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SAT SATURDAY 23 MAY 2015 SAT SAT 00:00 The Heart of Hark'un b007jqbs (Listen) SAT Episode 6 SAT Is Shazir the real enemy? Can Arcos and his hero friends SAT escape the Palace of Memory? Fantasy series stars Liz SAT Whiting and Francis Thomson. SAT SAT 00:30 My Life in Five Songs b01bwgvv (Listen) SAT Series 4, The Proclaimers SAT With hits including 'Letter From America', Craig and Charlie SAT Reid from the Proclaimers select songs for Phil Cunningham. SAT From February 2012. SAT SAT 01:00 Dick Francis b007qg3v (Listen) SAT Bolt, Nemesis for Two SAT Champion jockey Kit Fielding gets wind that Henri de Brescou SAT plans to kill more horses. Kit is determined to put a stop SAT to this needless slaughter. SAT Starring Sian Phillips as Princess Casilia, Eric Allan as SAT Kit Fielding, John Bull as Henri de Brescou and Bill Wallis SAT as Allardeck. SAT Author Dick Francis is acclaimed as one of the greatest SAT thriller writers in the world. Dramatised by John Ashe. SAT Directed by Shaun MacLoughlin at BBC Pebble Mill. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994. SAT SAT 01:30 Hip-Hop China-Style b009jg3c (Listen) SAT Hip-hop artists in Beijing are unearthing forgotten parts of SAT the Chinese language and traditional instruments. Stephen SAT Armstrong explores this very distinctive fusion of East and SAT West and examines the different generational responses to SAT this music. SAT SAT 02:00 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders b007jx8b (Listen) SAT Episode 10 SAT Reconciliation is on the cards, with the recognition of SAT unspoken devotion. Concluded by Juliet Stevenson. SAT SAT 02:15 The Making of Music b007qd02 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Bach in Leipzig SAT James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical SAT influences that affected the course of classical music. SAT 15/30. Bach in Leipzig SAT From a bustling town in Germany, a civic employee produced SAT some of the most sublime church music ever written. Despite SAT being frequently at loggerheads with his employers, Johann SAT Sebastian Bach continued to compose at a prolific rate. SAT SAT 02:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables b007jmmy (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT The Mayor of Montreuil reveals his true identity, while SAT Fantine lies dangerously ill. Victor Hugo's epic stars Joss SAT Ackland. SAT SAT 02:45 Jasper Rees - I Found My Horn b00zn5ch (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT The day of the big performance arrives, but is a year of SAT endeavour enough to impress Jasper's peers? Read by Nicholas SAT Boulton. SAT SAT 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus b05n1m96 (Listen) SAT 23-27 March 1915 SAT Amid appeals for more women to join the workforce, Marshalls SAT loses two of its best employees. SAT Written by Sarah Daniels SAT Story-led by Shaun McKenna SAT Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews SAT Music: Matthew Strachan SAT Directed and produced by Lucy Collingwood SAT Editor: Jessica Dromgoole. SAT Credits SAT Josseff al-Assadi: Paul Chahidi SAT Edie Chadwick: Kathryn Beaumont SAT Fraser Chadwick: Edmund Wiseman SAT Sylvia Graham: Barbara Flynn SAT Isabel Graham: Keely Beresford SAT Alan Lowther: David Seddon SAT Joyce Lyle: Tracy Whitwell SAT Luke Lyle: Richard Riddell SAT Kitty Lumley: Ami Metcalf SAT Adeline Marshall: Anastasia Hille SAT Geoffrey Marshall: Dominic Mafham SAT Johnnie Marshall: Paul Ready SAT Cressida Marshall: Bettrys Jones SAT Phyllis Marshall: Christine Absalom SAT Esther O'Leary: Amy Cameron SAT Violet O'Leary: Jacqueline Phillips SAT Kenny Stokoe: Dean Logan SAT Marion Wardle: Laura Elphinstone SAT Ray Wardle: Scarlet Bell SAT Stella Wardle: Ava Bell SAT Clara Wedger: Amaka Okafor SAT Florrie Wilson: Claire Rushbrook SAT Guard: Simon Harrison SAT Ticket Collector: Shaun Mason SAT Writer: Sarah Daniels SAT Director: Lucy Collingwood SAT Producer: Lucy Collingwood SAT SAT 04:00 The National Theatre of Brent's Iconic Icons SAT b00tbhbf (Listen) SAT Tracey Emin and How She Done the Bed SAT The multi award winning National Theatre of Brent's Artistic SAT Director; Desmond Olivier Dingle and the entire acting SAT company (Raymond Box) returns triumphantly to Radio 4 in the SAT second of an occasional series celebrating the rare but SAT rarefied beings deemed in Desmond's expert view to be Iconic SAT Icons. SAT The second Iconic Icon is Tracey Emin. SAT Desmond and Raymond enact the controversial story of Tracey SAT Emin and her ground breaking, but unmade, Bed. They also SAT chuck in the entire history of modern art, popular culture SAT in the 1990's and the first ever recreation of the female SAT soul on radio. SAT Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by John SAT Ramm, and performed by Patrick and John in front of an SAT audience at the Bush Hall in London, this latest addition to SAT the Brent canon will be as essential and massive a SAT contribution to the current artistic life of this country as SAT the rest of their work. SAT And, of course it will be very funny. SAT Director: Patrick Barlow SAT Producer: Liz Anstee SAT A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 04:30 On Baby Street b00dyhd1 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 3 SAT Expectant mum Geraldine is angry, Shona is upset and Yvette SAT feels queasy. Stars Keith Allen and Kathy Burke. From SAT January 1996. SAT SAT 05:00 Lucky Heather b0075s45 (Listen) SAT The Searchers SAT Emma thinks that her mother is having an affair so asks SAT Heather to investigate. Stars Lindsey Coulson. From February SAT 2000. SAT SAT 05:30 Boswell's Lives b05vh1p4 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Boswell's Life of Johnson SAT by Jon Canter SAT Comedy as James Boswell, Dr Johnson's celebrated biographer, SAT pursues other legends to immortalise. Today he attempts to SAT write a biography of another famous Johnson - Boris - but SAT finds him a fiendish opponent especially on the whiff-whaff SAT table. SAT Directed by Sally Avens SAT Following on from the series that saw other celebrities SAT including Sigmund Freud, Maria Callas and Harold Pinter have SAT their lives penned by James Boswell - a one off special - SAT that sees another Johnson, Boris no less, become the subject SAT of Boswell's musings. SAT Jon Canter is an award winning comedy writer for both SAT television and radio. He recently penned the radio series SAT 'Believe It' starring Richard Wilson but his work goes back SAT to Spitting Image. He is also the author of several books SAT and has been called our greatest living comic novelist. SAT Miles Jupp is an actor and stand up. He is best known for SAT playing Nigel in the series 'Rev' and is a regular SAT contributor to R4 panel games and 'Have I Got News For You' SAT on BBC1. He is currently appearing at the National Theatre SAT in 'Rules For Living'. SAT Alistair McGowan is an impressionist, stand-up comic, actor SAT and writer best known to British audiences for 'The Big SAT Impression'. He has recently been seen. He has also featured SAT on 'Bake Off For Comic Relief', 'Mock The Week', has been SAT seen on 'Live At The Apollo' and began his career by SAT providing voices for the iconic 'Spitting Image'. SAT Credits SAT James Boswell: Miles Jupp SAT Boris Johnson: Alistair McGowan SAT Writer: Jon Canter SAT Director: Sally Avens SAT SAT 06:00 Alan Ayckbourn - Just Between Ourselves b007jss4 (Listen) SAT Bittersweet couples comedy about cheery Dennis and poorly SAT Vera, and the arrival of duo Neil and Pam. Stars Peter SAT Vaughan. SAT SAT 07:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01jhyd5 (Listen) SAT The Reluctant Jester, The Reluctant Jester SAT Founding member of The Goon Show, Michael Bentine, shares SAT stories of his life and comedy career. From September 1993. SAT Episode 1 of 6. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b0075qjt (Listen) SAT Some Like It Hot SAT Cleo Laine revisits the golden age of the all-girl swing SAT band in the United States. From Ivy Benson to the SAT International Sweethearts of Rhythm, she explores the SAT careers of professional women musicians from the 1940s in SAT their own words and music. SAT SAT 09:00 Radio Soaps b007jpk5 (Listen) SAT Tim Bentinck - aka the dependable David Archer from BBC SAT Radio 4's The Archers - brings you all the dramas in the SAT history of BBC radio soaps. Brace yourself to re-live the SAT all daily goings on from serials past and present: SAT * MRS DALE'S DIARY SAT [05/01/1948] "I'm rather worried about Jim". The catchphrase SAT of doctor's wife Mary Dale is still fondly remembered from SAT the serial that run for 21 years based on her daily diary of SAT life with husband Jim and children, Bob and Gwen. Starring SAT Ellis Powell. SAT In the very first episode from 5th January 1948 at 4pm on SAT the BBC Light Programme, the Dales are preparing to move to SAT Parkwood Hill. SAT [01/11/1960] Senator Kennedy has just been elected President SAT of the USA. Great Aunt Hester arrives from Canada - and SAT she's brought with her a rather strange sounding family... SAT * WAGGONER'S WALK SAT [28/04/1969] 'Moving Pictures' This was BBC Radio 2's SAT replacement for The Dales (as Mrs Dale's Diary was later SAT called) In this very first episode from 28th April 1969 at SAT 4.45pm - Sixties London is still swinging with three women SAT sharing a flat in Hampstead. Sisters Lyn and Tracy find SAT their new flatmate Barbara a bit square - and there's drama SAT over a painting. SAT [21/02/1977] Eight years later and it's the year of the SAT Queen's Silver Jubilee. Lyn has managed to marry and divorce SAT her first husband and is on husband number two. Sister Tracy SAT married an American and has a child. Tackling some tough SAT storylines, Waggoner's Walk ran for 11 years until it was SAT rapidly axed in 1980 after a BBC economy drive SAT * CITIZENS SAT [27/10/1987] The very first episode of BBC Radio 4's soap SAT opera charting the lives of the residents of Limerick Road SAT in the fictional London suburb of Ditcham. Stars Russell SAT Boulter. Hear why the critics at the time weren't too SAT impressed. SAT [04/07/1991] Four years later and the end is nigh for the SAT residents of Ditcham with shock news of a kidnapping. 388 SAT episodes of Citizens were broadcast twice a week until 25th SAT July 1991. SAT * WESTWAY SAT [21/08/1999] This was the BBC World Service's very own soap SAT which ran for 8 years - branding it " a slice of SAT contemporary London life" set in a health centre. SAT In this episode, the matriarch and heart of Westway Health SAT Centre, Dr Margaret Sampson is coming to terms with the SAT death of her husband Mike - and his unconventional plans for SAT his own funeral. SAT * THE ARCHERS SAT [23/09/1955] Essential drama from the heart of the country. SAT The world's longest running soap opera began in 1951 on the SAT BBC Home Service and is still going strong on BBC Radio 4. SAT In this classic melodramatic episode, Grace Archer - SAT recently married to Phil - gets trapped in a stable fire. SAT Will she survive? Will she manage to wreck the opening of SAT Associated-Rediffusion as ITV was launched London? SAT [14/05/1978] Its back to Brian's early days of marriage to SAT Jennifer and a blonde siren called Eva was their German au SAT pair. SAT Produced by Jayne Gibson. SAT SAT 12:00 Steptoe and Son b00rq30b (Listen) SAT Series 1, The Stepmother SAT Harold's not too happy to meet dad Albert's new girlfriend. SAT Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert, Harry H Corbett as SAT Harold and Joan Lovell as Emma. SAT Following the conclusion of their hugely successful SAT association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan SAT Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in SAT 1962. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, SAT featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and SAT his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series SAT for TV. SAT Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by SAT Gale Pedrick. SAT Produced by Bobby Jaye SAT First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966. SAT SAT 12:30 The Goon Show b007k31h (Listen) SAT The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System SAT Captain Seagoon investigates a mustard-and-cress-flavoured SAT mystery at Clapham Junction. Stars Spike Milligan. From SAT March 1954. SAT SAT 13:00 A Small Town Murder b05wckvp (Listen) SAT Series 7 SAT Meera Syal stars as family liaison officer Jackie Hartwell. SAT The body of Abi Hudson, daughter of 60s singer Connie SAT Hudson, has been found floating in the local botanical SAT gardens. SAT SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks b05wcl3w (Listen) SAT Stephen Fry SAT The actor and raconteur chooses the Overture to Tannhauser SAT by Richard Wagner, and 'The Spanish Flea' by Herb Alpert and SAT Tijuana Brass. SAT SAT 14:15 Daunt and Dervish b007s5tv (Listen) SAT Series 1, South of the Border SAT Daunt and Dervish have established their detective agency SAT and there's a steady flow of business, in the days just SAT after the end of the Second World War. SAT But their lives really become exciting when they rescue a SAT woman from drowning, discover she is not at all what she SAT seems, and find themselves involved in the more shady side SAT of life at the race track. SAT Stars Imelda Staunton as Josephine Daunt, Anna Massey as SAT Susan Dervish, Bill Patterson as Bill Mackie and Bill Nighy SAT as Ted Sharping. SAT Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey. Written by Guy SAT Meredith. SAT Producer: Cherry Cookson. Director: Janet Whitaker. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b0075qjt (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Alan Ayckbourn - Just Between Ourselves b007jss4 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01jhyd5 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SAT SAT 18:00 Doctor Who b05wcly7 (Listen) SAT The Renaissance Man SAT To continue Leela's education, the Doctor promises to take SAT her to the famous Morovanian Museum. But the TARDIS lands SAT instead in a quiet English village, where they meet the SAT enigmatic collector Harcourt and his family. SAT When people start to die, reality doesn't appear quite what SAT it was. There's something sinister going on within the walls SAT of Harcourt's manor, and the stakes are higher than they can SAT imagine. SAT The Doctor is about to discover that a little knowledge can SAT be a dangerous thing. SAT Tom Baker is the Fourth Doctor, with his ancient warrior SAT companion, Leela, played by Louise Jameson. SAT Written by Justin Richards and directed by Ken Bentley for SAT Big Finish. SAT A Big Finish production. SAT SAT 19:00 Radio Soaps b007jpk5 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better SAT b00k3n96 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Greed/Gluttony SAT The comedian sets out on his quest to free us from the seven SAT deadly sins. With Tim Key and Tim Minchin. SAT SAT 22:30 28 Acts in 28 Minutes b01nq3p1 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 1 SAT John Humphrys gives 28 performers 60 seconds to entertain. SAT With Jason Manford, Ed Byrne and Nicholas Parsons. From June SAT 2006. SAT Line Up SAT SAT 23:00 The Lee Mack Show b00bbnvy (Listen) SAT Tony Hadley SAT Tony Hadley joins the quick-fire comic for stand-up, SAT sketches and music. With Angela McHale and Trevor Crook. SAT From March 2005. SAT SAT 23:30 The Jason Byrne Show b01g7nry (Listen) SAT Series 2, Holidays SAT The award-winning comic tackles the stress of going on SAT holiday. With Laurence Howarth and Daisy Haggard. From SAT August 2009. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 24 MAY 2015 SUN SUN 00:00 Doctor Who b05wcly7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 A Small Town Murder b05wckvp (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks b05wcl3w (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:15 Daunt and Dervish b007s5tv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 b0075qjt (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Alan Ayckbourn - Just Between Ourselves b007jss4 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01jhyd5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables Omnibus b007jtrc (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN In Victor Hugo's epic tale, ex-prisoner Jean Valjean begins SUN a new life as the Mayor of Montreuil. Starring Joss Ackland. SUN SUN 07:15 The Old Road b0075qz9 (Listen) SUN A Small Detour SUN Patrick Muirhead retraces Hilaire Belloc's 1899 walk from SUN Winchester to Canterbury. Today he visits Belloc's house. SUN From December 1999. SUN SUN 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b0183rh7 (Listen) SUN Series 3, The Advert SUN The ex-variety star is convinced he can play Malcolm's SUN grandpa in a toffee commercial. Stars Steve Delaney. From SUN January 2008. SUN SUN 08:00 Ray's a Laugh b01hl2g5 (Listen) SUN From 25/10/1949 SUN Ted's horoscope is astoundingly accurate, and George tries SUN to solve a mystery. Stars Ted Ray and Peter Sellers. From SUN October 1949. SUN SUN 08:30 Thirty Minutes Worth b00r2jxk (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN The comedian's doctor prescribes him a sunshine holiday. SUN Sitcom starring Harry Worth and Jacqueline Clarke. From SUN October 1988. SUN SUN 09:00 Gold Fever Omnibus b05wcw1x (Listen) SUN Made for 4 Extra. In 2013, Steve Boggan packed his bags and SUN flew to San Francisco to join a 21st-century gold rush, and SUN he was not alone. SUN SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks b05wcwsk (Listen) SUN Julian Clary SUN Camp comic Julian Clary chooses Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture SUN and 'If Love Were All' by Noel Coward, as sung by Ian Shaw. SUN SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b05wcxj6 (Listen) SUN Eurovision at 60, Graham Norton SUN From Grace Jones to his duet with Dolly Parton, comedian SUN Graham Norton shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley. SUN From May 2004. SUN SUN 11:00 An Hour With... b00ssn7d (Listen) SUN Brian Blessed SUN Actor and author Brian Blessed looks back at his stage and SUN TV career and describes his extraordinary attempt to follow SUN in the footsteps of his childhood hero George Leigh Mallory SUN and climb Mount Everest wearing 1920s clothes. SUN In 1990, aged 53, Brian recreated the legendary expedition SUN of Mallory and Irvine, who disappeared near the summit of SUN Mount Everest in 1924, for the award-winning documentary SUN film 'Galahad of Everest'. SUN Recorded on tour in November 1996, Brian also tells SUN hilarious anecdotes about his roles in the TV show 'Z Cars', SUN the musical 'Cats', and the film 'Flash Gordon', and recalls SUN his experiences working with actors such as John Gielgud, SUN Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Costner, John Hurt and others. SUN SUN 12:00 Ray's a Laugh b01hl2g5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 12:30 Thirty Minutes Worth b00r2jxk (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 13:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables Omnibus b007jtrc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 14:15 The Old Road b0075qz9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 14:30 Sarah Hall - Wolf Border Omnibus b05wcz1b (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Made for 4 Extra. Hattie Morahan reads Sarah Hall's SUN compelling new novel about wilderness, family, power and SUN love. SUN SUN 15:45 Afternoon Reading b011bz6k (Listen) SUN The Pocket AA Milne, Little Plays for Amateurs SUN A.A. Milne relives the agony and ecstasy of amateur SUN dramatics during a country-house weekend. SUN A hundred years ago, A.A. Milne was honing his writing SUN skills as Assistant Editor of Punch with his regular SUN humorous columns and essays. Perfect gems of the form, his SUN stories not only delight in the spirit of the age, they also SUN transcend the years with their insights. SUN Parodying the country-house weekend, with its uncomfortable SUN joys of evening games such as "Definitions", "The Complete SUN Kitchen" and "High Jinks at Happy-Thought Hall", Milne SUN captures the absurdity and vacuousness of characters in SUN transition from idle youth to the tedium of adulthood. SUN Of course, no country house weekend would have been complete SUN without "the little play for amateurs", perfectly formed SUN examples of which Milne supplies in read-aloud form. SUN When he re-published this collection of his humorous stories SUN much later in his career, he observed that for years his SUN younger self was "a model to which I was failing to live SUN up... in fact he became, as one's past is bound to become, SUN both a rival and a millstone." His talent for comic SUN observation that was to become evident in his tales of SUN Winnie-the-Pooh is obvious in these essays. SUN As he wrote himself by way of introduction: SUN "This little book contains the best of what my rival was SUN writing thirty years ago. I contemplate him now with SUN detachment. I have grown to appreciate his quality. So SUN impartial am I become, that I am torn between a desire to SUN tell him how very, very good he is, and a desire to re-write SUN his book for him. But I shall do neither, leaving him to SUN speak for himself." SUN Read by Ian McNeice SUN Abridged and Produced by Neil Cargill SUN A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 16:00 Liz Lochhead - Blood and Ice b00y8vw6 (Listen) SUN How Frankenstein's creation was sparked by Mary SUN Wollstonecraft's elopement with her lover Percy Shelley. SUN Stars Gerda Stevenson. SUN SUN 17:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b0183rh7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Afternoon Drama b015zq4p (Listen) SUN All the Dark Corners, Something in the Water SUN All the Dark Corners: Something in the Water by Paul SUN Cornell. SUN The second in our chilling series All the Dark Corners. SUN When crusading scientist and committed atheist James Woolmer SUN is sacked from his job as a columnist, he decides to up SUN sticks and move his family to the country to get away from SUN it all. What he finds is a village gripped by hysteria and SUN fear and a lucrative tourist industry surrounding SUN Standlake's resident lake monster, Lachey. Despite the weird SUN skin abrasions and the rumbling in the pipes James is SUN utterly sceptical, until he sees something in the water. SUN James.....James Nickerson SUN Erica.....Zara Turner SUN Ben.....Joel Davies SUN Ruskin.....Conrad Nelson SUN Peter.....Jonathan Keeble SUN Batley.....Stephen Hoyle SUN Helen.....Ruth Alexander Rubin SUN directed by Nadia Molinari. SUN SUN 18:45 Afternoon Reading b013835j (Listen) SUN Summer Ghosts, The Queen of Craigielee SUN "Yes, the ghosts you see at night, they're the souls - the SUN auras, if you like - of good people who didn't deserve to SUN die. That's why they're full of regret, and frightening. SUN Ghosts we see in broad daylight are the ones whose death SUN were right and fair - they've been redeemed by death. They SUN were evil while alive..." SUN In this series of commissioned stories the aim is to present SUN ghosts or ghostly happenings in the cold light of day. Will SUN something 'unexplained' be as scary in a light that is... SUN well, reliable to the eye! SUN 2. The Queen of Craigielee by Louise Welsh SUN Photographing the deserted tower block means going to its SUN thirtieth floor, which isn't really the place to be... SUN Reader Tracy Wiles SUN Producer Duncan Minshull. SUN SUN 19:00 An Hour With... b00ssn7d (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Gold Fever Omnibus b05wcw1x (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks b05wcwsk (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] SUN SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b05wcxj6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b0183rh7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Very Old Pretenders b0156n43 (Listen) SUN The Patriots SUN Written by multi award-winning writer Carl Gorham, creator SUN of cult TV animation show "Stressed Eric", the series SUN explores what happens when two Jacobite soldiers from 1745 SUN are found alive and well in a cave in Perthshire and have to SUN be integrated into modern Scottish society by English SUN academic Andrew Merron. SUN Anthropologist Andrew Merron attempts to introduce two SUN Jacobite soldiers to modern notions of Scottishness. This SUN week, in pursuit of patriotism, he takes them to a tartan SUN shop on the Royal Mile. There, a chance encounter with a key SUN ring brings back memories of the golden days and unlocks a SUN great well of nationalistic feeling. But when they attend a SUN football World Cup qualifier with Scotland taking on the SUN tiny Dickson Isles, it all turns horribly sour. SUN Cast: SUN Andrew Merron......................David Haig SUN Denise Merron..................Rebecca Front SUN Rab ....................................Jack Docherty SUN Macdonald........................Gordon Kennedy SUN Commentator 2 / Train Announcer ....... Jack Docherty SUN Shuggy McNeil / Commentator 1.... Moray Hunter SUN Tess McNair ....... Morwenna Banks SUN Producer: Gordon Kennedy SUN An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b05y0x1x (Listen) SUN The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats SUN to Pierre Novelli. SUN SUN 23:00 All the World's a Globe b007k4cp (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN From Troy to Rome, the National Theatre of Brent presents SUN their definitive history of Earth. Stars Jim Broadbent. From SUN May 1990. SUN SUN 23:15 This Is Craig Brown b00f41tk (Listen) SUN Travel SUN The Pedants' Association takes a trip to the seaside. The SUN satirist pokes fun with Edward Fox and Rory Bremner. From SUN March 2004. SUN SUN 23:30 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea b007k1wk (Listen) SUN Series 2, The Monster in the Loch SUN The elderly Scotsmen have a monstrous encounter in the great SUN outdoors. Stars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Alison SUN Steadman. From March 2004. SUN SUN 23:45 One b00771sh (Listen) SUN Series 1, Episode 5 SUN The sketch show where no sketch features more than one SUN voice. SUN Written by David Quantick and starring Dan Maier, Lizzie SUN Roper, Graeme Garden, Deborah Norton, Andrew Crawford, Dan SUN Antopolski, Simon Greenall and Kate Gielgud, with Bill Oddie SUN and Jeremy Clarkson as themselves. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 25 MAY 2015 MON MON 00:00 Afternoon Drama b015zq4p (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:45 Afternoon Reading b013835j (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables Omnibus b007jtrc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:15 The Old Road b0075qz9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Sarah Hall - Wolf Border Omnibus b05wcz1b (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:45 Afternoon Reading b011bz6k (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] MON MON 04:00 Liz Lochhead - Blood and Ice b00y8vw6 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b0183rh7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b00th9yk (Listen) MON Terminus, Episode 1 MON When a horrifically mutilated corpse is found on the railway MON track near the terminus, Detective Superintendent Julie MON Enfield's hardest job is to identify the victim. MON Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. MON Starring Imelda Staunton as Julie Enfield, Nicholas Farrell MON as Michael Stanley, Charles Simpson as Kevin Richards and MON Dominic Letts as Terminus. MON Producer: Richard Wortley MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994. MON MON 06:30 Soho Stories b00lqz82 (Listen) MON A Thousand Flowers MON Thirty years ago, virtually every home-grown programme on MON British Television was made by either the BBC or ITV. Today, MON the biggest and most successful, from Big Brother and Spooks MON to The Apprentice and X-Factor, are made by independent MON producers. Television executive, programme maker and MON broadcaster Paul Jackson goes behind some of these MON multi-million pound success stories to chart the rise and MON rise of independent producers - from the isolated minnows of MON the early 1980's to the global monoliths of today. MON It is this transformation over the course of just over MON quarter of a century that Paul Jackson explores in this MON three part series, aided and abetted by some of those who MON made the transition from troublesome outsiders into possibly MON the most influential, and powerful, players in the industry MON today responsible for making and supplying as much as 50% of MON what is broadcast in the UK. People like Simon Cowell (the MON man behind X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent and star of an MON American show that reportedly drives 60% of the revenue of MON the Fox Network), Jimmy Mulville (Co-founder and Managing MON Director of Hat Trick Productions), Paul Smith (the now MON millionaire behind Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and Slumdog MON Millionaire), Peter Bazalgette (who brought Big Brother to MON the UK and helped sell it the world over), and Sir David MON Frost (one of the earliest independent producers, MON responsible for such shows from The Two Ronnies to The Nixon MON Interviews). MON Also taking part Sir Paul Fox, Lord Griffiths, Paul Bonner, MON Lorraine Heggessey, Simon Shaps and Peter Salmon. MON With plot twists worthy of Ashes To Ashes, as much tension MON as Britain's Got Talent and a payday to rival Who Wants To MON Be A Millionaire?, Paul Jackson draws on his own experiences MON in the television industry to trace the development of a MON sector that earns the country almost half a billion pounds a MON year in exports alone. MON Producer: Paul Kobrak. MON Credits MON Producer: Paul Kobrak MON MON 07:00 The Right Time b007zhn2 (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 5 MON The sketch show about modern life with people who have lived MON a bit of it. Stars Eleanor Bron and Clive Swift. From MON September 2001. MON MON 07:30 Just a Minute b05v7tl2 (Listen) MON Series 72, Episode 1 MON Nicholas Parsons returns to host a new series of the popular MON panel game, recorded at the Shaw Theatre in London. He is MON joined by panellists Paul Merton, Tim Rice, Liza Tarbuck and MON Graham Norton who will attempt to talk without deviation, MON hesitation or repetition on such diverse topics as English MON Sparkling Wine and Crows Feet. MON Hayley Sterling blows the whistle. MON Produced by Victoria Lloyd MON A BBC Comedy Production. MON Credits MON Presenter: Nicholas Parsons MON Panellist: Paul Merton MON Panellist: Tim Rice MON Panellist: Lisa Tarbuck MON Panellist: Graham Norton MON Producer: Victoria Lloyd MON MON 08:00 Dad's Army b007q93v (Listen) MON Series 1, No Spring for Frazer MON When Frazer loses a Lewis gun's butterfly spring, he must MON track down a coffin. Adapted from TV with John Laurie. From MON June 1974. MON MON 08:30 As Time Goes By b007k7gr (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 4 MON As Jean's sister-in-law and husband visit, Lionel acts like MON a psychiatrist. MON Starring Judi Dench as Jean and Geoffrey Palmer as Lionel. MON With Moira Brooker as Judith and Philip Bretherton as MON Alistair. MON A six-part adaptation by Bob Larbey of series two of his MON popular BBC TV sitcom. Two former lovers Jean and Lionel MON have been reunited unexpectedly after losing contact for 38 MON years. MON After falling in love in the early 1950s, army officer MON Lionel was sent to Korea, but they lost touch after a letter MON he sent to her never arrived. Both assumed the other had MON lost interest, but their paths have crossed again on his MON return to England. MON Producer: Martin Fisher MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1998. MON MON 09:00 Booked b007549n (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Ian McMillan's irreverent literary game with Miles Kington, MON Mark Thomas, Roger McGough and Dillie Keane. From December MON 1995. MON MON 09:30 Getting Nowhere Fast b007zn0h (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 1 MON Ex-lovers turned cafe-bar owners Pam and Merv discuss love, MON life and a revamp. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From November 2001. MON MON 10:00 Katie Hims - Earthquake Girl b05wh9n4 (Listen) MON 4 Extra Debut. Wary Edie works in a library. Despite her MON sister-in-law's ideas, Edie just wants to write a Gothic MON romance. Stars Saskia Reeves. MON MON 11:00 The Interview b00770d8 (Listen) MON The Nut House MON A gunman walks into a vegetarian restaurant in Edinburgh. MON Short story written and read by comedian Ian MacPherson. MON MON 11:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days b00xh3kt (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON 1918: Invalided out of the trenches, Davy Powlett Jones must MON face a new start. Stars Oliver Milburn, John Wood and John MON Rowe. MON MON 12:00 Dad's Army b007q93v (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 As Time Goes By b007k7gr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b00th9yk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Soho Stories b00lqz82 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00t3tfq (Listen) MON Tishani Doshi - The Pleasure Seekers, Episode 1 MON Poet, journalist and dancer, Tishani Doshi, has a Welsh MON mother and a Gujurati father. This twin inheritance is at MON the heart of her comic, lyrical and tenderly written first MON novel about four generations of the Patel-Joneses, who live MON in a little house with orange and black gates next door to MON the Punjab Women's Association in Madras. It's an epic story MON full of vividly drawn characters, whose private lives are MON played out against the backdrop of the public events of the MON twentieth century, as the family wrestles with what it means MON to call somewhere home. MON This first episode begins in August 1968 when Babo, eldest MON son of Prem Kumar, becomes the first member of the Patel MON family to leave Madras and fly to London to further his MON education. On the night before the flight his father has a MON terrible premonition of trouble, in the form of a dream in MON which all his family is lost. Babo's mother, meanwhile, has MON more practical worries on her mind and gives strict MON instructions to her son about his obligations as a vegan and MON a follower of the Jain religion. Babo must resist the MON temptations of meat, alcohol and, most importantly, women. MON How shocked his parents would be, then, to see their son, MON four months later, drinking Peppermint Schnapps, eating MON poached eggs and making love to Sian Jones, a cream-skinned MON girl from Wales, with whom Babo falls head over heels in MON love with, from the moment he sees the twirl of red ribbon MON in her hair. MON The reader is Indira Varma, who appeared recently in the 6 MON part BBC drama Luther. Indira's previous television and film MON roles include Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love in 1997, and Bride MON and Prejudice in 2004. In 2006 she played Suzie Costello in MON Torchwood. MON Abridged and Directed by Nigel Lewis MON Produced by Kate McAll. MON MON 14:15 The Making of Music b007qw8b (Listen) MON Series 1, Bach's St Matthew Passion MON James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical MON influences that affected the course of classical music. MON 16/30. Bach's St Matthew Passion MON Johann Sebastian's recurring choral theme, inherited from MON his Lutheran predecessors, had a profound effect on the MON history of music. MON MON 14:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables b007jmnw (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON In Victor Hugo's classic tale, Jean Valjean sets out to MON rescue Cosette from the clutches of the Thenardiers. With MON Joss Ackland. MON MON 14:45 Book of the Week b00t17d2 (Listen) MON Jackie Kay - Red Dust Road, Episode 1 MON It was the imminent birth of her son that prompted the poet MON and novelist Jackie Kay to try and trace the parents who had MON given her up for adoption in the 1960s. MON Her own childhood had been a profoundly happy one with open MON and loving parents . They had always made it clear to her MON that she and her elder brother, both mixed race, were MON 'special' because they had been 'chosen'. But Scotland and MON indeed Britain was not always an easy place to be, MON particularly in those early years, if your skin colour MON happened to be several shades darker than everybody else's. MON The casual offensiveness of the oft-phrased question "where MON are you from?" - which looked beyond her obviously Scottish MON accent and saw only her non-white skin - provoked a defiant MON assertion: "Here." School lessons about Africa were always MON an uncomfortable experience as classmates trotted out the MON dancing, drumming, mud-hut cliches. MON Eventually, with the solid support of her family and her MON partner and friends, Kay decided that she needed to know the MON story of where she was from, and embarked on the complex MON emotional and physical journey. MON Her Mum was a great storyteller and had often shared MON imaginings of a tragic romance broken off by an arranged MON betrothal, a princely heritage and a Sidney Poitier-like MON figure for a father. The truth, as Kay discovers, never MON quite matches the fantasies - sometimes it outdoes them. As MON for the jigsaw puzzle of heritage, family and identity, MON assembling the pieces doesn't always provide answers. MON Read by the author. MON Producer/Abridger: Jill Waters MON A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 15:00 Katie Hims - Earthquake Girl b05wh9n4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 Booked b007549n (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 16:30 Getting Nowhere Fast b007zn0h (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 17:00 The Right Time b007zhn2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:30 Just a Minute b05v7tl2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 18:00 Mark Gatiss - The Devil in Amber b00tvk9s (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Dandy secret agent Lucifer Box investigates who is behind MON dodgy drug-related dealings in 1920s Manhattan. Read by Mark MON Gatiss. MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b0075q46 (Listen) MON John Sergeant and Hunter Davies MON Bel Mooney and her guests John Sergeant ( then the BBC's MON Chief Political Correspondent) and author Hunter Davies MON discuss their favourite paperbacks by Evelyn Waugh, Alfred MON Wainwright and Niall Williams. From 1999. MON Four Letters Of Love by Niall Williams MON Publisher: Picador MON Northern Fells by Alfred Wainwright MON Publisher: Michael Joseph MON Scoop by Evelyn Waugh MON Publisher: Penguin. MON MON 19:00 Dad's Army b007q93v (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 As Time Goes By b007k7gr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b00th9yk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Soho Stories b00lqz82 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 The Interview b00770d8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days b00xh3kt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Just a Minute b05v7tl2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Hearing With Hegley b0075ss5 (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 7 MON Recorded at the Hegley Home, John invites poet Christopher MON Logue and 'actor of sorts' Andrew Bailey to discuss their MON favourite writers and perform the Tarentella. From March MON 2000. MON MON 22:45 What to Do If You're Not Like Everybody Else MON b00tq0p4 (Listen) MON Series 1, Work MON What To Do If You're Not Like Everybody Else is a four part MON mini-series of short comedic monologues on BBC Radio 4. MON Written and performed by stand-up comedian Andrew Lawrence, MON it takes a light-hearted look at various aspects of MON conventional living and the pressure we feel to conform to MON social norms and ideals. MON Each episode is fifteen minutes long and was recorded in MON front of an audience, the first two episodes at South London MON comedy club 'Up The Creek', the final two recorded at the MON Edinburgh Comedy Festival. MON This third episode explores the pressure we all face to do a MON full-time job and earn sufficient money to live a MON respectable life. MON Andrew Lawrence is a double Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee MON and was a Chortle award nominee for Best UK Headline MON Comedian in 2010. He will be appearing in the forthcoming MON series of BBC 1's 'Michael Mcintyre's Comedy Roadshow.' This MON is his first series for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 23:00 News Quiz Extra b05wj6vj (Listen) MON Series 14, Episode 2 MON A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi MON Toksvig, with regular panellist Jeremy Hardy and guests Hugo MON Rifkind, Mark Steel and Holly Walsh. MON MON 23:45 Crème de la Crime b007jr3j (Listen) MON Series 1, The Cheese Killer MON Michael Feydeau and David Pershore review the murderous case MON of Charles Sparrow. Stars Punt and Dennis. From September MON 2001. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 26 MAY 2015 TUE TUE 00:00 Mark Gatiss - The Devil in Amber b00tvk9s (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 A Good Read b0075q46 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b00th9yk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Soho Stories b00lqz82 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Book at Bedtime b00t3tfq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:15 The Making of Music b007qw8b (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables b007jmnw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:45 Book of the Week b00t17d2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Katie Hims - Earthquake Girl b05wh9n4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Booked b007549n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:30 Getting Nowhere Fast b007zn0h (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 The Right Time b007zhn2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Just a Minute b05v7tl2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007wvwz (Listen) TUE Terminus, Episode 2 TUE The "Lucky Charm" murders mount up. Shelley, the Irish TUE busker, is under suspicion for the murders, but DS Richards TUE is convinced she's "a nice kid". TUE Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. TUE Starring Imelda Staunton as Julie Enfield, Nicholas Farrell TUE as Michael Stanley, Charles Simpson as Kevin Richards and TUE Dominic Letts as Terminus. TUE Producer: Richard Wortley TUE First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994. TUE TUE 06:30 Soho Stories b00ltl6n (Listen) TUE Lifestyle or Business? TUE In 1993, the Sir Alan Sugar of his day, Sir John Harvey TUE Jones stood up at the Edinburgh Television Festival and TUE declared that the independent production sector was less of TUE a business and more of a lifestyle; more like mice running TUE in a large wheel and less something people should invest in. TUE In the second programme of his series on the history of TUE independent production, Paul Jackson looks at how the TUE foundations were laid for a viable business model. With the TUE help of activist Michael Darlow and head of Margaret TUE Thatcher's policy unit in No 10, Brian (now Lord) Griffiths, TUE he explains how the indies were able to persuade the TUE government that both the BBC and ITV should be compelled to TUE take a proportion of programmes from independent producers. TUE The 25% quota campaign was later described as the most TUE successful political lobby in British modern history. TUE And Peter Bazalgette (Ready Steady Cook & Groundforce), Paul TUE Smith (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?), Jimmy Mulville (Have TUE I Got News For You), Jon Thoday (Fantasy Football), David TUE Frank (Wife Swap) and Henry Normal (Marion & Geoff and The TUE Mighty Boosh) are all on hand to describe the artistic and TUE business opportunities that presented themselves (or they TUE were able to carve out) during the 1990's. TUE With plot twists worthy of Ashes To Ashes, as much tension TUE as Britain's Got Talent and a payday to rival Who Wants To TUE Be A Millionaire?, Paul Jackson draws on his own experiences TUE in the television industry to trace the development of a TUE sector that today earns the country almost half a billion TUE pounds a year in exports alone. TUE Producer: Paul Kobrak. TUE Credits TUE Producer: Paul Kobrak TUE TUE 07:00 Dry Slopes b00ly7c2 (Listen) TUE Dry Wit TUE Friendless, jobless Angus writes a requiem to himself. He is TUE really a genius, you know. Starring Nick Ball. From May TUE 1995. TUE TUE 07:30 Mark Steel's in Town b05vcxkc (Listen) TUE Series 6, Fleetwood TUE Mark Steel's In Town - Fleetwood TUE "Welcome to Fleetwood - Where Breastfeeding Is Always TUE Welcome" TUE Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 for a sixth series of the TUE award winning show that travels around the country, TUE researching the history, heritage and culture of six towns TUE that have nothing in common but their uniqueness, and TUE performs a bespoke evening of comedy for the local TUE residents. TUE In the first programme, Mark visits the Lancashire Seaside TUE Town of Fleetwood, the first planned town of the Victorian TUE era. Home of Fisherman's Friend lozenges, the first female TUE professional boxer Jane Couch, and trams. Originally built TUE as a port to be the main stop off point between London and TUE Scotland before railway engineers spoilt all that by TUE building a line through the lake district. Mark discovers a TUE proud town full of optimistic people, that is, until you TUE mention Blackpool. TUE Written and performed by ... Mark Steel TUE Additional material by ... Pete Sinclair TUE Production co-ordinator ... Hayley Stirling TUE Producer ... Carl Cooper TUE This is a BBC Radio Comedy Production. TUE Credits TUE Performer: Mark Steel TUE Writer: Mark Steel TUE Writer: Pete Sinclair TUE Producer: Carl Cooper TUE TUE 08:00 Round the Horne b00j05x3 (Listen) TUE Series 1, The Man With the Golden Thunderball TUE Kenneth Horne, Master Spy probes a robot plot, while Julian TUE and Sandy tackle his patio courtesy of Bona Homes and Fabe TUE Gardens. TUE With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill TUE Pertwee. TUE Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, TUE London. Announcer: Douglas Smith TUE Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio TUE comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric TUE Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, TUE Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the TUE scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and TUE 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, TUE catchphrases and double-entendres. TUE Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser TUE Hayes Four. TUE Producer: John Simmonds TUE First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1965. TUE TUE 08:30 The Ken Dodd Show b05wjsdf (Listen) TUE From 24/08/1975 TUE Sketches with Harold Wilson, Laurel and Hardy and Professor TUE Ken Dodd. With Miriam Margoyles and Chris Emmett. From TUE August 1975. TUE TUE 09:00 News Quiz Extra b05wj6vj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:45 Crème de la Crime b007jr3j (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 10:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited b007k2ms (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE During the Second World War, Captain Ryder is posted to a TUE remote castle and he recalls his friend Sebastian. Stars Ben TUE Miles. TUE TUE 11:00 The Interview b00770ds (Listen) TUE The Last Comeback TUE An aging diva is about to be interviewed by her occasional TUE lover. But he's indisposed. Short story read by Joanna Tope. TUE TUE 11:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days b00xhck3 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE 1920: Despite clashing with the science master, Davy settles TUE into school life and his wife is expecting. Stars Oliver TUE Milburn. TUE TUE 12:00 Round the Horne b00j05x3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 The Ken Dodd Show b05wjsdf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007wvwz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Soho Stories b00ltl6n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00t5kkw (Listen) TUE Tishani Doshi - The Pleasure Seekers, Episode 2 TUE Tishani Doshi's comic yet tender story of four generations TUE of the Patel-Joneses, inspired by her own Welsh-Gujurati TUE background. TUE Babo has left his family behind in Madras to go to London to TUE further his studies. Despite being a vegan and a TUE teetotaller, he has eaten meat and drunk Peppermint Schnapps TUE - worse than both of these things though, in his mother's TUE eyes, he's fallen in love - with a Welsh girl. At home in TUE Madras, in the house with orange and black gates, and still TUE unaware of this news, Trishala worries about her son all TUE those thousands of miles away in England. Meanwhile, in TUE London, Babo and Sian's secret relationship grows stronger TUE and more passionate every day. Then, on a trip out, they TUE bump into some old friends of Babo's parents who decide that TUE it's time for the Patels learn about their son's deception. TUE A telegram is sent. TUE The reader is Indira Varma who appeared recently in the 6 TUE part BBC drama Luther. In 2006 she played Suzie Costello TUE Torchwood. TUE Abridged and directed by Nigel Lewis. TUE Produced by Kate McAll. TUE TUE 14:15 The Making of Music b007r035 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Handel TUE James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical TUE influences that affected the course of classical music. TUE 17/30. Handel TUE German-born composer George Frideric Handel made English TUE music great. He invented English oratorio and his Messiah TUE became one of the foundation stones of the English choral TUE tradition. TUE TUE 14:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables b007jmpb (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE Jean Valjean and Cosette arrive in Paris to start a new TUE life, but Valjean's past catches up with him. Starring Joss TUE Ackland. TUE TUE 14:45 Book of the Week b00t3cyy (Listen) TUE Jackie Kay - Red Dust Road, Episode 2 TUE Acclaimed Scottish poet Jackie Kay traces her biological TUE parents in a journey from Scotland to Lagos. TUE Jackie continues her journey in search of her roots. Today TUE she meets her birth mother for the first time, and comes TUE closer to tracking down her birth father. TUE Read by the author. TUE Producer/Abridger: Jill Waters TUE A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited b007k2ms (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 Whispers b00cbszf (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 6 TUE Gyles Brandreth's scandalous quiz with Lucy Moore, Charles TUE Collingwood, Anthony Holden and Simon Fanshawe. From October TUE 2004. TUE TUE 16:30 Electric Ink b0116gvm (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 1 TUE Old hacks struggle with new media in the changing world of a TUE broadsheet newspaper. Stars Robert Lindsay. From June 2009. TUE TUE 17:00 Dry Slopes b00ly7c2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:30 Mark Steel's in Town b05vcxkc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Mark Gatiss - The Devil in Amber b00tz24d (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Probing a nasty fascist cult in 1920s New York, dandy spy TUE hero Lucifer Box is accused of murder. Read by the author TUE Mark Gatiss. TUE TUE 18:30 Frankly Speaking b05wk1bm (Listen) TUE Danny Blanchflower TUE Danny Blanchflower, Captain of Tottenham Hotspur and of TUE Northern Ireland talks to 4 minute miler Roger Bannister and TUE writer Brian Glanville about himself and way of life. TUE In 1961, Danny Blanchflower, 35, was about to approach one TUE of the highlights of his career in the season in which TUE Tottenham won their first 11 matches and when the north TUE London club became the first since Victorian times to TUE achieve the coveted League and FA Cup double. TUE Danny answers questions about his early years and love of TUE football. Known for his strong views about the game, he TUE describes the system as too restrictive for footballers to TUE have freedom to play and develop. In 1961 British TUE footballers earned much less than their counterparts in TUE Spain and Italy TUE Launched in 1952, Frankly Speaking was a completely novel TUE and ground breaking BBC series. Initially there were three TUE interviewers and the series was both unrehearsed and TUE unscripted. TUE First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in 1961. TUE TUE 19:00 Round the Horne b00j05x3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 The Ken Dodd Show b05wjsdf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007wvwz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Soho Stories b00ltl6n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 The Interview b00770ds (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days b00xhck3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town b05vcxkc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars b00rms97 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Ardal O'Hanlon TUE Marcus Brigstocke invites his guest Ardal O'Hanlon to try TUE five things he's never done before including bell ringing. TUE Whether the experiences are banal or profound, the show is TUE about embracing the new and getting out of our comfort TUE zones. TUE The title comes from the fact that the show's producer and TUE creator Bill Dare had never seen Star Wars. TUE Host: Marcus Brigstocke TUE Guest: Ardal O'Hanlon TUE Producer: Bill Dare. TUE TUE 23:00 Rubbish b00770kq (Listen) TUE Series 1, Whistleblower TUE Is local government officer Martin to blame for the TUE notorious Dalek of Death compost bins? Stars Reece Dinsdale. TUE From October 2006. TUE TUE 23:30 Pick Ups b008xh46 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 6 TUE Mike thinks his number may be well and truly up when he is TUE forced to drive Pat to the cemetery in a final bid for TUE freedom. Dave's warm generosity unwittingly saves the day, TUE with the help of Dame Julie Andrews. Sitcom by Ian Kershaw, TUE set around a Manchester taxi company. With John Thomson, TUE Sally Lindsay, Ash Tandon, Phil Rowson. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 WED WED 00:00 Mark Gatiss - The Devil in Amber b00tz24d (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 Frankly Speaking b05wk1bm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007wvwz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Soho Stories b00ltl6n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Book at Bedtime b00t5kkw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:15 The Making of Music b007r035 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables b007jmpb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:45 Book of the Week b00t3cyy (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited b007k2ms (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Whispers b00cbszf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:30 Electric Ink b0116gvm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Dry Slopes b00ly7c2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Mark Steel's in Town b05vcxkc (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxr3 (Listen) WED Terminus, Episode 3 WED Timothy Lineham, MP, is the 'Lucky Charm' killer's third WED victim. A drugs or terrorist connection seems likely. Events WED take a bizarre turn for DS Julie Enfield. WED Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. WED Starring Imelda Staunton as Julie Enfield, Nicholas Farrell WED as Michael Stanley, Charles Simpson as Kevin Richards and WED Dominic Letts as Terminus. WED Producer: Richard Wortley WED First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994. WED WED 06:30 Soho Stories b00lxsqf (Listen) WED Mergers and Acquisitions and Megabucks WED A mere seven years ago, there were some in the industry who WED dismissed the independent production sector as WED unsustainable. However following government intervention in WED 2003, it is now the envy of the world and British television WED has become responsible for some 53% of all format hours on WED the planet. WED However, with the emergence of a worldwide digital market, WED its future is once more uncertain. In the final programme of WED the series, Paul Jackson is joined by the likes of Simon WED Cowell (X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent), Peter Bazalgette WED (Big Brother and Deal Or No Deal), Lorraine Heggessey (The WED Apprentice and The Bill), Paul Smith (Who Wants To Be A WED Millionaire? and Slumdog Millionaire), Jimmy Mulville (Have WED I Got News For You and Outnumbered), Steve Morrison (Skins WED and George Gently), David Frank (Wife Swap and Faking It) WED and Henry Normal (The Mighty Boosh and Gavin & Stacey) to WED follow the changing fortunes of their industry during the WED 2000s and to discuss what is needed to maintain our artistic WED and business supremacy in the future. WED With plot twists worthy of Ashes To Ashes, as much tension WED as Britain's Got Talent and a payday to rival Who Wants To WED Be A Millionaire?, Paul Jackson draws on his own experiences WED in the television industry to trace the development of a WED sector that today earns the country almost half a billion WED pounds a year in exports alone. WED Producer: Paul Kobrak. WED Credits WED Producer: Paul Kobrak WED WED 07:00 The Older Woman b03bsg2p (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 6 WED The airing of Roy's video diary is merely the prelude to an WED apocalyptic finale. Stars Martin Clunes, Geraldine James and WED Nicky Henson. From September 1994. WED WED 07:30 Clare in the Community b03s754k (Listen) WED Series 9, Driven to Extremes WED Episode Four - Driven To Extremes WED Clare is facing a disciplinary tribunal after a seemingly WED straightforward job goes awry. Can she convince the panel of WED her professionalism? At home, Brian tries to cheer up a WED despondent Nali. WED Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all WED the right jargon but never a practical solution. WED A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering WED in other people's lives on both a professional and personal WED basis. Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and WED heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of WED discomfort to her. WED Each week we join Clare in her continued struggle to control WED both her professional and private life WED In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out WED there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare. WED Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden WED Producer Alexandra Smith. WED Credits WED Clare: Sally Phillips WED Brian: Alex Lowe WED Nali: Nina Conti WED Mr Byrne: Richard Lumsden WED Ms Mellor: Liza Tarbuck WED Mr Plummer: Andrew Wincott WED Joan: Sarah Thom WED Hannah: Alex Tregear WED Dermott: Arthur Hughes WED Producer: Alexandra Smith WED Writer: Harry Venning WED Writer: David Ramsden WED WED 08:00 The Navy Lark b0109dss (Listen) WED In Portsmouth for a Refit WED The crew of HMS Troutbridge are all at sea when the island WED base is closed. WED Starring Stephen Murray as the Number One, Jon Pertwee as WED the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the WED Sub-Lieutenant and Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson and WED Lieutenant Commander Stanton. WED Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS WED Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen WED series between 1959 and 1976 WED Scripted by Lawrie Wyman WED Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. WED First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1960. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00v8nk9 (Listen) WED Series 5, Episode 3 WED An estate agent bully, and the Legend of William Tell. Songs WED and sketches with John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From May 1967. WED WED 09:00 Counterpoint b05wn859 (Listen) WED 1998, Heat 2 from 1998 WED A music quiz chaired by Ned Sherrin with Sue Edwards of WED London, Henry Crocker from the Wirral and Harvey Goodman of WED Nottingham. WED WED 09:30 The House of the Spirit Levels b007jv9c (Listen) WED The Prisoner WED Tony goes on the run and the spaniel's secret is revealed. WED Nick Revell's epic saga with Peter Serafinowicz. From May WED 1997. WED WED 10:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited b007k2nx (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED Friendship brings new vistas for Charles, but for ebullient WED Sebastian the family close in. Stars Ben Miles and Jamie WED Bamber. WED WED 11:00 The Interview b00770fb (Listen) WED Scissors, Paper, Stone WED A man with a passion for stones falls foul of a ruthless WED authority. Short story read by Vicki Liddelle. WED WED 11:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days b00xhz7c (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED 1926: Devastated Davy buries himself in school life, and in WED writing the book Beth urged him to write. Stars Oliver WED Milburn. WED WED 12:00 The Navy Lark b0109dss (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00v8nk9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxr3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Soho Stories b00lxsqf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00t5kls (Listen) WED Tishani Doshi - The Pleasure Seekers, Episode 3 WED Tishani Doshi's comic yet tender story of four generations WED of the Patel-Joneses, inspired by her own Welsh-Gujarati WED background. WED For a long time Sian dreamed of leaving the village in North WED Wales where she was born, and where she, her parents and all WED her aunties all live in the same street. So she went to WED London and promptly fell in love with a man from India. Now WED she has to tell her parents that she's off to Madras, to WED marry a man she has known for only six months. WED The reader is Indira Varma. Indira appeared recently in the WED 6 part BBC drama Luther. In 2006 she played Suzie Costello WED in Torchwood. WED Abridged and directed by Nigel Lewis WED Produced by Kate McAll. WED WED 14:15 The Making of Music b007r036 (Listen) WED Series 1, Rameau and the Philosophes WED James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical WED influences that affected the course of classical music. WED 17/30. Rameau and the Philosophes. WED Paris during the 1750s was the centre of a clash of cultural WED ideas, with music at the forefront. The Paris Opera House WED was the centre of the Battle of the Fools, where arguments WED raged about absolutism and enlightenment. WED WED 14:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables b007jmps (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED A plan to smuggle Jean Valjean out of the convent hits a WED snag. Will he end up six feet under? With Joss Ackland as WED Victor Hugo. WED WED 14:45 Book of the Week b00t3cyr (Listen) WED Jackie Kay - Red Dust Road, Episode 3 WED Acclaimed poet Jackie Kay traces her biological parents in a WED journey from Scotland to Lagos. WED Nigeria: Jackie finally meets her birth father, an encounter WED full of memorable moments and some curiously personal WED questions. WED Read by the author. WED Producer/Abridger: Jill Waters WED A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited b007k2nx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 Counterpoint b05wn859 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 16:30 The House of the Spirit Levels b007jv9c (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED WED 17:00 The Older Woman b03bsg2p (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:30 Clare in the Community b03s754k (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 18:00 Mark Gatiss - The Devil in Amber b00v7b52 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Falsely charged with murder, dandy spy hero Lucifer Box WED flees New York aboard a mysterious ship. Read by the author WED Mark Gatiss. WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b0076n97 (Listen) WED Malingering WED Matthew Parris pulls a sickie with guests Patrick Neate, Guy WED Browning and Dr Len Fisher. From September 2004. WED WED 19:00 The Navy Lark b0109dss (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00v8nk9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxr3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Soho Stories b00lxsqf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 The Interview b00770fb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days b00xhz7c (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Clare in the Community b03s754k (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Will Smith Presents the Tao of Bergerac b007tz8w (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED Comedian Will Smith is obsessed with 1980s detective series WED Bergerac, so uses an audio book of its star, John Nettles, WED reading the Tao, to navigate the minefield of his life, with WED the help of a special guest. WED Will seeks justice. WED With Adam Buxton, John Nettles, Matt Holness, Simon WED Greenall, Dan Tetsell. WED Written by Will Smith and Roger Drew. WED WED 23:00 Revolting People b007jrqj (Listen) WED Series 1, Storm Clouds WED Baltimore shopkeeper Samuel Oliphant has much to worry WED about. 1770 America sitcom. Stars Andy Hamilton. From WED January 2000. WED WED 23:30 The Harpoon b00b3gv0 (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 3 WED A special budget edition of the nostalgic spoof of boys' WED adventure story papers. With Alistair McGowan. From WED September 1991. WED WED THU THURSDAY 28 MAY 2015 THU THU 00:00 Mark Gatiss - The Devil in Amber b00v7b52 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Off the Page b0076n97 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxr3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Soho Stories b00lxsqf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Book at Bedtime b00t5kls (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:15 The Making of Music b007r036 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables b007jmps (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:45 Book of the Week b00t3cyr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited b007k2nx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Counterpoint b05wn859 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:30 The House of the Spirit Levels b007jv9c (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 The Older Woman b03bsg2p (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Clare in the Community b03s754k (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxsf (Listen) THU Terminus, Episode 4 THU Now that her friend, DS Kevin Richards, has been found THU murdered, Enfield is full of extra anger. THU Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. THU Starring Imelda Staunton as Julie Enfield, Nicholas Farrell THU as Michael Stanley, Dominic Letts as Terminus and Geoffrey THU Matthews as Enfield's father. THU Producer: Richard Wortley THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994. THU THU 06:30 Words, Words, Words b00vlv2c (Listen) THU 4 Extra Debut. Sue Perkins explores the London home of Dr THU Samuel Johnson, pioneering author of A Dictionary of the THU English Language (1755). From September 2009. THU THU 07:00 Tomorrow, Today! b012n3rs (Listen) THU Series 1, What Price Utopia THU Comedy series by Christopher William Hill, set in 1961. A THU BBC producer struggles to make a radio soap set in the THU unimaginably futuristic world of 2006. THU The government tries to use the programme for a very dark THU purpose. THU With Peter Bowles, Cheryl Campbell, John Fortune, Gary THU Waldhorn. THU THU 07:30 Best Behaviour b05vfjtm (Listen) THU Holly Walsh presents the comedy panel show that lays down THU the law of modern manners. THU The guest panellists are comedians Richard Herring, Helen THU Zaltzman and Lloyd Langford, who are all pitching their THU ideas for new best behaviour rules to tackle modern life. THU In this edition, the etiquette of travel is under comic THU scrutiny - including how to solve the phenomenon of THU 'man-spreading' on public transport, the need to ban THU emoticons from text messages, and the modern menace of THU cycling on pavements. THU The panel also tackles the tricky etiquette problem of a THU member of the studio audience - 'how do I get out of nodding THU to the stranger I walk past every day when walking to work?' THU Producer: Aled Evans THU A Zeppotron production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Presenter: Holly Walsh THU Panellist: Richard Herring THU Panellist: Helen Zaltzman THU Panellist: Lloyd Langford THU Producer: Aled Evans THU THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son b00rvzks (Listen) THU Series 1, The Economist THU Fuming Harold decides their rag and bone business needs some THU bite. THU Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as THU Harold. With Ian Burford. THU Following the conclusion of their hugely successful THU association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan THU Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in THU 1962. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, THU featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and THU his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series THU for TV. THU Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by THU Gale Pedrick. THU Produced by Bobby Jaye THU First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966. THU THU 08:30 Yes Minister b007k0fx (Listen) THU Series 2, The Skeleton in the Cupboard THU Jim Hacker gets the better of Sir Humphrey over a crisis in THU Derbyshire. THU Starring Paul Eddington as Jim Hacker, Nigel Hawthorne as THU Sir Humphrey Appleby,Derek Fowldes as Bernard and Ian THU Lavender as Dr Cartwright. THU Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom ran on BBC THU TV between 1980 and 1984. Yes Minister is centred around the THU hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service THU underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby THU and obsequious Bernard. THU Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin. THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1984. THU THU 09:00 The Unbelievable Truth b00v1nhq (Listen) THU Series 6, Episode 2 THU David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians THU are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another THU to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past THU their opponents. THU Tony Hawks, Arthur Smith, Henning Wehn and Graeme Garden are THU the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on THU subjects as varied as: Cake, Shoes, Nudity and Walt Disney. THU The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the THU team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. THU Producer: Jon Naismith THU A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Producer: Jon Naismith THU THU 09:30 No Commitments b007jn5w (Listen) THU Series 5, Surprise, Surprise THU Roger plans to surprise wife Victoria, but her sister Anna THU is not so sure. Stars Nicola Pagett and Bill Nighy. From THU July 1998. THU Credits THU Actor: Ann Jobson THU THU 10:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited b007k2q1 (Listen) THU Episode 3 THU Sebastian's drinking strains his friendship with Charles, THU who is lured by the art of Paris. Stars Ben Miles and Jamie THU Bamber. THU THU 11:00 The Interview b00770fs (Listen) THU Sing for Your Supper THU For a wee while, housewife Shona thought she had won the THU lottery. But then reality kicked in. Short story read by Una THU McLean. THU THU 11:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days b00xj4lg (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU 1927: Davy wants to give Bamfylde's new headmaster his full THU support, but Alcock won't make it easy for him. Stars Oliver THU Milburn. THU THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son b00rvzks (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Yes Minister b007k0fx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxsf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Words, Words, Words b00vlv2c (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00t5kll (Listen) THU Tishani Doshi - The Pleasure Seekers, Episode 4 THU Tishani Doshi's comic yet tender story of four generations THU of the Patel-Joneses, inspired by her own Welsh-Gujurati THU background. THU Sian and Babo fly to North Wales to meet Sian's family. The THU young man from Madras will never forget his first THU impressions of the village of Nercwys and its matchbox THU houses. But now that they are married, where will they live THU - Wales, London or Madras? Sian tells Babo that she's come THU to a decision. THU The reader is Indira Varma. Indira appeared recently in the THU 6 part BBC drama Luther. In 2006 she played Suzie Costello THU in Torchwood. THU Abridged and directed by Nigel Lewis THU Producer: Kate McAll. THU THU 14:15 The Making of Music b007r037 (Listen) THU Series 1, Music and Society THU James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical THU influences that affected the course of classical music. THU 19/30. Music and Society THU By the late 1700s, music was becoming part of the social THU fabric. Concerts and dances were regularly held in cities THU such as Bath and Oxford, and playing the piano was the THU accomplishment of every young lady. THU THU 14:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables b007jmq5 (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU Marius learns of his father's bravery at Waterloo and THU realises he has been living a lie. Stars Joss Ackland and THU Leslie Phillips. THU THU 14:45 Book of the Week b00t3cyt (Listen) THU Jackie Kay - Red Dust Road, Episode 4 THU Acclaimed poet Jackie Kay traces her biological parents in a THU journey from Scotland to Lagos. THU In September 2009, six years after her first trip to THU Nigeria, Jackie is invited to participate in a writers' THU workshop in Lagos. She is determined to visit her ancestral THU village and hopes to meet not only her father but also some THU of her half siblings. THU Read by the author. THU Producer/Abridger: Jill Waters THU A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited b007k2q1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The Unbelievable Truth b00v1nhq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 16:30 No Commitments b007jn5w (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] THU THU 17:00 Tomorrow, Today! b012n3rs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 17:30 Best Behaviour b05vfjtm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 18:00 Mark Gatiss - The Devil in Amber b00vc8bl (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Dandy spy-hero Lucifer Box must rescue the perfect victim to THU foil Olympus Mons' plan to raise the devil. Read by the THU author Mark Gatiss. THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076h8y (Listen) THU Series 4, Dr Samuel Johnson THU Poet Kit Wright chooses author and creator of the English THU dictionary, Dr Samuel Johnson. With Humphrey Carpenter. From THU October 2003. THU THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son b00rvzks (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Yes Minister b007k0fx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxsf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Words, Words, Words b00vlv2c (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 The Interview b00770fs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days b00xj4lg (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Best Behaviour b05vfjtm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Don't Start b015cnz1 (Listen) THU Series 1, Text THU A text sparks the first of Neil and Kim's arguments. Via a THU Greek chorus, a not eating celery pact and Sir Gawain and THU the Green Knight, the couple spectacularly fail to agree. THU What do long term partners really argue about? Sharp comedy THU from Frank Skinner. A masterclass in the great art of THU arguing. Starring Frank Skinner and Katherine Parkinson. THU Well observed, clever and funny, Don't Start is a scripted THU comedy with a deceptively simple premise - an argument. Each THU week, our couple fall out over another apparently trivial THU flashpoint - a text from a friend, a trilby and a bad THU night's sleep. Each week, the stakes mount as Neil and Kim THU battle with words. But these are no ordinary arguments. The THU two outdo each other with increasingly absurd images, THU unexpected literary references (Androcles and the Lion pop THU up at one point) and razor sharp analysis of their beloved's THU weaknesses. THU Credits THU Neil: Frank Skinner THU Kim: Katherine Parkinson THU Writer: Frank Skinner THU Producer: Polly Thomas THU Director: Polly Thomas THU THU 22:45 Warhorses of Letters b01681l4 (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 1 THU Deep in the British Library tucked into the slipcover of a THU book on the history of Blenheim Palace a packet of THU extraordinary letters has been discovered. THU "Dear Marengo brackets Napoleon's horse close brackets, I've THU never written a letter like this before...." THU Thus begins the first passionate letter from Copenhagen, the THU Duke of Wellington's horse, to his hero Marengo in this THU epistolary equine love story. A story of two horses united THU by an uncommon passion, cruelly divided by a brutal THU conflict. THU Warhorses of Letters stars Stephen Fry as Marengo, the THU seasoned, famous and just-a-little-bit-short mount of THU Emperor Napoleon. Daniel Rigby stars alongside him as THU Copenhagen, the frisky young racehorse who as our story THU begins is about to be the new mount for the Duke of THU Wellington. This collection of their moving letters to each THU other is introduced by Tamsin Greig. THU Episode 1 charts the early days of their romance and the THU early days of the Peninsular Campaign, and as their love THU blossoms the shadow of impending combat looms over our two THU heroes. THU Written by novelists Robert Hudson (The Kilburn Social Club) THU and Marie Phillips (Gods Behaving Badly), directed by Steven THU Canny and produced by Gareth Edwards. THU THU 23:00 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b01bm0pr (Listen) THU Series 4, Episode 1 THU Comedian-activist Mark Thomas and his studio audience THU consider policy proposals for a People's Manifesto. THU This week's agenda: THU 1) Excluding Non-Doms from free access to the NHS THU 2) Every citizen to be given £10,000 in quantitative easing THU vouchers, to be spent in the next 6 months THU And THU 3) Proportional voting rights for MPs based on the size of THU their majorities THU "Any Other Business" policies are also taken from the studio THU audience throughout the show. THU Written and presented by Mark Thomas THU Produced by Colin Anderson. THU THU 23:30 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes b019h88c (Listen) THU Series 1, Religion THU More historical heroism as Saint David, Saint Patrick and THU Gerald of Wales are put to the Totaliser Test. From January THU 2012. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 FRI FRI 00:00 Mark Gatiss - The Devil in Amber b00vc8bl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Great Lives b0076h8y (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxsf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Words, Words, Words b00vlv2c (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Book at Bedtime b00t5kll (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:15 The Making of Music b007r037 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables b007jmq5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:45 Book of the Week b00t3cyt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited b007k2q1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 The Unbelievable Truth b00v1nhq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:30 No Commitments b007jn5w (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 Tomorrow, Today! b012n3rs (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Best Behaviour b05vfjtm (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxtt (Listen) FRI Terminus, Episode 5 FRI The "Lucky Charm" killer has claimed 4 lives. DS Enfield now FRI believes the murderer is female. Then someone sends her a FRI photograph... FRI Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. FRI Starring Imelda Staunton as Julie Enfield, Nicholas Farrell FRI as Michael Stanley, Dominic Letts as Terminus and Maggie FRI McCarthy as Sarah. FRI Producer: Richard Wortley FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994. FRI FRI 06:30 Star Wars on the South Bank b00rtbg2 (Listen) FRI Almost thirty years ago serious plans were made to simulate FRI a Mars colony on the Southbank of the River Thames. Such an FRI outrageous idea would be dismissed outright if it wasn't FRI dreamt up by one of Britain's greatest social reformers - FRI Michael Young. FRI Lord Young of Dartington, who died in 2002, was committed to FRI building institutions dedicated to social improvement. He FRI initiated or played a major role in creating the Consumers' FRI Association, the Open University, as well as Labour's 1945 FRI manifesto - Let us face the future. But then in 1984 he FRI launched the Argo Venture, a collective of Britain's finest FRI scientists, thinkers and space experts who were calling for FRI the planting of human colonies in space. His son, the author FRI and journalist Toby Young, asks was the Argo Venture an idea FRI too far? FRI He recruited an amazing cast of volunteers; the Scientist FRI James Lovelock, the astronomer Lord Martin Rees and the FRI Science writer Nigel Calder amongst others. Young's legacy FRI was indisputably great but was this latter-day Georgian FRI folly, born of a grandee legendary enthusiasm? Was the whole FRI project set for failure? Could a serious British Mars FRI Programme exemplify the spirit of the early 21st century? FRI In this programme Toby Young talks to Lord Martin Rees, FRI Professor Colin Pillinger and hears from passionate FRI advocates of Martian colonisation, but what was his father FRI looking for in Space? FRI Produced by Barney Rowntree FRI A Somethin Else production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 07:00 Lucky Heather b0075s9h (Listen) FRI Unforgiven FRI Western fan and Sutter Estate barmaid Heather looks for a FRI widower's first love. Stars Lindsey Coulson. From February FRI 2000. FRI FRI 07:30 The Rivals b03b2g2b (Listen) FRI Series 2, The Problem of the Superfluous Finger FRI By Jaques Futrelle. FRI Dramatised By Chris Harrald. FRI Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock FRI Holmes stories. Now he is writing his memories and has a FRI chance to get his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals. He FRI begins with his collaboration with "The Thinking Machine" FRI Professor SFX Van Dusen, trying to solve a strange case FRI involving self-mutilation. FRI Producer: Liz Webb. FRI Credits FRI Lestrade: Tim Pigott-Smith FRI Van Dusen: Paul Rhys FRI Mrs Morey: Emerald O'Hanrahan FRI Dr Prescott: Sean Murray FRI Miss Marsh: Philippa Stanton FRI Hoskins: Ben Crowe FRI Producer: Liz Webb FRI Adaptor: Chris Harrald FRI Author: Jacques Futrelle FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007m9f5 (Listen) FRI Michelangelo 'Ancock FRI The lad takes up sculpting, but when he runs out of rocks, FRI it's Sid to the rescue. Stars Tony Hancock and Sid James. FRI From November 1956. FRI FRI 08:30 The Goon Show b007k370 (Listen) FRI The Silent Bugler FRI It's 1902 and British secret agent Seagoon is heading to FRI Dresden on a deadly mission. Stars Harry Secombe. From March FRI 1954. FRI FRI 09:00 The National Theatre of Brent's Iconic Icons FRI b0132l7g (Listen) FRI The Dalai Lama, or How the West Was Won FRI The multi award winning National Theatre of Brent - Artistic FRI Director Desmond Olivier Dingle and the entire acting FRI company (Raymond Box) - returns triumphantly to Radio 4 in FRI the last of an occasional series celebrating the rare but FRI rarefied beings deemed in Desmond's expert view to be Iconic FRI Icons. Previous celebratees include Bob Dylan and Tracey FRI Emin. FRI The final and climactic iconic icon is his holiness the FRI Dalai Lama. Desmond and Raymond trace his journey from two FRI year old yak boy to disaffected teenage Dalai to the mature FRI Lama, exiled from his country, separated from his people, FRI but spiritually at one with himself and the world, and FRI possessor of a top twinkly smile. They also present Buddhism FRI in a Nutshell. FRI Written and performed by the National Theatre of Brent, who FRI are Patrick Barlow and John Ramm, in front of an audience at FRI the Bush Hall in London, this latest addition to the Brent FRI canon will be as essential and massive a contribution to the FRI current artistic and spiritual life of this country as the FRI rest of their work. And, of course it will be very funny. FRI Desmond Olivier Dingle ..... Patrick Barlow FRI Raymond Box ..... John Ramm FRI Director: Patrick Barlow FRI Producer: Liz Anstee FRI A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 09:30 On Baby Street b00f3c0g (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 4 FRI Yvette's dad takes Kelly out. Unlike Ian, Shona adores FRI Beatrix Potter. Stars Kathy Burke and Jenny Eclair. From FRI January 1996. FRI FRI 10:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited b007k2r7 (Listen) FRI Episode 4 FRI Charles is pleased to spot Julia on the ship, but his FRI relationship with the Marchmains faces stormy waters. Stars FRI Jamie Bamber. FRI FRI 11:00 The Interview b00770g9 (Listen) FRI The Good Shepherd FRI Is a new member of the congregation the answer to a FRI cash-strapped pastor's prayers? Short story read by James FRI Fleet. FRI FRI 11:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days b00xjth7 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI 1929: Davy Powlett Jones draws daggers with Bamfylde FRI School's headmaster, Alcock. One will have to go. Stars FRI Oliver Milburn. FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007m9f5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Goon Show b007k370 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxtt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Star Wars on the South Bank b00rtbg2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00t5kln (Listen) FRI Tishani Doshi - The Pleasure Seekers, Episode 5 FRI Tishani Doshi's comic yet tender story of four generations FRI of the Patel-Joneses, inspired by her own Welsh-Gujarati FRI background. FRI Babo and Sian are living happily in their own house, with FRI orange and black gates, next door to the Punjab Women's FRI Association. Now they have two small daughters, Mayuri and FRI Bean. When Bean is taken to Grandmother Ba's house for her FRI naming ceremony, Ba warns the young parents that they'd FRI better stop there because Bean will keep their hands full, FRI at which the tiny baby laughs, her first proper laugh. By FRI the time she's six, she's regularly seeing ghosts. Then Sian FRI gets a phone call - it's bad news from Wales. FRI The reader is Indira Varma. Indira appeared recently in the FRI 6 part BBC drama Luther. In 2006 she played Suzie Costello FRI in Torchwood. FRI Abridged and directed by Nigel Lewis FRI Producer: Kate McAll. FRI FRI 14:15 The Making of Music b007r038 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Haydn and the Esterhazys FRI James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical FRI influences that affected the course of classical music. FRI 20/30. Haydn and the Esterhazys FRI Employed by the hugely wealthy Esterhazy family, Joseph FRI Haydn lived mainly in their isolated palace and produced FRI music on demand. Of his prolific output, Haydn himself FRI admitted that he was cut off from the outside world and FRI forced to become original. FRI FRI 14:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables b007jmqj (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI Marius finds student life is both happy and harsh. Valjean FRI and Cosette have a tough decision to make. With Roger Allam. FRI FRI 14:45 Book of the Week b00t3cyw (Listen) FRI Jackie Kay - Red Dust Road, Episode 5 FRI Acclaimed poet Jackie Kay traces her biological parents in a FRI journey from Scotland to Lagos. FRI Jackie reads the final extract from her memoir, including an FRI emotional conclusion to her Nigerian odyssey. FRI Producer/Abridger: Jill Waters FRI A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited b007k2r7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The National Theatre of Brent's Iconic Icons FRI b0132l7g (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 16:30 On Baby Street b00f3c0g (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI FRI 17:00 Lucky Heather b0075s9h (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:30 The Rivals b03b2g2b (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Mark Gatiss - The Devil in Amber b00vfjsh (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Time is running out for spy-hero Lucifer Box. Can he reach FRI the evil Olympus Mons' lair in time to save the world? FRI Concluded by the author Mark Gatiss. FRI FRI 18:30 My Life in Five Songs b01d2fq2 (Listen) FRI Series 4, Kate Rusby FRI Kate Rusby's been described as one of the most talented folk FRI singers of her generation. FRI Headlining at many national folk festivals and touring FRI widely she's built a loyal following of fans and is one of FRI our best known contemporary folk singers. FRI Her unwavering love of folk music hasn't stopped her FRI collaborating with other well-known musicians and singers FRI including Eddi Reader, Roddie Woomble and Ronan Keating. FRI Kate's recording of the Ray Davis song The Village Green FRI Preservation Society was used as the theme tune for the FRI successful TV series Jam and Jerusalem. FRI Kate tells Phil Cunningham about her five special songs and FRI reveals a newly found skill. She's a dab hand at stripping FRI wallpaper and painting having recently restored a house in FRI her home village which is now her family home. FRI Phil starts with Kate's song 'I Courted a Sailor' and Kate FRI goes on to pick these five songs. FRI 1: Nic Jones - Little Pot Stove FRI 2: Hot Rize- Won't You Come and Sing For Me FRI 3: The Cardigans- Lead Me into the Night FRI 4: Aberfeldy- Slow Me Down FRI 5: Damien O'Kane- Summer Hill. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007m9f5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Goon Show b007k370 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxtt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Star Wars on the South Bank b00rtbg2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 The Interview b00770g9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days b00xjth7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 The Rivals b03b2g2b (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Victor Lewis-Smith b05wpkw3 (Listen) FRI Episode 4 FRI Victor has a tiff with his weighing machine, orders a FRI Chinese and advertises 'cremagrams'. The darkly comic world FRI of Victor Lewis-Smith. FRI Award-winning controversial comedy surfaced on BBC Radio 1 FRI in 1990 in the shape of Victor Lewis-Smith. The writer and FRI producer took a comedy cudgel to the self-satisfied, FRI mid-Atlantic style of the very network he was appearing on - FRI with hoax phone calls, sketches, plus comic takedowns of FRI high profile celebs. It's all deliciously sandwiched between FRI the original jangly Radio 1 jingles made by JAM Creative FRI Productions in Dallas, USA. FRI Winner of the British Comedy Awards 1990 for Best Radio FRI Comedy. FRI After making a series of late night programmes for Radio 1, FRI Victor took aim at TV in 1993 with BBC TWO's Inside Victor FRI Lewis Smith, before sparking another stir on Channel 4 in FRI 1998 with TV Offal. FRI Written by Victor Lewis Smith and Paul Sparks FRI Produced by Victor Lewis Smith FRI First heard on BBC Radio 1 in April 1990. FRI FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b05xv6x0 (Listen) FRI The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Arthur Smith is FRI joined by Jamali Maddix. FRI FRI 23:00 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive b007k0lj (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 4 FRI The comedy guru's radio drop-in centre examines prison FRI overcrowding. With Clive Anderson and Jo Caulfield. From FRI June 2006. FRI FRI 23:30 Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter from Salford b0076fcx (Listen) FRI Series 2, Speeches FRI Sir Ralph hosts a literary lunch at the Munchbox Cafeteria, FRI but there's another poet in town. Stars James Quinn. From FRI June 2003. FRI FRI 23:45 I, Regress b01blj2g (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 6 FRI A dark, David Lynch-ian comedy, ideally suited for an FRI unsettling and surreal late night listen. 'I, Regress' sees FRI Matt Berry (The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, Snuff FRI Box) playing a corrupt and bizarre hypnotherapist taking FRI unsuspecting clients on twisted, misleading journeys through FRI their subconscious. FRI Each episode sees the doctor dealing with a different client FRI who has come to him for a different problem (quitting FRI smoking, fear of water, etc). As the patient is put under FRI hypnosis, we 'enter' their mind, and all the various FRI situations the hypnotherapist takes them through are played FRI out for us to hear. The result is a dream- (or nightmare-) FRI like trip through the patient's mind, as funny as it is FRI disturbing. FRI Ep 6: Dr Berry treats some intimidating east-ender twins FRI with unexpected past lives. Can he pull off the double? FRI The cast across the series include Katherine Parkinson (IT FRI Crowd), Morgana Robinson (The Morgana Show), Simon Greenall FRI (I'm Alan Partridge), Jack Klaff (Star Wars, For Your Eyes FRI Only), Tara Flynn (The Impressions Show, Stewart Lee's FRI Comedy Vehicle), Alex Lowe (Barry From Watford, The Peter FRI Serafinowicz Show), and Derek Griffiths (Playschool, Bod, FRI and The Royal Exchange). FRI A compelling late night listen: tune in and occupy someone FRI else's head! FRI Produced by Sam Bryant. FRI Credits FRI Actor: Matt Berry FRI Actor: Katherine Parkinson FRI Actor: Morgana Robinson FRI Actor: Simon Greenall FRI Actor: Jack Klaff FRI Actor: Tara Flynn FRI Actor: Derek Griffiths FRI Producer: Sam Bryant FRI
22 May, 2015
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23/05/2015 - 29/05/2015
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