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SAT SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2014 SAT SAT 00:00 Sue Townsend - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole SAT b007js86 (Listen) SAT Episode 8 SAT Adrian's parents try and patch things up, but in the SAT meantime, he finds himself drawn to new school friends. Read SAT by Nicholas Barnes. SAT SAT 00:15 A History of the Brain b017551t (Listen) SAT Einstein's Brain SAT Dr Geoff Bunn's 10 part History of the Brain is a journey SAT through 5000 years of our understanding of this complex SAT organ in our heads. From Neolithic times to the present day, SAT he reveals the contemporary beliefs SAT about what the brain is for and how it fulfils its SAT functions. SAT While referencing the core physiology and neuroscience, this SAT is a cultural, not a scientific history. What soon becomes SAT obvious is that our understanding of this most inscrutable SAT organ has in all periods been coloured by the social and SAT political expedients of the day no less than by the SAT contemporary scope of scientific or biological exploration. SAT Episode 10: Einstein's Brain focuses on how advances in SAT neurology have influenced our understanding of human's as SAT 'neurochemical selves'. Examining the recent trend to SAT explain every aspect of personality by underlying brain SAT processes, Geoff Bunn highlights how disciplines from SAT aesthetics to sociology have felt the impact of SAT neuroscience. He acknowledges the benefits supplied by MRI SAT scanning but points out the flaws in promoting an SAT understanding of humanity based entirely on analysis of the SAT brain. If the dissection of Einstein's brain were all we had SAT to go on, we wouldn't know much about the famous physicist's SAT life and character. SAT The series is entirely written and presented by Dr Geoff SAT Bunn of Manchester Metropolitan University, with actors Paul SAT Bhattacharjee and Jonathan Forbes providing the voices of SAT those who have written about the brain from Ancient Egypt to SAT the present day. The original, atmospheric score is supplied SAT by composer, Barney Quinton. SAT Producer: Marya Burgess. SAT SAT 00:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jns8 (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT As Hetty receives a gift from the captain, Adam waits in the SAT wings hoping she will marry him. Stars Thomas Arnold. SAT SAT 00:45 Margaret Atwood - Curious Pursuits b0076rsr (Listen) SAT Mortification; Edinburgh Festival SAT Two short essays look at some author mishaps and Scotland's SAT fair city through the decades. Read by Liza Ross. SAT SAT 01:00 The Museum of Curiosity b00s92p7 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 1 SAT Prepare to have your synapses twisted into a string SAT theorist's nightmare, as Professor Lloyd and his new SAT curator, the startlingly insightful comedian Jon Richardson, SAT hurriedly throw the dust covers off the SAT Museum's clump of empty plinths for a brand new series of SAT the BBC's most improving comedy panel show. SAT This week, fantasy novelist Sir Terry Pratchett offers them SAT a Secret And Personal Extra Day Of The Week; cosmologist and SAT author Marcus Chown donates a bizarre but plausible SAT scientific theory of the afterlife known as the Enigma SAT Point; and Shappi Khorsandi has somehow finds herself in a SAT position to offer none other than Charlie Chaplin. SAT SAT 01:30 My Life in Five Books b00tq0ws (Listen) SAT Series 1, Sue Lawrence SAT 3/8 SAT Sue Lawrence's passion for food is well known. A prolific SAT writer of cookery books Sue first came to prominence after SAT winning BBC Master Chef in 1991. Her passion for other books SAT is less well known and in conversation with Stuart Cosgrove SAT she reveals the five titles she'd never be without. SAT SAT 02:00 Paul Temple b007rwp2 (Listen) SAT Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery, The Visitor SAT With time running out, can the suave sleuth finally confront SAT Julia Kelburn's murderer? Stars Peter Coke and Marjorie SAT Westbury. SAT SAT 02:30 Please Look After This Bear b0091tm8 (Listen) SAT Author Michael Bond's wellington-clad bear was found at SAT Paddington Station and was thus named by the Brown family SAT after the busy London terminus. SAT To celebrate Paddington's 50th birthday in 2008 - BBC Radio SAT 4 SAT left 50 bears wearing the label "Please Look After This SAT Bear" hidden in train stations all over Britain for people SAT to find and to take home. SAT Children's author Michael Morpurgo talks to these "finders" SAT to hear what Paddington Bear has meant to them. He hears SAT from creator Michael Bond about the bear's enduring appeal SAT and also unravels the story of the first soft toy Paddington SAT Bear, made by Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson's mother SAT Shirley. SAT Produced by Laura Parfitt. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. SAT SAT 03:00 Home Front b04jmd8g (Listen) SAT Home Front - Omnibus, 29 September - 3 October 1914 SAT Last of this season of drama set in Great War Britain, a SAT hundred years ago. The end of the beginning, perhaps, but a SAT long long way from the end. SAT Written by Katie Hims SAT Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews SAT Music: Matthew Strachan SAT Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. SAT Credits SAT Esme: Katie Angelou SAT Isabel: Keely Beresford SAT Gabriel: Michael Bertenshaw SAT Lilian: Lisa Brookes SAT Maggie: Evie Clark SAT Alice: Claire-Louise Cordwell SAT Bill: Ben Crowe SAT Hilary: Craige Els SAT Sylvia: Deborah Findlay SAT Jessie: Lucy Hutchinson SAT Victor: Joel MacCormack SAT Kitty: Ami Metcalf SAT Adam: Leo Montague SAT Ralph: Nicholas Murchie SAT Albert: Harry Myers SAT Trumpeter: Peter Ringrose SAT Florrie: Claire Rushbrook SAT Dorothea: Rachel Shelley SAT Writer: Katie Hims SAT Director: Jessica Dromgoole SAT SAT 04:00 William Trevor Short Stories b007jtxy (Listen) SAT The Forty-Seventh Saturday SAT Mavie and McCarthy have a weekly assignation, but is he as SAT trapped by marriage as she thinks he is? Read by Denys SAT Hawthorne. SAT SAT 04:15 Alan Plater - Time Added On for Injuries b007qw0x (Listen) SAT Passengers on a train uncover the story that linked their SAT families 150 years ago. Stars James Bolam and Alan David. SAT SAT 05:00 After Henry b007k47s (Listen) SAT Series 3, Guilty Secrets SAT Sarah tidies up husband Henry's study four years after his SAT death. Stars Prunella Scales and Joan Sanderson. From SAT October 1987. SAT SAT 05:30 Spangles 'n' Tights b04phhxy (Listen) SAT Medieval Banquet SAT Dublin's theatrical costumiers dress a medieval banquet in a SAT ghostly castle. With Frank Kelly and Anne Byrne. From SAT October 1998. SAT SAT 06:00 Franz Kafka - The Trial b04k6p4c (Listen) SAT Joseph K. is an unexceptional man. He lives a quiet life and SAT works in a bank. But one ordinary morning he is woken by two SAT men and finds himself under arrest. What is his crime? From SAT that moment on, Joseph K. SAT enters a strange, bewildering world of nightmare. Mike SAT Gwilym stars as Joseph K. with Miriam Margolyes as Leni, a SAT nurse who becomes his lover. SAT Dramatised for radio by the award-winning writer and SAT dramatist Hanif Kureishi. SAT The story of The Trial epitomises something that is SAT 'Kafkaesque', a world of little hope, much despair and small SAT men pitted against the power of a state. Written in German, SAT Kafka always called the book Der Process, but it was changed SAT to The Trial in translation. It was written in 1914 but not SAT published until a year after his death in 1925. Kafka used SAT his own exhausting experiences of a legal case to inform the SAT novel. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1982. SAT SAT 07:30 The House I Grew Up In b00d45nh (Listen) SAT Series 2, Joanna Briscoe SAT Wendy Robbins takes the novelist back to her isolated SAT childhood home in Dartmoor, and an unconventional SAT upbringing. From August 2008. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b00vr62g (Listen) SAT Our Obsession With Weather SAT The author Iain Sinclair presents a timely illustrated essay SAT on that uniquely British obsession - the weather. Why has SAT the seemingly-mundane weather forecast been an obsession for SAT listeners and viewers since SAT the early days of broadcasting? What does it tell us about SAT our national character and the role of broadcasting in our SAT lives? SAT The first weather forecasts lasted five minutes and SAT resembled a military briefing. Today they last a couple of SAT minutes but viewers barely pay any attention, they recall SAT little of what the forecasters said. Weather forecasters SAT call for more time but does anyone place too much faith in SAT the BBC's weather forecast anymore? SAT We'll hear from the forecasters - Michael Fish, Bill Giles SAT and Sian Lloyd - what does it mean to be at the forefront of SAT the British public's interaction with their favourite SAT subject? SAT Along the way we'll hear evocative archive of extreme SAT weather events like: floods of '53, hard winter of 63, red SAT rain in '68, summer of '76 and the gales of '87. SAT Messing with the weather is a tricky business. The latest SAT style of TV graphics, the infamous tilting map called the SAT fly over, caused disapproval up and down the country. Why SAT was our Pleasant Land coloured brown not green? Proud Scots SAT protested that their country appeared diminished- surely SAT another example of bias from the South East of England? SAT Iain will ask what role the weather plays in our culture - SAT any writer purposefully tuned to the language of the moment SAT will be obliged to employ the weather as a moral sub-text, a SAT framing device, a ceiling of depression - weather as SAT prediction. Weather as a liquid mirror in which the writer, SAT reads our future. A curious link develops between the great SAT winds of 16 October 1987 and the collapsing financial SAT markets on "Black Monday." SAT Producer: Barney Rowntree SAT A Somethin Else production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats b01kjsg3 (Listen) SAT Overseas SAT Captain Barry Cryer welcomes you aboard a special edition of SAT Comedy Greats showcasing a selection of the BBC's hit comedy SAT shows that were adapted for listeners overseas. SAT During the 1950s to 1970s, a surprising SAT number of series were either edited, re-scripted or re-made. SAT Barry reveals bits that never made it out of Blighty to SAT enable shows to be better understood abroad. SAT Featuring: SAT The Clitheroe Kid - Another Mother For Ossie. From November SAT 1965 SAT The Navy Lark - Going Dutch. From November 1959 SAT The Men From The Ministry - Birds of a Feather. Re-recording SAT from 1980. SAT Hancock's Half Hour - The New Secretary. Re-recorded in SAT November 1958. SAT Round The Horne - The Man With The Golden Thunderball. SAT Re-recorded July 1966 with an edited version of the original SAT script. SAT I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again - series 3(10/13). SAT Re-recording from 1966. SAT Produced by Kerry Reece for BBC Radio 4 Extra. SAT SAT 12:00 Tina Pepler - Syria: Bread and Bombs Omnibus SAT b04t0fxk (Listen) SAT Black comedy set among aid workers in Syria. Jamil likes to SAT do things by the book while Hassan is a maverick, and then SAT there is Samara with her puppets. Stars Paul Chahidi. SAT SAT 13:15 Rumpole of the Bailey b007wq20 (Listen) SAT Rumpole and the Vanishing Juror SAT At a murder trial, the barrister encounters a jury member SAT with a mystifying agenda. John Mortimer's drama stars SAT Timothy West. SAT SAT 14:00 The Sunday Format b009x20g (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 2 SAT Your radio version of the quality newspapers, plus lifestyle SAT pull-out sections. With Simon Greenall. From February 1999. SAT SAT 14:30 Masala FM b007jz5q (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT When the Asian radio station boss gets religion, the result SAT is far from heavenly. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar. From October SAT 1996. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b00vr62g (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Franz Kafka - The Trial b04k6p4c (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Hal b04pr6sy (Listen) SAT Death SAT Hal Cruttenden stars as a forty-something husband and father SAT who, years ago, decided to give up his job and become a stay SAT at home father. His wife, Sam, has a successful business SAT career which makes her travel SAT more and more. His children, Lilly and Molly, are growing up SAT fast, and his role as their father and mentor is diminishing SAT by the day. SAT So what can Hal do as he reaches a crossroads in his life? SAT Help is (sort of) at hand in the form of his eager mates - SAT Doug, Fergus and Barry - who regularly meet at their local SAT curry house for mind expanding conversations that sadly SAT never give Hal the core advice he so desperately needs. SAT Hal is confused even further as he regularly has visions of SAT his long dead and highly macho father, who he's forced to SAT engage in increasingly frustrating conversations. SAT In this second episode, Hal faces a horrifying thought - he SAT might have testicular cancer. So he tries to look mortality SAT in the face - not easy for an overly sensitive and emotional SAT man. He tries to bond with his entrepreneurial stepson Jack, SAT but a visit to a football match doesn't work out as Hal SAT planned. SAT An unlikely form of salvation arrives when it's suggested SAT that Hal takes part in a charity run. Things take an SAT unexpected turn and Hal actually surprises himself - but not SAT in the way he planned. SAT The cast includes co-writer Dominic Holland, Ed Byrne, Anna SAT Crilly, Gavin Webster, Dominic Frisby and Samuel Caseley. SAT Produced by Paul Russell SAT An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4. SAT Credits SAT Hal: Hal Cruttenden SAT Actor: Dominic Holland SAT Actor: Ed Byrne SAT Actor: Anna Crilly SAT Actor: Gavin Webster SAT Actor: Dominic Frisby SAT Actor: Samuel Caseley SAT Writer: Hal Cruttenden SAT Writer: Dominic Holland SAT Producer: Paul Russell SAT SAT 18:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force b007jn5r (Listen) SAT Series 2, Living With Death SAT Elevated to the priesthood of God-King Ra, the captive crew SAT seize a chance to escape. Stars Barry Foster and Nigel SAT Stock. SAT SAT 18:30 Planet B b00yhwsx (Listen) SAT Series 3, Doing Time SAT Held in the world's toughest jail, can Kip escape prison SAT brutality? Virtual reality saga by Nick Perry. Stars Lloyd SAT Thomas. SAT SAT 19:00 Raw Meat Radio b04sp5pq (Listen) SAT Chris Morris is known by most for his ground-breaking film SAT and television work but, like most good things he 'started SAT on the radio'. Described by the man who suspended him from SAT Radio 1 (Matthew Bannister) as SAT 'one of the greatest talents working in British SAT broadcasting', Morris developed his anarchic and surreal SAT style in local radio. It was at BBC Bristol and GLR in the SAT late 80s and early 90s that he honed his trademark technical SAT skills and first adopted some of the sketches and personas SAT that would later help make his name. SAT He went on to be responsible for some of the most exciting, SAT innovative radio comedy ever made including On The Hour SAT (Radio 4), Why Bother (Radio 3)and Blue Jam (Radio 1). BBC SAT Radio 4 Extra airs a three hour retrospective of his work SAT including material that hasn't been aired since it was first SAT broadcast. SAT From his local radio days to On the Hour, Why Bother and SAT Blue Jam, Raw Meat Radio is presented by Mary Anne Hobbs SAT (Morris' last radio outing was a guest DJ slot on her Radio SAT 1 show: The Breezeblock) and features original interviews SAT with Armando Iannucci, Matthew Bannister, Peter Baynham, SAT David Quantick, Paul Garner, Adrian Sutton and Lucian SAT Randall. SAT Produced by Sophie Black. SAT SAT 22:00 Mark Watson's Live Address to the Nation b017chqv (Listen) SAT Passion SAT Mark Watson continues his quest to improve the world, nimbly SAT assisted by Tim Key and Tom Basden and with the additional SAT help of the listening audience as we broadcast live and SAT invite them to join in. SAT Mark will SAT be asking the big questions that are crucial to our SAT understanding of ourselves and society - in a dynamic and SAT thought provoking new format he opens the floor to the live SAT audience and asks them to jump into the conversation via SAT tweets and messages to work out how we can all make the SAT world a better place. SAT This week Mark looks at "Passion" - Passion encompasses some SAT of our most human qualities: emotion, energy desire. But is SAT it a dangerous thing? In their hit Desire, U2 sang: SAT 'Desire!/Desire!' But that isn't hugely helpful, that's just SAT repeating the word over and over again. So we'll go into a SAT bit more detail. SAT We are all passionate about something, whether it's sex, SAT personal satisfaction, or sexy personal satisfaction. SAT Without passion we're inert. But with passion, we can SAT sometimes be all too ert. Where do we draw the line between SAT normal passions, and being one of these guys like Othello SAT who let themselves down and kill a girl over a hanky? SAT Next week Mark looks at "Tolerance" - Religious tolerance, SAT moral tolerance, not striking the person next to you on the SAT bus because their headphones are too loud. It's important to SAT tolerate others' faults, but can it make us into doormats? SAT Mark will once again invite you to join the debate at SAT www.bbc.co.uk/radio 4 or tweet using #watsonlive. SAT Mark Watson is a multi award winning comedian, including the SAT inaugural If.Comedy Panel Prize 2006. He is assisted by Tim SAT Key, winner of Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2009 and Tom Basden SAT who won the the If.Comedy Award for Best Newcomer 2007. SAT Produced by Lianne Coop. SAT SAT 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive b007zd04 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 5 SAT The funny man's radio drop-in centre tackles Live 8 and SAT white-collar boxing matches. With David Mitchell. From June SAT 2005. SAT SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b04vhtq1 (Listen) SAT From 10pm - midnight, 7 days a week, the Comedy Club has two SAT hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith chats to Marlon Davis. SAT SAT 23:00 The Mark Steel Revolution b00fz849 (Listen) SAT The American Civil War SAT The radical comedian asks if the battling was part of a SAT revolution. With Carla Mendonca and Martin Hyder. From July SAT 1998. SAT SAT 23:30 Ivor Cutler - A Stuggy Pren b00cqd9l (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT Ivor Cutler and his friends present dark tales, offbeat SAT songs and some tips for aspiring poets. From June 1994. SAT SAT 23:45 No Tomatoes b0081snn (Listen) SAT Doctor Doom SAT A moody fridge speaks out to Paul Copley and Helen Moon. SAT Sketch show mixing up language and sounds. From October SAT 2007. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2014 SUN SUN 00:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force b007jn5r (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Planet B b00yhwsx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 b00vr62g (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 Tina Pepler - Syria: Bread and Bombs Omnibus SUN b04t0fxk (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Rumpole of the Bailey b007wq20 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Franz Kafka - The Trial b04k6p4c (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Hal b04pr6sy (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede Omnibus b00c90f0 (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Staffordshire, 1799. One of Lisbeth Bede's sons has marriage SUN on his mind, but there is trouble ahead. Stars Ann SUN Scott-Jones. SUN SUN 07:10 Inheritance Tracks b04tt83j (Listen) SUN Margaret Atwood SUN Writer Margaret Atwood chooses Beethoven's Symphony No 6, SUN and Joan Sutherland singing Norma by Bellini. SUN SUN 07:15 Roger Deakin - Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees SUN b00j2j7f (Listen) SUN Heartwood SUN Nature writer Roger Deakin visits a library full of apples SUN and returns home to lay a tree hedge by hand. Read by Sean SUN Baker. SUN SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00yj2g9 (Listen) SUN Series 7, Summer of '76 SUN Episode 6: SUN "Summer of '76" SUN Radio 4's most curmudgeonly author is back, complete with SUN his trusty companion Elgar, his pipe and his never ending SUN capacity for scrimping and scraping at whatever scraps his SUN agent, SUN Ping, can offer him to keep body, mind and cat together. SUN Ed has embraced the online age and subscribed to Facebook SUN but finds he has opened up a Pandora's box of so-called SUN friends that he's never actually met. That is until one SUN Fiona Templeton pops up and he's reminded of the events of SUN 1976 when he was a hot new writer and she a hot young model. SUN Should an old acquaintance be renewed or should Ed leave SUN well enough alone? SUN Cast list: SUN Ed Reardon ..... Christopher Douglas SUN Recycling Man ..... Paul Sharma SUN Pearl ..... Rita May SUN Olive ..... Stephanie Cole SUN Stan ..... Geoffrey Whitehead SUN Fiona ..... Jenny Agutter SUN Jaz Milvane ..... Philip Jackson SUN Ping ..... Barunka O'Shaughnessy SUN Cliff ..... Geoff McGivern SUN Ray ..... Simon Greenall SUN Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas SUN Produced by Dawn Ellis. SUN SUN 08:00 Funny You Should Ask b04st6lb (Listen) SUN From 19/05/1981 SUN Peter Jones tests the knowledge of three comedy experts: SUN Carry on film star Charles Hawtrey, the comedian famed for SUN his catchphase 'You lucky people' Tommy Trinder and SUN composer/conductor Ron Goodwin. SUN Featuring SUN questions about the classic British film comedies, Charles SUN Hawtrey reveals his favourite out of the 24 Carry on films SUN which he appeared in. There are also rounds on music in SUN comedy films and childhood. SUN Looking at all kinds of comedy, Funny You Should Ask ran for SUN seven series from 1978 to 1982. SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1981. SUN SUN 08:30 Stop Messing About! b00qyrcf (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 2 SUN The television industry is exposed in The Smith Report. SUN Stars Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Joan Sims. From SUN April 1970. SUN SUN 09:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women b007jqq0 (Listen) SUN Fun Forever and No Grubbage! SUN Jealous Amy skates on thin ice, and Meg glimpses high SUN society. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle SUN Hunnicutt. SUN SUN 09:30 Captain Kidd and the First Fifteen b04st7ms (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN As Harry begins his treatment, Captain Kidd reveals his SUN devious plans. Stars Polly James and Tom Georgeson. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04st7mv (Listen) SUN Legal Eagles, Sir Sydney Kentridge SUN From Flanders and Swann to Mozart, lawyer Sir Sydney SUN Kentridge shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young. SUN From March 2013. SUN SUN 10:45 William Trevor Short Stories b007jvyb (Listen) SUN The Distant Past SUN Two Irish Protestants live contentedly in the past, until SUN the present catches up with them. Read by Denys Hawthorne. SUN SUN 11:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01d2l32 (Listen) SUN Series 7, Episode 21 SUN From the Town Hall, New York City, the American funny man SUN welcomes singers Justin Townes Earle and Jearlyn Steele. SUN From 2011. SUN SUN 12:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede Omnibus b00c90f0 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:10 Inheritance Tracks b04tt83j (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today] SUN SUN 13:15 Roger Deakin - Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees SUN b00j2j7f (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Wally K Daly - Burglar's Bargains b007jqx8 (Listen) SUN An unconventional gang of crooks plan a daring robbery at a SUN posh London department store on the first day of their sale. SUN Starring Peter Jones as Charles Forbes, Lockwood West as SUN George Evans, Bernard Bresslaw as SUN Bullet Head, Charles Hawtrey as Fingers and Donald Hewlett SUN as Governor Smith. SUN The first of Wally K Daly's trilogy of criminal gang capers SUN produced in the style of old British comedy films. Listen SUN out for A Right Royal Rip-Off and The Bigger They Are. SUN Produced by Martin Jenkins. SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1979. SUN SUN 15:00 Funny You Should Ask b04st6lb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 Stop Messing About! b00qyrcf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b04stft1 (Listen) SUN War animals, Randy Newman and Cleopatra's Palace SUN Mel Giedroyc hears about brave animals who served in SUN wartime, Oscar-winning composer Randy Newman plays some of SUN his best-known songs, and we go in search of Cleopatra's SUN Palace. SUN SUN 17:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women b007jqq0 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 17:30 Captain Kidd and the First Fifteen b04st7ms (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Ray Bradbury - Tales of the Bizarre b007jpvj (Listen) SUN The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl SUN Murder is the ultimate crime, and Acton realises it is vital SUN when committing it to pay attention to detail. Stars Nigel SUN Anthony. SUN SUN 18:30 Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind b007jlv8 (Listen) SUN Official Intercessions SUN The authorities want to conceal Flora's presence, but how SUN long can she fend them off? Stars Vincent Price and Peter SUN Cushing. SUN SUN 19:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01d2l32 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Funny You Should Ask b04st6lb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 Stop Messing About! b00qyrcf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04st7mv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 William Trevor Short Stories b007jvyb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week b00yj2g9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Clare in the Community b00g9mgx (Listen) SUN Series 2, Mean Streets SUN The meddling social worker takes a homeless survey, and SUN Brian arranges a stag night. Stars Sally Phillips. From SUN September 2005. SUN SUN 23:00 The Maltby Collection b00xj161 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 4 SUN At the museum's first children's day, the dog counting SUN competition is not going well. Stars Geoffrey Palmer. From SUN June 2008. SUN SUN 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance b007jqqh (Listen) SUN Series 3, The Masterson's Magical Marquee, pt 1 SUN The improvised historical family saga's two-part romp about SUN a Victorian travelling circus. Stars Paul Merton. From July SUN 1995. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 01 DECEMBER 2014 MON MON 00:00 Ray Bradbury - Tales of the Bizarre b007jpvj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind b007jlv8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04st7mv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 William Trevor Short Stories b007jvyb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 Funny You Should Ask b04st6lb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Stop Messing About! b00qyrcf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 Ed Reardon's Week b00yj2g9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Wally K Daly - Burglar's Bargains b007jqx8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women b007jqq0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Captain Kidd and the First Fifteen b04st7ms (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Cadfael b007k2mr (Listen) MON The Abbey's ill benefactor needs Brother Cadfael's ointment, MON deadly if ingested. Ellis Peters' mystery stars Philip MON Madoc. MON MON 06:30 Byzantium Unearthed b00dxdcs (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Historian Bettany Hughes begins a series that uses the MON latest archaeological evidence to learn more about the MON empire of Byzantium and the people who ruled it. MON Bettany learns how treasures found in the empire's MON capital, modern-day Istanbul, reveal much about the life and MON importance of a civilisation that, whilst being devoutly MON Christian and the inheritors of the Romans, was also exotic MON and eastern. MON MON 07:00 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b00756vl (Listen) MON Series 4, Episode 3 MON The lifestyle show turns its attention to aging and alcohol. MON Stars Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens. From September 1999. MON MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b04ps15r (Listen) MON Series 62, Episode 2 MON The 62nd series of Radio 4's multi award-winning antidote to MON panel games promises more homespun wireless entertainment MON for the young at heart. This week the programme pays a MON return visit to the Richmond MON Theatre. Regulars Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer and Tim MON Brooke-Taylor are once again joined on the panel by Jo Brand MON with Jack Dee in the chair. At the piano - Colin Sell. MON Producer - Jon Naismith. MON Credits MON Presenter: Jack Dee MON Panellist: Barry Cryer MON Panellist: Graeme Garden MON Panellist: Tim Brooke-Taylor MON Panellist: Jo Brand MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON MON 08:00 Marriage Lines b04stqbt (Listen) MON Series 1, The Move MON Time for pastures new for Kate and George, but what about MON their new neighbours? Stars Richard Briers and Prunella MON Scales. From July 1965. MON MON 08:30 The Navy Lark b007k1gj (Listen) MON Series 1, The Whittlesea Carnival MON A day out for HMS Troutbridge lets Pertwee try to recover MON some dumped rum. Stars Jon Pertwee and Ronnie Barker. From MON July 1959. MON MON 09:00 The Personality Test b00n02yq (Listen) MON Series 2, Claire Rayner MON The agony aunt quizzes a panel about herself. With Sue MON Perkins, Will Smith and Robin Ince. From January 2007. MON MON 09:30 The Castle b01jrt6b (Listen) MON Series 4, Give Me the Flaming Torch MON Hie ye to The Castle, a rollicking sitcom set way back then, MON starring James Fleet ("The Vicar Of Dibley"), Neil Dudgeon MON ("Life Of Riley"), Martha Howe-Douglas ("Horrible MON Histories") & Ingrid Oliver MON The Olympics MON are coming to Woodstock, so what better time for Sir William MON to go on a go-slow & for Henry to hunt for dragons? MON Meanwhile, Sir John tries to get fit and Charlotte tries to MON get into her beach volleyball costume. MON Written by Kim Fuller & Paul Alexander MON Music by Guy Jackson MON Produced and directed by David Tyler. MON Credits MON Sir John Woodstock: James Fleet MON Sir William De Warenne: Neil Dudgeon MON Lady Anne Woodstock: Martha Howe-Douglas MON Cardinal Duncan: Jonathan Kydd MON Lady Charlotte: Ingrid Oliver MON Master Henry Woodstock: Steven Kynman MON Bates: Lewis Macleod MON Writer: Kim Fuller MON Writer: Paul Alexander MON Director: David Tyler MON Producer: David Tyler MON MON 10:00 Classic Serial b00r907w (Listen) MON Samuel Richardson - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady, MON The Pursuit MON Dramatisation by Hattie Naylor of the 1748 novel by Samuel MON Richardson. MON The beautiful young heiress Clarissa Harlowe is dangerously MON attracted by the wiles of the notorious libertine Robert MON Lovelace. Threatened MON by an imminent marriage arranged with the odious suitor her MON family have found for her, Lovelace persuades Clarissa to MON flee with him. MON Clarissa Harlowe ...... Zoe Waites MON Robert Lovelace ...... Richard Armitage MON James Harlowe ...... Oliver Milburn MON Solmes ...... Stephen Critchlow MON Bella Harlowe ...... Sophie Thompson MON Lady Harlowe ...... Alison Steadman MON Lord Harlowe ...... John Rowe MON Mrs Norton ...... Deborah Findlay MON Anna Howe ...... Cathy Sara MON Directed by Marilyn Imrie MON A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4. MON Credits MON Producer: Marilyn Imrie MON MON 11:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm b0076h12 (Listen) MON The Letter Writers MON Emily and Edmund know more about each other than anyone in MON the world, but how will their first meeting go? Read by MON Joanna David. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b04stc67 (Listen) MON Emma Freud, Ronan Keating, Rafe Spall, Jack Thorne, Sara MON Pascoe, Andreya Triana, Asgeir MON RONAN KEATING talks to Clive about playing the lead in MON 'Once'; the musical about a chance encounter between a girl MON and guy from different worlds but with a shared love of MON music. RAFE SPALL explains how he MON relates to his role as ex-con Steve, in Christmas feel-good MON movie 'Get Santa'. Emma Freud chats to theatre and MON screenwriter JACK THORNE about his latest play 'Hope', a MON scathing fable which attacks the squeeze on local MON government, examines our disillusionment with the current MON political parties and asks where we go from here. And MON comedian SARA PASCOE, star of Live at the Apollo, QI, Never MON Mind The Buzzcocks, Mock The Week, W1A and Twenty Twelve MON tells Clive why her first nationwide tour is called Sara MON Pascoe V History. With music from Asgeir who performs 'King MON and Cross' from his album 'In The Silence - Deluxe Edition' MON and from Andreya Triani who performs 'Everything You Never MON Had Pt. II' MON Producer: Sukey Firth. MON Ronan Keating MON ‘Once’ is at London’s Phoenix Theatre until 21st March 2015. MON Boyzone's album 'Dublin To Detroit' is available on Rhino. MON Sara Pascoe MON Sara Pascoe Vs History is touring until 30th January 2015. MON Sara’s at The Lowry, Salford Quays tomorrow and Arts Centre, MON Swindon on Thursday 4th December and The Marlowe Theatre, MON Canterbury on Tuesday 9th December. MON Jack Thorne MON ‘Hope’ is at London’s Royal Court, Jerwood Theatre until MON Saturday 10th January 2015. MON Rafe Spall MON ‘Get Santa’ is in cinemas from Friday 5th December. MON Rafe Spall is also starring in a series of unique MON ‘micro-plays’ uniting journalism and theatre. Check The MON Guardian website for details. MON Andreya Triana MON ‘Everything You Never Had Pt. 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MON MON 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Home b009j657 (Listen) MON Mr Voysey - The Architect of Middle England MON Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen explores the history of our homes MON from the 1920s to the present, beginning with a profile of MON the 'father of the English suburb'. MON MON 14:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jntf (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Staffordshire, 1799. When Hetty meets with the captain in MON Donnithorne Woods, Adam takes action. Stars Thomas Arnold. MON MON 14:45 Simon Gray - Coda b00t170l (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON The playwright and diarist's frank, moving and often MON painfully funny account of coming to terms with his terminal MON cancer. Read by Toby Stephens. MON MON 15:00 Classic Serial b00r907w (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04svdkc (Listen) MON Slimy slugs, slippery snails and shipwrecks MON Mel Giedroyc follows the trail of some slimy slugs and MON snails in nature feature In Pursuit of the Ridiculous. And MON we hear the first part of Daniel Defoe's classic Robinson MON Crusoe. MON MON 17:00 Second Thoughts b00l1tt4 (Listen) MON Series 3, Occupational Hazard MON Will Bill and Faith get to go on a proper holiday together? MON With Lynda Bellingham, James Bolam and Belinda Lang. From MON May 1991. MON MON 17:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b00756vl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 The Personality Test b00n02yq (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b04svdyh (Listen) MON UA Fanthorpe and Bernard Knight MON Sarah LeFanu, UA Fanthorpe and Bernard Knight discuss books MON by Gerald of Wales, Ursula LeGuin and Robert Holdstock. From MON 1998. MON The Journey Through Wales, by Gerald of Wales MON Publisher: Penguin Books MON The Left MON Hand of Darkness, by Ursula LeGuin MON Publisher: Orbit MON Mythago Wood, by Robert Holdstock MON Publisher: HarperCollins. MON MON 19:00 Marriage Lines b04stqbt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 The Navy Lark b007k1gj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Cadfael b007k2mr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Byzantium Unearthed b00dxdcs (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm b0076h12 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b04stc67 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b04ps15r (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 The Castle b01jrt6b (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 23:00 News Quiz Extra b04svdyz (Listen) MON Series 12, Episode 6 MON Made for 4 Extra. Satirical review of the week's news, MON chaired by Sandi Toksvig with regular guest Jeremy Hardy, MON plus Rebecca Front and Hugo Rifkind. MON MON 23:45 Quando, Quando, Quando b0082bz0 (Listen) MON The Christmas Rush MON The brothers' festive flurry is curtailed as they hit the MON streets. Stars Rainer Hersch and Catherine Tate. From MON December 1999. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 02 DECEMBER 2014 TUE TUE 00:00 Sue Townsend - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole TUE b007js8l (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Home b009j657 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jntf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:45 Simon Gray - Coda b00t170l (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 The Personality Test b00n02yq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 A Good Read b04svdyh (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Cadfael b007k2mr (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Byzantium Unearthed b00dxdcs (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Classic Serial b00r907w (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm b0076h12 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b04stc67 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Second Thoughts b00l1tt4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b00756vl (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Cadfael b007jl9z (Listen) TUE The medieval monk fears the worst over the sickness of TUE Shrewsbury Abbey's benefactor. Stars Philip Madoc and Sir TUE Michael Hordern. TUE TUE 06:30 Byzantium Unearthed b00dxdd3 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Historian Bettany Hughes presents a series that uses the TUE latest archaeological evidence to learn more about the TUE empire of Byzantium and the people who ruled it. TUE Bettany examines the public and private life of TUE the Byzantines. Women had unprecedented power in the Empire, TUE as did the mysterious 'third sex' of eunuchs. But in this TUE part-Roman, part-fundamentalist Christian state, dangerous TUE political factions would keep the blood of political TUE dynasties flowing. TUE TUE 07:00 Two Doors Down b008gbvs (Listen) TUE Series 2, Mythical Kings and Iguanas TUE Marlborough Road's multi-tasking mother Saffron turns to TUE cleaner Sally for help. Stars Stella McCusker. From August TUE 2002. TUE TUE 07:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups b04ps720 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Running on Empty TUE Tom is worried for his health when he's invited on an TUE adventure-packed stag weekend of "coasteering", an activity TUE that involves hurling oneself off tall rocks and into the TUE sea. But that's nothing compared with TUE what his dad is preparing himself for: the Sheffield TUE marathon. An event he's decided to enter to, in his eyes, TUE get one over on the next door neighbour. TUE Credits TUE Tom: Tom Wrigglesworth TUE Granny: Judy Parfitt TUE Dad: Paul Copley TUE Mum: Kate Anthony TUE Writer: Tom Wrigglesworth TUE Writer: James Kettle TUE Writer: Miles Jupp TUE Producer: Katie Tyrrell TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b00fl188 (Listen) TUE The Evils of Bushey Spon TUE Neddie is called in to oversee the decoration of a council TUE lamppost. With special guest star AE Matthews. From March TUE 1958. TUE TUE 08:30 Doctor at Large b009s9n7 (Listen) TUE Mozambique TUE A trip ashore for ship's medic Simon Sparrow leads to some TUE local linguistic mishaps. Stars Richard Briers. From July TUE 1969. TUE TUE 09:00 News Quiz Extra b04svdyz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:45 Quando, Quando, Quando b0082bz0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 10:00 Classic Serial b00rd4p1 (Listen) TUE Samuel Richardson - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady, TUE The Flight TUE Dramatisation by Hattie Naylor of the 1748 novel by Samuel TUE Richardson. TUE Clarissa has been persuaded to flee with the notorious TUE libertine Lovelace, escaping an arranged marriage. In London TUE she begins to learn of TUE the darker side of Lovelace's character as he secures her TUE lodgings in a house of ill repute and begins to use lies, TUE trickery and cruel delusions in an attempt to seduce her. TUE Clarissa Harlowe ...... Zoe Waites TUE Robert Lovelace ...... Richard Armitage TUE Anna Howe ...... Cathy Sara TUE Mrs Sinclair ...... Miriam Margolyes TUE Dorcas ...... Lisa Hammond TUE Sally ...... Sophie Thompson TUE Belford ...... Adrian Scarborough TUE Tourville ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt TUE Captain Tomlinson ...... Stephen Critchlow TUE Directed by Marilyn Imrie TUE A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Producer: Marilyn Imrie TUE TUE 11:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm b0076h1k (Listen) TUE Spry Old Character TUE An elderly blind man finds a modicum of independence, but a TUE trip to the fair gives pause for thought. Read by David TUE Troughton. TUE TUE 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00w236w (Listen) TUE Moeran's Last Symphony TUE Written by Martyn Wade. TUE A dramatic portrait of the last weeks in the life of the TUE English composer E.J. Moeran [1894-1950]. After the TUE triumphant reception of his First Symphony, a second was TUE commissioned by the TUE prestigious Halle Orchestra. Tortured by the end of his TUE marriage to the cellist Peers Coetmore and by residual pain TUE from injuries received in the Great War, he hoped that TUE Kenmare in Ireland - a place of previous inspiration - would TUE provide the right setting for creativity. But this was to TUE prove the biggest battle of his life. TUE E.J. Moeran, acclaimed as one of the greatest unsung heroes TUE of English composition, wrote works of exceptional, TUE beautiful lyricism including a stunning Cello Concerto. But TUE his personal life was a disaster. An early dependence on TUE alcohol, partly to relieve the pain from a bad shrapnel TUE wound to the head, led to his wife leaving him as he was TUE struggling to fulfil this exciting new commission. In TUE Kenmare he is befriended by a new pupil, Patrick, who is TUE touchingly encouraging and their relationship becomes TUE important to them both, but ultimately it cannot save him TUE from his dramatic and extraordinary death. TUE Tim McInnerny, who plays Moeran, is well known from his TUE numerous TV appearances including Blackadder and his role in TUE the film Notting Hill. Author Martyn Wade has written many TUE critically acclaimed radio plays, including an award-winning TUE portrait of the life of composer Percy Grainger, and Classic TUE Serial dramatisations of the Trollope novels. TUE Directed and Produced by Cherry Cookson TUE Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Moeran: Tim McInnerny TUE Mrs Donnell: Kate Binchy TUE Patrick: Sean Froudist Walsh TUE Peers: Geraldine Fitzgerald TUE Peter Warlock: Nicholas Boulton TUE Tomlinson: Geoffrey Whitehead TUE Writer: Martyn Wade TUE Director: Cherry Cookson TUE Producer: Cherry Cookson TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b00fl188 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Doctor at Large b009s9n7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Cadfael b007jl9z (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Byzantium Unearthed b00dxdd3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Sue Townsend - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole TUE b007js8x (Listen) TUE Episode 10 TUE Adrian is suffering with depression. Maybe his old flame TUE Pandora can lift his mood? Concluded by Nicholas Barnes. TUE TUE 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Home b009j65c (Listen) TUE Modernism TUE Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen explores the history of our homes TUE from the 1920s. The modernist social experiment came close TUE to being realised with the blocks of flats built in the TUE 1930s. TUE TUE 14:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jntx (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE Shocked Captain Arthur is forced to face the facts over TUE Adam's feelings for Hetty. Stars Thomas Arnold and Richard TUE Greenwood. TUE TUE 14:45 Simon Gray - Coda b00t1bcp (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE The doctor reveals the bad news about the playwright's TUE cancer in his 'last written words on the subject of myself'. TUE Read by Toby Stephens. TUE TUE 15:00 Classic Serial b00rd4p1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04sxvfl (Listen) TUE Rollercoasters, clog dancing and extreme eating TUE Mel Giedroyc revels in the rush of the rollercoaster ride TUE and gets her clogs on for a Lancashire clog dance. Plus we TUE hear the second part of Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe. TUE TUE 17:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket b04stsfk (Listen) TUE Series 1, The Gymkhana TUE Can the dear ladies choose an appropriate guest of honour? TUE Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From May 1977. TUE TUE 17:30 Two Doors Down b008gbvs (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 We've Been Here Before b00fy1g5 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 2 TUE Clive Anderson's yesteryear quiz with Gyles Brandreth, John TUE O'Farrell, Natalie Haynes and Richard Herring. From June TUE 2004. TUE TUE 18:30 The Tingle Factor b04sxvfn (Listen) TUE Roy Strong TUE Historian Sir Roy Strong talks to Robin Ray about the music TUE which stirs strong emotion, including Tchaikovsky. From TUE September 1991. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b00fl188 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Doctor at Large b009s9n7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Cadfael b007jl9z (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Byzantium Unearthed b00dxdd3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm b0076h1k (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00w236w (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups b04ps720 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 The Headset Set b01292x3 (Listen) TUE Episode 3 TUE An audience sketch show set in a call centre. Everyone is TUE falling ill in the open-plan offices of Smile5, the TUE catalogue company that sells anything and everything. TUE Aleesha and other characters ..... Chizzy TUE Akudolu TUE Bernie, Denise and other characters ..... Margaret-Cabourn TUE Smith TUE Big Tony, Ralph and other characters ..... Colin Hoult TUE Sailesh and other characters ..... Paul sharma TUE Various ..... Philip Fox TUE Written by ..... Various TUE Script editor ..... James Kettle TUE Producer ..... Tilusha Ghelani TUE WELCOME TO SMILE5! TUE Smile5 is a mail order catalogue company selling everything TUE from Rolex watches to lawnmowers, from financial products to TUE phone and broadband, from holidays to health insurance. And TUE somewhere in a brown-field wasteland miles from the nearest TUE town, it runs one of the largest call centres operating in TUE the UK. This is the world of The Headset Set. TUE Each episode features a host of sketches set in the call TUE centre, eavesdropping on both sides of the bizarre, horrific TUE and ludicrous business-customer relationship. While the bulk TUE of each show is taken up with standalone sketches, there are TUE linked scenes providing a gentle narrative curve to TUE proceedings. These scenes feature three of the call centre's TUE employees - Bernie, Aleesha and Big Tony - trying the TUE patience of their team leader Sailesh. TUE WRITERS TUE This is a team written sketch show series originated by TUE Stephen Carlin and James Kettle and script edited by James TUE Kettle and Dan Tetsell. This episode was written by James TUE Kettle, Stephen Carlin, Celia Pacquola, Andy Wolton, TUE Benjamin Partridge, Colin Hoult, Kevin Core, Madeliene TUE Brettingham, Rebecca Hobbs and Dan Tetsell. TUE TUE 23:00 Delve Special b00sz32f (Listen) TUE Series 1, The Shifton Scandal 1/4 TUE Stephen Fry plays spoof undercover investigative reporter TUE David Lander, who begins a 4-part expose into irregularities TUE over plans to site a new London airport near Birmingham. TUE With serious allegations aimed at TUE a multi-national giant - what exactly has the Government's TUE role been in the plans to demolish the town? And exactly who TUE is the shifty Mr Browncoat? TUE Co-starring Brenda Blethyn, Jack Klaff, Stephen Frost and TUE Tony Robinson. TUE Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and TUE later transferred to TV as: This is David Lander. TUE Written by Tony Sarchet. Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer. TUE First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1984. TUE TUE 23:30 Vent b00szjy0 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Wouldn't You Like to Get Away TUE Comatose Ben is taken to a medical conference in Birmingham, TUE but his mind travels to Paris. Stars Neil Pearson. From July TUE 2006. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 03 DECEMBER 2014 WED WED 00:00 Sue Townsend - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole WED b007js8x (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Home b009j65c (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jntx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:45 Simon Gray - Coda b00t1bcp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 We've Been Here Before b00fy1g5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 The Tingle Factor b04sxvfn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Cadfael b007jl9z (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 Byzantium Unearthed b00dxdd3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Classic Serial b00rd4p1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm b0076h1k (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00w236w (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket b04stsfk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Two Doors Down b008gbvs (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Cadfael b007jlbb (Listen) WED Medieval monk Brother Cadfael harbours a young lad suspected WED of murdering his stepfather. Stars Philip Madoc and Sir WED Michael Hordern. WED WED 06:30 Byzantium Unearthed b00dzlc7 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Historian Bettany Hughes presents a series that uses the WED latest archaeological evidence to learn more about the WED empire of Byzantium and the people who ruled it. WED Bettany ventures to the eastern edge of the WED empire, where the new religion of Islam first gained a WED foothold. WED For nearly a thousand years the empire made war and peace WED with the Muslim countries to its south and east. However, WED the fatal blow to Byzantium came not, as is widely thought WED from the Ottoman Turks in 1453, but from the Christian West WED 250 years earlier. WED WED 07:00 North by Northamptonshire b017mx3z (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 1 WED As is well-known: Yorkshiremen wear flat caps and Essex WED girls wear short skirts; Liverpudlians are scallies and WED Cockneys are wideboys. Northamptonians gaze wistfully at WED these stereotypes and wish for an WED identity of any kind and a label less ridiculous than WED Northamptonians. Northamptonshire, let us be clear, is WED neither north, nor south nor in the Midlands. It floats WED somewhere between the three eyeing up the distinctiveness of WED each with envious eyes. Now Katherine Jakeways is giving WED Northamptonshire an identity. And she waits, benevolently, WED for her home-county to thank her. And possibly make her some WED kind of Mayor. WED Joined by the same incredible cast which graced Series One - WED including Sheila Hancock as the Narrator, Penelope Wilton, WED Mackenzie Crook, Felicity Montagu and Kevin Eldon - and with WED the exciting addition of Geoffrey Palmer, North by WED Northamptonshire promises once again to delight audience and WED critics. WED Wadenbrook is a small market town in a corner of WED Northamptonshire, and will be familiar to anyone who has WED ever lived anywhere. This year, its residents are building WED up to a Dickensian Festival weekend, so expect mob caps, WED cravats and shawls which are usually used as cat-blankets. WED Also expect a great many laughs, a certain amount of WED loneliness, and the same warmth and affection which WED underpinned the widely-praised first series. WED Written by Katherine Jakeways WED Produced by Victoria Lloyd WED John Biggins............Keith WED Mackenzie Crook.........Rod WED Kevin Eldon.........Jonathan / Ken WED Shelia Hancock........... Narrator WED Jessica Henwick.............Helen WED Katherine Jakeways.... Esther / Jacqui WED Felicity Montagu..............Jan WED Geoffrey Palmer..........Norman WED Lizzie Roper............Angela WED Penelope Wilton............Mary WED Rufus Wright..............Frank. WED WED 07:30 Paul Sinha's History Revision b04pss53 (Listen) WED Football WED In Paul Sinha's History Revision the acclaimed stand-up and WED eleventh best UK quizzer Paul Sinha looks through all of WED human history and examines how we came to be where we are. WED He starts with something everyday, WED something we all know to be true; he then reveals the quirks WED of history and the fascinating stories that led up to this WED point. WED In this first edition, Paul takes as his starting point the WED World Cup Final in June 2014, the biggest sporting event on WED the planet, a billion people watching twenty-five or so WED Germans and Argentinians play football in Rio de Janeiro, WED Brazil. How did we end up here? it's a story that takes in WED fifteenth-century explorers, the slave trade, mass WED immigration, industrialisation, and British Army medical WED tests. Because no-one and nothing exists in a vacuum. WED Paul Sinha is an acclaimed stand-up who was nominated for WED the Edinburgh Comedy award for his show Saint or Sinha?. He WED frequently appears on The News Quiz, The Now Show, and WED Fighting Talk. He is a resident 'chaser' on the ITV quiz WED show The Chase. He wrote and starred in one-offs The Sinha WED Test (2011) and The Sinha Games (2012) on Radio 4 and in WED 2013 had his own four-part series, Paul Sinha's Citizenship WED Test. WED Written and performed by Paul Sinha. WED Produced by Ed Morrish. WED Credits WED Writer: Paul Sinha WED Performer: Paul Sinha WED Producer: Ed Morrish WED WED 08:00 The Burkiss Way b007js7b (Listen) WED Series 4, Repeat Yourself the Burkiss Way, pt 2 WED Blankety Blank gets a new host as Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett, WED Jo Kendall and Fred Harris bring more comedy chaos. From May WED 1979. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00s3htw (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 6 WED Experimental stereo and an unsung soccer hero. Sketches and WED songs with John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From April 1966. WED WED 09:00 Whispers b007k358 (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 4 WED Gyles Brandreth chairs the scandals quiz with Lucy Moore, WED Anthony Holden, Penny Junor and Julian Fellowes. From WED October 2005. WED WED 09:30 Safety Catch b00fn9d1 (Listen) WED Series 1, Whatever Happened to the Unlikely Lad? WED Arms dealer Simon dreads his school reunion, but could he be WED the coolest kid in class? Stars Darren Boyd. From October WED 2007. WED WED 10:00 Classic Serial b00rl4zj (Listen) WED Samuel Richardson - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady, WED Imprisonment WED 3/4 WED Lovelace tricks Clarissa into returning to Mrs Sinclair's WED house of ill repute, and after she has been drugged, he has WED his way with her. WED Robert Lovelace ..... Richard Armitage WED Clarissa Harlowe ..... Zoe WED Waites WED Mrs Moore ..... Deborah Findlay WED Mrs Rawlings ..... Alison Steadman WED Tourville ..... Julian Rhind-Tutt WED Belford ..... Adrian Scarborough WED Capt. Tomlinson ..... Stephen Critchlow WED Boy ..... Cathy Sara WED Lady Betty ..... Sophie Thompson WED Charlotte ..... Ellie Beaven WED Dorcas ..... Lisa Hammond WED Mrs Sinclair ..... Miriam Margolyes WED Dramatised by Hattie Naylor WED Directed by Marilyn Imrie. WED Credits WED Producer: Marilyn Imrie WED WED 11:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm b0076h23 (Listen) WED The Benefactress WED A publican's wife tries to improve her reputation by WED transferring a daughter's affection to a local widow. Read WED by Joanna David. WED WED 11:15 Nick Warburton - Beast b007wvyn (Listen) WED A mysterious creature is pulled from the sea near a fishing WED village. Is it harmless or a threat? Stars James Fleet and WED Eve Best. WED WED 12:00 The Burkiss Way b007js7b (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00s3htw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Cadfael b007jlbb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Byzantium Unearthed b00dzlc7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years WED b007jtg3 (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED Ten years on and deep in unrequited love with Pandora, WED Adrian grapples with newts in Newport Pagnell and an old WED rival's literary success. Read by Nicholas Barnes. WED WED 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Home b009j65h (Listen) WED Prefab and Utility WED Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen visits a pre-fab and considers ways WED in which the post-war government urged a reluctant public to WED embrace 'good design'. WED WED 14:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jnvd (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED Preacher Mr Irwine visits Mrs Bede, who is unimpressed at WED the prospect of her son's marriage to Hetty. Stars Thomas WED Arnold. WED WED 14:45 Simon Gray - Coda b00t1qst (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Facing terminal cancer, the playwright turns to newspaper WED obituaries and ends up wondering 'how many years did they WED manage?'. Read by Toby Stephens. WED WED 15:00 Classic Serial b00rl4zj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04sxzyy (Listen) WED Goat Kings, Puffin Pianos and Desert Islands WED Mel Giedroyc encounters some piano-playing puffins and a WED town where the goat is literally king. Plus, the third part WED of Daniel Defoe's classic story Robinson Crusoe. WED WED 17:00 Life in London b011kpfk (Listen) WED Mr Lushington WED Pierce Egan is behind with news of slums, a king's interiors WED and a dog-and-monkey fight. Stars Geoffrey McGivern. From WED May 2006. WED WED 17:30 North by Northamptonshire b017mx3z (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 Whispers b007k358 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b0076gbx (Listen) WED Drugs WED Matthew Parris joins writers Martin Booth, Zoe Lewis and WED Susie Boyt to ponder the pros and cons of highs and lows. WED In each programme, Matthew Parris introduces a group of WED writers of fact and fiction: new talent WED and established names. In the context of a discussion of one WED of the ideas and pre-occupations of our times, each presents WED a piece on this week's topic. WED The best new writing and the freshest conversation from WED 2003. WED WED 19:00 The Burkiss Way b007js7b (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00s3htw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Cadfael b007jlbb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Byzantium Unearthed b00dzlc7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm b0076h23 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Nick Warburton - Beast b007wvyn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Paul Sinha's History Revision b04pss53 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Danny Robins Music Therapy b00fq2t4 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Danny Robins harnesses the power of music to improve the WED world and solve listeners' problems. WED Danny helps the worst five-a-side football team in the WED country and boosts the confidence of a listener who, at WED under WED five feet tall, feels that the world is heightist. With Isy WED Suttie and special musical guest Connie Fisher. WED WED 23:00 Concrete Cow b04sttfx (Listen) WED Series 2, Biodiversity WED A barrister's playlist sets the mood for his court WED summing-up. Sketches with Robert Webb and Beth Chalmers. WED From January 2004. WED WED 23:30 The Skivers b007jwrv (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 4 WED Fathers' Mastermind, and a new-style triathlon. Nick Golson WED and Tim de Jongh welcome guest Rodney Bewes. From April WED 1994. WED WED THU THURSDAY 04 DECEMBER 2014 THU THU 00:00 Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years THU b007jtg3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Home b009j65h (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jnvd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:45 Simon Gray - Coda b00t1qst (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Whispers b007k358 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Off the Page b0076gbx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Cadfael b007jlbb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 Byzantium Unearthed b00dzlc7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Classic Serial b00rl4zj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm b0076h23 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Nick Warburton - Beast b007wvyn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Life in London b011kpfk (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 North by Northamptonshire b017mx3z (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Cadfael b007jlbp (Listen) THU Far from helping a murder suspect, medieval monk Brother THU Cadfael unwittingly assists the local sheriff. Stars Philip THU Madoc and Ian Hogg. THU THU 06:30 Send in the Clones b0076zm0 (Listen) THU Andrew Collins explores how and why tribute bands have THU developed into a huge industry and investigates the legal, THU artistic and cultural ramifications. From August 2006. THU THU 07:00 The Elephant Man b007k2c7 (Listen) THU Keeper vs Keeper THU There is a new arrival at Southwood Zoo and Terry must mark THU his territory. Stars Peter Serafinowicz. From September THU 1996. THU THU 07:30 My Teenage Diary b04pvf6l (Listen) THU Series 6, Terry Wogan THU Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by the broadcaster Terry THU Wogan, whose diary describes his life in Limerick when he THU was 15. THU The young Terry serves his first Mass, spends hours in the THU cinema, loves playing THU Subbuteo with his friends and - when he's tired - simply THU eats his lunch in bed. THU Produced by Harriet Jaine THU A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Presenter: Rufus Hound THU Interviewed Guest: Terry Wogan THU Producer: Harriet Jaine THU THU 08:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile b007jpvy (Listen) THU The First Meeting THU Pike and Hodges campaign to save the pier, while Uncle THU Arthur upsets Mavis. Dad's Army spin-off stars John Le THU Mesurier. From January 1984. THU THU 08:30 Listen to Les b007wvt9 (Listen) THU From 17/07/1983 THU Les Dawson reflects on life insurance and what a condemned THU man's last request might be. With Daphne Oxenford. From July THU 1983. THU THU 09:00 Heresy b018xtrr (Listen) THU Series 8, Episode 6 THU Victoria Coren presents the last in the current series of THU the show which dares to commit heresy. THU Her guests this week are comedian Sue Perkins, singer Cerys THU Matthews and actress Maureen Lipman. Together they THU have fun exposing the wrong-headedness of received wisdom THU and challenging knee-jerk public reaction to events. THU Both Sue Perkins and Maureen Lipman disagree with the view THU that the world would be a better place if it was run by THU women, arguing that women would make an equally fine mess of THU things. THU Former lead singer with the rock group Catatonia, Cerys THU Matthews, doesn't believe it's more fun to be a pop star THU than a classical violinist. Confessing to a previous life as THU an oboe player, she claims that orchestral musicians THU definitely have more fun - particularly the horn players. THU All three guests rather struggle to argue against the THU received opinion that there is still stigma attached to THU Internet dating but, when challenged by Victoria Coren, they THU all admit that they have never tried it themselves - and THU never would. THU Producer: Brian King THU An Avalon Television production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 09:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends b0076svc (Listen) THU Series 4, Autumn Crocus THU Sitcom by Kay Stonham. THU 1/4. Autumn Crocus THU Wendy is pregnant and extremely excited at the prospect of THU becoming a mother at last. Robin is panicking and trying to THU cram in all those things he wished he'd done THU before having a baby, like buy a motorbike! THU Their next door neighbours, manic depressive Derek, and his THU bored younger wife, Maureen, are as ever being supportive, THU in their own special way. THU Robin ...... Brian Capron THU Wendy ...... Kay Stonham THU Derek ...... Martin Trenaman THU Maureen ...... Amelia Bullmore. THU THU 10:00 Classic Serial b00rql6h (Listen) THU Samuel Richardson - Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady, THU Freedom Regained THU 4/4 Freedom Regained THU Clarissa has fled from the cruel, rapacious Lovelace and, THU befriended by his erstwhile friend Belford and the kindly THU Mrs Smith, and completely broken in body and spirit, she THU hopes only THU for reconciliation with her family; while an unrepentant THU Lovelace seeks once again to find her and conquer her soul. THU Robert Lovelace ..... Richard Armitage THU Clarissa Harlowe ..... Zoe Waites THU Sally ..... Sophie Thompson THU Dorcas ..... Lisa Hammond THU Belford ..... Adrian Scarborough THU Anna ..... Cathy Sara THU Mrs Sinclair ..... Miriam Margolyes THU Du Blanc ..... Stephen Critchlow THU Mrs Smith ..... Linda Broughton THU Colonel Morden ..... Julian Rhind-Tutt THU Written by Samuel Richardson THU Dramatised by Hattie Naylor THU Directed by Marilyn Imrie THU A Catherine Bailey Production. THU Credits THU Producer: Marilyn Imrie THU THU 11:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm b0076h2m (Listen) THU A Dedicated Man THU A waiter finds his marriage of convenience breeds its own THU dangerous fiction when a secret emerges. Read by David THU Troughton. THU THU 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00r7l7b (Listen) THU Nick Warburton - Not Bobby THU by Nick Warburton THU Frank brings a pet rabbit home. Mum gives Bobby's hutch THU pride of place in the sitting room. But who finished that THU last clue in yesterday's crossword? It wasn't mum... THU Director: Peter Kavanagh THU STEREO. THU Credits THU Frank: Mackenzie Crook THU Miss Bradfield: Emerald O'Hanrahan THU Mum: Kate Layden THU Sophie: Tessa Nicholson THU Mr Vincent: Bruce Alexander THU Writer: Nick Warburton THU Director: Peter Kavanagh THU THU 12:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile b007jpvy (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Listen to Les b007wvt9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Cadfael b007jlbp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Send in the Clones b0076zm0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years THU b007jtg9 (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU Adrian starts to see a psychotherapist, has to find new THU accommodation and begins to enjoy his visits to the THU newsagents. Read by Nicholas Barnes. THU THU 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Home b009j65q (Listen) THU DIY THU Laurence Llewelyn Bowen explores the history of our homes THU from the 1920s to the present day. THU Skills were in short supply after World War II and DIY was THU presented as an essential and democratic component of every THU marriage. THU THU 14:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jnvw (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU Adam is distraught over Hetty standing accused and locked up THU behind prison bars. Stars Thomas Arnold and Katherine Igoe. THU THU 14:45 Simon Gray - Coda b00t1tkp (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU As the playwright faces terminal cancer, an overcrowded THU airport provides the material for a darkly comic tableau. THU Read by Toby Stephens. THU THU 15:00 Classic Serial b00rql6h (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04sydnm (Listen) THU Stag's antlers, Morris Gleizman and chocolate heaven THU Mel treks through the forest in search of stag's antlers and THU chats to children's author Morris Gleitzman about his THU Inheritance Books. Plus the fourth part of Robinson Crusoe. THU THU 17:00 No Commitments b00sfby7 (Listen) THU Series 3, Talking Shop THU Charlotte makes a momentous decision, and her sisters must THU suffer the aftermath. Stars Celia Imrie. From December 1994. THU THU 17:30 The Elephant Man b007k2c7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Heresy b018xtrr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076bvl (Listen) THU Richard Crossman THU Politician Tam Dalyell chooses cabinet minister and THU political diarist, Richard Crossman. With Humphrey THU Carpenter. THU The biographical series in which a distinguished guest THU chooses someone who's inspired their THU life. Will their hero stand up to intensive scrutiny and THU merit the description of having led a great life? From 2002. THU THU 19:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile b007jpvy (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Listen to Les b007wvt9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Cadfael b007jlbp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Send in the Clones b0076zm0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm b0076h2m (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00r7l7b (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 My Teenage Diary b04pvf6l (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking b00nvwg8 (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 1 THU Perrier Award-winning comedian Laura Solon presents her THU third series of sketches, monologues and one-liners. THU With characters ranging from infuriating call-centre staff, THU drunk mothers intent on ruining everyone THU else's Christmas and recently deposed ex-soviet tyrants THU trying to settle in the British suburbs, Laura Solon THU continues to turn the things that most irritate us all into THU sharply observed and occasionally surreal comic gems. THU Laura is joined once again by Rosie Cavaliero, Ben Moor and THU Ben Willbond. THU Producer: Colin Anderson. THU THU 23:00 Continuity b00tgf1c (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU Alistair McGowan stars in this subversive sitcom about a THU continuity announcer, brooding on the escalating disasters THU of his private and professional life at the same time as THU attempting to give us a preview of THU the programmes on offer in the coming week on Radio 4. Or THU what might be Radio 4 in a parallel universe. THU This week we welcome the return of 'Musical Notebook', cast THU our minds back to the controversial career of that terror of THU the music halls, the irrepressible comic Lennie Bloom, and THU we discuss the revamp of Desert Island Discs. It's all good. THU Written by Hugh Rycroft. Also starring Lewis Macleod, Sally THU Grace, Charlotte Page and David Holt. THU Producers: David Spicer and Frank Stirling THU A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Producer: Frank Stirling THU Producer: David Spicer THU THU 23:15 Guy Browning's Small Talk b0076mys (Listen) THU Series 2, How to Go to a Party THU The writer and humorist shares his tips on making merry and THU avoiding being 'de-mingled'. From August 2004. THU THU 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews b04w3xnm (Listen) THU The best in contemporary comedy. Plus, Ivan Brackenbury THU chats to Tom Binns. THU THU 23:30 A Look Back at the Nineties b007jqpw (Listen) THU 1997 THU Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Chris Barrie 'look back' at THU the decade that was yet to happen. Recorded in July 1993. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 05 DECEMBER 2014 FRI FRI 00:00 Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years FRI b007jtg9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Home b009j65q (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jnvw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:45 Simon Gray - Coda b00t1tkp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Heresy b018xtrr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Great Lives b0076bvl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Cadfael b007jlbp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 Send in the Clones b0076zm0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Classic Serial b00rql6h (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm b0076h2m (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00r7l7b (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 No Commitments b00sfby7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 The Elephant Man b007k2c7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Cadfael b007jlbz (Listen) FRI With Edwin arrested for murder, Brother Cadfael seeks FRI justice in the local court. Stars Philip Madoc and Sir FRI Michael Hordern. FRI FRI 06:30 Shake It, Baby b0076yxd (Listen) FRI Libby Purves meets leading figures in the UK's neo-burlesque FRI revolution, combining titillation with saucy humour whilst FRI divesting themselves of elaborate costumes. From June 2006. FRI FRI 07:00 Spangles 'n' Tights b04stqd5 (Listen) FRI The Movie FRI A US film company needs old uniforms from Dublin's FRI theatrical costumiers. With David Kelly and Pauline McLynn. FRI From October 1998. FRI FRI 07:30 Hal b04stlcv (Listen) FRI Crime FRI Hal Cruttenden stars as a forty-something husband and father FRI who, years ago, decided to give up his job and become a stay FRI at home father. His wife, Sam, has a successful business FRI career which makes her travel FRI more and more. His children, Lilly and Molly, are growing up FRI fast, and his role as their father and mentor is diminishing FRI by the day. FRI So what can Hal to as he reaches a crossroads in his life? FRI Help is (sort of) at hand in the form of his eager mates - FRI Doug, Fergus and Barry - who regularly meet at their local FRI curry house for mind expanding conversations that sadly FRI never give Hal the core advice he so desperately needs. FRI Hal is confused even further as he regularly has visions of FRI his long dead and highly macho father, who he's forced to FRI engage in increasingly frustrating conversations. FRI In this third episode, Hal becomes the latest victim to a FRI series of car crimes that have happened near his home. Not FRI only has his own personal car space been invaded, but his FRI beloved CD collection has been stolen - including Abba, FRI Dolly Parton and The Pet Shop Boys. FRI How can Hal survive this tragedy? FRI In the process of trying to cope with this crime, Hal also FRI tries to find the real man in himself - but in attempting to FRI do this, only scares his young daughters and reduces them to FRI tears. FRI The cast includes co-writer Dominic Holland, Ed Byrne, Ronni FRI Ancona, Anna Crilly, Gavin Webster, Dominic Frisby, Samuel FRI Caseley and Emily and Lucy Robbins. FRI Produced by Paul Russell FRI An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Hal: Hal Cruttenden FRI Actor: Dominic Holland FRI Actor: Ed Byrne FRI Actor: Ronni Ancona FRI Actor: Anna Crilly FRI Actor: Gavin Webster FRI Actor: Dominic Frisby FRI Actor: Samuel Caseley FRI Actor: Emily Robbins FRI Actor: Lucy Robbins FRI Writer: Hal Cruttenden FRI Writer: Dominic Holland FRI Producer: Paul Russell FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jyyw (Listen) FRI Cinderella Hancock FRI Bill bans the lad from the National Film Ball, but then FRI there's a knock at the door. Starring Tony Hancock. From FRI January 1955. FRI FRI 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b007jmck (Listen) FRI Bare Necessities FRI The bumbling civil servants hit obstacles galore when FRI deciding on a new motorway route. Stars Richard Murdoch. FRI From March 1970. FRI FRI 09:00 The Museum of Curiosity b00schhg (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 2 FRI While Jon Richardson is detained by the volcano FRI Eyjafjallajokull, John Lloyd is joined by emergency guest FRI curator Dave Gorman to welcome poet Ruth Padel, Madness FRI frontman Suggs and Bo Selecta comedian Leigh FRI Francis, who are offering us the Great Exhibition of 1851, a FRI tiger reserve and some Spidermans, and all for public FRI display. FRI FRI 09:30 Big Jim and the Figaro Club b008g6v4 (Listen) FRI Transport of Delight FRI Demobbed Old Ned heads south after the war and joins a FRI special construction team. Stars Norman Rossington. From FRI February 1987. FRI FRI 10:00 Ivan Goncharov - Oblomov b0076t2t (Listen) FRI Episode 1 FRI Gentle, intelligent Oblomov completely fails to deal with FRI life. He lives in a flat in St Petersburg. He is always FRI about to go and sort out his estate but he rarely gets out FRI of bed. Never doing today what he can FRI put off till tomorrow Oblomov is a tragic-comic hero for a FRI couch potato generation. FRI Starring Toby Jones as Oblomov, Trevor Peacock as Zahar and FRI Claire Skinner as Olga. Singer: Olivia Robinson and pianist: FRI Helen Crayford. FRI Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt Director Claire Grove FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005. FRI FRI 11:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm b0076h31 (Listen) FRI Hotel du Commerce FRI An overheard argument in a French hotel exposes the FRI fragility of a honeymooning couple's own relationship. Read FRI by Joanna David. FRI FRI 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00770hp (Listen) FRI RK Narayan - A Tiger for Malgudi FRI By R K Narayan, dramatised by Ronald Frame. FRI Now the companion of a Sadu, an ageing tiger looks back on FRI his life. A rich evocation of Indian life in the 1970s, this FRI comic narrative views human absurdities through the eyes of FRI a wild animal. FRI Directed by Lu Kemp. FRI Credits FRI Author: R.K. Narayan FRI Writer: Ronald Frame FRI Deputy: Paul Bazely FRI Zookeeper: Paul Bazely FRI Captain: Paul Bazely FRI Jaddu: Paul Bazely FRI Teacher: Meneka Das FRI Alphonse: Kulvinder Ghir FRI Mandan: Kulvinder Ghir FRI Shekar: Raman Goyal FRI Wife: Indira Joshi FRI Raja, the Tiger: Raad Rawi FRI The Master: Nadim Sawalha FRI Director: Lu Kemp FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jyyw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Men from the Ministry b007jmck (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Cadfael b007jlbz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Shake It, Baby b0076yxd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years FRI b007jtgh (Listen) FRI Episode 3 FRI Adrian moves house again, becomes a cat and babysitter, and FRI finally gets rid of his blazer. Read by Nicholas Barnes. FRI FRI 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Home b009j65v (Listen) FRI David Hicks FRI Laurence looks at the career of a flamboyant and influential FRI decorator, who became a superstar of the 1960s, in his FRI history of our homes from the 1920s to the present day. FRI FRI 14:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jnwb (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI Preacher Dinah visits her cousin Hetty, who languishes under FRI sentence of death in jail. Stars Katherine Igoe and Vicki FRI Liddelle. FRI FRI 14:45 Simon Gray - Coda b00t2cn6 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Coming to terms with his terminal cancer, the playwright FRI experiences the joys of a christening, then goes to collect FRI the results of his scan. Read by Toby Stephens. FRI FRI 15:00 Ivan Goncharov - Oblomov b0076t2t (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04sylfh (Listen) FRI Mairi Hedderwick, the Big Apple and brilliant baking FRI Mel Giedroyc explores Scotland's islands with Katie Morag FRI creator Mairi Hedderwick and we hear the final part of FRI Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe. FRI FRI 17:00 After Henry b007k4gw (Listen) FRI Series 3, Lines of Communication FRI Sarah and her mother Eleanor wage a war of attrition, until FRI Russell steps in. Stars Prunella Scales. From October 1987. FRI FRI 17:30 Spangles 'n' Tights b04stqd5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 The Museum of Curiosity b00schhg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 18:30 My Life in Five Books b00tt607 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Anthony Horowitz FRI 1/1 FRI Anthony Horowitz is the creator of the best-selling Alex FRI Rider novels and was identified by Labour's then Education FRI Secretary Alan Johnson as the secret weapon to get boys FRI reading. In conversation with FRI Stuart Cosgrove, Anthony reveals the five most significant FRI books in his life. From Tin Tin to War and Peace we hear FRI what books have shaped the life of this acclaimed author. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jyyw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Men from the Ministry b007jmck (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Cadfael b007jlbz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Shake It, Baby b0076yxd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm b0076h31 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00770hp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Hal b04stlcv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Cowards b00fbkz5 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 1 FRI Sketch show with a comic slant on human frailties. With Tom FRI Basden, Stefan Golaszewski and Tim Key. Part of Radio 4 FRI Extra's Comedy Club, originally broadcast on Radio 4 in FRI November 2008. FRI FRI 23:00 Blue Jam b04symqh (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 1 FRI The mind of Chris Morris leaks onto radio in this dreamlike FRI combination of comedy and music. With Julia Davis, Kevin FRI Eldon, Amelia Bullmore, David Cann and Peter Baynham. FRI Are you still lying curare-still, FRI seeking relief in feigning dead? Then welcome, oo-tazz FRI welcome. Chris Morris is here to help you wallow in the FRI melancholy, for the second series of this subversive radio FRI classic. FRI Immediately prior to Blue Jam's initial burst on radio, FRI Chris Morris had caused a furore with Channel 4's Brass Eye. FRI Yet Blue Jam managed to be a total departure from his FRI previous work. Originally airing in the early hours on BBC FRI Radio 1, it's a blend of ambient music, deadpan ( sometimes FRI brutal ) sketches and offbeat monologues. A whole audio FRI landscape of the subconscious, the ad-hoc low-fi sheen of FRI production lending it a kind of verisimilitude. FRI In sharp contrast with the personality-led comedies of FRI recent years, Blue Jam makes a virtue of anonymity. Borat FRI scribe Pater Baynham is one of the writers, and Julia Davis FRI and Amelia Bulmore are among the cast. Rightly winning a FRI clutch of Sony Awards, it remains unique - nothing before or FRI after was remotely like it. FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in March 1998. FRI
28 November, 2014
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 29/11/2014 - 05/12/2014
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