SATURDAY 03 AUGUST 2024

SAT 00:00 Soul Music (b01mk23j)
Series 14
The Skye Boat Song
The Skye Boat Song brings back a wealth of childhood memories for many.
The words "Speed Bonnie Boat Like a Bird on the Wing" tell the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s escape to the Isle of Skye - dressed as a maid - after defeat at the battle of Culloden.
Originally written by Sir Harold Boulton and Anne MacLeod back in the 1870's, we explore the song’s beauty and how it continues to touch people's lives across the world in very different ways.
The Queen's Piper, who has played it in happy and sad times, recalls his rendition outside the Queen's window and leading Princess Margaret's cortege.
A New Zealand artist shares his memories of time spent with his father, and the sound of him whistling the song on their way home as dusk fell. A sailor from the Isle of Skye, describes his connection with the spirituality of piece and the Loch on which he sails.
Acclaimed violinist Tasmin Little shares her own arrangement of the piece and explains why it works so well musically.
An Australian mum, tells how important this song has been in connecting with the two girls she has adopted from China.
Gaelic singer Maggie MacInnes tells the history of the piece.
Featuring music by Julian Lloyd Webber, The Corries and Pete Lashley.
Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.
Producer: Rachel Matthews
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.
SAT 00:30 James Baldwin’s Last Amen (b04cfdhm)
The work of the American writer James Baldwin gained a new audience in the months following the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Europe and the USA.
His observations on race, power and black identity, featured in clips from 1960s chat shows, were widely shared on social media. A spirited performance in a 1965 Cambridge Union debate titled The American Dream is at the Expense of the American Negro is now considered a landmark moment.
But in the late 1980s, Baldwin's light was fading, and he was living a quiet life in the south of France when theatre producer and director Anton Phillips of Carib Theatre decided to revive his 1954 play The Amen Corner at London's Tricycle Theatre. It transferred to London's Lyric Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue - becoming the first all black production to transfer from Fringe to the West End.
At Phillips' invitation, Baldwin made the trip to London to meet the cast in final rehearsals and see the production open.
During the visit he stayed with one of the cast, Clarke Peters, and gave Joan Bakewell what would be one of his last interviews. He died a few months later in December 1987.
Clarke Peters recalls that landmark 1987 production, his relationship with "Jimmy", and the lasting legacy of an extraordinary and insightful writer.
Producer: Rosemary Laryea
Editor: David Prest
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2021.
SAT 01:00 Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (m0021943)
5. Marlow Returns Home
Although Jim is surrounded by threat, he believes his fate to be in his own hands and that he is master of it.
However, although he is jealously guarded and loved, the things that make him master are making him a captive too.
Joseph Conrad's gripping maritime adventure.
Starring Simon Treves and David March.
Dramatised by Keith Darvill.
Jim .... Simon Treves
Marlow ....David March
Jewel .... Moir Leslie
Cornelius .... Sean Barrett
Gentleman Brown .... Henry Stamper
Dain Waris .... Robin Summers
Doramin .... Davld Sinclair
Stein .... Ronald Herdman
Tamb 'Itam .... Christopher Douglas
Pirate .... Shaun Prendergast
Yank Pirate .... Bernard Brown
Director: Graham Gauld
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1985.
SAT 01:30 Returned Without Thanks by Berkely Mather (m0021946)
Civil engineering explosives specialist Paul Fenton hatches an extreme plan to bring to an end his marriage.
This will allow him to start a new life with his mistress.
Will his skills and meticulous preparation pay dividends?
Starring Hector Ross.
Berkely Mather's play based on the theme of retribution.
Paul Fenton …. Hector Ross
Chrylla .... Hilda Schroder
Sir George Hartnell .... Walter Fitzgerald
Christine Hartnell .... Patricia Gallimore
Gethin .... Michael McClain
Brown .... Lewis Stringer
Cateby .... Wilfred Babbage
Butler .... Arthur Lawrence
Manager of Jewellers .... Geoffrey Matthews
Club Waiter .... Nigel Green
Phone Operator .... Ursula Hirst
Berkely Mather was a prolific British author who wrote for radio and TV - including ‘Z Cars’ and ‘The Avengers’ – plus a film credit for 'Dr No'.
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1967.
SAT 02:00 Second Thoughts (b00lqzs9)
Series 4
Just Managing
Bill and Faith face new pressures on their marriage.
Meanwhile Liza shows just how vulnerable she really is.
Starring Lynda Bellingham and James Bolam.
Sitcom about the battles of Bill and Faith, whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife and her teenage children.
Bill …. James Bolam
Faith …. Lynda Bellingham
Liza …. Belinda Lang
Hannah …. Julia Sawalha
Joe …. Mark Denham
Louise …. Melanie Hudson
Duncan …. Nick Murchie
Inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.
SAT 02:30 Share and Share Alike (m000m6bz)
Missing Persons
Jack's being driven to distraction by his brother Lesley's constant nagging around the home they're forced to share.
So he hatches a scheme to inherit his share of the £50,000 immediately so he can escape their living nightmare.
All he needs to do is fake his own death.
Starring Hugh Paddick and Michael Robbins.
Before two rothers can share their mum's legacy, they're forced to share a house.
Series written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles
Jack Burrows ...... Michael Robbins
Lesley Burrows ...... Hugh Paddick
Solicitor ...... Deryck Guyler
Janice ...... Elizabeth Morgan
Ron ...... Denis Bond
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1978.
SAT 03:00 Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere (b0b1sycz)
Series 1
The 'Haters'
Daliso Chaponda looks at the relationship between the UK and Africa.
Both countries have had a long a complicated past. Looking at their history, Daliso is our relationship guidance counsellor, helping us navigate the rocky historical waters between the two places.
A Malawian comedian who grew up all over the world, Daliso straddles cultural divides. He will help us all better understand how to sort out our differences. Or not...
Now, Daliso looks at the people on both sides who don't want the relationship to work.
Written and performed by Daliso Chaponda
The Other Guy... James Quinn
Theme music by Lawi.
Image by Steve Ullathorne.
Producer Carl Cooper
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.
SAT 03:30 The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black (m000p0sm)
5. Favourites
Don reveals his favourite musicals including West Side Story and My Fair Lady.
He was the creative force behind some of the 20th century’s biggest hits.
A warm and wonderfully moving memoir from legendary songwriter Don Black.
Black shares the stories behind some of his most iconic numbers, as well as delightful anecdotes of his collaboration with the industry’s brightest stars.
It's a celebration of a life in music and a touching tribute to Black’s ultimate inspiration, his wife Shirley.
Written and concluded by Don Black.
Abridged by Polly Coles.
Producer: Clive Brill
A Brill Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2020.
SAT 03:45 Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves (b007jtch)
5. Help
In her quest to finally come to terms with her Cornish past, Marjorie gets help from some youngsters.
Written by Dave Sheasby.
Marjorie Beaumont ...... Elizabeth Bradley
Mrs Nugent ...... June Barrie
Mandy ...... Alison Pettitt
Tilson ...... Tristan Sturrock
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.
SAT 04:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00j6bh8)
Series 1
Episode 3
James Walton hosts the quiz show covering pop history from the ‘50s to the early noughties.
Regulars Tracey MacLeod and Andrew Collins are joined by:
Writer Richard Curtis
Broadcaster Anthony Wilson.
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Written and researched by James Walton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004.
SAT 04:30 Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me (b0076sqs)
Series 2
Thanks for the Memory
George is surprised when everyone seems to have forgotten his 70th birthday.
Roy, concealing his real plans, offers to buy him a bag of chips on the way home from the pub.
But an evening of celebration brings back some bittersweet memories.
Starring Don Warrington and George Layton.
Sitcom written by Marcus Powell, based on cantankerous trombone player Roy Walcott.
Roy …. Don Warrington
Vi …. Yvonne Brewster
George …. Sam Kelly
Barry …. George Layton
Bernadette …. Caroline Lee Johnson
Victor …. Marcus Powell
Trombonist …. Mike Kearsey
Producer: Carol Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2005.
SAT 05:00 A Kind of Home: James Baldwin in Paris (m00223jc)
America acknowledged one its greatest writers when the Civil Rights movement set the country alight.
James Baldwin was a novelist, essayist, playwright and polemicist, but he forged his clear view of America when he sent himself into exile in Paris, where he could explore his sexuality, and find the words he had to say.
Caryl Phillips knew him, and his sweeping drama explores that extraordinary time in France.
James Baldwin .... Ricky Fearon
Jean-Claude, older .... Ronald Pickup
Jean-Claude, younger .... Tom Silburn
Mother .... Alibe Parsons
Richard Wright .... Declan Wilson
Gina .... Lydia Leonard
Alice .... Jaimi Barbakoff
Eugene .... Damian Lynch
Mrs Wilkes .... Lisa Davina Phillip
Theo .... Ryan McCluskey
With:
Roger May
Timothy Morand
Bob Sherman
Rachel Atkins
Chris Moran
Director: Ned Chaillet
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004
SAT 06:00 Guy Meredith - Craft (m0021pch)
**** This programme was suggested by Phillip Davey as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Failed artist, Adam Bax, is amazed when one of his paintings sells for a large sum, giving him overnight fame.
Though still deeply disillusioned with the world of art, he embarks on a little nefarious money-making, aided and abetted by his estranged wife.
Starring Norman Rodway.
Written for BBC Radio 4's SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE by Guy Meredith.
Adam Bax …. Norman Rodway
Robert …. Geoffrey Collins
Quatermain …. James Grout
Tessa …. Carole Boyd
Constantine …. Neville Jason
Fenwick .... John Rye
His Manservant .... John Webb
Susan .... Helena Breck
Nutley/Sergeant .... Colin Starkey
Colonel Dalby .... Garard Green
Rivetti .... Michael Percival
Beth .... Ellen McIntosh
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1984
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SAT 07:30 My Music! (m0021pcl)
Debut Episode (03/01/1967)
**** This programme was suggested by Les Prosser, Jonathan Spiers and Tim Collings as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
The BBC’s long-running musical quiz first hit the airwaves of the BBC Home Service in 1967. with this debut edition.
Steve Race tests the musical knowledge of two teams, each led by comedy writing partners, Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
Joining Frank in this debut edition is opera singer turned broadcaster, David Franklin, while Denis welcomes with opera singer and actor, Ian Wallace.
Across a series of different rounds, the two teams tackle questions about light classical music, musical terms, translating Italian opera titles into English, musical forms, identifying folk songs, dance music and general music knowledge.
This long-running series was devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J Mason. Edward also sets the questions.
It ran for 29 series until 1994 – as a companion to the literary quiz series, My Word! A TV version ran on BBC 2 from 1977.
Which team will triumph in the opening show?
Producer: Tony Shryane
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1967.
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SAT 08:00 Vince Foxall - Return Ticket (m0021pcn)
**** This was a request for 4 Extra's first All Listener Request Weekend, but it's taken a long time for us to track down the audio - so long that we’ve lost the email from the listener who requested it! Still, better late than never… ****
Pensioner Jack is a steam railway train enthusiast who meets Pat, a streetwise teenager at a ‘60s music disco.
It’s an encounter that is set to change their lives and their perceptions of each other's generation.
Written by Vince Foxall.
Jack .... Peter Vaughan
Pat .... Tilly Vosburgh
Grace .... Gudrun Ure
Kaz .... Penny Layden
Ray .... John Hollis
Jean .... Elizabeth Kelly
Joan .... Ann Windsor
DJ .... Nicholas Murchie
Barmaid .... Melanie Hudson
Director: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992
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SAT 09:00 Fallen Arches - A Dinner Party (m0021pcq)
**** This programme was suggested by Adrian Wildfire as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
It is the end of the 19th century. A time of prosperity, peace and tranquillity.
And nowhere is more prosperous, peaceful and tranquil than stately Fallen Arches, for generations the country retreat of the delightfully eccentric Cliffhanger family.
A new gardener is hired for the estate.
But what is Possibility Brown’s hidden motive?
First episode of a series written by Stephen Sheridan.
Lord Cliffhanger …. Robert Lang
Lady Cliffhanger …. Annette Crosbie
Darling …. James Cossins
Possibility Brown … Jon Glover
Florence …. Caroline Gruber
Dr Woodcock …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Colonel Bank …. William Squire
Silas Dirt …. Chris Emmett
Producer: Mark Robson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1988
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SAT 09:30 Alun Owen - The Stag (m0021pcs)
**** This programme was suggested by listener Kathy Ludlow as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Returning from America to Wales, John has reservations about his kid brother’s upcoming marriage, as the stag party approaches.
Written by Alun Owen for BBC TV in 1963
Adapted for radio by Peggy Wells.
John James .... Douglas Blackwell
Mrs James (Mam) .... Rachel Thomas
Graham James .... Henley Thomas
Manw .... Rita Street
Islwyn Morgan .... Gareth Bowen
David Davies .... Glanffrwd James
Captain Harris .... Prysor Williams
Bronwen .... Margaret John
Jennifer's father .... Henry Jacobs
Jennifer's mother .... Vivienne Brooks
Jennifer .... Diana Walsh
Producer: Herbert Davies
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1964.
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SAT 10:30 Do You Need A Spongeman? (m0021pcv)
**** This programme was suggested by Yan Tsou as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Everyone knows that a football manager's life is not an easy one.
It's especially true if you're the manager of the QPR Women's team – and one of the players is your girlfriend.
Sue Elliot reports on Paul Mansfield's team as, in the face of relegation, they combat dirty tricks on the pitch - and hangovers off it.
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996
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SAT 11:00 Guy Meredith - Craft (m0021pch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 12:30 My Music! (m0021pcl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 13:00 Vince Foxall - Return Ticket (m0021pcn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 14:00 Fallen Arches - A Dinner Party (m0021pcq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 14:30 Alun Owen - The Stag (m0021pcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 15:30 Do You Need A Spongeman? (m0021pcv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SAT 16:00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Lost World (m0021pcx)
1. The Monster of Enmore Park
**** This series was suggested by Hadrian Jeffs as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
It’s 1907. Having claimed to have found living dinosaurs in South America, Professor Challenger leads an expedition to prove the doubters wrong.
Starring Francis de Wolff, Kevin McHugh, Gerald Harper and Carleton Hobbs.
A three-part dramatisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic adventure, first published in 1912.
Adapted by Peggy Wells and Barry Campbell.
Professor Challenger .... Francis de Wolff
Edward Malone .... Kevin McHugh
Lord John Roxton .... Gerald Harper
Professor Summerlee .... Carleton Hobbs
Gladys .... Carole Boyd
McArdle .... Henry Stamper
Austin .... Paul Gaymon
Mrs Challenger .... Norma Ronald
Policeman .... Alan Dudley
Chairman .... Denis McCarthy
Producer: Betty Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1975.
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SAT 17:00 Guy Meredith - Craft (m0021pch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 18:30 My Music! (m0021pcl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 19:00 Vince Foxall - Return Ticket (m0021pcn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 20:00 Fallen Arches - A Dinner Party (m0021pcq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 20:30 Alun Owen - The Stag (m0021pcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 21:30 Do You Need A Spongeman? (m0021pcv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SAT 22:00 Paul Sinha's General Knowledge (m000ydm5)
Series 3
Episode 3
Paul Sinha is an award-winning comedian, the reigning British Quiz Champion and also, according to the Radio Times, the UK's "funniest fund of forgotten facts".
He's recounting the amazing true stories that lie behind fascinating nuggets of information.
This episode looks at the history of the UK's new towns, from the son of Stevenage who was one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people, to the Redditch-born superstar who has more Twitter followers than anyone else in Britain. Also, Paul proves empirically that Runcorn is at least three times more interesting than you thought.
Written and performed by Paul Sinha.
Additional material by Oliver Levy.
Producer: Ed Morrish
A Lead Mojo/Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2021.
SAT 22:30 The Secret World (b01n11x0)
Series 3
Episode 4
From Michael Caine to Mark Zuckerberg.
The comedy impressions series examining the bizarre and private lives of public people.
Starring:
Jon Culshaw
Margaret Cabourn Smith
Julian Dutton
Debra Stephenson
Lewis Macleod
Duncan Wisbey
Written by Bill Dare, Julian Dutton and Duncan Wisbey
Created and produced by Bill Dare.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.
SAT 23:00 What The Future? (b04nv4hs)
Series 1
Bees
All the bees are dead. And we love it! Britons revel in sting-less, insect-free summers.
But soon all the honey vanishes and instantly becomes the must-have accoutrement for rappers and grime artists. With no pollination, all fruits and vegetables vanish and a panicked government tries to find bees in North Korea and, confusingly, space.
Can Brian Cox and Brian May, the country's leading science people, find a solution? Probably not.
Kirsty Wark presents a documentary from the future...
Starring:
Nadia Kamil
Geoffrey McGivern
Kieran Hogson
Alistair McGowan
Alice Scott-Gemmill
Elaine Caxton
Sam Dale
Paul Heath
Bettrys Jones
Recorded 30 years from now, What the Future plunges into the world of tomorrow and investigates how decisions and actions from today’s headlining issues could have massive repercussions on our later lives.
Written by Madeleine Brettingham, Steve Burge and Dale Shaw.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014.
SAT 23:30 Fred at The Stand (b098jmxk)
Series 1
Hastings, Vee, McCabe and Delaney
Fred MacAulay is back at The Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh doing what he does best - making people laugh.
The series brings another selection of some of the best of stand-up comedians working in the UK right now. Some you’ll know and some you won’t - yet.
In this episode:
* Canadian John Hastings gives an insight into his love life
* Sindhu Vee jokes about her family
* Susie McCabe talks holidays
* Gary Delaney delivers a series of blistering one-liners.
Fred at The Stand is the closest thing your ears are going to get to an actual night in a comedy club.
A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2017.

SUNDAY 04 AUGUST 2024

SUN 00:00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Lost World (m0021pcx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Guy Meredith - Craft (m0021pch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 My Music! (m0021pcl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:00 Vince Foxall - Return Ticket (m0021pcn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Fallen Arches - A Dinner Party (m0021pcq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:30 Alun Owen - The Stag (m0021pcs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 Do You Need A Spongeman? (m0021pcv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Grandma and Mrs Chatterjee (m0021q9c)
**** This programme was suggested by Heather Everley as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Grandmother Kathleen Riley and her friend Mira Chatterjee are not the kind of 70-year-olds to sit back and watch their world collapse.
Instead, they intervene to bring back the Goddess Culture through the medium of the radio.
Kathleen's granddaughter, Breda is not convinced…
Starring Julie Christie, Liz Kelly and Leena Dhingra.
Written by Kitty Fitzgerald
The Goddess .... Julie Christie
Kathleen Riley .... Liz Kelly
Mira Chatterjee .... Leena Dhingra
Breda Riley .... Chrissie Edge
Ann Riley .... Maureen Harold
Phillip .... Rod Arthur
The Inspector ... Seamus O'Neill
Sergeant .... Anthony Cairns
Director: Kate Rowland
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1993.
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SUN 07:00 Poetry Extra (m0021zf8)
The Song of Hiawatha
*** As part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s latest All Request Weekend - listener Wendy Mason requested The Song of Hiawatha: "The hypnotic, rich voice(s) were wonderful and I would love for you to rebroadcast." ***
In response this week Daljit chooses: The Song of Hiawatha in which Timothy West narrates the legendary tale of the native American warrior Hiawatha. And also, Daljit selects his August Poetry Extra Book of the Month: Joy in Service on Rue Tagore by Paul Muldoon.
The Song of Hiawatha is based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1955 epic. The poem relates the adventures of Hiawatha, son of the Ruler Of The Winds Of Heaven, who forges peace through his marriage to Minnehaha. Named Strong-Heart by his villagers, Hiawatha battles defeats mighty opponents, but mischief, famine and tragedy follow.
"By the shores of the Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
Stood the wigwam of Nokomis...."
Timothy West tells the legendary story of native American hero, Hiawatha.
CAST:
Storyteller ... Timothy West
Hiawatha ... Chris Garner
Gitche Manito .... Burt Caesar
Little Hiawatha ... Sam Fry
Iagoo ...... Chris Harris
Chibiabos ...... Peter Polycarpou
Pau-Puk-Keewis .... Gary Sharkey
Mudjekeewis ..... Bill Wallis
Nokomis .... Mia Soteriou
Minnehaha ..... Nicole Arumugam
Chorus Tom Espiner
Chris Grimes
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Music composed and performed by Mia Soteriou with William Lyons on pipes.
Abridged by Tom Holland
Produced by Viv Beeby and Jeremy Howe
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
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SUN 08:00 Drama on 4 (m0005mm4)
Me & Robin Hood by Shôn Dale-Jones
**** This programme was suggested by Chris Natural as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
One man channels his childhood obsession with the mythical outlaw, Robin Hood, by making a stand against our stress-filled, unequal, consumer-driven society.
Shôn first met Robin Hood back in the autumn of 1975, as a seven-year-old-boy, living on the Isle of Anglesey. But what would it mean to be a modern day Robin Hood?
How could you take the principles of robbing from the rich and giving to the poor and apply them to the complexities of our global economy? And what’s so great about Robin Hood anyway?
Shôn Dale-Jones’s inventive piece of sonic storytelling magic.
This is a story about the growing gap between rich and poor, radicalism and the challenge of knowing that sometimes you have to do something wrong in order to do something right.
It’s a comic story about how Shôn’s childhood hero re-enters his life when he needs him most.
It began life as a one-man stage play, produced by Hoipolloi and the Royal Court.
Shôn …. Shôn Dale-Jones
The Therapist…. Clare Cage
Director: James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2019.
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SUN 08:45 Ray Ball - An Englishman's Home (m0021q9g)
**** This programme was suggested by Simon Wiltshire as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Colin is the King of his caravan club.
But his supremacy is challenged by a stranger who doesn't know his jockey wheel from his awning light.
Starring Christopher Godwin and Brigit Forsyth.
Comedy written by Ray Ball.
Colin .... Christopher Godwin
Kath .... Brigit Forsyth
Angela .... Natasha Pyne
Brian .... Pearce Quigley
Steve .... John Griffin
Harry .... Peter Wheeler
Roger .... Peter Rylands
Barnie .... Neville Barber
Veronica .... Meg Johnson
Chris .... Simon Bleackley
Barman .... Laurence Kenny
Director: Tony Cliff
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1991.
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SUN 10:00 The Mysterious Affair at Harrogate (b06qjvqp)
**** This programme was suggested by Neil Trussler as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****

The queen of the whodunnit, Agatha Christie is missing.
Another musical excursion for the Pasadena Roof Orchestra through great moments in 20th-century history.
Written by Chris Emmett and Tony Hare.
Starring:
June Whitfield
Jeffrey Holland
Chris Emmett
With vocalist Duncan Galloway.
A light-hearted take on the massive 1926 trawl for the missing author, involving 1000 police constables, civilians - and for the first time aeroplanes.
Agatha was eventually found mysteriously in Harrogate, so what really happened...?
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1992.
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SUN 10:30 MacFlintock's Palace (m0021q9j)
Henry MacFlintock Is Unwell
**** This programme was suggested by Gillian Walker and Richard Barnett as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Sitcom series set in a Victorian music hall.
On today’s star bill, Professor Ludwig von Pish and his Footballing Fish, and The Great Nervo & Kitty.
Henry MacFlintock gets to meet Oscar Wilde, who could be good for publicity...
Written and performed by Mark McDonnell and Steven McNicoll.
Producer: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.
**** To nominate a programme from the archive that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SUN 10:45 Mrs Dale's Diary: A Look Back: 1954-1955 (m0021q9m)
**** This programme was suggested by Gillian Garrett as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Looking back over the first decade of her diary, Mrs Dale shares two years of 'despair and happiness' - 1954 and 1955.
In 1948, the BBC Light Programme broadcast the first episode of a radio serial.
It chronicled the lives of the Dale family – doctor Jim, plus children, Bob and Gwen - as recounted from the daily diary of Mrs Mary Dale. They live in Parkwood Hill - a fictional middle-class London suburb.
For the following 21 years, (over 5,500 episodes) more than six million listeners tuned in to hear the everyday affairs of this much-loved family and their friends
Ellis Powell takes the leading role, but the BBC dismissed her in 1963, and she died a few months later. She was replaced by singer and dancer, Jessie Matthews OBE who played Mrs Dale until the soap opera - renamed ‘The Dales’ - was axed by BBC Radio 2 in 1969.
Each episode began with Mrs Dale setting the scene as she spoke aloud, writing her daily entry into her diary. She was often to be heard exclaiming: 'I’m rather worried about Jim.'
Starring Ellis Powell as Mrs Dale.
Written by Jonquil Antony
Other characters played by:
Margaret Ward
Dorothy Lane
Leslie Heritage
Aline Waites
Robin Lloyd
Norman Chidgey
Charles Lamb
Robert Webber
Julia Braddock
Jack Shaw
Stuart Nichol
John Graham
John Bryning
Producer Betty Davies
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1958.
**** To nominate a programme from the archive that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SUN 11:00 Grandma and Mrs Chatterjee (m0021q9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m0021zf8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 13:00 Drama on 4 (m0005mm4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 13:45 Ray Ball - An Englishman's Home (m0021q9g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SUN 15:00 The Mysterious Affair at Harrogate (b06qjvqp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 15:30 MacFlintock's Palace (m0021q9j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 15:45 Mrs Dale's Diary: A Look Back: 1954-1955 (m0021q9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SUN 16:00 Delta Sly Honey by Lucius Shepard (m0021q9p)
**** This programme was suggested by Ian Beadle as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
A country boy exorcises his demons in Vietnam by making late-night broadcasts to phantom military units - until one of the phantoms, Delta Sly Honey, answers his call.
In the worlds of author Lucius Shepard, the living and the dead are co-habitants, and the magic that seeps into daily life comes from the human heart of darkness.
Dramatised by Mike Walker.
Lieutenant Curt .... Corey Johnson
Randall .... Robert Petkoff
Sergeant Moon .... Sam Douglas
Delta Sly Marine .... Ben Onwukwe
Delta Sly Marine .... Colin Adrian
Producer: Ned Chaillet
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2002.
**** To nominate a programme from the archive that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SUN 16:30 The Twelve Maidens (m0021q9r)
1. The Black Arc
**** This programme was suggested by Colin Ball and Steven Croote as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Researchers develop a system than can detect sentient life. But some unknown force has other ideas.
'Just think what you have here. Biodar - the first radar in the world, so far as we know. that can pick up sentient life and locate it exactly ...'
Working on Biodar, Peter Brent and Margaret Govan are puzzled because Maiden Tor, a nearby hilltop crowned with a circle of stones - The Twelve Maidens – comes across as a complete blank on their screens.
Starring Martin Jarvis and Patricia Gallimore.
A sci-fi serial for radio in six parts by Stewart Farrar.
Peter Brent .... Martin Jarvis
Margaret Govan .... Patricia Gallimore
Sgt George Blake .... Sean Arnold
Dr Carl Ewing .... Haydn Jones
Joe Gurney .... Douglas Blackwell
Reuben Fairfax, the Coven Leader .... Patrick Tull
Bridget Williams .... Eva Stuart
Donald Williams .... Fraser Kerr
Rex Andrews .... Antony Higginson
Susan Platt .... Margaret Robertson
Professor Philip Jessup .... Lewis Stringer
Bill …. Alan Reid
Producer: David H Godfrey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1971.
**** To nominate a programme from the archive that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SUN 17:00 Grandma and Mrs Chatterjee (m0021q9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 18:00 Poetry Extra (m0021zf8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 19:00 Drama on 4 (m0005mm4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SUN 19:45 Ray Ball - An Englishman's Home (m0021q9g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SUN 21:00 The Mysterious Affair at Harrogate (b06qjvqp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:30 MacFlintock's Palace (m0021q9j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 21:45 Mrs Dale's Diary: A Look Back: 1954-1955 (m0021q9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]
SUN 22:00 Tim Key's Poetry Programme (m000gmgt)
Series 5
Rome
Tim Key broadcasts live from his trailer in Rome, where he’s shooting a film directed by the legendary Sir Hayden Higgins.
Key …... Tim Key
Lord …... Tom Basden
Megan …... Katy Wix
Sir Hayden …... Miles Jupp
Pamela …... Carlotta Morelli
Written and presented by Tim Key.
Producer: James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2020.
SUN 22:30 The Simon Day Show (b010y312)
Series 1
Billy Bleach
The headlining comedian is a no show at The Mallard, so newcomer Billy Bleach is asked to extend his stand-up set.
Simon Day and his characters welcome you to The Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK.
Each week one of them comes to perform - with highlights of that night's show plus all the backstage and front-of-house happenings.
Written by Simon Day and Felix Dexter.
Billy Bleach ..... Simon Day
Catherine ..... Catherine Shepherd
Goose ..... Felix Dexter
Ron Bone ..... Simon Greenall
Producer: Colin Anderson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011.
SUN 23:00 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking (b00nywl0)
Series 3
Episode 2
Olga the ex-tyrannt takes on a British Post Office - and a man tries to buy his mother a gift in an expensive department store.
Plus Sandrine, the Parisien radio host, chats about why French culture is much better then the culture of say, Britiain.
Award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and character comedy series
With:
Rosie Cavaliero
Ben Moor
Ben Willbond
Written by Laura Solon.
With additional material by Charlie Miller, John-Luke Roberts and Gareth Gwyn
Script Editor: Jeremy Dyson
Producer: Colin Anderson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.
SUN 23:30 The Party Party (b007w2z5)
Episode 3
It's 1993 and the Party Party - a party of the incredibly silly tendency, sweeps to power.
Will Sir Lord Knight's campaign over the danger of ads do the business?
In which the Ministry for Honesty issues a series of no nonsense commercials which alert the country to the danger of commercials, and Ali looses his footsteps somewhere in Microcosm.
Does this mean that Ali can no longer run for Parliament?
Tune in to hear the Primer Minister, the Rt. Hon. Action Man MP speaking on this and other minor issues.
Sitcom written by Moray Hunter.
Starring:
Morwenna Banks
Hugh Laurie
Robin Driscoll
Robert Glenister
Clive Mantle
Rory Bremner
Producer: Jamie Rix
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1987.

MONDAY 05 AUGUST 2024

MON 00:00 Delta Sly Honey by Lucius Shepard (m0021q9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 The Twelve Maidens (m0021q9r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Grandma and Mrs Chatterjee (m0021q9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Poetry Extra (m0021zf8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 Drama on 4 (m0005mm4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:45 Ray Ball - An Englishman's Home (m0021q9g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 The Mysterious Affair at Harrogate (b06qjvqp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 MacFlintock's Palace (m0021q9j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:45 Mrs Dale's Diary: A Look Back: 1954-1955 (m0021q9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (m0021qhg)
6. A Grave New Threat
In the final episode, the arrival of Gentleman Brown and his pirate crew presents Jim and the people of Patusan with a new threat to their way of life and forces him to finally face up to his fate.
Jim .... Simon Treves
Marlow .... David March
Jewel .... Moir Leslie
Cornelius .... Sean Barrett
Gentleman Brown .... Henry Stamper
Tamb 'Itam .... Christopher Douglas
Dain Waris .... Robin Summers
Doramin .... David Sinclair
Yank Pirate .... Bernard Brown
Written by Joseph Conrad
Dramatised for radio in six episodes by Keith Darvill
Director Martin Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1985.
MON 06:30 Colin Dexter Short Stories (b007lnpx)
Monty's Revolver
When Monty's service revolver comes up for auction, one gun collector knows its reserve price is beyond his reach.
But he never imagined he'd end up facing the wrong end of the barrel.
A short story by Inspector Morse creator, Colin Dexter
Reader Joe Dunlop
Producer Sarah Kilgariff
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2003.
MON 06:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038c0dr)
Series 1
1. Suspension
Until five months ago, Liz was a hard-nosed child-protection social worker.
Today she doesn't know who she is, except that she's on suspension, hiding from the press, dosed up on SSRIs ... and that there's someone shouting her name in the supermarket.
It's an irony of child protection, that if you've been a social worker long enough to remove two children from a woman at birth, that means you may be the one constant in her life she can trust.
So when Tamsin tracks down her old social worker Liz for help, she doesn't care that Liz is on suspension and forbidden from talking to her. Or that Liz is the current hate figure of the national press, after the violent death of a child on her caseload.
Tamsin just wants help.
Should Liz ignore her? Or is time to break the rules?
Claire Skinner is best known to TV viewers as harassed mum Sue in Outnumbered, but her wide-ranging career includes long associations with Mike Leigh, Alan Ayckbourn, and Sam Mendes.
Lacey Turner won a fistful of awards for her portrayal of EastEnders' Stacey Slater over 6 years, and recent TV work includes starring in True Love and Our Girl.
Martin Jameson is a prolific screenwriter, director and playwright whose recent work on Radio 4 includes Can You Tell Me The Name Of The Prime Minister?, The Night They Tried To Kidnap The Prime Minister and Stone.
Written in five parts by Martin Jameson.
Liz Beecham ...... Claire Skinner
Tamsin Geraghty ...... Lacey Turner
Clive Beecham ...... Michael Bertenshaw
Maureen Beecham ...... Christine Absalom
Justin ...... Jerome Holder
Chloe ...... Hannah Wood
Director: Jonquil Panting.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2013.
Details of help and support with child sexual abuse and violence is available from the BBC Action line here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/22VVM5LPrf3pjYdKqctmMXn/information-and-support-sexual-abuse-and-violence
MON 07:00 Anything Legal (b0085hnm)
Episode 4
George and Charles tackle a horrid child and a bizarre giant in their new business offering anything legal...
Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.
A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly
Charles .... Donald Hewlett
George .... Michael Knowles
Isabel .... Madeline Smith
Little Willy .... Stephen Grief
Simon .... Elizabeth Proud
Miss Folliate .... Frances Jeater
Theme music by Jim Parker
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.
MON 07:30 Stop Messing About! (b00rxk55)
Series 2
Episode 8
A cigarette girl's burning lust, and BBC Radio is fully exposed.
Starring:
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Joan Sims
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.
Announcer: Douglas Smith
Written by Myles Rudge, David Cumming and Derek Collyer.
With the Max Harris Group.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1970.
MON 08:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b01qw8m7)
Series 2
On Location
Damien is sent on location to the Lake District to film a chunk of his new series for Sky Arts about "poets and their palates".
But when the sunshine turns to driving rain, Damien's spirits are further dampened when it appears Anthony might not be missing him quite as much as he had hoped...
Sitcom written by and starring Miles Jupp, charting the life of cookery writer Damien Trench and his partner Anthony.
Damien Trench ...... Miles Jupp
Anthony MacIlveny ...... Justin Edwards
Gary McDade ...... Ben Crowe
Sound Man ...... Ben Crowe
Mr Mullaney ...... Brendan Dempsey
Marion Duffett ...... Lesley Vickerage
Producer: Sam Michell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.
MON 08:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00g9px4)
1. The Hall
One of this country's best loved actors, Dame Joanna Lumley, reads from her home-based autobiography.
She begins by elaborating on her early years in India followed by her time at boarding school back in England.
Producer: Liz Webb.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004.
MON 08:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007k2cz)
1. For Fools Rush In
English prejudices clash with Italian passions when a young widow is sent abroad to avoid a man's clutches.
EM Forster's deliciously witty story of English conventions confounded by the romanticism of Italy.
Debut novel first published in 1905.
Dramatised ten parts by Penny Leicester.
Narrator ...... Sian Thomas
Philip ...... Jamie Bamber
Caroline ...... Emilia Fox
Mrs Herriton ...... Sara Kestelman
Harriet ...... Deborah Findlay
Lilia ...... Teresa Gallagher
Gino ...... Tom George
Irma ...... Imogen Hamilton-Jones
Director: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
MON 09:00 Mark Steel's in Town (m0021j31)
Series 13
Coleraine
Mark Steel's In Town - Coleraine

"...Coleraine is a big town and is ready for City status..."

This week Mark visits the town of Coleraine in Northern Ireland.

This is the 13th series of Mark's award-winning show where he travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness. After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for a local audience.

As well as Coleraine, in this series Mark be will also be popping to Margate, Malvern, East Grinstead, Stoke-on-Trent, and Nether Edge in Sheffield.

There will also be extended versions of each episode available on BBC sounds.

Written and performed by Mark Steel

Additional material by Pete Sinclair
Production co-ordinator Katie Baum
Sound Manager Jerry Peal
Producer Carl Cooper

A BBC Studios Audio production for Radio 4
MON 09:30 New Storytellers (m001p6s3)
Harassment Architecture
The homeless community is targeted by features in the cityscape that are invisible to many of us.
Many argue that anti-homeless architecture enforces a certain type of ‘acceptable’ use of public space.
Benches, bus stops and back alleys have been redesigned - leading some to say that homeless people are harassed into living in evermore hidden and dangerous places.
A culture of resistance on the streets is fighting back.
Charlston draws from his first-hand experience of being homeless and disabled to reflect on how he and others like him are instructed, and often forced, to navigate urban environments.
He questions the purpose and value of hostile design through recalling his own testimonies, and the hardship he has encountered. He now uses architecture as a tool in campaigning for radical solutions.
New Storytellers presents the work of new radio and audio producers, and this series features the winners of the 2023 Charles Parker Prize for the Best Student Radio Feature.
Harassment Architecture was made by Goldsmiths MA student George Ruskin, and the judges commented,
“What is excellent about this piece is the perspective. It makes the listener see the world from one – singular – point of view, with wonderful stereo illustrations to bring the words to life.”
Producer: George Ruskin
A Soundscape production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2023.
MON 09:45 Daily Service (m0021qhj)
Transformation - A shining face
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Transformation - A shining face
Exodus 34: 30-35
Praise my soul the King of heaven - Daily Service Singers
The Lord bless you and keep you (Rutter) - Cambridge Singers
I'm looking for a miracle - AMC Gospel Choir
MON 10:00 Radiolab (m0021qhl)
Series 12
Lord of the Climates
Radiolab explores the past to help find out what we should be doing about climate change.
First, a force of nature that helped shape modern human history and that is eerily similar to what’s happening on our planet right now.
Then, the problem of geoengineering; a rollercoaster ride of hope and terror. Ultimately, we wrestle with the question of what we should be doing about climate change, or what we should even talk about.
With Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser.
Radiolab is a Peabody-award winning show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and the human experience.
The Radiolab team investigate a strange world.
From WNYC. First broadcast on public radio in the USA in 2023.
MON 10:55 Inheritance Tracks (m0011l6n)
Hannah Mills MBE
Olympic sailor Hannah Mills MBE chooses Creep by Radiohead and A Thousand Trees by the Stereophonics.
MON 11:00 Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (m0021qhg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 11:30 Colin Dexter Short Stories (b007lnpx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 11:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038c0dr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
MON 12:00 Anything Legal (b0085hnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 12:30 Stop Messing About! (b00rxk55)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 13:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b01qw8m7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 13:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00g9px4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007k2cz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 14:00 Just a Minute (b00m67w9)
Series 55
Edinburgh Festival
Nicholas Parsons presides over the devious game where panellists are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition.
With:
Paul Merton
Mike McShane
Paul Sinha
Sue Perkins
From the Pleasance Grand at the Edinburgh Festival.
Subjects range from What I Wear In Bed to How to talk to your GP.
Questions by Enid Messiter
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2009.
MON 14:30 Snap (b013fct0)
Series 3
Episode 6
Molly's surprise pregnancy makes Doug take the plunge.
Starring Rebecca Lacey and Paul Venables.
Conclusion of Paul Mendelson's sitcom about life for a couple after they've split.
Molly …. Rebecca Lacey
Doug …. Paul Venables
Kaz …. Soumaya Keynes
Ryan …. Jessie Sullivan
Annie …. Marlene Sidaway
Dawn …. Robin Weaver
Raymond …. Jonathan Tafler
Ansel ...... Richard Firth
Producer: David Ian Neville
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.
MON 15:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l60zl)
1. Lucilla's Revolution
Lucilla Marjoribanks, a large and determined girl, returns from school with one purpose in life - to be a comfort to her recently widowed father.
And to avoid all proposals of marriage...
Starring Teresa Gallagher and Elizabeth Spriggs.
Margaret Oliphant's humorous novel, first published in 1865.
Dramatised in four-parts by Elizabeth Proud.
Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher
Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon
Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Tom Marjoribanks ...... Nicholas Murchie
Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud
Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor
Mrs Mortimer ...... Kate Binchy
Fanny ...... Siriol Jenkins
Edward ...... David Holt
The Rev Bury ...... John Fleming
Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield
Maria Brown ...... Melanie Hudson
Mr Holder ...... Eric Allan
Nancy ...... Joanna Wake
Music by Malcolm McKee.
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992.
MON 16:00 Radiolab (m0021qhl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:55 Inheritance Tracks (m0011l6n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:55 today]
MON 17:00 Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (m0021qhg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 17:30 Colin Dexter Short Stories (b007lnpx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 17:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038c0dr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
MON 18:00 Anything Legal (b0085hnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:30 Stop Messing About! (b00rxk55)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 19:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b01qw8m7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00g9px4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 19:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007k2cz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 20:00 Just a Minute (b00m67w9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
MON 20:30 Snap (b013fct0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
MON 21:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l60zl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
MON 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town (m0021j31)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 22:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b01p4sgr)
Series 3
Episode 3
The Kapoors tee off on the golf course, and the Delhi students take a train trip to Southend-on-Sea.
Starring:
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Kulvinder Ghir
Meera Syal
Nina Wadia
Gold Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The sketch comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC TWO from 1998 to 2001.
Written by Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sanjeev Kohli.
Script Editors: Sharat Sardana and Richard Pinto
Producer: Anil Gupta.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
MON 23:00 Catherine Bohart: TL;DR (m0021jjr)
Series 1
Episode 2
Columns. Analysis. The Guardian's Long Read. Who has time? Catherine Bohart, that's who, and she's going beyond the headlines to give you the lowdown on one of the biggest stories this week, alongside a guest journalist and roving correspondent Sunil Patel.
This week: what's Putin's endgame in Ukraine?
Topical comedy stalwart Gareth Gwynn is our guide through the detail, and historian Julia Leikin joins to explain how the region's past is affecting its present.
Meanwhile, in the TL;DR Sidebar, comedian Sunil Patel looks at the advantages of having a former comedian as your President when on a war-time footing.
Written by Catherine Bohart, with Madeleine Brettingham, Sarah Campbell and Georgie Flinn.
Produced by Victoria Lloyd & Lyndsay Fenner
Recorded at the Museum of Comedy, and Edited by David Thomas
Production Coordinators - Beverly Tagg & Anna Madley
A Mighty Bunny production for BBC Radio 4
MON 23:30 The Ape That Got Lucky (b0081cbz)
Science and Progress
Humans like to think that even if evolution has dealt them a neat hand, they have made their own luck through their mastery of science and technology.
But many things, including penicillin and the light bulb, have been discovered accidentally.
A spoof exploration of the fascinating subject of human evolution.
Starring Chris Addison.
With:
Professor Austin Herring (aka Geoffrey McGivern)
Jo Enright
Dan Tetsell
Written by Chris Addison and Carl Cooper.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005.

TUESDAY 06 AUGUST 2024

TUE 00:00 Radiolab (m0021qhl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:55 Inheritance Tracks (m0011l6n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:55 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (m0021qhg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Colin Dexter Short Stories (b007lnpx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038c0dr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Anything Legal (b0085hnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Stop Messing About! (b00rxk55)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b01qw8m7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00g9px4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007k2cz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Just a Minute (b00m67w9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Snap (b013fct0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l60zl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 The Decoy (b00n90tt)
A man is plucked from the factory floor and groomed by the State as a body double.
Matthew Broughton's thriller about image and power.
Daniel ...... Ifan Meredith
Victor ...... Stephen Hogan
Katrina ......Abigail Hollick
Adam ...... Joseph Cohen Cole
Simon ...... Rhys Jennings
Other parts played by:
Kate Layden
Piers Wehner
Rhys Jennings
Emerald O'Hanrahan
Tessa Nicholson
Melissa Advani
Director: Faith Collingwood
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.
TUE 06:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038c7b7)
Series 1
2. Settlement
Liz has been offered a settlement by the Council, if she'll sign a gagging order.
It's an irony of child protection, that if you've been a social worker long enough to remove two children from a woman at birth, that means you may be the one constant in her life she can trust.
So when Tamsin tracks down her old social worker Liz for help, she doesn't care that Liz is on suspension and forbidden from talking to her. Or that Liz is the current hate figure of the national press, after the violent death of a child on her caseload.
Tamsin just wants help.

Should Liz ignore her? Or is time to break the rules?
Claire Skinner is best known to TV viewers as harrassed mum Sue in Outnumbered, but her wide-ranging career includes long associations with Mike Leigh, Alan Ayckbourn, and Sam Mendes.
Lacey Turner won a fistful of awards for her portrayal of Eastenders' Stacey Slater over 6 years, and recent TV work includes starring in True Love and Our Girl.

Martin Jameson is a prolific screenwriter, director and playwright whose recent work on Radio 4 includes Can You Tell Me The Name Of The Prime Minister?, The Night They Tried To Kidnap The Prime Minister and Stone.
Liz Beecham ...... Claire Skinner
Colin ...... David Seddon
Sundeep Mishra ...... Sasha Behar
Clive Beecham ...... Michael Bertenshaw
Justin ...... Jerome Holder
Chloe ...... Hannah Wood
Nurse ...... Matthew Watson
Written by Martin Jameson.
Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2013.
Details of help and support with child sexual abuse and violence is available from the BBC Action line here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/22VVM5LPrf3pjYdKqctmMXn/information-and-support-sexual-abuse-and-violence
TUE 07:00 Greywing (m0021qtq)
3. Fair Game
Mild-mannered furniture maker, Nigel Struddock, has an alter ego - Greywing - a costumed superhero. His nemesis, dastardly Benny Leake, has hired a heavy to dispose of him. Is our hero's number up?
Written by Simon Bullivant
Nigel Struddock aka Greywing .... Timothy Spall
Benny Leake .... Bernard Hill
Judy Marvick .... Tilly Vosburgh
Other parts played by:
John Baddeley
Andy Rashleigh
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Producer: Colin Swash
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in November 1992.
TUE 07:30 The Goon Show (b014s6hl)
Series 6
The Secret Escritoire
Neddie Seagoon's furniture is at the centre of a Malayan man-shrinking plot
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in September 1955.
TUE 08:00 Miracles R Us (b00sm8tq)
Lot 243
Caroline's car gives up the ghost and the business can’t afford the repairs.
When they've asked to bid for a lot at a county house auction – how can they get there?
Sylvia rides to the rescue. Once they arrive, Caroline makes a new friend, while Sylvia meets a kindred spirit...
Starring Anna Massey and Deborah Findlay.
Comedy about two women who run a cleaning service together by Lesley Bruce.
Sylvia ...... Anna Massey
Caroline ...... Deborah Findlay
Lauren ...... Madeleine Bowyer
Lambourn ...... Trevor Peacock
Carl Bailey ...... Nigel Hastings
Auctioneer ...... Michael Shelford
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.
** Music from Nick Drake: "When the Day is Done." "Time of No Reply" and "Cello Song".
TUE 08:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00gdhcg)
2. The Drawing Room
Life as a model and breaking into acting - leading to 'The New Avengers', 'Sapphire & Steel' and a date with James Bond.
One of this country's best loved actors, Dame Joanna Lumley, reads from her home-based autobiography.
Producer: Liz Webb.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004.
TUE 08:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007k2fd)
2. Put a Stop to the Nonsense
The romanticism of Italy has cast a spell on widowed Lilia, and she gets engaged.
EM Forster's deliciously witty story of English conventions confounded by the romanticism of Italy.
Debut novel first published in 1905.
Dramatised by Penny Leicester.
Narrator ...... Sian Thomas
Philip ...... Jamie Bamber
Caroline ...... Emilia Fox
MrsHerriton ...... Sara Kestelman
Harriet ...... Deborah Findlay
Lilia ...... Teresa Gallagher
Gino ...... Tom George
Irma ...... Imogen Hamilton-Jones
Director: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
TUE 09:00 Do Gooders (m0021b8q)
1. The Team Player
Garrett Millerick’s Do Gooders is a new ensemble sitcom that takes us behind the charity curtain and mines the numerous frustrations that come with trying to ‘do good’ on an industrial scale. With Frank Skinner, Fay Ripley, Lisa McGrillis, Ahir Shah and Ania Magliano.
The series follows the exploits of the fundraising events team at a fictional mid-level charity, The Alzheimers Alliance. Fundraising for this kind of mid-table organisation comes with its own unique set of challenges, be it setting up eye catching events, courting celebrity endorsement or juggling the inter charity politics.
And while certainly not languishing on the lowest rungs of the charity league table, Alzheimers hasn’t got the dazzling sheen or the pulling power of a cancer charity, nor does it capture the public’s sympathies in the way lifeboats or guide dogs do.
If Cancer Research is Coca-Cola, Alzheimers Alliance is Lilt. A cracking drink, but they’ve got to work hard to remind people they exist - or face total extinction.
Episode One - The Team Player
Clive has one day to prove to Harriett that he can be a team player, or risk losing his status as a manager. Lauren and Ken battle it out over the new hot desking arrangements and Gladys introduces the new hire Achi to the peculiarities of life at The Alzheimers Alliance.
Cast:
Lauren – Ania Magliano
Gladys – Lisa McGrillis
Clive – Garrett Millerick
Harriett – Fay Ripley
Achi – Ahir Shah
Ken – Frank Skinner
Writer – Garrett Millerick
Sound Engineer – David Thomas
Editor – David Thomas
Production Assistant – Jenny Recaldin
Producer – Jules Lom
Executive Producers – Richard Allen-Turner, Daisy Knight, Julien Matthews, Jon Thoday
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4
TUE 09:30 New Storytellers (m001p7lk)
Out at Sea, Out of Mind
Take a deep dive into the sonic realms of the sea. With natural soundscapes recorded beneath the surface, this is a journey of discovery into how important sound is for all sea creatures - from whales, dolphins, and porpoises, to the smallest invertebrates, sound is an essential part of their being.
Since the discovery that whale song can be heard across entire oceans, many researchers have been exploring how human-produced sounds and frequencies may affect communication among the mammals. But as we on the surface can’t hear the sounds beneath the sea, we can be oblivious to the devastating effects some of these noises can have on underwater life. As humans we bring to the vast arena of the oceans much louder sounds than would occur naturally on the evolutionary scale - shipping, sonar used for underwater navigation, and the loud seismic gun testing blasts produced when surveying the ocean bed for oil and gas.
Do we need to start listening to our oceans?
With contributions from: Professor Volker Deecke, marine pollution consultant Tim Deere-Jones, researchers Sarah Dickson, Jordan Burgess, Jo Garrett, and writer Jay Richardson.
This series of New Storytellers features the winners of this year’s Charles Parker Prize 2023 for the Best Student Radio Feature. Out at Sea, Out of Mind was produced by recent University of Sunderland MA Radio, Audio and Podcasting student Lottie Steele and the feature is, in the words of the judges, “skilfully creative” and “expertly montaged so that there is a great sense of flow”. And they admired the “beautiful use of sound and music. A shocking and important programme.”
Produced by Lottie Steele.
A Soundscape production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2023.
TUE 09:45 Daily Service (m0021qts)
Transformation - Transfiguration Feast of Transfiguration
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Transformation - Transfiguration Feast of Transfiguration
Mark 9: 2-8
Light of the World - Stuart Townend
O nata lux (Ben Parry) - St Martin's Voices
These are the days of Elijah - Geraldine Latty
TUE 10:00 A Good Read (m0002bng)
Kamal Ahmed and Brett Westwood
Author and journalist Kamal Ahmed and naturalist and presenter Brett Westwood join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by by Michael Faber, James Baldwin and Ruth Rendell.
Under the Skin by Michel Faber
Publisher: Canongate
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
Publisher: Penguin
The Keys to the Street by Ruth Rendell.
Publisher: Hutchinson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.
TUE 10:30 The Women Who Wrote Rock (b07428bt)
Kate Mossman tells the story of the long-overlooked female pop and rock writers of the 1960s.
As a music journalist herself, when Kate entered the profession she found herself surrounded by men - men who had very definite ideas about how it should be done... writing for monthly magazines that were aimed at men and covering artist who were mainly men. The whole industry of writing about 'serious' popular music seemed to have been established in the late 1960s and the mid-1970s with the writer-characters of Rolling Stone and our own New Musical Express.
But there was a time before all this - a time when the newly invented teenagers were finding their feet... and a new kind of journalism was emerging to chronical the rapidly changing time. A journalism spearheaded by women.
There was Nancy Lewis, who wrote for Fabulous and the NME; June Harris, who wrote for Disc, then went to New York and contributed to Rave (as well as marring legendary rock agent and promoter Frank Barsalona); Maureen O'Grady who began her career as a music journalist at Boyfriend and progressed onto Rave, where she also joined Dawn James. And the doyennes of them all was the Evening Standard's Maureen Cleave, to whom John Lennon claimed that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus.
Kate Mossman meets them and celebrates the tone of their writing that was so fascinatingly different from rock journalism as we came to know it, and yet captured all the confusion, excitement and social changes of the time.
Produced by Paul Kobrak.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2016.
TUE 11:00 The Decoy (b00n90tt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 11:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038c7b7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
TUE 12:00 Greywing (m0021qtq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Goon Show (b014s6hl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Miracles R Us (b00sm8tq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 13:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00gdhcg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007k2fd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 14:00 The Personality Test (b007s27h)
Series 3
Lorraine Kelly
Breakfast TV queen Lorraine Kelly is in the hot seat posing questions all about her.
With:
Sue Perkins
Will Smith
Robin Ince
Lucy Porter
Series with changing hosts who quiz the panel.
Script by Simon Littlefield and Kieron Quirke.
Devised and produced by Aled Evans.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.
TUE 14:30 Tickets Please (b00ny7k4)
Episode 2
The 9.27 London to Exeter emotional rollercoaster continues as the train staff's personal embroilments deepen.
Now one of the wedding party is joining in the melee.
And why are there finger-holes in the muffins?
Sitcom on rails by Mark Maier.
Robin …. Jeremy Swift
Nadine …. Alex Kelly
Peter …. Malcolm Tierney
Carl …. Nicholas Boulton
Carol …. Tessa Nicholson
Diana …. Melissa Advani
Linda …. Kate Layden
Keith …. Stephen Hogan
Other parts played by:
Piers Wehner
Philip Fox
Joseph Cohen-Cole
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009.
TUE 15:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6gdv)
2. Skirmishes
Lucilla's "Thursday" has been a success, but Mr Cavendish is showing an interest in Barbara Lake and that is not part of her plan.
Neither is the arrival of Archdeacon Beverley.
Starring Teresa Gallagher and Elizabeth Spriggs.
Margaret Oliphant's humorous novel from 1866
Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher
Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon
Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud
Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor
Mrs Mortimer ...... Kate Binchy
Lydia Brown ...... Siriol Jenkins
Edward ...... David Holt
Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield
Maria Brown ...... Melanie Hudson
Mr Lake ...... Eric Allan
Rosie Lake ...... Joanna Myers
Mr Woodburn ...... Christopher Scott
Archdeacon Beverley ...... Paul Daneman
Mr Centum ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Lady Richmond ...... Jill Graham
Music by Malcolm McKee.
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992.
TUE 16:00 A Good Read (m0002bng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:30 The Women Who Wrote Rock (b07428bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
TUE 17:00 The Decoy (b00n90tt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 17:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038c7b7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
TUE 18:00 Greywing (m0021qtq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:30 The Goon Show (b014s6hl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 19:00 Miracles R Us (b00sm8tq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00gdhcg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 19:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007k2fd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 20:00 The Personality Test (b007s27h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Tickets Please (b00ny7k4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
TUE 21:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6gdv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
TUE 22:00 Do Gooders (m0021b8q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 22:30 The Consultants (b00dbj10)
Series 1
Episode 3
The team tackle an unusual case of sexual harassment.
Cerebral sketch show with the winners of 2002's Perrier Best Newcomer award.
Written by and starring:
Neil Edmond,
Justin Edwards
James Rawlings
Producer: Will Saunders
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003.
TUE 22:45 Warhorses of Letters (b016ldtq)
Series 1
Episode 3
More passionate letters from Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington's horse, to his hero Marengo in this epistolary equine love story.
A story of two horses united by an uncommon passion, cruelly divided by a brutal conflict.
Our heroes' fortunes fluctuate as the Napoleonic Wars get bloodier and colder making it much harder to send Valentine's cards.
Marengo ..... Stephen Fry
Copenhagen ..... Daniel Rigby
Narrator ..... Tamsin Greig
Written by Robbie Hudson and Marie Phillips.
Director: Steven Canny
Producer: Gareth Edwards.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.
TUE 23:00 Clare in the Community (b03q98yj)
Series 9
Away Day Wey Hey
Clare and the rest of the Sparrowhawk team are forced to take part in a team-building away day, much to Clare's disapproval.
Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution.
A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her.
Clare continually struggles to control both her professional and private life
In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
Clare ...... Sally Phillips
Brian ...... Alex Lowe
Ray ...... Richard Lumsden
Helen ...... Liza Tarbuck
Simon ...... Andrew Wincott
Libby ...... Sarah Kendall
Joan ...... Sarah Thom
Student ...... Alex Tregear
Young Clare ...... Alex Tregear
Jenny ...... Carolyn Pickles
Producer: Alexandra Smith.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
TUE 23:30 Dave Podmore (b007t32j)
Dave Podmore's World of Cricket
Episode 3
Asked to advise on a new cricketing film, the star player causes havoc in Hollywood.
Sitcom about the exploits of talentless, amateurish, smug, inept and self-deluding English cricketer Dave Podmore.
Christopher Douglas stars as Pod.
Written by Christopher Douglas, Nick Newman and Andrew Nickolds.
Dave ...... Chris Douglas
Andy ...... Andrew Nickolds
With:
Nicola Sanderson
Chris Pavlo
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002.

WEDNESDAY 07 AUGUST 2024

WED 00:00 A Good Read (m0002bng)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 The Women Who Wrote Rock (b07428bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 The Decoy (b00n90tt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038c7b7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Greywing (m0021qtq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Goon Show (b014s6hl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Miracles R Us (b00sm8tq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00gdhcg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007k2fd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 The Personality Test (b007s27h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Tickets Please (b00ny7k4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6gdv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Drama on 4 (m000d18r)
Someone Dangerous
1. A Tragic Death
The lives of recently married Jed and Ira are thrown into turmoil when they discover the previous occupant of the house they have just bought, killed herself in the bath.
When Ira finds the young woman's diary under the floor boards, she begins to suspect murder.
A taut, dark, two-part mystery thriller from Andy Mulligan, the writer of A Kidnapping and School Drama.
Jed ...... Rob Jarvis
Ira ...... Lizzie Aaryn-Stanton
Mr Turner ...... Harry Myers
D.I McCabe ...... Keir Charles
Yola ...... Emma Carter
Estate Agent ...... Ewan Bailey
Henna ...... Ayeesha Menon
Plumber ...... Jonathan Abbott
Saboni ...... Lydia Daniston
Young Woman's voice ...... Jade Matthew
Produced by Emma Hearn.
A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2020.
WED 06:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038hffy)
Series 1
3. Emergency
When Tamsin presents her with an emergency, Liz tries to play it by the book.
It's an irony of child protection, that if you've been a social worker long enough to remove two children from a woman at birth, that means you may be the one constant in her life she can trust.
So when Tamsin tracks down her old social worker Liz for help, she doesn't care that Liz is on suspension and forbidden from talking to her. Or that Liz is the current hate figure of the national press, after the violent death of a child on her caseload.
Tamsin just wants help.
Should Liz ignore her? Or is time to break the rules?
Claire Skinner is best known to TV viewers as harrassed mum Sue in Outnumbered, but her wide-ranging career includes long associations with Mike Leigh, Alan Ayckbourn and Sam Mendes. Lacey Turner won a fistful of awards for her portrayal of Eastenders' Stacey Slater over 6 years, and recent TV work includes True Love and Our Girl. Martin Jameson is a prolific screenwriter, director and playwright whose recent work on Radio 4 includes Can You Tell Me The Name Of The Prime Minister?, The Night They Tried To Kidnap The Prime Minister and Stone.
Liz Beecham ...... Claire Skinner
Tamsin Geraghty ...... Lacey Turner
Sundeep Mishra ... Sasha Behar
Dale Stemp ...... Sean Murray
Justin ...... Jerome Holder
Chloe ...... Hannah Wood
Receptionist ...... Philippa Stanton
Security Officer ...... Matthew Watson
Written by Martin Jameson.
Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2013.
Details of help and support with child sexual abuse and violence is available from the BBC Action line here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/22VVM5LPrf3pjYdKqctmMXn/information-and-support-sexual-abuse-and-violence
WED 07:00 Ballylenon (b007jx40)
Series 4
Episode 4
A phone call gives Phonsie the ammunition to deal with Packy McGoldrick.
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1955.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Phonsie Doherty …. TP McKenna
Muriel McConkey …. Margaret D'Arcy
Vera McConkey …. Stella McCusker
Vivienne Boal …. Aine McCartney
Rev Samuel Hawthorne …. Gerard Murphy
Josie Doherty …. Cathy White
Packy McGoldrick …. Tim Loane
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1997.
WED 07:30 The Missing Hancocks (b08hnpmg)
Series 3
A Holiday in France
A recreation of a missing classic episode of Hancock's Half Hour.
Also missing for the original 1955 episode was The Lad Himself, as Tony Hancock had absconded to Rome. He was replaced for the first three episodes of the series by The Goon Show's Harry Secombe. In this recreation, Harry is replaced by his son Andy Secombe.
A Holiday In France: Harry Secombe and Bill leave for a holiday in Southend but they get on the wrong train and end up in Paris where they first meet Andree.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Harry Secombe …. Andy Secombe
Bill Kerr …. Kevin Eldon
Sid James …. Simon Greenall
Kenneth Williams …. Robin Sebastian
Andree Melly …. Suzy Kane
The first modern sitcom, Hancock's Half Hour made stars of Tony Hancock, Sid James and Kenneth Williams, and launched Ray Galton and Alan Simpson on one of the most successful comedy-writing partnerships in history. But twenty episodes of the show are missing from the BBC Archives. After two highly successful series, another five of those episodes have been lovingly re-recreated in the BBC Radio Theatre.
The classic Hancock score newly recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Levon Parikian.
Producers: Ed Morrish and Neil Pearson
The original version was broadcast on the 19th April, 1955.
A BBC Studios production for Radio 4 first broadcast in March 2017.
WED 08:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b03h4294)
Series 1
Horsing Around
Tom Wrigglesworth is annoyed that his parents don't trust him - even with his own car.
He is determined to prove them wrong and what better way - than taking care of his sister Amy when she comes to London?
But first he has to persuade mum and dad to trust him.
It's time for Tom to ring his parents for a weekly check-in.
As the conversation unfolds, Tom takes time out to explain the situation, his parent's reactions plus anecdotes from the past illustrating his family's views.
So get underneath the skin of Tom and the Wrigglesworth family in a 30 minute totally legal bit of phone hacking.
Written by Tom Wrigglesworth and James Kettle.
Tom Wrigglesworth ...... Tom
Judy Parfitt ...... Granny
Paul Copley ...... Dad
Kate Anthony ....... Mum
Amy Wrigglesworth ...... Amy
Additional material by Miles Jupp.
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2013.
WED 08:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00gdw1w)
3. The Kitchen
Life as a single mum and a glimpse of old age courtesy of BBC TV's 'Absolutely Fabulous’.
One of this country's best loved actors, Dame Joanna Lumley, reads from her home-based autobiography
Producer: Liz Webb.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004.
WED 08:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrw4)
3. Love in Monteriano
English conventions battle Italian romanticism, as Lilia tries to adapt to life as a wife.
EM Forster's deliciously witty story of English conventions confounded by the romanticism of Italy.
Debut novel first published in 1905.
Dramatised by Penny Leicester.
Narrator ...... Sian Thomas
Philip ...... Jamie Bamber
Caroline ...... Emilia Fox
Mrs Herriton ...... Sara Kestelman
Harriet ...... Deborah Findlay
Lilia ...... Teresa Gallagher
Gino ...... Tom George
Irma ...... Imogen Hamilton-Jones
Director: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
WED 09:00 Geoff Norcott's Working Men's Club (m0021jb6)
Episode 4
Geoff Norcott examines modern masculinity in this stand-up series for Radio 4, by creating the safe space of a working men’s club so he can speak freely about the problems men are facing and how we might go about fixing them in a way that benefits everyone.
This week, Geoff looks at how men feel during pregnancy - from the blur on a screen that confirms it's happening, to nine months down the line when it arrives. Can men really engage with this the way pregnant women do? With the help of his studio audience, Geoff asks when it feels "real" to expecting fathers.
Written and presented by Geoff Norcott
Recorded by Richard Biddulph
Production manager: Sarah Wright
Executive producer: Caroline Raphael
Producer: Ed Morrish
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4
WED 09:30 New Storytellers (m001p7nk)
Our Dad
Growing up in the shadow of violence and alcohol abuse can leave you with questions. So, what happens when a child becomes an adult and tries to answer them?
Weaving through displaced memories, this documentary explores the experiences of four siblings with one distinct focus - their father. When time and context shifts, what remains is shame, uncertainty, and the inexorable search for clarity. An upended audio mystery, this piece follows the life of an abusive man from the perspectives of four of his children. The narrator, switching between the roles of daughter and journalist, takes a gruelling journey into the past, re-discovering what she thought she knew about the person she once loved most.
"This is a story. Well, it did really happen. But this is the kind of story that you wish didn’t. This is the story of our dad."
New Storytellers presents the work of new radio and audio producers, and Thea Rickard's feature won the Gold Award of the Charles Parker Prize for the Best Student Radio Feature in 2023. The award is presented every year in memory of the pioneering radio producer Charles Parker who produced the ground-breaking Radio Ballads featuring voices of communities unheard at the time, with musical narratives by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger.
The judges of the prize, made up of producers, critics and commissioners, praised Thea's top prize winning work as “captivating and horrifying”, “well-written and considered,” “a properly structured and layered piece.”
Produced by Thea Rickard.
A Soundscape production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2023.
WED 09:45 Daily Service (m0021nyr)
Transformation - Christ's glory
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music led by Vicky Walker.
Theme: Transformation - Christ's glory
2 Peter 1: 16-19
Christ whose Glory fills the skies - St Michael's Singers
Lord, Jesus Christ - Daily Service Singers
This is my beloved son - Graham Kendrick
WED 10:00 Archive on 4 (b049xldv)
Boy, Oh Boy, He's Going Down
Sean Street examines those moments where Radio forgets itself, when laughter, alcohol or sheer emotion well up.
Traditionally the wireless has been somewhat formal, but occasionally reporters have been overwhelmed by what they're witnessing, contributors so passionate in argument and commentators overcome by mirth - or drink - that the conventions are dropped.
Then communication comes pure, direct and unselfconscious: a Battle of Britain dogfight sounds like sport, sport like war, a naval fleet becomes fairyland, the author of a fairytale about rabbits attacks another guest.
Hear the moments when Radio reveals far more than what is being said.
Producer: Julian May
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.
WED 11:00 Drama on 4 (m000d18r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 11:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038hffy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
WED 12:00 Ballylenon (b007jx40)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 12:30 The Missing Hancocks (b08hnpmg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b03h4294)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 13:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00gdw1w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrw4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 14:00 Wordaholics (b01sdmd2)
Series 2
Episode 6
Gyles Brandreth chairs the word-obsessed comedy panel show.
Susie Dent and Lloyd Langford compete against Dave Gorman and Natalie Haynes for wordy supremacy.
Susie Dent reveals two of her favourite now-defunct words from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary are 'pandiculation' (to stretch while yawning) and 'snirtle' (to laugh in a quiet and restrained manner).
Dave Gorman comes up with a new cliche to replace 'Curiosity Killed the Cat, while Natalie Haynes tells us what the Cockney rhyming slang 'a Basil' refers to.
Lloyd Langford asks the meaning of 'dumpoke' from the 1903 dictionary, 'Hobson Jobson - A Glossary of Anglo Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases' (a book which Susie Dent claims is 'a very good read').
Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013.
WED 14:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00vsx4v)
Series 2
Mother
Tamsyn's mother, 'Lizabeth, suddenly turns up at the tavern - and greets Tamsyn with the immortal phrase " 'Ello, princess..."
It's 1793 and in the small Cornish village of Drumlin Bay, heroic smuggler Tamsyn Trelawny is still running rings around the customs men, assisted by her drunken father Jago.
Written by Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain.
Tamsyn Trelawny …… Sheridan Smith
Jago Trelawny …… John Bowe
'Lizabeth …… Alison Steadman
Major Thomas Falconer …… Cameron Stewart
Captain Marriot …… Andrew McGibbon
Squire Bascombe …… Martin Hyder
Dewey …… Mark Felgate
Roderick …… Mark Perry
Producer: Jan Ravens.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
WED 15:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6l5l)
3. Lucilla's Luck
Mrs Mortimer is surrounded by a mystery which Lucilla can't unravel. Archdeacon Beverley seems to be involved but who else?
Lucilla is determined to give advice, but Mr Cavendish may not want to hear it...
Starring Teresa Gallagher and Elizabeth Spriggs.
Margaret Oliphant's humorous novel.
Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher
Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon
Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud
Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor
Mrs Mortimer ...... Kate Binchy
Edward ...... David Holt
Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield
Mr Lake ...... Eric Allan
Rosie Lake ...... Joanna Myers
Mr Woodburn ...... Christopher Scott
Archdeacon Beverley ...... Paul Daneman
Tom Marjoribanks ...... Nicholas Murchie
General Travers ...... John Webb
Music by Malcolm McKee.
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992.
WED 16:00 Archive on 4 (b049xldv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 17:00 Drama on 4 (m000d18r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 17:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038hffy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
WED 18:00 Ballylenon (b007jx40)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:30 The Missing Hancocks (b08hnpmg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 19:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b03h4294)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00gdw1w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 19:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrw4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 20:00 Wordaholics (b01sdmd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
WED 20:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00vsx4v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
WED 21:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6l5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
WED 22:00 Geoff Norcott's Working Men's Club (m0021jb6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 22:30 Chain Reaction (b08fdwfs)
Series 12
Joe Lycett Interviews Katherine Ryan
After being interrogated last week by Sara Cox, Joe Lycett turns interviewer and invites his chosen guest Katherine Ryan into the Chain Reaction hotseat.
Chain Reaction is the talk show with a twist where one week's interviewee becomes the next week's interviewer. John Cleese was first in the hot seat back in 1991 and since then, a procession of big names from the world of comedy and entertainment including Jennifer Saunders, Jarvis Cocker and Eddie Izzard have helped continue the chain.
Joe Lycett is a stand-up comedian who some know as "the parking fine man" from 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown while others celebrate him for any number of acclaimed live tours and festival shows that have delighted the British comedy viewing public in recent years.
Joe's chosen guest is Katherine Ryan, the Canadian stand-up star and presenter who is perhaps best known for her live stand-up work - 'Glam Role Model' and 'Kathbum' - as well as appearances on BBC2's Episodes and Taskmaster on Dave. Katherine fields questions on subjects as varied as being compared to Joan Rivers and the secret of happiness, all via a mini-detour to address her hatred of bread.
Producer: Richard Morris
A BBC Studios Production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2017
Photo credit: Matt Stronge.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m0021yrs)
Sara Barron 1/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Sarah Campbell is joined by Sara Barron.
WED 23:00 Seekers (b03c4htz)
Series 1
The Diary
Stuart is concerned that the gift he left Nicola in her desk drawer could be misinterpreted.
In fact, it's the worst gift in the history of gifts. Joe, uncharacteristically, offers to help and retrieve the gift (during a diversion created by Gary Probert). Joe only manages to make matters worse - or does he? Stuart could actually be finally getting somewhere with Nicola.
Steven Burge’s comedy about the staff and the clients who frequent a Job Centre in the Essex town of Rayleigh.
Starring Matthew Horne and Daniel Mays.
Stuart ...... Mathew Horne
Joe ...... Daniel Mays
Terry ...... Tony Way
Nicola ...... Zahra Ahmadi
Mr Rutherford ...... Alex Lowe
Mr Knowledge ...... Alex Lowe
Gary Probert ...... Steve Oram
Mrs Rossiter ...... Hannah Wood
Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.
WED 23:30 Yours Truly, Pierre Stone (b099yqyv)
Episode 1
Sam Bain (Peep Show, Fresh Meat) has adapted his novel Yours Truly, Pierre Stone into a dark and disconcerting radio comedy.
The story is told in Pierre's own voice as he records messages for his most favourite TV star, Tess Daly and asks her all about her life - messages that are doomed to go forever unanswered.
But Pierre's passion to find out more about Tess's favourite dress gets in the way of him dealing with his own problems, including a mother in hospital and mounting uncertainty about where his next meal is coming from.
Pierre is a TV trivia obsessed innocent living in a world whose bigger challenges he would rather not think about.
Starring Alex Macqueen (The Thick of It) as Pierre.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2017.
WED 23:45 The Pin (b06j5bjs)
Series 1
Episode 1
Join Alex and Ben in their weird twist on the double-act sketch show.
Strap in for a 15 minute delve in to a world of oddness performed in front of a live studio audience.
The Pin are an award-winning comedy duo, and legends of Edinburgh festival. They deconstruct the sketch form, in a show that exists somewhere between razor-sharp smartness and utterly joyous silliness.
After a sold-out run in Edinburgh, and a string of hilarious performances across BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC 3, Channel 4, and Comedy Central, this is The Pin's debut solo show. For fans of Adam and Joe, Vic and Bob, and Fist of Fun - a show of absurd offerings from two loveable idiots.
Producer: Sam Bryant.
First broadcast in Radio 4 in October 2015.

THURSDAY 08 AUGUST 2024

THU 00:00 Archive on 4 (b049xldv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Drama on 4 (m000d18r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038hffy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Ballylenon (b007jx40)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 The Missing Hancocks (b08hnpmg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b03h4294)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00gdw1w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrw4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Wordaholics (b01sdmd2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00vsx4v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6l5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Drama on 4 (m000d19c)
Someone Dangerous
2. A Haunted House
The lives of recently married Jed and Ira are thrown into turmoil when they discover the previous occupant of the house they have just bought, killed herself in the bath.
When Ira finds the young woman's diary under the floorboards, she begins to suspect murder.
A taut, dark, two-part mystery thriller from Andy Mulligan, the writer of A Kidnapping and School Drama.
Jed ...... Rob Jarvis
Ira ...... Lizzie Aaryn-Stanton
Mr Turner ...... Harry Myers
DI McCabe ...... Keir Charles
Yola ...... Emma Carter
Coroner ...... Ewan Bailey
Henna ...... Ayeesha Menon
Saboni ...... Lydia Daniston
Voice of Young Woman ...... Jade Matthew
Sally ...... Natasha North
Produced by Emma Hearn.
A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2020.
THU 06:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038hj3r)
Series 1
4. Changes
Liz changes her mind - and her appearance.
It's an irony of child protection, that if you've been a social worker long enough to remove two children from a woman at birth, that means you may be the one constant in her life she can trust.
So when Tamsin tracks down her old social worker Liz for help, she doesn't care that Liz is on suspension and forbidden from talking to her. Or that Liz is the current hate figure of the national press, after the violent death of a child on her caseload.
Tamsin just wants help.
Should Liz ignore her? Or is time to break the rules?
Claire Skinner is best known to TV viewers as harrassed mum Sue in Outnumbered, but her wide-ranging career includes long associations with Mike Leigh, Alan Ayckbourn, and Sam Mendes.
Lacey Turner won a fistful of awards for her portrayal of Eastenders' Stacey Slater over 6 years, and recent TV work includes starring in True Love and Our Girl.
Martin Jameson is a prolific screenwriter, director and playwright whose recent work on Radio 4 includes Can You Tell Me The Name Of The Prime Minister?, The Night They Tried To Kidnap The Prime Minister and Stone.
Liz Beecham ...... Claire Skinner
Tamsin Geraghty ...... Lacey Turner
Dale Stemp ...... Sean Murray
Clive Beecham ...... Michael Bertenshaw
Maureen Beecham ...... Christine Absalom
Pauline King ...... Joanna Brookes
Operator ...... David Seddon
Newsreader ...... Philippa Stanton
Written by Martin Jameson.
Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2013.
Details of help and support with child sexual abuse and violence is available from the BBC Action line here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/22VVM5LPrf3pjYdKqctmMXn/information-and-support-sexual-abuse-and-violence
THU 07:00 Our Man at Wembley (b00759r3)
Episode 3
Eric Halliday's increasing popularity makes a dangerous enemy of his colleague Gordon McKay.
Starring Alistair McGowan.
Bill Matthews' four-part comedy series set in 1947.
Eric Halliday …… Alistair McGowan
Gordon McKay …… Jon Glover
Major Shaw Jones …… Jeremy Child
MichaeL …… John Salthouse
Dora …… Jane Whittenshaw
Alf …… Dax O'Callaghan
Chantal …… Melanie Hudson
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998.
THU 07:30 Dad's Army (b007jrdx)
Series 3
The Captain's Car
When a French general pays a visit to Walmington-on-Sea, there's a mighty motoring mix-up for the Home Guard platoon.
The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon.
Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Lady Maltby …. Betty Marsden
Colonel Masters …. Garrard Green
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1976.
THU 08:00 My Teenage Diary (m000jg9x)
Series 9
Jan Ravens
Rufus Hound with more honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries.
In this episode, Rufus picks the lock on the diaries of comedian and impressionist Jan Ravens, and finds out about teenage crushes, slow dances and new year's resolutions.
Producer: Harriet Jaine
A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2020.
THU 08:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00gf8dj)
4. The Dressing Room
Playing Patsy on BBC TV's Absolutely Fabulous and Joanna's life-long love of fashion.
Much-loved actor, Dame Joanna Lumley continues her home-based autobiography
Producer: Liz Webb.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004.
THU 08:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrwl)
4. Misery in Monteriano
Misery in Monteriano, as English Lilia and Italian Gino's marriage starts to deteriorate.
EM Forster's deliciously witty story of English conventions confounded by the romanticism of Italy.
Debut novel first published in 1905.
Dramatised by Penny Leicester.
Narrator ...... Sian Thomas
Philip ...... Jamie Bamber
Caroline ...... Emilia Fox
MrsHerriton ...... Sara Kestelman
Harriet ...... Deborah Findlay
Lilia ...... Teresa Gallagher
Gino ...... Tom George
Irma ...... Imogen Hamilton-Jones
Director: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
THU 09:00 The Train at Platform 4 (m0021jqk)
Series 2
2. Get a Room
An over-amorous couple disturb the 14:15 to Kings Cross, in the comedy set in the claustrophobic carriages of a cross-country rail service. Starring Rosie Cavaliero and written by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
Sam befriends a couple who extol the virtues of early retirement, while a younger couple get a little too friendly with each other in first class.
The Train at Platform 4 follows a long-suffering crew who manage to scrape through every shift like a dysfunctional family – Train Manager, Sam (Rosie Cavaliero; Inside No. 9) First Class Steward, Noel (Hugh Dennis; Outnumbered), and Trolley Operator Tash (Amy Geldhill; Alma’s Not Normal). The passengers are made up of a rolling roster of guest stars.
Sam…. Rosie Cavaliero
Noel…. Hugh Dennis
Tash….. Amy Gledhill
Brendan…. Steve Punt
Sue…. Gemma Arrowsmith
Pia…. Katie Norris
CEO…. Joz Norris
Written by....Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis
Producer… James Robinson
A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4
THU 09:30 New Storytellers (m001p7bf)
The Final Fanfayre
It's 1974 and, half a decade after The Beatles and Elvis Presley dominated the charts, a new generation of artists were capturing the hearts and minds of the nation’s young female fans - The Jackson 5, The Bay City Rollers, and above all David Cassidy and The Osmonds.
The Final Fanfayre is a different kind of fan story. Fanfayre were a band of Osmond fans made up of two sets of teenage sisters. They played Osmond songs and loved the group so much that, when an opportunity to audition to be their European Fanclub band arose, the four youngsters from Middlesbrough applied - and won!
It's 2023 and, 50 years on, broadcaster Paul Gambaccini reflects on fandom in the mid-70s, as sisters Ali and Bev reminisce about their time in Fanfayre and what it was like to be part of the group and travel to a London studio to record their single, Donny's Girl.
New Storytellers presents the work of new radio producers and this series features the winners of the Charles Parker Prize 2023 for the Best Student Radio Feature. These awards are presented every year in memory of the pioneering radio producer Charles Parker who produced the famous series of Radio Ballads with Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger. The series is introduced by Charles’ daughter, Sara Parker, an award-winning radio producer in her own right.
The Final Fanfayre was produced by Dom Brown who is studying MA Radio, Audio and Podcasting at the University of Sunderland. The judges said of his feature, “What a blast!” “An Interesting subject, well put together” and “Evocative of the time. This simple piece works brilliantly because of the sheer power of the women’s reminiscences.”
Produced by Dom Brown.
A Soundscape production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2023.
THU 09:45 Daily Service (m0021qv4)
Transformation - A shining face
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music led by Rachel Mann.
Theme: Transformation - A shining face
2 Corinthians 3:17-4:2, 6
Lux Aurumque - Eric Whitacre (Eric Whitacre Singers)
Let the heaven light shine on me - arr. Moses Hogan (St Martin's Voices)
Light of the world (Here I am to worship) - Tim Hughes
Christe lux mundi - Taize
Spiegel im Spiegel - Arvo Part (Tasmin Little)
THU 10:00 Great Lives (p00glx0g)
Robert Louis Stevenson
Series of biographical discussions with Francine Stock.
Poet Douglas Dunn nominates Robert Louis Stevenson, explaining that the first book he ever read was Treasure Island and that he has loved its author ever since. Biographer Claire Harman fills in the details of a short but energetic life that began in Edinburgh and ended on the island of Samoa.
Producer Peter Everett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
THU 10:30 The Greatest Ever Faker (b072j3fy)
He was a 19th century historian, poet and activist. He founded the modern Eisteddfod – at a gathering atop London's Primrose Hill – uncovered medieval poems, an ancient alphabet and numerous manuscripts that stand as a lodestone of Welsh literary culture and decisively shaped modern Wales's idea of itself.
The thing is: it was mostly fiction - lies and forgeries.
Gareth Gwynn sets out on the trail of Ned of Glamorgan, aka Iolo Morganwg, to find out whether a modern Welsh man can really be an honest Welshman when his national traditions are based on falsehood. Along the way he can't resist the temptation to create a few traditions of his own, leading down some blind and dangerous philosophical alleys.
Produced by Michael Surcombe
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.
THU 11:00 Drama on 4 (m000d19c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 11:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038hj3r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
THU 12:00 Our Man at Wembley (b00759r3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jrdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 13:00 My Teenage Diary (m000jg9x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 13:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00gf8dj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrwl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 14:00 Dilemma (b03ts4fp)
Series 3
Episode 2
Sue Perkins puts Tony Law, Isy Suttie, Gemma Cairney and Tim Harford through the moral and ethical wringer.
The panellists collectively attempt to resolve dilemmas based around footballing allegiance, supermarket deliveries, getting free 4G technology and a career in statistics.
Devised by Danielle Ward.
Producer: Ed Morrish.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.
THU 14:30 No Commitments (b01qkw3m)
Series 11
Accentuate the Positive
Emily is in Australia, Charlotte is still engaged and Roger is worried. Can Anna cope?
Simon Brett’s sitcom about the lives and squabbles of three very different sisters.
Anna ....... Rosemary Leach
Victoria ....... Angela Thorne
Charlotte ....... Felicity Montagu
Roger ....... Bill Nighy
Emily ....... Lisa Coleman
Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Written and produced by Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio in January 2005.
THU 15:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l74dw)
4. The Battle Lost and Won
Ten years have passed and Lucilla worries that she might have "gone off".
When the MP for Carlingford dies, it seems that the two contenders, Mr Ashburton and Mr Cavendish are not of that opinion.
Starring Elizabeth Spriggs and Teresa Gallagher.
Conclusion of Margaret Oliphant's humorous Victorian novel.
Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher
Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon
Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud
Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor
Edward ...... David Holt
Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield
Mr Holden ...... Eric Allan
Rosie Lake ...... Joanna Myers
Mr Ashburton ...... Christopher Scott
Tom Marjoribanks ...... Nicholas Murchie
Mr Black ...... John Webb
Maria Brown ...... Melanie Hudson
Mr Centrum ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Lady Richmond ...... Jill Graham
Nancy ...... Joanna Wake
Mr Bury ...... John Fleming
Major Brown ...... Jonathan Adams
Music by Malcolm McKee.
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1992.
THU 16:00 Great Lives (p00glx0g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:30 The Greatest Ever Faker (b072j3fy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
THU 17:00 Drama on 4 (m000d19c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 17:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038hj3r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
THU 18:00 Our Man at Wembley (b00759r3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:30 Dad's Army (b007jrdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 19:00 My Teenage Diary (m000jg9x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00gf8dj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 19:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrwl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 20:00 Dilemma (b03ts4fp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
THU 20:30 No Commitments (b01qkw3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
THU 21:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l74dw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
THU 22:00 The Train at Platform 4 (m0021jqk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 22:30 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b007k0fl)
Episode 5
Cheesy chat show host Alan Partridge is 'Live from Las Vegas' with glamorous American co-host, Kendall Ball.
With guests:
Hollywood star couple Sally Hoff and Conrad Knight
New York comic Bernie Rosen
Professional gambler Jack 'the Black Cat' Colson.
With thanks to Alan's chief researcher Steve Coogan.
Assistant researchers:
Patrick Marber
Rebecca Front
Doon Mackichan
David Schneider
Producer: Armando lannucci
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.
THU 23:00 Britain in Bits with Ross Noble (m00013rr)
Series 1
Episode 3
Ross Noble's surreal magazine show featuring celebrity guests and stories from around Britain - the best bits, the worst bits, the fascinating bits and the downright strange bits.
Nick Knowles joins Ross in the studio.
Piers reports from England's oldest festival, Terri reports on some of the ancient loopholes enshrined in UK law, and the team investigate the mysterious appearance and then disappearance of an old man.
Written by and starring Ross Noble.
With:
Hadley Fraser
George Fouracres
Emma Sidi
Summer Strallen
Producer: Matt Stronge
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2018.
THU 23:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b015p8sr)
Series 4
Sarah Millican
Marcus Brigstocke invites comic Sarah Millican to eat Chinese food with chopsticks and read The Joy of Sex.
Whether the experiences are banal or profound, the show is about embracing the new and getting out of our comfort zones.
The title comes from the fact that the show's producer and creator Bill Dare had never seen the film Star Wars.
Producer: Bill Dare
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011.

FRIDAY 09 AUGUST 2024

FRI 00:00 Great Lives (p00glx0g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 The Greatest Ever Faker (b072j3fy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Drama on 4 (m000d19c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038hj3r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Our Man at Wembley (b00759r3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 Dad's Army (b007jrdx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 My Teenage Diary (m000jg9x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00gf8dj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrwl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Dilemma (b03ts4fp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 No Commitments (b01qkw3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l74dw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Prize Fighting (m0021nzv)
The Booker Prize judges assemble under the guidance of their Chair, Sir Archie Northcote. Tensions rise as a poet, journalist and academic argue about picking a winner. They know who they don't want and Sir Archie would prefer they just give it to his son-in-law. Then a knock comes on the door. Det Insp Pearce announces that terrorists have planted a bomb under the Bank of England and they will detonate it unless their own, populist, choice of book is announced by the judges as the winner.
Fantasy drama written by Caroline and David Stafford
Sara Teck .... Helen Atkinson Wood
Helen Kinross .... Isla Blair
Clive Renshaw .... John Duttine
Inspector Gordon Pearce .... Roy Marsden
Sir Archie Northcote .... Geoffrey Palmer
Aki Demetriades .... Nadim Sawalha
Director Marc Jobst
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998.
FRI 06:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038jg0w)
Series 1
5. Confession
Liz makes a full confession. But it's harder than she expected.
It's an irony of child protection, that if you've been a social worker long enough to remove two children from a woman at birth, that means you may be the one constant in her life she can trust.
So when Tamsin tracks down her old social worker Liz for help, she doesn't care that Liz is on suspension and forbidden from talking to her. Or that Liz is the current hate figure of the national press, after the violent death of a child on her caseload.
Tamsin just wants help.
Should Liz ignore her? Or is time to break the rules?
Claire Skinner is best known to TV viewers as harrassed mum Sue in Outnumbered, but her wide-ranging career includes long associations with Mike Leigh, Alan Ayckbourn, and Sam Mendes.
Lacey Turner won a fistful of awards for her portrayal of Eastenders' Stacey Slater over 6 years, and recent TV work includes starring in True Love and Our Girl.
Martin Jameson is a prolific screenwriter, director and playwright whose recent work on Radio 4 includes Can You Tell Me The Name Of The Prime Minister?, The Night They Tried To Kidnap The Prime Minister and Stone.
Liz Beecham ...... Claire Skinner
Tamsin Geraghty ...... Lacey Turner
DCI Stuart Groves ...... David Seddon
DS Miriam Ince ...... Maria Teresa Creasey
DC Fletcher ...... Michael Bertenshaw
Written by Martin Jameson.
Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2013.
Details of help and support with child sexual abuse and violence is available from the BBC Action line here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/22VVM5LPrf3pjYdKqctmMXn/information-and-support-sexual-abuse-and-violence
FRI 07:00 Comedy Showcase (m0021nzz)
1. All My Life I've Wanted to Be Someone - Now Who Was It?
A group of scatty 20-something friends share a flat in London.
Juby thinks the man from the lido might be the one, Beena will stop at nothing to advance her career and Ruth wants to take things further with Arnie but there's a problem...
One of five shows making up the Comedy Showcase series.
Juby ...... Finn Taylor
Ruth ...... Claire Cox
Beena ...... Natalie Walter
Customer ...... Rachel Atkins
Studio Man ...... Darren Boyd
Arnie ...... Justin Salinger
John ...... Frank McCusker.
Other parts played by the cast.
Series Producer: Bill Dare
Producer: Stephen McCrum
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1998.
FRI 07:30 Share and Share Alike (m000mdnb)
The Strike
One of Jack's factory workmates is suspended for persistent absenteeism.
Jack is pressurised by the shop steward to do anything to get the Personnel Manager, his brother Lesley, to change his mind. Even if it means crawling...
Starring Hugh Paddick and Michael Robbins.
Series written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles
Jack Burrows …. Michael Robbins
Lesley Burrows …. Hugh Paddick
Janet …. Elizabeth Morgan
Ron …. Denis Bond
MD, Mr Robertson …. Reginald Marsh
Shop Steward, George Fellowes …. George A Cooper
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1978.
FRI 08:00 Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere (b0b2kpm2)
Series 1
The Helpers
Malawian Comedian Daliso Chaponda continues his look at the relationship between the UK and Africa.
The UK and Africa have had a long a complicated past. This series looks at the history of this relationship and Daliso is our relationship guidance counsellor, helping us navigate the rocky historical waters between the two places.
A Malawian comedian who grew up all over the world, Daliso straddles cultural divides. He will help us all better understand how to sort out our differences. Or not...
In this episode, Daliso looks at charities and organisations who want to help the relationship.
Written and performed by Daliso Chaponda
The Other Guy ...... James Quinn
Producer: Carl Cooper
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.
FRI 08:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00gfsmh)
5. The Music Room and the Attic
Married life with a conductor husband and contemplating future resolutions.
Actress Dame Joanna Lumley, concludes her home-based autobiography
Producer: Liz Webb.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004.
FRI 08:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrx0)
5. News of a Beastly Baby
The peace of Sawston is disturbed by the latest news from Italy about Lilia.
EM Forster's deliciously witty story of English conventions confounded by the romanticism of Italy.
Debut novel first published in 1905.
Dramatised by Penny Leicester.
Narrator ...... Sian Thomas
Philip ...... Jamie Bamber
Caroline ...... Emilia Fox
Mrs Herriton ...... Sara Kestelman
Harriet ...... Deborah Findlay
Lilia ...... Teresa Gallagher
Gino ...... Tom George
Irma ...... Imogen Hamilton-Jones
Director: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
FRI 09:00 Kat Sadler's Screen Time (m001f50n)
Part 1
Kat Sadler’s Screen Time is a fun guide/cautionary tale of how young people today live their lives through their phones and social media. Kat (daily screen time 8hrs 49 mins) meets Abbie (daily screen time 1 hr 26 mins) and starts a relationship, but will their obsession with how the relationship comes across online lead to its downfall?
Ensuring no listener is left behind by the indecipherable terminology and online etiquette of the under 30s, Kat is joined by extremely offline Alex MacQueen who will stop Kat and make her explain things like the ‘For You Page’ and ‘Soft Launching’.
Cast
Kat Sadler - Kat
Alex MacQueen - Alex
Abbie Weinstock - Abbie
Emily Lloyd Saini - Various
Jason Forbes - Various
Written by Kat Sadler and Cameron Loxdale
Script edited by Jon Hunter
Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios Production
FRI 09:30 New Storytellers (m001p78m)
Disappearing Birds
House martins live on our homes in summer and, in winter, they disappear. No one knows where they go. But now these mysterious birds are red listed. They’re rapidly declining more and more each year. Disappearing Birds tells the story of how people all over the UK are working hard to save them.
New Storytellers is presenting the winners of the Charles Parker Prize for the Best Student Radio Feature 2023. Petra Robyn Jones, the producer of this winning feature, is a recent graduate from the University of the West of England’s MA course in Journalism (Audio, Documentary and Podcast). The judges remarked that her programme on house martins, celebrated their beauty and examined their declining numbers through a group of persuasive speakers - it was “well executed with good use of sound. The stories are engrossing and touching: Moving, insightful, surprising and sometimes shocking.”
Produced by Petra Robyn Jones.
A Soundscape production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2023.
FRI 09:45 Daily Service (m0021p05)
Transformation - Be Transformed
Christian worship and music with Mairéad Nic Craith, a Professor of Public Folklore at the University of the Highlands and Islands.
Reading: Romans 12: 1-5
FRI 10:00 Soul Music (m00127bz)
Song To The Siren
"Long afloat in shipless oceans": So begins Song To The Siren whose lyrics were inspired by Homer's Odyssey and the story of the Sirens who lured unwitting sailors to their deaths on the rocks. There is something so ancient and enchanting about the Siren that appeals to us.
For the wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson listening to the song reinforced his belief that the eerie calls of seals at night were in fact the original siren voices whose sound and shape convinced sailors that they were being called by strange mer-creatures. His collaboration with poet Alec Finlay led to Chris recording two singers singing to each other across a bay in the North East of England "Here I am waiting to enfold you". Song To The Siren fills him with melancholy.
The image of lives lost at sea is one that Meg Bignell strongly associates with the song and when a family friend drowned in the ocean surrounding her native Tasmania she was comforted by the version by This Mortal Coil and Elizabeth Fraser's haunting vocals.
Larry Beckett regrets the song's association with death as he intended the lyrics to tell a more hopeful story about love. However Tim Buckley's death at 28 and the tragedy of his son Jeff's drowning in 1997 weigh Song To The Siren with a heavy sorrow that comforts those who have lost a loved one.
Former Olympic runner Anthony Famiglietti lost his childhood friend Rob in an accident when they were both 21. Rob introduced Anthony to the music of John Frusciante whose version of Song To The Siren astounded him when he first heard it. It has a profound effect on him and it speaks to him of fathers and sons communicating across time and space, when one has passed on as in the case of Tim and Jeff Buckley, and Anthony's friend Rob and his father, the man who inspired Anthony's career as a runner.
When Director Zack Snyder lost his daughter he stopped working on his Justice League film but when he completed it four years on he wanted to include Song To The Siren. Singer Rose Betts who recorded it for him explains how she immersed herself in the song to express the love, longing, grief and loss that it evokes.
Musician and singer Dominic Stichbury sets out the musical elements that make this such a simple yet devastatingly powerful song.
Producer: Maggie Ayre
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2021.
FRI 10:30 Carnival Queens (b00763pf)
Glamour, power and influence - all part of life as a Carnival Queen in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
Queens may still have chaperones and celebrity status, but what is the appeal for the modern girl?
Sara Parker hears from queens past and present as they get together for this year's event.
Will the tradition survive for the another 75 years?
Presented and produced by Sara Parker.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.
FRI 11:00 Prize Fighting (m0021nzv)
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FRI 11:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038jg0w)
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FRI 12:00 Comedy Showcase (m0021nzz)
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FRI 12:30 Share and Share Alike (m000mdnb)
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FRI 13:00 Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere (b0b2kpm2)
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FRI 13:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00gfsmh)
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FRI 13:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrx0)
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FRI 14:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00jdp93)
Series 1
Episode 4
James Walton chairs the show that tests and tickles the knowledge of industry pundits and people passionate about pop.
Regulars Tracey MacLeod and Andrew Collins are joined by actor Martin Freeman and comedian, Stewart Lee
The panellists also reveal their favourite most bizarre musical moments.
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Written and researched by James Walton
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004.
FRI 14:30 The Brothers (b00nn2hg)
Series 2
Episode 1
Michael becomes obsessed by the circus - and Nigel has a bizarre encounter with a Ted Hughes poem.
Return of the sitcom about the dysfunctional Burbage siblings.
Written by Caroline and David Stafford.
Nigel Burbage …. Adam Godley
Michael Burbage …. Ray Coulthard
Oonagh …. Pauline McLynn
Zorro …. Alex Lowe
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.
FRI 15:00 The Annunciation (b06h1nmk)
Are mysterious messages foretelling the Second Coming?
Graham and Myra are a childless couple in early middle-age, living a quiet, uninspiring life in a London suburb. Until one day a series of curious events commence that make Myra begin to believe that she's been chosen for something special - by God.
Michael Gambon and Eva Stuart star in Geoffrey Parkinson's drama.
Graham ...... Michael Gambon
Myra ...... Eva Stuart
Vicar ...... Peter Howell
Doctor ...... Peter Baldwin
Housekeeper ...... Brenda Kaye
First Librarian ...... Leonard Fenton
Second Librarian ...... Josie Kydd
Director: Cherry Cookson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1980.
FRI 16:00 Soul Music (m00127bz)
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FRI 16:30 Carnival Queens (b00763pf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
FRI 17:00 Prize Fighting (m0021nzv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 17:45 The One About The Social Worker (b038jg0w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
FRI 18:00 Comedy Showcase (m0021nzz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 18:30 Share and Share Alike (m000mdnb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 19:00 Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere (b0b2kpm2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 No Room For Secrets by Joanna Lumley (b00gfsmh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 19:45 EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread (b007jrx0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
FRI 20:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00jdp93)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
FRI 20:30 The Brothers (b00nn2hg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
FRI 21:00 The Annunciation (b06h1nmk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
FRI 22:00 Scott Agnew: Dead Man Talking (m0021p0f)
Series 1
1. How It All Ended
Glaswegian comedian Scott Agnew is obsessed with thoughts about his own mortality - well you would be too if you had died three times.
This is part one in a trilogy of tales that gets into the gritty and grim goings on that nearly saw Scott pushing up the daisies. From Scott's time as a journalist, gate crashing a funeral, being told he was fat on a dating app, the day he caught covid, to his cardiac arrests. These stories are far from forlorn fables, but rather are bursting with colourful, lively characters who have shaped Scott's life and helped him along the way.
In this three part series, Scott reflects upon his multiple dances with death, all the while searching for an epiphany he has yet to find. This is more than just a life story, this is Scott's death story.
A stand up series, written and performed by Scott Agnew
Produced by Lauren Mackay
Audio recorded by Chris Currie and Niall Young
FRI 22:30 Matt Berry Interviews... (b0b5xrsy)
Series 1
Uri Geller
Matt Berry presents a series of interviews with the greats of the stage, screen and music world.
Matt interviewed Uri Geller at his home in 1974 just as the self-proclaimed psychic's star was on the rise.
Geller wasn't keen at first, but eventually agreed and was very welcoming. He was becoming quite a global star back in the early 70s and there was much fascination, not to mention the odd sideways glance, at the very mention of his name.
Matt actually met him first on the dance floor of Tramp's night club a year earlier but Geller said he had no memory of it. Not wanting to let such a snub deter Berry, he soldiered on and within this interview managed to get a real sense, of the real Uri Geller.
Written, performed and edited by Matt Berry.
Producer: Matt Stronge.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2018.
FRI 22:45 Tom Mayhew Is Benefit Scum (m000sr6m)
Series 1
Get a Job
Working-class comedian Tom Mayhew takes you on an autobiographical journey through the benefits system in a stand-up series that takes a wry sideways look at the prejudices that people have towards benefits claimants and turns those assumptions on their heads.
In this episode, Tom heads to the job centre to meet his advisor, Carol, and talks about what it's really like at the Jobcentre Plus. Also featuring guest comic Darren Harriott.
Tom Mayhew is a critically acclaimed comedian, whose material about being working class – mixing the personal and the political, with the punchline-rate of a one-liner comic – sets him apart from any other act on the circuit. Tom Mayhew Is Benefit Scum is based on Mayhew's acclaimed Edinburgh show I, Tom Mayhew, which transferred to a sell-out run at the Soho Theatre.
Production Co-ordinator: Carina Andrews
Producer: Benjamin Sutton
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m0021yrx)
Sara Barron 2/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Sarah Campbell is joined again by Sara Barron.
FRI 23:00 Absolute Power (b007v1pd)
Series 2
Episode 3
Can spin kings Prentiss McCabe turn a failed novelist into a best seller?
Mark Tavener's comedy about the Machiavellian doctors of PR spin.
Charles Prentiss .... Stephen Fry
Martin McCabe .... John Bird
With:
Tamsin Greig
Tony Gardner
Siobhan Hayes
Ewan Bailey
Emma Kennedy
Beth Chalmers
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.
FRI 23:30 As Told To Craig Brown (b00b71ds)
Episode 4
Eating too much and the end of the world.
Craig Brown introduces a mixture of satire, social observation and nonsense.
Narrated by Juliet Stevenson and Steve Wright.
With:
John Humphrys
Ronni Ancona
Jon Culshaw
Lewis MacLeod
Sally Grace
Ewan Bailey
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.