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SAT SATURDAY 01 AUGUST 2015 SAT SAT 00:00 Book at Bedtime b00vfxmc (Listen) SAT George Eliot - The Lifted Veil, Episode 5 SAT Nigel Cooke reads George Eliot's disturbing tale of SAT clairvoyance and mind-reading. SAT As Latimer begins to lose his mind-reading powers - an old SAT friend persuades him to take part in an extraordinary SAT experiment. SAT Abridged by Eileen Horne SAT Produced by Clive Brill SAT A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 00:15 Dermot Bolger - Haunting Women b016q02f (Listen) SAT The Riding Crop SAT A bitter dispute between sisters 200 years ago means a SAT precious wedding gift must be cared for in the present. SAT SAT 00:30 Fry's English Delight b012fbpn (Listen) SAT Series 4, The Mouth SAT "If you were an intelligent designer, would you combine the SAT food processor and the word processor in the same unit?" SAT asks Stephen Fry in this intimate portrait of the most SAT important part of speech. SAT Evolutionary biologists can't agree whether the complexities SAT of eating and speaking are linked. But the evolution of the SAT mouth is important. It date stamps the start of language and SAT of modern humanity. As soon as we had the equipment to SAT speak, we started, for example, to make art. We hear from a SAT lipreader, who explains why we all hear mouths with our SAT eyes. Ventriloquist Nina Conti explains how she has learned SAT to over-rule the automatic functions of her mouth. A facial SAT surgeon gives us the tour of the inside of the mouth and a SAT psychologist discusses humanity's earliest form of happy SAT oral communication - or language. The smile. But are smiles SAT conscious or unconscious? The psychologist and the lipreader SAT also explain what distinguishes English mouths. And it's not SAT the stiff upper lip. SAT The programme gives us key information about the development SAT of language. The human mouth's structure is unique among SAT primates. If chimpanzee or neanderthal mouths had developed SAT the same physical structure, would they be able to speak? SAT The answer comes with the help of a monkey, interviewed by SAT Stephen in the studio. He just happened to come along with SAT Nina Conti. SAT We also learn of a design fault unique to human mouths. The SAT benefit of the power of speech has a potentially fatal SAT downside. SAT Producer: Nick Baker SAT A Testbed Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 01:00 John Mortimer Presents: The Trials of Marshall Hall SAT b007k2zd (Listen) SAT The Case of the Green Bicycle SAT TRUE CRIME: True stories of crime and trial in a bygone age, SAT starring Tom Baker as Britain's celebrated barrister, Sir SAT Edward Marshall Hall. SAT Did Ronald Light shoot a woman cyclist dead? Sir Edward sets SAT out to prove his innocence. SAT Introduced by Rumpole of the Bailey's creator John Mortimer. SAT With Jonathan Tafler and David Alistair. SAT Dramatised by Michael Butt. SAT Director Michael Fox SAT A Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio 2 from 1996. SAT SAT 01:30 A Thor in One's Side b00772pf (Listen) SAT It’s 60 years since a crew of intrepid and hard-bitten SAT Norwegians first set out on what was, on the face of it, a SAT pretty flimsy premise - that you could cross the mighty SAT Pacific Ocean from Peru to Polynesia with nothing more solid SAT than a balsa wood raft. SAT That raft, the Kon Tikki, and the exploits of those SAT Norwegians, led by the visionary Thor Heyerdahl, were to SAT become world renowned. Tony Robinson tells the story of SAT Heyerdahl’s epic journey, and its lasting effect on popular SAT archaeology. SAT SAT 02:00 Book at Beachtime b01kv7wq (Listen) SAT Sadie Jones - The Uninvited Guests, Episode 5 SAT A horse and child cause chaos and the train crash survivors SAT demand release. Hattie Morahan concludes the country house SAT drama set in Edwardian England. SAT SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama b00yj265 (Listen) SAT MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 15 SAT M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Lucy SAT Catherine. Safe and with the woman he loves, Ash cannot work SAT out how to marry her. SAT Narrator ..... Vineeta Rishi SAT Ash ..... Blake Ritson SAT Gulbaz ..... Kaleem Janjua SAT Bukta ..... Adeel Akhtar SAT Anjuli ..... Ayesha Dharker SAT Stiggins ..... Sean Baker SAT Zarin ..... Christopher Simpson SAT Mrs Viccary ..... Joanna Monro SAT Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole. SAT Credits SAT Producer: Jessica Dromgoole SAT Producer: Marc Beeby SAT SAT 02:45 Book of the Week b009ppjq (Listen) SAT Kate Summerscale - The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Episode 5 SAT Deborah Findlay reads from Kate Summerscale's account of a SAT Victorian murder case that gripped the nation. SAT 5/5. Only in 1928, with the arrival of an anonymous letter SAT from Sydney, do the real events at Road Hill House back in SAT 1860 finally come to light. SAT SAT 03:00 Stephen Fagan - The Intersection b01fhjrq (Listen) SAT A chance meeting at work means an awkward family reunion for SAT a young man and his absentee father. Starring John Le SAT Mesurier. SAT SAT 04:00 All the Way From Memphis b00mb1r1 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 3 SAT James Walton's pop music history quiz with Andrew Collins, SAT Tracey MacLeod, Danny Kelly and Clare Grogan. From May 2006. SAT SAT 04:30 Boogie Up the River b007jv6z (Listen) SAT Sonning, I'll Definitely Meet You in Sonning SAT Mark and his manic mutt are rowing up the Thames, but will SAT Jennifer ever come on board? Stars Timothy Spall. From SAT December 1992. SAT SAT 05:00 Rent b063rvm6 (Listen) SAT Series 4, Episode 2 SAT Maria and Richard receive a windfall, while Paul and Ruby SAT are busy house-hunting. Stars Barbara Flynn. From June 1998. SAT SAT 05:30 Wordaholics b01c7lk6 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 1 SAT Wordaholics is Radio 4's brand new comedy panel game all SAT about words. SAT Gyles Brandreth presides as linguistic brainboxes and SAT comedians including the legendary Stephen Fry, Fresh Meat SAT star Jack Whitehall, Radio 4 regular Milton Jones and SAT Countdown stalwart Susie Dent vie for supremacy in the ring. SAT Gyles is the longest-serving wordsmith in Countdown's SAT Dictionary Corner and the author of numerous wordplay books. SAT But now it's time for him to encourage other people to show SAT off their knowledge of words and playfulness with language. SAT Wordaholics is clever, intelligent, witty and unexpected. SAT There are toponyms, abbreviations, euphemisms, old words, SAT new words, cockney rhyming slang, Greek gobbledegook, plus SAT the panellists' picks of the ugliest and the most beautiful SAT words: the whole world of words in twenty-eight minutes. SAT Find out the meaning of words like giff-gaff, knock-knobbler SAT and buckfitches - the difference between French marbles, SAT French velvet and the French ache - hear the glorious poetry SAT of the English language, as practiced from writers varying SAT from William Shakespeare to Vanilla Ice - and spend half an SAT hour laughing and learning with some of the finest SAT Wordaholics in the business. SAT Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle SAT Producer: Claire Jones. SAT SAT 06:00 Peter Tinniswood b01bl25p (Listen) SAT A Touch of Daniel SAT Young Carter Brandon struggles for love in a world SAT preoccupied with Cheshire cheese, individual trifles, SAT dominoes, outbreaks of wireworm and vests; where strong SAT women fight grimly to maintain their hold on a traditionally SAT matriarchal society and where the only person who really SAT understands Carter is his cousin, the baby Daniel. SAT Peter Tinniswood's Northern drama about the Brandon family. SAT Starring Christian Rodska as Carter, Liz Smith as Mrs SAT Brandon, Eileen Derbyshire as Auntie Lil, George A Cooper as SAT Mort, Graham Roberts as Mr Brandon and Judy Bennett as SAT Daniel. SAT Directed by Tony Cliff at BBC Manchester SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977. SAT SAT 07:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01qqxn5 (Listen) SAT The Reluctant Jester Strikes Back, Episode 1 SAT Michael Bentine recalls visits to Australia and New York and SAT some outrageous friends in his showbiz career. From November SAT 1994. SAT SAT 08:00 Meeting Myself Coming Back b00tcsvt (Listen) SAT Series 2, Peter Mandelson SAT From Labour PR supremo to cabinet minister and peer, and SAT dubbed "Prince of Darkness" along the way, Peter Mandelson SAT reflects on his life in sound through the BBC archives. In SAT the first programme of the series "Meeting Myself Coming SAT Back" where guests replay the sound archive of their life, SAT he talks to John Wilson about his career, hears recordings SAT of his younger self and discusses how he has changed over SAT the decades. SAT Lord Mandelson grew up with Labour in his blood - his SAT grandfather was the Labour cabinet minister Herbert SAT Morrison. After university and early jobs, he became first SAT the party's Director of Campaigns and Communications and SAT then MP for Hartlepool. After Labour's 1997 General Election SAT victory, he served in Tony Blair's cabinet but was forced to SAT resign twice - once over a home loan and the second over the SAT Hinduja passport affair. After a move to Brussels as EU SAT Trade Commissioner, a surprise request by the new Prime SAT Minister Gordon Brown saw him given a cabinet post for an SAT unprecedented third time, serving this time as a Peer in the SAT House of Lords. SAT In this programme, John Wilson takes Lord Mandelson through SAT the sound archive of his life from his earliest appearance SAT in the 1970s up to the Labour's 2010 election defeat. We SAT hear about his role as a moderniser of the Labour Party, his SAT work in Government and his very public resignations. SAT Producer: Emma Kingsley. SAT SAT 09:00 Clowning Around on 4 Extra b03xcl02 (Listen) SAT Tony Lidington traces the role of the clown in British SAT humour, from the Great Grimaldi through stars of circus, SAT pantomime and pierrots, to modern entertainers and even SAT activists. SAT Drawing on his own performances, BBC archive and SAT contemporary experts, Tony traces the clown's evolution from SAT Shakespeare's plays, whose rustic clowns and court fools SAT could speak uncomfortable truths to those in power. He SAT recreates the role of "the Great Grimaldi", whose panto SAT clown became the most popular entertainment of Regency SAT London and defined the clown's image for generations to SAT come. Light is also cast on the popular 19th century SAT travelling circuses, the enormous appeal of pantos and SAT harlequinades and the successful careers - and often SAT tragically short lives - of entertainers like Dan Leno, once SAT hailed as "the funniest man in the world". SAT The days of organized leisure time for working people and SAT the growth of the middle class produced new diversions and SAT the era of mass entertainment. White-clad Pierrot troupes SAT entertained visitors at seaside resorts and troops abroad as SAT Britain descended into two World Wars. The tradition of SAT physical theatre and anarchic comedy clowning continued in SAT the latter half of the 20th century, with The Goon Show and SAT characters like Professor Wallofski, created by Max Wall. SAT Tony also explores the role of the clown today, still active SAT in circus and panto and even in political demonstrations. SAT Made for Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions. SAT SAT 12:00 Round the Horne b007jrlz (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 5 SAT Master Spy Kenneth Horne's on the case of a remote-control SAT guided nuclear banana - and Kenneth Williams throws a fresh SAT tantrum over the show's script. SAT With Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee. SAT Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, SAT London. Announcer: Douglas Smith SAT Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio SAT comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric SAT Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, SAT Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the SAT scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and SAT 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, SAT catchphrases and double-entendres. SAT Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser SAT Hayes Four. SAT Producer: John Simmonds SAT First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1966. SAT SAT 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00wmxgc (Listen) SAT Series 5, Episode 12 SAT The sound archives of the BBC, and noises animals make. SAT Songs and sketches with Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. From SAT July 1967. SAT SAT 13:00 Writing the Century - Omnibus b0643wl1 (Listen) SAT Letters from a Young Indian Revolutionary SAT By Tanika Gupta. Set in 1930s Calcutta and based on letters SAT and diary entries, this drama tells the true story of Dinesh SAT Gupta and his resistance to British colonial rule. SAT SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks b04prn2x (Listen) SAT Rebecca Front SAT The Thick of It actress shares her love of 'They All Laughed SAT at Christopher Columbus' and why she will pass on Bach's SAT concerto. SAT SAT 14:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair b0643xg8 (Listen) SAT Anita Roddick SAT Businesswoman and campaigner Anita Roddick tells Professor SAT Anthony Clare about her early life and what motivates her. SAT Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in depth interviews with SAT prominent people from different walks of life. Born in SAT Dublin, author Anthony held a doctorate in medicine, a SAT master's degree in philosophy and was a fellow of the Royal SAT College of Psychiatrists. SAT After becoming a regular on BBC Radio 4's Stop the Week in SAT the 1980s, he became Britain's best-known psychiatrist and SAT earned his own vehicle, In the Psychiatrist's Chair. SAT Starting in 1982, this series ran until 2001 and also SAT transferred to TV. SAT Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1996. SAT SAT 15:00 Meeting Myself Coming Back b00tcsvt (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Peter Tinniswood b01bl25p (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01qqxn5 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SAT SAT 18:00 Afternoon Drama b012fqsz (Listen) SAT Torchwood - The Lost Files, The House of the Dead SAT The brewery have called 'time' and it's the last night at SAT The House of the Dead - the most haunted pub in Wales. Barry SAT the barman has invited renowned psychic, Mrs Wintergreen, to SAT hold a special séance to mark the occasion, and there's a SAT big crowd hoping for the chance of seeing their deceased SAT loved ones for one last time. But when Jack arrives on the SAT scene, he's determined to stop them. Ianto is puzzled by SAT Jack's behaviour, and Gwen is suspicious. Why is Jack acting SAT so strangely? Then the ghosts start arriving - and all hell SAT breaks loose. SAT By James Goss. SAT Recorded at The Invisible Studios, by Mark Holden and mixed SAT at BBC Wales by Nigel Lewis. SAT A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll. SAT Credits SAT Captain Jack Harkness: John Barrowman SAT Gwen Cooper: Eve Myles SAT Ianto Jones: Gareth David-Lloyd SAT Mrs Wintergreen: Rosalind Ayres SAT Barry: Bradley Freegard SAT Mr Jones: John Francis Harries SAT Tony: John Francis Harries SAT Helen: Lucy Davis SAT Ness: Moira Quirk SAT Late Arrival: Shelley Rees SAT Writer: James Goss SAT Director: Kate McAll SAT Producer: Kate McAll SAT SAT 18:45 Brave New Worlds b01n7jpv (Listen) SAT Tomorrow's News Yesterday SAT By Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. The towering double SAT act's funny yet sinister sci-fi story. From 2012's SAT Cheltenham Literary Festival. Read by Jon Strickland. SAT SAT 19:00 Clowning Around on 4 Extra b03xcl02 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Hardeep at The Stand b01r9tbm (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 5 SAT We're back at The Stand comedy club for more jokes, stories SAT and revelations from some of the world's best comedians. SAT Hardeep Singh Kohli takes to The Stand's tiny stage to SAT introduce a selection of the world's greatest comedians. SAT Phil Nichol returns to Hardeep at the Stand and remains at SAT the cutting edge of comedy. His rants combine the SAT wonderfully written comedy he is best known for with his SAT increased interest and success in acting. Backstage, Phil SAT reveals his expectations for his own future in comedy. SAT Keeping the pace up is Geordie Gavin Webster who goes from SAT school age to old age in four minutes, hitting the most SAT significant event of the 20th century on the way and we have SAT a deeper look into the world of the rising superstars. Four SAT comedians from Red Raw at the Stand in Glasgow's West show SAT that there's a bright future in homegrown comedy; featuring SAT Adam Mitchell, Gary Henderson, Rab Brown and Steph E Graph. SAT SAT 22:15 The Problem With Adam Bloom b00h4cwy (Listen) SAT Series 2, Friendship SAT The friendly comedian tells his chums exactly what he SAT doesn't like about them. With Brendon Burns. From November SAT 2004. SAT SAT 22:30 The Lawrence Sweeney Mix b008vzdy (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 2 SAT Invention as it happens. Josie Lawrence and Jim Sweeney's SAT improvised sketches driven by the audience. From February SAT 2008. SAT Credits SAT Producer: Dawn Ellis SAT SAT 23:00 Alan Parker's 59 Minutes of Truth b00z64xq (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Comedy, music and revolution, as the truth guerilla speaks SAT to The People. In a Pub. Stars Simon Munnery. From March SAT 1995. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 02 AUGUST 2015 SUN SUN 00:00 Afternoon Drama b012fqsz (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:45 Brave New Worlds b01n7jpv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Writing the Century - Omnibus b0643wl1 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks b04prn2x (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair b0643xg8 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:00 Meeting Myself Coming Back b00tcsvt (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Peter Tinniswood b01bl25p (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01qqxn5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions Omnibus b064506c (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN MM Kaye's epic tale of love and war in 19th-century India. SUN Ash rediscovers his lost love but faces some traumatic SUN challenges en route. With Blake Ritson. SUN SUN 07:15 Allen Saddler - I Should Say So b01l1d4z (Listen) SUN Series 1, The Spy SUN Michael Williams stars as 1940s radio star Robb Wilton. The SUN eternal pessimist has an unusual visitor in 1986. SUN SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00dqnyw (Listen) SUN Series 5, The Last Miaow SUN Comedy series by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds. SUN Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and SUN master of the abusive email, attempts to survive in a world SUN where the media seems to be run by idiots and lying SUN charlatans. SUN Ed has rekindled his relationship with fellow author Mary SUN Potter and they are in a record breaking second month of SUN partnership 'bliss'. Elgar, however, is none too pleased SUN Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas SUN Olive ...... Stephanie Cole SUN Felix ...... John Fortune SUN Mary Potter ...... Sally Grace SUN Ray ...... Simon Greenall SUN Jaz ...... Philip Jackson SUN Pearl ...... Rita May SUN Frank ...... Geoffrey McGivern SUN Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy SUN Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead SUN With Lewis MacLeod and Nicola Sanderson. SUN SUN 08:00 Ray's a Laugh b00t141c (Listen) SUN From 29/01/1960 SUN When Kitty hears about Ted's raise, she wants to splash out. SUN Stars Ted Ray, Kitty Bluett and Kenneth Connor. From January SUN 1960. SUN SUN 08:30 Whack-O! b06451cb (Listen) SUN From 25/07/1961 SUN Professor Jimmy Edwards' plans to bribe the boys with a SUN sumptuous meal are all washed up. With June Whitfield. SUN Starting life on BBC TV before transferring to radio, SUN Chiselbury School is run "for the sons of gentlefolk". SUN Headmaster, Professor James Edwards, M.A. never misses a SUN trick when it comes to exploiting the students and their SUN parents. Sports pitches are given over to growing SUN vegetables, which the boys nurture for their head to sell. SUN Classes never exceed 95 pupils - 50 if private tuition is SUN paid for at five guineas extra. It's only thanks to the SUN efforts of the devoted deputy head, Mr Pettigrew, that the SUN school exists at all. SUN Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden and adapted for radio SUN by David Climie. SUN Producer: Edward Taylor SUN First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1961. SUN SUN 09:00 Hannah Lowe - Long Time No See Omnibus b06451m7 (Listen) SUN Poet Hannah Lowe reads from her memoir about her Jamaican SUN father and her relationship with him during her childhood in SUN Essex. SUN SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks b010m3ql (Listen) SUN Jilly Cooper SUN The writer inherits Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony and passes SUN on 'Something Good' from The Sound of Music. SUN SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b06451zx (Listen) SUN Children's Writers, JK Rowling SUN From the Beatles to Beethoven, the Harry Potter author SUN shares her castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From November SUN 2000. SUN SUN 11:00 Mystery Theater b06451zz (Listen) SUN The Black Museum: Orson Welles SUN 'The Open End Wrench'. Orson Welles' tale inspired by a real SUN case from Scotland Yard's gruesome gallery of murder SUN artefacts. SUN The significance of the wrench is not necessarily what you'd SUN assume, at least not at first. Lowly quiet Martin Beech SUN appears to have been cuckolded, but is his shock at the SUN drunk-driving demise of his wife genuine? SUN The films of Orson Welles films have guaranteed him a place SUN in the pantheon of film heroes (Citizen Kane, The SUN Magnificent Ambersons, Touch of Evil). This series is one of SUN several fascinating sidesteps into a medium which arguably SUN contributed to Welles' success - radio. Thanks to Harry Alan SUN Towers, British radio was host to his dulcet tones for a SUN spell in the early 1950s - including his famous cinematic SUN anti-hero in The Lives of Harry Lime. SUN In The Black Museum, Orson is your host and guide through SUN tales based on the grim and ominous collection of objects SUN connected to significant British crimes. SUN Produced by Towers of London and first broadcast in the USA SUN in 1952. SUN SUN 11:30 In the Director's Chair b0075ppf (Listen) SUN Film-maker Alex Cox assesses the career of one of Cinema's SUN greatest directors, Orson Welles. SUN At the age of just 25 Welles made his stunning directorial SUN debut with Citizen Kane, pushing existing film-making SUN techniques as far as they could go. But his maverick nature SUN became legendary and he failed to build on his early SUN success. SUN With Simon Callow and Charlton Heston. SUN Produced by Colin Hughes. SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. SUN SUN 11:45 Centurions b007k1px (Listen) SUN Orson Welles, Citizen Kane SUN The greatest film of all time? 'The best train set a boy SUN ever had?' A movie about a sledge? In 1941 Welles bullied, SUN cajoled and badgered his fellow collaborators and turned the SUN dream factory of Hollywood on its head to give the world SUN 'Citizen Kane'. A first-time film-maker's masterclass - a SUN deep focus dream of an American life. SUN Biographer and writer David Thomson, director Peter SUN Bogdanovich and screenwriter John Logan celebrate this SUN universal portrait of failure, decline and self-destruction SUN that has haunted film-makers and audiences ever since. SUN Produced by Mark Burnham. SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. SUN SUN 12:00 Ray's a Laugh b00t141c (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 12:30 Whack-O! b06451cb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 13:00 MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions Omnibus b064506c (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 14:15 Allen Saddler - I Should Say So b01l1d4z (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 14:30 Paul Murray - The Mark and the Void b0645328 (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Investment banker Claude is being stalked by Paul, who is SUN certain he has found the star of his new novel. But is SUN Claude interesting enough to be an artist's muse? SUN SUN 15:45 Afternoon Reading b011vhdf (Listen) SUN Alexandros Papadiamandis - The Boundless Garden, Shipwrecks' SUN Wreckage SUN Mark Williams reads from an anthology of Greek short SUN stories. Three sailors are shipwrecked and their cargo of SUN cheeses lost. But perhaps the sea can return their goods... SUN Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851 - 1911) was born on the SUN western Aegean island of Skiathos, where many of his short SUN stories are set. SUN In these stories he explores the souls of ordinary men and SUN women as they succumb to, or struggle against, the power of SUN evil, and try to deal with life's ambiguities. Aware of the SUN way in which the past breathes life into the present, SUN Papadiamantis also delves into Greek mythology, as it SUN survived through people's belief in supernatural wonders on SUN both land and sea. SUN Mark Williams is well known as one of the stars of BBC TV's SUN The Fast Show ("Suits you, sir..!!") and for the role of Ron SUN Weasley's father in the Harry Potter films. SUN Translated by John Raffan SUN Abridged by Roy Apps SUN Producer: David Blount SUN A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. SUN Credits SUN Reader: Mark Williams SUN Producer: David Blount SUN Abridger: Roy Apps SUN Author: Alexandros Papadiamantis SUN SUN 16:00 The Other Side of the Hill b010t4pb (Listen) SUN It's a Long Way From Talavera SUN The 1808-1813 peninsular campaign of the Duke of Wellington. SUN First of Peter Luke's two linked plays with Michael SUN Pennington. SUN SUN 17:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00dqnyw (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 b007k4kc (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN Dr Abbotts claims clones are emotionless, while Jefferson SUN and Lucy try to learn Carter 5's true fate. Stars Oliver SUN Hembrough. SUN SUN 18:30 Algernon Blackwood - Ancient Sorceries b007jvxy (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN When Vezin declares his love for Ilse, he fears for his SUN actions. Philip Madoc reads Algernon Henry Blackwood's dark SUN tale. SUN SUN 19:00 Mystery Theater b06451zz (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:30 In the Director's Chair b0075ppf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] SUN SUN 19:45 Centurions b007k1px (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Hannah Lowe - Long Time No See Omnibus b06451m7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks b010m3ql (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] SUN SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b06451zx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week b00dqnyw (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Mark Steel's in Town b01m0k9m (Listen) SUN Edinburgh Special SUN Mark uncovers the stories and characters that make up Leith SUN in Edinburgh in this special one-off episode of the award SUN winning stand-up comedy show, 'Mark Steel's in Town.' SUN As attention focuses on the Edinburgh festival, Mark Steel SUN immerses himself in one of Edinburgh's lesser-known SUN districts. Taking tales from the history, highways, and Hibs SUN legends - not to mention the port workers, pub fights, and SUN poetry - that make up this unique corner of Scotland's SUN capital, Mark delivers a half hour of stand-up comedy about SUN Leith. in front of an audience of born and bred Leithers. SUN Recorded at the BBC's Potterow venue in Edinburgh during the SUN festival. SUN Produced by Sam Bryant. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b0654771 (Listen) SUN The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith is joined by SUN Iain Stirling. SUN SUN 23:00 Mastering the Universe b00spqnz (Listen) SUN Series 1, Food and Drink SUN Professor Joy Klamp explores the miserable world of our SUN menus. Stars Dawn French and Christopher Douglas. From SUN November 2005. SUN SUN 23:15 Where Did It All Go Wrong? b0076gqv (Listen) SUN Blakey 'Blake' Blakeson SUN Simon Munnery debunks the image of one of England's SUN forgotten folk heroes. From August 2003. SUN SUN 23:30 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea b0076zsc (Listen) SUN Series 3, Gambling Fever SUN Hamish becomes addicted to gambling after winning a free SUN Sporran Cosy in the Glen MacLottery. Stars Barry Cryer and SUN Graeme Garden. From August 2006. SUN SUN 23:45 Armstrong and Miller b00t1bct (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Time management, and some special detectives. Sketches and SUN songs with Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong. From March SUN 1998. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 03 AUGUST 2015 MON MON 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 b007k4kc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 Algernon Blackwood - Ancient Sorceries b007jvxy (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions Omnibus b064506c (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:15 Allen Saddler - I Should Say So b01l1d4z (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Paul Murray - The Mark and the Void b0645328 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:45 Afternoon Reading b011vhdf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] MON MON 04:00 The Other Side of the Hill b010t4pb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00dqnyw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b0647tth (Listen) MON See Naples and Live MON Con-artist Harry targets an item of jewellery, but is he MON overlooking something more precious? MON Starring Orson Welles as Harry Lime. MON The films of Orson Welles, such as 'Citizen Kane', 'The MON Magnificent Ambersons' and 'Touch of Evil' guaranteed his MON place in the pantheon of silver-screen heroes. MON In the celebrated 1949 film adaptation of Graham Greene's MON novel 'The Third Man', Harry Lime is introduce as one of MON cinema's most notorious anti-heroes. Sought in post-war MON Vienna by pulp writer Holly Martins [Joseph Cotton] and MON British Army Major Calloway [Trevor Howard], Lime manages to MON steal the show despite being absent for much of it! MON This 1951-52 radio prequel to the film, 'The Lives of Harry MON Lime' earned Welles even more acclaim. His distinctive tones MON had already served him well as the radio voice of 'The MON Shadow' between 1937 and 1938, where he portrayed the MON crusader with distinctly questionable means of thwarting MON crime. MON Stripped of the film cameras, the character of Harry Lime is MON not ameliorated for this radio outing. He's an out and out MON rogue. Lime made it to the airwaves thanks to another Harry MON - Harry Alan Towers, with whom Welles collaborated on 'The MON Black Museum'. Like its eponymous anti-hero, this series MON travelled widely, being syndicated across the USA and on MON Radio Luxembourg. MON The music is by Anton Karas, the zither man. MON Produced by Towers of London. MON First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1951. MON MON 06:20 Inheritance Tracks b0647v9f (Listen) MON Hugh Laurie MON Actor and musician Hugh Laurie chooses 'Tumbling Dice' by MON the Rolling Stones and 'Cantaloupe Island' by Herbie MON Hancock. MON MON 06:30 Li Yuan-Chia b00pcf5j (Listen) MON When Taiwan's first abstract artist settled in a Cumbrian MON farmhouse, his life changed. Deriving inspiration from MON landscape and local people, he encouraged new British MON artists and anticipated the success of contemporary Chinese MON visual art. MON Li Yuan Chia was one of the first significant Chinese MON abstract artists of the 20th century. This programme, MON presented by Sally Lai, the director of Manchester's Chinese MON Arts Centre, examines his career from the place he spent the MON last 28 years of his life: a stone farmhouse, built next to MON Hadrian's Wall in Cumbria. MON Born in China in 1929, Li was educated in Taiwan. He worked MON and exhibited in Italy before moving to London in 1963. MON Here, Li's reputation was established with monochrome MON paintings and scrolls marked with a tiny, isolated dot. MON But Li came to dislike the fashionable metropolitan art MON world of the mid-1960s. In 1968 he met Cumbrian painter MON Winifred Nicholson, who persuaded Li to move away from the MON busy capital to a far more remote location, near her own MON home. With his own hands Li then set about converting a farm MON building, the Banks, at Brampton, where he built a gallery, MON library, theatre, printing press, children's art room and MON photographic darkroom, and opened it to the public. It MON became a popular attraction for local people, art MON aficionados and tourists walking Hadrian's Wall. MON Over the next ten years over 300 artists exhibited at the MON Banks, which was also the base from which Li's organisation, MON the LYC Foundation, was able to commission work by young MON British artists, some of whom became very successful later, MON including sculptors and land artists Andy Goldsworthy, David MON Nash and Bill Woodrow. MON Li's own work moved into abstract sculpture, using magnets, MON gold leaf, plastic discs suspended on plastic thread and MON additional text. The landscape also affected him, and he MON began to explore photography and environmental art. Always, MON he wrote poetry. MON But after Arts Council funding became increasingly limited, MON the LYC Foundation had to struggle to survive. Li continued MON to produce art, which became increasingly contemplative. He MON fell ill with cancer and died in 1994. Art historians now MON acknowledge Li Yuan Chia as having paved the way for the MON current expansion of Chinese contemporary art. But his MON former home in Cumbria is derelict. MON MON 07:00 The World As We Know It b00fnrkf (Listen) MON Around the World in 80 Hours MON The world has ended but Donna, Johnny, Patrick and Abigail MON still take a bank holiday trip. Stars Meera Syal. From June MON 1999. MON MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b0639jpd (Listen) MON Series 63, Episode 3 MON The nation's favourite wireless entertainment pays a visit MON to the Alban Arena in St Albans. Regulars Barry Cryer, MON Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined on the panel MON by Omid Djalili, with Jack Dee in the chair. Colin Sell MON provides piano accompaniment. Producer - Jon Naismith. It is MON a BBC Radio Comedy production. MON Credits MON Presenter: Jack Dee MON Panellist: Barry Cryer MON Panellist: Graeme Garden MON Panellist: Tim Brooke-Taylor MON Panellist: Omid Djalili MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON MON 08:00 Dad's Army b00qmbky (Listen) MON Series 2, A Soldier's Farewell MON A cinema trip and some illicit cheese sparks Captain MON Mainwaring's own Battle of Waterloo. MON Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier MON as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, John MON Laurie as Private Frazer, Ian Lavender as Private Pike, MON Arnold Ridley as Godfrey and Bill Pertwee as Hodges. MON Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV MON scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. MON Producer: John Dyas MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1975. MON MON 08:30 Marriage Lines b0647y7d (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 8 MON Baby Helen is annoying Kate and George's neighbours. MON Richard Briers and Prunella Scales star in their second MON series based on the mutual love and mistrust of a young MON married couple. MON Originating on BBC TV, it was adapted for radio due to its MON popularity by Richard Waring from his own TV scripts. MON A decade later, Richard Briers was starring as Tom Good in MON The Good Life whilst Prunella Scales starred as Sybil in MON Fawlty Towers. They remained friends until Richard Briers' MON death in 2013. MON Producer: Charles Maxwell MON Recorded at the BBC Paris Studio in London. MON First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1967. MON MON 09:00 Genius b00brvcm (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 4 MON From bunk chairs to helium-filled bubble wrap, Dave Gorman MON asks Neil Innes to select the public's best loopy idea. From MON November 2005. MON MON 09:30 King Street Junior b00tdzjx (Listen) MON Series 1, The New School Year Starts Here MON A flu epidemic sparks trouble for head teacher Mr Beeston. MON Jim Eldridge's sitcom stars Peter Davison. From March 1985. MON MON 10:00 Classic Serial b01bkyly (Listen) MON Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels, Episode 1 MON Jonathan Swift's classic satire, in a brand new MON dramatisation starring Arthur Darvill [Dr Who.] MON Gulliver is shipwrecked on the Island of Lilliput where the MON natives are tiny people living in a miniature society. With MON his unique overview of this realm, Gulliver discovers a MON world of petty politics and small minds. Coerced into a war MON between two nations who disagree on the best way to eat MON boiled eggs, Gulliver finds himself betrayed by friends and MON battered by enemies - escape is his only option if he wants MON to survive! MON Gulliver's adventures in Lilliput are hilarious, disturbing MON and profound. This is a story of dishonest politicians, MON mindless ceremony and wars based on unconvincing arguments. MON A satire as potent now as it ever was! MON Gulliver's Travels quickly became a classic. The book has MON become not only the defining work of its author but also of MON its genre - a landmark in English Literature to which all MON satirists today can trace a heritage. MON Gulliver's Travels is adapted for radio by Matthew MON Broughton, and is a BBC Cymru/Wales production, directed by MON Sam Hoyle. MON Gulliver's Travels stars Arthur Darvill as Gulliver. Other MON members of the company are Matthew Gravelle, Sam Dale, MON Bethan Walker, Judith Faultless, Richard Nichols, Chris MON Pavlo, Claire Cage, Lynne Seymour. MON MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading b01322dc (Listen) MON Susie Maguire - Portrait, The Painter's Story MON A mystery unfolds in Susie Maguire's trilogy of stories that MON examine a portrait from three perspectives. The painter's MON story is read by Burn Gorman. MON Tom first lays eyes on Nic in the audience of an art house MON cinema. She smells of money and he knows she is out of his MON league, but he decides to ask if he can paint her. She MON succumbs and finally enters the arena of his scruffy studio. MON There's a power shift; she may be the femme fatale whose MON husband owns the building, but this is Tom's domain, and she MON is the one feeling nervous. He knows all the tricks to put MON her at her ease. He's used to the idle chit chat between MON artist and model, the questions about commissions, the MON subtle pleas for reassurance. He rashly agrees to her MON request not to exhibit the painting when it's finished, but MON hopes that once she sees the finished piece, she'll be MON flattered and have a change of heart. He is already secretly MON planning further portraits of her as he circles her with his MON camera snapping away, adjusting her position now and then. MON Will he keep his promise to keep her portrait for his eyes MON only, and who is really studying who? MON Producer: Sarah Langan. MON MON 11:15 Baldi b007jljw (Listen) MON Series 1, The Prodigal Son MON Paolo Baldi - Franciscan priest and philosophy lecturer - MON accidentally becomes involved in solving a murder at an MON Italian chip shop. MON Starring David Threlfall as Paolo Baldi, Tina Kellegher as MON Tina Mahon, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Gerard McSorley as MON Doctor Graham and Owen Roe as Superintendent Rynne. MON Murder mystery written by Barry Devlin. MON Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC MON Northern Ireland. MON Directed in Belfast by Lawrence Jackson. MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. MON MON 12:00 Dad's Army b00qmbky (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 Marriage Lines b0647y7d (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b0647tth (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:20 Inheritance Tracks b0647v9f (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:20 today] MON MON 13:30 Li Yuan-Chia b00pcf5j (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00v1npb (Listen) MON Rebecca Hunt - Mr Chartwell, Episode 1 MON Written by Rebecca Hunt. MON Set across five days in July 1964 we follow the bizarrely MON intertwined lives of Sir Winston Churchill, Esther MON Hammerhans and the unwelcome visitor they both share. MON July 1964, and the day looms when Winston Churchill must MON leave Parliament. Meanwhile Esther, a library clerk, has her MON own black date in the diary. She also has an unusual MON visitor. MON The reader is Miriam Margolyes. MON Abridged and produced by Jill Waters MON A Waters Company Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 14:15 The Generation Gap b00qszyv (Listen) MON Series 1: Respect, Teachers MON Series of programmes in which two people from different MON generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing nature MON of Britain. MON The theme of the first five programmes is Respect. MON Kevin Madden started teaching in a Catholic, inner-city MON Manchester boys' school in 1945. His grandson Patrick MON McMahon has just started teaching in a mainly moslem school MON in Rochdale. They discuss the changing nature of respect MON between pupils and teachers and how schools have reflected MON wider society. MON A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00yqhrf (Listen) MON MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 16 MON M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Lucy MON Catherine. British attention turns to Afghanistan, and the MON Guides need the services of a man who could pass for a MON Shinwari. MON Narrator ..... Vineeta Rishi MON Ash ..... Blake Ritson MON Anjuli ..... Ayesha Dharker MON Cavagnari ..... Sam Dale MON Wally ..... Jonathan Forbes MON Battye ..... Jude Akuwudike MON Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole. MON Credits MON Producer: Jessica Dromgoole MON Producer: Marc Beeby MON MON 14:45 Nella Last's Peace: Housewife 49 b012lq82 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON As Japan surrenders, the reflections of an ordinary MON housewife from Barrow-in-Furness in August 1945. Read by MON Imelda Staunton. MON MON 15:00 Classic Serial b01bkyly (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 Genius b00brvcm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 16:30 King Street Junior b00tdzjx (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 17:00 The World As We Know It b00fnrkf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b0639jpd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 18:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath b007k378 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Two women on the run take refuge in a remote Scottish MON country house and come up against a force from legend. MON The storyline for Marty Ross's supernatural thriller is MON based around the notion, found in old Scottish folk tales, MON of the Beatha Greimach - literally 'The Breath Thief' - a MON celtic demon said to lure victims into a kiss which would MON drain the soul from their bodies. MON The central characters are two young women - Kate and MON Colleen - who are on the run from a women's prison in the MON Scottish highlands and who are given refuge in a vast MON country mansion by a charming but rather enigmatic host, MON Adam Strachan. MON Stars Claire Knight as Kate, Suzanne Donaldson as Colleen MON and Liam Brennan as Strachan. MON Producer: Bruce Young MON Made for BBC 7 by Radio Scotland. First broadcast in 2007. MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b0075tmk (Listen) MON Peter Lachmann and Helen Marriage MON Louise Doughty and her guests immunologist Professor Peter MON Lachmann and Helen Marriage, former director of the MON Salisbury Festival, discuss favourite paperbacks by Graham MON Swift, Dodie Smith and Henry Miller. From 2000. MON Waterland, by Graham Swift MON Publisher: Picador MON I Captured the Castle, by Dodie Smith MON Publisher: Virago MON Tropic of Cancer, by Henry Miller MON Publisher: Flamingo. MON MON 19:00 Dad's Army b00qmbky (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 Marriage Lines b0647y7d (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b0647tth (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:20 Inheritance Tracks b0647v9f (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:20 today] MON MON 20:30 Li Yuan-Chia b00pcf5j (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading b01322dc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Baldi b007jljw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b0639jpd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Party b011jrmq (Listen) MON Series 2, All Publicity Is Good Publicity MON The young aspiring politicians of the new political Party MON attempt to step up a gear and get the recognition and MON publicity they deserve. All they need to do is sort out the MON diversity of their group first. Second series of a satirical MON comedy written by Tom Basden. MON Simon - Tom Basden, MON Duncan - Tim Key MON Jared - Jonny Sweet MON Mel - Ann Crilly MON Phoebe - Katy Wix MON Photographer - Jane Wittenshaw MON Producer - Julia McKenzie. MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b063dch8 (Listen) MON Series 46, Episode 5 MON Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical MON stand-up and sketches. MON Credits MON Presenter: Steve Punt MON Presenter: Hugh Dennis MON MON 23:30 Pick Ups b00nkxfc (Listen) MON Series 2, Carpe Diem MON Sitcom by Ian Kershaw, set around a Manchester taxi company. MON Lind endures a dinner date in a bid to secure the future of MON Irwell Cars, while Mike's pick-up is on a quest for sexual MON and personal liberation. MON Mike ...... Paul Loughran MON Lind ...... Lesley Sharp MON Dave ...... Phil Rowson MON Alan ...... Parvez Qadir MON Simon De Vere ...... James Quinn MON Shelly ...... Naomi Radcliffe MON Johnny ...... Peter Keeley. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 04 AUGUST 2015 TUE TUE 00:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath b007k378 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 A Good Read b0075tmk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b0647tth (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:20 Inheritance Tracks b0647v9f (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:20 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Li Yuan-Chia b00pcf5j (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Book at Bedtime b00v1npb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:15 The Generation Gap b00qszyv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 15 Minute Drama b00yqhrf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:45 Nella Last's Peace: Housewife 49 b012lq82 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Classic Serial b01bkyly (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Genius b00brvcm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:30 King Street Junior b00tdzjx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 The World As We Know It b00fnrkf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b0639jpd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b0648k4r (Listen) TUE A Ticket to Tangier TUE Anti-hero Harry's persuaded to travel to Morocco, where a TUE dangerous widow needs his assistance. TUE Starring Orson Welles as Harry Lime. TUE The films of Orson Welles, such as 'Citizen Kane', 'The TUE Magnificent Ambersons' and 'Touch of Evil' guaranteed his TUE place in the pantheon of silver-screen heroes. TUE In the celebrated 1949 film adaptation of Graham Greene's TUE novel 'The Third Man', Harry Lime is introduce as one of TUE cinema's most notorious anti-heroes. Sought in post-war TUE Vienna by pulp writer Holly Martins [Joseph Cotton] and TUE British Army Major Calloway [Trevor Howard], Lime manages to TUE steal the show despite being absent for much of it! TUE This radio prequel to the film, 'The Lives of Harry Lime' TUE earned Welles even more acclaim. His distinctive tones had TUE already served him well as the radio voice of 'The Shadow' TUE between 1937 and 1938, where he portrayed the crusader with TUE distinctly questionable means of thwarting crime. TUE Stripped of the film cameras, the character of Harry Lime is TUE not ameliorated for this radio outing. He's an out and out TUE rogue. Lime made it to the airwaves thanks to another Harry TUE - Harry Alan Towers, with whom Welles collaborated on 'The TUE Black Museum'. Like its eponymous anti-hero, this series TUE travelled widely, being syndicated across the USA and on TUE Radio Luxembourg. TUE The music is by Anton Karas, the zither man. TUE Produced by Towers of London. TUE First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1951. TUE TUE 06:20 Inheritance Tracks b0648kk8 (Listen) TUE Natalie Merchant TUE Singer Natalie Merchant chose 'The Games People Play' by TUE Petula Clark and her own song, 'Wonder'. TUE TUE 06:30 Dance of the Seven Veils b0081kqz (Listen) TUE Reem Kelani explores the history of the Dance of the Seven TUE Veils, from its supposedly ancient Eastern origins to its TUE notorious transformations in the 1890s onwards, as it began TUE to reflect major changes in culture, society and the role of TUE women. TUE TUE 07:00 Two Doors Down b0076h8n (Listen) TUE Series 3, And It Was All Yellow TUE Rory and Evie have a joint birthday party while their TUE parents are away and Sally is out to dinner. With Frances TUE Tomelty and Gerard Murphy. TUE TUE 07:30 It's Not What You Know b0639w41 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Episode 5 TUE Which particular football match is Elis James obsessed with? TUE What's Penny Smith's worst habit? What was the worst thing TUE Russell Grant did as a child? TUE All these burning questions, and more, will be answered in TUE the show hosted by Miles Jupp, where panellists are tested TUE on how well they know their nearest and dearest. TUE In this case, comedian Elis James picks his radio show TUE co-host, presenter Penny Smith picks her brother-in-law and TUE astrologer Russell Grant picks his mum. TUE Producer: Matt Stronge. TUE Credits TUE Presenter: Miles Jupp TUE Panellist: Elis James TUE Panellist: Penny Smith TUE Panellist: Russell Grant TUE Producer: Matt Stronge TUE TUE 08:00 Round the Horne b007k1g4 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 6 TUE Master Spy Kenneth Horne is on the star-studded trail of TUE Doddy's joke thief, while Michael Bain and Barbara Cartload TUE are on 'The Seamus Android Show'. 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 April 1966. TUE TUE 08:30 Hello Cheeky b007jnx4 (Listen) TUE From 14/04/1973 TUE Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin and Barry Cryer punctuate TUE fast-moving short sketches with excruciating puns. TUE TUE 09:00 The Now Show b063dch8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Such Rotten Luck b0648pf9 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Kiss My Hand, Iris TUE 4 Extra Debut. Struggling writer Woodhouse continues his TUE fruitless search for literary fame and fortune. Stars Tim TUE Pigott-Smith. From December 1991. TUE TUE 10:00 Classic Serial b01bwddl (Listen) TUE Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels, Episode 2 TUE Jonathan Swift's classic satire, in a brand new TUE dramatisation starring Arthur Darvill [Dr Who]. TUE Gulliver's adventures continue when he finds himself in TUE Brobdingnag - a land where the inhabitants are enormous! TUE Here, as a miniature man, Gulliver must fight for survival TUE against rats the size of dogs, a dwarf who is 40 foot high, TUE and the ridicule and humiliation of a scornful court. TUE With his uniquely close-up view, Gulliver sees the people TUE (even the great beauties) as if under a microscope - and TUE they are dirty, stinking and disgusting. He becomes TUE increasingly horrified by humankind, stranded in a TUE frightening land where his only ally is an innocent child. TUE Once again, escape is imperative - if he doesn't, he won't TUE survive... TUE As an exploration of of man's vanity and complacency, TUE Gulliver's second voyage is an acute satire - as relevant TUE today as ever. Beyond that, it is also a rattling good TUE adventure story - a man lost, swashbuckling his way through TUE manifold giant-sized dangers, desperate to find a way back TUE home. TUE Gulliver's Travels stars Arthur Darvill as Gulliver. Other TUE members of the company are Matthew Gravelle, Sam Dale, TUE Bethan Walker, Judith Faultless, Richard Nichols, Chris TUE Pavlo, Claire Cage, Lynne Seymour, Gareth Pierce, Ewan TUE Bailey and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. TUE Gulliver's Travels is adapted for radio by Matthew TUE Broughton, and is a BBC Cymru/Wales production, directed by TUE Sam Hoyle. TUE TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading b0132l74 (Listen) TUE Susie Maguire - Portrait, The Model's Story TUE A mystery unfolds in Susie Maguire's trilogy of stories that TUE examine a portrait from three perspectives. The Model's TUE Story is read by Federay Holmes. TUE Nic wakes up in hospital. She's battered and bruised, and is TUE trying to piece together the events that led her to this TUE state. Her husband Andrew turns up, very concerned and keen TUE to take care of her, but Nic retreats to a local hotel to TUE lick her wounds and reflect on what has happened. She TUE wonders if it all went wrong when she started modelling for TUE Tom. She'd certainly valued that time they shared in his TUE studio, but Andrew would never be able to understand that TUE theirs was a platonic relationship. It's only when she is TUE finally and violently presented with a fragmented image of TUE herself, that she really begins to see the bigger picture, TUE and seeks the courage to do what she has to. TUE Producer: Sarah Langan. TUE TUE 11:15 Baldi b007jlk6 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Keepers of the Flame TUE Paolo Baldi, - priest, philosophy lecturer and accidental TUE sleuth - is caught up in solving the murder of a leading TUE University academic. He follows a trail leading into the TUE past of one of Ireland's most cherished literary figures. TUE Starring David Threlfall as Paolo Baldi, Tina Kellegher as TUE Tina Mahon, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Gerard McSorley as TUE Doctor Graham, Owen Roe as Superintendent Rynne and Margaret TUE D'Arcy as Mrs Reid. TUE Murder mystery written by Simon Brett. TUE Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC TUE Northern Ireland. TUE Directed in Belfast by Lawrence Jackson. TUE First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. TUE TUE 12:00 Round the Horne b007k1g4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Hello Cheeky b007jnx4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b0648k4r (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:20 Inheritance Tracks b0648kk8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:20 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Dance of the Seven Veils b0081kqz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00v2zbz (Listen) TUE Rebecca Hunt - Mr Chartwell, Episode 2 TUE Written by Rebecca Hunt. TUE Set across five days in July 1964 we follow the bizarrely TUE intertwined lives of Sir Winston Churchill, Esther TUE Hammerhans and the unwelcome visitor they both share. TUE July 1964, and the day looms when Winston Churchill must TUE leave Parliament. Meanwhile Esther, a library clerk, has her TUE own black date in the diary. She also has an unusual TUE visitor. TUE The reader is Miriam Margolyes. TUE Abridged and produced by Jill Waters TUE A Waters Company Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 14:15 The Generation Gap b00qszz5 (Listen) TUE Series 1: Respect, Nobility TUE Series of programmes in which two people from different TUE generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing nature TUE of Britain. TUE The theme of the first five programmes is Respect. TUE Viscount De L'Isle and his daughter The Hon Sophia Sidney, TUE whose family have owned Penshurst Place for the past 400 TUE years, discuss the changing attitudes towards the TUE aristocracy during their lifetimes. TUE A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00yqn6z (Listen) TUE MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 17 TUE M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Lucy TUE Catherine. Ash's reports from Afghanistan seem to fall on TUE deaf ears, and he wonders whether the British have any TUE desire to avoid conflict. TUE Narrator ..... Vineeta Rishi TUE Ash ..... Blake Ritson TUE Gulbaz ..... Kaleem Janjua TUE Anjuli ..... Ayesha Dharker TUE Cavagnari ..... Sam Dale TUE Wally ..... Jonathan Forbes TUE Battye ..... Jude Akuwudike TUE Zarin ..... Chris Simpson TUE Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole. TUE Credits TUE Producer: Jessica Dromgoole TUE Producer: Marc Beeby TUE TUE 14:45 Nella Last's Peace: Housewife 49 b012mdwy (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE The Barrow-in-Furness housewife looks forward to the first TUE peace-time Christmas in seven years. Read by Imelda TUE Staunton. TUE TUE 15:00 Classic Serial b01bwddl (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 Who Goes There? b064cy21 (Listen) TUE Series 6, Episode 4 TUE Martin Young presents the biographical quiz show. Team TUE captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego are joined by TUE novelist Lynne Truss and biographer Anthony Holden. From TUE October 2002. TUE TUE 16:30 Such Rotten Luck b0648pf9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE TUE 17:00 Two Doors Down b0076h8n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:30 It's Not What You Know b0639w41 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath b007k387 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Fugitives Kate and Colleen hide from the police, but who is TUE hiding with them? Stars Claire Knight and Suzanne Donaldson. TUE TUE 18:30 How Tickled Am I? b007jt19 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Gracie Fields TUE Mark Radcliffe profiles the major film and music hall star, TUE who never forgot her Rochdale roots. TUE TUE 19:00 Round the Horne b007k1g4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Hello Cheeky b007jnx4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b0648k4r (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:20 Inheritance Tracks b0648kk8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:20 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Dance of the Seven Veils b0081kqz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading b0132l74 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Baldi b007jlk6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 It's Not What You Know b0639w41 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Little Britain b008p522 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 2 TUE Back where it started out. Matt Lucas and David Walliams' TUE oddball TV smash hit without the cameras. From February TUE 2002. TUE TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b0658svz (Listen) TUE The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Isy Suttie chats to TUE Matt Forde. TUE TUE 23:00 Rubbish b00853km (Listen) TUE Series 2, Liar TUE And why are you late? A game gets out of hand in Martin's TUE local government office. Stars Reece Dinsdale. From November TUE 2007. TUE TUE 23:30 Vent b01flqm7 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Victoria TUE Disraeli arrives to deconstruct the characters and folk in TUE Ben's life. Comatose comedy with Neil Pearson and Matthew TUE Kelly. From December 2009. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 05 AUGUST 2015 WED WED 00:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath b007k387 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 How Tickled Am I? b007jt19 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b0648k4r (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:20 Inheritance Tracks b0648kk8 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:20 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Dance of the Seven Veils b0081kqz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Book at Bedtime b00v2zbz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:15 The Generation Gap b00qszz5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 15 Minute Drama b00yqn6z (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:45 Nella Last's Peace: Housewife 49 b012mdwy (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Classic Serial b01bwddl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Who Goes There? b064cy21 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:30 Such Rotten Luck b0648pf9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Two Doors Down b0076h8n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 It's Not What You Know b0639w41 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b064czyq (Listen) WED Operation Music Box WED The anti-hero meets a woman hunting an antique, which may be WED more of a wind-up than it first appears. WED Starring Orson Welles as Harry Lime. WED The films of Orson Welles, such as 'Citizen Kane', 'The WED Magnificent Ambersons' and 'Touch of Evil' guaranteed his WED place in the pantheon of silver-screen heroes. WED In the celebrated 1949 film adaptation of Graham Greene's WED novel 'The Third Man', Harry Lime is introduce as one of WED cinema's most notorious anti-heroes. Sought in post-war WED Vienna by pulp writer Holly Martins [Joseph Cotton] and WED British Army Major Calloway [Trevor Howard], Lime manages to WED steal the show despite being absent for much of it! WED This radio prequel to the film, 'The Lives of Harry Lime' WED earned Welles even more acclaim. His distinctive tones had WED already served him well as the radio voice of 'The Shadow' WED between 1937 and 1938, where he portrayed the crusader with WED distinctly questionable means of thwarting crime. WED Stripped of the film cameras, the character of Harry Lime is WED not ameliorated for this radio outing. He's an out and out WED rogue. Lime made it to the airwaves thanks to another Harry WED - Harry Alan Towers, with whom Welles collaborated on 'The WED Black Museum'. Like its eponymous anti-hero, this series WED travelled widely, being syndicated across the USA and on WED Radio Luxembourg. WED The music is by Anton Karas, the zither man. WED Produced by Towers of London. WED First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1951. WED WED 06:20 Inheritance Tracks b064d0qt (Listen) WED Tom Conti WED Actor Tom Conti selects the Scarlatti Sonata in G major, and WED 'Piangero La Sorte Mia' from Handel's Giulio Cesare. WED WED 06:30 In Search of Beauty b00p016j (Listen) WED Erin O'Connor, whose beauty defies convention, discusses WED this knotty subject-area. What is beauty? Where do our ideas WED about beauty come from? How is our life-experience affected WED by how we look? WED When Erin was growing up she was convinced she was ugly. She WED would dart across the road diagonally so she wouldn't draw WED attention to her nose by crossing in front of stationary WED cars. She was so self-conscious about her flat-chest that WED she would regularly wear two padded bras. WED But one day she was told she was beautiful, scooped up by WED the modelling industry and presented as the uber-elegant WED catwalk queen, sought after and richly rewarded. WED What did they see in her that she would never have seen in WED herself? Beauty? WED With the help of renowned facial-reconstructive surgeon WED Professor Iain Hutchison, who has treated people with severe WED facial disfigurement; and Professor of Children's WED Literature, Kim Reynolds who has studied the way beauty is WED regarded in traditional stories, Erin explores various WED opinions and experiences of beauty. WED Erin also goes behind the scenes at London Fashion Week, to WED an event called 'All Walks Beyond the Catwalk'; it used a WED wide range of models - both in size and age - as a way to WED broaden the range of catwalk models used at such influential WED events. WED Credits WED Producer: Karen Gregor WED WED 07:00 Winston b007lmgv (Listen) WED Series 1, What Do You Reckon? WED Rosie's plan to live in London suits the old rogue, but WED where is Father plotting to go? Stars Maurice Denham and WED Bill Wallis. WED WED 07:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market b0639xp0 (Listen) WED Series 2, Sugar WED Comedian Simon Evans' new series about the economics of some WED of the goods - or bads - to which we're addicted. WED If you crave your daily coffee, can't get by without a WED cigarette, feel that mid-afternoon slump without your WED sugar-fix, or can't face an evening without a glass of wine, WED you are definitely not alone. But have you ever thought WED about the economics that has made your addiction possible? WED Who does it profit? And would you want to make some canny WED investments that take advantage of our human weaknesses? WED In this series, Simon Evans looks at the economics, history WED and health issues behind these oh-so-addictive commodities. WED This week it's sugar. Some people say sugar could be the new WED tobacco - exposed as a health risk that's been knowingly WED concealed for decades. And the trouble is sugar is in almost WED everything now - even things that 'look' savoury. What part WED does economics have to play in how we have got to this WED point? How do we make sense of what the food industry is WED doing with sugar? And if we want to invest in this WED addiction, how do we do it? WED With the help of economics guru, More Or Less host Tim WED Harford and the Queen of investment know-how, Merryn WED Somerset Webb, plus author David Gillespie, Simon walks us WED around the economics of this very familiar commodity and WED pokes fun at our relationship with it. WED Presented by Simon Evans, with regular guests Tim Harford WED and Merryn Somerset Webb. WED Written by Simon Evans, Benjamin Partridge and Andy Wolton. WED Produced by Claire Jones. WED Credits WED Presenter: Simon Evans WED Interviewed Guest: Tim Harford WED Interviewed Guest: Merryn Somerset Webb WED Interviewed Guest: David Gillespie WED Writer: Simon Evans WED Writer: Benjamin Partridge WED Writer: Andy Wolton WED Producer: Claire Jones WED WED 08:00 The Navy Lark b007zmrl (Listen) WED Families' Day WED As the Chief raises funds, Cedric Phillips arrives on board WED HMS Troutbridge to see his brother "the Captain"! WED Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie WED Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number WED One, Ronnie Barker as Lt Commander Stanton, Richard WED Caldicote as Captain Povey and Michael Bates as Cedric WED Phillips. 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 January 1961. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00wsyk4 (Listen) WED Series 5, Ulysses WED An Ancient Greek epic, plus Bill Oddie sings the telephone WED directory. Song and sketches with John Cleese. From July WED 1967. WED WED 09:00 Counterpoint b064d8b9 (Listen) WED 1998, Semi-final 3 WED Ned Sherrin hosts the musical quiz with Stephen Gore from WED Bucks, Geoff Pagett from Liverpool and Damien Clark of Kent. WED WED 09:30 The Leopard in Autumn b00761mn (Listen) WED Series 1, The Pilgrim Industry WED The ruling family of Renaissance Italy's puniest city-state WED plot to attract pilgrims. Stars David Swift. From April WED 2001. WED WED 10:00 Classic Serial b01c6trt (Listen) WED Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels, Episode 3 WED Jonathon Swift's classic satire, in a brand new WED dramatisation starring Arthur Darvill [Dr Who]. WED The last voyages of Jonathan Swift's story are the lesser WED told. Gulliver finds himself on the floating Island of WED Laputa, where he encounters mad scientists and the WED terrifying ghosts of the great and the good. He flees from WED these intellectual and spiritual horrors, only to finally WED find a kind of Eden with the Houyhnhnms, a race of WED intelligent and gentle horses. However, in this land, humans WED - or as they are called, the 'Yahoos' - are considered WED vermin. The dark and traumatizing experiences Gulliver has WED in this land change his life (and his wife and family's WED lives) forever. With the satire here focused on crazy WED scientific experimentation, superstition, and finally WED spiritual desolation - Gulliver's Travels is as modern and WED potent now as it has ever been. WED Gulliver's Travels stars Arthur Darvill as Gulliver. Other WED members of the company are Matthew Gravelle, Sam Dale, WED Bethan Walker, Judith Faultless, Richard Nicol, Chris Pavlo, WED Claire Cage, Lynne Seymour, Gareth Pierce, Ewan Bailey and WED Phoebe Waller-Bridge. WED Gulliver's Travels is adapted for radio by Matthew WED Broughton, and is a BBC Cymru/Wales production, directed by WED Sam Hoyle. WED WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading b0132p87 (Listen) WED Susie Maguire - Portrait, The Voyeur's Story WED The mystery deepens in the final part of Susie Maguire's WED trilogy of stories that examine a portrait from three WED perspectives. The Voyeur's Story is read by Bill Paterson. WED Andrew is being roundly ignored on the set of the popular TV WED detective series that he's written, 'Westlake'. Hardly WED anyone talks to him and he doesn't care much for either the WED young golden boy director or the arrogant and untalented WED star of the show, Dean Smith. So he is pleased to make the WED acquaintance of Tom over lunch. WED The episode of Westlake they are filming this week sees the WED Detective investigating the death of a woman who the viewer WED only ever sees as a figure in a portrait. Tom is the artist WED that painted the portrait. WED In one scene the actor playing the model's husband slashes WED at the portrait. Tom flinches; it's clear from his reaction WED that the painting means something more to him than being WED just a cog in a make-believe story. And when the loud mouth WED star of the show makes a crude comment about the model WED between takes, it's too much for Tom to take, and all hell WED breaks loose. Andrew is intrigued by Tom's apparent WED obsession with the model and begins to imagine all kinds of WED possibilities for this beguiling portrait. WED Producer: Sarah Langan. WED WED 11:15 Baldi b007jlkz (Listen) WED Series 1, Miss Lonelyhearts WED Paolo Baldi and Tina investigate the mysterious WED circumstances surrounding the death of a nurse at an old WED people's home and uncover an unlikely case of voyeurism. WED Starring David Threlfall as Paolo Baldi, Tina Kellegher as WED Tina Mahon, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Owen Roe as WED Superintendent Rynne, Margaret D'Arcy as Mrs Reid and Marie WED Jones as Thelma. WED Murder mystery written by Barry Devlin. WED Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC WED Northern Ireland. WED Directed in Belfast by Lawrence Jackson. WED First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. WED WED 12:00 The Navy Lark b007zmrl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00wsyk4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b064czyq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:20 Inheritance Tracks b064d0qt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:20 today] WED WED 13:30 In Search of Beauty b00p016j (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00v4m08 (Listen) WED Rebecca Hunt - Mr Chartwell, Episode 3 WED Written by Rebecca Hunt. WED Wednesday 22nd July has been a long day for Esther, and it WED is still not over - Mr Chartwell has promised to tell her WED more about himself and just what the nature of his work is. WED The reader is Miriam Margolyes. WED Abridged and produced by Jill Waters WED A Waters Company Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 14:15 The Generation Gap b00qszyz (Listen) WED Series 1: Respect, Policemen WED Series of programmes in which two people from different WED generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing nature WED of Britain. WED The theme of the first five programmes is Respect. WED Two policemen who have seen changes on the beat in levels of WED respect from society. WED A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00yqn79 (Listen) WED MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 18 WED M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Lucy WED Catherine. Ash's increasing sense of his own difference from WED his friends and fellow soldiers drives him to make a move. WED Narrator ..... Vineeta Rishi WED Ash ..... Blake Ritson WED Anjuli ..... Ayesha Dharker WED Zarin ..... Christopher Simpson WED Colonel Jenkins ..... Sean Baker WED Wally ..... Jonathan Forbes WED Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole. WED Credits WED Producer: Jessica Dromgoole WED Producer: Marc Beeby WED WED 14:45 Nella Last's Peace: Housewife 49 b012mkj2 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED The Barrow-in-Furness housewife worries over the prospects WED for her husband and sons in January 1946. Read by Imelda WED Staunton. WED WED 15:00 Classic Serial b01c6trt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 Counterpoint b064d8b9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 16:30 The Leopard in Autumn b00761mn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED WED 17:00 Winston b007lmgv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market b0639xp0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 18:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath b007k391 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Two women, two Adams. But what is the connection? Are they WED demon or liberator? Stars Claire Knight and Suzanne WED Donaldson. WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b0076qvj (Listen) WED How Long Is a Piece of String? WED Matthew Parris, Susannah Jowitt, Jasmine Birtles and David WED Boyle discuss the influence and importance of numbers. From WED March 2005. WED WED 19:00 The Navy Lark b007zmrl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00wsyk4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b064czyq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:20 Inheritance Tracks b064d0qt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:20 today] WED WED 20:30 In Search of Beauty b00p016j (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading b0132p87 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Baldi b007jlkz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Simon Evans Goes to Market b0639xp0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management b00g0536 (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED Comedy series in which comedian Will Smith seeks help and WED advice - primarily from his godfather Peter - on coping with WED the onset of middle age. Peter invites Tory MP George to WED help Will speak his mind. WED With Roger Allam, Geoffrey Whitehead, Jill Cardo, Gunnar WED Cauthery, Roger Drew, Donnla Hughes, Robert Lonsdale, Dan WED Starkey, Malcolm Tierney. WED WED 23:00 Revolting People b00ftcck (Listen) WED Series 2, A Bunch More Trying Times WED Ezekiel gets a shock, and the rakish Captain Dashmount woos WED Mary. 1770 America sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. From February WED 2001. WED WED 23:30 1966 and All That b010hcwh (Listen) WED The 1960s WED It's time for 'flour power' and suddenly everything turns WED cool! Craig Brown's satirical history of Britain. From WED September 2006. WED WED THU THURSDAY 06 AUGUST 2015 THU THU 00:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath b007k391 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Off the Page b0076qvj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b064czyq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:20 Inheritance Tracks b064d0qt (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:20 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 In Search of Beauty b00p016j (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Book at Bedtime b00v4m08 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:15 The Generation Gap b00qszyz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama b00yqn79 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:45 Nella Last's Peace: Housewife 49 b012mkj2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Classic Serial b01c6trt (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Counterpoint b064d8b9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:30 The Leopard in Autumn b00761mn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Winston b007lmgv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market b0639xp0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b064dqyd (Listen) THU Two Is Company THU The con artist sees dollar signs when the romance between a THU wealthy heir and heiress runs out of steam. THU Starring Orson Welles as Harry Lime. THU The films of Orson Welles, such as 'Citizen Kane', 'The THU Magnificent Ambersons' and 'Touch of Evil' guaranteed his THU place in the pantheon of silver-screen heroes. THU In the celebrated 1949 film adaptation of Graham Greene's THU novel 'The Third Man', Harry Lime is introduce as one of THU cinema's most notorious anti-heroes. Sought in post-war THU Vienna by pulp writer Holly Martins [Joseph Cotton] and THU British Army Major Calloway [Trevor Howard], Lime manages to THU steal the show despite being absent for much of it! THU This radio prequel to the film, 'The Lives of Harry Lime' THU earned Welles even more acclaim. His distinctive tones had THU already served him well as the radio voice of 'The Shadow' THU between 1937 and 1938, where he portrayed the crusader with THU distinctly questionable means of thwarting crime. THU Stripped of the film cameras, the character of Harry Lime is THU not ameliorated for this radio outing. He's an out and out THU rogue. Lime made it to the airwaves thanks to another Harry THU - Harry Alan Towers, with whom Welles collaborated on 'The THU Black Museum'. Like its eponymous anti-hero, this series THU travelled widely, being syndicated across the USA and on THU Radio Luxembourg. THU The music is by Anton Karas, the zither man. THU Produced by Towers of London. THU First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1951. THU THU 06:20 Inheritance Tracks b064ds7n (Listen) THU Eddie Edwards THU Ski jumper Eddie Edwards chooses 'Jump' by Van Halen, and 'I THU Believe I Can Fly' by R Kelly. THU THU 06:30 When Cassius Met the Beatles b00r8b1k (Listen) THU The tale of an unexpected encounter between 20th-century THU legends - a meeting which created a new template for global THU celebrity. THU February 1964: The Beatles fly into Miami, sparking THU Beatlemania as they prepare to perform on The Ed Sullivan THU Show. THU Meanwhile in a low-rent Miami gym, the underdog Cassius Clay THU trains to fight reigning champion Sonny Liston for the world THU title. The pundits say Clay hasn't a hope. Quite THU unexpectedly, the paths of these legendary figures cross. THU British photographer Harry Benson arranges for the Beatles THU to visit Cassius Clay in the gym. Clay picks up Ringo and THU swings him around the ring as if he's no heavier than a THU toddler, as the other band-members lie at his feet. Clay THU pretends to knock all four Beatles down with a single punch. THU The resulting images remain in the memory long after this THU brief encounter. THU The Beatles triumph on TV. Cassius Clay amazes all the THU boxing writers by defeating Liston. They suddenly both find THU themselves on the cusp of a new kind of stardom - they're THU young, outspoken and able to capture the global imagination. THU John Wilson reports from Miami on the background to this THU unique encounter, with the memories of three people who were THU there at the time: photographer Harry Benson, who was THU travelling with the Beatles, writer Robert Lipsyte, who was THU covering the fight for the New York Times as a rookie THU reporter, and fight doctor Ferdie Pacheco, then working at THU the gym in Miami. All witnessed the moment when Cassius met THU The Beatles. John also taps the memories of Paul McCartney. THU Producer John Goudie. THU THU 07:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves b007s5dn (Listen) THU The Great Sermon Handicap THU Can Bertie beat the odds of disaster in an unusual betting THU syndicate? PG Wodehouse romp with Richard Briers and Michael THU Hordern. THU THU 07:30 Meet David Sedaris b063d34q (Listen) THU Series 5, The Understudy; Big Boy THU One of the world's best storytellers, back on BBC Radio 4 THU doing what he does best. THU There are two stories, this week: THU The Understudy sees some questionable childcare from the THU child's point of view, and Big Boy is about a problem many THU of us have faced when one flush just isn't enough. THU And there are some extracts from David's unique diary. THU Produced by Steve Doherty THU A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Reader: David Sedaris THU Writer: David Sedaris THU Producer: Steve Doherty THU THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son b007jlb0 (Listen) THU Series 2, Pilgrim's Progress THU Old soldier Albert is eager to revisit the World War One THU battlefields of Flanders, but Harold's in the mood to mock. THU Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as THU Harold. 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 June 1967. THU THU 08:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01k763p (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 5 THU Shock news from Eric: Ernie's set to retire! Plus the torrid THU tale of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. THU Special singing guest: Laura Lee.. THU Written by Eddie Braben THU With Ann Hamilton and Arthur Tolcher. THU Music by Dennis Wilson & His Orchestra. THU Producer: John Browell THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1975. THU THU 09:00 Guess What? b064dw48 (Listen) THU Episode 6 THU Animal, vegetable or mineral? Barry Took's revised 20 THU questions. With Geoffrey Durham, Neil Innes and Jan Ravens. THU From May 1998. THU THU 09:30 Radio Active b007jrnl (Listen) THU Series 2, What's Going On THU Your indispensable guide to bargains in Margate and THU mouth-watering lunchtime theatre. Stars Angus Deayton. From THU September 1982. THU THU 10:00 Herman Melville - Moby Dick b00ttzkc (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU Captain Ahab's obsessive sea chase for the great white THU whale, as witnessed by sole voyage survivor, Ishmael. Stars THU Trevor White. THU THU 11:00 Deborah Moggach - Hot Tickets b03zm4bq (Listen) THU A waitress falls for a neurotic poet who is just her type, THU except that sometimes she longs to find 'a real man'. Read THU by Josie Lawrence. THU THU 11:15 Baldi b007jlld (Listen) THU Series 1, The Emerald Style THU Priestly sleuth Paolo Baldi's attempt to wine and dine his THU spiritual director Father Troy at a leading Dublin hotel is THU interrupted by a murder taking place behind-the-scenes that THU very evening. THU Starring David Threlfall as Paolo Baldi, Tina Kellegher as THU Tina Mahon, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Owen Roe as THU Superintendent Rynne, Margaret D'Arcy as Mrs Reid and Cathy THU Belton as Mona. THU Murder mystery written by Simon Brett. THU Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC THU Northern Ireland. THU Directed in Belfast by Lawrence Jackson. THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. THU THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son b007jlb0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01k763p (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b064dqyd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:20 Inheritance Tracks b064ds7n (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:20 today] THU THU 13:30 When Cassius Met the Beatles b00r8b1k (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00v4m0x (Listen) THU Rebecca Hunt - Mr Chartwell, Episode 4 THU Written by Rebecca Hunt. THU Having agreed that Black Pat aka Mr Chartwell can stay over THU for a night, Esther is not sure what to expect in the THU morning. THU The reader is Miriam Margolyes. THU Abridged and produced by Jill Waters THU A Waters Company Production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 14:15 The Generation Gap b00qszyx (Listen) THU Series 1: Respect, Post Workers THU Series of programmes in which two people from different THU generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing nature THU of Britain. THU The theme of the first five programmes is Respect. THU Alistair Redman is a sub-postmaster on the Scottish Isle of THU Islay and Elizabeth Stuart drives the post bus around the THU island. They discuss the changing nature of the post THU business and how change has to respect the society it THU operates in. THU A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00yqn7c (Listen) THU MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 19 THU M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Lucy THU Catherine. The British Mission is welcomed to Kabul, but - THU it transpires - on a false premise. THU Narrator ..... Vineeta Rishi THU Ash ..... Blake Ritson THU Anjuli ..... Ayesha Dharker THU Official ..... Kaleem Janjua THU Cavagnari ..... Sam Dale THU Jenkyns ..... Sean Baker THU Wally ..... Jonathan Forbes THU Ambrose ..... Iain Batchelor THU Nakshband Khan ..... Mozaffar Shafeie THU Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole. THU Credits THU Producer: Jessica Dromgoole THU Producer: Marc Beeby THU THU 14:45 Nella Last's Peace: Housewife 49 b012n474 (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU In June 1946, the housewife sees PoWs working in Barrow, and THU wonders why they can't be repatriated. Read by Imelda THU Staunton. THU THU 15:00 Herman Melville - Moby Dick b00ttzkc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 Guess What? b064dw48 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 16:30 Radio Active b007jrnl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] THU THU 17:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves b007s5dn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 17:30 Meet David Sedaris b063d34q (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 18:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath b007k3b0 (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU It's party time for Adam, but his guests prove to be far THU from ordinary. Stars Claire Knight and Suzanne Donaldson. THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076p53 (Listen) THU Series 5, Edward Elgar THU 4 Extra Debut. Writer, broadcaster and charity founder THU Marjorie Wallace chooses composer Edward Elgar. With THU Humphrey Carpenter. From November 2004. THU THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son b007jlb0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01k763p (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b064dqyd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:20 Inheritance Tracks b064ds7n (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:20 today] THU THU 20:30 When Cassius Met the Beatles b00r8b1k (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Deborah Moggach - Hot Tickets b03zm4bq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Baldi b007jlld (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Meet David Sedaris b063d34q (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 My First Planet b01fjt0g (Listen) THU Series 1, The Landing Has Landed THU Day 1 on the colony and they've lost the food, the air, the THU Commander and the Mood Music. Meanwhile, Chief Physician THU Lillian makes a terrible discovery about Project Adam... THU A sitcom set on a shiny new planet where we ask the question THU - if humankind were to colonize space, is it destined to THU succumb to self-interest, prejudice and infighting? (By the THU way, the answer's "yes". Sorry.) THU Welcome to the colony. We're aware that having been in deep THU cryosleep for 73 years, you may be in need of some THU supplementary information. THU Unfortunately, Burrows the leader of the colony has died on THU the voyage, so his Number 2, Brian (Nicholas Lyndhurst) is THU now in charge. He's a nice enough chap, but no alpha male, THU and his desire to sort things out with a nice friendly THU meeting infuriates the colony's Chief Physician Lillian THU (Vicki Pepperdine - "Getting On"), who'd really rather THU everyone was walking round in tight colour-coded tunics and THU saluting each other. She's also in charge of Project Adam, THU the plan to conceive and give birth to the first colony-born THU baby. Unfortunately, the two people hand-picked for this THU purpose - Carol and Richard - were rather fibbing about THU being a couple, just to get on the trip. THU Add in an entirely unscrupulous Chief Scientist, Mason and THU also Archer, an idiot maintenance man who believes he's an THU "empath" rather than a plumber, and you're all set to answer THU the question - if humankind were to colonize space, is it THU destined to succumb to self-interest, prejudice and THU infighting? (By the way, the answer's "yes". Sorry.) THU Written by Phil Whelans THU Produced & directed by David Tyler THU A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Brian: Nicholas Lyndhurst THU Lillian: Vicki Pepperdine THU Mason: Tom Goodman-Hill THU Archer: Phil Whelans THU Carol: Cariad Lloyd THU Richard: John Dorney THU Writer: Phil Whelans THU Director: David Tyler THU Producer: David Tyler THU THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b0658t43 (Listen) THU The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Isy Suttie chats to THU Matt Forde. THU THU 23:00 Lee Mack and Friends at the Fringe b007kltt (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU Lee Mack definitely is going out, with fellow comics Dara O THU Briain, Alan Carr, Rhod Gilbert and Tim Minchin. Recorded THU live at the Edinburgh Fringe. From August 2005. THU THU 23:30 Goodness Gracious Me b007jwnv (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 1 THU The Kapoors try social climbing at the golf club, plus TV's THU Masterchef with a twist. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar. From July THU 1997. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 07 AUGUST 2015 FRI FRI 00:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath b007k3b0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Great Lives b0076p53 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b064dqyd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:20 Inheritance Tracks b064ds7n (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:20 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 When Cassius Met the Beatles b00r8b1k (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Book at Bedtime b00v4m0x (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:15 The Generation Gap b00qszyx (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 15 Minute Drama b00yqn7c (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:45 Nella Last's Peace: Housewife 49 b012n474 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Herman Melville - Moby Dick b00ttzkc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Guess What? b064dw48 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:30 Radio Active b007jrnl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves b007s5dn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Meet David Sedaris b063d34q (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b064fmwy (Listen) FRI The Dead Candidate FRI The con artist tries going straight, but still manages to FRI become embroiled in a dictatorship's shenanigans. FRI Starring Orson Welles as Harry Lime. FRI The films of Orson Welles, such as 'Citizen Kane', 'The FRI Magnificent Ambersons' and 'Touch of Evil' guaranteed his FRI place in the pantheon of silver-screen heroes. FRI In the celebrated 1949 film adaptation of Graham Greene's FRI novel 'The Third Man', Harry Lime is introduce as one of FRI cinema's most notorious anti-heroes. Sought in post-war FRI Vienna by pulp writer Holly Martins [Joseph Cotton] and FRI British Army Major Calloway [Trevor Howard], Lime manages to FRI steal the show despite being absent for much of it! FRI This radio prequel to the film, 'The Lives of Harry Lime' FRI earned Welles even more acclaim. His distinctive tones had FRI already served him well as the radio voice of 'The Shadow' FRI between 1937 and 1938, where he portrayed the crusader with FRI distinctly questionable means of thwarting crime. FRI Stripped of the film cameras, the character of Harry Lime is FRI not ameliorated for this radio outing. He's an out and out FRI rogue. Lime made it to the airwaves thanks to another Harry FRI - Harry Alan Towers, with whom Welles collaborated on 'The FRI Black Museum'. Like its eponymous anti-hero, this series FRI travelled widely, being syndicated across the USA and on FRI Radio Luxembourg. FRI The music is by Anton Karas, the zither man. FRI Produced by Towers of London. FRI First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1951. FRI FRI 06:20 Inheritance Tracks b064fmx0 (Listen) FRI Beverley Knight FRI The singer and actress chooses 'Touch the Hem of His FRI Garment' and 'A Change Gonna Come' by Sam Cooke. FRI FRI 06:30 Percy Edwards Showdown b00htwx7 (Listen) FRI David Attenborough hosts a celebration of bird impersonator FRI Percy Edwards, who enjoyed a 70-year career impersonating FRI birds and beasts. The programme combines the strange story FRI of Percy's life with archive of his impersonations, FRI interviews with those who knew him and a quiz. Guests FRI include Bill Oddie and the comedian Alex Horne. FRI Percy Edwards discovered his talent for talking like animals FRI when he was seven. Dozing under a tree, he heard what he FRI thought was a wolf-whistle and discovered that it was a FRI bird. For several weeks, Edwards kept hearing this FRI greenfinch and found that he could imitate it. He even took FRI to eating canary seed before going to bed in the hope that FRI he would wake in the morning singing like a bird. FRI Eventually Percy was able to produce the sound of more than FRI 600 birds, and some other animals. His was the voice of the FRI killer whale in Orca, the alien in Alien and he provided FRI sheep noises for Kate Bush's song The Dreaming. FRI Percy took to the stage aged 11, was a stalwart of the FRI Generation Game in the 1970s and gave his final performance FRI aged 80 at the London Palladium in 1989. His repertoire was FRI extraordinary - all 13 calls of the chaffinch, the strangely FRI grinding sound of the amorous capercaille and corgis barking FRI in Welsh accents. FRI Quizmaster David Attenborough plays bird calls for the teams FRI to identify, some of which will not be the birds but Percy's FRI impressions - can they tell the difference? Woven into the FRI rounds will be snippets about Percy's life from the BBC FRI archive, including appearances on Parkinson, Wogan and FRI Morecambe and Wise, revealing the importance of his work in FRI raising the public's awareness of wildlife and the FRI significance of his role as an ornithologist. FRI FRI 07:00 Rent b064fnvq (Listen) FRI Series 4, Episode 3 FRI Maria and Richard hire a nanny, while Paul and Ruby move FRI into their new home. Stars Barbara Flynn. From June 1998. FRI FRI 07:30 Wordaholics b01cjm4p (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 2 FRI Wordaholics is Radio 4's brand new comedy panel game all FRI about words. FRI Gyles Brandreth presides as linguistic brainboxes and FRI comedians including the legendary Stephen Fry, Fresh Meat FRI star Jack Whitehall, Radio 4 regular Milton Jones and FRI Countdown stalwart Susie Dent vie for supremacy in the ring. FRI This week linguistic brainbox Natalie Haynes and poet FRI Michael Rosen vie for wordy supremacy with comedians Arthur FRI Smith and Paul Sinha. FRI Gyles is the longest-serving wordsmith in Countdown's FRI Dictionary Corner and the author of numerous wordplay books. FRI But now it's time for him to encourage other people to show FRI off their knowledge of words and playfulness with language. FRI Wordaholics is clever, intelligent, witty and unexpected. FRI There are toponyms, abbreviations, euphemisms, old words, FRI new words, cockney rhyming slang, Greek gobbledegook, plus FRI the panellists' picks of the ugliest and the most beautiful FRI words: the whole world of words in twenty-eight minutes. FRI Find out the meaning of words like giff-gaff, knock-knobbler FRI and buckfitches - the difference between French marbles, FRI French velvet and the French ache - hear the glorious poetry FRI of the English language, as practiced from writers varying FRI from William Shakespeare to Vanilla Ice - and spend half an FRI hour laughing and learning with some of the finest FRI Wordaholics in the business. FRI Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle FRI Producer: Claire Jones. FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007vh34 (Listen) FRI Hancock in the Police FRI When Bill and the lad take to the beat, the crime rate soars FRI after they meet Sid. Stars Tony Hancock. From February 1957. FRI FRI 08:30 The Goon Show b012bz13 (Listen) FRI The Booted Gorilla (Found?) FRI A trap must be laid on an African jungle safari, and FRI Bluebottle gets a surprise. Stars Peter Sellers. From FRI November 1954. FRI FRI 09:00 All the Way From Memphis b00mdyl9 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 4 FRI James Walton's pop music history quiz with Andrew Collins, FRI Tracey MacLeod, Dave Gorman and Mary Anne Hobbs. From June FRI 2006. FRI FRI 09:30 Boogie Up the River b007jv7w (Listen) FRI See You Outside Boots in Oxford FRI Mark and his manic mutt look for the enigmatic Jennifer in FRI the city of dreaming spires. Stars Timothy Spall. From FRI December 1992. FRI FRI 10:00 Herman Melville - Moby Dick b00tycss (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI Fedullah's enigmatic prophecy is revealed, as Captain Ahab's FRI obsessive pursuit reaches a terrifying climax. Stars Garrick FRI Hagon. FRI FRI 11:00 Deborah Moggach - Playing the Part b03zm819 (Listen) FRI A couple are house-sitting in Holland Park where they meet FRI an unappealing dog and a celebrity neighbour. Read by Josie FRI Lawrence. FRI FRI 11:15 Baldi b00803g1 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Death Cap FRI At a monastic retreat far out in County Cork, a sudden death FRI among the Franciscan brothers causes Paolo Baldi to suspect FRI foul play. FRI Starring David Threlfall as Paolo Baldi, Tina Kellegher as FRI Tina Mahon, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Patrick Ryecart as FRI Father Cyril, Barry Cassin as Abbot Frederick and Rudolph FRI Walker as Brother Vincent. FRI Murder mystery written by Simon Brett. FRI Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC FRI Northern Ireland. FRI Directed in Belfast by Lawrence Jackson. FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007vh34 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Goon Show b012bz13 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b064fmwy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:20 Inheritance Tracks b064fmx0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:20 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Percy Edwards Showdown b00htwx7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00v4m42 (Listen) FRI Rebecca Hunt - Mr Chartwell, Episode 5 FRI Written by Rebecca Hunt FRI The weekend is approaching, together with the imminent FRI anniversary of Esther's husband's death. But an unexpected FRI task is set for Esther by her boss at the Westminster FRI Library. FRI The reader is Miriam Margolyes. FRI Abridged and produced by Jill Waters FRI A Waters Company Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 14:15 The Generation Gap b00qsz6f (Listen) FRI Series 1: Respect, Funeral Directors FRI Series of programmes in which two people from different FRI generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing nature FRI of Britain. FRI The theme of the first five programmes is Respect. FRI Michael Ryan, a funeral director in Newport, and his FRI daughter Louise - who, at 21, is the youngest female funeral FRI director in the world - discuss whether changes in funeral FRI styles mean that our respect for the dead has changed. FRI A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00yqn7f (Listen) FRI MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 20 FRI M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Lucy FRI Catherine. The Guides' heroic last stand at the British FRI Mission in Kabul is watched helplessly by an imprisoned Ash. FRI Narrator ..... Vineeta Rishi FRI Ash ..... Blake Ritson FRI Cavagnari ..... Sam Dale FRI Anjuli ..... Ayesha Dharker FRI Jenkyns ..... Sean Baker FRI Wally ..... Jonathan Forbes FRI Ambrose ..... Iain Batchelor FRI Nakshband Khan ..... Mozaffar Shafeie FRI Hassan Gul ..... Sagar Arya FRI Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole. FRI Credits FRI Producer: Jessica Dromgoole FRI Producer: Marc Beeby FRI FRI 14:45 Nella Last's Peace: Housewife 49 b012m9yp (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI In 1947's bitter winter, the housewife looks back - and FRI ponders the next generation's prospects. Concluded by Imelda FRI Staunton. FRI FRI 15:00 Herman Melville - Moby Dick b00tycss (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 All the Way From Memphis b00mdyl9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 16:30 Boogie Up the River b007jv7w (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI FRI 17:00 Rent b064fnvq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:30 Wordaholics b01cjm4p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Marty Ross - Catch My Breath b007k3bt (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI The truth about Isla is revealed, and aid arrives from an FRI unexpected quarter. Stars Claire Knight and Suzanne FRI Donaldson. FRI FRI 18:30 Fry's English Delight b012krqz (Listen) FRI Series 4, Brevity FRI Stephen Fry explores 'Brevity' - from lyrics to headlines FRI and epitaphs to telegrams. FRI We've always had a taste for the tweet-sized. Proverbs and FRI aphorisms go back to the ancient Greeks. We explore the FRI possible links between the Tweet and the Haiku - including FRI that tiny rarity, an English Haiku. We visit Bunhill FRI Cemetery in London with writer Kevin Jackson to enjoy the FRI necessary terseness of epitaphs and reflect on a poetic FRI exponent, William Blake. FRI The concision of telegrams created poetry and humour born of FRI economy. We recall Oscar Wilde's famous telegram exchange FRI with his publisher in which he enquires about sales of his FRI recent book with a lone '?' The response was of course, '!' FRI One liner-machine Tim Vine joins Stephen in the studio to FRI discuss his affinity with brevity and 'his passion for small FRI hand grenades of wit' as one reviewer put it. He describes FRI the liberation of the bite-size joke and reflects on why he FRI would make the perfect headline writer. FRI 'The pun is the life blood of the headline' according to FRI Kelvin Mackenzie who recalls the origins of his famous FRI headline from the 1980s - 'Gotcha' and reflects on the FRI importance of short words for any tabloid newspaper editor. FRI Laura Barton, writer for the Guardian, explores her love of FRI short writing and of neologisms in pop lyrics. If 'la la' FRI means 'I love you' and 'wop-bop-a-loop-a' was an expression FRI which captured the freedom of 50s rock and roll, what short FRI word sums up the world today? FRI Alex Krotoski chooses the word 'Meme' and examines the way FRI technology has given us the means to create ever smaller FRI bespoke packages of information. And more of them. The FRI chopped up doesn't necessarily mean the dumbed down. FRI Producer: Nick Baker FRI A Testbed production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007vh34 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Goon Show b012bz13 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 The Lives of Harry Lime b064fmwy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:20 Inheritance Tracks b064fmx0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:20 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Percy Edwards Showdown b00htwx7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Deborah Moggach - Playing the Part b03zm819 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Baldi b00803g1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Shappi Talk b00lk2zh (Listen) FRI Series 1, Unconventional Parents FRI Comedy series in which Shappi Khorsandi examines what it is FRI like growing up in multi-cultural families. FRI Joining Shappi will be comedian John Gordillo who shares his FRI memories of growing up in a Spanish family with a very FRI forceful father. Shappi also chats with another 'related' FRI guest- and also to Lenny Henry 'on location' to talk about FRI his family. FRI There'll also be a chance for Shappi to chat with the FRI audience and there'll be a song from Hils Barker. FRI Producer: Paul Russell FRI An Open Mike Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Producer: Paul Russell FRI FRI 22:30 Absolute Power b007qs09 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 4 FRI Spinning for both the Church and the State proves profitable FRI for Prentiss and McCabe. Stars Stephen Fry. From January FRI 2000. FRI FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b06549s0 (Listen) FRI The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith is joined by FRI Jess Robinson and Kirsty Newton. FRI FRI 23:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars b014gsmn (Listen) FRI Series 4, Frank Skinner FRI Marcus Brigstocke invites Frank Skinner to try four new FRI things, including getting a spray tan and eating Jugged FRI Hare. From September 2011. FRI FRI 23:30 Down the Line b010dp1c (Listen) FRI Series 4, Episode 6 FRI The return of the ground-breaking, Radio 4 show, hosted by FRI the legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators FRI of The Fast Show. FRI Down The Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Amelia FRI Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson and Paul FRI Whitehouse. FRI Special guests are Adil Ray and Arabella Weir. FRI Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse FRI A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Gary Bellamy: Rhys Thomas FRI Actor: Amelia Bullmore FRI Actor: Simon Day FRI Actor: Felix Dexter FRI Actor: Charlie Higson FRI Actor: Paul Whitehouse FRI Actor: Adil Ray FRI Actor: Arabella Weir FRI Producer: Charlie Higson FRI Producer: Paul Whitehouse FRI
03 August, 2015
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 01/08/2015 - 07/08/2015
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