SATURDAY 31 AUGUST 2024

SAT 00:00 Soul Music (b06g7tf8)
Series 1
You'll Never Walk Alone
Composer Carl Davis examines the power of the Rodgers and Hammerstein show stopper, 'You'll Never Walk Alone'.
Gerry Marsden recalls how his recording turned it into a football anthem and how the Hillsborough disaster made it one of our favourite hymns.
Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks.
Producer: Sara Conkey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.
SAT 00:30 Paths of Inspiration - Clive Lloyd (m0022cnd)
Cricketer Clive Lloyd CBE is the most successful West Indian captain in history.
He looks back at his achievements with Sir Trevor McDonald.
Series featuring black men and women whose personal achievements have been a source of inspiration to millions.
Broadcast to mark Sir Clive Lloyd's 80th birthday on 30th August 2024.
Producer: Loretta Hogan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1997.
SAT 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jn7r)
Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair
4. Return to Downburgh
Pondering the mystery over the handbag, the suave detective and his wife, Steve follow up a brand new lead...
Starring Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury as BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Another baffling case of dastardly crimes must be solved.
Written by Francis Durbridge.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Charlie …. James Beattie
Max Burford …. Allan McLelland
Detective Inspector Vosper …. Arthur Ridley
Johnny Tico …. Brian Haines
Ernest de Silva …. John Gabriel
Detective Inspector Ivor …. Manning Wilson
Doris …. Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Operator/Sergeant …. Michael Turner
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective and his journalist wife solved case after baffling case. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars in one of BBC radio's most popular series.
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1956.
SAT 01:30 Georgy Girl by Margaret Forster (m0022cn6)
4. Plaingirl and the Huntsman
"I want you to take the baby deep into the forest and kill her!"
In a desperate attempt to regain her beauty, Meredith orders the despatch of her baby.
Can Georgy save her..?
Margaret Forster's swinging 1960s time-capsule novel.
Starring Caroline Strong and Kenneth Cranham.
Dramatised by Joe Dunlop.
Georgy .... Caroline Strong
James .... Kenneth Cranham
Jos .... Joe McGann
Meredith .... Melanie Hudson
Ted .... John Hollis
Doris .... Eileen Bell
Peg .... Theresa Streatfield
Sister .... Joanna Wake
Nurse .... Siriol Jenkins
Tristram .... Jack Shute
Samantha .... Emily Riley
Producer: Adrian Bean
First broadcast on Radio 4 in July 1992.
SAT 02:00 Comedy Showcase (m0022cn8)
4. Life after Life
Uncle Sid's out of prison, on probation. He was serving a life sentence for armed robbery.
The only place he has to stay is back in good old Muswell Hill.
But the area has changed from his early days. Now he's with his middle-class niece and her nice middle-class family.
Written by Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall
Sid .... Warren Mitchell
Val .... Kay Stonham
Ian .... Simon Greenall
Ada .... Avril Elgar
Matthew .... Josh Freedman
Molly .... Mollie Freedman
Governor .... Will Ing
Headmistress .... Annie Hulley
Producer Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1998.
SAT 02:30 Share and Share Alike (m000myzl)
The Film
A film director wants to make a documentary about the factory where brothers Jack and Lesley work.
Excited Lesley sees himself as the star, but then the director meets Jack...
Starring Hugh Paddick and Michael Robbins.
Series written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Jack Burrows ...... Michael Robbins
Lesley Burrows ...... Hugh Paddick
Janice ...... Elizabeth Morgan
Ron ...... Denis Bond
Sid ...... Ron Pember
Film Director ...... Frank Thornton
Producer John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1978.
SAT 03:00 Room 101 with Paul Merton (m001mcfy)
Series 1
Desiree Burch
Paul Merton interviews a variety of guests from the world of comedy and entertainment to find out what they would banish to Room 101.
American comedian Desiree Burch attempts to banish sexting and underdone British bacon.
Additional material: John Irwin and Suki Webster
Producer: Richard Wilson
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2023.
SAT 03:30 Short Works (m000y1fz)
Personal Growth by Anna Wood
When a woman finds herself getting bigger and bigger, she must reassess how and where to exist.
Anna Wood's short story read by Caroline Catz.
Anna Wood has written for Mojo, The Quietus, Dazed and Caught By The River, and has had stories featured in the Guardian, the Canongate anthology My Old Man and forthcoming in the 3 of Cups anthology Outsiders.
She was the winner of the Galley Beggar Short Story Prize 2018/19. Her debut collection of stories YES YES MORE MORE was published in 2021.
Producer: Anne Isger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2021.
SAT 03:45 Good News Stories by Katie Hims (m0001rzg)
5. Ms Lazarus
Laura has a really lucky escape.
Concluding the contemporary drama shorts inspired by stories from the old and new testaments.
Good news stories for anxious times written by Katie Hims.
Jesus ...... Alex Lanipekun
Atilla ...... Don Gilet
Laura ...... Nadia Clifford
June ...... Rachel Davies
Driver ...... Tony Turner
Receptionist ...... Saffron Coomber
Director: Mary Peate
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.
SAT 04:00 Foul Play (b00yy8yz)
Series 4
Deadline News
Crime writers Ruth Dudley Edwards and Robert Richardson try to solve the murder of a model.
Simon Brett hosts the murder mystery panel game
Witnesses played by:
Maria McErlane
Lee Simpson
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.
SAT 04:30 The Brothers (b00p2z5w)
Series 2
Episode 4
Zorro saves the day for the dysfunctional web designers.
Or does he..?
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 October 2005.
SAT 05:00 Emile Zola - His Masterpiece (m001gj1r)
Episode 2
Struggling painter Claude Lantier has returned to Paris determined to create a work of genius to establish his reputation.
Starring Rob Edwards and Tracy Wiles.
Conclusion of Emile Zola's powerful novel based on his friendship with Paul Cezanne.
Dramatised by Jane Beeson.
Claude Lantier .... Rob Edwards
Christine ... Tracy Wiles
Narrator .... Geoffrey Whitehead
Sandoz .... Charles Simpson
Bongrand .... John Baddeley
Jacques/Henriette .... Melinda Walker
Fagerolles .... Jonathan Tafler
Jory .... Paul Panting
Dubuche .... Daniel Philpott
Priest/Nicholas .... Robin Browne
Pawnbroker .... Zulema Dene
Director Matthew Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1996.
SAT 06:00 Inspector Crust - The Finger of Suspicion (m0022jp8)
A helicopter hoists the Epstein statue off of Lewis's department store in Liverpool.
Inspector Crust assumes it's just a student rag week prank.
But when parts of the statue's anatomy start turning up, he has second thoughts.
The grizzled Merseyside policeman returns for another adventure.
Starring James Ellis.
Written by Vincent McInerney.
Inspector Crust .... James Ellis
Julia .... Carolyn Backhouse
Malcolm .... Kim Wall
Minty .... Bill Monks
Guy .... Richard Pearce
Colonel Rivers .... David Bannerman
Mrs Rivers .... Peggy Ann Wood
Mr Patch …. Peter Copley
Billy/Eddie .... Christian Rodska
James .... Brendan Charleson
Arthur Frank .... Richard Tate
Mandy .... Cheryl Maiker
Director: Shaun MacLoughlin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992.
SAT 07:15 Mr Ossie's Rolled-Gold Fish And Chip Shop (b00bwjcq)
Behind the counter at Mr Ossie's fish and chip shop was a glass display case full of gold-capped fountain pens.
Desperate to see an Everton football match, a boy turns to him for help...
Vincent McInerney's short story read by Richard Tate.
Producer: Michael Earley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.
SAT 07:30 How to Make the World Add Up by Tim Harford (Omnibus) (m0022jpb)
Tim Harford reveals how we can evaluate the statistical claims that surround us with confidence, curiosity and a healthy level of scepticism.
Statistics are vital in helping us understand the world. We see them in the papers and on social media, and we hear them used in everyday conversation. Yet we doubt them more than ever. But numbers – in the right hands – have the power to change the world for the better.
Tim argues that, contrary to popular belief, good statistics are not a trick, although they are a kind of magic.
Good statistics are like a telescope for an astronomer, a microscope for a bacteriologist or an X-ray for a radiologist. If we are willing to let them, good statistics help us see things about the world that we would not be able to see in any other way.
Book written by Tim Harford.
Omnibus of five parts abridged and produced by Jane Greenwood.
A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2020.
*** Tim Harford is a columnist at the Financial Times and the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s ‘More or Less’ and ‘Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy.
He's also the author of the best-selling ‘The Undercover Economist’.
SAT 08:40 Inheritance Tracks (b09v5xqb)
Peggy Seeger
American folksinger Peggy Seeger shares 'Goodnight Irene' by Leadbelly and 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' by Roberta Flack.
SAT 08:45 Holmes and Watford (b09jd32j)
Find the Lady
For PC Sue Holmes policing is about keeping the peace, but PC Tina Watford yearns for excitement and she'll stop at nothing to ensure some action.
Today, an old lady is reported missing, could David Attenborough be involved in her disappearance?
Jon Canter's comedy about two policewomen working in a small village.
Sue Holmes ...... Jessica Ransom
Tina Watford ...... Susan Wokoma
Rosemary ...... Rosie Cavaliero
Mother ...... Julie Teal
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017.
SAT 09:00 Play It Cool (b05ps3hw)
Episode 2
Days out and big business inspire a plethora of comedy characters galore in fast-moving sketches.
Fast-moving sketches written by Eric Merriman - best known for Beyond Our Ken.
Starring:
Ian Carmichael
Joan Sims
Hugh Paddick
Films like Private's Progress and I'm All Right, Jack propelled Ian Carmichael to stardom on both British stage and screen. Play it Cool was his first radio comedy series promising a variety of potty and pompous situations.
Music from:
Rosemary Squires
The Mike Sammes Singers
The Ken Thorne Orchestra
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1964.
SAT 09:30 Brothers in Law (b007k25g)
Series 2
Circling the Square
Lawyer Roger Thursby defends an author whose publisher refuses to print his new book.
Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was first published in 1955.
Adapted for radio from Frank Muir & Denis Norden's BBC TV scripts by Richard Waring.
Roger Thursby …. Richard Briers
Grimes …. John Glyn-Jones
Sally …. Julia Lockwood
Joy …. Bridget Armstrong
Denton …. Bill Wallis
Jonathan Portertooth …. Robert Dorning.
Others parts by:
Douglas Blackwell.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1971.
SAT 10:00 The Freedland Files (m001bqvr)
3. Kathryn Crosby to Ethel Merman
Michael Freedland, the prolific author and broadcaster, shares more from his star-packed audio archives.
In a programme made to mark the 90th Academy Awards in 2018, Michael shares his extensive collection for the first time on 4 Extra.
As a writer, presenter and interviewer for over 50 years, he recorded many of the biggest Oscar-winning names, great entertainers and leading public figures.
Featuring extracts from Michael's radio documentaries, revealing some of the lesser-known tales of the great stars of stage and screen.
In the last of three programmes from his home in Bournemouth, Freedland introduces his recordings with:
Kathryn Crosby [Kathryn Grant]
Joe Spaccavento
Juliet Prowse
Azalea Smith-Moore
Fred Astaire
James Stewart
Andre Previn
Eric Morecambe
Ernie Wise
Larry Adler
Gene Kelly
Topol
Joe Loss
Jennifer Jankel
Johnny Mercer
Don Black
Vera Lynn
Ethel Merman
Producer: Stephen Garner
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2018.
* Sadly Michael Freedland died aged 83, six months after the first broadcast.
SAT 11:00 Inspector Crust - The Finger of Suspicion (m0022jp8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 12:15 Mr Ossie's Rolled-Gold Fish And Chip Shop (b00bwjcq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SAT 12:30 How to Make the World Add Up by Tim Harford (Omnibus) (m0022jpb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 13:40 Inheritance Tracks (b09v5xqb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]
SAT 13:45 Holmes and Watford (b09jd32j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 14:00 Play It Cool (b05ps3hw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 14:30 Brothers in Law (b007k25g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 15:00 The Freedland Files (m001bqvr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Dave Simpson - Nightmares (b0076nnq)
Jilly’s been having recurring nightmares.
She hears footsteps, meets a grotesquely masked stranger in a lift - or is picked up by a taxi driver who turns out to be the same person.
She also dreams of being alone in the house asleep and hearing broken glass. It's all very real and very frightening.
A hospital consultant, who’s attracted to her, offers advice and the pair become friends.
However, the terrifying nightmares continue...
Starring Gillian Kearney.
Dave Simpson’s psychological thriller.
Jilly ...... Gillian Kearney
Nick ...... Chris Gascoyne
Penny ...... Deborah McAndrew
Ben ...... Jonathan Keeble
James ...... David Harewood
Directed at BBC Manchester by Pauline Harris.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
SAT 17:00 Inspector Crust - The Finger of Suspicion (m0022jp8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 18:15 Mr Ossie's Rolled-Gold Fish And Chip Shop (b00bwjcq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SAT 18:30 How to Make the World Add Up by Tim Harford (Omnibus) (m0022jpb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 19:40 Inheritance Tracks (b09v5xqb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]
SAT 19:45 Holmes and Watford (b09jd32j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 20:00 Play It Cool (b05ps3hw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 20:30 Brothers in Law (b007k25g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 21:00 The Freedland Files (m001bqvr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 22:00 The Tim Vine Chat Show (b07k08xb)
Series 1
Episode 3
Tim Vine continues his quest to hear the life stories of the Great British public while simultaneously showcasing his trademark gleeful wordplay and preposterous songs.
The internationally acclaimed master of the one-liner faces a job interview and an encounter with an anaconda.
Producer: Richard Morris
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2016.
SAT 22:30 Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music (b007k0lk)
Series 1
Manufactured Bands
Mitch is still trying to prove he's the best musical satirist in the world (or at the very least on Radio 4 Extra).
After all, you can't manufacture greatness. Not with the current cloning regulations anyway.
But Mitch's nemesis, satirical stalwart Richard Stilgoe, is about to strike back. Has Robin Ince gone over to the dark side?
Mitch Benn continues his journey through the showbiz glitz and backstage litter of pop music.
With:
Robert Ince
Alfie Joey
Tash Baylis
Kirsty Newton
Special guest: Richard Stilgoe.
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
SAT 23:00 Sorry About Last Night (b00mzvfq)
A Loft
Having read 'Women are from Mars and Men are From Croydon' and 'Set Sail on The SS Relationship' - Andy thinks it's about time he and Julie headed into deeper waters.
So naturally this means a visit to the estate agents...
Written by and starring Alexei Sayle.
Sitcom about life, love and not living together.
Andy ...... Alexei Sayle
Julie ...... Siobhan Redmond
Mr Hamad ...... Nadim Sawalha
Mrs Abasanjo ...... Adjoa Andoh
Mr Lucik ...... Chris Pavlo
Dad ...... Harry Towb
Michael ...... Gary Bleasdale
Gavin ......... Simon Greenall
Other parts played by:
Tony Barclay
Ruth Jones
Produced and directed by Jo Clegg with Alexei Sayle.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1999.
SAT 23:30 Fred at The Stand (b09dysxg)
Series 1
Cook, Sutherland, Brimson and Waugh
Fred MacAulay introduces some of the funniest comedians in the UK doing what they do best - pure stand up comedy.
From The Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh.
In this episode:
* Jason Cook tells a story about performing on a cruise ship
* JoJo Sutherland lets slip some of her supermum secrets
* Eddy Brimson survives a terrorist attack
* Scotsman Gareth Waugh has a plan to save the bees
A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2017.

SUNDAY 01 SEPTEMBER 2024

SUN 00:00 Dave Simpson - Nightmares (b0076nnq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Inspector Crust - The Finger of Suspicion (m0022jp8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:15 Mr Ossie's Rolled-Gold Fish And Chip Shop (b00bwjcq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 How to Make the World Add Up by Tim Harford (Omnibus) (m0022jpb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:40 Inheritance Tracks (b09v5xqb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 on Saturday]
SUN 03:45 Holmes and Watford (b09jd32j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Play It Cool (b05ps3hw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:30 Brothers in Law (b007k25g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 The Freedland Files (m001bqvr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b07pwyht)
Olympic Spirit
Ade Adepitan
Paralympian and broadcaster, Ade Adepitan is castaway by Kirsty Young.
Wheelchair basketball's his sport and he partnered Clare Balding anchoring the television coverage of the 2012 London Paralympics.
When he's not in a studio explaining the intricacies of Goalball he's reporting from the rainforests of Nicaragua or the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
Adversity seems to suit him - he even survived turning up for his first day at school aged seven in a pink checked suit and bow tie.
Inspired by his boyhood heroes Seb Coe and Daley Thompson, who he first saw on TV competing in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, sport became his passion. He says:
"I think I've done more things with my disability than most able-bodied people would ever dream of doing".
DISC ONE: Public Enemy - Harder than You Think
DISC TWO: Tunji Oyelana and the Benders - I Love my Country
DISC THREE: Dandy Livingstone - Message to you Rudy
DISC FOUR: Debbie Malone- Rescue Me
DISC FIVE: Orishas - Naci Orishas
DISC SIX: Minnie Riperton - The Edge of a Dream
DISC SEVEN: Linda Harrison - Be with You
DISC EIGHT: Bob Marley & The Wailers - One Love / People Get Ready
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Linda Harrison - Be with You
BOOK CHOICE: Chronicles of The Lensmen by E.E. Smith - E E Smith
LUXURY CHOICE: A basketball court with hoop and ball
Desert Island Discs was devised by Roy Plomley.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.
SUN 06:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mrzn0)
Series 1
Adam's Face
What are human eyebrows for?
Possibly to allow communication without the use of words.
Testing the value of eyebrow communication came into its own when David Attenborough met the men of an aboriginal tribe in New Guinea where there was no other common language.
Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world.
Producer: Julian Hector
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.
SUN 07:00 Poetry Extra (m0022jtd)
Bronzeville Beat: 1/2 Patricia Smith - Gwendolyn's Heir
Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Bronzeville Beat featuring the work of the poet Patricia Smith.
Born and raised on Chicago's West side, poet, teacher, and performance artist, Patricia came to verse late but is perhaps the true heir to the great Gwendolyn Brooks with her powerful and exact chronicles that make black lives matter.
In collections like Incendiary Art & Blood Dazzler, Smith takes on police shootings, Chicago history and the devastating impact of hurricane Katrina to sear poetry into society.
Presented by Maria Margaronis.
Producer: Mark Burman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2020.
SUN 07:30 White Fang by Jack London (Omnibus) (m0022jtg)
Jack London’s novel about a wild wolfdog.
White Fang journeys through Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush.
First serialised in a magazine, it was first published in 1906.
Omnibus of five episodes abridged by Robin Brooks.
Read by Kerry Shale.
This is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known work, The Call of the Wild (1903), which is about a kidnapped, domesticated dog embracing his wild ancestry to survive and thrive in the wild.
Producer: Clive Brill
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2021.
SUN 08:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0022jtj)
Paul Sinha
Quiz master Paul Sinha chooses 'Uptown Top Ranking' by Althea Forrest and Donna Reid and 'Being Boring' by the Pet Shop Boys.
SUN 08:50 Good News Stories by Katie Hims (Omnibus) (m0001sh4)
Five short contemporary dramas inspired by stories from the old and new testaments.
There’s a plague of frogs, a visitation from an angel and even a miracle - maybe. In anxious, godless times, there is still a chance of redemption.
Omnibus of five parts written by Katie Hims.
Laura ..... Nadia Clifford
Mr Ventura ..... Michael Bertenshaw
Leila ..... Jayda Pryce
Moses ..... Joseph Nicholas
Amber ..... Ella Purton
Director: Mary Peate
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.
SUN 10:00 Home to Roost (m000hpnm)
Series 2
Mother's Not Well
Full of cold, Olive spends the day in bed as William attempts the housework.
Starring Deryck Guyler and Mollie Sugden.
Sitcom written by Anne Jones.
After 40 years working for the same company, William has retired and is trying hard to adapt to his new life of leisure.
His wife, Olive, on the other hand, is trying to adapt to having her husband under her feet all day, for the first time in their marriage.
William Wheeler …. Deryck Guyler
Olive Wheeler …. Mollie Sugden
Jack Bailey …. Norman Rossington
Nev …. John Baddeley
Mrs Cox …. Linda Polan
Mrs Shipley … Joyce Latham
Theme music composed and played by Alex Walsh and his Band.
Producer: Trafford Whitelock.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1975.
SUN 10:30 Drop Me Here, Darling (m000vgw5)
A Case of Exposure
Leslie agrees to drive Caroline to Wick, but he has an ulterior motive.
Starring Leslie Phillips.
Andrew Palmer's comedy about a former property tycoon who’s fallen on hard times and is now chauffeur to his wealthy ex-wife.‘
Leslie Duggan …. Leslie Phillips
Caroline Duggan …. Jill Bennett
Claire/Flora …. Norma Ronald
Innkeeper/AA Man …. Joe Dunlop
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1983.
SUN 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b07pwyht)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 11:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mrzn0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m0022jtd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 12:30 White Fang by Jack London (Omnibus) (m0022jtg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 13:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0022jtj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]
SUN 13:50 Good News Stories by Katie Hims (Omnibus) (m0001sh4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]
SUN 15:00 Home to Roost (m000hpnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 15:30 Drop Me Here, Darling (m000vgw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Terry Pratchett (b008p9wy)
Guards! Guards!
3. Wanted: One Champion
The people of Ankh-Morpork have a no-nonsense approach to entertainment.
While they're looking forward to seeing a dragon slain, they'd be happy to settle instead for seeing the avenging warrior baked in his own armour.
Why is Captain Vimes suspicious?
Stars John Wood and Martin Jarvis.
The 8th of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Discworld.
Narrator …. Martin Jarvis
Captain Vimes …. John Wood
Nobby …. Melvyn Hayes
Sergeant Colon …. Stephen Thorne
Lady Ramkin …. Helen Atkinson-Wood
Carrot …. Robert Gwilym
Lord Vetinari …. Crawford Logan
Supreme Grand Master …. Brett Usher
Brother Doorkeeper …. Jeff Nuttall
Brother Fingers …. Michael Roberts
Death …. Himself
Dramatised by Michael Butt.
Director: John Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1992.
SUN 16:30 The Twelve Maidens (m0022jtm)
5. The Challenge
**** This series was suggested by Colin Ball and Steven Croote as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Peter is still full of anger over what he’s witnessed on Maiden Tor.
So he decides to confront two of the main participants…
Starring Martin Jarvis and Patricia Gallimore.
A sci-fi serial for radio written by Stewart Farrar.
Peter Brent .... Martin Jarvis
Bridget Williams .... Eva Stuart
Margaret Govan .... Patricia Gallimore
Donald Williams .... Fraser Kerr
Dr Carl Ewing .... Haydn Jones
Sgt George Blake .... Sean Arnold
Reuben Fairfax .... Patrick Tull
Rex Andrews .... Antony Higginson
Susan Platt .... Margaret Robertson
Joe Gurney .... Douglas Blackwell
Professor Philip Jessup .... Lewis Stringer
L/Cpl Davis .... Roger Gale
Producer: David H Godfrey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1971.
**** To nominate a programme from the archive that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SUN 17:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b07pwyht)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 17:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mrzn0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
SUN 18:00 Poetry Extra (m0022jtd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 18:30 White Fang by Jack London (Omnibus) (m0022jtg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 19:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0022jtj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]
SUN 19:50 Good News Stories by Katie Hims (Omnibus) (m0001sh4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]
SUN 21:00 Home to Roost (m000hpnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:30 Drop Me Here, Darling (m000vgw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 Revolting People (b008ff6d)
Series 3
A Kiss Is Just a Kiss
Samuel turns his shop into a bar called Sam's place ...and an old flame called Ingrid turns up.
Sitcom set just before the American War of Independence,
Written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses.
McGurk ...... Andy Hamilton
Samuel ...... Jay Tarses
Captain Brimshaw ...... James Fleet
Mary ...... Jan Ravens
Joshua ...... Tony Maudsley
Ezekiel ...... Hugh Dennis
Cora ...... Penelope Nice
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
SUN 22:30 Unnatural Acts (b00kf0yv)
Series 2
All The World's A Stage
When our four friends decide to stage a play at the local community centre, it's audition time at the Hardy household. Then Paul's new motorbike decides to get in on the action...
A slightly surreal sitcom about a happily-married couple - Jeremy and Kit - and their unusual friends.
Jeremy.....Jeremy Hardy
Kit.............. Kit Hollerbach
Paul............Paul B Davies
Caroline.... Caroline Leddy
Written by Jeremy Hardy, Kit Hollerbach, Paul B Davies, Caroline Leddy and Peter Sinclair.
Producer: David Tyler
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1988.
SUN 23:00 Great Unanswered Questions (b011mffd)
Series 3
Episode 1
The show which wrestles with some unusual questions.
How do toasters work?
Is it safe to stare at the sun?
Hosted by Colin Murphy
Experts
Dr David Booth
Matthew Collins
Special guest
Tom Wrigglesworth
Producer Jackie Hamilton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011.
SUN 23:30 Elastic Planet (b007k2h5)
The Babies
Links between cheese sculpture, pavement privatisation, skirting boards and the great knitting reform act.
Animator and voice of Bagpuss and the Clangers, Oliver Postgate island-hops through a stream of bizarre coincidences.
Ben Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections.
With:
Miriam Margolyes
Dan Strauss
Kerry Shale
Michael Simkins
Gary Waldhorn
Alan Dedicoat
Hugh Scully
James Naughtie
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995
SUN 23:45 Hearing with Hegley (b0075rsh)
Series 3
Episode 1
King Canute - did he get his feet wet or not?
Performance poet John Hegley tries to unravel one of Southampton's more enduring mysteries.
The joyous possibilities of flannel, fennel and funnel are also investigated.
With:
Simon Munnery.
Andrew Bailey
Producer: Nigel Piper
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.

MONDAY 02 SEPTEMBER 2024

MON 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b008p9wy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 The Twelve Maidens (m0022jtm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b07pwyht)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mrzn0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Poetry Extra (m0022jtd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 White Fang by Jack London (Omnibus) (m0022jtg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0022jtj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 on Sunday]
MON 03:50 Good News Stories by Katie Hims (Omnibus) (m0001sh4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Home to Roost (m000hpnm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Drop Me Here, Darling (m000vgw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Paul Temple (b007s6jt)
Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair
5. A Present for Steve
More mystery afloat, as the worried detective tackles Salty West and uncovers links to his wife Steve.
Starring Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury as BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Another baffling case of dastardly crimes must be solved.
Written by Francis Durbridge.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Charlie …. James Beattie
Mrs Purdie …. Molly Rankin
Brian Dexter …. Simon Lack
Stan Walters …. Denis Goacher
Salty West …. Brewster Mason
Linda Tico …. Belle Chrystall
Johnny Tico …. Brian Haines
George …. Leonard Trolley
Detective Inspector Ivor …. Manning Wilson
1st Girl/3rd Girl …. Beth Boyd
2nd Girl …. Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Operator/Waiter …. James Thomason
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective and his journalist wife solved case after baffling case. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars in one of BBC radio's most popular series.
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1956.
MON 06:30 Georgy Girl by Margaret Forster (m0022jtw)
5. Georgy's Girl
Meredith is back from hospital, so how are Georgy and Jos going to tell her that they are in love?
And with the death of Mrs Leamington, James is making plans for the future, and for his Georgy girl ...
Margaret Forster's swinging 1960s time-capsule novel.
Starring Caroline Strong and Kenneth Cranham.
Dramatised by Joe Dunlop.
Georgy .... Caroline Strong
James .... Kenneth Cranham
Jos .... Joe McGann
Meredith .... Melanie Hudson
Ted .... John Hollis
Doris .... Eileen Bell
Peg .... Theresa Streatfield
Gerald .... Peter Penry Jones
Sam .... John Webb
Tristram .... Jack Shute
Samantha .... Emily Riley
Music played by David Chilton and Dave Swift.
Producer/Director: Adrian Bean
First broadcast on Radio 4 in July 1992.
MON 07:00 Anything Legal (b008fxrd)
Episode 8
With their business struggling, Charles and George turn to nanny.
Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles.
A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly.
Charles ...... Donald Hewlett
George ...... Michael Knowles
Nanny ...... Marjorie Withers
Theme music by Jim Parker.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1985.
MON 07:30 Stop Messing About! (b00s9f4p)
Series 2
Episode 12
Snow White gets saucy - and cinema as never seen before.
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 North by Northamptonshire (b00sxj24)
Series 1
Episode 4
Clever, funny and touching series about a small town in the middle of Northamptonshire as it prepares for a talent night.
Sheila Hancock heads a stunning cast including Mackenzie Crook, Penelope Wilton, Felicity Montagu and Kevin Eldon.
Written by and also starring Katherine Jakeways.
It's Town Talent Night at last and Ken and Keith are busy fine-tuning their pet whippets' dance routine.
Everyone nervously awaits the arrival of the celebrity judge Lady Ballantyne who is unfortunately in the spotlight for being the most recent Royal racist.
Jan does her last minute preparations for her trip to Australia. Will she be going alone or could she possibly dare to dream that Jonathan might join her at the last minute?
And finally supermarket manager Rod gets to take Tanya from till 4 on a date. The true measure of success will be how many packets of scampi fries they consume. Will it be just the one? Or perhaps too many to count?
Narrator …. Sheila Hancock
Rod …. Mackenzie Crook
Mary …. Penelope Wilton
Jan/Woman in Nan’s Begroom …. Felicity Montagu
Jonathan …. Kevin Eldon
Esther …. Katherine Jakeways
Keith …. John Biggins
Frank/Eamon/Man on the Bus …. Rufus Wright
Lady Ballantyne/Laura/Angela …. Lizzie Roper
Producer: Claire Jones.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2010.
MON 08:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096h1r1)
1. You Ask the Questions
Martin Amis was one of the most celebrated authors of modern times.
This collection rounds up some of his non-fiction pieces from 1986 to 2016.
Some time back one of our national newspapers held a Q&A with the author.
Questions ranged from the serious to the odd, including views on father Kingsley, the hassle of smoking roll-ups, his child acting days and.. 'what question have you never been asked?'
Questioners: Sarah Ridgeway, Tom Forrester, and Charlie Clements
Read by Bill Nighy.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017.
MON 08:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hmmk)
1. Intensive Care
Alison White's perceptive and powerful dramatisation of her memoir about a mother's love and about a son's determined spirit.
A unique insight into raising a child with cerebral palsy.
A moving and ultimately uplifting drama about hope: hope for those we love, hope in others and hope for the future.
Following Alison's emergency caesarean section, baby Louis is immediately placed in intensive care.
Caught in the eye of the storm Alison and Greg prepare for the worst, but Louis holds on tight and soon they are dreaming of taking him home.
Introduced by Alison White.
Alison ..... Katie West
Greg ..... Rupert Hill
Natalie/Registrar ..... Natalie Grady
Dr Thompson/Vicar ..... Jonathan Keeble
JS Bach's Prelude in C Major is played by Louis White.
Director: Nadia Molinari
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2020.
MON 09:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m0022by5)
Series 30
Episode 4
David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they’re able to smuggle past their opponents.
Justin Edwards, Zoe Lyons, Lucy Porter and Tony Hawks are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as stationery, fast food, the Tudors and swearing.
The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith.
Producer: Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4
MON 09:30 A Guide to Coastal Wildlife (b07457jx)
1. Rock Pools
What looks like a sponge, smells like a volcano and is found in rock pools?
The answer can be found in this series of programmes in which Brett Westwood joins naturalist Phil Gates on the coast of Northumberland.
With recordings by wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson, they offer a practical and entertaining guide to the wildlife which you’re most likely to see and hear in different coastal habitats - beginning with probably everyone’s favourite childhood haunt, the rock pool.
Home to shore crabs and hermit crabs, as well as sea anemones, breadcrumb sponges and sea squirts.
We learn how sea squirts which appear to be little more than bags of fluid clinging to the rocks, might be our evolutionary ancestors. We discover how when it comes to building, it’s the breadcrumb sponges which have mastered the art with some clever self-assembly scaffolding tricks.
Producer: Sarah Blunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2016.
MON 09:45 Daily Service (m0022jty)
Creation - The Cosmos
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Creation - The Cosmos
Presenter: Swarzy
Reading: Psalm 148: 1-13
Music:
So will I - Cross Worship
How great is our God - Volney Morgan & New Ye
Never lost - Warehouse Worship
MON 10:00 Frankly Speaking (b041459l)
CS Forester
The author of the Hornblower stories, CS Forester is quizzed on his childhood, his "alter ego" and his writing methods.
Launched in 1952, Frankly Speaking was a completely novel and ground breaking BBC series.
Initially there were three interviewers and the series was both unrehearsed and unscripted.
His three interviewers are:
Critic - Lionel Hale
Journalist - Margaret Lane
Master mariner - Adrian Seligman.
CS Forester (1899-1966) wrote 11 books about fictional Royal Navy officer, Horatio Hornblower.
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1957.
MON 10:30 You May Now Turn Over Your Papers (b07hwwbd)
Cambridge Classics professor, Mary Beard, tells the intriguing story of the history of exams.
She asks: What are exams really for?
In her quest for an answer, Mary scales the rooftops of King's College, Cambridge, grills a well-known comedian in Latin and discovers Charles Darwin was a terrible student more interested in finding beetles than doing his exams.

Mary delves into the world of exams past and present.
She's joined by:
Comedian Richard Herring
Roof-walker and academic, Katherine Rundell,
Fellow Classicist Simon Goldhill
Producer: Adele Armstrong
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2016.
MON 11:00 Paul Temple (b007s6jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 11:30 Georgy Girl by Margaret Forster (m0022jtw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 12:00 Anything Legal (b008fxrd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 12:30 Stop Messing About! (b00s9f4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 13:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sxj24)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 13:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096h1r1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hmmk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 14:00 Just a Minute (b00mk5x7)
Series 55
Episode 8
Nicholas Parsons presides over the devious game where panellists are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition.
With:
Graham Norton
Gyles Brandreth
Paul Merton
Suki Webster
Created by Ian Messiter
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.
MON 14:30 Street and Lane (b00vdbvk)
Series 1
Singing Detectives
Intrepid Yorkshire builders, Johnny Street and Arthur Lane welcome Tina, a glamorous young woman on work experience.
Can they seek out the origins of a nasty smell in a school under the nose of caretaker and music-theatre aficionado Sidney Sanderson?
Starring Nick Lane and Fine Time Fontayne.
Sitcom written by Ian McMillan and Dave Sheasby.
Johnny Street ...... Nick Lane
Arthur Lane ...... Fine Time Fontayne
Tina ...... Hannah Storey
Sanderson ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.
MON 15:00 Michael Hastings - The Crashed Plane (m0022jv0)
An RAF investigator is searching for parts of a fighter craft that went missing after it mysteriously plunged to the ground ten years ago.
A lead takes him to an address in London's fashionable Eaton Square, home of a formerly wealthy Arab businessman and his beautiful wife.
It is here that the strange truth starts to emerge.
Starring Eleanor Bron and Nadim Sawalha.
Michael Hastings’ story of love, intrigue, jealousy and revenge..
Hepzibah .... Eleanor Bron
Anwar .... Nadim Sawalha
Alex .... Nicholas Boulton
Ground control/Interrogating Officer .... Thomas Arnold
Estate agent/Psychiatrist .... Geoffrey Church
Wing Pilot .... Kenny Blythe
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
MON 16:00 Frankly Speaking (b041459l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:30 You May Now Turn Over Your Papers (b07hwwbd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
MON 17:00 Paul Temple (b007s6jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 17:30 Georgy Girl by Margaret Forster (m0022jtw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 18:00 Anything Legal (b008fxrd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:30 Stop Messing About! (b00s9f4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 19:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sxj24)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096h1r1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 19:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hmmk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 20:00 Just a Minute (b00mk5x7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
MON 20:30 Street and Lane (b00vdbvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
MON 21:00 Michael Hastings - The Crashed Plane (m0022jv0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m0022by5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 22:30 Rudy's Rare Records (b00n594p)
Series 2
Ill Communication
It's Adam's chance to tidy up the Birmingham shop, but will father Rudy get his revenge?
The collisions of life for Grandad Rudy, father Adam and son Richie living all crammed together over an old record store in Birmingham.
Starring Lenny Henry, Larrington Walker and Joe Jacobs.
Sitcom by Danny Robins, set in the finest, feistiest, family-run record shop in Birmingham.
Adam Sharpe ...... Lenny Henry
Rudy Sharpe ...... Larrington Walker
Richie Sharp ...... Joe Jacobs
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Doreen ...... Claire Benedict
Police Officer ...... Andrew Brooke
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.
MON 23:00 Catherine Bohart: TL;DR (m0022cq1)
Series 1
6. Hang on - are there ghosts in this machine?
No time to read the news? Catherine Bohart does it for you in TL;DR. This week - Elon Musk thinks there should be regulation around AI. Is he right? Can AI really change the world, or are we just training our future robot overlords?
Times journalist Hugo Rifkind navigates the ethical minefield of artificial intelligence, while Professor Gina Neff breaks down how AI is already reshaping our lives - and the risks that come with it.
Meanwhile, in the TL;DR Sidebar, comedian Sunil Patel dives into the wild world of AI romance and discovers the perks and pitfalls of having an AI girlfriend. Will it be love at first byte?
Written by Catherine Bohart, with Madeleine Brettingham, Sarah Campbell, and Pravanya Pillay
With Ellen Patterson as Flobot
Produced by Victoria Lloyd
Recorded and Edited by David Thomas
Production Coordinator - Beverly Tagg
A Mighty Bunny production for BBC Radio 4
MON 23:30 Radio 9 (b0419ml6)
Series 1
Episode 3
"The 'accidentalist' movement in art explained plus sponsored surgery.
Delve into the recesses of a twisted comedy brain.
Written and performed by Johnny Daukes and Hils Barker.
With:
Sarah Walton
John Stevenson
Stefan Frank
Janice Vee
Matt Wilkinson
Michelle Gomez
Producers: Johnny Daukes and Katie Marsden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.

TUESDAY 03 SEPTEMBER 2024

TUE 00:00 Frankly Speaking (b041459l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 You May Now Turn Over Your Papers (b07hwwbd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Paul Temple (b007s6jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Georgy Girl by Margaret Forster (m0022jtw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Anything Legal (b008fxrd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Stop Messing About! (b00s9f4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00sxj24)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096h1r1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hmmk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Just a Minute (b00mk5x7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Street and Lane (b00vdbvk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Michael Hastings - The Crashed Plane (m0022jv0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Paul Temple (b007s84b)
Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair
6. News From Sir Graham
An unexpected twist wraps up the case for the suave detective and his wife Steve - or does it?
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury.
Another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Salty West …. Brewster Mason
Detective Inspector Ivor …. Manning Wilson
George Wadford …. Leonard Trolley
Member Davis/Ambulance Attendant …. James Thomason
Sir Graham Forbes …. Lester Mudditt
Sir Carlton Ross …. Richard Williams
Sylvia Ross/Telephone Operator …. Annette Kelly
Detective Inspector Vosper …. Arthur Ridley
Brian Dexter …. Simon Lack
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous journalist wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1956.
TUE 06:30 Georgy Girl by Margaret Forster (m0022klq)
6. Fairytales Can Come True
Georgy thought that adopting baby Sara would turn the plain girl into the beautiful Princess.
But Jos can only see a miserable mess. Is there any hope for Georgy after all?
Perhaps a villain might turn into a hero?
Margaret Forster's swinging 1960s time-capsule novel.
Starring Caroline Strong and Kenneth Cranham.
Dramatised by Joe Dunlop.
Georgy .... Caroline Strong
James ....Kenneth Cranham
Jos .... Joe McGann
Meredith .... Melanie Hudson
Ted .... John Hollis
Doris .... Eileen Bell
Peg .... Theresa Streatfield
Boatman .... Peter Gunn
Tristram .... Jack Shlte
Samantha .... Emily Riley
Music played by David Chilton and Dave Swift.
Producer: Adrian Bean
First broadcast on Radio 4 in July 1992.
TUE 07:00 Rent (b007522v)
Series 3
Episode 1
The new baby needs a name and Richard doesn’t want to reveal one of his.
Series 3 of Lucy Flannery's award-winning sitcom about Maria and Richard Reynolds and their lodgers.
Maria …. Barbara Flynn
Richard …. Patrick Barlow
Amy …. Linda Polan
Ruby …. Vivienne Rochester
Paul …. Dave Lamb
The Barrister …. Sally Grace
The Judge …. Brian Bowles
Producer: Liz Anstee.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1997.
TUE 07:30 The Goon Show (b007yn6x)
Series 6
Rommel's Treasure
Fleeing from Tobruk in 1942, the military leader leaves behind a precious box.
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 BBC 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 October 1955.
TUE 08:00 Lobby Land (b0b6pdx0)
Series 1
Plane Sailing
Westminster lobby hack Sam is off to India, but will she be able to find a story off the beaten track?
'Hot Takes' political editor Samantha Peakes tries to make hay out of the Westminster chaos - and, ideally, keep her job.
Written by Jon Harvey, with Christopher Davies and Alistair Griggs
Sam Peakes - Ophelia Lovibond
Tom Shriver MP - Charlie Higson
Mia Phillips - Cariad Lloyd
Dom Bell - Lewis Macleod
Lawrence Mills - Ryan Sampson
Rahul Mandip - Ahir Shah
Producer: Jon Harvey
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2018.
TUE 08:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096hclq)
2. On the Road
Martin Amis was one of the most celebrated authors of modern times. This is a round up of his non-fiction pieces from 1986 to 2016, and this week five compelling topics are aired.
Like many major writers, Martin experienced the highs and lows of the mega author tour. Travelling across America these experiences are even more comic and strange. Praised by readers, heckled by fellow authors, bumping into Jack Nicholson, it's never a dull moment as a 'hireling of my own novel'.
Reader Bill Nighy
Producer Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017.
TUE 08:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hmfw)
2. Home at Last
Alison White's dramatisation of her perceptive and powerful memoir about a mother's love and about a son's determined spirit. A unique insight into raising a child with cerebral palsy. A moving and ultimately uplifting drama about hope: hope for those we love, hope in others and hope for the future.
It is Louis' 99th day in hospital. Alison and Greg are finally taking him home. How will they cope on their own?
Alison .... Katie West
Greg/Dr Nook .... Rupert Hill
Louis .... Zak Ford-Williams
Dr Thompson/Taxi driver .... Jonathan Keeble
Natalie/Agatha .... Natalie Grady
Shoe shop assistant .... Verity Henry
JS Bach's Prelude in C Major is played by Louis White.
Director: Nadia Molinari
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2020.
TUE 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0022tdm)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
TUE 09:30 A Guide to Coastal Wildlife (b074x4th)
2. Sandy Beaches
The attractive sandy beach is actually one of the most hostile habitats on our coastline.
To survive the driving wind, abrasive sand and predation by sea birds, animals either spend much of their lives below the surface or have evolved some very clever adaptations - as Brett Westwood discovers when he joins naturalist Phil Gates on the Northumberland coast.
With the help of recordings by wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson, they offer a practical and entertaining guide to the wildlife which you’re most likely to see and hear on sandy beaches.
On the lower shore, they wander amongst the lugworm burrows in search of razor clams and pogoing cockles.
At the top of the beach at the front of the sand dunes, they discuss the remarkable abilities of marram grass not only to avoid drying out, but also to hold back the sand and create stable areas where communities of other plants can take root and grow.
Producer: Sarah Blunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2016.
TUE 09:45 Daily Service (m0022kls)
Creation - The Sea
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Creation - The Sea
Presenter: Gemma Simmonds
Reading: Luke 5: 4-9
Music:
There's a wideness in God's mercy - Daily Service Singers
Crossing the Bar - Rani Arbo
Oceans - Melodees from Heaven
TUE 10:00 A Good Read (b08y112c)
Sara Cox and Eimear McBride
TV and Radio 2 presenter Sara Cox and novelist Eimear McBride discuss books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Publisher: Portobello Books
Suite for Barbara Loden by Nathalie Léger
Publisher: Les Fugitives
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
Publisher: Bloomsbury
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2017.
TUE 10:30 Spellbound: Siouxsie and the Banshees (b01n9z0v)
As the bright white heat of punk faded few bands survived and emerged from the aftermath, stronger and more unique than Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Led by the unmistakable force of Siouxsie Sioux and bassist Steven Severin, the Banshees carved a musical legacy that is without parallel.
Originally meeting as part of the 'Bromley Contingent' that gravitated around punk pioneers The Sex Pistols, Susan Janet Ballion met Steven Bailey at a Roxy Music concert at Wembley in 1975, bonding over suburban boredom, a love of Bowie, Hitchcock and 'Cabaret' style nocturnal fun.
Armed with a handful of ideas, suburban isolation, borrowed equipment, the duo entered the furnace of punk intent on smashing down the established musical order and sculpting a dark and alluring legacy.
Miranda Sawyer talks to Siouxsie about the legendary gig at the infamous 100 Club as well as her and Steven Severin's part in TV folklore by appearing on the Today show where the Sex Pistol's Steve Jones and John 'Rotten' Lydon' swore at presenter Bill Grundy revealing to the nation the filth and the fury of punk rock.
Through Banshee's biographer and fan Mark Paytress, journalist Alexis Petridis and acclaimed producer Nigel Gray, Sawyer unearths how the band quickly bolted from the fading spark of punk and carved out an unparalleled legacy of five albums in five years.
From 1978's stark, Velvet Underground inspired 'The Scream' through band fall-outs, commercial and critical success, to the neo-psychedelic, post punk of 'Kaleidoscope', the hugely influencial dark wave 'JuJu' and the quixotic, exotic and erotic and 'A Kiss in the Dreamhouse' this a unique insight into a genre and era defying band.
Producer: James Roberts
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2012.
TUE 11:00 Paul Temple (b007s84b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 11:30 Georgy Girl by Margaret Forster (m0022klq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 12:00 Rent (b007522v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Goon Show (b007yn6x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Lobby Land (b0b6pdx0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 13:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096hclq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hmfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 14:00 The Personality Test (b007vt9q)
Series 3
Eve Pollard
All about Eve – writer and ex-newspaper editor Eve Pollard is in the hot seat posing questions all about her.
Tackling the ultra-personal quiz are Sue Perkins, Caroline Quinlan, Robin Ince and Will Smith.
Comedy quiz presented by a new guest host every show. All the questions are about them.
Script by Simon Littlefield and Kieron Quirke.
Devised and produced by Aled Evans.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
TUE 14:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b008gdc5)
Series 2
Episode 2
Merv is becoming very aware that those he once described as 'old' will soon include himself.
Has he prepared for this? Has he ever really thought about it? No - he's still struggling with the idea of being a menopausal flower child.
So what does a penniless Child of The Sixties do as a pensioner?
Go back to the garden of course. Merv tries out the Commune again.
Sitcom written by and starring Mervyn Stutter.
Merv ...... Mervyn Stutter
Pam ...... Lill Roughley
Dibden ...... John Challis
PC Dilkes ...... Michael Mears
Chantal ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Nev ...... Gyuri Sarossy
Producer: Mario Stylianides
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003.
TUE 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Put Out More Flags (m001fwx1)
1. Autumn
As the Second World War looms, louche, upper class loafer Basil Seal considers his role in the unfolding events.
Evelyn Waugh’s sixth novel, first published in 1942.
The satire reprises characters found in previous novels such as ‘Decline and Fall’ and ‘Vile Bodies’.
Three-part dramatisation by Denys Hawthorne.
Basil Seal .... Simon Cadell
Freddy .... Brian Miller
Barbara .... Jenny Howe
Lady Seal .... Elizabeth Kelly
Sir Joshua Mainwaring .... Jack May
Angela Lyne .... Marian Diamond
Poppet .... Joanna Myers
Margot Metroland .... Mary Wimbush
Peter Pastmaster .... Michael Cochrane
Sonia Trumpington .... Jane Whittenshaw
Alastair Trumpington .... Simon Treves
Ambrose Silk .... Steve Hodson
Bentley .... Hugh Dickson
Bomber .... Alan Thompson
Narrator .... Tony Britton
With:
Danielle Allan
Timothy Bateson
Nicholas Gilbrook
David Bannerman
Fraser Kerr
Danny Schiller
Pianist: David King
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1990.
TUE 16:00 A Good Read (b08y112c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:30 Spellbound: Siouxsie and the Banshees (b01n9z0v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
TUE 17:00 Paul Temple (b007s84b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Georgy Girl by Margaret Forster (m0022klq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Rent (b007522v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:30 The Goon Show (b007yn6x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 19:00 Lobby Land (b0b6pdx0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096hclq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 19:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hmfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 20:00 The Personality Test (b007vt9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b008gdc5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Evelyn Waugh - Put Out More Flags (m001fwx1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
TUE 22:00 Do Gooders (m0022c3p)
5. The Funeral
Episode Five - The Funeral
Clive’s latest fundraising project is put into jeopardy and he must attend a funeral to maintain his position in the league tables. Luckily Ken is on hand to school him in the dark arts of fundraising at a wake. Harriett tasks herself with getting Gladys a date and Lauren and Achi become embroiled in an ethical protest.
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.
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 whilst 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.
Cast
Lauren – Ania Magliano
Gladys – Lisa McGrillis
Clive – Garrett Millerick
Harriett – Fay Ripley
Achi – Ahir Shah
Ken – Frank Skinner
Guest Stars
Sandra – Andrea Hubert
Marcus – Glenn Moore
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 Television Production for BBC Radio 4
TUE 22:30 Kevin Eldon Will See You Now (m0008b8t)
Series 4
The Dusty Humbug
Kevin Eldon and his all-important cast enjoy a naked tractor ride, a dusty humbug and a love story with cannons.
Also starring:
Morwenna Banks
Kate Duchêne
Justin Edwards
Miles Jupp
Paul Putner
David Reed
Catherine Shepherd
Dan Skinner
Written by Kevin Eldon
Additional material by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris
Producer: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2019.
TUE 23:00 The Shuttleworths (b007jtnf)
Series 3
Chic Ken
Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth starts envying his agent Ken's bachelor lifestyle.
Mary's nurses her ankle and Ken confides that he has lost his 'golden touch', because his amorous advances towards Olive have been snubbed.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1997.
TUE 23:15 The John Moloney Show (b091w6ks)
Series 2
Edward Goes to the Vet
The Godfather of British stand-up comedy, John Moloney, returns to the stage with stories of his much loved cat Edward.
Edward isn't feeling well, he's leaning to the far-right - and it's not clear if it's a balancing act or political abnormality.
There's only one thing for it, a trip to the Vet.
John and Edward come up against characters who don't understand their plight, nor that of those most in need.
Edward may end up providing as many solutions as he receives.
Starring John Moloney.
With:
Karen Bartke
Julia Sutherland
A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2017.
TUE 23:30 The Wilson Dixon Line (b00knt17)
When Love Comes to Town (And Then Leaves Again)
Cowboy philosopher Wilson Dixon talks about love and affairs of the heart.
Hard done by love, he talks about his ex-wife Maureen, who pulled at Wilson's heart like he pulls on his guitar strings.
Hold onto your stetson and get ready for the rocky ride of romance.
Continuing his affectionate tribute to the philosophy of country music, Wilson shares more of his viewpoints through songs and anecdotes.
Saddled up with sidekick Snake Wizzelteats, his observations on everyday life draws us into a world full of larger than life characters and situations.
Written and performed by Jesse Griffin.
Introduced by Johnnie Walker.
Sidekick Snake Wizzelteats ...... Jesse Budd
Recorded with an audience at BBC Maida Vale, London.
Producer: Lianne Coop
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 2009.

WEDNESDAY 04 SEPTEMBER 2024

WED 00:00 A Good Read (b08y112c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Spellbound: Siouxsie and the Banshees (b01n9z0v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Paul Temple (b007s84b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Georgy Girl by Margaret Forster (m0022klq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Rent (b007522v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Goon Show (b007yn6x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Lobby Land (b0b6pdx0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096hclq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hmfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 The Personality Test (b007vt9q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b008gdc5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Evelyn Waugh - Put Out More Flags (m001fwx1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Paul Temple (b007s8rj)
Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair
7. Another Suspect
The suave detective and wife Steve face peril afloat, in their battle to uncover the truth...
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury.
Another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Sir Graham Forbes …. Lester Mudditt
Brian Dexter …. Simon Lack
Stan Walters …. Denis Goacher
Arthur Main …. Geoffrey Hodson
Ernest de Silva …. John Gabriel
Julie de Silva …. Marjorie Mars
Detective Inspector Silva …. Manning Wilson
Tom Chepstow …. George Merritt
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous journalist wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1956.
WED 06:30 VI Warshawski (b0089j85)
Killing Orders
1. Remembrance of Things Past
Chicago private eye, VI Warshawski, is not happy to be asked for help by her Aunt Rosa who hates her - and the feeling's mutual.
Sara Paretsky's thriller about a feisty Chicago private investigator.
Kathleen Turner stars as VI Warshawski.
With Martin Shaw.
Dramatised in six parts by Michelene Wandor.
VI Warshawski .… Kathleen Turner
Roger Ferrant …. Martin Shaw
Gabriella …. Avril Clark
Albert …. William Hootkins
Rosa …. Eileen Way
Father Carroll …. Don Fellows
Father Pelly …. Colin Stinton
Father Jablonski …. Peter Penry-Jones
Sara Paretsky created one of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime fiction. Her heroine, VI Warshawski, is a strong female character in a male-dominated world. VI is comfortable packing heat and trailing nasty suspects but she never loses touch with her basic femininity.
Paretsky says of her Warshawski: "I was troubled by the way women were portrayed, [in detective fiction] they always seemed either evil or powerless. I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likeable female private investigator".
Kathleen Turner also starred in the same role in the 1991 film 'VI Warshawski'.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
WED 07:00 Bangers and Mash (b0075h0f)
Episode 4
A strange man is lurking - and Father Harry is hired to entertain the OAPs, but what will he be singing?
Katie Hims's sitcom about a chaotic catering company.
Martina …. Catherine Harvey
Jimmy …. Gerard McDermott
Juan …. Roger May
Carol …. Jane Whittenshaw
Director: Catherine Horn
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.
WED 07:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k15z)
Series 2
The Holiday Camp
Sid hires the Lad to run his new venture, but then he discovers a surprise next door.
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's classic comedy about the life and times of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With:
Bill Kerr
Sidney James
Kenneth Williams
Andree Melly
Denis Wilson
Announcer: Kenneth Williams
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Music recorded by the BBC Augmented Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1955.
WED 08:00 The Architects (b03yqyz5)
Series 1
Mad Hélène
Sir Lucien's blossoming romance with a French serial divorcee was worrying already.
Then the 'men in black' arrive to assess his assets and more besides...
Stars Dominic Coleman, Ingrid Oliver and Geoffrey Whitehead.
Sitcom set in a struggling architectural practice.
Written by Jim Poyser and Neil Griffiths.
Matt ...... Dominic Coleman
Sarah ...... Ingrid Oliver
Sir Lucien ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Tim ...... Alex Carter
Hayley ...... Aisling Bea
Helene ...... Carolyn Pickles
Mr Douglas ...... Sean Murray
Mr McCoy ...... Harry Myers
Director: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.
WED 08:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096j14q)
3. Iris Murdoch: Age Will Win
Martin Amis was one of the most celebrated authors of modern times.
This is from his collection of non-fiction pieces from 1986 to 2016.
A feature film based on Iris Murdoch (with Kate Winslet and Judi Dench), gives Martin the chance to muse on the life and work of this acclaimed novelist. A unique and profound voice, married to John Bayley, he describes the often moving portrayal of her life and marriage on celluloid, her eccentric domesticity, and her later descent as Alzheimer's takes hold.
Reader Bill Nighy
Producer Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017.
WED 08:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hn4z)
3. Music Therapy
Alison White's dramatisation of her perceptive and powerful memoir about a mother's love and about a son's determined spirit. A unique insight into raising a child with cerebral palsy. A moving and ultimately uplifting drama about hope: hope for those we love, hope in others and hope for the future.
Alison and Greg struggle to find a way to communicate with Louis until they discover music therapy. Will music have a transforming effect on Louis' sense of control in the world?
Alison .... Katie West
Greg/Brian .... Rupert Hill
Louis .... Zak Ford-Williams
Speech therapist/Compere .... Verity Henry
JS Bach's Prelude in C Major is played by Louis White.
The episode includes the real voices of Louis White and music therapist Brian Smith from Inscape Therapies
Director: Nadia Molinari
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2020.
WED 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0022tdr)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
WED 09:30 A Guide to Coastal Wildlife (b074xq25)
3. Sea Cliffs
What does an old threepenny coin have to do with a cliff?
The answer can be found in this programme when Brett Westwood joins naturalist Phil Gates on the Northumberland coast and discovers how plants and animals have evolved to survive the battering waves, salt spray and driving winds in one of the most hostile habitats on our coastline, the sea cliffs.
They meet a sea pink or thrift, a plant which has evolved to survive the high levels of salt by sequestering salt into its leaves which then die off, and are replaced by new leaves.
Lured by the cries of birds calling out their name "kitti-waak", "kitti-waak", they clamber across the rocks into a cove where kittiwakes and fulmars are nesting on a sheer cliff face. Brett learns why the young chicks don’t fall off their narrow ledges and how fulmars keep predators at bay (the clue is in their name which means, foul mouth).
Below the birds, as the waves pound the rocks, the surface is studded with barnacles and limpets.
Recordings by Chris Watson
Producer Sarah Blunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2016.
WED 09:45 Daily Service (m0022l0c)
Creation - The Sky
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Creation - The Sky
Presenter: Paul Kerensa
Reading: Psalm 19: 1-6
Music:
The Lord whome Earth and Sea - Girton College Choir
Morning glory, starlit sky (Barry Rose) - Naomi, BBC Young Chorister
Here I am Lord - Geraldine Latty
WED 10:00 Meeting Myself Coming Back (b00ltmpv)
Jesse Jackson
Witness to the murder of Martin Luther King; the first African-American to make a significant bid for the US Presidency.
The Reverend Jesse Jackson joins presenter John Wilson to reflect on the soundtrack to his life, drawn from a half century of BBC archive.
Being close to Dr King during the troubled years of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement was just one of the formative experiences for the Reverend Jesse Jackson. Here he gets the chance to listen back to his younger self, recall his thoughts at the time, and apply the self-knowledge that comes from distance.
Other episodes in his life include addressing the first black political rally; negotiating with President Saddam Hussein of Iraq over hostages; running twice for President of the USA; witnessing the swearing in of the first black President; and most recently defending one of America's most controversial black icons, Michael Jackson.
Producers: Emma Kingsley and Sara Jane Hall
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.
WED 11:00 Paul Temple (b007s8rj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 11:30 VI Warshawski (b0089j85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 12:00 Bangers and Mash (b0075h0f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k15z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 13:00 The Architects (b03yqyz5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 13:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096j14q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hn4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 14:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b07ns0r2)
Series 9
Reeves, Wyatt, Williams
The Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Noel Fielding welcome:
* Vic Reeves, the comedian, artist, author and game show host
* Dr Tristram Wyatt, Senior Research Associate and Emeritus Fellow at Kellogg College, Oxford
* Professor Kate Williams featured on BBC Two's Restoration Home and Young Victoria and has commentated on state occasions for the BBC
The Museum's Guest Committee appreciate a pale bird that fakes injury to protect its young; a childishly photoshopped picture that fooled Conan Doyle; and a faint smell that may or may not exist, but (if it did) might drive you wild.
Researchers: Mike Turner and Anne Miller of QI
Producers: Richard Turner and James Harkin
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 2016.
WED 14:30 Two Doors Down (b0076h8n)
Series 3
And It Was All Yellow
Rory and Evie throw a party while their parents are away and Sally is out to dinner
Annie McCartney's comedy drama about the bohemian residents of Marlborough Road, Belfast, who are saved from their own chaos by Sally, their cleaning lady.
Sally ...... Frances Tomelty
Saffron ...... Ali White
Trevor ...... Gerard McSorley
Fintan. ...... Gerard Murphy
Clare ...... Marcella Riordan
Anna ...... Hannah R Gordon
Simon ...... Lloyd Houston
Evie ...... Katy Gleadhill
Tony ...... Robert Patterson
Edith ...... Roma Tomelty
Layla ...... Eadaoin Hegarty
Victor ...... Alan McKee
Rory ...... Richard Clements
Director: Tanya Nash
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2003
WED 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Put Out More Flags (m001fwwc)
2. Winter
Winter 1939. As war rages in Europe, upper class loafer Basil Seal finds a way of exploiting evacuees.
Evelyn Waugh’s satire, first published in 1942.
Dramatised by Denys Hawthorne.
Basil Seal .... Simon Cadell
Barbara .... Jenny Howe
Doris .... Lesley Sharp
Harkness .... Timothy Bateson
Mrs Harkness .... Auriol Smith
Alastair .... Simon Treves
Sonia .... Jane Whittenshaw
Ambrose Silk .... Steve Hodson
Bentley .... Hugh Dickson
Lady Seal .... Elizabeth Kelly
Sir Joshua Mainwaring .... Jack May
Poppet .... Joanna Myers
Sally .... Tara Dominick
Peter Pastmaster .... Michael Cochrane
Margot Metroland .... Mary Wimbush
Todhunter .... David King
Freddy .... Brian Miller
Narrator .... Tony Britton
With:
Michael Kilgarriff
Danny Schiller
Pianist: David King
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1990.
WED 16:00 Meeting Myself Coming Back (b00ltmpv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 17:00 Paul Temple (b007s8rj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 17:30 VI Warshawski (b0089j85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 18:00 Bangers and Mash (b0075h0f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k15z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 19:00 The Architects (b03yqyz5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096j14q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 19:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hn4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 20:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b07ns0r2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
WED 20:30 Two Doors Down (b0076h8n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
WED 21:00 Evelyn Waugh - Put Out More Flags (m001fwwc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
WED 22:00 Ian Smith Is Stressed (m0022cfz)
4. Holidays
Comedian Ian Smith is constantly stressed and in this series he is looking for any means to calm the hell down. In this episode, Ian tries to take a well deserved break - but what’s that coming down the baggage carousel? His stress about going anywhere or doing anything.
Ian takes sensible steps to deal with holiday anxiety by attempting to land a passenger plane with no training.
A new stand-up series from Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated comedian Ian Smith.
Written and Performed by Ian Smith
Featuring Ed MacArthur
Additional Material from Rhiannon Shaw, Max Davis and Charlie Dinkin
Composer: Tom James McGrath
Choir: James Sherwood, Grace O'Keefe, Isabelle Farrah, Ewan McAdam
Assistant Producer: Ewan McAdam
Produced by Benjamin Sutton and Laura Shaw
A Daddy’s SuperYacht production for BBC Radio 4
WED 22:30 Chain Reaction (b08k1sv1)
Series 12
Tim Vine Interviews Sir Ken Dodd
Tim Vine turns interviewer and invites his chosen guest Sir Ken Dodd into the Chain Reaction hot seat
Chain Reaction is the talk show with a twist where one week's interviewee becomes the next week's interviewer
Tim Vine is best known for his frenetic stage shows, rammed full of rapid one liners, songs and props
Sir Ken Dodd who died in March 2018 enjoyed a professional career spanning over 60 years. His stand-up shows were notorious for overrunning.
Recorded at the Bluecoat in Liverpool, Tim talks to Ken about his long career, the length of his live shows, and gets him to perform a Liverpudlian version of Hamlet...
Producer: Adnan Ahmed
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 in March 2017
Photo Credit: Brian Roberts.
WED 23:00 Seekers (b03gghks)
Series 1
Seek Hard
It's an unusual day in the Job Centre when armed robbers, having been cornered by police after doing a bank job across the road, take everyone hostage.
This could be Stuart's chance to prove to Nicola he's a hero. He needs to do something spectacular to compete with her past boyfriend who Joe claims was none other than Christian Bale.
Steven Burge’s comedy about the staff and the clients who frequent a Job Centre in the Essex town of Rayleigh.
Starring Mathew Horne and Daniel Mays.
Stuart ...... Mathew Horne
Joe ...... Daniel Mays
Terry ...... Tony Way
Nicola ...... Zahra Ahmadi
Ribena ...... Hannah Wood
Mr Harty ...... Alex Lowe
Dave ...... Alex Lowe
Mrs S ...... Sally Grace
Mr A ...... Ben Crowe
Mr G ...... Paul Chequer
Gary Probert ...... Steve Oram
Policeman ...... Sean Murray
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.
WED 23:30 Jayde Adams: Hometown Glory (m0011cqq)
Episode 1
After more than 10 years of living in London, comedian Jayde Adams is returning to her hometown of Bristol.
Why? It’s cheaper. But also because of reasons that go deeper than that, and which she told Radio 4 would probably take two half-hour episodes to explain.
Jayde also spoke to Dawn French, Victoria Scone, Keala Settle and Sophie Willan about their own experiences of home; where they’ve made home; and how it’s made them.
Performed by Jayde Adams
Script editor: Simon Alcock
Producer: Hayley Sterling
A BBC Studios Production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2021.

THURSDAY 05 SEPTEMBER 2024

THU 00:00 Meeting Myself Coming Back (b00ltmpv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b007s8rj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 VI Warshawski (b0089j85)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Bangers and Mash (b0075h0f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k15z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 The Architects (b03yqyz5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096j14q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hn4z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b07ns0r2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Two Doors Down (b0076h8n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Evelyn Waugh - Put Out More Flags (m001fwwc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Paul Temple (b007swg7)
Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair
8. Return to London
With the case nearly cracked - the suave detective invites all the suspects to a cocktail party.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury.
The conclusion of another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Sir Graham Forbes …. Lester Mudditt
Charlie …. James Beattie
Detective Inspector Vosper …. Arthur Ridley
Detective Inspector Ivor …. Manning Wilson
Johnny Tico …. Brian Haines
Linda Tico …. Belle Chrystall
Brian Dexter …. Simon Lack
Max Burford …. Allan McClelland
Ernest de Silva …. John Gabriel
Julie de Silva …. Marjorie Mars
Salty West …. Brewster Mason
Mary Gardner …. Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Hotel Clerk …. James Thomason
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous journalist wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May1956.
THU 06:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqc3)
Killing Orders
2. Forging Ahead
Cousin Albert has called private eye VI Warshawski off the investigation into the forged securities at the Priory.
But she doesn't give up so easily...
Sara Paretsky's thriller about a feisty Chicago private investigator.
Kathleen Turner stars as VI Warshawski.
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
VI Warshawski .… Kathleen Turner
Roger Ferrant …. Martin Shaw
Gabriella …. Avril Clark
Albert …. William Hootkins
Rosa …. Eileen Way
Father Carroll …. Don Fellows
Uncle Stefan …. Maurice Denham
Lotty Herschel …. Miriam Karlin
O'Faolin …. John Bennett
Agnes Paciorek …. Lorelei King
Murray Ryerson …. Kerry Shale
Sal …. Adjoa Andoh
Derek Hatfield …. Andrew Wincott
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
THU 07:00 Coming Alive (b00ftc6d)
Series 1
Runaway
Getting closer to Sandra, ex-convict Terry sets out to help a young girl on the run.
But he faces a crisis of conscience and must learn a bitter lesson...
Starring Karl Howman and Phylis Logan.
Jim Eldridge's sitcom about an ex-convict trying to run a community centre.
Terry King ...... Karl Howman
Sandra Gaines ...... Phyllis Logan
Steve ...... Ben Crowe
Paula ...... Tilly Gaunt
Michelle ...... Elizabeth Conboy
Producer: Marilyn Imrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.
THU 07:30 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jpd9)
Pilot - Loyal Support
Originally un-broadcast pilot episode of the seaside saga of pier perpetuation, with Arthur Lowe's only appearance due to his subsequent death.
This sequel to 'Dad's Army' begins in 1948. Life post-Home Guard, sees Arthur Wilson now managing a bank and his former Captain and boss, George Mainwaring arrives in need of a loan...
Starring Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier.
Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Based on the Dad's Army characters created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
George Mainwaring ...... Arthur Lowe
Arthur Wilson ...... John Le Mesurier
Miss Baines ...... Josephine Tewson
Guthrie ...... Tmothy Alcock
Hunter ...... Anthony Sharpe
Rawlins ...... Dougie Brown
Man ...... Haydn Wood
To replace Arthur Lowe, the following full series was revamped to feature Dad's Army characters Hodges and Pike, played by Bill Pertwee and Ian Lavender, instead.
The series was later adapted for ITV by Yorkshire TV.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore.
Pilot originally never broadcast.
First heard on BBC 7 in May 2004.
THU 08:00 Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test (b0386j1j)
2. Health of the Nation
Paul Sinha is proudly British. He also loves a quiz. So you would have thought that the UK Citizenship Test, which newcomers to this country must pass to become citizens, would have been right up his street.
But the questions in the 2012 and 2013 Home Office guides seem either bizarrely easy - "Where is Welsh most widely spoken?" - or infuriatingly vague - "What happened in the First World War?".
So Paul has created his own test, to better reflect the things that aspiring migrants should understand before they can call themselves British.
In this episode he deals with the health of the nation - our diet, our drinking habits and our athletic prowess. And he tests the studio audience on their knowledge, with those that answer incorrectly being deported.
Written and performed by Paul Sinha.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2013.
THU 08:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096j56l)
4. JG Ballard
Martin Amis was one of the most celebrated of modern-day authors. This collection rounds up his non-fiction pieces from 1986 to 2016.
Martin was a friend of the renowned 'SF: writer JG Ballard, apparently you never say 'Sci-Fi' for this genre. Anyway, Ballard wrote vivid works such as The Drowned World, High Rise and Cocaine Nights. Despite the unsettling and dystopian worlds Ballard evoked, full of menace and breakdown, Martin recalls a genial and welcoming man, as well as a great father to three children after his wife died.
Reader Bill Nighy
Producer Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017.
THU 08:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hpcr)
4. New Home
Alison White's dramatisation of her perceptive and powerful memoir about a mother's love and about a son's determined spirit. A unique insight into raising a child with cerebral palsy. A moving and ultimately uplifting drama about hope: hope for those we love, hope in others and hope for the future.
Louis has found his voice through music and has begun to engage in the world with great enthusiasm. But following an operation on his leg Louis is left in pain and Alison finds herself at breaking point until David, a sports therapist, offers his services.
Alison .... Katie West
Greg /Mr Rhys .... Rupert Hill
Louis .... Zak Ford-Williams
David/Mike/Guard .... Jason Done
Occupational Therapist .... Verity Henry
JS Bach's Prelude in C Major is played by Louis White.
Director: Nadia Molinari
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2020.
THU 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0022tdt)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
THU 09:30 A Guide to Coastal Wildlife (b074zdd0)
4. The Strandline
The strandline offers shelter and food to a diverse range of wildlife, but of course you never know what you might find here as it moves with the tides.
Shells, feathers, skulls and egg cases might get caught up in piles of rotting seaweed or blown away by the wind.
It’s a very windy day when Brett Westwood and Phil Gates scour the strandline, and having retrieved their ‘treasure’ they head off to the shelter of the dunes to share their booty; shells of various kinds, a feathers, a piece of sea sandwort and some seaweed flies – one of the few insects which you might find on the beach.
Other creatures which you might find include a sea potato or burrowing sea urchin. Strandlines are also good places to look for whelk egg cases, which resemble pieces of bubble wrap, but as we hear are the sites of cannibalism and molluscan violence.
But perhaps the most highly prized find on a strandline would be a mermaid’s purse; the egg case of a dog fish or skate although the latter are very rare. And as Phil reveals he’s not only found egg cases in the past but had a close encounter with the adult – a relative of a shark – and survived to tell the tale!
With recordings by wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson
Producer: Sarah Blunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2016.
THU 09:45 Daily Service (m0022jxj)
Creation - One new humanity
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Creation - One new humanity
Presenter: Laura Darrall
Reading: Ephesians 2: 14-20
Music
The Communion Hymn - Stuart Townend
CD: The Best of Stuart Townend Live Vol. 2 (Integrity Music)
Peace - Bethel Music
CD: Peace (Bethel Music)
Nothing to fear - feat. Audrey Assad
CD: The Porter's Gate (Integrity Music)
THU 10:00 Great Lives (b06vkdz3)
Susan Calman on Molly Weir
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
Comedian Susan Calman chooses the Scottish actress Molly Weir.
Molly began her long career on BBC radio before moving into TV and becoming one of the first Scottish female voices on national media in the 1950s.
Presented by Matthew Parris.
Producer: Maggie Ayre & Perminder Khatkar.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2016.
THU 10:30 Turntable Tales (b072jfcr)
1. Berliner to Gramophone
In the first of two programmes telling the story of the record-playing turntable, Colleen Murphy spins through its early history and the dramatic take-up of this new technology in Edwardian society. It was an enthusiasm as spectacular as the computer's rise at the end of the same century and its impact on the music industry was profound.
Colleen talks to John Liffen of the Science Museum and Christopher Proudfoot of the British Phonograph and Gramophone Society about the earliest machines arriving from the United States by way of the German Emigre inventor Emile Berliner. She finds out why the HMV (His Master's Voice) image wasn't initially created for the Gramophone at all, and most important of all she gets to hear the sound qualities of the machines that developed in the first two decades of the 20th century.
That capacity to bridge the performer with the audience was the great miracle of the early years and allowed the easy spread of musical styles from Ragtime to Jazz to the first superstars of the Turntable world - the Opera stars. And yet, as ever, it was popular culture that dominated the market and drove sales.
She also touches on the new opportunities for the Blues and Ragtime musicians of African-American society to be heard beyond their geographical centres in the Southern States, and the preservation of performances which would go on to inspire British Rhythm and blues half a century later.
And Antiques Roadshow expert Paul Atterbury talks about the Gramophone as a blend of home furnishing and status symbol and why what appear to be exotic survivors of the period are actual part of a massive number of machines that were on sale from bike shops to music emporia.
Producer: Tom Alban
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.
THU 11:00 Paul Temple (b007swg7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 11:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqc3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 12:00 Coming Alive (b00ftc6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 12:30 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jpd9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 13:00 Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test (b0386j1j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 13:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096j56l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hpcr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 14:00 Dilemma (b03xf0gm)
Series 3
Episode 6
Sue Perkins puts Bridget Christie, Michael Rosen, Laura Dockrill and Adil Ray through the moral and ethical wringer.
After a series of finely-balanced dilemmas are posed, Sue cross-examines them on their answers.
Devised by Danielle Ward.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.
THU 14:30 No Commitments (b01r7mlb)
Series 11
Taking Chances
Victoria and Roger have money worries, while Anna has got a secret to keep for Emily.
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
Nick .... Kieran Hill
Melissa .... Judy Flynn
Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Written and produced by Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio in February 2005.
THU 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Put Out More Flags (m001fwwm)
3. Spring
The Second World War isn't turning out to be the opportunity that privileged loafer Basil expected it to be.
Evelyn Waugh’s satire, first published in 1942.
Dramatised by Denys Hawthorne.
Basil Seal .... Simon Cadell
Lady Seal .... Elizabeth Kelly
Bomber .... Alan Thompson
Susie .... Zelah Clarke
Colonel Plum .... Nicholas Le Prevost
Molly .... Emma Gregory
Peter Pastmaster .... Michael Cochrane
Angela Lyne .... Marian Diamond
Margot Metroland .... Mary Wimbush
Poppet .... Joanna Myers
Ambrose Silk .... Steve Hodson
Bentley .... Hugh Dickson
Sir Joshua Mainwaring .... Jack May
Alastair .... Simon Treves
Sonia .... Jane Whittenshaw
Narrator .... Tony Britton
With:
Timothy Bateson
David King
Timothy Carlton
Danielle Allan
Pianist: David King
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1990.
THU 16:00 Great Lives (b06vkdz3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:30 Turntable Tales (b072jfcr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
THU 17:00 Paul Temple (b007swg7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 17:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqc3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 18:00 Coming Alive (b00ftc6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:30 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jpd9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 19:00 Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test (b0386j1j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096j56l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 19:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hpcr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 20:00 Dilemma (b03xf0gm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
THU 20:30 No Commitments (b01r7mlb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
THU 21:00 Evelyn Waugh - Put Out More Flags (m001fwwm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
THU 22:00 Fresh from the Fringe (m0022cvk)
2024, Part 2
Radio 4 brings you the spirit of the Edinburgh Fringe this August. Host Mark Watson takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the city, capturing the buzz of the festival, taking us with him to the Edinburgh Comedy Awards and showcasing some of the most exciting comedy talent from this year. Acts this week include Hannah Platt, Marjolein Robertson, Ania Magliano and Huge Davies.


Additional Material: Christina Riggs

Production Coordinator: Katie Baum

Sound Recordist: Sean Kerwin

Sound Editor: Charlie Brandon-King

Executive Producer: Pete Strauss

Assistant Producer: Becky Carewe-Jeffries

Produced in Edinburgh by Gwyn Rhys Davies

It was a BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.
THU 22:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b09m1663)
Series 7
Episode 3
Hear the best sound in all of music, and someone asking for a massive favour.
There's also an inaccurate sketch, but that's alright because John issues a correction and, well, since you ask him a very direct question...
John Finnemore presents another half hour of his award-winning sketch show..
Written by and starring John Finnemore.
With:
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Simon Kane
Lawry Lewin
Carrie Quinlan
Cellist: Sally Stares
Producer: Ed Morrish
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2018.
THU 23:00 Alun Cochrane's Fun House (b01rvpvf)
The Bathroom
Comedian Alun Cochrane has a 25-year mortgage which he can only pay off by being funny.
Continuing his room by room, stand-up tour of his house - he arrives in his bathroom.
A hoarder of funny and original observations on everyday life, Alun invites us to help him declutter his mind and tidy his ideas into one of those bags that you hoover all the air out of and keep under your bed.
This show will help Alun and his house work through their relationship issues and prevent a separation that Alun can ill afford; at least not until the market picks up anyway.
Starring Alun Cochrane and Gavin Osborn.
Written by Alun Cochrane and Andy Wolton
Producer: Carl Cooper.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2013.
THU 23:30 Twenty Players (b06h97ts)
Series 1
Archie McGillivray
Tony Gubba tells the story of the world's greatest golfing balloonist.
Simon Bullivant's album of forgotten sporting heroes in a highly collectible series of six parts.
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995.
THU 23:45 Woof (b0bktmmm)
True Tales of Romance and Failure
Much Loved Son and Fantasist
Myopia and its advantages and ... is that an architect I see before me?
Bittersweet comic real life stories written and performed by Chris Neill.
With:
Isy Suttie
Martin Hyder
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2018.
** Music featured:
Track: Dance Away
Perf: The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
Track: Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
Perf: Johnny Maddox
Track: September Song
Perf: Dion and The Belmonts
Track: Ladyfingers
Perf: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Track: Lo Sceicco Bianco
Perf: Katyna Ranieri & orchestra
Track: I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
Perf: Scissor Sisters

FRIDAY 06 SEPTEMBER 2024

FRI 00:00 Great Lives (b06vkdz3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Turntable Tales (b072jfcr)
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FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b007swg7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqc3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Coming Alive (b00ftc6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jpd9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test (b0386j1j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096j56l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hpcr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Dilemma (b03xf0gm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 No Commitments (b01r7mlb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Evelyn Waugh - Put Out More Flags (m001fwwm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Whodunnits (b007jvmh)
Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
1. Armistice Night
Lord Peter Wimsey investigates the puzzling death of rich, retired General Fentiman who's found dead in an armchair at his gentleman's club.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club was first published in 1928.
Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War.
Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975.
Adapted in six episodes by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Bunter …. Peter Jones
George Fentiman …. Martin Jarvis
Mr Murbles …. John Gabriel
Dr Penberthy …. Christopher Emmett
Culyer …. Blain Fairman
Challoner …. John Dunbar
Colonel Marchbanks …. Wilfrid Carter
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1975.
FRI 06:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqcj)
Killing Orders
3. Acid Test
VI Warshawski's best friend, Agnes Paciorek, has been murdered.
Is there a connection with her investigation at the Priory and the anonymous phone calls?
Sara Paretsky's thriller about a feisty Chicago private investigator.
Kathleen Turner stars as VI Warshawski.
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
VI Warshawski .… Kathleen Turner
Roger Ferrant …. Martin Shaw
Lotty Herschel …. Miriam Karlin
Bobby Mallory …. William Hootkins
O'Faolin …. John Bennett
Gabriella …. Avril Clark
Alicia …. Lorelei King
Mrs Paciorek …. Helen Horton
Father Pelly …. Colin Stinton
Phil …. Stuart Milligan
Murray Ryerson …. Kerry Shale
Regina …. Adjoa Andoh
Dr Paciorek …. Norman Jones
Phyllis Lording …. Theresa Streatfield
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
FRI 07:00 The Older Woman (b0391n2w)
Series 2
Episode 1
On the down side, Roy has lost his job as journalist, blown his chance of romance with Jane and is about to have his house repossessed.
But just when he thought it was safe to retreat into self-pity and fantasies about The Archers, help comes from an unexpected quarter...
Starring Geraldine James and Martin Clunes.
The return of Tony Bagley's romantic comedy drama serial mixing fantasy with reality.
Jane Callaghan .... Geraldine James
Roy Hitchcock .... Martin Clunes
Chad .... Nicky Henderson
Colin Say .... David Troughton
Angela Churchill .... Rebecca Front
Wyn .... Sue Roderick
Pavarotti .... Simon Treves
Shula .... Melanie Hudson
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994.
FRI 07:30 Share and Share Alike (m000n6zr)
Redundancy
With the factory buzzing with rumours of impending cutbacks - Jack discovers brother Lesley is Chairman of the Redundancy Committee.
So it's plainly it's time to show how industrious he is at work - and how housetrained he can be at home. But will Jack be able to keep up this pretence?
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 September 1978.
FRI 08:00 Room 101 with Paul Merton (m001mlqb)
Series 1
Steph McGovern
Paul Merton interviews guests from the world of comedy and entertainment, to find out what they would like to send to Room 101
In this episode, presenter Steph McGovern tells Paul she wants to condemn political vox pops and confusing toilet signs
Additional material by John Irwin and Suki Webster
Produced by Richard Wilson
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2023,
FRI 08:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096jf3m)
5. Tennis
Martin Amis was one of the most celebrated authors of modern times. This collection rounds up some of his non-fiction pieces from 1986 to 2016.
The author has always been drawn to the game of tennis: as a player and the sport also appears in his fiction and journalism. In two accounts he first speculates on the 'tennis monster' - a body and mind made up of the greatest competitors. Then comes the moment he has to give up 'the beautiful game'.
Reader Bill Nighy
Producer Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017.
FRI 08:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hq1k)
5. Just Try
Alison White's dramatisation of her perceptive and powerful memoir about a mother's love and about a son's determined spirit. A unique insight into raising a child with cerebral palsy. A moving and ultimately uplifting drama about hope: hope for those we love, hope in others and hope for the future.
Louis' desire for independence is immense and his mantra 'just try' leads to incredible developments.
Alison .... Katie West
Greg/Mr Rhys .... Rupert Hill
Louis/Social worker .... Zak Ford-Williams
David/Mr Monsam .... Jason Done
JS Bach's Prelude in C Major is played by Louis White.
The episode includes the real voices of Louis White, Alison White and music therapist Brian Smith from Inscape Therapies.
Director: Nadia Molinari
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2020.
FRI 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0022tdw)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
FRI 09:30 A Guide to Coastal Wildlife (b074zy93)
5. Mudflats and Salt Marshes
What attracts so many birds to gather on those vast expanses of coastal sea mud around our coast?
Brett Westwood joins naturalist Phil Gates on the Northumberland coast and after wading carefully across a slippery bed of popping seaweed, they explore the sticky ooze of the mud flats, to discover it teeming with life; food for wading birds.
As well as cockles and lugworms, there are much smaller mud snails and mud shrimps. The latter are tiny crustaceans, very elongated with enormous antennae like “curved crane jibs” which are found in vast numbers (a conservative estimate is 10,000 per square metre) swimming on the surface in liquid mud or hiding out in tunnels below the surface.
This rich source of food explains why so many birds gather here to feed; birds like the smart looking shelduck; a duck which is almost the size of small goose but lays its eggs in underground burrows!
Away from the mud, slightly higher up the shore on the salt marsh, Brett and Phil discover sea lavender, a plant which has a clever way of dealing with high salt levels by excreting salt crystals onto its leaves giving them a greyish sheen and a salty taste!
Recording by Chris Watson
Producer: Sarah Blunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2016.
FRI 09:45 Daily Service (m0022l8c)
Creation - Climate and Hope
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Creation - Climate and Hope
Led by the Revd Catherine De Souza
Reading: Romans 8: 18-24
Beautiful Things – Maranatha! Music
CD: Top 50 Modern Worship Songs
So Will I (100 Billion X) – Spring Harvest
CD: New songs for the Church 2018
How Great Thou Art – Cambrensis and SW Baptist College
BBC Recording
FRI 10:00 Soul Music (b0076412)
Series 2
Amazing Grace
John Newton's near-death experience prompted his hymn Amazing Grace.
With Martin Bell, Judy Collins and Bob Zellner
Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks.
Producer: Sara Conkey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2001.
FRI 10:30 Turntable Tales (b07378ct)
2. Turntablists and Turntable Survival
In the second part of her history of the record turntable DJ and broadcaster Colleen Murphy brings the story up to the present.
From the ‘40s there was a steady improvement in the quality of turntables and their attendant amps and speakers but the biggest step was the introduction of small, self-contained units that allowed teenagers to find and refine their musical tastes in the relative seclusion of their bedrooms.
Colleen also tracks the recent rise in turntable sales and visits a surviving and now thriving niche producer, Nottingham Analogue, to see how they go about creating the perfect deck.
But there's been another revolution in the turntable story which began on a very particular day in 1975 when DJ Grand Wizzard Theodore, with the help of his mother, developed the 'scratch'. Colleen chats to Grand Wizzard about his scratching discovery and the Turntablism which developed from it.
It was the DJ's who, back in the nineties helped sustain the production of vinyl. Now it's the audiophiles who lead the charge. Turntable sales have turned a corner and the Turntable Tale is very far from over.
In searching for the magic of what the turntable is, can be and has been, Colleen hears again from the Antiques Roadshow's Paul Atterbury about a memorable moment during his time on the show involving an old, wind-up gramophone.
Producer: Tom Alban
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.
FRI 11:00 Whodunnits (b007jvmh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 11:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqcj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 12:00 The Older Woman (b0391n2w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Share and Share Alike (m000n6zr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Room 101 with Paul Merton (m001mlqb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 13:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096jf3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hq1k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
FRI 14:00 Foul Play (b00z5bl2)
Series 4
Much Ado About Murder
Crime writers Jean McConnell and Keith Miles try to solve an Elizabethan court killing.
Simon Brett hosts the murder mystery panel game
Witnesses played by:
Maria McErlane
Lee Simpson
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.
FRI 14:30 The Brothers (b00p6b1t)
Series 2
Episode 5
Oonagh makes a discovery and Nigel is at last pushed to the brink.
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
Peter …. James Fleet
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
FRI 15:00 Gerry Huxham - Russian Roulette (b007t4ll)
Dramatised events based on the life of the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky, when he undertook a potentially disastrous bet that led to the writing of ‘The Gambler’.
Written by Gerry Huxham.
Dostoyevsky .... David Troughton
Anna ..... Amanda Gordon
Gregory .... Keith Drinkel
Alexis .... Robert Harper
Polina ... Elaine Pyke
Grandmama ....Shirley Dixon
General .... Denys Hawthorne
Stellovsky .... Stephen Thorne
Dubarry .... Christopher Scott
With Ioan Meredith, Chris Pavlo, Colleen Prendergast and Mark Bonnar
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.
FRI 16:00 Soul Music (b0076412)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:30 Turntable Tales (b07378ct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
FRI 17:00 Whodunnits (b007jvmh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 17:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqcj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 18:00 The Older Woman (b0391n2w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 18:30 Share and Share Alike (m000n6zr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 19:00 Room 101 with Paul Merton (m001mlqb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (b096jf3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 19:45 Letter to Louis by Alison White (m000hq1k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
FRI 20:00 Foul Play (b00z5bl2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
FRI 20:30 The Brothers (b00p6b1t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Gerry Huxham - Russian Roulette (b007t4ll)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
FRI 22:00 The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty (m0022kfw)
Episode 2. The Best Friend I Locked Up
Challenged by Babs to find a single person he’s never wronged, Brighty’s search leads them to Cornwall and to best friend Russ Blackshark. Whilst Brighty and Babs re-run Russ’s stag do, Churlington gets into a spot of bother auditing the family tin mine.
Lord Christian Brighty is the talk of the Regency 'Ton' - a celebrated libertine, a heartthrob and a hero to many. But close-up, he is a spoilt, impetuous, life-ruining bastard… Or at least he was. Because his carefree life of infinite privilege has been upended by an encounter with his new chambermaid - the uneducated but forthright Babigail - who became the first person to tell him the unvarnished truth about his selfish behaviour. Overnight, his lifelong trust that everyone loved him had been replaced with a gnawing fear that Babs was right.
So now, with his narcissism collapsing and a need to prove to Babs he is actually a good person, Lord Brighty is determined to fix all his past wrongs. And by extension all the ills of Regency society. Accompanying him in his quest are Babs (elevated beyond her station to a chambermaid-cum-adviser role), and his butler, Mr Churlington. Although Churley would prefer everything to stay exactly as it used to be (as would all Brighty’s friends, family and the entirety of high society).
Written by Christian Brighty & Amy Greaves
Cast:
Lord Christian Brighty ….. Christian Brighty
Babs ….. Jessica Knappett
Churlington ….. Colin McFarlane
Russ Blackshark ….. David Reed
Reticent Tom ….. Nimisha Odedra
Briny Briony ….. Chiara Goldsmith
Gareth Hornpipe ….. Joz Norris
Script Editor ….. David Reed
Sound & Recording ….. David Thomas
Photographer ….. Will Hearle
Production Assistant ….. Katie Sayer
Producer ….. Ben Walker
A DLT Entertainment Production for BBC Radio 4
Christian Brighty and Amy Greaves are award-winning comedians. Their viral sketches based on Bridgerton, Poldark and Jane Austen have catapulted them to viral stardom, securing Christian’s place as the internet’s answer to Mr Darcy and amassing 150 million views across TikTok and Instagram (@brightybuoy). Amy and Christian both have a deep love of the work Jane Austen, traditional regency romance (not smut), and historical romance set in the regency (smut).
FRI 22:30 The Million Pound Radio Show (b008vr3v)
Series 2
Episode 1
Tackling burglars - and TV war reports revealed.
Sharp-edged topical humour in the most expensive show on radio.
Written by and starring Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell.
With:
Felicity Montagu
Harry Enfield
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1986.
FRI 23:00 The Show What You Wrote (b06r5d0m)
Series 3
Work and Play
Jason Manford, Janice Connolly, Gavin Webster, Fiona Clarke and Darren Kuppan star in the themed sketch show made entirely from contributions sent in by the public.
Series 3 of the best ideas chosen from thousands of submissions from new writers resulting in a show like no other.
The first theme is "Work and Play" - featuring someone being really challenged about their age, a club that doesn't play anything so clichéd as music, and some naughty fun...
Written by: Ben Behrens, Dave Bibby, James Bugg, Keith Carter, Lou Conran, Stu Cooper, Rob Gilroy, Dan Hobson & Jon Bridle, Daniel Hooper, Scott Kingsnorth, Steve Nelson, Christopher Stanners and Claire Wetton.
Producers: Ed Morrish and Paul Sheehan.
A BBC Radio Comedy production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2015.
FRI 23:30 Alex Edelman's Peer Group (m000w4t0)
Series 4
America As It Is Now
When Alex Edelman first heard about the Coronavirus he was on tour in the UK. Coming back to the US and enduring lockdowns, the complete destruction of his livelihood and the tail-end of the Trump presidency, he talks about the ways he has changed, how America has changed with him and how he got caught up in a little election of his own.
Written by Alex Edelman and Max Davis.
With special thanks to
Adam Brace
Tasha Dhanraj
Rajiv Karia
Alfie Brown
Mike Birbiglia
and
Danny Jolles
Produced by Sam Michell
It is a BBC Studios Production