SATURDAY 07 SEPTEMBER 2024

SAT 00:00 Soul Music (b0076412)
Series 2
Amazing Grace
A near-death experience in a storm at sea resulted in John Newton 's conversion and, some years later, the writing of Amazing Grace.
Judy Collins sang the hymn and made it an unlikely hit in the pop music charts in the early 1970s.
Featuring the thoughts of:
Bob Zellner
Martin Bell
Bruce Hindmarsh
Marylynn Rowse
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.
SAT 00:30 Turntable Tales (b07378ct)
2. Turntablists and Turntable Survival
DJ and broadcaster Colleen Murphy concludes the story of the record turntable by bringing it up to the present.
From the 1940s 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 March 2016.
SAT 01:00 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.
SAT 01:30 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.
SAT 02:00 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.
SAT 02:30 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.
SAT 03:00 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
Producer: Richard Wilson
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2023,
SAT 03:30 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'.
Concluded by Bill Nighy.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017.
SAT 03:45 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.
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.
Featuring 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.
SAT 04:00 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.
SAT 04:30 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.
SAT 05:00 Gerry Huxham - Russian Roulette (b007t4ll)
Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky undertakes a potentially disastrous bet that leads to the writing of ‘The Gambler’.
Starring David Troughton.
Dramatisation of real events 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
Mark Bonnar
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1996.
SAT 06:00 Peter Lovesey - Keystone (m0022sch)
English actor Warwick Easton has arrived in Los Angeles and is hired as a Keystone Cop
As filming gets underway, tragedy strikes...
Peter-Lovesey's historical crime thriller novel, first published in 1983.
Set in 1916, among the real stars of the silver-screen in the heyday of silent movie.
Starring Mark Straker and Jennifer Ehle.
Dramatised by Michael Lewin.
Warwick Easton (Keystone) .... Mark Straker
Amber Honeybee .... Jennifer Ehle
Sennett .... Roger Gartland
Brennan .... Kerry Shale
Louise .... Lorelei King
Frank .... Don Fellows
Winnie/Mrs Swatowska .... Ann Windsor
Slim .... John Church
Chester .... Gordon Reid
Director: Matthew Walters
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992
SAT 07:30 Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake (Omnibus) (m0022sck)
Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist and a writer.
He received a Ph.D. in Tropical Ecology from Cambridge University for his work on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama, where he was a predoctoral research fellow of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
He is a musician and keen fermenter. ‘Entangled Life’ is his first book.
Written and read by Merlin Sheldrake.
Omnibus of five parts abridged by Isobel Creed.
Music: ‘Islands’ by Cosmo Sheldrake
Producer: Lizzie Davies
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2020.
SAT 08:45 Holmes and Watford (b09jdz9p)
Tattoo
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, a couple have a row outside a pub, but Tina has a vested interest in ensuring they don't make up.
Jon Canter's comedy about two policewoman crewing in a small village.
Sue Holmes ...... Jessica Ransom
Tina Watford ...... Susan Wokoma
Carl ...... Samuel James
Shelley ...... Abbie Andrews
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017.
SAT 09:00 Play It Cool (b05qdylm)
Episode 3
Women's magazines and ballroom dancing inspire 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
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 (b007k2fg)
Series 2
In Reverse
Lawyer Roger Thursby is touting for work, meaning some sweet-talking to both Joy and Sally.
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
Sally …. Julia Lockwood
Joy …. Bridget Armstrong
Alec …. Blake Butler
Biggs …. Nigel Pegram
The Judge …. Andrew Cruickshank
Other parts played by:
Gerald Cross
William Fox
Garard Green
Peter Tuddenham
Producer: David Hatch.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1971.
SAT 10:00 Nexus: Norfolk's Forgotten TV Station (m0013smq)
Paul Hayes tells the story of Nexus, the student TV station at the University of East Anglia in Norwich
Discover the surprising range of guests who agreed to be interviewed on-air, including Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise.
Featuring interviews with Philip Bird, Michael Palin and Arthur Smith and many more.
Special thanks to the University of East Anglia, the Students' Union and UEA:TV
Archive Source: Matthew Sylvester and Derek Williams.
Producer Paul Hayes
First broadcast on BBC Radio Norfolk in April 2021.
SAT 11:00 Peter Lovesey - Keystone (m0022sch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 12:30 Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake (Omnibus) (m0022sck)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 13:45 Holmes and Watford (b09jdz9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 14:00 Play It Cool (b05qdylm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 14:30 Brothers in Law (b007k2fg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 15:00 Nexus: Norfolk's Forgotten TV Station (m0013smq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 16:00 Kneehigh's The Wild Bride (b03m3j76)
Down at the crossroads, the dust-bowl wind blows as the Devil sits in a rocking chair and begins to tell a story.
It's a tale of love and war, good and evil; the tale of a young girl, whose father accidentally sells her soul to the Devil. The girl chooses to walk into the wilderness. She rejects not only the Devil, but also her home and must survive the ravages of nature and time.
A dark blues infused musical fairy tale, from the critically acclaimed Kneehigh Theatre. The company is celebrated as one of the most innovative in Britain. For 30 years they've created popular and challenging theatre for audiences throughout the UK and beyond.
This epic and poetic wonder-tale is classic Kneehigh - instinctive storytelling, devilish humour, a uniquely realised other-world and a fantastic blues music score.
The show was first produced at the Kneehigh Asylum in Cornwall in 2011, directed by Emma Rice. Since then it has delighted audiences from the West End to Broadway.
Adapted for radio by Carl Grose and Emma Rice
The Devil ...... Stuart McLoughlin
The Wild Bride ...... Audrey Brisson
Father/King ...... Stuart Goodwin
King's Mother ...... Emma Rice
Musical Director ...... Ian Ross
Violinist ...... Patrycja Kujawska
Original text and lyrics by Carl Grose.
Composed by Stu Barker.
Sound Design by Simon Baker and Nigel Lewis.
Director: James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2013.
SAT 17:00 Peter Lovesey - Keystone (m0022sch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 18:30 Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake (Omnibus) (m0022sck)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 19:45 Holmes and Watford (b09jdz9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 20:00 Play It Cool (b05qdylm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 20:30 Brothers in Law (b007k2fg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 21:00 Nexus: Norfolk's Forgotten TV Station (m0013smq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 22:00 The Tim Vine Chat Show (b07ks074)
Series 1
Episode 4
Tim Vine concludes 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 winds up this series with a mysterious job in a reservoir and a quiz about trifle.
Producer: Richard Morris
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2016.
SAT 22:30 Tom Allen Is Actually Not Very Nice (m000c0cl)
Episode 1
Tom Allen is Actually Not Very Nice explores what happens when Tom's calm and collected exterior collapses.
He used to be such a nice boy but what has happened to turn him naughty?
With help from the assembled studio audience, Tom works out how best to navigate some tricky social situations and how to keep a lid on his fury when confronted with life's small injustices.
Featuring Gabby Best.
Producer: Richard Morris
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2019.
*** Photo credit: Edward Moore @edshots
SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m0023171)
John Kearns 1/1
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Lou Conran talks to John Kearns.
SAT 23:00 Sorry About Last Night (b00n4gmx)
A Airport
Andy and Julie take their holiday at Heathrow Airport.
Strolling through the waste ground beyond the perimeter fence, Julie wonders whether all their holidays will be like this.
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
Philippe ...... Simon Greenall
Amparo ...... Doon MacKichan
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 (b09fy66w)
Series 1
Tonkinson, McTavish, Kugblenu and Ferry
Fred MacAulay is at The Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh doing what he does best - making people laugh.
The series brings another selection of some of the best of stand-up comedians working in the UK right now. Some you’ll know and some you won’t - yet.
In this episode:
* Paul Tonkinson realises that he's suddenly become middle-aged
* Vladimir McTavish tries his hand at smuggling for the first time
* Athena Kugblenu explains how a huge race row was narrowly avoided
* Mick Ferry starts some rumours that he can't control
Fred At The Stand is the closest thing your ears are going to get to an actual night in a comedy club.
A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2017.

SUNDAY 08 SEPTEMBER 2024

SUN 00:00 Kneehigh's The Wild Bride (b03m3j76)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Peter Lovesey - Keystone (m0022sch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake (Omnibus) (m0022sck)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:45 Holmes and Watford (b09jdz9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 Play It Cool (b05qdylm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:30 Brothers in Law (b007k2fg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 Nexus: Norfolk's Forgotten TV Station (m0013smq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0022szt)
American Singers
Alice Cooper
American rock musician Alice Cooper is castaway by Kirsty Young.
As a teenager he says it was British music that he tuned in to - listening to The Beatles, The Yardbirds and The Who.
He realised that while rock music had many heroes, there were few villains - that was the territory he marked out for himself. He developed his trademark look - blackened eyes, straggly hair and glamorous clothes - and set about designing live shows that were gleefully gory and macabre.
While critics have described him as 'the world's most beloved heavy metal entertainer', it took him a while to untangle himself from his creation.
"For a long time I honestly didn't know where I began and Alice ended. My friends at the time were Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and I was trying to keep up with them. And I realised when they all died that you didn't have to be your character off stage."
DISC ONE: The Yardbirds - Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
DISC TWO: The Beach Boys - I Get Around
DISC THREE: The Who - I'm a Boy
DISC FOUR: Laura Nyro - Timer
DISC FIVE: King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (incl. Mirrors)
DISC SIX: Jane’s Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
DISC SEVEN: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Work Song
DISC EIGHT: Bob Dylan - Ballad of a Thin Man
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Work Song
BOOK CHOICE: Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut
LUXURY CHOICE: An indoor golf driving range
Producer: Leanne Buckle
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.
SUN 06:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mydlm)
Series 1
Amber
As a boy, David Attenborough had a piece of amber in which lay a blood-sucking fly. He still has it today.
Would it be possible to extract the DNA from one of these insects caught in the resin and, maybe, recreate a dinosaur?
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 October 2009
SUN 07:00 Poetry Extra (m0022szx)
Poetry Workshop - Close by Carol Ann Duffy
Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Poetry Workshop - Close by Carol Ann Duffy.
And Daljit chooses his Poetry Extra Book of the Month: Belief Systems by Tamar Yoselof.
Ruth Padel works with a group of poets who meet at Stalybridge Station buffet bar in Manchester. Testing their poems as they go, in a spirit of supportive criticism; tough love for poems.
Poetry Workshops are gathering all over the country. In the back rooms of pubs like this one, and in libraries and in front rooms, poets meet to sharpen their verse.
Ruth and the group work on three very different poems on the theme of 'journeys' - both symbolic and actual.
One poem takes us to Zante via Watford Gap, one considers perspective and scale from on high, whilst another has a much darker tone. The group will pay particular attention this week to metaphor.
The group consider the use of metaphor in their poems that are touching, funny and perceptive. Ruthless support is applied as they chuck out each other's words and test and prune as they go.
They discuss the techniques, inspiration, wordplay and imagination that make poetry so enjoyable and rewarding. As well as working on their own poems, they also consider a poem by Carol Ann Duffy called Close.
Producer: Sarah Langan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.
SUN 07:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (Omnibus) (b097lxrt)
Martin Amis was one of the most celebrated authors of modern times.
This collection rounds up his non-fiction pieces from 1986 to 2016, with five compelling topics.
1. You Ask The Questions
2. On The Road
3. Iris Murdoch: Age Will Win
4. JG Ballard
5. Tennis
Omnibus of five parts read by Bill Nighy.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017.
SUN 08:40 Witness History (m0022szz)
Leopold and Loeb
Two rich and educated teenage boys killed Bobby Franks, an acquaintance, in Chicago back in May 1924.
They thought they had carried out the perfect crime.
But they were soon caught and put on trial.
Vincent Dowd investigates the motives of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb.
A murder case that went on to inspire Rope, a stage play written in 1929 which was later turned into the 1948 Alfred Hitchcock thriller.
Producer: Vincent Dowd
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 2011.
SUN 08:50 Letter to Louis (Omnibus) (m0022t01)
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.
Omnibus of five episodes.
Alison ..... Katie West
Greg/Dr Nook/Brian/Mr Rhys ..... Rupert Hill
Natalie/Registrar/Agatha ..... Natalie Grady
Dr Thompson/Vicar/Taxi Driver ..... Jonathan Keeble
Louis .... Zak Ford-Williams
Shoe Shop Assistant/Speech Therapist/Occupational Therapist/Compere .... Verity Henry
David/Mike/Guard/Mr Monsam .... Jason Done
Includes the real voices of Louis White, Alison White and music therapist Brian Smith from Inscape Therapies.
JS Bach's Prelude in C Major is played by Louis White.
Director: Nadia Molinari
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April/May 2020.
SUN 10:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m0022t03)
Series 5
Jimmy The Kid
The cheeky schoolboy’s obsessed with the Wild West.
Will the Texas Phantom stage show suffice?
Starring the diminutive Jimmy Clitheroe
Legendary sitcom about Lancashire’s eternal cheeky schoolboy who lives with his Mother, sister Susan and Grandad
At its peak, ten million fans tuned in each week to hear Jimmy’s latest antics
Written by James Casey and Frank Roscoe
The Kid Himself …. Jimmy Clitheroe
Mother …. Patricia Burke
Grandad …. Peter Sinclair
Theodore Craythorpe/Harry Whittle …. Leonard Williams
Alfie .... Danny Ross
Susan …. Diana Day
Mr Higginbottom …. Tony Melody
Old Man Whittle …. Derek Guyler
Theme music by Alan Roper and played by the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra directed by Alan Ainsworth.
Producer: James Casey
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1962.
SUN 10:30 Drop Me Here, Darling (m000vq2y)
Moonlight
Leslie is broke and turns to mini-cabbing, but pays the price.
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/Mini Cab Controller …. Norma Ronald
Herr Kobourg/Kelly …. Kenneth Connor
Policeman …. James Taylor
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1983.
SUN 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0022szt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 11:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mydlm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m0022szx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 12:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (Omnibus) (b097lxrt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 13:40 Witness History (m0022szz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]
SUN 13:50 Letter to Louis (Omnibus) (m0022t01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]
SUN 15:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m0022t03)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 15:30 Drop Me Here, Darling (m000vq2y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 16:00 Terry Pratchett (b008pc2z)
Guards! Guards!
4. L-Space
"The Dewey system has its fine points" reflected the librarian, picking a parasite from its fur, "But when you're setting out to look for a crucial stolen book within the multi-dimensional folds of L-space, what you really need is a ball of string."
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
Director: John Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1992.
SUN 16:30 The Twelve Maidens (m0022t05)
6. The Final Round
**** This series was suggested by Colin Ball and Steven Croote as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
The Biodar radar system which detects sentient life has been blocked on Maiden Tor.
Yet suddenly this nearby hilltop crowned with a circle of stones - The Twelve Maidens – is suddenly open to scanning...
But why..?
Starring Martin Jarvis and Patricia Gallimore.
Gripping conclusion of the sci-fi serial for radio written by Stewart Farrar.
Peter Brent .... Martin Jarvis
Reuben Fairfax .... Patrick Tull
Susan Platt .... Margaret Robertson
Sgt George Blake .... Sean Arnold
Rex Andrews .... Antony Higginson
Bridget Williams .... Eva Stuart
Margaret Govan .... Patricia Gallimore
Donald Williams .... Fraser Kerr
Dr Carl Ewing .... Haydn Jones
Professor Jessup .... Lewis Stringer
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 (m0022szt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 17:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mydlm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
SUN 18:00 Poetry Extra (m0022szx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 18:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (Omnibus) (b097lxrt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 19:40 Witness History (m0022szz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]
SUN 19:50 Letter to Louis (Omnibus) (m0022t01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]
SUN 21:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m0022t03)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:30 Drop Me Here, Darling (m000vq2y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 Revolting People (b008gc13)
Series 3
The God-Given Talent
Joshua enters a log-chopping contest and Cora discovers a gift for penning pornography.
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 Raven
Joshua .... Tony Maudsley
Ezekiel .... Hugh Dennis
Cora .... Penelope Nice
Other parts played by:
Michael Fenton Stevens
Philip Pope
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
SUN 22:30 Unnatural Acts (b00kjh66)
Series 2
April Fool
Oh crikey! It's that time of year when whoopee cushions and fake vomit abounds
And you shouldn't believe anything you read in the April Fool's Day papers...particularly when it mentions Kit's parents, Trigger the donkey and the immigration Authorities.
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 April 1988.
SUN 23:00 Great Unanswered Questions (b011r18f)
Series 3
Episode 2
The show which wrestles with some unusual questions.
Who would win in a fight between a crocodile and an alligator?
How far can you fall without breaking a bone?
Hosted by Colin Murphy.
Experts
Dr David Booth
Matthew Collins
Special Guest: Justin Moorhouse
Producer Jackie Hamilton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011.
SUN 23:30 Elastic Planet (b007js6h)
The Train
The Ministry of Furniture and methodist pirates.
Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences.
Ben Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections.
With:
Sir Patrick Moore
Miriam Margolyes
Dan Strauss
Michael Troughton
Neil Mullarkey
Sir Robert Stephens
Richard Baker
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995.
SUN 23:45 Hearing with Hegley (b0075ryg)
Series 3
Episode 2
Who wants to be a milliner?
The nation's second favourite comic poet, John Hegley travels to Luton to find out.
John performs at a local junior school where the headmaster gets to try on a new hat.
Producer: Nigel Piper
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.

MONDAY 09 SEPTEMBER 2024

MON 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b008pc2z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 The Twelve Maidens (m0022t05)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0022szt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00mydlm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Poetry Extra (m0022szx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (Omnibus) (b097lxrt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:40 Witness History (m0022szz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 on Sunday]
MON 03:50 Letter to Louis (Omnibus) (m0022t01)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m0022t03)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 Drop Me Here, Darling (m000vq2y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 Whodunnits (b007jvmm)
Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
2. The General's Last Evening
Lord Peter Wimsey probes the mysterious Mr Oliver - and a pair of tricky wills.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
Dorothy L Sayers' detective mystery dramatised by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Robert Fentiman ...... Allan Cuthbertson
George Fentiman ...... Martin Jarvis
Inspector Parker ...... Gabriel Woolf
Mr Murbles ...... John Gabriel
Sheila Fentiman ...... Frances Jeater
Woodward/Collins ...... James Thomason
Pritchard/Hinkins ...... Antony Higginson
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1975.
MON 06:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqct)
Killing Orders
4. The Fire Next Time
The private eye is convinced Agnes's murder is linked to a covert takeover bid for Ajax insurance.
But can she prove it?
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
Father Carroll …. Don Fellows
Rosa …. Eileen Way
Barbara Paciorek …. Lorelei King
Mrs Paciorek …. Helen Horton
Bobby Mallory …. William Hootkins
O'Faolin …. John Bennett
Murray Ryerson …. Kerry Shale
Father Pelly …. Colin Stinton
Father Jablonski …. Peter Penry-Jones
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
MON 07:00 Babblewick Hall (b04mhc03)
Series 2
Episode 1
Squire Fenton Babblewick is convinced that he is a composer of genius. His servants are less sure.
Starring Nicholas Le Prevost and Forbes Masson.
The return of Scott Cherry’s sitcom set in the 18th-century. Fenton Babblewick is still the squire of his inherited estate.
Nicholas Le Provost ...... Squire Fenton Babblewick
Molly ...... Maggie McCarthy
Augustus Snipe ...... Forbes Masson
Jack ...... Dave Hill
Barney ...... Benedict Sandiford.
Gluck ...... Michael Troughton.
Mrs Maddison ...... Sara Coward
Mr Maddison ...... John Baddeley.
Music by Paul Mottra.
Producer: Jon Rolph
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.
MON 07:30 Stop Messing About! (b00scz3j)
Series 2
Episode 13
Bona news on the Isle of Man - and it all ends with a special anthem.
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 July 1970.
MON 08:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03srgv9)
Series 3
The Awards
Damien is nominated for a 'Melvyn' for his TV show about the culinary habits of the great poets, but finds it hard to think of what to write in his column for a new gentleman's magazine.
Meanwhile, Anthony busies himself preparing for an audition for an amateur production of Noel Coward's Hay Fever.
Sitcom written by and starring Miles Jupp, charting the life of cookery writer Damien Trench and his partner Anthony.
Damien Trench ...... Miles Jupp
Anthony MacIlveny ...... Justin Edwards
Mr Mullaney ...... Brendan Dempsey
Steven ...... Ade Oyefeso
Ray Jarrow ...... Chris Brand
Michel Houllewitz ...... Toby Longworth
Janet Trench ...... Selina Cadell
Ian Frobisher ...... Philip Fox
Producer: Sam Michell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.
MON 08:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hdjr)
1. Unconventional Woman
In the early 1900s Alexandra Hope is on the cusp of the modern.
However the sleepy Scottish village of Crossriggs is not the place for an unconventional woman.
Delightful tale of a small community hovering between two eras
Written by Jane and Mary Findlater - the sisters known as the 'Scottish Brontes'.
Originally published in 1908.
Abridged in ten parts by Clara Glynn.
Read by Rosalind Sydney.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2020.
MON 08:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000lmsd)
1. Where There's a Will
Si is finding it hard to move on after the death of his partner, Mel.
When her mother writes him out of her will and puts an end to Si's dreams of running his own business, he determines to find a way of being written back in.
A moving exploration of grief written in five parts by Sarah Daniels.
Simon ...... Ben Miles
Barbara ...... Haydn Gwynne
Mel ...... Pippa Nixon
Jan ...... Karen Bartke
Sarah Daniels is one of our most celebrated radio writers. Her plays include Cross My Heart and Hope to Fly, Sound Barriers and Dykes. She was one of the core writers on the long running series 'Home Front'. Her theatre plays include Masterpieces, Gut Girls and NeapTide
Ben Miles is well known for both his stage and TV work. He played John Profumo in The Trial of Christine Keeler and Group Captain Peter Townsend in The Crown. He has recently been seen on stage in The Lehman Brothers at The National and as Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies at the RSC.
Haydn Gwynne played Camilla in 'The Windsors' and won a BAFTA for Drop The Dead Donkey. As well as TV, she also had an acclaimed stage career winning Olivier Awards for Billy Elliot, Women on The Verge of A Nervous Breakdown and Threepenny Opera. She sadly died aged 66 in 2023.
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2020.
MON 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0022tsn)
Alicia McCarthy with the latest news from Westminster. Members of the Lords consider the safety of lithium batteries.
MON 09:30 Key Matters (b009x7g5)
Series 1
1. C major
Ivan Hewett examines five musical keys starting with C major
Used by Haydn, Mendelssohn and John Lennon.
With Paul Spicer.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2008.
MON 09:45 Daily Service (m0022srx)
Religious Communities: Sister Grace from The Order of the Holy Paraclete, Whitby
Rev Richard Carter leads a week long series of programmes exploring religious communities in the UK. Today he talks to Sister Grace from the Order of the Holy Paraclete, an Anglican women's community at St Hilda's Priory in Whitby.
Producer: Andrew Earis
MON 10:00 Frankly Speaking (b05x90z5)
Gracie Fields
Lancashire's actress, singer and comic Gracie Fields answers the questions from a panel of three:
* Harold Hobson
* John Freeman
* Patricia Brent
Born Grace Stansfield in 1898, she became one of Britain's biggest box office stars of of both cinema and music hall. Gracie recalls her early years and share her thoughts on stardom.
She's also questioned about life during the Second World War and the way British people treated her. The star also talks of her happy life living on the Italian island of Capri.
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.
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in April 1960.
MON 10:30 The Sprung Floor (p03trvzf)
Dancer and choreographer Dane Hurst bought a former Rambert Company vinyl dance floor to take back home to South Africa, for under-privileged children to dance on.
Dance is like a magic carpet - it transported young Dane out of the volatility and violence and poverty of his childhood in segregated Port Elizabeth to life as a Rambert student and dancer in London.
He believes it can transport other young people. But buying the floor was the start of a larger dream that Dane calls the Moving Assembly Project (MAP).
In the next few years, Dane plans to construct a prototype dance space out of shipping containers and install the floor in it - to give dance training to thousands of underprivileged children, transporting them for a moment out of their frustrations and grief.
Follow Dane as he starts on his dream, visiting MAP’s pilot project - workshops with vulnerable children at the Ubuntu Centre in the old township of Zwide in the northern areas of Port Elizabeth.
Hear how modern dance touches local teenagers, as Dane visits his childhood dance school in another part of the city’s northern areas where he finds children in severe need.
Producer: Frances Byrnes
A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2016.
*** Photograph credit: Karl Schoemaker
MON 11:00 Whodunnits (b007jvmm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 11:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 12:00 Babblewick Hall (b04mhc03)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 12:30 Stop Messing About! (b00scz3j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 13:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03srgv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 13:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hdjr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000lmsd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 14:00 Just a Minute (b00mr0rl)
Series 55
Episode 9
Nicholas Parsons presides over the devious game where panellists are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition.
With:
Tony Hawks
Pam Ayres
Sue Perkins
Tim Rice
Subjects include: Chick Lit, The Aardvark, Alfred Hitchcock, Oxford Circus, Passion, Bingo, and Things That Are Best Served Cold and Summertime.
Created by Ian Messiter.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.
MON 14:30 Street and Lane (b00vhw43)
Series 1
Hitting the Highs
Builders Johnny Street and Arthur Lane reach new professional heights.
They're curing the leak in the penthouse roof of an Australian businesswoman who is single-handedly regenerating South Yorkshire.
Specialist help comes in the form of Shafto, ex-miner turned fearless free climber.
Starring Nick Lane and Fine Time Fontayne.
Sitcom written by Ian McMillan and Dave Sheasby.
Johnny Street ...... Nick Lane
Arthur Lane ...... Fine Time Fontayne
Alison ...... Bronwyn Lim
Shafto ...... John Banks
Producer: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.
MON 15:00 Annie Caulfield - Like That (m0022srz)
When two childhood friends are reunited, their friendship begins to crack under the strain of secrets and lies.
Perhaps they never really knew each other at all?
Stars Lenny Henry, Linus Roache and Adjoa Andoh.
Written by Annie Caulfield.
Mark Taylor .... Linus Roache
Tony Wilson .... Lenny Henry
Lauren .... Adjoa Andoh
Mrs Wilson .... Maureen Hibbert
Mrs Taylor .... Janet Maw
Social Worker/Mrs Beck .... Joanna Monro
Tony as a child .... Louis McKenzie
Mark as a child .... Carl D'Souza
Arnie .... Christopher Scott
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996
Annie Caulfield sadly died in 2016. She was the sister of stand-up comedian and writer, Jo Caulfield.
MON 16:00 Frankly Speaking (b05x90z5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:30 The Sprung Floor (p03trvzf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
MON 17:00 Whodunnits (b007jvmm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 17:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 18:00 Babblewick Hall (b04mhc03)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:30 Stop Messing About! (b00scz3j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 19:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03srgv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hdjr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 19:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000lmsd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 20:00 Just a Minute (b00mr0rl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
MON 20:30 Street and Lane (b00vhw43)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
MON 21:00 Annie Caulfield - Like That (m0022srz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m0022ktb)
Series 30
Episode 5
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.
Angela Barnes, Glenn Moore, Shaparak Khorsandi and Neil Delamere are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as websites, cartoons, Prince Harry and teeth.
The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith.
Producer: Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4
MON 22:30 Rudy's Rare Records (b00nfqzj)
Series 2
Daddy Cool
When his teenage son won't be seen in public with him, Adam is determined to prove that he's got what it takes to be cool.
And his elderly dad, Rudy, is on hand to give some unexpected advice.
Starring Lenny Henry, Larrington Walker and Joe Jacobs.
Sitcom by Danny Robins, set in the finest, feistiest, family-run record shop in Birmingham.
Adam ...... Lenny Henry
Rudy ...... Larrington Walker
Richie ...... Joe Jacobs
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Doreen ...... Claire Benedict
DJ Karel ...... Andrew Brooke
Tunde ...... Femi Elufowoju
Rapper ...... Doc Brown.
Additional material by Doc Brown and Leah Chillery.
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.
MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m0022l1d)
Series 115
Episode 1
Neil Delamere, Lucy Porter, Mark Steel, and Marie Le Conte join Andy Zaltzman to quiz the news
In this first episode of a brand new series, Andy and the panel catch up on the events of Labour's first Brat Summer, take a look at a Tory leadership election, and have a brief check in on the rest of the world to make sure it's still there.
Written by Andy Zaltzman
With additional material by: Mike Shephard, Meryl O'Rourke, Sarah Dempster & Peter Tellouche
Producer: Sam Holmes
Executive Producer: Richard Morris
Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4
An Eco-Audio certified Production
MON 23:30 Radio 9 (b041yb36)
Series 1
Episode 4
Dull Dave gets down with the kids, and a drastic diet inspired by the suffragettes.
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 2003.

TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2024

TUE 00:00 Frankly Speaking (b05x90z5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 The Sprung Floor (p03trvzf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Whodunnits (b007jvmm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Babblewick Hall (b04mhc03)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 Stop Messing About! (b00scz3j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03srgv9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hdjr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000lmsd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Just a Minute (b00mr0rl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Street and Lane (b00vhw43)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Annie Caulfield - Like That (m0022srz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Whodunnits (b007jvmr)
Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
3. Mr Oliver
Probing the last hours of the life of General Fentiman, Lord Peter Wimsey seeks out his grandson.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
Dorothy L Sayers' detective mystery dramatised by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Robert Fentiman ...... Allan Cuthbertson
George Fentiman ...... Martin Jarvis
Inspector Parker ...... Gabriel Woolf
Mr Murbles ...... John Gabriel
Culyer ...... Blain Fairman
Producer: Simon Brett.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1975.
TUE 06:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqd4)
Killing Orders
5. Dinner Date
First an acid attack, then her flat burns down.
Seems like the anonymous menacing phone caller will go to any lengths to get VI Warshawski to quit her investigations.
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
Uncle Stefan …. Maurice Denham
Lotty Herschel …. Miriam Karlin
O'Faolin …. John Bennett
Gabriella …. Avril Clark
Father Carroll …. Don Fellows
Barbara Paciorek …. Lorelei King
Bobby Mallory …. William Hootkins
Murray Ryerson …. Kerry Shale
Rosa …. Eileen Way
Sal …. Adjoa Andoh
Derek Hatfield …. Andrew Wincott
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
TUE 07:00 Rent (b05pb40g)
Series 3
Episode 2
Maria needs a day out, so Paul has to look after the baby - but can he be trusted?
Stars Patrick Barlow and Barbara Flynn.
Lucy Flannery's award-winning sitcom about the struggles of Maria and Richard Reynolds and their lodgers.
Maria …. Barbara Flynn
Richard …. Patrick Barlow
Amy …. Linda Polan
Ruby …. Vivienne Rochester
Paul …. Dave Lamb
Mother …. Sally Grace
Checkout Girl…. Sarah Parkinson
Producer: Liz Anstee.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1997.
TUE 07:30 The Goon Show (b007jmny)
Series 6
Foiled by President Fred
Gas meter inspector Neddie Seagoon heads to South America over an unpaid bill.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Peter Eton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1955.
TUE 08:00 Lobby Land (b0b7rnjz)
Series 1
Summer in the City
Can Sam make a success of her fledgling political podcast?
'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
Kate Duxford - Abigail Burdess
Producer: Jon Harvey
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2018.
TUE 08:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hfyb)
2. Family Finances
With sister Matilda and her children back in Crossriggs, Alex must find a way to improve the family finances.
Her well-meaning friends and neighbours can see an obvious solution - but unconventional Alex relishes her single status.
Delightful tale of a small community hovering between two eras
Written by Jane and Mary Findlater - the sisters known as the 'Scottish Brontes'.
Originally published in 1908.
Abridged by Clara Glynn.
Read by Rosalind Sydney.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2020.
TUE 08:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000lmf7)
2. The Charm Offensive
Simon is determined to get written back into the will of Barbara, the mother of his dead partner, by using a charm offensive.
But Barbara is by turns demanding and offensive.
How can she be related to the woman he loved?
A moving exploration of grief written by Sarah Daniels.
Simon ...... Ben Miles
Barbara ...... Haydn Gwynne
Alison ...... Louise Brealey
Mel ...... Pippa Nixon
Police Officer ...... Shaun Prendergast
Police Officer ...... Karen Bartke
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2020.
TUE 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0022tsq)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
TUE 09:30 Key Matters (b00b0g6b)
Series 1
2. D minor
Ivan Hewett continues his examination of five musical keys with D minor.
'Saddest of all keys', used by Haydn, Mozart and Spinal Tap.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2008.
TUE 09:45 Daily Service (m0022shm)
Religious Communities: Sister Maria from the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul
Rev Richard Carter leads a week long series of programmes exploring religious communities in the UK. Today he talks to Sister Maria from the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul.
Producer: Andrew Earis
TUE 10:00 A Good Read (b08ynzzx)
John Niven and Sali Hughes
Beauty journalist Sali Hughes and author John Niven join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Steve Tesich, Nora Ephron and Fred Vargas.
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Publisher: Virago
Karoo by Steve Tesich
Publisher: Vintage
Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand by Fred Vargas
Publisher: Vintage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2017.
TUE 10:30 Femme Fatale: The Story of Nico (b00gd1t0)
Marc Riley tells the story of Christa Paffgen.
This German model and actress would become better known as Nico, the singer with influential 1960s rock band The Velvet Underground.
Featuring interviews with:
* Her son, Ari
* Her manager during her time in Manchester, Alan Wise
* Her biographer, Richard Witts
* One of her colleagues in The Velvet Underground, John Cale
* Author and musician who worked with Nico for six years, James Young
Producer: Nicola Swords
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009.
TUE 11:00 Whodunnits (b007jvmr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 11:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 12:00 Rent (b05pb40g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Goon Show (b007jmny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Lobby Land (b0b7rnjz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hfyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000lmf7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 14:00 Booked (b00753g9)
Series 1
Episode 1
Richard III talks to Eeyore and Oedipus shares confessions with Captain Haddock.
Barnsley poet Ian McMillan chairs the irreverent literary game.
Outrageous parody, biting wit and original writing from:
Roger McGough
Miles Kington
Mark Thomas
Dillie Keane
Producer: Marc Jobst
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1995.
TUE 14:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b007k1xx)
Series 2
Episode 3
Pamela hoists the Union Flag to commemorate the demise of Thatcher and a tidal wave of competitive capitalism engulfs the bistro.
The CyberPass becomes a lean machine as Merv goes on a course and creates an internal market.
Dibden gets a Loyalty Card for Services to Drink.
Chantal sells Free Range Adult Magazines and even Neville takes to the street in a surge of private enterprise.
Sitcom written by and starring Mervyn Stutter.
Merv ...... Mervyn Stutter
Pam ...... Lill Roughley
Dibden ...... John Challis
Chantal ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
PC Dilkes ...... Michael Mears
Nev ...... Gyuri Sarossy
Producer: Mario Stylianides
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
TUE 15:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Beautiful and Damned (m000shgc)
1. Dreaming Of Millions
Anthony Patch, presumptive heir to a vast fortune, marries renowned beauty, Gloria Gilbert.
True socialites, the couple spend their time partying, drinking and dreaming of the millions they will have to spend when Anthony finally inherits.
F Scott Fitzgerald's novel which charts the Jazz Age via a glamorous but doomed marriage.
Starring Joel MacCormack and Jessica Hardwick.
Dramatised in two parts by Robin Brooks.
Anthony Patch ...... Joel MacCormack
Gloria Gilbert ...... Jessica Hardwick
Fred Passmore ...... Rhashan Stone
Maury Noble ...... David Sturzaker
Joseph Bloeckman ...... Tom Mothersdale
Muriel Kane ...... Melody Grove
Adam Patch/Bounds ...... Ben Onwukwe
Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2021.
TUE 16:00 A Good Read (b08ynzzx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:30 Femme Fatale: The Story of Nico (b00gd1t0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
TUE 17:00 Whodunnits (b007jvmr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 17:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Rent (b05pb40g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:30 The Goon Show (b007jmny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 19:00 Lobby Land (b0b7rnjz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hfyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 19:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000lmf7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 20:00 Booked (b00753g9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b007k1xx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
TUE 21:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Beautiful and Damned (m000shgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
TUE 22:00 Do Gooders (m0022knn)
6. The Marathon
Episode Six - The Marathon
Clive has a chance encounter with an old friend which may prove the key to success in his London Marathon bid. Harriett eyes a new job opportunity and Gladys must work hard to avoid a promotion.
Garrett Millerick’s Do Gooders is a new ensemble sitcom that takes us behind the charity curtain and mines the numerous frustrations that come with trying to ‘do good’ on an industrial scale. With Frank Skinner, Fay Ripley, Lisa McGrillis, Ahir Shah and Ania Magliano.
The series follows the exploits of the fundraising events team at a fictional mid-level charity, The Alzheimers Alliance. Fundraising for this kind of mid-table organisation comes with its own unique set of challenges, be it setting up eye catching events, courting celebrity endorsement or juggling the inter charity politics.
And 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 star
Ozzy – 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 (m0008jfv)
Series 4
God Lends A Hand (Hand Hand)
Kevin Eldon and his all-important cast bring you the sound of multiple flamethrowers, God, and an archivist being flung onto a lorry.
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 (b007jtpn)
Series 3
Ping Pong Pangs
Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth tackles a testing table tennis trauma.
When John eventually finds an opponent to face him across the improvised table, all does not go to plan.
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 (b092fxgq)
Series 2
Edward Gets Protection
The Godfather of British stand up, John Moloney, returns to the stage with stories of his much loved cat Edward.
John has taken the advice of the Vet and decides to get a companion - or, more accurately, a "cat bouncer" to take care of Edward.
It's a lot more difficult to get a used cat than John remembers. John's wife tries to appease the interview panel - yes, that's right, an interview panel - but John can't quite help himself.
Starring John Moloney.
With:
Karen Bartke
Julia Sutherland
JoJo Sutherland
Tyler Collins
A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2017.
TUE 23:30 The Wilson Dixon Line (b00kr5y1)
Uncle Wilbur's Advice for Modern Living
Cowboy philosopher Wilson Dixon shares his viewpoints on life, love and relationships through songs and anecdotes.
In the final episode, following his break up from Maureen, Wilson saddles up his horse Andrew and heads into the Colorado mountains to seek some guidance from his old Uncle Wilbour.
What he gets instead is the the epic tale of "the man with no name", straight from the annals of the Wild West.
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 June 2009.

WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2024

WED 00:00 A Good Read (b08ynzzx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Femme Fatale: The Story of Nico (b00gd1t0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Whodunnits (b007jvmr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Rent (b05pb40g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Goon Show (b007jmny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Lobby Land (b0b7rnjz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hfyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000lmf7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Booked (b00753g9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b007k1xx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Beautiful and Damned (m000shgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Whodunnits (b007jvmz)
Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
4. Exhumation
Lord Peter Wimsey awaits Doctor Horner's verdict.
At a party thrown by pal Margery, the upper class sleuth does a little more digging.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
Dorothy L Sayers' detective mystery dramatised by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Robert Fentiman ...... Allan Cuthbertson
Inspector Parker ...... Gabriel Woolf
Mr Murbles ...... John Gabriel
Dr Horner ...... Blain Fairman
Dr Penberthy ...... Christopher Emmett
Marjorie Phelps ...... Rosalind Adams
Mrs Rushworth ...... Olwen Griffiths
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1975.
WED 06:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqdy)
Killing Orders
6. No One Is Lucky Forever
Battling to finally confront her attacker, private eye VI Warshawski must go undercover.
Conclusion of 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
Uncle Stefan …. Maurice Denham
O'Faolin …. John Bennett
Gabriella …. Avril Clark
Lotty Herschel …. Miriam Karlin
Mrs Paciorek …. Helen Horton
Father Carroll …. Don Fellows
Walter Novick …. Colin McFarlane
Murray Ryerson …. Kerry Shale
Rosa …. Eileen Way
Father Pelly …. Colin Stinton
Dr Paciorek …. Norman Jones
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
WED 07:00 Bangers and Mash (b0075h5q)
Episode 5
Juan Jose's declaration of love has thrown Martina into confusion.
Katie Hims's sitcom about a chaotic catering company.
Juan Jose ...... Roger May
Carol ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Mrs Olney ...... Marlene Sidaway
Health Inspector ...... Anthony Zaki.
Jimmy ...... Gerard McDermott
Martina ...... Catherine Harvey
Director: Catherine Horn
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.
WED 07:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1f3)
Series 2
The Chef That Died of Shame
The regular Hancock cast play different characters - in the rise and fall saga of a pie-stall cook, Percy Higgins.
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
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 (b03zdkk7)
Series 1
Multi-Faith
25 years on, Sir Lucien is still bitter about the rejection of his designs for Shakespeare's Globe in reinforced concrete.
Finally he's going to do something about it.
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
Justin ...... Ben Crowe
Planning Officer ...... Carolyn Pickles
Dawn ...... Susie Riddell
Director: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.
WED 08:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hfr9)
3. New Arrival
Alex’s diligent labours have put the Hope family on a better financial footing.
Meanwhile, a new arrival to Crossriggs shakes up the sleepy village.
Delightful tale of a small community hovering between two eras
Written by Jane and Mary Findlater - the sisters known as the 'Scottish Brontes'.
Originally published in 1908.
Abridged by Clara Glynn.
Read by Rosalind Sydney.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2020.
WED 08:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000llwb)
3. Truth Sits Upon the Lips
Simon is convinced he is about to be written back into the will of his dead partner's mother.
But it seems Barbara has another legal issue in mind.
A moving exploration of grief written by Sarah Daniels.
Simon ...... Ben Miles
Barbara ...... Haydn Gwynne
Alison ...... Louise Brealey
Bob ...... Shaun Prendergast
Young girl ...... Saffron Coomber
Mel ...... Pippa Nixon
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2020.
WED 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0022tss)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
WED 09:30 Key Matters (b00b5ltz)
Series 1
3. B flat
Ivan Hewett continues his examination of five musical keys with B flat.
Sad and heroic in Chopin, Mozart, and Beethoven.
With John Dankworth.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.
WED 09:45 Daily Service (m0022t8z)
Religious Communities: Fr Timothy Radcliffe from Blackfriars Priory, Oxford
Rev Richard Carter leads a week long series of programmes exploring religious communities in the UK. Today he talks to Fr Timothy Radcliffe from Blackfriars Priory, a Dominican religious community in Oxford.
Producer: Andrew Earis
WED 10:00 Meeting Myself Coming Back (b00lxsrj)
Michael Grade
TV executive, former sports writer and showbiz agent - Michael Grade explores his life through the BBC Archive.
From his earliest job as a sports writer on the Daily Mirror, to his varied career as Controller BBC1, Chief Executive of Channel 4 and now in charge of ITV, Michael Grade's life has been a very public one.
In conversation with John Wilson, Michael reflects on the soundtrack to his life drawn through over 30 years of the BBC sound archives.
Coming from a showbusiness family, with an agent for a father and uncles Lew Grade and Bernard Delfont in theatre and TV, Michael Grade has seen at first-hand how the language of variety and vaudeville can work.
In his 6-year career at the Daily Mirror, as "Mike Grade" he had a sports column and learned how to work with the press.
His move into TV came in the 1970s and from the 1980s he was a major player in BBC TV, becoming Controller of BBC1.
Here he hears the sound archive of his life and ponders what he's learned and how he's developed, from his earliest writings to his return to the BBC in 2004 and his later defection to ITV.
Producer: Emma Kingsley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2009.
WED 11:00 Whodunnits (b007jvmz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 11:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqdy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 12:00 Bangers and Mash (b0075h5q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1f3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 13:00 The Architects (b03zdkk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 13:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hfr9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000llwb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 14:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b07pjn84)
Series 9
Colgan, Ramirez, Frankopan
This week, the Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Noel Fielding welcome:
* Dr Janina Ramirez, art historian, author and TV presenter. Janina is Course Director for the Undergraduate Certificate in History of Art at the University of Oxford.
* Peter Frankopan, Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford, Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research and author.
* Jenny Colgan, a novelist who writes romantic comedies, sci-fi and children's books.
The Museum's Guest Committee appreciate a medieval polymath nun who created her own language; a collection of food additives from the 1970s; and an infinite number of colours that exist only in the mind and all with the same name.
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 Hazelbeach (b00ljy24)
Series 2
Chess
Domestic harmony is disrupted for conman Ronnie Hazelbeach and his hapless friend, Nick by the arrival of a very unwelcome guest.
Starring Jamie Foreman.
The return of Caroline and David Stafford's comedy about likeable conman Ronnie Hazelbeach.
Ronnie Hazelbeach ...... Jamie Foreman
Nick ...... Paul Bazely
James ...... Neil Stuke
Chloe ...... Tracy Wiles
Carlton Hobbs ...... Philip Fox
Doctor ...... Stephen Hogan

Producer: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009.
WED 15:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Beautiful and Damned (m000sq8w)
2. Everything To Lose
Anthony Patch and his wife, Gloria Gilbert, are the essence of glamour.
They're a golden couple, spoiled and selfish, who descend through the wild partying of the Jazz Age into despair and alcoholism.
F Scott Fitzgerald's novel which charts the Jazz Age via a glamorous but doomed marriage.
Starring Joel MacCormack and Jessica Hardwick.
Dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Anthony Patch ...... Joel MacCormack
Gloria Gilbert ...... Jessica Hardwick
Fred Passmore ...... Rhashan Stone
Maury Noble ...... David Sturzaker
Joseph Bloeckman ...... Tom Mothersdale
Muriel Kane ...... Melody Grove
Adam Patch/Bounds ...... Ben Onwukwe
Haight/Percy ...... David Seddon
Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2021.
WED 16:00 Meeting Myself Coming Back (b00lxsrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 17:00 Whodunnits (b007jvmz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 17:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqdy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 18:00 Bangers and Mash (b0075h5q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1f3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 19:00 The Architects (b03zdkk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hfr9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 19:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000llwb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 20:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b07pjn84)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
WED 20:30 Hazelbeach (b00ljy24)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
WED 21:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Beautiful and Damned (m000sq8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
WED 22:00 Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz (m0016hfl)
Series 1
Round one: Literature
The problem with quizzes is that the same questions keep coming up, like “What’s the name of the only member of ZZ Top without a beard?”*. So the more quizzes you do, the more predictable they get. Luckily, here comes quizzer, comedian and Rose d’Or winner Paul Sinha with his series, Paul Sinha’s Perfect Pub Quiz. In each episode he invites the audience to tell him their favourite quiz questions, before offering up not just different and surprising questions, but also the fascinating stories behind the answers.
This week's show is full of questions for the Literature Round of the quiz. Paul asks about the first work of sci-fi to depict a flight to the moon, an author's curiously-labelled filing cabinet and the best-selling British writer still alive at the time of recording. The audience, meanwhile, contribute questions about unusual verbs, literary hotels, and the works of Eric Morecambe.
It’s facts, jokes, stories and puns – just the way you like them.
Written and performed by Paul Sinha
Additional material: Oliver Levy
Additional questions: The Audience
Original music: Tim Sutton
Sound engineer: Jerry Peal
Producer: Ed Morrish
A Lead Mojo production for BBC Radio 4
*Frank Beard, as you well know.
WED 22:30 The Goldfish Bowl (m0017d81)
Series 2
Episode 1
Anton and Liam - the Eric and Ernie of the fish fraternity - are back with more underwater wit and fishy frivolity.
As their owners move house, Anton and Liam go on a little holiday.
Starring Sean Foley and Hamish McColl.
Goldfish bowl based sitcom written by Shaun Prendergast.
Anton .... Sean Foley
Liam ....Hamish McColl
Susan ....Tracy Ann Oberman
Struan ....Shaun Prendergast
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.
WED 22:45 Deborah Frances-White Introduces... (m000tmmh)
1. Herself
Deborah Frances-White is here to tell stories.
She has hosted many storytelling events and, for this series, she’s picked four very different writers to take part in following episodes.
* Performance artist, Travis Alabanza
* Writer and activist, Scarlett Curtis
* Writer and broadcaster, Steve Ali
* Comedian and actress, Jessica Fostekew
She gave them all the prompt – The Devil You Know.
But the series starts with Deborah’s own piece in which a woman who throws off the life she knows to have a wild adventure.
Deborah is a comedian and writer best known for The Guilty Feminist podcast which has had 85 million downloads. She’s also appeared at The Royal Albert Hall, The Sydney Opera House and The London Palladium
Deborah’s BBC Radio 4 show Deborah Frances-White Rolls the Dice won The Writers’ Guild Award for Best Radio Comedy.
Her award-winning independent film Say My Name premiered in 2019 at The Leicester Square Odeon. Deborah’s book The Guilty Feminist was a Sunday Times Bestseller. She is an Amnesty International Ambassador and Artistic Director of the Secret Policeman legacy brand.
Written and read by Deborah Frances-White.
Producer: Caroline Raphael
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.
WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m0023178)
Pierre Novellie 1/1
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, The Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. And tonight, Lou Conran talks to Pierre Novellie.
WED 23:00 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes (b0196r9b)
Series 1
Seafarers
Prince Madoc? Swansea Jack?
Comedian Elis James compares key figures in Welsh history to determine the ultimate heroes of Wales.
With:
Ben Partridge
Nadia Kamil
Written by Elis James, Gareth Gwyn and Benjamin Partridge.
Producer: Sharif Shahwan
First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in January 2012.
WED 23:30 Jayde Adams: Hometown Glory (m0011lfk)
Episode 2
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 take another half-hour episode to explain.
Jayde asks what ‘feeling at home’ really means; why we leave home; and why some of us, at least, feel the draw to go back.
Not that Jayde’s story isn’t interesting enough on its own - girl lives in same house for 18 years, moves to London, moves back again.
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.
Written and performed by Jayde Adams.
Script Editor: Simon Alcock
Producer: Hayley Sterling
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2021.

THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2024

THU 00:00 Meeting Myself Coming Back (b00lxsrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Whodunnits (b007jvmz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 VI Warshawski (b007jqdy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Bangers and Mash (b0075h5q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1f3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 The Architects (b03zdkk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hfr9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000llwb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b07pjn84)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Hazelbeach (b00ljy24)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Beautiful and Damned (m000sq8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Whodunnits (b007jvn1)
Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
5. At Lady Dormer's
Discovering General Fentiman was poisoned, Lord Peter Wimsey decides to probe Miss Dorland's hobby.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
Dorothy L Sayers' detective mystery dramatised by Chris Miller.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Robert Fentiman ...... Allan Cuthbertson
Inspector Parker ...... Gabriel Woolf
Sheila Fentiman ...... Frances Jeater
Ann Dorland ...... Amanda Reiss
Mrs Munns ...... Ysanne Churchman
Nellie ...... Judy Bridgland
Mr Munns ...... Clifford Norgate.
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1975.
THU 06:30 Whodunnits (b00k7xct)
Falco - Venus in Copper
1. The Serial Widow
Marcus Didius Falco comes face-to-face with temptation.
He's hired to follow a professional bride with a sinister habit of outliving her husbands...
Anton Lesser stars as Ancient Rome's favourite detective.
Lindsey Davis's gripping, historical mystery.
Dramatised in six parts by Mary Cutler.
Marcus Didius Falco …. Anton Lesser
Helena Justina …. Ann Madeley
Hyacinthus …. Stephen Critchlow
Pollia …. Julia Hills
Cake Seller/Lusius …. Laurence Saunders
Cossus …. Jonathan Tafler
Tyche …. Bella Merlin
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.
THU 07:00 Coming Alive (b007k1ty)
Series 1
Plumbing The Depths
Terry is challenged to recruit some neighbourhood volunteers to help refurbish the derelict community centre.
Starring Karl Howman and Phylis Logan.
Jim Eldridge's sitcom about ex-convict Terry King's efforts to run a community centre.
Terry King ...... Karl Howman
Sandra Gaines ...... Phyllis Logan
Steve ...... Ben Crowe
Bert Higgs ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Ellie Higgs ...... Priyanga Elan
Woman ...... Frances Jeater
Producer: Marilyn Imrie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.
THU 07:30 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jp9l)
1. The Business Proposition
It's 1948 and 'Dad's Army' veterans Arthur Wilson and Frank Pike receive a surprise visitor at their bank in Frambourne-on-Sea.
Starring John Le Mesurier, Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee.
A seaside saga of pier perpetuation.
Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
Arthur Wilson ...... John Le Mesurier
Frank Pike ...... Ian Lavender
Bert Hodges ...... Bill Pertwee
Miss Perkins ...... Vivienne Martin
Mr Hunter ...... Robin Parkinson
Mr Short ...... Edward Burnham
Mr Rawlings ...... Gordon Peters
Council Employee ...... Spencer Banks
After a pilot episode was made in 1981, Arthur Lowe sadly died.
So this 13-part series was revamped to feature the Dad's Army characters played by Pertwee and Lavender instead.
The series was later adapted for ITV by Yorkshire TV.
Based on the Dad's Army characters originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1983.
THU 08:00 Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test (b038n3dh)
3. British Culture
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 looks at British culture - newspapers, TV, art and film.
He tests the studio audience on their knowledge, with those that answer incorrectly being deported; he also offers up £10 of his own money to anyone in the audience who can correctly identify an artist that the Home Office think all new immigrants should be aware of.
Written and performed by Paul Sinha.
Producer: Ed Morrish.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2013.
THU 08:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hghm)
4. Financial Brink
Alex is furious when her father Old Hopeful leads the family to the brink of poverty again with his financial recklessness.
Delightful tale of a small community hovering between two eras
Written by Jane and Mary Findlater - the sisters known as the 'Scottish Brontes'.
Originally published in 1908.
Abridged by Clara Glynn.
Read by Rosalind Sydney.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2020.
THU 08:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000lmz2)
4. Worldly Goods
Struggling to cope after the death of his partner, Simon has taken refuge in drinking and watching TV.
But a new interest begins to emerge as he finds himself whittling a bird from the wood of an apple tree planted in Mel's memory.
A moving exploration of grief written by Sarah Daniels.
Simon ...... Ben Miles
Barbara ...... Haydn Gwynne
Alison ...... Louise Brealey
Dave ...... Ben Crowe
Mel ...... Pippa Nixon
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2020.
THU 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0022tsv)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
THU 09:30 Key Matters (b00b6x4s)
Series 1
4. F sharp major
Ivan Hewett continues his examination of five musical keys with F sharp major.
It's a key used by Beethoven, Mozart and Messiaen.
With Liz Garnett.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.
THU 09:45 Daily Service (m0022t1q)
Religious Communities: The Nazareth Community, London
Rev Richard Carter leads a week long series of programmes exploring religious communities in the UK. Today he reflects with members of his own community, the Nazareth Community at St Martin-in-the-Fields at the heart of London.
Producer: Andrew Earis
THU 10:00 Great Lives (b0076ngt)
Gilbert and Sullivan
Actress and singer Dillie Keane nominates Gilbert and Sullivan.
Whilst few musicians divide people quite as much as the musical duo, Dillie is certain in her choice of them as examples of lives well led.
Dillie explains to Humphrey Carpenter why she's a life-long fan of their comic operettas: quite unlike those detractors who cringe at the mere mention of the Pirates of Penzance!
With guest expert, film director Mike Leigh.
Producer Mark Smalley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004.
THU 10:30 David Hockney - Back in LA (b07h6hft)
In June 2013, art critic Martin Gayford received a message from David Hockney.
It said that he was leaving Yorkshire to return to Los Angeles and he might be staying there for some time.
Hockney’s relocation came after a disastrous few months in the artist's personal life.
In autumn 2012, he suffered a minor stroke and temporarily almost lost his speech. A tree that he often painted was felled in an act of vandalism that sent him into depression. In March, one of his assistants, Dominic Elliott died as a result of misadventure when he drank acid after taking a range of drugs. Hockney almost gave up painting. But LA gave him inspiration.
He painted his assistant John-Pierre with his head in his hands. This image of deep despondency, which Hockney calls a self-portrait, was the catalyst for a new ambitious phase of work.
He began painting figures sat on the same chair against the same plain backdrop. The sitters’ variety of figures, poses and clothes reinvigorated Hockney, as he recruited more and more characters for his “Human Comedy.”
The results would become a single series of portraits to be displayed at Hockney’s second show at the Royal Academy in four years, ’82 Portraits and One Still Life,’ opening in July.
As the series began to take shape, in December 2013, Martin flew to California to sit.
He’ll re-visit the process of being painted by Britain’s most famous artist and he’ll interview Hockney about his life in Los Angeles, portraiture and this astonishing new chapter in his career.
Producer: Paul Smith
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2016.
*** David Hockney painting Martin Gayford, Los Angeles, 5 December 2013 © David Hockney
*** Photo Credit: Jean-Pierre Goncalves de Lima
THU 11:00 Whodunnits (b007jvn1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 11:30 Whodunnits (b00k7xct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 12:00 Coming Alive (b007k1ty)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 12:30 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jp9l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 13:00 Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test (b038n3dh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 13:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hghm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000lmz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 14:00 Wordaholics (b04fzc7p)
Series 3
Episode 1
Gyles Brandreth hosts the competitive comedy panel game about words.
With panellists:
Lloyd Langford
Holly Walsh
Paul Sinha
Natalie Haynes
Lloyd Langford tells us why avocados are called avocados.
Natalie Haynes explains what 'astroturfing' is all about.
Paul Sinha unlocks the meaning of the German word 'handschuhsanbalwerfer'.
Holly Walsh shares her favourite example of prison slang.
The panel also suggest words that don't yet exist, but should. What could they mean by 'a Clarkson', 'messcalation', 'trage' and 'appointmentia'?
Written by Jon Hunter and James Kettle.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2014.
THU 14:30 No Commitments (b007jmz6)
Series 11
Ill Winds
Roger tries a day at home to get used to the idea of being retired.
Charlotte's TV programme is finally aired, so everything should be all right.
But then again.
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
Eddie........James Greene
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 Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray (b00t18j1)
1. The Duel
An unfortunate duel is the catalyst for young Redmond Barry to leave his native Ireland and serve on the battlefields of the Seven Years War.
A chance reunion with his long-lost uncle offers a way to make their fortune at the gaming-tables of the highest courts of Europe.
William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel, first published in 1844. It tells of the rise and fall of an Irish adventurer, set during the last half of the 18th century. The action moves from rural Ireland to the courts of Europe to the drawing rooms of English society.
Starring Gerard McSorley and Andrew Scott.
Dramatised in two parts by Don McCamphill.
Barry ...... Gerard McSorley
Redmond ...... Andrew Scott
Chevalier de Balibari ...... David Kelly
Bell Barry ...... Sheila Hancock
Lord Lyndon ...... Kenneth Cranham
Sir Rumford Bumford ...... Jamie Foreman
Mme Fitzsimons ...... Tina Kellegher
Fitzsimons ...... Kevin Flood
Captain Fagan ...... Frank O'Sullivan
John Quin ...... Mark Lambert
Von Potzdorff ...... Don Wycherley
Ulick ...... Darragh Kelly
Mick ...... Eanna MacLiam
Nora ...... Alice Barry
Directed at BBC Belfast by Lawrence Jackson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003.
THU 16:00 Great Lives (b0076ngt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:30 David Hockney - Back in LA (b07h6hft)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
THU 17:00 Whodunnits (b007jvn1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 17:30 Whodunnits (b00k7xct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 18:00 Coming Alive (b007k1ty)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:30 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jp9l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 19:00 Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test (b038n3dh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hghm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 19:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000lmz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 20:00 Wordaholics (b04fzc7p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
THU 20:30 No Commitments (b007jmz6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
THU 21:00 Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray (b00t18j1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
THU 22:00 Phil Ellis Is Trying (m000mb2z)
Series 3
Billy Bonker and The Cup A Soup Factory
When Phil and Johnny discover golden sachets in their Cup A Soup packets, they embark on a fantastical tour of the Cup A Soup factory hosted by reclusive owner Billy Bonker, who is opening the gates for the first time in 40 years. Phil cannot believe his luck. He's desperate to meet Billy Bonker and enter his magical world where, they say, the taps run minestrone. If only the other people on the tour weren't so intent on getting themselves killed. Meanwhile, Polly has enlisted Ellie to go on a double date with two so-called celebrities, who may or may not be trying to scam them. Even so, it's still worth going. After all, who can turn down a date with a celebrity? It's every normal person's dream...
Cast includes:
Phil Ellis as Phil
Johnny Vegas as Johnny
Amy Gledhill as Polly
Katia Kvinge as Ellie
Jason Barnett as Captain Birdseye
And
Terry Mynott as Klaus Von Flump/Mr Kipling
With special guest star Mark Lamarr as Billy Bonker
It is produced by Sam Michell and is a BBC Studios Production.
THU 22:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b09nxzn7)
Series 7
Episode 4
An established BBC Radio 4 programme gets a brand new theme tune, and we get a tutorial to the world's most complicated game.
Also, Patsy Straightwoman asks someone very old to tell her more and, well... Since you ask John for a 'howdy, partner'...
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
Original music composed by Susannah Pearse.
Piano ... Susannah Pearse
Cello ... 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 (b01s0dld)
Bedroom
Comedian Alun Cochrane has a 25-year mortgage which he can only pay off by being funny.
Concluding his room by room, stand-up tour of his house - he arrives in his bedroom.
His relationship with his house is a complicated one.
A hoarder of funny and original observations on everyday life, Alun invites us to help him de-clutter 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 housework 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 Party (b011jrmq)
Series 2
All Publicity Is Good Publicity
The young aspiring politicians of the new political Party attempt to step up a gear and get the recognition and publicity they deserve.
All they need to do is sort out the diversity of their group first.
The return of Tom Basden's satirical comedy about a political party run by young idealists.
Simon ...... Tom Basden,
Duncan ...... Tim Key
Jared ...... Jonny Sweet
Mel ...... Ann Crilly
Phoebe ...... Katy Wix
Photographer ...... Jane Wittenshaw
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.

FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2024

FRI 00:00 Great Lives (b0076ngt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 David Hockney - Back in LA (b07h6hft)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Whodunnits (b007jvn1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Whodunnits (b00k7xct)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Coming Alive (b007k1ty)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jp9l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test (b038n3dh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hghm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000lmz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Wordaholics (b04fzc7p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 No Commitments (b007jmz6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray (b00t18j1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Whodunnits (b007jvn3)
Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
6. Ann Dorland
With two suspects missing, Lord Peter Wimsey battles to pinpoint the poisoner.
Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth.
Conclusion of Dorothy L Sayers' detective mystery.
Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael
Robert Fentiman ...... Allan Cuthbertson
George Fentiman ...... Martin Jarvis
Inspector Parker ...... Gabriel Woolf
Ann Dorland ...... Amanda Reiss
Sheila Fentiman ...... Frances Jeater
Dr Penberthy ...... Christopher Emmett
Colonel Marchbanks ...... Wilfrid Carter
Dramatised by Chris Miller.
Producer: Simon Brett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1975.
FRI 06:30 Whodunnits (b00k89mm)
Falco - Venus in Copper
2. The Unexpected Offer
Falco is searching for the truth about the deaths of Severina's three husbands, when an unexpected offer forces him to question his instincts.
Maybe he should consult his new feathered friend?
Anton Lesser stars as Ancient Rome's favourite detective.
Lindsey Davis's gripping, historical mystery.
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.
Marcus Didius Falco …. Anton Lesser
Helena Justina …. Ann Madeley
Pollia …. Julia Hills
Doctor …. Jez Thomas
Thalia …. Chipo Chung
Severina Zotica …. Tracy Wiles
Cossus …. Jonathan Tafler
The Parrot …. Colin Rote
Hortensius Novus …. Ian Brooker
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.
FRI 07:00 The Older Woman (b039by7w)
Series 2
Episode 2
Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger have changed their image from tough-talking, macho men to gentle, child-caring new men.
Can Roy follow suit in his own home movie?
Starring Geraldine James and Martin Clunes.
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
Mrs Churchill ...... Rebecca Front
Helen ...... Susannah Corbett
Martin Sheen/Schwarzenegger ...... Peter Serafinowicz
Producer: Paul Schlesinger:
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994.
FRI 07:30 Share and Share Alike (m000nf7x)
The Seance
After two months of enforced living together. Jack and Lesley make one last desperate effort to get their hands on their cash legacy
Can they manage to contact their late mother through a medium?
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
Mr Brown …. Deryck Guyler
Archie Cartwright …. Henry McGee
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1978.
FRI 08:00 Room 101 with Paul Merton (m001mt78)
Series 1
Mark Steel
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, comedian and author Mark Steel tells Paul his choices include tinned custard and his former self.
Additional material by John Irwin and Suki Webster
Producer: Richard Wilson
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2023.
FRI 08:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hht1)
5. Staving Off Suitors
Much to the bemusement of her family and community, Alex does her best to stave off the attention of several eligible young men.
Delightful tale of a small community hovering between two eras
Written by Jane and Mary Findlater - the sisters known as the 'Scottish Brontes'.
Originally published in 1908.
Abridged by Clara Glynn.
Read by Rosalind Sydney.
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2020.
FRI 08:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000lnll)
5. A Greater Gift Than Gold
Simon has struggled to cope after the death of his partner, Mel.
Written out of her mother's will, he's unsure if he'll ever be happy again?
Now Barbara is on the verge of death, is it too late for Si to find some recompense for himself?
Conclusion of Sarah Daniels' moving exploration of grief.
Simon ...... Ben Miles
Barbara ...... Haydn Gwynne
Alison ...... Louise Brealey
Mel ...... Pippa Nixon
Police Officer ...... Saffron Coomber
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2020.
FRI 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0022tsx)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
FRI 09:30 Key Matters (b00bbdm8)
Series 1
E flat major
Ivan Hewett concludes his examination of five musical keys with E flat major.
It's a key used by Beethoven, Mozart and John Adams.
With Mark Elder.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.
FRI 09:45 Daily Service (m0022shd)
Religious Communities: A Service of Vespers from Blackfriars Priory, Oxford
Bringing to a close today's week of programmes on religious communities, Rev Richard Carter introduces a service of Vespers recorded in Blackfriars Priory, a community of Dominican friars in the heart of Oxford.
Producer: Andrew Earis
FRI 10:00 Soul Music (m000ydl2)
Take Me Home, Country Roads
"Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong"
'Take Me Home, Country Roads' was written by Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert with and for their friend John Denver.
The song went on to be covered by Ray Charles, Toots and the Maytals, Olivia Newton John and many more.
A song about the longing for home and the desire to be back with the people you love, 'Country Roads' has become one of the official state songs of West Virginia but it also speaks to people from around the world and across political divides.
It's a song about togetherness, belonging, homesickness, the immigrant experience and the hold that the landscape of your 'home place' can have on you.
Featuring contributions from:
Bill Danoff
Sarah Morris
Jason Jeong
Ngozi Fulan
Lloyd Bradley
Alison Wells.
And from Molly Sarlé, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and Amelia Meath of the band Mountain Man.
Produced for BBA Audio in Bristol by Mair Bosworth.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2021.
FRI 10:30 Ladybird, Ladybird (b00765nt)
The story of a publishing phenomenon - and the last vestiges of a 1950s childhood.
Ladybird Books summons up ankle socks, sleeveless fair isle pullovers and days of innocence.
But as the Loughborough based company closes down its Midlands operation and is swallowed up by Penguin - it's the end of an era.
Producer: Lindsay Leonard.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.
FRI 11:00 Whodunnits (b007jvn3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 11:30 Whodunnits (b00k89mm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 12:00 The Older Woman (b039by7w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Share and Share Alike (m000nf7x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Room 101 with Paul Merton (m001mt78)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hht1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000lnll)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
FRI 14:00 Foul Play (b00zf4tf)
Series 4
The Final Judgement
Crime writers Jessica Mann and James Melville investigate a distinctly 'kinky' matter.
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 (b00p92xt)
Series 2
Episode 6
Peter, Nigel and Michael make mistakes and promises.
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
Helen …. Sophie Roberts
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.
FRI 15:00 Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray (b00t1bsd)
2. The Squire
Redmond Barry pursues and wins the widowed Lady Lyndon to take the title of Barry Lyndon and play the role of country squire.
However, once arrived at the summit of his good fortune, his luck begins to change for the worse.
Conclusion of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel about the rise and fall of an Irish adventurer in the 18th century.
Starring Gerard McSorley, Sheila Hancock, Kenneth Cranham and Andrew Scott
Dramatised by Don McCamphill
Barry ...... Gerard McSorley
Lady Lyndon ...... Tina Kellegher
Chevalier de Balibari ...... David Kelly
Bell Barry ...... Sheila Hancock
Earl of Crabs ...... Kenneth Cranham
Wiggins ...... Jamie Foreman
Redmond ...... Andrew Scott
Furniture Dealer ...... Mark Lambert
Poynings ...... Don Wycherley
Ulick ...... Darragh Kelly
Brendan ...... Eanna MacLiam
Maggie-Rose ...... Alice Barry
Directed at BBC Belfast by Lawrence Jackson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003.
FRI 16:00 Soul Music (m000ydl2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 16:30 Ladybird, Ladybird (b00765nt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
FRI 17:00 Whodunnits (b007jvn3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Whodunnits (b00k89mm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 18:00 The Older Woman (b039by7w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 18:30 Share and Share Alike (m000nf7x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 19:00 Room 101 with Paul Merton (m001mt78)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater (m000hht1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 19:45 Bird in the Hand by Sarah Daniels (m000lnll)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
FRI 20:00 Foul Play (b00zf4tf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
FRI 20:30 The Brothers (b00p92xt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray (b00t1bsd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
FRI 22:00 The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty (m0022s9c)
3. The Village I Abandoned
Babs persuades absentee landlord Brighty that he has to visit his estate village for the first time ever to make it up to the estate villagers, but their visit swiftly descends into a mystery. With Brighty away, Churlington defies specific instructions NOT to clean the East Wing.
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 Amy Greaves & Christian Brighty
Cast:
Lord Christian Brighty ….. Christian Brighty
Babs ….. Jessica Knappett
Churlington ….. Colin McFarlane
Gibbs ….. David Reed
Susannah / Old Meg ….. Katia Kvinge
Fanny ….. Nimisha Odedra
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 (b008x3tm)
Series 2
Episode 2
The news of 1936 - and stereotypes in space.
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 (b06rys4c)
Series 3
Body & Soul
Themed sketch show made entirely from contributions sent in by the public.
The best ideas have been chosen from thousands of submissions from new writers resulting in a show like no other.
Body and Soul are the subjects.
There's an innovative approach to teaching, a relaxing new type of massage, and the most important component of British culture being exported around the world (whether the world wants it or not).
Performed by:
John Thomson
Shobna Gulati
Fiona Clarke
Chris Jack
Gavin Webster
Written by: James Bugg, Josh Cluderay, Mark Cowling, Jay Droch, Neil Hickey, Tony Hickson, Dan Hobson and Jon Bridle, Scott Kingsnorth, Dan Kiss, Jay Roach, David Salisbury and Mike Whalley.
Script Editor: Jon Hunter
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 (m000w9vg)
Series 4
The Impossibility of Escape
With lockdown changing all our perspectives on what's important, Alex Edelman reflects on how things have changed for him.
What does he now truly value?
He takes a personal look at what life's really about while comedy clubs are closed and he can't go anywhere.
He also investigates how much his existence has been improved by the arrival of a new flatmate - his girlfriend.
Written by Alex Edelman and Max Davis
With special thanks to:
Josh Weller
Simon Alcock
Charlie Dinkin
Adam Brace
Danny Jolles
Hannah Einbinder
Producer: Sam Michell
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2021.