21 August, 2015

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SAT SATURDAY 22 AUGUST 2015 SAT SAT 00:00 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness b00vnf09 (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Battling in the Antarctic, can Dyer and Danforth escape with SAT their lives? Richard Coyle concludes HP Lovecraft's tale of SAT terror. SAT SAT 00:30 Fry's English Delight b012wdjh (Listen) SAT Series 4, Class SAT Stephen Fry's idiosyncratic meander along the byways of SAT English takes him into dangerous territory: Language and SAT Class. Is it still the contentious issue it used to be? SAT In the Nineteen Fifties a famous distinction was drawn SAT between what came to be called "U" and "Non-U" words, SAT expressions and pronunciations that were supposed to give a SAT pretty clear indication as to which class the speaker SAT belonged. That's all old hat now surely? Or are there still SAT differences between the way the social classes speak, and SAT are perceived? SAT Once the social boundaries were very clear. Now they seem a SAT lot more porous. So have we changed the way we speak to cope SAT with social changes? The answer - according to experts in SAT the programme seems to be "yes, but not as much as you might SAT think". SAT With the help of a socio-linguist, a waspish columnist, a SAT professional voice coach and Yorkshire poet Ian Macmillan, SAT Stephen looks at the history of class and speech, and finds SAT that changes have been subtle. Yet for many old tribalisms SAT remain. SAT Macmillan helps show how the issues always seem to be SAT debated in a metropolitan context. They take on a very SAT different hue if seen from elsewhere. SAT Producer: Ian Gardhouse SAT A Testbed Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 01:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Spy SAT b008ggv1 (Listen) SAT Giulia Lazzari SAT Agent Ashenden's summoned to a Paris hotel and tasked with SAT ensnaring a known agitator - Indian lawyer, Chandra Lal SAT who's caused much trouble for the British war effort. SAT When a large reward was offered for his arrest, Chandra fled SAT to Berlin and where he fell in love with an Italian dancer, SAT Giulia Lazzari. But Intelligence Head R has intercepted SAT their love letters sparking a plan to trap him. SAT A series of short stories based on William Somerset SAT Maugham's own First World War experiences SAT Read by Alex Jennings SAT Abridged by Neville Teller SAT Producer: Eoin O'Callaghan SAT Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007. SAT SAT 01:30 Philip Pullman and Miss Jones b00775zz (Listen) SAT Terry Jones presides over a conversation between SAT best-selling author Philip Pullman and his former SAT schoolteacher Enid Jones. In an intimate and revealing SAT setting in the Welsh coast town of Harlech, they talk about SAT Philip's first day in school, his early attempts at SAT storytelling, the craft of poetry, reading, writing and SAT other memories. SAT They reveal how their pupil-teacher relationship has ripened SAT into a friendship that has endured nearly fifty years. SAT Pullman explains the reasons behind his acknowledgement of SAT his former teacher at the end of the His Dark Materials SAT trilogy. SAT SAT 02:00 George Orwell - Animal Farm b00c02sc (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT As Boxer becomes gravely ill, are all the residents of the SAT farmyard really equal? Concluded by Bill Nighy. SAT SAT 02:15 The Generation Gap b00t6rc4 (Listen) SAT Series 3: Health Industry, Heart Surgeons SAT Two people from different generations who work in the health SAT industry or have experience of the health industry discuss SAT how technology has changed over their lifetimes. SAT Mr Terence Lewis is one of the country's pioneering heart SAT surgeons. He recently retired but he returns to the building SAT named after him at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth to meet SAT heart surgeon Clinton Loyd, who is conducting cutting-edge SAT surgery using minimally invasive techniques. Technology has SAT moved on quickly in the last 50 years, but technology has SAT also got to be measured against cost. SAT Producer: Laura Parfitt SAT A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama b019h2b6 (Listen) SAT Edith Wharton - Ethan Frome, Episode 5 SAT by Edith Wharton SAT dramatised by Lin Coghlan SAT Mattie and Ethan take desperate measures not to be SAT separated. SAT Ethan Frome ..... Dominic Mafham SAT Mattie ..... Jessica Raine SAT Zeena ..... Laurel Lefkow SAT Mrs Hale ..... Tracy Wiles SAT Edith Wharton ..... Fenella Woolgar SAT Ethan Frome is one of Edith Wharton's most enduring and SAT powerful stories. SAT Set against the cold, grey, bleakness of a New England SAT winter. Ethan Frome scrapes a living from his woodlot whilst SAT trapped in an unhappy marriage with his hypochondriac wife, SAT Zeena. A ray of light enters Ethan's life when his wife's SAT cousin Mattie arrives to help. His life is transformed as he SAT falls in love with Mattie but their fate is determined by SAT their circumstances and the stifling conventions of the SAT time. SAT Ethan Frome was deemed shocking when first published as it SAT appeared to condone infidelity. What many readers did not SAT know was that many of the novella's themes mirrored real SAT events in the life of Edith Wharton. Her own story is told SAT in 'The Jinx Element' that explores her own sexless marriage SAT and a passionate affair that begun when she was 47. SAT SAT 02:45 Book of the Week b00thw3s (Listen) SAT Chris Mullin - Decline and Fall: Diaries 2005-2010, Episode SAT 5 SAT The second volume of Chris Mullin's diaries reflect SAT irreverently and humorously on New Labour's last term in SAT office. Today, the 2010 election approaches, and Mullin SAT anticipates the inevitable outcome, as well as his own last SAT days as an MP. SAT Chris Mullin is the former MP for Sunderland South, a SAT journalist and author. His books include the first volume of SAT his acclaimed diaries, "A View From the Foothills." He also SAT wrote the thriller, "A Very British Coup", with the SAT television version winning BAFTA and Emmy awards. He was a SAT minister in three departments, Environment, Transport and SAT Regions, International Development and The Foreign Office. SAT The reader is Sam Dale. SAT The abridger is Penny Leicester. SAT The producer is Elizabeth Allard. SAT SAT 03:00 Herman Melville - Bartleby the Scrivener b007jx95 (Listen) SAT A law firm's copyist 'prefers' not to do parts of his job, SAT but then his list of things to avoid turns sinister. Stars SAT Ian Holm. SAT SAT 04:00 All the Way From Memphis b00mpqkn (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 6 SAT James Walton's pop music history quiz with Andrew Collins, SAT Tracey MacLeod, Clare Grogan and Danny Kelly. From June SAT 2006. SAT SAT 04:30 Boogie Up the River b007jz40 (Listen) SAT Lechlade, Twinned with Zanzibar SAT Mark is celebrating, but with dog hair in the champers. Can SAT a living legend save the day? Stars Timothy Spall. From SAT January 1993. SAT SAT 05:00 Rent b066fy4b (Listen) SAT Series 4, Episode 5 SAT Dave's band gets a paying gig and heads for Manchester, but SAT where does that leave Eva? Stars Toby Longworth. From June SAT 1998. SAT SAT 05:30 Wordaholics b01d0prh (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 4 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 This week linguistic brainbox Natalie Haynes and poet SAT Michael Rosen vie for wordy supremacy with comedians Arthur SAT Smith and Paul Sinha. SAT Today the panel unravel the meanings of Cockney rhyming SAT slang, attempt to reduce some long pieces of prose and SAT poetry to the length of a tweet and try to guess the SAT meanings of some words no longer in common parlance, taken SAT from this week's guest dictionary compiled by Dr Samuel SAT Johnson. 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 Dave Sheasby - The Sheffield Picasso b06707l6 (Listen) SAT On a dark, cold November day in 1950, influential artist SAT Pablo Picasso came to Sheffield for a world peace SAT conference. What was the effect of his visit? SAT Dave Sheasby's play is based on a true event. Stars Olivier SAT Pierre as Pablo Picasso, Sandor Eles as Tomas, Kathryn SAT Pogson as Barbara and Paul Copley as John. SAT Directed by Janet Whitaker. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. SAT SAT 07:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01r55mp (Listen) SAT The Reluctant Jester Strikes Back, Episode 4 SAT Michael Bentine remembers RAF adventures, messing about on SAT boats and how Ed Sullivan saved him from the FBI. From SAT November 1994. SAT SAT 08:00 The Archive Hour b007nb1r (Listen) SAT The People's Place SAT Join Harry Enfield for some musical fun and games as he SAT relives some of the more extraordinary - and eccentric - SAT moments from the Royal Festival Hall's cosmopolitan past. SAT In June 2007, a splendidly refurbished Royal Festival Hall SAT threw open its doors again to the public after a two year SAT closure. To celebrate the event, Harry Enfield went in SAT search of favourite stories and music from the BBC and SAT Southbank Centre archives. From exploding crinolines and SAT musical watering cans to the exploits of a young Paul SAT Gambaccini, he finds out why the 'people's place' has SAT captured the heart of the nation for the past half century. SAT Presenter - Harry Enfield SAT Producer - Susan Kenyon SAT Executive Producer - Anne-Marie Cole SAT A ChromeRadio production. SAT SAT 09:00 Comedy Controller b007qz59 (Listen) SAT Bill Oddie SAT "Professor" Bill Oddie delivers his thesis on The SAT Development of Radio Comedy in the 20th Century. Expect the SAT Prof to challenge some received wisdoms. Questions will be SAT asked afterwards, so do pay close attention please. Oddie's SAT lavishly illustrated lecture includes these "Goodies": SAT * Up the Pole: SAT Love-struck Jimmy is desperate to buy his girl a ring. SAT Starring Jimmy Jewel, Ben Warriss and Jon Pertwee. From SAT 01/11/1948 SAT * ITMA - It's That Man Again: SAT The last episode, first aired just days before Tommy SAT Handley's death. With Hattie Jacques and Jack Train. From SAT 06/01/1949 SAT * Archie's the Boy: SAT Chaos ensues as 'Mr Hill' loses his briefcase. Radio SAT ventriloquism starring Archie Andrews and Peter Brough. With SAT Mr Benny Hill. From 11/11/1954 SAT * Beyond Our Ken Series 3 (7/14): SAT Kenneth Horne's busy week - and check out the latest film SAT releases in 'Picture Go Round'. With Kenneth Williams, Hugh SAT Paddick and Betty Marsden. From 27/05/1960 SAT * On the Hour Series 2 (4/6): SAT Reports of a right royal shocker, plus Alan Partridge with SAT all the sport. Chris Morris fronts the news satire. With SAT Steve Coogan. From 14/05/1992 SAT * On the Town with the League of Gentlemen (2/6) Death by SAT Mau Mau: SAT There's a bug going round Spent. Pre-TV dark-com with Steve SAT Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith and Mark Gatiss. From 13/11/1997 SAT Produced by Nick St George SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2006. SAT SAT 12:00 The Bona History of Julian and Sandy b007jwhr (Listen) SAT Maureen Lipman takes a vada at Took and Feldman's SAT fantabulosa omi-polones from 'Round the Horne', as portrayed SAT by Kenneth Williams and Hugh Paddick. SAT The documentary features Hugh Paddick, Kenneth Williams, SAT Betty Marsden, Barry Took and Kenneth Horne. SAT Just the catchphrase of the legendary camp double-act SAT "Hello, I'm Julian and this is my friend Sandy" was enough SAT to spark audience laughter. Thanks to the sharply written SAT scripts of Barry Took and Marty Feldman, Paddick and SAT Williams helped introduce the camp gay language of polari to SAT BBC listeners. SAT Each week, straight man Kenneth Horne found himself trolling SAT into a variety of bona scenarios, being mercilessly sent up SAT by the innuendo-loving duo. SAT Lipman explains some of the mysteries of speaking polari, SAT along with classic clips from Bona Law, Rentachap, Bona SAT Tours, Ballet Bona and Bona Productions. SAT Written and produced by Turan Ali. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. SAT SAT 12:30 Round the Horne b007jrw6 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 8 SAT Kenneth Horne is on the mystery trail of a giant mouse - and SAT down the end of the pier, it's the amazing Gruntfuttock and SAT Julian and Sandy being telepathic. SAT With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill SAT 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 May 1966. SAT SAT 13:00 The Pillow Book b0670d4p (Listen) SAT Series 8 Omnibus SAT Thriller set in 10th-century Japan. Lieutenant Yukinari SAT finds himself lost within a maze of palace intrigue. SAT SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks b0670fpv (Listen) SAT Michael Morpurgo SAT Writer Michael Morpurgo chooses Mozart's Horn Concerto No 4 SAT and the Andante Grazioso from Mozart's Piano Sonata number SAT 11. SAT SAT 14:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair b0420nnw (Listen) SAT Maya Angelou SAT Writer and civil rights campaigner Maya Angelou tells SAT Professor Anthony Clare about the influences on her life. 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 September 1994. SAT Credits SAT Interviewed Guest: Maya Angelou SAT Presenter: Anthony Clare SAT SAT 15:00 The Archive Hour b007nb1r (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Dave Sheasby - The Sheffield Picasso b06707l6 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01r55mp (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SAT SAT 18:00 Colin Swash - Paradise Lost in Space b007jnt5 (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT Surely it couldn't hurt for Norman and Max to introduce the SAT Oblivions to tennis, could it? Stars Tony Robinson and David SAT Haig. SAT SAT 18:30 Atomic Tales b007jx75 (Listen) SAT I've Got Your Number SAT A man loses his identity and ends up in double trouble. SAT 1950s American sci-fi spoof with John Guerrasio. From August SAT 2006. SAT SAT 19:00 Comedy Controller b007qz59 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 4 Extra Stands Up with Fred MacAulay b0670vfl (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT Host Fred MacAulay with the best of 2015's comedy Fringe SAT festival in Edinburgh. SAT Fred's doing some stand up as well as introducing a top SAT line-up: SAT Dane Baptiste, Hal Cruttenden, Glen Wool, Sarah Franken, SAT Mick Ferry, Larry Dean, Eleanor Morton and Elaine SAT Malcolmson. SAT Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Dabster Productions. SAT SAT 23:00 4 at the Store b00ct1wm (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 2 SAT Stand-up at London's Comedy Store, with host Simon Bligh, SAT John Mann, Marian Unfaithful and Paul Tonkinson. From SAT December 1998. SAT SAT 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews b068zd0n (Listen) SAT For two hours, seven days a week, the Comedy Club offers the SAT best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Arthur Smith chats to SAT John Kearns. SAT SAT 23:30 Chain Reaction b00tbhhg (Listen) SAT Series 6, Ronni Ancona interviews Lee Mack SAT A brand new series of Chain Reaction, the talk show with a SAT twist where this week's guest becomes next week's SAT interviewer. This series kicks off with Scottish actress, SAT comedian and impressionist Ronni Ancona interviewing one of SAT the UK's most celebrated comics, writer and star of "Not SAT Going Out" Lee Mack. SAT Ronni asks Lee about being a Red Rum stable boy, his worst SAT ever gig and his amazing juggling talents. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 23 AUGUST 2015 SUN SUN 00:00 Colin Swash - Paradise Lost in Space b007jnt5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Atomic Tales b007jx75 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 The Pillow Book b0670d4p (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks b0670fpv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair b0420nnw (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:00 The Archive Hour b007nb1r (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Dave Sheasby - The Sheffield Picasso b06707l6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01r55mp (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Edith Wharton - Ethan Frome b019jr41 (Listen) SUN Edith Wharton's tragic love story set in rural SUN Massachusetts. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Ethan Frome SUN becomes obsessed with his wife's cousin Mattie. SUN SUN 07:15 In Drovers' Boots b0076lss (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN 4 Extra Debut. Huw Williams embarks on a journey of SUN discovery as he follows the well-trodden routes of the SUN cattlemen from deepest Pembrokeshire to Smithfield Market. SUN From June 2004. SUN SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00f3wq3 (Listen) SUN Series 5, Educating Peter 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 Jaz yearns to return to the thrilling intimacy of small SUN space work so suggests that Ed revive one of his old stage SUN shows. So Educating Peter finds itself on stage and Ed finds SUN he has a success on his hands. SUN Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas SUN Actress ...... Rachel Atkins SUN Olive ...... Stephanie Cole SUN Felix ...... John Fortune SUN Ray ...... Simon Greenall SUN Jaz ...... Philip Jackson SUN Pearl ...... Rita May SUN Frank ...... Geoffrey McGivern SUN Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy SUN Young Actor ...... Tom Price SUN Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead. SUN SUN 08:00 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead b00gffj3 (Listen) SUN From 15/03/1971 SUN A rival to the Bard of Avon, the challenge of buying an SUN antique teaspoon and a sleepless night. SUN A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker. SUN With Terence Brady and Pauline Yates. Pianist: Gordon SUN Langford. Guitarist: Dick Abell. SUN Written by Terence Brady, Donald Churchill, David Climie, SUN John Graham, Charles Mackay, Spike Milligan, Peter Spence, SUN Roger Till, Gerald Wiley ( Ronnie's Barker's pseudonym) and SUN Gordon Langford. SUN Producer John Fawcett-Wilson SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1971. SUN SUN 08:30 Whack-O! b06713l2 (Listen) SUN From 15/08/1961 SUN Professor Jimmy Edwards finds himself up before the SUN magistrate, accused of excessive use of the cane. With Roddy SUN Maude-Roxby and Frederick Treves. 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 August 1961. SUN SUN 09:00 Thucydides - The History of the Peloponnesian War SUN b05sy44s (Listen) SUN Thucydides' masterful first-hand account of the devastating SUN wars between Athens and Sparta that reshaped the face of SUN Ancient Greece, read by David Horovitch. SUN SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks b06713sx (Listen) SUN Helen Fielding SUN Author Helen Fielding chooses 'Climb Every Mountain' from SUN The Sound of Music and Diana's Krall's version of 'Pick SUN Yourself Up'. SUN SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b037sj80 (Listen) SUN Cricketers, Ian Botham SUN From the Rolling Stones to Beethoven, cricket's all-rounder SUN shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From November SUN 1989. SUN SUN 11:00 TED Radio Hour b06717zx (Listen) SUN Series 2, In Search Of SUN A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by SUN riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, SUN Design) stage. SUN Guy Raz investigates how far some people will go to find SUN something that's just out of reach, or maybe not even real? SUN With Seth Shostak, Edith Widder, Dan Barber and John SUN Hodgman.. SUN First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio. SUN SUN 11:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00pf4x9 (Listen) SUN Series 1, Platypus SUN The famous naturalist muses on the elusive, burrowing female SUN duck-billed platypus of New South Wales, Australia. SUN SUN 12:00 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead b00gffj3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 12:30 Whack-O! b06713l2 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 13:00 Edith Wharton - Ethan Frome b019jr41 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 14:15 In Drovers' Boots b0076lss (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 14:30 Harper Lee - Go Set a Watchman b0671f8p (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Made for 4 Extra. Shaken by encountering Calpurnia, Jean SUN Louise has forgotten about Aunt Alexandra's coffee morning. SUN Read by Fenella Woolgar. SUN SUN 15:45 Katherine Mansfield - Mr Reginald Peacock's Day SUN b0671h1q (Listen) SUN A singing teacher ponders the mundane nature of his married SUN life, compared to the passion of his profession. Read by SUN Brian Gear. SUN SUN 16:00 Peter Reynolds - Garden Tiger b0075427 (Listen) SUN Toby loves to sit in Grace's garden as a refuge from his SUN motorbiker wife. But how long will he stay? SUN Peter Reynolds' sparkling comedy of adultery, etiquette, SUN entomology and motorbiking amongst the middle classes. SUN Stars Angela Thorne as Grace, Charlotte Cornwell as Emma, SUN Peter Jeffrey as Toby, Alex Lowe as Robert and Alison SUN Pettitt as Alison. SUN Directed by Sally Avens SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991. SUN SUN 17:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00f3wq3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Washington Irving - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow SUN b007wlpm (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Washington Irving's classic tale of two love rivals and a SUN headless horseman, set in 17th-century America. Read by SUN Martin Jarvis. SUN SUN 18:30 The Darker Side of the Border b00cb1ts (Listen) SUN The Captain of the Polestar SUN By Arthur Conan Doyle. Strange apparitions loom for a Dundee SUN whaling ship trapped in Arctic ice. Is it the Captain's lost SUN love? Stars Alec Heggie. SUN SUN 19:00 TED Radio Hour b06717zx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00pf4x9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Thucydides - The History of the Peloponnesian War SUN b05sy44s (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks b06713sx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] SUN SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b037sj80 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week b00f3wq3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Mark Steel's in Town b018csyv (Listen) SUN Series 3, Basingstoke SUN In this third series comedian Mark Steel visits 6 more UK SUN towns to discover what makes them and their inhabitants SUN distinctive. SUN He creates a bespoke stand-up show for that town and SUN performs the show in front of a local audience. SUN As well as shedding light on the less visited areas of SUN Britain, Mark uncovers stories and experiences that resonate SUN with us all as we recognise the quirkiness of the British SUN way of life and the rich tapestry of remarkable events and SUN people who have shaped where we live. SUN During the series 'Mark Steel's In Town' Mark will visit SUN Berwick-Upon Tweed, Holyhead, Basingstoke, Douglas (Isle of SUN Man), Bungay and Wigan. SUN Episode 3 - In this episode Mark performs a show for the SUN residents of Basingstoke, where he talks about war with the SUN Salvation Army, prehistoric roundabouts and a rather unusual SUN world record set in a shopping centre. SUN Written by Mark Steel with additional material by Pete SUN Sinclair. SUN Produced by Sam Bryant. SUN SUN 23:00 That Jan Ravens b010mw8c (Listen) SUN Jan Ravens heads up a new show which presents familiar names SUN in unfamiliar situations. With Eve Webster, India Fisher and SUN Ewan Bailey. SUN In this pilot episode Dame Maggie Smith discovers a shocking SUN secret in Downton Abbey, the Queen discusses wedding plans SUN with Mrs Middleton, and Baroness Warsi appears as a SUN challenger on Countdown. SUN Produced by Victoria Lloyd. SUN Credits SUN Producer: Victoria Lloyd SUN SUN 23:30 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea b0077038 (Listen) SUN Series 3, Inverurie Jones and the Thimble of Doom SUN Can the two old Scotsmen foil the plans of an incorrigible SUN thief? Stars Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. From September SUN 2006. SUN SUN 23:45 Armstrong and Miller b007k3f2 (Listen) SUN Episode 4 SUN School band memories, and a town planning thriller. Sketch SUN show with Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller. From March SUN 1998. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 MON MON 00:00 Washington Irving - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow MON b007wlpm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 The Darker Side of the Border b00cb1ts (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Edith Wharton - Ethan Frome b019jr41 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:15 In Drovers' Boots b0076lss (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Harper Lee - Go Set a Watchman b0671f8p (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:45 Katherine Mansfield - Mr Reginald Peacock's Day MON b0671h1q (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] MON MON 04:00 Peter Reynolds - Garden Tiger b0075427 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00f3wq3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Dick Francis b011pp7t (Listen) MON Whip Hand, Episode 1 MON Disabled ex-jockey turned investigator Sid Halley faces a MON daunting treble: guard The Guineas favourite, investigate a MON dubious racing syndicate and find the man who has swindled MON his ex-wife. MON Stars Mick Ford as Sid Halley, Alan Devereux as George MON Caspar, David Vann as Unwin/Quayle, Kim Durham as Chico MON Barnes and Patricia Gallimore as Rosemary Caspar. MON Dramatised by Alan England MON Producer: Philip Martin MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991. MON MON 06:30 Jean b00k9h9m (Listen) MON Mary Stephenson, who worked for the novelist Jean Rhys in MON the final months of her life before her death in 1979, MON remembers the time she spent with her as she took dictation MON of her autobiography. MON At the time she answered Jean's advertisement for a typist, MON Mary was in her early 30s and she found the 87-year-old Rhys MON to be, by turns, charming, infuriating and embittered; MON sometimes her memories would light her up, sometimes they MON would fire her anger. MON Now a writer herself, Mary's recollections draw on extracts MON from the book she typed - Jean's autobiography Smile Please. MON Two other women in Jean's life, her editor Diana Athill and MON her friend Diana Melly, also add their own memories of the MON author at this final, troubled stage of her life. MON Jean Rhys is played by Merelina Kendall. MON MON 07:00 The Right Time b009v5dn (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 1 MON 40 is the new 21. Sketch show written and performed by the MON well-lived. Stars Eleanor Bron and Graeme Garden. From April MON 2002. MON MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b065sx74 (Listen) MON Series 63, Episode 6 MON Back for a second week at Sheffield City Hall, regulars MON Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined MON on the panel by Susan Calman, with Jack Dee in the chair. MON Piano accompaniment is provided by Colin Sell. Producer - MON Jon Naismith. It is 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: Andy Hamilton MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON MON 08:00 Dad's Army b007jnqc (Listen) MON Series 2, Mum's Army MON When Captain Mainwaring decides to open up his Home Guard MON unit to women, Mrs Gray catches his eye. 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, Mollie Sugden as Mrs. Fox and MON Carmen Silvera as Fiona Gray. 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 b0674hjd (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 11 MON Could a new arrival upset George and Kate's house plans? 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. With Edward De Souza and Derek Fowlds. MON Originating on BBC TV, it was adapted for radio due to its MON popularity by Richard Waring from his own TV scripts. A MON decade later, Richard Briers was starring as Tom Good in The MON Good Life whilst Prunella Scales starred as Sybil in Fawlty MON Towers. They remained friends until Richard Briers' death in MON 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 The Write Stuff b00775lc (Listen) MON Series 6, John le Carre MON James Walton chairs the literary quiz with John Walsh, MON Sebastian Faulks, Jane Thynne and Wendy Holden. From March MON 2007. MON MON 09:30 King Street Junior b007jps1 (Listen) MON Series 1, The Principle of the Thing MON Mr Brown causes ructions in the staff room when he MON volunteers to stage the school play. Stars Peter Davison. MON From April 1985. MON MON 10:00 Classic Serial b00tt3x1 (Listen) MON Emile Zola - The Ladies' Delight, Episode 1 MON By Emile Zola. MON Dramatised by Carine Adler. MON Business, ambition and fashion all collide in Zola's MON colourful love story. Set in the hustle and excitement of MON the expansion of one of Paris' first department stores. MON Episode One MON When innocent provincial girl Denise arrives in Paris, she MON quickly catches the eye of the notorious seducer of women, MON Octave Mouret. Despite her uncle's disapproval, Denise MON accepts a job at Mouret's ever expanding department store MON The Ladies' Delight. MON Narrator.....David Hargreaves MON Denise.....Georgia King MON Mouret.....Lee Williams MON Bourdoncle.....Conrad Nelson MON Baudu.....Nicholas Blane MON Old Bourras/Baron/Vincard.....Will Tacey MON Jean/Bauge.....Stephen Hoyle MON Deloche/Colomban.....Michael Hugo MON Mme Aurelie/Mme Baudu.....Clare Beck MON Mme Desforges.....Melissa Jane Sinden MON Mme Marty/Pauline.....Maeve Larkin MON Clara.....Chantelle Dean MON Genevieve/Margueritte/Mme Boves.....Polly Lister MON Written by Emile Zola MON Adapted by Carine Adler MON Directed by Stefan Escreet MON Producer: Charlotte Riches. MON MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading b0144tx2 (Listen) MON Comic Fringes, Stairlift Us Up Where We Belong MON By Sarah Millican. MON Poignant and funny monologue exploring the tricky turning MON point in a woman's life, when she goes from being thought of MON as useful to becoming invisible. MON A series of brand new short stories written and performed by MON leading comedians Sarah Millican, Joe Lycett and Bridget MON Christie. MON Recorded live in front of an audience at the BBC's own venue MON at Potterrow, listeners are invited to take front row seats MON for 'as live' performances by three of the freshest talents MON appearing at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. MON Produced by Kirsteen Cameron. MON MON 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00wwbzj (Listen) MON Rose Tremain - The Darkness of Wallis Simpson MON A play imagining the last days of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of MON Windsor, the woman for whom King Edward VIII gave up the MON throne of England in 1936. Wallis is now 79 years old. MON Edward has been dead for fourteen years. MON The play pivots upon a single dramatic conceit: that Wallis, MON now entering the darkness of approaching death, has MON forgotten every single thing about Edward. Her entire part MON in what an American journalist once called "the greatest MON story since the Resurrection" has completely gone from her MON mind. Other moments in her life she can vividly recall, but MON the world-shaking events at the heart of it are lost to her MON - apparently forever. MON She lies bedridden in her house in Paris. A lawyer friend, MON Maitre Suzanne Blum has taken charge of her care. But, MON believing that Wallis has deliberately chosen to forget her MON "role in history", Blum is determined to force her to MON remember this vital bit of the past, before she dies. MON Original Music by David Chilton MON Producer: Gordon House MON A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. MON Credits MON Wallis Simpson: Elizabeth McGovern MON Maitre Blum: Miriam Margolyes MON Grandmother: Miriam Margolyes MON Ernest Simpson: Joseph Kloska MON Wallis' Mother: Barbara Barnes MON Cecil Beaton: Nigel Anthony MON Win Spencer: John Chancer MON Writer: Rose Tremain MON Producer: Gordon House MON MON 12:00 Dad's Army b007jnqc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 Marriage Lines b0674hjd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Dick Francis b011pp7t (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Jean b00k9h9m (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter b007k05g (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON The start of an eventful cubhood in the Devon countryside, MON as seen through the young otter's eyes. Read by Nicholas MON Farrell. MON MON 14:15 Technicolour b01q8l3h (Listen) MON Colour Vision MON In this series of five programmes, Tracey Logan dives into MON the world of colour, from biology to fashion. MON Programme 1/5: Vision MON We create all the colours we see around us. Cone cells in MON our eyes allow us to discriminate up to 10 million different MON hues. But not everyone's eyes contain the same type of MON cells, and this can change the range of colours we detect. MON Tracey finds out what it's like to be colour blind and why MON there may be some women with superhuman colour vision, who MON can see more colours than the rest of us. MON Presenter: Tracey Logan MON Producer: Michelle Martin. MON MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama b0118lkf (Listen) MON Colin Douglas - The Gap, Episode 1 MON A drama about an Edinburgh family breaking up during their MON daughter's gap year MON by Colin Douglas. MON Heather's leaving school with flying colours. She's off to MON Ghana for a gap year and then to Oxford. Her brother Fraser MON is going into second year at Cambridge studying medicine. MON And their parents, James, a surgeon, and Pippa, a professor MON of economics have some shocking news - they're splitting up. MON Suddenly everything's changing for Heather. With strained MON relationships at home, she embarks on what will become a MON rather unpredictable and challenging placement in Africa. MON Cast: MON Heather...............................................Kirsty MON McKay MON James.................................................Paul MON Young MON Pippa..................................................Isabe MON la Jarrett MON Fraser.................................................Keith MON McLeish MON Janice.................................................Lesle MON Mackie MON Dawn..................................................Lucy MON Paterson MON Hector................................................Alasda MON r McCrone MON Directed by David Ian Neville MON Colin Douglas is an award-winning radio & TV writer and MON novelist with a distinctive voice. His plays for Radio 4 MON have included: The Life Class; Dress Up And Sing; Moving On MON & Taking The Waters (all written with Harry Quinn); and MON Better To Break Your Neck; Today We'll Finish Keats; Smart MON Boy Wanted; and the series, Safe In Our Hands. He's the MON author of nine novels including, The Houseman's Tale which MON he also dramatised as a series for BBC TV. MON MON 14:45 Diana Souhami - Coconut Chaos b00xmh63 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Ruminating on the Bounty's fateful voyage to Polynesia, MON Diana Souhami journeys to the Pitcairn Island. Read by MON Eleanor Bron. MON MON 15:00 Classic Serial b00tt3x1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The Write Stuff b00775lc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 16:30 King Street Junior b007jps1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 17:00 The Right Time b009v5dn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b065sx74 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 18:00 Haunted b01qkpqr (Listen) MON Little Girl Lost MON By Rosemary Timperley. Her daughter-in-law is worried. Can MON Mrs Grove really talk with her husband beyond the grave? MON Stars Ruth Dunning. MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b0075wxw (Listen) MON Christopher Frayling and Razia Iqbal MON Louise Doughty and her guests Christopher Frayling, former MON Rector of the Royal College of Art, and Razia Iqbal, BBC MON World Service correspondent, discuss their favourite MON paperbacks by William Golding, Salman Rushdie and Arthur MON Conan Doyle. From 2000. MON The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle MON Publisher: Penguin MON Haroun and the Sea of Stories, by Salman Rushdie MON Publisher: Granta Books MON The Inheritors, by William Golding MON Publisher: Faber & Faber. MON MON 19:00 Dad's Army b007jnqc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 Marriage Lines b0674hjd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Dick Francis b011pp7t (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Jean b00k9h9m (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading b0144tx2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00wwbzj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b065sx74 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Party b011znh7 (Listen) MON Series 2, Is the Party Over? MON The aspiring politicians of the new political party move on MON to tackle drugs and housing and come up with a convenient MON catch-all solution. But is there any point if Jared's all MON set to move to the Isle of Wight? Last in this second series MON of a satirical comedy written by Tom Basden. MON Simon ..... Tom Basden MON Duncan ..... Tim Key MON Jared ..... Jonny Sweet MON Mel ..... Anna Crilly MON Phoebe ..... Katy Wix MON Produced by Julia McKenzie. MON MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b068zddx (Listen) MON For two hours, seven days a week, the Comedy Club offers the MON best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Andrew O'Neill chats to MON Tom Webb. MON MON 23:00 Dead Ringers b065xk1z (Listen) MON Series 15, Episode 2 MON A satirical take on politics, media and celebrity recorded MON at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. MON Featuring Jon Culshaw, Debra Stephenson, Jan Ravens, Lewis MON MacLeod and Duncan Wisbey. MON Produced by Bill Dare. A BBC Radio Comedy Production. MON Credits MON Performer: Jon Culshaw MON Performer: Debra Stephenson MON Performer: Jan Ravens MON Performer: Lewis Macleod MON Performer: Duncan Wisbey MON Producer: Bill Dare MON MON 23:30 As Told to Craig Brown b01g6l4z (Listen) MON Craig Brown's Lost Diaries, March and April MON A second chance to hear satirist Craig Brown dip into the MON private lives of public figures from the 1960's to the MON present day. MON March and April: Gyles Brandreth celebrates his birthday MON through the years, and Sharon Osbourne auditions some MON handsome young singers. MON Voiced by Jan Ravens, Alistair McGowan, Lewis McLeod, Ewan MON Bailey, Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Dolly Wells. MON Written by Craig Brown. MON Produced by Victoria Lloyd. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 25 AUGUST 2015 TUE TUE 00:00 Haunted b01qkpqr (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 A Good Read b0075wxw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Dick Francis b011pp7t (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Jean b00k9h9m (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter b007k05g (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:15 Technicolour b01q8l3h (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 15 Minute Drama b0118lkf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:45 Diana Souhami - Coconut Chaos b00xmh63 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Classic Serial b00tt3x1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 The Write Stuff b00775lc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:30 King Street Junior b007jps1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 The Right Time b009v5dn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b065sx74 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Dick Francis b011psk5 (Listen) TUE Whip Hand, Episode 2 TUE When the favourite for the Newmarket 2000 Guineas was TUE nobbled, why was Sid Halley hiding out in Paris? TUE Stars Mick Ford as Sid Halley, Alan Devereux as George TUE Caspar, David Vann as Unwin/Quayle, Kim Durham as Chico TUE Barnes and Patricia Gallimore as Rosemary Caspar. TUE Dramatised by Alan England TUE Producer: Philip Martin TUE First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991. TUE TUE 06:30 Late Learners b00vt28n (Listen) TUE William Hague quit as Conservative party leader and took up TUE the piano, so how did he and other late-starting musicians TUE fare? From January 2004. TUE TUE 07:00 HR b00tmkg9 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Wandering TUE Comedy drama series by Nigel Williams that charts the TUE misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his TUE trouble-making colleague. TUE Sam and Peter wile away retirement blues with a holiday in TUE Spain. Suddenly Sam, a lifelong virgin, seems to be TUE presented with a life-changing opportunity. TUE Sam ..... Nicholas Le Prevost TUE Peter ..... Jonathan Pryce TUE Miguel ..... Sam Dale TUE Gwenda ..... Christine Kavanagh TUE Director: Peter Kavanagh. TUE TUE 07:30 Fresh from the Fringe b065vrld (Listen) TUE Fresh from the Fringe: 2015, Part 1 TUE Recorded at the BBC's tented venue in Potterow, Edinburgh, TUE Fringe veteran comedian Andrew Maxwell hosts Part One of the TUE cream of sketch and stand-up comedy from this year's TUE Edinburgh fringe festival. Featuring new Scottish comic TUE Larry Dean, sketch group Daphne, character comedian Emma TUE Sidi, Lancashire's Tez Ilyas and experienced stand-up James TUE Acaster. Producer - Joe Nunnery. TUE TUE 08:00 Round the Horne b007k26b (Listen) TUE Series 2, The Curse of the Black Stumps TUE Dark doings for Kenneth Horne in 'The Curse of the TUE Blackstumps', while Julian and Sandy don tights for a very TUE Bona Ballet TUE With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill TUE Pertwee. Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent TUE Street, London. Announcer: Douglas Smith TUE Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio TUE comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric TUE Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, TUE Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the TUE scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and TUE 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, TUE catchphrases and double-entendres. TUE Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser TUE Hayes Four. TUE Producer: John Simmonds TUE First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1966. TUE TUE 08:30 Hello Cheeky b00djnq5 (Listen) TUE From 19/05/1973 TUE Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and John Junkin's pun-fest, TUE featuring an early TV prototype of BBC 3. TUE TUE 09:00 Dead Ringers b065xk1z (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Such Rotten Luck b0674yzk (Listen) TUE Series 2, Penny-Pinching Publisher TUE Can struggling writer Woodhouse deal with disappointment TUE after his trip to Berlin? Stars Tim Pigott-Smith. From TUE December 1991. TUE TUE 10:00 Classic Serial b00tx4kz (Listen) TUE Emile Zola - The Ladies' Delight, Episode 2 TUE By Emile Zola. TUE Dramatised by Carine Adler. TUE Business, ambition and fashion all collide in Zola's TUE colourful love story. Set in the hustle and excitement of TUE the expansion of one of Paris' first department stores. TUE Episode Two TUE After her dismissal from The Ladies' Delight, Denise is TUE determined to stay in Paris. She rents a room above old TUE Bourras' umbrella shop and quickly sets about trying to find TUE other work. With local shops closing as The Delight expands, TUE the task proves more difficult than she imagined. TUE Narrator.....David Hargreaves TUE Denise.....Georgia King TUE Mouret.....Lee Williams TUE Bourdoncle.....Conrad Nelson TUE Baudu.....Nicholas Blane TUE Old Bourras/Baron/Vincard.....Will Tacey TUE Jean/Bauge.....Stephen Hoyle TUE Deloche/Colomban.....Michael Hugo TUE Mme Aurelie/Mme Baudu.....Clare Beck TUE Mme Desforges.....Melissa Jane Sinden TUE Mme Marty/Pauline.....Maeve Larkin TUE Clara.....Chantelle Dean TUE Genevieve/Margueritte/Mme Boves.....Polly Lister TUE Written by Emile Zola TUE Adapted by Carine Adler TUE Directed by Stefan Escreet TUE Producer: Charlotte Riches. TUE TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading b0144v1t (Listen) TUE Comic Fringes, Spooky and the Van TUE By Joe Lycett. TUE Seventeen year old Julian is writing a blog. He's currently TUE experiencing the weird limbo that lies between finishing TUE school and starting university. As well as musing upon how TUE his life might change, Julian's neighbour, nicknamed Spooky, TUE is providing plenty of writing material and mystery... TUE Part of a series of short stories written and performed by TUE comedians; recorded in front of an audience at the BBC's own TUE venue at Potterrow, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in TUE 2011. TUE Produced by Kirsteen Cameron. TUE TUE 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00v1q3z (Listen) TUE Matt Hartley - The Pursuit TUE By Matt Hartley. TUE When a road accident ends in tragedy, the police officer TUE involved sets out to discover who was to blame. But is he TUE prepared to accept the findings? TUE Paul . . . . . Don Gilet TUE Clare . . . . . Claire Price TUE Simon . . . . . Adeel Akhtar TUE Cormac . . . . . Sean Baker TUE Alison . . . . . Sally Orrock TUE Thomas . . . . . Rielly Newbold TUE Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko. TUE TUE 12:00 Round the Horne b007k26b (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Hello Cheeky b00djnq5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Dick Francis b011psk5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Late Learners b00vt28n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter b007k06r (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE The young cub becomes confused when his mother abandons him, TUE but a new friend awaits. Read by Nicholas Farrell. TUE TUE 14:15 Technicolour b01q8njd (Listen) TUE Colour Naming TUE Tracey Logan looks at how language affects our perception of TUE colour and discovers how infants see colour. From January TUE 2013. TUE TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama b011cst4 (Listen) TUE Colin Douglas - The Gap, Episode 2 TUE A drama about an Edinburgh family breaking up during their TUE daughter's gap year TUE by Colin Douglas. TUE Heather's left school with flying colours. She's off to TUE Ghana for a gap year and then to Oxford. Her brother Fraser TUE is going into second year at Cambridge studying medicine. TUE But just before Heather leaves home her parents, James, a TUE surgeon, and Pippa, a professor of economics have some TUE shocking news - they're splitting up. Suddenly everything's TUE changing for Heather. TUE After receiving a warm welcome in Ghana, Heather finds TUE herself in trouble after sending a humorous email. TUE Cast: TUE Heather...............................................Kirsty TUE McKay TUE James.................................................Paul TUE Young TUE Pippa..................................................Isabe TUE la Jarrett TUE Fraser.................................................Keith TUE McLeish TUE Janice.................................................Lesle TUE Mackie TUE Dawn..................................................Lucy TUE Paterson TUE Hector................................................Alasda TUE r McCrone TUE Directed by David Ian Neville TUE Colin Douglas is an award-winning radio & TV writer and TUE novelist with a distinctive voice. His plays for Radio 4 TUE have included: The Life Class; Dress Up And Sing; Moving On TUE & Taking The Waters (all written with Harry Quinn); and TUE Better To Break Your Neck; Today We'll Finish Keats; Smart TUE Boy Wanted; and the series, Safe In Our Hands. He's the TUE author of nine novels including, The Houseman's Tale which TUE he also dramatised as a series for BBC TV. TUE TUE 14:45 Diana Souhami - Coconut Chaos b00xmljt (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE The writer explores how Fletcher Christian and the mutineers TUE became Pitcairn Island's lawless colonisers. Read by Eleanor TUE Bron. TUE TUE 15:00 Classic Serial b00tx4kz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? b007jrcc (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE It ran for 10 series on Channel 4 and found success in TUE America, but the hit TV improvisation game actually started TUE life on BBC radio. TUE When it began in January 1988, this show adopted a format TUE with two regular team captains - Fry and Sessions and two TUE guests each week, with Colin Sell at the piano. TUE In this first edition of the pioneering series, John TUE Sessions, Dawn French, Stephen Fry and Lenny Henry are TUE tasked to improvise by series chairman Clive Anderson. TUE Rounds include ghastly guests at a party and Goldilocks and TUE the Three Bears performed as never before. TUE Devised and compiled by Mark Leveson. Additional material by TUE Martin Booth. TUE Producer: Dan Patterson. TUE TUE 16:30 Such Rotten Luck b0674yzk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE TUE 17:00 HR b00tmkg9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:30 Fresh from the Fringe b065vrld (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Haunted b01qkt50 (Listen) TUE Walk on the Water TUE By Rosemary Timperley. A salutary lesson about talking to TUE strangers, as young Rachel finds her whole life blighted by TUE one encounter. Stars Anna Cooper. TUE TUE 18:30 That Reminds Me b007jmnf (Listen) TUE Series 1, Barry Cryer TUE The much-loved comedian and writer shares some of his TUE reminiscences, with tales of Willie Rushton and Roy Castle. TUE TUE 19:00 Round the Horne b007k26b (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Hello Cheeky b00djnq5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Dick Francis b011psk5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Late Learners b00vt28n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading b0144v1t (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00v1q3z (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Fresh from the Fringe b065vrld (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Dave Podmore b00vw79q (Listen) TUE History of the Ashes in 100 Objects TUE Andy and Pod begin their quest to compile 'Pod's History of TUE the Ashes in 100 Objects' at the British Museum where they TUE meet Neil MacGregor and the lady who yodels at the beginning TUE of the Radio 4 programme. TUE Pod only agrees to continue with Andy's show on the TUE condition he gets to visit Oz and win his attractive wife TUE Jaqcui back from the hairy arms of an Aussie cricketer. On TUE the flight Down Under, Pod shows Andy the historically TUE significant 69 tins of Fosters with which he's just set the TUE all-time England-to-Australia-beer-drinking record. TUE They visit the Brisbane Museum of Cricket where they see the TUE very phone directory Shane Warne used to call up nurses at TUE the Brisbane School of Nursing. Pod and Andy then TUE accidentally create a diplomatic incident by letting slip TUE that both Heartbeat and The Bill have been cancelled in the TUE UK, devastating Australian TV schedules for decades. TUE This upsets the Aussie cricket team who are trying to warm TUE up at the first Ashes Test Match in Brisbane, with the TUE encouragement of a team of cheerleaders led by none other TUE than Pod's wife Jacqui. Pod notes that the pile of vomit he TUE left on the outfield in 1989 is still there and suggests it TUE to Andy as one of the 100 objects, although to be honest TUE he's more interested in the odds that a local bookie is TUE offering on the chances of him and Jacqui getting back TUE together. TUE Pod persuades Jacqui to take him back as the winnings on the TUE bet he's just placed will more than make up for his TUE shortcomings as a lover, a man and a human being. TUE Andy reluctantly returns to England having failed almost TUE completely in the task to collect 100 objects but with a £50 TUE note as his cut of Pod's gambling winnings. TUE Written by Christopher Douglas, Andrew Nickolds and Nick TUE Newman TUE Producer: Monica Long TUE A Hat Trick Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 23:00 Rubbish b008crj4 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Couples TUE Comedy series by Tony Bagley about Martin Christmas, local TUE government officer, cynic and manic depressive. TUE 5/6. Couples TUE Martin has turned into some kind of agony aunt and he is TUE less than happy about it. TUE Martin ...... Reece Dinsdale TUE Barney ...... Matthew Cottle TUE John ...... Neil Dudgeon TUE Sarah ...... Pippa Haywood TUE Scott ...... Kevin Eldon TUE Saffron ...... Nadia Kamil TUE Naomi ...... Katherine Jakeways TUE David ...... Martin Trenaman TUE Compere ...... Ewan Bailey. TUE TUE 23:30 Radio 9 b0401g9p (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 1 TUE Dark comedy from the radio station that offers alternative TUE lifestyles and unusual help. Written by and starring Johnny TUE Daukes and Hils Barker. From October 2003. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 26 AUGUST 2015 WED WED 00:00 Haunted b01qkt50 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 That Reminds Me b007jmnf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Dick Francis b011psk5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Late Learners b00vt28n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter b007k06r (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:15 Technicolour b01q8njd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 15 Minute Drama b011cst4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:45 Diana Souhami - Coconut Chaos b00xmljt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Classic Serial b00tx4kz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? b007jrcc (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:30 Such Rotten Luck b0674yzk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 HR b00tmkg9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Fresh from the Fringe b065vrld (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Dick Francis b011q9fm (Listen) WED Whip Hand, Episode 3 WED Determined Sid Halley returns to England determined to WED overcome threats made against him by a gang of racecourse WED dopers. WED Stars Mick Ford as Sid Halley, David Vann as Unwin, Kim WED Durham as Chico Barnes, Patricia Gallimore as Rosemary WED Caspar and Terry Molloy as Trevor Deansgate. WED Dramatised by Alan England WED Producer: Philip Martin WED First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991. WED WED 06:30 Hits of the Blitz b00tn8sz (Listen) WED Paul Morley tries to discover what people were really WED listening to during the Blitz of WWII, and finds that there WED is much more to it than 'We'll Meet Again'. WED We all think we know what people were dancing and listening WED to in their homes, in shelters and in night spots, but WED Morley hears hit tunes of the time which might come as a WED surprise to many of us. Morley goes in search of what these WED hit tunes tell us about how people were really feeling and WED coping during those difficult days. WED If you had eavesdropped on a living room in 1940, you were WED more likely to have caught a burst of 'When You Wish Upon A WED Star' from Pinocchio than 'White Cliffs of Dover'. He speaks WED to Tony Benn about his memories of popular music during the WED Blitz as he experienced it, and what other members of the WED public were really humming during this time of crisis. He WED speaks to social historian Juliet Gardiner, musicologist Tim WED Healey and music therapist Stewart Wood about the mood of WED the time and why the music that evokes the war to us is WED often not the music that was actually being listened to. WED Morley goes in search of what people were singing and WED dancing to in the Cafe de Paris in London's West End on the WED night that it was bombed in March 1940, and finds that it WED was not the American Lindy Hop swing that many of us picture WED of when we think of nightlife during the Blitz. In fact, it WED was a world where people still did the foxtrot and the waltz WED to numbers such as 'Oh Johnny Oh,' played by the band. WED Producer: Victoria Shepherd WED A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 07:00 Lenin of the Rovers b007jpj6 (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 1 WED Midfield football maestro Ricky Lenin's battle for Britain's WED first all-communist football team. Ricky introduces his WED radical thinking to Felchester Rovers. WED Starring Alexei Sayle as Ricky Lenin, Keith Allen as Terry WED Trotsky, Andrew McClean as Stevie Stalin and Maurice WED Colbourne as Ray of the Rovers. WED Legendary BBC football commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme is WED Frank Lee Brian. WED Written by Marcus Berkmann. WED Producer: Harry Thompson. WED First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1988. WED WED 07:30 Listen Against b00ft3nq (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 4 WED Martin Jarvis reads from a Haynes manual, plus more wireless WED weirdness hosted by Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes. From WED December 2008. WED WED 08:00 The Navy Lark b0081k4q (Listen) WED The Efficiency Expert WED Another collision convinces Captain Povey that the Admiralty WED must sort out HMS Troutbridge. 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 Able Seaman Johnson/ /Lieutenant WED Commander Stanton, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey and WED Heather Chasen as Ramona Povey. 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 February 1961. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00d0h1b (Listen) WED Series 6, Episode 2 WED An apocalyptic weather forecaster, and oyster walkies. Songs WED and sketches with John Cleese and Graeme Garden. From April WED 1968. WED WED 09:00 Puzzle Panel b00x7lb5 (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED Tease your brain along with Chris Maslanka, Anne Bradford, WED Professor David Singmaster and Paul Lamford. From June 1998. WED WED 09:30 The Leopard in Autumn b00c683t (Listen) WED Series 1, The Future Begins Here WED Renaissance Italy's Prince Ludovico battles enemies, as his WED wife tries reconciling their sons. Stars David Swift. From WED May 2001. WED WED 10:00 Home Front - Omnibus b05w8dp1 (Listen) WED 25-29 May 1915 WED New season of Radio 4's epic drama series set in Great War WED Britain on this day a hundred years ago. The Canadians have WED arrived in Folkestone, and so have the profiteers. WED Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz WED Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews WED Music: Matthew Strachan WED Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. WED Credits WED Ivy Layton: Leah Brotherhead WED Josiah King: Daniel Kendrick WED Kitty Lumley: Ami Metcalf WED Ralph Winwood: Nicholas Murchie WED Hilary Pearce: Craige Els WED Howard Argent: Toby Jones WED Sylvia Graham: Barbara Flynn WED Gabriel Graham: Michael Bertenshaw WED Thornton Tulliver: Nigel Harman WED Muriel Grainger: Hannah Tointon WED Dorothea Winwood: Rachel Shelley WED Norman Harris: Sean Baker WED Bob Welsh: Nathan Nolan WED Marieke Dupont: Olivia Ross WED Florrie Wilson: Claire Rushbrook WED Albert Wilson: Harry Myers WED Archie Tulliver: Arthur Hughes WED Adam Wilson: Leo Montague WED Maggie Macknade: Hollie Thoupos WED Bertha: Jane Slavin WED CJ Croucher: Ian Masters WED Post Office Clerk: Sam Valentine WED Paperboy: Felix Lailey WED Writer: Sebastian Baczkiewicz WED Director: Jessica Dromgoole WED WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading b013f972 (Listen) WED Comic Fringes, A Difference of Opinion WED By Bridget Christie. WED When Bridget's husband is assaulted by the ghost of a long WED dead European leader, it highlights the vast differences in WED interpretation between a believer and an atheist. WED Recorded in front of an audience at the BBC's own venue at WED Potterrow, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2011. WED Produced by Kirsteen Cameron. WED WED 11:15 Char March - Recapturing Colours b0075vhj (Listen) WED With both their worlds drained of colour, blind Pam and WED broken-hearted Jess paint each other back to life. Stars WED Imogen Stubbs. WED WED 12:00 The Navy Lark b0081k4q (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00d0h1b (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Dick Francis b011q9fm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Hits of the Blitz b00tn8sz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter b007jvc4 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED As the winter storms arrive in Devon, fish are increasingly WED hard to find through the ice. Read by Nicholas Farrell. WED WED 14:15 Technicolour b01q8qq1 (Listen) WED Feeling Colour WED 3/5: Colour and Behaviour WED Does blue make you feel calm and red, ferociously angry? WED Myths abound surrounding the way different colours affect WED us. In this programme, Tracey gets to the bottom of whether WED colour really can change the way we behave. WED She visits a psychologist who is testing which colours make WED us more creative and finds out why women may benefit from WED wearing red on a date. WED Producer: Michelle Martin. WED WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama b011ct6p (Listen) WED Colin Douglas - The Gap, Episode 3 WED As the weeks go by in Ghana, gap year student Heather WED discovers there are staffing problems at her school. Stars WED Kirsty McKay. WED WED 14:45 Diana Souhami - Coconut Chaos b00xmv2d (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Exploring the isolated Pitcairn Island, the author and Lady WED Myre's preconceptions are blown away. Read by Eleanor Bron. WED WED 15:00 Home Front - Omnibus b05w8dp1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 Puzzle Panel b00x7lb5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 16:30 The Leopard in Autumn b00c683t (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED WED 17:00 Lenin of the Rovers b007jpj6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:30 Listen Against b00ft3nq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 18:00 Haunted b01qlclc (Listen) WED The Dream Woman WED By Wilkie Collins. Isaac lives in constant fear of a WED knife-wielding female. But is she of this Earth, or from WED beyond the grave? Stars Charles Kay. WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b0076svp (Listen) WED All About Me WED 4 Extra Debut. Matthew Parris talks about the art of WED biography, with Lesley Scott, Libby Potter and Paul Barber. WED From July 2005. WED WED 19:00 The Navy Lark b0081k4q (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00d0h1b (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Dick Francis b011q9fm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Hits of the Blitz b00tn8sz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading b013f972 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Char March - Recapturing Colours b0075vhj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Listen Against b00ft3nq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management b00gd5hv (Listen) WED Episode 4 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. WED Will enlists the help of explorer Rebecca to try to become WED more adventurous, but has trouble venturing out of his front WED door because of his strange neighbour. WED With Roger Allam, Rebecca Front, Paul Rider. WED WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b068zdfj (Listen) WED For two hours, seven days a week, the Comedy Club offers the WED best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Andrew O'Neill chats to WED Tom Webb. WED WED 23:00 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes b01p7l07 (Listen) WED Series 2, Cultural Heroes WED Comedian Elis James compares key figures in Welsh history to WED determine Wales' ultimate heroes. Also starring Benjamin WED Partridge and Nadia Kamil. WED WED 23:30 Hut 33 b01jk1bx (Listen) WED Series 3, Big Machine WED Can Gordon's new computing invention help the Bletchley Park WED codebreakers? Stars Robert Bathurst. From October 2009. WED WED THU THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2015 THU THU 00:00 Haunted b01qlclc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Off the Page b0076svp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Dick Francis b011q9fm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Hits of the Blitz b00tn8sz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter b007jvc4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:15 Technicolour b01q8qq1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama b011ct6p (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:45 Diana Souhami - Coconut Chaos b00xmv2d (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus b05w8dp1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Puzzle Panel b00x7lb5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:30 The Leopard in Autumn b00c683t (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Lenin of the Rovers b007jpj6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Listen Against b00ft3nq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Dick Francis b011qflj (Listen) THU Whip Hand, Episode 4 THU Sid Halley must probe a link between cauliflowers and pig THU disease, and the loss of three champion racehorses. THU Stars Mick Ford as Sid Halley, David Vann as Arnadale, Kim THU Durham as Chico Barnes, Patricia Gallimore as Rosemary THU Caspar and Simon Carter as Charles. THU Dramatised by Alan England THU Producer: Philip Martin THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991. THU THU 06:30 Brick by Brick b00p1nm3 (Listen) THU Exploring the demolitions industry through the dismantling, THU brick by brick, of one of the largest granite-faced THU buildings in the world, Marischal College in Aberdeen. THU The college boasts the second largest granite facade in the THU world; formerly part of the University of Aberdeen, it is THU undergoing radical change to house the city's new council THU offices. In order to save the historic frontage, the THU building is being dismantled piece by piece, leaving only THU the outer walls. Skilled demolitions workers, stonemasons THU and archaeologists take apart the fabric of the building, THU revealing unknown aspects of the its structure and history, THU and offering insights into the demolitions world. THU THU 07:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves b007v1df (Listen) THU The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace THU Trouble looms for Bertie when his wild cousins arrive. THU PG Wodehouse romp dramatised by Chris Miller from the book. THU Starring Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster and Michael THU Hordern as Jeeves. With David Jason as Eustace, Jonathan THU Lynn as Claude and Joan Sanderson as Aunt Agatha. THU Producer: David Hatch THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973. THU THU 07:30 Meet David Sedaris b065xch2 (Listen) THU Series 5, Little Guy, The Ones That Got Away, Now Hiring THU Friendly People THU One of the world's finest storytellers, back on BBC Radio 4 THU doing what he does best. THU This week, there are reflections on being small in Little THU Guy, fulmination in the coffee queue in Now Hiring Friendly THU People, and an off the cuff question to David's boyfriend THU leads to a surprising answer in The Ones That Got Away. THU There are also some more questions from the audience. 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 b00t4d75 (Listen) THU Series 2, The Piano THU Harold and Albert strike the wrong chord with a grand piano THU in a top-floor flat. THU Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as THU Harold. With Brian Oulton. THU Following the conclusion of their hugely successful THU association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan THU Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in THU 1962. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, THU featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and THU his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series THU for TV. THU Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by THU Gale Pedrick. THU Produced by Bobby Jaye THU First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1967. THU THU 08:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b007ww6z (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 2 THU Shady lawyer Flywheel goes into showbiz, taking over running THU of the theatre company. THU Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the THU adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his THU assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with THU sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The THU scripts were rediscovered in 1988. THU Starring Michael Roberts as Groucho Marx as Waldorf T THU Flywheel and Frank Lazarus as Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli THU With Lorelei King and Graham Hoadly. THU Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark THU Brisenden. THU Music arranged and conducted by David Firman. THU Producer: Dirk Maggs THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1990. THU THU 09:00 Guess What? b06759y1 (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU Animal, vegetable or mineral? Barry Took's revised 20 THU questions. With Geoffrey Durham, Frances Edmonds and Nigel THU Dempster. From June 1998. THU THU 09:30 After Henry b007qgnr (Listen) THU Series 4, Relative Movement THU With her daughter Clare away in Australia, Sarah decides to THU rent her flat out. Stars Prunella Scales. From January 1989. THU THU 10:00 Home Front - Omnibus b05wz90x (Listen) THU 1-5 June 1915 THU Folkestone are making the most of the influx of Canadian THU troops. THU Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz THU Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews THU Music: Matthew Strachan THU Directed by Lucy Collingwood THU Editor: Jessica Dromgoole. THU Credits THU Howard Argent: Toby Jones THU Private Best: Sam Valentine THU Private Campbell: Sam Valentine THU Connie Cavendish: Natasha Raphael THU Grace Cavendish: Chloe Raphael THU Hugh Cavendish: Alex Wyndham THU Juliet Cavendish: Lizzie Bourne THU Marieke Dupont: Olivia Ross THU Gabriel Graham: Michael Bertenshaw THU Sylvia Graham: Barbara Flynn THU Muriel Grainger: Hannah Tointon THU Norman Harris: Sean Baker THU Ivy Layton: Leah Brotherhead THU Kitty Lumley: Ami Metcalf THU Cyril Lauter: Jude Akuwudike THU Alice Macknade: Claire-Louise Cordwell THU Mickey Macknade: Reece Buttery THU Hilda Moore: Bella Hamblin THU Jessie Moore: Lucy Hutchinson THU Pilgrim: Paul Hilton THU Talbot: Ian Masters THU Thornton Tulliver: Nigel Harman THU Albert Wilson: Harry Myers THU Florrie Wilson: Claire Rushbrook THU Adam Wilson: Leo Montague THU Dorothea Winwood: Rachel Shelley THU Ralph Winwood: Nicholas Murchie THU Writer: Sebastian Baczkiewicz THU Director: Lucy Collingwood THU THU 11:00 Oscar Wilde b007k0vk (Listen) THU The Remarkable Rocket THU A collection of celebratory fireworks discuss the nature of THU love, and one of them gets his comeuppance. Read by John THU Moffat. THU THU 11:15 Fireworks at the Villa Lucia b0140v3v (Listen) THU Julie plays fiery Julia to save her husband's career, but THU what about their marriage? Paul Mendelson's play stars THU Samantha Bond. THU THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son b00t4d75 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b007ww6z (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Dick Francis b011qflj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Brick by Brick b00p1nm3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter b007jvcb (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Spring arrives in the Devon countryside, with the smell of THU man and the cry of a she-otter. Read by Nicholas Farrell. THU THU 14:15 Technicolour b01q95yd (Listen) THU Making Colour THU Programme 4/5: Making colour THU The first synthetic dye - a bright mauve - was discovered by THU accident in 1856 by an 18-year-old chemistry student. Since THU then, making colour has become a billion dollar industry THU across the globe. THU Tracey Logan visits Hainsworth in Leeds, the oldest dye THU house in the UK, to discover how they make create a huge THU range of fabrics, from scarlet coats for military uniforms THU to green baize for snooker tables. THU But our love for colour has a darker side - the commercial THU dyeing industry has been criticised for its poor THU environmental record across the world, from excessive water THU use to dangerous waste products. Tracey meets the chemists THU from Leeds University attempting to make 'greener' dyes. THU Producer: Michelle Martin. THU THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama b011d72g (Listen) THU Colin Douglas - The Gap, Episode 4 THU A drama about an Edinburgh family breaking up during their THU daughter's gap year THU by Colin Douglas. THU Heather's left school with flying colours. She's off to THU Ghana for a gap year and then to Oxford. Her brother Fraser THU is going into second year at Cambridge studying medicine. THU But just before Heather leaves home her parents, James, a THU surgeon, and Pippa, a professor of economics have some THU shocking news - they're splitting up. Suddenly everything's THU changing for Heather. THU As Heather and her friend prepare to go off travelling in THU Ghana over the Christmas break the school finances are under THU scrutiny and more staff are leaving. THU Cast: THU Heather...............................................Kirsty THU McKay THU James.................................................Paul THU Young THU Pippa..................................................Isabe THU la Jarrett THU Fraser.................................................Keith THU McLeish THU Janice.................................................Lesle THU Mackie THU Dawn..................................................Lucy THU Paterson THU Hector................................................Alasda THU r McCrone THU Directed by David Ian Neville THU Colin Douglas is an award-winning radio & TV writer and THU novelist with a distinctive voice. His plays for Radio 4 THU have included: The Life Class; Dress Up And Sing; Moving On THU & Taking The Waters (all written with Harry Quinn); and THU Better To Break Your Neck; Today We'll Finish Keats; Smart THU Boy Wanted; and the series, Safe In Our Hands. He's the THU author of nine novels including, The Houseman's Tale which THU he also dramatised as a series for BBC TV. THU THU 14:45 Diana Souhami - Coconut Chaos b00xn7d6 (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU The writer addresses the complex issues of the isolated THU islanders, while Lady Myre feels frustrated. Read by Eleanor THU Bron. THU THU 15:00 Home Front - Omnibus b05wz90x (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 Guess What? b06759y1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 16:30 After Henry b007qgnr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] THU THU 17:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves b007v1df (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 17:30 Meet David Sedaris b065xch2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 18:00 Haunted b01qldfl (Listen) THU Listen to the Silence THU By Rosemary Timperley. Mary must face her fears. Can she THU refuse the offer made by a strange voice claiming to be her THU grandfather? Stars Gwen Watford. THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076pcb (Listen) THU Series 5, Captain Henry Morgan THU Writer and photographer Lucinda Lambton chooses the supposed THU pirate Captain Henry Morgan. With Humphrey Carpenter, THU assisted by David Cordingley. From December 2004. THU THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son b00t4d75 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b007ww6z (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Dick Francis b011qflj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Brick by Brick b00p1nm3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Oscar Wilde b007k0vk (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Fireworks at the Villa Lucia b0140v3v (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Meet David Sedaris b065xch2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 My First Planet b01gvqnq (Listen) THU Series 1, Inglorious Barters THU Written by Phil Whelans THU A queue for the loo and a rogue backrub threaten to blow up THU the colony. And just what is Lillian's "Special Skill"...? 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 Personnel 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 Produced & directed by David Tyler THU A Pozzitive Television Ltd Production for BBC Radio 4 THU with special guest THU Carshalton Richard Bond. THU Credits THU Writer: Phil Whelans 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 Director: David Tyler THU Producer: David Tyler THU THU 23:00 Old Harry's Game b008pb1r (Listen) THU Series 1, Corruption THU Satan tries convincing the professor that everyone's THU corruptible, even his wife. Starring Andy Hamilton. From THU November 1995. THU THU 23:30 Goodness Gracious Me b00fqbsz (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 4 THU A dizzy Indian ad agency, a lovesick lament to Lahore, and THU the blundering Bhangra Muffins. Stars Meera Syal. From THU August 1997. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 28 AUGUST 2015 FRI FRI 00:00 Haunted b01qldfl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Great Lives b0076pcb (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Dick Francis b011qflj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Brick by Brick b00p1nm3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter b007jvcb (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:15 Technicolour b01q95yd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 15 Minute Drama b011d72g (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:45 Diana Souhami - Coconut Chaos b00xn7d6 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus b05wz90x (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Guess What? b06759y1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:30 After Henry b007qgnr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves b007v1df (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Meet David Sedaris b065xch2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Dick Francis b011qm8r (Listen) FRI Whip Hand, Episode 5 FRI Sid Halley believes he knows the truth behind the doping and FRI phoney racing syndicates, but dare he reveal it? Stars Mick FRI Ford. FRI Stars Mick Ford as Sid Halley, Patricia Gallimore as FRI Rosemary Caspar, Kim Durham as Chico Barnes, Philip Molloy FRI as Rammileese and Alan Devereux as George Casper. FRI Dramatised by Alan England FRI Producer: Philip Martin FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991. FRI FRI 06:30 It's My Story b00scvqh (Listen) FRI The Girl in the Picture FRI Kim Phuc, subject of an iconic picture from the Vietnam War, FRI tells her story as she's reunited with the ITN reporter who FRI helped save her life 38 years ago. FRI The image of a nine year old girl screaming as she ran naked FRI down a road in Trang Bang after suffering extreme burns in a FRI Napalm chemical attack became one of the most famous FRI photographs of the Vietnam War. But what happened to the FRI 'Girl in the Picture'? FRI In an emotional meeting, former ITN reporter Christopher FRI Wain - who helped to save her life that day - is reunited FRI with Kim for the first time in 38 years. FRI They recall the events of June 8th 1972 and Kim hears for FRI the first time the lengths to which Chris went to get her FRI life-saving treatment. FRI She tells how Nick Ut's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph FRI has helped and haunted her in equal measure. She explains FRI how she was recruited as a 'symbol of war' before finally FRI escaping Government control by fleeing to Canada. FRI She managed to live a normal life for a while but was FRI discovered by the press again in the 1990s. She soon FRI realised she had to take control of the photograph and FRI decided to use her fame to help others by establishing a FRI charity for child victims of war called 'The Kim Phuc FRI Foundation'. FRI The burns Kim suffered in 1972 left her scarred for life and FRI still take their toll on her body. She's in constant pain FRI and has to take regular breaks. But it doesn't stop her FRI living a busy life. FRI As part of the programme, Kim also meets Ali Abbas, who lost FRI both his arms and sixteen members of his family in the Iraq FRI War. The pair share their experiences and Kim offers him FRI advice on living a normal life and finding a way to forgive. FRI The programme is presented by Christopher Wain. FRI Producer: Ashley Byrne. FRI A Made in Manchester production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Producer: Russell Crewe FRI FRI 07:00 Rent b0675byd (Listen) FRI Series 4, Episode 6 FRI Richard, Maria and Paul's wishes come true, but the same FRI can't be said for poor Ruby. Stars Toby Longworth. From July FRI 1998. FRI FRI 07:30 Wordaholics b01dhhps (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 5 FRI Gyles Brandreth hosts a comedy panel show in which guests FRI are challenged to display their knowledge of words and FRI language. In this edition he is joined by Jack Whitehall, FRI Milton Jones, Natalie Haynes and Countdown's Susie Dent. FRI This week's letter of the week is P which really packs a FRI punch. FRI We learn why Susie Dent's favourite word is 'blurb', we find FRI out what a Chicago Piano was and we listen as Jack Whitehall FRI struggles to reduce to a tweet a particularly fruity passage FRI from his father's autobiography. FRI Writers: James Kettle and Jon Hunter. FRI Producer: Claire Jones. FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007x041 (Listen) FRI Series 5, The New Radio Series FRI Big-headed from TV success, the lad's had enough of radio FRI and is set to retire - until he discovers the plan for his FRI replacement. FRI Stars Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie FRI Jacques and Kenneth Williams. FRI Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. FRI Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. FRI Producer: Tom Ronald FRI First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1958. FRI FRI 08:30 The Goon Show b00q9xrg (Listen) FRI 1985 FRI Winston Seagoon battles the Big Brother Corporation. Can he FRI survive Room 101? Stars Spike Milligan. From January 1955. FRI FRI 09:00 The 99p Challenge b007jx6w (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 1 FRI Crazy panel show capers as Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, FRI Armando Iannucci, Peter Serafinowicz and Bill Bailey. From FRI July 2001. FRI FRI 09:30 Boogie Up the River b007jzcw (Listen) FRI I'll See You at the Source FRI As their Thames quest climaxes, Jennifer attempts to drink FRI Sam under the table. Stars Timothy Spall. From January 1993. FRI FRI 10:00 Home Front - Omnibus b05xqg4p (Listen) FRI 8-12 June 1915 FRI Omnibus edition of the epic drama series set in Great War FRI Britain a hundred years ago this week. FRI Written by Shaun McKenna FRI Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz FRI Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews FRI Music: Matthew Strachan FRI Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. FRI Credits FRI Juliet Cavendish: Lizzie Bourne FRI Mrs Edkins: Rachel Davies FRI Gabriel Graham: Michael Bertenshaw FRI Sylvia Graham: Barbara Flynn FRI Muriel Grainger: Hannah Tointon FRI Ivy Layton: Leah Brotherhead FRI Kitty Lumley: Ami Metcalf FRI Josiah King: Daniel Kendrick FRI Esme Macknade: Katie Angelou FRI Maggie Macknade: Hollie Thoupos FRI Mickey Macknade: Reece Buttery FRI Jessie Moore: Lucy Hutchinson FRI Hilary Pearce: Craige Els FRI Beau Tilley: Stephen Critchlow FRI Thornton Tulliver: Nigel Harman FRI Adam Wilson: Leo Montague FRI Albert Wilson: Harry Myers FRI Florrie Wilson: Claire Rushbrook FRI Ralph Winwood: Nicholas Murchie FRI Peggy Jeffery: Jane Slavin FRI Flora Jeffery: Jessica Turner FRI Dolly Clout: Elaine Claxton FRI Private Stanton: Nathan Nolan FRI Private Ross: Owen Clark FRI Attendant: Mark Edel-Hunt FRI Writer: Shaun McKenna FRI Director: Jessica Dromgoole FRI FRI 11:00 Oscar Wilde b007k0l3 (Listen) FRI The Happy Prince FRI From their aerial view, a beautiful statue and a swallow FRI team up to help the poor in the city below. Read by John FRI Moffatt. FRI FRI 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00b1czp (Listen) FRI Chris Harrald - Mr Larkin's Awkward Day FRI Chris Harrald's play takes a light-hearted look at a chaotic FRI day in the life of an emerging poet. FRI One morning in September 1957, Philip Larkin receives a very FRI official looking letter which sends him into a spin. FRI Philip Larkin ...... Adrian Scarborough FRI Mrs Giddings ..... Anne Reid FRI Mrs C ...... Lynne Verrall FRI Inspector Clough ...... Alan Williams FRI Bob ...... Stephen Critchlow FRI Roger ...... John Rowe FRI Shopkeeper ...... Dan Starkey FRI Mary ...... Helen Longworth FRI Tom ...... Ben Crowe FRI Mr Stenning ...... Chris Pavlo. FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007x041 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Goon Show b00q9xrg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Dick Francis b011qm8r (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 It's My Story b00scvqh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter b007jvch (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI As the otter basks in the sunshine, a pack of hounds catch FRI his scent, sparking a great chase. Concluded by Nicholas FRI Farrell. FRI FRI 14:15 Technicolour b01q97lj (Listen) FRI Selling Colour FRI 5/5: Selling Colour FRI Emerald may be the new black for 2013, but the process by FRI which designers select next season's colours is a story that FRI goes back to World War I. Tracey Logan finds out why a naval FRI blockade, cutting Paris fashion houses off from the rest of FRI the world, created today's colour forecasting industry. FRI Nowadays, retailers have tight controls over the colours FRI they choose and how they are produced. Tracey visits Marks & FRI Spencer to find out how digital technology ensures they FRI manufacture exactly the same shade of green across different FRI fabrics, from your woollen coat to leather shoes. FRI Producer: Michelle Martin. FRI FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama b011d7g1 (Listen) FRI Colin Douglas - The Gap, Episode 5 FRI A drama about an Edinburgh family breaking up during their FRI daughter's gap year FRI by Colin Douglas. FRI Heather's left school with flying colours. She's off to FRI Ghana for a gap year and then to Oxford. Her brother Fraser FRI is going into second year at Cambridge studying medicine. FRI But just before Heather leaves home her parents, James, a FRI surgeon, and Pippa, a professor of economics have some FRI shocking news - they're splitting up. Suddenly everything's FRI changing for Heather. FRI As her gap year in Ghana ends, Heather is having second FRI thoughts about going to Oxford, but how can she tell her FRI parents? FRI Cast: FRI Heather...............................................Kirsty FRI McKay FRI James.................................................Paul FRI Young FRI Pippa..................................................Isabe FRI la Jarrett FRI Fraser.................................................Keith FRI McLeish FRI Janice.................................................Lesle FRI Mackie FRI Dawn..................................................Lucy FRI Paterson FRI Hector................................................Alasda FRI r McCrone FRI Directed by David Ian Neville FRI Colin Douglas is an award-winning radio & TV writer and FRI novelist with a distinctive voice. His plays for Radio 4 FRI have included: The Life Class; Dress Up And Sing; Moving On FRI & Taking The Waters (all written with Harry Quinn); and FRI Better To Break Your Neck; Today We'll Finish Keats; Smart FRI Boy Wanted; and the series, Safe In Our Hands. He's the FRI author of nine novels including, The Houseman's Tale which FRI he also dramatised as a series for BBC TV. FRI FRI 14:45 Diana Souhami - Coconut Chaos b00xn8r0 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Leaving Pitcairn Island aboard a catamaran, a huge storm FRI threatens the lives of Diana and Lady Myre. Concluded by FRI Eleanor Bron. FRI FRI 15:00 Home Front - Omnibus b05xqg4p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 99p Challenge b007jx6w (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 16:30 Boogie Up the River b007jzcw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI FRI 17:00 Rent b0675byd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:30 Wordaholics b01dhhps (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Haunted b01qlg49 (Listen) FRI The Judge's House FRI By Bram Stoker. Malcolm Malcolmson discovers the truth of FRI the 'absurd prejudices' which have accrued around an empty FRI property. Stars Nigel Havers. FRI FRI 18:30 Soul Music b0075z8x (Listen) FRI Series 1, Elgar's Cello Concerto FRI 4 Extra Debut. Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, Michael Kennedy FRI and Tim Dinsley reflect on the special impact of Elgar's FRI piece of music. From November 2000. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007x041 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Goon Show b00q9xrg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Dick Francis b011qm8r (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 It's My Story b00scvqh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Oscar Wilde b007k0l3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00b1czp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Fresh from the Fringe b067xjql (Listen) FRI Fresh from the Fringe: 2015, Part 2 FRI Recorded at the BBC's tented venue in Potterow, Edinburgh, FRI winner of last year's Best Newcomer Award Alex Edelman hosts FRI Part Two of the cream of sketch and stand-up comedy from FRI this year's Edinburgh fringe festival. This late night FRI edition features sketch act The Pin, Danish stand-up Sofie FRI Hagen, mustachioed Mike Wozniak and award-winning mad-cap FRI Australian comic Sam Simmons. Producer - Joe Nunnery. FRI FRI 22:30 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe FRI b0675dqm (Listen) FRI 2015, Episode 1 FRI Arthur Smith is at the biggest arts festival in Europe with FRI news, reviews and much more, from the Edinburgh Fringe and FRI beyond. FRI FRI 22:35 Ivor Cutler - Cutler the Lax b03vczgx (Listen) FRI Episode 1 FRI The Scottish surrealist provides disappointment for cavemen FRI and a cheap alternative to liquor. From August 1991. FRI FRI 22:50 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe FRI b0675dqp (Listen) FRI 2015, Episode 2 FRI Arthur Smith is at the biggest arts festival in Europe with FRI news, reviews and much more, from the Edinburgh Fringe and FRI beyond. FRI FRI 22:55 I've Never Seen Star Wars b015fkl4 (Listen) FRI Series 4, Kathy Burke FRI Marcus Brigstocke invites actress Kathy Burke to try some FRI new experiences, like visiting Harrods in London. From FRI October 2011. FRI FRI 23:25 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe FRI b0675dqr (Listen) FRI 2015, Episode 3 FRI Arthur Smith is at the biggest arts festival in Europe with FRI news, reviews and much more, from the Edinburgh Fringe and FRI beyond. FRI FRI 23:30 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun b00804lf (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI The cult BBC Radio 1 series hits Plymouth University in FRI Exmouth. Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring. FRI

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