SATURDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2025

SAT 00:00 Soul Music (m0002181)
Series 27
Smile
Charlie Chaplin wrote the music for 'Smile' in 1935 for the film 'Modern Times', but the lyrics were only added nearly 30 years later.
Chris Philips tells the story of how his grandfather was inspired to write the words when he left his father at boarding school.
Gemma Lowery talks about how her son Bradley loved the song.
Writer Bryony Rheam describes why she associates the song with her grandmother.
Marine Lucas remembers flying to Michael Jackson's memorial on hearing the news of his death.
And author Bob Williams remembers when his father died, how his mother sat on the floor listening to the Nat King Cole version - crying when he came home from school.
Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact.
Producer: Sara Conkey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.
SAT 00:30 The Wonderful Weightless World of the Flexidisc (b00sgbcr)
Long before the invention of the MP3, there was a way of getting hold of music, speech, and other audio sensations, free of charge - in the form of flexidiscs.
Originally developed in the 1930s to play at 78rpm, by the 1960s, seven-inch, 45rpm flexidiscs were so cheap to produce, and so light and bendy, that they were often given away free with a magazine.
In the Soviet Union, though, where flexidiscs were called roentgenizdat, and were recorded on disused medical x-ray sheets, the audio was usually of an illegal nature, such as jazz music, or, later, punk rock.
Their story features plenty of music, some of which is now valuable (such as the Rolling Stones Exit on Mainstreet Blues, given away with New Musical Express in 1972).
In tracking down the story of flexidiscs, presenter Paul Bayley meets collector Jez Randell, journalist Ian Shirley, and the novelist Tim Lott, who co-founded Flexipop magazine in the early 1980s (which gave away a free flexi with every issue).
Listen out for extracts from flexidiscs galore, including several advertisements for products as diverse as crisps, hair pieces and rat poison.
Plus music from big band jazz to beat groups to punk rock, as well as some of the most famous recordings made on flexidisc including Beatles fanclub records, Private Eye's satirical flexidiscs and the sound of humpback whales, from the world's biggest circulation flexidisc ever.
Producer: Bob Dickinson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2010.
SAT 01:00 The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford (m0027vqx)
7. Loss
Tragedy is visited upon Maximilian's life - and he begins to make some bad mistakes.
A beautiful piece of music stirs a mega-tycoon to remember the women who have influenced and shaped his life.
Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1990 novel follows the turbulent life of Maximilian West, from a German-Jewish childhood in 1938 Berlin, to becoming a successful businessman haunted by his past.
Stars Robin Ellis.
Dramatised by Bert Coules.
Maximilian West .... Robin Ellis
Adriana Macklin .... Joanna Monro
Blair Martin .... Alice Arnold
Anastasia .... Alexandra Bastedo
Camilla Galland .... Nicola Pagett
Theodora .... Emma Fielding
Alix West .... Elaine Pyke
Michael West .... Nicholas Fletcher
Graham .... Becky Hindley
Geraldine .... Amanda Gordon
Dougie .... Mark Bonnar
Newsreader .... Peter Donaldson.
Pianist: Michael Haslam
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1996.
SAT 01:30 High Table, Lower Orders (b008y4fg)
Series 1
6. Ruse
Exams loom large but it's not only the students who are under pressure.
It becomes increasingly clear that each of the fellows had a very good reason to kill celebrity historian Peter Devanti.
But can Simon unveil the real killer?
Starring Geoffrey Palmer and Samuel West.
Mark Tavener's comedy thriller set in a small Cambridge college.
Gilbert …. Geoffrey Palmer
Simon …. Samuel West
Patricia …. Rebecca Front
Zoe …. Sharon Small
Dean …. Michael Maloney
Bernard …. Jonathan Coy
Caroline …. Emily Wachter
John …. Nicholas Boulton
Alice …. Beth Chalmers
Script Editor: Paul Schlesinger
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2005.
SAT 02:00 Harry Worth (b07v05xf)
Thirty Minutes Worth
The Producer
The vicar has engaged the services of that well-known thespian, Binky Bottomley to write and produce a pageant for the bicentenary of the village.
But then he entrusts Harry with his script..
This series was the amiable, woolly-minded bumbler's return to BBC radio, using the title of his first TV series 20 years before with the same writer.
Starring Harry Worth.
Co-starring Jack Douglas as Binky Bottomley.
Sitcom written by Vince Powell
With:
Jacqueline Clarke
Charles Collingwood
Julie Higginson
Su Douglas
Producer: Mike Craig
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1988.
SAT 02:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00gffj3)
From 15/03/1971
A rival to the Bard of Avon, the challenge of buying an antique teaspoon and a sleepless night.
A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker.
With:
Terence Brady
Pauline Yates
Pianist: Gordon Langford
Guitarist: Dick Abell.
Written by:
Terence Brady, Donald Churchill, David Climie, John Graham, Charles Mackay, Spike Milligan, Peter Spence, Roger Till, Gordon Langford and Gerald Wiley.
Producer: John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1971.
SAT 03:00 Sandi Toksvig's Hygge (m000q8zk)
Series 1
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Rose & Rosie
‘Hygge’ (pronounced hoo-ga) along with ‘tak’ (the word for ‘thank you’ that we learnt from watching Borgen and other Scandi dramas) is one of the few Danish words to have become known to us in the UK.
It’s a word that means comfort, contentment and cherishing the simple pleasures in life. In lifestyle magazines it’s faux fur throws, cups of hot cocoa and scented candles; but to the Danish it has simpler and less commercial roots.
As these cold winter nights draw in after a difficult year of scant comfort, it feels like we all need some hygge and legendary Dane, Sandi Toksvig, will do her best to bring it to you.
Deep in the Danish countryside in her cosy wood cabin, Sandi will explore the concept of hygge and the Danish way of life and welcomes celebrity guests who join her in front of the open fire to explore what brings them hygge.
In this episode, BBC Stargazing's Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock helps point out the constellations we can see when there is no light pollution and Youtubers Rose & Rosie try to embrace digital detoxing and the joys of glamping.
Additional material from Simon Alcock and Charlie Dinkin.
Producer: Julia McKenzie
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2020.
SAT 03:30 Burning the Books by Richard Ovenden (m000m60l)
5. The Future
The future and the preservation of information that relates to all of us and the way we live.
A 3000 year journey through the destruction of knowledge and the fight against all the odds to preserve it.
Richard Ovenden, director of the Bodleian Library, explains how attacks on libraries and archives have been a feature of history since ancient times, but have increased in frequency and intensity during the modern era.
Libraries are far more than stores of literature, through preserving the legal documents such as Magna Carta and records of citizenship they also support the rule of law and the rights of citizens.
Today, the knowledge they hold on behalf of society is under attack as never before.
At once a powerful history of civilisation and a manifesto for the vital importance of physical libraries in our increasingly digital age, Burning the Books is also a very human story animated by an unlikely cast of adventurers, self-taught archaeologists, poets, freedom-fighters - and, of course, librarians and the heroic lengths they will go to preserve and rescue knowledge.
Richard Ovenden demonstrates fundamentally how knowledge of the past still has so many valuable lessons to teach us and we ignore it at our peril.
Abridged by Siân Preece.
Concluded by Anthony Head.
Producer: Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2020.
SAT 03:45 The Chocolate Lovers' Club by Moya O'Shea (b00w6f7p)
5. Mrs Drexl
A huge cake box sits on the table, as the mysterious Mrs Drexl tells a tale which surprisingly concerns them all - as she explains how she came to be invited to join the club...
At the Muchly Bottom village chocolate lovers' club five women take turns in creating a chocolate delight and tell a chocolate-related tale while eating it.
Conclusion of Moya O'Shea’s delicious five-part drama.
Mrs Drexl ...... Sylvia Sims
Clementine ...... Paula Wilcox
Rosie ...... Helena Breck
Sarah ...... Eleanor Bron
Charlotte ...... Carolyn Pickles
Hot Shot ...... Carl Prekopp
Luke ...... Peter Darney
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.
SAT 04:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m00162mw)
Series 28
Episode 1
David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies.
They compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents.
The panelists are obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as glasses, squirrels, Alexander the Great and China.
With
Alan Davies
Lucy Porter
Holly Walsh
Tony Hawks
Producer Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2022.
SAT 04:30 Meet Mr Mulliner by PG Wodehouse (m0027v4x)
Honeysuckle Cottage
The tale of a crime writer who becomes haunted by the spirit of romantic fiction.
Storyteller Mr Mulliner enlists the regular tipplers of the Angler's Rest to tell his tales.
Starring Richard Griffiths.
From a collection of stories written by PG Wodehouse., first published in 1927.
Dramatised in six parts by Roger Davenport.
Mr Mulliner .... Richard Griffiths
Miss Postlethwaite / Rose .... Matilda Ziegler
A Port / Dr Brady .... Peter Acre
The Light Ale / McKinnon .... Martin Hyder
A Pint of Stout / Colonel Carteret .... David Timson
A Small Bitter / James .... Tom George
Director: Ned Chaillet
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002.
SAT 05:00 Say It With Flowers by Kevin Wong (m0027v53)
Valentine's Day starts off all wrong for Tommy when his girlfriend tells him that she is leaving him for good.
Before he even has time to pour the milk, she's gone.
In revenge, Tommy - a florist's delivery boy - hands the bouquets to all the wrong people - with hilarious and sometimes tragic results.
Written by Kevin Wong
Tommy .... Benedict Wong
Julie .... Sukie Smith
Frank/Radio Presenter .... Daniel York
Paul the Florist .... Burt Kwouk
Aunt Mabel .... Kate Fitzgerald
Jeff .... Vincenzo Pellegrino
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999.
SAT 05:45 The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant (m0009brp)
In Paris, a young woman discovers that scaling the social ladder needs a very delicate balance.
Guy de Maupassant's classic short story read by Kathryn Hurlbutt.
Producer: Rosemary Watts
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1990.
SAT 06:00 Last Call by Geraldine McCaughrean (m0028331)
**** This programme was suggested by Rae Earl as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
A trawler is heading for almost certain disaster.
The crew are given the chance to say goodbye to families and loved ones.
Starring David Calder.
Seafaring drama written by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Skipper .... David Calder
Bedells .... John Graham Davies
Sparks .... Neale McGrath
Sally .... Nita Gale
White Horse .... Robin Polley
Allan .... Mark Spalding
Thomas .... David Williams
Paul/Priest .... Paul Downing
Milosch .... Malcolm Raeburn
Cathal .... Martin Buchan
Harry .... Edward Peel
Ruth .... Barbara Marten
Director: Tony Cliff
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991.
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SAT 07:15 My Word (m0028333)
From 10/10/1979
**** This programme was requested by the following listeners:
* Paul Mitchell
* Glenn Garside
* Irene Barrett
* Andrew Calloway
* Penelope Wilson
* Caroline Henry
* Pamela Varet
* Elizabeth Acosta
Part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
John Julius Norwich quizzes Dilys Powell, Frank Muir, Antonia Fraser and Denis Norden about the origins and meanings of words.
My Word! first hit radio airwaves in 1956. It was created by Dick Barton: Special Agent co-creator Edward J Mason and The Archers producer Tony Shryane.
It pits team captains (and creators of Take It From Here) Frank Muir and Denis Norden against each other - joined by guests - as they tussle over the origins and meanings of words.
Over the years it had three main chairs, beginning with Jack Longland, with John Julius Norwich taking the seat in 1976, followed by Michael O'Donnell.
My Word! came to an end in 1988.
Producer: Tony Shryane
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1979.
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SAT 07:45 Ubu Cocu by Alfred Jarry (m0028336)
**** This programme was suggested by Aisha Martowidjojo as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Can scholar Mr Achras cope with the arrival of the terrifying and cruel Pa Ubu, creator and practitioner of pataphysics?
Pa Ubu - pataphysician and self-proclaimed financial master - forcibly takes over the house of scholar, Mr Achras, and begins a reign of terror, extorting money from citizens....
A 'pataphysical extravanganza' written by Alfred Jarry.
Starring John Sharp, John Moffatt and Noel Howlett
English translation 'Ubu Cuckolded' from the French by Cyril Connolly.
Pa Ubu, sometime King of Poland .... John Sharp
Ma Ubu .... Margaret Wolfit
Pa Ubu's Conscience .... John Moffatt
Achras (breeder of polyhedra) .... Noel Howlett
Rebontier .... Ralph Truman
Scytotomille .... Ronald Baddiley
Memnon .... Geoffrey Matthews
Crapentake .... Peter Pratt
Binanjitters .... Brian Hewlett
Fourzears .... Gordon Faith
Narrated by Preston Lockwood.
Music by John Beckett.
In 1965 the BBC Radio Times described the play's author:
"Alfred Jarry, 1873-1907, [French] poet, eccentric, bohemian who scandalised his contemporaries. He is now regarded as one of the forerunners of modern [avant-garde] drama. He created King Ubu [Ubu Roi], a monstrous image of the greed and cruelty of humanity. Ubu Cocu is the third and last of his cycle of Ubu plays. It came to light as late as 1945, and was published [in first English translation] by Cyril Connolly in 'Horizon' [magazine]".
In 2021, Sir Paul McCartney chose this very 1965 production whilst appearing on BBC Radio 4’s This Cultural Life. Talking about the impact of radio upon his early life, he said:
“When I was driving up to Liverpool from London, I heard Ubu Cocu, which is Alfred Jarry - this is lesser known – he’s known for Ubu Roi – but Ubu Cocu was great, and it was a great BBC production on the radio, and I listened to it all the way up…..really got well into that, and the whole thing about Jarry and pataphysics, which is a non-science that he invented. So it ended up in the lyrics for one of my songs”.
The song was The Beatles' Maxwell’s Silver Hammer ["Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical / Science in the home...."].
No name logged for the rather posh announcer.
Adapted for radio, and produced by, Martin Esslin.
First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in December 1965.
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SAT 08:45 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m0028338)
Omnibus Episodes 1-5/10
**** This programme was suggested by Paul Buttle as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Memoirs and reminiscences of life growing up on The Blasket Islands off Ireland's Dingle Peninsula. The Islands were evacuated after World War II, but prior to that 150 inhabitants lived a traditional, rural life.
Maurice O'Sullivan was born on the Islands in 1904, before being fostered in Dingle and then returning to his family home on the Irish speaking Island.
It captures a young boy's growth to early manhood on the great Blasket, "a truly Gaelic island which lies north-west off the coast of Kerry". With stories of his friends, family, father and grandfather.
'Did you never hear how the life of man is divided?' says Maurice's grandfather, 'twenty years a-growing, twenty years in blossom, twenty years a-stooping, and twenty years declining."
Written by Maurice O'Sullivan.
Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes abridged by Ann Rees-Jones.
Read by PG Stephens.
**** NOTE: The series continues with standalone episodes from this Monday 17th February with the concluding Omnibus on Saturday 22nd February on 4 Extra.
Producer: Maurice Leitch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1977.
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SAT 10:00 The Unrest Cure by Saki (m002833b)
**** This programme was suggested by John Henderson as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
"When people break down under stress they're sent on rest cures. But Huddle is suffering from too much repose - so he needs the opposite kind of treatment.
The cure Clovis prescribes, involves a group of fiendish boy scouts, several mysterious telegrams and the sinister Colonel Alberti.
Starring Peter Egan.
Saki's comic story freely adapted by Rex Anderson and Nick Higham
Clovis Sangrail .... Peter Egan
James Huddle .... Michael Aldridge
Amelia Huddle .... Vivian Pickles
Sir Flynn O'Toole .... Denys Hawthorne
Hammond .... Patrick Barr
Maid .... Jane Knowles
Miss Doyle .... Diana Bishop
First navvy .... Sion Probert
Second navvy .... David McAlister
Producer Paul Mayhew Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1981.
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SAT 10:30 In Search of a Mega Tick (m002833d)
**** This programme was suggested by Philip Lowden as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
There are ordinary bird-watchers and there are 'twitchers'.
Each autumn this strange breed descends on the Isles of Scilly in search of their quarry.
Sue Hicks joined last year's migration and discovered that twitchers have their own language and plumage, and are driven by a compulsive urge to 'tick'.
Producer: Andrew Vivian
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1985.
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SAT 11:00 Last Call by Geraldine McCaughrean (m0028331)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 12:15 My Word (m0028333)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SAT 12:45 Ubu Cocu by Alfred Jarry (m0028336)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:45 today]
SAT 13:45 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m0028338)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 15:00 The Unrest Cure by Saki (m002833b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 15:30 In Search of a Mega Tick (m002833d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SAT 16:00 Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (m002833g)
**** This programme was suggested by Sarah Flemming as part of Radio 4 Extra's All Request Weekend ****
An ambitious young scientist from Geneva, called Victor Frankenstein, goes to study at the University of Ingolstadt in Germany.
He becomes fascinated by chemistry and philosophy and decides to conduct a bold experiment.
But his "creation" is a desperate, lonely creature trying to find love amongst people who recoil in horror at the very sight of him...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's novel, first published in 1818.
Starring Hugh Dickson and Trevor Martin.
Dramatised by Malcolm Hazell.
Victor Frankenstein ....... Hugh Dickson
The Daemon ....... Trevor Martin
Clerval/Kirwin ....... Robin Browne
Elizabeth ....... Katy Kendall
Old man ....... Hedley Goodall
Walton/Judge ....... Nigel Graham
Helmsman/Advocate ....... John Smith
Justine ....... Jane Knowles
Krempe/Macalister ....... William Sleigh
Waldman/Felix ....... Terry Scully
Father ....... Douglas Blackwell
Captain ....... Esmond Rideout
Produced at BBC Bristol by Brian Millerol.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre in December 1972.
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SAT 17:00 Last Call by Geraldine McCaughrean (m0028331)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SAT 18:15 My Word (m0028333)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today]
SAT 18:45 Ubu Cocu by Alfred Jarry (m0028336)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:45 today]
SAT 19:45 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m0028338)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SAT 21:00 The Unrest Cure by Saki (m002833b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SAT 21:30 In Search of a Mega Tick (m002833d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
SAT 22:00 The Shuttleworths (b01n2141)
Series 4
Scare in the Community
After attending a one-day course on personal security at the St John's Ambulance rooms, John becomes very aware of potential hidden dangers surrounding his local community in Sheffield.
However, sole agent and next door neighbour Ken Worthington isn't impressed with John's new security awareness.
Wife Mary is annoyed that he won't take off his high visibility jacket.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.
SAT 22:15 Tim Key's Poetry Programme (b03s9pjl)
Series 2
Survival
Tim Key has travelled to 'the wilds' to recite poems which grapple with the concept of survival.
Tom Basden plays the banjo.
Written and presented by Tim Key.
Producer: James Robinson.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
SAT 22:30 Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music (m000tx6r)
Series 3
Episode 3
Mitch Benn's world tour takes him to exotic places, glamorous locations - and Stansted, where he’s stranded in the departure lounge after a budget airline goes bust.
Trapped in duty-free hell with Robin Ince and his band, Mitch is driven crazy by a certain song, played over and over again.
Finally, he has to make a musical appeal to TV’s Watchdog to free himself from legal limbo, stuck between passport control and the boarding gate.
More music and comedy starring Mitch Benn and Robin Ince.
With:
Alfie Joey
Tasha Baylis
Kirsty Newton
Steven Kynman
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006.
SAT 23:00 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun (b007zmh6)
Edinburgh
Stewart Lee berates Richard Herring for his lack of street cred, Peter Baynham shares some unusual recipes and is Radio 1 really the youth-friendly station it pretends to be?
Stewart Lee and Richard Herring's mix of sharp sketches and situations, stand up topical gags and banter.
Recorded at the Pleasance Theatre during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
With:
Alistair McGowan
Rebecca Front
Lee and Herring went to write and star in their successful TV transfer to BBC TWO in 1995.
The rest of this series comes from university venues, including Plymouth, Lancaster and Belfast.
Cult BBC Radio 1 series first broadcast in October 1993.
SAT 23:30 Chain Reaction (b00l5p7l)
Series 1
Johnny Vegas Interviews Stewart Lee
Up front comic, Johnny Vegas interviews prickly comedian, Stewart Lee.
This is the tag talk show series where the guest turns interviewer in the next show.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005.

SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2025

SUN 00:00 Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (m002833g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Last Call by Geraldine McCaughrean (m0028331)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:15 My Word (m0028333)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Saturday]
SUN 02:45 Ubu Cocu by Alfred Jarry (m0028336)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:45 on Saturday]
SUN 03:45 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m0028338)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday]
SUN 05:00 The Unrest Cure by Saki (m002833b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Saturday]
SUN 05:30 In Search of a Mega Tick (m002833d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Pilgrims by Ray Ball (m0028341)
**** This programme was suggested by Janet Dawson and Sandie & Chris Magee as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Len, Colin and Denis take their annual cycling holiday, but a widow joins the party and changes everything.
Starring Christian Rodska, Jane Collins and Brian Glover.
Ray Ball's romantic comedy on two wheels.
Denis .... Christian Rodska
Len .... Brian Glover
Colin .... Brian Southwood
Val .... Jane Collins
Landlord .... Christopher Wilkinson
Policeman .... Derek Hicks
Director: Tony Cliff
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.
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SUN 07:00 Poetry Extra (m0028343)
The Poetry of History: Death of King George V
**** This programme was suggested by Shenyou Me as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend. Shenyou chooses it as it demonstrates Jonathan Bates' 'unparalleled ability to intertwine the intricacies of poetry with the rich tapestry of history'. ****
Daljit Nagra presents this specially selected programme from the BBC poetry archive.
The Poetry of History - The Death of King George is presented by Jonathan Bate who turns to the most popular English poet of the 20th Century.
John Betjeman's Death of King George V captures, in its 12 closely packed lines, not just the passing of a monarch - but a subtle shift in the Britain in which he had grown up.
Jonathan is joined by Betjeman's daughter Candida Lycett Green and his biographer Andrew Wilson.
Producer: Tom Alban
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
** Daljit also reads from his Poetry Extra Book of the Month: Skeletons by Deborah Landau. It's the fifth collection from the American poet, essayist and critic.
**** To nominate a programme from the BBC poetry archive that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk and tell us details of why you'd like to hear it.****
SUN 07:30 Dithering Heights by Ken Whitmore (m0028345)
**** This programme was suggested by Mandy Poulton as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Theatre impresario Jimmy Trotter is down on his luck, so he decides to run courses for lady culture vultures in an old house he's rented on the Yorkshire Moors.
But when the wrong party turns up, strange things start to happen.
The wind howls, Mrs Rochester howls, and when he finds that he has lost his trousers, even the Bishop of Skipton howls...
Starring Aubrey Woods.
Comedy drama written by Ken Whitmore.
Jimmy Trotter .... Aubrey Woods
Oswald .... Nigel Anthony
PC Fanshaw .... Sam Kelly
Mrs Ablett .... Meg Johnson
Jane .... Joanne Zorian
Dr Malloy .... Bonnie Hurren
Arthur Tattersall .... Ronald Baddiley
Dr Skull .... Ronald Herdman
Mrs Tattersall .... Heather Stoney
Director: Alfred Bradley
First broadcast in Saturday Night Theatre on BBC Radio 4 in September 1985.
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SUN 08:45 I'm Ken, He's Bill (m0028347)
A Spot Of Bother
**** This programme was suggested by Barry McCann and Keith Stock as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Can flatmates Ken and Bill make the best of it when Ken gets chicken pox?
'I'm Ken, He's Bill' follows the exploits of flatmates Ken and Bill, played by Peter Cleall and Derek Seaton.
Their neighbours upstairs are flatmates Angela and Caroline played by Suzanne Kerchiss and Clare Sutcliffe.
And they all live under the watchful gaze of their landlady, Mrs Platt, played by Patricia Hayes.
Two series ran on BBC Radio 2 between 1972 and 1975.
Written by John Davis and Richard Mathews.
Ken …. Peter Cleall
Bill …. Derek Seaton
Angela …. Suzanne Kerchiss
Caroline …. Clare Sutcliffe
Mrs Platt …. Patricia Hayes
With guest star Kenneth Connor as Dr Campbell
Producer: Edward Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1972.
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SUN 09:15 The Adventures of PC 49 (m002834b)
The Case of the Perfect Fiddle
**** This programme was suggested by Jo Tansley and Anna Robinson as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
When Police Constable 49 decides to learn the violin, he's inadvertently entangled in a notorious theft.
Starring Brian Reece and Joy Shelton.
This series featuring 'incidents in the career of Archibald Berkeley-Willoughby' ran between 1947 and 1953. It's a more light hearted precursor to future BBC police-based series like 'Dixon of Dock Green'.
Written by Alan Stranks.
PC 49 .... Brian Reece
Joan Carr .... Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson .... Leslie Perrins
Sergeant Wright .... Eric Phillips
Max Carousel .... Derrick Penley
Penrose .... Lockwood West
Birdy Snipe .... Sidney Vivian
PC Tom Roberts .... Wilfred Carter
PC Bill Martin .... Frederick Buckland
Porter .... Jack Shaw
Producer: Vernon Harris
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1950.
**** To nominate a programme from the archive that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SUN 09:45 Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor (m002834f)
**** This programme was suggested by Tim Makins as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
“Why isn't my town of Lake Wobegon on any map of Minnesota....?"
A loving re-creation of small-town America with all its idiosyncrasies.
Written by Garrison Keillor and first published in 1985.
Episode one read by Garrison Keillor.
Producer: Maurice Leitch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986.
**** To nominate a programme from the archive that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SUN 10:00 Spoonface Steinberg by Lee Hall (b007jnsq)
**** This programme was requested by the following listeners:
*Anne-Marie Callaghan
*John Pheasant
*Suzana Fry
*Michele Ryan
*Maggie Summers
*Kate Skinner
*Sonia Woolley
*Jane Muscroft
*Jan Ibbetson
*Dr Sue Jones
*Susan Walsh
Part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend. ****
Spoonface is 7 years old, autistic and terminally ill with cancer.
She's fascinated by opera and by the way her parents behave. With the help of their cleaner, Mrs Spud, she tries to come to terms with her extraordinary life.
Lee Hall's award-winning monologue is performed by Becky Simpson.
First broadcast in 1997, it elicited such an extraordinary response from BBC Radio 4 listeners that a repeat was scheduled within days of the original transmission.
Originally the final part of Hall's quartet of dramas examining the experience of growing up from the perspective of children, Spoonface Steinberg was subsequently adapted for TV and the stage.
Lee Hall went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay of Billy Elliot, later turned into a stage musical.
Producer: Kate Rowland
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1997.
**** To nominate a programme from the BBC poetry archive that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk and tell us details of why you'd like to hear it.****
SUN 11:00 Pilgrims by Ray Ball (m0028341)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m0028343)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 12:30 Dithering Heights by Ken Whitmore (m0028345)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 13:45 I'm Ken, He's Bill (m0028347)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SUN 14:15 The Adventures of PC 49 (m002834b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:15 today]
SUN 14:45 Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor (m002834f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today]
SUN 15:00 Spoonface Steinberg by Lee Hall (b007jnsq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 16:00 Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke (m002834h)
1. Beginning
**** This programme was suggested by Hadrian Jeffs as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
The world is at war.
Self-destruction is inevitable.
Then the Overlords arrive.
What do they want?
Classic sci-fi novel written by Arthur C Clarke.
Dramatised in two parts by Tony Mulholland.
Jan .... Steven Pacey
Karellen .... Peter Jeffrey
Stormgren .... Philip Voss
Young Katerina .... Yana Weinstein
Katerina .... Alison Pettitt
Doctor .... Patricia Perry
Wainwright .... Bernard Lloyd
Katya .... Lynn Farleigh
Sir Kenneth .... Paul Webster
Luther .... Paul Birchard
Mark .... Leon Tanner
Kircher .... Jonathan Owen
The Thai President .... Sue Kimberley
The Terrorist .... Katherine Messenger
Music by Jeff Mearns.
Director: Brian Lighthill
Originally broadcast as a Classic Serial on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.
First and last broadcast on BBC 7 in January 2003.
**** To nominate a programme from the archive that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
SUN 17:00 Pilgrims by Ray Ball (m0028341)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
SUN 18:00 Poetry Extra (m0028343)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
SUN 18:30 Dithering Heights by Ken Whitmore (m0028345)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
SUN 19:45 I'm Ken, He's Bill (m0028347)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
SUN 20:15 The Adventures of PC 49 (m002834b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:15 today]
SUN 20:45 Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor (m002834f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today]
SUN 21:00 Spoonface Steinberg by Lee Hall (b007jnsq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 22:00 The Iguanodon (b0075cpk)
Two Sausage Rolls Between the Seven of Us
A startling revelation for Sam after he survives a sinking and the pirates - again.
The passengers and crew of 'The Iguanodon' are still adrift in the Woe Betides. Will they ever get back to the mainland?
Three-part comedy adventure by Paul Lucas.
Sam Varley ...... Paul Haigh
Mr Brook ...... Bernard Cribbins
Don O'Reilly ...... Dermot Crowley
Isabel ...... Rosemary Leach
The Captain ...... John Arthur
Laura ...... Sally Phillips
Harriet ...... Patsy Byrne
Other parts played by:
Fred Harris
Kevin Eldon
Producer: Jo Clegg
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.
SUN 22:30 Pick Ups (b008p50r)
Series 1
Episode 2
A crucial darts match is played in the Manchester cab office, while Rebel offers some marital advice.
Comedy set in in a run-down taxi office in Manchester.
Written by Ian Kershaw.
Lind ... Sally Lindsay
Mike ... John Thomson
Dave ... Philip Rowson
Alan /Rebel ... Ash Tandon
With:
Claire Coleman
Mark E Smith
Producer: Paul Hardy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.
SUN 23:00 Lobby Land (m0007dkc)
Series 2
Sideways Moves
Tom Shriver MP decides the time is right to reap the benefits of a cash-in memoir, and Sam wants a piece of the action.
But is there more to their relationship than meets the eye?
Sam Peakes ...... Yasmine Akram
Tom Shriver MP ...... Charlie Higson
Mia Phillips ...... Cariad Lloyd
Gideon Burnside ...... Dan Tetsell
Nathan Edmonds ...... Daniel Lawrence Taylor
Written by Jon Harvey, Christopher Davies and Sarah Dempster.
Producer: Jon Harvey
A Naked production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019.
SUN 23:30 Rigor Mortis (b007qw7n)
Series 2
Episode 4
Dr Webster meets his doppelganger - entomologist Dr Betsy, whilst Gordon hears voices.
Starring Peter Davison.
Laurence Howarth's black comedy set in the world of the pathology lab.
Anthony Webster …. Peter Davison
Ruth Anderson …. Matilda Ziegler
Professor Donaldson …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Graham …. Tom Price
With:
Marianne Levy
Gus Brown
Alex Lowe
Music by Paul Mottram and Stephanie Benavente.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004.

MONDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2025

MON 00:00 Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke (m002834h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Pilgrims by Ray Ball (m0028341)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:00 Poetry Extra (m0028343)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Dithering Heights by Ken Whitmore (m0028345)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:45 I'm Ken, He's Bill (m0028347)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Sunday]
MON 04:15 The Adventures of PC 49 (m002834b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:15 on Sunday]
MON 04:45 Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor (m002834f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Spoonface Steinberg by Lee Hall (b007jnsq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford (m00282yz)
8. Destiny
A brush with death causes Maximilian to re-evaluate his life, and his true destiny.
A beautiful piece of music stirs a mega-tycoon to remember the women who have influenced and shaped his life.
Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1990 novel follows the turbulent life of Maximilian West, from a German-Jewish childhood in 1938 Berlin, to becoming a successful businessman haunted by his past.
Stars Robin Ellis.
Dramatised in eight parts by Bert Coules.
Maximilian West .... Robin Ellis
Alan Trenton .... Simon Williams
Anastasia .... Alexandra Bastedo
Teddy .... Emma Fielding
Sister Constanza .... Sian Phillips
Princess Irina .... Dorothy Tutin
Alix West .... Elaine Pyke
Michael West .... Nicholas Fletcher
Adrianna .... Joanna Monro
Blair .... Alice Arnold
The Doctor .... Ioan Meredith
The Policeman .... Sean Baker
Elias .... Ed Bishop
Pianist: Michael Haslam
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1996.
MON 06:30 Whodunnits (b007jpp2)
Miss Marple - The Murder at the Vicarage
1. The Body
Even the vicar of St Mary Mead detests a certain member of his flock.
But murder seems to be carrying things a bit far?
Starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple.
Agatha Christie's whodunnit, first published in 1930.
Dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell.
Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Rev Leonard Clement …. Francis Matthews
Griselda Clement …. Imelda Staunton
Dr Haydock …. Nigel Davenport
Dennis …. Nicholas Boulton
Lettice Protheroe …. Rachel Atkins
Miss Wetherby …. Joan Matheson
Mrs Price-Ridley …. Margot Boyd
Mrs Lestrange …. Jilly Meers
Lawrence Redding …. James Telfer
Anne Protheroe …. Frances Jeater
Colonel Protheroe …. James Greene
Mary …. Alice Arnold
Inspector Slack …. John Baddeley
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993.
MON 07:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c6vrj)
Series 3
Episode 2
Sheila raises Tommy's suspicions and blood pressure, but there's method in her madness.
Sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr won the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, but now they're back in the big time.
The problem is, they can’t stand each other…
June Whitfield and Roy Hudd star in Mike Coleman's sitcom.
Tommy Franklin …. Roy Hudd
Sheila Parr …. June Whitfield
Hetty Stark …. Pat Coombes
Murray Franklin …. Julian Eardley
Louis Elstein …. Edward Halsted
Jack Dunne …. William Franklyn
Music by Frido Ruth.
Producer: Steve Doherty
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.
MON 07:30 The Likely Lads (m00282z1)
Series 1
5. Baby, It's Cold Outside
Terry and Bob meet a couple of nurses and plan a double date.
When they have nowhere to take them, they offer to babysit for colleague Jack, to take advantage of his flat.
Starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes.
Created and written for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.
Adapted for BBC Radio by James Bolam.
Bob Ferris …. Rodney Bewes
Terry Collier …. James Bolam
Audrey .... Sheila Fearn
Jack .... Donald McKillop
Margaret .... Dorothy White
Rose .... Kate Story
June .... Janet Kelly
Jane .... Shirley Jaffe
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Light Programme in September 1967
MON 08:00 North by Northamptonshire (b03s6mf2)
Series 3
Episode 6
A funeral focuses everyone's mind in Wadenbrook.
Sheila Hancock narrates the bittersweet adventures of the residents of a small town in Northamptonshire.
Written by Katherine Jakeways.
As is well-known: Yorkshiremen wear flat caps and Essex girls wear short skirts; Liverpudlians are scallies and Cockneys are wideboys. Northamptonians gaze wistfully at these stereotypes and wish for an identity of any kind and a label less ridiculous than Northamptonians. Northamptonshire, let us be clear, is neither north, nor south nor in the Midlands. It floats somewhere between the three eyeing up the distinctiveness of each enviously.
Katherine Jakeways gives Northamptonshire an identity. And she waits, eagerly, for her home-county to thank her. And possibly make her some kind of Mayor.
Narrator ...... Sheila Hancock
Rod ...... Tim Key
Mary ...... Penelope Wilton
Jonathan ...... Kevin Eldon
Keith ...... John Biggins
Esther ...... Katherine Jakeways
Norman ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Orson ...... Nathaniel Parker
Alistair ...... Michael Bertenshaw
Jan ...... Felicity Montagu
Producer: Steven Canny
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.
MON 08:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m00282z3)
6. Shipwrecks
**** This programme was suggested by Paul Buttle as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
The outbreak of war brings prosperity and change for the islanders with shipwrecks, foreign sailors and the threat of conscription.
Memoirs and reminiscences of life growing up on The Blasket Islands off Ireland's Dingle Peninsula. The Islands were evacuated after World War II, but prior to that 150 inhabitants lived a traditional, rural life.
Maurice O'Sullivan was born on the Islands in 1904, before being fostered in Dingle and then returning to his family home on the Irish speaking Island.
It captures a young boy's growth to early manhood on the great Blasket, "a truly Gaelic island which lies north-west off the coast of Kerry". With stories of his friends, family, father and grandfather.
'Did you never hear how the life of man is divided?' says Maurice's grandfather, 'twenty years a-growing, twenty years in blossom, twenty years a-stooping, and twenty years declining."
Written by Maurice O'Sullivan and abridged by Ann Rees-Jones
The story continues from the first Omnibus episode featured in 4 Extra's ALL REQUEST WEEKEND.
Read by PG Stephens
Producer: Maurice Leitch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1977.
**** To nominate a programme from the archive that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
MON 08:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v1n5)
Mushrooms in the City
Marcovaldo finds mushrooms growing by the tram stop.
But he's dismayed to discover that he isn't the only one who's spotted them.
The first of Italo Calvino's enchanting collection of five short stores.
Dramatised by Toby Jones from a translation by William Weaver.
Narrator ...... Toby Jones
Marcovaldo ..…. Mackenzie Crook
Amadigi …... Lloyd Hutchinson
Isolina …... Isla Johnston
Michelino ..…. Aaron Gelkoff
Pietruccio ..…. Tyler Howitt
Director: Nadia Molinari
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2021.
MON 09:00 Just a Minute (m0027t6x)
Series 94
4. Does the second turning of the tide amount to repetition?
Sue Perkins challenges Tony Hawks, Ian Smith, Zoe Lyons and Charlotte Ritchie to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. Subjects include Preferred Socks, Hayfever, and Getting It Started On The Dancefloor.
Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox
Producer: Rajiv Karia
An EcoAudio certified production.
A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4
MON 09:30 Key Matters (b00tt535)
Series 2
A Major
Ivan Hewett returns to explore the question of why certain musical keys have become associated with particular moods.
For starters, Ivan meets pianist and conductor Jonathan Cohen to discuss the open optimism of A major.
The music ranges from Mozart to Abba with some Carol King and Dvorak along the way.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.
MON 09:45 Daily Service (m00282z5)
Proverbs - Guard your heart
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Proverbs - Guard your heart
Presenter: Angela Tilby
Reading: Proverbs 4:20-27
Music:
Come down O love divine - Guildford Cathedral Choir
Upon your heart - St Martin's Voices
To thee my heart I offer - BBC Young Choristers 2024
MON 10:00 Comic to Comic (b007xxzn)
Series 2
Andy Parsons
Comedian and TV panellist Andy Parsons chats to Bruce Morton about his career, Glaswegian shipyards and New Zealand sausage ads.
Series in which Bruce Morton talks to top stand-up comedians about life, the universe and comedy.
Producer: Carol Purcell
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in January 2006.
MON 10:30 Fabulous Flops (b012wz90)
Series 1
4. Droppings
Take a seat for the gruesome finale - featuring...........
Out of the Blue - a musical about the bombing of Nagasaki, nicknamed 'Into The Red'
Fields of Ambrosia, about the dropping of heads, an "hilarious" tale of a travelling executioner - affectionately referred to as 'Fields of
Amnesia' by the poor cast members desperately trying to forget they were in it
Plus, the sad story of Leonardo, a musical in which the great artist gets off with Mona Lisa. A production funded by the tiny island of Nauru, whose entire economy is based on the guano industry - fossilized bird droppings
Producer: Elizabeth Freestone
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.
MON 11:00 The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford (m00282yz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 11:30 Whodunnits (b007jpp2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 12:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c6vrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 12:30 The Likely Lads (m00282z1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 13:00 North by Northamptonshire (b03s6mf2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 13:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m00282z3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 13:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v1n5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 14:00 The Rest is History (b078wsdl)
Series 2
Episode 5
Frank Skinner loves history, but just doesn't know much of it. So he's devised a comedy discussion show in order to find out more about it.
Along with his historian in residence, Professor Kate Williams, Frank is joined by Miles Jupp and Zoe Lyons.
Up for discussion: King Arthur, Ivan the Terrible, Napoleon and Josephine, and Sir Walter Raleigh.
Producers: Mark Augustyn and Justin Pollard
An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2016.
MON 14:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k22c)
Series 2
Bill Of Fare
Rosie and her team are asked to organise a food fair by the formidable Lord Pickton.
But they don't realise the event is a setup to promote Hinchcliff Manor - rather than the stallholders...
Prunella Scales stars in Simon Brett's sitcom.
The trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event management company, based in Brighton.
Rosie ...... Prunella Scales
Kate ...... Arabella Weir
Jo ...... Rebecca Callard
Bob ...... Duncan Preston
Tess ...... Annette Badland
Nigel Mazoni ...... Jon Glover
Lord Pickton ...... Bill Wallis
Vicks ...... Natalie Walter
Rupert ...... Will Ing
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.
MON 15:00 The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper (b019rgnv)
1. Trapped
New York State, 1778.
Henry Wharton, a young soldier for the British in the American War of Independence, creeps into no-man's land to spend an evening with his family.
But the happy reunion is cut short when American troops surround the house. Can the mysterious peddler Harvey Birch provide Henry with a means of escape?
Starring Burn Gorman, Rose Leslie and Alex Waldmann.
Published in 1821, James Fenimore Cooper's tale of espionage and divided loyalties during the American War of Independence
The first commercially successful American work of popular fiction, The Spy is also generally regarded as the world's first espionage novel.
Fennimore’s double agent Harvey Birch, began the tradition of spy-as-hero, leading to the great genre novels of the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Dramatised in two parts by DJ Britton.
Harvey Birch . . . . . Burn Gorman
Frances . . . . . Rose Leslie
Henry . . . . . Alex Waldmann
Mr Wharton . . . . . James Lailey
Sarah . . . . . Francine Chamberlain
Mr Harper . . . . . Timothy Watson
Caesar . . . . . Richard Pepple
Peyton Dunwoodie . . . . . Simon Bubb
Captain Lawton . . . . . Gerard McDermott
Colonel Wellmere . . . . . Adam Billington
Isabella Singleton . . . . . Victoria Inez Hardy
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012.
MON 16:00 Comic to Comic (b007xxzn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 16:30 Fabulous Flops (b012wz90)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
MON 17:00 The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford (m00282yz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
MON 17:30 Whodunnits (b007jpp2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
MON 18:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c6vrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
MON 18:30 The Likely Lads (m00282z1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
MON 19:00 North by Northamptonshire (b03s6mf2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m00282z3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 19:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v1n5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
MON 20:00 The Rest is History (b078wsdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
MON 20:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k22c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
MON 21:00 The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper (b019rgnv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
MON 22:00 Just a Minute (m0027t6x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 22:30 Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train (m001pm85)
Series 2
Llandudno to Cardiff
Alexei Sayle takes another train journey and breaks the golden rule of travelling by train in the UK - by actually talking to his fellow passengers.
In this episode, he travels north to south across Wales from Llandudno to Cardiff.
Among his many fellow travellers, he meets:
* Mags, Karen, Anne and Nicky who call themselves the ‘cycling widows’ and are determined to enjoy themselves while their partners are off on two wheels somewhere
* 16 year-olds Isaac and Finlay are aspiring footballers and share their dreams with Alexei of one day playing in the Premier League and for their country
* Dewi is travelling to a retreat for help with his mental health problems
* Sarah and David surprise Alexei with their tales of long distance rail travel – including a trip on the Trans-Siberian Express fuelled only by pot noodles and vodka and thousands of miles in India in second class carriages meeting some of the 23 million people who take a train there every day.
Producers: Peter Lowe and Nick Symons
A Ride production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2023.
MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m0028dm0)
George Fouracres 1/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Athena Kugblenu chats to George Fouracres.
MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m0027v4h)
Series 116
6. Corruption Leagues and Leaked Whatsapps
On The News Quiz this week, Andy Zaltzman is joined by Ria Lina, Lucy Porter, Daniel Finkelstein and Alice Fraser to discuss the many Whatsapp woes of Labour, Kemi Badenoch rallying the Gen-Z's, the UK's ongoing success in the corruption leagues, and the overdue return of the woolly mammoth.
Written by Andy Zaltzman.
With additional material by: Tasha Dhanraj, Cameron Loxdale, Ralph Jones and Christina Riggs.
Producer: Rajiv Karia
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 Absolute Power (b018jp4b)
Series 4
Episode 1
The Machiavellian masters of spin get a lucrative contract to represent BBC television.
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
Archie …. Alex Lowe
Clive …. Tom George
Morganna …. Rachel Atkins
Debbie …. Jalml Barbakoff
Headmaster …. Kim Wall
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.

TUESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2025

TUE 00:00 Comic to Comic (b007xxzn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Fabulous Flops (b012wz90)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford (m00282yz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Whodunnits (b007jpp2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c6vrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:30 The Likely Lads (m00282z1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 North by Northamptonshire (b03s6mf2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m00282z3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v1n5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 The Rest is History (b078wsdl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k22c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper (b019rgnv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Falco (b007wpf1)
The Silver Pigs
1. Illegal Trade
Rome, AD 70: Roman sleuth Marcus Didius Falco chances upon an illegal trade in precious metal (the silver pigs) after mounting a rescue from a kidnap gang.
Anton Lesser stars as Ancient Rome's favourite detective.
Lindsey Davis's gripping, historical mystery.
Dramatised in four parts by Mary Cutler.
Falco …. Anton Lesser
Sosia …. Felicity Jones
Lenia …. Gillian Goodman
Petronius …. Ben Crowe
Decimus …. Robert Lister
Publius …. Richard Derrington
Pertinax/Julius …. Sean Connolly
Falco’s Mother …. Frances Jeater
Marcia …. Helen Monks
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
TUE 06:30 Whodunnits (b007jppk)
Miss Marple - The Murder at the Vicarage
2. Whodunnit?
Much to the Vicar's embarrassment, a murder has been committed in his study.
But who killed Colonel Protheroe?
Miss Marple is on the case....
Starring June Whitfield.
Agatha Christie's whodunnit dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Rev Leonard Clement …. Francis Matthews
Griselda Clement …. Imelda Staunton
Dr Haydock …. Nigel Davenport
Lettice Protheroe …. Rachel Atkins
Mary …. Alice Arnold
Colonel Melchett …. Richard Todd
Constable …. Malcolm Ward
Butler …. Lewis Jones
Anne Protheroe …. Frances Jeater
Lawrence Redding …. James Telfer
Inspector Slack …. John Baddeley
Gladys Cram …. Oona Beeson
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993.
TUE 07:00 Spangles 'n' Tights (b04pcw9j)
A Folk Song for Europe
The Dublin theatrical costumiers get embroiled in rivalry between two Lancashire clog troupes.
Christopher Fitz-Simon's five-part comedy.
Dessie Doyle ...... David Kelly
Violet Doyle ...... Pauline McLynn
Antony Gogan ...... Eugene O'Brien
Mr McNamara ...... Frank Kelly
Mona Scrummitt ...... Noreen Kershaw
Mr Witherspoon ...... Dave Hill
Belfast Woman ...... Maureen Dow
Music played by John Trotter.
Directed at BBC Belfast by Roland Jaquarello.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998.
TUE 07:30 The Goon Show (b007jtj9)
Series 7
The Sleeping Prince
When Neddie Seagoon is made president of Yakabakoo, he tries to quell a revolution.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.
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: Pat Dixon
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1957.
TUE 08:00 Man at the Helm (b07x5vrq)
Episode 2
Local handyman Charlie Bates is not on the man list for Lizzie's three meddling kids.
But they're prepared to give him a shot when their divorced mum falls for him - because he looks like Frank Sinatra...
Nina Stibbe’s comic novel set in 1970s rural Leicestershire.
Adapted by Amanda Whittington.
Lizzie ….. Eloise Webb
Amy….. Fern Deacon
Little Jack ….. Ben Barker
Elizabeth ….. Amanda Hale
Charlie Bates ….. Andy Nyman
Mr Lomax ….. Jason Barnett
Dad ….. James Lailey
Mrs Bates ….. Elizabeth Bennett
Director: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2016.
TUE 08:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m00281rf)
7. Gone Fishing
**** This programme was suggested by Paul Buttle as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
School is stopped and Maurice goes lobstering with his dad. He could not be happier - until the weather turns.
Memoirs and reminiscences of life growing up on The Blasket Islands off Ireland's Dingle Peninsula. The Islands were evacuated after World War II, but prior to that 150 inhabitants lived a traditional, rural life.
Maurice O'Sullivan was born on the Islands in 1904, before being fostered in Dingle and then returning to his family home on the Irish speaking Island.
It captures a young boy's growth to early manhood on the great Blasket, "a truly Gaelic island which lies north-west off the coast of Kerry". With stories of his friends, family, father and grandfather.
'Did you never hear how the life of man is divided?' says Maurice's grandfather, 'twenty years a-growing, twenty years in blossom, twenty years a-stooping, and twenty years declining."
Read by PG Stephens
Written by Maurice O'Sullivan
Abridged in ten episodes by Ann Rees-Jones
Produced by Maurice Leitch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
**** To nominate a programme from the archive that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
TUE 08:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v2s2)
Moon and Gnac
Marcovaldo's efforts to teach his children about the night sky are thwarted by a large neon sign.
Italo Calvino's enchanting short story collection is dramatised for radio by Toby Jones.
From a translation by William Weaver.
Narrator ...... Toby Jones
Marcovaldo ..…. Mackenzie Crook
Fiordaligi/ Godifredo ...... Ashley Margolis
Isolina …... Isla Johnston
Michelino ..…. Aaron Gelkoff
Pietruccio ..…. Tyler Howitt
Director: Nadia Molinari
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2021.
TUE 09:00 Heresy (m0018grv)
Series 12
Episode 5
Victoria Coren Mitchell presents another edition of the show which dares to commit heresy.
This week with Katy Brand, Phil Wang and David Mitchell.
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 09:30 Key Matters (b00tt5j1)
Series 2
C Sharp
Presenter Ivan Hewett explores the question of why certain musical keys have become associated with particular moods.
For example, why is A major almost always employed by composers to write optimistic, even ecstatic music?
And how has E minor become the key of choice for portraying menace and tragedy?
Ivan is joined by pianist Kenneth Hamilton to explore the treacherous and obscure world of C sharp.
Produced by Rosie Boulton.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.
TUE 09:45 Daily Service (m00281rh)
Proverbs - Commit to the Lord
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Proverbs - Commit to the Lord
Presenter: Swarzy
Reading: Proverbs 16:3-9
Music:
What a friend we have in Jesus - Aretha Franklin
Great is thy faithfulness - Warehouse Worship
Baba - Ryan Ofei
TUE 10:00 A Good Read (b0b7fj38)
Juno Dawson and Pandora Sykes
Writers Juno Dawson and Pandora Sykes discuss favourite books with presenter Harriett Gilbert.
Chosen books:
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
Pub: Penguin
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Pub: Gollancz
The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett
Pub: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Producer Sally Heaven
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018.
TUE 10:30 Salt City (b00f7z1s)
Broadcaster Allan Beswick explores the history of salt mining around Winsford in Cheshire.
Allan visits the Lion Salt Works, speaks with curator Andrew Fielding and learns that the salt deposit was discovered during a search for coal seams.
Zoe Ellis takes Allan on an underground tour where he meets Ron Lightfoot, who runs the subterranean canteen.
Readings by Robert Lister.
Producer: Sarah Conkey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008.
TUE 11:00 Falco (b007wpf1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 11:30 Whodunnits (b007jppk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 12:00 Spangles 'n' Tights (b04pcw9j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 12:30 The Goon Show (b007jtj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 13:00 Man at the Helm (b07x5vrq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 13:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m00281rf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 13:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v2s2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 14:00 Act Your Age (b00qvm9f)
Series 2
Episode 6
Comedy show pitting the comic generations against each other to find out which is the funniest.
Hosted by Simon Mayo.
With Team Captains:
Jon Richardson
Lucy Porter
Roy Walker
Guest Comics:
Hils Barker
Rufus Hound
Tommy Cannon
Bobby Ball
Producers: Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.
TUE 14:30 Bookcases (m0004tvc)
Series 2
Self Help
There are some eccentric and desperate plans to save Spavin and Spavin from financial ruin involving Prince Albert and Samuel Smiles.
Stars Michael Cochrane and Maggie Steed.
Second series of Martyn Wade’s comedy series set in a Victorian publishing house.
Primus …. Michael Cochrane
Cordelia …. Maggie Steed
Gerald …. David Horovitch
Edith …. Elizabeth Spriggs
Mrs Quirk …. Joan Sims
Simeon …. Charles Simpson
Prince Albert …. Ioan Meredith
John …. Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Beeton …. Rachel Atkins
Lizzie Siddal …. Becky Hindley
Director: Cherry Cookson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.
TUE 15:00 The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper (b01b8yyb)
2. Captured
New York State, 1778. Henry Wharton, a young soldier for the British, has been captured by American forces while wearing a disguise in no-man's land.
He must stand trial as a spy, and if found guilty, he will hang. Can General Washington be found in time to issue a pardon?
Starring Burn Gorman, Rose Leslie and Alex Waldmann.
Conclusion of James Fenimore Cooper's tale of espionage and divided loyalties during the American War of Independence.
Dramatised by DJ Britton.
Harvey Birch . . . . . Burn Gorman
Frances . . . . . Rose Leslie
Henry . . . . . Alex Waldmann
Mr Wharton . . . . . James Lailey
Sarah . . . . . Francine Chamberlain
Mr Harper . . . . . Timothy Watson
Caesar . . . . . Richard Pepple
Peyton Dunwoodie . . . . . Simon Bubb
Captain Lawton . . . . . Gerard McDermott
Skinner . . . . . Adam Billington
Isabella Singleton . . . . . Victoria Inez Hardy
Colonel Martin . . . . . Paul Moriarty
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012.
TUE 16:00 A Good Read (b0b7fj38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 16:30 Salt City (b00f7z1s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
TUE 17:00 Falco (b007wpf1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
TUE 17:30 Whodunnits (b007jppk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
TUE 18:00 Spangles 'n' Tights (b04pcw9j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
TUE 18:30 The Goon Show (b007jtj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
TUE 19:00 Man at the Helm (b07x5vrq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m00281rf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 19:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v2s2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
TUE 20:00 Act Your Age (b00qvm9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Bookcases (m0004tvc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
TUE 21:00 The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper (b01b8yyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
TUE 22:00 Heresy (m0018grv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 22:30 The Consultants (b061gtpt)
Series 4
Episode 4
A 'ladies man' sings about his suspect personal hygiene.
Cerebral sketch show written by and starring:
Neil Edmond
Justin Edwards
James Rawlings
Producer: Will Saunders
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.
TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m0028dm2)
George Fouracres 2/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Athena Kugblenu chats again to George Fouracres.
TUE 23:00 Clare in the Community (b08587nz)
Series 11
You Take the High Road
It's the social work event of the year and Clare Barker is giving the keynote speech It's the biggest moment of her career - provided she can actually get there for it.
Back at home Brian and Nali have been taken in by Ray after a barbecue got out of hand. His housekeeping leaves a bit to be desired as far as Nali's concerned.
Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution.
A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her.
Clare continues her struggle to control both her professional and private life. In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
Clare ...... Sally Phillips
Brian ...... Alex Lowe
Ray ...... Richard Lumsden
Nali ...... Nina Conti
Libby ...... Sarah Kendall
Joan ...... Sarah Thom
Simon ...... Andrew Wincott
Brendan ...... Andrew Wincott
Mrs Singh ...... Nina Wadia
Cilla ...... Gbemisola Ikumelo
Colin ...... Sean Baker
Gary ...... Sean Baker
Burglar ...... Sean Baker
Producer: Alexandra Smith
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2016.
TUE 23:30 The Curried Goat Show (b007k4xf)
Episode 5
The results of the 'I Love Fatima Whitbread' competition are announced.
Will has trouble sleeping while two American sports-casters have trouble with pronunciation.
Sketch-bonanza written by and starring:
Dan Gaster
Will Ing
Ben Silburn
With special guest: Paula Wilcox.
Music from The Big Buzzard Boogie Band.
Producer: Maria Esposito.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1998.

WEDNESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2025

WED 00:00 A Good Read (b0b7fj38)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Salt City (b00f7z1s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Falco (b007wpf1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Whodunnits (b007jppk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Spangles 'n' Tights (b04pcw9j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:30 The Goon Show (b007jtj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Man at the Helm (b07x5vrq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m00281rf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v2s2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Act Your Age (b00qvm9f)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Bookcases (m0004tvc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper (b01b8yyb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Falco (b007wpz2)
The Silver Pigs
2. Dangerous Outpost
Marcus Didius Falco is investigating the mystery of how a stolen lead ingot containing silver came to be in the bank box of a senator's daughter.
And things have taken a turn for the worse, as he's now probing a murder and - worse still - he's forced to visit a remote and dangerous outpost of the Empire - Britain.
Anton Lesser stars as Ancient Rome's favourite detective.
Lindsey Davis's gripping, historical mystery.
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.
Falco …. Anton Lesser
Petronius …. Ben Crowe
Decimus …. Robert Lister
Publius …. Richard Derrington
Gaius Hilaris …. Ian Brooker
Helena …. Fritha Goodey
Aelia …. Susan Jeffrey
Triferus/Cornix …. Alex Jones
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
WED 06:30 Whodunnits (b007jpq1)
Miss Marple - The Murder at the Vicarage
3. Confessions
Multiple confessions to the murder of Colonel Protheroe mount up in the village of St Mary Mead.
But who does amateur sleuth Jane Marple believe?
Starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple.
Agatha Christie's whodunnit dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Rev Leonard Clement …. Francis Matthews
Griselda Clement …. Imelda Staunton
Mrs Lestrange …. Jillie Meers
Mary …. Alice Arnold
Hilda …. Lisa Howard
Dr Haydock …. Nigel Davenport
Lawrence Redding …. James Telfer
Dennis …. Nicholas Boulton
Hawes …. David Thorpe
Dr Stone …. Timothy Alcock
Raymond West …. Ian Masters
Inspector Slack …. John Baddeley
Gladys Cram …. Oona Beeson
Nancy …. Vivienne Rochester
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993.
WED 07:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k0zf)
2. The Mariner
Mr Finchley runs into an ancient mariner who has many tales to tell of his life at sea, each one taller than the last.
Meanwhile, following hot on his tail is Oliver Watt-Anselm, the worst private eye in the world...
Victor Canning's novel about the adventures of a man and his horse-drawn caravan touring the 1930s countryside of Kent.
Mr Finchley .... Richard Griffiths
Horace Blane …. John Bird
Bob Trilby …. Chris Emmett
Oliver Watt-Anselm …. Jon Glover
Narrated by James Villiers.
Adapted in six parts by Andy and Eric Merriman.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1993.
WED 07:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b00t5xc7)
Series 3
The Greyhound Track
Sid wants the lad evicted, so he reopens a public footpath through his country mansion.
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's classic comedy about the life and times of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With:
Bill Kerr
Sidney James
Kenneth Williams
Andree Melly
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Music recorded by the BBC Augmented Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1956.
WED 08:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b07tc1rm)
Series 4
Construction Time Again
Tom's Dad offers some unwanted assistance.
Listen in on Tom's weekly phone calls home to his Mum, Dad and Gran in Sheffield and get a glimpse into the triumphs and tribulations of the Wrigglesworth clan in all its dysfunctional glory.
Tom ...... Tom Wrigglesworth
Dad ...... Paul Copley
Mum ...... Kate Anthony
Granny ...... Elizabeth Bennett
Written by Tom Wrigglesworth and James Kettle.
With additional material by Miles Jupp
Producer: Richard Morris
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2016.
WED 08:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m002812p)
8. A New Friend
**** This programme was suggested by Paul Buttle as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
It's a beautiful day in 1923 and Maurice makes a new friend and helps his father collect sheep on the hillside but it's fraught with danger.
Memoirs and reminiscences of life growing up on The Blasket Islands off Ireland's Dingle Peninsula. The Islands were evacuated after World War II, but prior to that 150 inhabitants lived a traditional, rural life.
Maurice O'Sullivan was born on the Islands in 1904, before being fostered in Dingle and then returning to his family home on the Irish speaking Island.
It captures a young boy's growth to early manhood on the great Blasket, "a truly Gaelic island which lies north-west off the coast of Kerry". With stories of his friends, family, father and grandfather.
'Did you never hear how the life of man is divided?' says Maurice's grandfather, 'twenty years a-growing, twenty years in blossom, twenty years a-stooping, and twenty years declining."
Read by PG Stephens
Written by Maurice O'Sullivan
Abridged in ten episodes by Ann Rees-Jones
Produced by Maurice Leitch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
**** To nominate a programme from the archive that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
WED 08:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v2pw)
The Rain and the Leaves
Marcovaldo's increasing obsession with nurturing the plant at the factory where he works brings surprising results.
Italo Calvino's enchanting short story collection is dramatised for radio by Toby Jones.
From a translation by William Weaver.
Narrator ...... Toby Jones
Marcovaldo ..…. Mackenzie Crook
Domitilla/ Receptionist ...... Deborah Mcandrew
Viligelmo ...... Mark Bonnar
Isolina ...... Isla Johnston
Michelino ...... Aaron Gelkoff
Pietruccio ...... Tyler Howitt
Director: Nadia Molinari
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2021.
WED 09:00 ReincarNathan (m0027v0w)
Series 4
1. Rat
Nathan Blakely was a popstar. But he was useless, died, and was reincarnated. The comedy about Nathan’s adventures in the afterlife returns for a fourth and final series, starring Daniel Rigby, Ashley McGuire, Freya Parker and Henry Paker.
In this first episode of the final trilogy, Nathan is brought back to life as a rat in a London sewer. As usual, Nathan has a mission to complete - this time he needs to save an abandoned terrapin who's lost in the sewers from the clutches of a disgruntled crocodile. And Nathan also has his own demons to battle - can he come to terms with the failed pop career he had as a human?
Cast:
Ashley McGuire - Carol
Daniel Rigby – Nathan
Henry Paker - Terry the Terrapin
Freya Parker - Crocodile
Tom Crowley - Music Manager
Writers: Tom Craine and Henry Paker
Producer: Harriet Jaine
Sound: Jerry Peal
Music Composed by: Phil Lepherd
A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4
WED 09:30 Key Matters (b00tt5jf)
Series 2
E Minor
Presenter Ivan Hewett explores the question of why certain musical keys have become associated with particular moods.
For example, why is A major almost always employed by composers to write optimistic, even ecstatic music?
And how has E minor become the key of choice for portraying menace and tragedy?
Cellist and composer Philip Sheppard defines the qualities of E minor with music ranging from Brahms, Elgar and Shotakovich to The Clash.
Produced by Rosie Boulton.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.
WED 09:45 Daily Service (m002812r)
Proverbs - The beginning of Wisdom
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Proverbs - The beginning of Wisdom
Presenter: Stewart Rapley
Reading: Proverbs 1:1-7
Music:
Guide me o thou great redeemer - St Martin's Voices
God be in my head - Tenebrae
The perfect wisdom of our God - Stuart Townend
WED 10:00 Archive on 4 (m0010fl6)
The Men in the White Coats
Professor Andrea Sella on the shifting image of the scientist in popular culture, from Victor Frankenstein to Iron Man via victorious post-war boffinry and megalomanical Bond villainry.
The monster unleashed by Mary Shelley in her 1818 tale of gruesome gothic horror was in many senses not the creature itself, but the image of its careless creator. The recklessness of the lone scientist whose blind ambition fails to foresee the societal and practical consequences of his discovery or invention.
Throughout the last 150 years, the scientists in our science fictions have embodied the contemporary societal attitudes to science itself, sometimes in celebration, but often as a cartoon of our fears. At the same time professional scientists and science communicators have tried to share their work with wider audiences in an effort to democratise and enliven the endeavour.
However, these two approaches haven't always been in synchrony.
Produced by Alex Mansfield.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2021.
WED 11:00 Falco (b007wpz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 11:30 Whodunnits (b007jpq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 12:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k0zf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b00t5xc7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 13:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b07tc1rm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 13:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m002812p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 13:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v2pw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 14:00 It's Your Round (b00yjs4p)
Series 1
Episode 1
It's the comedy panel show with no format!
Let battle commence in the games each brought along by the panellists:
Rufus Hound
Miles Jupp
Sara Pascoe
Adam Hills
Stand by for "Them Next Door", "What Does My Dad Know?", "Come To Romford!" and "Newspaper Headline or Cryptic Crossword Clue".
All are untried, untested and unpredictable so it could all end in disaster.
Angus Deayton valiantly tries to keep the show together.
Written by: Angus Deayton, Ged Parsons and Paul Powell
Devised by Benjamin Partridge.
Producer: Sam Michell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2011.
WED 14:30 Millport (b008h51h)
Series 1
Derek Dodds Is Dead
An unexpected death makes all the islanders question their priorities in life in some very surprising ways...
Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson.
Barmaid Irene Bruce is 30-something and hankering after a better life on the mainland.
Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson
Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown
Alberto/Robert/Dita/Bob ...... Lewis McLeod
Ena/Bunty/Diane ...... Gabriel Quigley
Doogie ...... Matt Costello
Minister ...... Robert Paterson
Producers: Lucy Bacon and Kathy Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000.
WED 15:00 Parson Harding's Daughter by Joanna Trollope (m0009swy)
1. What Hope?
Caroline Harding's only suitor disappeared to India without her and forgot that he'd ever planned to marry her.
She was left with few hopes, for what was there for a parson's daughter - of limited means and no looks - to expect in 1775?
Written by Joanna Trollope under her nom de plume, Caroline Harvey.
Starring Rebecca Egan.
Dramatised in three parts by Eric Pringle.
Caroline Harding .... Rebecca Egan
Johnnie Gates .... Charles Simpson
Henry .... Ross Livingstone
Parson Harding .... Geoffrey Whitehead
Eleanor .... Jane Whittenshaw
Robert .... Roger May
Lady Lennox …. Jennifer Hilary
Lord Lennox …. David Collings
Georgiana .... Jilly Bond
Frank Lovell ....Paul Jenkins
Sir Edward Ashton .... Nicholas Le Prevost
Ralph Buxby .... Andrew Wincott
Sircar ... Dhirendra
George Carew .... Stephen Critchlow
Anne Hedges .... Patience Tomlinson
Mary Wells .... Tessa Worsley
Mr Pears .... David Timson
Dramatised by Eric Pringle.
Director: Jane Morgan.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1995.
WED 16:00 Archive on 4 (m0010fl6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 17:00 Falco (b007wpz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
WED 17:30 Whodunnits (b007jpq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
WED 18:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k0zf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
WED 18:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b00t5xc7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
WED 19:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b07tc1rm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m002812p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 19:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v2pw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
WED 20:00 It's Your Round (b00yjs4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
WED 20:30 Millport (b008h51h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
WED 21:00 Parson Harding's Daughter by Joanna Trollope (m0009swy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
WED 22:00 ReincarNathan (m0027v0w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 22:30 The Lawrence Sweeney Mix (b00kpybx)
Series 1
Episode 4
Something you find in the Attic – and an unusual gathering with the neighbours...
Josie Lawrence and Jim Sweeney make it up as they go along!
Faced with a live studio audience and a couple of microphones - the masters of improve create sketches from shouted out suggestions.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2007.
WED 23:00 The Skivers (b00d8pgd)
Series 1
Lewis Collins
Secrets of Michael Fish are revealed, and East 17 move house.
Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh's skilful sketch show.
Special guest: Lewis Collins. Will he share any tips from TV's The Professionals?
Written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.
With:
Mel Giedroyc
Peter Bradshaw
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994.
WED 23:30 This Is Craig Brown (b00f8799)
Communications
The world telephone premiere of Rome and Juliet takes place and following difficulties with the internet, a massive technological advance takes place when the book is invented.
The series mixing satire, social observation and nonsense turns the spotlight on Romeo and Juliet.
Written and introduced by Craig Brown.
With:
Edward Fox
Rory Bremner
Harry Enfield
Mel Hudson
Hugh Massingbird
Geoffrey McGivern
Felicity Montagu
Hugo Weaving.
Script Editor Simon Littlefield
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
WED 23:45 Twenty Players (b06s1jk0)
Series 2
Terry Framwell
Dougie Donnelly tells the story of probably the best one-legged bowls player ever - Terry Framwell.
One of a series of features on fictional sporting heroes.
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1997.

THURSDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2025

THU 00:00 Archive on 4 (m0010fl6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Falco (b007wpz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Whodunnits (b007jpq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k0zf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b00t5xc7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b07tc1rm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m002812p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v2pw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 It's Your Round (b00yjs4p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Millport (b008h51h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Parson Harding's Daughter by Joanna Trollope (m0009swy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Falco (b007wpsz)
The Silver Pigs
3. Sinister Plot
Probing the illegal imports of the ingots, Roman sleuth Falco has chanced upon a sinister plot to overthrow the Emperor Vespasian.
And he's also discovered the identity of Helena's ex-husband: which has made him realise the plot is much closer to home than he thought...
Anton Lesser stars as Ancient Rome's favourite detective.
Lindsey Davis's gripping, historical mystery.
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.
Falco …. Anton Lesser
Lenia …. Gillian Goodman
Petronius …. Ben Crowe
Decimus …. Robert Lister
Falco’s Mother …. Frances Jeater
Marcia …. Helen Monks
Helena …. Fritha Goodey
Titus …. Jonathan Keeble
Domitian …. Declan Wilson
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
THU 06:30 Whodunnits (b007jpqf)
Miss Marple - The Murder at the Vicarage
4. Confusion
Investigations into the murder of Colonel Protheroe don't go at all to plan.
Who is the killer?
Starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple.
Agatha Christie's whodunnit dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Rev Leonard Clement …. Francis Matthews
Griselda Clement …. Imelda Staunton
Lettice Protheroe …. Rachel Atkins
Dr Haydock …. Nigel Davenport
Anne Protheroe …. Frances Jeater
Inspector Slack …. John Baddeley
Gladys Cram …. Oona Beeson
Hawes …. David Thorpe
Mrs Price-Ridley …. Margot Boyd
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993.
THU 07:00 Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (m0028109)
Ephraim Gadsby, Gaolbird
In a tight legal squeeze, can Bertie convince anyone that he is not in love with Florence....especially the jealous Stilton Cheeswrigtht?
PG Wodehouse romp with Richard Briers and Michael Hordern.
Adapted in six parts by Richard Usborne.
Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers
Stilton Cheesewright ..... James Villiers
Florence Craye ..... Liza Goddard
Aunt Dahlia …. Vivien Pickles
The Magistrate …. David Tate
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1979.
THU 07:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jx9k)
Series 1
The Birthday Present
Busy writing his new crime novel, Gerald doesn't want to be disturbed - but Diana has other ideas...
The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author who's married to a more successful writer.
Starring Ian Carmichael and Charlotte Mitchell.
Written by Basil Boothroyd.
Gerald C Potter ...... Ian Carmichael
Diana Potter ...... Charlotte Mitchell
With Michael McClain.
The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter ran to four series from 1976 to 1981.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1976.
THU 08:00 Reluctant Persuaders (b08n46dj)
Series 2
4: Think Different
Things are looking up for Hardacre's, the worst advertising agency in London. They're pitching for the biggest account of their lives - the cutting edge new smartphone, the Cosmos X10.
It's the day of the big pitch and Hardacre, Joe, Teddy, Amanda, and Laura are waiting to be called in. They may be waiting rather a long time, in fact, as they appear to have turned up six hours early.
As the day unfolds and the wait continues, it emerges that some of the team may have something to hide. Is there more at stake than meets the eye? And what does it have to do with Charles Blackwell, Hardacre's oldest and dearest nemesis?
Edward Rowett's award-winning sitcom.
Rupert Hardacre ...... Nigel Havers
Joe ...... Mathew Baynton
Amanda ...... Josie Lawrence
Teddy ...... Kieran Hodgson
Laura ...... Olivia Nixon
Charles Blackwell ...... Martin Jarvis
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2017.
THU 08:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m002810c)
9. Adventure
**** This programme was suggested by Paul Buttle as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
It's 1927 and the island has gone to ruin. Maurice seeks a new life and pursues a new career in the capital.
Memoirs and reminiscences of life growing up on The Blasket Islands off Ireland's Dingle Peninsula. The Islands were evacuated after World War II, but prior to that 150 inhabitants lived a traditional, rural life.
Maurice O'Sullivan was born on the Islands in 1904, before being fostered in Dingle and then returning to his family home on the Irish speaking Island.
It captures a young boy's growth to early manhood on the great Blasket, "a truly Gaelic island which lies north-west off the coast of Kerry". With stories of his friends, family, father and grandfather.
'Did you never hear how the life of man is divided?' says Maurice's grandfather, 'twenty years a-growing, twenty years in blossom, twenty years a-stooping, and twenty years declining."
Read by PG Stephens
Written by Maurice O'Sullivan
Abridged in ten episodes by Ann Rees-Jones
Produced by Maurice Leitch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
**** To nominate a programme from the archive that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****
THU 08:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v2wf)
The Wrong Stop
Marcovaldo gets lost in thick fog after a night at the cinema.
Italo Calvino's enchanting short story collection is dramatised for radio by Toby Jones.
From a translation by William Weaver.
Narrator ...... Toby Jones
Marcovaldo ..…. Mackenzie Crook
Gent …... Lloyd Hutchinson
Gent ...... Toby Jones
Barmaid ...... Deborah McAndrew
Director: Nadia Molinari
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2021.
THU 09:00 P.O.V. (m0027txj)
Series 1
Enter, if you dare, the scariest house ever
The internet's best comedy creators bring you a sketch show that features the scariest haunted house ever, a radio legend's funeral, a robotic chat gets serious, and what you should post on Threads.
Written and performed by Kylie Brakeman, Emma Doran, The Exploding Heads, Matt Green, Rosie Holt, Kathy Maniura, Morton, Burke & Fry, Kelechi Okafor, Leah Rudick, Ali Woods and Ed Night & Paddy Young.
Recorded in London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Los Angeles and Manchester.
Edited by Rich Evans at Syncbox Post
Produced by Ed Morrish
A Lead Mojo production for BBC Radio 4
THU 09:30 Key Matters (b00tt5jh)
Series 2
F Major
Ivan Hewett explores the question of why certain musical keys have become associated with particular moods.
For example, why is A major almost always employed by composers to write optimistic, even ecstatic music?
And how has E minor become the key of choice for portraying menace and tragedy?
French horn player Roger Montgomery explains why F major is traditionally associated with pastoral and hunting sounds.
Produced by Rosie Boulton.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.
THU 09:45 Daily Service (m002810g)
Proverbs - Sayings of the Wise
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Proverbs - Sayings of the Wise
Presenter: Rachel Mann
Reading: Proverbs 22:17-21
Music:
The Lark Ascending - Vaughan Williams
Jennifer Pike & Martin Roscoe
CD: Elgar: The Lark Ascending (Decca)
Wisdom and Grace
Bifrost Arts
CD: Lamentations: Simple Songs of Lament and Hope, Vol. 1 (Gospel Song Records)
Os justi - Bruckner
Voces8
CD: A Choral Tapestry (Signum)
Marianelli: Dawn
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
CD: Pride and Prejudice (Universal Classics)
No one but Jesus
CD: No one but Jesus
Jesus Culture feat. Brett Lee Miller
(Jesus Culture Music)
THU 10:00 Great Lives (b01mdf0d)
Stan Laurel
The late Ken Dodd explains to Matthew Parris why Stan Laurel inspired him to get into comedy, with the help of expert Glenn Mitchell.
Born Stan Jefferson into a theatrical family, in Lancashire, he later moved to the United States, where talent and a leg of lamb helped forge the Laurel & Hardy partnership.
They became the last big comedy sensation of the silent era but took to talkies like "ducks to water" and were mobbed by fans and reporters everywhere they went.
Features archive clips, including their memorable performance of The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.
THU 10:30 My Muse (b07sy5y8)
Series 1
Lisa Dwan on Samuel Beckett
Lisa Dwan is a renowned performer of works by Samuel Beckett.
She reflects on Beckett, who left Ireland - and one of his key inspirations, Dante, who was exiled from Florence, never to return.
Produced by Sara Parker.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2016.
THU 11:00 Falco (b007wpsz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 11:30 Whodunnits (b007jpqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 12:00 Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (m0028109)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 12:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jx9k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 13:00 Reluctant Persuaders (b08n46dj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 13:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m002810c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 13:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v2wf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 14:00 The 3rd Degree (m001pfjk)
Series 13
University of Portsmouth
Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits as three students from the University of Portsmouth take on their professors.
A funny and dynamic general knowledge quiz show with specialist subjects including musical theatre, maths and psychology.
There are questions about Cauchy sequences, Hilbert spaces, the Dunning-Kruger effect and what on earth is dangling from Mick Fleetwood? Also, the world's dodgiest song in the world's first ever musical.
Producer: David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2023.
THU 14:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007k02n)
Series 2
Entertaining Mr Stone
Robin surprisingly brings a friend home, but he isn't all he seems. Stars Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall. From May 2003.
THU 15:00 Parson Harding's Daughter by Joanna Trollope (m0009rkb)
2. Setting Sail
In 1776 Caroline Harding sets sail for India, bound for marriage to a man whom she's not seen in 8 years.
But she suspects that he has no real desire to wed her...
Written by Joanna Trollope under her nom de plume, Caroline Harvey.
Starring Rebecca Egan.
Dramatised by Eric Pringle.
Caroline Harding .... Rebecca Egan
Lady Lennox …. Jennifer Hilary
Lord Lennox .... David Collings
Isobel Grant .... Emma Gregory
General North .... John Turner
Bella Rathbone .... Jillie Meers
Johnnie Gates …. Charles Simpson
Ranjit .... Sam Dastor
George Carew .... Stephen Critchlow
Sir Edward Ashton .... Nicholas le Prevost
Sircar …. Dhirendra
Moneylender .... Raj Patel
Servant .... Becky Hindley
Ship's Officer.... Paul Jenkins
Sailor .... Joshua Towb
Director: Jane Morgan.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1995.
THU 16:00 Great Lives (b01mdf0d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 16:30 My Muse (b07sy5y8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today]
THU 17:00 Falco (b007wpsz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
THU 17:30 Whodunnits (b007jpqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
THU 18:00 Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (m0028109)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
THU 18:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jx9k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
THU 19:00 Reluctant Persuaders (b08n46dj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m002810c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 19:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v2wf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
THU 20:00 The 3rd Degree (m001pfjk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 today]
THU 20:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007k02n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 today]
THU 21:00 Parson Harding's Daughter by Joanna Trollope (m0009rkb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 today]
THU 22:00 P.O.V. (m0027txj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 22:30 Eamon, Older Brother of Jesus (m002810j)
Episode 4
Now in his 40s, Eamon is still living at home with his parents. He has the perfect younger brother and his mother is a saint. Life is not easy for Eamon....
Things take an even stranger turn when it's suggested that Eamon should really be getting married.
Michael Redmond writes and stars in a six-part comedy series.
Eamon ... Michael Redmond
Joseph .... Harry Towb
Mary …. Stella McCusker
With
Peter Caffrey
Clare Cathcart
Moira Buffini
Producer: Phil Clarke
Made for BBC Radio 4 in 1996. A decision was taken not broadcast at the time. This is the first time it has been broadcast on BBC Radio.
THU 22:45 2000 Years of Radio (b00769xp)
Series 2
Greensleeves FM
It's 1536. DJ Suzanne Canker and her Catholic cohorts do battle with Henry Vlll's radio Reformation.
More extraordinary archive radio recordings from the past two millennia of the wireless.
Written and performed by:
Claire Downes
Hazel Grian
Al Holloway
Ben Kozo
Stuart Lane
Patrick McNamara
Producer: Sean Grundy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002.
THU 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b009ppln)
Series 3
Episode 2
Changes at the BBC - and 007 is a new man.
Sharp-edged topical humour in the most expensive show on radio.
Written by and starring Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell.
With:
Harry Enfield
Felicity Montagu
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1987.
THU 23:30 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (b007621y)
Series 2
Episode 1
Mel and Vicki battle to stay on-air despite constant interruptions from the Teenage Girls, the Goatee Beard Men's Group and various door-to-door salesmen
Special guest stars are Madonna and Roy Walker.
Variety meets sitcom meets sketch show - written and performed by Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine.
With:
Dave Lamb
Martin Hyder
Jim North.
Additional material by Martin Hyder, Jim North, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
Script editor: Graeme Garden
Music by Richard Webb.
Producers: Helen Williams and Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.

FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2025

FRI 00:00 Great Lives (b01mdf0d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 My Muse (b07sy5y8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Falco (b007wpsz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Whodunnits (b007jpqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (m0028109)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b007jx9k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Reluctant Persuaders (b08n46dj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m002810c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v2wf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 The 3rd Degree (m001pfjk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007k02n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Parson Harding's Daughter by Joanna Trollope (m0009rkb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 Falco (b007wpcl)
The Silver Pigs
4. Lessons in Love
Falco battles to discover who killed Sosia - and to unmask the plotters against the Emperor.
He also discovers that true love can cross the boundaries of the strict Roman class structure...
Anton Lesser stars as Ancient Rome's favourite detective.
Conclusion of Lindsey Davis's gripping, historical mystery.
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.
Falco …. Anton Lesser
Decimus …. Robert Lister
Publius …. Richard Derrington
Falco’s Mother …. Frances Jeater
Marcia …. Helen Monks
Helena …. Fritha Goodey
Titus …. Jonathan Keeble
Vespasian …. Michael Tudor Barnes
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
FRI 06:30 Whodunnits (b007jpqv)
Miss Marple - The Murder at the Vicarage
5. Murderer Unmasked
Amateur sleuth Miss Jane Marple battles to unearth the proof she needs to reveal the murderer's identity - along with a few other surprises.
Starring June Whitfield.
Agatha Christie's whodunnit dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Miss Marple …. June Whitfield
Rev Leonard Clement …. Francis Matthews
Griselda Clement …. Imelda Staunton
Lettice Protheroe …. Rachel Atkins
Colonel Melchett …. Richard Todd
Dr Haydock …. Nigel Davenport
Inspector Slack …. John Baddeley
Gladys Cram …. Oona Beeson
Mrs Sadler …. Tina Gray
Constable …. Dominic Letts
Director: Enyd Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993.
FRI 07:00 Harry Worth (b00rd6p0)
Thirty Minutes Worth
The Old Flame
Just as Harry Worth is feeling lonely, a long lost love turns up.
This series was the amiable, woolly-minded bumbler's return to BBC radio, using the title of his first TV series 20 years before with the same writer.
Starring Harry Worth.
Co-starring Jack Douglas as Binky Bottomley.
Sitcom written by Vince Powell
With:
Jacqueline Clarke
Joan Sanderson.
Producer: Mike Craig
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1988.
FRI 07:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00glrvd)
From 22/03/1971
A struggling vicar, a Welsh birthday card poet and a perplexed psychoanalyst.
A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker.
With:
Terence Brady
Pauline Yates
Pianist: Gordon Langford
Written by Chris Allen, David Climie, Allan Scott and Chris Bryant, and Gerald Wiley.
Producer John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1971.
FRI 08:00 Sandi Toksvig's Hygge (m000qknw)
Series 1
Prof Brian Cox and Zoe Lyons
‘Hygge’ (pronounced hoo-ga) along with ‘tak’ (the word for ‘thank you’ that we learnt from watching Borgen and other Scandi dramas) is one of the few Danish words to have become known to us in the UK.
It’s a word that means comfort, contentment and cherishing the simple pleasures in life. In lifestyle magazines it’s faux fur throws, cups of hot cocoa and scented candles; but to the Danish it has simpler and less commercial roots. As these cold winter nights draw in after a difficult year of scant comfort, it feels like we all need some hygge and legendary Dane, Sandi Toksvig, will do her best to bring it to you.
Deep in the Danish countryside in her cosy wood cabin, Sandi will explore the concept of hygge and the Danish way of life and welcomes celebrity guests who join her in front of the open fire to explore what brings them hygge. In this episode Professor Brian Cox finds comfort in physics, piano playing and mulled wine and comedian Zoe Lyons who would like nothing more than to clear out ditches all day.
Additional material from Simon Alcock and Charlie Dinkin.
Produced by Julia McKenzie
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2020.
FRI 08:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m0028117)
10. New Beginnings
**** This programme was suggested by Paul Buttle as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****
Having left the island, Maurice applies to join the Guards. He's assessed and examined - before having to sleep in a small iron bed with thin blankets.
Memoirs and reminiscences of life growing up on The Blasket Islands off Ireland's Dingle Peninsula. The Islands were evacuated after World War II, but prior to that 150 inhabitants lived a traditional, rural life.
Maurice O'Sullivan was born on the Islands in 1904, before being fostered in Dingle and then returning to his family home on the Irish speaking Island.
It captures a young boy's growth to early manhood on the great Blasket, "a truly Gaelic island which lies north-west off the coast of Kerry". With stories of his friends, family, father and grandfather.
'Did you never hear how the life of man is divided?' says Maurice's grandfather, 'twenty years a-growing, twenty years in blossom, twenty years a-stooping, and twenty years declining."
Read by PG Stephens
Written by Maurice O'Sullivan
Abridged in ten episodes by Ann Rees-Jones
Produced by Maurice Leitch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
FRI 08:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v3pt)
Smoke, Wind and Soap-Bubbles
Marcovaldo’s children attempt to make money by selling detergent samples but soon find themselves in deep, bubbly, water.
Italo Calvino's enchanting short story collection is dramatised for radio by Toby Jones.
From a translation by William Weaver.
Narrator ...... Toby Jones
Marcovaldo ..…. Mackenzie Crook
Isolina ...... Isla Johnston
Michelino ...... Aaron Gelkoff
Pietruccio ...... Tyler Howitt
Woman ...... Deborah Mcandrew
Shopkeeper ...... Mark Bonnar
Director: Nadia Molinari
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2021.
FRI 09:00 What? Seriously?? (m0028119)
7. When Yoghurt Met Strippers
In this episode, Dara and Isy are joined by the comedian and podcaster Richard Herring, to learn about the surprising connection between yoghurt and strippers - with some diverting conversations about bad reviews, bad TV shows and bad milkmen.
What? Seriously?? is a new podcast which combines comedy with quirky history, hosted by Dara and Isy who unravel an extraordinary real-life tale each week with the help of a celebrity guest.
The stories are definitely true, but also kind of unbelievable at the same time - the sort of stories that make you go ‘What? Seriously??’ when you hear them, but you resolve to tell them in the pub the first chance you get.
Across the series, Dara and Isy will be joined by I’m A Celeb winner Georgia Toffolo, the Aussie comedian Rhys Nicholson, the broadcaster Stuart Maconie, Master Chef star Louisa Ellis, Miles from The Traitors, the comedian Richard Herring, the astronaut Helen Sharman, and Slow Horses star Chris Chung.
‘What? Seriously??’ with Dara Ó Briain and Isy Suttie and special guest Richard Herring.
Format co-developed by Dan Page. Story compiled by Gareth Edwards and Dan Page.
Producer: Laura Grimshaw
Executive Producer: Jon Holmes
An unusual production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 09:30 Key Matters (b00tt5jk)
Series 2
D Major
Ivan Hewett explores the question of why certain musical keys have become associated with particular moods.
For example, why is A major almost always employed by composers to write optimistic, even ecstatic music?
And how has E minor become the key of choice for portraying menace and tragedy?
Ivan talks with violinist, Daniel Hope about the majesty and glory of D major.
Produced by Rosie Boulton.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.
FRI 09:45 Daily Service (m002811c)
Proverbs - Flawless
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
Theme: Proverbs - Flawless
Presenter: Joe Aldred
Reading: Proverbs 30:4-6
Music:
Lord I lift your name on high - AMC Gospel Choir
He's got the whole world in his hands - Mahalia Jackson
Peace in the valley - Ruby Turner & Jools Holland
FRI 10:00 Soul Music (m001g2vt)
Killing Me Softly with His Song
"Strumming my pain with his fingers... Singing my life with his words..."
Killing Me Softly with His Song is a song about the pleasure and embarrassment of being seen. The feeling that someone has reached into your deepest, most private feelings, and laid them bare. It's a song about a singer, and about what music can do and a love song that feels at once happy and sad.
The song was a huge hit in two different generations. It won Grammy Awards for The Fugees in 1997 and for Roberta Flack in 1974.
Ray Padgett, author of Cover Me: The Stories Behind the Greatest Cover Songs of All Time, unfolds the layers of the song's history as a famous cover of a famous cover.
The musicologist Nate Sloan explores what the song does harmonically, oscillating between major and minor chords to create a sense of uncertainty and longing.
Lori Lieberman tells the story of the Don McLean concert that inspired her lyrics for the song, that she was the first to record as a young singer-songwriter in 1972.
It's a song that transports Tiff Murray back to the hot New York summer of 1996, when the Fugees version blared out everywhere. For her it was the soundtrack to falling in love while far from home. It's also a love song for Julie Daley, but now with a sharp edge. Dr Robin Boylorn listened to the Fugees version as a self-conscious teenager and felt a flush of recognition; Ben heard it the Christmas he first came to the UK from South Africa, played by a busker early one morning in Covent Garden as the first snow he'd ever seen began to fall; and Perminder Khatkar has treasured the song since it played in the delivery room during the birth of her first child.
Produced by Mair Bosworth.
A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2022.
FRI 10:30 In Search Of Beauty (b00p016j)
Erin O'Connor, whose beauty defies convention, discusses this knotty subject-area. What is beauty? Where do our ideas about beauty come from? How is our life-experience affected by how we look?
When Erin was growing up she was convinced she was ugly. She would dart across the road diagonally so she wouldn't draw attention to her nose by crossing in front of stationary cars. She was so self-conscious about her flat-chest that she would regularly wear two padded bras.
But one day she was told she was beautiful, scooped up by the modelling industry and presented as the uber-elegant catwalk queen, sought after and richly rewarded. What did they see in her that she would never have seen in herself? Beauty?
With the help of renowned facial-reconstructive surgeon Professor Iain Hutchison, who has treated people with severe facial disfigurement; and Professor of Children's Literature, Kim Reynolds who has studied the way beauty is regarded in traditional stories, Erin explores various opinions and experiences of beauty.
Erin also goes behind the scenes at London Fashion Week, to an event called 'All Walks Beyond the Catwalk'; it used a wide range of models - both in size and age - as a way to broaden the range of catwalk models used at such influential events.
Producer: Karen Gregor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.
FRI 11:00 Falco (b007wpcl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today]
FRI 11:30 Whodunnits (b007jpqv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today]
FRI 12:00 Harry Worth (b00rd6p0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00glrvd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]
FRI 13:00 Sandi Toksvig's Hygge (m000qknw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 13:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m0028117)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 13:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v3pt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today]
FRI 14:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m001681l)
Series 28
Episode 2
David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies.
They compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents.
The panellists are obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as windows, ants, rice and Ancient Egyptians.
With:
Henning Wehn
Zoe Lyons
Sindhu Vee
Marcus Brigstocke
Producer: Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2022.
FRI 14:30 Meet Mr Mulliner by PG Wodehouse (m002811j)
A Slice of Life
Mr Mulliner tells the tale of a beauty cream inventor determined to marry the woman of his dreams.
Storyteller Mr Mulliner enlists regular tipplers of the Angler's Rest to tell his tales.
Richard Griffiths stars In Meet Mr Mulliner, first published in 1927, written by PG Wodehouse.
Dramatised in six parts by Roger Davenport.
Mr Mulliner .... Richard Griffiths
Miss Postlethwaite / Angela / The Cook .... Matilda Ziegler
A Small Bitter / Wilfred .... Tom George
A Port / Sir Jasper .... Peter Acre
A Pint of Stout / Murgatroyd .... David Timson
A Light Ale / Jenkins .... Martin Hyder
Director: Ned Chaillet
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
FRI 15:00 Parson Harding's Daughter by Joanna Trollope (m0009tcz)
3. The Bargain
Caroline's marriage to Johnnie Gates is a charade, but she has made a bargain and is determined to stick to her side of it.
Written by Joanna Trollope under her nom de plume, Caroline Harvey.
Starring Rebecca Egan.
Dramatised by Eric Pringle.
Isobel Grant …. Emma Gregory
Sir Edward Ashton .... Nicholas Le Prevost
Caroline Harding .... Rebecca Egan
Johnnie Gates .... Charles Simpson
Nawab of Fultar .... Badi Uzzaman
Ralph Buxby …. Andrew Wincott
Ranjit .... Sam Dastor
George Carew …. Stephen Critchlow
John Eyre ... Gavin Muir
Bella Rathbone .... Jillie Meers
Ann Wheeler .... Monica Dolan
Lady Lennox .... Jennifer Hilary
With:
John Hartley
Tessa Worsley
Director Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1995.
FRI 16:00 Soul Music (m001g2vt)
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FRI 16:30 In Search Of Beauty (b00p016j)
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FRI 17:00 Falco (b007wpcl)
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FRI 17:30 Whodunnits (b007jpqv)
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FRI 18:00 Harry Worth (b00rd6p0)
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FRI 18:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00glrvd)
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FRI 19:00 Sandi Toksvig's Hygge (m000qknw)
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FRI 19:30 Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan (m0028117)
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FRI 19:45 Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino (m000v3pt)
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FRI 20:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m001681l)
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FRI 20:30 Meet Mr Mulliner by PG Wodehouse (m002811j)
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FRI 21:00 Parson Harding's Daughter by Joanna Trollope (m0009tcz)
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FRI 22:00 What? Seriously?? (m0028119)
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FRI 22:30 The Jason Byrne Show (b01pfrm4)
Series 3
Use Your Imagination to Have the Best Fun
Jason Byrne looks at the subject of technology – getting all nostalgic over the novelty of 24 hour photos.
Amongst the audience, he discovers a human wheelbarrow; an advertiser who struggles to give a name to things and everything he needs to recreate the sounds of a Clangers' convention.
High-energy stand-up comedy and sketch show.
With:
Laurence Howarth
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Producer: Julia McKenzie
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010.
FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m0028dl4)
George Fouracres 3/3
From 10pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Athena Kugblenu chats again to George Fouracres.
FRI 23:00 Mark Steel's in Town (b0184rgq)
Series 3
Holyhead
Mark Steel performs for the residents of Holyhead.
He's talking about sinking ships, fishy foot nibbling, the newest locals - Kate and Wills, and a mayor whose eccentricity puts Boris to shame...
During his visit to the town on the the island of Anglesey, he investigates the rich tapestry of remarkable events and people.
Series in which the comedian visits towns across the UK and creates a stand-up show for the locals.
Written by Mark Steel with additional material by Pete Sinclair.
Producer: Sam Bryant
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011.
FRI 23:30 Life on Egg (m0002mlv)
Series 2
Brother
A new prisoner on The Egg is known to a warden - could this raise a conflict of interests?
When Peter's brother arrives, there is much consternation when he immediately escapes.
Governor Harry ...... Harry Hill
Anne ...... Karen Bartke
Peter ...... Marek Larwood
The Minister ...... Sukh Ojla
Tim the Helicopter Pilot ...... Daniel Maier
Sebastian ...... Paul Putner
Written by Dan Maier
Producer: Sam Michell
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2019.
FRI 23:45 The In Crowd (b00890vn)
Series 1
Episode 3
Vegan Frosties, Gravy Inspectors and registered Platitudopaths.
Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store.
With
Robin Ince
Helen Moon
Smug Roberts
Kate Ward
Written by Alex Boardman, Carl Cooper, Susan Vale, Stan Vernon, Howard Reed, Steve Cochran and Sue Morris.
Producer: Graham Frost
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.