12 December, 2014

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 13/12/2014 - 19/12/2014

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SAT SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER 2014 SAT SAT 00:00 Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years SAT b007jthp (Listen) SAT Episode 8 SAT Adrian inherits some money and decides to take a creative SAT writing holiday in Greece. Read by Nicholas Barnes. SAT SAT 00:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Home b009mc9d (Listen) SAT Ideal Home Show SAT Laurence talks to philosopher Alain de Botton about how our SAT ideas of the home have changed and what the future holds, SAT while taking a look around the 100th Ideal Home Exhibition. SAT SAT 00:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jnzn (Listen) SAT Episode 15 SAT The time arrives for Dinah to decide where her heart really SAT lies. Stars Katherine Igoe, Vicki Liddelle and Thomas SAT Arnold. SAT SAT 00:45 Book of the Week b01l3049 (Listen) SAT Katherine Boo - Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Episode 5 SAT "One of the most powerful indictments of economic inequality SAT I've ever read. If Bollywood ever decides to do its own SAT version of The Wire, this would be it." Barbara Ehrenreich SAT Sudha Bhuchar reads Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist SAT Katherine Boo's landmark work of life, death and hope in the SAT slums of Mumbai. Based on years of uncompromising reporting, SAT Behind the Beautiful Forevers tells the story of Annawadi, a SAT makeshift slum sitting in the shadow of Mumbai's glittering SAT luxury hotels and shiny new international airport. Through SAT the stories of the characters she meets, Boo reveals what it SAT takes to escape poverty in one of the 21st century's great, SAT unequal cities. SAT Today: while some slum dwellers are forging their way up SAT into the overcity, others are fighting for their lives back SAT in the slum. SAT Author: Katherine Boo is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist SAT who is currently a staff writer at the New Yorker. This is SAT her first book. SAT Reader: Sudha Bhuchar is joint founder and Artistic Director SAT of the theatre company, Tamasha, and is both an actor and SAT playwright. SAT Abridger: Richard Hamilton-Jones SAT Producer: Justine Willett. SAT SAT 01:00 The Museum of Curiosity b00sfwmp (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 3 SAT John Lloyd invites guests Kevin Eldon, John Ronson and SAT Richard Wiseman to add to the imaginary collection. From May SAT 2010. SAT SAT 01:30 My Life in Five Books b00txh41 (Listen) SAT Series 1, AL Kennedy SAT 4/4 SAT A L Kennedy is an award winning writer whose first published SAT book 'Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains' hit the SAT bookshops in 1991. SAT Now established as a novelist and short story writer Alison SAT Louise Kennedy is also a stand-up comedian. SAT In conversation with Stuart Cosgrove she reveals her SAT favourite book from childhood and the book she has bought SAT but has never finished. Stuart also enquires about her SAT favourite bedside book, the novel she wishes she had bought SAT as a teenager and the book she has returned to most often. SAT SAT 02:00 Patrick O'Brian - Master and Commander b04t6q1h (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT A difficult decision for Jack Aubrey, as the life of a SAT member of the crew is weighed against prize money. Stars SAT Michael Troughton and Nigel Anthony. SAT SAT 02:30 The Kiss at 100 b007yvl9 (Listen) SAT Rowan Pelling visits Vienna to explore the enduring appeal SAT of Gustav Klimt's The Kiss, which has become one of the SAT world's most reproduced paintings since it was first SAT exhibited 100 years ago. Who are the couple depicted in the SAT famous clinch? SAT SAT 03:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name b007jrs9 (Listen) SAT July 1847 SAT Disguised as Susan Bygrave, Magdalen begins to suffer at the SAT prospect of marrying Noel. But Mrs Lecount suspects her true SAT identity. Stars Jack May and Sophie Thompson. SAT SAT 04:00 Patrick O'Brian - The Surgeon's Mate b0076m6t (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT Dr Stephen Maturin takes a trip to Paris to address the SAT Institute on scientific matters. Read by Benedict SAT Cumberbatch. SAT SAT 04:15 Afternoon Drama b0076wy0 (Listen) SAT Jane Beeson - The Discourse of Two Once-Young Women SAT The Discourse of Two Once-Young Women SAT By Jane Beeson. SAT Three old friends from schooldays during the war plan to SAT meet up. Why are the two women so nervous, and what can have SAT changed so radically? Their male friend acts as a conduit SAT but the circumstance of their meeting is something none of SAT them could have anticipated. SAT Daisy ...... Lynn Farleigh SAT Gerald ...... Oliver Ford Davies SAT Ida ...... Eleanor Bron SAT Matt ...... Geoffrey Beevers SAT Mother ...... Ella Smith SAT Young Daisy ...... Anna Lanyon SAT Young Ida ...... Tessa Montague SAT Boy ...... John Cummins SAT Directed by Cherry Cookson. SAT SAT 05:00 After Henry b007jq4g (Listen) SAT Series 3, Intellectual Aspirations SAT Clare is seeing graduate Julian, but his brainy parents make SAT her feel inadequate. Stars Prunella Scales. From October SAT 1987. SAT SAT 05:30 Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me b0076sdr (Listen) SAT Series 2, Lulu's Back in Town SAT Musician Roy panics when his wife's vivacious sister takes SAT best pal George out for dinner. Stars Don Warrington. From SAT June 2005. SAT SAT 06:00 Arthur Wing Pinero - Dandy Dick b007jt15 (Listen) SAT A dean, who is a paragon of dignity and decorum, is driven SAT by an indiscreet act into a most undignified dilemma. A SAT horse and racing folk are also involved. SAT Starring Alec McCowen as The Dean and Patricia Routledge as SAT Georgiana Tidman. SAT Producer John Tydeman. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986. SAT SAT 07:30 The House I Grew Up In b00d74s3 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Shaun Bailey SAT Wendy Robbins presents a series revisiting the childhood SAT neighbourhoods of influential Britons. SAT Shaun Bailey, prospective parliamentary candidate and SAT founder of youth charity My Generation, was raised by his SAT extended Jamaican family on a tough west London housing SAT estate. He takes Wendy back to the place where he grew up, SAT remembering how his mother's discipline and becoming an army SAT cadet at 12 saved him from a life of crime and violence. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b01pf5sv (Listen) SAT What Big Teeth You Have... SAT Children's author Anthony McGowan examines the tangled story SAT behind the beloved children's stories. SAT Once upon a time in Kassel, two brothers set out to record SAT the traditional oral tales of their country. To their SAT horror, they realised that the stories - full of sex and SAT violence - were happily being devoured by children in SAT nurseries all over Germany. The first people to police the SAT stories of the Brothers Grimm were the brothers themselves, SAT as they sanitised the stories over seven editions. SAT This bowdlerising trend continued throughout the 19th SAT century, when children's literature was used as a didactic SAT tool to encourage moral behaviour. Right into the 20th SAT century the tales were used to reinforce the moral beliefs SAT of the day. From the prim and proper 'Listen with Mother', SAT to Walt Disney's first foray into big screen animated SAT features - 'Snow White' complete with seven dwarves - the SAT fairy tales reinforced the ideals of the day. SAT Then in the 1930s, films were released in Germany - stories SAT where the huntsman in Little Red Riding Hood wears an army SAT uniform and Snow White's father leads a heroic charge into SAT Poland. SAT After the war there was a policing of the Grimms, this time SAT by the Allied Commanders - complete removal. But, like Snow SAT White in her glass coffin, they were only waiting to be SAT revived. In the 1960s there was a resurgence of interest in SAT the Grimms. Acclaimed analyst Bruno Bettelheim claimed that SAT the stories were not vehicles for human evil - but that the SAT tales were essential in the development of children's minds. SAT Coinciding with, or because of Bettelheim's work, there soon SAT came a rush of new versions of the stories reclaiming them SAT for a post-war world, from Angela Carter to acclaimed SAT fantasy writer Jane Yolen who expressed the horrors of the SAT Holocaust through Sleeping Beauty, Stephen Sondheim's Into SAT the Woods and Philip Pullman's new tales. SAT Yet, as Anthony discovers, the various interpretations of SAT these classic tales belie the true origins of the tales that SAT were not, as we have been led to believe, spoken stories SAT told by the good German peasant folk to their children at SAT bedtime..... SAT SAT 09:00 Radio Heads b007jql4 (Listen) SAT Jonathan James Moore SAT Jonathan James Moore rose from gifted producer to become SAT Head of Light Entertainment for radio from 1991 to 1997. He SAT was also probably one of the hairiest men ever seen at the SAT BBC. SAT Back in 2003, Jonathan sat in the Radio Heads hot-seat and SAT was grilled by Michaela Saunders about his time at the top. SAT He also chose his selection from the many programmes he was SAT involved with: SAT The Million Pound Radio Show SAT Knowing Me Knowing You SAT No Commitments SAT Goodness Gracious Me SAT On the Town with The League of Gentlemen SAT Choice Grenfell SAT Sadly Jonathan James Moore passed away in 2005. SAT Produced by Jayne Gibson. SAT First broadcast on BBC 7 in December 2003. SAT SAT 12:00 Writing the Century - Omnibus b04ttps1 (Listen) SAT My Greenham SAT Writing the Century - My Greenham SAT By Fiona Evans SAT The series which explores the 20th century through the SAT diaries and correspondence of real people. Using the 1980's SAT Greenham Common diaries of Ginette Leach this is a funny and SAT moving coming of age story of a 50-year-old suburban SAT housewife. Ginette discovers her husband John is having an SAT affair, and she begins one herself, with a woman at Greenham SAT Common. She also experiences cutting the perimeter fence at SAT Greenham for the first time: An exilherating and terrifying SAT experience. SAT Ginette ...... Pippa Haywood SAT Older Ginette ..... Pauline Jefferson SAT Millie ........ Judith Barker SAT Ginette's mum ...... Christine Cox SAT John ...... Jonathan Keeble SAT Norman ..... Roger Morlidge SAT Kath/Gina ...... Rosina Carbone SAT Hilary ...... Caroline Strong SAT Produced and directed by Pauline Harris. SAT SAT 13:15 The Lady Detectives b00cq1d6 (Listen) SAT The Redhill Sisterhood SAT By Catherine Pirkis. Victorian sleuth Loveday Brooke SAT investigates some nuns who seem to be forsaking their vows SAT for burglary. Stars Gayanne Potter. SAT SAT 14:00 Listen to Les b007wvm2 (Listen) SAT From 25/09/1983 SAT Les Dawson's life as a spy, and a rare interview with boxer SAT Sugar Albert Ackroyd. With Daphne Oxenford. From September SAT 1983. SAT SAT 14:30 As Time Goes By b04t6qm0 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 1 SAT Former sweethearts Jean and Lionel meet up again after many SAT years, but true love fails to rekindle. SAT Starring Judi Dench as Jean and Geoffrey Palmer as Lionel. SAT With Jon Glover and Simon Greenall. SAT Adapted from his original television series by Bob Larbey. SAT Produced by Martin Fisher. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1997. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b01pf5sv (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Arthur Wing Pinero - Dandy Dick b007jt15 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Hal b04tdqwq (Listen) SAT Fidelity 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 more and more. His children, SAT Lilly and Molly, are growing up fast, and his role as their SAT father and mentor is diminishing 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 last episode of the series, Hal faces a new SAT challenge - unwanted romantic attention. Happily married to SAT Sam and with two adoring daughters, life is a picture of SAT roses at home. But how will Hal cope with the romantic SAT attention of a new, attractive neighbour Angie? SAT The cast includes co-writer Dominic Holland, Ed Byrne, Ronni SAT Ancona, Anna Crilly, Gavin Webster, Dominic Frisby, Samuel SAT Caseley and Emily and Lucy Robbins. 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: Ronni Ancona SAT Actor: Anna Crilly SAT Actor: Gavin Webster SAT Actor: Dominic Frisby SAT Actor: Samuel Caseley SAT Actor: Emily Robbins SAT Actor: Lucy Robbins SAT Writer: Hal Cruttenden SAT Writer: Dominic Holland SAT Producer: Paul Russell SAT SAT 18:00 Kingsley Amis - To See the Sun b04ttwmp (Listen) SAT Vampires, a mad Scots librarian, a handsome Englishman and a SAT Countess of uncertain age - all in Dacia in the 1920s. SAT Starring Christopher Cazenone as Stephen Hillier, Gayle SAT Hunnicutt as Countess Valvazor and Graham Crowden as Robert SAT McNeill SAT Dramatised by John Scotney. Directed by Jane Morgan SAT From 'Kingsley Amis Sextet' - a season of plays adapted from SAT his short stories. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1987. SAT SAT 18:30 Planet B b00yy62r (Listen) SAT Series 3, The End of the Rogue SAT Episode 5 by Matthew Broughton SAT The virtual world has been switched off by Mark Schwartz. As SAT the power slowly drains from the circuits, Kip and Medley SAT must race through the ruins of reality in a desperate bid to SAT reset the universe. Is this the end for Planet B? Last in SAT the series. SAT Kip .. Lloyd Thomas SAT Medley .. Claire Harry SAT Cerberus .. Chris Pavlo SAT Slab .. Tony Bell SAT Deano .. Adeel Akhtar SAT Mary .. Sally Orrock SAT Mark Schwartz .. Sam Dale SAT With Gunner Cauthery, Iain Batchelor, Henry Devas and Adjoa SAT Andoh. SAT Directed by James Robinson. SAT SAT 19:00 Writing the Century - Omnibus b04ttps1 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] SAT SAT 20:15 The Lady Detectives b00cq1d6 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 today] SAT SAT 21:00 Serial b04wztxk (Listen) SAT The Opposite of the Prosecution SAT Sarah learns about a case strikingly similar to Adnan's - a SAT key witness, cell records, young people, drugs. Contacting SAT the defense attorney, she gets more than she bargained for. SAT SAT 21:30 The House I Grew Up In b00d74s3 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Mark Watson's Live Address to the Nation b017x0wb (Listen) SAT Episode 6 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 be asking the big questions that are crucial to SAT our understanding of ourselves and society - in a dynamic SAT and thought provoking new format he opens the floor to the SAT live audience and asks them to jump into the conversation SAT via tweets and messages to work out how we can all make the SAT world a better place. SAT Quite a few years ago Matt Damon and Robin Williams went SAT Good Will Hunting. Now Mark and co finish the job by finding SAT it, as the final edition of the series takes on a festive SAT aspect. What is goodwill? How we can incorporate it into our SAT lives? Is it better than ill-will? (SPOILER: it is). All SAT this plus the moderate level of Christmas merriment suitable SAT for early December. 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 SAT 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive b00djnq1 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 6 SAT The funny man's radio drop-in centre tackles the Blairs, SAT Paula Radcliffe and Anne Robinson. With Alexei Sayle. SAT SAT 23:00 BBC Radio New Comedy Award b04ttxys (Listen) SAT 2014, Semi-final, part 2 - Extended SAT Made for 4 Extra. The second of two semi-finals in the 2014 SAT BBC Radio New Comedy Award. Recorded at the Glee Club in SAT Birmingham and hosted by Patrick Kielty. Extended edition. SAT SAT 23:45 Fabulous b00hhrhm (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 1 SAT Feeling inferior to stylish women, Fay gets lost in a Dirty SAT Dancing fantasy at work. Stars Daisy Haggard. From May 2007. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 14 DECEMBER 2014 SUN SUN 00:00 Kingsley Amis - To See the Sun b04ttwmp (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Planet B b00yy62r (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 b01pf5sv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 Writing the Century - Omnibus b04ttps1 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 The Lady Detectives b00cq1d6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Arthur Wing Pinero - Dandy Dick b007jt15 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Hal b04tdqwq (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede Omnibus b00c86bm (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN After the death of her child, Hetty must face her SUN punishment. Can Dinah help her to ease her guilt? Stars SUN Katherine Igoe, Thomas Arnold, Vicki Liddelle. SUN SUN 07:15 Byron Rogers - The Last Human Cannonball b00fy24x (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Byron Rogers goes in search of his Wild West heroes in Spain SUN and the USA. Read by Crawford Logan. SUN SUN 07:30 Brian Gulliver's Travels b00yyc83 (Listen) SUN Series 1, Juradia SUN by Bill Dare SUN Brian Gulliver, a seasoned presenter of travel SUN documentaries, finds himself in a hospital's secure unit SUN after claiming to have had a number of bizarre adventures. SUN This week we hear about his travels in Juradia, a country SUN where every other person is a lawyer. SUN Produced by Steven Canny SUN Brian Gulliver's Travels is a new satirical adventure story SUN from Bill Dare. The series has attracted an excellent cast SUN led by Neil Pearson and award winning star of the RSC's SUN current season, Mariah Gale. Cast includes fantastic actors SUN Tamsin Greig, John Standing, Paul Bhattacharjee, Christopher SUN Douglas, Catherine Shepherd, Vicky Pepperdine, Phil SUN Cornwell, Antonia Campbell Hughes, Jo Bobin and Katherine SUN Jakeways. SUN For years Bill Dare wanted to create a satire about SUN different worlds exploring Kipling's idea that we travel, SUN 'not just to explore civilizations, but to better understand SUN our own'. But science fiction and space ships never SUN interested him, so he put the idea on ice. Then Brian SUN Gulliver arrived and meant that our hero could be lost in a SUN fictional world without the need for any sci-fi. SUN Satirical targets over the series: the medical profession SUN and its need to pathologize everything; the effect of SUN marriage on children; spirituality and pseudo-science; SUN compensation culture; sexism; the affect of our obsession SUN with fame. SUN Gulliver's Travels is the only book Bill Dare read at SUN university. His father, Peter Jones, narrated a similarly SUN peripatetic radio series: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the SUN Galaxy. SUN Credits SUN Brian Gulliver: Neil Pearson SUN Rachel: Mariah Gale SUN Dr Malik: Paul Bhattacharjee SUN Gertian: Tamsin Greig SUN Lawyer: John Standing SUN Copper: Nyasha Hatendi SUN Solicitor: Sam Dale SUN Producer: Steven Canny SUN Writer: Bill Dare SUN SUN 08:00 Meet the Huggetts b00p1hnz (Listen) SUN 'Ail and Hearty SUN The family worries when Joe is seen calling in at the SUN doctor's surgery. Stars Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison. SUN From June 1961. SUN SUN 08:30 Stop Messing About! b00r93xt (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 4 SUN A waltz from the bona singers, and does education add up? SUN Stars Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Joan Sims. From May SUN 1970. SUN SUN 09:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women b007jqqn (Listen) SUN Dark Days SUN Marmee leaves to care for Father and Beth falls ill. Stars SUN Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt. SUN SUN 09:30 Captain Kidd and the First Fifteen b04tv18g (Listen) SUN Episode 5 SUN While Captain Kidd plans a deadly plot, Harry is back at SUN home. But for how long? Stars Polly James and Philip Voss. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04tv18j (Listen) SUN Children's Writers, Allan Ahlberg SUN 4 Extra Debut. From Judy Garland to Ella Fitzgerald, SUN children's author Allan Ahlberg shares his castaway choices SUN with Kirsty Young. From November 2008. SUN SUN 10:45 Linda Cracknell - The Fall b04tv1mp (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. A husband and wife go hill-walking, and cross SUN a Rubicon. Short story read by Ann Scott Jones. SUN SUN 11:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01dtchm (Listen) SUN Series 7, Episode 23 SUN Back at the Town Hall, New York City, the American funny man SUN welcomes singer Tom Rush and pianist Shai Wosner. From 2011. SUN SUN 12:00 George Eliot - Adam Bede Omnibus b00c86bm (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 Byron Rogers - The Last Human Cannonball b00fy24x (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Wally K Daly - The Bigger They Are b007jtv8 (Listen) SUN Ex-jailbirds Charles and George mastermind a plan to thwart SUN the Mafia. Stars Peter Jones, Charles Hawtrey and Donald SUN Hewlett. SUN SUN 15:00 Meet the Huggetts b00p1hnz (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 Stop Messing About! b00r93xt (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b036jmy0 (Listen) SUN Mel brings you a round-up of some of the highlights from SUN last week's 4 O'Clock Show, including the man who swims with SUN great white sharks and a bizarre duck race in New Mexico. SUN SUN 17:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women b007jqqn (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 17:30 Captain Kidd and the First Fifteen b04tv18g (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Ray Bradbury - Tales of the Bizarre b04tv48f (Listen) SUN Skeleton SUN Harris is troubled by his bones. A real expert is needed. SUN Who better than Doctor Munigant? With Bob Docherty. SUN SUN 18:30 Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind b007jlwv (Listen) SUN Final Tribulations SUN An MP discovers that he is a mutant being manipulated by an SUN unidentified controller. Stars Vincent Price and Peter SUN Cushing. SUN SUN 19:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01dtchm (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Meet the Huggetts b00p1hnz (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 Stop Messing About! b00r93xt (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Serial b04wzvvm (Listen) SUN The Deal With Jay SUN The state's case hinged on Jay's credibility; he was their SUN star witness and also their chief liability. So how did the SUN jury make sense of Jay? SUN SUN 21:45 Linda Cracknell - The Fall b04tv1mp (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Brian Gulliver's Travels b00yyc83 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Bleak Expectations b00d06pc (Listen) SUN Series 1, A Childhood Cruelly Kippered SUN Mark Evans's Dickensian spoof reveals the downward spiral of SUN young Pip Bin's life. Stars Richard Johnson. From August SUN 2008. SUN SUN 23:00 The Maltby Collection b00y2x2m (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 6 SUN Love is all around? It is Prunella and Julian's wedding day. SUN Stars Geoffrey Palmer and Julian Rhind-Tutt. From July 2008. SUN SUN 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance b007jqyg (Listen) SUN Series 3, Masterson Rides Again SUN The life of young Billy at his Victorian boarding school. SUN Improvised historical family saga with Paul Merton. From SUN July 1995. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 15 DECEMBER 2014 MON MON 00:00 Ray Bradbury - Tales of the Bizarre b04tv48f (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind b007jlwv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04tv18j (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Linda Cracknell - The Fall b04tv1mp (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 Meet the Huggetts b00p1hnz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Stop Messing About! b00r93xt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 Brian Gulliver's Travels b00yyc83 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Wally K Daly - The Bigger They Are b007jtv8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women b007jqqn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Captain Kidd and the First Fifteen b04tv18g (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Patrick O'Brian - Master and Commander b04tvjx3 (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON The events leading to the loss of the Sophie are revealed. MON Will Aubrey survive his court martial? Stars Michael MON Troughton and Nigel Anthony. MON MON 06:30 The Castle: A Portrait in Sound b008dsfc (Listen) MON Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson's evocative and MON powerful sound portrait of Dunstanburgh Castle in MON Northumberland. MON Built in the 14th century as a piece of political theatre, MON the magnificent ruins have been reclaimed by nature. MON Swallows and rock doves nest in the gatehouse, kittiwakes MON and fulmars guard the sea walls, seals patrol the beaches MON and skylarks man the approach. The sounds of the sea, the MON wind and the waves are ever present. MON MON 07:00 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b007511h (Listen) MON Series 4, Episode 5 MON Eyebrow-raising revelations about the respective pasts of MON the hosts. Starring Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens. From MON October 1999. MON MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b04tj37y (Listen) MON Series 62, Episode 4 MON The antidote to panel games pays a return visit to the MON Victoria Hall in Stoke-on-Trent. Regulars Barry Cryer, MON Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined on the panel MON by Omid Djalili with Jack Dee in the chair. Colin Sell MON attempts piano accompaniment. 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: Andy Hamilton MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON MON 08:00 Marriage Lines b04tvkt2 (Listen) MON Series 1, The Illness MON Kate is not feeling well - will George be able to cope? MON Stars Richard Briers and Prunella Scales. From July 1965. MON MON 08:30 As Time Goes By b04tvkt4 (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 2 MON Jean and Lionel visit old haunts in the country, but fail to MON recapture the past. Stars Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer. MON From March 1997. MON MON 09:00 The Write Stuff b00v1qkl (Listen) MON Series 14, PG Wodehouse MON More literary challenges will be set as another series of MON The Write Stuff starts, seeing the return of host, James MON Walton, along with novelists, John Walsh and Sebastian MON Faulks as team captains. MON Each episode features an "Author of the Week" whose life and MON work provide a focus for the questions as well as the basis MON for the pastiches at the end of the show. This series the MON following writers will be "Authors of the Week": MON - Episode 1: P.G. Wodehouse MON - Episode 2: Tennessee Williams MON - Episode 3: Marcel Proust MON - Episode 4: The Beats (Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs) MON - Episode 5: Stephenie Meyer (author of the Twilight series) MON - Episode 6: Edgar Allan Poe MON As ever, the team captains will be joined by guest MON panellists from the literary world and this series the MON guests will include best-selling crime writer, Mark MON Billingham; Horrid Henry author, Francesca Simon; poet, Ian MON McMillan; children's author, Sue Limb and journalist and MON broadcaster, Francis Wheen. MON The guest panellists for Episode 1 will be Francis Wheen and MON Ian McMillan and the show will finish, as ever, with each MON panellist reading out a pastiche of the "Author of the MON Week"'s work - this week they imagine how Wodehouse might MON have tackled historical fiction. MON MON 09:30 Chain Reaction b01ljwn3 (Listen) MON Series 8, Chris Addison interviews Derren Brown MON Comedian Chris Addison gets the rare chance to talk to the MON amazing Derren Brown about magic, comedy, art, faith and MON Hitler. MON Comedy interview series. MON Producer ..... Carl Cooper MON Episodes in the chain include: MON Rebecca Front being interviewed by the man who knows her MON best, her big brother, Jeremy Front. MON Rebecca Front talking to her Thick Of It co-star and fellow MON non-nudist, Chris Addison, about working with Armando MON Iannucci and embracing his middle-classness through MON stand-up; MON Chris Addison in a rare interview with the MON actually-really-nice-and-he-doesn't-do-any-of-that-weird-stu MON f-in-real-life, Derren Brown; MON Derren Brown chatting hair, beliefs and Tim Minchin with MON comedy musical megastar and fellow sceptic Tim Minchin; MON A poorly Tim Minchin being handed tissues whilst attempting MON to interview with no questions a not-at-all-poorly and MON hilarious Caitlin Moran. MON Caitlin Moran getting to spend time and talk shoes, MON Bananarama and women with her comedy hero Jennifer Saunders. MON And. MON Jennifer Saunders turning up a week later to find the series MON has ended. Probably. We weren't there because the series had MON ended. MON MON 10:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name b007jrw2 (Listen) MON August 1847 MON Will Magdalen marry her loathed cousin Noel and regain her MON inheritance? When Mme Lecount attempts to outwit her, she MON comes across something she hadn't counted on. MON MON 11:00 Patrick O'Brian - The Surgeon's Mate b0076m7f (Listen) MON Episode 4 MON Dr Maturin accepts a delicate mission to the Baltic to turn MON a Catalan brigade to the British cause. Read by Benedict MON Cumberbatch. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b04v2b33 (Listen) MON Scottee, Stephen Fry, Jon Hamm, Chris Hadfield, Agyness MON Deyn, Bollywood Brass Band MON Clive Anderson is joined by Stephen Fry, Jon Hamm, Chris MON Hadfield, Agyness Deyn and Scottee for an eclectic mix of MON conversation, music and comedy. With music from Bollywood MON Brass Band. MON Producer: Debbie Kilbride. MON Stephen Fry MON More Fool Me is published by Michael Joseph and is out now MON Jon Hamm MON ‘Black Mirror White Christmas Special’ is on Tuesday 16th MON December at 21.00 on Channel 4. MON Chris Hadfield MON ‘YOU ARE HERE: Around the World in 92 Minutes’ is published MON by Macmillan and available now. MON Agyness Deyn MON ‘Electricity’ is in cinemas now. MON Bollywood Brass Band MON Bollywood Brass Band play Rich Mix, London on Wednesday 17th MON December and Wiltshire Music Centre on Sunday 22nd February MON 2015 MON MON 12:00 Marriage Lines b04tvkt2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 As Time Goes By b04tvkt4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Patrick O'Brian - Master and Commander b04tvjx3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 The Castle: A Portrait in Sound b008dsfc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years MON b007jqrm (Listen) MON Cooking for a Living MON Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years is the fifth book of the MON Mole series and is set between 30th April 1997 and 2nd May MON 1998. MON Adrian is Head Chef in a Soho restaurant, estranged from his MON Nigerian wife, Jo Jo, and is the father of a three year-old MON called William. During the course of the book Adrian loses MON his job, moves back to Ashby-de-la-Zouche, his mother moves MON in with Pandora's father and Pandora herself becomes an MP. MON Adrian also discovers he has another - disruptive - son and MON inherits a house. He and his two sons move in together, but MON the house is burned to the ground by a woman who is MON infatuated by him. MON MON 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00mvf9x (Listen) MON The Bed MON Historian Amanda Vickery reveals the hidden history of home MON over 400 years, beginning with the very heart of private MON life - the marital bed. MON MON 14:30 Charles Dickens b00x5c6g (Listen) MON A House to Let, Episode 1 MON Eminent Victorian trio Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins and MON Elizabeth Gaskell tell of a woman's worries over an MON unsettling sign of life in a derelict house. Stars Marcia MON Warren. MON MON 14:45 Book of the Week b00775w4 (Listen) MON Brian Thompson - Clever Girl: A Sentimental Education, MON Battenburg Cake MON Clever Girl: A Sentimental Education MON Brian Thompson's memoirs of growing up in the 50s, abridged MON by Doreen Estall and read by David Troughton. MON 1/5. Battenburg Cake MON The journey to manhood starts with a waltz and an invitation MON to tea. MON MON 15:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name b007jrw2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04tvz4l (Listen) MON Mince pies, butterflies and Keep It in the Family MON Mel Giedroyc presents a new episode of quiz Keep It in the MON Family, and there is the first part of the classic story MON Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones. MON MON 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone b00c6vrj (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 2 MON Sheila raises upset Tommy's suspicions, but there is method MON in her madness. Stars Roy Hudd and June Whitfield. From May MON 2001. MON MON 17:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b007511h (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 The Write Stuff b00v1qkl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b04v1np3 (Listen) MON Sarah LeFanu, Monty Don and Penny Vincenzi discuss books by MON the Oxford Dictionary, Hilary Mantel and William Cobbett. MON From November 1998. MON The Oxford Dictionary of New Words MON Publisher: Oxford University Press MON Fludd, by Hilary Mantel MON Publisher: Penguin MON Rural Rides, by William Cobbett MON Publisher: Penguin. MON MON 19:00 Marriage Lines b04tvkt2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 As Time Goes By b04tvkt4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Patrick O'Brian - Master and Commander b04tvjx3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 The Castle: A Portrait in Sound b008dsfc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Serial b04wzw6f (Listen) MON To Be Suspected MON New information is coming in about what may or may not have MON happened on 13 January 1999. MON MON 21:45 Paper Gardens b007k2cs (Listen) MON Restoring the Ghosts MON Leslie Forbes explores how gardens have inspired artists. MON Angelica Garnett returns to Charleston, the Bloomsbury Set's MON rural HQ. MON MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b04tj37y (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Chain Reaction b01ljwn3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 23:00 News Quiz Extra b04v1np5 (Listen) MON Series 12, Episode 8 MON Made for 4 Extra. Satirical review of the week's news, MON chaired by Sandi Toksvig with regular guest Jeremy Hardy, MON plus Romesh Ranganathan, Camilla Long and John Robins. MON MON 23:45 Hearing With Hegley b00b0sgk (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 2 MON The poet laureate of alternative comedy John Hegley MON entertains an audience with his book of verse. From November MON 1996. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 16 DECEMBER 2014 TUE TUE 00:00 Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years TUE b007jqrm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00mvf9x (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 Charles Dickens b00x5c6g (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:45 Book of the Week b00775w4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 The Write Stuff b00v1qkl (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 A Good Read b04v1np3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Patrick O'Brian - Master and Commander b04tvjx3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 The Castle: A Portrait in Sound b008dsfc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name b007jrw2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Patrick O'Brian - The Surgeon's Mate b0076m7f (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b04v2b33 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone b00c6vrj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b007511h (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Doctor Who b0184v9j (Listen) TUE Hornets' Nest, The Stuff of Nightmares, pt 1 TUE Kicking off a gripping five-story adventure, UNIT soldier TUE Mike Yates is reunited with the Time Lord. Stars Tom Baker TUE and Richard Franklin. TUE TUE 06:30 Tales From the Stave b0076l9x (Listen) TUE Series 1, Elgar's Violin Concerto TUE Crime writer Frances Fyfield tracks down hidden stories of TUE musical creativity locked in Edward Elgar's manuscripts. TUE From May 2004. TUE TUE 07:00 Two Doors Down b008j0lm (Listen) TUE Series 2, Out of Tune TUE Miss Black throws a fancy dinner for Radio 3's Sean TUE Rafferty, and cleaner Sally is on hand. Stars Stella TUE McCusker. From August 2002. TUE TUE 07:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups b04tjft4 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Earning Your Corn TUE Tom's mum is not best pleased when Tom's dad pressgangs her TUE into helping out at a celebration he's planning to celebrate TUE 168 years since the repeal of the Corn Laws ("Well, it'd be TUE tempting fate to hold on for the bicentennary") and they've TUE chosen the Toby Carvery as a suitable dining venue. TUE Meanwhile, Tom has decided to buy a flat in London, much to TUE his gran's chagrin. 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: Sam Michell TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b007jl4y (Listen) TUE Operation Christmas Duff TUE In light of a festive pudding shortage for forces overseas, TUE Neddie Seagoon takes action. Soon Richard Dimbleby is TUE reporting on the giant Christmas pudding being mixed at dry TUE dock in Chatham. TUE With Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers. TUE Written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens. TUE This programmes was made for BBC General Overseas Service TUE and broadcast as a Christmas Special for troops in 1956. It TUE did not gain a UK broadcast until 25/12/1986 on BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 08:30 Doctor at Large b00b0jz0 (Listen) TUE To Bed or Not to Bed TUE Simon Sparrow takes Wendy off for a naughty weekend, but TUE events don't quite go to plan. Stars Richard Briers. From TUE August 1969. TUE TUE 09:00 News Quiz Extra b04v1np5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:45 Hearing With Hegley b00b0sgk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 10:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name b007jryr (Listen) TUE December 1847 TUE Magdalen attempts to find the evidence that will enable her TUE to acquire her inheritance. Stars Sophie Thompson. TUE TUE 11:00 Patrick O'Brian - The Surgeon's Mate b0076m7y (Listen) TUE Episode 5 TUE Captain Aubrey and Dr Maturin arrive in the Baltic on HMS TUE Ariel and embark on a dangerous venture to the French-held TUE island of Grimsholm. Read by Benedict Cumberbatch. TUE TUE 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00s2w24 (Listen) TUE Nick Walker - Life Coach TUE It takes Derby Anderson forty-three minutes and fifty-nine TUE seconds to get from her car to the hotel room where the TUE Secretary General of the United Nations is waiting for a TUE life-coaching session. And Derby needs to get her own life TUE sorted out in those forty-three minutes or she won't be of TUE any help to anyone. TUE We hear a real-time journey where we weave in and around TUE Derby and the security aide, Jack, who accompanies her, and TUE whose lives we get to know intimately as they get closer to TUE the door of the hotel suite. TUE LIFECOACH is a play in JOHN DRYDEN's occasional series, TUE Forty-Three Fifty-Nine, which follows one person's TUE perspective in what plays out as one continuous take. It was TUE recorded on location in Broadcasting House, Portland Place TUE and an underground car park. The cast also features Patrice TUE Naiambana as The Secretary General and Paul Panting. TUE Writer and director Nick Walker has two published novels on TUE bookshelves worldwide, has written and performed stories, TUE plays and comedy for BBC Radio 4 and toured internationally TUE with some of the nation's finest experimental theatre TUE companies. TUE Written By Nick Walker TUE Directed and Produced by Karen Rose TUE A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Derby: Nicola Walker TUE Jack: Stephen Tompkinson TUE Secretary General: Patrice Naiambana TUE Other Parts: Paul Panting TUE Writer: Nick Walker TUE Producer: Karen Rose TUE Director: Karen Rose TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b007jl4y (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Doctor at Large b00b0jz0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Doctor Who b0184v9j (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Tales From the Stave b0076l9x (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years TUE b007jqs2 (Listen) TUE Being a Parent TUE Adrian recalls the birth of his son, William, in a Leicester TUE hospital. He had wanted a 'natural' birth, but his Nigerian TUE wife Jo Jo wanted to be unconscious throughout. Jo Jo has TUE since returned to Nigeria and now Adrian's mother looks TUE after William. TUE On the night that Pandora is elected as an MP, Adrian has to TUE hurry back to his parents' home to find William neglected. TUE He moves back to Ashby-de-la-Zouche and enrols William into TUE a nursery. Adrian immediately gets off on the wrong foot TUE with the leader of the nursery. TUE Adrian is disturbed by William's tantrums. The boy has to TUE have a coffee bean removed from his ear under general TUE anaesthetic. TUE TUE 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00mvfp9 (Listen) TUE Things That Go Bump in the Night TUE How the home protected people from dark forces outside. TUE Historian Amanda Vickery on the hidden history of home over TUE 400 years. TUE TUE 14:30 Charles Dickens b00x7l7s (Listen) TUE A House to Let, Episode 2 TUE Will discovering the history of the derelict house solve the TUE mystery of the strange watcher at the window? Stars Marcia TUE Warren. TUE TUE 14:45 Book of the Week b00775xf (Listen) TUE Brian Thompson - Clever Girl: A Sentimental Education, TUE NAAFI-Headed Notepaper TUE Clever Girl: A Sentimental Education TUE Brian Thompson's memoirs of growing up in the 50s, abridged TUE by Doreen Estall and read by David Troughton. TUE 2/5. NAAFI Headed Notepaper TUE Brian tackles National Service training. One night, the TUE reluctant recruit writes to Trinity College, Cambridge, to TUE ask for a place to read English. TUE TUE 15:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name b007jryr (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04v226x (Listen) TUE Sir Quentin Blake, reindeer and Keep It in the Family TUE Mel Giedroyc takes listeners a tour of Sir Quentin Blake's TUE art studio, plus some shaggy reindeer and the next episode TUE of Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones. TUE TUE 17:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket b04tvnxl (Listen) TUE Series 1, Doctor's Horoscope TUE The dear ladies do their best to cheer up their injured TUE housekeeper Maud. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda TUE Bracket. From May 1977. TUE TUE 17:30 Two Doors Down b008j0lm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 We've Been Here Before b00g1rsp (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 4 TUE Clive Anderson's yesteryear quiz, with Helen Atkinson-Wood, TUE John O'Farrell, Nick Revell and Gyles Brandreth. From July TUE 2004. TUE TUE 18:30 The Tingle Factor b04v24hl (Listen) TUE George Melly TUE Jazz singer George Melly talks to Jeremy Nicholas about the TUE music that stirs strong emotions, including Wagner. From TUE September 1992. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b007jl4y (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Doctor at Large b00b0jz0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Doctor Who b0184v9j (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Tales From the Stave b0076l9x (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Serial b04xdgrz (Listen) TUE Episode 10 TUE Adnan's trial lawyer was renowned defense attorney M TUE Cristina Gutierrez - tough, savvy and smart. But Adnan was TUE convicted, and a year later she was disbarred. What TUE happened? TUE TUE 22:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups b04tjft4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 The Headset Set b012lkzw (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 5 TUE An audience sketch show set in the call centre of Smile5, TUE the catalogue company that sells anything and everything. TUE This week, the Headset Set receive the news that their TUE colleague Dan has died. They react in their usual callous TUE and manipulative way. Meanwhile, Ralph the trainer has a new TUE trainee in Philip the artist. TUE Aleesha and other characters ..... Chizzy Akudolu TUE Bernie and other characters ..... Margaret-Cabourn Smith TUE Big Tony, Ralph and other characters ..... Colin Hoult TUE Sailesh other characters ..... Paul sharma TUE Philip and other characters ..... Philip Fox 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 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. TUE TUE 23:00 Delve Special b00t3xrt (Listen) TUE Series 1, The Shifton Scandal, pt 3 TUE In his town demolition expose, David Lander examines the TUE link to a government sex scandal. Stephen Fry stars as the TUE spoof investigative journalist. From August 1984. TUE TUE 23:30 Vent b00t4qzw (Listen) TUE Series 1, Gravity Gets You Down TUE Comatose Ben punches his physiotherapist, while Elvis drops TUE in on his unconscious mind. Stars Neil Pearson. From August TUE 2006. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 17 DECEMBER 2014 WED WED 00:00 Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years WED b007jqs2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00mvfp9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 Charles Dickens b00x7l7s (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:45 Book of the Week b00775xf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 We've Been Here Before b00g1rsp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 The Tingle Factor b04v24hl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Doctor Who b0184v9j (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 Tales From the Stave b0076l9x (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name b007jryr (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Patrick O'Brian - The Surgeon's Mate b0076m7y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00s2w24 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket b04tvnxl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Two Doors Down b008j0lm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Doctor Who b0183r2c (Listen) WED Hornets' Nest, The Stuff of Nightmares, pt 2 WED Barricaded in the Time Lord's cottage, Mike Yates hears more WED about the reanimating bugs. Stars Tom Baker and Richard WED Franklin. WED WED 06:30 Tales From the Stave b0076lf2 (Listen) WED Series 1, Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony WED Frances Fyfield examines the sketch book that Ludwig van WED Beethoven used when writing his sixth symphony. From May WED 2004. WED WED 07:00 North by Northamptonshire b0184vh8 (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 3 WED Sheila Hancock narrates the bittersweet adventures of the WED residents of a small town in Northamptonshire. A visiting WED choir sets hearts aflutter amongst the ladies of Wadenbrook, WED while Mary's dad, Norman, has an adventure of his own. WED written by Katherine Jakeways WED produced by Victoria Lloyd WED John Biggins................................Keith WED Mackenzie Crook...........................Rod WED Felix Dexter...............................Arnold 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 b04tlfsr (Listen) WED Music 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, something we all know to WED be true; he then reveals the quirks of history and the WED fascinating stories that led up to this point. WED In this first edition, Paul takes as his starting point WED Dolly Parton's standout performance at the 2014 Glastonbury WED Festival. How did 120,000 people in a Somerset field, plus WED many millions more at home, come to be watching a WED 68-year-old woman from Tennessee on a Sunday afternoon? The WED story inevitable takes in a Haitian rebellion, Slovenian WED hunting, Scottish whisky, Italian electronics and the WED American son of a Russian farmer who didn't like music. WED Because nothing and no-one exist 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 Take It From Here b0186dsr (Listen) WED From 17/12/1953 WED Pa Glum mediates between Ron and Eth - who gets which WED presents? Stars Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From WED December 1953. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00s8lg6 (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 8 WED A Red Sea safari, and what babies talk about when mum is WED away. Sketches and songs with John Cleese and Bill Oddie. WED From May 1966. WED WED 09:00 Whispers b007k3jj (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 6 WED Gyles Brandreth hosts the scandals quiz with Lucy Moore, WED Anthony Holden, John O'Farrell and Dan Tetsell. From WED November 2005. WED WED 09:30 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show b007jnz9 (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED Their landlord is after the rent, but skint Mel Hudson and WED Vicki Pepperdine are not sure how to pay. From March 2000. WED WED 10:00 Patrick O'Brian - Testimonies b0076bnl (Listen) WED 4 Extra Debut. A haunting tale of secret passion set in a WED remote Welsh valley in the 1950s. Stars Philip Madoc, Alan WED Moore and Manon Edwards. WED WED 11:00 Patrick O'Brian - The Surgeon's Mate b0076m8x (Listen) WED Episode 6 WED Captain Jack Aubrey has captured the Minnie, and Dr Stephen WED Maturin is about to go on board. Read by Benedict WED Cumberbatch. WED WED 11:15 Graeme Fife - A Misfortune at Seaham b01h8vhd (Listen) WED The heroes of the 1880 Seaham Colliery explosion in Durham. WED Based on real-life events. Stars Paul Copley and Nigel WED Anthony. WED WED 12:00 Take It From Here b0186dsr (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00s8lg6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Doctor Who b0183r2c (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Tales From the Stave b0076lf2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years WED b007jqsd (Listen) WED Some Problems of Modern Life WED Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years is the fifth book of the WED Mole series and is set between 30th April 1997 and 2nd May WED 1998. He is now 30 years-old. WED Adrian is Head Chef in a Soho restaurant, estranged from his WED Nigerian wife, Jo Jo, and is the father of a three year-old WED called William. During the course of the book Adrian loses WED his job, moves back to Ashby-de-la-Zouche, his mother moves WED in with Pandora's father and Pandora herself becomes an MP. WED Adrian also discovers he has another - disruptive - son and WED inherits a house. He and his two sons move in together, but WED the house is burned to the ground by a woman who is WED infatuated by him. WED WED 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00mvg03 (Listen) WED The State in Miniature WED The home as a microcosm of social order. Historian Amanda WED Vickery reveals the hidden history of the home over 400 WED years. WED WED 14:30 Charles Dickens b00x7fj7 (Listen) WED A House to Let, Episode 3 WED The derelict house mystery deepens when manservant Trottle WED finds people inside. But why are they there? Stars Marcia WED Warren. WED WED 14:45 Book of the Week b00775yn (Listen) WED Brian Thompson - Clever Girl: A Sentimental Education, WED Jungle Jim WED Clever Girl: A Sentimental Education WED Brian Thompson's memoirs of growing up in the 50s, abridged WED by Doreen Estall and read by David Troughton. WED 3/5. Jungle Jim. Brian braves National Service in the King's WED African Rifles, fighting a colonial war in Kenya with the WED dubious assistance of one Idi Amin. WED WED 15:00 Patrick O'Brian - Testimonies b0076bnl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04v2wxj (Listen) WED Graham Fellows, digging for dinosaurs and Keep It in the WED Family WED Mel Giedroyc introduces a dig for dinosaurs, the Inheritance WED Tracks of comedian Graham Fellows and the next episode of WED Diana Wynne Jones's story Howl's Moving Castle. WED WED 17:00 Life in London b011vjfn (Listen) WED The Show Folks WED Desperate for money, Pierce Egan tries to get Tom, Bob and WED Jerry's adventures onto the stage. Stars Greg Wise. From May WED 2006. WED WED 17:30 North by Northamptonshire b0184vh8 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 Whispers b007k3jj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b0076gkq (Listen) WED Secrets WED Writers Alice Jolly, Kris Kenway and Duncan Fallowell reveal WED all on matters undisclosed to Matthew Parris. WED In each programme, Matthew Parris introduces a group of WED writers of fact and fiction: new talent and established WED names. In the context of a discussion of one of the ideas WED and pre-occupations of our times, each presents a piece on WED this week's topic. WED The best new writing and the freshest conversation from WED 2003. WED WED 19:00 Take It From Here b0186dsr (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00s8lg6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Doctor Who b0183r2c (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Tales From the Stave b0076lf2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Serial b04xdgs1 (Listen) WED Episode 11 WED Sarah Koenig re-investigates the real-life murder of WED teenager Hae Min Lee in 1999. WED WED 21:45 Paper Gardens b007k2f6 (Listen) WED A Photographer's Eye WED Leslie Forbes meets Don McCullin, who moved from war WED photography to fighting battles for the Somerset WED countryside. WED WED 22:00 Paul Sinha's History Revision b04tlfsr (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 The Ivan Brackenbury Show b00gkjpj (Listen) WED The hapless DJ's precarious broadcast pilot at Queen WED Elizabeth Hospital radio station. With Justin Moorhouse. WED From January 2009. WED WED 23:00 Concrete Cow b04tvp6y (Listen) WED Series 2, Spies WED An evil genius and superspy who's a John Candy fan, and the WED truth behind laser eye surgery. Stars Robert Webb. From WED January 2004. WED WED 23:30 Dave Podmore b00sjvcl (Listen) WED Everyone remembers where they were when they heard the news WED that Dave Podmore had been elected MP for the WED hotly-contested marginal seat of Leicester Forest Services WED (East). Except Dave Podmore who, to be fair, had had a WED few... WED Pod's had a lot on his mind. His attractive wife Jacqui is WED playing away with an Aussie ex-cricketer even more WED overweight than Pod; his dogs get turned away from a WED bed-and-breakfast by a seaside landlady who has no qualms WED about letting gays in to reorganize her table settings; and WED he urgently needs money to pay for the dogs' sumptuous new WED living quarters. WED His faithful sidekick Andy points out that there's still WED money to be made as an MP, so Pod embarks on the long road WED to Westminster - starting by parking illegally on it outside WED the Town Hall. WED Pod develops a political philosophy: he wants to see a world WED where no dogs have to be licensed, no patio heater is deemed WED environmentally unsound and where it's possible for the WED fly-tipper to walk without fear throughout this green and WED pleasant landfill. WED All of this appeals to Hard Shoulder Man, Pod's core voters, WED and he's elected in a landslide. So how come he has to WED resign his seat three days later? And will Jacqui return? WED And could reality TV possibly come to the rescue and give us WED a dramatically satisfying ending? Yes, probably. WED Written by Christopher Douglas, Nick Newman and Andrew WED Nickolds. WED Producer: Richard Wilson WED A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED THU THURSDAY 18 DECEMBER 2014 THU THU 00:00 Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years THU b007jqsd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00mvg03 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Charles Dickens b00x7fj7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:45 Book of the Week b00775yn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Whispers b007k3jj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Off the Page b0076gkq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Doctor Who b0183r2c (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 Tales From the Stave b0076lf2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Patrick O'Brian - Testimonies b0076bnl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Patrick O'Brian - The Surgeon's Mate b0076m8x (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Graeme Fife - A Misfortune at Seaham b01h8vhd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Life in London b011vjfn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 North by Northamptonshire b0184vh8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Doctor Who b0184v7x (Listen) THU Hornets' Nest, The Dead Shoes, pt 1 THU For his next lesson about the alien swarm, Mike Yates goes THU back in time to 1930s Cromer. Stars Tom Baker and Richard THU Franklin. THU THU 06:30 Tales From the Stave b0076lj5 (Listen) THU Series 1, Handel's Jephtha THU Frances Fyfield examines George Frideric Handel's last major THU choral work and finds him tormented by failing sight. From THU May 2004. THU THU 07:00 The Elephant Man b04tvk7m (Listen) THU All Features Great and Small THU Valentine's Day approaches and some of the zoo staff are THU keen to find romance. Stars Peter Serafinowicz. From THU September 1996. THU THU 07:30 My Teenage Diary b04tlk9h (Listen) THU Series 6, Oona King THU Rufus Hound is joined by the Labour politician Baroness Oona THU King. Through her diaries we discover her growing up from a THU roller-skating 11 year-old who wants a new hamster to a 19 THU year-old politics student who wants to be Prime Minister. THU Produced by Harriet Jaine THU A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Presenter: Rufus Hound THU Interviewed Guest: Oona King THU Producer: Harriet Jaine THU THU 08:00 It Sticks Out Half a Mile b007jq15 (Listen) THU The Fancy Dress Parade THU The pier's costume party is going well, until Pike brings a THU piano. Dad's Army spin-off stars John Le Mesurier and Ian THU Lavender. From January 1984. THU THU 08:30 Listen to Les b00k26j0 (Listen) THU From 11/01/1981 THU Les Dawson presents his own versions of Dallas and Columbo, THU plus more piano bashing. With Colin Edwynn. From January THU 1981. THU THU 09:00 Who Goes There? b00fj2bw (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 2 THU Martin Young's famous people quiz. With Francis Wheen, Fred THU Housego, Amanda Foreman and Maria McErlane. THU THU 09:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends b0076t23 (Listen) THU Series 4, Episode 3 THU Robin is encouraged to bond with the baby and other fathers. THU Derek tries to tag along to every event, which leads to THU chaos. Stars Brian Capron. From August 2005. THU THU 10:00 John Mortimer - The Summer of a Dormouse b007jsrs (Listen) THU Journalist Henry is visited by his elder self in this comedy THU of missed opportunities. Stars Paul Scofield, Alex Jennings, THU Imelda Staunton and Gemma Jones. THU THU 11:00 Patrick O'Brian - The Surgeon's Mate b0076m9f (Listen) THU Episode 7 THU Before Carlscrona, Aubrey and Maturin must make a detour to THU Catalonia with the Catalan troops. Read by Benedict THU Cumberbatch. THU THU 11:15 Paul B Davies - Spy Nozy and the Poets b007jvty (Listen) THU Suspicious behaviour by new residents in the small Somerset THU village of Nether Stowey leads to the arrival of a Home THU Office spy and a memorable encounter immortalised in THU literary history. THU Starring Bill Nighy as Mr Walsh and Martin Clunes as THU Coleridge - the protagonists in a drama where espionage, THU intrigue and poetic inspiration blur the boundaries between THU truth and fiction. With Graeme Garden as Mr King. THU Directed in Bristol by Sara Davies. THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. THU THU 12:00 It Sticks Out Half a Mile b007jq15 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Listen to Les b00k26j0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Doctor Who b0184v7x (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Tales From the Stave b0076lj5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years THU b007jqsw (Listen) THU My Sister Rosie THU Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years is the fifth book of the THU Mole series and is set between 30th April 1997 and 2nd May THU 1998. He is now 30 years-old. THU Adrian is Head Chef in a Soho restaurant, estranged from his THU Nigerian wife, Jo Jo, and is the father of a three year-old THU called William. During the course of the book Adrian loses THU his job, moves back to Ashby-de-la-Zouche, his mother moves THU in with Pandora's father and Pandora herself becomes an MP. THU Adrian also discovers he has another - disruptive - son and THU inherits a house. He and his two sons move in together, but THU the house is burned to the ground by a woman who is THU infatuated by him. THU THU 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00mvfzz (Listen) THU The Closet THU A place for prayer, music and safety. Historian Amanda THU Vickery reveals the hidden history of the home over 400 THU years. THU THU 14:30 Charles Dickens b00x58pp (Listen) THU A House to Let, Episode 4 THU Trottle makes a disturbing discovery at the derelict house, THU in a locked room. Stars Marcia Warren and Alec McCowen. THU THU 14:45 Book of the Week b00775zw (Listen) THU Brian Thompson - Clever Girl: A Sentimental Education, THU Higher Education THU Clever Girl: A Sentimental Education THU Brian Thompson's memoirs of growing up in the 50s, abridged THU by Doreen Estall and read by David Troughton. THU 4/5. Higher Education THU Brian returns from National Service in Kenya to attempt THU scholarship in Cambridge and romance in Waltham Cross. THU THU 15:00 John Mortimer - The Summer of a Dormouse b007jsrs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04v311t (Listen) THU Witches, Rock Choir and Keep It in the Family THU Mel Giedroyc discovers the bizarre rituals people used to THU perform to ward off witches, plus there is the next episode THU of Diana Wynne Jones's story Howl's Moving Castle. THU THU 17:00 No Commitments b007k1sk (Listen) THU Series 3, Seasonal Adjustment THU Anna and Charlotte plan to celebrate Christmas their way, THU but what about Victoria? Stars Rosemary Leach. From December THU 1994. THU THU 17:30 The Elephant Man b04tvk7m (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Who Goes There? b00fj2bw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076dhy (Listen) THU Scott of the Antartic THU Author Beryl Bainbridge selects explorer Falcon Scott as a THU hidden romantic. With Humphrey Carpenter and Bob Headland. THU The biographical series in which a distinguished guest THU chooses someone who's inspired their life. Will their hero THU stand up to intensive scrutiny and merit the description of THU having led a great life? From 2003. THU THU 19:00 It Sticks Out Half a Mile b007jq15 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Listen to Les b00k26j0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Doctor Who b0184v7x (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Tales From the Stave b0076lj5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Serial b04xdgs4 (Listen) THU Episode 12 THU Sarah Koenig re-investigates the real-life murder of THU teenager Hae Min Lee in 1999. THU THU 21:45 Paper Gardens b007k2gk (Listen) THU The Holy Suburb - Cookham THU Leslie Forbes peers behind the Berkshire privet hedges in THU search of renowned artist Stanley Spencer's personal Eden. THU THU 22:00 My Teenage Diary b04tlk9h (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking b00p2z8j (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 3 THU Laura Solon presents her third series of sketches, THU monologues and one-liners. THU This week we meet a woman who is so completely useless that THU she's just been snapped up for a job in the government; THU Britain's most affable secret agent and someone with a THU pretend hedgehog sanctuary. THU Also featuring Rosie Cavaliero, Ben Moor and Ben Willbond. THU Producer: Colin Anderson. THU Credits THU Producer: Colin Anderson THU THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b04xtcwt (Listen) THU For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the THU best laughs around. Tonight, Diane Morgan chats to Father THU Christmas. THU THU 23:00 Continuity b00tmtwk (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU A seasoned and meticulous continuity announcer presents the THU very best of next week's radio with aplomb. THU There's something for everyone here: Radio 4 goes to Preston THU for the national pie competition, Sarah Topolski gives us a THU sneak preview of next week's obituaries - exciting for most THU of us - and there's unbridled hilarity from the United THU Nations as our Foreign Office sitcom goes Stateside. No THU Philosophical Logic this week though. You can't have THU everything. THU Alistair McGowan stars in this subversive sitcom about a THU continuity announcer, written by Hugh Rycroft. Also starring THU Lewis Macleod, Sally Grace, Charlotte Page and David Holt. THU Produced by David Spicer and Frank Stirling THU A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 23:15 Guy Browning's Small Talk b0076n58 (Listen) THU Series 2, How to Get Out More THU From popping out in order to stay in, to the delights of THU camping, the writer shares life-coaching tips. From THU September 2004. THU THU 23:30 A Look Back at the Nineties b007jqxy (Listen) THU 1999 THU Kate Robbins, Chris Barrie and Rory Bremner take a satirical THU look back at the 1990s - before they happened - and relive THU the year aliens came for our stupidity. From July 1993. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 19 DECEMBER 2014 FRI FRI 00:00 Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years FRI b007jqsw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00mvfzz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Charles Dickens b00x58pp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:45 Book of the Week b00775zw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Who Goes There? b00fj2bw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Great Lives b0076dhy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Doctor Who b0184v7x (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 Tales From the Stave b0076lj5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 John Mortimer - The Summer of a Dormouse b007jsrs (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Patrick O'Brian - The Surgeon's Mate b0076m9f (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Paul B Davies - Spy Nozy and the Poets b007jvty (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 No Commitments b007k1sk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 The Elephant Man b04tvk7m (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Doctor Who b01852w8 (Listen) FRI Hornets' Nest, The Dead Shoes, pt 2 FRI The Time Lord concludes his tale of the alien-infested FRI ballet pumps in 1930s Cromer. Stars Tom Baker and Richard FRI Franklin. FRI FRI 06:30 Bette in Britain b00bzdg8 (Listen) FRI Susan George profiles Hollywood legend Miss Bette Davis, FRI recalling her visits to Britain and the impact she had on FRI British actors, directors and producers. FRI Reflecting the plotlines of characters she played on screen, FRI Bette Davis's visits across the Atlantic left behind stories FRI of success, mystery, court battles, failed marriages and FRI sadness. FRI Miss Davis starred in several British films and was inspired FRI by our history and influenced by our culture. She came here FRI in the 1970s to tour her one-woman show where it has been FRI claimed on a visit to Cardiff she searched for and found her FRI relatives. FRI The programme features Davis's memorable appearance at the FRI National Film Theatre and looks at the time she came to the FRI UK to record an album of songs. FRI With extracts from her British interviews spanning 30 years FRI the programme includes contributions from actor Wendy Craig, FRI broadcaster Wyn Calvin and director Jimmy Sangster. FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 to mark the centenary of the FRI birth of Miss Bette Davis in 2008. FRI FRI 07:00 Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me b0076shv (Listen) FRI Series 2, I Get Along Without You Very Well FRI When Barry's wife leaves him for another man, Roy of course FRI thinks he knows the best way to get her back. But at 2am and FRI after many fortifying glasses of rum, it's not looking so FRI hopeful. FRI Don Warrington........... Roy FRI Yvonne Brewster.........Vi FRI Sam Kelly.......................George FRI George Layton..............Barry FRI Caroline Lee Johnson...Bernadette FRI Mike Kearsey..................Trombonist FRI Written by Marcus Powell FRI Producer Carol Smith. FRI FRI 07:30 The Rest Is History b04v2ssq (Listen) FRI Episode 1 FRI Frank Skinner loves history, but just doesn't know much of FRI it. FRI The Rest Is History is a new comedy discussion show which FRI promises to help him find out more about it. FRI Along with his historian in residence Dr Kate Williams, each FRI episode sees Frank joined by a selection of celebrity FRI guests, who will help him navigate his way through the FRI annals of time, picking out and chewing over the funniest, FRI oddest, and most interesting moments in history. FRI Frank's guests in this edition of the programme are Dave FRI Gorman and Sara Pascoe FRI Produced by Dan Schreiber and Justin Pollard FRI An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Presenter: Frank Skinner FRI Panellist: Dave Gorman FRI Panellist: Sara Pascoe FRI Panellist: Kate Williams FRI Producer: Dan Schreiber FRI Producer: Justin Pollard FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jzg0 (Listen) FRI The Monte Carlo Rally FRI The lad competes in the famous motor race in a very classic FRI car provided by Sid. Stars Tony Hancock and Sid James. From FRI January 1955. FRI FRI 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b00zvcml (Listen) FRI The Moving Target FRI The bungling duo takes charge of Britain's first space FRI launch. Stars Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. From July FRI 1970. FRI FRI 09:00 The Museum of Curiosity b00sj6ts (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 4 FRI John Lloyd invites guests Sarah Bakewell, Michael Welland FRI and Simon Evans to add to the collection. From May 2010. FRI FRI 09:30 Big Jim and the Figaro Club b008j030 (Listen) FRI On the Line FRI Perkins can't get a site phone, so his workmates get him a FRI handset and more besides. With Norman Rossington. From FRI February 1987. FRI FRI 10:00 The Master Of Ballantrae b00cbcpd (Listen) FRI Episode 1 FRI A buccaneering tale of a family with divided loyalties FRI during the Jacobite uprising. Stars David Rintoul and Liam FRI Brennan. FRI Set at the time of the Jacobite uprising, The Master of FRI Ballantrae tells of a family divided. James Durie, Master of FRI Ballantrae, abandons his ancestral home to support the FRI Scottish rebellion - leaving his younger brother Henry, who FRI is faithful to the English crown, to inherit the title of FRI Lord Durrisdeer. FRI But he is to return years later, embittered by battles and a FRI savage life of piracy on the high seas, to demand his FRI inheritance. Turning the people against the Lord, he begins FRI a savage feud with his brother that will lead the pair from FRI the Scottish Highlands to the American Wilderness. FRI Robert Louis Stevenson's buccaneering tale stars David FRI Rintoul and Liam Brennan. First broadcast in 2004. FRI Credits FRI Actor: Susan Hampshire FRI Actor: Philip Latham FRI Actor: Roland Culver FRI Actor: John Nettleton FRI Actor: Kenneth Benda FRI Actor: Gary Watson FRI FRI 11:00 Patrick O'Brian - The Surgeon's Mate b0076m9w (Listen) FRI Episode 8 FRI A gale is blowing up in the mouth of the Channel when HMS FRI Ariel sights a French frigate on the windward side. Read by FRI Benedict Cumberbatch. FRI FRI 11:15 Gideon Fell - The Blind Barber b04v36dw (Listen) FRI There is only one clue to a brutal killing on an ocean liner FRI - the engraving on the murder weapon. FRI Thriller starring Donald Sinden as Dr Gideon Fell, John FRI Hartley as Superintendent Hadley and Patrick Allen as Lord FRI Sturton. FRI Amateur sleuth, Dr Gideon Fell is an archetypal English FRI eccentric created by American-born John Dickson Carr. FRI Dramatised by Peter Ling. Director Enyd Williams. FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jzg0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Men from the Ministry b00zvcml (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Doctor Who b01852w8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Bette in Britain b00bzdg8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years FRI b007jqtd (Listen) FRI Pensioners FRI Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years is the fifth book of the FRI Mole series and is set between 30th April 1997 and 2nd May FRI 1998. He is now 30 years-old. FRI Adrian is Head Chef in a Soho restaurant, estranged from his FRI Nigerian wife, Jo Jo, and is the father of a three year-old FRI called William. During the course of the book Adrian loses FRI his job, moves back to Ashby-de-la-Zouche, his mother moves FRI in with Pandora's father and Pandora herself becomes an MP. FRI Adrian also discovers he has another - disruptive - son and FRI inherits a house. He and his two sons move in together, but FRI the house is burned to the ground by a woman who is FRI infatuated by him. FRI FRI 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00mvg01 (Listen) FRI Every Man's Home Is His Castle FRI Elaborate rituals of locking up at night, plus records of FRI Old Bailey trials. Amanda Vickery's hidden history of the FRI home over 400 years. FRI FRI 14:30 Charles Dickens b00x544m (Listen) FRI A House to Let, Episode 5 FRI The derelict house finally reveals its sad secrets, but FRI Trottle is determined to make it a happy ending. Stars FRI Marcia Warren. FRI FRI 14:45 Book of the Week b0077613 (Listen) FRI Brian Thompson - Clever Girl: A Sentimental Education, FRI Sausages for Tea FRI Having come down from Cambridge, Brian Thompson marries his FRI sensible girlfriend. 1950s memoir concluded by David FRI Troughton. FRI FRI 15:00 The Master Of Ballantrae b00cbcpd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04v3738 (Listen) FRI Strictly dresses, mermaids and Keep It in the Family FRI Mel Giedroyc gets a guide to making the perfect frilly frock FRI with the Strictly Come Dancing costumier, plus the next part FRI of Diana Wynne Jones's story Howl's Moving Castle. FRI FRI 17:00 After Henry b007jq6v (Listen) FRI Series 3, A Box of Chocolates FRI When Sarah sees an old flame 30 years on, her mother FRI interrupts them once again. Stars Prunella Scales. From FRI October 1987. FRI FRI 17:30 Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me b0076shv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 The Museum of Curiosity b00sj6ts (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 18:30 My Life in Five Books b00v3cyk (Listen) FRI Series 1, Sir Terry Pratchett FRI Acclaimed author Sir Terry Pratchett has sold over 65 FRI million books worldwide. In conversation with Stuart FRI Cosgrove, Sir Terry reveals the five most important books in FRI his life. As well as revealing his literary secrets he tells FRI Stuart about his life as a journalist, how he copes living FRI with Alzheimer's and why he really wanted to be an FRI astronomer. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jzg0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Men from the Ministry b00zvcml (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Doctor Who b01852w8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Bette in Britain b00bzdg8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories b007jwv8 (Listen) FRI Cruise FRI Sailing round the Mediterranean, a young lady writes about FRI the upper-class antics on board ship. Read by Abigail FRI Docherty. FRI FRI 21:15 Gideon Fell - The Blind Barber b04v36dw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 The Rest Is History b04v2ssq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Cowards b00fm5s8 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 3 FRI Sketch show with a comic slant on human frailties. With Tom FRI Basden, Stefan Golaszewski and Tim Key. From November 2008. FRI FRI 23:00 Blue Jam b04tvp70 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 3 FRI Another audio cloud of darkly hilarious comedy from Chris FRI Morris. With Mark Heap, Amelia Bullmore, Julia Davis, Kevin FRI Eldon and David Cann. FRI Are you still lying curare-still, seeking relief in feigning FRI dead? Then welcome, oo-tazz welcome. Chris Morris is here to FRI help you wallow in the melancholy, for the second series of FRI this subversive radio 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 late at night on BBC Radio FRI 1, it's a blend of ambient music, deadpan ( sometimes brutal FRI ) sketches and offbeat monologues. A whole audio landscape FRI of the subconscious, the ad-hoc low-fi sheen of production FRI 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 April 1998. FRI

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