:30 Charles Dickens (b00s7fbg)
Sketches by Boz - Series 2
The Boarding House
Mrs Tibbs is the owner of a most respectable Boarding House, until the arrival of a mysterious new lodger.
Gloriously comic stories of London Life by Charles Dickens - dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.
Boz ...... Nicholas Farrell
Mrs Tibbs ...... Imelda Staunton
Mrs Bloss ...... Annette Badland
Mr Tibbs ...... Christopher Hancock
Agnes ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Mr Evenson ...... Stephen Critchlow
Mr Wisbottle ...... Peter Gunn
Mr O’Bleary ...... Jason O’Mara
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1999.
FRI 09:00 Whispers (b007k2zg)
Series 1
Episode 3
“There never was an individual less regretted by his fellow creatures than this deceased King."
Gyles Brandreth reveals who - in the panel show that celebrates gossip rather than discretion - believing valour to be a redundant concept in the face of a good story.
The regular team captains are writer and critic, Anthony Holden and actor and writer, Stella Duffy.
Joining them to test their wits are ex-BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond and entertainer Geoffrey Durham.
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.
FRI 09:30 Barbara Nice (m000n5d9)
Pilot
Stockport housewife extraordinaire Barbara Nice is the creation of 'Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights' star Janice Connolly.
In this warm-hearted sitcom pilot, Janice and John Henshaw play husband and wife Barbara and Ken.
Barbara is worried she and Ken are at risk of adding to the numbers of silver splitters - they have nothing in common; Ken's idea of retirement involves a marathon session of 'Pointless' and that doesn't fit with Barbara's idea of a well spent golden age.
When a homeless Spanish busker needs some help, Barbara sees it as the perfect opportunity to do some good and stir things up home ... A little more than she expected.
Written by Janice Connolly and Steve Turner.
Barbara Nice ... Janice Connolly
Ken Nice ... John Henshaw
Mary ... Angela Curran
Tonio ... David Sant
Hostel Manager ... Debra Baker
Guitarist: Kester Owen
Producer: Carl Cooper
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 2, first broadcast in November 2015.
FRI 10:00 Don Taylor - The Jacobean Box (b01gjybr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
FRI 11:00 Paul Temple (b007jqq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 11:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m0011cnh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 12:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005tph)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 12:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mj8lx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
FRI 12:30 The Break (m000kfq9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Marriage Lines (b04stqbt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Charles Dickens (b00s7fbg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 14:00 Whispers (b007k2zg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 14:30 Barbara Nice (m000n5d9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 15:00 Don Taylor - The Jacobean Box (b01gjybr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Paul Temple (b007jqq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 16:30 Death Speaks Another Language (m0011cnh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 17:00 How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (m0005tph)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 17:15 Margaret Oliphant - Hester (b03mj8lx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
FRI 17:30 The Break (m000kfq9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Marriage Lines (b04stqbt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 18:30 Charles Dickens (b00s7fbg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 19:00 Whispers (b007k2zg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Barbara Nice (m000n5d9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 20:00 India's Classical Music Marathon (b07j4kfy)
Aditya Chakrabortty journeys to Kolkata and into the mythology of one of India's most precious musical traditions.
Over the course of an all-night classical music concert – or 'conference' – we hear some of the best Indian classical musicians on the planet describe the intricacies of their art, and explain why it might not last much longer in a culture short of attention and keen for quick satisfaction.
At the Uttarpara Sangeet Chakra Conference, on the bank of the river Ganges just north of Kolkata, sitarists, tabla-players, vocalists and other instrumentalists start at 8pm and try to outplay each other until 7 o’clock in the morning, to an audience of nearly 3,000. In doing so, they reenact a tradition central to Indian classical music, which was based on such a competitive tradition with artists battling each other in front of a royal court.
Aditya meets some of the audience members and musicians trying to keep the all-night conference alive, including some of Indian classical music’s biggest names – Shahid Parvez, Tanmoy Bose and Ajoy Chakrabarty, as well as the Kolkata-based writer and classically trained singer Amit Chaudhuri.
Produced by Eve Streeter
A Greenpoint production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2016.
FRI 20:30 Soul Music (b0075zjv)
Series 1
Bridge Over Troubled Water
An anthem of love and support, Bridge over Troubled Water was released in 1970 and instantly became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic.
But for the Simon and Garfunkel partnership things were becoming less harmonious.
Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks.
Producer: Sara Conkey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000.
FRI 21:00 The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry (m00114n5)
Series 18
The Slippery Situation
'What is the slipperiest thing in the world?' asks 8 year old Evelyn.
Why do my feet slip on a wet floor but when my feet are even slightly moist it's nearly impossible to put on a pair of socks without falling over and cursing the universe. What is going on here?' asks Evelyn's Dad, Sam.
Hannah and Adam investigate the science of friction and lubrication - so called 'tribology' with the help of tribologists and mechanical engineers Professor Ashlie Martini from California University Merced and Professor Roger Lewis from the University of Sheffield.
With their help Hannah and Adam find out why leaves on the line are so slippery, what happens to graphite in space and what is the slipperiest food. Professor of Materials, Mark Miodownik from University College London explains what's going on when friction stops two materials sliding past each other and wonders whether the slipperiest substance was actually discovered accidentally in a lab by scientists looking for something completely different.
Also in the programme why the ability to reduce friction, even by minuscule amounts could have a huge impact for sustainability and reducing energy use.
Producers: Jen Whyntie and Pamela Rutherford
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2021.
FRI 21:30 Book at Bedtime (b09tx4f4)
The Long Drop by Denise Mina
5. Who is the Serial Killer?
'The Long Drop' is Denise Mina's first foray into true crime. The award-winning author reimagines the trial of Scotland's first serial killer, Peter Manuel, in a dark and compelling exploration of truth and storytelling.
Glasgow, 1957. Businessman William Watt wants answers about his family's murder. Small time crook Peter Manuel claims to have them. But you don't get something for nothing. Over the course of a bizarre night these unlikely drinking partners will swap stories and attempt to cut a deal to emerge from scandal with reputations, and profits, intact.
A killer is about to be revealed as Watt and Manuel struggle to stay one step ahead of feared gangster Dandy McKay.
Read by Liam Brennan
Abridged by Siân Preece
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.
FRI 21:45 Denise Mina - The Dead Hour (b00w8knd)
5. A Theory
Reporter Paddy Meehan refuses to accept the police theory that the murder was committed by an ex-boyfriend.
Written by Denise Mina.
Paddy Meehan .... Amy Manson
Billy .... Stevie Hannan
JT .... Finlay McLean
Trisha .... Cara Kelly
Sean .... Paul Hickey
Kate .... Patricia Kavanagh
Sullivan .... Andrew Clark
Dramatised by Chris Dolan
Director: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.
FRI 22:00 Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Austen? (m0016pn8)
Series 1
Episode 4
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.
When Florence (Dawn French) is asked to appear on Celebrity Mastermind, she is delighted but terrified as she can’t think of a specialist subject. Meanwhile Lucy finds a strange clue to Selina and Florence’s secret but is told to leave well alone by Florence’s PA Mrs Ragnarrok. And when Florence becomes too stressed to appear on Mastermind, Selina steps in to save – or ruin – the day.
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 (b01mkzgh)
Series 3
Other People's Children
Comedy about outspoken African careworker Beauty, who works for Featherdown Agency in Stoke.
Beauty is getting broody after looking after Worship Leader Wayne's kids and Karen in the office wants her to apply her business acumen to flog a 'multimedia aid to living well with dementia'.
Beauty of Britain is about one woman's progress through a foreign country as she searches for personal fulfilment, a sense of belonging and a pair of Jimmy Choos she can walk to church in.
Beauty ...... Jocelyn Jee Esien
Wayne ...... O.T. Fagbenle
Sally ...... Felicity Montagu
Karen ...... Nicola Sanderson
Janice ...... Lisa Coleman
Colette ...... Llewella Gideon
Father of the Bride ...... Chris Douglas
Written by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson
Produced by Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.
FRI 23:00 2000 Years of Radio (b007tcbl)
Series 1
Headless - Civil War Radio
English Civil War reports as they happen - with all the decapitations and more.
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
Additional material from Sean Grundy.
Producers: Paul Dodgson & Sean Grundy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000.
FRI 23:15 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b00sr30b)
Series 2
Normal Things
Cartoonist Steven has a very removing experience when an expert de-clutters his house.
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 March 2003
FRI 23:30 Listen Against (b00txhld)
Series 3
Episode 4
A disaster on the island from Desert Island Discs, and BBC presenters go commercial.
Another week's worth of radio and TV that never happened.
Presenters:
Alice Arnold
Jon Holmes
Featuring: James Bachman, Stephen Critchlow, Sarah Hadland and David Mara.
Written by Jon Holmes, Sam Bryant, Gareth Gwynn, Carl Carter, James Kettle, Jason Hazely, Joel Morris, Matt Berry, Jonathan Harvey, Jon Luke Roberts, Jon Hunter and Matt Charlton.
Producers: Sam Bryant & Jon Holmes
Made by the BBC on behalf of the BBC for the BBC and first broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.