SATURDAY 05 OCTOBER 2024

SAT 00:00 Soul Music (m0017k0j)
Purple Rain
"I never meant to cause you any sorrow, I never meant to cause you any pain..."
True stories of what Prince's epic ballad means to different people around the world, from the very first jam in 1983 to the global hit that reigns over us today.
Bobby Z, the drummer from Prince and The Revolution, remembers the buzz of the first ever performance of Purple Rain, and how the recording from that night lives on.
Susan Rogers, Prince's recording engineer, tells stories from the Purple Rain tour, when the crew took bets on how long Prince's guitar solos would last.
Comedian Sindhu Vee first heard the song as a teenager growing up in India and was knocked sideways by it.
Weather reporter Judith Ralston describes the beautiful and rare weather phenomenon of purple rain.
Social historian Zaheer Ali sees the song as a cry out for change, bringing audiences from different backgrounds together in cross-genre harmony.
And finally, an intensive care hospital nurse played Purple Rain to Kevin Clarke while he was in a coma, because his sister knew he loved the song and hoped it might pull him through.
Producer: Becky Ripley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2022.
SAT 00:30 The Chalet School (b014pzzs)
Crime writer Val McDermid reflects on her love of the Chalet School boarding school novels.
She credits them with inspiring her to go to Oxford and becoming a writer. So what did they have that the other boarding school books did not?
Nearly 60 Chalet School novels were published between 1925 and 1970, written by the South Shields novelist, Elinor Brent-Dyer.
The school was initially located in Austria, but moved to Guernsey following the Anschluss. It relocated again after the Nazi invasion of The Channel Islands.
The books centred on Madge Bettany, the founder of the school, and her young sister Joey, its first pupil.
The books dealt with financial hardship, illness and politics, which Val argues, is absent from most other boarding school novels of the period.
Produced at BBC Manchester by Nicola Swords.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011.
SAT 01:00 Curlew in Autumn (m000nvrb)
6. Back to the Cave
Lawyer Peter Calman finds out more about the mysterious Scholl and faces a final showdown with Bullivant.
And then he makes a vital discovery...
Starring David Ashton.
Conclusion of Edward Boyd's thriller.
Peter Calman …. David Ashton
Dunsmore …. Gregor Fisher
Jenny …. Stella Forge
Douglas …. Robert Paterson
Walter Hansford …. Ronald Aitken
Scholl …. Brown Derby
Chief Constable …. John Buick
Bullivant …. Arthur Boland
Leighton …. Tom Criddle
Directed at BBC Scotland by Patrick Rayner.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1984.
SAT 01:30 The Rivals (b016x22y)
Series 1
4. Loveday Brooke: The Mystery of Redstone Manor
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Now he's trying to get his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals.
He concludes with a nail-biting adventure that features the uncompromising Loveday Brooke.
Starring Honeysuckle Weeks and James Fleet.
Written by Chris Harrald, based on the character created by Catherine Louisa Pirkis.
Lestrade . . . . . James Fleet
Loveday . . . . . Honeysuckle Weeks
Lucy . . . . . Alex Tregear
Winter . . . . . Brian Bowles
Simkins . . . . . Stuart McLoughlin
Alex . . . . . Daniel Rabin
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.
SAT 02:00 The Older Woman (b039wqbg)
Series 2
Episode 5
Roy Hitchcock has, surprisingly, managed to interest TV in his video diary.
Should he now become celibate in order to be an artist of integrity?
Meanwhile, Jane resolves to remain celibate - at least as far as Colin's romantic intentions are concerned...
Starring Geraldine James and Martin Clunes.
Tony Bagley's romantic comedy drama serial with a twist.
Roy …. Martin Clunes
Jane …. Geraldine James
Chad …. Nicky Henson
Colin …. David Troughton
Marina …. Tilly Vosburgh
Wynn.......Sue Roderick
Other parts played by:
Melanie Hudson
Peter Serafinowcz
Alistair McGowan
Music composed by Julian Wostall
Theme sung by Toyah Willcox
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1994.
SAT 02:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jshz)
Series 5
Love Big Brother the Burkiss Way
It's Big Brother with a twist as the team spoof George Orwell's '1984'.
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Starring:
Fred Harris
Jo Kendall
Nigel Rees
Chris Emmett
Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1980.
SAT 03:00 To Hull and Back (b09rx3vt)
Series 3
Last Chance Salon
On her way back from Hull station - after failing to get onto Vidal Sassoon hairdressing course in London - Sophie is knocked over by a car.
By way of compensation the driver, Alison, a frequent church-goer, offers Sophie a disused hair salon she can access via her church outreach work.
Sophie accepts Alison's offer. But with only a week to make it a going concern, will she manage to make a success of it?
Starring Lucy Beaumont and Maureen Lipman.
Lucy Beaumont’s warm-hearted sitcom about Sophie's efforts to escape her overbearing mother, Sheila.
Sophie ...... Lucy Beaumont
Sheila ...... Maureen Lipman
Jean ...... Kerrie Marsh
Ernie ...... Norman Lovett
Alison ...... Annie Sawle
Trish ...... Debra Baker
Producer: Sam Michell
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2018.
SAT 03:30 Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald (m000m097)
5. Vesper Flights
Helen Macdonald reads from her collection of essays about "love for the glittering world of non-human life around us."
In this episode, swifts - finding them 'magical in the manner of all things that exist just a little beyond understanding'.
Each essay by the acclaimed nature writer explores humanity’s connection with the natural world, our curiosity about it and our love for it, as well as its increasingly urgent fragility.
The essays are also a reminder that we inhabit a beautiful world and they celebrate its “quality of wonder".
Abridged by Julian Wilkinson.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2020.
SAT 03:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmmy)
5. The Truth
The Mayor of Montreuil Sur Mer makes an astonishing declaration in the courtroom at Arras.
Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice.
Dramatised by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Jean Valjean .... Roger Allam
Victor Hugo .... Joss Ackland
Inspector Javert .... David Schofield
Fantine .... Emily Bruni
Sister Simplice .... Carolyn Pickles
Judge .... Christopher Godwin
Prosecutor .... Peter Darney
Defence Lawyer .... Jonathan Forbes
Clerk .... Carl Prekopp
Printanier.... Sean Baker
Chapmathieu .... Ewan Bailey
Cochepaille .... Struan Rodger
Director: Jeremy Mortimer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.
SAT 04:00 Foul Play (b00zshr5)
Series 4
Dead as a Parrot
Crime writers Ian Rankin and Stella Duffy try to solve a mystery case of a killing involving footballers and models.
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 October 1998.
SAT 04:30 Lucky Heather (b0075rz9)
2. Wild Bunch
Heather helps a neighbour who is being harassed on the estate and also tries line dancing.
Just this side of nosey, Heather is western movie-mad. She's also the Sherlock Holmes of the rundown Sutter Estate.
Starring Lindsey Coulson.
Sitcom by Sue Teddern.
Heather ...... Lindsey Coulson
Natalie ...... Abigail Hart
Ryan ...... Ben Crowe
Emma ...... Kelly Wright
Chloe ...... Gemma Saunders
Olive ...... Elizabeth Kelly
Tommy ...... Harry Myers
Maev ...... Dearbhla Molloy
Director: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.
SAT 05:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm (b007k2m0)
4. Flora's Rights Again
As the wedding draws near, Flora Poste wrestles with Aunt Ada Doom.
Will she get her rights at last?
Starring Patricia Gallimore and Elizabeth Proud.
Conclusion of Stella Gibbons' tale of early-20th-century rural England.
Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Flora Poste ..... Patricia Gallimore
Stella Gibbons ..... Elizabeth Proud
Reader ..... John Westbrook
Reuben Starkadder ..... Trevor Martin
Judith Starkadder Margaret Robertson
Adam Lambsbreath ..... Cyril Shaps
Seth Starkadder ..... Sion Probert
Amos Starkadder ..... John Hollis
Micah Starkadder ..... Alexander John
Richard Hawk-Monitor ..... Stephen Garlick
The Abbé Fausse-Maigre ..... Malcolm Hayes
Aunt Ada Doom ..... Fabia Drake
Mrs Beetle ..... Miriam Margolyes
Mr Mybug ..... Michael Spice
Harkaway Starkadder ..... David Timson
Urk Starkadder ..... Christopher Scott
Rennett Starkadder ..... Christine Absalom
Mrs Hawk-Monitor ..... Margot Boyd
Elfine Starkadder ..... Jane Knowles
Charles Fairford ..... David McAlister
Earl P Neck ..... Nigel Anthony
Dr Mudel ..... John Rye
Letty ..... Pauline Letts
Susan ..... Diana Bishop
Music: Terence Allbright
Director: Ian Cotterell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1981
SAT 06:00 Semi-Detached (b08071rx)
Midland householder, Fred Midway lives with his family in a semi-detached house in a leafy suburb of Dowlihull.
But when his carefully maintained world threatens to disintegrate about him, the scheming suburbanite will do whatever it takes to hang on to his respectable position...
Performed by The Belgrade Theatre Company, Coventry.
Starring Leonard Rossiter.
David Turner’s play premiered at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre in June 1962 with Leonard Rossiter in the lead role.
It transferred to London with Laurence Olivier replacing Rossiter and arrived on Broadway in New York in 1963. The 1970 film version ‘All the Way Up' starred Richard Briers and Warren Mitchell. The play was revived at the 1999 Chichester Festival.
Adapted for radio by the author.
Fred Midway …. Leonard Rossiter
Hilda Midway …. Gillian Raine
Eileen Midway …. Thelma Whitley
Tom Midway …. Bryan Stanyon
Robert Freeman …. Peter French
Avril Hadfield …. Bridget Turner
Nigel Hadfield …. Donald Gee
Garnet Hadfield …. Antonia Pemberton
Arnold Makepiece …. Leon Sinden
Produced by Hugh Stewart at the BBC Midland studios.
First broadcast in the ‘Repertory in Britain’ series on the BBC Home Service in February 1964.
SAT 07:30 William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord Of The Flies (Omnibus) (m0023nmb)
The first biography of publicity-shy author William Golding.
His debut novel was rejected by many publishers before going on to sell over 20 million copies in the UK alone.
Drawing on a vast wealth of previously-unpublished material in the Golding family archive, biographer John Carey explores the life and career of an often violently self-critical novelist who won the Nobel prize for literature.
Written by John Carey.
Omnibus of five parts abridged by John Carey.
Read by Christian Rodska.
Producer: Bruce Young.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.
SAT 08:45 Tales From A Long Room by Peter Tinniswood (m0002cb1)
Series 1
Polar Games
"A Norwegian eleven trouncing the English at the summer game and then rubbing their noses in it? That's just not cricket!"
Explorers Captain Scott and Roald Amundsen captain teams for an eventful cricket match in Antarctica.
Robin Bailey reads another of Tinniswood's cricket tales.
Abridged for radio by the author.
Producer: Tony Cliff
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1981.
SAT 09:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jz45)
Nothing But the Vest
The bungling bureaucrats play cupid for Mildred - sparking mayhem with their requisitions.
Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler.
Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.
Mr Lennox-Brown …. Deryck Guyler
Richard Lamb …. Richard Murdoch
Mildred Murfin/Miss Warboys …. Norma Ronald
Sir Gregory Pitkin …. Ronald Baddiley
The Pigeons / Stack …. John Graham
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in May 1975.
SAT 09:30 Brothers in Law (b007js84)
Series 2
Keeping It Warm
Will barrister Roger manage to make up with girlfriend 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
Grimes …. John Glyn-Jones
Mrs Thursby …. Jean Anderson
Brigstocke …. Norman Bird
Lowthwaite …. John Gabriel
Mr Justice …. Francis de Wolff
Lord Justice …. Peter Tuddenham
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1971.
SAT 10:00 Unsung Heroines (m000nlrg)
1. Annie Russell-Maunder, Beryl Burton, Flo Bilton, Jayaben Desai, Sulpicia, Sophia Jex-Blake
History is full of incredible women who did amazing things.
And yet, even though their legacy is still felt today, their names aren't on the tip our tongues.
We've all heard of Florence Nightingale and Amelia Earhart - but what about Annie Russell Maunder, Jayaben Desai or Josephine Butler? They're much less well known, yet they all made significant and enduring contributions to our world.
The writer and comedian Viv Groskop has been trawling the BBC radio archives to find out about a kickass sisterhood that refused to stay at home when that's what was expected of them.
We meet the pioneering physician, Sophia Jex Blake; the Nobel laureate environmentalist, Wangari Maathai, the social reformer, Caroline Norton; the champion cyclist, Beryl Burton; we take a trip to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to learn about its founder, Mary Tealby. And many more.
Viv also invites contemporary women to nominate their favourite unsung heroines - so we hear from Clare Balding, Cathy Newman, Samira Ahmed, Natalie Haynes, Gemma Cairney, Angela Barnes and Jessica Fostekew about the females they call phenomenal.
From ancient Rome to the 21st Century, Viv Groskop brings inspiring women out of the shadows and into the spotlight.
Producer: Moy McGowan
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in October 2020.
SAT 11:00 Semi-Detached (b08071rx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 12:30 William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord Of The Flies (Omnibus) (m0023nmb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 13:45 Tales From A Long Room by Peter Tinniswood (m0002cb1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 14:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jz45)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 14:30 Brothers in Law (b007js84)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 15:00 Unsung Heroines (m000nlrg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 16:00 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (m0023nmf)
1. Can't You See? I'm Blind...
The world is struck blind by a solar storm.
Millions of man-eating, walking plants are released to roam across Britain.
John Wyndham’s classic post-apocalyptic novel, first published in 1951.
Dramatised in two parts by Lance Dann.
Bill Masen .... Jamie Glover
Josella Playton …. Tracy-Ann Oberman
Colonel Jacques .... Geoffrey Whitehead
Walter Lucknor …. Gavin Muir
Coker .... Lee Ingleby
Miss Durrant …. Richenda Carey
The Nurse …. Helen Ayres
The Blindman …. Jonathan Forbes
Young Bill …. Oliver Cookson
Music by Simon Russell.
Director: Rosalynd Ward
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 2001.
SAT 16:50 The Fanthorpe Investigations (b038bfcn)
The Moving Coffins of Barbados
The curious case of the moving coffins in a vault in a Barbados cemetery.
Priest and paranormal investigator Lionel Fanthorpe relates a story from the world of the strange and unexplained.
Producer: Paul Arnold
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2013.
SAT 17:00 Semi-Detached (b08071rx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 18:30 William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord Of The Flies (Omnibus) (m0023nmb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SAT 19:45 Tales From A Long Room by Peter Tinniswood (m0002cb1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 20:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jz45)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 20:30 Brothers in Law (b007js84)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
SAT 21:00 Unsung Heroines (m000nlrg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 22:00 Welcome to Wherever You Are (b09hw51s)
Series 1
Episode 3
Andrew Maxwell hosts a truly global stand-up show, in which comedians perform from wherever on the planet they happen to be, to an audience in the BBC Radio Theatre, London.
With:
Urzila Carlson
Rehman Akhtar
Aparna Nancherla
From New Zealand, South Africa-born Urzila Carlson discusses flip-flops and marriage.
From Bahrain, one of Saudi Arabia's first comedians, Rehman Akhtar talks about public flogging
Plus New York's Aparna Nancherla, who filmed a half-hour special for Netflix.
Producer: Ed Morrish
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2017.
** Photo credit: Matt Stronge
SAT 22:30 The Secret World (b03jfc4f)
Series 4
Episode 1
From Al Pacino to Jenni Murray - the show that shines a light on the private world of public people is back!
MP William Hague is at a loose end so volunteers to do some cleaning for his colleagues.
Hollywood’s Al Pacino is convinced that Jools Holland is an alien sending secret messages with his music.
It can only be the strange goings on in the impression comedy with a difference.
With:
Jon Culshaw
Julian Dutton
Lewis MacLeod
Jess Robinson
Debra Stephenson
Duncan Wisbey
Written by Bill Dare, Julian Dutton and Duncan Wisbey.
Produced and created by Bill Dare.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2013.
SAT 23:00 Two Episodes of Mash (b01mdl9r)
Series 2
Episode 1
Diane Morgan and Joe Wilkinson discover they don't actually have a radio series at all.
A mix of silly, surreal sketches and banter.
The series features an absurd narrative, making fun of its new home at BBC Radio 4, after starting life on BBC Radio 2.
With:
David O'Doherty
Paul Harry Allen
Peter Donaldson
Ken Bruce
Bobbie Pryor
Gary Newman
You can also see an animation of one sketch via the BBC Radio 4 Extra website - it's a fishy tale.
Animation: Tom Rourke.
Producer: Clair Wordsworth
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.
SAT 23:30 Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing (b01sjj87)
Series 2
About Poorly Relatives
Nathan Caton is unsympathetic when his parents are poorly as he has an important gig and needs to be on his A game.
But he agrees not to tell Grandma that they're poorly as she doesn't believe in poorly.
This is the story of young, up-and-coming comedian Nathan Caton, who becomes the first in his family to graduate from University - only to opt for a career in comedy - much to his family's annoyance who want him to get a 'proper job' using his architecture degree.
Each episode shows the criticism, interference and rollercoaster ride that Nathan endures from his family as he pursues his career against their wishes.
Will Nathan be able to persist and follow his dreams? Or will he give in to his family's interference?
A mix of Nathan's stand-up intercut with scenes from his family life.
Written by: Nathan Caton.
Additional material by: Ola and Maff Brown.
Nathan ...... Nathan Caton
Mum ...... Adjoa Andoh
Dad ...... Curtis Walker
Grandma ...... Mona Hammond
Reverend Williams ...... Don Gilet
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013.
SAT 23:45 Sounding Off with McGough (b007k4lr)
4. Heroes and Villains
Roger McGough's poetic reflections on relatives and retsina.
With the accompaniment of long-time musical collaborator Andy Roberts.
Recorded at the Bath Festival.
Producer: Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000.

SUNDAY 06 OCTOBER 2024

SUN 00:00 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (m0023nmf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:50 The Fanthorpe Investigations (b038bfcn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:50 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Semi-Detached (b08071rx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord Of The Flies (Omnibus) (m0023nmb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:45 Tales From A Long Room by Peter Tinniswood (m0002cb1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]
SUN 04:00 The Men from the Ministry (b007jz45)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 04:30 Brothers in Law (b007js84)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 Unsung Heroines (m000nlrg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0023ppp)
Poet Castaways
Simon Armitage
Appointed Poet Laureate in 2019 - Simon Armitage is castaway by Lauren Laverne.
His poems celebrate the everyday and the ordinary with wit and affection. But beyond the wood chip and washing lines he addresses the complexities and the profound feelings that underpin daily life.
Born in Huddersfield, Simon Armitage grew up in the village of Marsden in West Yorkshire. Marsden has informed and inspired much of his work and as a boy he would look out of his bedroom window at night to watch the comings and goings of village life.
He vividly remembers as a teenager discovering the work of fellow laureate Ted Hughes, recalling an almost electrical surge of excitement when he realised the power of words on a page. Hughes grew up in the next valley and Simon admits to thinking "If Ted Hughes can do it why can't I?"
He worked as a probation officer in Manchester for several years, writing poetry in the evenings and at weekends. His first collection Zoom! was published in 1989 and a few years later he left the probation service to write full time.
Prolific and popular, he was named the Millennium poet and in 2015 was appointed Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. Three years later he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.
Today he lives not far from Marsden where, when he's not writing poems, plays and novels, he still looks out of his window and daydreams.
DISC ONE: Moonage Daydream by David Bowie
DISC TWO: The Lamb by William Blake, composed by John Tavener, conducted by Andrew Nethsingha and performed by The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
DISC THREE: You've Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two by Jonathan Pryce and the 1994 London Palladium Cast Of Oliver!
DISC FOUR: Icecrust and Snowflake by Ted Hughes
DISC FIVE: Atmosphere by Joy Division
DISC SIX: Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go? by Soft Cell
DISC SEVEN: Holmfirth Anthem by Jon Rennard
DISC EIGHT: My Heart’s in the Highlands by Else Torpe and Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
BOOK CHOICE: The Oxford English Dictionary
LUXURY ITEM: A tennis ball
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Moonage Daydream by David Bowie
Presenter: Lauren Laverne
Producer: Paula McGinley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2020.
SUN 06:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00kr7bp)
Series 1
Sloths
Sir David muses on the natural history of the sloth
It's perhaps the most lethargic beast in the animal world, and one that he has admitted to wanting to be.
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 June 2009.
SUN 07:00 Poetry Extra (m0023ppt)
In the Studio - Ada Limón: A poem for Nasa
To tie in with the NASA's Europa Clipper mission in October 2024, Daljit Nagra selects In the Studio - Ada Limon: A Poem for Nasa.
This features the US Poet Laureate in conversation with Mair Bosworth as she crafts a message to send into the universe.
And Daljit reads from his Poetry Extra Book of the Month: The Roots Belong to You from the Poetry Society.
A poet can’t sleep. She sits at a desk in a wooden house at the heart of a palm forest, watching the night sky through the window.
The full moon lights up the palm fronds, which dance in the wind. She has been tasked with writing a poem that will be sent into space, to another planet’s distant moon. What should she say? What is the message in a bottle that she should launch out into the solar system?
How can she begin writing a poem that speaks of the fragile wonders of our home planet? That expresses our hope that there might be other life out there somewhere, in the stars?
In the Studio follows Ada as she crafts an original poem dedicated to NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s icy moon. Her poem will be engraved on the Clipper spacecraft, which is scheduled to launch in October 2024 and travel 1.8 billion miles to reach Europa - a journey that will last six years.
We follow Ada’s creative process over several months, from her first meetings with the NASA team, through many drafts of the poem and a visit to NASA’s jet propulsion laboratory in California to see the Europa Clipper under construction.
Presented and produced by Mair Bosworth.
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 2023.
SUN 07:30 Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald (Omnibus) (m0023ppy)
Helen Macdonald reads six essays from her collection about "love for the glittering world of non-human life around us."
Published in 2020, ‘Vesper Flights’ is a 42-strong essay collection by writer, poet, naturalist and historian of science, Helen Macdonald. It followed-on from her award-winning and best-selling ‘H is for Hawk’, published in 2014.
Each essay explores humanity's connection with the natural world, our curiosity about it and our love for it, as well as its increasingly urgent fragility.
The essays are also a reminder that we inhabit a beautiful world and they celebrate its "quality of wonder".
The six essays featured here are:
Tekels Park
High Rise
Eclipse
Wicken
In Spight of Prisons
Vesper Flights
Omnibus of five parts abridged by Julian Wilkinson.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2020.
SUN 08:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0023pq2)
David and Carrie Grant
The musical power couple with tracks by Andy Williams, Bob Marley & The Wailers and Roberta Flack.
SUN 08:50 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (Omnibus) (b007jtrc)
Episode 1
France 1815: Jean Valjean - sentenced to 19 years hard labour for stealing a loaf of bread - is finally released from prison.
Given shelter by the kind-hearted Bishop of Digne, he's tempted to carry out one more criminal act.
Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice.
Starring Joss Ackland, Roger Allam and David Schofield.
Omnibus of episodes 1 to 5 of 25.
Dramatised by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Lin Coghlan.
Victor Hugo... Joss Ackland
Jean Valjean .... Roger Allam
Inspector Javert ...David Schofield
Bishop Myriel... David De Keyser
Thenardier ... Henry Goodman
Mme Thenardier ... Jane Whittenshaw
Mme Magloire ... Marlene Sidaway
Mme Victurnine ... Elizabeth Bennett
Fantine .... Emily Bruni
Petit Gervais... Daniel Hanbridge
Sister Simplice ... Carolyn Pickles
Cochepaille ... Struan Roger
Producer: Jeremy Mortimer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.
SUN 10:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m0023pq6)
Series 6
Smile Please
Jimmy acquires a camera but his snaps are not appreciated.
Starring the diminutive Jimmy Clitheroe.
Legendary sitcom about Lancashire’s eternal cheeky schoolboy who lives with his Mother, sister and Grandad.
The Clitheroe Kid clocked up 16 series between 1956 and 1972. At its peak, ten million fans tuned in each week to hear Jimmy’s latest scheme sparking havoc.
Written by James Casey and Frank Roscoe.
The Kid Himself …. Jimmy Clitheroe
Grandad …. Peter Sinclair
Mother …. Patricia Burke
Theodore Craythorpe/Harry Whittle …. Leonard Williams
Alfie Hall …. Danny Ross
Susan …. Diana Day
Higginbottom …. Tony Melody
Mrs ‘Beaky’ Billington …. Rosalie Williams
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 November 1962.
SUN 10:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (m0023pqb)
Series 2
The Norfolk Broads
The dear ladies take Maud on a river trip as a birthday treat, but she is terrified.
Starring Dame Hilda Bracket and her lifelong companion Dr Evadne Hinge.
Brought to you from the genteel setting of the Suffolk village of Stackton Tressel, where the musical duo reside.
Written by Mike Craig, Lawrie Kinsley and Ron McDonnell.
Dame Hilda Bracket ...... George Logan
Dr Evadne Hinge ...... Patrick Fyffe
With Daphne Heard and Herbert Smith
Three series ran on BBC Radio 4 between 1977 and 1979, with further spin-off seasons on BBC Radio 2 until 1990.
In the early 1980s, they expanded over to BBC TV with the series Dear Ladies.
Producer: James Casey.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978.
SUN 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0023ppp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 11:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00kr7bp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m0023ppt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 12:30 Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald (Omnibus) (m0023ppy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 13:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0023pq2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]
SUN 13:50 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (Omnibus) (b007jtrc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]
SUN 15:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m0023pq6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 15:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (m0023pqb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 16:00 A Stone Woman by AS Byatt (m000ndr3)
2. Iceland
Ines worries what will happen if her transformation turns volcanic.
Then she meets Thorsteinn, the mysterious stone-cutter who offers her help in the form of a visit to Iceland.
AS Byatt's sensuous and ultimately uplifting account of one woman's transformation into stone.
Continuing the three part modern day gothic fable that muses on grief.
Read by Penelope Wilton.
Producer: Claudine Toutoungi
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in December 2004.
SUN 16:30 Catch My Breath (b007k378)
Episode 1
Kate and Colleen are on the run from a women's prison in the Scottish Highlands.
They're given refuge in a vast country mansion by a charming, but rather enigmatic host, Adam Strachan.
It could be a decision they come to regret...
Marty Ross's supernatural five-part thriller.
Starring Claire Knight and Suzanne Donaldson.
The storyline is based around the notion, found in old Scottish folk tales, of the Beatha Greimach - literally 'The Breath Thief' - a Celtic demon said to lure victims into a kiss which would drain the soul from their bodies.
Kate ...... Claire Knight
Colleen ...... Suzanne Donaldson
Strachan ...... Liam Brennan
Old Strachan ...... John Shedden
Donnie ...... Lewis Howden
Isla ...... Eileen McCallum
Octavia ...... Lucy Patterson
DC Carbeth ...... James Bryce
WPC Briggs ...... Jill Riddiford
Dennis ...... Finlay McLean
Producer: Bruce Young
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Radio Scotland. - first broadcast in December 2007.
SUN 17:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0023ppp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 17:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00kr7bp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
SUN 18:00 Poetry Extra (m0023ppt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 18:30 Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald (Omnibus) (m0023ppy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 19:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0023pq2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 today]
SUN 19:50 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (Omnibus) (b007jtrc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]
SUN 21:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m0023pq6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (m0023pqb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SUN 22:00 On the Town with the League of Gentlemen (b007k1z7)
A Guest at the Dentons
Pauline the Restart Officer, Matthew Chinnery the Vet and Barbara the Cabbie - just some of the resident misfits of a remote Northern town.
The first incarnation of the award-winning black comedy, about the "local people" of Spent - before it hit TV.
Starring:
Mark Gatiss
Reece Shearsmith
Steve Pemberton
Written by the cast and Jeremy Dyson.
The League of Gentlemen won a Perrier Edinburgh Festival award in 1997 and this radio series debuted in the same year. They also won a Sony Radio Award.
The cult series switched to TV for three series on BBC Two from 1999, spawning stage shows and a feature film.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.
SUN 22:30 Electric Ink (b0116gvm)
Series 1
Episode 1
Maddox is an old school journalist struggling to keep up with new technology.
He feels the art of finding stories is being forgotten and he is not about to let that happen.
Starring Robert Lindsay and Alex Jennings.
Old hacks meet new media in Alistair Beaton’s satire set in the changing world of the newspaper industry.
Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay
Oliver ...... Alex Jennings
Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington
Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar
Masha ...... Debbie Chazen
Freddy ...... Ben Willbond
Announcer ...... Matt Addis
With additional material by Tom Mitchelson.
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009.
SUN 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b008m4f8)
Series 1
Introduction
Fed up with eternity, Satan decides Hell needs some new guests.
"I'm bored of skiing across the lake of fire with a nun lashed to each foot. That's the trouble with eternity - it's so hard to set yourself targets."
The opening episode of Andy Hamilton's devilishly funny sitcom set in the infernal kingdom of Hell.
Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Gary, The Demon ...... Steven O'Donnell
Other characters played by:
Philip Pope
Penelope Nice
Jasper Jacob
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1995.
SUN 23:30 Elastic Planet (b007k3h0)
The Hair
A documentary maker films endangered hairstyles.
Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences.
Ben Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections.
With:
Alexander Armstrong
Dan Strauss
Doon Mackichan
Kerry Shale
Michael Troughton
Ben Moor
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995.
SUN 23:45 Hearing with Hegley (b0075sln)
Series 3
Episode 6
"How long is your dog?" asks the nation's second favourite comic poet, John Hegley.
He might also reveal a little known popular fact regarding one of the prospective candidates for Lord Mayor of London.
With Keith Moore on double bass.
Producer: Nigel Piper
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.

MONDAY 07 OCTOBER 2024

MON 00:00 A Stone Woman by AS Byatt (m000ndr3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Catch My Breath (b007k378)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m0023ppp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00kr7bp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Poetry Extra (m0023ppt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald (Omnibus) (m0023ppy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:40 Inheritance Tracks (m0023pq2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:40 on Sunday]
MON 03:50 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (Omnibus) (b007jtrc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 The Clitheroe Kid (m0023pq6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (m0023pqb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 In The Keep-net (m0023pdr)
When a small boy is discovered half-drowned in a canal, a petty thief is accused of attempted murder.
Charlie protests his innocence.
But can he prove his case?
Written by Penny Gold.
Charlie .... Sean Baker
Inspector .... Joe Dunlop
Detective .... Tom George
Ex-wife .... Carolyn Pickles
Desk Sergeant .... Ewan Bailey
Boy .... Oliver Cookson
Director Richard Wortley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001.
MON 06:45 Whodunnits (m000lddd)
Bloody Eisteddfod
1. Busy Week
Detective Inspector Daf Dafis of Dyfed Powys Police just likes to keep things steady on his patch in rural Montgomeryshire.
But with the National Eisteddfod bringing its challenges and his old college friend Gethin Teifi turning up, it's certainly not going to be a quiet week.
Myfanwy Alexander's novel provides a lively insight into contemporary rural life as well as culture.
First published in 2017 and dramatised in five parts.
Detective Inspector Daf Dafis ...... Steffan Rhodri
Detective Sergeant Sheila Francis ...... Rhian Morgan
Gethin Teifi ...... Matthew Gravelle
Professor Talwyn Teifi/John Jones ...... Richard Elfyn
Manon/Gaenor Jones ...... Mali Harries
The Archdruid ...... Emyr Roberts
Falmai Dafis ...... Lisa Jên Brown
Carys Dafis ...... Caryl Lewis
Producers: Myfanwy Alexander and Emyr Roberts
A Cwmni THR production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2020.
MON 07:00 The Emerald Green Show (b076c11b)
Celebrations
A vain, ambitious black woman dreams of becoming a chat-show queen.
Starring Llewella Gideon.
Lisselle Kayla's 4-part sitcom.
Emerald Green ...... Llewella Gideon
Victor ...... Dean Hill
Eunice ...... Sheila Reid
Fabio ...... Iwan Thomas
Tristram ...... Jonathan Firth
David ...... Jonathan Keeble
Director: Pam Fraser Solomon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998.
MON 07:30 The Navy Lark (m0023pdt)
Series 11
Sir Willoughby's Party
Lovelorn Leslie is set up with a blind date as a plus-one for a posh do aboard HMS Troutbridge.
Starring Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge.
Written by Lawrie Wyman
The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips
The Chief Petty Officer / Commander Wetherby...... Jon Pertwee
The Commanding Officer ...... Stephen Murray
Captain Povey .... Richard Caldicot
WREN Chasen/Myrtle …. Heather Chasen
Sir Willoughby Todd Hunter-Brown …. Tenniel Evans
The Padre …. Michael Bates
Able Seaman Tiddy …. Lawrie Wyman
The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series between 1959 and 1976.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in January 1970.
MON 08:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03wp5j6)
Series 3
The Works Barbecue
Damien reluctantly helps out at Anthony's barbecue for some work colleagues.
Sitcom written by and starring Miles Jupp, charting the life of cookery writer Damien Trench and his partner Anthony.
Damien Trench ...... Miles Jupp
Anthony ...... Justin Edwards
Mr Mullaney ...... Brendan Dempsey
Marion Duffett ...... Lesley Vickerage
Damien's Mother ...... Selina Cadell
Brutus ...... David Seddon
Steven ...... Ade Oyefeso
Producer: Sam Michell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.
MON 08:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m00146ny)
1. Inhabitants
Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has.
In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls.
On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone.
Messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk on the pavements. There is someone new in the House. But who are they and what do they want? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims?
Lost texts must be found; secrets must be uncovered. The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous.
The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.
Susanna Clarke's debut novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, sold more than 4m copies and was adapted for BBC TV in 2015.
In Piranesi, her long-awaited second novel, we are back in dreamlike, gothic territory. Piranesi was shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year Award, the RSL Encore Award and won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021.
Read by Samuel Anderson.
Abridged in ten parts by Sara Davies
Producer: Alison Crawford
A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2022.
MON 08:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmnw)
6. Rescue
Jean Valjean is determined to rescue Fantine's child, Cosette, from a life of misery with the Thernadier family.
Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice.
Dramatised in 25 episodes by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Lin Coghlan.
Jean .... Roger Allam
Victor Hugo .... Joss Ackland
Thenardier .... Henry Goodman
Mme Thenardier .... Jane Whittenshaw
Young Cosette .... Sophie Shad
Young Eponine .... Connie Gurie
Drinker / Tradesman .... Ewan Bailey
Drinker / Tradesman .... Peter Darney
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.
MON 09:00 Just a Minute (m0023g6r)
Series 93
3. Rhymes with Touché and Suché and John Belushé
Julian Clary, Jenny Eclair, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Josie Lawrence join host Sue Perkins for the long-running quick-thinking panel game, aiming to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. Subjects include John O'Groats, The Perfect Outfit, and Adding Insult To Injury.
Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls
Sound Manager: Jerry Peal
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
Producer: Rajiv Karia
An EcoAudio certified production.
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.
MON 09:30 The River (b07nprbk)
1. Sabrina and the Fish of No Return
Writer, naturalist and broadcaster, Paul Evans watches a salmon struggle against the flowing waters to climb up a weir and return to the pool where she was born to lay her eggs.
The struggle takes place on the River Severn, which was known to the Romans as Sabrina.
Sabrina is also the name of the Severn Cruise boat in Shrewsbury, a woman from Greek mythology who was drowned in a river and a 1950s British glamour model and film star.
Paul weaves together the stories of these different Sabrinas as he watches the salmon driven by instinct to travel “against the flow, up the one way street“ ….Like a film premiere with the star staggering up the red carpet, the crowd shouts encouragement, holds its collective breath, takes photographs, sighs as she stumbles back yet again...and again”.
Written and presented by Paul Evans.
Actors: Adie Allen and Susan Jameson.
One of five illustrated talks by different writers on the theme of the river.
Additional sound recordings by Chris Watson.
Producer: Sarah Blunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.
MON 09:45 Daily Service (m0023pdw)
Rest - Stepping Back from Busy Times
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Rest - Stepping Back from Busy Times
Presenter: Anne Read
Producer: Andrew Earis
Reading: Matthew 11:25-30
Music:
I head the Voice of Jesus Say (Kingsfold) - St Martins Voices
I lift my eyes to the quiet hills (Davos) - All Souls Orchestra
My soul finds rest - Vineyard Church
MON 10:00 Frankly Speaking (b05vrnll)
Flora Robson
Actress Dame Flora Robson is grilled about her life and career by a panel of two:
* John Freeman
* Philip Hope-Wallace.
After she performed a poem at the age of five, Flora was told by her father she'd be "the next Ellen Terry". But the strain of performing caused a breakdown at the age of 12.
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art beckoned - and the actress won fame for her powerful, emotional acting as an adult.
Her long career included appearances in 60 films and more than 100 plays.
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 July 1960.
MON 10:30 The Trumpet Shall Sound (b00vg8yw)
Jazz composer and pianist Julian Joseph goes in search of black classical musicians from the past.
It's a journey that takes him back 500 years.
He uncovers trumpet players on the Napoleonic battlefield and 19th-century violin prodigies who entertained royalty.
Presenter: Julian Joseph
Producer: Sarah Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2007.
MON 11:00 In The Keep-net (m0023pdr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 11:45 Whodunnits (m000lddd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
MON 12:00 The Emerald Green Show (b076c11b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 12:30 The Navy Lark (m0023pdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 13:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03wp5j6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 13:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m00146ny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 14:00 It's Not What You Know (b09wt185)
Series 5
Episode 4
What does Russell Kane's think his best personality trait is?
What's Fern Britton's party trick?
Who does Ivo Graham believe is the funniest person he knows?
All these questions, and more, will be answered in the show by host Joe Lycett, where panellists Russell Kane, Fern Britton and Ivo Graham are tested on how well they know their nearest and dearest.
Producer: Adnan Ahmed.
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2018.
MON 14:30 Spending My Inheritance (b00fpx7l)
Where There's a Will
Harry tries to find out if his mum and dad have made a will.
Cash-strapped 40-something Harry has to watch from the sidelines as his newly-retired parents start spending their hard-earned cash on themselves.
Sitcom by Clive Coleman.
Harry ...... Kris Marshall
Jo ...... Raquel Cassidy
Brian ...... Kenneth Cranham
Liz ...... Judy Parfitt
Jess ...... Antonia Thomas
Paul ...... Stephen Critchlow
Nick ...... Jonathan Tafler
Ed/Simon ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Radio Correspondent ...... Clive Coleman
Fran ...... Jill Cardo
Director: Sam Hoyle
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008.
MON 15:00 Ronald Frame - The Hydro (m0023pdz)
Series 1
1. New Beginnings
Fee Drummond has taken over the running of the Carnbeg Hydro following the death of her husband in a speedboat accident.
But the widow is not short of enemies who would love to see her fail.
Starring Eliza Langland.
Ronald Frame's four-part drama - set in a luxury hotel in the Scottish Highlands.
Fee .... Eliza Langland
David ... David Rintoul
Mrs Kirkpatrick .... Sheila Donald
Marjorie Drummond .... Ann Scott-Jones
Sergeant Wilkie .... Finlay McLean
Mr Edel .... Crawford Logan
Laura .... Wendy Seager
Kirsty .... Gayanne Potter
Calum .... Geoffrey Lee
Directed at BBC Scotland by Patrick Rayner.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1997.
MON 15:45 Short Works (m000dpz8)
Table Manners by Susmita Bhattacharya
1. Good Golly Miss Molly
While Mouli’s parrot has often mimicked her, he has never before impersonated her late husband.
Five tales of home and migration from the Table Manners collection by Susmita Bhattacharya.
Susmita was born in Mumbai. She teaches contemporary fiction at Winchester University and also facilitates the Mayflower Young Writers workshops, a SO:Write project based in Southampton.
Her first story for radio, ‘Summer Learning’ (2015), was followed by the creative non-fiction piece, ‘My Chemo Brain’ in 2017. Her first novel, The Normal State Of Mind, was published in 2015. Her collection of stories, Table Manners, was published in 2018.
Read by Chetna Pandya
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk productions - first broadcast in January 2020.
MON 16:00 Frankly Speaking (b05vrnll)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:30 The Trumpet Shall Sound (b00vg8yw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
MON 17:00 In The Keep-net (m0023pdr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 17:45 Whodunnits (m000lddd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
MON 18:00 The Emerald Green Show (b076c11b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:30 The Navy Lark (m0023pdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 19:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03wp5j6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m00146ny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 19:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 20:00 It's Not What You Know (b09wt185)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
MON 20:30 Spending My Inheritance (b00fpx7l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
MON 21:00 Ronald Frame - The Hydro (m0023pdz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
MON 21:45 Short Works (m000dpz8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (m0023g6r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 22:30 Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train (m00199gr)
Series 1
London to Glasgow
Alexei Sayle takes a train journey and breaks the golden rule of travelling by train in the UK - he actually talks to his fellow passengers.
This time, he's travelling from London to Glasgow.
Among his many fellow travellers, he meets:
* Roshny and Sharon, on holiday from Indonesia, who have just fulfilled a lifetime’s dream of watching Liverpool play at Anfield
* Laurence who has been to his public speaking club which he joined to overcome his extreme shyness
* Kirsty who has lived most of her life on a sheep farm overlooking the stunningly beautiful Holy Loch in Argyll and Bute
Producers: Peter Lowe & Nick Symons
A Ride production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2022.
MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m0023gkf)
Series 115
Peace & Peaks
Alasdair Beckett-King, Zoe Lyons, Scott Bennett, and Cindy Yu join Andy Zaltzman to quiz the news
This week on The News Quiz the panel look for the solution to world peace, check in with the Conservative final four, and tackle Everest (not literally).
Written by Andy Zaltzman
With additional material by: Jade Gebbie, Cody Dahler, Dee Allum, and Pete 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 Chris Addison's Civilization (b00f68lx)
A Sense of Identity
Chris Addison reveals how "culture" gives a civilisation a sense of identity, and Professor Herring tells all about a conference on deckchairs
Continuing his journey through the vast and rich subject of civilisation, the thinking-idiot's anthropologist explains exactly what we need to create a new one.
With:
Professor Austin Herring (Geoffrey McGivern)
Jo Enright
Dan Tetsell
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.

TUESDAY 08 OCTOBER 2024

TUE 00:00 Frankly Speaking (b05vrnll)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 The Trumpet Shall Sound (b00vg8yw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 In The Keep-net (m0023pdr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:45 Whodunnits (m000lddd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 The Emerald Green Show (b076c11b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 The Navy Lark (m0023pdt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03wp5j6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m00146ny)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmnw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 It's Not What You Know (b09wt185)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Spending My Inheritance (b00fpx7l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Ronald Frame - The Hydro (m0023pdz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Monday]
TUE 05:45 Short Works (m000dpz8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 RD Wingfield (m0023ppd)
RD Wingfield - Cleft Stick
'I didn't leave mother's until gone 10 o'clock ... as it was late I took the short cut through the woods ... a man attacked me. He jumped at me from the bushes. He tried to strangle me.'
A hysterical woman tells her husband that someone's tried to murder her - and the dramatic way she chose to defend herself.
Police investigate, but then she starts changing her story - sparking confusion over what was really going on...
Starring Diana Olsson and Vernon Joyner.
Dark thriller written by RD Wingfield.
Joan Marlow .... Diana Olsson
John Marlow .... Vernon Joyner
Detective-Sergeant Jennings .... Antony Viccars
Detective Superintendent Bishop .... Douglas Blackwell
David Anakin .... Rolf Lefebvre
Police Constable .... Anthony Hall
Webber .... Sam Dastor
Producer: David H Godfrey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1973.
TUE 06:45 Whodunnits (m000lghn)
Bloody Eisteddfod
2. Complications
It's a difficult start to the week for Inspector Daf Dafis.
There's some serious crimes, some family complications and a small matter of sorting out a camp site.
Myfanwy Alexander's adaptation of her Welsh novel provides a lively insight into contemporary rural life as well as culture.
Detective Inspector Daf Dafis ...... Steffan Rhodri
Detective Sergeant Sheila Francis/Mrs Griffiths/Eira ap Owain Edwards ...... Rhian Morgan
Gethin Teifi/Dewi Griffiths ...... Matthew Gravelle
Professor Talwyn Teifi ...... Richard Elfyn
Manon ...... Mali Harries
Gaenor Jones ...... Mali Harries
Chrissie Humphries ...... Lisa Jên Brown
Carys Dafis ...... Caryl Lewis
Camper ...... Emyr Roberts
Peredur ap Gethin Teifi ...... Gethin Ellis
Garmon Jones/Gwion ...... Rhodri Trefor
Producers: Myfanwy Alexander and Emyr Roberts
A Cwmni THR production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2020.
TUE 07:00 Rent (b00752yh)
Series 3
Episode 6
It's time for Paul and Ruby to decide upon their future.
This could spell the end of life as we know it at chez Reynolds...
Stars Patrick Barlow and Barbara Flynn.
Conclusion of the third series of 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
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1997.
TUE 07:30 The Goon Show (b0080j61)
Series 6
Sale of Manhattan
Neddie Seagoon learns that he is the rightful owner of New York and tries to reclaim his land.
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 Alone (m0009yy1)
Series 2
Front Window
The neighbours become obsessed with various goings-on at the front of the house.
There’s bad parking to contend with, naked neighbours at night and, worst of all, someone keeps stealing the expensive bay tree plants that sit on the porch.
An exasperated Ellie has had enough and suggests everyone gathers together on a stake out to protect their precious plants.
Sitcom about five single, middle aged neighbours living in flats in a converted house in North London.
Mitch is a widower and part-time therapist, looking to put his life back together now that he is single and living with Will, his younger, more volatile and unhappily divorced half-brother. Elsewhere in the building is schoolteacher Ellie who is shy, nervous and holds a secret candle for Mitch. Overly honest, frustrated actress Louisa, and socially inept IT nerd Morris complete the line-up of mis-matched neighbours.
Mitch ...... Angus Deayton
Will ...... Pearce Quigley
Ellie ...... Abigail Cruttenden
Louisa ...... Kate Isitt
Morris ...... Bennett Arron
Connor ...... Fred Haig
Written and created by Moray Hunter
Produced by Gordon Kennedy
Based on an original idea developed in association with Dandy Productions
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2019.
TUE 08:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m00146wf)
2. Message
The birds bring Piranesi a message to the House.
Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has.
In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls.
On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone.
Messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk on the pavements. There is someone new in the House. But who are they and what do they want? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims? Lost texts must be found; secrets must be uncovered.
The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous.
The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.
Susanna Clarke's novel about the dreamlike, gothic territory. Piranesi.
Abridged by Sara Davies.
Read by Samuel Anderson.
Producer: Alison Crawford
A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2022.
TUE 08:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmpb)
7. New Beginning?
Jean and Cosette start a new life in Paris.
But before long, Valjean's past catches up with him and they must flee for their lives.
Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice.
Dramatised by Lin Coghlan
Jean .... Roger Allam
Victor Hugo .... Joss Ackland
Inspector Javert .... David Schofield
Young Cosette .... Sophie Shad
Fauchlevant .... Sean Baker
Mother Superior .... Marlene Sidaway
Landlady .... Sarah Paul
Man .... Peter Darney
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.
TUE 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0023ppg)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
TUE 09:30 The River (b07npx3c)
2. Soul Estuary: The Mouth of the River
“While we existed on dry land, and swam in the river, we lived for the sea”
So says Alan Read, Professor of Theatre at Kings College London as he explores Estuary Soul and recalls the time he spent growing up by the riverine estuary of Essex.
“Those of us without boats, and that was all of us, swam through the summers and other colder months too, and when after hours of up and down, in and out, going nowhere, we rested, it was in the water still.”
The mouth of the estuary was their playground, and the history of this landscape fed into the estuary soul; the music, people, industry and culture “in the end, we knew we were all at the end, of the river, together, alone.“
Written and presented by Alan Read.
With Susan Jameson
One of five illustrated talks by different writers on the theme of the river.
Additional sound recordings by Chris Watson
Natural History Unit Producer: Sarah Blunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.
TUE 09:45 Daily Service (m0023ppj)
Rest - Feeling Overwhelmed
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Rest - Feeling Overwhelmed
Presenter: Haydon Spenceley
Reading: Mark 14:32-36
Music:
Through the night of doubt and sorrow (Marching) - St Martin's Voices
Stay with me, Lord (Todd) - Tenebrae
From heaven you came (The Servant King) - Graham Kendrick
TUE 10:00 A Good Read (b099yh8b)
Alice Lowe and Andrew Hunter Murray
Comedy writer Andrew Hunter Murray and writer, actress and filmmaker Alice Lowe join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Winifred Watson, Miranda July and Margaret Drabble.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
Publisher: Persephone
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
Publisher: Canongate
The Millstone by Margaret Drabble
Publisher: Penguin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017.
TUE 10:30 Journey of a Lifetime (b07z7bw9)
2016: Nina Plapp. A Cello in the Desert
2016's winner of the BBC/Royal Geographical Society dream journey award was Nina Plapp - who sets off from the Isle of Wight with her cello 'Cuthbert' en route to India via Transylvania in a search for the roots of gypsy music.
Nina is a cellist from a large musical family and the energy and rhythms of gypsy music have always mesmerised her. Cuthbert, now 167 years old, has played in many an orchestra and was most recently under the guardianship of Nina's great aunt Bebe.
After a family send-off, Nina and Cuthbert head east on an adventure into the rich musical landscape of the gypsies. They first visit a family in Romania where she immerses herself in the wild rhythms and melodies of the Roma in rural Transylvania.
Then they continue to India to seek out the original gypsies. On their way they join a chorus on the train through the desert, get locked inside a cupboard with singing girls in a Rajasthani village and play with the gypsy musicians at a wedding.
Producer: Neil McCarthy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2016.
TUE 11:00 RD Wingfield (m0023ppd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 11:45 Whodunnits (m000lghn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
TUE 12:00 Rent (b00752yh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Goon Show (b0080j61)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Alone (m0009yy1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m00146wf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmpb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 14:00 Booked (b007544j)
Series 1
Episode 5
The Dong with the luminous nose honks hooters with Cyrano de Bergerac, and Obelix encounters the mighty Goliath.
Sniff versus biff?
Outrageous parody, biting wit and bizarre couplings from:
Mark Thomas
Dillie Keane
Miles Kington
Roger McGough
Ian McMillan chairs the irreverent literary game.
Producer: Marc Jobst
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1995.
TUE 14:30 Romantic Friction (b00764dy)
Love Hurts
As love blossoms for romance writer Anna, her characters become increasingly annoyed by the lack of authorial presence in their plot lines.
Not only does Anna keep having Lady Chatterley fantasies, but she's worried Brian only wants her as a friend...
Starring Samantha Bond and Hugh Bonneville.
Michelle Read's four-part comedy-drama series.
Anna ...... Samantha Bond
Brian ...... Hugh Bonneville
Deirdre ...... Beth Chambers
Fertility Doll ...... Adjoa Andoh
Brenda ...... Michelle Read
Buddah ...... Kammy Darweish
Bob ...... Andrew Wincott
Minnie ...... Sue Elliott-Nicholls
Book ...... Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.
TUE 15:00 Ronald Frame - The Hydro (m0023ppm)
Series 1
2. Finances
The staff of the Hydro set about learning Japanese and having their "Potential Superfactors" assessed by a management guru.
Meanwhile, Fee runs into trouble with the bank.
Starring Eliza Langland.
Ronald Frame's drama set in a luxury hotel in the Scottish Highlands.
Fee .... Eliza Langland
David .... David Rintoul
Mrs Kirkpatrick .... Sheila Donald
Laura .... Wendy Seager
Dunbar .... Finlay McLean
Kirsty .... Gayanne Potter
Calum .... Geoffrey Lee
Provost .... John Buick
Miss Murray .... Jan Moffatt
Director: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997.
TUE 15:45 Short Works (m000dqsr)
Table Manners by Susmita Bhattacharya
2. Dusk Over Atlantic Wharf
Lata - from Mumbai and newly-wed - must adjust to her new life in Cardiff.
Another tale of home and migration from the Table Manners collection by Susmita Bhattacharya.
Read by Aysha Kala.
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk productions - first broadcast in January 2020.
TUE 16:00 A Good Read (b099yh8b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:30 Journey of a Lifetime (b07z7bw9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
TUE 17:00 RD Wingfield (m0023ppd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 17:45 Whodunnits (m000lghn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
TUE 18:00 Rent (b00752yh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:30 The Goon Show (b0080j61)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 19:00 Alone (m0009yy1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m00146wf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 19:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmpb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 20:00 Booked (b007544j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Romantic Friction (b00764dy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Ronald Frame - The Hydro (m0023ppm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
TUE 21:45 Short Works (m000dqsr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 today]
TUE 22:00 Heresy (m00187xq)
Series 12
Episode 4
Victoria Coren Mitchell presents another edition of the show which dares to commit heresy.
Joining Victoria Coren Mitchell to commit heresy this week are Sally Phillips, Josh Widdicombe and Sathnam Sanghera.
Written, presented and produced by Victoria Coren Mitchell
With additional material from Dan Gaster and Charlie Skelton
Series created by David Baddiel
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4
TUE 22:30 The Consultants (b0076pvy)
Series 2
Episode 4
Taking register at stunt school, Tarzan learns the alphabet and meet Buck Stark, known to millions as naked superhero Captain Buff.
Cerebral sketch show written by and starring:
Neil Edmond
Justin Edwards
James Rawlings
Producer: Will Saunders
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2003.
TUE 23:00 The Shuttleworths (b007jp7x)
Series 3
Midsummer Madras
Mary thinks she has seen a mouse, so John Shuttleworth starts a musical investigation.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.
TUE 23:15 Warhorses of Letters (b01p4252)
Series 2
Episode 2
The world's greatest epistolary equine love story.
The Duke of Wellington's horse Copenhagen's romance with Marengo (Napoleon's horse) has led to a proposal of marriage.
But planning a wedding is fraught with arguments for our gay horses...church or wood?
Should people be invited or just horses?
And which of them is the groom?
Marengo ..... Stephen Fry
Copenhagen ..... Daniel Rigby
Narrator ..... Tamsin Greig
Written on their behalf by Marie Phillips and Robbie Hudson.
Producer: Gareth Edwards.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012.
TUE 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jqf9)
Series 1
Good and Evil
The sci-fi star and inventor explains life's big mysteries.
Written by and starring Richard Herring and Stewart Lee.
With:
Tom Baker
Rebecca Front
Armando Iannucci
Producer Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1992.

WEDNESDAY 09 OCTOBER 2024

WED 00:00 A Good Read (b099yh8b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Journey of a Lifetime (b07z7bw9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 RD Wingfield (m0023ppd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:45 Whodunnits (m000lghn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Rent (b00752yh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Goon Show (b0080j61)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Alone (m0009yy1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m00146wf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmpb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Booked (b007544j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Romantic Friction (b00764dy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Ronald Frame - The Hydro (m0023ppm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Tuesday]
WED 05:45 Short Works (m000dqsr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Drama on 4 (b08wr9g2)
Kellie Smith - The Archivist
Like many young parents Ben and Clare enjoy basking in the responses they get from uploading photos and videos of their family on social media.
But things spiral out of control when Ben starts to secretly film his family for his personal archive.
Kellie Smith's psychological thriller.
Ben …. Adam Nagatis
Clare …. Christine Bottomley
John …. Henry Devas
Nadia …. Fiona Clarke
Ellie …. Beatrix Baxter
Director: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2017.
WED 06:45 Whodunnits (m000lg3m)
Bloody Eisteddfod
3. Enemies
Daf Dafis learns more about his old friend Gethin Teifi.
But with each secret learned an enemy appears...
Myfanwy Alexander's adaptation of her Welsh novel provides a lively insight into contemporary rural life as well as culture.
Detective Inspector Daf Dafis ......Steffan Rhodri
Detective Sergeant Sheila Francis/Eira ap Owain Edwards ...... Rhian Morgan
Gethin Teifi ...... Matthew Gravelle
Professor Talwyn Teifi ...... Richard Elfyn
Gaenor Jones ...... Mali Harries
Chrissie Humphries/Falmai Dafis ...... Lisa Jên Brown
Peredur ap Gethin Teifi ...... Gethin Ellis
Ed Mills ...... Wyn Davies
Producers: Myfanwy Alexander and Emyr Roberts
A Cwmni THR production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2020.
WED 07:00 Ballylenon (b007jx6s)
Series 5
Episode 3
Some residents try to ensure the cottage sale goes ahead without a hitch.
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1956.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Phonsie Doherty …. TP McKenna
Muriel McConkey …. Margaret D'Arcy
Vera McConkey …. Stella McCusker
Vivienne Hawthorne …. Aine McCartney
Packy McGoldrick …. Charlie Bonnar
Josie Doherty …. Cathy White
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
WED 07:30 The Missing Hancocks (b08lh7dg)
Series 3
The Three Sons
A modern morality tale of old Ebidiah Hancock and his three sons, all of whom are played by The Lad himself.
‘The Missing Hancocks’ recreates the classic ‘Hancock's Half Hour’ episodes that have been wiped or lost from the archive.
The first modern sitcom, ‘Hancock's Half Hour’ made stars of Tony Hancock, Sid James and Kenneth Williams, and launched Ray Galton and Alan Simpson on one of the most successful comedy-writing partnerships in history.
But 20 episodes of the show are missing from the BBC archives. After two highly successful initial series, another five episodes have been lovingly re-recorded here in front of a live audience at the BBC Radio Theatre.
Tony Hancock …. Kevin McNally
Harry Secombe …. Andy Secombe
Bill Kerr …. Kevin Eldon
Sid James …. Simon Greenall
Kenneth Williams …. Robin Sebastian
Andree Melly …. Susy Kane
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
Music recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Levon Parikian.
Producers: Neil Pearson and Paul Sheehan
The original version of ‘The Three Sons’ was first broadcast on the 21st June, 1955.
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2017.
WED 08:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b04svfsc)
Series 2
The Separatists
When the lights from a new zebra crossing outside Tom's parent's house causes insomnia in the Wrigglesworth household, Tom's dad is forced to take matters into his own hands and cause a fuss.
Not perhaps in the way everyone else would though...
Meanwhile, Tom is down in London preparing himself for a visit from the bailiffs.
Tom ...... Tom Wrigglesworth
Granny ...... Judy Parfitt
Dad ...... Paul Copley
Mum ...... Kate Anthony
Written by Tom Wrigglesworth and James Kettle. With Miles Jupp.
Producer: Katie Tyrrell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2014.
WED 08:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m00146bl)
3. Papers
Piranesi finds mysterious scraps of paper written on - and a meeting with the Other makes him uneasy.
Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has.
In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone.
Messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk on the pavements. There is someone new in the House. But who are they and what do they want? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims? Lost texts must be found; secrets must be uncovered. The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous.
The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.
Susanna Clarke's debut novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, sold more than 4m copies and was adapted for BBC television in 2015. In Piranesi, her long-awaited second novel, we are back in dreamlike, gothic territory. Piranesi was shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year Award, the RSL Encore Award and won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021.
Read by Samuel Anderson
Abridged by Sara Davies
Produced by Alison Crawford
A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2022.
WED 08:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmps)
8. The Plan
Jean Valjean dices with death to ensure a new life for himself and Cosette.
Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice.
Dramatised by Lin Coghlan
Jean .... Roger Allam
Victor Hugo .... Joss Ackland
Young Cosette .... Sophie Shad
Fauchlevant .... Sean Baker
Mother Superior .... Marlene Sidaway
Gribier .... Ewan Bailey
Priest .... Christopher Godwin
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.
WED 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0023pxc)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
WED 09:30 The River (b07nrlqz)
3. Rivers of Faith
Martin Palmer, Secretary General of The Alliance of Religions and Conservation reflects on the significance of rivers in religious stories and traditions.
Drawing on examples, he considers how rivers are a metaphor for life.
They are also about being a part of something greater. They flow into the sea and the sea flows into the ocean.
“As such the river is a natural symbol of the soul returning to the Source – God, the Divine whatever name you give it.”
Written and narrated by Martin Palmer,
Actors: Adie Allen and Susan Jameson
One of five illustrated talks by different writers on the theme of the river.
Additional sound recordings by Chris Watson
Producer: Sarah Blunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.
WED 09:45 Daily Service (m0023pxf)
Rest - Taking Support from God
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Rest - Taking Support from God
Presenter: Steve Benson
Reading: Psalms 116:1-7
Music:
Be still my soul (Finlandia) - Libera
O taste and see - Vaughan Williams (Cambridge Singers)
O Lord hear my prayer (Taize) - Taize Community
WED 10:00 Archive on 4 (m000c2w6)
Peak Hype
Is it, the essential grease for the wheels of commerce, signifiers to the malaise of the modern age, or indispensable tool to make yourself heard?
Hype or hyperbole is many things to many people and in one way or another it can be argued that it deeply affects us all.
It played havoc with presenter Murray Lachlan Young. Once hyped as the million-pound poet, it all got out of control and he ended up seeking refuge in a wood - for three years!
Murray has been interested in hype ever since. Where does it come from? Can it be controlled? Is it always bad, and what does it say about public discourse and ideas when, to be heard, it often seems you are compelled to shout loudest?
Murray explores the archive, reaching back to the First World War and the man who evolved the techniques which were used by others to persuade people to do almost anything - from fun things like buying more stuff than you need, to acquiescing in the murder or imprisonment of their friends and neighbours.
Hype was at heart of governments' post-war reconstruction strategies and powered everything from Beatlemania, punk, the celebrity obsession and the sunny uplands of the consumer society, where brands nosily competed for our attention and our money.
It may have been loud but it wasn't 'peak'. It has taken the invention of the smart phone to put a hype superhighway in our pockets.
Murray speaks to PR stars Lynne Franks, Mark Borkowski and Simon Evans and cultural commentators Richard Wharton and Darla Jane Gilroy and asks have we reached 'peak hype' and what does that mean?
Producer: Kevin Mousley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2019.
WED 11:00 Drama on 4 (b08wr9g2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 11:45 Whodunnits (m000lg3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
WED 12:00 Ballylenon (b007jx6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 12:30 The Missing Hancocks (b08lh7dg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b04svfsc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 13:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m00146bl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmps)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 14:00 Counterpoint (b01shw12)
Series 27
2013 Heat 3
Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.
As well as demonstrating a broad general knowledge of music they'll also have to 'specialise' in a topic they've had no preparation for - chosen from a list Paul will give them half way through the show.
The third trio of competitors are in the BBC Philharmonic Auditorium and Media City Salford for the third heat of the series.
Cheryl Easton from Dumfries
Dave Tilley from Hebden Bridge
Geoff Trinick from Cardiff
Producer: Paul Bajoria
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013.
WED 14:30 Hazelbeach (b00lv0wz)
Series 2
Tour Guide
Ronnie loses a prized possession and Nick learns what it means to be the Daddy.
Starring Jamie Foreman.
Caroline and David Stafford's comedy about likeable conman Ronnie Hazelbeach.
Ronnie Hazelbeach....Jamie Foreman
Nick..........Paul Bazely
James.........Neil Stuke
Art Sanford.........Philip Fox
Other parts by Stephen Hogan, Annabelle Dowler, and Lizzy Watts
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2009.
WED 15:00 Ronald Frame - The Hydro (m0023pxh)
Series 1
3. Shocks
A distinguished concert violinist suffers stage fright on the eve of the Edinburgh Festival.
Love seems to be blooming in the Hydro kitchens. Mr Dunbar from the bank drops a legal bombshell. And Fee Drummond gets the biggest shock of her life.
Ronald Frame's four part drama is set in a luxury hotel in the Scottish Highlands.
Fee .... Eliza Langland
David .... David Rintoul
Mrs Kirkpatrick .... Sheila Donald
Marjorie Drummond .... Ann Scott-Jones
Laura .... Wendy Seager
Dunbar .... Finlay McLean
Kirsty .... Gayanne Potter
Calum .... Geoffrey Lee
Kozak .... James Bryce
Drummond .... Crawford Logan
Director: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997.
WED 15:45 Short Works (m000dqx9)
Table Manners by Susmita Bhattacharya
3. Letters Home
In Cardiff, Hassan practises his English by writing letters to his wife in Bangladesh.
Five tales of home and migration from the Table Manners collection by Susmita Bhattacharya.
Susmita Bhattacharya was born in Mumbai. She teaches contemporary fiction at Winchester University and also facilitates the Mayflower Young Writers workshops, a SO:Write project based in Southampton. Her first story for radio, ‘Summer Learning’ (2015), was followed by the creative non-fiction piece, ‘My Chemo Brain’ in 2017. Her first novel, The Normal State Of Mind, was published in 2015. Her collection of stories, Table Manners, was published in 2018.
Written by Susmita Bhattacharya
Read by Hareet Deol
Produced by Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4 Extra, first broadcast in January 2020.
WED 16:00 Archive on 4 (m000c2w6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 17:00 Drama on 4 (b08wr9g2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 17:45 Whodunnits (m000lg3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
WED 18:00 Ballylenon (b007jx6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:30 The Missing Hancocks (b08lh7dg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 19:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b04svfsc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m00146bl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 19:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmps)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 20:00 Counterpoint (b01shw12)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
WED 20:30 Hazelbeach (b00lv0wz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
WED 21:00 Ronald Frame - The Hydro (m0023pxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
WED 21:45 Short Works (m000dqx9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 today]
WED 22:00 Ivo Graham's Obsessions (m0023dt4)
Series 1
1. Phil Wang & Su Pollard
In a new series for Radio 4, comedian Ivo Graham chats to celebrity obsessives about the things they love.

This week, comedian Phil Wang and national treasure Su Pollard join Ivo. Phil shares his obsession with Crooners and the golden age of Jazz, while Su Pollard tells Ivo why Tomatoes are her fixation.

Ivo also delves into the audience to hear their obsessions, and he's joined on stage by Very Obsessed Person, or VOP, Adam 'Tango' Holland, who lives for extreme endurance running.

Hosted by Ivo Graham
Featuring Phil Wang, Su Pollard and Adam 'Tango' Holland

Written by Ivo Graham and Matthew Crosby

Additional Material by Sharon Wanjohi and Peter Tellouche

Recorded at RADA Studios by Chris MacLean
Sound editing by Charlie Brandon-King
Production Coordinators: Katie Baum and Jodie Charman
Executive Producer: Pete Strauss

Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies, a BBC Studios Audio production for Radio 4

An EcoAudio certified production
Show image: Matt Stronge
WED 22:30 The Goldfish Bowl (m00186k2)
Series 2
Episode 5
Anton and Liam - the Eric and Ernie of the fish fraternity - are back with more underwater wit and fishy frivolity.
With Liam in danger of turning into a couch potato, Anton decides to dissect the world of TV.
He does not like what he finds...
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 March 2000.
WED 22:45 Deborah Frances-White Introduces... (m000tp8s)
5. Jessica Fostekew
Deborah Frances-White is here to tell stories and in this series four different writers are given the prompt – The Devil You Know.
Deborah has hosted many storytelling events and, in this programme, guest Jessica Fostekew shares her memories of a naughty child from her school days.
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 April 2021.
WED 23:00 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes (b01bpjtg)
Series 1
Inventors
More historical heroism - as Owain Glyndwr and William Robert Grove are put to the Totaliser Test.
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 February 2012.
WED 23:30 The Skewer (m0023dtl)
Series 12
Episode 4
The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. The news remixed into a satirical comedy concept album.
This week - Jo-Keir: Folie à Deux, Netanyahu's Way, and Whole Lotta Rosie (Duffield).
Jon Holmes presents the multi-award-winning The Skewer. Headphones on.
Producer: Jon Holmes
An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
WED 23:45 Little Lifetimes by Jenny Eclair (b04dqf04)
Series 1
George's Cake
Bea can tell you how to peel an onion without crying or how to make the perfect pavlova.
In her kitchen she prepares a very special Birthday cake for her husband and reflects on a lifetime of culinary success and marital woe.
Starring Susie Blake.
Leading actresses star in Jenny Eclair's comic series about women facing a crisis in their lives.
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2014.

THURSDAY 10 OCTOBER 2024

THU 00:00 Archive on 4 (m000c2w6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Drama on 4 (b08wr9g2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:45 Whodunnits (m000lg3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Ballylenon (b007jx6s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 The Missing Hancocks (b08lh7dg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b04svfsc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m00146bl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmps)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Counterpoint (b01shw12)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Hazelbeach (b00lv0wz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Ronald Frame - The Hydro (m0023pxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:45 Short Works (m000dqx9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Don Webb - Right Place, Wrong Time (b00p2h3z)
Alan Morgan is a salesman, who spends a lot of time away from home.
A series of violent crimes is committed across the north.
The only lead is a photo-fit reconstruction of the robber's face.
But it's the spitting image of Alan...?
Starring Shaun Dooley.
Dark thriller by Don Webb.
Alan ...... Shaun Dooley
Perkins ...... Greg Wood
Cheshire ...... James Quinn
Jill ...... Fiona Clarke
Berry ...... Roger Morlidge
Margaret ...... Ruth Alexander-Rubin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2009.
THU 06:45 Whodunnits (m000lf96)
Bloody Eisteddfod
4. Struggles
The Teifi family are struggling to find a way forward they all agree on. The damage has been done but who is going to pay the price?
An adaptation of the best-selling Welsh novel, Bloody Eisteddfod, provides a lively insight into contemporary rural life as well as culture.
Detective Inspector Daf Dafis ...... Steffan Rhodri
Detective Sergeant Sheila Francis ...... Rhian Morgan
Gethin Teifi ...... Matthew Gravelle
Professor Talwyn Teifi/John Jones ...... Richard Elfyn
Manon/Gaenor Jones ...... Mali Harries
Chrissie Humphries ...... Lisa Jên Brown
Peredur ap Gethin Teifi ...... Gethin Ellis
Garmon Jones ...... Rhodri Trefor
Produced by Myfanwy Alexander and Emyr Roberts.
A Cwmni THR production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2020.
THU 07:00 Are You From the Bugle? (b01j0sfh)
Royal Flush
Frustrated reporter Graham Carpenter lands an unexpected scoop.
John Gradwell's six-part sitcom about life in Butterthwaite's local newspaper office.
Bert Ball …. Jeffrey Holland
Graham Carpenter …. Robert Beck
Brenda Thistlethwaite …. Frances Jeater
Arnold Beasley …. David Ryall
Vicky Cox …. Sue Devaney
Lawrence Stevens …. Dean Williamson
All other parts played by Mark Gatiss, Peter Serafinowicz, Peter Silverleaf and Margaret Stallard.
Producer: Kathy Smith.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.
THU 07:30 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007k2kl)
5. Pike in Love
Mrs Pike asks Arthur to talk to her son, Frank about the birds and bees...
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 …. ill Pertwee
Miss Perkins …. Vivienne Martin
Avril …. Carol Hawkins
Mavis Pike …. Janet Davies
Telephone Engineer …. Gordon Salkild
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 December 1983.
THU 08:00 Believe It! (b08lhg9p)
Series 3
Knight Fever
The third series of Jon Canter's not quite true autobiography of actor Richard Wilson.
Believe what you like!
Richard was unwell last year. He had a heart attack. But now he's recovered and is fighting fit.
With a new lease of life - he considers those things most likely to make him happy in the future. What's on his bucket list? Get a Knighthood of course!
Himself ...... Richard Wilson
Himself ...... Antony Sher
Himself ...... Daniel Evans
Himself ...... David Tennant
Himself ...... Angus Deayton
Francois ...... Jasmine Hyde
Jane ...... Jasmine Hyde
Suzy ...... Eva Feiler
Dave the Sound Engineer ...... Wilfredo Acosta
Big Issue Seller ...... Kellie Shirley
Produced and directed by Clive Brill.
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2017.
THU 08:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m001471r)
4. Warning
The House has an unexpected visitor and The Other warns Piranesi about 16.
Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has.
In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone.
Messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk on the pavements. There is someone new in the House. But who are they and what do they want? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims? Lost texts must be found; secrets must be uncovered. The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous.
The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.
Susanna Clarke's debut novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, sold more than 4m copies and was adapted for BBC television in 2015. In Piranesi, her long-awaited second novel, we are back in dreamlike, gothic territory. Piranesi was shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year Award, the RSL Encore Award and won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021.
Read by Samuel Anderson
Abridged by Sara Davies
Produced by Alison Crawford
A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2022.
THU 08:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmq5)
9. Reassessment
When young law student Marius learns of his father's bravery on the battlefield of Waterloo, he is forced to reassess his whole life.
Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice.
Dramatised by Sebastian Baczkiewicz.
Victor Hugo .... Joss Ackland
Thenardier .... Henry Goodman
Marius .... Jonathan Forbes
Gillenormand .... Leslie Phillips
Mme Gillenormand .... Shuna Snow
Maboeuf .... Timothy Bateson
Combeferre .... Carl Prekopp
Soldier .... Ewan Bailley
Lecturer .... Sean Baker
Pontmercy .... Christopher Godwin
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.
THU 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0023pp6)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
THU 09:30 The River (b07nrxdd)
4. The Tay
For many years writer and essayist Kathleen Jamie climbed the steep hill near her home and looked out across the view
“You have a hawk's eye view of the Tay as it makes its entrance, curving round the hills upstream, to accept the waters of the river Earn and at once becomes estuarial”
For many years this was her relationship with the River. This changes when when some Bronze Age swords and a wooden boat are dredged out of the River and she decides to venture out onto the river in a kayak
“Suddenly, it wasn't enough to look from the side-lines. I wanted to participate, to get a sense for this majestic river as pre-historic people would.”
One of five illustrated talks by different writers on the theme of the river.
Additional sound recordings by Chris Watson
Producer: Sarah Blunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.
THU 09:45 Daily Service (m0023pp8)
Rest - His beloved sleep
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Rest - His beloved sleep
Presenter: Laura Darrall
Reading: Psalms 127:1-5
THU 10:00 Great Lives (b0076nnn)
Vivien Leigh
Barrister Christina Gorna nominates actress Vivien Leigh for great-life status.
She notably won Hollywood Oscars for her film performances in 'Gone with the Wind' and 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.
Gorna is joined by biographer Hugo Vickers to assess this charismatic star.
Presented by Humphrey Carpenter.
Biographical series in which a distinguished guest chooses someone who's inspired their life.
Will their hero stand up to intensive scrutiny and merit the description of having led a great life?
Producer: Toby Field
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004.
THU 10:30 Laugh Out Loud (b0076l9m)
How much of ourselves do we reveal when we laugh?
Nicola Green has recorded people laughing in every conceivable situation, creating music from the sound of pure laughter. This programme blends that music with laughing anecdotes from various well-known voices.
This is a Laughing Portrait - from a baby's first laugh to dying of laughter.
Featuring Paul Merton, Emma Freud and her family, Rev Mark Oakley, Ainsley Harriot, Arthur Smith, Mark Steel and sound artist Scanner.
Producer : Katie Marsden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.
THU 11:00 Don Webb - Right Place, Wrong Time (b00p2h3z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 11:45 Whodunnits (m000lf96)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
THU 12:00 Are You From the Bugle? (b01j0sfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 12:30 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007k2kl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 13:00 Believe It! (b08lhg9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 13:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m001471r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 14:00 Wordaholics (b04jlpn3)
Series 3
Episode 5
Stand up comedians Lloyd Langford, Holly Walsh and Paul Sinha and novelist and classicist Natalie Haynes vie for word supremacy.
Gyles Brandreth is in the chair.
The letter of the week is the sinuous letter 'S'.
The panellists play a round about portmanteau words – and get to guess the meaning of some foreign words which have no direct equivalent in English.
And they also try to ban the words which drive them most mad.
Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle.
Producer: Claire Jones.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2014.
THU 14:30 The Brothers (b00pm21g)
Series 3
Oonagh's Dream
Nigel and Michael are forced to help run a street party, and Oonagh is stuck up a tree.
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
Trapper.....Sam Dale
Director: Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2007.
THU 15:00 Ronald Frame - The Hydro (m0023ppb)
Series 1
4. Skeletons
Fee's husband Colin has returned from the dead, expecting to pick up his old life again.
A guest's exotic ladyfriend is exciting comment in the Palm Court. And skeletons tumble out of the Drummond closet. Can Fee hold her nerve?
Ronald Frame's four part drama is set in a luxury hotel in the Scottish Highlands.
Fee .... Eliza Langland
David .... David Rintoul
Colin .... Crawford Logan
Marjorie Drummond .... Ann Scott-Jones
Laura .... Wendy Seager
Dunbar .... Finlay McLean
Kirsty .... Gayanne Potter
Calum .... Geoffrey Lee
Mr Simpson .... Liam Brennan
Mr Lorimer .... Sandy Neilson
Director: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997.
THU 15:45 Short Works (m000drtd)
Table Manners by Susmita Bhattacharya
4. In The Lap Of The Gods
At a Christian camp in India, two women explore more than religion.
Five tales of home and migration from the Table Manners collection by Susmita Bhattacharya.
Susmita Bhattacharya was born in Mumbai. She teaches contemporary fiction at Winchester University and also facilitates the Mayflower Young Writers workshops, a SO:Write project based in Southampton. Her first story for radio, ‘Summer Learning’ (2015), was followed by the creative non-fiction piece, ‘My Chemo Brain’ in 2017. Her first novel, The Normal State Of Mind, was published in 2015. Her collection of stories, Table Manners, was published in 2018.
Written by Susmita Bhattacharya
Read by Chetna Pandya
Produced by Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4 Extra, first broadcast in January 2020.
THU 16:00 Great Lives (b0076nnn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:30 Laugh Out Loud (b0076l9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
THU 17:00 Don Webb - Right Place, Wrong Time (b00p2h3z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 17:45 Whodunnits (m000lf96)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
THU 18:00 Are You From the Bugle? (b01j0sfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:30 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007k2kl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 19:00 Believe It! (b08lhg9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m001471r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 19:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 20:00 Wordaholics (b04jlpn3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
THU 20:30 The Brothers (b00pm21g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
THU 21:00 Ronald Frame - The Hydro (m0023ppb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
THU 21:45 Short Works (m000drtd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 today]
THU 22:00 Olga Koch: OK Computer (m0023gn5)
Series 3
Love
Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch tackles the thorny issue of love with her digital assistant Algo. Join them for the third series of award-nominated stand-up as they ask the question: “What is love?” Baby don’t hurt me.
Performed by Olga Koch
Written by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin
Featuring Rajiv Karia as Algo
Additional material from Rajiv Karia, Peter Tellouche and Christina Riggs
Produced by Benjamin Sutton
A BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4
THU 22:30 On the Hour (b008pcbq)
Series 1
Episode 2
Tackling dangerous dogs, TV evangelism probe - and a surprising new role for Margaret Thatcher.
All the news as it happens, if it happens – plus sport from Alan Partridge.
Savagely satirical award-winning comedy starring Chris Morris.
With:
Steve Coogan
David Schneider
Rebecca Front
Patrick Marber
Doon Mackichan
Written by Chris Morris, Richard Herring, Steven Wells, Andrew Glover, David Quantick and Stewart Lee.
Editor: Armando lannucci
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.
THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m0023yt9)
Emma Doran 1/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Sarah Campbell chats to Emma Doran.
THU 23:00 The Harpoon (b00cq60w)
Series 3
Episode 4
Howdee y'all! Let's go all American.
A special star-spangled issue of the nostalgic spoof of boys' adventure story papers.
Written by Julian Dutton and Peter Baynham.
Performed by:
Alistair McGowan
Peter Baynham
Susie Brann
Mary Elliot-Nelson
Julian Dutton
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994.
THU 23:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b00lgj3p)
Series 1
Episode 1
Arthur Smith presents comedy and music from his flat in Balham, south London.
Paul Sinha in the lounge.
Milton Jones in the bedroom.
And in the kitchen - Glenn Tilbrook serves up music and nourishment in the shape of Welsh rarebit.
Singer-songwriter Loretta Maine (Pippa Evans) lends a hand.
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009.

FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER 2024

FRI 00:00 Great Lives (b0076nnn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Laugh Out Loud (b0076l9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Don Webb - Right Place, Wrong Time (b00p2h3z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:45 Whodunnits (m000lf96)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Are You From the Bugle? (b01j0sfh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007k2kl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Believe It! (b08lhg9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m001471r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Wordaholics (b04jlpn3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 The Brothers (b00pm21g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Ronald Frame - The Hydro (m0023ppb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Thursday]
FRI 05:45 Short Works (m000drtd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Andrew Chappell - The Fall and Rise of Danny Clark (b00774vs)
After his Dad dies doing a job for gangland boss Frankie Weems, young Danny Clark vows never to get involved in crime.
But now Frankie comes knocking on his door, wanting his help.
And Frankie's not a man you say no to...
Andrew Chappell's gangster thriller.
Danny …. Robert Boulter
Sharon …. Emma Noakes
Gramps …. Desmond McNamara
Inspector Hedges …. Sam Dale
Director: Peter Kavanagh
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2007.
FRI 06:45 Whodunnits (m000lh5v)
Bloody Eisteddfod
5. What Future?
The climax of the Eisteddfod is nigh - the Chairing Ceremony with friends, enemies are gathered together.
Daf has more on his mind than who will win the poetry contest. There is a serious crime to solve and his future is hanging in the balance.
An adaptation of the best-selling Welsh novel, Bloody Eisteddfod, provides a lively insight into contemporary rural life as well as culture.
Detective Inspector Daf Dafis ...... Steffan Rhodri
Detective Sergeant Sheila Francis/Eira ap Owain Edwards ...... Rhian Morgan
Gethin Teifi ...... Matthew Gravelle
Professor Talwyn Teifi/John Jones ...... Richard Elfyn
Manon/Gaenor Jones ...... Mali Harries
Chrissie Humphries ...... Lisa Jên Brown
Carys Dafis ...... Caryl Lewis
Garmon Jones ...... Rhodri Trefor
Ed Mills ...... Wyn Davies
Archdruid ...... Emyr Roberts
Produced by Myfanwy Alexander and Emyr Roberts.
A Cwmni THR production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2020.
FRI 07:00 The Older Woman (b03bsg2p)
Series 2
Episode 6
After his TV documentary, Roy Hitchcock has, at last, achieved recognition, but at what price?
Reputations and relationships are put on the line and some extreme weather conditions seem to be contributing towards an ending of apocalyptic proportions.
Starring Geraldine James and Martin Clunes.
The conclusion of Tony Bagley's romantic comedy drama serial with a twist.
Roy Hitchcock …. Martin Clunes
Jane Gallaghan …. Geraldine James
Chad Mann …. Nicky Henson
Colin …. David Troughton
Mrs Churchill …. Rebecca Front
Marina …. Tilly Vosburgh
Other parts played by:
Alistair McGowan
Melanie Hudson
Peter Serafinowicz
Paul Panting
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1994.
FRI 07:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jsl5)
Series 5
Write Extremely Long Programme Titles the Burkiss Way
It's time to meet the Muppets with President Nixon.
Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett.
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1980.
FRI 08:00 To Hull and Back (b09sn1hl)
Series 3
Stockholm Syndrome
Sophie tries to find some new customers for the Hull salon.
However, in doing so, she unwittingly attracts the attention of a couple of animal rights activists who are looking for somewhere new to protest...
Starring Lucy Beaumont and Maureen Lipman.
Lucy Beaumont’s warm-hearted sitcom about Sophie's efforts to escape her overbearing mother, Sheila.
Sophie ...... Lucy Beaumont
Sheila ...... Maureen Lipman
Jean ...... Kerrie Marsh
Waitress ...... Kerrie Marsh
Imran ...... Shane Zaza
Mo ...... Mike Bubbins
Producer: Sam Michell
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2018.
FRI 08:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m00146hk)
Episode 5
Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has.
In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone.
Messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk on the pavements. There is someone new in the House. But who are they and what do they want? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims? Lost texts must be found; secrets must be uncovered. The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous.
The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.
Susanna Clarke's debut novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, sold more than 4m copies and was adapted for BBC television in 2015. In Piranesi, her long-awaited second novel, we are back in dreamlike, gothic territory. Piranesi was shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year Award, the RSL Encore Award and won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021.
Read by Samuel Anderson
Abridged by Sara Davies
Original music by Timothy X Atack
Produced in Bristol by Alison Crawford for BBC Audio
FRI 08:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmqj)
10. Decision
Once again Jean Valjean is forced to start a new life and confront the possibility of leaving the safety of the Convent.
Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice.
Dramatised by Sebastian Baczkiewicz.
Jean .... Roger Allam
Victor Hugo .... Joss Ackland
Cosette (adult) .... Lucy Whybrow
Fauchlevant / Lecturer .... Sean Baker
Mother Superior .... Marlene Sidaway
Marius .... Jonathan Forbes
Combeferre .... Carl Prekopp
Enjolras .... Peter Darney
Grantaire .... Ewan Bailey
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.
FRI 09:00 Yesterday in Parliament (m0023pxl)
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
FRI 09:30 The River (b07nrzjg)
5. Flow
“I look down at my feet, not quite sure how I’m going to follow the course of the river North Tyne from its source to the sea when I’m having trouble putting one foot in front of the other”.
So says wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson as he recalls a journey he made, capturing the sounds of the river and the landscape through which it flows from its source to the sea.
This is an immersive journey in sound through moorland, bogs, rushy flats and steep valleys, past scrapyards and rowing clubs, under bridges and past ferry landings and through the city of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Then heading out to the Black Middens and the sea at Tynemouth where eider ducks bow and coo in the swell.
Narrated and recorded by Chris Watson.
The last of five illustrated talks by different writers on the theme of the river.
Additional sound recordings by Chris Watson
Natural History Unit Producer: Sarah Blunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.
FRI 09:45 Daily Service (m0023pxn)
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Rest - I am your rest
Presenter: Harry Baker
Reading: Exodus 33:14-18
Music:
God of All Comfort - Tim Hughes
Comfort, comfort now my people - John Bell
Oceans (Hillsong) - Jonathan Ogden
FRI 10:00 Soul Music (b00763px)
Series 2
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Anna Blundy, Robert Offord and Colin Murray Parkes reflect on the impact of Cole Porter's song of farewell and parting.
Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.
FRI 10:30 A Dancer Dies Twice (b075pm41)
"A dancer dies twice", the legendary choreographer Martha Graham said, "once when they stop dancing, and this first death is the more painful."
This is a documentary about first deaths and last dances, about what happens when an instrument as finely tuned as a dancer's body begins to change.
From the music which prompts a twitch of muscle memory to the comedown which follows a burst of performance adrenaline, we hear stories of the last dances and what comes next from Gabriella Schmidt, Isabel Mortimer from Dancers' Career Development, and former principal ballerinas Natasha Oughtred and Wendy Whelan.
We eavesdrop on the training of young dancers at the Royal Ballet School as they shape muscle and bone into elegant lines, diving into the visceral excitement of pounding pointe shoes and powerful leaping bodies. And we visit Sage Dance Company and the Company of Elders as they work with dancers who move with grace and beauty in defiance of their changing bodies.
From the first anxious glance in the mirror to the last touch - how does the language of our bodies change as we age?
Produced by Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2016.
FRI 11:00 Andrew Chappell - The Fall and Rise of Danny Clark (b00774vs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 11:45 Whodunnits (m000lh5v)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today]
FRI 12:00 The Older Woman (b03bsg2p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jsl5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 13:00 To Hull and Back (b09sn1hl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m00146hk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmqj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
FRI 14:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00m0mb4)
Series 2
Episode 1
James Walton tests and tickles the knowledge of industry pundits and people passionate about pop music.
Regulars Tracey MacLeod and Andrew Collins are joined by:
Broadcaster, Mary Anne Hobbs
Comedian, Dave Gorman
Reader: Beth Chalmers
Written and researched by James Walton
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006.
FRI 14:30 Lucky Heather (b0075s45)
3. The Searchers
Emma thinks that her mother is having an affair and asks Heather to investigate.
Just this side of nosey, Heather is western movie-mad. She's also the Sherlock Holmes of the rundown Sutter Estate.
Starring Lindsey Coulson.
Sitcom by Sue Teddern.
Heather ...... Lindsey Coulson
Natalie ...... Abigail Hart
Ryan ...... Ben Crowe
Emma ...... Kelly Wright
Gill ...... Zeina Harding-Roots
Woman/Jackie ...... Janice Acquah
Mark/Bingo Caller ...... Christopher Kelham
Director: David Hunter
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.
FRI 15:00 Drama on 4 (m000q9g0)
Dot and the Russian Dossier
May, 1941: The future of the war hangs in the balance, with Dot selected for a most perilous mission.
She casts off the shackles of her desk job in the personnel department in Whitehall's War Rooms.
Disguise, deception and dastardly doings await - as she enters the field of conflict.
Starring Fenella Woolgar.
Witty wartime comedy by Ed Harris - author of BBC Radio's popular sitcom 'Dot'.
Dot ...... Fenella Woolgar
Myrtle ...... Kate O'Flynn
Peabody ...... David Acton
Archie ...... Carl Prekopp
Sister Frances ...... Clare Corbett
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2020.
FRI 15:45 Short Works (m000dryf)
Table Manners by Susmita Bhattacharya
5. Mango Season
A woman makes a discovery about her extraordinary great-grandmother’s past.
Five tales of home and migration from the Table Manners collection by Susmita Bhattacharya.
Susmita Bhattacharya was born in Mumbai. She teaches contemporary fiction at Winchester University and also facilitates the Mayflower Young Writers workshops, a SO:Write project based in Southampton. Her first story for radio, ‘Summer Learning’ (2015), was followed by the creative non-fiction piece, ‘My Chemo Brain’ in 2017. Her first novel, The Normal State Of Mind, was published in 2015. Her collection of stories, Table Manners, was published in 2018.
Written by Susmita Bhattacharya
Read by Chetna Pandya
Produced by Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4 Extra, first broadcast in January 2020.
FRI 16:00 Soul Music (b00763px)
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FRI 16:30 A Dancer Dies Twice (b075pm41)
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FRI 17:00 Andrew Chappell - The Fall and Rise of Danny Clark (b00774vs)
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FRI 17:45 Whodunnits (m000lh5v)
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FRI 18:00 The Older Woman (b03bsg2p)
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FRI 18:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jsl5)
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FRI 19:00 To Hull and Back (b09sn1hl)
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FRI 19:30 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (m00146hk)
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FRI 19:45 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmqj)
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FRI 20:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00m0mb4)
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FRI 20:30 Lucky Heather (b0075s45)
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FRI 21:00 Drama on 4 (m000q9g0)
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FRI 21:45 Short Works (m000dryf)
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FRI 22:00 Randy Feltface's Destruction Manual (m0023htf)
3. Air
Randy Feltface is waking up and smelling the coffee. Unfortunately, he’s also smelling carbon monoxide, hydrogen chloride, benzene, styrene, formaldehyde, arsenic, lead, chromium, benzoapyrene, dioxins, furans and PCBs - but that’s modern-day industry for you. Don’t believe him? Just ask popular Kidz TV presenter Mr Stinky!
This head-on charge into possibly the most important subject facing humanity comes to you via a show where you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll learn, you’ll laugh again between the learny bits and most of all, you’ll be able to say “I was there when Radio 4 decided to have show hosted by a puppet”
Randy Feltface has been seen on Netflix, ABC, NBC, and has a huge & devoted following across the globe (1m+ social media followers, 1.6m TikTok followers, 833k subscribers, 79m YouTube views). His hour-long specials are YouTube cult classics, his world tours are sold out sensations, and he's the only Radio 4 presenter to be entirely made of felt.
With Margaret Cabourn-Smith & William Hartley
Produced & directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 22:30 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007jzt4)
Series 2
Episode 6
Modern art - and the swinging years of the 1960s.
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 September 1986.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m0023yth)
Emma Doran 2/2
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Sarah Campbell chats again to Emma Doran.
FRI 23:00 Absolute Power (b007xwmc)
Series 3
Episode 2
Can Prentiss and McCabe's medicine help the government to sort out the NHS?
Stephen Fry and John Bird star in Mark Tavener's biting satire.
Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe are spin masters in the world of government and media relations.
Charles Prentiss …. Stephen Fry
Martin McCabe …. John Bird
Sir Archibald Sullivan …. Tony Gardner
Sandy …. Siobhan Hayes
Clive …. Tom George
Maurice …. David Timson
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.
FRI 23:30 Elvenquest (b00kjjyy)
Series 1
Episode 3
The Quest continues. Sam has his death foretold by the Oracle of Fenrog.
Lord Darkness books himself in for a retox and Kreech unwittingly releases the dreaded Night Demon, whose intentions for the future of the universe, as his name suggests, aren’t good.
More comic adventures set in lower Earth where fantasy writer Sam has been coerced into joining a band of intrepid heroes as they battle the dread forces of evil in search of the legendary sword of Asnagar!
Fantasy sitcom written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.
Amis, The Chosen One ...... Dave Lamb
Elf Lord, Vidar ...... Darren Boyd
Dean The Dwarf ...... Kevin Eldon
Sam ...... Stephen Mangan
Lord Darkness ...... Alistair McGowan
Amazon Princess, Penthiselea ...... Sophie Winkleman
Producers: Anil Gupta & Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2009.