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SAT SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 SAT SAT 00:00 Kurt Vonnegut - Thanasphere b007jqzb (Listen) SAT A pioneering astronaut hears voices in outer space. Kurt SAT Vonnegut reflects on mortality and the Cold War. Read by SAT Kerry Shale. SAT SAT 00:30 Soul Music b00763hf (Listen) SAT Series 2, In the Mood SAT 4 Extra Debut. Critic Alyn Shipton and Glenn Miller's SAT trombonist Paul Tanner reflect on the impact of the SAT jitterbug super hit. From August 2001. SAT SAT 01:00 JM Barrie - Peter Pan b00sct9q (Listen) SAT Spring Cleaning Time Again SAT Wendy longs for home, but first she and the brothers must be SAT rescued from Captain Hook. SAT Starring Toyah Willcox as Peter Pan, Ron Moody as Mr Darling SAT / Hook, June Whitfield as Mrs Darling, Georgina Cates as SAT Wendy, Roy Hudd as Smee and Chris Emmett as Starkey. SAT Dramatist: Philip Glassborow SAT Producer: Dirk Maggs SAT First heard on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. SAT SAT 01:30 Merry Widows b00mb9pk (Listen) SAT Women whose much-loved husbands have died describe finding SAT unexpected happiness late in life, and the challenge of SAT creating a new identity. Restarting a life when one suddenly SAT finds oneself alone, having been married for decades, and SAT for all of one's adult life, is never easy. There are SAT contributions from women who had never lived on their own: SAT people who married early, and happily, and stayed married. SAT But then comes the blow of their husbands' death; they SAT explain what happened next - and it surprised everyone SAT A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 02:00 Book at Bedtime b00yrgzc (Listen) SAT Virginia Woolf - Flush, Episode 5 SAT 5/5 Virginia Woolf's biography of Elizabeth Barrett SAT Browning's beloved spaniel, Flush, is read by Jenny SAT Coverack. SAT The Brownings have settled happily in Florence, their little SAT boy is growing up, and Flush is growing old. He can't SAT understand his mistress's new enthusiasm for summoning the SAT spirits, and he's lost his old passion for roaming the SAT streets and fields of Florence. It's time for him to lie in SAT the shade of a market stall and remember the good times he's SAT lived through. SAT Abridged and produced by Sara Davies. SAT SAT 02:15 Grimm Thoughts b01pgll1 (Listen) SAT Episode 10 SAT When the Grimm brothers first published their Children's and SAT Household Tales in 1812, in a scholarly effort to collate a SAT national identity of the people, it was the beginning of an SAT obsessive project of two intricately interwoven lifetimes. SAT To mark the bicentenary of the first edition, writer and SAT mythographer Marina Warner explores the many compelling and SAT often controversial aspects of the tales in a 10-part SAT series, revealing new insights into the stories we think we SAT know so well, and introducing us to the charms and SAT challenges of those that we don't. SAT Alongside beautifully narrated extracts from the tales SAT themselves, renowned academics and artists who work closely SAT with the Grimm's rich heritage add to our understanding of SAT these deceptively complex stories. SAT In the final episode, with fairy tales enjoying a SAT renaissance across film and literature, we look to the SAT future of these tales that have haunted our past and the SAT fundamental appeal of storytelling. SAT Considering Hansel and Gretel, a universal story of the joys SAT and dangers of youth and innocence, we speak to playwright SAT Lucy Kirkwood about her brand new National Theatre SAT adaptation of the tale, and explore what the many SAT contemporary takes on the Grimms' legacy might tell us about SAT the modern world. SAT Producer: Kevin Dawson SAT A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama b012llrv (Listen) SAT Alison Lurie - Imaginary Friends, Episode 10 SAT By Alison Lurie. Dramatised by Melissa Murray SAT 10/10 SAT Roger, on his way to visit Tom McCann in hospital, has SAT stopped off to visit Elsie, where he has heard some terrible SAT news. SAT Roger ... Jonathan Forbes SAT McCann ... Nathan Osgood SAT Elsie ... Barbara Barnes SAT Mrs Munger ... Jane Whittenshaw SAT Nurse ... Elaine Claxton SAT Directed by Marc Beeby. SAT SAT 02:45 Kenneth Tynan - Theatre Writings b00r9y0y (Listen) SAT An Open Letter SAT The critic's surprisingly negative 1962 review about his SAT idol Laurence Olivier. Read by Michael Sheen and David SAT Horovitch. SAT SAT 03:00 Don Taylor - God's Revolution b00vcwhw (Listen) SAT For the Agreement of the Sword SAT 1649, and Cromwell is determined to foil the soldiers' SAT rebellion. English Civil War drama with Bernard Hepton and SAT Graham Blockey. SAT SAT 04:00 The 3rd Degree b00yyc89 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Durham SAT Coming this week from Durham University, host Steve Punt SAT asks Earth Scientists about Philip Larkin, and English SAT Literature professors about Fish from Marillion. So if SAT you're struggling to remember what happened to Solomon SAT Grundy on Saturday, why the witches in Macbeth speak in SAT trochees not iambs and which footballer was sent off during SAT the 2006 World Cup Final for nutting his opponent - this is SAT the quiz show for you. SAT "The 3rd Degree" is a funny, lively and dynamic new quiz SAT show aimed at cultivating the next generation of Radio 4 SAT listeners whilst delighting the current ones. It's recorded SAT on location at a different University each week, and it pits SAT three Undergraduates against three of their Professors. SAT Being a Radio 4 programme, it of course meets the most SAT stringent standards of academic rigour - but with lots of SAT facts and jokes thrown in for good measure. SAT Together with host Steve Punt, the show tours the (sometimes SAT posh, sometimes murky, but always welcoming!) Union SAT buildings, cafés and lecture halls of six universities SAT across the UK. SAT The rounds vary between Specialist Subjects and General SAT Knowledge, quickfire bell-and-buzzer rounds and the SAT 'Highbrow & Lowbrow' round cunningly devised to test not SAT only the students' knowledge of current affairs, history, SAT languages and science, but also their Professors' awareness SAT of television, film, and Lady Gaga... In addition, the SAT Head-to-Head rounds, in which students take on their SAT Professors in their own subjects, were particularly lively, SAT and offered plenty of scope for mild embarrassment on both SAT sides... SAT The resulting show is funny, fresh, and not a little bit SAT surprising, with a truly varied range of scores, friendly SAT rivalry, and moments where students wished they had more SAT than just glanced at that reading list... SAT Producer: David Tyler SAT A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 04:30 Albert and Me b007js8c (Listen) SAT Series 1, Looking for a Job SAT Single dad Bryan needs a job, but can he find an employer SAT who'll let him bring his young son Albert along? SAT Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as SAT Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Terence Alexander as SAT Rex and Madeline Smith as Stephanie. SAT Written by Jim Eldridge. SAT Producer: John Fawcett Wilson SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977. SAT SAT 05:00 The Change b0076p3r (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 3 SAT A visit to the doctor sparks a bombshell for the SAT not-so-happy mother-to-be. SAT Starring Lynda Bellingham as Carol, Philip Jackson as SAT George, Maureen Beattie as Maureen and James Vaughan as Ken. SAT Series 3 of the sitcom about a married couple's attempts to SAT smooth over their singularly troubled midlife funk - Carol SAT is hormonal and 15-stone George is a transvestite. Onlookers SAT can't quite agree on the nature of their dynamic. SAT Written by Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. SAT Producer: Elizabeth Freestone SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004. SAT SAT 05:30 Shedtown b01ppn91 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Shed Report SAT Who hasn't thought about running away from it all at some SAT time or other? Throwing caution to the wind, wrenching SAT oneself out of a long established orbit to head for the deep SAT space of the unknown? SAT In series two of Shedtown, our wooden icon of escape and SAT isolation - the shed - continues to be a symbol of SAT possibility and change. Our Sheddists arrived and survived - SAT and, now waking from a beach-baked slumber, the familiar SAT residents find faces old and new on the sand. SAT Episode 1: SAT Deborah Dearden arrives back at the beach. Not such a SAT stranger - yet stranger still. SAT Barry............................Tony Pitts SAT Jimmy..........................Stephen Mangan SAT Eleanor..................Ronni Ancona SAT Colin........................Johnny Vegas SAT Deborah.....................Emma Fryer SAT William..................Adrian Manfredi SAT Diane....................Rosina Carbone SAT Dave......................Shaun Dooley SAT Father Michael........James Quinn SAT Wes......................Warren Brown SAT Nell...........................Eleanor Samson SAT Narrator.................Maxine Peake SAT Music....................Paul Heaton and Jonny Lexus SAT Written and Directed by Tony Pitts SAT Produced by Sally Harrison SAT A Woolyback Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 06:00 King Lear on Boxing Day b007728h (Listen) SAT On Boxing Day 1606, the entertainment offered to King James SAT I and his guests at Whitehall Palace was a new play by SAT William Shakespeare - King Lear. SAT Four hundred years on, Francine Stock and a studio full of SAT guests, including actors Fiona Shaw and Oliver Ford Davis; SAT scholars Jonathan Bate, Richard Dutton, Brett Dolman and SAT Tiffany Stern; food historian Ivan Day and musicians SAT Passamezzo (along with some distinguished contributors from SAT the BBC Archives), bring to life every aspect of that SAT momentous opening night. SAT SAT 07:30 Lucinda Lambton's Elevations and Revelations SAT b0075xw9 (Listen) SAT Hatchlands Park SAT The historian visits Hatchlands Park near Guilford, SAT featuring Robert Adam's first English interior. From SAT September 2000. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b01pgq4j (Listen) SAT Blithe Margaret SAT Margaret Rutherford was a benign battleaxe, chin wagging SAT like a windsock, famous as Miss Marple, Madame Arcati in SAT Blithe Spirit and for her roles in Passport to Pimlico, The SAT Importance of Being Earnest and an Oscar-winning performance SAT in The VIPs. Stephen Fry looks back at the life and work of SAT one of our finest comedy actors and one of Britain's SAT best-loved box office stars. SAT The comic and dramatic roles Margaret played were as nothing SAT to the astonishing true crime stories that shaped her life SAT and career. Murder was to play a part in her life, beyond SAT the role of Miss Marple. She was also a regular visitor to a SAT young offenders' institution and had a family secret that SAT she never revealed. SAT The programme includes archive of Margaret herself, film SAT director David Lean, writer Rumer Godden, comedian Frankie SAT Howerd, actor Robert Morley, her husband Stringer Davis, and SAT informally adopted daughter Dawn Langley Simmons. We also SAT hear from Andy Merriman (author of Margaret Rutherford: SAT Dreadnought with Good Manners) and actress Damaris Hayman. SAT And Stephen talks to one of Margaret's distant relatives. SAT Somewhat surprisingly, it's the Rt.Hon.Tony Benn. SAT Producer: Tamsin Hughes SAT A Testbed production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats b007jthv (Listen) SAT The Sixties, Episode 1 SAT Barry Cryer's treasures from the swinging decade, including SAT Beyond Our Ken, It's a Fair Cop, The Navy Lark, Benny Hill SAT Time, The Clitheroe Kid and I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again. SAT SAT 12:00 The Motion Show b0075rmr (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT Phil Hammond chairs the debating game. With Simon Fanshawe SAT and Peter Bradshaw, Brian Sewell and Steve Punt. From SAT November 1998. SAT SAT 12:30 No Commitments b007jntb (Listen) SAT Series 6, Make My Day SAT It's a big day for Anna's new partner Stuart at his gallery, SAT but will her sisters ruin it? Stars Rosemary Leach. From SAT July 1999. SAT SAT 13:00 Virginia Bailey - Early One Morning Omnibus b06knj7b (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT Rome 1943. A split-second decision is about to change SAT Chiara's life forever. Starring Greta Scacchi and Juliet SAT Aubrey. SAT SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks b06j2h4d (Listen) SAT Raymond Blanc SAT The renowned chef selects Edith Piaf's 'La Vie En Rose' to SAT cherish and Arvo Part's 'Spiegel Im Spiegel' to pass on to SAT his children. SAT SAT 14:15 Afternoon Drama b00ryl01 (Listen) SAT Peter Whalley - The Disappearance SAT By Peter Whalley SAT A compelling psychological thriller with fraudulent identity SAT at its heart. SAT Alice moves into a converted Victorian house and rents the SAT top floor. The landlord lives below. Both tenant and SAT landlord are not who they say they are, and as each SAT discovers the truth, it's clear one of them is going to die. SAT Martin ..... Lee Ingleby SAT Alice ..... Joanne Froggatt SAT Denise ..... Becky Hindley SAT Produced and directed by Pauline Harris. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b01pgq4j (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 King Lear on Boxing Day b007728h (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Lucinda Lambton's Elevations and Revelations SAT b0075xw9 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SAT SAT 18:00 Doctor Who b06j6wry (Listen) SAT Demons of Red Lodge, The Entropy Composition SAT A prog rock symphony rediscovered in the vaults can be SAT catastrophic for the entire cosmos. Stars Peter Davison and SAT Sarah Sutton. SAT SAT 18:30 Andrew McGibbon - The Routemasters b007jnrf (Listen) SAT Don't Be a Freud SAT The time travellers hit 19th-century Austria, with Sigmund SAT Freud set to reveal his views on telepathy. Stars Amanda SAT Donohoe. SAT SAT 19:00 Comedy Greats b007jthv (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better SAT b00db05r (Listen) SAT Series 2, Diligence SAT The comedian examines the virtue of hard work. Tim Key and SAT Tom Basden pay great attention to detail in their poems and SAT songs. From September 2008. SAT SAT 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive b00cymp0 (Listen) SAT Series 4, Episode 1 SAT The comedy zookeeper unleashes his menagerie of SAT laugh-beasts. With Robin Ince, Lucy Porter and Matt Kirshen. SAT From August 2008. SAT SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b06jp78x (Listen) SAT The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith chats to Lolly SAT Adefope. SAT SAT 23:00 Saturday Night Fry b00936hz (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Stephen Fry hosts humorous banter and sketches, with Hugh SAT Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Emma Thompson and Phyllida Law. From SAT May 1988. SAT SAT 23:30 28 Acts in 28 Minutes b009ly1p (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 3 SAT John Humphrys gives 28 performers 60 seconds each to SAT entertain. With Phil Cornwell and John Finnemore. From SAT January 2008. SAT Featured Acts SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER 2015 SUN SUN 00:00 Doctor Who b06j6wry (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Andrew McGibbon - The Routemasters b007jnrf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Virginia Bailey - Early One Morning Omnibus b06knj7b (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks b06j2h4d (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:15 Afternoon Drama b00ryl01 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 b01pgq4j (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 King Lear on Boxing Day b007728h (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Lucinda Lambton's Elevations and Revelations SUN b0075xw9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Imaginary Friends Omnibus b012qn75 (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Alison Lurie's comic novel dramatised by Melissa Murray. SUN Roger has gone to see Verena, worried that Tom has SUN influenced the announcement that the Varnians are coming to SUN Earth. SUN SUN 07:15 Pier People b00760nx (Listen) SUN Brighton's Piers SUN Brighton has two piers - one happy and one sad, The Palace SUN Pier and the West Pier. What's the future for them? From SUN February 2001. SUN SUN 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00hd80x (Listen) SUN Series 4, Documentary SUN To further his career as a top celebrity, Arthur manages to SUN persuade Geoffrey away from his duties at the church hall, SUN to help make a documentary about Arthur himself to sell to SUN the BBC! A visit to an old haunt proves intriguing - could SUN the management have changed hands? SUN Everyday life with Count Arthur Strong is, as always, an SUN enlightening experience! We again follow the one time SUN Variety Star as he uncompromisingly fulfils his daily list SUN of engagements. SUN Stars Steve Delaney, Alastair Kerr, David Mounfield and Mel SUN Giedroyc. SUN Produced by John Leonard and Mark Radcliffe. SUN A Komedia Entertainment & Smooth Operations production for SUN BBC Radio 4. SUN Credits SUN Producer: Mark Radcliffe SUN Producer: John Leonard SUN Producer: Richard Daws SUN Producer: Mark Editor SUN Producer: Exec Prod SUN SUN 08:00 Educating Archie b007jss9 (Listen) SUN Archie Andrews encourages his mentor Peter Brough to fight SUN the flab. Radio ventriloquism. With Dick Emery. From October SUN 1957. SUN SUN 08:30 Frankie Howerd Show b00n3ptz (Listen) SUN A feast of comic capers from the king of big titters, with SUN June Whitfield and Ray Fell. From November 1974. SUN SUN 09:00 1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear - SUN Omnibus b06j7vjh (Listen) SUN A compelling look at an extraordinary year in the life and SUN work of Shakespeare when he wrote King Lear, Macbeth and SUN Anthony and Cleopatra. SUN SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks b06j7vwh (Listen) SUN Julie Walters SUN The award-winning actress has inherited 'Moonlight Sonata' SUN as a beloved track and would pass on the soulful 'My Funny SUN Valentine'. SUN SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b06j7whr (Listen) SUN Fashion, Betty Jackson SUN 4 Extra Debut. Fashion - From Ella Fitzgerald to Moby. The SUN British fashion designer shares her castaway choices with SUN Sue Lawley. From April 2002. SUN SUN 11:00 TED Radio Hour b06j7xfq (Listen) SUN Series 2, Predicting the Future SUN 4 Extra Debut. Guy Raz investigates some bold predictions SUN about our future and what our future lives might look like. SUN SUN 11:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00pl15m (Listen) SUN Series 1, Birds of Paradise SUN The naturalist muses on the New Guinea residents, who fooled SUN early explorers with their resplendent adornments and SUN decorations. SUN SUN 12:00 Educating Archie b007jss9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 12:30 Frankie Howerd Show b00n3ptz (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 13:00 Imaginary Friends Omnibus b012qn75 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 14:15 Pier People b00760nx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 14:30 Sascha Arango - Reading Europe: The Truth and Other SUN Lies Omnibus b06j7y5s (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Famous novelist Henry Hayden has it all, or so it seems.Now SUN he has to tells his mistress about his past. Read by Jamie SUN Parker. SUN SUN 15:30 Crème de la Crime b0081mpp (Listen) SUN Series 2, Six Feet Down Under SUN Michael Feydeau and David Pershore probe a death by cutlery SUN back in 1824. Stars Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From May SUN 2002. SUN SUN 15:45 Ronald Frame Short Stories b06j82gv (Listen) SUN Tea and Dancing SUN 4 Extra Debut. It had become a pleasant ritual on her SUN birthday. But the third time revealed an awful truth. Short SUN story read by Lynn Farleigh. SUN SUN 16:00 Saturday Drama b00kwfbd (Listen) SUN Hattie Naylor - J'Accuse SUN By Hattie Naylor. Dramatisation inspired by a newspaper SUN article written by Emile Zola in response to the Dreyfus SUN Affair of the 1890s, when a Jewish army officer was SUN persecuted and wrongly imprisoned by the French military and SUN judicial establishment. Louis Gregori gives a right-wing and SUN nationalistic perspective on the events that led him to SUN believe that the murder of the guiltless Dreyfus was the SUN correct and only action. SUN Louis ...... Mark Heap SUN Dominique ...... Kathryn Hunt SUN Arnaud ...... Graeme Hawley SUN Zola ...... Conrad Nelson SUN Eugene/Dreyfus ...... Paul Mundell SUN Gustav ...... Jonathan Keeble SUN Directed by Pauline Harris. SUN SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra: Poetry of History b06j8553 (Listen) SUN The Echo Chamber: SUN Paul Farley meets poet Jen Hadfield in Shetland, taking some SUN of her poems from her book Byssus back to where they were SUN written. SUN SUN 17:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00hd80x (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Friday Drama b01694p2 (Listen) SUN Recordings Recovered from the House of Leaves SUN Adapted by Mike Walker. SUN "The Navidson Record now stands as part of this country's SUN cultural experience and yet, in spite of the fact that SUN hundreds of thousands of people have seen it, the film SUN continues to remain an enigma. Some insist it must be true, SUN others believe it is a trick on a par with the Orson Welles SUN radio romp The War of the Worlds. Many more have never even SUN heard of it." SUN With these words Zampano preludes the excerpts from an SUN extraordinary film, cut together by Will Navidson from SUN cameras located within his house and those he took with him SUN into the labyrinth that had sprung up there over the course SUN of a few days. SUN According to the Navidson record, it was when the family SUN returned to the house from a trip to Seattle that they first SUN discovered the additional door and the space behind it. Will SUN Navidson, celebrated adventure photographer, was intrigued, SUN his partner Karen insisted that the door be permanently SUN locked. But one night after a row, Navidson opened the door SUN and went in. He found rooms beyond rooms, all windowless, SUN all unlit, and only narrowly escaped becoming lost forever SUN in the labyrinth. Not long afterwards the spiral staircase SUN appeared, corkscrewing downwards to a dark infinity. So SUN Navidson equipped his brother Tom and others for an SUN expedition, as if they were embarking on a quest into some SUN architectural jungle. The cameras rolled and they descended, SUN and here's the audio. SUN House of Leaves is the remarkable cult novel by Mark Z SUN Danielewsky, a labyrinth of its own kind with its multiple SUN interwoven narratives and textual tricks. This dramatic SUN piece re-imagines the terrifying heart of the story. SUN The narrator in this production is Jim Norton who recently SUN received both an Olivier award for the National Theatre SUN production and a Tony for the hit Broadway production of SUN Conor McPherson's The Seafarer, and is currently appearing SUN again at the National in McPherson's new play The Veil. SUN Producer/Director: John Taylor SUN A Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio 4. SUN Credits SUN Zampano: Jim Norton SUN Navidson: William Hope SUN Karen: Debora Weston SUN Tom Navidson: Martin McDougall SUN Jed Leeder: Jeff Mash SUN Holloway: Richard Ridings SUN Reston: Vinta Morgan SUN Daisy: Eleanor Blaney SUN Author: Mark Z Danielewski SUN Director: John Taylor SUN Producer: John Taylor SUN SUN 19:00 TED Radio Hour b06j7xfq (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00pl15m (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today] SUN SUN 20:00 1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear - SUN Omnibus b06j7vjh (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks b06j7vwh (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] SUN SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b06j7whr (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00hd80x (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 On the Town with the League of Gentlemen b0081tbs (Listen) SUN The Wedding SUN Reg finds Barbara through the local dating agency. Pre-TV SUN sitcom with Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and Reece SUN Shearsmith. From December 1997. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b06jp7qx (Listen) SUN The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith chats to Lolly SUN Adefope. SUN SUN 23:00 Newsjack b06hj04z (Listen) SUN Series 13, Episode 6 SUN This week's stories lovingly bashed, mashed and moulded into SUN sketches, one-liners and vox-pops by the public. Trying to SUN make sense of it all is our host, Nish Kumar. SUN SUN 23:30 Recorded for Training Purposes b00gdyxx (Listen) SUN Series 3, Episode 1 SUN 4 Extra Debut. Sketch show about modern communication and SUN contemporary obsessions. With Ben Willbond and Rachel SUN Atkins. From January 2009. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 19 OCTOBER 2015 MON MON 00:00 Friday Drama b01694p2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Imaginary Friends Omnibus b012qn75 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:15 Pier People b00760nx (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Sascha Arango - Reading Europe: The Truth and Other MON Lies Omnibus b06j7y5s (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Crème de la Crime b0081mpp (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:45 Ronald Frame Short Stories b06j82gv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] MON MON 04:00 Saturday Drama b00kwfbd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Poetry Extra: Poetry of History b06j8553 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00hd80x (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Kingsley Amis - Moral Fibre b06jdy6r (Listen) MON 4 Extra Debut. Welsh librarian John Lewis tangles with a MON social worker out to rescue a young girl from a life of sin. MON Stars Sion Tudor Owen. MON MON 06:30 John Mayall's Blues Adventures b00lg9y2 (Listen) MON Blues musician John Mayall presents a homage to the rhythm MON and blues scene which exploded in Britain in the early MON 1960s. With contributions from Bill Wyman, Zoot Money and MON Eric Burdon. MON MON 07:00 Turf Wars b00zsjyj (Listen) MON The Accidental Head MON The Accidental Head by Jeremy Front MON Beth just wants what's best for her 11 year old son; a solid MON secondary education at the kind of school that recognises MON his genius, as well as his aptitude for baroque music. A MON school like Folgate. But when the family is edged out of MON Folgate's catchment area, a battle begins. MON Beth takes on the might of the council with a mixture of MON community action, ancient by-laws and sheep. MON Directed by James Robinson. MON Credits MON Beth: Katherine Parkinson MON Jake: Darren Boyd MON Ruth Willith: Emma Fryer MON Journalist: Alex Tregear MON Helen: Sally Orrock MON Farmer: Brian Bowles MON Hughes: Brian Bowles MON Writer: Jeremy Front MON Director: James Robinson MON Producer: James Robinson MON MON 07:30 Just a Minute b06gqkv8 (Listen) MON Series 73, Episode 2 MON A Trip to Ikea and The Hippocratic Oath are amongst the MON subjects on the cards as Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Susan MON Calman and Josie Lawrence join Nicholas Parsons to see who MON can avoid hesitation, deviation and repetition. Hayley MON Sterling blows the whistle. MON Produced by Victoria Lloyd. MON Credits MON Presenter: Nicholas Parsons MON Panellist: Paul Merton MON Panellist: Julian Clary MON Panellist: Susan Calman MON Panellist: Josie Lawrence MON Producer: Victoria Lloyd MON MON 08:00 Dad's Army b007jpgq (Listen) MON Series 2, The Day the Balloon Went Up MON Captain Mainwaring and Lance Corporal Jones get carried away MON with the platoon's war effort. Adapted from TV with Arthur MON Lowe. From June 1975. MON MON 08:30 As Time Goes By b06jf7bz (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 6 MON Jean's sister-in-law Penny reveals she has left her husband. MON Adapted from TV with Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer. From MON March 1999. MON MON 09:00 The Motion Show b0075rt1 (Listen) MON Episode 4 MON Dr Phil Hammond chairs the debating game with John MON O'Farrell, Mark Maier, Maria McErlane and Miles Kington. MON From November 1998. MON MON 09:30 Electric Ink b01kkqc9 (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 6 MON by Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson. MON A comic satire set in the struggling world of newspapers. MON The paper is on the verge of being sold to a Russian MON gangster. MON Maddox ..... John Sessions MON Oliver ..... Alex Jennings MON Freddy ..... Stephen Wight MON Carol ..... Polly Frame MON Masha ..... Debbie Chazen MON Andrei Zinoviev ..... Ewan Bailey MON Steward ..... Adeel Akhtar MON Producer ..... Sally Avens MON Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson's satire is set in the MON world of modern newspapers. MON A group of dysfunctional journalists attempt to cover major MON news stories at the same time as grappling with the demands MON of working in a multi-platform environment, watching MON circulation figures plummet and the recession causing half MON the workforce to be laid off. MON At the heart of the comedy is the relationship between MON Maddox Bradley, a journalist who mourns the day of proper MON investigative journalism, and Freddy, the online editor who MON will regurgitate a press release quite happily and call it a MON story. But they have a grudging respect for the each other MON as Freddy helps Maddox stay afloat in the world of Twitter, MON Facebook and podcasting and Maddox shows Freddy how to sniff MON out the real story. Both are at the mercy of Oliver, the MON pragmatic Editor more concerned with keeping his job, and MON Carol, the news editor who believes that circulation will MON increase if they run pieces on Big Mac eating orang-utans MON and 'intelligent' skunks rather than Maddox's moral MON crusading diatribes. And only Masha, the Russian head of MON online communities, who wants to give away all their content MON because that is true democracy, knows Freddy's secret; that MON he's a posh boy from Eton rather than a hypercool kid from MON the street; well that's what Freddy thinks anyway. MON MON 10:00 Classic Serial b00czqt0 (Listen) MON Honoré de Balzac - The Black Sheep, Episode 1 MON Chris Dolan's dramatisation of Honore de Balzac's MON entertaining tale of family rivalry and fortunes lost and MON won, set in 19th-century France. MON After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, Philippe Bridau becomes MON a reckless gambler who steals from his mother to finance his MON obsession. She foolishly continues to idolise him, and it is MON left to his more dependable brother Joseph to rescue the MON family from destitution. MON Narrator ...... Geoffrey Whitehead MON Philippe Bridau ...... Thomas Arnold MON Joseph Bridau ...... Mathew Pidgeon MON Agathe Bridau ...... Briony McRoberts MON Madame Descoings ...... Phyllida Law MON Desroches ...... Jon Glover MON Monsieur Hochon ...... Christian Rodska MON Madame Hochon ...... Colette O'Neil MON Max Gilet ...... Alan Cox MON Baruch ...... Nyasha Hatendi MON Giroudeau ...... David Holt MON Mariette ...... Liz Sutherland MON Directed by Bruce Young. MON MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading b015zpdl (Listen) MON The Mystery of the Hills, Making Contact MON By Andrew Greig. MON Read by Liam Brennan. MON A poet reflects upon a romantic encounter from his youth, MON which taught him the value of language and the nature of MON identity. MON First in a series of stories commissioned to mark the MON centenary of the birth of the Highland poet Sorley MacLean. MON Awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1990, MacLean MON is regarded as the greatest Gaelic poet of the Twentieth MON Century, giving new literary standing to a language which MON has at times seemed close to extinction. MON MacLean was born in October 1911 on Raasay, a small island MON lying off the east coast of Skye, into a family immersed in MON Highland history and culture. It is often said that what MON Hugh MacDiarmid did for Scots, Sorley MacLean did for MON Gaelic, sparking a Gaelic renaissance in Scottish MON literature. He was also instrumental in preserving and MON promoting the teaching of Gaelic in Scottish schools. He MON died in 1996. MON Produced by Kirsteen Cameron. MON MON 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00yz3hd (Listen) MON Jonathan Holloway - The Old Spies MON A new play by Jonathan Holloway about three former spies in MON an old peoples' home. They talk and remember their old MON missions and rage against the dying of their lights. They MON now have nowhere to go but hold on to the stories of their MON adventurous lives as they feel their own minds, memories and MON personalities shifting. MON MON 12:00 Dad's Army b007jpgq (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 As Time Goes By b06jf7bz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Kingsley Amis - Moral Fibre b06jdy6r (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 John Mayall's Blues Adventures b00lg9y2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim b00sm5xn (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON The barriers are down as junior lecturer Jim Dixon takes MON recovering academic Margaret out on a date. Satire on MON university life, read by Martin Jarvis. MON MON 14:15 Noise: A Human History b01r9c95 (Listen) MON Echoes in the Dark MON Episode one of Noise: A Human History, a thirty-part series MON made in collaboration with the British Library Sound MON Archive. MON What do caves tell us about the mind and beliefs of MON Neolithic people? With no scientific explanation to hand for MON the phenomenon of the echo, it was natural to assume it was MON a spirit voice. MON Certain echoes sounded like the galloping hooves of beasts; MON others like the fluttering wings of birds. These echoes MON appeared to come from the rocks themselves. They moved, they MON were uncanny - all this hinting at a 'spirit world' within. MON Professor David Hendy from the University of Sussex visits MON the caves of Arcy-sur-Cure in Burgundy with musicologist MON Iegor Reznikoff to listen to evidence deep underground next MON to paintings of bison and birds. MON Series Producer: Matt Thompson MON A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01dtkj8 (Listen) MON Grazia Deledda - Reeds in the Wind, Episode 1 MON Grazia Deledda's powerful story of love, poverty, honour and MON retribution set in the rugged landscape of 1900's Sardinia. MON Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths from a translation by MON Martha King. MON Efix is a loyal servant to the Pintor sisters Noemi, Ester MON and Ruth, the last remnants of a noble family in decline, MON dishonoured by a sister, Lia, who ran away and driven to MON poverty by the sudden and mysterious death of their father. MON Only Efix knows the truth. When he discovers that the MON sisters have received a telegram from Lia's son, the ghosts MON of the past emerge. MON EFIX.....John Lynch MON ZUAN.....Kane Tomlinson Weaver MON LIA.....Holliday Grainger MON DON ZAME.....Conrad Nelson MON KALLINA.....Kathryn Hunt MON Directed by Nadia Molinari MON Series Synopsis: MON Efix is a loyal servant to the Pintor sisters Noemi, Ester MON and Ruth, the last remnants of a noble family in decline. MON For twenty five years they have lived with the dishonour of MON a sister Lia who ran away and the poverty brought about by MON the sudden and mysterious death of their father. Only Efix MON knows the truth but now with the arrival of Lia's son, their MON nephew Giacinto, old secrets and unspoken desires surface. MON Grazia Deledda wrote thirty-three novels and many books of MON short stories, almost all set in Sardinia. In 1926, ten MON years before her death, she became the second woman to be MON awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. She wrote Reeds in MON the Wind in 1913. MON Deledda's characteristic love of the natural landscape and MON fascination with the folk culture of the island underpins MON the novel. A dreamlike quality envelops the story where past MON and present merge. It is a novel full of imagery, of smells, MON of colour, of light and shade. The religious festivals, the MON music and the growing love between Giacinto and Grixenda MON contrast with Efix's frightening visions of the past and the MON repressed and austere existence of the Pintor sisters in MON their dilapidated home- a prison of their own making that MON separates them from the flow of life. MON MON 14:45 Book of the Week b00wdf44 (Listen) MON Bettany Hughes - The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the MON Search for the Good Life, Episode 1 MON Written by Bettany Hughes. We think the way we do because MON Socrates thought the way he did. His aphorism 'The MON unexamined life is not worth living' may have originated MON twenty-five centuries ago, but it is a founding principle of MON modern life. MON Socrates lived in a city that nurtured the key ingredients MON of contemporary civilisation - democracy, liberty, science, MON drama, rational thought- yet, as he wrote nothing in his MON lifetime, he himself is an enigmatic figure. "The Hemlock MON Cup" tells his story, setting him in the context of the MON Eastern Mediterranean that was his home, and dealing with MON him as he himself dealt with the world. MON Socrates was a soldier, a lover, a man of the people. He MON philosophised neither in grand educational establishments MON nor the courts of kings but in the squares and public arenas MON of Golden Age Athens. He lived through an age of MON extraordinary materialism, in which a democratic culture MON turned to the glorification of its own city; when war was MON declared under the banner of democracy; and, when tolerance MON turned into intimidation on streets once populated by the MON likes of Euripides, Sophocles and Pericles. MON For seventy years he was a vigorous citizen of one of the MON greatest capitals on earth, but then his beloved Athens MON turned on him, condemning him to death by poison. Socrates' MON pursuit of personal liberty is a vibrant story that Athens MON did not want us to hear. But Bettany Hughes has MON painstakingly pieced together Socrates' life, following in MON his footsteps across Greece and Asia Minor, and examining MON the new archaeological discoveries that shed light on his MON world. "The Hemlock Cup" relates a story that is as relevant MON now as it has ever been. MON Abridged by Libby Spurrier MON Reader: Bettany Hughes MON Producer: Joanna Green MON A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 15:00 Classic Serial b00czqt0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The Motion Show b0075rt1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 16:30 Electric Ink b01kkqc9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 17:00 Turf Wars b00zsjyj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:30 Just a Minute b06gqkv8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 18:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood b007jv38 (Listen) MON Freezerville MON One man survives a wild Antarctic storm against all odds. MON What is his chilling secret? Starring Tom Mannion and Tim MON McMullan. MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b0075zfs (Listen) MON Tariq Ali and Jean Binta Breeze MON 4 Extra Debut. Louise Doughty is joined by Tariq Ali and MON Jean Binta Breeze to discuss books by Sam Selvon, Beryl MON Bainbridge and Robert Irwin. From December 2000. MON MON 19:00 Dad's Army b007jpgq (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 As Time Goes By b06jf7bz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Kingsley Amis - Moral Fibre b06jdy6r (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 John Mayall's Blues Adventures b00lg9y2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading b015zpdl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00yz3hd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Just a Minute b06gqkv8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 The Headset Set b01nl9pw (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 1 MON EPISODE 1 MON A new fast-moving audience sketch show set in the world of a MON call centre called Smile5, a company that sells anything and MON everything. This week, a new Guy called Scott starts work at MON Smile 5, while sketches include a man calling to complain MON about a faulty bowl. MON Aleesha and other characters ..... Chizzy Akudolu MON Bernie and other characters ..... Margaret-Cabourn Smith MON Big Tony, Ralph and other characters ..... Colin Hoult MON Sailesh, Bradley and other characters ..... Phaldut sharma MON Writers ..... Various MON Script editor ..... Dan Tetsell/James Kettle. MON Producer ..... Tilusha Ghelani MON WELCOME TO SMILE5! MON Smile5 is a mail order catalogue company selling everything MON from Rolex watches to lawnmowers, from financial products to MON phone and broadband, from holidays to health insurance. And MON somewhere in a brown-field wasteland miles from the nearest MON town, it runs one of the largest call centres operating in MON the UK. This is the world of The Headset Set. MON Each episode features a host of sketches set eavesdropping MON on both sides of the bizarre, horrific and ludicrous MON business-customer relationship. The remaining sketches are MON set in the Smile5's offices. We meet four of the call MON centre's employees: MON Sailesh - Officially the team leader, Sailesh has recently MON moved from Bangalore seemingly bringing a wealth of MON call-centre experience and an admirable work ethic lacking MON in his fellow Headsetters, which the others resent him for. MON Bernie - As she's been here longer than anyone, she refuses MON to recognise Sailesh's authority. She also refuses to learn MON how to use anything more technologically advanced than a MON 1980s trim phone. MON Aleesha - A self-loathing street-wise cynic who resents MON having to work at Smile 5. Or in fact, having to work at MON all. MON Big Tony - Tony spends most of his time on the phone, but MON not necessarily on Smile 5 business. He's always running MON some sort of dodgy scam, like a minicab office from his MON desk. MON Other sketches feature Smile5's unsympathetic counsellor and MON the head of training Ralph, who trains the most inept of the MON call centre staff, such as the child-like Bradley. MON The series stars Chizzy Akudolu (Holby City), Margaret MON Cabourn Smith (Fresh Meat, Miranda), Colin Hoult (Being MON Human; Life's Too Short), Lucy Montgomery (Armstrong and MON Miller; Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack) and Phaldut Sharma MON (Eastenders) MON WRITERS MON This is a team written sketch show originated by Stephen MON Carlin and James Kettle. Established sketch writers such as MON Stephen Carlin, James Kettle, Jon Hunter and Colin Hoult are MON joined by the best comedy writers to have emerged from MON recent 'open door' radio shows. These recent Radio 4 and 4 MON extra shows, Recorded for Training Purposes and Newsjack, MON gave new comedy writers an opportunity to hone their skills. MON MON 23:00 News Quiz Extra b06jglpc (Listen) MON Series 15, Episode 5 MON A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles MON Jupp. Miles is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Anne McElvoy and Sara MON Pascoe. MON MON 23:45 Crème de la Crime b008756y (Listen) MON Series 3, The Quiller Killer MON TV detective Michael Feydeau ponders the murder of MON Christopher Marlowe. Stars Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From MON April 2003. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER 2015 TUE TUE 00:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood b007jv38 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 A Good Read b0075zfs (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Kingsley Amis - Moral Fibre b06jdy6r (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 John Mayall's Blues Adventures b00lg9y2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim b00sm5xn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:15 Noise: A Human History b01r9c95 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 15 Minute Drama b01dtkj8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:45 Book of the Week b00wdf44 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Classic Serial b00czqt0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 The Motion Show b0075rt1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:30 Electric Ink b01kkqc9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Turf Wars b00zsjyj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Just a Minute b06gqkv8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Kingsley Amis - All the Blood Within Me b06jgs5r (Listen) TUE 4 Extra Debut. Following a 30-year unrequited love affair, TUE Alec faces uncomfortable truths at his paramour's funeral. TUE Stars Tom Watson. TUE TUE 06:30 Forever 22 b00hc948 (Listen) TUE Roger Daltrey explores the turbulent relationship between TUE Buddy Holly and his manager and producer, Norman Petty. TUE Niki Sullivan and JI Allison, guitarist and drummer with The TUE Crickets, and Buddy's widow Maria Elena reveal that all was TUE not well between the pair, and the tensions led to a split. TUE Roger hears how Petty made a series of unusual business TUE decisions on behalf of the band, and accrued writing credits TUE - and consequently royalty payments - to himself which are TUE still causing financial difficulties some 50 years on. TUE TUE 07:00 Arrested Development b0075vxs (Listen) TUE Episode 4 TUE Can Bob manage to woo Kate back? What future for jilted TUE bride Penny? Stars Letitia Dean and Phil Cornwell. From June TUE 2000. TUE TUE 07:30 There Is No Escape b06grjn7 (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE An audience sitcom about a man dissatisfied with his life, TUE whose feeble attempts to run away invariably end with him TUE traipsing home defeated. In Episode 1 Andrew arrives home TUE from work one evening to find the house even more of a mess TUE than usual. An argument with his girlfriend about cleaning TUE escalates and Andrew storms out to find something to eat. TUE After a soul destroying encounter with the woman in the TUE local shop, who can only recommend frozen turkey dinosaurs TUE for his meal, Andrew joins his work mate, Lennie, for a TUE consolation dinner in the pub. Later he returns home and is TUE forced to negotiate about a cleaner through the letterbox TUE before he is finally allowed back in. Starring Andrew TUE Lawrence and Diane Morgan. TUE Credits TUE Actor: Andrew Lawrence TUE Actor: Diane Morgan TUE Writer: Andrew Lawrence TUE TUE 08:00 Round the Horne b007jlx6 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Episode 4 TUE Kenneth Horne heads up the river, and swings by Julian and TUE Sandy's Bona Antiques. With Kenneth Williams and Bill TUE Pertwee. From March 1967. TUE TUE 08:30 To the Manor Born b007jpzw (Listen) TUE The Rhythms of the Earth TUE Audrey educates the new squire into the ways of the Lord of TUE the Manor. Adapted from TV, with Penelope Keith. From TUE January 1997. TUE TUE 09:00 News Quiz Extra b06jglpc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:45 Crème de la Crime b008756y (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 10:00 Classic Serial b00d3k14 (Listen) TUE Honoré de Balzac - The Black Sheep, Episode 2 TUE Chris Dolan's dramatisation of Honore de Balzac's TUE entertaining tale of family rivalry and fortunes lost and TUE won, set in 19th-century France. TUE Philippe's gambling has left his family destitute and his TUE political activities have landed him in jail. His mother and TUE brother seek financial help from a rich elderly relative, TUE but a pretty young housekeeper and her lover have already TUE laid plans to rob the old man of his money. TUE Narrator ...... Geoffrey Whitehead TUE Philippe Bridau ...... Thomas Arnold TUE Joseph Bridau ...... Mathew Pidgeon TUE Agathe Bridau ...... Briony McRoberts TUE Flore Brazier ...... Lucy Paterson TUE Jean-Jacques Rouget ...... Timothy Bateson TUE Desroches ...... Jon Glover TUE Monsieur Hochon ...... Christian Rodska TUE Madame Hochon ...... Colette O'Neil TUE Max Gilet ...... Alan Cox TUE Baruch ...... Nyasha Hatendi TUE Fario ...... Chris Pavlo TUE Directed by Bruce Young. TUE TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading b015zqv5 (Listen) TUE The Mystery of the Hills, The Girl with the Red Hair TUE By Mairi MacLeod. TUE Read by Mairi Morrison. TUE A young Skye woman, Eilidh, stops for a break during a walk TUE in the Cuillin mountains. In her rucksack she carries a TUE recent gift: the collected poems of Sorley MacLean. As she TUE begins to read, she hears a woman singing and is transported TUE by the sadness in her voice. Who is the stranger; what TUE tragedy has she suffered? TUE Second in a series of stories specially commissioned to mark TUE the centenary of the birth of the Highland poet Sorley TUE MacLean. A warded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1990, TUE MacLean is regarded as the greatest Gaelic poet of the TUE Twentieth Century, giving new literary standing to a TUE language which has at times seemed close to extinction. TUE MacLean was born in October 1911 on Raasay, a small island TUE lying off the east coast of Skye, into a family immersed in TUE Highland history and culture. It is often said that what TUE Hugh MacDiarmid did for Scots, Sorley MacLean did for TUE Gaelic, sparking a Gaelic renaissance in Scottish TUE literature. He was also instrumental in preserving and TUE promoting the teaching of Gaelic in Scottish schools. He TUE died in 1996. TUE Produced by Kirsteen Cameron. TUE TUE 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00yyh94 (Listen) TUE Bullmore and Macmillan - Family Tree TUE Mackenzie Crook and Amanda Root star in this magical play TUE which was co-written by comedy writer-performer Amelia TUE Bullmore and playwright Duncan Macmillan. TUE Nancy knows her teenage son doesn't like washing, but she TUE has no idea of the strange and bewildering consequences that TUE this lack of soap and scrubbing will lead to - and nor does TUE Dan. As his body adjusts to a more 'natural' state, Nancy TUE and Dan's delicate status quo is disrupted and life-changing TUE decisions have to be made. TUE A funny, moving fairy tale about mums and their sons, and TUE letting children grow and blossom into the people they want TUE to be. TUE Terry ..... Mackenzie Crook TUE Nancy ..... Amanda Root TUE Storyteller ..... Dorien Thomas TUE Dan ..... Gareth Pierce TUE Reena. ..... Amelia Bullmore TUE Dustin ..... Simon Ludders TUE Fizz ..... Claire Harry TUE Producer: Sam Hoyle TUE BBC Cymru Wales. TUE TUE 12:00 Round the Horne b007jlx6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 To the Manor Born b007jpzw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Kingsley Amis - All the Blood Within Me b06jgs5r (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Forever 22 b00hc948 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim b00sm8nh (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Will an 'arty' weekend at the Welches give lecturer Jim an TUE opportunity to impress his colleagues? Read by Martin TUE Jarvis. TUE TUE 14:15 Noise: A Human History b01rdzhz (Listen) TUE The Beat of Drums TUE Episode two of a thirty-part series made in collaboration TUE with the British Library Sound Archive. TUE Words are only one way to communicate - humans have found TUE many more. TUE Professor David Hendy travels to Ghana to hear the talking TUE drum, a language made of drumbeats that once carried TUE messages through the rainforest like a telegraph signal. TUE There's also a treasure from the Pitt Rivers Sound Archive - TUE the sound of BayAka pygmies of the Central African Republic TUE preparing for a net hunt. How do non-verbal sounds carry TUE information and how do they bind us together as a group? TUE Series Producer: Matt Thompson. TUE A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01dy7qg (Listen) TUE Grazia Deledda - Reeds in the Wind, Episode 2 TUE Grazia Deledda's powerful story of love, poverty, honour and TUE retribution set in the rugged landscape of 1900's Sardinia. TUE Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths from a translation by TUE Martha King. TUE The Pintor sisters Noemi, Ester and Ruth are the last TUE remnants of a noble family in decline. For twenty five years TUE they have lived with the dishonour of a sister, Lia, who ran TUE away and the poverty brought about by the sudden and TUE mysterious death of their father. Now a telegram announcing TUE the imminent arrival of Lia's son, their nephew Giacinto, TUE causes turmoil. TUE EFIX.....John Lynch TUE NOEMI.....Charlotte Emmerson TUE ESTER.....Deborah McAndrew TUE RUTH/KALLINA.....Kathryn Hunt TUE LIA.....Holliday Grainger TUE Directed by Nadia Molinari. TUE TUE 14:45 Book of the Week b00wgz8w (Listen) TUE Bettany Hughes - The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the TUE Search for the Good Life, Episode 2 TUE Written by Bettany Hughes. TUE Socrates lived in a city that nurtured the key ingredients TUE of contemporary civilisation - democracy, liberty, science, TUE drama, rational thought- yet, as he wrote nothing in his TUE lifetime, he himself is an enigmatic figure. "The Hemlock TUE Cup" tells his story, setting him in the context of the TUE Eastern Mediterranean that was his home, and dealing with TUE him as he himself dealt with the world. TUE The young Socrates listens to the great thinkers of Athens TUE and begins to form his own philosophical thoughts on life. TUE Abridged by Libby Spurrier TUE Reader: Bettany Hughes TUE Producer: Joanna Green TUE A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:00 Classic Serial b00d3k14 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 Act Your Age b00qcj8m (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 3 TUE Simon Mayo hosts the comedy show that pits the comic TUE generations against each other to find out which is the TUE funniest. TUE Team captains Jon Richardson, Ed Byrne and Johnnie Casson TUE are joined by Jared Christmas, Mark Watson and Eddie Large. TUE TUE 16:30 Old Dog and Partridge b007jvg6 (Listen) TUE Episode 5 TUE When old chum Ralph arrives with a trophy wife, landlord TUE Jack invents a fiancee. Stars Michael Williams. From January TUE 1999. TUE TUE 17:00 Arrested Development b0075vxs (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:30 There Is No Escape b06grjn7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood b007s5v2 (Listen) TUE Cold Heart TUE Following gruesome discoveries at both camps, Bowers' TUE behaviour becomes more erratic. Starring Tom Mannion and Tim TUE McMullan. TUE TUE 18:30 That Reminds Me b007jn9p (Listen) TUE Series 2, Maureen Lipman TUE The popular actress looks back on her showbusiness career in TUE film, TV and the theatre. From October 2000. TUE TUE 19:00 Round the Horne b007jlx6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 To the Manor Born b007jpzw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Kingsley Amis - All the Blood Within Me b06jgs5r (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Forever 22 b00hc948 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading b015zqv5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00yyh94 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 There Is No Escape b06grjn7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Twenty Players b06jmc82 (Listen) TUE Gertrude Trelawny Ferris TUE Forgotten sporting heroes. Gerald Sinstadt tells the story TUE of the sporting all-rounder Gertrude Trelawny Ferris. From TUE June 1995. TUE TUE 22:45 Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows b00fn9hk (Listen) TUE Roads TUE The fearless reporter probes Britain's highways and byways. TUE Written by and starring Stephen Carlin. From November 2008. TUE TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b06l478k (Listen) TUE Tiff Stevenson chats to Naz Osmanoglu and Mark Cooper Jones TUE from WitTank. TUE TUE 23:00 Delve Special b007jqfr (Listen) TUE Series 4, Bitter Harvest TUE Probing pesticides and agricultural policy, intrepid TUE reporter David Lander asks if farming is in crisis. Stars TUE Stephen Fry. From September 1987. TUE TUE 23:30 Ectoplasm b007wwd6 (Listen) TUE The Case of the Stupid Ignorant Americans TUE Lord Zimbabwe and Dr Lilac are moon-bound, pursuing abducted TUE hillbillies. With Dan Freedman and Nick Romero. From August TUE 2000. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2015 WED WED 00:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood b007s5v2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 That Reminds Me b007jn9p (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Kingsley Amis - All the Blood Within Me b06jgs5r (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Forever 22 b00hc948 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim b00sm8nh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:15 Noise: A Human History b01rdzhz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 15 Minute Drama b01dy7qg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:45 Book of the Week b00wgz8w (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Classic Serial b00d3k14 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Act Your Age b00qcj8m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:30 Old Dog and Partridge b007jvg6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Arrested Development b0075vxs (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 There Is No Escape b06grjn7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Kingsley Amis - Dear Illusion b06jmkm7 (Listen) WED 4 Extra Debut. EA Potter is thought to be a great poet, but WED what does he feel about himself? Stars Freddie Jones and WED Carolyn Pickles. WED WED 06:30 The Shock of the Knee b00gmdxp (Listen) WED Fashion writer Colin McDowell recalls the rise of the WED miniskirt and Yves Saint Laurent's 1959 House of Dior WED collection, which introduced hemlines above the knee, and WED the shocked reactions of society. WED The press were agog at these developments, and even some WED Dior staff thought that Saint Laurent's designs had gone too WED far. At the same time in Britain, short skirts became WED increasingly popular with young women. WED McDowell talks to one of the most important designers of the WED period, Mary Quant, as well as representatives of today's WED fashion industry, and wonders if womenswear will ever be as WED shocking again. WED An All Out production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 07:00 Huddwinks b00b1p9r (Listen) WED Series 2, The Curse of the Smollett's Curse! WED Melissa and Compton win a holiday, but spurn Herne Bay for WED an adventure in ancient Egypt. Stars Roy Hudd. From June WED 1988. WED WED 07:30 To Hull and Back b06hjkv6 (Listen) WED The French Connection WED To Hull and Back is the eagerly anticipated sitcom from BBC WED New Comedy Award winner Lucy Beaumont. First episode in this WED new series. WED Sophie still lives at home with her mum in Hull. They make a WED living doing car boot sales at the weekend. Except they WED don't really make a living because her mum can't bear to get WED rid of any of their junk. Plus, they don't have a car. As WED their house gets more cluttered, Sophie feels more trapped. WED Sophie dreams of moving to London to meet her dad and to WED become a famous actress. Will this dream come true? WED Cast WED Sophie - Lucy Beaumont WED Sheila - Maureen Lipman WED Jean - Kerrie Marsh WED Ernie - Norman Lovett WED Michelle - Jemma Walker WED Sadie - Jaimi Barbakoff WED Writer WED Lucy Beaumont WED Producer WED Carl Cooper WED This is a BBC Radio Comedy Production. WED Credits WED Sophie: Lucy Beaumont WED Sheila: Maureen Lipman WED Jean: Kerrie Marsh WED Ernie: Norman Lovett WED Michelle: Jemma Walker WED Sadie: Jaimi Barbakoff WED Writer: Lucy Beaumont WED Producer: Carl Cooper WED WED 08:00 The TV Lark b019m4j5 (Listen) WED The Prestige Show WED Fledgling channel Troutbridge TV stages a gala programme to WED boost its viewership. Navy Lark spin-off stars Leslie WED Phillips. From February 1963. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00dyb12 (Listen) WED Series 6, Episode 10 WED Problem corner, and Robinson Prunestone gets marooned. Songs WED and sketches with John Cleese and Graeme Garden. From June WED 1968. WED WED 09:00 Puzzle Panel b00z628p (Listen) WED Episode 10 WED Fiendish brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Dr Doreen WED Baxter, Professor David Singmaster and Robert Eastway. From WED August 1998. WED WED 09:30 The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII b0076j10 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED The 'unreliable' historical account of Jane Seymour's WED mother, Lady Margaret. Stars Jonathan Coy. From December WED 2003. WED WED 10:00 RD Blackmore - Lorna Doone b00snl4p (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED Farmer John Ridd always hated the Doones, until he met WED Lorna. 17th-century romance set on Exmoor in Devon. Stars WED David Schofield and Alison Pettit. WED WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading b015zs0v (Listen) WED The Mystery of the Hills, Hallaig WED By Iain Finlay MacLeod. WED Read by Tony Kearney. WED A man reflects upon the consequences of a decision made too WED lightly. WED Hebridean writer Iain Finlay MacLeod completes this series WED of stories specially commissioned to mark the centenary of WED the birth of the Gaelic poet Sorley MacLean. The title of WED this story refers to MacLean's great poem "Hallaig", while WED lines from the poem "The Choice" are central to the story's WED theme. Both poems can be read in full on MacLean's official WED website (see link opposite). WED Sorley MacLean was born in October 1911 on Raasay, a small WED island lying off the east coast of Skye, into a family WED immersed in Highland history and culture. Awarded the WED Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1990, he is regarded as the WED greatest Gaelic poet of the Twentieth Century, giving new WED literary standing to a language which at times seemed close WED to extinction. WED Produced by Kirsteen Cameron. WED WED 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00yz551 (Listen) WED David Harrower - Good with People WED By David Harrower. WED A gripping and funny portrait of small town life. The small WED town in question is Helensburgh, a once thriving seaside WED destination in the shadow of Faslane nuclear submarine base. WED Hotel receptionist Helen is challenged by the arrival of a WED young man, whose return to the town throws her life into WED turmoil. WED Helen ..... Maureen Beattie WED Evan ..... Paul Chequer WED Jack ..... Sean Biggerstaff WED Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane. WED WED 12:00 The TV Lark b019m4j5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00dyb12 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Kingsley Amis - Dear Illusion b06jmkm7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 The Shock of the Knee b00gmdxp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim b00snq96 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED At a party, lecturer Dixon gets into a fight and spies WED something unsettling through the curtains. Read by Martin WED Jarvis. WED WED 14:15 Noise: A Human History b01rdzlc (Listen) WED The Singing Wilderness WED Episode three of a thirty-part series made in collaboration WED with the British Library Sound Archive. WED Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex explores WED our relationship with noisy nature. WED How do we interact with what the American nature writer WED Sigurd Olsen called 'The Singing Wilderness'? WED Hear the Bosavi people of Papua New Guinea sing a 'gisalo' WED in the darkness of a forest longhouse, and extraordinary WED recordings from around the world, including musical trees, WED the bluesy singing of the pootoo bird, and a real frog WED chorus. WED Series Producer: Matt Thompson. WED A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01dw0t7 (Listen) WED Grazia Deledda - Reeds in the Wind, Episode 3 WED Grazia Deledda's powerful story of love, poverty, honour and WED retribution set in the rugged landscape of 1900's Sardinia. WED Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths from a translation by WED Martha King. WED The village festival, the Feast of Our Lady of Rimedio is WED underway when Giacinto unexpectedly arrives. Noemi finds WED herself overwhelmed by Giacinto's arrival and calls for Efix WED to take him to the festival. WED EFIX.....John Lynch WED NOEMI.....Charlotte Emmerson WED GIACINTO.....Matthew McNulty WED ESTER.....Deborah McAndrew WED KALLINA.....Kathryn Hunt WED GRIXENDA.....Holliday Grainger WED Directed by Nadia Molinari. WED WED 14:45 Book of the Week b00wgzdr (Listen) WED Bettany Hughes - The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the WED Search for the Good Life, Episode 3 WED Written by Bettany Hughes. WED Socrates lived in a city that nurtured the key ingredients WED of contemporary civilisation - democracy, liberty, science, WED drama, rational thought- yet, as he wrote nothing in his WED lifetime, he himself is an enigmatic figure. "The Hemlock WED Cup" tells his story, setting him in the context of the WED Eastern Mediterranean that was his home, and dealing with WED him as he himself dealt with the world. WED War engulfed much of Socrates' life. Now a young man, he WED must take up his sword and fight for his beloved Athens. WED Abridged by Libby Spurrier WED Reader: Bettany Hughes WED Producer: Joanna Green WED A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 15:00 RD Blackmore - Lorna Doone b00snl4p (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 Puzzle Panel b00z628p (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 16:30 The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII b0076j10 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED WED 17:00 Huddwinks b00b1p9r (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:30 To Hull and Back b06hjkv6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 18:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood b007s74m (Listen) WED The Changing Man WED As Bowers' behaviour worsens, Debs discovers why he seems WED immune to the cold. Starring Tom Mannion and Tim McMullan. WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b0076tmn (Listen) WED Common as Muck WED Matthew Parris talks class, brass and manure with commoners WED Geoff Dyer, Michael Collins and Ian Duhig. From September WED 2005. WED WED 19:00 The TV Lark b019m4j5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00dyb12 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Kingsley Amis - Dear Illusion b06jmkm7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 The Shock of the Knee b00gmdxp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading b015zs0v (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00yz551 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 To Hull and Back b06hjkv6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Bird Island b01k2b18 (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 3 WED On one hand, Ben is on the trip of a lifetime to WED Sub-Antarctica. On the other, he's trapped in an icy hell WED with one other person, a dodgy internet connection and a WED dictaphone. Loneliness is something of a problem. His fellow WED travelling scientist Graham should alleviate this, but the WED tragi-comic fact is, they are nerdy blokes, so they can only WED stumble through yet another awkward exchange. Ben WED experiences all the highs and lows that this beautiful, but WED lonely place has to offer but fails miserably to communicate WED this to Graham. So, Ben shares his thoughts with us in the WED form of an audio 'log'. WED Apart from his research studying the Albatross on the WED Island, Ben attempts to continue normal life with an WED earnestness and enthusiasm which is ultimately very WED endearing. We're with him as chats awkwardly with Graham, WED telephones his mother and as he tries to form a long WED distance relationship with a woman through Chemistry.com. In WED fact, we follow Ben as everything occurs to him. We also WED hear the pings and whirrs of machinery, the Squawks and WED screeches of the birds and the vast expanse outside. Oh, and WED ice. Lots of ice. WED EPISDE THREE: WED Bird Island is the story of Ben, a young scientist working WED in Antarctica, trying to socially adapt to the loneliness by WED keeping a cheery audio diary on his Dictaphone. An WED atmospheric 15 minute non-audience comedy. WED Ben and Graham encounter a seal cub that's been attacked. He WED takes it home and carefully nurses it back to life and share WED the pup's progress with his mum and Dad. WED EPISDE THREE CAST: WED Ben ..... Reece Shearsmith WED Graham ..... Julian Rhind-Tutt WED Beverley..... Alison Steadman WED Robin..... Gerard Mcdermott WED Written by ..... Katy Wix WED Produced by ..... Tilusha Ghelani. WED WED 22:45 Before They Were Famous b01m5nt2 (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 3 WED Ian Leslie presents a new Radio 4 comedy show which brings WED to light the often surprising first literary attempts of WED some of the world's best known writers. A project of WED literary archaeology, Leslie has found evidence in the most WED unlikely of places - within the archives of newspapers, WED periodicals, corporations and universities - showcasing the WED early examples of work by writers such as Jilly Cooper WED during her brief and unfortunately unsuccessful foray into WED the world of war reporting, and Hunter S Thompson in his WED sadly short-lived phase working in the customer relations WED department for a major American Airline. WED These are the newspaper articles, advertising copy, company WED correspondence and gardening manuals that allow us a WED fascinating glimpse into the embryonic development of our WED best loved literary voices - people we know today for their WED novels or poems but who, at the time, were just people with WED a dream...and a rent bill looming at the end of the month. WED Produced by Anna Silver and Claire Broughton WED A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4. WED Credits WED Presenter: Ian Leslie WED Producer: Anna Silver WED Producer: Claire Broughton WED WED 23:00 The History Plays b01d1403 (Listen) WED O Salutaris Hostia, Diana WED The History Plays are a series of imagined conversations at WED key moments in the recent history of Britain. WED In "O Salutaris Hostia, Diana" Imelda Staunton stars as WED Martha and Toby Jones as Graham. The couple look back over WED their lives together but their very different views on Diana WED mask a far more personal conflict, and Graham's dislike of WED the princess has its roots in his pain over the WED circumstances of their son Alan's death. WED Written and directed by Nigel Smith WED Produced by Gareth Edwards. WED WED 23:30 Weak at the Top b00ry9j0 (Listen) WED Series 1, Trout Farm WED John Weak's witty comment on a leaving card gives Human WED Resources a hot flush. Stars Alexander Armstrong. From WED September 2005. WED WED THU THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER 2015 THU THU 00:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood b007s74m (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Off the Page b0076tmn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Kingsley Amis - Dear Illusion b06jmkm7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 The Shock of the Knee b00gmdxp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim b00snq96 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:15 Noise: A Human History b01rdzlc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama b01dw0t7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:45 Book of the Week b00wgzdr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 RD Blackmore - Lorna Doone b00snl4p (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Puzzle Panel b00z628p (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:30 The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII b0076j10 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Huddwinks b00b1p9r (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 To Hull and Back b06hjkv6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Kingsley Amis - I Spy Strangers b06jsp31 (Listen) THU 4 Extra Debut. Tensions run high as a group of British THU soldiers hold a mock parliament between VE and VJ days in THU 1945. Stars Iain Cuthbertson. THU THU 06:30 Van Gogh: Seeing Red b00pfrzs (Listen) THU Richard Cork explores the mind of Vincent van Gogh through THU his correspondence, which will form a vital part of a new THU exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. THU A keen and expressive correspondent who regaled THU acquaintances with his views on love, religion and sex, he THU put pen to paper with the same creative vigour as he put THU paintbrush to canvas. By the time he walked into a field in THU the town of Auvers-sur-Oise and shot himself in the chest, THU the 37-year-old van Gogh had left behind a rich literary THU legacy that would, like his painting, outlive his short and THU tortured life. THU THU 07:00 North by Northamptonshire b0184vh8 (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 3 THU Sheila Hancock narrates the bittersweet adventures of the THU residents of a small town in Northamptonshire. A visiting THU choir sets hearts aflutter amongst the ladies of Wadenbrook, THU while Mary's dad, Norman, has an adventure of his own. THU written by Katherine Jakeways THU produced by Victoria Lloyd THU John Biggins................................Keith THU Mackenzie Crook...........................Rod THU Felix Dexter...............................Arnold THU Kevin Eldon...................Jonathan / Ken THU Shelia Hancock....................... Narrator THU Jessica Henwick...........................Helen THU Katherine Jakeways........ Esther / Jacqui THU Felicity Montagu..............................Jan THU Geoffrey Palmer........................Norman THU Lizzie Roper..............................Angela THU Penelope Wilton............................Mary THU Rufus Wright................................Frank. THU THU 07:30 The Brig Society b06gwcpm (Listen) THU Series 3, Being a Lord THU Good Lord. Exactly what Marcus has become in order to peer THU under the ermine and see if we really do need that second THU chamber. Along the way he'll be looking at the history and THU function of the House of Lords, getting himself a Coat Of THU Arms and having a good old rummage in the Woolsack. THU Helping him declare his interests will be Margaret THU Cabourn-Smith (2Miranda"), William Andrews ("Sorry I've Got THU No Head") and Justin Edwards ("The Thick Of It"). THU Written by Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby, Toby Davies, THU Nick Doody, Steve Punt and Dan Tetsell. THU Produced by David Tyler THU A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Presenter: Marcus Brigstocke THU Ensemble: Margaret Cabourn-Smith THU Ensemble: William Andrews THU Ensemble: Justin Edwards THU Producer: David Tyler THU Writer: Marcus Brigstocke THU Writer: Jeremy Salsby THU Writer: Toby Davies THU Writer: Nick Doody THU Writer: Steve Punt THU Writer: Dan Tetsell THU THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son b007jlqh (Listen) THU Series 3, Without Prejudice THU Harold persuades Albert to move out to suburbia. Adapted THU from TV, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From THU April 1971. THU THU 08:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b0082crd (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 4 THU The shady lawyer runs a broke department store. The Marx THU Brothers' lost shows recreated. With Michael Roberts. From THU June 1991. THU THU 09:00 Genius b008m9jv (Listen) THU Series 2, Brian Sewell THU Dave Gorman and Brian Sewell chew over ridiculous, brilliant THU but unworkable ideas, and choose the best. From September THU 2006. THU THU 09:30 No Commitments b007jntt (Listen) THU Series 6, Excess Baggage THU The past catches up with Stuart, which impacts on Anna - and THU her sisters make it worse. Stars Rosemary Leach. From July THU 1999. THU Credits THU Actor: Ann Jobson THU THU 10:00 RD Blackmore - Lorna Doone b00snrxb (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU Murderer Carver Doone tries to starve Lorna into marrying THU him, but John has other ideas. Stars Alison Pettit and Kim THU Durham. THU THU 11:00 Gillian Tindall - The Lunch Box b06jt3tn (Listen) THU The simple container used for savoury biscuits. Then it THU became a symbol of a devastating moment in history. Read by THU Anna Massey. THU THU 11:15 Bettina Gracias - Asha's World b007vg89 (Listen) THU Confusion reigns in a tale of mistaken identities, when THU Asha's friend impersonates her on a blind date. Stars Archie THU Panjabi. THU THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son b007jlqh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b0082crd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Kingsley Amis - I Spy Strangers b06jsp31 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Van Gogh: Seeing Red b00pfrzs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim b00sny11 (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Lecturer Jim Dixon wakes up to trouble. Can disaster be THU averted by a quick-thinking friend? Read by Martin Jarvis. THU THU 14:15 Noise: A Human History b01rdzq0 (Listen) THU A Ritual Soundscape THU Orkney's Neolithic sites feel like theatre stages, THU encouraging us to move through them in unfamiliar ways. If THU the people noticed striking sound effects, they must have THU been tempted to exploit them. But exploit them how, exactly? THU Were these the kind of places where our ancestors came to THU make a spectacular din - or places where they came in search THU of silence and sensory deprivation? THU Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex explores THU the ritualistic use of sound in episode four of Noise: A THU Human History - a thirty-part series made in collaboration THU with the British Library Sound Archive. THU Series Producer: Matt Thompson. THU A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01dw0wr (Listen) THU Grazia Deledda - Reeds in the Wind, Episode 4 THU Grazia Deledda's powerful story of love, poverty, honour and THU retribution set in the rugged landscape of 1900's Sardinia. THU Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths from a translation by THU Martha King. THU Giacinto and Grixenda's love blossoms at the Festival of Our THU Lady of Rimedio but Ester confides in Efix her growing THU concern for Giacinto's behaviour which leads to a THU confrontation and a shocking confession. THU EFIX.....John Lynch THU GIACINTO.....Matthew McNulty THU GRIXENDA.....Holliday Grainger THU PREDU.....Conrad Nelson THU ESTER.....Deborah McAndrew THU KALLINA.....Kathryn Hunt THU Directed by Nadia Molinari. THU THU 14:45 Book of the Week b00wgzmb (Listen) THU Bettany Hughes - The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the THU Search for the Good Life, Episode 4 THU Written by Bettany Hughes. THU Socrates lived in a city that nurtured the key ingredients THU of contemporary civilisation - democracy, liberty, science, THU drama, rational thought- yet, as he wrote nothing in his THU lifetime, he himself is an enigmatic figure. "The Hemlock THU Cup" tells his story, setting him in the context of the THU Eastern Mediterranean that was his home, and dealing with THU him as he himself dealt with the world. THU Socrates debates with the young men of Athens, suggesting THU that their future may lie in a simpler life of good. THU Abridged by Libby Spurrier THU Reader: Bettany Hughes THU Producer: Joanna Green THU A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 15:00 RD Blackmore - Lorna Doone b00snrxb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 Genius b008m9jv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 16:30 No Commitments b007jntt (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] THU THU 17:00 North by Northamptonshire b0184vh8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 17:30 The Brig Society b06gwcpm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 18:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood b007s8gn (Listen) THU Sanctuary No More THU The weather worsens and Bowers goes on the rampage. The THU others have to run. But where? Starring Tom Mannion and Tim THU McMullan. THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076yjt (Listen) THU Series 9, WG Grace THU Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris. THU Piers Morgan nominates WG Grace as the greatest English THU cricketer of all time. From May 2006. THU THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son b007jlqh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b0082crd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Kingsley Amis - I Spy Strangers b06jsp31 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Van Gogh: Seeing Red b00pfrzs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Gillian Tindall - The Lunch Box b06jt3tn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Bettina Gracias - Asha's World b007vg89 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 The Brig Society b06gwcpm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 The Secret World b01169br (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 1 THU From John Humphrys to Alan Carr, Jon Culshaw explores the THU bizarre private lives of famous folk. Pilot from April 2008. THU THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b06l47jk (Listen) THU Tiff Stevenson chats to Naz Osmanoglu and Mark Cooper Jones THU from WitTank. THU THU 23:00 We Are Klang: Amazing Lives b007k3vt (Listen) THU Musical THU On its 25th anniversary, writers and performers reflect on THU Gummy Monkey: The Musical. Stars Greg Davies, Steve Hall and THU Marek Larwood. THU THU 23:30 The Mark Steel Lecture b007jv2j (Listen) THU Series 1, WG Grace THU The radical comedian profiles the 'first modern celebrity' THU in English cricketing and Victorian society. From September THU 1999. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 2015 FRI FRI 00:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood b007s8gn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Great Lives b0076yjt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Kingsley Amis - I Spy Strangers b06jsp31 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Van Gogh: Seeing Red b00pfrzs (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim b00sny11 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:15 Noise: A Human History b01rdzq0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 15 Minute Drama b01dw0wr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:45 Book of the Week b00wgzmb (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 RD Blackmore - Lorna Doone b00snrxb (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Genius b008m9jv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:30 No Commitments b007jntt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 North by Northamptonshire b0184vh8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 The Brig Society b06gwcpm (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Kingsley Amis - Affairs of Death b06jtqpg (Listen) FRI 4 Extra Debut. Pope Leo has had something on his conscience FRI for 900 years - the confessions of King Macbeth. Stars Peter FRI Jeffrey and Ken Stott. FRI FRI 06:30 Skip b00sgbl8 (Listen) FRI The secret life of the rubbish skip. They are such a FRI familiar sight on our streets that most of us take the FRI common-or-garden skip for granted. FRI But to some people they are the focal point of their lives, FRI whether for survival, inspiration for art, or the subject of FRI a university Garbology degree. And what is our fascination FRI with not only keeping an eye on what other people put in FRI them, but also maybe having a rummage, or best of all, FRI spiriting away a discarded piece of treasure? FRI Writer and gardening expert Alys Fowler, herself no stranger FRI to "liberating" skipped curios for her garden and home, FRI builds a picture of our behaviour in and around these metal FRI Aladdin's caves and unearths amusing and amazing tales to FRI add to skip folklore of recent years. FRI Forget the old floorboards and broken sofas, afficionados FRI see skips as a source of everything from priceless antiques FRI to free food. And if your community needs affordable extra FRI amenities such as a swimming pool or skateboard park, FRI there's an artist who has created these very things - from FRI old skips. FRI As Alys looks in a fresh way at skips throughout the land, FRI what secrets and treasures are they about to reveal? FRI Producer: Neil Cargill FRI A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Producer: Neil Cargill FRI FRI 07:00 The Change b0076p6t (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 4 FRI With George's birthday looming, he gets two surprises, from FRI his wife and mother. From November 2004. FRI FRI 07:30 Shedtown b01pw3lq (Listen) FRI Series 2, 'Til Press Do Us Part FRI Who hasn't thought about running away from it all at some FRI time or other? FRI Throwing caution to the wind, wrenching oneself out of a FRI long established orbit to head for the deep space of the FRI unknown? FRI In series two of Shedtown, our wooden 'man-cave', icon of FRI escape and isolation - the shed - continues to be a symbol FRI of possibility and change. FRI Episode 2: FRI As William weds his blushing, boiler-suited, berk of a FRI bride, old Johnny Edwards takes a turn for the worse. FRI Barry............................Tony Pitts FRI Jimmy..........................Stephen Mangan FRI Eleanor.........................Ronni Ancona FRI Johnny..........................Alan Leith FRI Colin.............................Johnny Vegas FRI Deborah........................Emma Fryer FRI William.........................Adrian Manfredi FRI Diane...........................Rosina Carbone FRI Dave............................Shaun Dooley FRI Father Michael.............James Quinn FRI Wes............................Warren Brown FRI Nell.............................Eleanor Samson FRI Narrator.......................Maxine Peake FRI Music..........................Paul Heaton and Jonny Lexus FRI Written and Directed by Tony Pitts FRI Produced by Sally Harrison FRI A Woolyback production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jsvk (Listen) FRI Series 5, The Election Candidate FRI The lad battles for a seat in parliament. Stars Tony FRI Hancock, Sid James, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. From FRI March 1958. FRI FRI 08:30 The Goon Show b014s6hl (Listen) FRI The Secret Escritoire FRI Neddie Seagoon's furniture is at the centre of a Malayan FRI man-shrinking plot. Stars Peter Sellers. From September FRI 1955. FRI FRI 09:00 The 3rd Degree b00z58bg (Listen) FRI Series 1, Stirling FRI Coming this week from the University of Stirling, host Steve FRI Punt puts questions to students and lecturers of Psychology, FRI Marketing, and English Studies. So if you've got a notion as FRI to who lived at 7 Eccles Street, what is James Bond's family FRI motto, or why on earth a marketer might use a 'semantic FRI cognitive differential tangent' then listen in... FRI "The 3rd Degree" is a funny, lively and dynamic new quiz FRI show aimed at cultivating the next generation of Radio 4 FRI listeners whilst delighting the current ones. It's recorded FRI on location at a different University each week, and it pits FRI three Undergraduates against three of their Professors in a FRI genuinely original and fresh take on an academic quiz. Being FRI a Radio 4 programme, it of course meets the most stringent FRI standards of academic rigour - but with lots of facts and FRI jokes thrown in for good measure. FRI Together with host Steve Punt, the show tours the (sometimes FRI posh, sometimes murky, but always welcoming!) Union FRI buildings, cafés and lecture halls of six universities FRI across the UK. FRI The rounds vary between Specialist Subjects and General FRI Knowledge, quickfire bell-and-buzzer rounds and the FRI 'Highbrow & Lowbrow' round cunningly devised to test not FRI only the students' knowledge of current affairs, history, FRI languages and science, but also their Professors' awareness FRI of television, film, and Lady Gaga... In addition, the FRI Head-to-Head rounds, in which students take on their FRI Professors in their own subjects, were particularly lively, FRI and offered plenty of scope for mild embarrassment on both FRI sides... FRI The resulting show is funny, fresh, and not a little bit FRI surprising, with a truly varied range of scores, friendly FRI rivalry, and moments where students wished they had more FRI than just glanced at that reading list... FRI Producer: David Tyler FRI A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 09:30 Albert and Me b007jsbh (Listen) FRI Series 1, Spanner in the Works FRI Single dad Bryan's son is starting nursery - what could go FRI wrong? Stars Richard Beckinsale and Pat Coombs. From FRI November 1977. FRI FRI 10:00 RD Blackmore - Lorna Doone b00sp1f1 (Listen) FRI Episode 3 FRI When Lorna is taken to London, John fears he's lost her FRI forever. And Carver has murderous plans. Stars Alison FRI Pettit. FRI FRI 11:00 Gillian Tindall - Missing b06jv3hm (Listen) FRI 4 Extra Debut. An intriguing story with a twist explores the FRI effect on a family when Uncle Elwyn just disappears one day. FRI Read by Alice Arnold. FRI FRI 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00dkff7 (Listen) FRI Nick Warburton - Last Days of Grace FRI By Nick Warburton FRI Easter Monday, 1908. And there's snow on the ground. An FRI aging icon, W.G. Grace, contemplates another day in his FRI life-long cricketing obsession. He arrives at the Oval and FRI can't quite bear to sit in the clubhouse to meet the usual FRI people. Instead he trudges out in to the cold to face a FRI different type of questioning. FRI W.G.Grace ..... Kenneth Cranham FRI GF ..... Benedict Cumberbatch FRI Voice of Cricket ..... Christopher Martin-Jenkins FRI Produced by Steven Canny FRI Nick Warburton is a writer of great significance in audio FRI drama. In 2007 he won the Peter Tinniswood Award for the FRI Best New Play on Radio. He was thrilled to be a guest FRI interviewee on Test Match Special during their 50th FRI Anniversary celebrations. FRI "To his contemporaries Grace was supreme and, in words used FRI of Aristotle, the master of those who know. For longevity, FRI for his effect on the game, for performances with bat and FRI ball, for his place in history, William Gilbert Grace stands FRI alone." Sir John Major. FRI Credits FRI Producer: Steven Canny FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jsvk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Goon Show b014s6hl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Kingsley Amis - Affairs of Death b06jtqpg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Skip b00sgbl8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim b00sp3dx (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Lecturer Jim Dixon is preoccupied about losing his job FRI whilst preparation for the summer ball begins. Read by FRI Martin Jarvis. FRI FRI 14:15 Noise: A Human History b01rdzx0 (Listen) FRI The Rise of the Shamans FRI Episode five of a thirty-part series made in collaboration FRI with the British Library Sound Archive. FRI Around the world charismatic individuals claim the ability FRI to change the weather, heal illness and help crops grow. FRI Professor David Hendy explains how sound - and its FRI manipulation - is central to the shaman's power. FRI David introduces the eerie rituals of Siberian reindeer FRI herders as they summon spirits, before coming closer to home FRI to hear a mysterious singing angel high in the facade of FRI Wells Cathedral. FRI Series Producer: Matt Thompson. FRI A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01dvzpc (Listen) FRI Grazia Deledda - Reeds in the Wind, Episode 5 FRI Grazia Deledda's powerful story of love, poverty, honour and FRI retribution set in the rugged landscape of 1900's Sardinia. FRI Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths from a translation by FRI Martha King. FRI Giacinto's behaviour is causing trouble for the Pintor FRI sisters. Noemi disapproves of his relationship with Grixenda FRI and there are rumours that Giacinto is gambling. Will Efix's FRI attempts to put things right work? FRI EFIX.....John Lynch FRI NOEMI.....Charlotte Emmerson FRI ESTER.....Deborah McAndrew FRI RUTH/KALLINA.....Kathryn Hunt FRI GIACINTO.....Matthew McNulty FRI PREDU.....Conrad Nelson FRI Directed by Nadia Molinari. FRI FRI 14:45 Book of the Week b00wgznx (Listen) FRI Bettany Hughes - The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the FRI Search for the Good Life, Episode 5 FRI Written by Bettany Hughes. FRI Socrates lived in a city that nurtured the key ingredients FRI of contemporary civilisation - democracy, liberty, science, FRI drama, rational thought- yet, as he wrote nothing in his FRI lifetime, he himself is an enigmatic figure. "The Hemlock FRI Cup" tells his story, setting him in the context of the FRI Eastern Mediterranean that was his home, and dealing with FRI him as he himself dealt with the world. FRI The Spartans break down Athenian walls and Socrates is FRI barred from associating with the city's youth. His card is FRI marked. FRI Abridged by Libby Spurrier FRI Reader: Bettany Hughes FRI Producer: Joanna Green FRI A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:00 RD Blackmore - Lorna Doone b00sp1f1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 3rd Degree b00z58bg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 16:30 Albert and Me b007jsbh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI FRI 17:00 The Change b0076p6t (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:30 Shedtown b01pw3lq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood b007jv49 (Listen) FRI The Antarctican FRI The struggle at the South Pole continues, but there's only FRI room for one survivor. Starring Tom Mannion and Tim FRI McMullan. FRI FRI 18:30 Soul Music b00763ln (Listen) FRI Series 2, The Lark Ascending FRI Tasmin Little, Iona Brown and Allan Stephenson reflect on FRI the impact of Ralph Vaughan Williams's most English of FRI works. From August 2001. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jsvk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Goon Show b014s6hl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Kingsley Amis - Affairs of Death b06jtqpg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Skip b00sgbl8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Gillian Tindall - Missing b06jv3hm (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00dkff7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Shedtown b01pw3lq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 BBC Radio New Comedy Award b06jwd0n (Listen) FRI 2015, Heat eight FRI The final heat in comedy's most prestigious new talent FRI competition comes from The Glee Club in Birmingham and is FRI hosted by Justin Moorhouse. FRI FRI 23:30 The Skivers b00jd5jn (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 4 FRI Hypnotist Paul McKenna gets a taste of his own medicine. FRI Sketch show with Nick Golsen and Tim de Jongh. From January FRI 1997. FRI
16 October, 2015
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 17/10/2015 - 23/10/2015
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