26 December, 2014

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 27/12/2014 - 02/01/2015

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SAT SATURDAY 27 DECEMBER 2014 SAT SAT 00:00 Charles Dickens b00pdkdp (Listen) SAT The Signalman SAT The famous spine-chilling tale about a railway worker SAT haunted by a spectre, warning him of danger on the rails. SAT Read by Emlyn Williams. SAT SAT 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00mzw4q (Listen) SAT Mistress and Servants SAT Historian Amanda Vickery on the perils of running a house in SAT Lancashire with unreliable servants. From Elizabeth SAT Shackleton's diaries. SAT SAT 00:30 Ladies of Letters b01pdy7x (Listen) SAT Ladies of Letters Go Crackers, Episode 5 SAT Irene discovers her daughter-in-law's awful secret plan, SAT while Vera's future looks bleak. Stars Anne Reid and SAT Prunella Scales. SAT SAT 00:45 Jeremy Seal - Santa: A Life b0076w3f (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Writer Jeremy Seal's quest to discover the real Santa Claus SAT concludes at the northernmost point of the globe. Read by SAT Alan Cox. SAT SAT 01:00 The Museum of Curiosity b00slqw1 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 5 SAT John receives offerings from polymath Daniel Tammet, SAT explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison and comedian Ronni Ancona. SAT From June 2010. SAT SAT 01:30 My Life in Five Books b00v6kfk (Listen) SAT Series 1, Tony Parsons SAT In this series Stuart Cosgrove meets guests from the SAT literary world and beyond to hear about the five very SAT special books in their lives. SAT Tony Parsons is a bestselling author, a newspaper columnist SAT and an SAT outspoken commentator. SAT He published his first novel, The Kids in 1976 while working SAT in a Gin factory. Making a name for himself as a journalist SAT on the New Musical Express he went on to publish several SAT semi-autobiographical novels including Man and Boy in 1999. SAT His latest book, Tony Parsons on Life, Death and Breakfast SAT has just been published. SAT Talking to Stuart Cosgrove, Tony picks five significant SAT books from his book shelves including a memorable title from SAT his childhood, a book he would describe as life changing and SAT the tome he has bought but has never finished. SAT SAT 02:00 Doctor Who b01875j2 (Listen) SAT Hornets' Nest, Hive of Horror, pt 1 SAT Now up to speed, Mike Yates joins forces with the Time Lord SAT to tackle the alien swarm. Stars Tom Baker and Richard SAT Franklin. SAT SAT 02:30 Ainsley's First Kitchen b0076w78 (Listen) SAT Ainsley Harriott takes us back to some of the culinary SAT milestones of his South London youth - the market stalls SAT still selling their global range of fruit and veg; the Greek SAT matriarch and magnificent cook, now SAT in her nineties, who treated Ainsley as an addition to her SAT copious family; the kitchen in his childhood home, kindly SAT lent for the occasion by the present occupants, now SAT completely transformed but redolent with memories. In that SAT kitchen, where his mother taught him how to cook, Ainsley SAT prepares some Christmas favourites from forty years ago and SAT invites along a few friends to share the moment, including SAT another South London boy, comedian Arthur Smith. SAT Ainsley's parents emigrated from Jamaica in the late 1950's SAT and made a new life for themselves in Balham, South London. SAT By the time Ainsley and his siblings were born a few years SAT later, the area was already home to a vibrant and diverse SAT community. People newly arrived from the Caribbean, Greece SAT or Hong Kong and their English-born children lived alongside SAT Londoners who had been in the area for generations. Parents SAT swapped neighbourly small talk, children were in and out of SAT each other's houses sampling the national cuisine of their SAT hosts. The local shops and markets began to reflect this SAT culinary cornucopia, stocking mangoes and sweet potatoes as SAT well as apples and sprouts, and some of Ainsley's earliest SAT memories are of going shopping with his mother, her basket SAT crammed with exotic produce. SAT SAT 03:00 The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries b0084sb1 (Listen) SAT When in Rome SAT Trailing a vast 1970s drugs syndicate, Inspector Alleyn SAT heads incognito to Italy. But he hasn't reckoned on murder. SAT Stars Jeremy Clyde. SAT SAT 04:00 James Hopkin - A Georgian Trilogy b01ng1hz (Listen) SAT The Soul Is Missing Fairy Tales! SAT The third of three specially commissioned stories by James SAT Hopkin, inspired by his travels in Georgia in Autumn 2008. SAT A tour bus of journalists, writers and artists breaks down SAT on the infamous military highway SAT from Vladikavkaz to Tbilisi. It is only nine days since the SAT Russian army withdrew from parts of Georgia, but there are SAT rumours of a return. SAT Read by Ben Miles. SAT Producer: Rosalynd Ward SAT A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 04:15 The Sorcerer's Apprentice b008j0gn (Listen) SAT A young magician is left alone in his master's workshop. SAT Judith French updates Goethe's tale. Starring Paul Rhys and SAT Harry Towb. SAT SAT 05:00 After Henry b007k01q (Listen) SAT The Season of Relative Goodwill SAT Sarah's mother makes everyone follow her strict timetable SAT for Christmas Day. Stars Prunella Scales. From December SAT 1987. SAT Christmas Special 1987 - The Season of Relative Goodwill SAT "Even doing what you always SAT do at Christmas presupposes agreement about exactly what it SAT is that you always do". SAT Sarah's mother makes everyone follow her strict timetable SAT for Christmas Day. Starring Prunella Scales and Joan SAT Sanderson. Simon Brett's sitcom, from December 1987. SAT SAT 05:30 Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me b0076sm2 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Swingin' Down the Lane SAT No Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me SAT Series 2 SAT Episode 3 of 4 - Swingin' Down the Lane SAT Roy and George hear that an old bandleader, Gillie Truman, SAT is on his deathbed and George is keen to visit. But Roy fell SAT out with SAT Gillie fifty years earlier and sees no reason to bury the SAT hatchet. SAT Don Warrington..... Roy SAT Yvonne Brewster..... Vi SAT Sam Kelly..... George SAT George Layton..... Barry SAT Caroline Lee Johnson..... Bernadette SAT Marcus Powell..... Victor SAT Michael Bertenshaw..... Gillie SAT Angie Wallis..... Laura SAT Mike Kearsey..... Trombonist SAT Written by Marcus Powell SAT Producer Carol Smith. SAT SAT 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b01n4f9y (Listen) SAT The Pain of Strain Falls Mainly on the Brain SAT Held hostage for their brains, can Kremmen and his crew SAT evade their evil captors? Kenny Everett's 1970s sci-fi SAT serial starring the world's most fabulous starship captain. SAT SAT 06:00 JCW Brook - The Tale of the Knight, the Witch and the SAT Dragon b04vdykh (Listen) SAT A story set in the past, the past of the imagination, where SAT all things are possible. Written by JCW Brook. SAT Starring Patrick Stewart as The Knight, Peggy Paige as The SAT Witch and Scrull the Dragon created by Peter SAT Howell of the Radiophonic Workshop, who also composed the SAT sound score. SAT Directed by Ian Cotterell. SAT Originally a BBC Quadrophonic recording for Saturday Night SAT Theatre. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1978. SAT SAT 07:30 The Nose School b00tr3ps (Listen) SAT Fuelling a multi-million pound industry, Rosie Goldsmith SAT discovers the ancient and secretive art of perfume-making. SAT From March 2005. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b00pj0y2 (Listen) SAT Doctor Who - The Lost Episodes SAT What happened to the 108 missing episodes of Doctor Who from SAT the 1960s? SAT Shaun Ley investigates why the tapes were wiped and how SAT dedicated fans hunted down copies of other episodes in film SAT collections from Cyrpus SAT to New Zealand. SAT While we may have lost those early programmes, Shaun hears SAT how some home recordings ensured all audio survived. SAT Producer: Chris Ledgard. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009. SAT SAT 09:00 4 Extra Celebrates Dora Bryan b03szf7d (Listen) SAT Oldham-born Dora Bryan is hailed as one of Britain's great SAT all-round performers. With her unmistakable voice and SAT scene-stealing comic timing, she was a regular pleasure of SAT 1950s and 60s British cinema, playing SAT a series of 'tarts with hearts'. But she was just at home on SAT stage performing Pinter, belting out show tunes in Hello, SAT Dolly! or captivating listeners from behind a microphone. SAT And well into her 70s she was still in the West End singing, SAT dancing and doing the splits. SAT Now aged 91, Dora has retired from the spotlight. But SAT joining Lynne Truss in the studio to discuss her life and SAT career are Dora's friend and co-star Bernard Cribbins, her SAT long-time BBC radio drama producer Martin Jenkins, the SAT theatre critic Benedict Nightingale and film writer Matthew SAT Sweet. SAT Archive includes: Desert Islands Discs from 1987, when Dora SAT was Michael Parkinson's castaway; Jimmy Chinn's drama SAT Perfect Timing about a struggling music hall duo all at sea SAT on a cruise ship booking starring Dora, Bernard Cribbins and SAT Roy Barraclough; That Reminds Me from 2000, in which Dora SAT recalls her stage, film and TV career; With Great Pleasure SAT from 2003, featuring readings from Dora's favourite books; SAT and The Child Within, Wally K Daly's moving monologue SAT written especially for and performed by Dora Bryan. SAT SAT 12:00 The Skool Days of Nigel Molesworth - Omnibus SAT b04vdzxb (Listen) SAT Everyone's favourite anarchic skoolboy and Curse of St SAT Custards. Nigel Molesworth's guide to skool life stars SAT Imelda Staunton. SAT SAT 13:15 The Lady Detectives b00cqf3n (Listen) SAT The Golden Slipper SAT By Anna Green. New York socialite-cum-detective Violet SAT Strange probes four rich women suspected of multiple thefts. SAT Stars Teresa Gallagher. SAT SAT 14:00 Sid and Dora b04vd29z (Listen) SAT From 25/12/1965 SAT Celebrating Christmas doesn't quite go to plan for Sid and SAT Dora Edge. Starring Sid James and Dora Bryan. With Pat SAT Coombs and Derek Lanyon. SAT Incidental music by Jack Emblow SAT Script by Eddie Maguire SAT Produced by John Browell SAT First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1965. SAT SAT 14:30 Spike Milligan b04vd21s (Listen) SAT The Naughty Navy Show SAT Spike Milligan's one-off festive show with John Bird, SAT Bernard Miles, Bob Todd, Phillipe Le Bars, Roddy Maude-Roxby SAT and Alan Clare's Naughty Navy Quartet. SAT Recorded before an audience of students at the Royal SAT Naval College, Greenwich. By permission of the Admiral SAT President, Rear-Admiral P U. Bayley C.B.D.S.C. SAT Written by Spike Milligan. Produced by Charles Chilton. SAT Audio courtesy of The Goon Show Preservation Society. SAT First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1965. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b00pj0y2 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 JCW Brook - The Tale of the Knight, the Witch and the SAT Dragon b04vdykh (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 The Rest Is History b04vd88y (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT A new, six-part comedy discussion show hosted by Frank SAT Skinner. SAT Frank loves history, but just doesn't know much of it, so SAT he's devised The Rest Is History to find out more about it. SAT Along with his historian in SAT residence, Dr Kate Williams, each episode sees Frank joined SAT by a selection of celebrity guests, who will help him SAT navigate his way through the annals of time, picking out and SAT chewing over the funniest, oddest, and most interesting SAT moments in history. SAT Frank's guests in this edition of the programme are Victoria SAT Coren Mitchell and Andy Zaltzman. SAT Produced by Dan Schreiber and Justin Pollard SAT An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4. SAT Credits SAT Presenter: Frank Skinner SAT Panellist: Victoria Coren Mitchell SAT Panellist: Andy Zaltzman SAT Panellist: Kate Williams SAT Producer: Dan Schreiber SAT Producer: Justin Pollard SAT SAT 18:00 Bram Stoker - Dracula b04y9dlb (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT Bram Stoker's disturbing vampire tale of horror, re-imagined SAT by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. SAT Narrated by various characters, and with different 'takes' SAT on the progress of the story, this is an all action SAT adventure SAT story, with ghosts, ghouls, lunatics, and seriously gripping SAT chase sequences. SAT Adapting it in just two hours takes us on a thrilling ride SAT through the dark psyche of Victorian England. SAT Starring Nicky Henson as Count Dracula, Charles Edwards as SAT Dr Seward, Don Gilet as Renfield and Michael Shelford as SAT Jonathan Harker. SAT Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. SAT Previously featured in The Gothic Imagination season on BBC SAT Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2012. SAT Credits SAT Count Dracula: Nicky Henson SAT Dr Seward: Charles Edwards SAT Renfield: Don Gilet SAT Jonathan Harker: Michael Shelford SAT Mina Murray: Ellie Kendrick SAT Lucy Westenra: Scarlett Brookes SAT Dr Van Helsing: John Dougall SAT Arthur: Joe Sims SAT Landlord's Wife: Christine Absalom SAT Driver: Robert Blythe SAT Simmons: Patrick Brennan SAT Vampiress: Sarah Thom SAT Vampiress: Ellie Crook SAT Vampiress: Stephanie Racine SAT Child: Harper Bone SAT Singer: Adriana Festeu SAT Director: Jessica Dromgoole SAT Writer: Rebecca Lenkiewicz SAT Author: Bram Stoker SAT SAT 19:00 4 Extra Celebrates Dora Bryan b03szf7d (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Sketchorama b04vf070 (Listen) SAT Sketchorama Extra SAT In Summer 2014, Thom Tuck presented the pick of the best SAT live sketch groups performing on the UK comedy circuit in SAT the 3rd series of BBC Radio 4's award winning sketch act SAT showcase. SAT 12 acts featured over 4 shows SAT recorded in front of audiences in London and at the SAT Edinburgh Festival. So much material was performed, that SAT we've put together this hour of unheard sketch gems for this SAT BBC Radio 4 Extra Special. SAT With so many incredibly talented and inventive sketch groups SAT on the British Comedy scene, Sketchorama aims to showcase SAT these hidden gems and established performers. SAT Acts featured in series 3 included Croft & Pearce, Beasts, SAT Mixed Doubles, Bob & Jim, The Real MacGuffins, Lead Pencil, SAT The Colour Ham, and The Birthday Girls. SAT Producer Gus Beattie. SAT Sketchorama Extra is a Comedy Unit Production for BBC Radio SAT 4 Extra. SAT Credits SAT Presenter: Thom Tuck SAT Performer: Luke Booys SAT Performer: Greg Cranness SAT Performer: Dave Arrondelle SAT Performer: Alex Whyman SAT Performer: Ben Champion SAT Writer: James Hamilton SAT Performer: Hannah Croft SAT Performer: Fiona Pearce SAT Performer: Owen Roberts SAT Performer: James McNicholas SAT Performer: Ciaran Dowd SAT Producer: Gus Beattie SAT SAT 23:00 The Mark Steel Lecture b007r5lk (Listen) SAT Series 3, Hannibal SAT The radical comedian offers his humorous assessment of the SAT talented military commander. From September 2002. SAT SAT 23:30 Josie Long: All of the Planet's Wonders b00hqhzh (Listen) SAT The Enlightenment SAT The comedian sets out to validate herself through SAT 18th-century philosophy - even her frog collection. From SAT February 2009. SAT SAT 23:45 Fabulous b00hs90r (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 3 SAT Faye's cooker is beeping, work deadlines are looming and SAT flat-hunting sucks. Stars Daisy Haggard and Adam Buxton. SAT From May 2007. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 28 DECEMBER 2014 SUN SUN 00:00 Bram Stoker - Dracula b04y9dlb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 b00pj0y2 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 The Skool Days of Nigel Molesworth - Omnibus SUN b04vdzxb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 The Lady Detectives b00cqf3n (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 JCW Brook - The Tale of the Knight, the Witch and the SUN Dragon b04vdykh (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 The Rest Is History b04vd88y (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Ladies of Letters b01pft3x (Listen) SUN Ladies of Letters Go Crackers, Omnibus SUN Vera faces homelessness and Irene is inundated. Carole SUN Hayman and Lou Wakefield's missives star Anne Reid and SUN Prunella Scales. SUN SUN 07:15 Byron Rogers - The Last Human Cannonball b00fy2r2 (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN Byron Rogers goes in search of those who provide the SUN wallpaper of the movies, the Hollywood extras. Read by SUN Crawford Logan. SUN SUN 07:30 Brian Gulliver's Travels b00zdh7k (Listen) SUN Series 1, Sham 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 he travels to Sham a country where SUN alternative therapies abound. SUN Written by Bill Dare 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, Vicky Pepperdine, Phil Cornwell, Antonia Campbell SUN Hughes, Jo Bobin and Katherine 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 Raindrop: Antonia Campbell-Hughes SUN Muesli: David Horovitch SUN Mumbo: Julian Dutton SUN Kaleem: Lewis Alsamari SUN Healer: Stuart McLoughlin SUN Tofu: Sally Orrock SUN Hunter: Bill Dare SUN Grand: Joanna Monro SUN Writer: Bill Dare SUN Producer: Steven Canny SUN SUN 08:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat b01cj229 (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN A tin of pineapple takes on a starring role as the story of SUN a holiday on the Thames continues. Performed by Jeremy SUN Nicholas. SUN SUN 08:30 Stop Messing About! b00rmxpt (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 6 SUN A paralytic stuntman, and war prisoners outfox the Nazis. SUN Stars Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Joan Sims. From May SUN 1970. SUN SUN 09:00 Hans Christian Andersen - The Snow Queen b00pgyd8 (Listen) SUN Gerda sets off into the wide world to find her playmate Kay SUN who has been seduced away by the powerful Snow Queen to her SUN ice palace in the far north. SUN Berlie Doherty's version of Hans Christian Andersen's wintry SUN fairy tale is narrated by Dirk Bogarde and stars Diana Rigg SUN as the Snow Queen. With Bill Patterson, Joshua Towb and SUN Deborah Berlin. SUN The story was the inspiration for Disney's Oscar-winning SUN animated film, Frozen. SUN Music by David Chilton. SUN Produced by Janet Whitaker SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1994. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04vf1h1 (Listen) SUN Children's Writers, Shirley Hughes SUN 4 Extra Debut. From Mozart to Vivaldi, children's author and SUN illustrator Shirley Hughes shares her castaway choices with SUN Sue Lawley. From March 2001. SUN SUN 10:45 Afternoon Reading b00t4ndn (Listen) SUN Just William - Pursuin' Happiness, The Revenge SUN Written by Richmal Crompton, and read by Martin Jarvis. SUN William Brown, surprisingly perhaps, becomes a Boy Scout - SUN something his family agrees to in the hope that it will keep SUN him out of trouble. William's sense SUN of honour means that he takes most seriously his obligation SUN to perform a daily 'deed of kindness'. SUN But an encounter with a very small, extremely objectionable SUN little boy tests his resolve to breaking point. SUN Director: Pete Atkin SUN Producer: Rosalind Ayres SUN A Jarvis & Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 11:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b018sgj4 (Listen) SUN Series 7, Highlights of the Year SUN The American funny man's 2010 highlights, including singer SUN Elvis Costello, author Alexander McCall Smith and poet Billy SUN Collins. SUN SUN 12:00 Ladies of Letters b01pft3x (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 Byron Rogers - The Last Human Cannonball b00fy2r2 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Alan Bennett - The Lady in the Van b0120vy5 (Listen) SUN A radio version of Alan Bennett's celebrated SUN autobiographical stage play about a woman who takes refuge SUN in his Camden garden for three months, and ends up staying SUN 15 years. SUN Starring Maggie Smith as Miss Shepherd SUN and Alan Bennett as Adrian Scarborough and Alan Bennett 2. SUN With Marcia Warren, Matt Addis, Janice Acquah and Stephen SUN Critchlow. SUN Dame Maggie Smith also stars in the BBC film version. SUN Music composed by Simon Morecroft SUN Adapted and Directed by Gordon House SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009. SUN SUN 15:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat b01cj229 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 Stop Messing About! b00rmxpt (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b04vf1h3 (Listen) SUN Impersonating Animals, Sci-Fi Sound Effects SUN Mel Giedroyc revisits her top picks from this week's 4 SUN O'Clock Show, including a man with an amazing talent for SUN impersonating animals and how sci-fi sound effects are SUN created. SUN SUN 17:00 Hans Christian Andersen - The Snow Queen b00pgyd8 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Weird Tales b00vknrq (Listen) SUN Series 2, Split the Atom SUN Hoarder of horror Lovecraft returns to share three more SUN chilling tales. SUN By Lynn Ferguson. Frank Ivory is full of anger: burning, SUN simmering, steaming anger. On his way home one night, after SUN making his colleagues SUN lives a misery, he meets Gwen, who is determined to tell him SUN the story of the Morrigan, the Celtic goddess in charge of SUN who should live and who should die. SUN Frank ......Derek Riddell SUN Gwen ......Rachel Ogilvy SUN Lovecraft ...... Stephen Hogan SUN Louise ...... Emma Stansfield SUN Bill ...... Rhys Jennings SUN Barbara/Delivery Woman ...... Tessa Nicholson SUN George ...... Ewan Hooper SUN William Perkins/Homeless Guy ...... Piers Wehner SUN Directed by Luke Fresle. SUN SUN 18:30 The Scarifyers b01bl9tb (Listen) SUN The Magic Circle, Episode 2 SUN Lionheart is missing. To track him down, Professor Dunning SUN has joined forces with his old colleague Harry 'Thumper' SUN Crow. But meanwhile, strange things are happening all over SUN London: magicians are being SUN murdered, and a dead music-hall star has come back to life. SUN Can Crow and Dunning find Lionheart? A terrible truth SUN awaits, as they unearth the long-buried secrets of The Magic SUN Circle. SUN This is the sixth story in supernatural comedy series 'The SUN Scarifyers.' The series follows the exploits of 1930s SUN ghost-story writer Professor Dunning (Terry Molloy) and SUN Detective Inspector Lionheart (Nicholas Courtney), who SUN together investigate weird mysteries under the auspices of SUN top-secret government department MI-13. SUN In 2011, Nicholas Courtney passed away. 'The Magic Circle' SUN introduces a new lead character, played by David Warner, and SUN serves as a farewell to both Lionheart and to the actor who SUN played him. SUN Cast SUN David Warner as Harry Crow SUN Terry Molloy as Professor Dunning SUN Stephen Thorne as Billy Banter SUN Ewan Bailey as Solomon Winters and Chief Inspector Fang SUN Lizzie Roper as Iris Binns SUN Cicely Giddings as Lily Wighton SUN Scott Brooksbank as Inspector Boot SUN David Bickerstaff as Horace Sprout and Compton Wetherby SUN David Benson as David Devant SUN PRODUCER SUN Name: Simon Barnard SUN Tel: 07771657529 SUN Email: simon@cosmichobo.com SUN Indie Company Name: Cosmic Hobo Productions. SUN SUN 19:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b018sgj4 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat b01cj229 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 Stop Messing About! b00rmxpt (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04vf1h1 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Afternoon Reading b00t4ndn (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Brian Gulliver's Travels b00zdh7k (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Bleak Expectations b00d7jpx (Listen) SUN Series 1, A Youth Utterly Crocked SUN Young Pip must thwart his evil guardian's plans. Mark SUN Evans's Dickensian spoof stars Richard Johnson. From August SUN 2007. SUN SUN 23:00 The Cornwell Estate b00vkxy6 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Jimmy Baker SUN Phil Cornwell brings six edgy comic characters to life in a SUN new series of The Cornwell Estate, starring Tony Gardner SUN (Fresh Meat), Roger Lloyd Pack (Only Fools and Horses, Vicar SUN of Dibley), Simon Greenall (Alan SUN Partridge) Daisy Haggard (Psychoville) Ricky Champ (Him and SUN Her, BBC3) Jill Halfpenny (Eastenders, Legally Blonde) and SUN Cyril Nri. SUN Written by Andrew McGibbon and Phil Cornwell SUN Jimmy leaves the Cornwell Estate for his native Newcastle to SUN restart his career as a stand up comedian. But that's not SUN all he's come back to do. SUN Cast: SUN Jimmy Baker ..... Phil Cornwell SUN Sergeant Paul Farris ..... Simon Greenall SUN Emma Baker ..... Jill Halfpenny SUN Terry ..... Andrew McGibbon SUN Malkey Robey ..... Paul Brennen SUN Created by Phil Cornwell and Andrew McGibbon with additional SUN material by Nick Romero SUN Producer/Director: Andrew McGibbon SUN A Curtains for Radio production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 23:15 Knocker b0089jjk (Listen) SUN Eligibilliant SUN Market researcher Ian Dunn tackles a run down council tower SUN block. Stars Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From November SUN 2007. SUN Episode 2 - Eligibilliant SUN Halloween in a run down tower block. Constantly mistaken SUN for a Trick or Treater (he's stencilled 'Cowabunga' on his SUN pac-a-mac to appeal to his youthful target group) and SUN harassed by children so poor that they have to throw SUN imaginary fireworks, Ian knocks on the Last Door In The SUN Block. After terrifying and extended scrapings, the door is SUN edged open by a rasping old woman who has struggled to drag SUN her breathing apparatus to the door.. and who seems to have SUN been expecting him. SUN SUN 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance b007jr3g (Listen) SUN Series 3, The Pain of the Mastersons SUN The family find bohemian inspiration in the Lake District. SUN Improvised historical saga with Paul Merton. From August SUN 1995. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 29 DECEMBER 2014 MON MON 00:00 Weird Tales b00vknrq (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 The Scarifyers b01bl9tb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04vf1h1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Afternoon Reading b00t4ndn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat b01cj229 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Stop Messing About! b00rmxpt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 Brian Gulliver's Travels b00zdh7k (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Alan Bennett - The Lady in the Van b0120vy5 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Hans Christian Andersen - The Snow Queen b00pgyd8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Doctor Who b0187yc3 (Listen) MON Hornets' Nest, Hive of Horror, pt 2 MON The thrilling finale finds Mike Yates and the Time Lord in MON the midst of the deadly swarm. Stars Tom Baker and Richard MON Franklin. MON MON 06:30 The Late Mrs Buggins b0076rjr (Listen) MON 4 Extra Debut. Comedy actress Mabel Constanduros's irascible MON character Grandma Buggins taught the nation to cook their MON rations with a smile. With Lynda Bellingham. From April MON 2005. MON MON 07:00 North East of Eden b01f9t2c (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Marcia quits sophisticated London for a doctor's surgery on MON a remote Northumbrian island. Stars Joan Sims and Rebecca MON Front. From June 1997. MON MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b04vdngk (Listen) MON Series 62, Episode 6 MON Back for a second week at The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury, MON regulars Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden are joined on the MON panel by Susan Calman and Tony Hawks, with Jack Dee in the MON chair. Piano accompaniment is provided by Colin Sell. MON Producer - Jon Naismith. MON Credits MON Presenter: Jack Dee MON Panellist: Barry Cryer MON Panellist: Graeme Garden MON Panellist: Susan Calman MON Panellist: Tony Hawks MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON MON 08:00 Marriage Lines b04v8rlj (Listen) MON Series 1, Holiday Attraction MON Can Kate and George agree on a holiday destination? Stars MON Richard Briers and Prunella Scales. From July 1965. MON MON 08:30 As Time Goes By b04v8rll (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 3 MON Lecturing in Norwich, Lionel stays with an old girlfriend. MON But Jean turns up unexpectedly. Stars Geoffrey Palmer and MON Judi Dench. From April 1997. MON MON 09:00 The Write Stuff b00vcpf4 (Listen) MON Series 14, Marcel Proust MON James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary MON correctness. With team captains John Walsh and Sebastian MON Faulks, discussing the life and works of Marcel Proust. MON MON 09:30 Britain Versus the World b04vf6rp (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 2 MON Episode Two: MON The second episode of the new comedy panel show - Britain MON Versus The World - that pits two British comedians against a MON team of comics from overseas to find out which side is MON superior. Joining the MON British captain, Hal Cruttenden, is the Mancunian comedian MON Justin Moorhouse while the captain of the Rest of the World MON - Henning Wehn - is teamed with Danish stand-up Sofie Hagen. MON The contest is overseen by Irishman Ed Byrne who does his MON very best to stay impartial. MON Host MON Ed Byrne MON Guests MON Hal Cruttenden MON Henning Wehn MON Justin Moorhouse MON Sofie Hagen MON Programme Associate Bill Matthews MON Devised and produced by Ashley Blaker. MON Credits MON Presenter: Ed Byrne MON Panellist: Hal Cruttenden MON Panellist: Lloyd Langford MON Panellist: Henning Wehn MON Panellist: Katherine Ryan MON Producer: Ashley Blaker MON MON 10:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes b007jphk (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Cornish parson's daughter Elfride becomes the object of MON affection for two very different men. Stars Janet Maw and MON Sean Arnold. MON MON 11:00 Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs in Conversation b04vj1f2 (Listen) MON The best-selling author Neil Gaiman and the uber producer MON Dirk Maggs go back a ridiculously long way, but they only MON actually met in person a few years ago. MON Their friendship began during the early days of email MON when, in 1992, Dirk wrote to Neil asking if he could turn MON Gaiman's 'The Sandman' comic series into a radio play. MON Sadly that project didn't happen, but it was the beginning MON of a long friendship, which led to their working together on MON the hugely successful 2013 radio drama Neverwhere and, most MON recently, on BBC Radio 4's adaptation of Good Omens, the MON cult classic written by Neil and Sir Terry Pratchett. MON Recorded in September after the read though of Good Omens. MON Produced by Liz Jaynes. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b04vjrjt (Listen) MON Clive Anderson celebrates a year of star names and stunning MON music from the Loose Ends studio MON Clive Anderson celebrates a year of star names and striking MON music and brings together the very best of Loose Ends 2014. MON Around an enlarged table, though possibly not all at the MON same time, are - Gregory Porter, MON Engelbert Humperdinck, Hugh Grant, Chris O'Dowd, Emma Freud, MON Tamsin Grieg, Ray Davies, Alan Johnson MP, Arthur Smith, MON Ross Noble, Sarah Solemani, Jon Gnaar, Ronan Keating, Sara MON Pascoe, Jerry Springer, Danny Wallace, Kate Tempest, Nikki MON Bedi, Mick Fleetwood, Tom Hollander, Cerys Matthews, Aisling MON Bea, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Leonie Orton, Imtiaz Dharker, MON Bobby Crush, Scottee, and Cody ChesnuTT. MON MON 12:00 Marriage Lines b04v8rlj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 As Time Goes By b04v8rll (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Doctor Who b0187yc3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 The Late Mrs Buggins b0076rjr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 The Lunar Effect b007k1d8 (Listen) MON The Cycle MON Under a full moon, a young woman deals with two tormentors MON by unexpected means. Michelle Gomez reads John Connolly's MON tale. MON How often have you done something which seemed out of MON character only to discover that a MON full moon fell on that day or week? Five stories marking a MON full moon. When someone or something unexpectedly steps MON outside of the norm is it just coincidence, or is there MON really something in The Lunar Effect? MON The Cycle, written by John Connolly and read by Michelle MON Gomez. MON On her way home from work on an almost deserted train, a MON young woman starts to suffer pains that we are led to MON believe indicate her period is imminent. When two MON troublemaking youths board the train and there is a MON subsequent delay, the boys' unwanted attention, the woman's MON increasing pain and the effect of the full moon result in MON the demise of her tormentors by unexpected means... MON MON 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n4wyz (Listen) MON Tea MON Historian Amanda Vickery reveals how tea's arrival in the MON 18th century meant that everyone, rich or poor, could afford MON to entertain at home. MON MON 14:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b2grv (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON An unexpected obstacle sparks a beguiling adventure for MON diplomat George Darrow. Stars Jodhi May, Sian Thomas and Ben MON Miles. MON MON 14:45 Book of the Week b017lt53 (Listen) MON Claire Tomalin - Charles Dickens: A Life, Episode 1 MON Claire Tomalin's acclaimed new biography of Britain's great MON novelist paints a portrait of an extraordinarily complex MON man. Today's theme is Dickens' troubled childhood. MON As part of Dickens on the BBC Radio 4 MON broadcasts extracts from Claire Tomalin's acclaimed new MON biography of the novelist who called himself the MON "inimitable". He was the writer "so charged with imaginative MON energy that he rendered nineteenth century England MON crackling, full of truth and life, with his laughter, horror MON and indignation - and sentimentality." The Artful Dodger, Mr MON Pickwick, Pip and David Copperfield are just a handful of MON the characters he created and who continue to endure. He was MON also a hard-working journalist, a philanthropist, a MON supporter of liberal social causes, and father of ten, and MON yet his genius also had a dark side which emerged with the MON break down of his marriage. MON Claire Tomalin was literary editor of the The New Statesman MON and then the Sunday Times before becoming a full time MON writer. Her biographies are award winning. The Life and MON Death of Mary Wollstonecraft, won the Whitbread First Book MON Award, and Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self was Whitbread MON Book of the Year in 2002. MON Read by Penelope Wilton MON Abridged by Richard Hamilton MON Produced by Elizabeth Allard. MON MON 15:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes b007jphk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04vj2lf (Listen) MON Zoella, Funky Chickens and Pole-Vaulting Pterosaurs MON Mel Giedroyc gets down with some funky chickens in our Life MON Through a Lens series, and we revisit the MON Commonwealth-inspired story My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean, MON by Theresa Breslin. MON MON 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone b00c4bs5 (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 4 MON Can a tribe of African pygmies be persuaded to endorse Tommy MON and Sheila's CD? Stars Roy Hudd and June Whitfield. From May MON 2001. MON MON 17:30 North East of Eden b01f9t2c (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b01n6yr1 (Listen) MON There's No Place Like Dome MON Kremmen, Carla and Gitfinger must find a way to escape from MON the planet of the Thargoids. MON Captain Elvis Brandenburg Kremmen is the world's most MON fabulous man. MON With an IQ of 498 and a height of 6ft 10 inches, he's a MON Supreme Athlete, a Concert Pianist, Concorde Pilot, Mountain MON Climber, Diplomat, Space Captain and Genius. MON Just like Kenny, Captain Kremmen was born in Liverpool on MON Christmas Day in 1950. MON Kenny Everett's lovingly crafted sci-fi serial made its MON debut on London's Capital Radio in 1976. MON MON 18:00 The Write Stuff b00vcpf4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b04vj2lh (Listen) MON Marie Helvin and Charles Secrett MON Sarah LeFanu and her guests, model Marie Helvin and former MON director of Friends of the Earth, Charles Secrett discuss MON three favourite paperbacks. From 1998. MON Cannery Row, John Steinbeck MON Publisher: Arrow MON Cranford, MON Elizabeth Gaskell MON Publisher: Oxford University Press MON The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery MON Publisher: Mammoth. MON MON 19:00 Marriage Lines b04v8rlj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 As Time Goes By b04v8rll (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Doctor Who b0187yc3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 The Late Mrs Buggins b0076rjr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs in Conversation b04vj1f2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b04vjrjt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b04vdngk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Britain Versus the World b04vf6rp (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 23:00 Dead Ringers b04vjl75 (Listen) MON Series 13, Episode 1 MON The impression show takes a look at all the shows that come MON out around Christmas time and are given that extra festive MON cheer: Crimewatch and Embarrassing Bodies. Who doesn't want MON to see a crime scene brightened MON up with tinsel and fake snow? And a pustulating sore that MON looks like a snowman? MON Starring Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey, Lewis MON MacLeod, Debra Stevenson. MON Producer: Bill Dare. MON Credits MON Performer: Jon Culshaw MON Performer: Jan Ravens MON Performer: Duncan Wisbey MON Performer: Lewis Macleod MON Performer: Debra Stevenson MON Producer: Bill Dare MON MON 23:30 As Told to Craig Brown b00b7qs7 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Craig Brown introduces a mixture of satire, social MON observation and nonsense. MON Narrated by Juliet Stevenson and Steve Wright, with John MON Humphrys, Ronni Ancona, Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Ewan MON Bailey and Margaret Cabourn-Smith. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 30 DECEMBER 2014 TUE TUE 00:00 The Lunar Effect b007k1d8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n4wyz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b2grv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:45 Book of the Week b017lt53 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 The Write Stuff b00vcpf4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 A Good Read b04vj2lh (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Doctor Who b0187yc3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 The Late Mrs Buggins b0076rjr (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes b007jphk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs in Conversation b04vj1f2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b04vjrjt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone b00c4bs5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 North East of Eden b01f9t2c (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b01n6yr1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Terry Pratchett b00b1p28 (Listen) TUE Small Gods, Episode 1 TUE Set in a complex state of beliefs, the Great God Om appears TUE before novice monk Brutha. Terry Pratchett's comic fantasy TUE with Anton Lesser. TUE TUE 06:30 Small Presses, Big Ideas b008j8vq (Listen) TUE Phill Jupitus explores the world of the small press poetry TUE magazine, which allow anyone with a verse and the price of a TUE stamp the chance to rub shoulders and stanzas with the TUE greatest poets. He visits Liverpool TUE to find out what drives the people who produce them and why TUE they have been so important to the development of poetry. TUE TUE 07:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four b013dntm (Listen) TUE Work Is Freedom TUE Edward Wilson gets embroiled in mysterious government TUE machinations. Orwellian sitcom starring Robert Lindsay. From TUE March 1985. TUE TUE 07:30 Cabin Pressure b04vf25d (Listen) TUE Series 5, Zurich, Part 1 TUE One of the most popular radio sitcoms of the past ten years TUE bows out with a special double episode. As Martin decides TUE whether to take his new job, is this the end for MJN Air? TUE And just what has Arthur painted TUE on the side of the van? TUE With the show titles running alphabetically from the first TUE ever episode - "Abu Dhabi" through to this double finale TUE "Zurich" - the cast and crew of MJN Air discover that TUE whether it's choosing an ice-cream flavour, putting a TUE princess in a van or remembering your grandmother's name, no TUE job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult. TUE With special guests including Anthony Head and Timothy West. TUE Written by John Finnemore TUE Produced and Directed by David Tyler TUE A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Carolyn Knapp-Shappey: Stephanie Cole TUE First Officer Douglas Richardson: Roger Allam TUE Capt Martin Crieff: Benedict Cumberbatch TUE Arthur Shappey: John Finnemore TUE Captain Hercules "Herc" Shipwright: Anthony Head TUE Princess Theresa: Matilda Ziegler TUE Gordon Shappey: Timothy West TUE Karl: Dan Tetsell TUE Bruce Fraser: Gordon Kennedy TUE The Auctioneer: Jonathan Kydd TUE Writer: John Finnemore TUE Director: David Tyler TUE Producer: David Tyler TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b00kjh64 (Listen) TUE The Silver Doubloons TUE Neddie Seagoon must plunder a sunken Spanish galleon. Stars TUE Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. From TUE January 1960. TUE TUE 08:30 Doctor at Large b00b3h85 (Listen) TUE Dr Sparrow of Harley Street TUE Mayhem ensues when Simon Sparrow goes to work at Sir TUE Lancelot's rather posh practice. Stars Richard Briers. From TUE August 1969. TUE TUE 09:00 Dead Ringers b04vjl75 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Tickets Please b00nv6nh (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE A wedding party en route to Exeter is delayed by a car on TUE the track. Railway sitcom starring Jeremy Swift. From TUE November 2009. TUE TUE 10:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes b007jpj0 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE After failing to marry Stephen, Elfride meets and falls in TUE love with his mentor Henry. Stars Jeremy Irons and Janet TUE Maw. TUE TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00zsdvj (Listen) TUE I Expected the Worst..., My Last Breath TUE "Before the showing, I put some stones in my pocket to throw TUE at the audience in case of disaster. I expected the worst. TUE But, happily, the stones weren't necessary. After the film TUE ended, I listened to the TUE prolonged applause and dropped my projectiles, discreetly, TUE one by one, on the floor behind the screen." TUE In a series of three readings this week, famous film-makers TUE describe their adventures in the movie business. TUE 1. MY LAST BREATH TUE Luis Bunel recalls scandalous times with the Surrealists in TUE twenties Paris, when he made films such as Un Chien Andalou TUE on money borrowed from his mother! TUE Reader Ian McDiarmid TUE Producer Duncan Minshull. TUE Credits TUE Producer: Duncan Minshall TUE TUE 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00rb16l (Listen) TUE Doug Lucie - Hitched, Episode 1 TUE Welcome to the wedding of Emma and Richard. This is their TUE wedding day from the viewpoints of their respective TUE families. The dress - the food - the speeches - the music. TUE Who wore what, who said what, what cost TUE what; the secrets, the lies, the smiles and the tears. From TUE the pen of acclaimed dramatist Doug Lucie, this is one TUE wedding you won't want to miss! TUE Emma and Richard have done their best to keep their TUE respective families apart, but as their wedding day TUE approaches it is time for the in-laws-to-be to finally meet. TUE But how will Emma's atheist father Max and 'slightly too TUE fond of the grape' mother Ellie (divorced, not exactly TUE amicably!) get along with Richard's bullish and opinionated TUE father Barry and rather put upon mother Jenny? TUE With Emma's grandfather Chas and Richard's grandmother Ruby TUE both along for the ride, the stage is set for a fiery clash TUE of personalities - and that's before we even get to the TUE reception! TUE Two afternoon plays track the events of one couple's big day TUE creating a stunning social satire on our modern-day TUE obsession with weddings. What will the day hold for our TUE happy couple? And, once the band strikes up and the wine is TUE flowing will bubbling tensions and family frictions erupt TUE and ruin this happiest of days? TUE 'Hitched' takes us behind the scenes as one couple promise TUE to love each other 'for better or worse'. But which will it TUE be? TUE CAST: TUE Chas William Gaunt TUE Ruby Sylvia Syms TUE Emma Lydia Leonard TUE Barry Ian Reddington TUE Max Stephen Moore TUE Ellie Frances Barber Jenny Cheryl Campbell TUE Frankie Michael Colgan TUE Richard Joe Armstrong TUE Roy Nicky Henson TUE Bill Michael Shelford TUE Peter Guy Henry TUE Doug Lucie has written for TV, theatre and radio. His TV TUE credits include 'Eastenders' and 'Headhunters' while his TUE numerous stage plays include 'Progress', 'Grace', 'The TUE Shallow End', 'The Green Man' 'Presence' and 'Pass it On'. TUE For radio his has dramatised 'Shut Eye' and 'Gypsy' and has TUE written 'The Green Man', 'Hold Back the Night', 'Blind', TUE 'Small Earthquake' and most recently 'Development' and TUE 'Sunny Afternoon'. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b00kjh64 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Doctor at Large b00b3h85 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Terry Pratchett b00b1p28 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Small Presses, Big Ideas b008j8vq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 The Lunar Effect b007k1fd (Listen) TUE The Boy by the Light of the Moon TUE Back in Morocco and remembering a distant a love affair - a TUE Spaniard meets an odd waiter. David Warner reads Vega TUE Powell's tale. TUE An older Spanish man returns to the Port of Tangier in TUE Morocco, where memories TUE stir of a love affair that changed his life. At his hotel he TUE is attended by a strange boy, who seems to know about the TUE woman he loved long ago. But when the man tries to find the TUE waiter the next day, he's told he only works there once a TUE month: the boy appears only at the time of the full moon. An TUE exotic Tale of the Unexpected. TUE TUE 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n4wyj (Listen) TUE Domestic Harmony TUE Historian Amanda Vickery reveals the importance of family TUE music-making at home, and the chances it created for finding TUE a partner. TUE TUE 14:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b2qv8 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Diplomat George Darrow is determined to give Sophie a few TUE days of happiness in Paris. Stars Jodhi May, Sian Thomas and TUE Ben Miles. TUE TUE 14:45 Book of the Week b017mrbj (Listen) TUE Claire Tomalin - Charles Dickens: A Life, Episode 2 TUE Claire Tomalin's acclaimed new biography of Britain's great TUE novelist paints a portrait of an extraordinarily complex TUE man. Today's themes are his early successes as a writer, and TUE new beginnings. TUE As part of TUE Dickens on the BBC Radio 4 broadcasts extracts from Claire TUE Tomalin's acclaimed new biography of the novelist who called TUE himself the "inimitable". He was the writer so "charged with TUE imaginative energy that he rendered nineteenth century TUE England crackling, full of truth and life, with his TUE laughter, horror and indignation - and sentimentality." TUE Read by Penelope Wilton TUE Abridged by Richard Hamilton TUE Produced by Elizabeth Allard. TUE TUE 15:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes b007jpj0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04vjj5t (Listen) TUE Rudyard Kipling, Lindyhopping and Big Toothy Smiles TUE Mel Giedroyc blows out the birthday candles on behalf of TUE Jungle Book author Rudyard Kipling, and we hear the short TUE story The Great Happiness Survey, by Alexander McCall Smith. TUE TUE 17:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket b04vf7q6 (Listen) TUE Series 1, The Cubs and Brownies Day Trip TUE Can the dear ladies survive a Brownies and Cubs seaside day TUE trip? Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From TUE June 1977. TUE TUE 17:30 Nineteen Ninety-Four b013dntm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b01n6zvn (Listen) TUE Throbbing Into Action TUE Kremmen, Carla and Gitfinger escape from the Thargoids, but TUE they unleash a deadly weapon. Kenny Everett's 1970s sci-fi TUE serial starring the world's most fabulous starship captain. TUE TUE 18:00 Dead Ringers b04vjl75 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 18:30 The Tingle Factor b04vjkfv (Listen) TUE Joan Bakewell TUE Broadcaster Joan Bakewell talks to Jeremy Nicholas about the TUE music that stirs strong emotions, including Britten. From TUE July 1993. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b00kjh64 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Doctor at Large b00b3h85 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Terry Pratchett b00b1p28 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Small Presses, Big Ideas b008j8vq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading b00zsdvj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00rb16l (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Cabin Pressure b04vf25d (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 The Flight of the Conchords b00dn8br (Listen) TUE Tower of London TUE The Kiwi novelty music duo try to make it big in the English TUE capital. Improvised by Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, TUE with Rob Brydon. From September 2005. TUE TUE 23:00 Scrooby Trevithick b00rbnmp (Listen) TUE Entrepreneur TUE Comedy series written by and starring Andy Parsons, TUE following the exploits of hapless Scrooby, an enthusiastic TUE but flawed wannabe who is desperately trying to find himself TUE by zealously posting his web diaries TUE online. TUE Scrooby tries to become an entrepreneur by mis-spending his TUE inheritance on the horses, the dogs and the 'Fruit on a TUE Pizza' company. TUE With Kerry Godliman, Dara O Briain, Russell Howard, Hugh TUE Dennis, Russell Kane, Rufus Hound, Alun Cochrane, Dominic TUE Frisby, Paul Thorne, Martin Coyote and Barunka TUE O'Shaughnessy. TUE An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Producer: Paul Russell TUE TUE 23:30 Fags, Mags and Bags b01llcp6 (Listen) TUE Series 5, Hovering Chops TUE More shop based shenanigans and over the counter philosophy, TUE courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave. TUE The careful eco-balance of shop is under threat when a new TUE butcher (played by Barry Howard) TUE sets up shop in Lenzie with a dazzling array of award TUE winning sausages and forthright chat. The current butcher TUE incumbent, Mutton Jeff (played by Sean Scanlan), is TUE particularly upset that his chop empire is under threat and TUE calls upon Ramesh and the Lenzie Local Retail Traders TUE Association to put a stop it. TUE The staff of 'Fags, Mags and Bags' are on a tireless quest TUE to bring nice-price custard creams and cans of coke with TUE Arabic writing on them to an ungrateful nation. Ramesh Mahju TUE has lovingly built the business up over the course of 30 TUE years, and is ably assisted by his sidekick Dave. But then TUE there are Ramesh's sons Sanjay and Alok - both surly and not TUE particularly keen on the old school approach to shopkeeping, TUE but natural successors to the business so Ramesh is keen to TUE pass them all his worldly wisdom whether they like it or TUE not. TUE Written by and starring Donald Mcleary and Sanjeev Kohli. TUE Producer: Gus Beattie TUE A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Ramesh: Sanjeev Kohli TUE Dave: Donald McLeary TUE Sanjay: Omar Raza TUE Alok: Susheel Kumar TUE Frank Butcher: Barry Howard TUE Archibald Sibbald: Tom Urie TUE Mutton Jeff: Sean Scanlan TUE Bras Jeff: Steven McNicoll TUE Hilly: Kate Brailsford TUE Mrs Begg: Marj Hogarth TUE Writer: Sanjeev Kohli TUE Writer: Donald McLeary TUE Producer: Gus Beattie TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 31 DECEMBER 2014 WED WED 00:00 The Lunar Effect b007k1fd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n4wyj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b2qv8 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:45 Book of the Week b017mrbj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Dead Ringers b04vjl75 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] WED WED 01:30 The Tingle Factor b04vjkfv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Terry Pratchett b00b1p28 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 Small Presses, Big Ideas b008j8vq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes b007jpj0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00zsdvj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00rb16l (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket b04vf7q6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Nineteen Ninety-Four b013dntm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b01n6zvn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Terry Pratchett b00b50xj (Listen) WED Small Gods, Episode 2 WED After his encounter with the Great God Om, novice monk WED Brutha is selected for a secret mission. Comic fantasy with WED Anton Lesser. WED WED 06:30 The King of the Swingers b0076y48 (Listen) WED The late Humphrey Lyttelton profiles Louis Prima, one of the WED most prolific and accomplished jazz musicians of the 20th WED century who is sadly now remembered mostly for his role as a WED cartoon monkey. WED WED 07:00 North by Northamptonshire b018xy2d (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 5 WED Sheila Hancock narrates the bittersweet adventures of the WED residents of a small town in Northamptonshire. The dawn of WED the Dickensian festival brings chaos to Wadenbrook, and WED Angela has something to tell Frank. 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 Cabin Pressure b04vf959 (Listen) WED Series 5, Zurich, Part 2 WED One of the most popular radio sitcoms of the past ten years WED bows out with a special double episode. In this second and WED concluding part, as the crew embark on a race against time, WED just what is Gerti's secret? WED And will it be happy ever after for Carolyn and Herc? WED With the show titles running alphabetically from the first WED ever episode - "Abu Dhabi" through to this double finale WED "Zurich" - the cast and crew of MJN Air discover that WED whether it's choosing an ice-cream flavour, putting a WED princess in a van or remembering your grandmother's name, no WED job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult. WED With special guests including Anthony Head and Timothy West. WED Written by John Finnemore WED Produced and Directed by David Tyler WED A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. WED Credits WED Carolyn Knapp-Shappey: Stephanie Cole WED First Officer Douglas Richardson: Roger Allam WED Capt Martin Crieff: Benedict Cumberbatch WED Arthur Shappey: John Finnemore WED Captain Hercules "Herc" Shipwright: Anthony Head WED Princess Theresa: Matilda Ziegler WED Gordon Shappey: Timothy West WED Karl: Dan Tetsell WED Bruce Fraser: Gordon Kennedy WED The Auctioneer: Jonathan Kydd WED Writer: John Finnemore WED Director: David Tyler WED Producer: David Tyler WED WED 08:00 Take It From Here b013m01w (Listen) WED From 30/12/1954 WED It is New Year's Eve, and Eth wants to celebrate with the WED Glums. Stars June Whitfield and Alma Cogan. From December WED 1954. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00scw5v (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 9 WED The Addictive Knitter, and a rare madrigal by Risotto. WED Sketches and songs with John Cleese and Jo Kendall. From May WED 1966. WED WED 09:00 Foul Play b00yy8yz (Listen) WED Series 4, Deadline News WED Crime writers Ruth Dudley Edwards and Robert Richardson WED tackle a model's murder. Chaired by Simon Brett. From WED September 1998. WED WED 09:30 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show b0075tgf (Listen) WED Episode 4 WED Have the girls from TV show Friends really come to visit? WED Sketches and songs with Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine. WED From April 2000. WED WED 10:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes b007jpjg (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED After seeing Stephen at the church, Elfride procrastinates WED over telling Henry of her past. Stars Jeremy Irons and Janet WED Maw. WED WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00zsjyx (Listen) WED I Expected the Worst..., Truffaut Letters WED "Dear Monsieur, WED You do me too great an honour in asking my advice. I have WED never written a shooting script and I never know where I'm WED going to place the camera one hour before I start shooting, WED which is to say, WED before seeing the actors move through the set..." WED A series of three readings, in which famous directors WED describe their adventures in the WED the movie business: WED 2. Francois Truffaut: Letters. WED His missives are a rich source of insight and amusement, as WED he considers the likes of dubious actors, terrible music, WED freedom of expression and favourite foods... WED Read by Ben Miles WED Producer Duncan Minshull. WED Credits WED Producer: Duncan Minshall WED WED 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00rb2sx (Listen) WED Doug Lucie - Hitched, Episode 2 WED Welcome to the wedding of Emma and Richard. This is their WED wedding day from the viewpoints of their respective WED families. The dress - the food - the speeches - the music. WED Who wore what, who said what, what cost WED what; the secrets, the lies, the smiles and the tears. From WED the pen of acclaimed dramatist Doug Lucie, this is one WED wedding you won't want to miss! WED Emma and Richard have done their best to keep their WED respective families apart, but as their wedding day WED approaches it is time for the in-laws-to-be to finally meet. WED But how will Emma's atheist father Max and 'slightly too WED fond of the grape' mother Ellie (divorced, not exactly WED amicably!) get along with Richard's bullish and opinionated WED father Barry and rather put upon mother Jenny? WED With Emma's grandfather Chas and Richard's grandmother Ruby WED both along for the ride, the stage is set for a fiery clash WED of personalities - and that's before we even get to the WED reception! WED Two afternoon plays track the events of one couple's big day WED creating a stunning social satire on our modern-day WED obsession with weddings. What will the day hold for our WED happy couple? And, once the band strikes up and the wine is WED flowing will bubbling tensions and family frictions erupt WED and ruin this happiest of days? WED 'Hitched' takes us behind the scenes as one couple promise WED to love each other 'for better or worse'. But which will it WED be? WED CAST: WED Chas William Gaunt WED Ruby Sylvia Syms WED Emma Lydia Leonard WED Richard Joe Armstrong WED Max Stephen Moore WED Ellie Frances Barber WED Barry Ian Reddington WED Jenny Cheryl Campbell WED Frankie Michael Colgan WED Roy Nicky Henson WED Bill Michael Shelford WED Peter Guy Henry WED Doug Lucie has written for TV, theatre and radio. His TV WED credits include 'Eastenders' and 'Headhunters' while his WED numerous stage plays include 'Progress', 'Grace', 'The WED Shallow End', 'The Green Man' 'Presence' and 'Pass it On'. WED For radio his has dramatised 'Shut Eye' and 'Gypsy' and has WED written 'The Green Man', 'Hold Back the Night', 'Blind', WED 'Small Earthquake' and most recently 'Development' and WED 'Sunny Afternoon'. WED WED 12:00 Take It From Here b013m01w (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00scw5v (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Terry Pratchett b00b50xj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 The King of the Swingers b0076y48 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 The Lunar Effect b007k1dn (Listen) WED She Often Walked at Night WED Under a full moon somewhere in Europe - three friends meet WED in a strange, exotic bar. Lucy Cohu reads Lilian WED Pizzichini's tale. WED Three friends, adrift in a mysterious European city, WED congregate one night at WED cocktail hour in a strange, exotic bar and, as they partake WED of an absinthe-like drink, pathological, long-buried natural WED tendencies surface under the influence of the full moon. WED WED 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n4wyl (Listen) WED Men at Home WED In her hidden home history, Amanda Vickery reveals the WED stories of family 'black sheep'. Not everyone adhered to WED polite etiquette. WED WED 14:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b32bz (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED George Darrow arrives at Givre in his pursuit of Anna, but WED they're soon quibbling. Stars Jodhi May and Julian Ovenden. WED WED 14:45 Book of the Week b017mv1k (Listen) WED Claire Tomalin - Charles Dickens: A Life, Episode 3 WED Claire Tomalin's acclaimed new biography of Britain's great WED novelist paints a portrait of an extraordinarily complex WED man. Today the novelist is well received in America. WED As part of Dickens on the BBC Radio 4 WED broadcasts extracts from Claire Tomalin's acclaimed new WED biography of the novelist who called himself the WED "inimitable". He was the writer so "charged with imaginative WED energy that he rendered nineteenth century England WED crackling, full of truth and life, with his laughter, horror WED and indignation - and sentimentality." WED Read by Penelope Wilton WED Abridged by Richard Hamilton WED Produced by Elizabeth Allard. WED WED 15:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes b007jpjg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04vjyhl (Listen) WED Heston Blumenthal, Weighing Penguins and Fishing for Sharks WED Mel Giedroyc gets creative in the kitchen as chef Heston WED Blumenthal shares his Inheritance Tracks, and we listen to WED the short story A Shark Called Yetunde, by Alan Bissett. WED WED 17:00 Thinking of Leaving Your Husband? b00rrkg5 (Listen) WED FindthePerfectPartner4u.com WED The first episode of a comedy drama by Charlotte Cory WED starring Henry Goodman and Lia Williams. WED Sarah is deeply dissatisfied with her lot. Her marriage to WED the kindly but deeply boring Malcolm has long since WED failed to bring any spark to her life, and a brief WED relationship with a man called David, while ultimately WED unfulfilling, at least proves to her that she is not so WED unattractive that she cannot find happiness elsewhere. WED So she leaves Malcolm and a chance encounter with an old WED school friend, Tania, leads her to move in with her friend WED and join the internet dating site WED Find-the-perfect-partner-4-u.com. But her first experience WED of internet dating proves hugely embarrassing. WED Cast: WED Sarah ... Lia Williams WED Malcolm - and all Sarah's internet dates ... Henry Goodman WED Mother ... Miriam Margolyes WED Tania ... Frances Barber WED Francis Parker ... Roger Hammond WED Sound Design: Lucinda Mason Brown WED Original Music: David Chilton WED Director: Gordon House WED A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. WED Credits WED Producer: Gordon House WED WED 17:30 North by Northamptonshire b018xy2d (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b01n7hgs (Listen) WED One Whiff Equals Instant Death WED The Earthmen escape, but the smelliest substance in the WED universe is heading their way. Kenny Everett's 1970s sci-fi WED serial starring the world's most fabulous starship captain. WED WED 18:00 Big Ben's Chimes b03mj8xb (Listen) WED First Broadcast WED A new poem by Ian McMillan celebrates exactly 90 years since WED Big Ben first heralded the New Year on BBC Radio. WED WED 18:02 Foul Play b00yy8yz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b0076gs9 (Listen) WED Irritation WED Novelist Patrick Neate, journalists Ros Taylor and Martin WED Freeman on the causes of irritation. With Matthew Parris. WED In each programme, Matthew Parris introduces a group of WED writers of fact and fiction: new WED talent and established names. In the context of a discussion WED of one of the ideas and pre-occupations of our times, each WED presents a piece on this week's topic. WED The best new writing and the freshest conversation from WED 2003. WED WED 19:00 Big Ben's Chimes b03m7fq9 (Listen) WED Big Ben as Beating Heart WED Ian McMillan's new poem pays moving tribute to the WED hope-inspiring chimes of Big Ben on BBC Radio throughout WED World War II. WED WED 19:02 Take It From Here b013m01w (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00scw5v (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Big Ben's Chimes b03mj0vc (Listen) WED New Year in War Time WED Ian McMillan's new poem imagines allied troops in World War WED II, listening out for the New Year chimes of Big Ben on BBC WED Radio. WED WED 20:02 Terry Pratchett b00b50xj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 The King of the Swingers b0076y48 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Big Ben's Chimes b03m80vk (Listen) WED Big Ben - Good News WED Archive recordings and a new poem by Ian McMillan reflect on WED Big Ben's chimes on BBC Radio during pivotal moments in WED history. WED WED 21:02 Afternoon Reading b00zsjyx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00rb2sx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Big Ben's Chimes b03m78kj (Listen) WED Big Ben as an Icon of Britain WED Archive recordings and a new poem by Ian McMillan pay WED tribute to the chimes of Big Ben, familiar across the globe WED on BBC Radio. WED WED 22:02 Cabin Pressure b04vf959 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Old Harry's Game b007k078 (Listen) WED Christmas Special 2002, Knocking on Heaven's Door WED Satan's epic quest ends as he meets Death... and Davina WED McCall. Stars Andy Hamilton and Jimmy Mulville. From January WED 2003. WED WED 23:00 Big Ben's Chimes b03m3xk5 (Listen) WED Big Ben Seizes Up WED Ian McMillan's new poem recalls the day the chimes kept WED going 'clonk' when Big Ben seized up in the icy winter. WED WED 23:02 Concrete Cow b04v8zs2 (Listen) WED Series 2, Art WED Someone goes too far at a murder mystery party. Sketch show WED starring Robert Webb and Beth Chalmers. From January 2004. WED WED 23:30 4 at the Store b00d7jpz (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 2 WED Simon Bligh hosts the stand-up from London's Comedy Store WED with Alan Carr, Richard Morton and Gina Yashere. From WED January 2002. WED WED THU THURSDAY 01 JANUARY 2015 THU THU 00:00 Big Ben's Chimes b01nt4q1 (Listen) THU Maintaining Big Ben THU Made for 4 Extra. Archive recordings and a new poem by Ian THU McMillan pay tribute to the familiar tone of the chimes of THU 'Great Uncle Ben'. THU THU 00:02 The Lunar Effect b007k1dn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n4wyl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b32bz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:45 Book of the Week b017mv1k (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Foul Play b00yy8yz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Off the Page b0076gs9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Terry Pratchett b00b50xj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 The King of the Swingers b0076y48 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Thomas Hardy - A Pair of Blue Eyes b007jpjg (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00zsjyx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00rb2sx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Thinking of Leaving Your Husband? b00rrkg5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 North by Northamptonshire b018xy2d (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b01n7hgs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Terry Pratchett b00b8rpc (Listen) THU Small Gods, Episode 3 THU In the city of the Citadel, novice Brutha stands up to the THU devious Deacon Vorbus. Stars Anton Lesser and Patrick THU Barlow. THU Director: Gordon House THU Phone Number: 07740 818304 THU Synopsis: THU There are gods everywhere on THU Terry Pratchett's Discworld - you can't swing a simian THU librarian without hitting one - except, of course, only a THU few people can see them. Each small god lies in wait, THU desperately seeking to make someone believe in him. On the THU Discworld gods need people more than people need gods, for THU belief is the food of the gods. THU Brutha, a tubby novice-priest with a phenomenal memory, is THU chosen as the one true Prophet. Will he succeed in bringing THU belief back to Omnia? The great God Om is currently stuck in THU the body of a small tortoise. He is ready for smiting and THU other godly activities if only he could get out of the THU basket of rotting vegetables into which he has fallen THU Meanwhile Deacon Vorbis rules this harsh desert country and THU the Quisition works tirelessly to beat sin out of its THU people. Vorbis is all set to expand his empire and recruits THU Brutha with his incredible memory to help him. THU Brutha accompanies Deacon Vorbis to the land of Ephebe where THU philosophers cover the landscape like locusts, argue THU violently among themselves, and live in barrels. One such THU philosopher is Didactylos, whose philosophy can be boiled THU down to the words "It's a funny old world." He now becomes THU the unifying part of an underground movement that insists, THU despite the tenets of the Church that "the Turtle moves"; THU that turtle being the Great A'Tuin - the whole of Discworld THU rides on its giant shell. As so often happens, religious THU dispute breeds war, and the future of Omnia, not to mention THU the future of the Great God Om, is in Brutha's hands. THU Cast: Anton Lesser narrates, Patrick Barlow is the Great God THU Om and Alex Jennings is Deacon Vorbis. Carl Prekopp is THU Brutha and Michael Kilgarriff plays Death. THU The rest of the cast includes Geoffrey Beevers, Philip Fox, THU Sean Barrett, Gerard McDermott, John Cummins, Nick Sayce THU Terry Pratchett worked for many years as a journalist and THU press officer, writing in his spare time and publishing a THU number of novels, including his first Discworld novel, The THU Color of Magic, in 1983. In 1987 he turned to writing full THU time, and has not looked back since. To date there are a THU total of 33 books in the Discworld series, of which three THU (so far) are written for children. The first of these, The THU Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie THU Medal. His new Discworld novel, Thud!, was published autumn THU 2005. Regarded as one of the most significant contemporary THU English-language satirists, Pratchett has won numerous THU literary awards, was named an Officer of the British Empire THU "for services to literature" in 1998, and has received four THU honorary doctorates from the Universities of Warwick, THU Portsmouth, Bath, and Bristol. His acclaimed novels have THU sold 40 million copies worldwide and have been translated THU into 33 languages. THU Robin Brooks dramatised Terry Pratchett's 'Mort' for late THU night Radio 4. Other R4 dramatisations include Daphne Du THU Maurier's The Parasites, Love and Friendship adapted from THU Jane Austen, and Byron's Women. Also for R4 an original THU comedy A Quick Change, Bloody Stefi a play about Bartok and THU The Man Who Knew Everything, three original plays about the THU infamous solicitor, George Lewis. THU ProducerClaire Grove. THU THU 06:30 Big Ben's Chimes b04xrgm4 (Listen) THU Omnibus THU Made for 4 Extra. The poet Ian McMillan pays affectionate THU tribute to the sound of Big Ben's New Year chimes on BBC THU Radio over the past nine decades. THU THU 06:50 Inheritance Tracks b04kk06k (Listen) THU Ophelia Dahl THU Charity organiser Ophelia Dahl inherits Faure's Requiem, and THU passes on 'Ain't Got No, I Got Life' by Nina Simone. THU THU 07:00 The Elephant Man b04vf6rt (Listen) THU Age Concern THU The Elephant Man was created by Debbie Barham. Under the THU pen-name D.A. Barham, she gently obscured her gender and THU youth to send scripts to BBC comedy programmes. THU In 2003 Debbie Barham (1976 - 2003) tragically THU died from heart failure, due to anorexia, aged only 26. In THU her short, waspishly brilliant comedy writing life she had THU written for The News Huddlines, Spitting Image, The News THU Quiz, Weekending, Loose Ends and for Bob Monkhouse, Graham THU Norton, Rory Bremner and Clive Anderson amongst others. THU Terry Lyon, assistant head keeper of struggling Southwood THU Zoo. His boss is the formidable 'management-speaking' Miss THU Stonewick and the head keeper in the taciturn Scot, Leonard. THU Terry is going through a divorce, his ex - Margaret - is now THU in a relationship with his friend Richard. He has had to THU move back in with his parents. THU THU 07:30 My Teenage Diary b04vj1xg (Listen) THU Series 6, Lucy Worsley THU Rufus Hound is joined by the historian Lucy Worsley, whose THU diaries reveal that she was swottier than the average THU teenager. While her friends were out at parties, Lucy was THU curating her collection of rocks, and gardening. THU Produced by Harriet Jaine THU A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Presenter: Rufus Hound THU Interviewed Guest: Lucy Worsley THU Producer: Harriet Jaine THU THU 08:00 It Sticks Out Half a Mile b007jq3p (Listen) THU The Builder THU A workman's nationality reignites old hostilities for THU Wilson, Hodges and Pike. Dad's Army spin-off stars John Le THU Mesurier. From August 1984. THU THU 08:30 The Jason Explanation of... b007jpwr (Listen) THU Money THU David Jason's probe of modern life sets out to comprehend THU cash. With Miriam Margolyes and Royce Mills. From September THU 1977. THU THU 09:00 Who Goes There? b00fnq9s (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 4 THU Martin Young's famous people quiz. With Francis Wheen, Sue THU Cook, Fred Housego and Annabel Giles. From January 2000. THU THU 09:30 Alison and Maud b007k377 (Listen) THU Series 2, Beds in the East Are Soft THU Daddy is not keen on his new orthopaedic mattress, so he and THU Maud try a crafty swap. Stars Denise Coffey. From March THU 2004. THU THU 10:00 Charles Dickens b00ph6s7 (Listen) THU The Chimes THU One New Year's Eve, the humble Trotty Veck learns the THU importance of love and hope in an extraordinary way. Stars THU Ron Cook. THU THU 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00zt3pp (Listen) THU I Expected the Worst..., Wings of Desire THU "Usually a line emerges that enables you to fix on the THU characters and their relationships. But with angels you THU could do anything; there were connections all over the THU place, you could go anywhere. You could THU cross the Berlin Wall, pass through windows into peoples' THU houses. And anyone was hero of a potential film..." THU In a series of three readings, famous film directors THU celebrate their work in the film business: THU 3. WINGS OF DESIRE THU Wim Wenders describes working with angels on his famous THU film, based in Berlin. And should angels be shot in black THU and white or in colour? THU Reader Stephen Dillane THU Producer Duncan Minshull. THU Credits THU Producer: Duncan Minshall THU THU 11:15 Christopher Reason - Box of Chocolates b04vk8pn (Listen) THU 4 Extra Debut. Chocolates from her estranged aunt prompt THU Christine to show her own soft centre. But watch out for the THU nuts! Stars Prunella Scales. THU THU 12:00 It Sticks Out Half a Mile b007jq3p (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 The Jason Explanation of... b007jpwr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Terry Pratchett b00b8rpc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Big Ben's Chimes b04xrgm4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 13:50 Inheritance Tracks b04kk06k (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:50 today] THU THU 14:00 The Lunar Effect b007k1hv (Listen) THU Scavengers THU Under a full moon - widow Lottie's odd encounter with a fox THU has a life changing effect. Amanda Root reads Dominic THU Power's tale. THU After a heavy, gin-induced afternoon sleep, sixty-year old THU Lottie Nancarrow wakes THU up with the sense of dread that has plagued her since the THU recent death of her partner, the abstract painter Ned Stein, THU with whom she had shared thirty years of a happy bohemian THU existence. Lottie is treating her grief with alcohol, and is THU becoming increasingly eccentric, alienating herself from her THU small West London community and the life she shared with THU Ned. This evening, Lottie feels that something is wrong, THU some change in the atmosphere. Going to the French window of THU her garden flat, she sees a full moon hanging in the sky, THU and illuminated by the moon, staring through the glass at THU her, is a large urban fox - staring at her with a look that THU suggests some secret knowledge. THU THU 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n4wyn (Listen) THU Illicit Guests THU Historian Amanda Vickery shares stories from adultery cases THU of women sneaking lovers into houses, spied on by their THU prying servants. THU THU 14:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b3gv2 (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Just as Anna's life looks set to begin with George, a THU surprise awaits him. Stars Jodhi May, Sian Thomas and Ben THU Miles. THU THU 14:45 Book of the Week b017mvx0 (Listen) THU Claire Tomalin - Charles Dickens: A Life, Episode 4 THU Claire Tomalin's acclaimed new biography of Britain's great THU novelist paints a portrait of an extraordinarily complex THU man. Today a theatrical performance changes the course of THU his life. THU As part of Dickens on the THU BBC Radio 4 broadcasts extracts from Claire Tomalin's THU acclaimed new biography of the novelist who called himself THU the "inimitable". He was the writer so "charged with THU imaginative energy that he rendered nineteenth century THU England crackling, full of truth and life, with his THU laughter, horror and indignation - and sentimentality." THU Abridged by Richard Hamilton THU Produced by Elizabeth Allard. THU THU 15:00 Charles Dickens b00ph6s7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04vk8pq (Listen) THU Magic Tricks, Fireworks and Grandad's Recipes THU Mel Giedroyc makes her New Year's resolutions, and we hear THU the fourth Commonwealth Story, All Sorted by AL Kennedy. THU THU 17:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue b007k1rc (Listen) THU Moving In THU A hapless vicar discovers that life behind suburbia's net THU curtains is not what he expected. Stars James Grout. From THU February 1991. THU THU 17:30 The Elephant Man b04vf6rt (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b01n7knk (Listen) THU Sensational Solution THU The Earthmen's ship is hit by the deadly putron ray. Can our THU hero find an antidote? Kenny Everett's 1970s sci-fi serial THU starring the world's most fabulous starship captain. THU THU 18:00 Who Goes There? b00fnq9s (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076ds8 (Listen) THU Bob Marley THU Poet Benjamin Zephaniah explores the life of reggae legend THU Bob Marley. With Humphrey Carpenter and Chris Salewicz. THU The biographical series in which a distinguished guest THU chooses someone who's inspired their THU life. THU Will their hero stand up to intensive scrutiny and merit the THU description of having led a great life? From 2003. THU THU 19:00 It Sticks Out Half a Mile b007jq3p (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 The Jason Explanation of... b007jpwr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Terry Pratchett b00b8rpc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Big Ben's Chimes b04xrgm4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 20:50 Inheritance Tracks b04kk06k (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:50 today] THU THU 21:00 Afternoon Reading b00zt3pp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Christopher Reason - Box of Chocolates b04vk8pn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 My Teenage Diary b04vj1xg (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking b00p67ts (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 4 THU Laura Solon presents her third series of sketches, THU monologues and one-liners. THU This week unwelcoming neighbour Annabelle quizzes an THU unsuspecting soul over his windchimes; useless entrepreneur, THU Carole Price, takes THU another swing at selling her bad ideas to the world and THU someone travels back from the very near future to warn a man THU about his blind date. THU Starring Laura Solon, with Rosie Cavaliero, Ben Moor and Ben THU Willbond. THU Producer: Colin Anderson. THU Credits THU Producer: Colin Anderson THU THU 23:00 Continuity b00tq0p2 (Listen) THU Episode 5 THU A Continuity Announcer's booth can be a lonely place - THU especially on the late shift, when you've barely seen your THU wife and children for a week. Still, this Radio 4 Continuity THU Announcer is nothing, if not a THU consummate professional and he's not going to let his own THU insignificant little problems get in the way of your THU listening pleasure. Especially when there are so many THU exciting programmes coming up in the next week, which he's THU got to tell you about. At least some of them are exciting. THU Some of them aren't quite his cup of tea, if he's honest, THU but that's not really the point, is it? They may be right up THU your street. It's not really his place to express an THU opinion. Even if it is tempting. This may be a come-down THU from heady days spent announcing on the Today programme, but THU he's got a job to do. Though sometimes it is rather THU difficult to concentrate ..... THU Alistair McGowan stars in a new subversive sitcom about a THU Continuity Announcer brooding on the escalating disasters of THU his private and professional life; at the same time as THU attempting to give us a preview of the programmes on offer THU in the coming week on Radio 4. Or what might be Radio 4 in a THU parallel universe. Trails for 'The Ethical Enigma', THU 'Britain's Favourite Sound' and 'The History of Britain One THU Year at a Time' are just some of the strange delights on THU offer in the world of this 'radio professional', who THU harbours a slightly inappropriate relationship with his THU audience. THU Written by Hugh Rycroft a stalwart of 'The News Quiz' and THU co-creator of 'Parliamentary Questions' and 'Life, Death and THU Sex with Mike and Sue', the series also features the voices THU of Lewis Macleod, Sally Grace, Charlotte Page and David THU Holt. THU Produced by David Spicer and Frank Stirling. THU A Unique Production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 23:15 Ivor Cutler - A Stuggy Pren b00ctktw (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Poet and composer Ivor Cutler on bargain hunting, water THU flowers and 'Beelyploomkins'. From June 1994. THU THU 23:30 Pleased to Meet You b018j8cb (Listen) THU A Very Dora Christmas, Episode 2 THU Find out what - or rather who - saucy Dora Dale is roasting THU on an open fire. Stars Jake Yapp and Martin Kelner. From THU December 2011. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 02 JANUARY 2015 FRI FRI 00:00 The Lunar Effect b007k1hv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n4wyn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b3gv2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:45 Book of the Week b017mvx0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Who Goes There? b00fnq9s (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Great Lives b0076ds8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Terry Pratchett b00b8rpc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 Big Ben's Chimes b04xrgm4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:50 Inheritance Tracks b04kk06k (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:50 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Charles Dickens b00ph6s7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00zt3pp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Christopher Reason - Box of Chocolates b04vk8pn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue b007k1rc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 The Elephant Man b04vf6rt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b01n7knk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Terry Pratchett b00bdjq2 (Listen) FRI Small Gods, Episode 4 FRI Back in Omnia, Deacon Vorbis proclaims himself the One True FRI Prophet. Brutha has concerns. Stars Anton Lesser and Alex FRI Jennings. FRI Synopsis: FRI There are gods everywhere on Terry Pratchett's Discworld - FRI you can't FRI swing a simian librarian without hitting one - except, of FRI course, only a few people can see them. Each small god lies FRI in wait, desperately seeking to make someone believe in him. FRI On the Discworld gods need people more than people need FRI gods, for belief is the food of the gods. FRI Brutha, a tubby novice-priest with a phenomenal memory, is FRI chosen as the one true Prophet. Will he succeed in bringing FRI belief back to Omnia? The great God Om is currently stuck in FRI the body of a small tortoise. He is ready for smiting and FRI other godly activities if only he could get out of the FRI basket of rotting vegetables into which he has fallen FRI Meanwhile Deacon Vorbis rules this harsh desert country and FRI the Quisition works tirelessly to beat sin out of its FRI people. Vorbis is all set to expand his empire and recruits FRI Brutha with his incredible memory to help him. FRI Brutha accompanies Deacon Vorbis to the land of Ephebe where FRI philosophers cover the landscape like locusts, argue FRI violently among themselves, and live in barrels. One such FRI philosopher is Didactylos, whose philosophy can be boiled FRI down to the words "It's a funny old world." He now becomes FRI the unifying part of an underground movement that insists, FRI despite the tenets of the Church that "the Turtle moves"; FRI that turtle being the Great A'Tuin - the whole of Discworld FRI rides on its giant shell. As so often happens, religious FRI dispute breeds war, and the future of Omnia, not to mention FRI the future of the Great God Om, is in Brutha's hands. FRI Cast: Anton Lesser narrates, Patrick Barlow is the Great God FRI Om and Alex Jennings is Deacon Vorbis. Carl Prekopp is FRI Brutha and Michael Kilgarriff plays Death. FRI The rest of the cast includes Geoffrey Beevers, Philip Fox, FRI Sean Barrett, Gerard McDermott, John Cummins, Nick Sayce FRI Terry Pratchett worked for many years as a journalist and FRI press officer, writing in his spare time and publishing a FRI number of novels, including his first Discworld novel, The FRI Color of Magic, in 1983. In 1987 he turned to writing full FRI time, and has not looked back since. To date there are a FRI total of 33 books in the Discworld series, of which three FRI (so far) are written for children. The first of these, The FRI Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie FRI Medal. His new Discworld novel, Thud!, was published autumn FRI 2005. Regarded as one of the most significant contemporary FRI English-language satirists, Pratchett has won numerous FRI literary awards, was named an Officer of the British Empire FRI "for services to literature" in 1998, and has received four FRI honorary doctorates from the Universities of Warwick, FRI Portsmouth, Bath, and Bristol. His acclaimed novels have FRI sold 40 million copies worldwide and have been translated FRI into 33 languages. FRI Robin Brooks dramatised Terry Pratchett's 'Mort' for late FRI night Radio 4. Other R4 dramatisations include Daphne Du FRI Maurier's The Parasites, Love and Friendship adapted from FRI Jane Austen, and Byron's Women. Also for R4 an original FRI comedy A Quick Change, Bloody Stefi a play about Bartok and FRI The Man Who Knew Everything, three original plays about the FRI infamous solicitor, George Lewis. FRI FRI 06:30 Laughter Close to Tears b008s5hf (Listen) FRI 4 Extra Debut. From Burma to Zimbabwe, Michael Rosen hears FRI contemporary jokes from those oppressed by repressive FRI regimes. From January 2008. FRI FRI 07:00 Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me b0076sqs (Listen) FRI Series 2, Thanks for the Memory FRI No Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me FRI Series 2 FRI Episode 4 of 4 - Thanks for the Memory FRI George is surprised when everyone seems to have forgotten FRI his 70th birthday. Roy, concealing his real plans, offers to FRI buy him a bag FRI of chips on the way home from the pub. But an evening of FRI celebration brings back some bittersweet memories. FRI Don Warrington..... Roy FRI Yvonne Brewster..... Vi FRI Sam Kelly..... George FRI George Layton..... Barry FRI Caroline Lee Johnson..... Bernadette FRI Marcus Powell... Victor FRI Mike Kearsey..... Trombonist FRI Written by Marcus Powell FRI Producer Carol Smith. FRI FRI 07:30 The Rest Is History b04vk0c1 (Listen) FRI Episode 3 FRI A new, six-part comedy discussion show hosted by Frank FRI Skinner. FRI Frank loves history, but just doesn't know much of it. So FRI he's devised a new comedy discussion show in order to find FRI out more about it. Along with FRI his historian in residence, Dr Kate Williams, each episode FRI will see Frank joined by a selection of celebrity guests, FRI who will help him navigate his way through the annals of FRI time, picking out and chewing over the funniest, oddest, and FRI most interesting moments in history. FRI Frank's guests in this ediiton of the programme are John FRI Lloyd and Katy Brand. FRI Produced by Dan Schreiber and Justin Pollard FRI An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Presenter: Frank Skinner FRI Panellist: John Lloyd FRI Panellist: Katy Brand FRI Panellist: Kate Williams FRI Producer: Dan Schreiber FRI Producer: Justin Pollard FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jzps (Listen) FRI A House on the Cliff FRI The lad is after a new home, but is it really the best idea FRI to get Sid to build it? Stars Tony Hancock and Sid James. FRI From January 1955. FRI FRI 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b0102v9g (Listen) FRI The Bigger the Better FRI A peculiar potion grows on the bungling duo. Stars Deryck FRI Guyler and Richard Murdoch. With Clive Dunn. From August FRI 1970. FRI FRI 09:00 The Museum of Curiosity b00snrk4 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 6 FRI John Lloyd invites guests David Eagleman, Neil Gaiman and FRI Sarah Millican to add to the collection. From June 2010. FRI FRI 09:30 Big Jim and the Figaro Club b008m30v (Listen) FRI Boning Up on History FRI Perkins wants to dig for post-war Britain, but the workmates FRI decide to soil his plans. With Norman Rossington. From March FRI 1987. FRI FRI 10:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016ljn0 (Listen) FRI Titus Arrives FRI Heir to crumbling stone and ancient ritual, the FRI idiosyncratic life of Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan begins. FRI Stars Paul Rhys. FRI FRI 11:00 Oscar Wilde b007k13j (Listen) FRI The Nightingale and the Rose FRI A bird makes the ultimate sacrifice, in order that an FRI unworldly young man can woo his love. Read by John Moffatt. FRI FRI 11:15 Bonnie Greer - Rosa Parks b01qfl2m (Listen) FRI Arrested in Alabama over bus segregation, Rosa Park FRI symbolised the American Civil Rights Movement. Stars Albie FRI Parsons. FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jzps (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Men from the Ministry b0102v9g (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Terry Pratchett b00bdjq2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Laughter Close to Tears b008s5hf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 The Lunar Effect b007k1k4 (Listen) FRI The Hiring Fair FRI Strong moonlight forces spark a sequence of events which FRI echo across generations. Frances Tomelty reads Polly FRI Devlin's tale. FRI In 1867 a young girl living with her father on their FRI isolated County Tyrone farm FRI often senses the magical attraction of the full moon. On one FRI particular night of bright, silvery moonlight she gives in FRI to strong forces sparking a sequence of events which echo FRI across generations. FRI FRI 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n4wyq (Listen) FRI Domestic Violence FRI Continuing her hidden history, Amanda Vickery reveals the FRI dark side of private life, and how the home became a trap. FRI FRI 14:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b3zz3 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI George Darrow tries persuading Sophie to leave Givre, but FRI complications set in. Stars Jodhi May and Sian Thomas and FRI Ben Miles. FRI FRI 14:45 Book of the Week b017mwz2 (Listen) FRI Claire Tomalin - Charles Dickens: A Life, Episode 5 FRI Claire Tomalin's acclaimed new biography of Britain's great FRI novelist paints a portrait of an extraordinarily complex FRI man. Today's themes are adulation and farewells. FRI As part of Dickens on the BBC Radio 4 FRI broadcasts extracts from Claire Tomalin's acclaimed new FRI biography of the novelist who called himself the FRI "inimitable". He was the writer so "charged with imaginative FRI energy that he rendered nineteenth century England FRI crackling, full of truth and life, with his laughter, horror FRI and indignation - and sentimentality." FRI Read by Penelope Wilton FRI Abridged by Richard Hamilton FRI Produced by Elizabeth Allard. FRI FRI 15:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016ljn0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04vkdqy (Listen) FRI Joan Lingard, Bat Detectors and Toy Orchestras FRI Mel Giedroyc searches for some spooky Scottish bats, makes FRI music with old toys and hears the Commonwealth Games FRI inspired short story The Wicked Generation, by Joan Lingard. FRI FRI 17:00 After Henry b007jq99 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Different Viewpoints FRI Sarah is irritated by her mother Eleanor's opinions on TV FRI and every other subject. Stars Prunella Scales. From FRI November 1987. FRI FRI 17:30 Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me b0076sqs (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b01n7m30 (Listen) FRI Something Vibrating FRI The Earthmen overcome the deadly putron ray, but they're not FRI clear of the Thargoids yet. Kenny Everett's 1970s sci-fi FRI serial starring the world's most fabulous starship captain. FRI FRI 18:00 The Museum of Curiosity b00snrk4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 18:30 My Life in Five Books b00vc3t4 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Quintin Jardine FRI In this series Stuart Cosgrove meets guests from the FRI literary world and beyond to hear about the five very FRI special books in their lives. FRI Quintin Jardine has built up a huge following for his crime FRI novels FRI featuring the fictional Edinburgh policeman Bob Skinner. FRI From Skinner's Rules in 1993 the series now runs to 19 FRI books. FRI Quintin himself has had a varied career including spells as FRI a journalist and a political spin doctor. FRI Talking to Stuart he chooses five titles that he's found FRI influential including the book that convinced him that he FRI could do better and launched him on his own writing career. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jzps (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Men from the Ministry b0102v9g (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Terry Pratchett b00bdjq2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Laughter Close to Tears b008s5hf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Oscar Wilde b007k13j (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Bonnie Greer - Rosa Parks b01qfl2m (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 The Rest Is History b04vk0c1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Radio Shuttleworth b007jq8z (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 1 FRI Joining the Sheffield singer/songwriter on-air are Barbara FRI Dickson and Bill Bailey. Stars Graham Fellows. From February FRI 2000. FRI The start of series 2 and aspiring singer/songwriter John FRI Shuttleworth presents a FRI mixture of celebrity guests, domestic chores & music. FRI Bill Bailey drops in for "Impress an Impresario"; Hattie FRI Hayridge telephones to "Make Mary Merry" and Barbara Dickson FRI pops in for a chat, but her timing couldn't have been worse FRI as John is expecting a rush of callers responding to his FRI advert for the sale of son Darren's cabin bed. FRI Written & performed by Graham Fellows as John Shuttleworth. FRI From February 2000. FRI FRI 23:00 Blue Jam b04vf870 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 5 FRI Cult dark comedy from the imagination of Chris Morris. With FRI Julia Davis, Sally Phillips and Kevin Eldon. From April FRI 1998. FRI

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